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Kalama,00 has an aeademy of medicine. The public schools of Michigan last year cost $4,735,037. Mrs. J. F. Pratt of Coldwatcr died rom nursing a pet dog. O. A Richardson, one of Flint's most prominent citizens, is deac'. The Muskegou school board have decided to open a night school. Governor Begole refases to pardon E. B. Morey, the Battle Creek forger. The Big Rapids counterfeiters have been hela for trial in the sum of $1,000 each. Oakland county supervisors asked for an appropriation of $15,000 to lmprove the condition of their jail. Mr. Lacey of Michigan has been appoisted to a place on the Republiean national congresslonal committee. Maraiuo Smith. a Detroit murderer. eerving a sentencc in Jackeon, escaped from the institution the other night. Kx-Senator Kellogg sent a memorial to congress denying all charge of collision witli the Texas Paciflc railroail corapany. A Battle Creek saloonist the other day paid $'ï'2 for eelling liquor to a woman minor who was found drunk on the atreets. McCormick who was shot by a teameter named Wheeler in a lumber camp at Sen'ey, has sinee died. Wheeler is in jail at Manistiqne. Tuscola county -prohibitionists met in convention in Cairo a few days ago for the Durposp of effectlng a permanent organization. Missos Loa Hoag and Mary Robineon started on the 16th Instant for China, via San Francisco, where they will engage in n.isslonary work. The Ooopersville Observer facetiouslysays: If jou want to take a good quiet nap JUSt step iuto astor that doen Tint adTTTtiec aad lie on the counter. W. C. Coup, the circus man, gets a verdict of $15,500 in the Wayne circuit court against the Wabash railroad tor damages eusained in the summer of 1852. Representativo S. W. La Du, ofMontcalm county, who went to the upper península to act as Indian missionary, bas bocome pastor of .the L'Anse Methodist church. Capt. James h. Smith, of Rockford, droppeddead in the streets of tbat vi'lage a few days ago. During the rebellion he served as captain in the Sixth Michigan cavalry. Byron Crouch, the son of the man murdered near Jackson, has íeturned to hls home in Texas, lt is belieyed that the Crouch etrs have made a división of the property without probate. Mathevv N. Lefevre was fined $100 in the United States court at Grand Rapid6, the other day, for embezzling the funds of thu Climax, Kalamazoo county, postoflice, where he was formerly postmaster. Richard Holcomb's store, and Mrs. Tnompson's dwellinK house, in Rockland, Gratlot county, were burned a few nights ago. The goods from the store were mostly saved, but Mrs. Thompson loses everything. Dr. Thomas ïlannr, physician and surgcon to the Quincy mine, and of the best known physicians of the Upper Peninsula.died in Hancock on the 18th inst. The remalns were taken to Springfield, Mo., for interment. Heary Wicke of Chase, Lake county, has been arrested on charge of beine a counterfelter. He is alleged to belong to the gang arrest-d at Big Kapids a few dayssince. Among hls etfects was a die for making bogus dollars. Judgo Shepard of Chicago received a letter the other day from Mrs. D. L. Fowler at Plymouth, Mich., asking if a divorco could be got in Chicago on the ground of desertion and morphiue eating, and how much it would C03t. Mr. Allen of Algonac-and a party o friends were driving from Marine City to A gonac wben they drove into a hole made by a ce cutter. The teen who were with him es Pa, hmuür. Mlrn n.iH Dn i,„rsc wor drowjed. ParüoriB who havo searohecl inde fatigably for the bodies of the five person who were lost at the time of the accident at the lluron mine, have been obliged to abandon the search, whloh, however, wil! be resumed in the spring. R07 E. Comfort, a well known former Kalamazoo young man, has just been promoted to división superintendent of the Mexican Central railway company betwecn the City of Mexico and Silao, with headquarter at the City of Mexico. Sherifl' Winney of Jackson county bas withdrawn the reward of $3,000 for the diseovery of the Crouch muiderurs. The sheriff says this was done after consu'.tation with the supervisors, who were disinclined to post a standing reward. In the case of the death of Wni. Vanderhoof, near Buclianan, who died recently, t is rcported that arsenic was found in hls tomach. Suspicions are aroused, becanse his aking another "companion for lite." The position of President Parsons of ,he Michigan state agricultural society, that beer, ale, and whisky be excluded from eale on the grounds of the society, will meel, the bearty approval of a great majority of the eople of Michigan.