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THE WIDE WORLD. A Catal' gns cf tis Irii cr tmt Occurrences i by Electric TTIre Quarter the CIrU4 Ized World. LKlf LATEST BY TELEGRAPH. Good fur IJAd Indian. Tba Supreme Court 'of tbe putted States Las decided tha application of Gon Sbay Ee, for a writ of habeas eorrms.

Gon Shay Ee, the Apache Indian, a convicted of runrdef cf another InJiiiQ in Arizona and sentenced to be banned. He wan tried by the District Court of the United States for the Second Judicial District of Arizona. It in contended in hi bebalf that the offense committed spuinst the laws of the Territory and should bare beea tried tinder those laws, and by a court sitting to administer justice under then and not by a United Court trying tbe ruse under the laws of the United States. The Attorney General was requested to see thnt lion Sbay Ee was released under the ruling of the Court. The; same order was made in the case of Cfiptain Jack, an Indian, whose case i substantially the same as that jut described, and who was sentenced to thirty years' imprisonment in the Ohio penitentiary.

Opinion by Justice Miller. Five Months In the Weterj Columbus (O.) special: A negro fishing in Alum Creek discovered htangled among the brush of an overturned tree, which extended into the water, th badly decomposed body of Miss Kusannf Fair weather, the French teacher who mysteriously disappeared Nov. 9. Miss Fairweather came here front Fhiladel pbia about three weeks prior to her disappearance. She was handsome and intelligent and had been left considerable money by a relative at Havre, France, but had lost most of it through a distant relative.

Many theories were given as the eauHe of her disappearance, among them elopement with a priest. It is now thought she committed suicided She bad but one relative in this eountry, her brother in law, Prof. Leperreau, i of 434 West Forty Fourth street, 'w Ybrk. fohest rntEs Destroy Oim Hniidnd Dwellings anil Three Hundred Cattle Ou Life I.ot A special from Danville says: A forest fire extending from Patrick Springs, to Crltsc Depot on the Danville fc Newriver railroad, containing an are of ten miles long and three; to six miles wide, commenced Saturday afternoon and burned nntil a heavy rain aided the men Monday night ia stopping it. Over 100 families were made homeless, escaping with only the clothing they wore.

The latest report say sixty head of cattle, ten horses and over two hundred hogs, burned to death. It ia estimated that one hnndred dwellings were destoyed. Every vestige of fencing in the track of the fire is gone. One man is known to have burned to. death, and four others are reported thinning.

The damage will amount to many thousands, Blf Strike roeaibte, There it a great dissatisfaction; among the employee of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company growing oat of a compulsory insurance or relief department recently established. In 'order to maintain the bureau the employes allege they are required to sign a contract authorizing the company to deduct from their wagee sums varying from $9 to $60 fier year. A determined opposition to he soheme is being organized among the men, and if the company persists in enforcing the payments for tbie insurance bureau, it ia believed a strike, affecting probably 20,000 men, wijll result. The 8nraon Conference Berlin special: The Cologne Qcuitt ays that the nomination of Me. Sewall, late Consul General at Samoa, as one of the Samoan Commissioners, together with the appointment of Bates, warrants the supposition that the Washington Government does not seriously desire a friendly settlement! of the Barooan muddle.

The German delegates tosjjee conference will be Count Herbert Bismarck and Dr. Kranel, the head of the colonial department of the foreign offlqe. Indiana's Ftnenoee. 1 A suit to test the constitutionality of the act of the Indiana Legislature authorising a loan of $700,000 has been decided ia the Marion Circuit Court. Judge II ow land in a brief opinion held that the act waa unconstitutional.

The case will be immediately taken to the Supreme Court and if that tribunal hold that the law is unconstitutional, the State finances will be seriously embar rassed and it may become necessary to call an extra session of the Legislature to provide necessary funds for carrying on public Institutions. TV 111 Close a ambling Shops. Mayor Brack, of. Columbus, upon being re installed in office, announced that he would stringently enforce the ri.miin. the leading gambling resort in the Central States, there being fourteen faro games in operation.

