, 1881-02-11

ldtaIlS III 'uicaSO on the -Stu.
>othern eft all his property, including
land IN New York, 10 hi, sister, Mrs,
Cowcn,
A boat used for harbor work at Cher.
bourg fuund"red on the 26th and It's crew
of eighteen persons were drowned. Eight
bodies have already been recovered
The case ol Lizzie +. Ralston VS.. Will
liam sharon, .ur the recovery of the es-
tate of the late VIM. {, Ralston, has been
transferred from the superior to the |. ;
circuit court.
Another venrc has been exhausted in
the case Of Wheeler, on trial .or strangllng
his sister n.iaw III san Francisco. But
one juror has been secured so far, and he
was peremprurIIy challenged by the de-
tense.
Heavy fires occurred on the 2Sth of
January in New York city, Oswego. Wor-
chester, Chicago, Manayunk, Pa, Woos-
ter Ohio, Tallahassee, Fla, ana Atlanta,
Ga. The aggregate losses are great, but
are partly covered 10y insurance,
Sprague recently had divorce petition
drawn up, charging his wife with adultery
with Roscoe CUnkling at CanonChet, at
u
but his counsel persuaded him to leave
utthe name and make the charge gen.
eral.
A small riot rcCurred.in Waverly place,
Chinatown, San Francisco on the 9th,
between large number Of Cinnamon and
a small crowd Of whites. Seven China
men were arrested, and their fellow Coun
trymen attempted rescue, but were
beaten 10y the police, who by free use of
clubs summarily quieted the row.
A defalcation of $4,000 or $4,000 has
been discovered in the Detroit savings
bank. Two telers are the guilty pirties,
Charles q. and Herman Sergler, brothers.
They had the unlimited confidence of the
bank, and have been embez2lng 10 or ~
years. They belong to an excellent fam
lily. Expensive habits and speculation in
New York is the cause.
During binding snow storm, Feb. LIST,
the steamer Rosaima, from London, went
ashore oil Ocean beach. The crew and
four passengers refused to be landed. The
mate, John Pepper, was subsequently
brought ashore by the crew, and reports
twenty~thiec persons on board. The
steamer is fifteen months old; owned by
Stetlt, Ollle ~ w., vi Nhlucu hL
Sl50,000; insured in England.
Jno. A. Sweezey, the rather reckless
senior partner OF the dry goods house of
Sweezy u Dart, on Leonard street, New
York, disappeared on the 2Sth ult. and
has not yet been discovered. He had
committed torgeries to the amount ofS75,.
600. His disappearance caused an ami.
mated discussion this morning in dry
goods circles and universal surprise. Mrs
Swee2y is penniless and the trade relieved
her literally.
August Klopp shot and killed Antoine
Goschleich, wealthy German of Dallas,
Texas on the lst inst. The latter went to
the house of the former to get his daugh-
ter, who had been obliged to leave home
on account of brutal treatment, and be-
coming very abusive and demonstrative
and kicking in klopp's door, the latter
shot him with Winchester Ti,ie. Gosch-
leich's wife committed suicide few
months ago OH account of the treatment
of her husband. Klopp surrendered to
the authorities and has public sentiment
in his favor,
The congressional committee on elec-
tions have examined number of senate
employees in regard to the publication of
the Chinese treaties. All testified that
they had nothing to do with the disclos.
ure Of these documents, and knew moth
ing OF the means of their getting out, a
fact universally conceded, as the officers
and other employees Of the senate have
never been known to give out cOntraband
information. 1t is understood that the
next step Of the committee will be to re-
quest statements on this subject from all
the senators individually.
Some parties, unknown, tried to blow
up the LOmpoc hotel on the night of the
oath by throwing bombshells in through
windows. Four were thrown, only one
exploding, breaking doors, windows and
partitions and causing great confusion
Two were thrown into the sleeping room
of Mr.. and Mrs Butchards, and one into
the billiard room, but did not explode,
and last in shoe shop which is part of
the hotel, doing the above damage. Had
they all exploded the building would
have been completely destroyed and sew
eral lives lost. The size of the above
bombsheIls was two feet two inches in
circumference and weigh nearly six
pounds each.
Treasury records show that Vanderbilt
owns $4,000, 900 in U. 5. bonds, the quar-.
terly interest on which is S5O0,OOO. Other
members cf the family have S5OOO,OOO
more, with u quarterly interest of $4,000
Louis McLane has 100000 in bonds,
with quarterly interest income of 500
600. !. G. Flood Sl0OOO0OO, with quar-.
terly revenue from the Investment Of
100000, and Miss Jennie Flood his
still daughter unmarried, has in her
name thesum Of S2,0OOOOO in bonds, and
quarer y pocket money therefrom Of S25,.
coo. Chr inc Nillson has $4,000 in 5s Of
1881 and S22 900 in Is Of lSSl. Lotta, the
actress, has $4,000 in js, and Emma
Thursby has $4,000 in IS.
A horrible case Of neglect and disease
came under the observation Ofthe health