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XX.?NEW UNK )N C. 11., S<>UWF^V^^KJNB"28,-1889. NUMBER 26.
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MOTHER. '
B* BUHT ARNOLD. {
Aloncsonio 'pilot reigns to-nl lit J
I'vo Mover folt before; f
For mother's i n!mo?l tho |>ortiilB biljbt .
Wtivro angels guard tho door.
And while I sit in tho twilight low, r
* My thoughtH tnoy wiuidor wide;
It koomib toino not Ion : ago
biuco 1 Knelt by lior side, X
A chubby boy with llaxen hilr?
Hor lovo enshrined 1110 thou ; t
And had I always bat mo th?ro,
What might my past have I>ojuI ]
I
For steadfast nt tho stars abovo?
No'or w.i v'rln ; to tho end, t
Kext God aliovo, my mother's love
Woe my host oarthlv friend.
Bo swift tho years bavo glldod on.
They nil n-oui yeterdays;
Anil 1 review, in tho past th vt's golio,
Hor guidaiico of my w ays.
4jMA Oil liM'OH I Htiut, ninid the gloom,
As if her voice I hoard ;
* And list my car around tlio room
L >- That 1 may hoar hor word.
Hut O, nine I her voice In still?
I ne'er may hoar it more,
Unless it bo that, by God's will,
Wo mcot at hoavcn's doir.
And if ho deigns to hoar uiy prayer,
How linppy I shall be ;
I'll keep me puro to meet hoi thore
On hoaven s sholt'rlng loa.
Bo God, who gaugoth each ono's worth
-? iiiroumi (vetioiiH novo li.ilow,
/ Tho guidon crown, mIio won on onrtli,
Has placed on iiiothor'u brow.
Now?loncHonio quiet roigns again?
I fool it. as before:
Tlio luneBuiiio <|Ulot's in my 1 raiu-?
'Twill never leave mo mere.
A MODERN ,
MAGDALEN. j
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CIIAPTEU Vlll. ?[CoNTiNum.) p
Then a bell rings. Tho girl shows li
lior down stairs and leaves tier at the
opon door of the dining-room. r,
As Loo pauses for a moment in tho j\|
doorway, undecided whether to advanco j,
or retreat, for Have hor own presence V(
the room seems empty, a slight exclamation
startles her. 1 oo looks up. A
tall man, attired in plain black, evi- j(
dently the butler, for ho carried tho n
pantry keys in his hand, and a waiter j,
loaded with fruits stood on tho s'dsboard
at his hand, wlioro ho had ap- r,
tmrnili.lv iinti. nltnuial ii lliu fiiiritn'l
ghastly white, ami his eyes fell as they j]
oueounterod hor own. ?
Where had sho scon liiui before? She
was pu/./.lod. lli< faco was familiar;
surely at some time or other she had y
seen him before.
He reoovors himself, approaches re- fr
f poet fully, and poiuts out tho seat alio is ?(
i * . to occupy at tho table. w
(fe.T Thon alio knows him. Slxh Is startled w
?terrified. 0j
"Hearth l" sho ejaculates impotuously.
u]
Tho lmtlor's oye3 moot her own now. p(
There is a stooly gleam in his pale blue
orbs that frightens iier more and more, y
"Miss is mistaken," ho says civilly, w
but with usubtlo note of warning in his w
lospoetful tones. "I am lvibbey, tho j,
butler." tl
"lint you wero?I am suro you oaco Bl
waited ;%t " began I oo. w
"Never!" douies l\:bboy vehemently,
"And thoy found that diamond K,
when " l?
"Miss is doceivcd by a fancied ro- y
scmblniieo which she imagines I bear
to one whom she hat met under diHicul- tl
ties?perhaps," politely says tho butler.
"My lianio is I'arker lvibbey, and rt|
I have the best of references."
At this moment the Madam outers r<
the dining-room, leaning on tho Cap- y(
tain's arm. Thoy now all tako their
places at table, and the butler serves ],
tliom. 8(
It is woll for her future peaco of mind y
.""thin Too sits with her buck to tho but- y
filer, and that sho cannot seo tho awful y
r?.,.. .....i 4i.~
Vtl IV (II Ulltl 11*111) 111 lilt; IMIllt'l 9 ||
oyes. J'or, more plainly than words eJ
can any it, that look says?murder.
CHAPTER IX. k.
A MAN WHO ASKS FOIl JODITII DONITIIOBNB.
n
II Wfif ^ ^ weeks had ^oiie ' >'
'ImllUflfJ/ since tin* dreadful X. Y.
TA. Railway d'sasttn-. ISliss I afargo has w
/ convalesced rapidly, and her broken
^arni is doing very well, indcod. h
In 8 x "weeks' tiino she has accoin
plishod much. She has won Miss Ohid- w
ley's ailbelion and her unbounded con- a
iidonco, and alio rides out daily behind g
tho dreadful lduck ponies, whoso an- 1?
ties are a frosh source of amusement, hI
for alio laughs and applauds heartily, g
whether they stand st.ll in utter rebel- si
lion, or go tearing madly over the o
country roads.
In six weeks' time sho has improved
her sl'ght acquaintance with the in- ?i
mates of llywator Park, has gained tho tl
dislike of Madam I undue, the hatred
of Loo, and wen from tho Captain tho b
warmest admiration. ri
During tho six weekH Captain Hazard h
has made many calls upon tho fair Hufferer
at Mubbicfiold, and appearances
would indicate that his fickle heart has
been almost caught in the meshes the c<
enchantress has spread for him. a;
In six weeks, poor 1.00 finds that
F-t stone walls, and cushioned furniture, Ji
and silk gowns are no more conducive h
to perfect happiness than were tho d
third-floor back bed-rooms, the sham h
pianos, and tho cotton frocks of her h
former days.
