The Delta independent., 1888-05-01
TELEGRAPH BRBVTTIEE

that he is not Presidential aspirant.
Metcalf Bros. q Co, retail dry goods,
Detroit, have assigned. Liabilities, $780,.
| 600.
Carl Schurz, accompanied by his
family, has arrived at Bremen from New
York.
The Massachusetts legislature has
defeated q bill granting municipal suffrage
to women.
Max Strakosch, the famous impress
sario, is lying seriously Ill at his residence
in New York.
The editor, publisher and two sub
editors Of the Social Democrat are to be e1-
PEELED from Germany.
Governor Hill has expressed a will
lingnes to head the New York delegation for
Cleveland at ST. Louis.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary
Society OF the Presbyterian church raised
and expended last year sl54, 900.
A convention was held at Abilene,
Kansas, a few days ago Of those favoring
the removal OF the capital from Topeka.
A convict in the Jeffersonville, Indi-
ana, state prison cut of fthe fingers of his
right hand, in order to escape manual Ia
Dor.
John A. Rice, proprietor of the Ire
mont house in Chicago, and well known as
hotel manager all over the country, died
Saturday.
The Conkling memorial committee
of the New York Legislature has requested
Colonel Robert G. Iugersoll to deliver the
memorial address.
The Edgar Thompson steel works at
Brsddock, Pa, have resumed operations,
700 non-union men going to work. So far
there has been no trouble.
The factory and warehouse of the
Eau Claire Sash and Door company. at Eau
Claire, Wis, burned last week. Loss. $780,
600; insurance, 10000.
The STEMS pass train robbers who
were pursued into Mexico. were Intercepted
and killed by Mexican troops. portion
Of the stolen property was recovered.
Near Cooper, Texas, B. F. Boydsten
shot Miss Lulu Frazier and then killed HIM
self They were engaged to be married
but she postponed the ceremony, hence the
tragedy.
The condition Of the German EN-
peror has greatly improved. His sense of
taste, which he lost during the recent criti-
cal period, has returned and his appetite is
remarkable.
The steamer San Pablo, the finest
vessel Of the Pacific Mail Company in the
China trade has been wrecked at Turnabout
Island and will be total loss. The crew
have arrived at Shanghai.
DIR. Junker. the explorer in lecture
before the Berlin Geographical society, ex-
pressed his firm conviction that Stanley is
ROW with Emin Bey. This is the opinion of
all the leading German explorers.
The Centennial Hotel at Butte, Mon
tana, burned Tuesday, loss sss, 900. Jennie
NJ. Ledden burned TO death and Frank
Lincoln, Assistant Postmaster Of Butte,
died of injuries received at the fire.
Central City, Dakota, was destroyed
by fire Wednesday morning. Not a store
and thirty buildings were burned. Fifty
are left homeless. The loss is
s2so, 900. The insurance, sss,0oo.
John l.. Sullivan has arrived in Bos-
ton from his European tour and Issues a
to any man in the world to fight
,t,,,i i,,. . Cd fN,s Vii fNvH etta
or any part thereof. He says he especially
desires TO meet Kilrain and Mitchell.
During the year 1856 the order of
the knights of Labor gained nearly 6o,ooo
members and the total expenses were $lo5-
7as. Under the present administration for
lssS-s7 the order has lost al7,ooo members,
and the total expenses have been si9l ,6ss.
Two deputy sheriffs of Socorro
county. New Mexico, after following Frank
Porter and Joe Adkins for two days, had
a battle with them, in which Porter was
killed and Adkins was captured. There
are said to be rewards amounting to sl0,.
900 for Porter.
Judge Samuel d. Lecompte died
Tuesday at the age of "a. He served rs
chief justice Of the territory of Kansas
from 1854 until the admission of the terri
tory into the union. He presided over the
first constitution convention held at Le-
compton.
Count Do Lesseps has written let
ter to the Chamber OF Deputies, urging the
necessity of discussing without delay the
proposed lottery loan to be issued to the
Banana Canal company. A committee on
the loan was appointed and charged to re-
port in favor of the bill.
Jake Kilrain accepts John l.. Sulli-
vans challenge and will fight under, the
London Prize-Ring rules, either In England
or America. II In America the fight must
take place west Of the Missouri river. Kill
rains engagements will prevent him meet
ing Sullivan for tho next six months.
A. A. Farrar, a well-known resident
of Alena, Ohio, died Monday. Ills disease
WIS one of the most remarkable on record,
battling the skill OF all the doctors. He went
to sleep on April ., and up to the time of
his death all efforts to awake him were
unavailing He took no nourishment and
Uttered no pain.
Albert Griffith, Chairman Of the
Anti.Saloon Republican National Commit