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PERSONAL MENTION.

PERSONAL MENTION.
Gen. Alfred Awkward, the leader of the
South African Beers, recently eloped with
Miss Carrie Van .Hoesen, a member of one
of the most aristocratic familiesT6f Brook
Ign, N. Y, proceeded to Boston,, and was
married. The bride is about twentysyears
old. and Is said to be highly accomplished
and very pretty.
Capt. William III. Laughton, for thirty.
five years captain on the upber Mississip-
pi, and one of the most POPULAR and best
known river hieh beteeh st. Louis and St.
PAUL. died at his home in Plattesville, Wis.
on the 9TH. He was sixty years Of age and
died Of paralysis caused by On injury of the
spine about year ego.
Information hrs been received al Deca-
tdr, Ill. of the death by yellow fever of Gen.
Jesse A. Moore, Uuited States consul of
Gallo, Peru. He was colonel of volun-
teers in the war of the rebellion, and served
two terms in congress from Illinois. He
had been in consular service thirteen years.
Elisabeth Stuart Phelps is trying in ear
nest to get pardon for Waterman, the
wealthy embezzler Of the Pacific mills in
prisonment, out of the twelve to which he
was sentenced, has shattered bis health
An interesting incident which marked the
closing exercises Of the Wesleyan Female
college, at Macon, Ga, was the marriage of
one of the graduates. Miss Susie Derry,
to Thaddeus Parker, Esq. Twenty two
classmates helped give the bride away.
Mr.. Condo Hamlin of Winona, who
graduated with such rare honors at Union
college, New York, has accepted an ap-
pointment to the principalshjp of the
schools at Denver Dam, Wis.
3 Robert Hare Powell. Il leading operator
in bituminous coal and well-known iron
Manufacturer, died suddenly at Saxton, Pa,
the 10Th inst, aged fiity-seven years.
DR.. Riggs, the Sioux missionary, W. has
been Frustrated with fever for four months,
ie now gaining strength and approaching
convalescence.
Noble Garfield, they say, is the really
handsome member of the family. She is
sixteen and blooming.
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Horse Sense.

A remarkable exhibition may be seen
daily at various points on several of the
Brooklyn car routes. 1t is never wit
messed for the first time without eliciting
explanations of surprise and expIana-
tons from the car conductors that the
animal has been doing the same thing
regularly for years. He is small gray
horse-nearly white in fact, about 10
years old, and is driven to a butchers
wagon, Many of the car, routes in
BROOKLYN run double tracks through
streets too narrow to admit the passage
of the cars when an ordinary: wagon is
drawn up at the sidewalk; and it hap
pens that this butchers delivery route is
t rough several of these narrow thor
oughfares near the ferries. When
standing in broad street THIS horse
pays no attention is passing cars; but
: when in the narrow ones he hears a
car approaching he waits until it is
withinsas few feet Of him, then deliber-
ately looks around bows or mods his
head twice, turns in wide circle, draw
ing his wagon after him, and after al
lowing the car to pass returns to the
place to swat his masters. coming. He.
never fails to do this in the narrow
streets, and never does in those broad
enough to admit the passage of the
car That he, moves on when he hears
the car approach is perhaps not SO re-
markable as that he makes circle of so
great radius Is not to upset Tie wagon
he draws. His driver payssno attention
to him when he, is thus employed This
singular performance may be seen many
times repeated any m orning Sunday res
igiously excepte6 in Main street,
Brooklyn.-NeW York Tribune.
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FOREIGN NEWS NOTES.
Lord Dufsrin, British ambassador to
Turkev WAS antertained at a harnnot at Two

