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              3! fretting JJKlt &*■ » PITTSTON. PA., MONDAY, .NOVEMBER 19, 1883. I TWO OBNTS. ) TaOmti per Week. NUMBER 4 48 ( Weakly Established 1860 ( MR. TILDEN'S HEALTH MAHONE'S ADDRESS. codent, and to the forbearance and long sufferance qf the readjusters alone is due the fact that this state is not now bathed in blood. TERRIBLE MURDER. HARD BOILED EGQ8. A NOTABLE CEREMONY. Any body can catch a cold now. Tim trouble is to let go, like the man wbo caught the boar. We advise our readers to kecd u bottle of Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup. What Will Be Bono with One H«i« Conferring: the PtlUim an Arcli- To the Hefcdjuster Party and the People of the United States. "That the reaction will not come is not a matter of doubt. It is true that bourbonism has gained a triumph upon, a campaign of falsehood and deception, by appeals to pas- Bion and by a barbarous resolve to shed as much innocent blood as was necessary to its success. It is true that, by fair means or foul, it has procured a temporary majority, and yet it is equally true that a majority of our people are conservatives at heart and abhor falsehood and violence. In the effort to perpetuate caste, class and race rule by crushing out by force, fraud or otherwise the weak and unprotected in this state, the bourbons have made a gulf between themselves and the readjuster party which will yawn forever, and we will not cross." Two Women Strangled for their Watches and a Little Money. New York, No*. 19.—A very indignant citizen demanded relief in a peculiar dilemma at police headquarters. He was W. H. Ellis, and his business is looking out for bargains. Lately tho Danish steamer Heimdel came into port with a lire raging in the hold, where there were stored 250 cases of eggs, sixty dozen to a box, or 108,000 eggs. The fire cooked the eggs. When they were taken out they were found to be all hard boiled. In this condition the lot was bought lDy Mr. Ellis from L. O. Snnckerberg & Co., it ha - ing been represented to him that a bD ill aut financial stroke might be made by Silling them to hotels and restaurants for use in salads, etc. The agent ate one or two before Mr. Ellis, and the latter paid $200 cash for the lot on the undei'standing, as he claims, that tliey were all sweet and hard boiled. When tliey were delivered he found that the sulphur of the burning matches had impregnated tho eggs and that tliey were not fit to eat. With i08,000 spoiled eggs on hand, Mr. Ellis found himself, as he believes, the victim of a mean conspiracy. He kept the eggs a week and finally concluded to get rid of them. But this proved a harder task than to get them, he attempted to freight ash pwrtu with them, a policeman threatened to arrest him. At the offal dock they turned away from him with horror at the mention of so many spoiled eggs. In desperntion he appealed to. Superintendent Walling, by whom he was referred to the sanitary superintendent of the board of health. 1 here he accordingly presented his case, threatening if he was not relieved to throw the entire mountain of eggs on the sidewalk at Prince and Macdougal streets, where he lias them stored. The health officer suggested that he go to Jersey to dump the eggs there, and when he said he would not do it, told him to get rid of them the best way he could, warning him, however, that if he spilled any in the street he'Would be locked up. dred Thousand ot Them f Significant Statement by the New Meliop Elder, of Cincinnati. York Sun. Cincinnati, O., Nov. 19.—A ceremony, tho first of its kind that has taken place in the history of the Catholic archdiocese of Cincinnati, has been set for Ddo. 13th, the feast of St. Lucy. On that day at St. Peter's oathedral most Rev. Archbishop elect Elder will receive the pallium and also the fuH title of an archbishop. Father P. Smith, the bearer of the insignia of an archbishopal authority from Romb, has arrived in this country and will be in this city about Wednesday. The lite Archbishop Purcell received the pallium from the hands of Pope Pius IX, so that Dr. Elder will be the first archbishop to be thus clothed with authority in this city. The ceremonies, while brief, will be both grand and imposing. All the bishops of the archdiocese have been invited to be present. Among those wbo will participate are Rt Rev. Casper Burges, bishop of Detroit; Rt. Rev. McCloskey, bishop of Louisville; Rt. Rev. Bishop Gilmour, of Cleveland; Rt. Rev. Bishop Waters, of Columbus; Rt. Rev. Bishop A. M. Toebe, oCCovington; Rt. Rev. Bishop Divenger, Ft. Wayne, and all the prioste of tho archdiocese. PDntificial mass will be condncted by Bishop McCloskey, of Louisville, and the oration will be delivered by Bishop Waterson, of Columbus. At tho conclusion of the mass Bishop McCloskey will confer the pallium on Archbishop elect Elder. In the United States there are only twelve bishops, aud the conferring of the pallium is a very rare religious spectacle. Death of a Woman with a Remark* able Career—A Crisis In European A flairs—The Tribulations ol Bead Millionaire#. For dyspepsia, indigestion, depression of spirits and general debility, in their various forma also as a preventative against fever and agufe, Ad other intermittent fever, tho "Ferro- Phosphorated .Klixir of CaliBaya," made by Caswell, Hazard A Co., New York, and sold by all druggists, is the best tonic; and fDD patients recovering from fever or other sicknoss, it has no equal. Beaten In 1883, the Party Must Look Forward to 1884 to Ketrleve the l.oan, He Says—Federal An Awful Tragedy on Long: Island —Tlie murderer Brain a Helpleas Invalid and then Makes Ciood his Escape. Assistance. Petersburg, Va., Nov. 19.