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NEWS ITEMS. The daily output of the oil field at Sisterville, W. Va., now reaches 11,000 barrels New York aldermen are talking of changing the name of the Bowery South Third avenue. A protest is go ing up. Harry Smootz, condemned to hang his at Charleston, W. Va., for murdering sweetheart, committed suicide in prison with morphine The London Telegraph states that Alfred Rothschild will be one of the English delegates to the International Monetary conference. Samuel M. Clement, president of the The Marine bank, of Buffalo, N. Y., stroke was stricken with paralysis. will probably prove fatal. The porte has revived the question of closing the American mission schools in the Turkish dominion unless they are controlled by Turkish officials Silver aggregating 512,500 ounces was offered for sale to the treasury department Friday, and of this amount 337, 500 ounces were purchased at .8875@ 8380. The delegates of the socialist labor, New York city, placed in the field full municipal ticket Alexander Jonas, editor of the Volks Zeitung, is their candidate for mayor. Charles Stevens, a well-known young printer and about town, committed suicide at his home in South Frankfort Ky., Thursday afternoon. Stevens addicted to drink The Sovereign Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows Thursday decided to hold the next annual meeting in Milwaukee. Milwankee, The vote was as follows: 101: Chattanooga, Tenn. 55 At St. Petersburg, Pa. the opera The house was struck by lightning flames soon communicated to other buildings, and the entire business portion of the town was wiped out. The Richmond (Me. Savings bank has suspended because of large with drawals of deposits caused by the officials bank passing the July dividend. The say the depositors will lose little. A disease, something like the flux, has been at Jeffersonville, O., and in the surrounding vicinity for some time. John Collins living near here, buried one child on Saturday and another one Thursday The faculty of Wesleyan university, Middletown, Ct., has announced that students who failed to bass last examin ation and are now conditioned will not be allowed to take part in any of the athletic contests One of the most remarkable families is that of Enos G. Ross, of Lapel, Ind He belongs to a family of six boys The and girls, all of whom are living six boys fought in the civil war, and none were wounded. Hedgepath the leader of the gang that robbed the Frisco express last De cember, has weakened in his fight against the authorities and will plead guilty St. Louis and take a sentence of 20 years in the pen. It is reported at Fargo, N. D. that "Judge" Short, leader of the notorious band of eattle thieves. with headquar ters in the Bad Lands, has been captured and lynched by ranchmen and several of his band killed Chief O'Connell, of Nanaimo, has arrested Charles B. Bonner, the missing bank cashier of British Columbia, who was short in his accounts $15,000. He was found at Cedar District half starved and paralyzed with fear. J. L. Hart, a San Antonio, Tex. gambler, killed his wife and then, with the same pistol, tried to kill their baby Without waiting to see if the shot at the child took effect, he fired two bul lets through his own brain. The Vienna Fremdenblatt announces that the foreign office has learned that the cholera outbreak in Bessarabia of the most violent character, and that the disease is spreading rapidly among the soldiers and population T Wednesday morning a farmer found $150 in spurious coin along the railroad north of Tipton. Ind It was poorly C excented and had evidently been dropped from night train. The money was in halves, quarters and dimes to John Powell, superintendent of the Veteran mine, was instantly killed P Friday morning, and his wife badly in jured by an explosion of powder which th had been placed near the house, at m Aspen, Col, outside the sleeping apartment of the couple. reason is known hi for the deed. T Edward Bohn, engineer of Graveson's as Freestone works, Cineinnati, was clean of ing a pulley over which runs an eight inch belt. Thursday morning. His head was caught between the belt and th swiftly revolving wheel, and he was instantly killed. lie The Fifth district democrats: at Grand hi re Rapids, Mich Friday nominated Geo F. Richardson, of Ottawa county. for su congress Richardson is a farmer and ex author of the railroad tax law in the last legislature, and is also on the people's ticket for congress be di The Elba Iron works, Pittsburgh, to resumed with colored on-union men Wednesday Fifteen furnaces were in operation. The colored workmen are guarded by police, but no trouble has in occurred The men struck against SI working three "turns" day. se Abraham Harper. who went to Wash ington from Akron, a. to attend the N G. A. R. encampment as a civilian, to died at the Citizens hospital Mr. Har ea per was taken ill Monday and taken to St the hospital. The physicians diagnosed p his ease as catarch of the stomach Nicholas Pope, a colored man of No S10 Stone alley, Columbus, O. ate noth in ing but cheese for dianer, and then died th suddenly. He lived unhappily with his ei wife, and the coroner will investigate la At the meeting of the Mississippi Suf th frage association at Des Moines, Is. ho Thursday three babies were christened by Rev. Olympia Brown, of Wiscon St sin. The babies were dedicated to the cause. ta th Frank Glover, ex-champion heavy H: weight pugilist of Illinois, died at Chi WT eago Thursday me ruing. aged twenty en aine years His auth was caused sn by tuberculosis of stomach and fee bowels, J. S. Hirsch, a newspaper man. was orsewhipped Wednesday by a Philanamed Gonzales