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9ht frit Northerner. PAW PAW, MICHIGAN. NEWS OF THE WEEK. The East. A allocking diaaHUr, by which Heveral lejeo lout tluir liven, and many other were liadlv maimed, w reorUHl from Bowton. A largo ga uuun ruuuing mider Federal tdreet ejlodod at 7 o'clock in the evening, tearing uj tlie pavo inciit for a diHtauce of 180 feet or more. The Mtreet wan througed with jhm)j1o at the time, and many were buried under the debri. About a doen peraotie were Lilleil, and nom llteeu Horionaly injured. President Orant di:ied with the New Kngland Society in Now York. on Fort ltd lier'n Day. Ctov. Hartranft Baa granted paidoiw to lingo I'aikH and Hoveral of the minern OOBVkSaJ with him in Clearfield County. I'a. Tho Landing of the PUfffaM wan commemo rated in various place, on tin- 866 ult.. b the MM Of Nen Kntdand. Howard and Yale OoUagaa hne both with drawn from the National BOWiag Association of Atne.nciUi rxdlege. Tlie liaidi of 1 (randy wine, WmI Cho.ter, l'u.. Iikh suspended. Tlie liabilities of the Providence K. L) TjoI Company, which nnntlv lulled, are stated at -.'.TKi.OOO : MMMt 4,148,000. Creditorn hnve granted an extension, and the buninenf. of tlie OOBBpeay will go on without interruption. Henry ('. DoWOn -ncd the Brooklyn EagU for lilxl, claiming 6186,666 damagen. The 08SS ban just. U-en tried, the jury awarding him 11,000. A abort tims ago Loodioa Frodeoborgb and Albert fn denburgh, her son, were condemned i i bi I t OOtod it Ht i knm r. N. ST., Dec 81, for the murder of Orio Davia, an aged cripple. They were committel on the evidence of a young married daughter of Albert I'redenhiugh. A day or two before the day net for their execu tion, the daughter con leased that she testified falsely on tiie trial; thai she and her grand mother committed the inurder. and that bar father had nothing to do with it. Patrick Oallicher, ot Providence. R. L get ting drank on ChriHtnui night. Attempted to -tnke bin wife, but struck his infant child, kill ing it instantly. The ninety-eighth annmivury of the battle of Trenton, which occurred Deo, 36, 1777. WM eelel. rated with oonatdarabli njurit at Trenton. N. J., on the 86tB ult. The Radeon Uvea Sugar Badaary, at Heel lngH, N. V., was burned bM week, l.osu, 6666,666, A MutuaJ Council is to be railed1 by Plymouth Church and Mr. aToulton to oonaidar tha two iiietionM bnbmittel bj that lady tho suih . ieiuy and validity of the rtMOIMkOf the church for dropping her name from the roll ; and the affidenej and validity of Mrs. Monlton ' raaaOOl for ibowtadaf M long from the ser vices and Han amenta of the church. Thomnw K. Houston, of the Pittsburgh U- til . is dead. S. ral heavy failures are reported from the Taht, among other are the following i Cip per v ,v CVlHtW hat daalail in New York, with liabiiities of 200.000 ; (J. N, .V J. A. Smith, woolen manufacturer, of Worcester, Mass.. liabilities. .tf)0,000 to 1100,000 Lee k NValker, of Philadelphia, liabilities. 6666,000. Harvard and Yale have withdrawn from the Inter-Collegiate Rowing Association, and will not hereafter lake part in the annual rowing eonteKts. Recognizances on seven indictments for fel ony against Tweed have been declared forfeit ed. It is stated that the sureties will claim ex emption from tho forfeiture of the londs upon the ground that tho aaoapo was due to the neg ligence or connivance of tho law officer, and that the sureties cannot therefore ba held ac countable. Prank Moulton has brought rait against Mr. Baaohat for malicious prosecution, laying dam ages at 680666. Tliree men lost their lives in a mine near Wilkerbarre. Pa., last week by the explosion of lire-danip. Tho West. Those terrible Younger brothers are shoot ing around Missouri again. 11 M y were re cently seen in Ht. Clair County, going north. It is believed they had a hand in tlie late ex press robbery near St. Louis. D. P. Carson, formerly of Hioux City, Iowa, and YV. Jackson, of Covington, recently met a horrible death noar Ban Juan. Cal. They were caught, wlulo descending a mountain, in an avalanche of snow, and curried down the moun tain a distance of 1,500 feet, and were dead M hen take-n out. Tho trial of W. W. Knibry for shooting Col. I). 