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Wimfflft TOT YA? MOWAT MOltNINS, B^IT V885. VOLUME XXXIII-SUMBEH m I ik jkMBjtmx: I "ofllir: Nun. 23 and ?7 Fourteenth Street. I 3Iu. Cuteumd has only a month mon I of "lli? I'rivatw station." Then tho trouble I begins. The grub bag is to bo opener I Manli 4. I Is Sew York dynamite assumes a new I j.hiw, if the Hiipposed cause advanced ir I (bedispatcfies prove correct. It renin!nt I to be shown that dynamite is a blessing tc I th<* human rare. I Wi'li'l not know thai Jim Mhmiii \vu* a ini>ml>ci I of the Wily then MmiiUI ho l>e Mli j mol'i nut i? thai UkI.v, hii'I a voice, um we learn I j, [|K. run- '?Xiutliiil'urjMaleman. I Member ex-oflicio, us it were. Sir. I Muon makes himself agreeable to mem* I bere.and has a fund of information and I Ihingu which they are at liberty to draw on ml libitum. Tiik Democratic Hoard of Public Works Iritis with tliu graceful act of choosing a Kepublican President. I la Ilepubliean predwtssor chose a Democrat to set at the head of tin' table. The new IJoard is composed of men of whom a groat deal is expected. They know the city, its needs and its resources, and there is great confidence in their discretion. The retiring lloanl excited criticism and aronsod antip)aims, vol it leaves a record of eflicient service. ______________ It has been remarked that we aro a nation of travelers. To say nothing of domestic travel, lit the three months ending September.'?(), livS-1, 157,000 Americans returned from abroad, one-third of whom were females. The rccord closed too early to include the homeward tlight of all the hinisof passago who went abroad for/the summer tour. Some of the tourists would Jiave been in a sorry plight if they had ken questioned closely concerning the uneqiialed wonders of their own country. Tiik limit Kniiiiwh* will k?1 $17.">.0U0 l?jr- tho T'.Ivit rtii?l llurlmr Hill In (.Songref*. 'iliey rvcoguizu tin- Third l'i-trii't'> oiniin* even In Wtwlilnijuni1 Wliwllm: Imi:i.i.i?ks?t.u nleam? copy utid nenu bill to till* ullice.?h'liniiiclut (iazctte. ' I ?vl .Inm, ? Willi JHCiWIlM-, ?"?? e~. The IxrKi.i.niKSCEi: is glad to see suilicicnt appropriations made for the Grent Kanawha, well understanding what has been accomplished by the improvement of thai waterway and what remains to be done. The expenditure is wise and the outcome certain. The government lias made no better investment than this. The Inteu.iCKNTKit does not make faecs at the Kanawha or the Kanawhans. Tun people of the United States are literal consumers of sugar. In 1884 it took nearly three thousand millions of jKitimls to Fatisfv them. l<ess than a tenth of the whole amount was produced at liouit ?? r ; a not ?iiku< K'""'")* iv^iuii wit hi n our liordera, the development of now Iirrnvftcsforproducingsugar from raw materials other tlinn sugar cane, and a steadily" growing consumption of this staple commodity, the United .States has reason to lie careful how it cheeks or wipes out the sugar industry hy one-sided commercial treaties. The I.NTKi.i.KiKNCKK hus endeavored to convince the Governor that it would bo wise t<? recognize in his appointments the strong and growing minority. It inay be said that the Intici.uukntkk has wrestled with Mis l'ourhon Excellency in the hope ? ( bringing him to a realizing sense of his opjKjrtunity and his responsibility. If the Governor had heeded this friendly advico ho would have been spared tho humiliation of the rejectioirof three of his nominees. The (iovernor's attention has been called particularly to the Insane Asylum and the University. Now it happens that his nominees for tho Asylum Directory are turned down by a Democratic Senate. This is a drastic doso of very wholesome medicine. If tho treatment had been ber gun earlier the patient might havo been cured. Thcuk hn? kvn n Kchuim* lately hroncluil by some Peculiarly coimtrlc mlml. to retain the Capitol at ?lict'linK. *?ut n> no one hits bwm able to irra.?p Uio fNiint tticeotifititucfonil advocate who fttiKKtwtcd ... .. .. ........ >>iilliuuivill?vlll(:vn))it?l Will IVUIUtV 4.U time. To hutctnuify ItMlf ratniit low the city inli'inniuliiik' the hhmII aura of 187,000 to put It III it|wlr>. The mini required the celebrated repaint i?( Johnny Kom-hon our navy, na there line doubt that ?n outlay of $6,000 will much more than jMit the liuihlliiK In aijrood n condition iw when It ?r.w tli>t xIumi id the State, the rot of the SIT.001 will feather thu ncht n( homebody. As there la a Urve lolihy working to Ret the apiiroprmthMi Itinmxh it U nut hnpo*?lblc that they may succeed. ? IITuf/mj/ Oirrtuvonil'iiri l\irlirti>ur<j krntintl. The Governor's Privato Secretary Majoi William Wirt Jaceson, is ono of tho projm't'tors of tho frntiiid and its Wheeling rorroayomlont. IIo is also a reeideut oJ Wheeling. Perhaps tho PrivateSecretary, Ac., will Ik' kockI enough to say who in hit judgment?what citfeen or combination ol citizens of Wheeling?luis hatched ti scheme to rob the State of $12,000? And who is thu idiot who informed him thai will make tho building as good ui new? A slander of this kind oughtn't t< eonio from the Private Secretary. Th< "large lobby" is mainly composed jo Henry K. List and Dr. T, JI. Ix>gan, whi have done no lobbying. It is an interesting fact that in Phila ileiphia of late yearn the business of tin lawyers has undergono a marked change shuwinK from' year to year a steady ant considerable decline. Gentlemen of tha bar have discussed tho matter in the loea newspapers, and now one of them througl the columns of Jtivilslrcel't, gives some o the causes, lousiness in the Orphan'] Tourt has been simplilied, and much o the work formerly given to auditors (law ycrs) is now dotio by the conrt itself. Tlw Heal Estate Title Company has absorbet a large part of the real estato conveyan ring business, which is more choaply doin than by the lawyers. Tho trust compn nies have interfered. There is less incli nation to litigate than formerly. Thi Philadelphia lawyer adds, "I think, upoi tho whole, that tho community hav been greatly benefitted by the result." No doubt othor communities would b benefitted by a similar chattgo. Mei learned in the law we must have, bnt it i possible to have too much of a good thing and the exooss is likely to become "stale fiat aud unprofitable." The .sijnplifici tion of law business in Philadelphia suj gents that the ax of reform might I struck deeper aud wielded generally wit great advantage to society. The fittest i the legal profession would survive, tin the others would bo driveo to leek oUi( ^wployiueuta, WEEK IN CONGRESS. I li MEASURES TO UK CONSIDERED jjj tl , IJjr the Two Uootee?The Ilouae Committee g< , llejiorU Agniuit Retaining OKI goldlera. m I Preparing the Way to Give Cleveland * w n Clinuco to Moke u Cleuu Sweep. in Washington, D. G\, Feb. 1.?In the [} 1 Mouse of Representatives to-morrow in- b, 1 dividual motions to suspend the rules vt ' will be in order, and a number of mem- J" ben will endeavor by this means to secure . the immediate passage of specified meas- Ki ure. A two-thirds vote will be necessary hi to pass any bill that may be considered, Jjj Representative Collins will ask the Bj] House to pass the bankrupt bill, and Rep- gij reBentative Watson the bill providing for an increase of the pensions of soldiera' widows from $8 to $12 per month. Reprcsentative Jteyne will endeavor to have in; passed the bill providing for au increase re of theappropriation of $750,000 to $1,000,- se , 000 for a public building at Pittsburgh; ali Representative Springer the bill to pro- ex 1 I'if!.