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(Office ok Publication '—1 8th Struct, Bbowmtilije, Texas. Gntimd at the Postokmoi at Biovmtiua Tuzas, ai Skoonimjlaim Mattmm
VOLUME Y I. BEOWN8VILLK, CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS, SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 1884.
NUMBER 1J,
ÍH«IS iitfmoyatttan.
WASHINGTON NOTES.
jlSS^JiSOF SIIiVER DOLLARS—
flftEASURY PAYMENTS,
«TO.
Wellington, Aug. 25—The
¡¡slue of silver dollars for the
swpek ended August £3 was
$ 301,496; .corresponding
period last year, $436,498.
Payments from the treasury
for ¿he present month to date
amount to $23,000,ÜQ0. Ihis
includes $16,000,000 on ac-
count of Alabmna .claims.
-Ten million thrqe-per-eents
will be called.
CROP PROSPECiS.
jed aocouuts that Mrs. Blaine's
I father forced Blaine a¿ the
«point of a shot gun to marry
her. Mrs Marble says the cinr-
«umstances are simply im-
possible, as her father died in
January, 1845, and never
knew nor saw Blaine, 5nnd it
was not till six years after his
death that ber - sister, Miss
Stan wood., now Mrs. Blaine,
for the first time.
4 COLORED PREACHED IN A
BAD WAY
Washington, Aug. 25—
Professor Podge, statistician
of ithe department of agricul-
ture, says reports shows that
crops have been somewhat
damaged by ¿tie drouth in
•Ohio, India#*, Illinois and
Kentucky. The injury, liow-
^er, is not sufficient to ¿cause
an,y p nicky feeling, as diere
.•are indications that the cr.op
jn general will be good,
THE CATTLE DISEASE.
Washington, Aug, 25—Pr.
¡Salmon, chief of the bureau
of animal industry, today tele-
graphs frojn Chicago *is fol-
lows relative t<o the existence
of pleuro pneumonia among
Jersey cattle in Illinois:
This State has quarantined
¡all infected places so far dis-
covered. I «ball continue
tracking suspicious animals iu
this and neighboring jSjbates
until all are discovered
PRJ3EEXPOSITION DRILL-
Louisville, J£y., Aug. 25,—
Much itercst is felt in the
prize ¿exposition drill between
¿'rack companies of (tbe coun-
try. The contest begins to
morrow at 3 o'clock and will
continue during three d*ys.
the prizes being $3000, $1000
and $M)0. Tlpe following
companies have entered, and
are already here: Central i a
Light Guard* of Oentralia,
Mo.; Brookfield Rifles, of
Brookfiefd, Mo.; Treadway
Bides, of St. Louis; Quapaw
Ouards, of Little Bock; Por-
ter Rifles, of Nashville; Light
Infantry, of Indianapolis,
Montgomery Grays, of Mont-
gomery, Ala.; (jtaverner's
Guards, of Springfield, Ills ;
and Company D. Third Reg-
iment, of ttopkinrville, Ky.
VIDICATING THE PLUMED
KNIGHT.
Baltimore, Aug. 25.—In
Baltimore, at the conference
of the colored Methodist Pro-
testant church, a committee
was appointed on Saturday to
report upon the eligibility of
Rev. W. W. Wilson to the
office of president. The com-
mittee reported in favor of his
suspension, which was adopted.
Charges of immorality, malad-
ministration and other charges
were then preferred against
him, which were refered to
the district committee.
generally, but attributing the
murders to tbe result of bigot-
ed prejudice on the part of
ignorant and misinformed
individuals. The prevailing
sentiment among leading
Mormons and the Mormon
people generalises, that such
acts are the outgrowth of the
flood of misrepresentation and
falsehood chiefly emanating
from this city and ¡continually
kept before the country at
large by their enemies,
the National game.
CROPS DAMAGED
Boston, Aug. 25.—Dispatch
received from various parts of
New Hampshire, Vermont
and Connecticut, report heavy
frosts last night. Crops are
damaged in many places.
