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LATEST NEWS.
, Some eerreBPondent tells of aa ex
ploaion'at one of the gatea of the Parliament
iionge in iwme. : P
In Siberia . large number of , Bcssi&n
sxilea rerolted, bat were sabdaed after a dee
perAte oontest with the ' anthorities. - Nine
eoldiert and thirty exilea were killed, and
many were wounded on both Bides. It
. . Queen Victoria' has returned to Windsor.
The " Prince 'f Wales . haa arrived in
London, j-t-.i .1 ' ' . . -Pope
Leo ZUL is ill with a recurrence of
bifl int8thisi complaint. " ! 1 - 5
, . Advioos from the west coast of Africa My
that Germany hu annexed a strip of. land
i alone the coast to the westward of Benin. ,1
Ttie Swiss Bundorsrath has resolved upon -i
a wholesale expulsion from Switzerland of lor
: eignnareiuSta..-'1 '?-
The Marvin 8afe Company's factory, a
large eijtuHtory buflding in West Thirty
seventh street, New .York, was destroyed; by
fire, inflicting a lowof over tS50,000. ; J
,. The Niakara river is blockaded with ide.
' OroasiBg cu It has commenced. The river is
now blockaded from Queens town two miles
out into the lake, making an ioe-bridge nine
inileB long. : .;. ' .:
The ceremony of tbo dedication of the
' Washington Monument occurred on Baturday.
: The Mondmont has taken thirty-seven year. to
build, the corner-stone having been laid in
;i8ti ! ' 'M! ' , .-. i
Two trains, a freight and passenger, col-
hded on the Atlantic and Pacific Bilroad, near
, Bine waters Station, A. ,T., Thursday night,' in-
stantly killing John Breed, Jr., and fatally in
juriog ,Morria Barth. Both were young mer
. chants of polbrook, A. T, - -:
- The greatest loss of mail matter on 'record
was caused by the burning of .the mail train
., on the 'Virginia Midland Railroad. Five train
-bunds were killed. ,.- XA t1' -h "!:
Qiiap-fiedsleaiisi Lounges
TMES
?i v; : In Providenee, B. I. . David Oarus, aged
) SS, a recent arrival from Imnf erlin e, Sootland,
A r' A'tiweBt to bed witli a pipe in hie mouth and was
I,' i'-'-'boraed to death,,,-- . ; ... ; ' i
V A I -i-Jm4I. Fish, of New York, ex-President
r v V of the Marine Bank, was in "the United States
. . Circuit Court on a beneh warrant. - In answer
: ' V : to B Moond indictment, charging him with mis
"1 1- ' appropriating the funds of the Marine Bank,
;! ' he pleaded , not guilty, Bail .was fixed at
v a v Paris iwrweponaent states that the
Irish dynamiters have set np a press and sent
' printed manifesto the English Oabinei;
Oeoeral Wolseley will, it is said, endeavor
to coneentrate all hie forces at Debbeh. The
PaVL MdO. Jfaatte bints that he may be recalled
soon. : . ' i
i V'c'sOii- Mri Lowell, wife of the American Minister
V ' , 5 in Tjonaon. died on xsnrsaay.
W-y& -A. revolt of Boasian exilfts in Siberia was
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JOHW WILKE8, Manager.
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DS1LBS n iXL KOTOS OF !
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Parlor and Chamber Suits,
ALL KCNTJS ALWAYS ON HAND.
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tOu Thursday a number of disastrous and
"Hve fires occurred. 'A, large block in
Phuadelpuui Vas gutted and two lives , were
lost. A. valua. v building in Chicago was de
stroyed.. At BmaL- fires in other places two
persons were burned . eath stw. wmJ-w.
erty was consumed. (
f A Germ an-American resident of Bloom
lngton. Hi, who visited his old home in Ger
many was seized, and is about to be forced
into the German army.
A tenement house on North street. Cin
cinnati, O., was burned Wednesday night, in
which Nellie , Briee, colored, aged twelve per
ished in the flames. ,; ( -
The residence of James Whidden, near
Manisteey Mich., was burned Wednesday night.
Mrs. Whidden, who Was atone, was burned to
a crisp. . - . :'' - . ' - .
A serious collision occurred on the Vir
ginia Midland Bail way on Thursday. The
north bound mail due at Washington at 10:25
p. m. ran into a freight train about four miles
above Alexandria, and several persons were
killed. The ears of the paseenger train caught
fire after the collision. ' , .
Phelan, who was assaulted at ODouovan
Itossa's office in New York, has returned to
Kansas City. He is "glad to get home alive."
' Three fruitless ballots were taken in the
Illinois Legislature for United States Senaton
B'.piBttors aad R.J'eied'.ti.-s of riic-' 'ur t
paid in full and a surplus will remain.
The steamer Newcastle City left Halifax
for London with a general cargo and 161 head ,
of cattle. ' She threw 100 head overboard in a
gale.- ':y.. .,;.&t;V : :-
The Senate Appropriation Committee has
struck out of the Post Office bill the proviso
reducing the pound rate on newspapers sent
from the office of publication ' from two cents
to one cent. This was not dene on account of
hostility to the mea'ire,"bnt because of the
position taken by the Senate in regard to legis
lation on appropriation bills. Since one House
has passed the amendment it' will become a
subject of conference, and as a large number
of Senators have expressed themselves in favor
of the proposition it is possible that on this
amendment the Senate conferees will finally
yield. ;-vV ..';""
The Senate passed the House bill forfeit
ing the lands granted to aid in the construc
tion of the Texas PaoMo Bailroad.
The head Keeper of the lighthouse ai
Frazer Point and three assistants, left Victoria,
B. C, in a boat which was capsized and three
of the party drowned.
C A. Coffin & Ca's boot and shoe factory
In Lynn, Mass., was destroyed by fire with a
loss of $750,000 "x
Near Elizabethtown, Tenn-i THre. John
Young locked her two children in-the house
and went visiting. On 'returning she found
that the house had been burned, and that the
children had been burned alive within it.
.The ocean tramp Coniston sailed from
Liverpool for New York, in ballast, on Decem
ber 24. She had neither passengers nor freight
on board. She was commanded by Captain
Owens and had a crew of about thirty men.
She is now given np as lost with all on board.
Nearly half of the village of Marshall, EL,
was destroyed by lire. . ; ,
The propeller Michigan has been heard
from. She is locked in the ice, twenty-three
miles west, of Milwaukee, unable to move.
Seventeen of her crew crossed the intervening
ice and reached the shore some miles north of
Milwaukee, They had a perilous and weari
some journey. One of the men gave out, and
was carried five miles on the back of another.
