The News

A firc in Üio Shearer block in Bay Oity, did $20,000 worth of damages. Over 40 f eet of ice on the straits piled up beween DTECKinïc and St. Ignace. The Shieldsi House, one of the oldest andmarks in L'Anse was burned on the mornng of the 7th. Capt. W. Thomas one of the pioneers f the Grand River Valley, died In Grand Rapde rccenüy. The St.. Louis, Sturgis & Battle Creek nilroad eompany was organizad at Battle Cree k afewdajs ago. Tliii ty-seveu thousand tons of eopper were proJuced by the Lake Superior mires iu Michigan iastyear. The office of the Schoolcraft County Pioneer at Mauistique burned recently. Loss tl,500 ; Insurance, $9U0. The work of rebuilding the burned district of Howard City is rapiJly eolog forward aud eoou all traces of the great fire will be covered w!th bandeóme buildings. The west bound passenger train on the Detroit, Grand Haven aud Mllsraukee "- ruuu v ub iuu mu; uj a ireujíii car at Muir a ew mornings ago, but fortur.ately no Uves were lost. Michigan hotel men have been attacked wlth their periodical fever about thcir aelpleesnes's agalnst swindlers and dead-bonti-, and are agltating the queótion of better protection in their rihts. A íire broke out in a biock of cottages lo Springwells, a Detroit surburb, a few ntghts a;;o, and Defore it was BUbüued nine dwellings were destroyed. The loss to buildings and furuiture amounts to nearly Í20,0u0. The supremo courtopened at Lansing on the Stu inst. with a full bench. Hon. Juhu W, Champlin of Grand Rapids to.k bis seat aa the 6ucc68or of Jud.-i; Graves. Oue hundred aud fllty cases are on the docket. Tue Flint sawmilla cut 22.500.000 feetof lumbtrlist year and have IC.'iOO.OCO feet on hand. Tuere were ÏCGOO.UX) sLingles and 0,000,000 plecve of lath alo cut. Tiiere were aiao ent 1,800,000 staves and 515,000 dieces of hcading. Ü.F. Wadsworth & Co., bunkers of shpeniiDg have aseignfii. to H. O. Young. labflities reported at $lo0,000. Depositar it is feareii, wiü get barely 20 per cent. Cause oí tue failure is saidto beunfortuna'e business oans and mining speculation. Tiie followinj shows tÜö acres of land diponea of tv tbe state land office and amcuut rcc.iyed for the sume íor Oetuber, November and December, 1883: Acres sold, b3,5-5 21; aerce reserved, 4,521. U; acres lictnsed, 6ÍO.C0. T'jta', S8,71ö,.S2. Keceipts en Eale, $85,399 83. The boiler in Hood, Parson's & Co's ahingle mili at Merrill, 20 milo.i southwest of Saginaw exploded recently, wrec.klr.j the I and machlnery ani involving a loss f 5,000. Anthony Moran, ecsioeer, was intantly kilkd,andeeveral othi-rs sericusly lujur ?(3, some fatally. Thomas Davi? H'8 found tho other night ïiear Welston In i djlog conditiDn, Je iiad been &t the Patterson eal works invoicIng gcKXls, and stsrted to walk back to Welston. The weathcr was so tïlnmely c..ld that te got chilleii and eould go r.o fartbor. He lied at mldTngnr: - A fund has been iaÍ3ed in and around Hougbtou, for the benefit oí Mrs. Raymoud ho lost her hueband aud sou In tlie Huron taine disaster. A largetum has also been sub. -cnb-.d, fcupp'ement( d by asura voted froai tbe :ouuty treatury, to deiray the (xpeüses of itarchipg lor the dcad bodi:8. Henry N. Walkpr qf R.etrqit, comaiirsic.ner .f irnruigratitjn., has eont Üs ietigoatíonte the goyernor to taa e&ct Jannary il. Tke resigoatioa e, in iact, au arrauaeucDt wherebyMr. Henry W. Fairtur.i; of F4u!i i the aoeistant commlssloüc-, will ba (rouvited io the chief place, and wlll bu expected to o tbc work of ihe effice. Jobu Brwn, a saloon kcepor of Kaldmcz 'ü, end LU clerk Noah Hoffinan huve oecu ent to Jackson prison for 18 inontnn for pearing tüey dld not keep opi'D saloon on a recent üunday. Kanteen montns of Jaekkon fdre wlll toach theui to that one of the Ten Cummaudments whSoh uayB. "Tbou ibalt not bear false wltness." The production of shingles on the Saainaw river lust year was 213,li6,00-l, bdn 53 0J0ÖUÜ iejp Uun in 1882. O .ly 13,000,000 r-malu unsold. Tttefe fis 30f!.770,42r feet ol lo"8 now in the booms and itMMM to mjt year'a cut. The hariiood lumber eut win, 32 741,870 feet b. ing 8,010,000 fu-et greal er thau In'l882, of wbica 15,433,030 feet is on hand. Mauistique people are jubulant because tuere is a prospect of an outlet f 'om that place tn the winter seaoqn other than by stage, durveyore are now wúrktDg ou a rout# between Brampton, Delta eounty, on the Chlcgo Northwestern rallroad, and MtMliUn on the Detroit, Mackinac & Marqaette, and tbenee from McMilliau to Sault Ste Marie. Tbe pro posed road will pasB about tbree miles north of Manls,ti;ue. The bursting cf the Huron mili dam