Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 30, Number 16, Jasper, Dubois County, 30 December 1887 — Page 2
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Tmt Qataa ot the Ojpeto etwaa th night of the 17th at Fort Qaarxa, an the Woax raMrraUoa ia Dakata. Tha Qiwaa fa Mrs. Deaffla CaHIa, the iatolHnaat Idfaa FrteeaM raeaatty Married to a wkHa me. Tha earaaatlaa wmm wfamwm fa a wwakar at whttas aad kaaefaaac at laeHaaa. m Jtx. Bau, the M)eMhHaaaeataC farakpi Mlhv 4M thettha FaeOM 9eaarttat faM Ma4e a MwahaaBfaa aaroefa
WvaaaMMtJaawiwi the BahaaM ilaaae, wkfaM fa U take aataat Jaaaarr 1- lteaaWhw uractlcaily tha mhm prorfoiaaf a w aaatai tmtj mvm with Jamaica aael WAiursa kjr tha exparfaaa T tha frfaaeta of tha fate A. T. Stewart, of Saw Yerk, precaatlom ar kaia takes to peseta the aoeaibilitr af the ramalae of Mr. Jaka Jaaab Aator bora? dfatarha. Twa aarefa, nnfei by the traataesoT THar Cuiintwy. "d two prrrata efateetiTM are ea aa7 aigkay at tha tank. ftMMtr Rar. Jam Joaam Cumxt. Cathatic Btskoa of tfa diee at KaMittaa, Oat, wha d-sath fa rrta4 kjr cahia, wm aeniicratad Biakaa of HmA iMiarN VMriue. Ba waat m Komi
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A PMMAt.of Mm eaaraeafaaal dlreeUvy reaeaty faeaa ekawa that oaly aix af Mm thirty-aiakt Stafaa hare Mat tatka FifMatk CoajCTM eaatar aad Baprawatatlras who are all aattr of tha BtatMa tharrapraaMit. TfcailtaMi are Maiaa, Bafawara, Maryland. Kortk Carollaa, SaaMft Caroiiaa and Wart Ylrgfala.
BetajCAKo C. CAaurtat. -
at CoaarraM iraea the Chieago 4itriet7 tiled at Deadwoo, Dak., aa the MarafMX af the Itth, from jMeiaral aakUtty, aMl rtr-afaht. He tkae kaaa rMraealy
at waatMgMi reaaawy wwa ta kar Mnjs laeirrattMi
tire years aa wawpraMl-
aantly MMtWoai m a Matfhieie far
aC Dakota.
X CWMMII iwt af cWeeaa Of Utah, kaad jakyBifagaHCalaa, waMad aa Baaafcar CarMele aad te water iMjaOc aa tke Nth aad jafaMad 4a kfaM aoaeae af tfce Beaaa OOMTHftioa adapted at tha laat Utah eOHTMHioa. Tka Coaetltatloa makee aatysuay aad MfMT a MfadaMeaaar, ItaaJahahla by Baa aad hnrfaeaMat, aad afao prortaea that tkfa prorfafaa caa
ke ckaaged wltkoat the eianat af
MMmSTAKT PAMtCMLV kaa hakaa ad-
act lea aa a proraattfaa ta aUow the
reaiarar at Chicane ta htOTM
of the. CfaariaaMoa Aeeoeta-
BhaOar eatloa waa yrarfaewty takaa
MtteaiM af 4k aMtiMMtt' treaeorir at MV Leahc The aafly iiwafy'ealM'at who fa a Maaikar af a Oearraa; Ho Amom tfam fa tha aMMfaMt fataiwir at Jlaar
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BoaaaT Cuutnc Jt Co.. bookeelfars at Cfaeiaaati, a, dfacorand aa tha Morning af tkeMMttkataoaMtfaaeelaea Satarday aigkt ha Mfa ia taeer oftfe had beaa aaaaed by ariltiag aad a faar arttefaa ia jewelry Tax BahlMare at Okie railroad, oa tha IMk, placed oa record at Baltfaaore a eoaaoliaatod Mortgage to the Xoraaatil TrMt Depoeit CoMaaay of Baltimore of
80a,M to oarer th fa of ooaeoitdated artga koade. Sum aa4 Kik-aia foagkt laSroaadsaa the 19th oa aa falaad iatka riaiaity of Koaaa, Fraaea, the Bght aadiag ia a draw, oa aeeoaat af aarkaaM. Kilrafai kad the kt ot it. Xjas Ixu Yax Zaxbtwm eeateneeLn the IMh, to oaa Moath ia the peakaatiary im tha Xew York Cart ot Special as-
ioM. for kill iag twofhaaarr blr. Tha aoMalalat wa Made ky Xfaa Sfakto aad wm praMeatod ky tke Society for tk Freraatioa of Craalty to Aafaaal. StnraBT Cx' ealary Coaxtaeeaiaa fa bat a MaA part af kfa laaoaM. Hfa koefcf are eald to yield Ua akoat IB6.0I0 a vmt. Se fa aaaaaad oa a aew aae. Hfa
w kaaee ia Waekiagtoa fa aaariag earnpletfaa. aad he expects to occupy it aext Moatk. WoaxxBK at tke aew opera-koae ia Xarakalltown, la., aa the Moraiag of fna ink. foaad a gaa atp koMb witk a f aa aMeched la aa wtttfahed ' ri ek ftae. Tha aeifaa tolaktkey kar looatod tke party wke placed it tkere, katrefaeato diTatg tke partlealars.
