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V n Ssf Js*- U v s 4f l- Si ih' 3» V i H** v •iS •i "V• Uv TH^^YEEKJUY foURIER, Miiti Nr«t omol: of X*t lit Court $Wfn^M"*OVAWf, Aad now why can't Stultj Mat thews be sent down to the Mexican frontier with afresh supply of con cilietloa for the Mexican batchers. The Oskaloosa Herald wants Lieut If.* H. Needham elected Sergeant-at Arai of the Senate. Nsedham was a gallant soldier and would fill the bill well. Register Of the one hundred member! ol Jhe Iowa House of Rep ressatatives, niaefty-niae are carpet baggers. The Senate has fifty mem bers aad all but two are carpet bag gere. Kiak D. Moulton, of Brooklyn notorious for hla connection with the Beecher trial, la telling what he knows about cheeee at the Dairyman's Asso datloa now in session at Chicago. Mite-r little he knows about it, we should guess. The California Legislature, on Tuesday, elected J. T. Farley (demo craftjytoted States Senator, by st^Mpp|r vote. He is to take the plA wlwB. A. A. Sargent, whose tsija of offlce will oxpire in 1879 Nfwtell as who Parley Is? BBCENTLT oar Supreme Court has attrtned the constitutionality of the law pained by the Sixteenth General AjftijMy/^toaWag ft «ttu» townshipe voting taxes in aid of the building of railroads. AH the judges concurred la the opinion except Jus tiee Beck. That enterprising newspaper the Oskaloosa Herald, this week, issues a holiday supplement the full size of the paper, filled with very interest ing matter. They have shipped their old prees to Chicago and will soon receivs another and then will enlarge the Herald. No paper in the inter ior of Iowa is so well patronized by business men in the way of advertis ing as the Herald. KOSSUTH has a word to say about this Russian war, and he is tolerably emphatic, Among.his points is this: "If St. Petersburg aad Vienna should divide therms «f the torn Turkish emp% yo4ir" The Nt%c York Timet, Republican, seems Jo thiajc_Uiatthe chief claim of II mi tiwr- pw»» tion to which be was recently nomin ated lies In the fact that he is a native .of Massachusetts, to which Judge Lo irin, his predecessor, belonged and it iProceeds to grace his accession to the tbeneh with these choice compliments: "Mr. Davis has not been 'credited with the possession of a judicial mind, and his practice of law haa been quite limited. He has, 'however, occupied a subordinate position in the state de partment, aad has usually managed to hold a comfortable foreign diplom atic appointment through all the polit ical changes in the United States for last thirty years. Important Decision. In the case of Cochrane et al vs Deentr et al, from the Supreme Court of the District, the United States Su preme Court has rendered a deci sion denying the motion to set aside the decree and dismiss the bill. This is known as the patent process flour case, and it was charged that there had been collusion between the par ties prior to the hearing, and to such an extent as would be taken notice of, as affecting the decree. The court failed to find any evidence of collu sion, but it is said that, under the circumstances, third parties, who had ao opportunity of being heard, and whose interests, as opposed to Cochrane patents, are very Important and ahould aot be excluded from moving for further hearing when ever a fature caee may be presented for consideration, Give us .the silver dollar, by all means, but don't compel us to shut our eyes to the sanction of a false hood, which proposes to call that a silver dollar which is only ninety-one cents.—tTonmaZ. Ninflrf oae oeata in what? Wha* silveFm cvmonetixed we suppose II will b|%mrth a dollar, for it will be* standard for a dollar. The idea of putting enough sliver tn a dollar piece to make It worth aa much ae a dollar ia fold, aa the two metals now stand, does aot take into coneidera tion the fact that remonetlxatioa will of Itself appreciate the coin to a sub stantial par with gold. That's what so good a monometalist as Wells says it will do, aad if so the JournaV* plan wonld£make a new weighs dollar la silver worth so much more than gold as to drive it out of circulation aa be fore. We are inclined to think that the Journal don't understand what It Is talkiag about—Jeter-Ocean. ComatiMiMMr Gen. McCormick iMMVfPopen aa office this week in Newtpfc whare be will receivs applications for apace, and giva all aoedfhl laformattoa to exhibitor* at the Paris exposition Several aailiag vessels are to be aaad in carrying, and QM at—mar will be reserved to cany good* thai coma in late. These vessels are to leave the same port, which will probably be New York, to which point all goods mnst be shipped. Xtis a queetloa yet to be de teralaed, whether exhibitors mast pay freight to New York. Regala- W"^ I •I MS *Mtkt K. EBDBICK A OO AddNM «roul4not elapslbwM^ie ftassians, the Prn« sians, aad the Italliaas would divide Austria aud Hungary among them selves, perhaps leaving something of the booty to Wallachia, as the reward of subserviency to Bussia. This is as true afthat there la a God." HAKBBBQ BUTLER pretends to labor hard lb ("Stoat or Patterson in South CarMgta^He nrges that the prosecu tioiW Patterson be dropped. This is according to agreement, and Butler wants to make a show of standing by his agreement. Gov. Hampton de clines to permit the prosecution to stop, and demands that it be pushed with vigor. Hampton will prevail. He wants to drive Patterson out of the Senate, so that he can have his plaoe. If Patterson will resign his seat in the Senate, Hampton will join Butler in dismissing the prosecution and all the rest of the kuklux would acquiesce at once, as well as the whole democratic party. this and other Betters laws of France i exhibition are soon to The tweaty tatal -J.*** appointed byt_ Freel$*||p aot bathed at pres ent, as that* Is ao a etfft erthslr ser vices beffcn February at tfca Unit The President said to-day that the* ssslstsat oomHssloners would ba as-' perts eitheria scientific, agrleaHaral, mechanical or mercaatile parsalts. Gen. MeComldt thinks this govern ment will have a Mr 4tepl»y. Ha will not leave for Paris before aext March. tfaoitJsoMwi J««nN* aoMMirfef of the Haw York pointments in the Senate, asks, "What next and says: "Will any sensible man dispute that the Republicans of the Senate represent the substantial Republicans ol the country? If, then, the President be the honest, well meaning Republican we take him to be, be will aim to bring about a good understanding with the Senate. He certainly owes it to the Republicans who elected him." It does seem to us that the Journal puts this point fairly and that it is nn answerable. With but really one single exception the Republican Sen ators are united ae against the policy of the administration in part, and in no case, thus far, has the administra tion been able, on a point of difference, to rally more than a half dozen Re publicans to aid it. Can it be, after the extreme toleration exhibited by the Republicans of the Senate and the deliberate, unlmpassioned stand they have taken, that so large a body of able, honest Republicans are all wrong and the President and Evarts and Schurz right. Certain it is that the large body of Senators are more likely to be right. Again, it mnst be a conceded fact, that the Senators have the Republican party sustaining them to a very large extent, leaving but a very meagre portion to favor the administration. The appstfitfhent, by the Senate, of a strong committee to investigate the relations of oar government with the republic of Mexico, has certainly some considerable significance. It must be conceded that the action of our government in pursuing predatory bands into the territory of Mexico, with our troops, is a novel proceedure. The presence of the troops of one nation upon the terri tory of another under the circum stances which surrounded this case an exceedingly uncommon occur rence. Add to this the action of the democracy of the Lower House of Congress, in tacking on to the ar my appropriation bill, a clause re quiring the President to station some four thousand troops upon the Texan frontier, together with the constant embroilment that now exists there, and we have sufficient to at tract anxious attention to that quar ter, The significance therefore, that we might draw from all this is, that there is a probability that war with Mexico might be the result of all this work, and that perhaps some body would rather like to see war and to that end some of the occurren cesare intentionally brought about. Grave and able Senators are not tak ing this action unless they bolieve the subject