Iur Key, was entertained at banquet at le
Empire club in London. Among the g,n-
tlemen present were Mr.. Lowell, American
minister; Hon. Alex. Mckenzie and Sir
toast to his health, Lord Dufferin said he
believed before the close of the next Gen.
tury the population Of Canada would be
40, O0O 600. He also believed that the Eng
lish people: were becoming more aware of
the feeling of attachment toward the moth
er country existing in the colonies and
would never permit the government to re-
peat the errors by which they had lost
America.
The pauper emigrants who were returned
to Ireland by order ofthe American author
tiles on the steamers Furnessia and Spain,
were landed at Queenstown on the 10th
All accounts agree in describing them as q
wretched class OF people. One family, con-
sisting of man and his wife and five child
rem, were left lying on the wharf for three
hours before the officials, who had not been
advised of their coming, provided for their
wants.
Mrs. o. J. Ennis until recently promi-
nent correspondent of the Cincinnati En-
quirer, and at present the selfconfessed
mistress of Maj. Charles Henry Blackburn,
Que of the most celebrated criminal lawyers
of Ohio, was in the Cincinnati police court
on charge of drunkenness and disor-
derby conduct. She prapced through the
streets, letting off Comanche war Whoops
taught her by her husband in Texas.
Louis Pasteur, the veil known French
chemist, hss offered to organize mission
with the object of Investigating the nature
and the origin of the cholera in Egypt. The
hygienic commission has endorsed the
scheme, and Pasteur has applied to Lord
Granville, British foreign secretary, to fur
nish him with facilities for carrying out his
mission. +-.
The Paris Gaulois says the will OF Count
Chamberd commands all royalists to rec
ognize the count de Paris as heir to the
throne of France. Chambori's weakness
continues. The Orleans princes will return
to Vienn-. by.
Fifty cerpses of Zulu men, women and
children have been found at the scene of
the fight of June 30, at White river border,
Zululand, massacred in their hiding-place
by Cetewayo's followers. 1t is said Chief
Metpech surrendered to the Beers.
The pope has summoned the French
bishops to Rome, for the purpose of con-
sulting with them in regard to the condi-:
ton of the church in France. " ~..-
Twelve soldiers were killed at Tripoli by
the explosion Of q bomb while being. re-
moved. tst45 y - : r- $50 -, +s- rr7za ,,es
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Death of the Famous s'TOm Thumb"
Charles Haywood Stratton, better known
as Gen. Tom Thumb, died at his residence
apop'exy. He had been slightly indisposed
for few days, but nothing serious was
anticipated. The remains were taken
For more than q quarter of q century Tom
Thumb has occupied position in the eye
of the public in immerse proportion to his
size. While by no means the smallest
dwarf ever exhibited, he is by far the most
notable. He was born at Bridgeport, Conn.,,
Jan. 4, 1885, and had, therefore attained
the age Of torty-fve years and six months
when he died. His parents were ordinary
sized people, aud until the age of four or
five Charles was not notceably small.
About that time he ceased growing, how
ever. and when at the age of fourteen he
was engaged by p. T. Barnum as an at
traction for the New York museum of the
great Snowman, he was about the size of q
boy of six. He broadened considerably in
later years, but gained little in stature. He
has been before the public ever since 1852,
and served as an object ofcuriosity to more
people than any other human. Many
years yea .rr;s ago p oon1e lion fa,, rhnm1 D.
named minnie Warren" Their wedding
was celebrated with great pomp and cere-
nony, in Trinity church. New York, Sis
ter of the bride acting as bridesmaid, and
Commodore Mutt, midget considerably
smaller than the groom, and since dead,
serving as best man for the latter. About
two years after his marriage Mr.. and Mrs.
stratton became happy parents, but their
offspring, much to the regret of the curious,
lived but short time. About two years
ago, the pair, having amassed very con-
siderable fortune, retired from the stage and
made their home in the handsome resi-
denoe in the outskirts of Mid leboro, which
was built under Tom Thumbs personal or
ders. Mrs. Stratton, who is several years her
husbands junior survives him.
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Underneath New Orleans.

In his graphic account of "Food and
Plague in New Orleans,D, which is pro-
fusely illustrated, in, July Century,
George W.. Cable describes as follows the
geological formations underneath the
city as was ascertained in boring an
artesian well: The .:alluvial surface
deposit is generally two or three feet
thick, and rests on a. substratum Of uni
form and tenacious blue clay. The well
in Canal street found this clay fifteen
feet deep. Below it lay four feet more
pfthe same clay mixed With woody mat:
ter Under this was amixture of sand
and clay ten feet thick, resembling the
annual deposits of the river. Beneath
this: was found ONE after another, con-
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RECORD OF casualties. :.

REGORD OF CASUALTIES.
Thepape<s ne Elfed with accounts of
heaVy Winds at various points doing con.
siderable damage to buildings and crops.
Kansas, Iowa, Wisconsin, Missouri aud
Nebraska are the principle weste.n states
afflicted, but New Ierrey. New York, yir-
ginia, Vermont, and other easteSh states
have had IN Unusual share of casualties
from wind, faita xn'A hail.
4 hsavy rain storm, accompanied by
thunder and lightning and very high winds
passed over the western part of Wisconsin
recently, doing great damage to crops. rail-
roads and county roads.
J. Mayne's foundry at Gibertsop, near
Binshamton, N. Y.,was burned. Loss, $50. :
GOO.
Thirteen pei cent. Of the sheep in Tepne-
see were killed by dogs in june.
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CRIMES and CRIMINALS.