Sho "gots on," hoifovrcr, most unoxpoctodlv
with Madam Dundas; and this g
i? n comfort, but to outhulanoo this is
>fton moots now, and the ovorpoworing
ealousy which consumes her whenever fo
ihe Boos the Cnptain and Mies Lafarge
ogother. Not that tho gallant Cuprain
suspects this feeling on Loo's part.
L'o the Captain l.oo is ico itself.
lie shall never smile at the readiness fa
vith which sho surrendered to him, slio on
lays angrily to liersolf. For the Cap- lo<
nin thinks notliing of airing his sup- hn
>oscd conquosts in Loo's hearing, and co
ather boasts of liis prowess as a lady's
nan, as is usual with men of this de
>"
.ou panned for a moment in the dooneap,
cription, greatly overestimating himel
f.
To quite ward off tlio Captain's bus- |,jE
icions?should lie liavo any?of the
eal state of affairs, 1.00 accepts the at- tlii
MitioiiH'yj spoilt lorn an whom the Cap- tor
.Mt\vAiueotl to her notice. Ttio U)1(
imsoquenco bo ng that Littlofiold soon no.
ecomos hor shadow or second self,
reatly to tho Captain's owu discoiu- ]
ture. ?
"What hIio can soo in that follow," toe
minrked tho Cu]>tain to his confidante, '
ludam I fundus, "is beyond me. Why, wa
0 is nothing but a conceited ass at tho cei
ury best."
Six weeks go by. Tho grass begins
? grow 111 little groon patches 011 tho
moly grave in tho country cemetery.
? is quite the middle of Juno now, and
ere atui tlioro in tho consecrated
round uro bunches of rose trees in
ill bloom.
Kngrossed with her flirtation Avith j
Ui/.ard, Miss I afargn lias 110 time to (
ivo a thought to the quiot sloepor
hoso place she has usurped. But if
liss 1 .afargo has no time to think of
10 dead girl, there is 0110 that does.
Tho "motherly woman," in her in- ~
nito sympathy and goodness of heart, a
ues often to tho littlo burial ground to
1U8O by the lonely gravoof the atrnn^or, 17
liose untimely death alio is nover tired
F talking about. 8igl
As tho Avoeks go by 6lio speculates
pon tho subject, ami wonders if no- voj
udy Avill ever come to claim tho very ^UI
iav personal effects that belonged to jOA
10 dead girl, .-he bolievos that somo- j4j,
hero in tho world thoro is somo 0110 jnj,
ho loved and cared for the 0110 that i
ad met so tcrriblo a fato. And she is,
lereforo, not much surprised 0110
limy morning to sco a strange man jj,,
alk up the path leading to her door. j|lt
ml sho is at otico interested when the gj,
unloimin inquires, in a voice Avhich
0 trays emotion, carefully modulated |
tough it is: tlii
"Is this tho place Avhoro Judith Doni- |10J
lorn died?" j\|tl
Tho "motherly woman" nods iu tho (j0]
[Urinative. jliu
"Yes. In this house, and in this ,
xnn," throwing open tho door. "Will
an Avalk in and sit down?'
Tho visitor enters ami glancos ab >ut riM,
im. He is unprepossessing in his per- ,
inal appearance, and his face is smis- .
sr. His figure is short and heavily 1 II,
uilt, Avi'h shoulders so very broad as ..
> suggest suspicion of padding. A
lick idnck board straggles down hii
ithor side of his full, red face, and uo
weeps ujion his breast. His eyes are thi
ceil and tivinkling, shrewd in expres011,
and of a red color. His clothing
1 black and evidently much too tight "U
>r his body, 11 pon his ho ld is a silk niu
at, and I10 carries a cane. His Avalk is Kai
stride, and ho glnnces around the Ml
join Avith an air of scorn. '
"You say sho died in this room?" tin
The "motherly Avomau" again nods hit
1 the allirmative. St
"In this room, near tho sjiot Avliero yo
on 110AV stand." '
" WJ10 was with hor Avhen she died?" nai
e asks, biting his lip. '<
"Only tho doctors." '
"Was hIio conscious?" bh
"No. Directly after tho train Avas
recked, a nuiiibor of tho wounded Fr
ore brought hero. Among them avhs sin
he lady you luivo asked about. Site hit
I.... i.l? 1.mwl .... ..........
ao > "'ui in *i, <? m in ait uui;uii- fjjj
ions condition when slio nrrivod. Slio Dived
but u few hours, and died without
Dalizing her extremity." nt
"And sho was alone?" all
"Yos. itut stop! Thero was a lady pa
ho " all
"A lady!" ho ejaculates incrodu>usly?"a
lady?" sh
"A lady!" allirins tho "motherly th
oman." "And tho lady said she was
friend of tho girl that died, and I
uess she was. J know she sat l?y tho
inly, anil sho paid tho undertaker, and an
lie followed tho corpse to tho burial <
round. Then slio went away. Sho ,ni
lid tho poor dead girl had no friends w'
f any consotjuor.ee." wc
Tho \isitor bit his lip ngnin. afi
"liavo you anything in your posses- M
ion now that belonged to tho lady lie
lint died?" nii
Tho "motherly woman" nods swift tin
Sho disappears prosontly, only to
Bturn again with a traveling-hag in wl
or hand.
"This is all," sho says.
"All!" He grasps the bag, opens it.
Thero is the usual paruphornnlin:
oinbs, brushes, powder-box, pencil, 1,1
ml lastly ?a diary. JJJ
Tho stranger snatches at this diary. 11.
lo scans j?age uftor page in an eager 11
ishion, then ho eloses tho book sml- ? (
only. "It was ln-rs," ho says in a jj
ashed tone, more to himself than to j
is interested eomjiauion. f"
"stiii?"
