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              Mmnin$ J|Rte fefetie PITTSTON, PA.. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY !», 1884 I two obnt*^ I Ten Otnti par "Week. HI Weekly 491 ( ihed 1860 I AFFAIRS AT THE CAPITAL. THE COMMITTEES. On Manufacture of Salt—Messrs. Ellsworth, McCarthy; and Kiernan. On Game Laws—Messrs. Otis, Gilbert and Van Schucb. Coal Oil or Petroleum may bo very nico for illuminating or lubricating purposes, but surely it is not the proper thing to cure a congh with. Dr. Bull's Congh Syrup is looked upon as tho standard (Singh remedy A WIDE CIRCUIT. ANOTHER SHOCKING TRAGEDY. UNDERVALUATIONS. rest Case Before lewstaiy FoI*e*~ A Man Dnd Woman Found I'ncon- Fttz John Porter's Case. That Will Labor in Mow York's . Brents in the Old World Recorded •clone In a Pool of Blood. Importers of New York, Boston And Philadelphia Implicated. Washington, Jan. 9,-r-The test case mads ay the New York oomadttee at tobacconists, consisting of J." Arou, Lorin Palmer, C. Holt, J. Ehrman and E. Springarn, wsa argued before Secretary Folger by Judge Bhelabarjar. The committee represent the tobacoonists who wers victimised by the fraudulent packing of importers. The purpose the committee have in view is top*vent such goods from paasing the New York custdtn house in future. . Gen. Pits John Porter was at the capital In a very hopeful mood. He clai . s the votes of almost all the New England members. Lieutenants John W. Danenbower and R M. Berry and Chief Engineer Melville were before tho Greely relief board. Their suggestions in regard to the proper fitting out of a relief expedition do not differ materially from those advanced Tjy the Arctic experts who have been examined by the board. "Richelieu" Robinson's resolution asking the postmaster general for information about the British spy who is said to have Inspected the United States mails in New York, loosing for Fenian matter, was adopted by the house. The senate financa committee discussed Mr. Sherman's bill permitting national banks to take out circulation to the amount of ninety per cent, of their bonds. No action was taken. The bill will probably be reported favorably. The houso judiciary committee has secured thereferenoe of all railway land grant forfeiture bills to it. 11Da public lands committee, however, has taken jurisdiction of the matter and ho# already determined to report bills forfeiting soma 7,090,000 acres of land grants in tH'j south. The judiciary committee determined to make a fight for jurisdiction over this subject. The Wisconsin State Historical society petitioned in favor of the publication of the prbpoeed centennial history of the United States. Legislature. Joint Library—Messrs. Fasaett, Gilbert and Tiiacher. by Cable. OTSWR BaT, L 1, Jan. 9.—A tragedy baa occurred in this place which will result in the death of James C. Townsend and probably in the of his wife. The Townsands are a very aristocratic family. Mrs. IWhsfiid is a sister of Gen. Wjrnder, of liibby prison fame. They are each eighty yean old, aad live in a retired way. They are very wealthy people. Mr. Townsend has been the executor of many large estates. He is very active for his years, and rides horseback almost daily for exercise. Tuesday morning Israel Potter, a colored man who worked for the family, went to the house and made a noise to wake them, supposing them to be asleep. Later ho went back to the house and looked into the kitchen through a window. The house is in a lonesome place, and the house next to it, belonging to the Under hill estate, is oocupied by a colored woman only. Potter saw Mr. and Mrs. Townsend lying on the kitchen floor, the woman's body lying on top of her husband's. Peter at once gave the alarm and Coroner Baylis and others hastened to the house. Both parties were unconscious. They had been beaten with a clufe, and the kitchen floor was .saturated with blood. Mr. Townsend had been frightfully handled. His Bkull is fractured and be will die. Mrs. Townsend bea. .i and choked, but there is a chance for her i covery. The object of the assault on the Townsends was robbery. The assailants took their time to plunder the house and eat supper. It was thought the family were surprised while at the tea table. Mr. Townsend must have made some resistance, judging from the condition of the room. The extent of tho plunder cannot be stated until Mrs. Townsend is restored to consciousness. The neighbors, however, think it must be large both in Jewelry and money, as a good deal of both were kept in the house. The family had no female servants. A colored man, named Simeon Rapalye, has been arrested on suspicion. His reputation hitherto has been good. The officers decline to state the reasons which led to his arrest. A general notice has been sent to officers in all the villages westward to arj-est a slim man without an overcoat, of dark complexion and cross eyed. Mrs. Townsend, later in the day, regained consciousness and Baid: "Simeon Rapalye did it." She then relapsed into unconsciousness. She again became conscious and said: "Simeon Rapalye came to the house for money for washing done by his wife. I went up stairs foe a pocketbook and cnme down. I know of nothing that followed." At intervals, when conscious, she repeated the statementRules—Messrs, McCarthy, Ellsworth and Jacobs. j. -. . 