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Iff TRAGIDISS ON THE BAIL. ?-: Railway Casualties in Various ct Parts of the Country. | ; California Banditt Rob a Train and i Commit Murder. ILW*' -The Coroner**!# *>1 (Mturt over Um body J M of Chart** GaWfc,iH?owsa Wiled in the ^ Hi frrniaaarofrbery rear Fix ley, CaL, Um , Other evening. Be wm a native of West 1 Virginia, aged twenty yean, and was in- ' stantly killed. Testimony given by P. T. Fob 1 Hfiiaiwv nr, enginoer, ana vj. j. Amor, nremwi, i ... v Mowed that when leaving Pixley ft,!, ' two masked men boarded the engine a... , with shotguns and ordered tho engineer 1 to pull out. They fired a shot when two < ' miles out and ordered tho engineer ? to slow down. The engineer and fireman j were taken back by the robbers to the ex- 1 car, and a bomb was thrown under the oar. The explosion noarly turned the oar over. The messenger came out when or- , . One of tho rpbfcwe entered the car, while the other held the fireman, engineer and . - messenger under cover. Meanwhile. Brakeman Gabert came up on one side of aarg". the car and Bentley came up on the other side to see the cause of the delay. When they were approaching, One robber exclaimed: "Btop," *v> and fired. /Oabert received a heavy load of buckshot in the heart and bead, killing him instantly. Tbe robbers then reached under the car and fired at the other man. Bentley BS",. was struck by several shot in the &*>,' abdomen and right arm. The robbers then marched tho three men upon the engine and backed await Into th?r darkness. It was thought that the affair was not the work of professionals, as it was needlessly , murderous. The robbers secured only #100. V&fy? Armed psrthwwerh scouring the oountry in search of the robbers. A dispatch received from Bakersfield says that the robbers had been overtaken by tbe v , officers who went in' pursuit, and that one of the former was killed and one captured aliva 'The Bodies Were Burned Up. A serious accident oxurred to a train from nangor wj os. jonns, near uoya ? rains, two -i miles east of Kingman, Me. The following were killed: i*-*;; John Engliah Campbell, mail rlerk; Henry Goodman, ^ fireman; W. D. Mudgott, rail jja- way postal clerk. A It is reported that the bodies were burned in the wreck. J. Angel, engineer, was seriously injured, but no passengers are reported as seriously injured. The cars had Sewell heaters in them, but ^^^^ they caught fire from.the. locomotive irame^^^^Hdiately after leaving the track. Tbe mall, ^^ ^Bbaggoge and parlor cars were burned, together I^^Vwith the express mail matter and baggage. A wrecking-train, with physicians on board, went to the sccqe of the disaster. The Maine Central people are doing everything possible for thelnjurod paseengera The latest accounts said the accident was caused by the drawing of the rail spikes br the frost. One body bod been recovered, supposed to be that of Goodman. When the engine was derailed it nlungod m t^ graphic communication. " ??? V Passenger Train Wracked. north-bound passenger train on the Northern Central Railroad was thrown from the track by a broken rail near Ralston, Peon; About fifteen passengers were injured, none or them seriously. Conductor William Dale was supposed to be fatally injured, but is better, and his recovery was expected. The car rolled down an embankment, turning over twioe in its descent. The passengers suffered k intensely from the cold during the delay . r ' caused by the accident. Killed In k Collision.? Two freight trains collided on the Knox illeand Ohio Railroad, half a mile north 6f Knoxville, Tenn. Qqe fireman was killed / and both engines Vtsokod.. Several freight ~?I oars were detaeitsbea. The accident was caused by a misunderstanding of orders. ELEVEN MARINERS PERISH* A Bark Goes Ashore and the Helmsman Kills Himself. Th? British baiV Josle Troop, of SV.J<2hn,a New Brunswick, Captain W. Q. Cook, with a cargo of chalk, from London to Philadelphia, with a crew of seventeen men, mnt fisaore id a gaio near Chtcaraacomico, about twenty miles north of Capo Hat# terns, N. (J., at bo van o'clock iu tha evening, and bocame, with bcr car*o, a total loss. Nino of the crew and the captain were drowned, one of the men committed suicide, and the rest of the crew were saved by the life saving corps. The vessel has gone to pieces ana tbo fragments are scattered on the beach. The seaman, George Williams, who. was a* the wheel when the bark went ashore, and is supposed to have been asleep, was so horrified at the result when he saw so many of his messmates perish that he committed suicide by cutting nix throat with bis sheath knife. Albert Williams, one of the crew, was badly injnnvl about the neck while being transferred from the wreck to the lifeboat or the stolon. NEWSY- GLEANIMS, Indiana, alone'has 375 natural g?s wells Boston Is to have a thirteen-atory business blook. An American is to build an arcade railroad in Loudon. Coal in large quantities has been discovered in Arkansas. China calls for belD for half a million of her starving people. ' Nevada, has a population of 63,000, of * whom more than 8000 are Chinese. The effort to establish a State lottery in Nevada has been defeated by a few votes. Fortt-ONK pension bills were paesed by the United States Senate in twelve minutes. A oi<>antic scheme.for the development cf the California natural gas territory is now In progress In'England there are 88,000 ministers, and 170,003 other officers attached to ohurches and chapels. The Japanese Minister of Education, Viscount Arinorl More,' was assassinated by a religious fanatic. Cabbies* packing 'and unfavorable