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HEAVY DEFALCATION.
Tronvnrnr AvwnrtllV. of Clove
land, Gone With $500,000.
Supposed to Have Squandered the
Money in Speculations.
Tre \surer Thomas Axworthy, of Cleveland,
Ohio, is in Canada, and $500,000 of
tbe city of Cleveland's cash is missing. He
has been gone three weeks, bat this was no
new thing, as he was interested in lake shipping
and Lake Superior iron mines, and was
President of the Ohio and Pennsylvania Coal
Company. Hp did little of the routine work of
tte Treasurer's office, but was neeaeu insc
w ?ek when bids from the local banks for the
care of the city's money were opened and
rejected. "Where is Axworthy?" was a
common question in political and business
circles. "In New York," was the answer. His
bondsmsn, J. H. Wade, Jr., and Senator H. B.
Payne, having become uneasy, were discovered
in session with Estop Dickey and
Squires, their attorneys, in such a way
as to lead to suspicions that Axworthy's
absence was being discussed. The session
was an all-night one, and next morning two
suits in attachment, one for $500,000 and
the other for $25,000, were filed on all the
the property of Axworthy by J. H. Wade,
Jr. and Henry B. Payne.
The news that the suits had begun created
a panic in business circles. Axworthy's
business associates admit that he is gone, and
are hastily seeking to make themselves
safe. That most of the money has
gone in speculation there is no doubt,
though Axworthy is said to have taken
$110,003^ in cash with him. It is
supposed mat ne was in ine oaiue against
Hutchinson in the Chicago wheat deal and
lost there $300,000, and that another $100,000
went in copper fluctuations. His available
property is valued roughly at $200,U0J.
He owes the city f-Kic,000, and about $400,000
of it is said to be on deposit now. Mrs.
Axworthy and his children are at the family
summer residence on the lak<> shore, and only
know of Axworthy's whereabouts through a
cablegram received last Saturday from Liverpool,
where one of Axworthy's daughters
is known to be. It says:
"Papa is in Canada. Tell mamma don't
worry."
This gives rise to the suspicion that the
missing Treasurer may be in England.
He is known to have left the Windsor
Hotel, New York, the evening of September
29 for Montreal. If he went
to England it was by a Canadian
steamer. The town is full of wild rumors as
to the extent of Axworthy's defalcation. It
is certainly $500,000, and may be a full million.
Onlv his bondsmen and their lawyers
can tell how much it is, and they will not
say.
Nearly all his large interests are in bad
shape. His elegant house on the lake shore
is said to be virtually sold. Axworthy's
oond was tor SoUU.OUU. I wo days before he
left he drew sums a%-e:aging ?10,000 from
three of the local banks, but left $-100,000 on
deposit.
Tom Axworthy, as he was called, is a
g>rtly, handsome man, fifty-two years o'd.
e came from Philadelphia in 1S<>7, and
oon made a hit in commercial circles, first
as a shipping and coal agent and later as a
ship owner and iron ore merchant He
speculated at all times, but was considered
a shrewd and safe investor.
Of late years he got into politics and
was three times elected Treasurer. He declined
a nomination for Congress in the
Twenty-first district a month ago. Ho was
also prominent in sporting circles, being a
director of several shooting clubs and of the
Cleveland Driving Park Company. He was
also formerly a member of the Board of Review
of the National Trotting Association.
At the City Hall confusion reigned. The
small reserve in the treasury was soon exhausted,
and at noon payment on two war
rants was refused. There was no more money,
and it was impossible to draw on the funds
in bank, which had been tied up by order of
the Court. The "Finance Committee of the
Common Council was hastily summoned.
Late in the afternoon it was announced
that of the $876,SS* turned over to the
Treasurer and by him deposited in bank
only $447,450 remains on deposit. The
shortage, therefore, amounts to $420,437.
Of this sum Treasurer Axworthy is believed
to have taken at least $-0J,(K)0 in cash with
him.
The police pension fund and the firemen's
relief tund which were unsecured bv bonds,
are gone, and over $11)2.000 of the Board of
Education fund goes into the shortage. It is
believed that Axworthy's vessel property
and real estate will inventory nearly $500,000
and the bondsmen are secured. The city
will probably lose nothing, as the bonds are
good.
A BRITISHER'S SQUAW WIFE.
A Wealthy Englishman Marries a
Beautiful Sioux Maiden.
Henry Ashburton, the young Eon of a
wealthy manufacturer at Leeds, England,
is now the busbaud of a beautiful Indian
maiden at Standing Rock Agency in
Dakota. He and several gentlemen from
the East were making a tour of the
West, and paid a visit to that Sioux agency.
They had no sooner become settled in their
tent than an Indian girl, the daughter
of a chief, who had been watching the
party, rushed in, and throwing her arms
around Ashburton's neck, kissed him passionately
and repeatedly. The young Englishman
was surprised, but did not protest, and
wnen the girl had satisfied her longing
for kissing he grasped her around the
wals^ and did some kissing himself. Not
much was thought of this by Ashburton's
companions untd it was learned that the osculatory
proceeding constitute'! a marriage
^ under the Sioux law. Ashburton didn't object
and is now living with the girl, notwithstanding
the protests of his companions, who
did everything in their power ' to dis
suaae mm. ne appears enamourea or ms
Indian wife, while the latter is jealously
fond of him and follows him wherever he
goes like a dog. Ashburton swears that he
will never desert his bride.
The groom is a manly, handsome young
Englishman, who savs he proposes to take his
coDper-skinned wife to the old country with
him and present her to his people.
NOT CONFIRMED,
Presidential Appointments that the
Senate Failed to Confirm.
The following is a complete list of nominations
made by the President and not confirmed
by the Senate during the session just
ended:
George Moorman, Marshal, Eastern District
Louisiana; Henry Leffman, Coiner of
Mint, Philadelphia, Josaph W. Cong Jon, for
promotion in reveuue service; Edward R.
Connell, United States Consul.
Probate Judges in Utah?John Houston,
Garfield county; Francis A. Hammond, San
Juan county; VV'm. C. McGregor, Iron county;
Williim T. Stewart, ivane county;
Thomas S. Watson, Wasatch county; R. W.
Cross, Weber county; James A. Melville,
Willard county; Samuel Francis, Morgan
county.
t-amuel H. Albro, Superintendent Indian
Schools, of New York.
Postmasters?Samuel P. Tufts, Centralia,
III; Nicholas C. Stanton, West Liberty,Iowa;
George Me>senger, Ridgeway, Penn.: Byron
Lemley, Jackson, Miss.; William C. Brawley,
Manston, Wis.; J. F. Wellington, Sidney,
Neb.; Robert I. Fleming, Lock Haven, Penn.;
James H. Kodeffer, W oodstock, Va.; Philip
Henkel, Sheldon, Iowa; W. C. Newberry,
Chicago, I1L; Charles J. Ackert, New Paltz,
N. Y.
Rejections during the session? Samuel F.
