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ltoeni«B iSife PITTSTON. PA.. MONDAY AUGUST, 7, 1882. J PRICE TWO CEN'i S | $4.50 Per Annum. VOLUME I., NUMBER 48. Weekly Established I860. whoro they wore assailed by several horsemen with pitchforks. The footmen were not so successful in ■diverting the attention of the bulls as their Spanish brethren are, as one of the riders was knocked off his horse and badly gored. lilccdihg and unrecognizable, ho was dragged out of the ring by some of his fellowlighters, in time to save him from-being torn to pieces b\- the mad bull. " Fred," who has SECOND EDITION Stilt the Siinci.'y Sehools arc dwindling away front luck of interest in those who should tako an active part. We noticed one class in tlio school yesterday that had ncf teacher,-nor v. as any effort made ;rt4uty]sh them with one. A stranger dropping in to our schools would, wo are sure, admire the way in which they aro FIRST EDITION. commission men arc mord conservative, bu all agree that-the yield will materially exceed last year. THE PUBLIC SERVANTS. THE WORK REMAINING UNDONE 2 O'CLOCK 1*. M. A BRIDGE GOES DOWN. 5 O'CLOC K V. 91. A Freight Train Precipitated Into tl»e Washington Deserted—L*eas than aOnoi'Hin Remaining of the House—What Congress lias Accomplished and What Yet Remains to he Done. FROM WASHINGTON. conducted TO-DAY'S HAPPENINGS. Iliver, and One Man Killed. Tho furniture and undertaking establishment Ctf II. 1' .Ffidd A Co., of Piltston, tinder the management CDt H. K Cutler, is doing an immense business in this and adj ailing towns, and is well patronized by all. fuller is ;t thorough business young man and liked by all on account of the kind nnd courteous mall- ■ ner in which all are treated bv him. VXl,. By telegraph to the Gazette. NEWS BY ASSOCIATED PRESS. Chicago, Aug. 7.—A bridge across the Kmbarrass river, near Greenup, gave way last night, and an engine and eighteen loaded freight cars went down. Charles Allen was killed, und M. B. Conlin, engineor, and Geo. Korlin, brakeman, ycrc seriously injured. already participated ill nine engagements, was the winner, and almost telescoped his antagonist. The light lasted twenty-four minutes. OonsidoraUlo monoy changed hands. Two thousand persons, including people from all parts of Clearfield county and adjacent country, were -present. The great majority were well pleased with the sjxirt, and are arranging, for another contest, to como off in a week. CONGRESS STILL PEGGING AWAY Washington, Aug. 6.—All the annual appropriation bill.3 have now.obtained linal passago in both houses of Congress and it is generally expected that the session will end tomorrow evening. The only element of uncertainty in the present outlook arises from the declared intention of the Republican Senators to make an effort to pass the bill for a reduction of internal taxation just in the shape in which It eamo from the House of Representatives, without any amendments, either in regard to internal taxes or reductions of tariff duties. P obulDle Adjournment Tn-Morrow -Tho Revenue Tax Hill A fl iikes-Harre Shoe Dealer in Trouble — Ti e Freight. Handlers' Strike. The Situation of Affairs in Kgypt- The British Engage Aralii Pasha and Defeat Him — The Strike at Colioes and Other Forts. LATE NEWS. CHERRY CROVE OIL WELLS. The Freight Strike Breaking Up. By telegraph to the Gazette. Gleaned and Condensed from tliU Morn- For Now Kngland antj the Middle States, To-Morrow'a Weather Indications. lug's Tapers. warmer, generally fair weather; southerly to j westerly winds: stationary or lower pressure. Using Torpedoes to Accelerate Deteriorat- ing Gushers. Nuw VoiiK, Aug. 7.—The freight ban Hers strike to-day gave evidence of speedy breaking up. Quite a number of strikers applied to be taken back at the piers where they formerly worked. Two hundred men appfiod at the Pennsylvania Railroad piers, anil over one hundred were given work at St. John's Park depot. Thirty old han-is wore taken back nt the seventeen cents an hour rate. The mercury at St. John. N. B., reached St) degrees Friday, the hottest of the season. Bkadfokd, Aug. G.—As an indication that the gushors in Cherry Grove are really deteriorating, the fact is citQd that tho torpedo men are now busy administering glycerine to the declining wells to accelerate their production. On Saturday tho Roberts Torpedo Company had orders to shoot nine wells, which was more than thoy could liandlo. After being shot, the Armour, Hayes & Roth No. 1, on lot G10, started at GO barrels an hour. Tho Warren and Union Pipe Lino Companies have potted their interest in tho Warren field. Sinithman & MunlioH's No. 2, on the southeast corncr of lot G10, is in the sand and promises to start off at 1,500 barrels. Tho Mehoopany OiliCompany are finishing up another promising dry hole in tho southeast corncr pi lot 590. If tho new well is dry, asTsiiji posed, it cuts off another slico from the western edge of Cherry Grovo belt. A F1CHT WITH ARABI. There arc fifty cases of yellow fever at Drowfisville, Texas, and tho contagion is spreading rapidly. Only one death is reported. Found Dying in the Street. Tho Kuglish Troops Test the Egyptian's Strength and Drive Him Hack—Tho Hiitisli Occupy Ismailia. Sax Fkaxcisco, Aug!*1!.—Martin Mier, was found dying yesterday in tho street with a stab in the back.« Ho died soon afterwards. Tho murderer is not known. By telegraph to the Gazette. The I louse adjourning will leave behind it a calendar of some 70G pages, consisting of three divisions: First, the House Calendar proper, which is tho repository of public measures that make ho appropriation of money; second, tho calendar of tho committee of.the Whole House, which is the destination of all bills appropriating money or lands of the United Suites; and third, tho private calendar, to which are referred private measures of every description. On tho calendar there remain 125 measures, the first of which is the sijill establishing ft municipal code for the I.)is» truH of Columbia. The other bills of Alkxaxiwia, Aug. 5.—At 5 o'clock this afternoon tho British troops with a number of field guns served by sailers, attacked tho advanced guard of Arabi Pasha near Ranileh, between the Mahmoudieh Canal and the Cairo Several houses in the village of St. Charh s •Manitoba, have I ■ceil quarantined for smallpox. One death occurred Friday and 0110 Saturday. r At Harmony, Me, Saturday morning, Ktigeno Herd had a dispute with Ids brother Howard about a note, during which Eiigeno shot and kfllcd Howard'. / The Mayor of Newport, R./l., received a dispatch from the Secretary of tlie Navy that the Govern moil t has accepted Coaster Harbor Island for a naval station. Railway Collision. Railway, firing jipon the enemy's position from three sides. Arabi Pasha sent fourteen men with a white llag to the British camp this CONGRESS TO-DAY. Ily telegraph to the Gazette lliiHiness Proceeded with ill the House Under tho "Pound Rule "-—Tho "Work In the Senate. BoniiKNTOWN, N. J., Aug 1.