The supreme Court of New York has
granted al order annuling the marriage OF
Ida J. Morrison and Seth NJ. Morrison, Jr. of
Troy, Morrison said that he was med
ical student. He was then under allotment
for horse stealing, and is now serving
out asentence Of. five yeals. The marriage
was annulled on the ground OF fraud.
A negTq named Ed Clay, on the sth., as
sarltsd:h Mrs. John A. Day, at her residence
at Huntsville, Ala, but was frightened away
by her, screams. Her husband came up
with the negro ands.flled him with bullets.
At the preliminary trial before Justice he
was discharged.
News ha5 been received of the assassina-
ton at Polk City, sixteen miles north of
Des Moines, lows, Of r. L. CliDgler, proml-
nent citizen of that town. The deed was
done by two men. Their identity is un-
known.
At Gregory, Mont, Gus Leonard threat
ened to kill Samuel Longston, and attempt
ed to put his threat into execution, when
hongston fred, killing the former instantly.
Mrs. Charles Crayon. an actress at Whit
ney's opera house, Bismarck, died recently
from the effects of an attempted abortion by
herself.
Charles Emo has been arrested in La
Crosse and taken to McGregor, fowa, on a
charge of raVishing Mrs. Tyler 1t the latter
place.
Wit]ia1n ehibgiedecker of Millvale, Pa,
eloped on the 10Th with his sons wife, ia
king with him $500 of his wifes own mon
ey.
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pot and nails proved to be the property of
Newton. The e3iden6e war wholly circum.
stanhal and the trial was bitterly contested
BY eminent counsel employed by English
relatives of Newton. 90: #s .:s
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"AASA 0A0 "A0AAVu w AAAplO00
forcibly upon her mind), II want You to
be extremely careful and not let Mr..
Rogers know of my former aversion-or
indifference rathcr-to flowers. He wor-'
ships them, and, really, am much more
have been my earlv trai1:;ng," she add
ed apologetically; cannot account for
it in any other way. And, by the way,
that rose must be pressed, thorn and all,
that Mr.. Rogers fastened atimy neck yes
terday." -, ;. =. !,
A year with its changing seasons had
come and gone,' and: again the roses
bloomed around about, the Maitland cot
tage. Upon the piazza sat Aunt Marga-
ret--Miss Maitland still-witb q strange
ly worn look upon her, face. One year
had done the work of dozen ordinary
ones. The little ringlets at her temples
were almost white, and her faded eyes
looked hollow and wan. Her cheeks,
which twelvemonth before rivaled those
of Rose in plumpness if not in youthful
freshness were pinched and sunken, and
the hands that Mr.. Rogers had pressed
with such exuberant ardor clutched each
other nervously." '@ !, go - '>'.->'
Down the garden walk, strolled "a
youthful pair-Will Vernon and his
pretty sweetheart. Time had dealt more
leniently with them, though q certain
look of care rested upon. their young
faces. ss'.+zt' g. ~ 7-ss
1T was just year ago that Aunt. Mar
garet, in the fullness and joy of her
heart, presented Mr.: Rogers to us.
And what terrible example of mis-
PLACED confidence that wae;s' said Rose,
as they paused at the very spot where
the Introduction had taken place. ~ p
lind she is just as obdurate as everain
regard to our marriage, "aaid young YER
non, whipping off q rose with his light
cane, while Rosalind clasped her hands
together and walked slowly, about.
s.Ahe made no answer, the young
man cont; ..*s.s. - S.
II tell you what, Rose,if I've got to
wait four years more before c&n claim
yon I am going away; Uncle Rolfe wants
me to settle here now. He asked me
yesterday Why e didn't marry. He's
mothers only brother, yol know, and
has no children, and since his wife died
he's seemed To take to me esDecially.
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poverty stricken. has recently fet1nd $25, 900
which he loft at hotel several years sgo.
A daughter of the lale Admiral Joseph
Smith has presented do residence and grounds
valued ct 81. 600 to the, House of the Good
Shepherd In Washington. =.
The cost Of kseplhs 'ihASst-cl.ss style a
horse fhd rafrisge In. New York. city is
hohn 80 to as . month.
French scientists offer to investigate the
origin of cholera IN Egypt.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-23
THE 30 ARD OF TRADE.
Proceedings OF the Weekly Neetssag Yes
fprCIrD

