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THE DATS MISHAPS.
DISASTROUS hint: AT Toledo YES
TERDAY—LOSS $!>i>o,ooo.
A Steamer and Many lSttildings Destroyed
by Fire at Sb rev /port—Narrow Esenpc
From a Burning Kuiltlinjrat New York—
Fatal Railway Collisions and Other Ac
cidents.
DESTRUCTIVE TIKE AT TOLEDO.
Toledo, 0., Doc. 15.—The Hall block,
situated on the coiner of St. Clair and
Jefferson street and the finest business
block in the city, was totally destroyed by
lire this morning. Tlie fire was discovered
shortly after :) a. m and is supposed to
have originated in Music hall, a room in
tha building used for public entertain
ments. The building was occupied on the
first floor "by numerous jobbing houses,
afid on the uppsr floor by lawyers and in
surance offices, the o.'licesj of theWabash
and Ohio Central railroal companies, art
galleries, etc. The block was erected in
1874, by the estate of tho late James C.
Hall at a cost of near a quarter million
dollars, subsequently transferred to the
Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance com
pany of Hartford, by whom it was owned
when destroyed. The total loss will prob
nbljvexceed § 500,000 with fair proportions
of insurance, the exact amounts not yet
known. The fire originated at 2:30 this
morning in the second story. The cause ]
is only conjectured. it was discovered im
mediately, and was seemingly extinguished, '
Twenty minutes later it broke out in the
third and fourth stories, having worked
into the partitions. Owing to the s^reat
difficulty in. getting a good pressure of
water the flames spread rapidly, and it
was soon evideni the structure was
doomed. The heat was intense, and the
efforts of the lire department were
directed towards tha adioining buildings.
By strenuous efforts they succeeded L.
confining the fire to the block. For a
time the First Congregational church, the
lines: in tie city, adjoining the Kill block J
oa the north, was in great danger. The '
guests in the Boouy house next odjoioiag j
were awakened. Considerable excitement
ensued. At 7 o'clock the flames were
under control, anil no further danger is
anticipated. The Losses r.re very heavy,
and fall principally upon a few wholesale
houses. Taylor,'Roogaw«fc Co.. wholesale
boot, shoe and rubber house, hid a stock
worth $300,000, upon which the loss will
be over $200,000; insured for $28,000. L.
L. Baumgartner, wholesale fancy notion I
house, .-.took $75,000; saved probably ,
$10,000; insured for $62-000. Wood &
Acklin, wholesale grocers, lose the entire
stock, valued at between §40,000 and
$>0,000; insured for $30,000.' The Ohio
Central general oiflcas and Wabash local
offices were entirely destroyed. Loss esti
mated at $15,000, with $8,000 insurance.
The loss of attorneys, architects and other
occupants, foot up §20,000; half insured.
The building cost in 187-1 $225,000. By
foreclosure of mortgage it became the
property of the Connecticut Mutual Life
Insurance company, upon whom the loss
falls. It was insured for $110,000. Total
loss $650,000; total insurance about
$500,000, divided among nearly all tho
prominent companies having ' agen
cies in the city, the poli
cies ranging from §20,000 down.
OTflE^ liJj.VZES.
Youngstowx, 0., Dec. —The mill of
Armsbell & Co. was partially destroyed by i
fire hist night. Loss §50.000; covered by |
insurance. They manufactured railroad !
spikes, nuts, etc. I
Hic;:man, Kv., Dec. l.>. —The fire yester- !
day destroyed three blocks in the business j
part of the town. Loss $100,000; insur- j
ance i 40,0 j
Pitisuukgii, Pa., Dec. 15.Fire on the (
south side this morning destroyed five
frame dwellings belonging to A. N. Rose j
and J. (Veinbernsr. Loss §3.000; folly in- j
sured.
WATEBcuai" Conn.. Dec. 15. The loss by |
the burning of the Jones cotton mill is es- ■
timatei at §' 0 100; insurance $20,000. I
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L ):-,r.0;-, 0 it., Doe. 15. — Two freight j
trains on tho air line of the Grand Trun'.i .
collided near HensalL, yesterday. Both
were wrecked. No lives lost. Careless
ness o: the switchman is reported. Driver i
Brown received injuries that may prove
fatal, and his fireman was seriously hurt.
A number of others were injured.
KILLED Hi THE CABS.
Altoona, Pa., Dec. 15.—Last night Parks
Leinniue and his two sisters, Flora and j
Alice, were killed on the railroad ntTipton !
station, two miles east of this city. They !
were returning home from prayer meet- I
ing, walking on the track, and stepped off I
to avoid a passing train, and in doing so i
were run down by an engine on another
track. All were young and unmarried.
A NAKBOW IS^APE. j
New # Yojjk, Dec. 15.—Fire broke out in J
the back room on the first floor of the
six story tenement.No. 170 and 172 Suffolk '
street, this aftemcoa, seized upon the
stairway and cut oil the escape of the ten
ants in the second and'third story. The oth- '
ers saved themselves by flight to the'roof.
Tie re was great excitement Mrs. Caroline
Scherjsr and Airs. Miller threw their three
children from the window and leaped oat
after them. All escaped uninjured except
Mrs. Scherer, whose ankle was sprained. A
thirty-five foot ladder fell with three fire
men, who were rescuing the tenant*. They
escarel with slight bruises. Comparative
ly slight damage was done by the flames.
STEAMBOAT BUBXED.
Shrevepokt, Dec. —The steamboat
Kale Kenny took fire in the bayou at the
ferry landing to-day. The boat and cargo
• are a total loss. This was the first trip of
the Kenney this season, she having a few i
days ago left her dock after receiving re
pairs amounting to $3,000. The boat was j
valued at $20,000; insured for $10,000 in i
Cincinnati companies. She belongs to the
Red River & Coast line. The cargo con
sisted of 2,000 bales of cotton, oil cake,
i;nd other freight; probably insured. : No
lives lost so far as known. -v^.