1!. Anthony, at Leavenworth, Kan.. DM re - J tad in a verdict of acquittal. St. Louis celebrated OhflataMM In a lively manner. In a tiglit between some boys, one shot the other in the mouth. In a domestic row. a woman chopjed up a man with a hatchet. Another boy waw stabbed in the knee by a boot black. Two women got on a Christmas drunk, and one slashed tho other w ith a razor. The list of festivities closes with another domestic affray, in which one man beats another with a club almost to death. Hon. Wtihiun A. Richardson, a leading Dem ocratic politician of Illinois, and an ex -United State Senator, died at his home in tuiucy, on tho 2?ta nJt., aged 66. Hid disease was paral ysis, A moriHter aerolite, emitting a ly ht almost as great as tht of day, pasm-d over St. Louis a few niyhta Rgo. and exploded near tlie city, Tlie concussion caused by the explosion waa distinctly feit. an 1 was suOtcient to shake tlie wuslow of Imusew, nid, in aome insUncH, to shake entire buildings. Supreme Judge Wilson, of Idaho, is dead. Tho South. Heavy ralus and damaging floods am re ported throughout Sonthern and Western Texan. IUcbmond, Ya., and the surrounding region nparttaaad a violent fiarthqnaKo shock on tiie nipht of Dec V2. causinir much alarm. Within tho past week the rev. nun officers have captured Hlaw illicit distillery dontroyed ten hUlU, and sectu-i-l 10,000 gallons of nour mash, in the m ighborhood of flrOinahOfO, 8. C. Ext naive arrnementa are Wing maln for the Mardi OJH f,tival in New Orleans and nth. r laMhan rikn Wociward. the dwhonest Hehool Trusten of Shelby CJoniity. Teun., ivh , somn time ao em-N-.lod tl60,000of thenchool fimd, ban been arrested ;u San fttMiiaa and taken back to Memphis for trial. b. L, Patterson, momher of tlie Legislature fiom NaUdiitoches Parish, La., was roeeutly shot and killed by uo Congrovo. editor of the Natchitoches Viiulivalor. I'm Alabama Legislature met on the Mh ult. 1'isK Pniversity, of Nanhville, Teuu., a mag niticent new building for the education of colored youth, was dedicated on New oar's Day. Washington. The policy of the House Committee on Ap propriations, an outlined in tho Washington dispatches, contemplates a reduction of 40,000.000 in tho public exjendituroM during tho ensuing tiscal yar. Tlie War and Navy Departments are to be rednced $10,000,000 each, the former by reduction of the army to a maximum of 1!,000 men, and the navy by sell ing all but tirst-class war vessels. Tlie "(Iranger'' cases, involving the qMNMoa of the right of States to regulate the earning rates of railroads, will be lurther argued before the Supremo Court on the 11th of January. Oaa. BabOOOi returned to Washington last week. It is stated that the President liruily leiu vcs in Ins innocence, and has no douht that tho forthcoming; trial will fully vindicate his secretary. The Chicago 'J'i,m.-' Washington correspond -tut telegraphs that "the Government paopk are getting ready for I good hard tight in Chicago. Thev regard the whisky men of that city as more powerful, socially and tinan dally, than those of St. Louis. Thev bat also that Chicago men in a light have better staying qiialiticM. ami that it will not bo reason able to expect that there will be any pleading guilty in adwince of trials, as theie has been in St. Louis. Tho men of Chicago are beaded together: for a desperate resistance, and will use every means to defeat the Government. The ball opens in Chicago on the 11th of Janu ary. There are whispers in the air that some startling disclosures are in store for the pub lic, compare 1 with which the St. Izmir, devel opments will fall into liudf nifioance. Information bar- been tiled with the authori ties at Washington that Spanish agents have violated the neutrality laws by enlisting ltal New York for QtHoQ in Spuni-sh regi ments in Cuba. The matter is to bo investi gated. A delegation of Texans recently called upon President Grant to urge him to take some effec tive measures to protect the Rio Grande fron tier from Htiteen depradatlono. ThaPrettdent, in reply, referred to the proposed reduction of the army, and said that the pCQMnt fOTOQ WM not raflifient tO OOCnpyall the territory needing protection; and. if the army is reduced, it will be necesMiry to withdraw troojis lioni Territo ries where new mines are about to bo OpODOd, and where new comers need protection. A greater force on the Bio Grande, he Mud la out of the question. Tho Comptroller of the Cunencx has called upon the National Ranks for their reports show ing their condition at the dose of btMinOM on Friday, the 17th of December. Secretary Fish says there is not a word of truth In the stories of impending trouble with Spain, but. on the contrary, that the countries are on good terms, with eery prospect of every question pend ing between them being peace fully settled. A Washington dispatch leyi i " II is asseiied in prominent circles that if. as reported from London. ' There is a near advent of EafOpoaB intervention in Cuba. Our Government would inform such powers M might combine for this purpose that their course would be highly ollensive to tho United States, as it would im ply ft design of controlling affairs in localities contiguous to th It country, thereby injuriously affecting our commercial and political interests, and for this reaaOB, apart from other consid erations, the t'nited States should continue to act in the spirit of the Monroe doctrine." The work of consolidating tho revenue col lection districts throughout tiie country has bora completed, and the number is reduced from 20'.t to 108. The annual saving to the ( iovernnient by this consolidation will bo about 1 250. 