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•»* m.m The OailNM CfortrmMBt Gwani bji to the Brttbfc H •evil QTEEK Y RECENTLY mks's new book, whioh la London, hM reached tbe river, got Into Union Above lor days Vernon mz-* Turn Mitiflih ot Henry B. Pays* M Ssn- tsr stoat MM OMs wan pr--sated te the mata «a'tt» lHh tMt by Mr. PsadMoa. 4 for the MMfd «( the J volaatesr oAean as to :mevs&tasts l«(Tndto( Portland, jot ths aavy. BUta imparted ttljt «| irhtofa destroyed the fffthiTinm were Blind ordering a report on OH> tWH " * OMoMtiai* made proposals for croTMoB. TM Senate the West- its amend- \*s- . 'K, auv S -̂VAGS. S3- tar tlw rtUet of tte flood-enflferers. fc- a( PepMaent̂ Mw. by a vote of W l*» ^ to IS, paused a Jatat resotatfon fmopMni $300,000 far the relief ot the sdmers by the overflow of the Ohio river and ita Wtrtrtw. M Bim w«JhrtMdaead~to *•» thsnumberof cadet* in the Naval Academy. to restore to Che ,v" r ' " ' ; k.>: i pension-rolls BSSMS dNpned on acooontof dis~ SS'«SSSAW,«A&I,U ^Dstwlt costing $U6tyMV«> provide additional Uts-savinc stations. to authorise Repayment of ^matal botes to the bearer, and to rompei voter* jlnc^thaadldelwto takean ocih that they do not belong to the ChnrcU of Latter-Day Saints. Bills ware introduced in the Senate, on the 13th, to murt the coinage cf the standard { H' '•! silver dollar anii! Jane, 1886, and *e receive trade , dollars in small wnonnts for postage and reve- l - * &ua stamps; for the erection of public baUdlnc* it. , . at Pueblo sad Del Korte,Golo., and to prohibit • * the assessment of Government officials and ^ employes for politioal purposes/A bill . was passed authorising the construction of a bail.lng for the Congressional Library. ;.Ar:A iwitotha waa adopted calling on the « Attorney General to explain the delay in in- - tcrpretiag the law as to the adjustment of I'ost- _ masten' salaries. A bill was passed to pay Mrs. " > . .'•.Louisa Boddy, of Oregon, $5,400 for murders »•, . and depredations by the Modoos. The House of , „ Bepreeenfeatives adopted a resolution to f-end a •V. J ^'setect committee to Hot Springs, Ark., to ex- . * amine all Government interests at that point. '] Bills were introduced--to retire or re coin the ,* ' trade dollar, to authorise the extension of the K : Chesapeake and Ohio road to the military lands at Fortress Monroe, to provide for the construc- ,Jtey- tkm of the Michigan and Mississippi canaL, ' to erect a public building at Carson City, and to " ^convertthes,4,and4)6percent bonds into2is per oenta, paying a premium equal to the amount saved to the country. There waa aome debate on the naval appropriation bill. Mr. 1 ' , '"Stewart, of Vermont, offered a resolution,wtdeh ; ' was adopted, authorizing the oemmittee to in- * - veuttgate the manner In whldi the star-route •caseajutve been prosecuted, with a view to as- oertain whether such prosecutions have been " r!fu good faith. A caucus of the House Demo- ; , >crats was btdd in the evening. It did nothing * but elect a chairman (& 8. Cox) and four secre- i 'taries. The tariff coestion was not brought up. V - ; F MB. VOORHMS offered a resolution I« the -• «Senate, Feb. 13, directin* the Secretary of the #, Interior to witbold for the present his approval j ;of eertatn patents for lands selected by the •Kothern Pacific Bead. Mr. Pendleton ln- ^itRxlaoed a bill to grant condemned eannon for a statoe to Gen, William H. Lytle. of . ^ Ohio. The MePheraaa Ml to pntvide 4 -J jbaing in the line of ajpnlste aee«ity. Mr. Sher­ man offered an amdiament as to bonds bearing '•xve than Spar cent Interest Hesaldsentiment . Jta Concress waa hortile to the sospaaston of sii- " vw oofasage or the adoption of a new ratio be- . % 4 ytween tlw prsctous metals, and that a IUTT , 4 ^standard was castinz its shadow upon the future. '• *' ?iln the Howe, a reeatultoa was offered inqutri^i g jinto the d^^ in retarning tie measure for the * cfaAnn by the (foods now pro prevailing. Jar pensions to Cnion in AndenonviUe, Belle Id*, or The Secretary of tin? of contractors for th™ sgfte^aUuf S3TMI5. Some •ehate am the contested elec- ChalmersTs. TfMnfaiy BBUTOB BECK called up the MePbers-M bin u, and during the wmae of MCk*paipM the japwiUp to allow meet dsadrtht snlis mpta ike market «f the ueuaitMcs deposited. Sraat .r Mor- iffloCecedasabatttntepsoTiding for the issu- mttbmvp to HA per ecnfc. ef the par ' valaeof 4 par cent, bonds deposited rrevioui ' ' ,, to W0,the amount in eirsnlation to decrease - iJy 1 per eent, each year »ubseonent!y until par is Rtdted. On all Other securities '% the cirenlaticii may equal the par value of the bonds. No action was taken. Bills fit passed the 8cnate for the relief of the Louis- ",t iana State Bank and to make all public r ads and s highways post routes. Mr. Logan introduced a i' " bill to provide that honorably discharged sol­ diers and sailora be preferred for appointment . < to civil offices. Mr. Beck handed in an act for the organ!ration of Supreme Courts in toe Ter- ^ t' i rltories. In the House of Representatives, Mr. ihi * VcKinley presented a telegram from Cleveland ' ' , . recommending that the flood relief appropria- - r ' tion be increased tr> $1,000^)00. Several members . aired their views in regard to the Mississippi |te' * ' eontestad election case of Chalmem «^ |tan- ;Hv. . v , -MHU OB ^ * IBIIR. - : * l . i a ' ' , ) A VAUKB containing $25,OOO was ^ e, • ••rton from a transfer company in New York, '%> while being taken from the Grand Central 3< •li" depot to the Desbroeses street ferry. to i age and will report a hni providing for the withdrawal Of the trade djpliar from circuhitloB. THE Proletu Court of that Garllngton erred in judgment la hasten­ ing away from Pandora Harbor, bat hit gen­ eral conduct is highly commended. Gen. Haaen is represented aa Imving failed in of adtoeon- _ 'I. Mff. to Seplem* wti& a Ion# gap from October, 1879, to the flaal date, ooverin* the per od of the trHutttoMfooiAlM ndaialetmlfai of BeaoansftM.to lhat oToiadatane. rtm t ctei iimry trvm Aug. r, ml, to wm Hntt- to Cloihe tU Baked. - • ^ Bxagftratlon of the gitaatioa en- institutlng measures to meet them.... The Home Committee on Public Landa has agreed to report favorably a Ma forfeiting the land grants of the Ontonagon and Brule River, the Marquette and State Liae, and the Marquette, Houghton, and Untonagoa Beads, comprising about 200.COO acres. SENATOR SHERMAK tdld an interview­ er, at Washington, that the revenue law of last winter greatly injured the woolen and Iron industries. tal. Man/ touching allusions are made to John Brown and his services. The illustra­ tions are nnmerooa, and laelude portraits of the Queea and the Princesses Bleanor, Louise, and Beatrice; also of Grant, the Queen's body servant, and of her attendant, John Brown. There are alao pictures of the Queen's eofito dogs. Sharp and Noble, and several views of scenes in the Highlands, from aketofaea by Prlnoeas Beatrice.