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THE NEWS. A nolle prosequi was entered in the Criminal District Court of New Orleans in the case of Judge J. C. Baumann and Dennis Richardson, colored, arraigned for the mur- of of Henry Long. The sawmill & Co., near der G. W. Judge Favors Columbus, the boiler Ga, was destroyed by the explosion of of the engine. Will Griggin, white, aged fourteen, and Titus Heath, colored, were killed; Sandy Tinsley, John Grant and Aaron Watson were fatally injured and four others painfully hurt.--Jeffers on Shank of Dayton, Ohio, was arrested on the charge of murdering his wife.-Baron Shultz, who was the husband of Lady Auna Bi-hop, the once famous singer, died of typhus in New York, a va. abond. The body of Bishop Dwenger was buried in the Catholic ceme" tery in Fort Wayne, Ind.-Frank Duffy, at one time a well 1known politician in New York, shot and killed George Cunningham in front of a saloon kept by Duffy in Fort Hamilton. Amos Whitely & Co.'s mower and binder works were transferred to a new company to be known as the Whitely Machine Company. It has been incorporated under the laws of New Jersey, with a capitalization of $100,000.-Charles Burg the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Waldo in Butte, Mont., called at Whipple, of them and cal- and ling them to the door, shot bo: h placed the pistol to his mouth and blew for his brains out. No cause can be assigned the deed.--Mrs. Sarah Johnson, aged fiftyone years, living in St. Louis, was burned to death in her home. Mrs. Johnson was a paralytic and, while alone in the house, in some unaccountable way her clothes caught fire and in her helpless condition she was burned to death before discovered. Madison G. Whittaker, a famous old Texas fighter, is -Fairhaven, the "Slate City," so called, in Rutland county, Vt., was visited by the most disastrious fire in its history. The fire spread to a dozen buildings, and caused a los of over $75,000. --John A Davis, of Chicago, said to be one of the heirs in the famous Mon'ana will case, fell down the stairway of the Driand Hotel, in Victoria, B. C., and is supposed to be dying from concussion of the brain.S. J. Henry and C. J. Bend, the colored por ter and conduc or of the sleeping-car "Salmon River," were arrested at Buffalo for opium smuggling. Forty packages of opium were found under one of the seats in the car on its arrival. The car is a Toronto-New York sleeper.- masked robber shot and killed Jefferson Thompson, a store-keeper near Newport, Arkansas.- Miss Maggie Twomy, a music teacher, was outraged and then murdered in Fort Worth, Texas.-A man registering as George B. Taylor, of London, Ont., committed suicide at the Mansion House, Buffalo, by taking poison. From papers found on his person he is supposed to be R. G. Haun, of Orangeville, Ont., county treasurer and manager of a bank at that place. The United States Banking Company, with branches at Junction City and Sheridan, in Oregon, suspended payment. Farmers are the principle losers. The entire capital of the three banks is less than $50,000. Miss Adeli e Holmes, assistant principal of the high school, and her sister Frances died in Saginaw, Mich., of malignant diph theria. Susie another sister, principal of the Dolsen Schoo', is ill with the sameds ease, and is notexpected to recover.---Rev. Fath r John T. Cullertov, pastor of the Rom in Catholic Church at Raywick, Ky., has renounced his faith and married his cousin.-Fire des:royed the largest grain elevator in Indianapolis, which was owned by Frei. B. Rush & Owl train of the Pennsylvania Railroad crashed into a freight train near N W Brunswick, N. J. Two labore S were seriously hurt, and one is expected to die.--A locomotive dashed Passaic City, killing several injuring the four-story brie of destroyed into a sleighnear occupantsand others -Fire block in St. Paul occupied by the grocery firm of Andrew Shoch & Co. Loss on stock and building $42,000, covered by insurance.--Governor Werts, of New Jersey, appointed ex-S nator El jab T. Paxton judge of the District Court, and the Senate confirmed bim.-TheTexas State Senate shelved the House resolution indorsing the Hatch Anti-option bill, and in passed a ubst.tute expressing confidence the Texas senators, Coke and Mills, doing what is best under the circumstances.