* and nnnrntiriutp turn tuililie tiiiililinu j.n at Springfield, Illinois ; and Itopresenta- in live McCord a similar bill for a building ki At Keokuk. to It is the general opinion that tho re- dii inainder of the week will be taken up by w( tho consideration o( tho Kiver and flar- wi bor and PostofHce Appropriation bills. If da opportunity oilers, however, Itepresentative Henley wilt call up the bill providing for the forfeiture of tho Northern Pacific tii grant. Mr. Townshend contemplates offering a resolution during tho week provi- < dinglor night sessions of tho House. The Consular and Diplomatic Appro- H, Kriation bill is before the Senate, and tho istrict of Columbia, Pension anil Agri- "f cultural bills aro likely to bo reported back tj11 fitrtn the Appropriation Committee during "1( tho week. It is probable that nono of rw these measures will give rise to extended debate. nu The Inter-State Commerce bill is still 'J11 unfinished business in the Senate. After Aa the morning hour and discussion on the C01 Pacific Itailrood bills had already begun 001 in the morning hour, Senator Morrill gave Jtc notice, last week, that ho would seek an [,0 opportunity next Tuesday to make some j01 remarks upon the silver coinage bill. Tins measure is likely to give rise to a ?* long debate, involving nearly every 1 branch of the national linances. c,s an DON'T WANT TO UK TIED. 8ll lluufo Committee U?iiurlM Apiliut Certain VrovMoni of Civil .Service Jteforw, ^ Washington, D. C., Jan. 3l.?Ueprc- sta sentive Mutchler, Chairman of the House on Committee on reform in the civil service, J111 has lieen instructed by his committeo to jj" make an adverse report on tho bill to pro- wa hibit the removal of any honorably discharged iJnion soldier, sailor or marine ot widow or tho dependant relative of any ' deceased Union soldier, sailor or marine from any office in the civil service of the J*5' United States except for special causes. fr0 Tito Committee in its report says tho JT* bill goes further in its control over removal from ofllce than the original tenure of olllce act, in that tho power of removal Jj01 in tho cases restricted by the bill could ",a' not be exercised even jointly by tho President ami tho Senate. Believing that tho |,u power of removal from officio wisely oxer- 'J? citcd will bo necessary to enable tho ex- ("s ecution to tho full constitutional duty of administering the laws, your committee Ilr< are of the opinion that any legislation which so restricts that power is unconsti- 181 tutional and inexpedient. Should tho .Executive abuse Hie power of removal or r U80 it for unworthy purposes the remedy is with the people or with the House and inf Senate by impeachment; but should tho 0f legislative branch by restrictions upon ap- j.jj poiutments and removals so bind the cai hands of the Executive as practically to wt, take away the power of administering tho constitutional functions of tho Kxecutive jjj to see t'.iut the law is faithfully m, executed would be seriously impeded. 4\j] For in such a case the administration of 0f the laws might fall into the hands of jU] subordinates for whoso appointments the ?t, executive was in no way respansible and jm who might have becotno unworthy or in- ,;n t?ll'u'ii>nt while in ofllce. ?,, Under tho provisions of tho bill the Secretary of State, whose ideas of a foreign policy might oe totally opposite to < tho Executive, ho must be retained by , him, and thin, though the Senate should concur in tho propriety of appointing an- ,nj other in his place. Under the existing *?" statutes preference' in appointment is dc given to many of this class of pereons ha named in tho bill and tho purposes of theso statutes would, if liberally construed, be carrieil bv retaining such pereons in ur ollico when their general fitness was ap* parent or when the proper objects of tho Kxeeutive could best oe carried out by so doing. But to provide that the Kxeeutive . shall retain in ollico any person wheu he 1 may think that soino other person is bet; tor fitted to administer the trust, is in our w? opinion unwise and unconstitutional, of Your Committee report the bill back ad* f0, ' versely and recommend it do not pass. q< Appropriation* lor tho Nnvy. ; Washington, D. C., Feb. 1.?The Star (JX has tho following: Mr. Kandall has not fr< 1 changed his viows concerning the appro* ?{ ' priations for tho navy since his visit to ' Mr. Cleveland. The bill will come up for P i consideration this weok, and he will exert I himsjlf to defeat the proposition to pro. vide for a new navy at this timo. There " is a proposition under consideration now ni 1 to give tho Naval Committee jurisdiction at ) over tho naval bills hereafter. Mr. Kan- lie , dall has informed Mr. Qox, chairman of pi j the Naval Committee, that ho would not wi be opposed to such a proposition. w > .?? in TWO DAYS OF WOK. th Fright fill Kap^t-ionce of Men In Open ltontn ur In (lie Northumberland StrnltH. ) Cii.\Ki^yrrBTOWK( P. E. I., Jail, 31.?In. tonso anxiety has prevailed in tills island ! and over the mainland of Nova Scotia durt inn tlto lust forty-eight lioura for the (ate 1 of twenty-two men, including seven pas- ra i seugers, who left Cape Trevors Wednes- G1 f day forenoon in open bonis to attempt to gj 5 mako a crossing through tho ice to Ca|>e (JI f Termentine, a point on the mainland con nesting the Canadian railway system. , Among tho passengorswarenMr.Glidden, , of Boston; Dr. Mclntyre, member of Par- in 1 llauiontfroni tills Island, en route to Otto- st wajJ.A. Morrison and \V. A. Prosier, R o repreeontingtwollalifaicwboleiialo bouses. lo . The boata were small, open ones, eono- a daily built for crossing Ilia ice in the fr Straits of Northumberland during winter, Is 0 and wero manned by the Mautlards, who re 1 havo eoiiducted the winter mail and pas- ai a sengor nerylob fpr |i generation. Tliey took no provisions, nothing but mails, baggage . and oompass. Shortly after they left a o heavy snowstorm set in, followed by in- H ii tense cold, and after ti)ev J)(id been out ce g over twenty-four lionrs all hope of their tc safety had bean given up. Yesterday, ai ! however, tlie'rlnging of courch and fire d; ', bells and general rejoicing In tliis and gi [. other eltics of the Island announoud their p] safety. ' Thoy reached a point know? as Argyle, Otteen inllea from Crapan, completely, exit haustrd after il.uii six hours of terrible si n siiirerlng. The majority am badly froxon. p ,i Tho Horld correspondent