Evening Gazette

              Sfcwijtg JlSfc dfofett am PITTSTON. PA.: SATURDAY. MARCH 1, 1884 MTJMBBR 636. Weakly Batabltehed I860 ) TWO OUTS, f Van Oanta *n Wttk INCREASED ALARM IN LONDON FROST, FIRE AND FLOOD. ing ami contents will probably amount to #2.000 FIRST ANNUAL REPORT THE BIQ FIGHT COMING MAIL TRANSPORTATION. T l.jivr D;«»'» • K' tn't'V ° ri Tt»..nl Cl"t" 8tormw CJn the Deep Work Amksbuky, Ma«s., Mtirch 1.—Union b m I. ■ three story frume struc iir . wi burned ~lt was owned by Joh.i Wo doian Nothing was saved, so rapidly did th« flaunk spread Loss, (40,000 A Day of Skirmishing—TaflTey for thi Another DUcatUT of UjuiniK—A f»r iiij sen Di i: • „ D i.« Of the Civil Service Comtmssioi Rebels. Measures Advocated by the House London, March 1.—A general feeling of alarm prevails in thii city, cauaed by reports of additional discoveries of dynamite and dynamite plot*. The pilice are reticent and refuss either to dray or confirm the reports. It is known that Information was lodged with them that an attempt to blow up the law courta was imminent They have arrested three men and seized a large quantity of dynamite in i. house in Clara market, near the Strand. The dynamite discovered at the Charing Cross and Paddingtou stations were in each caw labele t ''Atlas Powder," which is dynamite pure and simple. The government has decided to send a courteous dispatch to the American government relative to the action of Americans in countenancing and assisting dynamiters. Note to Oar Oevtrninent have foui.d it ili.D I» hi r« n.C o. « i C»'i ever used, ana I would lot I* wil,«.m u. Truly, it is what its name purports—a ""-Sore Throat Curt. tT F .John, A mC i I Death and Destruction Sent to Congress, London, March 1.—A dispatch to The Daily Telegraph from Suakin says that Gen. Graham has seut a flag of truce out with a warning to the rebels to disperss, pointing out that they cautiot hope for success in a contest with England, and declaring that Sen. Gordons mission is to restore peace. Committee Bar Harbor. Ma., March I.—F re crtsi'ierably oainaged the hou e of W 1! Saunders. Sau d rs' wife und (our I bIi dren csc»ped th i ugh a window, in th ii n:ght cloth'-s. He and fire year old girl were badly burned on the faoe and hand-. The girl has siuce died. A VrarCC Trial of (he Merit System Wreck of a Schooner— If en Froien In Political Aeaeeeinanta—Kxprea- Latter Carriers* Leaves of Absence— Interstate Commerce — Rehabilitating Onr Navy—A Debate the Rigging—Havoc of the Flame* alon or Opinion—The JPree* Ident'a Support. Sham kin, Ji.i, 16. l'bk3 In many Placea—Tralna Blockaded by Snow. Dispatches from Col. Bumaby at Trinkitat, have beeu received. He says: "We are on the eve of action. We shall leave Fort Baker at daybreak aud expoct to uieet the enemy after au hour's march. The formation of the troops will be that of a square, with a reserve consisting of tour companies of marines and four of rifles in the centre. The guns will be placed at the corners of the square and the cavalry in the rear. The Sixty-fifth regiment has arrived aud has lauded." on Pensions. Kutzoor's Sore Tliroat Cure is peiftc'ly harmless, therefore it ran hv ukon * J . u' any fear C f « seru/iiH umiIi Jh in, us t'*f. N*w Haven, Ct, March 1.—The schooner Jabe ' Bangor, Maine, bound for Providence, 11 I., from Perth Amboy, with 20n tons of coal consigned to the Chelsea Kunmce company, lias been sunk in the harbor. The crew consisted of four men, including the caplaiu, A. O. Phillips, who owued half the vessel, which will prove a total wreck. Three men were gMed. the captain, Phillips, George G. twen y-one, from Sydney, C. B., «and Henry Morris, aged thirty-one years, of New York city. Chicago, March X.—The business portion of the town of Chesterfield, Macoupin county, in tba southwestern part of lllinol , has been destroyed by Are. The Chester!! Id bank is in ashes, and it is not knowu whet! if r the contents of. the vaults are safe or not. The fire is believed to have been of an in cindiary origin. Loss about (40,000, onh purtly insured. Washington, March 1.—The first annual report of the civil service commission has been Rent to congress. The report proper covers forty printed pages, and is devoted chiefly to a presenterion of facts and explanati ns needed to elucidate the proposed inetb•ds and operations of the new branch of executive service. "The ultimate purpose," the it*l ort says, "of the civil service law is plainly declare! In its titles, which is to regulate and improve the civil service of the United States. One of the results to be attained is o put a stop to extortion from those in the publ.c service, by political assessments, for tii" purpose of paying expen es of parties or randidates. It is too early," the commission sayS, "to speak with definitenrss of the IT cts of tlia rules lD aring on this evil. The Washington, March 1.—The reduction of the public debt for the month of February will ba a little over (3,000,000. Wluijei-ak- ufi HI Co. 602 A(vh *Db Waiiipiiit' A Co., .| jH pliia. President Arthur, in,his letter transmitting the report of the civil service oommission to congress,says: "Upon the good results which that law has already accomplished, I congratulate congress and the people, and I avow my conviction that it will henceforth prove to be of still more signal benefit to the public serv ee. I heartily commend the real and fidelity of the commissioners and their suggestions for further legislation, and I advise the making of such an appropriation as shall be adequate for further needs." A Fair Offer. The Voltaic Beit Co.. ol Marshal) Mich, offer to send IV lijt'f OI«1.i*im1 Vojta* Bel* and KKvijic A p p f iHtiee t 11 Ti • r1 ii I. . f thirty days, to men. old Mil * 111 v • f*»... d with lirivoii". debility |.,si 4|.Ci #»,. y other diseases. Milwaukee, Wis., March 1.