The Dickinson press., 1890-11-01
RESUME OF THE WEEK.
A BRIEF RECORD OF IMPORTANT
HAPPENINGS.

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A BRIEF RECORD OF IMPORTANT
HAPPENINGS.
Cream of Home and Foreign News
Skinned From the Great Mass of Cur
rent Events and Dished Up without
Trimmings.
The Brewers association has put up
the price of beer on account of the
tariff.
Stanley and his wife sail from Lon
don:for New York to begin his lecture
tour in America on the Teutonic on the
Goth inst.
There are over 1900 patients in the
state hospital for the insane at Norris
town, Pa, which was built to accom-
modate 1900.
Several prominent bankers in Berlin
nave received anonymous letters threat
enlng them with death unless they
make an attempt to advance the price
of stocks. .
There is likely to be a serious falling
OH IN the supply of gutta percha on the
Malayan peninsula, owing to the reck-
less destruction of the trees by the ma
tiyes.
The contract for a large iron circus
IN Mexico was won by o Paterson, N. j.,
hrm in q competition with iron manu-
facturers from England, Belgium and
Germany.
A number of speakers have been sent
from Ireland to England and Scotland
under the auspices of the Irish Presby-
terians to advocate the maintenance of
the Union and oppose home rule.
The s%ophomores of Rutgers college is
sued an edict that their boots must be
BACKED by the freshmen. The latter
collected the foot gear and smeared the
leather generously with green paint.
The United States Express company
has issued peremptory orders to its
agents not to receive any none or in
any way assist in the transaction of
business for the Louisiana Lottery com
pany.
There is a movemement on foot to
consolidate the Transcontinental Rail.
way association with the Southwestern
Railway and Steamship association un-
der Chairman Faithorn, with head
quarters at st. Louis.
Reports from Rome state that the
pope is preparing another mandate to
the Irish bishops denouncing the plan of
campaign and decreeing that the sacra-
ments OF the church shall be denied to
all who take a part in the plan of plot.
ting.
Bishop O'Dwyer, of Limerick, is
quoted as saying that Americans should
draw u broad distinction between con
tributions to the starving people of GER
ain parts of Ireland and contributions
to the funds of the national league and
should see that no money intended for
charitable purposes goes to illegal OBJ
jects.
lii an interview, in Dublin, Mr.. Bal
tour is reported as saying that Ireland
is i'll much more peaceablc condition
than when he assumed Office: that only
40 persons We're in prison at present un.
der the coercion act, as against 1925 in
1856, n that the number Of persons
boycotted had been reduced from 1900
to $50.
The South Carolina supreme court has
awarded $4,000 damages to j. T.
Young against the Western Union Tel
graph company. His wife, while away
on a visit, became i'll, and the husband
was t~elegraphed; but delivery of the dis.
patch was delayed six. days, during
which time the lady died and was
buried.
A colony Of Russian gentlemen and
ladies has been formed at Vishnee Volo.
tehok, IL large town in the river Tsna,
in the government Tver, with the object
of practicing the sexual tenets of the
novelist, Tolstoi. The colonists are all
young, ct the educated classes, and well
provided with funds, MANY of them be.
ing possessed of large fortunes.
The car has summoned q cabinet
council to consider the internal affairs
of the empire, and, it is understood
proposes to appoint another commission
to investigate the Jewish problem III
Russia, the Gar never having been sat,
isfed with the Pahlen commission
which recommended placing the Jews
on the same footing as other subjects.
The old John Street, New York, M
p. church, the Oldest NJ. E. church il
America, celebrated its 124th a%nniver
D., LII. D., president of Wesleyan Uni
versity, preached a most ELOQUENT ser
mon at the morning service. At thu
afternoon rervice Hon. Warner Miller
and ex-Postmaster General James de
livered addresses.
Judge Wheeler of the United States
district court, at Rutland, VT, has de
cided that the law prohibiting the mail
ing of envelopes having on the outsid,
words calculated to reflect iujuriousl,
on the character of any one is violated
by sending through the mails letter.
contained in envelopes bearing tn,
words Excelsior collection agency
printed in large letters across the uppe,
half of the envelope.