They say thirteen men remain on 'board the 1
propeller; that tney nave rations ior twenty
five days, and ninety tons of coal, and that the ,
ice extends westward into the lake as far as the
eye can reach. - :-.-.;-v:- . v'ij "w t
Ex-Goy. Moses of South Carolina, charged ,
with obtaining $84 ander false pretences, was
sentenced in Boston to six months' imprison
ment in the House of Correction.
. A barn on the ranche of the Hon. Harry
Oelrichs, six miles from Cheyenne, was burned
with $25,000 worth of horses. -
At a burial ground near Point Pleasant, -W.
Va., the sexton found a half dosen bodies
taken wore the graves and strewn about the
frotneV ' -f) -.
oia' Chaffee k Sons, one of the largest
cotton factors in New Orleans, has failed. Lia
biiities, $508,4tt; assets, $1,763,000.
' Aoaee of leprosy is said' to exist in the
oonnty jail at Portland. Ore. ...
Mr. Gladstone is weighted down by the
sad news from the Soudan. .
Dr. Walsh, alParnellite sympathizer, Is
iikely to suoceed (Wdinal-McCabe as Arch
bishop of Dublin.
The English militia hat been called out
and'the transfer of army omoers to the reserve
stopped, n'
A dtapatoh from Korti brings the sad
intelligence of the death of Gen. Sir Herbert
Stewart, who was wounded at the sereba fight
on January 19 at Gakdul Wells, where the
wounded were brought from Crubat. This
death has east a profound, gloom over the
whole army. ... :i ..'
WflUam v: Kingt4fly, the projector Of the
East Biver Bridge,' and owner of the Brooklyn
JGogrbV died . Of pneumenia, at his home in
Brooklyn, N.' Y on Friday night.) ..
A serious accident occurred near. Ashton,
Mo., to a passenger train ou the Wabash road,
on Thursday night, 'caused by a broken ran.
One coach and the sleeper left the track and
rolled down an embankment. There were,
folly fifty people In the two ears, only five of
' whom were seriously injured, though all were
more or lew hart,
VICTORIOUS ARABS.
THE EKGL'SH IN
FULL
RETREAT TO
RTI,
Ger
Wo I se ley to be Recalled to England and
the Whole Plan of the Campaign
- . ' to be Changed. ' . V
It is announced that in view of the fac.
that the fall of, Khartoum and the death of
.General Gordon have rendered the main ' ob
ject of General Wotoefey's expedition impos.
Bible,''' the British government nas deemed
t . expedienit'to ' change - the it whola
plan of ' the : campaign in the
8udanLl; General" Brackenbury, mho sue
ceeded the late General Earle, Sas been
ordered to abandon his advance on -Berber
end to concentrate his troops at Korti. Col
onel Sir Redvers Buflef, who evacuated
Gkibat and withdrew his forces to Abu Elea
has also been ordered to fall back on Korti.
All the available troops in General Wolseleya
eommand will be concentrated at that place
and at Debbeh and Koroeko, the main body
being at Korti It is probable that General
Wolsely mar evacuate Korti and retire to
Debbeh, where desert routes from Om
durman, El Obeid and Darfour con
verge on the Nile. General Wolseler
will there await hero from England.
At Korti ' the general could be
surrounded.- In the retirement all available
supplies will be swept up, and the whole army
intrenched at Debbeh could hold its own, if
necessary, until the rising of the Nile occurs.
Doneola, Hannek, and various other points
on the river between Debbeh and Half ay
are held by weak detachments of British
troops. There is a line of telegraph which
possibly might be- maintained, while steam
launches on the clear reaches could keep
up some sort of communication with the sec
ond cataract 'The moral effect of this retire
ment will naturally be rather serious, though
it would be, to. a certain extent, neutralized
by action in unmistakable strength from
Snakim General Wolseley will probably
return to Cairo to consult with General Ste
phenson and others in regard to the present
situation of affairs.
General Brackenbury, commanding the
troops of ' the late General Earle, has tele
graphed from Ussi Island that the cavalry
corps entered Salamat finding it deserted.
When they entered Balamat the cavalry
were about five mites in advance of the in
fantry. The 'horses and camels had got
safely through the Shukook Pass, which had
been prepared for dot ease, but was also
abandoned by the Arabs.
In regard to General Wolseley, the Pall
Mall Gazetf believes that he will be recalled
either to Cairo or to London. In case he be
recalled to Cairo the only reason that will be
given will probably be that he can better di
rect from that point the military operations
from Snakim against Osman Digna. In the
t vent of Lord Wol9eley's recall to London it
can be said that he can be far more useful in
personal contact with the ministry than he
could be shut up in tbe mudirate of DoDola.
Several detachments of British troops have
left England for Egypt,, to reinforce Lord
Wolseley.
PERSONAL MENTION.
Gineral WotSKLSY has received
000 in bounties for his dd'd'.ary services.'
Mb. Bubvaud, the editor of London Punch,
is the father of eleven married daughters.
Profkssob RrnHARn A Pwruroa falev
fturing in the South on astronomicalt08
Rvsvuit. Cr-v- V 1. ri .
led the last Confederate charge at Appomat
tox, bears the scars of eleven serious wounds.
Jay Gouxd, the New York financier, has
gone on a . trip South, embarking in his
yacht at Charleston, & C, for an extended
cruise. . ; y
Mb. Oscar Wilde now favors the aboli
tion of the coat and waistcoaV and has pro
nounced himself in favor of the rustic smock
frock. . y-' '
Sib Hebbert Stewabt, the wounded hero
of Abu Klea and Gubat, is a teetotaller. He
is a man of irrepressible spirits and untiring
rat.iMi'. y
''. .Qi L't v r'' - '" .-"p'v Ti
for several constituencies at the next elec
tion, and will sit for Northampton.
The venerable American historian, George
Bancroft, recalls wih' delight that he dis
cussed Byron with Goethe at Weimar, and
Goethe with Byron at Monte Nero.
Oltveb Wsndkm, Holmbs, Jr., now a
judge on the supreme bench of Massachu
setts, wb an officer in the Federal army, and
was once left for dead upon a Southern battle-field.
Dr. Tanner, the faster, is a resident of
Dona Ana county. New Mexico', where he is
devoting himself to the propagation of 'a new
religion, founded on a new Bible, revealed to
a new prophet.
Mabchkse dm, Gmilo, the beautiful
daughter of Mme. Ristori, was able at a re
cent diplomatic reception at the White
House, to converse with all tbe guests in their
own languuge excepting only the Japanese.