—Corbett & Co.'8 machine sh Dps were damaged to the extent of (7,000 by flro. The enemy continued very bold about Trinkitat. They kept up an incessant firing on Fort Baker from early morning. None of the garrison were injured, but some had very narrow escapes. Spies who came in reported that the rebels were devoting moat of their time to feas ing and rejoicing, and were paying but little attention to military duties. It was understood that they had received large reinforcements and were confident of their ability to defeat Gen. Graham. . _ The Times comes out with a leader in which it says: "It is intolerable * that England should be exposed to this of pilots from a nation which profanes tDD b friendly with us, and with which we hi.vt ouly desire to live in peace and amity. \\ ? know that the Americans are aware of ti e identity of the plotters of these outrages. 1. would be no hard task for the America government to end the whole thing." in South Bend, I.id., March 1.—The main building aud all the machinery of the Sout k Bend Wagon company at Mishawa a, wer burned. Loss, (35,00 ; insurance, (10,000. Owing to l ad weather the vessel had intended to put iuto New Haven harbor and anchor. The fore peak halliards parted and while the da-nags was being repaired the anchor was thrown over. It dragged,und the vessel struck a rock and began sinking. Philadelphia, March 1.—Last night the chemical works of Powers & Weiglitm i. was discovered to be on fire in the avciio . oi be works known as the lavatory. A wa cli nan promptly gave the alarm, but owing I arge conflagrations in other parts of thC city only two Engines \.ere subject to call Vbout live o'clock the west wall fell, badl lamaging adjoining residences, which tin ccupants had deserted. At noon the firi iepai tment were still at work engaged it. ■udeavoring to subdue the smouldering ruins, which threatened to break forth at my moment. Anions; the nominations sent to the senate to-day were: Julius Stahel to be consul general at Shanghai, and William Wells to be colle 'tor of customs, district of Vermont. flue .ee of old habits aud theories affects '"If Realizing bis danger, Captain Philips had the yawl loadi d with the vessel's valuables, when the painter parte 1 and the yawl drif ed into the sound. The men then took to th rigging, where they remained until rescue 1. The fourth sailor, the one left in the rigring, was an Austrian, shipped in New York for this trip. His name is unkuown. Ho was nearly seventy years old, 11 d would neither lower himself from the i t rging to the rescuing boat nor leap into the w.t'r, whence he could have been picked up, an l se-med too exci'el and exliaust.-d to know anything. At hali-pait tbrie o'clock he was stil; « nduct long after new standards of duty have bnen accepted. No case of violation of he rule* and no tn%itmtHon oalling for re moval of government officers or employes have yet come before the commission. An nvestigatio i now in progress tends to show t mt the law has been violated by private c tiiens in surreptiti Dusly sending circulars i ito the departments at Washington, by The post office appropriation bill, which was adopted by the house committee on ap- directs the iDo»tmaster general to readjust the compensation to be paid from and after July 1st, 1884, for transportation of mails ou railroad routes, by reducing the compensation to all railroad companies for the transportation of mails five per cent, from the rates allowed by the act of June 19, 1878. It provides that "no salary of any postmaster shall exceed the sum of $2,100 per annum." 1 he bill also contains a clause abolishing the official stamp, and substituting therefore the official or penalty envelope. The total amount appropriated by the bill is C45,201,000. conclusion, il urges that a strong remon atrancs he addressed to ttae United State: government. J.:L uZU/V GVftffS Ad vices from Suakim are to the effect that the frsendly tribe* which participated in the fiht of Wednesday near there won a victory. They claim to have captured forty of the rebel's camels and seventy sheep. In the houM of commons last evening several Psrnelites strongly condemned th.«e dynamite proceeding*, and declared that 110 excuse was valid for such wicked attempt upon life and property. A Positive Curt for Every F rm of SVin and Ho d r j_ca — , from Pimples to £c c London, March 1.—The Daily News contains an areicle in which it is stated that there is reason to believe that fiarl Granville has officially communicated with Secretary Frelingheysen on the subject of dynamite plots emanating from the United State*. hich contributions were solicited from employe* for political purposes." Gen. Ord Laid at Rest. THOUSANDS OF LET KB* in our wim'-Kit 'epeat nil* sto D■; 1 !ive been ft in riiTt sutler*, foi years wlih Wood and hit Humor- Ui.»» been 'billed to shun |.ulDlle places D i -aM.