Bigelow, United States District Attorney
for the District of New Jersev; John Duane,
Postmaster West Medford, Mass.: George C.
Meclem. Postmaster West Point. N. Y.
RAILWAY MAIL SERVICE.
The Superintendent of that Department
Submits His Report.
The annual report of th9 United States
Superintendent of Railway Mail Service
shows that the service is in operation on 143,?13
miles of railroad and 5192 miles of water.
jt has increased ten per ceut. during the
ir. There are 5094 railway mail clerks
ii. oloyed. There was one error committed
To 'each 3707 pieces handled. During the
; there were accidents to 248 railvray mail
tr? in which Tour clerk* wer> killed And I
lLi injured. _ J
TEE AKMY'S HEALTH.
AnnoJM Report of United States
Surgeon-General Moore.
Surgeon-General Mooie has submitted to
the Secretary of \Var his annual report for
the past fiscal year. The money value of the
medical and hospital supplies actually issued
I during the year was ?178,034, and the cost of
j the supplies required for issue during the cur
rent nscai vear win uuuuuuueuij oaotu uui?
amount, tie submits estimates for the fiscal
year euding June 3J, 1890, amounting to
|2SU,000.
In a chapter on the health of the army,
the mean strength of the army for the year,
including officers and enlisted men, is stated
at 23,84). The total admiss ons to sick report
were 29,727; admissions for disease, 23,888;
admissions for injuries, 5S39; averaee
number constantly non-effective during tne
year, 1,010.28; deaths from all causss, 214;
ratio of deaths per 1000 of mean strength,
8.12; deaths from diseases, 149; deaths from
injuries, 65.
The death rate was somewhat lower than
that for 1886, when it was 8.82, and considerably
lower than the rate for the previous
decade, which was 11.4. The death rate of
the army of the United States continues to
be higher than that of any of the foreign
armies except the British and Italian. The
principal causes of deaths were pneumonia
and shot wounds.
A STKANGE DELUSION,
A Belle Kills Herself Because She
Imagined She Was Homely.
Julia Beck, a good-looking and muchadmired
young lady of Kansas City, committed
suicide a few days since because she
thought she was not pretty.
The story is a peculiar one, and has seldom
or never been equaled- When about 17 years
old Julia, who belonged to a prominent
fnmilv. took it into her head that she was
not attractive. She claimed that every one
who saw her was disgusted because of her
horrible appearance, and refused to appear in
public. Several young men attempted to
sue for her hand, but she would have nothing
to do with them. She lived in seclusion for
nearly ten years, but recently concluded that
she would improve her appearance. She had
all of her teeth pulled out and purchased a
set of false ones. These she wore for a time,
going out frequently, but soon decided that
she was not fit to appear in public even with
the new teeth, and relapsed into her old condition
of melancholy. Her friends tried to
cheer her up, but she resented their efforts.
I She became morose and sullen, and finally
put an end to her troubles by taking poison.
She was 27 years old and was uncommonly
bright. Her parents are almost distracted
over her death.
LOCKED_IN_T0 DIE.
Accidental Slaughter of Many Children
in Xorth Carolina.
The accidental deaths of colored children
carelessly locked in houses by their parents
in North Carolina have been very numerous
of late. La-^t year sixty lost their lives in
this way. Often the children are left alone
the greater part of the day in co d weather.
There is fire, and by careless playinr
wilh it the children set fire to the
bouse and are burned alive. This weelt, says
a Raleigh dispatch, no less than eight children,
all very young, have thus perished.
Yesterday, near Winston, four were burned
at one time in the cabin of Walter Porter.
His wife went away to work and locked the
children in the house. It was discovered
some time later that the house had caught
fire on the roof from sparks. Nothing could
be done, as by the time people arrived at the
scene the children were dead. Their ages
ranged from two to eight years.
SIGNAL SERVICE BUREAU.
General Greely Submits His Report
and Recommendations.
- > n 1 r> .i~
ine report ui vjreiierui uiodij, uuiil vi
United States Signal Service, shows that
1100 cities receive the daily weather report
by telegraph. During the year the average
of successful predictions was 7.67. The
cold wave nag was ordered up 1743
times, and verified 1240. He thinks the
force can be reduced, and recommends t)i?
bureau to be made up of one chief officer,
one Major, five Captains, five First Lieutenants,
two Professors, three Assistant Professors,
125 Sergeants as observers, fifty Corporals
and filty privates. This he believes
would reduce expenses $100,0000. He also
recommends a higher rate of pay for observers,
instructions in anny signals and employ/%!viliono
aa nscictanta tn observers.
THE LABOR_WOKLD.
There are 4500 female printers in England.
Carpenters get but $2.50 a day on th?
Pacific Coast.
The cigar factories in Havana, Cuba, are
running again.
The Knights of Labor have gained a big
victory in Belgium.
Fifty-four coopers' unions in the United
States have combined.
England's eleven-hour day was gained
in 18-16; the ten hour day in 1S74.
The mills in Fall River, Mass., have paid
$1,500,000 in dividends the past year.
Girls and women in New York factories
work at from thirty to seventy cents a day.
Allentown (Penn.) Hungarians recently
lost a strike for an advance from $1 to $1.35
per day.
The strike inaugurated by the stonecutters
of Kansas City, Mo., last March, has
ended disastrously for the men.
The long fight between the Typographical
Union and the Journal, of Indianapolis,
lad., has been amicably adjusted.
The three painters' unions of St. Louis,
Mo., are making steadv progress, and now
have in their combined treasuries $76,000.
There are a large number of carpenters
out of work in Chicago because there are
comparatively few wooden buildings being
erected..
About 00,000 women earn their bread in
tailors1 shops, and WO,0(J0 are saleswomen,
teachers, telegraph operators, typewriters
and nurses.
The December session of the American
Federation of Labor will definitely decide
upon a date in 18'.*) for the introduction of
the eight hour rule.
Over ten thousand employes on the
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
have had tbeir time reduced one hour a day
each and half a day Saturday.
A retired jeweler says that the mainspring
of a watch, for which the charge is a
dollar and a half, costs about eight cents, and
it takes only half an hour to set it.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen,
which was established in 1873, with one local
union and nine members, has now 380 divisions
and l'J.OOO beneficial members.
A movement for the appointment of English
workingmen as justices of the peace has
resulted in the select.on of several with satisfactory
results, and it is being pushed still
further.
