The Lamar register., 1891-03-28
BY TELEGRAPH.

by snow.
There are several cases of smallpox
in St Louis,
The Union Pacific is going to place
mortgage of s2oo,COo, coo on their prop
erty.
Wyoming has lady citizen who
teaches school and works mine between
sessions.
The Washington National Bank of
New York has closed its doors, owing to
ndiscreet loans by its president.
Lawrence Barrett, the great TRACE
dian, died in New York on the goth, of
heart disease. He was iifty-three years
old
Mayor Cregier OF Chicago carried
the Democratic primaries against eN-
Mayor Harrison. Harrison will run on an
independent ticket
A l5-foot vein of 75 per cent pure
sulphur has been discovered by Salt Lake
parties 800 miles north of that place They
will develop the find.
The eastern railroads have arranged
to boycott any western line that may here
after be detected paying commissions to
agents for the sale OF ticket.
The keystone National Bank of
Philadelphia has been closed by the
comptroller of the treasury. The bank
sustained heavy run short time ago,
but has finally succumbed.
1t is stated that President Harrison
has notified the German government that
the restrictions of american pork must be
removed or the ports of this country will
be closed to German products.
An intoxicated young man, u step
window of the White House the other
night and created great disturbance 1t
was all two policemen could do TO take
him away.
Ex-senator Blair has accepted the
Chinese Mission and has arranged to sail
from San Francisco for the thlowery
Kingdom on the first of May. He has
already received his instructions from the
secretary of state,
Ex-Speaker Reed has sailed for
Europe. An elaborate article from his pen
on the legislative results of Congress will
appear in the next number Of the North
american Reuie,C, for the manuscript of
which he received Sl, 900.
DR.. David ). Jordan, president OF
the Indiana University for the last seven
years, has been offered the presidency Of
the Leland Stanford, Jr., University Of
Palo Alto, California, and has accepted
The salary is $4,000 per year with resi-
dence.
Miss Sophia G. Hayden of Boston,
drew the 81, ,OOJ prize offered for the best
design for the women's building at tue
Worlds Fair. Miss Lou Howe, also Of
Boston, took the second prize, $500, and
Miss Laura Payer, Of Chicago, gets $50
for the third best design.
\ desperate named Cookston and his
gang were pursued and overtaken near
Clarksyille, Texas, by a sheriff's posse
IN the skirmish Officer Whitman was
killed and Coolsston wounded. Two ofthe
leader of the gang, made his escape.
A dispatch from Zanzibar says the
conclusion of u treaty with the prominent
chiefs, by which the latter agree to abol-
ish slavery at With, is officially announced.
The present owners of slaves are allowed
five years grace in which to liberate or in
some other way dispose of the forced ser
vices OF the men they now employ.
After lasting over seventy-four
hours, the deadlock in the Nebraska SEN
ate was broken by the Independent is who
succeeded in winning over one of the Re
publican opponents OF the maximum
freight rate bill The call of the House
was dispensed with and the bill passed
and now goes to the governor for his sig
nature,
The Burlington flyer Il double
header, crashed into the end of the Denver
fast freight three miles from Sutton
Wednesday morning. Engineer John NJ.
Roberts Of the passenger was crushed to
death under his engine, and the fireman
was slightly injured. Three cars OF the
passenger train were derailed, but none of
the passengers were badly hurt.
On five steamers that arrived at
New York Monday from European ports
there were s., ,143 immigrants. 1t will take
the immigration officers two whole days
to pass this army of men, women and
children through the barge office, and be-
fore they are all sent their various ways
the chances are that more immigrants
will have arrived to keep them busy. 1t
is estimated that between 80, 900 and 40, 600
immigrants will arrive during the next
thirty days.
An inventory of the estate of "Dia-
moud Joe" Reynolds, who died a short
time ago in a tent on one of his mining
claims IN Arizona, is being prepared and
is about completed. The inventory shows
the estate TO exceed s, ,OO0, coo and TO reach
almost to $40, 100000. Diamond Joe died
before he had time TO sign his will, but
his wife will carry out his dying wishes
He leaves $4,000 apiece TO six or seven of
his trusted employees, and large sum to
found a magnificent training school for
boys
Word has been received from Vic
toria, British Columbia, Of the discovery
of six new cases OF leprosy right in the