The Republican journal., 1891-08-13
GeueraIIties,

Kansas farmers WIFI hold thcir wheat for i
rise.
The biz world, fair budding win We a mile
around.
Another atrociou, WhitcchapeI murler by
Jack the Ripper.
The wheat crop of the Dominion is e>tilnatcd
at 81, ~, 600 bushels.
The Bank of Y an piemcn'~ Land, established
IN lN23, has suspended.
The cod fishing at Newfoundland i ,ail to
be the best for years.
A long period must eplap>e before the -poIia-
| ton claims can be settled.
jay Gould is said to he the mover il the
scheme for elevated railroads in Chicago.
| Webster, Who murdered Charles +. Goodwin
in New York, has surrendered to tie police.
Californias wheat crop this year i, valued at
s4S, 900 900; double that Of lu>t Years yield.
| A great amount of damage has been done at
| Melbourne. Australia by a tremendous tldhI
| wave.
\ Swedish cavalry officer has vented a
horseshoe on which the caIk> and clips are
changeahle.
1t has been found that certain mines in Japan
| produce as SObu coal LOT steamship purposes As
| the best Welsh variety.
Gutta percha is becoming 20 scare that the
| price is stretched beyond the point where it is
! purchasable in this country.
An orange tree only feet HIGH at Yuba City,
| Cal, has borne Il perfectly formed orange
| about the size OF currant
A special from New Orleans says that the
white knights of Labor there are Kicking
| a.. 4. S.lt.,
Texas has fat mans association the niti4-
| ton fee Of which Is a cent a pound. Men who
| weigh less than 225 pounds are ineligible 20
membership.
Lord Tennyson has been in London wander
ing through the picture galleries, and he is said
| to have surprised and delighted those no met
| him by his vigor Of mind and body.
The telephone between Paris and London
| having been 30 successful 1t is proposed to con
| meet Brussels and London. For that purpose a
cable will be laid between Ostend and Dover
With new rifles and smokeess powder the
United States Army will make even less noise
than at present. when its 10000 rank and file
cut small figure in compar i>on with the armies
| of the world.
A Burlington woman refused to contribute
to the fund for the support of her pastor, be-
cause he sometimes practised law while engag-
| ed in the ministry She holds that no man can
be good Christian and practise law.
Unless the signs all fail the farmers of the
| United States will harvest this year one of the
most bountiful crops ever raised. From al
over the west come reports of an enormous
wheat crop, followed closely by corn and oats
Sing the doXology.
Competition between the Spreckes Philadcl
phia Sugar Company and Havemeyer of The
| Sugar Trust has gone so far as to reduce granu
lated sugar to cents per pound, with PEI
cent. discount for cash.
The Wagner societies in different parts of til,
world are complaining that they have beer
crowded out Of Baireuth by American an,
English globe trotters, and claim that they arr
entitled to a certain number of free seats an,
the first right to purchase tickets
Robert }. Burdette preached in Baptist pull
pit in Germantown, Pa, the other sunday, ant
the reports all agree that this keen, alert news
paper man and famous humorist is as enter
tanning In the role OF preacher of the Gospe
as in that Of professional funny man. ii,
didn't play the clown in the pulpit but treate,
his text in forcefu way, and brought hi
theme closely home to the mind and heart o
every one Of his hearers.