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conrersation with members, they referred to trie ti insolation of Parliament as probable in Jane. M. FLOQUET CALLED A LIAR, Exciting Sesnion or the French Chamber of Deputies Duel Ilarely Averted. Paris, Dec. 11. The ecclesiastical controverstry caused a creat disturbance in the Chamber of Deputies to-day. M. Hubbard introdaced a motion condemning the hostile attitude of the clergy and demanding that stops be taken for the separation of church and state. . M. Fallieres. Minister of Justice and Public Worship, in replying to the motion, commented at length upon the conduct of the Archbishops of Aix and Jiordeaux. In response to an interruption M. Floquet, president of the Chamber, said that Pope Plus IX had given bin authority to Freemasonry and was himtelf a Frermawn. 31. De Cnsaagiiac and 31. Baudrey lAsson Instantly jumped up and called M. Floquet a liar. A tremendous uproar ensued, lasting lully ten minutes. The members of the Kight. shouting at the tops of their voices. Lurled various opprobrious epithets at the numbers of the Left, who responded "with equal vigor. Cries of "infamous.' "abominable," and the like were freely exchanged. Bishop Prep pel shouted that M. Floquet's charge was a calumny and a alauder. Comte De Mud cried that M. Pi oq net's words were insulting and false. Throughout the uproarious scene M. Ploquet remained perfectly calm. When the clamor had subsided he simply remarked that the Chair was powerless to deal with fits of madness. M. Fallieres, resuming his speech, said that tho government was opposed to the separation of church and state. The Ministry, he continued, would shortly introduce a bill dealing with associations Tvlch will apply equally to religious and tecnlar communities. He added, however, that this bill must not be regarded as a prelude to the separation of church and state. The debate was adjourned. It is reported that after the debate M. Floquet and M. De Cassagnac appointed seconds, but that M. Clemencean interfered and succeeded In preventing a threatened duel. It is the general opinion among members of tho Chamber of Deputies that , to-morrow's debate maybe critical as regards the existence of the Cabinet, owing to the dissatisfaction of the members of the liiaht at the Cabinet's announcement of its intention to Introduce a bill dealing with religious associations. The members of the Right, it appears, are determined to do their utmost to produce a Cabinet crisis. LORD DUTFEUIN HONORED AGAIN.

Appointed British Embassador to France nis Girted and Pretty Wife. London, Dec. 11. Lord Dufferin has been appointed British embassador to France, in place of the late Lord Lytton. Probably no English statesman is known letter throughout the world than the Marquis of Dufferin and Ava. His brilliant career of uniform success is almost without a parallel in the annals of politics and diplomacy. As orator, administrator, diplomat, author and man of the world, this remarkable man has attained equal distinction. Lord" Salisbury recently recognized 1.1.1 i ii is vj uujjt.riii urn Jini. Lord DulTerin's political value as an adherent and supporter of the present Tory Ministry by appointing this nobleman Warden of tho Cinqno Ports, and now anotberhonor has been added. The Marquis of Dufferin is fortnnate in having a wife who stands pre-eminent in the aristocratic society of Great Britain as a hostess and entertainer.' Lady Dufferin is about to publish her Canadian Journal, in which she will relate her experiences aa mistress of the Vice-regal Palace in OtMarchioness of Dufferin and Ata. tawa. Some time since the Marchioness made a hit by her book entitled "Our Viceregal Life in India." and it is expected that her second venture in authorship will at least equal, if not eclipse, the success attained by her lirst publication, Frederick Temple Blackwood, first Earl of Dutlerin and tirst Marquis of Duftcrin nnd Ava, was born in lSItf, educated at Jlton College, and succeeded his father as fifth Baron Dutlerin and Claudeboyc lie began bis career as a lord in waiting on Queen Victoria in 1S4G. His diplomatic triumphs were begun in 1S."5, wben he was attached to the Austrian mission. In 1SC0 he was British commissioner in Syria, and entered the Cabinet as Under Secretary for India in liT4. becoming Under Secretary of War two years later. In 1S72 Lord Dutlerin was appointed Governor-general of Canada, and his administration of that ollice showed him to be possessed of wonderful tact, persuasiveness and breadth of view, fcince leaving Canada, in 1878, Lord Dutlerin has been British minister to Kt. Petersburg. Constantinople and Rome, and also Viceroy of India. Lord Dutlerin was created an earl in 1871. since which time his peerage has been raised to a marquisate. STOKMT KUXTAIN. John Hull's Isles Again Swept by Furious and Destructive