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2 THE BURLINGTON, VT.. 1?11EE PRESS : FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 1880-TWELYE PAGES Public and Private IIiihIiicsw. Conuress Iiiih now been In session for jiuiro thnn a month, hut has not yet bo- j Ktin fairly to consider the urent public j jhEY questions before It. This Is lni:trt because Kreut bodies move slowly, and In part be cause the public business Is u'reatly im peded by business of a private nature. Thousands of private bills have already liecn presented, referred to commit teen and ordered printed ; and still they come. The journal of the House shows some- thliiK over 1000 bills thus far introduced,) Cim.A,i0) j,,,,, .-Investigations made and there are hundreds more uwiiltlm; n , pt,rj(dlcally by the city police and private chance for introduction. With each sue- . ,ictcctlves have disclosed that the Oerman cesslvu session, more unimportant bills lllllirclliPts this city have been engaged are presented and the time will mioii llss,iuously In manuiacturliiK dynandte come, unless a change is made, when 1)01nbs ali i experimenting with otlier ciuier uio session win nmuiu uu niuun- fenmi machines for tlio purpose, as they nltely prolonged or else nine-tenths of all ,iL,clare 0f destroytnu; tlie militia and the bills Introduced will have to be I ,,,,..! ir,m nubile liulldliiL's when GERMAN SOCIALISTS. PLOT TO BLOW UP A CITY WITH DYNAMITE. I'ciiiTut nlnrloKurus-1'roxliiilty (r ; Dyniittilto l'lnKiiii " t'1' Milo thu Water Need of HimiMt anil , Suu-rn Legislation. shelved, as it is now the numoer 01 oms f1 which secure a ueurniK is a very sinan proportion of the number of bills pie hented. Of course congressmen nre under strong pressure in this matter. They have con stituents who are interested in the pri vate bills, if they are not so themselves ; and If tlie private bills are not attended to tho constituents howl ; and tlie howl of a private constituent often muUes a very distinct impression on the congress man when tlie howling of tlie great pub lic is only an indistinct murmur in his ear. Congress exists to some extent for the protection and care of the individual, as well as of tho general public : but there is a proper measure in all tilings: and Kooner or later some limit to the amount of private business will have to be set, or borne new method of disposing of it adopt ed, or else all public business will be swamped by tlie private. How to get such a limit or what new method to adopt, is unquestionably a problem of considerable magnitude. Hut there ought to be minds equal to It, in the national Legislature. Popo on Porter. After a silence of many years before the assaults of his critics, Gen. John Pope speaks in his own behalf, and twenty-six of the ample pages of tlie Century maga zine for January are devoted to his account of the much discussed battle of Hull Kun. Gen. Pope very distinctly ascribes tlie reverse to the Cniou arms in that bat tle to tlie inaction of Kitz John Porter "General Porter," lie says obeyed nor attempted to obey his (1 orders." He add In this battle (of August Lib the 5th corps, under General P. J. Porter, took no part whatever, hut remained all day in column, without even deploying into line of battle or making any effort in lorco to llnd out what was in their front. That General Porter knew of the progress of tlie battle on his right, and that lie believ ed tlie Union army was being defeated, is shown by liisowndespatchesto.MoDowell. several times repeated during the day. Not the artillery only, but the voile vs of musket rv in this battle were also plainly heard on their right and ! ,mir "great revolution begins." Week betoro last tho metal workers voted lands to arm themselves, and cali linct makers set aside one-half of their entire surplus for the purchase of Winchester rifles. Thu socialists boast they have over 0000 bombs loaded nnd distributed. The socialists possess a Ger man organ which week after week dis seminates Incendiary ideas, while from its job press Issuu circulars, maps, etc., giv ing Instructions in warfare and practical explosives. The socialist leaders claim they have established depots for storing bombs and they have lists of prominent persons to lie disposed of by dynamite, and claim that every Sunday .morning font year, bauds of socialists have been going to the country to practice throwing the bombs and that tests of their effectiveness and manner of explosion lias been frequently made. In a conversation Wm. PJnkerton claimed to have representatives in each of their clubs and know all that is goiug on, being paid by an organization of citizens. He says the socialists have repeatedly in tlie meetings talked of blowing tit) his ollice, and lie has it fortilied with Winchester rifles. Atany time liu can keep tlie social ists at bay as far as his block is con cerned. , , Joseph Griienhut who is the author of tlie eight hour agitation "thinks the great crisis will come on or about tlie llrst of .Mnv, for tlie men who have work will strike for shorter hours, and the thousands out of work will have no more considera tion for tlie strikers than the people. who now have jobs have for the idler.