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The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-02-22

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The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-02-22

Dated
, 1873-05-05

Into Jamos Brooks Inns boon admitted to probhto.
It was executed April 28, 1873, and tho codfcil
was mhda on tho Both. 11o bequoathod to his
a0n, Jamea Wilton Drooka,. ono-half fntoroat IN
tho Euenfng E1rrcss md in tho Express bnfd-
ing. TO hiH wife, Ills Fifth aycnuo houHo,
and A10D, 900 In Immigrant bonds Of tho Union
Pacific nairont, on condition TINT Blle ronolnces
hor dowor right In tho roraonal and roal oatato
IN Park Row also, hia ]oraoa md carriages.
To William Tracy, lawyer. Ii trust, for hia daug
tor, Virginia, oil Ills real estate iii Washington,
Including tho house No. 1878 + stroet also,
tlrty-two $1,000 income bonds OF tho Union
Paoillo Nailroal alao, thirty-ayc $1,000 first
mortgage bonds Of tho sumo rond. To his
daughter, Mnry Nelson, tlyo Eastern Division
KanBas, bonis Of 81, 600 each; and 98,500 In
81. Louis, ChtIffcothe Il Omaha Railroad bonds
froe from tho control OF hor husband. To hor
husband Charles II. Noi!aon, twonty a1 900 frat
mortgage Union pacilo RaiIroad bonds, on con-
dition That he defoud oil hor other property
against tlle auits instituted BY tho United
etatea or other partics. Tho $4,000 duo him
by his brothor, Dr.. George ". Brooka,
IL devised for the purpose Of paying
tho mortgage on his houac in this
city to tliat amount All Ills other property,
personal or mi1od ho bequoaths to his Bon
james Wilton DrookBt and names as lis executor
William Tracy, Of Now York. Tho codtcil to tho
will makos 1t d condition TINT his son and his
daughter Virginia shall only onfoy tho property
loft thom by paying, In equal parts, oil tho tnxoB
which may become ditto on tho house In Fifth
avenue during the life of his wife, and maloa
such taxes lions on their estate, and that tho
son shall pay hor $4,000, and tile daughter
$4,000, per annum, during hor lfo.
, 1873-05-05
FIRES.


Destruction OF Property Ill Various
plnces.
DosToN, May "a fro broke out about /
o'clock this morning In carpenter shop on
Portlnnd street, and extended to Cnuscway
atroet, Which destroyed great number Of shopH
and shw-mil!a, and laid baro largo tract Of
ground, involving loHa Of $4,000. Several
firms engaged in tho building trade wore burned
out, bnt tho loss In no ono case exceeded So 900,
and all aro partially inaurol
AANKAKEE, ILL.,, Mny IA barn five miles
northeast Of tho city, with tlreo horsos, tt.roo
mules, two COWS, 600 bushels Of corn, and d
large quantity Of other grain, and all the farm
bnrnod Oh Th,lraday night. Tho loss is not lons
than 5000. Androw Wiley, . bad character, has
beon arrested on suspicion Of firing the property.
Lltt!o doubt exists as to Wiley's guilt. THO OK
oitomont in tho neighborhool is red-hot, ind
Wiley will fare llnrd II lie shows llta countonanco
there again. Ho was admitted to ton days bail.
ids, Mich. on Thuraday. Total loss, $4,000.
The principal sufferers wero Graves, hnrdwaro !;
Darrowa, dry goods Clark & Latimer, flour.
Corn"eA u Co. = now paper mill at Yysilanti,
Mich, was partially destroyed by fro this morn
ing; The loss is s2o 900: Insured.
~ GNcISs4rI \; +, NAY "A fire tis morning broke
ous IN tho M furniture r. factory Of atonman, Meyer
4 Co., Wcat Sixth street, and damaged theb build
Ing. 5000; stock, $4,000; md machinery,
S5.ooo. lilo insurance was $4,000, In local
companies.
New ORLEANS, May 3.-Twelvo houaea on
Lnfayosto ind Frorot atrecta wore burned this
afternoon. LoHs, s30, 900. During tho fro q
den OF nfcklo-counterfoitcra was discovered, a
largo quantity OF which WAS captured and gey-
ersl arrcAtB nadc.
MILWAUKEE, May 8-Tho House Of Oorroc-
ton was damaged $4,000 by fire this oyoning.
, 1873-05-05