« »C my .ll»«KuriiiB humors; have bad the bort pl,y slciana; have spent hundreds . f doll rs and sot no roal relief until i uted the Cu ICUKA Kisolvsnt, the new Blood Purifier, internally, and (.oticcra and CHTirc«* Hoar, the flea (kin tjures and Skin Bfau iflr.ro, externally, which have cured me and left my skin and Meed m pur-as a chile's. It is estimated that the loss ou buildings, innchinery and raw and manufactured stocl it Powers & Wrigh'man's chemical woik . ill amount to $1,500,000. The commission are satisfied that but rifling sums have Jieen secured, and that his illegal practice ceased upon public atten 'io i being called to it. Threats of punish .nants under the law have greatly increases 'he s-*nse of freedom in tho9o of the pnblir ervice, to pay or not to pay p litical assess ■Washington, March 1.—The reuia na of Glen. Ord arrived here from New York add •were at ouce placed under a military guard at the station of the Baltimore and Potomac railroad. At 11 o'clock the fuueral proce* ■ion was formed. The casket, In a glass hearse, was covered with the national flag and with floral emblems. Behind followed the pail-bearers in carriages. Gens, Holabird, Macfeely, Benet, Hazen, Murray, S-ickat, Wright and Rochester. Lieut. Ord, tbe son of the deceased, and a number of other relatives, together with several army friends, followed in theproc-saiou, which marched tD Ouk Hill cemetery, in Georgetown, when the interment took place. in the he can ft be take i off until the wind and sa go rlown. The anils and feet of the three men saved are badly t'rost-biiten, bu it is not likely hat amputations will b rigcring, and th ught There is said to be over $500,000 insurant-' n the property dstroyed, but the owner • fuse to give the list of insurances a i4 hav quested th* agents of the different compa ies not to do so. Ottawa, Out., March 1.—In the bouse Sir Leonard Tilley made the annual budget speech. He said the credit and financial c ndition of the country never stood better. The total expenditure for the current year, which hail been estimated at #81,100,000, he now expcted would reach $31,200,000. This wou-d leave a surplus of $1,000,000 on the consolidated fund and from Do* minion lands, making a total surplus of $2,- 000,000. The large proportion of reduction of customs revenue was due to the removal of duties on tea and other articles. The revenues for the coming year 1884 5, he estimated will be $32,000,000, and, the expenditure $20,811,630, to which must ba ailded supplementary estimates expected to reaeh $800,000, making in all $30,011,030. There will also be expenditures in connection with th ) extension of the railway system, which will also have to lie taken into account. It might be found necessary to extend tho Pacific railway from Montreal to Quebec, and even beyond that point. Canadian Prosperity. The house committee on elections has agreed to report in favor of Manures, in the Manzares-Luna contested election case from New Mexico. enta, and has con?equeiDtly great y dimin shed th* amounts paid. The practice of for•ner years Cf opelii g in the large citie.iss*ssmeit collvctio D bu" aus, to which partisan tax ga' herers summoned governraoiit ■■mployes. has bee i wholly iliscontinued. ni-c s-ary. A boat cotnmand'd by Capt. Thomftoi. w ith si ven men, put off from South End asoon as the wind lu'led, and rescue! Join Estren, the Aus riau sailor, from the wreclt •f the Jane. He was taken d Dwn badly froCt bitten and a most senseless and wrapped in blackets and ta .«□ to the South End house, where n st ratives were .ipnliod. Later lit was broUK ht to the 8t ate hospital. The othei men are doing well. The store of Coon Bros. & Co., product commission merchants. No. 2D Soulh Wa r street, was damaged to the xtent of $10,001). Aliout the same time the Echo carpet mi, at Lehgh avenue and Palethorpe street, and three or four dwellings adjoiaing were destroyed, involving a loss of $25,000, Postmaster Conger, of Washington, was heard by the house committee on post offices and post roa ls in support of the bill giving letter oarriers thirty days' leave of absence, -with pay, in each year. The advocates of the measure say there is little opposition to it, and that it will pass. ALMOST INCREDIHLE. E. Richardson. Custom House, Hew Orleans, on oath, says: In 1870 Scrofulous Uetra broke out on my body until 1 was a mam of oorrup'lon. Everything known to the medlct.1 faculty was tried In vain. I became a mere w-eck. At times could no lift my bands to my hea.i. could not turn in bed; was In constat l»in, and looked npon hfe an * curw. Ho tetlut Dr cur. Ill ten J ears. In 18»Ci I hen d or the CvtiocaA R. medies, used thtm and was perfectly i-ured. Th* main purpose of the law, the com mission say, is to establish a syseni of examinations for ascertaining th* fltaess of ap plicant* fordoing public work, to take the plac* of that vast machinery of patronage largely based ou official favor and political infiusnc*, which had long been the most ef fective means of entering ex*cutiv* service. In other words, a merit system of service is to be substituted for a spoils system. After reciting some of the worst consequences of th* old system, th* system of free and open competitive examinations is pointed  the pro|ier and necessary thing to supplant the pass examinations of the spoils system. Of lb* practical workings of th* new rults etw**n July 16, 1883, a d January 10, 1884, ihe period during which vacancies have been filled on the basis of competition, the '•port shows that 3,542 pers ns hav* been examined for the departmental, customs and postal services. Of this*taumber 3,044 passed successfully the examinations and Slti have been appointed to the service. It app"ars from statistios accompanying the re- A HEARTLESS SWAIN The committee began consideration of the bill prohibiting subletting of mail contracts. New York, March 1.