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Containing “THE READERS HANDBOOK” “DICTIONARY OF PHRASE AND FABLE” “DP TIONARY OF MIRACLES.” “WORDS, ■FACTS AND PHRASES,” “ANCIENT AND modern familiar quotations.” “WORCESTERS COMPREHENSIVE DIC TIONARY,” “ROGET’S THESAURUS,” and “SOCLE’S ENGLISH SYNONYMES,” 8 vols. Bound in half morocco, gilt top. Per set, in pasteboard box, $20.00. Any vol. sold separ ately. FO* SALE BY ALL BOOKSELLERS, OR WILL BE SENT, F-ARRIAQB FREE, ON RECEIPT OF THE PRICE BY J. B. Lippincott Company, Publishers, 716 and 717 Market Street. Philadelphia. HP PING ms LmrfONTIILY MAGAZINE. NOW READY. Frfce Reduced to $2.00 per Amina For Sale by all Newsdealers. Eeatybody should read it. Sample copy sent, post paid, on receipt of 25 cents. J. B. LIPPINCOTT cSi CO., Philadelphia, CURRENT TOPICS. T'rw York has an epidemic ot the measles and diphtheria. There ifcno end of the variety in the shape of ladies’ hats. The next national prison Cougress will meet at Toronto, Ont. George M. Ptu man is worth $15,000,000 in the Chicago tax list. The proposed exhibition at Brussels in 1888 has been abandoned. Mks. Victoria Schilling, neo Morisiui, has been found—iu Europe. Twenty-nine postmasters earned less than a dollar a piece last year. The official census of Prussia shows a population of 28,818,458 persons. Kansas City has contracted for a >OOO.OOO fire-proof board of trade building. * -'I ' ‘ I-• a Jf art is asked to decide the •question: "Vlfhats in a sausage?” A MEMORi of lbo Jews in Ait# ica is proposed, tube issued iql'ijs. A iwu-piHijiD nugget of virgin gold has been found in Transylvania County, N. C. The city of HTasgoXv is to raise a nionq nient to Burns’ Mary at Du’nooirf' Billiaup-cl<Jth Breen seems to have been • generally decided upon as a faslatmabid' color. Charleston hr-- sent a contribut ion qt, clothing and money to the Sabine Pdas suf ferers. , Insurance polities on the Thanksgiving turkey are too nenr'out to be sale invest ments. fcr New York nas. Uie, koboggqtjing craze. This Mill be the chief amusement this winter. . - The red man is an expensive luxury. Over $14,000,000 was expended upon him last year. A 'TovE-Poi.jsn eeddlep. choked to deatl on a Kansas C,t> restaurant beefsteak the other day. “Five hundred tall ladies to wear rubbei cloaks as an advertisement” are wanted in New York. A MartlanG paper is moved to sympa thy for a citizen who had “two of his legs cut off by a train.” The strike at the Chicago stockyards is said to have cost tiio>je indulged in it no less than $50.00(5 a day. The life of a Syracuse lady was saved by her corset. It caughtr a bullet on the fly which was aimed at her heart. A hopeful old cltlten of Irwin County, Ga.. has just married for the fifth time, the latest bride being a grandmother. • The Massachusetts Supreme Court has decided that the barbers of that Btate. must close their shops on Sunday. A HILL providing for the a h to m f/o-SotSterrlias been intro duced into the Alabama Legislature. A monument to Ovid, the Latin poet, is being erected at Constandia. Ovid has waited a long time for this recognition. Lord Lonsdale’s and Violet Cameron’s experience in this country tells the rakes of Europe that the American has no use far such. As the statue of Liberty is now the property of the United States, New York does not hold herself responsible for the lighting of the torch. Colonel P. Donau recently brought to New Orleans from Honduras an opal which is said to be the second largest in the world. It is us big as a hen’s egg. Tiik inventor of the locomotive cow catcher is living in Cincinnati compara tively poor, having received a very small amount for his invention. Mr. Roiert Treat Paine is building a number of small dwelling houses in Boston which he intends to sell at cost to deserving people of moderate means. A dishonest j ‘welry peddler was mobbed at Ann Arbor, Mich. He took refuge in a hotel, and the fire department was called out to disperse the crowd with cold water. The total official valuation of personal property for tax purposes in New York City, is only $217,000,(KX), which is probably not more than one-fourth of the actual value. An Austrian who calls himself Winklee meier is visiting London. He is eight feet six inches in height, and is one Of the tallest men who have lived since the days of the Anakin. A new worm is investing the apple crop about New Brunswick, N. J. It looks Idee a coarse hair, and varies from two to live inches in length. It Ipdges in the core and eats