Gales. London, Dec. 11. If any people were ever disgusted with the weather it is the English. Kngland has frequently been visited by severe storms, her geographical position being such that she is particularly exposed to the gales coming in from the Atlantic or from the Uerman ocean, bnt not within the memory of any of the inhabitants has the conntry been subjected to such long continued and heavy galesas has swept over the land within the past two or three months. The storm which set in Wednesday night subsided for a time, like Its predecessors which did such a vast amount of Parnate, but the dimiuuation in the force of the gale was only temporary, and in a hort time the wind begin to increase In ei0cit3' and is iiow blowing with renewed vuor. lfce storm does not abme affect Lngland. It is raaing with equal vioSenco in Scotland. Ireland and Wales, and the damage wh:ch has been done will amount to many thousand of pounds. The losses by the destruction of telegraph, and telephono and electric-light lines are very heavy. lLe poles and wires are again iuwu la all directions. Along tho coasts

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the small craft fishing-beats and vessels engaged in the coastwise trade are tho principal sufferers. Many of these vessels were unable to claw off shore, and were dashed uoon the beaches, where heavy seas soon broke them up. Much wreckage is being cast uo along the banks at the lower part of the river Mersey, and fears are entertained forthesalety of the vessels which sailed from that port yesterday. Storms and lloods havo so weakened and undermined the ancient and massive walls by which the greater portion of the city of Chester is inclosed that portions of the old Komaii structure have been swept away. Three more underwriters engaged in the marine-insurance business have concluded to withdraw, as their losses nave been very heavy, and yesterday they tendered their resignations. This makes a total of seventeen underwriters who have withdrawn from the Society of Lloyds within a few weeks, and the effect upon ship-owners and shippers is not at all reaasnring. The extent of the business done by Lloyds may be imagined when it is stated that the value annually insured amounts to more thau $40,000,000. Hundreds of Chinese Drownwl. London. Dec. 11. A dispatch to the Times from Singapore states that a severe gale prevailed at Hong Kong on Dec. 4. A largo number of Chinese vessels were destroyed, and hundreds of Chinese sailors and laborers engaged about the harbor were drowned. European and other vessels lying at Hong Kong suffered little damage. RUSSIA'S DISTRESSFUL STATE.

All Classes Discouraged Over tha Prospect Famine Funds Frittered Away. London", Dec 12. The Chronicle's St. Petersburg correspondent says: "Matters here aro drifting from bad to worse. The whole energy of the Department of Finance seems centered in manipulating funds on the Berlin and Paris exchanges. Despite reports of gold imports, the Imperial Hank returns do not show an iucrcae. There is nothing to show whether the gold is locked in the war chest or what has become of it. All classes are discouraged because of the bolf-beartedness of the measures taken by the government to cope with the famine difficulties. The consequences of the famine are only beginning to be realized. Merchants complain that the prohibition of grain exports has locked nn capital, and that there is no circulation of money. The nobles are unable to collect their revenues, and, therefore, decline to pay what they owe shop-keepers. The cessation of court festivities causes dire distress to small tradesmen. The famine funds have been frittered away by local authorities. The grand remedial measures exist only on paper. Complaints of enormous expenditures on the army and navy have been taken advantage of by those unfriendly to the government. The whole empire appears to be a seething mas of discontent. Kev. Mr. Francis, the pastor of the British and American church, in an interview after his tour of the famine districts, said he believed that the full horrors of tho terrible affliction were yet to be described. NOT HIS FIltST LOVE. Wales's Son Declared His Passion for a French. Princess Ilefoto lie Met Victoria Mwrj. Copyright, 1S91. by tie New York Associated Press. London, Dec. 11. The arrangements for the marriage of the Duke of Clarence and Avondale was, it is understood, discussed by the Cabinet to-day. Although the act of 1889 bars a special grant to the Dake, the Ministers hold that a dowry can be voted to Princess Victoria Mary. The Prince of Wales will visit the Queen at Windsor on'Monday to state the intentions of the Ministers. Although March 10 has been announced as the wedding day, the Prince of Wales to-night authorized the statement that tho ceremony might take place earlier probably on Feb. 10 the anniversary of the Queen's marriage. The