Boston, Mass, Aug. 25.—
Dispatches indicate that last
night's ftoat caused great
damage to growing corn and
buekwheat in Northern New
England, In many places
corn is still in milk, and the
crop will prove a total failure.
Following the drouth the
frost will cause a serious loss
to farmers
Baltimore, Aug. 25—Balti-
more, 9; Algheny, 2* Balti-
more Unions, 18; National
nions, 11.
Philadelphia, Ang. 25—
Bnifalo, 8; hitedelphia, 3.
Kansas City, Aug. 25—
Cincinnati Unions, 9; Kansas
City, 0.
Philadelphia, Aug. 25—
Athletic, 8; Brooklyn 1.
Pittsburgh, Aug. 25,—
Pittsburgh Unions, 3; St. Lou-
is, 2. .
THE WICKEDNESS OF THE
GENTILES BEWAILED.
arriving at Newp' rt about 7
o'clock. President Arthur
will arrive in Newport bet-
ween 10 and 11 to-morrow on
the Dispatch, and wiM be
saluted by the squadron.
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Sao Francisco, Ayg. 25.—
The evening Post publishes
the statement of Sirs. Abbie
L. Marble, who is employed
in the San Francisco postoffice
•nd who if a sister of Mrs. J.
G- Bfftine denying the publish-
• vw.
tanner outdone
Fort Plaine, Aug. 25- Kate
Smolsey, tbe sick and fasting
girl, is in about the same con-
dition as during the past few
days. She apparently is not
much weaker, is conscious
and converses with the family.
She takes no nouishuient and
desires none and will swal-
low no drink of any kind.
This is the 167th day of her
fast.
memorial services in
utah.
Salt Lake, Aug. 25—Me-
morial services in respect to
the memory of the Mormon
elders who were assassinated
in Tennessee, were held yes-
terday in all the large and
many of tbe smaller towns in
Utah.A congregation of about
7000 stteoded the services in
tbe Tsbernacle in this city.
The remarks of the speak-
ers, which echoed tbe
sentiments of the congregation
were conciliatory and consol
ing and reflected in no way
on the people of Tennessee
Salt Lake, Aug. 25—The
memorial services at the great
Mormon tabernacle were at
tended today by immense
crowds in honor of the
"martyrs" from Tennessee.
The bodies arrived three days
ago. The meeting was un~
der the direction ot the
presidency of this state. The
speakers bewailed the wicked-
ness of the Gentiles, and said
it were better to be slain than
to be slayers. Much stress
was laid on the erown of
glory ready for those niertym.
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THE NAVAL hQUADRON
VISIT WEST ISLAND.
# ^Providence, Aug. 25 —
The naval squadron went out
from Newport this afternoon
to West island. Secretary
Chandler was on the Tennes-
see, the other vessels being
the Swatars, Vandalia &d
Alliance. On the Alliance
were the senate committee on
ordnance, their ladies and
Attorney General Brewster
The purpose in going to the
island was to pay their
respects to President Arthur
and salute hiift. Oil the way
the Tennnessee, when outside
Seat rock, went on the Blind
ledge.
Captain Selfiidge says tbe
chart gives nine fathoms of
water to the spot where tbe
vessel went on. She came off
without assistance, after a
delay of fifteen minutes, and
as she was uninjured joined
the other ships on the way
down. President Arthur was
fishing when tbe squadron
hove in sight. Then, after
brief tarry, the fleet returned,
FRANCO-OMEW*®
the seen or
loos®
TERRIFIC EFFECT OF TBflB
FRSMQH FIKE AT COO
CHOW—THE CHINESE
GUSTBOATSl MERE
O TOY®.
dreadful scenes on tee
river after tbe con"
fliot, ewl
Shanghai, Aug. 25—Of the
Chinese iiiem«of-war whieh
escaped the French bombard
meut at Poo Chow one was
stranded, and had her hack
broken. The other met with
uo mishap.
The French reemmueneed
firing today, directing their
shot against the pagodas. It
is surmised the object of the
renewed attack is to entirely
obliterate the place. French
transports are shelling the
villages on the heights around
the arsenal.
