News Notes

Sensational n-ports are current in Boston trwt Jcnnie Cramer, believed to have been murdercd by the Malleys at New Haven, has been fouud alive. USCEllTAIN. Henry Kellogg, aminingepeeulatorof Leadville. has ctisappeared with souie $30,1)00, most oí which is clainiel by other partiee. Opinions are divided as to whether he has absconded or been rnurdered. A FATAL SSOW SLIDB. An unusually large nuniber of suow slidcs have rcecntly taken place in the mining regions of Utah, Idaho and Califoruia. A Teller, Col., dispateh of February Ü7 says a mail carrier bas just arrived thert; with particulars of a slide at the Tuponis mine, Middle Fark. Three men named Duty, Williams and Booth were killed by it. Their cries were heard for hours, but rescqe was irnpossible. TUE SAME OLÍ) STOÜY. The regious along the lower Mississippi are suffering as usuai from broken and breaking levees. Three have broken in Louieiana.and the railroadsiu thevieinity are all under water PKOSOTJNCED SANE. ATnrv Trom1 Hnvf.. ilimp-htpr oF .Tessn TTiivt eommitted to the Friends' Ineane Asvlum nèar Philudelphia iu June last, has been released and pronounced eane. She says she was put out of the way to keep her from" her father's death lied, and will conte&t nis will on the ground of undue influence. The physicians' eertifleato apon which Miss Hoyt was committed was not tiled, and the physicians have been cited t court to explain. hadi.y shaicen. Norwieh, Gonn., was startled by an eartbr quake shaking buildings in au alarming mauuer. It lasted three to fiye seconds, aeeompanied by a dcep rumbling. About the ame time a brilliaut meteor shot aeross the eky, northeast to northwest, emitting a dazzling white light and flames, having an apparent dl ameter of eight fcet. HE UNDEUSTOOD IT. Mr. Merrick, counsel for the government on the star route trials, stated to the court yesterday that no promise of immuuity had been given to Rerdell on eondition of his taking the witncss stand for thcgoyeriiment, and that it was expressly stipulated that he must rely on the inerey of the court. FEliRï'S UTAH TKOUlll.liS. The :iffairsof Ferry Bros. at Salt Lake City, Utah, are assuming serious shape. Suits are erowcÜDg on all sides. The latest instituted is against the Marsac mining eompany, in which Senator Ferry ia lnterestert, aml involves the lite ti) the tawn of Park City. Fraud in seeuring patent is alleged. ANOTIIER TRUANT. Louis P. Carman, cx-Secretary of the Manhattan Fire In6urauce Company of New York has been missing sinceFeb. 3;th. The accounts of the rompany are short $4O,ÜO(). ADVICE TO CONVICTS. The nmtiny at Sing Sing prison having been quelleil, the superiutendent a few days ago informed those lately in revolt that they would have an opportunity to cstablish themselves in the coundence of the prison ollicers. Ho advisini a eheerfiil compliance wlth the vegulations, saying it was lor themselves to rnake ü'.V burdensome or coinparatively comfortable. The law sent theni here and said they should labor. He was warrantei] in paylng that Iho jovernor wpnld withhold commutations from Lnsnbordinates. TROHIBITION PKOBIBITED. In the Missouri Htjuse of Representatlves the commlttce rcported recommending that the prohibition amendmeut to the Conetitution Uo uot pass. An amcudment was offered pïoviding that anv legislation for carrylng prohibition into eifett should make provisión to reimburse brewers, distillers &ud others for losses they may suetain as a result. The amendment was lald upon the table by a test vote of 68 aves to 59 noes, and thus the prohibition question in Missouri is eettled for this session of the Legislature. POKE CUS9EDXE98. The railroad riots at Evanston, 111., were re8umed early on Wednesday morning, March 1, when 500 residente, armed with crowbars and other tools, tore up over 1,000 feet of the go s üvanston railroaü. Many women assisted. THE GRAND JÜIIT'9 KEPORT. The grand jury in the Newhall house disaster has rendered its" verdict. The document cites that the fire originated at or near the base of the elevator. The dense. Buffoeating smoke and heat, having no outletintheelevatorshaft, fllled the corridors and made escape impossible. All the lives were lost