—Two freijUDP trains on tho Pennsylvania Railroad collided near Monmouth Junction yesterday. Frank Haverson, engineor of one of the trains, was seriously injured. Part of tho train took fire and was burned. - morning. The party was received by \{ajor l'ringle. but tho interview was without result By telegraph to the Gazette reconnoisunce in force. Commenting at four o'clock this afternoon, a steady advance was made—the marines upon the railway line, the rilles upon tiie west bank of the Mahmoudieh The object of tho operations to-dfiy was a Washington, Aug. 1 ten o'clock this morning in continuation of Saturday's session. At 10:3."D, after the trau- —The House met at At Nashua, N. IF.. yesterday morning, .Teremmli Caluhmi and Joseph Unrkhnrt wcrp drowned while ba'.liiiift in Ihccamil saction of some business of n%ior importance, tho House adjourned, showing tl.e presence of t'alahan He Jumped From the Train. By telegraph' to the Gazette. importance arc those .to increase tlie efficiency of tho Marine Hospital service; to fix the term of office of Collectors of Internal' Revenue; to establish. a postal savings depository ; to establish the Teja itory of North Dakota; to provide for the exchange of trade dollars for standard dollars and to slop the coinage of trade dollars; to regulate tho removal of causcs from State to Federal Courts; to provide for the ascertainment of tho French spoliation claims; to promote the efficiency of the revenue marine service, and the signal corps; to mitharteo the consolidation of railroad companies, in tho Territories of the United States; to authorize a rVtiied list for non-commissioned' ollicers of tho army; to declare forfeited certain grants of land made to certain Suites in aid of railways; to declare a forfeiture of certain lands granted the Texas Pacific Railroad Company in New Mexico Arizona and California; to suspend tho issue of silver certificates, and to limit the coinage of standard silver dollars; to establish a uniform system 6f bankruptcy; to provide for the issue oi gold certificates, and to incorporate the Maritimo Canal Company of Nicaragua. Thpugh several of tho measures embraced in this calendar have 1kDcii considered as special orders, and Sonato bills of similar purport have been acted upon, tho House has not once during the session proceeded to consider the calendar in the regular courso of leaves a wife and eight alriklrcn Lascastkii, Pa., Aug. 7.—William Miller, of Sirdinhand, last night got on a freight train to. rido to his home, and .mistaking tho place in tho darkness jumped oft as tho train was crossing the Mill crock bridge. Ho fell a dislauce of sixty foot and sustained fatal injuries. .South Staffordshire only ion members. Tlio session of Monday wastlien opened and consideration of business under tlie " Pound llnlu" Was proceeded with. Mr. Kclley, proprietor of the Tiium f/erulil, was committed tor trial Saturday for pnljlishiiifr an article written liy James licdpath. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. Regiment and mounted infantry upon the east bank. The enemy were driven in from all Ihcir advanced posts and were compelled to bring into action all of their troops available in front of their principal line of intrenchmcnts at Kafr-el-Dwar, namo- I3-, aliont four lmttnlions of infantry, a force of cavalry and several gun9, The latter were eouipletelv silenced by the accurate lire of the forty-pounders. The Kjrypliari- infantry held their ground with considerable steadiness. Tlio niari:ies,on the railway, who were under the immediate command of General Alison, pushed the enemy back upon their second line of entrenchments, toward Kafr-el-Dwar. The marines were supported by the South Staffordshire regiment aqd l ilies. They Buffered somewhat, but behaved with the greatest coolness and steadiness under the heavy lire. The ob- '1 lie vicinity of tlie court was crowded Stock Report. Mr. Robeson introduced a bill identical with At (ireenlield, Intl., James Meek accuse I Albert Daily of stealing his Ihtily made a reply which angered Meek, who got a pistol and fatally shot Daily, then killed llini- Reported by Carpenter & Boomer, Rooms 5 and 6 Club House, Franklin street Wilkes-Barre. Aug. 7—3:00 p. m. the revenue bill as it now stands in the Senate, except that it dees not provide for the polariscope tost. He moved to suspend the Closing Bid PennaR.R 61% O. & M., com... D9 Phil. & Read's 27J4 do. pref Lehigh Valley H. & St. Jo. com 85 Lehigh Nav do. pref.. 03 1'., Titusv. & B Union ;Pacific... 118% Northern Pac. com 47% 51., K. & T 3!»% do pref 8!D% 0.,0.&I.C! D. L. Jt W 138 St. Paul, com... 123% Texas Pacific do pref... I35U Del. & Hudson... 115 D. 4 Kio (J (.1% N. J. Central Illinois Central.. 110% West'n Union 88% Met'n. Elev The Cohoes Strike. rules and.put the bill updii its -passage'. The Democratic members opposed the motion, and Cohoes, N. Y., Aug. 7.—Tho Hartaony •mills, after fifteen weeks' idleness, opened thoir gates to strikers this mliming —At ono of the mills thero was no application, and at several there woro so few that tho works were not started. At tho Mastodon Mills sixteen resumed work, and at Noa- ' and 2 mill's fifty looms were started. Tho company will gather tho operatives in ono forco to keep the Mastodon mill in operation. Tho strikers, numbering nearly livo thousand, aro confident that a number of thoso who returned lo work can bo induced not to re-ontor the mills to-morrow. Tho company aro maturing plans for tho general clearing out of tenements occupied by obsti- liy telegraph to the Gazette. 'J'he London Times' correspondent at Yien a says tl at, according to present arrangement , the Kmporor of (iermaii^t)and the Kniperor ol Austria will spend Augus't Otlf together at a quorum not being present, Kobesou will drew his motion. The Uouse then look rc Immediately after assembling, the Senate dispensed with the reading of the journal and , permitted tlio .consideration of sundry measures by unanimous consent. cess for two hours. l.-ehi. George V\'atson, a convict in the peniteuti iry at AVatipuJi, Wis., stabbed und killed another convict, named John Shcavoy, lDccauso tlie latter Htf'.riued I ho officers of a theft by Pacific Mail Erie. com.. Omaha, com., do. pref 50% no% do. pref.. Manhattan Elev, N. Y. Central... I*ake Shore ... Mich. Central.. Rock Island 52IU Ohio Central.... Mobile AO lift& L'ville & N'ville. Sutro Tunnel.... Senator Plumb offered a resolution for Until North West, com. 141% Robinson do pref.. l«i Rich & Dan... Wabash, com 87J4 Rich. & D. Ter. do, pref 66-J4 Central Pacific. adjournment to-dav Three incendiarv I'.res were started at tho jeet of the British operations, which was to compel the enemy to display what lorec and what guns they had in front of the main position. was completely attained. This was as certained by nightfall, when the British were slowly and steadily withdrawn. No accurate return of the killed and wounded is yet obtainable. A htt-ge number of wounded fell into tlio hands of the British. Many dead wefo seen. A considerable number of tlio Seuatoi Morrill objected to the present consideration of the resolution, and insisted oil proceeding with the revenue bill Mr. Cam- same time at .Lancaster Saturday afternoon. Loss $15,000. The horses ran off with a truck, demolishing it and seriously injuring oil market. Oil City, Aug. 7—2:00 p. m, Crude oil closed at 60$£. cron moved an executive Hussion, which \vi«s also opposed by Mr. Morrill. It was cnttieri, however, by a vote of Benjamin Wickshire was murdered in a corn Held near Chilico'Jio, Ohio, on Saturday. lDy one Uiddingg, who recently eloped with Mrs. V/ickshiro. AVickshire hud induced his wife to return, (liddings escaped. two llreine:) New York Markets. By telegraph to the Gazette. This indicates tlmt Mr. Mori ill will lx! dcfoaled in liia oltorUi to take lip tlic revenue bill, and that an adjournment will lie reached 1 to 18. The strikers aro determined to hold oi\,t but they did not interfere with thoso who returned to work. The operatives uro holding a monster picnic to-day at Renstalaer Park. liate strikers. New York, Aug. 7. BEEF—The market was quiet; held firm; new extra mesa, $15t50C3D$10.00. PORK—The market was firm and