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PITTSTON, PA., SATURDAY. JULY TD.. 1882. J PRICE TWO CENTS I l$4.60 Per Annum. VOLUME I., NUMBER 35. Weekly Established 1860. SECOND EDITION FIRST EDITION. Wolsclov. !inCl a eonferenee lo-ilav with Messrs. Gladstone and ChHdters, .Secretary of War, to day. It is understood the government contemplate sending 10,000 additional KGYPTIAN AFFAIRS. to OMaha, This is an advance of 2 to 5 cents I km* J C m » pounds on .ill freight from Chicago and St Lonis to Council Bluffs and Kansas City. The receiver of the defunct First National Hunk of Pittsburg has attached $5,000, said to be the property of Ilatl, recently indicted charged with aiding Porter Lee in embezzling the funds of the bank. The monoy is understood to be in the possession of Newman, ill Chicago. Hall's former partner. VIGOROUS MEASURES FOR ORDER 2 O'CLOCK P. M. troops to Kjrypt, nnmediately SULLIVAN AND "TUG" WILSON 4 O'CLOCK P. M. Arabi's Obstruction to Alexandria's Water Supply—Proclamations Issued by the Insurgent Minister—The Khedive Deposed—Arabi's Movements. TO-DAY'S HAPPENINGS. POLITICAL ASSESSMENTS. Efforts to Arrange Another Content—The Maddison Square Fight a Hippodrome. FROM WASHINGTON'. Attorney General Brewster's Way of Getting Out of the Responsibility. New York, July 21.—A special to the Philadelphia Press savs : Mr. William Madden, the representative of Mr. John L.Sullivan, has sent a letter to the Times in which he detines the conditions under which Mr. Sullivan will again meet Mr. " Tug " Wilson, lie says that Of Interest to Pensioners, NEWS BY ASSOCIATED PRESS By telegraph to the (lazrtte THE CITY OF SCRANTON IN LUCK The pension appropriation bill as it passed the Senate makes no change in the Amount appropriated by tho House, which remains at $100,000,000. No amendments except those Washington. ID July 22.—,w General Brewster lias rendered iui opinion 01 the issue raised I pet ween George William Curtis, and Representative Iiubbel, president of tlio Republican Congressional Committee, on the subject of political assessments, in which he holds that a member of Congress is not an otlicer of the United States, so that a gift to him for campaign purposes does not fall within the statuto regarding political assessments. Attorney Alexandria, July 21.—An Arab spy who Arabl Paalia Declares War Against England—Arabt's Blockade of the Alexandria Water Works to be Destroyed —Other Interesting Foreign Intelligence.came in last night reports that the damming of the Mahmoudich Canal by Arabi has tiooded tlib adjacent territory, making the ground too soft for the movement of cannon. As damming in this canal seriously jeopardizes the water supply of the city. Major-General Allison telegraphed to the Home Government for authority to remove the obstructions, and will The Senate Favors Her Public Building Appropriation - Secretary Folger on the Anti-Chinese Hill—Political Assessments—Russian Refugees Sent Back Home- Fires and Crime. recommended by tho Senate Committee on appropriations were adopted. Outside of mere verbal changes these amendments authorize the Commissioner of Pensions to appoint sur since the recent contest Wilson lias sent out a good many bombastic challenges, and his backers are trying to make a great deal of capital thereby because Sullivan failed to knock the champion of England out of time in fifteen minutes with soft boxing gloves. He does riot think any credit is attached to what is termed "Tug" Wilson's victory, for it was only a sparring match and Sullivan failed to train as lie (Madden) asked him to do. Besides, if there had lieen a time-keeper selected besides the referees, Sullivan would have won, but it was next to impossible for Harry Hill to till both positions at one time, although he did the best he could with equal justice to both parties. Madden closes as follows : To-Jtorrow'» Weather Indications. geons to make such examinations of pensioners and applicants as lie shall require, and to organize boards of surgeons to consist of three members each, at such points in each Stato as he shall deem necessary to conduct such examinations, subject to the revision of a special board of throe surgeons to bo appointed when the exigencies of the service require it. Tho fee for such examinations shall be $2 for each member of tho board. An amendment was also adopted prohibiting the payment of double pensions. For the Middle Atlantic States, cloudy weather with light local rains; variable winds, mostly northerly; nearly stationary temperature and pressure. Cotton Mill Burned. march to-morrow with a detachment of sol Providence, R. I., July 22.—The Chase cotton mill, 2,700 spindles, in Washington village, was burned last night. It was owned by Messrs. Higgins & Tiesdel, and insured for $22,500. The owners estimate the loss at By telegraph to the Gazette diers to blow up Arabi's dam. A ritle regiment have occupied a fort 400 yards outside of the Uosetta gate. These are the only British troops outside of the walls. All the French ships have left the harbor, and the United States flagship has gone to Brindisi. The markets and the bourse are re-opening for business. A native was shot to-day while Stabbed With a Pitchfork, The Arrears of Bent Bill. By teleirrnph to the C; ti/.iyr Philadelphia, 22.—During a fight Letwoen a young man named I'eter Riloy and John Olonemy, 65 years old. the latter was stabbed in the head with a pitchfork by Riley. The wounded man died at an early hour this morning. Riley has been appro- By telegraph to the Gazette. $40,000. London, July 22.—In the House of Lords this afternoon, the Arrears of Rent bill (Ireland) was read the first time. SCRANTON'S PUBLIC BUILDINGS. The Senate Passes the House Appropria- Moving on Arabi Pasha's Works. By telegraph to the Gazette. attempting to set lire to a house in the centre of the city. tion Hill Among Others. London, July 22—12:30 a. m.—A dispatch fiom Alexandria to the Daily Telegraph, dated 9:20 this morning, says Maj. Gen. Allison is just starting out with two regiments of infantry and a mounted squadron in the direction of Arabi Pasha's intrenchments. This movement will probably load to an engage- hended. M. DeLosseps has telegraphed from Alexandria to Paris that immediate action is necessary, especially to protect the Suez Canal, and that awaiting the result of the Conference is "Now, in regard to 'Tug' Wilson and his backer's challenge to tight for $2,500 a side in four months, I say it's all bosh and unreasonable. I will match Sullivan to fight 'Tug' Wilson for $.'D,000 a side anil not a cent less, the battle to tako place within 500 milos of Kansas City in eight weeks from signing articles. If 'Tug' Wilson and his backers mean business, all they have to do is to post $1,000 •forfeit with Harry Hill. In regard to 'Tug' Wilson's olfer to give the champion another By telegraph to the Gazette Washington, July 2? the bills passed !.