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JOT1INGS ABOUr TOWN,

died from injuries resulting from fall
There will watch night services the FORSYTH Street
Methodist Episcopal Church this evening.
silver cup which was used by Thurlow Weed for
JOHN Morris years mas 0s'A 10
Judge Armour in the Superior Court Yesterday granted
ricira O. Coietti, ~''''' ''''"
Miss %Hp,s Cummings assisted by Ns: Lillian Cum
on New Years Day.
Hugh r. Wilson, Assistant United States Attorney in
this district, rs.snsd his Office yesterday to engage in
John NJ, Ruck paid Adam Filler $4,000 for the apart,
Fifty -eighth street yesterday.
Grnsls NSGn sGenssd q esns SsmGna
was discharged by Justice BixCy yesterday
"A certificate was hled in the County Clerks Office Yes
n Gas s s apr from s,GSk g or ssW
Mr., Otto florsheim who has been resident of cal
city for several years and is well known mi de-
par,ment OF The MusicG, Courier VI '"e e'''"
The Custom House viii be opened from ~ on a. M
on Taesday Stock rTodpSs Cotton Pa n ard
other mercantile Exchanges have all ado 'e' un' -
Mrs. Seth nawey although .pseis.1 o rs b ,eH%
i sTS~ a f tTG I'D
she WIN be entirely eonvalescent iScident within Few
ftss' FROM SS" the the . "esne ~ " Fra ,,s
The sonysntion q the Irish Jock r. M in Ularsn %
s s%$ 6 ha.7 r. .rsri
Of ogsr N ,hsresr Ss for MI
Tba char,c,sr, o,tctor lIugo's drama lie Roi
mssqasrade jail Re o fSs CsrSs fIsn?sis de .mons
on I'm, - TO Coquen of the Theatre Francs
and he vii an in the fantastic dress of Trtbout
Row.. n.s and R. X. Anthony of the defunct Arm of
ps psf Co. whose failure recently startled the
cors has transferred to Louisa Dash the wife OF
~ ~ 1med member NJ the frm about thirty acres OF
land is Twenty fourth ward through John Dash
for gnnsi sum Mrs Dash N conjunction with her
~ ~ ,Sal Life Insurance Cob pany for $1,000.
he de- udH Of a NpN md pnr
.hnch OF the New York New Haven and Hartford |
nailroad COMPANY have iccnpisd the northern end o.
the plot OF ground boundet by l3t street. Mill Creek
the Kills. and the Harlem River The company to In
crease ~ grounds, has bght from the executors OF
price paid was SSoo. zoo.
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ArHsrsrs RULED OUT OF couRE
4 Philadelphia JWAse Decides that they are
InesaDeteat ~ Witnesses.

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. S0.-Judge Briggs, In
. comprehensive opinion delivered to-day,
ruled that atheists and all others who do not
bclieve in Divine being and Divine rewards
and punishments are Incompetent as wit
nesses. Tho question was brought up on
motion for a now trial In q suit the
ground for the motion being that Judge
Briggs had admitted the testimony OF
Robert Becker. who said that although he
believed In the Creator Of tho universe and
in supreme power which would punish him
here for false swearing. he did not believe in
God - commonly understood by the people,
nor In personal God nor in God as an entity.
There was NO other evidence in support Of tho
Brlggs said that Il was with some doubt that 6e
. ,fII the witness. After quoting authori-
II follows that tho faith o, q witness should
snsc Of AZ omn,Iseiept being, who Wi. reward
and evil deeds beiisf IN power a. t eahS SHa
Cd by the forces Of nature. and call It supreme
sna Iys nSrs that that power L the hs9d
totally insufiicient TO meet the laws require
monts. Nor is any advance gained BY asserting
punished. for admittedly such punishment will
foliox With =. \, unsrrng certainty; Il one jump
rasns re or voatc any aw 81 lis na natu n,G
existence. he would be- Immediately punished
Just In proportion that he violates these natural
laws. belief In such . punishment IL not
sumcient to render one entertaining Il COM
potent TO testify under our law. While the Wit
would punish him hero iof false swearing.
he WOULD not say that he believed that power
was Diyine. and he totally denied the person
stood By people. With such a belief how can
he be SAID to Be In fear q Divine punishment
tive IN this respect II falls short Of one OF tho
legal reQuirems nts which Is indispensable to
exist TO entitle him to Be examined as wit
ness In the courts Of this State. It follows that
erred In receiving his testimony and that .
now trial should be ordered"
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Ho.p,.., Saturday and Sunday.