situaied one mile from Houghton, resulted in thekmoffive lives as follows: Cnarles C. K.ymond, teller of the Frst Nation.il bauk of Hougaton, hls son aDd servant glr), and Howay Raymond.wlfe aud toa, of the Allourz mine. Fourteen hundred dollars were subscrihed at a citizens' meetlcg for the benefit of Mrs. Kymond and two chi'dron -vhom she so heroically íRved. The Grand Kapids Times say.9 the liquor men oí that ettv contribute $50.000 yearly to maintain the local güvornjaent. Tbis makes the -.ontingent fund so largo that but $10 ('00 more la necessary to keep down tbe ciry's expense. Tbe annual receipti for 11cences to hucksters, fakirs and oth?r streel merehants amount o about $3,500, and are Jimited somewhat lii order to protect legitímate trade. Manistee has 1 J snw-mill3 and the pay-rolis for the season jast cbseu foot up 5G5 746. Muskegon bas 37 mille, aM comp utinlf the cost of operating thoni to be the saniü as thos? of Manistee, tbeir pay rol! would aggregate about $1,417.365. Of course these ügures do noi include the box, kindling wood, cúrtala roller aniJ the uuraerous olher llke factories In the city, Dor the planing milis, lrou wi;rks, ctc.,butsimply the eawmüls. Toe wse-worknrs cf Muskcgon, dl told, caru Nnw that the ir.quest in the Crouch tragedy has ended sume verj inti re stlnfi thlugs are comiDg to Hijht. Amone them is a statiment made by theyourg man B .lies and Mrs. Rt-cse, that while they were in j iil rletccttviswcre sentto them by jail officials, and that tvery way wai tried to make th. m eommit, thi malves. Ou one occasion religión was trled on Mre. Reese. A sanottrnonious lookiug tvoman vUted Mra. Reese, aad aftcr prayiig wiih her, iffend bcrtwo revolvers, and also trU-d ts induce her to partake of wiue. A St. Joseph dispatch of the lst says: Deputy Shtriff Hauuor on ytsttrday arrestcd Tüoa. Hair of Keier for the murder of J.ck M' Crone on the sixtb of October. T'ie b.,dy was foumt in the caual about two weeks afterwards. Huir had an aecompHce íd the perron oí one Dan BUÜngton, wLo has b-en arresled at Syracusc, New York. Hair tells a very rouki-d story. He is in the county Jkil. There is sca-cely any doubt in regard tohisguilt, and after many day there is very strung inaicavftrv' tÍlliiroar(1'Y murderersof po(.r Jack McCronö will at iusi ue uiuugub Kj jul)u. The murder it appears grew out of an oM rudge. Mrs Almy, a widow living at Paine's Junetion, four miles from Eajt Saginaw, returned home the other niyht, and smelling saioke made an investiation and found the house on firu. Tbe iumates were Gaorge Bullard, a boarder, and Mrs. Aliny's tbree daughters, rauging from 10 to 13 years of agp. Mrs. Almy aroused the ehtldren, who were asleep, and told them tlie house was ou fire. Stre carried the youngest out, and the others were to follow, but Lid:!, aged fifteen, beiame bewildered and rushed !uto the limes losttad of out of th'j house, and was burocd to dc-ath. Mrs. Ahuyandthe ddest dautbttr wfcre a'.so severely burned, an:! the house, whici was worth about $500, was dtstroyed. Tbe flre orlgiuated froni the KiU'hen stove. Says the Grand" Traverse Heralci: - I The withdrawal of the agrlcultural college land from maiket by the itate authorities for the purpoíc of reapprisa! is of mudi Importanre to ibis Btctiou of thp state, where these lands mainly are. ïheworkof reappralsment ehould be ttended to at the earikst practicable day. The lands shouid not be kepi out of marltet ÈHJ longer thau isaboiutely neecssary, and w'ien they are agaln üffered for sale the figures shouid be s low as consistent with the interest:" of tlie fund for w.'iich thcy were appionated by tiie general government. It Is of iir greater to the state that ! these lauda be settled and luiproved no v, than that the agrlcullural iund sbould be lncreased 10 or 20 years henee by a few thousand dollars more than might otherwfs be th.i case. ]iy all means, in the intereets of nortuern Michigan and so of he state, got theei land? back into market as socn a3 posdble and af. low i figures. _ Anotiicr Chapter of the (Jronch Horror. Mrs. Daniel Ilolcomb, danghter of the murdcred Jacob D. Croioh, committed suicide en tbe evening of January 2d. Since the horrible trsgedy of Npyember 21f t she bas been vcry nervous, and since susplclon polnted tawards lio lmüy ohe nas at times been out of her rulnd. Numerous stories are afloat concerning their.anr.cr of her fleaih. The .r,e gev.erally accepted is about as follovvs: Mr. ilolcomb left hoiae c-irly iu ihe morniug to Join Captain (Jrouch at !hc Hurd Houee iu Jacksoa, whcre they were to hoU' a consultation