The bee., 1882-12-30
TIE NEWS.

The superintendent of police of Chicago
having given notice that law exists pre.
venting sparring or boxing exhibitions in
the State of Illinois, and that it will be en-
forced, the Sullivan Elliott boxing match is
declared off.
The firm of Graham d Aitken, dry goods
merchants, at No. 392 Broadway, New York
have made an assignment Liabilities $780,
s49. nominal assets $12S914
The six-story brick building, 42U Library
street, known as Goldsmiths Hall, has been
destroyed by fire. Loss on building 800, 900,
and by tenants over 100000.
The Sisters of Charity hospital at Big
Rapids, Mich, has been burned. The
sixty inmates were all removed safely. A
valuable library belonging to the estate of
the late Father de Cuninck was destroyed
David Outten, desperate character, shot
and probably fatally wounded John H. Al
len, storekeeper at Seaford, Del. He then
walked down the street, brandishing and fir
ing his revolver. Being taken before Squire
| Allen, he deliberately aimed his revolver at
the magistrate and fired, but bystander
struck up his arm and the bullet missed its
aim. Drunkenness was the cause of the
crime.
In New York In the suit of Regina Hessel
! berger against the Connecticut Mutual Life
insurance Company to recover $4,000 on a
policy of insurance granted to Felix H. Hy-
man, now deceased, and transferred by Hy-
man to Hesselberger to secure a debt. The
! jury rendered verdict for the defendant on
the ground of Hyman having died from
| delirium tremens
Some days ago a stranger sofa some
bonds TO George X. Sistares d Sons, brokers,
of Detroit, Mich, and received in payment
two or three of their checks on the First Ma
tional Bank of Detroit These were paid by
the bank and another check for ST. ,1S0 which
proved to be forgery. The checks had been
photo-lithographed, and the signature skill
fully forged.
recent order of the Dauphln county
Court, at Harrisburg, changed the date for
taking out licenses for the sale of liquor
| from February to the 10Th, thus compell-
ing the hotels and saloons to close their bars
for nineteen days. A petition asking that
special license day be granted was refused by
the court.
w. L. Watson bought draft at the Ma
tional Bank of Commerce, at Cleveland,
Ohio, for $17,63, on the Manhattan Bank of
New York. A few days later draft for ST.
679.46 was cashed in Buffalo at the Traders
Bank, which proved TO be the same S17.63
draft skillfully altered.
The total number of failures In the United
States reported TO BradStIect'S Journal for
the week ending December 81, was 236, or
six more than in the preceding week, and
ninety-one more than in the corresponding
week of last year.
The public schools IN havre de Grace, Md.
have been closed temporarily on account of
smallpox, and the Aberdeen school on ac-
count of yellow fever.
Colonel ID. ~ Cox. formerly United States
pension agent in Washington, walked into
the river at the foot of Monroe street, Chicago,
and was drowned
A notorious character, named Patsoy Don
nelly, entered a saloon in Peru, Illinois,
drew a revolver and fired three times into
crowd of men about the bar. Michael Nc
Dermott was killed. Donnelly stepped out
Of the saloon, and met officer Patrick Scott,
at whom he fired. Scott thereupon sent a
bullet into Donnelly's brain and he fell dead.
Christian lIInman, who rescued tYo girls
on the occasion of the burning of the Callen-
dar Building, at Providence, r. l., was called
to the mayors Office on Saturday and made
the recipient of a purse of 1875. The father
of one of the girls gave him suit of clothes.
A council has been called by the head
h ief of the Cheyennes TO discuss the organ
ization of government similar to a terri
corial one: the election of a Governor and
council or Legislature, and the laying OF
taxes pro rata upon cattle raisers and herders.
Charles E. Upton, the president of the su5.
pended City Bank of Rochester, was arrested
on Saturday, charged with appropriating
$2OO, 900 of the funds of the bank to his own
use. He was held in $4,000 bail to answer
at court.
At Bedford, Ind, Mrs. Bell obtained per.
mission from Mrs. Owens, the jailer's wife,
10 talk in the corridor with her husband, i'm
prisoned for murder. Mrs. Owens being
CdutU away. MID. DCII dulShAy E5nfC iOl
band a revolver, and in an adjoining room
got the keys and gave them to him, with
which he made his escape. Mrs. Owens re-
turned and tried to prevent Bells escape; but
was held by Mrs. Bell until it was too late.
Southern News.
IncendIarIes attempted TO Durn the Uow1
of Henderson, S. G. The stores of Charles
Finch and James Phillips, and the tobacco
warehouse of J. d. and D. Y. Cooper, were
ct on fire, the latter in four places vigl-
lance committee of fifty citizens has been
formed and the town is parolled by them
every night. A few years ago the town was
entirely destroyed by incendiary fires.
Judge Goodwin, in the Corporation Court at
Norfolk, Va, decided that the Dismal
Swamp Canal Company has the right, by
virtue of provision of its charter, TO hold one
or more lotteries to raise money for the pur-