demands investigation. We trust it is not a part of the con ciliation policy to provide a little Mexicau bloodletting to interest southern kuklux with. THF. state of Tennessee is heavily in debt and don't pay the Interest on it. There does not seem to be any disposition manifested by the demo cratic rulers to pay principal or inter est. Her creditors have become al larined and have finally consented to take fifty cents on the dollar, if the state will issue new bonds in lieu of the old ones and make provision for the payment of interest. The Legis l/UujeLJinw*ver i VWI i dlnte the whole debt/ wipe It out and begin anew. The business men of the state are now alarmed at the menace of pub lic rascality, fearing the result in a commercial way, and are petitioning the Legislature not to repudiate. The state of Mississippi, some thirty years ago, under the lead of Jeff Davis, repudiated her debt, and the state has been repudiated in the money markets ot the world, ever sincc. It was very fitting that Davis the knave, should culmiuate in Davis the arch traitor. We are not surprised that now the states once in rebellion, have dropped back again into the hands of the democracy, they are plotting repudiation. Even in Old Virginia the repudiation scheme has almost obtained tho power. In such states is where democracy flourishes. There never was and there never will be, a republican state in this nation, found thus playing the part of a scoundrel. Since the above was written, later news indicate that the Legislature is likely to close with the creditors on the basis of fifty cents on the dollar. EL PASO couaty in Texas, upon the Mexican border, is settled, in part, by former Mexicans, or Greasers, and it would appear as though the Greasers are by far the most numerous in that region. The balance of the popula tion of the county and these Greasers have got into a quarrel about a salt lick, and this is really the foundation of the insurrection now in progress there, and which has cost several lives already. It is possible that Mexi cans from acroee the river have come over in some force to help out their kith and kin residing on American |oil. Gov. Hubbard, of Texas, has oalled upon Uncle Sam to send his troops to put down this insurrection, claiming that it is beyond his power to quell the dlstnrbanoe. Of course, Uncle Sam responds promptly as he onght to do. If, however, colored men in any portion of Texas were being mur dered and deprived of their proper' ty and rights by armed bands of whites, Gov. Hubbard would find no occasion to call on Uncle Sam, and if the general government undertook to interfere and protect the rights of American citizens, democracy would raise such a howl as only the inmates of Pandemonium could imitate. Now the AM* is that the Greasers residing on American soil, like any other for aigners, save that we must confess they are mighty poor stock, are en gaged In a scrimmage with the rest of their neighborf, over disputed rights, and it would not surprise us at all If the bottom facta would show that the Greasers had the right of it. Is this not a proper place in El Paso county for the trial of the policy of conciliation Both sides have got vaated rights there—they have both got homes there and hence most live together, and this being so, let us have them conciliated but we pro test that there mnst be aome sort of justice in this trial of conciliation It won't do to carry out just the old practice of placing the dot of one of ttw contestants upon the necks of the 4#ers. Let each aide have fair treat' •Mnt, and if one side or the other mm't be fair, why, let that side feel the points of Federal bayonets. THE Inter-Ocean gives the follow tig complete history of the El Paso disturbance. As the facts come to UffM turns out as we expected, that it is an insurrection and iavastoa. The Inter-Ocean jn: in Texas, some distance common property to the peoplo liv ing in the Rio Grande Valley, on both sides of the river. After the salt lake district was included in Texas several attempts were made by Amer icans to get possession of the lakes and levy toll upon all salt taken away. The people of the county opposed this and the lakes have been free to Mex ican and American alike. Recently an attempt was made to levy toll upon the salt, manufactured at the lakes or ponds, that touched the interest of the people of El Paeo, a name given to settlements that ex tend on tho Mexican side of the Rio Grande for ten or fifteen miles, and the people of San Elizario, a town on the American side. The Mexican population on the American side is argely in the ascendant, and all op posed to interference in the salt busi ness. There grew out of this new at tempt to levy toll, a feud between the Mexican or native residents of the Texas county and the American resi dents of the same county. Judge Howard, an American resident, was a leader on one side, and an Italian, named Cardls, a leader on the other. A few months ago Howard, acting as tho agent for persons claiming to be the owners of the salt ponds, became involved in a difficulty with Cardis and shot him. This caused so much indignation against Howard that he was compelled to leave the county and take refuge at Presidio. The kil ling of Cardis intensified the antago nism between the two parties in El Paso county, and the Governor of Texas sent a squad of twenty etate troops to San Eliiario to preserve the. jiuaee. After the arrival of the state troops Judge Howard returned to bis home, and delivered himself to the civil au thorities. The anti-Howard, or anti toll party, made an attempt to lynch Howard, and the state troops in an attempt to defend him, were sur rounded and a fight ensued. The state troops were overpowered, and the dispatches state that Howard and others were lynched. This is a bad state of affairs, but it must be remembered that the people who defy the authoritity of the state are residents of the state it is not a conflict between Americans and Mex icans, but is defiance of the state law by lawless men ot the border. The Governor of Texas asked for United States troops to suppress the trouble, and the few troops now hurrying to the point will, without doubt, be able to keep the peace. IN the political canvas in Ohio last fall Gen. Jame^ A. Garfield and Geo. Pendleton held several joint dis cussions. At oue of these, Pendleton asked Garfield about the passage of the demonetizing act of '73. It must be remembered that Garfield was then a member of the House and Chair man ol the Committee upon Appro priations. Garfield, in answer, says: "My friend put the categorical question to ine whether, at the time tlie law passed, I was aware of the ef fect that law would have. Perhaps I ought to be ashamed to say so, but it is the truth to say that I, at that time being chairman of the Committee on Appropriations,and having my hands overfull during all that time with work, I never read the bill. 1 took it upon the faith of a prominent Dem ocrat and a prominent Republican, and I don't know that I voted at all. There was no call of the ayes and noes, and nobody opposed that bill that I know of. It was put through as dozens of bills are. as my friend and I know, in Congress, on the faith of the report of the chairman of the committee therefore, I tell you, be ause it is the truth, that I have no knowledge about it. Beyond question silver was thus de monetized by a very few men, without the observance of most of the mem tiers of Congress and without the niiwieugg v. Senator M. C. Butler, of South Carolina, made a speech at Columbia, in reply to a serenade last Wednes day night, in which he did not speak very affectionately of the administra tion "Was there any law for the admis sion of Kellogg from Louisana? It was a flagrant outrage on that gallant sister state of ours. There was no law for that, and none to seat Corbin, but I tell you that I know whereof I speak when I say that the Radical majority of the Senate had deter mined to seat Corbin, and 1 now say, with regret and reluctance, that the man, whom I think I am not stigma tizing too severely when 1 say that he procured his present position through fraudulent methods, threw the entire weight of his administration, backed by his friends, to perpetuate this out rage on South Carolina, and seat this man Corbin.'1 Massacre Butler is not conciliated much by the Policy. This, however, can be no disappointment to anybody but a ninnybead. Who, with five grains of common sense, ever sup posed that such a benighted mind and heart as Butler possesses any thing right and true could proceed from it. Cornelius Vanderbilt, on the stand, in the great will case, relates how he was put in the insane asylum at one time, through the agency of his broth er William, who said Cornelius could only be saved from the penitentiary by so doing, because he had forged a check. Cornelius says: "I told him I was perfectly inno cent, and I teas perfectly innocent. It was two years before I spoke to William again on the subject. I saw my father in the Fall. My mother was present. Mother alluded to my arrest and said: 'Father, William planned the whole thing out, and got some one to forge the checa and offer it He expected you were going to die, and wanted to get Cornelius out of the way.' She denounced his con duct in severe terms. Father said Well, this is a funny world. Per haps it is all for the best' Mother said, speaking of Dr. Linsly 'He'd swear every child she bad into the lunatic asylum if father told him to do so.' Mother told ffcther that Wil liam had always been lying about me." RESUXI'TION AND THK DOLLAR.