wilh tbcir private detective, Juiid, and the daughter, Edith no!comb, went to the city ! about noon; aud returneü within an hour. lier mother had retind to Urr bedroom and requeftfdnot to be dteturbed until Uatiuic. At about five ocloc!; E liih weet to eall b er and i found the door Joched. Afier kuucking apd ■ giftfng no rfpiinep 6he !roU io the door and foynd her tni;ther dead in bT htd. A nf 6en.gi'r was dit-putcbtij to tol.ify [r. llul.ximb, wbo was slill in consultatlon wllh the officers Wbin be received the new he lee-oed almost paralyecl, and for a tliue eat in hls ciialr and uttered tho most hoartrending groaas. Ue waa9-i6tcd toa sletgb, and, accompaLiid by Captain Cruueh. wa6 drlven to his desoíale hi me. Tlie coroner i.nd Dr. VVillUms dlately repalred to the sceue Ipyestlgutiim rcbulted iu the fladiut; of a papor iu whlch poison had been rapped, and upon sube quent eïamlnatlon the pbysUan immediately pronoucced it a case of death by polsoning. Tho IïpkuU of tba ulopy. Frora the Jacksou Citizen of the 5th. Tne members of tbs Hokomb and Crcuch fiimlliis FriiliJ' concluded to have an autoi6y hld upim the remalna of tbe ill-fnted lady, Mrs. D. 8. Holcomb, and accordlngly hrr fauiily pbyfician, Dr. Williams, a&siited by Dr. FranK L. Pratt, made the oxaminatlou yesterday afternoon. A Citlïen reporer obtained frnm Dr. Wilüums tht result In hlsown r.-ordf.wbleh is as follows: !'Ho marked nbnormil appexr&cei of any organ of tbc body ejeepilug the beart, whlch jhowed extCEsivc degeneration of i's wal!, eo oxteusive a to be, in the opinión of tbe phsician?, incompatible with a continuation of life. Traces of the disease may have existed for some time, but it had tvldently made rapid progress in tbe last few weeks. The stotnach was empty and in a healiby cotiditlon. There were old pleuritic adhEsions, thf re6Ult of former iuflammation." In answer to an inquiry from tlie reporter the doctor ss.id thatno traces of thechlorodjne nere dlfcovered, nor wou'd Ihere naturilly bc, asthedoseehe took would be absorbed, aud no traces left. Dr. VllHaras said he had treatcd the lady for years and he had never dls coverrd tbat she waa aíflicted nith hart discase, so that, as he says in his report, it mut Iiave developcd very rapiíily. Sl'.ll Ciiml"!!The inquc?t in the famyuê Crou-h easc was resumed in Jaekson on the 7t'i inst. Fuüy 2,000 people were present, and ir-eat interest minifested in the proceed'.-s. Tha colored hoy Bolles wíw subalttcd to a rigid exsmination, but nothing could be eit: ed from him. Tho principal teítimor.y faken was ab ,ut a revolver which one Reynolds elaimes to have eold to Dan Holcomb. A man named Cooper s of Leoni was on the stand and swor , positively that he purehased th revolver which Reynolóa claims was pur , chasca by Hulcomb, whlle Reynolds and bis clerkc were justas poeltive that it was a 33, cHtoi-. ui„k ouu r uuugnt, anü that tne omy 32-calibre e?er la the story waa pnrchased b' flolcomb. Cooper's revolver was procmced . In court, and proved to be a 38 calibre; ft Is ' evident the proprietor of the store Js greatly mistuken, or the weapons have bcec exchangeo I In some way. Several witneeses wcre called and questioned In rcgajd to the relations uf tbc Croueh and H ilcoiub families, tbe disposed f f the o!d mau's property, md questions of llke Import, but no light "wa? throwi, up.m the my.tery. The jury drliberatert for a timo, and without leavtun thcir seats nndered a verdict i htt Jocoo D Croucb, Heury White aud biá ifc, and their uest, Moses Pollev, ceme to thelr dcatb by pistol shot wounds inflicted by eome perron "r prreons unkuown. AFTTE aOBK .'.sfitippsi MO.ILY. Anoilter Libo] Sult. Mrs. Theresn Lewli, t.hu womn who flju-ed so promtnently as a witue-ss lu the Sophle Lyons and Bob McKInney criminal case, in the De'roit curtí, h.is iusiltuud euit (or libel aW Jo,, E. acn.. in)l„g a„mtxei atl Í5O.ÜO0. C. B. Howell, who appeara as atrorüey tor Mr. Lewi.s tays the guit is baeed upon 1882, iu wl,ich tbe following laneuage oecurrs: 'A man who bus scrTed tbe publie as faltblully as Chief Hogers is nU to be ruined by tbe mere statement of s eelf-Oimvicted and abandoned woman. The witnesses to iaipeach faithful public servantf, sliouM be thc-msdves at least decent." It is claimed that Mrs. LewU the woinan referred to as "abandoned and selfcouvicted," and sbe aski-s to ba ri.i.bursed for the alleged damairfs to her character. HOL(O.riBstC'ÈClIiD lïyOiHcialol"llntoiirounty.