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.u,y. DIR. W. c. JAR@AGIN.
= I.rnagtn is associated with
/ y st y, in the practice Of Aod',
! sn .l !, md may be found at
NJ '" Il, II 6oarsof the day aud night
'D'' SHELTON & JARNAGIN.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1873-03-22
The State of Mississippi,
NoXuboe County.
Chapcery Court Thursday Dec. 18th, 1872,

1 IN NfNt "a 34iocAS0t II3,
NoXubce County.
Chapcery Court Thursday Dec. 18th, 1872.
The Estate
1903 of
jacob NJ Macon.
1t appearing to the satisfaction Of the
Court that the citation issued to the said
county Of Noxubee to W X Strobe, EXecu-
tor of the last will and testament Of Jacob
u Macon, deceased, to apr ear before skid
court and make settlement OF his account.
has been returned By the Sheriff of sal.
county not fouad; 1t turtherappearing to
the court that the said W r StrodE is not
IN inhabilant of this State, but resides be-
yOnd the limits thereof, S that the ordinary
process of this court cannot be executed
upon him. 1t is therefore ordered that
publication be made in the IIacon Beacon.
. newspaper published in sud County Of
Noxubee, for four consecutive weeks, eli
ting the said w Z Strobe, Administrators,
to be and appear before this Hon. Court
at a term thereof to be held at the court
house in the town Of Macon in said county
on the second Monday in March A. D. 1873,
then and there to make settlement Of his
accounts as Executor OF the hast will and
testament Of sand deceased.
II Is further ordered That the clerk of
this court transmit by mail, postage paid.
q copy of this order addressed to said " K
Strobe at Fort C!4iborne, State of Alabama.
A true copy from tho minutes of sald
court. EAJ MCiikNRY,
December 2Sth lS72-5ts Clerk.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1873-03-22
,ESyJLLE BLACKSMITH

Hancock has established a No.
mn snop ut Bro"xsyilIe, and will
Sl vork in his line to the satis-
'I.l lie will keep two forgea at
y ~. am furnish anything in his line
a%no'i'''
A lto
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1873-03-22
ryes, Ory-GOodS, Hardware &c,


NM. sane tine ard place | vii! also
nfIuse AID yhluNblfs
E Store House, and lot
han i stands in tue Northern part of
s,i,in satd town OF Macoa, bounded on
"A by Jefferson street, on the South
bupler', and klaus store houses and
!le West By Lawrence street, a'id
Il Svua BY PULASKI street and also
20 Acres OF Land
N. 4. Eowpship Il, Ranse II, And
Ih5gnte y, Nrtue " sald order and
h d sale beng yc.lrl with power and
My to srIi ,ud property NJ either
IA Or private SAFE, w.si receive and
ktf IN, A.e bids lyr lAs sAi4e until SAID
lay,
bite to MI sal property is believed
y,l ani free Irva AL iucumDrAuccF.
JOSEPH 9. BEARll,
ra..lm Assignee.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1873-03-22

20" FINE GU1IEEY.-Nou can ma c
a good selection from the large lot jost re-
bY MVGPltEl u MIAuN.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1873-03-22

'sfge lot Of FISHING TACKLE at
AIRPHEY & MINORS.
New-York tribune., 1873-12-11
Board and Rooms Wanted.
Country Board

A LADY living in her own house, near the
city without children, will tate three little GIRLS
POARDRts; the kibis sl6 mouth Address
WkH. II, No. % Jobgs,.
New-York tribune., 1873-12-11
- ~ Nrr-Ynrr prranrxEsr b FIsAscE

CRY 0Y NV. 1OEK. DEPAirNkhT ~ flNAhNA' I
pr...c a. v,Ty lscxygR % IAxEs GOUT HOUSE, PAX,
" 32 CHANBYRssT. Nov. 49, 1873
YIN0 TAX pAYERS.-NOtlce Is hereby given
thstoHR PR CKST WILL ADDED 70 A tlEss nIgad on
lat Of Decenber; ADDiII0NAL Ohb PEh CENl ..
I5 on M tsrs nan unpaid Jan. Interest Al A af OF
~ CENT PER ANNUN calculated fon ihe oay NE 9oo
reo.yeq by M Receiver of Tsres da Of payment VI" e a1
MARTIN L. MCMAHON. Receiver Oi 4sAe~
New-York tribune., 1873-12-11
Hlarule an0 Hlate MlGniels.

