The Daily Cosmopolitan (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 120, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 8, 1885 Page: 1 of 4
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r0.ENTS ALSO
j Bros. & Co.,
,¡¡0 ORLEANS, LA.
13th St near Levee.
oriars promptly attend
Goods sold at boltoin
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Jicceesors'o J. L. l'utegnat.)
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MEDICINES,
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cripüoti* Compound
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Lrlore forBattory l'ark liailroixl and
Lj.ready uiixcil puiiits. wbit" load
|eed oil. turpentine, varnislicn.
IISTIAN' HESS,
Dealer in
jrted Groceries,
trdwara,
Crockery,
&c, &c, <(:c.
ITISIJBEL, TEXAS.
[LSENER,
BEER,"
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bt flavor, and brewed from
loicPHtBelfotion of directly jm-
"Simlzer Hopa arid IJnhe-
Barley."
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|e, and shsll be pleased to re
rnr orders for the latest arid
Edition to our former ales uno
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Cosmopolitan.
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(Except Sundays.)
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money, per month $1.25
Subscription per yeur, delivered
by carrier or Rent by mail to any
part of the U. S. or Mexico, $12 U S.
Currency, or $14 englo money, pay-
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All electrotypes of advertisements,
cuto, etc., for publication in thiu pa-
per, must be mounted on metal
ba-es, arid not more than thirteen
ems pica, or two inches in tvidlh, if
intended lor a single column.
panic among the people is un-
abated. A number of towns
and villages have been com-
pletely^destroyed. The inha-
bitants have deserted them.
Many persons sleep in railway
carriages. A royal decree
has been issued ordering that
a national subscription for the
relief of the sufferers be made
Public official have agreed to
contribute one day's pay each.
Spanish embassadors, ministers
and consuls in all countries
will also open subscriptions.
Jamaica, Jan. 1—Advices
say that th° insurgents, Maneo i -j
Carrillo, a brother of Bonarlio,
and others, are preparing an-
other invasion of Cuba
London, Jan. 1—Another
dynamite hoax has been perpe-
trated. A bag containing two
Advertisements, to bo inserted in Í Pounds Ol ilOIl tilings, Win) a
this paper, should be sent in not i fuse attached, was found in a
later than 11 a. m., on day of pub-; window arch at Waterloo
iieutioij. i.,
depot.
Notice:—Subscribers who fail to! " ~
receive the paper regularly, will I Panama, Jan. 3 — Madame
K^nr£T,0rmiDK "i0 ,ml>- !"«'«'. wife of the director
general of the Panama1 canal,
died Friday of yellow fever.
This is the third death in the
director's family in the past
effects.
Chicago, Jan. 2—The corpse
of Captain Green, of the
tugboat Admiral, blown to
pieces on the river night bo
fore last, was found yesterday
in a lumber yard near the
scene ofthe explosion. The
body was thrown 200 feet,
divested of clothing and the
j, n
left leg broken and head near-
ly severed from the body.
The remains of Engineer lio-
gan are still missing and up
to a late hour no trace has
been discovered of the men
who, besides the crew of three,
were stated hut night to he
the tug. Inquiry
yesterday leaves but little
doubt that there wore live
victims.
mouieter at the signal
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NEWS BY MAIL.
Ma l rid, Jan. 2—Shocks of
earthquake wore again' ex-
perienced at Albania last
night. The town is in ruins.
A panic prevails among the
inhabitants of Antequere,
twenty-eight miles northwest
of Malaga, where shocks have
already been felt.
Madrid, Jan. 2—Shocks of
earthquake continue to be felt
at Jaen, Malaga, Bcnemar-
gosa and Velez. Several
severe shocks were experienced
fit Torj'o, Wednesday and
Thursday, destroying more
buildings. The town is com-
pletely abandoned. The church
at Tirje is damaged. Services
are now bcld in the open air.
Three hundred and fifty
corpses have been discovered
at Orenas del Key, and 250
persons "are now suffering
from injuries.
At a meeting of the premier
ministers of finance and the
interior, and senators, an
puties for Granada and Ma
held yesterday, it was decided
to adopt measures for im-
mediate relief of the sufferers,1
and provide shelter and pro-
visions for the homeless. The
latid tax has been remitted
in the suffering districts., a
committee of the principal in-
habitants in each town will
distribute the funds. Tt is
year from climatic
id de-
al aga,
Laeouia, Kew Hampshire,
Jan 3-A shock of earthquake
lasting half a minute, was felt
in Laeonia last Friday night
It. passed from north to Koutlf,
accompanied by a rumbling
sound.
Washington, Jan.
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•Lt.
Gen. Sheridan replied to Gen.
Hazen, informing him that
no official notice can be taken
of the informal charge he
preferred against Gen. Mc-
Keever. If Gen. Hazen wishes
to pursue the matter further
it will be necessary for him to
prefer formal charges and
specifications.
