Miscellaneous

Anthony Zabriski, a millionaire, living at Central Morrisania, N. Y., a member of an ancicnt, historical and very eccentric family was instantly killed Wednesday morning at Central Morrisania by the New Haven express train. Mr. Zal riski's property is estimated al $10,000,000. His sister was s o shocked that her condition is considered precarious. Another disastrous conflagration oceurred at Buffalu, Wednesday morning at the Pitts Agricultural Works, entirely destroying the immense establishment with the exception oi the storehouse containing the fínished machinery, and the office building. The works were establishcd in 1851 by John A. Pitts, but had lately been merged into a stock comp&ny, of which Mrs. Mary A. Brayley was president. The total insurance was 106 000. Wednesday afternoon a tornado from the west struck the southern suburbs of Pittisfield, Mass. Two persons were killed and three or four wounded, some fatally. Buildings were unroofed and blown down. Hundreds of trees were levelled, and f uil f 15,000 or $20,000 damagedone. A black oloud springing up suddenly in the west, while the thermometer stood at 86, was the first warning of the approach of the storm. For 15 minutes the sKy was so black that gas had to be lighted in the stores. A fire at Toronto Wednesday night destroyed the upper portion of W. B. Hamilton & Co.'s boot and shoe factory. Loss $80,000; insured. One of the severest tempests ever experience in Boston swept over the city Wednesday afternoon. The duration of the storni's greatest vi "ence wss abount 25 minutes, and in that period great damage was done to life and property. Keports from various points down the harbor contain accounts of serious damage and distressing accidents. Many small yachts and other boats were capsized. The most serióos disaster yet reported is that of the small sohooner Myrtle of Charlestown, having on board six persons, consisting of four women a man and a boy. The schooner was capsized off Bird Island, and aii excepting one man, Thos. Dunham, who clung to the topmast, were drowned. The women were Margaret Dunham, wife of Thomas, Mary Ann Dunham, Susan Dunham, his sisters, Lizzie Dnnbam, his niece, and a boy named Arthur Ryan. The steamer State of Virginia, from New York for Glasgow, went ashore at Sable Islund at 9.45 p, M. Saturday. Three women and flve childred were lost in the surf while landing. The vessel had 74 passengers, 104 head of cattle and a general cargo. Sixty cattlc were saved. Officials returns from the bonanza mines for the half year ending July 4 are as f ellows : Virginia, $1,490,356; California, $1,856,300. Cox, the murderer of Mrs. Huil in New York a few weeks ago by binding her to her bed while he robbed the house, bas had a trial, beed adjudged guilty of murder in the first degree, and sentenced to be hanged August 29. In addition to the losses by the MassachusettH storm already reported, a yacht capsized off Nantasket beach and four persons were drowned. One man, two women, and two children were lost off Governor's Island. Three bodies have been picked up on the 3each. The rainfall was very heavy in various places and some hailstones measured Heven inehes in circumference. The lightning caused the loss of a few lives. Two boats were capsized off Scituate and three persons drowned near Montreal. Mrs. Peter Robertson was killed by lightniug. About Kingston and Jaugerties, N. Y., the crops were ruined and james, fences and out-houses blown down. The hailstones resembled large chunks of ice. A fire started ín the snow-sheds on the Central Pacitic Bailway, between Emigrant Gap and Cisco at 12:35 Thursday morning burned ,500 feet of sheds and detained trains four ïours. Five cases of yellow fever were reported to the board oï health at Memphis Thursday morning. The cases consist of members of the two families of Kobert and James ïester, residing under one roof, Nos. 84 and !6 Clay street, in the southern portion ot he city, in same neighborhoud as Judge Bay's ïouse The brig Shasta, of New York, from Port An Prince, St. Domingo, bound to Chcster, Pa., arrived in great distress twelve miles below 'hiladelpbia, Thursday. Of mne men on joard, seven were down with the yellow fevcr. Four deaths occurred, the captain being among the number. Three new cases of yellow fever were reported to the board of health at Memphis Friday afternoon - Mrs. B. Adams at 73 Clav street, Miss ÍMollie Hammerle at 261 South street, Miss Kate Watson at 281 South street. All reside in the immediate neighborhood of ;he Hester families. These make 16 as the iotal number of cases reported since the 9th nst. A fire at Uavenport, Ia., Thursday, destroyed ihe Davenport glucose factory. Loss, $75,000 on building and machinery and $100,000 on stock. Insurance $G0,00O. Goy. Collum of Illinois has received a letter inviting him to attend a reunión of the soldiere of the Northwest, to be held at Aurora, August 20, 21 and 22. The committee, by resoution, requesting the governors of all the states and territories to attend the reunión, and he has accordingly extended invitations o them in the name of the soldiers of the Northwest. The body of a man named Arnold was f ound langing by the neck to the limb of a tree at Chain de Boche, .25 miles above Fort Thomplon, last Saturday. The supposition is that he had been