-AL,lttle tilin o like Mf-lvry. The sheriff ttnd deputiee of Clinton county claim that all the evidence obtained by tht-m ia their investigation of the Oouea tragedy, j point unmistakably [to Dan Hclcwnb. These i officials pluim tobe able to produce indubitable cvldeuce that when Ilolcomb was up Eorth on a preteuded unting excursión hls real object was to consult wilh. tlie mysterious El9ie ] Visiïor; and also they w.ill be able tp prove that hd aot a seyer storm preven ted the carrjinj; out of placs niade t.t that time, ' the nurder would have been committed at ' least two weeks before it was. In f act, the ' cfficials clairu to haye wc7ena:Lain ' decce, link by link, whieh will lift the veil ! rounding the raystery. Tbe nuchtalktd-i.i Blöic ítraager has been Identlflcd, but the officers refuse 'to give his j nnme until the proper time arrivés. Tíe i ficials have fouoa oí m RtaküKc evidnce that ■ tb c-lrangtr has speut f everal y:arsinthewest ( and ie already guilty of flve other murder?. ( There is no doubt in 'hemindsof the officers but that he is lmpliealed in the Crouch ■ edy. linporlatil r.t.tl imoreStliig. ] Lfivi ï. Giiflin, couusel for the west ' cm Cnlon Mutual life and accident inhurance ' company of Detroit, a few days ago ( bid a capias issued from the county I cliik'B ofllce for the arrest oí C J. ' Boytn on a charge "f JlüeJ, ' laying dam' ages ut tZO.OW. The declaration in the case hos uot btcn flled, bat the emt is bsed upon a ( letter wrirten by Mr. Bowen to a party in liamilton, Out., who had writteu Mr. Bowen ) for inform ilion in regard to thp standing of the f atd Insurance company. Mr. Bowen's leti ter was uot coiuplimeutary to the companv, i and aftur stating his rta6;)n in full Mr. Boweu i closed 'oy stating tbat N had no objections to [ the letter being made public. The letter was I aubspquently mada the basis of a circular is suid byrlvalcompinlesand the WetternUuion c claim that they bave been injured then by to c the amount of $10,000. Mr. Boaen was Kiv'eo t a chance to scttli', but he (kcüuètl. sayinghe f hnd npthitig tQ votract, and was able to prove ] anj btatunect ho may have made. The hole question of the üianagiment of mu'.ual Hfo insurance compatles will probably be brougbt out in tüe Uul. Both sides seem to he able and determiuet; O04rry the mitter tbrough to p lts legitímate coLduslon. Tüe corapany numf ber.i among lts trustees such menas .lames L. Eison, Furd D.C. Hiucbmaa, M. II. Brice, Builer Ivis, Levi T. UrifÖD, aid Dm M. t Dickiucoii, and oq Ootobiri), lSS3,ithadin turce 2,318 (hiIicIcb n-pnsentiug $li,lS2,5"0 of n Insurance, ua me otner unuvi m.. i„.,„i__ ' membtr of one of heaviest curporations in , Detroit - tbe tecd warehouse of D. M. Ferry & Co. The eultwlll be ma-Ie interest Ing on , b jth f-iili s aLd the outcomc wl 1 be watehed wlrli 1ni re.-t bv th' citiz-'nfl generally as well" , as by the regular Ufe inpurutice couj pautes. Hongiiiou' Horror. The following, giving full deiails of ( ibe mili dam horror at. Iloughton, is from the '' Detroit Post and Tribune of the 4th lust. ) One of the most tirrlble disasters that has i ever occurred in this county was that of the I burstingof the Huron mlnlng companj's dam, situated on a hill about 300 feet above Portage ! lake. The dam is a verj iarge oatardl batin Í withan imbanltment; one fide Pervirg water i from one of the brunches of Pilgrlm -ver. i portion of the embankmvnt is about 80 feet long and 20 feet deep. This gave way frem ) a tremendnus pTessure of water, ond the ( mense body of water rushed down througb a l narrow valley a diitano.e of aóout a mile to Portase Lnke. Tbe restdenue cf Mr. Charles E. Ravmond, asílstant cashier of the Fir6t . tlonal back of ILmgbton, and of Mr. Stephen E. Cleves, proprietor of the Ean-ka Ironwork6, were situated near the lake in the direct ' course of the current. Mrs. Raymoud heard tbe roarlng of the water ard quickly ( jumpcd irom her bed, taking two of her cbüdreu iu her arme; Elie ran tbrough the suow barift, Jted and in her night clothes to a neigh'ior's house, a quarter of a mile dlstant. Sbe started a man buck te inform her husband of her safetv. Vi'hen he arrived the h use was unapproachable, and the water, 20 ' feet blgh in the i avine, was dihiEg madly aroucd the house, hurling everytbing before It. One tMe of the house was torn off by the goat(px trefe and rocks. When ilre. Raymond tett the house it contalned her husbatii, tr fon aud a servant girl named ITarringtoB, and Mrs. James Raymend and her eon Ho ard, uf Allouez, who had come to 6pend New Tear's with the faniilv. These Cve persons had remalned to drees before leaving the house, and no trace of tbxm has been seen since. There is no duuht that they were dashed with