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finding he was stunned, they placed him in irons and removed him to the cabin, where 4ie died v two hours afterwards. Charles Jones testified that at the time of Hie - nssault upon the captain he was fifty Teot away from theeeene of the scuffle. Btrmmeriyke said ne “had heffl Armstrong's legs when he was being ovarpawarad, And took the revolver from him. He rtrahd jrrove who strnck the captain lifter he was down. Putters on swore that die had nothin r to do with the killing, and protested against the injustice of hisnrre9k The prisoners were romasuletl to await the ten trmony of other witnesses. FOREIGN MISCELLANY. Threatening Denuwitratißii Caused ly the Arrest f Croftew. 'London, Jan. 31.—The crofters, recently arrested in the parishes Of'KTiltnturaad Glendale, Isle of Skye, on charge of -resisting ’a sheriff in the discharge of bis ditty, bore arrived At Portree, strongly guarded by one-hundred .policemen and a number of marines. A largo crowd of 3ympa-^ thising friends of the prisoners gathered atthe landing, and for a time it looked as iif they .would attempt a -rescue of the crofters. .Prom -the landing to the court-house the crowd kept up.fi r series-of yells, and several times made threatening demonstrations: they were, however, held at hay by the guards. Tne law courts in Which the -prisoners are being tried, are carefully ,warded, and large congregations of people in the vicinity are prohibited. A later dispatch from Portree says only nine Skye crofters-were arrested and brought to Portree in the sheriff's boat. The prisoners-mere ■taken into court and their declarations received. An angry crowd-outside, hissed aDd hooted the sheriff as he re-appeared. There is much excite ] ment in Portree over Hie arrest >ef dhe mine \ crofters, and fears are entertained ofian iat- * tempt At rescue. Protesting Against Tariff ni€ertfib. •Berlin, Jan. 31. —The -new ioustoms -thill, which contains tho. tariff amendments!increasing the duties on cereals, -was adopted by the Kunidesrath as’reeomrraeaded by the committee. Thor Agitation acrainst legislation fnvoring-an increase in the duty on cereals is spreading, and bids fair] *o assume the pToportions of.fi popular move--meiit. Anti-corn law leagues are. being extensively orgauized, and meetings for protest held in] the larger cities. Stettin, Stargard and Paridau Ihovemlready had popular demonstratiouvs-against the proposed tariff, and a monster demonstration .of the same kind will bo held here next week. - '-A New Papal 'Nunelo for Spain. Rome, Jan. 31. —The 'Vatican has Appointed Bishop Buffoseilia, of Chieti, Papal f Nuncio, >at VJfadrid, to supersede Monsignor Rampnlla De Titrniwcdo. Thoactionis considered in diplomatic circles here. It is declared, 'semi-j ••officially, that, the Vatican was induced to.tnake this change for two reasons: First, the ueces-j sityfor having Rome represented in Madrid by: one Os its ablest theologians, beeauso of the -growing nature Os the debates in the Cortes; second, because-Of the re-; eent resignation of Secretary Bagaen, of the Bpapisli Embassy-at, the-Vatican. Socialist Protection'for Workingmen. Berlin, Jan. 31. —The Socialist members in the Reichstag have introduced a workingmens’ protection bill, which they hope to have passed instead of Bismarck’s bill. ' Tho introduction of this bill is due to Bismarck’s speech regarding the'fixed number of hours for a normal working day, made during^the debate ou his bill, Jan.. 16. The Socialist bill probibits 'the’employment of 'Convicts by private parties.or corporations, and Also restricts the hours of labor-to.day time, and forbids the employment of children under fourteen. A Good Customer. Paris, Jan. 31.—General Bviere .Do Lisle asks the War Department for a large quantity of quinine for the soldiers in' Tonqnin. The French force.in Tonqnin consumes SI,BOO worth of .quinine per month. ■ Cable Notes. Felix Clement, a' French musician aud composer, is dead, aged sixty-three. Gounod’s r.ew mass will be produced at tho rhurchbf St. Eustace, in Baris, ou Eadter ’Sunday. Victor. Hugo has bought* large plot of aground upon the Avenue Viator Hugo, in .Paris, and intends to erect a .magnificent residence. Canon King, professor of theology in the university of OKford, has accepted the bishopric of Lincoln. General Gal Ilf of., commander of -.the TPwelfth Corps of the French army, denias that he requested the command of the French army on China. Itis stated that Colonel ’Burnaby, killed at the fcattto df Abu-Klea. left a finished manuscript of a political novel.- This is said to tcontAin such f a’ce and merciless criticism upon certain poMtical adversaries that it is doubtful if Colonel Burnaby’s executors will permit the work to bo published. The municipal authorities of Paris ’have ;deaified to raise a loan of $40,000,000 'francs 'for completion of long'projeeted pubHc improvements, atid to furnish w ork for the thousands of unemployed artisans, 'thus relieving, in some wrensure, the increasing poverty which is fast driving the working people to despair. A Negro Exodus from North Carolina. .Raleigh, Jan. 31.—An exodus of 'negroes from Anson county .has begun. Their Jtteocn is Arkansas. Men sent ahead to .spy out the land returned with favorable report* People are leaving by hundreds, -and ovegy train on i he Carolina Central railroad toward (Charlotte carries a number of blacks. The trains ace bo crowded -that there is hardly standing room, and many negroes who gather at (the depot from the country surrounding Wiadeeboro are unahle to get aboard and are forced to wait tkeir turn. _ The Case of Deputy Marshal ¥at taw. Chicago, Jan. 3d.