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McHenry Plaindealer (McHenry, IL), 18 Feb 1885, p. 2

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• -r -<*• ILLINOIS. raWDENSSD. A MEMPHIS undertaker exhumed the body of a little child which he bad buried and returned it to its mother becanse sh? could not pay $2, the price of interment. ... .Fire swept away Monarch & Co.'s dis- Mmisfcyseolfciwe fcvMttiledMOMttta If, AO fe n#ki #lUMkifehi& tM»iL 1# M|> nff 1 ••- '• •' a vigorous eampalgn' in &•Soudan.,..® Mahdi's ItinistW «f• Wut !« said to be M. Verat, who was formerly a captain in the French army. He it was who taught the WE: east. , TWKNTT per cent of the suspended Coke-ovens connected with the Pittsburgh . INB iatwests are to be fired up at once, J v Mvtitg tfaploymeut to thousands of men • 'IrtlMffiTi MM in idleness. It is said that ilffi brthe 10,000 coke-ovens of that district :;3ir0I be in Ml blast by the 1st of March. . .For making appointments last Deeem- in opposition to court mandates, ex- " Edson, of New York, has been sen- jerf, for contempt, to fifteen days* imprisonment and a fine of $250. MRS. LUCILLE YSKI LT DUDLET, who 'ii-fj&ot O'Donovan Rossa, was taken to the /pupreme Court in New York on a writ of habeas corpus. Her counsel demanded that she should be released or admitted to bail. Judge Donohue declared that he Would not interfere with the Police Magis­ trate in the natter, and remanded the pris­ oner. .. .The Genesee brewery, at Rochester, 2?. Y., was destroyed by fire, the loss reach­ ing $125,000... .The closing of the nylls at JHhnayunk, Pa., has caused great desti- Ifctiou among the 10,000 persons thrown .-taiit of employment. FIRE broke out in th6 insane department • |jf the Blockley Almshouse, at West Phila­ delphia, Pa., and, there being no fire escape in the section, the inmates were penned in the blazing pile. Seven were taken out dead, six were found mortally burned, and six others are missinar, and are supposed to have perished.... The officer of a steamer which arrived in New York tile other day expresses the fear that Long Island Sound will soon be completely sealed up by ice.... Another indictment against Ferdinand •Ward, for crookedness in connection with the Marine Bank, has been found at New York.... Upward of 100 ships are overdue at the port of New York, and the recent ter­ rible gales cause great anxiety.... A cotfon- mill, established sixty years ago at Fall Stiver, Mass., is to transfer all its machinery to Mexico, and manufacture printed goods with native labor. ^ wp--- S,'. . ' THE WEST. ^ . ' blizzard which swept- ttorrmglt Northwest on the 8th aud 0th inst. was one e| the wildest storms exfw^jJ^ed for years. The railroads were blockaded everywhere •nd many trains were abandoned in the snowdrifts. The weather was especially fierce through all tbe Lower Lake region from Chicago to Buffalo. Busi­ ness was almost at a standstill William Dustin visited the Jour- mil office at Lincoln. 111., intent upon chastising the editor, John Edmonds, but tile latter caused the invader to retija in disorder. Comment affecting Diistin's father and his divorced wife caused the trouble... .An appeal for medicines and linens, with which to dress wounds, comes from Savannah, in the Indian Territory, . where the recent mine explosion occurred. Thirty victims were suf­ fering for "proper treatment.... , The various mills and factories at Joliet, iw., are in full operation, and manufactur­ ers speak hopefully of the outlook. Prices Se unusually low, however, and competi->n is close... .In a prize fight near Mil­ waukee, lasting two hours. Patsy McCarten, an ironworker, defeated John Ward, a professional pugilist. Both men were se­ verely punished William Dwight Chand­ ler, son of Secretary Chandler, and Lily H. Porter were married at the residence of the bride's father, a prominent broker, at Winona, Minn... .Frank Bonham is under •rrest for killing his mother, brother, and lister at Radical City, Kan. ̂ THE fine residence of Hiram Atkins, n Stealthy farmer living three mile* east of Horwich, Ohio, was discovered in ashes the other morning. The family consisted of Jfr. Atkins, three children, a young wife {stepmother to the children), and a hire i nan named Emanuel Porter, a gay young fellow whom the gossips have of iate been •ceasing of undue familiarity with Mrs. Atkins, who is young and pretty, while "Atkins is past 50 years of age. Tales of bitter and frequent quarrels in the family have been current for some time. The neighbors searched tiie debns diligently for the remains of any of the family who night be in the ruins. The bodies of* three persons, evidently those of Atkins and his two children, were found--the eldest daugh­ ter having left home some tiuK ago. The disKppe&ranc of Porter and Mrs. Atkins naturally leads to the belief that tjbey set fired to the house.... Four men were killed and eight dangerous­ ly injured by an explosion at the Central Iron Works, at Brazil, Indiana... .Three and demented women, who occupied m small wooden structure on the poorhouse rnndi near Monticello, 111., were burned death by tbe shanty taking fire At §breve, Ohio, Laura Chester rejected Wil-ur Petere' proffered love, and when laving tbe skating rink the other liight Peters fatally shot the girl , #nd then blew out his brains.... -.Fire in Hammond & Htandish's pork pack­ ing house, at Detroit, destroyed 125,000 ; ^pounds of fresh meat, and 6,000 pounds of lard, and a large quantity of salt pork. The *oss is 50,000; fully insured... .Because of the snow blockade, cutting off the coal sup- t ' * plv, the glass works and plow works at Bock island, 111., closed down last week ....An ^ . old negro was frozen to death in a Detroit f "suburb, and a man also perished from cold *? •*- *t Cadillac, Mich. ; £ . * T , LANE, a grocer's clerk in Gurley 'J Chicago, drove a burplar into an ice- $ t-p' * fbox and locked the door. W^en the patrol- «*wagon arrived the officers found the thief .almost immersed in lard, and absolutely t helpless Flames destroyed eleven stores '* V jat Princeton, Mo., valued at $75,C00; the j^BK^-works of L. Aulman & Co., at Des ^Moines, and the flouring-mill of Darrah ^ Brothers, at Big Rapids, Mich. In a iflght, Indian fashion, as set down in a dime ? noTel, a 12-year-old boy, John Parker, 4 killed bis playmate, named Davidson, at Grofrvenor, Mich McDaniel &, l , -^Wright's flour mill, ar Franklin, Ind., was i ' wrecked by a boiler explosion. One man jfe': killed, and other employes had a nar- " row escape Nine men were asphyxiated f.by sewer-gas in the drain at the corner of ..Union and Kinzie streets, Chicago. Five of them died At a dance