The Republican journal., 1889-09-12
Generalities.


Hc ui'dH sugar crop plolHlscS well.
Foreigner, have bought two Baltimore brew
| cries.
An earthquake in Il Russian village burned
| l29 persons alive.
There are on the pension rolls very nearly
half a million names
The cyclone which visited lIayt recently
did not do much damage
Maj. Mckinley has urged the President not
to call an extra session.
President Harrison has leased his house in In
dlarapoli> for three years.
Slocum has won the amateur lawn tennis
championship of the United States
The Broadway New York; surface railroad
has been sold at auction for 900.
At least 1000 persons have been drowned in
| recent typhoon> i'll China and Japan.
The Massachusetts Council of the American
Legion Of Honor has been rein>tated.
The bands in Paris strike up yankee
Doodle" whenever Thomas A. Edison appears.
The City of Paris came across in ! days, 10
hours, Is minutes, beating all transatlantic rec
| ord>.
The san Diego water company water works
| have been sold to an English syndicate for ST.
| 100000.
Since ls60 more than a billion of dollars
| has been expended in pensions by the United
| States.
Senor Romero, the Mexican minister, will be
one of the delegates to the Congress of Amer-
| can nations.
Judge Mcconnell has decided that all the
| Cronin defendants except Woodruff must be
| tried together.
The crops through New England are report
| ed to be in good condition with the exception of
potatoes and apples.
The Governors of seventeen States express
their approval OF the movement to remove Gen.
Grants remains to Washington
The fastest steamship in the world is named
after the French capital, sails under the British
tlas and is owned BY Americans
Preparations are being made in Paris for a
| ftte in October in honor Of the 397th anniyer-
sary of the discover! of America
English capitalists are negotiating for the
purchase of the sole leather tanneries of New
England and Northern NcW York.
It i about settled thal President Harrison
viii rot leave the mountains again untilhe goes
| To Washington tor permanent stay.
The assignee of the in>oyent Philadelphia
firm If Lewis Brother, 4 Co. reports assets Of
81 .329.o-N, and liabilities " - 2243i3l
| Itl> reported that much Of the mining pro-
! perry in Alaska. for which large sums have
| been paid will prove nearly worthless.
The Council Of tie Legion Of Honor in Paris
has erased the names Of General Bouanger and
Count Dillon from the roll Of the order.
Tie Brazilian government has negotiated
| with local banks loan of ten millions at four
| per cent. the issuing price being ninety.
Steamer Columbia, Of the Hamburg line. has
| broken the record from the Needles to Sandy
| Hook. Time. six day., + hours, 20 minutes.
Tie post office department has offered re-
| ward of $1,000 for the arrest and conviction Of
| persons robbing the mails in the Western
| States.
| Colonel William Il. Morrison is reported to be
adv ocaling the choice of General John NJ. Palm
| er a> Democratic candidate for Senator from
| Illinois.
Tile people Of the New Ilebrdes Island, and
| forty-tWo English resident, have petitioned
the Governor Of New Caledonia to annex the
| islands.
Large number Of cattle are dying of Texas
| fever IN the West. 1t i reported that many
from these fields are being shipped to Eastern
markets.
| Warren lImmes j. tie Oldest guide in the
| Adirondacks He mas hunted there for -
Years and has killed over 1000 deer and more
thar POO bears.
Rains have beem copiou> Of atc throughout
the island of Cuba. The sugar cane looks Very
promising. The scarcity OF good field bands is
felt every where.
During the first six months of the present
wear 1000 Germans emgratcd to America.
The same number emgrated during the first
six months Of lSNS.
\ despatch from Brussels to the London
Times saws that the SwiS, Bundesrath is discuss
ug the question of creating Swiss CONNER
cial marltme navy.
sir Edwin Arnold, author Of the Light Of
Asia and editor of the Telegraph, sailed with
hi, daughter for America Aug 10Th Ell
route to China and Japan.
Apropo> Of making Queen Victoria Colonel
| Of German Dragons, il il said female officers
were quite common in the British army about
hundred and fifty Years ago.
| Albert Nicolet, an engraver, has confessed to
| the authorship Of the anarchist manifesto re-
Gently circulated through switzerland. He Will
| be tried for the offence in Berne.
Since $500 the population Of Europe has Just
| doubled itself. Then the population was no.,
600 900; in 1870, PIG 900 600; in 1850 2S9 900 900:
| in 1850, ;f}l 900 900 in lSSS. 35O .O00,0O0.
| Mrs. Proctor. widow Of the late astronomer,
win deliver q number of thr profe,>ur'. lee
,Iite & neN, WIZ i> i"'i'ri = ~ L
MIS- lo'ioI Is no" al oi"'l2e h"Ae' Id
Han SanupI FpSsenlen who met with a
painful accident recently while guest of
| senator Quay, has 80 far recovered as TO war
| rent nj femoNaI 10 hi> nome al 0taihiol"'
conn.
Tb, re,n.iu. of parr,l DI p,oIi the f,mou.
| rorsirqu IYt,.iut vino died in eyile near Lon
| do, in I'M Ln,to haan ayhnne1 fran, 81 pan
"r.. rh,,,,,h Inr, M ,rrn,mI ani UbinIoL tn
| Corsica.
AI,.;ro. fran A.. ,nlar 1.to of INV %
.,ltr th,t Kin" NnIirtna ,I4rIinns for thn urcs
| nnt to a.si,nr, tha rn,,.I ,rnrn.ot;vn ON Mo
| ,,nund ,f .ir,nes. ,nI that Not,af, sill
| rni,sn.
The Interstate Commission is urgel TO Sc
| curr national LEGISLATION comnellinp railway, to
adopt the u.e of automatic brakes and couplers
| ON freight cars As means of preventing loss of
! life to The brakemrn.
| taai raily ~ NM ve,r fron, III ana nth4r
| hnn,a n.tahIis shment Il .i,l nf Iar,,a husinps>
nbnaL StaaI and iron are saline ahroaI at the
| "a,nn' ,ri,.eS as hara
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Recently the steamship Vancouver Of the
| SAGE from Liverpool to Montreal. the time
| from land to land -MoyilIc to Belle I~c-being
| four days, ~ hours.