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Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1893-02-17


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isbeu bisier Baiiins betrast $500 Qua'
bratmeter. uno lit auf oerlelbeu stntahit
cine Wteter bobe Sdi6t pon ses
wai6ensu groBen uno fleineu Steiuen
uub bann cine iot9e pou sepaidenem
srobsm unb feinem Sizes auf9efiibrt.
pelfs gum Sdlus eine Sage bon ges
wai6enem lei1tem Sano bebedt. yla6s
Ssm bas bur4 madtiss Pumpmsrfs Der
.elbe sntnommen. Baiier in bieie 8ais
fins sslsitet uno oura bis peri9isosuen
Sdi6ten binburdfiltrirt lit. selanst Cd
In ben peroedteR Sauptiammels ooer
ReinmaIiertaual. Der baiielbe pirelt neh
Rotbenbsrssprt'iH grobe iiberoedte Res
Ierpoire fiibrt, non oenen es bur@
Humpmerts N ben @iisrthRrm as'
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Werianapbt.

Baron: Die @isarren, bic Du
seitern sebolt bait, iinb ni6t 70 gut ais
Die porisen.4 = Dtener: uSa, iis
beiBen etmas auf Der Sunse.A
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WiBberfaneea.

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sic einmal mieber Shr altes uebel ~
mir ?" Yrofefor (eridredt fid
umblidenb): lin @ottes willen. meiue
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Neme Mnsei9en.
Spestaf.@abI.
Grsfutip Dspartsmsnt, }
Staet Ssranton,
SCRANTON, 10. 8tbr. 1893. }

Grttuttp Department,
Staet Sranton,
Sranton, 10. 8tbr. 1898.
I'm bic Mdblsr Der Ss6sebnten Darb ber
Stabt Seranton.
BUR Ra&rt6t.-Da6 sint Sps,taIpabI
abssbaIisn miro tn Der Se63sbntsn Ware Der
Staet Strantpn am Dieufas. ben 81. 5etruay
1893, am sto Sbnli6sn StimmpIase Ger btiastsu
Darp, um sint ptripn fir Common Council aa
rwabIen sur Ssitsuns esr gafana, peIas burt
pic @sisnaticn ppn Wiaiam ). Sanb enifan.
ssu II
@sseben untsr ristnsr panb unb BEN SiessI
Der Staet Seran on tisisn ,sbnhn 9as I'm
5sbruar v. D. 1893.
Sobn 8. Gtllebs, Rasor.
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1refruoe Be,eidaang.

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beS Geitbauern Sobn2" Runj:
.@r pirb Doftor Der unperuuuitiseu. =
-Stna: ngBie meinit Du bas P1 -
&un3: u@r wirb 2bierar3t!A
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1893-02-17

bar. @benio fiebt
feft, baB Berios
men. lpelde uns
leren Wetterbes
ri9ten iOnit uibt
al3npiel 3upers
@iiisfeit 3ui6reis
ben, unter benz
Druid Der eiiisen
Rdfte oieielbeu
mObl 6fter laien,
alS iie bies 9es
p0bnli6 3u tbun
MI Nenett m n m 4
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Gin GmIanmeier.

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anfommenb): .2ellner, waS foit's
Mittaselien ?"- 8elluer: mDrei
Marf, mein Serr!" : @ait: limbs
&benSeGen P" &ettner: ~@iue
Marf.4 = Sat: ~ytun, 70 briuseu
sic mfrs Gbenbsilen."
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9atme GutIduISlauug.

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pieiiit, mo Der Snfel 10 fdwer trant
6aliegt = 9 obn: sd pfeif' ia an
Erauermari6!4
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DER fIeine GdlIanfobf.

2ebrer: .Warum flob 8ain, als CT
ben Mbel erf9lagen bate : nun, Sris.
den ?" Srtsden: #0eil er &uSii
nor Der Polisei batte.A
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ilmaeniiaeane aHeabe.

Serr: sd ioll metner Srau eiutn
Sut faufen." - M ohtittn: r8itte,
mas fir sinen 3opf bat Sbre Srau &C.
mablinp" Serr: ~@inea eigeniins
t,inen ja
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8ia tn Farmer /?

