The Monticellonian., 1895-09-20
A DISPATCH from Tegucigalpa. Hon

"A duras, on the 12th, announced n serie of the most horrible seismic cenyul sions lever known in that country, During the shocks of earthquake, which continued for days, illuminated, at intervals, by flames which burst from the mountain sides, hundreds oi lives were lost, accompanied by great destruction of property.
 DURING a terrible thunderstorm iu the vicinity of Scituate, R. L, on the 12th, the famous Gen. Lafayette tree was split in two The tree Is the one under which the marquis ate his dim ner while the continental troops were marching from Rhode Island to Con neeticut.
 A HEAVY earthquake, lasting ten seconds. prevailed in lower east Ten nesse, along the North Carolina state line, at o'clock on the morning ot the 1eth. The country in that section being mountainous, but little damage was done.
 DR. ORLANDO E BRADFORD and John II. Nixon, alleged -counterfeiters " he were arrested in New York city. on the 7th, were given an examination on the 12th Bradford was held in S25,. GOO and Nixon in s. 1000 bail.
 4 PARTY of men went down Shaft No. of the Oseeola mine at Houghton, Mich, on the i2th, and found twenty. three dead miners at the fourteenth level and two at the third level. Five were still missing.
 THE province, and especially the city of Grenada, Spain, was visited by earthquakes, on the night of the 11th, but, though the shocks were severe, no damage was reported.
 TIE United States grand jury at Vii. mington. Del, on the l2th, returned true bills against the accused Cuban fiji. busters, including Ralph de Soto, the cigar dealer and bondsman for mum. Der of the accused men. The case will come up on the 18th, to which date the petit jury was discharged.
 TIE Columbia Liberty bell started from Chicago, on the 18th, on its trip around the world. It left on a special train, going first to Atlanta, Ga., where it will remain until the close oi the exposition. After that 1t will be taken through the southern states and Mexico From there it will go to Eu- rope and thence around the world.
 J. L. MCNEIL, president; William N. Byers, vice-president; J. E. Lozier, cashier, and R. ". Wood bury, director of the recently defunct Union national bank of Denver, Col, were arrested, on the 18th, on complaint of deposi- tor, who charged them with accepting deposits when they knew the bank was insolvent. They gave bonds
 ON the 18th Attorney-G liar, mon instructed the United States dis trIet attorney at Chicago to take an appeal from the recent decision of Judge Sea aborn In releasing from GUS tody four Chinamen in Detroit, Mich.
 Miss ELEANOR GRITTY, daughter of Sir Joseph Gritty, a justice of the l chaneery division of the English high court of justice. was drowned at Inver- lochy, county Inverness, Scotland, on the 18th, while fishing
 CAPT. JOHNSON of the steamer City of sydney denies the story, published in San Francisco paper, of the snr- render of Gen. Bustamente, or that the latter was burned to death.
 REV SAMUEL WAKEFIELD of West Newton, Pa, veteran Methodist min ister, died at 1 a. m. on the 18th, aged 96 years, months and 5 days.
 THE French transport steamer Co- morin was burned at her dock at Mar seilles on the 18th.
 THE National bank of Kearney. Neb. capital s2o0. OOO closed it's doors on the 18th.