The Delta independent., 1888-10-30
TELEGRAPHIC BREVIT[ES.


has sustained the will of Ex-Governor TIL
den.
An orthordox Jew has been nomin-
ated to Congress from New York City
district.
Blaine reviewed parade Of 10000
uniformed Republicans in Chicago Satur-
day night
Congress adjourned last Saturday.
The session was the longest of any in the
history of the country.
Florida's orange crop this year will
be 8, 500 900 boxes. Last seasons yield OF
1000, 900 boxes was considered a big one.
The registration for the election,
which closed In Boston on the 23d, is an
nounced to be u, ,ssl against 65, 900 in 1884.
A statue of General Grant presented
to the city by the Grant Monument associa-
tion Of Missouri, was unveiled at St. Louis
Sunday.
A shortage of $50. 900 has been dis
covered IN the accounts of Joseph Field,
| ex-county treasurer of Wabaunsee county,
| Kansas.
One of the Fox sisters has made an
''expose" Of spiritualism before . New
York audience. She declares the whole
system gigantic humbug.
Governor Church of Dakota has re-
ceived over 5000, contributed through the
New York Herald, for the relief Of starving
Hebrew families in Ramsey county.
Thomas A1worthy, the city treasurer
OF Cleveland has disappeared and hasty
examination of his books show that he
took with him about s5oo, 900 of the city's
funds.
The strike of English colliers is as
suming alarming proportion and 1t is feared
the movement will become general. In
Yorkshire l5,oOo workers went out on
Tuesday.
A force Of 160 mounted police will
form patrol along the boundary in south
ern Manitoba, beginning about the middle
Of November. The patrol will be on the
lookout for timber dealers from Dakota
An attempt was made by incendia-
ries to destroy the Fontainebleu forest Sun
day. The fires were start in five places, but
were extinguished with difficulty. Loss,
l,25o, 600 francs. Two men have been ar.
rested on suspicion.
Mrs. General Sheridan has selected
q design for = monument for General Sher.
idan's grave. She declined the generous
offer of the Loyal Legion to erect . mon
ument, stating as reason that she pre-.
ferred to do 1t herself.
In conformity with the law, ,garrisons
and civil authorities throughout Mexico
are paradlnE the streets, halting At each
corner and posting . decree declaring that
General Diaz has been reelected to the
presidency. Great enthusiasm prevails.
While five men were loading car
with hay presses in the Missouri Pacific
yards at Kansas City Wednesday. freight
train backed up against the car with such
violence Is to cause one OF the machines to
topple over and bury all the workmen.
Frank Hill and j. b. Srathburn were IA
tally injured and William Foster sustained
dangerous internal injuries
The once celebrated Fox sisters, who
are the patentees Of medium spirituaiism,
appeared before large audience at the
Academy Of Music in New York last Sun.
day to expose the frauds Of spiritualism
Mrs. Marguerite Fox Kane read lecture in
faltering voice and produced famous rap
pings so that they were plainly audible by
the movement Of her big toe JOINT She
thanked God that she was able to expose
spiritualisn.
A special dispatch from Ashland,
Wis, says men at work on the Silver King
mine at Wakefield few days ago blasted
out quantity of rock which experts say
will assay the extraordinary sum of s, ,00s
to the ton, and the indications are favorable
for an abundance more OF the same kind.
The mine was recently opened on the sec
ton adjoining the famous Washburn, Detec.
tive, Duniap and other mines that have
shown such richness this fall.
A train containing 400 passengers
was buried by land slide in Italy last
week. One hundred and fifty dead and
wounded have been identified. Many OF
the victims are unknown. Scores continue
to be unearthed. The work is impeded by
cold and snow. Several headless and arm
less corpses have been found in the neigh.
boring river. A young priest was buried
for two hours by mistake, and when extri-
Gated II was found that his hair had turned
white.
Acting Secretary Thompson has re-
ceived telegram from the Collector of
Customs at San Francisco asking II Chin.
ese laborers arriving from China in transit
for either Panama or across the territory
OF the United States.to Cuba can be landed
at San Francisco, and, II SO, how they are
to be guarded. Secretary Thompson tele.
graphed to-day in reply that: "Chlnese la
borers cannot land ON United States terri.
tory, whether for transit to foreign coun-
tries or otherwise"
The President has declined abso-
lutely to approve the Denver Cemetery and
School Land Indemnity bill, so othat
the measure suffered pocket veto" II
is further ascertained that the bill, which
was In the Presidents possession for nine
days prior to adjournment was carefully
considered by him and made the subject of
several conversations with officials Of the
Interior Department. and that therefore
his failure to approve the same was conse.
Quent upon the adverse recommendation
Secretary Vllas.
Daniel Hand, an aged and wealthy
resident Of Guilford, Conn.,, has given the