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HE COURTS .
COURT Of GENERAL SESSIONS.

Commencement OF the January Term-Im.
p0rtant Business for the MOnth-McFarland-
Richardson Casc-Heavy Calendars to be
Disposed Of.
Held by Cunning S. Bedford, Jr., City Judge.
The January term OF the Court OF General Sessions
Will commence tomorrow morning, at eleven
O'Clock. City Judge Cunning S. Bedford, Jr., will
preside during the term. The prosecutions VIII
be conducted by Judge Garvn and his
two assistants Messrs Fellows and william
Tweed, Jr. The City Prison is filed with inmates
awaiting the action OF the Grand Jury. During the
term many important cases will be brought on for
trial. embracing bold robberies, daring burglaries
gigantic fOrgerfeS and several hOmcldeS OF the de.
gree OF manslaughter ana murder; among the latter
1t s very probable that the District Attorney will
move on for trial the case OF Mcfarland, indicted
for the alleged murder Of Albert ID. Richardson
III the Tribune Oilice, on the afternoon OF the
25th OF November last. At the opening Of the
court the Clerk win call the names OF the grand
jurors, and II there be a quorum present Judge
Bedford will charge them after which they will re.
tire and enter Immediately upon the discharge OF
their duties. The names OF the petit jurors Will
then be called, and all those answering Will be
sworn In for the term, unless they have legal ex.
cuses to 01er. All absent jurors VIII be fined for
non attendance. The District Attorney will then
proceed to call the calendaI and arrange with coun
sel for the disposition OF the various prisoners,
either by accepting pleas or by liking days for the
trial OF their cases.
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LONG ISLAND.
WIliteSlOne.

WhitesiOne.
The new Board OF Trustees met yesterday morning
and elected Clinton Graham presldeet and samuel
%. Roe clerk The following Trustees held over from
last year:-D. Martin, Edwin Powell and Henry
Hill Tne new members OF the Board are Clinton Is.
Graham, John J. Locke and Benjamin Cox.
Flushing.
At this village there was quite an excitement on
the assembling OF the new hoard of Trustees. 1t
was called to order BY the Clerk Of the last Board
W. Fl. D. Monroe. The following members Of the
old Board hold over from last year:-Orange Judd,
George Poppe and George Il. Roe. The credentials
OF the following new members were received-JOnn
Robinson VIM. Phillips and Robert b. Parsons. A
paper purportng to be the oath Of office was handed
In and refused to be received by the Clerk. MIR.
Judd the former President, having declined to
During The ballot for President oiiicer Smith ar.
rested the Clerk Of the Board on the charge OF NAL
feasance In office and his refusal to receive the oah
OF Mr.. FOgarty and his vote for President. Bonds
were given for his appearance before Justice Sill
man next Monday.
Vhe committee OF twenty-five appointed by the
late drainage meeting at Flushing met last Friday
evening and ndulgcd in very stormy session.
subcommittee were appointed-First, to as.
usri suffering anG '' what amount would relieve
it, second, to ind out whether parties
would take town bonds and M frame am AL law for , that
mission and find out what they had done and what
they proposed TO do. A resolution appointing
committee 10 frame law requesting the Legislature
to abolish the commission was, after stormy de-
bate, voted down.
Bayside.
on Friday afternoon Mr.. Lewis p. Roe found
large serpent on the shore, near Bayside The SER
pent was over ten feet long and six inches in diam.
eter, or beautiful spotted skin, and evidently a
stranger in these parts. The serpent was killed
while Delng captured.
Yesterday the law prohibiting shooting Of rabplts
on Long Island went into effect.
Greeuport.
The citizens OF Greenporr and other places on
Pec-nic Bay are making an earnest move ior the
establishment OF light houses on Long Beach bar,
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at the entrance OF Greenpor harbor. The fact that
vessels drawing thirty feet OF water can enter its
harbor, It's close oxmity To the Sound and the
growing interest OF the fishing and coasting trade
demand some attention from Congress IN this drec-
ulon.
S0uth0ld.
sad affair has recently occurred at Hog Neck,
near Sout9old, by which an estimable young lady,
aged seventeen years, died from voluntary starvation,
caused by deranged state Of mind. she obstinatey
and persistenty refused all fo0u and nourishment
for two weeks, and on last Tuesday died nom actual
starvation.
West Hills.
Carl Valentine, OF West Hills, died very suddenly
o few days since from disease OF the heart. He was
very wealthy but lived a most abect and miserly
life In an old and defective building On searching
the house 1t was found void or anything to eat or
drink and without . bedstead or bedding. He usn-
ally slept upon pallet OF straw In one corner OF the
house. He left no viii. lie II said TO have been
worth 500 OOD
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wrsrcnEsTER COUNTY.