—That clause in the will of the late William D. Thoni) son, w irli named turee executcra to hod (130,000 in stocks and bonds to distribute for charttabli and educational purposes, was contested bj John B. Thompson, the residuary legtt r through his counsel, Edward U. Uawke, Jr The supreme court special and general term decided against Mr. Thompson, but thecoun of appeals ha& re vers d their decisions ana din oted payment of the entire bequest, Dow amounting to $300,000, to Mr. John B, Ihompson.  John B. Tliompion Gets $990,000 A twi -m sted schooner went ashore am sink in th ■ M rris Cove sometime luring the night. The cr«'W eecaped in boats to thf shore less tha i half a nile distant. Th whereaVmuts'of thi crew cann.it be learned The name "f the ves-el is unknown. Deserting hi* Wilis and Supporting Another Woman «n her Earning*. An interstate commerce bill has been agreed upon by the house committee on commerce, which establishes a board of Ibree commissioners, who ard empowered to arbitrate all disputes growing out of interstate commerco. hworn to before U. ft. i on. J. 1D. C ran ford STILL MORE SO. St. Louis, March 1.—Miss Carrie Swain, tli* actress, who is .so well known by hei work in "Cad, the Tom Boy," has bega . i suit for aivorc* in the St. Louis circuil court. In her petition she alleges that slit was married to Samuel C. Swain at Sn Francisco, Col., on the 16,h day of Feb ruary, 1876. and lived with him up to Octo tier, 1881, wh*u h*; deserted her. Depis,- ions revealed a case of deception oi :he part of the husba d and devotion on tin lart of th* wif*, which is to say the leAst in W 111 McDnnld, 2.M8 Dearborn S'rD«t, (Tifeairo acknow ledg k a cure of Em », oi Mil Rheum, on liead. i.eck, fa. e , rme and leas or seventeen yearn; not abDC to movtv except oa tandn and knees, for one year: not able to belr Himself for eight y earn; tri.d hundreds of n*t» dies; doctors prononnced bin case hopeless; neruianently cured by the Cimcuaa Hiauusa. New Orleans, Mar -h 1.—t V noon tester d Dy the rivers were still ri ing, a id the over flow was spreading. At, Helena thesi'uati Dn is critical. The river is rising t* i inches pel day. The Iron Mountain trains havestopp d and the city is cut off. There ia great distrees, l«t no loeC of life. The congressmen opposed to retiring Qen Pleasonton with a pension succeeded ii having th* bill laid over. Senate. MORE WONDERFUL TIT. „ Sir Leonard introduced tariff resolutions adding to the free list a large number of articles upon which duty i* now uwllaeted, but no action was taken. Washington, March 1.—Mr. Morgan offered an amendment reciting the provisions of the naval appropriation act* of ,1883 and 1883, in regard to the construction of the cruisers contracted for last year and applying them, with modifications enlarging the area of competition by giving shipbuilders six months'to get ready for the work on the proposed new vessels. The bill as report*!, be said, confined th* building of th* proposed ships to John Roach. H. K. Carpenter, Henderson, N. T„ cured of Psoriasis or eprosy, of twenty years' standfe*. oy (Yticur Kuidiis The mo t wonderful sure on record. A duripanful of scales dropped from him dally Phyait fans and his friend, thought he must die. • ure sworn to before a jnaMce of lie peac-j and Henderson's meet p emiaeat "itlsens. A W»od«nDteneC Faaatly. New London,Ct, March 1.—Capt. Broiks. of the tug T. A. Scot. jr., reports that he saw a sch Don*r disapjv ar off Littl* Gull Island, and all hanis war* lost. The steamer Electra, of the Stonigton line, pu into t ls harbor to escape tho fury of the gal*. She coaled up and will proceed to New York when the weather permits. Delaware City, Del., March 1.—Th» wild w as blowing hard here all yesterday. A crew of four men and the mat? of the schooner James L Bryan, of Boston, which is anchored here, came ashore in a small boat. Upon returning they were ui.able to And th* schooner and went down the bay. Th*y have not since been heard of. resting. Mrs. Swain testified that about Mire* years ago her husband fall ill, and it Decam* necessary, as he and his doctor al Pottsville, Pa., March 1.—Ann Llewellyn, a wonle i-l»ng-sl woin»i, widrw of a wooden-less# 1 man, and mo her of wooden-legged son, wai arro it) i for trrs pass for erecting wojJan fCncei and t wooden bouse on a lot in Pot sville, wiiici she claims. She sail tii.it wo rden lcgC rai iu her family. The ■ property which sh claims has b .en in dispute for many- year After ahe had been dispossessed the woodei bouse-was upset into the creek on ths ban. of which it was erected. Bnrglar Porter Get* Twenty Year*. that be should go to the Bermudas. Jr. Swain l*ft California for the Ber mudas Dit, the agreement from his wife that she h uld remit to him half her salary. She ■*as then getting $80 and remitted to his ■ankers in New York every week the um of $40. Happening to go to New York, Mrs. Swai i told some friends about her husband's illness and trip to the Bermudas, when she was astonished to learn hat he had frequently bean seen about New York. These statements, coupled with :he fact that her remittances had always been sent to New "Work, awoke a suspicion, vhich was verified wnen she called at a hoti-e vhere she learned Mr. Swain was living. Asking