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Netware tatcodaoad. American ĵ Mwtat *edhw4W"1we«t of pywteaL of the 8«Mte, MR ^Stated sad swsna lb Ssa M '» petfNsn ttos> ** ***nfi far nHWimy dtttsa. 4 Of «" I cola or r OMtittORtM, £SR£AISS «S rates on th» CToentfroni [ Introduced a Indtf* itnnt ot i warn aim handed la teantlMK* klMd lad Council Btoffa, to urn newspapers, to xetln the permit Confederate officers to •ad Cor a delegate in the i Territory. rArf Wcac iatrodused a blil in the Pen- Atok&ttkl̂ toVMlWW bjr oue-hslf tbe freight rstwcatl* Valoa sad Central Pacific roads. . Pi<tl»u|ii : »«w presented to* a ooastttottoml raft»ceteweaten,andto 1""Hlll.lMli.il TUiiii coaoernlnr tbe prtn l retalUrttan; Xemflt Vtei At » ttonagh system . the Government would reSect, while Mr. McPber- MW?"pmS! itftheoowait toe appointed in Feb- Iteentate* the *S of improve- Mm VtMMHQipl river was presented aad should, aocording to the xmnittee, be ported to comple- nftlee recommend that suitable i be made; that the right of the t to mate iai fonad on ban aad ial- towSijr declared; that control be re- 1 owr reotelmcd lands; and Uat persona "<•1; with the damm7. or portedfor the of Alfred Fteaeaatea and to aî ce aM jmblie roads and hi routes. Mr. nanuhni introdaoed 1 "Mi, antttecte the rnwlilf lit durin* •*-*• nnm»« 3 *• S dsbate on the ,. ,, >^<»(MW)tooioatteae Mississippi iimfi££^? Aam.wtomm to the pablio doawin th» lands gtsseted to the Iron MewBtatatalltoad, be­ muse the nmte diverged torn the nnmtiiliinlsl ail line, was passed by the Beasts Jsa. IS. Mr. MfllarlMttodafladaMIltofnvHto msaas to ex- ttrrrnlrfttrlinirrr-nii nnmiiato Dutec mmu. «gst Van ot the Joint nda Mr. Frye chatted thst 'IfViantoa watt latoths OcBgrs--Innal xaa- taodpnmhsss wtdjahy by the cap. An MM hiloilm Isftto Omon. A TEXAS stock-dealer asserts that S,OM,WO head of cattle am fed on "free fraaa" Inhis State. Xbe art profits of the cent., and the _ on wWch the aiMi m iM are largely the property ofthe MMMs schools Of the 8tate. . Ortu>c««rovMi|t ~tfc» reefcm of Mobile, Ala., suffered damage |o the amount of $1,00^000 by the late cold spell. Many trees In norhia wore M(VM " orchards. by building Ores in the A STEAMSHIP front Vera Craz landed at New Orleans a party of Italian emigrants, wholly without money or goods, and ohar» itable people sent them food at the police station. AT Weatherford.Tex., the west-bound Texas Pacific passenger train was wrecked by a broken rail. Thirty passengers were injured, some very seriously. AGENTS ot a New York Una are scouring the woods of Arkansas for black walnut trees, for which $1 each is paid, the logs being shipped to New Orleans. THE Wool-Growers' Association of Brown county, Tex., sent a memorial to the Legislature, stating that sheep-ralSers have been warned to remove their flockik on pain of daath, and that one man had alt herd killed by a mob of armed men. from the iglp);f|;:iwHn wfHMHB Pitt Kellogg, far toM, Sllll# v. a , Its® TKK EAST. Tw wysiecyas to the fete of Charles Delmoaton, the fhmoof Now York caterer, upon wfctoh thedeteettvea, police, and scores of vnluKMeni had been working unsuoceas- AweeSiSSSiSShKs ^di*ppeara*J?,,nird£wa3BboBfhS ̂ tnm temporary insanity, fflfiess, eseaped from loved off in the night. Dili­ gent search was made for him everywhere, andeiafrt darseUpeed before the mystery wassrivedhylhe finding of the dead body. Mr. Dehnaaioo was only 40 years old, and was wottfc wrev nMW- - .ll>e TruMees of CorneU nnlyersMj faaVe appointed Praf. Ed- wact Htteiepek, of Amberst, to the<d>air of physleal culture. The migagement of Prof. MeClellan, of New York, was canceled because fee accepted a challenge to a prize­ fight for the light-weight championship. A BOBBIBLE catastrophe is reported Jfepm the oil region. A stream of waste «fl flowed across the track ot a country railroad near Bradford, Pa. A crowded pae* aenger train passed by. It is bettered the flre-box ignited the o& and that a boiler ex­ plosion followed, llames immediately en­ veloped tbe train. A panto and crush ensued, i y*?"1 Annie worn tnmri hult lata tl» iw« hv tki tarln People were forced back into the ernes by the flames at the doora, and hurt tiwmselves Mdlyin making an exit through the win­ dows. Three woman were burned to death I' : and fifteen persons seriously injured by r/. wounds and burns. I;-' . CBABX.ES P. SncKinnr, \rlio wns re- fefMtly pardoned from the Massachusetts pen- Itentlary for forgery* rssMss in VIsUBiver. A gentleman passing the house the other V evening saw the upper stories In a <"y«ng found Mas. $0 Tmr fimriisl smi^pifisr tlin innisinn «f Charles Delmonioowereheld In the Church «f St. Leo at New York, wlUoh was densely nrowded. The body was ^aced in the Det- monico vault in the old St. Patrick's Cathe­ dral--James Egan, formerly Speaker of the Assembly of New Jersey. Ins been fined $500 nnd sentenced to hard labor in the peniten­ tiary for one "month, for an attempt to bribe Assemblyman Armltage..... Nine powder- plus at Scranton, Pa., exploded. One man || known to have been killed, aad the pecun- |Siy loss is very heavy. THE WKST. - • ACCOBDING to the Jannarr reports to j ,̂ '<r • . Cbe M^hlgsn Agricultural bureau, the wheat w *!