Sflta UMifdinq, lift ESTABLISHED AUGUST 24-, 1852. WHEELING, "WEST VA., SATUkl)^Y MORNING, JANUARY 3,1885. VOLUME XXXHI.?DUMBER 114. 1 ? ? "* *** ' I ** STBTTBHKVIXiLE. I T\TT\ I I firII11T' A T < .1 i TT\ n I THP CTflfif imomm I < 7sl'T?^T , T_ ?tai Office: No*, as nnd ?7 Fourteenth Street. This is all very fine, but am I to be lefi ?wretchedly left?in the parting of;th< raiment 1?Ueorge IT. Pendleton. Wb haven't any climate hereabouts, The man who really wants to feel the good of his ear muffs must go West. "A free ballot and a fair count" oJ homo production would add to the attrac tiveness of the New Orleans Exposition. ALh aboard for Washington! The train doesn't start till March 3, but It isn't too soon to load up. Way for the patriots! What, after all, is the value of an Organ with a large round O if the boy at the bellows doesn't understand his business? St. John is wasting a good deal of ink famishing himself with a "character." St. John doesn't realise that he is a dead issue. Fifty degrees below zero yesterdav at St. Paul! That isn't the sort of weather ihe Wing had pickcd out for Mr. Lowis Baker. mu. Fka.sk Hukd insists that Governor Cleveland is a radical free trader, is irns Mr. Hurd's way of filing liia petition for the Treasury portfolio? A he we going to have any St. Jackson Day doings around here? Won't the Wing spread itself on the broad plane of Jackson, Cleveland and Reform? January 8 will bo St Jackson's Day. Then the faithful will warm to the work of turning tho "offensive partisans out." Tho day must bo made memorable. TiiEStaten Island woman who married her coachman is now at liberty to do more of the same missionary service. The marrying coachmen might dtaw lots. Governor Cleveland is in need of a handy volume entitled, "Every Man Ilia Own Cabinet-Maker; or, The Art of Setting Up a New Administration Made Easy." It looks as though the scoundrel Ileiser has run his nock into a noose. At all events here is a good chance for a jury to show whethor hanging is played out in Ohio county. General Gordon is in training to make himself a newspaper man. This, is what ho means by working all night and sleeping half the day. Fame and lavish wealth beckon him on. The men who invented Grover Cleveland aro becoming ''too numerous to mention" and so frequent withal that there won't be places enough for them at the council table. In tho flush 01 victory to be a Mugwump was better than tdbe a Democrat. In the light of these later days the lnightyliave fallon with a "dull thud.' so to say. Curtis ami his folks are sore?terribly sore. Speaking of cold simps, wait until Cleveland slams the door on the shivering pilgrims who are willing to serve their country in the Civil Serpice. The jobs won't go round, and somebody must be loft lamenting. A Kentucky man, over eighty years of age, is cutting his third set of teeth, and the local nowspapers are bragging of the feat. There are men who get a now set of teeth every year and don't shout it from the housetop, either. It is sadly possible that among the failures for 1885 we shall have to record the failure of the State House Wing to pocket all of Cleveland's plums. A few good things may go to West Virginians who are plain, unpretending Democrats?-"only that and nothing more." In which untoward event the assetts would not meet the liabilities. Jcnas Lociiuane, of Georgia, whom the gossips connect with President Cloveland's Cabinet, is a brilliant man. He would attract ottention anywhere. Of good presence, always elegantly attired, of line conversational powers, he would be an ornament to the .Administration. He is a good lawyer and has made aspecialty of rall" j ?!h. 1!l . road practice, no servcu wiui crcun. uu tbo Supreme Bench of Georgia. If we are not mistaken he came to this country a poor Irish lad and has worked his way up by great industry. Tijk esteemed IteguUr, for reasons over which it has no control ontering upon the ghul New Year in the doleful dumps, as it wore, breaks out in one of those solemn dirges which tell of a love that is lost. Behold the moralizing strain, in the lino of tho best Market street blank verso: Ono of the hardest things in life is to put one's sorrows behind one. Perhaps. But has tho poet of the Melancholy Ink-Holler paused ih his fine frenzy to consider what*might happen to " - ? * Ono II UHU 8 UllUHtai OUIIUii nviv uu.m|r pily to Imve'i tack?just an ordinary, cvprv day, common place tack?concealed about its person? Arreita desperate stand the Hocking Valley miners see that their case is iiopeless, and once more they are taking up their picks. It matters not how righteous their cause may havo been, they were badly advised. They wore misled by promises o( aid which never came in sufficient quantities. Thoy over estimated their strength. They did not realiie that the bankruptcy of the operators, 11 the strike brought that about, would not feed and shelter the strikers'and their families. They have made their fight, made it desperately, and lost timo and wages in addition to every, thing they contended for. The strike could not have been more Ill-timed. A Comfortable Suicide. Pittsburgh, Jan. 2.?lira. Lamar Love land, of Madison, Ohio, committed snicldo She took strips of cloth and fastened thou to the end of a stout stick and inserted thi other ejd of the stick over the closed doo: to prevent illusion, Inserted her head ii " tho noose at the 'ooso end of the cloth thai nettling down to*?? comfortable sui Cido. * * WASHINGTON NEWS. -- DISTRICT DEMOCRATS FIGURING , On OuhUdk "Offenelvely Portlnan" Clerks i i ln> the Dapartment?-The Debt State- I ment for December?National Cotton Conrentlon at New Orleans, La. j ??? I 1 Washington, D. 0., Jan. 2.?Cleve- 1 land's idea of civil service reform, as pub, Jished in his letter to George. William Curtis, has stired the old-time Democrats 1 of the District into wonderful, activity. 