i The town of Centerville, Idaho, was totally de¬ 
stroyed by fire Oct, 24. Small-pox is raging in 
Salem, Oregon. One member of tbeLedsla ure 
' has died, and to others are dangerously ill. 
^ The people are panic stricken. 
dren of W. E. Martin were him 
younger, aged nine years, killed. 
Thomas Caatlo of liallston, fell f 
tree ia.*l week, striking Upon his U ! 
turf ng his skull, lie died shortly' alt- r , a nls. 
The Catskjll Woolen Co,, Leeds, (i* 
has failed in consequence of the for- •>- ireol 
mortgage or $150,000 In favor of A. T. ; - wart. 
Over 1,300 babies have been re- veil at. tin. 
Foundling Home, New York, sine- : founda¬ 
tion, not quite a year since. 
'Flic church of the Messiah (Un ilisi 
Buffalo, was destroyed by tire on Un Mb ult.. 
The building was erected in 1864, n i 
000: insured, including organ and furniture., lor 
$25,0.0. One policy of $10,000 was cutic i 1 by 
the trustees roeduty. Nothing is known tin 
origin of the lire. Measures hav< since been 
taken to rebuild the church. 
The Board of Exciso of Hempstead. I. L, have 
determined to punish those who sell lioiior it. 
the town without license, and offe a ■ ml of 
$10 to anyone complaining of pc a-. h tllng 
without a license. 
The residence of Mr. Seeley at .To n 1 ■: k 
Niagara county, was totally destroy ! by !u« 
October StiH.li. I,oss, $10,000 ; insure !. . - 
Itichard W. Aiken was arrested In P<u igbai 
ale. lately, by Sheriff Konworthy, t i, 
defrauding Charles A. and diaries II. Mcic? i 
Now York of $25,000. His bail has i 
$40,000, but he has not been able to 
Beth Green has Just-procured the ■. n 
production of 70,000 salmon trout in- ap; 
will be ini idled in Spring Creek, Ca'c-dcnia. • 
roe county. 
Frank <i. Steward of Panama, China , p. f',, 
was knocked down and robhod of ? 1 1 i 
village recently. 
\V. C. Schuyler, Jr. of Albany. ei ■ t 
murdered or accidentally drowned a tew - 
since, ill Satt Francisco. 
balco Erie and Buffalo were visit/ t i 
disastrous storm of wind on the 30th ii i . r ■ 
Ing in wrecking the tug J. C. Hnrrisoi ■ ■ i t- 
Neptuno and Bchooner M i • Kan 
lives worn lost, and those on the s< 
saved by the heroic daring of ( pit 
crew of the schooner Ilippoy. IT. 
In the tThited Slates I>i riel t , 
York city, several person- h ,. be- arraigned 
for illegal registration in (inletmii ! t lie m cut 
net of Congress for super < Bunt* ejection-. 
A question of the eonstf in malitv of the law 
was raised nnd argued, and the Court decided it 
coustltutioual, from which an appeal will prob¬ 
ably be taken to the Supreme Court at Wash¬ 
ington. In the meantime, the trials have been 
temporarily postponed. 
The firemen of Buffalo, having a fine burial 
Jot on Forest Lawu Cemetery, have erected 
thereon an appropriate and elegant monument, 
which was unveiled in the presence of the lb-o¬ 
men, active and exempt, with appropriate cere¬ 
monies on the 2nd Inst. 
Hi ram G. Eastman and wife of Freedom, have 
been indicted for manslaughter in causing the 
death by starvation of Mary Clifford, an invalid 
lady under their charge. 
and gas pipe, etc., and J. Carlisle & Co., iron 
founders. The loss will exceed $60,000. Sixty- 
f orlrmcr. are thrown gnt of employment, 
tit ... j,. t<*o or three of whom lose tire -ols, 
J worth from $30 to $300 per set. 
The expenses last year of the Vermont Asy¬ 
lum for the Insane, located at Brnttleboro', were 
$83,163.49, and the income $853581.72, leaving a 
balance in lavor of the asylum of $3,119.23. 