-, who aru stiirviiiLf nnd freeziiiL'. Thee idlers will neither ,,lku Jolw wl,it:h v:,iU 1,0 m'L'rL''? X','"1' ,. . plovers and the strikers will resist. Then Popes) the" police and militia will be sent to hold down tlie strikers while their places are being lllled. This will produce an out break which will be joined in by the so cialist labor organizations and, in fact, all the laboring men who believe in the eight hour svstem. "Tliis is the occasion lor which 1 think the socialists are arming." I'ATAI, KXI'I.OSION. A Catholic Church Ih'iiiollihcil -Severn! .Men Killed. Pout Wani-., lnd., Jan. II. A terrific explosion occitned in the holler room of St. Mary's Catholic church on the comer of Jefferson and Lafayette streets at l:f?0 o'clock this afternoon. A moment later tho flames were emerging from the debris of tlie wrecked church. Thu llro depart ment succeeded after hours of work in quenching tlie flames. The church, which was one of the largest and finest in the city, is a complete wreck, and tlie loss will not be less than SW.OOO. Tlie re port of the explosion bhook the windows in the buildings for a mile around. Tlie air was lllled with flying bricks, stones and other portions of the building. While a large brick chimney in the build ing toppled and fell, tlie side walls bulged out hut did not fall. The roof of Hev. Father Kcliteriug's residence was entirely demolished while the Catholic church building Immediately south of tlie church, which was filled with children at the tilde was terribly shaken up, though none of the Inmates were badly Injured. Miss Alberta Wtllard, a i: years old girl, on her way to school, was pxsslng the ill fated church at the moment of the explo sion, and one of the large doors suspended just above the main entrance gave way and fell, crushing her beneath its weight, killing her instantly. After the lire was gotten under control, men set to work to explore the ruins for the dead or wound ed. After a half-hours' search they came across tlie blackened and mangled body of Engineer Anthony Kt ans. The body was horribly mutilated, the top of tho head being completely blown oil', ills brains scattered and the arms and legs broken in hall a dozen places, and the entire bony burned and scalded until it resembled little that is human. Tilt: 1IKI.I. TKI.KI'IIONK CASK. Secretary I.timar'H lleport to Attorncy Gcneral Oomle. Washington, Jan. II. Secretary La- sent to Acting Attorney-General front, lv tho advance of Porter's troons ! Goode the following letter: "Sir, 1 have much of tlie day. In umsequeiice of his i under consideration tlie papers referred to belief that the army on his right was be-1 touching the Hell telephone patents. IT TLTX. Z : S The petitioners ask the depa rtment of Jus McDowell that he intended to retire to Manassas, and advised; .McDowell to send back Ids trains in the same direction. n For this action, or non-action, he lias been on tlie one hand likened to Iienedict Arnold, and on the otlier favorably com pared with George Washington. I pre sume lie would not accept the llrst posi tion, and probably he would hardly lay claim to tlie second. Certainly I have not the incliiialion, even had 1 the power, to tice to cause or allow appropriate legal proceedings to be instituted in the name of the government to vacate and annul the Hell telephone patent of the 7th of March, ltsTii. I thought my own consideration should he directed to two questions. First, has the govern ment a rigid to institute such a proceeding and second, If it has such a right, should A SHOCKING MINK KXI'I.OSION. Thirteen Men Killed The. Face of Nuturo Considerably Seruti'lii'il. Kvaxston, Wyo., Jan. IT. Tlie lire damp explosion in mine Xo. 4 yesterday, at Almy, three miles northwest of this place, proves to lie one of the most serious in tlie history of Itocky Mountain coal mines. Occurring as it did at night, the death role was limited to ltf persons. The whole face of tlie country, and that por tion of tlie settlement tro.itin.' i he ilope, gives evidence of the t i-r. iblo f-oc'iif t.if explosion. Tho weigh' uul t-n Ji t i were entirely demolished. i'h" cii.