MYSTERIOUS DIsAPPEARANCE.-John Ellis, florist,
aged about slxty-fve, left his home at Chatterton
Hill, near White Plains, last Tuesday, and proceeded
the city for the purpose Of transactng some bus
ness. He failed to return, however but on Thursday
was seen at fruit store IN FOnrth avenue, since
which time traces OF the man have been discoy-
cred. TO add TO the distress Of his family the wife
OF Ellis cled at her residence since the disappear
ance q her husband;
STAIR PRISON MoNrHLY RRcoRD.-The total num-
ber OF convics in the male department OF Sing Sing
Prison on December was 1912. During che month
Al received IS DISCHARGED SO transferred to Au-
burn Prison, Dardoned and transferred to the
State asylum for insane convlcts at Auburn leaving
the total number OF males remaining on December
81, l,172 In the female prison there We're on the
1st OF the month above stated, III inmates. Since
then there were received during the month s; total
remaining December 31 122-Inaking the grand total
Of convicts In both prisons ], ,2s4. ,,.--..,.,,
COLOSSAL TRANSFER or PROPERTY Perhaps the
most important transaction in real estate ever Uc
curing IN this country, ls that just completed by
Andrew Wilson, who has purchased about 1000
acres OF land at cost OF something over $3.50 600.
On iSs eastern boundary the property extends from
Mamaroneck narbor to point within mile OF the
ing distance OF nearly four miles. The lands
purchased include the estates OF Hawey ID.
Clapp Stephen G. Griffin, Thomas II. Hawley, Will
liam Cornell and many other well known home-
steads. 1t rs lntimated that 1000 acres OF the
property Indicated will he devoted to PARK purposes.
GAS EXPLOSION AT SING SMG.-Wnile few men,
bers OF Senate Hook and Ladder Company, OF Sing
Sing, were arranging some benches, preparatory to
| an entertainment in vances Hall, at that place. o
| night or two since, one of the party accidentally
| broke of gas fixture. cork was at once placed
In the severed pipe and after hour had pred
| one OF the parties, named Thomas Vance, entered
the building To see II any gas was leaking. On his
igntiDg match an explosion followed, which tore
| away large portion OF the ceiling, blew away the
| doors Of The hall and burned Vance In shocking,
| though not necessarily fatal, manner.
| A BOARDING HOUSE RoBBER FoILED.-A fellow
calling himself william Townsend engaged board at
! house In Locust Hill avenue, Yonkers, on Thurs
| day. representing that he was carpenter and had
| been engaged to work for prominent building firm
In the village. In the evening he avaied himself OF
| favorable opportunity to bag" clothing TO the
vaue Of $780, and hurrledly left the premises. The
| police having been notified watch was placed at
! the depot where about nine O'Clock IN the evening
| Townsend was discovered with his bag OF piunder.
Dropping the latter he ned ana succeeded In escap-
ing although two or three pistol balls were sent IN
1 the direction oI has flight.
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TELEGRAM FEUILLETON.
COUNTESS DE MONTE CRISTO.