—The following were —Tlio Duslioro Record, a new paper, No. 2, volume one of which readied us yesterday, is a good, live newspaper, and is crowded with the intelligence of a week, served up in good style. Sullivan county will probably support it as it is Democratic in politics. Bow in a Saloon—Two Men Killed, By telegraph to the Gazette Providing additional industrial schools for Indian youths and authorizing the use of unoccupied military barracks for such purposes. a saloon last night, in which live men participated, Thomos Convery was stabbed in the head and neck and Samuel Kinsley in the abdomen and thigh. Couvery's injuries are pronounced fatal. He identi lied Thomas XlcCarty as the man who cut him but another man, John Oonkling or Coughlin, voluntarily acknowledged that he had dolie the cutting. Conkling and McCarty were both held to await the result of the injuries inflicted. Philadelphia, July 22.— —During a row in ridiculous. On the evacuation of Alexandria, Arabi Pasha issued the following proclamation: AKABl'S PROCLAMATION'S. The House bill appropriating $50,000 to Mrs. Lucretia Garfield on account of the late SEASONABLE GOODS muni. President's salary France and the Suez Canal. ■' MritnEHs: At the Khedive's instigation the Knglish killed with the sword and shot in revenge the Egyptians who were left to guard the city. The Khedive remains at night with his women afloat among the Knglish and returns to the shore in the daytime to order a continuance of the slaughter. Therefore, 1 Appropriating $75,000 for it public building Paws, July 21.—It is stated France is aixjuL to send 15,000 troops to co-operate in the occupation of the Suez Canal. at Scranton Always found at trial at sparring four three-minute rounds, we are not eager for such a match ; but as 'Tug' Wilson's admirers and the sporting public may chink that Sullivan is afraid he cannot knock him out of time with soft gloves on his hands, 1 will accept the offer, providing that 'Tug' Wilson and his backers will allow Mr. Smith, The Senate then took up the revenue bill, After rejecting some amendments, the' first section of the bill was passed.. WM. ALLEN'S Hardware Store. Senator Mitohell. CHINESE LABORERS. Washington, D. C., July 21.—Senator Mitchell says the time has passed for a compromise with the regular Republicans of Pennsylvania, and a bitter campaign will now ensue, resulting in the election of the Democratic ticket, which will be preferable to the success of beaver and his associates. FINANCIAL AN1) COUMKHCIAI issue my order to continue raising soldiers. The Attorney-General Won't Allow Them Transportation Across the Country* Stock Report. A second proclamation of Arabi Pasha The Khedive has imprisoned his ministers at Alexandria in order that they may be instruments in English hands. The telegrams dispatched by llagheb Pasha authorizing a cessation of the military preparations were forcibly extorted from him, and are therefore invalid. An irrtconffilabie war exists between Report t*(l by Carpentkii & Bo dm Kit, Rooms 5 and 0 Club House, Franklin street Wilkes-Barre. S11V8 or some other responsible man,to lie the timekeeper, and I lurry Hill to be referee, as he cannot possibly till both positions satisfactorily. If Wilson agrees to theso terms, and they are only fair, 1 will meet 'Tug' Wilson or his representative at llarry Hill's 011 Monday evening next at eight o'clock, to arrange the Washington, D. C., July 22.—The Attor By telegraph to the Gazette. REFRIGERATORS J uly jW- 3:00 p. in. ney-Genoral has given an opinion to the Secretary of the Treasury that the request of the transportation companies to bo allowed to take some GO,000 Chinese laborers through this country from Cuba to China, cannot b« granted under the law as it now stands. This affirms the ruling recently made 011 this question bj Closing Bid O. & M., com... BEST MAKE, The Reading's Earnings Peima K.It Phil. & liead'g 3.»% do. pref Leliiglt Valley OlJ-jj, H. A' St. Jo. com 85 L»fld:*n Nav do. pref . 8!D I*., tituhv. & ii Union !*• icili-■... ■ l5-D4 Northern Pac. com M , K A. i 38J$j do pre! 8K& C. Jfc 1. C D. L. W. 13(D4 bt. Paul, com... 1 111 Lawn Mowers, Philadelphia, July 21.—The gross receipts of the Philadelphia Coal and Iron Company lof June amounted to $1,303,253.65; expeuse, including interest, $1,232,475.30; leaving a profit of $70,778.35. The gross receipts of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company amounted to $1,714,729.J*5, and the expenses, including rentals and interest, $5541,- 333.31, leaving a protit of $772,396.04. The protits of both compauies for the year to date amount to $5,011,614.73. For the same period last year they were $4,668,531.63. us and the English. EXCELSIOR LUNCH BASKETS Lieutenant L'iggott, of the Monarch, and two sailors, by dint of climbing, have reached the lantern of the lighthouse and relit the lamps. They found the staircase leading to tin11Cip cut away by shell. match. FOR EXCURSIONS AND PICNICS Texas l\»citlc. Dei. Si Hudson N. J. Central. Wesi'n Union. Pacille Diiin .. do prof. IUM D. . Rio G S4-J4 Illinois Cetti'ml Met li lOieV.... Omaha, eC#m... -*D•D4 do. pref 133JC» WK 138^ There is a grow ing impression that the result of the contest between Sullivan and Wilson in Madison Square Garden on last Monday evening was prearranged. Tho movement on foot to arrange another sparring match between Sullivan and Wilson at the same place within a mouth, is consider 1 'itive proof that tho young liostonian and the Knglish Secretary Folger. RUBBER GARDEN HOSE, Russian Refugees Sent Back. SOMETHING ENTIRELY NEW llHh?. By telegraph to the Gazette. WATER COOLERS iio. pief .... Koirk Main I .. Manhattan fcllev... 5.'Dfc Ohio Central . N. V v' nr.il .. . . 135;4 Mobile & O .. Lake Shore 111»• s l/vrik- \ N'v I Mich Central... •-'S-U, iSij' : • i'auiieJ.. North'*West, coin. i i\\% Kobhinvii •• . pr»-f . . Uiith v Dan... coin «ii Rich. «.V U. Trr lDivf 05 THE PORTE'S INTENTIONS. Philadelphia, July 22.—The steamship London, July A dispatch from Con- Hbtiiliuopltt suys: It is stated that the Porte has decided to notify the Conference of its intention to dispatch troops to Egypt, but that it will request a modification of the conditions proposed in the identical note of the Powers "Lord George," which sailed for Liverpool today, took out sixty Russian refugees, who are sent back to England becauso tho local committee here cannot provido for them. About 150 are still here in charge of tho Refugee Association. Tho president of that body has forwarded a letter to the London Committee, explaining tho cause leading to the return of the refugoes. at all prices, and everything in the line of SILVER AND GRANITE WARE, uu Wab is'I Clu. pugilist intend to form " a combination .show," and that tliere will at no time be an actual struggle between them to show which is »ljc best man. Harry Hill, who was the referee, said that he would !Det §1,000 to $1,000 that the match was a square one. While it was hot necessary for Mr. Hill to be one of tho conspirators, it is said that he was hoodwinked by tho backers of the men. TEA SETS, ICE PITCHERS AND GOBLETS, Great Reduction in the Public Service. By tC-legr»ph to i he Gaze.ttr Pliiladelpbia Markets. and the largest stock of General Goods in his line found anywhere outside of Philadelphia and New York. Washington, July 21.