The state herald., 1891-12-04
THE WORLD At LARGE.

Lord Lytton, the author OF "Lucille"
is dead.
Continued drought ON the Texas
cattle ranges is causing great loss.
Large herds OF cattle are dying for
water.
Heavy rains at 1nver Huron, On
tario, carried away the residence Of
Joy Smith and drowned his two
daughters.
It has been discovered that lively
trade In horse meat has been carried
on In Chicago and that the small res.
taurants were supplied with 1t.
Erie canal froze up on the SOth,
closing in fleet OF grain boats at
Fultonville, New York. The steam
Ice breaker is out. Ice three inches
thick.
Fourteen laborers arrived in New
York the other day to work on con.
tract in the Pennsylvania and Ohio
mines. They will be sent back to
Europe.
In Norristown, Tennessee, a tramp
printers pipe in a newspaper office
caused fire. Five business houses
burned. Loss $4,000; insurance
1926 900.
In Wichita, Kansas, Oscar Gordon
OF New York City was arrested with
$4,000 in counterfeits. He has sud-
denly vanished from jail, leaving no
trail behind.
Gordon Lester Ford Of Brooklyn,
died, leaving 100000, but not dol.
lar to his eldest son, Malcom w. Ford,
an athlete and sport The son will
contest the will.
Two steamers collided on Lake Su-
perior on the 22nd during heavy
fog, and one Of them, the Samuel
Mather, sank in 800 feet OF water. l,
wns loaded with iron ore.
The Paris Figaro opened n subscrip.
tion list to pay the fine OF the Arch
bishop OF AK, and raised the amount,
5000 francs, but the government will
prosecute the publishers.
John Parnell OF Georgia, brother OF
Charles Stewart Parnell. was about to
sail for Ireland Monday with his
mother when he was stopped by u
writ TO appear in a lawsuit.
AT Cincinnati Morgan Long, ol
Mason county, West Virginia. who
had lot of fat cattle on the steamer
Boston, jumped into the Ohio river
and refused to be rescued. His body
went down stream.
In order TO alleviate the many diffi-
culties under which numerous small
capitalists throughout Russia are now
laboring, the Imperial Bank has given
notice that installments due on script
of first mortgage bonds need be only
partially paid.
A fatal railway accident occurred
Tuesday on the Orelgraise line in Rus.
sia. A train was derailed on bridge
and four carriages were hurled from
the bridge into the river below.
Twenty-three persons are reported
killed and ten injured.
1t is reported In Berlin on diplo.
matte authority that China is unable
TO overcome the various forms OF in
surrection that confront the govern.
ment, aud is about to beg the assist.
ance OF England, Germany and Amer.
lea in the restoration Of order.
A committee OF the French Chamber
OF Deputies has rejected bill for the
prosecution OF men living on the
earnings Of dissolute women. The
reason for rejecting the bill is that in
France the course Of life pursued by
such women is not criminal.
Tho pope, IL Is said, disapproves OF
the anti-republican agitation by Cath.
olics in France arising from the per.
secution OF the archbishop OF AK, and
has instructed the papal nuucio 1t
Paris to try aud suppress the agi,a.
ton,
II Is said that tie late Lord Lytton
was n devoted spiritualist; that he be.
lleved that he could communicate with
Joan OF Arc and Napoleon. and that
he complained that he was always
baiiled In trying to have access to tn,
secret OF his father.
A dispatch from Santiago de Chill
says that President Mont, has request
ed that his name be stricken from tn,
list OF the leaders OF the revolution, I,
whom congress proposes TO vote larg,
sums OF money for their services IL
overthrowing the Balmacedan gov.
ernment.
MIR. Porter, the superintendent ol
the census, Is confined 10 his house b.,
an aggravated case OF tonslliils. III,
Is engaged, however, In preparing u
bill 10 create n permanent censu,
bureau, The bill and his report on
the subject will he ready for trans.
mission during next week.
As Abner Wilson, II farmer, wn,
selning In creek which runs through
his place near Platte county. Missouri,
his net caugh, on an obstruction. lie
reached down and pulled out an old
coffee pot, which he found to contain
80, $40 and $50 gold pieces to tn,
amoun, OF 500. None OF the coini
have a Inter date than 1857. II Is
supposed that the gold was sunk In th.
creek before then.
A train on the St Louis and sar
Francisco railroad was robbed IL
Missouri on the night OF the 30th.
The robbery was committed by sis
men who boarded the train at OLD
Orchard. Two got on the front end
OF the baggage car and two ON tb,
rcar OF the same car. The two who
got on the rear entered the car anu
blew open tho safe, taking NIL the con.
tents. Express Messenger Mulrcnniu
was badly injured by the explosion.
The ear was badly wrecked. The
amount stolen cannot be learned ut
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