outward. A Muscatine, la.,'man jent his brother a tombstone as a birthday present, recently, but the ungrateful hecipient refused to pay the express charges, so the donor had to send the amount. In one respect tho next Congress will be an improvement on the last—it will con tain a member of the Smith family. His front name is Henry and he is the Labor representative of the Fourth Wisconsin district. The Japanese national flag consists of the weather signal for ‘-high temperature.” It is not certain whether this is intended ns a threat to all enemies of the “mighty hosts of Titipu,”or expresses the celebrated Japanese motto, “It’s a cold day when we get left.” A call has been made for a Convention of the Trades Unions of the United States and Canada to be held at Columbus, 0., commencing December 8. The object of the meeting is the establishment of a trades congress. The nurse of the baby Alfonso Xfll. of, Spain, is a famous girl now. When the royal youngster received Bis three decora tions from the King of Portugal she ex claimed: “Now. I trust his little Majesty will keep his nose clean.” The original letter written by Benedict Arnold to the American people in vindica tion of his character,after the attempted betrayal of his country into the hand, of tho British, was found in an old loft at Kingston, N. Y,, the other day. Sugar in its coarse state, called “goor,” has been used iu ludia from time immemo rial as an ingredient in mortar. Ma-onry cemented with this mortar has been known to defy every effort of pick and shovel, and to yield only to bla-ting when it has b en found necessary to remove old puckab building >. TRENTON, DADE COUNTY GA., FRIDAY', NOVEMBER 26. 1886. ARTHUR’S END. Tho Twenty-fifth President of the United States Dead, After Many Months of Suffering—History of His Career as a Teacher, Lawyer, Politician and President. New York, Nov. 18.—Chester Allan Arthur, Ex-President of the United States, died at his residence, on Lexington avenue, this morn ing, in his fifty-sixth year. Tuesday evening he chatted with his daughter, and talked of fishing plans for next summer. Ho was so .cheerful that every member of the family was happy, and said “Good-night” with re gret, for he hud to retire early. Stopping a few moments longer, they again bade him “Good-night,” and left him alone with his at tendant, who assisted him to bed aud then went to his own room. Wednesday morning early the attendant en tered the bed-chamber, and not receiving the usual cheery salutation hustened to the conch and found Mr. Arthur lying on his right side, breathing with difficulty. Anx ious questions, hastily repeated, brought no answers, and the nurse, tl-st alarming the household, ran *fos iho family physicians. They came, and discovered that apoplexy had occurred during: the night, followed by par alysis of the right side They worked hero ically all day. bringing to their aid all that medical sclunqc and skill could suggest. At times they were rewarded with faint gleams of returning consciousness, quickly suc ceeded by a relapse to the former condition. Toward nightfall the eyes spoke, but his tongue was forever dead. Through the long watch of the night he would occasionally press the doctor's i ... - ml ’■hjr ©Ain * JswhnmiH?"lTjfaS affeci ng to see the loving girT caress her father. She would kise him tenderly, and he would press her little hand as if to say farewell. At midnight respira tion became longer, and the feeble action of the heart indicated that vitality was fast eb bing away, but the end was not expected as soon as it came. Miss Nellie, who had grieved herself almost •ifl, had retired to rest a little and be ready to take her place by her father's bed to-day, and only Mrs. McElroy and Mrs. Caw, with Surro gate Rolling, the two doctors and Arthur Masten, were present when dissolution oc curred. The attendant had come in and re plenished the fire in the grate, the wind was blowing without and the rain pattering in fitful oadenee upon the window,when quietly the Ex-President breathed his last. The transition was so calm and peaceful those t standing around the bedside found it hard to realize that he was no more of this earth. The fact of the ranidly warning life of Mr. Arthur was not made public, and it was not until some hours after his death that knowl edge ot it was on the street. As soon as the death of Mr. Arthur became known flags were placed at half-mast on the Custom house and on most of the public and mercan tile buildings. The funeral will take