The Paris Temps, in its CAiueso correspond
ence, reports horrible fact which mnrkod tho
pied by tho robols. Sin Chef, which had long
been ia tho hands Of tho insurgents has fal1on
into tho power Of tho army. II but lttlo blood
was shod during the sicgo, after tho capitulation
all the defenders, to tho number Of goo, wore be-
tariy. An English adyontnrer in tho service Of
tho Chinese army. aul at tho Same time corre..
apondent for tho shanghao Cou'icrt WAS prosent
at the execution. All tho victims died courage
ously, oxclaiming to thoir butchers that thor
doath would 10 avenged by tholr cli1dron. Some
Of them wore unwilling to whit for TINT period,
and throw themselves upon tho soldiers, OF whom
thoy succeeded in killing four, mud wounding
8loeYcB,
, 1873-05-05
ST, LOUIS,
Congressional Commercial Conven-
tfOn Mt st. L0uts.~rhe Now Public
BUILDINGS.

Congressional Commercial Conven-
ti0n Mt ST. L0uis--The Now Public
Buildings.
ST. LOUIS, h1ay 3.-Torty-thrae members Of
Congress, representing, in part Alabama, Arkan~
eae, illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas. Kentucky,
Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, Now York, No
braaka, Ohio, Ponnsylvania, Tennossce and
Wisconsin, have already accepted invitations to
participate in tho Congressional Conference to
moet hero on the 18th inst. Only aix Of those
invited have, so far, declined, and they solely
because Of imrortant busilosg engagements.
Capt. J: 3. olds, Capt. John 4. scudder, and
G: D. Allen have been appointed d special COM
mit.oe to report in detail tho wants Of tho
bliBsiesippi Valley most requiring Congressional
attention. A request has boon received from
Now Orleans that the Chambers Of Commerce,
or like organizations, in the Mississippi Valley,
bo invited to send delegation to tie
Conference. It has been decided Joseph that
Brown, Mayor Of this city, DO prosidont Of tho
Conforenoe.
Bids for tho work and material on tho sub
structure OF the now Custom-Houso and Post
OAlcs building in this city wero opened to-day
and examined, No awards wero made.
It is considered by the officers Of tho st. Louis
Mutual Lifo Insurance Company, TINT tho suit
entered yesterday against that Company was
brought for blackmailing or other sinister pur-
poses. It will be contested cloaoIy.
, 1873-05-05
FOREIGN.
CANADA,

Special Dispatch to TAe Chicago Tribune,
OTTAWA, Ont, May 3.-1n tho Commons, yoB-
tortlay, Mr.. Mackenzie, lcador OF tho Opposition,
movod n reaontion In rognrtl to sco + Of tho
1ntcrcolonial Railway, which was nccoptod AZ q
want Of confidence. Tho motion wns voted down
by nnys o5, yoas 10, atill lowing the Government
with majority of25.
Tho 0oyornor.uoncral will, to-day, assent to
tho "Oatla bill }" ind witnossos will at once bo
sworn by Tho Committee Of Inquiry on tho Pa
eido 1allway matters, An carly closing Of tho
session ia anticipated.
lis rumorol hero that tho Pacific nnway
delegates will arriyo by the first steamer duo at
Montreal.
HALIFAX, N. g., May 9.-soventoen bodios
wero recovered from tho wreck Of the Atlantic
yestortlny.
WA1EEnToN, Ont, May 9.-Jamcs Johnson,
James Boat, Arthur Do1t,. John Korr, and Ed
ward Dohonstor, have bocn tried for tho murder
Of George Price, III Bruce, on the 18th Of March
last. .Johnaon was found guilty, and sentenced
to 10 hanged in July: Tho otlors woro found
guilty Of manHlnughtor, aud sentenced to tho
Ponitontiary.
, 1873-05-05