A aaaraccrmt Bra frroce oat at mmiTiMe. lad., oa the Morafa: of th BXk. Citfesa faet alt coatrot af th mom aad tafafrapked to Iadiaaaaotk for akL A saeoial tram toft promptly with eagiaae, aae aad a force of me. Tmk afteraoaa MmHad traia oa tke St. Paal At Xtototh road waa wracked oa th eveaiac of tha 29th betow Xaktora, Mtaa the eaariae. kaacaaa ear aad aae
goiag dowa a tweaty-foot ambaakmaat Bagiaaer Tkemaa waa killed, aad it fa reported that aareatoea pameagora ware kitfad. Tmk Preaidaat, aa tke MHk, traemltt4 a report from tk Secratary of State ia reiati m to th farttatioa which ka4ba
aateadedtotafa Oareramaat to appotat aelecatoe to the Iatoraattoaal Bxpotittoa af Lakor, to be held ia faW at Bareetoaa, Spain, aad cemmeada its aaggeetioaa to Mm favorable consideration of Coagra. A ibORaWPOKBBXCS ekeat pablbked ia
Yfaaaa, reclTd a cipher dfapatcb on the lack atatiaa; that aaother attompt has kea mnkm oa the life of the Csar aad that he watwoaaded. It alto eay tfcat a revointlaaary morameat kae broken oat In St.
Fetorabarg Tax etortiiag aaaaaaeemaat wai made ia Alhaaaerqaa, 2t. M., oath aigkc ot the lk,aad cccroboratod by tke ckfaf of poUca, that tk notorious bandit Oernal, ?rka baa tarroriMd tke Stataa of Sonara aadSmofea, Old Mexico, ka been arreetsd Ir (Md Albaoaera and locked ap fa Mm aeaaty AT about one o'etock an tke moraiag: of the 9tk. a bomb, to wkfak a ligkted faee m t tacked, was tkrawa througk a win
now lato tk diaiagToom of Dr. CaatWd's riiideaca, at St. Aaeted, Qaebec Mr. CaaBaid. aaariag the craekand th hi' iagof taa baraiag f nee, apraa eat af bed aad aaeceeded ia aatacklajc tk fine.
JAMaa lToMWAits, a miaar, dfad on tke 'hh mi SaltaeriRe, O., from tke effects of
a btow etrack ky kfa wtfc oa the lath. Woodward was ta tor tea tod aad aeked his wife far money. She refaaed to gir it to aim. aad ka attacked her wife a knife. In Mlf-defeae she etrack bfaa aa Mm bead with a lire Mtorel, aawiag tajarfae wkfak rinH1rtil im dmrnth 1 aw fan ana nrawewe Wmkn the Hoaee aafanrned t Waekiagtoa, on the Ittk, there was a rah for the Spakars room aa tha part of mam ban aaxtoaa to confer with Xr. Carl Me
on tat sabfact t commltt aMiganMnts. At an time there were as many a twen
ty fat tk room, aearly all of them new members. Tk Speaker has a meet dial oaK took to piece thee gentlmen, be eanea ha kaaws s little af their ability. KiiMtf Ghtaen, aa elgk4y-yrar-oW perado at FeaasylTaaia, fa said to have bean foaad dead ia tk maantaiae wltfc abnifatlMtofakfahreaet. BUCMCK BmutWAaaTf son af the not roas, was Married in forfa, an th Might of the ifck, to a gyeat-granddaagktor of Lactoa Bonaparto. Im tk Yftrgiala IMtare, on the Hfc, Han. Joha S. Barboar waa afacted to tke UaHed Stntos Miaats to sacaaed Xr. Bid'
weB af Main
tktmMk. AMoavaatrr waa aaaaOad
the tMh to Kdmoad Ahans. , . T. B, HATCkmMra h Inrga fasfa hf areamJaiauMeB as IVJt Matok, iwM j
thaBaiMipora ChtoaitSroM
hi Smt York, to
Tun laport that aaothar fttfmpt mm mm Made to aataae the Caar af Baa- t
JrtMMC tUax, of the Ualtad Stato j Oeart ia Onatnnati, has petfmad tha trial af BenJ. B. M pklas. of tha FHy Xatfanal Bank. aatU Janaary H caa Hon -lag Mm Jaror, meanwhile, to not onTaree apaa the sabject and to 'aot road aewapaaar statomeats aboat it. Ix coaeeqaaace of the ffsoaaney of faattran trm among the aargoM af Amari. caa eotiaa, a eommittaa of Iden and Ltoarpnot aanarwritort h bean formed to make an toraetigaMaa. Tmx Xid4to State eoa fer ease of Fro kibittoafata mat in Kew York City oa the tttk. It fa reaortad that Gawaoc Larrabea of Iowa will reapHe Smith, tha Fayette Coantr marderer, ealeii4 to b knag in