Yesterday was Hospital Saturday and silver
coins and bank notes were dropped into hundreds OF
little yellow collection boxer that have been distributed
throughout the city by the Hospital Saturday and Sun
day Association.
churches for the benent Of the free hospitals Col.
until Jan is.
Secretary Baker reports that in London where the
project originated hospital collection have steadiy in.
creased In popularity. AZ the meeting Of the
London associa nj which the Lord Mayor presided
was shown that as congregations had contributed
this year US against orr in 1873 the rst year The
cnilectinns came TO SlI7 ns against siS 500 In 1878
The Catholic churches Join In the fund IN London and
hoped by the New York association that their ex
New York
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BROOKLYN.

The total receipts at the Brooklyn Theatre last week.
during which Mrs. Langtry played, were slso845o
Mayor Low has had a conference with Gov Cleveland
and the latter has agreed to hear hun before signing any
bills relating TO Brooklyn.
The Commissioners Of Charities and Correction dis.
missed yesterday the charges made by the widow
friends OF the late Police Sergeant Batersby against the
Flatbush Asylum authorities,
The East River Bridge and Coney Island Transit Com
phy has given notice OF an appeal 10 the Court OF Ap.
peals from the decision Of the General Term adverse
ts application for confirmation OF report OF the Com
missioners appointed by the supreme Court.
The new Fifth subprecinct police station on Clymer
street near Kent avenue TO be opened for business
nan In command. and sergeants j. Addison Corwin Ane
,S SsfI 70 sss,t NM The latter WAS pEomo
Brown and John u. Hamilton viii be the roundAms OF
the new station.
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TIVE Mere Aeeideats the New Ysrk and
New Easlsnd RailroAd.