Fire from the burning steamer spread to
, the buildings adjacent, being driven by
high winds. Loss about $150,000. Several
buildings near the ferry landing were de
stro^d, among them O, L, Qhrimber'a.Ui's
machine shop, Capr.Btn White's residence"; 1
Robinson's boat shop, and George L. ]
White's residence. The steamer Kinney
■was totally destroyed. She had 1,875 bales
of cotton, 600 sacks of oil cake, 200 barrels
of oil, 17 sacks ci wool, and miscellaneous !
freights. The books were not saved, but
(juicksall, clerk, succeeded in getting some |
tuoney out of the safe. The fire originated
in the dr^k on. cause unknown, an I
pnread so rapidly that the passengers and
crow lost all. '
Tiie blunge of M.W. Apple^ato,United
States local inspector of steamboats, waj
le it, his valise containing all the papers
oi this trip of inspection. A careful estU
finite plows theios3aa at $130,030; inso -
a use 13,000.
STEAMED SUNK.
New OiiLKANs, Dec. 15.— Steamboat
St. Francis Belle, belonging to the Ou< ; hita
River Consolidated line,sunkia Bayorßar»
tholomow to-day. She had a fall 1 ,ad of
cotton. No lives lost. The boat was val
: ued at $8,0(X); insured for .$4,000. The
carg"> was doubtless insured, and will be
saved in a damaged condition.
i* COLLISIONS. □ £}$$.) "^^X
Mobile, Ala., Dec. 15. —In a collision
Thursday evening, at Kushla, on the
Mobile & Ohio railway, between north and
south bound freight trains, conductor
Hunter Myers was killed. His train was
out of time.
Montbeal, Dec. 15.A collision oc
curred on the South Eastern railway
between a passenger and freight train.
The engines ands everal cars were wrecked.
Employment Superintendent Blanchard is
supposed to be fatally injured. The pas
sengers were badly used up, but escaped
serious injury.
Watebbuby, Conn., Dec. 15.—Dennis
Sullivan and John Leary were] fatally in
| jured, Edward Gilroy had a thigh frac
tured, Conductor Onaham received contu
sions on the head, and an Italian, was
[ dangerously injured by .a collision on the
New Yor'i <& New England railroad. The
engine of the working train was com
pletely wrecked and tho engine of the
ireight train nearly so. Conflicting tele
! graph orders were the cause of the acci
dent.
HOTEL FIBE.
New Yoek, Dec. 15.—A fire in the New
York hotel to-night was extinguished with
| out alarming the guests.
EATING MEAT ON FEIDAY. •
New . Yobk, Dec. 15.James Brennan,
a laborer, choked to death in a dining
saloon in Brooklyn to-day. He had just
said lie was a good Catholic, but had a Prot
estant stomach and would eat meat, but the
piece lodged in his throat and strangled
him.
< A MTSTEKT.
New Yobk, Dec. —A woman, closely
I veiled, was brought to police headquarters
lin a hack to-night. She was visited by a
I number of people. Visitors and police
j refuse iili information who she is or why
arrested. It is regarded an important
i arrest.
DEO WXED —IVUBNF.D.
Dbsvxb, Col., Dee. 15.Kilpatrick Mur
! phy, private, Company E, Twenty-third
i infantry, traveling from YVaterous to Ft.
- Union, last night fell into the Mora, a
■ shallow mountain stream, and was
i drowned.
Four residences were destroyed by fire
i this afternoon, and an infant child per-
I ished in the flames.
A FATAL FIRE.
Winnipeg, Man., Dec. 15. —The lire which
; burned two hotels-last night was more dis
| astrous than at first anticipated. Richard
Howbridge, an invalid living in the Cana
dian Pacific hotel, was burned to death.
The remains were found this morning.
Mrs. Pratt injured by the fire while trying
to save property, was more seriously in
jured than supposed and may die.
STEAMKB SUNK.
Peteesbue3, Va., Dec. —The steamer
Carrie, owned by the Petersburg Steam
\ boat company, sunk this afternoon, on the
• James river. She had a large cargo of
freight. Passengers and crew had a nar-
I row escape.
LOVE LAUGHS.
An Interesting Romance in Connection
WMi a Voun; ltaltimure Couple WhOM
Parents Objected to Their Union.
| Special Telegram to the Globe.] |
Baltimore. Md., Dec. —A sensation
has been created in society. circles here by
Mr. Ernault Williams, the son of the Hon.
Geo. H. Williams, president of the Mary
land stats senate, marrying against his
wishes and then to-day filing a motion in
the circuit court to set aside a deed of trust
by which he conveyed to his father all of
his pro perty in consideration of an annu
ity of (2,000 per annum. There is an in- j
toresting romance connected with the j
affair. Early last spring it became known j
in high society here that Mr. Ernault Wil
liams was engaged to be married
to Miss Lillie Haslett of this
city. Young Williams is one of
the best known society men
in Baltimore, and the announcement at
tracted considerable attention, which did
not Tane when it was rumored that Senator
"VTilliailiS WZB bitterly opposed to the
match. The young man. was apparent!}'
determined to have his cwn way, and the
father to have his, and much curiosity \v, s I
manifested to know how the affair would j
turn out. The wedding day was fixed for !
June 14 last, cards wore issued and the j
bride's trousseau was prepared, when a
few days before the marriage the groom
set sail for Europe. Society was lost in
wjnder. Later it transpired that pre-1
vious to the groom's departure he had been. |
compelled to make a deed of trust
to his father of his - entire for
tune amounting to $250,000. inherited
from his - grandfather, the late Hon. J.
Gettings. It is said that at the time there
was a stormy scene between the father and
son, and that the latter was persuaded into
signing the deed by the senator, who had
exercised a strong control over the young
man. Some thought that this settled the
whole affair, and many of young Williams'
friends at the club condemned him for not
having courage enough to marry the lady,
whether the senator opposed the wedding
or not, but they have now altered their '
opinion, as the best part of the story is to j
come.
