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None of the newly discovered comets are in danger of rushing against the earth just yet. The nearest is 120,000,aaa ?^ct uuu miies uii. In the Southern States duriug 1SS0, Kentucky led in new manufacturing and mining enterprises with $28,401,000; Tennessee came next, with $21,240,000, and Alabama third, with $10,848,000. The proportion of increase was largest in Arkansas, the Amount of capital invested in new enterprises being $15,240,009, against $1,230,000 in 18So. Mr. Barnes, of Georgia, is the heaviest member of the National House of Representatives. He weighs over three hundred pounds. Messrs. Sawyer, of Wisconsin; aad Stanford, of California; are the portliest men in the Senate and have the fattest pocketbooks. The smallest man in Congress is General "Wheeler, of * n f Allrtflf mnn 10 AT StflTTflrf ' xviauauia ^ laucob iuau 10 iui* uw ut of Texas, who stands six feet three inches in his boots. The recent birth of Secretary Whitney's daughter is the fifth instance in the last twenty years of an increase in like manner of a Cabinet family. During Johnson's administration Se:retary McCulloch was presented with a daughter, as was also Postmaster General Deni8on. In General Grant's second term two Cabinet babies were bom?one the daughter of Secretary Bolknap, the other ' the daughter of Secretary Robeson. Tiie queerest thing in Boston is the recent sale of a church without the tower, which latter is retained by a man who became the buyer under a mortgage. The reason is that this man thought that those who bought the church did not have sufficient jesthetic taste to prevent their tearing down the tower. Hence he keeps for himself about twenty square feet of land on which the tower is built and deeds all the rest of the land with the church building to the new congregation. The Chicago Inter- Ocean sounds this timely note of warning: "Now is the time for the United States to enforce a rigid quarantine against the cholera infected districts of South America. Unless it is done and done promptly the dreaded scourge will enter upon the domain of the United States the coming I year. The line of danger will be through Mexico or from the ports of the Pacific coast whose traffic with the infected ports is direct. Aside from its ravages as a disease, the coming of the cholera would bs a National financial disaster." An Iowa punster is to be punished on ^ account of a legal complication with his word play. The punster's name is Steers and he o wns a farm in Iowa. A ? few days ago he obtained a loan of $100, and gave as security a mortgage upon "five white Steers on his farm." Then he went to Kansas, and when the holder of the mortgage went to the farm to look at the five white Steers Mrs. Steers showed him her five children. The outraged mortgage-holder has secured a requisition from the Governor, and the old Steer will be brought back to Iowa and I punished. j t The phylloxera is impartial between France and Germany. After having wrought ruin in the vineyards of the former country it has recently attacked thos? along the Rhine. Commercial Agent J. H. Smith, of Mayence, reports to the State Department that a careful investigation of the Rhine and Moselle vineyards has been made by the government "with a view to the extirpation of the pest. As a result the infected regions Itave been ascertained and the ravages of the insect materially lessened. In 1885, 2,713 diseased vines were discovered; in 1886, but 275. One of the strangest of religious Beets is that which calls itself the New and Latter House of Israel. Its headquarters are in Chatham, England, in which town its devotees are building an immense flmnle which will cost $250,000. Thev believe that they will not die, and that they are the remnant of true Israelites who will reign with Christ for a thousand years. Their founder was a mar named Jczriel, who is now dead. Hit death was a great shock to the believers, but his wife claimed that it was an accident, and declared herself to b< his successor. The Cultivator thinks it is very evi dent that the cattlc-ranch business lia? been overdone, especially in those speculative enterpriser which did their principal business on paper and in the banking houses of the East. Vast sums ol mr\r,nxr Kovf? Insf in Kurrme. as well iUVUVJ r? as in this country, in these inflated schemes We know of one firm in this city that has charged off to profit and loss account upward of $1,000,000 sunk in a most promising cattle-ranch investment. Of course, there is money in legitimate cattle raising, but the specula' tive enterprises stimulated by a few successes have proved the ruin of many, and entailed serious lo*es upon a still greater number. Spain, which is not usually reckoned among the first of European nations in ?orrnl maftprs at nreseut uossesses the fastest steamer in the world. The name of this smart vessel is El Destructor, anil she is a torpedo cruiscr which can steam, with her full armament on board, at the rate of twenty-three knots, that is, almost twenty-seven miles an hour. Among her other accomplishments she is able to turn quite round in a space of four or five times her own length while going at full speed. The Spaniard can run 700 miles at full speed without requiring fresh coal supply. This formidable racer was net built in Spain, but on the Clyde. She is only the first of a fleet of similar cruisers ordered for Spain, The Crematorial Association of Philadelphia i9 preparing to build the largest and costliest crematory chapel in the n-nrM Tf. xcill have a front of sixty six feet, a depth of one hundred and five feet; the distance will be ninety feet to the top of the dome, the material will be granite, pressed red brick find terra cotta, and the cost will be $10,000. In order that all the citizens of Minnesota might read the Governor's message it was translated into ten different languages?English, German, Norwegian, Swedish, French, Bohemian, Finn, Polish, Italian and Chinese. Six thousand copies were printed in English and three hundred in Chinese, the number in the other languages ranging from five