The XVIth Amendment from Ness City, Kansas • 2

men were charged with being principals In TO the murder of the Posey brothers nnd Jas per Nichols. T. H. Weatheiibt, Sheriff of Madison All (vmTniin'rMnn fnrlliin pnpor nlmnlrt arffom pitnli-fl hy tli- tiiim! ih' nurlin nut TU'ivMnrlly fo, pulitlciii fitn. Inn pi nn i vlrii'iici' Rood filt (i on 1 1n part of wrlirr Wrl'i' uuly nn nn nUf nf tlir p-tT.

IV pnrtlculrtrlj" curpi'iil In frlvlnir nnn'' pil (late to hnvi! tlif Irtirrn nnd Fi 1 1 iiiin nl diKirrnn. I'miH-r nnin-B nit ofirn (IMlli tiit dr1pln-r. tcvit bf tiie cardcM mn-DiuT In which Uiry tire wrltu: County, died recently of hydrohobia. knocked him down nnd robbed him of a sochol containing .12,200 In bank notes whirh ho had drown to pay employe. Mr.

Church was stunned, but recovered In time to see the mon leap into a wagon ami drive off rapidly. Conway BitowN, mn of Henry W. Ilrown, of Worcester, nnd a member of the freshman elans of Harvard Colleen, killed himself the other day nt the house of a friend, whero he was spending the KANSAS STATE NEWS. f.raztng Einmla. A committee appointed by the Western Central Kansas Work Association, an organization consisting of sixty stock growers living on the grazing lands of the State of Kansas between the Smoky Hill nud Arkansas Rivers, recently prepared a to Congress nsking for tho disposition of the Government grazing lands in a manner that will be more beneficial to tin; settler and tint Government than the present methods, Tim petition represents THE YEAR'S TRADE.

Commercial Conellilnn of die foiled Ptntfl A Koriiiitltitile Lister Financial Wreckl The lfpressetl Male of the Irr.a r.otj Steel Industry, New Vonit, Dec. 21. The concluding week in which Is generally the dullest the year In cantile and Industrial circles, has proved no exception to tho rule in lnsa. Reports from leading trado centers show that tht merchandise movement has been muck slower. The general feeling appears to tie on unsettled tine.

Traders in all lines con A WEEK'S NEWS. A FBIOJHTFIL EXl'ERIEXCE. The fltiflerlngs of the Crew of the Bnr Mohawk In Long Island Sound During llecent llllzmrd. Nr.w Haven, Dee. 2ft.

The crew of the bnrk Mohawk, of (Juebec, Captain Crosslnnd, met with a terrible experience while passing through Long Island Sound. The vessel sailed from New York Saturday night, bound for Calcutta, laden with choice cargo of merchandise, and while passing through the sound was In chage of Pilot John O'lirien. The crew consisted of Captain Crossland, tlires mates, two stewards and thirteen sailors, made up of Irishmen, Norwegians and Japanese. To-day nine erf these men lie In New Haven Hoepitnl, suffertog from the effects of frozen feet, hands, ears and faces. The Injuries of three are so severe that it is fearetl amputation will be necessary.

Sun Glcnncd by Tt'lt-gmpli mill Mnll He was bitten by a mail dog btwo months ago. The other Sunday nt a point fifty miles from Fort Smith, in the Choctaw Nation, while Her. Samuel Antlrews was on his way to bill a religions appointment, he was shot nnd killed by unknown parties, it was supposed to bo tho resultj of an old grudge. IIkniiy Hake, a well-to-flo German, of Sun Antonio, in drunken jealous frenzy the other night attempted to kill his wife, anil after exatrtlng a promise from her to keep the matter a secret, cut his own throat. fess to no anticipations of special activity that "the Western third of Kansas, the Western half of Nebraska, and largo por- 1,1 the near future.

THK LIST OK FINANCIAL WHKCKS. TIIK WF.ST, Last July (Irotohcii Hummel, In her eighteenth year, daughter of a barber living In Munich, Havana, took fifteen hundred marks her father had saved up and ran away to America. She went to Cleveland, where a woman friend lives, and found work as domestic In a farmer's family at Collnmer. Recently Hhe wrote a penitent letter home, and by means of the postmark her father traced her, and the other day the father anil daughter set out on their return to Kitropo. John A.

Ci.akk was hanged at Bozrninn, M. for the murder of Thomas Hodgers in June last. A rniB at Saranac, the other morning, destroyed Thomns Folk's furniture store, C. A. Burbnnks, Jewelry; Houuer ot Hunter, boots and shoes; Anderson Walker, hardware; J.

