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International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Sep 18, 1884

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 10, No. 36.

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—The State Fair at Sacramento, Cal., is now in full operation.

—The first snow of the season fell at Truckee, Cal., on the 6th inst.

—It is said that 50,000 French troops are ready for transportation to China.

—The Arlburg Tunnel, between Austria and Switzerland, will be opened Sept. 20.

—The physicians of La Spezzia, Italy, have decided that cholera is transmitted by flies.

—Thirty cents a day is said to be the common rate of wages for country-laborers in Mexico.

—In future Russians will not be allowed to reside in Germany without the permission of Russia.

—The steamship charges for taking cattle from this country to England are now $7.25 per head.

—An underground stream flows beneath the city of Birmingham, Ala., and it is to be used for a sewer.

—For the past thirty years Denmark has contributed a yearly average of 1,500 people to Mormondom.

—The loss by the recent flood in Wisconsin, from Chippewa Falls to Eau Clare, is estimated at $1,500,000.

—On the 10th inst., 432 Mormon immigrants from Europe were landed at New York and forwarded to Utah.

—Seventeen persons were poisoned by eating canned fruit, at a wedding in Burnside, Ill., last week.

—Efforts are being made in the postal department to expedite the delivery of Eastern mails in California.

—The Prohibitionists of Massachusetts have nominated President Seelye, of Amherst College, for governor.

—At Boonton, N. J., on the 12th inst., W. M. Messor killed his wife and daughter, and then committed suicide.

—All Mormons in Lewis County, Tenn., are being warned to leave or die, and many of them are obeying the edict.

—George Moore, superior judge of Amador County, Cal., was found murdered in his own house at Jackson, on the 8th inst.

—A large number of temples in Foo Chow, China, are leased by the priesthood to Europeans for dwellings or business purposes.

—At Petaluma, Cal., on the 9th inst., a stranger named Patrick Shea poisoned himself and four children with strychnine.

—An Indian in jail at Spokane, W. T., charged with assaulting a white woman, was hanged by vigilantes on the 7th inst.

—The Pittsburg Council has instructed the chief of police to make ample apology to the Austrian consul for tearing down his flag.

—The Germans have lately added twenty-five torpedo boats to their navy, and many larger vessels are now in course of construction.

—The small town of Clear Lake, in northern Wisconsin, was almost obliterated by a tornado, on the 9th inst. Three persons were killed.

—It is calculated that in India alone there are over one hundred thousand lepers, with very few asylums where they can find any refuge.

—A Senatorial Committee, consisting of Messrs. Dawes, of Massachusetts, Cameron, of Wisconsin, and Morgan, of Alabama, are investigating California Indian affairs.

—Among the last arrival of Mormon converts from Europe, was one Irishman, Rev. A. W. Blossett. He is said to be the only Irish importation by this people in fifteen years.

—Yellow fever so reduced the crew of a vessel which arrived in New York from Cuba, last week, that the captain, his son, and one sailor were all the available working force on board.

—Over 15,000 Italians have sailed from New York to return to their native country during the past four weeks. The stoppage in railroad building and the hard times have thrown them out of business.

—Admiral Courbet has been ordered by the French Government to resume active operations against China. The latter Government, it is said, is willing to submit the difficulty to the arbitration of any friendly power.

—A large shipment of arms and ammunition is on the way overland from the East for the Chinese Government, to be sent on the Mail steamers. Large consignments are also being made by the way of Liverpool from New York.

—Two lawyers in a Nashville (Tenn.) court recently became so abusive toward each other that the judge gave them permission to fight out their dispute in presence of the court. After one blow, the audience interfered and the trial proceeded.

—The president of the National Bank at New Brunswick, N. J., committed suicide on the 8th inst. The cashier, to whose dishonesty the bank's failure has been attributed, had taken his own life a few days before. There is said to be a deficit in the funds of over $1,000,000.

—The cholera scourge still rages in Naples and other parts of Italy. King Humbert went to the afflicted city in person, last week, and visited the worst localities, giving all the aid he could, thus shaming the flying nobles and wealthy people, many of whom turned around and began to imitate the king's worthy example.

—The Victoria, B. C., daily Times of August 30, is quite sensational on the subject of leprosy. It says several cases are known in that city, and one has appeared in the jail, the victim being a Chinese vagrant. Another instance is reported of the Chinamen burning to death one of their countrymen who was afflicted with the disease.

—At Bridgeport, West Va., the people have tired of drunken men being run over by railroad trains, so last week they resolved to put a stop to it. A party of masked men chopped down a grog-shop, poured out all the liquor, and ordered the female proprietor to leave the place. Notice has been given that no more liquor shall be sold in the town.

—The czar of Russia visited Warsaw, Poland, last week. Great precautions were taken to secure his safety. Five hundred secret police preceded him, and the city was thoroughly searched for evidences of intended hostility. Many persons were arrested on suspicion. The police issued an order prohibiting unauthorized persons from approaching within 300 paces of the czar. The soldiers and gendarmes were ordered to fire at any one who crossed the czar's route as he entered the city. During his stay, a nihilist proclamation was profusely distributed in the city, boldly declaring their purposes and boasting of the murder of Skiritsyki, the journalist, whose death had been attributed to thieves. It says: "He was executed by us as a spy; no traitor escapes." The police failed to discover the source of the publication.