interviewed Mr. l! QluUl , who was b?dly nipped by tHe st froit4n hands, [see and feot. He said el they drifted All Weanwway in the lco tl rith the thermometer at zero and nothing ) eat. Towards evening they raido out a ghthouse in the distanco. but were too shausted to reach. Uie land. The storm batnd and the weather moderated during 10 night, but were all suffering from hunjr and exposure and the exertions of the ly. After midnight t he thermometer fell ?1(5? below zero, when the suffering beime intense. Thou they decided that all should crowd ito two boats, and a fire was made of the liid. This gave temporary relief. The lormometer continued at 16 decrees jlowall the forenoon, and at midday stcrday, after being out ncarh* thirty jure, most of them mode up their minds iat their time had come and prepared r what appeared to be inevitable), iftoen or sixtcon of tho men had their inds or feet frozen and wore completely jlpless, while tho cravings of hunger and lirst added to the horrors of Uim occaan. Nearly all gave i*p hope and regned themselves to their fate. At about 2 o'clock, however, one of tho d sailers made out land in the distance, id later saw tho spire of a church. They lew then that salvation was possible and ndo one supreme and united effort, aching shore just as darkness was again i tting in, most of them more dead than ive. Tho passengers, unused to such i 1.1.. ?.?i i.-.i i,,. ; |?unmr. buuuiuu luiriiu/, uiiu iiuu iv uv rried from tho bouts to tho housesof the habitants, where the greatest care and i ndness was shown. A courier was sent j the nearest telegraph office. some miles i stant, with tho news, and those who ire able to stand the fatigue of a journey I jre brought to Charlottetown daring the y- ' WOBKMJ5.Y A.\l) SOCIALISTS. io Former Sntlrlluil With Their Condition, tho Latter Not. I Chicago, Ilia, Feb. 1.?About 100 per- \ as were present in tho West Twelfth g reet Turner ifnll, this afternoon, to j ten to a joint discussion between d Socialists and Trades Assembly, b latter having recently passed ? solutions denouncing socialism on be- i If of the wage workers of the city. A ? imber of persons spoke oil each side of i) question. On behalf of the Trades' J iseinbly it was claimed that the 1 udition of the laboring classes in this 1 untry had been steadily improving in- t tad of growing worse; that they were ? iter housed, better clothed, and better 1. In fact, that in every nay they were c tter oil'than ever before in the history t the world. I Lin behalf of the Socialists it was t tuned the workingmen were still v tiering great wrong; that statistics s owed that for every dollar a i >rker received the capitalist received p ; that though wo r kin en nowadays t; icked their boots, other workmen were (j irving, a condition of atTaire which had J ly come about recently; that tramps were a known prior to 187:5; that millionaires v J increased too rapidly within tho past a nil red years, and that the only remedy c s to forco a redistribution. o What Cnu*?<I n Hank Cjuhler'n Dentta. ialvkstci.v, Trw, Feb. 1.?-William irlick, lute cashier of the suspended v and Savings Bank, died this afternoon 0 ra paralysis. Lost November (Jarlick n urned from a year's sojourn in the fi rth with his health greatly improved, tl lout the lir?t of December .from the ti i)ks of the hunk lie discovered that it a il been wrecked during his abscnco. si nllding these matters to friends at the tl le he Baid his health was so restored a could have lived for years, "but this h covory," said he, "will kill me. I will tinnl in two months." The cashier's tl )phecy was fulfilled to the very day. c i shadow of blame of the bunk's failure ittached to Gurlkk's immurement. si . w A SI*11n1111 k ilurrur. e rot.KDo, 0., Jan. 31.?A sleigh contain- fi j nine persons while crossing the track e the Luke Shore Railway, between Oak [J irbor and l'ort Clinton, Ohio, at an rly hour this morning, was struck by o ! st-hound express and two of the num- H r, Stephen llall, of Oak Hurlwr, and u ss Jennie Whipple, of Wauseon, Ohio, re killed. Mrs. A. D. Thlerwechtcr, rs. John Vogol and Mrs. Churles Vogel, Oak Harbor, are probably fatally inred. John Vogel was seriously injured, t is thought will recover. The purtv (<1 been to rort Clinton to attend a ball, L d were returning to Oak Harbor when d b accident occurred. a ii Hun on n Hunk. r O'oshocton*, 0., Jan. 31.?John G. Stew- o a banker, tlio oldest house in the city, ido an assignment to U. M. Voorhec* day. Mr. Stewart's illness and possible ' alii caused a run on the bpnk, which it d not the currency to meet, as nearly the funds were deposit* and evei ything is considered absolutely safe. The fail* oca uses great cxciten)cut. The aasieneo J nnot make a statement of the hank's afrs yet, but thinks it will pay the deposirs in full. A.tiim Kxplonlon Suit. Lono Island C'itt, Feb. 1.?Papers >ro served tliis morning upon the oflieers the Standard Oil Company in two suits r$10,000damagesbroughtin the Supreme jj >wrt of Queens county, by Michael i Kaden and Andrew iJendricks, both j Long Island City for injuries from an plosion of oil pas, which had escaped ):n the company's pipe tinder the streets theelty ton sewcrand then to the houses c complainauts, where the explosion took t ice in Ootober last. , llled at n Onueo. I Cincinnati, Feb. 1.?At two o'clock this ; orning, Lizzie Kaufman, while dancing J a ball at Workmen's hall, Mink to the | >or and died in a few minutes. No one j esent knowing whore she lived the body j is taken to the morgue. It is said she ] us employed as a domestic by Council- | an J limes Loewenatein, and had been in ( is country but two years, Her parents i e still living in Germany. j Cut In Ktillruail lCa(e?. Jnojanai'oi.is, Ino., Feb. 1.?1The Jour- \ 11 says tho Pennsylvania people will re>en war on oastbound rates from Indian>o!is and St. Louis. quoting a lf>-cent to to New York from this point. A tiicago, St. Louis & Pittsburgh oflicial is loted as saying there is to bo no more 1 [fling, but rates are to bo nut to the ] lick. Passengor ratas aro also affected. A Terrible Fall. PiTTSBUitau, Pa., Jan. 31.?While walk- ] galong Penn avenue bInff,nearSixteenth . rept this morning, two. boys named ' obert Sproul and; John McGuigan, lost < st their foothold and feU to the bottom j distance of 2Q0 feet. Sprout's skull wits ( acturcfl and he was hurt internally. He f Still living, bntthero is no hopo for his < covery. McGuigan is terribly bruined j id but, but his injuries are not fatal. j A Nmv Dynnmitc l'lat.. London, Jan. 31.?Sir William Vernon i arcpnrt, Homo Secretary, to-day relived a letter whtah' alleged that nn exnaiyo'dynnmito plqt wca being hatched i id mentioned a number at buildings the pnamiters intonded to blow up. It also ivo the names of soveral plotters and the i Ace they could be found. Wrecked In Mid Ocenn. Bai/timork, Jan. 31.?The British steamlip Toledo, from Shields, reports having i used the wreck of an America vessel, sating' bottom up, in tho track of ; earners