place on Monday at ha. m. from the Church of the Heavenly best, on Fifih avenue, the Rev. Dr. Parker Morgan officiating. Mr. Arthur was not a member of any church, but his wife former ly attended that church. One of the dis tinctive features of the Ex-President’s char acter was his strong loyalty to her memory. Mr. Arthurs remains Will be buried iu the Albany Rural Cemetery, in the family plot, lit is expected that the members of President -Arthur's Cabinet will be asked to act as pall bearers at the fune.ral. The remains now lie in a parlor on the second door of the unos tentatious residence whose honored owner has passed away. General Arthur’s History. Chester Allan Arthur was born in Fair field, Franklin County, Vt., October 5, 1830, find was the eldest of a family of two sons and three daughters. His father. Rev. w illiam Arthur, was a Baptist clergyman. He died in Newtonville, near Albany, N. Y., October 27, 1875 The President’s early education was acquired in the schools of Vermont, and at the age of fifteen he entered Union College at Schenectady, N. Y., gradu ating high in his class in 1819. During his college course lie supported himself in part bv teaching, and after his graduation he con tinued in that occupation for about two years, being for a time principal of the Pow nall Academy in Vermont. Meantime he had also devoted himself to tee study of law. Having been admitted to the bar, he formed a partnership witn Henry D. Gardiner, and the two settled down to practice in New York, rapidly acquiring a good degree of success. Early in his professional career Mr trthur married a daughter of Lieutenant Herndon, of the United States Navy, an officer who hail gone down with his ship at sea, and whose widow was the recipient of a gold medal, voted by Congress in reeognitiou of his bravery. Mrs. Arthur died in 1880. Mr. Arthur early took an active interest in politics as a Henry Clay Whig, and Was a delegate to the convention at Saratoga, which founded the Republican party of New York. Before the war he was Judge Advocate in the Stale militia. When EdwinD Morgan became Governor of New York in lstio he appointed Mr. Arthur Engineer-in-Chief on his staff, and ho was af terward made Inspector-General and then Quartermaster-General of the militia forces of the State, which he held until the end of Governor Morgan's term, at the close of 18 3. In 18*i5 General Arthur returned :o the practice ot law, and built up a large business. Meant me he took an active part in polities, and became known for his skill as an organ izer and manager. • J n November, IS7I, be was appointed by President Grant Collector of Customs at the port of New York, and was reappointed in 1875. His second appointment was promptly confirmed by the Benate without u usual reference to a committee. Presi dent. Hayes, after his accession to ihe office in 1877. promulgated an order forb ddlng persons in the civil service of the Govern ment from taking any active part in polit ical management. Sir. Arthur was a* that time chairman of the Republican Central Committee of New York City, and Mr. A. B. Cornell, wbq held the position of Naval officer, was chairman of the State Central Committee of the same party. Both gen tlemen neglected to comply with the Provi dent's order by resigning their party posi tions, and wore suspended from < fflee in July, 1'7 S . An attempt had previously been made! to suspend General Arthur by removing him mid appointing his successor during the session of the Semite, but the appointment was not continued. Tho successor appointed after his suspension in July was confirmed inefliee at tho toilowiug session of the Semite. Two special committees investigated Mr. Arthur's administration of the Collector’s office, and reported nothing on which a charge of official dereliction could be based. Both the Presi dent aud tho Secretary of the Treasury, in connection with bis suspension, acknowl edged the purity of his official acts. On retir ing from tue office of Collector of the Port of New Voile, Mr. Arthur returned to tho prac tice of law iu that city, and continued to take an active part n politics. He was a zealous supporter of General Grant for the Republi can nomination for tho Presidency iu (he Chicago convention of 1880. being closely as sociated with Senator Conkling in the effort to secure this result. When the movement to nominate General Grant was defeated, and Mr Garliold was made* tho candidate, Mr. Arthur was nominated for tho Vice-Presi dency by acclamation. He