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THE MILAN EXCHANGE. W. A. WADE, Publisher. MILAN. - - TENNESSEE. NEWS IN BRIEF. Compiled from Varlons Sources. COMORE6SIUK At, PROCE EDUCGS. . .' Is the Senate on the 231 a message wa presented giving- statist lea of theforoJgn praln production ami consumption. Ihi bill to bridge the Missouri Kiver at PIblor was re ported favorably. The bill passed to prohibit cmimtr wmuer on jnuian rer-rvatinns. A motion to take an tho bill authorizing- pay. ment of Antics In leval-tender was de feated. Tlio plotirfneimonla bill was taken up. Mr. Coke oppnond It and Mr. William favored It. Mr. Ilrown submitted the view of the majority of th committee In opposition to the measure for a syflrssre SDiemtmetit to tho Constitution In the Hoiisetho naval and Post-offlce appropriation bills were reortxl and referred to committee or tne wnoie, with recommendation for nna concurrence In nenate amendments. The Kansas contested election case of wood vs. Peters whs decided In favor of the latter. Tho naval Mil win taken un and dlciiseii. A n in in session was devoted to the tariff bill. in tne tsenate on the 24th bibs were re ported fuvorably:. To admit the Btate of Ta-oma. To provide for deposit In the Treiisury of money-order receipts. To es- tiilHibh a bureau of navigation. The bill passed providing for the HbposaI of aban- doued military reservalons. Also, the bill relation to trespassers -on Indian lands. The pleuro pneumonia bill was taken up, and a motion to recommit It name very' flenr bnins; ad pted In the Honso majority and minor ity reports were presented On the sulfrave aineiulment resolution, the majority belnir ad veio. -Hill were reported favorably; To brltgo the Mississippi at Uock Island and tho fair or St. Amhonv. and the Missouri In IouirlnsC'oiiiity, Neb.: to authorlzo the Prcsl dent to' enforce claims against 'Vene zuela; to reornaniso the IOKlaUiture of Utah. Tue House then went into committee of the whole on the naval bill, and a motion to cn- cur lu the Senate amendment appropriating 4i),mHi to arm the new cruisers was adopted. Tho rest of tho amendments were not con curred In. Tho Honsu also refused to concur In Senate amendments to the Post-office ap- propriution DHL . I.v the Senate on the 23m, conference oom- mittcos,on the naval and Post-offloe arproprl ation bills wore appointed. House bill to es tablish a burenu of labor statistics was report ed favorably: also the bill to protect Ameri can labor. The bill nrovlJhnr f r a study of tho effects of narcotics on tho peoplo of the District of Columbia was placed on the calendar. Mr. , Wils.in addressod tho Sonata on interstate com merre measure. Mr. flumb announced that ho would ask for a voto on the pieurC- pneumonlii bill Monday. Adjourned till Mon day In the House the private calondar whs taken up In committee of tho whole and the Myra Clark Gaines bill was discussed and laid aside for fHvorablo renort. The con ference report on the little detloienoy bill was Adopted. The bill passed ror reiier or air tliuro de Leon. A nbxht session was hold for consideration of pension bills. Thk Sena'e was not in session on the 26h....Inthe TloUJe Mr Cox asked leave to report a Joint resolution to allow Ensign Key' noldsofthe Grtxdy relief expedition to accept a decoration from tho Emperor Kranols Jos eph. Objection was made. The bill toenoour nvethe tnreiirn carrying-trade was taken up and re-ul by socti ns. Several amendments were Hiiojitetl. anion? thum one provldinK that for- eu-.n mint snips owned Dy Americans ami aes liiied fir the forelirn trade may be Imported free ami registered undor the Unitod Mates flair. The hill passed. Tho bill amending the Pacific KallroaJ sinking fund act was report ed and placed on the cab-nda The eonsular and diplomatic appropriation bill was report- eti una reierrea to me commitieo 01 tae whole. It appropriates (977,710. Is the Senate on the 28th a bill to regu late intcr-Stata commerce was reported arid placed on the calendar. The bill passed to consolidate the Bureau of Military Justioe . and J utlire Advocates of the array. The plnu ro-pneunionlu bill was taken