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THE Comptroller of the Currency on the 10th ordered an assessment of one hundred per cent. on the stockholders of the Marino National Bank of New York. THE Louisiana Board of Health on the 10th instructed quarantine officers to detain all vessels coming from Toulon, Marseilles or other cholera-infected ports. Two CHILDREN of David Rollands, a boy of seven and a girl of five, were killed on the 10th at their homea few miles northwest of Victor, Ia. A derrick had been made to stack hay, which fell, killing the boy instantly. The girl died two hours after. A FIRE which broke out in Mrs. Charles Reibly's bakery at Bradford, Pa., early on the morning of the 11th, destroyed ten structures. Two children of Mrs. Reibly and a domestic perished in the flames, and the frenzied mother received such burns in attempts to rescue her babe that she died in a short time. Four other persons were injured, two being girls who jumped from upper stories, one receiving a fatal hurt. Charles Reibly, the husband and father of the victims, was drowned two weeks ago, and now the entire family has perished. THE following executions took place on the 11th: Charles and William Hamilton, brothers, at Warrensburg, Mo., for the murder of Carl Steidle: "Shine" Forrest, at Paris, Tenn, for killing his mother and grandmother, and Thomas L. Thompson, a white man, John Davis, a full-blooded Choctaw Indian, and Jack Womankiller, a Cherokee, at Fort Smith, Ark., for murders committed in Indian Territory. A RAIN and thunder-storm prevailed at Baltimore for two hours on the 11th, the water falling in sheets, flooding the cellars and first floors of business and dwelling houses, and doing $100,000 damage. The removal of furniture and merchandise to upper floors was a necessity in some cases. During the storm an infant child of Mrs. Williams was killed by lightning while lying in bed. A SANITARY circular, urging that precautions be taken to prevent and counteract the inroads of cholera, and suggesting the cleansing of streets, alleys, etc., has been issued by the Illinois State Board of Health to cities, towns and villages. A RECENT fire among the oil tanks of the Cleveland (0.) Refining Company destroyed six hundred barrels of oil and other property. WHILE the three-year-old daughter of Cornelius Hudson, of Saratoga, N. Y., was playing with a small boy the other afternoon, he poured a shovel-full of hot coals down her back. Her clothing caught fire and she was fatally burned. WILLIAM HART, the only person indicted for the burning of the Cincinnati Courthouse during the late riot, was acquitted on the 11th. SECRETARY FRELINGHUYSEN states that no reciprocity treaty with Canada has recently been negotiated. IN a saloon quarrel at Baltimore early the other morning George W. Sanner, Jr., a gambler, shot and killed William J. Crump, son of a deceased Virginia Judge. THE estimated yield of wheat in Michican this year is 21,965,391 bushels-1,512,841 bushels less than the crop of 1883. EVERETT & WEDDELL, private bankers at Cleveland, O., made an assignment on the 11th for $1,000,000. It was thought the suspension would only be temporary. IN the United States and Canada there were 209 business failures during the seven days ended on the 11th, against 173 the previous seven days. The distribution was as follows: Middle States, 38; New England States, 31; Western, 59; Southern, 33; Pacific States and Territories, 33;
