The National tribune., 1882-12-21

report. He intends to leave everything in
| good shape for his successor, Lieutenant-Gen-
| eral Sheridan. He will reside in st. Louis
| Under the compulsory retirement act he need
/ not leave the army until the spring OF 1851
! The Executive Mansion was thrown open to
| the public yesterday for the first time since
August last and the President received a large
| number of visitors who had called to pay their
| respects The President will hold his first pub
! lie reception for the coming season on New
| Years day.
GRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
A dispatch from ST. Johns n f., of the 10th
| inst, saws: "The schooner Mary Jane, which
| arrived this morning from Twillingate, reports
! that the greatest storm of fifty years was eX-
| perienced on Tuesday Monday was fine, but
| that night the wind began to blow with great
violence. accompanied by heavy snow drifts,
which continued over forty-eight hours, at
tim S increasing to a perfect hurricane
Tv entv- two vessels of different sizes were to-
tally wre ked in Green Bay. At Little Harbor
the ;, Loon r Remusant was wrecked. Wharves,
stages. and tlukeS were swept away. The
schooneI Isla ID Home, owned by Mr.. Garland,
of Island owe was lost during the gale at ket-
tie Cove, Conception Bay. The storm ragged
with such fury that it was scarcely possible to
do anything to prevent the craft from drifting
upon the rocks.
George ]. Rice, ex-presdent of the Utica,
Ithica and Elmira Railroad, charged with the
fraudulent hypothecation of the bonds and
stocks of the company, had hearing at the
Toombs Police Court in New York last SatIr-
day. He placed 96S9 shares of stock at the
Third National Bank of New York, which, as
is alleged ought to have been cancelled. Coun-
sci for Rice claimed that the loan was obtained
in good faith for the benefit Of the railroad
company and with the assent Of the directors.
The case was continued. 1t is alleged that
Rices defalcation will reach $4,000.
Through an appropriation Of the funds of the
Citv Bank of Rochester by its president, c. e.
Upton, to carry on oil speculations the appro-
priation, amounting TO about S35O,OOO the
bank yesterday morning closed its doors. The
amount of deposits is stated at S0O0,OOO and
the amount of paper held by the bank at
$S00,0O0 Upton was treasurer of the Western
New York Episcopal diocese and had its funds
in the bank The savings banks of the city
had large sums on deposit in the bank.
The Hall block, situated at the corner of st.
Clair and Jefferson streets, at Toledo, o., and
the finest business block in the city, was totally
destroyed by fire Friday morning. The total
loss was $65O000, and the total insurance is
about $5O000O, which is divided among nearly
all the prominent companies having agencies
in the city, with policies ranging from $4,000
down.
Mrs. Charles Pope. Of San Francisco, was
found on Saturday shot through the head, in a
dying condition, at the house Of friend where
she was stopping, having quarreled with and
left her husband Pope himself was found dead
also. shot through the head in yard few
blocks away, a revolver lying beside him. Two
chambers were discharged. Mrs. Pope died
without speaking.
A man walked into the store of P. L. Miles,
manufacturing ieweler, in Cleveland, on Thurs
day last, and asked the proprietor 10 put new
spring into cheap watch. While Mr.. Miles
was repairing the watch the stranger walked
off with bag containing $4,000 worth of unset
diamonds, rubies, emeralds, sapphires, opals,
cats eyes, and pearls.
General Crook informs the War Department
that Lieutenant A. r. Jordan, of the third cav
airy wandered from his tent in an alteration
of mind on the night of the 11th inst, while
absent on a hunt about twenty-five miles from
Camp Verde, Arizona. After an exhaustive
search of three days his body was found. 1t is
not known how he met his death.
There was a great fire at Canton, China, on
November 7th and Sth. Eight hundred houses
were destroyed and many lives lost including
firemen, who were burned to death. The
viceroy visited the scene with body of SOL
diers to prevent robberies, and fierce fights
occurred between the thieves and citizens.
At Canton, H., on Saturday morning two
boilers in the Parlin and Orendorf Company's
extension to their agricultural implement
works exploded, killing eight persons, com
pletely demolshing the brick engine-house
and tearing out considerable Of the south wall
of the building.
The extensive depot and wharf, together
with sixty cars and ten locomotives of the Man
hatten Beach (Coney Islandj Railroad Com
pany, at Bay Ridge, just south Of the Brooklyn
city line on the Upper bay, were destroyed by
fire last Thursday morning. Less 100000.
Dr. w. S. Forbes of Jefferson Medical Col
lege, at Philadelphia was on Saturday held in
s., 600 bail to answer a charge of being acces-
sorry to the recent grave robberies at Lebanon
Cemetery.
Adispatch reports much excitement in Stokes
county, \. c., over the discovery of the sale of
Mrs. Alfred Jenkins to Noah Glidewell, a neigh
Dor of her husband, for $500.
A fire at Grand Forks, Dakota Territory on
the night of the 18th inst, destroyed 100000
worth of property in the business section of the
town.
The total loss by the Kingston (Jamaica) fire
is now estimated at $l5,000,000 Five persons
perished in the flames.
An earthquake shock was felt in parts of
New Hampshire Monday.