When the groom elect, apparently much
against his will, went to New York, and j
before sailing for Liverpool, he wrote
a lon* letter to his fiancee assur
ing her of his continued love and
desire to marry her, and promising to
speedily return. During his absence
abroad he corresponded with her regularly, '
though his father, it is said, knew nothing !
of the lore letters that were passing be- '
tween them, and had no doubt that he hsd j
forever broken off the match. What was ■
his astonishment, then, -when about a !
mon'h ago Ernault returned home, and '
twenty-four hours after his arrival the |
cards were again issued for the wedding, ■
and the happy couple were married about ■
three weeks ago in the presence of a fash- !
ionable assemblage, at the residence of!
the ride's ~;irents, on St. Paul street. ]
Of coarse Hi* Senator vt&s Hot at the. I
wedding and from what can be learned he '
is unrelenting and refuses to recognize !
his « >r>, or transfer back to him the prop- '
erty. The trial of the case will no doubt
be very interesting, and is eagerly looked j
forward to by the legal profession and so- !
c'nty folks. . . ; '
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A i>itkc'B Inre.4tlg;.t!on«.
"B v- i r.-. Dds. 15.— The agent of the date
of Southland, now in this count- and
in charge of the land agency of the Atchi
poa, Topofca & Santa Fe Railroad compar.y.
•will inspect the Atchison lands in Ear =
the Atlintic & Pacific Railroad corj-jany
land* in Arizona and some lands ' offered
for sale ia Chibuhua on tho lie a of th?
Mexican Central railroad. ,
Merchants ' interested in the Jamaica
trade will form a relief committee for "tin
BUiferers by the Kingston fire. ;.\v ::
THE ST.PAUL DAILY GLO3E, SATCTRD VY lOUYING. DECfcIHER 16,188 1
THE OMOELD.
A TRIPLE EXECUTION OF THE -JOYCE
MURDERERS AT GAZ.WAY.
Casey Dies Protesting His Innocence—
Murderers cf Cavendish and Ilurke Un
dergoing Kxuininatiou—lmportant Meet
ing of the National Leaders—Change of
Front of ■ he Serrano Party ii Spain—Mis
cellaneous Continental News.
GREAT BRITAIN.
Galwat, Dec. 15.—Patrick Joyce, Myles
Joyce and Patrick Casey, the three men
convicted of participation in the murder
of t!i3 Joyce family, were hanged in the
jail here at 8 o'clock this morning. The
prison, inside and outside, was heavily
guarded. Myles Joyce protested his in
nocence to the last.
The three prisoners'jheard m ass phortlj ;
before the time set for their execution.
They refused breakfast. They ascended
the scaffold with a firm step, Casey, who !
had uttered a moan at first sight of tha i
gallows, Hiountirg the stepr-two at a timo. :
Before the drop fell Myles Joyce spoke in •
Irish as follows: '"I am going before God. ■
I was not tl c c at# ail, and had not !
B hand or park in it. The i
Lord forgive the:n that swore against me." !
He continued In reiterate his innocence to
tho end. The drop fell at S:'_'.") ?iinultane
ously for all three men. Myles Joyce
alone straggled slightly, there bt-iiig some
hitch with tiie rope. His dying speech was '
delivered with extraordinary vehemence.
He w;is still speaking when the drop fell.
At the inquest following the execution, it
was proved that tic necks of Casey auu |
Patrick Joyce weie fractured, and thii
Myles Joyce died of stracgnlation.
Dublin, Dec. — The organizing com- '■
mittee of the Irish national league met to- j
day. Among those present were Parneli.
who presided, Sir Patrick O'Brien, and
Learny, Healy aud Sullivan. It was an
nounced that the receipts to the present
time amount to £i 26. Harrington, sec- :
retary of th.3 committee, read a report j
stating that of -'>{) branches of tho league ,
formed, seventy-live had forwarded sub- j
scription?. The proposal to merge the >
home rule association with its funds of j
£700 in the national league, was accepted, j
It w ifl resolved to form a central branch, |
of which x the officers of tho various
local branches will be ex-officio members. '
The Cologne Gazette publishes a letter '
enumerating eight railways being con- j
structed on the western trontierof Russia, i
which, so far as can lie seen, are not re- j
quired for commercial purposes.
Parncll proposed a series of resolutions,
which were adopted. Tecy condemn tho
decision of the government to alleviate
existing distress in Ireland by means of
poor house and forcible public works en- \
terprises as insulting to the Irish people.
They declare that in the recent utterances
of Lord Derby favoring emigration from I
Ireland the committee discerns an inten- |
tion to starve the poorer inhabitants out j
of the country and revive the worst tradi
tions of '46. They affirm that if public
works enterprises are not at once resorted 1
to, it is the opinion of the committee that !
a system of oat-door relief ought to be ]
started and recommend that a bill amend- '
ing the laud act, including provisions fo: !
laborers, be drafted. l
Dubux, Dec. 15.—Jenkinsoc, director of j
the criminal investigation department, '
Curran, queen's counsel, and Mai!on. su- i
perintendent of detectives, resumed their |
private inquiry to-day. They have re- j
ceived information of the existence of two !
secret organizations in Dublin, the object |
of one being tho overthrow of tho govern- j
ment in a fair fight, and of ths other the
assassination of informers. The disclos
ures laid bare an extraordinary state of i
things but the police are silent as to the
particular facts revealed.
Brady and Hanloa -weie to-day again
privately examined before the magistrates, i
One of the ■witnesses at the inquiry ye* I
terday was ro astounded at the knowledge i
possessed by the police that he fainted on i
quitting the room. It is believed the man J
behind whose honse were found knives !
supposed to have been used in the Phoenix i
park murders will be examined tomorrow.