-im house was wrecked, wml- . i-'im- hi-, v , business houses lot tr.-it-i. ui iluu doors or chimneys The mniitii ,h slope has the appear.ini fa h. j, iin,:,. from which Italy n thou-. in I e r .i . of rocks have been turn and di-ti'h I over the adjacent country Au-iiii i ,: cars goiug down into the mux' n tin- t of tlie explosion was ni'..!a-n into in. incuts, and shot out as thnueh tr-m im mouth of a cannon. A.MEKICAN-CANAIJI VN risll l-.KM r.X. AN UNJUST SENTENCE. A PENNSYLVANIAN'S STORY WHICH SEEMS HARD INDEED. Defrauded of the. Valid Title til I.iinil Legally l'un'IniHCil UU Home At tacked and lit) Convicted for An other Mini's Crime. Tho ltrnev, ill of 7.1. III,. ,ui.iiimiiwiit ueii nail i till inrnvi, , , ,. assign lilm to either or to any position the proceedings recited on the, iespectie between tlie two; and if he were alone petitions or either oi l i em oe uisii ii en .- concerned in tlie (mention 1 should make no comment .is all on tlie subject at tins day. Many others than himself and the result of a battle, however, are involved in it, and tliey do not permit silence when the second battle of Hull Hun is discuss ed. Taking the enemy's own account of the battle that afternoon, which lasted sev eral hours, and its result, it is not unrea sonable to say that, it Gen. Porter had at tacked Longstreet's right with ten or twelve thousand men while the latter was thus engaged, the ellect would have been conclusive. Porter's case is the llrst I have ever known, or that I think is re corded in military history, where tlie the ory lias been seriously put forth that the hero of a battle is the man who keeps out of it. I had telegraphed General lliilleck on the "sth our condition, and had begged o him to have rations and forage sent forward to us from Alexandria with all i-need: but about daylight on tlie :i(Jtii I i'lie llrst of these questions hasiin allirm.i- tive answer from a number of precedents in this department, and has received a like altlrmatlve answer from the United States courts, if it had not been thus authoritatively settled, I should on prin ciple have readied tlie same conclusion. Tlie government asked a judicial in quiry into the patent of the Hell Telephone companv. It such patent was obtained by fraud, of the patent ollice and with thu collusion or inadvertence ol tlie executive oilicers of the government. Surely if power to vacate a patent wrongfully issued exists at all, there need not be a statute to provide tlie mode of its exercise when the mode exists without a statute. An inventor is the sole owner of his in vention, but to publish it by use or other wise, Is to give it tlie world. The rights which would then accrue to the whoie people from such publication, are confided asimart of the general trust to the gov ernment with power bv its patent, to l'ormcr .In out Want tlm Tr.'iily id 18 Uiftai.o, X, V., Jan. R Messrs. Whitten and Pierce are here on impor tant business connected Willi the llshery Interests of the great lakes. "We pro pose," said Mr.Whltteh, "to get the piom liient fishermen of this, vicinity to memo rialize their congressmen on this subject, to prevent, if possible, the appointment of another llsli commission like tliatol lS(i, which gave to Canada :,0(hi,IKii) as a bonus under the reciprocity treaty of lbT;i. "The gist of tlie whole matter," said Mr. Whitten, "lies in the fact that tlie Canadians are very anxious to have this treaty renewed while it is not at all to tlie present interests of the United States to doso. In otlier woids their gain by the treaty is much greater than ours, espe cially in the matter of sea coast fisheries. to fish in their Chicago, Jan. 17. Milton Weston, who stands convicted In Allegheny county, Pa., as accessory to a murder, returned to Chicago yesterday to close up some busi ness affairs, prior to returning to Pittsburg to receive Ills sentence of four years in Kiversldo penitentiary. Weston's reputa tion has been beyond reproach, both as a business man and socially. He has n mother, wife, children and brothers re siding in this city, all of whom aru highly esteemed. "For forty-three years," he said to a reporter, "I have lived here and done business and no man can place a black mark against my character any where. This tiling litis cost me $Siu,000, besides .I.