Ariel Mitcbclsoo'e tobacco barn at Tarifvilie, 
Conn., was burned a tew days since, together 
with a ten-aere crop it contained. The tire was 
I doubtless Incendiary, as was the one which de- 
i stroved another barn of Mr. Mitchelson's last 
winter. 
| The Poor Asylum at Woodstock, Conn., was 
burned, last week,and a pauper named Hubbard 
Battbolomew was burned to death in lushed. 
The cause of the fire is unknown. Loss $3^00; 
insured for $3.00(1. 
On the 29th ulU, a block of stores at Portland, 
Me., were destroyed by fire. They were occu¬ 
pied by dealers in ship's stores, fish,oil and other 
goods. Mr. E- G. Willard,fish dealer, lost nearly 
$3C,000 in stock destroyed. The total loss ap¬ 
proximates to $40,000. 
Cornelius MeGoverln was almost instantly 
killed at Great Barrington, Mass., by the burst¬ 
ing oi a picker machiue art which he was work¬ 
ing. He leave* n wife and seven children. 
The Maine census is now complete, nnd the 
footings make the entire population or the State 
639,423. In I860 the population was 628,429, thus 
showing an Increase during the last ton years, of 
ouly 2,144. 
A. J. Botelle of Grinnell, Iowa, formerly clerk 
at the Connecticut State prison, has been ap¬ 
pointed warden, to succeed Cnpt. Win. Willard, 
who was murdered by Wilson. 
The Maine Standard says that five gentlemen 
of Augusta have given $190 each to start in ope¬ 
ration the home for need and indigent women, 
for which ti house was .recently given by Allen 
Lombard, Esq. 
A house, to be called Onlc Hill Retreat, is to be 
erected in Littleton, N. 11., for the benefit of 
summer visitors, at an expense of $7,000. A num¬ 
ber of citizens have formed a corporation for 
tlie purpose. 
i t. works nf the Gilman Carriage Co. at Win- 
sted, Conn., one of the largest mannfactories of 
tho kind In the Bbitft, were burned on the 28th 
ult. I/> s about $30,000; insured for $8,000 in 
the Ahim. North American and Springfield com¬ 
panies. The Gilbert Clock Co. also occupied part, 
of the building for storage, and loses about $10,- 
000; no insurance. 
The First National Bank of Grufton, Mass., 
was entered by burglars recently who secured 
and muffled the watchman and carried off nil the 
valuables, amounting to soma $.200,000. After 
leaving tho bank tho robbers stole a horse and 
wagon In the vicinity, which were alter ward 
found in the streets at. Worcester. A large part ■ 
of the loss falls on people who laid bonds on 
deposit, and it is stated that the bank itself will 
not. lie a very heavy loser. A reward of $10,000 
for the recovery of tho property and the convic¬ 
tion of the burglars has been offered by the 
President of the bank, and an additional re¬ 
ward of $5,000 by George F. Blocomb, one of the 
directors and a heavy loser. 
Clmrlc.s II. Thompson of New Haven, lias 
given $2,.500 to Williams College for the estab¬ 
lishment nf a scholarship, which is to bear his 
name. Tills Is the first scholarship endowment 
which Williams has actually received, although 
several others have been promised. It. is to be 
hoped that Mr. Thompson's generosity will 
prove an incentive to others to speedy and 
earnest activity in this direction. 
!UBA, MEXICO AND COUTH 
AMERICA. 
. ■ been issued by Captain-General 
a ot Cuba, liberating 2,000 apprenticed 
ured from slavers in 1855, 1856 and 
The stage coach carrying Wells, Fargo & Co.'s 
express, was robbed of $5,000 near Lakcport, Col- 
on the26th ult. 
During September, one firm in San Francisco 
shipped East, 780 gallon* grape brand* ,11,268gri- 
lous assorted wines, nnd 698 cases epatkling 
wines. This quantity represents a valt • < f 
$33,000. 
The Ohio Conference. M. E. Church, raised last 
year for Missionary purposes, $20,338.75. 
One-third of the vines nf the celebrated Oacn- 
mongo vineyard at Los Angelos, Cal- have been 
destroyed this season by grasshoppers. 
Three highwaymen robbed the Southern mail 
coach near Stilt Lake City, ou Hie 24;h ult. They 
were arrested bj the Mormc-n sheriff, and are In 
custody. They were all well known characters. 
