Ligonier Banner., Volume 25, Number 39, Ligonier, Noble County, 8 January 1891 — Page 2

{ AN EVENTFUL YEAR. 1 Many Things That Happened Duri - ing 1890. RECORD OF NOTABLE OCCURRENCES. . Disastrous Business Failures—Fatal Casualties and Startling Crimes—Leading Political and Social Events—Ne~ . crology—Disastrous Fires, Ete, 5 BUSINESS FAILURES. {INvoLvING $300,000 AND OVER, ON BANKS GENERALLY.] - Jan. 6—R. Deimel & Co., Chicago furniture ~ dealers: $300,000. i Jan. 14—Smith Middlings Purifier Co., Jackson, Mich. ; $#484,000. Jan. 16—Bank of H. R. Pierson & Son, Albany. N Y. Jan. 21-State Bank of Irwin, Kan. Jan. £7—John B. Lollande, New Orleans, cotton merchant; $600,000. J'eb. 4--Joseph P. Murphy, Philadelphia, man- ' ufacturer of cotton and woolen goods; §500,000. I¢éb. 11—Franklin Woodruff & Co., dealers in fish and salt, New York City; $400,000. - Mar. 13—Harrison & Loder, wholesale dry goods; New York City; $850,000. ; : Mar. 19—John F. Plummer & Co., wholesale dry goods, New York City;. $1,000,000. ! Apr. 7—George K. Sistare’'s Sons, bankers, New York City; $500,000. (Apr. 8-~Manhattan Bank, Manhattan, Kan, ; - §9561,000, - - . Apr. 19— TLouis Franke & Co., silk-merchants, New York City; $900,000. . Apr. 20—Bank of America and twelve branches, Philadelphia; $700,000. May I—Fechheimer, Rau &:Co., -shirt manufacturers, New York City; $400,000. Mur 13—Plattsburg Bank, Plattsburg, Mo. © - May 14—J. F. Reynolds, broker, New York City; $300,000. 5, May 19—Public Grain and Stock Exchange, New York City; largest bucket-shop in United ' States. ; . May 22—Bank of Middle Tennessee, Lebanon, ‘enn. = : J May 23—Owego (N. Y.) National Bank. Jun. 20—Park National Bank, Chicago. Jun.24—Bank of Hartford, Hartford, Wis. Jul R9—J. E. Tygert & Co., fertilizer manufacturers, Philadelphia, Pa.; $317,000. : Aug. 6—-State National Bank, Wellington, Kan, . Aug. 27—Potter, Lovell & Co., bankers, Boston; $5,000,000. . { Aug. 29—City National Bank, Hastings, Neb. Sen. 3—Hoxie & Mellor, Wisconsin lumber dealevs, $500,000. Sep. 4—-Sawyer, Wallace & Co., New York, Louisville and London, commission merchants and brokers; $2,000,000. : ¢ Sen. 6.-National bank at Kingman, Kan, Sep. 17—Gardner, Chase & Co., bankers and brokers, Boston; §2,000,000. Sep. 27—Bank of Madison, Jackson, Tenn.; §200,000. Oct, +—Fleming Bros., patent medicine firm, Pittshurgh, Pa.; $500,000. Oct. 10—Indianapolis (Ind,) Car Manufacturine Company: $600,000. : Oct. 13—Wallace, Waggoner & Co., wholesale grocers, Houston, Tex.; $300,0000 ...J. H. Hagerty & Co.’s bank, Aberdeen, S. D.; §30,000. Oet. 16—R. G. Peters’ Salt and Lumber Co., Manistee; Mich. ; 83,000,000, : Oct. 31—Leopold Bros., wholesale clothiers, Chicdgo, $300,000. . Nov. 11—Panic in Wall st., N. Y., caused the failure of brokers Decker, Howell & Co. (310;000.000) : -C. M. Whitney & Co. (§800,000), and Daniel Richmond (#200,000) ... John T. Walker & Co., silk importers, of New York City, $900,000. Nov. 14—Kansas City Packing Co., Armourdale, Kan.: §500,000. : Nov. Is—Kansas City Packing & Refrigerating Co., Boston; $1,000,000....Mi115, Robeson & Smith, brokers, New York City; 350,000. Nov. 18—P. W. Gailaudet & Co., New York City, brokers; $1.000,000. - : Nov. 20—Barker Brothers & Co., bankers, ‘Philadelphia; $3,000,000. ¢ Noy. 2i—Banking firm of Ragsdale & Co., Qklahoma City, O. T. . '~ Nov. 22—¥}irst National Bank of Alma, Kan. ... Bank of Waverly, Waverly, Kan. Nov. 2i—Edward Brandon, New York broker; §1.500,000..., Thomas Fawcett & Co., extensive coal dealers, Pittsburgh, {Pa.; $lOO,OOO, - Nov. 2—Thomas H. A]ion & Co., cotton commission firm, Memphis, Tenn. ; §750,000. : . Nov. 27—H. ;L Bell, banker, Duluth, Minn.; © $750,000. Nov. 38—B. K. Jamison & Co., bankers and brokers, Philadelphia; $1,000,000. Dee. 3—Rittenbouse Manufacturing Co., Passaic, N. J.; $BOO,OOO. Dee. 5—V. & A. Mmyer, cotton dealers, New Orleans; £2,soo,ooo....Delameter & Co., Meadviille, Pa., bankers; s4oo,ooo....Chicago Safe & " Loek Co.; £700,000. ! : li¢e. B—Roberts, Cushman & Co., dealers in bolters’ materials, of New York City, $500,000. Hee. 9 -american, National Bank, Arkansas City. Kan.... Nightingale Bros. & Knight, silk rmanufacturers, Paterson, N. J.; $400,000... Wehitten, Burdett & Young, Boston, wholesale clothiders: &700,000. 3 , Dee. 11—Kendrick, Pettus &.Co,, Clarksville, Torn., tobacco dealers; $400,000. { Dee. 11-—-Frankiin -Baank, Clarksville, Tenn.; C0E29.000, assets $250,000, . D=¢. 12—Venable & Heyman, wholesale liquor dea’ers, New York; $400,000....Henry Seibert, tobacco dealer, New York; $250,000. , Dee. 13—Druid Mills Manufacturing Co., - Batimore, Md. ; $600,000. ... Collier, Robertson & Jismbleton, wholesale grocers, Keokuk, la.; §175,000. ... Bell Miller & Co., dry-goods dealers, Cincinnati; $400,000. Uee, 16—Maris & Smith, bankers and brokers, Philadelphia; $300,000. : }ec. 17—Huron National Bank, Huron, S. D. e Clearfield County Bank, Clearfield, Pa., 250,000, Dee. 18—S§pokane Falls (Wash.) National Bank.... 57\ Kean & Co., bankers, Chicago. Dee. 19—Owens 8r05.,, Providence, R. L; £1.000,000. Lo . Dec. 23—Bateman 8r05.,, wholesale grocers, Fort Worth,Texas; $OO,OOO. .Dee. 24—The firm of Eiseman. & Co., drygoods merchants, Council Bluffs, la.; $300,000. Tece. 25—Sanborn County Bank, Woon- : g:u:‘.{ct, S. D....Marerick Bank, San Antonio, Dee. 27—City National Bank, Hastings, Neb.

