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r r A MEXICAN " SPORT." j Twenty Thousand People Wit- ' ness a Brutal Bull Ficht. j The Mexican Capital's Society! Turn Out in Large Numbers. A dispatch from the City of Mexico to the ; New York Times gives the following details j cf an exhibition of so-called "sport," which ' was attended in great numbers by all classes of Mexican society, special arrangements i and preparations having been made for the ! affair: I The swell society of the capital turned ouc ! by thousands yesterday to attest their appre- j ciation of Louis Mazzantini. the famous bull ! fiorht.er OThft was announced for a benefit at ! the plaza. More than 20,000 people were I present, and among them Govern- | ment officials, diplomats and fair ladies from other climes than Mexico. j Immediately after the entry of the judges i a trumoeter announced that tho entertainment would begin, which brought | forth loud applause. From the bullfighters' quarters there issued a horseman in ! Spanish costume mounted on a magnificent j black animal. Ho was accompanied by a i child equally well mounted and attired in i a dress of various colors, and came to obtain j from the judge the key of the door of the place within which the bulls were inclosed. This is an old Spanish j custom and is followed in all of Maz- I zantini's fights. The key was thrown to him, I and ho then returned to the other end of the ' rinsr and nlaced himself at the head of tho j bull fighters, who then entered three abreast. ! There were seven, exclusive of Mazzantini j and the picadores. At a signal tbo first bull, a Spanish animal, j entered tne arena. He ran with streamers ' flowihg from his sides, which were fatened J with steels. Mazzantini met him and made I several passes in front of him with his cape, j which elicited considerable approval from the spectators. The bull then attacked one ' of the horses twice without displacing the rider from his seat The third time j the pirador lost his grip, but j astonished the spectators by grabbing the streamers from tne bull's side while the norse was being gored. Already the people cried j for the banderillos, -which consist of highly ! .decorated sticks with barbed steel points, I which have to be placed close together in the bulls's shoulders. Mazzantini soon dispatched the animal and made a speech to the spectators. The second bull which entered was per- j fectly black. He made rapid strides to the | middle of the ring, and surveyed his enemies, j The Mexicans admired this animal, and many remarked that it would be a lively .no TVia firct onslaught, on the horses was weli met by the first picader, but immediately another horse anil rider were tumbled, and the horse was led out of the ring horribly gored, his entrails trailing on the ground After him another was brought. There were three horses in the ring ~ now, which the bull failed to throw, owing to the strong efforts of their riders. The horses, however, each time received a horn in either side. The banderillos were later on well placed in this bull by Regeratilla, Galia, arid Mazzantini. Tbe latter met with a very narrow escape at this time, being chased entirely across the ring, and saved from coming to grief by his brother. This formed the only incident of the fieht with this bull, who died from one thrust of Mazzantiui's sword. Th9 performance with the next bull was enlivened by Corito, who executed the "Salto a la Garoche." This is done with a long pole, by means of which the bull fighter leaps over ine ouu as me jutter cuargea at him. It was very well executed yesterday. Two horses were previously frightfully pored by the bull, and one rider would undoubtedly have been hurt had it not been for Mazzantini, who always stations himself near the pinadores to .Avoid aty accident that may occur 'while the bull is charging a horse. Mazzantini later on acted as a banderillo, placing four barbs, or two pairs, in one bull, and then created tremendous excitement by performing the difficult feat of placing only one barb and with the other hand withdrawing the barbs he had previously sunk in the bull's shoulder. ? * Moemion, a Spanish bull fighter of Hermosiilo, who was severely wounded recently - *- iufriv)nno<) tn f.Ho cnp^ffltnru UU tUIB l ? ao 11 IVtVUUVWV* vv VMW vj?.V.V? ? by Mazzantini, and his crippled appearance, with only one serviceable ai m, enlisted great sympathy and brought showers of silver dollars from all parts of the ring. . Roman Lopez, one of Mazzantini's assistants, while worrying a bull with his cape, slipped and fell, ana although the bull attacked him he miraculously escaped. This same bull gored every horse, killing three of those that entered the ring. Mazzantini. before killing him. walked over to where Poniciona Diaz, the great Mexican bull fighter, sat and saluted him with a few words, offering his compliments to the latter^ health, bravery and good fortune. He then killed the animal beautifully, the spectators growing wild with enthusiasm. This incident was made still mor exciting by Poniciona Diaz jumping into the arena and embracing Mazzantini very cordially. PROMINENT PEOPLE. - i Ex-Prksident Ma^u.aiion, ot France, is going on 80 and is hale and hearty. Theodore Tilton Is living In a remote quarter of Paris, in by no means affluent circumstanced. Ex-President Grew is going to write a book about his career as President of the French Republic. Mas. Garfield, mother of Pres:dent Gar- | field, is 87 years old, but is comparatively ' strong in miud and body. The Cherokee Indians have elected major J. R. Mayes as their chief. He was formerly Chief Justice of the Cherokee Supreme Court. Four United States Senators have residences in San Francisco?Stanford anl Hea' at -of California, and Stewart aud Jones, of Nevada. It is announced that Lord Stanley, who was a memuer of Lord Salisbury s first Cabinet, has accepted the Governor-Generalship of Canada. "The groat American deer-stalker," Mr. Wiroan, now controls <230,00;) acres of deer forest in Scotland, and employs several hundred keepers. * **" ri * ??AM nn'nAa wKft ANUKKW tuo uvu jjiuiw, ?uw pays bis foreman a salary of $i">,lXK) a year, dia his first work in a Pittsburg telegraph office lor $3 a week. A sawiNG machine of solid silver and enriched with sapphires was recently received by the Empress of Russia It was a present .rora the Society for Promoting the use of Russian Materials. ll?s. Chkistian K. Ross, the mother of Char.ie Ros^, the Philadelphia boy who was advertised years ago and never heard of afterward, is a prominent member of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society. A small photograph of Grover Cleveland, * i u.. W.^l^.,.11 ta&en in l?'