The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1889-05-18

1T Is reported that Sir Charles RusSell'S
Zee tor acting as counsel for the Parneu
lies before the special commission was
elO.OGO.
| GENERAL CLINTON r. FTSKE denies the
; state hent that he had said that he would
nor De thIrd-party man reNt fall. He
says he Is still carrying the Prohibition
hhS on the highest summit he can reach.
HE hrSt prosecutions i'll Cincinnati un =
der the reccntly-passod law against
hu"k't shops began on the 10th.
HE strike Of the car-drivprS at Prague
austria, Is ended, the tramway company
having on the 10Th, yielded 10 the de.
mnnds Of their employees.
TIE site of Fort SisSon, formerly Fort
| Nad~wOr'h, Mimi. has been transferred
t" the Interior Department. and will be
/ disposed of under the provisions of the
/ act of 1881. The tract comprises four
/ townships adjoining the Sisson Indian
( reservation. 1t will not be- offered until
| surveyed and appraised by the commits.
sion.
/ IT IS believed that Captain Wissmann,s
victory over the natives at Bocomayo
marks the collapse of the emeute on the
East coast Of Africa.
y DISPATCH from BOchum, lyestphalin
says that the firing by the military, on the
night ut the 9th, was the result of a blum
der on the part Of the officer commanding
the troops, who mistook a number of
passengers coming out of a railway sta.
uou for rioters. The strikers made no
demonstrations
liIE quarterly whipping at New Castle.
Del, on the llth, was remarkable in the
number OF iasheS laid on by the sheriff.
who struck 2lj blows on the backs Of
Twelve men. Three of them received
forty lashes each for highway robbery.
IN the trial of the briggs Schroeder |
rapld-hre stx.pounder gun which took |
place at Annapolis, Md, on the 18th. |
Lieutenant briggs, the inventor of the /
gun, ana the naval attaches of the Ger
man ana Japanese legations at Wash.
inGton, wore present. Nineteen shots
were fired in one minute. and sixtv
rounds were tirei in four minutes and
twenty seconds.
LIEUTENANT HENRY VI. SCHAEFFHR. q,
the United States Navy, died at the Naval
Hospital Brooklyn, on the llth, from
dropsy.
GENERAL BOULANGER SAYS that IL the
French Government prolongs the sitting
OF the Chamber of Deputies till next wear,
the action will be a blow touniversaI suf.
traSe, and every Frenchman ought 70
protest against such course. He inti-
mates that he will be heard from if the
government takes such action. {
The trial trip of the cruiser Charleston.
N the llth, proved a failure OWING TO
ne heating Of one Of the high pressure
'lldes, temporary defect which can cas-
ly be remedied. 1
IL the day go.as-you-please nedes.
rian contest at Madison Square Garden. :
Il New York City, which ended on the
light Of the nth, seven men scored over
~ miles and participated in the gate re-
elptS, Herty leading with 80 miles.
EN-CoNGIEssMAS LYMAN X. BASS died
{ the Hotel buckingham, in New York
lty, on the llth, of consumption and
cart failure. He was fifty four wears
H. and was formerly 4 partner of ex- )
resident Cleveland. $
THOMAS \. EDISON has entered a co~,- a
lalnt III equity in the United States '
DurtS OF New York against T.. Gillilaud.
II electrician, and lawyer named Tcsj- {;
nSon for the recovery Of $25O,0OO. which :;
e claims they have wrongfully convert Ii
1 10 their own use out of the proceeds NJ
the sale of stock of the Edison phono- q
raph. ly
liERBE3T SKINNER, gunner in the bt
ritish Marine Artillery service, has fall -
heir to $50 030 in money and a large W
nded property in Hereford. Sc
EN-BANKER JAMES ID. FISH walked out tu
Auburn IN. " State prison, at ten ii,
inutes past nine O'Clock on the morning NJ
the llth, free man. m
THE Car has appointed VI. Durnovo as gi
mister of the Interior to succeed the la
te Count TolStoi. hi
The Booth-Barrett Company dedicated fr
. Eew California Theater, in San Fan. he
SEQ, on the 18Th. Pr