GALENA, H., May 3.-Tho weather to-day was
delightful. Tho city was crowded with stran-
gers anxious to attond the Presidents reception,
announced for this afternoon, from q to s
o'clock. Long before 2 o'clock an inmonso
crowd surrounded President Grants rea-
ilenco on tho hill, waiting tho
opening of tho doors, previous to
which tho Committee Of Reception, headed by
Mayor Haaer, waited on tho President, wolcom-
ing him to dalena, aal thanking him for tho
regard he eyinced for tho city, expressing IT as
tho earnest wish of nl that tho friendly feoling
manifested to-day might Last as long as Lis name
figures in history.
Tho President thanked the citizens Of Galena,
through their Mayor, for tho cordial reception
giyon him, aud TINT, though circumstances pro-
vented his eyor making Galena again lis homo,
ho hoped frequently to visit them, and should
always cast his vote horo.
1t tho conclusion Of the Pro8idents remarks
the doors were thrown open, and tho achool
children passed in procession boforo the rloai-
don't to whom. they paid their roBpocts. Until
3 O'Clock ono vast tllrong Of people, estimated
at trom 5000 to 5000, visited tho President.
At O'Clock the doors wero closed, aud the
President returned to tile residence Of L. G..
Felt, where tho party removed old acquaintance.
At II p. III. tho President loft OIL Il special
train Tor Chicago. vhoro ho will spend sunduy.
, 1873-05-05

Vcstavlus, ,--Another Eruption Coming.
4 correspondent Of tho London Times, writ
ing from Naplca under date Of April 5, Hays |:
''Veauvius is assuming monacing aspect, and
ia ut this moment sending forth a vaat column
OF smoke, with tho clear bluo sky in tho back-
ground, Prot. Palmieri has at last spoken, md
! quote his words: " Tho great Venuvinn con-
migration Of tho 2Gth Of April, Last year, was
tho final expression OF the long period OF erup-
tton which preceded 1t. After the conlagia-
tion, a period Of repose was to DO OK
poctod, and we have had it, But in volcano 40
active as VoBuvius has proved itself to bo during
the century, period Of reposo ia composed of
two phaaos ono Of declinatlon, tho other OF re-
sumption. During the first the Bmoho decroasca
tho Rmoke holes omit gradually loss energetic
acids; thoso show, instead, moro decidedly car
bonio acid, and the Temperature diminshes. In
the. second place, tho gmoko becomes moro
eopious and continuous in tho crater,
tho smoke llolcs increase In number and
activity, and together with n high
temperature, sulphurio acid aud chlorodio
ncid arc emitted. Vosuyus hns ontorod docidod-
" on tho socond pRaso, Blnco tho smoke is moro
abundant and continuous; now smoke loloa
with Bnblmities appear around tho crater, and
tho acid oinanattonH arc worry perceptiblo, The
instruments OF variation, and tho sismograph,
which OIL tlo 8th Of March we're agitated when
announcing tho earthquakes Of the 12th Of that
month, have not yet returned to perfect repoBo.
Tho phase Of ,eiprisa is the commencement Of q
new oruptivo period OF which it ia impossible to
Bay whom 1t will burst out. It will probably bo
central, ut least at the beginning"
, 1873-05-05

