Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 6, Number 41, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 8 January 1885 — Page 2

|tappanw s]ta NAPPANEE. J XNDIANJ* NEWS OF THE WEEK BY TELEGRAPH AND MAIL. FROM WASHINGTON. The exchanges at * twenty-six leading clearing-houses in the United States during the week ended on the 27th aggregated $629,156,877, against the previous week. As compared with the corresponding period of 1883, the falling off amounts to $211,584,946. There were 1,405 murders committed in the United States during 1884, against 1,097 in 1883; hangings, 123, against 107 in 1883; suicides, 842, against 727 in 1883; casualties, 90,354, against U 5,910 in 1883. The entire fire losses in the United States and Canada were placed at $125,000,000. The Christmas Club at Washington, a benevolent and charitable association, of which Miss Nellie Arthur is the President, gave a Christmas diitner on the 30th ult. to six hundred poor childreu in the National Rifle’s Hall. After the repast each child was presented with a gift. President Arthur and several members of his Cabinet were present. According to reports made to the Bureau of Agriculture at Washington the total cotton production of the United States for the year 1884 is placed at 5,580,000 bales. President Arthur’s New Year’s Day reception at tbe White House was largely attended. There were 4,000 miles of railroad track laid in the United States during the year 1884, making the total railway mileage 125,500. There were 381 business failures in the United States and Canada during the seven days ended on the 2d, against 311 the j>revious seven days. The distribution was as follows: Middle States, 81; New England States, 38; Western, 138; Southern, 86; Pacific States and Territories, 23; Canada, 15. The public-debt statement for December is as follows: Total debt (including interest) $1,851,023,547; cash in Treasury, $4-'!2,-475,170; debt, less amouut in Treasury, $1,418,548,371. Increase during December, $611,384. Decrease since June3o, lßß4, $31,001,864. , The United States mints coined during December last $4,849,955, -of which $2,v 381,165 were standard dollars. official at Washington that live New York p}i ysicians recently examined into the condition of General Grant, and found him completely broken down in body, and requiring absoluto rest. 'lt is shown by a revision of tbe records of desertions from the regular army of the United States that 100,000 desertions occurred during the last seventy years. THE EAST. ’ It was reported on the 29th that the Now York Star (John Kelly’s paper) had been purchased by W. H. England, who was understood to represent a syndicate, including his father, I. W. England, publisher of the Sun. > On the 29th a dense fog had settled down over New York harbor, and incoming steamers would not trust themselves within the bar. 9 Vessels of all sorts were waiting for the inist to lift before starting. A few days ago State Senator Kiernan, of New York, married his brother’s widow, having first obtained a special dispensation from the Pope. One of the inmates of the Charlestown (Mass.) Alms-houso is Mrs. Matilda Roulston, the widow of Sergeant D. C. Roulston, U. S. A., who lost his life on the Greely expedition. Four young Greensburgh (Pa*.) men procured half a gallon of alcohol at a drug store recently and drank it all. Two of them died the next day and the others were suffering greatly. Philadelphia detectives learned a few days ago that Mrs. Amelia Gilson had for years been enticing children from their homes and training them to steal. Among her pupils was her ten-year-old son. Officials and employes of the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad have been notified of a general reduction in wages. The suspension is announced of the Locust Gap and Locust Spring collieries, at Mt. Carmel, Pa., operated by the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Company. Two thousand men were thrown out of employe ment. Owing to the carelessness of the driver, John Marrin, a carriage containing an old couple named Nicholans was driven over an embankment on the Brownsville pike, near Pittsburgh, Pa., a few nights ago, and the occupants were fatally injured. Frank Tallman, of Castile, N. Y., a wealthy farmer, was fatally shot a few days ago by the accidental discharge of a pistol in his own pocket. ■ The Pennsylvania Company recently discharged seven locomotive engineers for a conspiracy with the time clerk at Erie, by which they obtained SB,OOO of unearned payA fire a few days ago destroyed E. M. Jewett’s extensive cooperage establishment at Buffalo Plains, N. Y., with machinery, stock, supplies, and a boardinghouse, causing a loss of($100,000. The exports from the port of York, exclusive of specie, for the seven days ended on the 30th ult. were |55,382,000, against $6,429,000 for the previous seven days. The Pennsylvania Coal Company has issued a circular announcing an average reduction of twenty-five per cent, per ton in the price of coal. p John L. Sullivan, the pugilist, without cause, beat and kicked into insensibility in a Boston restaurant the other day a waiter girl named Rose Booth. Sullivan was intoxicated at the time. A While temporarily insane Mrs. De Hoff, who, with her child, reached Macedon, N. Y., the other day in search of her husband, cut her babe’s throat in tho railway station and then cut her own. The Philadelphia Mint coined 52,270,000 pieces during the year 1884, the value of which was $16)943,000. The issue on the 31st ult. of Bmdstreet’s annual report gives the total number of business failures in the United States during the year 1884 at 10,965, against 9,181 In 18S3. The total liabilities were $226,643,427, against $172,874,172 in 188:!. Canada had 327 failures, with liabilities of $19,191,306. In tbe carpet factory at Roxbury, Mass., eight hundred employes struck on the 31st ult. against a reduction of wages. It was announced on the Ist from Now York that the SIOO,OOO necessary to pay Vanderbilt’s claim on General Grant had been raised. The money raised had been fixed so that none of the creditors of the firm of Grant & Ward could touch it. In Johnson’s mill, at Adams, Mass., one hundred, .weavers struck on the 2d against a reduction, and were ordered from their tenements/' 1 * The death of McLaughlin, the young ctachmun who, on a sick bed, recently married the wealthy Widow Britton, a relative of Vanderbilt, occurred on the 2d at Stapleton, S. I. i The Glen Woolen Mill at North Adams was recently destroyed by fire, causing a loss of SIOO,OOO. V John McCullough, the actor, in boarding a moving train at Philadelphia a few ovenings ago slipped from the platform, and would have been crushed to death but for the assistance of a colored attendant. At Manchaug, Mass., some children were playing a few days ago on the ice and broke through, two girls of Mitchell Vanzant and a son of Levi Debraus, aged nine to eleven years, being drowned. - In the Susquehanna River an ice-gorge on the 2d at Nanticoke, Pa., flooded the lowlands. Traffic on the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Road was at a standstill, and travel was only possible in boats. Tub other evening an Arab tramp was WTwted and lodged la J*il at Wltfte ?l*ltp,

