Evening Gazette

              e. N U MBEK 720- I &atabii-nt»d iel&O f PITTSTON. PA.. SATURDAY. OCTOBER 18, 1884. ) TWO CKNT8. ) Ten Onl» Ftr WMl. AMONG THE WOLVERINES. DOES THE HAIR GROW VIGOROUS GORDON. AN OPERA HOUSE BURNEO A PERILOUS SITUATION. Maine Situ Talking; In die »*«•«« A. M. SULLIVAN. Cf iminipfii)r, aid !ho conu*11 {•»C!»! i* u true 0I #». Ma- y ilu? *\&»i Cvil- -4' C*iy down ininie D• uufcitep, nu*i deiurfe «at, ring Inifr a i' v. «hose of!. _.»»1 irDll  •ihe irowediaiv. mi! Iir. J' ! '- Ciru|'. Some one has dti'tixd conceit won* tlao V«rcitD of Hlehlftn. A tribute to Hie Honeety, Fearless* He Keeps the Enemy Busy Nearly In ■ Mteblgnu Cltjr—A Steamer on Fire—Other Losses. JWoktaqd*, Mich., Oct. 18.— An ineen- Itary Are destroyed Ripley's Opera House , block, causing a low of over $00,000. L. I*, Riploy, druggist, loses (30,000; Burroughs fe Jones, grocers, $20,000; Morse St Bell, *15,TWO. The Lumberman newspaper dfllcc, poet oilier, express office and a dozen ollu-r places are either burned or badly damaged. The heaviest losses are insured from onehalf to two-thirds of the losses. Adrift at Sea and Alone on a Small Bat Crnr, Oct. 18. and early iht corridors of tho Bancroft house at East Saginaw began to fill up, and soon the BIuiih recoption committee from Bay City ap peered. Mr. Blaine kept his room unti nearly time (or starting, 9:40, but when ht came out be looked considerably brightei than he did the day before. Meantime Gen. Fremont had beeji holding an informal reception in his room, and finally the crowdol those who wanted to see him be come so gre that ha came down to the foot of the «taCr. where Senator Palmer announced that "Till Pathflnd. rsn would shake hands with everybody, "but please do not grip the old man'* hand too* hard." At 9;15 the line of carriages, headed by a band, started for th« Flint au i Pere Marquette depot. Here were over 1,000 people, who cheered as the train pulled out. After Death, or After It Has Been Severed From The Body? neea, Wit and Devotion. All the Tim*. Yacht. London, Oct 181—The death of Mr. Alexander M. Sullivan, although not wholly unexpected, gave a shock to his fi lends be. cause recent reports from Dublin lia I been very encouraging as to his condition. Hi: death is deeply regretted in many divergen circles. He was thoroughly trusted anc warmly admired by ail classes of the Irist nationalist party, with the exception of C few members of the small clique which be lieves in atmed resistance and aggressivt reprisals in season and out of season. H( thought those were misguided, but wiier their acts of violence brought them intc the meshes of the law his best legal skill and all the eloquence of iiis tongue and pen were used flCHlieir behalf, generally without pay. His position at the English bar was already enviable, and was daily improving. Among hit legal brethren, bott Tories and Liberals, was loved for hit geniality and lriimor, while he was alwayi respected for his honesty of purpose, and sometime* feared for tho of hi) wit. During the past few months be wai repeatedly urgad to re-enter jxDlitical life, but he steadily refused, His former constituents in County Louth would have returned him to parliament at any moment il he would have consented to sit, and at thC time of liis death the people of Newry bad determined to return him as their meiflbei a: the next general election, despite Ms repeated protests. Elaborate preparation* art ill progress for testifying the Bense of loss which is felt throughout Ireland over Mr, Sullivan's death. AH the Irish Nationa League meetings announced for next Sun day have been postponed as a testimonial ol respect, and his remains are to be buriec with public next Monday at Glasnevin.Kept Binr at the DIISIH1 «H (tie- Time— tevcned from a Watery tJruvo Not a Moment An Apparently Well Authenticated Caae Which him to Definitely Continually making Sortie* In Whleh He rones Of With Virtue Colore—Two Toms Captured. El Plahdl'e Power. Tariff or No Tin iff, •• That s cn« Quw Settle That Qneetlon—Gating on Hie Own Brain. ti »;*■* Too Boon, It is the question upon wlticl rl««? comfugt Presidential OHicpaigli will Ik- fimpht. It is the question which hii« cTiiriii Cn tiie leading minds o! both pri nt [• litiful p.-oiicy for ti e Nf.w Yobk, Oct. 18.—Mr. Ernest Hast ings, of Bath, L. I., tho owner of the sloop yacht Bonitn, invited Eliot Smith and Em Uii Fraii-clin, of this city, last week to joili him in a three weeks' duck shooting cruis« along the Jersey coast. T)n Tuesday morn ing ut 10 o'clock the sportsmen started fox liarnegat inlet Frankli:), who is only li years o.d, i;nd who studied navigation on' the schoolship St. Mary's before ho became a clerk in his grandfather'9 store in William rtreot, took the helm, lie carried the yacht ten miles an hour under reefed mainsail and jib until Kmdy Hook.was reached, and then let sails out a reef to increase the speed and make tie inlet early in the evening. Tctrnrd fia oloso of the day the wind blew so ttitlly t:iat the young helmsman couldn't mnnn things with the ease he