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News of the Week. Sixty five clerks, of both sexes, were discharged from the general land office, in Washington, on Saturday. Since last May nearly two thousand head of cattle and sheep have been shipped from Baltimore to Liverpool. The total coinage of the mints during August was $8,500,000, including $3,000,000 of standard silver dollars. Three young women were drowned while bathing in the Ottawa river, at Pembroke, Ont., on Saturday evening. California, it is estimated, will produce this year not less than 30,000,000 bushels of wheat and 14,000,000 of barley. Mrs. Hannah Mattison died at Bennington, Vt., several days ago, aged 93 years. She had been confined to her bed for 50 years. The earnings of Sing Sing Penitentiary during August were $19,471, and the expen ses $14,445. The average number of convicts was 1,618. The fair at Lexington, Kentucky, closed on Saturday. About 40,000 were in attend ance, but it is noted that "there was no fight ing or betting and not one drunkard. The Fountain House, at Waukesha, Wis., was burned on Saturday evening. Loss $130, 000. There were 400 guests in the house, but they escaped with most of their baggage. T. H. W. Wall, said to be member of the Mississippi Legislature, was killed by falling from a gang-plank while trying to get on board asteamer. at Buffalo, on Saturday even ing. A Danbury, Conn., man got divorced from his wife few years ago and married again His second wife has given him an heir, and he has secured the first wife's services as nurse. When Lord Beaconsfield made his late visit to the Queen, at Osborne, crimson cloth was laid from the train to the royal yacht which conveyed him from Portsmouth to the Isle of Wight. Two coal trains on the Reading railroad collided between Alaska and Locust Gap, on Saturday afternoon, and 35 cars were demol ished. Two men were killed and a third slightly injured. The Farmers and Mechanies' Bank of Savingsof San Francisco suspended Tuesday, and will go into liquidation. It owes depositors about $365,000, and it is believed, will be able to pay them in full. Forty boys in the State Reform School at Jamesburg, N. are sick of scarlet fever, and several have died of the disease. The remaining inmates, nearly 200 in number, will be removed to other quarters. William Enright was shot dead by police man while resisting arrest for drunkenness, at Laramie City, W. T., on Friday night. He had been released from the penitentiary few hours previous, after serving a year's term for burgalry. The Central Elevator, at Milford, Mich. occupied by Stephens & Roberts, was burned, with three adjoining sheds, on Sunday morn ing. prominent citizen of the place, nam B. F. Howland. has been arrested on the charge of firing the Elevator. Secretary Evarts addressed a letter to the British Government several weeks setting forth the excessiveness of the Fishery Award. No answer has yet been received, and it is supposed the British Government is giving the matter a thorough examination. Bridget Long and Annie Dooley, aged respectively 18 and 19 years, were drowned at Green Island, N. Y., on Friday night. They were returning from an excursion, and at tempted tojumpon the wharf before the steam boat was fastened to it, but fell into the wa ter. A girl at Edingburg, Scotland, leaped from a second window, a short time ago, and her legs came in contact with a spike on the iron railing, which ran quite through the limb and held her suspended in great ag ony until a blacksmith could be got to cut the railing. The election in Arkansas was held on Mon day The Democratic candidates for State officers were elected. there being no opposi tion. In Pulaski county, which includes Little Rock, there was a Greenback labor ticket, and the vote in that county is report ed "very close. The British ship Lord of the Isles, from Austria, for Manilla, and the British bark Queen, from Singapore, for the Island of Pa los have been lost at sea. The crew of the Lord of the Isles have arrived at Hong Kong. The captain and eight or nine sailors of the Queen were drowned. Blackie, General Meade's old war horse, lives at Alverthrope, Pa. He is as handsome as ever, despite his twenty four years. He comes of Black Hawk stock, was wounded at the battle of New Market Cross Roads, in June, 1862, butserved the General all through the war until a short time before his death. The ship George Bell, which arrived at Baltimore, on Monday, from Liverpool, had on board six stowaway boys, aged from 14 to 17 years, who were not discovered until the ship was a day out from Liverpool. One of these youths, named Nugent, is said to be the son of the chief clerk of a large Liverpool firm. In this State last week the post-office at River Springs, St. Mary's county, was discontinued and offices were established at Bellevue, Prince George's county, and Kemptown, Frederick county. The name of Mill stone, in St. Mary's county, was changed to Jarboeville. In Delaware an office was esta blished at Viola, in Kent county Near Detroit, on Sunday morning, Mrs. Glaser, wife of an old farmer, went to her husband's room to awaken him, and found him murdered, his skull being fractured, and blood stained axe lying near the body Christopher Brienstenb aged 17, grand son, who occupied the same room, is missing together with $40 which the old man had about him. Brienstenback had served term in prison for robbing his grandfather. Niantic, Ct. fishermen had an exciting tus. sle recently with a monster striped bass which broke out of the net after it had been drawn up on the beach and darted for the sea. It was grasped around the body by one of the men just as it reached the water, and he was quickly carried beyond his depth, but the other fisherman took a hand in the fight then, and both were borne out of the water. The fish weighed 46 pounds and was nearly four feet long. An attempt was made by the saloon keep ers of Detroit, on Sunday, to resist the Sunday Liquor law. They gathered in Arbeiter Hall, and for time did brisk business in selling beer, but the traffic was was stopped by the arrest of four prominent saloonkeepers who officiated as waiters. At night five hun dred Germans, headed by a brass band, marched to the police station and demanded the release of the arrested men, but without effect. On Saturday 394 petitions in bankruptey were filed in New York, the principal bank rupt being Michael Murray, who owes $583, 000, largely secured by real estate. 375 petitions in bankruptey were filed in Chicago, 198 in Buffalo, and 145 in Pittsburg. Among the Chicago bankrupts are Paul Cornell, "capitalist, who owes $1,425,000, with as sets which amount to "practically nothing; S.S. Hayes, who owes $1,000,000, with as sets that are "small," and Charles W. Cal houn, a real estate agent, who owes $787,000 and has "no assets. On Friday of last week Thomas C. Hughey and A. Hooten Blackiston. lawyers, of Cum berland, Md., quarrelled while examining some papers, and Blackiston, who was large and powerful man, knocked Hughey down and beat him. He was taken off by some friends, when he again started towards Hughey, when the latter fired, killing him in stantly. Blackiston is son-in-law of Judge Pearre, of Cumberland. Hughey is native of Queen Anne's county, and Blackiston a native of Kent county Md. A coroner's jury found that Blackiston came to his death by pistol shot fired by Hughey who was