Jaaaary. Tha respite will be short, and will be mad on aacoaat of a change of sheriffs ia January. PttOMrNkKT woal-groaers met at Sacramento, Cal.. oa MM k, adoptsd relations oondemniag any effort for the redeetion of tariff on wool, and arging apan Caagrass tk aec?aslty of retaining tke proMnt rato of daty. FoKKrATHxaa1 Dat was cjtob-ated at rVntoa, on the 30th, with a bnnaoet in Xaic Hallln tk evening. Ad'lww war Hiada bv Oorernor Amt. Lieaton
nt.nonior Brackett. "Xark Twain."
nkawiwr X. Daaa-r and others.
Sowiaww, th famoiw yoaag ier-droj: it:h or of St. Pan). Mi., who led the
Xorthweetern Leagwe twwtors in ln-t neaaon's w ork, wn sold ta Boeton on tht
kh, for $1,000.
COffSTABIJC FOTTS, Of DM MO". who nehtered so mack fame as a Piohibi
tlonfat. and wko kas sained notorfaly for
seizing liquor nttdor th Clark Jaw, was MTtMl nn ik 9Mh hv tk marshal of
Stewart Countv. cbarxed with 4fraud
imr . widow eat of a board biH. He was
taken to that niace to aniwrr the charge
AmaMHtr train ran Into Condactor
Berdvfav's traia at LakaSeld. Xinti., early
. tk. aarahr of the X. dnrlRg
Minding saaw-storw. Bnginoer Waifa Backlin of tk fraigkt kad both fags eat jr mmJ JUA Mariaoer Searlt of tke
othar train was osTerely hat not fatally
Thc railroad commissioners of JCebraeka kaTa made a formal demand on tke roadt .i v.r BJafca tmmt tluv pot-Im and redncc
torangkaad local raws to correspond wftk redactioas already made ia laws, Illinol
mmA MlaMuri.
t Ttmw York .BMrican Xerino Shaep
nVaUra AsMootatioti. at their aanaal
meoting In Rochester, on the SHb, psesed MAitttiAM ondoMaiar the metMga of
tha President, so far as it favored patting wool on th free list. . Tmk British Gorernment has dfctded to kaafah King- Jaja of OporLo, Wast
Africa, to St. Helena. The King recenwy eaaeed )) of hfa aabjjcta to b beheaded, as a warning to others not to permit traders to go into tke interior. The scheme of tke. Poniisy Iran ia Rati read Company for tha establishment oi an employ savings institution has been lierfectod, and Freeldeet Roberts has Uened a drealar to those in its fMrric east af PitUbargk and lr!e, setting forth the action of th board of directors, aad oatlining the regulation of the fand. Xn. HorKixs, of Illinois, will faired a general baakraptcy W in th Hoasn of Representatrres Jost after the holidays. It fa the bill approved by the American Bar Aseaciatfon. It prorldsM that any Mtan in debt or more may take adVKmAM at the tow. It rirea sack eases
precedence in tk coarto or- aH except criminal cases, aad provides against an-delays.
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LATE NEWS ITEMS-
Major W. W. Yak Airrwamr,
tMnetsr at Jackson. Mich., has Irean at the
pafat of death for sararal days and kfa racarery fa reaarded imfMiiwnMa ky tk stoctera. A eitlsen of that place fa said to have Matt tat an apeiicattoa for tke peel-
ttoa an tha Mtfc, hat tha MlaWgaa Oon-
atthat want of
I BamBPa namm
arsid
HnwRT S. Iras ba breaakt salt agamst
Prssidint Bsstor af th CincinnatL Mam-
ilton Baytoa raiwaad far f m.9 slam
agaa far falM arrest.