000. The Secretary of the Treasury has given di recti oius for the retirement of 0044,600 legal tender notes on account of national l ank circulation issued during December. This will leave outstanding legal tenders, until a further reduction, i'M, 182.722. The amount of additional national bank nott s issued since Nov. 1 is 01,761,900, and the total amount is sued since the passage of the act of June 14, 1874. is 12 715.075. The amouut of legal tender notes deposited by national banks for the purpose of retiring circulation since Nov. 1 is 68,967,106i Political. The chairmanships of the severid committees of tho lower house of Congress, we tiiid by ex amination, are apportioned among tho several States as follows : OOVB8BM ptatch. Virfrinia MOeocgte.., Mlaataalppl I Alabama. . K' ntucky 4 Arkanwm . West Virginia 1 I.ouiriana. Ttmnreaai a NOffth Carolina '2 Totftl , watreaa i rn:M. Illinois 4 IndMtnn . . Ohio 6 MisHouri & Total.. iroatai aa tah t, Pinnoylvunia Hem York MarUud .18 . 3 .17 Total 13 i aa nana, n lao, In the last Congress the Kastem States had seven chairmen. A Washington dispatch states that i'lnchbark has given up his fight and will resign hefore tho Louisiana legislature adjourna, in order that a successor may bo ejected. Seaker Kerr passel the holidays with a frv Bd in Philadelphia. Tho Ht. Louis police have commenced a vig orous war against the policy shops of that city. The Washington correspondent of the Chi cago Tributts telegraphs : "A number of Republicans are preparing to make vigorous opposition to the preposition of the Democrats to reduce tho army. Tlie political argument used quietly among members will be that it is a device of the Democrat to deplete the army while it Is strongly Republican, and to till it up again if the Democrats carry tho next election, mainly from the South." Ceneral. It ha been dis. vred that Thompson, the dynamito demon, who attempted to blow up a steamer at Rremerhaven, ouco lived in St. Lotus. This information may le of service in ns-istmg the effort to ascertain how it was pos sible for a human min I to hatch out tlie enor mous scheme which led to tho Mosel explosion. At a recent meeting of coal merchants in Pittsburgh, who are interested in the improve ment of the Ohio River, a report was read by ft committee apjHHiited at a former meeting, in which it was set forth that tho best metliod of improving the Ohio would be to keep it near to its unobstructed normal condition, to remove the wrecks, snags and other impediments, to place wing-dams whem the water spreads too much, and at the head of some of the islands, to turn the water and tMMN the depth in die channel side; and to require channel spans of iOO feet length in all bridges. There has been reeeivod in Philadelphia ; formal acceptance by Pope Pius IX. of an in vitation by the Centennial authorities request ing his Holiness to give his recognition to the enterprise by contribution to the l'.jM)sitiou works of art from the galleries of the Vatican or from the workshops over which he has control. The letters of the POBO are couched in tho warmest Unns of friendship for the I n led States. The Philadelphia parties who made the recent shipment of fresh beet to l.urope have received word that it reached liverpool in good condition. Another shipment has been made. The Dominion Government have under con sideration the subject of extending the pro visions of the extradition treaty, so as to pre vent criminals within Canada or tho I'uited States from taking advantage of the facilities of escape a Horded by ft long line of iMiundary. Chicago is enjoying a reason of comic ojeras. .Mrs. Janes A. t atcs and her compan having began an engagement at McVicker s Theater, on Monday last. As an ojera bouffer Mrs. Oatei is unrivaled, and the company support ing her is said to be tirst-class. The Mark Lot Ayraai report! the Ba ropatn bnadataJta market dull and declining. The Decretory of the Centennial Commis sion has received a letter announcing that the edttoreof Indiana, arttfa their arhras, ntnaber- Ing in all about 200 persons, will visit Phila delphia about the lt'.th of January, for the purpose of viewing the Centennial building. Susan B Anthony refuses to go to Brooklyn to testily in the Loader perjury case. Postmaster-General Jewell has notified the British postal authorities that from and after tlie 1st of January his department w ill demand tho payment of the full cost of transporting all Australian mails across this continent, whieh are now transported at an actual