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pened to come near and took the men to New London and a hospital. Louisville, Ky.-At a meeting of leading distillers of Kentucky it was decided to make no whiskey in the State during the season beginning July 1, 1895, and ending July 1, 1896, on condition that 90 per cent. of the distillers in the State so elect. Carrollton, Mo.-Upon application of Attorney-General Jordan the Bank of Norborne has been placed in the hands of a receiver. The Carroll County Bank, located at Dewitt, has also met the same fate. which makes three banks collapsed in the county within one week. Ishpeming, Mich.-The striking miners closed the Winthrop mine, and also stopped the steam shovels at those mines operating them. The men are holding mass-meetings to-day, but have no organization, and their chances for success in securing higher wages are remote. Washington.-For the first time the revenue receipts exceed the expenditures. The excess is light. but it marks a turn in the tide. The deficit for the month so far of $13,218,000 will probably be considerably reduced before the 1st of August, as the heavy payments, aggregating $18,000,000, have been made. Denison, Tex.-A large meeting of Christian people was held, and a petition was started requesting the Governor to use all means to prevent the CorbettFitzsimmons fight, even if it becomes necessary to call an extra session of the Legislature to pass iron-clad laws to cover the case. Memphis, Tenn.-Judge E. S. Hammond, of the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee, was married in St. Mary's Cathedral to Mrs. Margaret Welch. of Memphis, the ceremony being performed by the Right Rev. Thomas Gaylor, assistant bishop of the Diocese of Tennessee. London, England.-Sir William Harcourt addressed a letter to W. S. McLaren, Radical member of Parliament for the Crews Division of Cheshire, in which he wrote: "If we were doing well I should be glad of a holiday, but in this storm I must stick to the ship, and am off for another fight." Washington.-Assistant-Surgeon R. K. Smith, United States navy, has been ordered to the Vermont, relieving PassedAssistant-Surgeon L. L. Young. who is detached and ordered to the Franklin: Assistant-Engineer H. P. Price has been ordered to the Philadeiphia; Ensign H. P. Price to the Philadelphia. Detroit, Mich.-Herbert Johnson, of Windsor, who was released only two months ago, after serving a term for smuggling Chinese into this country, was arrested by Special-Treasury-Agent E. O. Wood and Inspector Kennary, being caught in the act of smuggling four Chinamen from Canada in a Wagner sleeping-car. Jacksonville, Fla.-A special to the Times-Union from Quincy, Fla., says: While Mick Davis, a colored driver from Brack D. Cox's livery stable, was driving a two-horse wagon-load of pea-vines from the Cox place, one mile south of the city, he and both horses were killed by lightning. A negro boy sitting a few feet behind Mick escaped unharmed. New York.-One of the directors of the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company said: "I have heard nothing of the report that the company has decided to retire its preferred stock or fund its floating debt, or build a Bessemer-steel plant. Had such been the case I would doubtless have heard of it. I believe the report to be baseless." Raleigh, N. C.-The body of Laura Themas, who was murdered and thrown from a boat while fishing, by her husband, has been recovered. Thomas was arrested soon after the commission of the crime, and shortly after he had been lodged in jail it was found that he and two burglars confined with him had secured a file, and almost cut through the bars of their cell when discovered. The police are trying to find the person who furnished the prisoners with the file. London, Eng.-Sir William Harcourt was greatly cheered when he made his appearance to speak at Tredegar, and was frequently interrupted by applause. In the course of his remarks he reasserted that temperance would be the chief plank in his platform. He declared himself a stanch adherent of the Grand Old Man's, and It was noticed that he did not allude in any way to Lord Rosebery as a Liberal leader. New York.-Arthur C. Newsan, formerly a magistrate on the Island of Trinidad, was arrested as a fugitive from justice,