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\ :> },?' ' 'it ?hc Hthcclitttj SB Mmftmm* =y^7iXlSHED AUGUST 24. 1852. WHEELING, WEST VA., TUESDAY MOBNING, DECEAtBBB 27, 1881. VOLUME XXX.-XUMliElt 107. ?J? Meltytmr, OiliTr: - ">5*7 rourU-cuHi Hlretl. Xlif Flmiuf Jnl UuhIucimi MIIuhIIou. There are those, who reasoning from the I ihortm-Jriof our crops this year as compared with hat, and the consequent diminished I volume of our exerts, lmvo taken occasion I siuce the lute Btriugenfy in money in New York, and the more recent decline in stocks, I to raise notes of warning that we may be I v ?iying very close on to another panic, I They jwint to the unprecedented milea on railroad built in the hurt two years,and to!' the fact that manyof these raiiroadsaro of a j' purely speculative character, projected by) J construction companies, or inside rings, for h the purpose of simply marketing bonds nnd I' nocks on a credulous and spec-/' ulative public that must be for an indeti- i nite time liopelefsly non-dividend paying. I ( They point especially to the fuct that well will goon have five lines to the Pacific, It K'Vtral of them traversing vast stretches of * improduilive country, and that we lmve I put into these hiief, as well as into a num-j? her of Mexican lines that must be hopeless |1 nfa oavimr local business for many years to |v come, hundreds of millions of monoy, Tho <|ue?tion is naked, how long can ^ this thing go on ami not produce flnan- * cial trouble. We are reminded that it waa 0 by tho swamping of Jay Cooke & Co., in P the Northern Pacific railroad in 1873, that c the great panic of that year waa inaugurat- n ed. And the argument is mnde that in 1' the event of tho death of some such man 0 u Jay Gould, on whoso life vast enter- 0 prises depend for thoir real or speculative ri luceeti, another panic of greater or les3 dimensions may in like manner bo precipl* M tit(d. For instance, Jay Gould is said to n be the holder of a hundred millions of rail* |? road property, largely non-dividend paying pro|>erty, much of it classed as "fancy" railroad property, and, further, ho is said j, to be u heavy borrower of money on this j, property, using the money for tho control p of other property, lie is, in other words, j, the center of a vast net work of speculative w railroad properties, all more or less depend- 0 ent on his acknowledged skill, as well as (j on tho conlidence lie inspires in a large ^ speculative following, for tho successful ? maintenance of their nominal value, and je nil liable to be precipitated on tho market 0 in the event of his death and left without tj either the ability or tho confidence to sup- ^ port their t.emendous weight. a As long as ho lives all may go on ap- n proximately well, just as tho country u might have gone on perhaps for another j| year in case Jny Cooko A Co. had not ei failed, but the question is, who will sup- tt jHjrt the skies when Allot* goes to tho llapcrides ? ,r It must be admitted that a condition of n tilings that hinges so largely on tho Kfo of t( a single individual is not deairablo for tho n beit interests of tho country nt large. For 0 weeks post tho New York banks have C( teen below their line, which indicates that j thev have loaued out more monoy than tho 0 legal limit. Just how this money is loaned, H just how much to men like Jay Gould ou 0 nominal values, and just how much to men R] in regular trade, cannot of course bo C( known, but judging by tho heavy discount j made eaeh week by the New York Public fontock dcJings, in thesuin total of hank exchanges, a very largo amount must bp tl loaned on rail on Jay Gould securities. Tho p Instant demand for tho return of these p loans would cause a great stringency in fl money, and a great stringency in money v would foree a regular flood tide of offerings 1 in the way of securities. There must in the c nature of things be a vast amount of these ti on which the banks would not loan money h under inch circumstances, and they would b have to be sold for whatever they would n bring. ^ To this situation we must add tho existence of the railroad war, which to all appearances is no nearer settlement to-day than for months past, and which ha* fearfully cut down tho earnings of the trunk lines. Tho panic of 1873 ( pUyed ha.'oc with the status of theso roads in the way of quotations for their shares. ErensoFolvent a road as tho Haitimoro & Ohio gradually fell to one-half or moro of itiselling price at the time tho panic oc vuiicn, mm ouicr lines ion in llio same ratio. It i? true the general situation is a good <lwl altered since 1873. Nothing like th? j ame amount ol American securities are j held in Karope, and the country generally | ii in a much better condition for standing t opajmiupt a sudden shock, but the (act re- 1 tnaiiw tlmt in a panic the general impulse j ol the public in to take fright and sell off , i enrolling in the nature of speculative f . lnildings. y One of the effects of a sudden shock ; Would be to cull ? halt in all sorts of busl*?a enterprises. This would ho felt speed!- I ' ly in not only railroad building, but in all I j the great factories of the country that aro < today full of orders dependent on the sue- 1 ta? ol a thottsftjid and one projects of a ? Constnictive character, such, for instanco, to the rail mills aud locomotlvo works of the land. We cannot forget how speedily . they were affected in 18711, and how quick v sympathy spread abroad among all h falllied industries of the land. t This js one viewjof the monetary sltua- ( | ' lion as it Mands to-day. It is not to bo 1 I : ii?g?ised that there are elements of danp tw in it, whether the actual realization be 1 i;. ?eu or remote. Pattlca are like ft thief 1 I in the nitfltl, Although Hko nil coming |, tventi they nro apt to cant their ahad iwa | ahead o( them. At present the tendency I el {lie country is towards Inflation. InflftI tion n?:turally bctfcta n panic in the end. E It naturally ends up that way. The vol1* time of paper and the volume of metallic* ? ? tooney nro on the increase. The country I tntttt absorb this volume?tho amount in f ttw* o( its actual needs (or exchange*? I in htyiM (trices. This is the history of all 1 \ inflition. Wo now have about a doaen (, different kinds of money in tnoro or lew jj. Wive ?so, not the least import* I< *nt ot which is the issue of "silver t wtiflcatw," n species ot money that R pwrnisos to increase indefinitely, and along 5 it, under an increased demand for K tonk accommodations, a rising volume of K National hank notes. How far an Inflation of credit! la going I is not discernible Itayond what th# g statements of the country ahow. B *how ? moro active demand for money and consequently an increased line of discounts. It is, however, tho concurrent testimony irom the various trade centres that merchandise is not being sold on long time, and tho sharp demand (or all manufactures this fall and winter, and the bare stocks reported, would