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a. SENSATIONAL TRAGEDY
TWO YOUNG WOMEN SUICIDE
AFTER A DEBAUCH
Dn Christmas Night, BY Taking
'Roagh On Rats''-A Sad and
Pitlable Endlng.

BosroN, MASS, December 28.-The
details of a sensational tragedy, re-
sulling in the death OF two young
girls, who will be buried in Mount
Hope Cemetery tomorrow, are printed
this morning. The matter, although
known to the authorities for a long
time, has been sscredly guarded, and
not breath OF the affair has before
been made public. Sadie Bgelow and
LIZZIE Hart, aged respectively Is and
10 years, came to Boston two or three
years ago and secured employment in
q large dry goods house here. Sadie
fell in love with respectable bust
ness man Of this city and they were
married. Soon after, however, they
separated, owing, 1t is said, to the
husbands abuse. The two girls went
to New York and wtra employed there
for time in a retail house, but re-
turned to Boston, where they formed
the acquaintance oil two young men.
On Christmas night the four were TIP
gether at house on Bowdoin street
and drank wine there. Before Gepa-
rating they had a serious dispute.
The men, however, put the girls aboard
AGAR ca route 10 the lodgings. The girls
were in an excited state when they
boarded the car, and at once discussed
with cash other plans for taking their
own lives. Leaving the car they OBJ.
tanned two boxes OF trough on rats"
at an apothstary shop, and hurIylng
to their room, mixed the poison in
their tooth brush mugs and swallowed
it. Sadie took an overdose and did
not feel its ELECTS as soon as did Liz.
Sie, who sank into a deep stupor.
Sadie realized what had been done,
rushed into the street and hurried
back to Bowdoin street, where the
young men still were. Finding thom,
sac impored them 10 hurry to the
South End House and cave Lizzie.
BY this time the poison was taxing
effect upon Sadie, and throwing her.
self upon the bed she writhed In
fearful agony. Medical aid was sum.
moned, but after six hours OF suffer-
ing she died. The young men finally
decided to 10 to L'zzie's house and
break the news to her. They called
there, and upon reaching L'Esie's
room che was found dead upon the
bed.
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Knocked Against "a Red Hot Stove
BY Dog and burned.

ST. LOUIS, Mo, December 20 Lena
Stumpf and Laura Marley, two girls
aged IA and 10 years, respectively, liv-
ing the vicinity OF Fourteenth and
Morgan streets. went to the barn in
the rear Of No. 1880 Lucas avenue last
night to Gee the coachmsn in charge
there. Lena Siumpi and the coach
man left Laura Vsrley for few min
utes standing by q red hot stove.
While waiting for them to return q
large dog bounded into the room and
knocked her against the stove, setting
her clothes on fire. Two policemen
were attracted to the place by her
screams and extinguished the Il ime',
but not before the girl had been fatally
burned. She was taken to the hos
pital and will die.
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The business Portion OF Town De.
htrOy ed by Fire.

PnTssURs, PA, December 20.-A
con Indignation at Gieensburg, West
moreland county, this morning de-
stroyed one Of the finest blocks in tho
city, and for several hours threatened
destruction to the entire business
portion OF that thriving place. The
Gre was discovered at o'clock, and is
supposed 10 have originated IN
Temples hardware store. The fi:e
apparatus wss wholly inadequate, and
the flames quickly spread to the ad-
joining bu ldlpgs. The citiz, work
cd heroically &c stay the progress Of
the fiery element, but 1t was not un.
Gil o'clock this morning that tbs
flames were under control. Ten
buildiugs were consumed, including
the Laird House, Temples hardware
store, old Press Office, Caleb Stuks
dwelling and four stores. The Laird
House was tho LARGEST and q lest hotel
in Greensburg. II was brick build
ing, four stores in height aud finely
furnished. The guests were all sound
asleep when the fire started, aud many
of them barely escaped from the
building in their night clothes. The
losa is estimated at 500, 900, insurance
$l50000. No one was injured.
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BAId RnObberp UaDtureti.

sPRINGPIELD, Mo-, December 90
John Wright, William Silvey ADD
Bsrry Hindcnck, three more Of the
ten men who are charged with having
been in the alleged band Of Bald
Knobbers who whipped Hugh Raliet
and Caleb Titwood and drove them
from their homes.esds in the north
part Of Douglas county, have been ar
rested and are under band to appear
for preliminary examination before
United States Commissioner McLain
Jones next Friday. This other seven
men are already under bond to appear
for trial at the next term Of the
United States District Court at Jefier.
con CITY.
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A FIERCE PRIZE FIGHT
or Thirty-tWo Rounds WOn By tine
Smaller MAN.