ID HAND, 1880 Broadway, corner Thirty
Il hrIsi. and BrDadwsy manufacturer OF PLASTER CsNlhk
PIECES BRACKETS, BUSTs and PEDBsTALS largest tsso
en low puees carefully paeked
and all parts u the eooatry
CtTEWART's Slate Mantes, Marble and Wood
sue the lowest pnees 2IO and ~
We,t TwentythrJst.. beiSesD Seventh and BighhsyeS
rVNHE PENRHYN SLATE Co. have removed
70 their new Unon-square Fonriays and ssyea
,snhs and assortment OF mANIhS GkhThS
eomDnng 4uJ designs at pree' Challenging
eompelhon
New-York tribune., 1873-12-11
CORPORATION Notices
crTT OF Trw,Yonx. DrrARrsrsT OF FlsAscr,
BUREAU or ARREARS, -
oyyrcv oF rHg CLERK OF ARREARS, Dec. 1873
,IGL q SAIE of LANDS and IEN


NOTICE of SALE of LANDS and 1ENE-
~ MINIS unpaid Of 1863 eud 1870 ana CI1on water
res or 1868 and SGy tue direction OF AnlreN H. utu
Comptroller Cy SesYOrk The Undersigned hereby es
Of tbe sct enued An aet loI
COLLECTION and Cotou water rents 10 " Wy
amend the acts In relation nefeto, pl
April g. 1871 that The respective owners Of all nus aHo ~
o. been anu
.uste Wards Nos 10 o. inclusive lor the years s
SO remaining due aud Unpd, ana also he esc
al i1nd end n tbe Cf Of NeHlOrk shall ia wy
which the roszr CToton water rent have h i
1855 sud 1859 remaining due anu pu
required ae d tar aud COon water rents 80 ensln
oIpad the Crk of ATcar his ohce IN the Dept
Fnoe TIE NeS Couonse sh the interest thereon a. e A
aunum 70 the o with the charges OF
b made
public auction o. he
Ne9 Coorh0ase the Cts Hal PARK Il Hegi0k
Mlpty March 1874 ~ the low
IN
codsoa adyabcng The smont Coon rent
t- s.e nav be unpaid the Aforesaid
time together With toe oTzes and ad
Nri.smsu and other accrued thereon and that
such continued fom time 70 time ent all the lands and
seuemeuu here advertised for sale shall Dr. sold
Ard Notice Is hereby gwen hat detailed The
the Cof9n the Osnershp property
eps on which Croou paid pub s8o pamphlet,
AM st cpes pamphlet are deposited the ofce Of the Bureau
te Ck Of Arres will be delivered sppng
,tle same. A. > CADi Cerk Of Arrears.
New-York tribune., 1873-12-11
F0R pRINTING AND Sup.

PLIEs-seaed Proposals VII be received at tie Once Of the
PRETiyG reoy b the Bl1osOu for the 1874 and
a. sevpg he IPPLlES the schools under he usG con Of ihe
board Por full iaOr1suon SEE he O'5 Hc0i4' 0'p " ~ NO
New-York tribune., 1873-12-11
Boaro an6 Rooms.
Country Board.

Country Board.
[ )RiENT SPRINGS HEALTH INSTITUTE,
hMner't hsa for treatment Of Paralysis s forms Spinal
Coned Cords and Limbs Crooked Feet and Hands In
1o1s WV Neck St Yitass Dance all Deformis Lsneness
na Hs"ous Diseases Diseases Of Brain Heart and Lungs Huena
&c q. W. RHODES. N. D.. Medical Director
New-York tribune., 1873-12-11
european advertisements.
ARTISTIC WATCHES AND CLOCKS. BE
! ! &

The pTST sri MOST AGREEABLE TONIC introduced. For
e Debility. and Loss Of Appetite s IN.
,be puns by .he Food Journal Arthur IL
ysss.N D. Wentworth /. Scott, T. G.. 5. r. H. = l..
= IS s. A. SoJ by G-ocers 0iimen and Chemists III large
toile. Il 2s ea.a Beware 81 mutations Prepared 0y
GOODALL BACKHOCSE Co..
Leeds ENGLAND.
New-York tribune., 1873-12-11
Is For FIRE ENGINES.