A STARTLING STORY.
Confession of a Blocktey Almshouse Pauper
at Philadelphia,
He says he applied the match tviiloh resulted
in twenty deaths, at I the instigation of a chief
attendant who Was angry because he could not
get a railroad pass. At the coroner's investi
gation of the cause and results of the recent
burning of the insane wing of the Blockley
Almshouse, in Philadelphia, by which twenty
lives were lost, a sensation was' created by the
confession of Joseph Nadine, a' young negro,
that he had set fire to- the building, and that
he was instigated to the act by Peter J.
Schroeder, an attendant.
Nadine, who is about twenty-three years of .
age, was committed to the institution as an
imbecile, but it is said by the physicians of the
place that he is morally responsible and that
be was frequently permitted to go to his home
unattended. As a result of Nadiae's confes
sion tichroeder was arrested and committed
by the Coroner to await the further develop
ment of the inquest .'
. Nadine said that Schroeder had given him a
match on the night of the calamity and told ,
him to Bet the plaoe on fire. Nadine then went
to the drying-room, and lighting the match ap
plied it to some rubbish on the floor. He then
called Schroeder, and the two, with the assist
ance of Attendant Mullen, eudeavored to get
the patients out, but before they had suc
ceeded in getting all of them safely,
from the place the fire had gained such
headway that they were forced to leave the
building themselves. Nadine says that when
. Schroeder gave him the match he told him to
set fire to the building; that he was tired of the
place and he was going to leave, and that he
disliked Dr. Kichardson, because he. had re
fused to give him a railroad pass. . Nadine in
timates that Attendant Mullen also knew of his
having set fire to the building, but he thinks
he did not know of it until next day. Mullen
was not placed in custody, but will be de
tained as a witness against Bchroeder. In his
further testimony Nadine said he had twice
before set fire to the building, but both times
the flames had been discovered and extin
guished before they had gained any headway.
He says that on both occasions he afterward
told Schroeder of his acts, bnt that the latter,
assured him that he would not report him to
the authorities of the institution. . . x
In giving his story. Nadine was at times
nervous and apparently greatly frightened, :
but upon being - assured that no harm
would be done him he would become calm
and collected. If the truthfulness of his
story can be verified it completely annihil
ates many - important ' details of testi
mony given : by -. Schroder and Mullen,
whose appearance seemed to indicate that they
had rehearsed their story together.: -! Nadine
told of many cruelties inflicted upon patients .
by Schroeder when the latter , was in violent
temper. - Schroeder after -his arrest admitted,
that-he had intended leaving , the institution, '
but denied the truth of Nadine's story or that
he had ever said that he was "down on Dr.
Bichardson.H . v:.'-
A nephew of General Gordon attended a
court ball by authority of his father, who tele
graphed him not to believe that the . defender
of Khartoum was dead until the receipt of
more poative proof. - .
NEWS OFTHEDAY;
Kaartern and middle States.
A BAHJNa vessel brought to New York the
captain, first mate and two seamen of the
Norwegian bark; Alfred, which had t been
wrecked at see? The four men. had been
picked up in an open boat Eight men left
on the bark were probably lost. a J. : ;'
Owi man was instantly killed and thirteen'
others were seriously injured by an explosion
of gas 800 feet underground in a mine on the
outskirts of Wilkesbarre, Fenn. . ''
Bio snow drifts impeded railroad trave
quite generally throughout Central New,
York, Northern Pennsylvania and the East-,
era States. In., many instances trains were
stopped all along the road, unable to move
either way for several days.
A fire in Lynn, Mass. . destroyed the large
boot and shoe factory of C. A Coffin & Co.,
and two smaller buildings, entailing an esti
mated total loss of $750,000. The lactory was
four stories, high, 100 feet 'long and 75 feet
deep, and employed 250 hands.
Ex-Governor moseb, of South Carolina,
bas been sentenced at East Cambridge
Mass., to six months' imprisonment for ob
taining $84 under false pretences from Colo-',
nel T. W. Higginson.
? Thtb Metropolitan Opera-house . in New
York was draped throughout in black and
filled with spectators at the funeral of
Dr. Damrosch, musical director of the Ger
man opera. Rev. Henry Ward Beecher de
livered the funeral address, and the leading
German singing societies of the city took
part in the impressive services.
A FIRE in the business section of Philadel
phia almost completely destroyed nine large
buildings and very much damaged ten
others, causing aggregate losses of $250,000.
Fireman John McCourt and a drayman
named Marshall were killed and threat ther
persons injured.
The Marvin Safe company's factory, a
large eight-story building in New York, has
succumbed to the flames. At the time of the
fire 600 saf es, valued at $100,000, were stored
in the building. The total loss is about
$230,000.
Piter Schbobdeb, an attendant at the
Blocksley almshouse, Philadelphia, has been
arrested, charged with instigating another
employe, a colored lad, to fire the building,
whereby twenty of the .crazed Inmates lost
their lives.- Nadine, the colored boy, de
tailed circumstantially how, at Bchroeder's
request, he had set fire to the building.
Bchroeder was arrested, charged with con
spiracy to commit arson, and Mullen, another
attendant, was held aan accessory after the
fact
South and Wett,
As in the East, the West and Northwest
Jave suffered severely from . impediment to
railroad travel by huge snow' drifts. Trains
everywhere in these sections have been
stalled or delayed, and in many cases it took
days to get theln moving.
Numerous deaths from exposure to the
cold are reported .from the Northwest
Emory Speeb's nomination to be district
Judge for the southern district of Georgia ha
been confirmed by the Senate by a vote of 27
yeas to 26 nays, after a hard fight against con
firmation.' A young woman in the Chicago hospital
has such brittle bones that they have been
fractured over 170 times since she was two
years old.'
Tw o brothers named Bainey, who murdered
Constable Johnson and wounded Constable
Floyd near Marysville, Texas, while they
were serving a. process, were captured in the
Indian Territory and lynched by a party of
Texas citizens. - y'
The business part of Bisbee, Arizona, bar-
oeen ournea; aggregate losses $iuo,iwo.
Jerry Collins and his nephew, Samuel
Scott, quarreled at Shelby ville, Tenn., over
a bet of ten cents and fought with knives.
Mrs. Collins rushed between them and re
ceived a wound in the back, from which she
SieO- ( .
The fifiS- pf John Chaffee & Sons, one of
the largest cotton factors in New Orleans, has
failed. Liabmiies;$5!M; assets, $1,763,000.