— The Regitter says a petition as fol lows, was circulated in Des Moinss, yesterday, and received numerous signatures: The citizens of Des Moines, without regard to party affiliation, who are in favor of reform in the financial policy of the government, are requested to meet at the Court House, on Satur day evening, Dec. 22,1877, at 7 o'clock, for the purpose of taking into consid eration the propriety of demanding that our Representatives in Congrees shall support the bill for the repeal of the reeumption act, a bill for the fall reetoration of the silver dollar, aad such other legislation as shall tond to relieve the financial distrees of the country. A Washington special to the Inter Ocean says: The President is understood to have eelected Congressman Jamee Wilson, of Iowa, to be Commissioner at the Paris Exposition aa one of the agri cultural experts. Mr. Wilson's rec ord in Congress, in dealing with questions involving the farming in terests of the country, gave him a gts, reat reputation among agricultar and probably there was never an abler practical farmer in political life than he. He is a thorough student and observer, and, if the Pnetdaat makes as admirable selections in ev ery caee, this country will reap a ery case, this country will reap a great advaatage from the reports of the Expoeition Commissioners. Anther Mae Toward Manhood. F»ia tte Sea Visaalsiia Call I esiisa Letter .Jtis realiy the Aot that jauaty En glish gtrieara aow raisiagthe hat by way of ackaowledgiaie how, the sane as tbs asatlsiaia l^. The hat from M. HEDRICK & CO., PROPRIETORS. OTTUMWA, WAPELLO QPTOTY. IOWA, DECEMBER the Iater-Oetaa. OOII ANYOHKCAM POIMTHI* MM. sraMcn. Do« aay one ean aaght Aw fctMM Doe* any oae thiak of UM o» Uaonwboce tired, bent tboaldeii _Tbe cam of the fmmilT com*? Tfce fctfcer who etriTee for TO tolls oa from day aa today, Alihowli hla Mepe ever go ilowar, And file dark lock* are tarsiaf to Soee aaj one think of the doe-blue giaj. He'a called upon dally to pay, MU lner bllla, oolleft bills, doctor bills, There tm some kiada of bills every day. Like a pettaat bone la a tnadmUl, He work* oa from mora bur natil night, Doe* aay one thiak be is Una, Does aaj one make hi* boa* brlfht? I* it right, Jast beeatue he looks troubled, To aay he'a as eiots as a hear? Kind words, little actions of kindness, ivivsi iiHi «Nuvia vi uaui Mixbt banish his bordn of care, risfbryoahaiseverao aaxions. Be will Ml for yon while yet be may lire '71s Ia return be only aaks kindness, And sneb pay ia easy to fire. Won item Turkish beggars sufferers of the present war in the East—ha vs pnt in an appearance. One of these mendi cants presented himself at the door of an np-town residence, a few morn ings since, with his hat extended in a supplicatory maaner, aad muttering "Allah Blshmallah goloanes rusta chuk," or something that way. When a cross dog came ap and seized moBibfal of Ma exclaimed: The Keaper Osaaty (lias.) ••Hen. Mrs. Chisholm told a correspon dent of the Cincinnati Gazette that the murderers of her husband were all old residents. There were Catho lics, Presbyterian elders aad two Methodist class leaders—one of them an exhorter,' who had often told Mr. Chisholm he would be a first-rate man—"all he lacked was religion," and he wanted him "to give hie neart to Chriet." "That man killed my husband," says Mrs. Chisholm.— Many of his murderers were ia debt to Chisholm Our Iowa Braaton. [Washington letter fry^Rer' In the Des Moines Our Iowa Senators we found to be in great favor. Senator Allison, who is, since the death of Morton, the rec ognized Republican leader of the western Senators, enjoys a position here which is as creditable to his State as to himself. Just now the great measure of the weet, the silver bill, is Abanrd Bed Tape. From the Tribane's Washington Dispatches. A singular illustration of the prev alence of red tape in naval and mili tary circles is said to have occurred during the examination of Master Conway, one of the officers who was saved from the wreck. In order that he might swim ashore withont incum brance he stripped himself naked.— Leaving tho Huron, he was cast npon the beach in that condition, aad drag ged from the eurf by the fishermen. Every article of clothing which he had was lost, and as be was withont mon ey it was not convenisnt for him to obtain a uniform immediately. When he appeared before the Coart of Inquiry, be is reported to have been rebuked somewhat sternly by one of the officers of the court for venturing to appear before so digni fied a body without a uniform. He was asked if he was not aware that the regulations required that he should appear on such occasions in the uniform of his office. "But," in terposed Master Conway, "I have no uniform every garment I had was lost, and I was washed upon the shore." It is only fair to presume that this fact had escaped the memory of the officers of the court at tiut time the rebuke was given. The following figures published ia an exchange, will give some idea of the extent of the iron manufacturing interest of this eonntry. As near can be determined from the data at hand there are in this country about one million (951,000) operativee em ployed in the production of iron. Of these 45,000 are employed la tha pre' para tion of the ore aad fuel: 27,000 are employed la the preparing fael for the rolling mills 25,S00 are em ployed in blast furnaces, and 4,000 la the bloomeries 840,000 are ea gaged in manufacturing articlee of iron makiag the graad segregate 951^)00 mea employed in the iroa laterest. A large proportioa of the 849,000 ea gaged. in manu&cturiag articles of iron are skilled workman. Giving the usual somber of minors and fe males dependent npon tho workers, and we have about 6,000^000 people, nearly one-eighth of tha nopulatioa of the country, directly ana indirect ly beloagiag to the Iron lndustriee. Tha value of pig-iron manufactured last year was •75,000,000. The pro duction of the rolling-mUls aad forgee was 163,000,000, aad the entire value of other manufactures of iron (762,000,000. The entire valae of manufactured iroa for tha year was 1900,000.000. Their Hlfh Voeee. DcSrottVne Frees. He wore sheep-ekln mittens, had his pants ia hla boots, aad he covered hla horses with piecee of old rag carpet and entered a hardware Mora and asked to look at a sheet-iron stove. He was shown several patteraa, oae after another, but none eeemed to ex actly suit his ideas. "I have shown you every style of parlor stove on sale in any house ia Detroit," said the dealer aa they stood before the last one. "Yes, I s'pose so, but none of them qnito fille the bill," was the dubious "Why aot? Areat they big enough, tall eaoagh, haadsoms enough, or what 1s tho troubls f" "Waal, Ml tell yea," slowly replied the wonld-be customer. "The ole woman she takes a story paper, and her head is chock fall of such aamei as *raageline, Smelina, Maud, Ara belle RlverbelL The gals they read Sh akespeare, aad they are all the time talldagjSout Petruchlo, jgosnee, aad so ea. I'ai kiader IMMMB'epeeastreeeey, self, aad I'm aU iss Una* •CI plug name like that t" Ha thonghtha'd rather li land as ha uahitchad his I ad out: "Whoa, aow, Lady I around there, Othello I The New York I played its usual alacrity la over to what it thlaks Is At side. To use the words of ing Poet, "it deserts and with beaded knees, among the servile followers I Conkllng, who thinks that service as it is, is perfeo gards what the Tribune lag for years aa the bal fools." Such desertioM ranks will, however, er than weaken the admin' The paper "founded by Greely" died, aa aa orraa of opiaion, with its founder, seats nobody outside of its torship. It is "everythiag aad aothing loag." It is va ly as a repablieat IWew York, shifting pi each change of the wind and ing around tho compass ae that operation is necessary. Ji it looks the Conkliag breese in the eye, but should a Hayael spring up the DribmUan among the first to recognize i it. Yet the Tribune claii special orgaa p! tho to it the i dir- •f that ye ty bfule, or I'll knock of the head o ye!" He knew the dog wouldn't un derstand the Turkish language. were eating. And the new Sheriff *?und a fuaaal-ehaped ged himself, whea a candidate. I plater,_ twoor three feet that himself, when a candidate ho,e in th# in bis charge, and he hae been making I and as be ewam away he turned his a gallant and able fight for it Sena-1 P.