The gamblers who endeavored to defeat Bruck are very downcast. EASTERN OCCURRENCES. A fx months ago burglars) broke into the residence of John Beilly, a prominent man of Wilkesbaxre, chloroformed the family, and stole nearly $1,000. The other day Father O'Hearn, pastor of St. Mary's Roman Cat holier Church, handed Mr.

fieilly $700, which, he said, had been given bun by a prominent man, wno aaa made a confession to him, and had told the story of the robbery. The story is a secret of the confessional. The opening of the new club house of the Manufacturers' Club of Philadelphia, was made the occasion of a reception to Postmaster General Wanamaker the handshaking bein? continued for nearly an hour and a half, State and National orTk t. Congressmen, and municipal dig tutaji attended. Ins appra sers appointed to make complete appraisement of the personal effects of the late philanthropist, Isaiah V.

'Williamson, of Philadelphia, place the aggregate value of the effects at Thobtilb Egidics, a young Swede who committed suicide ai New York, is believed by some to have been Prince Oscar, of Sweden, recently disowned for marrjing beneath hie station. On the other hand, it is said that the victim's father is Consul General for Norway and Sweden to the Netherlands, ened prosecution for breach of by a circas nder whom he met Threat promise in Am sterdam, Holland, is believed to have caused the suicide. A LiczxsE Las been ins nod at Pittsburg, for the marriage' of Samuel R. Welser, aged 72 years, to Edith Wilson, a girl 15 years old. wkntt SIX glass blowers arrived from Liverpool on the steamer Iowa.

They were all ticketed through to Pittsburg, but claimed they did not come an the promif of work, and the authorities can not make out a case against them. MAJTAOErf Robinson, of the International Exposition at Buffalo, N. has secured a novel attraction a human sky rocket, the handicraft of Mr.Edselle, of Callao, Peru, formerly of the nited States Nary. His model bag been inc. cessrully experimented in bonth America, and a brother in Minneapolis has filed a caveat.

Signor Camarara made the initial trip. The ap paratus consists of a combination of rockets of immense power with a parachute attachment which folds over the apex. Four tubes from the framework containing the explosives. The nature of the explosive is a secret and ia called dynoascenimite. 'Its peculiar property is that it is detonating.

A mall volume of the solid make an immense volume of vapor and lifts the machine with lightning rapidity into clouds. The test took place under Peruvian Government patronage near Callao in December. The charge, touched by electricity, sent the machine over feet, and the descent by parachute was perfect. Sig. Camarara landed five miles from the starting point no worse for the trip.

Fifteen, tbousund people were present, and watched with telescopes the rise and fall of the machine. Mr. Ed selle will be in Buffalo in a few davs. Johs P. Usher, who was Secretary of the Interior under President Lincoln, died at the University Hospital in Philadelphia, Pa.

Mr. Usher went there from Florida, where he had a winter residence, about three weeks ago to undergo an operation for the removal of a tumor from his throat. Dr. Aguew successfully removed the growth, but the patient. notwithstanding the efforts to save his life, died.

Mr. Usher was born in Madison County, New York, in 1616. For Home years past he resided at Lawrence, Kansas, where be acted as counsel lor the Missouri Pacific and Kansas Pacific railroad companies. Chabi.es Hodoes, a fire boss, and Evan Madden, a pump runner, were passing through an abandoned working in Grand Tunnel mine, at Wilkesbarre.Pa., when their lights ignited a large amount of accumulated gas, and both men were blown to pieces. Hodges was 45 years of age.

He left a wife and six children. Madden was 60 years old and a widower. EX COXORBSSMAJT SlMEOX B. CHIT Tenden died at his home in Brooklyn, K. Y.

His age was 75 years. WESTERN HAPPENINGS. Col. Edward Hatch, Ninth Cavalry, died suddenly at reveille at Fort Robinson, Neb. A VALISE belonging to James Webster and containing notes snd contracts aggre Lating $15,000 was stolen from a train at ima, Ohio, while the owner waa in the depot hotel.

The thief was captured several hours later and the property recovered. A REPOBT was received at res ton. Iowa, that ex President Cleveland bad been assassinated by a sleeping car porter. Nearly all the flags in the city we're placed at half mast. When, later in the day, the report was contradicted the flags were raised, and the inhabitants celebrated.

A MAK giving his name as Charles Houcke lies wounded at the Central Avenue Hotel, says an Arkansas City, special of the 11th Inst. He came here March 29, and stopped at the above mentioned hotel. He seemed to have no business of any kind. He was found in an alley with a bullet wound in his leg. He refused to give any account of himself, or tell how he received the wound farther than to say: I might have got the shot in the breast if I had not struck his arm." The description suits that of ascot so nearly that several detectives are only waiting his recovery to place him under arrest.