The first rote in johwVSTsiro of the Illinois
legislature for' United States "fell 5or to suo
ceed General Logan resulted, as folio
ionn A Jjogan, lot (tua full Republican
strength present: William R. Morrison, 04;
E. M. Haynes, 5; Frank Lawler, l,and J. H.
Ward, l. Two members were absent There
was no election.
At a fire on a ranche near Cheyenne, Wy-
ortv-T. a-i :'" ror1 yl rf.'lV.i r t rffo
AN a graveyard near Point Pleasant, W.
Va. y six bodies were robbed from their graves
and placed on the ground in the shape of a
Greek cross. The limbs had been severed
from two of the bodies in order to make the
contour of the c.i'iss more oerfeet No rea.
son could be found for the act
Fire has destroyed the big Grannis block
In Chicago, a building in which were located
two national banks and numerous lawyers.
architects and insurance agents. The build
ing was valued at 5,000.
Tee British schno.r E. V. Olive, from
R.ua tan to Mobile, has been lost in the Gulf
of Mexico, with all on board.
Two trains were wrecked bv coilidiner be
tween Washington, D. CL, and Alexandria,
Va The wrecked trains causht fire, the
flames being fed by petroleum from two oil
cars, and thirty -one cars,including the bag
gage and mail cars, were destroyed. Five
train hands were killed and seven or eight
persons injured. A large amount of mail
matter (including ISO registered letters) from
Southern points intended for the East was
destroyed.
' TTatatiingrtoa.
The Congressional committee of inquiry
into the Jeanette arctic expedition has made
a report blaming no one and praising every
body. The United States consul at Malaga reports
that a partial estimate of the damages of the
recent earthquakes in Spain shows a loss of
nearly $4,000,000. Continuing shocks
paralyze business and prevent the return - of
the citizens to their homes. A heavy fall of
snow has also added to the misery of the
homeless thousands.
The answer of the department of justice to
an inquiry of the House shows that since 1873
the amount expended for deputy marshals,
supervisors and other election officers has ex
ceeded $1.73.000. Of this sum fully fifty
per cent was sent to New York city districts.
The Senate appropriation committeestruck
out of the postoiace bill the proviso reducing
the pound rate on newspapers sent from the
office of publication from two cents to one
cent . . !
The Senate confirmed the nominations of
Stephen p. Wilson, of Pennsylvania, to be
associate justice of the supreme court of New
Mexico, and Charles H. Burns, of New
Hampshire, to be United States attorney for
the district of New Hampshire.
i Foreign.
After a series of st ubborn contests with
the Chinese the French troops in Tonquin
have captured the city of Langson. The
Chinese lost heavily; the Frenth loss was 39
killed and 232 wounded. X '
f A dynamite straro prevails at Frankfort, '
Stuttgart, and Mayence, owing to anarchist
letters and placards which have been circu
lated broadcast, threatening explosions.
In a naval engagement between the French
fleet under Admiral Courbet and five Chinese
man-of-war, the French torpedo boats sunk
two of the Chinese warships, the three others
escaping in a fog to Chlngbal -
.S General Gordon's trusted messenger,
George, has arrived at Abu-Klea, i He says
that almost all the native accounts agree that
General Gordon, on finding himself betrayed
made a rush for the magazine near the Catn-'
olic Mission buildings. Finding the rebels
already in possesion, he returnod to the gov
ernment house and was killed while trying to'
.re-enter it . ..;; ;- .
A large number of Russian exiles at Irk
utsk, Siberia, revolted, but were subdued
after a desperate contest with the authori
tiea Nine soldiers and thirty exiles were
killed and many wounded on both ridea
Mrs. J Ames Rubssili. Lowell, wife of the
American minister to England, is dead. -
The British parliament ia again in session.
At the opening of the house of commons Sir
Stafford Northaoto, leader cf the opposition,
gave notice of a motion of taqun-y respecting
the government's Egyptian policy. .-
Mr. G-LADOTorcE, the Englsh premier, is
reported to be. much dejected, and weighed
down by the series of disasters to the British
forces tai the Soudan.
A disfatCh" front Korti says that General
Sir Rod Vera Boiler iu Sis retreat from Gubat
was compelled to halt at Abu-Klea wells and
Intrench his troops in a position there, in
order to safely defend himself against El
Mahdi's men, Who were gathered in large
numbers, and continually menacing the Brit
Ishforcea , ? ;-.'.-.... .
An immense crowd of spectators in , lion
don witnessed the departure of the grenadier
guards, one of England's crack regiments,
tor the Soudan. . Tbey were . adlressed, pre--vious
to departure, by the Prince of Wales,
and the Etreeu mong waicn tney marched
were decorated with flass and banners. Tbe
War spirit in England seems to have been
thoroughly aroused, on tne oi ner band tbe
Irish weekly newspapers generally display a
feeling of jubilation overtlle -5r1tiah;eVeri56s'
iu the Sondan. ,
EAILE0AD ACCIDENT.
Farther- Details f tle- Collision an the Vir
ginia. Midland Railroad.
A south-bound frefght train and the Mid
land Express from the South with Northern
passengers came in collision the other night
on a single track in the culvert at Four.
Mile Run, midway between Washington and
Alexandria.
The engineer of the freight train, the con
ductor oi the passenger train, a brakeman,
and two firemen were instantly kUled, and
seven men the engineer of the passenger
train, an .express messenger, a brakeman and
four men at work in the postal car were in
jured. None of the passengers were serious
Sr injured, though several werre badly
shaken np and received, slight bruises.
The baggage, postal and smoking cars of the
passenger train caught fire and were totally
destroyed. The flames were fei by petroleum
from two oil cars in the freight train Thirty
three cars were burned, including the bag
gage and mail cars.
The collision occurred at a point on the
line of the Baltimore and Potomac railroad,
about four miles south, where the Chesa
peake and Ohio canal crosses the track by a
viaduct The road at this point forms a curve
with a pretty steep embankment on the
inner side and a hill on the outer side. The
passenger train which was- coming north
was passing under the arch of the
viaduct and met the freight train
just at the northern entrance of the arch. The
curve is such at this point that neither en
gineer could have seen the light of the other's
train until the engines were within ten yard3
of each other.' The engines came together
with such a shock that heavy pieces of iron
from both were thrown twenty or thirty feet
up che side of the hilL Both rolled over on
the inner side of the curve and the mail-oar
of the passenger train was telescoped oa the
tender of the engine in front of it None of
the other cars left the track. .
