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The Socialistic society, the "Black Hand, ” numbers fifty thousand members, with Geneva as the centre for W’estcrn Europe; All the documents of the “Black Hand] Society are in the hands of tke Andalusian Government. An oflicial statement of the Catholic Gauchos in the charge of the Augustinian Fathers at Lawrence, Mass, shows the liabiIities to be $567,000, and the assets $560,000. M. De Lesseps will start from Paris for Tunis on the 12th inst. in connection with the formation of an inland African Sea. The British Board of Trade has exonerated the captain of the City of Brussels from blame in the sinking of his steamer. The French anarchist Didicr has been arrested at Brussels. A party of ranchmen surprised an Indian czmp in Mexico. captured twenty-five sqlaws, killed ten bucks, and scalped them. John Goodwin,ofChic )pee,Ma23,, has ab- sconded. He wasa contractor 0nd owes from seventyâ€"five toa. hundred thousand dollars. The Prince of Wales recently visited Prince Bismarck, remaining an hour with theeminent statesman. Subscriptions to the Bartholdi statue at; New York recently, mnountu1_to $2,500. President \Vhite of Co ncll University gave The district Attorney, in a communica- tion to the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, says the Star Route trial will probably last two mqnths longer. Rev. Howard Crosby, lecturing before the Master Plumbers’ Association, said the New York debt of over a. hundred millions is solely from the plundering of politicians. The Imperial Govemmentjb is suggested, will assume the expense of sending out ten thousand Irish agriculturists to the Canadian North-west during May and June The Grand Trunk Railway tor the period between the 12th August and 31 December, shows a. balance sufficient to pay the full in- terest upon the first and second preference stocks and three and a half per cent. upon the third preference. Mayor Beaudry was elected to the chief magistnwy of Montreal over Mr. Henry Bulmur by a majority of 21:2. J. McShane beat Ald. Kennedy by thirty-six in St. Ann’s Ward, and W. D. Strand outset Ald. Proctor with a majority of 112. UNITED STATES. 'l‘hos. \V. Palmer, of Detroit, has been elected to the United States Senate, receiv- ing seventy-five votes. The Winnipeg city debentures have been ofl'ered on the London Market at seven per cent. premium. Cardinal Simooni, in a. letter to the Archbishop of Quebec, severely condemns the interference in political elections of the clergy. Three more bodies stolen from St. Scho» £3“!!un Cemetery a few days ago, are being looked fox in the dissecting 100m at Montreal. Holders of tickets in the recent Masonic lottery resident; in London have been summoned. Manager Bruuton is among the number, to answer to a. charge of en- couraging lotteries. Michael and Henry Kinehan and Thomas Graig, were committed atKingston recently, ona charge of stabbing one McCullough at the Village of Verona, in the county of Afidington on election night. Magistrate Bartlett, of Windsor, has re- viewed the testimony taken at the Maher inquest,a.nd deems it strong evidence egainst the prisoners, This year some 50,000 10 s will be driven down the Mississippi by ldwall &, Sons. Just what 1’. McLuren is going to do about it in not known. Henry Joseph Lyall, who is said to be- longto Port Hope, was arrested recently at Hamilton for obtaining money on false pretences and forgery. Judge Ramsay of Montreal, gave the Grand Jury a. lecture upon the sanctity of the oath, remarking that he did not know why some people required an affirmation when there was one included in the oath. , A Customs seizure of jewellery at Fort Erie has been made amounting to $1,000 or Wells, a. bucket-shop keeper, has abscond- ed from Montreal thl) $5,000 of other people’s maney. Rumour says that the Montreal Bank has shut down on another large London house, and thud: a suspension is likely. The Molsons Bank, London, has caused a writ to be issued against the Globe Agricultural \Vorks Company for$100,000. The charge of embezzlement brought against Deputy Sheriff Gibson, of Went- warth, by the sheriff has fallen through. A Mrs. Nally and her daughter were killed near Canterbury station, N. B., by e sleigh which they occupied being struck by a train. The total amount subscribed in Hamilton for the relief of sufi‘erers by the German floods, has reached $1,287. A man named Garret Flyn was killed in Vale county, New Glasgow, by a fall of coal in the Pillar works. 