—-The long premi sed address of Senator Mahone to the rsadjnster party on the results of the recent election in this state has been made public. The document contains fully 5,000 words and is intended for the whole people of the United States as well as to the readjuster party in i*rticular. The document runs as follows: . Oyster Bay,L. I.,Nov. 19.—A terrible trag edy has been enacted here, two women named Maybee being the victims. The crime was committed in a barn at Brookville, near this town. The motive evidently was robbery, if nothing more. The two women were discovered lying in a pool of blood, all the surrounding evidence pointing to robbery. As soon as the crime was made known, Coroner Valeur tine Bay 1 eta was summoned and viowed.tfio bodies, after which he communicated with the chief of police of Jamaica, who in turn telegraphed word of the murder to the police officials of Brooklyn and New York, together with a description of the stolen properly and the supposed assassins. The plunder for which the two women were slain consisted of two gold watches, open faced, and each having the monogram "L. M." engraved on the back, and 9100 in money. New York, Nov. 19.—In its leading editorial The Bun says: His (Tilden's) health lias lieen destroyed in the public service. He □ears the marks of his exhausting labors, and ae will continue to bear them to tho end of bis days. It is beyond his Btrength to assume ;he work of renovating the federal administration. He has the best right to enjoy the repose of private life, and his countrymen will respect it. They will not prosocute him iu his retirement by any mad attempt to force upon him honors and duties which he oaijjiot possibly accept or undertake. Fits: All fits stopped freo by Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer. No fits after first day's use. Marvelous cures. Treatise and $2 00 trial bottlo sent free to fit cases. SCni to Dr. Kline, 931 Arch street, Phil's, J'u. Cancer Institute, 931 Arch street, Phil's, Pa. fio to it. "Let the fight proceed. If we are to be in the minority in future, it is a minority struggling for principles as strong and holy as when they were backed by a majority. But whether future triumphs come or not, the blessings we have secured for Virginia are fixed and indestructible. Our enemies stand before us. I repeat, therefore, that the struggle against bpurbonism is to ife renewed forthwith, and therefore I call on every local readjuster in Virginia to rally to the standard a id reform to fight in new battlo against their old bourbon foe in tho national campaign of 1884. "To the readjuster party of Virginia: When a dominant party, organized around great asd enduring principles, and composed of a decided majority of votes in a state, is suddenly overwhelmed and made to appear a minority, it is of the highest consequence that every member of the party should infoMn himself whether that result has 1mm brought about by a free and honest expression of the popular will, and if so. which of its avowed principles have become •bnox eus to the majority, or if all are still adhered to, which of them has been betrayed to those intrusted with the great duty of applying aad enforcing them in the governmint of the state." (torn The Tribulations of millionaires. Ban Francisco, Nov. 19.—Ban Francisco millionaires who, when in life, had no known relatives, are found to be blessed with many heirs before they are fairly put under the ground. Blytlie, the eccentric Welshman, furnishes a good example. A woman with whom he had lived claimed to be his widow, while a golden haired girl from England was imported as a daughter of his first wife. This girl, who was coached to weep over the father's coffin and make a pathetic scene whiqh would get into the newspapers, is a fraud, while the real relatives, a sister, nephews and ni-jces, have just beeif heard from in Wales. Several heirs of old Nicholas Skerrett have also emerged from obscurity. One nephew who appeared iu court looked as though he was sadly in need of the coin which he claimed. tuftlY Having secured the comparatively small amount of wealth, the cold blooded assassin left his dying and bleeding victim on, the barn floor/rand under cawar of-darkness made good his escape. 