THE THREE SHADOWS OF NoIRMoNT.
Many years ago Norrnont was by OF The
Castle and the remains walls yet be traced
in the foundations manufactory built the site
Dark and sombre tales circulated among the peasany
respecting these ruins after many bold heart
preferred going round by Apreva distance Of
miles, rather than approach them.
Eventually, however, appeared the who
converted of the stronghold into
factory whereby he only enriched himself
surrounding country The water that had run idle its
course employed bring huge engines
into motion-hundreds of employed riddng
tho fertile soil its covering Of wood Within a
comparative short space of time marked improvement
could be noticed in the hoves inhabited bv the aborers
and an air of comfort rested every met with
in the surrounding district
alone had effected this change and tnat NJ
George Rancogne, who died about months pre-
vious to the commencement Of this narrative and was st
deeply mourned for by his young widow.
late in tho month of March The night is dark and
sad The huge cbimneys factory are smokcless
water wheels silent and the hammers
cause the earth 70 tremble under their ponderous
blows. The night wind alone reisns throughout
the deserted buildings The storm RACES fearfuy
and the Is rendered still more mournful
by the prolonged hows Of the large masr in the farm
yard attached to the factory At intervals, during
mentary u in storm, the catter of horses hoofs
could be heard splashing through tho liquid mre.
Nearer the castle between the banks OF pond and the
walls factory the shadow Of could be dscerned
walking to and On perceving the approach Of the
horse he stopped and listened.
the other sde In front OF the garden ratings, stood
another shadowthat of woman and shc too, evidently
expected some one.
Further between the walls Of the new factory and the
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MIDDLETOWS.

PROBABLE WIFE MURDER-Last evening horse
doctor, known as DR.. Borche living in Midd'etown,
in Mt OF anger struck hts wife on the head with an
AKA, cutting 1t open in fri9htful manner. Medical
attendance was soon on hand, but 1t s reared that
the wiie's injuries Will prove fatal. Borche Is q
German and Is known for his sour and morose
temper.
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CLEARED.

Steamship Alabama, Limebnrner, Fernandina-Florida
Railroad Co.
Steamship Regulator, Pennington. Wilmington. NcJ Lor
lizard
Steamship Acushnet, Rector, New Bedtord-Fercuson q
Wood
sehr Aichymist, Mullen New HavepG Racket 4 Bro.
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S SHIPPIN G. N E w S.
Almanac for New York-This Day.
Weather Along tho Coast.
'oRT OF NEW YORK, January !, 1870.
Herald Packages.

Herald Packages.
Captains and Pursers Of vesses arriving this port will
please deliver all intended for the HERALD
regularly authorized agents who attached Steam
Yacht feet. The New York Associated Press do not
collect marine the delivery Of packages
VIII be by the following extract from the proceedings
OF the regular monthly meeting, held March s. 1867
Resolved, That and after April 1885, the Associated
Press will discontinue the collection Of ship the
harbor OF New York. Passed unanimously.
n4- The onlce OF the HERALD yschts JAMES and
JEANNRTrE 10 at Whitehall slip All communications
owners consignees the OF bound yes
sells will be forwarded free of charge
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BROOKLYN CITY.
Les Enfants Perdus-Accidents, Arrests,
Fires and Thefts.

There were thiriy-two lost children recovered by
the police wandering about the city during the past
month and returned TO their parents or guardians.
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There were thirly-LWO iOSt CniuIen recovered Dy
the police wandering about the city during the past
month and returned TO their parents or guardians.
The body OF drowned man was found foating In
the river yesterday at the foot OF Thirtynnn street.
Deceased was five feet seven incnes In height and
had on dark suit or clothes.
Charles Meyers, thirteen years OF age stole thir-
teen game chickens from the hencoop OF Mr.. b.
Murphy, No. GA Second place. on Thursday night,
and was arrested and locked up therefor.
John Rose, aged nifty years, residing at the corner
his own residence at about eleven O'Clock on New
Instantly killed. Coroner Jones was notified TO mold
an inquest on the body.
According to the record kept by Mr.. William H.
Folk clerk police headquarters, Brooklyn, there
were lS, 49l arrests made by the police OF that city
during the past twelve months ending December u,
1865.
At eleven O'Clock last night fire occurred on the
Jourth noor OF the large brick building in YORK
street, between Fulton and Mercer streets, and
damage OF sl4, 900 was caused principally by water
the Are Originated In photograph gallery on the
been extlngushed before any great damage was
00ne but the bells were first struck
LOT district IN an opposite section OF the city which
In reaching the fire with water. The car travel on
FULTON street was, as consequence, delayed for a
i0ng Time. the fourth moor, where the Ore 0rigi-
mated; was occupied by Joseph Hall photographer,
whose loss is $1,000. Mr.. Hall also occupied
the third noor Harry NJ. Gardner occupied
the second floor printing ONCE; loss ST. 500. The
Hudson 4 Son as q pant and plumbing establish
ment; loss 81, 900 on stock and 81, 900 building.
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Steamships City OF Washington, Helvea, Liverpool;
Celia London Palmyra, and Iowa. Glasgow Virginia. Gal
weston via Key West Mississippi Cortes, and LodonA New
Orleans Alabama, Fernnndna San Jacnto and Huntsville,
Savannah Champion. Charlcson Volunteer, and Rcgua-
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BM.OW.
SAILED.

