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ties have been debating the question as to who should make the repairs. These investigations and debates have already cost ten times as much money as would have been required in the first place to make the repairs. In the meantime the pollution has been'constantly going on, not withstanding the protests of those who have to drink the water. How to Tell a Mugwump at Sight. Wash. Cor. Cincinnati Commercial Gazette. The great question with the mugwumps is one of eye-glasses. The republican wears spectacles or a pair of eye-glasses; the mugwump wears a single eye-glass. COLORED MEN THANK THE PRESIDENT.-A colored political club of Boston has adopted resolutions thanking President Cleveland for his humane sympathy in rebuking the democratic party of Hazelhurst. Miss., by withholding the commission of J. L. Meade, who was, the resolutions state, the head and front of the outrages committed on r race in Copiah county." NEW OFFICERS OF THE TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION.-The balloting in the Typographical Union convention in New York yesterday resulted in the election of the following: President, M. R. H. Witter, of St. Louis; vice presidents, Thomas J. Lacey, of Ottawa, and Chas. Jamewell, of Philadelphia; secretary and treas. urer, E. S. McIntosh, of Philadelphia; corresponding secretary, H. T. Elder, of Boston; chief organizer, D. P. Boyer, of Columbus, Ohio. SPEAKER HAINES REBUKED.-In the Illinois house yesterday Representative Graham moved to expunge from the journal all that part relating to senate appropriation bills. These bills were read and declared advanced by the speaker Monday in defiance of the wish of the house. Mr. Graham spoke on the motion, scoring SpeakerHaines severely for hisallegedarbitrary and illegal action Friday. Messrs.Parker & Boutel also denounced Speaker Haines-the latter very severely. The speaker, in justification, said his actions were for the purpose of restoringorder in the house. The matter was expunged from the journal with 5 negative votes. THE BOSTON BERRY TRAIN WRECKED.-The Boston berry train from Norfolk upward bound collided with a peninsula freight train below Middletown at 'clock m.yesterday and both engines and three freight care were totally wrecked and six others were damaged. Engineer Wm. Rushton, of the freight train, was instantly killed. Brakeman Hitch, of the same train, was severely hurt about the head, probably fatally. THE TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION.-At the Typographical Union convention in New York Monday, Chief Organizer Crawford reported that the 174 unions have a total membership of 18,000. The membership could have been largely increased if "rats' had been taken m. "Rats," said Mr. Crawford, "are without honor or manhood, and we have no room for them. President R. H. Witter advocated an international strike fund, and the suggestion was referred to a committee of five. The secretarytreasurer reported the receipts for the year to have been $10,442 and the expenditures $7,088. +@+ GOLD EXCITEMENT IN OREGON.-A dispatch from Portland, Oregon, says that the excitement over the discovery of gold mines in Josephine county is the greatest seen for many years. Prof. McNevin, an expert sent from San Francisco to investigate Big Yank ledge, reports an immense ledge of gold quartz. The excitement incident to the discovery has driven McNevin crazy, and he is now confined in the hotel. MR. HAYES SELLS HIS SALOON.-A dispatch from Omaha, Neb., says that ex-President Rutherford B. Hayes yesterday sold to Henry Osthoff and Garlichs & Johnson, for $14,000, the saloon property at 16th and California streets. The price paid is much below the value of the property. TRAGEDIES DUE TO BANK FAILURES.-At Erie, Pa., Monday, Frank Maguire, a demented depositor of the wrecked Erie County Savings bank, shot his twelve-year-old sister through her body and arm. He had brooded over the loss of his savings until his mind gave way. This is the fourth tragedy arising out of the .bank villainy. The girl will die. Monday morning Jesse Ebersole, one of the principal stockholders in the Humboldt bank, which suspended lately, died of brain-softening. His losses preyed upon his mind and caused his death. +@+ ANOTHER ATTEMPTED OUTRAGE IN MARYLAND.-A negro named Gaither on Sunday attempted to outrage the twelve-year-old daughter of Wm. Pickett, near Poplar Springs, Howard county, Md. He was frightened off before accomplishing his purpose, and although search parties have been looking for him since, he has not been captured. THE CINCINNATI TRAGEDY.-At the inquest in Cincinnati yesterday on the body of Henry Champlin the testimony of Mrs. Champlin showed that her son had frequently assaulted and beaten her, and that Monday night, in the darkness, he threw a chair at her bed, breaking the bedstead and the window. The coroner found that Dr. Loy's shooting was in selfdefense, and done with a view tointimidation instead of inflicting bodily injury. A STATE SENATOR CHARGED WITH BRIBERY.- Robert A. Gunn has put into the form of an affidavit his statement that State Senator Coggeshall, of New York, asked from him $500 to report favorably the bill to establish the college desired by the doctor and his school. SIX DAYS IN AN OPEN BOAT.-The captain of the bark Themis, his family and crew, in all sixteen persons, were six days and nights in a small open boat before being picked up. They were all in an exhausted condition, owing to the terrible nature of their sufferings. The Themis was bound from Havre for Miramichi, and was lost as a result of a collision with an iceberg. The steamship Missouri, from Boston, took the shipwrecked people to Liverpool. GEN. GRANT TO LEAVE NEW YORK THIS MONTH.-Dr. Douglas said last evening that the swelling outside and inside Gen. Grant's throat had so far abated that the parts were now examined with greater ease than at any timesince the general's serious illness. The patient this week has eaten solids-asparagus and steakin very moderate quantities. Dr. Douglas expects Gen. Grant will leave New York for Mount McGregor before the last of this month. He will be conveyed by boat to Albany, where special arrangements will be made for the rest of the journey. A RUNAWAY COUPLE EXPOSED.-At Sioux City, Iowa, Saturday night, during the progress of a temperance meeting, a man arose and said that the "wife" of the lecturer, who was sitting on the stage, was his runaway wife. The woman fainted, the meeting closed, and on investigation the charge was found to be true. Both the lecturer, whose true name is Watson and the woman who had eloped had left families. For months they have been in the west delivering temperance lectures. He is a fine speaker and she an excellent singer. During the night they left the town by private conveyance, taking a train at asmall place for