3vCry effort to secure a clue to his hiding place has proved fruitless, although a vigilant search was instituted by volunteer scouting parties. Every possible effort is being put forth by the authorities to capture the murderer, and should he be overtaken in the present temper of the populace it will go hard with him. The scoundrel is described as a man about thirty five years old, short and stout, with a dark complexion. His face is covered with a beard. He weighs about 160 pounds. He wore a long, dark overcoat and a black slouch hat. One of the women was able to describe the murderous villain before she died. Searching parties have scoured the woods and it is hoped that the murderer will bo captured and handed over to the officers of Justice to answer for his foul en me. (Signed), 'William Mahone." THE BONAPAKit TAX CASE. Aa to bloodshed and crime Gen. Mahone •aye "It is not pleasant to hold up crime aid lawlessness to tlie world's gase, but when tiis fruits are mad* to seem the honest will and epiateu of the people it is a patriotic duty te let the truth be known. Virginia, so long exempt (rem the bloodshed and violence which has left suoh foul traces upon the political raoords of some of her sisters, has, under bourbon institutions, been dragged oven *«Us late day into methods no whit less bieody, nor lees brutal, than thoae which prevailed in the palmiest days of Kuklux and White Leagues. When the bourbon faction ■mi is bled in Lynchburg in July last to formulate a platform, a large element of its membership favored the adoption of the 'oolar line.' Bourbon journals proclaimed that Vm true issue of the canvass was the race issue, and that the contest should be forced into a struggle between the whites and the blacks. That such a plank would be inserted in the platform was highly probable, until the final action taken developed the fact that for reasons beat known to themselves tho bourbons had oatojhided not to make a written proclamation ot their purposo to draw the color Hue. Even tha most moderate bourlion did not pretend that this failure to draw the color Una in the platform sprung from lack o£ purpose so to do, but it was admitted on all hands that it had not bean formally adopted from motives of polioy. The tempo- chairman of tfee convention addressed himself to the 'whits people of Virginia.' leading bourbon journals recommended the platform, and white bourbon coadju.ors, under the «W of straightout republicans, « ere tent to thi black districts to disaffect colored voters. The whole burden of the bourbon leaders in tha white districts was to excite raoe prejudices and passions of the whites against the blacks. " As early as September a leading bourbon editar announced to a leader of our party in a pa bile ptaae that the bourbon plan of campaigning was ' tofouy all they ceuld and bully toe remainder.' Bow well this programme was carried out the sequel will show. What was at the time regarded as a sententious pleoe of badinage has now been realised as tbe diss foreshadowing of a bloody truth. A Beclslon Against the Kxecutor of the Estate. label Suit* for Large Amounts. Baltimore, Nov. 19.—Chief Judge Brown, in the Court of Common Council, rendered a decision in the case of Baltimore City against Charles J. Bonaparte, executor of Madame Bonaparte, to recover taxes, some $d0,000, levied on securities of the decedent The court held thut the personal property of a deceased person, which passes to the executor or administrator at hiB death, must continue to be taxed in the place where the deceased person resided at the time of death, and the execu'.or, holding the legal title to the property, was to be regarded as the owner for the purpose of taxation. Boston, Mass., Nov. 19.—The Traveller says: Col. Hnguley, of (Jov. Butler's staff, has begun a suit iu the courts against Alanson W. Beard for alleged libel, uttered in hi speech first made at Lawrence and ropeatec at other places. Mr. Uuguley's attorney has, it is reported, attached Mr. Beard's property to answer a claim for damages to the amount of $25,000. It is further rumored that William A. Simmons is also about to sue Mr. Beard for alleged libel against him, uttered in the same and it is said to be probable that three of the daily newspapers of this city, which gave currency thereto, ar to be joined as defendants. 6 POWDER John Ii, Sullivan's Ultimatum. Chicago, I1L, Nov. 17.—"1 am not going to be east fo|.- tool' months," said John L. Sullivan, "but I will meet Paddy Ryan in- San Francisco any time in December or January-for four rounds, Marquis of Queepsbury rul' s, ou thpse conditions: To give hiip fifty per cent of tlio profits, whether ho stays four rounds or not, or if he wishes to make the match that I cannot knock him out in four rounds I will go for him for everything or nothing. At present I have decided to fight no tiare knuckle contests. I am doing well and do not care to lose my liberty. I have knocked out every one with gloves that I have yet met, and as long as I do that and no one is able to defeat me I shall not resort to the bare knuckles. Ryan knows as well as I do that I am not going to be in Boston for four months, and that I do not wish to fight there. If I did I would only give him thirty five per cent of the profits. 1 am willing to fight him in San Francisco on the terms I have mentioned and pay all his expenses, even if they amount to $1,000. Now let him put up or shut up." RECALLING A TRAGEDY. The Trial of the Avenger of His FjMter'o Murder. Uniontown, jj a., Nov. 19.