had hoped to, and, H i illy, before the little party of duck shooters fully realized their situation, tho yacht was driven clean out of her course, and was tumbling in the heavy white caps taut were breakfog with a To%C oil the Bari cgat ehoi R-■ Voting Frankmi mw the danger, and (lung himself against tho helm to turn the yacht away from shore. He bore too heavily on the judder, and the next instant the yacht j!!jed and everything movable, including the yawl boat, the wator cask, the two sportsman and Franklin hims-lf, were tumbled indiscriminately into the Atlantic. Pnn.ADKLPHiA, Oct; 18. —Thnt hair grows upon the hnman body after u-ath has be n a theory held Bv many prominent physicians, but discredited by the profession generally. Experts who follow the melan choly pursuit of dressing and laying out the dead hold in some contempt this professional opinion, and declare that cases of hair growth after death are frequent, and often so palpable that even a novice would not fail to detect them. Cairo, Oct. 18.—Advices from Anil uko state that meft-hants who have arrived al that place confirm the reports that Gen. Gordon captured the towns of Sliendy and Netemmeli on Oct. 0. They state that Geh. Gordon make* constant sorties Iron] KhartoumDetroit, Oct. 18.—The steamer James Fisk, jr., owned by the Union Steamboat company of Buffalo, and running lu connection with the Erie railroad, between Chicago and Buffalo, caught Are while lying tic nor dock here. Tile lire originated among soma oils in the engine room, and is not yet uiider control. The steamer was a freight carrying propeller, was built In ntiifnlo twelve years ago, aui liad a casuo valued hi -$4i),(H)0, consisting of wheat, fldur sivl general ,inen:handis •. ttiie is value 1 ai' I70.0.10. D.tH i fifty vwtrs, CDx(-i'pt v. h* it  fori! 'imiD !«■ il c bum question • I ".'hall the Hiron he I'reeri Vi d '!" Wt i ' e'i uD |Dost ourselves. Mid Ui | r« j urn! to vole umierstjind- WaDY Haifa, Oct. 18.—The steamer Fertiz, with 40 rowboats ou board, has arrived at Dougola. H V'!j upnii litis great qiusiic.i White there 'iiti Iiihww ri• tfi ri ncrs of uji:ciC it. «wii »hile there is in'jih iliui i.m I r . „ .j, ti* UlVit and ajji!n I Iff e tr»d«, i«« iTC i 'D eortain, lilld ti ll! IH, vol; Cal.liOl lii.ll h In CtlC l|fp ibat will cure Colds, Astl • •D. • V8 J disease of iW ii.t'SU or li.nw h-i« ■. 0: . J . (Curtis' Cottiih Cni:ts«mi C!) i' u . Osmau Niirroddiii, »n inhabitant of Korte. . lias arrived here from Khartoum having been fourteeu day* on -the -wajr. He was present at Khartoum during tha w hole seige, and saw Gen. Gordon capture a quantity of guns and rifles from tho rebels. He say*tho road from &hm touni. to Keunaar is free of rebels. 'Gen. Gordon's steamers, after bombalding Berber, Dj-dyotm and Meunah, upturned in safety to Khartoum. Kashhiil Pasha lias undertaken to occupy Berber with a force whlcli Gen. Gordon was getting in readine sat the time Narroddln left. The mahdi cume to Shatt, only six days journey front Khartoum, but on hearing of the insurrection at Geb el Deir, was forced to turn back. Before starting he summoned the tribesmen and villagers to accompany him but very few obeyed. They remained loyal to the kbedive. As the mahdi had left Malimond Abd el Kader in command at El Oboid with only 5,000 troops, the Baltkara tribesmen and the inhabitants of Geb el Deir, joined by 1.50 Egyptian troops, made ail attack on Ei Obeidand captured a number of sluves and cattle. The attacking party were so much encouraged by. theii success thnt they threatened to reuew the ass.iult. At Bay City there was a crush at the depot, and after considerable delay the party entered carriages under the promise of the local committee that they would be brought back to tho depot in twenty minutes. ThC procession moved through tho principal etreots, all of which wera lined with people and tlie lious38 decorated, thence toMaditor park, where Charles F. Gibson, candidatC for congress, introduced the presidentia candidate, who was lustily cheered, and it turn presented Palmer, Fremont and Alger. Then the whole party reviewed the procession.A very curious relic in the possession of a Pottsville bookkeeper, a Vetera»of the late war, was examined by several Philadelphia doctors recontly, and appear* to furnish conclusive proof that death does not always pOt ail end to the growth of bair upon portions of the human body, even a f. er the lapse of many years, i.enry Matthews was a good soldier during the war, and was at the front in some of tha hottest engagements of that great struggle. As a mem ber of Company H. of the Forty-eighth Pennsylvania Volunteers, he was in the fight at Cold Harbor. On May 26, 1804, he was struck down by a bullet, which entered the back part of the head. The ball passed through a portion of the brain, and was taken cut above the forehead. The operation win performed by Dr. W. R. D. Blackwood, tl.fc.i -urgoon-g.nem. of the division, who noD. ! v j at No. 246 North T weni iC"th street,! -1 iy. During the progress of the operation u mass ol the brain, weighing about an ounce and a half and as large as an egg, escaped. The bullet, io which some of thi brain matter and a portion of the scalp mlliered, was preserved, and upon his departure from the hospital was given to the woundel man, who, to the astonishment of the surgeon, recovered. He has suffered no mental in convenience, and now occuplos a responsible clerical position in tho Heading railroad office at Pottsville. When the bullot was presented to him twenty y»ars ago at the hospital door the brain matter and the little patch of scalp bad dried up, but a few short hairs could be seen sticking out fi-oni the latter. The bullet had been considerably flattened, and somewhat resembled in shape a miniature clam shell. t'l livat.U'D, Oct. 18.