The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1891-03-13
NEWS NUGGETS.

euso osAt SOuIiuucbs
Ex-senator George NJ. Chilcott diet
In st. Louis last Friday.
Tho California legislature has passot
IN Australian ballot bill.
Tho California legislature is engaged
In u warm senatorial fight.
There is some prospect OF Bismarck
re-entering the Reichstag.
The Kansas Senate has defeated
Speaker Elders railroad bill.
The Second National Bank OF Nc
Pherson, Kansas, closed its doors or
the End.
A bad wreck occurred on tho Santa
Fe road near Jacksonville, Illinois,
Sunday.
The Louisiana Lottery Company IL
said to have established headquarters
ut Montreal.
Work has begun on an Office build.
ing in Chicago that will be twenty.
four stories high.
The Kansas legislature has passed
resolution calling for n constitu.
tional convention.
New Workers. have taken the initial
steps toward the erection Of statue
OF General Sherman.
Tho lower Mississippi is rising rap
idly and many small farmers are be-
ing driven from their homes.
The large printing house OF Gibson
Miller and Richards at Omahn, was
destroyed by fire last Monday.
The total appropriations made by
the late Congress reached the enor.
nous sum OF 81 ,009, $50, 100000.
The Alliances OF Kansa IS, Nebraska,
Missouri and Iowa, propose forming q
huge grain and live stock trust.
Ex-President Cleveland recently
lost the first and only case he has ever
argued before the Supreme Court.
The elections In Canada last geek
resulted in n victory for the Conser-
natives, though by decreased MAORI
ties.
Monday was the Tooth anniversary
Of the death of John Wesley and was
appropriately observed by the Meth
odist world.
The promoters OF the Mount Carmel
air ship have leased the exposition
building in Chicago for four months
in which TO give exhibitions.
There are seven candidates in the
field for Speaker OF the next House,:
Mess-s. Crisp, Mcmillan, Mills. By
mum, Springer, Blount and Outh-
waite.
New York business men have pre-
sentcd Secretary Blaine with hand
some testimonial on account OF his ser
vices in securing reciprocity with
Brazil.
The number OF registered voters In
Chicago is 1884. The foreign-born
vote is sS,06l. leaving the unhappy
native in a not quite hopeless minority
Of 3,74S.
More snow is reported In northern
New Mexico than was ever kaown be-
fore and the towns along the Rio
Grando are fearing IL great flood when
1t begins to thaw.
Upon the motion to thank Speaker
Reed for the manner In which he hud
presided over the deliberations OF the
lower house, the Democrats unani-
mously voted no.
The census bureau announces the
population OF Missouri by races Ms
follows; Whites 1924. i6S, colored
i5i.l3l, Indians los, Japanese 1,
Chinese il3; total 2,600.lSl.
The government OF the Republic OF
Columbia intends TO initiate the Ar.
gen,ine Republic by importing teach.
ers for the pubic and normal schools
from the United States. The minister
OF education has been authorized 10
make contracts.
The Seattle typographical union
have decided to abolish piece work on
all the daily papers and establish the
eight-hour working day with tho min
imum scale Of 81 per day. Hereafter
work will begin on the morning pa.
pers Mt 7:30 p. IN. The action OF the
union has been adopted by the pro-
prletors.
a party OF United States officials
from Georgia, Florida and Alabama,
have just completed raid through
West Florida, resulting In the capture
and destruction OF twenty-six Illicit
stills engaged In the manufacture OF
rum and molasscs. the seizure OF sew.
eral lots OF Illicit rum and the nrrcs,
OF the men. The raid occupied ten
days md Is the most thorough ever
made In that section.
The secretary OF the Interior I'm,
granted permission to Buffalo Bill To
engage 100 Indians for his Wild Wcs,
show from the Sioux reservation, III,
privilege under this permission Il
terminate In one year. The privilcg,
was granted after investigation mad,
by the secretary MS To whether or no,
tho Indians heretofore In the Wild
West show had become demoralizcd,
which The secretary thinks was no,
the case.
The scenes connected with the nd
!ournmcnt OF Congress were ra,he,
unusual. Everyone seemed In good
humor. The Republicans SAM
"Marching Through Georgia" nnt
the Democrats re,ortcd with the box.
ology. Tho occupants OF the pres,
gallery. for the last number in IN,
programme, rendered '.GooJ.by,
Congress-" "Good-byc. My Lover
Goodbye" md lies Jolly Goot
Fellow"
A San Francisco dispatch says
9Th. California & Nevada marrow
gauge railroad In Alameda Count,
has been sold to eastern capitalists
who will change the road to s,andnr,
gauge md extend 1t across Nevada {,