in Indian Ter­ ritory, whisky engendered bad blood, sev­ eral men being killed and wounded. The Illinois Board of Agriculture has0del cided to hold the State Fair at Chicago for tiAirf HJBA roorfl LEE LINN, the editor of the Courier, at Wabash, Ind , underwent a preliminary ex- animation for the killing of Bill Maguire, v and was discharged Chicago Tribune: A fresh complication in the Storey will case has arrived in this country from Europe in tbe shape of the first Mrs. Storey, who was li&fv. ? divorced from the deceased journalist in [fir's..r 1867. She is coming to Chicago to file a bill to set aside the decree of alimeny ' 1 ?,& awarded her a quarter of a century ago, i with a view to obtaining instead her out of tbe estate. KUerv at Owensboro, Ky„ causing a loss of > Arabs how tb break squares in battle. $50,000, fully insured. | DISPATCHES from Egypt report the kill- KEAB Okonoko, W. Va>, a Miss Cox, who j Jng of the Briti9h ^ dari ^ died rather suddenly, m* hastily buried, j storn,ip„ of ru*m«n «t. Bir- teh. Gen. EOIIO'K wissiou wae. to movo uv> :i. 1. 11 - TT ,.J ._•» i A • a,: , - Dogs raised n disturbance at the grave dur­ ing the nigbt, and the tomb was reopened next day, when it was discovered that the woman had revived, and in her struggle in the coffin had lacerated lier body in a terri­ ble manner, and died of suffocation. WASIUJVOTON. THE returns of the comparative number of farm animals to tbe Department of Agri­ culture show utt increase of 4 per cent in horses, 3 in mules. 3 in cattle, and 2 per cent in swine, with a small decrease in sheep There has been a decline in values of 2 per cent in horses and mules, and 5 per cent, in cows. 2 in other cattle, and 10 in sheep and swine. The average values are: Horses, $73.70; mules, $82.38; cows, $29.70; other cattle, $2*. 02; sheep, $2.14; swine, $5.09. The value of cattle ag­ gregates $1,107,0(10,000; other domestic ani­ mals, farm and ranch, $2,450,000,000 The February cotton leport of the Depart­ ment of Agriculture makes the proportion of the crop sent to market from the planta­ tions on the first of February 80\ per cent, of the crop, leaving 10} to * be marketed. Virginia, North Carolina, Florida, aud Lou­ isiana report 90 per cent; Texas and Geor­ gia, 91; south Carolina, 92; while Missis­ sippi returns 8!> per cent., Alabama 87, and Arkansas and Tennessee 86. The average date of the close of the picking is earlier than last year by six days in Virginia, three in North Carolina, three in South Carolina, one in Georgia, three in Mississippi, ten in Texas, eight in Arkansas, and ten in Ten­ nessee. THE Executive Committee of the Board of United States Comm ssioners of the New Orleans Exposition presented a me­ morial to President Arthur asking for an additional appropriation of $500,000. A LETTER from the Collector of Cus­ toms at Chicago in reference to the work­ ings ot the civil service law in his office * is reproduced in the second annual report of the Civil Service Commissioners. The Collector says that the general effect of the new system upon the moral tone and busi­ ness efficiency of his office has been salu­ tary. The effect of the prohibition of as­ sessments has been exceedingly beneficial Solicitation and pressure for office have sensibly diminished. IT was decided last week by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, to which were referred resolutions in regard to the recent dynamite explosions in London, that it was beneath the dignity of the House of Representatives to assume that American citizens had anything to do with the traimes in question. POLITICAL. PRESIDENT-ELECT CLEVELAND was in consultation in New York last week with Democratic politicians, and many waited on him in the interest of cadidates for Cabinet positions. The President-elect, accom­ panied by Daniel Manning, visited Mr. Til- ilen at Greystone on Sunday. Two hours were spent at Mr. Tilden's dinner-table, and a longer period in his study. The follow­ ing is said to be the slate for the Cabinet, so far as now made up: Hon. Thomas F. Bay­ ard, Secretary of State; Abram S. Hewitt, Secietary of the Treasury; "VV. F. Vilas, Secretary of War; L. Q. C. Lamar, Secre­ tary of Interior; and Senator Jonas, of Louisiana, Postmaster General. SENATOB LAMAR called upon President­ elect Cleveland last week, and is said to have been received with marked distinction. Mr. Lamar says that he does not expect to go into the Cabinet, bubhis friends are con­ fident that in the unexpected event of Sen­ ator Bayard's refusal he will be Secretary of State. It seems to be an accepted fact that Garland is to be Attorney General. Mr. Cleveland is said to be most perplexed about the selection of a Secretary of the Treasury. SENATOB LAMAB says of the President­ elect: "Mr. Cleveland is plain and un­ affected, but he is a very superior man. He has a strong will, and is unassuming and fully impressed with the gravity of the po­ sition he is about to take. There is leally not a commonplace trait about him. I nad quite a long interview with him, but if he had made up his Cabinet he did not indicate the fact to me." THE Illinois Legislature balloted for United States Senator on Wednesday, Feb. 11, although no quorum was present in either house. The Senate refused to vote as a body. In the House 44 Democrats voted for Morrison, 1 for Haines, and 1 for Bishop. On joint ballot the Republicans abstained from voting. Morrison received 74 votes, and Haines 1. THE Illinois Legislature held a joint ses­ sion on Thursday, Feb. 12, to vote for United States Senator. No one answered the roll-call except Speaker Haines, who voted for William R. Morrison... .The In­ diana Senate passed a bill to regulate the sale and manufacture of dynanite. :f0 CESBEIl. THE SOUTH, Km convicts were whipped at New Castle, Del., eight for larceny and one for burglary Irishmen at Chattanooga boy­ cotted the Daily Times for criticising CDenovan's course. FIVE workmen employed in repairing a bridge over the Susquehanna River at 1 Havre de Grace, Md., were thrown down : fifty feet. All went through the ice into < Che liver. Two were drowned, and the oth- •,m precarious AN explosion occurred in the Vale Colliery, near New Glasgow, N. S., thirteen men being killed or suffocated, and many others wounded. A DETECTIVE of the Mexican revenue department who attempted to seize the stock of a trader at Jalisco for selling un­ stamped cigarettes was doused in a fountain, tarred and feathered, and driven through the streets to the music of a band F. Baum. connected with tha great cotton swindle in Texas a year ago, nad who for­ feited his bond of $30,000, has been ar­ rested at Chatham, Ontario, and will