-- A masa of tee went rattling oter the Caspian, He Claims that a proper l and all tae •Mermen who were working on ' * *"** " ' " T hi '--- by I'1 A BES8ATXOH was created in the trial W ,',it ef Frank James, the noted outlaw, at Kansas r« City for participation in the Blue Cut robbery , of 1881. The Proeeouting Attorney moved ' to have the case dismissed, and justified hi* v >5 ?? action on the ground that Gov. Crittenden ^ had refused to grant a pardon for Dick Lid- dell, one of tho most important witnesses f°r the State. After the dismissal of the ^ case Frank James was arraigned before the ;~t Federal authorities on a charge of robbing a ' J Paymuster at Mussel Shoals, Ala. He will • i-f%< now go to Alabama for trial JH«M Crouc I I,. - was arrested at Jackson, Mich., for ,-jf an attempt to murder Detective Ilrown, *'» and furnished bail in $5,OOJ.... » S-J Chicago (Feb. 12) telegram: "There was 'great speculative activity on the Chicago <,4 Board of Trade yesterday. May wheat ad- * A vaneed to $1.02?,, und May pork to $18.30. f*or the first time in the history of the Chi-«M» Stock Yards, the buyer for a large packer took lots at random, and. alter seiect-4r\ ing such animals as were desired, sold the s • remainder to the general public, thus giving 1 3 - the scalpers a death-blow. One small lot of fancy hogs brought $7.40 yesterday, being the highest price for the season, while the beet cattle in the market sold at $6.80. Some choice Michigan sheep changed hands at $0." Two AGED people, Mr. and Mrs. James C. Willson, wealthy residents of the village of Winnetka, a suburb of Chicago, were assassinated in their home by unknown hands. Hie houte in which the crime was eommitted is one of the best in the village, Standing1 on an eminence, and separated by consideraMe spaces Irom other build •'* ings. Mr. Willeon was shot and stamped upon in his sitting-room, and Mrs. Wi'son was most brutally beaten to death in an upper chamber. A bungling robbery was commit? ted, though it is thought robbery was not the leading motive. There at tuns at present to Ve absolutely no hop© of placing the guilt where it belongs ...Prank James has been taken to Huntsviile. Ala., to be tried for com­ pactly in tbe Mussel Shoals robbery. A BURGLAR abstracted from the office of Dr. H. C. Brainerd, at Cleveland, what was *° be the finest numismatic col- teoted in Ohio. kl'IiV 1 THE SOUTH. A WflBo named Jeff Bogen was lyadbed by a mob at Lafayette, Ala., for as­ saulting and brutally stabbing a white woman... .The Texas Senate indefinitely post­ poned the bill to justify tbe hilling of fence- OOtters caught using nipperf. JAMES B. DAVIS, Representative in tbe Texas Legislature for I.amar County, in a Wild frenzy, caused by excessive drink, es­ caped from his room at a hotel in Whitesboro, ""1., with nothing on his person but his uu- -UtS. Every exertion was made to without aval! until the following JWbt n his body was discovered Stilt hi death lying lace down iu tbe road a mile away. MOSK HARRIS, editor of the Hot Spring* (Ark.) Daily //OTSM'HK, flred five chamber* of bis revolver at two local gam­ blers whom be met on the street and imagined Wore about to attack him. The gamblers wore unharmed, and they bad such a con­ tempt for the editor and bis poor marksman- gMtpthat they did not return the ire, although •. Y',-."; .• • ; ./-v '. ' that there is a growing feeling in favor of raw materials, and he .believes that what la needed is moderate but stable protective du­ ties. rOUTICAX. . TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED afrcnlars were sent 1rom Sacramento to Democrats in every part of California, inquiring their pref­ erence for Presidential candidate. One thousand answers were received, givinai80Q forTilden, 195 for Thurman, and 6 for nOra. THE investigation into the causes of the election riot at Danville, Ta., by the Sher­ man Committee, commenced at Washington Feb. 14. The flrst witness examined was a colored policeman named Walter S. Withers. He testified that on Nov. 3 a white man and a colored man got to fighting, and, when separ­ ated, the crowd of whites ranged in tine alony the curb and the colored were in the street. The whites had pistols in their handa, and said the colored men oould get enough if they wanted it, and if they didn't leave some of them would get hurt. The negroes ob­ jected to leaving, saying tho whites were trying to override them. Firing then began. Jack Ruf?d, colored, swore that be saw his white neighbors going into Danville that night and returning with guns they had proourod in Danville. He saw them going to the polls election day with the same gunf. The col­ ored people were thereby intimidated, and concluded not to vote. W. It. Taylor, white, testified that when the fight began there were but three white men and some fifteen negroes on the street in sight. At the climax there were between 200 and 300 negroes and about fifteen white men. Dr. D. B. Temple, white, testified that when he ar­ rived at the scene of tbe fight be saw about fifteen white men confronting an infuriated mob of negroes. The latter were violent and threatening, and shouting out that, they could shoot as well as the whites. The white men fired a volley, which tbe negroea re­ turned, and on the tiring of a eeoond volley by the whites the negroes ran, iuiug as ihey ran. TUB WKKK'8 FIKK SKCORO, - THE dry goods store of Jndell, Piatt & Maas, St. Louis, Mo., loss $40,000; several oil tanks belonging to the Standard Oil Com­ pany. Long Island City, N. Y., loss $75,000; a hotel and three stores at Middle port, N. Y., $20,000; several stores at Trinidad, iir the Island of St. Thomas $400,000; Tilton's flour mills. Buckeye Cfty. Ohio. $15,000; a planing mill at Lower Genesee Falls, N. Y., $40,000; a railway repair saop at Zanesville, Ohio, $20,- C0U:adrug store and other business housesat Wheeling. W. Va., 170.000; a trick block at Omaha, Neb., $55,000; two stores at Sabina, Ohio, $30,000; several business houses at Helena, Ark., $75,000; a number of stores at Walcott, N. Y., $1J0,'03; a grain elevator at Bronnda'e, Minn., $£>,000; Ruddock's shoe :actory, Have hiiL Mass., $50,000; several buildings at Albion, Pa., $20,000; George B. Smith's fine re-idence at Keokuk, Iowa, $10,- <«00; the steamer ML P. Ha'Uday. at St. Leuia, Mo„ $MO.O tO; a hardware store at Oneida, X. i'., $50,000; a paper mill at North Ben­ nington, Vt., $00,00i; Leeson'sgraineievator. Leon. Iowa, $10,000; Morrison's soap works, Toronto, $S),OtO: a hotel at Council Biutla, hswa. ffaMMh*V"coopdr shops, Niiub- apotis, Minn., $1S.000; f-ankey Brothers' brick wotks. Pittsburgh, Fa., $10,000; A grain elevator at Jones bo ro. Ind. $13,0i)0: several stores at Union City, Mich., $15,000. OOMMEBCIAL FAILUKES. THE notable commercial failures of tbe week were as follows: Pilkington A Co., agricultural imple­ ment?, 8*. Paul $T5,000 H. & H. S.Church, stove-founders, Troy, N. Y Victoria Straw Works, Montreal. H. J. Wool rich, clothing, Chicago R. A, Si&i&eld, music publisher, Kew York... F. <fe E. Jaeger, crockery, Chicago. P.*rrlne Co., wool. New York. J. A. Grinfitcad. turfman, Lexington,Ky. lOelOQO A. C. <t C. H. Klomanaon, mills, Pitts­ burgh 25<»,O0() Ren.'-baw A Co., clothiers. New Orleans, eo.ooo John Kerr, banker, Abilene, Tex 4»,<ioo Iwao Hodge, banker, PlatteviHe, Wis 150.000 J. Fre«lman, dry goods, New York 100,000 J. AV. Fowler, dry goods, St. Joseph. Mo. 12,u00 Jones Car Manufacturing Company, Troy, N. Y 100,099 W. Beisterfl«'l< t, dry goods, Saginaw.Mi 'h. 10,000 Edward Pillsbury's Sons, cotton, New Orknn* 140,000 Woodside <Sr Co., liquors, Philidelphia... 