3 : CASUALTIES. . {CAUSING LOSS OF FOUR OR MORE LIVES.] Jan, 3—Several lives lost in a snow-slide at Sicrra. City, Cal.... Four inmates of a logging cump cabin on the Tennessee river in Kentucky burned to death. { J+an. 6—Three men killed, others fatalty hurt in raiiroad bridge accident near Wellsboro, Pa. Jun, B—Kive men killed by mine cave-in near Trinidad, Cel. : Jans Y—Fourteen workmen killed by giving way ol caisson of new bridge at Louisville. Ky, 4. 19--Thomas Anderson and two children \\*-g“.-.s‘ued in burning house at Webster Springs, a, Jan. 12—Four persons killed and many others injured by cyclone at St. Louis. " ; Jan. 12—KEleven persons killed and many-. others injured bg cyclone at Clinton, Ky ....Two young ladies and two young men were drowned by upsetting of beat near Carmi, 111. Jan. 14—Four little children burned to death in ouilding destroyed by fire at Erie, Pa. ! Jan. 16—Four men killed by premature blast explosion near Johnson Cit(i,', Tenn. <Jan, 17—Five men roasted to death in railroad . accident near Cincinnati, : Jan. 21—Four men killed or fatally injured in raiiroad wreck 4t Omaha, Neb. : Jun., 23—Four persons attending a funeral ' kilied at.a railroad crossing in Chicago.... Five men killed by a powder explosion in Wilkes County, N. C. ‘ Jan, 24— Bix persons-killed and many others bualy injured by natural gas explosion at Columbusg, O. ! Jan. 25—¥ive railroad men- killed at a collision at Camp Hill, Ala. ; : Jan. 27—Seven persons killed and many others injured in railroad accident atv Carmel, Ind. Juan. ¥BB—Five men kilied by premature blast explosion near Sunbury, Pa. - ; ¥ebh, I—Bix men killed and two others fatally inicred by gas explosion in coal shaft at Wilkesbarre, Pa.... Five trainmen fatally hurt in railroad accident at Alma, Mo, = _ Feb. 3-—-Residence of Secretary of the Navy Tracy, in Washington, burned and the Secretary’s younger daughter and a French maid perished in the fire, and Mrs. Tracy received fatal injuries. The Sccretary was rescued in a partially asphyxiated condition, Feb, 4—Ten men killed in railroad accident near Cascade Locks, 0re....Tw0 women and two children burned to death by upsetting of a lamp at a dance in Marshwood, Pa. v Feb, s—-The town of Burke, Idaho, and the _mining ¢amp of Lyon City, Mont., greatly dam“aged by avalanches of snow, and many lives lost. I'eb. B—A man named Roth, his wife and four ~ children perished in their burniug dwelling. . ¥ub. 9—Seven boys drowned by capsizing of boat' at New Orleans.... Six persons . fell ' through ice and drowned near Kingston, N, Y. Fob, 15—-A Mrs. Kerr and three children ‘ burned to death near Wichita, Kan. : 0 _ Feb: 21—-Several railroad employes killed in an accident ot Suisan, Cal. | ieb. 22;1-('l'hree persons killed and many oihors se )uslgo (some fatally) injured by exiosion in a South Omaha (Neb.) packing- : Kmme....fiixty perscng drowned by giving way of storage dam at Prescott, A. T.... Oune man kitied and five other persons fatallg hurt by dynamite ex‘glosion at Adamsburg, Pa. Feb. #5-Woman and her three children d:owned near Cambridge City, Ind.. ZJawpr, 3--Seven moen and a bog suffocated in a buraing mine at Wilkesbarre, Pa. o i :1[,’&1?&\]!‘}*01’“11’!8“ killed by explosion in ol mineat Plymouth, Pa. i LoMar wfi —&ix persons killed and many others ir. nred in vailropd wreek near Hamburg, N, Y, ur. 7—Eight persons seriously (some fatal%az;" red in runaway accidgn‘%;ipf;_Bfiiéwiu, M s LRS L Miar 17—Twelve firemen at burning of wholem‘?'}‘e Book ;m%m fm!i?anupous llnd., impris- - ono !by failing wall and burned fo degin, many oibors beins “"ngflwm | Mz fo—iive miners bur ;:mfi%_fi: in mine SO FEUTIEY CWAH, v S Mar, 21=Five per ..;#,ilgfi,,‘;am ‘raflroad col- . Buion ean HAREOGK, Ny X 00l s :“rww bovs drowned by capsizing of B N ee i OBA NN R M; M, ”:%“: Wenyy aesirucy v W *fiw (e R

in many parts of the country. The city of Louisville and many smaller towns in Kentucky, Metropolis, 111., Jeffersonville, Mo., and other places suffered severelg in loss of life and progerty. INumber of killed several hundred with many others injured. Property loss many milléon. Severe blizzards throughout the northwest.

Mar. 31—Four men killed and many others in{,ured by dynamite explosion in mine at Coolurg, Ala.... Several persong injured (some fatally) in fire at St. Joseph’s convent, Milwaukee. Apr. I—Six boys killed by caving in of sand bank near Vernon, Tex.... Five persons killed by boiler explosion at Hatsonville, 11l - Apr. 2—-Three men killed and four others fatally injured in a mine explosion at Nanticoke, Pa. Apr. 7—Many lives reported destroyed by .cycione at Prophetstown, 111. Apr. 9—Four boys killed by faliing slab at Webb City, Mo.... Several persons killed and others injured by cyclone at Roanoke, Va., and in portions of Pennsylvania. Apr. 20—Fifty persons injured (five fatally) by falling of bridge at Springfield, O, Apr. 23—Three men Kkilled, two fatally and four others badly injured in mill explosion af New Castle, Pa. e e e

Apr. 24—Four men killed, four fatally and many others seriously hurt by explosion in silk works at Catasauqua, Pa. Apr. 25—Two young ladies killed, and one Young lady and two_youn% men fatally injured n runaway accident at Lima, O. T

- May s—Twelve persons-killed by wind-storm at Acton and Robin Creek, Tex. e 7

May 7—Ten persons drowned by capsizing of a yacht at Wheeling, Va. : May 8— Thirty insane persons burned to, death in county asylum destroyed by fire at Preston, N. Y. . X May 10—F'ive persons killed by violent wind storm in Northern Missouri, four at Cedar Valley, Kan., and four at Oil City. Pa.... Three workmen killed and several others injured by powder-mill explosion at Minton, Pa. May 12—Five railroad employes killed in freight-train collision near Chattanogoa,Tenn. May 15—Over 20 lives lost and nearly 20 houses wrecked by caving in of mine at Ashley, Pa. : May 21—Five miners killed by falling rocks in a mine at Calumet, Mich. Mar, 22—A fireman and two brakemen killed and several other persons iseriously injured in railway collision near Portage, N. Y. May 23—George Paterson, wife and two children, Salineville, 0.. killed by lightning. - May 25—Eight persons drowned by upsetting of boat near Fall River, Kan. ‘ May 26—Ben Meyers, base-ball catcher, killed at Mfintgomery by ball hitting ‘him in the mouth. i :

May 30+Fifteen people drowned by train of aatis going through an open draw at Oakland,

Jun. 3—l'en persons killed and many others injured by storm at Bradshaw, Neb.... Four farmers struck by lightning near Caro, Mich. Jun. s—Seven school children killed by lightning near Flandreau, S. D. : oy

~ Jun. 6—Engineér and four section men killed in a railroad accident near Rockford. 111. ;

Jun. B—Four children drowned at Rapids City, IIL, and seven young men at Boston, Mass. § Jun. 9—Eight men killed and many others injured in railroad collision at Warrenton, M 0.... Ten men injured, some of them fatally, in railroad wreck near Plymouth, Wis. Jun, 10—Three men killed by a cyclone at Piedmont, Ala. : Jun. 13—Mrs. Esther, her three daughters and two sons and about a dozen other persons on the banks of Bull creek near Waynesville, Ky , drowned in a flood, and three trainmen lose rheir lives in a washout caused by the high water. Jun. 15—Forty persons injured, many fatally, by a falling foot-bridge at Cleveland, O. Jun. 18—Eight persons drowned by flood caused by cloud-burst near Appomattox, S. D. ....A woman and her twin children killed by lightning at Williamsburg, Ky. - . Jun, 19—Four persons drowned at Pearia, Il Jun. 20—Many lives lost by cyclones in Lee and La Salle counties, 111.... Engineer and fire: man killed and many passengers injured in railroad aceident near Childs, Md.

Jun, 25—-Three men instantly killed and four others fatally injured by boiler explosion in stave-mill at North Star, Mich. Jun, 28—Two persons killed and 27 others injured inrailroad wreek near Nevada, M0....0ne hundred persons poisoned (four fatally) by drinking lemonade at a picnic in Wichita, Kan. ....John Mosser, wife and daughter, Wilkesbarre, Pa., fatally poisoned by eating sausage ....Entirefamily (Jerry Searles, wife and child) killed by lightning at Vanceburg, Ky.... Two women killed and seven other persons injured in railroad accident near Joliet, 111, @~

Jun, 30—Four persons killed by lightning in Columbus, ©O. :

Jul. s—Seven children were injured (five fatally) by gunpowder explosion at Industry, Pa. Jul. 7—Seven children’ named McCarthy killed by destruction of their house by cyclone at Fargo. N. D. . Jul. B—Several lives destroyed by severe wind-storm at Plattsburgh, N. 'Y....John Fosberg, wife and two children killed by lightning near Jamestown, N. D, P i

Jul 9—Five men killed and six others fatally injured in railroad collision near Birmingham, A1a.... Nine men drowned during a storm at Ball's Bluff, N. Y. Py Jul. 10—Three ladies killed and two others fatally injured by a train Bunning into their carriage at a crossing near f@vego, N. Y. Jul. 11—-Fifteen mwen ki¥ed and eight gthers injured by an oil and gas®xpiosion on a freight steamer at €hicago. - 0 - .

Jul. 13—Between 100 and 200 lives lost in cyclones near St. Paul, Minn. ‘Jul. 14—Ten kves lost in railroad collision at Smithville, Ky. Jul. 15—Ten men killed and many others dangerously hurt in a powder-mill explosion near Cincinnati, O, : Jul. 16—Mrs. John Hamlett and her four little children perished in their burning house near Valparaiso, Ind. : ’ Jul. 21—Two men killed, two others fatally and one seriously injured by explosion of threshing engine near Princeton, Ind. Jul. 22—Seven persons killed by cyclone in Traill County, N. D., and two at Ghent, Minn. ....Three men killed and many passengers injured in railroad accident near Limdon, Col. ....Three persons hurnedj to death and one fatally injured in a tenement house fire in Cincinnati, 0.... Four men Kkilled a{\d one other fa%ny injured in a railroad collision at Antigo, is. .

Jul. 26—Eight people killed, eleven others fatally and sixty slightly injured in cyclone at South Lawrence, Mass.... A man, wife and three children killed at railroad crossing at Grafton, W. Va. - Jul. 28—A collision between steamers off Fort Carroll, Md., caused the drowning of five persons.

