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.. The Attorney-General replied that he would have great pleasure in acceding to their request. He did not know when he ,-had a‘ more agreeable duty to perform. as he entime sympathized with the objects the deputation sought to attain in en- deavoringtolessen the evils arising from drink. \He had always been of opinion that the closing of bars on Saturday evenings at 7 o‘clock was a valuable pro- vision of law. and whilst it was his duty to lintentothe supporters of each side of the uestion. he had never heard anything toin uoe him to alter his views. which 'were concurred in by his colleagues. There be ad been a great deal written and said to eke them believe that the early closing e bars was not the popular sentiment. but e was of adiiiereut opinion. He hoped the bject of the petitioners would beat. kin , and that year by_ year they would The London papers state that Mrs. Vic tori: C. Woodhull. the American writer and lecturer. will Rhortly be married to the scion of a noble house. The ceremony will take place in London. An Ottawa correspondent tolegraphs: 8i! Leonard Tilley‘s announcement of his intention of retiring from public life at the dissolution: of the resent Parliament is the subject of genera conversation. as it is taken to hint first, that all hope of carry- ing his province has been abandoned, and secondly. that Sir Charles Tnpper succeeds Sir John as leader. The ladies mm ‘um’ ' if fiiéy’lliid” "1356 “me the would have secured ten times the num r of signatures to the petitions. MrE.Hervey read a. petition from To- ronto. bearing 5.200 signatures. which also opposed the views of the licensed victunl- lore. She asked the Attorney-General to give them his hearty sup rt. The Attornnv-flmmrn rnnlind that. Im 800 less intompéranco 'in' the lufid. 7 iii; thgq'thgnjged tho depgtatiqg) and writhd row. Mrs. Harvey presented the following petitions, the signatures to which had been obtained by the Women’s Christian Tem- perance Unions in the various towns in response tosrequest from the unions in Toronto in one month: From Hamilton. boning 1,400 signatures; from London, 1,764; from Brantford, including the vil- lages of Cainesville and Mount Vernon, 1,990; St. Catharines. 1.562; Chathnm, 1.080; Collingwood. 461; Newmarket, 464; Belleville, 258; \Velland. 528; Thorold. 811; Cooksville (south township) and the viljsge of [slingtom M173. Judge Jenes also presented a peti- tion from the Council of Brautford. depre- oafing gay change in the emjly clgsing 11w. The deputation was introduééd to the Attorney-General by Dr. McLaughlin, of qugmaqgille, M. P. P. non. Elf. lllownt Favors the Views 01 the Luella. A deputation of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union waited upon the Attor- ney-General at the Parliamentary build~ ings yesterday (Thursday) afternoon, in reference to the agitation to keep open the pMee for the sale of intoxicating liquors til_l_l_1 o’glock on Saturday evenings. will bear witness that they saw the strength go into me. And then for the first time in sixteen years I rose to my feet and, walk- ing ten or twelve paces, sank down into an arm-chair. After a. time they picked me up and bore me to a bed and brought me a. glues of milk and I steadily gained strength until I reached my present state of health, and, this, too, after I had exhausted three schools of medicine.“ 80 when I got to Philadelphia I went to a hospital, and I was very poorly. I couldn’t raise my head and my right limb was bad. It was a struggle between faith and rebellion. but after a time I seemed to get: glimpse of heaven and won the vie- tory. Every day had definite spiritual blessings. At last I wrote several notes to various ministers of the gospel asking them to bepresent on a certain Tuesday even- ing. After I had written them and given them to a messenger, I felt as if Ihad done something wicked. and stretched out my hand to strike the bell and recall the mes- senger. butGod gave me a pain in the tan and prevented my doing so and the ministers came. and time went along till it came 11 o'clock and suddenly there camea baptism of strength. I felt it strike me on the top of my head and down to my feet. They were all godly men_who