The Globe-republican., 1892-02-25
NEWS BREVITIES.

Rain is falling in upper India and the har-
vest outlook is improving.
F. r. Cannon has been appointed worlds
fair commissioner for Oklahoma.
T. S. Harkins, assistant superintendent of
public instruction, of Kansas, Is dead.
John Danforth was shot in riot that oc
CURED at the republican convention at West
field, Ind.
The Prince of Wales has decided to sever
his connection with the turf, and has can
celled all his entries.
The president is suffering from an obstinate
cold, and has been compelled to decline a
number of invitations, including New York
board of trade dinner.
John I. Ollie, register of the land Office
in Guthrie, has resigned and accepted the
sttorneyship of the Rock Island railroad.
There is scramble for his place in the
land Office.
James B. Simpson, of Dallas, Texas, has
TUNED up at Hot Springs, Ark, and is much
SURPRISED at the reports concerning his disap-
peafmce and the state of his business. He
has returned to Dallas.
There is no machinery in Sierra Leone
except the sewing machine. The colony Is
103 years old and contains $1,000 people,
without sawmill or other kind OF mill 70
do any kind of woodwork.
Owing to the failure of the crops and lack
Of customary Russian succOr, famine Is caus-
ing widespread distress in Montenegro. This
state of fffairs has resulted in wholesale
emigration of the people of the country to
Turkey.
A dispatch from Dublin states that tele
graph wires and poles are down IN all dlrec-
tions throughout Ireland, and that railway
traffic is interrupted. The snow storm con-
tinues in the north of England, and railway
traffic is seriously impeded.
Mrs. Harrison has given public reception
which attracted more people to the White
house than ever assembled there before on
similar occasion. Sixty-one huhIfed persons
entered the mansion, and wheZthe reception
closed hundreds We're still awaiting adrnis-
sion.
A commercial agency a. Chicago procured
a statement from the National Union compa-
ny's treasurer, r. J. Spencer, which shows
that S747, COO had been invested IN forty stores
in various localities, chiefly south and west;
The average price paid for the stores Is SAID
to be 1900, total Of $4,000.
Advices have been received from the CAPT
tai of the state of Ceara, Brazil, that disturb
ances have broken out in that state, and that
the people of the capital have driven the gov
ernor from the city. Ceara Is one OF the
northern states Of Brazil and has popula-
ton which Is estimated at over 10000.
Lieutenant Edward Delahay, of the navy,
died at Leavenworth last week, Of consump-
ton. He entered the navy over twenty years
since; was IN a polar rescuine expedition,
and from there was sent to tropical waters.
The result was broken health, from which he
never recovered. He was a son ofJudge Mark
W. Delahay.
The situation at Briceville, Tenn, becomes
every day more critical Actual war Is ON,
with skirmishing every night. The miners
outnumber ths militia.
Mise Quay, daughter of Senator Quay, re-
ceived a telegram from home dated Fort
Pierce, Fla, saying: do not be alarmed.
Rumors that am seriously i'll are unfounded.
My cold has almost entirely left me-"
The report of Secretary Schilling at st.
Louis showed that less than $50 remained I'M
the parry exchequer and that of 81 200 sub
scribed at the Cincinnati convention, only
one subscriber at Cincinnati had turned in q
cent. Chairman Taubeneck was authorized
TO appcinf Q committee of ten to canvass fo4
1nUd0.