doing soroething bad and was hung up as an example to evil-doers. From in formal ion obtained at the executive mansion there is no doubt of the correctness of the assertion heretofore publishedin regard ;o the successor of Secretary McCrary. Exïenator Ramsey of Minnesota has been tendered the office of Secretary of War and has accepted. The change will not occur, however, until the present secretary retires. Snyder Bro's. distillery, Milton, Ky., opposite Madison, lnd., burned Saturday morning. Losh, $60,000, uninsured. The warehouse was saved. The steamship Langshaw.of the new Belfast direct line, which left New York returned Saturday, with the Iosb of the captain (Bain) who ïad fallen overboard and was drowned. The steamships Santiago de Cuba of New fork and Scots Grey of London collided in the Deleware Saturday afternoon. Both vessels were badly damaged, involving a loss of $200,000. By the capsizing of a yacht Friday evening at Toronto, Mrs. Octavie De LiBle, Kmily Larue, Louis Lebre and son, Louis Gimvin, 8evaier Garncatt, Ferdinand Blais and Dr. ErnBt De Lisie were drowned. A stay of proceedings has been granted in ;he case oí Chastine Cox, sentenced to be mnged for the murder of Mrs. Huil in New York. rhis case will come before the Supreme Court in October. Seven new cases of yellow fevcr were report ed in Memphis, Saturday, and therc was a general stampede of citizi'us. All cities connected ;o Memphis by rail, have quarantined against A Belgium dispatch sayR that the Novia Sco:ian ship St. Bernardp, Capt. Burns, which left Sew York on the 27th of June for Antwerp, aas been lost on the banks off this coast. Capt. I liirns, the pilot and five men were drowned. Joseph Staading, a Mormon preacher, was shot and killed by a mob of 10 men in Caloosa county. Ga., Mouday. In a free fight at Smyser's grove, five miles from Lonisville, Sunday evening, John Hughes colorod, was killed and several others badly injured. The trouble originated in an effort made by roughs to capture a street car, and the president of the road, John Milton, was injured while defending his property. An official who arrived at öt. Paul from Fort Bentou Monday, gives particulars of Gen. Miles's start. He left Fort Bcnton a week ago Monday with 800 men. He left a guard at Fort Peck and four companies at Muscle Shell. He startcd north with the rest. He should have reached a point where Sitting Buil is reported to be hunting buffalo by the last of the week, and, unleBB the Indians have retreated.a collis ion has doubtlesa already taken place. Twenty-one add tional cases of yellow fever wer reported to the board of health at phis Monday afternoon, which makes a total o F 36 re port ed for the day. A Fort Keogh special says that an engagement took place near the mouth of Beaver Creek on the X7th inst between two companies of troops and Lieut. Clank's Indian scouts of Miles' command and 800 hostile Sioux. The troops lost four Indian scouts killed and two soldiers wounded. When Miles's main column, which was 12 miles behind, carne up the Indians were pursued a distance ot 15 miles, but made their escape to Sittins; Bull's cunp. By a premature explosión of a blast in a quarry near Huntington, Pa., Tuesday afternoon, three men, Michael Byan, a sub-contractor of Philadelphia, Jno. Roucornoni and a Mr. Kcith, were instantly killed. Their bodies were terribly mutilated. Jas. Davis escaped with loss of hearing. öecretary McCraiy submitted information in rclntion to Sitting Bull's morements, stating that several bands of Indians are joining that chief, who is becoming somewhat demonstrative. Mrs. Bhinenart and her daughter, Miss Honiker, were drowned in the Sangamon river at Decatur Monday. The young lady was to have been married in the Catholic church, but her affianccd failed to appear, and, in a fit of desperation, she started for the river foüowed by her mother. She plunged in, and as Mrs. lihinehart was attempting to save her life, both were drowned. Others of the bridal party narrowly esoaped the same fate. The coroner's jury gave a verdict of accidental drowning. Seven new gases of yellow fever were reported to the Memphis Board of Health Tuesday morning. The city is trying to establish a camp for the poor. A distressing and mysterious doublé suicide oceurred Monday night at Hyde Park, a southern suburb of Chicago. Three maiden sisters named Elizabeth, Anna and Nona Trowbridge, aged respectively 43, 40 and 30 years, have been living for many years in good style in that town upon revenues derived f rom an estáte lef t them by their mother. Recently , it is said, their father has Buceeeded in gettig their entire property away and has left them pcnniless. When they became fully aware of this state of affairs they decided to die together , and spent Sunday and Monday in preparing for death. They nailed up the doors and windows, and the two eldest sisters, with most careful preparation, drove spikes on either side the casement of the folding-doors, adj usted small hempen cords about their necks, and kicking l'rom beneath tbeir feet books piled on ottomans and chairs, quietly strangled to death. Dennis Manning, fireman on the steamer City of Merida, plying between Havana and New ïork, died in Brookiyn Tuesday of yellow fever. The board of health has taken precaution to prevent the spread of the disease.