quiet; new mess $21.50©22.00; old do. $20.75@$21.CK). LARD—The market was higher and firm; prices 15c. to-dav or to-morrow A deputation of citzons call «t the office of the Sportsman, London, Friday, and suggested that a dinner be given to the Hillsdale (Michigan) crew within a month. A committeo is forming to arrange for tho entertainment. enemy were made prisoners. THE DEMOCRATIC POLICY. Philadelphia Markets. By telegraph to the Gazette. business. Tlic British lately made sncccssful experiments with the forty-pounder mentioned while mounted on the iron-clad railway truck., Major Ceneral Clrahatn will take eommand of the British brigade at Hamleli. By telegraph to the Gazette Committed for Arson- Philadelphia, Aug?. 7.. FLOUR—The market was Arm for fresh ground old wheats dull; for new super $2.75@fKw; extra 13.37®$4.00. Penna. family |5.1fl&$5.50; Rye flour |3.75@4.00. WHEAT—The market was firmer with fair demand; Southern and Penna. red $1.10@$1.15; do. amber $1.16®#1.17. CORN—The market was firm; ltfcal demand; steamer 85te.; yellow 90^@91e.; mixed 90c.; No. 3, 86c ©88Wc. OATS—Tne market for old was scarce and wanted at an advance; No. 1 white 78; No. 2 do. 7III®78c.; No. 3 do. 70c.; No. 2 mixed 18c. RYE—Sarce; 75c. for new. Two hundred and thirty propositions Hud a resting-place upon the calendar of the Committee of the Whole—thirty-three of them arc puolie building bills. Among the most important measures on this calendar aro: For the admission of Dakota into the Union as a State; to authorize the coinage of silver dollars on tint metric system; authorizing the construction of vessels of war; to. provide for official mail service between the United States and foreign ports; for the admission of Washington Territory into the Union as a State; to provide for the construction of the Hennepin Canal; to abolisli prize money in the navy; to provide for the construction of the Maryland and Delaware ship canal; to establish a Board of Commissioners of inter- State commerce. More than *100 relief bills practically find a grave in the private calendar, for it is very improbable that during a short session of Congress Knv considerable number of them can receive consideration and Wll.KESlUttltK, Pa.. Aug. 7.—liichard Grail was to-day arraigned to answer th; charge of arson. His attornoy wavod a hearing, and in default of bail Graft was committed to prison to Smother the Tax Hill with Amendments and Debate. The fjiui'lations of Cic extension of Gould's [ tunp works at Seneca Kails,'yielded to tho p-essuro of the embankment 011 Saturday, burying three worknion. J'homas Durni 1 was killed, and tho others seriously injured. Tho building \vas in profess of erection on this stivp side of a lti!i,*wit!i very heavy founda- Washington', Aug. 6.—The Democratic policy 6f obstruction and delay is so apparent that it cannot be misconceived. , At the outset the Bourbons privately avowed their intention of not allowing any measure originated by the Republicans for a reduction of taxation to become a law. They believe the next Congress will lDe Democratic and that then a reduction of taxes will be the strongest card they can play in the Presidential game. The Republican Senators are alive to the manoeuvres of their opponents. They say they do not intend to bo placed in the position of voluntarily" A dispatch .from Port Said, dated August 1, reiterates that British troops have landed at Tsniailia. The Spanish frigate "Carmen" had arrived at Port "Said and was ahont to enter the canal. The British were preparing reservoirs at Suez to insure a plentiful supply of water. It is stated that the Khedive iias authorized the Knglish Admiral at. Port Said to take what steps ho thitiifs-lieccsSwv in the canal, and has conferred upon him the tkle of Governor of the IsthVnis. Two thousmM, horses have arrived at Tal-cl-Kebir. to await the actioj examination fo-dny it w (inilt liail removed from tlDC! stock of boots and shoes before llTf hud boen made to burn down tlio building A number of bis creditors arrived here to-day and liavo seized upon the stock remaining in grand jury ks discovered that lire his best tions. LARD—The market was Hteady; city kettle 18®l3Wc.; Loose butcherc 18c.; prime sieam $l2.87(fc$13. BUTTER—The market was steady for choice; other kinds weak; creamery extra 25@26c.; do good to choice 22C&24c.; rolls dull but very scarce. EGGS—The market was steady; Penna. 2l@22c.; Western 19c. PROVISIONS—The market was steady I'M ward Brown, of Xo 22!) Mondgw street. Williamslmrgh, X. V.. temporarily insauofrom the store long illness, on Saturday niorniii; cut his daughter's throat from car to ear, and then jumped out of a second story window, fracturing his skull and breaking his chill, ' lie will probably difD. but tho girl m iv recover.. She is six years old. FLOODED BY RAIN. CHEESE — The market was quiet but unchanged.PETROLEUM—The market was-flryi J refined Whiskey—$1.18. \ Damage Done by u Furious abandoning a bill passed by a Republican for tlio relief of tho people. If tlio Democrats choose to block public business by filibustering or trying to talk to death the Tax bill, the country will bo made to see clearly upon whom the responsibility for such conduct rests. London, August 5.—The Times' correspondent at Berlin says the greater part of the (icrma 11 press, referring to the occupation of Suez by the British, Acknowledges that Kugland has acted wisely in occupying positions which Storm in ChamberHbarg. Cll.VMIlEltSlU'RU, August G.—OllO of till PittHtoa Wholesale Market*. .$9.50 7.25@7.50 !K) 70 2.-D($26 heaviest rains ever known in this viciuily fell thisovoning. It began nlxDut half past four and fell in torrents for over an hoyr. It was accompanied by sonic thunder and lightning. The house of Dr. Piatt, 011 West Market street, Wilkes-B ure Flour—patent . Flour, straight brands Corn Oats Butter Cheese, new Efflfs rotators new Musi 11st. Ilall opens for the season on the 21th notion. The Speaker's table is tlio depository •now arc of great i*niDortanQC to her ltev. J. lilanchard lluu'.iiuson, foruiorly the pastor 0QI10 Centeiiiiiiil -Baptist Church, is siieudiitg a few days in town. Hois now licated at I bit' i.nv, IV. of about 200 Senate bills, most of them of a private character, including a bill, which lias The correspondent of the Standard at Vienna states that llto news of the occupation of WISCONSIN'S CROPS, Suez has produced a deep impression. Mugland's ascendancytsuow practically acknowledged. Her calm energy and honesty of resolution are making themselves everywhere felt, and her prestige stands on a far higher level than it has for a long time. The Aus- slight. Main street was a sheet of water from w.is struck by lightning, No iireat Injury IJone lDy the Kerent ltalins— Cjood Prospeets All Around. Chop and Feed Meal Salt, coarse, per sack Salt, flue, jH*r sack... Salt, per bbl Bailed Hay, per ton New Hay, •' " Bye Straw passed-the Senate, providing for tho erection of iv public building at Camden, N J., to cost $75,000. Puring tho present session of Oon- Washington to Diamond. M: ny cellars were ■streets. Pt Nick- A tem|Mirary il7fC*tvnD provide fur lite wst* - llow. has been started in the canal from Northampton street to the city limits. Kvciituallv a sewer will be laid there, and tho oanal tilled tlooded 011 Market and Ivi: Chicago, 111., Aug. 5.