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FIRES AND CASUALTIES.

THE schooner Gustie Wilson was
wrecked on MnOt Ledge, on the coast
of Massachusetts,, on the Goth inst.
A FIRE at Louisville, Kentucky, Nov
21st destroyed the Falls City Steam
Bakery, involving a loss of $4,000.
THE crew of the wrecked steamer Mer-
curry were all rescued by life-b boat from
Ludington, Mich, Nov. 21st.
The worst gale of the season prevail
ed on Lake Michigan, Nov. 18th. Ship
ping interests suffered very heavy losses.
Many of the lake craft were driven ashore
and went to pieces.
IT was reported, Nov. 21st, that two
unknown persons had been swept over
Woods Falls, near Watertown. N. Y.
The awful tragedy was wrapped in mys-
terry, it being impossible to learn the
names of those who, apparently, com.
mitted selfdestructiOn.
4 KANSAS CITY dispatch of the 10Th
says the coroner's jury which has for
several days been investigating the cause
of The fatal disaster at Corle's cracker
factory on Nov. Z, returned verdict that
the fire aud destruction of the building
and death of the victi ms was caused by
an explosion of starch in the third story
of the factory.
4 TERRIBLE calamity occurred on Lake
Ontario on the nigh of the nth. The
tug Seymour, of Ogdensburgh, n Y
left Cape Vincent with three dredges and
eight scows in tow, for Buffalo. During
the night heavy gale was encountered,
and all the tags, small dredges and scows
were lost. OF the crews only six persons
were saved. Thirty.one people, including
three women and girl, were drowned.
The Seymour had fine weather until
after passing Galloupi Islands, off Sack
ett's harbor, when gale from the north.
east with a heavy snow storm set in.
The tug and tow got within five or six
miles of 0swego, when the lights were
lost. The steamer endeavored TO hold
the fleet till daylight, but the sea and
gale scattered it.
LAST evening, says an Auburn, n. Y.
dispatch of the 18th inst, an alarm of
fire was sounded from the Auburn pris-
on, and proved TO be in the large brick
building occupied by Hayden & Smith,
of Auburn, as saddlery hardware and
harness mandatory, employing 10 con-
victs. The fire at one time threatened
the destruction of all she
shops within the walls, but was
confined to this one building by the en-
ergetic work of the convict company
and entire department of the city. All
the contents were destroyed excepting
two steam boilers. Mr.. Smith, OF the
firm estimates the loss on stock and
machinery at $50. 200; insured for Sd,
600 Agent Moses estimates the loss TO
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Colonel InceFscll.

The next toast was as follows: "The
volunteer soldiers of the union army,
whose valor and patriotism gave to the
world q government of the people, by
the people. for the people" To which
Colonel Ingersoll made the following
response:
When the savagery of the lash, the
barbaTism OF the chain, and the insani-
ty of secession confronted the civiliza-
ton of our century, the question, VIII
the great republic defend itself ? trem-
bled on the lips of every lover of man.
kind. The north, filed with iutelli.
gence and wealth, products Of liberty,
marshaled her hosts and asked only for
q leader.
From civil life man. silent, thought
ful, poised, and calm, stepped forth,
and with the lips of victory voiced the
nations first and last demand. "Uncon-
ditonal and immediate surrender"
From that moment the end was known.
That utterance was the first declaration
of real war and in accordance with the
dramatic unities OF mighty events the
great soldier who made it received the
final sword of the rebellion. The SOL
diers of the republic were not seekers
after vulgar glory; they were not an
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CRIME.