His hair, nose, eyes, and features correspond closely to the description of the real Tas cott. The marks about the bodv agree exactly with those set forth in the description. IHI Hon. J. Leonard Farwell.

elected Governor of Wisconsin by the Waifs in 1851, Commissioner of Patents in 1863, and one of those present at Lincoln's death, died at Granite City. at the age of 70 years. He had been en eased in banking and real estate for sev enteen years, during which time he had taken no active part In politics. Thi Hon. William TP.

Cutler, ex Con gressman and for three) terms a member of the Ohio Legislature, died at his home In Marietta. Ohio, in the 77th year of his ace. Mr. Cutler was one of the foremost men of Southern Ohio, and for the last thirty years has been largely engaged in railroad building and operating. Jcdgr Thayer, of the United States District Court, banded down an interest ing decision at St.

Louis, in the case of the United States against Charles Gross, charged vrith stealing a package of newspapers from the top of a letter box. Judge Thaver decides that the taking of a package of papers xrom, the top ox a letter box is no offense against the mail laws. The top of mail box is not a re ceptacle for mail, and a package placed were no more in Uie custody oi tne mail than a package placed upon the steps oi tne postomce. Weili pouring a heat to make a 4,000 pound casting in the foundry of William Tod fc at You its town, Ohio, it ex ploded, hurling the molten metal in every airection. ixeorge xoreman, was leaning over the isk at the time and received the oil force of the explosion, literally roasting him.

I rank Lee, a molder, was standing near Bryant, and was almost aa badiy burned, bo, will recover. John Anderson, Nick Carro 1, and William Kurz were burned about the face and head. A beport from New York Mills, says that Mrs. Beebera, a Finnish woman, has given birth to six children, three of whom were alive and three were born dead. A little over a year ago a Finnish woman at the same place gave birth to four children.

J. U. BetcoLds, lessee of the Sterling. Webster Abstract Company, of St. Louis, Ma, is reported missing.

He is said to be indebted to the amoant of flo.OOt). Tbree children of Sebastian Merdam, a Bavarian fanner at St. Joseph, were poisoned by eating wild parsnip roots which their father had plowed up. All died in a few hoars. A fourth child, who also ate of the roots, may live.

Ths United States Grand Jury at Fort Townsend. W. reported twenty five indictments against William Harned, ex Special Deputy Collector, eleven against H. F. Beet her, ex Treasury Agent, and twelve against Quincy A.

Brooks for stealing from the Government. This is the result of the investigation into the Custom House books there lately made by Treasury officials. Vessels entering port were overcharged and private receipts iKsned. Although the' swindle in each case amounted to but a few dollars, it aggregated thousands annually. Tax Minnesota House of Representatives has passed the Senate bill providing for the inspection on the hoof of all beef sold in Minnesota.

It is much the same in its provisions as the bills before the Legislatures of a number of other Western States, being the practical prohibition of Chicago and Kansas City dressed meats, The southern stage, which arrived at Lamar, recently, brought news that Bill Thompson and his gang had left there. They occupied the town sev. eral days, and completely disarmed the inhabitants. Guns and pistols of every sort were taken possession of, and a large amount of cartridges thrown into a well. The object of the raid was to capture Dr.

Brown and Editor Daniels, but in this they were not successful, as these gentlemen were not to be found. They took during their stay such articles as they needed from the stores, but no general pillage took place. They left, but promised to return for Brown and Daniels. Bill Thompson has an old grudge against the parties named, and wears he will kill them on sight. Bill Thompson is the leader of the gang of cutthroats who make their headquarters in the neutral strip.

Behest Soxa, Lansing, have secured control of the original patents for the longitudinal adjustment of the teeth in spring teeth' barrows. These patents have been infringed upon for years by agricultural implement manufacturers, and the firm has already Wgun suits in the United States District Courts against Lawrence Jc Chapin and Chase, Henry A of Kalamazoo, and G. B. Alin A of Canandaigua, N. Y.

Suits will be begun against all other infringers as speedily as possible, whether manufacturers, dealers, or users. This action is of decided importance to the farmers, as it is estimated thatover 500, 000 spring teeth harrows with the adjustable longitudinal attachments are in use, and the users may be compelled to pay royalty SOUTHERN INCIDENTS. A EIRE occurred at Dayton, en tailing a loss of $22,000. The principal losers are Bicknell "Johnson, J. W.

