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A IIIGH-LIFE TRAGEDY.
The Parties i'm High Social Standing
and Related TO the Bccchers.


New YORK, Dec. 26.-ln the fine brown.
stone mansion located in Monroe place,
one o.! the most fashionable ncighborhoods
in Brooklyn, Charles L. johnson, of this
city, shot and seriously wounded his wife
today, while the latter held their infant
child in her arms. johnson is 20 years OF
age, and married little over a year ago.
The marriage took place in the house
where to-day the husband attempted mur-
der The ceremony was performed by the
Rev. Henry Ward Bcechcr, who is connected
with the family. The event attracted much
attention among thcpcoplc Ofiashion in both
cities by reason Of the high social standing
and wealth of the contracting parties. The
young couple went TO keeping house, but
their happiness hardly Outliyed the honey
moon. johnson, although not man of
dissipatcd habits had an uncomfortable
temper According TO the account Of her
friends he constantly illtrcatcd her. She bore
her sullcrings long time, but few weeks
since complained to her father, Mr. X. 5.
Benedict. Mr.. Benedict spoke to John.
sons father, proprietor of the Twenty.
third street stage line, about the matter,
but he was unable apparently to control
his son. The ill.trcatmcnt continuing,
Mrs johnson, Jr, abOuta a wCekagO, during
the absence Of her husband, took her chip
and its nnrsc to her fathers.
To-day about two o'clock, while Mr..
BcnCdict's family were at dinner, the door
bell was rung. The servant girl said Mr.
johnson wanted to see Mrs Johnson. Her
mother expressed determination to be
present at the interview. Mother and
daughter entered the parlor, the latter car
rying her infant child in her arms, john
son looked pale. He informed his moth
cr.n-law he wished to see his wife alone.
Mrs. Benedict said she thought it would
he better for her to remain. Mrs. John
son then intcrlered and requested her
mother TO leave. As soon rs Mrs. Benc.
diet left, johnson demanded his child.
His wife said she could not give up the
child. They were standing at the folding
DOORS the husband next to the back room.
He turned quickly, and, putting his hand
in his pocket, said: "l'll shoot you"
Mrs. johnson screamed, and, clasping her
baby, ran through the hall toward the base.
mcnt stairs. She had gone but a step or
two when her husband came out of the
back parlor, and, standing over his wife,
fired 1T her The ball entered the front of
the right shoulder and passed out at the
lower point of the breast bone. The baby
narrowly escaped, and Mrs. johnson was
caught by her sister at the foot of the stairs.
\ policeman was called, and johnson was
arrested before he could leave the house.
lie refuses to make any statement, The
wound is not thought fatal. Mrs. John
sons sister is the wife of Col. Henry Beech
cr, one Of Henry Wards sons. Mrs. John
son charged her husband with assault with
intent to kill and he was locked up.
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A Woman's Sublime HerOisnI,

Sister s., of the Order of Troycs,
domiciled in II French convent, had taken
some sick children out for a walk in the
country, the oldest being only years of
age and they were suddenly assaled by
sheep.dOg, whose jaws were running with
foam. She instantly saw the danger of
her charges, and resolutely interposing
between the terrified children and the firi-
Gus animal, bravely withstood its attack.
She was severely bitten, and the dog,
excited by the cries of the children endeav.
ored to rush upon them, Protecting with
her body the children, who hung on her
pctticoats shrieking with terror, this brave
girl threw herself courageous,y on the
dog, and for ten minutes grasped it, rolling
over with 1t, and thrusting her hand into
its mouth to prevent its biting the children.
Some peasants, whe came up at last, beat
of and killed the dog. The sister was
found to have fifteen deep wounds on her
hands and larcerated arms Skillful care
was given to her wounds, and for short
time after her return to Paris there was
some hope that she might escape the ulti
mate fate which there was so much reason
to lear In a week or Two hydrophobia il
all its characteristic SYMPTOMS appeared
and the Sister s. died from the fearful
disease. She had saved five lives
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KILLED BY A MANIAC son.
The Terrible Fate OF n Supposed New
York Leather Dealer.