®*.® tor Kirkwood is very popular in the| Senate, and by his old-fashioned ways, his plain talking, his hard com mon sense, and his wise counsel, has done his party great service in the present crisis. In the party caucuses he is consulted as one of the clearest headed and safest counsellors, and in such capacity has done such good work as to win him the gratitude and praise of all Republicans here. The Rights of the Finder. A curious case as to the rights of the finder of lost property, whose owner is unknown, is reported from Rhode Island. The plaintiff bought an old safe and offered to sell it to the defendant. The defendant would not buy it, but agreed to take it and sell it if he could, using it himself in the meantime. While it was thus in his possession he found a roll of bank bills inside the lining. No one knew to whom they belonged. The defen dfAti. iteihwg of the discovery of the money, de manded the return of the eafe just as it was when delivered. The defen dant returned it, but without the bank bills whereupon the plaintiff sued for their value as money found. The Supreme Court held that the fin der was entitled to retain the proper ty as against the party who put the safe into his hauds for sale and the authorities generally maintain the right of the finder, in this class of cases, as against all persons except the real owner. and 4-1 are laellaed to believe the good oae, for "tha better elsiaeats" seem so thoroughly nareliable at present, that a consistent paper could not speak for them with any propri ety." VttCMvtUp iti p—a From the Huatsrilie (Tax Ii The Colorado river (aot oar Texas Colorado) is aoted for "swirls," so called. They occur everywhere, but only at high stages of water. A bab ble rises from the bottom aad breaks with a slight eonnd on tike surface. The water at the point begins a ro tary motion, so small that an invert ed teacup might cover it. Larger aad larger grows the circle, till a sur face of forty feet in diameter is in mo- ceate* r.. Chishoim should Tver ^N |ff^^^!utO^tC°,no?Sj0 f,olnt lect anything county. by law in Kemper two or three feet in the depth below. Often tree floating down the lari stream V. caught, and its foremost end thrust up in the air twenty or thirty feet, while the other paeeee underneath— the exposed end to be elowly drawn down again and to disappear. Three soldiers—deeerters from Camp Mo have— paeeing throngh the ravine in a skifij immediately below the fork, eafferad their craft to pass into a swirl. One of the crew, at the first intimation of danger, threw himself overboard beyond the charmed circle, boat spin round un- til one end, being drawn into the vor tex and the other upheaved in the air, it slowly sank aa it revolved into the turbid bosom of the river, its hu man freight to be seen no more, for the Colorado river does not give up the dead—no corpses lodge on ite shores. For farmers and those that live in localities where people can retire at eight or nine o'clock in the evening, the old notiou about early rising It still appropriate. But he who ie kept ap antil ten or eleven o'clock aad then rises at five or six, because of the teachings of some old ditty about "early to rise" ie committing a sin against his own soul. There is not one man in ten thousand who can af ford to do without seven or eight hours sleep. All the staff that Is written about the great men who slept only three or four hoars a night is apocryphal. They have beea pnt upon such an allowance occaalovsjpi, bealthy in body and mind for a Bam ber of years with less thaa sevea hours sleep. If you can get to bed early, then rise early. If you cannot get to bed till late, then rise late. It may be as proper for one man to rise at eight as it is for another to rise at five. Let the rousing bell be rung at leaat thirty miantes before your pub lic appearance. Physicians say that a sudden jump out of bed givee irregu lar motion to the pulses. It takes hours to get over a too sudden rising. It is barbarous to expect childrea ia stantly to land on the center of the floor at the call of their nurses, with the thermometer below zero. Givo them time after you call them to roll over, gaze at the world fall in the face, and look before they leap. THIEF.—Friday Charles Woods was captured charged with house break ing. Wedneeday night some one cat throngh a shutter at Dr. Sheltoa's, and crawling in through the window, stole seventy-five dollars in money.— Thnreday night the residence of La Roy Harward was entered and Mr. H's. best suit of clothes taken. Tha same night D. H. Payne's residence was entered and a guitar and miscel laneous assortment of clothes takaa. Woods was charged with eaterteg Harward's and Payne's residences, and when arrested plead guilty, told where the clothes were ana got boaad over in the sum of 1500. Not having the cash he went to Ottamwa at tha expense of Davis connty. This fellow has just served a term of years in the penitentiary at Ft. MaA son, being seat from this place. He claims 4to live in Chicago aad savs he came here to meet a man. While waiting for the other fellow to oosae we suppose hs concluded to practice his old game, last to keep his hand lfe. —Bloomfield Republican. Confessions of a Baltimore tnMp "At Perryiille I weat to a hoaie, with a brick in my hand aad asked the lad y if she woald please he fo kiad as to please pnt some batter ea it. The request excited her cariosity, and she asked: 'Why do yoa west batter oa a brick 1 told her I was goiag to aat it 'Surely' she saiA'yioa are aot so hnagry as to eat a banned brick? Come lato the hoase I will give yoa some food.' I bagged e square meal, for which I tet so slick a trap. Ia the westera ssettea of the 8tate I asked for seeMtbiag to eat at a hoaaeaad was reftned. I thaa begged for a lookiag-class, which aroused cariosity to caow what I woald do with the mirror. I replied 1 w*nt to see myself starviag to death.' They thea gave ae wist 1 wanted." According to a Waahlagtoa eerres poadeat, the Presideat ia aaAsntood to have selected CoagreaMWa James Wilson, of Iowa, to he Cemeisiioner at the Paris Kxposltloaju oae of the agricultural experts. TIM aorropon deat says: "Mr. Wilsea'a record In Congrees, ia dealiag with questions involving the fanalag lateissli of the coaatry, gave him a great reputation amoag agrlcaltarist% aad probably there was eater aa ahlar practical firmer la political life thea be. He is a thoroagh student aad observer, Presideat aad, if the' able selectioaa oouatrv will reap at from uw rsports Commlssioaers.'' sent from the 766,191 ember ed my 886 1871, assdmir eaie, this vaatage poeitioa the The ideatteal groaad assumed by Rev. Hsary Wara Bseehsr, lait Boa day, oa the question of fature pun Uhment, was taken by Qwon Farrer, of the English Charen. In a sermon dslivsred at Wsstolastar Abbey on ly a week or two age. The reverend geatlemaa la the eenfie of his re marks is reported to hive given the following strong utteraacee: Wae there aa/humaa being, wor thy of the dignity of a haaun beiag, ho did net revolt aad sickeu at the aotioa of a world of worme aad flame? Europe has leaned where to get its beef, batter andchssss. Ia 1876 there was Pelted L1877, $13,715,469 cheeee poaads. wA Jwt lanflae &5» States $1, worth of beef, and up to Dec we had already furnish Shaijpeyaa oa the lookout for trade California Is rejoicing. The loag drouth'— —1-: Statistics The subsidy before Coa- •Ajnericaa wooaea, aeoordiag to a Fraach joaiaaUst, live oa eaady. i. Tbe Iadlaaapolis Journal regards the Viee PresMwat as a stera Wheel er. The coaUaff dreeeaefor ladle* doa Bach the pavement by aboat three aches. A 12-year (rid girl ha •d in Sea Francisco as the The crash to hear Moody and San thata track, aad elotlilag waerifa Stfbator Josea haa had eix silver dollars of 41SU graias struck off at tha Philadelphia Miat, and has sent two of them to the President. Tho Sunday edition of the Cleve laad HettUd has beea discontinued. Tho editors say that six days of hard work is all they want at a time walked sixty five arileeto see a circus. A maa of his caliber ooaldat possibly bo la better business.