The Monticellonian., 1895-01-11

New York the decrease was a.2; outside New York the decrease was 6.1.
 BARRETT SeoTT, the missing ex-treas- nrcr from O'Neill, Neb.. was positively declared by the sheriff of Fairmont Minn., to have passed through that city oA tho Sd, bound east on train. Orders were sent to arrest him.
 A FIRE at the Southern Illinois Hos pltal for the Insane occurred early on the 4th. No lives were lost, the fire commencing in the roof giving ample time to get the patients out The loss was large.
 A VERY bad explosion of powder oc- cured at the Mover works of the " ]. Rainey Co. at Uniontown, Pa, recent ly. At least six foreigners were seri- ously injured and one other fatally hurt The men carelessly handled a leg of powder and it exploded The building was torn to pieces and the men were blown 50 yards in all direc- tions
 TIE failures for 1891 Duns report) were 13,s ss5 in the United States and l,s56 in Canada. The liabilities, United States, SIP, 992 s56; Canada, Sl7, ,616, 215
 DUN's review of trade said that prices of commodities were at the lowest level ever known, and while production was much greater than q yearago consump- tion had not kept pace with the output. But wheat and cotton were suffering from the accumulation of stocks, the crops being large.
 lr has been ascertained that 322 fish ermen belonging to Hull, Grimsby and Yardmouth were lost in the recent gale.
 JUDGE BUSTED, of Dubuque, 1a., has decided the A. O. |. w ease His de- cision is against the "loyals," the l judge holding the order to be a life in snrance company and not secret so- ciety. The "rebels" refused to pay as seSsments for death losses In the south caused by yellow fever In 1882 The suit was of great interest to several l other orders of the kind.
 Gov WAITE sent his last message to the Colorado legislature on the 4th. It was the longest document ever pre- sehted to the general assembly of that state.
 TwENTy-oSR coal mines in the Pitts bnrgh, Pa, district were idle on the 4th and it seemed probable that many more would close down. The miners refused to work at the rates offered, claiming they could not make n living. The situation was growing serious.
 CONGRESSMAN BrRRoNs has been nominated for United States senator from Michigan on the second ballot by the republican caucus.
 | INr D, old, was found dead in bed, and Raphaelo Mareno, his cousin, and 1 Raphaclo Sireno, Sr., and Raphaelo | Sireno, Jr., were found unconscious in their rooms from inhaling illuminat- ing gas which had escaped from a leaky main in tenement house.
 MRs MARY r. LArHRof, state presi- dent of the Michigan W. C. T. U., and temperance advocate of national reputation, died at her home in Jack son, Mich, on the Sd, of cancer
 A WORKMAN in the western suburbs of Chicago was carrying over his shoulder gunnvsack containing ten cartridges illled with dynamite, weigh ing thirty-fve pounds when he stumbled and fell. A frightful explo- sion followed, the shock of which was felt half mile away in either direc- tion, and the unfortunate man was hurled thirty feet through the air Only fragments of his body were recovered.
 THE strike at the Homestead (Pa ] steel works has been about settled by the Carnegie Steel Co. agreeing to pay | the employees of the ll9-inch mill, the only department on strike, at the rate of sL10 per ton, by which they can make Sl.s0 per day.
 TIE residence of P. P. Mast, million aire manufacturer, in Springfield, O., burned on the 3d. The interior was | entirely destroyed. Loss about S60. 600. Insured for S30, GOO on building and S10,- GOO on contents. The fire was supposed to be of incendiary origin.
 Col. F. II. HEYL, inspector-general of the department of the Missouri, died suddenly at a hotel at Chicago recent ly after only four days illness. He | served all through the civil war and was one of the best known officers of the army.
 WORD has been received from Rome that the pope has conferred the title of count upon John A. Creighton, of Omaha, in recognition of the latter's beneticence to education and charity Only two other Americans bear the dignity.
 THE people of Sacramento, Cal, were excited over the murders and robberies committed in that city and have or ganized vigilance committee to clear the thugs out of the city.
 IN n tenement house fire in New York on the 2d Lena Lehman, Sadie Lehman and Henry Lehman lost their lives, and others were seriously injured. AT Ellsworth, Wis, Mrs. Michael O'Connell and her five children were burned to death and Mir. OConnell was probably fatally burned trying to save them.
 IT was reported that seventeen of the servants of the Delavan house, of Albany, N. Y., which was recently de- stroyed by fire were missing and there was every reason to believe that all perished in the flames. Twelve of them were women.
 MRs. MICHAEL O'CoNNELI. and five children were burned to death in their home at Fl Paso, Wis, recently. Mir. OConnell was also severely burned and it was thought he would die. SIX masked robbers held up a Cotton Belt train near Camden, Ark, but they uncoupled the baggage car instead of the express car and got nothing of value.
 A MOB went to the jail at Mount