The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-11-04

From the National Oapital.

From the National Capital.
Governor Ames has written a letter to the
Attorney General, abiding to the pacific re-
lations of the opposing political organiza-
tions in Mississippi, and expressing sincere
gratitude to the representative OF the Attor'
ney.General, now In that State, who has
brought about this condition Of things, and
insured peaceful campaign and fair
election.....1he Post-office Department has
decided to order railway postal-car service
between the cities OF Pittsburg and st.
Lonis via the Pan Handle and Vandalia
route, and passing through Indianapolis.
The railroad companies will Immediately
provide the requisite cars, and the service
will begin as soon AS the department can
make the necessary arrangements in regard
to clerical labor and alterations of schedule.
BY this means it is calculated that the pres
ent postal facilities Of very large part Of
the Ohio and Mississippi River Valleys will
be greatly augmented and improved.
Attorney General Pierrepont has given the
opinion that the faith of the United States
is unqualifedly pledged for the payment Of
interest and principal, at maturity, of the
50 bonds of the District of Columbia, au-
thorized by Congress under the act of June
20, 1S74......The Supreme Court has decided
the case of the Farmers x Mechanics Ma
tonal Bank Of Buffalo against Peter c.
bearing. The New York Court Of Appeals
held that the agreement for the discount of
note above the legal interest i'm New York
was corrupt and illegal, and that, under the
law of the State, the whole debt was for
feited, but the opinion the Supreme Court
has reversed to the effect that, under the
National Bank law, the plaintiff forfeited
only the excess Of the legal rate Of interest.
Casualties.
A special dispatch from Macon, Mo-, to the
st. Louis Globe-Democrdt, says: DIR. B. F.
Sherman and Samuel Parker, one of the old
est citizens of this place, went to Bevier, and
while there visited DR.. Shanks' drug store.
After leaving the store they had not pro-
ceeded ten rods when Parker fell on the
street in commissions. In five minutes DIR.
Sherman was similarly affected, and in
twenty minutes both were dead. 1t is sup
posed they were poisoned, and the Coroner
has gone to examine into the matter.
.....SimOn n. Small, formerly a prominent
and wealthy lawyer of Milwaukee, Wis,
committed suicide recently, by shooting him
self through the head. The act is attributed
to depression, induced by an incurable and
chronic disease and pecuniary losses. De-
ceased was formerly proprietor Of the New
hall House.
A dispatch from Greensboro, KY, says
Professor Atchison an aeronaut, was seri.
ously injured at that place. He attempted
an ascention at the Calhoun Fair to please
the spectators, but by the busning of the
balloon when several hundred feet high, was
precipitated to the earth and badly hurt.
His recovery is doubtful......A young man,
named Harry Grouse, was found dead near
Sharpsburg, Pa, few mornings since. A
bloody trail, leading from q courtyard near
where the body was found, leads to the sup
position that he was shot in the coal.yard
and his strength failed before he could reach
assistance. There is no clue to the MUIR
derer.
AS Stephen Lewis, fisherman and ferry
man, was taking a load of colored people
across the Mississippi River, from South St.
Louis to East Carondelet the other afternoon,
the skif in which they were, being greatly
overloaded, sprang a leak about the ordinary
water line, and Lille Smith, becoming
boat, and all were drowned except two.
Lewis, in attempting to save two of the
women, was lost himself. The names of the
drowned are as follows: Stephen Lewis,
Perry Glover, Betty Slaughter, Lille Smith,
Louisa jackson, and boy three years old.
IA boiler in the paper mill of Morrison,
Bare Co., at Roaring Springs, Pa, ex.
seriously injuring ten men.
The body of young and beautiful woman,
aged about twenty-five years, was found in
the river a short time since, at Leavenwortb,
Kansas. The corpse was richly dressed,
having on a purple silk dress and jet breast
pin and earrings. In the pocket OF the dress
was found a pocketbook containing $175 in
money, and card case containing cards
haar IN ba nf NJ all
check for baggage to Leavenworth and a
pass from Chicago to Kansas City were also
discovered in the pocket of the dress. A
horrible mystery is connected with the
affair, and the police will do their utmost to
ferret it out.
Disasters by Fire.
A fire in Freeport, Illinois, destroyed the
fine building occupied by the Freepor,
in operation six months, and several hun
dred were in process of completion. The
loss on building and property is one hun.
dred and fifty thousand dollars. The fire
was undoubtedly of incendiary origin.
An incendiary fire at Mahoney Plane, Pa.
destroyed Kirtin's drug store, in which were
the Post-ofiice and Western Union Telegraph
Office, with seven business houses adjoining
thV anu tcicSTdpn
were saved. The total loss is $4,000.
destructive fire lately occurred in Yer
sailles, KY, originating in woodshed in the
yard of widow Dickey, in the rear of Thorn.
tons livery stable. The shed is supposed to
have been set on fire. Thornton's stable,
with eighteen horses, number of buggies,
carriages, omnibuses, etc., were all burned
nothing was saved Mrs. Dickey's large
brick residence, and in it the will of her
late husband, seven hundred dollars in
money, and all her furniture and clothing,
were destroyed. Bailey 4 Fawbry's stable
was next burned, the contents being mostly
saved. Mrs. SCOTS residence was consider
ably damaged. The total loss is about $780,
600, and insurance about $4,000. No one
was seriously hurt. The salvation of the
square was principally due to the heroic ex-
ertions Of colored men with hand engine.
The better portion of Virginia City, Ne.
-<ada. has been destroyed by fire. The loss
lion dollars Tho