—J. T. Card, of this iff - •'! member of the coal mine ftrni of C .ml& Upson, has received a special dispsteli front Mr. Upson, who is at Shawnee, neat which they own a valuable mine, that the mine had Iweu lirod lost Saturday and is •till-'burning, ami that the miners who itr'ck when their wages Weie'Vut down to fifty ceiits bad held a nuetiiig mid uotilled tlDe owners that they would not allow the lire to lie extinguished unless they could tis assured that they would lie given work at rlie old rate of seventy cents a ton. I!. K f.tinik Bi v i* '•jr.- V. jTpfffl 1^ i Rl i1fm best tonic ? At Flint, Mi'-h., a large crowd was assenv bled on both sides of the track. The wagpi bridga across the river was elaborately decor atod. From a p atform car, which wai backed up to the train, Judge Gold, o: Flint, introduced Blaine, who mudo the longesl and b, st speech of his Michigan tour. Aftei mnkiui; his usual protection arguments, hC said since reaching Michigan he had received several letters asking him if he had belonged to tho Knov Nothing party. These werC supplement* • a telegram from California asking if U;- . . I vtfted for Fillmore in 18.'.ft He renliz D■! , at there was a party of know nothings in i; country, and that it is con Bluntly inci cusiu r. [Laughter.] But a respectful question demanded a respectful answer, and II.- would say that he had nevei been a Know Nothing. Hauuonton, N. J , Oct. 18.—The forasl Hres mo still raging with unabated fury, lr.d unless n heavy rain extinguishes the Names the damage to timber will bo enormouii, and cannot be retired by growth for over a generation. Tho inhabitants say they have never known so groat a drought for twonty years, nnd streams through the cedar swamps that were never known to fail ire now dry. Among the losses repot tcdaro D15,000 by the Atlantic Cranberry company, 275 acres of their bog being burned over. The Lake cranberry bog was also burned. Directly afterward the yacht righted and started off to sea of it* own accord on a starboard tack. It was jus' 0 P. M., and the water was as cold as ice and the wind blowing like a steam whistle. Hastings and Smith struck out with shivering vigor, and after an uncomfortable struggle with tlie waves caught ou to the ovorturnod yawl and keg. After being unmercifully used by the nugry breakers for half nil hour, they were finally washed ashore with a thump by a big wave. It was near Life Saving station 18 at Barnegat, and they were hospitably trea ed by bluff Capt. Allen Allgore. The whole life savihg erew made a search along tho beach for young Franklin's body. They came I uck at dawn unsuccessful. DROUTH IN THE SOUTH. The Whole Rozlon SulTorlng SerH Mobile, Ocr.18.—The drouth is now nearlj eleven weeks old. and tbere are 110 indications of a change in the weather. The nights are cool and the days pleasant, with refresh in.; breezes, but the sky lDoth day and night is cloudless. Hopes of rain were indulged in at the time of the equ.'.iox, for the cloudf were heavy and indicated rain. This pUatc passed, and rain seeina now as far off as ever, ilucji inconvenience and some suffering exists all over the south. The springs, wells and branches have completely dried up in many districts und long drives to rivers have to bo made to water cattle. The rivers themselves are very low and are gradually reaching the |Dofnt noted in 1830, when the Alabama river could be waded at Montgomery. Th& cotton crop has been burned out mora than tljree weeks ago, and very little top crop can be made, and this little only in the loaii'Is. The turnip crop, so much relied upon for stock seed, is a complete failure. Meantime no seed can come up, although the farmers are oontinually resowing, in the hope that a rain may come and give the plants a start This is particularly true of the winter cabbage crop, of which so much is usually expected in the immediate neighborhood. Tiie drouth of this year is thC harder to endure from the fact that it is a repetition of what happened last year. Fortunately the drouth this year began t\rc weeks later than that of last year, and the cotton had a chanca to mature. On this account the drouth of 1884 cannot equal in destructiveness that of 1883, no matter how long it lasts. ou*ly for Lack of Kaln. Donoola, Oct. 18.