1 Already thoy are busy preparing lists of ' office-holders in the departments whom ( , they deem "offensive partisans," and tliey ^ proposo to have ready by the 4th of 1 March the political record of onough ' clerks. for removal to make plenty of 1 room for themselves. Some of the older 8 patriots engaged in this important Demo* J cratic duty,Are, it is true, scarcely able to write what they proposo shall be used as J charges, but there are plenty of young- ' sters anxious to act as their amanuenses, j and tho work will not halt for the want t>L \ willing hands. t llepublican' neighbors whoso constant fl emolovment and Drosnerity have been an . aggregation for many years to their less J fortunate Democratic acquaintances, are p now to bo mado to feel the change for u which the President-elect's letter marks s out the way. There is no concealment of b tho elation which has been created by the v document among these Mossbacks. In o their pverilow of spirits thoy take no pains ii to hide their intentions, and Republicans n who have the honor of being on speaking n terms with these good-natured citizens are .N frankly told they must go. c In the feeling of resentment which such c information naturally creates, the poor Ke- i! publictfrr-u]mrtisan8r' yenture to suggest ii meekly that there are other Democrats in u the country besides those in the District, o and they call attention to tho fact thrft,the latter having co votes,' their chances are ii very poor for preferment. Such remarks si are attributed to spite-work on the part of n the doomed creatures, and excused accord- tl ingly. but the thought that others may it step in ahead and reap the benefit of the si labors of the District patriots makesan un- e comfortable chilliness crawl down the n Democratic spine at the mere possibility <1 of such a calamity. p Being on the ground and having the g offices preempted, as it were, it would be an outrage, they argue to themselves, to bo compelled to give way to outsiders who have never experienced the tortures of r Tantalus by being chained here in sight of . tho ofUcial food for which they have hun- ' gored for years. Besides, the removals to s Ik? mado will be the result of district work, ti based* on a personal knowledge of the "offensive partisanship" which certain department office holders have been gnilty ? of, and the outside brethren will recog- I< nize the fact that in i\o other way could ? the changes be made. Reasoning thus, and trusting to political intluence which is e always at hand if needed, this work of \ spotting partisans will go on. t( NATIONAL DK1IT. * Tlte Statement of tho Country'* Obligations ll for December. fl "Washington, Jan. 2.?Following is the o: public debt statement for tho month of December: Four and ball percent! .. ^.4 250,000 00 ? Kuurs .v.... ; T*7,WG,y&0 00 V. Threw - iM.iw.aoo oo ?i Refunding certificate* i 2CO.OOO 00 , .Navy pension fuud ...... 14,000,000 00 b Total loterat btnrln? debt.. CO P Matured debt... MI8.M5 00 1' Lesml tender,.. Ht.730.2M 00 Certificate* ol dcpo.lt..... H,W0,000 00 * Uold and ailver certjflcates - 2&7,7V9,44l 00 n Fractional currency ..... 6,971,343 00 Total withoitf Interest.....? 630,430,040 00 (3 Total debt .... 41,839,*71,415 00 t. Total Interest....... .11,452,132 W " casb in treasury - w -i Debt I cm cash lu treasury ...1,418,548.471 00 t< Incrcow duriug Decembers 6U.364 00 becreo&c since June 30, '64 .. 81,601,864 00 Current liabilities: * n Interest due and unpaid 1,638,82100 Debt on which intcrest.ceased.. 6,$93,935 00 Interest thereon ... ................... 261,056 00 Gold and nilver certificates- .. 257,7^9,441 00 U. H. notes held (or rwdompUon of ai certificates of deposit .. ~.... 24,930,000 00 . Cash balance available ........... 140,411,929 00 ti Totnl ...I 432,479,17(1 00 1 Available assets: a Caah In treasury .. -..I 432,475,178 00 e Bonds issued to Pacific railroad com* Knl?*. Interest payablo by the U. g principal outstanding- 64,023,512 00 t, Interest aocrucd not yet paid ~.... 1,938,705 00 1 Interest paid br U. 8... 6*,099,501 00 1< Interest repaid by companies by J transportation servlc*- 19,017,431 00 By rush payments, 6 percent net earnings .. IZ. (A55.106 00 a Balance of intcrut paid by U. 8 43,426,903 00 8f To Investigate Wright. Washington, Jan. 2.?Kepresentative Springer, Chairman of the Sub-Commit- S tee, appointed to investigate the conduct I of Marshal Wright at tho Ohio election, a left Washington to-day for Cincinnati. j Van Alistyneand Stewart, the other memhere of the committee, will meet Springer in Cincinnati. The investigation will be- ? gin Monday and continue two weeks. a q Aid fur General Grant. c . New York, Jan. 2?The movement for' M raising one hundred thon6and dollars to 8 relieve tho personal effects of General Grant Jrom_ mortgago liability, has taken a practical shape. Cyrus W. Field re- "V ceived to-day froitr J. B. Wesson, of tl Springfield, Mass., a check for $1,000 as his contribution toward the fund. ? M. d General Grant llroken Down. c Washington, D. C., Jan. 2.?A promi- J rient government official says that when e in New Yorkafew days Ago he leArnedthat tl five physicians had been called in consultation to examine the state of General Grant's health, and arrived at tho conclusion that the' General was completely j broken down physically, and required ab- ^ solute rest. a Senator Mnhone 111. ^ Washington, Jan. 2.?Senator Mahone 0 was attacked this morning by a severo b chill-similar to the one which preceded * his sovero illness last winter, and he has * been confined tp his room all day. .