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MISSOURI.
CURBENT TOPIGS.1
It has been ascertained by the Com
missioners of the Permanent School
Fund of the State of Kansas that a num
ber of School District bonds purchased
by them, purporting to have been regu
larly issued by various School Districts
in Mitchell, Jewell and Hepublic Coun
ties, are forgeries. The bonds were
bought at , different times be
;tween the 2d of September and
7th of November last, and in payment
therefor the Commissioners issued or
ders upon the State Treasury amount
ing in the aggregate to $17,S-1S. The
Commissioners claim that Statq Trea
surer Lappin wrongfully and illegally
paid out the money upon these orders to
parties who were not properly identi
fied, and have requested the Govjernor
to take legal measures to recover from
the Treasurer and his bondsmen the
money so paid out. Governor Osborne
has therefore suggested to Treasurer
Lappin, that under the circumstances it
would be advisable for him to resign
his office during the pendency of the in
vestigation, and the Treasurer has com
plied with the request, at the same time
disclaiming that ho has at any time in
tentionally disregarded his duties.
It is understood that the Secretary of
the Treasury has decided to recommend
to Congress that the new mint for the
coinage of silver be located at Indianap
olis, and that the old United States Ar
senal building there, now in disuse, be
used for that purpose. This is in accord
ance with the report of the Director of
the Mint, who was instructed to investi
gate and report'upon the most favorable
location for the purpose.
New Tonic's latest horror is the mur
der of Sarah Alexander, a young wo
man, whose dead body was found a few
days ago in a corn-field, in East New
York. She had been killed by being
stabbed, with a tobacco knife. The
knife was found near bv, and its former
possession traced to one Pesach N.
Pvubenstein, who has been arrested and
held for trial upon the finding of the
Coroner's jury. A post-mortem exami
nation of the dead body disclosed the
fact that the girl was pregnant, and
from the fact that she had been intimate
with Iiubenstcin, and that the latter had
a wife in the old country whose arrival
here was soon expected, there seems to
be little doubt that he committed the
horrible crime. Both the murderer
and his victim are Polish Jews.
A terrihlk explosion occurred in
South Boston, Mass., on the evening of
the 22d, caused, it is supposed, by the
leakage of a gas main. The street pave
ment was torn up for a distance of 150
feet, the paving-stones and gravel being
thrown liigh in air. A causeway along
the river bank was demolished, and fell
into the water, carrying with it a num
ber of people. Crosby's grain warehouse
was badly shattered and the foreman
killed. One other person is known to
have been killed, while the wounded
number 16, of whom more than one
half are fatally or seriously injured. In
addition to this a number of persons
are missing, some of whom were un
doubtedly buried under the debris at
the bottom of the river.
President Grant and General Sher
man occupied seats to the right and left
of the presiding officer at the annual
dinner of the New England Society in
New York on the night of the 22d.
Gen. Sherman made a speech in Avhich
he highly eulogized New England and
the New England people.
The Commercial Loan and Trust
Company of Chicago has suspended.
It was at first confidently asserted that
the company would pay every depositor
in full, but later information is to the
effect that depositors cannot expect over
80 cents on the dollar. The company
did a large savings deposit business,
and its suspension falls heavily on some
poor people.
Information has been recently re
ceived that an expedition of about two
thousand men, sent by the Khedive un
der the command of Gen. Arendrop, a
Dane, to subjugate the Abyssinians, was
drawn into ambush and nearly every
man slaughtered. Many officers were
literally hacked in pieces, their heads
stuck on spears before the Abyssinians'
tents, and their bodies sent to wild
beasts. An expedition, comprising 12,
000 meninfantry, cavalry and artillery,
is to set out from Cairo without delay,
and will be joined by every American
officer in the Egyptian service.
SAVANNAH,
I wi
Dispatches from San Diego, Cal.,
on the 23d, are to the effect that a Seri
ous revolution is in progress in Sonora.
Basiness is almost entirely prostrated.
General Schofield has ordered Com
pany G, First Cavalry, from Presidio to
San Diego for service on the border near
iCampo. A dispatch from Tucson re
ports that Pesquiera, the Governor
of Sonora, with GOO men, had retreated
across the line into Arizona. Gov.