STRKAToR, Ill, December ga
fierce prize fight occuTrBd between
Charles DAILY, OF st. Louis, and Billy
Myer, Of Streator, at Woodford, small
station on the Illinois Central railroad,
at a late hour lsst night. The fight
was for $500 eide and the gate re-
ceipte, 10 finish. From the first to
the tenth round DAILY tried TO wind
Myer, hardly attempting to strike him
in the face. but finding this OF no avail
he changed his tactics and tried TO get
a knockout blow. In the Fl tenth
round Daily hit hyer terrific blow
between the eyes, but Myer came TO
the scratch on time. Both men were
covered with b ood and their eyes ST.
most swollen shut, but they came TO
time at the call and hard fighting Was
the rue until the thirty.second round,
when Myer struck Daily a powerful
blow on the neck which spun him
around like top, and he fell with
outstret9hed arms on the floor, from
which he was unable torise at the call
OF time. The fght YVES given TO Myer.
DAILY he'd the advan age both In
weight and height, weighing las
pounds and Myer lao A forfeit has
been placed for q fight between Myer
and Tommy Warren.
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The Boston Merchants Dinner.

Boston, MASS, December 29,-The
guests Of the b ston Merchants Assoc
ciatioD, Senators Hale Of Maine,
Dawes and Hohr OF Massachusetts,
Eustis of Louisiana, Morgan Of Ala
hama, and Congressman Hepburn OF
lowe, Herbert Of Alabama, Morrow
OF California, Curtin of Pennsylvania,
and Tayo or Of Ohio, arrived this morn
ing and were met by the Reception
Committee and taken 10 the Vendome,
whore they win stop during their stay.
Daring the forenoon the delegation
visited Gov. Robinson and Mayor
0'Rtipn
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CHANCERY SALE
OF
REAK ES y Il A. n E

No. 1854, R.-Cbancery Court of Shelby
oOuuty--John 4. Wlllins vs.. VIM. d. Ira
bue OF al
10y virtue of an interlooutory decree for
ID salo entered in the above ,ause on the
7th day of December, 1885, NJ. B. 65, pace 4l8,
/ will sell, at public auction, to the highest
bidder, in 'front.' of the Clerk and Masters
Office. at the Main street entrance Of the
courthouse Of Shelby county, Memphis, Ten
Saturday. ssh day Of JNn nary, 1887.
within legal hours, the following described
property, situated In the city Of Memphis,
Shelby county, Tenn. to-wit;
A lot beginning on the west side Of Walnut
street, at the northeast corner OF q parcel Of
land convey ed January s, 1867, by Samuel p.
Walker in trust 10 u. l.. Dsnnison and A. s..
McNeair, for VIM. and Ed 0rgil; thence
running northwnrd with the west line OF
Walnut street 76 feet; thence west $50 ieet to
q stsko; then &c south IS feet 10 the line OF
said trust property aforesaid; thence east
ward $50 feet TO tho beginning.
Terms of Sale--0ne helt cash; balance in
six months, note bearing interest at 8 per
cent. from date, with security required I;
lien retained. This December Is, 1885.
s. |. GOODWILL, Clerk and Master.
By b. =. Coleman, ID. 9. and NJ.
O. W. Heiskell, solicitor.
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Freedmen. asa socie,y TroubIes.

CINCINNATI, o., December 29.-The
Executive Committee Of the Freed
mems Aid Society Of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, Of which Bishop
Walden Is chairman, hes had under
consideration a. meeting here
charges against Prof Calkius, Of the
Chattanooga University, one of the
schools under the charge Of the socie-
w. The committee found Prof. Gal.
kins guilty Of a discourtesy in pub
lie store to q Rev. Mr.. johnson, a col
cred minister, Of Chattanooga, and
recommended the trustees Of the uni
verSity to request Prof. Cabins to re-
sign.
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Threatens 60 Withdraw From the
Pool.