* J Tlie SuNfiueliannu on n Tear* Wilkksbark, Pa., Jan. 2.?During last night the Snsquehanna roso - Mpidly. i This morning tho water was twenty- f, one feet above low water mark. F Tho ice again gorged near Nantvoko and ^ vdnmes of water poured through the low fl lanrls on the west side of tho river. Rail- c road and other communication between G hero and Kingston is cut off and travel ' to any point on the Delaware, J^ackwanna i & Western railroad is impossible except by boats. Farmers living on the west y tho request of the association, address a nvitations to all agricultural societies in 0 ho United States to send delegates, and 2ol. C. H. Parker, of New Orleans, Secre- a ary of tho National Cotton Exchange, o! pill nnrlpiivnr. to have delegates sent bv hi .11 American anil foreign exchanges. " u F. 0. Moorhead, President of tho Na- c ional Cotton Planters' Association, now tr n this city, says it has long been the pur- ti> ose of the association to# make its next m unual meeting the nucleus for a univer- Bt al cotton convention to bo participated in to y representative men of all parts of the of rorid engaged in growing, handling r manufacturing cotton, and likewise iventors and makers of improved implelonts and appUances used, or likely to ar rove useful in the cotton industry. Mr. tfi lorehead says while tho convention is /n ailed the cotton convention' it will inlude all branches of agriculture, because or ; is the aim of the association by foster- be ig diversified industries to make cotton a or urplus money crop. Ho predicts the onvention will have 15,000 delegates. Secretary Frelinghuysen in his letter of vj ivitation to the foreign governments lid: "While tho proposed convention is ot by statute of Congress placed under lie patronago of^the Federal Government '1J a relation to trie World's Exposition is wl uch as to mako it proper that this Gov- th rnment should aid in all appropriate j i'qj'8 to make tlio convenuou wnai his esigned to be, an opportunity for a com- br arison of views of the interested dele- M ates from all parts of-tlio world." pi John McCiillougli'* -Narrow Kscape. Pr Philadelphia, _Pa., Jan. 2.?John Mc- *1E ullough, the actor, narrowly escaped beig run over by a railway train at Broad ra trcet Station last night. Ho bought a pi oket for Chicago, and reachud the car J? jst as the train was moving out of the m' lation. Ho dashed through the gate fol- ej >wed by a colored attendant, being sent m rith him to the station, who rushed past JP im and jumped on the train ajid attempt- Dfl J to assist tho actor to get aboard. As L IcCullough grasped the servant's hand > be helped on the tram, his foot slipped ? od ho fell from the platform. Tho color- [j d man exerted all his strength and lifted im on tho car just in time to save him tj om being crushed as the swinging motion [ the train brought tho care together. jr( Sllglilly Allied. P? New York, Jan. 2.?The only newde- Jjj] elopment-in the local political chaos this th fternoon was in the proposition offered T1 y Counsel Col. E. Wood, who was ap- ?j ointed counsel to tlio corporation by ^ resident of the Board of Aldermen Kirk, ho acted as Mayor between hours of lidnight December 31 until January 1. [essrs. David Dudley Field; Robt Sewell. leo.JJliss, jind Hugh L. Cole as counsel wl >r U01. >VOyu ouurt'u u? uuuir iuiu mi m jroed case and present it to the general g. jnn of the Supreme Court The unsucasaful party can appeal the case and have wl decision by the end of this month. be - * * tei Tunuel tired. Columbus, 0., Jan. 2.?The Dispdlch'i pecial says: The mob lired the Bristol innel on the Shawneo division of the kr altimore& Ohio railroad early to-day, ne nd nearly three hundred feet have '1C ivedin, necessitating a transfer of passenera., Th'o guards were run out by a mob. 40 t is thought dynamite was used. The po ws'to the company will reach $1,000. to auies O'Donnell was arrestod at Newark nc hile arranging for the transportation of rms for those engaged in firing and deLroying property. _ A Peculiar Attachment. ^ New. York, Jan. 2.?At Stapleton, k' taten Island, to-day, Thomas Mc- ^ .aughlin, a young coachman who' at the *ie ge of 20 recently married his employer, w< Irs. Abram Britton, a wealthy widow aged r0 D years, died from lung ailment which iused him to leave Mrs. Britton's employ nd return home, where she called ire- 10 uently to enauire about his health. Her pi; ills resulted in an attachment, and so the gu rodding. Mrs. Britton attended him con- gu tantly until his death. he Western Uulon Aflhlnu in NbwYobk, Jan. 2.?The Secretary of the ^eatem Union Telegraph Company says tie company economized expenses in the eneral offices of this city to the extent of r ispensinff with the services of some dozen * lerks and reducing the salary of others. m' 'he number of operators employed and ed tin rate of woircs naid has not neon alter- wj d. Tho changes made are no greater ay ban may occur at the end of any month, bl ?" * nc A Terrible How, m Chicago, III., Jan. 2.?The Daily Xc toctford, 111., special says: At Stillman ^ ralley, last night, Mr. and Mrs. Becker ml two young Germans became drunk. pr l row ensued. Becker was struck twice n the head witli an ax. His skull was JF roken and his jaw was severely smashed, le died this morning. The house was meared throughout with blood and strewn ^ rith window glass and fragments of furniure. Ik Pooled Their Isauei. ^ SnsXANDOAU, Pa., Jan. 2.?Ten mem- ef era of the Siatterly family yestorda^ ormed a syndicate for the pur]>ose of c(, iraecuting their claims for property M alucd at $50u,000 In England, Gotland j,t ml India. John J. Slatterly, of Tus- tr arora, gooa to England to look after the bi fr llurn.il to Death. la Mahquett*, Mien., Jan. 2.?Tlio real- j lenco of Hon. Horatio Seymour caught w Ire at a late hour lut night, and tho build- Ir ng and coptonta wore almost ruined. A nan named J ame? Crowley waa aaphyxla- r ed in tho baaemont. Ilia body waa re- 14 ovored after tho Are waa extinguished. Klrnl at n Itlalinp. St. Jonx, N. F., Jan. 2.?During the m ato Orango demonatratlon at Harbor Jraco an Orangeman diachaiged a gun,at u; 3r. McDonald Ramon, a Catholic Blahop. &' 3y a quick tide motion the Blahop escaped bo shot. The arreatwaamado and Judge Y Uennett took the sworn testimony of the tc 3Uhop. ie purely my a m ~ : i A CLEVELAND AND FUSE TRADE, Ind HU Reported Connection wltli a Club of that Character? Congressman Hard Tell* What He Knows About It?The Policy of the New Administration. Toledo, Jan. 2.