>• Kate was 23,147,135 bushels, of Which 7,lS7,t0Q bushels still remain in the the farmers. ( | ®WS Bimuui Catholic Total-Abstinence nsnvwitlon, which met in Chicago last week, i resolutions approving of the Harper • law, recommending opposition Ion of saloonkeepers and their I to municipal or State offices, an Jtsnda in favor of temperance re- I no-operation with the non-Catholic ions to procure enforcement of tbe lating the liquor traffic Tbe Preai- Wt Showed gratifying progress, Wmek MMD6d to be moet ptaisloff t SSSMBbWm delegates was the unnounoe- «t tte Piesklent that he had adminls- he year temperance pledgee to _ , ̂. persons.. ...The orchards, in theimsehMtof Miehigau passed uninjured ,4|aWWh th» recent severe weather. TMK pnoftle of Hillsboro, in., have «Hsa«y snbsm^tod »*oo for Miss Emma Bond, pesstedoaUe the sum. Mr. Bond is 1* Ms bed top n»rvo»P prostration; I was heavily mortgaged to meet aad legal expenses, and he will be ~ to leave it unless aided by the t'IS. . REPRESKSTATIVB FOLLETT, -who will have charge of the pension bill when it the House, is in favor of abolishing I agencies scattered through the which are maintained at a cost of ,000 per year. TBE general sentiment of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs is understood to be in favor of providing for the allotment of lands tnaeveralty to the Indians, and a bill for that purpose will probably bo reported at iiiteaaly day. CONGRESSMEN testify to having called for tea In a cup with a sauoer, and having drank whisky as a result of that order- Management so lax en the part of the res- has excited the Mlgutmi of Congress'te both bouses assembled. Steps have thereiove been taken to prohftdt the sale of allkteds of Intoxicants in the OapitoL KANSAS wanted a railroad after the Union Pacifle was built, and made vast grants to the Kansas Pacific. The Kansas Pacific was gobbled by the Union Pacifio, and KanssssnesforatorCsttnreof the gifts. As oase involves $14,000,006, aad is now before the Supsemeeonrtof lite United States, fne Justices admit that the case is one of the portent wMch have overcome before Iter this reason and in an exceptional manner the ceurt has advanced the ease on Its calendar, so that oral ar*uments will be­ gin in a few dus.... The annnal Mport of the iutleoltumdepattiaenit gives the corn r>of Illinois as MMSMM bushels, both-average aad yield betng the largest of wr ante. Ksnsas Btands seoond in crop, but Iowa has the seeoot greatest acreage. pouncAi. Is the event of Bsnator McMillan se- curing the position en the bench reoently vaonted by Jndge McCrary. the Minnesota Senatership ml̂ it faU to C. K. Davis, ex- Govenor; to W. B. Washburn, now in Con­ gress, or to Mark KL Bunnell. THE inaugttrstion of George Hoadly as Governor of CMo was a quiet affair, only three piditieal clubs being In attendanoe. The inMgnral addffcsS recommends the estab­ lishment of a Board of Pardons and a graded license system. HSKBY B. PAINE was sleeted United States Senator from Ohio without opposition, the Republicans of both houses, in pursuance of the plan agreed upon in caucus, voting blank. The Bepnbitean caucus of the Iowa Legislature, Dee. U, renominated Hon. fa. B. Allison for United States Senator byaocla* nation, H>e Legtslstuie of Maryland took one ballot tor DMed States Senator Dec. 15. John M. BotHnaon, Democrat, received the greatest number of votes in each house, but fell far short of an election. The Kentucky Legislature also indulged in one ballot for Senator, "Oerro Gordo" Williams (preeent Incumbent) receiving fit votes, Blackburn 44, and Sweeney 28. IN tbe Ohio House of Representa­ tives a Republican member, named Love, of­ fered a resolution for a select committee of five to investigate the charges by leading Democrats that Henry B. S^se was elected Senator by the use of money. Various amendments were proposed, when the orig­ inal resolution was defeated, members voting without regard to party. A CANVASS of the Legislature of Texas, made for the purpose of ascertaining the preferences of the Democratic members for Presidential candidates, 'showed the following result: Out of twenty-eight Senators fourteen are In favor of the nomination of Thurman, six in favor of McDonald, two are for Tilden two have no choice, and Morrison, Wade Hampton, Coke and Weaver have one follow­ er each. In the House out of eighty-five interviewed Thurman has 44, McDonald 14, Tilden 13, Morrison 4, Bayard 8, and Hancock Carlisle and Hendricks one each. This shows that Texas is in favor of Thurman. Nearly all of those interviewed expressed themselves in favor of a revision of the H. B. Payne, the new Senator from lit... -.. ton f- r' " as Ifeiaany was The Ne about Ohio, gave a public reception at Columbus, which was largely attended. At the banquet there were 2M guests, and the tables were loaded with delicacies. Neither Col. O. H. Payne nor John R. McLean was preeent, and John G. Thompson declined an invitation on the ground of illness Francis W. Bockweli (Hep.) has been elected to OdHferess from the Massachusetts Twelfth diaB to succeed Gov. Robinson. W A WEEK'S FAILURES. FAILURES : 8. Hogan, jewelry, Cleve­ land, Ohio, liabilities tIS,000; J. H. Yellman, hemp speculator, Lexington, Ky., liabilities $30,000; Duncan A. Grant, laoe dealer. New York, liabilities <68,000; Block * Co., print- era, Cincinnati, Ohio, liabilities $40,000; P. W. Gerhard, agricultural implements, Aus­ tin, Tex., liabilities 920.000; J. C. Haugs, boots and shoes, Aberdeen, Dak., liabilities tl0,000: Isaacs 4 Samuels, clothing, New York, liabilities *85,000; H. B. Dsssoir, furniture, New York, liabilities 985,000; Charles Hudson, general merchant, Wauna- kee, Wis., liabilities 910,000; M. Waterman * Co., grain dealers, San Franciseo, liabilities 91,000,000; Buckley A Co., dry-goods, Utica, ; James I"" N. Y., liabilities 9200,000; Blsland, a dry-goods, New York, llafrmjfci 960,000: Johnson * Austin, wool. New 'fork, liabilities 978,000; Samuel Better, banker and grain merchant, Wapakoneta, O., liabilities $80,000; Hyde A Turcotte, fancy goods, Montreal, liabilities 980,000; J. Bluhm, dry-goods. Co­ lumbus, Miss., liabilities900,000; John B.Tepil, clothing, Lancaster, O,, ltebUitles 910,000; Henry, Colton ft Co., wholesale grocers, Peoria, III., liabilities not stated; J. Sell, general store. Farmervllie, La., liabilities 912,000; E. W. Coleman A Co., grain brokers. New York, liabilities 9887,000; J. M. Fuller ft Co., grain brokers, New York, liabilities 9109,000; W. P. ft A. Parsons, builders, New York, liabilities 9800,000; 8. B. Beshone, groceries. Marlon, Md., liabilities 90,000; Mrs. A. E. Davis, millinery, Columbus, Ohio, liabilities 988,000; Nesbit ft Co., cotton mer­ chant?, Savannah, Ga., liabilities 9100,000; Kelly, Gilchrist ft Co., liquor dealers, Sun Francisco, liabilities 990,000; Thomas, Pur- year & Docomb, hardware dealers, Bvansvlilo, Ind., liabilities 980,000. FOREIGN. KABL WAGES, one of the most pro­ nounced of tbe Berlin Socialists, has made some significant statements as to