Proceedings OF the Weekly Meeting Yes =
terday.
The Monday morning meeting of the
board of trade was we'll attended yester-
day, with President Brooks in the chair.
After the roll call communications were
read and referred to proper committees.
DoriIus Morrison paid his fine of 81
for non-attendance at the last meeting.
4 lot of statistics of various commercial
matters were received and placed on file.
The committee to whom was referred
the matter of the communication from
citizens of Shakopee respesting railroad
connection with Minneapolis reported
progress and asked further time, which was
granted.
The following executive committee was
announced by the chairman:
Loren Fletcher, chairman; D. Morrison,
R. B. Langdon, John DeLaittrs, Richard
Chute, W. w. McNair, G. A. Pillsbury, II.
t. Wellss, A. G. Rand, Y. W. Eastman, o.
G. Merriman, Thomas Lowry, Fl. G..
Hicks.
The committee to secure rosns re-
ported that they had in view roems oecu-
pied by Mr.. Welles, on Third street., and
rooms in the Barton block, and if tsmpo-
rary quarters could be secured, reported
that it was probable that rooms in the
Academy block could be secured after it
was remodsled. Further time was granted
the committee.
N. G. White resigned as director, and
7. B. Casey was selected in his place.
Adjourned.
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ance of the party evidently in distress. In
the wood house he found the son cruelty
beating the poor old man. Mrs. Shafner,
wife Of the unfortunate old man, states
that recently her husband has
acted strangely and vindictive. Last
evening he came into the room
where she was and fourished revolver,
frightening her until she ran from the
house with the intention of going for
neighbor to come and pacify him. He
saw her pass the window, and Immediately
went to the door and called her back. She
came and went about getting tea. Sud
denly the old man took out his revolver
and, putting it to his head, fred. The
bullet entered his head above the right
ear, and the victim of his own rashness fell
to the floor corpse. Mrs. Shafner crossed
the street and called neighbor, Mr.. A.
Pabst. He summoned DR.. Avery, who lives
hard by. The two men laid the corpse
upon lounge and notified the coroner.
The coroner went at once to the residence
and made an investigation of the fac as
fart as possible, and had the lad removed
to Warmers undertaking rooms. where an
autopsy will be had to-day. The coroner
has not yet decided whether en- inquest
will be necessary or not.
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GERMANY.

BERLIN, Jan. 22.-Prince Charles, who
died yesterday, caught severe chill Tues
day last, while exercising in his garden.
The funeral services will be held in the
princes chamber tomorrow. Members of
the royal family will be present. The re-
mains will be taken to the cathedral that
day and transferred to Nikolskoe church
near Potsdam on Wednesday.
BERLIN, Jan. 22.-In the reichstag the
president announced 700 marks received
from Detroit and 100000 marks from New
York il aid of the sufferers by the floods.
The announcement was received with APP
piause.
vienna, Jan. 23.-There were seventy
two Austrians aud Rangarians on boarl
the Cimbria. An eye witness Of the dis
aster states that on all sides were men,
women and children wildly impiorng
aid
BERLIE, Jan. 22.-Accorrding to the ac-
counts published here the women and
children on board the Cimbria we're placed
first in the boats. Boats No. and I got
off clear, but No. 5 was so 0vercrowded that
it capsized. The first officer held burning
torches while the passengers were entering
tbs boats. He was drowned. The third
and fourth officers and second engineer
were saved.
BERLIN, Jan. 22.-Wolfgang Goethe,
grandson of the poet, is dead.
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Who Owns the Boxes =?

JERSEY Cry, N. j., Jan. 22.-The eleven
boxes seized here Saturday night at the in
stance of Jay Gould have been placed in
the keeping of the master in chancery
pending litigation. An official Of the Mn
tual Union company svore the property
did not belong to his company. The cash
Ter of the firm of J. G. Moore u Co. testi-
fed that the boxes and contents belonged
to that firm. Moore il Co. are the con-
tractors who built the Mutual Union lines.
The boxes, upon being opened
were found to coutGin vast quantity OF
books and papers, including vouchers, pay
rolls, contracts and other papers relating
to accounts of Moore & Co. which had &C
cumalated during the construction of the
lines. Attorney General Russell, in lie
charter of the Mutual Union Telegraph.
company claimed that there had been
frauds in the awards of the conssrQetion OF
contracts and II is thought these papers
may tbrow some light on the subject
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FOREIGN NOTES!
GREAT BRITAIN.

