The Delta independent., 1888-10-02
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

Mr.. Langtry refuses to consent to a
divorce from his wife.
A strike of 100000 coal miners is
threatened in England.
The Cheyenne fair opened on the 25th
with large attendance.
The new library building to be
erected in Washington will cost 81 ,000, 900.
A dispatch from Havana reports
1000 cigar makers on strike in that city.
Louisville, Kentucky, has opened
her doors to refugees from the fever stricken
regions.
A white lead trust has been formed
which has advanced the price from SIS to
f25 ton.
Prof. John Wood, one of Boston's E
distinguished scientists, has mysteriously
disappeared.
John H. Oberly has been nominated
by the President to be Commissioner of
Indian Affairs.
The centennial anniversary of ALE.
ehany county. Pennsylvania was celebrated
the fore part of this week.
A Mexican mob holds possession OF
Rio Grande City, Texas, and the Governor
has called out the militia to restore order.
Judge Brewer, of the United States
Circuit Court, has decided to appoint re.
ceiyer fol. .tha Missouri, Kansas ~ Texas
railroad.
The Chinese Government is reported
to be very angry over the recent bill which
has passed Congress and II 1t is enforced
they threaten retaliation.
Eighty of the cooks employed at the
Sultan's palace in Constantinople were re.
Gently exiled for intimating that they would
ike TO have part Of the wages that were
due them.
A grand banquet was given to Mel
vile W. Fuller in Chicago Monday night
previous to his departure for Washington
10 assume the duties OF Chief Justice OF the
United States.
The Swedish minister has left Wash.
ington on account of the non-action of the
State department in the matter of some de-
mands made by the Swedish Cover nment
year or more ago.
Theodore Thomas has fully and fin
ally decided not to make any further effort
toward maini aiming his great orchestra.
Hereafter he will merely act as leader oi
the Philharmonic Society.
The President gave a special recep-
tion the other day to Hon. William A. Cody,
Buffalo Bnl." and members of his Wild
West show, including the Indians, who
appeared in most brilliant native costumes.
Twen;y-one little girls, aged 9 to IS,
were brought to New York on the 25th by
Mormon elders from Europe en- route to
Sslt Lake City. They were ordered to-day
by Collector Magone to be sent back to
Europe.
A decided sensation has been caused
in Germany by the publication of extracts
IRON The private diary Of the late Emperor
Frederick. Ii seems that the publication
was without the knowledge or sanction of
the present Emperor or Bismarck.
A monument to the Confederate dead
buried at Stanton, Va, was unveiled on the
95.h In the presence Of 5000 peop-e. A
granddaughter of Albert Sydney Johnston,
assisted by young ladies from every state
represented in the Confederacy, unveiled
the monument and addresses were made by
Governor Lee, General Early. General
Rosser and Mr.. McCulloch of Annapolis.
The civic parade of merchants. man.
ufacturers, societies and labor organizations
Of Allegheny county was the feature of the
centennial celebration at Pittsburg. 1t was
twenty miles long and occupied i've hours
in passing. 1t is estimated that % oN0 men
were in line. The parade represented The
advance made IN modern transportation. the
progress OF manufactures, Commercial, busi.
ness, etc.
Part of the legacy left by the late
Henry Ward Beecher to his son. Herbert
Territory, amounting to s2,ss6.9,, was de.
posted In the Mechanics Bank, paymen,
of which was adjoined at the instance OF
Lewis c. Chase, Who had a claim of $500
against him. The bank, however paid the
money to his son and to-day the Supreme
Court decided that the bank Is liable tu
Chase for the $500.
The weather crop bulletin for the
week ending September -, says: "DurinR
the week the weather has been generally
favorable for all growing crops in tho
states of the Mississippi valley. Reports
from the corn belt indicate the unusually
large corn crop is safe from frost The
weather conditions have been favorable TO,
wheat seeding throughout tie winter
wheat states and as far south as Tennes.
see.'
A dispatch from Colorado City,
Texas, says: 40. j. Wiren's big ranch
and herd Of cattle, the well-known Circle
Bar outfit, was sold on the .7th at trustees
sale to satisfy mortgages for over $4,000
The ranch comprises overiG0 sections of land
some owned and part leased from the state
and railroad. The entire ranch, stock and
work. horses, cattle, etc, were bought in by
o. Rumery, of Wisconsin, one of the prin.
clpal mortgage holders, for sal4,S
General Manager Gould, of the
Queen and Crescent route, recently tele-
graphed the Postmaster General from Gin.
cinnati, protesting against the quarantine
obstruction of their line at Meridian, Miss,
and other points, which he says prevents the
company handling their trains and carrying
the United States mails. He asks the aid