—Socond Assistant Postmaster-Geueral Elmer reports that the Star Service in the Pacific section is now in operation at a cost of 49.78 per cent, cheaper thaii under the former contracts, and also tliat the cost per mile is 45.39 per cent less. These figures represent a saving of over $2,000,000 annually in a contract term of four years. Philadelphia, July 22. W the I'ortc FLOUR—Tin* market was quiet i»ut steady; super $1 ?.*)(§}f3.25•; extra $8.55(§}4.0D» ; Penna family *5.&D(y $»; oo. Hye Hour s4.u0(&4.25. 12-jun WHEAT—'Tne market was 'lower; Penna. red $M8(&I.20; do. amber #1.111. THE "NOTABLES" IN CAIRO. NOW CORN — Scarce ami wmu«•C.!; steamer 89@90%: yellow 91 mixed 9Ic; No 8 iJo. f"*8c(g»80e. OATS Scarce and firmer. RYE -Scarce ami film at sic. for old. PROVISIONS—Firm; with iairdemaud. LARD—The market wassteady. BUTTER—Quieter, but steadily held creamery. extra. 20c; do good to choice 23@.25c. The Khedive Deponed anil War on Eng- Eg-yptian plunderers Captured. Bv telegraph, to the*Gazette. land Declared. Alexandria, July 22.—Some correspondents having reported that they were fired upon yesterday at a villago a few miles out from Alexandria. A party of military proceeded thither last evening. They found the houses tilled with plunder and brought forty prisoners horc for trial. Celebrate the Fourth! London, July 22.—The Daily Telegraph has the following from Alexandria: Tho troops last night slept outside the walls. The notables, at a meeting in Cairo, have accepted a resolution declaring that the Khedive iiav- FIFTEEN YEARS BEHIND THE BARS. The section of country referred to alDove embraces the localities of the Star-routes service, for which is now under discussion in the Star-route trials. General Elmer furnishes the following comparative table: A Noted Desperado of Luzerne County Soon to be Released from the Penitentiary. EXCURSION EGOS— l'he market was quiet; Penna. 20c.; Western I7cCftl0c. CHEESE—The market was firm; lair demand. PETROLEUM—The market was dull; refined WHISKEY-1-Firm at Si.17. On tho 30th of next month Judson Walcott, than whom tliere is no greater rogue in tho State, will have completed a term of fourteen years and nine months' imprisonment in the Eastern Penitentiary on the charges of burglary, larceny and assault and battery with intent to kill, which crimes were committed —AND- ing Violated the constitution is a traitor and have deposed him. They havo also issued a proclamation declaring war with England, and summoning all good Moslems to tight against her. Tliere is with Arabi Pasha a Swiss adventurer named Mint. It is notorious that he has done more than anybody else to bring about the recent disaBlers. When caught he will bo dealt witjt sumnijirily. A BASKET PICNIC Annual cost June 30, 1881... .$4,019,824 00 Annual cost July 1,1882 2.018,635 00 An'l cost per mile June 30. 1881 14 32 Au'l cost per mile July 1, 1882 7 82 Iron Moulders' Convention. over the Lehigh Valley RR. By telegraph to the Gazette New York Markets. By telegraph to the Gazette. To Wyalusing, New York, July 22. BEEF—Quiet, firmly held; new extra mess, $15.00(&$15.50. New York, July 22.—The Iron Moulders, convention, which has been in session for the past two weeks in Brooklyn, has justadjourned sine die. Considerable routine business has been transacted, but was not made known. The different branches of the association are FRIDAY, JULY 28, Washington, July 21.—The administration submits a statement showing that during the pust fiscal year the receipts from customs and internal revenue have been enormously large, and that the expenses of collecting the same have never been so small in percentage. Coat of Collecting the Revenue. PORK—The market was dull and weak; new mess $22.d'i; old do. &2U.00. LAKD — The market was lower and weak; 1%®i0c; steam rendered. $12 82%. in Luzerne county in January, 18G8. Ho will not bo released, however, as tliere is a detainer lodged against him for various other under the auspices of the few days before tho bombardmoiit ho was ejected from tho French Consulate as a spy. I saw to-day four Egyptian officers of high rank here in undress uniform. They all took part in tho defense. A person who had crimes perpetrated by him prior to his arrest in 1808. Walcott had formerly served sentence EXCELSIOIl CORNET HANI) Pittston Wholesale Markets. said to lie in a pro«iDerous condition and have OF WEST PITTSTON, Flour patent Flour, straight brand. Corn •Oats Butte Cheese, new Eggs $11.50 T.25Ca for horso stealing, and has been regarded as a a good ntpital. The scenery on the route, lying close along the beautiful Susquehanna, is unrivaled in any other direction, and no more pleasant or convenient grounds for excuisionists are to be foifnd anywhere than those fit. ed up at Wyalusing. Take for iustance the matter of customs receipts. In 1870 they amounted to $194, 530,- 374, and the cost of collecting was $32,06 per thousand. In 1872 the receipts amounted to $216,370,386.77, and the cost of collecting the same was $32.11. In 1882 the receipts aggregated $219,986,000, and the cost of collecting was reduced to $29.57 per thousand, the lowest percentage since the foundation of the government terror in Luzerne county since 1850. Shortly after his confinement in Cherry Hill, ho mado a desperate attempt to escape. One night he succeeded in eluding the vigilance of his keeper, and gained access to tho prison yard by wrbndrtng the lock from the outer door. In the yard he was attacked by the bloodhounds, but ho succeeded in beating them off and was just making arrangements to scale the wall, when the keepers had their attention attracted to the yard by the yelping of tho injured dogs and tlioy recaptured Walcott. This unsuccessful dash for liberty did not LATE NEWS. •23(8,25 10C&12 25 4.00 1 GO 1.90 1.50 1.05 1.50 17.00 14.00 twenty years experience in Egypt told me that in the same train in which ho came from Potatoes new, uer bbl Chop and Feed Meal Salt, coarse, per sack Salt, fine, per sack... Salt, per bbl Hay, per ton Rye Straw Gleaned and Condensed from this Morn- lng's Papers. Cairo were two German artillery officers who Jacob Egernight was caught in tho machin iry at Hollingsworth's mill. Jersey City, yes- AN ADDRESS BY assisted in the defense and arc here now Pressure is being put on the Kliedivo to proclaim Arabi Pasha a rebel. HON. GZORGt UANDON, terday, and killed. At Wadcsboro, the well known Bradford Orator, will be an intel [ectual treat that all must appreciate. Arabi's camp is visible from the tower of a house at Kamlch. His