Then he b tes his nails savagely, nnd x
lowers at li s companion. ni
" W Juno it} her jrnrso ?" ho (voka. p'
Jle "motherly woman'' colors indigly
"If the lady had a purse, it will bo
and in (ho traveling-bug"
llo rummages through the bag. '
There is no sign of a purse. V
**]>oseribo tho Indv. Was she fair?" o
"Yes. I should say so. Though her <_
ee was r,o dreadfully burned that _
10 could hardly tell what it must hnvo j,
okod liko before tlio a cideut. She (j
id brown hair and blue eyoa. I am ,
rtain she was a blonde." v
"How was she attired? '
"In black. I thought it was mourng;
she had crapo stones in her ears.
11 certaiu now that sho was in mouru- c
a,
Then the visitor's head sank far
iwn upon liis breast. A sigh escapes
m. lie rousos himself to find tho eyes "
tho "motherly woman" sternly lixod ?l
on liini. b
"I am satisAod," ho says shortly. "At b<
si I thought perhups it might be a 1,1
so of mistaken identity; but your do- u
rintion has disoelled that tlionelit N
>t about tho lady you spoke of; tho si
e who acted tho part of tho 'good ft
.uiaritan.' Wlio is she, and where i? |?
0 now ? ' In
Tho "motherly woman" draws a card vi
>m her pocket, and Avith somo prido av
acob tho card in tho outstretched B
lid of her visitor. p,
lie reads tho nnmo easily, for it is n
itlen iu a clear hand: C
? * cl
: Marion Laiaikje, : c<
: BlubblotloliL : ^
o
* * tt
rhen ho puts tho card carefully in c
1 pocket. gy
'With your permission, I will keep j1(
s," hosuvH, speaking in a more civil c.t
10. "I would liko too ill upon tho lady
il thank her ill person for her kind- j
is to my dead rolativo."
'Shall you take tho bag?" er
lie shook his head in tho nogativo.
'You may liavo it, and tho contents
>. I liavo no uso for either." 8'l
1'hcn lie turned upon liis heel, and th
Iked quickly iu tho direction of tho CI
uotery. ar
CI
CIJA1TKR X. N?
THE QUESTON OF MARRIAGE. lit
O'v) has been singing
?# to Madam. Tho cur- qi
tains uro drawn, tho ft
wax candles lighted in g
tlioir silver bcoiicos, ^
Aaml IM a d a m her- y
)se!f reelines at full f
(M '? length upon the old- re
fashioned couch that re
'IUH H*00(l l?r yoars C3
^y>**\ between tho drawingg^-\\\
/,)) room windows at By- lK
|%^\\ ///a water l'ark. In tho Rr
8&\..ings;
for Madam in- HI
Is upon being sung to oacli day, and re
0 really sings very sweetly. Her wi
ice is not ono that will make liev for- ci
10 as a eantatriee; but it is swool and tli
v, and fairly well cultivated ?tlio \*
id of voieo we all like to he ir croon- fn
\ old-time ballads in tho twilight. ct,
iCvidontly others besides Madam en- p,
tho poor little nobody's lmisie; for (1j
ptain Hazard lias somehow fallen into
! habit of ijii etly seeking a corner of t
3 drawing-room, ns the shadows be- ^
1 to gather and Loo takes her place 1
the piano.
1.00, however, is quito nneonscious of '
s action 011 his part She slips into
r scat and sings tho simple old songs se
kdam calls for, then when this is
no she slips away as quietly us she 11
1 como. Gl
l'lio liltlo cuekoo clock over Iho ra
,ntel sings out tho hour niuo as she ^
es now from the piano. 1,1
*liood-night, Madam," she says. in
'Good-night, my dear," answers Ma- or
111, and tho girl llits away. ed
'I've been thinking lately," says w<
kdam Dundas. bo kouing to tlie Cap- de
n, who leaves his shaded nook and w
iv approaches his friend. '1 vo noon 11
nking lately that you should marry." w
Hazard laughs lightly. M
*1 unco thought so too," ho replies. 81
ut you know I never could (juito 8?
ike up my mind to oiler myself n n
ritico on the altar matrimonial, after
." ci
'Soltish creature." Madam smiles,
mi grows serious. "I have thought 8t
?ly--sinco Miss Lalargo came to pi
ubtdclioUl?that at last you had met bi
ur fate." cc
"Deuced lino girl, that Lafarge," ^
. s the Captain. N
"Not to bo compared with l.oo." rc
"l.oo is a little, flinty hearted, cold>oded
iceberg." .,
'8he is very discreot. I ncvor believed
ederic Helton's daughter was what J
0 has proven to be. 1 have thought
oly, Captain, that perhaps you wero
jht after all, and that it is my duty to ^
ovide for her future." di
"I was suro you would como round hi
last," eries the Captain, enthusiastic- st
y. "Aunt Dnndas, you aro ineom- pi
rablo alter all. l'rovide for l.oo by i;
1 means." u,
"Though, by so doing, your own y
are of my fortuno will bo lesseuod j,
at much?"
"Certainly." ,
Madam closos her eyes and sits silent 1
r some time. Then alio says slowly, 8U
d with evident hesitation, "I made
hango in my will yesterday. In fact, 1,1
[ulo a new will ontirely. Captain, I in
sh it might bo so, that the nionoy tu
...1.1 : I i_.i i i
nun luiuiiiu iiiiuiviuuu in your minus
ter my dccoaso. I f yon could forgot ?
iss Enlarge, and transfer your attcn- Ik
ins to a ludy u liltlu nearer homo, wo C
ight arrive at a solution of a difficulty ^
at (roubles mo now." N
Tlio Captain colors. Ho understands
mt her meaning is. K
[TO HE CONTINUED.] a<
mt ? fe
Tub most serious feature of the Nicu- In
ugua Canal project, in a contracting u<
if financial some, is the great rock cut hi
the eastern divide, d miles long, and c|
ornging 1'2() feet deep by 80 feet wide
the bottom, containing in all somo
V'O.OfH) cubic yards of material, or say j>
0 cubic yards per lineal foot. There ol
no precedent, says Engineering News, ct
r such an enormous cut, and it has ol
en assumed that four years, at least, ||
>iiId bo ncccHjary to complete it, while jf
my ijucsfiou the possibility of doing w
in thjit time, * b!