—Julies Yattaw, one of the deputy United States marshals who vms tried on the charge of murder, far having killed a man on the day of the recent national election, was atc--quitted before a state petit jury this morning. ■ It was shown on the trial that Yattaw, tin performance of his duty, attempted to make the arrest out of which resulted the killing. The arrest of Yattaw was made at .the instance of the city authorities, to make certain of .Ins trial in a State instead of a federal court. .I—.. . —. ——■— ■ ■■ Dank Failure at Coshocton, O. Coshocton, 0., Jam. Sl.—John G. ‘Stewart, a hanker, whose house is the eldest in the .city, has made an assignment to R. M. Voorhees. Mr. Stewart's illness and possible death caused a run on the bank, which it had not the -currrency to meet. As the bank had a long list wf depositors, and everything was considered absolutely safe, the failure caused great excitement. The :aisignee cannot make r* Statement of the bank’s affairs yet, but thinks it will pay depositors in full. roll Two Hundred Feet. Pittsburo, Jan. 30.—While walking along Panß*avenue bluff, near‘Sixteenth street, this moraine, two boys, named Snronl and John McGuigan, lost their foothold and fell to tbs bottom, a distance of two hundred feet. %woal's skull was fractured, and ‘he was hurt internally; be is still living, but there are no hopes of his reoovery. McGuigan was terribly braised und cut,'but his injuries are not fatal ■ ■ ■ i ——i— i.-. Earthquake In the East. New York, Jan. 3L—Lost, rumbling sounds, Ike distant thunder, followed by a vary per .ttfulble trembling of the earth, startled resident* ol Cortland, Yorktown and other .northora towns in Westchester county, at five minu**s after 5 o'clock this morning. Crockery and *xthw ware was thrown from shelves, and the, shock was altogether too great to hava boon caused by anything except an earthquake. Kilted by If te Brotlier-iu Jbanv. Awarado, Texas, Jan., 81.~Atlaftafta hour te-nht. I>r. Mokley. of Alvarado was Wiled by two ieolhcr in-law, Ww. YfAlbum.

A COMPLACENT STATESMAN.. B An Indiana Democratic Congressman WioExpects a Seat in the Caiftnet 0 impMtoift'Gfovteral liegigiEiiffii ’Neglected and Personal Measures hashed UnergeticaMjr —Mr.'Randall and the Kavy. INDIANA AND TIIE yCABINET. A'MederfCongrmimaii -Finally 'Consents to' Aceepta’Flaoe. Speetsldo the ladittuapoiw Aontmsl. AVaaai*foTON, Jan- BL—This awning's ’Star says: ‘The Democrats of the House have'had-a. good deal naf sport -at the expcaise.of >& Hooaier member, whose .egotism knows no bounds. .He is much more no ted for .what he does not .know, than,for/the knowledge:he possesses. Recently a few Democrat who knew the man’s flailing determined to flatter his vanity. They .laid a plan, and soon,after,©ae of :the number tookja seat by theUoosier and saAcLtoliAm, ‘You ought .to:go into Cleveland's Cabinet, /and /you can if you want to; Governor Cleveland has asked ■eveny Damocrat who has visited you, -and /has /spoken of .you as a man most eminently qualified for the Cabinet.’ Somewhat to the .surprise t of: the .waggish memtier, -the Hoosier repUed very coolly that he bad] •thovghtof-going into the Cabinet, .but hesitated out'Of <a friendly regard for McDonald; he •eouldift exactly consent toiput McDonald's nose oat of joint because his abilities so far outshone : those of the ex-senator. Soon afterwards the: Hoosier was proffered the 6uppoTt of another Democratic member, and 'then another, all being! in tlie joke, until be was finally persuaded to permit’his'intellectual Jightlto shine in the next Cabinet. ’Firm in the belief that he is too great 'avnauto be passed by, he'no longer regrets the ioss of his seat in Congress’." MANY ! BILLS AND 'FEW LAWS. 'A Neglect of General’Legislation for the Benefit of Personal Measures. ’tbjecialto the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Jan. 31. principal (work this session, and, I might add,.too, the last session, .has been to raise the expectations of the : said a* member of a busy House committee, -tOrday. “We have passed many bills in committee, and led very-many people to expect (that they were going to have a law passed;" he -continued, “but they will nearly 'all be disappointed. ! I don’t Tecall any bills of more than importance that have passed.three or four leading House committees during this Congress which have become lawa'" “What per cent, of all measures introduced or proposed will become laws?” “Possibly four per cent. I doubt ls they aggregate more than two and a half per cent, and those are-nearly(all private bills, like .pensions; and personal claims. I doubt if fifty general measures will become laws by this Congress. The number of general bills introduced (will number * more than 5,000; -all Os them probably 10,000 or 12,000. :it has come to a period in /Congressional legislation' where (ordinary measures df general information die of dry rot and are never pushed. To insure the .passage of a bill it must.be personal—that is, benefttting in a.pecuniary way a person or persons—or of sufficient magnitude to give those who labor for it-a national reputation. Otherwise -the statesmen generally consider that itis labor lost'" MINOR MENTION. Mr. Randall -Has ‘Not Changed 'His Views ‘About Bitlldlng n 'Navy. Washington, Jan. 31.