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4 _ VOL LXJY.. <- m gas Argus. ALBANY, TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 2, 1883. NO. 20.665. Clothing. . [ BOSTON AND ALBANY ~ { chovitng Rouse Nos. 48 and 50 State Street. -, sm | TALK OVER APPOINTNENTS » 1 \ OVERCOATS! our LARGE sTo0R or .\ ULSTERS aud MUST BE SOLD, IF LOW PRICES WILL Do IT 'We offeralarge line of BOYS ALL WOOL OVERCOATS, with Coach- man's Cape-the latest style-at $3.02 cach-cheap at $5.90. FINE ULSTERS AND ~OVERCOATS at $8, $10, $12, $14 and $15. .. 'These prices show a reduction of from #3 to #5 on each Cont. 'We make this reduction thus early in the season, and will guarantee «prices as low as same goods can be bought after January first. ~HENRY L SMITH Nos,. 48 and 50 State Strect. > NELSON LYON, 4, G and 6 Central Avenue.. * January 1et, 1888, we Commence Taking Our Annual Account of Stock. We have Large Stock in Every Department. In Onorn zo Save meno ann Praciyo oxOun Jnviarrory, wa Bimart Orrex Tax Waoue From Now Tint Ctosp or Our Books, ABOUT JANUARY 1075, REGARDLESS OF PROFIT CHAMBER SUITS, ~- In Mahogany, Walnat, Cherry and Ash. & SIDE BOARDS, & ~ Walnutand Ash Extension Tables; - Pillar Extension Tables, ' Leather Dining Chairs, - PARLORSUITSCOYERED . RECEPTION CHAIRS PARLOR DESKS, O Ladies and Gentlemen's Secretaries.\ _ Music and Picture Rasels. I CBEAT REDUCTION IN Prices, _ NELSON LYON, Nos.4, 5 and 6 Central Avennie. NATIONAL NEW YEARS THBPRESIDENT'S RECEPTION MIN- GLED WITH JOY AND GRIEF, way ip IS‘N'OT SAFE TO REMOVE GEN. WOODFORD, News or GakBEtTa's Deatg. HOW NEW YEARS DAY WAS SPENT AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL AMONG ~. THE PUBLIC SERVANTS. [Special to The Argus.) PRESIDENT AntaUa's orknixc. Jan, 1.-President Arthur's made very unhappy by death on its very portal, and while hundreds of people were in waiting to pay: their respects to the Chief Magistrate, and Took at the handsomely decorated and renovated. interior, of 'Mr. Allen, the Hawalian minister. The President was greatly distressed, and every- body persists in talking about the sudden death of Minister Allen, as a bad omen for the year, Nearly all of the Cabinet receptions were aban- »doned, following the example of the President in closing hig doors. Mr. Allen died. In the cloak room, adjolntog the vestibule, and many ladies and gentlemen were kept waiting, while he slowly passed away, before thoy could got their wraps and leave the White House, - A JEFFERSON COUNTY wam. Mr, D. B, Addit, recently of the Salary and Allowance Division-of tho Post Offlco Dopart ment, has resigned, and has been appointed a speclal inspector, | The now position is regarded as a better one than. the old one. Mr, Additis a Jefferson county man and an intimate friend of Congressman Skinner. NEw york PoriTICrAYs nent, Ex-Senator Bradley Winslow and his brother, Norris, are hore, and with them, Is Assemblyman Abel Godard, of St. Lawrence, who will pro- bably not be able to attend the opening of the Assembly to-morrow,and voto for a Republican candidate for Spenker, contzcton paxrens, Inspectors Tinglo and Tichener, who were sont to Ogdensburg to make a new Investigation into ex-Collector Daniels' alleged. carelessness about admitting rage, said to contain wool, have ar- rived, and will report to-morrow or next day to Secretary Folger. | Tt is sald that they will sub» stantlato much of the story heretofore told against Daniels and the expectation is that Daniels will not be allowed to resume charge, Gossip Anout A.local paper, in sympathy with the administra- tlon, renews the report sent some time ago to The Argus, that John R. Lydecker, isto besucceodod as appraisor by Howard, at New York, It also asserts that Collector Robertson will not be dis- turbed, and says that \Bob\ Strakn isto be rorde Surveyor in place of Gen, Graham; that \Little Stow\ Woodford 1s to give way for Robert Sewell, ex-Senator Ploreo's law partuor, and that Collector Max Weber Is to be sup- planted, way az, woobronp Is xor nemoven, .. The Attorney-General has recently expressed an opinfon that Gen, Woodford's removal would try tho public temper and be regarded, at this time, as Irispired rather by piquo than any Iden of bettering the public service. Becrotary Folger and the White House people are silent about these reports, declining efthor to deny or confirm them, > Fon mew york, New Yorkars here aro anxfonaly awaiting the message of Governor Cleveland, and tho result of the Democratic caucus for speaker of the Assembly. {Associated Press Dispatches.) GaxnEtTa's DeatH Ax8oUsED, Jan, 1.