Epitome Of The Week

Mrs. O. C. Hanson, of Pelican Raptas, Minn., hanged herself and her year-old babe. Domestic trouble was the cause. Afteb a separation of forty years William H. Todd (colored), living at Washington Court-House, O., learned that his mother, now 100 years old, was living at Atlanta, Ga. , with three sons. The Minneapolis Tribune wassoldto company headed by W. J. Murphy, of Grand Forks, N. D., for 400,000. John Gloveb and his wife Sarah were struck by a railroad train near Holly Oak, Del., and killed. Fibk destroyed the Burt building and gutted the Dental manufacturing building at Buff alo, N. Y., causing a total loss of 8225,000. Thomas Eckek, who was too sick to move, and his 3-year-old boy were burned to death in their home at Ellsworth, Wis. At New York the Lackawanna Coal & Iron Oompany and the Scranton Steel Company were Consolidated under the name of the Lackawanna Steel & Iron Company. Henry C. Lamab and Miss Louise King Connelly were drowned whilo rowing in a canal near Augusta, Ga. Repobts f rom the flooded districts in the south indicatcd that the waters were slowly receding, although the suff ering at some points was of a distressing character. The little town of Salem, Ala., was struck by a cyclone and some fifteen houses blown down. Xo lrves were lost. The steamer Buckeye which was reported as lost on Puget sound with a crew of twenty men arrived safely at Seattle. Wash. Coi.. II. Ci.ay KlNG shot and mortally ■wounded Attorney David Poston at Memphis, Tenn. TnE extensive tea-importing firm of Duclley Hall & Co. at Boston assigned, ■with liabilitk's of $400,000. Two members of the Arkansas house quarreled and huxled spittoons, inkstands and other missiles at eaeh other. .Neither was injured ATCarthage, Mon, Ed Turner (white) threvv a rock at Thomas McClane (colored). The stone missed its mark and struck the latter's daughter, killing her instan tly. Tiie lower house of the Tennessee legislature passed a bilí prohibiting1 the running of excursión trains or freight trains, except those carrying fruit or stock, on Sundav. A IjOUISvii.i.e (Ky. ) judge decided that the pool-rooms were doing a lawful business and could not be closed. A ssistant Secret auy Nettleton has notiiied claim agents and others interestod in claims under the direct tax act that all payments under that act will be made to the states in trusts for citizens thereof from whom they were eollected ortheir legal representativea, and that claim agi-nts and other will not be allowed to examine the direct taxrecords unloss they are authorized by the states to do so. Three men were killed by the explosión of a sawmill boiler near Eflingham. 111. A FUBlous blizzard swept over Great Britain, blockading railways and rendering streets almost impassable. Many ïives were lost, and the damage was enormous. Tiiere arrived at Xew York on the llth '2,711 immigrants. the largest number on any single day this season. Investioation of the accounts of exState Treasurer Woodruff, of Arkansas, showed that he was short 8110,000 in addition to his admitted defalcation. Petkr Heokkk, ü3 years old, killed his wife with a razor and then committed suicide at Albany, N. Y. Ten men were shot at a dance at Kilgore, Ky., six of whom would die. Owing to trouble with wholesale firms retail luinber dealers of St. Louis propose to organize an interstate association, from the lakes to the Roeky mountains, to offset the encroachments of the big concerns. Müch damage was done at Bangor, Me., by an unusually high tide which flooded all the lower portions of the city. Eight business firms were burned out in Chicago, the total loss being.$250,000. The Weldon building at Pittsburgh, Pa., and the building occupied by the Oermania bank and chamber of commerce were destroyed by fire, causing a loss of .?500,000. News was received at the department of state in Washington containing a decree by the pr;sident of Brazil declaring the ports of that country free and open to the imports from the United States that were included in the recent reciprocity agreement. After sleepinjf eight months Iliram McConkey, of Springport, Mich., awoke on the llth. He remembered nothing since he went into the sleep, but could recall everything previous to that time. In preparing a retired list for privates and non-commissioned officers of the United States army Secretary Proctor has decided that the war of the rebellion began April 15, 1861, and ended August 20, 1860. Geobge Elmer, a prisoner in the Ohio penitentiarv, was believed to be Tascott, the Chicago murderer. August Heintz & Co., merchants at La U range, Tex., have assigned with liabilities of $100,000 and assets unknown. The Bohn sash and door factory at Omaha, Neb., was burned, causing a loss of $150,000; insured for 3130,000. A maii, car and contents was burned in a wreek at Bethpage, Tenn. A son of John Wïgginton, aged 10 years, has confessed that he and a brother, obeying their father's instructions, poisoned William Ferguson, R. C. Watts and Miss Boyd at Mount Sterling, Ky., by putting arsenic in the co+v,„, The levee on the Mississippi river ax Conley's Lake, Tenn., gave way and the villag-o was eompletely flóoded. Breaks in the river at other points