not indicate large purchases for speculative account. The country is actually consuming an unprecedented amount of merchandise. Improvements are the order of tho day in almost every locality. Still it is not to bo disguised that once the idea of advancing values takes possession of the commercial mlud an irresistible tendency to speculative purchases ahead at immediate wantssets in. We will never Itnow the extent to which anticipatory orient are giveu. As prices rise the fever of ipeculation rises, and runs pari paasu. fake, for instance, the late sudden riso in ran. Who can tell how much of it is >wing to lurgo railroad orders that have won and are being pluccd. Onco the idea pt* abroad that prices are tending upvarvl tliftrn trill lirt a riltirlf rojtnnnue on tho >artof tho speculative element for ovory pedes of Iron goods. And tho specula- ; ivoclomont means nino-tenthsof tho men < trlio deal in that class of merchandise. < Tho intor-dependouco in trade of all i ind* is go closo in this ago of the world i bat one thing can be said to rest on an- 1 thor, after tho fashion of tho traditioual ' iile of bricks. And it would seem, to | omo back to our storing point, that very < luch depends nowadays on the lifo of the I irgest schomjr and speculator that this t oyntry ever knew. A man who, in his i wn right, controls thousands of milea of ^ ailway, and who3o monetary relations as a J o'rower, buyer and manipulator to the j 'hole businets of tho country are of tho i lost ramifying and penetrating character 1 i not only an anomaly in llnunce but a J ictor of the most precarious character. | Tub latest sensational gossip from Wash- j lgton is that tho now llritish minister hus n een charged by tho Queen with tho im- Jj ortnut duty of looking up a husband for H or youngest daughter in this country, u ith a view to strengthouing the relations 1 f her throne with the United .States. This n aughter is tho I'rinceas Beatrico, now in \ er 25th year. It is further said that tho t linisier has reported that President Arthur c i tho man she wants, lie is only 60 years J f ago?a splendid looking man?in fact le finest specimen of physical manhood | le minister'over saw, and "every inch <1 king." Tho letter in which this [ ows is contained is appropriately headed tl a chapter of incredible gossip." t t is well headed. Thoro is not the taint- J it probability of i.'s containing so mucli as J grain of fact. The Queen would infinite- ? ' jireiur lo iiiurry nur uuii^uut iu mu 1 lout Impoverished and insignificant rem- 1 nnt of Hesse or Saxc-Cobutg royalty than !' > tho President of tho United States. Tlio H larringo of tho Princess Louise to u scion | f tho great Scottish house of Argylo was ' onsldered a condecenslon, and poor " orno has been snubbed tlmo and again ( n great Btato occasions. Ilut Ills situation n 'ould bo heaven itself as compared to that < ( tho President of the United States 1 liould ho so far forget himself as to ac- | ept what will nover bo offered to him?it I augliter of tho Queen. *1 A New Yohk milk dealer, for violating 1 io regulation forbidding tho solo of iniuro inilk, was sontenccd, Thursday, to imrlsonmcnt for one month anil to jiay a , no of $50. A scoro of others wore fined , arlous sums, ranging from $5 to $25. , ho Board of Health means, by tho oxer- ( ise of tho powers given It, to suppress tlio , raffle in adultoratcd milk, and every ] ousehold will applaud lis action. And, ( y tlio way, tho traffic In skimmed milk . nd watered milk Is not confined to Now ( fork. . Tins country Is now blessed with no lees linn twolvo kinds of currency, or twelve | Inils of things which servo more or less I lio purposes of a medium of exchange. ( 'lioro arc: 1, gold; 2, gold cortlllcatesi .1, , 'standard" sliver dollars; 4, silver dollar I crtlQcates; 8, trade dollars; 0, fractlpnal j liver coins; 7, fractional notes; 8, nickel olns; 0, bronio or copper col lis; 10, United i itates notes; 11, national bank currency lotos; 12, national bank gold notes. It was not Mr. J. A. Woodward, as re- j lorted In our local columns yesterday, but llr. J. If. Woodward who was elected 'resident of tlio La llello Mills on Salur* lay. Ho takes tho placo of his brother IVilllnm In tlmt position, and we doubt not lint lio will by virtuo of Ills long expert* mco and recognized fitness lor the place lire the Ixi llello In tlio future it contlamnco ol ll< enviable success In the past. Tim winter linn not as yet been such a* o enable the mucb nbused plumber to get ii lila work to advantage, but already, no jbserve, tbo following anticipation boa been set afloat In tbo papers: A pltimlKir wf nt forth In plumb To it kinitlr palaw* by llie war* And when till hftlf rlny'a mirk wm ilono I'reaenlcil hla bl'l wllliinit Tlif k I mi? IiiwibIiI fnrili 111* liflfa nf anld, llli illaintiiiila anil hla Jewelled crown, The pliimlicr credit ?a?c lor them, And took a lnorl*nae nn llie 111 nine. Tilt Now York 1'otl collates the opinions )t tlio press to (how that tlio President undo n mlitako when lit appointed Howe Postmaster. Tim Cincinnati Commercial uy* that" the prospect ol cheaper postage ends where Howe begins." A cAtirria iron man ol tills oily has looked over his books, and discovered that llie average prlci ol pig inclal lor the Inst twelve 7cum linn been $2(1 CO per ton. me prcaent price Is therefore very close to tlio average. tli* Cincinnati (/ntrlle "ciprcsacii tlio opinion thnt Vanderbllt la (iRhtinft npilnat nature ami the eternal fltncoa ol tiling* in the preacnt railroad conteat, and will have to yield or liankrnpt lila roada. Tub I'lttahnrgh Ditpakh nay* that there la a heavy demand for money from the lianka ol that city, and that (lie demand cornea from manttfactnrera. Now that Chrlatmna liaa paaaed away, it la to bo hoped that poultry will not rootf to high (In price) m to be Inaccmible for the balance of the winter, Tirttt to fio let-np In the apread of th? imall pot at Chicago. The lieftltluoffl* core ore doing wbat they con, but the peat house was too small and un addition ii completed, only in part. Houses are placarded, and vaccination has been enforced to some extent by law. Yet, from the difliculty of detecting the disease in its earlier stages and the repugnance to admitting that one is affected by it, no method has been devised to prevont persons going ubout the streets who have the disease. A half dozen come to the Health office in Chicago, daily, asking to be sent to the hospital. In some coses the disease has broken out unon them. The situation in tho city is no worse than in tho country, whore tho contusion Beems to have power to leap from city to city and from town to towu. The officers of Joliot penitentiary have prohibited the frionds of prisoners from uny of the large cities of Illinois visiting them. Th? Hullroiul War -No lIo|tea of a Compromise. Tho latest advices from Chicago in regard to tho railroad war are to tho following effect. Ciiicaco, December 25.