The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1891-07-11
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

bed. and suicide is Inferred
SECRETARY NOBLE has appointed
Hon. II. C. Ilallam, of Illinois, to be as
siStant chief clerk Of the pension office,
vice Green Il. Raum, Jr., resigned.
THE United States steamship Alert
left Victoria, Il. C., for Bchring sea on
the 3Oth. She is in command of Lieut..
Wainwright. Coal and supplies for the
warships have been shipped on the
steamer Costa Rica.
The Southern Passenger association
has made tho-rate-~of- es~ lowest first.
class fare for the round trip to the ma
,ional &. A. r. encampmcnt in Detroit,
Mich, in August. The Boston Passcn-
ger association has made rate of Sli
from BOSTON to Detroit and return, Au-
gust 30.
AT MagdalCna. y. NJ. on the 30th. W.
Il. Ncwbcrry and W. V. Nolan. promi-
ncnt cattlcmen, quarrcled. Newberry
began firing at Nolan and two shots
took effect in the groin. Nolan returned
the fire with a Wincester, the second
shot passing through the heart, and
New berry fell dead.
REPORTS from various portions OF
western Oklahoma go to assure i'm
mcnsc crops of wheat, cotton and corn.
The wheat crop is being threshed and
is yielding from fifteen to thirty bushels
TO the acre. Corn is insured by recent
rains and is already in the ear. The
cotton crop, it is estimated, will yield
from half to n bale per acre.
THE friends and trustees of Kenyon
college, the old and wealthy Episcopal
institution at Gambler, o., are greatly
excited over the discovery that S91. 900
of the endowment fund has been usrd
10 meet the running expenses of the
rollegc. For several years the treas
urer's reports have shown small def
cicnciCS, but no one was aware that the
trust funds had been impaired.
SAMUEL MYERS, an CmplOye of the
New Adirondack Il st. Lawrence Rail-
road Co., went away from his camp
| near Saranac Inn. y. V, on the after
noon of the 2Sth, for stroll, and has
not been heard from since. Fifty men
with experienced guides have been
searching the woods for him.
THE Minnesota state democratic con-
ference gathered at Minneapolis. on
the lst, with $50 leading politicians in
| attendance. The ostcnsiblc object of
the gathering was to organize the club
movement of the state and discuss cam
paign plans
A SPECIAL from Bar Harbor, Me-,
says that Mr.. Blaine had bad turn
shortly after dinner, on the lst, and a
physician was summoned. The attack
proved to be not very severe.
THE Novoe Vremya of st. Peters
burg says unless France and Russia
make formal alliance the parties to
the drcibund will become SO arrogant
that war will he provoked.
WHILE tug-sail boat was conveying
n pleasure party across the bay of Ayr,
from Largs to Rothcsay, Scotland, on
the 1st, it capsizcd, and eight persons
| were drowned.
THE Marquis Impcriali, secretary OF
the Italian legation, was at Bar IIar
| Dor, Me. on the 1st, to consult with
Mr.. Blaine.
SECRETARY FOSTER, it is understood
has practically decided to extend the
Al per cent. bonds at per cent. inter.
| est.
| THE Iowa republican state convcn
| tion, in session at Cedar Rapids, on tn,
| lst, nominated Hon. Hiram c. Wheeler
of Sac county, for governor. by ac
| clamation: for acknowledgements
| George Van Iouten. of Taylor county
| supreme Judge. =. NJ. Weaver; suprrin
Sabin; railroad commissioner, Franz
Il. Campbell.
The London police have warned the
German and French socialists ant
anarchists against any overt act during
| the kaiser's visit to that city.
| A BRAZILIAN tourist fell into the
| crater of Mount Nesuvius, on the 1st
and met horrible death. A compan
ion was saved by the guide.
| The new form of debt statement is
| sued on the 1st shows that the incrcas,
of the public debt during the month o.
June, less cash in the treasury, amount
| I'd to Sl,999,3S2. Total cash in tn,
treasury, S745,3 75I.63. The bonded
debt decreased S2,21s, ,66G.2".
| A TERRIBLE tornado swept over tn,
| Urefcldt district of Rhcnish Prussia on
| the LIST. In the town of Crcfeldt booth.
| and hall which had been erected fol
The use of rifle meeting, together will
| fifty houses, were destroyed. Many
persons were killed and injured
The Pail Mall Gazette wants tn,
| British government to censure the Dull,
| If Cambridge for smoking in Kew
| l-ar.lcns against the rules
| NEsUvIUs has renewed its volcanic
activity, and the torrent of lava rush
| ing down the mountain side is rapidly
increasing in volume.
| SECRETARIES FOSTER and Rusk left
Washington, on the I'd. for West Vir
ginia, to spend the Fourth of July with
Mr.. :. l.. Elkins.
Ok the I'd, $500 iron workers o.
| ilasgow, Scotland, struck against 6
proposed reduction of per cent. il
wages.
| HENRY BRABHAM, the negro who Sc
| brutally murdered Jno. Mecca, an Ital
ian, in Charlotte, y. c., on the night o
April II last, was hanged, on the 1st
in the corridors of the Mecklenbure
county Jail. Through his spiritual ad
| wiser he confessed he murdered Mecca
| TREASURER NEBECKER issued hi:
statements of assets and liabilities. or
the I'd, under the new form adopted 10y
the department. The total assets are
stated at s2O5, las. sos and the total liza
bilitics at S5l,249, 400, leaving n casl
| balance of Sl53, S93, 500 The assets art
made up of the following items: Me-
gold, Sill, ,6G7. I'D; net silver, SlI. aG+. 500
treasury notes on hand, S9,785. a53: net
United States notes, 5l,60l.Iii; trade
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