The Operative Plasterers1 International
Union was founded with five locals in 1882;
at present there are twenty local unions and
2300 members, of whom 1700 are in good
standing.
The Chicago street railway employes1
6trike has been settled by a compromise, the
company granting an increase of wages of
eight per cent.,and acceding to other demands
of the men.
Fifteen out of every fifty housewives of
Sacramento, Cal., are oblige 1 to do their
own housework because of the lack of efficient
help. Experienced 8 rvants can earn from
$18 to $24 a month there.
FOUR hundred and eighty-eight canninghouses,
with 25,000 employes, who receive
over $10,r0 >,000 annually in wa^es, is an
epi: ome of the canning industry of Maryland.
In addition to this 150J men make a living as
can-makers.
Miss Sarah Norcross, a woman seventyfive
years of age, has completed her fiftieth
year of service at the Boott cotton mills in
Lowell. Mass. The agent of the company
has presented her ivi.Mi a go!d watch and the
stockholders with $100.
Thomas B. Barry, a former member of
the Executive Board, has been formally expelled
from the Knights of Labor. Mr
Barry wasnccnsed on i s'ifpe >dnd from duty
last August. A month a forward he forwarded
his resignation, but the Board refused
to accept it, and expelled him
WRECKS ON THE RAIL.
Five More Lives Sacrificed '
Switches and Signals.
Many Passengers Maimed in C
lisions East and West.
The "cannon ball11 express train, bo
east on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad,
it rushed at full speed into Washing'
Penn., at eight o'clock, plunged headl
into an open switch and was wrecked. 1
men were killed and a score of person;
jured. The train was made up of f
coaches and was in charge of (
ductor Francis, of Cincinnati The sw;
where the accident occurred leads to whfi
known as the Washington "Y." This ist
out from the bank to the level of the r(
bed on a trestle and the train broke thro
with a terrible crash, amid the scream
nnsspnfrprs and soectators. The engine,
?er and baggage car went over the tre9tl
the ground, ten feet below. The sleeping
turned over on its side,:and the day-coach
half way over the sleeping-car.
The engine was demolished and the ca
mass of broken timber. The engine ten
baggage car and sleeper went over the tre
ana the day coach was hanging partly o
The people of the town broke the wind
and extricated the passengers as speedily
possible. Inside the cars a scene of the w
est confusion prevailed.
The fireman, William McAuliffe, was fo
beneath the engine, breathing heavily
almost dead. He suffered from a concus
of the lungs, a fracture of the skull, had
tained several broken ribs and was inji
internally. James Noonan, the engin
was not so easily found. He was buried
neath his engine and frightfully mangle 1
Superintendent Collins, of the Pittsl
Post Office, who was in the wreck, sti
that three of the injured?Fireman Bro
Baggagemaster Henry and a colored )
named Mayes, of Columbus, Ohio, ?
fatally hurt Three more were serioi
injured, while the others sustained sli
bruises and cuts.
The road surgeons and several physic!
from Washington were summoned, and
possible assistance was given to the wounc
As soon as word was received in Pittsb
Surerintendent Patton and several o'
leading officers started on a special train
the scene of the accident.
Wreck in the West,
A heavily loaded train on the Chicago,
Paul nnd Kunsan flifcv Road broke in i
netir Freeport, 111. Au extra which was
lowing close behind, struck the caboose of
regular,causing a wreck. Six men were in
caboose,three of whom were killed. They^
John Brown, astockmanof St. Paul, Ja
Orr,of Larriraer, Minn, .and Ed ward Hicl
of Fairbanks, Minn. The injured were
H. Smith, a merchant at Stockton, wl
ankle was badly crushed, and Frank Mai
of St Charles, who sustained internal
juries and was badly bruised. The to
men all escaped
HAYTIAN ^REVOLUTION.
A Dreadful XJght on the Turbul
Little Island.
Advices just received from Hayti say
nev?r before had Port-au-Prince passed !
a night as that of September
The night was dreadfully dark
revolution was abroad. The firing c
menced at half past seven o'clock and
cannon and Gatling guns of the palace
dreadful execution as did also the shots fi
the big guns on Fort Alexander, wl
crashed clear through the buildings, desti
ing everything and everybody with wl
they came in contact. The firing lasted
to six o'clock next morning. Three hunt
nersons were killed and over five hunc
wounded, including many women and c
dren. Among the notable persons ki]
btsides General Selde Telemaque, >
Messrs. Charles Borno and Ducasse.
THE NATIONAL GAME,
The Louisvilles have disbanded.
Pittsburg this season has lost about $71
Eeckley, of PitUburg, leads the Lea
tetters.
Brooklyn closed the season with a b:
bnt victory over Baltimore.
Pittsburg's heavy hitting first basem
Beckley, hasn't made a home run.
Brooklyn is the only club that hasn'
tied or postponed game on its hands.
Boston, Brooklyn and the Athletics are
money-spending clubs of the country.
Cincinnatians consider Tomney one
the greatest short stops in the country.
It looks as if, after eighteen years' servi
Burdock's time for retirement had come.
The star second baseman of Pittsbc
Dunlap, did not make a home run all seas
Gumbert, of Chicago, has eclipsed
Haltren's record as the League's best batt
pitcher.
Deacon "White and Dan Brouthers
laid to be the biggest money savers in
proiession.
Fred Pfeffer, ot the Chicagos, will hi
the score card privilege for the entire A
Iralian trip.
Pitcher Haddock, late of the Troy CI
fcas so far made a very favorable impress
In the League.
The New Orleans Club has decided to i
enough stock to pay back salaries of 1
leason's players.
American Association baseball c
Kansas City at least $30,030. And still tl
have not got enough.
It is said that Hamilton, of Kansas Ci
can beat either Latham or Sunday in
straight-away sprint.
St. Louis and Brooklyn are the 01
League and Association clubs that have :
lost a series this season.
Governor Hill has written a letter c
eratulating the New Yorks on their succ
in winning the pennant.
A stock company has been formed
Elmira, N. Y., and the directors will
baseball again next season.
According to the official averages, B2
ley, Anson, Ryan, Kelly, E wing and Brou
era are the six leading League batters.
During the last baseball season in Bosl
265,000 people went to see the home clu
contests?an average of 3995 spectators
each game.
Reilly is the champion horns run hit
of the Association. His record is twe
four-baggers against eighteen for all the r
of the Cincinnati team combined.
Ryan lead the League baU>men in ho
runs with fifteen .Connor has scored tf
teen. Denny, twelve; Anson, eleven, a
O'Brien, Kelly and Johnston, nine each.
Tomney, at Cincinnati, successfully p
formed the feat of stealing home from th
base with the catcher under the bat. Keen
itood in a trance with the ball in his han
Both Radbourn and Wise want to j
away from Boston, and yet Radbourn is g
ting the largest salary of any pitcher in I
League, and larger than any in the pro!
sion except Caruthers.