up and tho pend ing motion to rwommit was defeated; the pro vision relating lostaugnrering aiseaseo cattle svas strickeu out and tho unnroitriatlon re duced to H50.000 In the House Mr. . H!wltt rising to a personal explanation. relteiated his statement that the Secretary of tho Navy had not compiled with the law au thorising the sale of certain warships. He did not charge any dishonesty, but insisted that the transaction was irregular. Mr. Cal kins defended the Secretary a id criticised Hewitt. Ii-strirt of Columbia bills occupied the remainder of the session. A turlll session was held at night. FKRSONAI. AND POLITICAL. Thb Republicans of Dakota instructed their delegates to Chicago for Blaine and Lincoln. The Ohio delegates-at-large are divided between Blaine and Sherman. The Michigan delrgatiou is uninstructed, but it is supposed Blaine has a majority. In the suit of Mark D. Hanover against Walker N. Halderaan, President ef the LouisvilTe Courier-Journal Company to recover lfi!0,000 damages for alleged libel, on trial at Brooklyn, N. Y., the jury re turned a verdict on the 24th of six cents for plaintiff. Collector Wicker of Key West, Fla., has been notified by the Secretary of the Treasury of bis removal by order of the Senate, and Special Agent Hubbs baa been designated to act temporarily in bis place, On the Sflth Frank James was acquitted of complicity ia the Mussel Bhoals rob bery. General Von Moltke will retire to his estate in Silesia. It la reported that Representative Rea gan, of Texas, is dangerously ill. Bismarck Is busy preparing a radical revision of the German Constitution. The general debate on the tariff bill will vrobably close on May 8. Postmabter-Gekeuai. Grbsham baa gone to Florida with bis family. The name of Colonel M. R. Mnckle, of Philadelphia. Pa., is mentioned for Minis ter to Berlin. A eiTBPtKNA has beeu issued for Walsh, the Star-route witness, to testify before the Springer Committee. A request has been made for a Con gresslonal investigation of the manage ment of the Soldiers' Home at iayton, u. General Patrick's treatment of the disabled veterans is strongly criticised. The confession made by Rugg, the negro arrested for the Maybee murders oa Long Island, was admitted in evidence against him and be was convicted. The Cuban filibuster, Auguero, isreoeiv lne recruits from Ilayti. Bkeohf.r declares that Blaine's election would bj a disgrace. Charges are made against Zebebr Pasha of intriguing agaiust Gordon ia the Sou Dr. Gbeoort of the Civil Service Com mission is coxing West to bold a series of examinations. The Arm of Nelson Perrin & Co., Cincin nati, has been suspended from the Chamber of Commerce for un mercantile conduct. " CdikpKimmo of the Bureau of Statistics reports that the tariff act of 18H3 caused a reduction of six per cent, in the average ad valorem rate of duties on imports. According to a Dublin report O'Kelly, the correspondent of the London JVerrs, has been arrested by the Egyptian author ities for aiding a French intrigue with El Mahdl. Rcoo, the murderer of the Maybee fam ily on Long Island, is to be banged June & Frank Hatto b retired from edi torial control of the National Republican, and is succeeded by Clinton A. Know den. It is reported that Moses Fraley, of St. Louts, Mo., is a loeer of nearly three- noartera of a million on grain. He bas suspended. Thrkats are made by Osman Digna to attack Abyssinia unless Kicg John's sub jects embrace Mohammedanism. Ok the 28th the case of Bill Jones, who tried to kill Gulteau, was called at Wash ington, and was continued. Samuel H. Reynolds, of Lancaster, Pa. bas been appointed special counsel for the Government in the case against ex-Senator Kellogg. On the night of the 2Sth Pere Hyacinth lectured in Salt Lake City, Utah, his dis- course being a review of polygamy, which he held to be a state of barbarism and to lead to polytheisni universally. 