ST.. LoUIs, Mo. December ga
special from Peoris, H., states that II
has been learned that Kidd, the ex-
teasiye distiller at Dss Moines, Ia,
has notified tie Western Export Az.
so iatlon, commonly known ns the
Yhieky pool, that he will Withdraw
from thst organization January let
II he should carry out the throat tho
pol will doubtless 20 30 pieces. Kidd,
il is u1dsr5tooj, Is disss.ih.d with
his percentages.
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A Minister Unbalanced by His SIS
ler'n Denth Suicides.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Dooamber 30 A
special from Macon, Mo-, says: The
Rev. Clayton Kelao, Presbyterian
minister, committed Hucide yesterday
morning at his home by hanging him
self by the neck from a beam in his
barn. He had just returned from the
funeral OF his sister, and ii is supposed
that excessive grief over her death
unbalanced his mind.
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SAN FRANoisAo. CAL, December 20.
"A secret meeting of thu striking
street car men was held at late hour
lset night, and was continued up to J
o'clock this morning. Nothing of the
proceedings can be learned, but it is
generally believed that tho object was
& bring about general tie-up on all
the roads in the city. The men ex-
press strong discrimination not TO re-
eume work until their claims are
oranfad
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A Young Woman Buroed toIDeath,

WATERTOwN, N. Y, December 20
Mrs, Edwin Sanford, OF Ssnford's Cor
ners, JehsIson county, young mar
ried woman ag d 10 yoars, was burned
to death yesterday. She was alone In
the houie, and it is supposed her
clothing caught fire from the stove, as
II was found open after the accident.
She rushed out OF the house 10 a
neighbours, her clothes all ablaze, end
every particle Of clothing was burned
from her body before anything could
be done. She died latt evening, Elk
hours after the accident occurred.
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CHANCERY SALE
REAL ESTATE.

No. 5O52, R.-Chancery Court Of Shelby
county State of Tennessee VS.. B. s.
Ware OF al.
pY virtue of an interlocutOry decree for
ID sale entered in thu ahsyo cause on the
Sd day of December, 1886, NJ. b. IS, page
39i, will sell at publ Az ction, to the high
est bidder, in front of the Clerk and Master S
Office, courthouse o. Shelby county, Mem
sainrsiay' sth day of January, 1857,
within legal hours, the following described
property. situated in the city OF Memphis,
Shelby county, Tenn, to-wit:
An undivided S-l5 interest in a certain
lot, described as follows: Beginning At the
southwest corner Of the Read lot, on the
north side of Union street, running thence
westward with the north line Of Union
street ~ feet, moro or less, to a etake stand
ing AZ feet, more or less, east of tho east
sbut ont of the bridge oYor the bayou
thence nOrthwardly l4Sl3 feet, moro or less,
to tho point where the hypothenuse of the
triangle lot of the Rrinkleg heirs, on the cast
Of the bayou, cuts the south line Of old
Union etreet; thence eastwatdly with this
south line of old Union street rs feet, more
or less, to the west line of the Head lot;
thence southwardly with said Read line to
the beginning.
Terms Of Ssle--0n q credit Of six months,
interest bearing notes with good security re-
qulred lien retained, redemption barred.
This December 10, 1886.
:. I MCU0W ell, Clerk and Mater.
by b. 4. Coleman, ID. Q. and NJ.
i. II * O. W. Neiskell, collectors.
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ReHtrAinipg n Railroad from Dis.
pOslmg Of Bonds.

HEw YORK, December 29.-The
Farmers' Loan and Trust Company
has procured from the Supreme Court
temporary injunction restraining
Morgan's Louisiana and Texas Rail-
road and Steamship Company from
disposing Of $50 bonds OF the Houston,
Texas and Central Railway Company,
dated April l, 1881, for $1,000 each,
with interest at 9 per cent, with cou-
pone. The bonds and coupons are Sc
cured by general mortgage made by
the Houston and Texas Central rail-
road 10 tho Trust Company ~ trustees.
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William stewart, the CrIlIc, Dead.

New YoRK, December 20 William
Stewart, a well.known journalist and
critic, who had eaiaed reputation by
his criticism OF Forrest, add who is
said TO have brought Edwin Booth
into prominence, died Monday night
in hospital in East 0ne Hundred
aud Twentieth street, where he has
been as guest Of one Of the officers.
His true name was Edmund OLA
herty. He was bonn six'y-fye years
ago in Galway, Ireland, and was edu-
Gated at E,on College. He wa3 once a
member OF Parliament, came here ia
1858, aud was at one time manager Of
the old Winter Garden, on B,oadway.
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ashore by the captain. The loss Of
the steamer, which was new. was $50,
900; insurance, $500. The loss on
the cargo is $4,000; insurance un-
known.
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ainde An Ansirnrnnnt