City of Mexico, Jan. 2—>
Acting secretary of foreign
relations Fernandez has been
granted leave of absence, min
ister of justice Joaquin Baran-
da taking charge of the for-
eign office in addition to his
own duties until tír. Mariscal
arrives.
Mathias Ilo in pro, minister
to the United States, now
here, says there is no truth in
the report that he will suc-
ceed Mariscal as minister to
England.
Washington, Jan . 2—A
prominent goverment official
says, when in New York a
reported that a government!^, tl(%yA ag()| he )earn¿(1 that
loan ot o,000,000 pesetas \\ ill ¡ phvsiciaus had beers call
be raised for I he relief of (he;^ jQ consultation to examine
inhabitants of the afHicted dirt- [ the s(;ito of General Grant's
London,Jan. 2-A dvnaniite
'
)losion occurred on the
underground railway between
Gower street and King's Cress
station at 9:30 this evening.
The window <of a passing
train wore shattered and the
gaslight extinguished Beyond
this there was no damage done
The passengers were greatly
terrified, but no one was hurt.
The train resumed itsjourne^
after a delay of twenty-five
minutes
The shock ofthe explosion
Was felt b/ the residents of
Euston road, between St
Paneros church and Judd
street. The railway runs the
whole length of Euston road
underneath the roadway. A
crowd spec lily collected at
Ventor shaft, at the head of
Ossulton street, from which,
at the time of the explosion,
a quantity of smoke issued.
As soon as possible a number
of porters were sent to the
spot with lamps and appliances
for clearing the line. Up to
(he present time nothing has
been found. Residents of (he
locality are greatly alarmed
The shock overthrew several
wayft'rers on Euston road and
it was with great difficulty
that horses Vere restrained
from running awav. The
gaslights in the Cower street
station were extinguished and
the tieki t-co lector at the sta-
tion was thrown from his box
and the engineer working
the incandescent electric light
machinery was throw from his
seat three or four feet, landing
on his face.
The lights in other trains
in the tunnel were extinguish-
ed. The passengers were
greatly alarmed, and many
ladies fail.tod. The (lower
street platform was literally j
strewn with persons prostra-
ted by the shock.
ofike
this morning registered 36
below, while others showed a
temperature of o0 below.
The common class of ther-
mometers retired from business.
Reports were received from
the following points, tha
figures all indicating below
zero: Still-water 50, the
coldest ever known. La Crosse
23, Bismarck 4-1, Minnodosa
50, with the wind flow-
ing 10 miles per hour, Win-
nipeg 53—regular blizzard
prevailing, St. Vicent 40,
Moorliead IS, Helena 15,
Huron 14, and l)ulu(h 40.
T1 le Western Union early this
morning reported that only
one wire could be used to
Chicago, aud (he lines north-
west could not be worked
until after 10 o'clock.
London, Jan. 2—The Rus-
sian government proposed a
plan for the settlement of tha
Egyptian question, which will
probably be acceptable to
France, namely: That a new
loan be guaranteed by all the
[towers at a small re 1 notion
of interest, any surplus ob-
tainable to be divided among
the creditors aud that tha
British withdraw from Egypt
on a fixed date.
tricts.
health, and arrived at the con-
comí
let"! ,*
Madrid, Jan, '¿-Earthquake
shocks were again felt at Cri -
nada, Malaga, Nerja,
Algjuroby, last night. Tbe'la^e
Baltimore, Jan. 3—A spe-
cial from Frederick City, Md.,
says: In the southern section
of Frederick county last night
ton minutes after 0, a shock
was felt, supposed to bo au
earthquake, which caused
great consternation among tha
people. At Buckeyetown,
Lime Kiln Switch, Hicksvilla
Adamstowu, Greenfield Mills
and other points, .the shock
was so severe that (he people
ran out of their houses in ter-
rible alarm. .
Cairo, Jan. 1—News just
received says that General
Gordon, upon learning that
Bedouin Arabs came to the
wells during (he night, sent
armed boats to guard the
wells, causing great suffering
among the rebels, many of
whom died from small pox
and dysentery. El Maluli
therefor'; withdrew his armv
to Jabbara, two days from
Ahderman. Several tribea
subsiquently deserted El
Malidi, who told the principal
chiefs he intended to march
against (Iu; mudir of Dongola.
The chiefs professed tlu'ir
re ad i nes to follow if El
Malidi would charm o if the
¡bullets of the enemy by lead-
ing instead of following with
i his troops. The next day the
inmhdi told the chiefs he had
seen a vision in a dream that
St. Paul, Minn, Jan. 2*
elusion that the general was Last night and today has been j I he mudir w as. a s lint, against
broken down'the colder' of flnv p:
and ihe coldest on re-
:,.pt HVlOlll
lilt.
and obysioaliy aud required abso- wintrr, p
' * * j coi l in thU city. Tlr*
Thi* s{■: etijont caused great
Marm in K1 Mahdi's camp.
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