, 1872-12-12

Grafton. The procession then started
for Greenwood cemetery. 1t was the
most imposing funeral procession, both
in point of members and in represents
tive persons and bodies. ever witnessed
in this city. The route down Broadway
, was lined with 100, 900 persons.
LONDON, Dec. 4--Storms in the North
of Europe Nov. 4th, were unpreceden-
ted in severity. There is no record of
so furious or destructive tempest for
nearly twenty years past. All lines of
or broken. Business on the Bourse is
railway going to different parts of the
compass from Berlin, are encountered
at stand still. The sea wall has been
mashed to atoms, and railroad train
swallowed up in the great waters. Ac-
counts from Stralzuend, klel, Grufswatt,
and Swinsenunde are of like descript-
ion. During the second deluge on We'd
nesday, the greater part of Grufswatt
was under water. with five feet of wa
ter in the streets of the town. The to-
tai number of crafts foundered at Strait
und was'over so. All the fishing boats
belonging to Lewingstotors and Thid-
densol, are gone to the bottom. Eighty
people were drowned at Veneritz. All
along the coast the inhabitants suffered
from want of fresh water, the sea hav-
ing flooded the wells. The Steamship
Cresswell, from Falmouth for Cork was
lost during the voyage.
LONDON, Dec 5.-The strike of stokers
of gas companies continues worse than
ever. Inhabitants have supplied them
selves with lamps. Several theatres
were lighted with oil last night
SAN Francisco, Dec. 6.-Fred. D.
Finch, son of Capt. D. B. Finch, one of
the founders of Olympia, died in this
city yesterday. He was well known in
Oregon and Washington Territory.
William Donahan, the murderer of
Geo. Mitchell will be executed here next
Friday. He is apparently resigned to
his fate.
At Liverpool, Wheat, - s. a 12 S. 4 d.
Club, II s. 6 d. "a 10 S.
A man named Cooper, who at one
time had some connection with the dia- |
mond scheme company, is the person !
who explained the manner in which the
diamond fields were salted. Some of
the stones were the same as the drill |
company used. These were mixed with
others purchased by Arnold and with
rubies aud garnets which he procured
from indians in Arizona. Arnold made
two or three trips for sailing purposes
and once took back a lot of genes which
Slack had picked up and returned to
the place of wealth by Arnold's order,
it is said. Indictments against Arnold,
Slack and others will be presented to |
the Grand Jury to-day.
On the 2Sth of Nov VIM. Madison
was washed overheard from the schooner
Mendocino and drowned.
New YORK, Dec. 5.--The Great Wes-
tern arrived from Bristol with her wheel
broken and bulwarks stove in, with 9TH
er damages caused by a gale.
1t is understood Gen. Dix will advo-
Gates weeping reforms in this State in'his
Inauguration message. The steamship |
Cambria, which left this port Oct. Is,
with 62, coo bushels of corn for Queens
Town has not been heard from since. 1t
is presumed she has foundered.
DAYTON, Dec. 5.-Gen. o. C. Max
well, of this city, shot himself in room
at the Phillips House this evening, dy-
ing instantly. He was one of the most
gallant officers who went to the war and
was wounded five times.
ST.. LOUIS, Dec 5.-The horse distem-
per continues to spread. Few stables
have escaped attack.
MARION, Dec. 5.-Elijah Crevison, of
Washington township, on entering his
stable door this morning was struck with
club by Forson, concealed behind the
door. Creyison grasped his assailant,
threw him and beat him until he begged
for mercy, when he let him up. The
villain tn n instantly stabbed him in the
breast inficting fatal wound. The
whole neighborhood is aroused.
MIEFLIN, Penna., Dec. 5-A terrible
accident occurred on the Pennsylvania
Central Railroad this evening. The
second section of the Cincinnati express
bound east ran into car of the first
section and telescoped into Pullman
palace car Five bodies were removed
from the debris, named, j. NJ. Knowles,
J. w. Bacon, both of Chicago, William
Danz, wife and child, of Green Lake,
Wisconsin. A number of persons were
injured, none seriously.
SAN Francisco, Dec. Great guam
titles of grouse from Oregon are in mar
ket, but sales are not rapid.
The Puget Sound built ship Wildwood
said to have been chartered for Liver
pool.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.-In the House,
Dawes, from the committee on ways and
means, reported bill abolishing the
offices of Assessor and Collector of In
ternal Revenue, transferring their du-
ties to the Collectors. Duke of Vir-
ginia gave notice of an amendment to
abolish the whole internal revenue sys-
tenn. Dawes moved the previous
question, and under its operation the
amendments were agreed to, fixing the