Two of the knives have blood stains oj '
them. Tolica believed they know the !
driver cf the enr that conveyed the murder- i
ers to and from the park. They thick he ;
also drove the car 01 which Fields' assail- !
ants rodo, f
Myles n.ud Bark have arrived. H
Westgate has been sent to Xioblin. A I
passenger considers Woct^ato a lunatic. I
The Nile experience 1 such terriblo weather H
Monday last that tho Vessel was given up I
for lost. B-^ita were carried away and the I
.water flooded the engine room, extinguish- I
ing tii© lower fires. ■ The passengers were I
panic stricken, and heartrending scenes H
were witnessed. H
Belfast, Dec. —A watch manufactory I
hare was destroyed by fire. Four em- 1
ployes perished. 'i:-\ ;• . fl
London, Dec. 15.—The steamer* I
from Kingston, Jamaica, with Westyate, I
the self-accused participant in the Er-vder I
of Cavendish and Burke on board, has ar- 1
rived at Plymouth. fl
London. Dec. l.*».—Before parliament re- ■
assembles Dilke will probably eater the I
cabinet. - I
Loxros, Dec. 15.The Cologne Gazette, I
containing its revelation* in regard to the I
Austro-German alliance, says the terms of II
alliance are if ' either empire is at- I
tacked from two sides tho other shall ren
der assistance. "■ ".'.' V o ■ '
London, Dec 15.—Henley, the well !
known telegraphic engineer is dead.
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SPAiivr. »•?• . I
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Madrid. Dec. 15. —At ths Fitting of con
gress yesterday Senor Rivas, one of the
loading supporters of Marshal Serrano,
made the unexpected declaration that a . (
members of the dynasty left would a'cee *t. ■
the constitution of 1876, and if called
power would reform it in the lines of Vwa'
;onstitutioh~of 1863, but without c -l^.-v -I
lent' period?. ; This complete a' ' A? a a ol i_'J
nent of Serrano's original progr W]3e <o^ J
»hich the constitution of 1869 i*i t^ Vat^
s tone, caused the greatest «r '■•j im^t ,£.
he chamber. It is : prnctica' /,. .^ .
gramme defended by Sega?t • bl
ister in the senate last wee £ "* v LMM° "*"x ■
GIZ3.MAJ 4 y .
Beelin, Dec. 15.- _ T » aft f&arman
\.aiette : In vieT , of ldisilrclino .
en of the Fren' ato purchase aTtic i es of
[^rman mann'^T.^. Gennaiiy will not I
maintain the pre? dnt ;mo&eraio , dutiea on I
French gr .o'ds, / and ,-wiU partioolarly sub
ject spa' K \i tt^ -^ines/a^^ articles de Paris
to high jj. 3.
F >ii.rs, TC. 15.— bnndesrath defi
ni ' <jly rc-jec .ed a motion forcing the aboli
* jon of c t jipulsory civil marriages.
VRAXCE.
£» .e\S. Dec. 15.—1n the chamber of dep
?rti'js to-day. discussion of the extraordina-i
cf budget was resumed. Herrison, minister
'of public works, insisted upon the comple
tion of 114: railroad lines already com
, meaeoJ. Ha considered tae legislature
would commit a grave error if it reduced
the grant of 289,000,000 francs now asked
for.
A semi-official statement to the news
papers declares that Admiral Jauregurber
ry has neither resigned nor intends so do
ing.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Caibo, Dec. —A thousand troops have
just started for the Soudan. More will fol
low, «
Constantinople, Dec. 15. —Seditious pro
clamations have been posted on the streets.
Several persons were arrested. The men
tal, derangement of the sultan is becoming
more apparent daily.
TIIE "LONG LOST" DODKE.
"•' **" '"' *
A Pit s!m»-frii Father, Aft an Abs nccof
Twenty Si sirs, Iteturns to Claim the
Body of II >> Daughter Whom lie has
• Xcv r been.
I Speciiil Telegram to tha Globa.]
Pittsburgh, Pa., Dec. 15.—Nov. 15 last,
there died at the honse of William Kendall
in Uniontown, Pa., a girl named Jane
Drum. Kendall had charge of her from
infancy. County Treasurer John Tier
nan, her grandfather, left her an estate
worth about $8,000. Nathan Brightwell.
uncle to Jane Drum, was appointed guar
dian. After the girl's death L. H. Frastr
was administrator of her estate. At the
instance of Brightwell, application waa
made to the court for the body, and Judge
Wilson decided the guardian should have
it, but of all the people gathered at II
Kendall's house to attend the funeral rone
were found willing to remove the body to
Brightwell'd residence. The people said I
the girl should be buried in Kendall's fam
ily lot. as she had requested. During all
this time Samuel Drum, father of the gir!,
was supposed to b9 dead.- To-day he ar
rived at Uniontown, fresh from Denver,
Colorado, and served notice through his at
torney, to the udtniiiistrator, Eraser, to
hand over his papers. Register Connor
declined to revoke tlu administrators
papers granted to Fraser, and the case v. ill
c brought before the court to-morrow.
Years ago Drum was a drinking man.
H^ left his wife befora Jane was born.
Before he had reformed Mrs. Drura died.
He again took to drink, and sixteen years
ago swore off, and has not touched liquor
since. He never saw his dead daughter;
s.-ij's be is abla and wealthy enough to take
care of himself, and, if put in charge of
Jane's estate, will pay her foster parents,
the Kendalls, liberally, for the c.nre of her.
Drum is now an employe of the Union
Pacific Express company, at Denver.
TOO YOUNG TO muisy.
Mysterious Disappearance of a ISride-
Groom <>:; the Eve of His Ma-rlage— V
Decided Scnsatioa in a North Carolina
Village.
Hici:oex, N. C, Dec. —Social circles
in this vicinity are in a nutter of excite
ment over the mysterious disappearance
of a bridegroom just when the minister,
bride and guests were wailing for the mar
riage to take place. Mr. Andre* Miller
bad been a long time affianced to Miss
Estella Moore, one of tha prettiest aid
most charming young ladies of this place-
Six o'clock last evening was the timo fixed
for the wedding and ' all the guests were
assembled, t'ae wedJiug feast set out, and
the minister standing in the middle of the
parlor ready to perform the ceremony.
