The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-02-17

port, Conn.,, over the marriage of James Par
ton, author, to his step-daughter, the same
being forbidden by the statutes Of that State.
The bridegroom learned of this statute the
morning after the wedding, aud to prevent
further scandal left his home in charge of
his wife, and took rooms for himself at Q
clearinghouse. He will apply to the Legis-
lature for special act sanctioning the mar.
riage.....T The failure OF Dale brothers, of
and woolens, is made public. The liabilities
are placed at over 81, 00o, 900, but the assets
are said to be double that amount......A. Il.
Bennett, Auditor of State of West Virginia,
has been acquitted of the charges of impeach-
ment preferred against him by the Legis-
lature during the past session. The vote on
the third article came within one Of having
the required two-thirds.
Moody and Sankey have been received by
immense crowds in New York city.....Two
children named Smith and young man
named Barry, who attempted their rescue,
were drowned at Apponang X. l., recently,
by the breaking of the ice......The New
York fire has devolved heavy losses upon
the British fire insurance agencies, and IT Is
supposed they will have to draw fl5O,OOO to
f2O0, 900 exchange immediately......Th The Con-
troller of Tennessee has furnished the fol-
lowing statement Of the financial condition
of the State: Assets next January, 81 ,2O1,-
702; liabilities So, GAS, 249; deficit, 81, 446547.
Reverdy johnson, the distinguished states
man and jurist, was found dead on the even
ing of February 10, at at eight o'clock, in
the grounds surrounding the Executive
Mansion, at Annapolis. Mr.. Johnson was
guest of Gov. Carroll, and dined that same
afternoon, with other gentlemen, at the
Executive Mansion. He was found dead in
the yard by servant.
Notes from Abroad.
A theatrical performance was given at
Drury Lane Theater, London, lately, for the
benefit of the Centennial Fund. The house
was crowded. The proceeds were nearly
two thousand dollars. One thousand dollars
was also contributed to the fund by Ameri-
can actors now In London 1.-THE Argentine
and Brazilian delegates will cease to hold
authority over Paraguay in five months.
The dispute in regard to the territory be-
tween Paraguay and the Argentine States
has been submitted to President Grant for
arbitration......A telegram from Rome says
there is reason to believe that the terms OF
treaty for the sale of Egyptian railways to
an English company have been settled, and
it is said the contract will be signed next
week...... From Antwerp it is rumored that
seven packages of gunpowder have been
discovered among the Goals on board the
Antwerp steamer, having one hundred
and fifty persons on board.........A
Brussels dispatch says that there were two
hundred and sixteen men in the Jabin mine
at the time of the explosion of the fire.
damp. Fifty were rescued alive, and it is
feared all the others have persisted. Twenty.
six dead bodies have been recovered.
still later dispatch reports two hundred as
the number Of miners killed in this terrible
explosion.
The London Times Berlin special says
that DR.. Levyshon, an eminent Prussian
journalist and Vienna correspondent OF
several German newspapers, notwithstand.
ing the intercession of German Ambassa-
doris, a nd despite DIR. Levyshon's well.knOwn
moderation, has been expelled from Austria
charged will disseminating intelligeL &c un.
favorable to the reslm...,.. Cunco, an old
friend OF Garibaldi, recently died in Flor
ence without receiving extreme JUNCTION.
The clergy have consequently refused the
remains a Christian burial. Garibaldi
writes to friend advising cremation.
The British Parliament was opened on
January s, with the usual ceremonies. The
Queen did not read her speech in person, but
she was present. The Queenin her speech
to Parliament, dwells upon the Herzegovin.
ian row, the triumphal progress of her be-
loved son through the provinces, the slave
traffic in India, and the South African Con-
ference, but has nothing to say upon the
questions at issue between Spain and the
United States.
Papers bring details of a fight at Saga,
near Remedies, where the Spaniards claim
to have repulsed the insurgents twice, kill
ing six men and four horses, and probably
wounding as many more. There were sew
eral cane.felds burned, and three Spaniards
killed and five wounded. At Holgwin the
enemy attacked and burned the village and
Fort of Yoreniquen, which, the Governor
says, was traitorously surrendered by the
garrison. The Anglo.E Egyptian Bank has
contracted to advance $l0,000,000 to Egypt
on security of her crops, also loan of &c.,
0OO, 900 to meet the Egyptian floating debt
and other charges. Weston has defeated
Perkins, the English champion, in the walk
for the fifty pound cup. The match was the
greatest number of miles in twenty-four
hours. Perkins made sixty.ive miles in
fifteen hours and stopped.