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ders was hit on the head with a pistol, but not
seriously hurt.
CORNELIUS DRIscoLL died in Philadelphia,
on Saturday, asi is alleged, from the effects of
a blow in prize-ight with Howard Price.
The principal and seconds in the fight have
been arrested.
PREMATURE explosion at the west end of
the Hoosac tunnel on Saturday killed man
named Peter Stone seriously injured John
Smith, and slightly injured two other work
men.
JESSE PoMERoY, fourteen years of age, living
with his mother in South Boston, is under ar
for decoying boys of five or ten years to
out-of-the-way places, stripping them naked,
gagging and tying them up, beating and 9th
efwise maltreatIng them. In many cases he
cut small holes under his victims eyes. dis
figuring them for life, and inAictng on others
painful cuts and stabs on various parts of the
body. He confesses the Grim es.
THE attention of the mining public in Salt
Lake City is occupied with the highly import
ant discovery Of silver LODI twenty-five miles
north of Tecoms, on the Central Pacific Rail
road. Free milling ore is said to be in mex
haustible quantities. assaying from ninety
ton. The ledges of the district are well de-
fined. There is a great rush of people to the
new district
THE Treasury officers from Washington &C
quit the sub-treasury of any blame in regard
to Johnson's defalcstion. They say johnson
did not abstract the stamps, but appropriated
money realized from their sales. The brokers
with whom he did business have made clean
breast of it.
Ex-MAYoR KALBFLEIscH, of Brooklyn, has
been sued foT breach of promise by Mrs. Mary
Francis Wade Damages laid at $3.50, 900.
Two failures are announced from Pittsburg
VIM. W ttach & Sons, tanners, liabilities
800, 900; and James B. McEdden, jewelry.
liabilities s85, 900.
JOSEPH ORDIsH, of California, was robbed on
train OF the Pan Handle railroad of pocket
book containing $4,000 in Treasury notes
He discovered his loss at Newark, Ohio, and
thinks that be was robbed at Pittsburg.
CHICAGO had four stabbing affrays on Sun
day, one of which may prove fatal.
JAMES FRANCIS was shot, and as is supposed,
fatally injured, near the corner of Blake street
and Indiana avenue, Indianapolis Saturday
night, by Albert Oberman. 1t appeared that
Oberman had been improperly intimate with
the wife of Francis.
CHARLES r. HENDERSON was arrested Satur-
day night, by the police authorities of Bslti-
more, charged with the murder of DR.. Merri-
man Cole on the night of January s, 1879.
Henderson was a tenant of DIR. Cole up to
within few days of the murder. 1t is stated
that there is evidence very strong against
him.
SAMUEL STRRNETT was carried over the State
dam at Cohoes, n. Y, in skitf, near Green
Island Saturday night, and drowned.
ABNER HAYWOOD Secretary of the New York
Fireman's Insurance Company, is defaulter
to the amount of 500, 600.
EMILY PETERSON SCALES, of Mound, H.,
while on her way to Gelena, Friday morning,
IL company with some companions, to attend
the 10 Davies County Fair, was run over and
instantly killed by the northern bound morn
ing express on the Illinois Central road
THE New York Times says petition is in
circulation in Germany praying the Govern
ment to acquire territory on this side OF the
tlantie, to which the stream of German emil
grafton may be diverted, and the fatherland
thus save the annual loss of thousands of her
sons.
PATroN ANDERSON, Major General in the
late Confederate Army, died at his residence.
near Memphis, Friday morning. He was
graduate of West Point.
THE War Department has issued order
announcing the deaths of Gen. Thayer and
directing the usual salutes to be fired and the
observance of other ceremonies.
EARTHQUAKES, accompanied by underground
explosions, have occurred in Owen County
Valley, California.
THERE is considerable excitement at Cedar
Rapids, Iowa. over the absconding of Alex
McClelland, wholesale and retail grocer, whose
liabilities are some 1900. About ten per
cent is expected to be realized from the stock
store and fixtures.
The warehouse of VIM. S. Long & Co., in
st. Louis, with its contents of coal, oil, -four,
hemp, hay, salt, sugar, etc. burned Friday
night. Loss between s40, 900 and $50, 900.
The Union school building at Moline, Iowa,
was burned Thursday night Loss, $40, COO;
insurance, S25, 900.
THE Lawrence flour mills, at Appleton, Wis,
owned and operated by Charles Morey, were
destroyed by fire Thursday morning. Loss
S14, goo Insurance. $40 900. The capacity o
the mill was $50 barrels per day.
FIRE at Green Bay, Thursday night, de-
stroyed the Astor Lumber Company's mill
Loss, $40, ,000-insurance, s., ,5OO
The Acting Commissioner of Internal Reve-
nue. has directed the suspension of the work
of gauging beer packages, which was being
done under special order 12O until further Or
ders.
In sinking shaft for coal at Chaplin Nor
gan county, H., when depth of $50 feet was
reached, vein of lead was reached
AT Bellevue, Iowa William Hawkins, an old
man of Ga years while laboring under fit of
insanity, brought on by long Illness, commit
ted suicide by drowning in mill pond.
LARGE dry goods firm IN West Broadway,
New York, having numerous Western connec-
tions, is reported one of the suspended. It's
liabilities are represented as very large and its
assets disproportionately small.
DURING the past two weeks there have beer
in and around New York, about fifty suicides,
actual and attempted, more than have been
known IN the same time for many years. This
destructive epidemic continues.
Abroad.
WRITER for the London News having pub
hshed graphic description of the horrors Of
steerage passage across the Atlantic, scores
Of correspondents are adding testimony to the
abuses and suferings to which steerage pas
sengers are subject urging reform.
The Government of Brazil has granted
Baron Wana concession for a telegraphic
cable between Brazil and the Portuguese
coast.
THE Havana Gaceta publishes new and
stringent law compelling the Cinnamon now
there TO again make contract for their labor,
for terms not less than six years nor more
than eight years. or leave the Island.
A coAL-PTT near HerplaI. Belgium, on the
Mense, was accidentally flooded recently while
the men were at work. The inundation was
50 sudden that Twenty-Five miuers were drown
ed III the pit
An hishman named Navy was shot in the
ba k IN a saloon row at Ishpenning, on Thurs