took an active part in the management of the canvass which followed, especially in his own State, acting as Chairman of the Republican; Central Com mittee. ... In the contest between the President and Senat,ir Conkling, in regard to appointments in the State of New York, the Vice-President took no part, but, after the resignation of the ‘.New York Senators, ho went to Albany and Actively participated in the effort to Secure their re-election. It was during this contest that President Gleld received the shot that subsequently proved fatal. While the President lingered between life and dealh General Arthur re frained from all part in the public affairs and •controversies of tho time. The death of Pres ident Garfield Was announced to him in New York by a telegraphic dispatch from tho members of the Cabinet. In accordance with the advice of friends ho took the oath of office at his own house in New York before one of the judges of tho State Supreme Court, at about 2 o'clock on the morning of September 20. After visit ing Long Branch and accompanying tho remains of the dead President to Washing ton, Mr. Arthur was sworn into office in a more formal manner before the Chief-Jus tise of the Supreme Court on the 22d, and delivered a brief address, in which he expressed his sense of the grave responsibil ities devolved upon him. The same day, ns his first official act, he proclaimed a general day of mourning for his predecessor. A spe cial session of the Senate was called for tne purpose of choosing a presiding officer. Tho members of the Cabinet weic requested to retain their places until the regular meeting of Congress in Decem ber. Only Secretary Windom, of tho Treasury Department, who desired to become a candidate for the Senate from Minnesota, insisted on his resignation. Chief Justice Folger, of the New York Court of Appeals, was chosen as his successor, after Ex-Gov ernor E. D. Morgan, of the same State, had declined the appointment, though it had been submitted to the Senate aud promptly con firm- d. President Arthur finished his term of office iu a manner quite acceptable to the people. AXES AND AXEMEN. The Once Numerous Itucq of Choppers and Hewers Dying Out. “Ah! it w:is something to be a good axeman fifty years ago,” said a gray haired gentleman, as he faced an array of axes in a Lake street establishment. “But the race of choppers and hewers jS d.SJltg Oil*, b >' lT i'.g‘ 'li e-, lo lMnVl'ti methods. Many is the sharp contest I have witnessed in pioneer communities for the distinction o' bein;; called ‘best axeman.’ I've chopped a bit myself,” he added in a meditative way, as ha rubbed a polished poll against his cheek. “When some great timbers are wanted which must be true in every line and ‘cut with ttie a has to be made to mid a compemtl%broad axeman. When he is fonnd he is al ways an old man, and his skill, his truth of hand ami eye, and the long, thin shavings that fall from the .broad ed»s of his axe, as from a plane, are wonderful to the young generation at artisans. The old broad-axeman is a link between old methods and new. “Snowmen make the best choppers as a Their superior skill more thijL’i compensates for the greater strength of big men. A true eye and thdabilitv to strike each alternate blow in Precisely the same place, coupled with great endurance, are the requisites of a good chopper. The expert axeman looks as closely to the length, shape and bevel of his blade, the form of the helve and poll, and the weight of the axe a he fencer to his foil. The weight of the axe is a matter of preference for the individual. Not so much with the shape of the axe. If the object be to cut small timber, which may be severed with from one to a half dozen blows, an axe with a long, thin blade and as little bevel as compatible with strength is chosen, and at every stroke the blade is buried to the helve. If it is intended to fell large trees or cut large timber this axe would bite deeply at each stroke, but the chip would remain in the log after the incision was made and would require more blows for its dislodgment tha* for its formation. Therefore for this purpose the axeman picks out an axe having a thick blade, with a sharp bevel, which acts as a wedge and forces out the chips at the same stroke which makes the incision. Of course this axe will not cut as deeply into the wood at each blow as the thinner-bladed one. “Your true axeman despises a double bitted axe, and for good reason. Tho poll is necessary to give the blade the proper force and