?, iswwueu ujr uuugu naiuITCH of the Bulfalo Munioipal Court The pictu e represents a tail, slight young man, long haired anil with a heavy moustache. The ereat financial king of New Zealand is Johnny Jones, of Dunedm. His wealth runs up into the millions, and the greater part was made in steamboating. He is a native, and once earned scant wages as an oars.11 an on a ferryboat. Senator Pasco, of Florida, Senator Jones's successor, is a brunette with jet black hair, which he wears well combed up fro n his dark, sallow forehead. He is a gradu ate of Harvard and went ciouth as a school teacher just after the war. fr-v./'oi-couiv liVt Tnw nf Pnlifnmin who * WWIV.., Vft v. ? , is worth #10,000.'00, is said to spend more money than any of his associates. He usually drawn from $i,000 t j $2.5J0 through the office of the Sergeant-at-Arms, and when in Washington occupies appartments at an uptown hotel that cost him $40J a monwi. He fa very charitabla PECULIAR ACCIDENTS, William Good, of Mount Joy. Penn.. broke his leg while trying to poll off nis boot, The mule upon which William Brading of Lick Creek, 111., was riding shied, and throwing Brading against a tree, he was killed instantly. Jesse Mead's horse ran away near iremont, Ohio, and threw him headlong into the frozen creek, wh^re he broke through the ice and was drowned. While trying to carry oT a Log that he ibad stolen, a negro of Wilmington, N. C., flirtined himself so that be dropped dead with ivlmt was caLedbaartdiaeaaa ... , J Kg#. THE NEWS EPITOMIZED, Fastppn and Middle At Wilkesbarre. Poim., \V. Howells, a mining lio-s, entered the compartment where a miner v.us at work und ordered him to prop a defective part of the roof. As Howells spoke the loosened mass of coal fell, crushing him to death. At Cumberland Mills, Me., burglars entered the apartment, of Mrs. Thomas Stacks and murdered her before the eyes of her invalid and helpless husband, whom she was nursing. Arnold G. Harris, whose thrilling and remarkable adventures as a Union spy during the Civil War made him famous, dropped dead from heart disease at Buffalo, N. Y. Rsv. Dr. Lyman Abbott has been chosen famrviporr r>n?( nr f\f Plvmont.h Chliroll. Brooklyn? at a salary of $100 a week. E. B. Wii-bcr, a prominent grain merchant of Buffalo, X. Y., has absconded to Canada with ? 17.000 belonging to confiding business men of that place. Wm. Fink, a farmer near Jersey City, N. J., was arrested whi!<> endeavoring to sell in New York city a thousand pounds of meat infected with pleuro pneumonia. Dr. James M. Gassaway, United States j Marine Surgeon, at Portland, Me, and his j eleven-year-old son were passing from the drawing-room car to the sleeper, on the Erie road, when a gale of wind dashed them off the platform, blowing them some distance and instantly killing the boy. Major Joseph R. Welles, of Millville,N. J., a veteran of the Civil War, was killed on the Reading Railroad. ubediah ferkixs, negisier oi >v INS at Allentown, Ponn., has disapD?ared, being short in his accounts $3,000. Isaac Mkrrick, of Camden, N. J.. 6hot and killed his foster-daughter, Sallie Horrigan, and then committed suicide. Asa W. Wickks, cashier of the Central National Bank of Troy, N. Y., played poker, and hence is a defaulter for $8,001). A tarty of tobogganers at Torrineton, Conn., lost control of the steering apparatus, and the unmanagrable sled dashed against a tree, killing MissKittie Miller and seriously iniurins two of the party. Dr. Wesley M. Carpenter, of New York, the well-known medical writer, is dead. "Aunt" Eunice Cottrell. a great-grandchild of King Philip, the Pequot sacebm, has just died oil tho Indian reservation, near Norwich, Conn., at the age of J15 years. Captain Richard Thompson, of the English steamship Newcastle City, and a crew of twenty-six men were shipwrecked off Nantucket Shoals, and after enduring great hardships were rescued by the United States lighthouse ship Verbena. Last September Julius Feuret, a young German convict, escaped from Sing Sing, and after marrying a French-Canadian girl, settled down as a orug-cierK in >v imams- | burg, N. Y. Several days ago an old pal of his revealed his identity to the police, who arrested and returned him to prison. Heavy freshets are reported from the vicinity of Lock Haven, Penn. Barns and dams have given way, and millions of feet of logs have broken loose. Jons Newell was re-elected President of the Erie Railroad. Last year there were forty-two persons killed and two hundred and four injured on the surface and elevated railroads in New York city. A committee appointed by the New York Legis'a'ure in 18$ has reported in favor of tho adoption of electricity as the mode of executing criminals instead of hanging. A New York jury has awarded Miss Clara Campbeil $45,000 in her breach-ofpromise suit for $100,030 damages against j Charles Arbuckle, a wealthy coffee merchant | Defendant will appeal. Three paupers were [burned to death in | the poorhouse at Monro?, Conn., an inmate j named Collyer rescuing nine others from a i similar fate. | Ronth and West. The recently reported stories of people starving and freezing to death in Western Kansas are authoritatively denied. William Crczan and Elijah Ulm,wealthy young farmers of Douglas County, III., settled an old grudge with pistols at short range. Dim was instantly killed. Six men wen) killed in Cleveland, Ohio, by the fall of a ISO-foot span of the new viaduct A fire at Sherman, Texas, destroyed the Southern Hotel and two residences. Five persons were badly burned. Evangelist Moody has begun a series of revival meetings in Louisville, Ky. "Ed" Coleman, a negro, at Evansvillo, Ind., stabbed and'killed his brother in a row over an old coat. The thermometer registered 52 degrees below zero at Belgrade, Mont. During a thunder and lightning storm at Middleburg, Fla., a blazing meteor weighing 300 pounds fell to the eartn. At Lima, Ohio, Mrs. Anna Roberts slipped on the icy pavements, and falling, broke ner neck. At Louisa Court House, Virginia, fire destroyed twenty-one out of the twenty-four business houses in th9 place. The British brig Kildonan, Captain Grant, has arrived at Baltiniora She passed through six miles of floating timber, doubtless a portion of the great raft which broke away from the steamer Miranda. Govfiitnoh Toraker was inaugurated for his second terra at Columbus, Uhio. Natural gas has brok n out in the water fountain at tno Leland Hotel, Chicago. '1he Detroit Lignt Intantry Armory, the handsomest structure of that character in the country, was destroyed by fire. The anniversary of the battle of New Orleans was celebrated with great ceremony in the Crescent City. There was a co'lision on the Union Pacific near Fort Steel, Wy. T., in which two children were burned to death and five people injured. Two men were killed and several hurt by the bursting of a boiler in Brazil, Ind. The Rev. Frederick Howard, of