11 ■ 1 The Abandonment of the sondan m Kahdt Bssptsed—Herr W* alkie n"-"— •N Speaker (Mart aad President Mc- Carthy Bad the Long Agony— itow the Chairmanships fiave been Diseased of. Joint Library—Messrs. Geddes, Palmer, Becker, Koohe and Kelley. Sub-committee of the Whole—Messrs. Day ton, Kittle, Nason, Sari, Forsyth, Cbilda Beckwith, Walrath, Allen, Geddes, HaskCn£ Bly, Priddy, Pierson, Price and Clinton. The chair made tho following appoint ments: Postmaster, Neil Morris; assistant postmasters, W. E. Drury, Chas. D. Schister, G. E Goetz, Geo. M. Bostwick, J. M W. Getty, E M. Brown. Janitor, Garret J. Benson; assistant janitir, Max Sparenberz. Clerks to committees—ways and means, Elisha B. Powell; judiciary, W. H. Flewellau; railroads, Carlos A. Miller. General committee clerks—H C. Stoddard, Ezra B. Chase, O. F. Vedder. General messengers— Anderson D. Lawrence, Orrin S. Hall and Geo. D. Henry. Speaker's messenger, Ralph W. Murdock. Clerk's appointments—Assistant clerk, Almon C. Greene; deputies— Kobert A. Snyder and Cyrus Lawrence. Nervousness, Nervous Debility, Neuralgia, Nervous Shock, St. Vitus Dance, Prostration, and all diseases of Nerve Generative Organs, are all permanently and radically cured by Allen's Bram Food, the great botanical remedy. $1 package, 6 for $o.—At druggists, or - by mail from J. H. Allen, 315 First Avenue, New Tork City. Bow the Government lows Thou. ■and* of Dollars—Surprising Reporta from the Investigating OMclals. London, Jan. the nephew and  ant of SoudeUdn, a man of the same name, who waa shot and believed to have been killed at the same time that the Nihilists attacked and killed Lieut. Col. Soudeikin, the commander of the gendarmerie, is now known to be still alive, but delirious, and unable to give any intelligible account of what occurred. The Nihiliste have condemned two public proeeontors to death, and have aent a threat of death as well to Arschiffsky, who has been before threatened. Many working men have been arrested at Perm, in the rural district, on suspicion of being connected with secret socialist organizations. Sr. Pbowsburq, Jan. 9.—Count Tglstoc, minister of the interior, baa caused his body guard to bo. increased to thirty men since the discovery in Lieut. Col. Sudeiken's rooms of the Nihilist letters threatening death to the count. Washington, Jan. 9.—The discovery of extensive frauds upon the revenue by undervaluations and other practices will undoubtedly lead to new legislation, as well as prosecutions and civil suits against some of the leading importers of New York, Boston and Philadelphia. The resolution introduced by Mr. Converse calls for all tho information which the secretary of the treasury hftn respecting these fraud# so far as they relate to the imports of wools and woollen yarns, but the information of the secretary shows that the frauds are by no means confined to the importation of wool. In the matter of silk, the United States consul at Horgen, Switzerland, reports that on thirty niuo invoices of silk shipped from that place to New York, between September 1 and November 1, 1883, the advances made by the.appraisers amounted to nearly *8,000. These bilks were shipped to the following New York firm*: Luckemeyer & Schefer, Stapfer & Streuli, Fleitmaim & Co., Victor & Achelis, C. A. Auffmordt & Co., lselin, Neeser & Co., Oberteufter, Abcgg & Daniker, H. Oberteuffer's Sons, Werner, Heschner & Co., and Ed Warburg & Co. The consul at Basle reports great under valuations of velvets aiid shore plush ribbons. One of the most successful tricks of dishonect importers, he reports, is the invoicing of a small quantity of correctly valued goods in a large shipment of undervalued ones. He reports fifteen invoices of gibbons shipped to C. A. Auffmordt & Co., of New York, to C16,000, which were fraudulent. Albany, Jan. 9.—In the assembly unanl. mous consent was given to Mr. Curtis, of St; Lawrence, to offer a concurrent resolution memorializing congress to take action in relation to stamping out pleuro pneumonia existing among cattle on the Atlantic seaboard. Adopted. Strength to vigorously push a businc??, strength to stuJy for a profession, strength to regulate a household, strength to do a day'i labor without physical pain. Do you desire strength? If you are broken down, have no energy, feei as if life was hardly worth living' you can be relived and rostorod to robust health and strength by taking Brown's Iron Bitters, a sure cure for dyspepsia, malaria, weakness and all diseacs requiring a true, reliable, non-alcoholic ionic. It acts on tho blood nerves and muscles and regulates every part of tho system. The standing committees of the house were announced aa follows: Waysand Means—Messrs. Littlejihn.Piioe, Howe, Erwin, Boynton, O'Neill, Becker, Rice, Welch, Johnson and Smith. Judiciary—Messrs. H us ted, Scott, House, Westfall, Clapp, Nash, Boyd, Smith, Van Cott, Nelson and Wilcox. C eneral Laws—Messrs. Kent, Hunt, Haskell, Kruse. Beckwith, Kneeland, O'Brien, Bums, Driess and Brown. President McCarthy announced the standing committees as follows: Ganais—Messrs. Clinton, Baker, Schoemaker, Pratt, Sweet, Hoath, Binder, Walrath, Welch, Ackrone and Allen. Affairs of Cities—Messrs. Roosevelt, Van Allen, Hendricks, Lipp, Nelson, Forsyth, Haggerty, Coffey, Rice and Clark Railroads—Messrs. Scott, Doyle, Lipp, Littlejohn, Kittle, Owen, Vedder, Ely, Dimmock and Osborne. On Finance—Messrs. Lawrence, Bowen, Low, Davidson, Jacobs, Thatcher and Murphy.On Judiciary—Messrs. Ellsworth, Tbfroos, Gilbert, Lansing, Comstock, Coggeshall, Nelson and Van Schnick. Fob Sals.