1 i. One of the sailors of the Jeannette named Jack Cole died at the Insane Asylum in Washington on the 28th. H became in sane as the result of hardships in the re tro.t. tA t.ha Hitiarlnn count after the Jean- nette was lost. A Call has been 1 Issued by W. A. Pledger, of Atlanta, Ga., for the meeting of a colored convention in Richmond, ya, July ,8, for the purpose of considering the material, educational and poHtical.iuterests of the cofbred race. CRIMES AMD CACSCALTIES. On the 25th two men were killed by botler explosion at Liberty Centre, O. ON the 26th the steamer John A. bcudder was disabled while makinz a landing at Bradford's Point, Miss. A portion of the cargo was damaged. ' On the 20th two freight trains ran togeth er at Haosao Junction. Alas., making a bad wreck. Mrs. Amelia Barnett cut the throats of herself and her two children at Easton, Pa., on the 20th, iuflioting fatal wounds. On the 28tb, Are in the premises of Wil liam Whitely in London, Eng., caused loss es to the amount of $2,250,000. Great excitement exists at Audubon, Ia., and vicinity over the hanging; of an old man named Hiram Jellerson, which oc curred just before daylight the morning of the 2th. Cioero Jellerson and John Sraythe, the dead man's son and son-in-law, have been arrested lor tne crime. On the 27th the little town of Jamestown, Green County, O., was nearly wiped out of existence by a cyclone. Six persons were killed and a large number injured. Much property in the track of the cyclone out side the town was destroyed. On the 28th a ch-jrch, Opera-house and fifteen or twenty other buildings burned at Glens Falls, N. Y. A supposed incendiary fire caused the destruction of $50,000 worth of lumber at Cedar Springs, Mich., on the 28th. On the 28 h thirty-eight corpses were taken from the railway wreck at Ciudad Real, Spain. Fifty soldiers were still miss ing. On the 28th a number of convict work mon, employed in building a Government barrack at Portsmouth, Eng., were injured by the full of the structuie. On the 28th, Smiih,' a son-in-law, and Cicero, son of the deceased, were arrested in Des Moines, Ia., on suspicion of being murderers of an old man named Jellerson, on the 20: h. The son bas confessed. Impli cating J. J. Wilson and John A. Smith. On the 2S'.h, while two blocks of buildings were burning at Panama a large mob be pan plundering, and were fired on with deadly effect by property owners. Loss, 50,000. M1SCELLAN EOtJB. At Luzenborough, Pa., four acres of the surface above the working of the Black Diamond Colliery have settlud several feet'. It is feared the mino is much dam aged. In Brown & Company's rolling mill at Philadelphia, Pa., the laborers, shearsuien, firemen and blacesmiths struck on the 25th against a ten per cunt, reduction, and the mill closed down. Thk ftirnace-ineu's strike at Newcastle Pa., is over, and the men have returned to work at all furnaces at old wages. On the 2th, in his pruyer, the Chaplain of the House of R-pi-esenatives invoked Divine blessing on the Ureely relief expe dition and Divine a hi for the successful termination of its mission. On the 20Ji the International Exposi tion at Turin was inaugurated. At Barcelona several Spanish officials have been arrested charged with revolu tionary plots. Criminals are getting the full weight of the law in Cincinnati nowadays. Dispatches from General Millot say the French hold all the positions necessary to secure the possession of Tonquin. There is opposition in the B. itlsh War Oflioe to sending any more troopi to Berber before autumn. By a change in the time-table fast mail connection between Boston and the trains west of Now York is broken. A FOOL bas been formed by the bolt and nut manufacturers of the country to restrict production and maintain rates. The Egyptian troops in Upper Ezypt continue to desert to El Mahdi. The Khe dive is threatened with assassination. The whole Egyptian question, political as well as financial, according to la'e re ports, will lis considered at the proposed conference of the Powers. At the close of business on the 2fUh the New York bank statement showed a de crease of 2,63S,000 in urU'd for the week. The banks held $2,419,000 in exceseof legal requirements. As reported to the House, the consular Impropriation bill mnkes numerous changes in the diplomatic service in the direction of retrenchment. FR the vesr ended Marchf 1 the import show a kcrvase