Brig Merrman days from Matanzas tby pilot boat Mary
Fish, Nol.
Brig c II Agnes, . days from Matanzas
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The body OF q drowned man was found fioating In
The river yesterday al the foot OF Thirty street.
Deceased was five feet seven incnes In height and
had on dark suit or clothes.
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Charles Meyers, thirteen years OF age stole thir-
teen game chickens from the hencoop Of Mr.. b.
Murphy, No. GA Second place. Thursday night,
and was arrested and locked up therefor.
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BR0OKLYN CITY AND KINGS COUNTY COV-
ERNMENT.

The Powers That BE for the Year 1870.
The following IS list OF the officials who form the
government Of Brooklyn and Kings county Tor the
year 1870, from which, II will be observed, that the
democrats have almost entire contro:-
Adyor-Martin KalbneIsch.*
C0rlDtrOuer-Evan M. Johnson.
Street COmnliSsi0ner-RobertF Furey.*
Audtt0r-James 0'Bren.
Collector or TdCeS-lsaac Badeau.
Cttv Tfedsa'e7-Cornelius Sprague
county 7fedsure7-Thomas A. Gardner.
District Auorney-S. d. Morris.
Shert6-Antnony Walters.
ReOtster-Charles Scnurig.
COroners-J. B. Jones, Lawrence Whltehl.
county Czerk-John j. White.
Satpe,tatendesats or the Poor-Thomas Foran First
District; Henry Corr,* Second district; lily. Sieer
Third district; John Scott Fourth district.
iytlTTOgde-Wllliam ID. Veeder.
*Re-elected The only republicans IN the above
departments are Sherln Anthony Walters and
Charles Schurig.
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OCEAN STEAMERS.
STEAMER.
I Sails | Destination.
0Ecs.

DATE OF DEPARTURES FROM NEW YORK FOR THE
MONTH OF JANUARY.
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RUSSIAN BATHS.