New York, December 2g.-Charles
II. Raymond, dsa'er in supplies, AZ
No. l2l Chambers street ana No. IO3
Read street, inside an assignment to-
day for the benefit Of creditors to
James NJ. Oakley, with preieren ces
amounting 10 E208,700.
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pF and Planters, small
Farmers and Gar ieners, should. in the in
terval between Harvest and Planting time,
look out for the future, and
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Richfield GIeanings.

s. Roads are getting good again.
Miss Cora Lebay spent Sunday at
home.
Several fires have visited this locality
the past week.
=. Soloman Sloop and wife, of Leipsic,
Sundayed in Richfeld.
=. Protracted meetings are still in pro-
gress and doing much good.
Miss Lizzie Kersner win return to Lib
erty next Saturday, where she will teach this
summer.
=. On Wedn esday night last the building
known as the Pine house was burned; and, on
the same night, building in section 8 was
burned. 8f
....T The widow Hues, who moved here
from Mcclure about two weeks ago, was
waited upon by mob and given "a hours to
leave. Failing TO comply with the demand,
the next night her house was burned with
all its contents.
West Hope, April 10. fouHo.
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Listing Of Personal Prop
erty.
TO ALL PERSONS OWNING or con-
TROLLING PERSONAL PROF
ERTY IN HENRY CO.. OHIO.

The General Assembly Of Ohio, having on
the sth day Of this month passed supple
mentsry act 10 section 27s9 Of the Revised
Statutes Of Ohio, making II misdemeanor
for any officer to villfuily list personal prop
erty at less than, its usual selling price, and
the Township Assessors in this county having
been advised Of the passage Of this late act, l
below publish sections 27s9 and 27e9a of the
Revised Statutes as the law now in force, by
which the assessor as well as all persons list
ing personal property must be governed IN
making their returns.
REVISED STATUTES OF ONO.
sro. 27se. In listing personal property,
n shall be valued at the usual selling price
thereof. at the time of listing. and at the
place where the same may then be; and II
there be no usual selling price known 70 the
person whose duty 1t Is to M value thereon,
then Mt such price as it Ia believed could be
obtained therefor, in money, at such time
and place; investments in bonds, stocks,
ioint stock companies, or otherwise, shall be
valued at the true value thereof, In money
moeny whether in possession or on deposit,
shall be entered in the statement at the full
amount thereof, except that dkpreciated
circulating notes shall be entered at tneii
current value; every credit for sum certain,
payable either in money, property OF any
kind, labor, or service, shall be valued at the
full amount of the sum so payabie, except
that If it be for q specific article, or for
specified number or quantity OF any article
or articles of property, or for certain
amount Of laboror services OF any kind, 4
shall be valued at the current price OF sucf
property, or Of such labor or service, at ths
place where payable; and annuities, o.
moneys, receivable at stated periods shal
be valued at the sum which the person listing
the same believes them to be worth IN money
at the time of listing. (56v. u5, So !,
SFc. 27S9a. Any additions made to th'
tax-list and duplicate by any board O
equalization or county auditor shall be as q
valuations, in strict accordance with tn
provisions Of section 2739; and any office
willfully violating any of the provisions q
section 2739, or of this section, shall b'
deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and OF
conviction thereof, before any court o
competent jurisdiction, shall be sentenced
| by the court, to pay a fine OF two hundre'
dollars, and it is hereby made the duty OF tn
prosecuting attorney OF the county to enforc
the provisions of this section.
| CHARLES EVERS,
County Auditor. /.
Auditors Office, Henry Co., O.,
April 15th 1885. u
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In the springtime- 4
tsThe air is full Of bluebirds,
The trees are full Of buds,
The buckets full Of whitewash,
The house Is full Of suds."

The short hand reporters for the Senatorial
investigation committee have put in bills for
$10, 900, in payment Of their services. Short
hand reporters and committees come
high but We must have them thrust upon
us. tss I'd
We are just more than pleased with our
carpet trade. We have sold carpets every
day during the past week. Low prices, nice
styles and good quality does the business.
Come in and get q bargain before they are NIL
gone, al the Cash Dry Goods House Of
2t RoHRs q EUHR.
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Texas News.

Our town has two Sunday schools.
....H. Kurtz has three men in his hoop
factory.
August Weimer's boy Is laid up with a
sore foot Az was too sharp.
Miss Hattie Bellinger has opened o
millinery store in our town. May she be
successful is our desire.
=. Mrs, Long has rented part of the old
hotel building, and is very much contented
among her old friends. Her daughter, Mrs.
Fisk, of Napoleon, visited her Last Sunday.
Miss Rogy's death cast deep gloom
over our neighborhood. g. W.