The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1888-01-06
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W., to the Congo country to take part in
Bishop Taylor's "sclfsupporting missionary
/ scheme, have returned and are in New York
Mr. Waller describes the enterprise M a
complete failure, and thinks he was lucky
to escape alive. He says there is no chance
for missionary work, as the struggle for ex
istence occupies all the time of the unfortu
nate members of the colony. The climate
breeds sickness; the soil is rot productive
and white men can not endure the necessa.
ry labor. The mission is not well managed
Supplies are inadequate. The steamer which
cost Americans so much money is lying a
wreck on the banks Of the river. If Chris.
tians would help the heather at home they
would do more good
Senator Beck expresses the
following on the tariff reduction: at is i'm.
possible to tell much about it, The measure
must originate in the House. can't tell
what Randall will do. The House Demo
| Gratis have as yet had no conference with
the senators on the subject. / don't think
any thing can be determined till the Ways
and Means Committee is made up, for, OF
course, the men at the head of that commit
tee will have charge of the tariff measure.
our committeeman, Senators Kcnna, Hearst
and Jones, are ready for conference. |
think there will be a reduction in the tarfl
schedule, cutting of sixty to seventy and
perhaps hundred millions of revenue. 1t
ought to be the latter figure / think. The
reductions will be on iron, wool, sugar, lum.
Der and various other articles"
a dispatch from Rome re-
ports King John, of Abyssinia, at the head
Of large army, and marching on MaSsowah,
the Italian headquarters. At this news one
can not help but recall with II shudder the
terrible massacre at Dagoli last winter. Five
hundred troops were there attacked, without
warning, by nearly twenty thousand Abys.
sinans. The little band could not escape
and did not try. 1t stood its ground with
unbroEen ranks, fighting with the fcrceness
OF despair. over four hundred were killed,
and aiterward found lying dead in rows, as
it moved down by a gigantic Scythc. Some
eighty saved their lives by shammng death;
but of these there was only one who escaped
without wound.-Cincinnat Enquirer.
The Cherokee Council re-
Gently appointed committee to investigate
the present status and condition of "No
Mans Land, and 10 call the attention of
Congress to the claim of the Cherokees TO
the territory. This claim is based upon the
treaty of 1898 and patents granted in 1889.
While the pura Indian element is against
Boomers" the white men who have mar.
ried among the Indians and most of the
half breeds, favor the opening of the terri.
tory and allotting the lands, as they forcsec
in this action IA rise in the value of their
holdings.
John $. Marmaduke, Cover
nor Of Missouri, died at the Executive Man.
sion in Jefferson City, Dec. 20. GOV. Mar.
madukc was graduate of West Point Mill.
tary Academy, and served throughout the
war between the States on the side Of the
Confederates, rising through successive rank
from Lieutenant to Brigader General. The
hcutcnant-governor succeeds to the Office.
\ young man by the name
of Jesse Williams was fatally shot in Cross
Roads, Rowan county, December 9th. vii.
iiams was on Christmas spree, and had be-
come noisy, when his arrest was attempted
by Deputy sheriff John Classify. The drunk.
en- man resisted, when the officer was forced
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fatal.
Miss Phoebe Cousins has an
nOunced that she will be an independent
Prohibition candidate for Governor of Mis-.
souri, in the coming campaign. Miss Cousins
recently vacated the office of Marshal of the
eastern district Of Missouri, which she sue.
cessfully managed for several months after
the death of her father.
The steamer Oceanic arriV-
ed at San Francisco from China aud Japan
December 2Sth, and was placed in quaran-
tine, as two cases of smallpox were discoy.
cred among the Chinese steerage passengers:
The papers aud mails were fumigated and
Owing to cold weather the
mails were delayed at nearly all points on
December eth, but at Cincinnati, Officer
Ben Hills's wife presented him with "two
Of then" on schedule time.
The City Council Of Atlanta |
fixed 81 800 as the cost of retail liquor
sellers license. The ordinance restricts So
looms to certain streets and provides tor
strict regulation.
Geo. White, n drunken man,
shot Frank Conway, bar.keeper, at Rich
mond, Dee. 2s, during a quarrel about a
W. .Ln.t,. a.oo.aI anA H. kuk