weather have hurt the Florida orange trade somewhat tbla.eeason. The immigration Into the Dominion of Canada last year was 174,00.), a falling off of 1000 oompared with 1887. ( An American railroad conductor has been Imprisoned in Mexico becau-to a man jumped from bis train and was killed. < The Hessian fly is destroying the wheat 1 crop in Central Illinois In some places ' whole fields have been destroyed. Tub Ohio dealer who sells cigarettes to a ho^^makee himself liable to a^ sentence of ! wj vw/?iu jwn ?uu m min ui Tan shortage In the packing in the Wast , during the present winter is now estimated < by Mm Cincinnati Pries Current at 790,000 hogs <1 Under the circular of last April the Trees- < a1 has, op to a recent date .purchased $117,- < ,450 United Btet-s bonds,at a cost of $187,- ] 798,880. < Tub total amount of greed fruit into* by J the various cannersof California during the J season of 1888 is estimated at 88,900 tons, or 1 70,400,000 pounds. In January, 1888, the approximate earn- i logs of 111 railroad lines showed ?n increase , of about ten per cent, oxer the earnings of j the same month last year. I The free distribution of seed from the Da partment of Agriculture Is to be transferred s from Congressmen to Mm National JBxperi) msnt Btations in the rarioni States. According to the annual report of the i Salvation Anny,in the United Kingdom they , use 1578 buildings, with sitting aocommoda- ( tion tor 700,800 persons, the rent roll being t $800,000. , * At Colorado, Texas, a well has been bored 1 600 fee* deep which throws to within ninety f faet oR the surface brine from which yields i two pound of salt to the gallon. Other walls I * ! - ?fr W ~W tTTTTTT*?' y THE HEW8 Emomzm. | Eaa^rn and Middle State*. aRg&Mfias " louse# in New York end two In Bern FrmnMOft The deadlock in the Delaware Legislature, shlch had continued for three weeks, hae Tflf >Mn broken, the Home sending to the Senate w nominations for 8tate Tfceemrer and Auditor the names of the present incumbents, WiUiam Herbert and James H. Boyce. ehoee nominations were at once confirmed A >y V* 8*n?t* . Of it Oot*rnoh OjTKrrr, ?ef New Jersey, has be c MMnlaated Edwin O. Chapman as State Suwnntendent of Publio Ins traction, to take ibe place from which Colonel Fuller was do- Mor x>sed by the Legislature. was of A South and West. ty-t' Edward Q#inn killed his brothor John by striking him on the head With a club iff during a onarral at their home in Avondale, Pf," Ohio. The murder was committed in the f'S? presence of their mother. Both men were a . intoxicated. " A cyclone In Shelby and Bibb Counties, Ala., caused a loss of flee or six lives and 5eb much destruction of property. The path of the tornado was twenty miles in length, and crossed a rather thickly settled country. ?r Forty houses were unroofed or blown down found several hundred head of cattle and horses d_i killed outright. The damage is estimated at ^Vn $100,0(10. ?per In response to an invitation of the Na- of ' tional Tariff Reform League, in session at J Chicago. Mr. Cleveland declared bis inability on to attend, but expressed himself as heartily pro In accord with the purposes of tho League. of i Tiie machine shops, round house and car Coi shops of tho "Big Four" railroad at Cln- alls cinnati were destroyed bv fire. The loss is elei bout $200,000. " Th< High winds caused a fire at Rock Rapids, H'" Iowa, to spread very rapidly, until nearly the entire business part ot the city was con- TV" sumed. Twenty-one firms were burned out. If. The total loss reached #75,000. Jesse Calhoun, a descendant of John C. i Calhoun, and one of the wealthiest residents Ka"j of Pike County. Ark., committed suicide e]Cl after hearing that his only son had been ar- pa rested in Texas for murder. vol Ionatz Ledxker, City Tax Collector of vei Oloomington, III., and his assistant, Harry Da M. Leehr, have been arrested, charged witn coi forgery and grand larceny. ais A LABOR*it named Joeeph Brogan, at Up- J*' soil. Wis., killed his wife and two children, aged five and seven yoars respectively, and ?{"' then committed suicide with a dull razor. iiwh1lk Harry Brown, John Williams, and -i ' third man, namo unknown, were crossing ' the Kanawha, at Rush Run, W. Vs., the , boat was overturned and all were drowned. , Latk returns indicated the election of on Charles F. Booker. Democrat, and R. P. C. tul Wilson, Democrat, for tho Fiftieth and Fifty- ti\ first Congresses respectively, to Bucceed the St late James N. Burnss, of Minouri. a 1 Chinese coolies are being ' constantly as smuggled from British Columbia into the re< United Slates by way of coast steamers from ko Port Townsendr Washington Territory. N< en Washington. p, The Court of Claims has given judgment j?< for against the bo -POTtogjSratas withholding dividends. co The statue of Lewis Cass, presented to the su people of tho United States by Michigan for th a place in Statuary Hall, at the Capitol, has mi been nnv?H?H ?