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A HUMAN MONSTER. The Aliened Murderer of Twenty A'lxii /.in Servant Olrls>. HUGO SCHENCK'S FORTHCOMING EXECUTION Bg M ou>. a I urrd lo I h. I, L. .ih. l> out i i . Hugo Sohenob, referred to in oar cable despatches the other day, if accused of having murdered 30 servant girls. He is at present confined in a strong cell at the prison iu Vienna, awaiting execution. Eight of tbe twenty murders have been triced to him already. His brother Carl and Soblosaarek, tbe lock- unitb, in whose house Sohenok resided. are also in jail and are charged with being aooessoriee to the murders. Bchenck is rather good looking and barely 30 years of age. tie is tall, well mannered and speaks fluently several languages. In fact he is the sort of man to win tbe hearts of young Mrvant girls, inexperienced eamatresses, shop girla and such like, and it ways among this class of womanhood that this liend in human shape sought his vic- tims. Bis mode of operation was as fol- lows: After making the acquaintance of a girl he used first of all to ascertain what the amount of her savings was. If the latter was sufficient he began to make love to her. After having by a promise of marriage won tbe heart and confidence of his victim he generally coaxed her into intrtuting him with her money. Then he proposed a day's trip into tbe country, al ways contriving to ar- range matters so as to meet his "betrothed " at some lonely plaoe where he was pretty sure not to be seen with her, and where he killed her and concealed the body. This yitem Bobenok practised with such fiendish craftiness tnat be remained unde- tected for more than five years. A trinket which he had given to the last of bis in- tended victims and whiob was recognized as having belonged to a girl named Theresa Ketterl, who bad unaccountably disap- peared about four months ago and whose body was ultimately found in the i)annbe, ed at length to Sobenok's arrest. At first Sohenok denied everything, but *eemg that the proofs of his guilt, at least in this case, were overwhelming, he made a clean breast of everything a few week* ago. The results of bis disclosures were appalling. Sobenok confessed to have mur- dered during the last turee years, in the manner described above, four girls in various cities of the Austrian Empire. He ays, as an excuse, that be narcotized his victims, thereby making their death absolutely painless). When he was taken to the) police offioe the relatives of the murdered girls were with difficulty restrained from assaulting him. They identified the clothes and jewellery in Sohenok's possession as belonging to their miaaing relatives, and recognized Bobenok a* tbe man who had allured them away under promise of mar- riage. Frau Sobenok, tbe wife of tbe mur- derer, and to whom he was married tour fears), is at present engaged as a governess i Bohemia. Bohenok U also the son of a Bileaian judge, and has) two children. WBOLBSALI HCtUiIBS rUMKBb. Before being delivered up to justice Bokewck also ooufawed to tbe police U a', be had planned five murders for tbe week end- ing with January 9th last, which were to provide him with 30,000 florins. With this sum hs intended to escape to America with Emily Bochsmanc, his) sweetheart. Two of hie intended victims are daughters of respectable families. One ii a servant to tbe Uoronesn Malfatti, whose chambermaid be had induced to steal pearls worth 20,000 florins, which the Imperial family had pre- sented to Dr. Malfatti for attending Napoleon's son, tbe Duke of Iteichatadt, during his last illness. This maid, who bad lived in the family for twelve years, was so trusted that the pearls were not missed until Bohenok's arrest gave tbe clue to the rob- bery. She had prepared everything for Kobenok and his accomplice's reception in the house on tbe very night be was ar- rested. Hcheuok said to her be would give all tbe inmates, herself included, a dose of merpbia ; but be baa confessed that bis real intention was to murder them all. If he had not been arrested on the 10th of January this crime) would have been added to the others. Tbe Baroness Mal- fatti bad about 10,000 florins' worth of plate and jewels, besides much cash, in tbe bonne, a solitary villa, in an outlying suburb. She is a moat generous old lady, who founded and keepe up an asylum for old women. Her pearls were pawned in Linz. The maid's deposition confirmed Sohenok's confession. OF Ttlr BBOTHKB. Bchenck acted by minutely prepared plans, and several times be plotted against one girl even before be had disposed of another who seemed ready to give up all to him. His brother has confessed to hav- ing helped him to dispose of the body of tbe oook Ketterl, whom they threw into the Danube. A man answering Uohenok's description was teen from a railway train near Lundenburg, on the Northern Rail way, wrestling with a woman whom bs Mined to stab. This affair was- not