Mrs. CATHARINE ZELL, charged with
poisoning Mrs. Kiehl, was found guilty
of murder in the first degree, at Carlisle,
Pa, November 10Th.
A BooK-KEEPER named Chas G. Bosse,
who had been employed in the Fire and
Marine Bank of Milwaukee for fifteen
years, was arrested on the 18th on a
charge or defalcation
JOHN RITTER, we'll known butcher
in Cincinnati, says dispatch of the
18th, engaged in quarrel with an en-
plove named Chas. Bergman, and during
the fight fatally stabbed him with knife.
A BERLIN dispatch of Nov. 2lst says
the state of siege which has existed here
for a year will be renewed on the 2Sth
inst for another year, as the government
does not think the Social Democracy
has been uproOted.
IT was discovered at Scranton, Pa,
Nov. 21st., that 2. B. Barger, chief clerk
in the extensive coal business of John
j rmin, was efal er to the amount of
100000. His dishonest operations began
several years ago.
AT Bloomsbury, Ind, ON the nth, the
coroners' jury in the case of the child
supposed 10 have been murdered by its
mother, brought in verdiC declaring
teat Minnie Jones came to her death by
means of arsenic administered in piece
OF bread said arsenic aving beer pur-
posely and wilfully administered by her
mother, Mary Jones Mrs, oDes was re-
manded to jail to await trial on the
serious charge.
A MILWAUKEE special of the Goth
says: An inmate of the National Home
mined George Lass, stabbed his wife in
fit of jealousy, yesterday, inflicting a
wound that may prove fatal. She main
tanned large family by washing and
keeping boardcrs and he was jealous of
the attentions of an associate inmate of
the soldiers home named Henry Schmidt
who he claims has family in Chicago.
Lass ground the tine of pitchfork
sharp, inserted it in handle, and during
a call at his home made a thrust at his
wife's heart, missed his aim and sunk
the weapon to the hilt in the epigastric
region. He was at once taken into Gus
tody.
Early yesterday morning, says a Dix
on, H., dispatch of the goth inst, por-
tions of woman's clothing was picked
up on Main street. Later young girl,
an inmate of house of i'll fame situated
on the fair grounds, was found in an al
ley nearly naked and in an insensible
condition, her face pounded to pulp,
and cuts and bruises on ali parts of her
body. A gang of ruffians last night got
the girl drunk, and some one OF the par
ty, no one seemed to know who, tore her
clothing, pounded, kicked and then left
her to die. She was cared for by the po-
lice, ana will probably die.
INFORMATION was received at Mem
phis on the Goth inst. which gave the
horrible details of the murder of an old
man named S. d. Phillips by his wife,
Sarah, in Marion county. Ark, up
White river. Phillips was over so years
old, and his wife, who had been twice
married before, is a well-preserved,
buxom woman of IS. The body was
found in the yard, whence she had drag
ged it from the house, where she had
murdered him in his sleep, crushing his
head with an ak. The head was literal
ly cut TO pieces, and the ax-blade had
been sunk into the breast to the heart.
The woman has confessed.
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GENERAL NOTES.

A HEAVY snow storm prevailed over
Lake Champlain Nov. 18th and 10Th.
NEARLY two and half million dollars
in gold reached New York from Europe
on the 10Th inst.
GENERAL and Mrs. Grant left Chicago
on the 10Th inst. for Galena. A large
crowd gathered at the depot to sec him
depart.
THE new French cable was successful
ly landed on Cape Cod on the nth, and
messages sent over the entire circuit to
Brest, France.
THE senate subcommittee investigat-
ing the Kellogg Spofford case met at
New Orleans on the 18th inst. and be-
gan taking new testimony.
THE republicans, of Boston, have nom-
mated Solomon b. Stebbins for mayor;
the democrats have re-nominated Hon
Fred. o. Prince for the same position.
IT was reported Nov. 1st that Jay
Gould was rapidly buying up all the
stock of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas
railroad, held by counties through which
the road is built.
THE Merchants Association of Bos
ton appointed committee to cooperate
with other organizations throughout the
country in an effort to secure The enact
ment of national bankrupt law, on the
10Th inst.
HoN. F. G. BEAMAN, recently appoint
ed U. s. Senator to fill the Michigan va
cancy caused by the death of Senator
Chandler. has declined to serve, and Gov.
1;roswell, on the nth inst, appointed ex-
Governor Henry p. Baldwin in his stead.
A NEW and important railroad project
was inaugurated at Dallas, Texas, on the
10Th of November. A company was or
ganized with five million capital, for the
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SENATE.

Republicans, IS; Democrets. s.