- F? President Cleveland was affected by J!? nervous prostration, brought on bv over- .l work. In the evening after bis attack, bow- J?1 eviT.bi was better and resumed work. ! The President has signed the Nicaragua Canal bill. Rr The 1 resident and Mrs.. Cleveland were po entertained "at a dinner by Secretary and no JJS> yilas. ... . sti H6n. Edward PiiKLrs, United States ?r Minister to England, called nt the White P? House and had an interview with the President Jhl . The House adopted the conference report on the Direct Tax bill by a vote of yeas 1(18, nayfl 88. It was then taken to the Senate, signed, and Ave minutes afterward sent to the President T9MPresident has sent to Congress all the ?u correspondence which has taken place be- sei tween this Government and Great Britain in regard to the dismissal of Lord Sackvflle- <rr West as Minister of Great Britain to tho nr United States. (tt Secretary Bayard has received a cable- to gram from Minister Hubbard, at Japan, announcing that a treaty of amity, commerce toi and navigation between tho United States to and Japan bad been signed by the represen- Ho tatlves of the Governments. toi ? ni( Foreign. Kino Otto, of Bavaria, has been proved pe without a doubt to be hopelessly insane. etc Many persons have recently died of famine in the Province of Orenburg, ha Russia. , ' gr< Vvww/sn Wtv rvin^- 1 % . . UVUVB IIIULIAH UOIUKX, mo irisii patriot, after refusing to permit his counsel to apologize for calling Colonel Turner a sneak thief in court, was sentenced to six i months in jail without hard labor. This lld added to the former sentence makes his term of imprisonment ten months. , Two thousand Ave hundred men wore discharged a few days ago from the canal w< works at Tavernilla, Panama. Tho con* fcjt tractors continue to curtail the work on all rii the sections. There is a strong military re< force on the line of the canal to maintain no order. of THinTY thousand people! witnessed the tol jfnme of baseball at Naples, Italv, between two professional teams from this country, ] the All Americas and the Chicago*. eel EnntROR Francis Jokrpii, of Austria,has foi summoned the heir presumptive. Archduke bm Franz, to Pesth to introduce him to the lead- wo ing political men and members of the aristo- rat cracy. scr Tux Cologne Gazette (Bismarck's organ), ft11 says that Germany will demand of the DIe United States Government that it arrest and &n< punisb Klein, the American whom Germany charges with having led the Mataafaitea in t Samoa at the time of the repulse of the Ger- mi mane in pecember last ha MM. Frkycinzt and Meline have under- tui taken to form a Cabinet for President Car- du not of France. it Tb* Duke of Newcastle lias been married In London to Mies Candy, a famous English ? beauty. A terrible famine prevails in the south era portion of Coroa. The Sultan of Morooco has ceded a piece Be< of the coast near the Algerian frontier to tbo Mil Germans, who will use it for a naval station. Col _ Bh? DISEASE DEFYING DIAGNOSIS hS Fifty Deaths from a Mysterious *lc Malady In Kentucky wi A dispatch from Marion, Ky., says: A terrible diseas) made its appearance in < OJ Weosler County a few weeks ago. it raged Oat lisaatrously for a time and- it was thought that it had spent its fury, as no new caaes were, reported fcr ten days. The disease, Wf * #v?j/p?oinA? lU IHUITJ V iUlHIlb T>tll form than ever near Dixon, the county seat. Nine new cava have also developed near Free Union. Four deaths occurred during me day, and the other Ave patients were not sxpxrted to live. Fivj udditional cases leveloped next day. .The malady is confined to a atrip of terrl- v iory bordering on a small stream cnlled Crab Orchard Creek. In one family of seven only Lhe father escaped. Up to this time but two persons attacked bad recovered from the lisease, one of whom la totally blind and the hf" >ther a cripple for Ufa There have already 5,?!J Men more than fifty deaths. At one camemy on one day there were four burials. fV*; DoCtore have not been able to make a Uasno^?*bf the disease. The majority are X** nofloed to the opinion that It la cerebro inlaal meningitis of the congestive malignant _ :ype. The patient is taken with sharp peine ?** a the spine, which soon reach the brain end Co* ire followed by violent cramps and Con- Oat rulsions, from which death ensues. . Ry? ?mmm 1 A woitAN named Glrvin, living at bnr- Bea uun, near Rochester, England, has just had Baa i narrow escape from being buried alive, Mm fell Into a kind of trance, which was Hoj nistaken for death, end e coffin was ordered ind the uanel preparations made for a fa- Floi teral. But whiles number oT relatives were Wb [atbpred at the bedside bewailing their be- Cor vavement, the supposed corpse startled Oat hem by suddenly rising up in Led end ask- putJ ng what was the metier. The women far But neking good prompt toward conve'eeoenoe. Qbe HHHHUBiHBHKBmnKL - FOUR NEV STATES. h Houses Pass the Omnibus * Territorial Bill, ) Two Dakotas, Montana and Washington Admitted. % ftar yean of active endeavor on the part citizena the Territory of Dakota la to lothed with Statehood. She oomea Into Union,however, mm Iw. fltat?and with 'tana and Washington, whose admission, alto per fitted by Congrees, the ntunher American States will be increased to forwo. he conference report on the Omnibus ritortal bill has been agreed to by both ate and House, ana it only needed the tature of the President in order to become w. .7 1 the House the adoption of the bill was 3ted with applause, but In the Senate the visions of the bill gave rise to some ate. ir. Springer, of Illinois, presented the ret in the Houm and Mr. Piatt in the Senate. ue mil as agreed to in conference provide* -the admission of the H La tee of North iota, South Dakota, and Montana and ishlngton. The attempt to induce the ritory of Washington to accept the name I'ncoma has been fruitless, he Territory of Dakota is to be divided the line of the sovonth standard parallel xlnced due wost to the western boundary ;he Territory. The delegates elected to the istitutional Com ention north of this par(1 shall assemble at Bismarck and those :ted south of tRo parallel at Sioux Falls. 