--The scramble for business, and tho unusually low rales charged during tho past week by tho Eastern lines, hud tho effect of stimulating ?nst-bound business somowhot. Yet tho increase in business is not so light us might have been expected under tho cirjumstunces. Tho provision rutes during tho wcok went down to lL'Jc per 100 pounds by oil tho lines; but in spite of this jxtraordinurv low rates tho inereaso in provision shipments was but little in ox:eas of tho week previous. Nearly tho enire gain was made on gruin and hour shinncnts, although tho competition on grain vas not so active as on provisions. The Pennsylvania and Baltimore A Ohio adhere o the grain rates, but met tho raiso made >v other lines on provisions. As tho two /audorbilt roads and tho Grand Trunk uwo carried the bulk of tho gruin business luring tho pust week, it is quite certain hat these roads have made us low, if not owor, rates 011 grain than provisions. Tho 1'onnsylvania and Baltimore &Ohio eoplo Buy they do not euro to curry gruin ,t such low rutes, but on provisions they nil mnko us losv rutes as any other lino., 'ho Pennsylvania has reduced its proviion turilF to twelvo and ono-hulf cents'per 1110 hundred pounds from Chicago to Xew fork, and tho Baltimore <k Ohio to nine nd ono-hulf cents from Chicago to Haiti* nore. It is intimated that this week the 'undorbilt lines, which havo chanted but wolvo ami on?*half cents all along, will ut provision rates down to ten cento, in irhieli event tlio Pennsylvania will mako ho wuuo rate an open ono. All hopes of an early settlement of the ieastern war liavo vanished, and tlio in!initions now are that after Janunay 1, lio conteat will becomo still moro lively lian it now is, and that rates will go do wn o a nominal figure. Jt is now believed lidt the only way in which tlio war can bo irought to u eloso is by cutting rate* to tlio invest figures, thus implicating such loss inon the roads that they will soon cry Hold?enough!" Tlio question now is illicit road cun hold out the longest, 'anderbllt claims that he ran stand contest of this kind for any ength of time, and that he is lire to cotno out ahead. But ho Pennsylvania and Baltimore and Ohio oads claim to be in just as good condition stho Vnndcrbilt roads, and, not having o much water to carry, they will bo able osland tlio contest ns long as Vanderbilt ml even longer. Both sides aro deternined to carry their noint, and neither vill givo up until all tlieir resources aro xhausted. Tlio total shipments of grain, lour and provisions for the week ending December 25th by tlio six lines running ast from this city wore 5l,21M) tons, against i3,880 tons for tlio week previous, un intease of 7,410 tons. ftnnriny Affltntloii. In many parts of Europe the Sabbath juration is being agitated with great cner;y, and vigorous measures aro beingadoptid to securo a moro proper and moro genirally beneficial observance of tlio day of est Tlio movement in Germany has enisled tlio sympathy of very different classes if people. AtNurenberg the (lorman paicr makers lately held a sort of eonference, ind among thoquestions discussed was that >f Sunday labor, and without a dissenting roico it was resolved to discontinue, all ,vork on Sunday at once. At Cassel the [icoplo have assembled and petitioned the Kwtollk'o authorities that no pnpers or letera be delivered on Sunday, except such is are marked "express." Tlio minister of Aorship and instruction lins issued a decreo forbidding all public works on Sunday and lioly (Jays, and it is stated that Count Cliovlnsky, of Salxburg, and other largo employers of labor havo issued similar orders to the workmen under their control. In Switzerland and in France, too, tlio movement has found favor. Tlio radical canton of Apjerzull has closed up (Ill UIIIJWJ IHIlimM Utl uuiuiun; Vivuwgu ...... Sundays. In the sumo canton It used to lie tlio custom oven ntnong the better cltuw nf merchants to keen their stores open Sunday. Kvcn the French Govern merit linn aliown signs of yleldltig to tlio new movement. Tlio minister at tlio lieml of llio postofllce iiml telegraph department linn been malting Inquiries with a view to such a change an nliall glvo rent Jo all his oiBcials on every alternate Sunday. Mfflrlel Pwr In \.ir l'ork. Nrw Vouk, December 20.?Tlio scarlet fever In Increasing in this city at a threatening rate, and according to the returim of Innt week is assuming an unusually malignant form, The health oflluers have met tin) emergency by Increasing tlio number of dislnfcctors, and more If necessary will bo appointed. During, tlio week ending December 17th 241 cases were reported and 01 deaths recorded. Tlio rccord for tlio week ending Saturday last will probably bo .'100. The number of deaths during the week from that disease was 82, of wlilcli 63 were in tenement houses. On Saturday 17 persons died from the same cuuse, on Sunday 0 and to-day 17. Nmnltpfls In I'hlrsge. Chicago, December 20.?The smallpox seeiua to continue at about the same rate of mortality and Increase as heretofore. One of the chief causes is that country towns send their cases to this city for the authorities to cure for. (Inn mnn wits ui? covered In llio oul?klrt? ol the city who hud heen taken Willi the disease while working on a farm In Du Page county; and had at once bcefi hustled ofT on foot to Chicago, Ill* (nee was n mum of blotches nnd ho was steering for n house. Tlio disease haa broken out at the County Ilospltst, three ensos being discovered 'there. They were, of course, taken awny nnd all visiting attlie hospital lias lieen Interdicted for the present. A Heserled Ship. ft** FnAxrisw, Iteeembcr 2rt.?The German bark Smikt, slxty-flvo daya from Newiiistle, Kngland. rrports that on the mornlux of July SDtli, they saw two ships close together to the westward, and In the alteri noon at 3 o'clock one started off. At fi r. M. reached the remaining ship, Namli DongIsm, of Uverpool. The lower hold was full ol Witter. No men were on board. She was stripped ol everything movable. In llio cabin everything was smashed .aid polled. The Mil wai loom and the alilp rolling very heavily, being In a fairway of shipping, wjf flfo to her and procesdetl on our voyage, >1 I i"TlVl lijJ, talfiiSfciSy . : ~ ; MARSHAL HENRY'S SAY | ABOUT THE ASSASSIN'S TRIAL, | Ho Contradict! Mrs. Sco* llla'a SUtamaal la Which Ska Danlad Atkiaf Proto?Uoa ftr Har Uubaad. Tory Hick Llka flar Brotkar.