PROVIDENCE. Dec. 30.-This afternoon. whom
freight train ioa the New York and New England
Railroad. drawn by two engines. route from Will
drum Of engine 70 dropped throwing the tender and ye
cars from the track and down nm embaukInent The
cars were bndly wrecked The damage IN estimated At
els oUO The oicinls report that no one WAS injured
About a:O this afternoon, Engine 49, with wrecking
gang route for stirling over the same
road came collision east 81 Oneyyille with the regu
Jar inward hound train Both engines were badly wreck
ed. tie dNnng. heing estimated at $1,000 several per
sons were injured,
orator Enls at oneyyile. who should have held the
SpIlnghed freight util the engine and wreckng train
"a mas
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vi o4 : S:.e Es ara sa:SS s NJ IT,
!sIss z ssF Hs sss Sss sS
no younger than David when he slew Goliath.
Pitt or Jefferson were when they attained their
rsnowp: He was elder than i Perry Belmont ,I,1SI
Eight 81 Name ''i %ppiaS pause "'n tho ''O"'0
The next toast was:
s: N III; $ f.. : y
I'll e ~ nsss rscr ssS
Mr.. Stockton responded. The claim Of New
b given TO any man than that Of . consistent
eisoticn she had Chosen youns men For thirty
Who Who we're ere not a Ds%ocrat:. ' sHs' had voted
voted the pemccrstie Ticket. Mr.. STOCKTON
reminded Mr.. Belmont that the nearer he APP
sd s r S Gs hs4s his
reason TO hone that the bells that ring out old
1882 will also, ring out the Republican party,
Waller wss not to epy to sss
toast to Connecticut. but sent letter OF regret
Il: s.1sy sheS IN "a o III: e e.
power Gnii.d State: .hsi .sps:, II: ds%nsSls
people Wi eon:s" q snd.ss exile one
Mr.. Hill replied to tho following toast:
With fun heart. in IN. unp.r.leI.a revolution BY
which her people have shown their ineStnGuish-
pS ns srS n; ss . sSnnd b! DoS 81
stay and 70 revive the eoies that she
Of Sas .ad Of s n
Robinson.
:. Mr.. Hill spoke Of the not remote days whom
New York State was tho homo OF the Indian.
This led him to speak Of the Tammnny braves.
Tuscaroras. and the half breeds OF the present
day. Hs fSrbore, he said. to speek Of the fu-
~ New YS csp..s. ths That s'' 4 Sss
dangerous to deal in futures. Nevertheless.
he predicted that in the good time coming
under Democratic rule New York would con-
tinue to be " Excelsior." The victory OF . few
week ;go he declared mesn r. reform He rs
coming forward to take q prominent place in
the management Of public affairs. Tho next
toast was:
The rH.u.s e II: Dsmoe,stc r.r:y Fidelity to the
a 81 and &. q
Ind The sure pledges Of th:il triumph.
Mr.. Wood responded, and then tho regular
list Of toasts was concluded with humorous
speech by Dr.. A. E. Macdonald In response to
tho following:
n: aslu.lc.: Of The E:pSoS.n politician: sur:
honesty ths, labor can Be- deceived BY f.ss pre-
& x. psop viii % b. 81
extofted from their Officers form fund buy
votes: that party can I've solely upon s claims Of the
Mr.. Clark Bell spoke to . supplemental toast
70 the Influence OF tho Bar on American
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Settling . Dispute q. the hing.

ST. LOUIS. Dec. 30.-Two railroad mon. John
Hennessy and Tim oReilly. fought this evening in q
strip Of woods north of the sugar refinery Some
weeks ago they had dispute and agreed settle it by
the Queensberry rules The referee and seconds were
chosen, and all the prelminnries OF a scientific
battle srrsnnsed A. precisely 8 o'clock the fight
parently were too angry to adhere to the rules Of
the ring, for Hennessy, as soon a. he stripped.
sheayy blow square in the face O'Reily pounced upon
him and forced him to the ground At this the
interfered, and got them on their feet. Then they
grasped each other by the throat and humped
fully ten minutes Hennessy perceivng that Reilly
blows were becoming lighter and less frequent showed
sprawlng To the ground where he remained for few
moments and then called for assistance.
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CHEAP COAL At BENECIA BARnACxs.

Army OMcs~s Sponging ON the Government
-Brought Up with . Short Tern.
WASHINGTON, Dec. S0.-At Benecia Bar
racks. CAL. the officers Of the garrison have
been using Government coal in their dwellings.
When First Lieut.. O'Connell. acting Quar-
termaster. presented bills for the COAL the off,
GERS refused to pay them. To keep his accounts
which he was tried by court martial and sem
fenced to pay, the United States the sum OF
President Arthur in view OF the peculiar cir
cumstances. and O'Connell having been recon-
mended to mercy has restored him to duty
sented the following coal bills to officers Of the
Eighth Infantry at Benecia Barracks. with
Col. wilkins 800 81 Capt. W. 8. Worth. s57 SO |;
Capt Charles Porter. $500; Lieut.. @. A.. Ear
nest. S12; Lieut.. H. Johnson. Jr.. t57; Lieut..
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SYRACUSE. Dec. 30.-Delos De Wolf died sud
denly in osweEo at p N. to-day Of aneursm of the
heart He born in Bridsewater Oneida county, in
1911. and for many years was = prominent nRure in
1rst Commissicners OF the new Captol. and WAS
the Douglas electoral ticket In 1890 For many
COMMITTEES, and was leading counsellor In the state
Conventions and In al the movemsnts Of he party.
4 rs .ass s 's , Siss s ssa
western New York he retired from politics come
of his differences with Samuel j. Tilden
but allow ed himself to be elected delegate TO the last
Democratic State Convention. He was President of the
Oswego City Water Works Company, the principal
Of the Franklin Iron Works in Clinton and President and
of the three Of the Niagara Falls Suspension
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TEN ISLAND.