9 delegates to the Convention in each of > proposed new States shall be elected on > Tuesday after the first Monday in May it and shall meet On July 4 ana declare t they adopt the Constitution' of the ited States. They are authorised thereupoh form constitutions and State governments.' t is provided that at the election for deleos to the Convention in South Dakota the L-tors shall vote for or against tho Sioux lis constitution. If a majority of tho lea shall bo for the constitution the Conltion shall resubmit to the people of South kota for ratification or rejection the istitution framed at Sioux Falls and o tbo articles and propositions sepo*ly submitted, including the , quesn of locating the temporary sent of *govlment, witb such changes only as relate to ? name and boundary jof the propos?d ate, to the reapportionment of the licial and legislative districts and such lendments as may be necessary iu ordpr comply with the provisions of this t; and if a majority of the votes cast the ratification or rejection of tho const!tion shall be for the constitution, irrespec o of the articlea separately submitted, the ate of South Dakota shall he admitted as State in the Union under said constitution, hereinafter provided; but the archives, cords and books of the Territory of Data shall remain at Bismarck, the capital of >rth Dakota, until an agreement. in referee thereto (s reached bv salil States. Hut if at tbe election of delegates to the institutional Cnjut?i>&tos ftielfrcHMc fflklfflB cnnkt the Sioux Kalis constitution it shall the duty of tho Convention to form a nstilutlon as if that quostion had not been bmiited to the pcopla It is made b duty of the President to adit the four new ' State* by oclnmation if the constitutions formed are tifiod at tho election to be held on the first lesday in October. Each of the now States all be entitled to one Representative in ingress, except South Dakota, which shall entitled to two Representatives. Section 11 ptovides that all lands herein anted for educational purposes shall bedissed of only at public sale and at a price of t less than $10 per acre,the proceeds to contuten permanent school fund, the interest which only shall be expended in tho suprt of said schools. But raid lauds iy under such regulations a* 9 legislatures shall prescribe be ised for periods of not more than e years, in quantities not exceeding one ition to any one person or company; and ch land shall not l>e subject to pre-emption, mestead entry or any other entry under e land laws of the Rnited Htates, whether rveyed or unsurvoyed, but shall be re rved for school purposes only. All mineral lands are exempted from the ante made by the act. The two Dahctss q to lie added to Justice Miller's circuit le Eighth) and Washington and Montana Justice Field's (the Ninth). If the anxietv of the DeohleTa f.hnM Ta?r4. ries is as great as it lias I>een represented bo, there is no reason why * NoHth and uth Dakota. Montana, and Washing[i should not l>e States within nine rntbs, and nTso be represented by Senses and Representatives in tho first regular sion of the Fifty-first Congress, while the ople living north and south of the seventh milord imrnllol, which is to be the boundY line between tho two Dnkolos, are to ve a chance to say whether there shall be# sator difference tuan is promised bjtween j two. Th? Bill Signed. President Cleveland signed the bill for th? mission of the States of North Dakota, >uth Dakota, Montana, and Washington at o'clock on the morning after the document is laid before him, and immediately sent >rd to Mr. Springer by letter. It the atee for whose entry into the Union pro don is mado by the bill comply with alt its piirements the four States may be anunced as in qualified ktnndlng as members the Union of States about the middle of Ocjer, 188b. Isllb Starr, the female desperado reitly shot In Indian Territory, waa fortyir years old. She was a picturesque figure, t she wss by no means an attractive man. She was below medium height, her fiesby and dressed in a rough nondeipt costume itl which the masculine and ninine features of dress were strangely nded. She was a perfect horsewoman 1 celebrated for her daring as a rider. Since the suicide of King- Ludwig, tl* id Sovereign of Bavaria, eleven persons ve sought death in the waters of the pio-eeque Lake Sternberg. This number inides two young men who killed themselves this way a few days since. THE MARKETS!" 8 NEW TORE. ives,. ....8 TO @515 Ich Cows, com. to good.. .35 00 #46 00 ives.oommon to prima.... 0 60 @ 9 00 wo 4 85 O 6 80 nibs 6 50 @ 7 70 gs?Live 5 85 * 5 i0 Dressed 6 & 7 >ur?City Mill Extra. 5 10 <9 5 ?5 Patents 6 76 @7 15 ieat?Na 8 Red 97?*<i 9 Ji e?State 65 (9 69 rley?Na 1 ?. 81 ? tft m?Unaraded Mixed 40 &k nu te? Mo. I White ? <& ?? Mixed Weateru 8&%9 ?{ y?No. 80 ? 00 aw-~Long Rye 0? ? 00 rd?City Steam *" @ fc6?? Her?Elgin Creamery.... 80 (A 81 Dairy, rair to good.. 16 C& 8] Went lm. Creamery 16 & 33 Factory J2 x mm?State Factory..,..1? | }V4 Skim*?Light 9X& J? Weatern M> ? re?State and Penn ? ? 14 Bumux _ as-*?Weetern 8 85 A 4 01 ?p?Medium to Good ... 4 00 A 5 86 nbe?Fair to Good........ 4 00 a 6 10 n?Good to Choice York* 5 8> 2 5 Er3E?HPtt^l3tf* 5 00 ???iiu, ? ? <9 1 1W< B?No, 8, fellow 86X? 86W ?-?ft 8. White ~<$ S$ ley-?tete. J8 5 TO BOUTOK. ar?Spring Wheat pet's.. 5 PO O 7 00 r> n?Steamer Yellow. 4"Vtf5 40 W[ ?No. 8 White 85 2 * M ?{Hate... - ?8 ? 54 ram*Toww (mass.) oatix* muuuv. f- Droned weight & Q fl<^ ep?Lave weight 8*41/ ' 4 lr?Peon. family........ 4 70 0 4 ?5 eat?No. 2, Red, Keb... 98)4$ ?? n?No. X Mixed. Feb... - 40^<g 40)f ?Ungraded White ? <3 81'-4 >v ee?-Barly Roee. , 85 0 18 ker?Creamery Extra... 89 # 10 te-Part skim* 8 0 8 V * $2' I ' * <Lfl - 7 - J >v^ 'n'r ' 'V * Hf Wso to thirty-one has passed w Mb. KUr on tbs Australian ? y**?