—A special messenger has returned hero from Wady Garna. He reports that the inhabitants there declare tliut the steamer which ran aground a few days ago had a quantity of money on board which belonged to tho Oreek consul. There were 40 Europeans and natives on the steajiner. The steamer was armed and carried booty which had been captured by the party in fights with the rebels. It had also on board the beads of the rebels who were killed at Khaitoum. AVhon the steamer ran aground at Salamat the inhabitants were terrified. The messenger reports the story of the massacre of the people 011 the steamer. He says there were no whites among the prisoners. * Atlanta, Ga., Oct 18.—Tho town of Barnesviile, on the Central railroad, was laid waste by Are. The depot, the hotol, the storaa and almost the entire town has been swept away. Tho telegraph offices with their instruments haro been burned up and connection it cut ofT. The loss will not be leaa than #400,000. e ,{ This medlclML combining Iron with pure vegetable tonics; quickly snd completely Care* Dyspepsia, Indlaestinn. Il lMlni 1 at pare Blood, .llaJarla,C lilllnssi Fetei a, and Nnnlils. Ills an unfailing remedy for TMwasM of the KMneye nnd I.lver. ■ It is invaluable for Dlsei.se- ] t'culUr to Women, and all who lead scili ntanr lives. It does not injure the teeth, chum- heidhchtyor produce constipation—dhtr Inn mtdltinn (to. Itenrlches and purines the blued. stimulates the nppctlte, aids the asslmiluti n «Df food, relieves Heartburn and Itelrhli'f;. art' strengthen* the muscles and nerves. DANIEL M'SWEENEY TALKS. Mayor Kdioii, ol' New York, mid Other* al«o Make Speeches. New Yobk, Oct 18.—Th3 Academy ol Music was well filled last night on the occasion of the public reception to Daniel Mo- Sweeney, the "suspect," who while claiming American citizenship was imprisoned in Iro land while Mr. Blaine was secretary ol stato. The au litorium of the academy waf tastefully decorated, the national color ol Ireland everywhere mingling with the red, white and blue. The audience was largely composed of the Celtic element, though weil interspersed with an unmixed American re presentation. Billy Baynes' celebrated Sixty-ninth regiment band entertained the waiting crowd, delivering airs until the arrival o( the reception committee and tho speakers. Accompanying the committee as they filed upon the stage was the "Sullivan club," an organization composed ol' 150 persons, all of that nam This unique company was awarded a fail share of the applause which greeted the advent of the djstincrvistnd occupants of the platform. Among the latter were Mayoi EJson, Congressmen W. E. Robinson, A bra 111 8. Hewitt and John J. Adeuns; Col. W, L. Brown, of Tho New York News; Algernon S. Sullivan, P. R. Coudert, Judge Kelly and Browne, of New York city; State Senators Campbell and Murphy, Gen. Martin T. McMahon, Col. John and many others. Among those in the boxes was Mrs. Delia T. S. Parnell, mother of the Irish statesman, and O'Donovan Rossa sat among tho reporters. Judge Kelly called the meeting to order, and stated that the assemblage was a protest against infringement of tiie principle of equality before the law. He t!:en introduced Mayor Edson as presiding officer. New York, Oct. 18.—The cigar manufactory of.Jacoby ft Bookman was damaged by Are to the extent of t#0,000 The die will temporarily throw out of employment •00 cigirmakers. At 7 o'clock on Thursday morning the lookout of the steamship Rio Grande, bound for Galvestm. caught sight of the Bonitu buli'etiiig the waves. A bronzed young man, who was wearily working a pump with one hnml, waved a white handkerchiof wildly w.tU the other and hoarsely shouted for help. A boat quickly put off to it. As it bumped against the gun wales,~ Franklin, In dry Clothes, with two handsome lowling pieceunder one arm and u valise under the otlier, jumped iuto it. dropped his luggage, soizjd the. coxswain's horny baud and wrung it for utout two miiuit 'S. As the time elapsed Mi-. Matthews, who greatly prized this relic, noticed an astonishing fact. The hairs, which at first were scarcely prominent enough to be noticed, were growing. Other hairs grew out bJso until a thick black hunch appeared at the back end of the bullet. At first his friends refused to credit the story, although be showed the precious relic in proof. Oiico or twice he cut off the ends of the growing hair. It continued to grow. About a year ago Mr. Matthews came to Philadelphia and sought out Dr. Blackwood, to whom he exhibited the Lullet with its bunch of apparently healthy hair. The surgeon, in the presence of professional witnesses, cut off an inch of the hair, measured that which remained, boxed and sealed, -up the bullet, end placed it in trusty hands for safe keeping. Recently the package was opened. A careful measurement showed that the hair had grown over an inch siuce the ball had been last seen, and Dr. Blackwood said yesterday: "The (act is beyond dispute. Apparently without nutrition, upon the dried up particle of scalp and brain, this hair had been and is growing as surely, if not so luxuriantly, as it grew upon Matthew's head when he was shot I recollect the wound, the operation, and the presentation of the relic to the injured man after his remarkable recovery. It seems to me to settle beyond doubt that hair can and docs grow- upon dead bodies. The fact has steadily been denied by medical journals and medical men generally, but tho m. n who have charge of the medical college 'subjects,' those mysterious fellows -,Cho have every opportunity to know, nearly all declare that they continually witness the proof of it." THE NEW CABLE For Intermittent Kevers, ias-itede, Laekof Energy, Ac., it has no equal. 