—Two or threo family residences and lota on Mill street (near Maiu Htrnot anil the Ferry bridge), will bo sold on reasonable terms to suit purchasers. Apply to Henry Slevon*, 12 Mill Btreet, PitUton, l'». He Despises the Ulahdi. London. Jan. 9.—It is said, on excellent authority, both at Alexandria and Cairo, that Nubar Pasha, who has assumed the leadership of the new ministry under the khedive, not only detests El Mabdi, but despises him and does not believe that he has any power except such as is brought to him by Christian opposition. He has long considered the abandonment of the Soudan by Ou Railroads—Messrs. Thomas, Baker, Low, Arkell, Nelson, Newbold and Plunkett. On Cities—Messrs. Gibbs, Mc- Carthy, Lansing, Daly, Cullen mid Thatfljer, Commerce and Navigation—Messrs. House, Tremper, Hall, Hawkins, Binder, Shoemaker, Seeber, Butler, Donahue, Duffy and Miles. On Commerce and Navigation—Messrs. Fosse tt, Vedder, Arkell, Coggeshall, Kiernan, Robb and C Cmpbell. A Fair Offer. Insurance — Messrs. Vau Allen, L9cke, Hodgee, Dean, Lewis, Bailey, Husted, Haggerty, Cody, Church and Maher, Banks—Messrs. Erwin, Pierson, Howland, Haskell, Taylor, Locke, Roosevelt, Wilcox,. Brown, Mullauey ftnd Harpending. Internal Affaire—Messrs. Hunt, Olin, Oarbutt, Kneelland, Smith, Dibble, Horton, Brown of Chenango, Walrath, Brown of Schoharie and McDonald. On Canal?—Messrs. Robinson, Comstook, Vedder, Coggeshall, Robb, Van Schaick and Plunkett. 1 The Voltaic Celt Co., of Marshall; Mich., offer to send Dr. Dye's Celebrated Voltaic Belt and Electric Appliances on trial, fCy thirty days, to men, old and young, afflicted with nervous debility, lost vitality, and many other diseases. Egypt and Turkey as not only es initial to the internal economy of the country, but as in the end inevitable. El Mahdi's brother has been captured and brought to Cairo as a slave. He says that El Mahdi will not oppose Turkish authority. He is simply opposing unjust taxation and defending himself in that position. K On Insurance—Messrs. Baker, Bowen, Daggett, Fassett, Kiernan, Titus and Murphy. The secretary of the navy was asked to Inform the senate what the original cost'of all vessels in the naval register and the total expense of repairs on them sinoe their construction.Clerk Vrooman has announced bis appointments as follows i Asaistaut clerk, B, Gage Berry; journal clerk, C. R. Dayton; doputy clerks, Geo. K Gilluly, O. Kellogg, ii H. Groesbeck and Eleazor Baldwin; librarian, Stafford Mosher; assistant librarian, L. V. 8. Mattison; superintendent of documents, R. Piatt. Special Agent Brackett, of New York, reports undervaluation of aniline dyes imported by Heller & Merz, of New York, and that the United States district attorney has decided to bring suit for $35,000 for the ▼aiue of the merchandise imported, with the duties added. The same firm has previously paid $10,000 penalties for fraudulent invoices on aniline dyes. See advertisement in this paper. England's Boer Allies. London, Jan. 9.—Lord Derby, secretary of state (or colonial affairs, has dispatched to the Boer chiefs engaged in the late wars the final decision of the government, fixing the political status, and announcing the extant to which the concessions qsked wilj be granted. Such of the Boer chiefs as gave effective support and assistance to, and acted In good faith toward, England during the war are to be entitled to such lands as thoy have claimed. The trade routes will be laid outaide of the new boundary lines which herself will draw, and the lands conceded to the Boers will be in no way in- Affairs of Villages—Messrs. Noxon, Price, Priddy, Van Duzer, Garbutt, Sweet, Kruse, Allen, Fetten, Aekrayd and Diaimick. Mensman's Peptonized Beef Tonio, the only preparation of beef containing Its entire nutrl tious properties. It contains blood making, force generating and life sustaining properties ' invaluublo for indigestion, dyspepsia, nervous prostration, and all forms of general debility also, in all enfeebled conditions, whethor the rosult of exhaustion, nervous prostration; overwork, or acute dicease, particularly if resulting from pulmonary-complaints. Caswell Hazard & Co., proprietors, New York. Sold by druggists. A NOVEL MOTION TkC Out of the Wo*dkl)l Slstern Roads and Bridges—Messrs. Priddy, Hall, Briggs, Van Duaer, Peau, Jone*, Curtis, Childs, Maher, Whitman and MoCabe, NEW YORK'S STATE PRISON8. • Again la Coirt. New YorC, Jan. ft—In the court of general sessions Mr. William F. Howe, counsel for Alice and Harriet Woodhall, made a novel motion in tlie case of the notorious Woodhall sisters, who can» into prominence last spring in the suit brougMby the children of John Gill, the millionaire octogenarian, whom the GHU-faiiUjr claimed the Woodhall Bister.,' during their control U servants, had so manipuliten as "to become possessed of Over $100,000 in convertible securities and bonds and over (29,000 in real estate. It was alleged that during