for him she was told that be was out, ' but she could see Mrs. 8wain." Shs did see Mrs. Swain, and from her l*arn*d that she and th* erring Samuel had been living together as man and wife on the money sent by iter faithful self. She never saw Swain again and be has not answered her plaiut for divorce, so that it will probably b* granted by default. Mrs. Swain's testimony was corroborated by her siatar, Mrs. Sophia Thias. New York, March I—Judge Cowing sentenced Thomas Porter, aged thirty-four years, at hard labor in Sing Sing. Porter, when fifteen years old, had five indictments pend iug against him for rubbery. Most of his life had been spent in prison. In Jtfay last, with three other men, l.e broke into the sleeping apartments of Mrs. Jennie Waldrou, wife of the cornelian ol that name in the "Big Four" combination, at No. 407 East Seventy-eighth street. He held a pistol at h*r head and still oil her cries with the bedelething, while his confederates took from beneath the pillow a diamond cross valued nt $300, a pair of bracelets worth $200 and $150 in money.  ort. that th* number of applicants examined havinz only a common schoil education has been 2,272, and that 65 per cent, of thus*- who bava entered the service through comivt tive examinations were rducated in the common schools alone, and that the service has not b*an flll*d by boys and girls direct from the** schools, as the averages of those appointed has been abou 32 years. Of the 3,542 persons who hav* been examined or i ppointed th* politics of not on* has beDn known to either commissioner at th* time ol ois examination, except in the c se of four or five personally known to on* of th* oommissionars.DON'T WAIT. Write to us for these testimonials in fan er »-iid d rect to to the parties All ar» absolutely rue D -d riven without our knowledre or soltcl ration. Don't wait. Now Is the time to r*/e v. ry species o Itching, csly, limply, tV rofs i us. Inherited, t dnta£iom. and Copper eetofstf Diseases of the Blood, I-kin and .*-cafp with Low D1 Hair. Mr. Bayard stated of his own knowledge that there four firms within a radius of thirty miles from Roach's establishment that cau build as large, strong and swift steel vessels as John Ruach, Mr. Hal* said the effect of the amendment would delay the work six months. He would fgree to three months Mr. Morgan accepted the three-months suggestion of Mr. Hale, and the amendment as modified was agreed to. Before the bill was put on iU passage Mr. Voorhees opposed the measure on general prinoiples. He declared that we wanted no navy like those of tbu European nations. There was no danger of war. If we were preparing for War with Great Britain, which hung our citiseos despite our protest*, Saved ships were of no una. Suspended from tbe ministry. Genesis, 111., Marou 1.—Tue church ira of Rev. Mr. Spurlock, charged with false hool, immorality and uudue intimacy witi Mrs. N. K. GeorgcD, was brought to a clow Tbe eommittie -before uhom Mr. Brurlo« i was tried brought iu a verdict of guil) within fifteen minutes after tbe case went n them. This suspends Spurlock from thC ministry, and will mak j the soeond time hi has been before the gen 1 al conference up., grave chargt s. -old by all drurgisis Price: Outloura, M eta : inu.lr. nt, fi.M); oap, 2 eta. Poltoi Dnu auJ Uhemii-al I'o , Bo»un, Mnss. BE All T Y and f kir» - lemtahe*. use Cu'k'ura *o*p Trot, March 1.—As owdrift at Ballston Springs has blockaded the Delaware and Hudson railroad tracks. No trains have pa-sed there since Thursday evening. The train* to and from Montreal lie on either side of the drift. Nineteen hours' work has proved unsuccessful in clearing the tracks. A Freight War. WM. Ai-LEN & CO. IS Nonb Main sth'H. Included in tha report J* a summary ct questions taken from Utters of postmasters and collectors of customs at twenty of the principal cities of the countrr, in reply to a rrquast from the commission for a frank expression of opinion as to tha practical effects of enforcing the new rulaa at their offices The quotation* show that quit* generally these officers belter* the enforcement of the rules Is favorable to the appointment ofta better class of employes in offices where l*Dlitioal or personal cosiderations have heretofore been the controlling influence.' Chicago, March T.—There are strong indicatio s of a decisive war between the. Atcsiison, Topeka and Santa Fo, and the St. Louis and Ban Francisco railroad C91 freight business. Rates ou Eastbound pool roads are reported firm as adamant. The Buffalo differential ticket expires to-day, but will be maintained by mutual agreement until Monday. The Wabash system has given notice that the "Pan Handle" road will uot acoept as its proportion less than three cents per hundred on business for the Wabash and Pacific road, and pro rata to any point* reached by the former line west of Buffalo and Pittsburg. Rome, N. Y., March 1.—The most sever* snow storm of the season began Thursday night and its fury is still unabated. The thermometer has been close to zero and the wind has howled furiously from the northwest, driving the snow and piling it up on the highways and railway tracks. The outdoor movements in the country are of nec.asity suspended. Even In the city pcop e do not venture out to go more than a block or two, qo furious is the storm. On the north and south railroads nothing can bs done until a calm eusues. New York Central trains are behind time, but manage to run. Train No. 54 on the West Shore railroad, 4s stuck in eleven feet of snow at Hecla, south of here. The Ontario and Western train which left New York Thursday morning has not yet reached Oswego. The cold is so bitter that men cannot be induced to work at shoveling out trains. Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg trains are moving about three hours late. DEALKRH IN HARDWARE, Opium Joluu Maided. He could see nothing to be accomplished by the piaeemeal work proposed by the bill except to put money in the hands of' shipbuilders.New York, Marcti 1.—Cmj/t McCula*. made a ra d ou Not 17 and 18 Moit street opium joints and gambling dens, when i C joints were in full bit it. Twenty Chin* n prisoners and one white man were captures together with two duxtti opium pipes, lamp shells containing opium and two gambau. layouts. ■ / . , , IRON AND STEEL, Horse and Hole Shoes. N*w York, March 1.—As the outcome of he prison conference, which has been iu session here for the past few days, the followng resolution was voted unanimously, after which the conference adjourned. Close* Without Result. The bill passed by SS yeas to 18 nays. It provides for the construction of two cruisers, one dispatch boat four gunboats, a steel ram, one cruising torpedo boat, two harbor torpedo boats. The commission suggests that as subordi nates at post offices and custom houses are no longer appointed with basis of a party test, consistency, not less toau the efflctmcy of the service, forbids the application of that test for the s lection of collectors and postmasters. No new change, however, in the civil service aot they say, is now needed for fairly testing the new system. Railroad Accident. Resolved, By the wardens of prisons of the United States, assembled in conference at New York, that the attention of the congress of the United States is her by called o the approaching meeting of the internaioasl penitentiary eongre a, to be held at Rome in October of the present year, and bnat wp hereby express our earnest wish that he government provide suitable representaion at said congress on behalf of this country. Sargent and the Laaker Trouble, Mr. Vest introduced a bill incorporating the iuterocoanic sliip railway company. Referral lo the committee on cotnmerca. Jackson, Miss., Mureh 1.—A passengei train on the Illinois Central railr oad u.i into a fr ight train at Tongaloo stati m yeterday, killing the engineer, Fred Fielilet No one else was injured. The engine ana D number of box cars were wrecked. A FULL LINE OP Berlin, March 1.—The Natfonal Guzotte exi reases the hope thai the Secessions s w.ll not pr DpDse in the reichs.ag a resolution thanking the United Stales of representatives for its resolution of condolence on the leath of Herr Lasker unless they previously ascertain whether it ran be adopted. SILVER AND PLATi D WARE. LIBRARY LAMPS, At 4:40 the senate adjourned until Monday. House. In the closing paragraph of the report the commission declare that " in every stage of ' its work' it has h id the constant and unwavering support of the President." Washington, March 1.—On demand for the regu ar order the chair proceeded to call committees for reports of a private nature. About twenty bills were rep tried favorably, and twice as many adversely, mostly relating to pensions and war claims. IfliTSNNIA AND GfllHITf WIRE. The Politist hi Nachrichtnn attributes half the blame to Minister Sargent. It asserts that hs is lacking in political tact, and so failed to keep the authorities at Washington informed of the true state of affairs in Germany. — Annapolis, M.I., Match 1.—Nuval Cade; L. H. Jastremiski, of LjU.s.sna, and J. YV Maxey, of Texas, both of tiie first class, am Fred Parker, of Massachusetts, of the . h r class, were dismissed for hasitig, havi, been found guilty by tiie late court martU. Dismissed for Mazing. Worcester, Mass., March 1.—Qeorge .Dwight, foreman of p gang of shovellers on the Worcester, Nashua and Rochester Road, was struck by a mass of snow on a snow plough and killed. CUILDKEN'R Hostile Apaches In Sonors. Resolved, That Mr. Wines be requested UD call in person upon President Arthur and •xpress to him the views of this body upon this question. Tucson, AiS*., March 1. — The Apaches are again on the warpath in Souora. They have killed a number of vaqueros and stolen horses and cattle. During the last few days they have been depredating in the Sahuaripa district. They killi-d Dolore L p.'E and wounded Lorenzo Melendez near Bamosi. Several bxlies of Mexicans were found on Mexican soil nenr the border. At Maritave, the same dav, the Indians killed Jesus Duarto. ChiD avirachi, the mail-carrier of the Sahuaripa route, is missiug, and is believed to have been killed. Large bands of cattle have been stolen from Los Pie-Iras and De Lumbre. A federal force is in pursuit. Aumher is seeking to head off the marauders. Col. Gardin and a large force is out. Mr. Hutchins, of N w York, gave notice that to-morrow lie would call up the naval appropriation bill. Tno house then went into committed of the whole on til - private calendar, Mr. Cox, of New York, in the chair. xpress Wagons and Bicyclt s. Wood's Holl, March 1.—The wind which is blowing from the north we t, has increased to a gale to-night. Vessels have been coming into the harbor all day under bare poles, and anchoring back of Nobsque. Tha gale is spoken of as the most severe that bus occurred on the coast for years, and many wracks are predicted. Randolph, Mass., March 1.