The state herald., 1890-03-07
BY TELEGRAPH.
Dom Pedro is very home.slcl,.

inc ArchDlshop OF Paris has forbld'
don cremation.
Iowa's new Democratic Governor
openly opposes the prohibition law.
a very large herd OF antelope OBJ
structed train In Wyoming the other day
The Pope announces that people
having influenza may cat meat during
Lent.
The rubber trust has raised the
price of rubber boots and shoes ten pei
cent
France has accepted the invitation
'of Germany to attend tho Berlin labor
conference.
In the recent German elections tho
government is believed to haye lost mil
lion votes.
The Ohio River was on boom las,
week. II was fifty-two feet above low
water mark.
Two hundred miles Of electric road
'N ~ w Duiis III tiNi DSNNNIh WV s'eiS' W
st. Paul and Minneapolis,
Three Mormon elders who were
preaching in West Virginia have been
logged and driven out OF the State.
The residence Of En- president Clcve,
land in Washington, for which lie pait
$4,000, was recently sold for $4,000.
The white settlers in Oklahoma de-
clare that they won't have colored mar
for governor under any circumstances.
The Senate is trying to find out
how the newspapers obtain knowledge OF
the action OF the Senate in secret session.
France Is carrying on II war in West
crn Africa with tic king of Dahomcy
Tho French intend to annex his kingdom.
Rumors are rife in Europe to tho
effect that Emperor William aud Prince
Bismarck are not getting OF well together
The public debt statement for Feb
ruary shows decrease OF ai,l59,is5. The
total debt less available cash Is 81 ,O57, ,30i,
ia.
Laborers are being smuggled int
the United States through Mexico, con
trary TO the law against alien contract Ia
Dor.
The Pope has given Buffalo Bill,
Indians lot of medas, chaplets ant
crosses, and granted the whole troupe al
audience.
The farmers in some parts of lowf
End ii necessary TO organize to dcfcnt
themselves from rats. In u recent ''r,
hunt" 1000 of the vcrmn were slain.
A petition has been presented TO tn.
New York Legislature relative TO ballo
reform. II contained G,,ooo names AM
was borne on the shoulders Of fourteen
men.
The President has appointed Henry
Z. Caldwell to succeed Judge Brewer OF
the Circuit bench for the Eighth District
He is one of the district Judges In tho Stat.
of Arkansas.
George Black was hanged at Lara
mic, Wyoming, February 18th. for KILN,
an old man named Burnett last May. Al,
though the evidence was quite conclusiv,
against Black, he denied that he did tn,
killing.
DIR. Green OF the Western Unio,
Telegraph Company, says that the ncv
postal telegraph scheme will involve los
TO the government Of 100000 per year
He says, too, that his company does no
want to be placed in competition with III
government
The L. s. steamer Enterprise ar
rived In New York on the eth with IN,
body OF George II. Pendlcton, late minis
ter to Germany. Two officers of the YES
sci were under arrest, and 1t is said tha
that there has been much trouble o,
board, owing TO the severity OF the Gun
tain.
by the terms OF the will OF .Joht
Jacob Astor, st. Luke's Hospital receive,
si00,OoO, the metropolitan Museum of Ar
$4,000, the New York Cancer HospIta
100000, tho Astor Library siso,ooo, Alex
andcr Hamilton $50, 900 and James Simmon,
Armstrong $1,000. All OF tho residue o
his estate goes to his son, William waldor
As,or.
A member OF the party now survey
ing the Grand Canon OF the Colorado say.
nothing short of the miraculous Will sto,
the proposed railroad now, as It's fcasiblli,
far exceeds the calculations. The roa,
can run sixty feet above the high wu,c,
mark on solid granite shelves In man,
places. The heaviest grade is found to b.
twcnty.six and one half fee, TO the mile
with only six degree curves.
Mr.. Powdcrly has been writing a,.
ticlcs about the poverty OF PENNSYLVANIA,
miners. In speaking OF tho matter, h.
says: IA man in New Jersey has write,
To me that he will care for one family II
will send them on, ] have also receive,
letters from Illinois, several OF them com,
Ing to day. asking II the surplus miner
cannot be sent away from here There |,
plenty OF work out West, they say. Really
any amount OF our poor people do not ycl
enough 10 eat. Misery nnd prlyatlcr
stalk abroad, ind we often close our eye,
TO the spectacle"
The great Forth bridge over whlci
trains commenced running some week,
ngo, will be formally opened by the Prime.
OF Wales and other ignitarles March !
This stupendous structure has tota
length OF s,ra0 fcet-ovcr u milo and
half-but ia especially remarkable for II,
wonderful spans, two OF which are cacl
100 feet In length The grcn, Broo!l,i
bridge must take second place after ,hb
marvel OF engineering skill, the longcs
span OF the former being i,i,5 f.ot nm,