Mob law was inferred in the southwestern pan 
of Indiana recently. A party of men went io the 
house ot Mr. Bartlett, near Bloomington, and 
after nearly killing him. drove him from the 
ooontv, under the threat of hanging. 
The large shipments of butter from the East to 
California, have given the Mormons an idea. 
They arc going to ueASe raising grain, and make 
butter. A siuglc house in Stilt LakeCitypacked 
3U0,000 pound? of that article for the Montana 
and Idaho trade, in two months. 
Tint Illinois Condensing Company ship six csy 
loads of preserved milk monthly from Elgin, 
Eastward. 
Letters from Fort Stevenson. Dakotah, of Oet. 
lCth, says that another attack hns been nadc by 
the Indians upon flie whites near Fort Buford. 
A party of men. fifteen in number, from that 
Fort, in charge of Lieut. Wilson, of the 7th In¬ 
fantry, acting rf an escort to the Engineers of 
the Northern Pacific Railroad, were on the 1st 
lost, encamped on the western bank of the Yel¬ 
low Sto»< River. Just at daybreak U»i»; were 
Burpriscd by n large party of Sioux, who with a 
war yell, succeeded in stampeding the horses 
and mules of the party, a portion of which were 
subsequently recaptured. 
The great Industrial Exposition at Cincinnati 
Closed oi; the 29th Ult. Without doubt, says an 
exchange. It has been the most magnificent and 
successful exhibition of tho arts and industries 
which has ever taken place in the United States, 
A fluid lamp burned saw mills and lumber to 
the amount of $150,000, at Minneapolis, Min., 
Oct. 20. No insurance. 
A singular accident occurred at Baxter, Kan¬ 
sas, recently. Mr. Samuels, and his clerk, Max 
Horn, were unpacking goods, when their mo¬ 
tions shook down a doublc-barioled shot-gun, 
which was discharged in the l'nll, killing them 
both instantly, 
A lady, In Madison, Ind- threw a panful of 
hot ashes over the fence, without noticing who 
was on the ot her side. Tho ashes went into the 
face, mout h and eyes of another lady, destroy¬ 
ing the sight or one eye, and the recovery of 
the other is doubtful. 
FOREIGN NEWS. 
The Frauro-Pmssinn War. 
Thk capitulation of Metz has been confirmed, 
giving the Germans command of the key of 
French territory. The Prussians took 173,000 
prisoners, including three marshals and 6,000 
officers, 3,000 gnus, and It is reported 40,006,000 
francs. There was evidence of a short supply of 
provisions, the victorious army leading the van¬ 
quished from their own rations. Tho French 
Government and people charge Marshal Bnzalne 
with treason, deeming a surrender unnecessary, 
though competent mill tary critics do not Indorse 
this view. 
On the 28th October the French at Tours bul¬ 
letined an important victory between Mount 
Beleura and Besanoon, in which the Prussians 
left 1,200 killed on the field, and carried away 
fifty-three wagons filled with wounded -nut. 
confirmed by subsequent dispatches. On tho 
30th the Prussians occupied Dijon, which they 
bad attacked the day before with 12,000 troops, 
well supplied with artillery, by whom the town 
was bombarded all day, arid not being fortified 
Hie French were compelled to retreat. 
On the 28th tho French drove buck the Prus¬ 
sians from an outpost at SL Denis, on the north¬ 
ern boundary of Paris, hut ou the following day 
they were driven back behind their fortifica¬ 
tions, with tho loss of thirty officers and 1,200 
men taken prisoners. French prisoners reporta 
short, supply of sonic kinds of provisions in 
Paris, and women and children approach the 
Prussian lines in great numbers, aud though 
warned not to come nearer, seem rat her to court 
instant death than starvation in tho city, It is 
reported that a portion of tho Prussian troops 
leaving Metz are to besiege Longwy, near tho 
Belgian border. The siege of JM'alsliurg is lan¬ 
guidly continued, the Prussians hoping to starve 
out t he garrison. A large force from Metz is 
moving toward Parts, taking Verdun in the 
route. It has been officially announced that a 
French fleet of twelve stu'jxk each having eight 
hundred troops for landing, has sailed, intend¬ 
ing a descent on the const of the North Sea, 
where preparations for defense were being ac¬ 
tively perfected. From Tours it is telegraphed 
Nov. 1st" Russian emissaries are proposing to 
buy the French Hoot. They are offering certain 
political inducements In addition to a largo 
price. At present they meet, with no success.” 
