President Arthur arrived in New York last night.

Base-ball at New York yesterday - Metropolitans, 3; Detroits, 1.

The American Exchange Bank of New York paid $85,000 on a $15 draft.

There are rumors of a compromise between the independent and stalwart Pennsylvania Republicans.

Col. John A. Cockerell, editor of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, shot and killed Col. A. W. Slayback yesterday.

THE WEATHER.WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 14, 1. A. M. For New England, local rains, followed by fair and slightly warmer weather, winds shifting to southwest and lower barometer.