within thirty minutes aíter the discovery of the flre. They iind that the Newhall was constructed in as substantial a manner as such buildings uaually are, and that there was scarcely n. üotel in the country as easy of egress as the Newhall. The owners had done all that was reasonable for protectiou and escape in case of accident. They find that Landlord Antisdel was extremely solicitous for the welfare and safety of hisguests; that, however, he did not employ sufficieut men or uieane to alarm the guests, but will say in extenuation that he adoptcd the same precautions as in hotels of like size, afld calis attention to the unparalleled rapidity of the smoke and flames. lie was at fault in not instructing hls help as to their duties in case ot flre, and not giving sufflcient attention to the bar-room af ter Knowiüi; the habitsof the tenant. They flnd that of all Ilie help of the hotel at the time of the flre, Linehan, engineer, aloue made proper exertion u save ui e. i oey commenu tne rolice and b ire Departmente, and recommend the enlargement of the latter. They censure tbe coroner for the manner the morgue ivas kept, and flnd tliat the tes regulating the modes of egress from buildings are detective. CHICAGO'? SCHOOL HOUSE!". In view of tbe recent paroehial school disaster In New York, at the requeat of the Board of Education the City Buildiuir Inspector is maka special examination of the public schools. Thus far, almost without exception, they have been f ouud faulty in construction and dangerouB. The steampipes pass close to wooden partitions aud the doors open inward. A SINGULAH MUHUEK. Geo. W. Haight is a justice of the peace and one of the most orominent citizens of De Kuyter, N. Y. On the morning of March lst his nouscKeeper was awaüeneu ty tae report oí a pistol, and hastening down to Mr. llaight's room, ehe found him sitting ou the floor in lus night clothes and unconscious. Mrs. Haiglit was iu bed. The nousekeeper caüed a doctor, and when he arrived Mr. Haight had crawled into bed. Hie pillow was saturated with blood and there was a wound near nis right eye. A pistol wrapped in eotton eloth which was burnt was fuund uuder the pillow. The wound was probed and the ball found in his braiu. Mr. Haight reeovered sutficiently to uiakc a deposition in which he declares he did not lire the shot and did not know who did. He said the weapon had been kept in a stand drawtr at the foot of the bed. Mrs. Haight says she did not hear the shot at all and knows nothing about it. She has a good iusurance on Mr. Haight's life. He is Tier thtrd husband, and her two former husbands are eaid to have died suddenly. EXOUGII TO SCARE niM. John O'Neil, a liquor dealer of Whitehall, N. Y., has l)een found guilty of 457 offenses under the Civil Rights bill, and sentenced to pay a flue $9,000, with $500 costs, andamonth's imprisonment. The alternative of the sentence will be eighty years' imprisonment. O'Neil furnished f10,000 bail and appealed. SOKELT AFFLIOTED. Nearly two-t.hirds of Gallatin county, 111., ia flooded, and dysentery, pneumonía audraalarial fever prevail to an alarming extent. Fences are washed away, stock drowned and a large part of the inhabitants driven from their home6. BETTEIt LATE TIIANNETEK. A Buffalo urvhas .lust awarded tlie Lake Shore railroad a $2,000 judgment against Erie eounty tor a passenger car burned by a mob during the rióte oí 1817. Al.MOST ROASTED. A flre broke out in the third story of a brick building at No. 18 Valdewater Street New York city, on the 3d inst. The building was stored with a large number of barrels of lubricating oil. There was such an iuteii6e smoke that the flremen had dilliculty in approaching the burning building. The oecupiers of the place are Swan & Dick, oil dealers, and the New York popular publishing company. There were 30 people t work at the time of "the flre, including about 20 young girls. Escape was at first thought impossible. The girls and men rushed to the Windows screaming loudly for help, many of them fainting from fright. Most of the inmates escaped by means of a ekylight. No lives were lost. Estímate of Io8c8 on property : Swan & Dick, $J0,000 ; Popular publishing company, 815,000; other