0t~ The genuine has alxive tis.le mark and crossed red lines on wrapper. Take no other. •sfeatlrkr BROW* CaiXKiL CO, *ALTt«OKK.a» fc'UAKix, Oct. 18.—It is believed that OaD mau Digma, the rebel leader, will succeed in massing his forces at Tamai. The English have lost their chance of crashing him for the preseut. Both the weather and the crops favor him. Not Vel l.anded— It Csgsss Almost a Fatal Accident Nnv York, Oct. IH.—The commercial cable ia not landed yet, uud probably will not be for a day or two. An effort was made tj get it ashore last- night, but the tfforl was a failure and came very n ar being a dire disaster. 'Hie coil that was to extend from the Faraday to the landing place was put "ii the raft aud the tug started to take it In, about 9 o'clock Thursday uight When within a ship's length or two of the ibore the raft capsised and everything and 5very body were thrown into tho water. ' A numbei of men were on tha raft, but, as usual, were provided with life preservers. If this precaution had not been taken some it thsm would certainly have beendrowned. They were all picked up by the tog and taken back to the Faraday. The two boat* ■upporting the raft floated off and have not been seen since. Nothing more wgs atsempted that night, but the cable was tikeu up yesterday morning aud tiu work of r» soiling it was immediately proceeded with. The raft experiment will not be attempted •gain, but the shore end will be loadud ,iDn ibe deck of the tug and by that meanstakeu. in. Quite* party of gcntlemaa assembled ■gain j eslerday expecting to see the work jompleted, but waited all day In vain. It ixcite* some surprise that the crew of the Fasaday should be so awkward about the landing of the cable, when thay bad so much •xperlence. Carton's Patent Gas-tight Hot Air Furnace. Jeaae Jam«aD Wife Sues. "You've saved my life," he said. "I thank rou, and I'll not forget it." St. Louis, Oct. 18.—The trial of the case of Zeralda James a d Mrs. Samuels, the wifo and mother of Je-ise James, ugaDnst J. H. Chambers liaC been concluded. The suit was on an alleged breach of contract entered hito I y the plaintiffs and defendant* far the pub'icallon of the life, advent-ires and untimely taking off of the famous brigand. The plaintiff 1 ware to supply facts and receive 100 copies of the book anu a royalty of Ave per cent, on all books sold. They claimed $J,100, but the Jury returned a verdict in their favor tor $04& Tiiroo ht.u. s later t!io Rio Grande sighted oiie Sau M u'co3, of the Mallory line, bound for Now York city. Fravklin bade the Rio Grande (oiks good-by heartily, slid into the lopgijoat, and was trans(erred to the inbound steamship. Quartermaster Howard Fay .stood at the ladder as Franklin clambered up, again laden with his two fowling pieces and his valise. He started back in amiz-ment. Then he rushed forward and seized Franklin's baud. Maud s. Shaken Up. Cleveland, Oct 18.—Maud 8. has arrived Irom Hartford. Formerly the traveled in a luxurious \ alace car aa grand as a Fullman coaoh, but she came here in one of those short, hard-riding express cars of the New York Central road. She had stood, as she will have to until she reaches Cincinn iti, in a narrow, padded stall. She was not permitted to lie down, lest in trying to gy.ti her feet while the train was 7% motion Bhe might strain herself as she did years ago in riding from Chicago. "The jaunt shook her up badly," said Urent, her groom, "and I'm afraid It hurt her. Mr. Bair is in Cincinnati. He telegraphed for a car, ani they sent this thing. We will take the mare off for a rest in Cincinnati and then snip her to Lexington, where she is to trot. We want to give her a chance in a milder climat), where she won't have trD trot against the wind as she did in Hartford." "Vi hy, Len, I'm glad to sea you," he cried: "wo haven't seen each other siuce we were on the St. Mary's together." Pittsburg, Oct 18.