The state capital., 1892-02-13
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

ADJT gen. MCCLELLAND died at his
home in Harrisburg, Pa, on the 7th.
On the 5th the president issued his
proclamation promulgating a reciproc-
itv treaty with the British West India
colonies Trinidad, Windward and Lee
ward islands, etc
On the 5th the house committee on
elections decided the Pennsylvania con-
tested election" case of Craig against
Stewart in favor of the former, dem
ocrat.
JAY GOULD has signed the agreement
for the reorganization of the Interna-
'tional & Great Northern Railroad Co.,
and the plan will doubtless be carried
out 1t is understood that he has guar
anteed the payment of assessments of
dissenting stockholders.
EXTENSIVE deposits of copper have
been discovered near Eisenach, Prus-
sia. They Will soon be worked, and no
doubt is entertained that their develop
ment will prove remunerative.
WILLIAM REHMANN, German
weiner-wurst street peddler, aged 80,
at Terre Haute, Ind determined to kill
himself, on the 7th, so he went into the
back room of his house and fired a shot
into his left side. Evidently repenting
the deed he bandaged up the wound,
and later, changing his mind, fired two
shots into his mouth and one above the
eye, killing himself.
WITHIN the next six weeks twenty
five or thirty inspectors in the New
York custom house will be removed.
The removals will take place gradually.
The German governments powder
mills at Spandau are reducing their
output, 500 employees having recently
been dismissed.
FARMER SHALL. of Coffee county,
Ala, on learning that cotton was still
declining, set his crop on fire and then
committed suicide by jumping from
bluff.
CHARLES H. BENEDICT, for severa
years confidential book-keeper of II
Clay Bascom. of Troy, n. Y, the pros
pective prohibition nominee for presl
dent, has disappeared under cloud
leaving shortage of several thousant
| dollars behind him.
| REAR ADMIRAL. ANDREW BRYsON, L
s. N, retired, died, on the 7th, at hi
residence in Washington.
CHARLES r. HAMMOND, of CLEVELAND
street (London) notoriety, who has beel
in Jail at Seattle, Wash, on charge Q
grand larceny for over year, has beel
pardoned by Gov. Ferry. Hammon
was sentenced, in December. 1890, t.
two years in the penitentiary. Sine
then it has been proven that he was no
guilty, and that the charge was
trumped one.
| FELIX KRAEMER, a salesman 10
Steinway & Co.. escaped from tn
burning Hotel Royal in New York cit
by using a stout um mbrella, of which h
was fortunately possessed, as para
chute in descending from third-fioo
window.
THERE were references made in a
the churches of London on the 18th t
the late DR.. Spurgeon. The bishop G
Bedford, at ST. Paurs cathedral. an
Archdeacon Sinclair, in the same place
delivered eloquent tributes to the grea
dissenter
NINE. SALoMoN, widow of the e.
president of Hayti, died, on the 18th,
her residence in Paris, of stomac
trouble, aged 81. She leaves one SO
and three daughters. One of the latte
is studying medicine. The burial wi
be in the cemetery of Passy. beside he
husband.
J MRS. KILLER, the widow of the mil
ionaire Boston physician of that nam
is dead During DIR. Killers lifetim
he ordered two coffins, one for himse
and one for his wife, costing $4,000
each. He was buried in his, and tt
one designed for her was on exhibitio
in horticultural hall for some years.
The Chronicle mine, seven mile
west of Pitkin, Col. on Ohio cree
: which is being worked by Pueblo pa
ties, has developed body of very rie
: ore, a sample of which gave the I
! markable assay of over $4,000 ounc'
of silver to the ton. This ore is tro
\ the 320-foot level, and indicates the bi
= gest silver find of this season.
J THE trial of Mayor Wyman, of A
4 legheny City, Pa, on the charges of e
a tortion and embezzlement-four coun
! was begun on the Sth.
4 Hon. ROBERT r. PORTER. superi
d tendent of census, returned, on the st
d from his trip to Cuba.
i ANOTHER unsuccessful attempt W
4 made, on the stl,, to set Gre to the roy
castle Of keaigsbuTg, pygsis,
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