The Monticellonian., 1895-10-11
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

t2h0RE1AR1 LAMONT directed, as mark of respect that the United States lock at Sault Ste. Marie, Mich, one of the important works constructed un- Ter the supervision of the late Gen. Poe, be closed from 9 until 5 o'clock, on the 9th, the hours of his funeral.
 TIE investigation into the circum- stances of the fire on board the steam ar Iona, on September 16, while on her way from Leith to London, by which six women and one child lost their lives, resulted, on the 9d, in verdict charging the officers of the vessel with negligence,
 IOWA numbers among it's little inei- dental crops this year 200. 000, GOO bush els of oats, averaging forty-seven bush els to the acre. The state leads in corn, but has no prejudice against carrying little side line
 REV G, M. THORPE, pastor of the Evangelical church at Audubon. Ia. has deeamped. He had been pastor of the church about two years. and was very popular. He borrowed all the money he could get and ran extensive bills. He left letter which his wife found after he had been gone two days, saving that she would not hear from him again.
 THE question of Sunday opening of the Atlanta exposition was settled by an overwhelming vote at the di- reetors' meeting on the 30th II. II. Gabannis, manager of the Atlanta Journal, moved that the grounds be opened and the midway closed on Sun days. Capt. j. W. English moved that the whole matter be laid on the table This was adopted by an overwhelming vote.
 Asmuch of the population of chiea- 20 as could find entrance to the audi- toriums of Central music hall and the |. NJ. c. A buildings in that city. on the night of the 30th. shouted itself hoarse in appreciation of series of resolutions, in which the United States government is asked to recognize the Gubans as belligerents.
 IN Washington city, on the 30th, i'm mediately preceding the discharge of the grand jury, written recommends tion was submitted to the court favor Ing the establishment of the whipping post in the District of Columbia for the punishment of wife beaters and other petty criminals.
 THE question as to whether or not Chinese born on American soil is citi- zen of the United States is to be tested in the courts. Wong Kim Ark arrived at San Francisco, recently, from China. demanding a landing on the ground that he is native of California. The collector of the port, while admitting his nativity refused him landing. L RnEY BOYD, once an eminent law yer and politician and recently min ister, was found dead In bed at Padu- cah, Ky, on the 3Oth. He had several times threatened suicide, but the yer dict of the eoroner's jury was that Boyd died of alcoholism.
 JAMES DAVENPORT. a farmer 50 years old, and the father of ten children, was burned to death In the town lock i up at Cleveland, Okla, on the 30th. He was drunk, and had been locked up for disturbing the peace
 GEORGE lloLBRooK's 3-year-old child, while playing near the home of it's parents in Letcher county, Ky, on the ~t'f 'es' SVtilS cJ JCltON tuGhtb JuSb below the left knee The limb swelIed rapidly, and in ten minutes the little one was dead.
 THE Produce Cold-Storage exchange of Chicago, with liabilities of S5oO,- GOO and assets $500, ,000 went into the hands of receiver on the 1st. Charles M. Stratton was appointed by Judge Brentano to act as receiver, and gave bond in 10000. The company had been in financial difficulty for some time.
 A NOVEL feature of the Church con gress which opened at Norwich, En- gland, on the 1st, will be the perform ance of the Oberammagau Passion play, under the patronage of the bishop of Norwich. Bach's passion music will be rendered during the performance of the play.
 Two MEN were killed and several wounded in New York city, on the 1st, by the breaking of derrick causing a heavy iron beam which they were hoisting to fall upon them.
 THE czar gave an audience, on the 30th, to Count von Moltl<e. aide-de- SdLip Ut eucoSIliidH cluperOF, WHO was | the bearer of an autographic letter from the kaiser
 VIM. CoNNoRs, captain of the sehoon- CT Southwest, lying at Marquette, Mich, for shelter from the storm, was drowned in that harbor on the ist.
 KING HUMBERT, learning that Queen | Victoria is desirous of visiting Naples, has placed the palace of Capo di Monte at her disposal.
 DISPATCH from Cape Town, on the Ed, said that Bishop Naples, of Nyas- saland, and Rev. Joseph Williams, a | missionary, were drowned in Lake Ny assa, on September 12, and that Rev. | Mir. Atlay, missionary, was recently | murdered on the Zambesi river by na- | tives.
 ON the 2d Mrs. Langtry made for nal demand upon the Union bank of | London for the sum of a4o, 900, the | value of the jewels she deposited with | the bank, which were subsequently, | surrendered by the bank to a stranger | upon his presentation of forged or Jar.