- Lansing Republicau. Ernest Tulgestkie, one of tbe pioneer ettlers of Presqne Isle county, was killed ivhile loading logs on a sleigh by having one ontaining about 5!X) feet come back and crush kim from the feet up, so that he died before hey eould get him to the house, some 20 rods listant. Mrs. John Miller, who lives jusl orth of McBrides, whilt walkiug to that place n the Detroit, Lansing & Northern track, and vhi'e crossing acattle-guard just north of the rillage, was run over by the Edmore yard entine while on its way to Ionia. She was initantly killed. She was about 30 y ears of age rad leaves a husband and one r-.bild. A young man named David Furger2l.,u.1,iuslim me taj xiclgUb guilig iast on the Michigan Central railway at New Juifalo the other morning, was thrown under he train a ad cut to pieces. He was a native f Ireland and has no relatives in this counry; aged 21 years. The eoroner'í jury renlered a verdict in aceordanre with Ihe abovc acts. James Davelin, who in eompany rith Charles Hilliard, was so badly frozen phile crossinir from Cross village to Beayer sland receBtly, is still alive.and his pbysiciana ay will ultimately recover, but will always be cripple. The right foot and hand have been mputated, and the physicians In attendance ay it will be necfisssry to ampútate the other oot. A horse belonging to E. F. Knappen f Richland, Kalamazoo county, left his stall a the night and made a trip to the top of the arn, up an ordinary flight of stairs, where he ras fo'nnd in the niorning, contentedly eating ay, some 15 feet from the ground. The hay aft Hoor had to be taken up and the Jower oor cushioned with hay before he could be got iown. The city of Jshpeming is "out" about (47,000 by the recent Wad3worth bank f ailure, .nd bonds will bs issued to run the municiiality until tax time comes arouud again. All his comes of having a c'ty treasurerwho takes he public fundsto use in miulng schemes, the Agitator alleges. Not only does the city lose leavily but scores of poor depositara lose tbeir ,11 by the failure. A few nights ago two men entered he residence of Qarrett Cru6en, treaeurer of he township of Lafayette, Gratiot county, for he purpose of robbery. Mr. Crusen resisted toutly and finally drove them out, but not intil he was shot, it is feared fatally. Two iien named Warner were arrested the followng day, near St. Louis, ho have been identiied as the robbers. Almost evory day the officers in harge of the celebrated Crouch case reeeive ommunieations from cranks in various secns of thecountry.who say they, (the crauk6) an put tiu-ir banu upon the perpetrators of he crime. The latest hails ftom Big Rapids fho used an even dozen pages of foolscap to ell the officials that four persons were conrned in the murder- three did the shootlng ,nd one held the iight. A farmer named Justus McKinney, iving in Byron township, Allegan county, was ound by the roadside in November, 18S2, with lis Ekull fractured. It was supposed for some ime that his hor=es ran away, and he was hrown out, receiving fatal injuries. Office lave been quietly investigaticg the case, and a ew nlghts aeo arrested Ferdinand Ziy and intoine Hartzlg, of Dorr, Allegan county, ■harglng them with the murder. The clleers fill prove that the prisoner3 got to running íorees witb the deceased, and that a fight en ued, in which McKinney was murdered. The following oflicers have been lected for the ensuing year b5 the Central Hiehigan poultry ajsociation; President, J. H. Jaynes, Decatur; vice-presidents, James Reed, Detroit, F. H. Grey and Gus Marsh, Battle eek, A. Haskins, Lawrence, G. 11. V hite, íamesBell, Marshall; secretar}-, W. J. Mtller; .reasurer, W. R. PhiUps, Battle Creek. The rrand special prize, a silver water set, valued it $40, was awarded to H. - Ford, Hastinge. The exhibition Ís a declded su:cess, and is conidered far superior to any ever held in the itote, and to the one held by the Ohio asocia ;ion at Toledo. The public services dedicating the Mw public library and llbrary building prewnted to West Bay City by flenry iV. Sage, of thaca N.Y., were held the other afternoon 10 the ñew Westminster Presbyterian churc),. Therc was a large attendance of mumcipa .odies from various cities and villages in that section, and a large number of citizons of Bay City and West Bay City were presect. Business was .uipendcd during the afternoon. Pros. Moses Colt Tyler, of Cornell un.vers.ty „adethededicatory speech, H. W. Sage the oresentatiou address and Mayor Fisher the reDIv and acceptance. The building is of el Ínt leslgo'and cost25,000. Therc are therein 1:2,000 volumes, costing $15,(100. Whei the original plans are out the enllrc librar will have oost $50,000. Lieut. Danriihuwer ruueutiy vlslted Mr6. Israel, mother oí the astronomer of th Greely expedition, at her home in Kalamazoo and had a loog talk with her. giving her com iorting assurance of the safe return of her son and the members of the ixpedition. He sak their stuation is greatly less perilous than that of the Jcannette crew Lieut. Grevel af ter find that relief did not come would return to his headquarters and waittill July, when he would again look out for the anival of a ship to relieve (hem, and the probabilities are that whalers would piek them up befcre tnat time. Lieut D. said he believtd he shotild meet young Israel in New York next September on his return. He said that even if the store of provisions became exhausted there was plenty of game in that región; besides they were on solid ground, cot