—The trial of Jaraea Nutt for killing N. L. Dukes in June last will come up the first week of next month. The friends of young Nutt are doing all in their powerto save him, and have secured the servioes of three of the leading criminal lawyers of the country—Senator Voorhees, of Indiana, Marshall Swartiwelder and A. M. Brown, of Pittsburg. Mr. Swartzwelder wps here a few days since engaged in working up the case, and he particularly inquired into the condition of young Nutt's mind both previous to and after the killing of his father in December last by Dukes. Tho trial and circumstances leading to it are the all absorbing topics of conversation here, and there is a general desire to see young Nutt acquitted. If he should be convicted there will be presented to the pardon board petitions for his pardon. The plea of insanity or weakmindednosa will be made in his defense and this plea can bo sustainod by some of the best citizens here, who have known him since infancy. His school teachers will be among the witnesses, and they can tell much that is calculated to have great weight with the Jury. The young man's mother visits him every day, and is always accompanied either by her nephew, Cashier Breckenridge, or her daughter, Aliss Lizzie Nutt The streets here were crowded this afternoon with promenaders, and as Mrs. Nutt and her daughter walked down Main street, dressed in deep mourning, all eyes were turned towards them; but their faces were veiled and could not be seen. Every stranger that comes to town endeavors to see young Nutt, and those who gain admission to the jail shake hands with htm and espras tfateir sympathy. Hs is looking quite' pale, owing to his long confinement, but he has a siaile for all and keeps up his spirits remarkaHly well. The executor also claimed an exemption of $58,000 of tbe bonds of the City of Philadelphia, issued by it for public purposes, and which were exempt under the laws of Pennsylvania. The Maryland law provides that all bonds made by any State, owned by residents of this State, .-shall bj taxed, unless exempted from taxation by the law of tho State authorizing the issue of such bonds. It was entered that this covered city bonds authorized to be issued by the State of Pennsylvania and exempt by its laws. The court held that all exemptions were to be strictly construed, and as the provisions of this law did not expressly extend to municipal bonds, tha claim to exemption could not be sustained. Marlborough, Mass., Not. 19.—Waldo H. Brigham, of Cambridgeport, formerly shoe manufacturer of Hudson, hns sued The Marlborough Times for $50,000 for a£)ged libel in intimating that Brigham set lire to his own property, which was destroyed recently. Louis Burgess, of Cambridgeport, who is interested with Brigham, h:u brought suit for a like amount. Mr. Maybee, the husband of Mrs. Lydia Maybee, is blind and so badly paralyzed that be is unable to walk. To a reporter he said: " It was about 5 o'clock when my wife came into the room where we are now sitting, and told me she was going to milk the cow. My daughter; at the time, was getting supper. After my wife had been gone for nearly an hour,I called my daughter and told her slio had better go and see what kept her mother so long. After she had been gone half an hour I heard strange stops up stairs and soon after some one stood by my side and said in loud tones, "Give me your watoli." I asked, "Who's therei" The reply was,"it's me, and if you don't1 give me your watch I'll kill you." My cane was snatched ouf of my hand and I was beaten until insensible. When I came to I raised the window and cried "Murder." Mr. Mayboe, when told of the murder of his wife and daughter was wild with grief and unable to rise from the chair, where he had been assisted by his wife. He continued to wring his hands in agony through the lonely hours of the night. Absolutely Pure. this powder never varies. 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The Iron Mountain railroad's agent at Liverpool paid these on his own responsibility, but the payment wai repudiated by the company, and now the agent threatens to seize the property, Which cost him 94,000, and sell it for waste paper in satisfac tion of his claim. An Exciting Hotel Fire. Chicago, III, Nov. 19.—There was an exciting fire in the American house, ${0 State street, at midnight last night. The oil room is situated on the second floor, opening into the office. A light was noticed there, but before any one could investigate a bright sheet of flame sprang from the door, and a moment later the fire had ascended to tho third floor through a skylight. Tho hotel was crowded to overflowing, fully 200 gu ests being in the house at the time. A p*nic at once followed. Guest» leaped on to the fire escape in undress uniform aud made for the ground floor, one lady being among those to desceud in that manner. Every window was filled with a frantic group anxious to escape, and for a few moments excitement lieigned. Roes Jones and his son Jnild, of Bucyrus, Ohio, had a room on the fourth floor back. It was fliled with smoke, and they hung . out of the window to p(pvent suffocation. Judd hung on until his strength gave out, when he fell on the roof of a one story shed. He struck on his head, but the slanting roof saved him from fatal injury, and although he was badly hurt he will recover. He was taken to tho county hospital. The fire was soon extinguished. The loss will Tiot exceed $1,000. A Very Strained Situation In Europe London, Nov. 19.