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National Republican., 1882-12-19
N~.JD BELL & CO.. BANKERs,
~ 1iS7 PENSsY LVASIA AVENUE.
ODnosite United States Treasur,

wAsHISGTON ID. c., December Is, 1852.
The undersigned have formed cDpartrership
under the firm name of BELL. & Co, as BANK
ERS and FINANCIAL AGENTS. doing general
Banking. Exchange. and Discount Business
We receive for collection bills, notes, drafts, and
checks, payable In the principal Eastern cities at
par AMI in other cities and towns the lowest cur
rent rates Of exchange We have every facility for
obtaining reliable financial Information regarding
bonds and stocks usually operated in in the prnci-
pal cities, and will make purchases when desired.
Very respectfully
National Republican., 1882-12-19
SprtiaI S1otitrs.

- 49,
,~SS5SfSAs WASHINGTON MARKET COMPANY
The annual meeting OF the 3 si9ekh99ets @ S,6 m %, ot
oics Of tbes IN the civ of WsshinSton at
q ocloGk sIS noon on te FIRST us being he
rectors for the ensuing year and TO on any other
SUBJECT "i'hn te hSfMeWE W OF Secretary
WASHINGTON, d. c., Dec. 10, fss2 delg-td
a~zgs Posr.oFFIoE NOTICE
Foreign mails for the week ending DECEMBER q
will close at this Office as follows; , -
TUESDAY..,At a. m. for Rio de Janero direct, per
IN. for Europe, per steamship Wisconsin VIA
Ss por p c m Gr Sruns at S So n m o
Honduras and hyngston, via New Orleans; ans A. IiSO
y. M for Para PernHmbuco, and Bahia Brazil per
steamship GlensannoX. via Baltimore. -
WEDNESDAG,-AtlO 10 a. m. for France direct per
steamship France via Havre; al1Oa, IN. Tor Hnytl
craftsmanship Alvenai at 10 .; m. for As,pinwall
and South Pacific, per steamship City of Para; at
eies i for PEI Frseee must 6s directed
sE syha p G. m r Vim se at p
M per steamship Furnessia, via GiaSgow qet'e1s s
@ abn Oe and o de- aneo B per smeamshp m
Era2ll; per steamship aIIumbert; at 1880 p. m. for
THTFsD AYNXt i a. M for Europe per steamship
Celtic. via Queenstown 0etters for Germany and
for Frahee ee'5 GSrmauy % &C. Der Der steamer steam sa Via
plymouth, ,Cherbourg aud Hamburg Qetters for
Great Britain and other European countries must
be directed per Frsia y ; at 1880 p. m. for Cuba
aud Mexico per steamship City of Alexandria, via
FEiDAY,-At 10. a. M. for Porto Rico direct, per
steamship AntllluS.
SATURDAY.-AJ 10 n. m. for Jamaica, per steamship
Belize; NJ IL a, m. for Europe, per steamship city
Of Chester, via Queenstown (letters for Germany
&c. must be directed per City of Chestsr); at IL
southampton and Bremen Cctters for Great Britain
and oner European countries must be directed per
Rhen "; at p m for Belgium direct; per steam, m
ship Belgenland VA antwerp; at l p m. for
1880 p. m. for Cuba and Porto Rico, per steamship
Saratoga, via Havana; at 1870 p IN. for TruNlno
and Bay Islands, via New Orleans.
Malls for China and Japan. per steamship Belgc,
via san francisco, close December f2l at 7
p Mails for Australia, New Zealand, Sand.
witch, and Fiji Islands, per steamship Austria
la, via San Francisco. close January "6 at
Gp m,
~The schedule of closes of TransPaclfc mails Is ar.
ranged on the basis of an uninterrupted overland
transit TO San Francisco. Mails from the Eastarrvng
on time at san Francisco on the day of sailing OF
steamers are dispatched the same day.
HENRY g. PEARSON. Postmaster.
pnSTnEETCI
National Republican., 1882-12-19

Sflarrieb.
RAY-BENDER.-on Saturday. December 49, by
Rev. DIR. Sunderland. GEORGE Il. RAY and CARRIis
NJ. BENDER. both of this city.
National Republican., 1882-12-19
su,tiaI Silutirrs.

h<Sa5e MASONIC.-A SPECIAL CONTMUNICA.
W. tOn of Benjamin b. French Lodge, No. l5 +.
A, A. NJ" will be held THIS TUESDAY, EVEN.
ING, December 10, nt O'Clock p. m. Members Of
sister lodges are traternaly invited 10 attend By
order ofthe w. NJ. IL. NJ. GILMAN,
lplO-IL Sppr
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-04-22
A Husbands wretchcd Experience.