-?In relation to the dc> ulatcd report as to the assertion made by Jm, in reference to the connection of lovernor Cleveland with a free trade club,lon. F. H. Kurd says that he had a priate conversation in a private room with few friends in Cincinnati, in which the1 olicy of the new administration as to re>rm was discussed. In that conversation fr. Hurd said ho thought Governor Clevemd would be found in sympathy with le views of the majority of the Demoptic party on that point As a circumduct' he stated he had been informed by prominent citizen of Buffalo that the rganixation of a free trade club in that ty took place in the office of the law firm [ which Governor Cleveland was a memer. Mr. Hurd never intended to be nderatood as saying that Governor leveland was ever connected with a free ade organization as he had no inforftiaon upon the subject from that senileun nor from any one except as herein ated. The conversation was supposed be purely a private one among a party gentlemen. _________ Denies the Impeachment. Albany, N. Y., Jan. 2.?In answer to i inquiry Governor Cloveland said that e statement that he was president of a bo trade club was not true. The Govnor further stated that he had never ' ten connected in any way with any such ganization. MR. 1UNUALI/8 THIP. siting the Furnace* and Ore and Coal , Mines of Alabama. Biuminqiiam, Ala., Jan. 2.?Birming- 1 im's distinguished visitors were favored ith tho best possible weather, this being ' e second day here. It was cold yester y and last night but the sun shone 1 ightly here and it was much milder. j r. Kaudall and party with others from ace3 in Alabama and some twenty-live nmfnnnt nib*z?nR wenton the Binninc- ' im Mineral railroad, a short road of two ins striking the Louisville & Nashville, ' le about four and the other six < ilea south of Birmingham. The first | ace visited was the Sloss m'ncs, the ( uthern terminus of the northern arm of j e Mineral railroad. Hero iron ore is ] ined on the Red mountain from a vein tending nearly one hundred and fifty , iles, and fourteen feet thick. The party , ent fifteen minutes in the mines. They j en visited the Woodward Iron Com- ( .ny's furnace and coal mine, a short dis- | uce from the Birmingham Mineral road. ( fter a few'moments at each of these \ aces they went to the Morris mines, ( e southern terminus of the south- ( n arm of the Birmingham road, and on $ e opposite of Red mountain. Here \ enty-two feet of red fossil ore are dug >m the top of the mountain, a large pro rtion of the output going to Tennessee d Georgia furnaces in the Chattanooga . strict. From here the party returned to e cit>, reaching here near 4 o'clock. * tere was no speech making or cere- i onies of any kind during the day. The < p was made in a special train of the >uisville & Nashville railroad. ' ,,, i Whiw! ] St. Paul, Jan. 2.?Last night and to- j y has been the coldest of the present inter, and one of the coldest on record < this city. The thennometer at the | gnal office this morning was 30? below. , liile others showed a temperature of 50? i low. The common class of thermomers were wholly retired from business, sports were received from the following lints, the figures all indicating below , ro: Stillwater, 60, the coldest ever iriwn? 1 jtdrnflflH. 03. Uifltnarck. 45: Min iJota, 50, and wind blowing 40 miles an < lur; Winnepcg, 55, and a regular bliz- [ rd prevailing; St. Vincont, 40; Moor- ' iad.43; Helena, 45; Huron, 44; Duluth, . The Western Union this morning re- 4 >rted that only one wire could be used Chicago, and the lines northwest could it be worked until after 10 o'clock. j Garlic Got IL 1 PiTTsnuRan, Jan. 2.-?At Cheneysville, sdford county, Herman Garlic last,night oniouflly entered the store of Lewis t >okey. The watchman, John Gordon, ( ard Garlic working at the window. He f lited until Garlic had gotten in and had , bbed the money till and was -leaving 1 th ths contents and a lot of goods, when < i presented a shot gun and ordered Garlic 1 throw up liia hands. Instead of coin* ying the thief grabbed the muzzle of the n and attempted to make a fight. The . in went off and Garlic was dead with a 1 ile and twelve buckshot in -his body < 0 was a young man and his reputation < Cheneysville was above reproach. , Farmer** Employe Amwatlnated. j Chicago, Jan. 2.?The Daily Newt San ] anis, Wisconsin, special says: Charles mdesack, an employe of a wealthy farer named Victor Schute, was assassinatat an early hour this morning as he is entering the barn. Fondesack maned to return to the house covered with ood gaping from a bullet hole in his J ck. lie fell dead in the arms of a ember of the household. No clue. Cartu to Get a Medal. j Boston, Jan. 2.?A gold medal will be j esented to George William Curtis by e citizens of Boston, as an acknowlege- 1 ent of his eulogy on Wendall Phillips. ' ilivered April last < The Tobaceo Crop Aeroaa the Riven i irnttvQle EnlerprUe. ! The tobacco crop of this vicinity has , ien largely?in (act almost wholly? mght up and more than has been deliv- * ed to the packers. The price paid 1 iriod largely according to the qualityjand mditlon of the crop. While some sold . low as tliree cents a pound, some of the ; st brought as much as soven and a half, ' id even eight cents for exceptional toicco. The average would probably be am Ave to five and a half. In quality it ' good, with the exception of the damage mo by the grasshoppers during the snm- I er, some crops being almost destroyed, ) hile othorswere not In the least injured. 