be ex­ tradited. A DOUBLE execution occurred in the jail yard at Little Bock, Ark. Rush John­ son and Lige Parker, both negroes, were hanged for murder. Johnson killed John Wall, a white man. on the 18th of May last. Parker assassinated Lewis C. Fox, also white, on the 12th of December last The condemned men walked to the gallows with a firm step, both addressing the crowd Johnson, as he busily chewed on a huge mouthful of tobacco, said: "Good-by, friends; good-by to one and alL You can come out here to see me die for a thing I didn't do. You have got power to destroy the body, but God can save the soul. I'm not afraid to die; I'm prepared for it; but I can't say that I'm willing to go this way. You'll all know better some day." After the cap was drawn over his face he still con­ tinued to talk, saying: "Good-by, friends, good-by. I love you, but must go." Par­ ker said: "It's mighty hard to die this way, dear friends: but I'm glad that so many of you are out to see me to-day. I hope that God has forgiven me for my sins. I want you all to take warning, and not do as I have done. I want you to pray aud be prepared to die at all times. You've all got to die, and it don't matter much if you are prepared. That's all. Amen."... .Richard Trenke was hanged at Philadelphia; Dr. L. N. Beach was swung off at Hollidayaburg, Pa., and James W. Murray was executed at Portland, Oregon, all for murder. FOBEICUV. the Nile to Abu Hamed, punishing on his way the treacherous Monassir tribe, or such of them as "were guilty of the murder of Col. Stewart, Mr. Power, M. Herbin, and their comrades. Notwithstanding Gen. Eirle and several of his brave comrades were slain, the British arms achieved a brilliant victory, putting the Arabs to flight with great slaughter. Their leader, to­ gether with several emirs, was among the slain. ENGLISH newspapers have collected the advice given by Gen. Gordon at different times regarding the Soudan campaign »ond attempt to show that every warning he has given has been literally fulfilled... .In Paris, Miss Eva Mackey and the Prince of Gnlatro were married by Monseigneur de Rende, in presence of forty persons. The bridal reception given by Mrs. Mackev in­ cluded among its attendants nearly ali the celebrities of French society. ADDITIONAL mw£!t two houses of the IllinMf legis­ lature assembled in joint session, on Feb. 13, ito ballot for United States Senator, but when the roll was called no member re­ sponded to his name. ' ALEXANDER MOUTON, a son of one of tbe Acadinns driven from Nova Scotia by the British, has just died on his plantation in Louisiana. He was Senator for that State in 1837, Governor in 1843, and Presi­ dent of the Recession Convention in 1801. . .. .Seven persons, including two women, h ive been indicted ut New Orleans for giv- iug perjurtd testimony in the Ford-Murphy murder trial....H. P. Venzie, a railway mail clerk at New Orleans, has sued the Mississippi Valley Road for $20,tM 0 dam­ ages occasioned by the wrecking of a train. .... Colonel Tom Buford, who murdered Judge Elliott, died last week in a Ken­ tucky lunatic asylum. BUSINESS failures for the week numbered 273, against 330 the previous week, and 243 in the corresponding period of 1884. In the principal trades they were as follows: General stores, 58;' grocers, 33; clothing, 15; dry-goods. 14; manufacturers, 14; liquors, 14; hardware and agricultural im­ plements, 13; drugs, 12; paper, books, stationers, and printers, 11; hotels and restaurants, 10; shoes, 9; jew­ elry, 9; bakers and confectioners, 8; furniture and carpets, 7; harness, G; grain and flour, 5; crockery and glassware, 4; hides and tanners, 4; carpenters and builders; 3; fancy goods, 3; hats, 3; milli­ nery, 3; markets, 3; bankers, 2; coal and wood, '2; tobacco and cigars, 2; men's fur­ nishing goods, 2; musical instruments, 2. .... Arrangements have been made by the Executive Committee of the National Cattle and Horse Growers' Association for the or­ ganization of State and Territorial execu­ tive committees to co-operate with the au­ thorities in suppressing animal diseases. THE bill prohibiting tbe importation of foreign contract labor was taken up and dis­ cussed in the Senate on Feb. 13. Messrs. Haw- ley and McPherson opposed the measure. Mr. Blair defended it on the aronna that the wont­ ing classes In this country should be protected against competition. The Hocking Valley troubles, he said, were due to the class'of people which the bill would exclude. Mr. ln- lialis said that it would ccon be neces­ sary to decide whether every one on the face of the earth has a right to come to the United States and do as he pleased to the detriment of those alt eady here. Mr. Hawley disapproved ot the contract system, but did not like the bill. Mr. Bayard also tbouRht the measure objectionable.# No action wax taken. When the lexas l aoitie land-arant lort- iture bill came up in the Senate as the special order that body refused to consider it by a vote of . Oto 1'.),no wlthst iriilinuthe protestof Mr. VanVVvck, who referred sarcastically to the terror wincli seiied the Senators whenever a forfeiture lull was taken up. Only one of the forfeiture bills, he said, had been able to iret through Congress, and that was a bill which a railroad company was itself very anxious to net passed. Follow­ ing is the vote in detail: Aeainst considering the bill--Aldrich, Allison, Blair, Iirown, Call, Conger, Cullom, Dawes, Dolph, Kdmnnds, 1' ive, Hale, Harrison, Hawlev, Hoar, ln?alls. Jack-on, Lapham. Mandeison, Mitchell, Mor­ gan, Morrill, Calmer, Pike. Piatt, Pugh, Sawyer, Sewell, Sherman, Wilson--3o. In favor oc' taking up the bill--liavard. Beck, Butler, Cameron (Wis.', ( ockrell. Coke, Fair, Garland, Hampton, Hill. Jonas, Jone* (Fla I, Maxey, Miller (Cal.), Slater, Vance, Van Wyck, Vest, Williams--11*. The Henate induln< d in a dis­ cussion of the rumors that an extra session was to be forced by the Republicans, wnen Mr. Bscs stated that work on the appropriation bills in th; House was lur- ther advanced than usual for a nliort ses­ sion. The House of ltej rcsentatives passed a bill amending the Union i'nc hc act so as to al­ low the construction of a road from Sioux Citv weetwardly via the Niobraia Valley to a joint on the t nion Pacific west of the lodth meridian. The object of this is* to cut off the great bend made in the eastern portion of the Union Par- ciflc, and will, it is said, shorten the distance from Chicago to Han Francisco 2(0 miles. The bill does not grant any lands to the company to build the road, but does make the road, when built, a section of the Union Pacific, so -tar as relates to pro- ratine business exchange of IreiLiht cars, eta