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Show MOKXiXC" TKI.EOKAMS CONDENSED J. W. Rust, president of the Bethel Female College at Hopkinsville, Ky. is dead.' . English capitalists are at the city of Mexico trying to obtain a concession for large smelting works near Maute-rey. Maute-rey. The building laborers' strike at Toronto, Tor-onto, Ont., is over for five years, an ugreement covering that period having been reached. Dan Wilcox, au experienced boatman, boat-man, jumped from the Newport and Cincinnati bridge, ninety foet, into the CUiio river and received fatal injuries. A five-dollar wager was the cause of the jump. . ..: . " Information by courier teio the effect that the Indian Commissioners' have nuoilt completed negotiations with the Batt and Fox Indian tribes, by their agreeing to accept 1(10 acres per capita and $1.25 per aero for the surplus. The olfic'nvl Mexican gazette, referring refer-ring to tho CVUfonua filibusterers, says the government l'ie United States has taken steps to thoroughly investigate investi-gate the matter and to guard'thc frontier. fron-tier. A transfer of ali the property of the Riverside ami Oswego Mills company, Providence, R I., has just been made by the trustees who were selected nt the creditors' meeting held here lasf fall. The creditors' matters have been settled up and a new company has been organized. The London Standard says that, while England at present has no need to grumble about the passage of tho American Silver bill, it fears, as the present American policy canuot bo permanent, per-manent, a reaction is likely to ensue, which may largely aggravate the mischief mis-chief caused by cheap silver. i Mrs. X. A. Vcdder Hartshorn, a passenger pas-senger on board the cast-bound Rio Grande Western train that left Salt Lake yesterday morning, suddenly expired ex-pired "in the sleeping car as the train came into the Prove depot. The deceased de-ceased lady came from San Francisco, and was going to Troy, N. Y w here her mother died last' week. She was accompanied by her daughter, Miss Ida Vcdder. "The persecution of the mother church in Italy is increasing. F'or twelve years now I have been confined within these walls, but it is only within the last few- years that the offenses against me have become intensified. While I live 1 must protest against anil expose the blasphemous way in which Italy is treating the holy sec," are woras attributed to the pope at his reception re-ception of Bishop Brandel of Helena, Mont. , A boat containing eight' young men capsized in Dorchester bay, and seven of tho number were drowned. The survivor, sur-vivor, Walter Quinlan, had sunk for tho last time, when the boat, in rising, came up under him, lifting him above the surface. He floated in an uncoil-sious uncoil-sious condition for some time, when the boat was seen from the shore by the employees of the gasworks at Cow Pasture point, who went out. brought him to the shore aud resueitated him. English syndicate rumors in the Chicago Chi-cago stoekvards district continue to be very numerous. It is now said that a umnberof small stockyard stockholders w ill make a legal light against the proposed pro-posed sale to an English syndicate. There is also a rumor that the purchasers purchas-ers of the Stickncy tract of land are longheaded capitalists who foresee the ultimate removal of the yards further from the heart of the city, and it is predicted pre-dicted that the movement of the heavy stockyard holders to unload the yards on British capita, is but a forerunner of a movement to establish these yards. There are four Wilsons iu the house, and once in a while the presence of so many persons with common family name occasions slight mistakes in the record of the proceedings. An instance of this kind occurred in the vote on the silver bill. Wilson of Missouri. (Dem.) was recorded as voting in favor of the passage of the bill, whereas he voted against its passage, while Yv ilson of Washington, (Rep.), was pu t d on n among those opposed to the bill, ab . though he voted m favor of it. fhe error was caused by the clerk reading thl name Of Wilson of Washington be-ore be-ore that of Wilson of Missouri, bus changing the order that they v.ted on the roll, |