from fhE t5kt t.oHl8 UtMocfnE+
Ex-9ecrotary Harlan has acon fit to deny, In
tho Washington Chronicle, tho assertion Of Mr..
Gilos t. Filtoy respecting tho demand aud ac-
coptanee OF y 31U,0U0 lnducoment for tho issue
Of certain railroad bonds. AIr. narlau's lonial
III worry poor diaproof Of anything, aud his word
would not pass for per cont Of its face valuo
against tho word OF man ile A1r. Tiiloy, In,
decd, il AIr. Filloy should start out to tell the
most barofaced lio Imaginable no would como
noaror to tho truth than uarlan on his oath. In
his dcnial Mr.. Harlan calls attention to tho fact
TINT hlr. Filloy saia ho did not know it to bo "a
fact that tho money had boon paid to Harlan;
added that, although llo did hot know It OF ll.a
own personal knowledge, ho waa az certain Of it
as that ho was sitting III tho chair he then o.
cnpiotl. IIe cited tho nanlos OF very respectable
witnossos to the fact, and VIC would not advise
tu tho test OF comparison with any OF thom.
, 1873-05-05
liQelllt,{ais 1Rsxccus

MEMPHIS. nny 3.--rhe Chickasaw Jockey
Club racing closed to-day, with Ono woathor,
good track, and largo attondance. Tho first
race waB hurdle handicap. milo and half, owe.
six hurdles, Tor purae Of $3.50, Of which $50
Hutchinson one, ,J"nglar Two, Jungler tArae,
Hutchinson waB tho fnyorito againBt tho fold,
and won by length with case. Time, 23:44:
Second race, Ohickaaaw stake, for 3-yoar- -oldB,
nubBcriptton $50, =. T., with 800 alded i; seven
bonting Jack Front, Frank Donnabol, aud Dun
1oyno, in the order named. Time, 3.4e. This was
tllo most exciting raco Of tho woek. Jack Front
was tho fayorito in tile pool, and boforo the
Frost at udda or q to against tho fold Tho
colt got a good start. aud ran well together.
Frank DonnabeI IN tic load and Joo Johnston
Bringing up tho rear for thteo-quartera OF a
mile. wien Frost moved to tho trout, cloBely
(qlowod By tho other throo, all passing tue stand
, 1873-05-05

COLUMBUS, May 3.--1n tho House, this morn.
ing, the Special Committee which was appointed
to invostigato into mattors pertaining to tho
State Government and tho management Of tho
State benevolent and penal institutions, made Il
report. THIS report says that tho examination
Ing boon examined that, 10 fur ms tho cloctlyo
oflicera and their huborfnateB aro concerned,
very conlmendablo honesty and fidelity hare boon
obsoryod and that In the official conduct Of no
public officer, whether elective or appolntiye, has
Corruption been discovered. 1n rotation to come
asylums, errors and miatakos, in tho opinion
Of tho Committee. hayo boom made, especially IN
connection with tho new Central Lanatic and
Blind Asylum. a majority OF this Oommltteo
call attention to tho practice of nepotlsn TINT
has, to somo extent, prevailed in connection
With sevoral State officers. Tho report IL ordered
printed. resolution WAS adopted roaiHtrlc.ing
thu Btato for tho Luuatic Asylum purposes.
Tho House bill prescribing tho runisl'mont fur
persons who conapiro to procure an indlntmont
against another person by falso protenses WAS
DAHsbQ.
, 1873-05-05
THE STATE CAPITAL.


