Sharp County record., 1888-01-05

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to years.
| Mr.. CoRCOA
land) Erdminer,N
ch arge of publishingN
Of meetings of proclaihl
| the National League.
THE Buffalo IN. " Merch!
change has adopted resolutions
| of a naval reserve on the lakes, in aco,
ance with the recent suggestion ot\
Secretary Of the Navy.
| FRANK FULLER, who killed Archbl'h3
Seghers on the Yukon river in Alaska
last December, was found guilty OF man-
! slaughter, and sentenced to McNeil's
island for ten years. and to pay fine OF
| 81, 900.
THE heaviest gale and sea that has DAs
vailed in years at Coney Island visllT
| that desolate resort on the night of Rde
2Sth. Many small buildings were sw'pt
| ont to sea, and workmen were set to wFk
strengthening tho foundations of ,hs
Hotel Brighton, which building was in
momentary danger of being carried away.
ADvICEs from Massowah say that grfat
activity prevails amon@the Italian tro3ps
there. Every preparation is being msde,
| to meet the advancing Abyssinian forces.
| 1t Is reported that RaSaluloa ovaratedtha
| Italian movement in order to induce King
| John to advance.
COLONEL JOHN MCCAULL the oEsra
manager, while walking on the streeE,]
| Chicago on the might of the 9th, slipped
and fell, breaking one Of the small bones
of the right ankle. The surgeon who set
the fractured limb said it would require
most careful nursing, and it would pFob-
ably lay the patient up for several weeks.
MAJOR A. M. WAY, indicted for the EN-.
| bezzlement of $4,000 from the Empire
Building and Loan Company OF New
Brunswick, N. j., was arraigned for trial
| on the 2Sth. He pleaded non vuit con-
| tendre, and was remanded for sentence.
The whole amount stolen by Way in
eleven years was S,7O1 from the Empire
Association and 500 from the Union
Building and Loan Company.
The issue of standard silver dollars
from the mints during the week ended
December q, was $675, 759. The issue dur
ing the corresponding period of last year
was So 9,9S7 The shipments of fractional
silver coin since the 1st inst to date,
$640,C51.
| A CONCESSION has been granted By the
Mexican Government to a steamship com.
panv for line between New York, New
| Orleans and Vera Cruz, the vessels to
touch at all Mex lean ports on the Gulf of
Mexico and to carry mails.
| CAPTAIN STEPHEN G. SLUYTER died at
Hartford, Conn.,, on the night of the 9th,
He was engaged for several years N pre-
liminary soundings for the Atlantic cabl Q,
and, in command of the steamer Victoria,
laid the first main cable. During the war
he was in command of gunboat.
A DISPATCH from Berlin of the 18th
says it is stated that Austria, yielding to
the pressure of certain friendly poXers,
has made advances to Russia by which
continued peace is assured.
RICHARD H. HARRINGER, popular
young man who has just died at - N.
! Y, was constant smoker uf cigITssces.
He became troubled with an. affection of
the heart, which was followed by dropsy.
Several physicians attended him, and
they all agreed that hi, system had been
| shattered by nicotine poisoning.
ADvICEs from Auckland, New Zeland
say that the French have annexed Ralatea,
one Of the Society islands. The native
chief, refusing to submit, the gunboat
Scorpion bombarded the villages, and a
proclamation was issued stating that the
natives would be punished and fined un-
less they submitted to French authority
THE Lathrop Memorial, a home for chill
dren whose mothers are compelled to
work and nursery combined, was dedi.
Gated at Albany, N Y, on the 2Sth, 1t
was built by Mrs. Leland Stanford, in
memory of her mother, on the site of the
old Lathrop homestead, where Mrs. Stan
ford was horn. The edifice cost $4,000
Senator Stanford and Mrs. Stanford were
present at the dedicatory service.