Prince of Wales will himself publicly announce the day when it has been definitely fixed. Mr. Gladstone and wifo called at Marlborough House2to-day to oficr their congratulations on tho betrothal. Mr. Gladstone merely signed his name in the visitors' hook, bnt his wilo had an Interview with the Princess of Wales and conveyed his good wishes. The Queen gave a dinner at Windsor to-night to tho Duke of Clarence, Princess Victoria Mary nnd the whole Teck family, who will leave the castle to-inorrow. The only current stories that the betrothal is due to the Duke of Clarence's persistent love under great opposition do not agree with court reports. On the contrary, it is known that the Duke of Clarence has long been enamored of Princess llelene of Orleans, and that two years ago be personally declared his passion to tho Comte d'Paris and received the assurance that Princess Heleno reciprocated his lovo, and that both her father and mother approved the match. Princess Heleno then went to Home to put tho question of a change of religion, as an absolute necessity, before the Pope, who told her that it would be impossible that such a change could obtain his remotest sympathy. The position remained unsettled until Prince George became ill. when the Queen and Prince and Princess of Wales becamo alarmed ever tho chance of the Duke of Fife n earing the throne. Presare was then nut upon the Dnke of Claicnce andAvondalo on every side, family and cabinet reasons being adduced against an alliance with the house of France. This pressure led to his acceptance of Peincess Victoria Mary, for whom he has shown a cousinly liking. The Queen has promised a dowery to the bride. Although apartments m Ht. James's Palace are being prepared as the tirst home of the pair. Clarence house, now occupied by the Duke of Kdinburg. is designed as their future residence. The royal family look forward to the permanent abode of tho Duke of Coburg on the death of the aged nncle. On the occasion of tho coming marriage the Queen will raise the Duke of Teck and his children to the dignity of "royal highnesses." They are now simply ',highnesses.,, flENEILU, FOREIGN NEWS. Members of the Paruelllte Faction Seeking Possession of the Paris Fund. London, Dec. 11. Mr. Justin McCarthy, as sole surviving trnstco of the Paris fund, has been served with a writ at tho suit of Messrs. Timothy Harrington. John Redmond, Clancy O'Connor Kenny and Kichard Laler, all of whom are members of the Parnellite section of tho Irish parliamentary party, who claim that the funds are subject to a trust in favor of themselves and other members of the National League. The petitioners request the removal of Mr. McCarthy from trusteeship and pray for tho appointment of a proper trustee. Mrs. Parnell is included in the writ as co-defendaut as administratrix of her husband's estate. Mr. McCarthy, when spoken to in regard to the action brought u gainst him. said that no proceedings in nn English court could ntTect the control of the funds. He stated that his own suit ngaiu6t Mr. Munroe. the Paris banker in whose custody the funds were placed by the trustees, to recover the money will be reached by Easter. Mr. McCarthy declared that ho did not entertain the slightest doubt as to the success of his suit. Little Girl Asanlted and Strangled. London. Dec 11. A most terrible crime came to light to-day at llrizhton. Edith Jeal. a five-year-old girl, was sent to a shop with her brother last night. While the boy was purchasing the articles he had been sent to buy, little Edith remained outside. When the ooy came out of the shop his sister bad disappeared. He searched for her for a time, and not finding her concluded that she had returned home. When he reached heme he told his parents of the occurrence. They, too. searched everywhere for the child, but without success. The police were notified, and this inoruiug they loitud Edith'd tody under shed in a crn'ket field. The little girl had been most horribly maltreated, ami then strangled. A man named Wood hu been arrested for the crime. He has been identified by a number of children as tho man who tried to entice them awaj. Amnesty to Political Offenders. PoKT-Ar-PitI.CK, Dec. 11. The government has finally taken a step which has been in contemplation for some time and which has been the subject of much deliber

ation on the part or President Hippolyto and his Cabinet. This is no less than a proclamation yesterday evening by the President announcing a general amnesty to political 'offenders. This carries with it the liberation of political prisoners now in enstody in the various prisons of tho republic. Tho proclamation has met with great lavor. Perfect tranquillity prevails. The issuing of the proclamation is taken to indicate that President Hippolyto feels absolute confidence in the strength of his position, and that he has no fear of the recurrence of the deplorable events of a few mouths ago. , American Pork Defended by Capri vl. Berlin, Dec, 11. In tho Keichstag to-day