the debris into thelakc. Mr. Cleves and hts fainily and ytsitors were ulUauluucljr canJ, YVUUaui Cletet) went lo a t-ide door before the water had risen very high, and, thinking lt possible tt) escape, returned for two chlldren. Before he reacbed the door agair, the water broke into the house and wasrouring roadly all around. He went up staire in the front part of the house, and few moments later the heavy floating rubblsi struck the rcar end of the building, tearing i to pieces, dashing it into the lake, leaving only the smaller pörtiun that contaiced the fortu nate family and vlêitors. E. Rajmond was cashier of tlie First Natlon al bank of Houghton. Mrs. James Riymond was thewife of the clerk of the Allouez mine Ia Mr. Cleves' hou6e the floors gave way and the cellar and losver fl ors are filled wi;h trunkg cf trees and stones welühing ton, the remaitis of a piano, stoves, and ottaer furniture uil fr ïen iuto a compact mass. The track o the torrent, whicli was covered with a hnavy growth of tlmber, is swept clean to the 6urface of the rock. No bodies have yet bten fuunrt, but a large forcé of men are at wr.rk removing Mie öebria. Tne weather is bitter eold, and cvfrytDlnjchaefroz.'iiintoa solid mass, makJitf the ork uf reuirnal dlfflr-nlt Th,, riqm lasitlways been considered safe and the accident is a surprise to all. The actual loss is estimaKd at $10,(00. NATIONAL CAPITAL, Mr. Burchard, director of the mint, says there are about 6,01)0,000 trade dollars in circulation. McCoid"s presidential succession bill will come up for consideration as soon ae Congress gets fairly at work. The House committee on appropriatlon6 will ask CommÍ6sioner Dudley to revise ui8 estímate for pensions. Secrotary Chandler has been notified hat the bodies of the Jeannette victims will each New York February let. The coinage in the various mints in he calendar ycar 1883 was Í6O,(;92,749 of which (28,470,059 was standaid dollars. Employés of the postoffice depart ■n nt have been notified by tbe Dostmaeter jeneral that if they purchase lbttery tlckete lereafter th.ey.do U upon pain of removal. The Fostmastor-Generalhasi8suedan jrdcr by which art oles heretofore ratcd as ;hird-!af!S matter and ptying one cent for every ;wo ounces, shall be classed as fourth class natter umi upon whick postage will be ohared lt the rate of one cent per ounoe. A Washington special says the House ommittee on public laads, wiu report Wils to iorfeit the land grants oí certain raüroad comíanles amounting to srme 75,000,000 acres. rhc Texas and Paciflc trunt which is one of ihose expected to be forfeited contalns 14,000,X)C acres ilone. The House committee on military af [airs had a meeting recently and took up Gen. slocum's bU Lor the relief of Gen. Fitz John ?orter. Aftcr a 6hort discussion the committee lecided to report the hill f avorably to the House y a rote of 8 to 2, Steele oí Indiana and Jutcheon of Mloliigau casting the two negattvc rotee. Mr. Cnt-phenn made. a few ren.arl sainst the meaenre. Mr. 8tede gave notice :Uat he would oppose the bill in the House. IVolford and Laird were absnt. Porter's ;hance, however, are very good. Chairman Randail has announced ;he following as subcommlttees of the Hause ippropriatione committee: Legislative - Holnan, Hancock, Cannon; army- Forncy,Townsïend, Keiier ; navy- Hutchins, Randall, Calkns; consular snd diplomatic- Burnes, Townslend, Wathburn; fortlflcations- Horr, Ellis. Jancock: Indian- Eills, Holman, Ryan; pepilons- Haneock, Follett, WashUura; postiffices- Towntueud, Holman, Horr; sundrv ivfl- Bandall, Forney, RyaD ; ciilitary acadeuv- Ketfer, Forrey, Ellls; deficlenci- Ran111, Burncs, Calklns; district of Columbia- íVUett, Hutchlnf, Cannon, Tho public debt statements issued hows adecrease of 111,713,33? in the public kbl during December. Cash ia treasury ag;reges 375.374,30D;ggld certificates out■tanding, Í91.Ü31.92 '; süver certificatee, $lu9,!9á,611; the available oath in the treasury imounts to $142.478,445. The total interestearing debt of United States on the last lay of December, 183, was $1,607,543,676, and m the 21st of December, 1883, was $1,496,041, '23, a dicrease of u .0 ü ii ono ■■■■ . ■- calendar year 18S8. The customs reedpts fur december, 1883, were $13,341,180, or about me and one-half milliune for December, 18S3. The internal revemie receipts wc re $9,838,334, r two and one-quarter mllllons less than for December, 1833. l'he receiptsof tbi goven,ne:-:t from various 6oure for thecalendsr ear ended December 31, ISS3, were asfolluws: iusfoms, $202,046,196; internal revcnue, $181,91.SS5; miscellaneous, $36,493.070; total, 