The engineer of the passenger train had
both legs and one arm cut off and died before
he was taken from the wreck. The conduc
tor was crushed between two of the cars and
the engineer of the freight and firemen of
both trains were evidently killed when the
engines came together. Portions of their
bodies were dragged out of the burned wreck
of the engine some hours after the collision.
Postal officials say that the collision caused
die largest loss of mail matter of which there
is any record in the department. The fire
which resulted from the collision destroyed
thirteen through registered mail pouches
ooBimgfrom New Orleans, Mobile and
other voo'tnts in the South, and destined
for Waahington. New York and East
ern cities. These pouches are known to
have contained money and valuables, but to
what amount cannot yet be ascertained. The
Are also destroyed 150 sacks of ordinary mail
matter, a heavy miscellaneous mail and 180
registered letters taken up for delivery along
the line and not enclosed in pouches. The
ordinary mail lost is supposed to have come
from Louisiana, Texas, Mississipi. Alabama,
Darts of Georgia and South Carolina and
points in Virginia.
ITEMS OF NEWS.
MAE3NO brick?i..cork constitutes one ol
the new German industries-
Boston is looking forward pP41011!
of J.,000,000 in the year ltfOO.
During last year there were 2S3
iu r (hi" 17S in K",vr':'?V
murder?
. ... .,
ftJSOj en:p;c H'e'i; in Ne'v t'urk
I Srx American ladies are on the list for the
next presentation at the English court
i So far Iowa has more visitors to the New
Orleans exposition than any other Northern
State.
It is said $500 to $000 per acre is an ordi
nary profit in Bermuda from an acre of
onions.
The skate factories in Richmond, Ind.,
have increased to nineteen, with a capacity
of 3,000 pairs a day.
' A woman in the city of Mexico gave birth
to seven children in one day. The babies died,
but the mother survives.
Oyer 20,000 Germans are employed in Lon
don, monopolizing almost entirely the bar
ber, tailor and waiter trade.
Boston has an apple mission, which dis
tributes from 4,0C0 to 5,000 bushels of apples J
among rno poor every year.
England sent to the United States $2,084,
780 worth of cutlery and hardware in 1863
and $1,611,230 worth last year.
Noya Scotia is not often spoken of as a
gold producing land yet since li&O its mines
have produced 8,0o0,000 worth oCbulliou. .
Every penitentiary hi Texas is provided
with a kennel of three or more bloodhounds
for the purpose of hunting escaped convicts.
On several transatlantic ships telephones
are now used between the bridge' and the
wheel-house, instead of speaking-tubes, ai
heretofore.
There are employed upon all of the Ger
man railways 203,761 persons, who received
pay in the aggregate last year to the amount
of $79,6ti9,0y. j ,
Aw old negro, seventy years of age, has
just been sentenced to one year in the peni
tentiary in Newton county, Miss.,. for marry
ing a white woman.
A new electric automatic compass has
been invented, the needle of which, by open
ing and closing a circuit, will keep a ship on
her course without the aid of a "mam at tlir
wheel" ,
The commissioner of education places the
number of medical students in this country
in 1873 at 8,681; in!8S3 we had 15,151. The
medical schools during this period increased
from 94 to 134. y
The "Father of Freemasonary," has jus'
died in England in the person of William
Eliot, who attained the ripe old age of ninety
one years. He was the oldest Freemason in
Europe, if not in the world-
GECf. STEWART'S DEATHr
Demtlk ef Another rromlnent Knlisin)
Officer In Egypt.
A dispatcli from Korti brings intelligence
of the death of General Sir Herbert Stewart
who was wounded attbeZereba fight of Jan
nary 19, This death, the dispatch adds, has
cast a profound gloom over the whole army.
General Stewart was forty-two years of age.
He had served with distinction in the Zulu
war and in earlier operations in Egypt In
the present campaign General Stewart -was
put in command of the expedition of 1,500 men
saint .,--.ms t.h rlrt from Korti to Metam.
neh by way of Gakdul Wells.. His recent
battles at Abu-Klea and near Gubat on January-17
and 19 are fresh in the public mem
ory.. He. was wounded early on the . day of
tne second fight in a preliminary skirnnsb.
Queen Victoria sent her personal congratoia
tions to Gen. Stewart on his brave victory and
promoted him to be major-goneraL General
Wolseley recently expressed tbe opinion that
General Stewart was one of tbe bravest offi
cers he had .ever known. It was expected
until within a few days that he would recover
from his wound.
r -fhif Senate passed the Agricultural Appro
priation bill substantially as it came from the
Senate committee, the principal change being
in the item for the cultivatioft of sorghum,.
which was increased from $20,000 to $50,000.
- Gen. William F. Sogers (Democrat), Con
gressman . from the Buffalo,. N. Y., district,
will shortly resign, to take the place of Publw
Printer under the new Aflmlniskatfpp.
NATIONAL AFFAIRS.
NOTES OF INTEREST AT THE NATIONAL
CAPITAL
The Senate Passes the Foreign Cooirjct Labor
Bi.;.. . 1 ; . ' '
The following is the text of the House For
eign Contract Labor bill as amended 'and
passed by the Senate: ; ; ; ,-
An act to prohibit the importation and mi
gration of foreigners and aliens under con
tract or agreement to perform labor in the
United States, its Territories, and the District
at Columbia. . ;
Be it enacted, etc., That from and after the
passage of this act it shall bennlawful for
any person, company, partnership, or corpor
ation, in anv manner whatsoever, to Tirana-
the transportation orin any way assist or en
courage me importation or migration of any
alien or aliens, anv foreis-ner -or fonfticmpra.
into the United States, its Territories, or the
District of Columbia under contract or agree
ment, parole or special, express or implied,
made- previous to the importation or migra
tion of such alien or aliens, foreigner or for
eigners, to perform labor or service of
any Kind in tne United States, its Territories,
or the District of Columbia.!
Sea 2. That all contracts or agreements.
express or implied, parole Or special, which
may nerearter be made by and between any
person, company, partnership, or corpora
tion and any foreigner or foreigners, alien or
aliens, to pert ormlabor or service, or having
reference to the performance of labor or ser
vice, by any person in the United States, its
Territories, or the District of Columbia, pre-
viuua iu coo migration or importation or tne
person or persons wnose labor or service is
contracted for into the United States, shall
be utterly void and of no effect.