50,000 Glesner <fe Bo-s, confectioners, Kansas City M.000 Nat onal Wrapper and Packing Go., St. Louis 60.000 T. P. <k S. S. Smith, shoes. Philadelphia.. 40,000 GENERAL THE gloomy situation at Cincinnati was rendered more hopeful on the morning of Feb. 15, by a bulletin announcing that tbe waters of the Ohio Iliver, after bavin? at­ tained a height of 71 loot :J inches, had be- -una retrogada movement. The announce­ ment caused great rejoicing among the people. At Lawt enceburg the storm und ensu­ ing cold weather were severel/ felt, and hun­ dreds were boused in tbe upper sections ot two halts, a schco'.house, and tbe Court House. The inundation bad increased at Aurora, and the place was cut into throe sec­ tions by the rushing river. Jeifersonvilie was in a sad plight, and the ruinous work along the Kanawha is reported as fearful. The families of 125 lime-burners at Utica, Ind., huddled together in a church. At New Albany hundreds of' houses had been wrecked or carried off their foundations. There were 815 bouses sub­ merged at rayton, Ky., and at New- put, Ky., eighty squares of ground were overflowed. 8torm-waves destroyed hundreds of buildings at Portsmouth and Jronton, Ohio; Point Pleasant, W. Va.; Newport, Uniontovrn, Aberdeen, and Mays- vllle, ^ Ky., and In the eastern section of Cinc-lnnati. Joppa, III., had been deserted by its people, and Bhawnee- towu was completely under water, but tne residents were not suffering greatly. Metropolis, 111., bad also been devastated by tbe floods, and Utica and Clarksville, Ind., were almost entirely submerged. Measures for re i' f wera being taken at nearly every prominent paint in tbe country. Secretary Lincoln announced his Intention of having Geu. Beckwith disburse $120,- 000 from CincinnatL whilo $100,000 would be applied to the succor of 'cM- vens 'o l)o reached by expeditions from Pitts­ burgh, Evansville, and Louisville. Wheeling • eported tho depots crowded with provisions and oloth'ng awaiting distribution. The re­ lief committee at that point arrested two men for obtaining sixty-seven Suits of clothes and seven pairs of shoes. Nearly 50,000 people were being fed by tbe re­ lief committee at Cincinnati. At Cairo tbe water stood <8 feet 1 Inch above low-water mark, and at Helena the Mississippi waa 43 feet above low water. The Arkansas Blver at Little Uook was higher than It has been tor thirty years. * romcioH. A THIRD disaster has befallen the Egyptian arms operating against tbe False Prophet in Soudan. Tewflk Bey blew up bis tions at Sinkat. spiked his guns, and sortie, but bis force of 630 men was _ red and massacred. Seven Hrltisn men- of-war have been ordered to Egyptian waters, and Infantry and cavalry will be sent from hue* to Kuaklin as soon as possible.... In the English House of Lords the Teries came to the front fortified and ulmost glad­ dened by u third massacre in the Soudan. Tho lory leader, Bulisbury, enlarged on tho "waste of blood" und the sensation In the Mohammedan world, appealing to the noble Lords not to share as acco ui lices in "these dishonors." Lord Granville ro| lied for the Government, declaring Ha ly that-England liuu no intention of annexing Egypt. Fur­ ther, England and India had no interest la sn.000 80,000 32,000 30,000 70,000 116,000 the streets of London and shook him roughly. The^asgUtomt escat»edand has aot yet been , , ate .. , it " ' ADDITIONAL ITCW& ' ^ 1 AT the hanging of Thomas Benton, ta Plaquemines, 1A., some of the women in the assemblage shrieked, and many fainted. THE will of Wendell Phillips con­ tains no public bequests. An estate of $150,. 000 is devited to Mrs. Phillips, and OD her DO' ce ise reverts to the adopted daughter, Mrs. George W. Smalley, of London. THE waters of the Ohio River had ftlllen two feet at Cincinnati on the morning of Feb. 16, and was receding all the way down as far as Evansvifle. A seething torrent was rushing through Jeffersonville, carrying everything before it. Great distress pre­ vailed at Uniontown, whioh was partly de- fo t.'d, and mountainous waves were destroy- ..1 ir the structures which remained erect at iawrcnceburg. Tbe devastation at New Albany continued. Distressing reports are narrated by persons on the relief boats plying up and down the Ohio. The horrors of the flood were aggravated at Cin­ cinnati by a terrible disaster by which twelve lives were lost. Two large buildings, under­ mined by the water, fell with a crash, bury- In* many of the occupants in the ruins. The aci-ideut spread terror among the occupants of similar old buildings in the inundated dis­ trict, und many who could do so were s-eeking safer quarters. By the upsetting of a boat in the Tennessee River, n9ar Newburg, Tenn., two women and three children los-t their lives. THE submission of the Merv tribes to Russia is regarded in Berlin as a menace to­ ward England's Indian Empire, Russia be­ ing how the "immediate neighbor of India," in case of hostilities with England, it is al­ leged the frontier tribes oould, under Russian protection, invade the rich provinces of Hln- dostau The British expedition for the re­ lief of Tokar has started from Suez, in com­ mand of Gen. Graham. Tents for a thousand men have been sent from Aden to Suakim. Mr. Gladstone stated in tbe House of Com­ mons that England will defray the expense of the expedition to the Soudan. Gen. Gordon has sent many women and chil­ dren down the river to Korasko There is hope among the Englishmen in tbe Soudan that some of the Northern races will a d the white men. Many neutral tribes have already served notice on the False Prophet's forces that he is carrying his war too far out of Equatorial Afrioa .. .The Lord Mayor of London presided at a mass-meeting which passed resolutions condemning the Egyptian policy of the Government as having caused the sacrifice of thousands of lives.... Two hundred women and an unknown num­ ber of children were massacred by Soudan rebels at Sinkat. R. W. GLASS (colored) testified be­ fore the Sherman committee, on the second day of its sittings at Washington, that on the 3d day of November, at Danville, Va.,be heard a pistol Ind, and raahed so the soene, where be found some seventy-five negroes and twe n- ty-flve white men. The white men and police­ men were telling the negroes to leave, whioh they declined to do. Then the white men drew pistols and fired. Said he heard some whites say: "Kill every damned nigger we see." Heard Henry Barkesdale make a speech 'n which he said: "We intend to carry this election by fair means or foal." Heard him say it was to be carried "by de point ob de gun." At tbe time of the riot saw white men riding up with guns; saw white men running home after their guns; saw no colored men armed. George A. Lee (white) saw several pistols in the hands of tbe colored people. Bel love 1 tbe flrst volley was fired Into the crowd of negroes, but arter the latter began to run a great many shots were fired in tbe air; saw some eight or ten pistols among the negroes pointed at Taylor ana himself, the negroes demanding that they come out and show their faces. Charles G. Freoman. (white) described his efforts to disperse the crowd of negroes before the riot. They (the blacks) replied that they had been mistreated, and were going to have their