loss, undei Qreel Britaio'a construction of the Postal rjnioti requirements. Foreign. From a Shanghai dispatch it WOUid -eem that the Chinese Government, not content with sending one Minister to represent it in this country, as other and less pretentious na tions are, has appointed two, and their names are Chen Lang Pin and Yung lleng. The Bagliah school-ship Goliath was re cently burned at inveaend. Twenty boys lost their lives by tho disaster. Spain baa decided to send more reinforce ments to Cuba. Tweed is repotted to be in Havuna. Tlie Sultan of Turkey is spending ail hit available oah in hastily arming his forces on sea and land. The Fliaoe of Walea was at Calcutta at last accounts, where he had n magnificent recep tion. A serious revolution is in progress in Sonora, Noithern Mexico, and anarchy reigns supreme. A cable dispatch announces the death of Karl Stanhope, the Knglish historian and e-ssy-ir-t. aged To years. Ex-Senator Thiers baa consented to stand for election aa a Benetor in tha new branch of tho French Legislature. A Vienna dispatch says that Turkey has s nt a circular to tha powora pledging haraalf to the execution Of the reforms promiaed by tha Sultan. Russia, it is said, will shortK annex tho whole of Khokand. Lata advices from Abyssinia state that a force of 2,000 Egyptian troops sent by the Khedive to subjugate the Abyssiuians wore drawn into ambush and nearly very man slaughtered. The bodies of the officers were literally hacked to pieoea and their heads Btook on spears and thrown to tho wild beasts. The Khedive will send a force of 12.001) men. accompanied by all the American officers, to ftVOBga the massacre. The work of restoring the Column Vendome. in Pans, destroyed bv tha Ooaunoniata, waa completed on tin 27th ult.. and tho statue of Napoleon wan replaced on the top of tho cilumn. No public ceremonies attended the proceedings. A Christmas gathering in tho village of liil likon, Switzerland, was overtaken by a tearful calamity. The festivities v.ue being held in a school house, when tho Mooring gave way. and HO pexaoaa Wan killed and 50 wounded. Advices from the seat of war in HcJMgOvlBI n port i great battle at Nitohitse, lasting nearly all day. Fifteen thOOaftad trOOBI WeN en gaged. Tho Turkish forces claim a decisis e ffetory. The fighting on both sides was des perate, mid the losses were severe. BsQneen rwarrrlla. of Spain, is down with the measles. From the Philippine Islands comes news of a dreadful lmrr,cane, resulting in an appalling destruction of life and property. Two hundred and fifty lives were lost, ami soo dwellings were destroyed. Many cattle perished, and the crops in all direc tions ruined. The little unploas&utness between Tuna and lireat Rritain, growing out of the murder of some of the latter's subjects, has been settled by negotiatioti. but tho terms are very onaOtie factory to the Mongolians, and a war between the two countries is not improbable. Advicos from India report that the Rritish troops have completely qncllod the Malay insurrection. RECORD OF 1N75. A Chronology of the Important Events of the Year. J AN LA It Y. 1 With the new vow came a ne-w dynasty forSpmn; AJfoneO ft II,, son of tint asQoOOa Isabella, was proclaimed lung, and was sup ported by the army and nav a new Ministry was announced, with Centra at the hoad. f BIIIBI .'t Tho Marquis of llartingtou chosen loader of the EngHah Liberals. T .John Mitchel returned to Parliament from Tipperary. Ireland; on motion of Mr. Hainan, ho was refused admission. I fire atOaaka Jftpan: 1.200 bm'dings de stroyed, and several lives lost. 7 Fire at VoMohama, Jupan, BWM hundr.l houses destroyel. 1& Bltensfve tire at J' rt an iTince, Havti, ,)Oo houses burned. II Bnming of a match factory in QajHM burg, .Swed. 11, ,rd lives lost. M K II. :t Senate bill for the admission of C. dorado as a State pasrel b th. House. 4 Telegram fp,ni London announcing the wreck of the steamer ( thentmrg on one of the Fotu-netiu Islands in Rans' Straits, between Van lheman's l.und and Australia ; of 110 ersoi;s on b.mrd, only 22 reporter) saved. 0 The Senate of the Forty-fourth Congress met in extra session ; action on the admission of Pnichback. as Senator from Louisiana, post poned. 20 Desttuctive tornado in (leorgia . great loss ot life and proierty. M I xplosion in a .u mine near Charleroi, Bi Igittfla, causing the death and injury of many 1)6! SOUS. AI'KM.. fja Xktat steamers burned ut the New Or lsaiM levee ; ") lives aacntioed. 66 Daatraetiea tire at Oahaaihi Wis.; a square mile of the city laid in nuns. I'.xplosion of a powder maguxme in London Fnwland, and aev ral lives lost. MAY. 1 Implosion at 'linker Hill i'olhen. North Staffordshire, Kngland j 41 lives lost. is Bsithanake hi New flranada ; ais oiMaa (h solated ; tlie city of Cucuta cntirelv obliter ate! . 