* 'H1 -t-'" '
THE NEWS.
rreston Yonot whs shot and killed near
rent>n, 8. CLj by WhitAeld Murrell nod
Yilliani Carpenter, who objected to hira
ailing them boys. M i jor William 8'ollior,
U. S. A., retired died in Washington.
? Jealousy led Newton G. Moore to murder
Is young wife at Ijake City, Col. John
>. U inion and Richard M. Fowler, of FajrIte,
Mo., quarrelled about the former's wife.
Yortls lei to pistol, and Mnnlon was killed
nd Fowler wounded. David May, of
hiladolphia, was arrested in Montreal on a
hargo of having stolen eit.uou from a brickisking
Arm in Philadelphia. The June
sods have done great damage to tJu> farms
ad crops in South rn Indiana. Tho
rotherh x>d of Uuited Labor, T. B. Barry's
position organ zation to the Knights of
abor was organise! In Chicago;and a mem
jrship of 7,000 reported.??A Braise molorial
to tho late ex-President ArMTtir was
nveiled in tlie Rural Cemetery, at Albany,
'. Y. Seven sailors, of the Oermait warlip
Nixie, lying at Norfolk, were lashed
>r attempting to desert. Harrison Robis
>11. a well known citizen of Piqunsin, Va.,
m beon drowned. Tho seventieth annifrsary
of Odd Fellowship in Philadelphia
as appropriately observed. William
ogges, of lioone county, W. Va., playfully
jiuted a gun at Irs mother. 8he died from
io wound in a few hours. George Mcann,
of Philadelphia, killed his wife bj
topping her head in a brutal manner. A
impuny is being formed to lay a cable be.
tveen San Frnucisco and Honolulu at a cost
t $1,500,000. The question of reviving
to old form of servico in the Lutheran
burch caused a lively discussion in the
nod at Pittsburg. A St. Louis judge
w decided that a gambler is entitled to his
rps and all other paraphernalia of tho
tine raptured in a raid. The co-opepitivo
gar factory at Heading, Pa., started sev?1
years ago- by cigarmakers on a strike,
as loviod upon Saturday by the sheriff, and
e management of the concern made an asgnniont.
Lightning on Saturday struck
e spires of tho South Park Presbyterian
lurch and St Patrick's Cathedral in Newk,
N. J. The cupola and roof of tho
lurch of tho Immaculate Conception in
iw Bork city, were shatterod by a bolt of
;htniuzThe
Civil S?rvlco Commissioners have reseated
the President to place the census
>rce under the civil service law. Tho
rockviile Chemical and Superphosphate
ompnny's powder works, in Brockville, N.
., exploded, wrecking tho building. -The
irnituro manufacturers adopted a report
commending tho subsidizing of freight
irrying steamers and ships and abolishing
io duty on all raw material. The C lip.
iwa Indians are on tho warpath, and there
o fears of an uprising. They havo'*?<Vr ly
di Saving Institution, has beenSwtwC* \
coiving doi?osits knownlng that the bank
its insolvent. Charles Wittetein, of Ciunnati,
committed suicide. During -a
liiidnrsfcorm in Cincinnati two children of
jwo Kinorson, a prominent carriage trmuucturer,
wore struck by lightnihg. One
lilil may die. Watson Goodspcod, o'
ittston, Me., an Imitator of Dr. Tanner,
od aft?r fasting thirty-nine days.
quire J. O. Melono, ono of the oldest magnates
in Jefferson county, Ky.,dropped
>od of heart disease while testifying in
>urt. The Standard Sugar Refinery, of
uston, has effected what is hollered to bo the
rgest purchase of sugar evor made, having
cured twenty-five thousand tons in Cuba at
fo cents, calling for somo f'2 500,000.
ov. W. F. Kramer, D. 1)., of the Reformed
liurch, of L-jbanon, Pa., was killed by a
jlroad train. D. L. Phillips, of AVorcosr,
Muss., was instantly killed whilo crossg
a railroad track. Six men were killed ;
a free fight in Texas. Mrs. Kirahinan '
id her daughter, Mrs Goldberg, were burn
I to denth nt a tire in Now York.?*?"?here .
ore throe executions In Georgia. Alexan- I
r ll< mlerson was hanged In linlnbritlge,
rilli im Dibill in Thomasvillo and John
ickett iu Leesburg. All were colored n.en
ho had Leon convicted of murder. At
urion Junction, Dallas county, Ala., J. 1'.
:ercn?, a section man, shot and killed II.U.
>gner, a conductor. The troublo was about
womnn.
H. O. Underwood, of Wheeling, W. Vs..
it his throat with a razor and is dead.
isepli Cuinmiiigs shot and killed Joseph
nith, of Itoauo county, W. Vn The peo0
of llruiiswick, Me., celebrated the one
indrod and llftieth anniversary of the in>r|Nirntion
of the town. Alexander C, |
aw ton, late postmaster utUreenlleld Centre,
. J. has bucu arrested, on the chargo of
ibbitig tho mails. Mth. Harrison his
rived at Capo May, and is tho guest of
jstumster General Waunuiakor. Caruillo
rugatti, awaiting trial for tho murder of j
rnncosca Baneviti, committed suicide in 1
10 Tombs in New York by iiaugiiig. Hon. '
'illiatn Colsock, of Charlostown, S. C., is J
>od. Tho attorney general of Now Jersey
is reudorod an opinion declairing iiucott*
itutional tho Ticket-of-Leave law roeeiitly
issod by I he legislature. Lieut. Frank
eeves licalh, Unite J States Navy, otio of
10 survivors of the wrecked man-of-war
andalia, died in California. James {
eavin and Charles Tunnyson, two burglars,
oro lynched in Corjrdon, Ind. Frank
linos, of Howling Green, Ohio, coinmiltod
lieido in jail after having attempted to
ow up a house with dynamite^, Ail iinonse
plug tobacco trust lias been formed
St. Louis. Tho rubber shoo manufuc- I
irers held a meeting in lioston for the purse
of forming a rubber boot and shoo trust,
?Tho work of rebuilding Johnstown is
ling vigorously pushed. Hon. W. E.
handler has been nominated Unitod States
nator by tho Republican caucus at Cojjco^d,
. II. Negro paraders In Wilmington,
el., fired on some boys, killing ono and
riously wounding others. Mainio Mull,
god nineteen, was killed, and Harry Hayes
itally injured by the explosion of powdor
1 a squib factory In l'ottsville, I'a. Sani)1
Isaacs shot Almee Nelson and then killed
Imsolf In a disreputable house iu San Fransco.