—In the Pennsylvania bank investigation, b fore the master, Selab Reed, hall boy at the Duquesne olub rooms, testified that on the day o. the suspension of the Pennsylvania bank President Riddle gave him two packages to destroy. One was burned without opening, and the other contained a number of small leather books. All w j* barne.l, aii 1 for the service he received 15 from Sir. RMdle. Betrayed by a Small Boy. Fl'anklin told the story of the adventure. MI caught a rope attached to tho sail as we went overboard, and clambered aboai d when tho yacht lighted. I tried to beach the yacht, but the i lea wouldn't work in the gquall. I was swept further out to sea every minute, and soon tho yacht began to fill willi water from the waves that broke over lu*r, and it kept mo steadily at tho pumps pretty nearly all the time for almost two days and nights to koep things from going under altogether. It got warmer after the iquail, and I got along tolerably well after that, and had plenty to eat in the three? weeks' store of provisions. It bogan to looV desperate on the last clay, when the water came over faster than I cCuld pump, and the feeling of relief that 1 hud when I saw thnt steamship for Galveston loom up is a bigger thing than I can express in English." TO THK PROPLK OF PiUslon and Vicinity. VTo give l he names of a fC w or the many . jer»oi.v tfie "CARTON" FITRNACJf in I liia vuiir.itD : JaniL-B K. Kliret, Kagle Hotel, Pittstoo. ' K. U. biUrUir, tirticlair liouxn, PiMeton. J. W. Oonip on, Dyt-r, Wilketi Birte. S.muol 8nyih, lnVntor, PittKtou. Joo. D. Given, Tteniturer. PiUntoti 8tor»Co. Urn. M. K. Kvuiiit. IV'wi I'maton. J F. Frcdi-richa, Wusi Pi IIftoii. JtiO. L U'lK-rr, i'liL-tou. Dr. Tlieo. M. Juh. a .11, M vtt Pittston. ,s.., Dr. K. R. Tn.xcil, We*t Putxion. Dr. C. M. Williams, Weal Pittatou. Q. F. Slimki-j, C?• at PiiL«uDn. K. J. R* Das M'p-i l\ll?-iou~ fH£nry Slirk, ,W«rt')«i tMcCi. 11. iteiuiiMtii, v\v.-t Puietiv. West Pitwton Sctiui! 2 (hTihoi'B. Judge W. (I. fVol, W'tsi I'iuston, Home of tin Ki iyi dV*. (S) ScthuIoo. C. E. Pijoi. PiariC* i. Organs. Scnatoo. Wm. liliHlu, C»rrisxD« Mai.fr., Scnniou. W, H. 11.1piOJifBiii Viilli-y. Pr»bv Dri»(i 0f.fr Hi, Pfcifant VaUoy. KeypUinc II I}1, lluwiii, PH. Mayor Edson made a short speech, and then introduced Mc8weeney, who described his experiences in Ireland. Resolutions wefe then adopted denouncing Minister Lowell for not having, taken steps to secure Mc- Sweeney's release. Congressmen Hewitt and Robinson and Mrs. Parnell also spoke. Disappointed Because He Wu Net Huns. Charleston, W. Vs., Oct 18.—Quite a large number of poopl • from the country came to the city to wlln -sj the hanging of Charles Spurlock, but its his sentence was commuted, and he is in the penitentiary, the visitors were disappointed. Many hard words were s|Doken agniiut Oov. Jackson for commuting Spurlock's sentence. New York, Oct 18—Senator Gibbs pre-, dded over th» convention or the county Republican* laat night. All the light* of the party were present. On calling the roll of ielegatea oonteata were developed in .the id, 15th, anil Itth districts, an. I a committee era* appointed to adjust thuui. An adjourn mailt wan then taken, presumably to await the actiou of the county Democracy, wHh&u' any nominations having been mad'. Ural Politics In Kew VorW Science and Slugging. New York, Oct. 18.—Mike Donovan and Walter Watson, tho English boxer, fought seven rounds with small gloves, for $500, at Turn hall, bOO persons being present. Tho first five rounds showed some very scientific boxing, but the hitting was very light, the men apparently sparring for point* The spectators, having seen enough of such work, became clamorous for something partaking of a slugging character. In the sixth round the men warmed up to their work, and some heavy hitting was indulged in, Donovan forcing the fighting and having decidedly the best of the round and the contost thus far. When time was called Watson Mas manifestly a defeated man, but the referee called for another round. In the seventh round Watson, exhausted as he was, showod himself a game and scientific fighter, but the superior generalship, stamina and science of his oppouent proved too much for liiin, and Donovan was declared the whlt.cr. Blood was drawn in the last round by Donovan swinging his right and cachiug Watson over the eye, cutting a gash two inches long. 8,000 More Dead Chinese. Xondon, Oct. 18.—The Foo-Choo correspondent of Tho Times telegraphs that another battle has been fought on the shore near Tnmsui. Three thousand Chinese were killed, but the French loss was trifling. The yacht from which he was rescued went down while she was yet within sight of the BtoMlTttllip.  The Piesldent—A Besurreetlonlet. Washington, Oct. 18.—The president has taken up his residence at the Soldiers Home cottage, coming into the White House at no Cn. v Was Cllaaore Afraid* Toronto, Oct 1$.—The excitement over the Gilmortf-Fulljames fiasco still continues. G-ilmore is handled without gloves. His explanation that fie could not find the fighting grounds Is not by any means acceptable, and many persons do not hesitate to charge him with showing the white feather. He, lowever, says that he is anxious to meet Full James. The Last Chinese Defeat. A Lesson In a Small Space. Chtoago, Oct. 18.