—Special despatches from tho interior of the State of Wisconsin say that the rains of the past week have injured sprouts, and spring wheat is in danger of rust, but the weather to-day is excellent and the danger is probably past. General Manager Merrill, of tho St. I'aul Railway, thinks that 17.00 gross 7,182 bills and joint resolutions have been introduced in the llouso. Of this im- las A Brother's earpot and furnitur 13.00 stock was damaged to the extent of !?:{00. .T. S. Nixon, druggist, foots his loss at $200. Adam Loluuan, clotklcr, had his winter goods in the cellar, all of which- were more or less damaged, but the loss is small. The residences of Charles Schreiblcr, Theodore Miller, Wilson and Houscr, on Market street, were Hooded Memorial Ciiurcli is to have a new eh ip ■!,. the designs of which, from tho draug liing boards of Architect,Hawkins, are verj much adniirod by all who have-examined them. mouse total 803 have been reported favorably trian Cabinet is using its influence to bring about an understanding between Kugland and Turkey. The Coal Trade, 215 Unfavorably, and uo less than C,134 reniaiti in the hands of iho various committees. Tiireo hundred and thirty-tliroo bills and joint resolutions have passed the House (most of them pension -bills, und other measures of semi private nature, such as grants of a condemned cannon for monuments, etc.), 287 have bccoino laws, und 41 await the Presi- There is still an animated demand for all sizes of anthracite, and the outlook is favoraj ble for« steady trade during the remainder of the season. The stocks on hand at the shipping points are light, the coal being moved forward to fill orders us soon as received. Tho conditions arc therefore all favorable for an From the Miner's Journal of Friday The Youug Men's Hebrew Association will picnic nl f.itziViie Grove to-morrow. leaving ai 8:S« by tlio Lehigh Valley road. This will bo the lirst, or christening party, that will Iikvo The Lesson of 1880 Forgotten. uo great injury has yet been done, and the general feeling is that tho rainy and unsettled weather is over the present. A special dispatch from St Paul gives as nearly as it can be arrived at by competent special agents and otlicial statistics the acreage of wheat in Minnesota. Tho drift of tho report is that tho wheat crop will bo one of the largest and best ever grown in tho Northwest." Oa's will exceed in quantity and quality uny previous yield. Barley is the finest in quility From the Charleston News, Vrmy " ■ Tlio Democratic party eamiot outbid tlio Republicans for the support of tlio high-tariff moil, and no one wlio believes in protection, in the North and "West, will ixite tho IDemo- froin tho mill-race and water poured through tlibin a foot in depth. At this writing the Dnp to this new picnic gromiijfl. (iiurlea Blake, living in Wadhamstown. in the lower part of town, Was arrested on .Sat- Conoeochcague creek seems to bo falling urday upon a charge preferred by 0. W. Colvin, living near T.ee Park, of stealin c ehiek?lis anil oilier articles. Sixteen ehiik-ns and" other lent's approval. The Failing Spriii] , however, is still lisini active and satisfactory business. eratie ticket. Safely lioMi tin inccess, therefore and the residents near it on .Main street lime removed their articles were found on Blake's promises. Last night aliont 10:05 a lire wasdisoovered in KicinU'd (intf's Rhoo stoic on Kast .Market street. The door was ipiickiy broken n|«Dn ami the Ifaines'extingiiislied. lT|ion an exami lalion of the pr 'iiiises it bo.'lmi'! evident that it was the work of some wo ilil-lw ineondiiirv. A hot lire was burning in tlio s'ovc, and paper had I won piled all over aiu\ aroind it. Taper wits also scattered thickly on tlio Moor all over tlio store, and even into the roo us in the rear. The lower shelves, too, linil lieen covered with paper, which hnngover the .ed'c in Mich a manner as to t ike lire verv r -:i.lilA l.C r i- The total product for the week was-072,192 tons, against 656,907 tons for the same week of last year, an iuereaso of 15,285 tons. Tho product for tho year so fur, is 15,327,095 tons, against 14,851,843 tons for tho corresponding per iod of last year, an increase of 475,252 ton A MODERN BULL-FIGHT. The Amused 2,000 People in for t lie PeiiMM-ats, li tarilf foi-_r$/(euue onl 10 direction of "a of which are now Hooded. A culvert on the Cumberland Valley Railroad at tho southern edgo of tho town was washed out, lint will be PiTTSiifKd, Aug. 5.—A. special dispatch to the Philadelphia Time* says: Citizens of Dubois, in Cleartlcld county, to-day witnessed an unusual spectacle, namely, a bull-tight modeled after Spain's fuvorito amusement, with a few alterations The light was a most desjierato one, and before the grand finale was reached many of the most tender-hearted of the spectators became disgusted an I Went Clear 11«1C1 County Of Two Evils Choose the Least The Memphis .1 raianche charges the pover (y of 'IViiih From tlw» Philadelphia New repaired, so that trains can pass over by ten o'clock Tho storm extended only and color, and corn, alone ofaill grains, is not a Hrst-elass crop. Potatoes will yield enormously. The grand total of tho Minnesota wheat crop for 1882 will not be less than 38,000,000 bushels, on an acreage of 2,473,000, against 3,000,000 bushels in 1881, on an acre- •c to whisky and the south of Iho t and but a Texas Giant," at eollar-and-clbow wrest- Julift McMahon defeated Joseph O'Brien •conn north. ling, Friday- night, in Milwaukee, A\ is., winning .the second and third falls. O'Bripu is six foot and ten inches in height, and weighs ter that public opinion is now largely in favor of tlio total abolition of dogs. Kingston lft..' -tff the age of 2,964,000. Tlio largest yield is twenty four bushels per acre, in Carver county, and one-half bushel is the lowest estimate. Goodline eountv will yield oyer 3,000,000 bushels A Harrisbun? siek j»irl cleared Another seoreher yesterday .shade. seno 1 imp was nlsa found standi.ig on a lab ■ within a few feet of the stove, with pap r l eaped lip around it. If tlio Haines had not been discovered in time, a serious lire might have resulted, and tlio neighlioi'mg stores of Messrs. Mcllreevcy and U Boyle would prohaably have siillered- Later in th" evening Graf vii;; arrested bv I'hief of l'olico Mver* as ho v...d drive ' into Tov.nand's ltveistable. Ib' 200 pounds; around thirteen ears of green corn at one meal Satisfaction is felt at Madrid over tho report that all the powers, except Turkey and Kngland, admitted tlio claims of Spain to-be consulted in regard to the protection of tho Suez Canal. With the exception that the active the other day. and picking tno fravr tuenis from town vestcrdji participants wore no gaudy tmiforn pitchforks were used instead of the I tha IjetwcOu Tier teclli with a hair pin* observed. Tlio voting men's meeting well ttttciuicJ yosterd.iv*.. We wish ttieni sin nt the depot, was icat. Ottertail nearly hull' u dozen counties will yield over 1,000,000 2,000,000, and lance by the pieadores the tight was the ex- Ii ever J eat much I think 1 could live on corn — York DisnaO ■I well enough again to •owl work some rust and some act imitation of the Spanish one and won! Mr. A. flood win. our popular d fe. arc siienduipr a t'" ." DvD"('ks v ■bugs have appeared, but uo have delighted the mo exact 112 [p. (Ira! liud lux iili Oit aud lUiy.iuWa lor 10. aul with Kit,.! Tl|vis fur $1,000.— I i.i t per* to note. The gross production of this Sthto and Dakota Territory is estimated at fa,000,000 to 60,000,000 bushels. Wheat The arm lioa on Thatch Ialuml, N. B. Thr hay crop 13 destine The bulls were .Vu'l uo WOlid ant ajid most responsive work Aral it is \VieWtWdiy cupied his nsna' placo in the i.f. K. church pulpit yeateuUy qiornint; and evening. J. O. \Y entirely destroyed in all njiea field at the outskirts of the tow s JicCOtd.