rights before they left. Wirness saw many negroes with pistols. John Stone (white) testified that the negroes generally did not vote on election day, saying they were not going to be slaughtered. AN additional appropriation of $200,003 making the total amount $500,000, for th3 re­ lief of the flood sufferers, passed both houses of Congress Feb. 15. The Senate spent an hour in debate on the bill to provide for the issue of circulating notes to na­ tional banks. A vote wan then taken on the amendment submitted by Mr. Sherman pro­ viding that if any bonds deposited bore interest higher than 3 per cent, additional notes shall be issued eqosil to one-half the interest in ex­ cess ot 3 per oent. accruing before maturity, and it was rejected. The House defeated a resolution declaring Manning entitled to the seat from Mississippi, contested by him and Chalmers, and decided that the seat should remain vacant until decided on its merits. Both booses ad­ journed to Feb. 18. _ _ MARKET. rvopnet' f||Uflcat HEW YORK BOOTH. $ s.»o HOOS......V....... *.i\ FLOUB--Superfine 3.25 WHEAT--NO. 2, C.iicago... ...... 1.0; No. uHe<L l.os COBN--No. a .63 OATS--Miked.... .4-J POKK--Mess..... LAUD CHICAGO. BBHVKS--Ch' ice to Prime Steers. Fair to Good Common to Medium.... HOOK FLOCB--Fancy White Winter Ex Good to Choice Spring WHEAT--No. 2 Spring No. 2 Ked Winter.....'.. Cons--So. 2 OATS--No. 2 RVE--No. 2 BAULKY--NO. a BUTIEE--Choke Creamery....... Kooe--Fresh POBK--Me s LAEJ> _ MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--No. 1 m COBS--^O. 4 5» OATS--No. S .33 RYE--So. 3 fcs BAI lkt--No. i POBK--Meaa LAtt! bi. LOUIS- WHEAT--No. a Red- COUK--Mixed OATS--No.-J RYE POBK--Mesa Laap _ W CINCINNATL WHEAT--No. 3 Bed COBM OATS ; RYE POBK--Mess LARD TOLEDO. WHEAT -NO. 2'Red CoBit--No. S./. OATS--Ne. a DETitOH. FLOUB WHEAT--No 1 White. s.... COBM--No. a OATS--Mixed POBK--Mess INDIANAPOLIS. WHBA.*--Ho. 3 Red OORN--No. S OATS--Mixed EAST LIBERTY. CATTLE--Best Fair Common Hom @10.50 «# 7.35 <& 3.7ft iffi I.C« <$ 1.00 an .«4 @ .47 1T.50 tftlSOO .10 © .10* 6.75 7.50 0.60 <.«? 6.26 5.00 <?! ft. 78 ft. 50 («' 7.*i 5.35 <56 5.7S 4.75 <•< 5.» .09 & 1.00 l.<» @1 l.Ofi ,*a & .54 & .34 .87 & .S» .M at .60 .2(4 & .32 & .3® 1-.75 <918.35 9) .10 Possible--Disbeart- .10 -01 13.(0 #.75 1.0S & 1.10 .50 .61 .35 & .53 & .55 17.50 18.M .00 .w>4, 1.03 <a 1.04 .48 & .40 .38 & .37 .63 & .64 17.25 017.75 .00 a .4»H 1.M • 1.06 M 0 .64 .34 m .so S.SB 0 6.16 1.04 1.05 .56 » .56 .30 « .81 18.75 010.26 1.01 0 1.0S .46 m M .36 9 .36 6.36 0 7.» 650 (<« K.25 4.15 & 5.76 .7.60 <ni K. J5 4.75 & 5.23 T«rrfMe AoOormte of the Destruction of Property and the Distress of the People, [Special Telegraphic Correspondence of Ofciesao Times.} CTWCINNATI AND OTTER OHIO RTVER rOWNS. The situation in Cincinnati and her suburbs Is one that calls for oommiseration. A year ago this week the whole country was aroused by scene* of destruction and distress, and to­ night the damage exceeds the Wildest estl- ; mates of last year. The stories of the floods in Hungary and Austria are dwarfed by tbe size of the mighty flood that at this moment is rolling in resistless volume down the Ohio. Within cannon shot of thecenter of population of the United States is a community of 300,000 souls, rich and prosperous beyond most cities of the country, nearly one-fourth of which will be, before this Hood reaches its utmost height, driven from or imprisoned in their homes, and dependent on others for food and shelter. Not a £as jet is lit in all the three cities. The face of tbe sun has not been seen for days. The full moon's gentle rays, thinly filtered through tho clouds, is tho only source of light at night. Away from the struggling beams of coal-oil lamps and scat­ tering electric lights, tbe gloom that hag settled as a pall over the people is in full keeping with the sadness of nature's self. • prominent business man said a few minutes since that never in all his life had he felt as gloomy and disheartened at the prospects of tbe future outlook as to-night. The direct loss in Cincinnati alone of over $1,000,000 last year will be multiplied several fold before Saturday night next. Again the tributaries are rising, and where it will end Is a matter of the wildest conject­ ure. Conservative people gave seventy feet as the leitst figure at which the river would stop. Many believed that it would go still higher, but it is all a matter of guesswork. The rooms of the relief committee is piled to the ceiling with provisions land clothing, and a couple of policemen stand at tho door to keep back the crowd. A special from Maysville, Ky., Mxty-flvc miles up tbe river, says it has rained steadily all day and the river is rising one inch an hour. All business is shut down and citizcns are assisting the needy. The greatest suffer­ ing is in the suburban town of Chester,where thousands of people are quartered in halls and school bouses. Relief committees are distributing provisions in skiffs. In Mays- vilie tbe water is up to the center of the town. Never has there been such suffering. The Emmet Rifles were ordered out by the Council to patrol the streets, but nearly all of them got drunk, took possession of the skiffs, and did more harm than good. The Manson Company has given the city of Maysville $2,5000 for aid. Many houses pass down the river. At Aberdeen, Ohio, nearly opposite, the suffering is intense. Loud cries are heard from there as houses tumble down and are carried away. AboTjfe the city, in the upper suburbs, the /situation is wot 6e than ever. At California it is terrible beyond description. The entire town is completely submerged, and many of the houses along Front street are almost out of sight. Many are on the verge of complete destruction. Not a solitary light is to be seen and not a voice to be heard. Tnsculum is at present under water. Columbia is very badly submerged, both above and below. One-third of the town is under the flood. There was no gas lit last night. Much suffering prevails. Delta, Tnsculum, Columbia, and East Colum­ bia are deserted and tcnantless. Pendleton I is in the^sajJWHondiidon as Fulton and Colum­ bia. A local relief committee has been busy for the past five days ameliorating the condi­ tion of the sufferers. Tbe public buildings are ail turned into marine hospitals. TLe people of Austmburg and Sandfordtown are in a deplorable condition. Coving­ ton stands apparently high and dry, but gas has been shut off, and the citizens may look for a cut-off in the water supply. At New­ port the situation is proving worse hourly. Many families in the extreme lower portion of the flooded district were forced out of the second stories to-day. The situation in East Newport is terrible. The houses in that local­ ity are ail threatened with destruction. Four thousand people were fed ty the committee at noon, and as many more were turned away dinncrless in the rain because all sup­ plies had given out. There was noth­ ing for supper. Advices from Pom- eroy, 215 miles up the river, say the town and its surroundings a no almost en­ tirely submerged, and the destruction has been terrible. The water was eight feet higher than ever before. The town has had no telegraph or railroad communication for four days. Provisions are almost exhausted, and appeals vere made to the country at large for aid. The special was sent to Athens, thirty miles, by messenger. Point Pleasant, W. Va., four miles above, telegraphs for speedy aid. A Parkersburg dispatch says that the crisis has passed there. The river reached fifty four feet. Ihe town suffered severely, the estimated losses being about $1,0(0.000. At Gallipolis, Ohio, 6,000 people are "'feuraped on the hills in terrible want for food and shelter. One hundred and fifty houses havo floated away. Nearly every business man is bankrupt. A house went by Middleport this morning with a woman sitting on tbe gable end. Men rowed out and appealed to ber to get off, but she re­ fused, faying she had four babies below. The gla?