position on a narrow strip of land. Hanked by two lakes, is very Robinson, a negro, in a religious frenzy brained his wife with an axe and fled. X. yesterday. William Instrumental and vocal music will be provided and everything done to enhance the pleasure ami comfort of the occasion. The Coal Trade. From the Pottsville Miners' Journal, yesterday Tlie demand continued brisk for all sizes of strong. Thirty-six Europeans have Ikjcii massacred tlitire by order of Arabi. The Khedive reports tlmt he has learned that Arabi Pasha's The committee refused tho request of Mr Train will leave L.V. depot, Pittston,at7:52a m; Ransom, 8:15; Falls, 8:27; Tunkhannock, 8:55. Returning, leave NYyaluslng at 6 o'clock. ADMIRAL NICHOLSON Most of the companies report a Blaine to submit a supplementary statement The KeHure of His Responsibility at sufficiency of orders to. take up all their receipts of coal. There is one notable excep- subdue him, howevor, for he made another attempt to escajie by sealing the wall a second time, but was again captured. In the summer on the Chili-Peruvian correspondence in re spouse Jo Robert Randall's recent statement Fare for Round Trip, $1.25 from Pittston, Ransom and Falls; from Tunkhannock, $1.00. Alexandria. troops arc still furthur damaging the canal at liaiedah. There are 300 soldiers and many liedouins in Zagazig. These have been joined by soldiers and lfedouins from Cairo, and, no John 13. Hennessey, reputed to wealthiest Irishman in Providenco, R. Washington, July 21.—It is stated at the Navy Departirieut to-day that Hear Admiral Nicholson, commanding the American fleet at Alexandria, Egypt, was instructed to look after the protection of American interests there, aud that if ho mixed up in the war further than that, it was entirely upon his own responsibility. Nothing official lias been received from him sinco the day tho bombardment began, when he announced that fact, and also acknowledged the receipt of the department's instructions to look after American interests, nor has the department communicated with him since that time. Secretary Chandler is not prepared to say that Admiral Nicholson exceeded his authority in assisting the British in patrolling tho streets of Alexandria, and in certain other acts until he has been officially advised of the attending circumstances. Certain navy officials assert that Admiral Nicholson has in no wise compromised this country, aud that he did notliiug beyond what was necessary for the protection of the American Consulate. lion—a large company which has a surplus of stock on hanfl. and its representative in the Coal Exchange is consequently endear ing to I., was if 1880 an attempt was made to induce the Governor to commute tho convict's sentence, bu* as lie attempted to deceive the Chief Magistrate of the State by pretending that work would oe given him in W'ilkea-Barre he was not released. He has not done a day's work since he has I wen in the penitentiary, giving as Ins excuse various physical complaints, lie savs that he arrested yesterday for murderously assaulting his barkeeper, O'Donnel. It isfikely O'Don- EXCURSION get a week's suspension. This has been successfully resisted by the Philadelphia aud Reading and other companies, who claim to be short of cwil and «iv a suspension at this tiuio would seriously embarrass their business doubt, a general massacrB lias begun nol will die Senator Lapham is confident tbe Senate will reconsider it-s action in reference to the Penn THE TARIFF BILL TO NEW YORK Mr. Kellt'v Thinks it Will be of Yau postmastorsbip and confirm tbe nomination. Wlieu the vote was taken on Wednesday there were several Senators absent. These operations. A number of the interests are also contending for an advance of price delivery of 15 cents a ton, which goes to show that there is a groat diversity oE Views in regard to the best policy of fostering tho trade Washington This Week. 21.—Representative. Over the D. L. & W. R. R., Kellev went to his home in Peunsvlvania this principally rheumatism. will vote to reconsider and confirm the nomi- Tuesday, July 25,1882, morning to utlend to some private business. Ho will return on Monday. Before leaving Mr. Kelley stutod that he thought the Tariff bdl will be disposed of by the Senate this week, and that the House will occupy bat a fow hours on the passage of the amendments, and that an adjournment will 1* reached on tlie 31st instant. once registered an outli never to work in prison. He states now that he will resist the sheriff who attempts to tako him back to Luzerne county. Walcott is a powerful man, weighing 20!) pounds, and is fully six feet in height. Ho is a skilled mechanic, and in his younger days was employed as an engineer on the Lehigh. Valley Railroad. At a tire at 10:t Washington street, New among those who are tho most intimately in York, Policeman Reynolds saved the livos of eight children, having forced his way into the burning building and standing on a window sill, caught the little ones as they wore dropped Under the auspices of the Scranton terestcd ill it. At the presont writing neither the suspension nor the August increase has been determined upon. If the former is granted it would be manifestly inconsistent to Y. M. C. A. from above TICKETS FOR ROUND TRIP $4.75. declare the latter. Henry Mumma. Mill Creek Station, Lancaster county, engagod as a repairman on the Pennsylvania Railroad, was struck by the Johnstowli express yesterday afternoon and hurled ten feet in the air, alighting on his head. Ho was picked up unconscious, and his injuries, principally internal, were pronounced fatal. The total product for the week ending July TlDe General Freight Ag rents of lines in the Randall Pittman, a negro, quarrelled with his wife at tlio house of his fathor-in-law at Tarboro, N.C., yesterday, and after beating Trains will leave L. & B. Junction at 9;16 a. m. 16 was 303,934 tons, against tons for Southwestern Railway Association, to whom was referred ihe question of uniform rates to Tickets for sale at Barber's Water street and Main street Prug Stores. tho same week of last year, an increase of 44,061 tons. The product for the year so far is 13,970,871 tons, against 13,548,929 for the Missouri river points, met yesterday at Chicago and decided that hereafter the rates to Kansas City, Omaha, and Council Bluffs shall be alike and be tho same as the preseut rates her severely ho was ejected. Pittman re-enicred the house and shot his father-in-law doad. His wife oscaped through a window. Pittman then lired tho house and fled. English Troops for Egypt. IOST.—A reward of 810 will be paid for the j return to this office of a brown pocketbook containing a sum of money. It was lost Thursday evenning, July 20th, on train No. 0, L. V. R. R. Return to this office. jy32-lt London, July 21.—The Duke of Cambridgo, commander-in-chief of the forces, and Gen. corresponding period of last year, an increase of 421,942 tons.