hundred to one thousand. Two barns said to be filled with unthrashed wheat were recently burned in Germany. They were insured, but it was impossible to collect, because the claim was made that the contents of the barns | were simply straw. "When the affair got into the courts, chemical experts were called to analyze the ashes. Wheat contains a large quautity of phosphoric acid, almost ten times as much as does straw. Naturally, in the burning of these barns, wood ashes, cement, and other mineral substances were mixeJ with the ashes submitted to to the chemists, but none of these admixtures contain phosphoric acid. The experts found that of two samples placed in their hands one con| tained 10:3 per cent, and the other 10 per cent, of the acid, thus proving conconclusively that the farmers were in the right, and the insurance companies, as is generally the case according to public sentiment, in the wrong. A painful incident, which recalls Edgar Poe's thrilling sketch entitled: "Premature Burial," is reported from saumur. a young man, >vuu ?ua uiflicted with a contagious disease, suddenly died, at least to all appearances, and his burial was ordered to take place i as soon as possible. The undertaker's men, who carried the coffin to the grave, thought that they heard a noise lik knocking under its lid, yet, being afraid of creating a panic among the people who attended the funeral, they went on with their burden. The coffin was duly placed in the grave, but, as the earth was being thrown upon it, unmistakable | sounds of knocking were heard by everyj body. The Mayor, however, had to be sent for before the coffin could be opened, and some delay occurred in the arrival of that official. "When the lid was removed the horrible discovery was made that the unfortunate inmate had just died from asphyxia. The extensive scale on which the business of canning tomatoes is done is made apparent in the American Grocer. The tomato pack of 1S8G reached a total of 2,363,700 cases of two dozen tins each, being 929,764 cases ahead of the 1883 . pack and about up to the average annual pack for the three years of 1883-85, which was 2,132,921 cases. In 1883 the supply reached 3,000,000 cases. In 1885 the pack was less than one-half that of 1883, and 087,171 cases below that of 1884. The shortage of those two years and the failure to bring the supply of this year up to the maximum yield of 1834 have been productive of good in that they have sent all the old packed goods into consumption. Two million cases of tomatoes are less than the an Dual requirements of the United States, which are placed at fully 2,500,000 cases. The spring of 1887 will see the stock of tomatoes throughout the United States lighter than it has been at any time for six years. Packers have had this season a rising market?something they have been looking forward to for years. The work of the year has been profitable to all good packers. The crop was variable, being very heavy in New Jersey, good in New York, Chioand Canada, but not up to expectation in Maryland or the Western States, where it was very irregular. A Consumption Hospital. It was a consumption hospital. The fates forcfend that I should ever enter another. Death met us at the door and crosscd our path and walked with us wherever we turned. The hollow echocs of the hideous place reverberated with | a funereal charm. The rooms, the beds, the people in bed and out of bed were ' spectres one and all, and they still sometimes come back to me in my dreams. "When the flowers were brought in, it was wonderful what a solitary charm of healthy nature they at once diffused through the distempered and unhealthy moral atmosphere. Some patients who were in bed took their share, and held it as if in prayer. Others who could walk went up and down inhaling fragrance, as if it hud been the breath of life itself. Some made garlands and bouquets to brighten the wards. I should be ashamed to tell you how much brandy I drank when I got out into light and life again, to drown the poignant memory of that visit. But I learned from it the value of a flower or a picture in such a scene. Not poppies, nor mandragora, nor all the drowsy syrups of the East, mean as much a> these touches of brightness that invite them to forgctfulness of themselves and of their miseries.?Alfred Trumbull in Jour no list. Bread Moistened With Blood. D. B. Aldrich, of Jellerson, N. C., writes to the Constitution that he would i like to hear of Colonel Gardner of the Ninth Georgia. Air. Aldrii h was a Federal soldier, and after the first battle of Hull Run was walkinc over the field helping the wounded regardless of the uniform they wore. He came upon Lieutenant-Colonel Gardner, who had been wounded in the ankle. Mr. Aldrich was advised to slay inside the Confederate lines, and did so. That night he slept between two wounded Confederates. A rain came up, and about midnight ho awoke, quite hungry, and reached for the knapsack of one of the wounded soldiers. He got some hardtack which was moist from the rain, he thought. They tasted mighty good, for he was very hungry. Next morning he discovered that the hardtack had been moistened with blood, aud that both the men with whom he had slept were dead.? Atlanta Constitution. A GREAT SINGER'S PERIL. Attempt of a Crank in a San Francisco Theatre to Kill Patti. Her Life Saved by the Premature Explosion of His Bomb. A dramatic episode occurred at the Grand Opera House, San Francisco, the other night Adeliua Patti was giving her last concert of the season, which was annouuced also as her last appcarance in that city. At twenty minutes past 10, after Patti had twice appeared in front of the curtain in response to recalls at the conclusion of an aria from '*La Traviata," and just as she had retired again to the wings, a tremendous explosion was clearly heard above the vociferous applause, and a cloud of smoke was seeu to rise over the railing of the top gallery. Instantly every opera glass was focused on that portion of the house where the exciting scene was transpiring, and a panic was immi nent. i'eoplo in tbo gallery wererusmngaoout seeking the