The Dickinson press., 1890-11-15
NEWS EREviTlES.

Col. Herchmer, commissioner of the
Northwest mounted police, of Manitoba,
has resigned.
There were in operation in the south
in fsS9-90 as many as 1,Gs4,3 8 spindles,
against SCI $50 in lS,3-so.
Tiie second cotton crop Of Egypt is
described rs very satisfactory, both as
to quantity and quality.
The Croton. New York, aqueduct is
now practically completed and in use.
| The supply is SIS, 900, 900 nallons Of
water per day.
C. H. Benton, a leading lawyer of
| Masons in the state, died suddenly In
his Office Monday.
The Minneapolis Tribune. is already
| out with the name of James G. Blaine
at. the head OF its columns as candidate
for president i'll 1892.
The population of Vienna by the an
neXation of several suburban villages
how. amounts to 1900, 900, ranking III
Europe as fourth city in point Of In
habitants.
Standard time has been fully accepted
in Asia by not less than 49, 0 900 peo-
pie, in Europe by almost an equal num-
Der. and in America by more than co.
G0O,0G0.
A tunael to Prince Edward Island
across Northumberland straits, q dis
lance Of six and one-half miles, is the
next great engineering feat talked of in
Canada.
The statue to the memory of William
Dcnning, manufacturer of the canron
used by the Americans in the wal of the
R~cvolption. was unveiled at MELVILLE,
Pa, Thursday.
The Fsench government will send q
scientific expedition to Central Asia in
January. Tho expedition will go via
the Caucasus, Turkestan and Kasgar to
Thibet, and is expected to be absent
three years.
The Russian government has decided
to commence work on the Trans-Sibe-
rian railway without delay, using at
first. the rasuri.ces of the treasury and
afterwards raising an internal loan for
the purposes.
Mr.. Jackson. Of the British treasury
department, has returned to London
after arranging with Irish contractors
for the construction of railways in the
west of Ireland. Work is to be begun
Immediately.
The silk manufacturers of Germany
have been completely crowded out Of
the European markets by the superior
cheapnass and excellence of French
stairs. lie German wares are now
chiefly exported TO South America.
.Ialcroit, the actor, has offered to
raised by Sen. Booth. of the Salvation
Army, Tor The redemption of the
masses, providing n;nety-nine other sub
scriations OF an equal amount are made.
State Dairy Commissioner Upper, of
lowa, has complied his report Of the
amount q :,uttcn Aippcd out of the
state 10y lie various railroads for the
year ending Oct. /. Ali the railroads
have reported save the Chicago and
NoItaH estcTn, ard the amount is placed
ri 70, 500, 900 pounds.
ftaaril ady:ces state that great con-
! %sternation has been caused in clerical
circles by The report that priests
not ui native origin are to be
expelled from Mexico. The large
majority of hie1ico's priests are
lrolA Spain, where the ranks of the
clergy aie already overcrowded.
0uucaa, the aged editor Of The Matri-
mol-ial News, against whom Miss
.apwles obtained a verdict of $50. O0U
ior breach Il promise of marriage, has
been colu:aelied by the bankruptcy
court to disGurSe $4,000 in money and
about $lo.0po in jewelry., Miss Knowles
is tie only creditor.
According TO u dispatch from Aus.
tralia, Sir Samuel Griffith, prime minis
ter Of Queensland, has declared himself
i'll favor OF the establishment of an Aus.
tralian nation, governed by al Aus.
tralian parliament. with all tho powers
now exercised by the parliament Of
Great Britain.
1t is learned from Vienna that the pro.
posed French tariff is causing much
more CONSERVATION i'll Austro-Hungary
than the American tariff, especially the
duty on timber, Hungary and Croatia
having been for many years the CHIEF
source of supply for material for French
wine casks. Austria may retaliate by
putting a duty on champagne.
4 Much feeling has been aroused in En-.
glish military circles by the charge
made in Count d'Herrisson's Just pub
lishcd life of the late Prince Imperial
that Lieut. Darcy. who commanded the
reconnaissance i'll which the prince lost
his life, deliberately caused the death O.
the prince to crafty political friends il
France. The statement is looked upor
as unworthy of any credence.
Narrowing accounts have been re
ceived of the condition of the insane
Grand Duke Nicholas, now confined
at Alupka, in the Crimea. During ont
of his violent fits he nearly strangfed al
attendant, who tried to calm him, Sc
41,,% Ii,, ,-n, --1.r 7
The physicians admit that there is IL,
prospect of saving the life of the grant
duke, who is rapidly becoming a phys
ica1 wreck.