of ?60,25J,23 as compared with the year preceding. Exports have fallen off $i5,99,l71 In the same time. The Foreign Minister of Holland states that the Government claims no sovereignty over the Congo region but proposes to pro tect its commercial interests. The Secretaries of War and the Navy are charged witn tne orRamzoiion oi board to arrange the Government exhibit at the New Orleans Exposition. Late reports indicate the certainty that the Constitutional amendment increasing the rate of interest on the State bonds has been adopted in Louisiana. ' Anarcimhts are said to have placed dy namite under the Germsnla statue, and had arranged to blow it up just at the time when all Germany was present at the un veiling. Rain accidentally spoiled the ex plosives, and the plot was discovered later, but kept secret till now by the Government officials. Thk flood trouble in the Sonth have not yet ended. The people living along the Sunflower River have tent a petition to Governor' Lowry of Mississippi setting forth a most deplorable state of affairs and praying for aid.. iItaly wants to take a hand in Egyptian affairs. "On the 29th a national conference of col ored men met at Pitt shurgb, Pa. AT Beaver, Pa., five prisoners broke jail on the 29th by overpowering the jailer.: The negotiations to aid the Mexican Na tional Railroad have failed. ON the 28th a Spanish custom-house in Novarre was destroyed by insurgents. There are said to be. serious labor troubles in the Cape Town diamond fields, AN astronomer in Vienna has observed a new planet lu the constellation oi Virgo, Thkre have been 6,808 bills introduced in the House during the present session of Congress. i . A beparation of the consular and dlplo matic services is urged by Secretary Fre linghuysen. At - Irwin Station, Pa., two thousand miners, who have been on a si nice, went to work again on the 28th, their demands hav ing been acceded to. IT is thought that nearly twice as many money-order offices will be established in 1884 as in any preceding year. Advices state that the King of Siam has notified Minister Halderman tjiat be will send exhibits to the World's Cotton Fair in New Orleans. On the 28th W. H. Lytle Post, of Fort Boo t, Kas., shipped a car-load of corn to R. E. Lee Camp at Richmond, v a., to aid in building a home for disabled Confeder ate soldiers. ' . -V"v-i A memorial has been forwarded by special committee of the Philadelphia Com mercial Exchange to Washington asking Congress to enact sncli legislation as will either redeem, retire or legalize the trade dollar. ' - LITE news items. In the Senate on the 20th the bill passed providing for sale of the Iowa Indian Reservation. The pleuropneumonia bill passed. The shippiug bill reported by Mr. Five is the next special order.. In the House the joint resolution was adopted directing the President to bring the Wheelock claim to the notice of the' Venezuelan Government. The debate on the tariff bill was resumod and continued through an evening session. Thvarmy ap propriation bill wan reported. 1 he army bill appropriates $24,i:5!M!i). Oxkoro University has voted to u4iuit women to honorary examinations. The steamer Falmouth burned off Port land, Me., on the 20th. Three lives were lost. A war in telegraph rates on Chicago bus iness was inaugurated on the 29.h. Thk United States ship PortsmoutU ar rived at Newport on the 20. h wilh yellow fever on board. Tub report that a proposition bas been made to annex Cuba to Mexico has been officially denied. Thk number of victims of the railway disaster at Cuulad Real, Spain, is placed at 110. The Postal telegraph bill will prol.ahly liiak-j twenty-five nuts the maximum charge for twenty word. A Vast aiiuvjiut nf timber lias been de stioyed by lorest fit-eg in tho Blue Moun tains near Lehigh Gup, Pa. A Oompiiomikk amendment to the cattle importation bill has beeu adopted by tho British House of Commons. Ex-Senator Dokisey has failed to i o spoud to a suli, -una summoning him be lore the Springer Committee. The House Committee ou Public Lands bos agree ! on a bill to repeal the j rc-t-iup-tion and timber uhure acts. Thk troop ship Crocodile, frrm