the proceedings in lunacy the sisters had tried to kidnap oid Gill out of the jurisdiction of the court and committed au unprovoked assault on the daughter and son of Mr. Gill. For this they were convicted, and with the penalty of one year in the penitentiary staring them in the face, it is said they absconded. Mr. Howe denied that they hfui absconded and demand ed that the court should provide him with a copy of an indictment for forgery against Alice Woodhall, which had been presented by the grand jury. Mr. Howe said that the indictment for forgery was found to bring the defendant within the jurisdiction of the oourt, so that in the event of failure to convict of forgery the sentence could be imposed in the assault case. r agent in Eurjpe submits a list of sixty-one Invoices of embroideries shipped from St. Qalle, consigned to houses in New York and Philadelphia, whose undervaluation was about (70,000, or about twentytwo per cent. These invoioes were consigned to thaiolio wing houses in New York; L Fried bergpr, Haager & Weldberger, Bttlinder Bros., Ridgeiy & Co.. Muser Bros., A. Ilaffan & Co., Einstein, Hirsch & Co., Lawson Bros,, Leon Levy, Pollak & Guggenheim, Block & Berthee, Newberger & Co., Oberndorf & Heidelberg, C. T. Stroup, Sable and lessen; and the following in Phil adelphia: Loob & Bhoenteldt and 11. D. Pulaski & Co. In addition to these there are a large number of other cases, all of which will be brought to the attention of congress.  Public Printing—Messrs. Locke, Taylor, Joyce, Zimmerman, Nelson, Barager, Hasbrouck, Hooley, Odell, Nagel and Graig. Superintendent Baker's Annual Re- port—Tile Contract System. Albajtt, N. Y., Jan. 9.—Superintendent Baker's report relative to the state prisons was presented to the legislature last night. The earnings of the Sing Sing prison for the fiscal year were $237,288; expenses, (183,219; of Anburn, $125,280; expenses $119,857. The earnings of Clinton prison were $44,542 and the expenses $94,878; showing a deficiency in the prison of about $50,000. Despite the running behind of Clinton prison, the net profit on the three prisons for the year is about $9,000. With regard to reforming prisoners Supt Baker says: "Labor is nut required- solely to make prisons self Busporting, but to redeem the oonyicts from the effects of past habits, to teach them to support themselves, to kindle into activity in them latent manliness and self-respect, to fit them to save themselves from vicious and criminal practices, and to train them to become servants of society rather than scourging enemies." Public Health—MsBsrs. Cartwright, Palmer, Owens, Becker, Heatb, Smith, Hubbell, Roche, McCabe and Hooley. Charitable and Religions Societies—Messrs. Palmer, Hodges, Lewis, Briggs, Oliu, Horton, Hawkins, Jackson, Ely, Johnston and Johns. Mr. Austin Corbin telegraphed Superintendent Barton, of the Long Island railroad, to offer a reward of $500 for the arrest and conviction of the criminal. Postmaster Sam'l A. Hewitt. (Public Education—Messrs. Veeder, Moreland, Bailey, Cartwright, Kent, Clinton, Noxon, Earl, Higglns, Church and Nelson. Militia—Messrs. Heath, Daily, Nash, Tremper, Curtis, Roosevelt, Vanduser, Donohue, Mahar, Johnson and Haggarty. Of Monterey, Mich., delivers himsolf in this wise: ''For colds, burns, sore throat and rheumatism, Thomas' Eclectric Oi' cannot be beaten. 1 say keep it up to the standard, and it will satisfy the people. I shall send for a new supply soon." Pmm In the Faderland. THE NEW COT T© THE WEST. BMMXJJf, Jan. 8.—The Emperor William received a formal delegation from the newly elected members of the magistracy, and, in reply to the complimentary address, mode anCuxtended speech, touching with unusual freedom on semi political matters. The emperor said that he felt a perfect confldeno in the continuance of peace in Europe, and that the frMndly personal relations which existed between the government an#* tho German people, and the quiet »nd desire for peace existing among the nations of .Europe was the best guarantee of security and development that the German empire could have. Lackawanna and Western to Flgbt If Forced. Nkw York, Jan. 0.—There is no longer any doubt that the trunk line pool is in a very unsatisfactory condition, and that the ingenuity of Commissioner Fink is taxed to its utmost to prevent an open rupture. The cutting of rates that has been for some time going on hafir assumed such importance that all of the companies are extremely restless. That the situation is serious thero is nc question. With the three old lines frorr New York more or less difficulty was en countered in keeping the pool intact, and now that the Lackawanna and West Shore companies have entered the field as competitors for a portion of the west bound traffic matters are still wore complicated. Claims—Messrs. Horton, Lewis, Dean, Dibble, Jones, Garbutt, House, Odell, Aokroyd, Higgins and Dries*. Federal Relations—Messrs. West fall, Pier son, Kruse, Jones, Van Allen, Hodges, Kneeland, Lindsay, Wilcox, Ely and Oliver. Mr. George Dodge Speaks. This gentleman lives in Emporium, Pa, and says: "One of my men, Sam Lewis, whilo working in the woods, sprained his ankle so bad he could hardly ho'ible to the house. Used Thomas' Eclectric Oil. and nvas ready for work the next morning. I have never yet seen so good a medicine." Losses Flood and Flame. Cincinnati, Jan. 9.