-TVkal tka luiktl TkJaki of tk? Cm. Waaiiinoto.v, D. C., December 20.?Marshal Henry, in ua interview to-day, replying to Mrs. Scovillo's statement in which she said she did not go to hiui and ask him to have her husband protected, said: "She came into my office with a bundle of letters and said her husband was in danger. I told her I did not think that any one would hurt him, but if she needed a guard I had not tho men at my cotninund to furnish it She said sho did not want a guard stationed at the house. She said sho had seen Mayor Brock and failed to get any satisfaction and came to me. When I told her I could not furnish a guard she said sho would see Judge Carter. She wanted the authorities to be warned and on the look-out to prevent any harm i lu.i.wr .Inlio Nnw If hIih Wiu? nut HUekllH? I protection I don't know what sho did "la there any danger of Scovillo being attacked?" nuked the reporter. None ut all; why should any person attack him? Mrs. Scovillo is a peculiar woman, and reminds me considerably of Uuiteau. I think they are a good deal alike." "In whdt other way has she complained?" "Well, she says that tho wholo country is against her brother, and that the Government with its hoards of monoy is doing everything possible to hang him. At the same time she is pushing down in her pocket $'200 of Government money that she has been paid fur coining here to testify for her brother. She don't think how much money the Government is paying out to let her brothor have a fair trial. "What does she think you ought to do?" "That iB hard to tell. She complained tho other day that I did not protect (iuiteau, and it was iny duty to do so. I told her iny first duty was to see he did not escapc, and that was being attended to. Sho seem- i ed surprised at this statement, and*wanted to know where in tho world ho could go if he got away. I told her I did not know; that was not my business, but it was my business to see that he did not get away. I think she is a strange woman. "In what respect? "Why look at her in tho Court room. Do you know any lady of your acquaintance that would go into that Court room and question witnesses being examined on the stand ? I don't believe you do. Then blui will sit there and laugh at tho sayings of (iuiteau as if she thought them smart, and It only encouragcs him to keep up. I tell you she is like him, only sho may not have as much egotism an he has got." "Has sho gone home?" "I believe she has. Sho gothermonov from the government that sho says is against them and is doing nothing for them, and I understand has left for homo." "What do you think of tho idea of putting Guiteau in the dock?" "I think he slioukl have been put there long ago. If I had my way ho would bo ; there. I wotdd move the ladies from that ! locality and let men occupy those seats. I think then ho Mould behave himself and bo moro decent. I would not be surprised if tho judge sent him to tho dock nrctty : soon, for ho is gutting tired of his conn net." ' "Do you think the jury will convict him?" "Certainlv. How can thev do other wise? It iii ii pretty plnlncasoagalnsthlm, 1 should think, anil one that ought not to require much time to deliberate over." Tilt: AKMANjMff. Nome of flic luifMll*e I'rHtnll Ho Hun ItecilTcd. WAsni.soTod, December 2G, ? Guiteau was visited at jail to-day and was found In excellent spirits, iui lie asserted, lie still clings to the belief that the jury will acccpt his bold assertion that "ilia tree agency was destroyed," and will acqulthim, Col. Corkliill received to-day by express, from Kansas, a package found to contain a very ingeniously dcvlBed gag, "lor Mr. Guiteau," which was mado from a corncob. The Prosecuting Altorney declares that ho will to-morrow Insist upon having Guiteau removed to tlio prisoner's dock il ho undertakes to renew the tirade ef abuse which lie has Indulged In sinco the opening of thn trial, and especially during the past week. Hcovlllo has been encaged for somo days in the preparation of his closing argument, which will bo an elaborato and exhaustive review of tho voluminous evidence given upon the trial, and will probably consumo two days In delivery. lie was also In receipt of sovoral express packages to-day. Olio contained a miniature gibbet with Oultcau suspended upon It. The other, a mysterious looking parcel, contained a number of liver pills labelled "Wholesome advice for Guiteau." Tht trial will bo resumed to-morrow. AN GXI'liOAITK CIIKISTMAI. Not fVftttsfleil Willi nnlnff Welt, fi JrfTerHonvlll* Hnn Overdoes It. Jirratsoxvn.i.B, Ind., December 20,? Last night John McCle!!and,an omployo of the car works, went to his home, and In order to amuse his wife and children fired off a lot of shooting crackers. Not satisfied with this I10 procured a pound of powder, and put It Into thrco alt bottles and fastened tho bottles up tightly. After he had Inserted a fuso to each bottle he attempted to flro them off In his yard. He was not successful In firing the bottles, and taking them into the house set them upon tho table, where his wile and baby and a lltllo girl named llerry were sitting. Mm. llcClellanil ileilrrd to flro off a shooting cracker and In order to get a light removed the chimney from a coal oil lamp on the table, when the fire cracker went off and tho lamp exploded. The burning oil was communicated to tho Infernal machine! In the bottlea and all three went off with terrihlo effect, scattering the glass all over tho room. Tho oil set Are to the house and clothing of three unfortunate people?Mr. and Mrs. McO'lollanil and McClelland succeeded inexllngitishlngtho lire, not, however, until ho was severely burnedi and his wife also dangeromly burned aliout the head and face. Mra. rll-ll-M.l1- xtnililMrf waa frnm itlttll'llllliu B kiUIIHUJ) "MO UUIIIVU IIUUI her body. Till! powder nntl gloss from bottle** (llil terrible work. Mr*. Iterrv was prolmbly fatallvInjured tiya piece ntfiklns lier In the slile. She win alio cut and brulied In several places. Tilt IIIIHKOPK. An Inilramtnt bjr Whlrh It la PropoirH In nee M We Wow Hear hr T?le> phone. New York, Dfccmlior 20.?Whei the telephone was lint proposed many loolTwl attlm Idea o( trnniimlMlnR sound by means ol ? wiro and liattery. Utor It wu proponed by a European electrician to endeavor to transmit scenes Inthe same way, 1 and this Idea wai met by even a wide! In[ crednllty. For the part Uiree yean !>perlmenU ban been made to Mtala thil - |i'l|i.l.i,i.i,riM end, but witb the exception o! those ol Mr. Shelford Aidwell, a London engineer, they have been unsuccessful At tbe recent electrical exposition at Paris, Mr. Bldwell exhibited on ingenious instrument which he calls a dtoecopo. Tbe apparatus consists o( a small objective lens, tixed so as to command the object ol which an impression is to be transmitted. This Ions is connected by a wire with a smull white glass plate. Total darkness bavins been obtained in the room furnished wiUi a dioscope, it is claimed that a perfect reproduction of the image shown iu the lens will be produced on tbe glass. Tbe distance is immaterial, tio far all that has been accomplished with this instrument lias been to make visible several letters of the alphabet Still, tbe more enthusiastic claim that tbe time is not far distant when the owner of a telephone, supplemented by a dioscope, can spend an evening at the opera m bis dressing gown and slippers, seated in his easy chair, with one eye and one ear closed. Mr. Edison was found at tlio oflico of the Edison Electric Light Company, at No. US Fifth