1'. Anderson, dry goods; J. H. Kilmer, groceries. The four-year-old daughter of Alonzo Campbell, residing near Hollnire, was recently lim ned to death by her clothes taking fire from a grate hile the parents were absent from the room.

WASHINGTON Tub Hoon-tary of the Interior has orderod Inspector Benedict, Agent Tufts nn'd Spocinl Agnnt Townsend to proceed at once to Muskogee, Indian Territory, to Investigate the Creek trnublos arising from the recent election of a Chief, nnd make recommendations looking to a Bettloniont. Tiie recommendation will form tho basis of final action of the Interior Department. The gentlemen above named aro Instructed to Inform the Creeks that tho Department will, if necessary, Inforoothe action recommended. Tna House Committee on Appropriations hold a meeting recently nnd decided to prepare, If possible, Tension, Fortification, Consular and Military Academy Appropriation bills during tho rccoss, so as to be presented to tho House when Congress assembles. It is said that I'erry Belmont has got a splondld new house in Washington, and is having It dtted up In a manner to mako Vanderbllt envious.

Thk issue of standard silver dollars for tho week ended December Kid was 1 11,500. Thk first five months of the present fiscal year tho total Internnl collections were being If I less than the corresponding period last year. In spirits liKNP.IIAI.. It was reported that tho French Government had telegraphed to 'Admiral Conflict, urging him to follow up bis victory at Sontny with the utmost promptness ami energy compatible with prudence, it was expected that Admiral Courbct would make nn attack upon Hong Hoa before inarching against llarninh. Tmk French Government has decided to prohibit the importation of American suited meats until the Chambers have pro.

nounrcil upon the bill which tho Minister of Coinmerco will introduce at the beginning of next session. The prohibition does not apply to tho jiorts of Havre, Mantes uud Rortieaux, where, however, arrivals are subjected to rigid scrutiny, Thk sanitary condition of Havana (Cuba) Is retiorted Ui bo Improving. Only ten The commercial wreck list of tho year Is formidable one. The following tabi gives tho total number of failures reported during each of the last fire years: 1S7II. Js.

iftsg. ism. T'nlted States. fi.tt-.U 1.S74 Ciinieliiiiu-I 8.111 007 1-13 The table below gives the failures dun Ini; each of tho two last quarters of 1HB1, and J8SI1: 1S(. 1RK1.

No.ffiitlunsfoiirth quarter. 2.K."I No. of till lures third quarter. 1,140 No. ol failures six months :i.lf-,i 4.stll The returns of to-tlay ami Monday will Incrense somewhat the total for the last quarter of the year's total.

IHON AND STKKL. The year has been less satisfactory to the iron ami steel trades than Its prede ressor. The latter comprised rt prolonged strike at Western iron mills Rtid steody reduction ill prh-os. This year has brought no such disturbing labor agitations, but lias1 continued the contraction of prices below limits which were thought to rest oh bedrock. The decline in prices of pig'iron hns been from Jununry 1, to cash for foundry No.

1X. Early last spring contracts for rails were offered at W. nnd in the summer at Hy fall the figure hnd settled to though not announced. November prices were revolutionized hy the l.nckawniina Company's cut to tfXt nt the mill. Excesslvo produc tions of Colorndo, New Mexico, Wyoming, Dakota, and Montana, are not adapted to 1 agricultural pursuits, mainly for the reason that the rains in this territorial area are unreliable and untimely.

This same area, however, furnished subsistence nges to millions of buffaloes, nnd it has been demonstrated that it will also subsist I domestic herbivorous animals. Only in ex- ceptlonal cases have agricultural pursuits I been followed with nny degree of success' in this region, ami what success has been attained has been accomplished mainly by irrigation. SiM tiers who took Homestead, Pre-emption or Timber claims in the Government grazing lands in Kansas, with ll view to engaging ill farming, have been compelled either to abandon their claims and leave the country, or chango thcii to that of falsing live stork, til have become impoverished in their effort! nt farming." Further; "In a grazing country, where people are wholly dependent upon the growth of live stock, One hundred and sixty acres are Instilllciont foi the following thereon 'of this occupation. One hundred and sixty acres of grazing laud, producing mesqiiite grass, will maintain only sixteen head of cattle or horses. Knough land for tho maintenance of two hundred head of cattlo or horses is needed for the independence of tho settler inn day was a terribly bitter day, and Filot O'Brien says that during his thirty yearV experience he never saw anything like it.

The wind was north, and an icy blizzard set In. The pilot lost his reckoning from the steam mingling with the ice and snow, which converted the atmosphere into an Imponeffable mist. An effort was made to reach this port. The ship was covered with ice nnd snoC. None among the crew-escaped frost-bites, and some of them weren so badly frozen that their limbs refused to respond to duty.