5369,S30,601. The expendltures for the same seriod were: Ordlaary expenses, $134.683,010; jeoslons, 872,840, 110 interest on debt, $55,704,'$; total, $20,3,228,908. The comparison of :eceipts during the flrst half of the present scal year with those of the correpondlng petais of 1882 shows a falllng off of more than k28,GOO,OO0. The customs reccipts for the lrsthalfof 1SS8 amoanted to $109,849,113, n-hile lor 183 tbey were $113 609,418, and the utenisl reveuue rece'.rjts durinii the flrst half )f 1883 were 167,31(5,204, against $74,745,325 iuriug the flrêt half of 1882. " GEIN EÏRAJ. XTK1V1ÍS. Kentucky's treasury is short $400,B0. Thomas Kennedy, aged 14, is on trial lt New Haven, Conn.,for murder. JElias J. Bump, a resident of Genssee :ounty tor over half a century, is dcad. The opera housfe block in Meadville, Pa., burned a few daye age at a loss of $300,000. The losses by the lire at Howard City have been greatly underestlraated. They are i,o placad ar, Í12Í.OO0. The villapje of Breckenbridre, Minn., was almost enttrely destroyed by fire a few days ago, the Io3s aggregatlng $75,000. On tho 3d inst. Gov. Buttler stepped down and out, and Mr. Rohlnsoi., the ner governor (?lect, was sworn into office. An expresa ty..in on the Wabash road, ftiar Napcleon, C)., struck a wagon containing flvp young men, two üf vrhom were in6tantl killed. Henry Villard has resiqjned the presidcncy ef the Pacific rallroad, and saya he looks to the fature to vindícate all he has done. For the first seven dnys of 1884,819 business failures were repurted in various part.of the country. This s the largest number ever reponed ic a similar ppriod. The St. Lawrence river roso three feet at M rafreal the other afternoon, üoo.linp nearly all of the sh' ard throiviag nearly a thousand men out of cmploymonf. A broken rail o-j the Illinois Central tLrew two coaches and a ele per down an embaukm'.'iit abnui 12 miles from Ft. Dud;e, Iowa, iiistantly killing two pursons and seriou6ly iujurlng sev ral others. A scaffold feil from tbe Conro block on Broadway, Mllwaukee, the other morninir. Jno. P. Dunn, a promlaeot CODtneti r of tl at city, was killed iustantly. Henry Bo ej and Charles Dopster were terribly ajd latally injjred. A nutnber of plans have been submitted for the reliif of Lieut. Greel'y, and the committee are constdering. In ihe meantime the brave Lieut Greeley, if allve, is bravely "-♦rnirirUnjr furft'Ti tbr ,vorlH,ia -,f o.. ' - -■- winter. A Iovíio uioa six storv huildinor in St. Louis, lïDown as the St. Nlchulas Hotel, anti which was used durinf the war as a hospital, was totally destroyed by flre a few days ago The cold wa3 so inten30 that firemen could not wo k to advantage. January 4 the thermometer registerr d 30 = below zero io Cbicaeo.and men were forci:d to quit work. Telegraph business in the north west is almostentlrely suspended, and raüroud truffic is suspended, the track being three to six feet deep in enow. The Attorney-General has decided that if a postinaster eipects to rece'.ve compen sation for iseuing and payinL ra ney orders, he must jersonaüy perform the service nquir ed, or else etnploy a clark, who is in no way employed by the post otBee department, 'ir paid from postal funds, as distinguished from .noney fund3. Later returns from the convent fire at 3elleville, Wis., place the number of victims at 37. Twenty-six bodies have already been dentified, and 11 are still missing. The rem-iins of the mother superior were found si.r rounded by the remalns of children, which showed all too plainly that the noMe woman tiad been faitfciul to her trast. With the single exception of the Chicago, Burlington and Quiney road all of the western roads have er.tered into the tripartito contract made in Chicago a fevr days ago. ïailroad men are very much excitcd over this action of the Chicago, BurliDgton and Quiney road, and predict one of the most bitter and Bxtensive rute war. everknoivn west of Chica20' Alexandor Sullivan, president of the rish national league, is in receipt of a telegram rom San Francisco announcing the safe ar. val there uf Messrs. J. E. and Williaoi Red aond, Irish menioers oí pcrliaraent, '.vbo have aeen in Australia several months ovganizlDg h loaguc ia tliat country. Tliey wiU rtmain i month in the United States, spoakir.g iu eading cities. Brief dispatches from points in the nterior, Indiana and nortLeru Ohio, say the orst snow&nd wind storm ever known ïaged ncepsantly during the first few days of the nonth. The snow drifted irom fnur to five eet. The thermometer ratgijd irom 5 to 15 egrees below ero and