Chancellor Von Caprivi said, referring to the complaints by certain German porkproducers as to tho alleged discovery of trichina in pork imported from the United States, that Germany ought not to doubt the good faith of the United States in the matter of exercising checks upon tho export of the diseased pork. Herr Kardotl censured the government for making too many concessions to the United States, which country, he said, reciprocated by sending pork infeated with tnchiniasis to Germany. Chancellor Von Caprivi replied that Germany had no right to question the word of faith of the United States, which government would doubtless take every precaution in the future to prevent the exportation of infected meat from that country. Thinks Harrison Will Apologize to Chill. London, Dec. 12. The Times coreespondent at Valparaiso says: "President Harrison's message is certain to produce a painful impression. The small American colony is highly indignant at the action of the Atuerican representatives, which they declare to be due to personal motives, gambling in exebance, etc. Nobody had the slightest idea that such misrepresentations as those sent to America by the wholesale at the end of Octobercould have been transmitted, much less indorsed by President Harrison. It is hoped that Congress will demand all of the documents, when the real truth will come out, and a message of apology from President Harrison will be necessary.'' Oyster Beds Foliated by Sewage. London, Dec. 11. Some alarm has been caused in Dublin by the allegation that oysters set on a tidal bank a few miles from the city aro not healthy, having been polluted by sewage carried over the bank by the in-coming tide, and that typhoid fever may bo traced in one instance to eating the oysters. The subject is one of considerable interest, as other oyster beds are known to be liable to similar pollution from the sewage of cities and towns. Cable Notes. The French Senate and the tariff committee have agreed to compromise imposing a high import duty on cotton yarns, tempered by a draw back 00 exported tissues. Among the passengers on board the steamer City of Chester, which sailed from Quecnstown Thursday for Now York, were Kev. Mother Gabriel, Sister Evanselina and nineteen lady postulants. They are on their way to Houston, Tex. Paris dealers in art, who have had a good trade with Germany, complain that the German authorities, in enforcing the laws against immoral prints, etc., seem to show a prejudice against prints and pictures of French origin, and that in Alsace-Lorraine particularly tho law is strained to injure French trado and divoroe the people from French art. THKEE KILLED IX A WRECK. Sad Collision Retween n Freight and Construction Train Near Murphysboro, 111. St. Louis, Deo. 11. A collision occurred last night, at Mountain Glenn, near Murphysboro, 111., on the Mobile & Ohio railroad, between a freight and construction train. At the general office here it is learned that three persons were killed and nine injured, one of them fatally. Tho following were killed: Engineer Flippen, of the freight train; Simon Olseu and J. Miller, of tho work train. Tho injured were: J. S. Applegate, chest injured and both legs fractured, will probably die; Logan Dixon, richt arm and collar bone broken, scalp wounded; James Llliot, right shoulder injured; William Gregory, badly hurt about body and hands; John Massey, scalp wound and injured about chest; Dennis Godfrey, large gash in head, left shoulder sprained, injuries considered serious. James llain and Charles Winters were more or less injured. The coroner's verdict places the blame on enzineer Citler. of the work train, who failed to Hug his train as he was ordered. Three Killed at a Crossing. Chicago, Dec. 11. Two women and an infant were instantly killed at Homewood, this evening, by a Big Four express train on the Illinois Central tracks, and one woman just escaped a similar fate. Those killed wero Mrs. Mary Witt, Mr?. Anna Gotschalk and the infant child of the latter, while Mrs. Witt's sister-in-law, Augusta Witt, was only saved by throwing herself from in front of the train. The three women were caught in the dusk on tho track, just ontsldo the village, returning home after a visit during the day with friends. Singular Accident Near Wesplug Water. Omaha, Nob., Dec.ll. By the explosion of a keg of powder at the stone quarries near Weeping Water John S. Swanson was blown up and landed senseless just above a charso of dynamite, the fuse of which bad already been lighted. Gus Anderson tried to rescue Swanson, bnt the dynamite exploded and both men were hurled a considerable distance. Swanson's right arm and leg are badly manzled, but he will recover. Anderson escaped with only slight injuries. Packing