Several of the crew wero sent aloft to loosen soil. They crowded up the slippery rigging onto the long arms of the ioreyord. The work was nearly completed when, with a wild shriek which chilled the frozen Veins of all, one of them slipped from tho icy rope ou which he was standing nlld fell headlong to the deck, thirty feet below, lie died three hours afterword from a broken bavk. The suffering of the crew was terrible'. When the weather modornted yesterday, tho frost began to ooze from the bodies of I lie unfortunates.

As the frost wcrked out the frozen skin would puff up and till undernenth, so that their hands nnd feet looked like greati bags of water. Their agony was such that they were unable to sleip. and there was nothing on board toTelievi their pain. Owing to the storm of Monday ail anchorage w-as impossible, and it was foun.1 when an attempt was mnde to clear away a boat, thrtt taere were noteuniitrli able-bodied mni 10 man the boat. The Mohawk finally reached New Haven harbor yesterday, and after a perilous trip in a light boat, Pilot O'Brien reached there and notilled Health Pkteh MdKlNNKY, night wati-hinrin on the Government fleet, fell off one of the boats the other night, nt Mount Carmcl, 111.

Ills wife held his head above water for some time, crying for help, but ns none came he became exhausted and went down. Snow slides continue to niiuihilatu min ers In Colorado. Two brothers, JelT. and Thomas Hobbs, piarreled on Christmas eve, nt Fairfield, when JefT. pursued Thomas with knife, cutting him on the left shoulder.

Thomas then turned nnd picking up a stick hit his brother over the head, Inflicting in-Juries from which bodied during the night. deaths from yelluw fever for the week ended Deoemlier 20. The enscs were scattered among tho population ami not confined to shipping and military hospitals, as they usually are. Thk business failures of the country for tho week ended December 2Ktli were 21 (, a lurgo decline from theprevlous week. A (MMiit.Kit named Hums killetl the night watchman at the end of the track tin the Mexican Central Road the other night, and wns hanged to a box car by a mob.

The excess in value of exports over im ports of merchandise for the month ended November 110 was For tho twelve months ended November $lis). 000,000. Value of imports of merchandise for the twelvo months ended November .10, IW.1, Decrease 101,000, compared with the same time last year. Valuos of exports of merchandise for the twelve months ended November .10, Increase over the same time In 1NX2. It is stated Mint no offer of metliation grazing region.

Practically two thousond teres of land in grazing section nro only i equivalent to one hundred and sixty acre? in an agricultural section. The petitioners, tlirerefore, ask Congress for tho passage ol law dividing tho grazing area of the 1 United Slates into two thousand-acre tracts, or tracls of four sections, each tracl subject to settlement under tho namo ot analogous conditions imposed for the acquirement of land under the Homestead of leff. was twenty-three years of ago Thomas thirty. Hoth were stock trailers and well to do. The trouble is said to have tion of steel-rails unduly stimulated by the phenomenal railway building of pre.

ceding years, combined with other ami ar tilicial aids, have caused this. The result Was the forced closing of several mills and the reduction in Wages of nearly if not all from 10 to per cent. Iniportntions of Ilritish steel rails have rapidly declined. Receipts for eleven mouths are tons, against tons In cloven moulUu 01 lto2, and tons in 18S1. anthracite coal.

The anthracite conl trade closes tho year In a moderately satisfactory condition to producers. The preceding year was more satisfactory than owing to the scale of prices at that time having been a steadily rising one, while In It has been falling, Notwithstanding this the trade is in a generally healthy state, States In tho West have exceeded thost) of any other years, and promise to increase in the future. The total output of anthracite conl (in Pennsyl vnnia) from January 1 to December 22. was RO.wti tons, as compared with grown out of business relations. Mihh of Hill-Sharon fame, rerently Pre-emption lows.

the total Iporcaso of collections woro fermented liquors, Inorcaso, total decrease of collection In taxes on tobacco, from banks and bankers, miscellaneous taxes, J.I,0o,2;iL A petition requesting Congress to pro-vent tho Importation of foreign laborers under contracts mnde abroad was snld to lie receiving many signature! of working-men In the mining ami manufacturing districts of 1'ennsylvania. Ik a late Interview with Mr. Morrison, Chairman of tho Ways and Means Committee, he Is quoted as saying that the committee will report a bill making a pretty general roduction In existing duties; that In arranging the provisions of the bill the committee will look to tho possibility of preparing a measure that can pass Con-grass, but whether or not tho bill can get through tho House without being nmenrled so as to destroy Its usefulness, is a matter of mero conjecture. Upon evidence showing fraud In mnklng entry, tho Commissioner of tho General Land Olllee recently canceled twenty-one entries of public land in Colorado, twelve In Dakota and seventeen In New Mexico. Tint Heerotnry of the Navy has Issued an order to suspend work In tho Iloston Navy Yard January 15 and tho dismissal of half of tho force.