India, bus arrived at Portsmouth, Eng. She bad cholera ou board during the voyage. Four hcndhkd and fifty chests of adul terated tea were se.ted in New York har bor on the steamer France from London on the 20th. A new pension swindle by attorneys is reported. It is worked through alse rep resentations regarding bounty claims. Ex-Senator Kellogo's trial began in Washington on the :9th. He is charged with leceiving money to lufl.ienee the ex pediting of certain Star-routes. Near Charleston, W. V., on the night of the 28ih, three burglars being discovered in tli bouse of Jol.n Woods, shot him and bis sou, the latter fatally. Woods.' daugh ter wou tided one oi the rubbers with a pis tol shot. XKar tsinomiugton, ind., ou itie .uui, a bu Ming caught tire containing a qtiun ity o bla tiu oyiiuiiuto. An uxpiosiou oc cuned, kiLiug uue man and wounding lUUtvttu. SOUTHERN M.EAMXGS. The recent fire atCarlMo, Ky., destroyed the whole of one business bMck. It orig inated in Mrs. McCracken's millinery store. Among the losers are Pyers' block, $12,000; insured for 7,000; P B. Adair building, groceries, $1A,U0; insured for 111,000; Simms & Campbell build ng, fl,50); insured for $1,8JJ; Peals & Chap peil, dry goods, $15,uOJ; insured for $12. 000; Kennedy & Beck, dry goods, J12,iHW; insured tor $4,300; Masonic Lod,re, $1,0 KJ; no insurance; Mrs. McCracken, millinery, $8,000; insured. At Dallas, Tex., the erocerv house ot Fortune Brothers w as robbed recently of a large quantity of goods and the safe bur- glarized of $428 in cash and collateral. The burglars were captured subsequently three miles southeast of Dallas, and gave their names as William Albert. Charles Williami and Charles Gorham. The two first named are white men, strangers. The last named is a notoriously bad negro of Dallas. The stolen money was recovered and the burglars jailed. Texas is out of debt, hut .Its cities and towns, instead of profiting by the good ex ample, are issuing bonds as fad; a possi ble. Some of them are calling a halt and protesting against piling a $5,000,000 debt on a $l,ono,0u0 town. The first recorded death from snake-bit? for this season is that of Tom Johnson, col ored, who was recently bitten near Long view, Tex., and died the next day. Charles Anderson, a brakeman, was run over and killed by a Louisville & Nashville train, a few days ago. near Bardstown Junction, Ky. Only twenty or twenty-five delegates at tended ; the Tennessee S:ate Greenback Convent Ion at Nashville,- half of whom were from that city. A platform was adopted and W. J, Buchanan, of Lawrence- burg, nominated for Goveinor. . Fire a few days ago des'royed the nppei stories of Baker, Bloo & Co.'s wholesale saddlery and harness establishment in New Orleans. The loss is estimated at $50,000; Insured. There Is said to be a man now living in Wilcox County, Ga., who had thirty-six nephews in the late war, all of whom, ex cept three, were killed in battle. Fifteen of tbem belonged to the same company. Thos. Lock and T. J. Mitchell were con victed in the Federal courts at Wacc,Tf.x., recently of passing counterfeit money and the pennlty affixed at a fine of $1 each and imprisonment of one year in tho Chester, (111.) Penitentiary. Two rases against Tom Williams for counterfeiting were dis missed. Returns so far from tho various sections of the State indicate a majority of 6J.000 for the Democratic State ticket ami the adoption of all the constitutional amend merits. Returns for the city of New Or leans indicate a majority for the regular Democratic ticket approximating 15,000. A few evenings since a dispute arose be tween Jack Shelly and Jack Bueegog in Nashville, Tenn., each aged about thirteen years, over a game of marbles. Shelly obtained a small target rifle and fired at Bueegog. The ball passed through Shee- gog's lungs, causing a mortal wound. Shelly was arrested and committed to jail without bail. A few days ago Jesse Gunn killed bis father at Monroe, Ga. The father was a widower, and he and the son courted the same lady. The son married her two weeks ago. The father sent him word to be on his guard as be was coining to kill him. This morning a child