The Lamar register., 1891-11-14
THE WORLD AT LARGE.

for Parliament from Cork, was de-
feated by Eiavin by a large majority.
Kansas reports the largest ac reage
OF wheat ever known in the state The
late rains have put it in fine condition
for the winter.
North Dakota and Minnesota are
having copious rains, and fall plowing
indicates an immense wheat sowing
in that region.
The new Chilian government is
troubled by revolutionists. A con-
spiracy 10 overthrow the government
has just been discovered.
4The eleventh annual session of the
National Farmers Congress, which Is
a uon-partisan body, met at Sedalia,
Missouri, on the 10th inst.
vacaville, California, has shipped a
special train of fifteen cars loaded
with dried fruit to Chicago. The ship
ment is valued at over $4,000.
Orange exports from California this
year will be 5000 carloads. Last
year $500 carloads were shipped.
This fall $500 carloads of fruits have
been sent East.
Anonymous letter affecting the
credit OF the First National Bank OF
Chicago has excited some indignation
among bankers. The bank is pro-
nounced sound.
At Duluth nearly 100 vessels, with
capacity of 5000, 600 bushels, are
chartered to carry out grain. Rates
have increased from 4 to Z cents a
bushel to Buffalo.
OF the Maverick National Bank as
sets the sum of sl.0S9, $40 has ben de-
posted with the United States treas
urer in Boston to the credit Of the
banks depositors.
In Boston. Margaret Coghlan, an
invalid. poisoned herself to relieve
her husband from watching at her
bedside night after night and so de-
stroy.ng his health.
A runaway cattle train ran into New
Albany, Indiana at the rate Of mile
minute. 1t wrecked three locomo-
motives and a train of cars and SER
iously injured two men.
Three notorious mail box robbers
named Charles Diamond. Charles
Stratton and Thomas Bacon have been
captured in Atlanta Their rob berries
in various cities exceed 100000.
At Terre Haute and Brazil, Indiana,
all the bituminous and block coal
miners have agreed to strike for ten
cents per ton higher pay. The oper-
ators have no coal on hand at present,
The drouth which has been prevail
ing in Central Illinois since last June
has been broken by heavy rain.
| Farmers have been compelled to begin
\ feeding two months earlier than usual.
During the run on the Five Cents
Savings Bank in Boston last week
| S79l, lI6 was drawn out The bank
is now receiving the money back again
on deposit as fast as itcan be received.
The Memphis Bar Association is
greatly exercised because Criminal
Judge Dubois ordered Colonel George
Gautt, prominent attorney, into the
.'sweat box" for alleged contempt of
court.
a father and his son named Som
merfield, bankers at Berlin, committed
suicide the other day at the same in
stant. Their bank had become in
solvent and it is thought that they had
been dishonest.
Railroad men in Chicago ignore the
summons o: the grand jury for viola
| ton Of the Interstate commerce laws.
They will be fined and appeal their
cases to the Supreme Court and so
| evade the law.
Wheat shipments from Baltimore
will exceed anything ever known be-
| fore in one season. Seventy vessels
have been chartered for january and
February to carry $500, 900 bushels OF
grain to Europe.
Lindbloom, the well known Board
OF Trade man OF Chicago, has obtained
an injunction restraining the Board of
Trade from censuring him or stopping
him from sending out market tele-
grams from the board.
An old adobe house at Hermosilla,
New Mexico, was torn down short
time since, and in a cavity in the wall
was found the skeleton of man who
had been chained to the wall proba-
bly, 200 years ago
Five hundred men in Jones &
Laughlin's mills, in Pittsburgh, have
had their wages reduced and their
days work increased from nine to ten
hours. Their pay is now Sl.35 for
ten hours. Three hundred of the men
have quit work.
Colonel John Mines, L. L. D., who
wrote for the October North American
Rerieac extolling DR.. L. f. Keeley's BIZ
chloride Of gold cure for drunkenness.
is dead. He died in the workhouse on
Blackwell's Island from the effects Of
prolonged drunken spree.
A young lady ofShelbyville, Indiana,
began living on a diet of dog flesh
Thursday last as cure for consump-
tion. She is making fair progress
with her task and says she rather likes
the diet. 1t is white meat, and she
says it tastes something like lamb.
She takes it three times day.
Since the dinner given by the Hon.
William Walter Phelps the United
States minister, at which corn meal
and American pork was introduced to
select circle, Indian corn meal has
been booming in Berlin. The bakers
are unable to supply the demand for