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Show CONDENSED TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. AMERICAN. AT Sedalia, Mo., a man named Potter shot his wife on the evening of the 23rd, and then shot himself. Cause, domestic trouble. THE threatened war on rates to northwestern points between four of the greater roads in the town pool has been averted, as they on Sept. 22nd, at Chicago, signed, a passenger and freight agreement. WINFIELD dispatch, Kan., Sept. 23rd. The notorious negro desperado, Dick Glaze for whose arrest for numerous murders, Chief Busby had offered a large reward, filed his irons in jail and escaped, amid a shower of bullets. SPECIALS from various points in the Northwest, report more or less heavy frosts in Eastern Iowa, Northern and Central Illinois, and Northern Indiana. But in only a few places was it heavy enough to materially injure corn crops. AT Philadelphia, on Sept. 22nd, Henry ?? and Nicholas P. Barber, connected with the alms house, the former as engineer and the latter as Captain of the Laundry, were arrested on the charges of conspiracy and making fraudulent returns of election. AT Nashville, Tenn., on Sept. 23rd, a demented daughter of James Cleveland poisoned the whole family of six, by putting strychnine in their coffee. Mr. Cleveland died and one daughter is in a precarious condition. The poisoner has wandered off and it is supposed committed suicide. FOREIGN. MOST of the business part of Waterford, Canada, was burned Sept. 23rd. Loss, $70,000. THE exhibition building at Sydney, New South Wales, was totally destroyed by fire, with all its contents, on Sept. 22nd. SIX thousand miners in North Staffordshire, England, have given notice of a demand for an advance of 10 per cent in their wages. SEVERAL bundles of the Irish World recently received by express from America were seized by the customs authorities at Liverpool, but were released after some days. CONSTANTINOPLE dispatch, Sept. 23rd Count Courti, the Italian Ambassador, has invited the representatives of the Powers to a conference on Sunday to discuss the Greek question. THE recent speech of Governor Kief, at St. Petersburg, against the Jews, is taken for a signal by the peasants and minor officers in the provinces for the renewal of hostilities against the Israelites. BERLIN dispatch Sept. 23rd. The entire press congratulates Prince Bismarck on the twentieth anniversary of his entrance into the Prussian ministry. An opposition journal, while condemning Prince Bismarck's home policy, warmly refers to the service he has rendered the nation. MOSCOW dispatch, Sept. 22nd: Nothing is known here regarding the preparation for the coronation of the Czar. It is expected the customary period will elapse for preparations before the ceremony takes place, and also that the usual invitations will be issued when the date is decided. |