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treasurer, is on a mysterious western tour
and an examination of his accounts dis
closes an alleged shortage Of $4,000.
THE New Orleans Democrats special
from Lexington, Miss, reports the killing
the painful wounding of c. NJ Hall edi.
tor of the Holmes County Times, in an elec.
ton row yesterday.
FIEND1sHNEss could 20 no farther than
in tragedy from Virginia. A man who
had quarreled with his wife's sister fol-
lowed her about the yard with huge
knife, stabbing her as they ran. He next
put the contents of shotgun into his
his own head. Then, d iscovering signs of
life in his victim, he dragged himself to
her side and crushed her skull with a
stone. His wife closed the double tragedy
by dealing him death-blow.
A LONDON special says: There can be
but little doubt that the popular senti-
ment of Ireland is thoroughly aroused.
Reports come from all parts of the country
bringing tidings of acts which marks the
influence of the Land League Mr.. John
OCallaghan, secretary of the Waterford
branch of that organization, was forcibly
reinstated by a hundred armed and masked
men on a farm from which he had been
evicted at Newtown, on the property of
Sir Henry Barron, and he was forced to
swear on bended knees that he would not
give up the farm. A great sensation was
thereby caused in the district. A Wood
lawn telegram says that number of
armed men went last night to the house
of Mr.. G. Allen, land agent, and fired
several shots into the window, nearly sue
ceeding in wounding Allen, who imme-
diately took his departure from the room
under guard of police. Notices were
posted on the gates warning Allen not to
attempt to collect rents on his masters
property. The announcement that the
channel fleet has been ordered to the Irish
coast has caused indescribable excitement
in Dublils
A HORRIBLE tragedy became known at
Batesville, Ohio, on the 9th inst. Frank
M. Beedinbaugh, a wealthy young Ger
man, who three years ago married the
daughter of Il neighboring farmer, came
home last Saturday night, intoxicated and
entering the room where his wife and
child slept, assaulted them with an AK
His wife's skull was crushed by single
blow, and the:. his sons throat was cut by
the edge Of the AK. He then went to
room where Mrs. Stephens, a visitor, and
her child and servant girl were sleeping
and killed Mrs. Stephens and her child.
The servant girl awakened and sprang to-
ward the door, but was knocked senseless
and left for dead. Upon recovering con-
sciousness she gave the alarm and neigh
bors came; but it was not till morning that
the murderer was found hidden in tobac-
co house, with his throat cut, but not fatal
ly. Jealousy, insanity and drunkenness
are the theories advanced to account for
the horrible crime
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A PARTY Of miners were snow bound
on Needle Mountain, Colorado. The
drifts were high around their hut on
every side, and it became evident that,
as their stock of provisions was small,
they must quickly dig their way out or
starve to death. One was too i'll to stir,
and the rest cast lots to determine
which should stay with him. Food
and iuel enough for a week were left
with the two men, and the 9th ers
started upon their desperate journey.
The distance to the nearest settlem ent
was only four miles, but they were five
days on the journey, and their suffer
lngs were intense, from both cold and
hunger. 1t is uncertain yet whether
the sick man and his companion sur
yiye.
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Robbery and Restitution.
H N. Y.

A strange story of robbery and resti.
tuition comes from the town of Ledyard
on the Thames river. About the mid
die of the month burglars entered the
country seat of Capt. H. M. Randall, a
prosperous resident of that town, and
stole $4,000 of United States govern
ment bonds and other securities.
Capt. Randall's residence is wide,
breezy, old-fashioned farm house. It
is on the Norwich road, and is mile
north of the village of Gales Ferry; the
nearest dwelling is that of John Watson,
twenty rods away. Just before the
robbery Capt. Randall and his wife
sailed for New York in the captains
large three-masted schooner, the Het-
tie V. kelsey. Mrs. Randall returned
to her home week later, leaving her
husband in New York. During the ab-
sence of the family the house was left
in charge of Mrs. Randall's father, an
elderly gentleman, and his sister. At
no time in the absence of Mrs. Randall
were the suspicious of the occupants of
the house aroused. On one day only
did they leave the dwelling unoccupicd.
AS soon as Mrs. Randall had returned
she discovered that the large priva ate
desk of the captain had been opened
and its contents disturbed. She found
that several savings bank books, gov
ernment bonds, Atlantic Insurance
company's scrip registered in Hartford,
and other papers, among which were
notes of large amounts, had been
taken. Mrs. Randall came to this city
at once, and telegraphed that payment
be stopped on the bonds. Capt. Ran
dali was apprised of the robbery by
telegraph, and he came on at once.
