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MISCELLANEOUS. MARRIED Sioux City, March 15.-John M. McDonald, sheriff of Woodbury county, was married last night to Miss Nettie Foster. The affair was very private, only a few of the intimate friends of the bride and groom being present. A VERDICT FOR THE GOVERNMENT. Philadelphia March 15.-In the suit of the United States vs. Minor Trust company, to force the tax against the deposits and capital of the bank which is the same that Jacob Huntseinger, now serving a term in the Berk's county jail, was defaulting. The president of the bank resisted the claim, upon the ground that the capital had been wasted, the deposits had been squandered, and only existed upon the bank. The jury however, gave a verdict for the government THE ARLINGTON CASE. Richmond, March 15.-In the the United States circuit court to-day, Judge Hughes rendered a decision in the Arlington case, sustaining the plaintiffs demurer, the attorney general's suggestion, that because the United States was indirectly defendant to the suit, the court had no jurisdiction to try it. The ruling is that if sovereign power intervenes in the suit in which it is not a defendant on the record, with objection that it cannot be sued, the court will look into the grounds of its right to intervene, and that accordingly the government in this suit must stand on the strength of its title, and not upon its exemption from suit. A CAUSELESS RUN. Boston, March 15.-A run, now causeless, is on the Five Cent Savings bank, one of the largest savings banks in the state. A GENERAL PANIC. Boston, March 15.-The run on the Boston Five Cent Savings bank begun yesterday, has developed into a general panic. School street, where the bank is located, has been blockaded by the crowd to-day, and the excitement has been intense. The committee examining the securities of the state, after deducting all depreciation, which the assets embracing stocks, bonds, have suffered, and all owing $167,000 with which to pay the interest falling due on the 1st of April, the bank will have a surplus upwards of $429,000. Uneasiness has spread to the Franklin bank, in Boylaton street, one of the strongest savings institutions in the country. The managera of the Franklin have limited the amount paid to the depositors on demand, to $25, and sixty day's notice is required for all sums over that amount. This action reduces to three the number of the banks in Boston, paying in full, on demand. An unusually large number of depositors in provident institutions for savings, are partaking of the general scare, and are obtaining their b money. SUSPENSION Cinclubati, March 15.-The examiners appointed by Judge Bennett, to Investigate the affairs of the Cincionati Savings bank report to-day the assets at $480,000; liabilities $437,000. The examiners declare that the affairs of the bank have been prudently managed, and the security on hand for the payment of the obligations is more than ample PENNSYLVANIA'S UNIVERSITY. Philadelphia, March 15.-The medical department of the university of Pennsylvania graduated to-day 127 students, and conh terred the honorary degree of doctor of laws a on John Weigh, United States minister to England,