Dax DoMnnrr, the American who killed
Oraham, naotker AaMrtoan, In LatHto,
has been canrfatod af msMMlaagater aaa
mi to need to penal isrritnae far In.
That smetoii la Mm aatoa af the
Ire tke Senate, an tke Sltt, Xr. Ckrtt offered a reeoletioa. wk.ek wasadoptait,
direetfar the Ffsk Commfaston to report
what measares have keen taken for tk
safactfaa of a slto for a Sh anltare sta
tton in tk Ozark region ot SoatkwMt
Mittoari. A reeoitttion by Xr. Batter lor tha appoiatomat of a eammittea of fire to investigate the condition of the fve eivilfaed Indian tribes was taken up. Mr. Dawes' bill providing for tk appointment of a Ish commissioner, wa; called ap and passed. The holidnv recMS resolution was then
called ap, and after a long aad warm debate, in which the President was attacked by Senator Plemb, was adopted In th Hoasa Xr. Randall presented a partial report of the committee on rales.reeommending, among other thing, the establishment of mommiti on merchant marine and fsberiet, on reform in the civil rv. ice, on election of Pmidant and VicePresident awl RepreientativM in Congress, on the eleventh censas, on Indfan dspredation claims, and en the alcoholic Honor traffic. The report was adopted
and the Hoaee adjourned. Jf TBI river was dosed by fa at Ft. Madison, Ia., on tha 31st. IlKSRT TAXUcr, th African explorer, has been beard from again mdkecUy. It fa reported that the Papa intends to
make Are bishop Williams, af Boston, a eatdieal. All the absent cardinal are sammomd to Rams to take part fat the Pope's JaWlM. Trie steamer San Yfateen to was burned off Pigeon Point, in th raciffa ocean, on the 51. aad eleven lives nre believed to
be lost. A XKimxo af representative woolen manafactwers was held ia Kew York on the Hit to correct aba in the credit and discount systems. ... , Ca rTAiK Dvxmk has been eommlMed for trial at Dahlia far shooting at Rev. Henry Malvilto. Tnrc Senate, on the 2 1st, eenirnwl the
nomination of Afazan aer B. Webb, of St. Loais, as United Stotos Conaal at Xanllfa, Philippine island. Skckktakt FAincmLB fanned order on th Mat for the dosing of all eaetomhouses on the Mtk (net. aad Mm Jd prox. He alto ordered the etosfag of the Treasnry Departmeft at nan on the S4tk and Slat inktonfa. k X Tmk stcantehjp Great Kaatorn hnn-lieen Msd tn u BntrUk metal firm for l,.
The vasaal will be broke ap as old mlai. Ax anknown man entered catered 3f ick oil's Jewelry store at Waukesha, Wfa at six o'clock on Mm evening of the fist, and stofafkw worth fawetry and mi nn known quantity of dmtaenti In Ike meet dar.ag aiaanar and Moaped with kfa omA aa BaaaaVaf" SMKSMY, member of tk Brttfak Parlfa
L wa trtod at cmsmei,
dUetory, receaUy isaaaa,
shows asmt oaly six the thh-ty-ighl
; States kaaa mat m the Fiftieth Cmgrees I Senators aad Beptaeeatatlve who are an aatlvM af the States they represent.
These States are Ma he, Delawara, Mary toad, Berth Carolina, South Carolina and
West Virgiek. Some of the new atase ia the Weet, of eoerse, hare vary tow aaalTM who have aver beea honored itk
ia renrnni It sssmi rather aaa,
taoagk, that to ntaar at the ddar States atone the Atlantic coast nre represented in CfaaffTMS by distlngaished gentlemen who
not oalr bom and rears tn otner t, bat a Bailsm nelegations ia-
dude many waa were bom and brought ap ia foreign land. Senator Bvarto, ot Hew York, was born at Boston In 1M aad H was not until 141 that be removed to Xew York. Hfa honors are too wdl
known to be mentioned ber. Senator Hawfay, of Coanectfaat, was bom down ia
Bortk Carolina, graduated at law at namII ton Col legs, Xew York, in 147, but did not bseome a resident of Hartford natti Like many others, ke abandoned law for Journal km, and kfa greatest aaocess ia
profeMioanl life has been Ms euitorat atanagenMnt of the Hartford Conrttnt. Bvea the ancient State of Xew Jerswy has oatoiders for Senators. Xr. XcPherson fa
a native ot Xew York, nnd did net become a Jersey maa anttl 1869. Xr. Blodg- .. . . t, . . -i..
ail, tae maer jereej CTennior, - light of day in Xew Hampshfre. and 1 ived In the Oraafte Stato anttl !. Xew York.