Tho breaking up of con had Frederick C. Hurclmrd arrested at San Francisco for testifying lu court that on tllcer l.lmlsay ol tne distress on uuum, and reached the vissol this morning, and the disabled sailors wero taken to the hospital. Coroner Holtninn visited the vessel nn a tug, nnd viewed the remains of Hunita Ocete, who wns killed by the fall. He is a Phillipian, nnd will be buriodhere. Those Injured are John Kimbe, Japanese; Tomsk Diy, Japanese; Frank Silva, Portuguese; J.

Koped, Dane; Chnrles Fortune, French; Henry Bnche, German; Joseph, Hustn, German, and Peter Flores, Domin- fo. No such terrible experience in Long slnnd Hound has been euunlled for lifty ycurs. April IN, engaged to be mar ried to her. John H. Doook, of Grand Island, rtllHccllnliefitlN.

Rkkd nnd I'enrce, the murderers of TV. II. McMillan, nt Emporia, wero recentlj sentenced to tho penitentiary, thero to re main for one year, nnd that nt such time thereafter ns the Governor should fix, they should bo hanged by the Warden ol tho penitentiary within the prison wnlls. recently suicided by shooting himself, nt Omaha, whore he had gone to see hiB wife, who had separated from him. Ellen furniture store, nt Ean Claire, burned recentiy.

Loss, 000; Insurance. .211,000. between Frnnce and China will be ncceptcd by France until Hong Kong and Itnchnlnh aro occupied by tho French. It Is understood that Premier Ferry Inspired this statement. Thk Iron manufacturers of the country generally reduced the wages of their men on Janunrv 1.

(Juintaitii, Mavorof New Laredo, tons in a like portion of issj, Tho outlook for the production diiriiu the remninder of December is npproxiinately iiiiO.OO.) tons. This points to a total production of nuthrn-cite for this year of tons, as compared with tons in ltis-j. Tub hnnilsoiiie resident') of Charles Styles, agent of the Missouri Pat-illc Railroad, at Atchison, Kansas, burned on the night of the 20th, and his wife and little t'M'KU SHRDI DS OF SNOW. Twenty-Seven I.lr Lost anil Immense I'mimgo Ione to Mining Properly la CU orndo by Avalnnehrs of Snow, Dk.nvku, il- Doc. 25.

A specinl dispatch from Telluride, tinted the 21th, via Montrose 20.h, states. that nbout noon on Momlny a snow-slide) catno down in tho Mnrshnll basin and carried off tho shnft-houso of the Mendota tiik wheat 111 II'. Floods and drouth fell upon the winter wheat crop of ISsJ and 18SJ. Host ami pest crept In, and, as shown by the Govern, met reports, tho harve-t was 100,000,000 bushels short of that ill the preceding vear. Tho prisoners received their sentcncoi seemingly unmoved, Thk dry goods store of Lawrence Hon.

at Rossvilb', was recently entered by burglars, the safe blown open nnd notes nnti cheeks for nnd over $200 in monej stolen. J. R. Jones was recently nrre'sted al Lenape upon suspicion of being one of till Perry post-ollleo robbers. Raiilow Rl'Ni), who cseanod from tin Insane Asylum at OsKawatomle, two yean ago was recently captured nt Leavenworth, Chaiii.es Wyn.ia was recently arrestee at Wyandotte, charged with couuterfcltiufi demned veiscls will bo continued and the ynrd be converted Into a ropuwalk.

Tub Necrotury of the Treasury has do. r-lded the case of the Chinaman brought to New York on tho ship Kesolute. He can Mexico, arrested recently on the charge of complicity in tne train robbery on the Mexlcnn Central Railroad, was later sent to Monterey, In Irons, to stand trial before the Judge of the Federal Court. John J. MtdlitniK, who, In specials.

Is made to threaten dire disaster to Canada, and tho capturo ami death of Lord Laos tlowno In consequence of the hanging of O'Donnell, is known ut liuffalo, N. ns having no connection with, or to be nc kntiwledgetl by nny reputable Irish organ! zatioii of that or nny other citv. Ho in not be landed In the United Stntoa, but mny lie transferred to any other vessel that may be going to a foreign country. It wan rumored In Washington that ludge MoCrory, of tho United Mates Su premo Court, hail resigned to accept tho position of Solicitor nf tho Atchison, Topeka girl perished lu the flames. Mr.