N. Y., and on his person was found a money belt containing SIO,OOO in English gold. The famous rifleman, Dr. Carver, broke a quarter of a ton of coal a few days ago with his rifle at New Haven, Conn., firing 630 shots in 33 minutes, and smashing the coal piece by piece. .wen *v:**mm WEST AND SOUTH. The other day W. H. Morris, who served four terms in the Missouri Legislature, was burned to death in his house in Ozark County. He had once made his escape, but ran back into the flames to save a valued relic. ~ gee The car-drivers who were on a strike at New Orleans on the 29th threw oars off the tracks, and maltreated the drivers, and a number of arrests were made. In the evening an agreement was made, and the strike ended with the men receiving an advance of five dollars per month. Mrs. Abraham Cromwell, a wealthy widow, aged seventy-five years, eloped from Tiffin, 0., a few days ago With Ode Mr. Buckley, the pair being married fn Michigan. Previous to the elopement the woman gave her admirer SIO,OOO, and made a will bequeathing him all her property. Buckley, it was alleged, has a wife insowe other part of the country who “stands in” with the schemes of her wily spouse. The bayous and rivers throughout Arkansas were over their banks on the 29th, flooding the country for miles. Railway tracks were under water, and bridges had beeu weakened, thus retarding travel, White River Valley plantations were submerged, and stock had been drowned. a r f J During a recent quarrel between Joins Thompson and Henry Couch, young farmers of Richmond, Mo., Thompson struck Couch on the head with a fence-rail, inflicting iujuries which resulted in death in a couple of hours. Suit has been brought by Mrs. Emma H. Wnllnce, of Chicago, to recover one-thir-tieth of tho real estate held by Trinity Church, in New York. She offers to settlo for $4,000,000 cash. Her father, Cornelius D. Thorpe, spent $60,000 in similar litigation. A fire swept away the business section of Kontland, rtul., a few mornings ago, the loss being estimated ut between $40,009 and $50,000. Advices of the 30th ult. state that the liquor traffic had been resumed at Des Moines, la., by a leading hotel and the ordinary number of saloons, while a brewery was in full blasts The firm of Etzel, Hutchinson ft Cos., dealers in toys and notions at St. Louis, have failed for $100,003. For tho second time within two years Hopkinsville, Ky., was recently laid waste by fire. The loss was estiinutod at $75,030. The other day Charles S. Campbell, Probate Judge, fled from Watertown, D. TANARUS., taking with him $4,000 belonging to the court arid private citizens. On the i.Oth ult. the two days’ session at Decatur of the Illinois State Prohibition Conference adjourned sine die. An address to the people of Illinois was adopted, calling on all voters to stand firm for victory in 1688, aud to help the organization in the work of gaining converts to the cause. Pleasant Anderson, residing near Blakesburg, la., was seized by a band of masked men tho other night nnd hurriod to a school-house, whore a mock trial was Indulged in, the sentence being death. They then hanged him to a tree.' A year ago Anderson was acquitted of the murder Os Chris McAllister, but a feeling prevailed-in the community that he was guilty, aud the lynching was the result. At Baltimore Leopold Van Zechnn, son of a General in the Saxon army, was suf-focated-recently by-gas from a stove. In the Mahoning (O.) Valley iron manufacturers have agreed upon a reduction of ten per cent, in the wages of employes. Striking miners of the Hocking Valley were reported to be rioflng again on the 30th ult.' Dynamite had been received, and attacks on railroad bridges were begun. A Sheriff with a large posse was on the trail of the mob. An infantry company and six troops of cavalry under command of Colonel Hatch of the Ninth Cavalry were on the 3f*th ult. ready to start from Leavenworth, Kan.,on an expedition into Indian Territory to remove trespassers from the Oklahoma Reservation. Armed men now patrol Fnlton, W. Va., and even women carry revolvers, to prevent a recurrenee of the robberies whioh have been recently committed. Suspicious characters have been driven out, and if they return will be shot. The first thief caught will be hanged immediately. Fourteen buildings at Pierre, D. TANARUS., were destroyed by fire a few days ago. The other day St. George Best, of Cincinnati, aftep being sentenced to three years iujfebepenifentiary for disseminating~eb£cene literature, swallowed poison in tne court-room and was (only saved by the heroic efforts of physicians. THEiUnited States District Court at Cincinnati on the 30th ult. sentenced five men to jail for from one to six months for illegal voting and two others were given half a year each for hindering citizens from depositing their ballots. The doors of the Newton County Bank of Neosho, Mo., were closed on the 30th ult. Liabilities, $50,000; as&ts, $45,000. It is said the Pope has made known his intention to confer a mark of distinction upon Miss Caldwell, of Virginia, who tendered $300,000 to found n Catholic University in New York. Advices received at Bozeman, M. Tv, on tho Ist stated that cattle were starving to death in the Madison and Yellowstone regions. The snow was two feet deep on the level, making it impossible for the animals to get at the grass. The other day Messrs. Dsrosset and Pass engaged in a duel with shot-guns in the streets of Rockwoort, Tenh., and both men were mortally wounded. At Fort Benton, M. TANARUS., the thermometer registered fifty-six degrees below zero on the 31st ult., and fifty-one below at Fort Keogh. The average during the past sixteen days was thirty-one degrees below zero. In Indianapolis on the Ist a package of $3,800 in currency, consigned by a bank In that city to the Treasurer of the United States, was abstracted between the express office aud the railway station. -■ The boilers of the tug Admiral exploded In the Chicago River on the evening of the 31st ult., aud five men wero blown to pieces. During the year 1884 the total of marine losses on the great lakes was $1,600,000. The aggregate of the losses, given by lakes, areas follows: Michigan, $205,675; Superior, $457,400; Huron, $261,800; Erie, $172,725; Ontario, $178,800; making a total, by important disasters, of $1,276,400. Other minor mishaps, $223,600. A fire at Evansville, Ind., originating in tho dry-goods house of Miller Brothers, destroyed property valued at $250,000 the other day. William Pearson, a Wealthy farmer and a strong spiritualist, residing near Chehnlis, AVy. TANARUS., imagined a few days ago that he received an order from a higher power to kill his infant child, and did so with a hammer. Whn he had finished he showed what he had done to his wife, who was also a spiritualist. He then said that if she would cut her throat Ke would do the same. Both were found the next morning falf-frozen, with their throats cut, but not yet dead. Pearson had revived sufficiently to state what is above related. He and his wife would probably die. On the Baltimore ft Ohio Road, near Grafton, 0., a wedge was driven in a frog early on , the morning of the 31st nit., wrecking a passenger train. The engine was hurled to the bottom of a creek, the driver being killed, and the fireman was scalded to death by escaping steam. Foul persons were injured seriously and a number badly shaken up. The financial loss was $50,000. At Hot Springs, Ark., a prohibitory liquor ordinance has gone into effect, with a limit of two years. TBl German bark LUe was recently wm*4 W M 4 the flrtt

■•v officer, tho cook and three seamen were drowned. Mrs. Charles Sellers, of Davton. 0., whfto handling a pistol recently supposed to be unloaded fatally shot her husband. The loss of eight lives resulted from the stranding of the Norwegian bark Lena recently on Hog Island Bar, near BlrdYNest,' Va., in a fog. On the 2d the coldest weather recorded at St. Paul, Minn., was noted 36 below zero. Throughout the Northwest the tHM pnrature ranged uuusuaUjr low, marking 55 below at Winnipeg, 45 below at Bismarck and 40 below at Duluth. An explosion destroyed a powder mill near Xenia, 0., the other morning, an employe being blown to pieces, A mob wrecked the Bristol tunnel on the Baltimore & Ohio Road, near Lexingtou, 0., early a few mornings ago. Three hundred feet of the structure caved In, compelling a transfer of passengers. The loss to the railway company was very heavy. On the 2d the Michigan Central Road cut the first-class passenger rate from Chicago to New York to $14.00, and was followed by the Lake Shore and Pennsylvania. A reduction to $12.50 was made by the Chicago ft Atlantic and the Niagara Short Line. At a recent meeting of the Northwestern Traveling Men’s Association in Chicago J. C. Miller was elected Pres dent. There are over 3,400 members, and during the past year $140,000 was disbursed in benefits, ieaving about $20,000 ip the treasury. Two men boarded a train on the Baltimore & Ohio Road on tho evening of the 2d at Rising Sun, Ind., and robbed the passengers of money, watches and valuables, and then jumped from the train while it was running at full speed. At Savannah, Ga., all tho white mes-senger-boys ip the employ of the Western Union Company have beeu discharged colored lads taking their places. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. Earthquake shocks occurred again is Spain on the 29th, partially destroying Frigiliana, a town of 3,000 inhabitants. Hundreds'of persons perished, being suddenly cngnlphed. It was estimated that the number of persons killed outright or who had died from iujuries received by tbe demolition of buildings, dwellings, etc., consequent on the recent earthquake shocks, would reach 1,700. Tho terror of the people was so great that the towns' were almost deserted, the population being encamped in the open fields. Great suffering prevailed. While attempting to row across Niag*ara River onth> 29th James Greenwood, of Chippewa, Out., broke an oar in mid-stream and was carried over the fulls. It was stated by the French Minister of Agriculture on the 29th that the Government would insist on the adoption of an inexcuse in the duty on cattle, A powder explosion recently in a gunsmith shop at Kralap, Bohemia, destroyed three houses, killed three persons aud injured many others. •Newspapers in Italy bewail the extent of the emigration-fever among the peasantry, and say that that country is being drained of its most productive factors. The panic in Spain over the recent earthquake was subsiding on the 30th ult. At Nerja the convulsion was followed by a hurricane which completed the destruction of the town. During a performance at a theater in Chollet, Eng., the other ovening a portion of the roof fell, seriously injuring 159 persons. An expedition sent from Germany to explore the interior of Africa has returned to the West Coast, the natives refusing to allow It to proceed. Six childreu were playing on Toronto Bay the other afternoon when the ice broke and three were drowned, viz.: Patrick Corbett, Robert Corbett and James Fallon. By a recent railway collision near Barnsley Junction, Eng., four persons were killed and thirty othe s were Injured. Earthquake shocks continued to be felt on the Ist at Jaen, Malaga, Benamargnsaj and Velez Malaga, in Spain. There wore also several severe shocks at Torrox, destroying more buildings. The town was completely abandoned. The total number of persons killed by the recent shock was estimated at 2,000, In the revenue office at Larnica, Cyprus, defalcations amounting to $250,000 developed en the 3lst ult., and several officials had fled to Asia^llinor. No reduction in postage rates will occur for the present between this country and Mexico. The proposed postal treaty has failed in the Mekican Senate. Advices of the 2d announce the death of Bishop Wiley, In charge of the American Methodist Mission in Shanghai, China. Several more earthquake shocks wero repprted on the 2d in Spain. Alhami and many other towns and villages were in ruins. A royal decree had been issued ordering a National subscription far the relief of the sufferer*. The total number of lives lost since the shocks began Was estimated at 3,500, and property valued at. millions of dollars had been destroyed. An explosion of dynamite occurred on the evening of the 2d on the underground railway in London, shattering the windows of a passing train and prostrating pedestrians on the platforms. LATER. An earthquake visited Frederick County, Md., on the night of the 3d. J. G. Hcrugham, teller in a'* National bank at Lexington, Ky., was on the 3d discovered to be a defaulter for $50,000. He had fled to Canada. James Lippett and William Bray were crushed to death in a mine at Walkerville, M. TANARUS., a few days ago. Some mysterious disease has swept off hundreds of cattle in Northern Kansas and Nebraska. The nitro-glycerine factory at Windfall, Pa., was blown up the other night and two employes, Charles Thompson and James Seiiniijg, were instantly killed. Oeoroe Link and Eva Miles, twenty and eighteen years old, respectively, broke through the lee wh*ile skating on Syracuse Lake, near Goshen, lad., on the evening of the 3d aud were drowned. Five coalmines of tho Delaware ft Lackawanna uml eight mines of the Delaware & Hudson Company, near Scranton, Pa., suspended on the 3d, throwing five thousand men out of work. It was estimated that ten thousand persons were idle In the Lackawanna Valloy. A Cincinnati police Lieutenant, named Mullen, was on the 3d sontoueed to one year in jail for imprisoning citizens on tho day of the October election in order to defraud them of their votes. Additional Shocks of earthquake occurred on the 4th in various parts of the Southern provinces of Spain. Great destitution prevailed among the people. The court-house at Moorfleld, W. Va., was on the 3d the scene of a bloody flghl on the question of who had been legally elected County Clerk. A strong guard was on duty, and all salooua ha'OTjeen closed. The money package recently lost by the Adnms Express Company at ludianapolis was in some mysterious manner replaced in the safe during the night of the Bd, probably by the frightened thief. St. Louis was on tho 3d swarming with beggars. Over twenty thousand people were out of work, and tho jSanltarf Aid Association was raising money td employ the destitute in cleaning tho streets. Advices reached Niobrara, Neb., on the 3d that a stage-driver and seven other men had been found frozen to death on the road between that place and Long Pine. A fire on the 4th in the Cordage Company’s works at Plymouth, Mass., caused a loss of $400,000. D. L. Moody opened revival meetings on the 4th at Richmond, Va., being rewarded with large congregations. Imports at the port of New York for the week ended on the 3d were $7,486,000. The total imports during 1884 were $424,496,000. Judge Chalmers, Associate Justice ol the Supreme Court of Mississippi, d|qd • i lew day* ago, “ “

18-84. a . 3j The More Important Events of the Year Just Closed. AT HOME. . - POLITICAL HAPPENINGS. JANUARY. 5. Resignation of Judge McCrary, of the Eighth Circuit Court. 3. Inauguration of Hon. George TANARUS). Robinson (Rep.) as Governor of Massachusetts. •Hi HleCtlon of Edmunds ns President pro tom. of the Senate. Inauguration of George W. Hoadly (Dem.) as Governor of Ohio, and Abbott as Governor of Npw Jersey. 15. Election of Henry B. Payne (Dem.) as Doited States Senator from Ohio. Election of F. W. Rockwell (Rep.) as Congressman of tho Twelfth Massachusetts Distr.ot. 18. Eiectlonof Judge Ephraim Wilson (Dem.) Uidted States Senator from Maryland. 2& W. B. Allison re-elected Senator from lowa. FEBRUARY. 6. Election of Hon. Joseph C. S. Blackburn (Dem.) United States Senator from Kentuoky. MARCH. 1. Election of K. H. Funston (Rep.) Congressman from the Second Kansas District. 6. John A Steveuson nominated for Governor by the Louisiana Republican State Convention. 18. George H. Corliss nominated for Governor by the Rhode Island Democratic State Convention, but declln.es, whereupon Thomas W. Sugar is substituted. 22. Governor Bourne renominated by tho Rhode Island Republican State Convention. David J. Brewer of Kansas, nominated by the President to be Judge of the Eighth Judicial Cfrcult Court, vice Hon. George W. McCrary, resigned. APRIL. 2. Election of Bourne (Rep.) to be Governor of Rhode Island. 16. General Oglesby nominated for Governor by the Illinois Republicans. I*. Frank T. Reid nominated for Governor by the Tennessee Republicans. 18. J. B. Hobbs nominated for Governor by the Illinois Prohibitionists, W. H. Calkins for Governor by the Indiana Republicans, and Governor Bate renominated for Governor by Tennessee Democrats. 22. McKnory (Dem.) elected Governor of Louisiana. J. S. Robinson nominated for Seoretarv of State by the Ohio Republican State Convention* 30. Governor Robie, of Maine, renomlnnted for Governor by Maine Republican State Convention. MAY. 16. Govornor Butler, of Massachusetts, nominated for President by the Anti-Monopo-list Convention at Chicago. 2(1. James B. Eustls (Dem.) elected United States Seuator from Louisiana to succeed B. F. Jonas. Doinocrat. 29. Govornor Butler, of Massachusetts, nominated for President, und General A. M. West for Vice-President by tho National Greenback Convention at Indianapolis, lud. •If NR. 2. Blnger Hermann (Rep.) elected Congressman from Oregon. 