The Washington bee., 1892-12-17
1ELEGRAPHlc BRIEFS.

Massachusetts mortgages aggregate
S223, 900, 900, or $l44 per capita.
The Wlfiskey Trust has advanced the
price of whiskey five cents a gallon.
New Haven, Conn, is to have a Tam
many Society, starting with a thousand
members.
Uncle" George Washington, a ne
gro in Middle Georgia, claims to be 141
years old.
Senator Stockbridge, Of Michigan, will
he opposed by members of his own party
for reelection.
The British Government has informed
the United States that Mrs. Maybrick's
condition is not critical.
Miss Julia Hall, of New Canaan, Conn,
who has twice disappeared from her
home, has again returned as mysteriously
as she went.
The Confederate Veteran Association,
of Atlanta, Ga, has decided to doff it's
suit of Confederate gray and don plain
civilian clothes.
Professor John Strong Newberry, one
OF the most eminent geoiogists in the
United States, died at his residence in
New Ha zen, Conn, of heart failure.
The Graystone Club, of Denver, COL, ,
is to send to President-elect Cleveland a
congratulatory address, written on a
scroll of silver, inclosed in a beautiful
silver case.
The Senate in executive session ratified
the convention concluded between Chile
and the United States for the settlement
Of the long existing claims of the Uni.
led States against Chile.
Sixteen naval cadets at the United
States Academy at Annapolis were
imprisoned on the old frigate Santee for
defiance of rules in escorting a dis.
missed classmate to the Academy gate
An exhibition was given of an inven.
tior at Buffalo, called the "Telephotos,
by which, with the use of an arrange.
rnent of electric lights, the Morse
alphabet can be flashed distance of ten
miles.
The pastor of little Catholic church
at Canton, MINI. claims that cures are
effected by vision of the Virgin which
is alleged to appear ON the glass of a
window. Hundreds are visiting the
church.
Aunt" Polly Frisch. who, when %
years old, poisoned her husband and two
children, and was sent to prison for life,
has been pardoned out of the Kings
County IN. ~ Penitentiary, after 3S
yearS imprisonment.
The New York Yacht Club has decided
to accept the challenge of Lord Dun.
raven, and race for the America cup ia
assured. Several American yachtsmen
will build yachts to compete for the
honor of defending the cup.
Daniel Mclaughlin. of Roanoke, Va. ,
aged 81. while crossing the Brooklyn
bridge, suddenly leaped from the wagon
on which he was riding and plunged
into the river, from which he was taken
by police boat apparently unhurt
Orders have been issued by the Secre.
tary of the Navy for the armed cruiser
New York to be fitted out at Cramps
shipYard, Philadelphia, at once with a
view of putting her in commission as the
flagship of the North Atlantic Squadron.
Three barge men, whose barge loaded
with fifty tons of stone had floated per-
:lously near the brink of the cataract at
Niagara Falls, but had grounded on a
rock, were rescued from their dangerous
position by three young men in a row.
boat connected with the shore by large
cable.
Miss Julia Reeder, of Boonville, Ind,
was supposed to have died on Saturday
IF typhoid fever. George w. Peck, an
Evansville policeman, to whom she was
engaged, fell beside her bier and seized
her hand. He felt slight pressure, and
the doctors brought her out of her trance.
She will recover.
At a session of the International None.
:ary Conference at Brussels, President
Andrews, of Brown University, one of
The United States delegates, explained
The position of this country, and said It
would no longer attempt to keep the
price of silver up unaided. 1t is gener-
ally believed that the conference will ad-
journ this week.
The official count of the vote of Mass
achusetts shows that John D. Long, q
Republican Elector- at-Large, got the
highest number of votes, 202,814 P. A
Collins. Democratic Elector-at-Large
got as the total vote of his party. 176. .813
s Republican plurality Of 26,001. Gov
ernor Russers plurality over Lieutenant
Governor Halle is 1854.
A sensational case of supposed mur
3er, has developed atMount Vernon, N
7. The body of Ella Newton. 10 year!
old, was found in the East Chester
| creek, on Monday with a rope arounC
her waist and two heavy stones tied tt
the rope. Several arrests of suspected
| persons have been made, the most i'm
| portant being that of James Meyer, sol
# the woman who keeps the employ
ment office which Ella Newton visited il
her search for work. 1t may be show
that the girl committed suicide on &C
count of failing to get work.
Mrs. Maybrick Dying.