Seo. 3. That for every violation of any of
the provisions of section 1 of this act the per
son,- partnership, company or corporation
vioiaung tne same Dy Knowingly assisting,
encouraging, or soliciting the migration or
importation of any alien or aliens, any fori
eicmer or foreismera. into t,h United RhafM
its Territories, or the District of Columbia1
contract or agreement, express orimplied
paiuio ui special, wiiii sucu aiien or aliens,
foreigner or foreigners, previous to becoming
residents or citizens of tbe Unified
States, shall forfeit and pay f orvery such
offense the sum of $1,000, which may be sued
for and recovered by the United States or by
any person who shall first bring . his action
therefor, including: anv such alien or for
eigner who may be a party to any such eon-
yi agrrcuimib, tvi uuuus ui. Lh.e amouUb
are now recovered in the circuit courts of
the United States, the proceeds to be paid
into the treasury of the United States: and
separate suits may be brought for each alien
orloreignar being a party to such contract
or agreement aforesaid; audit shall be the
duty of the district attorney of the proper
district to prosecute every such suit at the
expense of the United States.
Sec 4. That the master of any Vessel who
shall knowingly bring within the United
States on any such vessel and land, or permit
to oe lanaea, irom any loreiga port or place,
Any Allan lfthrtrsr. mArnnti ry .rfie.n -nrlti
previous to embarkation on such vessel, had
entered into contract or agreement parole or
special, express or implied, to perform labor
or service in the United States, shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on con
viction thereof shall be- punished by a fine of
not more than $500 for each and every Buch
alien laborer, mechanic, or artisan so brought
as aforesaid, and may also be imprisoned for
a term not exceeding six months.
Seo. 5. That nothing in this act shall be so
constructed as to prevent any citizen or sub
ject of any foreign country temporarily re-
aiding in the United States, either in private
or official capacity, from engaging, under
contractor otherwise, persons nob residents
or citizens of the United States to act as
private secretaries, servants, or domestics
for such foreigner temporarily residing in
tbe United States as aforesaid; nor shall this
act be so construed as to prevent any person
or persons, partnership or corporation, from
engaging, unaer contract or agreement,
skilled workmen m foreign countries to per
form labor m the United States m or uponV
any new industry not at present established
F&rnenitei States; provided, that skilled
i labor fortSa" Purpose cannot otherwise be
I v,-4, TJhall he Tr'visions of this act
' t j-: . . -.;';. '.or, urajsts, lerriirei..
... ........ .a, i: . ..
as personal or domesticTvants ; provided,
that nothing in this act shalTi"6 construed as
prohibiting any individual frohi agisting any
member of his family or any 'relative or per
sonal friend to migrate from any jS?reign
country to the United States for the ourisasei
of settlement here. " .
Section 6 repeals conflicting laws." The
bill went back to the House of Representa
tives for concurrence or non-concurrence ir
the Senate amendments. .. .
TOlt OC1ULTBEE C&EATES A BKXEZK.
During consideration of the river and har
bor bill in the House Mr. Thomas P. Ochil
tree, of Texas,rose to a question of privileges.
Mr.' nolmani of Indiana, had offered an
amendment to the bill, which was lost . Mr.
Ochiltree had gone to Mr. Holman and re
quested the name of the gentleman who had
given him the information upon which he
basad his amendment That man proved to
bo a Mr. Alexander, and of that man Mr.
Ochiltree bad said "lie had left his country
for his country's good." - -,'-
"In going out of this room," continued Mr
Ochiltree, "that man attacked me in tha
corridor of the capitol and told me in a
threatening manner that he intended to meet
me?SjnJorwhat I had said. " , -yy-
A voice Let him meet you. (Laughter.)
"I want to state further," Mr. Ochiltree',
weut on "that I am utterly indifferent as to
shielding myself on the ground that I am en
tit ed to protaijta'on as a member of the
House. I am willing to meet him or.;; any
one else." (Laughter and applause.)
Subsequently Mr. Ochiltree was inter
rieweJ.on thl subject of his encounter with
Mr. Alexander.' "He approachei mo," said
the great Texan, "in a threatening manner
and exclaimed: . v
'Til see you again for what yon have said.
You said I ought to leave the country for the
country's good."
Mr. Ochiltree called a Capitol policeman
and requested the arrest of Mr. Alexander.
Afterward, Mr. Ochiltree .stated, Mr. :Al
exander apologized and he thereupon ; re
quested Alexander's release.
THE OKLAHOMA LANDS.
Senator Dawes reported favocvfcly frem
tho committee on India natEairs, t bill to
enable the President to hega&ato for the pur
chase of portions of certain Indian rescrva
tions, which are described in the bill and are
generally known as the Oklahoma lands. The
bill f urtlier provides that any person who with
out authority of law, enter these landsshallbe'
fined not more than $5 X) or imprisonment for "
not more than one year or both for the first
offence, and be fined; $1,000 or imprisonment
for not more than two yean 'for each subse
quent offence. It also authorizes the seizure
df the outfit of such persons.
A MAD ACCIDENT. 'i
Father and Son KUled-Otners Injured.
. A terrible accident occurred about, eight
miles north of Munoy Valley, Pa., Thursday
night, by which two persons were killed and
three others fatally injured. Joseph Haber
ecker, bis wife Hannah and three children went
out sleighing in a large two-horse sleigh. On
the way home the horses took fright at some
object along the road and both' horses ran
away, drawing the sleigh with them. i
The sleigh was turned over, throwing the
occupants out and dragging ihem for nearly
five hundred feet, when the horses fell and were
'unable to go any further. The father's neck
was broken and" he was dead, and one of the
children, Harry, had both his legs cut off by a
runner of the sleigh. Mrs. Haberecker was
seriously injured and her recovery is doubt
ful. The other children, Mary and Willie,
were also badly hurt about their bodies and
heads.- The dead and injured were taken to a
neighboring farmhouse and medical aid sum
moned. The boy Harry 'died, however, before
. the physician arrived.
Colored Babies Burned.
The house of a colored woman named Alice
Wilson, in Buncombe county, Baleigh, N. C,
caught fire Thursday and her three children
were burned to death. It is said that over one
hundred colored children have been burned to
rlftath in this manner smoe October last - The
mothers lock the children m the houses while
they are away at wocav
V
COKGHESSIONAL SUMMARY.
" Senate
The anti-foreign contract labor blQ was
placed before the Senate. Mr. Sherman said
that it was Mr. Morrill's intention to call np
and continue discussion of the . trade dollar
bill on the completion of the labor bill Mr.
Beck said that he did not know how that bill
had got out of sight Mr. Hawley said it had
gone to the calendar when the- Senate de
clined to proceed with it That course was
in accordance .With the Senate rules. Mr.
