The Monticellonian., 1894-10-05

IT Was reported at Shanghai, on the l 2Gth. that the native officials had re ceIyed news that the Japanese attacked 1 the Chinese forces at Anehow and Yi- chow simultaneously, and were re- pulsed at both places. Capt. Fong Bi. ] quen tGhinesc) has been executed for cowardice.
 THREE notorious desperadoes and | post-otfice robbers, members of the Far. rell gang, broke jail at Parkersburg, Va, on the 27th, and made their es. cape.
 TIE president, on the 27th, issued a proclamation granting pardons to all Mormons convicted of polygamy. ON the 27th two Italian war ships were ordered to Morocco on account ot the disturbed condition of affairs there A BURSTING pipe at gas well at !, Clarion4 Pa, on the 27th, killed l. Neitze and seriously injured c. Ban. ners and J. II. Cook
 REPORTS from various points in the middle and coast regions regarding the West India cyclone indicate considera. ble damage to corn and cotton, very serious damage to the rice crop but nc loss of life. At Georgetown, S. C., and vicinity the damage to the rice crop is very great, and it is difficult yet to esti mate the loss, though many put t at B per cent.
 STATEMENT prepared at the inter nal revenue bureau shows that during the first two months of the present fiscal year the receipts from interna1 J e crease over the receipts of 1885 of S26,. s32, ,5f4. The total receipts for August last were SD, 133, 692 in excess of Au. gust 1893.
 SUIT for Sl0, 900 damages was begun in sandusky (O.) common pleas court on the 27th, by Houston Smith. of To ledo, against the members of the family of the late cX-President R. E. Hayes. The plaintiff alleges that his wife re. ceiyed permanent injuries in q runaway caused by large dog owned, boarded amt harbored by the Hayes family at Spicgel Grove.
 ALLEN (. WILDE, of the firm of James H. Wilde x Co.,. well-known merchants of Chicago has been adopt- ed by the widow of the late Prof. Gar. rison, of that city. Mrs Garrison, be. fore her marriage, was Lady Mary Berry, of England, and heiress to ex. tensive estates there. Mr Wilde is . years old, and prominent society and club man.
 CHECKS to the number of 26. s32, az. gregating S4, s95, ,05a. 20. quarterly in- terest on the United States registered 4-per-cent. consols of Ia07, were mailed to bondholders from the treasury de- pertinent on the 2sth.
 TIE British miners. federation has decided to support the Scotch miners in their determination not to accept the proposals made by the operators and to continue the strike
 KINGS hotel. at zabethport, N J., was burned at an early hour on the morning of the 2sth; loss S30, ,o00 The guests escaped in their night clothing
 TIE Japanese have succeeded in en. tering the Chinese province of Man churia and, on the 2sth. were reported advancing upon the capital, Moukden.
 TnE Chinese warship kwang-Chia is reported to have been lost while run. ming from the fight off the mouth of the Yatu river.
 ALTHOUGH the Canadian Soo canal will be completed within month and vessels will pass through it this fall, ii has been decided to defer the formal opening until next spring.
 FoCR men, two miners and two la. borers, were killed under fall of rock in the Northwestern eolliery of Simp son < Watkins, at Simpson, near Car bondale, Pa, on the e7th