—The Star has tho following: Mr. Randall has not changed his views concerning the appropriation for the navy since his visit to Mr. Cleveland. The bill will come up for consideration next week, and .he will exert himself to defeat the proposition to provide for anew navy at this time. There is a proposition under consideration now to give the naval committee jurisdiction over-tbe naval bill hereafter. iMr. llandall has informed,Mr. Cox, chairman of the naval committee, that he would <not be opposed to such a proposition. General -and ‘Personal. •Spcoial to the Indianapolis Journal Washington, Jan. 31.—Colonel James T. Bryer, of Logansport, has been recommended for appointment as postal .elerk between Toledo and St. Louis, and will without doubt secure,the position next week. Robert W. Young,'df Midland. Ripley county, has been appointed postal clerk on the Ohio &. Mississippi railroad, .to -run between Cincinnati and-St. Louis. ’Business men of Madison have petitioned for a daily mail, instead of mail isix times a week between Madison land Lexington, Ind. They have no mail from 4 o!clock Saturday afternoon to'7 a. m. on Monday. Ihaengineer in charge of the Ohio river improvements at Lawrerrceburg says the levoe question is only a question of 'Safety to citizens there, and is not one affecting navigation in the teaat. His report mi the (subject is not considered a good one upon which to secure legislation. Senator Harrison, on Monday next, will tell the Senate why he prefers to support the Senate instead elf the House interstate commerce bill. .lift has received a,: dispatch from -Franklin that the Franklin County Grange demands that he rapport the Reagan bill. The. Senate committee on pensions has made favocahibe reports on the house bills to "pension Daniel W. Adams, of Columbus; John Maloney, of Danville, And an adverse report on the hill for Thomas .Simpson, of Salem. The on the star mail route between Rookville and Bloomingdale has been changed as follows: Leave (Rookville daily, except Sundays, at 7:30 a. m.; arrive at Bloomingdale by 'B:’3o A.M.; leave Bloomingdale daily, except Sundays, at 0:30 A.M.; arrive at Rookville> by 30:30 a.u The Comptroller of the Currency has declared a fourth dividend of 10 per cent, in favor of creditors-of the First National Bank of Monmonth, Ills., making 80 per cent, paid creditors. The ©tar says it has been learned at the War Department that fine findings of the ©warm court martial have not been received by the Secretary of war. It was further learned from unquestioned authority, that up to this morning the court had-not'even voted upon the case; it was thought, however, that tite duties pf the court! would be completed to day, and the findingasub- . misted. } m i hi i ■ ■■■ '■■■* ' Ctelvofetoa’i impended Hunk. GhtLVßsrroN, Jan. SI. —A called meeting of 'the I depositors of the suspended Island City Bank was hdld to-day. The report of tho depositors’ committee appointed at a previous meeting was read and adopted toy it * nearly 'tmanitnottß vdte. \ Th* TqpoTt embraces a proposition from the heaviest stockholders and several leading citizens j nut interested in the bank,‘Sttpr#>ating that'if'de- ’ pom tors > and other creditors will agree to accept 74cents on tho dollar, they will subscribe flfio,f)do new capital. A majority of tho depositors agreed to accept the preposition, and it to

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now believed the resumption of the bank is [assured within £ fortnight Seventy-two thousand dollars new capital has already -been subscribed. The proposition. however, is contingent on all creditors accepting "74 cents on the dollar in full of their claims, to be paid as follows: Twentyfive per cent- within ten days, and the remainder in three, six and nine months. A number of parties boldine attachments against the bank property have, signified their intention of accepting the settlement. (PAILJT JVEATHEIt iWWIN, Andjoations. Was .Department, ) OXFIOR or THE Chief SIGNAL OmOKR, > -W.faHjNOTq*, 1, ISSp. ) JPor Teonrueee ,and .the Okie Kelley—Partly cloudy .weather, local .rauto. generally followed by colder clearing weather, winds shifting to northwest, rising barometer. For tho Lower Lake Region—‘Partly cloudy weather, local snows qr rains, .winds shifting to generally polder westerly, fbUihg. followed by rising barometer. For the'Upper Lake Regiorf.—Local >snaws, followed by ooldericlearing.weather, northwesterly winds, rising (For the Upper (Mississippi Yalley—Colder, partly cloudy weather, local snows, followed by clearing, weather, inertherly .winds, rising barometer. For the lMtosoarx VeUey-rGolder weatJier. local snows, followed by clearing weather, north ito east winds,'rising barometer. .Local .Observation*. Indianapolis, Jan. 31. Time. Bar. Tbur. < Hum. Wind* Weatber Rain. 6a. m.! 80:18 ‘Sl.oi 93 NE ! Cloudy 10 A. Al -. 30.1 Si 33.7! 88 t Calm Cloudy 2 p.m.. 30.06 38.2 83 NE Cloudy. (5 P. M.. 29.98i 39.2i HO NE Cloudy 10 p.iM. i 2&i9B| 36.6 j9O SW'.i Uasy (Maximum temperature,-41.0; Miuitnutn temperature, 31.0. Andrew Jackson Davis’s Divorce Suit. New York. Jan. 31.—The referee filed his re--port in the ; Supreme Court in the-suit brough t by Andrew Jackson Davis tor divoree, against Slarj r F.Love. 