the spread of Communistic pt ib Gci s::? eral newspapers have been established, and the burdens of tsxstfon me making new converts every day. The only ground (iucourscementto the Socialists Is lbs • * ' ' : - i t of dermany. and hostOe to called to order for attack- Ullam.....A cW»r Wer JaLondoa,wbo aastoe*in 1th some of the Irish ex- > simultaneous attaek unta ^. Bussian Emperors The Mersey tunnel sifcnectihg Cheshire and Lan- cashir^ Xnglsad, has been completed. CAB&IXAL SjaooNi, the Papal Prime Minister, has maito a number of declarations highly important to tbe Catholic church in America. The most noticeable point lies in a seeming liberalization of the American branch, "to meet the exiaencles of the times"--that ts, there is to be "a broader study of the physical sciences and a wider biblical nxegetls." The new programme thus foreshadowed will be uhfeuded to the American hierarchy, next November, at Baltimore. In tbe Gamont colliery, in Wales, the breaking of a rope sent a cage to thei bottom, killing ten men and a boy. BOLAND, a journalist and speculator of Brussels, who pretended to have bribed several French Deputies, has been fined two thougSnd francs and sentenced to threo years* lmpnsonment for obtaining money by eteases. » • ImmoxAL urn ON account of a light yield in Flori­ da, three firms in San Francisco combined and secured nearly the total crop of oranges In California... .llie boiler in Brink ft SlMns' saw mud gristmill, some distance from Co­ lumbia, Mo., exploded, scalding and malmlhg eight men. FIFTY acres of Parnell's estate were plowed by farmers, who brought 160 plows and 320 horses Kin;; Alfonso accepted lh? res'gnation of the Spanish Cabinet, and Intrusted Canovasdel Castillo with the forma­ tion of a new Ministry Mgr. Cesare, a dignitary of the Catholic church, was mur­ dered in his bed at Borne, and his room plun­ dered by the assassins. Great Britain has refused China permission to obstruct the Chinese rivers. The political situation of the heathen Chinee is peculiar. THE House Committee on Public Lands last week listened to arguments rela­ tive to the land-grants of the Oregon Central railroad, which it is proposed to forfeit. The legal arguments having fallen to the ground, the committee were favored with a pa­ thetic appsal from C. P. Huntington himself, Who claimed that it was real mean in a great Government to forfeit the lands of a poor railroad company, even if the law bad not been complied with and no track had been laid. The committee listened qui­ etly to the persuasive eloquence of the great letter-writer until it became evident that he was begging the question, and the admission was forced that the railroad attorneys were not prepared to meet any legal points what­ ever. THE Maryland legislature has elected Judge B. B. Wilson to the United States Senate, to succeed James B. Groorae. ON "The Devil's Bridge," at Gay Head, on the Massachusetts const, the steam­ er City of Columbus, from Boston for Savan­ nah, was wrecked on the morning of Jan. 18. Of the 146 souls on board, twenty-three are known to be saved, five are dead, and 110 are unacoounted for, and are supposed to have perished. The revenue cutter Dexter and two lifeboats were instrumental In saving many lives. One-third of the passengers and crew were women and children A story is current at New York that Jay Gould lost 190,006,000 in speculation recently. --Tbe mixing bouse of tbe Vulcan Dyna­ mite Works at Allentown, Pa., blew up. Three men were killed arid mutilated, three others injured, and three buildings wrecked. . ...A boiler in the kitchen of Frank T. Sher­ wood at Hunter's Point, L. L, burst, killing Mr. Sherwood's little boy, fatally in­ juring his brother, Md blinding and buHUng Mrs. Sherwood...... A boiler exptoSioa in & Y.ft.B. Wallace's shoe manufactory and tannery, at Rochester, R. H., MWed ftw maaj^^flnadsd SWwa, two fatel&r... .ISdward Tappan, who was arrested on Long Island for connection with the Towns- end outrages, has made a detailed confes­ sion of the murdetof Mrs Maybee and her daughterly bis brother and himself. The former deliberately choked them to death in the stable; then the house was searched and plundered. THE Iowa Republican State committee, at its meeting In Des Moines, decided to hold two State conventions. The first, to choose delegates to the National convention, will be held May 7--The Kansas Republican State Central committee will meet at Topeka on Feb. S to call a State oonvention to select dele­ gates to the National convention at Chicago.... The Indiana Republican State Centred com­ mittee has ordered the holding of a conven­ tion in Indianapolis for nominating four delegates from the State at large to the Na­ tional convention, April 17 being fixed upon as the date. The State oonvention for the nomination of a ticket will be held at Indian­ apolis on the 19th of June. JOHN FLEERS was hanged in Wash­ ington Territory. He killed a man who would' not pay a debt of 50 cents... .Leroy Donovan, supposed to be a son of the Mormon Bishop John D. Lee, was hanged at Rawlins, Wyo­ ming, for killing a barber of Rock Springs, named William Leighton. Tan Senate received a message from the President, Jan. 18, recommending that a relief expedition be dispatched for the Greely party, and asking that ImmedUte action be taken In the matter. A bill was favorably reported to cany out the supplemental treaty with Chi*a, by prohibiting the traffic In opium between the two countries. In executive session the Mexi­ can treaty failed for lack of one vote. The Sen­ ate In executive session rejected the Mexican treaty. A motion was made to reooneidor, pending which the Sen­ ate adjourned until Monday, 21st. In the House, Mr. Bayne introduced a Mil for a public building at Allegheny City. The remainder of the day was consumed In de­ bate on the Fits John Porter bill in committee of the whole. Msssra. Btooum and Lyman spoke in favor of and Mr. Steele In opposition IS the MIL ,v V:.;: THE MABKET. ; v HEW YORK. BmcvES*,.,;,. 0T.|o Hoos..