- Jul. 29—Rey. David Plumb, wife and three children perished in their burning house at Cole, Ind. L

Aug. ?—'Ql‘wo passengers killed and many others seriously injured in railroad coilision near Redmond, Ind. : Aug. 12—Four men killed and a number of others seriously injured by eéxplosion of molten metal in steel works at Joliet, 111. Aug. 14—Engineer and fireman. killed and several other persons injured in railroad accident at Augusta, Mich. Aug. 19—Fourteen persons killed and ten fatally injured by cyclone at Wilkesbarre, Pa., and many lives were lost in surrounding country... Over 20 lives lost in railroad accident near Quiney, Mass. ) Aug. 21—Four persons killed and several others fatally injured by blowing down of street railway shgg at Phila.(‘ie'lph‘ia.‘Pa. el e

Aug. 2—Four men killed, two others fatally and several seriously injured by disconnected car descending gravity railroad at Reading, Pa. ..».Three men Killed and many others seriously injured by jumping from unmanageable locomotive near Lynes, Cal.... Four men killed in railroad accident at Summit, Cal.

Aug. 25—Three men killed and six others seriously injuredin railroad collision at Mullen, Neb.... Three men killed and five others injured in boiler explosion near Columbus, Mo. Aug. 27—Six persons drowned during severe rain-storm at East Union, O. Aug. 30—Milton Redin, Woodfield, 0., was caught in the ropes of an ascending balloon and fell when at the height of 1,000 feet, and was crushed to death. |

Sep. 2—Sixteen persons seriously, two fatally hurt in railroad accident near Xagle Gorge, ‘Wash....Three ladies, two children and a man gr(iwned by overturning of sloop at San Diego, al. i

Sep. 4—Four men and a woman killed and seyeral other persons injured in railroad wreck near Albany, N. Y. : Sep. b—Engineer and four tramps killed and fireman fatally scalded in raflroad wreck at Ganey, Kan. | s Sep. 6—F'ifteen men killed and many others injured by premature blast -explosion at Spokane Falls, Wash.... Engineer killed and fireman and three tramps- burned to death in railroad accident near Summit, Col.... Five Italians killed in railroad accident near Canyon City, Col. . Sep. 11-—Two engineers, fireman and brakefia% killed in railroad collision near Albany,

Sep. 19—Twenty-one persons killed and many others injured in a railroad accident at Shoemakersville, Pa.... Six persons drowned near KEvansville, Ark.... Four men killed by mine explosion near Wilkesbarre, Pa.... Five persong killed and several others seriously injured in railroad accident in Chicago. . Sep. 28-Eight men killed in collision of freight trains neer Pleasant Valley, O. Oct. 3—Five men instantly killed by saw-mill boiler explosion at Chervalla, Tenn. Oct. 4—Mrs. John Meßee, Dubuque, la., and her three children perished in burning dwelling. Oct. 7—Ten persons killed and many others injured by explosion in Dupont powder works near Wilmington, Del. : Oct. il—Four persons lost their lives in a hotel fire in Chicago. O¢t. 12—Five men drowned in the river at SN s L e

O¢t. 20—Four men killed and others injured by boiler explosions near Pittsburgh, Pa.... Steamer Annie Young burned off Lexindgton, Mich., and nine of the crew were drowned. Oct. 21—Four nmien blown to pieces by premature blast explosion at Collinston, Utah.... 'El:ive men killed by boiler explosion near Milan, enn. }

Oct. 22—A man, two women and a child killed at railroad crossing near Chickamaugsa, Ga.... Two men killed and 26 ‘passengers injured in railroad wreck near Birmingham, Ala.... Six men killed and seven other persons injured in a collision in railroad tunnel at Bloan’'s Val--le¥i Ky. o " Nov. 13—Five track repairers on ahand-car near Millersburg, Ky, killed by passenger train.... Five fersons iml‘efl and nearly 100 gtuers injured in railroad aceident near Salem, e, L ¢ &5

Nov. 17—Four persons killed by giving way | of span of bridge at Kansas City, M 0.... Three | workmen killed and others terribly injured by | boiler explosion at Mertztown. Pa. f Nov. 27—Five men drowned at Bayfield, Wis. | .... Three men killed and four others injured by | saw-mill boiler explosion at Scotland, Ga.... | Seventeen lives lost by burning of steamer at| Port Adams, La. = . i i

Nov. 28—Four men drowned near Oswego, N. | Y., while hunting in a boat.... Mr. Gebhard, | wife and two children killed by railroad train | at Closter, N. J. | WNov. 29—Six loggers drowned near Rice Lake, | ‘ isy i . l‘)iec. I—Five negroes drowned at Evansville, ]1 na. S i N

Dec. 2—Four men killed by saw-mill boiler | explosion near Espytown, Pa. i Dec. 3—Mrs. Rucker, Shelbyville, Ind., and| her two children fatally burned by explosion of “ natural gas. * Dec. 4—Two men Kkilled and four others in-| jured in railroad accident at Jacksonville, IlL| ....Three workmen fatally injured by explosion in a Cincinnati chemical manufactory....Nine| men killed and nine otheérs inljured by collaps-| ing of blast furnace at Joliet, 11l | Dec. 9—Four persons killed by a cyclone in| Walton Cdunty, Ga. . i Dec. 11—Mr. and | Mrs. E. T. Todd and their| daughter, Mrs. Slayton, of Sioux City, la., were killed by a train at Minneapolis, Minn.... Three sons of I. S. Archer were drowned in the Dela-| ware river at Valley Falls, Kan, | Dec. 13—The steamer Baton Rogue, was wrecked at Hermitage, La., and ten persons said to have been drowned.... Brakeman James was killed, and Engineer Nichols and Fireman Girse were fatally injured 1n a collision on the Union Pacific near Coyate, Wash.' ] Dec. 13—Five girls fatally, four others badly burned at Buchtel College, Akron, O.... Five persons killed by express train in Bristol, Pa. . Dec. 17—Four Hungarians killed by fall of coal in mine near Hazelton, Pa. &

Dec. 19—Four persons were killed in a wreck on the Wheeling & Lake Erie railroad near Bolivar, O. ° . | . Dec. 20—One man was killed and four others fatally injured in. a wreck on the Colorado Mid:« land near Cardiff, Col. : = |

~ Dec. 23—Five men were fatally burned by an explosion in the New Jersey steel and iron works at Trenton. S e B

Dec. 24—Five men were hurt, two fatally, by the overturning of a car of stone.at Gosport, Ind.... Seven workmen were buried in the debris of a falling building at Barberton, 0., and one killed and two fatally injured.... At Brazil, Ind., four men were fatally scalded by a boiler explosion. Dec. 26—Mrs. John Dietrich and three children, burned to death in. their home at Rochester. N. Y. . Dec.27—Between 30 and 40. persons drowned at Warwick, Eng., by bredaking of ice while skating. : ‘ ; CRIME. ‘ |SOME OF THE MORE ATROCIOUS MURDERS.] | Jan. 4—At Williamsburg, N. Y., Louis M. Franklin killed his wife, child and himself. -Jan. 7—Miss Fannie Keener, of Jacksonvill&‘. 11_1., was shot and mortally wounded on the street by Nathan Pasten, her colored coachman, who was also fatally shot by Miss Keener. Jan. ¥—Ed Church, aged 17, at Géyandomfi, ‘W. Va., poisoned'his father, inother, brothers and sisters. 9 | Jan. 9—Ferdinand Gasting killed Charles Kuycert near Winamaec, Ind., and then shat himself: the result of a feud. | ' Jan. 14—Motion for new trialin case of Coughlin, Burke and O'Sullivan connected with the Cronin murder in Chicago, overruled and prisoners taken to Joliet .penitentiary. New trial granted Kunze. Jan. 27—At Newport, Ark., John Schreidér shot Miss Emma Fry who had refused his hand and also shot James Messenger, her affianced husband. : " Jan. 28—At San Antonio, Tex., Tony Wilson, aged 18, stabbed Robert Miles, aged 15, killing him instantly; result of a boyish quarrel. - | Fevb. I—Near Alligator Bay, Ark., a man named Kelly kiiled his wife and a young niece in a fit of jealousy.... At Louisiana, Mo., Joseph Bacon, a negro boy 12 years old, kiiled his sister ‘and brother cged respectively 6 and 3 years. | Feb. B—At Miami, Mass.,; Robert Morton killed bis son John and the latter’s wife during a quarrel, | Feb. i2—Four of the alleged jury bribers in the Croniv ¢ese. Chicago, pleaded guilty. . Feb. 18— A young man named Booth stabbed to deatlh Rev. Whisman near Compton, Ky. Revenge for punishment received when a school boy was the reason assigned. Feb. 19—Warren Bloom shot and killed Warren Adkins at Hope, Ind. They quarreled over a game of marbles. ‘ Feb. 22—Cronin jury bribers were convicted ?.nd sentenced to three years in the peniteniary. : Febh. 26—Henry Llewellen, of Columbus, Ind;, killed his mother becanse she would not deed him the farm on which they both lived. ! Mar. 11—At Council Bluffs, la., Michael Hannah shot his wife and killed himself. Jealousy. Mar. 15—Frank Mingus killed his mother-in-law, Mrs. Lounsberry, near La Grange, Ind,, }l;eca.use she refused to allow him to enter her ouse. Mar. 11—A. J. Stratton killed W. W. Lewis at Bromfield, Neb., and was immediately lynched by a mob. . Mar. 20—Timothy Wineman, aged 12 years, killed Bertie Polhamus, aged 11 years, at Joliet, 111., during a game of marbles. / Apr. 10—A girl named Emma Stark confessed to having poisoned the Newland family, of Chicago (two of whom died), by putting ‘‘rough on rats” in their food, though she did not intend killing them. 2 = S

Apr. 14—Two of a gang of masked men who bad visited a man’s residence near Doniphon, Mo., for the purpose of whipping him, were killed by their intended victim’s 14-yedr-old 50n.... The U. S. Supreme Court approved the judgment of the California circuit court exonerating Deputy Marshal Neagle for the shooting of Judge Terry. Apr. 29—Judge Wallace, U. S. Supreme Court, granted writ of habeas corpus in case of Kemmler, sentenced to death; in'New York State by electricity. . | ! Dec. B—David Hoke, Wellington, 0., killed S. L. Sage, who had detected him in stealing, and then killed himself.