After waiting some time after the hour
fixed, the groom's best man was sent to his
residence to ascertain the cause of the de
lay. He found the yoong
man's room unlocked, tha wedding suit,
including gloves, lying on the bed, a trunk
open from which it was evident a supply
of clothing had been taken, and a card
lying on the mantel with the words writ
ten in pencil Gone West." The cause of
the flight of the bridegroom is a mystery.
The situation of affairs is rendered more
embarrassing by the fact that an evening
paper near here, ia or3ar,lo got ahead of
its con temporaries, anticipated the wad
ding in the C) o'clock edition, coining out
with rx description of toilets, etc. etc.
winding up with a description of the couple
on t^e wedding tour.
Til? Chlca^a '.varsity Troubles. H
[Special Telegram to the Globe.] B
CnicAGO, Dec. 15. —The faculty of Chi- I
c.igo university this morning suspended fl
two students on account of iraprudeuc* fl
find insubordination, while being examined ■
concerning the egg throwing of last Sat- ■
urday night. This egging of King, which ■
is being yet further inquired into by the I
faculty, gr3w out of the bad, feeling err ■
gendered among the students by tho rival 1
claims of the two factions in the school tor I
represention at the meeting of * the State I
Oratorical association, held at Jacksonville (I
lately, at which moating the M
faction represented by Ring . \pas I
recognized, but failed to *i6tabli3h the I
claims of Miss Pollard to the first prize, II
which was the object alined at by the m
university. Seamen, *Ho drew thd pistol I
on President Anders©*, was the contesting I
represeatative nt Jafeksonville. The bad I
feeling yet exists, stnd more suspensions I
nay yet ff .ilswv * - _ „ I
LA ■jfIfj&SNEAPOLIS SEWS. I
'AfttM Tclograna to :<J Globe. [■,• ■ . ■
Ml" iKsirdiis, Dec. 15.—rha Kina««.TJ&- ■
's ' /Olice hvl th'jir annual ball at TJrrnet M
I' A \<h* 'evening. Tlia %ffair \ras treint- ■
I / sv«;« nttehded, th<j crash at tin>«s being I
l*l<!r>^ insupportable. Misic w»s 'fnr- H
■abl«.u by SidwellV orofctfs^rft. All night I
wans; the bice coats and "ttrerr -sweethearts I
■tripped the light fantastic to 'the dulcet II
l^rains. There were «.*»ortft coapl«s on I
She floor at one time, «nd the -stage was I
>ressed into service to ailord additional I
[dancing room. I
I A customer of * Norfn "Washington ay- I
lenue saloon besaia« " belligerent last even- I
ling, and was knocked out in less than four I
|rounds. _ *. _ ;. ? •
I ■ ' The Agrienllurnl Convention. "
I Chicago, Dec —In the farmers' con'
lyention ' this morning, . Green B. i j R \u.\i
Imade a speech in favor of^ protection. j
I Ulrick Blick«ndorfer, of Pennsylvania."
Bread a paper on unler drainage. J.'Ster- 1
Hl^ng Norton, of Nebrnska, made a reply to: I
Hoe-ier;il ■speech. J. S. Stange-, of jl
Hcnlifornin, read a paper on agriculture in |l
Bcoliforni.i by irrigation, and drew a glow-|l
Hing picture of his state. A resolution v. p.- 1
Hado; ted to the effect that that part of the I
Bturi^T report which recommends a reduction J
Hot the tariff on wool retaining the tariff on 1
Hraa^ufactures thereof, is unjust to the 1
Bformer and in the interest of manufao- I
Htcrers^ ■ ' - I
Tlir I'.'iilaii'-lpfiia A- ttrad'ns;. '■■■'-'■'
H PHU.ADELPHIA, Dec. 15.—At a meeting of
directors,.of the Philadelphia & Reading
Railroad company, Thursday, it is said
It; owan proposed a pian for taking the
Hr operties out of the lmnds of the receiver
I ppleiaentiii;- it with a statement that the
I earnings of tho company were suScient to
I warrant this.
STIM.WATER (JLOBIXKS.
The members of the Maennerchor will
enjoy themselves Sunday evening at Music
hall.
In thecase'of the lad who is charged with
having assaulted an old man, the trial has
been continued until Monday morning.
Muller Post, G. A. R., held their annual
election of officers Thursday evening.
Capt. W. H. H. Taylor was re-elected com
mander of the post.
A great many people consider the ice
unsafe for the reason that the snow pre ■
vents it from freezing, and it was known
to be unsafe before the snow fell.
• A man with signs front and rear was
hired by the Coltons to perambulate th >
streets yesterday. A horse was frightened
at the strange spectacle and ranaway.
From letters received in th"s city from
Sweden, it is rued thnt I ir^c numbers
of the people there arc* preparing to em -
grate to this country the coming spring.
An unusually l«rg<9 number of toys and
fancy articles have been disposed of the
last few day?. Some dealers hove ati im
mense stock of sucii good?. They claim
their sales are proportionately large.
Rogers & Co. have concluded to go out
of the book and stationery business. For
the next few days they will sell at cost.
The goods must be sold regardless of
price, as they want the room for other
business.
It is reported that four horses attached
.to a wagon load of grain in crossing the
lake broke through the ice and wore
drowned. The accident is said to have oc
curred near Bay town, but persons from
there late in the afternoon knew nothing
of the occurrence.
Dr. Carroll's lecture at the Opera house
Thursday evening proved a success in ev
ery respect. The doctor selected many in
cidents not noticed by the ordinary ob
server. As the tickets were sold by a num
ber of different persons, the receipts of the
evening have not yet been ascertained.
