The National tribune., 1882-10-19

The Sheriff of Dubuque county, Iowa, mas
/ been sued by British nobleman for damages
amounting TO $4,000 for an assault on yosng
man named Dameh, employed in that county,
! in arresting Damen in suit for the foreclosure
! of mortgage in which Damen resisted and was
roughly handled by the deputy in serving the
papers.
At Carbonate, Ill, on the 18th inst, man
named Branson made an attempt to kill Con-
gresham Thomas with q large clasp-knife, and,
being prevented, stabbed John CaswelI. The
trouble originated in political hostility to bIr.
Thomas in his own party.
Henry Coons, a member of the Louisville FIRE
department, was shot dead by policeman LAPEL
at Portland, suburb of the city. The men
renewed an old quarrel growing out of Coons
slandering the character of the daughter Of
LAPEL.
George T. Burton, of Nashville, Tenn, who
was severely injured by jumping from the run
away carriage in Edgefeld a few days ago, the
disaster by which Miss Easley, of Memphis, lost
her lfe died of his injuries on Tuesday.
Edward Maxwell of Louisiana while driv-
ing cattle to Vicksburg, was attacked by two
negro employees, robbed, and left for dead. He
was> discovered, !and recovered sufficiently to
tell the story. His wounds are serious.
C.S Wright, on Friday evening placed about
nineteen hundred dollars in the safe of the
Emory Hotel, Cincinnati, Ohio, Saturday the
money was missing, and James Sexton, the
night clerk, has disappeared.
W. J. Munden, of Raleigh n. c., an ex-mem-
Der of the Legislature, who stole mans wife
and 5000, was Captured in Kansas, returned to
Raleigh, tried and sentenced to ten years in
the penitentiary.
A jury at Wichita, Kan, gave q verdict Of
$1,000 damages to Hannah II. Carter for having
suffered outrage and an abortion at the hands
of I. NJ. Lane, prominent citizen, while en-
| ployed in his family.
A number of bad silver dollars are ciTculat-
ing in the vicinity of Buffalo, n. Y. They are
evenly covered with twenty or thirty cents
worth of silver, and ring naturally.
At Germantown, KY, on Saturday, George
Cooper shot George Insco, of Robertson county,
dead, on the Germantown Fair Ground, for
walking with his wife contrary to his wish.
Benjamin Hill has been committed at New
bern, n. c., to answer the charge of killing his
J
years ago of killing his first wife.
John Albert, the constable who shot boy he
was pursuing, was found guilty of murder at
Toronto, Can, and sentenced to be hanged No
vember 10th.
CAPITAL TOPICS.
Secretary Teller has received the twenty
seventh annual report of the board of visitors
I Z ~
From the report it appears that the number of
patients remaining in the asylum June 30
1881, was 925; admitted during the year ended
June 80, 1882, 247; whole number under treat
ment LIP. The number discharged as re-
covered was 81; improved, 80; unimprOved, 7;
not insane, 2; died, 101; total discharged and
died, go. Patients remaining under treat
ment June 80, 1882, 942. A large proportion OF
the patients treated were e foreign birth. Of
the native born patients t,,3 District of Column
bia and New York furnished greater number
than any OF the remaining States and Terrific
rics. The total mortality for the year was 101,
Or about Sc per cent. of the whole number
under treatment. The amount of money
realized from the sale of farm products was
$24,143. 1t is estimated that $253 125 will be
ton during the next fiscal year.
The Treasury Department will continue the
redemption, both in New York and Washington
Of bonds under the one hundred and seven
teenth call without rebate of interest, but the
owners, while receiving full interest to De-
cember %, will be required to deposit sum
equal to the three months interest from
August l to November l. check for this
three months interest viii be forwarded by
the United States Treasurer to the registered
owners of the bonds on November ! in the
usual manner. The effect is, of course. to nav
now to holders of called bonds the interest
from November / to December %, the three
months interest due November being paid on
that date.
The annual report commissioner of Patents
Marble, for the fiscal year ending June 30
1882, is completed During the year the total
number of applications received for patents of
all descriptions, designs, reissues, etc. were
30,O62, an increase of 5,156 over the previous
year. Seventeen thousand seven hundred and
thirteen patents, including reissues and de-
signs, were granted, and 1 ,O79 trademarks and
223 labels were registered. The receipts of the
Office from all sources were 1890, 86I14, and the
expenditures not including printing, were
SOL 1850, thus leaving q surplus of 500
114Gl. The receipts Of the Office for the pre-
yious year We're $685. 05 81.
The Commissioner of the Land Office in his |
annual report states that the lands now en- |
braced within the limits Of the public domain |
amount TO nine hundred million acres, inclnd- |
inc Alaska He recommends that tho mo