'Davhi is a well-known spiritualist lecturer of this city. He was married to Mrs. Love in 1855, but learned that her former husband, Samuel Love, of Jamestown, had ob-j tained a divorce from her by the terms of which she was forbidden to marry again. Davis then ceased to cohabit with Mrs. Love, and on taking legal advice found she was not his wife, and had no right to marry in this State. The referee reported ia favor of tho marriage being annulled. Mr. Hendricks at Albany. Albany, N. Y., Jan. 31.—Vice-President-elect Hendricks arrived here to-day. Itis nnderstood he had a most important conference with Presi-dent-elect Cleveland and Speaker Carlisle. It is believed the discussion concerned the policy of the party, and was designed to bring about uniformity of plan in the policy of the Democratic iparty. Mr..Hendricks declined to say anything; of the conference. It is understood it is the intention of Mr. Hendricks to proceed from New York, whither he -went to-night, to'Washington, aud thence to the New Orleans exposition. Judgment Against tho De Groot Estate. New York, Jan. 31.—Butler, Stillman & Hubbard, attorneys, have entered in the clerk’s office, at White Plains, Westchester county, •three judgments in favor of tbeßepublioof Mexico aggregating $1,075,630, as follows: One against Alice De Groot and Theodore R. B. De Groot, administratrix and administrator, respectively. of William H. De 'Groot, deceased, for $.358,501; one against >the American & Mexican Telegraph Company for $358,549, and oneagAinst John H. Ockerliausen, as executor of the will of Georgo G. Taylor, for $358,585. Mother and Child Murdered. Grand Forks, I). TANARUS., Jan. 31.—-The wife and eleven-year-old boy of Rev. C. H. Snell were murdered last Sunday, six miles from Inkestar, for money, by 1 George Miller, a hired man, while Rev.. Snell was holding meeting i at Mayville. The dead bodies were found in bed yesterday morning by the neighbors. The murderer took a team here early on Monday morning, left it at the Northwestern Hotel, and took a train for Winnipeg. The youßg man formerly lived at Sioux City, la. — 'Mte * '•Obituary. BinnitPOftD, Jan. 31.—Andrew. J. Small, editor and proprietor-of the Biddeford. -Daily Times, died to day. New York, Jan. 31. —L. G. Tillotson, super intendent 6f the‘Erie railway thirty years ago, an assooiate of Professor Moteo in the introduction of telegraphy, (and later known among business men as one of the 'largest dealers in the country iu’telegraph supplies, died to day. ! Dishonest 1 Clerks. New York, Jan., 31.—President Herrick, of the Prodnee 'Exchange,caused the arrest to-nig t of <two'employes Of'the exchange, Wm Murr y and James W. Whiting, both of Brooklyn—W itingtfor stealing $2,900 and Murray for taki g $1,500, the property of the exchange. The peculations have been going on since October last, and were skilfully disguised by : the thieves. Whiting was OoHeotornd Murray :a clerk. Fatally Stabbed with a Fair of’Shears. Bay City, Jan. 31.—James .A. W'illiaras and William R. ©vans, colored barbers, had anal tereation dhis afternoon in -a barber shop, in which Evans stabbed Williams with a pair of shears three times,-twice on the head and once in the left breast, the instrument penetrating the heart. Williams walked out of the shop, and was taken home, whore he died socm after. Evans has.given himself up. Fight Between Passenger Conductors. Galveston, Tex.. Jan. 31.—The 'News’s Tt Worth speciai says: “A street affray occurred this -evening, between Harry A.'Talmage and Samuel Crawley, both passenger cofndudtdrs on the Texas 'Pacific railway. Talmage received severe knife-wounds on his head and shoulders, and Crawley was rihot through the scalp. The kffair is shrouded hi mystery. Talmage is son of A. A. Talmage,'Of the Wabash rbad. Another Complication In Illinois. Chicago, Jan. 31. —A statement will be published here 'to-morrow that Representative Brechendorf, Democratic member es the Illinois Legislature, is lying seriously ill at -his home in this oity, and has declared to bis friends that he will not again be able to attend the sessions of the Legislature. If this report is confirmed, it reduces the number of Democrats on joint ballot by two. — Stonewall Jackson** War 'Horse. RtfCirwoNn, Jan. 31.—The widow of General Stonewall Jaekson'has consented that bis war horse, Old Sorrel, shall be exhibited ut -the New •Orleans exposition for the benefit of kite Confed-: erate Soldiers’ Home. Major A. R. Venable, ' who was on the staff rtf J. -E -B. Stuart, the confedcrate cavalry lender, will .accompany the! ihorse. It will be transported to New Orleans to-. (morrow. . Five Men Sentenced -to Death. Fort Smith, *Ark., Jan 31.—Sentence of doath was fp*fed, dm the United Btatcfe Court, Ito-day, upon Fred Ray, William M. Meadows, William Phillips and Mason Holcomb (white), and William Nixon, a negro, for fnurdr*r3 committed in Indian Territory. The condemned men will be exeotlted at ’Fort *Smith on Aprill7.' Conduct ‘Bnbecoming on OftkjrT. Baltimore, Jan. <Bl.—Colonel J. G. Ramsey, in oharge of the United States troops at Fort Mcllemy, was arrested to-day for assaulting a street car conductor who did ndt tftop his car quickly •enough *l6 suit the Colonel. An effort, was made to keep the affair -quiet, but it failed, khe conductor refusing to withdraw the charge. • -'*l ■ fuftrainsta toinhhment of n 'Cliikl. •Reawng, Pa., Jan. 31.—Jbsiah MdGrath.Of IBlue Marsh, reported to-day that his'suc-year-eid daughter, who was delicate in health, had been , whipped so severely by a male teaoher, that she died within foAy-rtgbt hours.