While two freight trains on tho Northern
eiiiisylvania Kill road were passing each
thor at Sellcrsville, Pa., the trucks of one
ir jumped tho track in fro it ef tho engine
f the other train, throwing tho latter from
io track ami wrecking tho ontiro train. A
ami*,stealing a rid \ was kiilod.and an other
itally injured. Hiram Mocks, engineer,
as also bodly hurt, Tbo tn?Ok?
looked fur U bourf.
(
JlSSOTN ill RIGHT.
The Citizens Will Soon be
Ready for Business.
Using It* Pick ami Shovel With a Will
?Getting Down to llio Number
of IVoplu Actually I mat.
The general opinion among well-posted
peoplo at Johnstown is that the loss of
life will be between 3,1X10 aiul 4,(XX). It whs
generally given out that Johnstown and
boroughs adjoining hnd a population of
85,ObO good people, but this is a very bigh
estimate and conservative people put the
population between 80,<KM) mid "i^.OOO. Col.
Ilogcrs, who has charge of the registration,
elates that from all ho can learn the population
only amounted to about >5,0 X) and this
accounts for 10,000 tuipiioscd to lie lost The
reports sent out from hero to the effect that
is.iKAJ lo iO,U U t>c?>plo wero missing wito |
tawed upon the Bup|H>sition that there wero <
30,000 inhabitants In tlieso boroughs. The
reports ns to the number of bodies nwoTiirnl I
at different points along the Hooded dist ricts ,
am very conflicting. Supposed official ro- ,
ports huvo t ei'D sent in l>y different persons, j
und these nro also conflicting, ami put the |
number of liodios recovered any where from ,
1,100 to 1,30). Consequently there is no
telling how many bodies have boon ro- |
.covered. .
The first real work under the supervision ,
of tbo State commenced Thursday niornin ; j
at six o'clock. The whistle at tho Cambria
Iron anil Steel Works w s the signal for tho i
men to commence, and about I/jOJ started ,
in with their picks and shovels. The early (
morning was warm and cloudy, and tho t
fumes and odors from tho decayed bodios
were something almost unbearable. As j
tho morning advanced, the weather grew c
warmer, and by ten o'clock the sun was t
shining brightly, and every one on tho i
ground was hard at work. During the t
morning a crowd of worthless loafers in t
some manner secured nil entrance to the
town and wanted to inaugurate n strike t
among tho workmen. Koine of tho laborers t
were already dissatisfied at having now
bosses over them and only wanted a chance c
to complain. James McKnight, of Pitts- c
burg, of the 8tat< contractors, got wind of c
the trouble brewing, and went among tho i:
men and informed them that ho would havo
nu kii'kiiik ""in mm ini luoso who wished to t
quit would havo to do bo immediately, and ?
about ono hundred of tlio men loft, but tlio i
loafers remained around, and Mr. McKnlght f
went to General Hastings and demanded
protection for IPs men. A detachment of *]
militia from tlio Fourteenth Kogiment were
delft led to tho place, nnit drove away all the
men who refused to work. This caused Gen. j.
Hastings to issue an order to the soldiers not
to admit anyouo to Johnstown proper without
an order.
The business men of tho town seem to hnvo n
awakened to their boiihos, niul a numtier of
thein are preparing to start over again in
business. Two grocery stores wore started
near the Pennsylvania Hail road freight sta- ti
tion. Both nlnces wero doing a land utllce j
business, and this encouraged other merchants
to start up, and the proltabilitieR are 11
that inside of a week nt least a hundred
stores will be In operation. Already two
^ III 1 til
u0Bfl
The first decisive step toward putting l"
Johnstown's business men on their feet again 11
was made wl>on about two hundred nior- ''
chants who had survived tho flood, many of \
th^m without a dollar, met Adjutant Gen- c
eral Hastings, and were assured that they ?
would be re-established in hiisiness on long J*
credit. Both Pittsburg and Philadelphia
wholesalers have offered Johnstown mer- "
chants this business courtesy. Tho meeting
turned out to bo an ovation to Goueral Hast- .
ings.
Tho meeting was opened by the Adjutant .
Ger.eral, who said: "1 have been directed !
to clear the streets of Johnstown, and make :
contracts with men to open the wny in order
that merchants may bo enabled to got to *
and from their business places. Our work
is progressing rapidly, and vigorously, and ''
the best thing for Johnstown merchants to
do is to begin business over again. I hnvo
communicated with eastern firms, who offer J.
to assist you if you will resume business in
this city. 1 would suggest that you build
temporary structures for the present, until
more favorable circumstances warrant the
erection of permanent establishments. iVord a
h ib bo n icceived from a largo number of r
Pittsburg houses off.Ting to stock your stores n
with a full line of ilrst-clnss goods on long j|
credit. 1 adviso you to improve this oppor- .(
tunily, anil, when in the course of time t
matters take a more tangible shape, you will 0
bo able to r. pay all losses incurred." ?
Joseph Morgan, Jr., of the Cambria Iron u
and Steel Company, stated that they have k
thrown open their doors ready to receive y
orders, and would rvHUUio alterations In the ?
works at once. Ho agreed with the viows t,
of Adjutant General Hustings on vandalism, k
ft-nl spoke of tho necessity for barring out t
11 persons from tho ruins while tho work f
of clearing tho city is in progress. (
RED-SKINNED FIENDS,
Details of the Massacre of Peltiers i:?