apecfd+ u1apdtch TO 1he Ghfcd9o 1F56N7f.
END OF THE SESSION.
SPRINGFIELD, May 3.-Thore wore Ave Soma
tors and somo thirty Representatives preHont
tLis morning. No business WAS done Of courao,
and tho fow remaining mombora left by tho trains
to-day.
coMM1TTEE CHANGES.
Mr.. Washburn resigned hia plhce on tho 1nRur-
anco Committee, and hIr. Crawford, Of Winno-
bago, waa put IN liB placo. Mr. Crawford was
alao appointed on tho Ponitentiary Commttoo
vlco Wood, resigned, and Mr.. Hopkins OH the
samo Committee, ylco Lano, of Hancock, re-
signed.
Another attempt waH made to rocall from tho
Governor Senate bill $50, being tho Railroad
Mortgage bill, but Of courso it was unayailing.
WATER TRANSPORTATION.
Tho House concurrod in a Bonato resolution,
instructinB CongreHB to holp along the improve
mont Of tho Ohio, Cumberland, aud Tennessee
Rivers.
Tlanks soro in order: to-day. The epoakor
Vas thaukod tho c1orhs woro thanked; tho
pages woro thnnked tho doorkoepers were
thanked, mud Mr. Jones', Of 10 Dayiess, was
testimonial Of his faithfulnoss az q watch dog.
BTATE-liou5E LAND.
:. Tho House very. properly rof,lacd to consider
tlo resolution authorizing the stato-Houso Com
which to locate d heating apparatus, and they
will have to shift without It.
BILLS SIGNED,
Tho Governor signed bills Of tho following
titles: To consolidate tho of!lcos ot County
Treanurers and County ABacasorB in counties not
untler townslip organization; fixing the terms
Of County Courts; to amend tho law prohibiting
domestic animals from running ut large; con
corning organization OF tho Southern Insane
Asylum to provide for holding court In several
Rat t,f1t
, 1873-05-05

lodo, WnhaBi, 4 Wostorn Railroad arrived at
Hannibal, NO., yesterday, andhatl q oonsultation
with tho Directors Of tho Hannibal i Central
Missouri Road, ut which tho mattor Of connoo-
tlon with tho Missouri, Kansnn 4 Toxas Noad
was dacuanol. Nothing definite IL known to
have resulted from tho c0nforonco.
Tho Chicngo 4 Alton Company arc making nm
effort to too,lro 4 terminus OF tho Ntiaao,iri.
Kanens Il Toxas load at Louisiana, NO., aud tho
nibal.
!. TOLEDO, O., May 3.-Tho proposition to t1onato
1900. 600 in lid Of n rai1roal from this city to
Kenton, O., on what ia known aa tho wost limo
betwoon Toledo aud Columbus, tsaa submitted to
public yoto to-day; and 2,028 votos wero cast Of
which l. 4G5 wore in favor md 503 against it, be-
Ing liz more than tho required two.tLirds
, 1873-05-05

A homeopathic Convention will bc hold at
Ann Arbor, May z, to take measures to mako tho
best OF tho advantages accorded that modical
faith in allowing homeopathic ProfossorBhip
in tho University.
Tho agonts Of tho Eastern roads, which havo
through tickets on sale in the local stations,
wero in st. Charles, ILL.,, on Monday, examining
tho accounts Of tho ox-station agent. Tho in
vestigation disclosed deficiency Of over $3.50
in the returns made from there. and the absence
from tho Office of quantity Of unsold tickets,
which was not turned over to his SUCCESSOR rs
required by the Companies.
The body Of q Polo, named Weirenaki, was
found floating in Rock River, at Boron, O., on
Friday. Ho had bsen missing from above that
place for three weoks. His body gave evidence
Of foul play. No clue MS to Ills death ia rs yet
known.
mortally wounded John Hasting, a colored por..
ter, at tho Louisville depot, p Nashville, ycBter
day morning, Mccullough escaped.
, 1873-05-05

in bunch, Frost slightly In tho ioad Jollnslon
fourth. Going up Tho back stretch, Johnston
made play for tho front, aud passe,l oach In
H,ccosslon, ansl at tho lhnIf-milo polo
challenged Frost. From tint point f1,oy
rnn locked to the ono.quartor milo
distance, when Johnston forged ahoad, and,
drawing gradually nway, passed. tho atau1 Ilrat
BY q lcngth, both undor whip and spur. Donna-
anish waa mado amidst daafoning Hhouts from
tho spectators.
Third raco, milo hoats, for boaton horses, for
pnrso Of 5000; $40 entrance money togo TO tho
Tom, .; Loathers, . Janglor, :; Emitt, { :;
Hlhwatha, 0 !; Filly, I :; Wild Duck, i; 0oldlng'
0, 1istancod. Tinlc, 1:44 1:A8A. 1.oatheFs
was tho favorito, Leonard second in tho pools.
Tho racc was we'll contested throughout. The
cbBbful
, 1873-05-05
PROCEEDINGS IN DETAIL.
H0TTgE