etock suffend iut'nsey, and in some lnstasces valuable stock was rozen to death. At a meeting of the hfinds of labor rganizatlons held at Plttsburgh to take action gainst the impr'atioa of outract Ubor it VUB announced that eeveral conreKímeu were eady to urge the passage ui a blll to prevent uch tmportation. The tiraft of the proposed ill was read and approv;d. Iiimpnsesa penltv of 1,ÜOO for eveiy laborer importud in rlolation of the law. ' The funeral of the victims killed in ;he Grand Ti uuk coll 6ion n ar Tprobtn a few iajB ano, was held ol itaiurdny the 5ih luit. The tntire city wss drapi d in noumiig. All ilasses j 'ined lu tbe ciTeir.onies aud iüouruid vith the strieken fnmtMts of tl. e uufortuuate nen. Nineteen herrees ere iu the procei-tl in, md iully 40,000 pec.ple. All busiuess pinccs Tere ciosea Trom 10 a. ia. to ö p. m. After eovora.1 irontKa of rlnfpntivp. vork, fourteen couimctors (if Hullman ears on he Pennsylvauia ratlroai have beeu arre&Led 'or a serií'u til emb zz'.rfup.uïs in eo'lusiou v. lth be re guUr couducior?, bi' whlch tlie rallroad iomaDy Io6es over t4'),00). Deteciives have leen at work five inuths iu iuvestiia'iTig the natter, sometimeé as mny as 20 deticiives iiiing as ordiuary passengers un a siuific Irin Jixofthc couductijrs gave bail. and the rert Tere locked up to await cxamination. An acoident oonurred at Davis Is land Jam, aboüt niae miles irom Pittshurgh, Pa ,by vhich four meu lost their livee, tbree cal joats were funk, and the tug boat Burton waf) uurned. Among the lost are Enginier Uudi rii!l, who leaves a wife and' threv children. Tte ;ause of the accident was the neglect of the 'overnment cffuials to erect the custcmary lgnal at a pier which 6tcod only a few feit ibove tiie water. The pier could not be eeen ay the boat's crew bcauae of the darkneis. The celebrated Emma Bor.d case at Hillsboro, 111 , is at au ind, the jury brincing n a verdict, of "not tuilty," against 'he tbrei: men who ftood chargc.d ith on of toe most brutal and devllish crimes e7er recorded. The Fecling over the verdict is diviiied, tbe majority of the people. however, regardini? the rerdict as very unjust. A muvement was immediately started to raiso a fund for the bent fit if Miss Bnd, and subscriptions of $1 are loliclted irom all parts of the world. The Cleveland Women's Christian Temperauce Union Í6 abour, to inltiate auother polit.ical movement planned by Miss Francés Willard, president of the national union, who reoently left there for Cbicago, frora which point she will superintend s!.n;iar wolk tbr )ugh the sta:e and local unions throughcut the United States. The piojtct is to get j, 000,000 bignatures to a memorial to be presented to the next national coni ention of eaeh party askng the ioBertion of prohibition plank in the platform. i. ): T IR HlCDlKfcQ GBEEHI FLA.1IE1 Consume IIucli Valuab'.o Froperty lu lileugo, Cleveland aud Ni. Loula. Saiurrlay, Janunry fi, was a severe day for the flreimn In severallargecltles. Wlth 'he thi-rmoine er ranging from 6= to 24 bc'ov 2( ro, it may be imagined under what tryi' g eitcuaistances the brave uien worked. Severa) disaetrous firs cceurred in Chicago on the night of the 4th Inst., and early oa the morulng of the 5 h fire wa3 discovered iu Bi auvi age flat, on Michigan avenue, one of the ui' '6t imposlnir n sldeuce structurr s Ia tbepouth ici.-iou of the city, and the fl ime spread wlth rapiility whicb caueed & number of families to ecek the etreet in their nfght clothes. froublt as experlenuud in worklns; Ihe ent;ines on aooouLt of the cold. Tbe building vas baiily burmdaud flooded iiuti!e. Nu live lost. Tbe esrnplng oecupants took refuge In ibe Li-lanri fli.tel, adjuiuing tbe burned building. The tul'ding was eix ttories high, conlalncd fiftoen flats and bouei-d 110 people. Tue heautiful new Fark theater iu Cleveland, Ohio, built to be fire-proof, wa9 bumed. The firc ts eaiá to have original ed on the etage fiom a larap explosión. Lose, perhaps $200,000; partly insared. No lives lost, though there were many vrry narrow escapes. Tn m i o„i flrp hroke out in the block bnuuded by Third, Fuurth, Loenst and St. Charles Stn et?. The fire department was bid'J v-ilJJpnu uoiiuj iuo ui...!; 11 u iu lauutta at the burnlng of the oíd 8t. Nicholas hotel the nlyh before. They were almost helpless ith the thermometer at 30 degrees be'ow zero Nothins but good, thk-k substantial walls ould keep ihe flre from destroying the entlre block. Burrell & ToaiBtock furniture dealers, were cntirely burned out, and the flre went tbrough both partition walls at the sldes. The Guodyear rubber