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Switzerland. on the 10th. ss the re-
suit OF continuous rains The damage
to property is very heavy.
Cart. joHS CALHOUN SHEPHERD. a
veteran of the Mexican war, n Califor-
MIA fcrty~niner. and one of the most
noted characters in Montana. died in
the county poor house at Butte on the
18th.
REv. GEORGE z. KSAPr. the Ameri-
can missionary who was recently ex-
peiled from Bitlis BY the Turkish au-
thorities, arrived at Aleppo in good
health on the 10th.
A DISPATCH from Havana to the
Madrid Impartial, on the 18th. said
that the insurgents had hanged %
spaniards in the Sagua district.
WARRANT for the surrender to the
Dominion authorities of Charles RYAN.
under arrest at Easton. Pa. charged
with robbery, was issued by the presi-
dent on the nth.
DURrSs fire in the Clifton house. a
Chicago hotel. on the night of IN. 10th,
while the employees were opening the
rooms to be sure that no one was
AAt sattas oAtN AA-IbNNNEl W0uAu-
be suicide unconscious on the bed In
one Of the rooms. the windows closed
and the gas turned On tie was res
eued and may recover.
In consequence of the great salts
faction given by street-car mail service
in St Louis. the pioneer city, New
York. Boston. Philadelphia. Washing
ton, Baltimore. Chicago and Cincin-
natl. Il is said that at the beginning Of
the next fiscal year similar service will
be inaugurated in a number of cities
having rapid transit
IN tenement-house fire At Turner's
Falls, Mass. early &C che morning 90
the 18th. five French children were suf-
focated- The property loss was small
UFoS the order OF Gov Morrill, the
Kansas state penitentiary has been
quaraatincd against shawnee and
Wyandotte counties. eases of small
pox having been reported in both
counties
THE Corean envoy to Japan has gone
to Russia. under the authority of the
king of Corea. to negotiate loan Of
ss.0oo,ooo. giving the Corcan province
VI sGEuElEE.
Ed PAEDRIDsE. the Chicago whea.
speculator. who had been i'll for sew
eral weeks with Bright's disease. died.
on the 18th. leaving n fortune of at
least a million dollars.
DISPATCH from Toledo. O.. states
that n gigantic bicycle trust is being
organized, with headquarters in that
city.
THE output Of gold in California dur
ing lsss was SIS. ia. III. 50. as compared
with sls. s5s. ISL - in Is94
Because Postmaster General stephen
Of Germany has ordered statues for the
Magdeburg post Office from an Amer
lean sculptures. German scuIptors in
sist that the postmaster general has
no right to employ foreigners while
native artists are starving.
STORM which swept the western
part of Vernon county. Wis. on .he
nth. was the worst in 20 years Farms
were washed into ridges and valleys.
and barns. granaries and other out
buildings were swept away. A great
many cattle. hogs and sheep are re-
ported lost in the Bad Ak valley.
The receipts from internal revenue
during March aggregated sIl, eg-. 7os.
an increase of 81, SIS. .0sT over last year.
For the nine months Of the fiscal year
the aggregate internal revenue re-
ccipts have been sfiO.I79.O75. As com
pared with si09, Dos. III for the same
period of last year.
An ii-year-old boy was murdered at
Pozos. Mex, recently, by three men.
and robbed of peck of corn
The remains of the late Walter O.
Gresham will be removed from Chicago
to Arlington cemetery, Washington.
JAMES. the nine-year-old son OF Mr..
and Mrs Henry Gregerson. of near
Olga, Mimi. on the 18th. saved his
baby sister from the clutches of a bear,
and then. with his fathers rifle, killed
the animal.
MoSzoE JOHNSTON. colored. on the
nth. was found guilty of robbing a
house and attempting TO kill A. C.
Shields. Appointment farmer at Char
lotte, " c. burglary is a capital Of
fense in North Carolina. and Johnston
must hang.