quickest means of exit, and it was only through the self-possession of some newspaper men present in one of the boxes, coupled with that of Mnie. Patti, that a stampede of the entire audience for the doors was preveuted. The newspaper men quickly perceiving that no serious result had occurred, motioned to Mine. Patti, who was still in the wiugs, to coine before the curtain. She comprehended the situation and came forward quickly, and giving the cue to Arriiti, the musical conductor, began singing "Home. Sweet Home.' This had a calming effect on the audience, and though many lett to ascertain the cause aud effect of the unexpected disturbance, the concert was carried to its conclusion. So soon as the location of the trouble could be learned a policeman rushed to the scene and found a man with badly burned face and bauds, moaning with agony, and the remains of an infernal machine about him. He was placed under arrest and conveyed to Irviug Hospital, where he stated that when he stooped to pick up bis hat nnd cane he found a package under his seat, which be picked up, and that as he raised it to see what it was it exploded. He received serious injuries but no other person was hurt. Ho gave his name as Dr. James Hodges, aged seventy-one years, a dyspepsia specialist,and his residence at 4 Central Place. Others, however, trivb a different but un doubted correct version of tho affair. A ladv who sat next to him, and who narrowly escaped injury, says that during the evening ho made a number of significant remark--, which pointed clearly to the purpose he afterward attemptel to carry, out. Among the observations which the lady distinctly remembered was: "Patti is singing excellent tonight, but she will never sing any more." He was also heard t > make uncomplimentary and revengeful allusions to J. C. Flood, the"bonanza king, and his family, who were present in a box. At the Irving Hospital, after his wounds had been dressed, the Chief of Police attempted to make him commit himself, but the ell'ort was a complete failure. Hi stoutly maintained his innocence. The Chief of Police pronounces him a crank. The bomb was made with a can filled with powder, in the center of which was a bottle. The can was wrapped in pieces of cloth soaked in inflammable oil, and it is believed that the intention was not only to kill Patti and those near the stage, but also to set fire to the building. Tho bomb was arranged to explode by a number of friction matches, which were connected with a fuse inserted in the powder. The theory is that the fuse burned too quickly for the crank and the explosion was premature Though Patti performed her part in the remainder of the programme it was noticeable that the occurrence had considerable efl'ect upon her and somewhat subdued her viva.'ity. It is generally considered tbat Hodges's intention was to set the theater on lire and create a panic, and ths peculiar nature of his preparations are evidence in this connection. His plan evidently was that the explosion of the powder should light the fluid in the bottle, and that, falling on the dresses of the audience, would set them on fire. In Hodges's room were found documents which show that he bad opinions in common with those who believe in the right to appeal to dynamite to right th"ir fancied wroncs. LATER NEffS, "Jim" Couutiught, a detective at Fori Worth, Texas, with a national reputation a! a desperate man, was shot dead by Luke Short, a gambler. Many of the coal handlers and longshoremen on strike in New York have become disheartened and gone back to work. The Roading Railroad compromised with the strikers; the other roads refused offers to arbitrato. Investigation of the accounts of John C. Leighton, who has just resigned as Clerk of tho Municipal Criminal Court in Boston, shows a deficiency ot about $'200,000. Tiie rosult of the recent Vermont railroad disaster now seems as follows: The total number of persons on the train as far as lrnrvntn ? n TU ! rf TT FAMI* A TU JVUUWU *V05 Ul^Uby-iVUt, xuill-jr-ivui aio known to be dead, and twelve are known to have gone to their homes, which, with the tbirty-six wounded, leaves only two missing. The Pennsylvania House has passed a joint resolution providing for the submission of the question of a prohibition amendment to a vote of the people. A fuel famine at Fort Benton, Montana, has increased the price of coal to $00 a ton. Ikn children were bitten by a mad dog in Niles Centre, IIL A number of buildings were carried away at Aurora. 111., by a flo d. Several wild bulls, destined for a bull light, broke loose while being driven through the streets of the City of Mexico, and killed a number of persons. After one defeat Mr. Goschen, Chancellor of the British Exchequer, has bean elected a member of Parliament. The Western Bank of the City of New York has been organized with Secretary Manning as President and United States Treasurer Conrad N. Jordan Vice-President Two men were killed, two fatally injured, six seriously hurt, and nearly 100 horses burned to death at a fire in a St. Louis stable. Deputy Sheriff Lockhardt and two assistants attempted to arrest an Indian on the Navajo reservation in New Mexico for horse-stealing. The Indian resisted arrest, and Lockhardt shot him dead. The other Indians opened fire, and a general buttle ensued. The three whites and two Indians were killed, and two Indians wounded. A State reception?the last of the series? was given on Thursday to the Army and Navy by Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland. The late mistress of the White House,Miss Cleveland, and Generals Sickles and Banks were conspicuous in the throng. Mavxa Loa, the celebrated volcano on Hawaii Island, is again in eruption, belching fire, smoke and lava. Earthquake shocks accompany the outbreak. Mrs. Henry Wood, the noted English authoress, is dead. The sixteen thousand miners on strike in Northumberland. Eneland. against a reduc Hon of wages, want ?