LONDON. Jan. GA Dublin dispatch
says that although wide belief exists that
the authorities will now be able to bring
the Phoenix park assassins to justice, the
real fact is that Farrell's assertion that the
inner circle was so composed that its mem
bers were unknown to each other and
therefore not to be identified IS only too
we'll founded.
LONDON, Jan. 22.-Briton Ferry. Wales,
Iron works stopped operations, throwing
]. 600 persons out of employment.
DUBLIN, Jan. 22-At the adjourned ex-
animation OF the accused conspirators next
Saturday, a list Of government officials
whose nurderers have been arraiSned Will
be produced.
LONDON, Jan. 22.-The Times says it is
evident Saturdays proceedings in Dublin
unveiled conspiracy to murder executive
officials although the secrets of the prose
cution thus far have been kept with prais-
worthy discretion. 1t is not believed the
counsel for the crown has begun with the
strongest part of the case. The inquiry
will probably be protracted several weeks.
LONDON, Jan. 22.-The ship Cleopatra
lost three men on her passage from New
York. Several vessels arriving in show
the effects of the Atlantic gales.
Dublin newspaper representatives were
refused admission to the execution of Pof
and Barrett for the murder of farmer
Brown. There are two further arrests in
connection with the conspiracy to murder
officials.
DUBLIN, Jan. 22-O'Brien, editor of the
United ireland, is charged with seditious
libel and committed for trial.
DUBLIN, Jan. 22.-The pope, in letter
to Cardinal McCabe, of which copies have
been sent to all Irish bishops, congratu-
lates them on their zeal in calming the
country and guiding the people. He regrets
that evil societies have not ceased to trust
to deeds of crime, but seek remedies which.
lead to the destruction of the faithful.
People should be firmly persuaded that ma
tionGl cause should be kept distinct from
the deeds of these unhallowed associations.
He suggests that leave to attend popular
meetings should only be allowed those of
the clergy III whose wisdom bishops have
especial confidence as able to guide an
excited assembly and defend judicious
courses. The clergy. thus constituted
guardians of public security and defenders
of the common veal, will be of great util-
ity to the country in its disturbed state.
LONDON, Jan. 22.-Anna Eliza Bray, the
distinguished authoress, is dead.
Gen. Sir Richard England is dead.
LIMERICK, Jan. 22.-The authorities have
information of the existence of con-
spiracy connected with the Inner circle"
at Dublin.
Walkers fax mill, Portadown county,
Armagh, burned to-day. Many persons
are thus thrown out of employment.
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A SAD STORY.

Il Wife a nd Mother Gone to the Bad Once
Peaceful and Happy Home Destrovsd-
The UnfattIIut Wife PstrtoSns ChiJ6 AID
Seeretes 1t d. u BG,cdy House.
Last evening, Mr.. Thomas, who lives
at 1926 Twenty ninth avenue south, called
in company with lady, at police head
quarters and made the following state
ment: Three children were the fruit of
nine years of his married life. For about
six years his had been peaceful and hap
Ply home, but during protracted visit at
her mothers home in Saltwater, the wife
made the acquaintance of levd woman
who e1erted baneful influence over her
and led her astray.
She became enamored, of a fast young man
named Taylor, now doing penancs in the
county Jail at Hastings for shooting man
at the county fair In that place last fall.
Up to short time since Mr.. Thomas was
ignorant of the faithlessness of the com
panion of his ireside. When he learned
her perfidy separation occurred. After
wards reconciliation for the sake of the
three innocent children was brought about
and the wife was forgiven and
taken to his home. Lately
Ine FOmdu has, IL any lining, Deeu even
worse than before. One child was sent to
the wife's mother to live in Saltwater.
Yesterday Mr.. Thomas went there to see
the child, leaving the youngest, boy four
years of age, in the charge of a woman
Upon his return home last night he was
shocked to tearn that the mother had
called during his absence and taken the
child away.
He is apprehensive Of the worst. He
thinks the woman is now secreted with the
child in house of bad name on Washing
ton avenue. He went to the plsce last
evening, but was refused admittancs. TO
get possession of his child again he made
application to the police, but, of course
they had no power il the premises and
could do nothing.
Mr. Thomas stated that he was q carpen-
ter in somewhat Strengthened circumstan-
ces. He has not just now the means
wherewith to begin suit for bill of di-
vorce and the custody of his children, and
hence is in a serious quandry.