Muller Post propose to substitute a play j
entitled "The Patriot; or the Scout of the ;
Cumberland" for the camp scones hereto- 1
fore exhibited to the public. C. A. Bennott j
will assume the role of the colonel of the !
regiment; Geo. Howe that of adjutant. No j
definite time has been set for the enter- j
tainment; bat it will take place shortly j
after tho New Year..
FOICEST CULTURE.
The Climatic Chm.. _ . .-....'. teed l>;j the .'«.
tira:i.»u I' Trees.
■ [N. Y. I_.-.«i_<!.j
In a valuable paper re id before an agri
cultural meeting at Northampton, Mass^
on the 7th, Prof. G. S. S irgeaS pointed out j
the vast losses to ih_ cjautry . .nuaUy by j
forest fires. Thi strongest point iv his
paper—on the permanent damage done by
these fires—is that they "destroy not only
the growing wood, but the fertility of the
soil itself." As this i 3 the season for leg
islation it is timely to press on legislators
the necessity for revising existing enact
ments to better secure the wasted forests
from the wholesale conflagrations to which
th.y are every year exposed. In a recent ar- .
ticle Prof sir Sar^j nt takes the ground j
that "forests do no. produce rain; ra"n ]
produces the forests, and without a certain j
amount of rain they cannot exist." Rain
fall may not be directly produced in large
quantities by the condensation of atm_s
ph?ri .moistare caused by the cloud-chilling
forest; but the indirect agency of the tim
bered land iv augmenting the supply of
rainfall which permeates the soil and be- j
comes agriculturally beneficial is certainly j
very considerable. The addition of a Bin
le inch of rainfall to the amount which
penetrates the soil instead of running off
is on every acre over 22,500 gallons. j
Bat there is anotlor effect of forests i
which is generally overlooked even by i
scientists in discussing their physical im- 1
portance. In historic iitxe-' marked cli- J
matie changes hire occurred is Europe ■
and America which can b3 explains*] oulv i
by the pro**-533 of continental deforesting. 1
The able British physicist, Admiral Smyth, I
in his work on the physical geography oi: ■
the Mediterranean basia, clearly shjjrs '
that great climatio chinas h.ivc ur.:;-.i j
place. The effects of intense cd!'.l weather .
in Italy, Greece and A«ia Mimr recorded I
by ancient writers, hi if>iisj ''have boon in
later a^e? Tirikm-v:." Li" tv 3 Cytiiry •
it is doti'jifal -,?'y3c".;3- tj wV:i ertz I
have as cold winters as that of 1730. when I
the Chesapeake bay "was frozen solid," ac- (
cording to Mr. Jefferson, "from its head to
the month of the Potomac," and Ws3h- J
ington'a troops securely crossed en the j
solid ice from New Jersey to Staten ;
Island. Making dna allowance for histor
ical inaccuracies it seems clear that while j
thettold spells of late years have been as
intense as those of 178 and 1856 their
duration has not been so protracted.
Forests, of coarse, proeect the soil from ,
rapid radiation of its heat amd fevjm the
frigorifio. downward currents of th 9
great acol dwaves." Bat thejiß^stalso ma- ;
terially retard the passage of these "polar <
waves" and serve to dotuln ttiem longer on :
the continent than wovld fc»e th 3 case ware
the soil cleared. Tiie removal of the for»
est3 by the spread, of civilization and con
flagrations thn? expose iha soil to increased
fluctuations of abnormal cold and heat and
enables the heavy misses of cold air to
roll over it tfith grea»^r velocity to the sea.
We may «ongratnlate ourselves on the lat
ter effect of soil denudation, as it prob
ably -gives us winters of higher mean tem
-peratnre than ovr ancestors had. Bat i:
is not improbable future investigation
wIR demonstrate that •while vra
Unas gain our .'•iniicUr 'wiater.V the
precipitation of winter and spring is re
duced and tie a^rk'.il'.u a! -^sasons open
•with disastrous droi<ht/i. For it is seen
that exceptionally milt winter?, like those
of 1877-78, 1879-80 Wad 1«1 -82, have beeu
marked by deficieao eS or' fwiHtar rainfall
and by wii«spread droirihts,. with fore6t
fire Had army worm invasions in the sne
oeedicg spring months, and aridity some
times extending far into summer. It is to
be hoped, therefore, that during the com
ing winter the preservation of forests will
be made a matter of more effective and in
telligent legislation than ha 3 yet been de
vised. w-*- ->'J :■■'■ ;■-■■ .- - .
■-,:''. ' TheWis onslu Grange i si:'.;..,r*»->j'--f-l
, Mulwauxkb, Dec. 15. —The Stats grange I
has concluded its labors for this yta-. R. I
J. Day, of Green county, wes *1 cted trus
tee, John Wkillet, of JePerson, member of
the «xecutiwe committee, G. Hniffin, of
Milwaukee, purchasing agent. The next
annual meeting is to bo held at Madison.
The committee on transportation offered a
resolution to have the legislature ' enact
laws looking to a redaction of 25 per cent,
in railway passenger rat««, which was I car
ried. ' Andrew Broughtou. of Green, John
Whillet, of Jefferson, R. D. Frost, of Dane,
were appointed a committee to guard the
interest of the Ajjricultnral college and
have it made an experimental elation.
Adjourned for one year.
Albany, N. V., Dec. 15.— At the hearing
to-day before the attorney general in the
application of Greaves to bring a Bait
against the Western Union Telegraph com
pany, the attorney general asked the coun
sel if this action was taken under the same
condition the MutaalUuiou suit was be
gun, and if it was brought on the supposi
tion that the decision in that case was cor
rect. , The lawyer replied, yes.
CLOTHIjSh*,
SOLID COMFORT!
Now that Jack Frost has at last arrived, those
who had thought to push through without a
NEW OVERCOAT.
Will look lor the
To this we answer visit the
MW¥ffi!F 111? PiiiSPl IMIWI VAIiTCV
Mi! lvnA VJifi-i lylii viiv IHIII«HVLiMi
CORNER OF THIRD AND MINNESOTA STS., ST. PAUL.