avenue, and in reply to u question us to what lie thought of the dioscope, said: "The reaily imiuagination of the French has tinctured most that has appeared iu tbe papers regarding Mr. Uidwull's invention, but 1 must admit that ho bis attained whatever success he claimed forhis instrument. Still, not enough is promised to justify the wild rumors that prevail in some quartern. In turning sound into eloctricity you are ablu to move matter, but to turn light Into electricity is a very different thing, especially us it would be necessary to transmit all the hues of a picture or a scone of nn opera. Still, it is not uu unreasonable plun, nor one impossible of ac who called 11 f>on President Arthur were Oeneral XI, 8. Omni, ex-fennlnr Iloscoe Conkllng, John .laroh Aslor, Wlll'am M. Kvarts, .lay Gould, Uiiifli J. Hastings, \V. W, Hurl hurt. J. tiellgman and .oilier*. Tho President received niiiny handsome floral designs. A (hrlslmss F.Vfl AtTnir, Tamhco, 0., December 2(1.?Saturday night n number ol laborers on the Indiana. Woomlngton A Western railroad cngnged In a bloody llghlat Shaffer's anloon. Oliu. Harris, ol Illinois, waa killed, hla skull hoIng crushed by boulders. Another man, unknown; la supposed to l>? fatally Injured. Hlnlnt Praperlr t>?froy?l. D?*v*n, Cor., December 20.?A lire yenterday Inirned the shaft houso and all other buildings, except tho connecting works, of tho Ifaideton mines, In Willis (iulch, owntvl by the Ilaileton Mining Company, of Philadelphia. hom from 930,000 to $40,000. Death ?f thaOMMt Physt* l?a In tHlm. Bojtoh, December 20.? Dr. Edward Reynolds, thn oldmt phytlclan In Botton, cuinpusnmem. nut uuuiiiu 11 buccueu, whut good would it do? It has no commercial vuluo, but is merely a luxury. Until satisfied that it can do soma good, I um unwilling to tackle such a thing, but so hooii ah I um convinced that it can bo useful, I shall want nothing better." Mr. L. 10. Curtis, Secretary of the United Stutes Electric Light Company, who has just returned from tho Electrical Congress, In Paris, say* tliat there were a great many electrical toys exhibited, which showed great ingenuity in construction, but were of no real or permanent value, and ho thinks tho dioscoju) must have belonged to this class. Ho did not see the dioscope, nor lias he read any account of it in tho records of the Congress, and lie is inclined to believe that it has not attracted much attention Among electricians. HOUICffll.i; HEATH. Alcoholism and Numlljiox?AiiObfitlaAU Pntleut. Jersey City, N. J., December 2U.? Joseph McL eury, of .122 l'uvonia avenue, was sent to St. Francis Hospital three weeks ago to undergo treatment for alcoholism. Subsequently lie waH attacked with tho worst typo of black smallpox and tho sisters concluded to Itavo him removed to the smallpox hospital. On the arrival of tho ambulance on Thursday, MoLeary refused to go to tho hospital. When the Vehicle disappeared tho man dressed himself and mudo his escape and went to his homo to-day. Through his wife's importunities and promise to accompany him, ho consented to go to Snuke Hill and Mrs. McLeary loft Die house for tho purpose ofordoring an ambulance. During Mrs. MeLeury's absence John Leymos entered tho house,aud got tho sick man's consent to accompany him to the Second Precinct station house, Loymos thefi assisted McLeary, whoso face was a mass of sores, through tho streets to the itation houso. . Meantime Dr. Paul, who had seen men in the street, hurried to tho station house and reported that McLeary was in a dying condition and advised the sergeant in charge not to admit him. The doors wero ut once fastened, and when Leytuofl arrived with his charge admission was refused and tho sick man wus deposited on tho sidewalk, where, after a few convulsive shuddui*. fiu died. I^v mos then attempted to force his way into the station house urul was arrested and locked up. An hour later the body was removed, but not beforo several hundred people, the majority chit* dren. had congregated, and tho cloth that had been placed over tho dead man's face was removed by the children a number of times. After tho removal of the body and tho entire block was fumigated. The street was crowded for some time later by people discussing the occurrence. in nijs Anxiety About the Urportcil Firing on tlif* AlnNkn. Washington, December 20. ? Trivate dispatches havo been received hero to-day from various quarters of the country asking in regard to the prospect of trouble on account of tho Mouth American complications. One from Now Orleans said that an uncertain feeling touching this matter was beginning to havo a serious efiflct upon many business enterprises. At tho Stato Department assurances were given to gentlemen inolllcial position, who called seeking information with which to answer their dispatches, that so far as tho department knew, there was no reason to believe that any present complications anywhere would lend to actual trouble. There is, however, considcrablo anxiety at tho Navy Department to hear definitely about the Alaska. Tho report that sho. has been fired into is not credited, hut there is eeneral interest, both at the State nod Navv Departments, to hear to what extent,if at all, tho movements of tho Alaska havo compromised us iti our relations to Chili. Capt. Walker, Chief of tho Bureau of Navigation, says there ran be no truth in the report that the Alaska had been fired upon. The department would havo had information of such an occurrence as soon as anybody. A Kcnttirhjr Row. Cincinnati, 0., December 20.?Speclal dispatches report a brutal murder of a man named lllack, city tax collector, Fridny afternoon, at Hamilton, lloone county, Ky. Mitchell ltichnldand Pascal Ijimpkins had quarreled over a trifling matter at a saloon, and Lampkinii cut Kichald, but not seriously. Hlack, as an officer, interfered to keep tho peace, when Umnkiiis literally dlseml>owelcd him. I^mpklns escaped by swimming tho river amid a shower of bullets fired at him. The President'* Christmas Culler*. v?... TUnnmt.?. Ort A .......n llmnn [ POTATOES FROM HOLLAND, i A Country Wbfcli ltenta Irslaud la the Quality ofTbon* KscolcuM, ; Niw Youx, December LU?Largo quan- ' titicn of potatoes are imported annually from Holland, chiefly for the familial of 1 the German and Dutch merchants and bankers living in New York. They come for the most part from Vclzen, Haarlem and tho neighborhood of Kutwyk Aaniee, and their quality is considered superior to that of any other variety. The demand for o them increases yearly. h "You see," said Mr. R. Joosten, the im- a porter, "one reason why my busiuess is well established, is that many people of lib* 11 erul means come hero who spare no ex- ei pense in following old tastes and customs u in tho mutter of table suppiiis, Thus, n when good Americau potatoes have beeu selliug here ut seventy-live cents a bushel, my custonierii have sent in tlieir orders b in the full for eight and ten baut, re- tt gurdless of tlie extra