Jackson, Teisn., has sued sixteen members of his congregation for siauder, claiming $50,0(h) damages. At Durham, N. C., Lucian Rowe, a negro, was sentenced to be hung for burglary. Indians killed two of a party of prospectors near Tombstone, A. T. J. D. Barnes fatally shot Lew. Owens, the wealthiest citizen of Chattanooga, Tenn. Some time ago Rev. Thos. P. Ryan, was murdered and robbad in Roano county, W. V'a., ami Rooert and George Duff and Chester Coon were brutally lynched for the crime. Detectives have discovered that these men were innocent, and that the real murderers were the.r lynchers. Senator J. B. Beck was re-elected United States Senator by the Kentucky Legislature. Washington. In the Thoebe Carlisle contested election case, counsel for Thoabe charge I befo-e the House Committee that the returns were withheld and falsified, and that he had been offered monev not to push the case. Mr. Lamar's resignation as Secretary of the Interior, and the President's reply thereto are published. Mr. Cleveland says he !r,o\-s unon Mr. I Omar's retirement from the a'? net "with the mostprofound and 6incere r.-gret." Consci.ar appointments by the President: J. Harvey Brigham, of Louisiana, Consul at K n.rstr>n, Jamaica; William L. Brad<rd, of Alabama, at Barranquilla: Lebbeus <r. Benn ngton, West Virginia, at Rio rande do sul; Jacob L. Doty, of Brooklyn, Y.. at Tahiti. Soeietv Islands: Thomas W. Hotcbkiss, of New York, at Ottawa, lit. : lk-ck ford Ma''key,of South Carolina, at V.so Del Norte; Charles S. Torek, of Texas, at Monterey. Tni Senate Committee on Territories instructed its Chairman, Senator Piatt, to report favorably a bill for the division of Dakota and the admission of South Dakota as a State. Postmasters nominated by the President: Lewis R. Norton, Westfield, Mas*.; Henrv N. Pardee, Northford, Conn.; Charles n. Edwards, Portland, Conn.; Michael D. Muri flv .Tnhnctnorn N V ? Henry R. Boyce, ' onda, N. Y.; 6iles M. Stoddard, Groton, N Y.; James Garvin, Morristown, N. Y. Favorable reports were made by the Senate committees ?>n the confirmation of Mr. Vila? as ?ecretary of the Interior, and of Mr. Dickinson as Postmaster-General. The Senate Judiciary Committee made a majority report, sizned by all the Republi can members, against the conflrnntion of Mr. I.amar as Supreme Court Justice, and a minority report, signed by all the Democratic members, in favor of oeallrmaaoa Fore fen. Berjjal, the notorious Mexican bandit, has been killed after a desperate resistance. The latest bulletin in regard to the condition of the German Crown Prince's throat is to the effect that the disease is a chronic inflammation of the larynx, of a trivial nature, such as often lasts a lifetime without other inconvenience than an occasional hoarseness. The triennial election-j in France for members of the Senate resulted in large gains for tho Republicans. Kino Oscar, of Sweden, narrowly escaped being crushed to death by the falling of a massive metal chandelier in his smoking saloon. Tv n r-nllismri between the steamers Shore ham and Colstrop, off Dover, England, the former was sunk and seven persons were drowned. ?There is a swine plague in Southern France, and :iO,CJO animals have died. The value of the jubilee presents received by the Pope is $15,000,000. News has been received t hat Stanley has succeeded in reaching Emin Bey in Central Africa. Dr. Phili.ip CROSS, formerly a surgeon in the British Army, was hanged at Cork, Ireland, for poisoning his wife A.v American ship, the Alfred D. Snow of Maine, was wrecked off Waterford, Ireland, and owing to the cowardice of the Government Life Boat Captain, the entire crew of sixteen men perished. t a mn-n *rr?TTTC? JjiULXiH IMXjVVO, A delegation of sixteen business men from various towns in the Schuylkill miuing region represented to President Corbin. at the Reading Railroad office in Philadelphia, on Wednesday, that a continuation of the miners1 strike meant great injury to the business in their part of Pennsylvania and great suffering, and urged that the Company .submit its differences with the men to arbitration. Mr.; Corbin declined to consent to arbitration. Ho said that when the men returned to work on the old basis it would be time enougli to arbitrate. On* the Southern Pacific, in California, a crowded emigrant car went off an embankment eighty feet high and caught fire from the car stove. Many people were hurt, some fatally. Smallpox is epidemic in San Francisco. The State Department will publish, for free distribution, 0,000 copies of a treatise on Cattle and Dairy Farming. The President has sent the following nominations to the Senate: Joseph Black,of Cleveland, Ohio, Consul at Buda-Pesth; George Osgood Prince, Consul at Moscow; Henry i Loffmann, of Pennsylvania, Coiner of the j Mint at Philadelphia; Joseph Heussler, Postmaster at Hoosick Falls, N. Y. A fanatical outbreak has occurred iu the J Chinese province of Fukien. Twenty Christ- ! - ? liawii Iumti htirnoH ort'l fha nnn- ! verts massacred. A sharp shook of earthquake was felt the j other day in Ontario, Canada. The English government has ordered a j gunboat to the Island of Lewis, off Scotland, to quell an insurrection among the crofters. A gang of men, with faces painted, robbed an express-car on the Mexican Central Railroad. THE HOUSE COMMITTEES. | * List of the Appointment* Blade By j Speaker Carlisle. Tne House Committees as appointed by j Speaker Carlise aro as follows: Ways and Means?Mills, Tex., Chairman; iVmm WiTcnn XV Rroekan- I ridge, Ark.; Breckenridge, Ky.; Turner, Ga.; Scott, Penn.; Byim.:', Ind.; Keller. Fenn.; Browne, Ind.; Reed, Me.; McKlnley, 0.; Burrows, Mich. Appropriations?Randall, Penn., Chairman; Forney, Ala.: Burnes, Mo.: Foran, 0.; Sayers, Tex.; Clements, Ga; Felix Camp bell, N. Y.; Gay, La.; Rice, Minn.: Cannon, 111.; Ryan, Kan.; Butttrworth, 6.; Long, Mass.; McConias, Md.; D. B. Henderson, la. Judiciary?Culbertson, Texas, Chairman; Collins, Mass.; Seney, Ohio; Oates, Ala.; Rodgers, Ark.; Glover, Mo.; Henderson, N. . U~.