611M103 Pigeon, a Montreal barber, has disappeared, and so has 9. Lowell woman named Gilman. Mrs. Pigeon and two children are left behind in Lowell. NEWS IN A NUTSHELL- The Montreal civxc revenue this year is $1,758,043; an increase of $25,000 over last Summary of Foreign, Domestic and War Itemsâ€"Concise, Pith}! and Pointed. It in now considered doubtful whether jabs Quebec House will prorogue before The Parliamentary crisis continues to ab- sorb attention in New Brunswick. FIVE MINUTES SELECT READING. The plague has appeared in Kurdistan. GENERAL DOM ESTIC. A bookseller of Claridan, 1a., horsewhip- ped Dr. Reinhold on the steps of the Post- ofilce, and then called on the Mayor and was fined 3‘25. The Louisville Comic; Jam lull suggests that instead of fining the booksel- ler the Maym should hm c bound him ove1. Few sites have so curiousu history as that of the old chapel-ofâ€"ease which formerly stood in Conduit street. As was incident- ally mentioned in a Chancery case recently, the land on which Conduit street was built formed in the time of Charles 11. a meadow called Conduit Mead. In the next reign, when people began to build in this part of London, there was some dilficulty in finding tenants for the houses because of the dis- tance of the surburb from the parish church of St. Martin-inâ€"theâ€"Fieldsâ€"an obstacle, by the way, which we never heard of the mod- ern house speculator having to encounter. Thus it cameabout that achapel-of-easc was erected in the reign of \Villiam and Mary. The structure was of wood, and had me viously done duty as a travelling “ mass- house.” So at least, says Pennant. It was built “by James II. for private moss, anl was conveyed on wheels, attendant on its royal master’s excursions or when he attend- ed his army. Among other places, it visit- ed Hounslcw Heath, where it continued some time after the Revolution.” In the course of a few years the building~if it may be so termedâ€"became ruinous, when Dr. Denison, the rector of St. Martin’s, obtained permission from King \Villiam to erect a chapel of brick in its place. The more sub- stantial edifice remained a. proprietary chapel until 1875, when, the site having been let on a. building lease, it was converted into a. tailor"s shop. The largest library is the Bibliotheque Na- tional in Paris, founded by Louis XIV. It contains 2,400,000 volumes, 400,000 pam- phlets, 175,000 manuscripts, 300,000 maps and charts, and 150,000 coins and medals. The collection of engravings exceeds 1,300,- 000, contained in some 20,000 volumes. The portraits number 100,000. The building which contains these treasures is situated on the Rue Richelieu. Its length is 540 feet, its breath I30 feet. The largest library in New York, in respect of separate. works, is the Astor. About 100,000 volumes are on its shelves. The largest desert is that of Sahara, a vast region of Northern Africa, extending from the Atlantic Ocean on the west to the Valley of the Nile on the cast. The length from east to west is about 3,000 miles, its average breadth about 900 miles, its are 2,- 000,000 square miles. The town of Timbuc- too, about nine miles from the Niger river, is surrounded by desert, but at a distance of a few days’ journey to the northeast and north are the oases of Mabrook and Amwan. Rain falls in torrents in the Sahara at inter- vals of five, ten and twenty years. In Suin- mer the heat during the day is excessiveflmt the nights are often cold. in Winter the temperature is often below ironing point. The largest inland sea. is the Caspian, ly- ing between Europe and Asia. Its greatest length is 700 miles, and its area; 180,000 square miles. Great Salt Lake. in Utah, which may be properly termed an inland see, is about 90 miles long. and has a vary- ing breadth of from 20 to 35 miles. Its sur. face is 4,200 feet above the level of the sea, whereas the surface of the Caspian is 871 