The bee., 1883-11-24
In his testimony before the Proteus court


of inquiry to-day Commander Frank Wildes,
of the Yantic, said the Yantic had no sspe-
cial equipments for Arctic cruising, and that
the Proteus was foreign ship, ofdcered and
manned by British crew picked up any
where: an expedition of landsmen sent upon
dangerous sea service.
The Tennessee funding board announces
that the January interest will be paid on all
bonds funded, whatever the amount. There
is a misunderstanding among bondholders
that no January interest will be paid on
bonds funded after January 1. Interest will
be paid on all bonds from July /, 1883, no
matter when funded.
The New Orleans Times Democrat expedl-
ton through the Everglades of Florida
reached Lake Okeechobee November lst.
The expedition encountered two severe
gales ON the lake. Two boats were swamped,
but nobody was lost. A subsequent despatch
from Fort Myers indicates that the expedi-
ton is in great danger, if it has not been lost
because of great fire in the SOW grass.
Aspecial from Elizabethtown, Ohio, says:
May's Hotel was set on fire by incendiarleS
and burned to the ground The guests IN the
upper rooms saved themselves by making
ropes of the bebclothing and lowering them
selves. The guests lost everything. H. A.
Sommers. editor of the Ne,Cs, fractured his
ankle By jumping from window. CharieS
Rim received dangerous injuries from d
falling wall and will probably die. Mrs. Dun
fol
hotel cost over 100000: total loss SGO,Coo'
The main line of the Mexican Central will
be completed now in a few weeks, possibly
before the end of Jaauary. Large numbers
Of travellers will take advantage of the open
ing of the new line by visiting the large
cities of Mexico and its capital.
| Tho secretary of state of Illinois licensed
yesterday the ''Chain of Rocks Bridge Com
pany,' which proposes to bridge the Missis-
| sippi ten miles above the big st. Louis
bridge. The capital stock is $4,000, co.,
| The project is believed to be in the interest
| If the Gould lines.
W. A. Pledger, chairman of the executive
committee appointed by the colored conven-
ton lately held at Louisville, has issued
call from Atlanta, Ga, for meeting of the
committee in Washington December 10 TO
consider matters of interest to the colored
race.
P. Graft, paying teller in the Wall Street
| National Bank OF New York, has been held
by the u. S. Commissioner for certifying
checks when the parties in whose favor such
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their credit in the bank. The penalty is $5,-
600, or five years imprisonment.
Near Charlottesville, Va, Joe Barbour, col
ored, cut the throat of Reynold Jackson, also
colored, from ear to ear, because jackson
asked friend of his not to drink any more.
The colored people endeavored 10 break into
the Jail and lynch Barbour, but were repulsed
by local military company.
Gable dispatches received at st. John, N.
| F., from st. Pierre report a furious SNOW
storm there on Friday and Saturday, proba-
bly, attended with vast destruction Of life
and property. Great damage was done to
shipping. The ship Portland, the schooner
| Jeannette, the Annie, the Oban and other
! vessels were wrecked and their crews lost.
A company of Southern capitalists are pre-
pairing to build new manufacturing city on
/ the south side of Tennessee river, in Ala
bama. near Mussel shoals, and it will be
named Iron City," 1t is at the head of
navigation on the Tennessee, and will be the
terminus at least of three railroads, which
run through the coal and iron fields of the
| South.
The building of the Ohio and Guyandotte
Railroad, West Virginia, is now fixed fact.
Fifty miles of it were let to contract last
week at Ceredo, Wayne county, and is to be
of standard gauge. Running up Twelve Pole
river, southeast from Ceredo, it reaches the
finest and richest coal feds in the state.