company was on one eide, and Merrtck, Walsh & Phi-lp, jewelry dealers, on the other. The flre swept through the latter and then sprehd to the next store north, occupied by Whittman, Euiery & Kamlnskl. Comstoek & Burrell lose al', $75,000. The ewelry house is a total loss, probably $40,000. H'hiteman, Emery & Kaminskl, thinaware dtalors, damagcd perbaps $40,000; Goodyear rubber company, $100,000; F. W. Roscjthal, clulhiug, $5,0C0. Bu ldings damaged $75,000. Itwasnot until 1 o';lockon the morning of the Gth that the fire was eotten uerter control. A CO WE NT UOBROB. ■" Mlm ïouun Woii.cn M.i..x,t „ Deatb. St. Joseph's Roma:; Catholio convent in Belhvllle, I'l., abontl2 miles from 8t. Louis Mo., burned to the ground on the night oí the 5th, aud a United press epeciEl. on the uiornlng ofth?6thsays SCgirlswere burned to death. The flamee originated In a f urnace in thefouthwi Et corner of the basement, and when discoyeivd the floors immetilately above the furnace were already ablaze, aul volumes of Buiol'.e wtre prmrlng through the stairway. corridors and hi.ns. By the time the sloeping nuns and other inmates were aroused uil the avenues of tfeape were SUeü with euffocating emoke, aud then a frightful panle ensued. First, the fireman broke in the eonveut door and made for the third stord of the building, whlch is used as a dormltory. Above the cracKÜng of tbe fire could be heard the ecreama of children and sisters, but the dormltory doors were locked f rom the iuelde and the keys conld nutbe found. Iron bars írom a neighbor's blacksmith shop were]brought and used as batterini; rains, but bef ore these the doors would not give wav. Tbe smoke booming through the corridors eoon drove out tbe flremen, and the glrls were told to escape from the wlndows, the sills of wLicb were Üfty feet .'rom the ground. Theso were inttantly erowded with the fair victlms, ciad only lu tLeir night clothee. Their remained but one alternatWe, a leap for life. Volumes of smoUe soon spread ttroughout the building, lollowed bv loud explosiona. Tnen a íew took tbe desperate chanees, by hurlin rhi-mie!ves from the wlndoe, and were p'cked up oa the piwuient below mangli-d au 1 dead. Others were overcomo by the s nr ke and feil b ick only tj mei death In a mo:c terr ble form Tnlrtcenof the unfortuniti 6 bav bei-n identifled, and others, it is beli. ved, nr burlcd in tlie rulns. The bull'iln.n was crliriuaUy erected in 1857, pit'oc whlch t'mi two wings have been added. The lote is about$ ! L5,001), partially lnsurd. A FEUtPCL M-." t i.HTKII. A Fatal Ill-lon car Turonlo, Ont. An accident occtirted on the Grand Xrunk ratlway near Hiuh Fark on the mornlng i;f ,.., ii. i OlllUlliall il .il. f. u TUIUULU, contalnlng om''lojes of the bolt worko on their waytoihe wiirks was run ioto by a fri'ight train from tbe west. Twelve men were Killed at.d betwi-i n 30 and 40 wounded. The suburbuu train was pmashed lnto a complete and hopeless wreek. The express entine rearad vt tbc dummy ni'd crashed through everythlng beliii.d. Cuuduetor Barber, of the expre, was arrested by order of corone r Lynch, of T'arkdale, snd placed in charge of a county cc jstable. He claims to '.av i acted directly a wording to orders. At S 'clock Dr. Thorbjrn, ofthe Grand Trunk iallway, with 'ds 6taff,went to the seeneof the accident, whe a nnmburof Parkdale doctora and surgeon? jre nlready worklng. At 10 o'clock tbere we: jnly a few Urand Trunk etnp'.oyes engajjed in helpIng the wounded from under the wreek. On he BDOw-lim-d rHges on eithcr side was placed a row of dead bodies covered with overcoats. One man was junmed tnto a telescoped car and held there eo flrmly that all atteiupts to eave hlm were in vain. The scène is most horrible, blood-6tained splinters of humanity and imtches of torn Ccsh bespattcring the miow. Piihiic fecHoii is strongiy ngalnst the Grand Tiunk raüway for not havine sent euiiuan litiorcrs to the spot. The Parkdale pu 'ple wurked nobly. The collieion took place during a blm.ünü tnow siorm. Pajrne 1 Ple tsetl. Tho Ohio Demociatic legislative caucu3 for tbe noojination ol a cr.ndidae to succfed the Hun. George H. Per.dleton In the United States Senate, assembleil in Columbus outlieSth inst. For eeveral days before the assembllng of the caucu ; poKticiacd had congregated in the capital city of the old Buckeyc htatc, nndthe matter had been hotly coctestcd. On the day of thocaucUF the exclUment was at 'ever bi-at, sml the friends and suport Ti of the lvalcan ljatesworkedfatbfully. But the honor bclong ■ t j Hoa. Üonry B Payn ; oí Cleveland, Iwho ecured the nouiinatlon by a good majorlty-