Supervisor George Bechte OF stapleton who lost pet
monkey recently received another Of very superior
breed from New York friends
John ". smonson, the resident in this coun.
try for the STANDARD Fire Insurance Company OF Lon
don who died Thursday the aye So at his home
In West Brighton Staten Island, will be buried to-day
The Richmond county Supervisors have completed the
county budget for the ensuing The total amount
S240oO OF which S25 900 is Tor State tan $5 for
interest on county bonds S42 900 for Police
and $1,000 for the nlmshouse.
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Suicide Or Cs..s vsa winpasa.

PARIS, Dec. So.-Count Won Wimpffen, the
Austro- Hungarian Ambassador here. commit
ted suicide to-day. He left his homo In car
riage at 10 o'clock this morning. After having
half later he aIighted from the carriage in the
Avenue Marceau, and. leaning against build
ing, drew 2 revolver, and shot himself in the
opposite side OF the forehead.
During the last few days Count Won Wimpffen
exhibited considerable mental excitement
caused by Annoyances connected with his Of
fetal duties. and the furnishing OF . new house
which he was to occupy As tho headquarters OF
tho tro-HunGarian Embassy.
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A High Fever, Increased IaAaanssiea, .
oyaDeons Of Erysipslaa.

a At6h rover, Increased IN1a0nottO0, aaa
eyaDteas Of ErysipsiaA.
PARIS, Dec 30-M. Gambetta passed rest
less night Toward morning he grow feverish
from exhaustion. The abscess IL becoming
moro localized.
To-day's issue Of the RtpubliQue Franeaise
I'M. Gambetta's paper) says: The doctor who
visited N. Gambetta yesterday afternoon ascer-
tanned that the Inflammation was extending
outward toward tho skin. and that the con-
dition OF tho lower intestines was unchanged.
day."
To-day not only was the Inflammation more
marked and the fever high but Symphonic OF
erysipelas are clearly shown. The physicians
are silent as to the probable result
This evening NJ Gambettas condition Is
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WASHINGTON. Dec 30.-The inquiry into
charges made by q citizen committee that certain
members Of the detective police force Of this city have
acted ~ conson with thieves burglars, and forgers,
resulted to-day In the issue Of order Geo
W. McElfresh and James A. McDevitt detectives and
holding them 70 answer under the laws governing the
police force The investigation Involves the conduct OF
other officials and expected that their names will
In . few days follow those given In this order.
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valu. OF Confederate Dond. In R,cAmona.

RICHMOND Va, Dec. 30.-This morning
bookseller here received letter from lady in a
part Of Orange county enclosing $500 In Confederate
bonds to pay for 81 book The book sent and 81 SO
in change returned This shows that the bookseller cal
as in 1864. when the Confederate Government was
IN exisence-that Ia, that they will buy much
then For instance barrel OF flour In the latter part
1884 wa, hard to get IN this city for 200 Twelve hun
dred dollars worth of Confederate bonds worth
So 40. and that sum will buy barrel Of good flour
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identifying n Suicide.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 30.-The young English
man who threw himself from the window of the Inter.
whose person found letter to DIR. II Mitchell is
Identified by letters that DR. Mitchell has received from
OF Maria Whitelow, who lives ut Worongow road St
Johns Wood, London An uncle of Whitelow has high
place in the English civil service.
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A Marshal Attacked by Negroes.

