The Republican journal., 1888-05-24

The Suez Canal dividend will be IF. o0c
above that OF last year.
\ granl-nccc of Thomas jefferson has just
died in New YORK. at the age of 80.
A Warsaw engineer has invcnteda gun capa-
bic of firing >iNty-two shots a minute.
MIR. Edison the inventor. says that he wo uld
give all his fame to recover his hearing.
The Canadian House of Commons has voted
81 600 for new canal al Sault Ste Marie.
The senate has passed tie House bill making
eight hours constitute a days work for letter
carriers.
Mr.. John >tetson the thcat rical manager,
has secured a cpntrul!in" intcre> in the Boston
Herald.
Russia has invited the powers to send twelve
delegates each to attend the August military
manruNrcS.
Rosa Bonheur. the famous French artist
goes about on sketchinY tours clad in trousers
and Il cutaway coat.
The Shah Of Persia has Introduced the piano
in his harem, and the Ladies are to receive
prizes for proficiency.
Quecn Victoria has sent to the Glasgow En-
hbition two table napkins manufactured from
yarn spun by her own hands.
The Brazilian Senate has passed the bill
aboli>hiny slavery which was passed by the
Chamber Of Deputies last week
A prohbtionist's store was blown up BY
dynamite near Harrisburg, Pa, it is supposed
by the agents of the liquor interest.
Anton Rubinstein, the pianist. has accepted
an offer of 10000 for 80 performances in the
| nlcd states during the coming season.
Al, 1.
pied by the Chinese legation at Washington
has raised the rent thereon from $1,000 to $1,000.
Judge Lamar is very absent minded. lie
was observed few days ago enleaN oring to
drop a letter into ii"e alarm box on Pennsyl-
NanIa avenue.
Theodore Tilton. who is still living in Paris,
shows decided marks of increasin" age. His
long hair, which he still wears about his should
crS. is almost white.
4 volcano eruption and Il water>pout have
occurred in New Pomcrania, New Guinea. do
ing immense damage. Many natives and three
Germans We're killed.
The Queen Regent of Spain will unveiI Il
memorial of Christopher Columbus in Barcel-
ona harbor June 1St. President Cleveland and
King lIumbcrt have been invited to be pres
ent.
The Queen of Greece, it is expected. will
soon pay three months visit to st. Peters
burg. Her daughter, Princess Alexandra will
marry the Grand Duke Paul, the Cars Young
est brother.
Lieutenant Hem. II. n, defends American
yachtSmen in Il letter to London spOrtin. pa
per which attacked the fair play of the New
York Yacht Clubs management of the Americ,
Cup races.
The steel works and rolling mill of the Diss-
ton work at Talony, Pa, were burned
May 12ht. Loss, $500. 900; insurance, $19O, 900.
Two hundred and fifty persons lose work tenn
porari|y, and 1900 are affected.
Mrs. Kate Fox Jenckin, 30 years old, one Of
the original Fox sisters, the noted Rochester
spirit rappers, is in trouble in New York for
intemperance and neglect of her children. The
once talented, vivaciols and successful spirit
| rapper is a total wreck.
| The golden rose, which the Pope bestows an
| nually, comes to America for the second time,
the recipient being Miss Mary Gwendolin
Caldwell. of New York, whose magnificent
| benefacton of $500, 900 toward the erection of
| a Catholic university at Washington has won
for her this special mark of pontitical favor.
The only Other American woman npon whom
! it has been bestowed is Mrs. Sherman, wife OF
General Sherman.