to and from Europe. The Tolodo icgjfttcred a succession of gales during io entire passage. A BIG EXPLOSION OF NATURAL OAS AT PITTSBUItGH On Saturday?A Number of l!u?ine>s and DtvulUuB IIwuhuh Shaken Up?Twentyone Injured by the Accident?All tbe Woundod, Except One, Doing Well* Prmiiuitoii, Feb. 1.?No deaths have occurred from yesterday's natural gas explosion. The twenty-one victims are resting easy with oue exception, Mary Smolder, M ho struck the match which caused the first explosion, iler condition is very serious, and it is feared inhuled some burning gus. The others are believed to bo out of danger. The scene of the disaster was visited to-day by thousands of persons. Ropes have been placed around tho wrecked district and extra police detailed to keep the crowd back and prevent injury from the falling walls. The owners of the proporty in the Fifteenth and Seventeenth wards will bold nil indignation meeting in the fifteenth ward school house to-morrow night. to denounce the nresent system of piping natural gas through tho streetsand insist upon the companies adopting such measures us Mill prevent explosions in the future. TJIE EXPLOSION. How tho Natural Uu? Toycil WtUi Things. Pontoon Injured, PirrsiiunuH, Jan. 31.?Shortly before 12 /clock there was an alarm on the big bell u the Municipal lialljtower, but it was of inch irregular character that even Chief Cvans, who was in the rotunda hall at lie time, was at a loss to know where it *me from. In a moment word was transuitted by telephones at the Mayor's ollice 1 ind engine houses that a disastrous ex- j >losion of natural gas had occurred at the , orks of tho Koad, otherwise known as ] ?hirty-fourtli and Butler streets, and that J here had been serious loss of life as well : s great destruction of property.' i The meagre details which could be se- < ured over the telephone were to the effect hat tho explosion occurred in August | tub's saloon, No. IJ.351 Penn avenue, und hat an adjoining building had also been wrecked by the explosion. The concus- i ion created the wildest excitemont in the ? ininediato vicinity and hundreds of people gathered about, as the ruins had taken I ire and rumors were current that a nuin- ' ler of persons were buried in the debris, t ust a few moments after tho occurrence i .Citizens' Lino cur passed in front of the i necked buildings Ailed with passengers, t ml a second explosion occurred, and tho ar was thrown from the track by tho force 1 if the upheaval. ( a car omvbk iiuirr. { The consternation among the passengers ras more than a#panic, and scarcely one 1 I the whole number escaped without [lore or less injury. The driver was blown rom his position and so severely injured , liat lie may not recover. At the same line pieces of timber and ilyinjj debris of 1 II kinds were hurled iu the air by the i?cond explosion and caused havoc among lioso who had gathered in the vicinity, ml the list of injured was swelled until it ad reached between twenty and thirty Several other eruptions followed, and lie number of houses embraced was inreased to ten or llfteen. About twenty minutes past twelvo the [glial that the lire had been extinguished . as sent in, but scarcely ten minutes had lapsed until another alarm was sounded rom the same box, and additional steainrs hurried to the spot, not only to aid in xtinguishing the flames, but to assist in idinc in the care of the injured and huntt?sf for those who were supposed to be uried under the buildings which had ecu involved in the general destruction, j TIIK KIItST EXI'I-OSIOX. The explosion ot^urred in three buildups. One was the Iron City hotel aloon, operated by an Englishman named ieorgo Morris. It was a low frame luikling twelve feet front and thirty feet leop. 'It is occupied by a family who had kitchen and dining room in the basenent. Above the bar-room were two bed ooms. Next to this was the meat shop if Mrs. Haimnersdocrfcr, which building liib inuf lllra tint riim 1?\? \lnrriu . LcroHs Thirty-third street was the saloon \ if George Mueller, He lived in a (our- j tory brink house, the bar-room being on j helirst floor ami a tobacco nuntifactory , ilso operated by .Mueller on the second | loor. Above this and iu the front of the < ecoml lloor were sleeping departments. \ 7iic first explosion was in the cellar of t Irs. Hammersdoerfer, about 10:95 a. m. ] ilrs. Ilainmersdoerfer sent her sister i ilnry Huskier into the cellar for a basket. t iVhen she reached the cellar she struck a , uateh, and instantly there was a loud ex- , tlonion, and the little building was almost , ihakon apart. The proprietress was brown across her shop. Tho plastering, ;lass ami loose articles camo crashing in , rum all sides on the girl in tho cellar, ihe cannot recover. the skc0nd uimikaval. , Jn tho meantJmo a aocond explosion ocmrred in George Mueller's saloon, across . ho street. In the saloon at the time were j Sarnie Mueller, daughter of the proprietor, ,iw.ic Gahnoth, a cook, Doctor Zigler, of lllegheny, and Jack Stein, of Milwaukee. Miss Mueller, was just going down in the cellar when the explosion occurred. She oil down tlio stairs and was caught by the oet. where she hung screaming. Charles Hull, the barkeeper, hoard her scream and an into the room, which was by this iine in Humes, lie made his WAy to the rcllar way and rescued her. Dr. Zigler ivas blown up against tho wall and inured internally. Lluio Galmoth was turned aliout the face and seriously hurt, lack Stein was also so terribly burned that leath is only the question of a few hours. STRUCK BY A IIKKB KKO, When tho third explosion occurred Gitsen' railroad car No. til) was just passing. \ beer keg, blown from one of t^e saloons, lit the driver,' William Kota, and knocked iilm senseless. August Hern, Jacob Stein, Nellie Oxenshort, John Benard, Willie Patton and Goorge tfinser went passing ilong I'enn avenue, and all were more or ess injured by flying debris. By the explosion the houses of Morris and Mueller wero luully wrecked, and every house within a square was more or less damigod. Among the number were Eberts' inloon, Lawrence Barak, tfeo's drug store, Scott's grocery, Boehm's jewelry store, files' confectionery ami Peri ton's saloon. So one was killed outright, bqt four or Ive will die, ________ LIST OF THK FVJURED. [niUgnMloB of tln? l'on|He Aculiml the Una Cotiipnny?SulU to be Urouglit. A complelo list of tho persons injured by tho pas explosion to-day is as follows: l)r. Xieglor, Ajlugheny, blown into (he ?ir, jaw badly nut mid injured internally. William Kota, conductor of the Citiions' Line, knocked olT the car by a beer keg anil uadly hurt. lieorge Morris, barkeeper of Mueller's saloon, badly cut and log broken. Jacob Stein, severely cut about tho head and probably fatally Injured. (just Horn, cut; and burned about the 'tei^^'^andtorrlbl,.