The Delta independent., 1888-12-25
TELEGRAPHIC BREVTTT&.

, coast OF Maine.
| Cattle down in the Panhandle are
| suffering from drouth.
The watermelon raiser1 Of South
Carolina have formed q trust.
John G. Whittier celebrsted his
eighty-frst birthday on the 18th.
General Harrison is making great
reputation for keeping his own counsel.
South Carolina pays out $500 a
year in pensions to Confederate soldiers.
The Connecticut River is on boom,
something unusual for this time Of the year.
Many Of the prominent business men
of Dakota oppose division Of that Terri
tory.
Persistent efforts are being made to
open portions Of Indian Territory to settle
ment
A new dynamite gun which will
throw a shell Ave miles has been on exhi-
bition
The French Government refuses to
come to the rescue of the Panama Canal
Company.
A seventy-ton granite monolith has
been placed on the grave Of "Long John"
Wentworth
The Canadian Government has made
some important concessions in the dsher-
les controversy.
An oyster war is raging on the
shores of Maryland between illegal dredg-
ers and the State militia.
1t is reported that Lord Ssckville
Vests place at Washington will not be
filed until after the 4th of next March.
Fifty conductors on the Atlantic and
Pacific Railroad, running between Albu-
qserque and Moisve, were discharged last
week
Mayor Hewitt has vetoed a bill ap-
propriating 1916 to defray the expenses of
the Board of Aldermen in attending the
funeral of one of their number.
Colonel Lamont has written to the
sons private secretary that he will cheer
fully give him all the pointers in his power.
The New England Historical Society
has petitioned Congress to name the north
ern portion of Dakota Pembina and to
change the name of Washington Territory
to Tacoms
An American syndicate has secured
n contract with tho Chilian Government
for the construction OF $50 miles of railway
and equipment, involving . money valua-
tion of sl7. &c., 600.
The shareholders OF the Panama
an agreement to subscribe for lottery bonds
on future issue at $50 francs, and thousands
have already signed.
Isaac Staples has sold $4,000 acres
of pine lands on Snake River in Minnesota
for over $500 600 to Frederick Weiyerhauser
for the syndicate which is rapidly absorb
ing the valuable timber lands.
Rev. Isaac Errett, of the Christian
Church, one OF the best known divines, died
Wednesday morning At q very advanced
age. He was the life long friend of Presi-
dent Garfield and editor of the Christkon
Standard.
Owing to fears that the Panama
Canal CouIpany's difficulties may give rise
to disorders on the Isthmus. the French
Government decided TO send q man Of war
TO Colon TO protect the French interests
1t is expected that the United States win
send two
Madame Boulanger, in an interview
denied that she had refused to live with
her husband. She complained that he was
trying TO play Napoleon and make her his
Josephine. She then burst into tears and
begged to be excused from answering fur
ther questions.
The Emin Relief Committee an
nounce that after careful examination Of
Osman Digna's letters, they have concluded
that proof of Emin Pasha's capture has
not been established. They will, therefore,
start Lieutenant Wismann's expedition for
Emin's relief At the earliest possible mo-
ment-
A dispatch from the City of Mexico
says: In Congress on Saturday night the
Union Light, Fuel and Gas Company of
America, in which many ST. Louis, Chi
cago. New York and Detroit parties are
largely interested, obtained concession
for the introduction of water, fuel and gas
into all the cities and Government build
ings throughout the Mexican Republic.
The Chief of the Secret Service divi-
sion Of the Treasury Department in his an
nual report says the representative value
Of the counterfeit money captured during
the year was S2,1l7,s2s, of which over
So, 600 600 were limitations and fac-similes Of
notes. There were also captured eighty
Ave plates, forty dies, for<y-s molds and
largo quantity Of countsrfeiting para
phernalia,
A letter sent by Cardinal Gibbons
and American Bishops to the Pope with
reference IN the Washington University
announces that the sum of $4,000 has
been collected for the new institution and
that the university buildings are now In
progress Of erection. The Cardinal and
Bishops request the concession of academic
privileges TO tho university and asks the
Popes approval Of its statutes,
A dispatch from Zanzibar says that
in pursuance Of the Sultan's order four na
tivcs awniting trial were horribly executed
in the streets OF Toion. Their heads Were