-10,000 a woek from the other English Unions to keep their families from starving. A company has been formed to dredge the Carson River, in Nevada, for quicksilver and amalgam. Eighteen miles of river-bed have been located. It is estimated that ten per cent of the bullion product of the Comstock mine has | flowed as tailing into the Carson River and that at least $40,000,000 will be recovered. Hi I NEWS SUMMARY Eastern and Middle States. A special committee of th? New York Legislature has been taking testimony in New York city concerning the cause or tne coal handlers'"and longshoremen's stri ke. Stephen lamphier,of Lyme, N. EL, killed Mrs. Mark Donaldson with a shotgun, and afterward shot himself dead with a pistol. Sophia Conqdon, of Willimantic, Conn., died on Wednesday at the age of 110 years and seven months. Ex-Alderman Thomas rileary'strial for bribery follows that of the convicted O'Neill in New York. The Dennison Paper Company, of Mechanics Falls, Me., havo failed, with liabilities amounting to $450, X)0. The champion chickon thief has just 'been caught in New Haven. He stole over J.,000 fowls since October The di-eadful railroad disaster in Vermont * ~ s? ? j 4-v.i* piikio/th rtf OS again caueu awu'uuu w >ud ou-jw. heating cars without endangering ths lives of passengers. Resolutions pertinent to the matter havo been passed by the New York Legislature. The New York city Aqueduct Commission ha9 resolved to build a Quaker Bridge dam 227 feet high and 1,500 feet long. It will be a stupendous piece of work, and will cost many millions. Ice curshed a hole in the schooner Davy, and she sank off the mouth of the Connecticut River. Mrs. Crowley, the Captain's wife, and two deck hands were drowned. The National Agricultural and Dairy Association has been holding its annual convention at New York. All sections of the country were represented by delegates. South and West. Extremely severe weather is reported from the Northwest. Numerous settlers are believed to have been lost on the prairie during a blizzard. The thermometer in Dakota raDged from twenty-five to thirty degreos below zero. A temperance campaign by D. L. Moody and Francis Murphy is under way in Chicago. Colonel J. TV. Melbcrv, a leading citizen of Poplar Bluff, Ark., was shot dead in his bedroom by an unknown assassin outside. Ax earthquake shock was felt the other day in various parts of Illinois, Indiana, Missouri and Kentucky. At Terre Hanle Via ciinotc mo in miii* succassion and were followed by a heavy ru mbling, which shook the houses. Slight shocks were felt in St. Louis and Louisville. Two colored men fcught a duel at Hob> ken, Ga., each being mortally wounded. Edward Loew, editor of the Milwaukee Arbeiter-Zeitung, has been sentenced 1:0 thirty days' imprisonment for publishing' libe'ous statements in connection with the trial of Paul Grottkau, the Anarchist The Ohio Legislatu.-u has offered a reward of $10,000 for tne arrest of the five men who assaulted two Cleveland detectives so violently in a train that: one of them dieil, and took away their p risoner. Washington. The Inter-State Commerce bill has b? n signed by the President;. Five Commissioners to carrv out its provisions are to be appointed by Mr. Cleveland. Nominations by the President: Richard A Jones, of Oregon, to be Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Territory of Washing; Frank Allyn, of Iowa, to be Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Territory of Washington; James H. Wright, of Missouri, to be Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Territory of Arizona; Ernest A. Mann, of Florida, to be Consul at Gothenburg. Confirmations by the Senate: Depaiir ment of Justice?tV. G. Langford, Aiiscciate Justice of the Supreme Court of Washington Territory: J. Spencer, of New York, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Dakota; D.N.Lockwood,United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York; G. A Alien, United States Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania. Consuls? E. J. Smithers of Delaware, at Tien-Tsin, China; H. A. Pratt of Massachusetts, us Zanzibar; J. R. Diller of Chicago, at Florence. Also a number of Postmasters, Toe President has nominated S. C. More, of Missouri, to be Consul-General at the City of Mexico. A letter from the Secretary of War to Iho House of Representatives says that thn aggregate Territorial militia is 19o,(xj0, and the aggregate militia, 7,4<itV)32. Fore I en. A school-house at St Monique, Canada, caught lire, and four young girls?three of them sisters?were burned to death. Services have just been held in Lambeth Palace Chapel, London, to commemorate the consecration there in 1787 of the lirst bishop* of the Episcopal Church in America. Among the participants were the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishops of London and Winchester, and Bishops Potter and Lyman of America Bishop Potter delivered an address sketching the history of the Church in America. Mr. Parnell has been making another speech in the British House of Commons, warning the Government against its coercive measures in Ireland, and defending the Home Rulers1 plan of campaign. Concerning the fishery dispute, an Ottawa (Canada) special says the British Government is anxious to reopen the treaty of ISIS before a convention appointed jointly by the United States and England. This. Lord Salisbury says, is the only way in which the matter can be settled. An Austrian inn-keopor and his wife nave 1 A.