cleared up. beoana* tbe polio* sent from the sta- tion where tbe train stopped oonld find no trace of murderer or victim. Sohenok oon- feeees to having murdered a woman near Lnndenbnrg, but refuses to give details. The principal witness) against Sohenok will be Emily Hoobsmann, whom be first en- ticed, like his otber victims, but finding her poor, yet attractive, spared her life and even spent upon her much of the money obtained by his ternble crimes. She offered hernelf as a witness when she heard who her lover really was). His acquaintances were all made by means of advertisements in ths local papers. Sobenck made the women believe that he was a Nihilist agent, a Polish Count with untold gold, that he had uncles in America and noble relations who would not bear of a marriage with a servant. Clandestine marriage was always the excuse for leaving Vienna, and once en route, with the girl's money safe in her bag, be got oat at some romantic spot, where be met his accomplices, and after murdering hi* victim returned by next train. TUP ran cm. Tbe first ease in which Bcbenok is sus peoted dates back to August, 1878, and the last is supposed to have occurred in De- last At that tune two girls informed the police that their lister and aunt, both having savings exceeding 1,000 tlonus. bad left Vienna with one Bcbenok, an engineer who promised to marry the sutler, Josephine Tiuial, but that neither of the women bad been beard of sines their departure in May. It was found that their books had been presented at the ravings bank by an official of the Western Railway. named Schenok, who was known to have sailed himself the servant ol Hugo Sohenok, who was really his brother. Ths latter was traced to Lmz, but had left hi* lodgings which were searched and in whiob mnoh property belonging to the woman was found. On the nignt of January 10th he was traced to Vienna to tbs house of a friend and arrested in bed. He shewed excessive terror and had* to be helped down stairs. His brother was also arrested. Only in March last he was released from ml after two years' imprisonment, for swindling a servant of her savings. i COLD-BLOei>ED CIIMB. One ot bis victims was Theresa Ketterl, 37 year* of age, from Munich, who was em- ployed aa cook in the household ot an >moial of the Ministry of Finance. Hs be- came acquainted with her in July last. In the latter days of August he invited her to an excursion to Bt Poelleu. a suburb of Vienna. There they rambled tbe whole day through the solitary woods. She became very tender to Schenok and kissed him re- peatedly. At last she said to him, " Oh, 'or the love of God, dear Hugo, be true to me I If yon will ever desert me I shall commit suicide." Sohenok laughed. "Yon shall not. Yon do not even know bow." I will shoot myself " You do not know low to handle a revolver. Look ; that i* low it must be done." Sohenok pulled a pistol out of bis pocket, pointed tbe muzzle at bis bead and pulled the trigger. The girl cried in terror. " Don't fear, little goose," tobenok said laughingly, " its not loaded. Now yon try. Hark," he cried, interrupt- ing himself: "is there not somebody coming ? " He rose to his feet and went Mhind a bosh c'oeeby, seemingly watching. There be loaded his pistol, and bringing it back to ths girl said, in a light, jesting ;one, " There was nobody there after all. Now, my dear girl, try your suicide ! " He gave her tbe pistol. She took it laughing and raised the cock. " Now, attention ! ' cried Bchenck. " One, two, three. Fire I " Tbereea pulled tbe trigger, a shot resounded through tbe stillness of the forest and the girl dropped dead, a streak of blood running Sown her temple. It was at thus time that be had left Emily Hoohsmann foe one day, promising to meet her at night in a certain lubhc garden. She waited for him with ler relations, and when he came bit merri- ment kept them all in good burner. He Housed his insatiable hunger by ths hard work which had kept him busy all day, and then, surrounded by dczens of people, [ave Emily Hoobsmann a watch, bracelets ind rings whieh he had taken from tbe murdered Ketterl three hours previously. <ext day be started on a Bwia* tour with lis sweetheart, and only left her when money fell short. BIS LIST VICTIM. The most pitiable ot bis victims was bin ast, Rose Farsnczy. Tbe natural daughter it a Hungarian nobleman, she was full of 'anoiful ideas, and when, at the age of 30, this handsome man offered her his land and heart, she believed fate bad urced at last, and leaving service followed lim lie took some of her money, 1, BOO loniiH iu all, (%ud lodged her in a remote nburb, visiting her sometimes. The) andlady states that Rose Ferenczy ens- leoted him when absent, but whenever he ibowed himself she always believed him. At Christmas he took her to tbe theatres and tbe opera, promising to visit her sister n her company soon. She prepared for departure, and said, crying, to the laud ady : " You'll either see me happy and married, or never again." Tbe land- ady recognized Bohenck and Bofalos- rek as the two men with whom iose drove to the station. Next day her x>dy was fontd in the Danube, near Pres- xmrg. Tbe sums which Bobenok obtained >v bis mnrden, and which be must have divided with his brother and bis aooom- ihce Boblossarek, do not amount to 6.UOO lorins. But he never worked and lived comfortably, often travelling, for three rears at least, as also did bis accomplices. 