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A FAMILY BROKEN UP BY DEATH IN A.
SINGLE NIGHT.-On Saturday there lived q
happy family at 1907 south 9TH street. con- nsist-
ing of Mr. Hussman, tobacconist, his wife,
Barbara, and three children-August, aged
three years; Emma, two; and Robert four
years. During the evening Mrs. Hussman
was suddenly taken sick, and died during the
night Subsequently tue vhtfuren were taken
i'll, and by Sunday at noon the mother and her
three children were dead. Mr.. Hussman was
also attacked, but is still alive. and will prob
ably recover. These sudden deaths created
considerable excitement in the nefghbornood
and II was first reported that poison had been
the agent in some mysterious wav, but there
was no foundation for the report. Drs Smith
and Fisher attended the family, and from their
testimony, and that Of two other physicians
who also visited the house, cholera morbus
was the cause Of death.-St Louis Republican,
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r. ILLEGAL ORGANIZATIONS IN KKNTUoKY.-
Gov: Stevenson Of Kentucky has issued
proclamation on the subject of regulators" !"
ganizatiens are highly detrimental to the pub
lie, and are entirely unnecessary, as the OFF,
GERS OF the State are clothed with full and
ample powers to bring all offenders against the
law before the courts Of the State. and the Ex-
ecutive will see that all offenders against the
laws suffer the penalties due their crime. He
calls upon all good citizens to obey the laws
and TO diScountenance all acts tending to mob
violence, that good order may prevail through
out the commonwealth.
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LOVE AND MURDRR.-On Saturday, the 2lst
Robert Garlutt, aged twenty one years, shot
Joseph La Plant, aged fifty. six, through the
heart, on street in Detroit. La Plant was
walking, at the time, with Emily Boucher,
young girl to whom he was to be married
soon, and who was also engaged to Garlutt
La Plants wife was but three months dead,
but he was rich, the yeung lover poor, the
girl false. and her forsaken lover drunk So
the old lover is dead, the youpg one in Jail, the
girl likely to be mother, and much in want
OF husband, and the affair done up In French
style furnishes columns Of sensation for the
good people Of Detroit. .-L
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BANKERS.

IAY COOKE CO.,
BANK ERS,
Fifteenth street, opposite Treasury,
yand sell at current market rates, and keep
constantly on hand full supply Of all
GOVERNMENT BONDS, |.
sEyEN-THIRTIEs, AND COMPOUND
INTEREST NOTES.
Orders for STOCKS, BONDS, &c., executed, and
Collections made on all accessible points.
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RAILROAD ENTERPRISE IN MINNESOTA
st. Paul. Minnesota, is soon to be connected
by an unbroken line of railway with the lake
cities and the East. This will be effected by
an exten sion of the Milwaukee and Prairie du
Chem railway from McGregor, opposite Prai-
west to point intersecting the Minnesota Cen.
trail Railroad. which runs in a nearly north
and south line from ST. Paul. The Milwau.
kee and st. Paul Railway will soon complete.
a similar extension west of La Crosse, inter
sectine with the same road, which runs
through the best and most productive wheat
region in the country. These extensions will
not only quicken the development of Mime.
sofa, but will lessen the cost of her agricultu.
raj productions to the eastern consumer
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ELoPRMRNT.-The Staunton Virginlan says:
"a man named b. F. Spicer, a Blacksmith at
eloped with sswar widow last wedne esday'
Spicer left wife and seven children; the
widow left four. It is said they were brought
up at Manassas Junction BY the woman eIy.
ing premature birth to q child. =
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AN INVASION OF TAlLOEs.-The New York
Times is alarmed rsther at the lact that tue
late accounts from the grest tailors' strike in
London show that, or the 5th ms tant out OF
the 2,so0 men who had Struck, about hall had
obtsined work IN other shops, some had de
serted the Union, others had gone into the
country: and about 200 had cmtgrated to Ame-
rica" The editor says:
"We have had no special report of the arri.
valo these strikers here, but we notice re-
markable fact in the Liverpool returns of the
nationality Of the emigrants from that port to
the United States during the last calendar
month. Instead of the great majority being
Irish, as usual, the nationalities OF the steer
age passengers were as follows; 3,2Gs English,
-l99 Scotch, 2,3l5 Irish, and 2449 from the Con
tinent. In like manner, Of the steerage pas
sengers to Canada, 557 were English, S Scotch,
13i Irish, and 312 other countries. The phe-
nomenon of such an unusually large English
emigration of late doubtless has its cause in
the deranged condition OF industrial opera.
tions in the great cities OF England More.
over. the public men and political economists
OF England seem to be anxious to get rid, as
soon as possible, Of a large portion of Eng.
lands overcrowded population"
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NJ. LOOMS, NJ. D.,
HOTELS, &c.
