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Seventh-day Adventist Missionary Society · Oakland, California · May 17, 1883

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 9, No. 19.

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News and Notes.

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-A terrific hail-storm did considerable damage at Denver, Col., last week.
-A number of members of the Dakota Legislature have been indicted for bribery.
-During the week ending the 12th inst., 1697 immigrants arrived in San Francisco.
-The reports concerning crop prospects throughout the State are generally favorable.
-During 1882 seventeen theaters were destroyed by fire throughout the United States.
-Nine petty offenders were officially whipped at the post in Newcastle, Del., on the 12th inst.
-The secret societies of Ireland have received a severe blow through the success of the Government in prosecuting conspiracy cases.
-The City of Mexico has developed a "Black Hand" society, similar to that of Spain, which is inaugurating all kinds of depredations.
-On the 10th inst. 821 evicted tenants from various parts of Ireland were landed in Boston, and were immediately dispatched to the West.
-A heavy rain and snow-storm visited the region of Austin, Nevada, on the 13th,—a most unusual occurrence at this season of the year.
-Another fifty miles of the Northern Pacific Railroad has been accepted by the President, making 600 miles west of the Missouri River.
-The Electric Railway Company of the United States, with Thos. A. Edison at the head, has been incorporated with a capital of $2,000,000.
-Within three days after the resignation of Mr. Raum, Commissioner of Internal Revenue, fifty ex-Congressmen had applied for the place.
-John A. Schander, who recently killed his brother-in-law, Cunningham, on account of domestic trouble, has been committed to the Insane Asylum.
-Levi Slusser, of Mark West, Sonoma County, committed suicide last week, and his wife, on hearing of the fact, was so shocked that she instantly dropped dead.
-The Crees Indians in Montana are said to be preparing for a general war. They met with some loss on a late horse-stealing raid, and are determined on revenge.
-The new 6,000 horse-power ironclad, built at Stettin for the Chinese Navy, has made a successful trip. It is intended for coast defense, and will be sent to Tonquin.
-An Act of the Tennessee Legislature making gambling a felony went into effect on the 9th inst. All the gaming houses in the city of Memphis were closed on that day.
-The United States Supreme Court has affirmed the decision of the Illinois Supreme Court that a State may regulate the charges for freights and fares on railroads within its jurisdiction.
-On the 11th inst. 700 females employed in a Rochester cigarette factory were locked out and refused work. Advanced wages had been demanded, and the firm expected a strike.
-The State Prison Directors have been served with a citation to answer charges of neglect of duty and misconduct in office. The investigation will take place June 4, at Sacramento.
-The Attorney-General of Tennessee is endeavoring to obtain from the bondsmen of ex-Treasurer Polk the sum of $380,000 said to have been misappropriated by that official when in office.
-Mrs. Fair, wife of the millionaire Senator from Nevada, has obtained a divorce, together with an award of $4,250,000, the San Francisco homestead, and custody of the minor children.
-A special committee to investigate alleged frauds in the custom's service in San Francisco, in connection with the importation of Hawaiian sugar, will enter upon that duty in a few days.
-During a thunder-storm near Walla Walla, W. T., last week, a cloud-burst occurred, washing away the house of a family named Brunton. A young lady aged 18 and a boy aged 9 were drowned.
-Major Wasson, a paymaster in the U. S. Army, has confessed to a shortage of $24,000. He first claimed to have been robbed, but failing to make out a creditable story, he made full acknowledgment.
-The Japanese Government has proposed to the Government of China that they establish a joint protectorate over Corea. China declines, and trouble between the two nations is on the increase.
-Capt. George J. Ainsworth, formerly superintendent of the Oregon Steam Navigation Co., now a resident of Oakland, has been appointed a Regent of the State University, vice Judge McKee, resigned.
-A heavy wind and rain-storm accompanied by "blinding flashes of lightning" extended from Chicago to the surrounding States on the evening of the 9th inst.. Nearly all the wires from that city were for a time disabled.
-So far the present season heavy showers of rain continue in various parts of the State. Should this change in our climate continue, California farmers will be compelled to build barns in order to secure their grain from damage by rains.
-New York City reports indicate that one-sixth of the houses in that city are occupied by paupers and criminals. A charity organization society has been formed for the purpose of cutting off professional mendicants from access to charity funds.
-Dodge City is the principal cattle mart of Kansas, and the cow-boy and gambler element occasionally gets the upper hand of law and order. A vigilant committee has recently taken the matter in hand and compelled a number of "citizens" to leave.
-In response to a petition of over two-thirds of the citizens of Ventura County, the Board of Supervisors have fixed the retail liquor license at $25 per month and upward according to the amount of sales. This, it is said, will close nearly all the saloons in the county.
-A portion of Kansas City was struck with a cyclone last Sunday, doing great damage to property. Its track through the city was about two miles long, and from half a block to two blocks in width. The storm came in the form of three funnel-shaped clouds, following each other in quick succession. The loss of property is roughly estimated at half a million dollars, besides damage in other towns in the track of the storm. But few people were injured, but many miraculous escapes are reported. Another cyclone, supposed to have originated in the Indian Territory, passed into the southwestern part of Missouri, completely demolishing the village of Oronogo, and damaging other towns. And another storm is reported in Andrew County, Missouri (northwestern part), destroying several farm-houses. And still another of the same character is reported from Sturges, Michigan, which swept everything in its half-mile track. And northern Ohio had a like visitation, with considerable damage to property. Loss of life and persons injured resulted from each of these occurrences, Oronogo village suffering the most in this respect, some fifty people being injured and some deaths occurring, and more expected.