—The uneasiness about the continuance of peace has passed into open menaces of war. The tone of the German journals has become absolutely savage. The Kolniache Zeitung shouts out that since a bloody struggle is inevitable the sdouer it takes place the better; and another newspaper declare* that any insults in Spain to the crown prince under French instigation would popularize the idea of a war. At the same time military newspapers inform Italy that she will have to take the offensive in defense of her Uarman ally, and lecture her on the backward state of her artillery. In France there is a cowed silence, but fierce rage, the daily and offensive admonitions received from English as well as German journals, and tho open defiance of a barbarous power like China have added to her irritation. Things look ugly all around, but while Spain is receiving the crown prince the help of a Russian alliance cannot bo relied on by the French republic. His bad credit and the renewed threats of the Nihilists has convinced the czar that he cannot cope with Austria, and the mission of M. de Giers to Bismarck is to crave Germany's help to keep Austria off of Russia. The mau supposed to be the murderer is a tramp who has been in the habit of visiting Brookville once or twice a season for several years past. He claimed to be a native of Hamburg, Germany. This mau was well acquainted with the habits of the Maybee family and with tho surroundings. He was seen in the hamlet late Saturday afternoon. He was met soon after the time of the murder on the turnpike near Greenville walking west A person answering his descriptio passed through the tollgate at Roslyn about eight o'clock, but here all trace ends. Deputy Sheriffs Hendrickaon and Fleming reached the Roslyn toll gate a teyr minutes behind him and spent the night searching for him. The supposed murderer is five feet eight inchee in height and weighs about 100 pounds. His age is about 40. Ho has a short, heavy black beard, and wore a black soft hat and dark clothes. The coroner adjourned the inquest and the bodies of the murdered women lay side by side in the parlor of the Maybee homestead, mute proofs of the most brutal and cold blooded murder ever perpetrated on Long Island. The Kllbonru Case. Nxw York, Nov. 19.—"Gath" says in The Tribune: I met Sepator Daniel Voorbeef and hii eon at the Grand hotel last Wednesday. Said 1: "They tell me you made a fln« argument for Hallet Kil bourn in his suit for false imprisonment against the sergeant at arms." Mr. Voorhees said: "Mr. Kil bourn will always get damages from an honest jury, however often the courts compel him to try his case. No government that is honest can break its own laws. Imprisoning a citizen for standing by the right the government gave him is nothing but punishing a man for doing his duty. The law to him was: Maintain your papers against unlawful •seizure.; Congress tried to be the robber and break it. Juries will compel officers false to their trust from the people to pay the damage." " The prog MM of the canvass developed an. organised system ot dnpMcity practised by our opponents, whereby in black districts they appealed tor support to the blacks on Mm ground that our party gave tham no recogaitiea, but ussd them as mere tools and oat's paw*, while at the same time In white districts their appeals were made to every prejudice of raoe to save the whites from au alleged purpose, or our party to elevate the blacks above them. Contemporaneous with tkcs* appeals, sensational circulars from Danville, Cumberland and elsewhere, tilled with lalae statements of wrongs and outrages 4ou* by aartooas depicting negroes yuaiaUliig while children; pictures of negro SMS with a white child ou one knee and a black child on the other; infamous perjuries as to the utterances of our public speakors, and lies great and small, calculated to excite race prejudiee, were spread broadcast through the white districts of the state, backed by money without stint, while they were studiously suppressed in the black districts and their absence supplied by doubled funds of money. "To buy or bully tho blacks. The excitement became more intense as the buying of flacks became aiore and more apparently impracticable. The violent policy became the mom a*cb*sary to intimidate and inflame whites. Arrfts began to pour into the south side regions, the supply of small arms in our large Aties was exhausted, aud the demand extended as far a* Baltimore, until one democratic headquarters within twenty ailea of Richmond had forty stand of musket* and the Danville region was a walking arsenal The cry that 'white men should rule or die,' the announcement that a war of race* was upeu us, swelled its vokame and velocity. Murder in cold bload began in Madison Uaunty. Days before it was repeated in Danville rumors of the shipment of arms fill.ed the air, aud during the Fair week at Richssand, long before any outbreak occurred, .the knowing ones wero heard to wiiisper and mysteriously predict what would come to ifass *t the proper time. In due time it came, With what premeditation and design it came let every impartial min who reoda the bour- Iiji u press u/id hoard the preparations before d j«dge for hjmself. Who provoked it, who the bourbon journals themselves fUtlfy. With what purpose it was perpetrated, let ths thousands of false circulars turning it to political account spread broadcast. After describing the Danville riot, which he claims was precipitated 0:1 tho blacks by the wlltcs, he continues: — THE — CART-ON New ITork and the Preside* N*w York, Nov. 19.