PROPOSALS FOR fIRE ENGINES.
SYALRD PROPOSALS si be received At the Headquarters
e. P, Dsrsrmeut until O'Clock Of Dee Is 1873 for
6TfI,DlNG FOUR sELF-AC1ING CHEMICAL PIRE ENGINES.
Fr a Information The City Record COPIES of sale No City
Han
New-York tribune., 1873-12-11
200 PIANOS AND ORGANS, 81 y! y!

ond- hand, Of Firstcinss Makers. Uiu Be 'od at Lever
Prices Jor cash InstslimcBts, or r T 81 City or
Country during this Financial Crisis and the Holt
dnSs. by HORACE WATERS ~ son. No. fS1 Itr0ad-
xyay than ever before offered in Newly ork. Agents
Wanted sale Waters' Celebrated pinnos, Con-
certo and Orchertrai Organs. Illustrated Catalogues
Mailed. Great Inducements 10 the Trade. large
discount To Ministers. Churches sunday schools etc
New-York tribune., 1873-12-11
HORSE and CARRIAGEMARKET

'F NEw-YoRK Wednesday. Dec. 10 1873
= The horse market shows very little altera-
Mon TIE demand is light at the moment anu there Is
plo special feature to note.
The regular sami-weoky sale held at Messrs Bar
New-York tribune., 1873-12-11
B0dro and Rooms.
Below Fourteenth-st

OS WAVERLEY-PLACE, within three blocks
20 OF Broadway TOILET with board nicely furnished Ro0n5.
suitable for gentlemen and their wives single gentlemen AD'
boar accommodated
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-12-27

! otf-sfrl economical and safe financial basis
/ they should be provided each year with addi
+ tional amounts of money. The condition Of
the South alone requires ga comprehensive
/ breadth of thought and energy Of action
worthy of the best minds in the country
Now, in this very matter Of finance, the
South cannot borrow money to plant her
crops or To move them when ripe at less
than twenty or tWenty-tvc per cent, and to
do this she has TO mortgages her real estate
heavily, aud il any mishap occurs her people
are pushed TO the wall. This attempt Of the
government, or rather this failure, 20 provide
means 10 carry on the business of the coun-
try, which has doubled since 1860, with the
same volume Of currency then in circulation,
not only reaches our interests directly bur
the silent, Indirect channels Of wealth are
also choked up or turned aside in their
course startling exaps52 Of this was seen
the other day, when one steamer of the White
Star LINE actually took back to Europe 6on
skilled w0rkmcn-the first time IN our histo-
ry rs nation that The tide Of immigration
has rolled backward No sir; as to specie
payments, | was struck in reading a speech
OF lecture by Horace f. Day recently. bv the
thought that we wanted a money in this
country which nobody else could use The
a. - g1naral nircrIa,ino ,,,od;,.,,, NV cod
goye7onantaI cnrrenn[7 w., ,.l. WI
il nor ne l,shIa 70 the ,arra,istson which f,I
loved IN tinas Of na,,,d ~ ,,a. tI,, .a-o
raars ,,o ~ \, f,r than ,I,. -. -,
,.i...II 7,a,,,,s ,.,,,rc,,o,. Ia,,l o., .,i 80.
cornor.ta credit am, the nao,ln IN tinas If
General 5istrusf rushed opt INTO the street -
sell for gold aJ aay price; but now the
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down rb. recor,.,. .r.d.rjo,, ~ Inc c,n,nirt.a
- I,,ror u r's,,.'P.ion q specie pay "t:5
way or large capitalist or corporation wants
heavy loan OF slo'"ooooo or more, Eng
l,a Or rance !. @pPsL1 % ?r u, ANA s,ls
might lust a. well 90 into tbc norklts Of ', our
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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-12-27