16,066 Urea Mat 20 Fire at Osceola. Pa. ; 666 hotises ga ttroyed 1 loss over 66,666,060, 24 ntelhganoa In London. Bnadaad, of tha sinking of an Austrian ferry Iniat m the Tyrol, with Roman Catholic pilgrims on uoard 70 liv-s lost. 66 Bzploaion in a drug store in Roston, Mass. 1 several people killed and others fatally injured. 27 Burning of the French Catholic Church at Holyoke, Mass., during the celebration of the least of Corpus Christi ; 7." lives lost. 66 The steamer VicksbUTg, bound for Liver pool from .Montreal, went down in a li Id of ice ; 68 lives reported lost. .11 NK. 2 The Ohio Republican Convention, nt Co lumbus, nominated e-.. Ihitberford P.. Hayes for iovernoi . ;! Sixty persons drowned by tha oapalaing of a lighter on tha Xagns, In Portugal. 17 The Ohio Democratic Convention, fttCo lumbus. reDOOftiheted b. Wnx Allon. The centennial a.nniersarv of the battle of Banker Hill was celebrated at Roston: Judge Hevens deUvered tha oration. 69 The American riile team in Ireland won the ritle match at DollyiDOOnt, the scorn for tha Ameiican team being B66 and '! tor th- Irish team. .11 1.1 . ." Near Far kochaway. Long Island, collision between two trains on the BOUtll kide Railroad: 7 persons were killed, ! fatally and 22 seriously Injured. The steam tug Lumberman, while re turning from fortl'eaa Monroe With a jileasuro j)arty of Is on board, was run down by the itesmahip Isaac p.eii. eg SeweU's Point, at d s'.ink in Bfty root of water; 8 of the company were drowned; the steamer was not injured. VI Ol ST. ;t A serious insurrection against the Turkish Government broke out in Herzegovina, a prov ince with 7,000 square miles of territory and a population of 666,000. B A water spout bursting over the town of Kim, in Rhenloh Prussia, inundated the place, and 1'5 persons were drowned. 6 Fvplosion in the arsenal at Rridcshnrg. Pa.; 1 person killed and 10 wounded. The oratennie anniversary of Daniel O'Connell'a birthday was celebrated In Ireland, with great enthusiasm. 68 ('ollision on the Midland Railroad, in l .n land: .r) persons killed and 40 injured. UCPTKMBUL 2 A railway train broke through a rotten bridge near uoahOD, en route for Kingston. Canada; 2" persons injured. 7 (Jov. Ames, of Mississippi, telegraphed to President Orant declaring that in t lint state domestic violence listed m its most aggra vated form, and that lie was compelled to ftp peal to tha Qeneral Government tor aaalstanoai H -The NOW York State Republican Conven tion he'd at Suiatoga; Frederick W. Seward was nominated for secretary of state. Lom of the propeller Bqaloos, near Point an Sable, Lake Michigan ; 60 pereODi drowned. The Pannaylvania Ueinoorauo state Conven tion adopted a platform similar to that adopted by the Ohio Damourata, and nominated Cyrus L. Pershing for Oovernor. 10 Loaa of the stoam barge Mendota on Lake Michigan; 8 persons drowned. 11 Loss of 11 lives from poisonous gas in tho Donningtou Wood Colliarji 6Jhropahlret England. 16 The New York State Democratic Conven tion at Syracuse Donunatod John Bigelow for Bei 1 atarj ol state. 17 19 Violent cyclone on the tiull of Mexico; In Qalveeton the water was driven over the island alternately from gulf aim bay: houses were removed, the railroad damaged, and numerous vessels driven ashore ; 111 Iii dianola. on Matagorda Ray. over 100 lives were lost : the place was tloodcd SO feet deep, and hou-es. stores, wharves and the Ughthooaa were awapt away ; nine-tenths of the houses in town were eetlOjad. 66 A dummy train near Philadelphia was run into by an excursion train on the Pennsyl vania Railroad ; 6 persona killed and '20 injured. The steamer Adler came in collision with the Swedish steamer King Oscar II. near Grimaby, England tha latter sunk, and 14 persons on board were drowned. 30 At the reunion of tin Army of the Ten neaaea at Des Moines. Iowa. President Grant made a speech memorable for its length and for the stress laid upon the question of s c- tllli.Hl schools. OCTOBKK. 4 The Swedish steamer L. J. Poaget. run ning between Lnbaoh and Copenhagen, burned m the Baltic 61 of tha passengers and 11 of the crew perished. 21 66 Borate gales off the Scottish coast : B m - els lost with their crews. 68 Great lire In Virginia City. Nov.: the businesa portion of the c.tv oompletaiy do atroyed 1 estimated loss. 64,666,666. NOVUM iti;it. i The ataemahip Pacifio foandeted between San Francisco and Portland ; nearly 900 lives lost. 7 Wreck of the Rritish ship Calcutta, frta Quebee to Liverpool, on Groses Kale 1 66 lives lost. 8 Tho steamship City of Wax .) bnnied off Galwaton Rr 1 nearly 7o lives lost. 16 News in London t,t the wreck of the British sinn Astride, near Boulogne, France; 8 persona drowned. 10 Joseph GnibOfd was buried in the Catho lic cemetery, Montreal; the eoflin was laid in a bed Of cement, to preclude tho possibihtv of its removal. 