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A Factory Struck by Lightning and
cd

| LEWISTON, NE, July l4.-The North Auburn
boot and shoe factory was destroyed 10y fire this
morning. lis supposed that 1t was struck by
| lightning
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The wild Hunter Committed.

BISMARCK, OAK, July 14-ODonnell. the Wild
hunter, who threatened the life OF the Marquis de
Mores, was examined yesterday and committed
In default Of bail.
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GovERNMENT RECEIPTS To-DAY.-Internal reve.
nue., $40l, ,669.61; customs, $751;, ,3O449
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THE CHOLERA DEATH LIST TODAY.
DAMAGE BY STORMS AND FIRE.
COwhided BY the :" witch OF Wall


MILWAUKEE. WIS. July l4-Mrs Grace Court
land, or Chicago, known IN New York as the
witch OF Wall Street" last night cowhided VIM.
c. Jones, or this city, whom she accuses Of hav ny
seduced her daughter Maggie. Jones, who is
twenty-five years Of age was struck across the
face, neck and shoulders and severely hurt The
assault occurred at the corner OF Wisconsin street
and Broadway, the most public point In the city.
Mrs CORTLAND was accompanied by her daughter.
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District Hovcrmmens Affair.


This morning special committee OF the dreos
tors OF the emergency hospital waited on the Dis.
tr.ct Commissioners with reference TO the distri.
button OF the poor fund for the present scal year,
The committee was headed by Mr. Jesse B. vii.
son, and composed OF pr Carrou Aofgan, Dr; BIS,
free understanding was arrived at entirely salts
factory to the committee.
An APPOINTMENT AND RESIGNATION.
The Commissioners to-day appointed Dr. ID. X.
Shute as resident physician 70 the washington
asylum, to take eject 18th inst. vice Dr. Philip u.
Wales resigned
The Commissioners have accepted the resiyn1-
t1on OF Mr. Frank T. Chamberlin az reslient
physician to Washington asylum.
The pPosecution OF the Jews In Hungary for
numbering young girl Will be abandoned. and tho
concocters OF the plot against the accused VIII pe
severely dealt WITH.
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SECRETARY LINCOLN is expected to return on
Monday.
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ACTING INDIAN CoMMIssIoNKR.--Mr. F. l. Stevens,
the chief clerk OF the Indian bureau has returned
from Asbury Park, where his family is spending
the summer He is now acting commissioner In
the absence OF Mr.. Price.
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THE U. S. BRIG PINTA sailed to-day from Nor
folk for Fortress Monroe, where she will be in
spected preparatory to starting on her cruise
around the Horn to Alaska.
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Equallzing the ASsessments
CHANGES MADE By THE BOARD.