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RUssIAN yAPOR BATHS
% and - East Fourth street,
Near Broadway.
THE ONLY TRUE sYsTEA OF BATHING IN THE
WORLD.
THE LARGEST AND MOST LUXURIOUS BATHS IN
THE UNITED STATES.
CONSTRUCTED OF THE BEST ITALIAN MARBLE.
THE WATER USED IN THESE BATHS is rkxEN
DIRECT FROM THE oRoroN MAINS. THERE BE-
ING A CONSTANT DAILY FLOW OF PURE, FRESH
CRoToN THROUGH TAIs ESTABLISHMENT OF
FROM SEVEN TO TEN THOUSAND GALLONS, As
SHOWN BY OUR WATER METER
Visitors to these baths can rely upon enjoying
PURE CRoroN,
THOROUGH CLEANLINESS,
GOOD VENTILATION.
POLITE ATTENTION.
GENERAL GOOD ORDER
Open daily from "a. M..osr.M.
Ladles hours 10 to lsA. Sundays and holidays for
gentlemen only, ollA.M
READ, READ, READ.
vapor Baths % Is East Fourth street, New York. take
pleasure in stating have always found the water
in these baths to be perfectly and pure poo
or .punge" to be continually ovsraowng with
directly from the Croton pipes
We cordially recommend this establishment TO all persons
enjoy OF the greatest uzures and Al thu
same time a remedial agent Of great value-
Nine. A. q. RUSSELL, IS East Twentieth stree.
sGs1s sRs s4I1lsfs 4 AsqsosY. sFs.assS Revolution.
Mr.. WFs ss Eas, Sn Hss. :res esee
Mr. Mr. kAynA H. E.a sSun ps.s aoy
PE42s PEE2s 4DSss ssaks! =! sss.s.s Is s,sss~.,
ANK PEXnEGHE Rs,nssr Ma.a ssoa 1iGn No Works
LEWIS 6. DRAKE, Merchants' Hotel.
cnARhEs WEI WEED, S'is Engineer, Steamer Bristol
g. r. FsThasos, sHHh Ts;aafsn 81 s1o:S~ss aSsss south
+ BARSEts, y sssys? stree.
G. il. LIVINGSTON, 20 West Fourteenth street.
l. n TALLER, Jr:, iOl Franklin street.
r. r. READING, l25th street and Fifth avenue
GEuMaE Ii TSMNkk X HEpERkR Z MSfsE srss st. Marks place.
JAMES +. FENpaRaAsr, j isi Il Pearl @ street
1xhis sGSR1sP = R5sEkfssT e 559.s g. sss s
IA scAHSBEE, - Esss 4 sixteenth s street.
LOUIS q K0PPEL 50 East Ninth street
sxaGE H GhssIaS cAssos M ys: Esys9:s pss street.
WILLIAM 2 s, CROSBY, Jersey City
A. 4 fofass besSs9sch9 = 9S,si29 LIZ &Iiss rssr stree.
ssas nss' .ss street.
{. MAHEN, ss East Fourth street.
hEsn7 M ks. S h.as ssss street.
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PReknic,

FIRE broke out in the carpenter shop OF Garrison
h Co. on New Years eve and the building was dam
aged to the extent OF $4,000.
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Transplantinr Rhubarb.

Rhubarb roots require re-planting oc'
casionally. If the stools remain un,
disturbed for several years they often
commence to decay in the centre, and
after a while the whole plant becomes
diseased. Every four or five years the
stalks should be lifted and divided,
leaving but one large crown, with its
accompanying roots attached. These
may be again planted in the same soil,
or upon some fresh plat, the latter
being preferable, although we are not a
very strong disciple Of the theory that
plants run out il grown for many years
in the same soil
Rhubarb is very much like asparagus
as regards fertilizing materials; the
more the better, and extra application
afterwards will always he beneficial. a
very deep and rich soil are among the
indispensable adjuncts OF successful
rhubarb culture Transplant in fall, If
possible, and plant in rows or hills. al
lowing plenty Of room; no crowding
will answer if large and thrifty stalks
are desired. The crowns Of the plants
should be two to four inches under the
surface, and a coat Of mulch TO new
plantations will prevent injury from
cold, and assist growth very materially
the following spring.
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NEW YORK.
The Dnrien Expedition.