^.., 6.60 ««.00 FIXJOB--Superfine 4.00 @ 6.60 WHEAT--No. a Spring..,.. No. 2 Hed COBN--No. 2. OATS--No. % POBK--Mess LARD CHICAGO. BEBYES--Good to Fancy Steers.. Common to Fair. Medium to Fair iloos Mx>ua -Fancy White Winter Ex Gc od to Choice Winter.. WHEAT--No. 2 Sprine No. 2 lied Winter. rOBN--No. •I Oai'k--No. 2 l.Xi --No. HAH-EY--NO 2 JJUTiEii--Choice Creamery J®*** Fresh. : pMSK--Mess LaUd MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--NO. 2. COBS--So. 2 OAT*--Xo. 2 IiVE--No. 2 *.... •. BARLEY--No 2 loan--Mess LAEU sr. LOUI& WHFAT-NO. 2 Bed. COBN-- Mixed OATS--No. 2 KYI? 1'OBK--Mesa "LABD CINCINNATI. WHEAT--No. 2 Red Cobs OATS Bye lJOBK--MOiS LABD TOLEDO. WHEJO--NO. 2 Bed COBS--No a... OAT8-Na 2 DETROIT. FI/JUB WHEAT--Na 1 White CORN--No. 2 OATS--Mix?d. POBK--Mess INDIANAPOLIS WHEAT--Na 2 Bed » COBN--No. 2 48 OATS--iiixed ss EAST LIBERTY, PA. Catto: Best 0.00 1.05 1.06 .ea^c® .41 & @ 1.07 @ 1.10 .64)4 .45 14.33 @15.00 .09 & -09* 8.00 @ 7.25 4.50 & 5.50 4. SO & 5.7.» 0.00 & 6.75 S.3S & 5.73 6.00 ($0 6.50 .00 .»1 .08 @ .95 .S3 <&t -64 .83 & .83 .#7 © .58 .68 & .59 .an & .35 (S .20 14.8? (W14.75 .90 & .91 & .64 .82 <$ .33 .5J & .£0 .07 @ .68 14.00 «415.03 8.75 & 0.23 1.01U « 1.03 ^7 .49 «« .-'A .BO tft .80 M.RO @15.011 .(in:M .o» 1.02 1^8 .61 m .62 Jtl & .w -S3 & .«5 15.00 *<510.00 M H & M M .94 6.26 0 S.S0 1.01 @ 1.02 .53 <« .55 & .*1 310.76 0 LOO ,S6 16.26 It was decided 1 Nebraska Agricultural Saetety. " : - The NebtaskA State Agricnltnral seoleUr held Its anttislliit||iii%t the «tais efcpftaL tte state fair at Omaha MteMiniFonltry Show. " The annual Okhibition of the Combined State and Central Michigan Poultry associa­ tion was held at Battle Cret£» About 400 entries were made by leading breeden in all parts of tbe State and a few outside. It is pronounced the largest and finest exhibition yet held in the Staie. • Cane-Growers in Council. Die Mississippi Valley Cane-Growers' asso­ ciation held Its ^fth annual meeting in St. Louis, the President, Col. Norman J. Oolo- man, in tho chair- The attendance was larger than ic any previous years. In his address the President congratulated the society on the achievements at the last year. The plant­ ing of cane was yearly extending, and the value of the sirup produced from the north­ ern cane was fully $10,000,000. Beo-Koopers In Convention. The Northwestern Illinois and Southwest­ ern Wisconsin Bee-Keepers' association held a two days' session in Freeport, III. There was a large Attendance ofD members. The election of officers resulted as follows: Pres­ ident, E. Whittlesey; vice president, Roscce Gammon; secretary, Jonathan Stewart, treas­ urer, B. Kleckner. The members engaged In the discussions with a great deal of interest. The next meeting of the association will ho held at Roekton, May 20,1884. Wisconsin Wool-Growers. Tbe Wisconsin Sheep-Breeders' and Wool- Growers' association held its annual meeting at Whitewater. The tariff on wool was de­ bated, and the conclusion was that the tariff should be restored. Officers for the ensuing year were elected as follows: President, W. L. Parker, of Beaver Dam; Vice President, C. 8. Cleland, of Janesville; Secretary, H. J. Wilkenson, of Whitewater; Corresponding Secretary, C. K. Gibbs, of Whitewater} Tressurer, W. H. Hardy, of Genesee. Nebraska Farmers' Alliance. The Nebraska State Farmers' Alliance held a two days' session at Kearney. A platform was adopted declaring in favor of national and 8tate legislation to regulate railway traf­ fic, with both maximum and minimum rates; demanding the abolition of national hanks and the substitution of ourrenoy by the Gov­ ernment direct; opposing protection and de­ manding a tariff for revenue only; asking Congress to reclaim all unearned land-grants and reserve tbe public domain for actual set­ tlers; and opposing the acquirement of public lands by foreigners. Farmers aad the Barbed Wire Monopoly. The lowa Farmers' Protective Association, formed for the purpose of fighting the Wash­ burn & Moen barbed-wire monopoly, con­ vened at Des Moines last week. Die assoola* tlon appears to be in a very satisfactory condition. The Secretary, in his annual re­ port, expresses his opinion that henceforth the wire monopoly will devote its time and energy to a guerrilla warfare, seeking to make tbe litigation as expensive and vexa- as possible to the farmers. The farm- to the appeals have been Minnesota Horticulturists. There was a large attendance at the Minne­ sota State Horticultural society meeting in Minneapolis. Col* Robertson, of St. Paul, spoke on the manner of cultivating the cot- tonwood tree. The Secretary read a paper from O. M. Lord, of Minnesota City, on native plums, which was discussed at great length by the members. F. G. Gould, of Excelsior, read a paper on "Blight in Fruit-Trees." Mr. Pearce, of Lake Minnetonka, also presented a paper on tbe same subject, and Mr. Gideon one On "Blight--Cause and Cure." The re­ port of the Entomologist of tbe society, R. J. Mendenhall, of Minneapolis, was pre­ sented, followed by a paper by Mrs. H. B. Sargent, of Lake City, upan "A flegu»i|tag in Silkworm Culture in Minnesota/* [Bradford (Pa.) Dispatch,] One of those disasters peeulia* to the oil country shocked tbe people St Bradford to- isy. An entire teste on the Bradford, Borwell atidisiisus Marrow-Gauge railroad was destroyed bgr fat, The train ran through a river of oil Winch bad escaped from a burst tank on tbe steep bill and ooursed down over the snow and into the' bed of the track, down which it ran for ftafty half a mile. Hie grade at that point, Which wasvery sbfep, stewed this great leeway. The train consisted of an ex­ press c»r aad passenger coach, both well filled with passenger*. The engineer was not aware of toe dangerous ground his train was traversing. The moment the oil came in contact with furnace of the engine it ignited and at - enveloped the entire train jn a mass of ». The engineer, Patrick Sexton, ap­ plied the air-brake and reversed the engine. The halt Wis. vssjr brief. The track for over 600 feet ahead was a roalng sea Of flame. Great clouds of dense biaek smoke ascended heavenward. The engineer opened wide the throttle, and away thundered the train through a sea of