cost. A bug of Dutch p) potutoes worth $3.50 weighs lo5 pounds, .. und is about equal to the ordinary barrel ' of two und ono-hulf bushels. This year tli American potutoes cost ubout as micfi us le tho Dutch, und tho supply of the lutter is larger than usual in Wow York. A good many Americans who have tustod the ^ Dutch potatoes while abroad are now on w my list of customers. The Burbank aud tvt white curly roso of this country are eer- uc tuinly very line, but as with Cuba und her te tobacco, or Dcluwure und her peuches, llol- m luntl hus u reputation for the uuequuled wl quality of her potutoes. In fact, it may bo Ct said that my country is ns fatuous for this pi esculent with tho epicure und the chef, us se It is for tho tulij), hyacinth, und crocus with th uorucuuuribis. lit Many attempts havo been mado to culti- no vatou biiuilur grade on Loug Island, as it bu was believed that tho sea air would bu tui favorable to tho enterprise, but nothing law to been obtained that eouals tbo product of 1 tho Bandy soil of Holland and its pains- ea: taking, industrious gardeners. A valuable hu feature of tho Dutch potatoes is that they 1 retain their soundness fur iuto the summer tio mouths. fie foukltixxotks. j? TUo I.uioNt Xown Gleaned from i'libU fui l>lN|iNlcliea. int St. Pktkusuuku, December 20. ?Tho j Official Meutnjcr announces that tho Kin- ^ peror has decided that twenty-three re- Th ceutly arrested political criminals, believed wil to bo tho leaders or principal members iu , of tho terrorism party, shall bo tried together before a special sitting of the Senate no at which representative* of tho local assom- ha: blies aro to bo present. Jjjj London, December 20.?No news direct j0li from Cronstadt has yet been received here ? concerning tho reported great lire. CI, London, December 20.?a dispatch from ? Warsaw states that very serious rioting en- cer sued Sunday after tho panic. Most of the Hj,i Jewish liquor shops and many Jewish < houses were sacked. Tho police wore pow- tj0 erless. In several cases tho policemon as- ? slated in plundering dram shops, Six ?rc hundred arrests wore mado. ?ru Beiii.in, December 20.?Tho emigration jj,t from Germany iu 1882 promises to become j,0J more colossal than that in 1881. Fourteen mu thousand tickets havo already been taken t,jB( for transportation by vessels leaving lire- ? men for America in tho spring. An al- 8ca most equal number of emigrants go from > Hamburg. va, Vienna, December 20.?Tbo Emperor nnt hns resolved to erect at his own cost a me- wh morial chapel on tho sito of tho King an; Theatre, in which requiem will bo cole- of t brated yearly for tho victims of tho fire. wil tac ClirlatmaM PttrMtfrnpli*. p0| New Yojik, December 20.?Christmas sio holiday was observed to-duy by almost tin entire Buspension of business. All the ' Government olllees, National. Statu and of < Municipal, woro closed. Tho tlieatorsworo vol crowded at tho ufternoon and evening me performances. President Arthur remained at his homo to-duy and rcccived a large wil number of callers. ha At Charleston a child was killed by a toy tio pistol. mc In Atlanta Geo. Harris cut Tim Ilclbert cat in tho shoulder twice with a hatchet. to Bob Uattaro cut P. J. Awtry in tho Th shoulder. < tin Floyd Hobbs shot Geo. McIIenry under cit tho eye and in tho side. of Fred Mitchell shot, nrobably fatally, ty Ilenry Mboro in tho beau. W News has reached tho city of tho shoot- an ing of \\\ 13. Steele by Jos. T. Davis. Th At Montgomery, Ala., there woro two of probably fatal diiucuUies. J. XV. Brand, a mi white man, shot Charles Payne, colored, mi through tho lungs. Thedifficulty grew out ho of tho negro throwing stones at his boy. prl Pat. lloyd shot C. II. Chamboll for break- vei ing a wnsfibowl over tho head of Boyd's an wife, tho latter negroes. Brand and Boyd \V wero arrested. lia dr "Ciimmuinru." New Yoiik. December 20.?1The Now York City Eisteddford took place to-day nt < Chlckcring Hull. At the morning session gv, H. G. Jones, of Pennsylvania, presided, ^ and competition for prizes in singing, es- < says and translations commenced. Miss cii Campbell, of New York, won the prize for wn singing, and the prize for busso singers R{(] was divided between II. M. Hymen, of qj, New York, and II. E. Jones, of Hyde Park, N. .T. K. J. Morris, of Heath. Pa., wont lie jjj, prize for the best essay, on "Tho influence fro of non-conformity 011 Liberty." fr() Untitle I?ro|i011 lllm. q|J Jrfpeiihonvii.i.k, Ind., December 20.?A ?t? row at the Ohio Valley Cement Mill, six q|| miles from Jeflbrsonville, Saturday night, ^ between a lot of white and negro workmen, resulted in tho killing of Henry Mitchell, 5f a negro. It seems that Mitchell bad a shot CJI( gun and attempted to use it upon one ? Long, who lives in that vicinity. I/ong procured a gun afterwards, and while the n)|( negro wn* threatening, shot lilin in the [n breast, killing him almost instantly. Long vo escaped. tin The II!* Fir# In York. [*! New Yoiik, Deccmbef2tt.?1Tho losses by "J the flrn in Mouth street of tho bonded ware* iintiiia (Inliifildv mlnlil Iwi tilnimil ol 1:9 IMK1 . *'' OOO. Tim IIoumI ot i'lro Underwrite ,n tuet to-?lny to consider the loasca. A fire- B) man was nrrcated on a charge ot attemptIngto tnrcoopen 0110 o( tlioantca InCavarl, Acker A Co'?. nlileo. lie was arraigned In ,, the Tnmba polico court, and remanded tor ' oainlnallon. J Accident on the Hull. fill St. I/H'is, December 20.?The Missouri rni Partita wcst-bntiiid liawenncr ran off the track near Independence yeaterday morn- J? injr at 3 o'clock anil was precipitated down Jn an embankment. Tlio wreck liloi knilixl tlio Is Clilcago iti Alton line and trains on both ?" tracks were delayed all day, No one aeri- 'c onaly hurt_ 'J A I.c3i?fj for Hrnterr. wi WasIiimiTON, December 20.?Tho Il'puh- th limn note* that Col. Illley,1if Virginia, lie i gl been lelt a legacy ot $23,000 by Col. I'rca- Ti ton, ot Kngland, wboae little aon had (alien at ovcrlmard nnd waa readied by Col. lliiey, lij who waa at that tlmo crowing tlio Allelic oi , i Ills post ot United Htatea comul atZan- Ir r.ibar. ni llait II "Act I'|t" I* them. N*wmirr, It, I., December 2(1.?Boy? ot the training squadron, to tlio numlier ot oi 000, were given a grand dinner trwlay on w board the Mew Hampshire and Minne- tr ota. ^ ?l Mmatl I'ox 'lit Ik* Baal. h w?w York, December 2#.?Three deaths occurred to-day In Jerwy City from small- F po*? F ABOUT MORMONDQM. ? NTERVIEW WITH BISHOP SHARP. " m 'It Ckirtk lot lltraii )| Ibt SiffttUoal l? gn PmldtsiArlhsr'l Mttuct-U* AdmiUTfcst ^ U Wttld U CvllT to Unlit 111 Dt- |y ttralitd Xtit kj Ikt UgitrimiU u0 CO] New Youk, December 26.?Bishop Sharp, an f Salt Lake City, who in in the city in be- ass ail uf tlio Mormon Ohurch, of which he is ty, high dignitary, talked with u reporter at At le St, Nicholas hotel in regard to tho pros- of at outlook for Mormonism. The Bishop Ch a plainly dressed, intelligent looking nel uin, with gray hair and heard, but with wa tore of the air of a successful Western hoi usines* man than that of a clergyman, al- by tough he talks in the measured tone* of a cer arson accustomed to pastoral duties. 