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Show GENERAL. bulctcle. Chicago, 31. Charles Fibet shot at his divorced wife this morning, but missed her. He then turned the pistol pis-tol on his own head and was more suc-cessful,.-k:hing himse.f instantly. Relief for tho Destitute. Pittston, Pa., 31. The committee appointed to raise aid for the families of the miners killed by the burniug of the mine, have issued an appeal to the charity of the people. The miners are impoverished by the late long strike, and many families are actually suffering suffer-ing for the want of food. Contributions Contribu-tions may be sent to Theo. Strong, president of the first national bank, Pituton. -AXore Scrip Cases. Washington, 31. Several cases similar sim-ilar to that of the claim of the government govern-ment for the tax on scrip dividends of the New York Central, are still pending pend-ing in the Internal Revenue department, depart-ment, aud th; decision of yesterday will be considered as a precedent in the settlement of them all. The public debt statement shows a decrease during the present month of three millions. Pensions aro paid quarterly, instead of semi annually as formerly, and the payments on this account during May have been about six millions. K.Y. Central Officials Surprised New York, 31. The leading offi cials otthejN. I. Central road received the decision of Commissioner Pleasan- . ton, confirming the assessment of five per cent tax on interest certificates issued by that road, with considerable surprise, sur-prise, as they thought the evidence presented to the government entitled them to a decision nullifying the assessment. assess-ment. Vanderbilt, . in - conversation with a reporter, yesterday, declared his intention to appeal from the decision ! of . the Commissioner to the United States Courts, and felt confident that the appeal would be successful. He says the certificates taxed merely represented rep-resented the improved value of the property and that the money spent on this improvement had been accumulating accumulat-ing since 1853; the government thus claiming a per centage on the accumulations accumula-tions of years previous to the passage of the internal revenue laws. ' ' Killing. Chicago, 31. Yesterday afternoon, Martin Beuada, a Bohemian, in a fit of jealousy shot his affianced through the head and then shot himself dead; the woman is alive, but cannot recover. President Grant on Pleasure bent. '' Washington, 31. A Cabinet meet- ' ing was held to-day to close up the business previous to the President's departure, to-morrow,for Long Branch. ' Jar Cooke's Proposition Declined, Philadelphia, 31. The Secretary of ! the Treasury has finally notified Jay Cooke & Co. that the proposition to take the balance of the two hundred million loan is declined, for the reason that the Secretary doubts his power to accept 6ome of the conditions proposed. pro-posed. , Still tivo Capitals. Hartford, Conu. In the Senate today to-day the constitutional amendment, providing pro-viding for only one State Capital, was lost, 13 to 8, lacking one vote of the necessary two-thirls required to submit it t the people.- Sent to State Prison. New York, 31. Joseph Murray has been convicted of being implicated in the Central Park bankruptcy and sentenced sen-tenced to- twenty years in the State prison. : Fixe Dollars Damages. Indianapollis, 31. The jury in the case of Milligan rersu-sGen. Hovey, for false imprisonment during the war has rendered a verdict in favor of the plaintiff; plain-tiff; assessing damages at five dollars. The case will be appealed to the Supreme Su-preme Court, unless it should be decided decid-ed that the vordict does not carry the 0 sts with it. The case was commenced com-menced in the State Court, in which the verdict always carries the cost. It was appealed by the defendant to the U. S. courts, where the verdict must be for fifty dollars to carry costs. San Francisco News. San Francisco, 31. The stock market this afternoon broke down flat and the board only remained in session a few minutes. The cause of tbe sudden suspension of activity was not apparent, but there is literally nothing doing in the line. Extensive preparations are being made by the Irish residents far the reception re-ception of the Irish exiles, General Thos. F. Burke andThos. Darke Luby, now on their way here. The third infantry (Irish) will participate in the reception. Very extensive dissatisfaction exists among property holders with the assessment, as-sessment, benefit and damages by the construction of Montgomery avenue from the corner of Washington and Montgomery streets to Black Point. It is probable that the whole work of the commissioners will be contested. At seven o'clock thi3 morning a row of frame buildings occupied as dwellings, dwell-ings, on the point beyond Washerwomen's Washer-women's Bay, near Wilson & Stevens' pork-packing establishment, in the 1 western addition, was discovered to be i in flames. Before the fire department , I could reach the ground the property I was completely destroyed. |