-l._1. On T? R. I v.; DU^ttltrvr, l VUU. , wwvnmv, Vi?. , ?. ?. | Taylor, Ohio; Parker, N. Y.: Stewart, Va.; | Canvoll, Wis.; Adams, 111.; Fuller, Iowa. | Banking and Currency?Wilkins, 0., Chairman; Snyder, W. Va.; Howard, Ind.; Dorgan, S. C.; Hatton, Mo.; Bacon, N. Y.; Lanaes, 111.; McKenney, N. H.; Dingley, Me.; Brumm, Penn.; Woodburn, Nev.; Whiting, Mass.; Wilbur, N. Y. Coinage, Weights and Measures?Bland, Mo.. Chairman; Norwood, Ga.; Hemphill, S. C.; Tracy, N. Y.; Wilson, Minn.: Wilkinson, La.; Martin, Texas; Hall,Penn.; Payson,Ill.; Kean, N. Y.: Vandever, Cal.; Belden, JS. Y.; Wickham, Onio; Toole, Mont. Commerce?Clardy, Mo., Chairman; Crisp, Ga.: Tarsney, Mich.; Kaynor, Md.; Anderson, la.: Lagan, La.; Wilson, Minn.; Bryce, N. Y.; Phelan, Tenn.; O'Neill, Penn.; Bunham, 111.; Davis, Mass.; Anderson, Kan.; Davenport, N. Y.; Browne, Va. Foreign Affairs?Belmont, N. Y., Chairman; McCreary, Ky.: Norwood,Ga.; Hooker, Miss.; Russell,Mass".; Ravnor.Md.; Chipman, Mich.; Cathron, S. C.Ketcham. N. Y.; Phelps, N. J.: Hitt. ILL: Rockwell, Mass.; Morrow, Cal. T.fL. Chairman; Jones, A!a.; Stewart, Tex.; Catchings, Miss.; W.se, Va.; Snydes, W. Va.; Gibson, Md.: Fisher, Mich.; Thompson, Cal.; Henderson, 111.; Bayne, Penu.; Grosvenor, 0.; Nutting, N. Y.; Stephenson, Wis.; Coggswell. Mass. Agriculture?Hatch, Mo., Chairman; Davidson, Ala.: Stahlnecker, N. Y.; Morgan, Miss.; Glass,Tenn.; Burnett, Mass.; McClammy, tf. C.; Biggs Cal.; Whiting, Mich.; Funston, Kan.; Hires, N. J.; Laird, Neb.; Conger, Iowa; Pugs!ey. Ohio; Patton, Penn; Dubois, Iowa. Public Lands?Ho!man, Ind., Chairman; Lafloon, Ky.; Stone, Mass.; McRae, Ark.; Wheeler, Ala.; Washington, Tenn.; Stockdale, Miss.; Payson, 111.; Jackson, Penn.; McKenna, Cal ; Herman, Oregon, Turner, Kan.; Voorhees, Wash. Territory. Post Office-! and Post Roads?Blount, Ga., j Chairman; Dockery, Mo.; Merriman, N. Y.; j "Rrnnanfr.milh Penn.: Enlo. Tenn.: Anderson, Ill: Anderson, Mis*.; Montgomery, Ky.; I Rowland, N. C.; Bingham, Penn,; Guenther, Wis ; Peters, Kan.; Allen, Mass.; White, N. Y.; Lind, Minn.: Carne, Utah. Indian Affairs?Peele, Ark., Chairman; | Allen, Miss.; Shively, Ind.; Perry, S. C.; Hudd, Wis.; MeShane, Neb.; Cobb, Ala.; Hare, Tex.; Perkins, Kan.; Nelson, Minn.; Lafellette, Wis.; Darlington, Penn.; Allen, Mich.; Gilford, Dak. Territories ? Springer, 111., Chairman; Barnes. Ga.; Cox, N. Y.; Elliott, S.C.; Hayes, la.; Kilgore.Tex.; Mansur, Mo.; Ford,Mich.; St ruble, la; Baker, N. Y.; Dorsey, Neb.; Symes, Col.; Warner, Mo.; Joseph, N. Y. Railways and Canals?Davidson, Fla., Chairman; McRea, Ark.; Stone, Ky.; Pidcock, N, J.; Haye6, la.; Bryce, N. Y.: Cobb, Ala.; Carlton, Ga.; Plumb, 111: Wilbur, N. Y,; McCormiek, Pa.; Gaines, Va.; Rus sell, Conn. Manufacturers?Bacon, N. Y., unairman; Breckenridge, Ark.; Wilson, W. Va,; Bynum, Ind.; McKinney, N. H.; Grimes, Ga.; Herman, Ore.: Bunnell, Penn.; Hopkins, N. Y.; Crouse, O.; Smith, Wis. Mines and Mining?O'Ferrell, Va., Chairman; Foran.O; Chandler, Ga.; Neal.Tenn; Greenman, N. Y.; Whiting, Mich.; Lynch, Pa.; Biggs, CaL; Woodburn. Nev.; McCullough. Pa.; Gest, 111.; Flood, N. Y.; Nichols, N. C.; Smith, Ariz. Public Buildings and Grounds?Dibble, S. C., Chairman; S. D. Johnston, N. C.; Snowdon, Pa.; Neal.Tenn.; Newton, Ala.; Stewart, Tex.; Catchings, Miss.; Wise, Va.;Snyde, W. Va.; Gibson, Ind.; Fisher, Mich.; Thompson, Cal.; Henderson, 111.; Payne, Pa.; Grosvenor, Ohio; Nutting, N. Y.; Stephen n 11 ir son, w js. ; uogswen, juuas. Merchant Marine and Fisheries?Dunn, Ark., Chairman; McMillan, Tenn.: Morse, Ma^s.; Springer, IU.; Hatch, Mo.; llreckenridge, Ky.; Cummings, N. Y.; Macdonald, Minn.: JDinsley, Me.; Hopkins, 111.; Felton, Cal.; Farquhar, N. Y.. Clark, Wis. Maine lumber operations in the woods this winter will be fully up to the average. For the past two months there has been a stream of choppers and swampers pouring into t.hn nnt.hurn wilderness. Probably llOt less than 3.0U0 or 4,MO will be employed. It is expected that th3 total cut of logs will be at least 5(|Q ?v?o Richard Woodman and his wife, who have been confined for thirteen years in the Insane Asylum at poncord, N. H., have been released, the commission deoiding tliat (bey bad never been insane. A TRAIN DERAILED. Frightful Accident to an Express in Massachusetts. Ten Persons Instantly Killed and Many More Injured. i | Thk train which leaves Boston on the j Western Division of th9 Boston and Maine J Railroad at 1 o'clock p. M. is known as the | Portland Express and makes the run between j Haverhill and Boston, thirty three miles, in I 59 minutes. When the traiu left Boston on Tuesday it consisted of a baggage-ear, milkcar, JPullman, smoker and four passenger cars, under charge of Conductor Wrimouth, one of tbe oldest and most experienced men on the route. At Bradford, which is 011 tho south side of the Merriniac River, separated from Haverhill only by the stream, the road makes a curve before passing upon the bridge. At the centre of this curve are a brick round-house and a wooden waterhouse, situated in a right angle formed by the regular line and the Newburyport branch of the road. The Newburyport train had just steamed by and was waiting for the express to puss before drawing up to the station. The express drove safely by the switch and j the engine and tender, baggage, milk and 1 Pullman care had reached the bridge when 1 I*.. Annnre fA a lvrAb/in 1/11J DUlUaill^'Uki t OllUOl Wuifc IV u VI vnu<* truck or a broken rail, left the rail arid bumped along over the sleepers till it reached the first span of the bridge, where it toppled over. In its erratic course the car became uncoupled, as did the passenger cars immediately following. One of these turned almost at right angles to the trask and broke directly into two parts, but without losing its equilibrium or doing much damage. The cars immediately following this plunged headlong into the water-houso, completely wrecking it and telescoping themselves, while the fourth car stayed on the track, sustaining but little damage. i The alarm was at once given, and fearing I that tho wreck might catch fire, the whistle | was blown, to which tho Fire Department at once responded. Forlnately their efforts were I not needed, although they rendered efficient ! airair fU/i rlaKrio onrl | AlU lit Ltcai anaj who uvui 10 unu removing the dead and injured. In I fifteen minutes after the alarm was given ; hundreds of willing bands were at work. Owing to its proximity to the shoe factories I he crowd soon became so great as to necessitate the roping off of the wreck in order that the men might have room in which to work Upon investigation it was found that none of the passengers in the overturned smoking car were seriously injured, though some were more or less bruised, and one man had his leg fractured. The occupants of the car following were less fortunate, several receiving severe injuries, while the cars following those which crashed into the round-house were so completely smashed and crushed that nearly every occupant was more or less severely injured. The scene was hearxrendine. The screams of the wounded, the sobs of those whom the shock had rendered hysterical and the frantic appeals of those who missed friends and relatives caussd the stoutest hearts to quail. But in the meantime the work of clearing awav the debris went bravely forward. The physicians of Haverhill and Bradford responded en masse to telephone requests for assistance. The wounds of those less severely injured were riresse 1. while those unable to travel were at once placed in ambulances and conveyed to the City Hospital. One of the most piteous sights seen