CTEyENS HOUSE,
- 81, 90. 25, and 27 Broadway, N. T.,
Opposite Bofclfng Green,

Opposite Botcling Green,
ON THE EUROPEAN PLAN. IL.
The Stevens House is well and widely known TO
the travelling public. The location is especially
suitable to merchants and business men; 1t is in
close proximity to the business part of the cityis
on the highway Of Southern and Western travel
and adjacent to all the principal Railroad and
Steamboat depots. .r.'.' 800
The Stevens House has liberal accommodations
for over 800 guests-it is well furnished and pos
sesses every modern improvement for the comfort
and entertainment of its inmates The rooms are
spacious and well yentilated-provided with gas
and water-the attendarc is prompt and respect
ful-and the table is generously provided with
every delicacy of the seasOn-at moderate rates
The rooms having been refurnished and remodeled
we are enabled to offer extra facilities for the COM
fort and pleasure Of our guests. 49,
au Som GEO K. CHASE CO., Proprietors.
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WOOD AND COAL.

WooD AND COAL.
White Ash, 81 per ton.
Red Ash, $50 per ton.
Pine Wood, So so per cord.
Oak Wood. SS per cord.
WASHINGTON AND GEORGETOWN ICE CO ,.
Office, corner Tw elfth and streets, and Tenth
street wharf. ..f F Sc 2l.tf
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GENERAL SCHoFIRLD DECLINES TO OBEY A
WRIT OF HABRAs CoRPUs.-A writ Of habeas
corpus. issued by Judge Meredith.of the circuit
court OF Richmond, was disobeyed Thursday,
by order OF Gen. Schofield, under the follow
ing circumstances: A youth, sixteen years Of
age, who enlisted in the army In Georgia in
1866, against the wishes Of his parents, petit
toned to be brought before Judge Meredith
under writ Of habeas corpus, IN order that ne
might obtain his discharge from the army.
TIE petition was granted, and petitioner
brought before the judge. The hearing Of the
case was continued for a week at the instance
Of the representative Of the Government
When the time arrived for the examination the
following communication, instead of the body
of the petitioner, was presented to the Judge:
Office of the Commandant Of LIBBY Prison, Rich
mond, Sep. 26-To tbs Judges Of tho Circuit
Court Of the city Of Richmond: have the
honor to inform you that am ordered by the
Major General commanding this military dis
trict not to obey a writ Of hdbeas corpus, In the
case OF William James Keebler, served on me
by the Circuit Court Of the city Of Richmond
Very especfuily,your obedient servant,
J. REMINGTON.
First Lieutenant, llth infantry, Brevet Cap
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a SIX HOUR LAW Those who think that
working mans millennium 10 . BE- established
By redpttton OF the daily hours Of labor, will
DO we'll TO consider q statement made in an ar
ticie In the Galaxy on the |" Poor Whites Of the
SOUTH" 10 the effect that In the lower parts of
Caroline, Georgia snd Florida the length OF A
days work under ths system OF slavery was
not more than six bours during the greater
portion Of the year, and during long periods
actually less. Until men show q greater dis.
pc sition than II now manifest to make q proner
nee OF leisure. no good can come from in creasine
periods of rest and recreation --~e
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Arrest of a Hotel Clerk in Chicago for a
Murder Committed in Minnesota Nor e
than Two Years Ago. ..t..
From the Chicago Times,

From the Chicago Times, 23d1
saturday forenoon, man named George L.
Van Solen was arrested at the Wheeler House,
In this city, by detective Sam. Ellis, at the in
stance of Chief of Police McIlrath, Of ST. Paul,
Mimi, on the charge Of the murder Of Dr. H.
Harcourt, near that city, in the month of Au.
gust, 1865. For over eight months McIIrath
has been engaged upon this case, and his IN
vestlgations have revealed one Of the most
coolly planned and perpetrated crimes on re-
cord.
Van Solen had known Dr. Harcourt, who
was young English physician of rare attain
menls, and who had lately come to this coun.
try, in st. Louis, in the year 1864. Al that time
Van Solen was in the Government service,
being employed as hospital steward in ST.