1 1 amount there waa probably two-thirds ' what is considered an arerage crop for ' lis vicinity, being somewhat larger than st year. i *** < Welliburg Niwi. ^ Mr. 8chmeldel, a well known painter ; id erainer, died suddenly Thursday | orning. . , The Riversido Glass Works will start p again to-day after a shut down of ten , iys for repairs and to take stock. The K. K. Cooking Club held their New ear reception at Mrs. Judge Paul's yesrday. Mr. John Lewis furnished the e cream and cake, I Removal of feallroad Shupi-Hlatri to go to Work?A Narrow XMapg, Hxctal Dkpaldi to lit MlUlqaar, STxroBNviLui, 0., Jan. 2.?The painter* in the passenger department of the Pan' handle shops, of this city,, have received orders to remove their shop to Columbia on Monday next. Part of the men will go then, the balance following soon. The carpenters expect to gef as soon as the new shops at Columbus are comploted. One reason for the removal is that the leases on their property here havo about expired, and rather tlian pay $90 per month the company will remove their entire works to C61umbus, only doing repairing on a small scale here. The inontliI ly pay roll is $3,000 and seventy men are I employed. j The ml action of the mining rate from 75 cents to 05 cent* per ton by the Ohio & Pennsylvania Coal Company, was met by. the rain era offering to compromise on 67 j cents. To this the company said the re? duction should be to 05 cents: nothing more. As a majority of the miners oppose a strike, tho men will go to work on Monday at the reductipu. Miss. Cotman, a resident of Wheeling Junction, had a narrow escape trom a fatal accident this morning. While crossing thej| Steubenville bridge, at the channel span,' her foot slipped and she fell through tire ties, but caught herself on one of the iron bare. A sprained ankle and badly bruised limbs was the extent of her injury. ONI.Y TWO 8A.VED Oat of a Crew of Seven?A Hark Wrecked off Hog Island. Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 2.?Two Norwegian sailors entered the office of Cars Westergard, the Norwegian Consul, tolay. They w^ro the only survivors of the bark Lena, which went to pieces pfT Hog Island, Virginia, Sunday last. They relate that the bark was in a dense fog nrhich hunt? over the seas for days and was considerable out of her course. Saturtliy afternoon the fog lifted and the (feather cleared. During the maU'g watch about 4 o'clock the vessel shook from- stem to stern. She had stranded, md the wind was blowing and the sea fanning very high. In a moment the Lena was well upon the bar, the waves !>eating over her with fury. It was bitter x>ld,and with the coating of ice on the deck 8 md rigging made the movement of ;hose on board exceedingly perilous. An jflort to launch boats was a disastrous ailure. Each was broken to splinters, by the raping sea. The crew then clung to Ihe'ship full twenty-four hours, their kanda and feet benumbed and frost bitten, frhen the vessel went to pieces and every >erson on board was precipitated into the leaves. The two survivors, Anders Isakens ihd Peters A. Tonnesen, seized some blanks and were carried ashore. The todies of Captain Mortensen and Abram Uarbson, sail maker, were washed up and juried on tho beach at Hog Island. None )f the other bodies were recovered. TheolOre Joegensen was mate, and there were levon seamen. The captain was aged 30 md leaves a wife in'Norway. Overdue Steamer*. I Nbw York, Jan. 2.?No news have yet 1 jeen received of the overdue sttamers England and Holland, hot h of the Nation- j il line. The England left Liverpool De- , :emb?r 10, and usually accomplished the jassage in twelve days, which would t nake her now five days overdue. The ffnllanii lfiffc''London- December 18 and . ihonia have arrived here three clays ago. ; The agent of the line entertains no fears )f .their safety. The Holland has 6ome lorees on board and the captain may lave taken a more southern course to ivoid' heavy gales and insure a safe arrival. / In Memory of Kit. Denveh, Col., 'Jan. 2.?The TribuneRepublican's Santa Fe, New Mexico, special says: fifteen hundrod people attended the ceremonies of dedicating a nemorial tablet, over the grave of the Treat soldier and scout, Kit Carson, in raos county, New Mexico, last Sunday. Anthony Joseph, the Delegate to Congress, leiivarcd the oration, The tablet wus furlished by the Grand Army of the liepublic of New Mexico, and bears the inscription: "Kit Carson; died May 23d, 18G0, aged 59 years." ? Only (Jot 9500. Philadelphia, Pa.,-Jan. 2.?Some time igo Wm. M. Hogan, violinist and musical lirector of the National Theatre, entered . suit against Mrs. Josephine Westcott, a vidow. worth $030,000, for damage for jreach of promise of marriage. No plea >r answer was filed by the lady, and the iherilFs jury gave him $500. Arr?atcd for Robbery. Indiana .ib, Ixd , Jan. 2.?This evenng John O'Hara was arrested ott a charge >( robbing the Adams Express Company >f a package of $3,MO last Tuesday night, ind ?as committed to jail. It is stated 3'Hara's arrest is merely a blind and that he officers have a clue they think will cad to the solution of the mystery. A Wealthy Tramp. N?w York, Jan. 2.?An Arab tramp vas arrested and lodged in jail at White DI.Uii 4Mb annnlnn fin Ilia nnrtinn vim bund moony In abcitcontainiDg$10,0b0 in English gold. NEWS IN uniKF. Mrs. Robert Jennett'a clothes caught 1 ire at Franklin. Ky., yesterday, and the ady was burned to death. | I A reduction of wages ranging from 10 to !5 percent has- been made at the Steel 1 Works of Coshocton, 0. Half of the 1 operatives will go. out. The Phainii mills and lumber establahmcnt were burned at Corry, l'a., yesterday, together with a largo barn and three horses. Total loss $25,000. the Glen woolen mill, at North Adams, , Mass., burned yesterday morning. The jngine and boiler rooms and picker house i were saved. Loss $100,000; insured. Mrs. SchmiU, of Philadelphia, who with her husband and children were at the < window waiting to hear the State House bell ring out the midnight hour, was atally shot by a party of masqueraded passing by. One hundred wearers of Johnson's gingham mill, North Adams, Msss., struck yesterday morning because of a reduction >f ten percent In wages. They have been ordered from their tenements. It is probible thatall hands will strike to-morrow. Sr. James H. Harris, a physician of Indianapolis, who died yesterday, left a will directing tiiat no funeral be held over his remainsflind that his body be taken directlw from his residence to the dissecting I able. The provisions of the will will be ; jotqplied with. A bogus check for $75, purporting to be irawn by the Standard Oil company on the Second National Bank of Cleveland, was presented yesterday at the National Bank of Commerce of that city. The check had been cashed by a bank in Mistoori where It probably originated. r ' ' ,i inuu^irviAL Axpjsm : CONDITION OP THE XBOX.'TBAI I ^ Andlts Brancho*-IIard>Pan Said to Ha 1 Been Beached and a Speedy Bovlva 1 Looked