—Boeheeter Democrat. At Dahaqae, Iowa, a mining firm haa strode another rich lead ia their lead minee aad are taking oat 10,000 toaade of mlaeral every tweaty-four lours. Well-bred Parisiaas never treat. Ia peMic reeorta, cafsa, and buffets the Freacfa system of every maa pay ing for his own driak is strictly ob served. New Yorkers have discovered a dye by which poor tobacco caa be made to look like the beet-Havaaa. But it is literal die stuff for the maa who ueee it An oil well was discovered a few weeks ago, 100 miles sooth of Dead wood, D. T. The petroleum is pro nouaced by experts to be superior to tint of West Virginia. The New Orleaae Picayune says that whea a yoaag man of weak mind wishes to remember something par tlcalar he turns down one corner of his high shirt collar. TheWoreeeter (Mass.) Prut man shuddere to think of the time when a woaiaa'e dress will consist of a shred of black sUk whlcb she will carry in her hand at a distance behind her. Prof. Hitchcock has recently found four fossil bird tracks, each a foot long, at Wethersfield, Conn. The bird, he thiaks, was twelve feet high, aad made the tracks 1,994,000 years ago. The Norrietowa Herald would like to kaow how papers can tell that a preacher naakae an "effective prayer" without telegraphic communication between the offices aad the throne of grace. Norristown Herald: During a thun der storm two dogs that howled dis mally at night were struck by light ning and killed. Howllag dogs •Sal* IstT "y*. aau pm W"Tu The Detroit Free Pre** wants to see suicide suppressed, aad suggests that every State in the Uaion have a law that the body ot every suicide shall be giveo over to the doctors for dieeectioa. "Them pottery things is real nice," said Mrs. Veaeeriag, at Brown's "me and my daughter Maria has got the rage, you kaow, aad buy all we kin git But what on earth ie they Intended for ?n "Liquor started it, liqaor kept it up, aad liquor ends it," said Thorp, who was bung at Auburn on Friday.— Here's a whole temperance sermon in eleven words.—New York Commer cial Advertieer. The Virginia (Nev.) Enterprise says: In the Consolidated Virjrinia once, yeeterday, we saw 1500,000 worth of silver bricks, and outside sat a beggar. Both were typee of Ne vada—the latter the more commoa type." There are no common school tench 's in Missouri they are all presi dents and professors. A late pro gramme begins with six presidents, wo professors, two superintendents, aad two etc's., which mean school of ficers. It has been supposed that "Young man-afraid-of-hiis-horsee'r Syrup. worth. Of butter aad the export last year was poaad, while up 71,680, to December 1, the amooat was 101,974,917 The Dss Moiaes yay expsases by fWQi pessssssd chief, bnt the longest name of aay cL—, here comes a dispatch from Washing ton to-day speaking of "Chief-of Special- agents-of-Post-Ofllce-Depart ent Parker." Cincinnati Turn: It need to be eaid that a married maa could live twice as cheap as the aamarried man. It is oar impression that If replies could could be obtained from a thousand married mea oonfideace ia this an cient law would be shattered. The British Bible Society reports aa astoaiahiag dsmsad for the Blbls among tha Cossacks. Over 00,000 have been distributed withia the last few weeks. The excellent liaea pa per makes the best of gua-waddiag, aad thus the gsspsl is spread amoag the Turks. The Charleston News has positive informatloa that tte Prssidsat haa teadered the District Attorneyship of South Oareliae to D. T. Corbin.— Heace the wild enthusiasm of the South Caroliaiaas to have Corbie la dieted for snsisthlsg or othsr. Why not indict him for breaking ap the kuklux gaags ?—Inter-Ocean. Yoa have oftea," said the elergy aaad the brethren say 'Amen I while some one was preyiag. What do thaw msaa? If aay oae knows let him hold ap his head." Up Jumped a little fellow, so eager to aasweras aot to wait for reoogai tion. "I know t" he called out "It mas hurry up aad gst through." There wee aa audible smile. Times The Buaday School tosed to he facetious over Mrs. 26, 1877. is dls Van ars. ma-book. It Vaa Cotfs hyma hookto be sigaed, 'Yoars iov lagly, Maggie,'as it would be for Dr. Hodge to tatrodaee his theology aa from Tow a&ctioaate Charley' or for Bishop Stsvees to ssad a pasto ral letter subscribed'Your owe Billy boy.' The Davenport Demoeat thiaks the tenth ie that the Widow Van Cott is too sentimental aad affection ate to edit a hymn-book." as but three illuminated charch spires ia this coua —sae en achureh ia St. Louis, an er elevated en a Catholic edifice ia Brash%hr«ad a third oa the spire of the ehureh ot St Aagustine In New York. The latter has jnst beea aad whea first viewed oa a receat Sunday svealag was the object of mash cariosity aad considerable superstitioa. Away np ia the dark bine vaalt of heaven, flemlag with myriad stars, appeared aa illuminat ed crose, perfect ia its proportloas aad sbootleg out flashes of light We are of the opiaioa that it must be good, for the simple reason that so many praise and physioiaas pre scribe it We meaa Dr. Bull's Cough WIUN.ll didat Statistics show that the aumber of ldiote 1# iacrssslag aad yet ooatiaeo to nuke TWCBLES IN TEXAS. Tlift fJ. 8- arreet- leader of gang of burglars 'jta I"erry, the French Republic ««ader, u aaid to bo threatened t'tii iasaalty from tha excessive use of hair dye. The St. Panl Dispatch eays Minae »ta's New Year's carda will read. Forty milUoa bushels of wheat and •o grasshopper eggs." ^Ashee from tha receat eruption at Ootapaxi, la Eucador, are aaid to have fUlea at a distance of 1,000 miles from the volcano. Troops Fail to Jteaeh El Paso Connty in Time. The State Troops are Com •riled to larreade* to the Mob. se- liatdy IhetteBeaU fle Civil War Over the lexl terder Sttll Ceatlanee. Tho Lordoleta Claiming to Be Re volving Croat Aooeoaiowo. THE STATE TROOPS SPBBIHDEBINC TO THE MOB. GALVESTON, Dec. 18.—The Galves ton (Tex.) 2fevt' Austin special says: "A dispatch has been received by the Governor from the sheriff of El Paso connty, stating that the State troops had WHISIM ad to the Mexican mob at 3 p. m. yesterday. Their ammuni tion was exhausted and thoy were unable to hold out longer. After the surrender Howard Atkinson and McBride were shot to death by the Mexicans. ESCOBF.DO INTKRVIEWKD. NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 18.—General Escobedo, of recent Mexican border fame, arrived here yesterday from Brownsville. He says his visit is simply in pursuit of private business. In a conversation he utterly disclaim ed the charge that his recent visit to the Rio Grande was for the purpose of organizing an expedition against Diaz. He denics.that Lerdo and his adherents secretly encourage a con flict between the United States and the Diaz government. He does not apprehend any danger of war be tween the governments, and says it would be deplored by none more than he. He says that between the belligerents, Lerdo would certainly be a Mexican. Touching tho lato troubles in El Paso county, Escobedo said that the difficulty was not be tween Americans and Mexicans, but between Americans only. The San Elizario Mob Citizens. All Texan CHICAGO, Dec. 19.—Dispatches re ceived at Lieut, Gen. Sheridan's head quarters, late last uight, from Capt. 1 Hair, who is in command at Fort Bliss, report that the Texas rangers at San Elizario surrendered yesterday morning. Judge Howard, agent for the salt mines, Atkinson and Mc Bride, rangers were shot and tho rest of the rangers disarmed and liberated. The rangers are now at Fort Bliss, op posite El Paso, Mexico, and the mol» las dispersed. Notice was given the mob from the Mexican side of the river. The mob was composed en tirely of native born citizens of Texas. WASHINGTON. •eme More economy, Reform and Conciliation. WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.—Dr. Lemuel Draper, of this city, was appointed Asst. surgeon of the Navy in 1862.— Early in 1865 he was on the Princeton at Philadelphia. Thomas A. Menzie, blockade runner, but previously engi neer in the Confederate Navy was a prisoner on the same vessel. Men ziee obtained leave to go ashore and Dr. Draper had leave to go with Meu ziee for 48 hours. Both left Philadel phia together and went to Baltimore of Menziee return. In Feb. 1865, Dra par's appointment as Asst. surgeon iu the regular Navy was revoked, but on the 14th of the same month the re vocation was cancelled and he was allowed to resign at his own request. After many ineffectual attempts to get back into the Navy Dr. Draper was yesterday reinstated as Asst. sur geon with full back pay for 13 years and ten months. JOHN A. JOYCE PARDONED. WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.