FIGHTING FtR A FORTUNE. A Domestic Tale Involving Desertion, Divorce and Abduction. Syracuse, N. Y. ; > Jan. 3L—There promises to be an interesting litigation over the estate of Chas. E. Hill, who died in Yokohoma, Japan, on Oct. 9, aged fifty-three years, and who was tburried at Bay Rk\ge, N. J., last Sunday. He ■left an estate estimated at $1,500,000, accurau lated in China and Japan in the tea trade. Mr. Hill cam 6 here three years ago last summer, and sueaeasfuliy abducted las young son, .Frank, who lived here with hjs mother, Elizabeth C. Hill. The boy was attending school. Hill, accompanied by a deputy-sheriff, went to the neighborhood of the school in a closed carriage, and when the boy came out he was forced into the conveyance and rapidly driven away. Frank •was then fifteen years old. jHis father took him to New York- Hill told the deputy sheriff he was going to keep the boy for-a few months and then let him ohoose whom fie would prefer to live with. It was not long befqre the boy reappeared iu this city. Mrs. Hill is a daughter or the late Henry P. Adams of-this city. She met Hill in her maidenhood while he was on a visit here from China, in 1862. He returned alone,,hut it is said she .soon fol lowed him and they were married there. A few years later she returned to Syracuse on a visit, where twins.were born to her, one of whom was Frank. Family dissensions are said to have followed her return to China, and sho separated rom her husband. Suit for a divorce was begun in-the Connecticut courts by Mrs. Hill, iu which she was not successful. After Hill came to Syracuse and abducted the boy, ho returned to China. Mr. Hill is said to have obtained a divorce from Mrs. Hill only three days before his death, and was to have married shortly an American lady of beauty and wealth, 'Said to be formerly of this city. His ■willhas been probated at Naples, Maine, his old home. The papers in the divorce proceedings were served on Mrs. Hill, it is said, about a year ago by Hill’s attorneys in Maine. She did not :know what they were at the time. It is now understood that desertion was charged. She put in no answer, and it is said a decree was granted. Mrs. Hill has a block of dwellings in Shanghai valued at $30,000, which Hill put in her name, but the rents of which he has collected. Under the laws of Connecticut, where he claimed a residence at one time, ho had control of this property. Nothing has been heard by Mrs. Hill concerning her husband’s will. Itis thought that all the preliminarias of the divorce proceedings were not complied with, and that Mrs. Hill can claim her share of the fortune, as well os her son Frank. Mrs. Hill’sdounsel, itis understood, will take immediate action towards securing her rights. The case seems to be similar to the famous A. C. Yates contest. Frank Hill, n-ho is now nineteen years old. is at present in the South, engaged with a mining company. Shocking Case of Murder and Saicide. Milwaukee, Jan. 31.—A special to the Sentinel tells of a shocking case of murder and suicide near Durand, last Sunday. While their children were at Sabbath-school, Henry Catenhausen and his wife quarreled, when he felled |her with a hammer and then pounded her head to a jelly. Taking the body into the cellar, he forced it into a small hole, where it was discovered to-day. A coroner’s inquest was held, and tho evidence being very strong against him. Oaten hausen was arrested and placed in jail, where he committed suicide by hanging this evening. The New Arkansas Senator. LtTTLE ROCK, Ark.. Jan. 31—When the Legislature met in joint-session, at noon, ex-Gov-ernor Berry’s letter withdrawing from the sentorial race was read. On the first ballot James •K. Jones, representative from the Third congressional district, was elected United States Senator. The vote stood: Jones, 72; Dunn, 49; C. R. Breckenridge, 3 Necessary to a choice, 64. Drug Stock Damaged by Fire. Cincinnati, Jan 31.—A fire occurred in the wholesale drug Store of J. S. Burdsal & Cos. this evening. The damage to the bnilding was comparatively small, but the loss from damage to the stock and destruction of it by water is estimated at $45,000; insurance on stock and building, $53,000, _ Robbed in a Court-House. St. Louis, Jan. 31. —William H. Bender, deputy clerk of the Probate Court, while passing through the court-house this afternoon, on his way to his office from a bank where he had cashed some checks, was assaulted from behind, knocked senseless to the floor, and robbed of abouts 800. _ The Florida Chautauqua. 'PfcNBAOdLA, Fla., Jan. 31.—Rev. A. H. Gillet, of Cincinnati, superintendent of the Florida Chautauqua, located at Lake De Funiak, has announced a postponement of the opening exercises from Feb. 10 to Feb. 18, iu order to secure completion of an audience hall seating 3/000 persons. The Suit Against the B. & O. Baltimore, Jan. 31.—The suit of Ross vs. the Baltimore & Ohio Company, lias created considerable excitement in this city. The railroad officials make light of it. but others regard it as of serious import to the shareholders of the-Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company. ■ - ■ Silver Captured ly Bandits. City op Mexico, Jan. 31 —A valuable silver convoy, en route between Tabuca and Cuernavaca, was attacked on Wednesday evening by organized bandits. The escort was Overpowered and the sliver all captured. Government troops are now in pursuit of the robbers. Dead at 106. Portland. Ore., Jan. 31. —William Leonard, a nati'vb of Wexford county. Ireland, idied this week at Providence Hospital. Seattle, aged 106 years. He left a widow, aged ninety-six-years, with Whom he had lived a life of happiness for over seventy-five years. Japnning-Works Burned. 'Cleveland, Jan. 31. L. C. Beardsley & Co.'s extensive tin-can and Japanning works to night. Tho fire originated in the third story, from an uriknWon cause. Loss, $25,000; insured for $16,000. _ Suicide es an Ex-Marshal. Waoo, Tex., Jan. 31.—Special information reached here to-night that C, W'. D. Cook, exmarshal of Whitney, Tex., committed suicide today by shooting himself through the head with a revolver. ii ii Thanks to William Henry Smith. 'GotiHfßu's, 0., Jan., >3l. The Legislature has adopted a joint resolution returning thanks to Wm. Henry Smith for the careful, correct and fair manner in Which ho compiled the St. Clair papers. _ Steamship News. New York. Jan. 31. —Arrived: State of Geor-, igia, from Glasgow. ■London, Jan. 31.