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Title | Evening Gazette |
Masthead | Evening Gazette, Volume 1 Number 48, August 07, 1882 |
Volume | 1 |
Issue | 48 |
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. |
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Date | 1882-08-07 |
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Description
Title | Evening Gazette |
Masthead | Evening Gazette, Volume 1 Number 48, August 07, 1882 |
Volume | 1 |
Issue | 48 |
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 | 1882-08-07 |
Location Covered | United States; Pennsylvania; Luzerne County; Pittston |
Type | Text |
Original Format | newspaper |
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Identifier | EGZ_18820807_001.tif |
Language | English |
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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. |
Full Text | ltoeni«B iSife PITTSTON. PA.. MONDAY AUGUST, 7, 1882. J PRICE TWO CEN'i S | $4.50 Per Annum. VOLUME I., NUMBER 48. Weekly Established I860. whoro they wore assailed by several horsemen with pitchforks. The footmen were not so successful in ■diverting the attention of the bulls as their Spanish brethren are, as one of the riders was knocked off his horse and badly gored. lilccdihg and unrecognizable, ho was dragged out of the ring by some of his fellowlighters, in time to save him from-being torn to pieces b\- the mad bull. " Fred," who has SECOND EDITION Stilt the Siinci.'y Sehools arc dwindling away front luck of interest in those who should tako an active part. We noticed one class in tlio school yesterday that had ncf teacher,-nor v. as any effort made ;rt4uty]sh them with one. A stranger dropping in to our schools would, wo are sure, admire the way in which they aro FIRST EDITION. commission men arc mord conservative, bu all agree that-the yield will materially exceed last year. THE PUBLIC SERVANTS. THE WORK REMAINING UNDONE 2 O'CLOCK 1*. M. A BRIDGE GOES DOWN. 5 O'CLOC K V. 91. A Freight Train Precipitated Into tl»e Washington Deserted—L*eas than aOnoi'Hin Remaining of the House—What Congress lias Accomplished and What Yet Remains to he Done. FROM WASHINGTON. conducted TO-DAY'S HAPPENINGS. Iliver, and One Man Killed. Tho furniture and undertaking establishment Ctf II. 1' .Ffidd A Co., of Piltston, tinder the management CDt H. K Cutler, is doing an immense business in this and adj ailing towns, and is well patronized by all. fuller is ;t thorough business young man and liked by all on account of the kind nnd courteous mall- ■ ner in which all are treated bv him. VXl,. By telegraph to the Gazette. NEWS BY ASSOCIATED PRESS. Chicago, Aug. 7.—A bridge across the Kmbarrass river, near Greenup, gave way last night, and an engine and eighteen loaded freight cars went down. Charles Allen was killed, und M. B. Conlin, engineor, and Geo. Korlin, brakeman, ycrc seriously injured. already participated ill nine engagements, was the winner, and almost telescoped his antagonist. The light lasted twenty-four minutes. OonsidoraUlo monoy changed hands. Two thousand persons, including people from all parts of Clearfield county and adjacent country, were -present. The great majority were well pleased with the sjxirt, and are arranging, for another contest, to como off in a week. CONGRESS STILL PEGGING AWAY Washington, Aug. 6.—All the annual appropriation bill.3 have now.obtained linal passago in both houses of Congress and it is generally expected that the session will end tomorrow evening. The only element of uncertainty in the present outlook arises from the declared intention of the Republican Senators to make an effort to pass the bill for a reduction of internal taxation just in the shape in which It eamo from the House of Representatives, without any amendments, either in regard to internal taxes or reductions of tariff duties. P obulDle Adjournment Tn-Morrow -Tho Revenue Tax Hill A fl iikes-Harre Shoe Dealer in Trouble — Ti e Freight. Handlers' Strike. The Situation of Affairs in Kgypt- The British Engage Aralii Pasha and Defeat Him — The Strike at Colioes and Other Forts. LATE NEWS. CHERRY CROVE OIL WELLS. The Freight Strike Breaking Up. By telegraph to the Gazette. Gleaned and Condensed from tliU Morn- For Now Kngland antj the Middle States, To-Morrow'a Weather Indications. lug's Tapers. warmer, generally fair weather; southerly to j westerly winds: stationary or lower pressure. Using Torpedoes to Accelerate Deteriorat- ing Gushers. Nuw VoiiK, Aug. 7.—The freight ban Hers strike to-day gave evidence of speedy breaking up. Quite a number of strikers applied to be taken back at the piers where they formerly worked. Two hundred men appfiod at the Pennsylvania Railroad piers, anil over one hundred were given work at St. John's Park depot. Thirty old han-is wore taken back nt the seventeen cents an hour rate. The mercury at St. John. N. B., reached St) degrees Friday, the hottest of the season. Bkadfokd, Aug. G.—As an indication that the gushors in Cherry Grove are really deteriorating, the fact is citQd that tho torpedo men are now busy administering glycerine to the declining wells to accelerate their production. On Saturday tho Roberts Torpedo Company had orders to shoot nine wells, which was more than thoy could liandlo. After being shot, the Armour, Hayes & Roth No. 1, on lot G10, started at GO barrels an hour. Tho Warren and Union Pipe Lino Companies have potted their interest in tho Warren field. Sinithman & MunlioH's No. 2, on the southeast corncr of lot G10, is in the sand and promises to start off at 1,500 barrels. Tho Mehoopany OiliCompany are finishing up another promising dry hole in tho southeast corncr pi lot 590. If tho new well is dry, asTsiiji posed, it cuts off another slico from the western edge of Cherry Grovo belt. A F1CHT WITH ARABI. There arc fifty cases of yellow fever at Drowfisville, Texas, and tho contagion is spreading rapidly. Only one death is reported. Found Dying in the Street. Tho Kuglish Troops Test the Egyptian's Strength and Drive Him Hack—Tho Hiitisli Occupy Ismailia. Sax Fkaxcisco, Aug!*1!.—Martin Mier, was found dying yesterday in tho street with a stab in the back.« Ho died soon afterwards. Tho murderer is not known. By telegraph to the Gazette. The I louse adjourning will leave behind it a calendar of some 70G pages, consisting of three divisions: First, the House Calendar proper, which is tho repository of public measures that make ho appropriation of money; second, tho calendar of tho committee of.the Whole House, which is the destination of all bills appropriating money or lands of the United Suites; and third, tho private calendar, to which are referred private measures of every description. On tho calendar there remain 125 measures, the first of which is the sijill establishing ft municipal code for the I.)is» truH of Columbia. The other bills of Alkxaxiwia, Aug. 5.—At 5 o'clock this afternoon tho British troops with a number of field guns served by sailers, attacked tho advanced guard of Arabi Pasha near Ranileh, between the Mahmoudieh Canal and the Cairo Several houses in the village of St. Charh s •Manitoba, have I ■ceil quarantined for smallpox. One death occurred Friday and 0110 Saturday. r At Harmony, Me, Saturday morning, Ktigeno Herd had a dispute with Ids brother Howard about a note, during which Eiigeno shot and kfllcd Howard'. / The Mayor of Newport, R./l., received a dispatch from the Secretary of tlie Navy that the Govern moil t has accepted Coaster Harbor Island for a naval station. Railway Collision. Railway, firing jipon the enemy's position from three sides. Arabi Pasha sent fourteen men with a white llag to the British camp this CONGRESS TO-DAY. Ily telegraph to the Gazette lliiHiness Proceeded with ill the House Under tho "Pound Rule "-—Tho "Work In the Senate. BoniiKNTOWN, N. J., Aug 1.