-s was broken, and tho children wore seen floating dead. New Richmond, Ohio, has been cut off for six days from the outside world except by skiff. There is water in every building, and hundreds of houses are submerged. The water is twenty-six inches higher than a year ago. The village vt Rural, Ky., is entirely swept away, only two of thirty-six houses being loft. WHEELING, W. VA. The city of Wheeling suffered greater loss t lost week than it has in all its hundred years of existence. Nothing like it has ever visited the city before. To-day was really the flrst day of relief since last Wednesday, and as soon as the light broke thousands left their homes to view the ruin the waters had wrought. The island was the principal place of resort, for there tbe destruction was the greatest. No aocurate estimate can be made for many days yet. but it to certain that the loss in the city of Wheeling alone will not fall short of $4,000,000. As an idea of tbe general destruction wrought, the loss in pianos alone will reach 960,009. The relief work goes bravely on, and what can be is being done. Food is now plenty, and no one sutlers for something to eat. The eity authorities are cleaning the streets of drift, und people are making some effort to restore their homea. NEW ALI1AMV, IND. The river is rising one and a half inches an hour, and is now sixty-eight feet eight inches in the channel, against sixty-nine feet in 1832, and seventy-two feet in 18t3. Six hun­ dred residences are flooded here, and the number is being added to st?adily. But five of the many factories in the city are running. Thousands of working people are Idle. Fam­ ilies are huddled together by the dozens in small, unwholesome da.mp houses, and siok- ness is increasing ns a result. There is a great doai of real suffering, and scencs like this are frequently met that touch the hardest heart. The situation in this eity is grave, and the (•uttering is great. The city authorities and citi/ens are doing ail in their power to relieve it. There will certainly be three feet more of a rise, and this will involve a heavy loss here. It oaiiuot now be estimated with any accuracy. At Jeffersonville the situation la perilous. Nearly the whole town is flooded, and people have moved into the second stories ef their houtes. AUHOBA, nn>. The dismal predictions made yesterday in re- fard t* affairs at Lawrenoabnrg "have been veri- r water baa teen rising rapidly and witfc it comes destruction. Upward of forty residences now are more or le*s wrecked or moved from their foundation*, some of them se*5*l squares, people all over the town are leaving their houses, but they are compelled to leave their goods, as there is no place to take them, and even if there were a place to put them, they could not be moved, so strong is tho current throueh the town. Provisions are scarce, and there in much suffering in prospect, LOUISVXIXE AND IXIWER RIVEB POINTS. This city is felled with alarm at the encroach­ ments of the flood. The river has been rising a half-inch an hour for eighteen hours, and the signal service department predicts that tbe flood will exoced the mark of 1863 ail along the Ohio, At this point that height has almost been •ater thST*stone* '5?' Newburg, Ind., and business is entirely sospended. At Roekport the raOmed depot is under water, and the eastern end ef tbe .tfWn' fcjBooded, bnt the main bnainess ponton la above Water. AtOrand View the shipping WIIMIWan****H--T"* of the town ate under watte. Kmy pmple have deserted their hottsM, and there is some distnse. The business section is Still above water. Lewis- was three feet above water night before A rise of three feet would have flooded all houses. Troy is all under water and no business is traaaacted. Every house in Tell City Is in the water. Tbe people there have become navigators, aad every house has its boat. At least soo skiffs may be seen Moving about tbe streets. At Cannelton the water ex­ tends back for three blocks. Cloverport, east of Clover Creek, waa submerged, and steamboats cannot land at the regular Tobinsport and Rome, both in ladlaiUL am entirely inun­ dated. Stevensport alao is all under water, snd there is no landing for boats. Oonoordla is all under water, ana the people have taken refuge in the bills back from tbe xiver. At Alton, Ind., the water covers many bouses entirely, and is up to the eaves of all of than, even those in the rear part of the plaoe. Tbe people have all deserted. At Leavenworth, Ind., toe water reaches to the hills, and oovera the entire town, washing away the awnings in front of stores. Even that sec­ tion nearest the hills is submerged, the back water having come in through » creek that runs by the plaoe. The river in front of Ameterdam is flooded. One-half of the bnetoess is on tbe river and is floodod. At Manokport the water has flooded everything. The place has a (lum­ ber of ssrw-mllls and floor-mills, which have suspended operations. West Point is flooded and business is suspended. Capt. McCoy, of the Ariadne, says of the flooded country: "The peo­ ple were generally prepared for the flood before the water caught them, and the damage will hot be nearly so great as it was last year. If the flood does not go down BOOS, however, there will be great want of provisions, though 1 think there ip as yet no suffering." PENSIONS. Proposed Legislation at WasUll|tea. A Washington correspondent telegraphs as follows: The temper of tho Pensions Commit­ tee of tbe House of Representatives on the subject of swelling the lists of persons en­ titled to draw pensions from the National Treasury is illustrated by a report it has mado recommending that twenty general measures referred to it be laid upon the table. Included in the list are bills granting pensions to persons who served fourteen days in the war of 1812, and to those who served in the Mexican war, or the Creek, Florida, Black Hawk, or any other Indian war. Among the pension bills introduced in the House, that pf Mr. Henderson, of Illinois, has attracted the most attention. With slight modifications 1£ will receive tbe indorsement and approval of the Pension Office, and is likely to form the basis of any pension legis­ lation contemplating an extension of the present pension list, Tbe bill propose* to grant pensions to all persons who, having en­ listed in tbe regular or volunteer army or navy in any wars waged by the United States, served three months, were honorably dis­ charged, and who are unable, by reason of physical - disability, to earn their sub­ sistence, or who are 65 years of