Beck expressed the hope that if it was to be
killed, it would be killed squarely, and not by
indirection. . uonsiaerauon oi tne anxi-iaresign
contract labor bill was then proceeded Witt1
wiiboo$ action.."- - .
The chair laid before the Senate a memo
rial of the legislature of Mp'ae. urging the
passage by Congress of the bill to 'authorize
the placing of General Grant on the retired
list.... The anti-forc'a contract labor bill
was passed witn.rinendmems, and went back
to the House. . Mr. Palmer Introduced a bill
to set 'apart the un surveyed marsh lands at
the mouth of the St Clair .river, known as
the St. Clair flats, as a hunting and fishing
preservs for the people of the United States;
it was referred So tne eomnuwee on public
lands. ,
The Senate passed tne Texas Pacific for
feiture bill, Mr. Blair, of New Hampshire,
and Mr. Bowen, being the only Senators who
voted against it The bill forfeits and re
stores - to the public domain the lands
granted in 13? 1 to the Texas Pacific Rail
road company to aid in the construction of
tneir road. - xne Din nad passed tne liouse,
and went back to that body with the
Senate's amendments added thereto.... Mr.
Pliimb reported the post office armfooriation
biff, appropriating $53,819,900, an increase of
f 30u,oo(J over the bill as passed by tne House -and
$3,279,179 less than the estimates,
Mr. Miller, from the committee oivagri
culture, reported favorably, withojHVamend
menti the House ' bill for the protection of
forests on the public domain.... Mr. Hoar J
introduced a bill for the relief of seamen. He
said that it was almost a transcript of tbe
Massachusetts law relating to the pledge of
seamen's wages, and permitting such pledge
only for the support of their wives and chil
dren. It was referred to the committee on
commerce... The agricultural appropriation
bill was passed. . .
' Bsnte,
Mr. Dorshelmer introduced in the house to
day a bill to regulate the coinage and promote
the equal circulation of gold and silver. . . .A
resolution for the appointment of a commis
sion on tne . subject of tne alco
holic liquor tariff was reported
back adversely by Mr. English, of Indiana,
from the committee having charge of the
matter, and was laid upon the table. ...The
joint resolution giving notice to the North
uerman confederation oi intention to termi
nate the treaty of 1868 was reported from
tne committee on foreign affairs by
Mr. Deuster, of Wisconsin, and placed
on titie House calendar .....Mr.
Biggs, of Illinois, from .tho committee
on public health; reported a resolution rec
ommending the appropriation committee to
insert in an appropriation bill an item of
$500,000 to be expended in preventing tbe
introduction into the United States of the
Asiatic cholera.. .The legislative appropria
tion bill was passsu.
The House m committee of the whole fur
ther considered the River and Harbor bill,
An amendment was adopted .appropriating
$500,000 for the improvement of Galveston
harbor and directing the harbor .board to
proceed at once to examine the plans, specifi
cations and estimates for the improvement
and report to the secretary of war for his ap-
grova! The committee rose without reach
lgavote on the bill.... The general dell-,
aency appropriation bill, providing for an
appropriation of S3.561.016. was reported. .
The conference report upon the District of
Columbia appropriation bill was agreed to.
Mr. Holman introduced a joint resolution
requesting the President to open negotiations
witn ino j! rencn xtepuniic wnn a view oi ne
eotiatinz a new convention with that erovern-
metit for the establishment of another French
and American . claims commission, which
shall -have ample jurisdiction to reopen, ex
amine and finally determine all claims which
were filed before the late commission under
the convention of January 15, 1880... .Mr.
Bennett, from the committee on elections,
submitted a report on the Iowa contested
election case of Frederick against Wilson,
accompanied by a resolution declaring .Fred
erick entitled to the seat.. ..Consideration
of the river ana harbor, appropriation bilj
was resumed. ,,
.Mv larre.- s-uun.'. .-u r : oiiif.-r: -i rr ore
bill and it was agreed to A bin was passed
granting a pension of $50 a mouth to the
widow of Major Thornburg, but when llr. T
newrsc, or xew x orx, called up a Senate bill
granting a pension of $60 a month to the
widow of Commodore Cravens 'it was re
jected.... At its evening session the House
fBfcd fifty pension bills. , -
LOST W'TH AIX HANDS.
British Hcheonor Ifofwid Wrecked One ot
the Crew Keacued and Be Dies. ,
The British schooner E. V.' Oii-sse, Captain
Clark, from Ituatan for Mobile, with a cargo
of fruit was wrecked on Dixie. Island Wd-'
nesday night during a heavy northerly gale.'
She was discovered at an early hour the follow
ing morning, aud the pilot boat Ida Lowe pro-,
ceeded to the wrecks When the dlive was
reached only one of her crew was found, anrl he
was taken from the ringing in an unconscious
oondition and lived only a short time after be
ing rescued Tlie pilotboat cruised for some
time in the vicinity of the wreck in the hope
of rescuing some of the remainder of the
crew, but none of them were found, and all
of them are supposed to have been lost The
vessel and cargo will prove a total loss."
- Niaaara River mystery,
A handsome skiff drifted ashore at the Grand
Island ferry landing, on the Buffalo side of the
Niagara river. In it was found an overcoat,
in the pocket of which, besides business cards
and memoranda,was a letter introducing J.
H. Badford, of Toronto, to P. W. Parkinson,
and another from Maud L. Badford to her
father, also under date of Toronto . The river
has been jammed with ice but it is thought
that the missing owner of the ooa t must have
attempted to cross after the fe-ryboat had
stopped running. If so he has undoubtedly
gene over the Falls, which ore but a short dis
tance below. X
Natural Hat JBxploaloa.
A terrible gas explosion occurred a few miles
west of Erie, Pa., with fatal resulte. John
Solca, John Foster and. others were at ork
sinking a well when they struck a vein of f
natural gas, down ninevy feet, and an explosion j
ensued, Solca was killed instantly at the bot- i
tem of the well Foster, who was half way
down, was blown out of the well and fatally
injured. James Vincent and Thomas Bositori
were also frightfully burned, AH the persons
were Portuguese. Buildings in the vicinity
were badly shattered by the detonation.