—"Gath" says in The Tribune: Judge Eitch, long register in bank ruptcy here, lays down the proposition that either party which nominates a New York man will be defeated in the presidential election. He says the factions in New York will pull any state candidate to pieces; that tent of thousands of men who voted against Folger are itching for the chance to vote against Arthur and that the young leaders of the old Arthur machine hero are all against him foi slights and conceits except De Witt C. Wheeler. The latter will all work manfully, he says, for an man like Gen. Sherman, who, Judge Fitch sifys, cannot hold out against a flood tide nomination. I suggeste Judge Noah Davis as a New York candidate, but it did not receive the judge's tall indorse- FURNACE, Washington, Nov. 19.—Seldom is a more deeply surprised man than was Postmaster General Gresham, when he read in a Washington dispatch published in Tho Mew York Sun the following words: "What Mr. Chandler has been doing for ten days nobody knows except Postmaster General Gresham, and thoee who ought to know. He took Mr. Gresham away with h im when he started, and they were together several days. Now, on his return, Mr. Gresham starts at once (or Indiana, aud hardly makes a nee ret of his desire that his state shall give its delegation to Gen. Arthur." If Gen. Gresham has been absent from Washington at any time for many weeks, neither"he nor his family nor any of his friends who have seen him daily during that period discovered it. does Gen. Gresham expect to leave Washington immediately, although, under •be advice of a physician, he will do so after he has completed his annual report—probably the latter part of next week. The close attention he has devoted to his official duties during the past summer and autumn have impaired his health, and he will go away for a fortnight to recuperate, and not for the purpose of "stocking cords for 1884," whatever that may mean. General Greihsm'i Surprise, Death of a Remarkable Woman. Niw Orleans, Nov. 19.—SedoniaP. Wagner, widow of Peter K. Wagner, and sister of Gen. John L Lewis, is dead, at the age of eighty five years. She was a remarkable woman and had a remarkable career. A native of Louisiana, while it was a Spanish province, she was the spectator of many interesting events. Her father was a magistrate of tno colony, and she knew all the prominent men ef Orleans for the first half of the century. She met Wilkinson and Burr at her father's table, was one of the maidens who strowed camelias and jasmines in Jackson's pathway through the Place d'Armes to the Cathedral on his victorious return to Chalmette. She danced with Lufayotte when he came here in 1825, and was for years a queen of New Orleans society. She married Peter K. Wagner, who edited The Delta, and was the earnest friend of Jackson, and held while Jackson was president the naval offioe of the port. He was for years the chieftain of the Louisiana democracy, and died just after the war. Her brother was mayor of New Orleans a quarter of a century ago, and afterward a major general of the confederacy. She was one of the jiensioners of the war of 1815, her husband having beeu a participant and wounded in action. Butler's Tkanksxtrlux Procltiua- — WITH — The excitement is most intense aud scores of persons have visited the scene of tho tragedy, morbidly gazing on the features of the dead women. tlou. Boston, Mass., Nov. 19.—A special to the New York Tribune says: "Gov. Butler's Thanksgiving proclamation, stulTed full ot scripture texts and scraps of liynuis, hat been the mild Butlerian sensation of the week. His fast day proclamation wound op with a recommendation to the ministers to attend to business and let politics alone. This one, as if to slight the church observance of the day, dwells on family feasting and merry making, and quotes the Saviour's words as he passed the cup, 'Drink ye all of it'— a shocking blunder, as this was uttered at tho sorrowful last supper, and was followed by the words, ' for this is my blood.' If not a blunder, it is the most shocking flippancy and irreverence. SMITH'S GRATE. Shooting Himself In n Fit of A use St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 19.—A pistol shot was flred on the second floor of No. 22 North Second street, where Herman H. Liempke's glaa* painting shop is situated. Among his employes was the proprietor's brother, J. H. Liempko, a single man, thirty years old, who was addicted to excessive drinkiug. During the present week he lias given way to his failing repeatedly, and while under the influence of liquor he went to No. 913 North Twelfth street, where lived with his brother, and caused a serious disturbance of the peace. When he went to the shop to work his brother reproved him for his shameful oonduct, and the result was that the offender betnme very angry and demanded his pay for the week, saying that he would quit work. Mr. Liempke said he would deduct for the days that he did not work, and this added to his brother's auger. In a frenzy he rushed toward the business office, and drawiug a revolver from his pocket, shouted back in the shop ".Herman, look here." Several of the employes thought, like Mr. Herman Liempke, that the man was about to commit murder. Mr. Liempke said: " Oh you won't do that," but scarcely had the words left his lips when his brother raised the revolver to Jiis right temple aud fired. Death ensued in a few moments. uieut. George Vanderbilt, youngest son of William H., the Sagamore, was twenty one years of age during the week ]Dast,ancl received two millions and a half of dollars, of which one fifth was accumulated earnings on the "grandfather'! legacy of two millions. Mr. James McHenry gave the young men the set of chess men Napoleon Bonaparte used at Saint Helena—his last army to be set in motion—and the chest board on which the freshly dissected heart ol the emperor was placed. George Vanderbilt has literary and newspaper inclinations and is a modest young person. 