Establishment for Louisville. Louisville, Dec. 11. J. II, Cudahy, the Chicago pork-packer, has bought here tho plant of McFerran. Shallcross & Co., together with the Magnolia brand of hams, the plant of Huuhes, Taggart & Co.. in East Louisville; also twenty-three acres of ground south of the city. On this site he will erect a packing-house and stock-yards. Ho proposes to make this his chief distributing point for tho South and will ship from hero to foreign ports. He expeotato have a plant with a capacity of one million hams a day. He paid Hughes, Taggart &. Co. ::0,000, and for the twenty-three acres Sso.coo. JSot Approved by the Judge. Lakk Providence. La.. Dec. 11. To-day a case of larceny was tried. The prisoner, Georgo McGowen (colored), was charged with stealing a box of cigars. The proof was amnio and conclusive, but the colored jury brought in tho following verdict: "We, the jnry, tind the criminal not guilty." whereupon the judt'e turned towards the jurors, aud 6a id: "Gentlemen, 1 discharge you from further service as jurors because of your misconduct and incompetency." This is the tirst dismissal of tho kind that has ever been formally made here. Fight Prevented by a Governor. Milwaukee, Wis., Dec. 11. Joo Tansey and Dan Kagen had arranged a prize-tight, to come oil seven miles from Milwaukee, to-nicht, and two hundred sports bad bought tickets at $5 each. This evening Governor Peck cume to town, and personally ordered the sherill to prevent the mill. The principals were warned not to break the law. At midnight the plan is to leave the city for the State line, between Milwaukee and Chicago, at 3:45 in the morning. Will Wear Caps and Gowns. New Haven, Conn., Dec. 11. One hundred aud thirty-two men, or about twothirds of the senior class of Yale, havo voted m favor of caps andgowns, and they will be worn on commencement day. Information is advanced on the Yale campus to the etlrctthat everything pertaining to the receipts of the Yale-Princeton tamo has been e atistactorily settled, and that each college will receive 14,000. Movement of Steamers. New York, Dee. 11. Arrived: Noordland and Illinois, from Antwerp. London', Dec. 11. Sighted: Columbian and Durham City, from Huston; Lydian Monarch, lrom New ork. To purify Yonr blood Take Hood's Sarsaparilla,

nOKEIBLE OUTRAGE. Molten Metal Poured In the Eye of a Sleeping: Colored Wcman Her Child Barned. ViCK8KCUG, Miss.. Dec 11. The wife and infant child of Albert Coleman, colored, were the victims to-night of a most diabolical outrage. ho and her child were asleep wben some unknown person entered and poured molten lead in her ear, and spattered a large quantity of it on the child. The woman's ear is burned out, and the physicians think she will die. Tho child is terribly burned, bnt may recover. mm LOSSES BY FIRE. Property Destroyed at Various Points Several Barns Burned In Indiana. San Fhancisco. Dec. 11. Fire this afternoon destroyed the Thomas dye-works, JSheerer's asphaltum-works and the lumberyard and building occupied by the California Motor Company. John O'Neill, foreman of a fire-engine, was struck on the head by a falling cornice at the motor company's building, and it is thought his skull is fractured. Engine No. 3 collided with th o dummy of a cable car and a firemen was thrown to the ground and killed. The loss on the dye-works is estimated at $;5,0C0; insurance, ?10.000. Tho California Motor Company's loss is $30,000; insurance, SIG.OOO. Cickuo, Dec. 11. Fire last night burned the barn of Joseph Mitchell, four and onehalf miles southeast of this place. The tire was discovered -about 8 o'clock, bnt had progressed too far to be controlled. Tho eutire contents, excepting three colts, wore consumed, including four head of horses, three cows, &0 bushels of corn, farming implements, buggies, carriages nnd harness. The loss is estimated at 3.000; insured. It was supposed to bo tho work of an incendiary. Louisville, Dec. 11. The missing men supposed to be in the rmns at the burned candy factory returned to their homes yesterday, and the record closed with eight lives lost in the Menne's building and four in the Boone Paper Company's. The search has closed. The total property loss is now placed at $500,000. Muxcie. Ind., Dec. 11. To-day the residence of Conrad Zoller. a mile south of Muncie, was totally destroyed by tire. Mr. Zoller being absent, his wife bravely secured part of the household goods. The loss will amount to $1,200. with bnt little insurance. Cause unknown. Nobles vi llk, lnd.. Dee; 11. The barn on the farm of Joseph Mitchell, four miles northeast of this city, was burned last night, together with contents, including even horses and several cattle. Loss. (2.000; insurance, $00. The lire had an incendiary origin. New York, Dec. 11. Harvey Batterraan's dry-good store, at Graham and liroadway, Brooklyn, caught fire at an early hour this morning, and the stock and building were damaged to the extent of $45,000; insurance ample. Eminence, Ky., Dec .11. Fire which originated in the Constitutionalist ollice shortly after midnight destroyed a block of twelve frame buildings. Estimated loss, $25,000; partly insured. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. Secretary Foster continues to improve slowly, and was able to sit up for a short time this morning. Three lads at Lallarpe have been arrested for robbing a store, and are in jail in