Hudson, grocer; A. W. Fraslar, H. Spin ly. Dayton is a young and growing city, and the burned district will be immedi ately rebuilt.

The residence of General James Long street at Gainesville, has been destroyed by fire. The loss ia estimated at Sio.ouo. George Dbigos, accused of attempting to assault a white woman, was hanged by a mob at Hempstead, Tex. POLITICAL PORRIDGE. Richard Croker, leader of Tammany.

Hall, has been appointed by Mayor Grant City Chamberlain of New York. Nathan F. Dixon, of Westerly, has been elected United States Senator by the Rhode Island Legislature. The inauguration cf Francis E. Warren as Governor of Wyoming took place at Cheyenne.

The Governor's address was devoted to home rule for th Territories and statehood for Wyoming. He took strong grounds for early admission. By the recent elections held in Rhode Island, the General Assembly is assured to the Republicans, who will elect the State officers. The following appointments have been made by the Interior Department: Calvin S. Montague, of Michigan, member of the Board of Pension Appeals, by transfer from the Pension Bureau: Tobe Hert, of Indiana, special agent of the Indian Bureau to investigate the Indian depredation clause: William of the Dis trict of Columbia, Chief of Division in the Pension Office, nee li.

aulEner, resigned; B. F. Kayser and wife, of Marion. 111.. Superintendent and Matron re spectively of the Indian school at Warm bpnngs, Uregon.

The resolution for a Prohibition Amend ment to the Constitution was defeated in the niinois House 79 to 49. Presidekt Harrison has made the following appointments: Frank Plumly, of Vermont, to be United States Attorney for the District of Vermont; George A. Knight, of Texas, to be United States Marshal for the Northern District of Texas: Leo E. Bennet. of Indian Terri tory, to be agent of the Indians in the Temtorv; ana james jicuoweu, ot Dakota, to be Register of the Land Office at Huron, D.

T. Thi President has made the following appointments Lyman E. Knapp, of Middlebury, Tt, to be Governor of Alaska. Jamas P. Lose, of Dakota, to be Registrar of tb Lnd Offic at Rapid City.

D. T. Tbcsmaa M. Kvad. of WaahinKtera Terrt.

tory. to ba Uegisuac of ut Land omca at final W. T. (jpenoer Hart wig. of Covington, to be a speaaJ agent to majte allotments or lands severalty to Indiana, under the provisions of the act of Conm as arinroved Feb lrtK7.

Henry Wis, of WeaS Virginia, to be United Btatas Karsbai for tbe District of West Vir W. N. Nortos of Texas. John Yost of Illinois, John S. Stidger of Nebraska, and SoL A Hawk of West Virginia have been appointed special aeents of the land o5cev ilartin Bailey of Illinois Las been appointed a law clerk in the pension oiiice.

ACROSS THE OCEAN. The United States Consul General at lUod Janeiro reports thst yellow fever is prevalent there to an alarming extent. Of the 12'J deaths reported on March 7, 2 were from yellow fever, 9 by other fevers, and 33 by "aecusso pernicioso," a new. disease supposed to be caused by emanations from the sewers. A SHOCK of earthquake was felt in Cuba lately.

Ovisro to the scarcity of water the area of cotton culture in Egypt is much restricted this eeason. The Xortu German Gazette says: "The extension of the mail service between Cologne and Yerviers, which includes the sorting of the American mails, is connected with the withdrawal of the government from the arrangement that hag existed with the North German Lloyd Steamship Com. pany for the conveyance of tbe mails. It la the intention of the government in the future to send a portion of tbe mails by the steamers of the Hamburg American Steamship Company. FRESH AND NEWSY.

The April crop report of the Agricultural Department at Washington D. snyi the general average condition of winter wheat is 94, nearly the same as the April condition of the crop of lf6, which fell at harvest to 87.8; that of 188, 2. and that of the previous year, SS.L Tbe April condition of the large crop of Ih4 was going up to 98 at harvest. Tbe present condition by principal Stales, is: New York, 94; Pennsylvania, Texas, V7; Kentucky, 97; Ohio, he; Michigan, 87; Illinois, 97; Missouri, 95; Kansas, 96; California. 98.

Tbe condition in ths Southern States ranges from W) to 97. The rye crop is also in good condition beUei than that of wheat in Ohio and Michigan, and worse in Missouri, with slight differences in other States. The general average is 93.. Recently, in Mexico, four men who attempted to wreck a train in which Presi dent Diss was traveling were shot. Mrs.