saw the father enter his son's house, and told the son, who fired on bis father as the latter ai taking aim, The Grand Jury at Memphis, Tenn., bas indicted Walker and Cuarles Winston for assault and battery with intent to commit murde; in the firs; degree upon the person ot Henry Weaver, wuo was so terribly beaten in that city recently. Judge Greer admitted them to bail in the sum ol' $5,0U0 each. Weaver was con fined to his bed from the injuries he received. The west-bound freight on the Texas & Pacific Radroad was wrecked a lew even ings since three miles west of Fort Worth. Three lumber cars wore thrown trom a bridge and broken to pieces, beven or eight can were more or less damaged. The cause oi the accident was a broken axle. No ono was injured. Stockmen in. the vicinity of Corpus Ciins'ti, Tex., report large numbers of cat tle dying on account of the scarcity ot water and era -s in pastures. If the drouth continues it will email beuvv loss upon cat- tlo men in some sections. The appearance of the army worm is reported, hich is de stroyiug young buds, leaves and shoots ol mesquite trees. The United States Court at Brownsville, Tex., has adjourned. Five petty sinus glers were fined ami ono man lor running an illicit cizarette factory. Tho accounts of the Receiver ol! the Rio Grande Rail road were disposed or, and he was or dered to pay over a balanco of .127,00-1, which was Ui posited in a New Orleans house, and which temporally suspended. The heaviest suit ever filed in the courts at Dallas. Tex., was entered upon the docket of the United State-i Circu.t Court recently in the cause of W. M. Wyoth et al., of St. Joe, Mo., aud Philadelphia, against J. G. Hiilsell & Bro., of Wise County, lor the sum of $5 ,0- 0 damages alleged to have been sustained by a failure of the defendants to comply with a con tract for cattle and horses, which the plaintiffs allege to have purchased of them. In Russell County, Vs., a lew days ago, Geo. Gibson, his cousin, Wni. Gibson, James Powers and Wayne Powers bought a bucket of brandy in the mountains and got into a dispute about who bad paid the most for it.' Knives and pistols were drawn. Win. Gibson was shot aud killed The other three built a fire over the body, burning it to a crisp. The Hires murderers were lulled, and wKb great difficulty lvnch ing was prevented. Tue people we; e terri bly aroused, and the murderers may yet be lukeu from jail and banged. Texas bas lour million of sheep. THE lOW A 1RAUU1. Cnnfeaslon of the Hh rf the Mnrrierrt Mas) fellermn He Owns to I'wrtllnltuii la the trim ami ImillntM Two llrotlirr- lu Tfame.1 Hinlth. and Wilson A llcartk-a Crime. Dks Mouies. Ia., April 2. Cicero Jellerson, one of the parties ar rested for hanging lilraiu Jellerson la Audubon County, bas made a confession implicitlug himself, Smith and Wilsoui iu the banging. The two latter are sons-, iu-law of the murdered nuiu. -Young Jellerson says that Wilson was the leader In the movement. The motive for tho crime was that some time since tlio mur dered man had been accused of Incest with one of bis daughter, who Is Wil son's wife. The neighbors plnee no cre dence lu this accusation, believing that the old nuin was innocent and that the murder was wholly unprovoked. The following Is Cicero Jellerson' confoAMion, which ivas made nndcr oath In the court-room In the presence nf a- great crowd of people : My name is Ckero B. Jellerson t I was twenty-fivo years old ou the 15th day of this month. I rewlde in Carroll Coun ty, Iowa j formerly resided In Audubon. I am acquainted with Hiram Jellersoti; he was my father. The last time I kuw hlra was Friday night, the 25th; I saw him under circumstances of murder. J. J. Wilson and John A. Smith were the- lcadlng ones who committed the deed. Wilson, Smith and myself are the one who did It. We left the residence ot Wilson in Carroll County at clghto'clock Friday evening. Smith rode his own horse, and Wilson and I rgde Wilson's- horses. We tied our horses to trecu a few rods' from the house and stopped there- and 'laid plans how we should proceed. Wllsoa took a rope which he had broiisht and Smith and Wilson burst the door