3s must, therefore, have obtained money >y other means, or many other murders, to which no clue is as yet obtained, were bis work. Tbe Pesth police have asked for bis photograph, several girls having been abducted from that city of late years in a similar manner to that practised by tehenok. Sohlossarek, the locksmith, leems a more determined character than Jobenok, but bis wife, who is ignorant of lis crimes, was difficult to deal with. In isr despair she seemed ready to kill beV >abe for being a murderer's child. It is declared that a band ot at leant sixteen persons all lived ia one bouse in the remote suburb of Rudolphsheim, near Vienna, and lanned these murders, and that Bohenck ras the member entrusted with the work of enticing the girls away and murdering them witb Bohlosaarek'a aid. A n i i IIKK-* Dkr . u.h. . II. r l>,.. M hi, , . -Uull wtik B . A last (Sunday) night's Dayton, O., dee- atob *ays : On January lltb, 1867, Chris- tina Kett, a pretty girl, aged IB, was murdered here in her boms. No clue was ver discovered to her murderers) until iterday . when her brother told the death- >ed confession of his own mother, made bree weeks ago. The murdered girl re- urned home an hour late from a visit to a ady friend. The mother, in a fit of pas- ion, (track her with an axe handle, crush - ng her skulL Appalled at her crime, she meared the dsad girl's face witb pun- towder, and deported herself in mob. a aanner as entirely to elude detection. dental torture drove her from tbe scene of he crime. She roamed through western itiee, and finally returned here several ears ago. She was 64 year* old at tbe ime of her death. All of the family are dead but the son who relate* her dying onfeMion. Tbe Indian* at Poplar River Ageinev, Minneeots , are m desperate straits. Sick new 1* prevalent among them, and they lave neither food nor medicine. If yon would know ons of the minor secrete of happiness it it tbit , cultivate heap pleasure*. SANDWICH! JAILER MURDERED And the Turnkey Brutally Beaten with a Bottle f Tw f Our ml Ihr Irl-nrr-rr. li lor )! s?al. A Detroit despatch, dftted last (Sunday 1 evening, says: Thin morning about H o'clock, the two prisoners confined in Baudwich jai! for the robbery ol (be Bar- row post-offioe, a short time ago, shot and killed Jailer Leech, and probably fatally wounded Turnkey Davis, and made their escape. They proceeded east from the jail until they reached the Catholic Church, between \Vmdnor and Sandwich, where they appropriated a horse and buggy belonging to a man who was attending early Mass. The \Viudnor police force and a number of citizens of Sandwich and Windsor are ioouring the country armed to the teeth. A I.ATKll MSI' ATC11. Kennedy, of tne Harrow burglars who took part in the jail delivery at Sandwich this morning, was captured on board the Walkerville ferry boat just about to oroas to Detroit. Be had procured a suit, sup- posed to be an old suit belonging to a rail road man or some of the men employed in the cattle sdeds at Messrs. Walker Sons. O'Callafthan, the man who shot Jailer Leech, is still at large, supposed to be in or around the outskirts' of \Viudsor or WalkerviUe. The country is being scoured by the whole Windsor Police Force and citizens of Sandwich, Windsor and Walker- ville. assisted by a large number of farmers. It is claimed by Kennedy that Jailer Leech shot O'Callaghan and that O'Callag- ban was shot by Jailer Leech, and wueu Kennedy and O'Callagban parted between Windsor and WalkerviUe that O'Callaghau was so weak from loss of blood that he oonld go no further, and that be crawled aboard fence into a yard and was pro- bably dead, but although a thorough search has been made, no trace has been found of hi in up to 6 p.m. The manner of the delivery was a* follow*, aa near as can be ascertained : The jailer and turnkey were standing at the corridor door while one of the prisoners was sweeping out the cells, and O'Callaghau rushed at the door and pushed it open so suddenly and with such lores as te knock the jailer and turnkey down, and then came out into the corridor and was shot by Jsiler Leech ; then be turned and fired two shots at the jailer, killing him instantly. He then got the keys and passed them into the other cor- ridor to Kennedy, who unlocked the door and came out into the corridor and knocked the turnkey down, and pounded him with k bottle which was sitting on the stove. The two then walked