age, and are dependent upon their labor for support. This will cover all the veterans of the war of 1812 and the Mexican war, as well as those of the rebellion, and is in this respect a most comprehensive bill It does not propose to pension everybody that served tbe Gov­ ernment, only those who are in actual want, or who, by reason of age or physical disabil­ ity not resulting from bad or vicious habits, are unable to earn a living. The requirement of three months' service is criticised by some as being too short, and a recommendation of an extension to six months has been made to meet this. •£M' WEN. SHERMAN. Thill President's Order * Retirement. The President, on the 6th inst., issued the following order, announcing the retirement of Gen. Sherman: Gen. William T. Sherman', General of the Army, having this day reached the age of 04 yearn, is, in accordance to law, placed on the re­ tired list of the army without restriction of pay and allowances. The announcement of the severance from the command of the army of one who has been for so many years its distinguished chief can but awaken in the mind* not only of the army but of the people of the United States, mingled emotions of regret and gratitude--re­ gret at the withdrawal from active military service of an officer whose lofty sense of duty has been a model for all soldiers since he first entered the army, July, 1840, and gratitude freshly awakened for the services of incalculable value rendered by him in the war for tbe Union, which his great military genius and daring did so much to end. The President deems this a fitting occasion to give expression in this man­ ner to the gratitude felt toward Gen. Sherman by his fellow-citizens, and to the hope that Providence may grant him many years of health and happiness In relief from the active duties of his profession. CHESTEB A. ABTHUK. Banking and Currency. A majority of the House Committee on Banking arid Currency, says a Washington dispatch, havo practically given up the ex­ pectation that Congress will remove the tax on banking circulation. At thoir next meet­ ing they will probably draft a substitute for the Buckner-Potter and otber bank and bond bills referred to them, which will be a com­ bination of .bills introduced in the Senate by Messrs. Aldrich and McPlierson, one of which is recommended by Comptroller Knox, and the other by United States Treasurer Wyman. Tho substitute as now proposed will provide for a new series of 3 per cent, bonds, to be exchanged for 4's, at a bonus of 16 per cent., to Induce holders to give them up; also that national banks may issue circulating notes to the amount of the par value of their bonds on deposit. m= BRIEFS. MRS. STROHO is the name of the first cotton raiser in California. She raised 100 bales last year. THE oldest Free Mason has turned up again. This time in Unity, N. H, He was initiated in 1*03. A NKW8PAPKR printed at the little town of Medora, la Montana, is called the Bad Land Coftboy. BEECRXH says that "Jonathan Edwards' sermons were made for hell, and ought to be sent to helL" BISMARCK is becoming regular In his habits. But that does not compensate for his exclu­ sion of the American hog. MRS, JOHN JAOOB Asron has sent 1,033 homeless children to the South and West during the last few years at an expense of nearly $16,000. AN International agricultural exhibition is to be held at Amsterdam next August, and valuable prises will be offered for every de­ scription of live stock. "PI.UXOEII is go'ng to import an American Jockey named O'Donoghue Into England to manage his horses. He oould not rcty on the English riders. JOHN DU BOIF, a Pennsylvania lumber king, is said to be the richest man in that State. He is worth $14*000,000, and employs 6CC men in his lumber mills. OVER 34,000 of tbe 4,440,6M pieces of mall matter that were sent to the Dead Letter Of­ fice last year contained eheoks, money, etc., to tbe amount of about $1,030,000. ANNIE E. FISHER, M. D., who is a pretty brunette under twenty-five years of age, has been elected Vice President of tbe Massachu­ setts Homeopathic Medical Society. MRS. BETS*T MOODY, mother of the evan­ gelist, recently celebrated ber seventy-ninth birthday at her home in Northtield, Masa. The evangelist was 47 years old the same day. SENATOR MORRIIX, of Vermont, has served marly thirty years iu Congress, six terms in the House end three in tbe Senate. He is 76 years old, but could easily pess for twenty years younger. SOPHIE MKNTER, the celebrated pianist, has been elected honorary member of the Phil­ harmonic tk>ciety of London in plaoe of Wag­ ner. This is the flrst time the honor has been accorded to a woman. IT would seem that one of the Earl ot Rad­ nor's younger sons is a director in the insur­ ance company in which his Ix>rdehip informs his tenants that they must insure. Where is tills to endy We shall next have Peers get­ ting their younger sons into the business bouses of grocers and tailors on the under­ standing ifaat tenants will be forced to deal with these firms.--Lwtidon Trvth. The newi of the fall of Sinkat, and the mas­ sacre of the garrison, produced an excite­ ment In England hardly equaled by the Intel Ugence which preceded it but a few days, of the disaster which overtook Baker Pasha's little army. In the House of Lords, Salisbury moved a vote of censure, which carried by more than two to one. While the Tory Lords were reprehending the lack ees Gladstone, the Teries in the Hbuse of commons were bent on a similar object, but one far more diffieoll of attainment. The motion of censure was made by Sir Stafford Northoote. Mr. Glad­ stone rose to reply, amid a prolonged de­ monstration of applause. He stated that 4,0u0 men had been ordered to Suakim. He denied that there had been inooosltteOoy or vadllaton, and declared tbat North- cote had a sod the phrase in lie* of adopting any policy whatever. Gladstone denounced tbe idea of a reconquest of the Soudan, and said Gordon *' would restore the former rulers to their ancestral power usurped by Egypt." The Premier asked the House to aeqult tbe Co vera men', and con­ cluded bis speeds. Instead of the acquittal which had been generally expected, the de­ bate wns adjourned, an undoubted admission of tbe weakness of the party now in power. Ix)ndon cablegrams furnish the appended particulars of the Sinkat disaster: ••The garrison made a sortie, and for a long time successfully repulsed tbe rebel attacks, but at last the attacking forces gained an advantage and completely destroyed the gar­ rison, except a law who were made prisoners. Tbe fate of tbe women and children is un­ known. Tbe streets of Sauklm presen; a heartrending appeuraqee, being thronged with women whose weeping and wailing give unmistakable evidence of their distress and forebodings. Further advices regarding die fall of Sinka* relate that Tewflk Bey, despair­ ing ef further resisting Ihe onslaught of the furious rebels, blew up the fortifica­ tions, spiked his guns, and sallied forth upon the enemy, and with the last 600 of hi3 followers was cut to pieces. Seven men-of-war belonging to the channel squadron have been ordered to Egyptian waters. A correspondent at Sua­ kim telegraphs: At last the heroic garrison of Sinkat have been butchered. For a fort­ night. they