0tr wiiisn cine SJarm ,u Drfaufen NIT 228
Ader 9ane, pOI,- une gBsibslanb, Waifsr etc.
Die @stduet allsin fnb iiber $2JO' wertt
prds sttpa $500 unb fam Elm 5bsiI Der 8auf-
lumms auf Norisaas ifeben bleibsu NGbrss
In Der ,,Wohtnblatt' Office, 51f eada. Mpt.
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MGbdben perlanat.

Gin brapss, hsuiIaes Mab&en fiir alIssmetn!
Sausarbsit In elmer fIeineu Gamilts, Nc. 10fs
WiuIbnrp SraBe, 5rau Sfbaus.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1893-02-17

3pei bentiebe Wfdbcben
fir allasmsins eausarbfit werbsn ssrIanst II
DtttsI's potel, iii 0ycmins Mps.
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No. 2eict bas ,,Wodsnblatt" reseIs
mdbig; es fcitet nur s2 90.
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3u nerfaufeit.

Gin smsiRSdisss @obnbaus NIT adt 3im
mern, ltbr gut etbaut, NIT Staa, Brunnsn.
Wsinrben unb anbtren grrbeftrungsn Wan
msIst ft bet Sptu WetHb, i5'2 vrcspsrt
apsnue, Gds f5ig Sira6e, sbr IN biefer Office.
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Orucf.Mr rbeitem iebsr art Ia be,
s@ 0 @sabIatr DfFes.
The Forrest City times., 1893-07-14
Churches.

METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH-Rev. V Taylor. pastor. Services every Sunday ! q orlock. a, m. and o'clock D. m, Sunday tI,.ol st 10 o'clock a. m., r. Laughinghouse
 ,.arintendent. Prayer meeting every Thurs Erht The public is cordially invited.
 BAPTIST CHURCH-Eld. ]. H. Cason, pas hp Services every Sunday at II o'clock a. m. Ri s o'clock D. m. Sunday school at 10 o'clock m Eld J. II. Cason. superintendent. Pray ! meeting every Wednesday night. The pub 1 is cordially invited.
 CHURCH-Rev. K. A. Lever. pastor. Services every third Sunday l each month at II o'clock a. m. and o'clock m. Sunday school at 10 o'clock q. m., Dr 1 l. Matthews, superintendent. Ali are in- Eted.
 EPISCOPAL CHURCH-Rev. c. A. Bruce. Hetor. Services at the Presbyterian church Eding every first Sunday in each month at o'clock n. m. and o'clock D. m. Commun- ro At the morning service. All are invited.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-03-30
FROM WASHINGTON,

BY request Alfred Dodge resigned his
position as agricultural statstician,
and Henry A. Robinson, of Detroit,
was appointed to fll the position.
VOUCHERS have been signed by Sec
rctary Carlisle to the amount of $3.50,
100 in favor of the worlds fair com.
mission. which is payable iii souvenir
half dollars. The commission up to
this time has received 81, o2O 100 of the
$4,000, 900 appropriation by congress
payable in souvenir half dollars
AT the leading clearing houses in
the United States the exchanges dur.
ing the week ended on the cath aggrci
gated sl,g2i, ,22i,41s, against 81, 23t, 454, :
S2e tine previous week. The increase
Is compared with the corresponding
week of 1892 was Gj.
The business failures in the United
States drrihg the seven days ended on
the cath numbered a43, against 40 the
preceding week and 23l for the cor.
responding time last wear.
The legation of France to this coun-
try has been raised to the rank of an
embassy.
THROUGH the state department the
government of Spain has officially ten.
derod TO the United States as n gift the
reproduced flagship of Columbus, the
Santa Maria,
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-03-30
THE EAST.