Object Description
Title | Evening Gazette |
Masthead | Evening Gazette, Volume 1 Number 35, July 22, 1882 |
Volume | 1 |
Issue | 35 |
Subject | Pittston Gazette newspaper |
Description | The collection contains the archive of the Pittston Gazette, a northeastern Pennsylvania newspaper published from 1850 through 1965. This archive spans 1850-1907 and is significant to genealogists and historians focused on northeastern Pennsylvania. |
Publisher | Pittston Gazette |
Physical Description | microfilm |
Date | 1882-07-22 |
Location Covered | United States; Pennsylvania; Luzerne County; Pittston |
Type | Text |
Original Format | newspaper |
Digital Format | image/tiff |
Language | English |
Rights | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ |
Contact | For information on source and images, contact the West Pittston Public Library, 200 Exeter Ave, West Pittston, PA 18643. Phone: (570) 654-9847. Email: wplibrary@luzernelibraries.org |
Contributing Institution | West Pittston Public Library |
Sponsorship | This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education. |
Description
Title | Evening Gazette |
Masthead | Evening Gazette, Volume 1 Number 35, July 22, 1882 |
Volume | 1 |
Issue | 35 |
Subject | Pittston Gazette newspaper |
Description | The collection contains the archive of the Pittston Gazette, a northeastern Pennsylvania newspaper published from 1850 through 1965. This archive spans 1850-1907 and is significant to genealogists and historians focused on northeastern Pennsylvania. |
Publisher | Pittston Gazette |
Physical Description | microfilm |
Date | 1882-07-22 |
Location Covered | United States; Pennsylvania; Luzerne County; Pittston |
Type | Text |
Original Format | newspaper |
Digital Format | image/tiff |
Identifier | EGZ_18820722_001.tif |
Language | English |
Rights | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ |
Contact | For information on source and images, contact the West Pittston Public Library, 200 Exeter Ave, West Pittston, PA 18643. Phone: (570) 654-9847. Email: wplibrary@luzernelibraries.org |
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Full Text | PITTSTON, PA., SATURDAY. JULY TD.. 1882. J PRICE TWO CENTS I l$4.60 Per Annum. VOLUME I., NUMBER 35. Weekly Established 1860. SECOND EDITION FIRST EDITION. Wolsclov. !inCl a eonferenee lo-ilav with Messrs. Gladstone and ChHdters, .Secretary of War, to day. It is understood the government contemplate sending 10,000 additional KGYPTIAN AFFAIRS. to OMaha, This is an advance of 2 to 5 cents I km* J C m » pounds on .ill freight from Chicago and St Lonis to Council Bluffs and Kansas City. The receiver of the defunct First National Hunk of Pittsburg has attached $5,000, said to be the property of Ilatl, recently indicted charged with aiding Porter Lee in embezzling the funds of the bank. The monoy is understood to be in the possession of Newman, ill Chicago. Hall's former partner. VIGOROUS MEASURES FOR ORDER 2 O'CLOCK P. M. troops to Kjrypt, nnmediately SULLIVAN AND "TUG" WILSON 4 O'CLOCK P. M. Arabi's Obstruction to Alexandria's Water Supply—Proclamations Issued by the Insurgent Minister—The Khedive Deposed—Arabi's Movements. TO-DAY'S HAPPENINGS. POLITICAL ASSESSMENTS. Efforts to Arrange Another Content—The Maddison Square Fight a Hippodrome. FROM WASHINGTON'. Attorney General Brewster's Way of Getting Out of the Responsibility. New York, July 21.—A special to the Philadelphia Press savs : Mr. William Madden, the representative of Mr. John L.Sullivan, has sent a letter to the Times in which he detines the conditions under which Mr. Sullivan will again meet Mr. " Tug " Wilson, lie says that Of Interest to Pensioners, NEWS BY ASSOCIATED PRESS By telegraph to the (lazrtte THE CITY OF SCRANTON IN LUCK The pension appropriation bill as it passed the Senate makes no change in the Amount appropriated by tho House, which remains at $100,000,000. No amendments except those Washington. ID July 22.—,w General Brewster lias rendered iui opinion 01 the issue raised I pet ween George William Curtis, and Representative Iiubbel, president of tlio Republican Congressional Committee, on the subject of political assessments, in which he holds that a member of Congress is not an otlicer of the United States, so that a gift to him for campaign purposes does not fall within the statuto regarding political assessments. Attorney Alexandria, July 21.—An Arab spy who Arabl Paalia Declares War Against England—Arabt's Blockade of the Alexandria Water Works to be Destroyed —Other Interesting Foreign Intelligence.came in last night reports that the damming of the Mahmoudich Canal by Arabi has tiooded tlib adjacent territory, making the ground too soft for the movement of cannon. As damming in this canal seriously jeopardizes the water supply of the city. Major-General Allison telegraphed to the Home Government for authority to remove the obstructions, and will The Senate Favors Her Public Building Appropriation - Secretary Folger on the Anti-Chinese Hill—Political Assessments—Russian Refugees Sent Back Home- Fires and Crime. recommended by tho Senate Committee on appropriations were adopted. Outside of mere verbal changes these amendments authorize the Commissioner of Pensions to appoint sur since the recent contest Wilson lias sent out a good many bombastic challenges, and his backers are trying to make a great deal of capital thereby because Sullivan failed to knock the champion of England out of time in fifteen minutes with soft boxing gloves. He does riot think any credit is attached to what is termed "Tug" Wilson's victory, for it was only a sparring match and Sullivan failed to train as lie (Madden) asked him to do. Besides, if there had lieen a time-keeper selected besides the referees, Sullivan would have won, but it was next to impossible for Harry Hill to till both positions at one time, although he did the best he could with equal justice to both parties. Madden closes as follows : To-Jtorrow'» Weather Indications. geons to make such examinations of pensioners and applicants as lie shall require, and to organize boards of surgeons to consist of three members each, at such points in each Stato as he shall deem necessary to conduct such examinations, subject to the revision of a special board of throe surgeons to bo appointed when the exigencies of the service require it. Tho fee for such examinations shall be $2 for each member of tho board. An amendment was also adopted prohibiting the payment of double pensions. For the Middle Atlantic States, cloudy weather with light local rains; variable winds, mostly northerly; nearly stationary temperature and pressure. Cotton Mill Burned. march to-morrow with a detachment of sol Providence, R. I., July 22.—The Chase cotton mill, 2,700 spindles, in Washington village, was burned last night. It was owned by Messrs. Higgins & Tiesdel, and insured for $22,500. The owners estimate the loss at By telegraph to the Gazette diers to blow up Arabi's dam. A ritle regiment have occupied a fort 400 yards outside of the Uosetta gate. These are the only British troops outside of the walls. All the French ships have left the harbor, and the United States flagship has gone to Brindisi. The markets and the bourse are re-opening for business. A native was shot to-day while Stabbed With a Pitchfork, The Arrears of Bent Bill. By teleirrnph to the C; ti/.iyr Philadelphia, 22.