-.,(iU(l lawyers' fees, over SMKl.UOU, about all tlie fortune that I had. Kveu my my wife has mortgaged her farm and pledged her diamonds to help me out of trouble, but I am still here, tho victim of a cruel conspiracy. The story has never been told that I discovered tlie value of natural gas tor illumination, and its utili ty for fuel. I purchased lO.Ml acres of land in West Al, it-i.l i, t, il I'Mttntv Irnni ITIllnrv A llrntmf. in-other of Felix Hruuot, the (junker ln- (linn commissioner, i paid ii),00i) for the l,i,,,l m.iiI A IOOO In ,-,.tilii-., II i.liulil (Ynrn itu I Htli. I received 11 deed lifnii Hrnnnt. ! dropsy wherein lie agreed to give me a good and sufllcient title. Tlie llrst payment Is on record. He fore the second payment became due I was nut tiled by the owners of thu best leases that Hritnot did not own them at all. I immediately took steps to possess myself of these leases, which 1 succeeded in doing for li'.l years and I placed them on record. Kegardless of this, and in violation of tlie sale to me, Hritnot sold the .same to another gns Com pany, which attempted to dispossess me. At that time myself ami wife lived on the land, and for several days anil nights beloie, my wifu had been there almost alone, with but one lady companion, lla) maker, who was unfortunately killed, was the agent of Hrunot. Ho had loll men under lino, armed with pick handles and ri'Wilvcr.-. who came upon us while we weie in peacelul possession, to try to dis-p,i-ess us. Who would not have resisted lo iieh nii his own? in the niche that ensued, Haymaker is kdled. and while that killing was vim WLTA, Willi MALA III A. and rcntore the Torpid Liver to Us it urmal condition, (ivc tone TO THE STOMACH, invigorate thu kid noyn, cure Const i pillion, pioduciiiK a huulthy appetite, Sound Difjeslon, llvyuhtr Stools, Ctattr Skin and a Vigorous liody. It is the GREAT REMEDY for all Nervous iJinoiiscs, Xuurnluia, Jilietiinatisin. Nervous Debili ty, Paralysis, HHIouhiicss, Dyspepsia, Costiveness and Piles, JMver Complaint, all Kidney Troubles, Fe iiialc Complaint, and all Discuses arisiiif; from an Impure State of tho JJIood. It is priceless boon to Unit lnrxeclussof persons who feel the need of n nerve tonic, nn alterative anil it HtrcnRthenlnir medicine, iiml yrt wisely tear to take miiny ot tlie nostrums which Hood the country. Tho Cclory Ciiinpoiiiid in composed enthely of e(?etidilo In gredients. They iiru Nature's remedies, unilliav Ioiik been known imp ued with jrrcnt success by luilnitlvc people In nil purtgof tlio woild. Tliey are here hiouglit toirc.ther, tlielr virtues lolly extracted by the best means known to science, and then sklllully piopor 1 loned and mixed. The Compound can he cdn-cleiitioiiily recommended nn not lmvinir one deleterious dnuf in Its composition, nnd as not lielmr a mnke-sllltt" lor alcoholic stimulants to bo used by those who (ratify such a tn.tc under tho mime of "illttei"," etc. On tlio other liiinil, to tliilM' who uiiloitiiimicly have contracted such a tuste. Celery Compound is lcciiiimieiided to correct tlio loneof the Hounich, st iimliitlnjr and st rciiiftlienhis- the ner vous system, thereby siitlsl'yhn; the craving ol appetite with that which docs no harm, mid If tlie use Is pci. severed in will take away nil desire for Intoxicants. W'c give J oil below the mediud propel ties of the articles used In thu maniliiicture of tlie CKt.imv COMPOUND taken from the United States Dispensatory, nnd other Standard Authorities. IIP11UN 'r,a' l,cliv! principle ot Hops, U n tonic, moderately narcotic, highly rccoinmciid ui umn ,., nervous discnu-s, pi oilnelng sleep and leheving pain, used in dyspepsia, rc stoiinu tone to tlie ii iitnted nnd exlian.-ted stomaili, one of tho best uniedies for nervous t returns, wnkel illness and delci him, alliij lug tlie pain of aitlculnr rhciimlitl'-rii, etc., etc. Kit, IlII Ineii .i-es the appetite, pioniotcsdlgc-tlon, favors tlie iccretlon ot urine. tVed In DUU11U li i-Iilo lligestioll With lllltlllelice. chlimle rllcniiintUni. imMimiiviiii. nlliM-llmw mul II AN DP f IflN "lllc diuretic mid aperient, having a specific action In ca-cs of congestion nl uiy inn- iif-Miuaucu w nn a ionic nyf-pepsiu nun coiiiiuiiou. ARAPif II I & ,s !t well known lihxjfl pui-ltK-r, tuid isj uieiitlotieil in the Dispensatory frt Ufinunin limn (.,,iineetlon witli gout, lheiimntisiii, skin dUenses, constitutional syphilis, scrofulous iilteetlon. and otlier depraved conditions ot health. PIPIIslPWA Is a dluictle, tonic and astringent. Physicians ot sound Judgment havo IlIOlJULiltn test tiled to Its usefulness In scrotulaof tlie glands nnd skill, and as a cute for rheumatism, dlsea-es ol the kidneys, dropsy mid di-ordercil digestion. MiNHRSKP other active cuthaitics. Mandrake in removing constipation removes ono lllnlUnnrvu (,f the eiiusen of constipation, the