was that of a husband, wife anil a little fivo-yearold son lying together in a heap under the ruins of the telescoped cars, the mother holding the child close to her bosom as if to shield it from harm. All- three were cold in death. The following persons were instautly killed: John O'Brien, Bradford; William Taylor, section han l, Bradford; F. P. Gool win. wife and child, Kennebunk, Mo.; Walker Harri soil, Maine; Clarence Hnznlwoo.l, Kosfm; Charles Thurlow, Newton Junction, N. H.; Dennis Shannon, Bradford; Joseph us Shaw, Boston. About sixty persons wore injured, at least fifteen of them quite badly, and two or three so seriously that their recovery was not expected. A SINGER JEN LUCK, An American Basso Bccomc.s i Count?A Romantic Story. A San Francisco dispatch says that Jacques Kruger, the basso in the "Gypsy Baron" Company, has received a letter from Achille Dubarre, a well-known Parisian advocate, informing him that a law suit has been decided in his favor, and that the estates in Bruxelles, with all the chattels and hereditaments, are his. In addition to this there is a cash deposit of l.*-0.0()0 francs ($00,000), which is at his disposal. Mr. Kruger recently received from Ravel & Lafavrc, his attorneys in New York, a confirmation of ?ioxT7o fViof. >ia nuwirA.I from Paris, with the addition that he could draw on the estate for 50,000 francs whenever he chose. The full name of the comedian, whose nom de stage has been known from one end of the country to the other for the last fifteen years, is Jean Jacquos Kruger De Cartier, and bis title is Count Cartier l)e La Bois. The estate is one of the largest and wealth!iest in France, comprising 3,000 acres, with valuable improvements. Jacques Kruger is now worth over $1,000,000. With the estate come several decorations,including the badge of the Legion of Honor. The history of the case is interesting. It was just alter the French Revolution and during the Restoration that, a charge of treason was brought against the grandfather of Kruger. The old Count was one of the proudest noblenr ,t in France and one of the most honorable. The charge and the disgrace. with the loss of his estates, drove him crazy. His wife, too, became ins tno over the trouble and they both died in obscurity. The father of Kruger came to this country soon after tiie calamity that befell the family, and settled at Macon, Go., on the homestead that has become well known, the family having lived on it for about ninety years. General Kruger was a well known character in the South. He raided the flrstsquadron of horse in the Confederate army. About thirty years ago he went to France to look up the old estates, instituted proceedings and fought the case bitterly until his death, nineteen years Hgo. He spent a fortune in the suit and left it, almost his only legacy, to his son Jacques The latter followed the steps of his father. It was not until two years ago that anything tangible was gleaned ' ; ?f nffWo hilt it iroill LOtJ IIUAni UMI'IIVIMI. u*. was nt last proved that the charge against the old grandfather was false, and altn* all these yeai-s Kruger is given the estates that belong to hiin and takes the title of Count. Kruger will, of courso, leave the stage. To show the confidence he had in being ultimately successful, he had educated his daughters with a view of fitting them for the posil tion they would ultimately occupy. The I elder has been ja a French convent for two or three yean A HORRIBLE DEATH, I A Man's Neck Nearly Torn Off" nt a California Execution. Nathan B. Sutton was hanged at Oakland, Cal, for the murder of Alexander Martin, a ranchman, in September, 1S-S0. Strenuous efforts were made in Sutton's behalf for a commutation of sentence, but Goveruor Waterman refused to interfere. Sutton maintained his cool demeanor on the scaffold, but his death was very horrible on account of a blunder of the sheriff. At sixteen minutes past twelve Sheriff Halo raised his hand as the signal to cut the roDe which held the trap in place. The trap doors dropped, anil Sutton shot through the opening 10 the end of the rope. Then a cry of horror went up from people who stood around the gallows. The unfortunate man's neck was so soft and flabby from long confinement that his head was almost torn from Ms Do?iy. j wu stremua of blood shot tip fully a foot into the air from ithe side of his neck. t The blood ran trickling down his coat in a steidy stream,and the sight was oiii duv-t to be forgotten by those who were unfortunate enough to he present. Many of the speculators hurriedly run out of the jail yard, for the sight of the fountain of blood p!ayin<* tinder the gallows was more than they could stand. The unfortunate occurrence was duo to too lonir a dmi Owe of the latest "sights" in London has been an exhibition of sewing machines at the Royal Aquarium. 8 xtv-nine patents, inj eluding many novelties, were shown. I j ! SUMMARY OF CONGRESS. Senate Proceedings. Mth Day.?Among the bills introduced j were the following: By Mr. Iloar?To proi virle for a world's exposition at Washington i in iy*J2, and thereafter a permanent exposiJ tion of the three Americas in honor or the ' four hundredth anniversary of the discovery I | of America. Referred to Silect Committee on Centennial Celebration. By Mr. Dawes? i To establish a postal telegraph system. By i Mr. Piatt?For the formation and admission into the Union of the State of North Dakota. By Mr. Plumb?To equalize bounties... .Mr. Reagan opposed the Blair Educational bill. Mr. Plumb offered an amendment, providing that the money shall be distributed among the several States and Territories in proportion to their population,according to the census of 1W0. Mr. Blair read letters from educational authorities in Texas comDlaininer of the want of funds there, and urging the passage of the bill. 15tii Day.?Among the memorials and petitions presented were joint resolutions from the Legislature of Nebraska asking for the passage of the Grand Army Pension Bill and for the repeal of the law relating to ar' rears of pensions; petitions for increased compensation to letter-carriers and postmasters of the fourth class Bills introduced: By Mr. Sherman?For the investment of cer tain funds in the Treasury; also to establish a bureau of adulteration, and to regulate and prohibit the importation, manufacture, and Halt of adulterated articles of food and drugs. By Mr. Manderson?Granting additional rights to homestead settlers; also to amend the Mexican Pension Law; also (o prevent the summary cancellation of pension certificates and providing for a hearing in such cases. By Mr. Jones?A concurrent resolution requesting the President to negotiate a treaty with China, containing a provision that no Chinese shall enter the United States except ambassadors and others engaged in the diplomatic