The state herald., 1889-07-26
TBLHGRAPHlC BRVVlFTHS.

Ex-President Cleveland is fishing in
Illinois.
"Jack the Ripper" IL again at work
In London.
There are 1000 Ice cream saloons in
Philadelphia.
A fire ut Constantinople last week
destroyed 900 houses.
An immense ship yard is to be es-
tablished in Chicago.
The freedom OF Edinburgh has been
conferred upon Parnell.
Between 700 and 800 carpenters at
Kansas City arc on q strike.
The Prohibitionists OF Virginia have
nominated full State ticket.
The National Teachers Association
will meet in st. Pau, next year.
The Lieutenant-Governor Of Ne
braska had narrow escape from drown
Ing last week.
Heavy rains have fallen recently In
the City Of Mexico, and portion Of tho
city Is inundated.
The switch board in the new teleE
phone exchange building in Ncw York
City cost sa75,Ooo.
Senator Hoar does not think II wise
10 too frequently or too anxiously discuss
Canadian annexation.
DR.. Mellow, the slayer Of Captain
Dawson, has been expelled from tho South
Carolina medical society.
Grand Duke Constantine, uncle Of
the Car, has suffered stroke Of paralysis
and lost the power Of speech.
An immense amount 6f sugar In
being stored AZ Nsw York. 1t Is thought
some one is working up q corner.
Another county seat war is threat
ened in Kansas. Ravenna and Eminence
in Garfield County are the rival towns.
The executive board of the Knights
OF Labor is in session in Chicago. The
membership Of the order now numbers
10000.
1t is reported that General Legitime
of Hayti has enlisted regiment Of female
troops. This Is q practical kind Of womsu's
rights.
From May 8 to June so, 5,994,000
people were admitted to the Paris Exposi-
tion, ~ compared with $3.50 admitted
In 1873.
The large stable Of the Lowell
tNiass.) horse railroad was burned Tues
day night, together with 10 horses, forty
cars and much grain. Loss about sl5O,OOO.
What IL said to be fine quality oi
cooking coal has been discovered at the
new Burlington Il Missouri mines on the
edge Of the Black Hills near Sundance
Wyoming.
The Union Pacific road offers 81, ,0OO
cash to any passenger on any train thai
will shoot a train robbcr, and several par
, ties are making frequent trips In hopes te
get a shot
The Parnellite members OF the
6 House OF Commons intend 70 demand IL
I Parliament that committee Of inquiry b
4 appointed to ascertain the origin Of the
Piggo,t forgorics.
An application has been received
! NJ the War Department from citizens o.
Alaska for the location OF n detachment o
troops in that Territory aud the. rs.'"".' IL
D nos o.-.--.--rrpx says that at n rcceu
swell banquct at New York, attended b,
about three hundred prominent NEE Gov
Hill md himself wcro the only ones VIII,
turned down their wine glasses.
Several Of the leading New Yorl
dailes undertook to buck against the typo
graphical union Of that city the other day
II took ths type-settcts lHss than sif hour,
to force nm unconditional surrender.
More than 800 operatives In tn,
silk mills Mt Paterson, n. j., are on /,
strike because, owing to hard times, tn.
employers are forced 10 close or reduce
wages 10 per cent A notice Of reduction
was posted and the worker. struck.
The French brewery at Fort Wayne
burned the other day. While tho fire was
In progress three men were severely In.
jurcd by the explosion Of mn ammonia tank
on the Ice machine The total loss will,
reach tt;o,oco with only sso,ooo insurance.
| The assistant general manager OF
the Manitoba Railroad has Just completed
thorough personal examination of the
wheat crop niong the lines Of the Manitoba
system and predicts that the country trib.
utary to HE lines will furnith for shIpmeu,
ut least n, ,ooo, 900 bushels Of wheat.
Ex-Governor Crawford. attorney for
the Cheyenne and Aprapahoe Indians. I'm,
issued an address 70 the United State.
Commissioners who arc about to ncgotia,.
for the Cherokee Strip, In which he pre-
sontA tho claims Of his clients TO 1000, 900
acres o. land also claimed by ,he Ghero
KEGS.
In response 10 request Of the
Queensland (Australia) Government that
the Department Of Agriculture nominate
TO that Government u suitable person 10
be appointed Is Instructor In agriculture,
Secretary Rusk has sppoihted Prof. Ed.
ward NJ. Shelton, Of Manhattan, Kansas,
to the position.
In reports to the Chief Of Engineers
Of Operation under the River and Hsrbor
bill, tho officers In charge make tho follow.
lug recommendations Of appropriations for
continuing tho work next year; Entrance
To Galveston harbor, Texas, t!,aso, 600; ship
channel In thu bay, tso,0o0; Yellowstone
River, Montana, t1S,0C0.
The Attorney General has appointed
james !. Caldwell, Of Ncbraska, special
assistant attorney TO net In tho prosecution
Of the Government suit against tho Union
Pacific Railroad Company and tho Western
unlon Telegraph Company under tho net
nt Auvtist lhss with .n,,,lut r.,f.,r,..,.. a..