Serry leads the League in stolen bw
He has pilfered seventy-seven of them. Si
day is second with 75; Fogerty, G6; Hoy,
Keller and Pfeffereach, 61; Ewing, 5!; Ryi
46; Tiernati and Ryan, 45; Glasscock, 42.
Captain Hanlov. of the Detroit Ch
agrees with Harry Wright that base runn
should be allowed to overrun second a
third bases just as they now do at first. He
Ion thinks that a return to the high and 1<
ball would solve the batting proble:n.
The Brooklyn Club is the "plunder" in 1
baseball world, ns it has even surpassed B
to i in the amount of money it has expend*
The present team contains but three play
whose releases have not been purchased, a
an enormous sum?estimated at $40,000?1
been paid out in collecting this star aggrej
tion.
Says John Ward: "I attribute the succ
of the New York team to good luck, gc
team work and the bad luck of two of c
strongest opponents. I refer to Chicago a
Detroit. '1 no former became weak throu
want of pitchers, and the latter lost some
Its strongest players. Ewing's catching v
also a great factor in our success."
"the Utah Supremo Court has judicia
declared the dissolution of the Morm
Church as a corporation, and decreed tt
nil prop Tty, both real and personal, amoui
inj to $l,0c0,000, should become escheated
the Government for scbooJpurposes in Uti
TEE NEWS EPITOMIZED
Eastern ana iuiuuie aimos.
To James Hennessey, aged eighty years,
crushed under a campnign nag pole wb
was being raised in South Providence, R
One of the guy lines broke, and the pole
upon Hennessey, crushing his skull.
q]- Ferdinand Pfitzer, a Now York brei
? shot his wife in the head. He paused a
ment after seeing her fall, and then he ra:
a spot a few hundred yards distant, and p
ing a pistol to his head blew out his bra
und He was thirty-five and his wife forty yi
( as
ton Two messengers of Contractor McFadc
' carrying $12,000 in a buggy on a lonely r
on2 near Wilkesbarre, Penn, to pay workn
Two were shot dead by a party of men who
i in- off with the money.
,our A novice of the Order of the Sister
Peace jumped from a window of St Jose;
Home, in Jersey City, N. J., and was kil
iuilt ?'ie was 'nsane through disease.
>ad- Royal M. Pulsifer, President of
u(,jj company owning the Boston Herald,
5q( committed suiciae by taking opium,
jgjj. bo.iy was found in one of the rooms of
6 luxuriant mansion in Newton, Man.
-car The Academy of Music at Wilming
fell Del., has been destroyed by fire; loss $75,
Spinal meningitis is playing havoc \
rs a horsas in New Bedford, Mass.
Miss Frances E. Willard was re-ele<
President of the W. C. T. U. at its five d
nwn National Convention in New York. D
0 gates from every section of the Union
tended.
Judge Lawrence, of the Supreme Co
und ^GW York City, has sustained the lega
and section of the late Samuel J. Tild
sion will which leaves about $4,00J,0D0 fo;
sus- public library in the Metropolis.
irel
e??> Sonth and West.
be* Twenty-one prisoners, including
murderers, have escaped from the jail
ited Spokane Falls, Washington Territory.
wn A clergyman named Keith, of Wa
nan Ark., shot and killed Joseph Garret
vera farmer, during a quarrel.
isly Four colored men have been murd<
ght and mutilated in Tuscaloosa, Ala., by an
known assassin.
ians Mack Glymph, a merchant of Hodges
' a" C., shot and killed his brother, John Glyn
' Peter Herry, an iron worker, was qi
M r reling with two men at "X oungstown, O
for when ho was struck by a train and hu
twenty feet, his nuck being broken. His
companions robbed the remains, securing
purse and watch, and then ran away.
Chief of Police Hayes, of Cooks
St Minn., was conversing with friends whe
;wo tramp sneaked up behind and shot him
fol- fimoa lrilliner liim instant 1 v. The rwi?or
the gives for committing the'deed is that C
the Hayes arrested him for being dmnk.
Albert A. Shaver, ex-County Treasi
of Clare, Mich., is under arrest on a cha
: of appropriating between ?1UU0 nnd f 130
ioso the county funds during his term of oflic
tin Shaver was found bound and gag
in his ofiice, and he declared he had't
* robbed of #4000. His story was not gene
ly believed, and the present arrest is the
suit
Victor Hill, living in the little towi
"Winchester, Ind., prompted by jealousy, i
and instantly kilted his wife, fatally wour
his father-in-law, Zirnri Mottit, and sligl
en1 wounded his wife's sister, Mrs. Harper.
F. W. Adams and a man known
thai "Dutcfay" were lynched in the Snake It:
such County, Wyoming,for burning the house
03 ranchman.
j William Washington, colored, has t
hanged at Columbus, Texas, in the pres?
om' of three thousand people. Washington
the convicted of murdering a white woman
did confessed bis crime.
r?m J. H. Berryman and J. H. Flidell,
"ch lumbermen at Leadville, Col., were das
?y- to death by falling 800 feet down a shaf
lich a mine.
Considerable snow has fallen in port
Ired of t^le Northwest.
hil- Assistant Surgeon Deane has just <
led, on board the coast survey steamer A
rare I Arthur at San Francisco. He was a na
of Richmond, Va.
Captain* R. Powell and a young i
named U'arfiold, while engaged in a frier
wrestlinz bout on board an oyster-boa
I Cook's Point, MtL, fell overboard and t
i were drowned.
Henry Shaffer, his sons Henry
300. Percival, and his stepson David Miniic, v
instantly killed by a locomotive while cr
B ing the track at Omaha, Neb., in a waj
Thomas Rowe and A. McLenig, who v
riU" in the wagon, were fatally injured.
The public schools of Athens, Ohio, hi
ian> been closed owing to the prevalence of d
theria, which the wet weather seems
't a increasa
During a fire in a frame shanty at I
the ington, Mo., Mrs. Julia Therkeles and
daughter, fourteen years old, tried to 6
of their personal effects. The roof fell in
both were burned to death.
ce,
Washington.
irg, President Cleveland has approved
on. act retiring Alfred Pleasanton as Majoi
ran 'bo army, and a'so the act to provide
ing warehousing fruit brandy.
