The Delta independent., 1890-09-09
BY TELEGRAPH.

Assistant Postmaster General Clark
son Of Iowa has resigned.
The government purchased sl9, ,s47,-
200 in bonds during August
The strikers on the New York Cen
tral road are returning to work.
A young woman II years old was
arrested last week for horse stealing in
Dakota
Thos. c. Platt OF New York has
been offered the Spanish mission which he
declined because of business reasons.
Robert Garrett, OF Baltimore. re-
Gently imported. picture by Rubens on
which the duty was s4,59s. The origina
value was sl5.529
Four hundred and twenty delegates
from single tax clubs throughout the
country met in New York on the LIST to
form ns tional organization.
A crane has just been completed al
the Washington navy yards which vii
carry a weight of ITO tons 1t is to be
used in handling guns of that weight
Henry NJ. Stanley, the African ex
plorer, Mrs. Stanley and her mother, Mrs
Tenant, will sail for New York by the
Teutonic, which starts about October l.
The life OF United States Minister
Miner is threatened by the adherents OF
the late Guatemslan rebel Bsrrundia, and
it may be necessary for him to leave
Guatemala TO save himself.
The Western railroads have been
notified that the order of the Interstate
Commerce Commission reducing grain
rates from the Missouri River and point.
beyond TO the Mississippi River and Chi
cago is suspended until September Is.
A great strike, accompanied by
riot occurred in Valparaiso last week.
There were frequent collisions between
the soldiers and strikers, number being
killed or wounded. A great many house.
were pillaged and property destroyed be-
fore the soldiers succeeded in securing or
der.
Two Italian tourists recently at
tempted to ascend Mount Cervin in the
Penps Alps. On the way up they vert
surprised by a terrific storm and forced n
fee for their lives. The guide expired or
tho way, and when the tourists arrived al
Miermatt one OF them was found to be dis
figured for life by having his face cut with
pieces OF ice, while the other had both
hands frozen.
The British steamer Portuguese,
Captain Hews, from New York August II
for Para and Macro, has foundered on
Anegado Island, British West Indies
Nineteen of her crew are known to have
been saved. The captain, first aud third
officers, chief engineer, two stewards, boat
swain, carpenter and a fireman and a sea-
man are missing.
Frederick Collett was assassinated
near Ferrisburg, Vermont recently. by
Alphonse Shackett, who crept up to Col
let's house and, without warning, ,emptied
the contents of a shotgun into Collects
head. Shackett was arrested shortly after
Shackett was rejected suitor of Mrs.
Collett and he swore vengeance against
Collett who successfully wooed the lady 4
The long projected Shipping Union
has been formed in London. The avowed
object is TO deal with labor questions
throughout the world, and especially to
resist the tyrrany Of trades unions, to pro.
tect employees from terrorism and to gen
orally promote shipping interests. The
official report of the meeting AYERS that
several passenger lines and the bulk of
the cargo trade were represented At the
meeting. The union represents q capital
of Ee6o, 100000.
A special from Dolaud, S. D., SAYS
that at the Riggs farm, sixteen miles
south Of Doland, while on the straw stack
at the threshing machine Peter Petersen
was instantly killed by bolt Of lightning
from an almost clear sky The stack was
about fifteen feet high. As the bolt struck
the stack the flame descended six feet and
made q hole from the top to the bottom of
the stack with sides as smooth As q wall
Stranger still, the straw stack apparently
did not burn.
For the first time during forty years
Ogden, Utah, has q free, non -sectariau
public school. At the July election the
Gentiles gained control of the city board
and employed a complete corps of instruc-
tors and opened free schools all over the
city. A special tax has been levied, and
several fine public school buildings will
be erected at once to supplant old shan
ties used for schools by the non progress
sive Mormons. 1t was generally asserted
that Mormons would not send their chill
dren TO public schools, but hundreds of
their children reported for enrolment
As a train load of colored excur-
s!onists were returning home on Georgia
road last week fight was commenced
which resulted fatally. Seven persons
were killed aud many others wounded
The train was one Of the usual excursions
from Albany 70 Savannah. Coming back
from Savannah the train brought, in ad
dition to the excursionists, several thous
and gallons of bad whiskey. The mixture
of negro and whiskey resulted first in d
great deal of hilarity, then in q fight, In
which two carloads Of excursiouists took
part and which was worse than anything
ever known, even In the days of recon-
struction. Pistols, clubs, knives, rAzors
and bolts, every manner of missiles were
employed In the melee
knowledge is Power. Uncle 'Rastus
are you afraid OF ghosts?~ sYess;r