ft. below the ocean level. The biggest trees in the world are the mammoth trees of Cali- fornia. One of a, grove in Tulure county,ac- cording to measurement made by members of the State Geological Survey, was shown to be 276 feet high, .l‘JG feet in circumfer- ence at base, and 76 feet at the point 12 feet above the ground. Some of the trees are 376 feet high, and 34 feet in diameter. Some of the largest that have been felled indicate an age of from 2,000 to 2,500 years. The largest empire in the world is that of Great Britain, comprising 8,567,658 square miles, more than a sixth part of the land of the globe, and embracing under its rule nearly a. sixth part of the population of the world. In territorial extent the United States ranks third, containing 3,580.242 square miles, including Alaska : in popula- tion it ranks fourth with its 50,000,000 of people. Russia ranks second.having 8,352,- 940 square miles. The longest; tunnel in the world is that of St. Gothard, on the line of railroad between Lueerne and Milan. The summit of the tunnel is 990 feet below the surface at Andermatt, and 6,600 feet beneath the peak of Kastlehorn of the St. Gothurd group. The tunnel is 526 1-2 feet wide, and 19 feet 10 inches from the floor to the crown of the arched roof. It is nine and one-third miles long, one and five-eighth miles longer than the Mont Uenis Tunnel. The most remarkable whirlpool is the maelstrom of the north-west coast of Nor- way, and southwest of Moskemusol, the most southerly of the Lofoden isles. It was once supposed to be unfathomable, but the depth has been sh wn not to exceed 20 fathoms. The whirlpool is navigable under ordinary cir- cumstances,butwhen the wind isnorth-west it often attains great fury, and becomes ex- tremely dangerous. Under strong gales the maelstrom has been shown by official statis- tics to run at the rate of 26 miles an hour. At the banquet given at Cairo to the British resident oflicmls, a colonel of the Egyptian army arose in his place and 03er- ed the toast. “The dehvemnce of Egypt from the’foreiguers.” He was removed amid excltement. Mr. Parnell complained in the House against the seeming intention of the Gov- ernment to relieve the distress in Ireland by the poorhouse and emigration. The jury in London in the case of the editor, proprietor and printer of the Free T/zinker.arraigned on a. charge of blastphem- ous libel, disagreed, and a. new trial has been ordered. The French Minister of Wax, replying to an interpellation, said the presence of the princes in the army was unconstitutional. Negotiations for the [purpose of inducing the Duke of Cumberland to renounce his claim to the throne of Hanover have been renewed. The Journal dc 06716276 stigmatizes the action of the police in expelling the Salve.- tion Army from Switzerland as nothing less than a. veritable coup d’etat. An Ambulant Chapel. Big Things on Earth. Carroll McCafli'cy and other; have sued James Elvex'son, proprietor of the Philadel- phia Saturday Night, whose publication office is situated on Ninth and Spruce $132., alleging that the noise and jarring of his machinery constituted a nuisance, and pray- ing the court to enjoin Its continuance. The Master in Equity finds the establishment is nnuiszmoe, and recommends a decree re- straining the defendant’s Operating his The Senate Chambms, Albany, N. Y. ., was 11111111 with a b1illiant audience to hear the arguments before the S nate Finance Com- mittee on the bid fo1 thc preservation of the natmal scenexy at Niagara Falls and laying out a pubhe pm]; them Ex- Assem- blyman R,obb Congressman Dorsheimer, Bishop Donne. of Albany, and ex Senatm Spmgue, of Buffalo, favored the bill, ad- vancing the same 111 ouments as were made before the Assembly Committee. Mr R01- and H11, owne1 of 11 paper mi!l at. Niagara. 