smoke, flame, aad oil. The speed attained was terrible, aad acted as a huge fan to the oonfiagmt'on. The engineer saw a sharp curve ahead, and, quickly re­ versing his engine, with his fireman, Mike Walsh, jumped into the snowbank wbieb lined both sides of the road. Both were ter­ ribly burned. The entire train was derailed and thrown down an embankment. In the fire-hemmed coach the scene beg­ gared description. Locked in and helpless in a furnace of fire, traveling at the rate of fifteen miles an hour, their anguish knew no bounds. Men of nerve lost their heads, women fell to the floor In a swoon, and the cries and lamentations of little children were heartrending. There was a dash through doors and win­ dows and through the sweeping flames, which cooked the flesh and singed the hair on the faces and heads of the imprisoned passen­ gers. In the dash for liberty it was everybody tor themselves, and men In their desperation jumped from the needing train and fell pros­ trate to the ground, burned and mangled. So Intense was the heat that one minute after the train entered the sea of lire every window was cracked. Two-thirds of the passengers jumped through the narrow windows, the majority escaping with severe burns, while the lucky few escaped without a scratch. Three persons, all of them women, were found burned to death, and about thirty more or less seriously injured. Some of the injured will in all probability die. Several ofthe persons extricated from the wreck have their limbs charred so badly that they Will have to be amputated. - GEN. SHERMAN. Is He a Presidential Candidate? rWashington Special to Chicago Tribune.] There is considerable excitement among politicians here consequent upon a credited rumor that Senator John Sherman and ex- Speaker Keifer had concluded an alliance to press Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman for the Republican Presidential nomination. Gen. Sherman is on the ground,and, although never allied with Republican politics, has been taken down badly with the Presidential dit1 ease, in spite of previous protestations that under no circumstances would he beoome a candidate. Sumoi1 has it that overtures have already been made to ex-Senator Conkling to favor Gen. Sherman's nomination, and that Congressman Belford was tbe embassador, bnt the latter statement is discredited. Con­ gressman Belford did have certain confer­ ences with ex-Senator Conkling, the sup­ posed object of which was to effect .a recon­ ciliation between Conkling and President Arthur, in whtelh mission he has not so far succeeded. Iowa Millers. Thelowa Millers' association, in session at Des Moines, discussed the relative merits of buhrs and rollers. One old-style miller said he was making forty pounds of flour to the bushel and selling his tailings for feed. Roller millers gave their product as ranging from four and one-half to Ave bushels to tbe barrel, the cost of conversion being close to 50 cents per barrel--the estimates, including power, help, interest, etc. Steam mills would use 00 to 100 pounds of soft coal to the barrel. The buhr and single-roller proc­ ess men claimed that the full-roller proc­ ess diminishes the nutriment value of the flour, which was not answered by the others. Hon. 8. D. Nichols claimed also that winter wheat has more sustenance value than the hard wheat. Mr. Bharpe said the main fault with the buhr millers was that they did not generally dean their grain so well as those using rollers. Wisconsin Dairymen. The twelfth annual meeting of the Wiscon­ sin Dairymen's association was held at Lake Mills, with a large attendance. President Morrison in his annual address congratulated the association on its prosperity. Prof. W» R. Henry, of the State university, spoke briefly of tbe importance of dally conven­ tions. Col. F. D. Curtis, of New York, pre­ sented a paper full of statistics showing what an immense sum our sugar Importation was costing us annually, and that It was high time we were stopping this great waste. W. D. Hoard spoke on "What Shall We Do with the Calvesir" and concluded that It would pay the dairymen to ritise them. He said that if the slaughter of the calves was not speedily stopped there would be no cows to supply tbe waste of the dairy herds. The Hen. Hiram Smith dis­ cussed tbe necessity of feeding ground feed during the pasture season. He found that he was able to 'xeep more oows this way and relatively cheaper. Col. Curtis, of New Yprk, presentr-d a paper on the education of the farmer. He berated the common-school system, and thought training-school* for farmers* boys should be established, with farms attached. The co-operative system of cheese-making was advocated by J. B. Har­ ris, Of New York. •' ' v >< FINANCIAL LEGISLATION. 1 'John Sherman's Currency Bill. At the meeting of the Senate Finance Cons* mittee, says a Washington dispatch, Mr. Sherman proposed an important amendment to his own bill, designed to meet the objection that Ihe me asure would base the amount of circulation upon a fluctuating standard. He proposed to authorise the Secretary to issue national bank notes up to 80 per cent, of the face value of 8 per cent, bonds deposited as security for circulation. Where higher-rate bonds were deposited he proposed to compute the interest above 3 per cent, and allow a circulation to the amount of 80 per cent, of the aggregate interest over 3 per cent, for the whole time such bonds have to run. Thus, 4 per cent, bonds, having twenty-three years to run, on being deposited as seourity for circulation, would entitle the bank de­ positing them to receive currency at the rate of 110.70 for each 100 bond deposited, that be­ ing SO per cent, of the face value and 90 per cent, additional for all excess of interest pver 8peroent. JIoos.... -- • • S THE LIMITED YETFLFE-' - Sentiment Against Investing the President with Increased Power* [Washington Telegram, 1 Representative Maybury, member of the Committee on the Judiciary, is of the opinion that the bill to extend the powers of the Pres­ ident by allowing blm to veto portions of an appropriation bill will not be favorably re­ ported. A sub-committee, composed of Messrs. Dorsheimer' Maybury, Poland, Tuck­ er, and Brown, has the bill in oharge. No formal meeting has yet been held to consider this question, but Representative Dorsheimer has expressed himself as opposed to it. May­ bury will oppose all amendments to the Con­ stitution on the ground that the Constitution should be the bulwark of the American Gov­ ernment, and should not be continually tin* kered. THE TEXAS-PACIFIC GRANT. Illinois State Grange; About 800 Patrons Of Hw&itftftrf present at the annual meeting, in Springfield, Of the Illinois State gran je. The address of welcome was delivered by Col. C. F. Mills, of the State Agricultural department, which was followed t>y an address delivered by J. J. Woodman, Master of tbe National grange, who in a very elaborate manner presented tbe aims and objects of the order. The com­ mittee appointed u year ago to visit the In­ dustrial unliers ty at Champaign made a re­ port in which they met, the objections to the cour.-eof study and the alleged charges of inefficiency. A resolution was adoptel fixing Belleville as the next flace of meeting. Gov. Hamilton tendered the dele­ gates a reception at the Executive mansion. Tbe resolutions demand that the Bureau of Agriculture be made an Executive depart­ ment, and its head a Cabinet officer. They recommend the establishment of experi­ mental farms in the several oounttes of the State, or the addition of experimental de- A Bill for Its Forfeiture to Be Reported. A Washington special says: The House Public Lands Committee has made good itg promise to report an early forfeiture of the Texas Pacific and other land-grants. To-day the committee considered tbe arguments which have been made and unanimously voted to forfeit the grant of tbe Texas Pacifio. The bill will be prepared at once. The determina­ tion of the Public Lands Committee to pro­ ceed with these land-grant roads as rapidly as possible was illustrated by the fact that it has been decided in all the important hearings hereafter to give to each case but one hour on each side to the lawyers for argument. This will be considered a great hardship. Tbe railroad men say that it is in fact an an­ nouncement that tbe committee is organized to convict. Pleuro-Pneumonla. [Washington Telegram.] The live-Stock dealers, through Represents^ live Hatch, have submitted to the House a petition asking legislation to protect their in­ terests. The memorialists ask Congress to provide means for the extinction of the dis­ ease of pleuro-pneunn nia. This, they say, can only be done by the slaughter of all in­ fected catt le. The estimated expense of such a measure 1B 81,500.000. Not more than $500,- 000 need be immediately available. The me­ morial further recommends the removing of the prejudice of foreign customers by a rigid system of in ?p set ion for all meat products tor export, the expense of such inspect on to bo borne by the exporter. States whose Leg­ islatures are now in session are asked to take Immediate steps in the direction of co-opera­ tion. price Since 000,000. T%efMlowlhff ai«a£ewoir themost conspicuous examples: Ode Dec. Loss. «MOO 29« $ 9M93.199 New York Central..! LakeShore Michigan Central.. Canada ftstthemw Northwestern...... St Paul.. Burttngt'nAQcdnoy Rock Island.....r.. Denver AlUo O'd.. Union PM3M...... Missouri Pacific.... Mo., Kan. <&. Tex.. Texas APactflo.... Wabash, common.. Col., chic, A L C... Ohio A lUss........ Peoria, D. A K Ind., BI. A West... E. Tenn., Va. AGa. Him5£a&f£jo. Louisville ANSsh.. Ontario & Western. Erie Lackawanna....... Western Union.... ITffltwl pacific Northern Pacific... Not hern PacTFrd. Oregon Navigation. Or.Transeootihent. IMSutOOO: SM0S,m M.S0OU : 60,814491 4MM.S0SI Ms.MO.OSO I i SSOMSS inl SS,191,Mfl - 97,409,900 98,004,9061 14,981^600 : 90,000,000 33 8,400,000 m 10,000,000 Mil H«soo,ooo IS* V68.700 St* 91^)00,000 «S$ &SSi M,900,000 M 80,000,000 90 M,9tSJM» MM 49,000,000 91M 41,749,468 SSfi 94^00^0 84$ 49,000,000 19,477,444 •mm 4jWM» 9M9Q,7n 19,849,900 90,9TS,000 X' 14, 1*1 11,1 . - 16,S17,T4S S.9M.TM 4,048,089 4,600,000 8,375,000 8^98,000 4,198,760 S.68UM 14,981,980 1S.8M, 8,144,000 1«,000,000 98,964,684 io,«T/no 18,848,718 90,980,000 91,100,000 Total,Mstocks.$1.190,088,079 .... $4M,<xM,996 The nominal value ot all railway stocks in the country is about three times that of the companies quoted, and the decline in value since July, 188L has been probably not less than $1,000,000,000. in addition, these great corporations have a still larger amount of bonds outstanding, though the decline in these has not been on the whole so great. If it has been less than half as great--and this is apparently a safe estimate, judging from such securities as are quoted--the apparent loss in the valuation of securities within two years and a half has been over $1,500,000,000. OUR GRAM COMPETITORS. The Wheat Product of J. ̂ t. t)otfge, Statistician of the Department of Agriculture, at Washington, has furnished a statement of the cereal products of Europe and other matters connected therewith, which is of general interest. This report is especial­ ly valuable as showing the countries that j come most largely into competition with the i United States in supplying wheat. The crops j for 1888 are in part estimated, but the figures I approximate accuracy. The comparison for the last two crop years is as follows: 1882, bushels. 1883, bnsh'ls. Austria Denmark France. Germany... Great Britain........... Ireland Greece Netherlands. Portugal Bnnmmt. Russia.. Servia. 8pain Sweden............ Norway... Switzerland Turkey. Total for Europe.. .1,970,167,150 1,066,088,688 The total orop in the G|ltea States for 1888 was 420,154,500 bushelsJKls thus seen that the United States proMp something over SO per cent, as much wheat as the entire product of Europe. According to tne foregoing there was a de­ ficiency in last year's crop in Europe, as compared with 1888, of 200,000,000 bushels in round numbers. The deficieney In the Unit- ad States was about 75,OQMOO bushels. It will be observed that France was next to the United States in product, the yield being 886,818,888 bushels, yet it Imported largely, while Russia, which produced much less than France, exported heavily. 