-The Secretary of State has received the following from Minister Morton, at Paris: ''The death of Gambetta caused a profound sensation in France, In his death the govern- ment and. people have lost a devoted friend, whose great admiration for our country; and its Institutions, was expressed on all occasions. His death is to the members of this legation a great Toss and persotal sorrow. RECEFHON CLOSED BY pBate. The Hawalian Minister, Elisha H. Allon, after being presented to the President, to-day, and while on his way fon ante room, was seized with an attack of vertigo, succeeded. by spasms, He was promptly attended by physicians, but shortly afterward died in one of the ante rooms of the Executive mansion, | After the announcé- ment of Mr. Allen's death, the reception ended. xes, rhox a Mrs. {Blaine's carriage collided with a coups hero tonight; Mrz. Blaine and her son were thrown ont, but uniajured. COLORED statrauey Awe; was given by Frederick Douglas to-night on the anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, ExSenator Brice presided. A namber of prominent citizens attended. Small-Pox Among Prisoners. Barmwonz, Jan. 1.-There were twenty-one deathskommll—puxhershszwaeh In conse- {augment the discovery of & cass inthe city geil hrs-ti. over 300 prisoners confined for offemes were discharged. The preva- Immottbétfiausbisafiefiomhefia’mcyud negligence of the health department. S2 \ Le Snow in California. Bax Fra3CISCO, Jan. L-There was a vidient scow storm bere, yesterday, | The ground is Covered to a depth of five Inches. Therakss not been such a snow fall for thirty yeere, Seghs are seen on the streets for the first time. Kiag Kalikass Exx Jan, L-Sendwick Henk iMsymmfima-qnfifigflf The coronstion of Kiog Tes I2 New Year opening, at the White House, was M. GAMBETTA. the English Press Panis, Jan, 1.-Gambetta was quite consclous the last moment, Physicians who attended Gambetta stated that bis death was due to py- amin, caused by suppressed erysipelas and a clot of blood, which formed in the heart and suffocated 'the deceased, | A plaster cast of his face was taken this morning, An autopsy will bo held tomorrow, A. state funeral, ib is ex» pected, will be given Gambetta. His death created an immense sensation. Groups gathered Gambetta finally died quict and pescefully,- Tb is reported he will be buried at Nice, beside his mother, President Grevy is much affected by the news, - Loxpbox, Jan, 1.-The Standard says an inti- mato friend of Gambetta states that he had be- come & confirmed bypochondriac. | Wearluess and diegust at. the fallure of his prospects may explain much that 1s mysterious in the life just closed.. _ A Faris dispatch erys. the death agony of Gambette began beforé midnight, after. great suffering, which ceased. when tho agony began, The Republique Francaise, of which ho was pro- pristor, appears in black, but gives no details of the final scene, | Arnaud, Prost and Helcht were also present at the denthibed. _ Itis stated that he lef no political testament. - He made a private will. | Raturday Gambetta was in a state of tin- consciousness, but durfiig tho afternoon, ex- clafmed: \Jo sufspordu {t ost fnutile do dissimu- ler; mais jal tant souffert que co serva une deliverance.\ His face is poscefuland lips wore a smile, Pall Mall Gazette: \Tt is thought the death of Gambetta will not break up the republic. It ance, Though far too sagacious to be othorthan a convinced partisan of the republic, Gambotts his always been very susceptible of the force of French tradition, Ho thought himself a now Mazarin or Richelieu. | Liberalism all over Europo will doplore the Joss of this great and ro- markable figure of a statesman, who used his truly virile mind for a noble cause, and who will live In French bistory among the most courage- ous, acute and effective founders of the republic. The measure of his loss is a secret or an avowed satisfaction with which it will be hailed by ro- sctioniste and enemies of freo government all over Europe,\ ' Panis, Jan, 1.