The National tribune., 1884-01-03
PITH OF THE NEWS.
Capital Topics--Crines and Casualties.
Personal and Political.
CAPITAL TOPICS.

scr .iaf2GtiA I. Afotr SHOWS a hAtISsA-N ~
national baak notes for the calendar year Of
So l5a526.
The Pnblie Printer is about to put the tenth
volume ef the Rebellion Record to press. This
brings the Record up to 1862. There viii,
probably, be about ninoty-1ve volumes IN all
The total receipts from internal revenue for
the first six months of the fiscal year ending
on the 37st ult were S5I, I26.29l. The receipts
for December were 81. S55,706. The estimate
made bg. the commissioner Of internal revenue
Of tho receipts for the fiscal year ending June
&c 5s-l was sle3 Gao050
For tlse first five months Of the present fiscal
year the total internal revenue collections
have Amounted t. S5l.279, 43S being Sll,343,-
a1l less than during the corresponding period
of last wear In spirits there has been total
increase # collections amounting TO S20l4,9fl,
and In lermented liGu0ss an increase of $751;
33s TIE total decrease IL the collection Of
taxes on tobacco has amounted to S9,l9l6g7 I;
on taxes fram banks and bankers, 81, 055,2 92:
On miscellaneous taxes, s5.6o62SL
CRISES AND CASUALTIES.
A triplo murder was committed, on the 9th
nit. Ht Chatham Church, \. C.. near Moncure
The victims were sIrs. Olive Gunter, eighty
years old a,d Northumberland granddaughter.
Each YVES struck with an axe. There IS no
olcw TO the murderer
A snowside near Moatezulna, Col, on the
2sth uit carried John HoaGstr0n. John Ali
stroia. and john Ling, 1lree miners, bali mile
down the mountain. Ahstronl and Ling were
found fatally frozen. Headstron. who IS SIN
missing, sanst haze been killed.
A sislisfeh from San Angela, Texas, to the
Galveston selrs. GATED December 30, says: The
Abilene stage was halted last night near the
Colorado River By two masked men with drawn
revolvcrs. and the nine passengers, comprising
a variety troupe, were robbed Of 800. The
mails Were not touched
at Tazoo City. Miss. on The night Of the 29th
ult. POI armed men took Robert swayze, Mica
Job Parker. and Richard Gibbs from the jail
and hanEca them. IN. j.. Foote resisted and
WAS shot dead in his cell. The prisoners were
charged with the murder Of the Posey broth
ers and Jasper Nicholson, GA the 9th ult.
Adam Hartline. peddler. was stopped on
the highway between Catawissa and Mainville,
Pa. and robbed Of $3.50 and jewelry. lie was
shortly after met by two other men. who asked
permission 10 ride IL his sleigh. Hartline re-
fused. whsreupon one Of the men fred twice,
n6icting fatal injuries.
On the 25th MI. the dead body Of a man was
found lying IN the snow near the Pennsylvania
Railroad track. below Retreat Station. Pa
The tracks OF a bear were plainly distinguished
and thefmaf's clothing and person gave eyi-
dence Of horrible struggle The body was
identified as that Of John Robinson, of Cleve-
land, Ohio.
While cage containing twenty convict la
borers was descending a shaft in the Pratt
mines, Dear Birmingham. Ala on the 2tth
ult. the engine became unmanagesbe for a
moment and the cage fell TO the bottom, dis
fauee OF 294 feet. and rebounded sixty feet
Most Of the men fell out. One Of them, 10
seph Phelan colored was killed, and thirteen
were iujured, two Of them seriously Two o.
The men We're white and the Others colored.
On Christmas morning. George Case. a rom.
man ilylae IN FetoRes ayillage in Illinois. wen'
hunting When he reached the woods h'
halted and rested the butt Of his cooked CUR
on the ground. the muzzle pointing toward.
his head. Case then called to his dog. whici
was running about. q short distance of. The
aaimai ran tn his master and jumped upon hi
breast. ia doing 70, he pressed the trigger
with oHe OF his hind feet. and the gun was dis
charged, instantly killing Case.
dispatch 10 the Denver Repst5g;oan From
Telluride Col says that AZ noon on the 24tl
nit. n saaw-slide came down Marshall Basin
carrying or the shaft-hDrse Of the Mendots
1nine. IL which we're fourteen men, eight o
whom Eprs killed outright and two injured
-Four 0fths men 6ug themselves ont TheIaail
carrier frcIn- lverfBn TO Anes and 0urzy. VII
was due a. Telluride last Friday. has not We
iseeT- heard franl- il IS supposed that he Ia
been losi ln crossing the range.
On tlsa morning Of the 30th nit. A large quan
titv nf Mood and hair was found aear the cor
ner 81 Summer and Birch streets Eid6efosd
lie. srsmpied into tie snow. A family IN tia
vicinity heard q team drive up about 10 oclocl
a. the evening". and not long after creams wer
heard "A iittie past 30 o'clock man, consid
crstlv bruised. called Al a house ON Prospec
street 9 short distance from the scene Of ia
supposed crime and inquired the way 10 Day
ION, ana attesward two men, evidently Devil
defe5. called at house On HiH street. inqHii
iTr Fir eaep Iraees of blood could he fOlleWe
ior ssgefa rods upon Summer street.
The large carpet store Of Haraeaburg & Co
Of Nos. 50. $ and 81 Henry street aud \,
147 Fulton street. Brooklyn. caught Ere on Ia
2ash llt, and was entirely destroyed. a pal
% tie sGilGing was used as a storage ware
house. and contained large quantity Of furni
ture, noae 81 which could be saved The en-
tire Joss xiii exceed 100000 OF this 5000
Is Oh the nuilding. which belonged 10 the e.
tate 81 jonathan y. Stewart HaTdenburg
Co.'S JOSS IS estimated al $4,000, and the los
or the furniture at $4,000. The FIRE started !
the cellar. and Is supposed to have been cause
BIZ Iats gIawing sulphur matches. and ignitin
them.
TIE bridge ever Blue River. on the Loui
vile. Aev Albany. and Chicago Railroad, abot
one and a-lsaE miles south o. Salem, Ind, Va
washed away on the 9th ult.. and a s0utl
Charles Saaford, the train baggage-Inaster, {
this city. aud a lady. Dora Eddings. Of Lafas
cite. aud Eve passengers. The wounded wei
john Aangbn. Tie engineer and his fremal
ana eight passengers.
The portion Of tic train nof sHbmerge
caught ire, aud IN less than half an hour "a
whole traia WAS consumed. Charles Sanlor,
hasgzge-lnaster. was wedgcd into his car BY q
baggage and drowned. Jacob Hellrich. 'agE
seventy years, German minister, Of Ne
Albany, Was burned 70 death.
One Il the largest boarding houses In S
Louis was. On the 2lth ult, tie scene of
double tragedy. The house is kept bv Mrs.
q. Gibson. who has mad trouble with her hu
hand about her children Try former marriag
Gibson walked inso the dinine-r0om. reyolv
IL HAND. and opened fire or john T. Bnfin
ton, husband OF one 81 his wifc's daughter
There Was 4 wild rush Tor the doors aud viii
dishes were cracking and furniture upsettis
'libsQn kept fTing away. he fired three sho
s. BuihRgton. Two CT which took effect ]
also fred twice al Arthur MHihoiland
wlle's saf wcunding him fatally HaYing-b
one shot Jeff the murderer walked into Il
PANTRY. ald finished bis bloody work by bio
Ing bis ovsi br2i8g ont.
PERSONAL.
oeneral Fremont VIII 10 seventy years d
Ar Janaary.