MACON. Ga. Dec 30.-A row between family
OF drunken negroes and the Marshal Of Oconee on
Christmas Day led to the report of riot there The
Washington brothers Scolored) Aye In number resisted
arrest attacking the Marshal The citizens went his
assistance while negro desperate named Ira Lawson
assisted the Washington brothers Knives and pistols
were drawn by both parties and three whites and four
seriously hurt
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New Pebble Parks In Boston.

Boston. Dec. 30.-The papers passing the
control of the Arnold Arboreum from the Trustees OF
Harvard College to the authorities of the city OF Boston
signed and delivered this afternoon The city au.
thortes will nj take steps to improve the arbore-
tum, which will be Of the leading attractions in the
new system OF public parks
The city has purchased Woods Island in East Boston,
containing over twenty acres, for public park. The
price paid $4,000 and the plan contemplates
way loo feet wide from Bennington street the park
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WAsHINGTt| NOTES.

The receipts OF the Pnt TINS year were u oo8.
1856 and its net revenue "-'."p
Rear Aduir., c.orc g. Balch, who has Just been "a
svea tro ia co OF the Pacific station viii he
placed on the retirs'i'' '"'s "eeh
a "A Ram, r. missioner of Internal Revenue has
gone 70 snrino H. where lie will remain until Alter
The Senntnrisff .tction in that State. N'
Tho nilot. the steamers city of Alexandria and Mat
have nWe, bweenl,nspendcd for thirty days '"''''
Mr. NJ alchael, Marshal OF the District Of Columbia
a. "a for and received the resignation OF Deputy Mar
shm sia Henry brother of the lately Marshal
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Dir CA.-,es dixie. r.,,sie., InfA..y.

LONDON. Dec 30.-In his speech at Chelsea
last evening Sir Charles Dixie Under Foreign Secretary
while urging the reform Of the corporation Of London
measure Of which he had always been an advocate
said that Of his earlier opinions those OF his
political infancy which any might regard unwse
when he grew older. This language will doubtless be
lions Sir Charles entering the Cabinet because his
early opinions In favor Of republicanism,
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LOSSES By FIRE.

Wood Bastwck Hall. in Norfolk, England ppvato
seat has been destroyed by fire. Damage 10000
K. .e % Ssns" os f S .. Z
The WapokonetC Wheel Works In wApxoneta. o.,
were burned yesterday. Loss &6O,OO' insurance,
sl45Oo.
fire yesterday morning in the cardE room com q John
b Nelson's cotton and woollen yrrnsdi rnIsaeiphia,
We're at work in the min escaped injured.
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Reducing Wage. In Jay Gould'. steel Work.

ST. LOUIS Dec. 30.-The operators at Jay
Goulds Vulcan Steel Works in South St. Louis, will
probably not accept the proposed reduction in pay as
the condition Of the continuance Of work Amajority
will not resume work Tuesday unless a compromise
effected Jarrett opposes the reduction of 30 per cent
but is believed would advise men he is in tele
graphic communication with to concede 20 per cent
reduction until next May.
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Mr. ABBEY,S NEW E6TERPRIsE
Ts Open The Metropolitaa Opera Heuss with
Grand Opera Next October.