__Dec. 11—Hathaway Wall, of Henrietta Mills, N. C., shot his wife and brother-in-law and then committed suicide. y

_ Dec. 12—A¢t Jenn‘Lind. Ark., Joplin Miller killed five persons at¥d then shot himself... ..A;t Kalamazoo, Mich., Louis Scott killed his wife and himself. i

Dec. 22—In the Indian Territory Deputy United States Marshall Ladd shot his wife and then himself.... Henry Christiansen, in Chicago, killed his wife and then himself....ln'a fight on the steamer Big Sandy, near Queensboro, Ky., Frederick Johnson killed two men and fatally wounded two others.... At Bayou Cain, La., Ephriam Mendaza shot Mary Case because she refused to marry him and then killed himself.

~ Dec. 28—At Bradwell, W. Va., during a gambling dispute a man fatally wounded five persons and was himself shot dead. i

Dec. 24—At New Corydon, Ind., Wesley Tullis killed Miss Fraybill because she refused to marry him, and then took his own life. Dec. 24—At St. Louis Samuel Mickles killed his daughter, fatally wounded his wife and then killed himself; business despondency.

Dec. 27=While enraged Carl Reher, Carlisle, Minn., killed his wife and son, fatally wounded his daughter, and then committed suicide. |

; FIRES. | Jan. 10—Elevator at Baltimore, Md. ; 3580,000. Feb. 13—Three wholesale establishments in Farwell block, Chicago, 111. ‘ WFe}tl). 25—Court-house and jail' at Vancouver, ash. Mar. “—Village of Liberty, Ky., entirely consumed. ) i Mar. 9—Village of Jonesville, S. C., destroyed. Mar. 10—Clothing house of Stern & .Meyer, Cincinnati: $400,000. Apr. 3—The old Greeley homestead in Chappaqua, N. Y. : ! : Apr. 14—Gilbert Starch Factory, Des Moines, May 6—Singer Sewing Machine Company Works at Elizabethtown, N. J.; $700,000. May 11—Property to amount of $1,000,000 in Government warehouse at Nillett’s Point, L. 1. ! May 15—Flouring mill and elevator at Winona, Minn. ; $300,00§: ! May 16—Town of Covington, Neb., entirely destroyed. : | May R24—Every house in Coolidge, N. M.... Thirty-seven houses in Port Leyden, N. Y. May 31—Five blocks of buildings at Middleborough, Ky. Jun. 30—Plant of the Allen-Bradley Distillery Company and the Standard Oil Company’s Refinery at Louisville, Ky. _Jul. 6—Steamer Seagold and other property at East Tawas, Mich. Jul. s—Roseville, Pa., entirely destroyed. . Jul. 11—Twenty-eight houses at Ithaca, Mich. Jul. 13—Lumber yard and wall paper factory in Philadelphia: $600,000. Jul, 15— Warehouse at Minneapolis, Minn.; $750,000. a Jul. 21—Thirty-five houses, including church, at Poplar Bluff, Mo. > ~ Jul. 30—A large number of the best buildings in Seneca Falls, N. Y., including three newspaper offices; $700,000. ‘ PJ ul, 31--Two acres of buildings at Braddock, a. : . %ug. B—White's wheel works at Fort Wayne, nd. ‘Aug. 13—Large grain elevator and contents at Kalamazoo, Mich. ~_Aug. 14—Distillery and pork house at Louisville, Ky.; $1,000,000. . Aug. 17—Nine blocks at Highmore, S. D. }dfiil)g. 28—Eleven incendiary fises at Towana. aéep. 28.—~Fowler Bros’, packing house, Chicago; §750,000. : ‘ . Oct., 25 — Warehouses, steamboats, cotton, etc., a Mobile, Ala. ;- §600,000, i Nov.l—Cargo of cotton in New York harbor; §600,000. . : Nov. B—Gr9§l;i and Burlington hotels and %l{x)er business houses in San Francisco; ‘soo,~ Nl‘frov. 22—Bamford Bros’. silk mill, Paterson, Dec s—Four I%ge business blocks in Pittsburgh, Pa.; $360,000. . ! . Dee. 6—City of Sikeston, Mo., nearly| destroyed. : | liDe‘i‘ 3‘—»811; business buildings at Montpeer, In : G | _Deo. 13—8 ix business buildings and stocks at Nacona, Tex.... Eight large stores and nineteen _offices ab Pottstown, Pa.... Clothing establish: ifi}cgttogi;nso R, Barnaby & Co., at Providence, B,

Dec. 16—Dardanelle and Monticello, Ark., almost destroyed. 20l Dec. 17—Business part of Origk, Mo., destroyed. ! Dec. 20—Business part of Booneville, Ind. Dec. 22—Business part of Millard, Mo. Dec. 23—Two hotels and half dozen stores destroyed at San Augustine, Tex. Dec. 24—Large portion of Azalia, Mich., destroyed. Dec. 24—Block of business buildings destroyed at Viroqua, Wis. i Dec. 25—Masonic Temple at Baltimore destroyed; loss, $350,000. In addition to the foregoing, destructive conflagrations occurred in the business portion of the following towns: Wardner, Wash.; icity building, Lewiston, Me.; Muncie, Ind.; Greenwood, Ind.; court-house and stores, Gallatin, Mo., Flora, Miss.; Ferdinand, Ind.; Bunker Hill, Ind.: Covington, Neb.; Stanton, Neb.; Flwood, Ind.; Danbury, Conn.; Kenosha, Wis.; Paterson, N. J.; Mahle Lake, Minn.; Aurora, la.; Black River Falls, N. Y.; Cheney, Wash.; Reading, Mass.; Madrid, Neb.; Denver, Col.; Coalton, O.; Kirksville, Mo.: Maysville, Ga.; Alexis, Ill.; Kearney, Neb.; Elmoria, Col.; Pioneer, O.; Mitehell Station, Va.: Marshfield, Mo. ; Cornwells, Pa.; Theresa, N. Y.; Pearsall, Tex. 4 Gibson City, 11l ; St. Elmo, Col.: Knightsviile, Ind.: Korrodsburg, Ky.; Greenwood, Miss. ; Sierraville, Cal.; Hortsville, Ind.: Gilboa, N. Y.: Latham, Ill.: Scranton, Pa.; Elli-. cottsville, N. Y.; Hot Springs, Ark.; Ashley, Pa.; Auburn, Neb.: Cambridge, Wis.; Rathburn, 1. T.; Doggett, Cal.; Chatsworth, Ill.: Harlem, Mo.; Milaca, Minn.; Higbee, Mo:y Cerriliag, N. <M.;: Blus Hill, Neb.; Carbon, Wyo.; Pullman, Wash.; Livermore, Fa.; Calloa, Mo.; Lamar, Cal.; Delano, Cal.; , Sherman, N. Y.; Sherrodsville, O.: Travers, Cal.;- Walnut: Ill.; Madison, Mo.; Groten, S. D.; Pembroke, O.; Pinkstaff, IlL; Oxford, la.; Cocoa, Fla.; Hiawatha, Kan.; Park City, N. Y.; South Haven, Mich; Whitehall, Mich.; Crawford, Neb.; Ilion, N.Y.; Oneonta, Tenn.; Johnsonburg, Pa.; Pickrell, Neb.; Brainerd, Minn.; Fairfield, Neb.; Osage City, Kan.; Fairport, O.; Hamilton, Ifi.; Virden, Ill.; Leavenworth, Ind.; Stillwater, Penn.; Ulysses, Neb.: Andover, O; Apalachicola, Fla.; Arlington, Neb.: Chillicothe, Ill.; Owensburg, Ky.; Truckee, Cal.; Hartonran, Ark; Winslow, Ind.; Tremont, Pa.; Burton, O.; Narticoke. Pa.; Akron, N. Y.; Rayville, La.; Columbia, Tenn. FOREIGN. Jaun. I—Royal palace of King Leopold, near Brussels, destroyed by fire. Jan. 7—Exchange building of Brussels, one of the finest structures in Europe, burned by incendiaries; loss, $7,000,000....D0wager Empress : Augusta, of Germany, died at Berlin, aged 78 years. . Jan. 23—News received that another revolution had broken out in Costa Rica, Central America. . Feb. 3—Mr. Parnell's libel suit against London Times settled by compromise, the Times paying Mr. Parnell $25,000 danrages. Mar. 18—Resignation of Prince Bismarck as Chancelior accepted by Emperor William of Germany. e

Mar. 19—General von Caprivi appointed by Emperor William to succeed Prince Bismarck as Chancelleor.