—Two freijUDP trains on tho Pennsylvania Railroad collided near Monmouth Junction yesterday. Frank Haverson, engineor of one of the trains, was seriously injured. Part of tho train took fire and was burned. - morning. The party was received by \{ajor l'ringle. but tho interview was without result By telegraph to the Gazette reconnoisunce in force. Commenting at four o'clock this afternoon, a steady advance was made—the marines upon the railway line, the rilles upon tiie west bank of the Mahmoudieh The object of tho operations to-dfiy was a Washington, Aug. 1 ten o'clock this morning in continuation of Saturday's session. At 10:3."D, after the trau- —The House met at At Nashua, N. IF.. yesterday morning, .Teremmli Caluhmi and Joseph Unrkhnrt wcrp drowned while ba'.liiiift in Ihccamil saction of some business of n%ior importance, tho House adjourned, showing tl.e presence of t'alahan He Jumped From the Train. By telegraph' to the Gazette. importance arc those .to increase tlie efficiency of tho Marine Hospital service; to fix the term of office of Collectors of Internal' Revenue; to establish. a postal savings depository ; to establish the Teja itory of North Dakota; to provide for the exchange of trade dollars for standard dollars and to slop the coinage of trade dollars; to regulate tho removal of causcs from State to Federal Courts; to provide for the ascertainment of tho French spoliation claims; to promote the efficiency of the revenue marine service, and the signal corps; to mitharteo the consolidation of railroad companies, in tho Territories of the United States; to authorize a rVtiied list for non-commissioned' ollicers of tho army; to declare forfeited certain grants of land made to certain Suites in aid of railways; to declare a forfeiture of certain lands granted the Texas Pacific Railroad Company in New Mexico Arizona and California; to suspend tho issue of silver certificates, and to limit the coinage of standard silver dollars; to establish a uniform system 6f bankruptcy; to provide for the issue oi gold certificates, and to incorporate the Maritimo Canal Company of Nicaragua. Thpugh several of tho measures embraced in this calendar have 1kDcii considered as special orders, and Sonato bills of similar purport have been acted upon, tho House has not once during the session proceeded to consider the calendar in the regular courso of leaves a wife and eight alriklrcn Lascastkii, Pa., Aug. 7.—William Miller, of Sirdinhand, last night got on a freight train to. rido to his home, and .mistaking tho place in tho darkness jumped oft as tho train was crossing the Mill crock bridge. Ho fell a dislauce of sixty foot and sustained fatal injuries. .South Staffordshire only ion members. Tlio session of Monday wastlien opened and consideration of business under tlie " Pound llnlu" Was proceeded with. Mr. Kclley, proprietor of the Tiium f/erulil, was committed tor trial Saturday for pnljlishiiifr an article written liy James licdpath. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. Regiment and mounted infantry upon the east bank. The enemy were driven in from all Ihcir advanced posts and were compelled to bring into action all of their troops available in front of their principal line of intrenchmcnts at Kafr-el-Dwar, namo- I3-, aliont four lmttnlions of infantry, a force of cavalry and several gun9, The latter were eouipletelv silenced by the accurate lire of the forty-pounders. The Kjrypliari- infantry held their ground with considerable steadiness. Tlio niari:ies,on the railway, who were under the immediate command of General Alison, pushed the enemy back upon their second line of entrenchments, toward Kafr-el-Dwar. The marines were supported by the South Staffordshire regiment aqd l ilies. They Buffered somewhat, but behaved with the greatest coolness and steadiness under the heavy lire. The ob- '1 lie vicinity of tlie court was crowded Stock Report. Mr. Robeson introduced a bill identical with At (ireenlield, Intl., James Meek accuse I Albert Daily of stealing his Ihtily made a reply which angered Meek, who got a pistol and fatally shot Daily, then killed llini- Reported by Carpenter & Boomer, Rooms 5 and 6 Club House, Franklin street Wilkes-Barre. Aug. 7—3:00 p. m. the revenue bill as it now stands in the Senate, except that it dees not provide for the polariscope tost. He moved to suspend the Closing Bid PennaR.R 61% O. & M., com... D9 Phil. & Read's 27J4 do. pref Lehigh Valley H. & St. Jo. com 85 Lehigh Nav do. pref.. 03 1'., Titusv. & B Union ;Pacific... 118% Northern Pac. com 47% 51., K. & T 3!»% do pref 8!D% 0.,0.&I.C! D. L. Jt W 138 St. Paul, com... 123% Texas Pacific do pref... I35U Del. & Hudson... 115 D. 4 Kio (J (.1% N. J. Central Illinois Central.. 110% West'n Union 88% Met'n. Elev The Cohoes Strike. rules and.put the bill updii its -passage'. The Democratic members opposed the motion, and Cohoes, N. Y., Aug. 7.—Tho Hartaony •mills, after fifteen weeks' idleness, opened thoir gates to strikers this mliming —At ono of the mills thero was no application, and at several there woro so few that tho works were not started. At tho Mastodon Mills sixteen resumed work, and at Noa- ' and 2 mill's fifty looms were started. Tho company will gather tho operatives in ono forco to keep the Mastodon mill in operation. Tho strikers, numbering nearly livo thousand, aro confident that a number of thoso who returned lo work can bo induced not to re-ontor the mills to-morrow. Tho company aro maturing plans for tho general clearing out of tenements occupied by obsti- liy telegraph to the Gazette. 'J'he London Times' correspondent at Yien a says tl at, according to present arrangement , the Kmporor of (iermaii^t)and the Kniperor ol Austria will spend Augus't Otlf together at a quorum not being present, Kobesou will drew his motion. The Uouse then look rc Immediately after assembling, the Senate dispensed with the reading of the journal and , permitted tlio .consideration of sundry measures by unanimous consent. cess for two hours. l.-ehi. George V\'atson, a convict in the peniteuti iry at AVatipuJi, Wis., stabbed und killed another convict, named John Shcavoy, lDccauso tlie latter Htf'.riued I ho officers of a theft by Pacific Mail Erie. com.. Omaha, com., do. pref 50% no% do. pref.. Manhattan Elev, N. Y. Central... I*ake Shore ... Mich. Central.. Rock Island 52IU Ohio Central.... Mobile AO lift& L'ville & N'ville. Sutro Tunnel.... Senator Plumb offered a resolution for Until North West, com. 141% Robinson do pref.. l«i Rich & Dan... Wabash, com 87J4 Rich. & D. Ter. do, pref 66-J4 Central Pacific. adjournment to-dav Three incendiarv I'.res were started at tho jeet of the British operations, which was to compel the enemy to display what lorec and what guns they had in front of the main position. was completely attained. This was as certained by nightfall, when the British were slowly and steadily withdrawn. No accurate return of the killed and wounded is yet obtainable. A htt-ge number of wounded fell into tlio hands of the British. Many dead wefo seen. A considerable number of tlio Seuatoi Morrill objected to the present consideration of the resolution, and insisted oil proceeding with the revenue bill Mr. Cam- same time at .Lancaster Saturday afternoon. Loss $15,000. The horses ran off with a truck, demolishing it and seriously injuring oil market. Oil City, Aug. 7—2:00 p. m, Crude oil closed at 60$£. cron moved an executive Hussion, which \vi«s also opposed by Mr. Morrill. It was cnttieri, however, by a vote of Benjamin Wickshire was murdered in a corn Held near Chilico'Jio, Ohio, on Saturday. lDy one Uiddingg, who recently eloped with Mrs. V/ickshiro. AVickshire hud induced his wife to return, (liddings escaped. two llreine:) New York Markets. By telegraph to the Gazette. This indicates tlmt Mr. Mori ill will lx! dcfoaled in liia