direction. These machine-made handles are an abomin ation. A bad helve doubles the stra n on the chopper and soon wears him out. No good chopper wants any one to make his handle for him. He has his ideas about size, length and flexibility, and you had just as well talk about a common pattern in false teeth as in axc handles. Is it not funny that in this age of inventions no one has improved on the axe of our grandfathers? The only difference between those now sold and the ones made one hundred years ago is that the hammer marks are now ground out and a little better polish put ou.” Chicago News. —lnvestigation in the blind asylums of Philadelphia and Baltimore develops tho fact that persons who become blind before they are five years old never divc.ni of seeing. The memory of sight in those so young soon vanishes, and the} only dream of hearing. —A quick-witted and wagsrish Georgia widow, named Gunn, as soon as she felt the earthquake, blew an enormous horn that she had in her house, to make her neighbors think the day of judg ment had come. They though; it. BURIAL RITES. Chester A. Arthur’s Memory Hon ored in His Funeral. Carried to His Last Resting Place With out Pomp or Display. New York, Nov. 22.—Preparations for the obsequies of the late ex-President Arthur began very early. There was no service at the house. The few friends present looked upon the face of the dead e arly In the morning and the casket was closed for the last time. At 8:80 the black casket, covered with palmetto leaved, sprays of violets and a wreath of white roses, was lifted by the undertakers aud borne from the room. Next came out of the residence Chester Allan Arthur, jr., the son of the ex-Presi dent. Leaning on bis arm was his sister, Miss Nellie. They passed to their carriage, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. McElroy. Then came Mrs. Caws, Mrs. Haynesworth. and Miss Arthur, the sister of the ex-Presi dent; Postmaster Masten and his wife, of Cohoes, N. Y., with their son and daughter: President Cleveland, Postmaster-General Vilas, General Martin T. McMahon and John H. ‘Draper. Secretaries Bayard, Whitney and Lamar; the pall-hearers, ex-Postmaster-General Gresham, ex-Sec retaries Lincoln aud Chandler, ex-As sistant Postmaster-General Hatton, ex- Attorney-General Brewster, Lieutenant- General Sheridan, Dr. Cornelius R. Agnew, Cornelius N. Bliss, Robert G. Dun, General George H. Sharpe, Charles L. Tiffany and Cornelius Vanderbilt, Chief-Justice Waite and Justices Harlan and Blatchford, Sen ators Edmunds. Sherman, Logan, Ev&rts, Hawley, Morrill, Vest and Gorman, Gen eral Stone and Governor Hill. The mourn ers filled twenty five carriages. The pro cession arrived at the church, corner of Forty-fifth street aud Fifth avenue, at 8:50 a. m. Both the exterior and interior of the church were elaborately decorated. Among the hundreds of distin guished gentlemen present at the church beside those already mentioned were the Hou. JamesG. Blaine, Hon. John A. Logan, Gen. Benjamin F. Butler, Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, Hon. Chauncey M. Depew, Senator Evarts, John Jacob Astor, Gen. Schofield and staff. Senator John Sherman and ex- President R. B. Hayes. The service began by singing part of the. Thirtieth and Ninth Psalms, "Lord, let line ,know my end,” the congregation standing. Rev. Dr. Rains ford read the lesson from the 15th chapter of the First Epistle of St. Paul to the Corinthians, com mencing with the words, “Now is Christ risen from the dead and become the fruits of them that sleep.” The familiar liymu, "Nearer, my God, to Thee,” was joined in by the large congregation. The Apostles’- Creed followed, and then the choir sang the tweet anthem, "1 Heard <kWjU43MirDW «w" S..V- i' ♦ 'ea.uoftU’iyVrrtyer, atm the congregation joined lrPsitfgmg, "Art Thou Weary, Art Thoa Lamgdid 1’ ltev. Dr. Parker Morgan then prayed for th? blessing of God upon the family. The services were concluded with the benedic tion by Rev. Dr. Morgan. When the funeral" service ended the troops wheeled by companies into column, followtvl by the sailors and marines. Alter the casket was placed in the hearse the cortege, to the sorrowful dirge, Chopin’s “Funeral March,” passed slowly between the long lines of police through' Forty-fifth street to Vanderbilt avenue. At the Grand Central depot the troops drew up iu iine facing the depot and presented arras. It took but a few minutes to transfer the cottiu from the hears) to the funeral-car "VVoodlawn.” The family and friends took seats