It is understood a company stands ready to be­ gin the building of the road at once. On motion of Mr. Payson, the Hou*>e concurred in the Sen­ ate amendments to the House bill to prevent the unlawful occupation of public lands. The House went into committee of the whole on the postotfice appropriation bill. Mr. Holman moved to strike out the para­ graph allowing additional compensation to American steamships for carry/ng the ocean malls and to insert an amendment api ropriat- ing $425,000 for the transportation of all foreign mails. After a long discussion, in which the proposition contained in the paragraph was bit­ terly attacked, Mr. Holman's motion to strike out the paragraph was agreed to, is well as the amendment which he offered, which wacslightly modi tied. Another amendment was adopted making the postage on drop letters two cents p r ounce. THE MARKBT3. HOOK 6.00 WHEAT--NA L White ........... .89 No. 2 Red .91 COEX--No. 1 .60 OATS--White ; 88 PBKMKB GLADSTONE'* appofntoMnt oC the Earl of Bosebery as Lord of the Privy Seal is regarded an a strategic more to secure the support of that popular young noble man. It is thought that all Lord ltosebery': influence will be needed to stem the tide _ WHIFII NNAIWNTTK. COB* -- N o . 3 . . * 4 4 POKE--New Mess 14.00 CHICAOO. BEEVES--Choice to Prime Steers. 6.R0 Good Shipping. 6.25 Common to Fair 4.00 Hoas 4.50 FLOUB--Fancy Bed Winter Ex.. 4.00 I'rlme to Choice Spftng uto WHEAT--No. Sited > .80 Com --No. 2 .S6 OATS--No. 2 27 RYE-XO.2 • .02 BABLEY--No. 2 .$3 BUTTEB--Choice Creamery..V&. .28 Fine Dairy iii;. .18 CHEESE--Fuil Cream. .12 Salmmed Plat , V.,, EGGS-- Fresh .VFJ,f .20 POTATOES--New, per bn f,i»£&;i.40 POBK--Mess 13.00 MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--No. % . .76 CORN--NO. 2 39 OATS--No. 2 .29 RYE--No. 1 .«4 BAKLEY--No. 2 .49 POBK--Mess. 18.00 TOLEDO. WHEAT--No. 2 Bed .7» CORN--No. 2 .41 OATS--No. 2 .SO „ ^ ST. LOUI8. WHEAT--No. 2 Red g&i. .f« C'OKN--Mixed. .36 OATS--Mixed. .29 RYE .AN POBK--Mesa 13.00 CINCINNATI. WHEAT--Na 3 Bed. .8# CORN - 42 OATS--Mixed 32 POBK--Mess. 1X73 DETROIT. FU>UB 4.50 WHEAT--No. 1 White 86 COBN--Mixed .42 OATS--No. 2 White. 32 Pork--Family 12.50 _ INDIAN APOLI& WHEAT--No. 2 Bed, New COBN --Mixed OATS--Mixed EAST LIBERTY. CATTLE--Beat Fair Common.^ Hoos SHEEP BUFFALO. WHEAT--No. 1 Spring 6.50 .91 c«i .<J3 & .62 & .40 @14.60 & 6.75 <M 6.110° & 4.75 & 6.00 & 4.50 <0 4.00 & .81 .37!; .28 .64 .65 .to .13 .m .24 & .46 (<$13.50 @ .77 .40 an .31 m .6s & .51 @13.25 TALES BY TELiMiPH. Sain While ML AttMk on tha Arab* in the Desert. HDneni snic8 fir an Explosion la 11 Nova ^cctk. Cost Mitt. Who Thinks He I« Ooannis- to Kill Cleveland--Oilier Interesting News. •YR4$|' TLTL WAR IN B6YPT. \ OMfll bf the Brave Gen. Karle, Whtt«ffc*ad- Ing -ills Men to Victory. A dispatch from Gen. Wolseley, com­ manding the British forces in the Bondan, gives the following paiticulars of the battle tn the desert, which resulted in the death of the Gen. Earle: Thy fight occurred near the Nile, a few miles above Dulka Island. The Arabs had forliiied a ) ass n d hud built a small fort on the left bank of the river. When Gen. Earle's forces reached tbe pass th*»y were subjected to a heavy fire from field-guns which the Ambs had placed in commanding positions. Gen. Earle liad no artillery, and commanded the troops to charge. It was more a scramble theu a charge, but the Ambs werj drive i from the heights at the point of tha bayonet, and fell back slowly toward the river. All that then remained to be captured was the little fort on the river bank. As the British column advanced it was met by a steady aud well-directed fire from behind sand and wattliiigs, which composed the Aiab fort, and many men of the attacking party were killed. Gen. Earle again ordered the men to charge, and put himself at the head of the column. He was killed during this charge. The fort was ultimately captured, but at terrible cost. The enemy was not great in point of num­ bers, but his position was very strong and' difficult of access. TheV fought with most determined but very. Gen. Earli was among the foremost in the attack, and his fall was the cause of deep lament rrom every effioer and man in the force. He was killed 011 the summit of the hills behind which the enemy was posted. At almost the same time Lieut. Col. Eyre was killed. The camp was captured by the Nineteenth Hussars. The English success was com­ plete. Ten standards were among the spoils of victory. The enemy's dead were lying thick among the rocks and in an open field where, when they found themselves surrounded, they made a desperate effort to rush through an English column, in which rush but few escaped. The Eiig.ish losses consist of Gen. Eirle, Col. Eyre, Lieut. Col. Coventry, aud nine men of the rank and file killed; four offi­ cers and twenty-one men wounded. Br-cnforcvintnitn. Gibraltar dispatch: Troops have already sailed from here <o re-enforco Gen. Wolse- ley's army in the Sou Tan. Others will be dispatched immediately. London dispatch: The contingent from India to tike part in the Suakin-Berber expedition has been raised to 3,000 men. Gen. Hudson, not Gen. liobeits, will com­ mand, and is expected to arrive at Suakiu several days before the guards reach there. The entire force for the expedition is due at Suakin within three weeks. Many sur­ geons are volunteering to go to the Soudan and aid the medical corps. A number of female hospital nurses will accompany the expedition. A majority of the nurses selected wear medals presented for efficient work in former Egyptian campaigns. English Casualt e* in Egypt. PaU Mall Gazette: The slaughter at Aboo-Klea snakes a material addition to the total W our*cxsiiftltie8 in Egypt. We extract the following: . Killed /-Wounded.^ Officers. Men. Officers. Men. Sept 13, *82, Tel-el-Ke- blr 9 45 22 K20 Feb. 29, '84, Teb 5 . #1,, ; 1 3 March 1U, '81, Tamani.. 