The Delta independent., 1890-03-04
BY TELEGRAPH.

John Jacob Astor is Head.
Dom Pedro is very hi ,me-sick.
There have been heavy storms late
ly in tho Mississippi Valley.
Iowa's new Democr; .tic Governor
openly opposes the. prohibition law.
The rope announces that people
having influenza may eat meat during
Lent.
The rubber trust has. raised the
price Of rubber boots and shoes ten per
cent
France has accepted the invitation
of Germanc to attend tn g Berlin labor
conference.
The Ohio River was on boom last
| week. It was ffty-two feet above low
water mark
Some of the wome crusaders in
Missouri have been conv icted and given .
nomin al fine.
Seven men have escaped from the
Jail at Salt Lake City 10y burning hole
through the roof.
By the collapse of an ice house on
Lake Superior a doz en- men were injured
and several will die.
A vagrant arrested in Jersey City
was found to have nearly IS 600 in money
and jewels on his person.
1t is prop osed to send a petition
from America TO the Gar urging him to
reform his Sib srian prison system.
The residen ce of Ex-Preside ent Cleve-
land in Washilgt on, for which he paid
s3o,too, was rec en- tly sold for $4,000.
The white settlers in Oklahoma de-
clare that they won't have a colored man
for governor under any circumstances.
The Senate is trying 10 find out
how the new spapers obtain knowledge Of
the action Of the Senate in secret session.
Land seek, ,rs are preparing to make
| rush to tn he Cherokee strip in Indian
Territory when 1t is thrown open to settle.
ment
Another heavy snow storm is re.
ported in the orthern part Of the Rockies,
| and trains in Idaho and Utah are in
trouble.
Sarah Al thea Terry, who has made
the Pacific G. ast judges SO much trouble
during the pe, t few years, is up in court
| again for conte mpt.
Sixty perso rs are thought to have
| lost their lives il the recent disaster in
Arizona when the dam broke. Towns and
ranches we're clea ned away by the flood.
The Catholic b ishop Of New Jersey
has ordered membe rs Of Catholic churches
in his diocese to send their children to pa
rochial schools under pain Of excommunica-
ton.
A Chicago woman went into court
with big revolver in her pocket with
| which 10 avenge the death OF her son. II
was taken from her before any damage
| was done.
The President has appointed Henry
c. Caldwell to succeed Judge Brewer on
the Circuit bench for the Eighth District.
He is one OF the district iu dges in the State
Of Arkansas.
George Black was hanged at Lara
mic, Wyoming, February Nth, for killing
m old man named Burnett last May. Al
though the evidence was quite conclusive
I against Black, he denied that he did the
killing.
The House OF Represe natives has
decided in favor of Chicago for the Worlds
Fair. On the eighth ballot the vote was:
Chicago lb7, New York io', ST. Louis IS,
Washington Is.
A Spanish officer has invented a
torpedo boat which is nearly As wonderful
as Jules Vcrne's romantic vessel. 1t will
remain submerged for six hours, and will
make twelve miles an hour.
Rudolph Dubois murd cred his wife,
motherin law and two children at the vii
lage Of ST. Albans o short time ago while
crased with whisky. He made his escape.
The citizens arc hunting for him.
Three doctors at Louis vile. Ky.,
the other night but were detected, and
two Of them arrested, and their negro ser
want was killed while trying TO escape.
The plan for the labor conference
which was to have .becn held at Berne,
Switzerland, has bccn abandoned, and the
ono In Berlin will probably be attended by
representatives Of European governments
BY the terms OF the will of John
Jacob Astor, St. Luke's Hospital receives
aloo, 600, the Metropolitan Museum of Art
80, ,o0o tho New York Cancer Hospital
SloO, 900, tho Astor Library s450, 900, Alex
snder Hamilton 90, 900 and James Simmons
Armstrong 90, 600. An of the residue of
his estate goes to his son, William Waldorf
Astor.
| Mr.. Powderly has been writing ar
ticles about the poverty Of Pennsylvania's
miners. In speaking Of the matter, he
says: IA man in New Jerscy has written
to mo that he will care for one family IL
viii send them on. I have also received
lcttets from Illinois, several Of them COM
ing to-day, asking II the surplus miners
cannot bs sont away from here. There is
plenty Of work out West, they say. Really,
any amount Of our poor people do not get
enough 70 cat. Misery and privsticn
stalk abroad, and we often close our eyes
70 the spectacle"
A correspondent Of the Gaulois who
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