oltorUi to take lip tlic revenue bill, and that an adjournment will lie reached 1 to 18. The strikers aro determined to hold oi\,t but they did not interfere with thoso who returned to work. The operatives uro holding a monster picnic to-day at Renstalaer Park. liate strikers. New York, Aug. 7. BEEF—The market was quiet; held firm; new extra mesa, $15t50C3D$10.00. PORK—The market was firm and quiet; new mess $21.50©22.00; old do. $20.75@$21.CK). LARD—The market was higher and firm; prices 15c. to-dav or to-morrow A deputation of citzons call «t the office of the Sportsman, London, Friday, and suggested that a dinner be given to the Hillsdale (Michigan) crew within a month. A committeo is forming to arrange for tho entertainment. enemy were made prisoners. THE DEMOCRATIC POLICY. Philadelphia Markets. By telegraph to the Gazette. business. Tlic British lately made sncccssful experiments with the forty-pounder mentioned while mounted on the iron-clad railway truck., Major Ceneral Clrahatn will take eommand of the British brigade at Hamleli. By telegraph to the Gazette Committed for Arson- Philadelphia, Aug?. 7.. FLOUR—The market was Arm for fresh ground old wheats dull; for new super $2.75@fKw; extra 13.37®$4.00. Penna. family |5.1fl&$5.50; Rye flour |3.75@4.00. WHEAT—The market was firmer with fair demand; Southern and Penna. red $1.10@$1.15; do. amber $1.16®#1.17. CORN—The market was firm; ltfcal demand; steamer 85te.; yellow 90^@91e.; mixed 90c.; No. 3, 86c ©88Wc. OATS—Tne market for old was scarce and wanted at an advance; No. 1 white 78; No. 2 do. 7III®78c.; No. 3 do. 70c.; No. 2 mixed 18c. RYE—Sarce; 75c. for new. Two hundred and thirty propositions Hud a resting-place upon the calendar of the Committee of the Whole—thirty-three of them arc puolie building bills. Among the most important measures on this calendar aro: For the admission of Dakota into the Union as a State; to authorize the coinage of silver dollars on tint metric system; authorizing the construction of vessels of war; to. provide for official mail service between the United States and foreign ports; for the admission of Washington Territory into the Union as a State; to provide for the construction of the Hennepin Canal; to abolisli prize money in the navy; to provide for the construction of the Maryland and Delaware ship canal; to establish a Board of Commissioners of inter- State commerce. More than *100 relief bills practically find a grave in the private calendar, for it is very improbable that during a short session of Congress Knv considerable number of them can receive consideration and Wll.KESlUttltK, Pa.. Aug. 7.—liichard Grail was to-day arraigned to answer th; charge of arson. His attornoy wavod a hearing, and in default of bail Graft was committed to prison to Smother the Tax Hill with Amendments and Debate. The fjiui'lations of Cic extension of Gould's [ tunp works at Seneca Kails,'yielded to tho p-essuro of the embankment 011 Saturday, burying three worknion. J'homas Durni 1 was killed, and tho others seriously injured. Tho building \vas in profess of erection on this stivp side of a lti!i,*wit!i very heavy founda- Washington', Aug. 6.—The Democratic policy 6f obstruction and delay is so apparent that it cannot be misconceived. , At the outset the Bourbons privately avowed their intention of not allowing any measure originated by the Republicans for a reduction of taxation to become a law. They believe the next Congress will lDe Democratic and that then a reduction of taxes will be the strongest card they can play in the Presidential game. The Republican Senators are alive to the manoeuvres of their opponents. They say they do not intend to bo placed in the position of voluntarily" A dispatch .from Port Said, dated August 1, reiterates that British troops have landed at Tsniailia. The Spanish frigate "Carmen" had arrived at Port "Said and was ahont to enter the canal. The British were preparing reservoirs at Suez to insure a plentiful supply of water. It is stated that the Khedive iias authorized the Knglish Admiral at. Port Said to take what steps ho thitiifs-lieccsSwv in the canal, and has conferred upon him the tkle of Governor of the IsthVnis. Two thousmM, horses have arrived at Tal-cl-Kebir. to await the actioj examination fo-dny it w (inilt liail removed from tlDC! stock of boots and shoes before llTf hud boen made to burn down tlio building A number of bis creditors arrived here to-day and liavo seized upon the stock remaining in grand jury ks discovered that lire his best tions. LARD—The market was Hteady; city kettle 18®l3Wc.; Loose butcherc 18c.; prime sieam $l2.87(fc$13. BUTTER—The market was steady for choice; other kinds weak; creamery extra 25@26c.; do good to choice 22C&24c.; rolls dull but very scarce. EGGS—The market was steady; Penna. 2l@22c.; Western 19c. PROVISIONS—The market was steady I'M ward Brown, of Xo 22!) Mondgw street. Williamslmrgh, X. V.. temporarily insauofrom the store long illness, on Saturday niorniii; cut his daughter's throat from car to ear, and then jumped out of a second story window, fracturing his skull and breaking his chill, ' lie will probably difD. but tho girl m iv recover.. She is six years old. FLOODED BY RAIN. CHEESE — The market was quiet but unchanged.PETROLEUM—The market was-flryi J refined Whiskey—$1.18. \ Damage Done by u Furious abandoning a bill passed by a Republican for tlio relief of tho people. If tlio Democrats choose to block public business by filibustering or trying to talk to death the Tax bill, the country will bo made to see clearly upon whom the responsibility for such conduct rests. London, August 5.—The Times' correspondent at Berlin says the greater part of the (icrma 11 press, referring to the occupation of Suez by the British, Acknowledges that Kugland has acted wisely in occupying positions which Storm in ChamberHbarg. Cll.VMIlEltSlU'RU, August G.—OllO of till PittHtoa Wholesale Market*. .$9.50 7.25@7.50 !K) 70 2.-D($26 heaviest rains ever known in this viciuily fell thisovoning. It began nlxDut half past four and fell in torrents for over an hoyr. It was accompanied by sonic thunder and lightning. The house of Dr. Piatt, 011 West Market street, Wilkes-B ure Flour—patent . Flour, straight brands Corn Oats Butter Cheese, new Efflfs rotators new Musi 11st. Ilall opens for the season on the 21th notion. The Speaker's table is tlio depository •now arc of great i*niDortanQC to her ltev. J. lilanchard lluu'.iiuson, foruiorly the pastor 0QI10 Centeiiiiiiil -Baptist Church, is siieudiitg a few days in town. Hois now licated at I bit' i.nv, IV. of about 200 Senate bills, most of them of a private character, including a bill, which lias The correspondent of the Standard at Vienna states that llto news of the occupation of WISCONSIN'S CROPS, Suez has produced a deep impression. Mugland's ascendancytsuow practically acknowledged. Her calm energy and honesty of resolution are making themselves everywhere felt, and her prestige stands on a far higher level than it has for a long time. The Aus- slight. Main street was a sheet of water from w.is struck by lightning, No iireat Injury IJone lDy the Kerent ltalins— Cjood Prospeets All Around. Chop and Feed Meal Salt, coarse, per sack Salt, flue, jH*r sack... Salt, per bbl Bailed Hay, per ton New Hay, •' " Bye Straw passed-the Senate, providing for tho erection of iv public building at Camden, N J., to cost $75,000. Puring tho present session of Oon- Washington to Diamond. M: ny cellars were ■streets. Pt Nick- A tem|Mirary il7fC*tvnD provide fur lite wst* - llow. has been started in the canal from Northampton street to the city limits. Kvciituallv a sewer will be laid there, and tho oanal tilled tlooded 011 Market and Ivi: Chicago, 111., Aug. 5.