on iee. Some time last November Mr. Albert Jhappelle of this city was in Lansing and 9ught a ticket over the Lake Shure road. Beore he reached Albion he told the conductor nat he wauied to stop there, and asked for a top-over check. The conductor told him that check was not necessary, and Mr. Chappelle long it proved to be a mfxed trato, "it Chappelle boarded it, and when the conductor ame alona he handed him the ticket, but that fficial díclined to take it, and told Mr. Chapelle that he must pay his fare or get oft the rain. Mr. C. said he would not get off of his wn accord, and the conductor summoned his rakeman, and, with many imprecati'ons and onsiderable roughness, Mr. Chappelle was ut r ff the train. They wonld neither allow lim to go back and get his satchel nor take it o him, but earried it off on the train, and it was í ivo or three days before it was sent to lm. For ail of which Mr. Chappelle will bein eutt against Iherailroad eompany.- Adrián 'imes. !.■ i ril Llghted by a $30,000 Flre. Fird broke out about 8 o'clock the ther morning in the two-story building occiied ly A. W. Hine, jeweler, and E. A. ühapman, photographer, in Lowell, and )efo:e the llames eould be got under on; rol 21 buildings were destroyed. 3,000, with finall insurance. The losers are : A. W. Hine, jeweler; E. A. Chapman, photogapher ; M. Williams, news stand and postoffice ; nyder's saloon, Rickert's restaurant, Hunsmrger's confectionery store, Goss's grocery, ícPherson's bazar, Goodsell's dental office, lanagan's saloon, Chuich's boot and shoe tore, Daniels' mcat market, Hisederph's barhei ïop, Welsh's saloon, Hodge's hotel, Daniels eed store, Lane's restaurant, Medlar's estaurant, Mrs. Hogan's mlllinery store, mith's tailor 6hop, Dr. Wells' office, Dr. Ttbb's office. The builüings were all on the jridge in the "wooden row." A steamer from Grand Rapids arrived and ut in effective work, saving s?veral buildings. 7he heavicet losirs are J. Edwin Lee and J. C. rain. Most of the contents of !he buildings ere saved, bilt in a badly damaged eondition. everal runaways oceurred, and a number of eople were injured, but none seriously. The ork of rebuilding will be commenced at once. Ciio'8 CalunilO . Nearly half of the business portion of lio, in Genesee county, burned the other orning, the tire breaking out at 2 o'clock, in ie large wooden store i f Garland & Co., from henee it spread rapidly, destroying several ores and other buildings. Garland's store nd stock of general merchandise was estroyed, as was also-his dwclling house and s contente. He loses f20,000 and has abaut 10,000 Insurance. Nathan Mann's hardware eek and building was burned with a loss of 5,000, on which there was some iusurance. A. . Rundlett's grocery and stock, worth $5,000, ere destroyed, aDd there was but small in urance. Among the other lO6ses werePark's grocery, 2,000, insured for fl,500, and R. ones' unoceupied building, worth $309 and nintured. HO.U THE HEAT OF GOVEKMENT. The Comniissioner of Patents favors conimisslon of eightto revise the patent laws. President Arthnr has sigued the bill ppropriating $1,000,000 for further work on ie Mississippi. The Garliehl Memorial church (Displcs) in Washington, was formerly dedlcated n the 30th inst. The T'rerident has ucminaled A. S. Vorthington to suceetd George B. Corkh'.ll as istrict attorney. The Senato committee on military lairs have ordered tha bill for the relief of Itz Jchn Porter reportcd favorably. Prominei;c Dakota politicians are in Vashington working ior the passage of the bill jeniug the Sioux Iüdian reeervatlon to settletnt. The Mexican.reciprocity was rejectcd n the Senate by a close vote. Both Michigan enators voted against it. Friends of the meas te do net propose to givc it up, howevcr, and U probable the question will eome up agaln. The bill introduccd by Senator Halo o secure themedical profession against dis rimination provides that all appointments t' ïedieal service under the government bc made rom graduaten of legaUy chartered medica! nstitutions without discrimination in favor or gainst any school or theory of medical pracce. A bill pasaed tho Senate a íew days go which provides that the presidenta! electors 'all meet and vote on the second Monday in anuary, immediately following their appointment, and that the votes are to be counted at a oint meeting of the two houses, od the second i'ednesday in February following the meeting f the electore. A bill has been reported to the Senate to provide for Presldentlal succession, which rovifles that in the case of the removal by eath, resignation or inability of the Picsidcnt r Vice President, the secretary of state, if ,here be oue, then the secretary of the treasury, ccretary of war, attorney geueral, postmaster enera!, secretary of the navy, or secretary of he interior, in order named, sb?.ll act asPresient until the disability shall haw been removd or a president shall be elected. Senator Conger of Michigan createt quite a stir in the Senate the othcr day whci the bill "to provide for asccrtafniDg and eet tllnjr p-ític luuu uaiuis