—President to-day signed a pardon for John A. Joyce, convicted of conspiracy to de fraud the lTnited States of taxes on distilled spirits. The pardon is full and unconditional. Joyce, it will be remembered, was sentenced to two thousand dollars fine in addition to his imprisonment. •ANOE OR°itoaiNiroN. Another Man Arreated for the Mur der of Chariee Belden. Special to tfee St. Louts Times. PEORIA, Dec. 17.—Sheriff Hitchcock received information to-night, that a man named Robinson had been ar rested in Richmond, Vs., who was believed be the murderer of Bel den, at Gilson, the crime for which Rande is held. The sheriff^ infor mation immediately after the crime was committed led him to believe there were two men in the job, and he clung to the theory that Rande had a companion. Some of the Gil soa people describe the tramp, who was aear Gilson on the Sunday of the shooting, as a very different looking maa from Rande, and although there is ao room to doubt he was there, yet many things indicate that he had a companion, aad on whom rests the responsibility for the Belden murder is aot known. Further information rsspectiag the Richmond arrest is awaited with interest. The Verdict in the Huron Horror. WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.—The opin ion of the naval court of enquiry into tte Huron disaster has been promul gated by the Secretary of the Navy. The coaclusioas are that Commander Hyan is primarily responsible for the loss of that vessel, and that Lieut Palmer, aavigating officer, made er rors in navigation. Also, that the deck officers on the night of her loss might have been at fault in not ascertaining the accura cy of the perpendicular sounding. She is reported to have been In ev ery respect seaworthy. •Ittlnclull Baefc Again CHICAGO, Dec. 20.—The Times Hel ena, Montana special says: Father Genin arrived at Marias river on Sun day aad reported to Fort Benton by messenger that Sitting Bull had cross ed the llae and camped at Bear Paw mountains with a large force of Sioux and Nec Perces. A man named Val entine is supposed to be killod. This report is confirmed from other sources and it is stated that Indians are burning the prairie south of Bear Paw, and that Sitting Bull is on Miles' battle ground and h(4 oined by Lone Deer's ban odges. •astla in Data. N KW YOBK, Dec. 20.—A Havana letter says that a body of 250 insur ants was lately encountered by a rSantacolumn uiish in the neighborhood Speritor and after an en agement lasting two hours the surgentswere dispersed, leaving 59 dead and 121 prisoners. Among the latter are two aides-de-camp of Max imo Gomez and 14 officers. The Spanish bad 12 killed aud 19 wound- Very important correspondence was found on the aids-de-camp. Twen-three men and 7 women sur rendered on the 9th inst. near Puerto Prlncipi. Another prominent insur gent, Arzeno Bataribahap, h#q, like wise surrendered. Oram pod for ceeh. SAM FRANCISCO, Dec. 19.—The Cos mopolitan Savings and Exchange Beak announces suspension this morn ing. It is a small concern. About •60,000 are due depositors. The di rectors claim that they will ultimately pay dollar for dollar. Forger Nabbed TOBONTO, Dae. 21.—Charles E. Williams, tha alleged Chicago forger, o masa war on wee remaaded till to-day, aad hla ia ayaaekdoo- jlLOOO la bank here has beea eajoln- FOREIGN. PARLIAMENT TO MEET IN JANUARY. LONDON, Dec. 18.—The morning pa pers officially annouace that Parlia ment will meet on the 17ih of Janu ary. It is stated that the Cabinet has de cided to ask Parliament to vote a grant of money for such increase of the British army as the present state of Europe demands. The Post's loading'editorial fore shadows a grant for military prepar ations, and, after reviewing the ru mors which have been current of late concerning th.j separate arrangements between KUBHIII and Turkey, says "To make Kngland's words heard— to make mediation respected or inter vention effective—it is necessary to appeal to the representatives of the nation for requisite support. We cannot entertain the slightest doubt that Parliament will not only readily accord whatever money is necessary to put the national strength in a con dition for active efficiency but will heartily endorse a policy in accor dance with the true interests of per manent peace and the noblest tradv tion of the country. It is certain the Cabinet is united in this resolve, and with the opening of the new year we shall witness the inception of a clear and rational policy. The Standard, iu its leader, ex plains that the victory of the Russians is not I he cause of this meeting of Par liament, but tho license WhU& la giv en to Russia by Germany and Austria to use the victory in her own way.— This is_ what constitutes danger to British interests. England can never consent to a quarrel being arranged on these terms. She may even have cause to demur to a peace made be tween belligerents. She claims'a voice in the settlement, and it is that she may bo prepared to insist upon that voice that the government is adopting those measures which Par liament will be invited to sanction. The Times deprecates too much im portance being attached to an early summoning of Parliament, and points to numerous instances in which cabi nets actions have been ministcrpreted even by their own supporters, as for instance, the sending of a fleet of war vessels to Besika Bay. If any previ ous Cabinet had summoned Parlia ment thus early the natural inference would have been that they were about to demand a grant of money for the support of some step to be taken by the Queen on tho advice of her Ministers. The Times thinks such a conclusion in this case would be far in advance of the truth. Parliament will not meet to enforce the resolution that has been formed by tho Ministers, but more probably to spare the Min isters the trouble of forming a reso lution. By the time Parliament meets the government will perhaps he able to show that our interests are in some way attacked but for the present the country, however irritated at Russian ambition and Servian treason, cannot believe itself iu any danger. THEIR VOK'K IS KOIT WAR. LONDON, Dec. 19.—This afternoon, the Pall Mall Gazette, in a leading ar ticle, says the Cabinet has come to a wise^resolution, if in these days after reading the history of the iait ten years, after marking the relations of the continental powers and after learning tho lesson which the condi tion of Kurope at this moment plain* ly_ teaches, if after this any man thinks the English empire can exist without ever asserting a disposition to fight for its possessions and exist ence, that man mnst be a fool. If witbout thinking so he maintains his points then he must be some kind of traitor, the sort of a traitor, perhaps, who declares himself a humanitarian, or churchman first and an English mai» afterwards. The Gazette says the summoning of Parliament proba bly means no more than a warning to other powers that England does not w mrtM Hyrrfitek that she mnst have some voice in the disposal of her own future. GERMANY FORN1NST TCRKKY. LONDON, Dec. 19.—A Berlin dis patch savs: The impression is preva lent in diplomatic and bureaucratic circles that the German government is desirous of a termination of the war, and that it will adhere fully and freely to whatever conditions Russia may resolve to exact and that it has resolved neither to advance any ob stacles nor so far as it can help to per mit any other power to hinder the extension of Turkey as a European power. BELGRADE, Dec. 19. have occupied Fort Nisch. ESTABLISHED U49—VOL. 29, NO. 37 -The Servians Inramor, near THFI TIIUNDEBKH SPEAKS. LONDON, Dec. 20.—The Times eays the supremacy of Great Britain is not endangered, at the same timo there are interests not threatened by the progress of the mar except so far as mutual coheeion of the whole Otto nian Empire is threatened, which might be more strongly protected than they are by acts not in any de gree savoring ot the character of war We are not going to allow our inter ests to be bound up with the main tainance of the Ottoman Empire in its integrity or independence. It will be found when Parliament mcotB that communications Ministers will have to make in both houses are not inspired by that terror which now disturbs the mental vision aud dis tracts the judgment of so many. The Daily News says we think Par liament is summoned to approve war preparations. A Paris dispatch says the Marquis of Harcourt, French Ambassador to London, is to be removed and Mar quis of Bonneville will go as Ambas sador to Constantinople. LONDON, Dec. '20.