The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-05-31
EASTERN ITEMS.
AN AMERICN BREWERY SYNDICATE
ORGANIZED.
A Meeting of the Democratic National
Committee-Woman's Amateur
Walking Match-Chinese
Theater in Chicago.

Secretary of War Proctor is in Chicago
A Denver Scandinavian Club has zoe
members.
A Chinese theater opened in Chicago
on the 18th.
The protracted drought in Illinois has
been broken.
Secretary Blaine's health has much
improved lately.
Cigarettes are sold to ladies in Erie
confectionery stores.
Buffalo Bill with his Wild West show
has arrived at Paris
Senator Brown of Georgia is recovering
from severe illness.
The great cycling tournament began at
Chicago on the 18th.
The Delaware pear and peach crop
promises to be large
A woman's walking match began in
New York last week.
General Simon Cameron had slight
hemorrhage last week.
Savannah is said to be flooded with
counterfeit silver dollars.
Pat Killen draws the color line on
Peter Jackson, the slugger.
Ex-Minister Phelps is to resume his
duties as Professor at Yale.
Edward j. Gay, Louisiana Congress
man, is reported to be dying.
An American Brewery Syndicate has
been organized in New York.
Bank-wrecker Fish has been released
from the Auburn penitentiary.
Cincinnati capitalists will erect a large
cotton factory at Huntsville, Ala.
The President and party had a cruise in
the Chesapeake Bay on the 18th.
Sixteen Congressional districts will be
contested in the coming Congress.
st. Louis proposes having six-weeks'
electrical exhibition in September.
Samuel c. Wright has been appointed
superintendent of the mint at Carson.
New York paid for California cherries,
last week, 81 to So for ten-pound boxes.
The new military post near Atlanta,
Ga, will be known as Fort Mcpherson
There are five banks and six news
papers in operation in Guthrie, Oklahoma
Amateur oresmen will hold the annual
regatta at Pullman, ILL.,, August Sth and
9th.
The thirty-fourth session of the South
ern Baptist convention has begun at
Memphis.
A paper at Fort Myers, Fla, publishes
fifteen solid columns of tax sales for one
county alone.
A meeting OF the Democratic National
Committee in New York has been called
for June 18th.
John Allen and E. H. Platt are going
to ride On horseback from New York to
San Francisco.
The amount of wheat stored in Western
elevators is less by 13,0000 900 bushels
than last year.
The Michigan Legislature has refused
to pass bill providing for the inspection
of beef ON the hoof.
The mystery attending the disappear
ance of DR.. Cronin, at Chicago, has not
yet been cleared away.
The eleven grain-elevators of St. Louis
have formed a trust to put an end to
competition in that city.
Nathan Corwith, senior head of the
lead house at Chicago, which failed last
fall, is at the point of death.
An explosion of fire-damp at the Toms
Run coal mines, near Pittsburg, killed
four Hungarians on the 18th.
Pittsburg, Penn, is enjoying marriage
boom. Sixty persons took out marriage
licenses in one day recently.
Legal means have been commenced to
secure receiver for the Electric Sugar
Refining Company at New York.
1t is estimated that fullv $3.50, 600 was
spent for drinks at the New York bars
each day during the celebration.
Colonel Robert H. Taylor one OF the
Texas, died near Bonham recently.
E. H. Jertberg. of the New York
Olympic Club, ran mile in 80 10 last
week. This is the best indoor record.
A party of Eastern capitalists will
expend $75, ,000 exploring for Datural gas
in Starke and Marshall counties, Ind.
Morris J. Blaine killed his wife, Swear
old daughter and himself at Cincinnati
recently. Jealousy prompted the crime.
Robson and Cane appeared together in
New York for the last time last week.
Each had complimentary words for the
other.
Judge Henry A Foster, of New York,
is dead, aged 90 years. He was the
oldest living ex-senator of the United
States.
The Italian government refuses to sur
render two of its subjects accused of
having committed double murder in
Pennsylvania.
There is stampede from Deadwood to
new gold fields in the Black Hills, about
forty miles from Deadwood The fields
are said to be very rich.
The revenue officers have captured
some fifteen persons and destroyed
several stills among the moonshiners in
Mcdowell county, w. Va.
British Minister Pauhcefote attended a
circus at Washington last week with the
thermometer at nearly 100 deg. and
seemed to enjoy the show.
The Mexican Secretary OF State, Maris-
cal, has ordered investigations to be made
into the csses of the three Americans inn
prisoned at Piedras Negas
The cottage of Charles G. Francklyn
of New York, at Elberon, in which Presi
d<r,f C.orHold diad nr,d tho hof1l