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gained considerable Roadway before an attempt
was made to %extinguish them, in consequence OF
which the building was completely Quilted down
to the two lower floors, which were not so
much injured as the others. During the pro-
gress Of the fire o stairway suddenly gave way,
burying q number Of fremen. instantly killing
one and seriously, il not fatally, injuring four
more. The loss on the building and stock will
not be far from $1,000, 900.
W. F. C~oolbaugh, president Of the Union
National Bank Of Chicago, committed suicide
by shooting himself with 8 revolver. He had
been in i'll health and WAS subject to fits of de-
preston.
A fire in the building partly occupied by
NJ. J.. Steinberg, halter and furrier, at ST.
Louis, destroyed property valued at 500, 600,
which is insured.
A company has been formed in San Francisco,
having for its object the laying of a cable
between that city and China and Japan. It's
capital stock is 10000, 900.
An earthquake occurred in different parts of
the Western States, shocks being felt at Council
Bluffs, a., Omaha, Neb., Columbus Ohio, and
elsewhere. In North Platte, Neb., printing
office material was overturned.
In Warren county, Ia., a man named Reuben
Proctor fatally shot Miss Codigan while at
tempting to commit q burglary in her fathers
house. While undergoing a preliminary ex-
animation Proctor was taken from the law
officers by q number Of men and hanged.
The house Of a colored woman named Hester
Ann Williams, near the cross roads at Tanners
! Creek, Va, was destroyed by fire. and three
children-two aged four years and the other an
infant-were burned to death.
There are still q few CAGES of yellow fever a,
Jacksonville, Fla, although the epidemic hat
left Fernandina.
Two officers attempted to arrest Frank
| Louis, when Rande drew q revolver and fired,
MORALLY wounding Officer White. In the
scuf1e that followed the desperado"was shot by
the pawnbroker, receiving q mortal wound.
Knoxville. Tenn, was visited by an earth.
quake, the shock lasting over a minute.
A formidable invasion of Texas by severa'
large parties of Indians from Mexico occurred
the other day, and General Ord notified the
people living along the border to be on Their
guard against the raiding savages.
At Marne, Iowa, Mrs. Lingfelt, wife Of
merchant living there. threw herself and babe
into o deep well during q fit Of insanity. snd
when the bodies we're recovered, two hours
afterward, life was extinct
After eating some fish chowdsr William Kalel
and wife, of Boston, Mass, were taken sick and
died suddenly; and 1t Is thought that poison
had in some way got into the food.
At Richmond, Va, the commissioners OF the
Lee Monument Association have decided to
defer making the award for IN equestrian
statue of General Lee another year.
Edward 4. Lapgton, q soldier at Fortress
Monroe, was killed by e blow from 3 wooden
| bar in the hands Of a band musician named
| Congo, into whose saloon the victim and other
soldiers we're trying to foroe their way. Congo
fed, but was captured by a sheriff.
From Washington.
The Senate, in executive session, confirmed
! the nomination Of John L. Stevens, of Maine,