TuE death of Rev. Albert Won Putt
kamcr occurred in New York. lie was
the first German to be baptized il the
Baptist faith in the United States aud
organized the first German Baptist
church III America.
AT the age of &c years Eli salisbury,
for eighteen years United States SEN
ntor from Delaw ware, died ut his home
in Dover.
IL New York n sole-leather trust
was formed with a capital of $50,
900, 600.
THE sudden death of Col. Elliott
Fitch Shepard, editor OF the Mail and
Express, occurred at his home in New
York from the effects of ether taken
that he might undergo n surgical oper.
alton. lie was 50 years of age. Col.
Shepard married Miss Marguerite
Louise Vanderbilt, the oldest daughter
of the late William II. Vanderbilt, and
she and i've children survive him. MIR.
Shepard wac president of the American
Sabbath union and founded the State
Bar association and was its first presi.
dent
OFFICIALS have decided to close up
all the pool rooms in Buffalo, ~ Y.
Tne hew battlcship New York's trial
trip showed it to be the fastest ar
mored vessel in the world.
In the Monongahcla (Pa) valley the
strike of over 1000 miners that COM
menced July | last has ended in vic
tory for the emploVcrs
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-03-30
LATER nEMS.

Il. IRVING LAi.Mni, Who brutallY
murdered his mother ut Jackson in
1850, nrd Is supposed 10 have poisoned
his father year previously, escaped
from the Michigan state prison at mid
night ~ the 2Glh, As means to his
escape he is supposed to have poisoned
twoof the prison officials, one of whom
died soon after the departure of the
wil"criminal
The Elm Park Methodist Episcopal
church at Scranton. Pa. which was
partially destroyed by fire, December
30 last, at loss of 500, 900, and which
had been almost reconstructed, was
again burned, on tine 2Tth, and is now
u complete ruin. Estimated loss, sl25,-
900; insurance. $40, 900 1t is believed
to have been the work of an incendiary
MArFEo BARBERINo CoLoNNA DI SCI
RARRI, prince of Carbaganano, has been
sentenced to three months imprison-
ment and to pay fine of $500 lire for
having sold works of the old masters to
persons outside of Italy without the
consent of the government.
In the senate, on the eth, majority
reports were made by Mr.. lIoar in IA
vor OF admission to their seats of three
senators appointed by the governors of
Montana, Wyoming and Washington,
and soon after the senate proceeded to
executive business.
Gov MARKHAM's approval of the pa
role bill will release from the two Cali
fornia state prisons over 900 convicts
who have served one year of their first
term. Many of the criminals who may
be paroled are desperate criminals from
the east.
KING OwyGIAN, Chinese vicc-consul,
brands us fabrication the report that
circulars to their countrymeu in the
United States advising them to resist
the provisions of the Geary law by
force.
The issue of standard silver dollars
from the mints and treasury offices of
the United States during the week
ended March rs was s2s0,S64; for the
corresponding period of 1892 the amount
was s401 ,6l9
JOHN ii. INMAN has purchased $4,000
shares of the stock of the Tennessee
Coal and Iron Co., paying therefor
t025, 900. This gives Mr., lnman con-
troll of the company.
The German government will raise
the Washington legation to an embassy
in view of q similar change being made
in the representation of the United
States in Berlin.
~gHE preliminary trial of the cruiser
Now York proves her to DO the fastest
- bored war ship atiost
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-03-30
THE MISSOURI LEGISLATURE

jtrfr"s"N CRY Match " Tho principal
work in inc ecnRic Yesterday was the
rcuding Of | Ills. The ~ plvinc the po.
lice Of Kansas city and St Louis lEc holidays
q month was called up and passed TITO
house amendments to pending upproprla.
tion tillS were COrvidcr,d. Conference
committees were appo'uted'on the general ap.
propridtion ni'l, the clccnosynary | iii and She
pharmacy bill.
HuusE-A resolution pas-.d blowing tho
chief clerk ton clerks for ten days after ad.
Jourhiicr' Numerous ills were passed.
among them tho coftlpt practices act and the
bill cnactln9 system Of govcfnfrent for cities
~ the third clgss, with II number oi rdnor
bti!3
ADJouhA.h tfNr prE
JEFFEnsoN ClrY.. March =, Tho Thirty
seventh general assent ~ of Missouri ci""ed
its career ye stCrday few minutes after Il
o'clock. NhC usual resolutions thanking every.
bhdr t'r everything were adopted. In the
Senate mn cTo-' WIS mnde ~ Transact some
business, The bou'c bin placing justices Of
the peace and constEOins in Kansas CITY oD
salaries was reported and passed. with some
amendments, and hurried over ~ the
house, but t"e latter lody refused to
concur and the D' was los. Sou
ator Stone from the iudiciai; committee.
rcporteu without recommendation house .o~''
luton nsling congress to enact laws that will
prcycHt tcu",ai c'rlri" from Interfering with
local government and the ott'c"'- thereof. Mr..
stone asked Tor a suspension oi tn" iui'4 "ith
II view 10 placing the resolution on It's passage.
II requires tNo.thirds vote to suspend the
rules and the motion was lost
ilpr"H The house made no attempt to pass
bills. hut -pc-t an hOur CONSIDERING rcsoluttOns
OF u complimentary nature. Spc"kc' pro 'cm
Stuart was the recipient Of Il very handsome
cane aud He "7ntory Of lnc occtsion was FUN
islCd hy Mr. | ,,ur
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-03-30
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

