The Lamar register., 1891-03-14
BY TELEGRAPH.

ing tAc otucf uaS-
A $500, 900 fire occurred in Pitts
burg on the llth.
The first building for the Worlds
Fair has been commenced.
France is the first nation 10 accept
an invitation to the Worlds Fair.
The controversy over Behring Sea
is said to be taking c more favorable turn.
General John NJ. Palmer has been
elected United States Senator from llli-
nois.
A woman living in Fergus Falls.
Minnesota, hanged herself and her little
baby the other aay.
Emperor William is making great
efforts to induce the Reichstag to vote
money for new war ships.
\ young woman in Rochester, New
York, threw yitrol in the face Of her sister
and burned her badly, Jealousy was the
cause.
\ minister while travelling through
Maryland fell asleep on the cars and hav-
ing strange dreams got excited and
jumped from the train.
As result of the color rush at the
University of Illinois last Wednesday
morning, eleven students have been dis
ciplined, ten indefinitely suspended and
one expelled,
Chauncey NJ. Depew and all the Of
fcials Of the New York x New Haven
railroad are under indictment at New
York on account of the collision in the
tunnel there recently.
A recent blizzard in the southwest
ern part OF England was the severest on
record. Hundreds of sheep and lambs
have persisted in the snow drifts and
many wrecks are reported.
A raid on the moonshiners of south
ern Alabama and northern Florida has
resulted in the capture of thirty Illicit
distillers and thirty-nine stills. Several
desperate characters are among the cap
tured
The boss plasterers in Chicago have
finally refused to concedo the demands Of
the iourneymen plasterers, and sl7,'OO has
been subscribed by the bosses to bring
piasterers from other places to work in
Chicago.
1t is estimated that the total num-
ber OF sheep in the country to-day is 45,
i3l, 1876 against 4 I, 1856, ,903 in 1890, and that
consequently the wool clip will be 5,09},UJ0
pounds less than last year, when it was
2I6, 600 pounds
Thousands OF boomers are assem-
bled On the outskirts of the Cuur GAlene
Indian reservation, Washington, awaiting
the proclamation of the President opening
the lands to settlement. Trouble with
the Indians is anticipated
The Senegal expedition has won an
other victory on the Niger with native
troops and French officers. The natives OF
Diena were beaten with a loss of COZ
killed and wounded, including their chief.
The French lost eleven killed and many
woanded.
Signor Lusazziti. Italian minister
of finance, has withdrawn the offer OF
500, ,OO1 made by ex-Premier Crispi to the
city of Genoa for the Christopher Colum-
bus fetes. The withdrawal IS made on
the ground of the necessity of public econ
omy,
Works of prehistoric race OF men
have been dug up near Cleveland, Missis-
sippi. \ welI-built stone wall FIVE feet
l;rb ,,J tnO ,-,,,Js Ior,, hos F,aav, ,,,y,r,-,,.
ed. The inside faces of the stones are
inscribed with hieroglyphic characters.
At Danbury, Connecticut, the COVER
nor belt on big engine broke, and the
engine ran away" The terrific speed
caused the fly wheel to fly into pieces and
the factory was badly wrecked. A frag-
ment fell on the roof of an adjoining
building and broke big hole through it.
The Spanish government is about 10
dispatch $50 troops to Cuba on account
of the increasing political agitation in the
island. II the situation becomes worse
General Campos will be appointed viceroy.
The Spanish press protests against Ameri-
cans encouraging the Cuban separatists
in connection with the proposed treaty OF
commerce.
Mrs. John Dunn, OF Corpus Christi,
shot and killed Mexican, three miles
from her home. She claims that he bur-
glarized her family residence at night, and
after she had tracked him half mile, she
came upon his camp. The man made for
her with an axe, when she fired and killed
him instantly with Winchester,
The greatest railway mileage Ia any
State OF the Ca!on Will be found In III.
nois namely, lo,lgJ miles, The indebted
ness agalns. this mileage is 81, 955, ,Jgs, "a, ,
or one-Aftn Of the total railway indebted.
ness Of the United States. The net earn.
ings show but s., 237 per mile of road. or
about | per cent. upon the total invest
meut The total income for the year end
ing June 30. 1890, was sG5, ,OO0, 900
The secretary of the interior has
granted permission to Buffalo Bill to en-
gage 100 Indians for his Wild West show
from the Sioux reservation. The privilege
under this permission to terminate in one
year. The privilege was granted after au
investigation made by the secretary as to
whether or not the Indians heretofore in
the Wild West show had become denloraI-