6. James G. Blaine, of Maine, nominated for President and John A. Logan for Vice-Presi-dent by the National Republican Convention in Chicago. The vote east tor the different candidates was as follows: First ballot—Arthur, 378: Blaine, 334 1 !; Edmunds, Hi; Logan, (Vli j: John Sherman, 3J; Hawley, 13; Lincoln, 4: General Slionnan, 2. Second ballot—Arthur, 276; 81utue,349; Edmunds, 85: Logan, 61; John Sherman, 28; Hawley, 13; Lincoln, 4; General Sherman, 3. Third ballot—Arthur, 274; 81aine,375; Edmunds,69; Logan, .’3; John Sherman, 25; Hawley, 13; Lincoln, 8; Sencrai Sherman, 2. Fourth ballot Arth ir, 207; Blaine, 511; Edmunds, 41; Logan, 7: Inwley, 15; Lincoln, 2. Whole number of and ‘legates present, 820; necessary to a choice, 411. 20. S. C. Potneroy, or Kansas, nominated for President and J. A. Coutant, of Coni eetieut, for Vioe-Presidont by the American Prohibition Convention, assembled at Chicago. JULY. 3. Carter H. Harrison nominated for Govornor by the Illinois Democratic Convention. 10. The Deinocratio National Convention assembled at Chicago; took the first ballot for a Presidential candidate, with the following result: Cleveland, <192; Bayax-d,170; Thurman, 88; McDonald, 56; Hoadly, 3; Randall, 78; Carlisle, 27; Hendricks, 1; Tilden, 1; Flower, 4. 11. Tho following is the vote received by tho different candidates for President in tho National Democratic Convention—second ballot: Cleveland, 683; Bayard, 8114; Hendricks. 45(4; Thurman, 4; Randall, 4; McDonald, 2. Whoio number of delegates nrcsoiit, 802; necessary to a choice, 647. Grover Cleveland, of New York, was thus nominated for President, and Thomas A. Hendrioks was afterwards nominated for Vice-President. 17. JJ. A. Martin nominated for Govornor by the Kansas Republican Convention. James G. Blaine writes a letter accepting the Republican/nomination for President. 21/General John A. Logan aocopts the Republican nomination for Vice-President. 24. John P. St. John nominated for President aud William H. Daniel for Vice-Presidont by the I*rot#bltionist National Convention at Pittsburgh, Pa. 24. R. S. Dwiggins nominated for Governor by Indiana Prohibitionist State Convention, and E. W. Wilson nominated for Governor by West Virginia Democrats. 25. Isaac P. Gray nominated for Govornor by Indiana Democratic State Convention. 30. Edwin Maxwell nominated for Govornor by West Virginia Republican and Greenback State Convention. AUGUST. 13. H. O. McDaniel nominated for Governor by Georgia Democratic State Convention, nnd J. S. Marmaduke for Governor by Missouri Democratic State Convention. 18. Ben Butler accepts his many nominations. 19. Grover Cleveland aecepts tho Democratic nomination for President. 20. Thomas A. Hendricks acocpts the Democratic nomination for Vice-President. 21. John Ireland renominated for Governor by the Democrats of Texas." 23. Belva Lockwood nominated for President by the Woman Suffragists at San Francisoo. SEPTEMBER. 1. 8. P. Hudson elected Govornor of Arkansas. 2. 8. T. Pingree elected Governor of Vermont. Governor Waller renominated for Governor by Connecticut Democrats. Governor Rusk, of Wisconsin, renominated for Governor by Republicans. Washington Jones indorsed for Governor by Texas Republicans, William E. Endicott for Govornor by Massachusetts Democrats, and Governor Robinson renominated for Governor by Republicans. 4. Belva Lockwood aecepts the Woman Suffragists' nomination for President. 8. Governor Robie ro-olectod Governor of Maine. 10. N. D. Fratt nominated for Governor by the Wisconsin Democrats, John M. Hill nominated for Governor by New Hampshire Democrats, Massachusetts Prohibitionists nominate J. H. Seelve for Governor, and Connecticut GroenbacAors nominate J. S. Curtis for Governor. 3). John, P. St John accepts the Prohibitionist nomination for President. OCTOBEn. 14. James Robinson, Republican, elected Secretary of State of Ohio. E. W. Wilson, Democrat elooted Governor of West Virginia. NOVEMBER. 4. Grover Cleveland elected President of tho United States, receiving 210 Electoral votes, to 182 received by James G Blaine. Tho following Is tho popular vote bv States cast for the different candidates; , 1 . States. | f J | S_ 6 I 3a Alabama 50,444 02,973 t ,i2 610 Arkansas 50.805 72,027 1,147 California 102,307 80,204 2,1117 2,020 Colorado 36.277 27.627 1,057 77* Connecticut.. H5,8i)8 67,182 1,(185 2,404 Delaware 12,778 17,054 6 65 Florida 28,031 31,700 74 Georgia 47.101 04,7817 125 184 Illinois 340,407 312,314 10,010 12,074 ludiana 238.480 244.1882 8. ISO 3,018 lowa.. 197,082 177.286 ...j... 1.472 Kansas 154,400 , 00,1:12 16,846 4,407. Kentuoky.... 118,674; ( 152,757 1.855 3,10(1 Louisiana 40,347 \ 62,546 I:.M 33S Maine 72.209 Ng 140 2,160 Maryland..... 85,601). 531 2,794 Mass'ehusetts 116,724' 122,481 24,433 10.U26 Michigan... . 192,669 180,361 763 18,403 Minnesota.... 111,085 70,065 3,583 4,684 Mississippi 42,774 78,515 Missouri...... 202,621* 235,088 2,153 Nebraska 76,877 54,354 .... 2,858 Nevada 8,193 5,577 NewHuinp... 43,24 1 39,102 553 1,576 New Jersey... 121,130 127,708 3 401! 6.150 New York.... 562.0,17. 563,154 17 064 25,003 North Car’li'a 125,008 142,905....... 448 Ohio 400.082 368,290 5U70 11,001 Oregon 88.852 24,593 713 488 Pennsylvania. 474,268 393,747 16,002 15,306 Rhode Island. 19,000 12,394 [429 128 S. Carolina.... 21,733 60,800 ...!.... Tennessee.... 124,078 133,258 057 1,131 Texas.. 88.35 1 223.208 8,321 3.511 Vermont 38,4111 17.342 7 1.618 Virginia 130,350 145,407 143 West Virginia (13,013 07,331 80S 027 Wisconsin 161,157 146,477 4,508 7.666 Total (,847,659; 4,013.001 133,880 150.f&) Pill nitty I (16,242 The following gentlemen woro aso oloSod Governors: Benjamin H. Eaton (Hop.), of Colorado; Henry B. Harrison, (Hep ), of Connecticut; R. A. Perry, (Dem). of Florida; John A. Martin, (Hep.), of Kansas; Governor Robinson, (Rep.), of Massachusetts; R. A. Algor, (llop.), of Michigan; John IS, Marmaduke, (Dem.), of Missouri; James E. Dawes, (Uep), of Nebraska; Moody Cuiricr, (Rep.), of Now Hampshire; A. M. Scaled, (Dem.), of North Carolina; S. T. Thompson, (Dem.). of South Carotyna; W. B. Bate, (De n.), of Ten neasco, and Governor John ire. nnd, (Dem.), of Texas. 15. The official canvass of New York State completed gives Cleveland a sma 1 plurality, insuring his erection beyoud a doubt 19. Joseph E. Brown re elected Senator from Georgia. DECEMBER. 8. The Electoral Col logo of eaoh State goes through the formality of casting the vote for President. Cleveland receives 219, Blaine 183, CASUALTIES. JANUARY. Lfiwslosi, J. Bursting of a dam at Houghton, Mloh, 6 Tow-boat burned near Pittsburgh, Ft, Q 6. Railway accident near Toronto, Ont,,, 88 Explosion of fire-damp in Scranton,Pa, 3 6. A convent fire at Belleville. 111.. 88 6. Court-house lire at Jorso.vvlllo, 111,,,.,, 4 8. House burned in Lenoir County, If. C., 9 Railway collision at Hrinton station. Pa. 8 Dess of bark Elmira at Long Branch,