m eertaia scaics am u rrltories'' was under discussie .11, Michigan'! representativo charaeterizert it as a gigantk fraud, and that f the bill passed thiire would be another flood of scrip whicli cntitled thi holden to lay claim to any public land found vacant, no matter where located. The bill provides that proof oí claim muy be made be fore a United States judge In any state or territory, and Conger rose to the heig'ut of congressional sarca&m when he asked the Senate if they would go bef ore the federal justice of Euch a territory as. Utah. This bill, which really has a job in it of at least five roillions, has many friends in the Ssoate, but Conger's outspoken opposition had the effect of post poning aetlon for a time. CONCRESiSIONAt SU31MAUY. January- IC- Senate.- Mr. Miller of New York presented "abill to provide means for the suppression and extirpation of pleuropneumonia and other contagious diseases of domestic cattle," which contained the views of the national stock-breeders' convention. Reíerredto commlttee on agriculture. Mr. Plumb of Kansas, (by request) introdueed fa prohioitory amendment. Mr. Beek of Kentucky, eubnitted an amendment to a resolution prêvlousL introdueed looking to an investigatiou of At t!ib ? nof American meats from Europe. rules were TaioMi?1 other business, the new House -Mr. Potter of New York inroduced a bill to "prerent injurious fluetuaion of the curreney by the issue of two per ent. bonds and to remit taies on circulatiag ank notes when secured by deposita of these bonds. Mr. Weinple of New York introdueed 1 measure for the improvemeut of the Erie Canal, and to maintain tbe same f ree to conimerce of the United States. The bill calis íor n annual appropriation of $1,000,000 for this purpose. Re60lutions were offered for the layrnent of the tobáceo rebate, calling for a tatement of the earnings of each United States larshall, attorney and elerk, between 1873 and 883, authorizing the secretary of war to pernit Antonio Barrio of Gautemala and José ovala of Nicaraugua to receive instruction at Vest Point, without military service, and withut expense to the United States. The resoluon was passcd. A bill was introdueed uthorizing the construction of a ship canal round Niágara Falls, and one to place jute ud jute butts in a raw state or the free Hst, nd a resolution offered directing an inquiry ïto the expedieacy of aboli6bing nr eonsoliating cuetoms or internal revenue districts. 'he House went into eommittee of the whole n the bill appropriating $1,000,000 for workJanuaky 17. - Senate - Petitions were presented from the chamber of comiierce f Astoria, Oregon, asking for an appropriaon of $500,000 for the improvement of thn ntrance to the Columbia river; and from rarious temperance organizations asking for a prohibüory amendment and for a comniesion 3n the liquor traffic. Bills were introdueed to secure reasonable rates of transportation over roads aided by the government; for the issue 3f circulating notes by national banks, and one mthorizing the seeretary of the treasury to restore to fche rlghtful owners the conteuts of boxes deposited for safe keeping by the sec retary of war in the treasury vaults. A bill as passed appropriating $65,000 for compecsation for the seizure in 1801 of a Spaniel) ferry-boat by the United States eovernment. House - A. bill was introdueed for the repeal Df the duty on bark aued in tauning. A reeolution was offered and referred to tbe proper ;ommittee calling on the postmaster general Tor all doeuments relating to the star route nvestigation made in 1SSI. A bill was report;d from the commlttee on pensions, pcusioning ;he surviving grand child of Thomas Jeff ereon. VIr. Cox, from the eommittee on f oreign aff airs, -eported a resolution cüling for the correíponience relating the condition of things in Mexico since the completion of railroad comuuuic.ation betiveen that country and the [Inited State?. The bill appropriatiug j WO for work on the MissiS6ippi was taken up, md after some discussion passed by a vote of L25 yeas to 64 nays. Bills amendlng l.he pat;nt laws were taken up for discussiou when he House adjourned. Jaxuary 18 - Sexate. - Mr. Ingales presentid a petition of colored eitizens of the Chero5ee nation alleglng that they were deprivcd of their rights under the treaty of 1866. Mr. Hiller reported a bill in relation to the 1 ;ion of article 13 of the suppk nientary clause of ;he commercial treaty between tie United States and China for the suppression of the )pium traffic. Consideration of the treaty was jegun. House. - Mr. Brummof Potmsylvania ' )ffered a resolution direetioc the eommittee on 'oreign affairs to make inquiry as to whethc my foreign minister accredited to the United átates has endeavoreil to nullify the effect of a ïnanimous reolution of this House by representatious rcilecting on the honor and iutcgri tv )f its members; referred to eommittee on 'oreign affairs. This is intendcd to refer to ;he alleged action of Minister West in the ■natter of the O'Donnell resolution. Thefiouse then went into eommittee of tui; wholc tor the discussion of bilis on the private mlendar, the flist bill being the Fitz John Porter relief bill. The entire d('6sion was leToted to lts discussion, and when the House idjourned il was with the understanding that ÍÍ6CUSSÍOU would be resumed to-morrow. January 1!)