44,548,149 136,481,268 24,990,080 4,803,667 346,649,718 93,823,048 82,368,936 4,101,324 6,102,894 142,259,460 6,889,589 7,200,000 30,000,000 202,907,736 6,810,768 85,134,600 3,792,884 990,869 2.146,698 40,867,200 38,413,680 77,782,989 91,592,137 4,600,000 285,613,839 79,779,980 68,736,692 9,559,664 5,109,804 198,179,978 S,700,000 9,000,000 98,000,000 160,000,000 4,500,000 120,000,000 3,861,862 290,363 2.145.5M 40,867,900 STRANGE SCENE. Why a Bridegroom Failed to Appear Proper Moment--Happy Denouement. [Philadelphia Telegram,] Ike strange scene has been presented here of a clergyman of a fashionable church join* lng in matrimony a father and daughter. The details have Just become known, and the story is now the chief topic of society gossip. Invitations were issued to a large number of Philadelphia's most fashionable people to be present at the Church of the Epiphany to witness the marriage of Wilson Mitchell, a young society gentleman, to Miss Fanny "Keasler, the daughter of Mr. John Kessler, Jr. The wedding had been arranged in the usual English style, and the bride was to have been met at the church steps by the groCm. The groom was expected to come through the door of the vestry-room, but the door showed no signs of opening. The clergyman evidently did not understand the situation, though it was evident from the ripple of ex­ citement that something was wrong. The bride turned pale and clutehcd her father's hand convulsively. The awkwardness of tbe situation was in­ creased when in solemn tones the minister began to read the marriage service. He had reached tbe middle of the service when the door at the foot of tbe nave was thrown open, and Mr. Mitchell, attended by his best man, came rushing up the aisle. By some means the vestry door had been looked, and the two gentlemen were thus prevented from making their entrance. The ceremony was again Iwgun, but the young lady received a severe Shock. GLUCOSE. Value and Effect on [Washington Telegram.] Fending the discussion of the bill to tax glucose or grape sugar, before the Ways and Means oommittee of the Forty-seventh Con­ gress, the Commissioner of Internal Revenue was requested to furnish such information as he possessed as to the effect of glucose upon human health. Gen. Raum in turn referred the matter to tbe National Academy of Sci­ ences for an opinion. A committee of the academy was appointed to examine into and report upon the subject. Their report has been submitted to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, and a copy sent too Congress. The committee consulted upward of 2,600 volumes and pamphlets, and learned that for the manu­ facture of starch and sugar 151 patents were issued from May 8,1855, to Nov. 15,1883. The committee visited many of the large su^ar maufacturing establishments throughout the country and examined carefully into the chemical properties of tho products of each. They find that while starch-sugar is not as rich in saccharine properties as cane-sujmr it la as free from any deleterious substance as any sugar made, and that while there is no doubt that starch-sugar Is frequently used to adulterate cane-sugar, sometimes to the ex­ tent of 20 per cent., in all samples of cane- sugar examined in New York and other cities not a case of adulteration with glucose was / »; • fc: Fits John Porter's Case. Representatives Steele and Cutoheon, of the Committee on Military Affairs, have tub- . . ^ - - -- --. . mittod the views of the minority on tbe Fitz partments to county farms already existing, i John Porter bill. They state that the bill I?e .r*Port. of transportation, which was wta ujde the Judgment of the highest mili- adoptod, asks the Illinois delegation in Con- tary tribunal ever organized in this country, g«*ss^to urge the enactment of laws to regu- thereby conflicting with the very spirit of late commerce between- the States, and to the Constitution. It would have the effect of support a liberal measure for the eonstruo- saying that the judgment of the tton or the Hennepin canal as an enterprise either corrupt or founded on m of national commercial importanoe for the dence, though that evidence was increase of transportation facilities, and the the events were fresh in the regulation of charges oa traffic by rail. j witnesses. w^btaj dlsh£! ̂ ,nvont®d • when Of tho ;; THB people 17,500,000 ever of London, it is /said, pay every year tor water sold as milk BANKRUPTCY Prospects of legislation by the Senate. A Washington correspondent telegraphs: A gentleman who has given some attention to tbe subjcct of bankruptcy legislation, pending the discussion now In progress be­ fore the committees, gives the following as his views regarding the prospects of the passage of a bill: The Senate sub-committee, consisting of Messrs. Hoar, Ingalls and Gar­ land, which has the matter under considera­ tion, will probably submit to the full commit­ tee both the Lowell Mil and the equity bill introduced by Mr. Ingalls. Mr. Hoar is the champion of the former, while Mr. Ingalls is, of course. In favor of his own measure, and Mr. Garland ts opposed to any legislation on the subject ALOCOMOTivn is called ush«" becanss it has a spark-arrester. qmc| or i .pr tlelii to the life they more than Ala, we " in iN :̂wajra;*r liiffli dwree of iniciliffence. iidn, tot instance--which is found from Siberia to tha Cape- has a kind of htt-- ̂ m&n faopltv; as Mr. Bnskin observes, in: t̂ adapting itself to climate, as well aa almost hmnan domesticity of temper, wi-h enrious fineness of sagacity and , sympathies in tasta. A fua% of them, :. ̂ much petted by a lady, ware constantly "Y!r adding materials to their nest* and made ; ̂ real havoc in the flower-garden; for though straw and leaves are their diief ingtedients, they seem to have an eye vV* for beanty, and tbe old fcw» haabeen f > surrounded with a brilliant wreath of f;- scarlet anemones. This awthfttifi water* - hen, with her mate, lived at Gheadle, in , , Staffordshire, in the rectory moat, foip? several seasons, always, however, leav- #X; ing it in the spring. ' - "Being constantly fed, the pair be- came quite tame, built their nest in at,; •' thorn-bush, covered with ivy, which hadl^S ' fallen ihto the water; and, when th4 1 young were a few days old, the parents ^ brought them up to the drawing-room .V window, where they were regularly fed with wheat; and as the lady of the house* . "*r£ • paid them the greatest attention, thev r' * learned to look upon her as their natural5 « protectress, so much so, that one bir(f|£?