1.111115, opposed the bill, claiming that it was unconstitutional. A band of masked and armed men, sup- poaed to be members of a. secret society, entered ufarm at Puerto Serrano, Andalusia, murdered the men. outraged a woman, and destroyed everything on the place. Several plantations in Andalusia, have been partially destroyed by similar bands. Some emis- saries of the secret society, who have been arrested, were found to be furnished with fresh orders from their chief, a schoolmas- ter, who has been arrested. The police at Dublin have borndowna placard extensively Posted throughout Gal- way and signed “lN'o. I.” The offensive placard simply denies that the erson charged with Constable Lutor’s mur er has turned informer. There is some irritation caused by the action of the police, and threats are being made. Byrne, before the public prosecutor at Paris, denied he was guilty of assassination. He refused to reply to further questioning. He is kept a. close prisoner. No visitors are allowed to see him. A Council of Ministers will decide whether he will be surrendered. Byrne was arrestml on a direct charge of assassination. Miss Margaiet, daughtei of L‘hos. Addis Emmet, and niece of Robert Emmet, the Irish patriot, died at N. Y. atthe age of 90 yeaprs recently. She was the last of the Emmets born in Ireland. She and her father were in prison in Scotland for three years after the execution of 1 obelt At a meeting of tlxehNational Rifle Asso- ciation recently the Duke of Cambridge, who presided, said nothing could exceed the kindness and hospitality shown the British team during the last international match. The association looked forward with plea.- sure to giving an American team a moat hearty welcome at \Vimbledon. In the United States Senate the Commit- tee on Judiciary reported adversely on the bill for the restoration of citizenship to such citizens of the United States as have become naturalized citizens of Great Britain. The Senate ratified the supplemental ex- tradition treaty with Spain, the treaty with Roumania- for the protection of trade marks and treaty of peace, friendship and com- merce between the United States and Mada- gascar. Daniel Clark sues Louise Gould at Bangor, Me., for $5,000 for breach of promise of marriage. The silver wedding fest'vities of the Crown Prince and Prince“ of Germany were celebrated Wednesday. Mr. Brewster, Conservative, has been elected for Portarlington, over Mr. Way no, Nationalist. The vote was 70 to 57. It is stated the police are giving addition- al protection to Lord Harrington. the War SScretary, because of a discovery of a plot against him. The Massachusetts House defeated by 127 to 60 a bill giving females 21 fight to vote for city and town offices, and to ho} d city and town offices. ‘Vm. H. Keluble, president of the Union Railway. has been arrested and bailed, at Philadelphia charged with assaulting a. re~ porter who tried to interview him. The medical firm of Ker-gen 6L Kennedy recently received information from Toronto that a. peysiciannmned .Dr. Michael Hillary, who for the past month has had charge of their business in that city had myteriously disappeared with a. considerable amount of funds belonging to the firm. Four persons arrested in Trieste in August for sending bombs from Venice have been released. The new North German Lioyd steamer “ Fuldu " made a trial trip from Glasgow re- cently. She showed a speed of 172 knots an hour. In the New York Assembly a bill allow- ing betting on one authorized race track in each county on race days was defeated by 37 to 61. Sam Bernhardt’s creditors appeared in court in Paris on \Vednesday. They claim that; the amouns realized by the sale of her jewellery was insufficient to pay the sum loaned thereon. In the Miasonri House a, prohibition amend- ment was defeated by a. test vote of 68 to 59. A Malta. despatch announces that the steamer “ William Qickinson has been aban- doned. Thirteen of her crew are missing and fourteen saved. Three emigrants from Trieste and six other persons have been anested in connec- tion with tie th10wim: of bombs 111 Rome on Tuesday. Thirty-eight arnsts have been made at Malaga, including an ex-mayor of the city, the charge being that of being concerned in the Socialiatic propaganda. The new steamer “Normundie,” built for the General Transatlantic Line, made a trial run off the Lizard on Tuesday. She attain- ed a speed of “32 knots an hour. In the Spanish Senate on Tuesday, the Marquis ae la Vega de Armiio, Minister of Foreign Affairs, denied that negotiations are proceeding for the sale of the island of Fernando