The state capital., 1892-01-02
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

In court at Reading, fa., on the 23d,
Reuben Rhodes, night watchman in the
Berlss county Jail, who pleaded guilty
to gross negligence in helping In the
release of two prisoners, was sentcnced
to one years iinprisohHlent and $500
fine, and Warden nenech, under whose
administration it was alleged the Jail
has been the scene of some gross irreg-
ularities, in which the female prisoners
played prominent part, was removed
from Office,
A DISPATCH to the London Times
from its correspondent at Santiago de
Chile says that Gen. Campo, with
force Of $50 men, has attacked the town
of Santa Victoria in the province of Rio
Urande do Sui
A roDD1ING babe of w, T. Rudolph,
of McCraclxen codnty, KY, fell into "a
kettle &C boiling water, on the evening
Of the 22d, and was scalded so that it
died in few moments. The child in
its agony rolled from the pot, or it
would have been boiled to death, it be-
ing alone.
WARNED of the approach of burglars,
Mrs. Willard w. Searle, Of Lansing.
burg, n. Y, ran into her room. caught
up box of Jewels containing several
thousand dollars worth Of diamonds,
and opening window jumped 16 feet
| to THE ground, breaking her arm, but
saving her stones.
PURSUANT to the directions embraced
| in letter from the president to the
head of each department, dated Dccem-
Der 4, 1891, the secretary of the treas
ury has completed a plan, which will
| take effect on the 1st, under which all
promotions in the treasury department
will hereafter be made on a basis of
merit only and as the result OF compet-
tive examinations.
| A MYSTERY is connected with the ap-
pearance Of freight car which is car
ried between Manchester and Ports
mouth, N. H., and which arrived in
| Portsmouth on the 23d. The outside of
the car near the door was spattered
with blood, and inside the car were
found two large pools of blood and a
handker :hief and a mans hat covered
with blood stains, and a piece of pipe
with blood stains on it.
WHILE skating on the bay at Ash
land, Wis, on the 25th, Joseph Slosson,
a senior at the Faribault (Minn.l acad-
emy, and Mabel Shores, of Ashland,
broke through the ier, and the former
was drowned. He sustained his com
panion until help reached them, but
was himself so exhausted that he fel
back and hoated under the ice.
THE funeral of the late Senator
Plumb, of Kansas, took place at EN-
poria on the gath. All places of bust
ness were closed and business houses
and residences were alike draped will
emblcms of mourning.
A DISPATCH from Buenos Ayres say:
that Gen. Roca has reiterated his de-
cision not to be a candidate for the
presidency of the Argentine Republic
in the coming presidential campaign.
Mrs. MAY HELEN BAIRD, the widow
of the late Spencer T. Baird, the dis
tinguishcd secretary of the Smithson
ian institute, died in Washington city
on the 23d, aged II.
A PROMINENT naval officer is author
ity for the statement that the United
States government will soon take step
to bring the Chilian matter to crisis
, Mr. GLADSTONE and Mr.. Morley hav
, been unanimously elected members o
the English club of Biarritz, France.
Mr.. r. ?. Foss. the owner of tn
Clinton dynamite works which eH
ploded at Haverstraw, n. Y., a feI
weeks ago. gave Christmas present G
| o. -, ~ Tom. ,s+iHnJUC who lbs
I their husbands in the disaster.
1T is said in Paris that the czarin
I will visit that city in February an
proceed thence to England for the pul
: pose of attending the wedding of tn
Duke of Clarence and Princess Victori
: of Teck.
n LOwENTHAL, LIVINGSTONE & Co, {
San Francisco, have failed, with liabil
ties of about 1920, 900, which is nearl
Or all due to English firms. A fall in til
Q price of shipping and in the value {
!. salmon is said to have caused the fai
+ ure.
d A FRIGHTFUL panic. causing the lo'
G of ten lives and the serious wounGin
e of large number of persons, w;
l. caused, on the night of the Goth, by tt
e cry of fire in Gateshead (Englant
theater The fire was extinguishe
with couple of buckets of water.
e THE Carpenter steel works, locate
&c in the northern limits of Reading. Pa
n were destroyed by fire on the 26t
}. Several men were badly injured.
e GEORGE E. sCADDEN, a New York n
e tor, aged KS years, died, on the cot
20 from the effects of laudanum take
a with suicidal intent
\ SII.vEIRA MARTINEZ has been a
pointed governor of the province OF L
Grande do Sui, Brazil.
y JOSEPH KLEIN, son of Jake Klein.
i the Bullion Exchange bank of Carso
- New, and George Bosworth left Place
. Vile December IL to walk to Cars
% over the mountains. They were IN
= by Henry Barton, who advised them
'.s' turn back, but they decided to push
= to the next station, IL miles distal
" Since then nothing has been heard
- them Three other men started ov
the summit on the Sunday previol
N One of them was found dead 10 mi
or from Lake Tahoe. Further search
&c snow shoes showed nothing of
st. others.
~ WM w. WITTIe, the biggest boy
in Maryland, celebrated his seventeen
to birthday anniversary at his home
o. Frostburg, on the Goth. Throughc
e. the country he is looked on as gia
to He was born in Baltimore. but with
IN parents moved to Frostburg in Mar
of 1876. For the past two years he /
ci- been growing at the rate OF nan an III
of per month. His height is feet
inches and he weighs 1s5 pounds.