Grand Opera Next October.
Mr.. Henry E. Abbey has secured the lease
Of the new Metropolitan Opera House. which Is
building at Broadway and Thirty ninth street.
for one year from the time 1t IL finished. The
lease was signed yesterday. Mr.. Abbey says
that while the instrument says nothing about
privilege Of further lease. there is not likely
to be any obstacle In the way Of making ar
ransements for longer time. He is to have
entire control OF the opera house during all Of
the year. II is expected that he will take
possession on the 1st OF October next
and the opening will be on the 22d
Of that month The company owning
the house will furnish scenery. costumes.
End properties for producing twenty Different fs
Of finishing the stage preperations. The house sc
s ds BE- a % s Tds Smf h'
tunes will be brought from Europe.
Mr.. Abbey received cable message last even
Del pasnts snS sass tS.s Rs win have shsss
. sssc ss
full list Of who VII be
with q chorus Of 100 and an orchestra Of so
pieces. Tho leader has not been engaged.
There will be ballet.
Mr.. Abbey has not decided what. opera he will
open with =" 1t isn't a light undertaking, by
any means" he said last evening; but
shall do my best. to furnish the
opera. I shall spare no expense or ef-
fort to get the best artists. There will be ten
weeks seasons in the fall and winter. and a
reason that the .inducement Of a six or seven
months engagement in New York as against
sufficient other things being equal. to bring
the very hest artists to this city,"
- 1t is the intention Of Mr. Abbey to produce
German and French operas in the new opera
house when 1t is not in use for italian opera.
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Eliab H. Tompkins. for about forty years q
produce commission merchant in this CITY, died yester
day morning OF paralysis while sittir In an armchair
IN the psrlor Of his RESIDENCE so West Fifty street
lie was born In somerr Westchester county, In 1907
He was member OF the Produce Exchange. lie leaves
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Bidding M. seAaurels asoA.Sy.

Thirty printers gathered around a bountifully
spread table in Stsnders william restaurant lss
night to the close Of the last working day
of the year and bid farewell superintendent VII
liam sehsufsle Of their printing once David Harrl
when his health had been drunk Mr.. Phail presented
handsome easy chair to him behalf Of the party NJ
Schaufele 10 going into business for himself.
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A Splendid Financial Exhibit.

Probably corporation or private estate In this
try can equal the prime standard of investment shown
by the Brooklyn Life Insurance Company, in the fact
that the closing of the year 1882 not one dollar
Of due interest remained unpaid With nearly hun
dIed mortgage losns sgsregating nearly
paid; not one loan or security u IN srrssTn-ldu.
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WASHINGTON. Dec. 30.--For some time Score
Teller has been receiving complaints from the In
dams of the Cherokee country Indian Territory to the
eject that white men were erecting buildngs and tenc
these practices Indian Commissioner Price to-day scnt
letter To Agent Tufts At Mnskoges to warn these white
alton and TO down the fences aud buildings
Twenty days allow ed the herders for this pnrpose
al the expiration Of which time tho agent 10 Instructed
to call upon the military. u the warning 10 not Needed
and eject these intrudrrs from the country.
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Con vocation OF Buddhist Priests.

YOKOHAMA. Dec IA large convocation OF
buddhist priests held at the famous temple of Koy
asan In the province Of XIII for the purpose Of abolish
TO eat flesh meat.
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Struck by Both Locomotives.

John Morrissey Of Greenpoint. while driving
across the Hudson River Railway at Eleventh
and Fifty street. thrown from truck to the
adjoining track by southbound locomotive. north.
bound train crushed him to DEATH
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David Groesbeck. 81 years old. bookkeepef
and cashier Of the Hamilton Fire Insurance Company,
Broadway died suddenly ut O'Clock last evening ID
Eyeretts restaurant, In Barclay street. He leaves Q
wife and children. who live In Orange, j. He suffered
from heart disease.
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Germany and Il. Vatican.

PARIS Dec. 30.--The Monde publishes tele-
gram from Rome announcing that the negotiations be-
tween Germany and the Vatican have been resumed
bases which Afford prospect OF complete settlement
OF the differences between them,
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Re.,.ta.ss to the Toaqu,. Expedition.

HOMO KONG. Dec 1.-The Chinese Govern
ment exsspcrsed at the action Of France respecting
viii be made TO further french INVASION The Chinese
declarations unusually DEFIANT
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PHILADELPHIA. Dec. S0.-A decision was
reached In the Common Pleas Court to-day under which
the case Of ths city against the Gas Trust goes
smper and the trustees will be compelled 70 answer In
dividsaly the Inquiries pat y thsm