Febioer, the wife of' Admiral Febiger of the navy, was thrown from her carriage at Washington, D. and badly, perhaps fatally, injured. Is their review of trade for last week R. G. Dun A Co.

said: There axe distinct siims rf imnrovement ra business. Koprt from interior ix'lnta, almost without exception. Indicate aa elarcement of treda. Rapid advance in savar, eottoa, cotton, bnitar, and oats ara nearly balaooad Ihm da. clina in wfaaat and eoru.

pork product, print elulba, laatruv and otbar sxatcls, so that tha ftHnaral evaraee of pricoa Is but a tba ie higher tttan a week a But urthor disbursement by tba Traasurv have iacressad the airoedy ebnn daat sovply ot wonay the market for securitiea baa improved and npurt eoutinue to inerraae, Ida moat alKuincaut iretura of week's eomnieretai nsw ia ha report! of furnace ia pleat April 1, wch snows weekly output ot anthracite and bituminous iron oiily C7j tons less tban March ami nearly tons or 30 tier cent, larger than a year no. The significant fact ia that wltb a production cka to the ln.ro ael evar known price scarcely yield at alL ill snarp auvftim a I oenia per luu ponmla in raw sutiar, with tba purchase ut tha Han I rtiiciMO refinery for tba trnst. accompanies a sudden rise af six cants in tha trust slock. Tba boot and shoe trade is said to be large beyond precedent. leather is ahada lower and bide are overabundant.

Raw cotton baa riaen a quarter, in oil lower price caused a decree of J0.uud in value for March and tha market baa been dull and weak. Tne market for raw wool Is suroajrer in tone and an advance in price ia expected. Copper and tin era still snmevnet weaker, and the exoeaalve supplies still auppra the coal market, which is worse than dull. The volume of buatneas Is nnsetie. faotory, and sales below schedule rates ere re.

Eiwted. Without exception report from the itertor show that money is abundant, too tilth in a few instances the demand Is improvirxt. Fears of disturbance in connection with April aetileinents have peed. Tbe reports of the increee In tha sprins; wheat acreaKa continues soil sowing ba progressed favorably, the season beina about three weeks earlier than last year. The buiue failure numbered HJW, a a.aiuat a total of tha previous a eve.

EAT 6 M7 CHEVREU L. M. Michel Eroisi the distinguished French chemist, died in Paris. M. Cbevreul was bom at Angers, Aug.

Si, ITSri, and hence was nearly US) years old at the time Ot bia death. In IMltl be" became preparator of te" tha ehendcai course of iV' the Muaeum of Natural History, and In 11S pro. ff I I feasor in tbe LfrceeCher. I lemaene In licit be was 1 1' f. appointed director of tbe (AJ St Jz dye works and profeaaor tt't'eEsr iy of special ebendstry a Vf tbe Gobelin, where be YS VrV distinguished birnself by fTV.

IT" i Li 'iVin Dortaot researches in 7V colors. Jo 1W6 be be. came member of tbe Acadamvof Hciaoce and after ward was made fellow of tha Hovel HocietT of tTjondoa. He contributed many important apers to sclent! Ac societies end continued glv ig lecture till after tbe close of bis first century, k'or tbe but year or two ba bed been quietly engaged in hi home, and may be said to have bean active almost to tha hour of hi death, IIARKET RCrOKTS. chicaou.

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ETENTS AXD INCIDENTS THAT HATS LATELY OCCl'RRETX An letereelina Summary ef the Mere la Ioinga of Our Melebbora Wed dlnc and trathe Criute, CaeualUee aad 'tvKtb fmtenta. Patents have been issued for Indiana inventors as follows: Peter Anderson, assignor to H. G. Olds, of Fort Wayne, corner iron for wagon boxes; Bejamin P. Berger; South Bend, cultivator; Andrew J.

Calloway, Chester Hill, corn planter and drill combined; Clark Chid dister, Decatur, gate; Joseph Frenick, LaPorte, wheel; Thomas J. Harriman, Xew Paris, drive apparatus for piles. James A. Little, Cartersburg, spade or shovel; Edward J. Purdy, Michigan City, hunters' portable stool; George W.