IL IL MT often that u more remarkable story
Is h ard IN COURTROOM than was told last we *
10y Lawyer c. J. Lansing, " Eurckn. New. on
trial for the killing of his VIE. When he took
the wtness-stand the grief in his face hushed
the bar and the spectators into plying
silence. He began by declaring that ne con-
scented to say Whist he would have to say about
the dead only upon the urgent requirement Of
his counsel and for the sake OF his daughter,
Then he gave the jury the history of his mar
ried life Ever since 1864 II had been, he said,
wretched in all ways. His wife took 20 LIQUOR.
She was powerful woman-fuly his equal in
strength. When drunk she was violent fero-
cious. She repeatedly attacked him threaten
ing to kill him, and, ms he believed at the time.
meaning to carry out her threat She threw
rocks at his head, poured boiling water on him.
tried on several occasions tn stab him with the
carving knife. once at least drawing blood.
She followed him into court making such
disturbance that the police had to remove her
by force. She burst into his Office and beat
him over the heHd with a rawhde tin the
blood streamed down his face. She beat his
little daughter with an iron poker. al felt
like letting loose all holds" be said "apd
/ drank heavily, too" Once or twice he de-
cided to leave her; once he bought poison
and was on the point OF swallowing IL when
he thought of his daughter and threw IL away.
Last year matters grow worse, until a niVht
came when he did not dare to sleep under tho
same roof with her, and called i'm II ncighhor
They tied her wrists and ankles with silk hand
kerchiefs. I'm kill you for this, sure" she
screamed. At daylight she promised to be-
have and they unbound her. At her rcuuest
he sent out for two bottles of champagne for
her to "sober up on" He wandered about all
day, stunning his acqualntances, trying In
straighten himself up. " / could not be still in
any place." he said. al could neither stand
up nor sit down---had to walk all the time" At
dusk he went home The Chinaman had fin.
ished his work and gone for the night. His
wife came through the kitchen and went down
cellar-as he supposed to get whisky; "she
often hid n bottle down there" When
she came up he spoke of going down.
town. You wretch" she said. I'm fixed
for you, and you shan't leave this housep'
He tried the door; 1t was locked He turned
around; his wife was right in front of him.
her hand pressed TO her hip. I'm kill you,
I'll kill your she screamed. In frenzy of
utter nervousness and terror he caught I'M
something-it was kitchen chair-and
struck her. He saw her lying at his feet.
Then he found himself out in the street.-the
has no remembrance of how he got there
looking up at the dark windows of his neigh
boris house and deciding not to wake him up.
Then all is blank again in his mind until a
later hour, when he was standing in front OF
the Sheriff and uttcring the words: y have
killed my wife,"
The Jury were out twenty minutes When
they came back II WAS with verdict of Not
guilty."-HdrtJord Courdnt.
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CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.