J The Kile Campaign. '
Tho Campaign on the Nile, says ths
New York Sour, ia so far one of the
most mysterious ever undertaken by
British troops. The utmost circumspec
tion has been strongly impressed upon
. all. Staff and otlter cnicers-'have ben
cautioned not to write too confidingly jor
too much at leDgth to their friends 'at
home; hence private letters from the,
seat of war are generally unsatisfactory
and barren of details.. The newspaper
correspondents bave not been kept as
tightly in hand during any recent
campaign, In the remote and desert
land they are bo entirelyat the mercy
of the military authorities, and tinder
such pains and penalties the los of
all privileges ir. banishment back to
Cairo or the br se that they will trans
gress no regulations, and transmit none
but discreet i nd palatable new 4. They
have probably had neither ability nor
inclination to hoodwink Colon j! Swaine,
Loid Wolt-ejey's military sojretarr, the
shrewd and uncompromising censor if
the pres, armed aa be is with ample
disciplinary and discretionar powers.
The mere astute amongst ih correspon-.
dents would be farnorp .likely td iend
themselves to theGenerala desire - ?
m jelification, .andA wausi": "W P
assist i zom in -puttta? peop'
wrong cenfe- ' Ltd, Wo
tjfihis kjt;?;
,1 V.
ODDS AND ENDS;':
Ths net funded debt of 2few Torktiiy '
VI. .Lie W lumswj - -1, rtf , K f 7fc
. . :'K .. . -..: ' f l;'
i is- believed to btit.f
B. i.''-A.'-f-.(l'.!&i,
is $92,047,403.
Fbsldskiok Douglas
n-rrr.T. nvoAiMjt that 18R! will he . . . &v
a money making year." .:- w ;. t :jff
Th first Amerioaii bank? -Was estao--'
liahed in Boston in 1688. 4 ..-.j. ? .-Vii
Thebb 50D Masoruo ". lodgea is
Texaa ana 16,000 Masons. - ... -f
Berlin has 1,027 physioians, or one
to every 1,230 inhabHante. i.?
Thb corps de ballet of tho Paris Grand
Opera comprises 1,027 women, "-
"Bubdie" is Mr. Bur dett-ObuttsB pet
namo for the wife ol bis bosom. . ' i.
Thbbs is bat one place in the United
States where gun cotton is made.
Mb. Joshta Montooheby Sbabb pays
the largeet individual tax inijoeton.
A peabl has been found on the west
era Australian coast yaluedat $20,000. . ft,
Pamr is now used in Germtoyinstead. ' V
of wood in manufaoturingJead pencils. ; 11:
Oeemtaiiy is doiuc what it can to keen : ' i v
0ut American peteolennifrom her market, ' :
CniOAao is said to havo within her .. " 1?
borders two thousand armed Socialists. . Sivj
ONTABioiCanada') exports more than
87per cent of the timber axmuaUy'
t ) -
It is said, that Japanese women have '
never seen and do not know the use oi
pins. .;. ' " - "-.;
Montana horse thieves are operating
in force in the British Northwest Terrl
tory. ' - -1 -
Okb yielding $1,000 in gold to the ton
das been discovered in Clermont oonnty,
Ohio. -
Dbtjnkenness is common in the army, '
tbo Army and Navy Journal con
fesses. ' - ,. j
The only sister of the late Gen. Ous
ter is giving dramatic readings for a live-
lihood. . '
Dtjbinq the recent cholera epidemio in
Naples twenty doctors fell victims to the
disease. f
Of the 32,000 Indians in the Territory"
of Dakota, SO, 000 speak the English
language.
A TAiirsa meteor recently killed Mr. ,
Julius Rabble, a farmer, near. Soraereet,"
Kentucky.
Henet Tatb has given 10,000 for the
erection of a homoaopathio hospital in
Iiiverpool. I
A SPrDEa is said to eat twenty-sir
times its own weight every day and still
be hungry. '
The number of post offices in Germany
has increased from 5,755 in 1872 to 11,
646 in 1883.
The Salvationists of England want
$150,000 for their work during the
coming year. i' ;
Thb largest Bank of England note is
worth $150,000, and the owner is Prince
Starbeenberg. . ' I
Thb late Abner Coburn: was. the
richest man in Maine. He Was worth
..v., as nnn nnn H .
A glass of whisky, which is sold fox
10 or 15 cents, costs the distiller only
one-sixth of a cent. -l '-'"
It takes two men over an hour to wind .
up tho clock of Trinity Church, Now
York, it iaqp. heavy. 1 -
A motion to allow street carato' run
on Sunday failed to find a , seconder in
the Toronto Council. f - ,
A man in York countyPa., has had
his wife arrested for pouring a gallon of .
molasses on his head. ' j
TwnTspstimated cost of collecting tbe -
fiscal year is $569,931.
This season in Borne this year is re- v
ported as the dullest within the memory '
oi uie oiaeet uuiaonant. " j
, There is a bill pending in Congress to .' .
create a Department of Agriculture with-!' '
a Cabinet officer at its head. . -
Mrs. E. D. E, N. Southwobth is an-.
counced to be writing her sixty-fifth
novel in her sixty-nun year, a
thb American News
twenty-seven different bran!
iner the entire United 8r" I
OwiiT four out of thr
and .Territories are '
hibit thVasJ- r,r
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The late AW " J"' -". f:. AifY;
interest in the .y
and always attendeu v. -
On one occasion then. s T
civen. commencement week'.?-
the artists was Miss Kellogg -donna.
The drinking water at' ,
was not pleasing to her taste, it , o
lated, and she did not hesitate to ,:
plain of it. Mr. Coburn, who was cY
acterized by a carelessness of dress; w
wandering about the hotel, when '
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I.nearu oi meaiairess oi tno singer. ,
immediately offered to relieve her ol
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trouble, saying that he knew where there
Was a' spring of good fresh water, and
She, taking him for some attendant V '
about the hotel, gladly accepted the off or, '
and was so much pleased; with the '
draught ne brqiigat that she engaged ylflUJ
him te furnish ner with drinking water
during her stay. Upon her .departure';
she expressed her thanks to her sttond-
ant, and, much to the amusement of the
by-standers, offered him money. TtuV-
he gallantly refused, telling her that the
carrying of the water had been a plef "lX;-i
ure to nun. Wc en she nad poardett l
train, one of bcr companion asked f
if she knew to -whom she I had M
speaking. "Why, no," said She; "i
servant at the hotel, I suppose.'' ;
amazement oan be imagined jwher?
that it was none other than the Gl -.
of the State. - : v
The Oleomargarfne lbr'? ,
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The first annual ''H'w- - '. ;
York State Dairyr .i$fcir$: .
sent to the Senatoi Jv.-r:j... ',f;. ;f ,
says that ' large. if
butter, known as olv
Mm
ine, etc., were sold, yt ' ?; '
m'riM of New York av -'
genuine dairy batter. .tu.-t
the efifeot of th"ework haa
presa over- 75 per eont. .;
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