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International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Dec 29, 1887

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 13, No. 50.

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—The European war cloud seems to be gathering blackness.
—A cigar stump caused a $200,000 fire in Pittsburg, Pa., one day last week.
—The Pope, it is said, has utterly refused to further interfere in Irish affairs.
—The Dominion of Canada has decided to reorganize her military force.
—Two men were killed by the falling of a new wall at Joliet, Ill., on the 20th inst.
—Of the 400,000 Hebrews in the United States, at least 125,000 are settled in New York.
—The Bulgarian Minister of War has demanded a credit for the purchase of 100,000 rifles.
—Three inches of snow fell at Tucson, Arizona, on the 21st inst., the first for several years.
—December 19 two men were instantly killed at Tilton, Tenn., by the explosion of a boiler.
—At Sharon, Pa., one day last week, two children were burned to death by the explosion of a lamp.
—January 2 all freight rates between Chicago and the Atlantic seaboard will be advanced 10 per cent.
—Daniel Manning, ex-Secretary of the Treasury, died in Albany, N. Y., on the afternoon of the 24th inst.
—A gas explosion in a mine at Wilkesbarre, Pa., December 21, killed four men and seriously burned two others.
—The first silver and nickel coinage in France will appear shortly, to the amount of 70,000,000 francs—about $14,000,000.
—It is officially stated that large quantities of opium are being smuggled into this country through British Columbia.
—The National Prohibition Committee has issued a call for a National Convention, to be held at Indianapolis, June 6, 1888.
—The annual report, submitted December 20, shows that 31,000,000 persons crossed Brooklyn bridge during the year.
—A railroad accident in Illinois, a few days since, injured forty persons, many of them seriously, and two it is thought fatally.
—It is stated that on account of the great unhealthfulness of the climate, the Panama Canal has already cost 40,000 lives.
—On the 4th inst. 300 houses were swept away at Baracoa, Cuba, by a huge tidal wave. No lives were lost, the people having fled.
—Three men were killed at Fleming, Kan., December 18, by the premature explosion of a blast in the Missouri Pacific coal mine.
—A recent earthquake in Mexico has caused terrible suffering at Bavispe. The people have food but are without shelter or clothing.