'hen asked how tho Mormons regarded wi, ie President's message aud the proposed sur gislatlon by Congress he replied: Sit} "Tluro is 110 alarm in the Chureh in ro- jj'Jj ,rd to tho matter. It is an old subject, |llu id is no more talked of now than it was s?l\ el?o years ago. We do not fear anv orgi tion ol Congress. A great deal more in- j(/ul rust is taken in tho question of tliu ail- kni ission of tho delegato to Congress? JJl? lether it will bo Mr. Cuunon or Mr. Yu,r uupbell. Mr. Cannon's nnmo uas ?L'h need on the roll by tho old elerk, but I K("' a that Mr. Campbell's name is now on Jn(' u roll, though ho hag not been sworn in. *??J a is Governor Murray's delegate. I havu A (t< i personal knowledge on tho question, ?'8l t it is my opinion that neither will be ail- wen itted, and that u new election will have nun bo hold to decide tho matter." tieu "Do you not think tho I'residont is in und ruest in his determination to onforco the P"* vs against you ?" of ? rresident Arthur deals with tho qu<M* the n in tho same way as President (Jar- "W < Id. Tho latter's message was very n,te< luted, but it was his aim, as I hava pri- to * to means of knowing, to prevent tho the i ther extension of polygamy while not tiwr erfering with existing family relations. ?1'P' lon't see what mora could be done. Are wliu uilies to bo broken up, brothers and ?*cwi ters, husbands anil wives separated? than at is something which wo don't believe Mlie II.ever bo attempted or carried out" *"r' 'Supposing it is attempted, what then?" "put 'If tho strong arm of tho government is tho ] Might down upon us in such a way, I do l>ow t think it would bo wise for up, a mora pole ndful of people, to resist. Hut, as 1 said tho (ore, I do not think that tho followers of then ) Church, who have joined it as a rolig- ovon is duty, will b? prosecuted." J0UI1 How many members aro tbcro in tho [or" urchT" kept 'About 150,000, I believe, although a isus has not been taken of its lnemborn alone." wh? 4s it growing moro rapidly in propor- |l( n than tho Qentilo population of Utah?" 'Yes, 1 think so. Its natural increase is . , ater. Tlieri there ia a Mormon immi- ? , tion of about 2,000 a year. Moat of I'Slic so immigrants have friends or relatives Schv re. They scatter throughout our settle- jeun nts in Utah, Montana. Now Mexico and ?. iwhere." tho 1 'Is there any thought of removing tho berli t of tho Church from Salt Lako City ?" Wra 'No. Work on tho now temnlo is ad- no icing. It is now about sixty feet high, n 1 the walls will Iks ouo hundred feet high or 14 en finished. Wo are not anticipating not f trouble. I find it to bo thosentimest lost, .he masses of tho people outside of Utah. I n?t. l> whom I have been brought in con* ,L" t, to limit tho, Church to it* present pro- vvari lions, or at least to prevent tho exten- Strn 11 of lwlygiuny. Wo recognixo that in ?vci 10 some such uctlon may bo token." 'You do not (ear then such an increase Dontllo population in Utah as will out- BU?! you and tukc tho Territorial Govern- Bu"" nt out of your hands ?" mak 'No, wo do not (ear it, because It they '" [1 give us ns good a government as wo J 1! vo always had, wo will liavo noobjec- '"? ns whatever. Wo Iravo always selected b0llt in to administer tho Government bo- C8C" iso of thoir tltuess, and, of course, had VC?J go Into tho Church to get tho best men. J!?rt o taxes arc lower in Utah, much lower, lion in in any of tho other Territories. Thu "j y tax in Salt Lake City Is only one-half ono per ccnt., and the entiro "city, eoun- r9l" and territorial tux Is only 1J per cent. 'J'111 d have good schools and aro building up , rl improving tho city and territory. '\!1 1 ero is a railroad running400 miles north j'10 Salt bake, and another running 200 1, les south. Thero is great undeveloped .">" neral wealth. Tho lninillg interests, *l101 wever. are In the hands of the Gentiles c,)ul inelpully, as tho Mormons have engaged J ry little in that industry. Agriculture eljpJ 11 graslug are our principal employments. *?' o havo to resort to Irrigation, but thero nlnr vo been some successful experiments in 'j 81 f farming in tlio last three yeurs. Ono ?. *' i*ou raised 20,000 bushels of wheat tills 11,0 tr without any irrigation." "lou 'Is It Irue Hint tlio Mormons conduct a ,I!IJ1 item of government Insldo the Church, bus been stated recently 7" "'K "l'o this extent: Wo havo Salt Ijike ?' l.v. for instance, divided Into twenty rds. A llishop and two Councillors pre;e over each wurd?that is, In tlio Th? ureli. Whenever any disputes ariso be- |> ceil tlie brethren, they are Bettled In tlio }fi ihop'sCourt An appeal can bo token in tlio ward to the court of the city, anil ni there to the lllgh Council of the 'or i inch, and then to tlio President of tho somi iltrcli. That Is a* far ss It can go. We Xrn argo no fees and collect no fines In tho <' lurch courts. If either siilo refuses to J, Ide by tho Church decision, tho only '''"K uishtiient Is severance from the Church. Eng course vo only lako cognizance of civil ||.,| '.os, not of criminal." ' rho lllshop explained that he came East o or tlireo times a year, and that lie juld remain in the city but a day or two. *?V. i.uirit. im? irini. c. ..i.i ? ? ants TO livin w??.n no nniii llicio nilB ? < ry llltli) snow visible, and that only on J-'"., 5 hills, tic iwlilwltint there Were ninny 1 ' to nnil ridiculous stories being |ml>- J lied In regard to tlio Mormons, and lio V, ., indercd that tliey were credited. Nearly religious denominations linvo churchcs d schools In fait Ijiko City. tliop Meqnnld'a Anil-Land Lsngne *rn Merman. Itncinsinn, K. Y., December 25.?lllshop e IJtiald's Anti-Land 1/raiRiio address, licit has given rise to lio end ol newspnr and public discussion, linn drawn to CI in many radical replies and ccpinllv Ileal esprcaslnns ol commendation nnd ?''' pnort. Itesldes tlio manlfcsloYif Hie the icncsler land League (the llrst organlacd The America) In opposition to him, he ]>"' in receipt nl sonic very abuilr* J"1' id defiant epistles from professed Cntlio- J0"1 a ol various sections, One alilo letter >ng support ol Ills address comes frsmW. den ltnnd, a well-known Irish Catholic snd and palthy coal miner nnd shipper ol Chicago, e samo city wiilcli sent out John J. Kill- *te< libons' open letter criticising the llishop. J'" lis letter ol Itanil is guod anil readable, ng, id traverses the same ground taken J'0" i tho lllshop, snd It will ho doubt stir up ">e lite a sensation among those who arc lemlly to tlio cause In which Ireland la jw enlisted. > ??? ari ratal ttonawir Aeeldsat. Chi WonctsTEB, Mass., December 20.?Bat- lrl? rilaynlghtstGardner,MmTbomasdreen- aim ooil, ol Ksat Templcton, wss thrown ant om a carriage and so tally Injured thst 10 died Sunday. Two other ladies with er ware, It la