The Delta independent., 1888-05-29
TELEGRAPH BREYTTIES.

The Emperor of Brazil is thought to
be dying.
Queen Victoria was sixty-nine years
old on the oath.
General Sheridan is quite ill and con-
| fined to his bed.
DR.. Vincent has been elected Bishop
in the NJ. E. Church.
Over so, ,O0e acres of cultivated land
near Hannibal are under water.
The President will pass Memorial
Day in New York and Brooklyn.
Over 1000 immigrants were dumped
off at Castle Garden last Saturday.
Buffalo Bill has returned to this
country with his Indians and cow boys.
Governor Leslie of Montana has
raised a quarantine against Texas cattle.
Drs. Newman and Goodsell have
been elected Bishops in the NJ. Z. Church.
A syndicate has been formed to tun-
mel under the river between Detroit and
Canada
A silver crown has been presented
to Jefferson Davis by some of his southern
admirers.
Horrible stories of Spanish cruelty
come from Cuba. The people are aroused
almost to revolution.
The President and Mrs. Cleveland
have gone TO Philadelphia to attend the
Presbyterian anniversary.
The South Carolina Prohibitionists
have organized the South Carolina Demo-
cratic Prohibition Alliance.
A testimonial benefit was given to
Lester wal,ack in New York Monday ey-
ening which netted the veteran manager
2o,coo.
A convention has been called to meet
at Fort Worth July 10th to consider means
for making deep water harbor on the Gulf
coast.
The cruiser Baltimore will be
is thought that Mrs. Cleveland viii chris.
ten The vessel.
Reports from all parts Of Wyoming
are: Good prospects for feed. "Calf crop
Rrge,r Horses in good fix" aud "eve.y-
thin lovely"
The section men on the Missouri
Pscii- read In Nebraska are on astIike
against reduction in wnges from sL5) tn
to si-s5 per day.
Explosion in French cartridge fac
tory kii,td eleven persons and injared
twet ty-cight or thirty more Seven build
ings were destroyed.
More than 10000 people witnessed
the Ceremony Of the laying of the corner
stone OF the Confederate monument at
jackson, Miss, last week.
The Methodist Church, Palace Ho tel
and number OF stores and dwellings at
Argonia, Kansas, were demolished by a
tornado which swept through the center of
,he town.
A California lady who has been
studying metaphysics in Chicago estab-
iishment makes serious charges against the
character and moral teachings OF the in.
stitu'im.
The Houston Light Guards Won the
IS, eco prize at the International drilI at
Austin las. week. This makes $50, 900 in
prizes which this company has won within
q Jew years.
The seeding of wheat in North Da-
Eota is about completed under the most fav-
orahle auspices The average yield OF
wheat and oats will pc Increased from 25 to
30 per cent
Ex-Mayor ". r. Grace of New York
Democratic State Convention to make
contest agsiust Governor Hill for nomina.
tion for Governor.
A terrific hail-storm swept over
Pratt county Kansas, on Thursday night,
destroying fruit, wheat and corn. Cattle
and pigs were killed in some places and
much general damage was done.
A Washington dispatch says the
latest Blaine programme talk here is that
the Blaine men are 10 support Levi p.
Morton OF New York rs dark horse II the
defe at of Blaine in the convention Is at all
probable.
Charles Il. Wacker, wealthy brew
er at Chicago, who was nominated for State
Treasurer by the Democratic convention.
has announced his intention of refusing the
nomination, on the ground that he is not a
politician.
The Anarchists will resume the pub
Iication of their propaganda, the Alarm. 1t
will be transferred from Chicago to New
York and printed in English. Herr Most
and Henry Loudon, an English Anarchist,
will hand In II.
A verdict of $102,00 in favor of
David Stewart against G. r. Huntington
for rnon-pcrformance III contract upon the
sale of go shares of Central Pacific stock
in 1870 has Just been affirmed by tho SUI
| preme Court of Now York.
A cyclone swept over Brownton,
Texas, yesterday, destroying the Methodist,
Baptist and Congregational churches and
eight dwellings. One person was killed
and eight fatally wounded. Great damage
was done To crops and outhonses.
The Queens birthday was made tho
occasion for throwing open to the public
the Queen Victoria Niagara Falls Park, a
twin sister to the state reservation on the