hhlnoo lily llHOn.
There came in on the Kansas Pacific last
night Deputy Sheriff hnowlton, of Sher.
man County, Kansas He had in charge
young man named Arthur G. Wells, ma
MAC. In 1875, a young man arrived at
Merriweather's ranch, on Beaver Creek, and
applied for work as herder or COW boy.
| Not wanting any assistance, Col. Merrl.
weather referred the young man to some
Texans who were herding about ten miles
west. He returned few days afterward
and applied for board and offered to at
tend the cattle herd gratis, if he could be
permitted Being Il quiet honestlooking
youth he was permitted TO remain in the
dugout, or cave, and subsequently engaged
in herding. He would remain out AT
night, and be absent sometimes for two or
three days. lie had an adherence for
writing or reading, and appeared to be al
ways in dread Of something, On his re
turn from one Of his long trips from the
ranch, he brought an old man whom he
introduced us his father They went
away, and after cw weeks absence re.
turned and seemed to be engaged in pur
chasing cattle and hcrding. They did not
want for money, and the old man made
frequent trips to Wallace for letters They
soon ceased to excite remark or curiosity
among the hcIdcrs, and were left TO them.
About three weeks ago the Wells herd,
numbering about one hundred and fifty
head of cattle was then scattered and with
out hcrdcr. Last Sunday three cattle
men rode down to the Wells camp, in r;l.
vine on Beaver Creek, and were surprised
TO find three dead ponies and several dead
dogs lying in front of the cave, or dugout
in the bank. No signs Of life was visible
outside. The door was found uniastened
and on entering terrible scene was wit
messed. The hcadicss body of old man
Wells was found near the entrance to the
cave. The young man was reclining on II
dimly lighted den, evidently asleep. When
aroused he sprang from the bed with some.
thing in his arms which was wrapped in
blanket. He attempted TO shoot the intrud.
crs, but was promptly seized, and IN the
struggle the head Of his father rolled out
of the blanket. He was u ravng maniac.
An examination Of the papers and cor
rcspOndCncc showed that the old man was
l.. a. Wells, formerly dealer in leather
and hides, New York city. His son had
been accused Of some crimc-the CORES.
pondcnce and the papers found seemed TO
indicate murder Of his wife. HIS father
had followed him out to Kansas and was
endcavOring to reclaim his boy, but lost his
life in the attempt. He is being taken 10
New York by direction of his mother, and
will he placed in an asylum. He is violent
at times but is closely guarded
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ton last week, Gen. Butler spoke at some
length on the political situation. He de-
Tended the Presidents title, but criticized
his Southern policy. About eighty promi-
nent representatives were present. Banks
and others made speeches.
Big Mining Transaction.
The Golden Gate Mining company OF
DeadwoOd has consummated sale OF their
four mines, the Father De Smet, Golden
Gate. Justice and Belcher, to Colorado cap
italists for the handsome sum Of S40J,OOO
This is the heaviest mining transaction that
has occurred in the Hills.
Discontinued.
The President has issued an order
disseminating the Sioux city land office
and directing its business and archives to
be transferred to Dcs Moincs, Iowa. There
are now less than 1000 acres of public lands
in Iowa fully subject to disposal by the
government.
Died.
Gen. Geo. W. McCook of Ohio, was
stricken with paralysis on Christmas day
at the residence Of his brother, Gen. Anson
G.. McCook, of New York, and died on the
2Sth.
Japan Takes II Back Seat.
The Paris MOnitour states that Japan
has denounced all commercial treaties and
resumed its right to revise its customs at
pleasure.
Strike.
In consequence of the proposed rcduc-
tion of wages after the holidays one thous-
and iron workers at Sheffield have struck.
Carlos Bounced.
The French government has request
ed Don Carlos to leave France, and he start
ed for the frontier ut once.
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An Important Arrest.

:.
John BrAgg llOppcr-Wl'l 'llc aIiaScS
John H. Miller Maj. James lhOmas ana
Charles Chapman-was arrested at lhe
Queens Hotel Fredericton, N B' on Mon
day, on Il charge OF lorScrlcs committed IN
Augusta, GA, some time ago Hopper l.,
Il remarkable man. lie sWclled around
the Vineyard last summer under llle aliaS
OF Miller accompanied ny Il woman VINO
announced herself as Alice l." NeDD' "a
wealthy widow, md by Their display drew
Il good deal oi attention ana much GohipiE
ny which they seemed TO court during
the summer the llrm'ot James T. Ballcy "
Sons, of Augusta, Ga, requested that thc
Chief Of Police of this city would look up
a man answering his description, VINO was
supposed To he ms way, VINO la'l lorgeu
three drafts OH the concern and got away
with the money. The case was gwen 10
detectives Wood and Curricr, VINO soon
found out that Hopper had been stopping
at the Revere and Parker houses IN thls
city. They knew nothing then OF his be-
ing at the Vineyard, nut wren lhG SIlorc
season closed they learned that nc mao Fe'
turncdto the city, and was boarding III Il
private family. They were 100 late 10
catch him, however, as upon application
at The Statc-h0usc he hlu learned tha'
Il err was Il rcQulslllon for NM some
time elapsed before his Whereabouts were
again known, and then word came thaI hc
was visiting a respectable family IN salem
in company with the widow Inc ue'Gc'
tivCs followed him up, but they were Il lit
tie behind him, he having LETT for the ,E, East
while his lady partner went South lhcy
kept track OF him for II short time, but nc
warily disappeared, and was not heard Ol
until last week, when one OF the flrm tha'
he had victimizcd, who had never gwen
up the search, tracked him to Fredericton
ind calling upon the st. john ponce
had him arrested, and he is now marching
to Georgia,
Hopper who is about 80 years old, has
story, which, as given to the detectives by
princdcIculars and word.oi moitl, maybe
outlined rs follows; He is nativeof Mary
land, where he married and deserted
clergyman,s daughter, by whom he haI
two children. He next turned up il
Augusta, Ga. under his wite's name
Miller became through his plous smart
ness the agent Of the Cotton Life lnsuT
ancc Company of the Southern States, serv
ing with good reputc, representing himscI
as a single man, marrying the daughter q
a respectable merchant, and 10 them tou
children were born. llehad agood salar
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Prevalince of our Common Diseases in
Japan.

