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Out of 22,000 soft coal miners in the Western Pennsylvania district, 17,000 are receiving 69 cents the ton. Senator Batler, the North Carolina Populist, has asked that he be seated on the Republican side. The bank of Dubois, Pa., failed to open its doors Thursday. No statement has been made, but depositors are not worried as the stockholders are wealthy and the bank is believed to be temporarily out of funds owing to an unexpected run on it. The decision of the Illinois Supreme Court that part of the State eight-hour law is unconstitutional is most important and will have far-reaching results. It is the first decision in the United States against the eight-hour law, and presents a new obstacle in the path of the movement for shorter hours. The Columbian line steamer Allianca from Colon was fired on by a Spanish man of war off the east end of the island of Cuba. The firing is likely to lead to serious complications. The owners of the line are very indignant at the insult and say they will demand a reason for the attempt tostop an American mail steamship on the high seas in times of peace. While whirling in the mazy waltz with a fair partner, at a birthday party, given by Herman Weffobres, No. 107 Ayre street, Philadelphia, on Tuesday night, David Hummell lost his ear in a singular manner. He is a man of 48, and became dizzy during the dance. He slipped, reeled and fell, and as he went down, a key that protruded from a door caught in his right ear and tore it off. A strange case of blindness cannot be fathomed by the Easton Pa., doctors. Lizzie Schupp, a domesticat the residence of ex-Councilman Joseph S. Osterstock, Thursday evening in playing with the children put on Mrs. Osterstock's eyeglasses. In some unexplained way she strained the optic nerves and rendered both eyes sightless. The lids are shut tightly and the eyeballs turned up. By the destruction of the hotel of J. D. Junkin, at Mackleyville, W. V., Tuesday Eugene Sisson, 'Squire Corley and Homer Collett lost their lives, and J. K. Williams, James Junkins, Jacob Cofner and William Wilson were severely burned. Two fingers were burned from Williams's hand, and he was seriously burned about the head and neck. Fifteen guests escaped by jumping from windows. About $3,000 worth of property was destroyed, with no insurance. Fire originated in the lobby of the hotel, from defective flues. The fire created intense excitement in the village, but there were no facilities for fighting it, and it was allowed to exhaust itself. A majority of the low grounds in the various militia districts of Lumpkin county, Ga., are without any house for the justices to preside, and the places for legal business are often marked by logs. Last week was court day at several districts, says the Philadelphia "Press," and the officers dealt out justice Friday and Saturday while sitting on a log covered with 12 inches of snow. The legislature two years ago made provisions for the building of comfortable law houses, but no steps have been taken toward it in Lumpkin county. There is no law house evenat Auroria, and court is often held in an unoccupied storehouse. The other day the Omaha grand jury investigating alleged municipal corruption, developed somesensational features. William Donnolly, a gambler admitted having bribed a city official, paying $1,800, but refused to name the man. The distriet court remanded him to jail until he answered with this admonition "I will make you answer if I have to keep you in jail for the remainder of my term. You must answer. Why do you refuse ? It were better for you and better for society had you strapped a couple of pistols