occupants, $10,000; on the building, Ï5,000; total about $50,000. The building is the old Harper mansion adjoining the roadway of the Brooklyn bridge. Many of the girls escapee] by means of üre escapes outside of the building. THEY ARE NOT PLEASED. Steel manufacturera say the tariff bill, as passed is a fievere blow tb thelr intercsts, as well as to that of cotton tie and wire rod manufacturero; The latter claim that they will be forced to quit business. TIIET DON'T LIKE IT. Gov. Cleveland's veto of the flve cent fare bilí canses great excitement in New York, the great majority of people regarding his reason as insufficient and indicating a disposition on his part to favor monopolies at the expense ol the people. AN ELEVATOH BURNED. Dunlap's elevator at Albany, N. Y., burned on Saturday, the 3d lust. Three persons were killed, and three others seriously rnjured by falliDK walls. The losa is about $275,000. geobgia's governor dead. Bot. Stephens of Georgia, died at Atlanta, on ounuay morning, me tui inst., passiug quietly away, cxhaustion rather than Sisease, seemlngly causing hls death. Hi.i death created a profound eensation througliout the entire state, and the loss of this statesinan, patriot, and philauthropist, is regarded as a great calamitv. Alexander llamiltou Stephens was bom at Tallaíerrj, Georgia, February 11, 1812. He graduated at the university of Georgia in 1832, was admittud to the bar iü 1835, and enterca politieal life in 1836 as a member of the state house of repreflentatives. In 1842 he was cho8en state senator, and tac following year waselccted a member of eongress, which office he eontinued to hold for 16 consecutive years, or uutil 1S59, when he voluutarily retired to private life. After the nomination of General Scott for the presidency Mr. Stephens, who had been a prominent whig leader, became a supporter of the demoerats. He was placed at the head of the Johnson electoral ticket in 18(K), and in 1861 was a member of the eonvention which passed the ordinance oí secesSton. That measure he earnestly opposed by vote and speech, but whilst he adviseu agaiust the poliey of secession for existing grievances, hu maintained the right of a state to peacefully secede for sufficient cause. When a rupture became inevitable, however, ip flcniiioficfil in i.ho dimisión nf t.hí pnnvpnt.inn. and 011 the formal organization of the confedérate govermnent he was elected vice president. Iu February, 1865, he was placed at the hcad of the commission on the part of the confederaey in the famous Hampton ltoads conference. At the close of the war he was arrested aud eonfined a prisoner of state in Fort Warren, bnt was released on his parole in Oct. 1865. In February, 1866, the general assembly elected him to the oilice of United States senator, hut eougrcss iguored the restoration of Georgia to the Union under the proclamation of Androw Johnson, so Mr. Stephens was not allowed to take his Beat. His legal disabiliües having been removed, he was elected a member of the 43 eongress and rc-elected to the 44th, 45th and 46th. In a speech, Feb. 12, 1878, upou the oceaion of the reception by congress of a painting represcntipg the slgning of the proclamation of emancipation, he said that iu advocatiug secession in 18Ö1 he never supposed the uissoiuuoii wouiu ue permanent, ríe was clected govcnior of Georgia last f all. A volume of lus speeches and letters was issued in 1867, and he has also pubiished "A History of the War between the States" (1S6S) and "A Conetitutlonal View of the late War between the States" (1809). A SUXKEN STEAMER. The steamer Yazoo sunk near Gypsy Point, 2J miles above New Orleaus, on the night of Suuday, March 4. The boat was heavily loaded with miscellaneous freight. Seventeen Uves are Uuown ti) have been lost. A TEI.EOUAI'II SflT. The Mutual X talon Telegraph Company has begun acliou in the Unittid States Court againat the city of Chicago asking an inunción to restrain its olücers frora interfering with the company in reconnecting its wiree, whieh were cut by order ol the Mayor some days ago. OEOROIA'S NEW COVERNOR. Lieut.-Gov. Boynton was sworn in aa Goverernor of Georgia on Monday, March 5, by Chiei Justice Jackson.