surrounded me and they -___- ~..v was rather emotional. “ I sup so.” she began. " that people will think I 0 nothing but tell the story,of my cure, but I am re- ed to let the Lord take care of t at. no day I was prostrated. It lasted six months and then I got better. Then I was taken down again. and it lasted eighteen months. The third time I was prostrated I was prostrated very bad. There would be times when I was unconscious and times when I would be speechless. There was an inclination in me to murmur. but my reli- gious experience had been deep, and while was sometimes in the valley, at other times I was on the mountain tops. Twenty-six persons are in their graves to- day who visited me while I was confined to my bed. and nine of the physicians who attended me have gone to their everlasting rest. And so it went on, and I was carried to a camp~meeting and a dear brother came to my couch and said I must consults Phil- adelphia doctor. But there was small-pox there, so I couldn’t go. and I went to the lake shore, not being able to go to the sea shore, which is better. So when I got there I met some people who, knowing that I had had wonderful answers to rayerâ€"which I haveâ€"asked me why I di n’t ask for com- plete restoration. But my faith was not then complete. I can’t lead you up, my dear friends, to all that followed, but God made it very clear that He was trying me _ and testing me. Enough people to fill the Methodist church at the corner 0! First place and Clinton street. in Brooklyn. assembled there last evening to listen to a narration o! the miraculous cure of Miss Jennie Smith lrom the Ii 0! that lady. Miss Smith is apparent y of middle age, and were last night a black dress with a retty little bonnet to match. She was pa 0. her eyes were hrimtul of tears.aud she declared in the oourse of her remarks that she ELI! WEN O'CLOCK MOVEMENT. able A“). nakl- Beau-g ol 0 You" Indyâ€" Ior 0w- N-muvo of tho Bourk- (New York World.) IY PRAYER. I At Colborno Harbor on Thursday a man named Thom“ Maxwell was chopping a [tree in the woods. when he was struck by a Lauchlin Matlxeson. a farmer in tho vici- nity of Inverhurou. was found dead in the bush on Thursday morning. The deceased was aubject to taking fits. and it is thought. robublo that he was suffocated in the snow nring one of them. as when found he WM nlmmt cntirolv buried in the snow. A smash-up occurred on the Grand Trunk railway at Granton yesterday ‘moruing. Five freight. cars were badly damaged, four laden with grain and one with pork. The track was not. cleared till 3.30 p. m. A broken wheel caused the ac- cident. The family of Robert Clark, of London. were taken ill on Wednesday night. with symptoms of poisoning. Medical Mtond- ance was called. and they recovered next day. Tho poisoning is said to have re- sulted from some substance in a package of baking powder. Joseph Stado. of Montreal. in a fit. of despondenoy last night took a heavy dose of laudauummnd than made his way to the hospital to get cured. Ilia recovery is doubtful. The plumbers of Montreal are forming an association to conform to the corporation: by-laws and regulations as to the manner of doing work, and the corporation 0! Mon- tresl on its part agrees to appoint them " authorized plumbers." and publish them as such. The public expects to be better served by this movement and the city‘s re- gulationa. At the Carleton (N. 13.) Municipal Coun- cil a. resolution was passed directing the warden and secretary-treasurer to me- morialize the Dominion Government to enact that fines collected under the Canada Temperance Act be paid into the county where collected. instead of being handed over to the Receiver-General. A young man , named Fraser. at St. George. N. B., was driving in a hay rack with a loaded gun, with its muzzle pointing towards him, when the gun went off and part of the contents lodged in his face and head. He was not killed. A man, 86 years old, was found lying on the country road near Longueuil, Que.. late on Wednesday night. frozen badly. and was taken care of by a resident named F. Le- pago. The old man had walked nearly twenty miles. Miss Jennie Frazer. 