Thomas County cat., 1890-12-18

There are thirty-three pnblic building
bills on the calendar of the house awaiting
final action, and the committee on rules Will
give the public buildings committee day
and possibly two days this week for the dis
position of their measures.
The republican congressional caucus has
decided TO support Congressman Franks bill
for reapportionment. 1t gives ten additional
congressman to the republican states, max
ing the whole number 356. Kansas is given
eight members.
King kaIakaua's visit to this country is said
to be for tine purpose of selling his kingdom
to the United States. The sugar producers
of Hawaii are in favor of the plan. 1t is
said that the kiLg is authorized by his home
government to offer a sale.
Eleven crews of thirty-three men. COM
prisng freight brakemen and conductors on
the Colorado Midland railroad, running be-
tween Leadyille and Grand Junction, went
out On strike for raise in wages.
Mr.. Gladstone explained in recent speech
that the obtaining of necessary legislation
for England was an impossibiity until the
home rule question had been gotten out of
the way III manner satisfactory to the Irish
people.
The secretary of the interior disallowed the
following depreciation claims, alleged to
have been committed by Indians: ]. B. Nc
Carly, of Barbour county, 5000: J. X. Beck,
Mitchell count $500, and J. j. Fowler,
Cloud county, sS21.
Little Rock is excited over the report that
the state treasurer of Arkansas is short S67,-
600.
A bad storm, amounting to a hurricane.
occurred on the Atlantic ocean during the
first days of December. Several ships and
steamers lost men swe vt overheard.
Manufacturers of wrapping paper have
met in Chicago and formed L trust. An ad-
vance of Is cents per 100 pounds on roll
paper was Urdered. : statesmen are to be
employed by the individual mills. but all sales
are to be made through agents of the trust.
The elections bill Is now the unfinished
business of the senate, and as such comes
every day at lo'ciock. Speech making so
far is confined TO opponents of the II ex-
cept where little speech is here and there
interjected into the debate by way of inter-
ruptlve queries or suggestions.
An American ship. loaded with flax seed,
encountered Il blizzard in the Black sea,
southeast of Crimea. November 4. The
crew, all but four, were frozen as hard as iron
at their posts of duty. Captain Bennington,
well known in Philadelphia, with three 9TH
ers, lived and are in hospital at Theodosia.
The Irish societies of Albany met and held
a rousing meeting, the outcome of which was
n resolution to send the following cabiegram
to Mr.. Parnel: The united Irish societies
of the capital city of the empire state Of New
York repudiate secessionists and unquali-
fedly pledge support to Charles Stewart
Parnell.
1t is stated in Wall street, owing to the ex-
treme ease of money in London, the Bank of
England is willing to lose S5,0O0,oo0 gold in
the settlement of her trade balances, conse-
quently little fear is entertained that the
banks discount rate will be advanced in
consequence of the shipment of s., ,0O0,0 900 to
New York.
The Paris medical faculty met and heard
reports of the hospital physicians on the
Koch treatment. Drs. Cufiere, Feeraud and
Thibberg affirmed that the experiments
made had shown the extraordinary intensity
of the effects of the lymph. but that no in
-conteStable case of cure had yet been dem
.onstrated.
Money from friends of Ireland in America
is supporting and paying for all the cost of
the quarrels among the Irish members of the
British parliament. Now that the Irish
members are divided it Will take two funds
instead of one to supply them and America
must pay the bill at least it never has refused
to send all that was asked for.
Aunt Patty Richardson, of Bethel, Vt, is
the last survivor of the widows of the revolu-
tionary soldiers. She has nearly completed
her ninety first year, but is brisk and active
woman. who prides herself upon good house.
keeping. Her husband fought at the battle
of Bunker Hill, and was afterward surgeon
IL the patriot army.
A special train was made up at Suspension
bridge, consisting of the private cars of Cor
nelius Vanderbilt. President Depew, Vice
President Webb, President :. Webb, of the
Wagner company, and President Ledyard, |
of the Michigan Central, and baggage car.
All the officials named were on board. At
different times alo: I the route to Detroit the
recorder registered a speed of from sixty-.wo
to seventy three miles an hour, and the ave-
rage for the whole distance Travelled WAS
57.I miles an hour.