Stafford, of Arizona, has telegraphed
Gen. Kautz, commanding the district,
asking him to send troops to drive the
armed forces back to Sonora, and prevent
the troops of either side crossing the
line. The revolutionists assert their
intention of continuing the contest with
Pesquiera 's Government.
According to a "Washington special
to the Chicago Tribune, Mr. Kandall,
after full consultation with the mem
bers of the Appropriation Committee,
a close examination of the estimates
submitted from the Departments, and a
personal interview with leading officials
in the various Departments, maintains
his belief that he will be able to reduce
the annual expenditures at least $40,
000,000. He takes from the Army and
Navy establishments $10,000,000 from
each. This involves a reduction of
the Arm to 15,000 men, and a gradual
mustering out or discharge of super
numerary officers, and also the sale of
the small ships and iron-clads of the
Navy, and a corresponding induction
among the force of officers, seamen and
marines. Mr. Kandall feels confident
that he will obtain the support of the
Kcpublicans of his Committee, and the
majority of the Kcpublicans on the
floor for these two measures of retrench
ment. Tin: French Senate is to contain 300
members. Of these, 75 have been
olnctoil hv llin Assnmhlv ;iml 9".i nrn In
ii 4 i i i
our Senators are elected by the States.
The former hold their scats for life: the
latter serve for a term of years. Bal
loting for life-Senators began in the As
sembly on Dec. 9th and ended on the
21st. Its results have been a
sweeping triumph for the Repub
licans. They have 51 of the 75
30 from the Left Center and 24
from the Left. The Bight Center the
Orleanists havcG; the Extreme Right
the believers in Henri V., the white
flag, and the Bourbon blood have 11 ;
and the Bonapartists count but one
avowed adherent, though a number of
other Senators are suspected of a lurk
ing like for the Imperial eagle and the
boy Napoleon. The election of the 225
Senators by the Departments will doubt
less add a number of Bonapartists to
the Upper House, but the Republican
majority is sure to be large enough for
any practical purposes.
From official correspondence it ap
pears that some time since Minister Fos
ter asked permission of the Mexican
Government for regular troops of the
United States to follow raiders across
the border when in close pursuit,or per
mission to temporarily occupy certain
points on the Mexican side where they
are accustomed to come across the riv
er. The reply of the Mexican Secre
tary of Foreign Affairs was that the Ex
ecutive had no authority to grant such
permission without the consent of Con
gress, and it would not be prudent to
ask such consent, as the sentjment of
the country would iiot approve it. Fos
ter stated that he was authorized to
give assurance that our Government
had no design of acquiring extension of
territory, but said the acknowledgment
by the Mexican Government of its in
ability to restrain the lawlessness of its
own citizens would afford the strongest
reason to all advocates of acquisition of
territory there may be in the United
States. Mr. Foster further said that
citizens of Texas must be protected,
and if protection did not come from the
Mexican Government it must from ours.
Several weeks ago it was reported
from New York that agonts of the
Spanish Government in that city were
engaged in recruiting for the army in
Cuba anions: tho indigent Italians, who
were lured by promises of large boun
ties and tracts of land. Information to
this effect lias just been filed in the
State Department at "Washington, and
an examination is to be made into the
alleged violation of the neutrality laws.
A terrible casualty occurred at the
little village of Hillikon, canton of
Aargan, Switzerland, on Christmas
Day. While the people of the village
were nearly all assembled in the school
house, enjoying the festivities of the
day, the llooring of the room suddenly
gave way, precipitating the .whole as
semblage to the ground. Eighty per
sons were reported killed and 50 more
or less wounded.
A severe engagement between the
Turkish and I Ierzegovinian' armies took
place on the 23d, nearNitchitza, result
ing in a decisive victory, as is claimed,
for the Turks. Some 15,000 troops were
engaged, and the losses were heavy on
both side.
A suit testing the legality of the Mis
souri State Lott rics having been deci
ded adversely to the lottery managers,
the St. Louis Chief of Police, acting un
der instructions from Judge Knight of
the Circuit Court, has ordered the clos
ing of all lottery ollices in tlxat city and
the summary arrest of all parties en
gaged in selling lottery tickets. The
order went into effect on Dec. 2-1.