5 AS' 8 105 Jan. 17, '85, Aboo-Klea 9 ®( • FFT" 85 .HO .42 .32 .86^ .37 .90 .65 m «18.60 9 .87 «9 .43 & .S3 g 13.25 0 6.00 ® .88 t<4 .43 <n .81 313.00 .84 0 3 8 6.75 6.75 4.75 6.00 4.50 .99 m 7.50 m 6.50 <a> 6.50 & 5.50 & 5.00 221 liam MeDonaJd, /ohn D. Qunpfeel], and Httgh LMBont, slight braises barns; D. Adams and Alexander Reid, wtinjored. The explosion took place at a depth of 8,000 feet from the sulfa*, and is attrib­ uted by (he officials oi the mine to the sud­ den opening of a heavy feeder of gas, vMeli. rushing out, ras at oucc is- niied by the i&iups in the caps of the men. The miners used only ordinary lamps, because of the entire ab­ sence of suspicion that gas existed in th« mine. When the day shift left the mine, there was not the slightest indication of gas. Nine horses were killed. , The General Superintendent says the Vale seams have been operated since 1871. During all thit time no accident of any mo­ ment has occurred, excepting ten years ago, when a cage containing a number of men broke loose, killing six. Tbe mine is owned by a Montreal company. The wouided men a*® doujg well. _____ | f " vf '"•* RUSSEtt MOB straw. ^ A Millionaire In a Police Court, " ' INew York dispatch.] Itussell Sage was in the Tombs police Court this afternoon in response to a mes­ sage seut him, stating that John S. Purdy, a broker, had filed a complaint against him for obiainiug money und r false pretenses. The paper* in the rase usseit that Puray placed $1,700 with Sage for the purchase of Manhattan Railroal stock. This was in 1880. Cue hundred shares were purchased at $40 ea h, and shortly after another pur­ chase of 100 shares at 44$ was made. Purdy instructed S ipe not to sell the stock uutil Oct. '21, 1881. M eantime the stock fell off. Purily had several interviews with Sa^e. and the latter assured him "the stock would pull through all right." When plaintiff called Oct. 24, 1881, Sage informed him he (Sage 1 had sold the stock "long/ It was worth $34 a share. '*•" MUD OFFICE DECISION!. *.v.. :i{jA -- f . jP'oof" in Homes toad Cases. ... IWashln'iton epcslal.] The Land Office made a rale a few days ago, which has not been formally announced yet, that proofs ia homestead aud pre-emp­ tions could not be made before notaries public or clerks of court, but must be made before the land office register in the dis­ trict in whic h th ? lands were situated. This in Dakota wou il work great hardship, as some settle] s live 100 miles from the land office where they filed tho entries. Dele­ gate Ifaymond has been appealed to by a large number of his constituents who were notified of th:s ruling to secure its reversal. The matter has been laid before the Secre­ tary of the Interior, with a full statement of the facts and it is confidently believed the rule will be rescinded. Totals 28 The proportion of officers wounded to killed in our Egyptian bittles averages two to one, of men three to one. But at Aboo- Klea there were as many officers killed as wounded, and the proportion of men killed to wounded was sixty-five to eighty-five. THREATS AGAINST CLEVELAND. A Lunatic, Armed to Afwaiisinate 1§kp Xfew President, Is Captured. ISt. Louis special.] ' An escaped lunatic, from Seneca Falls, N. Y., was arrested here to-day for threat­ ening to assassinate President Cleveland. He entered the office of the Health Com­ missioner and introduced himself as Dr. William Ray, from New York. He said he was inspecting insane asylums. He en­ tered into a learned argument with Dr. Dorsett regarding the treatment of the in­ sane. In the midst of his talk he suddenly whispered that he had been selected by the Divine Power and by the oppressed tp re­ move President Cleveland. The announce­ ment paralyzed the physician, but assenting to the proposition, ne humored the crank, who went on: Yes, I am going (o do it." he said, "aud I have devised a number of plans and got the thing down fine. I know even- inch of ground in Washington, and I was th'nkiDg that a good way to do would be to lay for him on the White House steps and shoot him, or to get behind his favorite seat in the White House and ctob him. I don't like the depot plan, because escape is not so easy." The man's frame quivered and his eyes flashed as he spoke. The police were sum­ moned, and he was arrested. A dagger was found, in his coat-pocket. Investigation showed that he had recently escaped from an asylum at Seneca Falls. N. Y. CHINA'S BACK VP. Tlw Celestial Government Threatens llncle Sam wltli an Indemnity Claim. [San Franclwco telegram.] The Chinese Government intends mak­ ing the expulsion of the Chinese from Eureka, Cal., on tha 7th iust, an interna­ tional mtlter and to claim an indemnity from the United States. |On Feb. 7, daring a riot at Eureka, Cal.. between Chinese, a st ay bullet killed David Kendall, a member of the City Council; a boy was severely wounded by another bul­ let At a mass-meeting of over a thousand citizens resolutions of indignation at the lawless acts of the Chiness were adopted, and a committee was appointed to notify the Chinese that they must all leave the city. Groups of citizens visited each Chi­ nese house, compelled the inmates to pack up their effects, and then marched them to a lar^e warehouse, where they were im­ prisoned pending the departure of the steamer from San Francisco on the morrow. At a second mass-meeting a standing com­ mittee was apnoiuted and empowered to prevent any Cninese locatiug in Eureka in the future. ] THIRTEEN MISERS KILLED. Exploding OM Caus * a Terrible Disaster In a Neva Seotla Mine. [Dispatch from New Glasgow. N. 8.1 A terrible gas explosion took place in an old pit of the Vale Collieiy, at Westv.lle, about 10 o'clock last night. Twentytwo men were in the mine at the time of the disaster, and of these thirteen are dead. The others were all more or less injured, but it is not thought any of them will die. The names of the dead are as follows: Hugh S. Cameron. Philip McBeth, John A. Camp­ bell, Daniel Kennedy, Neil McKinuon, Thomas Rvan, Patrick Foley, John Grant, John W. Fraser, Daniel McNeil. James Haggart, Junes McLean, James MaEach- rau. $35,000 FOR LIBEL. A Stilt Agalnnt the Detroit Free Press. fDetrolt pp?cial. l Ex-Prosecuting Attorney James Caplis has commenced suit in the Wayne Circuit Court against tho Detroit Free Press Com- liany lor a i al e^.ul libel, claimiug $23,000 damages. Tbe complaint designates as the libelous m itter the charge published in the Free PreHH that, while Prosecuting Attor- y, Caplis un'awfully drew from the County Tieusury $2,500, on the pretext of having rendered services in the way of dm wing up a bill to rev;se the Police Court act: further, that Caplis hnd BO neglected the duties of his office as to necessitate tha hiring of a third party to perform the work, u ^ WHIRLED ABOUT A SI A minnesnta Man's Horrible Death. [Owatonna (Minn.) special.] ' J. Labnrie was killed to-day in the inower and seeder maun factory of Howe & Labarre. Shortly after 1 o'clock Mr. Labarre, his father, entered the machine-shop nnd dis­ covered his son making about a hundred revolutions a minute around a shaft, pound­ ing his feet to a jelly and breaking his arms. The engine was stopped and young Labarre released. In attempting to adjust a belt his hand was caught, and he was drawn up to the shat't. After being removed to his homo he became conscious, and lived about an hour. On account of internal injuries, his lung-i filhid With blood, and ho said he must