The Delta independent., 1891-03-17
BY TELEGRAPH.

Fair has been commenced.
France is the first nation 10 accept
an invitation to the Worlds Fair.
The controversy over Behring Sea
General John NJ. Palmer has been
elected United States Senator from ILL
nois.
A woman living In Fergus Falls.
Minnesota, hanged herself and her little
baby the other day.
Emperor William is making great
efforts 10 induce the Rcichstag to vote
money for new war ships.
A young woman in Rochester, New
York, threw vi,rol in the fGco of her sister
and burned her badly. Jealousy was the
cause.
minister while travelling through
Maryland fell asleep on the cars and hay
ing strange dreams got excited and
jumped from the train.
Two attempts were made the other
night to wreck trans on the New York
and New Haven railroad. Large piles Of
tics were placed on tho track.
Jerry Simpson, the new Farmers
Alliance congressman, has been known as
sthc ..sockiess statesman He declares
now that he has always worn SOCKS.
As result OF the color rush at the
University OF Illinois last Wednesday
morning. eleven students have been dis
cipiincd, ten indefinitely suspended and
one expelled.
The Monte Carlo bank lost 5000. 900
on the 18th, the highest amount lostin any
day In twenty years. The trcnte- -quarante
table alone paid out $4,000. The winners
were English players.
A recent blizzard In the southwest
crn part OF England wRs the sevcrest on
record. Hundreds of sheep and lambs
have perished In the snow drifts, and
many wrecks arc reported.
The United States grand jury has
found indictments against the Sioux In
dian, Plenty HORSE, for the murder of
Lieutenant Casey during the late uprising,
and one against Leaves His. Woman for
the murder Of Isaac Miller, = ranchman-
The Senegal expedition has won an
other victory on the Niger with native
troops and French officers. The natives OF
Dicna wcrc beaten with loss Of COO
killed and wounded, including their chief
The French los, eleven killed and many
wounded.
Siguor LusaEziti, Italian minister
of finance. has Withdrawn the offer OF
$4,000 made by x.Prcmier Cri.pi TO the
city Of Genoa for the Christopher Colum-
bus fctcs. The withdrawal is made ON
tho ground Of the necessity Of public econ.
omy.
The Spanish government is about 10
dispatch $50 troops To Cuba on accorn,
of the Increasing political agitation In the
island. II tho situation becomes worse
General Campos will he appointed viceroy.
The Spanish press protests against Amcri-
cans encouraging the Cuban scpara;ists
In connection with tho proposed treaty o,
commerce.
Mrs. John Dunn. OF Corpus Christi.
shot and killed n Mexican, three miles
from her home. She claims that he bur
giarizcd 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.
Tho greatest railway mileage in any
Sta OF tho Union viii be found In llli-
nois, namely, 10, ig7 miles. The indebted
ness against this mileage is 81 ,955, ,69s, s4,,
or ono fftn OF tho total railway indebted.
nc.s OF the United States. Tho not earn.
ines show but &, ,257 per milo OF road, or
about per cent. upon the total invest
ment Tho total income for tho year end
ing June 20. 1890, was e55, 100000.
A dispatch from California says:
..Thc Rcdding and weavcrvillc stage was
held up by n lono highwayman near Red
ding. Exprcss Messenger Ward attempted
70 shoot tho robber, but his gun missed
fire. The robber then shot the driver
Edward Graham, In the right side. Mes
senger Ward fired shot from revolver
=, tho rcbber but the stage horses ran
away, md IL is not known II the shot took
effect Tho stage had q large amount OF
treasure on board, but the rohbcr got
nothing. Grnham's wound is not fatal.
Geo. M. Pullman, OF the Pullman
Palace Car Company. has closed a con-
tract with ono OF tho largest railroads In
Australia TO place his sleeping cars on the
nntipodcan lines. The different parts OF
the cars will be made ut Chicago, and the
whole outfit, In sections, will be shipped
TO the antipedes, ready to DO put together
on their arrival In Australia. Mr.. Pull
man will send colony OF his best artisans
. to Australia, and In n temporary plant to
DO put up near Melbourne they will put
tho cars together. The first consignment
will consist OF eighteen coaches, and IL is
understood that II these prove satisfactory
another big batch will be ordered. The
contracts already signed involve au
outlay OF about $3.50, 900 1t Is suid.
Several days ago an order was is.
aucd by General Manager Clarke OF the
Union Pacific instructinv the general
supcrintendents 10 ask all the telegraph
operators on their respective divisions 10
withdraw from tho Order OF Railway Tel.
cgraphers, and 70 dtschutee all who ro-
fuse The order WAS carried out and
cyo operator on the entire system from