\ bin has finally passed The
lower house of Congress, fixing the
pay of Senators and Representatives
ut $4,000 per annnm, besides actual
traveiing expenses; and gives 50
900 additional, to the Vice Presi-
dent and Speaker Of the House.
David \. Gage, City Treasurer
OF Chicago since 1869, Of good rep
ntation, is found to be short i'm his
accounts and admits deficit Of
S350,00O lie proposes to turn over
property 10 more than cover 1t
Ills bondsncn are responsible, and
it is supposed the City will not lose.
Tho great dry-goods firm Of
Clatiin & Co., \. Y, in consequence
OF the panic had TO ask an eXten-
sion, and At once advertised to sell
their immense stock of goods at a
sacrifice. Tie result was, quick
sales 20 the amount Of several nil
lions, and now the firm announce
that they will be able to anticipate
the payment Of the first INSTRUMENT
of their extended paper; which j.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-12-27

THE VILE DE HI FRE-TOUGHING
STORY or THE OBLITERITION
or 4 FINILT
We read ia the NV York Herald OF
", dnesday:
Murray, Hamilton. No information.
Murray. Miss No iutormatou
Flatt, Mrs, {. \ No information.
We en- supply the deficiency
Five years ago there lived IN the city of
O>we-o, New York. "A happy flmiiy Of seven
Ia tamily Of wealth b III social position.
well known in New York and Philadelphia
The head Of il, Hon. Hamilton Murray. held
several high positions Of trust and honor.
lie was called away, ana five wears ago he
died Not long after his death, his eldest
son, who graduated ri our own University in
this city. with ho0ors, was accidentally
drowned soon after he received his diploma.
Not long after. the eldest daughter. lovely
girl, sunk under the wasting DESTROYER con
sumption. and vas land IN tine grave by father
and brother. TIE triple grief was tuo much
for the heart broken wife and mother ANA
she went 10 Join them in the happy aHd.
Bat IN gong she had CD leave u,r three
Youngest TWO sons and daughter Calling
10 her side her ijte long bosom friend, Ms.
o. A. Plat. she cauhaed 10 Der care ta.~e
three. egjniaiug unou Der never ta leave
them Gu.ll rhey had Embarked su life, aud rs
qay>yEgG her Go sccomPsa taem lo Europ-
and >uaer.utenl their educaunn. These
tHrre went down together and nov fae Muir
rav family, all save one the Youngest,
Charles. now At Princeton College. are raUul-
tel in their eternal home with ih.jg friend
Ms PItft, who was mote taau SISTER "a
them all Mrs Catherine i PIatl was the
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-12-27

Changes are going on among Our
Wisconsin cditoriaI brethren. to cor
respond with the events Of The great
revolution Of last fall Hon {. La
tham Sholc>. the oldest, ana one Of
the ab.eS; editors in the State. has
accepted the chief edjtor>bip OF he
Milwaukee Vars, Col +. \. Cal
kuS, lately connected with he pa
per, { to Madison t. take a posi-
ton IN the Uemorrut Hon. \. VI.
Thompson viii retire from the Sen
t15ei on the first OF January, when
\. &. Botkin, Ed, Of the Chicago
Times, will assume he position OF
managing editor.
Al these gentlemen are powerful
and conspicuous writer's tor the
press, and have deserved well OF the
pub jc Most of them are repre-
>en,atives # the old stock OF early
times Shoies i one OF the pio GERS
of the craft in the western world
Colonel Ca.kins has d en- long on
du.y-tuliy twenty years. Tho mp
son : service i brIetcr bv "a few
years only: aud Botkin. much The
ynun4esr, Is a born Wisconsin b.v.
He commenced on the Sentinel. a...t
now GOES ba k 10 it ai.cr quite au
absence I'D { hicago.
We most heartily wish these
In. fDF-f... 80 he. r.t.I. % -IlIt 4,,aa-r, =.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-12-27