P0 to Germany. Hank Monk, of Carson, N ev.. Horace heeley’s famous stage driver, is dead. A prohibition bill has been defeated in the Texas Legislature. LATE NEWS NOTES- While the Steamship .l. C. Harris was un- chored in the bay at Brazos Santiago during a dense fog, a. full-grown wildcat, which is is supposed hurl floated down the river on a. log, presumably, concluded to take a. free passage to Galveston on the wheel-house, on which he climbed, creating something of a sensation on board the vessel. The boys on the ship got ropes and lassoed the ani- mal, catching him around the head and hind legs with the ropes. and succeeded in caging him. On the arrival of the Harris at the lalveston wharf h was taken off and depos- ited in one of the sheds. He is a large, sleek and rather good-natured looking fel- low, and lacks the gaunt and hungry look of the animals generally on exhibition in shows. ~â€" Galveston Ne 15.9. At that moment, before us all, she wrote a most grandiloquent letter to the large family of rats that had so long favored us with their presence, pointing out to them that at No. (35 Pearl street was a. large, lino house which had never been favored with the residence of any of their family, where they would find ample quarters and afat larder. \Vhen fin- ished, she read the missive to the company, and we had a great laugh over it. As anolzi superstition, she then put lard upon it and carried it into the attic, where it would pro- bably be found by those to whom it was di- rected. A few days after the young lady was at our house again,a.nd burst intoa laugh,ex- claiming: “ Our house is overrun with rats 1” That recalled to me the fact that we had heard none in our walls. My daughter went to the attic and the letter was gone. While they were talking and laughing over the curious afi‘aira friend came in, and hearing the talk said that two even- ings before, in the bright moonlight, he saw several rats running down Congress street. \Ve have never been troubled with them since, but I have not heard how it. has been with the house to which our beneficiaries were directed. The young lady said that none had ever been in their house, and she did not think there was any point at which they could enâ€" ter. My eldest daughter, a great wit, said: “ I’ve heard that, if politely invited to «.10 so in writing, rats will leave any house, and go to any other to which they may be direct;- cd, and I will tell ours that at your house they will find spacious quarters and an ex. ccllent commissariat. ” One evening a young lady from 3. fl icnd’s family, living in a. large. fine house nearly :1 mile away was with 115, and thotalktmn- ed on 1ats,as we heard ours galloping 111 the ceilmg and scampenng up and down the wall. â€"â€"â€"qte 44.. > 0‘ ~â€"-â€"â€"-â€" The Old Lady and the Conductor. A conductor with a narrow chest, red hands. and sleepy eyes lolled against the rail of a Yonge car yesterday afterneon and whistled carelessly. Presently an aged woman within the cur began to wave a green cotton umbrella. wildly at the conduc- tor. Then she nodded her head violently and looked over her shoulder toward Gould street, which the car was approaching on its wa'y down town. The conductor looked ether with languid interest, and still whis- tled. Meanwhilethe car rattled ra- idly by Gould street. Then the women hegan to utter inurticulate sounds, and looked be seechingly at the conductor with distended eyes, raised eyebrows, and half-opened mouth. The conductor atill whistled. He looked at the woman, but he wore the far away expression of a. man sunk in psycho- logic thought, and seemed not to be aware of her growing frenzy. Thus things re- mained until the car arrived at Shuter street. when the woman bounded from her seat, and started for the door. After trying to harpoon three estimable citizens with her umbrella, treading on all of the more sym- pathetic corns on the way, dropping her reticule, and lunging violently she arrived at the door, and cried : ‘Why don’t you stop the car ‘2” The conductor ceased whistling, and gradually became aware of her presence as the car passed Queen street. She jumfiéd ofl nervously and turned an indignant glance at the