—Arrived: California, City io£ Montreal, India, frortiNew York. Mother and Children Burned to Death. Altoona, Pa., Jan. 31.—The residence of <Goorge Love, colored, was destroyed by fire this j morning, and Love ; s wife aud two children were burned to death. The fire was accidental. —* ■ ... * —— Shot ‘by a Kfne-i’ear-0111 Boy. ‘CffiOAbo. Jan. 31.—John Schenarug, nlhe years old, shot and killed bis brother Jacob. twenty-tWo years old, this afternoon. Ho did hot know the gun was loaded. Mr. Bostwlck’s (Liberality. Alb levs. Mich., Jan. Si.—Ezra Bostwiek, of Union'City, has donated a 640 acre farm, valued at $50.'000, to Albion College for a chair of astronomy. Beauties of the Jury System. ’Scranton, Pa., Jan. 31.—A sensation was Caused in court to day by the indignation of Judge Hand at the verdict of a jury in a liquor Case. Evidence was given by a dozen witnesses that the defendant was selling liquor without

license, and there was no defense. The jury returned a verdict of “not guilty." The Judge severely reprimanded the jury, and discharged them from further sttendanca IHiCOIN’S VISIT TO RICHMOND. Interesting Incident Recalled by a Veteran Sf The War. Sprju?filrioljHe.!Jiepubiican. Admiral Porter's reminiscences of Abraham Lincoln’s visit-to Richmond find eager readers iu the old solders of .the country, and one of thorn —Capt. M. C. Warren, of this city—adds a picturesque incident.to the stony. As drawn by Admiral Porter, the scenes or Lincoln's passage from the jwharf At Richmond, where the gunboat Malvern left them together, to General Weitaei’s headquarters, in the house vacated two days be* fore by Jeff Davis, are picturesque in their portrayal of <tbe feelings of the negroes. It was hardly to be expected that the whites, oven if Union men, with their more reserved temperaments, would >gie way to any such transports of emotion. But Captain Warren relates an incident which epitomises the joy and relief felt by the Uniop .men .who had lived at the South during the wpr. Gaptain Warren, whose gunners had been the first artillerymen to enter the evacuated city, as officer of the day, was eariy among the .visitors ataveception which Mr. Lincoln hold for ,a ;C(*qple, of hours in the parlor of the old Davis Douse for the soldiers and loyal Richmond people. The President was bearing the journey well, though bis inevitable blach frock qoat ; and “stovepipe’ hat were a hit the worse for travel. ,A fe.w officers had been introduced, and some of them stood chatting about the room, Capt. Warren among them, when Gen. Weitzel came out of a rear room with,a tall, lank civilian, gray haired, and plainly a man of prominence. Leading him up to Mr. Lincoln, the General introduced him as a great friend of John Minor Bofcta, and a Union man whose loyalty the .past few years had cost him persecution. As the President turned to greet the stranger, a great throb of emotion shook the old mon’s frame, and quickly stepping forvrard he .flung his arms about Mr. Lincoln/s neck, in the most tragic manner. “Thank God. I have lived to see this day,” he cried. The small audience in uniform, touched at the sight, watched it with interested eyes. The old civilian seemed to forget the place, the President. his attitude and everything, and the situation was fast becoming ridiculous. Mr. Lincoln, ever quick to see the humorous side of anything, interposed. With a kindly smile passing over his angular features he gently released himself from the grasp of Mr. Bott’s friend, remarking, “About how tall are you, sir?” The sound of his voice awoke the old man from his reflections and quickly turned the current of his thoughts. Recollecting himself at once, the tall-stranger replied, stating his height, whitth Lincoln declared to be two inches less than his own. The old man stepped aside, evidently quite unconscious of the mingled pathos and humor of the little scene in which he had played so prominent a part. Captain Warren remained in Richmond about ten days longer, and. returning after a short march South, was mustered out there in June, still wearing on his sword the knot of crape which the officers were ordered to place there for sixty days in memory of the martyr President. He has never taken it off. STANTON NOT A SUICIDE. Circumstances Which Gave Rise to the Story That He Had Killed Himself. Donn Pitt. in Pittsbnrs Dispatch. Well, the troubles of the heart have little to do with those of the head, nor are they much better understood. It is through such ignorance that consolation and condolence are so very exasperating. The sympathy, for instance, that comes in through funeral.ceremonies is very trying. At the moment when one longs to be alone with one's dead, all one's friends and neighbors come in and gaze. The beast of an undertaker arranges the remains that are lying upon one’s breast, for public inspection, and all the crowd, speaking in bated breath of the weather, the markets. theffiealth of the neighborhood, pull on long faces and pass by the coffin to take a last look at the departed they cared nothing for. Poor heart, that wants to drive them all out and clasp, in agony, the cold form of the dead, and fairly’shriek into the closed ears fdr a return of one who never, never more may come back to bless us. “Why weenestthou? Thy tears are unavailing. Therefore do I'weep." It whs this shrinking from the undertaker and the public on the part of a sensitive wife that gave rise to the cruel report that the great War Secretary Stanton had committed suicide. The afflicted widow had, through accident, seen an undertaker preparing her dead child for burjal. The brutal 'manner in Which the poor little corpse was beingtreated so shocked her that She vowed that thereafter none but loving hands should prepare her dead for the grave. The undertaker, therefore, saw the body of the eminent statesman only in the coffin, and his duty was confined to screwing down the lid. This abrupt departure from common usages, of course, gave rise to strange rumors. It was my good fortune to know Edwin M. Stanton intimately as a brother, from my boyhood until death separated us. My brother-in-law, Judge Nathaniel C. fleed, of the Supreme Court of Ohio, gave Stanton his first office, that of reporter, and Stanton was wont to make Mac-0.-cheek his summer resort for years.