condition which is generally spoken of as tor pur or the liver. RH1IRSRR ' 11 nie, cathartic, stomnchie Invigorating the digestion, rendering It use lUlUuttllLI dyspepsia attended with constipation, biliousness, etc. The gentle action ol rhubarb renders it one ol thu best remedies lor hemoii holds connected with constipation : one of the best remedies lor dlarrlniM caused by cold or tlio presence of ii ritating ingestn in the stomach. (iFNTISN Is a lane and simple tonic bitter. It excites the appetite, invigorates dfge-tlon Ulill 1 lnli nnd enters Into mostot the stomachic combinations employed ill modern prac tice, ft may lie used In all ea-es ot pure debility of tlie digestive organs or where a general tonle implosion is rciiilied, Dyspepsin, atonic gout, amenori ho'ii, hysteria, sciof ula. Intermittent lover, dlni-iinea and worms are among the many Directions in which it has pro oil usctiil. " TflfA Is a lioon to brain workers nnd nil who reipilro a nervo tonic mid stimulant which viulln, s ln.e iiom unpleasant alter ctTccts. It supplies materiallor body and biaiii j it gives tone and st length to the nged and infirm: cmes loss of male vitality, etc. It Is valuable In malaria, ague, malarial debility, low levers, paralytic, 'phial and nervous complaints, "n llammatory atlcctlons of the heart, epilepsy, bilious nnd liver troubles, sick headache, change ol life, spinal Irritation, seasickness, etc. It Is rel resiling and ic-toratle to all who liuvu undergone prolonged exertion, such as athlete- u prolonged exertion, such as at i etes. noli ic sneakers nnd others, enab hug chared to n.y lureman, the fact is lie was . " . "J "-,,,ml" " 11 wiinom ioou ana enuu.e unu,.au iuiigue mm Plfip PP Isa stimulant and carminative given in dyspepsia, flatulent colic and tho feeble U111ULH .state of the ailment arx canal attendant upon atonic gout.mii'cular ilieuinatlstn, neu ralgia, headache, imparting a warming and coidlal operation upon the stomach. fUliMnMIIF Is a ginteliil nuody ne, iiromntlc bitter, imparting a pleating degree of killed bj hi-, own men, by a shot intended for my lot email, I was living on the prop er! v it h mj wife, and she was HOD feet liom win re the light occurred and wit nessed il, hut she was not a competent witness im- her husband. I shall go back to Pittsburg and face my sentence." Cook Still linn Hope. Xkw Youk, Jan. IT. In an address to day before the American Temperance as sociation in Chickuriug Hall, Joseph Cook of Hoston, said : "We are the most drunken race on the planet, and the palm for red noses should be awarded to the Irish, Hermans and Americans." To make the knowledge ot the alcoholic effects on the human system compulsory in schools, was the way to take the bull by the horns. Mr. Cook lias not lost all hope yet that the Republican party would lead the crusade against the liquor interests. Trance and tlio Church. Komi:, Jan. IT. The Pope in receiving Count liclmin, I'reuch enoy to the Vat ican, complained of the conduct of tlie government of l'rauce'toward the church. The Pope's allocution in reference to tlie Carolines (inestion congratulates the warmth and sticmrth to the stomach, and in all eases of indigestion, wind v colic and general weakness, it has for ages been strongly recommended by tho most emi nent practitioners as a ury useful and tienetlclal remedy lor periodical Sick Headache, Dyspepsia, and nil Its kindred diseases. It N reputed to cure neuralgia. fSNFll h Is a tonic and stimulant to the digestive organs, nnd is employed to relieve sim liflrtCiLLfl pi,, tastrio debility. rfll IIMRfl ' " I'nre stimulant stomachic tonic, increasing the appetite nnd improving UVliUlliUV digestion. It answers admirably as a remedy in simple Dyspepsia. PRIPKIY SQU In an arterial and nervous stimulant. It displays its virtues in pro rnitmiJl null duulng cutaneous evacuation, expelling wind, and allaying muscular rheu matic pains. As a remedy hi chronic rheumatism enjo) s much reputation in this country. YFI I OW nftPK Is astringent and gently tome, and also laxative is employed in serof lLLLiUIl Lflun. idous cutaneous eruptions, congestion ot thu liver and dyspepsia. All these are combined with the Great Nerve Tonic, Diuretic and Carminative 1 Celery Seed in the Celery Compound. 1'iom.Col. A.C. Hatch, l'ostuinsterat Windsor, Vt., lor twenty-one years. Ciiu-aoo. 111., July 11. IS!. I Col.. M. IC. I'aim:- Dear Sir l'or several years I have sntleied t mm dyspepsia nnd neu ralgia, opi-cially acute facial neuralgia, accompanied with neuralgic headache. About a I year since I begun taking your CKI.IIUV Oi.MPOt'N'l) with a roiilt which I am glad to gic lor the benetlt of others, Tlie llrst. bottle helped me gicatly.aud limner use has resulted I In complete relief. I now ha e g I digest ion, sound sleep, and am tortmed no moie by iicu- I might. Hoping (T.U'.ICY C'l i.Ml'Ol.'