Jul. 31—-Insurrect‘on in Argentine Republic reported suppressed and peace re-established. One thousand men killed and 5,000 injured during the progress of hostilities. Aug. 11—Cardinal Newman, eminent English Caté\célgc divine, died at Rirmingham, Eng., age . . ; Sep. 18—John Dillen and William O’Brien arrested at Dublin, charged with conspiracy and in inspiring tenants not to pay rent. Dec. 4—Bevis, Russel & Co., London bankers, failed for over $1,000,000. Dec. 6—At a meeting in London a majority of the Irish Nationalists deposed Mr. Parnell from leadership and elected Justin McCarthy in his stead. Dec. B—Three hundred lives lost and many houses wrecked by powder-mills explosion at Fai Ping Foo, China. : Dec. 9—Twenty Chinese Christians reported massacred at Hoong-Tuy Tein by members of the Loo Huy Sos Society, and mission and the buildings were burned. Dec. 11—Mr. Parnell and followers seized the plant of United Ireland, but it was afterwards recaptured by the anti-Parneliites. : Dec. 12—Previous to Mr. i%sirnell’s departure for Cork he and his follow.:s acain recaptured the office of United Ireland.

Dec. 15—Reported at Zanzibar “hat the Sultan of Vitu had destroyed an Lngli-i mission station on Tana river and Lilled several native Christians. & e :

Dec. 16—The political campaign in Ireland resulted in a free fight at Ballinakil in which several were injured. Lime was thrown in Mr. Parnell's eyes, blinding him. : Dec. 19—Fifteen persons were killed and about 40 injured, four fatally, in a wreck on the Intercolonial railroad near Quebec, Can. Dec. 20—Over 800 persons were killed by a powder explosion at Taiping, China. Dec. 23—In the election-at Kilkenny the Parnell candidate was defeated by the McCarthy candidate by 1,000 majority. - Dec. 24—The Hamburgh ship Libussa collided with the British ship Talookola from Calcutta for London and the captain, 22 of the crew and the passengers of the Talookolar were lost. : Dece. 24—An insurrection in Peru was suppressed at the cost of forty lives. Dec. 26—Dr. Heidrick*l Schleimann, famous archacologist, died at BéTlin, aged 68. - INDUSTRIAL. - Jan. 2—Suspension of colliery near Mount Carmel, Pa., threw 1.000 miners out of work. Jan. 18—Five collieries at Sharnobin, Pa., shut down, throwing 20,000 men and boys out of work., : Mar. 10—-Over 2,000 female shirt-makers in New York struck for uniform rates and reduction of hours of work. Apr. I—One thousand Chicago journeymen plumbers struck for higher pay, succeeding in their demand. T Apr. 7—Over 6,000 carpenters in Chicago struck for forty cents and eight hours’ work; strike subsequently settled in partial victory for strikers. = : A%)r. 15—Al1l the ‘union carpenters at Indianapolis struck for eight hours and 35 cents per h0ur....8y the shutting down of 1,200 coke veins at Scottdale, Pa., thousands of men were thrown out of employment. < o

Apr. 22—Carpenters’ strike in Indianapolis ended, strikers being allowed demand for eighthour day at 20 cents an hour. May 23—Strike of tube works employes at McKeesport, Pa., ended by strikers resuming work at old prices. Ei R :

May 26—It was reported that the carpenters’ strike for an eight-hour day had been successful in 11 cities, to the benefit of 40,000 members —twenty-four strikes still pending. Jun. 13—Street-car employes’ strike at Columbus, 0., satisfactorily settled. Jun. 16—General strike of switchmen inaugurated at Cleveland, O. il

Aug. B—The switchmen’s strike on the Mackay system of railroads ended by company granting increase in wages.... Knights of Labor employes on New York Central railroad between New York City and Buffalo went out on a strike because of discharge of men of their number. . 2L o) iy

Aug. 17—Fifteen Pinkerton men and five citizens injured (some of them fatally) at Albany, N. Y.. in trouble growing out of New York Central railroad strike. e

~ Aug. 23—About 65,000 men reported out of work in New York City, owing 10 brick-makers’ strike. S ; R SR ;

Aug. 25—Engineers’ and firemens’ strike at %hica,go stock yardsendedin victory for strikers. he switchmen then struck for higher wages, thus preventing the resumption of business.... Supreme Council of Federated Railway Employes decided not to order strike in aid of New York Central railway Knights of. Labor, but voted sympathy and aid in behalf of strikers. Aug. 28—The railroad strikes in "Chicago virtually settled and men resumed work. Sep. 17—The strike on the New York Central raillway declared off. Nov. 17—Several hat factories shut down at Danbury, Ct.; 5,000 persons thrown out of work. Dec. 2—Six thousand coal miners in ‘Alabama went out on a strike. 5 ; e

Dec. 11—Three thousand men and girls in Clark’s thread mill at Newark, N. J., struck.

METEOROLOGICAL.

Jan. 12—Severe cyclone at St. Louis, dostroiying lives and property.... Severe blizzard in Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska.... Two churches and several other buildings destroyed by storm at Sardis, Miss. Jan. 183—Cyclone at Clinton, Ky., demolished over 50 houses and destroyed several lives. Feb. B—Larthquake shock at Princeton, N. J. Feb. 25—Destructive hurricane at Gainesville, §ex. ...Tornado did much damage at Carson, av.

Feb. 27—Great damage done by tornado at Torrance, Miss, Mar. 12—Cyclone destroyed the village of Excelsior, Tex. . Mar. 22—Much damage done to property, one man killed and several other persons injured by cyclone at lidgemore, S. C. ; Mar. 24—Great damage done by severe windstorm throughout Oklahoma; man, wife and child killed by falling timbers of house. TApr. I—Destructive cyclone at Garrettville, enn.

Apr. 3—Destructive cyclone at Galena, Monmouth and Champaign, 111. Apr. 4—Severe and destructive tornado at Thomaston, Ga. . g Apr. 7—Destructive cyclone at Prophetstown, IIL Apr. 10—Destructive cyclones in sections of Virginia and Pennsylvania.... Severe floods in Western Pennsylvania. MApr. 11—Severe earthquake shock at Dover, e. - Apr. 23—Much damage to property by terrific cycione at Kyle, Tex. Apr. 24—Severe earthquake shock -at San Francisco. ... Destructive floods in the South. May b—Many lives lost and much damage to property by eyclones in Texas,... Severe tornado at Natches and Jackson, Miss, May 12—Destructive hurricane at Jefferson OCity, Mo. : - May 23—Severe earthquake shocks in vicinity of Billings, Mont.... A very severe rain and electrical storm in Western Pennsylvania; much damage to property and many lives lost. May 25—Severe shock of earthquake at Glov - ersviile, N. Y.... Destructive hurricane at New London, la. : : e Jun. 2—Great damage by waterspout at Loveland. k. Jun 8. —Village of Bradshaw, Neb., destroyed by a cyclone. . Jun. s—Tornado in neighborhood of Hubbard, la., destroyed many dwellings and farm builds lfigs,.. Destructive cloud-burst at Red Wing, ni. Eaic ey ¥ YA - Jun. 18—~Destructive cyclone at Lincoln, Neb,