-President Grevy's New Year reception was attended by the Presidents of the Senate and Chamber .of Deputies, Grevy ex- pressed warm,regret for the death of Gambetta, Nearly twenty hours before Gambetta became unconsclous, ho complained ho was tortured with pain, as if a ball of red hot fron was {nslde of him, He recently became asthmatfe, and ib was therefore 'not 'possible to ventilate the room properly. Beveral times during his ilinces'bo spoke to Bert, a Member of the Chamber of Doputles, upon matters weighing on his mind, but always. briefly. | Ranc and Spuller were sunimoned to bis bedside, for 'the purpose of recelviog communications, but syncope, preceding death, had begun, When they ar- rived, they beloved the hopeful tons of the bul- letins freued during Gambetta's ilinas, was duo to the advice of Dr. Charcot, who did. no wish the sick man, when the papers were read him, to hear anything that might depress him. The funeral will be conducted with puroly clvil rites, The family aro anxious that the burlal will tako place at Nico, but friends advico 4t be at Paris. In consequence of the high functions deceased had filled, the authorities decided to place seals on his papers. But few newspapers appeared to-day, in consequence of 1t belbg a holiday, Nono of tho articles published so far, reflect on the political effect of Gambstta's death, but con- fine themectves to deploring the loss of thostates- man who did not despalr after Sedan, Tho Republique France states that at six oelock yesterday evening Gambctin's doctor perceived an abscess had burst internally, At 10:5 Gambetta recovered consclousness suf- clently to thanl bis friends for theirattentton, which he did with perfect calmness, His breath- Ing then became moro dificult, A stream of most notable Republicans is now passing through the death chamber, . The face of deconsed has al- readyibecome swollen and greatly changed. This afternoon a man selling a newspaper containing a scurrilous article concerning Gambetta was selzed by the crowd on the Boulevard and his papers destroyed. The police had great dificalty in rescuing him. Bentntp Jan. 1.-Almost all the newspapers bave articles on Gambetta, | The semLoficial Post says: \The most eminent politician of France has departed. He wasa man of strong passions and great power, who still seamed des- tined to play a great part in history. It is a significant question whether it would have been a beneficial one.\ The National Zeitung says: ** Germany has lost a great enemy. Gambetta knew bis reputation in the fature, was bound up in the war of revenge, and his wholo energy was directed in preparing therefor, Ho may be said to have constituted himself a permanent danger to perce.\ The Eorope Tegblattsays: \ A man of uncompromising revenge Is dead. His decease affords us better security for peace than any sort of alliances. His grandly constituted character commanded a certain respect, even from ene. imfes bat now there is no necessity to conceal the fact that the pesce of Europs appears to be more Jastingly secured than for a long time, The Immigration for Last Year, New York, Jan. 1.-The total immigration to the United States for 189%, at all ports, was about 735,000, - This estimate is based on Costom House official returns for all months excepting December, the arrivald In which month sre pisced 250,000. The fotal imizigration at all ports for 1881. wasa little over 719,000, showing an facrease of about 16,000 in the past year. The countries from which the Immigrants catme and the number contributed by each were as follows: Germany, 252,000; England and Wales, £1,000; Ireland, 0,000; Sootland, 17,000; Swaden, $9,000; Norway, 27,000; Canads, $2,000; all other countries, 100,000. 'The srivals in the last Shree months show a decided falling off, those of December stowing a declineof about twenty per cent, Sxdden Death of a State Assessor. Yxrite Faris, Jan. H. wax, Cropped dead of spoplexy while worksg calls firm, reir bere, to day. He was Tor: years cld wad wer State assessor ty Gov. Corse in Hed. 'Bis Last Hours and Death-Opinions of A NEW YEARS ABROAD _I$II,LON STATES HIG REASON FOR PRESIDENT ARTHUR'S NEW YEARS, The Manner in which President Arthur , Jan. 1.