—During a fight Letwoen a young man named I'eter Riloy and John Olonemy, 65 years old. the latter was stabbed in the head with a pitchfork by Riley. The wounded man died at an early hour this morning. Riley has been appro- By telegraph to the Gazette. $40,000. London, July 22.—In the House of Lords this afternoon, the Arrears of Rent bill (Ireland) was read the first time. SCRANTON'S PUBLIC BUILDINGS. The Senate Passes the House Appropria- Moving on Arabi Pasha's Works. By telegraph to the Gazette. attempting to set lire to a house in the centre of the city. tion Hill Among Others. London, July 22—12:30 a. m.—A dispatch fiom Alexandria to the Daily Telegraph, dated 9:20 this morning, says Maj. Gen. Allison is just starting out with two regiments of infantry and a mounted squadron in the direction of Arabi Pasha's intrenchments. This movement will probably load to an engage- hended. M. DeLosseps has telegraphed from Alexandria to Paris that immediate action is necessary, especially to protect the Suez Canal, and that awaiting the result of the Conference is "Now, in regard to 'Tug' Wilson and his backer's challenge to tight for $2,500 a side in four months, I say it's all bosh and unreasonable. I will match Sullivan to fight 'Tug' Wilson for $.'D,000 a side anil not a cent less, the battle to tako place within 500 milos of Kansas City in eight weeks from signing articles. If 'Tug' Wilson and his backers mean business, all they have to do is to post $1,000 •forfeit with Harry Hill. In regard to 'Tug' Wilson's olfer to give the champion another By telegraph to the Gazette Washington, July 2? the bills passed !.—The following were —Tlio Duslioro Record, a new paper, No. 2, volume one of which readied us yesterday, is a good, live newspaper, and is crowded with the intelligence of a week, served up in good style. Sullivan county will probably support it as it is Democratic in politics. Bow in a Saloon—Two Men Killed, By telegraph to the Gazette Providing additional industrial schools for Indian youths and authorizing the use of unoccupied military barracks for such purposes. a saloon last night, in which live men participated, Thomos Convery was stabbed in the head and neck and Samuel Kinsley in the abdomen and thigh. Couvery's injuries are pronounced fatal. He identi lied Thomas XlcCarty as the man who cut him but another man, John Oonkling or Coughlin, voluntarily acknowledged that he had dolie the cutting. Conkling and McCarty were both held to await the result of the injuries inflicted. Philadelphia, July 22.— —During a row in ridiculous. On the evacuation of Alexandria, Arabi Pasha issued the following proclamation: AKABl'S PROCLAMATION'S. The House bill appropriating $50,000 to Mrs. Lucretia Garfield on account of the late SEASONABLE GOODS muni. President's salary France and the Suez Canal. ■' MritnEHs: At the Khedive's instigation the Knglish killed with the sword and shot in revenge the Egyptians who were left to guard the city. The Khedive remains at night with his women afloat among the Knglish and returns to the shore in the daytime to order a continuance of the slaughter. Therefore, 1 Appropriating $75,000 for it public building Paws, July 21.—It is stated France is aixjuL to send 15,000 troops to co-operate in the occupation of the Suez Canal. at Scranton Always found at trial at sparring four three-minute rounds, we are not eager for such a match ; but as 'Tug' Wilson's admirers and the sporting public may chink that Sullivan is afraid he cannot knock him out of time with soft gloves on his hands, 1 will accept the offer, providing that 'Tug' Wilson and his backers will allow Mr. Smith, The Senate then took up the revenue bill, After rejecting some amendments, the' first section of the bill was passed.. WM. ALLEN'S Hardware Store. Senator Mitohell. CHINESE LABORERS. Washington, D. C., July 21.—Senator Mitchell says the time has passed for a compromise with the regular Republicans of Pennsylvania, and a bitter campaign will now ensue, resulting in the election of the Democratic ticket, which will be preferable to the success of beaver and his associates. FINANCIAL AN1) COUMKHCIAI issue my order to continue raising soldiers. The Attorney-General Won't Allow Them Transportation Across the Country* Stock Report. A second proclamation of Arabi Pasha The Khedive has imprisoned his ministers at Alexandria in order that they may be instruments in English hands. The telegrams dispatched by llagheb Pasha authorizing a cessation of the military preparations were forcibly extorted from him, and are therefore invalid. An irrtconffilabie war exists between Report t*(l by Carpentkii & Bo dm Kit, Rooms 5 and 0 Club House, Franklin street Wilkes-Barre. S11V8 or some other responsible man,to lie the timekeeper, and I lurry Hill to be referee, as he cannot possibly till both positions satisfactorily. If Wilson agrees to theso terms, and they are only fair, 1 will meet 'Tug' Wilson or his representative at llarry Hill's 011 Monday evening next at eight o'clock, to arrange the Washington, D. C., July 22.—The Attor By telegraph to the Gazette. REFRIGERATORS J uly jW- 3:00 p. in. ney-Genoral has given an opinion to the Secretary of the Treasury that the request of the transportation companies to bo allowed to take some GO,000 Chinese laborers through this country from Cuba to China, cannot b« granted under the law as it now stands. This affirms the ruling recently made 011 this question bj Closing Bid O. & M., com... BEST MAKE, The Reading's Earnings Peima K.It Phil. & liead'g 3.»% do. pref Leliiglt Valley OlJ-jj, H. A' St. Jo. com 85 L»fld:*n Nav do. pref . 8!D I*., tituhv. & ii Union !*• icili-■... ■ l5-D4 Northern Pac. com M , K A. i 38J$j do pre! 8K& C. Jfc 1. C D. L. W. 13(D4 bt. Paul, com... 1 111 Lawn Mowers, Philadelphia, July 21.—The gross receipts of the Philadelphia Coal and Iron Company lof June amounted to $1,303,253.65; expeuse, including interest, $1,232,475.30; leaving a profit of $70,778.35. The gross receipts of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company amounted to $1,714,729.J*5, and the expenses, including rentals and interest, $5541,- 333.31, leaving a protit of $772,396.04. The protits of both compauies for the year to date amount to $5,011,614.73. For the same period last year they were $4,668,531.63. us and the English. EXCELSIOR LUNCH BASKETS Lieutenant L'iggott, of the Monarch, and two sailors, by dint of climbing, have reached the lantern of the lighthouse and relit the lamps. They found the staircase leading to tin11Cip cut away by shell. match. FOR EXCURSIONS AND PICNICS Texas l\»citlc. Dei. Si Hudson N. J. Central. Wesi'n Union. Pacille Diiin .. do prof. IUM D. . Rio G S4-J4 Illinois Cetti'ml Met li lOieV.... Omaha, eC#m... -*D•D4 do. pref 133JC» WK 138^ There is a grow ing impression that the result of the contest between Sullivan and Wilson in Madison Square Garden on last Monday evening was prearranged. Tho movement on foot to arrange another sparring match between Sullivan and Wilson at the same place within a mouth, is consider 1 'itive proof that tho young liostonian and the Knglish Secretary Folger. RUBBER GARDEN HOSE, Russian Refugees Sent Back. SOMETHING ENTIRELY NEW llHh?. By telegraph to the Gazette. WATER COOLERS iio. pief .... Koirk Main I .. Manhattan fcllev... 5.'Dfc Ohio Central . N. V v' nr.il .. . . 135;4 Mobile & O .. Lake Shore 111»• s l/vrik- \ N'v I Mich Central... •-'S-U, iSij' : • i'auiieJ.. North'*West, coin. i i\\% Kobhinvii •• . pr»-f . . Uiith v Dan... coin «ii Rich. «.V U. Trr lDivf 05 THE PORTE'S INTENTIONS. Philadelphia, July 22.