Mm Batpira Stato. has, hewer sr. produced a
large aamber or men wno are at present gsnaters from other State.
The oldest men in the nreseot Congress
are Seaators xomii, oc vermonr, nan
Parne. of Ohio. Ther were both bom in
the same rear 110. Mr. M or r III snows
kfa age more than Xr. Payne. Back is an
asuallv toll and rsrv spare ia baud. Sen
a tors Irarts and Reagan were bora in the
nana year 11, The Texas Senator is much the vouncer looking, and weighs
in the netghborbood ot two hnndred and
ftftv aoands. while the eminent Xew York
sr is dwarfish in apaearaaoe. and doi
not welckt over one hundred ponnds.
Senator Bvarts clothes bag on bim, aad ka was never known to wear a silk kat
Jaet in tke style- The Pennsylvania Sea
avers, jirasrs. ismnw vm. i " "t bam fa tke am year ISM, and are therefore tftyfoar years of age. Senators Sawyer of Wieeoaein, aad Dawes, ot Massachusetts are among the oldest in tha Senate, both bavinr been born in IMC Senators Hoar, of Massackasetos, and Bdntonds, of Vermont, are not as old as may be generally sappeeed, tha one having been bora in ISM. tke other in 1H9S. making them fifty nine and sixty-one years of are respectively. Senators George, of Xfasfaslppi: SteckbHdee. of Xlebigan; Wilson, of
Iowa: Voorkees, of Indiana; Ransom, or Xertk Carol na, and Hawfay, of Connect Ientareabont the nm age as Senator Kdminds, though the latter looks older, possibly, than any ot them. A large pro
portion er the Senators were Bora in me twenties, and this groaning takes in Senator Sherman, who was born in IMt,
There are net many very dd men in the
House. Xr- Kdfay, BoekaJew ant 0Xell, of Peansylvanfa, an aboat the oldest, bnving been bom in 114 and 141
respectively. Messrs. Randall ana awn
are both ander sixtv. Mr. uox. ot w
York, fa nix tv -four: Speaker Carlisle is mIv nftr-two: Mr. Breckinridge, of Ken-
iuVr. u two -rears kfa 5aaior, bat looks
older on account of bis snow-white aatr
and beard; Mr. Reed, ot Maine, the ieatfer
nt the RTMWicn, i only rorty-atgnt;
Mr. VcsTinlev. of Ohio, is only forty
three, and Mr. William Walter Phelps, ot
Xew Jersev, fa only forty-eight Per
haps a majority of the representnttvef are under lift). The yonnrest man fat the House is Xr. Phefan. of Tennessee, who was thirty-one .v. -ml at il. MMHtth: and the
m I ire ,anv. I" " ' - i next youngest is Xr. La Felletto. of Wfaeonshi, who waa thirty-two on Jane 14 of this year. La Folfatte was the yonhtest number of the last Hoaee, and Ward, of Chicago, was next youngest. Both Phdnn nnd La Fdfatte are wearing heavy black beards, which give them the appearance reaMr of being older men than Messrs.
Anderson, of Illinois, ana iw, m. irginfa, who ware both born in 191, and are therefore thh-ty-foor years of age. S-nstor Kenna is still the youngest at the Senstors, being only thirty-nine,
nnd his coil segue, Senator raalkner, m the wrt vownsrest. lislng forty, Senators
Daniel, Snooner and Riddlelterger rank next in veuthfalnes-, their ages being rortv-two" f or tv-three and forty-fonr, rf spMtlvalv. Of Xissonrlans in the Home only six of the fourteen are natives of the Stato, viz.: Messrs. Dockerv, Heard, Hatton, O'Neill, Clover ami C?ardy, Maneur, Barnes. Stone, Wand ami Hatch, theagk. have lived In Missouri so many veers that no on ever take into consideration that they were bora In other States. Senator Coefcretl is a native through
and through by birth, education and residence. Senator Test went to the State in 1SI from Kentucky, aad rf be fa not more Misseurfaa than be Is any thing Im no one has ever remarked apon it. Of tha twenty Representatives from Illinois, only two are natives of the State Meter Hopkins, of the Fifth district, an Thomas, of the Twentieth district. X Csnnon fa a "tarheel." being a natlv at Berth Card inn. Xr. Townshend. n Maryland er; Xr. Baker, a Kentndclan; Meters. Anderson and Leaden, Virginfans, and even Xr. Springer was bora Avar In Indiana, bat became a resident of
llltfaaia when only twelve years of age.