%nim?fftnoc a UA1-1M rtf whu ill i Cau-u iui Mumumub u W...V. .. eleven murders, extending over several years. The victims were wealthy sojourners, one being a baron. It is stated that the Abyssiniaus lost 5,000 men in the battles in which the Italian forces were defeated near Jlassowah, in the Soudan. The few Apaches who escaped from the United States troops last fall have been robbing and killing Mexicans in Sonora. The Italian Ministers have resigned, and a new Cabinet will be formed. FROM THE NORTHWEST' Wolves are aunoying the farmers of Carroll County, Iowa. As eighteen-year-cld hen died at Os<aloosa, Iowa, the other day. An' Ionia (Midi.) mau owns a turkey which has been trained to draw a sled. TnK ice outside of the JViarouette (iaicn.) harbor is dotted for t.iiles with fish shanties. A row belonging to S. M. Tearhout, of Coldwater, Minn., opened the door of her owner's house one night recently, climbed the stairs, and took a nap in a spare bedroom, where she was found tho next morning. At Creston, Iowa, a pair of horses became frightened aue. ran away. An English m as tilt tried to stop them by catching hold of their bridles. Failing in this, he reized the reins in his teeth, and was dragged over tho ground until the horses stopped. Gf.okgk Schaefkkr, a butchcr at East Saginaw, Mich., fell from a ladder, and was t aught ou a meat hock, which penetrated his left leg between the nip and knee, and held him suspended in the air six feet from tho tloor. He remained in that terrible position about twenty uiiuufc s before assistanc e arrived. SPRY LITTLE PEOPLE, The twelve-year-old daughter of Hans Hansen, a farmer, of Pipcstono County, .Minn., pioughoil liv acres oc uis lurm iui liim last year. The editor of n. weekly paper published near 1'alatka, Florid i, anuotmced in a recent issue of the paper thsit tho greater part of its contents had been put in typo during his illness by his young daughters, aged twelve and fourteen. A farmer's house near BufHugton, Wis., caught fire last week when uo water was at hand to extinguish the flames. A youthful member of tho family ran to the dairy and there procured aquautity of milk,with which tho blazo was speedily quenched. A noY of thirteen went into the jail at. Jacksonville, Florida, and asked the authorities to allow him to serve out the sentence of a boy who had Leon imprisoned for vagrancy. Tho Justice who sentenced tho boy was appealed to, and was so airectcd by the lad'4 de-soti m that he ordero.l his young frienp's release. A WINTER CARNIVAL. "DnnnilAa ^FaKa/w/vhtiinoa nnil -Lciiaut;^ xuuu5g<Miiii?9 anu vuiii Sports at Montreal. The Beautiful Ice Palace, and How It was Stormed. l*he annual winter Carnival in Montreal brought a largo nuiul>er of sightseers from other parts of Canada and from the United States. The sports included skating, tobogganing, snowshoeing, parades, etc. Fourteen toboggan clulra from Hartford, Worcester,Springfield, Winnipeg, and Canadian cities visited the city. THE ICE PA T.ACE. But looming above everything else in interest, grandeur and novelty, was tlio ice palace?a castle of alabaster by day and a mammoth lantern of crystal by night. Jce palaces, says the New York Sun correspondent at Montreal, are among the most progressive things in modern times. They grow bigger and more complicated each year, until from being a mere box olliee, this one has reached the development of a full fledged feudal castle, with several towers, battlements armed with cannon, and a hall for exhibitions. The plan is an irregular sqnnre enclosing an area of some 14,000 feet, entirely clear, open I to the sky. From each angle of the square a tower rises, that on the southwestern corner being a reduced copy of the great tower at Windsor Castle, and provided with a spiral staircase in ice leading to a parapet commanding a fine view. A height of 102 feet was attained by the principal tower. The tower at the eastern angle rose to a height of 80 feet, and was placed diagonally to the walls. At the northerly angle there was a fourth tower, Ifii feet square and 50 feet high. Special provision, dictated by experience, was made in the de- i sien for effective aid to electric illumination and pyrotechnics. The ice cn-stle will be ! lighted bx electricity for a fortnight after the carnival, and will bo, in all probability, in perfect order uutil the second week of March. The principal feature of the carnival Wednesday morning was the immense procession of the quarrymen of Coteau, St. Louis and Milo Knd, who paraded the principal streets with 14"? loads of stoue, which they offered to Archbishop Fabre, as a contribution to St. Peter's Cathedral. The procession was over a mile long, the sleighs and horses being gayly decorated. The aunual drive of the Contractors' Association was another attraction of the day. There were about sixty sleighs and a great I many of the visitors took part in it,asit was public. About 25,000 people withessed the attack made upon the Ice Castle at night. It was one of the grandest sights, and far ahead of any previous one. The streets leading to Dominion Squre were packed, and the sides of the mountain lined with spectators. The Governor-General and wife were pres?nt, accompanied by their suite and escorted by a troop of cavalry. The snow sboers met and proceeded early in the evening up the mountain, forming "ranks on tbe summit. At the blast of trumpets tbey moved down changing their coal-oil torches and blue lights, making a beautiful scene amid the booming of cannon. On arriving there they formed a circle, completely surrounding tbe castle, and began a simultaneous discbarge of rockets and Roman candles. A perfect shower of fireworks was then kept up for fifteen minutes, tbe fiery attack being so lively one enthusiastic American said: "You could hardly see between the balls of fire." All known fireworks went off in all directions. Shortly after 10 o'clock the last rocket was fired ana the display was over. MUSICAL AMD DRAMATIC. Weber received for his great opera, ''Freiachutz," only Bernhardt will begin her Ameri:an engagement in March. Miss Minnie Hauk has sailed for England. She will sing in London soon. "'""th. fwanfr.fnur oneratic and con iOcnr. aiv -r-; cert companiei on the road this season. Lister Wallach is said to be getting stiff in the knees, and he is thinking of givup playing altogether. Portland, Ore., has subscribad $15,00( wherewith to pay for two concerts by Mme. Patti and her company. Miss Mitford in 1825 wrote the play in which Lawrence Barrett as Rienzi is now making his best reputation. Patti, the great singer, will entertain at her home in Wales, in a short time, President Diaz, of Mexico, and his wife. The English title of Franz Von Suppe'9 new opera is "The Bellman." A copyright | performance will be given in London. W. S. Gilbert has already made considerable changes in the second act of the new comic opera, "Ruddy gore," and intends to make more. George R. Sims, the