POLITICAL AND PERSONAL BREVITIES.
Caitain-Genkkal Yalmaskda has
resigned tho t'ovcrnorsliip of tlio Island of
Culm, on account of certain rules and re
strictions introduced lv the Home Govern
ment which he considered incompatible with
the powers he ought to wield. Gen. Jovel-
lar, the Spanish War Minister, has been ap
pointed successor to Vahnaseda, and Gen
janaiios is naiueu as jiunster ol ar in
place of Jovellar.
Charles O'Conor, the eminent New
York lawyer, who has been lying at the
point of death, as his physicians thought,
for several weeks, bids fair now to recover
from his illness.
The Convention to form a Constitu
tion for the State of Colorado assembled at
Denver on the 'JOth.
Mr. Longfellow lias declined to be
the Poet of the Centennial Exhibition.
Horace White of the Chicago Tri
bune bus returned from his year's sojourn in
Europe.
Chief-Justice White of Utah has
sentenced George Reynolds, convicted on a
charge of polygamy, to two years' imprison
ment and :K)0 line. lie was released on
$10,000 bail during an appeal to the Supreme
Court .
Archbishop Wood of Philadelphia
has formally excommunicated the members
of the secret societv in the Pennsvivania
00:11 regions,
known as the "Molly 31a-
uires.
Mrs. Emma C. Motlton, wife of the
'mutual friend' of the Tilton-Reeeher
scandal, has decided to call an ex parte
council in her ca-e, unless Plymouth Church
consents to the holding of a mutual council
based upon the questions proposed in her
last letter. The council will compri-e such
persons a. she is informed are the best mem
bers of the Congregational Church in the
I'nitcd States.
Chen Lang Pin and Yung Ileng
have been appointed Ministers to the United
States from China.
John Fkaxcis, formerly State Treas
urer of Kansas, has been appointed to till
the vacancy in that otlice caused by the re
signation of Treasurer Lappin.
Col. Richard IIexrv Lee, the grand.
son of Richard Henry Lee of Revolutionary
fame, who has been selected to read the
Declaration of Independence at the opening
of the Centennial, is a successful lawyer of
Milwood, Clarke County, Ya. He is a
nephew of Charles Lee, who was Attorney
General of the United States during a part
of "Washington's administration, and of
" Light-Horse Harry Lee,' and is a cousin
of the late Gen. Robert E. Lee. Col. Lee
entered the Confederate service as a Lieu
tenant of infantry in the ' Stonewall'-' brig
ade, and was wounded, after which he serv
ed as a Judge-Advocate of the 2d Corps of
the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia,
until the close of the War.
Senator Johnston, who has just
been re-elected by the Legislature of Vir
ginia to another term in the United States
Senate, is a nephew of Gen. Joseph E.
Johnston. He is about years of age, and
before going to the Senate never held any
public otlice except that of Judge, to which
he was appointed by a military commander.
Senator Johnston has line legal abilities and
refined manners.
The New York Herald correspondent
telegraphs from Paris: "I have just learned
that all the American oflicers in the service
of the Khedive, except Col. Stone, are or
dered to join the Egyptian expedition against
Abyssinia. Gen. Loring will be second in
command. 1 am happy to report that the
Colonel who was reported to have fallen in
the late massacre is safe. "
The President of the Centennial
Roard of Finance publishes a. card, saying
that the citizens of Philadelphia contributed
the funds necessary to entertain the Presi
dent, thb .Supreme Court, and Congress on
the occasion of their recent, visit to that,
city, and that the Centennial Board of Fi
nance bore no part of the expense.
Harry Holloway, Superintendent
of the Post-oflicc at Indianapolis, and a
brother of Postmaster Holloway, has been
indicted by the United States Grand Jury for
receiving .2, 000 from W. C. Mason, in con
sideration of securing for Mason a contract
for the repair of mail-bags, sacks, etc. Mr.
Holloway asserts his innocence. lie has re
signed his position, given a bond for .2, 000,
and demands an immediate trial.
