The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1892-02-04
'CONDENSED TELEG'RAMS
INTERESTING HOMIE AND FOR
EIcN MATTERS

The Ferdinand street 'bl 'anch Of the
Boston Electric Light COMPANY was
destroyed by fire. Thek loss is esti-
mated at 100000.
The Maine prohibitj ON convention
h6s been called at B angor, May 4th
and 9th. The execu tive committee
announces that it ey pects to make
strong fight this year.
The famous Au straian stallion,
Maxim, has arrived at California. He
will be taken to the California ranch
0f j. B. Haggin, VINO is supposedtto
have paid 4,0O0 iguineas for him.
q The cliff at Dieppe, France, became
loosened by d thaw the other day, and
heavy rocks fell, = crushing three efdwel-
lings and killing two women and one
man, and injuring twenty-five others.
A large force off workmen are EN-
Raeed 6h the monitor Montauk at. the
LeaRu6 Island navy yard, and it is
H1oudht that within fortnight she
WilIsbe ready for service if that is de-
The mail steamer Orotava, from
Wellington and Rio Janeiro, has ar
lived q Plymouth. She reports hav-
NJ had six cases of yellow few ~
aboard on the voyage, two of WI dcb
We're fatal.
An Ottawa dispatch says t. ant Mr..
Dobell, promoter of the s. ,,heme for
aging z direct cable betw cen Canada
from point on the Irish coast leaves
Immediately for Engla nd to complete
dsarrangements.
The Catholic c. ,urch at Connells-
nleS fa;' win its contents was de-
Eoys1 oy hr' recently. Loss about
osv IL was impossible to control
n % Pc ,4ause the building was To-
a high bluff.
du6nza has appeared among, the
n students of Girton College, Cam
bridge, England. The complaint,
n|though not virulent, has had the
aSsJsUr prostrating half of the young
= women in the college.
/ A resolution confirming the settle
Wapk Athe Virginia debt was reported
by the Finance Committees of both
houses Of the Virginia Legislature. 1t
was passed unanimously by the Senate
md will be passed by the House.
Edward p. Cole, of San Francisco,
as begun suit in the United States
,, ircuit Court, of New York, ag.-..-s
! [enry b. Slavin for $40 800, with in
,rest from April 1st, 1891, for legal
sryices alleged to have been rendered
!. ,om March 1st, 1890, to March 31st,
:. s91.
I AT Millers, S. D., the rain conven-
on was largely attended, and as a
! suit it Is believed that 20 counties
I IL accept the offer of a Kansas Arti-
Z hal Rain Company to produce rain
: lr1ng the crop season at $500 per
( unity, on the understanding that if
ore is no rain there will be no pay
. DR.. y q Goodwin, commissioner of
r1culture for Tennessee, has gone to
{ mphis to confer with the officers of
: Z 1Cotton Growers and the Merchants
y eociations in regard to the best
Z ! lAns Of surely carrying into effect
4. Z hresOlutions recently adopted by
4, State Commissioners advocating
T. : = smaller acreage be planted III
90: ton next year.
An AZ Parts, requiem mass for Cardi-
Al Manning was celebrated in the
"a nioniet Fathers Chapel. Among
- se present were: The Archbishop
lie. Paris, the papal nuncio, Mgr. Fer
I. United States Minister Reid, the
sches Qf the United States legation,
on, many American residents, and
= ere. At the service, Col. Bayley
90. nchat4 and Mrs. Reid, wife of tho
- er1cau minister, were also present.
he State committee on the Column
Fair conference is preparing
~ to bring before the Kentucky Leg
lure asking for the appropriation
l100, 900 for the Kentucky exhibit.
q his one-third will be devoted to
- collection of historical exhibit
oused at the Kentucky centennial
-NC exipgton next summer, then trans
"a fhlcago, and later returned
cn5tody of the State govern
III eotor General Davis, of the
AAS q Fair, will be allowed to install
r. as he may see fit in the
Fair buildings. This was
Nrpn at special conference
itute, &he director general and the
on rules and regulations of
: of directors. The esult
pry for Colonel Ds over
1aken by Preside ler,
Fectory should the