default of bail. They bad been reading dime novels. The sixteen alleged Anarchists who were caught in the raid on Grief's Hall, at Chicago, several weeks ago, and were fined, have appealed their cases to tho Criminal Court. Over two hundred steerage passengers are detained at the barge ollice, New York, on suspicion of being contract laborers. Seventy-five laborers stated that they wore bound for Pennsylvania. Ten cars loaded with cattle were wrecked at the crossing of the Santa Fe nnd Union Pocitio tracks at Abilene, Kan. Two long traius crashed into eacn other. One of tho brakemen was injured fatally and other trainmen wero less seriously hurt. Tho injunction suit brought by Robert Lindblom to restrain the Chicago Board of Trade from expelling him as a member for sending market quotations to tho St. Louis Merchants' Exchange, was dismissed yesterday. The dismissal was cn a stipulation signed by both parties. Charles Man ley, a noted burglar, on trial at Pittsburg for robbing eighteen houses, walked quietly out of the Criminal Court room there yesterday morning, and has not been recaptured. His case is remarkable, as the court-room was crowded at the timo. Manley is wanted in Chicago and several other cities for robbery. James Johnson, colored, was hanged at Elizabothtown, N. C, yesterday in the presence of three thousand people. Johnson committed a criminal assault on Florence Sutton, a colored girl ten years of age, and thon murdered her. He confessed tho crime when arrested, but pro-, tested his innocence on the gallows. The commercial war now raging between Canada and Newfoundland will be considered by the Dominion Cabinet to-day. There are grave doubts whether the proposed extra duties can he levied on Canadian products, as the act relatos to countries vhose fishermen have access to Newfoundland waters in which Canadians are not accorded the privilege of tishing. Dates of Race Meetings Next Tear. New York, Dec. 11. At a meeting of the board of control of the governing body of recognized racing associations in the East the following dates were alloted for next year: Spring Meetings Brooklyn Jockey Club, Monday, May 5, to Saturday, May 128: New York Jockey Club, Monday, May E0, to Friday. Jnne 17; Coney Island Jockey Club, Saturday, June 18, to Saturday, July 12; Monmouth Park Racing Association, Monday, July 4, to Thursday, Ang. 25. Fall .Meetings Coney Island Jockey Club, Saturday, Aug. 27. to Saturday, Sept. 10; Brooklyn Jockey Club, Monday, Sept. 12. toFridav, Sept. SO; New York Jockey Club, Saturday, Oct. l.toSaturday, Oct. 15. Deeds of Desperadoes. SniNGMS Sprixgs, Cab, Dec. 11. Tho oftic of the Wells-Forgo Express Company of this place was robbed last night by two masked men, who covered tho agent with pistols and compelled him to surrender the keys of the safe. The robbers secured only watches and 00 in cash, and then lied to the hills. The sherill aud a posse are in pursuit. Little Rock. Ark.. Dec. 11. Shortly after midniaht last Monday night a gang of negroes forced open the door of the railway station at Linwood, Ark., and compelled agt-nt Ed Bryant to give up two express pnekages, one containing g'AX) aud the other 200! Iluslness Euibarraitsments. New York, Dec. 11. Francis Baker and Wendel Baker, composing the nrin of Francis Baker & Co., dry goods and commission merchants of this city, to-day assigned to Welcome S. Jar vis without preference. Debts, t 30,000. New Yokk. Dee. 11. A deficiency judgment for 35,591. against the Knickerbocker Brewing Company, in favor of Henry W. Poor, was filed to-day in the county clerk's office iu this city. New YnitK. Dec. 11. Charles P. Beckwith. broker and dealer in oils at No. 153 Maiden lane, made an assignment to-day to Joseph A. Berger, jr., without preferences. Obituary. N'AsnviLLE. Tenn., Dec. 11. Mr. A. Russell Duncan, a prominent citizen and member of th firms of Duncan .V Gaines and McCrea& Co.. died at his home. No. 1511 Broad street, at T:o0 this morning. Philadelphia. Dec. 11. Thomas R. Davis, auditor of the disbursements of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, died at his residence to-day. Mr. Davis was sixtyone years old and had been in the ernplor of the Pennsylvania road for the past fortytwo years. Diamond Bracelets, new styles, at Marcy's. Lovely Shell Hair Ornaments at Marcy's. Look at Marcy's lovely holiday stock.

