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been very numerous.
THE large elevator at Blue Mound, Ill.,, was
burned on Wednesday morning The loss is
$50, 600.
: YOUNG man named Frank Tomalson, of
alexandria, Madison county, Ind, was in
stantly killed in a saw-mll at Kokomo Satur-
day morning, by the bursting Of pully.
PHILADELPHIA appropriates s50,000 to the
United States Centennial Committee.
MAN named Brown, Jersey City, while lean
ing out of window on an Erie Express train
westward bound, Monday morning, as the
train crossed the river at West Paterson, was
struck by the bridge his brains dashed out
and his body thrown into the water.
The paintings in the Governors room in
New York CITY, have been seized to satisfy q
judgment of s12, 400 against the city.
IT is announced that indictments have beer
found against Daniel D. Conoyer, Geo. Fl
Plunkett, of the present Board of Aldermen
Isaac Robinson, Edward CASTILLO, of the ole
Board, for frauds relating to ceding Of city
property in the upper part Of New York fUr
railroad purposes.
THE President of the Pacific Mail Company
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000 reserved shares at par, and thus increased
the company's capital to about 10,O25, 900.
The House of Bishops of the Episcopal
Church elect this week Bishop for Nebraska
The jurisdiction includes the territories of
Dakota. Montana, etc.
Louis KoRMERKY, the we'll known proprietor
of Kormerky's gymnasium of Chicago, shot
and killed himself on Sunday.
GROUND is broken on the Brigham Union
Narrow-gauge Railroad, at Salt Lake City, to
be finished in ninety days.
GENERAL HOWARD, arrived from Arizona,
says he acts strictly in accord with the in
structions from General Crook, and endorses
his policy and plans of vigorous war against
the hostile Indians. He never gave Crook
orders to suspend hostihJies while he was in
power.
The Memphis Savings Bank has gone where
the woodbine twineth.
The election of Gen. Maxwell to Congress
from Utah is to be contested.
The race between Occident and Lucy, at San
Francisco, has been postponed to November
18th.
A DISPATCH from Elko, California, says the
eastern-bound freight train was badly wrecked
Saturday morning.
LA GRAVE, who some time since extensively
swindled prominent merchants in New York,
was taken in custody on Saturday, on his ar
rival from France, where he was arrested.
The amount Of his swindIing is SAID to reach
near million. He has been jailed ii default
of bill, which is fixed at 40, 900.
HFNRY G. STEBBINs has resumed the place of
President of the New York Central Park Com
mission, from which he retired to go to
Europe, parity to fn an official capacity.
GEN. VIM. ScHoULER died in Boston on
Thursday.
DEACON ALCoT ALLEN, for Sc years connected
with the State Savings Bank of Hartford,
Conn.,, and for "a years treasurer, was taken
suddenly i'll in the bank OF Thursday, and
died soon after being taken home.
FATHER ANTHONY, prominent member of
the Order of Passlonists, died on Thursday at
the monastery or Mount Oliver, near Pitts
burg. He was a preacher of rare power and
effectiveness. Winter and summer he wore
the scantiest of apparel, and frequ entity went
karefooted.
THE Irish citizens of Indianapolis are great
ly incensed over the discovery of the fact that
the grave of Michael Morrison, an old gentle
man, who was buried in the Catholic cemetery,
was as3violated THURSDAY night.
HUGH MAGUIRE, one of the oldest Catholic
priests in the Uuited States, died in Brooklyn
on Thursday, aged II years.
R. w. NATHAN, New York stock broker,
has failed.
THREE men were found dead on the track of
the Northern New Jersey Railroad at Pier
mont, Monday, who were supposed to be
killed by train
ONE Doctor Will of New York. has been as
sessed 81, 900 damages for malpractice in treat
ing fractured hands.
HENRY ROGERS was on Tuesday found guilty
of numbering policeman Donahue, in Brook
lyn, and mas been sentenced to be hung on
9th of December.
TELEGRAPHIc communication to Melbourne
is now complete.
a PULLMAN train on the Eastern Railroad,
from Portsmouth to Boston, on Tuesday ran
into freight train at SeabroOk. Several per-
sons were killed and fifteen injured.
SUMNER Is to sail from Liverpool for New
York on the 18th of November.
FRAUDS amounting to over 100000 have
bSCA4 b1SCOFCiCu III tLIc new COu11lS Idll anu
court bull rings in st. Louis.
S. n. GooDsALE, who a few days ago brought
libel suit against the st. Louis Globe, for
publishing dispatch from Boston duplicating
him in the recent murder of Chas. Lane, at
Dorchester. Mass, has brought similar suit
against the Amerika, a new German paper in
st. Louis, claiming 500, 600 damages.
An ordinance of annexation with the city of
Cleveland was passed by the Council of East
Cleveland, Monday evening. This will increase
the population of the city about 1000.
On Sunday night, Oliver Cromwell, far
mer near Pontiac, Michigan; was shot dead
while entering his own house. The murderer
is unknown.
A FIRE broke out on Tuesday evening, in
the large brick building known as Paw hon,
fremont street, Roston, occupied by S. H.
Houghton as fancy dry goods store. The
damage amounted to about $40 900 or $50, 900,
which is supposed TO be partly insured.
PATRICK LINTLEY was killed by a runaway
team at Detroit ON Tuesday.
AT Warren, Mich, Monday night, John Ryan
stabbed and killed Josenh Cnrnnll
The estimates for the army proper for the
next nScdl wear udNS D6Cu COuI plGbeu. 1uSN
reach with the deficiency about thirty million
dollars, which does not vary much from the
figures of last year
The steamer Scotia, from Liverpool, arrived
in New York Tuesday night. Among the
passengers are Hiss Nellie Grant, Secretary
Bore and family. President Grant and
number of friends boardered the steamer be-
low from the limited States tuo CATALONIA and
welcomed his daughter home.
As the freight train on the Broad Gauge
Kallroad going east was leaving Osborn, Ohio,
tuesday morning, spark from the engine
SET hre to carload of cotton and in very
fe~ mlnntes the car and its contents were en-
ureiy consumed. Loss about SAC. 600.
PRAIRIE fires have been unusually disastrous
IN Iowa tlls year. A number of houses and a
large amount Of grain, fences and other pron-
erty have been destroyed !, p,.4.-..4-