A large party of Americans, for whom passes 
were, obtained of both the French and Prussian 
authorities by Minister Woshburne, arrived in 
London November 1st-aud others were to fol¬ 
low before the bombardment was eomineneod, 
for which tho Prussians report 250 slcgo guns lu 
readiness, and to witness which Invitations have 
been scut to the rulers Of Hie various South Ger¬ 
man Slates. 
Tho Tribune correspondent at Metz reports 
that lie is informed from a trustworthy source, 
that the Prussians have found in the magazines, 
arsenals, and forts, stores of nil kinds, including 
provisions sufficient, lot tho maintenance of the 
garrison until March. Tho Land well r doing 
duty with the array at. Metz will be disbanded 
and sent home. 
A correspondent of the same paper at Paris 
writes:—“We arc much more quiot. Wo can¬ 
not make out whether the Prussians mean to 
bombard or not. The National Guards are not 
at the last sortie we hud 50(000 
ml details from the Cuban const nnd 
- Is show the loss of life to liavo 
at first reported, but the destrnc- 
rty was very large, especially thr 
> <P 3 , trees and buildings. 
.’regulating the work of Custom. 
Is has bt-eu published. It is verj 
decree, all foreign-built vessels ot 
allowed to register in Cuba and. 
uid duties on all materials for build- 
ring vessels in those islands are to 
T • fi t! teringschooners from the United 
1 been capturod near Nuevitas by tho 
I' uii-i . ohorities. They were laden with arms 
T < tiiiii-, for the insurgents. Four of the 
en-'v arc prisoners. 
Pii i' Mi - ico the news is decidedly more pa¬ 
ir n . nation is much more tranquil than 
ronnerU ned the Federal authorities are gen¬ 
erally cognized and obeyed. Highway robbe¬ 
ries - frequent, the Government, having 
exert, authority to suppress lawlessness. 
Tbfi Indians in Sonora, Chiapn, and Yucatan 
t une , iieir depredations on a small scale. 
* ero has presented to Congress the 
Tin if a! r i isury report. It fan full and explicit 
* mm i The proposed new tariff allowsmas- 
’ to their manifests without examination 
m 1 iisuis. Guatemala proposes nvbilra- 
i ie her differences with Mexico. Tito 
road bill lias passed tbe Congress. 
»ingo dates are to the 101 It. Hie dis- 
1 t against Baez was general, aud a ris¬ 
ing - . have taken place long ago, lint for the 
f an Am uut-of-war. The loan 
mom & Co. of London, has proved a 
Hoyt] wag at peace. President Sngct con- 
' incite insurrection in Ban Domingo 
against Baez. 
The West India and Panama cable, which 
n..i- ii tit uc< cssful- 
md r I lie 
present, until the cessation of tho terrible gales 
which have been so prevalent, of late. A tempo¬ 
rary arrangement, however, lias been made for 
forwarding messages, sending them by lho land 
lines to Funtn Komi, and thence by small vessels 
to Key West, whence they arc forwarded to Ha¬ 
vana. The time from Punta Itosu to Key West, 
is one to two days, according to the wind. 
Gen. Itiimon Santo Domingo Vila litts entered 
on his duties ns President of tho Stale of Bolivar, 
having beaten Gen. Mosquern by a very largo 
majority. The President has appointed Dr. An¬ 
tonin del Real to be Ills Secretary. Gen. Trujil¬ 
lo, Secretary of the Treasury, has received the 
appointment of Mluistorof Colombia lu Ecuador. 
Tho 111111 ( 111(1 between Barnitiqullln and Savauil- 
la, arid new cart roads in the States of Antinquin 
and Santander m e being constructed. Every¬ 
thing is quiet in nil the Slates of Colombia, and 
no revolutionary clouds dim the horizon. 
FROM THE SOUTH 
FROM NEW ENGLAND, 
Twenty-seven babies were entered at the late 
Memphis Fair, and Hie prize for the best looking 
one was awarded to liille Mary Ainslic, daugh¬ 
ter of Mrs. R. W. Alnsllo, The judges wore all 
old bachelors. 
