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The Electric Light Difficulty. Sorao weeks ago W.alter S. Hicks, of this city, arined with the necessary papers mul sigucd by Prof. Langley, went to Indiana and enterad uto a contract for Uk: sale of that state for $12,000, just $ll,0UU more t lian Ilie amouiH demanded by Stock k Langley. lic also sold lo the same coinpauy the right to manufacture the machine in Missouri, Illinois, Wisconsin.Iowa and Indiania.tuc net price lor the six states being $70,000. All tliat Langley jfe Stoak expectert rom thu sale of Indiana was $1,000 and of course Hicks was to receive all over this. But insti.-ad of keeping the wUole sum over and nbove wliat wasgoing to Langley & Stock, he return' - to this city and informeel the professor what he liad done, and that he propoaed to "whack" up by giving them one half of the ram he was to receive. In the mean time the second Langley electric light company was organized in this city, and onc or twoof the incorporators, believipg Hicks had too good a thiug, undertook to ,ay a sharp game. Ben Crane went to South JJcnd and useer tained where the electric light machinegenerator and lamp was kept, and procuring a diayman took possession of the propei tv and had it shipped to this place. When Prol'. Diuhaoe, one' of the stockliolders in the South Bend company, ascii tained what had been going on, he lelegrapbed Jlieks wbo was on the lookout, and on the nnïval of the machine took pns-ession of it, for it was bis property. Crane showed to South Bend partios a letter signed by bank officials here that bis, Crane's check was gbod for 0,000. Crane played a sliarp game to get possession of the lamp and generator, but Hicks liolds the fort, and Crane's batteries for the present at least have been silenced. When asked by a reporter to state his sule of the case Crane was "mum." It s said a Bearcb warrant was procured Salunkiy to iecover the property if possible, Imt it was a useless task as it. had been spirited away and is now concealed. Wool 33 cents. Wm. Keating was convicted yesterday of burglary. Prof. Richardson, of Missouri college is the Liiost of Dr. FrankHn.