Commissary General MacFef.ly's
are nual report shows resources of $0,500,0001
tjj6 expenditures of nearly $3,000,000, witi
balance on hand of nearly $000,000. He
poses any change in the rations systom
us. Colonel Rufus Sexton, the Assist
Quartermaster General of the United St?
v Army, has been placed on the retired
. ' on account of age. His retirement will j
l0n mote Lieutenant Colonel H. C. Hodges
be Colonel, Major George Weeks to be LI
sell tenant Colonel, Captain L. C. Forsyth tc
ihis Major, leaving a vacancy in the list of C
tains and Assistant Quartermasters to
ost filled by the President.
ley The Sioux Chiefs have formally noti
Secretary Vilas that they have formally
tyt jected, by a large majority, the propositi
a made by the President. They submittei
counter proposition agreeing to accept $1
. per acre for their reservations, the monej
be paid at once.
The records of the White House show t
the whole number of bills and joint res<
tions passed at the session of Congress j
closed was 1443, of which 1197 were appro'
by the President, 95 became law with
to signature, 128 were vetoed, and 23 failed
try want of signature up to the time of adjou
ment.
ck- The State Department has accepted the
th- signation of Henry F. Downing, of Is
"Y ork, as United States Consul at St. Paul
ton Loando, Africa.
ib's The annual report of Paymaster Gene
for Rochester, of theXTnited States Army, sh<
receipts of over #16,000,000 during the yc
ter and expenses amounting to $14,500,000.
lve recommends the appointment of twelve
est ditional paymasters to cover the propo
extension to thirty-eight posts.
rae The United States Supreme Court
nr- sustained the constitutionality of the p
ind hibitory law against liquor in Iowa; also
constitutionality of a law in Alabama
posing a test for color blindness on emplo
? j of railroads.
lan
ds. Foreign.
get The Mexican Congress has declared tl
;et- General Porflr.o Diaz has been re-elec
fhe President of the Republic.
es" General Salomon, who was recen
driven from the Presidency of Hayti by
ses. insurrectionary movement, and who went
an- Europe for the purpose of undergoing i
(35; operation of cystotomy, has died in Paris.
in> While the British gunboat Griffin \
chasing a slave dhow off the coast of Afr
ib, 6he was fired at by the Arab slavers, a
ers a lieutenant was killed. The dhow v
ind captured.
ln* The Russian steamer Archangel and 1
3W Glasgow steamer Neptmn came into c
lision in Christiansen Bay and sank 1
the captain and seventeen of the crew of I
os- Archangel wore drowned.
ed.
ers
The Pope, in donating ?g0,0r0 to the an
ms slavery movement in Africa, has written
=a" Cardinal Lavigerie in terms of praise an (
couragement of the scheme, in which ho v
ess commissioned by the Pope to invite the <
tod operation of Europe.
>ur M. de Lesseps now asserts that the Panai
Canal will be opened for traffic in July, IS!
$ Particulars about the railroad disasi
at Potenza, Italy, state that one hundred a
fifty dead and wounded have been identifi*
Several headless and armless corpses wt
found in the neighboring river. A moth
lly who had been driven mad, refused to relei
on from her embrace her two dead childrc
lat A young priest was buried for two hou
at- and when extricated his hair had taw;
to white.- An entire family consisting of i
ih, I persons were killed.
_ y
, THE WORK OF CONGRESS.
was The Longest Session in the His- T
tinh ? ^ ^ 4
T toryot Uurlxovernment. ti
fell f
c.
?er, A Summary of the Work Accom- h
D tO plished in Both Houses.
lac- X h
ins.
jars With the adjournment of the first session
of the Fiftieth Congress has ended the long'enj
est continuous session in the history of nearly ^
,en a century of Congresses, having lasted 321 r
ran days. The longest previous session ran 302
days, ending September 30. Apart from the a
s of protracted but interesting discussion of the 8
ph s tariff question in both houses, and the un- j.
led. paralleled deadlock in the consideration of ,
the bill to refund the direct tax, the session c
the has been remarkable in several ways, but in
has none more than in the enormous number of
His measures introduced in both branches of n
his Congress. K
in the Senate 3641 bills and 116 joint resolu- r
'ton ti?ns were presented, and in the House the
000. record ran up to the unequaled figures of
li,5'.)S bills ana 230 joint resolutions, making C
a grand total of 15,585 measures introduced ?
in one session. In the Senate 2:J94 measures
-ted were reported back from committees and
ays' placed on the calendar, a much larcer pro- s
ele- portion than in the House, where 8305 measat
ures of the total number of 11,828 introduced
still slumber in the committee rooms. t
urt, Among the measures of public interest
;lity that have become laws are the following: .
en's Relating to permissible marks on mail mat- 11
r a ter; for the protection of submarine cables; s
for the division of the Sioux Reservation; re- 0
lating to the anchorago of vessels in the
Port of New York; for a conference with the
South and Central American nations; limit- j
two ing the hours of letter carriers; making o
I at Lieutenant General Sheridan general of the
army; to establish a Department of 8
]j0 Labor; to prevent deposits in New York 7
; a harbor; for an international maritime con- ?
' ferenee; to perfect the quarantine service; _
?red refluil"inK the Pacific Railroad Companies to 1
* maintain telegragh lines; to authorize juries
in United States Circuit and District Courts .
to be used interchangeably; to prohibit tha *
'? ? coming of Chinese laborers to the United f
PI* j States; for an appraiser's warehouse in I
liar New York; to increase the detail of
hio, army and naval officers to educational
rled institutions; for the establishment of s
two rules in respect to the St. Marie and other g
; his canals; to create boards of arbitration to
settle controversies between common oar- 1
ton, riers and their employes; to prevent the re- >
(n a' turn of Chinese laborers to this country; to
six investigate the practicability of constructing
, h*e storage reservoirs in the arid regions; to in- c
hief crease pensions in case of deafness; to aid (
State homes for disabled soldiers, and chang- j
ing the date of meeting of the Electoral .
5: co11^
y of MEASURES THAT FAILED TO PASS.
e in In the next stage?that is, in conference
;ged between the two houses?are two bills of the
?een first importance?namely, repealing the Preral
emption and Timber Culture laws and
i re- providing a general homestead law and J
declaring a forfeiture of unearned railroad J
i 0f land grants. Fending before the Senate is '
shot the House Tariff bill and the Senate sub- c
ltled stitute. ?
l,tjy The Senate passed bills to divide Dakota
and admit the Southern half as a State and >
to aid common school education (the Blair 1
. as bill), but these bills nerer reached the House
'v.er foi action. *
01 a In the Senate the same thine can be said of 8
the following bills which passed the House: t
)een The Fisheries Retaliation bill, whose passage 8
rnce was recommended by the President; author- c
wa9 izing the issue of fractional silver certifl- c
and cates; allowing the regulation by States of 1
railways chartered by the United States; for {
two ^e printing of government securities by 3
ihed band; to prevent the use of the product of
t in convict labor by government departments or
on public buildings or public works.