—The steamship London, July A dispatch from Con- Hbtiiliuopltt suys: It is stated that the Porte has decided to notify the Conference of its intention to dispatch troops to Egypt, but that it will request a modification of the conditions proposed in the identical note of the Powers "Lord George," which sailed for Liverpool today, took out sixty Russian refugees, who are sent back to England becauso tho local committee here cannot provido for them. About 150 are still here in charge of tho Refugee Association. Tho president of that body has forwarded a letter to the London Committee, explaining tho cause leading to the return of the refugoes. at all prices, and everything in the line of SILVER AND GRANITE WARE, uu Wab is'I Clu. pugilist intend to form " a combination .show," and that tliere will at no time be an actual struggle between them to show which is »ljc best man. Harry Hill, who was the referee, said that he would !Det §1,000 to $1,000 that the match was a square one. While it was hot necessary for Mr. Hill to be one of tho conspirators, it is said that he was hoodwinked by tho backers of the men. TEA SETS, ICE PITCHERS AND GOBLETS, Great Reduction in the Public Service. By tC-legr»ph to i he Gaze.ttr Pliiladelpbia Markets. and the largest stock of General Goods in his line found anywhere outside of Philadelphia and New York. Washington, July 21.—Socond Assistant Postmaster-Geueral Elmer reports that the Star Service in the Pacific section is now in operation at a cost of 49.78 per cent, cheaper thaii under the former contracts, and also tliat the cost per mile is 45.39 per cent less. These figures represent a saving of over $2,000,000 annually in a contract term of four years. Philadelphia, July 22. W the I'ortc FLOUR—Tin* market was quiet i»ut steady; super $1 ?.*)(§}f3.25•; extra $8.55(§}4.0D» ; Penna family *5.&D(y $»; oo. Hye Hour s4.u0(&4.25. 12-jun WHEAT—'Tne market was 'lower; Penna. red $M8(&I.20; do. amber #1.111. THE "NOTABLES" IN CAIRO. NOW CORN — Scarce ami wmu«•C.!; steamer 89@90%: yellow 91 mixed 9Ic; No 8 iJo. f"*8c(g»80e. OATS Scarce and firmer. RYE -Scarce ami film at sic. for old. PROVISIONS—Firm; with iairdemaud. LARD—The market wassteady. BUTTER—Quieter, but steadily held creamery. extra. 20c; do good to choice 23@.25c. The Khedive Deponed anil War on Eng- Eg-yptian plunderers Captured. Bv telegraph, to the*Gazette. land Declared. Alexandria, July 22.—Some correspondents having reported that they were fired upon yesterday at a villago a few miles out from Alexandria. A party of military proceeded thither last evening. They found the houses tilled with plunder and brought forty prisoners horc for trial. Celebrate the Fourth! London, July 22.—The Daily Telegraph has the following from Alexandria: Tho troops last night slept outside the walls. The notables, at a meeting in Cairo, have accepted a resolution declaring that the Khedive iiav- FIFTEEN YEARS BEHIND THE BARS. The section of country referred to alDove embraces the localities of the Star-routes service, for which is now under discussion in the Star-route trials. General Elmer furnishes the following comparative table: A Noted Desperado of Luzerne County Soon to be Released from the Penitentiary. EXCURSION EGOS— l'he market was quiet; Penna. 20c.; Western I7cCftl0c. CHEESE—The market was firm; lair demand. PETROLEUM—The market was dull; refined WHISKEY-1-Firm at Si.17. On tho 30th of next month Judson Walcott, than whom tliere is no greater rogue in tho State, will have completed a term of fourteen years and nine months' imprisonment in the Eastern Penitentiary on the charges of burglary, larceny and assault and battery with intent to kill, which crimes were committed —AND- ing Violated the constitution is a traitor and have deposed him. They havo also issued a proclamation declaring war with England, and summoning all good Moslems to tight against her. Tliere is with Arabi Pasha a Swiss adventurer named Mint. It is notorious that he has done more than anybody else to bring about the recent disaBlers. When caught he will bo dealt witjt sumnijirily. A BASKET PICNIC Annual cost June 30, 1881... .$4,019,824 00 Annual cost July 1,1882 2.018,635 00 An'l cost per mile June 30. 1881 14 32 Au'l cost per mile July 1, 1882 7 82 Iron Moulders' Convention. over the Lehigh Valley RR. By telegraph to the Gazette New York Markets. By telegraph to the Gazette. To Wyalusing, New York, July 22. BEEF—Quiet, firmly held; new extra mess, $15.00(&$15.50. New York, July 22.—The Iron Moulders, convention, which has been in session for the past two weeks in Brooklyn, has justadjourned sine die. Considerable routine business has been transacted, but was not made known. The different branches of the association are FRIDAY, JULY 28, Washington, July 21.—The administration submits a statement showing that during the pust fiscal year the receipts from customs and internal revenue have been enormously large, and that the expenses of collecting the same have never been so small in percentage. Coat of Collecting the Revenue. PORK—The market was dull and weak; new mess $22.d'i; old do. &2U.00. LAKD — The market was lower and weak; 1%®i0c; steam rendered. $12 82%. in Luzerne county in January, 18G8. Ho will not bo released, however, as tliere is a detainer lodged against him for various other under the auspices of the few days before tho bombardmoiit ho was ejected from tho French Consulate as a spy. I saw to-day four Egyptian officers of high rank here in undress uniform. They all took part in tho defense. A person who had crimes perpetrated by him prior to his arrest in 1808. Walcott had formerly served sentence EXCELSIOIl CORNET HANI) Pittston Wholesale Markets. said to lie in a pro«iDerous condition and have OF WEST PITTSTON, Flour patent Flour, straight brand. Corn •Oats Butte Cheese, new Eggs $11.50 T.25Ca for horso stealing, and has been regarded as a a good ntpital. The scenery on the route, lying close along the beautiful Susquehanna, is unrivaled in any other direction, and no more pleasant or convenient grounds for excuisionists are to be foifnd anywhere than those fit. ed up at Wyalusing. Take for iustance the matter of customs receipts. In 1870 they amounted to $194, 530,- 374, and the cost of collecting was $32,06 per thousand. In 1872 the receipts amounted to $216,370,386.77, and the cost of collecting the same was $32.11. In 1882 the receipts aggregated $219,986,000, and the cost of collecting was reduced to $29.57 per thousand, the lowest percentage since the foundation of the government terror in Luzerne county since 1850. Shortly after his confinement in Cherry Hill, ho mado a desperate attempt to escape. One night he succeeded in eluding the vigilance of his keeper, and gained access to tho prison yard by wrbndrtng the lock from the outer door. In the yard he was attacked by the bloodhounds, but ho succeeded in beating them off and was just making arrangements to scale the wall, when the keepers had their attention attracted to the yard by the yelping of tho injured dogs and tlioy recaptured Walcott. This unsuccessful dash for liberty did not LATE NEWS. •23(8,25 10C&12 25 4.00 1 GO 1.90 1.50 1.05 1.50 17.00 14.00 twenty years experience in Egypt told me that in the same train in which ho came from Potatoes new, uer bbl Chop and Feed Meal Salt, coarse, per sack Salt, fine, per sack... Salt, per bbl Hay, per ton Rye Straw Gleaned and Condensed from this Morn- lng's