The state capital., 1892-01-30
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

PERSONAL AND GENERAA,
By the burning of the indianapolis
Surgical institute, on the night of the
2lst, at least sixteen persons, patients
in the institute. were burned to death
and about thirty injured, some fatally.
ELISHA 2. MALLETT, of Bath, Me.
who was recognized as the uhlest HAS
ter builder in that state, died, on the
21st, aged 76. He had built nearly 100
ships and was, at the time of his
death, at work upon what is to the big
gest ship in the world.
JOHN LAFFERTY, aged 81 years, was
found frozen to death in field adioin-
ing his residence at East Nottingham,
Pa, on the 21st. He has wandered
from his home on the previous night.
CALVIN 5. BRICE, chairman, issued a
call, on the ed, for the national demo-
cratic convention to meet in Chicago
June 2l.
CHARLES FARRELL, aged %, died at
his home in Altoona, Pa, on the 22d,
as the result of an overdose of lau-
danum taken to alleviate pain. He had
been sick for some days and was TAX.
ing the laudanum regularly. He had
been married but one week, and the
young wife is Frustrated with grief
THE Worlds fair commissioners ap-
pointed by the japanese government,
Y. Yunmbo and S. Togima. of Toxic,
arrived in San Francisco, on the 22d,
on their way to Chicago to secure space
for the erection of their national build
ing in Jackson park. The Japanese
government has appropriated $50, 900
yen (about $500, ,OOO for it's exhibit at
the Colum bian exposition.
DISCOVERY has been made Of an IL
licit whisky distiIlery in the southwest
ern part Of Natick, Mass. which rivals
those of the moOnshiners in the south.
The distillery. giving employment to
several men, is located in a barn cellar,
and everything is SO ingeniously ar
ranged that the distillery may be run
ming day or night and the passer by
would not have suspicion of its ex-
istence.
AMONG the passengers who arrived in
New York on the 24th, on the steamer
Etruria, was Sir George Baden-Powell,
the British Behring sea commissioner,
who will endeavor to bring about an
amicable settlement regarding the seal
ing troubles.
IT is authoritatively announced that
in a very short time the new telegraph
line will be completed between Val
paraiso and Buenos Ayres This line
will connect at Buenos Ayres the coast
line from Buenos Ayres to Europe by
way of Montcvideo and the brazilian
ports 1t will be operated from Val
paraisO in connection with the West
Coast Cable Co. s line.
=. A. LARGAY, owner of the Specula-
tor mine in Butte, Mont has brought
suit for $1,000, 900 against the Ana
conda Mining Co, Marcus DAILY, J. B.
Haggin and Robert Chambers The
plaintiff claims that the defendants, by
means Of cross cuts, slopes, etc, have
extracted ore to that value from the
Speculator mine.
THE funeral services over the re-
mains of the late Associate Justice
Bradley were held in the North Re-
formed German church in Newark, n.
j., on the 25th. The interment was t
Mount Pleasant cemetery.
MAJ.-GEN. SCHoFIELD received a dis
patch, on the cath, from Gen. Stanley,
commanding the department of Texas,
in which he states that he regards the
GarZa movement as ended"
THE palace of the Duke of Arend-
burg, in Brussels, was burned early on
the morning of the 23d. The fire spread
with such rapidity that it was with diff
ficulty that the Prince and Princess De
Croy D'Arendburg and their children
escaped, in their night robes, from the
burning palace.
On the 25th Gov. Pattison of Penn
sylvania dismissed the appeal of Col.
VIM B. Smith; of the Third regiment
national guard of Pennsylvania, from
the action of the court martial which
decided ir favor of his dismissal as
commander of the regiment for misap-
plication of the funds of the organiza-
ton.
THOUSANDS of cattle are slowly starv-
ing to death in the hills of southern
Idaho. The loss to stock raisers will
be tremendous. Every blade of grass
upon the ranges is under from twenty
two to sixty inches of snow, and the
present winter has not been equaled in
severity since 1870.
DIR. PFEIFFER, who is attending Mrs
DIR. Graves, says that the lady is rapidly
recovering. She is up and about and
her mind is becoming stronger daily.
She has not yet been told the true state
of affairs in regard to her husband and
will not be for some time.
SECRETARY TRACY received dis
patch, on the night of the 25th, from
Commander Evans of the United States
cruiser Yorktown, announcing the ar
rival of that vessel at Callao,. Peru.
This is the port TO which the Yorktown
was ordered to convey the Balmacedist
refugees taken aboard the vessel at
Valparaiso.