—The steamer Robert Peebles, while engaged with a tow of coal barges at Belleviue, Ky., had a hole cut into her stem by the ice and sank in fifteen feet of water. No lives lost; loss, (15,000 Game Laws—O'Neill, Seaber, Geddes, Baragen, Howland, Murphy, Rosenthal and Johnson. State Prison*—Messrs. Howe, Priddy Joyce, Clapp, Baker, Geddes, Jackson, Lindsay and Smith. State Charitable Institutions—Messrs. Hendrix, Locke, Hubbell, Smith, Olin, Dibble, Burns, Moore and Farrell. ,Of the present system he says: "The prison system in New York is the nearest approximation to the ideal standard that the people have, yet seen. The financial and moral results which have been achieved under it prove beyond all contradiction it* superiority."North Vernon, Iud., Jan. 9.—The small frame house of Mrs. Elizabeth, took Are, and as no help was near and the infirm old lady perished in the flames. Berlin, Jan. 9.—Dr. Stacker, the court chaplain, noted for his violent attacks upon Jews and socialists, publishes in The Reichsbote an article abusive of the late Herr Lasker. Da mortals Nisi Bonus. Saqinaw, Mich., Jan. 9.—At the burning of Mrs. Almy'S house, both she and her eldest daughter were badly burned, and Llda, a fifteen year old daughter, lost her life. Judge Cowing said it was misdemeanor to impart to any one the fact of the finding of an indictment. It should not be discloeal s long as the defendant was not under arrest. Mr. Howe said the Wood hall sisters were in this city and would appear any time, but that it the court did not order the indictment to be copied he would tell them to stay away. Judge Cowing said that he would look into the matter and render his decision on investigation. j  In railroad circles there is much comment on the action of Commissioner Fink in attempting to coerce the Lackawanna railroad company to terms by threatening to cut off their connections at Buffialo and exacting an arbitrary rate from that point westward. An officer of one of the companies said today that such a step had never before been attempted since the formation of the pool in 1876. There have frequently been threats of mmiltti- action when roads have been accused of cutting rates, and such a course has frequently been urged against offendit-g~ companies. This, however, is the first time it has been really attempted to enforce such a threat. Of course, it would work to the disadvantage of the Lackawanna company if the commissioner should really attempt to carry out his threat. The fact that the various roads at Buffalo were not confining their traffic tjfc. points entirely within tbe borders of the state would render any attempt by the railroad commissioners at exacting any but an arbitrary rate futile, and the companies could, if they wished, impose the full ta iff on shipment* from Buffalo to Chicago, according to the rates exacted on shipments originating at Buffalo. TJje other side of the case, however, it is belived, will prevent any serious consequences, and that is the fact that although all the Buffalo roads may agree to impose an arbitrary rate on the Lackawanna, the enforcement of their agreement to do so is quite another thing, and it is quite likely that while the Lackawanna is supposed to be paying arbitrary rates, the Buffalo roads, in their rivalry to secure the business, will allow a rate equivalent to the through tariff. Privileges and Elections—Messrs. Tremper, Ei-win, Sipp, Van Allen, Hall, Westfall, Driess, Barnes and Van Cott He recommends a very careful investigation and study of the present system before any. changes are made, and says: "It ia easy to make a mistake, but it may cost millions of money to pay for it and years of *tnv» by the suspension of the system now working so admirably and efficiently. It should be made very clear that a change will be btnefloiaL" Tbe city of Berlin is anxious to secure tbe posarawion of the remains of Or. Lasker and proposes to honor the dead liberal leader with * grand funeral di.play and by tbe .erection of a suitable monument. Civil Divisions—Messrs. Boyce, Farnum, Forsyth, Bailey, Locke, Barnes, Brogen, Murray and Felter. Me AlDvilli, Pa,, Jan. 9.—Tbe Collom Block, containing the Meadville Opera house and five stores has been burqpd .to tbe ground; loss,'•150,000; insurance unknown. Trade and Manufactures—Messrs. Locke, Joyce, Otis, F«urnCun, Zimmerman, Barager, Lindsay, Walrath and Brogen. Protecting Egypt. Falmouth, Ky., Jan. 9.—Hagemeyer & Bradford's saw mills at Butler station have been burned; loss, $12,000; insured for $7,000. London, Jan. 9.—Tbe Daily Telegraph •ays that tbe English cabinet has been seriously debating the desirability of protecting Egypt for five years and sssnming a virtual control during that period by appointing English under secretaries for each of the several governmental deportments. Wifonworkeri Resisting Hcductloa. Boston, Jan. 9.