Doubtful as it may seem to the Secretary’s many enemies, and he left behind him an army of sudh. He‘was of a deeply religious nature. Possessed ol 'a sensitive temperament, he was subject th great extremes of gaiety and gloom, and had withal powerful vitality. His powers of endurance were amazing, and a force of character. stimulated by an indomitable will, made him master of all situations arid of himself. All TWO thus "fitted to this life cling to life with an obstinate tenacity. He was dying of an incurable disease while in the departVn'ont-he controlled with such amazing vigor, but at'the bidding of his will, death postponed his doom until his task was ended. I saw his remains the morning of the night he died. With hands crossed upon his breast, his resolute face was softened with an expression resembling that of sleep, and I know from what 1 saw that the renowned story of his suicide was false, ’the ‘stormy life of a noblo character, m:irred with "more ignoble passions .than ordinarily falls to the lot of man. he had passed into silence and memory, quiet as a child. A BEAUTIFUL ADVENTURESS. How a T*retty Blomle with a Sweet Voice Swindled -Atlanta. Atlanta €onßtituti©. Again man’s imperial race has been ensnared by pretty -blomle tresses and a siren voice. About six weeks ago there appeared at the National Hotel n lady who might have posed successfully for a painter’s brush. She seemed about the 'luscious age of twenty-eight, preserved'so well that she whs ns pretty as the sunny side of a 'peach, and had eyes that completely broke up anything that came within range. The lady registered ns Miss Anhio Blanchard, and with that name, as prettv as her bewildering countenance, she launched her bateau in Atlanta. At 3H Peach tree street Miss Blanchard opened an art studio, and prepared to turn out artists pretty rnueh like a man turns out Babbitt medals at the average exposition. The fair creature advertised that she had business for ladies as would call at the “artist's exchange/’ The artists’ exchange was a rare old place. " It was elegance on toast, and wuis calculated to impress the unwary. Miss Blanchard had a nice little scheme. She would teach the art of coloring photographs and other pictures. She had an unlimited demand for the work, and when the pupils had learned it, she would employ them at good pay. Ten dollars a scholar was charged for tuition, and ehegot plenty of them. Then she employed ager-.ts to solkut work and they paid 'five dollars eiK h for an “outfit,*’ consisting of au album full of pictures. By paralyzing the tender pulsometers of the book and picture dealers, she managed to get in debt to all for larger or smaller amounts, usually about $25. A grahd art reception was set for yesterday, and many pictures were loaned. Snook “loaned" a ssoo* set of furniture, and Miller “loaned" a handsome carpet. When the students called yesttfday, gentle Annie had departed these coasts, and left a long list of creditors and erabryotic artists to mourn her untimely taking off. The Indy is n tall brunette, with blonde hair, and has a voice that-rings likea-silver bell. She is finely educated, brilliant in conversation, and one of the mourners said last nigbt: “She’s a paralyzer! If she were io bring a brass monkey in here and offer it for sale, I would be compelled to invest. She’s a daisy'."

.KILPATRICK’S PRETTY AIDE. The Story of a Vermont Girl’s Heroic Deed and Her Sad Fate. Chicago Special. A romance of 'the late war was revived in the police court here to-day. One day in tho spring of 1865. when Gen. Judson Kilpatrics’earmy wai marching through South Carolina, an unusually eugagiug and pretty little woman came to the roadside and inquired for the General. To him she said she was a school-teacher from Vermont, stranded by the war, and asked the privilege of moving with his army. She was put into an ambulance, and subsequently occupied a family carriage “foraged" by the soldiers. Oao day there was anew officer upon the General’s staff, a boyish-looking fellow whose face had never yei needed a razor. He sat on his horse rather awkwardly at first, and wen after many dava was unable to arrive at the easy gait of tha veteran cavalryman. “Who is that young fellow?’’ would be the question along the ranks as the staff would sweep by on a gallop. .“g hat’s Capt. Charley,” would be tha remark with a wink. When the truth was known soma imen sneered, others bit their lips. AU agreed it might have been expected. At anv pate, it was no man’s particular business. Very likely tho General would provide for the girl when a railroad should be reached. “Capt. Charley” rodo with Kilpatrick through the Carolinas. One day there was a stubborn fight in which one regiment got seperated from the main body. It was necessary that orders be sent it. Nobody cared to go. for the valley was swent with grape, canister and shells, but Capt. Charley’s black eyes were blazing. Turning to Kilpatrick he said: “Let me go, General.” “Go. then. Take low ground there in the hollow and rido like the devil.” All watched tho dapple-gray as he spun along an unused wagontrack in the hollow. A redoubled roar of artillery and tho sharp snap of rifles told it was no summer shower throueh which (’apt, Charley was riding. The rider disappeared and cessation of firing by the detached regiment told that tho order had been delivered. 