did, as it was too hard work to breathe. ^ ; FICKLE MINNIE. , She Couldn't Make Up Her Mind Till Sfte Stood at the Altar. [Marshall (Mo.) telegram.] Miss Minnie Chrisman was engaged to two young men of this place,, and for a long time managed to keep each in iguorauce of her promise to marry the other. Mr. Ehrman considered himself a happy man when Minnie set the day for their wedding yesterday, but when young Mr. Goulding heard of the affair last Saturday night he called on his fiancee and persuaded her to marry him Monday afternoon, thus beating his rival by forty-eight hours. The young lady is one of the most attractive in the city, blight and intelligent, but it is said was undetermined as to which she should til the ceremony was i A 8TRANGK STORY. The Growth of a Dead Man's Hair Ina • Beard, •' ' f Cleveland (Tcnn.) special.] The sensation of the week has been the disinterment of the body of F. G. Gibbs, who died in 1877. A few weeks ago his widow died, and on Saturday his remains were taken up to be buried alongside his wife. When Gibbs died he was 78 years of age, and was almost entirely balil, with his beard cleanly shaven. When the coffin was opened it was found that his beard had giown nine inches, and his head was cover­ ed with a full suit of hair ten inches long and jet black. In life his hair and beard were snow-white. . INDIGNANT l'AFA. ^ . He«et# Mad Bccause His Daughter Mar­ ried a Mumina. [Dayton (O.) dispatch.]' Lydift Harries, a daughter of John Har­ ries, 'eloped last night with James Mumma. Both families are well known throughout the West, especially in Ohio. Harries is very wealthy and a leader in society. Mum­ ma is in moderate circumstances of good character, a lawyer, aud able to support his bride. The father is Very indignant and refuses a reconciliation. Attentions vliave been shown the girl by Mununa for tea ye«98, against her parents' cons^^. ̂ BEATING THE RECORD, Bert Snow's Fast Time on Roller Skates. [Springfield (III.) special.] The fastest two miles on record on roller skates was made at a rink in this city to­ night, by Bert Suow. It wus a contest be­ tween the celebrated pedestrian, Daniel O'Leary, aud Snow. The former was to walk one and a quarter miles while the latter skated two miles. The contest was considered drawn, the judges disagreeing, and will be repeated to-murrow night. The time was 7:82^. . MODEST MARTELL. A Laborer Pops Up as a Claimant for Mil­ lion*. [New York telegram.] A laborer named Mai tell, who lives in Astoria, went to thi Bureau of Vital Sta­ tistics to-day to search the records for infor­ mation about his ancestors. He said he had discovered tliat h • had a direct claim on tho Dorian estate at Montreal. Canada, repre­ senting property worth millions. Mirtell claims to be- a direct descendant of the family, and to have a prima-facie case against the estate. ONMt ofOratute al of RiniouuUtives. Large Number Seriously Wouuded. m » • • ' - - I C r e S t o n ( I o w a ) dlspcfA.f Jtn appalling accident occurred on the Burlington Bailroad at n small stream ten miles west of here this afternoon. As the New York fast mail approached the bridge a rail broke bene.ith tho forward cars of tho train. The rear coaches were thrown from the track by the defection. They top- Eled along oa the ties until they were on the ridge, when the two rear coaches and the sleeper careened and fell from the bridge into an icy abyss below, carrying down about twenty-five passengers' many of whom were women and children. The es­ cape from general destruction was marvelous, as the cars are badly wrecked and the fail a desperate one. The coaches fell bottom upward into the stream, crushed through the ice, and, wedging into the chilly water, were held until the front end of the train could be pulled out and a relief crew returned. ' Tho scene at the return of the front oars was distressing in the extreme. A number of gentlemen whose families were in the coaches, being forward in the smoker at the time of the accident, were apprised of the distress that attended the wives and children by the agoniz­ ing appeals for aid mid screams of pain that came from the battered mass of debris. A force of rescue was hastily organized, and, armed with axes, strong men hewed their way in- to the imprisoned dead and wounded. The scene inside of the cars was appalling. Mauy who were not killed were knocked unconscious by dismantled seats and debris, and lay limp and helpless. It was at first thought that the number of dead was very large, but on recovery from tne wreck, and 011 the arrival of medical aid, which was hastily procured by the compa­ ny, many revived and were able to be trans­ ferred to this city, where every attention is being shown them. The following is a list of the killed aud wounded: KILLED. --liobeit Brown,Mount Pleasant, Iowa. . Mrs. Powell. New Albany, Ind. • Mrs. W. C. Carroll, Saquache, Col. INJURED.--A. B. Cole, Grand Rapids, Mich. C. H. Howell, sleeping-car conductor. G. R. Hawkins, conductor. S. J. Liudsey, Creston, Iowa. ~ W. J. Davenport, Burlington, Iowa. Dr. W. C. Carroll, Saquache, Col. Mis. M. Farrell, Prescott, Iowa. Isaiah Waterman, Corning, Iowa. Tbe accident was one of those unavail­ able ones, and was undoubtedly caused by the sudden change in the weather. A NORTHERN tourist and his colored servant created a sensation at Charles­ ton, S. C., the other day by driving through the streets together in an open phaeton. mm TMW8H A BRIDGE. A Passenger Train ou tfet Barlingttfti Meets ' ^ XMsMteR l;.. "Ji Several Persons Mtieti Unlrtsht. and a Kr.iBMc. in a hm* iKwt. m8K- the trade dMtar. but opposed ttoe SUSP--ton of tbeooinageof the i-tandard dollar. The pension appropriation kill was taken up. and a discussion enased lenrdtng the interpretat on of the Senate rule forbidding the proposing tit general legislation on appropriation bllK The rule was finally sustained by a vote of :t:> to 2:1. Tbe Senate gavo its concurrence to the commit­ tee amendments to tfn Hoase bBl «b prevent tbe unlawful lnclosure of public lands. Tbe Sen­ ate, ia exeeattvn session, iisiiflnmul the nomina­ tion of William fc. Curtis to be Seer tarv ot the Houth American Commission. The President sent the ftMlowing nominations to the Senate: stick. Receiver ot Public Money*at lies Angeles, Cal.; Edward .1. Curtis, of Idaho, Sesretarv ot Irtalio; Ellis L. Mlerbower, Marslial of the United States for tbe district of Nelnaska. The House of Bepresentatlves spent an hour in com­ mittee Of the whole On the river rind harbor biU. refusing to appropriate for Vicksburg and declining to forbid the repair ot privat • levees at New Orleans at public exreise. and then probably killed tbe