15. Train passes through an o'l tire near Bradford, I*a., many badly injured.. 3 18. The steamship City of-Columbus sunk off Martha's Vineyard 101 At Uochcster, N. 11., boiler explosion.. 4 At Heading, Pa., chcmloal explosion... 3 21. A Ashing schooner reported lost at Gloucester, Mass. 14 23. Drowned in a whirlpool near Carthage, Tenn . 9 24. Explosion of fire-damp In ammo at Crested Butte, Cal 57 Three schooners of the Gloucester, Mass., fishing fleet reported lost 40 The schooner Jennie lost off St, John, W. B 6 28. The schooner George W. Stetson reported lost at G loucester. Mass 14 30. The schooner Waldo E. Irving, of Gloucester, Mass., reported lost 14 News received of a dynumlte explosion on Mlchipicoten River, near Port Arthur, Manitoba 5 31. Railway wreck near Indianapolis, Ind. 0 FEBRUARY. 1. Gasoline explosion at-Alliance, 0 7 stolß. The Ohio Valley floor! 67 At Rochester, N. V., by a train 3 6. Near Moorebcad, Ky., railway accident 5 7. At Allentown, Pa., falling of a burning building 5 14. At Auburn, N. Y., drowned 3 18. Near Park City, Utah, snow-slide 3 Powder explosion at London, Ont 3 Burned to death at Crockett, Tex 8 19. At Trenton Station, 0., railway wreck. 4 The Southern tornado (estimated) 370 30. Mine explosion at Uniontown, Pa 10 25. Burning hotel at Denver, Col 4 At Detroit, Mich., hotel burned 5 27. At Omaha. Neb., powder explosion 4 28. Burning of a tenement house in New York City 5 MARCH. 1. Near Helena, Ark., drowned 3 4. At Chattanooga, Tenff.,- poisoned 5 7. At Memphts. Mo., falling building 3 In Shelby County, la , railway wreck.. 3 9. At Alta, Utah, snow-slide 12 11. At Woodstock, Col., snow-slide 15 13. At Pocahontas, Va., mine explosion.. . 112 In Cherokee County, Ala., mine explosion .- , 3 17. At Carey, Col., snow-slide 3 Near Dayton, 0., railway wreck 3 19. At Cleveland, 0., oil explosion 3 20, Railway wreck near Salem, O 3 2L At Newport Ark., boiler explosion At Mount Carmel, Pa„ explosion 8 22. The ship Bombay, of Bath, Me., reported lost 18 25. ’Clone at Livingston, Ky., estimated... 20 26. Fishing schooner, of Gloucester City, Mass., reported lost 14 27. Drowned at Clarion, Pa 3 At Brunswick, Pa., by poisoned pork.. 5 28. Falling building at Cincinnati, () 8 20. Explosion of nitro glycerine at Gibbstown, N. J 6 APRIL. 1. By cyclone at Springpost, Tnd 5 The schooner Minnesota lost off Gloucester, Mass 5 By cyclone at Oakville, Ind 4 2. Railway wreck tu-ar Winnipeg, Man 5 3. Burning of the steanwr Rebecca Kveringliam, near Columbus, Ga 14 Cylono near Collinsville, Ala 3 4. Wrecking of the ocean steamer Daniel Steinmau off Halifax, N. S 5. Near Clyde, Tex., train wrecked 7 At Uraidwood, site of the old mino horror, drowned 5 8. At Vicksburg, Miss, drowned 6 10. Drowned off Oloueestor. Mass 6 15. Wind-storm at Chiploy, Ga 5 Boiler explosion at Heed City, Mich 3 By falling walls at Grand Haven, Midi. i3 27. Cyclone at Jamestown, O f 6 28. Cyclone at Xenia, (> f 6 20. Drowned on Nicollet River nt St. Al- E bert, Ind : \ 6 Collision of steamer off St. John's, ? Newfoundland 12 30. Burning of the Van Bureu County, ’ Mich., poor farm f. 14 Explosion at San Jose, Havana 21 MAY. 2. Tho ship Atlantinc wrecked off Wolf's Island, Canada 10 14. Railway accident near Couuellsvillo, Pa 14 Drowned at Duluth, Minn 4 19. Boiler explosion at Lewisburg, Ark 4 21. Drowned by the falling of a bridge at Portsmouth, O 5 23. The French brig Lonoi-mo sank oil tho Grand Banks, Newfoundland ~ 62 24. Boiler explosion nt Dubuque, In 6 2.1. Railway accident in Knupps tunnel, near Ligonier, Pa 9 30. Collapse of a warehouse at Raltimore, Md 6 JUNE. 3. Drowned off the coast of Florida, among whom was General O. K. Bubcook ; 3 7. Loss of tho schooner Fannie Fern off the Massachusetts const 5 A fishing schooner goes down off Newfoundland 13 Killed by lightning near Ottawa, Can.. 4 - 10. The fishing schooner Six Brothers lost at Bneadiou, Newfoundland 14 The brig Confede-rate iee-straiuled at St. John's, Newfoundland 30 14. An excursion train wrecked near Ashland, N. J.:~ 8 30. Boiler explosion at Albany 4 .‘4. Railway collision noar Shamokin, Pa... 3 28. Caving of a bank near Omaha, Neb 4 JULY. 1. Explosion in a colliery near Victoria, Cloud-burst nt Visalia, Cal 6 3. Hallway wreck near Cunningham, Mo. 6 5. Tornado noar Columbus, Ky 6. At Cairo,.lll., by storm 4 15. Schooner foundered off Beck's Beach, N.J 10 22. At Dell Rapids, by wind-storm 7 24. Drowned at Green Bay, Wis 3 Explosion of a steam-thrasher at Hushvillo, Ind 30. Floods nt Barton, Md 4 AUOUST. 3. Drowned near Eagle Croek, Ark 6 8. Carriage struck by a locamotlve at Shenandoah, Pa j 4 Fall of a mass of coal at Shenandoah, t g 11. Fire at Circleville, 6 ; 3 20. An Ohio River transfer boat capsized by a cyclone near Evansville Ind 21 SEPTEMBER. 10. Explosion In a distillery at Pekin, 111.. & 11. F.xplosk>n„of a steamer on tho James HiverTv irglnia 5 15. Explosion iu a repair shop at Pekin, 111. 3 Explosion of n boiler in a cotton comSress at Eufnula, Ala 3 1 of rock at Shamokin, Pa 2 Cyclone devastates at Shongo, N. Y 3 News received of a cloud-burst nt Paehecha, Mex 30 Railway collision at Furmingjrm, W.Va. 3 .OCTOBER. f 1. Drowned in a creek near Paris, Mo. ... 4 8. Wrecking of a train near Bayfield, Wis. 9 5. Wrcckingof a train near Dimith, Minn. 4 9. Explosion of a powder-mill/at F.minonsvlllo, Ont t. 4 27. Explosion in a coal-mine inenr Uniontown, Pa j. 15 29. Nows received of the losyof the steamer Estado de Sonora J-n a gale oil the lower qoast of Califpf-nia 57 NOVEMBER. 6. Fail of a furnaoe-stAck in Reading, Pa'. 8 7. Exnlosion of a sugar-boiler nt New Orleans, Ist J. 9 8. Sinking of a srrgtil pleasure bout near Mount Pleasant, tn .jJ 4 14. Wreck of tyfi-ain in a-T-svyjprte'ur Hempstead. Tex J 9 16. Wrecking lyFTtJily-saving crew on tho ■ Nova Scot In coast 9 19. Explosion of a steamship boiler noar Sclmn, Ala 6 DECEMBER. 8. Explosion of u coal mine noar Shamokin, Pa 5 12. During a recent gale on the Chesapeake Bay, Maryland 27 At a fire in Detroit, Mich 3 16. Burning of the St. John’s Homo for Children in Brooklyn, N. Y ; 19 CONFLAGRATIONS. The lossos by flro in the United States during 1884 are larger than they have been in anv your for the last quarter of a century, except the years of the Chicago and Boston fires, IS.I and 1872. August uqd October were specially disastrous, the losses in the former month reaching about $10,500,000 und In October iiear'y $ 12.000,000. In August there wero eighteen fires .which aggregated a loss of *4,140,000, aud thoro were twenty-five in October aggregating $5,(CM,200. May was the most fatal month, owing to the destruction of Brishin, Ashland, Thompson, Emporium ami California in Pennsylvania and Gilman Depot in New Jersey. The total loss that month in sixteen fires was $8,915,000. Tho summary by mouths is as follows: January s3,3l3,OflO.Soptomber... 3,250,000 Fobruary 2,945,0 C) October 5,(C!4,200 March 3,055,00) November... 3,077,40) April 8.398,(100 December... 4,0X),600 May 8.215,000! June 2,417,1X1.)! Total ....$48,925,000 July .4,015,00 > Total 1883.. .. 41,564,750 August... 4.140,0 )0!„ -The entire lire lossos in the United States and Canada are placed at about ,uo ),uuu. MURDERS. The total number of murders committed In tho United States as reported byte’orynph—and it must bo remembered that the.it is by no means complete—is 1,465, us compared with 1,607 in 1383, 1,487 in 1882 anti 1,265 in 18*1, The causes of these murders maybe classified as follows: guurrols.. CSHFcuds 19 lquor 167 Outrage 13 Jealousy 1731 Duels 11l By highwaymen 131 Ito-Nting arrest.,,,, 37 Highwaymen killed. 78 Solf-dol'ciis') 5 Insanity 61 Unknown.. ......193 Infanticide 25 The oausos leading to murder in many cases have been as trifling and sometimes almost as grotesque as those of suicide, and youthful crime has been alarmingly prevalent, LYNCHINGS. Judge Lynch did a thriving busncssln comparison with Jack Ketch. He strung up 105 Victims, as against 107 in 18S3, 121 in 188! und 00 Ip 1881. Tho number was largely ineroasod on account of the summary Justice which has been dealt out to horse aud outtlo thieves in Montana, no less thnt'4o having born disposed Os by vigilantes. The lynching* in the various States wore as follows: Alabama, 4; Arkansas, 10; California, 2; Colorado,2l; Florida, Georgia, 5; Indiana, 5; Kansas, 6; Kentucky, 7: Louisiana, 9; Maryland, 2; Mississippi, 13; Missouri, 3; Nebraska, it; North Carolina, 4; Ohio, 1; Irogon, 7; Pennsylvania, 1; South Carolina, 1: Texas, 17; Virginia. 4; West Virgin's, 8; Wisconsin, 1; Arizona. 1; Dakota, 7; Idaho, Is Montana, 40; New Mexico, 8; Utah, 4; Washington. 2; Wyoming 2. Os this number US) were white and 53 colored, and there were also 1 Japanese. 6 Mexican. 1 Hungarian, 1 Indian and 1 Portugese. One hundred and seventeen were lynoned In the North and 83 In thu Soutij, the 0X0066 in tho J*or*b hCßiff