j The following arj the most important 3
bills unacted upon the Senate calendar: To
establish a United States Land Court; to in- <
lied vest the surplus in United States bonds; for ?
lac- the admission of Montana and Washington t
tive Territories: to prohibit the alcoholic liquor >
traffic; to declare trusts unlawful; to estab- c
nan lish a postal telegraph system (adversely re- 1
idly ported from committee.) 1
t at The following measures of importance were ]
>oth reported from House committees and are
stiil on the House calendar:?To refund the i
an(j direct tax (a vote on which will be taken
rere early in December next under an agreement
oss- by which the memorable deadlock over this 1
hill was hrnkam: for the Davment of arrears
'ere of pension; for the adjudication of the French
spoliation claims (adversely reported); to
prevent the introduction of contagious 1
diseases; requiring the investment of the i
Pf1" national bank redemption fund in circulating c
to notes; the Pacific Railroad Funding bill (de- .
bated, but never reached the Doint of action); ;
-ex- to include telegraph companies under the *
her Interstate Commerce act; to promote com- f
ave mercial union with Canada; to incorporate J
and the Nicaragua Canal Company: to regulate *
the manufacture of compound lard; for the *
organization of the Territory of Oklohama
(debated, but never finally voted on). c
The most important private bills of this
6ession were those pensioning Mrs. Logan and
"f?* Mrs. Frank A. Blair, both of which became
lor laws, and the bills to pension Mrs. Waiteand
Mrs. Sheridan, which passed the Senate but
an- never were acted upon by the House.
and The most important treaty which was
ti a acted upon was the Canadian fisheries treaty, j
op- which, contrary to custom, was considered
by the Senate in open session and was reant
jected by a strict party vote. c
ltes The President has sent in 129 vetoes?forty
]ist to tDe senate ana eigniy-niue mj mo auuw. t)ro
, i
NEWSY GLEANINGS. i
> be c
ap- Dakota and Michigan have a surplus of
be hogs. i<
The squeeze in wheat has resulted in three p
"ed suicides.
J!?* . The export trade in apples is steadily in- '
j a creas ng. . c
[.25 Cattle are now slaughtered by electricity
r to in Russia. J
The Yale sophomores have declared
hat against hazing.
)lu- Woman suffrage has been defeated in Italy
ijjst by a small majority. b
Prince Bismarck has resumed surveillance Q
foj! of the Empress Victoria. $
rn- Emperor William and King Humbert reviewed
83,000 troops at Rome. ?
re- From Germany come reports of a poor
,ew crop of both cereals and potatoes. ft
I ae counterfeit <>i ana aiiibi iuiu uuio iu u in
circulation in Montreal, Canaia. .
ral Three German sailors have been killed
>ws and eaten by the natives of Zanzibar.
ji' Natives have destroyed Madunola, a German
station near Bagamayo, Zanzibar. ?
sed The United States Suprem? Court has sus- g
tained the Scott Chinese Exclusion Act. ,
has The cranberry crop of Cape Cod, Mass, E
,r0. has received serious injury from the frosts,
the Sumatra tobacco of superior quality 9 ^
im- being successfully grown in Middle Flori ia
-*es Floods in Abruzzo, Italy, have caused p
enormous damage an i the loss of many lives, g
The estimated consumption of wheat ill C
Great Britain is five and a half bushels pet (j
liat head.
tea New Yorkers annually pay out thirteen H
millions for their transit by car,omnibus and B
tly ferry. L
an Denver's four flourishing mills manufac>
to ture 1300 barrels of flour every twenty-four
the hours.
A syndicate lias been formed by English c
fas capitalists to export beer from New York to
ica England.
in(* A new decree forbids foreign officers to be Ej
,as received in military colleges or to serve in
the French Army.
t,1.c The Empress Victoria has promised that r'
i?j" no biography of Kaiser Fritz shall be pub- ?
kj lished lor live years. j*
16 A $10,00\0)J suit in Pennsylvania over \\
som? coal lands is settle I by tlu parties after q(
fi.tcea years' litigation. q(
tj- The Sultan of Morocco is going to send an bi
lo embassy to this country to complain oi
.n- Consul Lewis at Tangiers. p]
,*as New York bakers have reduced the size of G
co their loaves of bread on account of the ad- Oi
vanco in the prico of flour. R
ma The United States Treasury Department!
>0. has purchased to date $"i4,070,750 in bonds, I g<
tor paying $101,001,731 for them. j yj
lid The New York hay crop promises to ba Ls
2d. 30,0^0 bales short; that of "the Pacific coasl, H<
?re will be larger than usual; the crop in Eng* i
er, land is light. j
ise ? -* I -yv
j"' j It has been discovered that a little band ' Cc
VjS of Apaches, who have been committing Oi
j jdepreaations in Sonora, Mexico, are led by R'
. two Americans named Sed Murphy and
1 West Ci
a f?
LATEB NEWS. !
John Weisman, aged twenty-eight, who I
raa romantically married si* months ago to , NEW
Pennsylvania girl, in answer to an adver-1
isemeut in a Philadelphia paper, has been
ound dead at bis isolated home in Shelburne Many
ounty, Mass., -with a bullet-hole in his pa
eart
The coke producers of tha Pittsburg region
ave formed a trust The price will be adanced
and the output restricted.
A great federation of railroad employes tensiv(
as been formed in Richmond, Va. All rail- in Nev
oad men are expected to join it gram,
At Deer :\odge, Montana, "Tom" Watson, The fa
half-Dreed Mexican, murdered Maggie
Imith,'and then committed suicide by cut- onlJ 11
ing his throat and stabbing hinuelf three PJ
imes over the heart ^
Forest fires are raging in Santa Cruz, Ala- ment 1
lada and San Joaquin counties, Cal., and near Y
reat damage has been done to the fruit Revoh
anches and wheat kaolin
J. A. Swan, late Treasurer of Knoxville
Jounty, Tenn., has absconded, leaving a deIcit
of 12.1,000 in his accounts. gentler
While Joseph Whitaker, colored, was ab- The
ant from home at Bleckshear, Ga., his house applies
augnc nre ana nis rour smau cnuaren were cue tn
aimed to death. familii
The Congressional Record has just closed cationi
ts volume of the proceedings of the first ses- 0ne Pc
ion of the Fiftieth Congress with a resume "?wer
if the tariff proceedings. akimu
The estimated expenditures of the Interior 0f
)epartment for the current year are $94,220,- Ambo1
89, the principal items being Pension Office On i
alariea, etc., $2,452,9.50; pensions, $81,753, Survey
00; Indian Office, $5,571,790; Land Office, the pr
11,594,370; geological survey, $t>34,240; $13 at
'atent Office, $796,370. reporti
The German Government has decli red tc V
twenti
ake any official part in the relief expedition
or Emin Bey, the lost African explorer, ^rick"
Smin having cjased to be a German subject, j
The strike of the colliers in England is as- The
uming alarming proportions. In York- simple
hire 15,000 workers have struck. Atameet- "strip
ng at Leeds the coal owners resolved to the su
oake no concessions to the strikers. area h
Metropolitan Theodosius in the exerise
of his power as leader of the Servian
Church, has dissolved the marriage of King roc|,
klilan and Queen Nathalie,and declared that throiij
t no longer exists. makes
RTTMMA'R.Y OF flOTCftftESS. wA]L8;.