Norllicrii Minnesota.
A dispatch from Mora, Minn,, sajs: "Tho
treacherous (Jhipixwa Indians are on the
War-path again, and th -re nro grave fears ,
of ageneraiuprising. AlieadysovenSwede
laborers liavo been massacred and several ,
hundred laborers and settlers are now hur- ,
rying hero for safety. ,
"Sheriff Nicholson, mounted on an Indian i
pony rode to town and gave the alarm. Ho i
also communicated to Governor Mcrriam,
requesting him to order out tho Stato troops i
to quell tho uprising. The pros 'lit trouble
is tho outgrowth of encroachment by tho
whites ujkmi tho Millo Ijocs reservation. Recently
a contract was awarded by the settlers
to Koley broth, rs of St. 1'aul, to dig a
ditch for irrigating purposes from Millo
Rocs Jake ton point on tho S.noko river noar
this place. When the Indians learned a
ditch was to l?o c'ug they at onco came to
thoconclusion thatt'io int-ntion was to drain
tho latter aud deprive them of their lishiug
privileges.
"Notice was sot rod by tho Indians upon
the contractors, warning thorn that if tlioy
did not leavo tho territory at onco they
would Im put to death. Tho contractors
gave no hood to tho warning, but came hero
and engaged .'500 laltorers, who began work
at Millo H-ics. About noon they were attacked
by a party of about 4:N) Chip|>owas
led by \\ hi to Snake and Great Bear.
"Tho Indians were in full wnr paint and
wore armed with Winchester rifl'isand toma
hawks. As soon as they saw the rods coining
lb? lalx>r?-rs dropped their shovels ami
flod toward this place. They went pursued
by the savages who shot and killed seven
n?en.
Several others were wounded but uot
seriously.
NEWS OF STANLEY.
The Kxploror Mnrcliing Without
lOniin. Heavy Loshch in His l'arly.
A letter received at Znnzibur from Ururi,
on the Southeastern shore of the Victoria
Nyanza, dated December 2, rejHirts the
arrival tlioro of Henry M. Stanley with a
number of iuvulidod moinbor.s of liis foreo.
The letter says that Stanley had sustained
hoavy losses, a largo number of his men
having died froin disease mi l famine. The
explorer had rejoined and loft Kmin Pacha
at Uuyara, oil till) Kvrlb'JWtcrn sboro of
ANOTHER HORROR.
SoYi'nljr IjIvcs L<?t In * lUllroad
Wnrlt in lrclaml.
The most horrible railroad accident that
t'ver occurred In Irolan I happened about 9
o'clo.k in the morning An excursion tralu
from Artntgh to W.irron Point, a watoringplace
at tho mouth of th i Noivery river, was
wrecked on a grade nod it is supposed that
ibout 100 persons wero killed.
Tho list of dead will include fully 50 children,
as tho train had about I,'JIM members of
i Methodist Sunday-school on board, together
with relatives and friends of iho
scholars.
Tho excursion party loft Armagh in two
trains. Tho accident occurred at a point
where the trains h id to ascend a grade oil a
bank 5? feet high. The lirst train asceudis!
the grade without trouble. The second section
attempted I h ) ascent but tho weight of
the train proved to great for th ? engine.
Several cars wero d <tachod and allowed to
run back toward the level track, but before
they reached it tlioy came in collision with nn
ordinary train from Ariitngh, whicli was
proceeding nt a good rate of speed. The ex
mrsion cars were comt>lot?ly wrecked.
Tliu h vn? which ensu -d was heartrending.
Hosts of volunteer* were soon nt hand, and
.he deal and wounded were taken from the
wreck mid carried down the hank. Medical
lid was called for, and a sjieoinl train from
iiolfast brought to the atvne 'Jit surgeons from
Lliat city and n number of medical men from
>ther places betwoeti II Ifnst mid Armagh.
The disaster is unpir.illed in the railroad
listory of Ireland. The accident has cast a
gloom over Armagh. All I he shops were
dosed and the pcoplo are In general utouriing.
The engine was hurled 01 foot down an etninnkment.
The carriage that ran into the
nglne wns shattered to splinters, and fragivnits
of dress, umbrellas, &c., wore scattcsi
hundred* of yards.
A doz mi corpses wore found beneath the engine
in a parboiled condition. Some of the
iccupunts of the runaway cars tried to os:ape,
but the doors warn looked. The front
>nrt of the train started b ick in pursuit of
he runaway cars, and the passengers saw
lie collision ut a distance of jitO yards.
A car driver named Hughes, who visited
he scene of the disaster, was so horrid .si at
lie sight that he died on the s|sit.
The mimlier of injured is nlsnit one-third
if the entire nnmlier of passenger*. Many
if these are certain to succumb to the oirccls
f their injuries. The total number of dead
s 72.
The engineer, fireman and guard of the
rain and the trallic manager'* clerk wcr i
uuimouod before a magistrate and were reiianded
on tlio charge of being responsible
or the accident.
THE SAMOAN AGREEMENT.
Signed by llie Three Natives Having
It Under Consideration.
The agreement between Kugland, Oor
ii'iny (iiid tl 10 IJ nito<l .States on tlio Sitnoin
ir.iir was sijiwl at Berlin.
The annouiicoiiunt tli it the agreement liri?l
leeu i-jktiflotl was mode at the Cabin >t moot.