Tho tobacco crop of North Carolina Is univer¬ 
sally pronounced the best, both in quantity and 
quality, that our planters have been favored 
with for years. 
The State authorities of Tennessee will sell at 
auction the Stale interest in twelve different 
railroads for default of interest. 
Ex-Mayor Gaboon of Richmond, Vu., has been 
convicted of uttering a forgery, and his punish¬ 
ment assessed at four years m the State Prison. 
The prisoner, with others, Dad by a forged note 
defrauded the State out of $7,Out), the value of 
an escheated estate. His counsel w ill aslc lor a 
new trial. Cuhoon was appointed Mayor by 
Gou. Schofield three years ago, and was a candi¬ 
date lur the same office at the recent municipal 
election. There was much excitement, in the 
courtroom when the verdict was announced. 
The Palestine Advocate says“ Several droves 
of horses from Western Texas have passed 
through that plaoe during the last week, hunt¬ 
ing a market further East. A few head were 
sold hero at from $15 to $20 apiece." 
The Alton, Texas, Journal says:—Tho Reserve 
Indians have visited our frontier this year in 
larger bodies and more completely untied and 
Organized than over before. They show more 
boldness, also, and do not lies!late !o engage Hie 
regular troops whenever and wherever they 
meet them. 
The Governor of Georgia issued a proclama¬ 
tion adjourning the House Hive die on tbe 25th 
of October, and re-assembling Hie Semite on the 
35th of November for executive session. 
The Legislature of Virginia has passed a joint 
resolution authorizing tlies Governor to order 
the release of the Maryland oyster boats cap¬ 
tured for an alleged violation of the Virginia 
oyst er la a s. 
The pecan crop—very promising recently in 
Texas—will be cut short in some localities by 
dry weather. 
The Charlottesville (Va.) Intelligenc-er says 
that many hundreds of acres of the best land 
in that county have boon washed away by tho 
recent flood. 
Thu Indians stole all the stock recently from 
the station near Fort Davis, Texas. They were 
followed, aud all the animals recovered except 
one horse. 
Tlie contract between Austin and tbe Texas 
Central Company, for completing the railroad 
from Brcuham to Austin by January, 1872, is 
completed, and the work begun. 
A Florida paper at Eufaula says:—It is beau¬ 
tiful weather for gathering and housing cotton, 
but to the potato, turnip and other fall crops 
hereabouts, rain lias become a necessity. 
Tho steamer Batnson. 240 ions burden, which 
was recently purchased in Charleston by Cnpt. 
C. J, Campbell, to bo used as a tow-boat at Mo¬ 
bile, aud which hd't Hie l'm-mer port, some time 
since, was wrecked below Cupe Canaveral, aud 
three lives lost. 
The bridges of the Orange nnd Alexandria 
railroad will bo completed next. Moudaj-, and 
the connection between New York and New 
Orleans will then be unbroken. 
In the car wheel suit of Asa Whitney tw. A, 
L. Mowry, the United States Circuit Court at 
Cincinnati lias rendered judgment of $120,000 in 
favor of plaintiff. Mowry appeals to the Su¬ 
preme Court. 
CANADIAN NEWS, 
Mount ForrestI msdocided In favor of grant¬ 
ing twenty thousand dollars a» a bonus to the 
Toronto, Grey and Bruce Railway. 
Tho recent shock of earthquake was very 
severe iu tho vicinity of Montreal and Quebec 
and on the Jinc Of the Grand Trunk Railway 
Several largo pieces of rock wore shaken l i mn 
precipices near Lake Memphreitiagog. Tbe Que¬ 
becers were considerably frightened and several 
parties jumped out of windows, and one person 
was fatally injured by such foolishness. The 
Citadel was shaken to its foundation, The shock 
w«squite distinctly felt ou tho river between 
Montreal and Quebec, resembling the bumping 
of a vessel on a rock. Tho earthquake extended 
down tho Gulf, and was particularly severe, 
frequent and of long duration in tlie mountain¬ 
ous region ou the north shore. 
A warehouse in Newmarket, Ontario, occu¬ 
pied by Robert Simpson as a general store, was 
burned on t he 29th ult. The slock, which was 
worth $40,000, was totally destroyed. 
