The Republican journal., 1888-10-11
Generalities.

Canadian Indians are reported to he dying OF
starvation.
4 canal will soon be built between the Black
and Caspian
Denis Kcarney is shouting for Cleveland and
Reform in California
Sam Jones is said to have masie 100000 bv
preaching slang sermons.
Henry Dale contestant of the stokes will in-
voviug $4,000 900, has lost his case.
BituminouS coal in large quantities has been
discovered near Port Townsend. w. r.
OF the 200 golA beaters in New York not one
is a woman while of the gold cutters not one is
a man.
1t was announced that the falling off in the
estimated wheat crop of France was - 900 600
hectotreS.
Two more mysterious murders have been
commtedin it Whitechapel. London. The vie
tins were women.
Mr.. John ii. Oherlv, at present civil service
commissioner. has been appointed commission
er of Indian affairs.
The prospects are that the Egyptian cotton
crop will he superior in both quantity and
quality t. the crop Of 1857.
Several contracts on the Panama Canal have
been finished. and it is said that several other
important sections will be completed soon.
General and Mrs. W. 7. Sherman have left
hotel life in New York city and moved into
their own house at No. 81 West list street.
The Mormons. according to report, are t.
contribute $1,000 TO the Democratic campaign
fund. The MormonS know their friends, that's
certain.
At 260 yards the I.epel rifle would 20 through
two men. The French ar>cnal> have enough
ammunition to supply each soldier with $500
cartridges.
James Win>iey of Ottawa. while helping to
hold down Il balloon, was carried up one thous-
and feet. and fell to the ground and was terri
bly, mangled.
The site for the monuments of the 18th Penn
sylvania. 1,t Vermont and l,t West Virginia
regiments has been fixed on Cavalry Avenue
of Round Top.
English society is stirred to its profoundc>t
depths by discussion as to whether the
Countess of Dudley really does sleep between
black silk sheets
The Young Emperor of China is to be married
on the twenty-fourth day of the First Moon in
1850, and the event Will cost the National
Treasury - 3190Go.
Four members of the Australian Legislature
have been expelled for accepting bribes
from Chinese to vote against the bill restricting
Chinese mmigratiun.
\ swimming dress. to enable a swimmer TO
blow up mines and hostile boats has been tried
i'll the German navy. 1t IS Il sort Of Modified
Paul HoyGton affair
Two hundred and fifty thousand English
miners threaten to strik" October - unless
their demand for a 10 per cent. increase in
wages is complied with.
4 timber raft 700 feet long 40 widc carry ing
40 men, and worth $50 900, Went down the
Rhine. 1t was nearly wrecked when passing
the famous curve Of the Iore!cr.
The Italian government has ordered that
protective measures be taken at Italian ports
against vessels arriving from districts in
America infected with yellow fever.
jesse u. Grant, the youngest son Of General
Grant has been for nearly year located nt
San Francisco, where he is enyage, in promot-
ng 4 number of mining enterprises.
The Government telegraph lines IN VI, Niro
are in a terrible state on account of the late
storms, and it is believed it will he difficult 10
repair them. Almost entirely ncW lines will
be necessary.
Bismarck represented to the Emperor of
Germany that the recent publication Of his
fathers diary was Incorrect. and the Emperor
has authorized the prosecution of the publisher
for publishing state secrets
The National Gazette of Berlin states that
the recently published extracts from FreIe
rick'> diary have been compared With the text
of the original aud have been found to ,.groc
with the latter word for word!
Miss Amelia jackson, daughter Of W. IL.
jackson, who Shot and killed Col. Ellsworth
in Alexandria at the outbreak of the war, has
been promoted from Si2o cicrk-hip in the
Patent OtHe to IN $500 position.
A new fast mail train is now running be-
tween Boston. New York and Chicago. MAX
Ing the run from Chicago to Boston i'll about
twenty y-nine and half hours, and 10 New
York in about twenty-seven hours.
The ideal battle ship, according 10 Admiral
Sir George Elliott. possesses qualifications rank
and armor: 3. lIandness; I. Coal endurance ;
). Speed &. Light druught of water
Miss Hattie L. Kidd, who stood at her post
In the Jacksonville telephone office until She
went down with the yellow fever. has recover
ed and on Friday was married to W. b.
Owen, head of the relief committee
President Diaz. of Mexico, in answer to the
petition asking that the imprisoned editors be
set at liberty, states that he is under the law
and cannot interfere with the courts He offers.
after legal sentence, to do what he can IN the
matter.
Yam Phon Lee. a graduate OF Yale. who
married a wealthy New Haven, Conn. girl, has
been appointed to Il position in the Pacific bank
at san Francisco. He will attend to all the
business his countrymcn, the Chinese. have
with the bank
The Russian government has granted sub
>idy of SO 900 annually to 4 private firm to run
line of steamers between Russian Pacific ports
and torea. Japan and China. In the event of
war the steamers are to be placed at the di>poS-
al OF the government.
The will of VIM. \. W. stewart mas been
lile,l for probate. Mr.. Stewart was the New
York lawyer who sailed for the Bcrmuta> i'll
his yacht just before the blizzard last March.
The Yacht, with fourteen persons on board,
was never heard from.
Further extracts from the diary Of the late
Emperor Frederick of Germany show that
many important measures in Germany'> policy
Were first proposed by him and carried through
against Bi-marck's Judgment. Much excite
mcnt has been caused in Germany by the pub
licat on.
The Official Gazette of Malri' publishes de-
crees ordering the construction of cruiser of
the first class at CadiZ, Of 1000 tons
at Carthageua, one of 1000 tons, another Of
5000 tons and four torpedo boats Ill Ferrol.
These are in addition to the three cruisers
Adyiccs received by the German Planters
Company from Zanzibar state that the rising
extends along the whole cost. The Arabs and
blacks have united. The plantation at Icwa
belonging to the company has been twice at
tackled. Several officials of the German African
company have been murdered.
A year ago the same grade of wheat that now
brings dollar was selling for about 40 cents.
1t is five wears since this cereal sold At its pre-
sent price. and meanwhile it has been down as
| low as 66 cents. The difference between the
| lowest and the highest price represents a diff
| ference in the value Of the wheat crop of over
Sl25 100000.
Thomas A. Edison, has been devoting his
| attention to the microbe, and an etlicaciouS
| method of its determination. The result of
| these experiments has toll, him that he has dis
| covered a remedy for the determination or
| ctlectual check of the yellow fever. The cN-
| pcriment> We're made with gasoline, eNhigolinc
| and solution of caustic soda.
About Is of the 33 women who We're mar
ried to James W. Brown, the champion benc-
dict, since 1873, confronted him in the recorders
court in Detroit recently. 1t was established
| that Browns method was to advertise for Il
| housekeeper, select Il victim the one from
| among the applicants who pleased him most
| and marry her as soon as possible. lie would
| desert her after a few days. Five clcrgymcll
| of Detroit certified to marrying Brown to as
many different women and the case against him
was so clear that the prosecutor left it to the
jury without arguing The jury took but four
| minutes to find him guilty.