He placed the in the hands
of a detective, who set to
work with official zeal and sagacity. In
other words, he made no progress and
no discovery A few days ago, on a
autumnal morning, Mrs. Randall was
chatting about the robbery with a lady
friend on the lawn in front of her
house. The doors and many of the
windows were opened. When Mrs. Ran
dali came out Of the house, no one was
left within. Everything inside was in
its usual position. A quarter Of an
hour later she returned to the dwell
ling. An errand led her to the room
in which was the desk of the captain.
Her astonishment may be imagined at
discovering the box containing the
missing securities on stand near the
desk. She eagerly opened it, and
was surprised at finding the securities
within and undisturbed. By whom the
property was stolen and returned, and
in what manner, are still puzzles for
the captain and his wife. Superstitious
neighhoIs hint at ghosts.
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vers, of Clay Banks, was accidentally sho
and killed by James Black, while dee,
hunting He was shot in the left lung
and died instantly. -s d
A TERRIFIC storm swept the Genesee
valley of New York on the 9th inst The
roundhouse at Canadaigua was totally
wrecked, and three locomotives were bur.
led in its ruins. In Rochester the wind
attained velocity of forty-fve miles an
hour.
THE clothing of Carrie Miller, daughter
of Peter Miller, of Steubenville, o., was
ignited on the 5th inst, while she was
standing before the fire. The girl ran
screaming into the street, and before as
sistance could be rendered she was SO badly
| burned that she can not live.
A TRAIN from Portland, on the eastern
railway, collided with the Sangus branch
train, at Lynn, on the 5th inst. Both
trains were wrecked, and E. N. Winters,
of Lynn, was killed. The passengers on
the Portland train, one hundred in num-
ber, were badly shaken up, but none seri-
ously injured.
AN engine blew up at Sioux city, on the
9th inst, while switching cars on the
Sioux city and Pacific road, between the
Missouri river transfer and Blair. s The
engine is a total wreck. 1t had been on
the road since 1868. The engineer and
fireman were thrown some distance. The
former was injured in the spine and the
latter had his skull fractured. Both will
recover. The cause of the explosion is
not known.
A HORRIBLE accident occurred near
Minonk, Ill.,, on the 9th inst. AS the
kankakee train was going south, John
Alden, a Geneva farmer, his wife and
neice, aged fourteen, attempted to cross
the track in wagon ahead of the train,
and were struck by the engine, which was
running at the rate of thirty miles an
hour. The two women were killed in
stantly, and the man died in three hours
Tke blame rests with the victims, who
were extremely reckless in driving.
The extensive wholesale dry goods house
of N. B. Harwood passed into the hands of
the sheriff and the firm confessed judg-
ment in sums aggregating 1884, 900. The
house has been doing business amount
Henry Beatty. of New York, in January
last, was the cause-he having loaned
large sums which the settlement of his es-
tate required should be paid. The assets
are nearly equal to the liabilities. Three
hundred employees are thrown out Of work
The creditors are chiefly in Minnea polls.
THE body of Andy Miller, the 17-year-
old Sevastopol boy who was missed from
home on Wednesday, has been found in a
corn-feld five miles north of Richmond
Ind, on the 9th inst, double charge Of
bird-shot in his heart. He had evidently
gone hunting and was reloading the gun
after having shot a quail, when the ham
mers caught on cornstalk and slipped
back on the caps, exploding both barrels
and sending the centents into his heart.
He was the only support of widowed
mother
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Big Ben.

Big Ben is a mighty chief. His tone
is just an octave lower than that of the
lowest chime-bell Authorities, it must
be admitted, differ somewhat concern
ing his exact dimensions; but we shall
not be far wrong in saying that he
weighs about IA tons, (more than 3d.
600 pounds) and he is nine feet in
diam ter at the mouth, nearly $ inches
thick at the sound bow, and that he
requires hammer of 400 weight to-
strike him. Few people are aware that
Ben is really cracked. The hammer
first used, much too heavy for the pur-
pose, wrought the mischief. It was
then found, on examination of the In
ner and outer surface, and on analysis
of the metal, that through defective
casting the outside was harder and
more brittle than the inside; the bell
metal had not been well mixed, the
outside of the bell containing more
tin and less copper than its due pro-.
portion. Nevertheless as the tone is not
found to be perceptibly injured, Ben
is still able to ring cut his magnificent
bass voice. Whether the experts have
any misgivings for the future, we know
moi. .--C Chambers Journal.