-The weather to-day to the lust, 'The death agony lasted two hours, |: Spuller Etienne and Dr. Flenzal were present at | on. the. boulevards this morning, discussing it\ SEEKING a A VESSEL FROM NEW - [nBD'AND 'THE CARGO STEREWAN <--» --» york RESIGNING HIS SEAT, TRE DEATH OF M. GAMBETTA AN AMBAQSADOR SUICIDES BECAUSE SHORT OF MONEY. ALLIES IN PEACE, will have minor effects of very obvious fmport- |- ALONG THE SHORE, £- TE OP DILLON, LoNDOxy Jan, 1.-Dillon has Issued an address <to the electors of Tippérary announcing that in deference to the wishes of friends he has agreed to postpone his resignation as a member of Par- HamentZuntil the first week of the seasion. . Con- sequently there will bo a vacancy at the ond of February, Ho onergotically denles that he re- tires because he is disgusted \with- parlismentary ngitation, He belleves more firmly than everin the: necessity of ensuring that Trish representa- tives in Porlismoent shall be independent of the body of Natlonaliste, who will oppose and harass every government which denes rights to Troland, He belfeves above all in organization in Irland, America and wherever the Irish remaio faithful to- their nationality, He resigns solely because his health is broken down, and that labor will bo impossible to him for a considerable time, ' DEATH or GaMBETTA Parts, Jon, 1.-Gambetta died at his resi- dence at Ville D'Auzay, ab midnight, wity aw AimasSaDor SUICIDED, Paris, Jan, 1.-Tho Austro-Hungarian Am- bassador, who sulcided Saturday, was lately in the babit of talking aloud to himsolf for hours, He carzled: arevolver for a. week. Friday ho fired It ont of a window of a hotel against a wall «to test if. The supposition that tho suleide was connected with finnnclal embarrassmonts, gains color from tho fact that a letter addressed to a rich Austriar Auancler living ab Paris, was found .among his effects, The Count had futi- L. mate relations among classes who suffered. from * the Unlon-Generale crash, *,. SEEKING ALUIES FOR PEACE, PestHt, Jon. 1.-Tiszs, president of the Hun- garian Council, replying to Now Year congratu- lations, said ho could nob see any ground for an apprcheusion of the disturbance of peace, It wotld bo one offf the privelpal nims of the gov- eniment to seek alles not for war, but for the Marshal . McMichael and Col. Rockwell. Fresident was nsslsted by the wives of several members of the Cabinck and a number of fother Tadies, At cloven o'clock, members of the Cabi- net and the diplomatic corps 'were received. The bright uniforms of diplomats and the odd dress of the Chinese minister attracted much attention, \ Associate Justices of the Bupreme Courtarrived, \followed at 11:80, by Senators and Representa- ~ tives, and Judges of the Supremo Court district. At twelve o'clock; of the army and navy, in full dress uniform, filed it, headed by Gonoral Sherman and Admiral Porter, and were each in turn presented to tho President, offlcials of- various departments were received, and at 12:48 associated soldiers of the war of 1812, the associated veterans of the war of 1816, members of tho Oldest Tuhabitant Association of the District of Columbia, and the Grand Army of the Republic, 'The Oldest Inbabltant Asso- ciation was passing beforo tho President, when the death of Minister Allen was announced. 'The music was stopped and the reception closed. Mr, Allen's body was removed to his home, and the crowds slowly dispersed, of Minister Alton, had been in the best of spirits. The announce ment of the Ministers death followed so quickly upon the first report of his illness that the two were almost. simultanons, A. gentleman who was present describes the scone as affecting, the President being moved to tears, | Mr, Allen was THE NATION'S FOREIGN COMMERCE, A Report Counting“: Many Instructive the chief of the bureau of statistics, upon our foreign commerce, recently made public, is a was spring-like, The great eventof the day was the President's reception at the executive man- sion, which has been thoroughly repainted, deco- rated, nowly upholstered and furnished. It pro- sented a handsome appearance. The floral dec- orations were plain, but elegant. On the mantel of the east room were handsome imported willow baskets, in silver and gold, filled with palms, dracenns, etc., and used for the first time to-day. Festoons of smilax depended from the chandeliers tles were filled with-potted plants, - In the corri- dor were large stands of palms and other tropi« teal plants, The marine band was stationed in «the vestibule; and played'several airs dizlug the reception, 'The presidential party Stood. in the blue parlor, and presentations were made by At 11:15, the Chief Justcs and At 12:80, The President was much affected by the death Up to this time the President native of Massachusetts, Facts. . WasitNoton, Dec. 81.