to the work of vigilantes In Montana nnd Colorado. A novel feature of the year's, work was the lynching of three women, it being the first time in our criminal records that justice has t>cen dealt out by the mob to the female sox. SUICIDES. The number of persons who have committed subside In the United States during the year is 842, of whom 155 are females, as compared with 727 in 1883, 734 in 1882, ohd 005 in 1881. The causes arc as follows: Melancholy 245 Business losses 29 Insanity.... 15* Liquor 42 Domestic infelicity. 85 111-health 43 Disappointed love.. 47 Unknown 185 In the ranks of the suicides all ages may bo found, ranging from n boy of throe to a woman of ninety. The causes cover nil equally wide range, and in some instances are almost grotesque. The number of children who have taken their lives is extraordinary. HANGINGS. The hangman has been busy during the last year. The volume of crime has not materially increased, but there have been more executions than for several years past, as will be seen by the following statement. The total number is 123, as agninst 107 in 1883, 121 in 1882, and 00 in 1881. Arranged by months the result is as follows; January, 12; February, 7; March, 18; April. 11; May, 19; June, 8; July, 13; August, 15; September, 6; October, 8; November, 6; December, 9. The executions in tlic several States were as follows: Alabama, 6; Arkansas, 11; California, 10; Colorado, 1; Florida. 3; Georgia, 13; Illinois, 3; Indiana, 3; Kentucky, 5; Louisiana. 18; Maryland, 1; Mississippi, 5; Missouri, 5; Now Jersey,2; New York, 3; North Carolina. 2; Ohio, 0; Oregon, 1; Pennsylvania, 7: South Carolina 9; Tennessee, 2; Texas. 3; Virginia. 1; Arizona 0; adaho. 1; Washington Territory, 1; Wyoming, 1. Os tins number 70 wore whites, 57 colored, 2 V cans, 2 Indians and 1 creole. One of the tiins, hanged in Georgia, was a lad of 15 (colored). NECROLOGY. JANUARY. 2. R. J. Murcroft, play-writer, at Mnnsfleld, O. 3. Rev. Lawrence Walsh, Treasurer of the National Land League, at Boston. 5. Colonel John Irwin, editor of the Cleveland Leader. Herr Lasker, German Liberal statesman, at New York C ty. 8 Rov. Br. Stelling, prominent divine of Omaha. Neb. 0. Lieutenant Auger, son of General Auger, nt New York City. BrigadicfsGoncral James F. Hall, of Massachusetts. 15. Mrs. Stone, the distributor of $1,500,000in educational endowments, at Boston. 18. F.lizn Susan Qulncv. granddaughter of Jostah Quincy, of revolutionary fame, at Boston. Ex-Congressmnn Green Adams, of Kentucky. 21. Commodore Timothy A. Hunt, U. S. N., nt Now Haven, Conn. 26. Ex-Governor John Letcher, of Virginia. 28. Representative Edmund W. D. Mackey, of South Carolina. FEBRUARY. 2. Wendell Phillips, nt Boston. 11. Hon. Thomas Kinsclla, editor of tho Brooklyn Kaglc. 25. Ex-Governor Samuel Price, of West Virginia. 27. William H. Hunt, United States Minister to Russia. Ex-Governor Hubbard, of Connecticut. 20. Marsh T. Polk, ex-Stnte Treasurer of Tennessee. Mrs. Mary Brown, widow of John Brown, of Harper's Ferry notoriety. MARCH. 5. lion. Kenneth Rayner, Solicitor of the United States Treasury. 13. Ex-Judge Otis P. Lord, of the Supreme Court. 10. Bishop Kavnnaugh. Mmo. Anna Bishop, tho once famous singer. Adjutant Godfrey Weitzol, V. S. A., and Admiral Lessafoky, of the Russian squadron in American waters. 22. Daniel It. Hopkins, journalist and theatrical agent. Ezra Abbott, D.D., Professor of New Testament criticism In Harvard University. 27. Augustus Schell, the well-known Democratic politician of Now York. APRIL. 4. Gustav Richter, German painter. Colonel Joseph A. Itroadhead, Paymaster of the U. S. A. Alfred W. llurnett, the humorist and caricaturist, 5. K\-Lieutenant-Governor .Tube/: SV. Fitch, of Ohio. 0. Hon. John M. Milliken. ew-Trcnsurer of Ohio. Judge I). T. Cowcn, of Ohio. -o 14. John 0. Perry, recently appointed Chief Justice of Wyoming Territory. 25. Ex-Governor Marcus J,. Ward, of Now Jersey. MAY. 7. Judah P. Benjamin, tlio distinguished la wyor. 11. Paris C. Dunning, Ex-Governor of Jndi ana. 12. Charles O'Conor, lawvcr and politician. 13. Hon. Cyrus Hall McCormick, inventor. JUNK. ). Noah Swayno, ox-Judgo of the United States Supreme Court. 9. Henry G. Vennor, the weather prophet. 17. General William McCandlcss, of Pennsylvania. 18. Bishop Matthew Simpson, Senior Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States. William A. Beach, well-known New York lawyer. JULY. I. Allan Pinkerton, detective. 7. James Watson Webh, New York editor. 9. Ex-Congressman E. Smith, of Arkansas. 10. Paul Morphy, American chess-player. 22. Jane Grey Swisshclm, noar Pittsburgh, Pa. 23. Rear Admiral Georgo F. Emmons. AUGUST. 15. Rov. John Brown, who delivered an address of welcome to Lafayette ut Newburgh, N. V.. in 1824. 11. Josiah Poole, ex-Sonator from North Carolina. 18. J. J. Woodward, one of the physicians who attended President Garfield after assassination. Mary Clommer Ames, noted newspaper correspondent. 21. Jacob H. Kla, sixth Atiditor of the United States Treasury. 27. Richard Tweed, son of the late William M. Tweed. SEPTEMBER. 1. Chief-Justice E. H. English, of Arkansas. 2. Henry B. Anthony, United States Senator from Rhode Island. 3. George Foster Picrco, Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. 4. Charles J. Foigcr, Secretary of tho Treasury. 13. Robert Hoe, of printing-press fame, 26. F. T. Nichols, editor of the Memphis Aralanehe. 26. John W. Garrett, railway magnate, of Baltimore. OCTOBER. 2. Frank S. Chanfrau, the actor. 20. Thomas Maguire, New England journalist. 22. Bishop J. W. Wiley, of Cincinnati, in China. 27. Wilbur F. Storey, founder nnd owner of the Chicago Timex. NOVEMBER. 1. Chtfrles J. Faulkner, ex-Ministor to France. tt. Hon. Henry Fawcett, Postmaster-General of England. IV. Isaac Henderson, Now York capitalist and journalist. 14. WilPam A. Duncan, recently rc-clectcd Congressman from Kentucky. Georg") W. Jonoj, Confederate statesman. 26. 'Henry lvison, publisher. DECEMBER. 2. General Mott, of New Jersey. 8. Francis D. Moulton, of Beecher aud Tilton fume. 17. Bishop Fuller of Niagara. GENERAL. JANUARY. 1. The twentieth anniversary of Emancipation Day celebrated by the colored people. 4. Conclusion of the commercial treaty between Spain und the United States. Resignation of Henry Villard from tho Presidency of the Northern Paeitle. 7. Delmonico, the New York rostnuranter, mysteriously disappears. 14. Dolmonico’s t ody found frozen near Orange Mountain, N. J. Unveiling of the memorial statue to the late Senator Morton at lmUaiuipolis, Ind. s. 17. Election of Robert Harris to tho Presidency of the Northern Pacific Railroad. 24. Resignation of John C. Now, Assistant Secretary of the United States Treasury. Marriago of Frederick Douglass to Helen M. Pitts. FEBRUARY. 3. Inauguration of the winter carnival at Montreal. Official retirement of General Sherman from the Federal army by President Arthur. 13. Signing of the Commercial Convention between Spain and the United States. 16. The Supreme Court at Mount Vernon, 111., affirms the constitutionality of the Harjicr Liquor law. 17. Prince Bismarck returns the resolutions of (.omlolcr.ee passed by the United States House of Representatives on the death of Herr Lasker. Commander W. S. Schley, of Maryland, selected by Secretary of the Navy ( handler to command thcGreely relief expedition. The United States accepts the steamer Alert, presented by England, for tho Grecly relief expedition. 20. Arrival of the remains of tho Jeannette victims at New York. MARCH. 3. The validity of tho legal-tender notes sustained liv a decision of the United States Supreme Court. 4. The Kennedy Prohibition bill adopted by the lowa Senate. . , . Meeting of Hie Woman s Nntional Suffrage Society at Washington. 1). C. 15. Passage of a bill by tin- Ohio Legislature abolishing the convict contract system. 21. Doras at.ipt snow storms thoughout the West. 25. Damaging cyclones throughout the Southern aud Middle States. APRIL. 7. Rcs'gnatlon of John Jay Knox, Comptroller of the currency. 10. ltodgnat on of General Adam Badeau, United State) Consul General nt Havana. 15. Charles E. Coon, of New York, nominated for Assistant Secretary of the Troasury, vice John C. New, resigned, by President Arthur. 81. Uprising of the Ute Indians in Now Mexico. MAY. 10. The Alert, of tho Greoly relief expedition, sails from New York City--14. Conclusion of a treaty between Slam and the United States for the regulation of the liquor trafflo when conducted by American oitizens. 16. The Mexican Senate ratifies the reciprocity treaty with the United States. 21. Unveiling of a colossal statue of Martin Luther at Washington, D. C. *t. The shore end of the Mackey-Beunett cable- laid at Rook port, Mass. 23. Rev. Dr. Worthingtou.ot Potro'.t, elected fjolefitant Epßebop, v '