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Criminal.

FoRGERIEs by Fred w. Faut, Of Indian
apolis, have been discovered to the amount
of $4,000.
SAMUEL f. N1EHARr, agent for Mil
waukee house, was jailed at Grand
Rapids, Mich, on the Sth inst, for EN-.
bezzling 81 100.
LOUIS KoHLAN, late register OF election
of San Francisco, has been arrested on an
Indictment found by the grand jury
charging him with grand and petty larceny
and misdemeanor, while in office.
GEORGE S. MARSH, the defaulting book.
keeper of Hubbard. Spencer 4 Co., has
been arrested in New York.
The deficit of Woodward, the Boston
cashier, is foundto be $4,000. His where
abouts is still unknown.
JOHN PRIDE, of Columbus. Ga, knocked
William Ingram down in q saloon, and
jumping on his PROSTATE body, injured
Ingram so that he died in few hours.
SHELDON SwooP, the Indiana merchant
arrested about two months ago on his re-
turn from Europe, charged with SNUG.
Cling jewelry and watches, has been honor
ably discharged.
EIGHT tramps attac cked J. P. Brown and
a friend in atunnel Hear Gallatin, Tenn
Brown killed two of his assailants, wher
the others rallied and beat him nearly tc
death, robbing him of nearly of 81 200.
AN insane woman of Cleveland put q
small boy under a heavy railway tie on the
lake shore, and left him to die. He was
black in the face when discovered.
In an alteration in Pickwick, a suburb
of Ottumwa, Iowa, Joseph Genonchye, an
Italian, fractured the skull of John Austin
with wagon-spoke, from the effects o.
which Austin died.
THE supreme court has denied the writs
of mandate, ,certiorari, and habeas corpus ir
the case of l. M. kalloch. charged with
murder. The case now goes back to the
lower court for decision on its merits.
REV. IRA j. CHASE and John Richard, O.
Wabash, Indiana, both republicans, have
been arrested by deputy marshal on a
charge of illegally voting in October.
The recently discovered railway ticke
forgeries were more extensive than wa
expected. Joseph Becker has been arrest
ed in Detroit with counterfeit Lake Shor,
pasteboards in his possession, and will b,
brought to Chicago for trial.
SISTER GERTRUDE VERENA, belonging I,
an Episcopal charity in New York, wa
fired at several times by an insane maj
named Thomas Stanton, who thought sh'
had bewitched him. She was wounded il
the thigh, ankle, and hand.
DELAvAN, ILL.,, is in commotion over
| case of defalcation or arrangement o
mind. Samuel L. Lawton, the yillag
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and from Bishop Haven's efforts to get
NJ. TO - o.

and from Bishop Haven's efforts to gel
private subscriptions.
The Harvard Natural History Socie.
ty offers prizes for essays on natural
history subjects, the contestants to be
the girls and boys who enter, attend or
graduate from public or private schools
IN 1850. The essays must be presented
by November Is. Mr.. William NJ. Da-
Wis, Cambridge, Mass, will send a cir
cular, giving full information, to any
applicant. The subjects are there.
First, dissemination ofseeds. Second.
make collection of plants of one
family, and note the peculiarities and
station of each plant. Third, charac-
ters of insect supporters. Fourth, the
flight and other movements of birds
Fifth, anatomy Of common animal.
Sixth, a micl closcopical study of the in
tercellular spaces of our large water
plants. Seventh, any subject selected
by the essayist, provided it meet the
approval of the committee. This is an
excellent work on the part of the socie-
ty, and should be encouraged.
The Boston Public Library last win
ter furnished to the principal of the
Wells school fifty copies each of Mrs.
Mhitney's "Leslie Goldthwaite" and
Mr.. Gowle's "Pizarro," to be retained
at the school indefinitely. The novel
was first read successfully by three
classes about $50 girls. The book was
read at home, and a certain amount
OF time was given at the school to dis
cussing it. Style, plot and character
were all analyzed, and the girls were
thus given a standard of criticism
which will always be help to them.