Conductor as she dodged agrocery waggon and struggled toward the sidewalk. The conductor gazed after her with some interest, and then said: The Hon. Neal Dow contributes the fol- lowing, whi.ch he calls (3 p-ex‘fgctly trug gtory: The grand jury in the case of the Newhall House disaster in Milwaukee has made a. final report. They find that the Newhall House was constructed in as substantial a manner as such buildings usually are: there was scarcely an hotel in the country as easy of egress as the Newhall; that the owners had done all that was reasonable for rotect- ion and escape in case of accident; t at the landlord was extremely solicitous for the welfare and safety of the guests. but did not supply sufficient men or means to alarm the guests. They say, in extenuatiou, that he adopted the same precautions as in hotels of like size. He was at fault in not instruct- ing help at the fire and not giving sufficient attention to the bar-room after he knew the bad habits of the tenant. They find the laws regulating the modes of egress from buildings defective. “Do you wish to get out madam ?” he asked with a glassy smile. “W’ish to get out, you stupid man!” gas- ped the old lady. “Why, of course I do. I wanted to get out at Gould stro’c.” “ Ah.” said the conductor blandly. “ If you had only said so I‘d stopped the car.” “ Well, stupid, why don’t you stop it now 1‘” “It’s amuzin what ugly an’ tantilizin’ people a conductm hat-110 deal w.xth It’s enough to break a. man ’8 heart.” presses betweenS p. m and" Ja. m., and compelling him to keep the windows on the Spruce street szde cloaed while the machin- ery is in motion. “Now? \Vhy, certainly." and he slowly raised his hand and pullul the bell strap. The old lady muttered and splattered and stepped to the edge of the platform, but the dIiVGI‘ had decided not to stop until he reached the down town side of Adelaide street. The conductor took hold of the woman’s arm to restrain her from jumping off while the car was moving. “ Take your hand off In}, 311', she cried hotly. “Its bad enough to be insulted wi_tl_10ut being handled. ” A Wildcat Boards :1, Steamer. A Curious Rat Story. “That’le for Chinaman. No goodee. Melican hungly. No muchee for seven oznts.” I found on Mulberry street the well-known cheap Chinese restaurant kept by the solemn, jovial Oriental whose name is Fun M one. " Chinese dinner, seven cents,” was the sign outside. “ 1’11 eat it if it kills me,” thought I, and 1 went in. “ One dinner,” I said. “ Yipâ€"~alle light,” li‘. M. answered. I surreptitiously smelt of the butter. It seemed good I tasted it. It was good. He brought, a. generous plate of roast beef, hot reeking. “ Good enough,” I thou t, and tackled it. He brought on a. dish of cansâ€" good beans. He brought colloeâ€"«primeJava. He brought boiled potatoes. “Beautiful,” I thought. I slyly whistled in my napkin. ]. dcspatched them. He brought me a, small piece of pie and cheese; I hadn’t expacfied that, really. I immediately entertained them. “ S-e-v~e-n cents,” I kept saying to myself. “ \Vhy need people go hungry?” “ How muchee 2’" I asked, gracefully fall- ing into the Chinese language. “ Forty-eight cents.” “Forty-eight cents ! Great Scott! You said seven cents.” ,,,v_n .._- “flue... Au“ :uouiuu. The desperate and thorough character 01' the mutinous organization is evidenced by the fact that after the ringleader, Johnson, was lodged in the blind cell some fifteen of the convicts managed to use a. double key they possessed and released him and placed themselves in reudinea‘s to follow his lead. The desperate band made a dash at the guards, but were at once covered by repeat- ing rifles and revolvers and were forced to surrender. At present the penitentiary is under the guard of its reczuhn' oflicinls, back- ed by the militia and n posse of 200 citizens armed with regulation muskets. Governor Crittenden, who was on the point of starting for St. Louis when the mutiny broke out, postponed his trip and is in comâ€" mand. The revolt was hardly suppressed when great volumzs of smoke and flames shot heavenward and the citizens rushed towards the penitentiary. The militia, turned out and organized and citizens fell in and shouldered