•JUNK. 17. Ex-CoiiKif'-sman Bolster Clymor, of Pennsylvania, commits suicide. . :10. Porflrio Din* elected President of the Mexican Republic. July. 4. Formal presentation of the Barthold! statue by France to the United States. John A. Kasson, Conjrressman from lowa, nominated by President Arthur Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States to Germany. 10. An earthquake shock visits the Eastern and Middle States. i 13. Refusal of the Canadian Government ta 1 extradite John C. Eno, the defaulting- bank' president. 18. News received of the discovery of Greely and his famished party in the Arctics by Commander Schley. 26. Arrival at-New York City of the advanca ship of the Greely Relief Expedition. , AUGUST. 8. Arrival at New York City of the bodies of the unfortunate members of the Greely expedition. S* 10. The Eastern and Middle States visited by a slight earthquake shock. 11. The south coajyt of Long Island and New Jersey again visited by an earthquake shook, A New York paper charges the members of the Greely expedition with cannibalism. 22. The United States steamer Tallapoosa sunk In collision with a sailing boat--27. The city of Lima, Peru, is captured by Caceres and a gang of outlaws. Government troops, however, rally and drive the invaders from the town. SEPTEMBER. 19. An earthquake shock visits Michigan, Ohio and Indiana. 25. Judge Gresham appointed Secretary of tnc Treasury by President Arthur. OCTOBER. 5. John R. McLean, of th" Cincinnati Enquirer, married ntsWashingtoTl. 11. Miscreants attempt to blow up the new Parliament building at Quebec by dynumite. 29. Mr. McCulloch appointed Secretary of the Treasury by President Arthur. NOVEMBER. MX J. Schuyler Crosby, Governor of Montana, appointed Assistant Postmaster-Gen-eral. 19. News received of the death of a large number of persons in Buchanan, Wise and Dickinson Counties, W. Va„ from an unknown disease. F. H. Blgnell, of Quebec, who during the summer commanded an expedition to Lake Misstassini, reports that body of water to be as large as Lake Superior. 27. The Federal Grand Jury nt Omaha, Neb., Indicts fifteen persons for fraud in connection with the sale of the Otoe Indian reservation lands, bv which tho rod men were defrauded to the amount of (20.000. DECEMBER. I. Suicide of Dr. Ferdinand Do Castro. 4. Publication of the text of the Spanish treaty. 16. Opening of tho Cotton and World's Exposition at New Orleans. 20. The statute of Admiral Dupont is unvoiled at Washington. . ABROAD. THE EGYPTIAN TKOUBIIs. JANUARY. 16. Massacre of the Egyptian officials nt El Obeid. 19. General Gordon jlispntehed to. Egypt. 26. General Gordon reaves Cairo for Khartoum as Governor-General of the Soudan. FEBRUARY. 4. Defoat of Baker Pasha near Tokar by El Mehdl with a loss of 2,00) men. 11. Tewfik Bey endeavors to cut his way out of Sinkat with 00.) followers, all of whom are massacred by the rebels. 17. Arrival of Geacral'sordon at Khartoum. 19. Defeat of Northcotes motion censuring tho English Government’s policy in tho Egyptian troubles in the British House of Commons. 21. Surrender of Tokar to the rebels. 29. Defeat of the rebel forces at Fort Baker by General Graham. MARCH. 9 Osman Digma refuses to surrender to General Graham. It. The rebel forces defeated with a loss of 4, 0 men in a battle near Zariba by General Graham's forces. 27. Close of the English campaign in the Soudan by the burning of Tamaniob. 39. News received of the defeat of Goneral Gordon, on the 16th, at Halflycr. . APRIL.. 29. The Shentfy massacre: 420 refugee* killed by the rebels. MAY. 26. Capture of Berber by El Mehdl. JULY. 2 News received of the massacre of three thousand people at Dchbtth by rebels. 7. News received of the defeat of the rebel* at Debbah, with u loss of two thousand men, by tho Mudir of IJongoliu AUGUST. 4. A credit of (100,000 is voted by the British House of Commons for the Khartoum relief expedition. SEPTEMBER--21. News received of great victories of General Gordon ovor tho False Prophet at Khartoum. OCTOBER. 3. News received of the recapture of Berber by General Gordon. 5. Colonel Stewart and party reported massacred by a party of treacherous Bedouins at Berber. * ACCIDENTS. JANUARY. Lil'CS lost. 12. At Arras, Franco, mine explosion 7 14. Steamer Hwalyren wrecked off the Chinese const 200 16. At Swansea, Wales, breaking of a rope in a colliery mine 16 25. Mine explosion in the Rhine Province, in Prussia - 16 21. Storms on the West coast of England.. 30 26. Collision of the .ships Lucknow and Simla in the English Channel 22 27. Explosion in an English colliery 16 30. Loss of the screw steamer Bourbon in the English Channel 13 FEBRUARY. 8. Spanish vessel capsized off Corunna.. 19 11. Burning of waste-works in London 4 Wedding party cross the ice on the Theiss River, Austria 35 13. At Dundee, Scotland, drowned .7 25. Explosion on the steamer Kotsoi, from Hong Kong to Mucoa 17 MARCH. 4. Collision of the steamer Bertha with the Norwegian bark Amalia, at Gib- . raltar : i 9 17. The bark Lucie sunk by collision near Youghui, China 6 Amiris. Sinking of the steamer Florida.. 135 27. Railway accident near Alcadla, Spain.. 59 MAY. 8. Dynamite explosion at Ayreshlre, England 10 19. Earthquake shock near the mouth of the Persian gulf 1 2CO Conflagration at Bel-Bazar, in Asia Minor 11 21. Earthquakes on the peninsula of Cyzieus, Asia Minor i. .' 29 the Fiji Islands 70 5. The British steamer Syria wreekod off , JUNE. ]. Fall of a balloon ear at Lillie, Franco.. 3 2. Caving of a tunnel near Madrid, Spain. 11 23. Powder explosion nt Poutremoll, Italy. 30 Drowned near Warsaw, Russia 20 JUI.Y. . 3. Falling of a minaret at Cairo, Egypt... 12 10. Powder explosion at Como, Italy 8 16. Railway accident near London 25 AUGUST. 3. The steamer Diana sunk in a collision in the Thames River, England 17 4. Collision of steamers off Queenstown.. 4 11. Fire at Pimlico, England 4 SKITEMUKR. 4. Firo in n sulphur mine near Mlcosla, Italy 20 23. Wreck of the Brit all gunboat Wasp on the Irish eoust C. OCTOBER. 4. Capsizing of a boat on Drnvor River, Austria 14 8. Cyclone oil the Island of Cieily 21 9. Explosion of tlrc-damp in Moravia, Austria 20 11. Collision of steamers off Greenock, Scotland 6 NOVEMBER. 1. Panic in a Glasgow theater caused by the false cry of fire..., 16 8. Explosion of fire damp at Wasines, Belgium - 20 28. Collision of vessels in tho English Channel 20 DECEMBER. 8. Steamers Alliance and Pochard foundered oil the coast of England. 60 25. Earthquake ill Grenada. Spain, nbout.looo 29. Other earthquakes in Spain, followed by a hurricane, about 2000 Reduced Telegraph Rate* by the B. St O. Washington, Jan. 1. —The Baltimore & Ohio Telegraph Company has announced the following additional reductions in telegraph rates to take etfect with the new year: From New York to Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington, 10 conls lor ten words, instead of 15 cents as at present : from New York to Boston, Providence, Hartford and Wutcrbury, 10 cents instead of 25 cents; from New York to Fall River, Newport and New Bedford, 10 cents Instead of 35 cents; from New York to Chicago, 15 cents instead of 50 cents; from New York and Baltimore to Buffalo, 26 cents insfead of 25 cents; from New York to Pittsburgh, 20 cents instead of 30 cents; from New York to Cincinnati, Cleveland and Columbus, 20 cents Instead of 40cents; from New York to Indianapolis, St. Louis, eto., 20 cents instead of 50 cents. Suicide or a Catholic Priest, St. Louis. Dee. 31.—An inquest was held on the body of Father Rnpplln, who took strychnine in a saloon on Sunday, terminated in a verdict of suicide. The deceased had letters and certificates saying his name was Rev. Ferdinand Baron von Rupplin, a Catholic priest One of the letters read: “ I committed suicide on account of poverty and an incurable sickness. I had no shelter, no bread, uo home, no friends, and may God help me.” HU Wlih wo* Respected. Gai.vf.ston, Tex., Jan. I.—The remains of Colonel H. Perry Brewster, late State Insurance Commissioner, were brought here yesterday and buried at sea, according to the last reqtv*st of the deceased, lie had never been on salt wat.T, but always drived to be buried as a sailor.