Papers. Cairo were two German artillery officers who Jacob Egernight was caught in tho machin iry at Hollingsworth's mill. Jersey City, yes- AN ADDRESS BY assisted in the defense and arc here now Pressure is being put on the Kliedivo to proclaim Arabi Pasha a rebel. HON. GZORGt UANDON, terday, and killed. At Wadcsboro, the well known Bradford Orator, will be an intel [ectual treat that all must appreciate. Arabi's camp is visible from the tower of a house at Kamlch. His position on a narrow strip of land. Hanked by two lakes, is very Robinson, a negro, in a religious frenzy brained his wife with an axe and fled. X. yesterday. William Instrumental and vocal music will be provided and everything done to enhance the pleasure ami comfort of the occasion. The Coal Trade. From the Pottsville Miners' Journal, yesterday Tlie demand continued brisk for all sizes of strong. Thirty-six Europeans have Ikjcii massacred tlitire by order of Arabi. The Khedive reports tlmt he has learned that Arabi Pasha's The committee refused tho request of Mr Train will leave L.V. depot, Pittston,at7:52a m; Ransom, 8:15; Falls, 8:27; Tunkhannock, 8:55. Returning, leave NYyaluslng at 6 o'clock. ADMIRAL NICHOLSON Most of the companies report a Blaine to submit a supplementary statement The KeHure of His Responsibility at sufficiency of orders to. take up all their receipts of coal. There is one notable excep- subdue him, howevor, for he made another attempt to escajie by sealing the wall a second time, but was again captured. In the summer on the Chili-Peruvian correspondence in re spouse Jo Robert Randall's recent statement Fare for Round Trip, $1.25 from Pittston, Ransom and Falls; from Tunkhannock, $1.00. Alexandria. troops arc still furthur damaging the canal at liaiedah. There are 300 soldiers and many liedouins in Zagazig. These have been joined by soldiers and lfedouins from Cairo, and, no John 13. Hennessey, reputed to wealthiest Irishman in Providenco, R. Washington, July 21.—It is stated at the Navy Departirieut to-day that Hear Admiral Nicholson, commanding the American fleet at Alexandria, Egypt, was instructed to look after the protection of American interests there, aud that if ho mixed up in the war further than that, it was entirely upon his own responsibility. Nothing official lias been received from him sinco the day tho bombardment began, when he announced that fact, and also acknowledged the receipt of the department's instructions to look after American interests, nor has the department communicated with him since that time. Secretary Chandler is not prepared to say that Admiral Nicholson exceeded his authority in assisting the British in patrolling tho streets of Alexandria, and in certain other acts until he has been officially advised of the attending circumstances. Certain navy officials assert that Admiral Nicholson has in no wise compromised this country, aud that he did notliiug beyond what was necessary for the protection of the American Consulate. lion—a large company which has a surplus of stock on hanfl. and its representative in the Coal Exchange is consequently endear ing to I., was if 1880 an attempt was made to induce the Governor to commute tho convict's sentence, bu* as lie attempted to deceive the Chief Magistrate of the State by pretending that work would oe given him in W'ilkea-Barre he was not released. He has not done a day's work since he has I wen in the penitentiary, giving as Ins excuse various physical complaints, lie savs that he arrested yesterday for murderously assaulting his barkeeper, O'Donnel. It isfikely O'Don- EXCURSION get a week's suspension. This has been successfully resisted by the Philadelphia aud Reading and other companies, who claim to be short of cwil and «iv a suspension at this tiuio would seriously embarrass their business doubt, a general massacrB lias begun nol will die Senator Lapham is confident tbe Senate will reconsider it-s action in reference to the Penn THE TARIFF BILL TO NEW YORK Mr. Kellt'v Thinks it Will be of Yau postmastorsbip and confirm tbe nomination. Wlieu the vote was taken on Wednesday there were several Senators absent. These operations. A number of the interests are also contending for an advance of price delivery of 15 cents a ton, which goes to show that there is a groat diversity oE Views in regard to the best policy of fostering tho trade Washington This Week. 21.—Representative. Over the D. L. & W. R. R., Kellev went to his home in Peunsvlvania this principally rheumatism. will vote to reconsider and confirm the nomi- Tuesday, July 25,1882, morning to utlend to some private business. Ho will return on Monday. Before leaving Mr. Kelley stutod that he thought the Tariff bdl will be disposed of by the Senate this week, and that the House will occupy bat a fow hours on the passage of the amendments, and that an adjournment will 1* reached on tlie 31st instant. once registered an outli never to work in prison. He states now that he will resist the sheriff who attempts to tako him back to Luzerne county. Walcott is a powerful man, weighing 20!) pounds, and is fully six feet in height. Ho is a skilled mechanic, and in his younger days was employed as an engineer on the Lehigh. Valley Railroad. At a tire at 10:t Washington street, New among those who are tho most intimately in York, Policeman Reynolds saved the livos of eight children, having forced his way into the burning building and standing on a window sill, caught the little ones as they wore dropped Under the auspices of the Scranton terestcd ill it. At the presont writing neither the suspension nor the August increase has been determined upon. If the former is granted it would be manifestly inconsistent to Y. M. C. A. from above TICKETS FOR ROUND TRIP $4.75. declare the latter. Henry Mumma. Mill Creek Station, Lancaster county, engagod as a repairman on the Pennsylvania Railroad, was struck by the Johnstowli express yesterday afternoon and hurled ten feet in the air, alighting on his head. Ho was picked up unconscious, and his injuries, principally internal, were pronounced fatal. The total product for the week ending July TlDe General Freight Ag rents of lines in the Randall Pittman, a negro, quarrelled with his wife at tlio house of his fathor-in-law at Tarboro, N.C., yesterday, and after beating Trains will leave L. & B. Junction at 9;16 a. m. 16 was 303,934 tons, against tons for Southwestern Railway Association, to whom was referred ihe question of uniform rates to Tickets for sale at Barber's Water street and Main street Prug Stores. tho same week of last year, an increase of 44,061 tons. The product for the year so far is 13,970,871 tons, against 13,548,929 for the Missouri river points, met yesterday at Chicago and decided that hereafter the rates to Kansas City, Omaha, and Council Bluffs shall be alike and be tho same as the preseut rates her severely ho was ejected. Pittman re-enicred the house and shot his father-in-law doad. His wife oscaped through a window. Pittman then lired tho house and fled. English Troops for Egypt. IOST.—A reward of 810 will be paid for the j return to this office of a brown pocketbook containing a sum of money. It was lost Thursday evenning, July 20th, on train No. 0, L. V. R. R. Return to this office. jy32-lt London, July 21.—The Duke of Cambridgo, commander-in-chief of the forces, and Gen. corresponding period of last year, an increase of 421,942 tons. |
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