Louis. Here he made Harcourts &C.
qualntance, and probably laid the plans which
1865 he was IN st. Paul, and by means Of de.
coy letter, Offering Harcourt the position OF
surgeon to bogus expedition to Lake Supe-
rior, and the British Possessions, he induced
Harcourt to 60 to ST. Paul, taking with hlm
large supply Of medicines, surgical instru-
ments, personal effects, and quite an amount
of money. After the arrival OF Harcourt In St.
Panl ne soon mysterlously disappeared, and
from the subse quent Investigations, it seems
almost certain that he was taken down the
river few mile, by Van Solen and murdered
in cold blood. The Only object of the awful
crime was to obtain the possession of the et-
fects he had brought, and the money which he
was known to have.
What first excited suspicion of foul plav w as
INC lecelpt OF letters Oy the mother OF Har-
court, in England; one from her son, morning
her OF his appointment, and inclosing the decoy
letter, and. aterward, a letter in an wer to her
anxious inquiries for him, from Van Solen
himself, both Of which were in exactly the
same handwriting. 1t was also found that,
after the disappearanc ce of Harcourt, his friends
at ST Louis had received letters, purporting
to come from him, and dated " in the woods, -
all Of which were traced directly to Van Solen
With these facts to work upon, McIlrath has
for months been at work at the case, endeav-
oring to ferret out the hiding place of Van So.
len, and at last, after tracking him from place
TO place, learned that he was in this city.
Saturday morning that officer arrived here,
and giving Ellis photograph of the supposed
murderer, and the information that he was
probably Ia some second class hotel in the
city, the Chicago detectives started ON the
search. In less than on hour he was found in
the hotel named, where he was employed in
the capacity of night watchman. Since his ar
rest he has admitted that he wrote the decoy
letters spoken OF and it is now almost Certain
that he is guilty Of this horrible CRIME Officer
Mc1lrath starts to-day for st. Paul with his
prisoner, having brought wi him q reQuisl-
tion from the Governor Of Minnesota.
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PAWNBROKERS.

T,HE CID ESTABLISHED FIRM OF
Il s. GOLDSTEIN CO.,
LICENSED PAWNBR0KERS, -F
"a FOUR-AND-A-HALFS STREET WEST,
Pennsylvania avenue,
Offer the highest cash advances ON all kinds OF
Merchandise, to any amount and for any IN
time desired at reasonable rates. ~
Interest on large sums greatly reduced. -
Business strictly confidential.
Goods bought for cash and sold ct private sale.
fe21-ly
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GOAL AN D WOOD.
Low PRICES STILL CONTINUED IN CON-
SEQUENCE OF FREIGHTS ANS TOLLS
NOT HAVING ADVANCED.
White 81 50
BED 775
Lyken's Valley tsoft Red Ash 500
Baltimore Company superior White ASH. IT'S
Chestnut Summer Cooking Coal ............. 90
Cumberland Run OF Mine ................. 90
Cumberland Lump. ........ 100
OAK AND PINE WOOD constantly on hand.
We are the sole agents for the sale of the ceIe-
brated Baltimore Company 's Coal, and are prepared
tothratSh II IN any quantity Persons desiring to
avail themselves of THE abeye low prices, by or
deTng their coal. and paying for it, can have it
deliy cred any time during the winter. Checks will
be given for coal ordered, and will be delivered
upon the surrendering of said checks.
q. P. BROWN SON..
46J 9th street. between e and +,
Branch office at our yard and wharves at foot Of
7th street tChron& Intell.l seH-tf
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TELEGRAMS, kc,

DR.. NJ v. Gorman, Nat. Keenly, and Miss
Caroline Heron were arrested in Philadel-
phia on Thursday night, charged with manu-
featuring counterfeit bank notes. The officers
alsoeeiZedi422, 500 in finished notes, and Sl0300
in unfinished notes; also, plates for printing
notes on the Fourth National Bank of New
York city, and fifty cent fractional currency,
presses, ink, &c. twas ascertains that Cor.
man had contracted to furnish 100000 In First
National Bank notes OF Philadelphia next
week. German is supposed to have been the
first man who issued counterfeit fractional
currency notes.
The Republican, Of New Orleans, has full re.
turns of the vote yesterday iI the first, second
aud third districts Of that city: lst, 2,54O; 3D.
2,253; Sd, 2,297-total. 1850. Nearly all the
votes cast were for the convention. The mum.