Jun. 18—Destructive cloud-burst near Appomattox, S.D., and cyclone near Lebanon.... Cyclone did much damage at Logan, Kan. Jun. 20—Destructive cyclone in Lee and La Salle counties, 111. Jun. 22—Terrible and destructive cyclone at | Pleasanton and Sweetwater, Neb. | Jun. 27—Destructive .tornado in vicinity of Lowes, Ky.... Extreme heat in many Western sections, and many fatalities from sun-stroke. ....Damaging tornado in eastern part of Washington County, Wis. ; un. 28—Much damage by cyclone at Portland, Detroit, Reading and grange, Mich. Jun. 29—Earthquake shocks at Santa Rosa, Cal.... Destructive torrado at Gallatin, Tenn. ....Month of June reported to have been the hottest on record in United States. Jul. 7—Tornadoes in Minnesota and North Dakota and great damage at Maplewoed, Fargo (;md Moorhead and near Glyndon and Musoda. In'zl‘.u' 15—Earthquake shock at Martinsville, Jul. 19—Destructive eyclone at Pacific Junction, la. - ) Jul. 22—Destructive eyclones in Traill County, N. D,, and at Ghent, Minn, : Jul. 23—Buildings demolished by cyclone near Marshall, Minn. Jul. 26—Much damage done by cyclone at South Lawrence, Mass. hqul. 31—Destructive tornado in New Hampshire. " Aug. 4—Wind and hail-storm in Dickinson, Emmet, Lyons, Osceola and Winnebago counties, la., destroyed crops, killed several horses and cattle and severely injured many persons; large hail-stones fell to the depth of six inches. Aug. g—Light snow at Denver, Col. Aug. f9—Destructive cyclone at Wilkesbarre, Pa,, and vicinity. . Sep. 6—Destructive cyclone in Jackson and Roan counties, W. Va. ; Sep. 9—Desiructive cyclone in Clinton township, Md. : . Sep. 18—Destructive cyclone near Wianning, a Oct. 13—Damaging hurricane at Andale, Kan. Oct. 23—Two sbocks of earthquake at Cape Girardeau, Mo. Nov. 12—Every house in Cape Gracios, La., blown down by a hurricane. o . Dec, 24—Earthquake shock felt at Knoxville, Tenn. . : Dec. s—Violent earthquake shock at Lockwood, Mo. : Dec. 9—Mercury 33 degrees below zero at Lydonville, Vt.... Destructive fire in Walton County, Ga. ° a 5 Dec. 18—Severe storm in eastern portion of country; much damage along Atlantic coast. Dec. 26—Severe blizzard at New York City and on the Atlantic coust....Ten inches of snow at Washington, D. C. ~ ) NECROLOGY. ; . Jan. 2—George H. Boker, ex-U. S. Minister to Turkey and Russia, in Philadelphia. Jan. s—Rev. Ebenezer Dodge, D. D,, LL. D., president of Madison University, at Hamilton, NeXsaged 60, .. e o -

Jan. B—Ex-U. S. Senator E. G. Lapham at Canandaigua, N. Y., aged 76.... Ex-Governor George L. Woods, of Portland, Ore. Jan. 9.—Congressman W. D. Kelley, at Washington, aged 76. : : Jan. 12— Ex-Governor Nehemiah Greer, at Manhattan, Kan. Jan. 15>—Walker Blaine. examiner of claims in State Department at Washington, aged 35. Jan. 17—Judge S. T. Holmes, ex-Congressman from New York, at Bay City, Mich., aged 75.... Ex-Congressman R. M. Speer, at Huntingdon, Pa., aged 52.. : { Jan. 23—Adam Forepaugh, veteran circus proprietor, at Philadelphia, aged 68. Jan. 24—Ex-U. S. Senator H.H. Riddleberger, at Winchester, Va., aged 46. Jan. 25 — Ex-Congressman William Crutchfield, at Chattanocoga, Tenn, : Feb. 22—John Jacob Astor, the wealthy capitalist, in New York City, aged 67. Mar. I—Ex Congressman Charles L. Mitchell, at New Haven, Conn. Mar. 2—Ex-Congressman and ex-Governor g:mes E. English, at New Haven, Conn., aged - Mar. 4—Ex-Congressman Daniel B. Tilden, at Cleveland, 0., aged 84. Mar. 11—Ex-Congressman W. P. Taulbee, of Kentucky, in Washington.... Judge and exGovernor McCouns, of Virginia, at KFort Scotr, Kan., aged 74. Mar. 23—General and ex-Congressman Robert C. Schenck, 1n Washington, aged 81. Mar. 29—Ex-Congressman Samuel L. Sawyer, at Independence, Mo., aged 76. Apr. I—Congressman David Wilber at Onconta,. N.-Y. - 2 b O

~ Apr. 10—Ex-Congressman Eugene M. Wilson, of Minnesota, at Nasson, Bahama Islands.

Apr. 13—Congressman and ex-Speaker Samuel J. Randall, at Washington, aged 62. Apr. 19—Ex-Governor and ex-Congressman James Pollock, at Lockhaven, Pa., aged £0.... Ex-Governor W. W. Hoppin, at Providence, R. 1., aged 82. May 3—U. S. Senator James B. Beck, in ‘Washington, aged 58. Mayv 15—Brigadier-General N. H. Davis, U. S. A., retired, at Governor's Island, N. Y., aged 69. May 16—Ex-Judge Thomas Drummond, U. S. Circuit Court, at Wheaton, 111., aged 81. Jun. I—Ex-Coungressman John Thompson, at New Hamburg, N. Y., aged 81. & S

Jun. 25—Ex-Congressman John M. Crebs, at Carmi, 111. R i Ty

Jul. 3—General and ex-Congressman Gilman Marston, at Exeter, N. H., aged 79. Jul. B—Ex-Congressman P. D. Wiggington, at Oakland, {al. Jul. 9—General Clinton B. Fisk in New York City, aged 62. : Jul. 11—Ex-U. S. Senator Thomas C. McCreery, at Owensboro, Ky., aged 73. Jul. 13—Major-General John C. Fremont in New York City, aged 77. S Jul. 18—Eugene Schuyler, American ConsulGeneral at Cairo, Egypt, aged 50. Jul. 19—Congressman James P. Walker, at Dexter, Mo. ? i Jul. 26—Judge and ex-Congressman Samuel S. Marshall, at McLeansboro, 111., aged 68. Aug. 10—John Boyle O'Reilly, poet and editor, at Cohasset, Mass., aged 46. Aug. 18—Corydon Beckwith, noted Northwestern jurist, at Chicago, aged 69. ! Aug. 23—~ Ex-Congressman Horace i, ’uge, at San Krancisco, aged 57. Aug. 2%s—Congressman Lewis F. Watsen, (Pennsylvania) at Washington. Aug. 27—Ex-Congressman M, L. Ronham, at Columbia, S. C. Sep. 4—General and ex-Governor E. F. Noyes, at Cincinnati, aged 58. : ) Sep. B—Ex-U. S. Senator Isaac P. Christiancy, at Lansing, Mich. t ; Sep. 13—Ex-Congressman Rufus H. King, at Catskill, N. Y., aged 70. Sep. 18—Dion Boucicault, playwright and actor, in New York, aged 67. Sep. 19—Ex-Congressman Jacob M. THornburgh, at Knoxville, Tenn. . Sep. 22—Ex-Congressman William Heilman, at Evansville, Ind., aged 66.... Ex-Congressman Frank L. Morey, of Louisiana, at Washington. Oct. 13—Ex-Secretary of War W. W. Belknap, at Washington, aged 61.... Associate Justice of the U. S. Supreme Court Samuel F. Miller, at ‘Washington, aged 74. | Oct. 17—Austin Adams, ex Chief-Justice of the lowa Supreme Court, at Dubuque, aged 64. Nov. 7—General and ex-Governor E.A. O'Neal, | at Florence, Ala., aged 73. : ‘ Nov. B—Ex-Congressman Bunday Martin, at Columbia, Tenn.... General D. B. McKibben, U. S. A., retired, at Washington, aged 60. Nov. 14—General John C. Starkweather in ‘Washington. : Nov.- 20—Rear Admiral Oliver S. Glisson, U. S. N., retired, at Philadelphia, aged 81. Nov. 22—Ex:Congressman Sapp, at Council Bluffs, Ia:, aged 66. . Nov. 25—Ex-Governor James M. Smith, at-Co lumbus, Ga. Dec. 3—Ex-Congressman Isaac M. Jordan, at Cincinnati. Dec. 4—Dr. J. H. Baxter, Surgeon-General U. S. army, in Washington, aged 53. Dec. 11—Colonel A. H. Young, Quartermaster U. S. army, at Dover, N. H., aged 63. Deec. 13—Judge T. A. 8. Mitchell, of the Indiana Supreme Court, at Goshen, Ind., aged 54. . Dec. 15>—Ex-Congressman John A, Hiestand, at Lancaster, Pa., aged 60. Dee. 16—Colonel Glover Perin (retired), U. S. A., St. Paul, Minn. . Dec. 17—Major-General Alfred H. Terry, U. S. A., New Haven, Conn., aged 63. : Dec. 18—Ex-Congressman Henry D. McHenry, at Hartford, Conn. Dec. 26—Chief-Justice W. D. Simpson, of the S. C. Supreme Court, at Columbia. POLITICAL, SOCIAL, RELIGIOUS, ETC, Jan. 13—Mormons elected all the officers of the Utah Legislature.... Massachusetts State Senate adopted an order that the U. S. flag should be placed on every school-house in the State....A deadlock prevented the organitzation of the lower house of the lowa Legislaure. . Jan. 16—Committee reported in West Virginia Legislature on Gubernatorial election, the majority giving Fleming (Dem.) 237 majority for Governor, and the minority report giving Goft (Rep.) 137 majority. Jan. 17—8 Special committee of nine on the world’s fair guestion appointed in the U. 8. House.... An Afro-Amervican League of the U. S. organized in Chicago, J. C. Price, N. C., president. Jan. 29—In the lower Jlouse of Congress the Speaker counted us present and halping 1o form a’'quorum Damogctatic membars who had refused 10 answer L 0 a yea sna nay anil for votes, and long debate ensved amidiuica escitement. Jan. 30—The question of a quorum was settled in the lower House of Congress by o party vote sustaining the Speaker in his recognizing as gresent Democrats who retused to answer te their names.. 5 Feb. 3—The New York: Presbytery declared —93 to 43—in favor of revision of the Westminster Confession of Faith....U., 8. Supreme Court afirms constitutionality of test oath preventing Mormons from voting. i . Feb. 4—Centennial of formationof U. S. Sugireme Court celebrated by aNpublic meeting at et,rtgwlitan Opera-House, New York City.... The Gubernatorial contest in West Virginia settled by the Legislature—43 to 40—in favor of Fleming (Dem.).. : Feb. 10—Chicago Presbytex% voted in favor of, and Philadelphia and San Francisco Presbyteries voted nfamst, revision.... Muniecipal election in Salt Lake City, Utah, resulted in defeat of the Mormons by over 800 ma{orit.y.... President Harrison issued proclamation open--3 mgsicfix_marzauon, South Dakota, ~ Feb, 14—New code of rules adopted—l6l to 149 -gy lower house of Congress. iy a,bg’lzs—AL%meatmz‘ in Washington the three ] _fi,tionslf,i igxfi?n'sbstuflrgggy ag%g%i::mna _consolidated, with ] ézu e& Ak vicopaan president and Susan B. Anthony 88 Vice-presi-