^ cerated about the lace, left eye blowu out and otherwise dangerously hurt. Millie Oxenhart, thrown into a gutter and badly injured internally. George lieu hard, burned about the head and badly hurt. Willie l'atton, cut on the head and slightly injured. Mre. Morris, blown against tlie door in the cellar next to the building in which the explosion first occurred, badly hurt. Annie Mueller, the saloon keeper's daughter, badly cut about the lace and head and injured internally. George Gibson, driver ol car No. 24, knocked nil the car and badly hurt. Nicholas Perlier, driver ol Herb & Uro., leed store, badly cut on the lace; not seriously hurt Georgo Hammersdorf,cutby flying glass on the Taee. Mrs. Dr. Evans, cut by plate glass in the lace and severely wounded. Lizzie Smolder, injured about the head and lace. Lizzie Hammersdorl, injured about the face and head. 01 these Annie .Mueller, Jacob Stoin, I)r. Ziegler, Lizzie Smolder, Millie Oxenliar!, William K'ota and George Kinzer are so badly injured that their recovery is considered very doubtlul. Mre. Mueller, mother ol Annie, is missing and the ruins are being searched lor her remains. SOME XARKOW ESCAPES. Among the many narrow escapes reported was that ol the passengers on the Citizens line car, which was passing when the explosion occurrcd. The windows ol the car wero shattered and bricks and debris lell upon the platform. A daughter and nieco ol W. 9. lllsael, who wero ill tho car were covered witli a shower ol dirt and broken glass, but protected their laces witli theirmuHi and thus escaped injury. Pontile were thrown duwn llearlv a sousre -* from tho twine of the explosion, and one H man dodged a brick which had been 1 liurled nearly 200 feet. Citizens who reside near where tho ex- J plosion took place lmve been very much J dissatisfied for some time and have even * threatened to tear up tho pipes of the Fuel 0 Lias Company. Last week a number of tiicra consulted in referenco to taking legal action against the couiimty, com- . [wiling them to make the pipes safe beyond any possible doubt. Action of this d nature would have been taken in a few a lays. v i'he indignation against the gas com- tl wnies runs very high, and threats of tear- tl ng up tho pipes are freely made. State Senator Upper man is engaged in draught- w ng a bill to compel councils to take meas- |, ires fur the safety of tho people. ai Messrs. Bau m ami and Voglo, who own t< he buildings, 3401 and 2!0:; I'enn avenue, ,, vill at on once bring suits for damages w igainst the I'enn luel Company, and e nany of tiioso injured have already de- tl jlared their iutention of doing the same $ hing. Tho cause of the explosion was a big eak in the huge main of the Fuel Gas Company, which runs along I'enn avenue ? :loso to the curb. ^ STttWAlt I'M SITUATION. Che ainhdl'n Mini Will OI*m Untile atMetem- S< nth?Future Operation*. London, Feb. 1.?Dispatches to-day JJ rom Korti, describing tho situation of (l ieneral Stewart's force at Gubat, made it w )lain that the Maluli's men have arranged o make a stubborn stand in Metemleh. They are * so well situated tl here it has been deemed advisable o await reinforcements beforo assaulting he stronghold. As soon as reinforccmen s ^ low on the way reach Gubat Stewart's u mud will endeavor to take Metemnch by b >tortn. The action of the troops after n hat will largely depend upon General o: iordon. i\'either general Stewart fc lor General Wolseley lias any a den what ho is likely to decide. The plan ol f action favored by Wolseley is to have ia ho garrison at Khartoum brought down oi he Nile in steamers to Metemnoh as soon u is the British have secured it tl riiis would practically effect the >bject of the expedition and end the var. Bnt it is feared Gen. Gordon . vhen success has crowned the hard work Ic if the expedition, may positively refuse G o be relieved or allow his faithful gam- tl ion to go. There are reasons for believ- u ng he will insist on remaining at Khar- ft oum and establishing a government there, tl [f he does then Gen. .Stewart's forces will je pushed forward and will attack g] he Mahdi at Owdurman. It is believed * jeneral Karle's forco will meet with batJo at Abu ilamed or a short distance " jolow it. The Mahdi has assembled a 0 urge force at Ahu Hamed. If battle will tl jo given there and the British prove n victorious the result will likely c| je to induce the enemy to o jvaeuate Berlwr, especially as they mow (Jen. Gordon's steamers can bo used fc o operate against them from the south. ei [f Gen. Karle succeeds in safely passing n Yhu Hamed he will be able to make much 0 nore rapid progress, as his route ou the h iver will then be south instead of cast as b iow, and he will havo the benefit of the ci lorth winds. EAULK'S All'VAXGK. DuHvrtur Snyn, I/jndos, Fob. 1.?The following dispatch > .vaa received from General Wolsloy: Korti, Feb. 1.?General Earlo has ad- c wiiced bin troops to within seven miles of liirti, but will not able to concentrate : them ill readiness for attack on that place ' intil the 3rd, owing to the dilllcnlty in navigating the river. The enemy holds a strong position at ? Blrti. A deserter from the rebel ranks lays tlio commander at Hirtl received a v letter from tlio Kmir of Berber, stating J, the British bad captured Meteuineh L mil sent steamers to Khartoum with troops and stores for a garrison t there. Tlio Emir strongly advised the g commander of llerti not to opposo Karle'H > advance, as tlio ltriliah were sending e troops across tlio desert from Koroko to (, Abu Homed to suppress tlio rebols. The a lescrtcr recontly left Berber, where ho n lays, are tlio twenty-nix survivore 0 j[ the massacre of Colonel Stewart's party tl wrecked in the Nile in one of Gordon's c steamers. Tlio survivors, Syrians and j Sreeks, ho says, arc not imprisonod, but J ire not allowed to leave Berber. b StiAKiN, Feb. 1.?The British to-ilay ? nade a roconnoisanco in tbo neighbor* ? lood witli two guns. Thoy shelled the c inemy's camp at liashen. The rebels who' hold a strong position ], ivero very courageous, advancing to with- 1 in a short distance with loud yells, but p seemed loth to leave their own gronnd. jj 1'he British subsequently returned to c juakin. No casualties, ti Cairo, Feb.' 1.?(leueral Butlor, Gen- tl srql Wowioy's chief of staff, has boon fa temporarily appolntod to succeed General a Stewart' commander of tbo expedl- v tlan to Khartoum via Metomneh. ? Gen. Sir Evyln Wood succeeds Duller as ( chief of staff, Gun. Grenfuil succceila ? Wood as commander-in-chief of the ii Egyptian army. Gen. Olerry succeeds a Urenfell in coioumnd of tlio Kilo trans- 0 Purts, . . t C?