The Mississippi and Missouri i'm
provement bill was debated in the Senate on
the 18th, but went over. The agricultural
appropriation bill passed.
THE town of Brownsville, Saline
County, No., was almost entirely destroyed
by tornado, April IS. Seven persons were
killed and many injured.
PRESTON COVERS, of Emporium.
Pa, while under the influence of bad whis-
ky on the 18th, killed Charles Lindsey, his
brother-in' law, and then went home and
murdered his wife, after which he commit
ted suicide.
THE Farragut House, the largest no
tel at Rye Beach, N. H., and all the cot
tages east Of it, burned on the 18th.
AT a dance in Bloomington, ILL.,,
few days ago, young man named Michael
Lynch was struck on the head with a cham
payne bottle, which rendered him at once
insensible. He fingered until the morning
of the 18th, when he died from conclusion
Of the brain. A friend named Engleton
furnished information that Frank Wochner
was the guilty party, and Wochner was ar
rested. He is a well-known and popular
young German, son OF F. X. Wochner, Of
the firm OF Myer & Wochner, brewers.
A DISPATCH from Fremont, Ohio,
says tramp ransacked the house of Theo-
dore Marsky, in Riley Township, while the
grown members of the family were at
church, few days ago, and then compelled
two children to bend over some powder
while he ignited it. The helpless victims
were shockingly burned. The wretch es-
capped, but the people were greatly excited
and started in pursuit.
The committees of the Amalgamated
Association of Iron and Steel Workers and
manufacturers held a consultation at Pitts
bugh, Pa, on the 18th, relative to the new
scale proposed by the former. Several
hours were taken up in discussion without
arriving at an agreement, and the confer
ence was adjourned until the 2Slh inst. The
Amalgamated Association insist upon an
advance, and the manufacturers are unani-
nous in their opposition. At Lawrence,
Mass, the strikers not having returned to
work, the upper mill has been ordered
closed for six months. This throws 800
hands out Of employment. At Cohoes, N.
Y, the operatives would not agree to ten
per cent. reduction and the Harmony Mills
magnates threatened to close.
THE latest advices from Engineer
Melville indicate that he has hopes of finding
De Long and his men alive.
In an ARRAY at Des PLANES, H., the
other day, Christopher Howard was fatally
wounded by Jack Thompson, wood carver
OF Chicago, who is said to have deserted
from the regular army and Joined the Guam
trell gang in Missouri.
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TO Parker's Variety Theater, when an alarm
OF fire was raised, and in the stampede that
followed, Frank O'Donnell, boy, was seri-
ously injured by being thrown and trampled
upon.
THE Yanktonnais Indians at Poplar
River have been drawing farming imple-
ments and seeds from the agent, who also
paid them fifty cents per day and raiions
for cultivating the soil for their own profit.
Now they have struck for higher wages.
AT Philadelphia, Pa, on the 18th, six
or eight thousand workingmen in mass
meeting expressed indignation at the action
Of the President in vetoing the Chinese bill.
The Mexican commander on the Rio
Grande has stationed troops opposite Lare-
do, and Americans are not allowed to cross.
HENRY GALLAGHER, of Allentown,
Pa, who has daughter suffering from st.
Vitus' dance and harbors the hallucination
that Father Dongan can but will not cure
her, saluted the pastor with two shots from
a revolver, few days since, both of which
missed.
A. 7. STEWART & Co., of New York,
are winding up their affairs.
THE April report of the Department
Of Agriculture indicates an increase of two
per cent. in the winter wheat acreage.
WHILE temporarily insane, mer-
chant Of Louisville, o., named c. Il. OBJ
linger, leaped from a night train at New
port, Del, and wandered into a residence,
where he was shot as a burglar, and dam
gerously wounded.
FIRE at Titusville, Pa the other day,
destroyed the Hotel Brunswick, the Par
shall Opera house and hotel, and the Wat
son stables, on which the loss is estimated
at $3.50, 900. A fireman was fatally burned,
and colored cook probably lost her life.
UNITED STATES troops are expelling
stockmen from Cherokee lands on account
Of non-payment Of the tax levied by the In
dians. U.t UIf...
OLIVER MoRRELL, a boy connected
with a newspaper Office in Omaha, has had
access TO the Post Office while his mails were
being weighed. The other morning he was
caught stealing package of letters. 1t is
believed that he has taken from the mails
checks and drafts amounting to $50, 900, as
his depredations were sufficiently great to
sound the alarm. .r.y.,. ..
THE First National Bank of Buffalo
has suspended payment. The concern has
a capital OF 100000, and reported loans and
discounts of $1,054,S49. Hugh Young, Gov
eminent Bank Examiner, finds that $50, 900
of Federal court funds are unsecured, and
$4,000 in city and county deposits rest upon
poor bonds.
THE Ford boys, indicted for the muir
der of Jesse James at St. Joseph, Mo-,
pleaded guilty and were sentenced to death,
whereupon Governor Crittenden granted
them full and unconditional pardon.
So deeply charged with electricity
was the atmosphere, between Chicago and
the Atlantic coast on the 18th, telegraph
wires were operated without batteries.
THE Saints at Salt Lake have been
advised by their preachers in the tabernacle
to boycott the gentiles. GENTLE merchants
will probably retaiate by discharging all
Mormon employees.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-04-22
John Potts Reward.

Thirty years ago yesterday q poor girl
named Carrie Roper, in garments tattsred and
torn, wandered to the home of John Potts a
village blacksmith, in what is now known as
Brooklyn, Pa, a few miles from this c ty. Mr..
Potts took the girl in, and suggested to his
wife that they adopt her, they having chill
dren of their own. Mrs Potts objected, feel
Ing 1t her duty to take one of four of her sis
ters daughters, II it was deemed expedient to
adopt daughter. Mr.. Potts would not listen
to his wife's suggestions, and determined to
support the girl. He sent her to a school in
Bucks County, where she took up the study of
music with her academic course and grad
uated with high honors. Two years after
she graduated Potts failed to learn
of her whereabouts. His inquiries did
not bring any tidings of the girl, and
he gave her up as dead. His wife died in the
spring of 1877 and he lived alone. He still
continued his business as blacksmith though
unable TO save anything from his earnings with
which TO pay Off a few mortgages on his
property. Two weeks ago strange lady ap-
peared at the post-office in Brooklyn, and intro
duced herself as Mrs. James Rutledge, of Pitts
burgh, wife of a millionaire. She inquired for
John Potts, and was escorted to his home. Tho
old gentleman recognized her at sight, and was
overcome with joy at her appearance. The
lady had come to take Potts to her home, where
he was to enjoy the freedom of her home
during his remaining days. She paid Il the
mortgages on the Potts property, purchased
handsome monument for the grave of
Mrs Potts, and started with her old friend
for her home i'm Pittsburgh. Soon after their
arrival she made Potts a gift of $4,000 in
United States bonds.-Carbonddle pa Cor. N.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-04-22
A Desperate Race for Life.