- The house assemuieü ror tue liscussion of the Fitz John Porter bill. Mr. üutcheon of Michigan beiug the Ilrst speaker, Mr. Cutcbeon said the question in the C8se tvas uot one of military stxategy, but a sifting jf facts and law. He said the time was too far idvanced from the period of war for the House )r for any ti ibunal to be moved by sy mpathy, jut that reason and justice should triumph. [n forcible laoguoge e reviewed the case from :,he memorable. 2th of August, 1862, untilthe present time, giving a history of the various ittempts which have been made for the restora:ion of Porter. Other speakers followed, the Ü6cussion becoming verj' animated. Januauv 21. - Senate. - Mr. Hoar re;orted favorably the bill providing for the performance of the duties of pretident and vieejresident in case of removal or death. Mr. Ëdmunds introdueed a bill to amend the act relating to the construction of railroad and telegraph Unes from the Missouri river to the Pacific eoast. In his opinión the companies should reimburse the government for money paid them. Mr. Millcr of New York introdueed a bill to revise the postal laws. Mr. YanWyck )ffered a resolution to the effect that further jonsideration of the reciprocity treaty between Mexico and the Unitsd States be had in open session of the Senate. A resolution offered by Mr. aherman was agreedto, directing the secretary of the treasury to communlcate all Information in relation to frauds conneeted with the importation of wools. Mr. Palmer offered petitions from R. Cl. Peters, et al., also of the lïepublic iron company, praylng for contirmation of certain titles to public lacds in oorthern Michigan, on the line of the Ontonagon & Brille Ríver railroad. He also presented three bilis, for the relief of Mrs. Catherine E. Whitall, Richard Hcwlin ft Sons, and Robert M. Hacks. House. - Mr. Dunn introdueed a substitute for the bill ompelling certain railroads to pay the cost of 6urveys and for the issue of patents for lands to railroads that earned them. Mr. Holman introducid a resolution directing the secretary of the interior to inform the House whether since June 1, 1882 there had been issued any patents for lands to states or corporations, where the time for completion of the rond for which the grauts made had previously expired. Refmed. Mr. Anderson introdueed a bill providing for the adjustment of land grants made by Congre6s to aid the construct ion of railroads and for other purposes : ako a bill reducing the life of patents to live years. Mr. Peters introdueed a bill regulating interstate commerce through an iuter-state board of arbitration. Jancary22.- Sexate- Mr. Cameron from the commlttee on Indlan affairs, repsrted 1 a nutnber oí petitions asking for th , opening of the Oklahama lands for settlcmcn Mr. Hale introduced a bilí to secure th medical profeesion cqual rights in the L nlte i uu.,, air. iiuar mtrouifceo. rcsoiutiou , whieh was agreed to, instructing the committe off postoffices and po6t roads to inqulrc into th ; expedieney of additional legislation to preven 1 the circulation in the mails of lotterjadvertise i ments from foreign countries. The bill provid ing for a civil govermner.tfor Alaska was thei taken up, but no action taken. The exclusión of American meats from foreign ports was tlic next subject for debate, and aftur a shor executive session theSenate adjourned. House.- A resolution was offered directing ai. inquiry into the eitent to which oleomar ganne and butterine are manufactured. Bills were reported authorizing the appointment of a commissiou to make the boundary lines between lndian Territory and Teias, for the erectionofa public building at NewAlbanv Ind., and for the relief of Myra Clark Gaines of New Orleans. The Greelcy relief bill was passed. A bill was aleo passed for holding terms of court in !üe western judicial district of Texas at i.1 1 aso. A bill was passed provlding that no ciamages or proflts shall be recovered from anv defendant for.'the Infriugement of a patent Ö ït shall be proven that he purchased the article without notice that the same is subject to a patent. A measure was reported from the commtttee forfeiting the Texas Pacific land grant Avanetyof other business carne before the House: Fix ing February 3S as a memorial dav to the Representative Haskeil, repealing part o"f the Iron Mountaln land grant, etc. NU TT ACQUITTEI), 'l lie Jlirv SaV 1 1 ■■ Wn luasiii.' IVIlKll Hu Killed IMikcs. The trial of James Nutt for the killof N. L. Dukes, which was called in Plttsburgh, Pa., on the 15th instant, lasted a wl.ole week, and was one of tbc most hotly eontested cases ever tried in that state. The best legal talent was employed for the people, and Maj. Brown, one of the ablest lawyers of the state for the defense; Senator Vorhees