—The Times, in its leading article, throws out strong in dications of tho belief that parlia ment will be asked to vote money for the purchase of a further interest of some kind in Egypt, possibly tho Khe dive's remaining interest in the Sue:-. Canal and tho Porte's suzerainty over Egypt. Tho Times' financial ar note a marked firmness in Egyptian bonds yesterday, and ascribe it to po litical reasons. Among the rumored projects mak ing necessary tho summoning of par liament are increased armaments of war, and also the purchase of the Turkish fleet. Every attempt to striko out a new foreign policy for government revives dissensions in the cabinet. The retiremeut of Lord Derby as Foreign Minister ia bjr no means improbable. A RL'HSIAN VICTORY* Tin.is, Dec. 21.—The Russians uu der Geu. Kouiarotl' captured Arda mutch by assault on the 17th. The Russian loss was insignificant. PKRA, Dec. 21.—Russian concentra tion for an attack upon Erzeroum on tho north haa failed aud au attack is now improbable. The Russians are suffering ior provisions and forage. ROME, Dec. 21.—The Ministerial crisis continues. The chamber of dep uties yesterday adjourned indefinite ly. Government meets with fresh opposition in the Senate aud there increasing dilliculties in the forma tion of a Ministry. There is little chance of DePretis aad Crispis suc ceeding. PARIS, Dec. 21.—In the Court of Cassation, yesterday, the Advocate General announced the adjournment sine die of the consideration of all cases arising from prosecutions of booksellers, newsdealers, and ha k ers, instituted subsequent to the ltith of May. LONDON, Dec. 2L—The Times lead ing article is carefully directed to the allaying of excitement on eastern mat ters and counteracting the etl'ect of wild rumors. It says "no course can be more reasonable and obvious than that at this juncture government should desire to consult with parlia ment as soou as it can without unnec essary inconvenience, whether they contemplate interference or media tion or simply the means of securing a good position. In tho final settle ment of the question they cannot but feel the need of parliamentary rap port. tdjG.d A HORRIBLE HOLOCAUST Terrible Effects qf an Explosion in yew York A Candy Factory Blows Up and Ends in Flames- One Hundred and Twenty-Five Girls Kifled or Burned Alive— What the Falling Walls Spare the Flames Devour—A Great Number of Person Dangerously Injured— Some of the Escaped Have the Hair Burned Entirely from Their Heads —Heartrending Scenes Frantic Search for Mis tin Loved Ones— The Greatest Sacrifice of Life Among Young Girls of 8 to 15—The Pecuniary Loss Estimated to Heach Half a Million Dollars. EXPLOSION, FIB! AND DSATH IK NEW YORK. NEW YORK, Dec. 20.—A boiler in the candy manufactory of Ernest Greenfield, No. (53 Barclay street, ex ploded about 5 o'clock this evening, while a large number of female em ployes were still at work. The building was almost instantly wrap ped iu flames, audit is said that ONE HUNDRED TO ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY GIRLS WERE BURNED TO DEATN. NEW YORK, Dec 20.—An explo sion, immediately followed by fire,oc curred at five minutes past five o'clock this afternoon, in tbs Immense candy manufactory of Greenfield & Son, No. Barclay street. The boiler which was under the sidewalk on the Bar clay street side, burst, tearing away the entire front, and scattering the wreck in all directions. A large number of girls, of all ages, were employed at the time in the building. TIIE WALLS FELL within a few minutes after the explo slon. The building, five stories high, fell into the street. Fifty-six wound ed and one dead were reported in the Chambers street hospital at 6:45 o'clock. A number were also sent to Bellvue and other hospitals. It is es timated that the wounded will reach 125. About FIFTY ESCAPED by the College Place entrance and a small number got out through tho sky-lights, walked over the roofs and i?ot down the sky-lights of other luildlngs. The book-keeper, who was on the Barclay street side of the building, was BLOWN OUT THROUGH THE WINDOW to the street and badly cut on the head. Several jumped from the sec ond story and escaped with slight in 'uries, the fall being broken by po licemen and citizens on the sidewalk below. No fair estimate of the loss of life can be giveu to-night, but it must be large. The parties employ ed in the factory were PRINCIPALLY YOUNG GIRLS AND BOYS from 8 to 20 years. Owing tothe ap proach of the holidays double force was employed, one working the day and the other at night. The number in the building at the time of the dis aster is variouslv estimated at from loo to :ioo. THE FLAMES SPREAD so rapidly it is feared many not in ured by the explosion were burned to death. Owing to the heat no search can be made for those buried in the ruins until to-morrow. THE FACTORY BUILDING was in the form of the letter L, hav ing entries at No. 63 Barclay street, and No. 3 College Place. In the angle were situated Grocer's Bank build ing and D. IX Tompkin's brown pa per warehouse, both fine stores. The latter also burned to the ground, leaving the bank building on the corner looming up alone over the ruins. The bank building is only damaged on the 4th and 5th floors, used as a dwelling by the janitor and several families, who lost all furni fcnpunr Wrafr anT ortier oflfceKwas slightly injured by water, but the of fices of the bank on the ground floor suffered no injury. Mr. Tompkins' loss is not yet ascer tained. The loss of Greonfield & Sons is es timated at $100,000: insurance about $70,000. Some of the girls hsd THEIR HAIR BURNED TOTALLT (WTLLEIR nEADS. The first reports were exaggerated in regard to the number of wounded. Only thirteen were brought to Cham bers street hospital, and none to any other hospital. THE GREATEST SACRIFICE OF LIFE WAS AMONG TIIE YOUNG GIRLS, many of whom from 8 to 15 years, were employed iu selling, assorting and picking candies. On tho first floor, over the boiler, which was sit uated in the basement of the rear of the Barclay street wing of the build ing, and not under the sidewalk as first reported, none are known to have escaped. The building occupied by Major & Knapp, engravers, on the opposite side of College Place, caught ou lire from the sparks, but the flames were extinguished with but trifling dam sge. THE TOTAL LOSS is probably 1250,000. The news of the explosion spread over the city very rapidly, and the wildest rumors and great excitement prevailed. Large crowds hurried from all quarters to the scene, but tho police kept the crowd several blocks away from the place. Many persons having chil dren or relatives working in the fac tory, as evening wore on, and thsy had not returned home, sought the sceno of the disaster, and the hospitals and police stations, in search of the missing ones. At the very lowest cal culations there must be FORTY OR FIFTY IIODIKS IN TIIE RCINS. The firemen will keep streams of water on the ruins all night and will have the street cleared will be ready to commence digging for bodies to morrow. Mr. R. Kleinn, of 53 Leonard street, states that he was in the building about ten minutes before the explo sion and there were a great many persons there at the time he passed in front of the building two minutes after tha explosion and saw on most of the floors, as the front wall had fallen, a great many boys and girls rushing about in an excited and con fused manner, but they became ob scured to the view by the smoke and flames in a few seconds. There seems to have been no possibility of their getting out alive. TIIE FIRE was one of tho quickest ever seen. In less than three minutes the dames had ascended completely to the roof.— Peter Staudiniller gives a vivid de scription of the affiair. He is employ ed with ltodgers & Co., and was within forty feet of the doorway when tho explosion occurred. It seemed to THROW UP THE WHOLE SIDEWALK, and the front of the building fell to the street. There was a two-horse truck of the Delaware & Lackawanna Express Company passing and tho wall fell on the horses, ana the driver said he believed there were nearly 200 persons occupied in the building at the time. There were uot more than a dozen girls employed on the ground floor, roost of the boys and girls being engaged ou Ibe second and third floors. Standmiller says be is positive that not more than six girls and a dozen men came out alive through the Bar clay street entrance. The elder Mr. Greeutiold, was about the first who rushed out, and he was much scalded. He saw about a dozen making thc/i escape by the roof to adjoining roofs. THE SCENES AT THE OHAMRF'.