English playwright and story-teller, has received nearly ilOO.UOO from his plays proaueea in me uuimju otaws during the past five years. In the recent production of "Nordica," a new English opera by Frederick Corder, by Carl Rosa's company in London, three of the principal singers in the cast were Americans. The great Chicago Opera House is now said to De as good as an accomplished fact The edifice is to cost 000,000, will be ten stories high and will be surmounted by a tower 300 feet high. The auditorium on all ordinary occasions will seat 5,00J people, but tbe capacity can be enlarged to s,0 )0 for conventions and other public gatherings. The stage will be 70 by 120 feet, dimensions which are only surpassed by those of La Scala, at Milaa SINGULAR ACCIDENTS. R. F. Simpson*.of St Elmo. Mich., was recently bitten slightly on the finger by hi* infant child. A week late.1 his hand and arm began to swell, blood-poisoning ensued and he died in horrible agony. Little Willie, the son of an Omaha man, swallowed a silver dollar when he was thrco years old. The coin remained in his stomach two years, but was finally extracted. The boy now has symptoms of bloodpoisoniug. Dax Reitxy, owner of the Cyclops Mine, i near Hailey, Ore., was caught in a snow! slide ami carried a milo down the mountain, i Ho was only slightly injured, but was com! plotcly buried iu the"snow. He dug a tunnel and worked his way out, but it took a whole day to do it. Freeman* Arrington, of Augusta, Ga., attenpte.l to fix the ele.-tric light in his billiard hall recently, when his hands came in contact with both carbons of the lamp and a strorig current of electricity passed through his bodv. Ho will recover, b-.it his tongue and throat nro paralyzed auil he is uuablo to utter a word. A merchant ef Florence, Ala., unuicd Barber, was approached by a l'riend from the rear who threw his arm over Barber's neck,drawing his head downward and bringing his right eye in contact with a lead penI cil which his friend had iu his pocket. The lead poisoned tLio optic nerve, tuts uram uocamo alloc to J and ha died insane. A Maine man, while chopping wood, cut a big gash in his boot. Thinking ho had cut a gash in his foot also, he sat down and shouted for help. Assistance came, and the man, who was not ablo to walk; was placed on a sled and haule.l home. When ho got there his boot anil stocking were cut from his foot, when it was found that the foot was I not sut enough to draw blood. SUMMARY OF CONGRESS. Senate Sessions. STth Day.?Mr. Hoar's substitute for the Railroad Attorneys bill, was passed by 26 yeas to 21 nays. An amendment by Mr. Saulsbury was rejected by 26 yeas to 27 nays. Mr. Beck then moved his original bill as a substitute, and it was rejectedyeas 17, nays 36, The bill was then passed? yeas 39, nays 14. During the discussion an acrimonious debate occurred between If- 3 fTU luessrii, ueuiv huu oaui^uutjr, xuc iur lowing: is the text of the bill: "That it shall be unlawful for any member of either House of Congress to accept employment as attorney-at-law, or payment of services of any kind, in opposition to the United States, in any case to which the United States may be a party or in which itB interests may be concerned, or from any railroad company, if such members shall have reasonable cause to believe that measures specially affecting the interests of such company are pending before Congress, or are about to ba so pending during his term of office. Any person who violates the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and may be punished by imprisonment not exceeding one year, or by fine not exceeding $.500, or by both, in the discretion of t.hn Court." 38th Day.?Sixty-six pension bills were passed; among them bills granting a pension of $50 a month to the widow of Gen. Thomas Francis Meagber, increasing the pension of the widow of Major-Gen. Hunter to $-50 a month, increasing the pension of the widow of Commodore Spicer to $50, and increasing the pension of the widow of Col. Lorea Burritt to $100.... A bill wa3 reported favorably from Committee paying Maryland 872,000, with interest from 1S4*, and Virginia $150,000, with interest from 1S30, for advances made by those States toward the erection of public buildings in Washinhton The Indian Appropriation bill was passed.... The Senate bill to incorporate the Atlantic and Pacific Ship Railway Company (the Eads Tehuantepec bill) was advocated by Mr. Morgan. Mr. Hale oforei an amendment that, except as to the guarantee of $7,500,000 expressly provided m the bill, theUnited States should be in no respect whatever liablo for any debt \ or obligation of the company. ; 9th Da y.?Bills were passed appropriating in the aggregate $21,000,01)0 for the construction of ordnance of the heaviest calibre and steel armor for forts and to erect gun factories at Washington and West Troy....Twenty bills of various character were passed.... Mr. Morgan continued his speech in favor of the Eads Ship Canal. 40th Day.?Among the bills passed was ra.nliiKit onir nffldor aoronf nr (anr?nt I of tbe Government from hiring or contracting out the labor of prisoners....On motion of Mr. Frye the Senate bill for securing statistics of tbe extent and value of the vessel fisheries of the United States was taken up and passed .... The House bill relating to the importing and landing of mackerel caught during the spawning season was taken up?During 1 the discussion Mr. Edmunds presented a reI port from the Commissioner of Fisheries as to complaints from owners of vessels of illtreatment on the Canadian coast, showing | sixty-seven cases in addition to those reported to the State Department. The report was ordered printed. 41st Dat.?The session was devoted to delivering eulogies on the late Senator Log in before a crowded gallery. Mrs. Lo^ran and her son, daughter, and friends to the number or twenty-five occupied seats in the private gallery. Mr. Cullom said that had General Logan lived until to-day, 6ixty-one years?eventful, glorious years?would have rested their burden as a crown upon his head. After sketching the principal events of Mr. Logan's life Mr. Cullom spoke o' his probity and poverty, and said that in tbe last Presidential campaign no ghost of dishonor in his past'had risen up and stood in his path. Eulogies were also pronounced by Messrs. Morgan, Edmunds, Manderson, Hawley, Spooner, Frye, Evarts, Hampton and others. 