® in particular, which was much perse- i - cuied by the rest, would, when attacked! * - fly to her for refuge; and whenever she - c a l l e d , t h e w h o l e f l o c k , a s t a m e a s b a r n - ? V ' v - i door fowls, quitted the water and as-t sembled round, to the number of seven-, - J teen. They also made other friends in| f j tho dogs belonging to the family, aptSf^lt proaching them without fear, though hurrying off with great alarm on the" T') appearance of a strange dog." Frank; Buckland gives several enrious in-' A stances of the special habits of some V birds in procuring their food. The - blackbirds, thrushes, etc., carry snails considerable distances for the purpose t^r of breaking their shells against some " ; rock or stone. Thomas Edward, the,,'*";^ Sco t t i sh na tu ra l i s t , desc r ibes gu l l s and - , t r avens f ly ing to a grea t he igh t wi th ' • ' crabs or other shellfish, and letting > them fall on stones in order to nmmaK ' ^ the shells, and if they do not break on 4\ • the first attempt, he says they pick, them up again and Carry them np yet higher, repeating the operation again . and again till the shell is broken. • Ravens also often resort to this contriv- <* / ance. Darwin tells of a bird havingj|M|ii "been repeatedly seen to hop on a poppy-" stem, and shake the head with his bill'- till many seeds were scattered, when it||#^| spraug to the ground and ate the seeds. V1 ; --Anon. " > A Deserted City.,, it is not often that an American town -V;'! is doomed to decimation, but Virginia City. Nevada, affords one instance at' least. Eight years ago Virginia City ^ and Gold Hill, adjoining each other and; ^ fl- pracitcally one town, had 35,000 popula- '"4 tion. It was the largest community be tween Denver and San Franc i sco . ' T - ^ i There were merchants doing business: ; with a million capital. There were private houses that cost $100,000 to build and furnish. There were stamp miUs jpd mining structures that cost, ? J $500,000 each. There were three daily newspapers, and a hotel that cost $30,- , 000. It was a teeming, busy and money- -•s % making population, and among the people were a score or more men worthK|4 from $30,000 to $30,000,000. Mackey;p||'| and Fair both lived there. There were|l l three banks, a gas company, a splendid Y? 1 *1 theatre and a costly Court-house. '• * >; .}\ Eight years have passed and the ** ;'M town is a wreck, The 35,000 people," have dwindled to 5,000. The banks , have retired from business. The mer- * chants have closed up and left; the *'• < hotel is abandoned; the gas company islg^ltl bankrupt, the scores of costly residences^ have either been taken to pieces andi moved away or given over to bats.! Real estate cannot be gi^ren away for ; taxes. Nothing can be sold that wilL.; cost its worth to move it away. The ,f|i " J rich men have all gone. Those who ^ remain are the miners, their superin- , •{ tendents and the saloon men and ---v gamblers. The latter are usually the' » v ,*1 first to come to a mining town and the last to leave. The cause of this decadence, which. i has swallowed up millions of capital and ^ wrecked the worldly ambition thousands of persons, is the failure of the Comstock mines to turn out addi- '; tional wealth.--Chicago Herald. "" . 4 , 4y J Facts About Digestion* '.;V Jessen has carried out a series of ex­ periments to determine the time neces­ sary for the digestion of equal qnanti-^^ ties of different meats and of milk. " *Three different methods were em­ ployed in the investigation: 1. Ar­ tificial digestion; 2. Introduction of:*' the meats into the stomach of a living dog, by means of a fistula; 3. Upon a hoalthy man, allowing him to swallow the foods used, and ascertaining the' time of digestion by means of a stom­ ach pump. The results obtained by the , 7 different methods were, on the whole, 1 uniform, as far as the relative time nec-i 'f c s sa ry fo r d iges t ion in each case was , 1 concerned, and may be stated as fol-|;V- lows: Raw beef and mutton were di-lp" gested most quickly; for half-boiled beef and raw veal, a longer time is nec-§gi<S essary; thoroughly boiled and haH-ifS roasted beef, raw pork, and sonr cow'a^lfe milk followed next; fresh cow's milk, < • skimmed milk, and goat's milk were still less easily digested; while the. .; .' longest time was required for thorough-f ly roasted meats and boiled milk v< A , 'i . "•! Forming a Line to Kiss a BrMe. While making a short cut to the Providence depot, I saw a clerical friend coming down a flight of steps with a smile on his ordinarily placid features, like a Christmas dinner. "I was smiling to think," said he, in explanation, "how this Yankee habit of , forming in line will crop out. You see, ^ / I just stepped in here to do a little 1 , vl marrying. It is a family where they, -y keep up the good old custom of kissing * v^f- the bride once for luck, once for love, and once for Am; and after the cere-' ^ mony, I set the example, and th» groom j followed. Then the privelege was gen- * erally taken advantage of. The bride5 f / was passed around to be tasted of, as | it were, and it would have made a ' J, horse laugh (to see all the male friends *, i and relatives instfflfetively fall into a? 4 sa line and decorously await their turns to do honor to the bride. Why, no ^ crowd at a stamp window, or at a hall , door, ever formed more systematically, * ( or fired and fell back, as a soldier woua jj say, with more of a matter-of-fact Mad b u s i n e s s a i r , " -- - a n d t h e g o o d c l e r g y m a n v turned aronnd the corner to have luif» laugh out--Boston Globe, (8311 fm