- STREET HOSPITAL were heartrending iu 'he extreme.— Ambulances were .juickly at the fire and were kep' busy in taking tho wounded to ne hospital. The sta tion honi" snd Chambers street hos pital «vero besieged with men, wo nira aud children, all anxiously in quiriug for some missing relative. D. B. llaabnck, Chief of the Bureau of Elections, was passing the build ing at the time of the explosion, and was badly hurt by some of the walls falling on him. He was carried to a storehouse. Fifty men have beea pat to work oa the ruins lathe streets, which are OF Psbllsbsd mtr ev TERMS: s moauuZz "zz.i::ir U Dsiimtd by OsrMtr, per ts {$URI£H $OB £EPA*TMXK* WW HMO, IMFUTI WITH IIW nn AM MUMS, FUiKTisa or ALL rrotn vitttiuc*ra toairi seated la Good ltrl*. dnpUcatad. LONDON, Dec. 20.—Teh persons were killed by. the fall of the gable 4 Sie Milnes Hotel at Edinburg yester* Ttie New .Yotk Horror. NEW ¥*RK, Dec. 21.—The nambe4 pf lives lost by the Barclay street a plosion and fire is still undcftermlne but It ia believed thtttr frilly bodies now lie buried, beneath th#- tbe ruins. The removal of the da)fcr bris, which was begun at 2o'clocT has proceeded so far that the street i clear to the outside of the sidewalh in front of the ruins. On the oppo«'! site sidewalk, under blood-stained'' tarpaulin, are the bodies of A MAN AND SOY, wbich were taken from the ruins OIM the sidewalk, this morning. When, found the bodies were lying in fron^,., of the doorway, Both] were evidently'5 struck with the heavy stone ceppiag& which still lay across the boys raoejfv. and which it was necessary to lift Ip*.: fore the body could be removed. 1 One body was recognized as that of Wm. H. Bradley, No. 110, EuMAssu" street, Brooklyn. The ether is proW?" ably that of William Bennett, a news boy. The mother of the boy keeps a news stand at Barclay street ferryju, and sent him, yesterday afternoon, aa usual, for the last editions of the eve-* ning papers. He did not return and* was, it is evident, passing the factory at the time of the explosion. Two hundred workmen besides the firemen are now digging in the ruins and a strong police force is needed to keep back the great crowds pressing1. down upon them. The ruius could not be more com-* plete than they are for scarcely a fragment of the wall is standing and indeed none whatever on the ground a occupied by the main building, a space of about 100 feet square. Early to-day the mothers, fathers,, sisters snd friends of the wounded' and missing beseiged the porter's-^' room of New York hospital, making inquiries for those whom they sought and pleading for admission. The resident physicians, on duty since 7 o'clock last evening, deeming quiet necessary for the newly arrived in mates gave orders to only admit a v few of the applicants, directing oth ers to call during the afternoon when the wounded would bo in a proper condition to converse. Three of the number had been enveloped almost from head to foot in bandages and v two had their h:iir burned so close to, the scalp that with their swollen and blackened features they[resembled negroes. THREK MOTHERS have been standing at the door since 4 o'clock this morning, making vain J, inquiries for their missing children. At last when one of the stricken crea tnres was on the point of leaving ia despair she encountered her daugh ter at the door. The meeting was touching. After a long embrace they separated and the young girl was afterwards permitted to go up to the main ward when she imparted the news of the safety of the brother to 1' one of the maimed patients who had worked with her in the shops. EXPLOSION if not repaired and that Greenfield, Tjr told him they must try to get along with it as it was until Sunday, owing V* to the pressure of business. Mrs.( Hertzback said her husbannd was greatly disturbed iu mind on account of this, often referring to it during the week and saying he was afraid to go to his work. Yesterday morning*'* when he left home he told her he HE NEVER EXPECTED TO SEC HBR AGAIN. 1*! Hertzback was 35 years old and lived in 52d street. .-#1 Two men who rescued two girls yi say they had been told by a workman in the starch room on the 2d floor, that the fire was caused by the 3 UPSETTING OF A KEBOSENE LAMP in the room. They asserted that the finely powdered starch used in the ,-1 manufacture of gum drops, was ex-|* plosive and that the explosion was* caused in this way. They did not be-, lieve the boiler exploded, asserting ifi it had it would have blown up the sidewalk beneath which it was site- mted- A man named Stein says he went -V*.* down to the boiler room about fivex minutes before the fire occurred to* obtain a can of water. Hertzback, the engineer, wis then at bis post and raking out the lire. i 1 *»J fittss —dwiMt •asters 30WA°°1.enough to handle, bnt nO dead bodies have yet been recovers^ SMALLER HOFTROR. LON DON De, 20.-The gable of the Milnes Hotel, Kdinburg, which waa' weakened by fire, fell to-day, bury* ing several persons in the ruins. Ten, are missing three bodies have beeijt recovered. N •1 "u 4 The Evening Post says in addition .'j. to about 18 missing persons whose .« names were reported to the po lice, last night, three were reported this morning, viz: Josephine Shop pard, age 22 Augusta Lindner, Jno. Dunham, a widower. Philip Hertz back, the engineer in the factory, haa not been seen since the explosion. His wife says her husband, on his re- •*.. turn from work on Monday night,' told her one of the tube* of the_ boil er, or some pipe connccting with it, enb TTBB »iv» efc»v n utt'tr, "OTtfPai m. That he had spoken to Mr. Green- j** field, saying the break ••.«* WAS DANGEROUS AND MIGHT CAUSE AN *, '3 .f 1 The following includes the names of the principal losers and insurances: Greenfield & Sons $180,000, insurance $127,COO D. D. Tompkins $15,000, in-4 jf surance $12,000 estate of S. W. Welsh $12,000, insurance 119,000 (ireenfield & Scherer $4,000,insurance 'i* $2,000 A. & W. Little $10,000, iasur-' Vy anco $2,700 11. S. Dessioating Co^-* $0,5C'J, insurance $2,200 Liscomb Mills $7,CC0, insurance unknown W.'.' H. Montague & Co., loss $4,COO insur-' ance unknown A. Rich $80^0001 ia-*-? surance $60,000. Buildings 61, 63, 6517.^? and 67 are entirely demolished andt}v^., are total losses. 4, THE BODIES OF TWO GIRLS AND A GIKI. "I 'X. were taken from the ruins this fore noon. A Juvenile Tragedy. r' BOSTON, Dec. 19.—John Cronin,''-*" three years old, was shot in the head,i to-day, by Henry Mickey, eleven years old, and died in a few minutes. The boys were in an uppearoom, atff ,: play, when the Cronin boy scratched^** ilickey in the face, and started to rung down ktairs. The latter followed ti the head of the stairs and fired fatal shot with a revolver. A Oeaparado Killed- LAWBENCE, KS., Dec 20.—John Ly onre was killed last night, near Strsn er Station, while resisting an officer, trink Lyoure has evaded the oflicera for two months, a writ for his arrest: having been ia the bands of the sher iff that leagth of time. He was a desperate character. Dr. Carl Newman was arrested, to night, on charge of having caused the death of Miss Ma' ducine abortion. attie Callahan by in- AlMr a Batlro* Hamker. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 20.—Sheriff Numan has received a dispatch from.. Sheriff Culf, of Coldwater, Mich., to the efiect that J. C. Duncan, abscond-'' ing president of tho Pioneer Bank, is-' there. Steps have been taken to ss cure bis arrest. Another. CHESTER, Pa., Dec. ILL.—Tho bank ing house of GeorgyJJaker suspended this morning. Alter declines to. make any statement at present. A «*TEKLY I. INT Of U. S Patents issued to the inven tors Iowa, for the week ending ivc. 4, 1877 and each patent in the list will bear this date. Reported by telegraph, expressly for the Cou-' RIEB, Ottumwa, by A. H. Eva^s & Co.. Patent Solicitors, Washington, D. C. Charge for obtaining a patent $20.00. A copy of the patent laws sent fi-ee. W. E. lJippcrt, Des Moines, Trace Carriers. Fence Oskaloosa, F. L. Bester, Barbs. J. Haptonstall Adel, Churns. & F. B. Preston, North McGregor, J. Motherall, Stump Extractor. J. J. Reed, Lyons, Wind Mills. J. A. Ilinaon, Oskaloosa, Car Coup lings. L. Iightfoot & J. J. Hawk, Downey, Culinary Apparatus. I B. Nuaamacker, Earlham, Safety I Pockets.