.N I) maybe as icmiincrath e to you is It Is licnclklal to others. 1 am Vours truly, A. fi. HATt 11. received a note from General Franklin, , create lor the inventor a monopoly in me written by direction of General McClellmi, use ot Jus Invention. 1 his I'atcni just as informing me that rations and forage a patent to land, shuts out .all the world would be loaded into tlieavalhibUi wagons i except thu patentee from its use and en and carsat Alexandria as soon ns 1 should i joyuient. send back n onvnlrv escort to u'liaul thu . Thu grounds of invalid tj alleged ,v,ii,,u stiwii ii l,.tti.i- .when w, weie Hl'IiI. I at-'iiiiist thu Hell patent may be substnn ,, i-.ii, m liuc iiiiniii,,nii.in, ,ii j (.iitiioije-, upon the fact that the supreme u we io we wo a i preier 10 in yu ii em , author!ty ot the church has been amply pay duty on our INh than to get their fish lvcKni.eil bv the two illustrious powers I without that tax, and this Is what we , i,etwei'it whom counsels of the chinch I want to explain to the people anil get llllV0 asMln.(1 L0eUrd. The monarchist 1 them to prevent a renewal ot thu recipro- ..y,., , Malice denounce the govern- city treaty of 1S..V ucnt's declaration regarding the clergy. 1 . . open war upon the clergv and church. .MANllI.L'l) TO IIKATII. I 1 . To introduce Till'. CHI. l'.ItV COMPOCM) m places whi le Dr.Ai.r.ns no mit iiavi: Stock. I will, on imf-ian- of Two Iioi.i.aiis, send t wo bottles to any addn -s In .New land, securely packed, and llxpicss (.'liaigcs I'.ud, to your nearest i:pios othec, i it i: pa i: n i i; v ZM. IS. 'JP .A, I B, :t in Kng- lug the enemy and Alexandria was full of troops, needs no comment, ' Atno time during the fifth, .'With and Hist of August was the road between Hristoe and CentieviUe Interrupted by the enemy. Thu orders will show conclusively that every arrangement was made in tlie mi nutest detail for the security ot our wagon train and supplies; and General lialiks's subse(iieul report to me is positive that none of the wagons or mules were lost. I mention the matter merely to answer the wholly unfounded statements made at the time, and reieated often since, of our loss of wagons, mules and supplies. In thecoursu of ills paper General I'ope denies the old "llcudiiuarter.s in tlie .Sad dle" story, and says the expression is a very old "chestnut." Ho first heard it, when a cadet at West Point, and it was The C. V. K. it. I'eoplo Declare thu l.at.i then told on Gen. Worth. "I presume," i lteport About tlieni Untrue. he says, "it could bo easily traced back to St. Ai.iians, Jan. 11. Tlio management the Crusaders and beyond; ami while it ' of the Central Vermont Kallroad company mav not be as old as the everlasting hills, 1 whoso headquarters arc here authorize it is certainly old enough to have been ex- an emphatic duniul of thu report recently riiscnrom ncttvn dntvMonL' vears ago. I telegraphed from Toronto to the. effect , that thu Grand Trunk railway Had leased tially suininarizcd thus : The first patent was procured by fraud ot the patentee through the collusion of an officer of tlie patent office; second the invention was not patentable because already public. Inasmuch as thu defence is very volumin ous and conllicting and charges are pre ferred against the patent ollice, ami (he i question is one that demands a great deal of scientific research, 1 think It would i comport with thu dignity ot tlie govcrn i muiit and the gravity of tlie subject and would insure a final and just adjudication of the merits of tlio controversy to have it settled in such a court as will best sub serve the purpose of public convenience." ' h. C. Lamai:. ' A DKNIAL. FKOM IIIJAIMJUAUTKltS. A 1'Htat C. iv, in. I Al.uuinis, Pa., Jan. 14, A terrible cavu In occurred yesterday afternoon at Kltton-1 house Gap on tlie Cade-aqua and l'olgcr-1 ville railway. It happened in an ore mine owned and opeiated by .Mr. II. 1C. Hart-1 soil of this place, and buried about a dozen I men. At T o'clock the bodies of James 1 ShifTcrt, Prank Kck and George h. Miller bad been recovered. They had been suf-1 focated. I.argu gangs of men are elldeav-1 vonng to rescue tho others. The mine I gavu employment to a large number of 1 men, but most of them had left work at 1 noon. An Aftnr-honso's Ghostly tummies. ViVKVAKP, .Mass., Jan. 11. A vessel's atter-house apparently newly painted was ..!..! 