7’hen came tho regiment sweeping up the main road and a cleared field, their sabres flashing in the sun. Capt. Charley essayed to come back and join his chief. Just at the moment when the aide decamp reached the last elevation in his perilous path, an enormous shell exploded, seemingly over his head. Capt, Charley fell to the eartfC but his well-trained and faithful horse stood fast. Half a dozen of the escort that now came up without orders rushed down the hill, picked up the unconscious body and conveyed it to a place of safety, where the brigade surgeon said no bones were broken, but that Capt. Charley would never again hear the voices of loved ones. He was incurably deaf from concussion. The surgeon also indulged in some muttering concerning a general who would allow a woman to ride with his staff officers. “Capt, Charley"had seen the last of the war. A few days in tho hospital restored her to health, but her deafness prevented her making a living at her former occupation. She drifted into the slums of Washington and New York, and lastly to Chicago. Dissipation made her an old woman before her time. She was arraigned, to-day for beingdrunk and disorderly and was sent to the House of Correction. AN OLD WOMAN’S REMEDY. General Clingnian’s Tobacco Cure and Beverly Tucker’s Cancer Remedy. New York 'tribune. A phamphlec by General T. L. Clingman, of South Carolina, has inst been issued in which remarkable euros are set down as tha result of applications of tobacco leaf. About every: disease under the sun is said to have yielded to its charm. Chatting with a Southerner, vesterday, he said: “Tobacco has been classed with the old woman’s remedies ever since I can remember. Why, from boyhood I can remember its simple applications in various forms. When I got stung by a bee, ray father, who was an inveterate chewer, would take the cud from his mouth and bind it on the wound. That was the end of the pain. If my eyes got sore they wore bound up at night in the same poultice, and'when I got a black eye in a fight one day, I got the tobacco as well as'a licking when I got home." Beverly Tucker, of Virginia, said yesterday, on the Bam topic: “It is remarkable what tobacco will do. when applied as General Clingman directs. Why, it will even take out a corn. Mills, of Texas, and John Hancock, both tried it a short-time ag-o.for corns, and after two nights’ applications they were able to pick the corns out with their fingers. Bunions, too, those eternal afflictions, are removed by it. General Clingman is l’emarkably well posted on its merits, and his little pamphlet will prove a valuable thing to the public." The talk turning on General Grant’s'recent malady, Mr. Tucker said: “Now, if it was cancer and external, we have a dead sure cure for it in Virginia—i’edwood bark. They pound it fine and make a paste of it, which is applied like a poultice. It beats anything ever heard of. In fact, it’s like the story Ned Burns used to tell of a follow who was about to be tried for a criminal offence at Richmond. He sat in the back part of the room, under bail. Be had hired a scrub -of a lawyer to keep him posted as to what was going on. Presently the prosecuting attorney got up and moved a nolle prosequi. The lawyer went back to his client and says, Tie’s moved a nolle prosequi.’ ‘What’s that?’ asked the accused man. ‘I can’t explain fully,’ said the lawyer, ‘but it just sci*apes hell.’ And with that the fellow'jumped the court room, straddled a horse, and fled the town. When he got to Philadelphia he paid another lawyer $5 to tell him what a nolle prosequi was. Well, redwood bark for Cancer and tobacco as a general remedy ate like that nolle prosequi.” Lord Malmesbury's Stories. London -Spectator. One day when Charles Lamb was playing at whist with his friend, Bazil Montagu, ho said to him: “Bazil, if dirt was train p’s, "what hands would yoii hold!” Placed next this 'story is a saying of Sydney Smith, which is a good example of his style of humor, or drollery,' as it is styled in the diary. Sydney Smith once said, apropos of some smart and dashing widow: “When Mrs. appears in the neighVwrhood the whole horizon is darkened with majors. * If any reader is curious to sec the well-known story of tlife Chief Jtistieo and the braying donkey put in a very concise form, ho will find it set down under Sept. Iff, 1854. and next it one almost as good and not nearly so well khoWw, bf Lbrd Nor bury and a lawyer named Parsons. These two werb one day walking together when they came upon a gibbet Lord Norburv pointed to it and said to Parsons: “Where would von be if We all had our deserts 1 ?” “Faith,” said Parsons, “I shonld be travel!mg alone.” O’Connell does not -perhaps -play so large a part as might be expected as tho author, or supposed author, of good tilings. Ono saying of his, however, is recorded, and it is worth quoting. Os a certain lady lieutenant, ho remarked that “she had all the qualities of the kitchen poker without its occasional warmth.” Probably Why He’s Missing. Brooklyn Union. Mr. Conant, who is fifty years of age. resided with his wife and son at No. 22 Wiliow street, Brooklyn. Tho roporter who called th'or'o Was received by a slim, middle-aged lady, who announced herself as 3lrs. Conant. Evidently Mrs. Conant was not in tho slightest degree concerned abb lit the stories of her husband’s mysterioun disappearance, for she smiled so broadly that hd visitor instantly guessed that Mrs. Conant’* mind was undisturbed by the doings of Mr. Conant or any member of the household. Mrs. Conant said that her husband had gono South for the benefit ot his health, and would soon return. She said she was not in iho slightest degree alarmed because of his absence, and that he would soon bo back. Further than this she declined to speak on‘the subject and excused herself as slie closed the d<x>r With the 'remark: “I'm very busy indeed, and havo other matter* requiring my attention." An Itl-Shapvd Head. The Graphic, A phrenological jonmal says a “yohfcg murderer in the South has a twenty-inch head and * twenty-or.e-ineh neck.” They will havo to huhs him by his feet. Part of'tho S|*leo of Life. Philadelphia Record. The great charm of the maps of the theater of war in the Soudan, published by various worn* iug papers is their variety.