Styles saved two of his children but in his efforts to save his wife and other Child was badly burned ond the hired girl was also badly burned. The house had just been completed at a cost of 10,000. Ah Sheriff Thompson mid Jailor Williams wero visiting tho cells nt Walln Walla, Washington the other night, for the Inst time, they were nttneked by KHus and Owen, two condemned murderers, wlio knocked them senseless with bricks they hnd secreted. Williams showing signs of recovery they took a knife from his pocket anil hacked him to pieces nnd then fled. A kihk at Jamestown, D.

recently destroyed worth of property, Including two hotels. Teiihe men were buried by falling embankment nn the Itultimoro Ohio Railroad, near I'rlncep's furnace, recently. One was killed and the others taken out in flying condition. Tiik other evening fire broke out in the dust room of the vKtna Hour mills, at This ranks the total, allowing a slight gain tor spring wheat, at about 400.00H,oO0 bush-els, as against in 1HS1.S and 200,0 10 111 I'SI I. There were IMl.lMKI.UCO bushels reported ns wheat and flour in Willi.

In 1KSI-2, nnd in 1NN2-NI, ,0,000 bushels. Since July 1 exports have been restricted and prices relatively low. Tho visible supply has increased beyond nil precedent being to-day in excess of bushels, OS agnin.it r.i,4is,0i.- bushels July 1. Fanners have sold tneir wheat freely und appear to bo still doing ho. The gross exports from tho crop of In.s2.s:i have been (to December from July 1) but bushels, as against 772 bushels in a liltepartof 1HK2, and bushels in lSKl.nnd still Russia, India and Australia are offering grain cheap for luture dcliverv.

The price of wheat (No. 2 red at New York) opened in January at about M.bl'i, advanced to Tl.lT February 2, I February ITand to the month. To-day It touched (fe Hunt a Fo Hnilrond. nickels, Jt-DITH FlT.l'ATHICK llgetl seventoet years, wns recently found dead at her liomi near Lecompton, been murdered. The skull was badly crushed, cvitlentl; with a blunt instrument of some kind.

Th bully w-ns in bed, on attempt to set llro tc which had evidently been made by tin murderer. She had recently received somi money from Eastern relatives, and from Minu, which at tho time ot the accident contained fourteen men. Eight of the occupants were killed outright. Four succeeded in digging themselves out, and these four subsequently rescued the two r. mulning men in a badly injured condition.

As tho telephone wires from the mine to the camp wore In a dnmoged condition the nows was not received In the camp until five o'clock thnt afuu-noon, and then only those few mongro dotnils wore given. A large number of men immediately loft for the scene of the disnstor. Hut as yet they have not been heard from. It lias been snowing for a week, and It Is now' over four feet deep on the level. The present storm is tho most extensive nnd damaging of nny ever known in that region.

A Itage-driver who hail made his way on foot over the surrounding country reports that twenty -seven men have lost their Uvea by snow-slides within the Inst fow days, while the -damage to mining properly is enormous. Two men named At a meeting of the House Committee on Military Affairs recently, (leneral Sloeum was authorised to report to the House favorably the Fits John I'orter bill, which passed the Houato last Congress. fests newspaper oflices ami when unable to procure the publication of his pronuncin-mctitos, pays for their Insertion as advertised mutter. The business fallurcslntheUnlted Htntes during 1MNI numbered tl.lMl, against (I.WI in IHS2, nn Increase of 2,4 The liabilities for IKKl were against 0O0 for INK2. The failure of last year were greater thon those of any year since IK7S, when they reached to with liabilities Tiik total receipts of Internal revenue for tho six mouths of the fiscal year ended Do comber 111, were receipts for December, Issuo of silver dol lars for the week ended December 211, 18, against 1,041,000 for the sumo time last year, TIIH I.ATKNT.

A collision between a freight train ami ti.ll'.. COHN EXPORTED. Tiie exports of Indian corn hnve been on more liberal scale than those of wheat, hut, less than lorinerlv. Tiie total from July 1 to December 1 is bushels, as acaiust II, 720,721 bushels in a like period of l.vsj. In the exports aggregated were 4 1 bushels of corn and meal TIIK KANT.

a special containing laborers, near lo- A hkcent dispatch from Hanover, Oer- ronto, Canada, recently, resulted In the killing of twenty-seven men and Injuring Akron, owned by George W. McNeill nud James N. Baldwin. The workmen had bi run for their lives, the (buncs spread so fast, and the entire structure was consumed. The mill was recently enlarged to three hundred barrels daily, and rebuilt for the roller process.

It was valued at liT-V many, stated that Colonel Henry It. Ruth-Ihiuo killed his wife and committed suicide, They woro connected with tho most proin. many others, some of whom will die. Thk bursting of a mill iliim at Houghton, Inent families of Albany, N. Y.