The board for equalization OF assessments with
out appeals on Thursday made reduction on lots
13, H. Is, 16 and H. square No. $685. from Is to 12
cents per square foot, and Improvements from
$500 to $780, square CSC, all OF lot increased from
IS cents to So IS and 80 cents per So foot Yester
day the board altered, without appeal assessments
as follows Reduce the east l6 feet OF lot sQuare
5l2, for improvements, from $500 tG $500; lot l.
square 70l, Improvements from $1,000 reduced to
$780, lot g. square TO- from 30 cents to 20 cents lot
Z, square 12, from 10 cents to cents per square
lots & 1s and 2i from 20 to rs cents lots % and "a
from 65 to 10 cents; the improvements on lot 8
were reduced from 81 500 to 8. 200; and the i'm
provements on lots IL and H. from 50 500 to 500;
all OF lots In block were reduced to cents per
square FOOT lots to 10 inclusive block g. Increased
terday passed upon so cases OF appeal, making al.
together 1885 cases OF appeals passed upon, but In
large majority Of cases the assessments were sus-
ta1ned and no reduction made. The clerk, Mr..
Thos. B. Shoemaker. has consented to remain at
the office on Mondays and Fridays until O'Clock
during the month for the beneft OF property
owners in the government departments. After
August LIST there can be no appeals made.
SUIT AGAINST MARSHAL McM1cHAKL-M,ss Isa.
bella Dappler To-Day entered a suit against Clay
ton McMichael, U s. marshal. for 8, 500 damages
fully selling her goods on December 3d. last
ARRESTED FOR WRITING PoLICY-Harrison Jones
was arrested by Detectives Block and Ran about
admitted that he had been In the business forty
years, and had never been arrested before.
DIR. MARY WALKERS DETERMINATIoN-Dr Mary
Walker leaves Oswego. n. Y, this morning for this
city. telegram from OSwego says: She says she
has received no notification OF her removal from
the Pension Of1ce and declares she Will not be re-
moved She says her monthly reports show that
curing the past year she has not been classei
below excellent in department She says she has
not written to Commissioner Dudley since she left
on leave OF absence.
EJEcTMENT SU1rs.-The heirs of Thomas Downs
to-day, by Worthington Ueald, entered suits In
eJectment against various property-holders in
squares 1876 and ts7. They claim that their Uncle
William Downs took all the estate OF their Uncle
John Downs, with whom he was equally inter-
ested in these squares and that they were cut out
OF their share. The defendants are Augustus Ja-
cobs, T. II. Brown, Timothy Ragan. Albert C.
Janln. VIM. E Thomas, Charles Pritchard, John
d. Schafrrt. Jr., VIM. Kearney and w. w. Metcalf
MARINE HOSPITAL SERvICE.-The supervising
surgeon-general OF the United States marine hos
pital service has renewed the present arrange
ment for providing for disabled seamen at Balti-
more Nd, and Georgetown, d. c.
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THE HILL INVESTIGATION DRAWING TO A CLOSE
Yesterday, after the close OF the report in THE
STAR of the Hill investigation, Mr. Hill was called
to the stand and testified at length to his relations
with Bartlett, Robbins & Co. He said ne had en-
pl0yed Mr.. Hayward to make the plans for heating
large buildings. although he knew he was with
this firm. because he was the only person whom lie
knew competent to do 1t. He said that Mr.. C. P.
Newton, who was appointed inspector OF the Chi
cago cnstom house, had resigned from the en-
ployment Of Bartlett, Robbins & Co. to take the
position The committee then adjourned until
next Tuesday, the chairman saying that he ex-
pected to close up the case next week.
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DECORATIVE WORK AT THE WHITE HoUsE.-Tif-
fany & Co., Of New York, who made the satisfac-
tory Improvements in the White House last year,
will. on Monday, commence the work OF re-deco-
rating the ceiling and cornices OF the east ROOM
The ScanOlding was today erected.
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Wall Street To-day.
THE STOCK MARKET STILL UNSETTLED AND FEVER