OK the Thames at London the OK
ford crew won by two lengths ita TWEEN
ty.-eventn victory over Cambridge.
Time. l3 minutes A. seconds. 1t was
the fiftcth race between the two
crews.
REvoLurIoNIsrs entered the town of
AllcSretta, Chill, which 'hcr sacked.
Tha residents resisted the ravages, and
in the fight which followed forty per-
sons were killed.
The arbitration court appointed to
adjust the difficulties between the
United States and Great Britain in re-
gard 10 the seal fisheries in Behring
sea met in Paris,
II Mexico the voirapo of San Martin
i, in state of eruption, after having
been extinct for more than a century
FEENcH Canadians OF Montreal are
organizing committees among French
speaking people in the United States to
awaken y sentiment in favor of anpo
alton.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-03-30
ROUGH ON SIMPSON.
Cungrcssman Glover. of Kansas, score'
His Colleague of Sochisss Fame.

Cungrcssman Glover. of Kansas, Scores
His Colleague of SocAisss Fame.
TOPEKA, Kas., March Is.--A letter
written by Congressman Ben Clover OF
the Third district severely criticizing
Jerry Simpson for his action in con-
ncction with the Cherokee strip ques-
tion las been made public here and
will cause sensation in political cir
clrs. Clover SAYS:
simpsons contemplate conduct kept his
party associates apOlogizing for him all the
time. hut have written my last apology.
boarded at the same place he did for six or
sight weeks at the beginning of the first session
OF this congress uud ] found him to be one or
the most selfish. contemplate men
ever met. and foxy shYstcr and dcmagogue
as we'll. want to offer my humble apology to
the thousands of Shvering hOmeseckcrs for
not publicly exposing the cOntemptibc skunk
a. soon as found him out That and doing
anything TO help him is where | erred and
am willing to receive the condemnation that
should come to one who would shield such
scnnndrcl in any way,
wls at the convention at Wichita where he
was 50 unanimously nominated | heard the
shouts aud laudations; heard Mrs. Lease call
him the Abraham Lincoln OF the west"
Knowing him as ] did, his contc mpti-
Bile selfish nature his demagoguery and
NIL | could not but ask myself: What
hone can there be for % people who
can be so easily dupcd:' You have my pcrmis-
sion To show this to his friends or make any
usc OF it as YOU may see ut. l wish from now
| on to make amends for my part in helping him
cover up his infamous conduct and am very
sorry did not 20 over his district and expose
him. | was deferred from il by those who
thought II was better to let him go con
temptble as he is. rather than be charged with
| being instrumental in sending republican to
| congress. My own impulses were right, and
| an sorry did not follow them.
| Yours for truth
| [Slgnedl Is. ii. CLOVER.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-03-30
WEST AND SQuTA.