Adams-S W. Pierce
Ashland, Bayfield, Barron, BurAeit, DouslA
and PolK-L. t.. GundGrst n.
Brown-B Fontaine, ID. E. scdgwick, c. va
cor
Bufialo-Frank Gilman
Caumet- IL " Parkinson.
Chippewa aud PrIce--H. q. McRae
Clark, Lincoln, Taylor aud Wood-N II,
Coumbia-Addison Eaton, nat. zowth.
Crswiord-M II. Webster.
Daue-John Tieri6y, Thomas Beattie, c. O.
Crosse.
Williams B. Il, SheTH!dH.
Door, S. Minor
DuRn-J. McGilon.
Eau Claire-lra b. Bradford.
Fond Gu Lac-W. A Adamson, ID. y. TreleYans
j. F. Ware, Igaatius Hl0tz.
Grant Chas Watson, John A. Klindt,
Driniley.
Green Lake Richa d Pritchard.
Iowa.. Kennedy, Chas. G. Cox,
tackson-R. ID. Wilson.
Jentrson-Jesse Stone. j. d. Bullock. s. 4
CRAIG.
Juneau-Geo p KepW /, joan r. Kingston.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS " lnams.
Kewaunee-J. Il. D0r6ekiay.
La Crosse--John Bradley. =.
l. a rayette-T II. shell Ion. BeFadrd NcGiHtF.
hanitowoc John CGreg. Peter R'Rader, w. II
Henschmeycr
Marathon-,yohn RiBq'e.
MaTQuet &C. s. Ke saY.
Milw,ukee-C. .. Paine, OTTO Glyerenz Ed
Ward Reogh, E. B simpson, John Iieatitg g
koe- scr. c. l.. Colby. Chas +. Freeman Luther
Gibson, Washington BOorse, Pdtf{ck MsFrstg
Monroe-Eli Waste, Robert Campbell.
Oconto, Marnette aud shawano-O. A, Els.
outagamie-J. c. PETERSON, Joseph 4adgeF
OzluKee-Fred. W. Horn tlndD
Pcpn AMI part of Buhalo--W alison
Pierce-N. =. Hanpen.
Purtsge-T. II. MrDill.
Racine-- W 2. Packard John Posust9w.
Richland--W II. Josln, j. II Chase
ROCK -R. J. Burge, f. ). Lawrence, L. s Lord.
ST. Croix-James Hill.
Sauk-- E. Biakeslee, r. Gillespie.
sheboygan-W w. n, Root, Il. Mcintyre, JObn
Ruch.
Trempealeau-A A. Arnold.
Vernon j. Eckhardt, Dr.. d. G. Yakey.
WalWorth-G George Il. Allen ID. $. Barnes, c. y
Blanchard
Neutrality-suspicious. G.. Frank. 3. s. We'll.
Waukesha-JOhH ScAntitz, n ". de&te9
Vaupaca--s. A. Pm lips Nels AnGeIsoB.
Waushars-C, w. MOors.
Winneh ago-wm. WALL A. II. II Kruger, Il.
w. Webster, ID. II, BEAN.
Republicans 60 De rocrats. in Edlies 81;
Greenbackeis, ia SMALL CAPS, 2; INDEPENDENT, !.
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CABLEGRA MS.

FoRTYNINE Afghans have been hang
ed for completely in the m assacre of the
British embassy, says an India telegram
of the 18th.
ADMIRAL HoRNBY cOuntermanded his
orders to the channel fleet to be in readi-
ness TO enter the Black Sea, on the 18th.
IT was announced by cablegram on the
21st, from Hong Kong, that Consul Mos
by had engaged in quarrel with Gov
ernor Hennessy, which the American
residents of the place sadly regretted. 1t
appears that Governor Hennessy applied
to Mosby for official information con-
corning the opium traffic between Hong
Kong and the United States,
and to that end desired to
secure copy of the records. The gov
crnor sought the information for the pur.
pose of stopping the grossly illegal
traffic in that drug. Mosby denied his
request on the ground that it was put in
the nature Of demand 10 inspect the
consular records-a demand which he
felt bound to resent. Gov. Hennessy
has always treated Consul Mosby with
the utmost Difference, and this quarrel is
widely deprecated, because believed TO
be unjust and unnecessary.
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PRINCESS LOUISE experienced stormy
and unpleasant passage from Canada to
England. The Sarmatian was detained
sixteen hours by river obstruction be-
fore reaching Farther Point in the st.
Lawrence, and afterward on arriving
off An ico ,tl encountered a heavy snow
storm aud gales from the east, which
involved detention of nineteen hours
in addition. Special staterooms were
set apart for the accommodation Of
her royal highness and suite on the port
side of the saloon, and in consequence
of the heavy weather the princess was
compelled, as a rule, to keep her apart
mems. On three occasions only was
she able to go on deck, but she several
times dIned in the saloon with the other
passengers-forty-four in number-at
table set apart for herself and suite. On
the outward voyage of the princess in
the same ship, and under the So me
commander, Capt. Arid, her royal high
ness was equally, if not more unfortu-
nate as to weather.
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n state on the building at $1,000; no