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The author is a closo observer of nature of the Thoreau BChool, and nis stylo has a strong local New England llavor. The book is one that will bo enjoyed by all lovers of nature. Cloth, $1.13. Houghton, Mitilin & Co. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. publish "Three Tales." by W. I). O'Connor. The three tab's are "The Ghost." "The Brazen Android" and "The Carpenter." There is a brief preface by Walt Whitman. Cloth, 1.A Mrs. Mary Hartwell Catherwood is oat with a new novel entitled, "The Lady of Fort St John." The scene is laid in Acadia, and the story deals with events aud personages with which the author has familiarized herself by studies of Nova Scotian history and records. It has much the llavor and tone of "The Romance of Dollard," by the same author. Cloth, $1.25. Houghton, Mitilin & Co. A modernized version of the "Morte D'Arthur" is issued by the J. B. Lippincott Company, under the title of "King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table." 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Uncle Jerry Husk's Tavern. Mllwankeo t-t ntlneL A Montana man writes to the New York un, over tho initials "P. S. W.," to say that Uncle Jerry Rusk is not and never has been a farmer, but that he used to keep tavern at Oshkosh. "P. W." should go down to Dwight, in Illinois, where Dr. Keeley professes to cure the trouble with which "P. 8. W." appears to be atllicted. Secretary Rusk has a beautiful farm in Vernon count-, in this State, as described and illustrated in the Sunday bentinel. Ho never kept tavern at Oshkosh, but he did keep a sort of tavern in Vernon county, and possibly "P. S. W." was one of his guests that is to say. Uncle Jerry was sheriff and had charge of th jail. But it is not to anybody 's discredit to have kept a tavern at Oshko6h In the old days when "tho boys" were in tlio vigor of early manhood. To commune with the boys in tho?o days was a liberal education. There was more of brains in an early Oshkosh tavern than of anything el.se, except good whisky and fun. As Private Mulvaney says: "Oh, the times that was the times that was!" Cannon-Ball Found In a Piece of Wood. MtJiic o TiniCc The Muncie Pulp Company make their product from soft wood that is shipped hero from points along the Mississippi river. The wood, after arriving here, goes through a process at the mill where it is lirst chopped up in shavings and then boiled into pulp. Yesterday while one of tho big machines was hacking away on a block of timber it suddenly stopped. An investigation was made and a grape-shot was takrn from the chop-ping-box. The bail measured about three inches in diameter, and was in a good state of preservation. It la supposed to be a shot tind during a battle ; in the late war. which imbedded itself in a tree, und finally fonnd its way to the pulp-mill in the timber shipped from the South. It is highly rrized by the pulp-mill boys as an interesting relic, and will bo preserved as a memento of that memorable conliict. John A. Logwn fcerloasljr 111. Youxgstown. ().. Dec. ll.-John A. Logan, jr., is critically ill at the residence of C. li. Andrews. on Wick street, where he resides with his family. Recently he was attacked with la grippe, followed by the lormation of an abcess near the base of the brain iu the right side. Telegrams were sent to Washington to-night calling Mrs. (,'eneral Logan and Dr. Ritchie, a specialist, who are expected to arrive ht-io early to-morrow. Ilia condition to-night is regarded as serious. The Kenton. New York rreas. "I don't see why Jones should be a pessimist." "Oh, no's a self-made man, yon know-"

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