The Pope has signified his accept
ance of the invitation by the Centennial au
thorities requesting him to contribute to the
Exposition works of art from the galleries
of the Vatican or from other sources over
which he has control.
The trial of W. W. Embry for the
shooting of D. R. Anthony, at Leavenworth,
Kansas, was concluded on the 24th, and re
sulted in a verdict of not guilty.
Hon. A C. Wilder, ex-Mayor of
Rochester, N. Y., and also formerly mera-
her of Congress from Kansas, died in San
Francisco on the 23d.
Mr. George L. Fox, the well-known
pantomimist, who has been partially par-
alyzed, has now been adjudged insane and
sent to an asylum. His family, a wife and
one child, are left almost entirely destitute.
A. C. Johnson, President of the Fay
ette County National Rank, at Washington
Court-house, Ohio, is underarrest. charged
withembezzling.-rlO.OfK) of the bank's funds.
The offense is punishable, under the Nation
al banking act, with imprisonment for not
less than tire and not more than ten years.
Hon. W. A. Richardson, of Quincy,
TIL, died of paralysis on the 27th. Col.
Richardson serred live terms in the House
of Representatives at Washington, and was
elected to till the vacancy iifthe Senate oc
casioned by the death of Stephen A. Doug
las. He vras (4 years old.
The Revolutionary battle of Tren
ton was refought by a mimic army on the one
hundredth anniversary of that memorable
event, Dec. J7. Some 1,000 citizens partic
ipated in the sham fight, and all the promi
nent generals engaged were personated for
the occasion.
Plymouth Church has finally ac
ceded to the request of Mrs. Moulton for a
mutual council.
TELEGRAPHIC BOTES.
The closing price of gold in New
York, on December 27, was 11273.
A horrible massacre is reported near
Atoka, Indian Nation. The bodies of four
persons were found burned on the prairie,
two of which were females. Two of the
bodies were burned beyond recognition, the
others however were white. A pony with a
lady's side-saddle, a dog and a gun were
found near. They had all been shot. Three
men who were seen riding nine miles from
the spot are supposed to have done the
shooting. The prairies were tired to de
stroy the trail.
The London yews'1 Merlin telegram
of the 22d gives the number killed jy the
dynamite explosion at Rremerhaven a- 12S,
and of wounded ;"('. The Bremen Aid Com
mittee reports that 20 of the injured are
hopelessly maimed, and there are 52 widows
and 1'lTi orphans of the victims of the disas
ter, for the benefit of whom it proposes to
raise by subscription ."". n00.
The Merchants' Exchange Hall in the
new Chamber of Commerce building at St.
Louis was formally dedicated on the 21st.
It is said to be one of the largest and hand
somest halls ui the country.
The official figures of the New York
census make the tot::l population of the State
S TO! Sil.l .in i.n.r.. .f :: OKI since INTO
md aw.li:" since ist. The number of
votrrs in thr State is l.l'is,:;:!:?. of whom
74:i,07Sare natives, and :'X.'2) naturalized.
The British training ship Goliath iias
been burnrd. and it is said that twenty boys
lost their lives.
There were very heavy rains tli rough-
out Southern and Western Tex: on Dec.
0-22. The rivers and bayous a ere higher
than had been known before in years, and
railroad travel was temporarily suspended in
nine localities.
The Hank of Brandvwine, at West
Chester, I Vim., has suspended.
fhe usual
announcemont is made that depo-itors will
be paid in full.
A violent earthquake shock was felt
at Richmond. Va., on the niirht of the 22d.
Buildings were sensibly rocked, and the
alarm was general throughout the city,
many people leaving their houses for fear
they would be shaken down.
Louisville, Ivy., is making prepara
tions for a grand carnival on Mardi-Cras
(Feb. i.
A difficulty occurred at Freetown,
La., opposite New Orleans, on Chri-tnias
Day, between some whites and blacks, which
terminated in the killing of Barney McCabe
and John Uousctti, white men. and the se
rious wounding of a brother of the latter.
A fire at Ked Oak, Cedar County,
Iowa, on the morning of the 2.!d, destroyed
an entire block of frame buildings on the
east side of the Public-Square, comprising
eleven business houses.