Der Of registered voters in these districts Is
| 24,s35. The Republican expires -es the appre-
hension that unless the vote is heavier to-
day, the proposition for q convention will
fail-the law requiring majority Of % the regis
tered voters to vote, or the election fails.
Judge Parker, of the Circuit Court OF Vir-
ginia, has rendered a decision that the old
banks making assignments under the act Of
February, 1895, cannot give preference to any
class Of creditors; that note holders have no
preference over depo'itors, and that depo'ts
Of confe derate money to be tire it as notes
OF the bank to the extent OF It's value at the
time Of deposit.
At meeting Of the San Francisco merchants
to consider the navigation of the Colorado
be carried from that city to Clllville, six hum
dred miles above the mouth, at four cents q
pound, and transported thence to Salt Lake
at good profit.
Major General Hancock visited his mother
and his birth h-place, Norristown, Pa, yester-
day. He was cordially received by the citizens.
In the evening he was serenaded by the Grand
Army Of the Republic. Colonel Briesnebeck,
of his old corps, made q spi ech, to which the
Genera responded.
The Panama steamer which sails on the 3Oth
from San Fran CT, CO will take machinery tor 20
stamp and quartz mills from a foundry in that
city, for the mine at Kings Mountain, in North
arolina.
The three negroes who committed the out
RACES at Dog river were hung In Mobile yes
terday An immense crowd were present. No
disturbance occurred.
The interments of yellow fever cases in New
OrlC ans in the twenty. four hours ending at 6
o'clock yesterday MOI ming numbered seventy
seven.
A considerable majority of the journals Of
Virginia oppose the calling OF convention.
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REPORTED HEAVY REVENUE FRAUDS IN
NEW YoRK.-The Treasury Department has,
it is stated, received report from ]. H. Wig
gin. Treasury agent in New York city, to the
effect that he has caused an attachment to be
made upon the personal property OF Mr.. Henry
Hart, OF New York. to the amount of S40O, ,0Oi
to indemnify the United States for losses al
legged to have been sustained through the fra uds
of himself and accomplices. The method on
which the alleged swlndlng scheme was or
ganiZed is as follows: Mr.. Hart, together with
Messrs. G Commack, Hefler, Long & Denton.
ora portion OF them, established warehouse at
900 and 291 West street, New York. The ware.
house was established in the name Of Henry
Long, was bonded, and an inspector OF Gus.
toms was appointed. The inspector, no viewer,
proved, it is alleged, to have been in confed.
eratlon with the company. The plan Of op-
Grafton was to abstract brandy and other
liquors from the casks and barrels in the
warehouse, and fill the casks with water, and
to take out the cigars from the boxes and fill
the boxes with shayings, earth, &c. The goods
thus abstracted by stealth were as secretly
carried away and disposed of without one cent
Of duty having been paid upon them. These
alleged frauds have reached to many thousands
OF dollars, but the business has been broken
up, the guilty parties are in custody, and. as
before stated, measures have been adopted to
recover the losses.-N. y. Herald.
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: ~ Lasy men, like sporting characters. think
q good deal OF the home strefch. 'AA
: - The total assessed valuation NJ MAJ, r.
leans is $i46, 92l. .496. upon when State t.Ya.
are levied 10 the amount Of $s6J ,Ol7. ''
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TERRIBLE DRGRADATIoN-OneW VIM. Rich.
ardson, q fiend in human shape, living on
White Cak, until compelled to flee the country
for fear Of the vengeance of an outraged COM
munity, lost his second wife, who dying, con.
signed to his care her babe of scarce q month
old. But short time elapsed before the brute
Remarked. Before the babe was three months
old 1t was beaten senseless by its inhumau
parent for crying for something to eat then
thrown upon the floor and left lying there all
day long moaning piteously, craving the
nourfsbment which its delicate condition re-
quired to sustain life. Day after day it would
be left crying, PROSTATE upon the bare floor
until the back part Of its head had grown per.
fectiy Hat, even with its shoulders. Its fore.
head has grown 60 far out in front of its head
as to almost conceal its eyes, owing to its lying
so long upon its back. The veins upon its
forehead are IS large as ones finger When it
would cry for food, they would dish out some
beans or other rough diet, and give it to one of
the larger children to feed II, as it would Law
upon its back, the boy would force the food
into it's mouth with his finger, often stran Cling
it. This inhuman, devilsh treatment YVES
kept up unit 1t became notorious throughout
the neighbOrhood. Then these devils incarn ate
packed their goods and left the country. The
child is now in the hands of its grand mother
In all probability it will die, or always be
idiotic.-CdrthdG Ge (HiSSOari) Banner, 5fh
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Deliberate Murder Of Wife-Escape OF
the Murderer

Wednesday evening, about seven O'Clock, q
deliberate murder OF q wife was committed at
street. The victm was Susan Miller,a colored
servant In the family of Mr. Tsvis, wife Of Jas.