WESTERN RIVERS.
Mr.. OBERLY called mp the Senate resolution
in relation to tho improvement Of the Western
Rivers, Tho resolution was conc1lrred In.
- DIRECTED TO.
Afr. HOWE, Of Marshall, offered a resolution
requoBting tho Governor to return t. tho House
Benate bill $50. Objections woro made and the
resolution Was not entertained.
COMMITTEE CHANGES.
nIoBsza. WOOD and LANE, Of Hancock, asked
to DO excused from further service on tho Pom
ttentihry Committee. They were excused.
The SPEAKER appointed hr. Hopkins in tho
place OF Mr. Lane, and hIr. Crawford in place OF
Alr. Wood in sad Committee, and also appoint-
oil Mr. Crawford on tho Insurance Committee
vice Washburn, resigned.
THANKS.
resolution thanking tho Speaker for his
faithful and efficient services was adopted. Also
a resolution OF thanka for tho Clerks Of tho
House and other officials.
Adjourned,
, 1873-05-05
THE LABOR QUESTION.


New YoRx, May 9.-Tho strike OF the coopora
against tho importation and use Of Portland
(Mo.) barrels by employers has boon successful.
1t lasted but ono day. Tho mnin object of tho
movement was to induce the non-union coopera
in Portland, Bath, and other places, to join tho
society. In order TO bring this about, similar
htrikaH had boen ordered by tho
International Union to take place wherever
those Eastcrn-male barrels aro used.
monitors" hayo been appointed for eyery shop
In the country, who will report tho condition Of
afrhirs ut regular intervals to tho President aud
officers Of tie Chief Lodge.
THO strike Of tho shooinaGora Ia almost oycr.
teen arc paying tho prcos and most OF second
and third-rate employers have accedod to the
demands Of tlo CriBpins.
Tho traclfnon on tho Morris i Essex Railroad
have stlu6k for hn advance from 3l.50 to 81
q day.
, 1873-05-05

gr. Louis, May 3.-Adyicos from Cloud County,
Kun, mention another fearful storm, by which
8 number Of iiyos wore lost, and much property
was destroyed. The roof OF the house OF Mr..
Snyder was blown OF, aud hinagolf, wife. flyo
children. and farm 1aboror, wore bnriad in the
snow mud frozon to doath. 4 few miles nway
from Snydor'H house, another family, nan,od
Ulricher, shared q aimilar fate, all having boon
frQzon to loRth.
, 1873-05-05

BAIr LAKE, May 3.-Groat excitement wns
oauAed in mining clroos by tie eard Of Con. j.
+. Harmon, Of Now Orleans, superintendent OF
the Stafford Line Star Silver Afinos. lenounong
tho whole project RB deliberate fraud md
swinlle. Nearly 100000 Of atoolt llnB boon
taken aud paid for, principally in Now Orleans.
Harrison tleuonnces by name Maj. J. D. Wooloy,
OF Cheyenne; Col. ". j. Jones, Of san Frai,-
cHco; Col. Simon G. Tioknor and Mr.. Hartnep,
Of Salt Lake aa tho projectors Of the swludlo.
, 1873-05-05

PIrrsnunon, May 3.-A murder was ohmmit-
ted near Rldgeyiow, pa., on TAurHday afternoon,
A boy namod George Scl,aum, about Il, years OF
ago, wl'o returning from Nldgoyiew With Bonlo
Thy Daco,, who was aovoral yeEsB Ills senior
bacon was soen by some women to btriho
scl,Aum, and ondoayorins. to take from him
his grocorioa. T1la Waa tls last tlme Ae Was
, 1873-05-05
Illinois Ikiyor mud Canal Nosvs.