A desperate and exciting race for life was
made across part of San Francisco Bay re
Gently, by the ocean steamship Columbia. In
approaching the city in a dense fog the ship
grounded in the straits. bur in few moments
ghded of into deep water. Suddenly il was
discovered that the vessel was leaking badly,
and the Captain determined TO steer for a safe
beachingground. Under a full head of steam,
and followed by feet Of tugs, which endeav-
ored TO keep near her, TO render help if it were
needed, the ship rushed toward the mud flats
Her hremen stood waist-deep in water, and she
was slowly sinking, but there was just time to
save her, and amid a chorus Of shrleks from
hundred steam whistles she ran high upon the
soft shore near her wharf.-N. y. Tribune.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-04-22
How a Landlord Got Rid of a Tenant.

A sharp landlord in Pittsburgh got rid of an
unwelcome tenant a few days ago in a manner
not laid down in the statutes, and stands a
chance of being called on to bear a portion of
the expense of testing the legality of the meas
ure. He told the tenant he wanted the house,
but would give him better one. at the same
time giving the number and street of the
house. The tenant, elated at the prospect of
lettering his condition, procured wagons and
loaded up his furniture at once, but on driving
to the new location he found it occupied, and
also learned that his late landlord had nothing
TO do with 1t whatever. The tenant had to seek
other quarters, and now threatens to bring
suit for damage, based on charge of false
pretenses. Lancaster pa NelO Era.
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MISCELLANEOUS.

The Bosnian instruction has been
suppressed.
On the ground that it should have
been presented to the Probate Court of Chi
cago, Judge Loomis has refused to consider
the petition of Mrs. Scoville for the APP
pointment of a conservator for the estate Of
Charles j. Guiteau, and quashed sum-
mons thoughtlessly issued by a deputy clerk
The royal family of Brazil have been
robbed of $780, worth OF jewels.
A DISPATCH from Morgan City, La,
says that section was visited by terrible
storm the other day, causing the water to
rise and destroying an immense amount of
property. The Ramos railroad bridge was
carried away, and at Andrews Mills about
twenty dwellings were destroyed, only one
remaining standing. Along Bayou Teche
cabins and other small buildings were de-
stroyed on nearly every plantation. In Ber-
wick the school house was blown from its
foundation. Two colored men were killed
by falling timber. Many persons had mar
row escapes from drowning. The destruc-
ton of live stock is very great through a
large section OF country. The sugar-house
OF FRANCHISE Bougere, in st. Charles Parish,
was blown down and negro killed.
The Irish Catholics of Turner's Falls,
Mass, have decided to "boycott" G. L.. Rist,
member Of the Grand Jury which indicted
for manslaughter David Mcmillan, who shot
Father Mccarthy. The boycotters think
Mcmillan should have been indicted on
charge of murder. Father Purcell told the
people that Rist asked an improper question
in the jury room.
STIvERs's carriage factory in New
York City burned on the 18th. Loss, $780,
900; insured. One hundred and fifty work.
men are thrown out Of employment. Smoke
from the factory was carried by the wind in
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-04-22
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

THE following Presidential nomina-
tions have been confirmed by the Senate
w. e. Chandler, of New Hampshire, Secre-
tary Of the Navy; w. II. Hunt, Louisiana,
Minister to Russia; j. r. Partridge, Mary
land, Minister TO Peru; John II. Smytbe,
North Carolina, Minister to Liberia; VIM.
Williams, Indiana, Charge d'Affairs to Para
quay and Uruguay; John j. Knox, Minne-
sofa, Comptroller OF the Currency.
PRESIDENT ARTHUR's reception to
the officers of the army and navy, the other
night, was brilliant affair. He was as
sisted by Mrs. Frelinghuysen and Miss Fol =
ger.
The Club National, of Montreal, COM
posed of French Canadians, had its annual
banquet the other day, at which 100 persons
were present. President Scallon said they
hoped to found a republic and a Canadian
nationality. Mr.. MERCER announced that
he had reached the conclusion that 1t was
his duty to advocate independence. Hon.
G. w. stephens said it was no crime to talk
OF the freedom OF Canada.
THE convention of the National Land
League sitting at Washington adopted reso-
buttons urging cont,huance OF the policy
of passive resistance in Ireland. James
Mooney, Of Bnaalo, was elected president for
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-04-22