1 .1 .1... t i 1. picivcu up uu uie suuie uii liiu 11111 nisi, il had been long in the water ,aniT two human skeletons tied together by a rope I were also tound. 1 hey are thought to be two ot thu many victim-; of the steamer City of Columbus wrecked oil Gay Head two vears ago. A lot of shoes similar to Tlie engineer of the west i those taken from the City of Columbus at as found with his head thu time of thu wreck were also washed ashore. Terrible liiillrnail Collision Tour Train Unmix Killed. .Mu itliiAN' Cirv, Intl., Jan. U. A col lision occurred on the Haltimore and Ohio railroad, near Coburg, two miles and a half west ot Alida, yesterday, whereby one enginuer and three llrcmen were killed. The trains colliding were both heavily loaded freights, thee,ist-bound one being a double-header, while tlie Westward onu was in tow of a monster locomotive, known as a '"camel hack." The train drawn by this engine should have stopped at Alida for orders, but the engineer and llreniau, It is alleged, were both asleep, and they ran to the crossing at a high rate, and continued on a down grade, llotli trains were on a down grade and rounded a curve at thu tame time, doing twentv-llve miles an hour. The result was that the. threo engines and twenty cars ot merchandise and live stock were heaped into one unrecognizable mass. Tins caught Hie and burned lreciy lor some time. bound train was split open from thu crown to thu neck and .f e.. r .i e , , i . ...,.!!.. uiu lacu lull iorwaiii upon nis uieasi.v, mo llis brains were scattered about. One lire man became pinned In between nieces of tlie wreck and was suspended by his head until he was roasted to death. A second fireman was cut completely In two and the dismembered parts of Ills body were found some distance apart. The mini was badly Injured, and died after a few hours of suffering. The other two en gineers escaped by jumping. The ex treme secrecy of the Haltimore and Ohio management prevented thu reporters from obtaining tlie names of the killed or in jured employes. -WIND-SOU, VT., t S. A. who has breu actlx cly engaged in the prcpar.it iuii of medicines Wholesale and Itctnil Druggist m the L'nitei! states or tanndii. Price 1 per bottle: six bottles lor s.",. A ti. ITSUKlt, Cicneral Western Agent. .11 Wabash Ave Chicago. A Practical Apothecary since March hi. Ism. May lie obtained by every 111 Absolutely Free ! A SPLENDID GIFT For Every Reader of this Paper. iPlaisir i i i I i i i En Fevrier. CARNIVAL OHS -AN fl ensed lrom active duty '.long years ago. Certainly I never used this expression or wrote or dictated it, nor does any such expression occur in any order of mine; and as it has perhaps served its time and effected its purpose, it ought to to bo re tired." It Will .Not Work. Tlio civil service commission, Mr. Dor man H. Katou says, has not thought it necessary to adopt a rule that government offices oncu Included In thu list to which tlio civil service rules are applicable can not bo taken from that list by reducing tho number of employes below W). Mr. Katou says that this was attempted at Uurltiigto,n, Art., and at Port Huron, but without success, Thu rules approved by tho president give a list of offices to which they nro applicable. This list can not be milled to or deducted from without thu president's approval. The president lias declined to penult an lilico to be taken I tho Central Vermont road, and that i John Porteous was to bo made malinger of thu same. Xo such scheme lias been proposed or considered for a moment by any of the parties interested, and thero was I no foundation whatever for so absurd a rumor. Tho report in question is entirely sensational and on a liar with several otli i ers of a similar sort that havu been circit i lated recently for effect and without the i least regard lor facts. j A Negro liahy's Awful Ucnlb. Wai.i.in(.i--(M:h, Conn., Jan. II, 'Hie following horrible story comes from Pond 11111 : Yesterday morning a colored wom an, wlioso naino is pot known, living neat Pond Hill, wished to leave her homo for a shoittiinutogo to ii neighbor's. As tlio Iiru in tlio stove had gone, out, but thu slovo was still warm, sho put her six months' old baby on the pillow in the oven to keen it warm while sho was gone ami closed the oven door. .Soon after she left tlm house her husband came m and started a lire in the stove, tlie wile seeing out of Hie list by the reduction of the I ,u, sm(lKo j,,m, thu house of a neighbor number of eiuiilojes, and thu commission seis no necessity lor further action. In del' tin- dci isioii lip- various good Demo crats w' ho have 1m en expecting appoint nients in tlio custom - ervicu in Vermont, will havo either to give in.) their hopes or else go to work witli their spelling books rushed home mid tound tho hahy bnrnei to a crisp. Ayi r'i s.usip.iiill i Is tin uio.