- - ne : ~ ''''i'AC ht'I'ts Ni]i
Mr.. Peyton in the loss OF his rel
atives
AFFAIRS OF THE COUNTRY.
VIEWS OF THOMAS 4. SCOTT ON THE BUSINESS
slTUATIoN-SPECIE PAYMENT NOT NEEDED
AN ELASTIC CURRENCY THE GREAT pEsIpERA.
rUM
We give below the opinions OF
Col ThoS. A. Scott on currency
and finance generally, agreeing, as
we do, with the Milwaukee Nc,rs,
and Other leading Journals, that his
views are enncndy sound, instruct
i've and practical
\ correspondent of the New York T,.iJpu4
has been interviewing Col. Thomas A. Scout,
first vice president of the PENNSYLVANIA rail
way company, who not long since ret. rned
from Europe The following is given rs the
rc~u'r OF the interview:
The true remedy for our domestic trouble,
said Nr. Scots, Is to put our financial ati'5rs
in such a shape that the people Of the couu.
tr,. cav, oct ,,oray.t y reasonable nrica onr
.l,borfno naanl, ba set - work and our man
ufaetnru2, mining, and ali other indus ries.
lc started upon Z basis On which rhev can
be- sustained II present manufacturers
aal others cannot get money n aHNhing
III. reasonable ,r;.as. ,ao II ha had II
sufficient quantities 70 carry on the bushes,
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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-12-27

Loss OFLIFE IND PROPERTY on
THE LIKES
Statistics show the loss OF life on
the Great Lakes the past season,
from other than natural causes to
have been 1913; Of which, l69 re
suited from drowning, % from acct
dents and one from burning.
The total damage to property
amounted to $4,000, or nearly
100000 more than las; wear Tho
number Of vessels to which acct
dents occurred during the year,
were 1918 a. against AS IN 1872.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-12-27

widow Of VIM Plat, son of Hon. Jame-
Plat, of oswego. She leaves one son, James,
in business in New York. If ever there was
an earnest worker in charity aud love, Mrs
Plat was one--a sincere Christian, devoted
mother never falling friend She has gone
to meet her reward. Ptjla9eiplja Press.
Hon Hamilton Murray was the
uncle of onr esteemed towusman H.
Murray Peyton Esq, and the young
lady and gentleman above mention
ed, lost on the Inflated Vile du
IIavre, his first cousins. Both Mr..
Murray and his son visited Superior
al different times, and are ftvorabIy
remembered by many of our citi-
zens, who Sympathize deeply with
Mr.. Peyton in the loss OF his rel
atiyes
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-12-27
AFFAiRS or THE COUNTRY

VIEWS OF THOMAS a. SCOTT ON THE BUSINESS
SITUATIoN-SPECIE PAYMENT NOT NEEDED
AN ELASTIC CURRENCY THE GREAT pEsIpERA-
TUM.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-12-27

More than three hundred bills
we're introduced into Congress ON
Observation-Disclosures 18th.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-05-24
Hotel Property for Sale
ADMINISTRATIVE SALE.

HsF By virtue Of an order granted by the
Court of Ordinary of said Richmond county,
Georgia, on the 18th day of May, 1873, will be
sold, at the Planters Hotel, in the city of Au-
gusta, on First Tuesday I'm July, 1873, at
public sutcry, between the legal hours of sale
and to continue from day to day until all is
sold, all the personal property belonging to
the estate of John A. Goldstein, deceased,
consisting of household and kitchen furni-
ture, sheets, pillows, holsters, pilIoweases mat
tresses, spreads, blankets, curtains, carpets,
towels, musquito nets, croekery and glassware
silverware, spoons, knives and forks, table
ware and table furniture generally, extra beds
and bedding, wine safes, ETC., all of which is
fully set forth in the inventory filed in the
office of Ordinary, being such personal prop
srty as is generally found at and used keeping
a hotel.
Sold as the property of said John A. Gold
stein, deceased, for the purpose of paying the
debts of said estate.
TERMS-Cash. Purchasers to pay for all
papers. HANNAH GOLDSTEIN,
Administrative estate of John A. Goldstein.
The purchaser can arrange with owner to
rent hotel, myA
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-05-24
DIED.