DR.. Stuart Eldridge of Yokohama,
distinguished phyician, who has had a
long and varied experience in this
country in hospital-work and as an act
i've practitioner, has furnished me with
the following data at my request;
"Scarlet fever, almost W,kno,c',, never
epidemic. Diphtheria, almostunknown,
never epedemic. Severer forms of bow
el-disease, such as dysentery and diar-
rhea, very rare. Malarial diseases of Sc
we're nature uncommon; even the mild
er forms in most localities not common.
Typhoid and typhus rarely epidemic,
the latter uncommon" with these facts
before us, let us examine the conditions
of living among these people. 1t is well
known that their houses are SO arranged
that the winds blow through them from
one end to the other. In summet they
are entirely open.
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attacks. but in neither of them did he COM
init nyviolence.
A lood-Curdling Tragedy.

A shocking tragedy occurred at Farm
villc, Va, on the 2Sth inst. Col. William
Randolph Berkeley, the eminent lawyer OF
that place, was seatedin his office convers-
ing with Mr.. Alfred Moth, cashier Of the
English and American bank, when Il knock
was heard at the door and Col. Berkeley
got up to answer 1t. On opening the door a
shot was fired from without and the Colonel
fell back with ball in his temple. Immedi-
ately afterwards Captain William II. Ken
nedy entered the office and stepping behind
Col, Bcrkeley's desks, placed pistol to his
own head and fired. Mr.. Moth says all he
heard was remark by Captain Kennedy as
he first fired, which intimated he had some
grievance against the colonel. it is stated
that Kennedy made three previous attempts
on his own life and for II long time has
been in moody and respondent condition.
Col. Berkeley died instantly.
Renegades Caught and Killed.
The following dispatch has been for
warded to washington by Gen. Mcdowell to
the adjutant general: General Kautz has
just received the following dispatch from
camp Bowie, Arizona, dated the 2ith:
Lieuts. Bucker and Tony of the Sixth cav
airy, have returned. They struck the party
that killed the mail rider December the
14th, east of STEMS peak range, and killed
one. Five days later they struck them in
old Mexico. surprised the ranchero ofthirty-
four Wickcups. destroyed the camp, cap
tured sixteen horses, fifty saddles and lot
of stun which the renegades had taken from
the train. Fifteen dead bodies were found
on the ground, with evidence that more
had been killed. The mail matter was re-
captured"
An Engineer Assassinated.
James O'Neill, well known passen
ger locomotive engineer on the Chicago &
Alton railroad, was shot dead in the street
at Bloomington, ILL.,, at 8 Il. m. on the 9th,
while returning homo from his trip. On his
testimony the shot was mysteriously fired
by an unknown hand. Some money was
found in his pockets, so that the murder is
unexplained. ONeill was known as abrave,
fortunate. honest, peaceful and highly re-
spcctcd man of 50 years, and lived with his
mother 90 yearsin Bloomington. He never
married. Active measures are being taken
to capture the assassin.
Murdered by Il Father and Son.
Lemuel and Ethelbert Smith, father
and son, have been arrested in Boykin De-
pot, Va, for the murder of Wm, II. Fuller,
on the 9th instant. The son says that his
father shot Fuller twice. The cause of the
murder was revenge.
More Rioters Sentenced.
Ten men, convicted of riot in inter
fcring with mining operations, at Wilkes
barre, last August, were sentenced to pay
fines varying from $40 to 500, and .impris
onment from thirty days to nine months.
Murderer Arrested.
Thos. Durkin at Willicsbarro, Pa,
has been arrested charged with being one
of the Molic Magurcs that murdered
Superintendent Smith, at Jeansvllc, Nov.
9TH, 1868.
Twenty Years in Prison.
The notorious Northampton bank
robbers Scott and Dunlap, at Springfield,
Mass, have each been scntcncedto 20 years
in the State prison.
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GENERAL NEWS.
\ Marvellous Voyage of Discovery to the
North Pole.