|flbrat?1 I'IitkIrImi llrail. Ciiicaoo, Feb. 1.?Prof. Nicholas Fran- j cia Cooke died here to-day of heart di- j seaso, aged oil yearn. Ho was one of the best kqown physicians In the West, hold- ? ing tbo Chairs of Chemistry, Pathology \ aud Diognosis in t|ie Homeopathic col- ( leges ill ttifs city, Cincinnati and Ann t Arbor, Michigan. Ho was a grandson of j tjie tlfs( Ggvsrnw ?t WlOite Wand, ] DONE BY DYNAMITE. AN KXl'JiOSION IN NEW TOIIKCITY. Two Dry Goods Store* Badly Sliuttered?The Deed Supposed to llave lleon Done at the Initlgatlou of Dlnchargod Kmployoi?Four Mou Arrested. New York, Feb. 1.?The first criminal : use of dynamite in this city has greatly i excited tho people. The explosion took place at a very late hour last night One ] or two morning papers made second edi- j tions giving tho news. The explosion was ] at Garry Brothers dry goods store, Grand 1 and Allen streets, and that section of the 1 city was to-day crowded with people. At the time of the explosion a number of j persons were passing the spot, but none of them were in j urea. To-day Cant. Al- i lairo and a squad of officers guarded the premises of Garry Brothers and of Bidley Brothers, the window of whose establishment was also shattered by the explosion. MEN AKUESTED. j. Shortly after tho oxplosion four men c were found iu tho shadow of Uiverton J1 Btreet station of the elevated road. One 11 of them, Charles Henry, a laborer, who said he lived at Williamsburg, was se- A verely cut on tho head and face. The )thera, William llritton, a waiter, James Daly, a clerk, and James Lamb, a painter, u wore binding Henry's wounds. All were p wrested and remanded. To-day a lad was arrested charged with a< sxperimenting with dynamite at the cor- cc ler of Grand and Ksjw* streets, where he iucceeded in dislodging a portion of the j treet car track. lie could not be con- . lected with the other explosion. Tho bomb or cartridge used in last p light's explosion must have been placcd ^ intnediately under tlio wipdow frame of ** tarry Bros.' store, The window casing 18 nd sash are entirely demolished. FOUCK or TUB SHOCK. 8|j The shock was felt several hundred feet. L lamp on the shelf of a Btore oOO feet ge way was thrown to the floor. Dishes in *r tenement house in the neighborhood fere rattled and iho iron fctanehlons of , ho Klevated road near the store look as J" bough they had received a violent blow. ? There is no evidence that a cartridge . ras applied to Ridley's store. Had it not J? een for the heavy Elevated ltailroad JJ'1 tructure which runs up Allen street be- 111 tveen tho two stores, however, a good art of the west side of ltidley's building eo ould have suflored. Many of ltidley's m mployes came to the spot and guarded bf lie premises. The damages amount to pi 25,COO. * in OUTCOME OF A STRIKE. The police are satisfied the explosion ^ :us the outcome of the strike of Garry af, irothers' employes. Burk, a former wi lerk of tlio firm, and who caused tho ed Lrike, was dismissed for failing one night ) properly secure the doors of the estabshment. Tho Dry Goods Clerks Union, .. f which he was a member, tried many {JJ lethods to secure his reinstatement. They ent so far as to fiUition men in tho icinity and ask those intending pur:>asing to boycot them. When tho rike was ordered by the Union j}" le firm was left without a clerk. a Non-union men employed have been ? ireatened in various ways. Garry ne rothers also received threatening letters. ommittees from the several trades nions have called upon the firm, but the [hi rothers assured them they intended to to in their own business. The persecution [ the firm became so persistent that steps act >r protection were taken, and to this end private meeting of the dry goods dealers bu (this city met. What action was taken do i not divulged, but it is thought that the be rganization of the dealers made the El nion men more desperate and impelled trc tern to use dynamite. pr KOI(M Kit TROUBLES. ?!}? The Union, or Equality Association was y irmed a year ago, when the employes of Qj Irand street houses endeavored to induce |,j le proprietors to close at 0 o'clock. Rid- sii ?y Sons was among the houses that re- en jscd .to close at that hour. For some pli md they were persecuted, and last June wl huge stone shattered one of their plate in lass show windows. The perpetrator eh as never discovered. ' Thomas Garry, of Garry Brothers, said: Bp Of'couree tho Equality is at the bottom f0J f'this outrage. What surprises me is ur nat they have done nothing worse. They te: mfle threats of all kinds, but wo were in- c|( lined to look for their execution upon nr ur clerks." an T. J. Naughton, a delegate of the 0f Iquality Association, denies all knowltlge of the affair and claims that the out- fR ige was not caused by a member of the (jj rganization, although he said it might ave been done on individual responsi* ? ility. lie thought Garry's own agents UIIBU1J UIOUApUBiUll. .1 The men Arrested on suspicion of comlicity in the explosion strongly deny all nowledge of it. tj, WORLD'S FAIK. til ?w Orloauk' Urniit Show Haiti to bo u Sue- jj* C??l. j \jrruponiteiict q/ Iht JiMUgencer. jif New Uiu.ka.V8, Jan. 28.?As many of our readers doubtless conteinplato viaitig tlio Crescent City and its world-wide P, ^position, allow uie for their information ) give a few details of the E?position itelf and of my visit to the 8unny South. W1 From Wheeling to Cincinnati wo came lith Capt. Muhleman on the Andes, and ad she extended her. trip, would have eon pleased to come all the way on this opular steamer. At Cincinnati we were rans/erred to the splendid steamer R. K. pc pringer, in change o( L'apt. ratturson, lor m iow Orleans. There were about 125 pasBngcra on board tlio Springer, principally I'i om the Ohio Valley. It was a gay party, Fi lostly raoilo up of udie* anil gentlemen Fi licking pleasure or health. The ofllcera f tlie boat were porfect gentlemen and pl >10 accommodations every thing that [n ould be dosired. Wo met with no acci- Oi ent or detention by tho way, and all wore mi elighted with the journey down tho eautiful Ohio and grand Mississippi, the ., reather growing warmer and warmer. ntil we were lajidedsafely in this tropical j Tho Exposition is all I oxpoclod, after ?' avlng visitod the I-ondon, Paris and 'hilauelphia exhibitions, and will com- th are favorably with any of them. Tho ? nildlngs are immense, tho main hall sverlng thirty-fonr acres. Every inilus- ru ry of the world la here represented. In lie machinery department you have em- en odied tho inventive genius of all nations, m nd the precision with which the work is th rrought is marvelous. The display of in rticles In the Horticultural and Agricul- h< ural Halls is simply wonderful, and tho to pecimens of American workmanship in ran, glass,China, silk and other materials to re Bullicient to convince any skeptic of e(j iur ability to compete with the world in rl) he manufacture of almost any article, th ifexioo stands next to the United States V( n the extent and splendorof her exhibits. ler works of art, eipoclally her foather rJ ilotures, are marvels of lieauty. st The collection of products from Braxil ind other South American countries, is ery fine, and show very clearly tho vast iold that is there open to American enerurtoe, The countries of Europe and J-1 Uia are not so fully represented as at ^Uilftdelphla, tUll thirj ire many articles fill from England, Franco, Germany, Russia, Japan, China, Palestine and othor places that cannot fail to interest the visitors. But that which interested me most, was the exhibit here mado of the great wealth, vast resources, rapid development and wonderful productions of our own land, impressing me with the future greatness of America, when all her material wealth is fully developed. Thus far the wet season has been very much against the success of the Exposition in point of attendance. The expenditures up to the presont have been about $2,000,D00, and the receipts only $1,750,000, leaving a deficit of $2.