The Pacific Mills at Lawrence, Mass.,
employing 5,200 operatives, have given no
tice of a reduction of 10 to l." per cent, in
wages, to take effect Jan. Lowing to de
pression in price of print cloths. They an
nounce that they are obliged either to stop
their looms or reduce the cost of produc
tion. The steamer Minneola, Capt. Shunk,
of the Memphis and Cincinnati line, struck
a snag about 10 miles above Memphis, on
the 27th, and within five minutes tilled and
turned over, a portion of her cabin flouting
oil". There were twelve cabin passengers on
board, but by means of life-boats, and by
clinging to the gwreck, they all, together
with the crew, were saved, and were taken
to Memphis by the Belle of Memphis. The
Minneolu was laden with about 100 tons of
miscellaneous freight, a portion of which
could bo saved. The bout, however, will
prove a total loss. She was valued at 10,
000, and insured in the Eureka, of Cincin
nati, for.f4,000.
At Lebanon, Ky., on the 27th, Thom
as II. Chandler, Town Marshal, attempted
thearrest of George F. Northcraft, of Louis
ville, for disorderly conduct. Northcraft
resisted, and a number of roughs took his
part. The officer summoned a posse of
citizens to his assistance. A general tight
ensued, during which a number of shots
were tired. Chandler, the Marshal, killed
Northcraft, and some of Northcraft s friends
immediately killed Chandler.
At Providence, R. I., on Christmas
night, Patrick Galiter, getting drunk, at
tempted to strike his- wife, but hit his infant
child, killing it instantly. .The Coroner's
jury returned a verdietjhat the person from
whom the father purchased liquor, which
made him drunk, was guilty of tho murder
of thebov.
Very few people take a stitcii in
Time, it we may judge by the scant rai
ment of the old fellow with the scythe,
whose only clothing is a spit curl and a
sand-glass. Catskill Recorder.
WIT AND WISDOM.
Harvard student translating:
" Walzlt ich mich schafllos atif dem Lager
I waltzed sleepily off for lager." Wild
amazement of instructor, and rippling
smile through the class.
He was a man of dissolute practices
and irregular habits, and he lived here.
He groaned in his sleep, and his wife
arose to light the lamp. He beheld the
vast display of striped stockings, and
then murmured to himself: " I've got
'em sure, this time." " Got what?" she
inquired. "Got the delirium tremens.
I'm seeing animals of all kind-. I've
just seen a zebra." She turned down
the light, and the menagerie was closed.
Norwich Bulletin.
" I don't have any thing,1 grumbled
a Chicago woman to her husband one
evening this week; "no silk dresses,
no stylish suits, no jewelry, no nothing
like other folks." Rut 1 can't afford
to get them I haven't the money," pro
tested the worried husband. "The
same old story, and I'm getting sick of
it," continued the wife, sneeringly
" no money, no money, all the while;
and I don't expect I ever shall have
any thing until you die and that life in
surance money comes in!" Here the
conversation stopped, but a wild look
had entered the husband's eye a look
that portended ill for the next policj
pay-day. Chicago Journal.
Yesterday, when two colored citizens
met on the walk near the City Hall, one
of them angrily exclaimed: "Misser
Jones, if you doan pay dem .seven dol
lars de law will be put to you powerful
hard." "Now doan be onreasonin',
replied Jones in a cajoling voice. " Rut
you s got money in de bank!" shouted
the first. " Yes, I know I cud gid a
check on de bank, but I'se rot to get a
blank check, borrow pen 'n ink, put on
my specs, write all ober de check, go
down dar to 'dentify you, ligger up de
loss oh interes', and probable while I
was in de bank some one ml be lookiir
fur me on do street to hire me at four
dollars a dav. Dese am de chief rea-
'"ns wny i (loan want to pay do money
fur de next two weeks. "-
-Detroit Free
Prcts.