aleo appeared for the defendant, The case was carefully tried by botli sides, and durlug the progress of the trial the interest was very great. On the day when the cloeing arguments were to be made, howtver, the feeline was at fever heat. Senator Vorhees made tbe closing speech for the defendant, which is prenouueed one of the grandest effort6 of that able man's brilliant eareer. Yorhees' powerful oratory and sound, convincing logie, completely carried away the vast audience, and visibly affected bofli eourt acd jury. which, however, was scouted by the prosecution, and the clcsing 6peech made by them against irresistible impulse or insanity in any form, was a masterly effort. Judge Stowe charged the jury, hls rulings being rather against tbe insanity thcory. Aftcr beingout for many hours the jury returued a verdict of "not guilty." When asked if they had anytbing further to say, the forernau rcp!led : "Not guilty on the ground of insanity at the time of the killing." The causes wbich led to the trial are briefly, as follows : In December, 1SS2, Capt. H. C. Nutt was killed by N. L. Dukes, a Hwjer of Uniontown, Pa. Prior to the killing, Dukes had written to Capt. Nutt, who was fllliug the positlon of cashier of the State treasury, a letter defamlng the charaeter of hls daughter. To this, Capt. Nutt replied that Ït the charges were true, Dukes was the respjnsible party, and must make every reparation u lus power. Dukes replied u au i'nsulting manner, lnviting Uapt. N'utt toa conference with hiro, wlllcü invitatiou was acepted. The two men met, hot words ensued, followed, and the men were finally separated. When all was quiet Dukes drew a revolver and s'jot Nutt dead. Dukes was arrested, trlcd at Uniontown, and to the surprise of all, acquitted. So indignan' were the people at this travesty on justice that Dukes was compelled ti hide for Fome time, but finally returned to Uniontown. vthere he remained until in June last, when James Nutt, the son of the Captain Nutt and brother of the woman whom Dukes had ruined, met liim and lired, killing him almost instantly. Nutt at one j surrendred himself. His case was called in Uniontown in December last. but as a jury cc.uld not be obtained there. the case was taken to Allegheny county, when the trial ind?d as above noted. .% l'KAIinit C.lt.AMl't'V. A SCcamor .Sii.k -- ver ÜMfl IIUHdirU I.' v Lt. The City i Culumbus, bound from Boston for Havannah struck the ledges near New Bedford, Mass., and sunk 11 a short time carrying with her over one hundred lives. The City of Columbus had 5Ü tirst-class and ïi BW:ciot;c iwnnftcic, auout a tíilrd of whom were ladles and children, and a crew of 45. Of the6e 55 first-class 'and 15 tteerage passeugers and 34 officers and erew wen: loft. About 40 men took refuge in the rigglng, where they remained f or sevcral hours, when a life boatput off from Gay Head and took away seven passengers, one of vhom died soon afterwards. Shortly after ucion another lifeboat put off to Ihe distresscd vessel, and nuanw hile the reyenue cutter Dexter carne aloug and sent off two boats. TweDty-one men were taken from the wreek and placed aboard the Dexter, four of whom died afterwirds. After all the persons on tbe wreek were taken off the Dexter sailed for Boston where she arrlved on the evening of the 18th. The total number saved is 98. Five dead bodies were 'recovered and 119soulsare unaecounted for. Seventeen saved and fuur dead were brought to Boston and ëix supposed to he living and one dead at Gay Head. The names of those at the latter plato are unknown AUdlIlunal I'.h li. iii.n s About Uu Wrecked II) ol Columbu. 'Lhe statement teJegrsphed thalCapt. Wrlsrht, of the wrecked steamer City of Columbus had become lnsanc owing to the calamity, has not been confinned. Capt. Wright says he gave the course of the vessel to the second ofllcer when off Tarpauün Cove, which should have.taken her well clear of Tery obstructlon-, andhe thinkêHne ofllcer must havealtered the courie to the southward. F. v. Falrbanks, of Gorham, Me., one of the survivors, says that while in the rigging, to which he clung for hours before beiug rescued, the pilot told blm he fixed the course of the vessel and fastened the wheel, and as hc was very cold went to the smoke stack to warm himself. He remained there 30 minutes, and when he returned to hls post he found the snip had veercd around. Whenbe aecertained that the vessel was among the reeke, and that it was probably impossible to save her, he put her right on shore and ran her as high as he could, with tbe known result. Although she drew 17 feet of water, her forefcotwis In 11 feet. Capt. Wright on bdng shown the statemeu made by Fairbanks as above, said: "At th time oí the disaster the second oflicer was ii ch'8c ": OieWHjJ. llcWMinthc pllul ÜOUSÍ snd superlntending tbc steering of the steamer, which was done by the quarterniaster. Tht pilot house wa.5 heated by steam, was very wirm, and there was no nccessity to leave it to get warm. No pesion but the ofHcer in charge couM change the eourse of the steamer, and there