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Show DOMESTIC BRIEFS. Fletcher Harper is very ill, His recovery is hardly hoped lor. Specie shipments Silurday $1,000,-000, $1,000,-000, of which $050,000 is gold coin. The assistant treasurer at New York has been directed to sell one million of gold May 31st. The number of employees in the New York custom bouee is 1,011, which is more than ever before. Vet Turner, jockey for Clay &Co., was shot and killed at the Louisville race course Friday, by Perry Clark. The shooting was accidental. The dwelling of Henry Tower at North Clarendon, Mass., was destroyed de-stroyed by fire ou Friday night, and two of his children burned to death. The jury in the case ol Dr. Warren C. Westlake, at Elizabeth, N. J., on trial tor manslaughter in killing Walter Wal-ter Lewis with chloroform while extracting ex-tracting a tooth, rendored a verdict of not guilty. The vote o New Orleans on Friday for or against a tax ot five mills on a dullar to injure the completion ot the New Orleans Pacific railroad to Marshall, Mar-shall, Texas, resulted in a majority of over 0,000 against the tax. A largo deficiency has been discovered discov-ered in the department of civil en giueeriugof the Pennsylvania railway, ot which E. Howell is the head. Howell How-ell invested in private business which proved disastrous. Jack Wilson, colored, was hung at Davis, Stewart county, on Friday for the murder of Wiley McChsh near that place lust August. He confessed tho crime aud implicated Bill Mock-bee, Mock-bee, who was lynched three weeks ago. A well known Uuited States judge from California haviug been inveigled into a gambling house at 10S Etist 14th street, Naw Yerk, on Friday, lost $000 and on his complaint the police raided the place and arrested George Watson and James Lowerv. The detestives would not disclose tho 1 name of the judge. The Turkish proclamation of a holy war looks like yielding to the popular demand, which has been growing louder daily that the aultan join the army. J |