On Thursday last, says the Mount Ster
ling (Ky.) .SV;-e";-c,Misscs Ida Hamilton,
Mary Howard, and Annie Howard, ac
companied by Messrs. J. II. Summers,
C. F. Spencer, John W. Gatewood, and
H.C.Lindsey, went rabbit hunting. They
had twenty-live fox hounds, and went
about ten miles from the city, and had
' good luck in starting several rabbits,
which the dogs succeeded in capturing.
We learn that the ladies enjoyed the
sport and kept up with the dogs in the
chase, and never complained of being
tired at night when they returned, while
some of the gentlemen, we are sorry to
learn, were completely worn out.
What to buy for Christmas is an im
portant question just now, but where to
get the money to buy it with is still
more so.
THE MARKETS.
ST. LOUIS. December !$. 1873.
Beeves Choice. 45.(03 5.37s; Good to
Prime; 4 i.0$4.75; Cows and Heifers, 42.258
3 50; Corn -Fed Tex an b. 4. '.SO 3 4. 25.
IIoos Packing:, 46.75d7.l0.
Sheep Common to Choice, 42.5(5.00.
Flour Fam lv, 4;.2557.50; ajla 84.S5l
5.21.
Wheat Red,No. 2, $1.3!-:el.tJ; No. 8.
Sl.2C3l.27.
Cork No. 2, Mixed SSfl39c.
Oats No, 2, 33 s 34c.
RYE No. 2, C67c.
Timothy Seed Prime, $2.25o2.3."i.
Tobacco Planters Lutca, 4.."K)o5.M),
Medium Shipping Leaf, $S.00g9.00.
Hay Choice Timothy, ,415.504 1iJ..).
Butter Choice Dairy, 26&'-Sc.
SOQS 13 23.
Pork Standard Mess, il,J.75a20.2'.
LvARD Refined, 12"3 13c.
Woor-Tnb-wafihed. Choice, "473 15c; Un
washed Combing, 304 3Sc.
Cotton Middling. 12 "ic.
NEW YORK.
Beeves Native, S.O0a 12.00; Texan, jr. 0C
C7.00.
HoJ8 DrcBscd. eS.7.i9Q.37';; Live. $7.2.").
SllEEl Common to Choice, A 4. 50 it 7. Ol).
Flour Uood to Choice, $5.5r3.00.
Wheat No. 2 Chicat-o, 31.lS-il.20.
Corn Western MLel, 7S;73lc.
Oats Western Mixed, 4-s4Sc.
Pork Mess, 2).2itf 21.00.
Cotton Middling, l3Vc.
CHICAGO
Beeves Common to Choice, 92.75a4.75,
Texans, $2.75-j4.4J.
Hoos Common H Choice, JC.75ft7.10.
SHEEP 3. Oil 4 5.75.
Flour Choice Winter, Extra, 80.50 0
.0 .
Choice Spring Extra, $5.255..'.0.
Wheat Spring No. 2. 05 a 'XXc. Sjrns
No. 3, "G3 7u"c.
Corn No. 2. 47!.t's-S1:c.
Oats No. 2, 20?43(K.
Bte No. 2, o:ji4GSc.
Pork New Metis, $ is. 759 19-00.
LARDPercwt. 12.12i a 12.13.
CINCINNATI.
1TLOUR- Family, e5.004B.00.
Wheat Red, $1.2S1.30.
Corn -New, 4"347c.
Oats No. 35g43c.
Pork New Mess. 20.19a 321.00.
Lariv-Steam, 13-j 13 '.
Cotton Middling, 12?c.
KANSAS CITY.
Beeves Native Steers, 42.753-1.09. Colorado
Steers. 43.12S'-43.G2,'.
Hogs Packers, $6. 70.31". i5.
MEMPHIS.
Flour Choice, 4 7.25 7-75.
Corn No. 2 White. 5G357c.
Oats No. 2, 50 a. -53.
COTTON Middmig. 12?3 12fc.
NEW ORLEANS.
Flour Choice, c.ooc.50.
Corn Yellow, "3 a 5S :.
Oats 47 50c.
Hay Prime. 419.00.
Pork New Mes. 420.25 ft 20 .50-.
Bacon ll'il."?c.
SUOAR Knir to I'l iiae.G.f 17.C.
Cotton Low Htddiirg. ;1.' .