was no attempt made after she struek to drive herfurthcr on the rocks." The fact that the direction of ihe wind was off shore, and the vessel must have been eteered to the ledges to have overeóme the foree of the gale and reaehed the place of the wreek, is eonsidcred by many strong proof of criminal irelessncss somewhere. The latest estímate of loss of llfe is 97, 20 baving been roscued. ■ Ai ACCOMPLICES CONFE8STOM. HdivardTaipaiTcllIIovHlBBrotli er IWurderod Kri, ti , j i,. ... and Da ng liter. The rnystery surrounding the murder of Mrs. laybeeandherdaughter atBrookville,L.I., on Edward Tappan, who was arrested a few days go for connection wlth another outragc, makes the followiDg eonfession : i kikw wuo lüOK'thf llves of I.ydU and Au!e Maybeeon tbc evening of November 17. t was John B. TapparfJ my brother. He was r Ote barn when Mrs. Maybee came in. I saw im go in tp the barn. He went in at the oubledorrs. I was at the front side of my ouse when he went in feeding the pigs. When ohn choked the old lady to deatli I wás at hy front of the barn. I 6aw him. He choked le'r to death on thebarn floor. He caught her y the wrist with one hand and took ïer by the tbroat with the other. saw him do it. It was llgbt, nough for me to see iu the slable. When ohn bad her by ihe throat she was ou the in-ound. When she came in for leaves John as standing in the ttable where the leaves ere. It took from 10 to 15 minutes to chokc ;er to death. After she wos dead John picked kt irj &nA li(1 h ti i-k -liuic. i saw m tbrow some leaves over her; I was standng on the barn flosr, very near the opening awtlewhole thing myself. After she was ead John said: 'Tam golng to walt for nnie. I am going to choke her too. If I ïoke her too do one will know about it. Theu can go to the house and get the money." nnie opened the door about two feet wide. When she steppcd in tho door John grabbed her by the right arm and íhrew her down. I was on the fioor about three feet from where he graftcd her. He thi cw her down on the floor, held her by 1he right wrist, put hls knee upon her left arm and with his right took her by the throat. She trled to get away from hiin. Whcu he grabbed her by the arm be grabbed at his face, and reaehed his face. ] saw her hand close over his nose and coouth. She said: "Let mego." That is all ihe said. Then he held her by the thruat until she was dead. She died in 10 or 15 minutes. Heearrled her in the stable uear her rnother ïud covered her all up with leaves. He then ïoes on to tel! how they entcred the house for the purpose of plunder, first k'iocking the old umi Maybee serisoloefi, and leaving him, ufl they mpposed, dead. Tappan maíces the confession ïnsolicited, beina as he MTS, "conecienee smitten." CHIME, Miko (Juduihie anj wife of Ouray, 3ol., who were arrested lor the murder of little Itose Matthews, whom they had idopted, werc tried and found guilty. The next day tboy rere taken trom jail and lynched. Tho dead body of Amelia Olsoii, a plump, stout, gocd-looking Norwegi.n girl of 19, was found frezen stift in a vaeaut lot in the northern portion oí Chicago the other moruIng. An exaraiuation of the body showed :;he aad been outragcd and thm straugled by a reil tied tight around her neek. A liquor lask lay near the tody, but there were no rnarks cf a struggle, iudieating that she had aeen earritd from elsewhere after beiug nmrJered. Her clothing w.as tied up around her 'aist. She was a eeamstress, of good habits ud re6peetal)le family, living on the open prairie a few mik"? from the city. There was i terrible scène b hen the body was taken home. N'o clew to the murderer. A special to the Cincinnati Evening Post from Webster, W. Va., says: A terrible itoi-t conicu fi-oin tl.: iuiri ii of Unrbuurcouo ;y, 40 miles east of berc and rc-mote from railoads. An old fjirmer uamed John Summers livcd in a cabiu near the White mountain with i family of two grown daughters and one son. By hard work he had saved í400,whieb hekept in a tin box under the floor. Ten daysago the ion left home for work in the mines at Fiedmont, this state, and one daughter was visiting in Beverly. On Tuesday a neighbor, passing liy, stopped at the cabin. There was no ansv.er to the knock. He entcred and found the dead txrdies of the old man and dauehter, covered with blood. The old man's throat had úeen ent from car lo car. The girl's head as mashed and her body outraged. The money was eone. The rrrm gave evilence of a lesperate Ftiugle. A bloody batidkerehieflay in a corner, nd a lsrgc clasp-knife beslde the bodics. Tracks in the scow irdiated that two persons committcd the crime. The neighborhood is greatly excited. It is supposed th two strangers, claimius tj bc land agents, are he guilty partios. DETROIT MAKKETS, VVheat, Xo. 1, white f 90 (a 1 00 Flour 4 75 ( 5 00 Uorn -t.S (íí SH Dats 2i (g :ü L'Iovct Seed, %J bu 6 IU (0 15 Apples, % bbl 3.0 M 3 60 Uried Apples, fl lt "Ji@ 1 Peaches 13 W 15 Uherrles 'iO (dj ai Turkiys l(i @ 18 Geese 11 12 Ducks 13 @ 14 Butter, f) Vi 20 @ 23 Eggs 28 (a 29 Potatoes 50 @ 55 Honej 10 (a 18 Beans, picked 2 14 O 2 20 Beans, unplcked 1 25 ( 1 50 Hay 10 00 @11 00 Straw ö 00 (tó 7 00 Pork, dressed, 100 7 00 (g 7 25 Pork, mess 15 00 15 75 Pork, family 15 00 Mo 50 Hams ■ 13 (g U Shoulders 7 a 8 Lard 10)@ 10}4' Heef, extra mess 11 50 @13 0t Wood, Beech and Maple (! 