service, and merchants engaged m trade between the United States and fnvninm /vMinf-tMoc* loiH rm t.hn tjjHlp Mr Brown spoke in favor of his resolution torepeal the internal revenue laws. He declared the internal revenue system to be an outrageous system of espionage, injustice and wrong that ought to have been abolished long ago. kith Day.?Messsages from the President as to an international convention for the greater security of life and property at sea. in relation to fixing a prime meridian ana universal day, and as to the protection of submarine cables, were presented to the Senate, and were referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations; a message as to the reduction of reservations of certain Indians was referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.... Mr. Sawyer, from the Postoffice Committee, reported Mr. Butler's resolution for the appointment of a select committee on the postal telegraph. The resolution was indefinitely postponed ....The following duis were introduced: JBy Mr. Edmunds?To incorporate the Maritime Ship Canal Compiny of Nicaragua; Mr. Quay, for the protection of fisheries on the A tlantic Coast.... The bill to credit and pay to the several States and Territories the money collected under the Direct Tax act of August, 1801, was taken up and discussed by Messrs. Berry, Sherman and Beck. 17th Day.?The following bills and resolutions were introduced: By Mr. Sabin, to increase pension for loss of an eye to $24 per month: Mr. Davies, to reduce the Round Valley Indian Reservation; Mr. Cullow, to facilitate army promotions by retiring officers who served in the Civil War over volunteers; Mr. Saulsbury, a resolution, that it was inexpedient to arrange with European Governments a common ratio of value for gold and silver.... Mr. Hale-addressed the Senate in explanation of his resolution to examine into the condition of the Civil Service. He attacked the President's civil service policy, and had an animated debate with Mr. Vest, who defended the Administration. House Proceedings. 12th Day.?The Speaker announced the apj pointraent of Mi^Cox (N.^Y.) as a member oi mo rsoaru 01 i5Ggenis 01 ine onui<u?uuiau Institution..,.The Speaker announced the standing committees of the House ..Mr. Stone (Mo.) offered a resolution directing the Committee on Judiciary to investigate the facts touching the imprisonment of the Judges of tho County Court of St. Clair County, Mo. Referred... Mr. Grout) (Vt.) introduced a bill to reduce postage on fourthclass matter; also to enable the people to name their postmasters: also for the appointment of an alcoholic liquor traffic conimis. lion. loth Day.?An animated debate took j place over a report of the Committee on Accounts regarding clerks tor committees: the report went back to committee....January 19 set aside for the presentation to the House 1 rvirt.rn its r?f py-Sneakers Sedgwick. Far num and Banks ?he following bills were introduced: Mr Wheeler, of Alabama, to increase the pay of fourth class Postmasters, and to retire disabled army officers; Mr. Oates (Ala.) directing the Committee on Judiciary to recommend legislation necessary to restrict the number of emigrants; Mr. Dunn (Ark.) to authorize the purchase of foreign-built ships by citizens of the United States; Mr. Thompson (CaU for the development of silk culture in the United I States: Mr. Symes (Col.),for the fro > coin ago of silver; Mr. Lawler (III) for appointment of a commit too to investigate str.kes; Mr. 1 ! McCreary (Ky.) to authorize the Treasury ! at any time to apply the surplus to the redemption of Interest-bearing Government bonds; Mr. Taulbee (Ky.) to reDeal the Civil Service law; Mr. O'Donnell (Mich.) to repeal duty on sucrar and to pay a bounty of $!2,(XX),000 a year for the cultivation of sujar. 14th Day.?The Speaker announced the appointment of Mr. Wheeler (Ala.; and Mr. | Phelps (N. J.) as members of the Board of Resents of tho Smithsonian instuucion.... The Urgent Deficiency bil was referral to the Committea of the Whole....The following bills were introduced: By Mr. Woodburn (Nev.)?Directing the purchase of not less than $4,000,(XX) worth of silver bul:ion per month, and ths coinage of the same into standard dollars; Mr. Gallinger (N. H.)?Hequiring tho d smissal of all persons in the public service who are not citizen* of the United State?; Mr. Bliss (N. Y.)?to dispose of the surplus money in the Treasury, and to prevent the accumulation thereof; Mr. White (N. Y.)?To authorize tho refunding of the nat'onal debt into a uniform consolidated bond. l.ji'fi Day.?House went into C'ommi'.teeof the Whole to consider the President's message, which was referred to Waysand Means Committee....Mr. Randall reported a resolution demanding of the Treasury a scha lulo of claims allowed by its account:ng officers I unrW J?nA ?0. 1874. Mess: s. Hen derson an:l Rce 1 opposed. Resolution adopted ....Deficiency biil taken up, ami Mr. Burns said it grew out of a failure to receive the President's signature last session. Mr. Cannon said he hoped that it would be passed and pissed speedily, substantially as it was. thus giving to the creditors of the Govertnent the ?oor pittances to which they were entitled, 'he bill was passed. NEWSY GLEANINGS. There are in round numbers 7,000,000 Hebrews in the world. Liquor Licenses in St Paul, Minn., have been fixed at $1,000 each. "Water is as dear as bread" in San Jose, CaL, according to a local paper. r\wu t.ro^ntv thousand Russian immigrants have reached this country this year. Venezuela has invited itspolitcal exilosto return and make themselves at home. A cremation society has been organised in Worcester, Mass., with a capital of $10,00J. Lake Hcron is lower than the oldest residents over saw it. The water is two feet below the lowest point of a year and a half ago. At "Weimar, Germany, two old people named Bayer, husband and wife, died suddenly on the sixty-litth annivertary of their wedding. The rabbitt plague lias appeared in r iorida. The animals are playing havoc w.th the preen peus ami cabbages in the southern section of the State. Forty-one vessels, with an aggregate tonnage of 17,451, wero built in Maine during 18?7, against forty-two vessels with a tonnage of 10,365 in 1660. During 1S87 President Cleveland pardoned 101 convicts. Arkansas wa9 most fortunate, securing the release of ten criminals. Among the pariMtfd wora four ALormons ted llUtiMK A queer sight was witnessed at Fort Smith, Ark., recent]v. There is not a foot of paved street in the city, and when it rain, it is almost impossible to get around. Rome ingenious resident h tchea a pair of mules to a skiff, one drove the mules, another used the oars and a third managed the rudder. A WAGON load of squirrels were sold aJ Hot Springs, Ark., a few day sin e, the ven | der selling them by tho baahel. A KENTUCKY FEUD. One Family Nearly Exterminated By Another. A War Which Has Resulted in j the Death of Seven Persons, News has just reached Catlettaburg of one of the most wanton and diabolical cases of arson and murder ever committed in the State of Kentucky. The scene is on the niacKberry fork of Pond Creek, in Pike County. The crime is the outgrowth of an old feud and is laid at the door of the notorious Hatflelds and their gang. About Ave years ago there was an election held on rond Creek, and one of the Hatfields came across the river from West Virginia, and during the day engaged in an alteration with one of the McCoys. Two of McCoy's brothers came to the rescue and fatally stabbed Hatfield, who was taken home. His relatives swooped down on the McCoy boys, took them captives, and held them p isoners until Ellison Hatfield, whom they bad stabbed, died, when the Hatflelds conveyed the three McCoy boys to the scene of the altercation, "*?