100 Different Styles and Sizes. Wu believe this to be the Sbe Loved (be Convict. Bklvidkri, N. J., Nov. 19.—Smull and the other prisoners who escaped from tho Belvidere jail have not yet been captured. On Thursday ninht Smull purchased ail overcoat at a farm house near Oxford, and drank milk punA. As the farmer did not know him hu failed to notice the direction Smull had taken. It is the prevailing opinion here that Miq? Bowers was in love with Smull and aided him to escape. His departure must have been known in advance by his friends, as a telegram was received at Belridere on Thursday afternoon, and another hi the evening, asking if Smull had escaped. MOST PERFECT WORKING FURNACE *— Tbe Great Niagara Bridge Nearly Completed. The World's Leading Optician Dead. Boston, Nov. 19.—Robert B. Tolles, one of the leading opticians of the world, died in this city after a lingering illness, which finally culminated in Bright'* disease. Mr. Tolles was born in Connecticut in 1828, and came to Boston in March, 1887. He was well known to all opticians and microacopista, he having mode the only one-eeventy-flfth micr&copic objectives in the world after the leading opticians of Europe had said it was impossible. Lockport, N. Y., Nov. 1(7.—In a day or two one of the greatest engineering feats of modern times, the first cantilever bridge ever built in America, will have spanned the great chasms, 500 feet wide, of the Niagara River at Suspension Bridge. The last section of this massive work, which will bo placed in poaition then, will be the keystone of the arch, and will, of necessity, be fitted to a hair to the exact dimensions of the space to be filled. The last pieces are now awaiting the finishing strokes at the Central Bridge Works in Buffalo. There is some work to be done after the crossing is complete, but there is now no doilbt that the bridge will be ready for the passage of trains of cars by December 1. The bridge has been completed in a shorter time than any work of its kind ever was built before. The first work was begun on April 20, just seven months ago. The bridge approaches will not be done as soon afD the bridge itself, but all will be ready for the tracks by December 10, and the Canada Southern and New York Central roads will then have their own bridge over the Niagara. .. Naval Utile era Wanted. Boston, Mass., Nov. 10.—The United States ship Shenandoah was ordered into commission on Nov. 1, and is now in the stream ready to sail, but thert are only three officers aboard—the commander and two lieutenants. The department ordered the full complement of officers, but most of them, through sickness or resignation, have managed to evade the order. This is due, it is said, to tbe fact that officers who hold what are called "soft" positions desire to remain ashore. The department seems at a loss where and how to fill the complement. IN THE MARKET, and haresecnred the agency for t he New York, Nov. 19.—"Gath" says: George H. Butler, "Ben's" nephew, has said some good things, among others: "A newspaper man is like a partridge—never shot at till he rises." After an affray at New Orleans in which George's bead was injured so that he was declared by physicians liable to become an imbeoile, his unfle "Ben," with tears in his eyes, said: "George, what can you do with your brain softened and your mind Cone(" Said George, without a smilo: "I can write oilitorials for the New York Herald." The Herald Discharged Illm. Currleu's Insane Freak. Cincinnati, Nov. 19.—The Memphis, Louisiana, Nashville, St. Louis, Louisville, Lexington, Latima, Washington Park and Chicago Driviug Park Jockey Clubs and leading breeders of the South and West have accepted the call of the Louisville Jockey Club for a turf conference, for the purpose of adopting a uniform scale of weights and rules and to consult as to the adoption of the most (triugent measures and laws to eradicate fraud and purify the truth. It is sincerely hoped by turfmen here that the eastern clubs will be repres nted. A Conference of Jockey Clubs. STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA Paris, Nov. 19.—The physicians who have examined Currieu, who endeavored to shoot Prime Minister Ferry, state that he is Buffering from the effects of a recent attack of typhoid fever. He does not belong to any anarchist society. It is believed that his mind has been affected by reading revolutionary literature. No political importance is attached to his mad freak. AND THE ''tiidWltaueous with these occurrences the crack of the bourbon weapon engaged in political tourter resounded and the bourbon knife sunk deep in the counties of Charles City, Halifax, Hanover, Floyd, Augusta, 1 and elsewhere, mingling with Subbath day sympathies from the bourbon capital, and the race ory wds sounded with a brutul ferocity intense enough to make Virginia the rival of any southern state in ber record of bloodshed and lawlessness. These, fellow citizens, were the means resorted to. The results were all the bullc'ozers coultl have hoped for. In the city of Danville, where Cameron received in 1881 votes numbering '69, and Wise in 1882 received 841 votes, and wliere l,:t79 readjuster votes were enrolled, 1DjI i.'C votes were cast for the co.ili.ion candidate, w hose life was threatem-1, and \\ liosu* 0 ■(!!