NEW YORK. July A-The Posts financial article
feverfsh and weak during the forenoon, though q
trif, stead1er after the announcement OF o favor.
able bank statement at l2 O'Clock The extreme
decline up TO l2 O'Clock u TO 2k, the latter on
Canada Southern, which was sold down 70 GO.
About 12 80 there was recovery OF e 10 u on the
general list. and per cent On Canada Southern.
The general market for railroad bonds was dull
ana prices were lower. Government bonds were
4 lower for AVS and IS. Money continues very
abundant at per cent for call loans. The mar.
ket for sterling was dull and featurelesS.
The Markets.
BALTIMORE, July 14-virgnia 6s, deferred, %
do. consolidated 80: past due coupons, As pew
forties. S3a34, uew threes. 524 bid to-day.
BALTIMORE. July A.-Cotton dull-middling. 10.
Flour quiet and UNCHANGED. Wheat-soutLern stea.y
western higher and dull ssu.hsrn red i2al e do
western winter. red spot, l3Aal !3A: July. l3H
bid; August, 1.l4Asall4k; September i: 15Aal. l6
October, 1l7,sal. 49, November legal 1874 Corn
southern nominal; western higher and dull southern
spot 5sSss59: July s.s5s; August 5S.6sX: sertem.
ber 81 lks6lH; October. g. bid steamer. 53ss54 Oats
firm and hgher-sonthern, 42a47 western white, 44a&7
do. mixed. 41a44; Pennsylvania, 42a47. Rye steady.
65a6S. hay steady and Without chance; Provisions
SDshansed and heavy Butter Sn!Imwestern ste packed
Petroleum nominal Coffee dull-kio careoes ordinary
to fair. 8ka9x. Sugar steady-A soft 81; copper
refined steady and fairly active ltk. Whisky steady.
ll6Hal Freights to Liverpool per steamer easier
hcus 10 cn @ nsss. sS apn
bushels osts. COG bushels; rye 100 bushels. Ship:
ments-corn, 5000 bushels. Sales-wheat. l77. 600
bushels; corn. %. 600 bushels.
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YELLOW FEVER NOTES.-The surgeon general OF
the Marine hospital service has been informed
that the bark Salome sailed from Galveston, Texas,
yesterday for Hampton Roads, with all well on
board This vessel has been injected with yellow
fcveT-1nfOrmatiO has also been received that
no cases OF yellow fever have appeared In Barnes
ville Texas, or Matamoras, Mexico, since last re-
mort.
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MOVEMENTS OF U. S. NAVAL. VKSsBLs.-The g. s.
s. Lackawanna, Capt. Wilson commanding, ar
rived at Caliao, Peru, June 10th, from Honolulu,
having been under sail seventy-six days and
under steam fourteen DAYS. She experienced Sc
we're weather from Tahiti. and upon arriving in
port 1t was found necessary to overhaul her rig
glng. After the necessary repairs are made she
will proceed to Guyaqu1', Ecuador.-The U. s. s.
Tallapoosa arrived at the Portsmouth, N. H., navy
yard last night
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

F NOTICE.-THE MEMBERS OF HIR M
MssSns are rSIlested to be at Masonic Hail 1908 sOth
the funeral of out late BrQther PHILIP MEREDITH.
n ,,oCr,r d. GEE, W. M.
r U Z. Stoo By, secretary. It,
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BOOKS, &c.

bVOhS, DC.
NV BOOKS.
Memoirs q In A. Dix. by Morgan A. Dix.
Dynamic SacrUlOgy, 2v.. by Ward.
Lar and iabors. by Moody.
Under Ground la by Stepniak
Dr. ClaCdius, bv Crawford.
Data of Ethics, by Spencer.
Tiger Lily, ~ Julia Schayer.
Man. by Lucy G. Lille.
NLdyed'S Bargain. do.
Phyllis Brown. Flora shaw
For the Major. T.. g Wood-on.
HCIse tGat Jill Built. c. f. Gardner
dCtFAo"shares. IoUrgces
;e6 as PannsviVaria ayS,ua
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NUNS VEILINGS! NUNS VEILINGS!
Cheapest Nuns Veilirgs in Washington Nuns Veil
inFs all pnre Wool, widest doutle width az inches
wlde), reduced from &c. down to 3711c
Nuns Veilings fine quality reduced to zoe.
Nuns Veings. lace effect pure WOOL In Black Straw
duced to 25c. ~
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Hor PLowsuAnEs Ply .rsre rouryss
IHt 6OLDfN CHE3SUSESE. BY Miss Bird.
Rl1MAN,S PItOSOUkAiHIC DICTIONARY.
RzIOLLECTlONS OF DEAN STANLEY BY Dean
STUDIES OF NEGLECTED TEXTS. By DIR. Rob-
,,EAI:LY GRAVES, FOR THE BEREAvED. By
GcDuff. For sale by " ~
WM. BALLANTYNE 4 SON
,el 42o SEVENTH STREET.
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HON. L. s. SAcKvILLE WEST, the British minis
ter, has addressed letter to the Secretary OF
State in regard to the complaints of the owners of
British steamships carrying emigrant passengers
between the United Kingdom and this country
vessels, asking the same exemption from survey
as was accorded to American steamships in British
ports.
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SUIT AGAINST MARSHAL MCMICHAEL-Miss Isa-
bella Dappler To-Day entered a suit against Clay
ton McMichael, o. s. marshal. for "a 500 damages
She claims to have received by defendant unlaw-
fully selling her goods on December 23d, last
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SEWING MACHINES. &c.