Mrs. NANCY MARVIN, aged 1903 years.
died at Morayia. Ind.
A MINRb halncd William Frazier,
whtse wife left him on account of his
drunkenness, went TO Iliteman. Ia,
where she was stayrg, and killed her
and her sister, Mrs. Smith, and then
cut OFF the leg of his baby. An infuri-
ated mob OF miners took Frazier from
the officers and hung hiW
In Oklahoma prairie fires swept
whole townships and hundreds OF
cattle rerished.
In tit of jealousy Mrs. Caroline
nagan, wife of Charles Hagan, mem
Der of the fire department ut Dayton,
o., put her husbands eyes ont with
vitriol.
THE bodies found in box 10 the
Missouri river below ST. Joseph, Mo-,
had been dissected in local medical
college and thrown into the stream by
man who was hired to bury them.
A QUARREL between whites and
negroes at Purvis, Miss, resulted in
the latter burning the town. nearly
every store and residence being wiped
off the face of the EARTH
THE state board of agriculture of
Missouri has adopted, quarantine lines
in conformity with the lines adopted
by the national government
FIRE destroyed the Morgan, fash
ionable apartment house in Gle eveland,
O., and Mrs Mary T. Abbey, Mrs.
Jesse Hunt and her daughter, Mrs.
Emma Somcrs and Mrs. 7. q. Somers
perlshed in the flames.
DoBBiEs g. DAILY, cotton dealers at
Nashville, Tenn, with branch houses
in Memphis, New Orleans, Little Rock,
Montgomery, Mobile and other cities,
failed for 5000
AT Sedalia, Mo-, j. c. Davis, grocer,
who was in love with Miss Mary, the
l7-year-old daughter of NJ. A. Miller q
prominent real estate dealer, shot her
dead because she refused his attentions
and then killed himself
A TORNADO at indianapolis wrecked
several buildings, causing loss OF
100000.
AT Mexico, Mo-, the sale of negro
was stopped by proceedings instituted
by George Robertson, leading attor'
ney, who will test the constitutionality
OF the vagrant law of the state.
THE town of Kelly, Miss, was wiped
of the face Of the earth by u cyclone,
not soul being left to tell the tale.
Great damage was also done at Tunica
and Cleveland, in the same state, and
twenty five persons were killed.
FLAMES swept away large portion
of the town of Panhuska, Oklahoma,
and five lives were lost
The tornado that passed over In
d:anapolis wrecked fifty houses, caus-
ing loss Of over 100000, and several
persons were seriously injured.
By the capsising Of skiff George
W, Selby and his brother Oscar wSrc
drowned at Peoria, III We
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-03-30

y III tic ISSUE OF 900, ,0Od copies the
Chicago Inter Ocean celebrated tho
twcnty-first anniversary of its birth.
Each copy OF the paper consists Of
'sixty pages.
~ the register Of deeds Office at New
ton. Kan, the vault was broken oper
unl tlfc county records destroyed The
loSs cannot be made good for less than
eioo,0l0.
AbvltEs say that the damage done
w tile recent cyclone in the Mississippi
valley would reach 81, 900, 600 One-ha,t
ofthe state pcnitentiary at Nashville,
which covers eighty acres of ground
was torn to pieces, cntailing an enor-
NOUS loss.
HUBERT and John Dix and Edward
Wtscott were drowhedsby the upset.
Nng of II stsiff If tigred, riter rcdf
Mbunt Sterling, Ala. -.
Ar Denver, Col, Anton Wood, The
llsyear-old murderer OF Joseph Smith
was fahnd guilty and ecntentcd to llf5
i'm. .srisonment
ar the age OF o. years Rc-. John
Souder, Methodist minister, died at
his home in Tiffin, O. lie had lived
there seventy years and had been in
the ministry for fifty-one years.
IN an angry fit james Cosgrove shot
and killed his wife at Butte. Mont,
and then committed suicide.
:, Fob participating III the rhurdsr OF
Robertson and his daughter in August,
1891, Louis Michael was hanged at st.
Martinsvillc, La. 1t was the first legal
execution which had taken place there
In forty years.
IT is proposed by the Woodstock
guards, IL military company at Annis-
ton, Ala, to cover the distance on
foot from their home to the worlds
fair grounds in Chicago, about 500
miles.
A FIRE destroyed the Weber building
in Chicago, causing loss of $3.50, 900 to
the various firms that occupied it.
JOHN BELL, Seth Calhoun and Jode
Holloway were fatally shot by negro
at Fort White, Fla,
EIGHTEEN men have been killed and
6t0 have been injured during the prog
ress of the work on the worlds fair
grounds in Chicago:
GEoReE Dow, aged "a, Henry Dow,
aged 10, and Frank hckcrson. aged 20,
were drowned at Marietta, o., bv the
upsetting of boat.
Ar Nashville, Tenn, the Commercial
national bank suspended, owing dcpos-
itors $500, 900.
A NEGRO named Stephen Strange died
ut Lovelady, Tex, aged los years.
THE shoe factory OF Sncdicor & Hath
away in Detroit, Mich, was burned,
the loss being sl50,0OO
A YOUNG woman at Youngstown, O.,
began eating roasted coffee in order to
change her complexion from blonde
to n brunette. She now eats potnd
a day and cannot break herself of the
habit, which is rapidly killing her
OFF Fenwick islands (Na.) light the
barge Equator was lost and Capt. John
Feehan, of Philadelphia, and his crew
of three men perished.
THE death of Rev. Dr. Ashley oc.
Cured at his home in Milwaukee at
the age of 81. For fifty-four years he
was a minister of the Episcopal church
| The town of Lynnville. Tenn. was
swept by fire which. wiped ont the
business portion Of the place,
THE failure Of the sandusky Ins,rr-
aucc company of Toledo, o., was re-
| ported with assets of $50, 900 and la-
| bilities of Sl0o,0
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-03-30
Epitome of the Week.
INTERESTING NEWS COMPILATION.


