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and just as the clock in bell tower of Ludlow street jail had begun strike twelve William M. Twood threw head back slightly and breathed his Tast thout strugg Only daughter was pres in the building at the time of his death, wife and two sons being abroad. The room which he died was sumptionsly furnished weed was born in Now York on April 3d. 1823 in early life was chairmaker His first ublic appearance Was as an alderman 1852. after he served term in Congress he became super visor in New York city after holding other subordinate offices he elected State Senator in 1867 In 1870 was made commissioner of the department public works in his native city and from that me began the thieving career of the Hing onsisting of Tweed Sweeny, Connolly and fall In 1871 the Committee of Seventy be the famous crusade against the Hing ended in its downfall Twood was as ested, tried found guilty and sentenced years imprisonment and to pay fine $12 550. After serving portion of his time escaped from Ludlow street Jail in 1875 fied Spain That country gave him up the nited States in 1876 and since then he ad been endeavoring to obtain his release by ffering to surrender his property and betray numerous accomplices in crime. His efforts regain his liberty however, had been unsue essful up to the time of his death. Eleven business failures and ensions of firms were announed in New York the ther day E. F. Massurett, cashier of the Tremont Louse Boston, embezzied about $5,000 from hotel funds to cover losses incurred by ambling and when his employers sent for an fficer to have him arrested he shot himself, officting fatal wound Francis Borne died in New York city from ujuries received while wrestling with boar weeks previous at performance in Albany Borne was struck in the side by the animal and hurt internally Rumors have been for some time floating bont New York and Brooklyn that Theodore filton was visiting his wife and that reconillation was about to take place between the WO. These rumors were confirmed in most tartling manner by the publication of the folowing letter written by Mrs. Tilton to Ira B. hoeler, her legal counsel My DEAR SIR few weeks since, after long months of menanguish, Itold, M you know, few friends, rhom had bitterly deceived, that the charge rought bymy husband, of adultery between nyself and the Rev. Henry Want Beecher was rue, and that the lie I had lived 80 well the ast four years had become intolerable to me That statement solemnly reaffirm, and leave truth with God, to whom also commit myself, my children, and all who must suffer know full well the explanations that will be ought by many for this acknowledgment lesire to return to my husband, insanity uslice, everything as true and only quickened opnscience and the sense or what truth During all complications of these years been confidential friend and therefore ou, juesting secure its publication. HARRATILTON When this letter appeared in New York newspapers Mr Beecher who on lecturing was found at Waverly Y., and in anywer to the question what he going to do, he answered Nothing at present, except to give it an explicit denial Beecher also made the following state for publication confront Mrs Tilconfession with explicit and absolute lenial testimony to her own innocence mine which for four years, she made hundreds in private and in public, before court, in writing and orally, declare to be rae And the allegations now made in con radiction of her uniform, solemn, and unvary statements heitherto made utterly deny declare her to be innocent of the great trans ression. HENRY W AND BEECHER. The Lowell millagents have decided to reluce the wages of operatives from nye to fifper cent. The supreme court of Rhode Island has ranted an injunction, restraining the Five Cent Savings Bank of Newport, from loing further business The Emigrant be vings Bank, of Boston, has been similarly enjoined. The funeral of William M. Tweed took place from the residence of his law in New (ork A crowd gathered in front of the house several hundred availed themselves of an ortanity to take Inst look at the corpse, body was enclosed coffin on the silver plate was the inscription, William M Tweed died April 12, 1878 aged years The venerable clergyman who mar weed and his children read the Episopal services but made no address The body taken to Greenwood Cemetery followed eight coaches, three of which contained relatives.of the deceased, while the other were filled with the twelve pall bearers and few friends. At the cemetery entrance telegation from the lodge of Masons to which Tweed belonged was present, and the masonic itual for the burial fithe dead was read after he body had been lowered into the grave. The uneral was so unostentation that the small ortege passed through the streets without notice any itracting The clothing of Miss Effie Da Costra of Philadelphia, caught fire from match on which she trod and she was fatally burned. Inttie Green, who tried to put out the flames, burned to death. Richard Schweitzer. a young lad. died in York from the effects of bite by spitz The doctors pronounced Schweitzer of one hydrophobia. genuine Western and Southern States. A fire covering sixteen acres of houses tcok lace at Clarksville, Tenn destroying about of the principal business houses and ausing a loss of over $500,000. The Northwestern Bank, of Chicago an counced that would redeem its circulating otes in gold, and is the first national bank the country that resumed specie payments Forty-five cars at Cottonwood, Kansas, on Santa Fe railroad, were blown from the by heavy tornado. Several houses also destroyed and a number of lives sported lost. Hon:C E. Ellsworth, Representative in ConTess from Michigan, while spending & few lays at his home in Greenville, was man named Shearer, against whom he had egun law suit. Shearer attackedl Elsworth heavy whip, knocking him down and skull. his racturing The Indians are committing depredations in Southwest, killing mail carriers and taking the mails. way Robert M. Reynolds, of Alabama, has been onfirmed by the Senate as first auditor of the reasury. He had previously been rejected by Senate, but motion to reconsider preailed, and his nomination was then secured. The Oregon Republicans held their conven at Salem and declared for "sound money the national administration. The Oregon Republicans held their conven at Salem and declared for "sound money the national administration. Ben Evans and Epb Hall, both colored, and White, white man, who were under rrest at Huntsville, Ala. for the murder of leorge Schoenberger : prominent butcher, taken from jail large crowd and anged Evans accused White, who was bus1088 rival of the murdered man, of having intigated him to commit the crime. White proested his innocence to the last An international Sunday school convention ssembled in Atlanta, Ga, delegates from all States, Indian Territory and Canadian proinces being in attendance. At Coal Creek, Ind., mining town near ovington, Ky., an altercation arose in aloon between miner member of militia ompany that had been drilling and colored The quarrel grew out of former trouble stween the white and colored miners of the The colored man was killed and then whites moved through the streets, oting Two more colored men were Illed and another was mortally wounded. sheriff called out the militia and arms supplied to colored miners. From Washington. The House has voted an appropriation of for monument to Thomas Jefferson. The Democratic Senstors have had caucus, which the resumption repeal bill, the coming ections and other matters were discussed At meeting of the Cabinet, the President alled attention to platform of principles resented by Cleveland (Ohio) paper, and hich, he said, met nis views. The platform vors specie resumption (in gold and silver, esistance to all schemes for increasing the resent volume of currency, moderate tariff, constitutional amendment prohibiting the of any money raised by taxation for seearian schools, the speedy completion of all ablie works and the improvement of great ational channels of commerce, like the Mis. river and its tributaries. pon SecreMcCrary's suggestion clause was added eclaring opposition to the payment of South