The history followed the novel, and
was also thoroughly discussed. The
experiment was so successful that an
application has been made to the pub
lie librarian to provide more books up
on this plan. The principal of the
school says: 'I have no doubt of its
success in any school where the plan
can be rairly tried. The children are
taught to read books more carefully,
and are interested in purer class of
literature than usually falls into their
hands. Their gain in the use of Ian
guage is also very marked; and must
prove of inestimable value to them"
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1880-11-18
ABANDONED IN PORT,
Singular Story OF ShipWrcck on
the Coast of Mexico.

singular story OF a ShipWrcck on
the Coast of Mexico.
The steamer Washington, from Ha-
vana, Cuba, brought to this port last
week, Chief Mate Polsen and five sea-
men of the wrecked Swedish bark
Constance, which was abandoned Sept.
10th, in the harbor of Frontera, Mexi-
co. The Constance left Helsinborg,
Sweden, July 4th, with a cargo of rails
for Brazil, and a crew of eleven men.
The voyage to Rio Janeiro was made
without mishap, but in entering the
harbor there, the vessel struck several
times, causing her to leak. The cargo
was discharged and the Constance pro-
ceeded to Frontera for a load of ma
hogany. Of her subsequent abandon
ment and wreck in the harbor of Fon-
terra, one Carlsen, the carpenter of the
vessel, gives a strange account. On
the voyage from Rio there was consid:
cradle complaint on the part of the
crew about the work at the pumps,
which was necessary to relieve the YES
sci Of water occasioned by the leaks
made at Rio Janeiro. On arriving at
Frontera the vessel had to lie outside of
the harbor, the bar at it's entrance pre-
venting her from getting in, and the
cargo of mahogany was to have been
hoated alongside. The day after her
arrival some of the crew proposed to
abandon her. Capt. Tuvanson con-
sented to have a survey of the bark
made to satisfy them that she was sea-
worthy. He started in a small boat for
town, but in crossing the bar he and
one of the seamen were drowned. A
survey was, however, subsequently
made, when it was ascertained that the
damage to the bark was slight, and
that she was otherwise perfectly stanch.
Chief Mate Polsen assumed charge a.
ter the drowning Of Capt. Tuvanson,
and an attempt was made to get the
vessel over the bar for repairs. Being
badly ballasted she refused to obey her
helm, and was run ashore. The crew
at once abandoned her, and, so Carlsen
says, an attempt was made to haul her
higher up after she had beached. In
this condition she remained nearly
three weeks, the men staying by her to
care for their effects and receive their
pay out Of the proceeds of her sale.
On Sept. 10th, a heavy gale broke up
the bark. She was sold for $103.
While the vessel lay upon the beach
the crew had made application to Capt.
Christianson, who was acting as the
Swedish consul at Frontera, for aid, but
he told them, they say, that they de-
served hanging for wrecking and
abandoning their vessel. With such of
their effects as they could carry, the
crew walked to Acapulco, whence they
were taken to Vera Cruz. From that
port the acting captain and four men
were taken in French mail steam
ship to Havana, where they shipped
for this city. They were taken in
charge of by the Swedish consul here,
and will be shipped home The Con-
stance was of $50 tons burden, and was
owned by Abel Petersen, of Helsinborg.
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Notes on Education.
New York Tribune.

Bowdoin has lately received gifts
amounting to $4,000.
Phillips Exeter Academy has more
students this term than ever before
22O is the number
A new study has been added to the
Freshmen course at Brown University
"a lecture on hygiene is given before
it every week.
Harvard divinity schoolha just re-
ceived a bequest of $4,000 for the edu-
cation ofneedy students intending to
become clergymen.
The first municipal college for
young girls in France is shortly to be
opened at Montpelier. Another is be-
ing built at Castle Sarrasin.
The new Southern University for
colored persons is to be opened in
New Orleans within fortnight. DR.. A.
r. Courier has been appointed presi-
dent.
At Newman college (the women's
college) Cambridge, a prominent fea-
ture of the French course this term is
to be viva voce translation into French
from Lord Lytton's "Caxton.''
The Professors at Cornell last spring
mentioned in their classes the case of
one ofthe university students who had
seriously impaired his health by
smoking. No rule was made, there
was no compulsion, yet the smoking
students almost entirely gave up the
practice.
At Harvard the old recitation sys-
tenn in mathematics has given place to
lectures, except in the prescribed
courses in algebra, geometry and trigo-
nometry, which form a continuation
of the common academical instruction.