THE ELI PEBKJLKS OF THE WEST.
Hi." Discorei'ij in an Idaho Carejaf a Fire-
Hreathiug Silver Imageand the Hones of
a Salmon-Eating Cant,
I Ketchum (Idaho) ' Keystone. ] *
Last Sunday Foley Abbott, of Sawtooth, ;
went on to the high and rugged peak op-!
posite the Pilgrim miao on Beaver gulch
jto kill somo grouse. As the "beautiful"
was about Llir^ fee!; deep ha went on
snew-shoes. The trip was a hard one, as j
the mountain is very steep and he was i
obliged to make many "tacks" to reach the I
summit. While he was passing near one |
of the bieh granite cliffs lie noticed that
there was an opening under it.r.nd thought j
j he had found a good place to rest and be j
j protected from tho wind, so he proceeded j
Ito it. Seeing that darkness was inside and I
j the cave appearing to be of good size, he j
! made a torch of slivers taken from a pile .- j
I pine log near by, and proceeded to explore !
j bis now find. After going through a long, I
1 narrow and crookod passage he found him
! self insida of a large chamber with smooth
I floor and perfectly dry, which was brilliant- '
Ily lighted.by a flame in the center. A* ■
! this was the main attraction he (siff.lti.'i : s - j
j went to it. To his astonishment i.-.- ; ..; U •
an image of a man, iaado of wli 1 !.:.; :.. ; ;
appearance of silver, and which lie *Uu\ : .
it is. At the head was a :■■■>. -
patterned helmet, in which w**re :\:..--. - - r -v
j tition feathers, made of gold 1; ~- ? — '
j From the mouth of the strange mm 4 « , . .
' ceeded the flame. Mr. Abbott thicks Liatj
the prehistoric and undoubtedly very intel
ligent race that erected it had discovered
a gas jot, and that there is communication
down through the body to the solid rock,
from which the gas proceeds perpetually, i
It is an evidence that there is an immense I
body of coal oil under the mountain, from j
which the g^S proceeds. After satisfying
his cariosity looking at the wonderful j
lamp he tremblingly commenced a search '
for other objects.
On the walls v,-erG hieroglyphics, which,
of course, he could not read. In one cor
ner was a very large hum in skeleton —it
least nine feet high—and by it a stone '
tomahawk and a large cross-bow, which, j
although it had the appearance of being j
perfectly sound, fell into a thousand pieces I
when he attempted to lift it. A stone [
mortar, containing somo very rich ;:old '
specimens, was found, and also seme large j
! pieces of ruby silver. Some backbones of t
salmon were scattered around, proving ,
that the inhabitants of .the cavern were '
salmon eaters. There were many other '
things in t'a3 apartment, such as arrow- i
I heads, bones of animals and a petrified ,
j human hand, I
ALL, AROUHD Tit 11 GLOSS. '
j
Rev. Father Superior Alchner, of Sacred |
Heart seminary, at Montreal, died yester- '
i day. ■ j
El Data canrch, BrODklya, r- ; >->-i>
1 membership 2.513. Pew rents ' §'.'-3.00). '
Collections, $5,463. I
The storekeepers of Brooklyn pr^ . : ' / (
h^vo tlia polioa tujoiaeJ fi-o.a clo'in.^.j
stores Bonday. before Chris is a*> 1 Hi v i
Year's. ■■£*;
Th« state traasuror o! Missouri hi} *'■ i ,
1 a cliijck to the natioJial b.ink of N•# V >:•;:
! for $335,030 to p-iy January iate ox
I etate boaug. —---
j Four oases of small*pjx vere reported
i to the board of health at Dayton.Oaio.yes
| tetday. They are the first "of the winter
and. nil children.
the Kia^staa, Oab., Madicil college
difficulty is settled. To-mDrrov females
will be admitted, but those no* attending
will be allowed to finish the coarse.
The faculty of the Chicago university
yesterday saspended two students or im
pudence find insubordination in connec
tion with recent troubles there. Bad
feeling prevails and more suspensions
In ay follow.
At a meeting of rubber manufacturers
.yesterday, it was decided to close all rub
bet boot and shoo factories in the country
Dec 23, for one week, after which only
lialf the goods formerly made will be
manufactured.
Hard on the. It ticket Shops'
Chicago, Dec. 15.—Some time since the
secretary of the board of trade sent a no
tice to. the telegraph companies doing
business on the beard that after January,
1883, no operator would be allowed 01 tie ,
board who transmitted market oik o '•>'
to the bucket shops, In a conferwiijv *•■.. ,
.1 committee of the board to-day, 0./;. r•; !
C. Clowr/,'general superintealotu »»>' ■>::• I
Western Union T<i!egrnph coutpday..■*»-«<•.• • ;
that after due meutiouod no t>a;;» q- 1■ 1- '
tions would be transmitted ore;- toe W. •-••. j
; era Union wires to tiny pate of the c ..■ .- I
try. There are about 270 bucket' s,u> t >.^ in
the country doing business on 'change
i figures, and it is believed this action will
close them all up as the prohibition ex
tend* to the gold and stock "tickers" which
furnish quotat ion? to bucket shops. ;!-.;;:
V/-.-.V- ,;,-'■ '' ' * ' ' * ": \ t., .
. An invitation has been sent to President
Arthur and cabinet to attend the Texas state
Saengerfeat which is to be given in Dallas
next May. If the invitation be .accepted
it will be the first tim9«'^ president, living
or dead, ever set foot on Texas soil, with
one solitary exception— Gei. Taylor. He
was there during the Mexican war, but no
other man who ever cc jupi • the • White
house as president ever laid eye onlTcias.
The Massachusetts Bureau of Labor
Statistics show that the storekeepers'
profits on dry-goods, boots and shoes,
and marfy of the standard groceries,
rarely exceed, when the whole-rde and
ret til profits are added togetV. er. } 5 per
cent. On the other hand, on teas,
spices, and in some instances on fresh
meats and provisions, the gains run over
25 per cent.
