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Show GENERAL. A Terrible Tragedy Democratic. Chicago, 17. At 1110, St. Morgan street, to-day, a man named Simmons phot bis wifo and put a bullet through his own head. Botli are dead. The parties par-ties have lived unhappily for a number of years, liecently they havo been living liv-ing apart, and the wife had taken steps for a divorce, which it is supposed was the caujo of the terrible tragedy. The Democratic State central committee commit-tee of Wisconsin has called a convention at Milwaukee for Juno 1'Hh, to elect delegates del-egates to Baltimore. The Sunday tiucatloa Moving. Boston, 17. The common council, by a voto of Si! to 2"2, has passed a resolution resolu-tion requesting the trustees of tho public library to open tho reuding room on Sundays. New York News. New York, 17. District nttorney Dench reports that tho grand jury of tho court of general sessions have found indictments in-dictments against Hall and Tweed-Tho Tweed-Tho striking carpenters now number 1 '200. Tho master masons havo agreed to adopt tho eight-hour system on the 1st of July, wages $4 a day. Thojourney-i Thojourney-i men cabinet-makers resolved this evening eve-ning to strike for eight hours next Mon-J.y. Mon-J.y. A Curd. Horrible Massacre. "Washington, 17. A. Devino, an asso-i asso-i Hated Dress reoorter of the senile, pub lishes a card characterizing senator Conkling's attack on tho associated pro,-s a slanderous, and saying that all the statements rofernngto himDovine, except that he sits in the reporters' gal-lerv, gal-lerv, are absolutely false. Tho war department has received do-tails do-tails of a horrible massacre, by Indians, Mexicans and negroes, of seventeen persons, per-sons, including two women and a child, who were accompanying a train loaded with U. S. coiiniissary stores, from San Antonio lo ml Stockton, Txas, and plundering the train. Tho details show it to have been one of tho most horrible in the annals of Jndian atrocities, the poor victims bavin been timd to the wagon- nr.d burned alive; and whn colonel Merrill, commanding tho li'th cavalry, arrived on tho scene, the blackened corpf-es were nil that was lefu A woman was carried away. (Jener&l Aug"..r eiprcj-.-cs lLo opinion that the Indians came from I--iico, and the be-'.i'f be-'.i'f ife eiistRii.ed by tho fact ibat the Mexicans ar.d deserters from ngro regiments regi-ments accompanied them, (.yen deserters desert-ers unirersaily escaping to Mexico. Acquitted and Re-arrestedJ Vtu'a. IT. The jury in tie cafe of .Tospphie McCarty. :Vt tho murdf-r of Her.rv II. lla'.l. on a .-treel car, ret irned :i vn:,j;a of not guilty. Tne prisocer am re-arresiod oa a beach warrantor; .:.: charge of a.-ault wiln intent to k:Ii M. H. 1 '.. pi'" . at whom Le tred when Hfi.l war kiiied. Monetary and Stocks- "- York. 17. GoM lower: sterlir-g .-'.OiS.- '.TTrZJ.17. hZ,-l clOH-J dui; S.Z & -.-rfc-; PftLil lls.il acs:a adar.'-l. W. T. T.T':: K: -kfi.ver, x W. r., I Par.-, 17. J ; --c;e ir. the bak of ":&.-. e h.ts ir.oreusca foar m.,.iCL ' r il;vrroc:,i 17. Bvadt::"T- evisr |