A Boston shoemaker has received
an order for pair of shoes for an In
diana girl. They are to be sixteen inch
es long by seven wide. The girl is
aged seventeen and weighs 1875 pounds
Fact!-BoStoa Post.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-04-22

"A Massachusetts school-boy being
asked to give the feminine of tailor, re-
piled, ss-maker.n
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CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

The steamer Planter exploded her
boiler Just as she was leaving the dock at
Chrleston, s. c., on the 18th. Jake Wash
ington, a colored deck hand, was killed. L..
f. Bosang and w. T. Ham, mate and engi-
neer, were seriously scalded Two colored
men were slightly injured. No passengers
were hurt. The vessel and cargo were
slightly damaged.
AT Racine, Wis, on the 18th, VIM.
Beck, aged IL, committed suicide by shoot
Ing, because his father reprimanded him for
keeping late hours.
w. ii. PUGH, wealthy citizen of
Racine, Wis, was killed by Hardy Clifford,
on the 18th, in quarrel over a bet on the
walking match. The most intense excite
ment prevailed when the crime was made
known. Clifford, seeing the rising storm,
fastened to give himself up and was placed
in Jail.
d. j. PRICE, of Bay View, Wis, who
was Postmaster for some years and mem
Der of the Legislature Of 1881, tried to kill
his wife the other day, and, not succeeding,
shot himself dead. The deed was done
while he was drunk, and was the effect of
long dissipation.
r. w. STUBBs, Mayor of Polk City,
Iowa, was killed by burglar on the 18TH
Mr.. Stubs and wife were sleeping In cham
Der, and at an early hour in the morning Mrs.
Stubs was awakened by hearing footsteps
on the stairs. Accusing her husband he rose
in bed and asked "Who is there" The an
swer was, "You lay still or you'll get shot"
Mr.. Stubs told the person to get out of the
house and sprang up from the bed, and as
he did so the reflection Of dark lantern was
flashed on his face and at the same instant
he was shot, the bullet entering his breast
and piercing his heart. He reached the
head of the stairway, when he fell dead and
rolled to the bottom of the stairs. BY the
light of the lantern Mrs. Stubs discovered
there were two burglars. They rushed out
Of the house after firing the fatal shot,
mounted horses and fled.
FIVE miners were buried by a land
slide near Leesport, Pa, few days ago.
Frank Buchs and John Fisher were dead
when taken out, having been suffocated
Two of the others, Thos Necker and George
Rissmiller, were severely injured, and when
taken out were unconscious.
JAMES Burnley and two sons, of How.
ard City, Mich, were drowned on the 10th,
| while spearing fish.
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the ensuing year. The total Land League
receipts in this country since the Buffalo
convention were nearly 5000, 200.
THE Mormon conference at Independ-
ence, Mo-, has adjourned to meet next year
at Ldmoni, Iowa.
THE libel suit against Bishop Hare, in
New York, resulted in verdict Of 200
damages.
In lecture at Jersey City, N. j., on
the 18th, Scovile blamed the Stalwarts and
Sialwartism for Guteau's crime, and said
that Conkling spent his time making capt.
tai for his faction of the Republican party
instead of working for the good Of the coun-
try. Guiteau's brother and Fritz Snyder,
who found the newspapers in the jury room
in the hotel, were present with eight re-
porters, three policemen and about twenty
others.
For some months Captain Howgate
has languished in Jail in Washington, being
allowed by Marshal Henry to make an oc-
casional visit to his family, in charge Of a
bailiff. Deputy Williams managed to lose
his prisoner the other day, and no traces Of
him have yet been discovered.
THE President thinks that he can do
nothing in the Fltz John Porter case. All
the Cabinet concur.
BLAINE asks to be heard by the COM
mittee on Chileno- Peruvian matters.
A PLOT for the assassination of the
Egyptian Minister Of War has been discov-
cred at Cairo, and many Circassian officers
have been arrested for completely.
GEORGE w. GILL, of Worcester, Mass,
widely known as manufacturer of railroad
iron, is dead. When lad he went to Wor-
cester with all his worldly goods tied up in a
cotton handkerchief, and has left to his heirs
an estate valued at $3,5O0,0OO. He was a d-
rector in a dozen or more railroads.