d.
FlNHE MOST COMPLETE SEWING MACHINE ES-
LlSHNENT THIS SIDE OF NEW YORK.
We nave always ON hand ATTACHMENT, PARTS
aLG NfEDLLS Tor any machine ever made; also,
ILLAIlNti BOARDS. TRACING WHEELS andeyery-
uiIS ta i required for the proper working of sewing
AsehiAes- Or heIaring Depa tnaeDt Is the com
le'e IN te city, having facilities for repairing kinds
o sewing machines at short and lowest prices
Al "CrA WARRANTED Good machines for rent The New
HARTFORD Sewing Machine, tie E9est and best
machine ever made Gail and it, Orders by mail
promptly attendtdtl at OPPENHEIMFErS
EelIab.e Sewing Machine anI Fashion Rooms
tZe 9Th street. St Cloud Building
Bazar Paper fatEioDs 5e3
vVf!iE 7IH STREET SEWING MACHI NE HOUSE
ESIABLI~ HE'D 1858.
TIE QUEEN SEWING MACHINE
recognized aad acknowl 10y the highest mechan-
ieal authorities the best made most SILENT stest
running and highes. arm lOck-sttcli machine
u ade. Al movements made of the finest steel. No
10 C. 20 thread, neither has its shuttle. We sell only
rst-class new improved machines OF different makes.
We guarantee the finest ortne most responsibility
al lowest prices. No outside a1ent~ Firs-clsss
SIL-Les Tor rent AL kinds repaired and warranted
Illustrated catalogue and Irice-ist mailed free ally
address &. AUERBACH.
Double Store. corner Ith aud streets
ueiit : Furnishings and Hats next door. mig
NJ WINDY ADVERTISEMENTS. NOINSOLFNT
asht % taik you TO death. but the Finest hssort-
t, o. ali the leaing Sewing Machines at prices that
@o eanNasser can approach. Renting. Repairing sc.
w., MCKINNEY
NO 427 9Th street
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BLACK SILK GRENADINES!
Black Silk Brocade Grenadines every thread all pr,
SILK, reduced from 81 so to 75c. Black Brocada ,,x
GRENADINES, actual value 81. reduced to SOC.
Wamsutta. Fruit Of the Loom and Dayol yard wide
Bleached Cottons reduced to 90.
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COMING CHANGES IN THE CENSUS OFFICE.-Dur-
Ing the coming week there will be 50 clerks dis
charged from the regular roll in the Census of1ce,
as there is not sufficient work to keep the present
agents have some per diem assistants, and their
employment will be discontinued. The force re-
naming will number something over 100 clerks
A number OF clerks have been transferred to other
departments.
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ARRESTED FOR WRITING POLICY.-Harrison Jones
was arrested by Detectives Block and Ran about
noon to-day, in q restaurant on New York avenue
and II street, on charge OF writing policy. He
admitted that he had been In the bu slness forty
years, and had never been arrested before.
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THE OPEN-AIR CONCERTS AT THE WHITE HOUSE
GROUNDs.-A newsstand for the use o. the Marine
band at the Saturday concerts in the White House
grounds has been built and placed in the open
part OF the grounds just south of the portico A
good deal of complaint has been made that the
music could only be heard we'll by those standing
near the band The new stand is intended to OBJ
viate the difficulty 1t Is about thirty feet square,
made OF ten sections, resting upon trestleS The
whole stand is portable and can be placed in any
part OF the grounds desired. After concert 1t can
be taken apart and slowed away, leaving no ugly
blOtch upon the green sward.
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"ALKER'S, 20A TENTH STREET NORTHWEST
w Moth-ProOf Paper for PACKING Goods, WhiteWash
Brushes and Lime cheap. Pine Tar. Cemelts Felt and
Pitch Crooks. Telephone. WYE
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TRUNNEL h CLARK.