TUESDAY, March Ex-senator butler
introduced bill in the senate which
proposes that with the exception OF
the legislative, pension, deficiency
and sundry civil bills the appropria-
ton bills shall be considered by the
committees which have charge OF the
Affairs TO which the appropriation re-
fcrs. No action was taken in the mat
ter.
WEDNESDAY, March o2.-Mr. Mander-
son resigned his position as president
pro tcm. Of the senate and Mr.. Har.
ris, OF Tennessee, WIS elected in his
place. The following nominations were
received from the presideutl John s.
Scymouh of Cohhccticut, to be com
missioner of patents; Silas W. Eamo-
reux, of Wisconsin, to bc conm,ssiorrs
Of the general lard oifce; Horace r..
Lurtoi,, of Tennessee, to be United
states circuit judge for the Sixth ju-
dicial circuit, aud Max Judd OF Mis-
souri,, TO be consul general of the
United States at Vienna.
THURSDAY, March %. --- The senate
confirmed the nominations for public
positions previously sent in by the
president 40 other business was
TRANSACTED and an adjournment was
taken until the eth.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-03-30
MEN IN PUBLIC LIFE.

JAMES HlLLuoUsE, JR., recently APP
pointed mine inspector of Alabama,
was,, not many years ago, common
laborer in the Shenandoah (Pa.) mines.
SENATOR STANFoRD's California vine
yard is said to be the largest in the
world, containing $500 acres of pro-
ductive vines. He is about to build a
big wine cellar and warehouse at Port
Costa, near the Mare island navy yard.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND is making a
collection of walking sticks. He has
a large collection already, and it will
probably be increased during the next
four years. Each cane in his collec-
ton, 1t is said, is tagged with card,
giving its history and the name of the
donor.
PATRICK A, COLLINS, just appointed
consul at London, was in the early COS
laborer In coal mine in Perry
county, O., ran stationary engine for
a time, did farm labor, drove oxen, and
otherwise roughed it, He afterwards
returned to Boston and learned the up
holstery trade.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-03-30
DOlNGS OF THE DAY

A CINCINNATI stamp collectors society
Just organized has eighteen members,
AN old oak tree nearly five centuries
old was recently felled near Castlcton,
Ind.
A MOVEMENT is on foot in New York
to obtain cheaper bread and TO have the
bread sold by weight.
IT is said that n large hotel for the nc
commodation of colored people is to
be built in Salter, Mo-, by coloyed cap
italists.
CERTAIN sophomores at Ithaca recent
ly raided the quarters of the freshmen
and forced milk down their protesting
throats.
A BIBLE bee is the latest form of
amusement Mt Cuthbert, Ga. Prizes are
awarded to the persons proving them
selves most familiar with Bible history.
THE Florida Times-Union calls atten-
ton to the fact that there is a letter
held for postage at the Lake Maitland
office because the writer put on Flor
ida fertilizer inspection stamp in place
of the new Columbian postage stamp,
which is about the same size and color.
TILL the year 1903 clocks of Basle,
Switzerland, went an hour In advances
OF other European clocks,