-Tho annual report of in the green, bluo and red parlors, and the mang The | ° a preservation of peace, warek or A Lornox, Jan, 11-The British steamer Whoat- Hundson, from New York for Lelth, was stranded at St. Catharino's Point, last evening, in n thick fog. 'The crow was enved, with the nssistance of the coast guard, The hull of the steamer has disappeared, The cargo Is strown along the shore and a great por tlon of it will be lost, owlug to the want of Isbor to get it.up the cliffs. 'The steamer will proven specio fell off $107,000,000. valuo of the exports of domestio merchandise peculfarly interesting paper, In tho last fiscal year our exports of merchandise fell off $151,- 000,000, while our imports Increased nearly $82, 000,000, 'The excess of exports over imports for the lost fiseal year was a little loss than $20,000, - 000, or almost exactly one-tenth of the axcess of exports for the previous year, 'The total value of imports and exports of merchandise and The decreaso of moro than $150,000,000 in the total wreck, Tite onpontuntsrs. Paris, Jan, 1.-Tho Opportunist party ap pears to be stunned by the death of Gambetta, A NEW YorKEN IN LONDom, LOx30®, Jan, 1.-A man named McPhorson was found loitering on London dock, He was arraigned In court to-day for examination, and said he came from Now York to ree London. Ho was remanded, as it was supposed. he might be- Tong to some secret society. Tuz o'snten case. Dupti®, Jan, 1.-O'Brien was arraigned, to- day, on a charge of seditious libel. | A. M. Sul- livan and several Trish members of Parliament were present, Sullivan submitted that thero was not a particle of ovidence to show that O'Brien was the editor or publisher of United Ireland on December 22d, whon the article ap- peared, The prosecution was postponed threo weeks, pending the consideration of an applica- tlon by thodefendant to the Court of Queen's Bench for an order compelling tho magistrate baving ebarge of the case to take evidence prov- fug the truth of statements made in the article, Ax nmorraxt wrsstoy, Row®, Jan. 1.--Errington, who seeks to estab- lish a modus virendi between Englandand Rome, bas arrived here. accerring An Carro, Jan. 1.-The Egyptian ministry will accept Gen. Wood's army scheme, providing for a force of 6,000 troops, with 25 English officers, as attack Urox ranmoxy. Vizx®a, Jan. 1.-The Polish and Hupgarian 'urgans bave commenced a system of attack upon Ealnoky, -the minister of foreign af- airs, on account of his supposed Russian pro- cltvitles, KARL DAD, Lospox, Jan. 1.-The Earl of Wemyss and March, a liberal conservative, is dead. bxstnoyzD sy wates, WamBabks, Jan. 1.-The Rhine floods have destroped five villages. Two hundred and fifty houses have fallen, Faris, Jan, 1.1-A council of ministers has de- cided that Gambetta be buried at the expense of the State, * Loxnos, Jan. J.-Sir Charles in a speech, today, said the entrance of 1553 was saddened by' the death of the greatest of all Mapa, Jan. 1.-The announcement of Gam- betfa's death canted a great sensation hera, whole, while the value of the exports of broad, breadstuffs and provisions was $303,000,000, or forty-one per cent of the whole. of the exports of products of agriculture was 76 per cent, the value of manufactures 14 por cont, and of mining, including mineral ofls, about Tf per cent, A table is given showlng the par- centage of the exports of productsof agriculture zinco 1820, the highest percentage having been $3} In 1830, and the lowest about T3} in 1875. An interesting table shows the reduction of average freight charges per bushel for wheat from Chicago to New York since 1868, tho rates by lake and canal