—Jactson Tat' la, for five years past a street peanut vender here, has fallen h ir to the title and fortune of his uncle, the lute Count Tatela, of northern Italy. Jactson's lather, with bis wife and infant, embarked for America twenty-five years ago, and both parents died on the passage. Jactson was adapted by a Boston peanut vender. Ti e rich uncle never attempted to find his lj*t nephew, and Ihe administrators of his estate have been a year in tracing him out. Romance of the Peanut Stand. Blown from a Fast Train. Chicago, March 1.—Mrs. Jane A. Brocks, a wealthy widow, was arrested in the Palmer house last night Mrs. Brooks is the widow of Mr. J. Brooks, who, previous to bis dsath, went bond for Henry M. Curtis as administrator of the estate of which Stanley B. Bexton was then the minor heir. Curtis, it is alleged, defaulted, and suit was brought against the Brooks estate as surety for Curtis, and tha jury gave a verdict for $62,000 against tha estate. Mrs. Brooks was arrested on the allegation that she was about to leave for parts u known iu order to escape tho verdict, Shs went into hysterics when arrested and has not vet recovered. She is said to be wor th (500,000 and is well known in New York. Sensation In Chicago. The first bill taken up was to au h jrizo the President to appoint anil retire Alfred Poasonton, a major general, with an amendment striking out uujor general and inserting brigadier general. Trenton, N. J., March 1.—H i ry C. K« I sey, secretary of state of New Jersey, w blown from the two-hour train from Phi delphia to New York. This is said to be . fast- st train in th« country, but he escaped without fatal injuries. READY MIXED PAINTS W ALL COTORS. Chatham, Mass., March 1.—The English brig, Fleetwing, Captain Buckley, from New York to St. John, N. B., with atgeneral cargo, parted her chains and came ashora in Chatham bay. The gala is terrific and the sea bri aks completely over the vessel. The crew were taken off by a boat from Chatham.NOTICE. Mr. Browne, of Indiana, proposed a substitute for the bill placing the name of Gt n. Pleasonton on the pension roll at one hundred dollars per mouth. Ruled out on a point of order. Fall Hirer Board of Trad*, Fall Riveb, Mass., March 1.—At thi manu:acturers' board of trade meeting ni action was taken ou the strike. Frank is. Stevens was re-elected president, with Ed ward L. Anthony as secretary and Walter C. Durfee treasurer. & "CHASE & SANBORN'S Iii thi- course of the debate Mr. White, of Kentucky, in reply to a somewhat (neeriug i/Bffry by Oen. Rosecrans as to whether he considered himself one of the young men superior to Geu. Pleasanton, retorted that were lauds in California that but for thci action of Oen. Rosecrans would now belong to bo soldiers. STANDARD JAYA COFFEE, Peterboro, Ont, March 1.—A* the midday Midland train was approaching Lakoville, nine miles fro n here, it struck a sloigli containing five perso s, Miss Bessie Reed was fata ly injured, and d.ed soon after. The others ware only s'ightly injure 1. The th"rmoniet r rogistrr id twelve decrees below, and the gale dritted the snow so badly to ci'mpletely b'ock railway travel. All Midlanl trains are cincellel, and no mails fei. e beau received s nee } esterday. Milwaukee, March 1.—A suitable monument will b- .erected over tlie grav. s Dof twenty-four of the 100 victims of. the Nowhall house bnlacust, D hose b dies were unclaimed, and the contract for furnishing the monument according to the design of Henry O. Avery, the Ni w York architect, has been awarded Brown, EcAliester & Co., also of New York. In Memory or tlie Victim*. Tlie Week's Fallarea. Charged Willi Conspiracy. BOWAKTREE'S COCOA, Nkw York,.March There were S37 failures in the United S aies, reported lo Bradstreets', during the past week,  ten more than the proceeding week, twerftythree lees the eormpoading week ef 1*83, and eighty-flve wore than the saiae week of 1882. Boston, March 1.—Charles E. Miles, ol Wakefield, was arretted and held in |l,0Ui bail on a charge of conspiracy with Dr. Azel Ames against the government. This h a (reek charge against Au.es, and there naj be other arrests. ROWANTREE'S CHOCOLATE, R. & R. PLUM PUDDING, FERRIS HAMS VTeet Ihers Trout lee. Gen. Rosecrans attempted in an excited manner to interrupt, but Mr. White de cliued to yield. Alba wy, N. Y., March 1.—An application was made before Attoruey General O'Brien for leave to bring an action in the name of the people, proposing the removal of the receiver of the North River Construction company or the appointing of a-co-receiver in the interest of the attacking creditors, or the order a: pointing the present receiver void ab initio, by reason of the motion for such appointment not being noticed on the ati orney general at the time it was made. The attorney general reserved his Gen. Ro jcrans asked Mr. White if he was responsible for his words, to which Mr. W utte replied that he was. Not Incarcerated. CONDENSED NEWS. Brooklyn, March 1.—Surrogate Young, of Suffolk county, has admitted to probate in his office at Riverhead the will of th» late Catherine M Dix, widow of Oen. Dix. Mrs. Dix bequeathed her estate to her two daughters, Catharine Morgan Waisli and E izabeth Morgan Blake. The executor is Rev. Dr. Morgan Dix. The Bilatt or General Dlx'e Widow. AUAKT, March 1.