*" ^F'V. ^ > 'y a %Z??Sfci*r*4&*>,i,*l,l,roftt*ban,,d S T Hartford, Conn., dte^JjrTRS^M' liint^nttoa as to the loss w , Of Qfcve?oltg <4 the dia- * y0*^ vf * iWtot; of whom twoty-two are t ten e#capWun* J5 ' aovsnty J?" old, was .?b* aitd muoh property waa blast in Uew York. J, i rsgir of Wealsyan University, at 1?? were badly damaged by J *~*Vyon of dynamite bomba by fresh- at 7 WMS celebr/iting Washington's <1? uimf^l*00? Hubbard, a freshman J? ti^iliS*1, * berk coa tractor, shot and Pn r vtM an<* mortally wounded Q*( I near Rssnney, W. Va. About fin I *W ?*^loke horsewhipped Evans. "O I price ever paid for a horse in U8J I ** given a few days since, when Rv JK.5t..v^ ???* " -M"? ft" ^tion at Lexington, Ky. ogj ?ff^3dew*c|[^ in the West Virginia I Leg* - ? JiB won or ~ """ ine re^iec- v~ Senator. If* ' K?an* M United State* w|) A hiki m \ ?*B Georglm ??ow to^n raged all ^rer now l3ll0r?than ** he" inches of and of snoe A^nta. It i* the heaviest fall ?n^ there. rithla ^ -recollection of peoijP jjjjj r Two cklldren ware eaten wolveswm'e ~ returning. from school In Minnesota. ^ TvhhK tfo. 17 on ?he Cincinnati Southern c Road, near Sunburnt, Tenn., is on Are, and t in a property sense it Is the greatest catas- t trophs any railroad ever suffered. The off!-' a cere of tht road' placed the lose at from (400,- t 000 to - |p00,000. Coal seams were ablaze j which promised to burn for months. The i tunnel if feet long. ? Countf Treasurer James M. Love, of * Circle*Ilia, Ohio, has nl:*'onded and is a da- 1 faulter to the sum of $2<>,000. ( GovsAkor Wilson and General Goff,eich of whom Claims to have been elected Governor of west Virginia, effected an under- j standing to the affect that the fcrmer should j hold over as Governor and the latter qualify < as such <M March 4. The case was then to be taken to the Supreme Court for a decision. ( Heavy snow storms and very cold weather asp reported from the South and the West. J h colored man who had been whSnme^dife^5^W,U,ynchedby ' The President has' vetoed the House bill i to quiet title of settlers on the Dee Moines River lands in Iowa. Da. D. Wir.r.AHi) Bliss, who attended President Garfield daring his illness, died a few days ago at his residence in Washing*? PKMrom and Mrs. Cleveland gave their last reception to the public It was the most brilliant of the winter's series. The White House was handsomely decked with flowers. James C. Flood, the California millionaire, died at Hiedelberg, Germany, of Blight's disease. The remains will be embalmed and will rest till May in the church- J yard chapel there, when thoy will be trans- i - ferred to San Francisco. Planter Modksta Ruiz, who was cap- J tared by bandits in the Remedios district, (Cuba, haT been released on the payment of a ^ ransom of $80,000. . j Tax {British Parliament has reassembled J , The Queen's opening speech asked for in- j creased supplies for defensive purposes. William Barrett, builder, of Boston 1 and Everett, Maaa, has gone Itrto fhsOtvency. " i His liabilities are stated at $074,000. A disastrous fire broke out in Warren, Ponn., and, owing to the severity of the weather, resulted in a loss of over $70,030 to a the town and the destruction of a block. f Mrs. James Westcqtt, the young wife 11 of a prominent citizen and lumber merchant * at Hazzard?s, Penn., and a servant, Jennie y Walters, were burned to death. i A BUILD1N9 in Bristol, Conn., was wrecked jj , by an explosion of powder. Tux news of the signing by the President " of the bill making fonr new 8tates was re- * i oeived in tbbas States withCsatisfaction. A c telegram from Helena says that all Montana s is celebrating, and Dakota is really beside herself with delight. From every hamlet } K large enoughto have a telegraph office come a despatches expressive of a state of jubilation bordering Oft insanity. R General Harbison has rented a pew in b the Presbyterian Church of the Covenant. Mr, Blaine will also worship there. ~ DR. FUROH Whautojc Hnllnifci- *u Btato Deportment, and a prominent author I of legal works, is dead in his sixty-ninth I year- I Consul-Gxtwux Wali.kr, at London, | England, has sent his resignation to the I Btate Department, to take effect immedi- I I aiely on Qw appointment of his successor. ! Tub President has nominated J. Lee lacker, of New York, to be Deputy Fifth Auditor of the Treasury, rice Alfred E. Lewis, removed, and James C. Perry, of North Carolina, to be an Assistant Surgeon in the Marine Hospital service. Th? Chinese Minister and suite have | arrived at Washington from Havana, Cuba. ' Bknto* J. Ham,, Commissioner of Patent^ has. rendered a decision in the matter .tof the -petitions of Gray and a McDonongh to reopen the Bell telephone u Interference*. The Commissioner refuses to Jj reopen the interferences and reaffirms the award" pf priority to Bell. B FonRsm, containing iOOO nooses, | ?J I with tamnles- wHnni- ??->- - 1 T ^ ??itu iiu?|nMU*|. Ill OUIU ? snokl, Japan, were recently burned to the 1 ground. At Yokoaokf, lire gutted 500 houeea I end burned threo wen to death. On the | same day ten house* t Joetio end fifteen at I f Toklo were burned. . Qwti has r&aaed a law excluding Chinese ? immlgt -ant. from the 1 Umubllc. But all other b< claaeesdf immigrants find a warm welcome. Q jbxxxm. Dukoxt, who was Rial's lieut/nant in the bloody half-breed rebellion, has teas .p&rdooed by the Canadian GovernjbauMaMtQO** ou hi* way to his old stamp* KtaMt. the eldest son of Prince the heir to the Bavarian ? 11#*If?