17 Unveiling of a monument at Raltimore to the memory of Edgar A. Poe. 18 Railway disaster Isdween Stockholm and Mai mo, Danaaarhj w poasengers klUod or as vetely lajnrad. 66 Daniel OXeajfT, a Chicago pedestrian, finished a walk of ,rjn;i miles in six days, beating F. P. Weston 52 nub a, for a pniSd. Nev-s re ceived of a terrible storm on the English coast; 66 vessels wrecked with a loss of 50 lives, lighting on the Rio O ramie River bet ween Mex ican cattle thieves and Texas militia; four of the former killed; the Texans overpowered and driven bash from the Mexican si l. 66 Storm on the Knglinh coast in the Violnity of Yarmouth; 40 vessels wrecked and mauv lives lost. Information received of a great battle in Asia between tlie Rusmihus and the in surgents in Khokand; nearly 4,000 of the latter killed. 24 IJlH.riHiiH at war with tho na'ivo tribes rapraaeut tboaaaefvea in a state of starvation. and petition our Oovernment for aid. 2.r Gas D. Whyhaad c Big fliaalaj" proprietor of the St. B mo rostuurant, Chicago, kill. si by a drunken desMrailo named Henry Davis, abas John Turner. Disastrous gale off the eoaat of Hfeshlre. BooUand; ir gaaenen drowned, with 14 missiug. ami a number of nahing vessels lost. of six Canadian ves- s. Is bonnd for the Magdalen Islaiuls, with sun pins for tin- starving inhabitant; 45 lives lost. Tap QOhOOUOf Sunslnne from Han Franciso, f nind cap-ized at 'iio mouth of tho Cohuabia River: 3o jiMssengers and a crew of 10 all drowsed. Chavea. lha rnllfotiila IwadU. aillaJ m aiiaoaa whilsreaiaaing arrmt. 68 Part of the Russian garrison at Khokand naawerrad. Twelve baadrad Igyptlana rb prtaad and killed by the ai. afaaiana, D860I naanh 1 Murial of Henry Wilson at Natiuk. Mass. Eleven imsiost by the nmkiag of the aaaaaaai 6oanyi4de on the fiadaoa Biver ut la two by ie Hrhoxaaaf J, a. Jenlriaa foundered on Uk Ontaiio. near Oscgo, and all on Uiard. 9 p. rsons lost. 4- leruble explosion in ft coal mine nmr Tredegar, Wales; 20 miners kdled. Wm. M. Tweed escaped from Ludlow Street Jail, New York. Wm. VI. n of Cleveluud, O., killed his wife, stediighter, and a neighbor. Destruc tion by tiro of Li Jeiinesso Hotel, at lick River, Canada; ' persons consumed in the flames. Lxploshm of a sugar house boiltir neur Franklin. La.; ; men killed, and a doon OtBSJI badly uijured. I! ' Another colliery disaster, more appalling in its results thau any that has occurred fur many years. lepOttsd from oiKshue. England 140 miners killed. Congress organized; M. C. Kerr, of Indiana elected Speaker of the House. 7 The Oerinan passenger steamer DenUkdi land wrecked on the Knglish coast: .V) out of the 175 on board drowned or jienshed from cold. H Rt. Rev. W. F. McLaren consecrated Fplaropal Biahopof the Dioosoa of Illinois. 0 I'.xplosion in a coal mine near Leeds. Kn gland; I men killed. Riot in lssap.ena Coun ty, Miss. ; 7 colored men killed by a Sheriff's posse. 10 News received of the loss on Lake Mich igan ol the schooner Windiate. of Manitowoc, Wis., with all on board. 11 Fifty persons killed and a large number w ounded by an explosion of dynamite on a quay in Rrenien harbor, Ocrmany. 12 El action Of Senators for life begun in FrenoO ' chosen, all Hepiibhcans. 16 A groat land swindle, involving 626,688V 000. developed in Missouri ami Arkansas. 14 A bill offered in Congress providing that tho President at the end of his term shall be come a Senator for life. The cabinet shops at the Wheelor gj Wilson works, in Bridgeport, Ct.. burned down; loss, f.'slo.UOO; iniurance. 6900,666. i; Tenibio audoaaon in Belgian eoal mine, caused by the ignition of tire-damp; 110 miasm killed. Ttioniasaan, abas Thompson. who caused the Rreineihaviui explosion, coin- mittad saldde; beooufenaed his crime, a 27 oanea najMtet was found by a Ria-k Hills gold I miner. The jury in the case of the murderer 1 of little Mahal Young, at Roston. could not , agree. 17 Three colored murderers hanged at New York 1 a German, aged f;r. executed for murder a! Hermann. Mo., and a daapsrado mforuihllv lynched at Canon City, Nevada, lor general wickedneae. 68 News root lead of an eattbqusks In Porto Rico on the nights of Dec. h and B, which cre ated gr at alarm the eepjtaJ of San duaii was not damaged, but tha town of Axeoib 1 was al most entirely destroyed. 22 Explosion of a gaa-maln In Roston; c peraona killeti, '.1 asiiouuy hurt and 7 missing, burning ol the training-school ship Gollatb at Grevesend, England; 20 boys reported to have perished. NECROLOGY. A Uel of the Dlatlnsuiahed Dead of IST3. .1 l Ull . 1 Irs. J, Lothrop Motley, wife of the American historian, died 111 London. 18 in Louisville, by.. Thoa, E. Bramlette, ax-Governor of that state. 