??y Secretary Blulne nn l it w is said that
l was eminently satisfactory to this Governi
its llnnl shape.
n'Ww-.Jh'GtHmiHta *?yf?rtr?ll*uJtn. imvrl connVtfrtl
by tlio Senate. While it is called an
grevin mt by oltbsers of the State Dopurti
ait Mr. Walker Blaine f?r?that he
bought it would undoubto lly rc<|uiro rat illation
by the Senate. If the instrument signI
wero one regulating the conduct of two
ountries towir.ls each other, as for inslauct1
otwoen the United States and Samoa, it
rould projK'rly Ihj designated as a treaty,
ut where the instrument signified is to shape
lie conduct of three U ivernmeiit*, viz., tlio
Iiiiten States, Knglnnd an I Germany, towards
a fourth party, Samoa, it is hold that
s prop >r noiuonclatiire is an agreement. At
lie same time, as it. it a matter affecting the
oreigti policy of tlio United States. It it
:ii<l that it will need ratification by the
Innate and that, therefore, it cannot be made
iiiblic prior to notion by tlie Smate.
Tlio agreement wus cordially approved by
II the members of tin conference and by
heir resjiectives Governments. The best of
eeling prevailed at the termination of tbe
nbors of the commissioners.
Terms of tlio Aurcement.
America having abandoned iter principal
bj H-tlons to the agreement previously drive*
I at. tin plenipotentiaries had only to
l ike unessential mo iillcatious in the words
ig of the ilraft of the agreement. The
raft guarantees uu autonomous adutini*rat
iou of the Islands under the joint control
f Germany and America, Knglnnd acting
s arbitrator in ttie event of differences
rising. Tlio Snmoans are to eloot tiieir own
ing and vie Toy a id to be repres?nt? 1 in a
Ion it-o composed of the princip it chiefs and
h.am burs elected by the people. Samoa is
o have the riglitof levying duties of every
itid. Thi agreement also stipulates that
lie Germans shall receive money in leiiiuity
or the losses. A special court will be nplonited
to dual with the laud i pies lion.
a home'for printers.
Land t? iven by IlicCil iz'Misof Colorado
Springs -Committee Kcporls
At the third day's session of tlio International
Typographical Convention at Denver, |
Col., matter relative to tbe sending of a
delegate to 1'nris during tlio International i
Congress, which convenes next month was
referred to a committee of the whole. Considerable
discussion was caused by tlio receivingof
a communication from the Knights
id Liborin the matter of using elates in the
Government Printing Ottice at Washington.
The matter was referred to a special committee.
Several prop<>silious for the establishment
of a home (or invalid iiud indigent
printers were then submitted to the mooting.
The committee to which they w-re referred
reported unanimously iii favor of accepting
the proposition siihinitt -d tiy citi/. ms of Colorado
Springs, wiio offered eigiity acres of
land near the city as a free gift, on the condition
that a home he started within two
years rind completed within thn<o years.
The convention, amid much enthusiasm, by
a rising vote, adopted the report of the committee,
both Iss-auso of tli) value of the land
and becauso Colorado .Springs is tlio lending
health resort of the country for lung
troubles.
a farmer's frenzy.
After fdiooting anil Hacking His
1) lit? IIO IM IIIHS ITII^NIU /tt.'HI.
Heth Murray, a farinor living four miles
south of Viticennes, in Indiana, engaged in a
dispute with his wlfo l/misa, wiio was Kkiininfng
milk in tho smoke houso, Murray
rushed into the dwelling houso, secured a
shotgun aril emptied iu contents into tho
breast of iiis wife, who fell dead on tho iloor.
Not content with this he soiled a large cornknifo
nnd hacke<l her across tho buck of tho
flock, almost suvoring the bend from the
body. Then he made a leap for his daughterin-law,
Susan Murray, and tried to shoot
her, hut the gu/? faded to explode.
Terrorized by his crime, ho r.m to a flcl I
a few ro is from tho house and dug at tho
roots of a small treo in a fence corner, where
he uuonrthed a botllo of prussio acid and
swallowed tho contents, several ounces. Ho
d:e<l in great agony nnd turned black. He
had evidently inoditated the crime for ng?KHl
while. Both ho lies will ho buried side by
si !e. Murray was fifty-three ami his wile
fitty-two years of ago, and they had been
married thirty-two years. Murray hal a
vicious temper, and it was the sole cause of
thy (uime. tfeveu children nurvivu thorn,
TRADE Or THE WEE "
The Condition of Trado Only
Moderately Favorable.
Antt Trust Not Diri'dt'tl
Against Alcromililo CoitlravlH,
St?x'ks and Honda Strong and
Mimi'jf Ivisy at N?'\v York.
"Special telegrams to />V)tti.\f reef's con.
iinue to report only a mo lorat <ly favorable
xiaditioo of general trade. Tho Increased
activity at Philadelphia, notably in lumber
m<l iron nntt in general linos, is duo to the
-?opening of raileomuiunic ition, which was
ntorruptol by tlo-Hlsin Pennsylvania. Thoro
nalso soma improvement In tlom nid for ami
ihiptneut in stiples at St. l/iuis, Chicago,
Kansas City, O.ilvoston, Ib*s Moin>s and
\leinphts, anil at Louisville au.l Cinoinnatti __
Mininen is reported fair.
Our low preliminary estimate of fP>,<X5),Xk)
loss of property by tho lie > Is in four
itates is more likely to bo reduced than otlierwis>.
The wheat crop pro-tpoot has not improve
I since Juno I, but the outlook for
otton is rattier bolter since tho Louisimi t
lrouth has I won broken. At It iltimoro,
Now York and Boston trade is ipiiet, with
country pro luce, naval stores and lurnituro
relatively most active.
Numerous impiirios have induced UntilthwC*
to examine the ' Anti-Trust" logisl.i iou
of Missouri, Kansas and Texas, and it
>s found that such legislation is not, as hai
taion widely mid erroneously published, direetsl
against mercantile contracts generally
'jut is aimed against contracts or coinhlnudons
tlesigned to limit or control pro (action
if urines
Under tho tntlii ?*ic ?of rouowtvl speculative
Interest the Now Yorkstock market inactive
ind toads higher, attention being rapidly
transferred from one stock to anotlior. 1J ends
ire very strong n in I >r increasing investment
icmnuds. Money at N <w York continues
?nsy in spito of largo gold shipoimts, tlio
amounts of specie engaged aggregating
pn,l?75,o00. Call loans, 'Ja'i1-^ per cont. Kor?ign
exchange to Kuropo is very firm,
though stcrliug is easier. deiuaud sterling
ooiug ijuoto I at I KS^al 8!I.