Pjle, Geneva, retail case and support for stores; Abbott M. Reeves, Indianapolis, metallic mat; George V. Schock and W. 1L Wansbrough, South Bend, paint mixer; Frederick W. Tro main, Fort Wayne, washing machine.

Bobbed the Corner Stooe of Church. A queer robbery waa committed at Cambridge City. Some person, evidently acquainted with the surroundings, took a crowbar and removed the corner stone of the Baptist church from its place in the wall of the buildincr. lie was poorly repaid for his trouble, how, ever, as the receptacle beneath it contained only a few coins, amounting to about $1.50, The stone was laid in 1SG4, and its contents comprised such miscellaneous papers, articles, as are usually de posited on such occasions. A Camper Fatally Horned.

Levi ilnnson, of Guthrie, was out of work and concluded to go to Bedford to seek employment. He encamped put near Bedford, having built a fire out of rubbish and fodder. During the night the fire spread and the clothes ot Ilnnson took fire. lie awoke to find his clothing in a blaze, and it was some time before he could relieve himself of the burning garments. He was seriously burned, and had to be removed to Bed ford, where he died from his injuries.

Minor Mlete Items. The town of St. Marys of experiencing a boom. Her. Rudolph Randolph, living near Andrews, was thrown from a wagon and fatally injured.

He is Co years of age. Twenty gas wells have been sunk in the vicinity of Corydon, and in every instance there has been a large flow of gas. While cutting a tree at Galena, Floyd County, Noble McDaniel, aged 15, had his neck broken by a falling limb. A mad bull made a dash at Peter Draper near Alexandria, and threw him through a rail fence. Mr.

Draper's leg was broken. A very large and old gray eagle was shot near Seymour the other day. It measured forty one inches from tip to tip of wings. Seymour is enjoying a steady growth. Its latest business gsin is a pressed brick manufactory, with a capacity of 20,000 a day.

A revival at the Quaker Church in Monrovia, conducted by Mr. Maunlr, of Chicago, resulted in thirty five accessions to the church. James Cook, a workman in a plan ing mill at Columbus, had his arm partially severed, by letting it accidentia strike band saw in motion. The Baptist Church of Greencastle, which has been without a pastor several years, has secured Rev. W.

W. Hicks, who will hereafter officiate there. David Binkley, a well known resident of Nappanee, Elkhart County, while driving a fast horse wss thrown against a fence and instantly killed. Clarington Cross claims to have discovered, near Washington, at a depth of ninety feet, a nine foot vein of gold bearing quartz, which assays 9'MO to the ton. Frank Calvert, at one time editor and proprietor of the Wabash Piai'n Dealer, but lately a farmer and politician, died at Mount Etna, near Wabash.

Hon. George Nathaniel Robinson, an eloquent and able member of the Shelby County bar, died at Shelbyville. He served two terms in the State Legis lature. While playing near a stove, the 2 year old child of Samuel Starnes, of Seymour, upset a kettle of boiling water. The child was so badly scalded that death is probable.

William Able, a well known farmer of Jackson County, was kicked on the bead by a vicious horse a few days ago. His skull was crushed, and all the bones of his face were broken. Hon. Beatty McClelland, of Colum bus, is said to have practiced law longer than any other lawyer in the State. He was admited to tbe bar in 1836.

He is over eighty years of age. William Benson, the murderer of Jacob Mottweiier. who was condemned to death at Jeffersonville, will be the first person to be execnted in the State Prison South according to the new law. A hominjr pigeon was shot on a farm near Vevay a few days ago. It carried on one leg a silver band, turn bered 12,853, and bore the letter Z.

The pigeon was supposed to be a blue hawk. John Perry, the horse thief recently captured at Wabash, hss been sentenced to four rears in the penitentiary. He is wanted in Ohio for numerous crimes. and will be rearrested when bis present term expires. Several children were amusing themselves by burning rubbish at Madi son.

when Kettie, the 5 year old daugh ter of Thomas Dew, went too close to the fire. A gust of wind caused her dress to ienite. and in an instant she was en veloped in flames. She was terribly burned and died of her injuries. TIrs.

