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himself. The quarrel arose from a dispute
about q little piece OF property.
Twelve hundred men and boys employed in
four collieries at Shanokin, Pa, struck for IN
advance OF ten cents per wagon.
Mrs. Josephine A. Cotton, wife OF n New
York printer, from whom she had separated,
shot and killed herself after al interview with
her husband.
Herbert F. Burrell and Andrew B. Coon
from Boston tor a trip around the world
in tn Golden Gate, the smallest craft that ever
attempted such O feat. She is O schooner, ~
feet long, q feet depth of hold and II tons
burthen.
The skeleton remains of a m%astodon, a huge
prehistoric animal, have been found ut Little
Britain, N: Y.
Vanderbilt's projected new rapid transit
route through some OF the most prominent
streets of New York has been killed by the
alderman.
Western and Southern States.
A telegram from Bellefontaine, Ohio, gives
the following account OF n curious freak OF
nature which has occurred there: " Mrs. Mary
Crevistan has given birth to a female monde
script exactly resembling a frog. The head
extends directly from the shoulders, there be-
ing no neck. The face is on top OF the head,
with mouth, eyes and nose On exact counter
part of the frogs. The arms and legs are im-
movable in the position assumed by that ami
NAL when swimming, the hands and feet being
exactly similar and terminating in long claws.
The case is creating great interest here"
The California Democrats, at their State
Convention in Sacramento, nominated Hugh
J.. Glenn, the candidate of the New Constitu-
ton party, for Governor, and adopted a plat
form which indorses the action oil the Demo-
Gratis in Congress and denounces "the repeated
abuse OF the veto by Rutherford b. Hayes"
The yield of wheat in Ohio and Indiana this
year will be fifteen per cent. more than last
year.
Minnesota and portions OF Wisconsin and
Iowa hive been visited by a terrific storm.
which killed a number OF ersons and caused
q great destruction OF property. The storm
extended MI over Minnesota and Northwestern
Wisconsin, in which regions there was O great
fall of rain and hail, accompanied by Thunder
md lightning. At Vasa, Goodhue county,
Mimi, nine persons were killed and thirty In
iured by flashes of lightning and the falling Of
buildings. At Winnebago the vile OF Ma.
thaniel Stevens was killed by lightning. AT
Mountain Lake, Lawrence Lawless was killed
by lightning. Red Wing reports SloO,OOo
damages to property in that city. Everytown
in the southern and eastern portions OF Mime
sofa suffered heavily. Thc crops suffered from
ruin and hail. Al Marshall hailstones rs large
as hens eggs fell, causing great destructi n.
At Lemars, Iowa, the storm destroyed houses,
farms and crops. Ten miles northeast OF Lee
mars two Young men named Kass were killed.
T ey saw the storm coming and ran into n
barn tor shelter, when the wind struck the
building with terrific force. compile ely de-
molishing it and crushing them to death Ill
the ruins. Persons who saw the storm from
q distance say it was terrible to look at. 1t
could be seen distinctly from Lemars. AT
frat the storm cloud presented the appearance
Of n hour-glnss, after which it assumed the
shape ola straight column, and then seemed
to break into fragments and drift away. 1t
appeared to move slowly, and was in sight
about half an hour.
Miss Lou Boiling, one Of the leading bellies
and beauties of Richmond. Va, had retired to
her room for the night, a few evenings ago, and
ignited the gas with q lighted piece OF paper,
which she then threw on the floor. In q mo
ment her thin and infammable dress caught
fire from tho burning fragments OF paper and
directly afterward the young lady's person
was enveloped in flames In response to her
~ou.cries her brother, his wife aud another
gentleman came to her aid, but before the fire
could be put out the unfortunate young Lady
WAS so terribly burned that she died in great
agony the next day. The two gentlemen else
received severe burns. 4
Captain A. Oaksmith, oil Carolina City. n.
c., with four daughters and one son, started
in a small Don't tor Beaufort from Fort Macon,
and, when half way across Bogue sound, the
boat capsized. The father, son and three
daughters were rescued alive, but the. Other
daughter was drowned. The three remaining
daughters also diei Of exhaustion.