14 years old, was rescued from the canal waters at Montreal on Wednesday by Mr. McMara, of the Grand Trunk. She had broken through the ice, and her immersion has made her seriously ill. A row occurred at a wake on Bucker‘a Flats. near London, the other night he- tweeutwo man named John Murphy and Matthew Shea, the former of whom was fined 810. A London des patch says that Mr. R. A. Townsend. foanerly of yPetr-01in. is re- turning with a staff of drillers and operators to prospect for oil in British Burmali. Richmond Bookus. of Mystic. Que.. a. very respectable farmer of sober habits, hung himself in his barn on \Vednesday night. The cause is as yet unknown. Their Lordships Justice Cameron and J untice Osler will preside at the trial of the Biddulph prisoners next week. The town hall of Lnngton. owned by John Steinhofi, was totally destroyed by fire on Wednesday morning at. 1 o‘clock. It 18 said that there is little likelihood of the Provincial Exhibition being held at London this year. James Coyle, a farmer, while driving to his home at Frampton, a day or two ago. was accidentally killed on the Levis d: Kennebeo railway. He fell asleep in his vehicle and his horse took the track, falling intoa culvert. While endeavoring to dis- engage him a train came suddenly upon him, the cow-catcher striking him in the abdomen and causing some of his intestines to protrude. He was placed on the cars and conveyed to St. Joseph’s, living until arrived there and had received the last rites of the Roman Catliolio Church. The jury returned 0. verdict of accidental death, and absolved the company's ofiicials from all blame in the matter. On Tuesday night Mr. , William Park. grocer. of Mount Hope. Richmond street, London, left his cutter outside. and some- time during the night some person unknown took the cutter away a short distance from the house and with an axe chopped it com- pletely into kindling wood; nothing was left but the iron work. Apoor old man about 77 years of age named John Beeberioh, was found dead yesterday afternoon at Formosa, probably from apoplexy. He lived alone there in a little shanty, and was last seen alive on Tuesday night. He was found by alittle boy who was taking him some food. On Tuesday afternoon smoke was seen issuing from Mr. Thomas Hayden’s resi- dence on Gavan street, Port Hope. The firemen were quickly on the spot. and soon extinguished the flames. Lose about 8400; no insurance. The fire was caused by children playing with matches. The Dominion Government have pur- chased a seventy-acre farm on the Cole Harbor road. Dartmouth. N. 8.. from the estate of the late W. A. Johnson. for the use of the Indians in that district. Several families have already encamped there, and others will follow. A man named G. Chaplin. a. vagrant, was found yesterday morning in Montreal. in an unconscious state from front bites and a. severe beating. He had fallen or been thrown over the revetment well. some five or six Net, and his arm wee broken. The Irishman of Ottawa. mgoingto hold a meeting on Friday evening us“ in sup- forlt of the Land Lesgue movement in re and. Joseph Wsyper. of Arthur. has bought. out the flood-will and business of James Broderick. hotel-keeper at the Great West~ ern station in Guelph. and takes possession. next week. Tau-nu, Jun. 20. William Jenkins, 5 bnkemm on the Grand Junction. ‘wu seriously crushed while coupling can at Belleville yesterday 5.x” '» gig Candi-I. ‘ch SUMMARY. SATURDAY. J an. 22. FRIDAY, Jan. 21. mev. Jan. 21. W. II. Weetewelt. acntenced at Philadel- hia to seven years in nitentiary in 1875 or complicity in the I notion of Charlie Rose. was released yesterday under the operation of the commutation laws. Dr. Brown-Se uard.jun.. dentist. living at Cold Springs. . Y.. has been arrested on the charge of atanling a valuable Mal- ~The British steamer Nicosign is in to New York from Newcastle after. a voyage of twenty-fourdsys. She encountered a. ter- rific gale on January 3rd, which continued seven days. The sees broke in over the ship and swept everything before them. The crew suffered greatly. 