The London World states that in
comparison with English society, with
I'voii ranch of the most select society of
London itself, there is scarcel? a Eu
ropean metropolis which is not iutolerant
.md bisoted in its exclusiveuess.
SOXNETS. ji
If faint Impressions or thy £raco >
Thecareh glance pay,
The eyes rant rightly read thy f:.ci
Increasing charms survey.
Kb antliehce thy merit craves, ■ . \
Rut liidrs its pc~pc:cii3 storey . ' , •'■..
Like fountains that in sveret c:;vc3 J*
Tlioir crystal waters iic:ir. {
T vcnld not for the world's control
Oar friendship sweet resign, *''
For vainly should 1 seek a son* ■ # •'.,
To match tho charm of ihir.'--. ' s
Love, en yonr era in the ground, . - V
F'f.v,—>•* I planted are growing; ' ; •
!.. 'it's- :;;i:l ■. ,'.;<:,s al>oi:r,il, ' , '
l'ai ■: . border it •■•••i;;!. '•.*■ '.
'VI".; cowslips .-:;! cif my sowing; '-'"■ • ■'. i
'- A (■!•<■« ;vr is trying to cover ■ v^
Yoar name with a kiss like a lover. ■ • ;j
D- -lv. or. your grave, in my heart,
Grow (lowers you planted when living;
Memories that cannot depart,
Fail!; in life's holier '.■•!»!,
Love,'all of yonr giving;
Ami hope, climbing higher, is enrer
To reach yon ::s life grows purer. ' ; •
one.- in Anilainsian monntaina ••
Waiidi i-'-(l F. a happy tonrist,
Strayed I in tho Vale of Fountains^
'■ .■:■.'. I of sweet waters there.
'u« i«- i isiet a Imxuni maiden
i . tv • ■ ■■' on a donkey's back,
■ ; i>«) -rs :i!l with ripe crapes laden.
;'.■ rplc as her wondrous hair.
• :•■". 1 ■aid, aO. fa;;-ost maiden,
:,: :'. is lovely Vale of Fountain's,'
".'■;■. Ti theair with bliss Is laden,
i Vi" !:'i yon, won't you given kiss?"
r .•• : rf-.ic! in choicest Spanish;
V.m'; t!:i> donkey ti:rnod aronnd,
With hie left hoof—landscapes vanish!
TlijivV the sear—not thut —this.
Hot* the F!at-Fisli I>isji' k >[!v^;irc<!.
fjore is a tine story from a friend of the dear little
schoel-ir.a'am: ,
II le and Robbie wore on the bridge
crossing a small creek near their house:
Kate was eight years old and Bobbie
en. They were watching the fish and
the crabs and the shrimps, and whatever
might come along. The water was only
about a foot deep, and the bottom bright
clean eafld, so that they could see with
perfect clearness everything that, passed.
Presently along came a flat-fish swim
ming rip the creek, flat-fish always
swim close to the bottom, and when they
stop swimming they lay flat on the bot
tom. This one was coming slowiy along
and Lopping every few feet, and then
going on again. He was about' eight
tnckC3 long and of a dark brown color,
an..] i.-5 course* as he contrasted with the
bright sand, his dark color showed very
strongly. The children saw him com
ing and were watching him, hoping
that he would stop near them. He did
go, making a halt just as he reached the
bridge. They were very quiet for fear
they might frighten him, not even speak
ing, but some movement or other dis
turbed him. and he disappeared. "Why,
Robbie! Where is the flat-fish?" "I
rvm cure I can not tell, Kate. Did you
m:o him go?" "No, and I was looking
itraiglit r L him all the time. How could
it bo !li t he got away so quick?" . <
&ad so they went on talking over the
;n;ittcr and wondering where the flat
iioh \\r^ t while all the time he lay just
• ~isr<- they had seen him stop.
Alter a few minutes Robbie's sharp
eyes detected two small black spots on
the white sand. "Katie, don't you see
those two specks? I wonder what they
can be. I don't believe they were
there before the flat-fish came." "Why,
Bobbie, they look to me like eyes. Do
you suppose he has gone away and left
his eyes there?" "I don't know, Kate,
but you just keep still a minute and I
will punch the place with a stick." He
brought the stick, put it down carefully,
and was about to touch the black spots,
when away darted the flat-fish from the
very spot under the stick, and as he
swam off he looked as dark brown as ho
was when lie came.
Now, how was it that he disappeared?
Where did he go? I will tell you. He
did not go; he lay still all the time, but
he changed his color on the instant, so
that instead of being dark he was as
light as the sand, and then the children
were unable to see lam, and when Rob
bie started him with the stick he re:
inroecl'his dark color as suddenly. Is'nt
that strange? And yet it is absolutely
H-nc I have seen it done many and
••■■ >;•■ a tir-ie. You have probably read
.. ...i.'s 'about the chameleon and its
.;>vof changing color. Probably all
: yon have ever roiiJ may be correct,
i>. ...a ought to understand that oilier
■ .'•."•":. ii» can change their coior as well.
,\i» i chameleons often, and they
. ■ : j- astonishingly, but a number of
.. ir'iia'.ies, can do it more strikingly. 1
: uve Be?n 'cuttle-fish, which are com
monly called squids, ohaoge from. dark
chocolate-brown to clear white, and
then back to brown again, an Vdo it re
peatedly, as rapidly as I could open and
7f»lint. mv hand.—St. Nicholas Stories.
NOVELTIES.
WIFE
Sweeiartiiriii;
IfiliKl
■ '"' On Elegant and Choic »■;•-' •
llllilillill
Meet with
Ready ©ale
and -if you would raliovd yo ir. ralnd' n£ All ■
o.x"cty as to what to bay &t priasan^aail ,
;ir., . ' Now is tha time to bay. ■ '
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