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Two MIN were fatally and one severely In
iurel by tho fall OF a scaf1ld in New YORK, on
Saturday
A MAs. supposed TO be William Rollenson,
from Michigan. persisted Of thirst in the
d. sert near the ella river.
THE dry goods imports into New York this
week are s5,4i1, 900, an unusually heavy
amount.
JONI BRENNAN, a prominent politician OF
Brooklyn bit the nose off Peter Milady IN
drunken fight Saturday night
HEREAFTER all appointments and promotion
n the New York Custom House Will be made
IL accordance with the Civil Service rules.
THIRTY boys escaped from the State Reform
School at Westboro, Mass, on Thursday al
ternoon.
TN eourlos Ct Polardefs OF the city OF La
Sale were married at the German Cathohc
church in Peru, III, on Sunday.
. GERMAN butcher named Edward Streeber-
ger committed suicide at Columbus, ONO, on
Saturday, while in dolirium from the effects
typhoid foyer. , ,-.,.
Trp STORE Of G.. D. Moore at MitchcllTiile
about twelve miles from Dcs Molnes, was
robbed of all it's contents Monday night, which
were hauled away in wagon
A CONFEDERATION at Salem, Mass, on Satur-
day, destroyed $50, 900 worth Of property
The Spanish ram Numencia has arrived at
quarantine. in New York, with sixteen cases OF
yellow fever on board, There we're ionf
deaths during the passage.
BAGREY's hat factory at Amcsbury Ferry was
burned on Thursday night. Loss, S90,OoO:
partially insured. The factory was owned 10y
the Merrmac Hat Manufacturing Company.
Ar Hazard. ILL.,, Thursday afternoon, John
LEROY, aged twelve, was run over by an engine
md had both legs cut off. He died about IL
p. NJ.
Urou Do,NEILr, OF Dunkrk, n. Y, wa
murdered Wednesday forenoon in the lookup
IN Conv, Pa, by James Neville, an insane man
whom he was conveying to an asylum. his
head was chopped off with an old axe.
Mrs MATHEWS, mother Of VIce-Prosidont
Colfax, aged sixty-seyon, died at South Bend
l.. ON Sunday. The cancer that has affect
G her for five or six years has been very ma
hgnant.
TuE Mexican revolutionary chiefs are lay
ing down their arms to accept amnesty. Ne
CRETE. Anayarig.tc, Joso Postilo, Mariana, and
Gonzales, have accepted pardon and arrived
at the Capital.
FrRMAS WAoK, an old resident merchant of
Joliet, H., was robbed of his watch and one
hundred dollars an1 then thrown int the
river, at Chicago, a fortnight ago. His body
was recovered Saturday afternoon.
ADuBuQuE Iowa. dispatch says lively times
are in progress between the rival packet com
pauics on the river. They are cutting the
rates Of fare to ST. Louis from 81 to 80 and -
to st. Paul.
MAJOR THOMAS JEFFERSON RANDOLPH, great
grandson of Thomas jeff rson, ana contractor
ON the Chesapeake aud Ohio Railroad, was killed
on Thursday evening last, near Hawks Nest,
Fayettc County West Va. by a premature cN-
ploson whilc blasting.
4 MEETING Of workingmen was held in Ale
ghany city, sunday night, who organized
party in opposition to the importation OF
Chinese coohc labor. Several addresses were
made. This is the first Of series of meet
ings which Will be held,
Ar, Utica, a. y. on Wednesday,, race for "a
purse of $4,000, ior horses that have never
beaten 2;27, was ono by Flora Bel, in three
straight heats, in 2;28H, 2:26&, and 2,27h.
Sleepy John took he second money, Lulu the
third, and Daun,less the fourth. SIX horses
started. The track was heavy.
A GANG OF nine couut.rgyitcrs were arrested
at Gamcola, near Cairo, on Friday Consider
able couutyrlcit money was found on their
pers ms,
ToRurNr u AntEs' steam saw mill, on the