—Contractor McDonald, of New York, who was declared in contempt of the senate and sentenced to imprisoume.:: Ferris Racon. Fires In Bfany Places. The Italian cabinet has resigned. His time having expired Mr. White was rapped down, aud debate in committee having limited the controversy, at least for the time being, stopped at this point Oil Crrr. Pa, March 1.—Fire broke ont •in the opera house at 11 o'clock la»t night, originating from the heater. The Edwin Thorns company had been playing the "Black and the audience had barely left the building when the fl mes broke out, •ne of the ladies of tbs company having a narrow escape. The property of thie company was savsd at much risk, as great difficulty was experienced in getti jg ladders to the bulldi Dg, owing to the telegraph wires surroundiag it. The baserne t is occupiel by The Evening Blizzard at d the batterr room of the Western Union telegraph office. The opera house was e tire y consumed, together with Kellogg'g block and the Tremont house. ** The Ports has appointed Habl Pasha, a Turk, Oovsrnor of Crete. Ths Christians are foriou'. In tiD9 county jail, is still at a hot?]. The c is no likelihood of bit immediate incarceration.In Minnesota Patent Flour we keep the finest that can be purchased in the wo'ld, making a loaf of bread white as snow. We are way down onf canned goods, having Canned Paaa at ioc., Canned Corn atioc., Canned Peaches, 3lbs., 17c., Canned Pineapple 16c., Canned Lima Beana ioc.; 1 gallon cans Apples, 41 c.: 3 lb. cans, Peas, 35c.; 2 lb. cans, Tomatoes, 20c.; 2 lb. cans, Strawberries, 16c.; 3 lb. cans, Califcr* nia Apricots, 35c. Ca 1 and look at *tock,andif you smoke, try a Boquct Key Wast Cigar at 5c., or if you want «» Imported Cigar, we have them. The bill was amended further by striking out tl'.e words brigadier gejeral and inserting the word ' 'colonel." Count Camp ds Bricbanton, ths Italian Vies Consul in San Francisco, has been arrested for slapping a Chinaman, who had insulted a lady. Another Earthquake lu Chios. Diecis.ou. Mr. Steele, of Indiana, moved to strike out the enacting clause of the bilL Rejected, 63 to 103. Athens, March 1.—TLe island of Chi.* and the towns ot Cheeme and Vourla, up iD the main and ot Asia Minor near by, have been visited by an earthquake. A Tattooed natty Born. Forfeiting $100,000. Baltimore, l.—The tattooed woman known as Laura Lavariine gave birth in this city on Thursday morning to a fifteen-pound boy. The baby's skin is mark d in the pame manner as ths mother's, with snakes, animals, flowers, etc. '1 he strangest pari, of t.ie freak is that ths colors of the Inula ink used to decorate the mother are exactly reproduced on the baby's jody except ibe face. The Hon. Thomas Cornell has headed a subscription with (1,000 for a monument to be erected to Lieut. Chipp, of ths Arctic sisamer Jeanette in Roudout. Boston, March 1.—Rev. .Frank Barnum, 8. J., a scholastic at B sto i college, has for bit«i $100,000 on account- of bis reJi.'ioii. His father w«s the late propi-ietor of ISsruum's hotel, Baltimore, and left hi, son 1100,000 on condition that be would not tiko orders in the Catholic church. The will has been contested in vain. Mr. Steele then offered an amendment that tlie names of all soldiersof the late war, suffering total disability from wounds or disease incurred in toe service, be placed on the retired list of the army with the rank of brigadier-general. Ruled out of order. Salnil Merse's Death Gov. 8toneinan will issue a proclamation within four days calling an extra session of the California legislature for March 30 to consider the railroad tax cases. Niw York, March 1.—The coroner's jury 11 the Salmi Morse inquest late last evening, after halt an hour's deliberation, returns! a Toliliot of accidental drowning Tlte bill waI then laid asidf to be reported to the ho.ise. -The bill to appoint and retire Alfred Pleasant m a colonel on the retired list was the house. Filibustering operations were inaugurated by the oppouent of the bill to consume the time until 6 o'clock, when, by a previous special order, a recess was articled until 7:30 T. M. Ths houss committee on military affairs has decided to make an ad veres report on the bill providing for ths psrpetuation of ths offices of general and lieutenant general. ■xparts and Imports. ■Washington, Mirc.i 1.—Theexe u o' _ value of exports over imports of nieicha - dise into the United States dnring Jenuarj last was $19,077,487. Philadelphia, March X.—A small four building at No. 432 South Second street, the upper portions of which were used as a tenement house, was burned. Mrs. Kelly, oae of the occupants, jumped from a third stty window, receiving injuries from whickshjsooBcUad. The loss on ths buUil Lowell, Mam, March 1.—Two runaway boys, Wallace V. Adams and Fred Knapp, sons of prominent residents, who ran away Wednesday with $200 or $300 in their posset.- si Dn, for Denvef, Col., presumably to light the Indiana, iave been arrested at Erie, Pa., aad will WnHnist A Couple ef Indian Fighters. Death by Heart Disease. Both political parties in Kingston, N. Y , have nominated Charles Bray for mayor and John Husssy for recorder, the incumbents. Tbs former Is a republican and ths lattfr a PsawM. Greenfield, Mass.. March 1.—Maj. Henry G. Nims, for six years deputy sheriff and crier of courts, was found dead of heart d» ease in a chair at the court bouse. Tlie house was in session from 7:80 to 10:05 P. 1L, and passed seventeen psvrion Utta a*  mmm Www SBv MfIVs HWIl Rhode Island Bepubllcans. Pbotioehck, March 1.—Tho R. ubliaan state ssavsatioa is sailed Is meet Marsh * HURL BUT ft f?.