Miller, Kennel Square. in Chester county. Sac
had been married some ten or twelve years,
but had fer the last year or two been living
separate from her husband, because Of i'll
treatment. He is q resident Of Kennel Square,
and is said to have been farming at one time,
and latterly engaged In school teaching With.
In few months pest he has visited the city
several times, his ohiecs being either to obtain
her consent to live with him, or, failing in
that, to procure divorce. Wednesday he
came to the city and the wife went with him
to see lawyer to have the necessary papers
drawn up for final separation. 1t
seems, however; that this purpose was
house of Mr.. Tevis in the afternoon between
three and fou. O'Clock, and about half past six
he made his appearance. She was engaged
with another servant in washing dishes, and
he entered int onvereation with her in re-
spect to his proposition to take her home.
She persisted that she would not 60 back to
Kennel Square with him, giving as q reason
that he had treated her very badly before,
and she feared that he would do so again. At
this time he seemed very calm, and showed
no disposition to commit any violence. She
wished him to SIT down and have something
to eat, but he declined. After he had been
nearly quarter Of an hour in the Kitchen
his manner changed, and he said In a deter.
mined tone IsSusan, I'll give you five
minutes to make up yonr mind 70 live with
me or not" She replied that she had already
done SO, and that sbe would not 60 back.
just at this time he was seen to draw a re.
volver from his coat pocket, take deliberate
aim, and discharge it at her. In rapid sue
cession fve barrels were discharged, two or
three OF them apparently taking effect. She
caught hold of the servant woman close to
her, and tried to support herself, and at this
moment one or two of the discharge, took
place. The other servant was not struck by
the balls. Susan Miller very soon fell to the
floor, ard death was almost instantaneous
One OF The loads had passed through her
head, and probably one through the body.
AS soon as Miller had finished his murderous
work, he laid herevolver upon a dining table,
and walked hurriedly out Of the basement
doorway into Locust street, and escaped be-
fore the ne ws Of the murder had reached the
police or the citizens. The detectives were
early on the spot, and meas ures were taken to
secure the arrest of Miller, who was thought
TO be in the city. He is represented to be
about thirty five years old, of medium size,
and genreeIy dressed. The murdered woman
lie muIat'o about thirty six years old. She
has relatives living in Kennel Square.-PhiI.
0delphid Ledger.
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EDIC AL 8 3 A FF.
SURGEON IN CHIEF;

OLIVE DILL am importing frst-clsss
" OLIVE OIL which is equal to any In this
Country. Fresh lot Just received.
NV. BURCHELL,
Corner 18th and r streets,
se4 Under Ebbitt House.
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( 1The New York Constitutional Con ven
tion has adjourned until the second Tuesday
In November. The newspapers complain that
It has not done much, and that for some time
pastthe chief object Of its members has been to
draw their six dollars day, which they have
done with exemplary regularity. Just before
OF negro suffrage and whethef there shall be
Court OF Appeals should be submitted to vote
Of the people OF New, York at tho November
election: bat It was defeated BY strict party
vste Of Al to 49, all the Democrats favoring its
adoption. Committees were authorized to sit
during the recess without pay.
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SAV1N BANK.
"a PIN DAY IS GROAT A YEAR."
Gall at the corner OF
18TH STREET AND PENNA. AvEN
FREEDMEN'S SAVINGS AND TRUST 90.
CHARTERED BY CONGRESS-.
The Central Office of this Company is new situated
"A above and Is carried on in connection with the
Washin yton Branch.
49, OFFICE OPEN FROM TILL 3. #l3
rsro.its of ONE DOLLAR and upwards received,
ana interest paid on all sums Of FIVE DoLLARs
Tnysstments are made in UNITED STATES
BONDS AND STOCKS ONLY, under the direction
of henry D. COOKE, ESQ, of JAY COOKE
90 Chairman of the Finance Committee Of the
Bank. ~,oo ooo
T. HEWITT, of New York, President.
ID. L. EATON, Actuary.
W. J. WILSON, Cashier of Branch Bank.
w Fam