having fallen in that time from 25.3 cents to 8.0 cents; by lake and rail from 2J cents to 10.4 cents, and by all rail throughout the year, from 426 cents to 144 cents, lastyear than ever before, and the value ex» ceeded the value for the preceding year by $51,000,000, the Increase being due chiefly to higher values of some of the leading commodi- tles. The imports of sugar and molasses lead the list, amounting to more than $100,000,000; or al- most one-seventh of the whole, Nearly 41 per cent of our foreign commerce was with Eng- land, Seotland, and Ireland, the exports amount« Ing to nearly 54}¢ per cent. and. the Imports to 27 per cant, | If the Colonial possessions of Great 6 Britain be included the per centage of exports is C4, and that of fmports 30. Of the merchan- dissexported from the United States 459 per cent, went out of the port of New York city, and of the Imports 68 per cant. came in at that port. Of our total foreign commerce neatly 57 per cent wascarried on at that port. Of thada- ties on fraports nearly 60 per cont, was collected at New York, The duties collectedat all ports were 4234 per cent: of the value of dutiable goods. In 15:9 the duties were nearly 45 per cent. of the value. Tables are given which will was due, says the report, almost entirely to the falling off in the exports of cotton and of bread- stuffs and provisions, a result attributable to the drought and other unfavorable metsorologlcal , Influences which provailed during the crop son» son of 1681, | Tt is shown that the decreaso in the value of the exports of cotton and of breadstuils and provisions was $100,000,000, or more than the total dectease In the value of the exports of do- mestic merchandiso, The valuo of exports of (faw and soannfoctured cotton was more than Mr, Nimmo makes a statement that the valuo Our imports were greater in value for the $213,000,000, or twenty-nine 'per vent of the [- EGe, Jaz. 1.-Liberta says Gambetia's death will tend. to increase conflicts between the ex- treme political factions in France. Loxpos, Jan, 1.-The News sigs Gambetta's Toss passes all calcalation, but it may: be hoped. the Republic is safely established, and will bave ille feer from informal enemies and conspira- cles of domestic fections. Viexxs, Jan. L.-It is thought bers that Gam- betta's death will prevent war between France And Geroany for a long time. Bretzz, Jaz, L.-When the Eciperor was in- Tormed of Gazmbesta's Gesth, he exprised the tpiuion that perce would be the lot of Germany Tor a Torg: time to come. Gl28 to Hear It, Cas Faxscieco, Fes. L-The Chimes The | Catoese womentn Territery From thaw“ Colmatic, & were belog held at the Reformed Evangelical chorch lest might, a large canon, filed with stones and powder, was discharged. Ths frout wall wasstove in and nearly all the windows shattered. Grest excitement existed athoug the wodiecce, but uo one was husk. Eighty arrests Pranrtras, Communsioner of Highways, Win. died this morning, while ou Nis way to stiind a meeting of ihe city cscl He was Tor te election, Itis Gesth was eviml C a -e- NEW YEARS MISTAKES A MAYOR REIIRES FROM OFFICE AND HANGS HIMSELF, > ADMITS THREE MURDERS. ANEGRO IS TAKENFRONM JAILAND LYNCHED, + SERIOUS SEATING AFFAIR, --»-. VARIOUS ACCIDENTS ABOUT RAILROAD TRAINS RESULT WITH FATAL AND SERIOUS INJURIES, --» A wavor surcipes, Batzat, Mass., Jan, 1.-Mayor Samuel Colley, whoso term expired to-day, sulcided this after- noon, | He attended the inauguration of the city government, then wont to the house of a son-du- law, and was subsequently found hanging to the banfaters of the back stairs. He stood upon a trunk and jumped off, He was an ex-member of the Legislature, | His brother sulclded several : years ago.- ~-. ~ cohressrs Mount Veno®, O., Jan. 1.-The wife of Jay ¢y railroad, confessed to three murders, on her death bed, The first was Benjamin Swigart, her first husband, whom she killed at Maryville, Mo,, in 1877, with the ald of her mother and brother, The second was a stranger whom the same partes killed for his money, while stopping at a boarding house, The third was hor daugh- ter, aged fourteen, whom sho strangled. in the presence of her mother, ab Rulo, Nobraska, in 1880, Bho also confessed. attompting to kill her present husband, three times, to obtain his life insurance, The womans dying of consumption. UNJAUED AND LyNOHED, Amnzvitus, B, C., Jan. 1.1-Dave Roberts, a negro, in jail on a charge of cotton stealing and. murderous assault, was taken out by a mob and. lynched lastnight, A SKATING AFFAIR Roxnou®, Jan, 1.