—Special despatches from tho interior of the State of Wisconsin say that the rains of the past week have injured sprouts, and spring wheat is in danger of rust, but the weather to-day is excellent and the danger is probably past. General Manager Merrill, of tho St. I'aul Railway, thinks that 17.00 gross 7,182 bills and joint resolutions have been introduced in the llouso. Of this im- las A Brother's earpot and furnitur 13.00 stock was damaged to the extent of !?:{00. .T. S. Nixon, druggist, foots his loss at $200. Adam Loluuan, clotklcr, had his winter goods in the cellar, all of which- were more or less damaged, but the loss is small. The residences of Charles Schreiblcr, Theodore Miller, Wilson and Houscr, on Market street, were Hooded Memorial Ciiurcli is to have a new eh ip ■!,. the designs of which, from tho draug liing boards of Architect,Hawkins, are verj much adniirod by all who have-examined them. mouse total 803 have been reported favorably trian Cabinet is using its influence to bring about an understanding between Kugland and Turkey. The Coal Trade, 215 Unfavorably, and uo less than C,134 reniaiti in the hands of iho various committees. Tiireo hundred and thirty-tliroo bills and joint resolutions have passed the House (most of them pension -bills, und other measures of semi private nature, such as grants of a condemned cannon for monuments, etc.), 287 have bccoino laws, und 41 await the Presi- There is still an animated demand for all sizes of anthracite, and the outlook is favoraj ble for« steady trade during the remainder of the season. The stocks on hand at the shipping points are light, the coal being moved forward to fill orders us soon as received. Tho conditions arc therefore all favorable for an From the Miner's Journal of Friday The Youug Men's Hebrew Association will picnic nl f.itziViie Grove to-morrow. leaving ai 8:S« by tlio Lehigh Valley road. This will bo the lirst, or christening party, that will Iikvo The Lesson of 1880 Forgotten. uo great injury has yet been done, and the general feeling is that tho rainy and unsettled weather is over the present. A special dispatch from St Paul gives as nearly as it can be arrived at by competent special agents and otlicial statistics the acreage of wheat in Minnesota. Tho drift of tho report is that tho wheat crop will bo one of the largest and best ever grown in tho Northwest." Oa's will exceed in quantity and quality uny previous yield. Barley is the finest in quility From the Charleston News, Vrmy " ■ Tlio Democratic party eamiot outbid tlio Republicans for the support of tlio high-tariff moil, and no one wlio believes in protection, in the North and "West, will ixite tho IDemo- froin tho mill-race and water poured through tlibin a foot in depth. At this writing the Dnp to this new picnic gromiijfl. (iiurlea Blake, living in Wadhamstown. in the lower part of town, Was arrested on .Sat- Conoeochcague creek seems to bo falling urday upon a charge preferred by 0. W. Colvin, living near T.ee Park, of stealin c ehiek?lis anil oilier articles. Sixteen ehiik-ns and" other lent's approval. The Failing Spriii] , however, is still lisini active and satisfactory business. eratie ticket. Safely lioMi tin inccess, therefore and the residents near it on .Main street lime removed their articles were found on Blake's promises. Last night aliont 10:05 a lire wasdisoovered in KicinU'd (intf's Rhoo stoic on Kast .Market street. The door was ipiickiy broken n|«Dn ami the Ifaines'extingiiislied. lT|ion an exami lalion of the pr 'iiiises it bo.'lmi'! evident that it was the work of some wo ilil-lw ineondiiirv. A hot lire was burning in tlio s'ovc, and paper had I won piled all over aiu\ aroind it. Taper wits also scattered thickly on tlio Moor all over tlio store, and even into the roo us in the rear. The lower shelves, too, linil lieen covered with paper, which hnngover the .ed'c in Mich a manner as to t ike lire verv r -:i.lilA l.C r i- The total product for the week was-072,192 tons, against 656,907 tons for the same week of last year, an iuereaso of 15,285 tons. Tho product for tho year so fur, is 15,327,095 tons, against 14,851,843 tons for tho corresponding per iod of last year, an increase of 475,252 ton A MODERN BULL-FIGHT. The Amused 2,000 People in for t lie PeiiMM-ats, li tarilf foi-_r$/(euue onl 10 direction of "a of which are now Hooded. A culvert on the Cumberland Valley Railroad at tho southern edgo of tho town was washed out, lint will be PiTTSiifKd, Aug. 5.—A. special dispatch to the Philadelphia Time* says: Citizens of Dubois, in Cleartlcld county, to-day witnessed an unusual spectacle, namely, a bull-tight modeled after Spain's fuvorito amusement, with a few alterations The light was a most desjierato one, and before the grand finale was reached many of the most tender-hearted of the spectators became disgusted an I Went Clear 11«1C1 County Of Two Evils Choose the Least The Memphis .1 raianche charges the pover (y of 'IViiih From tlw» Philadelphia New repaired, so that trains can pass over by ten o'clock Tho storm extended only and color, and corn, alone ofaill grains, is not a Hrst-elass crop. Potatoes will yield enormously. The grand total of tho Minnesota wheat crop for 1882 will not be less than 38,000,000 bushels, on an acreage of 2,473,000, against 3,000,000 bushels in 1881, on an acre- •c to whisky and the south of Iho t and but a Texas Giant," at eollar-and-clbow wrest- Julift McMahon defeated Joseph O'Brien •conn north. ling, Friday- night, in Milwaukee, A\ is., winning .the second and third falls. O'Bripu is six foot and ten inches in height, and weighs ter that public opinion is now largely in favor of tlio total abolition of dogs. Kingston lft..' -tff the age of 2,964,000. Tlio largest yield is twenty four bushels per acre, in Carver county, and one-half bushel is the lowest estimate. Goodline eountv will yield oyer 3,000,000 bushels A Harrisbun? siek j»irl cleared Another seoreher yesterday .shade. seno 1 imp was nlsa found standi.ig on a lab ■ within a few feet of the stove, with pap r l eaped lip around it. If tlio Haines had not been discovered in time, a serious lire might have resulted, and tlio neighlioi'mg stores of Messrs. Mcllreevcy and U Boyle would prohaably have siillered- Later in th" evening Graf vii;; arrested bv I'hief of l'olico Mver* as ho v...d drive ' into Tov.nand's ltveistable. Ib' 200 pounds; around thirteen ears of green corn at one meal Satisfaction is felt at Madrid over tho report that all the powers, except Turkey and Kngland, admitted tlio claims of Spain to-be consulted in regard to the protection of tho Suez Canal. With the exception that the active the other day. and picking tno fravr tuenis from town vestcrdji participants wore no gaudy tmiforn pitchforks were used instead of the I tha IjetwcOu Tier teclli with a hair pin* observed. Tlio voting men's meeting well ttttciuicJ yosterd.iv*.. We wish ttieni sin nt the depot, was icat. Ottertail nearly hull' u dozen counties will yield over 1,000,000 2,000,000, and lance by the pieadores the tight was the ex- Ii ever J eat much I think 1 could live on corn — York DisnaO ■I well enough again to •owl work some rust and some act imitation of the Spanish one and won! Mr. A. flood win. our popular d fe. arc siienduipr a t'" ." DvD"('ks v ■bugs have appeared, but uo have delighted the mo exact 112 [p. (Ira! liud lux iili Oit aud lUiy.iuWa lor 10. aul with Kit,.! Tl|vis fur $1,000.— I i.i t per* to note. The gross production of this Sthto and Dakota Territory is estimated at fa,000,000 to 60,000,000 bushels. Wheat The arm lioa on Thatch Ialuml, N. B. Thr hay crop 13 destine The bulls were .Vu'l uo WOlid ant ajid most responsive work Aral it is \VieWtWdiy cupied his nsna' placo in the i.f. K. church pulpit yeateuUy qiornint; and evening. J. O. \Y entirely destroyed in all njiea field at the outskirts of the tow s JicCOtd. |
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