measure by dropping it for the postotBce appropriation. ' Mr. JRyun called atbsntt<m to the fact that but nineteen leg­ islative days of the session remained, and that only one ot the thirteen general appropriation bills had gone to the President lor his approval. Elaborate petitions were introduced in the House signed by many dealers, feeders, shippers, and breeders of live mock in Chicago, St. I ouis. New York, and Philadelphia, im.test nor against what they call the tals) and slanderous charges made before the Committee on Commerce by men ignorapt of the business relating to the present method of shipping live stock, and against the passage of the Hopkins resolution. A MEMOUIAI. from the Dakota Legislature urging the admission Of Southern Dakota as a State was presented in the Senate on the 10th inst. Mr. Sherman's joint resolution nroviding fo; striking medals commemorative ot the dedi­ cation of the Washington Monument was passed. Consideration of the pension appropriation bill was resumed, and the amend­ ments suggested by the Senate commit­ tee were concurred in. The House bill repealing the pre-emption and timber-culture laws was discussed, but no action was taken. The House of Representatives, after the usual in­ dulgence in unseemly personalities, went into committee of the whole on the post 1 appropria­ tion bill, and defeated motions by Mr. Horr tor an increase in the items for postmasters aud clerks. The Treasurer of the Unit-id States, in answer­ ing a resolution of the House of Representa­ tives, reported that silver coin or certiticates have been tendered by the Treaeurv to the New York Clearing House in settlement of balances, as it is deemed inexpedient to force the ls-«ne at tbe financial center until the condition of the Treasury compels such step. MR. MORGAN, of Alabama, introduced a bill in the Senate, on the llth inst., to make appro­ priations for rivers and harbors, being the same as the House measure, with the exception of items for Galveston and Sandy Bay. A bill was passed providing for permanent reservations for the Indians ot Nortbern Montana The House of Representatives passed a bill for the erection of a public building at Keokuk, to cost $100,i.I00. When the postottice appropriation bill came up, in committee of the whole. Mr. Horr secured the adontion of an amendment increasing the item for the letter-carrier system to The two bouses, in joint convention, formally can­ vassed the electoral votes for President and Vice President. The certiiicatsg of the States were read separately and announced by Senator Hoar, as Chairman ot the Board of Tellers. After the reading, the tellers footed up trie figures and handed the result to Sen­ ator Edmunds, the presiding officer, who said: "Senators and gentlemen of, the House of ltepre- sentatives: The tellers have reported to the yre- siding officer the state of the vote, from which i". appears that Grover Cleveland, of tlie State of New York, has received 219 votes for the office of President of the United States; that James G. Blaine, of the State of Maine, has received 182 vote* for the same office; that Thomas A. Hendricks, of the State of Indian.-), has re­ ceived 219 votes for the office of Vice-President of the United States; that JUm A. Logan, cf Illinois, has received 182 votes tor the same office. Wherefore I do dec!a-e that Grover Cleveland, of th3 Stale of New York, has received a majority of the votes of the whole number of electors appointed, as they appear in the certificates read by the tellers, and so appears to have Iven elected President of the United States 1 or four years, commencing on the 4th dav of March, i»8.r>; and ' that Thomas A. Hendricks, of the Mate of Indi­ ana, has received a majority or tbe votes of tin whole number of electors appointed as they ap­ pear in the certificate read by the tellers, and so appears to have keen elected Vice-President ot the United States for four years, commenc­ ing on the 4th day of March, I88F>; and tho Pres­ ident of the Senate makes this declaration only as a public statement, in the presence of the two houses of Congress, ot the con­ tents of the papers open-id and read on this occasion, and not as rossessing any authority in law to declare any legal con­ clusion whatever." The Senate then returned to its chamber, and the House was called to or­ der. Mr. Keifer otTered a resolution reolting the result of the joint convent.on of the two houses, and declaring that it is tbe sense of the House tha* the constitu­ tion and laws have been duly executed, and that no further declaration of these tacts is necessary. Mr. Spriager said it seemed from the announcement of the pre­ siding officer of the joint convention that there had been no declaration of the vote. Contrary to all precedents, the Vice President had simply declared that it appeared from the count made by the tellers that Grover Cleveland received a certain number of votes, but had disclaimed any intension to make any official declaration ot tbe result of that vote. He (Springer) pre­ ferred that the matter should be referred to tho Judiciary Committee. Mr. Blackburn said the presiding officer of tbe joint conven­ tion, in making the announcement of the vote, announced the result that had been found, and simply added a disclaimer of any authority on his part, as presiding officer of the Senate or of the joint convention, to make any declaration at all. "I move that the whole matter be re­ ferred to the Judiciary Committee," slid Mr. Springer. "In the judgment of the Chair," said Mr. Blackburn. Sneaker pro tem. " the declara­ tion made by the presiding officer was exactly what it should nave been." Attar further debate Mr. Cox moved to lay Mr. Heifer's resolution on the table, as the Constitution settled the matter when it- declared that the person only receiving tbe majority of the votes shall lie President, and the democrats did not want the assistance of the gentleman from Ohio in electing their Presi­ dent. The motion to table was agreed to--yeas, 135; nays, 115. The scene in the Senate when that body returned to its chamber was in­ teresting. No sooner nad Senator Edmunds taken the chair than Senator Conger was on his feet. He said he desired to have put on record his protest against the declaration of Senator Edmunds in the joint convention. Senator Sher­ man said that without entering into any argument he coincided with Senator Conger. Senator Ingalls took the same view, and offered a resolution formally declaring the dissent of the Senate from Senator Edmunds' declaration. Senator Bayard objected and the resolution went over." Senator Hoar theu offered a resolution reciting the total of the