muskets ready to prevent or suppress the mutiny. The fire was quelled without any further demonstration by the convicts.somc of whom, frenzied with disap- pointment at their failure to escape, tried to rush into the flames of the burning: buildings and were with difficulty prevent- ed from seeking this horrible form of death. As soon as it became apparent that the mutiny was unsuccessful the convicts were formed into line and at the word of com maud 1,150 of the 1,400 convicts were marched to their cells and locked up.. The remainder were trusted to aid in the work of controlling the fire. So rapidly did the building burn that afew of the convicts were seriously, perhups fatally, burned. Over fifty escaped from the upper windows of the factories. The flames communicated to the State machine shop and the factory where the cloth worn by the convicts is made» Then the broom factory was destroyed and also the building occupied jointly by the Geisecke Shoe Manufacturing Company and the Meysenburg Shoe Company. This adjoins one of the main cell-houses,and it was threat- ened for an hour. A single wall steed between the burning building and the hospital. The guardhouse overlooking the hospital- court was burned; but the heroic exertions of volunteers and convict- firemen saved the hospital. The Jefferson City Fire Depart- ment were on the ground and did elfective work, but the following shops were com- pletely destroyed: Strauss & Co.’s harness- shop, cellar-shop and whip factoryâ€"4053, $100,000; Giesick‘s boot and shoeâ€"shop, 5530.000; the State weaving;r and the State machineshop, $40,000: and the Excelsior Broom Factory, $20,000. The total loss to the State will fully amount to $300,000, on which there is no insurance, while the losses to private persons are inmost-fully insured. MIL A :1 , , W "on“..l; v: w “an at that moment was a. successful revolt, which in ten minutes would have freed cvury convict of the State of Missouri. Turning upon his heels he ran towards the northeast corner of ihe grounds with the intention of scaling the walls: but he was met by Jesse Tolin, the “dresser in” of the prison, who had run to the courtyard at the first alarm. Johnson paused and stood defiant with his knife and bludgeon, threatening to brain Tolin. Tolin is a. small mun, while the com vict is a giant in build and strength, but the plucky guard, looking his man in the eye, walked up to him and placing the muzzle of a revolver against his ear, ordered him to walk to the blind cell. The convict obeyed and with his surrender the revolt was at an end. His companions were soon under controi. A Plucky Guard lr‘rlghscns the Ringâ€" leader and Marches Them to llwir Cells like Snoop. A special despatch to the St. Louis I’Ooi‘ Despatch gives the following details of the reâ€" cent mutiny at the Missouri Penitentiary, at Jefferson City. The convicts had just re- turned to their shops from dinner when a preconcerted mutiny broke out in the harness shop of Jacob Strauss & (30. Four convicts seized Van Horn, the foreâ€" man of the collar shop, and told him to re. main quiet. Four others seized Snider, the foreman of the harnessehop, and stripped him of his clothes. John B. Johnson, the ringleader, a highway robber, serving a sentence of twelve years, ran into the de- pnrtment whcx e the horse collars are stuffed and set fire to a. quantity of loose straw. In a moment the building with its three sho s were on fire. A pandcmonium en- suec, the guards run in with the hose, whichthe convicts out. ’l‘hering-leader,John- son, then made an effort to escape over the walls,but though armed with a. knife and a. club he was met at the main entrance by Pat Krumpt, one of the guards, who warned him to desist from exciting his followers to furthel‘acts of mutiny. Krumpt was not armed, but as Johnson advanced with the mob of armed convicts behind he said to the ringleader: “One step more, Johnson, and you are a dead man 1” Johnson was ever- awed by this exhibition of plain nerve. Be hesitated and was lost. ()n the moment he abandoned all thought of leadership of what at» that “a".“NJ. h, They try to Escape by Setting Fire to the Jail. A CONVICTS’ MUTINY. A Chinese Dinncrin New York