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frauds committed in taking the Min
neapolis census last summer, were fined
$2,0 900 and $1,000, respectively.
GEN. SHERMAN's two sons applied in
New York for letters of administration
on their fathers estate. The general
left no will, and his personal estate
does not exceed $4,000.
| The National baseball league at its
convention at New York adopted new
form of contract which virtually does
away with the reserve clause and gives
the players more rights.
! THE levees on the Sacramento river
at Washington, CAL, broke, and the
southern portion of the town and 1000
acres of grain land were flooded.
| Two STUDENTS at the Hebrew union
college at Cincinnati, Isadore H. Frau
entbal and Ernest Sallinger, committed
suicide with the same revolver.
WILLIAM p. WELLS, a prominent
Michigan lawyer, dropped dead in a
court room at Detroit
HENRY I. WILLS & Co., fruit mer-
chants in New York city, failed for
100000
A PARTY of United States officials
l have completed raid through West
I Florida, resulting in the capture and
destruction of twenty-six illicit stills
and the arrest of thirty men.
! The fruitrpreserving and canning es-
tablishment of the j. o. Schimmel Pre-
serving Co. at Philadelphia was burned,
causing loss of $13O,OOO.
CHARLES CORYELI., a jackson county
Ind.) farmer, attempted to take his
child away from his wife. who had left
him. Arthur Burdell, his brother-in-
law. interfered, whereupon Coryell shot
him dead.
| In an avalanche near Alta, Utah, two
men were killed and two were fatally
injured.
SIXTEEN horses were burned in feed
stable at Des Moines, In.
The first of series of meetings to be
held throughout the country by union
prisoners of the war to raise money for
a memorial hall at Washington was
held in New York.
The National league made public it's
schedule of baseball games for 1891.
The season opens April % and closes
October 3.
| THOMAS PEMBERroN, of Little Rock
Ark, and Albert Bost, of Bost's Mills,
n. c.. We're burned to death in fire
that destroyed the high school in Mon
roe. N. c.
| IT was announced that the legisla-
ton enacted by the last congress would
result in the opening up of over s,0oO,-
900 acres of the public land to settle
ment.
The schooner Elsie Smith, of Port
land, was wrecked Off Cape Cod and
eighteen lives were lost.
THE race question was said to be as
suming a serious phase in Oklahoma
territory, and fighting between black
and white people was reported to be
imminent
The passenger boat City of Rich
mond and cargo burned at New York.
The loss ON the boat was Sl25, 900; fully
insured.
The buildings of the Worlds Colum-
bian exposition in Chicago will be dedi-
Gated in October, 1892, with imposing
ceremonies, the exercises to extend
over four days.
A REUNION of the founders of the re-
publican party will be held at fremont
temple in Boston April Is next.
In fit of jealousy Daniel Mcmahon
killed Miss Annie Murphy near Port
Huron, Mich, and then took his own
life.
HUNDREDS of ranches in Yolo coun-
tv, Cal, were under water, and the loss
to property was estimated at 81, 1000, 600.
A COMPANY has been formed with
$500, 900 capital to develop rich deposits
of onyx in Pulaski and Crawford coun-
ties. Mo.
NEAR Ellis, Kan, the body of sheep
herder, frozen to death in the recent
blizzard, was found. The body had
been nearly devoured by coyotes.
The savings bank at F'reeport, Pa,
was robbed of $40, 900 in money and 60.
curities.
AT the Ives sale in New York Mr.. ].
w. Ellsworth, of Chicago, secured the
famous Gutenberg Bible at q cost of
$14,sO0.
DANIEL MCMAHON was given life
sentence at Port Huron, Mich, lor the
brutal murder of Annie Murphy.
| SECRETARY PROCTOR has authorized
! the enlistment of 1900 Indians for the
army.
j. NJ. FORBES, Of Boston, paid s11, 900
for a 2-year-old brown colt at the New
York horse sale. The animal was sired
by Stamboul
The first colored bar association in
America was organized at Gainesville,
Miss.
| TIE Baltimore Methodist conference
has by vote of 145 to 80 decided not to
allow women delegates to the general
conference.
JOHN OSCAR BURLINGTON was ranged
at Bonneville. Mo-. for the murder of
Sheriff Cranmer, and Shakespeare
Reeves. alias Jacob Sharkey (colored),
was hanged at Newcastle. Del, for an
assault upon little Grace Clark, a white
girl of II years.
Four men committed suicide in St
Louis on the 9th.
AT a meeting of the worlds fair di-
rectory in Chicago the eight-hour day
for exposition labor was adopted.
Mrs. BoDENBER, aged 81, died q,
Hamilton, o., and John Hopple, he1