-Tho city is excited over n distreesing skating aceldent on Rondoutcreek this afternoon. Boveral hundred were skating on the now ice. | Aunio Staples, daughter of A. S. Staples, a prominont eftizen, broke through, Nine young mon, attempting to resoue her, broke in and narrowly escaped with their lives, | A ' young man riamed. Gilletto supported her twon- ty minutes. | All efforts to rescue hero were un- successful, till ropes and boards were procured, and one aftor anothor hauled out . Gillette floally fastened a rope around Mrs Staples., Sho was pulled out by the ropo, unconscious. Gil- lette's bravory is highly commended. | A major- ity of the physiclans of the place to-night aro attending the sulferers, all of whom will recover, Two mows Rocktaxp, Mo, Jan.1.-Bont Young, aged seventeen, and Freeman Rich, aged fifteeen, were drowned this aftornoon, while duck hunt- ing. € mEAD cnugien ny cans, RocHzstER, Jan. 1.-Moses H. Hulbert, nssist- ant postmaster at the Central station, was killed this afternoon, his head belog crushed between oxpress care of tho fast mail, bound east, whilo adjusting an alr-brako coupling. oY THB Cans. New Yon, Jan. 1.-Nicholas Hartman, cap- tain of the canal bort Joseph Blanchard, was High Bridge, to-day. connupr oreictars. Winuramsront, Po., Jan, 1.-Ex-County Com- missioners Smith, Ebner and Corson wero to bave been tried to-day, for perjury, embezile» ment and conspiracy. | Smith baving absconded, his bail fs forfelted. Tho other two pleaded guilty, and will bo sentenced hereafter, JEALOUEY AND sunpEn. Hantron, Jan, 1.-Mrs, Fhoobe Brush, a mulatto, living alone at this place, was found murdered yesterday. Bome one approached from behind and struck hor with anax while sitting in a chatr, | Seven ugly gashes were found on her head and neck, one of which nearly severed the head from her body. No definite clue to the murderer was obtained. The de- ceased lived apart from her busband and bad sought & divorce, A sister of the murdered woman is suspected. Blood stains were found on herclothing. The supposed motivois jealousy. KO XURDER, RUT SUICIDE, Pa., Jan. 1.-Frederick Jacobs, to- night, fired two ineffectual shots at his wife and then killed himself; Accrorxran Extata, Ala., Jan. 1.-Henry Bell, asociate editor of the Times, fook an overdose of chloro- form, accidentally, this morning, and died. TB® Lo®D novs. Bostox, Jan. 1.-The Lord brothers did nok want to be arrested this morning, but left Bun- day for New York. Itisnot probable that the policé think it worth while to bring them 'back, KILLED In A now, CaLars, May Jan. 1.-Mre. Carr was found dead in the house of Timothy Toomey, this morning, It is supposed she was killed in a dranken row. - FafALEy mitazo wane coasnse. Sour Brawick, Ma., Jan. 1.-Willis Butler and a French lad were fatally injured while coasting to-day. sHoT To brate By a wom Jan. L.-News has been received beamintbemrkofhfiflmfiomlho‘wing the value of merchandise imported free of duty, and the avernge ad valorem tates upou datiable goods. An Excited Watch Meeting. Pay Jan. 1.-While watch services Died of Undue Excitement, Jia. 1-Chief Co % bere that Bluford Smith, colored, who stabbed andkmedaymmgwhibamnmmdmngr,“ Tazewell Court Home, was taken out of jail and shot to death by a mob. Arrested for False Imprisonment. Riciwoxn, Va., Jan. L-Leatensnt Governor Lewis, bas sued doctors McCow and Wellford, of the feculty of the Medical College of Virginis, and policemen Matthews, for £10,000, for fale arrest and imprisonment, atthe time Ee, with The new directors, appointed by Governor Camer 00, attempted to take charge of the college. Lizkting by Mefeor Coxcorp, X, H. Jan. L-A meteor of remarks able vize and brilfency was ak Ease Concord Instnight, It wey a bell of fire in the Eontherst std exploded Ekea rockel People who tad retired were starfled ty their rocuiy being Hieminated as by . f, % Btillwel), employed on the Burlington and Quin, - killed. on tho Now York Central railroad, ng .
