The Delta independent., 1888-06-12
TELEGRAPH BRRYTT!ES.
General Sheridan is slowly failing.

peneTal oneFluan is SLOWLY iailiHg.
The Oregon elections have gone Re-
publican.
Tony PASTORS theatre in New York
burned on the 9th.
Heavy rains and high winds have
been prevailing In KANSAS.
Four miners were buried by cave
in Montana mine last week.
Four steamships landed 1921 immi-
grants at Cas- lie Garden last Friday.
Rev. James Freeman Clarke,a we'll
known Unitarian divine, died on the 7th.
A bill has passed the Senate to es-
tablsh land office at Folsom, New Mex
leo.
The municipal council of St. Louis
iseDgaged in quarrel with the Bell Tele.
phone company.
A severe windstorm in eastern On
tario and western Quebec, on the 18th, did
t300, 600 worth of damage.
By fire in Hull. Canada, few
days ago 800 houses were destroyed and
9, 500 people made homeless.
A famine prevails at Epirus, Greece.
Funds have been started at ConstantinopIe
and Athens for the relief of the sufferers.
Mayor Hewitt refused permission to
the County Democracy To fire cannon in
honor OF President Cleveiand's nomination.
Lick's observatory has been trans
ferred 10 the California University regents.
1t has taken thirteen years to construct il.
George C. Herkimer. wealthy knit
goods manufacturer OF Fairchild, Wis,
fatally shot his wife and himself. Domes-
tic troubles.
Tie Mundine Hotel at Rockdale.
Texas, was destroyed by fire Sunday night
and eleven OF the thirteen inmates persisted
In the flames.
The Senate Committee that has been
the civil service methods at
Baltimore have found 1900 clerk who
cannot write.
Henry Willard telegraphs from Carls-
bad thst the ST. tement that he is organiz-
ing an exps dition to the South Pole is "sini.
ply ridiculous"
There has been n heavy snow storm
in the district of Ben Lomond. Scotland.
The weather has been unprecedented Tor
this season OF the year.
The Atlas Paper-Mill at Appleton.
Wis, controlled By Kimberly, CLARK Il Co..
h~s h..u tnssIty hx 6ra Inss
$3.50, 600; insurance about $50, 600.
Gov. Hill of New York has signed
the bill abolishing hanging for all murders
committed after January, 1859, and subs,i-
tuting death by electricity therefor.
The annual report Of the Rock Island
and Pacific railroad shows that the net
earnings IN 1857 we're -, ,o24 600. After pay
ing interest ami dividends a surplus is left
OF fss5, 900.
The Cunard steamship Etruria made
the voyage from Queenstown to New York
last week in six days two hours and fifteen
minutes, beating all previous records by
two hours and half.
Henry Willard writes, confirming the
statement that he is about to undertake an
expedition To the South Pole. DIR. Nunary,
director OF the Deutsche Sewarte OF Ham,
burg, will cooperate with him.
A shortage of $4,000 has been
found in the accounts Of Colonel W. II.
Webster, late Treasurer OF Merrick County
Nebraska Webster offers to turn over all
his property, amounting to $4,000.
The London Standard says the Irish
land bill has been about abandoned and the
government will, substitute bill cuntlnu-
Ing the land commission three years in
ciessipg the snu, To be advanced under thu
Ashburton tct
A monster demonstration was held
In the City Of Mexico last Sunday In favor
Of the reelection OF President Diaz. Twenty
Thousand workingmen marched through
the principal streets and called upon tie
President at the National Palace.
At Beauvoir on Sunday, jefferson
Davis celebrate d his s0th birthday. TIE
mails brought many letters OF conrratu'a-
ti"ns from old friends, and many substantial
RENE membrances were also received. Mr.
Davis is In better health than for some
time.
The Committee on Indian Affairs
has recommended an appropriation OF sls,-
90 for tho purpose OF constructing suitable
school buildings for an Indian Industrial
School to he located In Ormsby County,
Nevada, upon lands donated by the Govern
,nent OF not less than 900 acres in extent
Thursday evening, near Humboldt.
Nebraska, the beautiful 49,, ear. old daugh-
ter OF Farmer Belden was criminally as
sauited by tramp and she is in prssAr-
ious condition. Armed men are hunting
for the bruts who will be ynchel II caught.
A reNatd OF taJ0 is Offer cd for his Cal tura,
A fire broke out Friday morning in
the stables o, the Montreal Street Railway
company, and before it WAS &, under cbn-
t. oil the barn containing 1875 horses, all .x.
cspt one of which pcrished, was destroyed.
Seven firem, were badly burned in their
humane work. The building WIS burned
to ashes A hospital WINS also de- trcyed
The 'oss will reach 100000.
Judge Walter q. Gresham was in
tervi,wed by a r, porter on the action OF the
Democratic convention. He said: "f con-
slider the action Of the convention In the
platform adopted A. n complete indorse-