Prank Lawler, of Ch'eate, fa not a native Irishman, aa fa generally supposed. bv
Ing been bom In Rochester, x.tr
Re Cheater" as mmmi
edfa it when speaking ot the ptace at hfa nathrity. The IIHnofa mem
bers are so thoroughly natural isert, that no on can efaestion the wisdom of the people in sending them to Congress. Tha congressional directory bear abundant arkteaaa that it was a fortunate move for many of tha present memliers ot Congrose to emigrate. They have done wdl, and their native States are irnd of them.
LBABY.
B T fto t-Jaat bafar
halfsmt three e'atock MMMfsfaBf aftof
neon ast extdosaMt af M tookjstoe at 4B Jefferaan Clasto aulfa an MMlato-et fa thfacftr, and they war speedily envoi-
iuei in names, xn or apurm-M. w
aummoned and soon s'f-r a general a' arm
was turned in. Before the npartmaat bad reached the stoVon at the comer of
Mill and Piatt street, the entire dty was
alarmed and shaken by a mum ber of ex-
ImmedUtoly fd lowing huae
etonds of smoke ares from a half aaaen points oa Mill and Melt airesU, and Namss
burst from tha windows of the muion
mill Jaet north of the Woodbury engine company's building on Mill street. The
flames soon spread to thi rv a meson mill which adjoins the Clinton, and before
anything could ba done to prevent the
spread of the names the rear of Whitney Wilson's mill was also in flames. While the II re men were laying a line of hoe to the burning buitdtnxs, half adottsn man holes which had been covered with ice and snow, blew up In Xilll street. Thousands otpeeafa kad been attract I by the explosions, and as thiy pushed through Stato and Piatt streets to toe Are they were brought to a halt by other explosions In PtuM and Stato streets aad thrown into confusion. They Ned in every direction, bat wherever they went they met with a repetition of the same aecnee. The exloiions continued at sueti freqtMnt intervals that there was no toll ing where the horrors would cease. The sidewalk ot the old furnace on Ptott street between State and Xill was blown ap, but fortnnntdy no one was injured. The building waa immediately flred, however, and flames fasued from halt a doxsn holes in State street where the street pavem ent had been blown up. By half-past six o'clock the Are was practically ander control as far as the mills were concerned, bat the sewer-mains were sending up columns of flame at frequent intervale. Kxplosioas took place in the collars of all buildings on Xdl street. In Cougres Hall cellar oae maa was hurt. All along the other streets adjacent to Xill, explosions took place. Short! v after four o'clock an explosion
occurred near a new sewer which Is being
dag on Atkinson street. Two workmen were thrown violently to the ground aad
was severely braised. Slight ex
plosions are reported to have occurred on
Adams and Tramont streets, i a ere was
also aa explosion in West Avenue in front
of the Buffalo, Rochester Pittsbargn
iloiMvt. The saving stonM were thrown
kick in tke ah-. Many windows in red
deneee Her the scene af the exptesioas
were broken.
Inquiry at the office ot the Municipal Gas Company developed th cause at the
exptoaioa. "Several years ago," It wa sta tod, "the Vacuum Oil Company ran a pipe from Hs works to those of the Muni dnal Gas Comnany In order to supply it
with naphtha. This pipe line ran along the bed of the Genesee Valley Canal tkr or four feet under around. At At-
contractors were Wast
undoubtedly, ami in nine was broken.
ran down into
through Canal
Tint l4tmMl (Ma.) Jewraaf . a shn .. n m .a
ru mm mmvmnmm nMwuHxn ll4 Prnvt Jj-ma-B BmMPmWa JmPsf tmVaMaJJ MTtft Mm) traa Ik BwaWn Co)kB.
kinson street the ing, eardrndy, this way the The naphtha
the outlet sewer
net fas
gen eras I - - -i-t--
aaantaftb PHaiha.theT Ldm !!!irLZZ-3 teh's im
TfTanuaan, auaajai sana-Tanna assjaas-na m in aa u m pen asassB
treet into 114. aad from there into Mill
.treat, where it has caused thfa trouble.
I areeume twdve or flfteen thoaeand gal fans at naphtha have get iato the sewers We were informed that our gat was leak-
the flrst I bearil of the
escape. Thfa thing teaches that contract r heald be more eareful in blasting an
der pipes. The supply of the naphtha was t M imteediatelv br the Vacuam Oil
Comimny, and the gas was at once cutoff
from oar pipes.