Brown, wife of John Frown, a wealthy resident of Crown Point, tell from her carriage while driving alone, a few days ao, aad was iustautly killed. She had Loca raarried only a few months. The action of tha New Albany Fishing Club in offering a reward of for the conviction any person fouud using dynamite in the small trearaa near that eity has almost broken up the practice. Silas Livengood, a farmer living near Waynetown, Montgomery County, fell from his wagon, which was loaded with tile. The wheels passed over hia head, mashing his jaw aud crushing in his skulL The stables at the Centreville race track were burned, and Charley Emm.

field, a sort of vagabond, perished in the flames. He was sleeping off a drunk there. Xo horses were there at the time of the fire. A shepherd dog belonging to John Curvin, of Taylorsville, Bartholomew County, went mad tha other day, aud before it could be killed had bitten Mr. Curvin's 5 year old daughter, besides two horses and several cows.

At B6crsstown. a frame bouse occupied by Bcttie King caught fire from a pipe she was smoking, and was consumed. The woman, being an invalid, ws unable to escape and was bnrned to death. Her age was forty five. The directors of the Prison South have elected Abel Ewtng.

of Greeus burg, deputy warden, vice Willis Barnea resigned. Dr. G. IL Euucie, of Fort Branch, Gibson County, physician, vice Dr. Wolf, of New Albauy, resigned.

The inchester Board of Trade has elected Gen. A. Stoue president, and Enos L. Watson and two others vice presidents, and a board of five direc tors. A great effort is being made to arrange for free gas for manufacturing purposes.

William Benson, under sentence of death at Jeffersonville for the htrtrder of Jacob Mottweiier, has made a full confession, in which he says his sole motive for the crime was his love for the girl Sallie Snyder, the domcstio in Mottweiler's family. Minnie, tbe year old daughter ot George who lives near Foun taintown, was burned to death while playing with fire and trnsh. Her clothes were burned off. The mother's hands were severely burned in trying to put out the dire. A mammoth stalk of coru raised on the farm of Samuel Brumtlehl, in Ohio Township, Bartholomew County, is on exhibition at Columbus.

To the ear, which is large and solid, it measures nine feet and seven inches. The entire height of the staik is eighteen feet. Otwell (Pike County) White Caps left switches snd notes of warning at the doors of the houses of all the lazy, dissolute and disreputable persons of that town. The notes advised immediate change in the mode of life of those warueu, vr uumigrsiiuu ixvui tue iuvb within ten days. Frank Mote, a young man residing five miles east of Seymour, was run over by a switch engine in the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad yards, receiving injuries which caused his death in a few hours.

It is supposed he was at tempting to board the engine or cars attached while they were in motion. Judge Ferguson, of Jeffersonville, hss decided that the bondsmen of A. J. Howard, ex warden of tbe Prison South, are not responsible for his last term. When his last term commenced, Howard's bond was not renewed under the supposition that the first one was good.

By this ruling the State will lose a large sum of money. The IndianaLive Stock Commission, constituted by the last Legislature, met at Indianapolis and organized by elect ing Adam Earl, of Lafayette, President, and Samuel Bowman, of South Bend, Secretary. The work before the Commission was discussed, but the adoption of rules and the election of a veterinarian was postponed till the next meet ing. Mrs. Mary Charnes, tbe wife of Martin Charnes, who was seriously assaulted by her brother in law, Josiah Charnes, a short time ago at Washing ton, is dying from tbe, effect of the terri ble treatment which she was subjected to.

Her ante mortem statement of the assault has been taken, to be used in the trial of the brute whose violence is aaid to bo the cause of her death. Mrs. William Cross, of Jackson County, was bitten on tbe foot by a copper head snake over thirty years ago, but sbe partially recovered alter montns of suffering. Yearly since that time her foot has swollen to enormous size, and several times she came near dying. For more than a year past she has neither been able to stand nor walk.

Her body is now swollen out of proportion, and she is dying of blood poisoning. The Board of Trustees of the State Normal School, in session at Terra Haute, find they are very much embarrassed by the failure to make the State loan; The trustees should have had $116,0110 from the State Treasury by this time of the appropriation for the new building under construction, and $16,000 deficiency appropriation. About thirty thousand dollars is due contractors. As yet the Board baa taken no action, and find itself embarrassed as to the future. The contractors need tbe money to proceed with their work.

Hnntingburg, in Dubois County, has a Tornlation of 2.0C8 there being 1,034 males and the same number of females. It is probably the only town in this country where the sexes are equally divided. The Decatur County Commissioners have agreed to sink a gas well at least three thousand feet deep, if necessary to reach tbe gas bearing sand. The experience in the vicinity of Decatur ia somewhat similar to that at Lancaster, where an immense flow was obtained by going down to the sand..