for?Beoson* for thl? Hope. Production of Iron Furnacea. St. Louis, Jin.2.?Tljo Age of Steel pa lishes over two hundred letters from proj inent manufacturers in all parts of tl country, from furnace men, dealers iron working machinery, steam engii building and editors of trade papers on tl state of trade the past year, ai the prospect for the next six month 'taking the whole country togethe the volume of sales in these branches i 1884 does not differ materially from thot of 1883. Thore was, however, a deprcci tion of values in the neighborhood of 3 percent so that the margin of profits an the aggregate sales were smaller tha in 1883. Tho extensions of plants and in provement of facilities for manufacturin were also less than the previous yea; The manufacturers generally take a hop* ful view of the future for the followin reasons: Value of raw material and of manufactured products ar now at the lowest point, further deprei Ision being impossible. The stocks in tlie country arc unusuall; light, and inquiries for spring delivery ar< numerous, and the production of pig iror in the United States during the past yeai has been about ten percent less than 1883 the coke and charcoal furnaces in tht South having an annual production o: 020,000 tons per annum now making about 8,000 tons per week. Thlull* tliu Wurht Over. Pittsjwroii, Pa., Jan. 2.?H. W. Oliver, one of the heavy iron manufacturers oi this city, believes the industrial depression has reached the lowest point, and that an improvement-is near at hand. He says: "Within a short time all oui works will be running full as will nearly all otherlmanufacuturing establishment* here." LONG STRIKE ENDED. Hooking Valley Mliteni Itcturulng to Work la Small Group*. Nblbonville, O., Jan. 2.?'The past twenty-four hours have not been productive ol important mining news. The gains thai will bo made in the working. forces ol home miners will be accomplished by email daily additions. It is possible that the miners as a bodv mnv never take ne. t:on with a view to begin work. A rumor has been started among the miners that arrangements would be made to furnish ali with employment at good wages in another locality, where new mines arc said to be opening, in case the strike was completely lost and employment here became impossible. The name or the new coal field is not given, but the miners are mAde to believe that the whole arrapgeinent is a secret scheme gotten op for theif special benefit. They are further tolilrfiat money will be furnished them to move their goods and families, and-that not a single one ought to be anxious abont hjaJuturc. Late last evening a rumor was circulated that the miners employed by W.\P, Rend would mine coal for 30 cents per ton if the miners in this locality attempted to work at 50 cents. No attention was paid to this talk, as it is a well known fact that coal miners are not anxious to work for amusement or for the pleasure of someone else. The Nelson ville jAfan to-day prints the following on the present situation: "Last Monday witnessed the first break in the strike of any conseuuence. The men have been dropping i?slowly for a month past, but no considerable number went in until Monday. 0. L. I'oston lAIkU kUU miners and operators hare sustained incalculable losses, extending (ar into the nillions, to say nothing of the losses of prlvati) individuals in the war of the (ailing off in trade and general depression in business that has hovered iu and about the Vallay (or the past hall year. There is hardly a family hero that has not beon made to feel the effects of the dull season. The churches have been unable to keop up the salaries of their ministers, the storekeepers to employ their usual inotA of clerks, and man and maid servant have been dispensed with in moro than one household. The effects of the striko will remain with us long after the contest la over. It will Uko at least a year for property to attain Its former price and business to regain its usual activity. Thus ends one of the longest strikes ever witnessed in this country. The Syndicate is making preparations to begin operations at the Troy mines, in New St altsville. Additional guards were taken to that place yesterday and the new miners will arrive there soon. Joseph Hardy, a miner, whoso age is 103 years and who mined coal until stopped by his on and grandson some three yean ago, was removed to tho County Infirmary. He Is a native of England. | Miner* Rtfoie to Work. \ PirrsnuRcm, Pa., Jan. 2.?The CaUburg miners of Staile A Co., who agreed to go to work at 2) cent* per bushel for mining hkve withdrawn their consent because their employers Jwill not allow them a check-welghmao, Ban quet at College Hall Last Wednenda Night?Iutrroatlng Kxercliea. )E The banquet given by the Washingtoi County Thoroughbred Stock Associatio] re at College Hall Wednesday night wa l largely attended. One hundred and fifty six covers were laid and every placi was taken. Julius LeMoyne was Maste of Ceremonies. The first toast propose* b- waa: Washington and. Jefferson College; i u~ good school for culture and agriculture 10 Dr. Moffatt responded. in The Washington Female Seminary wai responded to by Dr. James I. Urownsoi 30 and Miss N.Sherrard. 16 J. Add Mcllvaino responded to the the id toast The Ladies of the Second J?res? 8l byterian Church. _ J. Wycklyffe Axtell, of the National ,' Stockman, responded to atoastof hispa|>er. 111 Col. Chamberlain, of Ohio, answered to ? the "Buckeyes." d- Col. Chill Hazard responded to the k "Washington Countv Press." Julius LeMoyne eloquently and neatly d set forth the origin and objects of the n Thoroughbred Association. i- Col. V. E. Piolotto talked generously about Intelligent Farming. B John Bassell, of Clarksburg, answered r* gracefully to the |toast "'West Virginia. >- May herthousand hillsbe speedily covered e by herds of the purest breeds." Tlio Mauiiminn UrntkaMi' nw.ltootwi '"> ? ri iabed delightful music for the occasion. I- TilltOUGII THIS STATE. Accidents and Incident* la Wait Virginia f and Vicinity. 