****"" *1"? *r\r% t?? rrr Ktiok Burjppeu ULiULLI, HWi buom lU a i/uou and sbot them to death. Since that time a regular war has been waged between the HatUelda and their gang, who reside in Logan County, W. Va., and the McCoys, of Pike County, Ky., the east forks of Sandy River dividing them. A few nights since the Hatfield party visited the residence of Randall McCoy and set fire to the house. Alafara, tha eldest daughter, was the first to open the door, and in the glaring light she was shot dead by the fiends outside, who were concealed. H;s son Calvin next appeared, and he was shot dead. His wife then tried tried to escape from the burning building, and was shot through the head. She was alive at last accounts, but will die. Randall McCoy ran from the burning house with his shot-gun, and although a volley was discharged at him, toe tsjapea unnurc,ana opened fire upon the attacking party. He is known to have killed one of the gang named Chambers, and, it is said, shot Captain Hutfield in the shoulder and put the rest to flipht. There are rewards aggregating $2,700 offered by the State of Kentucky for the arrest of the Hatfields and their delivery to the jailer of Pike County, for the murder of the three McCoy boys, but no one seems anxious to take them as they are strongly barricaded in the wilds of West Virginia Some one of their number is constantly on guard and they defy the authorities, but retributive justice is now likely to speedily follow, as their last acts have stirred up that whole section. This gang of outlaws has killed Mr. McCoy's wife, three of his sons and one daughter, and have burned his house. A CURIOUS AFFLICTION, " -? -t i*? v ? j\ farmer A8ieep lur ivira?uuij Few Waking Momenta Daily. Herman Haines, of Utica, Minn., has slept almost continually for seven years. He has been treated in a dozen different ways, but no one has been able to break his protracted 6lumber. Powerful electric batteries have been applied to his body, the only effect being a contraction of the muscles. Haines is now forty-nine years old, and ten years ago was a prosperous farmer in St. Clair County, 111. At that time he was hale and hearty, his weight being 180 pounds. In 1877 he was stricken with fever and ague, and in the spring of 1S80 moved to St. Charles, Winona County, Minn., whence be was brought to Utica. A lew months atter his arrival in Minnesota he fell asleep, and be has lived in this strange condition for more than seven years. In the summer of 1884 he awoke one morning, arose from his bei, put on bis clothes and went about his work. When told he had slumbered four years he grew indignant and would not believe that he bad slept more thananieht. until led before a mirror ahd shown his long black hair and beard and sunken cheeks and eyes. For a month his health and habits seemed perfect He went to bed at the usual hour, slept through the night and rose with the lark. In August, 1884, his wife became very ill, and Haines was obliged to deprive himself of needed rest. One night, while taking her a cup of tea, he suddenly fell asleep, dropped the cup, sank to the floor and hod to be taken to his bed, from which he has never since risen. He lies on his back, breathes naturally, and suffers little pain, but is wasting away. His weight is now less than ninety pounds, and he is no longer able to move himself in bed. About 11 o'clock every evening he awakes for five or six minutes, during whiah he is hurriedly given a soft coiled egg,a little soup and a swallow or two of coffee,his only daily nourishment. He is extremely nervous during his brief waking intervals, but his conversation indicates that his mind is not beclouded. No medicine has passed his lipe for two years. His children are bright and healthy. A SNUG PENSION. A Blind Kentucky Private Gets Nearly $20,000. The largest pension that ever passed through the Louisville office has just been paid. The amount is $13,903.47. It goes to John H. Smith, of Cornwall, Menifee County, Ky. The pension began with $5 a month from January, IStfcJ, ? J lOui #Q1 O!; wuicn cnan^ea w iu iou?, <*j c-ji.w in 1872, $50 in 1874, and $73 in 1878. Smith was a private in Company K, of the 37th Regiment of Illino 8 Volunteers, and early in the war received injuries to his eyes, which ended in total blindness. Sunday School Teacher?"What can you say about Jonah?" Pupil?"Well, he was an honest man." "Why do you think he was honest?" "'Cause he didn't run a corner on fish-oil and whalebone."?Areola Record. There are some who write, talk, and think so much about virtue, that they have no time to practice it. THE MARKETS. 2 new york. Beef, good to prime.. % Calves, common to prime.... ? <g " Sbeep - dn ^ ?; 70/4 Hogs?Live... 5 40 @ 5 70 ^ Dressed Flour-Ex. St .good to fancy 4 40 @4 ? West, eood to choice 3 00 & 5 10 Wheat?No. 2 Red Rye-State.. ^ @ oS Barley?State Corn?Ungraded Mixed.... 6 @ Oats?White State 41 <g 41# Mixed Western 30 Hay-Med. to prime 8J <0 j? Straw-No. 1. Rye W @ 100 Lard?City Steam 7 85 @ 7 87)^ Butter-State Creamery.... 3d <g 34 Dairy 19 2? West. Ira. Creamery 18 (th 25 Factory il/* Cheese?Stato Factory 11 & 1"'K Skims ? <<$ 8 UTcorom 11 \?((h 11% Eggs?State and Penn 21 @ BUFFALO. Steers?Western 3 25 <g 3 7.5 Sheep?Good coChoice 4 2) @ 4 75 Lambs?Western 4 25 (<$ (5 00 Hogs?Good to Choice Yorks 5 2> @ 5 50 Flour?Family 4 75 (<40 15 Wheat-No. 1 01 Corn?No. 'J, Mixed 57,l<?<$ 40 Oats?No. 2, Mixed 3'.)j <($ SfiVf Barley?State 75 'as S5 BOSTON. Beef?Good to choice ~)4@> 1% Hogs?Live 6X; <3 t> Northern Dressed.... 7^ Pork?Ex. Primo. r>er bbL..17 00 ?017 5:) Flour?Spring Wheat pat's.. 4 70 (4, 4 95 Corn?Hitrh Mixed. 55j*j(cj 56^ Oats?Extra White R jo?State 60 (fj 05 WATERTOWN* (MASS.) CATTLE MARKET. Beef? Dressed weight 7 eg 7% .Sheep?Live weight 41$ Lamb< 6 @ Hogs?Northern ? @ 7J^ PHILADELPHIA Flour?Fenn. extra family... 