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ternpted 10 cross tiIe railroad track and
was nun over aud killed by locomotive
Two large paper mills, the property bi
6odfFey. &5Clafk, at Pittsburgh, Pa. wtfe
recently totally destroyed by-fre.- LoAs,
| SiG5,O00. Insurance, $1,000
THE President has c0afir1ried the sen
tencc of dismissal In the case OF Com
msnder Frederick X. Smith, of the United
States navy, tried by court-mnrtiai for
duplicating his-pay account, but has miti
gated it to suspension frOm-FaBk and sis-,s'
for one ;'eer. and be reprimanded by the
Secretary OF the Navy. rrgr tr 1N'
| GovERSuR Murray, Of Utah, has jusa
sent his report to the Secretary Of the In.
terror, wherein ire states that there hSs
long existed I'm Utah a combination to null
lily the laws of Congress. This conspiracy
/ lei 10 open rebellion at one time, and con
tinues to evnde and defeat the plain will ol
/ Congress. He urges Congress to take some
action to secure good government, and not
| rely upon time and railroads 10 effect the
desired reforms. ... 30 lL
| ii. s. WILLIAMS, a passenger on the
Council Bluffs road, cut his throat with a
pOcket-knifc just as the train reached Kan
sas city, the other evening. He stated
that his mother and sister lived In Livonia
\ n. Y, and that he was agent for the New
York Mutual Life Insurance Company. III
was thought he would die. nd 81. -.
DURING services i'm Jewish synagogue
ut Simonkain, Russia, recently, false
alarm of fire was RAISED in the wemen's
gallery, which caused panic. The people
rushed for the door, where there was ter
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thirty others injured ...... ia AT
| RECENTLY the two-span bridge on the
| Central Railroad, near Agua Caliente, Next
90, fell with construction trninof eighteen
cars and two engines. Engineers Dileney
and Hopkins and three Mexieans were
killed. The train was .complete wreck
TIE Governor of Texas has called sap,
extra session of tue Legislature. Tho sub.
/ iect of legislation will probably relate. to
the fence war-0n public lands, and the in
vestnent of school funds under the recent
ly adopted amendments 70 the Constitu.
tion. .,-.
IT was fehred that the strife OF railroad
yurdmen, at East st. louis, would occasiui,
n freieit blockade. ~ s.5sIe1 b9ntE. 9ds
In q recent quarrel, John Irving and John
Wash, two notorious New York, burglars,
| shot and killed each other,-----
o. JOSEPH TAGaARr recently suicided In The
st. Joseph MOI jail. e 4. Ef.,1eqy.a.,-,s Z.
liz addition to the million acres of Santa
Fe Indemnity Lands recently restored to
the public domain, Commissioner Mcfar.
land the other day~si gnt d an order cancel.
ing a list of 81 80 acres west. of NettIeton,
Kansas, heretofore selected and applied
for by said company, and ordered the same
restored to the market, subject to pre-enfp.
ton and homcsteads r6C 7u. Hts ,-e 81 az
| e-GoyERN0B TRIELE, of Arizona Territory.
in his report TO the Secretary of the IN,
terror, stated that the population is now
10000, and taxable property 20,000, 900.
The value of gold and silver product. for
the year, ended December 81, 1882, was So,
29S,2 67, against SS,l9S,7Gs in 1885, The
combined value Of the silver and copper
product for 1883 will be between $4,000 ,0OC
end SlB, 900 ll.a ziI,. .Eu; woil.'
The. value of exports of breadstuGs feI
September, 1883, was 6,l92, 800, against
$2l &C.,, 900 during the same time in 1885
For the nine months, ended September 80,
1883, it was $50 40, 436, against Si3i, 0S1 ,S0C
during the same period of 1SS2. -.
A vTLLATSoUs attempt was made che
other nightto wreck a. passenger train al
Glen's Run, seven miles above Wheeling
w. Va. A rail was tied across the track al
that point, where there is a long stretch OF
road and trains make good time. The train
was running at the rate Of sixty rifles an
hour, and when the engine struck the OBJ
structioh IL jumped into the air, but for.
tunately kept tho rails. The rear cars
| hrpks, tho MI h.. \
jured. Had the attempted wreck been sue
cessful the train would have plunged into
the Ohio River, and the loss of life been
fearful.
Issue of standard silver dollars for the
week, ended October 13, $43o, 800; for the
corresponding period last year, so, 900. .
TIE Secretary of the Treasury has dc
cided that al valorem duty ON cigars must
be based upon the value of the cigars in
boxes.
Much damage was reported as having
been causedb 10y recent earthquakes, between
Chesno and Vourla, on the southern coast
OF the Gulf Of Smyrna Asia Minor. All
the villages of that region were destroyed
IL was believed upwards of one Thousand
persons persisted. The survivors of the
disaster suffered fearful privations.
The Society of the Army OF the Tennessee
recently held its sixteenth annual reunion
at Cleveland, Ohio. General Sherman re
sponded to the welcoming address. fr.
AN explosion of the boiler of the loco
motive Of a freight train near Oskaloosa
Iowa, recently killed Edward Bagley, en-
gineer, and seriously injured the fireman
and brakeman.
DANIEL BRTsBofs, Cashier for the MIS-
souri, Pacific, at st. Joseph, Mo-, died re
Gently from an overdose of morphine. ad'l
MABIA McCABE, unmarried, has beer
sentenced to hans, in Hamilton, Canada
for drowning her infant. ..f .r., (. : -
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