In analytical geometry, advanced an
alytics, the calculus of infnitesimals,
quiternions and mechanics, textbooks
are used only as works of reference, or
as texts for the lectures.
Chrisman Hall, the new college for
colored youths at Atlanta, has just been
opened, and is already nearly filled
with pupils. 1t has president and
five teachers, who are paid by the
Freedman's Aid Society, and the
price of tuition is very small Mrs.
Chrisman, of Topeka, gave 41O, 600 for
the establishment of the college, and
therest of the $4,000 which It cost
cana from the Freedman's Aid Society
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FRANK w. RICHARDSON, aged 80, and
described AS an accountant and the son
Of a veterinary surgeon, has married
Charlotte Gordon. aged As, at the regis
ter office, mouth, England. The
aforesaid Frank is the lad who figured
asa correspondent in.the Newman. Hall
divorce case, and the aforesaid Charlotte
is the respondent in that case, where
the counsel described her as twenty
years older than Frank, and whom she
was in the habit of kissing in "moth-
erly sort of way"
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ANOTHER story Illustrative Of the

ANOTHER story illustrative of the &C.
centricities for which Russian military
officers of late years rendered them
selves notorious comes from St. Peters
burg Recently lady of rank was
travelling on the Fastovo line of rail
way in a first-class compartment, the
only other occupant Of which was an
elderly cavalry captain, with whom
she casually entered into conversation.
Arrived at the Ustinovka station, she
summoned a gendarme to the window
OF the carriage and informed him that
she missed hundred and sixty roubles
nom her handbag, and suspected her
travelling companion of having stolen
!hen. A few minutes previous she
mao requested him to take her ticket
1oul OF the bag, which he had done;
ana since that time she had discovered
her loss. Search was forthwith insti.
uted upon the captains person for
Me' missing money, and a hundred
rouble note was found thrust into one
OF tbs boots. No sooner had this evi-
dence OF his guilt been brought to light
.han nc produced a small parcel OF
oank notes from his pocket, with the
remark, "As you have got the hun
dreei-roubles, may as we'll give you
the other sixty" Directly after he
had spoken these words he drew re-
Solyer from the breast pocket of his
coat, set its muzzle against his right
temple, and blew his brains out. In
sehslble to the dishoner of theft, that OF
us.sctlon seemed to him SO insupportr
ao1e that, rather than endure it, he
silled himself.
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accruing meanwhile will be applied only
to their payment. You will please make
this announcement nuhlic

J. K. UProN, Acting Secretary.
The case Of Allen against Morgan
county, Illinois, involving legality of the
issue of certain bonds by Morgan county tc
the Illinois River railroad company, will
probably be reached before the United
States supreme court for argument the
first of next week. Plaintiffs obtained a
| judgment in the United States court for
the southern district of Illinois for over
$40, 900 against the county. The county
has appealed to the supreme court Hon.
Henry c. Queene, of Springfield, arrived
| there on the 10th inst, in behalf of John
Allen, plaintiff, and Hon. VIM. M.
Springer, of Springfield, and William
Brown, of Morgan county, will represent
the county. The litigation has been
large one, involving several suits that
have gone to.the supreme court of Illin-
ols and been matter of much local in
ter est in Morgan county.
A LOCAL paper advocates the use of the
new annex Of the Smithsonian for the in
augural ball when Garfield is inaugurated.
1t says: And now for the inaugural ball,
which in magnitude and magnifcence
should be in keeping with the far-reach-
ing principles of the republican party. as
represented in the life and character of its
- LS"e ASnucA viz toAAlHS P1colucllI VI tHe
United States. Let the event be one that
shall eclipse all previous efforts in this
direction, and let it's every proportion be
commensurate with the greatness of the
occasion which calls it forth. Let it be
shown in this single effort that Americans
are as proud to entertain with lavish hand
one of their own truly great as they are
ever desirous of entertaining with princely
prodigality the truly great of other
lands. Fortunately, for once in the histo-
ry of Washington the city is adequately
provided for in the way of quarters for an
inaugural ball that shall be in keeping
with the idea as above suggested. Hap
PLY the new national museum building. a
tire-proof edifice covering a space of 1927
square feet, is about finished. and with an
early appropriation for the flooring, for
which Senator Blaine asked at the last
session, will be ready to more than meet
the demand for space and convenience for
the occasion.