CIVIL-SERVICE REFORM. Correspondence Between the National Reform League and President-Elect Cleveland—The antler Define* HU Posttlon on the Sulfject of Reform. New York, Dec. 30.—The following correspondence explains itself: National CiviirSEitviOK Reform League, Office 4 Pjne Street, New York. Dec. 20, 1884.—Hpn. Grover Cleveland: Sir—We have the honor to address you on behalf of the National Civil-Service RcformLenguc, an association composed of citizens of all Darties. whoso sole purpose is indicated by its name.and which takes no part whatever In party controversy. The vast increase in tlie number of persons engaged in the Civil Service and the gravo mischiefs and dangers arising from general proscription in the service whitd for half a century has followed the change of party - control of the National Administration have produced so profound an impression upon the public mind that the first effective step* toward reform were taken with the co-operation of both parties in the passuge of the Reform act of January 16, 1883. The abuses which that act seeks to correct, however, are so strongly intrenched in the traditions and usages of both parties that there is naturally a widespread anxiety lest the party change in the National Executive effected by the lato election should show them to be Insuperable; but, bel'iv ng, as we do, that the reform system can not be held to be securely established until it has safely passed the ordeal of such party changes, and recalling with satisfaction and confidence your public expressions favorable to reform and your official acts as Chief Executive of the State of New York, we confidently commend the cause to your patriotic care in the exercise of the great power with which the American people have intrusted you. Respectfully yours, George William Curtis, President. William Potts, Secretary. John Jay, Morefleld Storey, J. Hall Pleasants, W. W. Montgomery, Everett P. Wheeler, Frederic CromwellrMorrill Wyman, Jr., Carl Sehurz, Silas W. Burt, A. If. MacDonough, William Carey Sanger, William W. Aiken, Executive Committee. The following is President-elect Cleveland's reply: Albany, Dec. 25,1884.—H0n. George William Curtis, President, eto.: Dear Sir—Your communication dated Dcoombor 29, addressed to me on behalf of the National Civil Service Reform League, has been received. That practical reform in the Civil Service is demunded is abundantly established by the fact that the statute referred to in your oommunicattoo to secure such result lias been pas*od in Congress, with the assent of l>oth iKilitical parties anil by the further fact that a sentiment is generally prevalent among patriot'o people calling for n fair and honest enforcement of the law which has been thus enacted. I regard myself pledged to this, boenflse my conception of the true Democratic faith and public duty requires that this and all other statutes should be, in good faith and without evasion, enforced, and because in the many utterances made prior to my election oa President, approved by the party to which 1 belong, and which 1 have no disposition to disclaim, I have, in offect, promised the people that this should be dono. lam not unmindful of tho fact, to which you refer, that many of our citizens l'oar that, the recent party chango in the National Executive nfay demonstrate that the abuses which have grown tip in tho civil eervico are inerndicfible. I know they are deeply rooted, and that tho spoils system has been supposed to lie intimately related to success in the maintenance of party organization, and 1 mn not sure that those who profess to be friends of that reform will stand firmly among its advocates when they find it obstructing their way to patronage and place. 1 But fully appreciating ttie trust committed to my charge, no such consideration shall cause a relaxation on my part of an earnest effort to enforce this law. There Is a class of Government positions which are not within the letter of Civil service statute, but which are sq disconnected with tho policy of an administration that removal therefrom of present Incumbents, in my opinion should not be made during tho terms for which they were appointed, solely on partisan ground and for the purposo of putting in their places those who are m political accord with the appointing power. But many now holding positions have forfeited all just claim to retention, because they have used their places for party purposes in disregard to their duty to' the people.and because,instead of hying decent publio servants, they haye proved themselves offen- . sivc partisans and unscrupulous manipulatory of local party management. The lossons of tho past should lie unlearned, and such officials, ns well ns the r successors, should to taught that eflicicncv, fitness and devotion to publio duty nre conditions of their continuance la public places. Yours, very t uly, Grover Cleveland. , MORE EARTHQUAKES. Walrs and Ana ria Daily Scared by Serious Upheavals —1,70 U Lost lit Spain. Madrid, Dec. 30 —There were renewed shocks of earthquake in portions of Andalusia yesterday. The terror of the people is so great that the towns are almost deserted, the population being encamped In tho open fields. The greatest disaster reported yesterday was the partial destruction of Frigiiiana, a town of three thousand inhabitants. Hundreds of persons perished, being suddenly engulfed. It is now estimated that the number of persons killed outright or who have died from injuries received by the demolition of buildings, dwellings, etc., consequent on the recent earthquake shocks, will neach 1,700. Returns from distant towns and cities are not yet all in. Several slight current shocks have tended to intensify and prolong, the panic existing among the people, whoso fears of suminday and wholesale extermination have driven them to the verge of insanity. Groat suffering prevails in many towns, which is greatly increased by tlie demoralization existing among the officials as well as tlie people. London, Dec. 30.—An earthquake was felt in Wales yesterday. Many houses were Injured. , Vienna, Dec. 30. —A severe earthquade shock was experienced in the province of Carinthia yesterday. Considerable damage was done to many buildings. Several persons are known to have been killed, while rumor has it that the fatality was' very large. Buildings were rocked and many damaged. A panic among the populace is the result, and many persons refuse io re-enter their dwellings. Thousands of persons are on the street and in open spaces, fearing a repetition of the shock. The panic was heightened by the reports of the recent upheavals in Spain, wherein nearly a thousand persons are said to have perished and unestimated damage dono to property. A Fatal Lark. * Pittsburgh, Dec. 30.—A special from Greensbiirg, Pa., to the Chronicle-Tele-graph says: “White on a lark Saturday night, four young men, named Joseph Randull, Chas. Smith. Geo. Nichols and S. Robertson, procured half a gallon of alcohol at a drug store at Mount Pleasant and drank it, mixing a portion with oyster stews ordered at Eicher’s saloon. Sunday all were taken dangerously sick, and Randall and Smith died in groat agony. Tlie other two {ge still living and wi'i probably recover. — A little rain, the sun again, a shadow; a summer day, some newmown hay, a meadow. A girlish face, a matchless grace and beauty; wo spend the day in making hay, sweet duty. Some fading flowers, some happy hours, but fleeting; a week of rain, and then again a meeting. One quick, shy look, a rippling brook, some clover; a sky of gold, the.story told, a lover. A fair, sweet maid, a short word said; what is it ? 1 try my fate and not too late to miss it. The years have gone, and still loves on that lover; he loves always, as days and days pass over. A loving wife, a" long, long life together, have made him bless that shy, sweet “ Yes, forever.” — Chamber's Journal. —Tlie first car-load of oranges ever shipped direct from the orchard in Florida for Manitoba arrived recently at Winnipeg. A few odd lots have previously been brought in by express, but no full car has ever before made the journey direct. This car was shipped from Florida about fifteen days ago. When it. started it was a refrigerator thoroughly set up in ice. When it reached Manitoba the ice was not needed, but a stove was in full blast to keep the fruit from freezing. —Denver Tribune. * —The Dallas (Tex.) Times felt constrained to make this little explanation recently, on account of a conspicuous absence from it* pages .of the poultry exhibitions that have been popular in Texas for a fortnight past: “We are opposed to making a chicken-roost of the ' Times, but we are enthusiastic all the same.” ■ —There are probably a million stamp , collectors in the United States and Canada, and the number is increasing every year. All the way from $50,000 to $200,000 have been spent by wealthy gentlemen in making tne most perfect wHwHpb*.-#* JT. #fraw. *