The Republican journal., 1888-05-10
Generalities.

has been sustained
Prince Ferdinand and his followers are stir
ring up the Bulgarians again.
London newspapers lampoon Ignatius Dom
nelly'S "Cryptogram" numerically.
Hon. j. Gallingrr. one of New Iiampshire's
congressman, declines a denomination.
Bo>tor'> cup of cultured JOY j, full and >lop-
ping over. John the >lu@ger has returned.
Mount Etna is now in a state of activity. but
the eruption has not vet assumed serious as
pect.
A banquet to Carl Schurz in Berlin was at
tended by many of the leading German states
men.
There are 400 licensed places in Boston
where liquor is sold. 4 decrease Of Sd in four
years.
The Argonauts Of 20 residing in New Eng
land are organizing society of California pio-
neerS.
1t is estimated that the damage by frost last
week to truck crops around Norfolk will reach
81 100000.
Frances army OH Il war footing numbers L.
3!,2 900 officers and men. GcrmlnN'> amounts
to ,492 ,1O4.
The New York. Boston and Providence and
the Providence and Worcester Railways are to
be consolidated.
Lack Of enthusiasm among Canadian yachts
men has killed the scheme to build competitor
for the Americas cup.
The New England Amateur Rowing AS>oci;t-
ton will hold it, regatta at Lake Qunsigamond,
" Worcester on June IS.
Central City, Dakota, was DESTROYED by fire
recently Fifty families were rendered home
less loss about $3.50 900.
The Cascade Mountain Tunnel on the North
crn Pacific Road was cut through May ~. The
work was begun in 1856.
The National Park Bank Of New York has
been robbed by its assistant cashier. who has
been in the bank for - years.
1t is understood that Minister Phelps WAS
called home to assist i'll lobbying The Bayard
ti>hin" treaty through the Senate.
Two electric light patrolmen have been killed
in Halifax by touching 4 cross bar on pole
which had become charged with electricity
W. Irving Bishop, the noted mind reader.
who created such a sensation in Eastern cities.
is now in Il lunatic a>I lum in san Francisco.
The Nevada Bauk of san Francisco is to be
reorganized. and $4,000 shares of new stock at
500 each are to be taken by outside parties.
The British government announces an in.en-
i0us plan for getting rid Of the troublesome
Scotch Crofters-payn@ their passage to Cam
ada.
Kelly. the base ball champion. told President
Cleveland that he ''conlmencet a> a poor Irish
boy. with no start in life and only one suspend
en-"
1t is stated that Russia is urging Il rebellion
anon" the Greeks Of Macedonia in order to
bring forward the Eastern question once
more.
Judge simonton in PHILADELPHIA has ,lecit-
ed thai the Bell Telephone Company is not liza
Bile in that State to pay tax on its capital
stock.
Gen. Writ Adams. Postmaster at Jackson.
Miss. and John ii. Martin. editor of Il paper
in the same place. shot each other dead on the
street.
The Stewart mansion in New York will be
purchased for Il paatia club house by the
Manhattan Club at an expense of a million
dollars.
The Harvard class races took place May I'd.
30 winning by boat length and half the
time for the two miles being II minutes and Il
seconds.
Coy. Hill. Of New York, is reported to have
said that he was not 4 presidential candidate.
and would head his States delegation for
Cleveland.
The hall of the Democratic National Conyen-
ton in st. Louis will seat 300 working report
erS, the delegates and atcrnate>. and 10000
spectators.
y petition is being largely signed at Chicago
by socialists. anarchists and radical labor men,
asking Governor Oglc>by to pardon Fiocn.
Schwab and Necbc.
The English Government offers to owners of
over 20 horses an annual retainer of 10 >hillinys
for each horse for the option of purchaSn"
them in time of war.
The open violation of the whi>kev laws at
Wichita. Kan. has led TO the formation of a
secret league of Prohibitioni>ts to enforce them
without the aid Of courts.
1t is rumored that Secretary Bayard contem-
plates reSigllng and running for the Senate, in
which case it is sad Minister Phelps would be
rendered the State portfolio.
Moorish soldiers. Her Britannia Maestv's
government will turn their attention to the
Sultan of Morocco for while.
The grand jury in New York has indicted
Madame and General Dss DeBar for conspir,-
cy to defraud Lawyer Marsh and for CRANE, lar
ccny of the Lowenburg pictures.
The Louisville Presl ytery is opposed to Il
union Of the Northern and Southern Presby-
terrain Churches. The Southerncrs are opposed
to mixed black and white congregations.
\ New York policeman was caught in the act
of robbing silver store. Within eleven hours
from that time he had been convicted and sent
enced to State Prison for ten years.
Governor Foraker planted Il tree on Arbor
Day in Columbus. Ohio, which occurred April
2,th, the anniversary of General Grants birth
day He named it the Grant Buckeye"
a despatch from Tangler says the Sultan re-
co and the United States, in reference to the
men imprisoned at Rabat, to arbitration and
the dispute has been rc-opcned
The House Ways and Means Committee agreed
to limit the general tariff debate to sixteen
days and two evening sessions weekly, and to
al equal division of the time between DEM
ocratic and Republican speakers.
A Chicago man claims to have invented Il
mineral vapor bath which will preserve dead
bodies forever, enable the Twin" to resist con
tagiOus diseases, and perhaps solve the recently
promulgated question of ''liviny forever"
A report is in circulation in Washington that
Secretary Fairchd> intends to call in the
money loaned to national banks i'm order to force
them to sell their bonds. whichare deposited 10
secure the Government against loss on these
loans.
All the druggists of Davenport, Iowa. formal
~ announce that hereafter they will not sell
or dispense alcoholic liquor for any purpose
whatever, they having been advised. legally,
that such business would be violating the pro
hibtory law passed by the last Legislature.
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