Hhe was a daughter of ex-United States Henator recently, resulted In the death of harlcs It. Raymond, teller of the First National Ibiuk of Houghton, his son and what could lie learned it was Judged tin-deed was perpetrated fur robbery. Tin-: other night the large flouring mill ol P. D. Tobie, at Troy, wastlestroyed by firo The mill had but recently been repnirod al a heavy expense, and was in flue ruuniiifi order.

The loss was over insurec for about Tim endowment fund of tho Slate Agrl cultural College is now 1 1 bring ing nn average of more than seven and half per cent, interest. A waoiin load of Cliristmns presents foi tho prisoners in tho penitentiary, sent bj friends, carried back the minds of the con victsto days of childhood ond innocence. An accident occurred lu the Santa yards ot Topckn, tho other morning, which A. Mosicr, switchman, had hit thigh crushed. In making n'Mlylngswitch' on a curve the bumpers slipped past eaol other between cm- nnd the engine, nnc caught Hosier, who was standing onlh footboard.

TiiKdeiid body of man, about slxtj yean of age, was recently found at the depot Ir Junction City containing fully a dosei gashes inflicted with razor. It was a cns Bof suicide, William Ratkkouu, of Cherryvalo, wht complained totliu Hoard of Commissioner! several weeks ago, that the Southern Kan sas Railroad had delayed tho shipment ol coal for him ten or twelve days, the othei servant girl and lloway Raymond, wife and son. Tiik town of llreckeuiidge, was 000; stock on hand nt insured for ilil.oisl. A iioy named Adams, cloven years old, was recently accidentally killetl while gunning in Key County, Mo. Thk total bullion production of the Fa-cine const for Is placed at Utah produced 10.

Total for tho Territory since the opening of mines by the Gentiles, $70,000,000. nearly destroyed by (Ire the other evening, including tiie county ollico nnd records. W.lnviNti I.ANiiKl.L, said to be from UuntAr and Peck weru killed by a snow-slido at tho Novada mine, also st Telluride. The latest information from Ophlr and Ames, neighboring towns, Te-ports that the mail-carrier from who was due on Friday, had not been heard from nnd he is supposed to have been lost and perished in making an at-sompt to cross the range. The Mendota mine is the most promising in the Snn Miguel mining district of the San Juan.

It employed the largest force of men, and was one of'the few mines which continued work; during the winter months. There is tho greatest interest here to learn the names of the unfortuiKito miners, ns some of theiu have families living in Denver. A special received at one o'clock this morning gives tho names of killed at the Mendota mine as follows; J. li. Hond, C.

S. Derrick, Thomas Dunnegan, Wm. Taylor, John Davis, Wm. Applewhite, F. Slater ond Lewis lliitchiiis.

The itter lived shout twelve hours after being rescued. Thomns Wheatly was found about twelve feet under the snow, with his leg broken, but still nlive, nnd it is expected that ho will recover. He was buried forty-six hours. Two men, Joseph Frelinghuysen snd James Burns, were lotind dead to-dny by George Pohivnr in the Goblhug cabin. A slide struck this cnbin on Friday and moved the cabin nbout 100 feet.

Many ngaiut bushels in lsl-(2, and bushels in 1NS0-N2, nnd 14 bushels in inso.hi. The price of corn on January last was 07 'i cents. February 0 it was 72 cents, and February 17, 7-1 coots. I'o-day it touched lit cents, THK INDt'HTHY. This yenr bus brought a decreased production of oil, and has shown a uniformity of the tendency of the vnrious petroleum districts to yield loss and less, and has nu-cessitated the draw ing on stocks through August, September, October nnd November, nnd naturally developed higher range of prices.

The exploration of the "regions" has been very great, with but little encouragement thus fur as to new and rich fields of oil. The main hope in that direction lies ill the statement that uuex ted deposits have been discovered. Others may be following. On the prime of the lli-adlord district emtio the Allegheny, and after that the Cherry Grove tract, and the average annual price of crude per barrel at, the weils was in InO down to ill', cents; in lssi, to Philadelphia, died at Lexington, tho other night from hunger and exposure. Thk Jury in the F.mina Hond case, In Harris.

Tiik number of failures in New York. City In whs liabilities, actual assets, Heavy show storms lately blockaded travel ami Interrupted telegraphic com-monlcntioil lit the Northern and Eastern States. It was currently reported that throe thousand employes of the National Tube, works Company at McKocsport, will Accept the reduction of from twelve to twenty-live per cent, nnnoiiucod to take place soon. A WW nights since (leneral (Iriint while itepplug from a carriage at his residence in New York, slipped nnd fell on the sidewalk and was reported badly hurt. Arthur ().