16 In New York. Wm. H. Aspin .vali. a mer chant prince, in hi 07th car ; STooug-tchi, lim peror of China, aged 16. In London, Rev. ( has. Kingslsj CaaOB 1 Ol Westminster, aged 5b. 68 In Fitehbnrg, Mass.. tlie Bev. Geo. F. ; Trask, the well-known anti-tobaoOO a;io.-tle. ; agll 76. PBBB0 . 1 Iii Norwich, Conn., Wm. A. R.ickiugham, F. S. Senator, and ex-( iovernor. agesl 71. ; 16 In Washington, Samuel Hooper, mem ber of Congress from Maesachnastts, aged 66. r.t t Now Brunawiok. N. J., Rear Admiral Chas. H. Ball, r. s. n.. aged 71. 88 In England, Bir ('has. Lyell, eminent geologiat, aged 78. M UtCH. 9 In Washington. Gen. Lorenzo Thomas 1 . s. a., aatad 71. 68 In Ireland. John Mitchel. one of tho leaders of the rebellion in Ireland in I, soon niter ins election to the Brittsh Parliament. 68 At Wi .-t Cheater, Pa., John Hickman, a prominent citizen of that state, from winch he was for four terms a Representative la Con gress, aged 86. I'KIl.. 16 Near Austin, Te: ., A. J. Haniihon. aa (iovernor of that State. 16 In New iforh city, Baaae B. Wells, t'.io well-known professir of phrenology and pro prietor of the Phrenological Journal, aged 55. 66 In New York city. John Harper, tUS sen ior meniher of Harper ,v Rrothers. ;:i his T'.'th year. 88 A v. 17 In Lexington, Ky., John C. Breckinridge, f 01 marly Tlnri I leaiilanl of the United Btstes, and during the rebellion a (itneral in ttie Con fcslerate army, aged 1 1. 68 In Raltimore. Md.. the Hon. Jesse D. Rrig ht. for three terms United "stab s-nator from Indiana, aged 88. .km:. Jo In New York city. Mortimer Thompson, hi tter known as " Q, K. Philander Doesticks. P. R.." aged 66. 88 In Austria. Ferdiiii.ud L, t.-l'.n!joror. aged 66. .111 . 7- In London, Fnsland. J. E. 1 icmes, Prt feeeor of Political Economy in the London 1 Diversity. h-In St. L.-uis. Mo.. Gen. Frank P. Rlair. .)r.. llgtsl 54a lw In Kngland. Lady .lane Pnaklia, widow of Sir .John Frankhn, tha 111-fated ajntio ex plorer, aged aboat 7n. 2 ; Annonnoement from London of tha death of Isaac . M int Singer, inventor of the sewing machine which beats his name, aged 64. 81 In Garter county. Tenn., ax-Preeident Andrew Johnson, aged 07. V I Ol xT. 2 In New Yoik c.ty. Gen, aJ sander Hamil ton, son ol the fiiiiiuiis Aleander Hamilton, aged 00. 1 At Copenhagen Denmark. Htuis Chris tian Andersen, the well-known writer of won d r etOCiea for children, aged 70. BPTEMBK6L 68 Ry drowning, at Sea Cliff, the Bev. Geo Bi Portcous, peatm Of AB46oaai Church, Rrook- Ivn. about 45. OCIOJXH. 7- Near Charlottesville, Va.. Co.1. Tlioma.'t Jefferson Randolph, graiulson of Tliomas Jef terson, aged B8 86 In North Brook 6sld, Mass., tiie Hon Amasa Walker, the well-known pubheist. aged 7ti. MV KMItKK. 4 - At Cumberland. R. L, the Hon. Thomas A. Jenekes. author of tho Civil Service bill, agod 57. 10 At Rome, Italy, Cardinal Piotro di Bil vestri. agexl 72. 21 At Norwalk. Conn., of paralis, Hon. Orris S. ferry, V. S. Senator, agWl 43 1 at Vi enna Austria, Francis V., Duke of Modeua, who lo-t his throne in 1800. 68 At Washington, of ajmplexy, Hon. Hen rv Wilson, Vice-President of tb United States, aged 63. 24 At the City of Mexho, Senor Dafratfna, Minister of Fon ign BelaAiOaet at Vienna, Aus tria, Cariiinal Rauscher; in Nsw Yoik city. Wm. R. Astor, the most extensive landlord, and one of the woalthiost men m tlie country. 27 At Paris. Kugene S hm idor, tho distin guished statesman and msduuucJ engineer. Di KMItKK. 1 News receive! at Washington of 'he death, in China, of Hon. Ruj. P. Avery, U. 8. Minis ter to that country. 2 At Albauy, N. Y., Hon. Ira Harris, ex-l'. s. 6aamear, aged 73 yeass, 4 Miss Susan Deniu, a jtopular actress, died at Rlufftou, IjkJ. . from injuries received by a fall at tha Indiana)ohs Acailemy of Music. 7 At San Francisco, Hon. J. itoss Rrowne, formal If F. s. Khueaac to duns. 6 At Detasoad, tMnasny, Prleee fM6aria of tha pnncipahtv of Ltppe Pataaild. 12 Sir Houston St- wait, Vice Admiral of the Rntish near died in London. 16 (Mai stem rs. n. Swedish Bavoy Bstrsor- dinary and Mim-te, Plenipotentiary to Wash ington, died at Paris. NECROLOGY OF CENTENARIANS During the year Just closed Death came to , number of centenarian, the names of the most noteworthy being here given, with the date nd Plata, aa fm Oa could bo ascertained In 1nr. h .hd (ie 11 Joseph Francis. Chief of the PuMsamao, noddy tribo of Indians in Maine aged 110. Ln Philsderphia in June. Thomas 1 a veteran of Waterloo, aired 103. (h-. i m W sou, aimther veteran of Kuropean wftJM Zanasvilla, Ohio, aged 100. At Harthivilli VJL, duimg the 6wl week in Mai-h. a. I m mmt naaaai DaaL who servW urwbr'tit Oral Napoleou. agd 101. ( apt, Pnos Hcott a sol dier of 1M12, died at Lvonx, Mich., near 'he and or August, aged !0i. Of the 66th Of Ll t at at the Home for Aged Womeu, la Boston, I than Allen DeWolf died, lacking j f 1 . , . 