A cable from London says that Capt.
Virgins, an Englishman, just returned from
the Jencsei and Obi rivers in Siberia, re-
ports that route as practical to the North
Pole with en- open soa all the way. He re-
ports that there is an immense commerce
into Siberia from China. Capt Virgins
with his schooner OF forty tons burden sail
ed from the capital of Siberia to st. Peters
burg, and anchored before the Winter
Palace, where his vessel was visited by the
imperial family and by great crowds OF
people. Steps are TO be taken to organize
Il line of trading steamers and thus open to
the world the marvellous timber, grain and
mineral resources of Siberia. Seven tons
of gold were taken from one mine this year.
Wheat equal to that from California is sold
at SIS ton. Beef is one cent pound.
There are telegraphs everywhere, and the
large cities and people exhibited the great
spirit of enterprise that Russia has carried
into the country. In England people will
not credit the existence of the open sea, as
reported, nor the possibility of such a COM
merce. 1t is only fifteen days from the Jen-
isei river to London.
A Fatal Collision near Omaha.
An express train and freight train
collided one mile east Of Omaha on the 2Gth.
A dense fog prevailed at the time, and nci-
ther saw the others approach until they
were within 100 yards of each other, when
engineer Weeks on the express discovered
the freight approaching, He at once re-
vcrsed his engine and applied the air brake
when he and his fireman jumped, the fire.
man receiving no injury, while Weeks es-
capped with a dislocated ankle. On the
freight engine were Michael Mcguire, en-.
gineer. and Michael Callahan, fireman; the
latter Of whom was killed instantly, and thC
legs of the former cut off and his death oc
Cured two hours later. Conductor Curtis
Of the freight train, was on the engine an(
Jumped, saving his life. The trains wer,
neither moving at more than 10 miles pc
hour. The engine Of the freight was badl.
wrecked. The passenger engine was les
damaged and the train behind the Ars
baggage car was very little injured.
Sitting Bull.
Official dispatches from Big Horl
post. in Montana Territory, says two Ne
Perces have come into camp, having bee
in Sitting Bulls camp, and report that
white scout is in the camp of the hostiles a
, prisoner. The Nez Perces are anxious
leave Sitting Bull, and are slipping ava
whenever possible, but are afraid to CON
in body. A dispatch from Fort Bufor
says Sitting Bull is reported encamped @
Rock creek and committing some depredi
: tions, chiefly on other Indians.
4 Paying Out Our Money.
2 Since the passage of the army bil
d the U, s. treasury has paid out over $50
t 900 900 in currency the greater portion
r which was paid as compensation to office
l. and men OF the army. The treasurer is nc
v paying out over $23,OOO.0OO OF gold on a
n count of interest on the public debt, d
J. 1st OF January next, makingln all over s5'
l. 0OO, 900 disbursed during the past six week
r Ben Buffers Bricks.
.r At dinner Of the Banks club in BE
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THE MARKETS.

Kansas City-Wheat, No.2 spring, cash
Soc bid; winter, No, cash Sl.lO bid. Cattle
native stockcrs, $3.50; Col. Texas steers
S2.4O. Hogs, packers, S3.7GG3.77%.
New York Wheat, red winter, 81 .35GGl.4i
Corn mixed, 6ic.
Chicago-Wheat, S1.OSH, Jan. Corn, Ala
42c, Jan. Cattle, cows, S2,OO@3.5O; steers
S2.75@3.25 Hogs, mixed packing, A.Ol
G14.1O
ST. Louis-Wheat No. 3, red winter, Sl.l01l
cash. Corn. 1890 Jan. Cattle, prime tc
choice steers, Si,75@5.0O; stockers' S2,5l
Ca3,4O. Hogs, packing, S30O@415.
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One of Lydia Thompson,s burlesque
actresses Camille Dubois, who journey
ed all over America, dancing clog dane.
es and singing nursery hymns, has had
the good fortune to win the affection of
Hon. Wyndnan Stanhope, who has
welded her. They sail for Australia
this week, for the ostensible purpose Of
benefiting the bridegroom's health,
others say to cut society for a while,
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A Savings Bank Victims Suicide.


Yesterday morning a cook on the James
town found some clothes on the Vallejo
street wharf Papers were found which
proved to belong to Robert G. Crawford, a
discharged soldier from the United States
army. The man committed suicide by
drowning, On the fly leaf of psalm book
he says he commits the act because of the
failure of his savings bank. He writes on
another page that he took laudanum for
five nights, 2 ounces each night but 1t had
no effect on him, and he now takes the bath
to get rid of the world, and the savings
bank robbers may have their day next In
another place he writes in large letters,
"Ralston BATH" and then gives his age as
SO, and states that he commits the act be-
cause he was broken down by the savings
banks and is now unable to get employ
ment.