into the passageway leading to the strset, one carrying the revolver, the other the bottle. The matron gave the alarm and parties saw them going iway, but could not capture them. The deputy turnkey followed them up to Wind- sor, where be went to the police station to jet help. THIRD DESPATCH. There is vary little doubt but that the jail delivery to day was all planned in ad- vance, as a found hole was out in one of the window panes in a window of the out- side wall directly in front of O'Callagban's cell some time last night, and a revolver placed therein, which he took and secreted u soon as be was let out of the cell into the corridor this morning, It is sup- posed that some person must have climbed over the wall surrounding the jail yard during the night and out the hols with a diamond, placed the revolver there, and climbed out again. About dusk this evening a report was circulated that 3'Callaghan was in a plaoe called 1'slton's Bush, four miles east of Windsor, on the Canada Southern Railway, and that the place is surrounded to prevent his escape, that he wid be would not be taken alive. Chief Baines proceeded at once to iscsrtain if the report was true, and if so lie would go ont there with a pour of volunteers and Detroit officers to capture m. DETROIT. MioL., March 19. At the Sand- wich murder inquest Dr. Cosgraiu and his son, who held a post mortem examination on Jailer Leech, testified as to the wounds inflicted. The fatal one must have caused instantaneous deatli. Kennedy declined to make a statement. Tbe jury were ont some time, and returned the following ver- dict : " We find tbst the jailer. George J'Calligan Leech, osme to his death by Halls fired into his body from a revolver in the bands of William O'Callaghan while endeavoring to escape from jail on Sunday morning, March ICtb, and that said O'Cal- sgban did feloniously kill and murder the laid Oeorge O'Calligan Leech." Mr. McDonnell objected to the verdict as in- complete in ignoring Kennedy. The jury hereupon added : " We, the jury. also find that Matthew Kennedy was an accomplice to the killing and mur- dering of Oeorge O'C. Leech. Three jurors lid not agree to the latter clause, which eaves Kennedy as yet uuindiotsd. Further consideration of the verdict was therefore adjourned until the Spring Assizes, April 22ud, when all the jurors will have to ap- pear and upon announcing their findings .urn the mattergover to the Grand Jury. Kennedy, when^B heard the report on flonday that O'^Kgban was caught back ot WaJkerville, l^Beil and said he was not n the country to^p caught. A filrl Nbt with -n|,|.o.,.i Kmpit U, .ol,, r A last (Sunday) night's New York despatch says : Denis Reilly, aged 80, while visiting John Caasidy's family to-day in Brooklyn, drew a re- volver from his pocket and pointed it at Mary Cassidy, saying he would mesmer- ize her. She exhibited fear. He laughed, md turning, levelled the weapon at the head of Celia Benny, aged 17, also visiting at Camidy's, and pulled the trigger. A loud report followed, and Miss Renny, without uttering a word, fell forward upon the floor dead, the bullet having pierced her brain. Reilly mads no effort to escape, and was. ar- rested. He was overcome with horror at the occurrence, and said he thought the re- volver was empty. It was found all the chambers had been unloaded excepting the one from which the fatal shot wai tired TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY Newt* t rom Ail Over the World. fjsu Tbe prospects for the fall wheat crop in the vicinity of Belleville are very favorable. Two deserters from " B " battery, King, ston, are disporting themselves at Cape Vinoent. The boy thieves recently arrested at Kingston, being too young for imprison- ment, were punished by whipping yester- day. A proposition is on foot to have a special building erected in connection with the Free Library recently established at Brant- ford. Mrs. John Abrahams, of Kingston, stab- bed herself under the thumb nail with a fork. Eight days after she died of blood poisoning. The London Ttlegtapk-Herald has sus- pended for a week in order to inaks ar- rangements for its appearance under new management. Application was made yesterday for a warrant for the arrest of Geo. W. Craig, for embezzlement from the Montreal Loan A- Mortgage Company. II is reported that the contract for the new drill shed at Quebec has been awarded to Messrs. Ford <V Wbelan, tbe contractors for the new Court Houser. Mr. Carey, of Kingston, is at Ottawa, making application to the Oovernmeut for a portion of Artillery Park on which to erect a parsonage for St. Paul's Church. Members of the Brantford Ancient Order of Foreaters are making great preparations for a grand demonstration in connection with their Order to be held in that city on the 24th of May. Several hundred visitors are expected. A young man named Fortin, aged 15, bad his right hand fearfully mangled on Friday