in the three draw ing-room couches composing the special train, and at 10:80 a. m. the journey to Albany was commenced. The train reach ed Albany at 1:22 o’clock. The remains were at once taken to the Rural Cemetery, where they w ere followed by the Common Council iu a body, the Grant Club and other delegations. The service at the grave was short, and when the dusk of evening began to settle on forest and hiil deft hands covered the newly made mound with sheets of sod. GOLDEN GRAIN. Tile lied lliver Valley Crop Bountiful Ilf*, yond Precedent. Chicago, Nov. 22. —A Times special from Fargo. Dak., says: The wheat crop of the Red River Valley proves to be larger than the estimates. The elevators and ware houses along the line of the Manitoba road are all full to overflowing, and in some of the towns the farmers pile the sacks out of doors, as the railroad is uuabie to furnish cars fast enough to haul it to market. The Manitoba road has 4.900 cars, but many of them are tied up at Duluth, ©wing to the lack of facilities there to handle the grain. The railroads say the movement of grain from the Red River Valley is unprece dented. ■■ ■■■■■ —♦ ♦■■■■■• What Does This Presage? Vienna, No\ M 22. —The Tayblatt has a dispatch from Mi. Petersburg, saying: The Czar will go to Moscow on the 27th inst., where the Czar will make am important announcement. Baron DeStaal and Pi iuce Lobanotl, the Russiam Embas sadors to England and Austria respect ively, ha ve been summoned to St Peters burg. Tho Czar has ordered the forma tion of volunteer corps of infantry, cavalry aud artillery worthy of being entrusted with difficult and dangerous missions ia warfare. Schuyler, the Crank. New Yoklv, Nov. 22.—A crank named Schuyler, from Rondout, N. Y., who tried to assassinate President Cleveland at Al bany, a year or so ago, made his appear ance with a pistol in the crowd at the fun eral of Ex-Presidsat Arthur, and causud some commotion by his attempts to get near the President. He dropped his pistol on the ground, it is said, and ran away without doing any injury. Liberty's Torch Lighted Again. Nejv York, Nov. 22. —The lamps in the torch of the Liberty statue were again lighted to-night, and will be henceforth kept burning by the Lighthouse Board. ■ ♦ Frightful Railroad Disaster. Savoy, 111., Nov. 22.--In a collision be tween two Illinois Central trains to-night four men were instantly killed and one fatally wounded. A freight train, iu the caboose of which, was Albert Dun lap, grain buyer; John .u cDonald, stock dealer, aud James Todd, blacksmith, stopped at Savoy fora few minutes. The crew failed to send back a flagman. A wild train following, crushed into the caboose, kil.ing the occupants. F. M. Han demon, a brakeman ou the rear train, was thrown into the wreck of the engine aud scalded -almost beyond recognition. The engineer of the wild train, James Neer, was decapitated and his body crushed to a pulp. When found his hand was on the throttle aud his head a rod away. VOL. 11l -NO. 40. ACROSS GREENLAND. Liefftenant I’earey Finds a New Route Te* w ard the North Pole. Halifax, N. 8., Nov. 23. —Lieutenant Pearcyy who has been on nn expedition to Greenland for the purpose of satisfying him self as to the feasibility of traveling across that country and thus opening a new route for Arctic explorers, Arrived here yester day on hie way home in the United States- Lauding at a Danish settlement on the west, coast of Greenland he journeyed eastward for one hundred miles over unbroken fields of snow. He then returned to the starting place. This was his princi pal journey and he was accompanied on it by a Danish official. He made several short journeys alone. His observations and experience satisfied him that Green land could be crossed from west to easts-by future expeditions to the North Pole, tin a hundred mile trip Pearey and his eom- E anions had to travel on snow shoes and aul sleds containing their provisions themselves, tho snow being too soft for the dogs. They experienced no hardships aud returned to the coast in good condition. <Jn reaching a point 100 miles inland the elevation above the sea was found to bo 7*600 feet. , WAR IN AFRICA. Natives Give Rattle to Portuguese—Nine Thousand Estimated Killed. London, Nov. 23.