>0,000. The mistake was in locating this Exposition on the extreme Southern border of our Bepublic, where toe population is sparse and fully ouolialf Che people are of the colored race, without the disposition or means to atend such a display of rare articles. Filancially, it may prove a failure, but in ivery other respect, a decided sueeessj and ill who can visit it will bo richly repaid. The buildings are located in tbe City ?ark, beautifully situated about five miles tbove the landing. Boats and streetcars arry visitors to the grounds for the low barge of five cento. So no one need stay . way on account of exorbitant charges in i etting to the Exposition. The hotel hargesare eaually reasonable, and the J iest of private boarding can be had at | rom one to two dollars per day. d. ir. , ? I Til HOUGH THE STATE. , ccldunU mid luclduntM lu West Virginia 1 and Vicinity. pr, J. J. Moorman, for many yeAre the ! ell known physician at the White Sul- i hur Springs, is dead. g Tlie White Sulphur .Springs property is J Ivcrtised for rent for ono year by the He- s liver of Judge Bond's Court. t Three of Bonatpr Konna's little chil- > en have lately been very sick in Wash- f gton with pneumonia and diphtheria. w The casing for tho Belmont Oil & Gas ^ ).'s well near Glencoe is an the ground, id drilling will be resumed as soon as it placed, fll Early Tuesday morning, last week, the jre house of Kankin Ilill, Jr., and Bros., ;uated about eighteen miles up the Kaua- ? lia, in Mason count}*, was burned tother with all the contents. Loss not . 10wn; insured for $3,500 iu the l'eubody, Wheeling, J Harrison Jackson, of Braxton county, ? 110 was convicted of a felony ami sen- 8< need to ton years confinement in the si nitentiarv, and who broko out of the 8| ilof that "county $ few days before he b is to leave for .MoumUville, was recap- n red last week in Upshur county. Ii Valentine Cain, ofBrooksville, Calhoun tl unty, while in an unbalanced state of T Ind cut his throat'from ear to car, with a tl rlow pocket-knife, cutting tho wind- ei pe about one-third oliV lie was found aj the barn still sawing away with his c< 111 knifo. He is not expected to live. ai J. L. Q. Mays, .formerly connected with ^ e Fayettevilre 'Enlcrpriw., has returned n ter an absence of nearly five years and ^ ii oncu more nsaisc Aiaior urns',10 in i; iting the paper. With these two live ' an at the head the Enterprise cannot il to bo a popular paper with its rentiers. William Sheets, while out hunting near a home on Lost Creek, Harrison county, w it week, was loading his gun when the aj tnrod become fastened, and in trying to Ul tricato it the gun was discharged the fa inrod taking eftbct in his right shoulder e| d breast, from which he died the next y- . st lane tiriggeby, a colored woman living ft ar Weston, w:is using benzine mar a ci ?ve a few days since, when tho liquid m light lire, and coming in contact with b woman's dress threatened to burn her death. She succeeded, however, after ving had her hands and arms badly ir irched, in putting out tho (lame. nt About 100 new rigs are up in the Macksrg district for the purposoof putting wn new wells. The output of oil will doubled by Anril 1. There is stored at ba in tank's about 50,000 barrels of pe- J ileum. Tho Pine Line Company are eparing to build more tanks and thus crease their storage with the increased I Bid. ? A seventeen-year-old son of Thomas IU bbs.of Mason county, acciilently shot tj inself through the breast a few days jn ice. He had some traps set along a B, cek, and in going down the bank ho }>( iced the butt, of his gun upon the ice, Ml len it slipjied and the hammer coming 0| contact with the ice, tho niece was dis- n arged, killing liim instantly. ji The Presbvterv of West Virginia held a a eeial session at* l'arkeraburg lunt week is r the purnose of considering the organic la lion of tlio First anil Calvary Presby- n: rian churches of that city. It was do- 1> led to unite them. By the terms of the d lion the Calvary Church was dissolved ol d the roll of members added to tho roll (J the First Churph; an addition to the ti neh of Elders and Deacons to be chosen ii >tn those who belonged to tho Calvary F lurch. A few nights since when Jailor Merri- & Id, of Morgantown, went to givo his " isoners their cops of water, three of ?l em. the worse characters in the place, 01 9aultod him and used him up in a severe P Miner. They were Morris, a still house ''J ief, 1 * limp, a meat thief, and Perkins, '' o young murderer. Morris was the P dy one that succeedod in escaping. In I >ing so he had to use considerable force ** getting away from the jailer's wife who td camo to her husband's aid. ? w A NOVEL CIIA1HTV. '1 >tntu Day In the Hullulru School*?Other ! ' llellulre Suwh. q A child of Mr. Gilchrist, of the Fourth ,, ird, died yesterday morning. |, James Hepburn is confinod to his resi* ri mce on Gravel Hill, quite sick. b Tho revenuo from the water works is Cl ?w, in ruund numbers, $12,000 a year. c Andrew Schick has been appointed ex- } utor of his mother's, tho late Mrs. Eliza tli Schick's, estate. ,p Kev. J. W. Coleman, of Beaver Falls, j i, preached yesterday morn in i: at the w rst M. K. Church and last night at the r, ret Presbyterian Church. jfl Tuesday will he "potato day" in the ci iblic schools. Each pupil will bo naked ai bring a potato, or more if they want to. p ily one from each would make a good d any bushels. hi The school children were admitted to % o skating rink Saturday at reduced rates n< id many of them were there. The atndance was larger than the limited stock skates could supply. ? James Patterson, for years boss roller at J! 0 Bellaire nail works, died suddenly at ?. Dubonville Saturday of pneumonia. His A neral took place yesterday and many latives and friends were up. JJ It is reported that the Baltimore & Ohio a aployes at this place are to have a good any changes made in their work and eir positions. Mr. John Bigelow, for so any years the agent of the company a ire. retires to-day, and other changes are ,1 fellow. ti Saturday noon a sleigh belonging a IieUoy Hopkins was overturn- h 1 near Indian ltun bridge by a w inaway horse. Mrs. Mord. Nelspn was tl irown from the sleigh and had an ankle iry badly sprained. The sleigh and iruess were demolished, and the horso ? n some miles up Indian ltun beforo J opping. . Kfttna Old Htory. Cuicago, Feb. 1.?John Scherring, 1> Bars old, shot and killed Ida brother icob, 22 years old, this afternoon, lie \ id not kUQW the aun wm loaded. AN IMPROVEMENT IX TIIE CONDITION OF 1IU8INKSS Noticed Willi Brighter 1'roipecU-Iinlimtrljil Situation?The Iron nnd