CuimiKit was probably fatally shot by Lena West In a bar-room at Newliuryport, on Christmas night. which the three men, Montgomery, Clement! nud Pettis, were tried nt Hillsboro, for the outrageous nssault on Miss Hond nt Taylorsville, in June, rendered verdict of acquittal. he steamers Colorndo and City of Alton TIIK KOI Til. A NTitp.KT light took place nt Allendale, S. on Cliristmns, in which two persoiiM were killed nud five others wounded.

John Hudlctt, Marshal of the town, Evnu and Joyce Strange and others, had an alterca-rut Inn with Frank Weaver anil Ulry Mid-dleton, in which the two Strnugos were wounded. Returning from this fight, which wns carried on until Weaver anil Middle, ton got nearly out of town, they met L. U. and Frank O'llrynn nud Gua Allen return- burnetl nt St. Louis the other day.

TlIK public debt statement for December showed: Cash in treasury, 20 debt less cash in treasury, cents, and in 1KS2 to ,0. cents, lhis vein- thus far the average annual price is ll.iio per barrel. The average daily production this year, to 1) remher 22, lias been 2, T'KLOiiU gallons, itlld the exporis 1,400,000 day made nn additional charge to the ef feet that the road not only delays his ship n'uts but that conductors, brnkemen, had been stealing his coal. Decrease during December, Do- crease since June HO, tug from a dinner party, when tine of the more accidents are known to un i occurred, nnd an excited crowd is around the telephone efltcu. tha only ineauu of oom tuuuicatiou, all uuy.

I'oMIUKHHU AN Hill. MAN, of the House Strango boys insulted them, A general row ensued, sticks, knives and pistols Appropriations Committee, said recently that tho committee would probably request Commissioner Dudley to revise Ids pension estimates for the reason that there wns no being freely used. F.vnn Strange and Tom Hudlctt were killed outright, the two John Iludletts severely wounded and the two O'llrynns slightly. The woman knocked Currier's hat off, when lie pushed her awny. Then sho shot aim.

A LATE wind storm destroyed number sf houses In Brooklyn, N. did much -tailing along the roast. At l'lttsilidd, It was also quite destructive. C. 8, IIanhah, who was reported ns having absconded from New York owing $200, 000 to members of the Mining' Stock Ex rhange, was recently In Han Francisco on a tour with his bride.

He denied having left In a auspicious manner, and said he would soon return to New York nnd promptly fill all contracts. James Bpdd a prominent citizen of Dorchester, was recently shot ami, killed at his bouse by Daniel P. Key nobis, gallons. The average daily quantity addud to stocks has been eO.OOO gallons, wnlch indicates an averagedailv home consumption of 1,277,000 gnllous during the year to De-e-ember 22. Exports from the United States from January 1 to Decemlier 22 aggregated gallons (actual), against gallons (crude) retlned, iinpbthn, in a like period in 1NN2.

New York continues to monopolize the trade, Its share of these exports being gallons In 1NKI, against gallons in lKsa. Roston, Philadelphia and Baltimore this vear, to Deoeuilior 22. exported gallons, against gallons last year. THK rtlMlNO YEAR. As things are now, there is no adequnta reason for concluding that the business of the country is to limi a still lower level in The dead body of Ptmn flirt, a negro preacher, was found tho other day six miles from Rriukley, beside a hog liu The Santa Fo refused to pay its Com mlssloneiV tax, amounting to over The other roads paid; some under protest The State Teachers' Association recent ly in session at Topeku, elected the following officers; A.

R. Taylor, Emporia, Presl dent; J. 11. Lnwhcad, Fort Scott, Vice President; Lewis ScotO) Murysvillo, Socre tnryj John MacDoiiald, Topeka, Treasurer. Executive Committee, Hon.

H. C. Speer. Topeka; G. W.

Wynaus, Junction City, nud Miss N. E. Moonlight, Leavenworth. The funeral of Mrs. Styles and daughter, who perished in their burning dwelling at Atchison, was largely attended.

Tht I'iiarred remains were found under the llun Down by a Train. IIotSTON, Deo. JJA. Tills afternoon E. T.

