The Delta independent., 1891-03-10
BY TELEGRAPH.

Prince jerome Napoleon, is very
sick at Rome.
Pope Leo XIII celebrated his s0th
birthday on the End.
Senator Hearst OF California died in
Washington on tt.s 2sth.
Jay Gould was fined $3.50 the other
day because he refused to serve as jury
man.
A copy OF the Bible printed by
Guttenburg recently sold in New York for
eli,sOO
Business in Chill is suid TO be near
Is suspended and tho coast towns are
deserted.
Nearly all the officers ofthe Worlds
Fair Exposition were sick with tho grippe
last week.
Tho bill to create land court to
ndjudicate land grant claims Of the West
has passed Congress.
Colonel Ashford and others are re-
ported 70 be scheming 70 overthrow the
government Of Hawaii.
The Republicans OF the Senate have
decided to elect Senator Mand,rson as
President pro te,npore.
President Harrison and few friends
will start on Saturday for few days
hunting and fishing in Maryland.
Under the Australian ballot system
Burlington. Vermont, has elected the
nrst Democratic mayor in twenty years.
Two young Hebrews in Cincin-
natl college committed suicide together
the other day. Ill health was the cause.
The Connecticut Assembly is squab-
bling about paying 500 for Governor
Buiklcy's expenses at the Sherman fun
cral
A contract has been made with
Lewis & Bros. OF Pi,tsburg and Wales, to
establish s5oo, 900 tin plate mannfactory
at Joliet, Illinois.
The Empress Frederick while visit
Ing Paris was not treated very well and
the German Emperor Is said TO bc very
indignant about It
The Illinois Department OF Agricul-
tnre reports that the wheat plant In
Illinois has not seriously suffered from
frost or dry weather.
Congress has ut las, passed the di-
rect tax bill, which returns to States the
tax Of money levied upon them by the
government during the rebellion.
As u result OF tho decline in the
price Of silver. nearly 100 bars OF bullion
hsvc been taken from the mint at Carson
City and sent To China, where higher
price prevails for 1t than in America.
Tho typographical union OF Seattle
hereafter work on the eight hour schedule
nt minimum wages OF a per day, work
bcginn ng on morning papers at 80 y. m.
The Brussels treaty for the sup.
precision OF tho African slave trade and
traffic In spirits nnd firearms WINS defeated
in tho Senate In executive session. The
opposition to Its ratification was based
upona number of reasons, such as fears
of entanHiing alliances, interference with
private business enterprises, etc. and tho
majority In opposition to ratification was
decided.
The famous Khedive diamonds, val.
ued at eia,, 900, which were presented to
Miss Minnie Sherman by the chief ruler
of Egypt In honor of her illustrious father
when shc was married to Lieutenant
Thomas w. Fitch in 1876, arc to be sold.
Mrs. Fitch stated that the death OF her
father nullihcd an agreement that the
Jewels were never TO be transferred from.
the keeping OF tho family whiic General
Sherman lived.
1t is reported that the governor OF
. province In tho interior OF Madagascar,
who was provoked because petition had
been presented against him To the central
government pcrpetratcd most cruel
massacre OF nearly zoo men, women and
childrcn, slaughtering tho victims in n
horrible manner with many tortures. He
compelled those he spared to build a mon
umcnt with the heads Of the victims. The
central government has taken steps to
bring tho monster to Justice.
Owing to the agitation of tho Cam.
dian Liberals In favor of reciprocity and
annexation with the United States, the
premier. Sir John Macdonald dissolved
parliament short time ago and called n
now election to obtain from the people n
condemnation Of these ideas Tho election
was hold on tho 5th and resulted In re-
turning parliament supposed to contain
n Conservative majority of fifteen or ,wcn
" NJ against tho previous majority OF
Afty one.
Tho fireman, Sadler, who was mr..
rested on February 10 last, the day tho
woman named Francis Coleman. other
wise known as "Carroty Ncll," was mur-
dered in Whitcchapel. and who was
charged with having murdered her, has
been discharged. The police could no,
collect sufficient evidence TO connect him
with the crime, which is now definitely
placed TO tho account Of the mysterious
md unGndabc murderer, whom tho no
iicc and public know only under tho dcsiy.
nation Of "Jnck tho Ripper"
A special from Arkansas City, Kan.
sas, says: "Thc blizzard Friday night
was the worst Of tho season hero, and tho
people In tho Cherokee strip who had been
out In tho severe cold for two days pre