Steel Mar. ket?A Slight Itevlvnl In tlio Former Trndo?Wool Is Quiet Active. New York, Jan. 81.?Tho increased shipments of ntncral merchandise which were noticeable during tho earlier portion of tho week, owing to the general reduction of railway freight rates east ami west, were checkcd again lator in the weok by by tho severity of the weather, together with the sudden advance of east-bound railwav froiirht rotos. On wlmln .... indicated by ielegrams to Bnulsireel's, tlio volmno of general morchandiso moving during the past week is no heavier than during the previous seven (lays. Advices from Chicago, St. Louts, Cincinnati, Cleveland and othei western points mention tho severity of the weather as having caused Lraflic to drag heavily. At no prominent point of distribution has the amonnt if business transacted equaled expecta- . tions. At Philadelphia traders are reported as hopeful and full of confidence, but buyers are cautious. At Boston in dry joods circles manufacturers aro reported uj losing money at present prices, but aro congratulating themselves that they are ;iot producing goods in excess of requireuents, as they were one year ago. There ins been 110 gain in the demand there linco the opening of tho new year. Clovettiid reports a growingconfidoiice as to tho pring andHumiuerbusiuess, whilecnrrent ransactions are quite unsatisfactory. Vhile the genend tenor of tho advices rom St. Louis aro unsatisfactory, it is .'orthy of note that cash purchases aro eavier than tlicy were a year ago. THE INDUSTRIAL SITUATION, The industrial situation has Improved nfllciently to make good a portion of tl e nfavorable features. More employes in lining and umnuCacluring lines' have een thrown out of work, but it is noted lat about fifty iron works, tube and nail lanufacturing establishments, iron and .eel mills, structural iron establishments ml blast furnaces have begun work again, lore than one-half of which aro in Ponnplvania. The reverse is colored with tho ',a to incut that wages in almost all inances have been reduced. Wheat baa een dull, and speculative and export <joland is quiet. Prices have declined, anil ndian corn quotations have followed suit, lough to a proportionately less extent. iiu uuur iuurkei iras aiso ueen weaker irough absence of demand from exportrs. So. 2 red closed last night a^ 02c. goinat Oojc. last week, nnd No. 2 mixed >rn at 50c. as compared with 603c. a week io. The tendency of hog products has uen upwards, owing to the decrease of icoipts of hogs at the west, though tho eakness in gmin has exercised a deressing effect. ttelincd lard closed at 45c. against 7.15c. a week ago. Tho dry goods market is steady, but holesale buyers are again operating with jnservatism and tho volume of sales is uly fair. In textiles, both cotton and oolen, prices lire still unremunerative, though production is and has been for lonths far short of the capacity of tho ctorics. While print cloths are weakling raw cotton is advancing, thode eased crop movoments of the past week ifluning quotations for the Btaplo still irther. Grocery staples have been dtided ly slow, with lower prices on sugar, did cofleo and Japan tea futures. IKON AND KTKBL. A number of houses engaged In tho pig on iniuu rupori* u ueiier inquiry, out jno that can bo learned of who supply ipply Eastern consumers mention any aterial improvement. Tho slight gains ported at tho West continue, and in ow England there is reported further doand for Southern iron, as well as No. 2 ithracite to mix therowith.' On this [>int wo tindastatemont in lingers, Brown Co.'s iron circular (Cincinnati) of exertional interest, owing to its deiiniteness j well as to tho reliability of source. Of 10 pig iron tnulo at Cincinnati the circntr says that there is a good aggregate of lies. "It is probable that more iron is eing distributed from Cincinnati this lonth than in the corresponding month f last year, priocs ranging from $2 to$* or ton helow those accented at that time, reduction of Southern iron is, wo think, little in excess of a year ago, hut there i no case reported of a fiirnaeonecu mulling stocks, and most of tho large oomanies havo more orders on their ooks than for many months. This conttion of things would have been di Herein, f course, but for tho heavy shipments Southern) of iron eastward. These connue at an increased rate, notwithftandjg tho reduction in prices mado in tho inst to stop them. Steel rails continue dull imdunsatisfaciry, and more sales havo been inado at 10 west at exceptionally low figures in Rlftr to securo business. No sales of IUissmer or Spicgeleiwh are reported. Scotch ig iron importations continue at tho low lib hist reported and at unchanged prices, Iglinton being $10 50 and Coltness $21 50 er ton. There is no change in anthracite American) pig prices, No. 1 being Btill )ld at $18. wool. Bohto.s', Jan. 31.?The Atkrriirrr iu its eekly review of tho wool market says: he market, as tho sales distinctly show, as been more active, indeed, larger than >r nine previous weeks. Since tho first f the year the sales foot up *1,000,000 ounds more than a year ago. A boom, owever, burst upon tlio market in Foliuary last year, and pales were very large, ut a repetition is not desired, even if it uuld lie engineered, for the "after elfccls" f such are always had. Tho increase in 10 sales has been duo to a larger demand om manufacturers, who want to securo ool foi'thc orderstJiey may have on hand, hey buy very cautiously, and it is illleult to obtain any advance even upon ocls that are notoriously in short suply. An advance in combing and delaino i,"however, conceded of about lc, but tho jnditiori of the goods market is not such s to warrant manufacturers paying higher rices for wool. No. 1 combing and lino elaino wools are, however, in very light ipply, and we hear of an order to buy 30,OIK) lbs delaine, which cannot be filled told prices. Holders of choice XX deline ask :i7a:!7Jc, ami some even higher, tichigan delaine is held atfrfo, althoneh mie might be secured at Sttjc. Kentucky imbing has been in increased demand, nd J trade will sell readily at 27e; it is in ght supply. The sales of Most Oregon, alifornin and Territory wools have been irger. A sale of Michigan has l?een mado lis week at LWjc, hut this is exceptional, nd 30c is tho price. Ohio wools are firm. Found Murdered on a Mountain, Ltnciiiiuimi, Va., Feb. 1.?Tho body of n unknown man, supposed to be a pedler, was found last night on Cove Mounlin. Tho body was riddled with bullets nd the clothes stripped oil'. It is thought o was murdered by an organized bund rlio have committed numerous crimes in liat' vicinity. 1)1 KD. MKYEU?On Sunday, KchMtnry 1, ISM. Gertju'dk L, daughter of II. C. nnd Kalio Meyer, u^ed S j cum ud 3 month*. Fuuorul Tuesday nt 21'. v. Another kciu In in ken To dwell with the angela above, Aud our (iertle will await Ua lu the laud of love. THOMPSON?On Monday, F?*>m?ry 2, at :1& a. *?., ut 1i!m residence. in TMiiytio.d trvct, T. 11. Tuomihon, In tho Wth yvar of Funeral notice bcrutfvw,