—The nailers of the eaftern states have received a general nottoe of fifteen per cent reduction, to take effect January 14. This the men refuse to acoeed to, and a general Btrike will probably be the result. The nailers in Wareham, West Wareham, Weymouth, Somerset and Bridgewater have decided to stop work rather than continue on the reduction. These, with two exceptions, make up the whole number of. the eastern naQ companies. In  they pay their men fourteen and sevmtenths per cent, more than the present rfttte in the east. If the nailers here accept, the reduction they will then work for fifteen jjer cent less than the majority of the westertT' nailers, and within a fraction of thirty per cent, lees than they pay at Pittsburg. Manufacture of gait—Messrs. Schumacher, Hubbell, Pierson, Price, Taylor, Osborne, Barrogh, Brown (Chenango) and Burns. Putulo. Ijuidfl—Messrs. Boynton, Seeber, Boyoe, Hasbrouk, Pratt, Clarke, Kelly, Mc- Donald and Wliiteman. Harbor Grace Hloters Arrested. Bt. Johns, N. F., Jau. 9.—In connection with the Harbor Grace riot eleven witnesses for the River Head party *ave been examined, with closed doors. The chief testimony was that of Coody, Shanrthan and Wade, who swore pqsitively that Head Constable Doyle encouraged and beckoned on the Orangemen; that he ordered them to Are, and that he flre l tho first shot with his revolver, killing Callahan. They also swore that several other shots were fired from the ranks of the Orange sympathizers. On the depositions of these witnesses several arrests were made, the parties being Head Constable Doyle, Joseph Bray. Charles French, Edward Ash, Ambrose Williams, Thomas Courage and Edmund Butt. They will be indicted for murder. Thirty persons in all Lave been arrested. Pittsburg, Jan. 9.—A fire at Sheffield, Warren county, destroyed William's hotel and Einstein's store; loss, $15,000; insurance, $3,000. Agriculture — Messrs. Curtis, Briggs, Sweet, Baker, Seeber, Cady, Creig, Jackson and Chillis. POWDER Treating with the Africans. Capture of Thieves. Indian Affairs — Messrs. West, O'Neill, Hendricks, Kent, Pratt, Brown (Schohaire), Weld, Bntler and Donnelly. Pajlih, Jan. 9.—The Temps states that France is treating with Firdon, an Afrioan king, with a view to obtaining his agreement to protect French residents and traders in the districts of Diamaloo and Ouli from Toumane, northward to Bakel, on tbe Senega The king has already declined to enter into such an agreement with England. Reading, Pa., Jan. 9.—A gang of nim tramp burglars have been arrested in thii county by Constable Wenrich and a posse ol citizens. The thieves have been plundering farm houses, stations, stores and school houses. Ou their way to the committing magistrate's office they mede a desperate fight for liberty, and several shots wera exchanged. Four of the most desperate escaped, and the remaining five were brought in at tbe points of revolvers and shot guns.. Two were wounded. The escaped men left bloody marks in the snow. The other were sent to jail handcuffed together. Petitions of Allans—Messrs. Clapp, Beckwith', Kettle, Boynton, Clinton, Nelson, Murphy, Miles and Johnson. Two-thirds and Three-fifths Bills—Messrs. Ownes, Cartwrigbt, Shoemaker, Hunt, Binder, Hawkins, Navle, Jabez and Felter. Engrossed Bills—Messrs. Haskell, Locke, Joyce, Dayton, Noxon, Vancott, Farroll, Clinch and Harpending. Absolutely Pure. his powder never varies. A marvel of.,purity urength and wholesomeness More economical tuan the ordinary kinds, and cannot be sold In ■iiipotltlon wltb the mu titude of low test, shi rt ■wight, alum or phosphate powder*. Sola only • o n» Roym Raking Powder Oo„ ICS Wall ► ». N. V* Rom, Jan. 9.—The Monitor denies that England is negotiating with the Vatican with a view to further1 injunctions to the Irish clergy to refrain from participating in jxxlitical affairs. England and the Vatican. Grievances—Messrs. Oates, Scott, Howe, V eder, Cartwright, Higgins, Cody, Harponding and Whiteman. PiTTSBtrao, Jan. 9. — A special to T1 e Times, from Wheeling, W. V., says that the snow has been falling for twenty hours, and Is on two feet deep. Such a storm has not been known in the Upper Ohio Valley since 1859. Business is at a standsti , and travel neatly impossible. The «eat.i r. is moderating rain stems to be t minen t. If it comes, a disastrous flood may be expected. Heavy Snow Mora. New Bank Oflloera. Star Bonte Trial Expensea. Expenditures of the House—Messrs.  num, Owens, Kent, Forsyth, House, Murray, OJey, McCabe and Coffey. Expenditures of the Executive Departments-Messrs. Zimmerma%D Nason, Locke, Lipp, Hunt, Duffy, Rosenthal, Childs and Fai-relL N*w Tore, Jan. ft—At a meeting of the board of directors of the Bank of the Republic, Messrs. Q. H. McAlpin, W. H. Tilliughast, Sumner R Stone and Abram Van Ness were elected directors to All vacancies. President Henry W. Ford was succeeded by Mr. George B. Larhart, and Vice President T. T. Buckley by Mr. John J. Crane. Washington, Jan. 9.—In response to Senator Van Wyck's resolution ef December 13, Secretary Folger sent to the senate a communication, accompanied by vouchers and items of expenses incurred by the department of justice since March 4, 1881. The document shows that for prosecuting the star route cases the persons named received compensation as follows: A. M. Gibson, $5,000; D. H. Brewster, $5,000; Ailed Pinker(pn, $6,874; W. W. Kerr, $29,CT7; H. H. Weils, $800; Geo. Bliss, $84,282; W. A. Cook, $13,699; K. T. Merrick, $17,500. Total, $113,®62. Boston, Jan. 9.