0n the fourth day of the severe weather several heavy semi were shipped. which carried overboard two of the lifehoete. tore away the rails. and did other damage. The Renpor, from Gibraltar December 22nd. also had a terri- ble voyage. The sees broke over her with great fury. Everything movesble was washed from the decks and two of the crew were seriously injured. George Duesel, of New York. aged 24. fell madly in love with Mrs. Emily Rover. aged 25. who has been separated from her husband for sometime. Mrs. Rover re- pelled his advances. Last night Dussel entered the house and threw a quantity of Vitriol in Mrs. Bever's face. and also into the faces of her brother and his wife. who came to her assistance. All three are dis- figured for life. Mrs. Rever may lose her sight. Dussel escaped. Bessie. aged 22. daughter of \Vm. Wei-ts. living near Prosperity. S. C., was outraged and murdered on Monday evening, going from her brother's house to her home. Spearman and Fair (negroee) confessed to having murdered her. Last night a large crowd took them out of jail. Spearman was shot and killed. Fair escaped. but was recaptured and banged by whites and blacks. Miss Werts was a beautiful and excellent woman. Tnunsnn’. Jan. 20. Last Sunday the Rev. Wm. Gapp lute treasurer of Andrew county ...Ill left home unceremomously. It is sayid that his ac- counts as treasurer are 84. 000 or more short. Mr. Gapp was a. minister of the Methodist Church 1n Chicago, and no man in that vicinity stood higher as a. minister and gentleman. It is reported at St. Petersburg that very disturbing news has been received from oflicial sources, totlie effect that great mili- tary preparations are being made in Chinese Mautchuria, in the direction of the Siberian frontier. The Bolton cotton masters. who own nearly three~fourths of the spindles of that place, will close their mills if the demand of the operatives for an advance of wages is not witharawn before the end of next week. The dispute afiects 15.000 opera.- tives. The Blackburn masters have also refused to grant an advance. A boiler exploded on Wednesday night at Graham's woollen factory, at Dewebury, England. The building was levelled to the ground. Eleven persons were instantly killed and sixteen seriously injured. The 800,000,000 francs worth of redeem~ able 3per cent. rentes, to comp late the French military material and greapt public works, will not be issued until July next and it may not be indispensible to issue them then even. Six thousand and eighty~two persons signed Harting’s address to the English people with regard to the independence of the Transvaal. Military preparations are still going on in Greece. The Minister of \Var has sent in his resignation, but. it was not accepted. - The Kurdish Chief Shaikh Sedyk has offered to furnish the Porte 5,000 cavalry in the event of war with Greece. Fawn, Jan. 21. One of the mines it Red Ruth. Cornwall, was suddenly flooded yesterday. Eight pereon{were_drovv:x_1ed1 The election for a. member of the Com- more for Wigan to fill the vacancy caused by Lord Lindsay‘s succession to the peer- age upon the death of Earl Crawford re- sulted in the election of Mr. Powell (Con- servative) by 3,005 votes. John Lancaster (Liberal) received 2,536 votes. This leaves the representation of the constituency politically unchanged. The marriage of Leopold do Rothschild, youngest son of the late Baron Lionel do Rothschild, and Miss Perugia, of Trieste. took place yesterday at the Portland street Synagogue, London. The Prince of Wales, Lord and Lady Rosebery, and other per- sons of renk_were_ present. Truth says the marriage of Baroness Burdett~Coutte with Mr. Aehmeed Bartlett takes place next week at her own residence by special license. The Scottish Heritable Security Com~ puny. a land mortgage com any.has sus- pended. The on. ital an assets are £1,000,000; its liabi ities are not reported. THURSDAY, Jan. 20. Duncan McLaren. Liberal member of Parliament for Edinburgh city, has re- signed. A company has been formed for the pur- pose of establishing a. line of steamers for the transportation of cattle from America. the transportatiox Capital £500,000. A country dealer went to Montreal on I Thursday to the purpose of compromising g with his or tors, to whom he owed 81.200. ' He offered 250. on the dollar. but one of his ' creditors, who was rather wide awake. took ; out roceedings and had the debtor ar- ' reste . whereupon he pulled out 81.400 and] settled his liabllities in full. The