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A SON of George Hart, a pioneer farmer of Marshall county, Ia., was shot and instantly killed, on the morning of the 13th, by a burglar whom he discovered in the house and grappled with. THE Chinese residents of Chicago opened a temple to Confucius on the 13th, Wong Chin Foo, editor of the Chinese News, acting as high priest. He made an address outlining the plans of the Celestials for the conversion of Chicago. IN an interview with a correspondent for a Madrid newspaper, on the 13th, Capt.-Gen. Weyler stated that he had returned to Havana in order to disperse the rebels who are flocking into the province of Havana. THE president has sent to the senate the following nominations: Chas. A. Proutty, of Vermont, to be an interstate commerce commissioner, vice W. G. Veasey, resigned; Second Lieutenant Frank H. Dimock, of Massachusetts, to be first lieutenant in the revenue cutter service. Also a long list of promotions in the navy, made during the recess of congress. IN a fit of insane rage, on the 14th, Ernest L. Chase, of Detroit, Mich., aged 38, cut the throat of his wife, aged 32, and then cut his own throat from ear to ear, fatally wounding both. THE Washington Times was purchased, on the 15th, from C. G. Conn by Stilson Hutchins. Hon. John H. Oberly, formerly Indian commissioner, was placed in charge. THE First national bank of Hollidaysburg, Pa., on the 14th, suspended business owing to a heavy run made by its depositors. The bank was organized in 1863, is capitalized at $50.00 000, and is one of the oldest national banks in the United States. HENRY P. BUTLER, a well-known lawyer and clubman, who had been missing from his home in New York city four days, returned on the 14th. He was found to be suffering from an attack of grip. THE steam schooner Edith. Capt. Edwards, with a crew of 30 men aboard, was, on the 15th, nine days overdue at Tacoma, Wash., from the Halibut banks off Hecate sound, and fears were entertained that some mishap had befallen her owing to the severe storms. FIRE in the Western Union Telegraph Co.'s building at Evansville, Ind., on the 15th, damaged Frondrach Bros., cigar manufacturers, whose factory occupies the top floor of the building, $5,000. The Western Union office was not damaged to any extent. THE Frer ch coasting steamer Marie Fanny was lost off the island of Alderney, in the British channel, on the 15th, and her crew of 14 men were drowned. THE lumbermen of the United States met in convention in Cincinnati on the 15th. FIGHTING is reported west of the trocha in Pinar del Rio, Cuba, where the insurgents, under Maceo's successor, Gen. Ruis Rivera. have taken the field against the Spanish forces left there by Gen. Weyler. No details have been received yet, but 50 wounded soldiers arrived at Havana, on the 15th, from the neighborhood of Artemisa. IT was stated in Havana, on the 15th, that Gen. Weyler had called in some of the troops stationed outside of the city, fearing an attack byGen. Gomez, who was reported to be moving eastward with a large force, well armed and provisioned. The insurgents had already occupied several small towns held by the Spaniards in the eastern part of the province of Havana. THE London Globe of the 15th said that important negotiations were pro-