weré reporte d. Bella PBüEécá, a Virginia (Neb.) ichoolgirl, committed suicide because she was suspended írom school. James Sbweli., president of the Arkansas valley bank of Ozark, Ark., was robbed by two men in a passenffer coach in Texas of Si, 042 in bank notes. Thk exports of breadstuffs from this country February amounted to 88,848,901. Immigrant to the number of 3,400 landed in New York on the 12th. Wii.i.iam UiïoTHKRTONleftNapa, Cal., for New York, trundling a wheelbarbow, on a wager of S2,000 that he will make the trip within six months. John Wilder, a noted desperado and illicit whisky dealer, was killed by a United States murshal's posse at Cumberland Gap, Tenn. Two ATTBMPTS to wreek trains were made at East Norwalk, Conn. The trains in both cases dashed into piles of ties at hig-h speed, but neither left the rails. The supreme court of Ohio has decided that the law creatinj the board of city affairs of Cincinnati is unconstitutional, special leffislation. The old board of public improvements at once took charge of affairs at Cincinnati. Isf the Unitad States the business failures during' the seven days ended on the 13th numbered 273, against 265 the preceding week and 362 the corresponding week last year. The California legislatura has passed a bilí prohibiting the coming of Chinese into that state. Mrs. Mabel Ivi.ise. the young' wife of a Sioux City (la.) contractor, has fallen heir to property in England worth over 810,000,000. The family of John Geppinger, of Logansport, Ind., was poisoned by eating moldy cheese. and lrs. Lizzie Woods, one of the family, died in horrible agony. Henry Naxdeus was lynehed by a mob near Lavinia, Tenn., for criminally assaulting Miss Angie ]5elton, aged 16 years. The women of Mount Etna, Ind., armed with clubs and axes, beat down a saloon door, emptied vessels, demolished furniture and gave notice that all dramshops would meet a similar fate. The Romana (Ind.) post office was raided by burglars and 8400 worth of stamps and considerable money were taken. The wholesale drug house of Humiston, Keeling & Co., in Chicago, was burned, a loss of $125,000. The barn of Jerry Hetlers, near Dixon, 111., was burned, together with six horses and forty cows and a quantity of farm machinery. As earthquake shock was feit at Newburg, N. Y., and vicinity. Thuek inail-box thieves have been arrested in Syracuse. They had keys which opened maü-boxes, and had in their possession thousands of dollars worth of drafts and checks. J. W. Foster and J. G. Ulaine, Jr., have started for Spain, where they will negotiate a reciprocity treaty between the United States and Cuba. The heaviest snow-storm in three years was experienced in Texas, and it was feared that it would be disastrous to the fruit erop. Acting (ov. Haüber. of Wyoming, has issued a proclamation at the request of Gen. Miles enjoining citizens to refrain from arms to Indians. The jury in the assassination case of Chief-of-Police Hennessy at New Orleans returaed a verdict acquitting six of the prisoners and failmg to agree on the remaining three. Thomas Mooke. ag-ed 70, of Franklin, N. C, murdered his wit'e, ageel 68. Plames destroyed a portion of the Central insane asylum near Nashville, Tenn., and six of the inmates were burned to death. Kate Weaveu Rheinhold committed suicide at Indianapolis, Ind. , leaving a note in which she ccused her husband of beating her. Ei.mek Johnsojí murdered Mrs. seph Graham at Caldwell, O., in aquarrel over a lead pencil. At Cleveland, O., Mrs. William Baker attempted to lig-ht a tire with crude oil, when the can exploded and she was burned to death. PERSONAL AND POLITICAL. Mbs. Mary Bell diod at Groveland, Ind. , aged 108 years. Asios P. Learxed, for twenty-three years agent in New York of the Associated Press, died in that city. Rev. Benjamin II. Paddock, Episcopal bishop of Massachusetts, died in Boston. Asa Brown, said to be the oldest quartermaster in the United States, died at Galesburg-, 111., aged 89 years. The republicans of Khode Island nominated a state ticket at Providence with H. W. Ladd for governor. Charles J. Fletcheis (colored), known as "General Wood," a museum freak, was suffocated by gas at New York. He was 48 inches in height and 60 years of age. On the 154th ballot at Springfield, HL, John M. Palmer was elected United States senator, receiving the votes of Farmers Moore and Cockrell and the 101 democratie members. Mr. Taubeneck voted for Streeter, and the republicans cast their ballots for Cicero J. Lindley. Celestine Kaltenbach, the oldest postmaster in the northwest, died at his home in Potosi, Wis., aged 85. He had been postmaster there since 1838. The Kansas legislatura adjourned sine die. Gen. John W. Fulleb, who had a brilliant army record, died at Toledo, O. A state ticket, headed by John W. Da vis for governor, was nominated at Providence by the democrats of Rhode Island. Thomas D. Ham,, of Columbus, Ind., who had held a position in the United States treasury at Washington since 1862, is dead. His height was only 42 inches. Mrs. Hannah ('i.kvki.and-King died at her home at Inotisco, N. Y., aged LOS yi'ai-s Wii.son Scott died at New Salem, Pa., in the 83d year of his age. For the last thirty-seven days of his life he had fasted. FOREIGN. The residence of Gustave Zander, owner of large estates at Finsterwalde, Prussia, was burned, and his wife and two chiklren perished in the flames. Mant small vessels were wrecked on the southeastern coast of England by a blizzará liicli prevailed in that section, andhundredsol sheep were killed. MüSBBS. J.