Rm dreest mkaealons escapes are re
ported. The engineer of the Clinton ml M
...i too MManenion were standing near
tk. ft- at the milt when the explosion
-rd hmt twentv feet away. All
tVr wee were much frightened, bet
were rmfllclenUy odfacted to gather up
thdr clothes and escape.
wl tiua ftrenien arrived the flames
obtained such a feothotd that it
. .. utterlv imnossibte losave the Clinton
tuill. The next building wa ths Jeffer-
wn mill, and to this th flremen terned their attention. The flames bad obtained
a Arm fodhoid, however, and soon tiny trenks of fire were seen darting through the windows. About thfa time the front wall of the Clinton mill fdl over with a load erase, narrowly missing bnryintr numbers of the firemen and spectators beneath it. i Shortly after this another gas explosion oc cor red from the sewer main in front of the mill, throwing one man ton or twelve feet, and scratching hfa face severely. The losses so far as can be ascertained on the burned flonr mills are as ti J. A. Hinds Washington mill, losH,; insurance $K,000. Davis & Jw"4,t milt, loss insurance f J9,(X Clin ton or Pod mill, loss M,J0; nnraue unknown. Wells Co.. tod makers. $1,saa. Mva. The destruction of
the mills, It fa feared, fa but a small item, comparatively, as the entire sewerage system of the dty is bslfavad to have been affected, and that section of it connected with the Municipal Gas Company's and the Vacuum Oil Company's works almost completely destroyed. The list of casualties fa a long one. but only two death had been reported up to deven o'doek last night, viz: Frederck Wilson, head miller ot the Whitney mill, ' aged thirtv years, leaving a wtf j and tw children, and Bdward A Webtor, whe , dfad In the dty hospital. It was bdfaved I that Xiss Alice Poole, who was in her . e.it. ami wUm the exnloston oe
5 eurred, was killed bat she turned up slightly Injured. ... . f .
ine injureu nre: Leufa Harpt, Jefferson mill, bnrned
.L.t fU ftuse and hands ana meaieu
gas; recovery doubtful.
Aarn liaartson, ngns "T . J.
jnmplng Into the river from tne niru
story ot a bulging; mmmnj
lf'. . . t t . MUtu
Will Rltcney, anver em i v.mr mill, left ankle brdten aad aalf of fag torn
1 MwarnW L tutor, author of -The Ulory ajwi SkaMte as ICnglaml" aiij other pepalar worka, fa now iu a tat of UcaUluiion. lie U a matt well up jtt yoars, and ahaolutoly without resources. Hfa frienda are raising 4 ftutd for kfa beneflt. Tkotnas MeElrath. of the Park Bank of Ken York, k in cbarf of tke satacriptioii. A bonqnet of iron nawert rer tw feat nigh, eousfaiitix of a brmnvli of oak leave witk iron acorns, surroni.l.-,I br twig of lnurel ami alive, which ire sjraltt inelnaad by elder Wooii!. nii ol th v allay, buttorenpa, hli(,irui
forgat.iae.nnto aid other flower, in.
toimret wlUt snraya of fcru and maidenhair, wm preeeitleil ljy the owners of tke lend wine "IiUmarkshnlte" to Prinee Bmmarrk on his re-
cent twenty-fifth anniversary as German Miufatot--Jsoto QMe.
S. S. Cox has been very fortimuc
in his litemry ventnrtM. from a finan. aj-il standpoint. He made from f 10,000 to 115.000 ottt f hfa Three De
cade of Federal Leffalation' Hi
PrinkiiHto" fa aeliins; well, llh jhjU.
Ifahers think that "The Diversions of
a Dildomnt" will brinjc Mr. Cox x
large return. They gave him a mund cunt for tke book and will my hint a
fair royalty on every copy sold Mr. Cox works very rajmily. On a ptuh He can turn out 1,000 words an hour.
-John D. and William KockefelW
the old million aires, favor short working hours, both for tkentaelvn aad
their clerks. William w the more res ular in hie attendance at hfa office, lie
arrives there about nine o'clock every morning, except Saturday, ami j-cldom
leaves before three o dock, in the alter
noon. With him Saturday fa alwayi x holhla. John D. seldom a)enr before 10 JO and is rarely to be found it hfa office after three. Neither cam the snap of hfa linger for society.
aTat-i Ttirid is wnarlr as severe
as Kattuwt Sheppartt on tn-s Anter-
ican diet. Perhaps a nobl race," the says, may be evolved eat
of fried meat, hot soda hnectiite, icewater and the great American pie. bat
I don't believe it. I do not lorpet that KmenHHt ate pi for breakfast, and with childlike simplicity ked what
pie wa for if not to be eaten; bat I
afao remember that Emerson's jure in
tellect lost ito balance at an Hps when Giatfeton and Bright and or owa
Wendell Holmes are still at work.