~ ~ Alt!
Senate Proceedings. cient <
198th Day.?Mr. Teller brought up bis a
esolution in regard to convict contracts in the ca
he Indian Bureau, but owing to the objec- lifting
Jon of Mr. Cockrell its consideration was cuts ai
leferred.... Mr. Cockrell presented a mass of _ia~ :
locuments as additions to bis tariff speech . &
... The resolution authorizing the Finance tne
Committee to continue its hearings on the In sue
nrift bill was adopted. feet I
1!>9th Day.?The Senate met simply for lengtl:
he purpose of formally adjourning lor tbo .1
ession. There was but a handful of Senaors
present at the closing scenes. Nearly the n
til of them left the city as soon as the day cart.
>f adjournment was agreed upon. A vote The
>f thanks was extended to President Ingalls, :g ajv
tfho replied by delivering a brief but elo- ?
(uent farewell The body at one o'clock ad- . P 8
ourned sine die. mimnj
earth
Honse Proceedings. this ,
237th Day.?The House met and ad- T>retty
burned without transacting any business. f
238th Day.?Out of a membership of 32o "J?
>nly fifteen were on hand at the closing cer- diggu
(monies this day. Speaker Carlisle did not In sei
hink it necessary to speak a farewell, but currec
vithout a word of regret, congratulation or ueeil u
comment he brought the gavel down with a "
oud thump when the hour of 1 arrived, and have (
imply announced that the House stood ad- into tl
burned sine die. The
WRECKED BT A LANDSLIDE, out" a
half o
[talian Excursionists Crashed By solid
Falling Bocks. blocki
A dispatch from Potenza, Italy, says that the ca
en cars of a train, crowded with excursion- the cli
sts returning from the Naples fetes, were marke
rushed in a remote portion of that district the tir
>y a landslide,consisting of about fifty metres ? . i
if iw-lr Tha fcAlpcrnnh lina beincr broken It 18 a
>y the fall of rocfr, help was delayed which
wo hours. The scene that followed the dis- are all
ister was horrible. Seventy injured passen- jn t
jers and ninety corpses have been taken
!rom the wreck, and there were still two severs
:ars buried beneath the rock. native
ware i
PEOMINENT PEOPLE,
James G. Blaine is fifty-nine years old. are sin
The Emperor of Brazil is fend of billiards. ? >
Attorney-Gexeral Garland is an en- J.3.8,??1
husiastic sportsman. or J11
The Prince of Wales's favorite music J? rj
omes from the banjo. He plays it himself, the DC
"Old HuTcn," the Chicago grain operator, plicat<
;ave Ben Butler the first law case he ever of the
lad. of the
Samuel Norment, one of the richest men which
n Washington, was once a Government filled
Iei"k presse
Theodore Thomas, the great conductor, ? t tj1]
3 remembered by some as an infant musical _
irodigy. centra
Erastus Wiman, as a boy, worked for re^1.r
armers about Toronto, Canada, for fifty Phis
ents a week. the pi]
Pierre lorillard.the millionaire tobacco it has i
aanufacturer, pays premium upon $310,000 fui hai
[fe insurance. drying
~hrvjrs.
The will of the late Lord Sackville
equeaths all his unentailed property to the with. \
jueen's maids of honor, who thus receive Aroun
50,000 a piece. Sir L. S. S. West, the Brit- three
ih Minister at Washington, inherits the :n
states and $50,000 yearly. into tt
Russians are buying extensive tracts or 0pCn a
and in Palestine for the purpose of increas- jgdjav
ag their religious establishment.
?- - : throuj
THE MARKETS. For
43 new YORK. marke
leef. City Dressed 9 @ 9}^ in this
klves. common to prime.... 9 @ 11% The n
SUS::::::::::::::::::::::?8 I^
Logs-Live 5 95 @ 0 10 is an a
Dressed 7X@ . 7*4 use 111
lour?City Mill Extra. 5 20 <?) 5 50 nary w
Patents '>85 (g) 7 00 proline
Fheat?No. 2 Red 1 10 @ 1 10^ j>"V1
ye-State ?9 & 71 "J h?T
arley?N'o. l S5.'<j@ 95 n
om?Ungraded Mixed.... 4S;>4@ 50J^ is port
ats?.No. i White state.... ? @41 from t!
Mixed Western 27 @ 31}? tiona
[ay?No. I N??w no @ 95
traw?l.one Rye 75 @ HO w,h,cn
ard?City Steam ? & s.50c of claj
utter?State Creamery.... 26!a <9 27 terrain
Dairy 22 @ 25 qrain.
West Im. Creamery 20 @ 22
Factorv 1I>K@ 15 .
heese?State Factory. ?. @ A
Skims?Medium.... 6% The
Western tho lr
ggs? State and Penn ? @ ~2/4 , /.
Buffalo. for his
leers?Western 3 25 @ 4 00 smokit
tieep?Me iiumto Good.... 4 01 @ 4 25 eater i
atnbs? Kuirtu ?>oj 4 -5 (tf 5 50
ogs?Good to Choice Y orks 5 55 @ 5 05 " j
lour?Family 5 0J (<j} 5 25 tippl
'heat-No. I'o 1 1 12 ?$ 1 14 ncss w
Jin?No. 2. Vol low ? @ 4">1<f he h.li
ats?No. -. Wnito ? @ :;2.l| },a(i u.
irley?State - @ 00 1,7 "
BOSTON. ?u 3;
lour?Spring Wheat pat's.. 7 40 @ 7 75 "a<*
arn?Steamer Yellow. 59 @ 60V lows.
its?Xo. a White .'!ti ,@ 38told hi
pe?State 63 @ 64 " Humbi
watkrtjwn (mass.) cattlb MARKSr j
>ef-Dressed weight a @ 0 thiuc
leep Live weight 6^ resuft
imbj 4 yx((t 6 result
jgs?Northern 7J4 (jj s proven
philadelphia. ')ert
our?Penn. family 5 0J @ 5 10 doubts
heat?No. 2, Red. <J.-t... l 05 <?, l 25 the en<
>rn?No. 2, . .i - Mixed... 51 @ 51W
its?Ungraded White ? 31
,'e?Na 2 @ 72 How
itter?Creamery Extra... ? @ 26 vet he
leese?N. Y. Fall Cream.. 9 (2 9%
1.