DREADFUL EFFECT Of
FRENCH FIRS
the
London, Aug. 25-A Times
Foo Chow dispatch, dated
Sunday, 3 p. m., says the
French shelled the barracks
and camps near Quautoo. No
resistance was made to the
attack. The consulate build-
ings were looted by the Chi-
nese soldiers, who were in
uniform and armed. The
French chief of st*& reports
the French íoü is si* men.
The Times correspondent be*
lieves this estimate untrue.
An English pilot was kill-
ed during the scare Saturday
night, when the Freneh open-
ed their Are, aid it ie believ-
ed sunk o e of their own
boats.
TlH bombardment is de-
scribed^as being of the most
sickening character.
The Cliiucse fleet lately on
Min river, with the exception
of two ships, was blotted out.
No surrender was allied to
tbe disabledand sinking
'.•"•«Slit t
ships. Even after their guns
were silenced they were
shelled for hours.
the chinese used up in
seven minutes.
London, Aug .25—Admiral
l) o " ,c-
Com bet opened fire at 2 p, in.
and the Chinese replied almost
simultaneously. The dock-
yards at the arsenal fired im-
mediately. hot with only par-
tial success. Tbe 11 vesels
forming the Ohineee fleet were
meetly light river and coast
transport* end were really
toys. The French had eight
heavily armed ships, namely,
the Vol ta, Dusay, TrouiiL, De
la Veniug, Aspic, 'gunboats
auiiwtafsed bravely a desultorr
fias for slMWtft a quarter of aa
hewr, when the survivora^ant
thefe crows leaped overboard.
The eejahat \vm practically
flnis&ed in seven .minutes.
Tbe $apeefar Freís#h-artillery
made tbe contest, after dis-
abling the Chinese -vessels, ne
fight at all. Jp w*b a imfesaere.
m is th& opinion of,ever y
gpootaM*. Two eiglrty-toa
gunboat* of the Chinese fleet
fírtlght well, one sinking near
the English muo-of-
pion, while the oilier was
stiit i owed above The junks
made a good stand.
The Frémito kept npHieir
fire on the arsenal, neigh boring
buildings, farts, barracks and
villngeauntil 5 p m.,although
resista neo from the shore bat-
teries ceased about 3.
Some French and Chinese
ships were engaged in close
proximity to tbe ftngttehmen-
of-war Vigilant and CLampiien
at 0 Sunday evening. Tk«ee
burning gunboats also floated
down stream, one mrrying
the French colons. Numerous
lire-junks, hhuing in a dange-
rous manner, imperiled the
English inen^of-war, hut mere
fended off. One EngKslibaric
was saved by English men-of-
war.
The torpedo boats
exploded the sterns n£ trans-
port* and the two «inking
gunboats, mid Meent&Ott tin
river, with the dead and
funded., who floated by wens
terrible to behold. Hie Eng-
lish saved many wounded,
Tbe forts Itwer dnwu have
not yet been attacked.
The rJ Mines correspondent
was the only newspaper Re-
presentative present, awl wss
en board tlm (Jbanipiini
Calcutla, Aug. 25—-The
Franco Chinese war up to the
present time has little, if any,
effect upon .the Indian trade
and money market, and it is
believed the effect of hostilities
will he slight uniestbewur
shall tieoome prolonged,
6 . JH^FXtENCH RETIRE'
Loudon, Aug. 25 —The
Times dispatch from Foo Chow
this afternoon says:
The Frnucb iron cUds en-
tered the mouth of the river
this afternoon at 2 o'clock*
The White fort opened Are
with Krupp cannon while the
ships were three miles -away.
After an hour's engagement
the French re tiled. The Chi-
nese fire was good.
The new iron railing in tbe
railroad office was put up this
afternoon. It produjese very
neat effect.
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The Daily Cosmopolitan (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 11, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 30, 1884, newspaper, August 30, 1884; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth177845/m1/1/: accessed June 3, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.