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iured by the fall of a scaffold in New York, on
Saturday.
MAN, supposed to be William RoTenson,
from Michigan, perished of thirst in the
esert near the Gila river.
THE dry goods imports into New York this
week are s5,441 900, an unusually heavy
amount.
JOHN BRENNAN, a prominent politician of
Brooklyn, bit the nose off Peter Milady in a.
drunken fight Saturday night
HEREAFTER all appointments and promotion
the New York Custom House VIII be made
in accordance with the Civil Service rules.
HIRGY boys escaped from the State Reform
School at Westboro, Mass, on Thursday af-
ternoon.
THgs ore of G. D. Moore, at NIitchelIvilIe
about twelve miles from Des Moines, was
robbed of all its contents Monday night, which
were hauled away in wagon.
The Spanish ram Numencia has arrived at
quarantine, in New York, with sixteen cases of
yellow fever ON board There were four
deaths during the passage.
BAGREY's hat factory at Amesbury Ferry was
burned on Thursday night Loss. 800 600:
partially insured. The factory was owned by
the Merrimac Hat Manufacturing Company.
AT Havard, H., Thursday afternoon, John
Leroy, aged twelve, was run over by an engine
and had both legs cut off. He died about II
P. NJ.
HUGH DoNNELLY, of Dunl1irk, 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-President
Colfax, aged sixty seven, died at South Bend
T., on sunday. The cancer that has affect
her for five or six years has been very ma
lignant
1HE Mexican revolutionary chiefs are Law,
ing down their arms to accept amnesty Ne
CRETE, Anavariette, Jose Postilo, Mariana. and
Gonzales, have accepted pardon and arrived
at the Capital
FIRR1AN WAcK, an old resident merchant Of
Joliet, H., was robbed of his watch and one
hundred dollars and then thrown int, the
river at Chicago, fortnight ago His body
was recovered Saturday afternoon.
ADUBUQUE tIowa) dispatch says lively times
are III progress between the rival packet COM
panles on the river. They are cutting the
rates of fare to st. Louis from $4 to So and 50
to ST. Paul.
MAJOR IEoNaS JEFFERSON RANDOLPH. great |
grandson of Thomas Jefferson, and contractor
on the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, was killed
on Thursday evening last, near Hawks Nest. |
Fayette County, West Va, by a premature ex-
plosion while blasting.
MEETING OF workingmen was held in Ale
ghany city, Sunday night, who organized a
party in opposition to the importation of
Chinese coohe labor. Several addresses were
made. This is the first of series of meet
ings which will be held
AT, Utica, N. Y, on Wednesday, a race for
purse of $4,000, for horses that have never
beaten 2:27, was one by Flora Bell, in three
straight heats, in 2:281z, 2:26zl, and 2:271z. |
Sleepy John took the second money, Lulu the
third, and Daun less the fourth. Six horses |
started, The track was heavy.
GANG Of nine counterfeiters were arrested
at Gameola, near Cairo, on Friday. Consider |
able counterfeit money was found on their
persons.
TORRENT d AMEs' steam saw mill, on the |
north side of Muskegon Lake, formerly |
known as the Farr Mill, was burned tuesday |
morning. This was one of the largest mills
on the lake, and has averaged 125.0OO feet
per day, saving day time. Loss, $50 900 ; in
sured for $40, ,O0O. The origin of the fire is not
known.
a LETTER has been. received from ST. Peters
bhr9, denying the statement that the Emperor |
OF Russia had declined so shake hands with
Lieutenant Grant, and stating, on the con- |
trary that he was most kindly received. as was
Gen Sherman, not only by the Emperor but
by the entire Imperial family.
TELEGRAM from Columbus Ohio. $ avs
: Since the death of Edward Steinheyr bv |
drowning, on Saturday, bis wife has been |
Frustrated with grief and almost crazy Yes
terday, she, by mistake, gave a large dose Of
the wrong medicine to her little child. which |
killed it in two honrs"
The Crispins of Lynn have passed a resolr1-
ton declaring their determination to maintain,
at every cost and every hazard, their right to
belong to and participate in any organization
social, industrial, religious, political or bepef-
ciary, which in their Judgment is wise and
proper.
A TELEGRAM from Quebec states that during
heavy thunder storm on Thursday night last
schooner was struck by lightning and dam
aged. The church Of st. Michael was strucl,
and burned to the ground. The steamship
Flcksbmg, from London, went ashore on
Presque Island during the storm.
A MAN named Crook was killed in Critten-
den county, Arkansas, on Sunday, by r. H.
Martin. The latter was riding along the road
when Crook attacked him with pistol Mar
TN spranS from his horse, and Wrested the
pistol from Crook, and struck him over the
head with 1t, killing him instantly. Martin
was acquitted.
HARTLEY PERSONS woolen mills, located
at the city of Carrolton, in Green county. Ill.
were burned to the ground on Sunday morn
ing. The loss is variously estimated at from
S5OGoO to $4,000; no insurance whatever.
The loss Is a calamity to the little city CT Car
Iolton, and throws some thirty men out of
employment.
KILOGRAMS announce the death of LYMAN |
Munger, a prominent and wealthy citizen Of
Rochester; Com. VIM. H. Macomb U. S.N
son OF Major Gen. Macomb, U. S. A.. of paralv-
sis, IN Philadelphia; Rev. Thos. Tracy. a Uni
tartan divine, in Newburyport Mass. at
the advanced age Of 81 years; Chas Bradbury,
an old citizen Of Cleveland, and Bernard Arg
no, well-known New Orleans broker.
Abroad.
The st. Petersburg and Florence Geo
graphical Societies have each sent a gold medal
to Stanley.
ADyIcEs from Fort Garry, Manitoba, say
harvesting is going on. The crops are very
large.
II is reported that valuable petroleum wells
have been discovered in Silesia, and there is
much excitement in the province.
GEN. SHERMAN visited Oxford on Thursday,
aud had very agreeable reception from the
of the University.
SPECIAL dispatch to the Standard from
Paris, says that at the meeting of Emperors
IN Berlin proposition viii be made for a [
Congress of European powers, to sanction the
territorial moditcations Of France, the occu- |