—Advices from Durhat*, November 3, state that an apparently suc cessful revolt is in progress among tho natives against Portuguese authorities in Southeast Africa. An American mission ary, Rev. Mr. Wilcox, reports as follows: The natives of Inhambane, a Portuguese port 200 miles above Delagoa Bay, roso up against the Portuguese taxation and murdered the collector. On October 23 a battle was fought between 8,000 Portuguese and friendly natives on one side and 30,(XX) natives on the other. The Portuguese were defeated and routed, and the loss in killed on both sides i» estimated at 9,000 men. Mr. Wilcox says the Governor of Mozambique has gone into the country to endeavor to suppress the revolt aud save the port of Inharnoane from falling into the hands of the insur gents. SLAYING THE LITTLE ONES. Dreadful Work of Diphtheria in Northern Indiana. Chicago, 111., Nov. 23.—The Inter-Ocean Wabash (lud.) special says; For several weeks a malignant and fatal type of diph theria has been raging in Logansport, and the mortality has been fearfuL Fully one hundred children, many of prominent families, have died. The disease has also broken out in Rochester, Fu'ltou County, and the epidemic is traveling up the valley, having just entered this county, The ~ school at Rich . Vafbw' live miles west ot VV abash, has been closed, owing to the ap pearance of the disease, undone death has already been reported. There is consider able alarm over the spread of the malady, and active preparations are being made bo check it. A Wonder of the Sky. Evansville, Ixd., Nqv. 23.—A very strange phenomena in the heavens was witnessed to-night by nearly the entire city. About six o’clock tho sky iu th» smith-west suddenly assumed a deep erimson hue, which gradually grew brighter. In a few minutes breaks began to occur, until there were eight lines of color ail diverging from a common cen ter. Remaining thus for five minutes, they grew darker, until at quarter'past six t hey were jet black, standing out grim and foreboding in the sky. ihe phenomena then began to disappear, attended by a brilliant meteoric shower lasting fully two minutes. The cause is not known, but tho sight was sufficient to create fear and Urembling among the superstitious. Foreign News Boiled Down. London, Nov. 23.—A grandson has been born to Queen Victoria, the happy parents being the Prince and Princess Batteuberg. Lord Coleridge’s daughter has sued him for •lander for reflecting upon her purity. In mi interview bet ween Herbert Bismarck and the Russian Ambassador the former de nounced the conduct of General Kaulbars in Bulgaria. A French Cabinet crisis ex ists. Tbo opening of a Chinese railway is reported. A terrible sequel to an awful matricide comes from Paris. The daughter and son-in-law are condemned to death arid two sons to life imprisonment on the testi mony of a granddaughiher seven years of ago. _ Crazy Loon. London, Nov. 23. —A Londop newspaper called the Anarchist , publishes a wild ap peal to Englishmen to assemble in thou sands in Cleveland Hall to day to demand justice for the condemned Chicago An archists, who, the paper says, have simply shown the masses how those vile vipers, the capitalists, prostitute their toil by day and their children by night. Englishmen are asked whether any means are not jus tifiable to destroy the cruel, cowardly, cor rupt and rotten American Republic, aud besought to leave nothing undone to ac complish that end. The article bears iu large letters the caption “Murder,” under u«ath a big black flag. A Faithless Treasurer. Boston, Nov. 23.—William Reed, Treas urer of the South Boston Home Railroad Company, was arrested this morning at his home upon a warrant charging him with the embezzlement of $35,000 of the railroad funds. In the police station Reed acknowl edged the embezzlement of $05,500 in cash, and an over-issue of 345 shares of the stock of the road, having a cash value of $34,500, making the total amount of the defalcation $104,000. Murdered His Hired Hand. Little Rock, Auk., Nov. 23. — N. B. Hil ger, a pramineut and wealthy planter iu White County, during a quarrel yesterday with an employe named Haskins struck him on the head with a shovel aud killed him almost inst ntly. Hiiger fled aud has not yet been captured. - Ex-President Arthur’s Will. New York, Nov. 23.—The will of ex- President Arthur disposes of real and per sonal property to the value of about $250,- 000. The Deques is are mostly of a private nature. Murder in the First t egrec. Detuoit, Nov. 23. —At Boyae City, Mich., to-qay. Tnos. Smith was convicted of mur der in the first degree for the killing of Niiies Audersou. Death of Manager iloxie. New York. Nov. ~3. —H. M. Hoxie, General Manageroc the Gould S.utiiwe-;.- ern system died this mo. mug at thu B. uad way.