IV line sugar prices continue to advance,
iaving gained gi llie this wwli oil smaller
visible stocks, unfavorable crop reports,
firmer cables ami pronounced activity for
refined. int-srest now centres on whit wo are
to receive and where it is to come from.
Refiners' stocks are greatly depleted, an<l
tho outlook is for a demand for unusually
largo supplies, with a dearth of them in
light. Sugar Trust certificates have advanced
from $85 5) in March to $110, with
higher llguros in prospect. Ij-uge colfee
-rop reports and light distributive arid speculative
demand again depressed the Mtupl?v
the decline l*oing ulxiut 1 cut.
The ( ovcrnmont cereal crop report tend'si
to depress prices, lining interpreted as very
favorable, but luter weather and crop re|K>rts,
hacked by tqicculati ve fntliienceM,
served to advance wheat on tho week In itio.
Indian corn has lioen lower after an advance,
hi light deliveries, hut shows a gain of %\%..
Kyo is up J.^c on bettor export demand. A II
Australian wheat exports have ceased, supIilios
on haml being ueed<sl at hom\ Man
Yancisco wires that inquiries for wheat are
received at Montevideo; that ?iJ,000 im.nln-ls
havo been shipped to Rio Janeiro, uiul that
the total of wheat stocks In California J una
I. 'Australia has Invm drawing wheat from
New Zealand and India as well as California.
llog products are depressed on extraordinarily
heavy receipts of hogs at prominent
interior markets. Dry goods are very quiet,
hut generally strong in j?rie<? at Now York
and liostoil. Cotton goods stocks ?r well
under Control, and holders urn confident.
Soyoml grades of blenched go xls have been
advanced. IVint clothes nro in iiiotltrnto
wle, lirm at Now York, (tut rather easier at
Huston.
Woolen gilods nro..1n moderate demand,
hut in fairly 1 literal uioveinent, uotahly underwear
and hosiery, and prices are well
held. K1 nif.ol manufacturers ask an udvauc i
on present values, and these goods are in
satisfactory movement. Foreign goods are
rather duller tliiiu usual, ltaw wool is firm
in price, hut active only in tlio country.
Manufacturers' stocks are light. An upward
tendency In price is noted.
Haw cotton is in good domestic and export
demand, at 1-10 decline. Speculation
is excessively dull. Crop pros|?octsi bavo
improved.
DISASTERS AND CASUALTIES.
Henry nnd John Ullley, brothers, age 1 30
nml i'M years, were killed at Willcesbarre,l'a.,
by a fail of coal in a mine. ^
A wagon, containing (Jeorgo Mackie nnd a
hoy named 11 irons was struck by a train In
Taunton, Mass., and both were killed.
I'atrick Ifynii, agetl .VJ years, while asleep
In a chair in the third story of his residence
in Lawrence, M issnchuselts, fell out of tlm
window and was killed.
It. L. Wisids, (Jeorgo l>. ls?wis and John
(iarvin were badly hiirnoil by the explosion
?f a lard vat in the lard r dluory of Kairhanks
& Co., Hutchinson, Kansas.
Serceant I'eter Toner, of the Unibvl States
steamship (luleuii, while on a week's leave of
absence to visit his parents at Itothlalii'iii,
fell into the^i-cat zinc mint's at Friedersvilli',
ami a.is killed.
During a storm on Ilex Ha you, l)o Soto,
I'arrisl), Louisiana, a falling Iron crushed in
tlio dwelling of Joo Kalll?, killing; Mrs.Ualllo,
lirr daughter Oi'tnvia, a_;od IT, ami three
sons, Ki'lix, Kvans ami William, aged II ami
I Tours ami 15 months respectively. Tim
oldest son, Joseph, was severely injuroil l?y
flying splinters. Tlio head of tho family who
was lyhitf sink in bod, was tho only member
who i*scn|Mj<t uninjured.
Two freight trains on tli3 Dayton, Fori
Wayne ami Chicago Railroad collided near
Coal ton, Ohio. On one of tlio trains was n
catxioso in which were thirty miners K"i"K
to work. II ?th trains were badly smashed
ami nearly every passenger in the caboose
was more or Jess hurt. Tlireo men, Mit Dow,
Marshall Sliend ami John Hrown, were killed.
Tlio following were badly injured:
Caron Shead, Frank Devere, Klmer Owoiih,
William Robinson, Frank Culver, K. C.
[ Dow and Win Trace. All,tho others were
injured, but not seriously,
LIGHTNING'S FRKAKS.
A Current In lla Travels Kills One
Man mid Shocks Many Olliers.
Herman Mattis, who was killed |?y lightning
in Newark, N. J., was a workman in
I Solomon's tannery, on tho edge of tho
; meadows, In Avonuo C. lie observed that
mill w?a imuumfi, iiiia/ <i tfimiuit uiau wrnv i u
close it. As he was pulling the sash lightning
struck tin iron leader pipe running
from the roof down the side of tlio building
two feet from the window. The current loft
the pipe, passed through his body, killing
him instantly, and thou wont through the
iloor into tho boiler-room. The furnace
door was closed and hitched, Out tho lightning
throw it wide open. From there it
apparently skfp|*ed though tho beam-house,
where several men wore llcshiiig hides. Tliey
were knocked right and loft, but none of
them were seriously hurt.
In Kelly's tannery, adjoining Solomon's,
three men were stunned, and they did nob
fully recover for an hour. A horse hitched
to a wagon in tho yard of a slaughter-house
a few feet from the tannery was struck and
tho bair was singed from una of its hind
logs. The driver was tumble 1 out of the
wagon. The lightning lit up all of th> electric
lamps in the Mutual IImeilt Insurance *
Company building for uu instant during llt i
ntvrub