Feb. 18—Extradition treaty ‘with Great Britain ratified by U. S. Senate. : B . Feb. 19—New York Legislature passed world’'s fair bill groviding for its location at New York City.... Parker Karle (Miss.) elected president of American Horticultural Society.... Dead-lock in Towa House broken by a compromise, Democrats securing speaker. i Feb. 20—Farmers' Co-operative Brotherhood of the United States incorporated at Springfield, IIL o - Feb. 24—U. S. House of Representatives votes for Chicago as site of world's fair in 1892.... Clan-na-Gael convention in Philadelphia expels Camp 20 of Chicago for ,its unfavoruble action in connection with the Cronin murder. Feb. 28—Senator Ingalls elected president pro tem. of U. S. Senate. Mar, 25—The U. S. House of Representatives passed world’s fair bill—2o2 to 49. ..President Harrison issued proclamation that new British extradition treaty would go into effect April 4. Apr. 3—Bill for admission of Idaho passed in U. S. House of Representatives—l29to 1; Democrats refused.to vote, and Speaker counted a quorum present, Apr. 19—Pan-American conference ended at ‘Washington. i Apr. 21—World’'s fair bill passed—43 to 18—in U. S. Seaate, with slight amendments. ; ‘I Apr. 25—World’s faif bill signed by President, Harrison. 5 Apr. 30—Lyman J. Gage elected president at Chicago of World's Fair Association. | May 2—U. S. House of Representatives de-~ feated—l26 to 98—international copyright bill.! May 6—New York State Senate defeated bill' to abolish capital punishment. May 21—McKinley tariff bill passed—l 62 to 142—by U. S. House of Representatives. : May 23—U. S. Supreme Court rendered decision in the case of Kemmler, sustaining the New York State law providing for execution of murderers by electricity. . - May 27—John W, Davis elected Governor by the Rhode Island Legislature. ; ‘ Jun. 17—U. S. Senate amended and passed—--42 to 25—House silver bill, enacting free coinage. Jun. 23—Dependent pension bill finally passed in Congress. Jun. 25—U. S. Senate amendments to freecoinage bill defeated in House. Jun. 27—World’s Columbian Exposition organized in Chicago: by electing ex-U. S. Senator Thomas W. Palmer, of Michigan, as presi* dent, and J. T. Dickinson, Texas, Secretary. Jul. 3—President Harrison signed bill for admission of Idaho into the Union as a State. Jul. B—Louisiana House of Representatives passed--88to 31--lottery bill over (Governor’s veto. ~ Jul. 9—Lousiana Senate deaied right of Governor to veto the lottery bill, and returned veto to House. ! ¢ Jul, 10—Louisiana House adopted Senate resolution declaring that the Governor had no power to veto lottery bill.... President Harrison approved bill for admission of Wyoming as a State. Jul., 12—Compromise silver bill passed in U. S. House of Representatives. : Aug. I—Special session Illinois Legislature ended after passage of World's Columbian Xxposition bill, : Aug. 4—First triennial cantonment of Patriarch’s Militant L.O. O. F. convened in Chicago. Aug. s—World’s fair bill signed by Governor of Illinois. : : Aug. B—First Assistant Postmaster-General Clarkson tendered his resignation to President Harrison. ' Aug. 11—National encampment G. A. R. convened at Boston. General W. V., Veazey elected Commander-in-Chief. ; - Aug. 28—Farmers’ National congre:s adopted a series of resolutions relating to National political affairs.... Colonel Leland J. Webb elected Commander-in-Chief off the National encampment of the Sons of Veterans in session at St. Joseph, Mo. ' : Sep. b—National Reform party organized at St. Louis. R ; :

Sep. 9—Tariff bill, with amendment, passed—--40 to 29—in U. S, Senate. ;

~ Sep. 10—Washington Legislature adjourned sine uie, s ! i

Sep. 19—Colonel George R. Davis elected Di-rector-General of World’s Columbian Exposition. il 5 i X

~ Sep. 23—Ltlke Front, Jackson and Washington Pa.;*ks, Chicago, accepted by the National Commissioners as the site for the world’s fair in 1893, ; ; L

Sep. 27—Conference report on tariff bill agreed to—lH2 to 87—1 n National House of Representatives.

Sep. 30—U. S. Senate agreed--33 to 2i—to conference report on tariff biil.... Ex-President, R. B. Hayes re-elected president of Nationul Prison Conggess, in session at Cincinnati. : ' Oct. I—U. 8. Uongress adjourned sine die.... President Harrison signed new taritf bill. ! . Oct, 31—Bulletin issued by Census Bureau stating population of United States at 62,480,540, ;

Nov. 20—Mrs. Potter Palmer, Chicago, elected president of board of lady managers of World’s Columbian Exposition.... Mrs. E. J. Phinney, C.eveland, 0., elected president of Non-Parti-san W. C. T. U, in session at Pittsburgh. Dec. I—Fifty-first Congress reassembled at ‘Washington....Second annual convention of National Farmers’ Alliance and Industrial Urnion met at Ocala, Fla. | ; Dec. 3—Copyright bill passed—l33to 756—1 n U. S. House of Representacives... National Colored Alliance convened at Ocala, Fla. e

Dec. 5—L. L. Polk re-elected president of National Farmers’ Alliance in session at Ocala, Fla. Dec. B—Firsi State Legislature of Idaho met at Boise City. Dee. 9—Col. Elliott F.Shepard re-elected president of American Sagbbath Union in session at Philadelphia. 1 Dec. 12—John L. M. Irby, Farmers' Alliance candidate, elected to United States Senate by South Carolina Legisiature. . Dec. 13—In a battle between the soldiers and Indians close to Pine Ridge ageney several on: both sides were killed, the Indians were routed and a number of them including Chief Kicking Bear, were captured. g : Dec. 15—Sitting Bull, the Sioux warrior and seven other Indians including his son and two chiefs were shot at his camp by Indian police. Five of the poiice were also killed. S Dec. 17—House passed bill fixing membership of House at 356. Bl v o e S

Dec. 19—It was reported that fighting had taken place in the Bad Lands between troops and some of Sitting Bull’s friends. + Dec. 22—Big Foot’s band of 150 hostile Indians were captured near Standing Rock agency. Dee. 24—In a skirmish in Pratt County South Dakota, the Indians killed three white men. : Deec. 24—President Harrison nominated Col. Charles Sutherland to be Surgeon-General of the army .... President Harrison nominated Henry B. Brown, of Michigan, to be Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. Dec. 24—President Harrison E;sued a procla-« mation declaring that the World’s Columbian Exposition would be opened in Chicago on May 1, 1893, and would not be closed before the last Thursday in Octoter of the same year.... Michigan’s two-cent railroad fare law was sustained by the Supreme Court of the State. Dec. 27—Big Foot and his band of hostile Indians captured on Porcupine Creek, in Souih Dukota. ! :