HVEeiNI UssfNs1cH ~ 7Hs CHcay0 7T35NNe.
LA8ALLE, May 3.-The Btoamor Bakor arrived
this morning from st. Louis, towing two bnrgca
Ut fro-clay for tho zinc works in tha city, ono
ico-barge, light, and tho cnnalboat Waterloo,
from Peru: Tho lattor passed. Into tho canal
loadod with corn for ChIcago. Tho steamer Ba-
ksr departed towing tho caualboat nybum from
this port, loaded with pig iron for caxontelet,
and ono barge OF ioe from reru for st. Louia.
Ing, and thoro ls now about ii foot ot water
Oh tho mitor-sM Of Lock 10,
, 1873-05-05

LONDON, May s.. Tho Btoa.nor TIibornian
loayos, on tho 9TH inst, to repair the French
cablo. Tho Groat Eaetorn and Edinburgh loayo
Content Tho Great Eastern will then return to
repair the broken Anglo-Amorican cable, md
the. Edinburgh will proceed to lay two now
cables betweon Valontia Newfoundland, and
Sydney, Capo Breton. II is expected that four
tivo across the Gulf Of st. Lawrence, before the
LIT Of 8epteubpr
, 1873-05-05
NEW YORK.

Tho I4ute Col. CnmerOI1-.-PrCpnrft
for n prizc.FiEht-s-Noyw York Ccs1-
trnl Railroad Tnxca---HIrs. Fisk ana
Credit NIobilicr---T1iayor Hpnvcltloycr
'-.-l'Easontc---I1al Alleged Murderer
Attempts Suicide.
Special Dispatch to Tie Chicago Tribune
NEW Yonrx, May 3.-Lieut Col. Cameron, who
committed suicide at his residence in this city
Inst night, served OH Con. Durnsido's staff dur
Ing the war. Tie subsequently married tho Con-
orals niece, hut they lived very unhappily to-
gotler, md she is now suing for divorce on the
ground Of cruelty nud drunkenness. Gon. Burn
side, who secured Cameron tho position ho
lntey filled III tho Custom-1louBe, was, it ia sad,
instrumental IN having him removed, for the
purpose Of stopping lls opposition to tho suit.
Col. Cameron Bont the following letter to Ills
mother in-law, Mrs. Muhop, before perpotrating
tho fatal net:
Before die would like to say that oil havo In
huy God blcsa her. nul, rcshape, bad 1nnn, yet,
ma'lan, tiacro many worsc. loved my wlfe and
do 40 nov. Goodbye. die. ". a. CAMEaoA.
Gen. Burnside has taken charge Of the re-
mnins
George Saldons and Arthur Chambers who
arc matched to fight for tho lightweight cham
pIonahip Of Amerlca and 81 ,000a Rido,, on May
Is, within 500 miles Of New York, met tLis aftor-
They then proceeded to the selection Of the final
etakoho1dor and chose well-huown uptown
sporting nun. Should ho nccept, they will meet
again on Tuesday aud tosn for CHOICE Of ground.
Tho mon have boon in trimming four wecka and
both show evidences Of hard work.
4. II: Tying. son Of the Rev. Or. Tying, was IN
tho Sixth District Civil Court to-day az defond-
ant at tho suit Of Tiffany Il Co.,
s4aeoe Ehe ssss 1oS sa tas ~o ne ysaps essht afo
and, despite ropeated drnning, haB since failed
to pay for it. lle WIS III court, but failed to
, 1873-05-05
TTIE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: MONDAY, MAY s. 1878

Beon alvo. Tho littlo fellows body, whom found,
by leaves and brush, Indicating That oyory oiTort
Ind been mado to CONCEAL IT, From tho appear
aneo Of tho ground, tho body had boon dragged
4 considerable distance. It IL stated TINT aftor
Dncon was arrested md brought to tho inqaeBt,
accomplishing tho bloody decd. Bacon waa
taken to droonBburg aud lodged In jail to await