LAWNS. LAWNS, LAWNS.
Cheapest Lawns In Washington. Beautiful Pacific
Lawns. finest quality actual value l2kc reduced to &C.
SILKS! SILKS! SILKS!
Cheapest ilks in Washington. Colored Silks 5Oc
fsncy 81 ks 3'ac: Heavy Gro Grain Black Silks re-
duced from 81. so down to 81.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

49, FOUNDRY NJ. E. CHURCH, I4rH AND g
~ 1 streets s-Preaening W TOMORROW at II by
with Song and Praise Service at Let every
come and welcome. 1t.
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DIR. MARY WALKERS DErERMINAr1oN-Dr. Mary

MARINE HOSPITAL SERvIcE-The supervising
surgeon-general OF the United States marine hos
pital service has renewed the present arrange
ment for providing for disabled seamen at Balti-
more Nd, and Georgetown. d. C.
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Court Proceedings.

Court convened pursuant to adjourn
ment, His honor Wm. Elwell on the
bench. Associates, Shuman and Lake
came in after court opened,
McReynolds VS.. Kase, Judgment for
want of appearance on alias scire IA
cias.
On petition Matthias Kindt appointed
guardian of Mary Kindt, minor.
Annie Mill VS.. Alfred Mill. Petition for
divorce. Subpoena awarded.
Belle Johnson vs. II. Bruce johnson. Pc
tition for divorce. Subpoena awarded.
Chas. G. Barkley appointed auditor in
estate of Mary F. Trembley.
Henry Yohe ct al vs, Samuel w. Heller
Opinion filed. Judgment for $500 and
costs.
Rhone VS.. Rhone, Opinion filed and
motion overruled.
+. p. Taylor vs.. Maggie b. Taylor.
petition for divorce, Subpoena awarded.
Petitions of G. Kressler and wife on Jno.
b Scott, to satisfy mortgage filed.
Elijah Yocum, est Rule for order to
re sell made absolute.
On petit IN Court appointed ]. =. Fritz
guardian of Della, Grace, and Francis
Fritz, minor children of Henry Fritz
In the matter of the road in Beaver and
Roaringcreek twps Report set aside. Pc
ton for fourth view dismissed and David
S. Brown, Samuel Snyder and John Hetlel
! appointed reviewers and opinion filed.
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Randall and the speakership,

The Pittsburg Post one of the
staunchest advocates Of Samuel J.
Randall's candidacy for the speaker
ship, recently published the following
editorial:
Now we venture the statement on
good authority, careful observation
and extended inquiry, that Mr.. Ran
dali has, at this time, in the Southern
States from thirty to forty supporters
for the speakership among the mem
bers elect, and in the Northern States
from sixty to seventy supporters.
Were the caucus held to day he would
go into it with not less than 100 votes,
and this is ample to nominate.
L. will be increased between this
time and the first Monday of Decem-
Der by the sound sense OF the people
operating on their representatives.
Nothing is said to be sure in love, war
and politics, but the reelection OF
Samuel j, Randall as Speaker is one
of those things that come mighty close
to certainty-about as close as any
future event can be reckoned
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In the matter of Esther Evans will con-
test Court ordered a feigned issue and di-
rect the same to be certified to the Com
mon Pleas Court
In the matter of the application for spec
ial tax for Sugarloaf twp. Court ordered
tax of mills.
In the matter Jacob Swank VS.. N. ~ w.
b. II. II. Co. Petition for special jury to
try case filed.
Petition for viewers to assess damages to
l.. +. Thompson of Berwick in change of
grade, &c. II. G. Barton, T. g. Hagen
buch Edward Hartman, Lafayette Greasy,
and a. B. Croop are appointed viewers
Petition for appointment of appraisers in
est. of II. Dcighmiller. VIM. Mostcller, Con-
rad Krcamer, Isaac Whipple appointed.
Petition of the Bloomsbury Iron Compa-
ny to assess damages against the Blooms
burg Water Company. Jno, Kresslcr,
Jno G.. Quick, John Mcnsch, John Hart
nan and Luther Eyer, appointed viewers.
Bench warrant allowed to bring in Sam
ucl Scwcppcnhciser, and Elias Giggcr in
two cases in which they were scvcrally or
dcrcd to pay costs.
Petition &c. to vacate private alley in
Greenwood twp The court decrced the
same vacated.
Now June ~, 1888, emergencies having
arisen requiring a traverse jury in the
Court of Oyer & Tcrminer for the next ses-
sion of said court it is ordered that vcnircs
be issued in said court and also in Court of
Quarter Sessions and Common Pleas for
forty-eight traverse jurors Tor each of said
courts for the first week of the term COM
mencing on the fourth Monday of Septem-
Der next one and the same panel to be an
neyed to each of said writs. The venires
heretofore issued for said term and sessions
are hereby withdrawn and these now Or
dercd are substituted in their place.
By THE Count.
Daniel Hess. JAS H. Shuman and Ste
phcn Gearhard appointed viewers on road
in Scott township near Rccce Fairman
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THAT $500.