afternoon in a pieoe of machinery in the shoe factory of Messrs. Marsh .v Policy, Quebec. The upper joints of two lingers were amputated. On Sunday afternoon while some boys were playing on the ice below Mornstown a 10-year-old son of Carleton Prunner broke through, and the current being strong be wss drawn under the ice and drowned. Ilia body was not recovered until yester- day. At last night's meeting of the London City Council the request ef the Free Library Board for a site in Victoria Park for a building was negatived by a large majority. It was decided to buy a new hose waggon and extension ladder for the tire department as soon as possible. fr.uropi mi. A Dublin despatch says a railway train upon which Michael Davitt, tbe agitator. LS journeying yesterday was fired upon at Duugannon. A Berlin despatch states that Mr. Sar- gent has been allowed tbe option of re- maining at Berlin or becoming Minister at some other Court. An army officer of high grade has been detected cheating at cards st Brussels. Hie gsins have been very large. An investiga- tion baa been ordered. A subterranean spring flooded a silver mine near Sohwatza. a town of the Tyrol near Innspruek. Several miners were drowned. The damage to the works will be very serious. The police of Nsweastle-on-Xyne have received information of a plot to explode tbe principal buildings in tbe city, includ- ing the central railroad station and the post-office. A box of powder with a fuse attached bas been discovered in the post- office at Birmingham. Col. Jenkinson, of the Irish police force , is organizing English detectives into a force to cope with dyna- miters. Berlin papers urge tbe formation of a European league against dynamiters. Tbe National Gaietf says : "The powers are preparing to combat the Anarchist plague with all their means aud energies. Tbe question of political asylum is to be put to a trial, and no Anarchist will be allowed to claim political immunity if he has attacked life or property." At a meeting in Newoastle-on-Tyne yes terday Mr. Wm. O'Brien, M. P., said the oauHe of Ireland was never more hopeful. He declared the Government was on the eve of a downfall. Mr. Charles Dawson, Liberal, speaking at a meeting in Glasgow, said tbe agitation conducted by Mr. Par- nell in Parliament and by Michael Davitt ouuide had resulted in thegiftof forty-five million pounds to Ireland. Tbe conspirators arrested at Madrid on Monday bad formed a plot to seize the palace when tbe Ministers were assembled and the King was presiding. Heveral of tbe men arrested on Saturday and Sunday on suspicion of being engaged in a conspiracy agaioHt the Government have been set at liberty, there being no evidence against them. The total number of persons arrexted is twenty-two. Tbe newspapera Proyrrtto and Porvtnir have been seized, and will be prosecuted for attacking public institutions. A met ting was held in the Town Ilall at Manchester yesterday to protest against the restriction placed upon the importation of foreign cattle. Jacob Bright and John Slagg, members of Parliament, spoke in turtheranco of tbe object of tbe meeting. A resolution was adopted condemning the Douse of Lords for meddling with t he Con- lagiona Disease (Animals) Bill. Tbe United States consul declared that American cattle mil food-producing animals were tbe best led and watered and tbe healthiest in tbe world. A similar meeting was held at Sal- ford. Rumors are current in tbe lobbies of tbe Imperial House of Commons that the resig- nation of Mr. Gladstone and other mem- bers of tbe Government have been under consideration at three Cabinet Councils. The majority of the Cabinet are in favor ot a prolonged occupation of Egypt, to which Mr. Gladstone is opposed. Mr. Gladstone is snffering from laryngal catarrh, and re- quires rest and care. There art un- doubtedly differences in the Ministry as) regards the length to which Great Britain ahonld go into the Soudan war, bat not enough to cause a split. The Ministerial- ists are confident that whatever happens Mr. Gladstone will insist upon a final decision by Parliament on the county franchise question. Large numbers of hones are dying at Portland, Oregon, from blind utaKgert. Lena Couch, of Hancock. N. V . suicided with laudanum because abe was tired of living and was suffering from a bad tooth- ache. Tbe Governor of Mew York has approved the Roosevelt Bill, yivug >he Mayor ol New York the power of aipoiuiment with- out confirmation by the Buard of Alder- men. Tbe Arctic steamer Alert will sail from England for New York on the 22ud iust. She will be eighteen days making the passage. She has been entirely n li ted by the British Government, and will only need to be provisioned after her arrival. A man named McKiuuey, of Newoomb Tenn., came home drunk yesterday and be- gan abusing bis child. His wife interfered, when be turned on her. threw her down, and began choking her, when nhe shot him