The Delta independent., 1889-03-26
THE WORLD.

The boomers have again been FREQ
out Of Oklahoma
General Butler is named as q posi-
BILE minister to Berlin.
The Republicans have re-nominated
Roche for Mayor Of Chicago.
Henry George is preaching his free
land doctrine in Great Britain.
Ex-President Cleveland and ex-Sec-
retary Villas have been elected members Of
Tammany.
Miles C. More, of Walla Walla, has
been appointed Governor Of Washington
Territory.
An effort will undoubtedly be made
before long to double the present pay Of
Congressman.
A gigantic salt trust has been form
ed, embracing nearly all the big producers
in the country.
One of the daughters of Chief JUS
tice Fuller ran away from home and got
married the other day.
Ex-President Cleveland and ex-Sec-
retaries Bayard, Fairchild and Villas have
gone on trip to Cuba
Mary Anderson, the actress, is ser
iously i'll, and a rumor Is a1oat that she Ii
threatened with insanity.
Fred Grant has been appointed Min
lister to Austria and John C. New, Of Indi-
ana, CONSUL General at Liverpool.
Forty cases Of typhoid fever are re-
ported in Lizernboro, Pa. Physicians say
second Plymouth epidemic is threatened
President Harrison never makes
any promises. No ofice-seeker is certain
Of his success until his name is sent to the
Senate.
The Home for Confederate soldiers
which is being built at Austin is receiving
aic from great many prominent Union
veterans.
Fourteen of the largest paper max
ers in England have formed . syndicate
for the purpose Of raising prices. The cap
ital is g, 900 900.
The great scheme of Henry Willard
whereby all the Edison Electric Companies
were to be consolidated into gigantic con
Germ is reported Collapsed.
After an 5000 mile chase for Tas-
colt through British Columbia and Mani
roba, the pursuers again have been dissp-
pointed in making a capture.
1t is reported that all the Democratic
Senators and five of the Republican Sen
ators are opposed to whitelaw Reid's con-
hrmation as Minister to France.
A Berlin government detective
named Wichman has been sentenced to
two years Imprisonment for falsely sccus-
ing two men Of being Anarchists.
Four barrels of opium shipped as
sauer kraut were taken by the custom
house officials at Tacoma the other day.
The opium was valued at $4,000.
United States Senator Chace from
Rhode Island has resigned, because
he could not longer afford to neglec, his
private business for Senator's salary.
Robert Sigel. son of General Franz
Sigel, who pleaded guilty to forging pen
sion checks, has been sentenced In the
United States Court to six years imprison-
ment Mt hard labor.
Successive offers of 81 ,0OO, 900 and
E, 900, 600, made for the Anheuser- Busch
Brewing property in ST. Louis by a repre-
sentative of the banking house of Baron
Rothschild, have been refused
The collections of internal revenue
for the first eight months Of the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1889, were IS, s64, eli, an in
crease of e COS, IA over the collections for
the corresponding period Of the last fiscal
year.
New York men want the Michigan
Legislature to grant them . charter to
build ship canal thirty-six miles long be-
tween Lakes Michigan and Superior. It
would save Ell miles between Duluth and
Chicago.
1t is estimated, by men thoroughly
posted in cattle matters, that at least 49,
600 head will be shipped from Texas to the
Northwest via the Fort Worth & Denver
railroad this season, most of which will 80
to Montana and Wyoming.
A special from Omaha announces
that the Rock Island will henceforth run
no freight trains on Sunday, aside from
those required for livestock and perisha-
BILE freight. The same dispatch also states
that the Union Pacific Is also contemplat-
ing a similar move.
The China mail brings advices con-
corning the loss Of the Spanish steamer
Remus among the PHILIPPINE Islands on
January 80. 1t says forty-two lives were
lost out Of the 16s people who were on
board. Tho surviving objects and passen-
gers were picked up by the gunboat Argus
The following interesting story
comes from Scranton, Pennsylvania: "a
week ago Charles Nier Of that city ran .
needle into his foot. The surgeons sought
in vain for IT. This afternoon Nier was
taken to the plant Of the electric railway
and his foot held over one Of the dyn.mos.
In Is minutes the needle was out"
Professor Brooks, directo. Of the
Smith Observatory, has obtained several
observations Of the new white region of
Saturn's ring and announces his discovery
that the light Is variable, and that pulsa-
tions of light At irregulsr intervals have