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AAsn. WAs sugnt trost At Mobile.
Ale-, on the morning ot the 4th.
THx situation at Jacksonville. Fla, was
reported. on the &th, as more bopefri.
me weather was quite warm. but delight.
full.
MANY families have been rensarss
homeless by recent extensive foods in
the region OF the Alps and the Jura ia
Switzerland
AN International congress viii be hela
In Switzerland, in 1870, TO discuss means
for the suppression OF immoral Iitera-
ture.
THE Mexican rains have completelv
ce ased- The losses throughout the
country by cyclone and foods exceed
8, 900, OO0
PRINCESS MoSSssER, sister OF the K hea
dive OF Egypt died on the Attn.
The big fair ~ the Bay state Arscuit-
ural Society opened NJ Springfield, Mass.
on the 4th, under the most hatteriur
aus pices.
EMPEROR wILLiAs and the Crown
Prince Of Austria went deer stalking in
the Lainzier Thiergarten on the 5th-
The Sixty Third Indiana Volunteer In
fantry held their ninth annual reunion at
Covingtoc. int, on the 4th. About aD
members were present
The New York Nail and Express, which
had been a srat" Office since tsSa die.
charged its non-nn'or printers. on the
9th, and appointed a member OF Typo
graphical Union No. as foreman OF the
new force.
JUDGE ALLEN q. THURMAN passed
through Pittsburgh. Pa, on ths night .l
the 5th, on his way TO Washington. To
Tunes reportsr re said that the Demo-
crssts would carry New York and Indiana
W November
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND returned TO
Washington from his nearby fishing ex.
cursion, on the 9Th, with fsne basket pt
fish
THE August statement OF the Chicago.
Burlington & Quincy railroad, shows
decrease In gross earnings OF SIUs, ,saa. an
increase IN operating expenses OF si61. :.
il3. and decrease OF net earnings of
S2T5.5ls
BEFoRE the over worked and UNDER
paid employees OF the North Side Chicago
street-car men had actually quit work,
scabs were hurrying from all parts OF the
country to secure their places.
Dr. f. WILLIAMS, the eminent oculist
OF Cincinnati. died at Haslewcod, Pas, on
the 9TH, aged siSty -sis.
1tE kcdGlSt congress Will hold its
next meeting at Paris in isSa
Two students in Vienna, being hope
lessly embarrassed financially, shot
themselves dead by mutual agreement.
in the suburbs OF that city, on the 9Th.
Neither OF them had available assets, and
both resolved to die rather than face their
creditors
The situation in the English collieries
l. kn mi
insist on the ten per cent advance i'm
wages, and threaten TO strike unless their
demand is complied with. Meantime the
price Of coal is steadily increasing.
CAPTAIN BENZ. BIRDsALL. veteran
commander in the White Star Line, died
on his steamship, the Germanic, on the
first day out for New York, where she
landed on the 5th.
A TREMENDOUS sensation was created
in Vienna by the fact that Emperor Will
lam neglected to confer decorations upon
the Hungarian Premier Tissea. while
several minor officers were unexpectedly
decorated The cause o. the Kaiser's
snubbing Tissea is mystery, unless Il be
the recollection cf his old speeches in
sympathy with the young mans father,
the late Emperor Frederick.
lSDIcArioss point 10 the stormicst ssS-
sion Of the British Parliament that has
been witnessed for year,.
The French press generally Justify
President Csrnot's order requiring the
registration and declaration OF intentions
OF all foreigners residing in France.
The British royal yacht Victoria nj
Albert will arrive at Pushing ou Move n
Der II TO convey Empress vIetOris 10 fG-
gland.