country. :nen thought the insolvent law was still xn orce. . A man named Evgleeby wee taken by train on Wednesday night from Emerson to Winni with both his feet badly frozen. It happen through ex ure when driving out during the late 00! spell beyond West Lynne. Hie feet were bandaged up. and it is thought they will have to be amputated. He was removed from the train to the hospital. John Jones. a toble looking stranger. tell and broke “E1?! eglast even- ing on St. Joseph street. Mlontreal. He was intoxicated and endeavored to stand on the broken member until it beouzue so badly fractured as to render the necessity of amputation a strong probability. Idling bunch which unlined him. After lying therefor about sixteen hour. ho was found by hi: fuendn nearly dud. Budied in n few hours nttorwardn. American. European. There are five ministers in the Spur eon familyâ€"Rev. C. II. Spurgeon. his {at or, brother and two sons. â€"An exchange says: “ The only kind of cake children don‘t cry after is a cake of soap." How about stoma cake? Mr. Neale, potato merchant. Bristol. has received two letters threatening him with death if he does not discharge the Irishmen and women in his employ. Mr. Neale offers a. reward of £20 for the conviction of the writer or Bender, adding that a thou- sand such letters will not prevent him from employing whom he chooses. Loxnox. Jan. 26.â€"Complaints are being made regarding the delays in transferring insane persons from the jail to the asylum near the city. Cases have been known where a patient has been detained in jail for nine months after the examination into his or her sanity had taken place, and sometimes a cure has, to all appearances, been affected before the removal takes place. The case of Mrs. Eliza Langton, of Strathroy, is mentioned as an example. She was pronounced insane and remanded to jail, but had recovered before the bailiff from Toronto came to remove her to the asylum. She had to go there all the same, and after a short time was discharged as cured. The delay is said to be caused in Toronto, as the regulations at present in force require a man to be sent from there to do all the moving of patients. New Method of Preventing Fraud in Cheques. Our English exchanges report that anew method of preventing the fraudulent altera- tion of cheques has been patented by a Mr. A. A. Nesbit. The method is favorably ‘ spoken of in theChemical News. Mr. Nesbit points out that in order to remove Writing ink either slightly acid or alkaline solu- tions must be used. He proposes. there- fore. to tint cheques with a dye which is affected by both acids and alkalies, but which takes one color in the former and another in the latter. He would then: print upon the document partly in an acid and partly in an alkaline ink. so that the characters, lines, designs,eto., would be apparent only in virtue of their respective alkalinity or acidity. If a forget moistened such a document with a dilute acid. in order to discharge any part of the writing. the color would take the acid tint. and the acid words, lines or design would disap- pear; and if the cheque was then placed in an alkaline solution the whole would be- come alkaline, and the lost words, lines or design would not be restored. as their visi- bility depended upon their distinct acidity. If an alkaline solution was first applied the printing would still disappear, and could not be restored by the subsequent application of an acid. Loxnox, Jan. 22.â€"The sudden death of Mr. Sothern was not generally known , among his friends in London till yesterday { afternoon, though his death occurred about 6 o’clock on Thursday. He had been living in London at the apartments of his sister, Mrs. Cowan, at the corner of Oxford and Vere streets. Two weeks ago he left Lon~ don for Bournemouth, returning to town a few days ago. He had been under the care of Sir William Jenner .d Sir James Paget since his first arrival in London, and was only able to see his most intimate friends. Mr. Edwin Booth called a few days ago and paid him a long visit. Mr. Dion Boucicault and other old friends were frequent visitors. His malady was of a very complicated nature. He had been a great sufferer from a can- cerous afiection for a year past. A month ago