feared, also fatally injured. ? Mr bsby hail s terrible sore i?lp,(neahtij) }nj eruna nured It, Jobs Crowu, J*ltt*bnrsb. ? ? frl< TUEIK ?TM:ua 1. nu. Ily CnaitioB of Wildcat laauruou I'allcca. Rsadino, Pa., Uecomber 2U.?The ereition of insurance pollciM iu the gen>1 tubject of discussion lo-<luy in a wide } ? of country. Although it wis gwcral- v unileratood that tie ceremonieit would . t take place until tba uftcruoon people < aiinencod arriving early in the morning, d by noon quite a number bail already tumbled at Hoydt'a tavern, in this count where tbo urematiou was to tako plate. : 2 o'clock in tbo alteruoou a delegation J fanncre, wbo bad assembled at HulFs $ urch, arrived, beaded by the Union Cori band of that place. Tbo band"' jon was drawn by four bluilc sea, elegautly cuparlwned, followed .1 a airing of vehicles. At four o'clock tbu euiunies proper commenced, l're us to tliia time an experience luoetlua "i i organized in a large lull of the lintel, 'a ere perilous repreacnting laUO.OOO of inmice related tbeir experience witb the .>( flark agents. There were poor people ii sent who had liorrowod money to tuuko ir paymeats until all their sub?umca '9 I been exhausted, and they found thrill,,SB 'ea reduced t<> misery. A meeting wna a in i it cm 1 with Uie following olHiwrai I'rea- S lit, Thomas lleyili; Vice I'reaidenla, A. a irlea lloyer, Jeflerson Kancli, Jacob'!? roll, Jacob Frouhciaer, Joseph Kemp, 9 del Haag, C'onrudEly, Abraham JJen- 3 I.John lleydt, M. II. hindlc,JerotuejH chert, Samuel, Herbal, James Schorer . 3 Jumea Kcpperl; tieereliiriea, Nathaniel '3 ill, i'eter [loiterer and Ailam Monacli, 9 ir the adoption of resolutions u number ,'9 [leechea were nuido. Then the pollcieukfl a collected. They were of HUfUciaut' *'9 iber to till a bushel basket. They were H to the end of a lon^ pole ?j? n prweiflioa wu? lormcU unit 7* :eedod through tlio village, with u band male at tliu head. Upon tin) return to j hotel tlio processlou halted in tlio inij- J )l tlio square. Tlio policies wero sum- > :1 witli coal oil, uml tlio polottS lilcli they were ilxed was planted In !., idddlo at tlio square. At a word from ':'JS president of tlio meeting n torch wok f ied to tlio heap by n young lady, anil "M t liuil represented $150,000 upon tlio ',3 , but, In (act, wan worth little inoro .3 > wiwto paper, was reduced to a man ot an ?. 'l'lio bund played u lively air, and va Thomas Ileydt, whoso policies reprc- I nd over $25,000, started u danco around $1 |iolo, in which a number of his neigh- 9 joined, after tlio fashion of an Indian I danco. After more music by the bund *% party returned to the hotel, where <?*| j was a general jollilleation. lutlie .'>* ilig there was nn old fasiiiouod Jiorlci itv frolic, in which tliu lids and liuuet .Ml lilies around joined, mid dancing H i up until midnight. LIEUTENANT NUIIWATKA. 'k it lie Thinks of Hie Jpiuinptto Ex* MlUluu Hllit lis llriiotltw In Nelenre. 9 N Fiiancuco, December 20.?A Port-|3 dispatch Bays: Tbo Orrgontan pubd uu interview with I.loutenant J ratkn regarding tbo cruise of the .^3 nette. lio believed nlio wintered nt J -iakov Islands, or near by, on, tbo SIin const, pausing on route Bouth of ngell l.and, which would account for 'J raco of bor being found by the Corwln si odgers. Iler previous discoveries can- !a bo' Inforrod from Iter position when 9 but may bo eztensivo and interesting. S ang did not follow the axis of tlio im n Japanese current north of Bohrlng's ;a Its; which should bo dono before that 3 iuo is condemned as impracticable, $ i iu iiiu return 01 mo puny, 1110 routo ? oBteil by Kcnnon seems to bo the mosrofl ible. Prolmbly his instructions to* ' j o tlio northeast nnssago u secondary M {deration led Do Long to make no at-'l-'M it to reach the polo in tho direction of I'arry Archipelago. His return in tha'Jg 8 in one of the most masterly managed pes in the history of abandoned potog'iflB l'Ib. Hchwatka puts no faith in tho rite-KB that the ltussinns withheld informa* | concerning tho Jeannetto. Tho It of the expedition is a severe con-Ictton of tho belief that a good polar d can he found by following tho inels through tho ico of tho great: 49 rian rivers and ocean currents,'; M leaves but littlo doubt as to ; fate of the lost American whalers, Vigfc'jH and Mount Wollastiu, which is us ter-NH ) us imngination could conciove.V'fji ild the lorn of the .leannctto bo iled with that of tho ftngllsh exploring it Eira under Leigh Smith, tho tcnu*,';j9 r of tho advocates of Arctic exploration^ bo to look with more favor on thoijfl 0 hazardous, but probably more sue- | ful, methods of lerial navigation. Tho * inctto's fate will also tend to discourage;v|s proposed coasting comineree to tho^sfl th of the I/cnn. lie thinks this disus? S vill tend to forward the Idea of nsinfpii 1 to carry expeditions to proper start*-$J points, and serve as a secondary basis ? VAM'ARLK I'AI'HltM. Prorhof(lip JUHlIrnof fliilniRto (IU ni iiiiinnno KxfNlc Lo??( In Jfcw York. ' iw Youx, December 20.?An advertising t apposed in to-day's Herald asking J nformation about valuahlo papers left | jwhere in this' city by ox-Clovernrtr'3 y, of New Mexico, who died suddenly w months ago when returning frora;$j land to Kanta Fc. lto had been In ' land looking after hi* claim* to tho^l 0 estate, his sharo in which ho beiiovedt$9 ten millions. Thnsn tintim*. ?i rtcr learned to-'Uv, contained lilnown: mingy nml Hint of fifty other elnlm* sfl . Till* was valuable evidence, and UilV" Ml ernorliail ?|>ont many yearn In ool?!J3 ng It. No I men o( tlio pniwri lincl bo?tl . icl, nllliniigli nil the lioti-In have bentl SI i licil. package* of gold and tillvrr bg?>S Ingtnhltn were found in olio hotel' J ir. One of Ilia |>emotii Intorentod In^U finding of the pnmm In n woman he* ,?9 Inn to n charitable AnnoclAllon to which' ov hml given n written promlne to lie- -* '"on It * hundred tlimiftind dollar! -0 n lie got htolcn million*. Kitten llonit? Itrrn vrfwl, . ' utvnunp, ()., I>ec?inber2<l.?It will l a Jl pmliered tlint about three weekn (ipo "S ,000 worth of liondn were Molen fmm *3 I'ominereinl Nntlonnl llnnk of thlit city. deteelire* of thin clly liavo been lint- i lo find thenllghtent eliie In tlio rnhberr, s| New York detectlvc* hnro been mora ,'A male. Nogotlellonn hnvo been iMMid* 'M by mall between Dnn. 1'. Kelln, Pre*!* M tof the bnhk, and New York otntH?l?, - S a micrennfiil termlnntlon twin I led ye*- Jjj ?y. Tlio Imndn Imve nil been recoV" vj I At n cont lo Mr. Eell* of nliout 300,000. A nlil to-nlglit Hint negotlnllonnnre |x.ndnnd ho linn hope* of reroverlng tho w il?, hilt tho fact* Aro Hint lie now hnn '? bond! wife. A hlnlln* Rnllronilern. 'rtrfitrtw, N. Y., DeeemW 2fl?During 38 ot among Went Shore Hnllrond Inliorerj ' 3. Irtnian night An Italian wan nliot nnd an ::1 liman fatally ntabbed. A negro dlil tlio | ollng. Tho military were called ool ffl I ill Italian* were arretted. lit Ml. 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