—On April 8, 1769, John Hardy married Mary M Smith and they lived together in this city for some years. In April, 1877, Mrs, Hardy informed her husband that she wished to procure a divore from him in order to marry Ezra G. Perkins. Mr. Hardy agreed to enable her to obtain a divorce provided she would pay him $5,000. This plan was adopted. Both parties married again onoe or twice. Some years later Mary died, and in her will was the following sentence: "I bequeath to my husband one of my personal estate." When the will was probated Hardy claimed that the divorce dbtaii*d was null and void, and after a long contest the supreme court has decided in his favor, as there had been a connivance between the two to obtain the divorce and it bad been obtained in Utah, where neither of them was a resident He Was Still Her Husband. iiipouiiD mm, A prominent railroad official said that the cuttiug of rates at the present moment was to an extent never before known, and that the tariff offered by the Lackawanna was only made in ordor to meet the reductions of its competitor. It was asserted that the Lackawanna officials were disinclined to make lower rates until forced to. Rules—Messrs. Husted, Littlejohn, Dayton, Rice and Coffey. Officials of the Bank of the Republic authorize the statement that the bank lias advanced less than (180,000, or under fifty per cent, of the value of the bonds of the Cleveland, Youngs town and Pittsburg railroad. The officials further state that they are thoroughly protected, but that in any event a small loss would not possibly affect the institution.DOMESTIC CIGARS, The Dying Bandit. On Taxation and Retrenchment—Messrs. Vedder, Arkell, Baker, Mcrphy and Jacobs. Independence, Mo., Jau. 9.—The condition of Frank James is regarded as critical. He is now at his father-in-law's confined with pneumonia. His left lung is said to be gone and his case more hopeless tAn when he was on trial before a jury. Hi» release od bail may result in death to him, fcs the weather bos been more than he cofeld staid. He goes to trial the 14th if he recovers sufficiently. On Miscellaneous Corporations—Messrs. Coggesholl, Robinson, Davidson, Jacobs and Campbell. CLOVER HONEY, WHITE On Banks—Messrs. Esty, Arkell and Robtv Pound wltl) His Skull Beaten In. Pensions for Short Service. Qn Internal Affairs of the Towns and Counties—Messrs. Gilbert, Robinson, and Van Schaick. Roik Candy Drips, Kingston, N. Y., Jan. 9.—On Tuesday it was noticed that the saloon aud restaurant of Kelland Bros., on one of the leading thoroughfares, was closed, which was unusual. Some person went upstairs to the room where the proprietors sleep, and found Edwin Kelland in bed unconscious and in a dying condition, with his skull beaten in, one finger broken and cuts about his face. A heavy brass beer barrel faucet was lying at the bedside covered with hair and blood. An examination ot the room shoVed that ISO in money, a fur cap and an overcoat had been stolen. A young man employed by the Kellands, and who boarded with them, is missing. The injured man repeated audibly: "Oh, dont Charley!" ChaVley is the name of the young man who is missing. It is hardly possible that Kelland can survive. Washington, Jan. 9.—Representative Polland, of Vermont, has introduced a bill grantlrgjpensions to all soldiers of the late war. It provides that all who served over sixty days, an4 lew than one year, shall receive (5 a month; over one year a ad less two, C6 * month: over two and less than three years, $7 a month; over three years, $8. The pension so granted to go to the pensioner solely. Nothing in this mt to be construed as conflicting with the present Invalid pension acts. A Well Guarded Executive. On Villages— Messrs. Arkell, Davidson and Cailen. Tobonto, Jan. 9.—The marquis of Lanaiowne, governor general of Canada, lady Lansdowne and party, have arrived from Ottawa. They will be guests of Lieutenaut Governor Robinson while in Toronto. The ipecial train by which he came was well guarded by a posse of government police. Ue was met at the depot by 1UQ volunteers, who will escort him wherever he goes while here. At first it was intended t* visit Niagara Falls, but owing to the recfnt excitement caused by Fenian dynamiters the programme has been changed and he will remain in Toronto till Saturday, when he will go back to Ottawa. Dr. Unker't Vqnerml. New York, Jan. We body of Her* Lasker, which still remains at the residence of his cousin, Mr. Henry Richter, of Lexington avenue, will be taken to Temple Emanu-El, at the corner of Fifth avenue and Forty fourth street, where the funeral services are to take place. Morlts Lasher, the younger brother of the dead statesman, Is expected from Galveston. On Literature—Messrs. Gilbert, Estey and Daly. On Militia—Messrs. Otis, Daggett and Robb. FERRIS HAMS, 111.,. Jan. 9.—The number of victims by the convent fire is now placed at thirty-seven. Five more bodies were found, and at noon twenty six had been identified, and one of the sisters stated that eleven are ■Mil missing. All day a force of thirty men worked with picks and shovels among the ashes which are still hot. The remains of the mother superior were found and identified. They wore but a heap of charred bonss, and oould be identified only by a rosary and unasually large cross. The backbone and part of a limb of another victim were found, bat oould not be Identified One of the bodies found was that of a small child. Bach corpse baa bean placed in a plain box to await Identification In the temporary morgue. The unclaimed bonee will be buried by the sisters. The Ksmker Growing. On Public Health—Messrs. Low, Thomas and Nelson. On Public Printing—Messrs. Estey, Davidson and Cullen. FERRIS BACON, On State Pi Bo wen, Estey, Sixteen Stab Wounds. Comstock, Nelson and Campbell On Manufactures—Messrs. Bo wen, Cornstock and Plunkett. STANDARD JAVA COFFEE. Nxw York, Jan. 9.