*Don, lie aIco. is to send \ an oxqalette plctora ki feather*, repre* ntmg u. one of" IK* JiM* picturesque and poetic riawa * of >&e iaWef Fatocnaro, to the I aria Expoai- J pon. A JetriMf inwax i? makings mini*- ? -lure coplr of the Oity of Mexico in that pliable nfVMlfel.alHb tar the Paris Exposition. * A naiKY company, farming about 10.000 2 ?tsk impleipants and ma- jj Armonrf& C*A, Chicago amounted to aj I 00a.000.pp that time they killed 1,140,000 it bogs, 661,WX> cattle, and 164,540 bheep. " Ob ?m of fba most stormy, disagreeable 171 of the year, nearly seventeen thousand tbl% patriotic) women of Boston wont to the )Us and voted. This is not the first tims m mothers, wires, end daughters of this mntry here taken np the broom of reform id done suprising work for the interests ol leir children end families. Although over twenty thousand Boston omen registered, hardly anyone 'save the omen themselves) believed they would aoelly vote This proves that every year new avoca>ns ere opening where women demonstrate sir ability, as well as capability, to transt business for themselves and make >ney. Women living near a village or large town n make many dollars "pin money1* every ar raising poultry end eggs. Mrs. James Burgess, Nashua, N. H., says she cleared it year, from only 10 hens, f5o.SU for sggs me. 8he oould have cared for 160 bens illy, and made ten times as much. She l ibut* s her success to the use of Bherln's Condition Powder to make hens lay. ere Is no doubt that Pow der is a great p. The manufacturers have for years ofed cash premiums to consumers, and a x)f of what we before said pf women is the t that every year, a woman captured one their larger premiums. This year the it premium is f50 in gold, and we should bo a bit surprised if some woman got it; lot, she will get a lot of eggs to sell from ng the Powder. Mrs. Mary J. Glenn, of 1 stburg, Va.. says: "Before using Sheri- < t's Powder I was getting from 40 hensj 6 < 1 Sggs per week; during eight weeks, while ft<jr it I ? * 7,?i - ?" "um we same nens MHJ eggs." 8 Johnson &Co., 22 Custom House St, Bon, Mara, (the only makers of Sherii a Condition Powder to make hens lay) I Bend, postpaid, to any person, two 25 <i t packs of Powder and a new Poultry sing Guide, for i 0 cents. The book alone 1 "* F?r *'? fiv" packs of Powder 1 i 'or t'-'JO, a large 2^ ponnd can 1 book; six cans, |9, express prepaid. ' a stamps or cash. Interesting testimon- 1 sent free; * n?1 or.XnIn In. . ! Vest to&?2-ftoirtthrori^ tW onsists of a piece of pasteboard about he size of an envelope In'it aio holes he size of a silver quarter, a half dollar aid a dollar, with red paper seals ready o paste across each slot. A coin can bo >ut in and scaled, enclosed in an enreloped and Bent through tho mails in afety. If some shrewd iuventor will put hoso things on tho mnrkct with slots to nake any desired amount the Governnent's nostal note business will take a Irop.?New York Graphic. Important beds of coal, four feet to Ive feet thick and of excellent quality, have recently been discovered in the Crimea. In two years Vermont has paid $10, 300 for dead foxea. Would Van Believe The Proprietor ot Kemp'B Balsam gives Thousands of Bottles away yearly? This modo of advertising would prove ruinous if tho Balsam was not a perfect cure for Coughs and Don't hesitate! Procure a bottle to-day to keep In your home or room for immediate or future use. Trial bottlo Free at all druggists'. Large Size 60c and $L London spends $8,000,000 a year on potted plants and cut flowers. A Radical Care far Epileptic Pits. 7nthrEtlftoi?Please inform your readers that 1 have a positive remedy for the above named disease which 1 warrant to cure the worst cases. t?o strong is my faith in its virtues tlint I will send fiee a sample bottle and valuable treatise to any sufferer w ho will give me his P O. and Express address. Kcsp'y, H.O. ROOT. M. C . 183-Pearl St.. New York. Catarrh Cared. A clergyman, after years of suffering from hat loathsome disease. Catarrh, and vainly Tying every known remedy, at last found a prescription which completely cured and saved lim from death. Any sufferer from thisdrcjidfuj disease sending a self-addressed stamped jnvelone to Prof. .1. A. Lawrence, 88 War en St., N. Y., will receive the recipe freeof charge. 25 Cents iVill buy a Treatise on the Horse and His Diseases Book of 100 ]>ages, valuable to very owner of horses. Fostago stamiw taken, lent postpaid. New York ITorsk Book Co., i84 Leonard Street. New York city. If afflicted with sore oven use Dr. IwxacThomp>on'a Eye-water. Druggists sell at 25c.per bottle. Prepare for Spring New Is the time to prepare for spring, and ycur iwn vystem ia of Drat Importance. If you have not alt well during the winter, if yeu hare been overrorked or closely confined In badly ventilated oeme or ahrpa. you need a good tonic and blood 'uriflarllke Hood'a Saraaparllls. Take it early and ouwill ward off attacka of dl- rate or escape the ffecta of Impure blood and that tired feeling, so emmen In the spring. Do not delay. Take Hood's arsaparllla now. "I wish to state the benefit I derived from Hood's arsaparllla. I have us.d it in the spring for three ears for debility and can esy thet I ga ned in fl-ah nd strength aftar using ona : ottla. It has also 11 red me of sick headacha."?Mas. F. R. Akduwi. puth Woodstock, Conn. "I took Hood's Sarssparllla for loss of appetits, yspepsla, and general languor. It did ma a vast mount of good, and I have no he.eltanoy in recointending ltn?J. W. Willi roan, Qulncy, lit Hood's Sarsaparilta old by all druggists. $1: six for &. Prepared only rC.1. HOOD k CO., Apothecarlee, Lowell, Usee. IQO Poses One Dollar miaMim CREAM BALM Glvsa relief at e?e* f"? k?