CLAY MINING. |
JERSEY'S VAST FIELDS OC^
VALUABLE EARTH. -J J
Uses to frhlch 'the Clay il^H
t?How Ie is Brought. to
the Snrface?Making .
Sewer Pipe. ??
mg the most characteristic and ex?H
s deposits of commercial minerali^B
r Jersey, says the New York TsltSI
are the clava of Middlesex county^H
ct that there were vast fields
}re has long been known, but it, i|H
i comparatively recent days tha^H
actical use has been made of^thaB
edge. The first historical recor^M
clay having been used is the statc^H
,hat the British soldiers qnartereC^H
Foodbridge before and during tb^H
itionary War used the fine whitJB
to clean their buckskin breecbes^H
; it "Fuller's Eaith," but traditiOt^B
lat the red mea used to maki^|
peace pipes of it long before thaH
s came. ?
diversity of use? to which clay tJB
i, is almost infinite, and will
e wonder of those who have nafl
irized themselves with the appl^H
3 of base earth. Brick, iirebric^H
>ttery, terra cotta ware, stonew^r^H
pipe, retorts and crucible?, fac?jifl|
11 frtr trritinop
.11 UUIOU IVl ?? ? l r
ind metallargical molds are eom^|
forms into which Woodbridge
f clays are metamorphosed.
.he authority of the "Geologic|H|
j of New Jersey, Report on Claya/Hj
ice of these clays varies betweeiM
id $1.50 per ton; but a Telegran^^
er waa told by the miners that
reaty-five cents are the limits, thM
r-tive cents clay being very pooi^J
ted in the manufacture of "holhrtflj
for the floors of "fireproof' build^B
method of digging the claj uH
The first operation is callo^H
ping,-'and consists in removing*
pcrpoied earth. Altar a sufficieit^H
as been cleared of foreign materid^H
il work begins on the clay. Th^H
ig is conducted in the same mai^H
it railroad cuts arjB made througflH
That is, a straight roadway i? cu^H
^h the clay, the cohesion of whic^H
"A ? " '.IlvU +A laora nOrTVOnril^llbj^H
lb puoaiuio IU icum jj?||)vuu<vxo^_
ir the cut has been made of auiE^H
lepth, the carts are backed into i|H
he walls are shoveled down int^H
rts, thus avoiding the necessity
; the heavy clay. Sometimes th^H
e made of such a depth that th^f
f thrown the whole dutance dow^H
cart, would be apt to destroy i^H
h oases a series of steps about
high and extending the who^K
l of the working are made, aadtl^H
i shoveled dowu from each step
ext lower one till it reaches tll^H
-:e steps a-e called "benches."
rays policy for the clay digger fl
broad area around the clay he^^H
g "stripped" of the ma^i of lood^H
itn/^Af whi oh if. lav Tf he ne?lect^H
precaution the heavy weight
sure to overcome the resistance cfl|
ly and cause a slide, burying th^B
jg and possibly one or two diggetij^H
reral places these slides have ol^fl
I where the forest primaeval' hj^H
mtouched,and the woodland gi&n^H
:oasted down a hundred feet or S
tie clay mine.
i clay sptde is a curious instrumen^H
imply a large, sharp s.oop and ca^H
lump of clay closely resembliq^M
f a very large pail. The clay is
that the lumps are handled lil^H
3 of stone and most of them reaq^B
,rt entire. After being taken oi^H
ly is dried before it is carried jflH
it; that is, it is exposed to the ai^^H
ler sorts under sheds, the coanu^H
my where that convenincesuggest^H
singular fact that the finest xHmgUn
are nearly pure white when driei^H
nost black while in the ground.
be town of Woodbridge there ai^B
I plants for the working of ti^H
i clay, and the manufacture of sui^H
is sewer pipe, fire brick, retorf^H
iles and refractory materials an gen
The methods of forming the brxlflH
ap'y those used by potters in gei^H
>ut the manufacture of sewer pif^H
.ething very peculiar. The "rig^M
3ad" of the pipe is made in a pre^H
und placed on a receiving frame
ittom of a very curious and ooa^H
id machine, where the remaind^H
i pipe is made. The general pla^K
i machine is a hollow cylinder,
a piston moves. The cylinder
with wet clay and the pistc^H
d down upon it, forcing the cK^H
rough a circular aperture aroand^H
1 core, forming the hollow pi{^H
ed.
i portion is joined to the head anB|
pe is completed. In this conditfc^H
sufficient consistency to bear car^H
idling. It is transported to tl^H
' room, where it spends son^H
and is afterward burned, in tl^H
These kilns are made of fire bric^H
rails about two feet in tbickneq^H
d the bottom there are froflfl
to five brick furnaces bai^H
' nrall thfl flllffl of which ODf^BI
le kilo. In some- cases the fiuflH
,t the top'of the kiln, and the he^H
?a down through the material
rned, and enters the chimne^H
jh the bottom. |H
the finer grades of ware the large^H
t is New YorK, bat, strange to sa^H
city there is only one potter^^J
manufacture of s ch articles az^^f
Is as arc produced in this potte^^J
rt by itself. Hefore leingfitf^H
the making of even the most orc^^fl
^are, the c!ay must be thoroughflH
1 and mixed. This is accomplish^^^
se power, the clay being wetted
ii!l," as it is called. Then the cl^^l
ioncd out to the potters, who ta^^|
he masses assigued to them p<flH
sufficient to make the articl^^l
they are to produce, the quant^^H
r needful for one vessel being
ed by weight.?New York
Royal Victim of the Weed:
King of Italy is, says a wnter^H
nerican l!egi,ter, of Paris, knot^^H
temperance in all things, exceflH
)g. lie is an exceedingly sm^Hf
ind as to drink, his guests m^^H
t in plenty, but his own favor^ffl
c'* is water. His one great wefl^^H
as a good cigar. In this respt^Hj
abused himself until his ner\flM|
2icun to sutler; he h:ul usthwa^^fl
could sleep but little, and th^^H
i be propped up by plenty of
Some weeks ago his physicfl^H
m what was the matter, and Ki^H|
?rt said: "l-roin this day foi^^|
not smoke another cigar, or ai^^fl
in the shape of tobacco."
has been a most noticeable i^H|
lent in his health. King IIu^HE
$ a man of iron will, and no
that he will keep his pledge^HI
i of his life.
ever bad a man's credit may
can always borrow trouble. |^B