Sir James Pagetealled in the assistance of Sir William Jenner todiscuss the chances of a delicate operation. Sir William Jenner, however, pronounced against it, saying that a cure was impossible and the operation would only give unnecessary torture. Since, Mr. Sothern’s return to London the physi- 3 cians have been in constant attendance } On Thursday morning the end was seen to be not far off. His entire system collapsed, and he gradually sank all day until just at twilight he quietly passed away, the only people present being his sister and a ser~ vant. It is estimated that his personal estate is not over forty thousand. g A telegram from Valparaiso reports that ‘a great battle has been fought near Chsril- ' los. nine miles south of Lima. The Peru- ; visns were defeated and driven from their ' position with a heavy loss. The Chilinns shold Charillos. ‘ The United States Government recently landed 2,300 tons of coal at Page-Page. one of the Samoan Islands. for the use of the United States navy. No opposition was shown. Cranium Den-n: ol the POIIVIBnD-Tfr- rlble Bulchcry on Boll: Elder-loin:- 0ccupl¢d by the Chlllnnn. Bunxos AYERS, Jan. 21.â€"The Chilianu attacked and completely defeated the Peruvian army at Mireflorce. General Pierole, president of Peru and chief of the army. fled. The Chilinne occupied Lima without resistance on the 17th inst. l’ie- rola’e brother and the Peruvian Minister of War were taken prisoners. The Peru- vian lees in the battle at Cherillae was 7.000 killed and 2.000 prisoners. Twenty- five thousand Peruviene were engaged in the battle of Miraflorea. The Chiliau lose in both battles was heavy. The diplomatic body in Lima urge an armistice,aud ask that the person of Pierola. be respected. New at {tom Patrick Kelly. Kelly ny- tho doctor took the at swo on Hands, 1n n joke. but {tiled to return 0. The doctor Us a son of the noted physician of the same ‘ name. ‘ There have been great floods in Oregon and Washington territory. A very warm rain fell in torrents for over thirty hours. melting the large quantities of snow which had fallen early in the winter and swelling the rivers to an unusual height. The low- lands were inundated for miles. bridges were swept awe , wharves and warehouses flooded and ran roads washed out. The damage to roperty in Portland is very great. The ower stories of dwellings and several large docks were flooded. destroying a large quantity of grain which could not be removed in time. The loss is probably 8500.000. Pauper: Treated an Criminals. THE ClllLloPERU \VAR. Sollnern’s Last Illness. Rllncdlaneouu. The Duke of Northumberland intends to introduce the electric lig ht at. Alnwiok Castle. and if successful it “will no doubt be used In other English houses. MONTREAL, Jan. 19.â€"A poor widow named Quintalsnd her family. consisting of five persons. were reported today to be in a itil'ul state of deatltntion at No. 443 ontcalm street. Mr. Lauzon. of the St. Vincent de Paul Society. found the family in a semi-nude condition. all suflering from cold and hunger, no food having been eaten by them for two days. There was no fire nor provisions in the house. and butlittlo bed-clothing. The two youngest children. Sand 10 years of age respectively, were removed to the Notre Dame hospital, and the two eldest were left with the mother. who was dying from inflammation of the lungs. She expired, and the children were removed to the Hotel Dieu. All were suffering from in- flammation of the lungs. brought on by the cold, as they had no stockings on their feet. Their privations have almost made them crazy. Dr. Leblanc attended to the mother, and saw that the children were properly clothed and fed. The Scottie-h Liberation Society has re solved that now is the time to press the matter of diseatablisliment in Scotland. and that the subject should be introduced into the present Parliament. . Attempt to about :1 Bank Manager by a Lady. Business. Jan. 18â€"“’esley Ricketts. a wealthy shipping merchant.’ made deposits at the Mechanics’ National Bank subject to his own or daughter's cheque. On Mon- day Ricketts drew out so much that yes- terday there was not suflicient to pay a large cheque presented by his daughter. When payment was refused she declared that her family had been disgraced. and fired a shot at the president of the bank. Afters. desperate struggle, in which her elegant costume was torn to shreds, she was placed in a carriage and taken home. It is alleged that she has become insane over the matter. Another Engagement Between the Tur- comane and Russians. , Sr. Psrensnnne. Jan. l9.â€"Skobelefi tele- ‘graphs that on the night of the 11th an ‘immense force of Turcomans made a soro tie upon the front and flanks in the siege works. Another body attacked the camp on both flanks and in the rear. A hand-to. hand fight ensued until after midnight. The Turcomans were ultimately repulsed from the camp and from the front and right flank of the siege works. but on the left flank they captured a redoubt from a com- pany of Transcaepian troops, who lost their commander, 39 men killed and 41 wounded. The Turcomans here captured two moun~ tain guns, all the gunners being killed at their posts. The Russian reserve recap- tured the redoubt and one of the guns. but the Turcomans dragged away the other gun, which was. however. previously ren- dered useless. The enemy retreated with great loss to within a short distance of the fortress. The total Russian loss was one oflicer and 52 men killed, and five oflicers and 96 men wounded. The siege works were completed during the night, and the Russian mortars threw shells into the in- terior of the place. Next day the Russian camp was advanced to the first parallel. The siege is still proceeding. A TERRIBLE WA IINING. .â€" Two “Ii-ls Killed In a Con-un- Accident In Asbland. Tho Pottsvillo Chronicle says: On Sun- day afternoon a party of young people were engaged in coasting at “ the shantles." be- tween Centralia and Ashland. Among them was a set composed of three or four girls and a young man. who had a large sled. Everything was jollity and pleasure for a while. but it ended very seriously at last, and the sport came to an end with the death of one of the girls and fatal injuries to another. The accident occurred in this way : The party had started down the hill. With the young man steer- ing. Seeing a sleigh drawn by a horse coming up the hill. and fearing he could not pass it safely. the young man jumped off. expecting his fair companions to do likewise. They were so terrified as to be powerless to move, and the sled flow along over the ice and snow at a terrific speed, stopping only at a telegraph pole at the foot of the hill, which it struck with terri- ble force. One of the girls, Miss Cardufi, was thrown so violently against the pole that the top of her skull was crushed in and her death caused instantly; another of the girls, Honora Doherty. was also hurled against the pole and sustained internal in- juries, from which she died on Monday. Both were young ladies of excellent parent- age, just blossoming into beautiful woman- hood, and their sad deaths have thrown a pall of sorrow over the community in which they lived. A Fur-es- Kllle Ills Wire and tho l-lddee. Howun. Mien, Jan. 2Lâ€"A terribl tragedy happened here last night. W Van Blsrioom. a. farmer in Genoa. five miles from here. has not lived hsp ily with his wife. who left him and went to ive With her daughter. Mrs. Cyrus Sweet. nesr by. gBlsrioom visited her yesterday morning and persuaded her to return home. when hot words followed. and it Is supposed that he first shot his wife and then himself. The deed was not dis‘covered until about4 p.m.. when a neighhor called {it the house. On finding it cloud. her ‘suapicions were aroused. and she proceeded to inform her husband. who. with a Mr. Rider. and a ler nsmed Seymour. proceeded to Van lsricom‘s lumen. and made a forcible en- trance. Entering the house a sickening eight met their gaze. On the floor. in the front room. lay the bed of Mrs. Van Blsricom. with a bullet hofl) in her breast. two inchen below the right nipple; and beanie her lay her unconscious husband gasping fnrhreath. with a :52-cslihre re- volver near him. all the of the chambers empty. Her husband has been a pal- uionato mun. much addicted to drink. and hue been known to threaten hiu wife. He wannotJmWover. under the influence of liquor at the time of the tragedy. A DOUBLE TRAGEDY. BEFORE uEOK-TEPE. SAD DESTITUTION. STRANGE FREAK.