The Catawissa Item in commenting
upon our remarks on the payment of
S1j,OJ out Of the county treasury for
saving the bridge at the Paper mill
from ATc, says, mat it is Uniformed by
Hon. +. l.. Suman that the money
(e1i,OO WAS pa 10 him, and less Sl4,00
$500 tor r.trc,Ancnt5 furnished the
meu on lnr evening of the fire, and
5000 ia hauds of William Berkheimer
for further refreshments, which have
not been furnished aud which he has
been ordered to refund for deposit with
the balance) placed to the credit of the
Catawissa Fire Department in the Ca
tawissa Deposit Bank"
We have no special objection to
Catawissa's taking all she can get
out of the county for the benefit of her
fire department. but the payment of
this money is a bad precedent to estab
lish, and ought not to be allowed. If
the county pay S75 for saving bridge
worth perhaps $1,000, from fire, how
much would it be expected to pay
the Bloomsbury fire department for
saving either the Court House or Jail
in case of fire? Bloomsbnrg has re-
gularly organized fire department of
three chartered companies, and the
town has invested several thousand dol
lars in apparatus, without asking the
county to contribute a cent towards
the protection of its property. II
Catawissa has fire department when
was it organized, and who is au,
thorized to expend this money for the
benefit of that department 1t seems
however that all the money was not
appropriated to the sire department. :"
Fourteen dollars of it was placed in the
hands of saloon keeper, for 'refresh-
ments' furnished the men. As the fire
occurred just after supper time these
"refreshments" were undoubtedly of a
liquid form, but the appropriation was
too large for the occasion, and 80 a
portion of it is TO be refunded. The
explanation given by the Item furnish
es no excuse for this unwarranted pay
ment by the county, and the commits
sioners should be held accountable for
it.
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Abdioation of the Queen.
RUMORs TiIATHER MAJESTY WILL yACATE
THE BRITISH THRONE.

For some time there have been re-
ports in circulation as to the precarious
condition of the health of Queen Vic.
toria, but some of them have been de-
MED 1t would appear, however, there
must be some truth in them. The
Washington Sunday Herald says:
A representative of one of the pro-
minent European powers tells us that a
very serious event is impendingin Eng
land, which is the abdication of the
Queen. The reasons given for this
most unexpected course are Her Males
TVS fast failing health and increasing
unwillingness and sometimes an inabi-
lity on her part to perform the duties
incident to government. For some
years the Queen has been "a mild be-
lever in Spiritualism. She thought
the spirit of her dead husband used to
assist her in working out the questions
which perplexed and sometimes annoy
ed her,
Since the death of her favorite SER
Want, John Brown, she has been very
much depressed, and finally it was nee
essary to remove her to Balmoral,
where some of her happiest days were
spent with the lover and husband of
her youth. am told that some very
pathetic scenes took place at her last
visit there. She seemed to feel the &C,
tual presence of her dead Prince, and
talked as though he were by her side.
This and other occurrences frighten-
ed her daughter Beatrice very greatly,
and she insisted that some of the other
members of the family should come
down at once 1t was telegraphed from
London, by the ambassador of great
power, to his sovereign that the abdica-
tion of the Qneen of England was i'm
| lpending, and would probably occur