3 75 @ 3 87 Wheat?No. 2, Red HU;4 Corn?State Yellow ? ($58 Oats Mixed 89 @ 40 Rye?State &2)4c<$ 53 Butter?Creamery Extra... 3j @ Si Chees*?N. Y. Full Cream.. ? (a 12*6, STRANGE FIRES. ~~ B PECULIAR CASES OP SPONTA- BB NEOUS COMBUSTION. 99 Remarkable Instances of How ThU Mysterious Agency Brings 90 Fire and Ruin When 9B| Least Expected. Bw The Scier,tijic American says: The fro ouent oceurrcDCc of fires from apontane- HB ous combustion has led U9 to more SHj frequently refer to the subject in these columns than we should, -were it not im- M poitant to everybody to be constantly on the watch to see that the causes for these HH more or less disastrous fire3 do not exist B on their premises. A late number of {SB St&ce and Hardware gives a list of firef . N which have recently occurred from this 99 cause. - 9H In a manufactory of plane bits in |H Chicago a sponge had been used to trans- I H fer the water by capillary attraction from a water box to an emery wheel, on HB which the bits were ground. The fBH sponge wiped off the foe steel particlcs nj from the wheel, and they were collected in the cells of the sponge and kept con 8tantiy wet. 'lne sponge was nnauy am laid aside, an^ after a week or tea dayi it was discovered that the mass was jgjB spontaneously ignited, and if if had not H0 been for, its timely discovery another ND mysterious tire might have resulted. In a factory in Aew Jersey where oiled H| stock for planes was operated on bv bor- H ing, planing and morticing machines, H9 causing shavings and line particles of DH wood, which were saturated with linseed KB oil, to collect on the tloors, it was noticed M| that a great increase in the temperature BBj took place when the sweepings ?which flU had been moistened by sprinkling?were collected in a pile. On a subsequent H[ occasion it was found that a barrel of shavings and chips from the boring and mortising machines were so hot as to be QUI almost ready to ignite. Another barrel Bn contained shavings made in planing oiled stocks. On these being moisteuea with Mm water they soon began to heat, and the temperature continued to rise until the j next day, when it was found that the shavings began to char. The barrel was S| covered with a metal plate until the next day, when, on being disturbed, the mass burst into flames. H| A number of bales of Sea Island cot- Hj ton stored in a warehouse in New Jersey BE were found to be on fire. When the fire . was extinguished at one spot it would H start at another. The cotton had been ginned on a rolling gin, which, in cracking a portion of the seed, had caused the oil in the seed to bccome mixed with the cotton, and the result was spontaneous ignition. In the manufacture of a cement or l>utty composed of whiting and boiled linseed oil, which, after being ground in a mill, was put in barrels, a fire was discovered under one ot the barrels standing on end. The floor was partially burned through when the discovery was made. v In grinding the oil the mast became - ' warm from the friction, and a small part of the oil had leaked through the J common barrels while in this warm state. 1 It was discovered in time to prevent much damage. An engineer placed a bunch of waste? which had collected in cleaning up a mill?in front of a boiler, in order that the fireman could use it the next mornin? in startincr un a fire. During the ?1 O 4 ? night it spontaneously igni'el, set fire to the kindlings which had been made ready for the morning, raised sufficient J steam to blow oil and alarm the watch- I man. ? Some years since a gentleman was experimenting in coloring Southern mow for decorative purposes. In one of his * experiments he used a very thin paint or varnish, but slightly colored with a pigment He dipped the moss in the mixture and then squeezed out as much as possible by the hand. The result not proving satisfactory, he threw the moss in a box ancL placed it in the o!oset. A few days after, the odor of something burning led to the disoovery that the moss was charred, and almost ready to ignite. Facts About the Bible. The number of letters in the Bible is 3,586,489; words, 773,002; verses, 31, 1T3; chapters, 1,189; books, sixty-six*. tm The longest book in the Old Testament H is Psalms, it having 150 chapters: the H shortest is Obadiah, it having but one H chaper of only twenty-one verses. The H longest books in the New Testament arc Hj Matthew and the Acts, each of which fl consists of twenty-eight chapters, al- M thongii Luke contains more verses and H words. Third John is the shortest, Bj containing one chapter of fourteen verses JE and 29'? words. The longest chapter in H the Old Testament i3 the ll'th Psalr^ H which contains 170 verses. The shortest H chapter is the 117th Psalm: it contain* H but two verses. The longest chapter in n the New Testament is the first chapter H of Luke; it contains eig hty verses; the B shortest is 1 John, first cha; ter; it con- H A? inn?Acf vorcp in BE tains ten vi-rsea. auc >i/n^wv . the Old Testament is the ninth verse of S the eighth chapter of Ksther, it contain* I ninety words, composed of 426 letters: 9 the shortest verse is the twenty-fifth I verse of tbe first chapter of I Chronicles, 9 consisting of twelve letters and three 9 words. The middle verse is the eighth 9 verse of the 118th Psalm. The nine* 9 teenth chapter of 2 Kings and thirty- 9 seventh chapter of Isaiah read alike. 9 The 8th, Pth. 21st and 31st verses of 9 the lOoth Psalm are alike. The book 9 of Job is the oldest book in the Bible. fl and the 21st verse of tho 7th chapter of 9 Ezra contains all the letters of the al- 9 phabet with the exception of uj." The 9 35th verse, 11th chapter, of St. John. - 9 the shortest in the Bible.?Atlanta Oj*- H stitution. 9 Endinj a Fend in Italy. Last week a s'ngular festival waa held at Bitti, in Sardinia. In the presence ol the Prefect of the Province, tlie Archbishop of Nuoro, a provincial dep itation, ' the Syndic of Sassari and other authorities a formal < ath was taken by the members of two families, whir.h had been at enmity for many years, reciprocally to pnrdon all offenses aud to live in peac^ 1 1 TKo numUr t\f fVlft mem 21I1U U??l IIIIMIJ * ?v v. hers of the two companies were *>70. A large crowd filled the parish church in which the ceremony was performed, and the next day a b impiet was given in the country for which had buen ordered ten oxen, fourteen pigs, sixty su k:ng pig*. 0 >-weight of nncaroni, :!0 i-weight of bread und five of fruit, with ten hectolitres of wine.?London New*. Dakota Journalism. Daknta Editor (to foreman)?"Are al! the forms ready ?" r>on?*? Vac sir M fUlCIUwu- - ""j ?? __ Editor?"Pistols and bowie knives in B good shape i" U Fore ran?"Ye?, sir." h Editor?" (Jatling gun loaded J*' Foreman?"Yes. sir." R Editor?''Then let the papeT go tc a rreas.''?TdB 8. I J -WBM?