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International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Oct 29, 1885

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 11, No. 41.

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—Eight inches of snow fell October 20, at Ishpening, Mich.

—In most parts of Ireland no rent is paid. Boycotting is virulent.

—The Servian Government has expelled every journalist from Nissa.

—Workmen are engaged in putting gold-pointed lightning rods on the Washington monument.

—A gang of expert forgers in New York has been “unearthed,” and the principal actors arrested.

—The cotton-cushion scale-bug is doing considerable damage in the vicinity of Healdsburg, Cal.

—Recently $9,000,000 in coin was shipped in fruit cars from the San Francisco mint for Washington.

—An investigation into the diseases of cattle in Nevada has shown some of them to be pleuro-pneumonia.

—There is said to be a lemon tree in Oroville, Butte County, Cal., which has over a thousand large lemons on it.

—The Chinese Government has decided to proceed immediately with the building of railroads through the empire.

—The climate of Tonquin, Farther India, seems to be unfavorable to Frenchmen, of whom 3,000 have died of cholera.

—Two revenue officers were killed, and a third dangerously wounded by illicit distillers in Montgomery County, Georgia, October 23.

—The rewards offered in Arizona and New Mexico for the Apaches' scalps have driven many of that tribe into Mexico, where trouble is feared.

—It is reported that the Sultan of Zanzibar has ceded to the German-African Association a seaport, with a good harbor, twenty-five miles south of his capital.

—The Spanish Minister is taking extraordinary precaution, since Alfonso's serious illness, to prevent the Republican Party plotters from gaining a foothold in Spain.

—A terrific explosion of gas took place October 21, at the coal mines at Plymouth, Penn., in which four miners were killed outright and twelve others fatally injured.

—The electric light seems to be an attractive place of resort for birds, millers, and moths, many of which are found dead, in the early morning, at the foot of electric light masts.

—The S. F. Chronicle has printed a fac simile of a fraudulent certificate used by a Chinaman to gain admission into the United States. The investigation by the Grand Jury is expected to implicate some of the custom-house officials.

—At the meeting of the regents of the State University of California, held October 20, Prof. E. S. Holden, of Madison, Wis., was elected president of the University, and appointed director of the Lick Observatory on Mount Hamilton.

—The British ship Cilernum was burned and sunk August 20, in the Atlantic Ocean. Her burning was caused by an explosion among the coal on board, in which one man was killed and several injured. The Dutch barkentine Zitia hove in sight in time to save the crew.

—The Grand Jury has found a true bill against Stead, editor of the Pall Mall Gazette, and the other prisoners in the Armstrong case, for abduction, conspiracy, and indecent assault. By this it will be seen that it is more dangerous to attempt to ferret out crime than it is to perpetrate it.

—The English authorities at Woolwich arsenal have been ordered to supply 10,000,000 rounds of cartridges and 10,000 rifles for an expedition to be sent against King Theebaw of Burmah. It is feared that there will be a general massacre of all foreigners on account of the troubles there with the British Government.

—The Nordenfeldt gun, which has been such a wonder for its destructiveness, is now declared to be behind the quick-firing gun manufactured by Messrs. Hotchkiss, in regard to its utility in war. However true the above declaration may be, Nordenfeldt's submarine torpedo-boat has lately proved herself capable of remaining under water six hours without inconvenience to her crew of four men.

—While the Marquis of Lorne, Liberal candidate for Hampstead, was addressing the electors at Brentfordtown, seven miles from London, he was attacked by a mob, rotten egged, and driven from the stand. The supporters of the Marquis rushed to his rescue, and a fight ensued; but the Marquis fled for the train, and immediately departed for London. The fight ended in the mob gaining control of the platform, and passing resolutions condemning the policy of the Liberals.

—The attitude of the European powers towards each other makes the settlement of the Roumelian trouble fraught with great danger. The representatives of the powers are now met at Constantinople for the purpose of settling the Roumelian trouble. It is understood that Germany, Austria, and Russia are in favor of deposing Alexander, and restoring Roumelia to Turkey; while England, France, and Italy are in favor of the union of Roumelia with Bulgaria under Prince Alexander. In the meantime, Servia has crossed the lines into Bulgaria, and extensive war preparations are going on.