42d Day.?The presiding officer presented "resolutions of a joint convention of the Houses of the General Assembly of Indiana" (Republican members) protesting against the validity of tbe election of David Turpie as United States Senator. Referred. Als< a message from the House with a substitute for the Senate Chinese Indemnity bill. Upon motion of Mr. Edmunds, the House substitute was accepted . . . The bill to purchase John Ericsson's dynamite vessel "Destroyer," appropriating $ 112,000 for the purpose, was referred to Appropriations Committee. The House bill relating to the importing and landing of mackerel caught during the spawning reason was passed?yeas, 34; nays, 11. Mr. Hoar spoke in favor of the Ead's Ship Canal bill. House Sessions. 43d Dat.? The Speaker laid before the House a message from the President returning without his approval a bill granting a pension to Alexander Falconer. Inasmuch as tbe claimant was a soldier in the Mexican war, the President thinks that his case will undoubtedly be provided for under the Mexican Pension bill which has recently become a law. Also a message from the President returning without his approval a bill granting a pension to William Lynch. The President says that the claimant's ic still nendine in the appil\.UUVli .? ? ^ Pension Bureau, and that he does not understand "that Congress intends to pa s special acts in cas.'s thus situated." The messages were referred to the Committee on Pensions?Tbe Senate bill for the retirement and recoina;e of the trade dollar was made a special order for a later day. 44th Day.?Messages were received from the President vetoing seven pension bills. Two of tbe bills were vetoed on the ground that the claimants were not entitled to pensions, and the other live remaining bills on the ground principally that the claims were still pending in the Pension Bureau....In discussion on the Diplomatic and Consular Appropriation Bill, Mr. McCrearv (Kv.) opposed the increase of salaries. The Bill, he said, appropriated ?300,000 more than the law or last year. If the other appropriation bills were proportionatsly increased, the appropriations this year would exceed those of last year more than $60,000,000. He criticised the provision for the appointment of two consular inspectors to ride with aristocrats, dine with nobility, and dance with Persian princes, and to get for their trips $4,000 each and expenses. Mr. Cox IN. C.) defended the bill, pointed out the necessity fni* tliA Arrnointment of consular inspectors, and strongfy advocated the proposed change from tbe fee to the salary system,of compensation to consuls. 4oth Day.?a bill to build two steel rams, after the model of Admiral Ammen. was introduced....Mr. Reed, of Maine, introduced retaliatory measures against Canada A bill was passed increasing to $300,000 the limit of cost of the public building at Troy....A bill was iutroduced appropriating $1,000,000 for the protection of the harbors of New York and San Francisco. 46th Day.?Mr. Caldwell, of Tennessee, from the Committee on Commerce, reported a Senate bill to prevent obstructive and injurious deposit# in New York harbor. Committee of the Whole? A Hous? bill was substituted for the Senate bill to indemnify certain subjects of the Chinese empire for losses sustained by the violence of a inob at Ro:k Springs, Wyoming Territory, on September 2, 1885 The House then "passed the Senate bill prohibiting the importation of opium into the United States by any subjectof the Emperor of China. 47th Day.?The Speaker laid before the Houso the Senate bill to encourage the manufacture of steel for modern naval ordnance and for other naval purpose*, and to provide heavy ordnance adapted to modern naval warfare. Objection was made to immediate consideration of the bill and it went to the Committee on Appropriations. The Speaker also laid before the Houso the Senate bill providing for tbe manufacture of ordnance for army purposes and making appropriations for coast defences. Same Committee ? The House resumed considoration of the bill changing the mode of compensation to United States District Attorneys, Marshals, and Commissioners. During the discussion a sharp eollo my occurred between Messrs. Rogers (Ark. I and Gibson (W. Ya.) . . . The Diplomatic and Consular Appropriation bill was discussed Wltauuk acuuu. 4Stii Day.?Mr. Merriman (N. Y.) was aopointed a member of the Committee on Naval Affairs to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr. Hewitt.... Consideration of the Consular and Diplomatic Appropriation bill was resumed. Personal Explanations were made by Messrs. Cox (N. C.) and Allen (Miss ? regarding their altercation on the previous day The medical colleges of the United States have graduated over thirty-three thousand physicians during the past nine years, and the present rate is about four thousand per annum. A STRANGEJEXPERIENCE. A Crew Besieged bv Swarms of Scorpions and Centipedes. Captain Elisha Hall and the crew of the schooner Liry T. Harvey, which has just arrived at Philadelphia from Port-au-Prince with a cargo of logwood, narrate a terrible experience which befell them during the voyage. Captain Hall says that when two days out a number of centipedes appeared on deck, but were promptly scalded. On January '45th Julian Dominguez, a Mexican acting as cook, found the galley and cabin swarming with centipedes and scorpions, which when disturbel by a light made thnir appearance on deck. Tbe crew, which was composed principally of colored men, became terrorized at the appearance of the poisonous reptiles,, and took to the rigging. So great was their tear of being bitten that they refused to leave their high perch when commanded by the captain to assist in the work of destroying the dreaded passengers. The scorpions crawled over the deck for two days, comrvil linnr t.Vio cqHapc *** ! ! ? *"v ?v w*aw wv? vue tut! uU1IO manning the vessel. A large Newfoundland dog, which wae tied to the forehatch, was bitten and died after its body bnd swollen to twice its natural size. Finally the reptiles in the galley and cabin were smothered by the mines of burning sulphur, lowered in pans. TTiose on dock were not gotten rid of until Wednesday last, when a northeast gale and heavy seas were encountered. The sudden change in tho temperature killed many of ttem, and the others were so benumbed that they were swept overboard without much ditliculty. The logwood was in a decayed condition, and the scorpions and centipedes took refuge iu the holes before it was loaded on the vessel. MILLIONS FOB DEFENCE, The 8enate Passes Ordnance Bill? Appropriating $21,000,000. After a very brief discussion, and with so little opposition that a division was not called for, the Senate passed on Monday two bills reported from the Committee on Coast Defenses to encourage the manufacture of steel for modern army and navy ordnance, armor and other military purposes, and to provide heavy ordnance adapted to modern warfare. Each bill appropriates $8,000,000, to be available during six years from January 1. 1887. An additional sum of $5,000,000 is provided for in the Army Ordnance bi 1, to be expended in the construction of fortifications and other works of coast defense. The bills authorize the Secretary of War and Secretary of the Navy, respectively, to contract with responsible steel manufacturers for the supply of rough bored, rough turned, and tempered steel, in forms suitable for heavy ordnance, and for finished steel for armor shafting aud other army and naval purposes up to 10,000 tons gross for each class. Each bidder is.to be required to contract to erect a suitable plant, capable of making all the steel required, and all the forgings must be manufactured in the United States. The Army bill provides for the erection of an army gun factory, to cost not over $1,000,000, at the Watervliet Arsenal, West Troy, N. Y., and ka mavoi kill />nllc far a. fflW/irv fop n&v&l guns at the Washington Navy "iard under the same limit of expense. THE NATIONAL GAME. The Dotroits will report 011 March 10, for trip South. Nearly every city in Kansas will have a professional team next pear. Real Indians have taken to baseball. Leg?, the catcher of the Oshkosh club, is a redskin by birth. Under the new rules catchers will have plenty of work next season. It will consist maimy in throwing. The right handed pitchers are, as a rule, less worried about the new pitching rules than the left-handed twirlers. Extensive preparations are being made by the baseball managers throughout the country for the approaching season. Mrs. Cleveland's cousin, Ben Folsom, , . the new consul at Sheffield, England, has shown himself to be a true American by organizing a baseball nine on British soiL The greatest number of innings ever played in a baseball game was twenty-four; between the Harvard College and Manchester nines, at Boston, Mass., on May 11,1877. The Southern League next season will embrace Memphis. New Orleans, ^Charleston, Nashville. Savannah, Mobile, Birmingham and Chattanooga. Atlanta and Macon have dropped out The famous Maple Leals (Guelph, Ont) of last season, are s arte red all over the country. Zell and Purvis have signed with Buffalo. Campau will probably go to Syracuse, Buckenburger goes to Kalamazoo, Scheibeck to Cleveland, Williams and Easton to Wheeling. Dillon and Stephens to Eau Claire, and G*orge to New York. President Young says regarding the National League race for 1887: "It is hoped that as a result of the changes made and yet to be made, that the close of the season of 1887 wiil witness the clubs so closely bunched that their position in the championship race cannot be fully established until the last series of games is finished " NEWSY GLEANINGS. Cars warmed by steam from the locomotive will soon bo a feature of railroading. TfiE wife of a railroad President was caught stealing dry goods in a Cleveland store the other day. * Seven years ago a fire broke out in a deep miue near Virginia City, Nev., and it has been burning ever since^ In attempting to enter the canal at Menasha, Wis.,'a 140-pound sturgeon grounded on ? cunH h.q r and was caDtured. Prominent colored men in Ohio have called a National Convention to take steps to erect a monument to John Brown. In case of war in Europe, the price of breadstuffs and hog products in this country would make a considerable advance. Chicago is considering a $15,003,000 scheme to drain its sewage into the Mississippi, thus keeping Lake Michigan pure. Asburt Wade, the tallest man in South Carolina, is dead. He was a colored man, THE MARKETS. 'new tore. 6 Beef, good to prime 6>?(3 Calves, rorn'n to prime 5 @ 9 Sheep 4)$(<$ b\ Lambs 8 @ 9j* Hogs?Live 5% Dressed <?>$(<$ 7J? Flour?-Ex. St, good to fancy 4 CO @ 4 70 West, good to choice 4 00 @ 5 30 Wheat?No. ~, Ked 92!^@ 9"J Rye?State 57>$@ 39 Tlurlatr. Jsfnffl (g) 70 Corn?ITngrad. Mixed 4S'4@ 4;) Oats?Wlii to State o*J Mixed Western 3U @ 37>,' Hay?Med. to prime 55 @ 82 Straw?No. 1, Rye 60 @ 70 Lard?City Strain 6 75 @ 7 85 Butter? State Creamery.... 2S @ 29 Dairy ? @ 24 West. Itn. Creamery 20 21 Factory 14 @ 17 Cheese?State Factory 13}^ Skims 11 @ 12}.j Western l'ty? 12>| Eggs?State and Penn 21}i'@ 22* BUKKALO. Slirop?HikvI to Choice 4 25 (ZJ 5 00 Lambs?Wpstorn 4 75 (a; 0 00 Steers?Western 4 40 @ 4 JMj Hogs?Good to Choice Yorks 5 00 @5 ft> Flour 4 75 @ 5 15 Wheat?No. 1 ? (<$ Si*;1* Corn? No. 2, Mixed 42 (4 43 Oats?Xo. 2, Mixed Barley?State 70 ^ 72 BOSTON. Beef?Good to choice Vv? 14 Hogs?Li vp r?V$ B Northern Dressed.... 7'*-^ Fork?Kx. Prime.per fotu...ii> :>u (<x ;i mi Flour?Spring Wheat pat's.. 5 15 ci "> 33 Corn?High Mixed 50.*>1 Oats?Extra White SSJi? Rye?State 60 @ 65 WATKRTOWN* (MASS.) CATTLE MARKET. Beef? Dressed weight 4.'^(31 7 Sheen?Live weight 4 (di Lambs ? (<ti 6 Hogs?Northern 6) PHILADELPHIA. Flour?Penu.oxtra family... 3 75 (% 3 90 Wheat?No. ',\ Red ??2 Rye?State ? @ 54 Corn?State Yellow 47 @ 48 Oats Mixe 1 3538)$ Butter?Creamery Kxtra... 26 @ 27 Cheese?N. Y. Full Cream.. ? @ 13j*