-t poti'ir blond pill illcr, and a lount.nii ol health and si n nu th. lie wis" In lime. All biintlill Inlcctlous in c promptij removed by this uncquullcd alterative. Tho I.nuciistur Hank. Washington, Jun. H. Tlio uctloti to bo taken by thu comptroller of tho currency in reference to tho Lancaster National bank Is not yet settled. Although it was intimated yesterday Unit a receiver would not bu appointed, it now appears that a receiver is likely to bu appointed. Comp troller Cannon says that tlio latest returns convince him that tho bank should not bu allowed to resume business after so long a suspension and such u complica tion of its affairs. Ho is not yet satisfied its to the valiiu of thu hunk's assuts, and a letter was to day sent to the examiner calling for a report its to its ability to meet Its liabilities. Comptroller Cannon ex pects a report in n low days upon which lm can act, Ho is convinced that such misiiiiinageiuuiit has been shown as to re flect severely upon tho fitness of thu pres ent officers lo conduct tiie bunk's affairs. KNOW TIIVSIII.I', ny reading tho "Self- mice nf l.llii," tliu bcR medical oil oe piihliidiiid, tor young and uoddlu-aed men Ajcr's Hall-Vigor prevents the hair I loin turning gray, and restores gray to Itsotijflnal color. Try It. Anuttier Collision, Wintiii:sti:i;, Vn., Jan. 15. A collision occurred near Millville, the llrst station from Harper's Kerry, today, between the i engine of a ballast train, said to have been running at a high rate of speed, and a freight train also running very fast, to maku up lost time. Pour men were killed and others on both trams saved their lives by jumping. Seven cars were thrown Into thu Shenandoah river, and both en gines were ruined. Uliiistly Scuno at tho Callous. I)KI.l.i:vn,l,i;, 111., Jan. in. Xouh .Merri man, the wifu murderer, was hanged to day. Previous to his execution lie ad mitted having killed his wifu and con fessed tlie murder of a female, peddlur In East tit. Louis somu years ago. Thu iiamu of thu woman lie would not reveal. Whllu tlio noosu was being adjusted about his neck, he fell in a dead laiut and it re quired three men to hold him in position over the trap. Thu trap was then sprung and hu died in l!i minutes after suffering the most terrible agonies, I'anlo Ntrlchiiii I'lmlllsts. Xiav VoiiK, Jan, lfi. A boxing enter inent was given by tho New York Athletic club at Sixth avenue and MUi street Inst evening, nnd while tho two local boxers were on the stage sonieoiiusliouteil "lire." In an instant the aiidieneo of l.WO persons was on its feet, ami lighting to get down the main stairway. The alarm was caused bv a ilcfccthe chimney, which filled tho hall with siuoku. Luckily no serious ac cidents resulted from the panic, but the major part of the crowd left thu building, having lost all interest in tho boxing match. i s- ' The 1T.OW1H! FAMILY FOU-; MULA HOOK, an cxccodinly viiltiahlo ptihliciit ioti.just issued,' containing- a larg-o niimhcr of! C1IOICK FOKML'LAS and JtlS- CII'FS for making various pre-J Durations for tho SICIX, HAIIf, THKTH, and (1I3SKKAL TOl LFT AKTICLUS. Also chapter on Homo, Treatment, of Croup wit ii simple household remedies. An article on Cure of Headache, containing' a immher of the lin es! formulas for the ininiediat ( relief and permanent cure ol this very greneral ailment Household remedies and how to prepare t hem for euros of Sore Throat, together with a vast amount ol valuable information for tlie family. This useful work ill ho inai.il o postpaid fo any person send-' y; their name and address lo ! ICE PALACE In Burlington. MAM "The Shoeman,' at pace with the enterprise nec esary to insure its success has completed negotia tions to procure the faiie Moose Skill ''iMiaii From the Ciuikiuiuwiik'r Indians. Slazy, home-spun Indian Mocassins, so-called, can be procured anywhere, but the GENUINE are exhibited by Mocassins, r McMA 3 "TUB SIIOEMAX,'5 DciiiiiKeiiicut of the liver, with eouslip.it Ion injure t ie complexion, hiiliico pimples, sin low skin, eti Iteinovo tho ciiumi by Carter's blttlo I.iver l'llls. One udosi. Tin- Sli i .il i.i nl III the t'.ill.t.lhli' l.lli Mir.unv S'H ict nt V V, Mi II- ( lliL'". fctiiles. Thnt In-was ciiri d ol a si vi-l'si ci-e iislinr lot limilmiro by twuupiilicutioiis ot Siilx.iuoni I Oil. TiioFiowci'iiiiciiieCoiiiiiaiiy, ; Star Shoe Store 1162 Washington St., Boston. Mass, i Burlington, Vt. A Ml&Wtt