News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-12-19
GENERAL NEWS.

Prof. William E. Allen of the Wisconsin
University is dead.
Dom Pedro says that he will return to
Brazil if asked by the people to do so.
Late reports from Hayti indicate that
everything is now quiet on the island.
Claus Spreckles started his sugar refinery
in Philadelphia recently. He can refine
1000, 200 pounds of sugar per day.
Senator Platt has introduced bill pro-
viding territorial government for Oklaho-
ma.
Col. j. III. Rathbone, founder of the
knights of Pythias. is dead
There was fierce debate in the French
Chamber of Deputies relative to Gen. Bou-
LANCER
The Milwaukee bloody trunk has been
shown to have belonged to hotel porter.
The revival of cholera at Bagdad has caused
panic, and the Most district and trade Is
paralyzed.
The failure of Whitney & Co., New York
dry goods commission merchants. is an
nounced. The liabilities are estimated at
100000 and assets nominally the same.
The report of breach between the Anglo
American Telegraph Company and Direct
United States Cable Company and the West
ern Union Telegraph Company is denied.
The trial of Sheriff Flack of New York for
conspiracy has been indefinitely postponed,
Justice Mcneil, also concerned, being too i'll
to appear.
Efforts will be made in this Congress to Sc
cure the admission of Territories yet remain
ing into the Union as States. Senator Jones
of Arkansas, in q conversation today with
Senator Plat, Chairman of the Committee
on Territories, said he was I'm favor Of ad-
hitting all Of them except Utah.
While freight train was going through
Victoria bridge, Quebec. part of the train
broke loose and backed into another freight
which was shunting up toward the bridge,
knocking the van into ditch. The van took
fire and vas destroyed. Two cars were tele-
scoped and several others derailed.
The farmers Chicago Review summarizes
the reporrs of correspondents regarding
acreage and condition of winter wheat as
compared with last year as follows: Illinois,
acreage ITO per cent, condition SO per cent.
Indiana, acreage 101, condition "a; Ohio,
acreage 90, condition SO 1-2; Kentucky, acre
age 10S, condition 90; Missouri, acreage 100,
condition SO; Kansas, acreage, 120, condition
80 L.; Iowa, acreage 103, condition 101 !;
Wisconsin, acreage So, condition So; Michi-
gan, acreage 95, condition 70.
The Washington Star says that eighteen
words made Tom Reed famous. Not long
after having taken his seat in Congress he
was making a little speech, when some men,
Der Interrupted him with an annoying ques-
ton. Reed answered him, then in his high
nasal tones drawled out: "And now having
embalmed that fly in the liquid amber of my
remarks l will go on again." This shaft of
wit hit the newspaporial BULBS eye, and from
that time Tom Reeds name was q familiar
one throughout the country.
The work of clearing away the wreck on
the Northern Central r. r. at Emigsville, Pa,
has been kept up since its occurrence, and yet
there remains vast pile of broken cars and
their contents to be removed. The loss to the
railroad company is estimated at 100000.
Z. B. Hemingway, banker and druggist Of
Whitney's Point, NY, has made an assign
ment and fed. His accounts are badly
tangled. The liabilities are estimated at $50,
600, but will probably fall short of that
ers Of the vicinity who deposited with the
bank.
The English syndicate, which has been in
vesting heavily in Minneapolis mill property,
has now bought some of the largest mills
and elevators in Duluth for 81 100000.
A private dispatch was received in Phila-
delphia announcing the collapse of the barb
wire trust 1t has been known for some
time that there were serious discussions In
the ranks of the manufacturers who were to
compose the trust.
Gen. David Atwood, editor of the State
Journal at Madison, Wis, is dead. He served
term in Congress, and was one of the lead
ing Republicans of the state. He would have
been y years old next week, and had been
connected with the press nearly 90 years. d.
Commander-in-chief, r. A. Alger of the
Grand Army is in Albany. The time for
holding the oath national encampment,
at Boston, Mass, has been fixed for
the second week in August, beginning with
the parade on Tuesday, Aug. II.
A most destructive wind and rain storm
visited the western portion of Westmoreland
County, Pa. Houses were blown down and
unroofed and trees torn up by the roots and
carried long distance. The loss will be at
least $4,000.
The trustees of the South Dakota State
University have invited DIR. William r. Har-
per of Yale to fill the presidency, made va
cent by DIR. Olsen's untimely death in the
Minneapolis Tribune building fire. Prof.
University declining the presidency.