dead with a pintol she bkd coLoealsd in her clothing. McKiuuey had threatened to kill his wife. MM r.ij, . . i ... The bronze statue of B . Peter is a very fine one, and I saw men, women and chil- dren walk up to it and kins ih projecting great toe, says a letter from Rome. Some came reverently with prayers and clasped hands, others in a business-like way, and) one tall, gray-haired man paused with a prayer at each step from the outer door to tbe statue, then bowing a moment with the deepest humility, he drew out a clean handkerchief, wiped the toe and reverently pressed his lips upon it, prayed a moment, kiesed it again and departed. A little girl who could not reach it with her lips kissed tbe end of her finger and touched it. We went up to it also, but I fear not very de- votionally, only to see it. Tbe toe U con- siderably worn away, although it has been once or twioe renewed, and it is highly polished by the repeated wiping it receive* before being kissed. One or two among us touched it with their fingers, but an soon as we were gone from it a prieit wet it with holy water and wiped off tbe heretic's) touch. I'.i. i , ! \ M. , million The 1,300 employees of a large shipyard and machine factory at Bremen were vac- cinated last summer by order of the police authorities, in consequence of an outbreak of small pci among some of the workmen. Since then nearly 300 of the persons thus inoculated have fallen sick with jaundice to a severe form, and the conclusion is drawn that the diseaiu) was imparted through the virus used in vaccination. Tbe circumstances of the oate have at- tracted medical attention to an unusual degree. It has been found that none of the persons taken into tbe employ cf the shipyard after last summer'* vaccination have fallen sick, while some of those who left tbe shipyard after being \aecinated and sought employment tlavwhero have been attacked by tbe dim-arc in the same manner as ths workmen who remained. It is evident, therefore, that the disease can- not be ascribed to anything in the local surrounding*. What Ihr Hire Arr I* u . . , "What are men going to wear this; year ?" "There is very little change in the fashions. Cutaway coats will be made with five buttons instead of four and the skirts will not be out away ae much as for- merly. They will be made to fit the form as closely as possible and a trifle lower in tbe neck than heretofore. Trousers are not quite so tight and when the season has] advanced a little more white waistcoat* will be fashionable. Frock coats are double-breasted, buttoned very high in the neek and much shorter than formerly. The favorite suit, however, will be English tweed, the whole suit of the sams material. Tbe vesta will be ont without any collar, and the saoque coat will fit very snugly. Over-gaiters of the same material aa the suit will be worn. I don't know that there are any other pronounced changes." New York Letter fa thr Chicago Inter-Ocetn. lie,. -II I II,,.. A preacher out went, Mr. II.. was a good man, but very rough in his ways, and very much given to chewing tobacco. One day he was riding horseback through the country when there cauie up a shower. Hiding up to a cabin, he hastily hitched bis horse and knocked at tbe door. A sharp-looking old lady answered the summons. The preacher united for sbelter. " I don't take in strangers. I don't know you," replied tbe old lady sus- piciously. " But you know what tbe Bible says," said tbe preacher. " Bo not forgetful to entertain strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares." " Yon needn't quote the Bible," said the old lady quickly ; " no angel would oome down from heaven with a quid of tobacco iu his month as you have." The door was shut, and t! i rraoher un- bitched kit horse n 1 rode ,viy in tbe rain. The Churchman. Nfrin > x . I i Ihr it in I i. i.i. The rapidity with which intelligence is conveyed from the seat of war in the Soudan is explained by tbe New York It f raid. A cable bas for Home years been laid in the Had Bea from Aden to SBC/ and Alexandria, connecting by way of Malta with the European telegraphic system. On January 2Uth the British telegraph ship Chiltern picked up the main cable and pro- ceeded to lay a branch line to Buakim. Two days later the wires were in working order. Three weeks ago, by a similar process, tele- graphic communication was opened from Trinkitat, where a oorpit of couriers is sta- tioned to bring back news from the ad- vancing army. The telegraph line down the Nile to Khartoum, whiob is still in working order, transmits all tbe news from (Inn. Gordon and that quarter of tbe Soudan , Mrs. Orafton, Blanshard, died last week of a oanoer just a year after her husband died from the same ternble malady. Lady John Manner* bas been presented by tbe Master and members of tbe Ship- wrights' Company witb a marble bust of her husband. Two years ago Lord John Manner* was the Master of tbe Company. t a