BULKLEY-At the residence Of her parents,
corner Walker avenue and LaRose street,
May %, 1873, CARRIE LOCKWOOD, infant
daughter Of H. ID. and Cara A. Bulkley, aged
six months and thirteen days.
Funeral services by Rev. w. f. Boggs, at res
idence, this SATURDAY. afternoon, May
9th, at 81 O'Clock. Friends of the family are
invited to attend.
FELL-In this city, May I'D, at 10 o'clock
pm, of liberated bowels, Mr.. THOMAS FELL
OF Columbus, Georgia.
columbus (Ga.) and Richmond (Ya.) papers
v,loosa oOrrr
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-05-24
TELEGRAMS.

Ascension day was generally observed
In France.
A sever hurricane passed over central
Iowa thursday morning.
Alexander Mauzoni, well known
author, Cied at Rome yesterday, aged
eighty-nine.
The Weir iron company was organ
lied at st. Louis yesterday with a capi-
tai of six hundred thousand dollars.
A libel suit is pending against the
Chicago 17ljer- Ocean for five hundred
thousand collars, for alleged slanderous
publications.
A drunken man created a fee for the
coroner followed by an ordinary funeral
at st. Louis yesterday by tumbling out
of thirG story window.
The London Lancet, published yester
day, detailed statement of the malady
of the pope, which it says is worse than
has been officially stated.
The shah of Persia met with a brilli-
tersburg yesterday. 1t is the first time
the old coon was ever beyond the limits
of his own dominions.
Petersburg, Virginia, had a startling
sensation day before yesterday in the
shape of duel, with fatal results. A
second dispatch, however, revealed the
fact that the affair was hoax.
Colonel De Blanc and companions
were before the commissioners at New
! Orleans yesterday, but their cases were
postponed Until Monday on account OF
the absence q State witnesses.
A New York dispatch says that
George Macdonald, of bank of England
nOtoriety, has been given into the custo-
dy of the United States marshal to
await the action of the authorities.
Contract for the superstructure of Chi
eago and st. Louis river railroad bridge
over the Mississippi river at Louisiana,
Mossuri, has been awarded to a Rock
Island firm at two hundred and fifty
thousand dollars.
One person was probably fatally and
several others serverely injured by the
falling CT 3 scaffold at Shamokin Penn
sylvania yesterday during the cere-
mony Of laying the cornerstone of the
new Catholic church.
A telegram from st Paul says the
Minnesota State senate sitting as q
court of Impeachment in the case of O
| +. Eyer, the State treasurer, found him
/ guilty last night and passed sentence
/ formally removeing him from Office.
New York is in trouble about her
/ Hudson river State hospital, originally
! intended to cost but eight hundred thou
sand dollars, has already cost over 8
million, aad II finished according to
/ present plans will absorb over three
millions.
Ex-senator S. G. Pomeroy passed
/ through st. Louis last night, en- route to
Kansas. He gave newspaper reporter
/ TO understand that he would at once in
augurate campaign for the senatorship
left vacant by the resignation of Sena-
| tor Caldwell.
The following guagers were appointed
by the President yesterday: Caleb f.
Lingo, ard William G. Williams, First
Ohio district; Peter Tillon, Tenth Hi.
nois district; Samuel d. Brown, Fifth
Kentucky district; George F. Simonsor
and George NJ. Robertson, First Indi.
ana district.
A telegram from Barcelona yesterday
says that General Nalarde has issued
proclamation calling all males between
fourteen and sixeeen years Of age int
Metropolitan columns. and threatening
; the infiiction of heavy penalties upoI
all municipalities attempting to thwar
its operations.
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VARIETIES.

Mr.. Story, the sculptor, is said to be
writing a comedy.
Mr.. Blerstadt has an his easel large
picture of Cerre GOrjo.
M. Fulgence Gerard, whose name for
merly stood high in French literature,
died recently at Paris in destitute cir
cumstarces.
A Springfield reporter, unable TO OBJ
tain the.score Of q base ball match, gent
ly saidls2ld than he would not tell which
beat, for fear Of hurting somebody's feel
ings.
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Shoshones are familiar with the Modoc
movements. There is great alarm in
the camp, and many settlers are leaving.
A strong impression prevails there that
a general Indian outbreak is being
planned.
Indians Fighting Among Themselves.
ST. LOUIS, May 23.-A special to the
Times from Fort Sill, Indian Territory,
says that great excitement prevails
among the Washita Indians on account
of the murder of their principal chief.