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and it was believed they were the remains of a murdered party of emiSTATES MORT MCCULLOUGH, of Fort Worth, Tex., killed his wife and committed suicide. THE town of Auderried, Pa., was threatened with destruction by the caving in of mines and the people had deserted their homes. South 10 stable Ilvery B up are B NI Bend. Ind., fourteen valuable horses were cremated. Gov. MORTON, of New York, signed a bill providing for the study in the public schools of the nature and effects of alcoholic drinks. THE visible supply of grain in the United States on the 17th was: Wheat, 47,717,000 bushels; corn, 10,784,000 bushels; oats, 8,661,000 bushels; rye, 117,000 bushels: barley, 118,000 bushels. FRED C. FLOYD shot andkilled Hattie Coombs near Trenton. N.J., because she refused to marry him and then killed himself. THREE colored fishermen, Thomas Nixon, Hezekiah Mack and Ashley Peden, were drowned at Wrightsville, N. C., by their boat capsizing. OWING to poor business prospects the Perry Stove company at Albany. N. Y., one of the largest store manufacturing firms in the United States, went into voluntary liquidation. MRS. J. K. EMMET, recently shot at San Francisco by her husband, an actor, refused to prosecute, and the case SBM JOSEPH WESTGATE killed Mrs. Christian Hambright, his mother-in-law, at Lancaster, Pa., and then took his own life. A CLOUD burst 6 miles east of Cameron, Mo., did great damage to the growsdore Day J. S. PRINCE, of Omaha, Neb., professional bicyclist. beat by one-quarter of a mile on Washington park track in El Paso, Tex., a relay of three horses in a 10-mile race. Prince's time was JOHN BROWN and his wife were killed and thrown into the Ohio river at Stone City, Ky. Who committed the crime no one knew. A CYCLONE wrecked over a dozen houses at Hartford, Kan. Tom BUTTEWICK, 19 years of age, and his brother George, aged 15. sons of a well-known farmer near Kansas City, Mo., were struck by lightning and killed. MRS. JAMES DRENNEN and her 5-yearold son were burned to death near Hamilton, Ala. A few days before Mr. Drennen was killed by a horse. The extinet mou si THE Bank of Commerce, one of the oldest financial institutions at Indianapolis, made an assignment. THE Harlem ship canal, which connects the Hudson river with Long Island sound, was formally opened. A CYCLONE swept a wide path at Kenwood, Ia., and vicinity, killing several persons and doing great dain01 exe AT Sandusky, O., Burt L. Hastings killed Lizzie Stoldt because she would not marry him and then fatally shot himself. A SECOND decree was received at Washington from Rome concerning the obligation of Catholics to remain out of the Knights of Pythias organization. All archbishops and bishops were directed to promulgate the decree without further delay. PRESIDENT CLEVELAND left Washington for Buzzard's Bay, Mass, where he will remain with his family until October. HENRY J. ALDRICH, of Denver, presi dent and general manager of the Colorado Securities company, wasmissing, and his accounts were said to be $400,short 000 THE celebration of the 120th anniversary of the battle of Bunker Hill took place in Boston. THE fortheoming annual report of the United States civil service commission will show that the whole number of persons regularly employed in the civil service of this country is about 200,000. THE Chiengo Saturday Evening Herald went into the hands of a receiver. THE suit of William R. Laidlaw against Russell Sage, of New York, for $50,000 for injuries received while protecting Sage from a dynamite bomb, resulted in a verdict of $40,000 for the plaintiff. THE Wolverine mills at Cairo, Ill., owned by H. Paepecke & Co., of Chicage, were completely destroyed by loss being $150.000.
