The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1886-06-05
THE WORLD AT LARGE.

Minister Phelps is indisposed.
The eruption of Htna has again in-
creased in violence.
A dispatch from Australia reports the
loss of steamer with 70 lives,
/ An epidemic is reported from Chem
nitz. arising from eating raw beef.
Consideration of the Land Bill has
again been postponed, this time to July
9TH.
| Boucicault, the actor, has been served
with notice OF divorce proceedings III
England.
An Impezalist congress is in progress
in Paris, and the various factions are
quarrelling.
The knights OF Labor have resolved
to use every effort to get election tlay
made national holiday.
! Mr.. Gladstone has received letter
from FIVE hundred Protestant residents
in Ulster IL favor OF Home Rule.
! The Canadian schooner The Sisters
was released on Saturday night, and
she im,nmzi&tely left Portland hnrbor.
| Geo. :H. Leonard, the missing Hyde
Park, ILL.,. attorney, is thought to be in
! Canada, His thefts and Liabilities are
$40, 900.
James Whelan.a Nova Scotian seaman,
was hanged Tuesday at Winchester,
Eng. for murder upon the high seas.
| THE Sultan Of Turkey has presented
to Mrs. Cox, the wife Of the American
Minister, the Grand Gordon ct the
Order OF Clleuk.
! The Bill passed by the British Colu1n-
ian Legislature restricting Chinese immi-
grafton has been disallowed by the DO
minion Government.
! The Merchants National Bark of peo-
ria Ill, has suspended owing to the
embezz]sznent Of the funds by J. F.
Hoke, book-keeper, who fed to Canada
last week.
! The Commandment OF Fort Bliss, Tex,
has received orders from Gen Miles to
Immediately move his Troops to Arizona
to aid the prosecution OF the war against
the Ap;ehes.
! The bootblacks of San Francisco have
organized protective union, Ten
cents is to be the uniform price for a
shine, and destitute members Will be
/ taken cage of.
An entire family OF negroes were
found dead in their cabin near Yorktown
[ the other day. Without doubt they
were killed by lightning during a heavy
thunder storm that passed OYER two
days before.
Samuel Pinkerton of Nashville, hay
ing lived ffty-fve years, concluded that
it was time to die SO he put his bust
ness in excellent shape, appointed his
son executor Of his estate, and hanged
| himself In his barn.
! A California farmer sent s5 to man
III the Eastin exchange for six your2
seeds warranted TO produce gourds OF a
capacity OF forty gallons. After waiting
long for the seeds to sprout, he investi-
gated and found that they were artistic
ally carved ont of Eastwood
! A well-known ballet dancer OF ire
proaclable character, when asked if
changing her short skirts and tights for
the long robes of Katisha in g. s'Mikado''
ballet did not annoy her in dancing,
answered: "No, not that way, but I felt
awfully ashamed when I first appeared
in it..
1t is related Of Old Doc, horse OF
the Toronto Fire Department. recently
killed while on duty, that one night he
got out Of his stall and found pile OF
bags of oats. Catching q bag in his
teeth, be carried it to his two stable
companions, and then carried two bags
to his own stall. The feast that followed
we'll nigh foundered the three horses.
Several years ago Louis Rennebere
was found dead in his bed at Mononga-
hela City and buried But he wasn't
| dead after all, for he turned up the other
; day at his old employers and asked fo1
work. He says that he revived ate,
being buried and dug out OF the grave
but it is thought that he was resurrectec
I by medical students, who, finding hin
alive, paid him to quit town aud keen
a let.
James Ward of Chicago died five
years ago, leaving $4,000 to his widow
for life, $500 to his eight children
and $40, 900 to William A Amberg il
} trust. A posthumous son was born Il
Ward, and suit was brought that ht
} might share in his fathers estate. Judge
Tulley has just rendered decision thai