3 The Barnesville Knlerpriu says that the Wheeling & Lake Erie Coal company has secured the privilege of removing the coal r from one thousand acres of lantf near Byesville for the sum of $18 per acre. | A young lady of high standing in Washr ington county has sworn the parentage of > a child to a young man who is a recent graduate of Washington and Jefferson College. He was brought before Squire Ruple, who fixed his bail at $300. [ Smith's Index, of Parkeraburg, has been agitating for several months past the establishment of a workhouse for young 1 criminals, and it is now believed that a , bill will be passed at the coining session . of a Legislature looking to the establish, ment of such an institution/ as the meiubere-cldct have promised, to give this important matter their attention. Capt. Whitecarver. th*o general manager of the G. & G. Railroad, says there is no longer any doubt, that the road will be speedily pushed through to Beverly. Negotiations aro in progress by which the ' money to complete the road will be for1 nishod on much better terms than was ob; tained by the road to Philippi, Theengir ncers will begin the permanent location ' about next Monday week. A call signed by nearly 200 of rarkers' burg's citizens, prominent amone whom are Messrs. W. L. Colo. H. C. Jackson, M.C.C. Church. W. N. Chancellor, W. Vrooman and C. S. Despard, has been issued for a mass meeting to be liQld next Monday to nominate a Mayor and Councilmon. In the call they say that they believe that the administration of the city government should be conducted upon good business principles and that . such administration cannot at all times be secured by cither political party, aro of the opinion that the best results can only bo reached by the solection of good men , for Mayor ana Council without regard to politics. It EL LAI RB. Tlie Went Point lOxnminnUon?Yonlliful Thieves, Ktc. Dacotah Lodge A. 0. IT. W. installed officers last night. The Disciplcs Church entertainment proved an immense success. Dr. F. S. DeHass is expected to lccture here sometimo before spring, on his trip around the world. The Benwood ferry boat could not make her trips yesterday on account of the Allegheny ice passing. The Young People's Literary Society met last night at the M. K. parsonage on North Belmont street. Thorn present at the "lunch for two" social at the First Presbyterian church had a good timo with the novel entertainment. Two youthful thieves, liarry Jackson and Frank Sherwood were sent to jail yesterday. Some old thieves are in need of tho same punishment for their nightly exploits. Bellaire had plenty of strangers within her gates yesterday. There wero thirty applicants examined for the- West Point cauetship. and many more wero in attendance. Tho applicants, it will bo seen by the following list, arc mostly from Belmont county: Bellaire, Chas. Husbands, Chas. I (oilman. James DuBois. Harry llays. Barnesville, C. II. Ililles, Nathaniel Howard. Morristown, Geo. A. Wilson, Wm. F. Ayers. Hendrysburg, S.L.Jones, El wood Murphy, C. H. lay lor. Warnock's, W. K. Fulton. Bridgeport, Chas. Cook, Betbesda, H. G. Pratt Somerton, J. D. ' Thomas. Martin's4 Ferry, Lewis Bothermund. Steubenville, Thos. McCauslen, jr., Wm. J. Clark, Henry G. Moonoy, Chas. C. Cooper. Cadiz, W. H. Brown, T. A. Finical. Pugh, Frank Gregg, Scott II; Lingo. Willis Station, H. B. Work. Boweretown. N. 8. Overholt. Smyrna. W. A. Bethel. Batesville, E. 12. Gibson. Harrisville, F. S. Roche. Spencer's, Alva Flood. Moorefield, H. B. Thompson. J. A. Gallaher acted as examiner from Bellaire and l)re. Close and McClellan were the medical examiners. Ill VElt NEWS. Stiigo of Uie Wntor mid .Movements of the Slenuiboat*. Navigation has been entirely suspended for the past two days owing to the heavy ice that has been forced out by rising tributaries. The river was rising yesterday morning, but became stationary before dusk and indicated on the gauge a depth of 17 feet 3 inches. The reports from above last night were as follows: Pittsburgh. 12 feet and falling; Parkers, 8 feet and foiling; Brownsville, 0 feet 0 inches and rising slowly; Greensboro, 12 feet and stationary; lflco's Landing, G feet 8 inches and stationary; Oil City, 7 feet 10 inches and falling; LOck No. 4, 8 feet 9 inches and stationary. The weather at all these points was cloudy and cold. About twenty towboats aro reported laid up at various points between Pittsburgh and Beaver with tows of empties, waiting for the ice to thin out. The prospect for them .at the present writing is not very encouraging. For the firstjtimo within the niemory of the "oldest steamboatinen" there were boats running between Wheeling and Pittsburgh whileall boats were ice-bound between Cairo and Memphis, and were 1 having troublo below the latter poit. This was tho case on Saturday last.?Ktantrille Courier. As showing the advantages to be derived, if the Little Kanawha was free from tolls, the Parkersburg Journal notes that the Sweetser Oil Company, on one barge of oil from Burning Springs, had to pay tho Little Kanawha Navigation Company, for tolls, the largo amount of $187 00. This is a heavy tax. Did you ever notice how surpiised you were when you nut your foot on tho next stair and found there wasn't any there? St. Jacobs Oil cures bruised shins. A pretty fashion is to decorate the table, cloth at dinner parties with artificial , A 1J IMAMS 1)USE a ADMIXI8TEIIBD LONDON PEOPLE. 