open. We all went inside; then went to tho bed and' pulled father out. Father saldi "Cicero, Is that your" nobody answered. Motncr euid: "No, that Is Johu Smith." We brought hhn to the front room aud choked and smothered him, and one took the rope out of my hands and put it on lather's neck, lather begged of ns not to hurt him. He had the rope ou him and we started out doors with him aud. ; went dragging him along by the neck. I had hold of the end of the rope and Smith and W'llson were behind. As we were dragging him along pa said, "Don't, Jobu, don't hurt me so." Wilson stop ped and tightened the rope and John and I pulled him along. Wbeu we got to the tree Smith threw the end of the rope over aud I helped pull lather up, Wilson taking hold and lifting tho body until we got It clear from the ground. When wegot- hi in up we tied nis nanus bemna nun una wound the rope around his body, but I don't know just how. I think he was about dead tlvn, as he only kicked onco or twice after we got him up. Wilson tore father's shirt open and tied It over bis head. The shirt was the only cloth ing be had on. We stood around a few minutes and Smith aud Wilson put on their overcoats and we untied our horses and mounted them and rode off. We arrived at Wilson's ten minutes past four, Saturday morning. It was quite daylight. We murdered father about midnight. We took handkerchiefs and cut holes In them for eyes, and wore them over our faces for masks. 1 threw mine Into the stove and burned it after I got home. llsoi: bought the rope ut Coou Rapids a week ago Saturday that w used to hung father with. They had been talking to me about banging father for a wees or ten days, but 1 ob jected and did not want to help do It. Smith came to Wilson's Friday morn ing aud we agreed to go that night. They told me they would make awav with me alter they got back tint uight if I did not go along with them uud help them. John Smith suid we had belter go that uU;ht us It was dark and the roads were good aud we could get bn;k before morning. I told them we would get into trouble and get arrested, but they Miid we could go aud get buck before daylight and go to work in tlio morning us usual und uo one would mistruHtjJus. 1 went against my will, but told tliein I would go und they made arrangements w iieio to meet und about what lime. Cicero's testimony coincides exactly with that of Mrs. Jellerson ut the Inquest relative to the scene on the night of the murder. It is stated upon good authori ty that J. J. Wilson bears a good iiume and character In Carroll County. It seems his marriage with Lucy Jellerson was brought about throittih tho influence of Johu Smith. They were married Feb ruary 14, lH8- Cicero's statement Is that Immediately after the marriage Wll- fcon su?-pecU-d that she had not ul ways been virtuous, and he accused her, wticn she fruukly udiultted that he had repeatedly beeu intimate with her lather through compulsion aud tint she hud ouce been in trouble by him. This en raged Wllsou aud he said he would either leave her or kilt the old man. She want ed him to do neither, lie consulted Smith and the tragedy ot Frlduy night Is the re sult of the consultation. Many believe that Smith was the reul party who got the girl, or girls, into trouble und caused them to churge it to the old in. in. The prisoners are iu no (lunger from citizens at present. A rumor that their friends from Curroll County would raise a mob aud come down aud liberate them caused a ripple of excitement, but It has only increased the vigilance. Sheriff Herbert has the prisoners behind three iron doors, aud the people will stand by him and assist him in the discharge ot his duties, lie will keep the jail strongly guarded. Bzteuaive Fire at Glens Falls. Glens Fai,l, N. Y April 38. A lire broke out this moruing and Iff raging fiercely, having already destroyed the Music Hall building, Opera House and Presbyterian Church, together with fifteen stores and fully twice as many offices. The Post-oUlce will undoubtedly be- reached by thf flames. The employes are now moving its contents. It is estimated the loss will exceed oue hundred tiiou I kand dollars.