The state herald., 1889-11-29
BY TELEGRAPH.

Elmira, N. Y.
Nine lives have been lost by fire in
the Anaconda mine.
The only brewery in Wyoming was
burned few days ago.
Wyoming has 800 miles Of railroad
and $500 miles Of irrfgating bitches.
Thele is strong probability Of free
coinage act passing the next Congress.
A consolidation of the Knights OF
Labor with the Farmers Alliance 10 prob
able.
Lyman r. Casey has been elected
n United States Senator from North Da
kota.
Stanley has been heard from. He
is we'll and expects to reach the coast in q
few weeks.
l.. Lum Smith, Philadelphia edi-
tor,will serve six months In Jail for libeling
Anthony Comstock.
The insane asylum at BlackfoOt,
Idaho Territory, burned tho other day
and number of inmates pcrished In the
flames.
A fire caught in tho tower OF o tall
Western Union building in New York the
other day and was with difficulty extin-
guishcd.
DR.. Talmage has received a corner
stone for his new Brooklyn Church from
Mars Hill, where ST. Paul preached to the
Athenians.
The desertions from the army last
year from white regiments varied from Il
TO 81 per cent. and from colored regiments
was only 2 per cent
Stephen l.. Pettus, n prominent New
Yorker, was shot and killed on prominent
street Of that city u few days ago, by wo-
man he hnd wronged.
Two hundred delegates TO the tenth
convention of the Woman's National In
dian Association assembled In Newark,
New Jersey, on the 2ist.
Secretary Noble has decided to dis
miss all employees who were instrumental
In having their pensions rc-rated and col
lect the money SO obtained.
A through mail train has recently
been put on the Union Pacific road which
reduces the running time from Omaha to
Portland, Oregon, to 80 hours.
Four hundred tickets were sold for
the dinner which was given by the Ameri-
cans in Berlin under the presidency of
Minister Phelps on Thanksn Ny.
Hon. George II. = who
served as United Stat NBcr-
lin under President fnis
tration, died at BrL Sven.
ing.
The English capit. ,iire seeking
to control the American cheese industry
by buying up Western New York factories.
They have mn option on NIL combination
factories In the State.
The Geological Survey says that
Professor Russel's ex-lnra,i~'S In Alaska
resulted IN many interesting discoveries
regarding glaciers, mining, etc. a book
will probably be issued.
The Emperor William has author
lied the establishment Of lottery "to be
managed by syndicate for tho purpose OF
raising the sum Of 7,OOO, 900 marks for q
site oil which TO erect n monument TO tho
late Emperor William.
Tho steamship Manhattan. bound
for New London, Conn, from New York,
was run into by the schooner Agnes, ind
the thirty-lve passengers on board are be
licved 10 have been lost
The hePrcsidenthns appointed Thomas
Clay Mcdowell collector OF internal rev.
cnue for the seventh district Of Kentucky
vice w. G. Goodloc, recently killed. The
appointtec Is son law Of Goodloc's.
Mrs. Parnell Is reported to have
said that the last letter from her sol
Charles was written seven months ngo, In
which he begged her to get along without
his help, as his obligations are greater thar
he can provide for.
The National Grange Wednesday
passed resolution favoring tho election
OF United States Senators by tho direci
vote Of the people. Tho newly elected OF
hcers were installed and tho meeting nd
iourncd to meet next year In Atlanta. Ga
ES-Commissioncrs Of Pensions Dud
ley and Tanner have formed co-partncr.
ship In the pensions md claims bust
ness 1t is stated that General Algcr ha,
Informed Tanner that he is ready To ren
der him whatever financial aid he may re
quirc.
The Brazilian exit is considered II
Paris To be the worst blow that monarch
ism has ever received, and private letter.
from Portugal say that In spite OF the of
hcinl welcome, the thinking classes rcgrc
the ne ecssity of the so.ourn there OF Don
Pedro, and that they wonld gladly sec hin
condcscond 20 reside anywhere else.
Thomas A. Edison has Just patented
u new cell for tho use OF telegraph com
panics which bids fair to rcyolutlonls,
this branch Of tclcgraphy. Tho now eel
Is simple cylinder OF zinc within which 4
placed thick stick OF caustlc soda aud III,
cell is then filed with water. The mos
wonderful claims arc made for this new
cell.
Americans received larger pro
portion of the prizes offered by tho Pnri
Exposition than tho exhibitors OF amy othc
nation, tho actual amount being over I 900
Aud this IN the fGco Of the statcmen
which Inns always been made that III,
American exhibit. formed nest beg
carly show.
A telegram from Couycll Grove
| Kansas, says; A personal encounter 90
Cured In that place Thursday, In the Dis
trlct Court, between Hon. John Mnrtii
and Colonel Bradley, prominent attorney,
from Topeka. Martin was Democratic eau