1 S Au Explosion In a Tunnel Shatters Cnr Windown and Creates a Panto Among the 2 FnftrtcnBcrA on the Train?Tlie Effects r of the Shook?Boa^mir {shaken. London, Jan. 2.?A dynamite explosion occurrcd under the Grand railway between Qower street and King's Oroes station at i 9:30 this evening. The windows of the 1 passenger train were shattered and the , gas light extinguished. Beyond this there was no damage done. Tho passengers were greatly terrified but no one was hurt. The train resumed its journey after a de, lay of twenty-five minutes. London, Jan. 3,1 a. m.?Tho shock of tho explosion was felt by tho residents of Euston road between St. Pancras church and-Judd stivet. The railway runs the whole length of Euston road underneath the roadway. A crowd speedily collected at the vent shaft at the head of Ossulton street, from which, at the time of the explosion, a quantity of smoke issued. As soon as possible a number of porters wero sent to the spot with lamps and appliances for clearing the lino. Up to the present time nothing has been louqd. The residents in the locality are greatly alarmed. The shock overthrew several wayfarers. On Euston'roaditwas with great difficulty that horses wero restrained from run mi it i ' ? ana/, xuo gua ugnt jji uower street station was extinguished. The ticket col* lector at the station was thrown from his box, and the engineer working the electric light machinery, was thrown from his seat three or four feet, landing on his face. Lights in other trains in the tuunel were extinguished. The passengers were greatly alarmed and many ladies fainted. The (tower street platform is literally strewn with persons prostrated by the shock. The houses in the vicinity were shaken and the roadway oscillated. Two trains' were passing at tlie time of the explosion, and in both the lights were extinguished, windows shattered and the framework of several carriage doors smashed. TheticketcoilectoratUowerstreetstation describes the report of the explosion as sharp and ringing in character like the discharge of small field artillery. The point where the explosion occurred is directly under tho road leading to the London Northwestern railroad station. A lady's nose was cut by glass, one gentleman had tho side of h)R face cut and rninitin* a These are the only serious casualties reported. All tho passengersl&ft tho train at tho Gower street station, many of them iu a half fainting condition. Superintendent Williamson, of Scottland Yard, and the superintendents and inspectors of tho various districts, arrived at Gower street station a half hour after tho explosion and immediately proceeded down too lino. They discovered a signal box east of St. Pan eras church partly wrecked. Tho signal wire was cut and the clock was stopped at 9:12. Inspection showed that tho explosive material could not have been gunpowder, and tho surrounding brickwork was not blackened. It must, therefore, have been dynamite or gun cotton. The locality is on tho north side of the line, midway between St. Pancraa Church and Charlton Btrcct. Tho only, clews are a few fragments of paper found about the truck. At tho site of tho explosion there is a hole in the solid mnsonary about four feet from the ground with a diameter of-four feet and depth of five or six inches. Tho masonry is more or less damaged from some eight feet all around the hole. Tho effects of this explosion correspond exactly with those of the explosion at the Praed street Htation fourteen months ago. Trains which met at the time and place of the explosion wero fairly crowded with passengers. The third class carriages sutTered tt?o most Tho locomotives.of the two trains wero not damaged. . The signal man who had charge of the wrecked signal box says tho floor of the box was heaved up by the explosion and ho was half stunned. Speedily ascertaining tho signal apparatus was safe, ho relit tho. gas and telegraphed up and down tlie line. The fact of the meeting of the two trains at the place of the explosion is regarded as. accidental. The belief is general that some miscreant dropped the explosive with a time fustwltached from an earlier train proceeding to the city. Near the spot the police found a man's cap and some pieces of twine and some burnt fragments of a rag. Central American New*. Panama, Dec. 24.?Sunday last about sixty thatched huts were burned at Gorgona, a small village on tho lino of the canal. Some heavy fighting has taken place in tho State of Santander. The rebels commanded by Gen. Farcunato Bcrnal, were defeated with severe loss. The federal troops sided with the State government and thus assured a victory. Isidro Vidal met death in this city a few days ago under tho most peculiar circumstances. It appears that when about retiring, feelinp pain in his chest, he rubbed himself with alcohol and then poured some of the spirits on his undershirt. Wishing to smoke a cigaretto he struck a match which inflamed.tho alcohol on his undershirt and in a moment the man was in a blaze. He died the next day. HT * POLICE BU8INKM8LA.8T MONTH. Lieutenant Sjlvln'a Monthly Report for December* rroin l^ieuu ?yjviss monthly report for December of the operations of the city police, the following interesting figt'res.are taken. There were but 67 arrests in the month, the smallest on record in Capt. Bennett's administration. Of these 14 were for disorderly conduct, 10 for drunkenness, 10 for vagrancy, one for assault and battery, ono for cruelty to animals, one for prostitution, one for resisting an officer and four for othdroffennes. Ofthearrests Lieut.Sylvia made8,0fflcerl)unlap2, Heifer 1, Junk ins 3, Ferguson 0, Keid 3, Bird 1, Montgomery 0, Morris 1, Freebolt 5, SteinbFcker 1, Grist 4, Luton 1. Comb?3, Carl2, Kennedy 1, Brooks 4 and Special Ollicers Kenny and Thompson I each. Two hundred and ninety-seven dollars was the amount of fines assessed, of ' which only $57 was paid. The total amount collected and turned into the city treasury was $170 30. An End to Ilona Scraping. Edward Shopherd, of Harrisburg, HI., says: "Having received so much benefit from Electric Bitters, I feel it my duty to let suffering humanity know it. flaveliad n running sore on my leg for eight years; my doctors told niQ.1 would huve to havo the bone scraped or leg amputated. I used instead, three bottles of Electric Bitters and seven boxes Bucklen's Arnica Salve, and my leg is now sound and well. Electric Bitters aro sold at fifty cents a bottle, and Bucklen's Arnica Salve at twenty-five cents per box at Logan & Co. mwfaw ' Nkrvous.ness, Nervous Debility, Neu- * ralgia, Nervous Shock, St. Vitus Dance, Prostration, and all diseases of Nerve Generative Organs, are all permanently and radically cured by Allen's Brain Food, the great botanical remedy. $1 pkg., 0 for $5. At druggists, or by mail from J. H. Allen, 316 First Ave., New York City, TThMW