«, It is said, had been actually made ami 1 aidTor by the party of honor and intelli- JJB1U*." IHaJor Nickerson Resign*. Washington, Nov. 19.—The president has accepted the resignation of Major A. N. Nickerson, to take effect from November 15. Major Nickerson reported his addresjfor November to the war departmnnt as Philadelphia. His letter was postmarked Tuorold, Canada, and contained a surgeon's certificate of disability on account of wounds. This it is supposed was sent as a reason for not obaying the order to proceed to Washington. SOUTHERN STATES Setting ttae Clocks Back. New Yobk, Nov, 19. -*-W. H. Allen, secretary of the railroad time conve ntious, has received advices that all the principal cities throughout the country have adopted the new time standard. London, Nov.. 19.—The oarsman Elliot offers to scull Bubear on the Tyne for the championship of England. He says it is the last match he will enter before his return to Pittsburg. He denies the statement that at the recent Pittsburg regatta he wets bribed by bookmakers to stop Hosmer and that the judges disqualified him in American regattas. He had the most enthusiastic leavetaklng in Pittsburg. He was seen off from the depot by the mayor, an ex-mayor aud the most of the leading citizens. Billot's Racing; In England. Call and examine the A Suicide's Will. Utica, N. Y., Nov. 19.—The will of the late Arthur B. Johnson has been admitted to probate. It gives to his wife $10,fl(K) iu trust for his children, to be divided equally umong them, shor • and share alike. All the rest of his propprty and estate, real and personal, he leaves to his wife, whom he appoints sole executrix of the will. Tue instrument bears date August BO, 1872, and is witnessed by «ard Hunt Jr., of Utica, and John W. yle, of New York mills. Hendricks and lb« Mpenker«h:p CCOO A RRKR TTTTT OOO NN C O.AAR R T OONN O AARR T OONN O A A RRRR T O O N » i O AAA R R T OONN. O OA A R R T OONN COCO AARR T OOO N N Chicago, I1L, Nov. 19.—Ex-Governor Hendricks was in the city yesterday, au I i.i un interview fays: "I should liko to see Cox elected speaker. Randall is a little e.v ue.no DOTLETS ON THE I, O'Oonnell to Have Another Reprieve London, Nov. 19.—It is probable that the trfal of O'Donnell for the murder of Carey will be further postponed, the counsel for the defense requiring more time to prepare their cose. llr. A. M. Sullivan, of O'Donnell'a counsel, who was suddenly taken ill while in court on Thursday, is still seriously indisposed, and may not be able to appear at the trial. «. Gov. Ludlow lias declined to reprieve John Chisliolm, the Newark (N. J.) convicted wife murderer. He will hang next Thursday. in one direction and Carlisle too much so ot. the otlier. .The latter also hails from Km tu£ky, »l)d should he be elected it would give an increased impetus to the southern scare, which they are endeavoring to create. Cox is satisfactory to everybody and unsatisfactory to no one. I should not Ixt surprised to see him win, in view of the sharp fight in congress between tho other two. lie will get two votes from Indiana and perhaps thrco." The ex-gevernor ulso-uijstoriously intimated that he knew the man wfBTrould carry New York, but would not mention any names, "for fear of I tapping on any one's toes." before purchasing your furnace this fall. Frederick M. Ker, the defaulting clerk of Preston, Kean & Co., of Chicago, H&s been sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary. PITTSTON STOYt: CO, Crown Prince Frederick William of Prussia has arrived at Genoa en route to Spain. Ho was warmly received by the German residents.Tlio Hardw of Tbomaa Barrows. Portsmouth, N. H., Nov. 19.—The authorities of the town of Kittcry, Me., offer $500 rfeward for the arrest of the persons believed to have murdered Thomas Barrows. Public suspicion is strong that Mrs, Barrow* is concealing important facta. Many new facts have been discovered, conclusively proving murder. "The above are only samples of the methods resorted to by the bourbons. Bribery and corruption appear to have been the order of proceedings generally throughout the state. MecalllnK field's AmiuIu,  Chicago, 111.,Nov. 19.—An order was made by Judge Moran iixihe ticoviile divorce esse granting tho custody of her child, Bertha, to Mrs Francis Maria Home, formerly Mrs. Scoville, sister to Charles J. Guiteau, the murderer of President Garfield. misa Anderson's Studies. ESTRAY DOG. London, Nov. 19.—The director of the print room of the British museum is authority for the statement that Miss Mary Anderson visited that room is order to study tht coMimn of "Romeo and Juliet" Came to the premises of the undersigned, ft North.Main btreat, l ii'ston, on the 4th Inst., black Newfoundlaud Dog, which the owner ca have by proving property and paying char|C s. The Fenian Brotherhood will celebrate tha sixteenth anniversary of the execution of the "Manchester martyrs" on Friday eveulng next atJCooper Institute, New Vork. "In the history of politics in this state thi reemmt -jtflf H thank God, without pro Not. 17, 1863,