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NEWS OF THE DAY CONDENSED. New Hampton, Ia., has a case of smallpox. Mr. Childs' condition shows a slight improvement. The National Brickmakers association is in session at Chicago. The Transcontinental Passenger association is in session at St. Paul. Rustlers are at work along the Missouri river near Chamberlain, S. D. The Hoffman House, New York, is advertised to be sold at auction Feb. 13. Hon. C. H. Buhl, one of Detroit's most prominent and wealthy citizens, is dead. Senator Hill will oppose the confirmation of Wheeler H. Peckham as justice of the supreme court. Tenders have been invited for Jan. 30 for a further issue of India bills to the amount of £2,500,000. John Silvis, 12 years old, shot and fatally wounded Leroy Green, in a quarrel at Kittaning, Pa. Four persons were injured in a fight of rival factions over the control of a church near Meadville, Pa. The Mussetter block, corner Wabasha and Fourth streets, St. Paul, was damaged several thousand dollars by fire. The Westview Savings bank of Louisville, Ky., has filed a deed of assignment. Depositors will be paid in full. A farmer named Salmon, at Bluffton, Ind., sold his farm for $8,000 cash. He home. was robbed of his money before he got The Imperial porcelain and glass works at St. Petersburg, together with their valuable machinery, have been destroyed by fire. The arguments in the case brought at St. Paul to test the anti-scalper law, have been completed. A decision is expected Monday. Attorney General Olney has ordered an investigation of the jail delivery at Wichita, Kan., by which the murderer Clyde Mattox escaped. It is semi-officially stated that Judge Wallace will appoint T. C. Platt permanent receiver of the East New York and New England railroad. Students of Thiel college at Greenville, Pa., are on a strike. The faculty's refusal to reinstate expelled students is the cause of the trouble. Thirty-six persons were arrested at Sioux City for stealing coal from Illinois Central cars. The company places its losses for three months at $5,000. General Master Workman Sovereign denies the published reports of united efforts being made by wderly's friends to oust him from office and reinstate Powderly. Senator Palmer has settled the long controversy over the Springfield. Ills., postoffice by recommending Reddick Ridgely, formerly chairman of the county committee.