The Delta independent., 1890-06-24
BY TELEGRAPH.
Cholera is spreading in Spain.

Cholera is spreading in Spain.
Original package houses are being
opened rapidly in Kansas.
The forests near Palmer Lake suf-
fered last week from q big fire.
A convention of the millers Of the
country has been in session at Minneapo-
lis
A strike OF switchmen in Cleveland
last week paralyzed the freight tratfic at
that point.
A cloud-burst in South Dakota
caused . small stream to overflow, and
eight people are reported drowned.
st. Louis is wild with anger at the
announcement that her population is only
43o,0 according to the census returns.
The National Typographical Union
has made q rule that printers shall not
work more than six days or nights in
week.
John Dillon, William O'Brien and
John Redmond have been appointed dele
gates TO make tour Of America in the
| autumn.
Henry NJ. Stanley has signed con-
tract with Major Pond to deliver a course
OF fifty lectures in America, beginning No
vember 4th.
There is said to be great distress
among the poor people of Japan and Corea-
The price Of rice is high, and the present
crop will be poor.
Between sunrise and sunset last
Sunday seven bodies of unknown dead
along the river front.
The Secretary Of the Navy has di-
rected the award Of the contract for the
s,l50-ton armored cruiser to Cramp & Sons,
OF Philadelphia, at a bid Of &, 9s5, 900.
One of the peaks on Mount Shasta
is said to have disappeared, and partie.
who have been in that vicinity of late say
that smoke and yapor are to be seen ris-
ing from its summit
Atchison, Kansas, was nearly in.
undated last Thursday by hood which
carried away bridges and small buildings
and filled Easements. including those oi
the leading newspapers.
The President has vetoed the Teller
bill, which recently passed Congress, u
change the boundaries of the Uncompah.
gre Indian Reservation in Eastern Utah,
Just west OF the Colorado line.
A Washington paper says that Pres.
ident Harrison, in u conversation with q
friend, inttmated that he would veto free
coinage bill IL passed regardless of the po-
litical consequences, and declared his in
tention Of returning TO the practice of Law
At the close Of this term.
During a married life of twenty
four years, Thomas Butler Of Taylorvilie.
Pa, never failed to kiss his wife before
going to work in the morning. Because
he would not kiss her the other morning,
Mrs- Butler committed suicide by taking
Paris green She leaves nve children.
Five tons OF nitro-glycerine ex-
ploded in the Casteline Company's works
near Findlay, Ohio, on the I4th. The
works were torn to slivers and q hole
plowed In the earth deep enough to take in
four-story building. Buildings were
wrecked and much glass broken in Find
lay, but no lives were lost
Many large CITIES are exasperated
about the manner OF taking their census.
claiming that the work is not beng thor
oughly done. The authorities at ST. Paul
have arrested several Minneapolis enum
orators on the charge Of falsifying re-
turns and the Minneapolis people have
blood In their eye, rs = result.
Stanley has been rendered and has
accepted the governor -generalship of the
Congo Free State. He will not enter up-
on his duties until the beginning Of 1891,
unless called upon to assume them earlier
by King Leopold. After his marriage he
will 60 to the United States aud remain
there until he assumes his duties.
The TIN Plate Record, Of Pittsburp.
cditorislly claims that every tin plate i'm
porter in this country has been assessed
slO,0oo, and the English syndicate which
controls the manufactures and mines in
Monmouthshire and Cornwall hss aug.
mented this sum TO nearly el, ,OOO, ,0oO in or
der TO defeat tho tin plate clause in the Nc.
Kinley bill.
A dispatch from British Columbia
say full Victoria sailing fleet will enter
Behring Sea to hunt for seals and take
their chances Of being hauled up by United
States cruiscrs. Tho British war ship
Amphion will leave the dock in few DAYS
and II is believed will cruise in Behrinp
Sea, Exciting news Il looked for from
there about the latter part OF July.
A Pittsburg dispatch says: Three
months ago.the Forest Grove Presbyterian
church at Charters was modest little
AFFAIR with debt and . meagro attend
ance. Some OF the elders, after h.nd
hght succeeded In getting permit to drill
an oil well on the premises. Oil was found
In abundance, and yesterday the church
sold out bodily 70 the Standard OH Com
pany for so2, ,0o0.
The Denver dailies assert that tho