The Hon. Minister ot Agriculture and Statis¬ 
tics is increasing his staff for the purpose of 
taking the census. Commissioners in several 
districts have been appointed. 
Last week Kingston exported $34,000 worth of 
produce of all kinds to th0 United States. Tho 
Globe says when their American friends cast 
away the Chinese notions (the protective tariff,) 
it will be found that Kingston can supply them 
With larger quantities of the necessaries of life 
A Manitoba newsletter contains a strong at¬ 
tack ou Gov. Archibald forappointing members 
of the Provisional Government to ollice. The 
other officers refuse to sit with them. Gov. 
Archibald replies that his wish is to preserve 
peace, justice to all, and that when lie called for 
a police force not one of the factious protesting 
responded. The half-breed party also holdnloof 
from the Government since the violation of 
faith by the Canadians, and there me signs of 
serious trouble and ot another outbreak. 
Tho Receiver-General, at the end or Septem¬ 
ber, bold $1,787,973.18 on Post Office Savings Hank 
account; over$50,000 more tbau he bud at tho 
cud or August. 
Tlie shipment of gunpowder and other mili¬ 
tary stores from Montreal continues, and in a 
short time tlie chief city of tlie Dominion will 
have to rely for its defense upon the bravery ot 
its volunteers and tho military genius of the 
Minister of Militia. 
The Kincardine, (Out.) Review printing house 
and Crosier’s saddlery were totally consumed 
by fire on the 28th ult. 
Tlie County Council of Glengarry have voted 
$400 for the relief of tho Ottoiva sufferers. 
The Post-Office Savings Bunk received from 
depositors during the month of .September, 
$123,270, or which $18,057 were received at tlie 
Toronto office. 
The village of Orangeville, about thirty miles 
from Toronto, was visited by a destructive tiro 
recently. Eleven stores and their contents, two 
hotels and four valuable homes were burned. 
Loss, $80,000. 
Bays the Ingersoll ChronicleIt is with deep 
regret that we learn that potatoes in a large 
number of the townships in this part of tho 
county , are seriously affected with the rot- Thy 
disease is more particularly noticeable in low 
lauds. Many of the farmers in most parte of 
Dereham, the Norwiohes, the Oxfords, the "Co r» 
worth their salt; 
men; they could not stand against 8,000. At 
first they fought well, hut they soon fled. The 
town was thought impregnable, but it ia doubt¬ 
ful whether the men will fight." 
A correspondent at Garibaldi's headquarters 
writesThe first Prussian demand upon Dijon 
was for $100,000us security, and the maintenance 
of 80,000 men. A strong force Is now moving on 
Lyons; 1,500 cavalry passed to-day near Genlis, 
(ten miles southeast of Dijon,) where we were 
reeoriuoiterltigyesterday. Wo hold our position. 
There arc numbers Of Italians, especially Geno¬ 
ese, arriving." 
There is strong probability of an armistice be¬ 
tween Hie belligerents. It is reported that M. 
Thiers proposed an armistice oil the basis sug¬ 
gested by ilie British Ministry, and that the 
terms wore accepted by Count Bismarck, in 
which he offers to the French an armist ice of 
twenty-live days to allow general elections to be 
held throughout Franco; the armistice to be 
bused on tlie military ulattut in quo existing ou 
tlie day of signature. 
The conditions of tho proposed armistice, as 
published in Tours, arc as follows:—Its dura¬ 
tion will be of twenty-live days. The inhabi¬ 
tants of Paris will be allowed to take in food 
during this interval. The elections will bo held 
in all the departments. 
The occupation of Picardy nnd Brittany by 
the Prussians is reported, as also the bombard¬ 
ment of New Driesaeb by three batteries. Fort 
Mortice, near Alt Briesaoh lias also been as- 
soiled. Tho Prussians aro moving northward 
from Soissous. On the arrival of M. Gent the 
newly appointed Government Administrator at 
Marseilles, lie was met by a riotous mob, and 
wounded by a pistol shot. A proclamation 1ms 
been issued by the revolutionary leaders in .Mar¬ 
seilles, declaring a new Republic embracing six¬ 
teen departments in Southern France. 