vote, and declaring that nothing further wax necessary to make finally binding and legal tbe result of the count. This also went over under objection. Senator Edmunds waa evidently somewhat agitated bv tbe dispo­ sition to controvert his position. He said the Senate was in no way responsible for the declar­ ation male by him. He made it on his own re­ sponsibility. if he had exoeeded his authority, or had not fulfilled Irs duty, he would at once resign his office. A JOINT resolution authorizing the Presi­ dent to return the steamer Alert to the British Government, with thanks for her presentation, was passed by the Senate on the 12th inst. The bill to repeal the pre-emption and timber- culture laws, after tome amendment, was passed by a vote of 2t> to 20. The House of Representatives, in considering the postottice appropriation bill, struck out tho clause requiring fast mail trains reaohing Chicago during the night to start westward within an hour. The amount required for inland mall transportation was fixed at $14,010,uon, wiih an amendment giving 7(44 for special facilities on the trunk lines. Bills were passed limiting to $250,00<» the cost of a public building at Erie, and providing for the erection of a $900,0<H> structure at Detroit. 1 he President submitted to both houses a message favoring the additional reMrt ot *** A BATTLE IN TEXAS . .. *» w Between Rangers and Mexicans--Msmy Killed on Both Sides--Allege*! Barbarity of the Hungers. ' t Laredo (Texas) spsciil. A messenger arrived late last night with tho news that a bloody battle *h:ui taken place at Carrizo Springs between a bind of rangers under Sheriff Tomlinson aud a large body of Mexicans from New Laredo. A few days ago three Mexican Imrse- thieves were caught near the Springs by some of tbe rangers, and are alleged to have bee 1 lynched. Some mem­ bers of lhe band escaped aud were pursued. The Mexicans started for the Rio Grande. Sheriff Tomlinson joined the rangers with two of his deputies, aud fEfr pursuit was pushed with vinor. Thursday afternoou the Texnns overtook the Mexi­ cans, who had been heavily re-enforced by other members of tbe band, and by a score of Mexican fugitives. As only half of them were inonuted th »ir progress was slow. The rangers were all uruied with Winches­ ter rifles and Colt's revolvers, and were led by Capt. Shelley and Sheriff Tomlin­ son. They opened tire when within shoot­ ing distance, and at the first volley a half a dozea Mexicans fell, and those who were mounted put spurs lo their horses nnd fled. The otbeis returned tho fire of the posse aud wounded live. Will­ iam Marshal, one of the wonnded, has since di;>d. The Texans emptied their revolvers after their rifles were discharged, and tho result was that ten Mexicans M ere killed outright, and it is believed that fifteen others were wounded. Several of the wounded were captured by the Texans aud a horrible story is to'.d re­ garding their disposition. It is said that many were shot to death on the field. The most reliable information places the Mex­ ican force at 1*20 aud that of the Texans at fifty- ========= 'H PERISHED BY THE SWORlfl Execution at Halle of Two of the Nletfervriiht Celebration Anarchists. I Berlin dispatch.1 Reinsdorff and Kuechler, the anarchists, were beheaded by the sword of the execu­ tioner at Halle yesterday for attempting to take the life of the German Emperor and others at tho Niederwald celebration. Kuechler's eyes were full of tears aud he tottered as he vras being led to tho block. From the time of leaving his cell until his death he did not utter a word. He was assisted by a Protestant clergyman, to whom he frequently turned. When Reins- dorf was handed over to the executioner, he exclaimed, Mith a loud voice. " Down with barbarism! Long live anarchy!" Immedi­ ately before he had been singing the popu­ lar drinking song. Stiefel musst Bterben, bist noch so jnng." "Stiefel," literally a boot, is the German equivalent for a "schooner" of beer, and as the Teuton tosses down the liquor, he joyfully sings, "B<>ot, yoft must die, young as thou art." AN EX-STAR ROUTER'S PROFITS. Oorsey's Ranch Yields It* Ownar M«®r OOO Met Last Year. rWashlngton speciaLl Ex-Senator Dorsev, who has been beta for a week or so settling up the business matters of his ranch, says that this year s profits ar j $300,000. This is divided be­ tween tho following gentlemen; Dorsey, John B. Alley, Mnrry Nelson, of Chicago, nnd Colonel It. G. Iugersolt. Tho ranch is stocked at $2,001),000. Of this Dorsey owns one-half, Alley 600,000, Nelson $170,000, and Iugersoll $230,000. This income his been divided pro rata among the stockhold­ ers. Dorsey denies that he ever paid one cent to Ingersoll as bis fees in Ihe star route cases. He savs Ingersoll would take nothing. "If I had"been w^ th a thousand millions I could have paid him nothing." Dorsev has a good manager for^ his ranch, and iutends to spend the coming year in Europe. Col. Iugersoll ia also talking of going in the same direction with his family. ^ ILtiED 100. ; !" or a Kentucky CentmarlOilit: I Louisville teleirram.] Dr. ChristopherfC. Graham, a centena­ rian. died this evening after a short illness. He was 100 years old on Oct. 8, and cele­ brated tbe event by a grand banquet. He was born in the old fort near Danville, Ky., nnd was an associate of Daniel Doone. Dr. Grahom was tho father of Mrs. enator Joseph Blackburn ond Mrs. Gov. Brnm- bleit. He was an intimate friend of Presi­ dent and Mrs. Lincoln. Tjvo hours be­ fore he died he dictated a letter to Secre­ tary of War Lincoln. Dr. Graham was hale and hearty until a short time ago, when he made a tonr of tbe State, exhaust­ ing Ihimself in so doing. Dr. Graham's sister died recently, aged %. PRINCESS BEATRICE is said to be a tol- IINHLLT MtQOA ASBATAUF LAFLIFLGHILAF • Orlcsas Of Course lie Was a Member. They tell a characteristic story of a young lord who was trying to pass him­ self into the House of J'eers aftei* a long absence. The policeman stopped him and said: "Sir, are you a member? I don't know you." Tbe "nubble lud" turned upon him with a look of in­ describable contempt, and replied: "Do you suppose I would be in such a beastly hole as this if I wasnt?" He was passed in.--London letter. IT lias been discovered that cured porpoise tastes exactly like dried beef, and a Philadelphia firm has gone into the business of patting it up for the market. It will be known as cured dolphin. THE Mexican canary is being intro­ duced North. He has a softer, sweeter voice than our own yellow bird. THEY can eggs in St Louis. BUI FT qpoilatbem (or use at public gatherings. , • * >r, . .

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