Ckrilin Acsnfar.
-The Earl of Fife fa not only the
boon companion of the heir apparent.
but is also a great favorite with hrr
Majesty. The father of the present
Earl was a enrioun specimen in tae
kilted race, lie was one day dining with the Queen, and attracted her attention nnd surprise by snffng; "Xnac Majesty will be jriad to butt' thatl have "left off drinking soda and brandy." The Queen, smiling, said: "I am glad to Hear it. Lord Fife." Hii Lordship thereupon made the further remark: "1'oar Majesty will also be Oeaeedto learn that I have taken to aodn and whisky instead."
HUMOROUS.
A nether Kerens Martterer CMTleead. Ravxjixa, O., Dee. It. For the .third time within two months a verdict ot mar der In the first degree has been rendered fa the Criminal Court of this coantr. Jamas BoWnaon, of Pllttbargh, was foaad gdfay as charged in the Indictment aealnst Met Together with "Bllnky Xorgen and John Oaghlln, already cictod, th prisoner kfad Detective William Mdllgan, of aerelaud, last February, an a train in thfa plnoe. BoWneon's ease was given to th Jury Raturdny aftor. i t wJImI warn readied until
j tissnisy aftraai. The eeart and oBfaart
Vetoak tke lato
PH.
William
Q. Wallace. Jefferson mill,
badly bnrned about head, face aad bands. - -see " rtws-Uwe; fee Par-ten. MARnisnvnn. Pa., Dec 31. In th application for a pardon of X llton WmIoh. the Chicago millionaire murderer, wko is in the Western penitentiary on a fiveyears' sentence for killing Haymaker, in Westmordnnd County, several years ago, th Board of Pardons hdds th caee under advisement. Ho decklou, therefore, will be rendered until th board's next meat! ly meeting. Among the en nctod was that of Bdward J. GdTey, at Alfa i i.. .tlauJ Devid Im
King, of Clairen, murderer, wHl benndly
dhrsmsed of January : u. .
PbsMdemhfa. marderer. hah
vfasmsat. and Warn. Dantn I.
Doctor Koch says th cholera gent is in the form of a comma. Whan k lavs bold of a man. however. It fa getrally found to baa full -top. Syrcms Herald. Nothing, we are tW, wa ewr made in vain. Thfa seems to be pwvtd Ut ttu fct thai taothinr k aiimresitly
so ttceiess that it is not jnet tiie tWnj for a Christmas gift. inotorpher '-If you and yw rstimable wife eoubJ look x trifle h mournful I think the picture would to more sntisfactory." Deacon ILtdtte "Young mnu, onr son Jacob: jail fiw nossteaiin,. This pfcter S kr him. It her go! Jh4. ti,J.1- "Va tell me what von
it h there liehiml the minister clinrch every Sunday?" Ma "1 Bobby (pouting) ''I don't trunk you're very indite. You never let w
say 'I shan't wnen a n " -
givs nny thing; a war. mm' Pans me the butter, Chnrics. - said. Shebml been widow. he had
married afatn. ami they, too. bait gcn to Washington to begin the fam? moon. "My name fa George, he ssd. eohlly and with discriminating cmphnsfa. "1 know it, George,' he replied; "yon must exense me. I mfatotl. It fa the same butter. -Ptfea. And what do you think of W daughter puy;f, PraeM:?, asUJ Mr. Phrsev. "itor methoti nnd her phrasing fa emmllent. tot '? she laeks fa tonkme.' "Why lidat vim let me kmiw of thfa before, n
feasor? ru order some rifs. -v-I'm determined that Fannie .hU nd want for nothing that money
tMiy.1' Itosto KmdgtL Young Author (entermt neifrp lrsaetMm)-"May I ask. Mr. Ifwhat disposition yon made t U"
story in four parts which i 1
laat waekr BMitor r was obliged to revise the (mnnnwopt. dr. It fa new in tweuty-tor parwHenry, remove the ofto gtmt irom m raste-box, and nntlst the gesttlemaa recovering his proper tr.'' -Good Adv 1 1 L 0,nMrehaat, fa tata hour dees, la roar pepee you sheaht e a. And leek tor tamthlag M aa PJ Year yearitog tor giaeneaek v V n Tasm ear advlM sad toyn Oe strahmtwartaedMtvert III. Yea'MtedtheprahtdMMenaa?
A-MLmmi teikm seea a a k a.
Acts
ssniylraty. hU under adrfasmsnt I