FROM THE WEST 
At Flint, Mich,, on tho 27th ult., C. F. McQuigg 
w T as accidentally killed by the discharge of a 
gun in tlie hands of Mr. Bacon. The parties, 
with others, had been hunting. 
The people of Michigan vote at the coming 
election upon amendments to t he State Consti¬ 
tution for striking out the weird white, wherever 
it occurs in the organic law; in relation to tho 
amount of money that may bo borrowed by Su¬ 
pervisors for constructing or repairing public 
buildings, highways, or bridges, unless a larger 
sunt is authorized hy vote; fixing the salaries of 
the Governor, Circuit Court Judges, State Treas¬ 
urer, and oilier public officers; and also tlie 
“Railroad amendment," of which details have 
heretofore boon given. 
A horse thief, while attempting to steal a 
valuable stallion from a farmer residing a few 
miles from Lyons, Iowa, was kicked to death. 
He was recognized as an old offender, and had 
served twelves ears in prison, though only thirty 
years of age. 
Tho corn crop on Hie Government farm at 
fort Leavenworth, Kansas, is the finest that litis 
been raised on the reserve for many years. It is 
thought that Hie yield will aggregate 40,000 
bushels. 
The valuation of tlie State of Iowa is $302,- 
000,000, and tho Slate tax two mills on the dollar. 
It ia said that if the assessed valuation be one- 
fourth the real valuation, Iowa contains prop- 
perty to the amount of $1,308,000,000. 
Jr is expected that cars will be running be¬ 
tween Aurora and Rochelle, uli the Chicago & 
Iowa railroad, by the 15th of this mouth. Tho 
branch from Rochelle to Rockford is expected 
to ho completed next season. 
A railroad hoarding houso at Bismarck, Mo., 
on the Iron Mountain Railroad, was burnft 
recently. The keeper of the house, name un¬ 
known, was burned to death, and two other men 
were badly injured. Tlie house was full of 
sleeping railroad laborers and mechanics, and 
their escape was effected with much difficulty. 
The Illinois Slate Teachers’ Association will 
hold its next session at Decatur, December 27th 
to 20 th. 
The starch factory of Geo. Fox, at Lockland, 
ten miles north of Cincinnati, was totally des¬ 
troyed by fire Nov. 1st. Lose about $60,000; in¬ 
sured for $40,000. From 60 to 80 operatives are 
thrown out of employment. 
Dispatches from Lima. Ohio, state that a man 
named By ti tiger, living about nine miles from 
that place, murdered his wife last Monday in a 
most shocking manner, threatening at tho same 
time to kill his children if they divulged the 
crime. Following his directions, the children 
put the body of their mother under the house, 
and remained in fear until lust. Saturday, when 
they communicated the facts to Hu* authorities. 
Four men were lately crushed to death at tlie 
raising of a barn in Benton Co., Ilk! by the fall¬ 
ing of a heavy timber, from which they loosed 
their hold in horror, at seeing a lad chop off his 
playmate’s hand with an ax. 
NEW YORK STATE, 
The Central and Hudson River Railroad do- 
pot, in Albany will cost $3,000,000. Three thou¬ 
sand men are engaged in its construction. The 
building is constructed of iron, stone uml brick, 
and will tie fireproof from the basement, to the 
top. Its dimensions will be 340 feet in front and 
700 feet long. The roof will lie of solid iron. 
Mayor Kalbfleisehot Brooklyn, has vetoed tho 
now reservoir bills, calling for an expenditure 
Of $1,400,000. 
Tlie Rochester Chronicle says:—" It is told us, 
on good authority, that Christopher Bush, who 
lives a mile and a-italf from Parma Center, has 
not tasted food in thirty-seven days! Mr. Bush 
is eighty-four years of age, and is subject to fits 
of derangement. Thirty-seven days ago he re¬ 
fused to cat, aud all efforts to persuade him to 
take any kind of food are unavailing." 
Thomas Fazakoriey's bakery and dwelling 
house at Albany were burned on the 25th ult. 
Loss, $15,000. Henry Teator, foreman of the 
bakery, was seriously injured by falling from 
the roof. 
By the caving in of a sandbank at Harpers- 
ville, Delaware Co., a few days since, two chil- 
