The Delta independent., 1888-10-23
PBLEGRAPHIC BREVTTIES.
Railroad accidents are unusually
numerous in the East

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numerous in the East
Floods in Abruzzo, Italy, have
caused enormous damage, and the loss of
many lives.
Notwithstanding the excitement Of
the campaign money is easier throughout
the country, and trade better. than for
long time.
Forty thousand copies Of DR.. Mac
kensie's booklhave been seized by the po.
lice at Leipsic. The book Is being seized
wherever found.
Advices from Afghanistan report
That in a fight in Tashkwigan 500 Of Ameer's
men and ! 900 rebels were among the killed
and wounded.
Fifteen hundred men of various ma
tionalities were naturalIzed in Chicago
Monday. Seven judges Of the county court
and their clerks were kept busy most of the
day.
Governor Moorhouse, of Missouri,
has ordered the Third Regiment of the
Missouri National Guard to proceed to
Bevier, the scence of the trouble with the
coal miners.
Mr.. C. j. Jones, of Garden City,
Kansas whose herd of domestic buffaloes
has long been famous, has bought the only
other similar herd in America of Manitobs
parties. This will give him 15o head.
Moy Lou Ming. a thoroughly Ameri-
canized Chinaman, who has amassed wealth
| as dealer in teas and spices during L
years residence in this country, applied fol
naturalization papers in Chicago Monday,
| but was refused.
Under the recent decision in the case
| of the Northern Pacific Railroad company
| vs.. Guiiford Miller, selections by said COM
pany as indemnity have been held for can
collation. by the general land office to the
extent Of q, coo ocres.
The Emperor William visited
Pompeii last week. He was Intensely in-
terested in everything he saw at Pompeii,
especially in the excavation made In his
presence, during the progress Of which sew
| eral valuable bronze objects were un.
| earthed.
While William L. Davis and John
Yarder, two of the garrison Of Fort d. A
Russell, were duck shooting Sunday, Y YardeI
accidentally discharged both barrels OF his
| shotgun into his companions body. Davis
died two hours after the shooting. The
unfortunate mans parents reside In De
| troit
Tho ninth annual report of the In.
dian Government Training School at Car.
l hSt p0 tatr IL
has been forwarded to the Indian Commits.
sicner at Washington. 1t shows that there
are 6S7 Indian boys and girls st school and
the Apache Indians constitute the largest
element Of any one tribe
Mayor Hewitt, speaking about his
feeling toward President Cleveland, says:
| "There is no GOODNESS between President
Clevelandsand myself or Edward Cooper.
| see no reason why he shoald not call on
me. He has repeatedly invited me to dine
with him, but on every occasion / have been
sick and could not accept"
Incomplete returns from inspectors
Of registration. which were completed in
| Chicago Wednesday, indicate total OF
about 10000 The vote at the lat Pres..
deniiaI election was 1000, and 1t is es |.
mated thst l6u,0,v votes will be cas-, at the
| forthcoming election, or an increase OF
more than 50 per cent in four years.
ID. j. l.. Cunning of Amsterdam,
who represents the Dutch bondholders in
| the Maxwell land grant is in this country,
and says that ari an gements will shortly he
made IN Washington TO indemnify sc tslers
| on the grant VINO bought when Secretary
Cox of the Interior Department decided
that the Maxwell grant was not valid.
One ,hreshing machine which has
been engaged during this season In the
neighborhood of LonEmont has threshed
out 20 coo bushels of wheat This is only
the record of one of probaolya dozen ma.
chimes which have been operating in tina,
vicinity. As the present market price is
seventy cents bushel more than last year
the farmers are feeling remarkably good
natured.
In an interview between the Pope
and E VI peror William, His Holiness, 1t is
said, emphasized the necessity of the re.
| s,orniion Of the temporal power, and said
all the sovereigns should unite to secure it.
The Emperor replied that 1t would be more
to the Pope's advnntageto unite with those
who represent the principles Of order and
social conservation, and thereby better Sc
cure the peace Of the world.
Tho biography of the lato Emperor
Frederick of Germany will be published in
London shortly. 1t will relate solely TO his
domestic life. 1t is believed that his widow
| is the author of the work. Her name any.
how is appended to the preface. The pro.
fits derived from the sale OF the book will
be devoted to his hospital for the treatment
of diseases of the throat Tho Pail Mall
Gazette says the work Is being revised by
Lcrd Salisbury.
Abou. dozen Dakota women were
ARE ted at Thompson, in that territory, the
other day. All attempts to close the sa-
looms there having failed, the ladies' took a
hand themselves, cutting the saloons and
spilling the liquor on tho ground, for
which they were arrested. All wore white
badges and spent the time on the train in
singing temperance songs. Great interest
Is manifested In the trial, and there d
| much bitter feeling.
A Minneapolis man who has beon in.
sestigstine the condition Of the farmers of