Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1888-04-07

NEW YoRK. March o--Ihc Jury In the
,asc OF LAWYER Seweli, who was charged hy
ais cook, Ellen Foye, with assault, rcn-
icred verdict today in favor OF Mr., Sewesl
,ud awarding him $50 for counsel fees.
Considerable excitement was created in
the Manitoba Legislature Thursday evening
by the passage OF resolution 10 adjourn Yer
two weeks pending action 10 be taken by
the Dominion Gopernment to come TO IN
amicab.e understanding regarding provincial
matters. IL is believed that the Eed River
Valley Railroad will be buiit, but that II viii
be done peaceanly-
The colorcd people Of Georgia asked ths
railroad commission to settle the que stion
OF discrimination against them ON railroad
cars by compelling the railroad companies to
sell first and secondclass tickets. The mat
ter will be decided at the April meeting.
The existing agricultural depression was
tho subject OF discussion In the House Of
Lords. Lord Salisbury, while avowing =
belief that there are strong economical arpn-
ments against free trade, said that for pollt.
ical reasons he was unable to accept ploteo-
ton US q remidy for existing evils.
"A premature blast Of dynamite, three
miles from Bremen, Ca, buried four convcls
beneath huge pile of dirt, and when ex-
humed three were found to be dead. The
fourth Is not expected to recover. The eon.
victs were from the yards OF the ChAtta.
hoochee Brick Company, which has the
contract for building the Chattanooga Co.
lumbus Southern Railroad. The tu wns
too short for the men had barely started
when the explosion occurred.
The government candi atc was elected
at North Duller Monday ny large majority
over former member o. the Norquny Gov.
crnment This result Is pointed TO by Man.-
tobans us another lesson to Sir John Macoon-
aid that the Province unanimously and 10y
ally supports the Greenway policy. 1t IL
thought the election will have a beneficial
influence OH the negotiations now being car
ried on al Ottawa between Macdonald and
Greenway for settlement OF the railroad
question.
"A destructive fire swept away the cx.
tensiye works of the buckeye Buggy Com
pany at Columbus Tuesday evening and
seriously damaged all the buildings OF tue
surrounding square. The works OF the Bug
gy Company were recenhy erected, and
were one oil the largest single buildings In
the city, being l75 feet In length by ~ u feet
in width, and seven steres hgh- The COM
pany is an old concern and oocs . very ex-
tensive domestic aud shipping business. -
Loss about 10000.
Seventeen thousand copies OF the cir
culars, purporting to have boen issued by tho
Governor OF Saratof, Russia, have been dis.
tributcd throughout that province stating
that during the tour OF Inspection in 1887, ihs
Governor observed ever, whore the destitu-
tion and ruin among tue people, and sug-
gesling the necessity OF an early inyestgi-
tion aud measures Tor relic ana requesting
the people TO exp ess M opinion as u
Whether the destitut.on was caused by
economical condition or whether by the 20
eial ille OF the people is the root OF the evil.
The Moscow Gazette says II suspects that the
circular is a iorsery, but IL 1t is genuine it
asks whether this is the BEGINNING OF a uni.
versal suffrage in Russia, anu suuulnoning OF
the old states general.
Rather an Extensive Family.
They wsre speaking OF certain trade
in England being carried on by particu-
lax families, anI With ono accord they
buttoned up their coats over their chain
less waistcoats and coupled pawnbrokinv
with the mime OF Attenborough. II can
give you better illustration" said
distinguished Frenchman who has just
finished book upon England "and
that Is tho bdsineSs Lifting out ear
riages as not only 90 proprietors al,
bear the same surname, but the same
Christian name as we'll" "How do YOU
make that out ~ they asked "Job' is
n Christiin name, is it not?" Eyes
they replied. "Anl so is Master ell p
Again th y nssented. well, then, all
the liyery-stable people | know ere
called Job Master.