Lewis, conductor, had a hand-car ami three mon on the International and Great Northorn Rond, return, ing to town, having lieen repairing a wira lence. While near Old Summit, a work train, consisting of an engine and caboose, ran into them, killing one white man, badly wounding a negro and anotherwhlte man, snd seriously injuring Lewis. A passen-icr-train brought the victims to town, and the wounded were sent to the hospital, The hail killed. It Is believed he wus shot im mediately after killing the hog. General McKenzie, commander of the Department of Texas, has boon temporarily rcllevel of command on account of nerv ous prostration nnd mental depression, and It Is stated his condition such as to lead his friends to send him to the Military 1KK4, but on the other hand the entorcea stopping of mills nnd a further reduction of wages in the concerns still in operation may bring about further depression.

negro recovered consciousness momentarily, and gave his name as Henry Bentley. rhe wounded white man died soon after ba arrived at the hospital. insane Asylum at Washington. During the war he was twice severely wounded probability that the amount of money asked for could be expended during the next fiscal year. In a late case where duty had lieen collected upon a cossack imported from Canada Into Maine, the owner, a Catholic priest, made application to have the amount refunded, on the ground that the article was used (or religious purposes.

The Department ill reply stated that where a priest Imports vestments or nny gulin or rolie us his private property he must pay a duty, even though the articles Imported are afterward used In religious ceremonies; but where such articles are imported by a church or society for religious purposes they will lie allowed to come in free. Belt, the public executioner of Austria, was found dead In lilts bed recently, supposed to hnve been the victim of revenge. A recent fire nt Covington, destroyed the court-house and other property to the value of 10,000. The records were saved. Edward Kkys, who died in Unity, N.

recently, left to the school district nf the town $12,000 all of his property except SH hich he gave to his only daughter. The paint, carpentering and upholstering shops of the Missouri, Kansas Texas and had much nervous trouble which af fected him for years. His frieifds fear that should In recover from his present mental prostration he ill be Incapacitated for active service. Two negroes were recently lynched at at New York. The shooting was the result of a long-standing feud, arising from turn-II and property complications.

Pryor R. Simon, of HosUin, manager of the New England business of Samuel I Hall, flue art publisher and importer. New York, Is charged with being a defaulter for rS.IKIO or 10,0110. He has disappeared. The Society of Naturallstsof the Kastern States recently appointed a committee to sot with the F.xecutive Committee in de.

tilling what a "Professional Naturalist" Is. Resolutions were adopted recognising the great Importance of a thorough knowledge 5f modern languages, especially French ind German, to students of natural history, Mb, Chl'hch, Cashier and Superiten-dent of John Dwlght ft soda factory. Id New York, was assailed the other day ts be was leaving the depot at the Second llrooksville, (or murder. bath-room, the mother still clasping hei in her arms. A bitter cold New Year's Day.

Mkh. McMillan, of Topeka, wife of (In man who wns murdered at Emporli, is said to lie greatly prostrated by the terrible nffliction that has befallen her. She Is exceedingly desirous that Pearce and Reed, the confessed murderers, should meet the extreme penally, and says he will go tie fore the Governor, at the proper time, and beg him to sign tho death warrant. At a special meeting of tho Kansas Re publican Association in Washington, lately, resolutions of respect to the memory ol the late Congressman Haskell were adopted. Speeches were made by a number of prominent Kansans.

ALL the troops at Fort Leavenworth were treated to an elegant dluner on Christmas their respective) organizations. Tbb Abilene (Tex.l stnge was halted the Home fur destitute Chddren. IlKNNINOTON, Dec. 2ft, The Incorporators of the Vernon Park Home, for destitute children and women, have organized by the election of General John G. McCiilloiigh, President; Frederick B.

Jennings, Vice-President; Geo. W. liar mon, Secretary and Treasurer. The real estate given by Mr, Park comprises acres in this village; original cost, an amount much less than the cost of improvement alone. Upon the premises is a fountain which throws wa'er to tho height of If feet, the highest single-jet fountain in existence.

Mr. Park's plans for endow tuuut will be recoguUJd kv hit heirs. other night near the Colorado River by A Firry Vlsltnnt During Mass. Dmi'sH E. Deo.

M. 1 While Rt. Rev. Bishop Hennessy was celebrating pontifical high mass Christmas morning the lighted candles on the altar In some mysterleius manner set fire to some of the fabrics, ami in a few moments the altar was in flames, projecting to the height of sbout ten feet. For a time it seemed that the hole cathedral would lie enveloped in the flames.

The janitor and attei.ding priests quickly rem.vedthe burning iaorlcs snd after much difficulty and labcr tha flames were extinguished and a disastrous panic averted. The church was crowded. Mass was proceeded with after tut bias was extinguished. two masked men with drawn revolvers and nine passengers, comprising a variety troupe, were robbed ofH'JO, At Yazoo City, othernlght about two hundred armed men proceeded to the jail and demanded entrance. I.

Fonte resisted and was shot dead in bis cell Ruilroad, at Bedalia, burned the other Robert Swayaee, Micajab Tarker and I moruiug, Loss about fully lo avenue elevated station, One Hundred and Tenth street, by two masked, piem, who (iicuurtj viuus wero iy liciiea. i us nor sursd.