ímes J. O'Kei.ly, John O'Connor, Ilenry Harrison and John Redmond, Irish members of parliament, sailed from Queenstown for this country to solicit funds to carry on the l'arnell eampaign in Ireland. John F. Swift, of California, United States minister to Tokio, Japan, died in Tokio. Seven persons were killed by the explosión of a condenser at Dixon's iron works in Glasgow. Russia was now said to be scheming to extend her territory east, so as to embrace the Scandinavian península within the dominion of the czar. At a meeting of the Canadian cabinet it was decided to notify the United States government that the Dominion government was ready to negotiate a reciprocity treaty. Cuba was suffering from a prolonged drought. Crops had been ruined and the loss of live stock had been heavy owing to the lack of water. Many vessels have been wrecked by a hurricane off the Baleario isles. The ship Bay of Panama was lost off Falmouth, and Captain Wright, of Liverpool, his wife and twelve of the crew were drowned. Advicks from China say that 300 pirates and robbers were beheaded in Kwantung province during the last few days of the old Chinese year. The Wood paving company of Pu-ris has failed for 3,000,000 francs. It was reported that people at Bonavista, Newfoundland, were starving, owing to the failure of the shore fibhery. Nearly 100 men lost their lives on the British coast during the recent blizzard. The British ship Dryad was wrecked off Start point, Eng., and her crew of twenty-four men and oiiicers were all lost. Advices from Siam state that a terrible cyclone raged at Champion and destroyed more than 1,200 houses. The influenza was still raging-in Japan, and li;ty or more deaths occurred daily. , Heavy storms have caused great damage in many parts of Spain, and a cyclone at Plasencia, iu the province oí Caceres, has inüicted enormous loss. The hol y synod of the Russian church has ordered that all converted Jews Khall attend public worshlp once in every week or be deeuied to have relapsed into Judaism. The Austrian census shows a population of 42,500.000. Theodore De Beauviixb, one of the most accomplished versiiiers and poets of the ceutury. died suddenly in Paris of cerebral congestión. Tuk British steamer Mirama was wrecked near Dartmonth, Eng., and only three seamen were saved out of all on board. Advices from Zanzíbar say that the negroes of tlie Comoro islands had revolted and declared themselves free. The sultan of the islands has fled. Bkitish statistics show that out of 61,000 Irish who emigrated during last year 31,000 came to the United States. The French ship 'rere et öoeur has been wrecked on ono of the Scilly islands and three oí her crew were drowned. LATER NHWS Eleven of the Italians acquitted of the raurder of Chief Hennessy at Sew Orleans were shot dead in the parish prison on the 14th by a mob lead by prominent citizens of the city. Thirtv-threk men on the löth started on a six days" walking match in Madison square garden, New York. During the two years of the present administration ended March 4, 1891, there were '2,754 appointments made of presidential postmasters. Undkr an act of the Colorado legislature every saloon in Denver was closed on the lfith. Judge Lewis A. Groff, the commissioner of the general land office at Washington, has resigned. A. Mixer Griswoi.i, of Texas Siíting, who acquired f ame by humorous sketches signed ''The FatContributor," died suddenly at Sheboygan Falls, Wis. , of apoplexy, aged 56 years. In a quarrol near Maxey, Ga., Harvey Smith (white) and two negroes named Hatton were killed. Fikk at Fowlerville, Mich., destroyed the post office, express office, opera house and a large number of business blocks and dwellings, causing a loss of 8100,000. John W, Stancliffe. the f amous marine painter, died at Hartford, Conn., aged 79 years. Coi.. Roblks, the commander of the Chilian government troops, was killed in a battle with the insurgonts, and during the bombardment at Pisigui the insurgents killed 2,000 persons. The Windom fund of 850,000 for the family of the late secretary of the treasury has been completed. WlT.TJAM H. Crawford was hanged at Decatur, 111., for the murder of Mrs. Col. Mathias on the night of August 20 last. The United States ship Galena and the brig Nina were wrecked off Vineyard Haven, Mass. No lives were lost. ÖweN Gabry, aged 60, and his wife, aged 65, were burned to death in their home at Rockford, 111. A pire in Syracuse. X. Y., destroyed some of the finest business bloeks in the city, a loss of over 81,000,000. Maxi people have been drowned by an overflow of the Danube river at Duna FoMvar. At the leadin? cleai-ing-hoxises in the United States the exchang-es during the week ended on the 14th nsrirregated ! Í9U3,S51,944, against $1,078,108,705 the i previous week. As compa red witli the j correapondinj? week of im the deoreasa amounted to 2.8