General News

- A life of Hancock ; b#fng vriHpn by Col. Forney. - The Sun believes Xew York city will have in 1900, 2,000,000 inhabitauts. - Mr. llaves and family have taken up their sumnier residence at the Soldiere' Home. -Dr. Daniel Tyler Coit, who (lied in JSTorwieh, Ct., last week, left S100,000 to Yale college. -Gen. Hancock is a twin. Ilis twin brother, Hilary Hancock, is a lawyer at Minneapolis, Minn. -The f und 'starterl by Charles Dana for the captain of the Seawanhaka luis reachcd nearly $3,000. -Sec. Sherman who went to "Washington as congressman, poor, is building i $25,000 resklence. -President Ohadbourne, of Williams college, has resigned in order to tako pari in the Garfleld campaign. -Col. Pelton, nophew of Samuel .7. Tilden, died lust week. It is said lie died of a broken heart. First, the sud den death of his wife the light and life of Mr. Tilden's family overwhelmec him. Following carne exposure of the (ipher dispatchea which broke off the l'riendly eonnection which had existed between himself and únele and virtually banished him from a home of luxury and reflnement. - E. Junius Edwards of Galesburg caught a little boy seoitng one of his tnaple ti-ees vith a jack-knife, and kicked Iiim severely at the base of the gpine. The blow produced paralysfe of the lower limbs, and left the lad a helpless cripple for life. The boy's guardián brought suit for damages, and secured a verdict for $12,000. An appeal was taken by Edwards, but the matter lias just been settled by the payment of $3,000. In a letter to Col. John II. Ferry, exGov. Hendricka declares that he luis n grievancea growing out of the Cincinnati convention; that the delegates who helieved that he COuld not not carry New York did exactly right in voting againat him, and that he has no doubt of the snccess of the demócrata in Indiana in October and November. Populatiot of Michigan's cities: Detroit 114,000. Grana Rapids 32,015. East Saginaw 19,066. Coldwater 4,085. Niles 4,300. Adrián 7,825. Manistee 7,775. Komeo 1,6.50. Monroe 4,916. Lansing 8,326. St. Clair 1,902. l'ort1 andl , 800. Albion 2,800. Lapeer 2,918. Flint 8,415. Tecumseh 2,111. St. Louis 1,998. Kalamazoo (village) 12,078.