}3com ==a"i)L/JI CATARRH. Balm into each nostril. KLY BBOB.. M Warren St.. N. Y. The fintlamu on the left took Mercurv, rotaeb id Saraaparllla Mixture*. which ruined hi* diiroaon and rare him mercurial rheum* lam. 'J he tenamis cm th* rhrbt took Swift'* Hracinc (S. H. 8.) hie h forced out the poleon and built htm up from iVrfMlPECinO ia entirely a Teretaole medi-- I aa, and ]a the.^only medicine which ha* ever cured RRMmnmr. none HloAd Humor. and kindred biin. Bsnd for our books oj? Jdocxi and Skin CO., Drawers, Atlanis. Ok. II UORTHERN PACIFIC. I LOW PRICE RAILROAD LANDS A ft EE Government LANDS MILLIONS of ACRES of each In Minnesota, North akota,Msntsna, Idaho. Washlntrton sod Orocon. Bill Publications with Maps describing the CUV run host Ajrricultural, Grating and Tintit Lands Dow open to Settlers Heat Ire*. Address Ml. B. LAMBOBH, JU iuu ima. ? * ? "0**0* will n&kMmrinin' il??gB3famte?Baag? n'nfi c?itfSr?yr sSIFitt?EaACT UUnilknHalnkiaonMirwwtU^utiu I auytlilmg tlx in tb* world Kltl.tr *ri ivttlromit >M. T?na? rail. A<V4r*w, Taoa * Co., augwu. Sulii For Neuralgia. I NEW, PERMANENT C U RES. e, * ? Tear*. HImUm, Okie, ftu IT. 1*M. ? Mhiat tMrtull; for Hnnl yeare ?<lk aea* K ?n1#* ell MealUi Celled; arled It. JtMla 0U| 11 m nni a* retain la ?IW M i ?. mmoij, r. a Again* m. oiwy. ni.. iter ia, imi. I] My wu? tree tmtM vlUt aearalfla ul alto* * M?? bettu mt KitMta OU ni hw C Snui M*ia. row mnmra. After All. Mini, ni . Kay U. IMI. ? Bare kam mm of aanralfU fine a? If mOoci te be eared by M. Imtt OIL ? J. M. U1V, 1*N>M? A* DBVOaim AMD DUmi. TNI CNARLEI A. VOGELCR CO.. Baltlnof*. M. Diamond Vera-Cura FOR DYSPEPSIA. .J AND AI.L KTOMACU THOUUL.KR MOCn AS Tndiyeation. Boor btomach. llrartlmrn. hannee.nid- M dine**, Oonetlpatton. inline** alter eillny, food i Ri* ni ! the Month and dinawrt-mble taale alter r ratine- frarronanw and Low siunU. At Drvogltta and I)falert or trnl by mall on rettipt of 70 el*. (I boon*. 11,00) in itampe. Sam fit ten I 111 on receipt o/l-cent otomp. Tht CHtIm A. Voa?ltr Co., BaUfmots, Wd J What Scott's Emulsion Has Done; S ?hi Over 26 Pounds Gain in Ten Weeks. V! Experience of a Prominent Citizen, k" Th* Cunowu SoCTTTT FOm IH*) wi' 8cpfr*snon or Vic*. j J? 8am Era nci hco. July 7th. 18M.) * I took a severe eold upon 11,1 my chest arid lungs and did m not give It proper attention; 1 it developed Into bronchitis, 11 and in the fall of the samf pear I was threatened with Bonsumptlon. Physleiari^r:. if: Seott's Emulsion of Cod Liver 1 Oil with Hypophosphltes regularly three times a day. In ten weeks my avoirdupois went from IBS to 180 pounds and over; the cough meantime ceased, c. R Bennett. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGI8T8. Plan's Remedy fbr Cntsrrh Is tho |B Best, Busiest to Use, and Cheapest. Bold by druKKlsts or sent by mall. 60c. K. T. Uazeltlne, Warren, Pa. ^ F RXZE RbreasI BEST IN THR WORLD UlttnUb tf Uot the Genuine. 8old Everywhere. oiij rellCftI^"-i oflLcoivS t N fesss medhwMiwiji-y^iaja^JPerDay rrrwi.iwn, pouu.*. N. Centennial Manufacturing co.\Pi!,cinn*,i' ?hi?' WHY WEAR EVE- GCH8S6&L DE.TRIZIE'8 CUItEfl Eye Restorer wfi?K RESTORES DISEASED SIQHT ^V55^' EYES. At all Druggists. Send Tor Circulars. EYE RESTORER CO.. - ALBANY. N. Y. I've Got It! CHE^T"FAMILYVATLAS KNOWN. owxjy 20 cents: 191 Pages, 91 Full-Page Maps. Colored Mai* of enrli State and Territory In tho T'nited States. Also Maps of every Country in the World. The letter ureas gives the square mill a of eaeh State; time of settlement; population; chief eltlea; average temperature; salary of ottielals and the principal postniast, rs in the State: number of farms, with their produ. tionsand the value thereof; different manufactures and number of ?mi loves, etc.. etc. Also the area of each Foreign Country; form of government; population; principal products and their money value; amount of trade; religion; aire of army; miles of railroad and telegr. ph: number of horses, rattle, sheep, and a vast amount of information valuable toali EVERY FAMILY SHOULD HAVE ONE. All newspaper readers aro constantly needing an Atlas for reference in order to intelligently understand the artic e tie v are perusing. It is surprising how much information Is thus stor.d away in the memory, and how soon one t ecoinss familiar with the chief points concerning all the Nations of the ' World. Pnstpnid for 'iS cents, nnng nun imi w ?? ? ? ? ? __ ? -? - i.n AiCUUTd BL, IH. Y. City. | Agents wanted, $1 an hour. 80 new articles. CaU'giie andsamjjc s li < < . c I-:. Mai thall. 1a ck)nji t. NY Jjgliyi DYE 8 Wo ldt DaSwma THIS MEANS YOU. This Beautiful $125.00 Organ Positively Given Away. To the first person sending ns Wit for 2.1 pnekrts ol Weeds, lO psrkrls mom beautiful Flower Heeds, I H packets of the choicest Vegetable Heed, llenns. Pena, Kndish, Parsnip, To inn to, t'nbbnge, Onion. Turnip, fleet, ilfiisk Melon, C'u cumber. Celery, Pepper and I.enure, one packet each, lteiiiembtr, v?o uvk?