New YORK. November 29.-The
United States ship Guard, Commander
E. P. Lull, will leave on the Darien
expedition about the 5th proximo.
Commander Selfridge, who has COM
mand of the expedition, will take pas
sage IN the Guard and proceed at once
to the mouth of Atrato river, where
the work is to be begun. After organ.
izing the various parties which are to
perform the photographic and shore
duty, Commander Selfridge will take
the Nipsie, Lieut. Commander Byron
Wilson, due at Atrato about the middle
of January and proceed to Aspinwall
and Panama.
At the latter port she will find the
steamer Saginaw, detained by the gov
ernment for the purpose of carrying on
surveys from the Pacific side, at the
entrance of the Darien river. The
prinbipal work of the Selfridge expedi-
ton is to be prosecuted on the Pacific
side The party which is to take its
passage in the Guard is rapidly assem-
bling in New York. The Civilian Scien-
tific Staff was to be very strong on the
present Darien expedition. 1t will be
composed of an astronomer, naturalist,
photographer and civil engineer. From
the coast survey portion Of these gen
tlemen will 60 in on the Pacific side
later in the season.
The Erie Leaves with q Cargo of
Ammunition for the French.
The American steamer Erie, having
on board an immense cargo Of ammu-
milton for the French Provisional Gov
ernment, sailed this morning for Cowes
and a market from pier No. 4, North
river. The Vile de Paris, of the
French line, with cargo Of arms, will
sail for Havre tomorrow.
Efforts for the Release Of CallicOtt.
Efforts are being made to secure the
release from the Albany penitentiary Of
ex-Speaker T. C. Callicott, whose term
of Imprisonment has expired, but who
is unable to pay the $4,000 fine inn
posed. g
Dartmouth College Re-UniOn.
Attorney General Ackerman, Senator
Morrell, and between eighty and one
hundred other notables have signifed
their intention of attending the Dart
mouth College reunion in this city on
Thursday.
The Suspended Grocery Firm.
The large grocery firm reported as
having suspended, is Bogley II Mead.
The suspension is the result of specula-
ton. The liabilities are unknown, but
are reported as large.
The Eighth Annual Meeting of the
Working Women's Protective
Union
Was held yesterday. The report Of the
Treasurer set fourth that during the
year employment had been procured
for about two thousand girls, and that
legal proceedings had been instituted in
two hundred and fifty cases where
wages were wrongiully detained.
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style in "St. Joe."

Judge Van Trump, during his recent
visit to the West, happened to tarry at
st. Joseph, Missouri. During the even
ing there were bon fires, speeches DC,
in honor OF the Democratic triumph in
that State. The Judge very modestly
took his place as listener in distant
portion OF the balcony Of his
hotel, and was enjoying the outburst OF
Democratic enthusiasm in the happiest
manner. when he was suddenly waited
upon BY the committee, as follows
Judge Van Trump, We are authorized
to request you to make speech, and #
you decline, to pitch you over the bal.
cony" Like wise Judge he accepted
the most agreeable alternative, and
made a speech. Plain Dealer.
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TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY.

Gold closed in New York, Yesterday,
atlllt.
The bark Board of Trade run ashore
at Milwaukee, Wis, Monday night,
and filled with water. No lives were
lost 's.~
over 1,7l4,O00 Irish.emigrants have
arrived in New York since 1916. The
number of immigrants last week were
1868. '.4
The steamer Post Boy was in sink
ing condition at Napoleon, Arkansas.
Monday. She was discharging her
cargo and had her pumps at work.
The French bazaar at New York
which has been the most successful OF
all charitable undertakings, will close
With grand concern and lottery on
Friday.
Charles Wolf, residing at 1901 Wood
street, Philadelphia, yesterday, shot at
his wife and child and then shot him
self. Wolf is dead. The child is shot
through the arm, but his wife is unhurt.
Cause unknown.
A Canada dispatch SAYS that the pro
peller Susquehanna, of the Western
transportation Company, ran upon a
reef at North Bay, and filled with
water She was loaded with flour and
grain from Milwaukee. No lives were
lost .....
A private dispatch from Jackson,
Mississippi, says that tn. telegram from
Washington stating that Yerger, who
killed Colonel Crane, had been SEN
fenced to Imprisonment for life, is I'M
true. Yergers trial does not take place
ill January.
John Solomon & Co., liquor delears,
at Cincinnati, were reported on Monday
night as suspended. 1t was stated en-
phatically, yesterday, that, though they
have asked for some extra accommoda-
lions, their paper has in no case gone
TO protest and their business is proceed
ing as usual.
An interesting case is before the
United States Circuit Court, at Mem
phis, Tennessee. Last July John F.
Thomas, a white man, was arrested for
cohabiting with a..negro woman who he
alleges was his wife and fined by the
recorder. He now brings suit against
the city for twenty-five thousand dol
lars damages. The city attorney on
Monday, filed demurrer on the ground
that the Court had no jurisdiction, as
he question of marriage belongs solely
TO the State.