Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-04-06
LATER NEWS.

THE funds for operating the Auburn IN
" Prison have been exhausted, and 900 pris-
oners are locked in their cells in inforced
idleness
GREAT damage has been done to wheat and
fruits throughout Illinois by heavy sleet-
THE President has sent the following
nominations to the Senate: E. Nelson Fitch,
IF Michigan, to be Receiver of Public
Moneys at Grayling Mich; Francis l..
Anderson, of Colorado, to be Receiver OF
Public Moneys at Del Norte, Col; John NJ.
Browne, Medical Director, to be Chief of
Naval Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, with
the rank of Commodore.
THE Senate has confirmed the following
nominations: Frederick W. L. Butterfield, of
New York, to be Consul at Client; S. NJ.
Stockslager, TO be Commissioner of the Cen
eral Land Office; Thomas ]. Anderson, to
be Assistant Commissioner of the General
Land Office.
THE Postmaster General has appointed a
committee to make thorough investigation
of the alleged mismanagement of the post
Office at Chicago.
THE River and Harbor Bill has been agreed
upon in committee. 1t appropriates only
SO, 432, 1885, though the engineers estimate of
the sum required was S40,O00,00
THE British Chancellor of the Exchequer
has presented his report showing surplus
revenue for last year of $4,000, 000 He adj
vocates additional taxes on wine, carriage
horses and race horses and the reduction of
one penny in the income tax.
THE late German Emperor's will shows his
total savings are about $12, 100000.
IT,
Oxford crew in the annual boat-race on the
Thames.
THE Court of Appeals of France has &C
quilted NJ. Wilson, ex-President CREWS SON
in-law, and others charged with selling dec
orations.
THOUSANDS of persons were reported dy-
ing of starvation in the inundated districts of
Hungary.
ANOTHER operation has been performed on
the German Emperor's throat. A mass of
diseased cartilage removed and his con-
dition improved thereby.
DE LESSEPS has secured an additional Sl0-
900, 900 with which to continue work on the
Panama Canal, and the French Chamber of
Deputies is expected to authorize the issuance
Of a lottery loan in furtherance of the
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New HAMPSHIRE has been alarmed by two
distinct earthquake shocks.
X-LEUTENANT- GOVERNOR DORSHEIMER,
editor of the New York STAR died of pneu-
monia at Savannah, Ga.
AN explosion OF nitro-glycerine occurred !
at the aqueduct powder works of L. D. !
near Ardsley, Westchester county, |
Y. Y, blowing six buildings into atoms and |
killing two laborers.
THE charges of gross cruelty and neglect
n the treatment of convicts made against
,he warden of the Arkansas State Peni-
entiary have been sustained and his dis
,harge and punishment recommended.
THE Directors of the State National Bank
# Raleigh n. c., have turned the institution
'ver to the United States authorities because
he president and cashier have fed with the
undS.
THE striking Burlington sw.tchmen were
o turbulent and disorderly that Pinkerton
nen were placed as a guard over the rail
cad property to prevent riot and destruc-
ion.
JUDGE S. G. SHARP has been made Treas
rer of Kentucky to succeed absconding
treasurer Tate
THE town of Reville, Dakota, was COM
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7as absolutely without fuel, and people were
Ompelled to break up their furniture toburn
their stoves.
TREASURER HYATT has adopted new seal
Or use on United States notes and certificates
t is similar in design to the large one used
n the old twenty dollar note with the addi-
on of small lace border with many points
geometric lathe work
EDWARD DIVER GRAY, a distinguished
'ish member Of Parliament, died at his home
Dublin
THE French Government has declined to
,cept Italy's proposals for a commercial
eaty.
A MASONIC service for the late Emperor
lillian, held in Berlin, was attended by .
100 distinguished Masons from all parts of
lie empire.
THE Sultan OF Zanzibar is dead