50 Wood, Maple 7 00 Wood, Hiekorv 7 0J THE FITZ JOH PORTER BILL. Cutchcon'8 Maiden Speech. Followiug is an abstract of the speech deliverêd by Gen. Cutcheon of Michigan.beforc the House of Representatives assemblee! for the discussion of the Fitz John Porter blll: Mr. Cutcheon saiil it was embarrassing to stand and'hear the opinions of so distinguished gentlemen as those i froni California and New York, Rosecrans and Slocosi, and to differ from them in regard to a military matter, but the embarrassnient disnppeared when he remenibered thatthe principal question in the case was uot a matter of military strategy, bul a of facls and laws. The country had drifted way trom the period of war to a period of profound pcace, and the furüier it got uway from the period of war the sstoagef becamo the sway of sympathie vvith the weaker díctales of reason. It was uot for the House, sïtby'fcelings ofsympathy. 'llefërrin' to tho denial in Grant's letter lic asserted that no one could go farther than himself r.J-lrll"'B-t .,..].i:„,. u he could not forget Ihat for (iight long ycars Gen. Grant sat in thepresidentiál chair and Fitz John Porter stood knocking in season and out of season at the doors of the White House asking Grant to permit him a ncw Ktering. He could cot forget that Grant said in '69 and 1S61 that he had examinad the paper? submitted and was not prepaied to grant the review asked, but in 1884, wben both houses of congress werc in the hands of the opposition, and when a bilí was pending before C3ngres3 to reappoint, Gen. Grant general in the army snd place him on lh! retired list there came :i bust of suulight as from heaven, Hkc the Iight whicli struck down Paul at Damasmis, and all at once Iight broke ofi h is friend and he f,,,,,, a tKt i„„ j v _,„ j,c 1,1 boou do ing Fitz John Porter an injury. [Applauso on the Republican side]' Therefiyi'níiHV; ÍWi'lnWünü'ün film ft otherwise would have. Passing on to give a brief outline of the events which led to Porter's dismissal, Mr. Cutcheon said Por ter' s action eould only be explained by his hatred of Gen Pope. When his country cried, '-titz John Porter, this way," he thought it the voice of Popo amí not his country, anti ref uscd to go. If there ever was a time when a mau's country ealled for him, when the destiny of the republie hungtrembling in the balance, it was the 27lh of August, 1862. If there ever was a time when a military leadsr had need to feel the pulses of his subordínate oiiicers beat in unisón with his, it was the 27th of August, 1S62, when Porter disobeyed orders. Tvvo reasons are assigned for his not doina se. That the night was dark and tho road bad, Porter coulú not maren that night; but Stonewall Jacksou marched with his bntire uorps. Lee marched that niglit, but this brilliant leader of the union army could not march because, forsooth, u was dark! He went on to describo the battle of the . 2'Jth of August, pictured Porter lying under the trees at Bethel church without making an attempt to aid his comrades n arma because there was a little piue brushin the way. The Botnlehepjic ongscemed to have fallen npon Porter's corps that day, "Peacc on earth and good will" - tö the othèr side. During the battle of August i wherc was Porter P lleelining under the trees two and a half miles to the front. Where was the finest corps in tho army? Gone into the camp for the night. Cowardice was no excuse, for Porter had shown he was a brave man. Ignorance was no excuse, for he was a trained soldier. He had uot the excuse of not knowing the will of his commander, for tho order was explicit. Already clemency has been exercised toward.s Fitz John Porter. Ilis diabilities had been removed, he stood a free American citizen. Mercy to him was cruelty to thousands. A century ago Admiral Bayne, of tho Knglis!i nav}' disobeyect an order to take liis ship into action. He was tried, convicted and shot to doath for that disobedience. From tb at day to this no Kuglish officer had ever refuscil to tak u aliip into action whep ordered by his superior. [Applause on the repúblicas side.] tl■c Gen. Garliekl alivc this bill would not be here. It would never havo received his signature. But Garfiflld was dead and the. bill was here. He expected it would pass by the aid of votes of men who fought against tho Union. But, in the mime of the bravo men who dieil on the bloody held that August evening, crushed by tho verv troops Porter should have engaged; in the namu of their w4ows and orphans; in the name of a wronged country, he protested agaiust the bill. [Applause on the republioan side.] He honored the gentleman írom New York (Slocum) for his devotion to a life-long friend, but tbiu hoor should be given law, justico, not sympathy, nor tears, except toars for the brave men who norished liiriniali Pnrtor'q