The Monticellonian., 1894-09-21
CURR FIN T TOPICS,
THE NEWS IN BRIEF,
PERSONAL AND GENERAL,

iibOiuOON Ol Illt ulSDuIcN DOrtS-H navy great enough to master the situa- tion in single battle, It has been an nounced unoflicially that the purpose of having such force at hand is to see that Russia's interests are fully pro tected, but it is nonsense to suppose that the government of the czar be- lieves that all of the Pacific fleet is nee essary to that end.
 | Q TIE lady librarian of a western city has just sued a prominent clergyman of the same burg for libel. She alleges that he publicly, in the presence of his congregation, prayed for her and re- quested the Almighty to give her grace; and she estimates the damage to her feelings at S50,000.
 A CHICAGO astronomer has discovered a large green patch on the moon and can not determine whether it is a meadow or forest. Doubtless it is section of the green cheese which credulous people have long looked upon as the material from which the moon was constructed.
 GEN. BARKER, commander of the British troops at Hong Kong, has is sued warning to the men under his command not to listen to offers of Chi nese agents, who are trying to induce men belonging to the British garri- son to desert and enter the Chinese service.
 THE report of the Spanish provin- eial elections which took place on the 10th is, so far as aseertained up to the Huh, as follows: The supporters of the government elected 3ll; conserya- lives, 12o republicans. %; Carlists, 12; independents, III; doubtful, 26
 TIE Keystone Glass Co.'S plant at Meadville, Pa, was entirely destroyed by fire shortly after midnight on the 11th. It had not been operated for over five years, and it is supposed the fire was caused by tramps. The loss will be heavy.
 TIE German garrison at Kilwa. Zan- | zibar, was attacked by force of 9 ,ooo i natives on the 7th After two hours fighting the natives were repulsed with q loss of 100 killed and wounded. The 1 Germans lost only two men, ON the llth the directors of the New | York, New Haven X Boston railroad declared quarterly dividend of per cent, which is at the same rate as the June quarterly, when reduction from 10 per cent. was made GEORGE WATSON MILLS. first earl of sondes, died at Faversham, Kent En- | gland, on the 10th. He was 70 years of age.
 KILLING frosts visited northwestern Nebraska and western Iowa on the night of the 10th.
 CAPT. ADoGPH FRETsCH, the Finnish sailor who left New York August in the schoonerrigged slliff Nina without any companion, arrived at Queenstown on the 18th, at 12:30 D. m, His boat had lost her rudder and was leaking
 Two MEMBERS of the family of E. O. Myers, of Anderson, Ind. were fatally hurt, on the 18th, by an explosion of natural gas which completely wrecked two blocks of buildings, causing a loss of SIS, ,O00
 A BABE in the arms of its mother was killed and the latter severely in jured by the falling of a center pole of John Robinsan's circus at Zanesville, O., on the 12th.
 POSTMASTER HARRY MARIETTA and others, of Gonncllsville, Pa, were con victed, on the 12th, of unlawful assem- blaze in connection with the coke-re- zion riots.
 A PERRY (Ol1la.) paper publishes an interview between reputable Perry man and the noted outlaw, Bill Doolan, who is now leader of the Dalton gang, in which Doolan says that Bill Dalton, who was reported killed at Guthrie, Okla, some time ago, is not dead, but is living quiet life in distant state
 MRS. CATHARINE ROBBINS HowE. the confidence woman whowas arrested for fleecing Yale college graduates, was, on the 18th, sentenced to two years in jail by Judge Hammerley, of Hartford, Conn.
 ALFRED APPEL, a sergeant in Peffer Post 131, of Meadville, Pa, dropped dead in Pittsburgh on the 18th. Appel was about s years old, and was seem ingly in the best of health when he re- tired the night before.
 ON the 18th arobber entered the Citi- zen's bank at Rossville H., while the officials were at dinner and robbed the cash drawer of S1o,o00 A reward of Sl, ,000 was offered for the capture of the man.
 THERE arrived in Philadelphia, on the night of the 18th, on the steamer For buna, Capt. Christophersen, from. ava, Arthur Vincent, New York boy, who has circled the globe without cent of money. He left New York two years ago at the age of IA, and bears with him testimonials which prove that he if traveller
 NEWS reached New York, on the 12th, that 90, GOO cartridges, which had been shipped from New York, had been seized by the officials of the port of Havana, Cuba. The seizure caused great excitement among the natives, and rumors were circulated that an other revolution was about to be be- gun. The cartridges were billed as tal- low in casks.
 SECRETARY CARLISLE, although he had not yet written formal letter to that effect, authorized, on the 12th, the official announcement that he would not pay any sugar bounty earned but unpaid when the new tariff bill went into effect. August %.
 BELLA NIcoLAus and her companion Al Ruhman, are having hard time getting hotel accommodations in Chi cago. They were eJscted from prom inent Michigan avenue hostelry. on the 12th as soon as their identity was es- abolished.
 LOUISVILLE, Ky, was chosen as the place for the holding of the national encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic in 1895 Henry Watterson