1 -of loo; his lather, a BavolatXonary aoldhM lived to tlie age of io7. la the 6sat weak of Jan nary hei Thomas Thornton, of BwstOS 10 and Richard Coitrii). of Oohttabaa, H ( .. 118, n ths 6raa weak ol Pahraary tha paleapaotei visited Wm. Knanp. of Woodford, Vt , lfx. and Flies Tniav. of Franklin, Mass., lir; At Mh pioketa. low a. a .orh oiti.cu wiw pr ;n,r u cut off at the age of 107: he pj rsisteii la the Of tobacco to the dey Of bis death h. Ii lattOl emit is supMisid to have been haatsna I bj kick of a pet mule: v- are unable to a h name. Aliout the tirst of May BalpE Price lo t. dml at Anaatroug, Pa. Thoa. Card died at Dover Point. N. H.. S-pt. B, ag- L00i had MVer been ill until his last and oniy s. ; ueaa, In Daviess County, hv.. three person.- tied at the advanced ages Of lol, 666, and 15 yean respectively. At Holvoke, Mais.. Mar h 19, at tho ago of UHJ. died Rartholomeu .''owling. who emigrated from Ireland ui 179 . Ht In dlanapohe, early la January, "the ' therol Michael t)'Lear, of Holyoke," dii ut ;tit Bga of 105; and another Irishman, tv younger, whose name is not recrrU;d died at Haverhill, Mass.. OU the 66th Of Jnly A BOUtll before that Moses Long, a KantOCl i lie. I at the age of 111. In regard to BOVeral veneraW adieu whi passed av.ay dnrmg 1876, wa have more pai Honiara. At Brookfisld, Muss Jan. 1 tha seveiity-tifth aaatvaaaary ol b . n rriage, Mra. Alios Cooley breatlied her last . I aagi of 99 years 8 months and 81 days, hi Ambeist, N. H.. Murch 10 died Mrs. A.VOM Qcm 166, In the latter part of Jalv M a. Helen Stanahary died at LooiaviUa, i- aged t"!i sin- was the oldest ot eleven children, a:, loul lived them all. At Kinderhooi:, N. t. a' lin age of lot!. Mrs. Mary Killerhouse died In the aame boaaainwhiofa abe waa bora lha married font tunes the; last at the a feol 88. Other deatha took plaoa ae f OBowa v Co lumbia, S. C. in January. Mis. i: - U 100 at PftgifiT, Vt... Mrs. Pepin, 104. In Mai il at Baltimore, Mary Smith, 117. In May D villa Me., Mrs. Katharine Boll ni and 7 months: Mrs. Little, at MOttCton, V't 107 and in Johnson Vt., Mrs. Mary Pilu J' Mm. Orphemia Temple. 168, died at Woodbury, Ct. July 1. In Freetown, Aug. 15, Mr, loonna S'range died at the age of 168. Mrs. Bets) Clark, at Auburn. N. H.. Aim. 26, aged 100 yean and 7 months; Hept. 1, In BoBtnbridge, Masa., Marian Gareeaa 1U8; Bent 88 in Brook lyn, Mary Borne, Iriah 105; s.-pt 22 I 1 Hart t ud. Ct.! Mm. .Madden, 106, and May IV in Mananeld, Maes., Mm. Margaret Leonard I -108 yearn and I mouths. Six venerable eoloied women died 1 r. ig t! 1 rear, as follows: March 1, in Washington, D. C. Lucy Hawkins, il5 years and 7 months, and May 86, in the same city. Hector Digger, 110; March 1. in Baltimore, Mrs. Bateau irr, 105. and in Lonlsvina Ky.. the same week, 'I'aud mother Flora 1 mpuy. KM; April Is, in Boston, Mrs. Keeiafa (day. 166 years and C monthl finally. Aug. 85, m fkimmaiTllla. Tsitn Polly Coe. 115. who was cool, in the Amerioan ai iiiy in the war of lspi. At Paris. AptU 60, died the C unt I Wal deck at the ago oi 110. Ho vus probsblj the most famona Ol HI the c-ntna an ofticer of a nuaabet Of civic aooleties, and 1111 author of some merit. In Fiiglami. in March. Mr. Peacock died at the age of 10- Bad In April Mrs. Lentherlund. a gypey, 116. The Widow Domina died In the lei)artmeu; cd ttie Oironde, Prance, In May, aged 107, kneeing two aiatera aged 108 and lol. Joint Paj irrhegc poalaa Bnaaisn consul at Athena . :ed in tliat city in Febniary, aged 106 and fee w . k- ttbeequonth a BnaalaB who waa s. fas I ai Inehes high die! et the ego of IM Fetbei Nicopborns, to whom Byron referred Id "Chllde Harold, died al a convent on Mount Atho.. in .Mine, aged 117. In Cuba i::A-. Don Rafael Qottialei died at the age f 105, leaving dearandanta in the fourth gsnevatlon. In Pray.il a nmhvitc reached tlw age o ill ; 11 man of the province I I Sau.lo-l" .' lived 160 years and Manuel .th AH inaowaa gathered to h fathers at tho rlpt M ;cc of 15. In groai wail raintinf in tho v. ..jiitoJ at Waahiaffton " Went ward th ( oorae of Empire lakes itWay " by Emauu' EjeatMj bail doriag the past lusuaar, bean oompletaiy renovatod. or, in other words, reaton u t it oriajinaJ l'rsllIless ami beauty. It iiud been ouppoeed to be in an aunoat rained oondition. "The lioenae syHtem" worliH well in Maaaaohnaotti, aa well n every where tu.se. Last yejar, under the prohibitory yatem, tlie Dumber of places where liquor waa sold in BcHtou wu 3,090; now, under the license law, the i umber is decreased to 2,4V !. Isn't it rather strnripe that on oi thi bealtbieat SUit" in the Union tH onld be named Cholerado ? THL MAHJLBT& siew tons. Baavaa . Hose Praaaed Cotton Floi ii Su run. W'ini Whkat No. 2 Chteasjo . Oosa Oath Rye I'oitK New M n , i.ahi aaaaaa Hl IOO. 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