have been eating roots and tree leaves. It was a feeble band, indeed, which made the sortie to dio amid the rebel horde. Tewiik Bey had harangued his men, saying that by fighting they might save them­ selves, bnt by remaining they must die from hunger in a few days. Flight was impossible. Tho men thus animated with Tewtik Boy's spirit destroyed the military stores, exploded the magazine, filled their pouches to the utmost with cartridges, and issued forth six hundred strong against the rebels. Osman Digma's hordes rushed to the attack. Tewiik Bey and his men fought nobly. For a long time they repulsed every attempt to break their ranks. Finally supe­ rior numbers prevailed, and with a tremen­ dous rush the rebe's burst through one of the Bides of tbe Egyptian square. A general massaore ensued, and not a soul escaped. According to latest reports there were only four sick men unable to take part In the sortie at Sinkat, and they were spared by the rebels. Before the sortie a rebel sheik approached Sinkat, and summoned Tewflk Bey to surren­ der, saying his life would be spared. The garrison answered defiantly, reviling tbe rebels. During tbe Eortie women and chil­ dren followed in the rear of the soldiers. Large numbers of the rebels were killed. The rebels are now massing in the vicinity of Suakim. The Sinkat contingent have joined the main body. The attack on Suakim is be­ lieved to bo imminent. The British Minister at Cairo telocraphs that after the battle the rebels entered Knkat an«L put every one to the sword." A correspondent at Cal o says: "The dis­ aster to Baker Pasha's army caused nothing like the sorrow which prevails among En­ glishmen here over the massacre at Sinkat. There is a universal feeling of humiliation and shame tbat the gallant men of Sinkat were killed almcMIt wit.iin si^ht of the British ships." The Cabinet, says a London dispatch, are painfully impressed. It is probable that large ro-enfot-cements of troops And marines will be immediately dispatched to Egypt. Gen. Gordon tolographs that he is still san­ guine of success. EQUALIZATION OF BOUNTIES. Interesting Facts and Figures from the : |Mb of the War Depart- it. The Secretary of War recently sent to the Senate of tbe United States, in reply to a resolution offered by Mr. Voorhees oalling for information aa to the number of soldierp who served ono, two, and three years, re­ spectively, in the Union army in the late war, the amount of bounty paid each class, and the approximate amount to be required to equalize the bounties of those who served in that war, a communication from the Ad­ jutant General giving the information asked for, and copies of letters to Congress in former years by the Paymaster General of theA rmy setting forth the esti­ mates of tbe amount to be required for the equalization of bounties. The Adjutant General's report gives the number of enlist­ ed men wbo enlisted for the various periods as follows: Three years... .2,030,H04!Six months 20,439 Twoyears «4,40uFour months 42 One year 8»j,752;One hundred days 85,607 Nine months... 876,8S1 Three months 108,416 Eight months.. 373|Sixty d iya 2,016 With respect to the information asked for in rogard to bounties paid or the sum neces­ sary to equalize the bounties of those who served, the Adjutant General says it cannot be oompilrd from the records of his oflice. He odlLs attention, however, to the estimates submitted to Congress by the Paymaster General of the army in 1872,1874, 187«, 1878, and 1880. In the estimate submitted April 23,1870, the Paymaster General states that up to that dute there had been paid in boun­ ties to enlisted men $385,017,0.v2, and tho Ad­ jutant General" states that since then there nave been paid in bounties $2,202,667, makina tho total bounties paid to the date of the oommunioatiou 210,240. The first estimate of the amount required for the equalisation of bounties made by the Pay- master General is dated Jan. 15, 1872. It is based on the provision of the bUl then pend­ ing in Congress to give each enlisted man, or if dead to give to his heirs, a bounty at the rate of $8,834 per month for his term of ser­ vice. The Paymaster General estimated tho 'ooet at tlS7J7S,10'>. He divides the on listed men into three classes, as follows: First Class---Enlisted men in the regular army who entered the service between April 12,1661, and April 19, 1865, and were honora­ bly discharged, 46,87V; average duration of service, twenty-nine months. Second CUss--Satiated men of all olasses who volunteered, including those recognized for completing the pefenses of Washington and the slaves who enlisted or were drafted between April 12, Wl, and April lt», 1865, 2,234,421: deducting substitutes, 123,11.0, and enlisted men from captured prisoners of war, 1,698. leaves a total of ?,io»,63D; average duration of serviec, 2:4.7 months. Third Glass--Enlisted men wbo entered for not less than three years and were discharged on account of wounds or while In the line of duty, 68,600; average duration of service, 7.8 months. Estimated co;t of equalizing bounties of the flrst class, $11,908,268; second olass, $504,- 606,328; third class, $3,610,583; total, $619,883,- 160. This sum, less the amount of bounties paid and then payable under the existing laws, equaling $882,108,004, was $187^*1^ $ CHIPS. f. laftest Av organised band of rt Portland, Oregon. VinoiiriA will bold ber next State regatta at Norfolk, on July 4. BAYARD is tbe choice of three Virginia pa­ pers for the Presidency. A DOZXN mad dogs were killed at Montmo- rend, S. C., during the past month. SEVENTT young ladies of Holllster, Cel., advertise in the local papers for husbands. THE Quaker church at Baileyv'lle, Ma, win shortly have a bell, which will be the first ever used by the Friends in America. THE largest school in the world is probably the Jewish Freo School In P pi tal fields, London. It has a daily attendanoo of over 2,800 pupila. LAKQE premiums are offered for coyote scalps by the farmers of Southern Oregon. A doable murder of the mail character was recently perpetrated at Win- netka, IU., a town of 600 Inhabitants, situated on the lake shore, a few m«les nerth of Chi­ cago, the victims being Je--e L. Witlson, an old and wealthy settler, and President of tho Wlnnetka Village Board, and his wife, a. member ot another tarty of early Illinois settlers named Weare. He was in his 72d year, and with his wife, who was nearly ten years his senior, and ortp<»led by paralysis, livedaloneinalarge,tetin?dhoupe. TJjecrime was attended by citountiwedTof peculiar atrocity, and Js surrounded by a veil of mys­ tery that deflee the efforts of the detectives to peimtrate. From the OMcago papers we glean the following particulars of tho terrible butchory: As mentioned Above, the 1 couple lived alone, and tho crime was not discovered until several hours after its com­ mission. Mr. Willeon's body was found lying in a cramped condition beh'nd the stove in the fitting-room. The right hand was clinched and beneath the head, and the left arm raised as If to ward off a blow. He had been shot twice, it was found, once in the left cheek and once in the left side of the chest. There had evidently b2en a desperate struggle for life by the old man, as there were numerous bruises about his head, arms