the state on the building at $1,000; no
insurance.
DURING the heavy gale of wind on the
evening of the 10Th inst. fire was dis
covered in Peck & Boushers lard re
finery factory and cooper shop, SOL to
397 Illinois street, Chicago, a two story
brick and wood structure, 145 by 100, and
before engines could reach the
the terrific wind storm, blazed
briskly up enveloping the entire
building. The fire department
were able only to prevent the spread to
other buildings, and owing to the wind
even this was with difficulty accomplish
ed. The building was almost entirely
consume j, together with the stock, tools
and 500 tierces of lard. The loss is $50,
900 or $4,000. The owner considers the
loss fully covered by insurance in To-
cal agency.
AN explosion occurred in tunnel No.
3 on the narrow gauge railroad from San
Jose to Santa Cruz, Cal, on the 18th inst.
It appears the blast was let off about
twenty. hundred feet from the
mouth of the tunnel which caused an
explosion of gas generated by I'll.
tering of coal oil through the roof
and sides of lhe tunnel. Twenty-one
Cinnamon two white men at work
in the tunr 1t the time were immedi-
ately kill About twenty more China
men rus into the tunnel with torches
to aid comrades. When they had
penetra out fifteen hundred feet
their I, 8 caused loud explosion,
more ii It than the first, shaking the
mountA 10 its centre. All told over
thirty Cinnamon lost their lives.
The machinery used in the
work was demolished. No blame is
said to be attached to the contractors. Ii
is believed the white men taken from the
tunnel will live, but several Chinamen
brought out are fatally injured. The
scene of disaster is almost on top of the
Santa Cruz mountain, in the region
where coal oil abounds, and where the
boring for wells is actively prosecuted
There is vein of oil running right
through the tunnel, and soil can be isni-
ted in places and will burn freely. Elk
plosions of gas, and fires resulting from
the same have been of frequent occur
renee, and have already resulted in the
loss of several lives. The utmost pre-
caution has been necessary in working
there, and only by the use of air com
pressed, has progress been possible. II
is expected, how ever, with clear tunnel
the natural current of air will be suf1i
cient.
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SLAVERY AT HONG KOsG.
How Young Women and Children are
kidnapped md Made Captires.
Tnkio Times.


Gov: Hennessy, on mis- return to tie
seat OF bis government, will have found
subject demanding investigation,
ana one with which he will, no doubt.
dsal promptly. 1t is hard 10 imagine
that, IN this instance, any reforms
which he may insist upon institutlng
wall be objected to or meet with OPP
position ON the part OF the residents Of
Hong Kong; yet recalcitrancy. as in
explicable as it would be now in view
of recent occurrences, has before been I,
manifested in the same locality. The
Da5ty Press makes the astonishing re-
velltion that, in the island of fragrant
streams, trade in human flesh and
blood is so unblushingly carried on that
premiums for the recovery of runaway
slaves are openly advertised. A Chinese
plaCard, whereof a translation is made
by our contemporary, has been publicly
posted in the town of Victoria, Offering
a reward for information leading to-
the restoration to her owner, of girl
IA years of age who had absconded.
The word used to designate this child is
said to be an exact equivalent of the
term "slave," and in no way elated to
that applied to offspring placed by
parents in families of better position
than their own. A terrible condition
of affairs is disclosed. Bands of pirates
make organized descents upon the
mainland, and carry of all the young
women and children Of whole villages.
The ciptivts are then put or passage
boats and conveyed to Hong Kong,
where the girls are drafted into brothels
and the boys sold 10 tradesmen. 1t is
stated that the wretched victims con-
slider themselves in power Of their cap
tors, and allow their bodies to be dis
posed OF without any resistance. Oc-
cassionally a case is detected by the
police, and severely punished in the
courts. Immunity, however, is APP
parently the rule, and conviction the
exception, in the case OF ruiiian rob-
bers; for there is much force in the
suggestion that, as the number of
prisoners charged last year before the
British magistrates with abduction and
sale ofwomen and female children was
no less than forty-seven, the trade
must be both exteI sive and proitable
in order to cover the risks it involves.
The Press goes on TO remark that as
persons OF position and outward re-
spectability are more or less directly
concerned, one remedy might be APP
piled, namely, to make the purchase as
dangerous an undertaking as the sale.
If there is case In which the receiver
is worse than the thief, he shoald incur
a severe penalty; this is such a one.
The attention of the chief justice has
been attracted to the UBIQUITOUS traffic:
and there is hope that Mr.. Hennessy,
acting in concert with the provincial
authorities on the mainland, may de-
wise some effective method to remove
this new SIT. ma from the record of
| colony whose annals are unfortunately
connected with the worst results of the
intercourse which Great Britain has
forced upon reluctant China.
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A Hompsick Seal.

