Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1893-05-18
Bloody Battle Fought in Rio
Grande do Sui.
SMALL INSURRECTION IN CUBA.
Crimean Typhus Epidemic in Some
of the Paris PrisOns-Nine
Catholic Prelates.

The Johannesburg gold mines produced
!, 1,525, 1874 ounces OF gold during 1892.
Mary Benton, aged 102 years, was re-
Gently married at Grimsby, England.
Racing has been overdone in Austria
liza, and all the jockey clubs are getting
in debt.
A census of the trees of Paris shows
that the French capital has $1,000 green |
growths.
The National Bank of Australasia at
Melbourne has failed. 1t has extensive
agencies.
Influenza has broken out extensively,
but not severely, in Paris and other
French cities.
The popularity OF the study of Dante
has of late years had an extraordinary
growth in England.
There has been decided decrease in
grave crimes, as murder and brigandage,
in Egypt OF late years.
A remarkable increase in the use of
oil as a fuel on Russian railroads is
shown by recent statistics.
Five hundred stevedores have struck
at the Victoria Docks, London, against
the federation OF free laborers.
The new Cunarders, Campania and
Lucania, will earn a subvention from the
British government Of $4,000 year.
Bicyclists to the number of $3.50 rode
their wheels through the fifty-fve gates
OF Paris one sunshiny spring day re-
Gently.
Seven hundred tons of butter arrived
in London in one shipment from Austria
liza recently. Its total value was about
$40, 900.
The Norwegian Preserving Company
uses large quantities OF reindeer meat
for canning, and when fresh it is consid-
cred delicacy.
The drummers of the Austrian army
have been armed with the regulation ri
fle. This adds 1904 available fighting
men to the army.
Another penny in the pound has been
added to the income tax in England.
This, coming in season of drought,
causes much dissatisfaction.
OF the nine Catholic prelates deprived
OF stipends for hospitality to the French
Republic all but one have been restored
to full rights and privileges.
A new postage stamp was issued by
the Italian postoffice on the silver we'd
ding day OF the King and Queen, bear
ing portraits of the King and Queen.
Reports from Brazil are to the effect
that in an engagement between the gov-
ernment forces and the revolutionists in
Rio Grande do Sui 400 were killed on
each side.
The European correspondents of the
English press are devoting a good deal
OF space to stories about the new "bul-
let-proof" uniforms invented by Herr
Dove and others.
Phelps, the American Minister to
| Germany, reports that the German for
eign Office knows nothing about the ex-
pulsion OF American missionaries from
the Marshall Islands.
During 1892 324 900 tons of fish, other
than shell fish, were landed from the
fisheries of the United Kingdom, valued
at e4,629,0 900. The value OF the shell
fish landed was e354 900.
Last year 462 mistakes were made in
! London by doctors in notifying cases OF
infectious diseases for removal to hospit-
ais, with the result that l02 of the mis-
taken cases resulted fatally.
The French Senate has thrown out the
proposal, recently passed by the Lower
House, to tax pianos 10 francs a year,
and has also reduced by half the tax on
cycles, making it five francs year.
In an effort to cope with the rabbit
pest in New South Wales 632 miles of
rabbit-proof fencing have lately been
erected Mt a cost OF e5l 900, and 4O4
miles OF similar fencing are building.
Marseilles is the headuaarters for the
sale OF false hair. Twenty huge bales of
Chinese hdinGH hair recently arrived
there, and will be manufactured into
curls and frizzes for fashionable ladies.
As the result of the prohibition against
theatrical performances in the Russian
language during Lent the greater part of
the Russian theatrical profession was re-
duced to state OF the greatest poverty.
The revenue returns of Queensland
and Western Australia for the Quarter
ending with March show, in common
with all other Australian colonies so far
reported, decrease, compared with last
year.
In Germany 100, 900 families are sun
ported from the care of the forests. upon
which about $40, 100000 is expended an
nually, 100000 people more finding
employment in the various wood indus
tries OF the empire.
All the smokeless powder made in
Russia during the last eight months has
been found to become useless shortly
after. having been stored. Efforts are
making to remedy the defect, but 30 far
they have been fruitless.
The filthy water OF the river Nethe il
purified for use in Antwerp by beins
passed through revolving cylinders con-
tanning small pieces OF iron. Fifteen
pounds OF metallic iron will purify
100000 gallons OF water.
The heavy banking failures in Aus
trala draw attention to their system Of
overiratts. \ man worth el0,0OO man
ages by overtratts TO get possession OF
tSu,ON, and naturallya bad wool season
knocks down the banks like bricks in a
row.
Adyices irom Havana are that 500 in. |
surgents IN Eastern Cuba are making AN |
active campaign. The Spanish Cabinet |
has authorized the Governor of Cuba IN
draw for any amount necessary for. mill. |
tary supplies. Warships and troops ara
held ready to 10 to Cuba.
The late Alfred Name Of Tours, Franco
was the greatest publisher Of Roman |
Caihoiic literature in the world. In lrss
than q YEAR his establishment usei mn
1900 shecpskins in binding books in ]
parchments, and the mere sweepings
90. W.
Crime3n typhus is what the epidemic
that has broken out in some of the Paris
prisons Is called. Owing to the serious.