Mrs. Samuel Bergy, of Freeport, Mich, slo,
and instantly killed two OF her children, fatally
wounded another and killed herself. Evidence
of her insanity was discovered some time age
in IN attempt to murder her brother with 0
carving knife.
A dispatch from Lemoore, Tulare county,
Cnl., says the settlers there, who have tor
long time been litigating the title to their
lands against the Southern Pnciiic Railroad
Company, are tearing up the truck OF the rail
road.
James H. Croft and Charles G.. Wobrotil,
who were arrested ut Denver, COL, Tor the
murder OF William Syock, were taken from the
jail ut l 4. 81. by 100 citzcns and hanged to q
cottonwood tree.
The crops in Minnesota and Wisconsin have
been heavily damaged b. terrific hailstorms.
In the United States Circuit Court ut Sun
Francisco Judge Field, OF the United States
Supreme Court, has decided what is known as
the "Qucue-cutting ordinance" to be invalid,
being in conflict with the Fourteenth amend.
mcnt. The ordinance prescribed tat the
queues Of all Cinnamon imprisoned i'll the
county Jail Tor petty offences should be cut oil,
and was expected to prove a strong deterrent
to that class OF criminals.
Jose Cordoba, n Mexican, was hanged at
San Antonio, Texas, for the murder and rob-
berry of Robert Trimble, n young farmer, in
July, 1877. Cordoba and Ii s brother were
captured with the murdered mans wagon in
their possession, but escaped into Mexico,
where they were finally %recnptured and taken
to Texas for trial. The condemned man in.
sisted to the last that he was innocent.
A fire Mt Cleveland, Ohio, destroyed Den.
hams planning mill on Scranton avenue, the
Variety Iron Works. the Atlantic and Great
Western freight depot, Rust, King & Clints
building and lumber, and a large quantity OF
lumber belonging to different yards. The loss
is about 100000.
The sixth convention OF the German Young
Mems Christian Associations OF America has
been held in Cincinnati.
A dispatch from Deadwood, Dakota Terri
tory, says that three Indians, convicted Of
murder and sentenced to DO hanged, com.
mitted suicide by hanging themselves in their
cells.
Mrs. Sarah a. Dorsey, OF Mississippi, who
died recently in New Orleans, lett Il will be.
oucathipr her whole estate to Jefferson Davis.
The estate embraced in this Legacy includes
two large plantations in the upper part OF the
State and m elegant villa ut Beauvoir, on the
seacoast, where Mr.. Davis is now so)ournlng.
The YACHT Jeanette sailed from San Fran
cisco on an exploring expedition to the North
pole. the vessel has been fitted out by James
CARBON Bennett, but is in charge OF United
.,,,tcs naval officers, the commander being
I,icu,cnnnt George W. De Long. Tho Jean
,,rt,c will I've accompanied to Behring's Straits
Tx the schooner Fannie \. Hyde us a coal and
provision tender.
From Washington.
Tho coinage ut the mints Of the United
States during the fiscal year ended June 30,
1879, WIS rs follows: Gold-Double eagles,
ssh ,234 $40; eagles, 81, 03l.4 40; halt engles,
81, Az, 1870; thrce.dollars. SlC9, 1872; quarter
ccarles, 81, Ice, 800; dollars, S 5000; total gold,
SGT, $3.50 9l2. Silver-Dollars, S27,2 27 ,050i
IInlf dollars. S225; quarter dollars, $ll2.5O;
dimes, s45; total, S27,227, $3.50. Minor
coinnge -Five-cents, SLIP; thrce-eenta'
s9S4: cents, sos. $50; total minor coinage.
S97, 1913. Total coinuge-39 ,6OS,O2 pieces;
ral,,n CS2 40 l42. 80.