Msi0r Urch last week hauled up on
The river bank near his house at New
castle bridge the tank in which he kept
his pair OF seals last summer; and one
Vf the seals having short time ago
died, sadly turned the other adrift in
she river, parting with ii in much the
same frame of mind as man parts
with favorite dog. The seal, which is
AZ tame as a dog, and much more gen
lie and adectionate han many dogs, at
FIRST made use Of lis liberty 10 have a
good swim around the river, coming up
4iongside of every boat it saw. and
saluting he surprised occupants with
its wbistIing cry; but at length firing
of this it returned to the bridge only to
tihd its summer home gone. For
about four hours the homeless seal
nllnfed for its tank, evincing distress at
aGt being abe to find IL a. plainly az a
Iclg shows trouble when its master ia
gone; but atlast il saw the tank on the
3Snk, and with extrayagant demonsira-
fiGns Of Joy Topped across the inter-
gening beach and clambered into It's
.cYed habitation now entirely free Of
sster, and there it still remained the
ssst we heard @tsplouh (N. M
HiTouick.
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A 12-year-old boy, who had been
three days in the employ of Broad
way dry-goods house, in New York.
was arrested as an emhezzler. and
proved to have stolen 800 His svs-
tenn was to destroy the cash checks as
they were given HIM by the sales
ladies, and put the money in his
pocket. Out of the money he stole he
purchased silver watch and chain,
and presented several Of the salesladies
with baskets of grapes and California
pears. When arrested portion of the
stolen money was found in his shoes.
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OVER two hundred statues aud pieces
of sculpture, belonging to tie best
period of Greek art, have been recov-
cred by a German engineer on she site
of the ancient Pergamos, now Bergama,
Asiatic Turkey.
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SEVERAL varieties of the olive have
been found to grow readily in different
soils ia all the Australian colonies, and
the cultivation of the tree, which has
been carried on with considerable sue
cess in Queensland and South Australia,
is now being largely taken up in Vic
toria and New South Wales.
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THE curiosity of the clerks III the
postoflice department in Washington
was piqued by a letter from Roswell
Beardsley, postmaster at North Lam
sing, n. Y, who said that he has held
that office for over fifty-one years, and
they began to look over the records to
find out the Oldest postmaster. Mr.
Beardsley proved to be the man, for he
was commissioned on June IS, 1928
Edward S:abler, now postmaster at
SANDY Springs, Md, was appointed by
Andrew J acksnn i'm 1890
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SATIN is said to owe It's origin to DC
tavo Mai, who, having listlessly chewed
scraps of silk, was struck with theiI
glistening appearance when he elected
them from his mouth. By applying
heat and certain mucilaginous matter
10 the silk he arrived at SATIN.
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The present viceroy of Ireland, the
duke of Marlborough, and his family,
are extremely liked and respected in
Ireland, and not the least popular men,
Der Of the viceregal family is Lady
Randolph Churchill, nee Jerome, Of New
York. Lord Blandford, the dukes ED
est son, is the black sheen of the family.
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An American trade paper says that
although free Americans may not be
aware of the fact, it is incontestibly
true that their fashions are set for them
by the prince of Wales, who is entirely
arjiter elegaatiarum in matters of this
sort for Anglo Saxondom - only the
Americans copy his royal higness about
a wear too late.
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The reading-room of the British
museum contains three miles OF book
cases eight feet high. The dome
whence the electric light irradiates the
vast room is next to that of the Pan
theon at Rome, the largest extapt.
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TIE Latest tramp dodge to get food
without work was developed at Worces-
ter, Mass, where a number of the fra
ternity presented themselves with red
flags at various houses, and. explaining
they were hagmen on the Boston and
Albany railroad. asked for food, az they
had forgotten TO take their dinner with
fhan
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Wisconsin State Tax,

The following is the secretary OF
states statement of the valuation Of
taxable property of the several coun'
ties of the state of Wisconsin, as deter
mined by the state board of assessment
for the year 1879, and the apportion-
ment of the state and special taxes for
the said year 1879:
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At the recent meeting of the Social
Science association, at Manchester, there
we're only two present when MIR. Car
michael read hfs report on international
Copyright, the reader and the chair
man. 1t was unanimously adopted.
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bitches are dug alongside the Iron
Mountain and Southern railroad, three
feet wide and two deep by means of an
enormous pillow, which is drawn by
locomotive. This machine docs the
work of a thousand men.
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Mr.. HENMoRDER, of Galveston, Texas,
a barkeeper, on the evening of his we'd
ding left his bride, with the parson and
her friends, waiting for him in parlor
and stepping out to a stable took dose
of poison and died.