and legs, and tbe foot-fender of the stove and the back of one of the chairs had been broken. The post­ mortem examination revealed the fact tbat nine of tbe old gentlemen's ribs were broken, as if his murderer had finished bis deed by jumping upon his victim as he lay writhing in the agonies of dc-aih before him. But horrible as was this discovery, another even more blood curdling awaited the neigh­ bors. as tbey searched the house further. In an upper chamber Mrs. Willson was found dead in ber bed, with ber head beaten so that ber features were almost unrecogniza­ ble. Tho flesh from her entire forehead was stripped from the skull by blow after blow, and tho skull beaten in. Gashes to the bone were visible on her chin and cheeks, and the only arm whioh she had with which to defend herself was bruised from the shoulder to the Angers. The pillows and bolster, which by their position showed that the old lady, though almost a helpless paralytic, had desperately struggled for her life, were saturated with blood. She was lit­ erally pouuded to death, and about the bed and room lay the implements with which tho fiend, in his murderous frenzy, had done tho deed. At the foot of the bed lay broken and splintered the white-thorn cane which she was accustomed to use in moving al>out her room. The murderer had evidently braten her with this first, and when he had broken it had seized a pair of iron fire- tongs, and continued the beating with mad­ dened strength. These, too, were broken into- no less than a half-dozen pieces over the old lady's bead. Pieces were found scattered on the bed and about the room, some of them covered with blood and having gray hairs torn from the victim's head clinging to them. Beside the bed lay a sword in its scabbard, a cherished remembrance to the old lady of her only son, wbo was a surgeon In the war and died of yellow fever before Its close. The dents and blood on the scabbard showed how the murderer had completed his infamous work. The bedroom presented a horrible sight aside from the mangled corpse it con­ tained. The walls at the side of the bed and beside the headboard were thickly spattered with blood, and even the high ceiling and walls opposite, and some twelve or fourteen feet distant from the bed, wore sprinkled with it also, as if, as was doubtless the case, the murderer's weapon, as he swung it around for another blow, had thrown off the plentiful blood that had adhered to it from the previous one. All that is known concerning the mur­ derer is this: The village bad scarcely been alarmed when Neil Kalgue, who keeps a butcher shop not far from Mr. Willeon's house, furnished a partial solution of tho mys­ tery. He says that Mr. Willson came into his shop about 6 o'clock Tuesday night, and said: "Give me two pounds of your nicest porter-house steak; I have a friend stopping over night at my bouse, and I want you to send over another steak In the morning." It is next to oertain that this "friend," whoever he may be, is the ono who commit­ ted the murder. But no one has been iound. who saw any one go to tbe Willaon house on Tuesday evening. Mr. Willson took the steak home, it is supposed, and the three (Mr. Will- son, his wife, and the guest) ate it for their supper. When the house was reached tho next morning no traces of the steak, or Of its having been cooked, oould be found. A good-sized veal cutlet was found untouched in the pantry. The table stood in the center of the dining-room, with tbe cloth thrown over the dishes. Upon lifting it, it WHS dis­ covered that it was set for three. There were three plates, three cups and saucers, and knives. This showed conclusively that Mr. and Mrs. Willson had entertained some one at supper. The appearance of the sitting-room as it wag found wa* suggestive of the manner in which tho murder was committed. The table and chairs stood as if two per tons had been sitting there talking. On the table was an unfolded newspaper and upon it were Mr. Willson's glasses. On the table, also, was a portfolio containing some of Mr. Willson's business papors. The supposition is that this was brought out by Mr. Willson during a conversation with his guest upon business matters. During the talk Mr. Willson may have revealed tho faot that he had con­ siderable money in the house, and this may have suggested to the man there with him the idea of robbery, even if ho had not previously entertained the purpose. It is supposed that, having determined to kill Mr. Willson to secure his money, the man drew his revolver and shot at him without giving any warning. It is thought that the first shot took ef ect in Mr. Willson's Jaw, and that as tbe two jumped to their foet the sec­ ond shot w as fired, putting a ball into his left side After felling his victim to tho tloor after a brief struggle, the murderer probably rushed up stairs and killed Mrs. Willson, as has been described, and then returned and finding Mr. Willson still alive stamped upon him, crushing in his chest. On the floor of the sitting-room wero found two cloth vest-buttons, which had evidently been torn from a broadcloth vest. These, without a doubt, wore forced from the vest of tho murderer during tho struggle, and are re­ garded as important evidence whioh may lead to his identification. Mr. Willson was worth MB,000 -to 9100,000, and always had a considerable sum of money about him. Mrs. Willson was eocentrlo, and always had front $600 to $2,060 in the house for her own requirements. This money waa undoubtedly the incentlvo for the crime. WAWE-WORKEJtS. ' Taa Kew Jersey Steel Works, at TreMoa, have resumed. Tai wages of the employee of the stove works at Pittsburgh, N, J„ have been reduced 10 per cent. SKVBNTV-TWO coal-pits in Pennsylvania, employing 8,000 men, have resuiped' work at the wages paid last fall. THK laborers In the United States Govern­ ment works at Kemp levee, in Loaisiana, have struoa for higher wages. THE glassworks at Rock Island, which havo been shut down since last July, hfve started up again with a full force of workmen. THI mill-owners at Pittsburgh have with­ drawn their order for a 10 per sent, redac­ tion in the wages of machine malders, that averting a strike. THE annual convention of the Amalga­ mated Assooiatlon of Iron-Workers will be held at Pittsburgh on the 5th of April to decide upon a scale for the year commencing June L. TH« House Committee on Labor, at Wash­ ington. has ordered a favqiable report "on Kepresentative Hopkins' bill for the estab­ lishment of a department of labor statistlca. The measure provides for the appointment of a commission who shall acquire ail useful In­ formation upon the subject of labor, its rela­ tions to capital, and means for promoting the material, social, religious, and Intellectual prosperity of laboring men and women. FIFTEEN mills at Fall River, Mass., are- closed on account of the strike of the spin­ ners, and about 10,000 operatives are idle, i ecretary Howard, in an address to tbe strik­ ing spinners, says: "Be firm, united, and de­ termined. Ben^ember. men, that the eman­ cipation of the working classes must bo ochioved by the working classes themselves^ and tbat labor can only stand on equal terms with capital wheu united." • TUX wife of a Chnmberiia (8. CL) irlvsr is worth $300,000.