SPORTING. Jan. s—Joseph Donohue skated five miles at Minneapolis in_ seventeen minutes and eight. seconds, beating the best previous world’s record. ? Feb. 2—Hugh McCormick dcfeated Axtel Poulsenin a 10-mile skating race at Eau Claire, Wis., and claimed the title of champion skater of the West; time, 4644 minutes. ; Feb. 17—J. J. Corbett defedted Jake Kilrain in a six-round tight at'New Orleans. Feb. 18—Collins, an American, won annual sprinting match at Sheffield, Eng. Apr. 25—In a boat race at Sydney, N. S. W., for world’s championship, Peter Kemp defeated Neil Watterson by fifty lengths, /) May 6—John Meagher, at Detroit, Mich.; beat world’s record for 12 hours of heel-and-toe walking, making 67 miles with 15 geconds to spare. : S May 15—Sculling race for world's championship at Sydney, N. 5. W,, between Kemp and Wade; won by the former. k Jun. 18—Cornell crew won boat race on Cayuga lake, N. Y., over the Bowdoin men—l7m. 30 1-ss. ¢ Jun. 27—Yale defeated Harvard in a four-mile boat race at New London, C0nn,.—21:29 agdinst £1:40. s Aug. s—John H. Clausen, Boston, made a running hop, step and jump of 44 feet 5 inches, beating ullgrevious records by 314 inches. Aug. 18—Davis Dalton (American) flnished the task of swimming across the English channel in 23% hours. ) Aug. 22—In trotting match at Chicago Palo Alto made mile in 2:13, fastest recorded time in amatch. . Aug. 28—At Independence, la.. Roy Wilkes pacea a mile in 2:09, beating all previous stallion records....Salvaterrun a mile in 1:35% at M(oinmouth Park, N. J., the fastest time on record. Sep. I—E. C. Anthony, at Hartford, Conn., broke the world’s quarter mile bicycle record by making the distance in 32 2-5 seconds. on Sep. 6—Roy Wilkes paced half-nfile in 1:01% at Independence la., beating previous records. Sep. 26—At Kankakee, 111., Nelson lowered the world's stallion record to2:11%, and Faustina the 2-year-old record to 2:23%. Oct. 4—Close of the Players’-and National leagues’ base-ball season, Boston leading in the former and Brooklyn in the latter. ; Oct. 6—The stallion Nelson trotted a mile at the Terre Haute (Ind.) track in 2:11}4, breaking the world’s stailion record, aud Hal Pointer, on the sa:ne track, paced the three fastest con§ec;xtive heats ever made—2:o9%, 2:12% and 2:13. : Oct. 18—The stallivn Stamboul trotted a mile at Napa, Co'., 12 21154, brealiing Axtell's time onc-half cf a cecon . : e Oct. 21—Ne:#op, “he IMaine stallion, trotted a mile at Cambridgze (g, Ind, ia 2:103, beating all previous recovds. ! Oct. 22—Nelsou trotted 2 half mile on the Cambridge City (1ud;) track in }:O3. : Oct, 2—G. D. Balxd walked a half mile at San Francisco, Cgl., in £:54%, beating the world’s record. R Oot. 27—Belle Hamlin and Justina trotted a mile in 2:13 at Independence, la., beating all previous team records. ; Oct. 28—Louisville base-ball team defeated the Brooklyns—6 to R—at Brooklyn in seventh game for world’s championship —the clubs being tied—three games each, one being a tie. Remaining games postponed till spring. . Nov. I—Stallion Allerton lowered world’s record for 4-year-olds by trotting a mile 2:13%, at lndependence, la. -~ : Dec. 1--Jacob Schaefer defeated Geo. F. ‘Slosson—Boo to 609--in a billiard contest at New York for the world’'s championship. = = Dec. 24—At the international amateur skat_ing tournament in Cambridge; ] ns'q the cham¢_nioi;fish‘ie%ot tpg‘wq%qwag;wgpr nenonotm ~of Ne uzgn,‘ N. Y., who skated a mile and & half in minutes and 46 seconds.

Ie T o eey FIRESIDE FRAGMENTS. - —Dip bro?ms once a week in hot suds and they will wear much better. —When acid of any kind gets on cloth-. ing apply chloroform to restore the color after wetting in ammonia water. - —Thick sweet cream sweetened and flavored, and thickened with a little flour or corn starch and baked between two crusts is excellent..” ¢ —TLamp chimneys may be cleaned by holding them over the steam from a teakettle. and then rubbing them with soft cloth. Polish with newspa§:ar. ~ —Breakfast puffs: Ingredients—Thewhites of five eggs: yelks of five eggs; one quart of flour; salt. Beat yelks well, add beaten -whites; mix with flour and bake in gem pans in quick oven.— Detroit Free Press. SR ' —To take the rust out of steel, rub the steel with sweet oil; in a day or two rub with finely powered unslacked lime until the rust all disappears, then oil again, roll in woolen and put in a a dry place, especially if it be table cutlery. ' ; —Mashed Turnips:” Pare the turnips, cut in thick slices, and let them stand in cold.water half an hour, then put them on to boil until tender; drain them an& mash through a colander; add | salt, butter and cream and pepper; mix thoroughly ' and place in a hot dish.— Boston Herald. * < - - —To make a pretty bed-covering, cut twenty squares of butcher’s linen—six inches is a good-size —and on each work a floral design in yellow or red wash- ' silk. Connect these with an insertion of Russian lace and finish with a wide frill of the same. Narrow yellow or red: ribbon may be run through the insertion if desired. o oo iy . —Steamed Oysters: = Catefully pour ‘the liquor from a can of fresh oysters into. a porcelain-lined kettle. Into it put small bits of butter, with salt and pepper to suit the taste. . Now heag this to almost the boiling point. Into it pour ‘a- half-pint of sweet cream, and drop the oysters, one by one, into the steanaing ‘mixture. - Let them barely cook through. ‘

—The latest fad of wealthy and fastidious ladies is a -craze, not for crazyquilts, but silk sheets, daintily embroidered. Sachets, filled with sdme delicate perfume, are fastened in the corners, and a flower, corresponding to the one with ‘which the sachets are filled, is embroidered over the sheet. Oldfashioned ‘puffs” or eider-down quilts are filled inside with delicate perfumes, and ‘one reclines not on, but under, a bed of roses. -

—Yeast that will not sour: One pint each of sugar and sifted flour, one-half cup of saltand one large spoonful of giager; mix well together, add a little warm water and stir till smooth; then stir in five pints of boiling water in which a large handful of hops has been steeped - and strained out. When cool enotgh, put in one-half cup of yeast or one yeast cake softened in warm water. With a potato sponge one cup of “this yeast- will raise seven large loayes of bread. Itnever fails, Try it.—Household. S ; |

—Lobsters with Curry: Remove the meat from 4 lobster and cut inte small pieces. -Make a sauce by melting*two tablespoonsful butber, add cae tzlblespeenful chiopped onion and fry until yellow; mix two tablespconsful flour and one teaspoonful curry together and add; then pour on slowly one pint hot milk. Strain, add one teaspoonful salt, one saltspoonful pepper and the lobster; simmer ten minutes. -To test the freshness of a lobster bend the tail back and if it springs again to its place the lobster isB fresh; 'if the tail ‘remains stretched out the lobster is stale.—Boston Globe. . :

~ WIT OF GREAT THINKERS. Brilliant Sayings of Soma of the World’s : Famous Men. Robert Hall, even when insane, did not lose his wonderful power of repartee. A 1 insincere condoler once visited him in the asylum and said, in a hypocritical tone: ‘‘What brought you here, "Mr. Hall?”? Hall touched his forehead with his finger ang replied: *“What will never bring you, sir—too much brain.” The extreme’ sensitiveness of Thackeray to , criticism is well known. He once said - to Douglass Jerrold: *I hear that yow have been saying that ‘The Virginians’ is the worst book I' ever wrote.” ©l’ neyer said any thing of the kind,” said Jerrold; ‘I said it was the worst book that anybody ever wrote.” ' , A lady who lived near Thomas Carlyle kept a Cochin-China fowl, and the crowing was so intolerable a nuisance that the philosopher sent to complain of it. The lady was indignant. “Why,” she said, ‘‘the fowls only crow four timos a day, and how can Mr. Carlyle be so much annoyed at that?’ ‘The lady forgets,” was the characteristic rejoiner, ‘‘the pain I suffer in waiting for these four crows.” The old nurse of James 1., having followed him from Edinburgh to London, entreated him to make her.son a gentleman.. ‘‘My good woman,” said the King, “I might make him a laird (land owner), but I could never make him a gentleman.” ‘They tell me, Sir John, that you-like a glass of wine,” said ‘George 111. to the commander-in-chief of Ireland. ‘‘Those who have reported that fact,” replied Sir John Irwin, ‘‘have done' me great injustide. I like a bottle.” - The duke of Norfolk, who was much addicted to the bottle, asked Foote, the actor, in what new character he should go to.a masquerade. - ‘‘Go sober,” was the instant reply. : A young officer complained to Napoleon that he had been six years a lieutenant. ‘I served seven years in that/™

grade,” was the answer, ‘‘and it has not prevented me from making my way.” Napoleon ‘was, at one.period of his career, a great economist. He said, bes tween St. Cloud and Paris, to Lauriston: ““Why does not the carriage go faster?” “It would,” - answered Lauriston, *if more oats were allowed.” -

The transition from-Napoleon to Wellington is easy. On one occasion the duke was in imminéent danger of being drowned at sea. The captain of the ship at bed time came to him and said: “It will soon: be all over with us.” ‘‘Very well,” answered the duke, ‘‘then Ishall net take off my boots.” Atsome party a lady of high rank asked him whether it was true that he had been surprised at Waterloo by Napoleon. I never was surprised till now,” was the chatracteristic reply. —Capell’s Saturday Journali . . A Right to the Title. ; “Youdear old blessed!” exclaimed Mrs} Soltair, when her husband handed her a fine pair of diamond earrings. ‘*“Why do you call me blessed?’ asked Soltair. : ‘“Because it is more blessed to give than to receive.”—Puck. » : A Solicitous Daughter. - - Old Gentieman (at head of stairs)— Sally, ain’t it time to go to bed? Sk - Sally—Yes, rather dear, don’t put it off another minute, your health, you know, is not robust.—-Life, . .