—Deputy Coroner Dr. Jenkins made a poet mortem examination of the murdered Chinaman, Lu Ling. The autopsy revealed sixteen stab wounds and outs, mostly in the back part of his body. In the opinion of Dr. Jenkins the first wound, the one that entered under the left shoulder blade and penetrated the lungs and heart, caused death. The funeral of the dead man will take place with the usual Chinese ceremonies. The interment will be In Evergreen cemetery.  HUKU0UT&CO. Chicago, Jan. 9.—Newton J. Shinkle, of Bochelle, III, the medical student who has been arrested on a charge of complicity iu the recent gttove robberies, is the one who threw the last race as a member of the Cornel] college boat crew when the crew rowed in England,  From Bad to Worse. On Agriculture—Messrs. Low, Otis and Titus. On Privileges and Elections—Messrs. Com stock, Iansing and Murphy. CONDENSED NEWQ. Qn Public Buildings—Messrs. Davidson, Coggebhall and Plunkit t. On Public Expenfttures—Messrs. Arkell, Fassett and Thacher. A Forgotten and Valuable Arm. Pittsburg, Jan. 9.—An attempt is being made to secure a convention of railroad men who did service during the war. The object of the convention is to make a demand on congress for some tangible recognition of their services. The military telegraph operators have a similar movement under way, and the railroad mpn concerned think there is no reason why their proposed movement ihould not succeed. on*.* FREE for TiU - yjfc An unfading and ereet. Cr i . wt Mm Hr Na&na iJei/iiilj a».d ft C"wf ; *jA Lff s ff ViUilii t and 17y •, or r. n r , led: scroti • ~ OVerV'inti' ' fC-. ('TOr ft ■ 1 '-m ■ JAT- J) sand pofcifivQ cure; .* / D■ /■Ail iffy 1 '5 Vtkl : lJt Jill I WmJf I/I iCOpi'ils. /d lrci s, {*4U Dr. M. W. BACON, cor.CIar* St luiottt I*»tklii,Y. find Calhoun Placet CfflUMto. Jxj Ioe has closed the Ohio river to navigation.An $80,000 fire in Now York destroyed the coffin factory of Smith, Winston & Co. Aa Execution Postponed. On Engrossed Bills—Messrs. Daggett, Otis Coggeshall, Kiernan, and Newbold. On Roads and Bridges—Messrs. Robinson, Daggett, and Cullen. On Election and Division of Towns and Counties—Messrs. Bates, Vedder, and Campbell.A gang of expert counterfeiters has been uncovered and captured at Lincoln, Neb. Somerset, Ky., Jan. 9.—Frank Wolford Slagle, who was to have been hanged here for the murder ot three men on Sunday night, August 13, last, has been reepifed for thirty-five days by the governor. Payne Seen res the Plana. Klflemen'a Souvenirs. An American customs union against France aud Germany for excluding hog products is proposed. Columbus, O., j an. 9.—In the democratic senatorial caucus, with 8enator White in the chair, Senator Reed made a motion to allow the correspondent to occupy the south gallery; buTrwbjectiou being made, the reporter* were expelled. After much discussion over minor matters the caucus decided to have a secret ballot for senator, which Stsulted as follows: Payne, 48; -Ward, 17; Pendleton, 10; George W. Geddes, 1; Henry J. Gould, U npillM II r IU Ifl sarj&MMi yalnleMly. For teHtlmonlals, aud endorsement*. letter* from eminent mertie«rJnien. and a fo|l dotedntton of the treatment, •ddioM 1L C KANK. A.lL M.D.. 4«W. I4(kl«. )Ww Nxw Yobx, Jan. 9.—At the meeting of the National Rifle association Vice President Wingate occupied the chair in the absence of Gen. Grant The souvenir badges sent by the British National association were than prtasuted to the various riflemen who had competed in the international match at Wimbledon last year, two of them being given to ladies who accompanied the party. rssliV■•§»•« On Claims—Messrs. Comstock, Esty and Daley. . , On Indian Affairs-Messrs. Vedder, Mc- Carthy, and Titus. On Poor Law—Messrs. Davidson, Thomas, Campbell. On Grievances—Messrs. OAbbs, Fassett) anA Newbold. The Syracuse Scandal. A bUl has been introduced in the house to pay bounties to men who enlisted during the war for Short terms. P«B«W»ts Feasting. Syracuse, N. V., Jan. 9.—Dr. O. H. freely, the forger and eloper, has given bail in $1,000 to await tho action of the grand Jury. It is understood that all claims against bim, amounting to (650, have been settled. He loft for New Yo: k, where Mabel Riot*, with whom he eloped, is said Do be. Boston, Jan. 9.—Over 200 prominent demcrats were present at the Jackson anniversary dinner of the Massachusetts democracy at the Parker house. Hon. Charles Levi Woodbory presided. The leading speech iras made by Hon. Dion B( adbwy, ot Mainet . Son Francisco, Sacramento and Marysville are in dajuer from overflow of the river* and bQn water, eauaed by the "slickens." The destruction of property it already very great FOR REST. Some storeo. office', dwellings. Ac., for rrnt for year commencing Apill, l8a«, ani pi me lor rent now. 6. B. THOMPSON.