* yon a present of the Organ as you wet the worth of your morey in Heed. We do this to pet every one reading 'his "Aa." to buy their Heed?nl ns. The oni-s-ndin* the first nearest guess as to the numVern! grains or kernel. In a ball pound nl t'oflee iil? the Or*an, which will be sent hy freiglil. securely rnelird. May 1st, HW9. Write lo-day. Ki nd postal note, uicnev ordeT or registered letter We will not compete with firms lulling old trashy seeds at rutrntca. We sell only the best at rensonnble prices. Addressplainly, I It VI St. If. HWINK. Herdsman, Itloomlna tJlen.BUf'KR CO.. FENNA. Your choice any 10 packets and one guess. .10 cts. Find puess lr separate piece of paper, aire cf costal card. Mentior. this rarer CAN YOU A SOUK When you see one? Know whether he is free from Spavin, Splint and Sprain, or the many troubles to which Horses are liable ? And if you can detect imperfections, do you know how to treat the animal so as to do away with the trouble and thus greatly increase the value of the Horse ? Vflll Avon lrnATc ? J VW V* V** tllU |;i UJ^CI name of the different parts of the animal, such as Fastern, Stifle, Hock, Ac. If not, you cannot claim to be much of a horseman. Can you tell the age < and hundreds of other points are j 25c. 100-Page lllusti It teaches you to pick out a go and so guard against fraud; dete when same is possible; tell the ag< the different parts of the animal; 1 Ac., Ac. We will forward, postpaid, *on : BOOK PUBLISHING HOUSE, I We ?r. r OOOD PAT to WOXER ftv spate! work up to JULY next. Besides good pmj >r work wig be glren as an srfonned, ?SOUU KXxfil praMnt to le agent doing the tost work; #460 to the cona. end eo on. Ken, bore add girls ean iake bund red* of dollar* between now end lljr 18t>9. This k a SPECIAL cbaaoe, dad olds good only until Inly. address rURTIS PUBLISHING CO. I PHILADELPHIA. PA. . H T IT P-g a JONES sfeT iu* 'j?i fir" e* *fr a(a* B<~*lc- For ?ff? vr*j01'.tt 7 \?Wp mention Uila panrr an.i MMiw JONES OF BtNGHAMTON, BlHflHAMTOK. K. Y. HDDS IIV Ifflt" ttid brtutl(n) y llluetratrd. ahowtntc th? iirehea of I lip Jiw , < atholiee and Vrote?tant?, tl line |>ortrati*of eonieof ilieh- itrofthirhuitlp(lie metre|>olf*. and ellin* liow KiwYorUn Ip fiom tin- Jew* << tliet lir atlan KHentl.tr. TH? Jrlaiu HK.1IOKE.H 'KJIO Till. MA?r.INK for March (now read)) la a very art lt?d Bhy the Rev. t ar o Martyn. ! I* letter (ban n nd?y rivlt to New Y? rk. and will be of KTrat Intel to every number of the faml'y. T lie c Mid. en II be dcliKli'e t to le-in the new ratace in ** Yoi. rr u nnni riny," (handle mrly illnetr. te*i) In lb rrh nnintM-r. It in a wonder ul uumlrr. Ark ur ncwiwlea er f<>' It. or wild ttt ri nt? the tniblor. W. JKNKiNi.S ItEMOKFMI. IB En at I4tla M.i IS e wYni It. dhenia<?o?j7 to ITmIt care v/\ 'Vara.' ArlW.WIfMuU?*tani|e V / [' ' VJ yvinH [TTITT .w. 1 r~ "fT*! lor Krjra and alao 1^7 n lilt It >< wlH to Save for ltreed1J|^H|^^^M^ l'nriv>e a: and t very thiny. .. jon rbould knew- cn (hie auhicct tl II 1 I P able, bent roetpald foi '2 tic. /tl(tf>li r) I. |lll|>' . 1 34 l.rnnanl M (|#li N 1. C ilT A r TD S10 A DAT! \ ilAflENTS WANTED? lA fJr~cntcciAiia ma lOfXl Ilrewater'a Safety Rain Holder* GIVEN AWAY to Introdue* them. Every horae owner buy* from 1 tos. I.ineenevar under horwe-* fast KendJBota. in ?tjmps tons* noetic and packlnir for Nlrirl Plated Bamplu lhat sella ft r ?s cents Aildreaa Brewster Mfg. Co., Holly, Mleh. MUCTIC*1 HINTS j raves, containin* aolM M all | _ _ I facia lhat every man f o Bullae rs i rrsffESo/avK; .Mtln* bfa (OnirVU; Id th-elena ol plain and elegant he nira. with ]>lai> and estimated coat hhort cltapteieon the kite IMP ch nineya. cistern, foundation, brickwork. |itlB| cel'ar. lieatlnK. Tentllatlon. lb* roof and mat ^Ba of interest to builder*. Mailed free on recelL.?*^?centa in postal stamps. Addrre# NATION/f ?KI!T M ETA I. KOOPIKO f'O . ."Sin t" ^^trntlolIt Hi., New VorkCUy ' ~ ? SI60 s U c?4 rUerex. t'lrralnr!". , Bet "|"|'1|| HlBB and Double I i '^' a JWil11 ' cntric Friction I fflCBgaH OaPgr 00^ Feed Manufaotitled be the ija^ Hum Inoa Womts. Salern, N. C. V,' rl te for circular. CONSUMPTION I have a poattWr remru.v for the nbovr diacaac ; hvit* tmo thruMtndx of ra*es of lh?*orvt kind and of Ion* alandlajr I av? brrn cured. ho Miotic i* nx faith tn tta etnearr that I *111 fond tao bolt lie*, tegfthir with a \oluabla irratls* on thia dieriiM* to anv unfTcior. Give Esprw and l\ O. addrraa. T. A. bUM/Cll. if. C.. 1*1 l>url St., N. Y LOOK AT THIS! Cheapest and brat (?rrir*fin* / v American Dictionary at r?/ ilip unprrciMkntcdlv low prion ^ > fSl li*24 h ndarme pajrrs, ( I ounrt in black cloth. Fuvllsh rTV> .?>^V ivorda with Ocrninn equiva- , , \ Jents and pron- notation. and 3s; . "1 Y>\O'.nnnn wort's with l.npl.ah ...OjvJ ilelinitiona, so that If j-ou hear r"^"V Cw Otv* a German word and want to ( - r /* 1 know it ill Envliah. y< u look in ^\_ > one part of Ihe hook, while if yf] von want to translate i.n Hni?. f \ \ I <rH word :ntoG< mianjou look /\k?, inlonn ?hor part, l'ontpatd. fl. J' HOOK PUB.UOV-.K 134 Ixonarrt St.. N. Y City DETECTIVES Wanted la eery Count?. Shrewd men to act under lodlractlaai In our Secret Service. Experience not necessary. l'ar ilea lard free, Prannnn Dotartirn Bureau Co.11 Areiie.Ciac'aaitl.O^ CHICHESTER'S ENGLISH PENNYROYAL PILLS BED C20S3 DIAMOND BRAND. J\ Original, l?e%t, only penulne arid r* A\ we"MM reliable |*lll for aale. Never Kail. afjAl^ijalSA Awk for 4'hieheatcr* Ki.yliii, Qi~ J|A -v TtLDiamond Brand, red ?"? -? M \?j tallic boar*. atulct with blue ribiUPboD. At IlrupgUlP. Accept \/ / }]j no otker. All pilli lu jMe v * ? |/jr board boxes, pink wrappers, are i danger* \ *C^ cp oui counterfeit. hciut 4e. (atanipa) foe \ //"} parllculcra on?l **Hcllrf f.?r Iodic*,** <>? V , -Utter, be return ni.ll. tO.lMIO tcitl* ont.l la from LAIliS who ha\e used thru. Namr I'Bjar. ChtcheaUr Chemical Co., SI siIIkoii Kq..l'hl la.,P*. DIaih'a DiIIa Great English Gout and DIBIl 9 I11S Rheumatic Remedy. OtiI Itox, .14 I round 14 I'llU. IS YOUR FARM FOR S*lEMVrr.Y!!Y tf to addreaa Coiitik A Wright. 233 ISroadwa-. N. Y. ID HORSE )f a Horse by its teeth ? These j;iven in our rated Horse Book, f od Horse; know imperfections ct disease and effect a cure '-| 3 by the teeth; what to call i biow to shoe a horse properly,1 receipt of 25c. in stamps.: 34 Leonard ft,, N. Y. City,] ^