The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1890-08-07
TELToRAPuIC nRIHrS

The German railway companies hay lug
| thoroughly examined the Hungarian
zone system. have declined 10 introduce
1t in Germany.
TX Secretary Of State. Thomas H. Bay
ard. viii attend the Delaware Demo-
cratic State convention as a delegate
from Wilmington
MIS- Patty Galloway dled Saturday
night at Baltimore. after having attained
| the ripe aGc of 100 years All her fac
| uities remained intact until a few DAY 4
aga
The grand jury of Red Fork county.
Arkansas, found true bills against "a
citizens who cut the Bogge Bayou levce
To lessen the damage to property during
the late floods
Mrs. Elizabeth Sands died SUNDAY at
Baltimore at the age of l0l years and 5
months She had lived 90 years in that
city. Her health was remarkably good
| until two weeks ago.
BY explosion of fire damp Monday in
a coal PIT at ST. Etienne, Franco. five
miners were seriously injured One
hundred and fifteen of the men ia the
pit escaped uninjured.
In accordance with the orders os the
Emperor of Germany 1000 sick children
of government employees will be sent
for holiday tc the seaside The en-
peror will personally defray the expense
of the trip.
Rev. Father Burtscll, late pastor of the
Church of the Epiphany in New York
city, lis said TO have received information
from Rome within the last fortnight
which pun his case in such light as to
cause him 10 send an answer to Rome,
and that p.nding the arrival of reply
everything will remain in allegiance. 1t
is now believed that Father Burtsell will
not go to Rondout. but will finally bc
assigned to another parish in New York.
At Reading, Pa. Saturday, the wife
of John Fertig. of Rock Station, pre-
pared mixture of poison to kill rats.
Later, while preparing dinner, she acci-
dentally mistook the mixture for brown
sugar and put a tablespoonful of it in
some dough. At dinner the whole fam
lily ate heartily of it. Shortly afterward
they were taken violently ill, and suf-
fered intensely. 4 doctor was sum-
moned and with difficulty relieved Mrs.
Fertig and her four children, though
they are still very i'll. Mr.. Fertigs cou-
dition is very alarming.
The hot weather of the last week has
had bad effect on the crops in Mime
sofa and both the Dakotas. In South
Dakota wheat is almost all harvested.
The hot winds of two weeks ago did it
much damage, and not as large a pro-
portion as usual will grade Nos. and 2.
The corn crop may be said to be almost
completely ruined. and not over IS To 20
per cent. of a crop is now in sight In
dications point to a light yield in North
Dakota. except in the counties bordering
on Red River. No harvesting will bo
done before the middle of next week
During the last 10 days the outlook has
changed greatly for the worse.
The neighbors of Mr. Ambrose,
justice of the peace in Johnstown, and
Mrs. Jonas Patten, are greatly excited
over the marriage of the couple. Mr.
Patten is living, but owing to domestic
infelicities has not lived with his wife
for several months. though no papers Of
divorce or separation have been filed.
Mr.. Patten says he will bring about q
prosecution for bigamy, and Ambrose's
neighbors threaten to tar and feather
him.
On August ID rival Irish demonstra-
tions will be held in Chicago, one under
the auspices of the Clan ma Gael, and
the other conducted by the friends Of
DR.. Cronin. The anti-triangIers have
adopted an address which SC. res the
friends of Cronin's murderers, and says
among other things: This year tho
friends and associates of the murderers-
the men who stand between the chief
murderers and the gallows-have de-
cided to use the proceeds of the Ogden
Grove picnic for the benefit of their
dupes. so that the tongues that would
speak the words that would bring them
within the grasp of the law may be kept
silent little longer by delusive hopes
What the anti-trianglers intend to do
with the proceeds of their demonstration
is not given out.