—Mrs. Anna Moss and Mi's. Anna Turner, mother and daughter, are in the South Chicago jail charged with arson. They lived alone in a frame cottagt on Commercial avenue, between Ninetieth and 2sinety-first streets. About 1:80 a. m. Officer Frank Callahan was passing back ol the house when he met tho elder of the two women. "You stand back," sjiid she peremptorily, presenting a revolver as she npoke. He did so, but after &ho had gone away returned. The smell of burning kerosene was strong enough to induce him to turn on the alarm. Coal oil 1 ad been poured on the floor and ignited. Costly furniture had literally been soaked in the inflammable liquid, inattrasses tilled with excelsior hod been ripped oiDen and set fire to. and three dressing c; sis had every drawer fillod with shavings saturated with coal oil and set or fire. JSot an article of clothing or a trunk was to be found in the bouse, showing conclusively'that the attempted arson had  for tho insurance on the furniture only. When the tire department arrived this well plauned fire trap was smothered out for the luck of air, for the women had closed every Two Women Arrested for Arson. JxDndon, Oct. 18.—The dispatch in The Times from a Foo Chow correspondent tc the effect that another battle had been fought at Tamsui, and that tho Chinese had bi.en defeated with a loss of 3,000 men, is unloubtedly a canard. Dispatches from Paris up to a late hour show that if any such engagement has taken place on the coast of Formosa it has not yet been re* ported to Premier Forry or to any member ol tlie French cabinet. 1 here seems to be no doubt that the report refera to Col. Donliter's engagement of last Friday wifcli the Chinese at Chu in Toequia. Anothar story afloat, and which is said to be causing great irritation among the Chinese at Shanghai, is to tho effect that the English are compell* ing native laborers at Hong Kong to work On French ships. Lieutenant Commander Hitchcock notifies the navy department that the Tallapoosa has been raised, sj that liar hurricane„.deck is two feet out of water. Montreal, Oct 18.— The Montreal Herald, tha oldest newspuper in thia city, having been established in 1808, is for sale. Under tha management of the late Benator Penny it waa the organ of the Liberal party, tnd proved a great financial success. Too rears ago it became the organ of tbiD Cauaila /Pacific railway, and to-day it la hop«let*ly laaol *eut. Vigo Janseu Ross, tile notorious resurrectionist, arrested here a few nights ago in thD act of robbing graves, has been convicted and sentenced to jail for one year. This is his second sentence here, and he has served several terms in jail elsewhere. Boughs Bun s Town. Toronto, Oct 18.—Michipicoten, on the north shore of Lake Superior, is reported to be In the possession of a gang of roughs The respectable people of the place have received notice to quit the town. On last Friday night the Canadian Pacific railroad office was riddled with bullets, and John Mackensie, fin employe, was shot in the bund. *12,000 for an Arm Amos Xf l. ii- ,t 8oiD. M r»ni«f, Pa, 0. R. F'currnli. Scimiioi . Wheeli.no, W. Va., Oct. 18—Later returns somewhat reduce the Democratic majority. it now looks as if 8,000 would be about the final result wheu the official returns are iu. Official and semi-official returns, and the closest estimates from forty seven of the fifty-four counties, give a net Democraticma j jrity of 7,195. The seven counties of Boon, Calhoun, Clay, McDonald, Nicholas, Pocahontas and Tucker will increase this sbout 1,000. The supreme judge, against whom such a relentless war was made, ran well up to the remainder of the ticket, and will probably have within 2,000 of Wilson's msjority. Complete oilic.nl figures will not be forthcoming lor a week or ten days. West Ylrgliiln Bel urns. St. Loi'ls, Oc'. 18,—Christopher Doughirty, manager of the Postal Telegraph 00m jany, lost an arm in 1877 through tha oare eeaneas cf tbn employe* of the Missouri Street Railrcad company. He brought suit tgau.al that company ror 430,000, and a ipoe.al jury in tho circuit court awarded Una a verdict of $12,000. Petei I dive, \Vrikt*»vBiH'[* Mr. Huit liinaoiif Kb y- on. B. B. hoh*. K »vj'hD Geo. Lii puis ! h iC V Adam 11C 1 kn«-rm |*i Dr. K. ». J-.i.„, Vt'i si V.itfitou. 'l- M. Hoi in. 1'i' -D•. m. • £ Geo. W. i ithiti c", \\V(i pittKton, Mrs. A I' K ■ , (i) W. -i l'.ilato* Thomas Mal.-i.ij', PiitiOor, Call uiitl jffv 1 h. fu rimer*, or s«»nd for cat-nl jjm » in ul; 1 aiul jirirva. Gen. Rntler Still Busy, A Teller Indicted. Utica, N. Y., Oct. 18.—Gen. Butler reached Utica at 7:25 last evening and proceeded at once to the op3ra house, where he spoke for two hours to a crowd of over 2.000 people. His points wero the same that he has made in several other speeches in several other speeches in this vicinity. He was introduced by Mr. H. H. Fish. Several of the most prominent meu in the city occupied seats on tho stage. It ought not to be understood that they intend to support Butler, for such is not the case. They represent both the leading parties. Petersburg, Va., Oct 18.—The grand jury has found three indictments for fraudulent eutries against W. W. Whyte, late teller of the broken Planters and Mechanics'- bank. They will take up the presentments against Thomas Whyte, the late cashier, on Monday. Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria* Providence, It.L, Oct IB. —George D. Barber, a grocer of PuwtuckeC, waa attacked jy two uien wboovertook him in • buggy at 11:30, chloroformed und robbed him of D330. lie came out of his stupor in time to flro iwlce al bin ussnilante, but without effect. Win. H Tonge, a railway crossing tender, lu been attested on suspicion of complicity. C litorolormed In His Huiiy. '- Milwaukee, Oct. 18.—The usual fall ravages of scarlet lever an I diphtheria have begun, and thirty -five or forty cases have been reported during the past few days. The plague has broken out in the Girl's Industrial school, and three of the inmates are very low and ten others ill from the dread diseuse. The health commissioner has placarded and quarantined the school. It is feared the disease will play havoc in the penal school; where 150 inmates and a large corps of officers are more or less confine 1. Of lato the inmates of the Girls1 Industrial aehool have been so healthy that the attending physician visited the school only once a week. This allowed the disease to gain such headway before its discovery. We ''»n Hive nmiiiA f«T _\ou if you will allow ns to fijriii* witli yon. ■23 PITTSTON STOVE CO. door and window, and thus shut off the Washington, Oct 18.—Mr. Daniel, Prohibition candidate (or vioa-president, spoke before a small Audience at Masonic Temple, on tho issues of the campaign. Daulel Delivers a Speech. . draft. The two women 6epurated in their flight, but they were soon overtaken aud ar rested. Important Diplomatic Neicotlatlona. lairyuil Wagon lur St* c. Suitable for one or lire horses; I* Ht-eag aid nearly new. Will be »jld at a bargain. wayhan mcbbis Ko. #, Ph ladelphla Are., Went Pit I won. ISO'.W Washington, Oct. 18.—Important diplomatic dispatches have been received by cable during the past forty-eight hours relating to tbo war between France and Chin.i, but the State department refuses to make thpiu public. There is reason for believing, however, that they bear upon the question of having the United States act as mediator between tho two hostile governments, and definite news on this subject is expectod between now and next Monday. Bark! Whlcli I* Which ? CONDENSED NEWS. Philadelphia, Oct. 18.— The attendance Dt the national bleeders dog show was quit* srfr, and with 854 dogs on the benches of ivery description, theie was much to look at tnd appreciate. The lot included St Bertards, bull-dogs, fox-terriers, setters, greyhounds, potnteiu. pugs. spauiels and others Df all classes Detroit, Oct. IS.—The police here have received a circular from tho chief of police of Cambridge, Mass., giving a description of Gov. Moses, of South Carolina, who is wanted on a charge of false impersonation. Attached to the circular w as u picture of the famous carpetbagger. Capt. burger recalled the features o. Thomas May, arrested Oct. 4 for swindling Rev. Dr. Itedford and oti ers here by falsely impersonating Rev. J)r. (iicks, of Washington. Burger visited the jail, showed May the photograph und asked him if it did not look like him. May ■aid it did. A fellow-prisoner said: "Why, that1 s you!" May said it wus not, although It jnighi be his brother. He denied to a reporter that he was the ex governor, but the police think he is The Week's Failures. Notice. New York, Oct 18.—The business failures throughout the country occuring during the last seven days, as reported by R. G. Dun & Co., of the Mercantile agency, by telegraph, number, for the United States aud territories, 192, and for Canada, 26, or a total of 218, as against a total of 220 last week. Failures are numerous in Texas and in the south generally, and in the Pacific state-;, but rather below the average in the other sections of the oountry. Gen. Benjamin Alvurd, U. 8. A., at one time paymaster general, Is dead. The poor directors of Jenkins township. Pittston Borough, and Htutoa uxnship, will sell at p»bllr auctioD, on Oct on* r tt, ISM, att:l0p. m , the boet house near the Wat. r Hi. bridge. In the bomuKh of PH'Mon. Terms eesh on day of s»le. By oraercf ihe Board J. P. R08ENKBANCB, Bec'y. Hog disease and a peculiar sickness among horses are causing jieat loan in Nebraska. Hon. W. H. Calkins, Republican candidate for governor of Indiana, is seriously ill. | |lt is stated that Senator Cameron is Ui*ging the president to appoint John Jarrett commissioner of the labor bureau. A Prisoner Becomes Insane, JJJU Bar. Cleveland Relumelo lite Capital Albany, Oct li— Gov. Cleveland si*i party arrived here on the 7:43 p. M. train, fbe governor Immediately drove to the executive mansion for supper, after wliiob i« wee t to the capital for an hour or two's work. He is feeling well, and Is much ;leased with bis visit to New York and Brcoklyn.  Warsaw, N. Y., Oct. 18.—Christine Ahl, a comely middle-aged German woman, of Bennington, while on trial with her mother, a septuagenarian, for attempting to burn their limburger cheese factory at night, which contained sleeping occupants, was called to .the stand by the prosecution at the county court. It was at once discovered that the woman had become suddenly insane. Ti e judge, after appointing a commission to exumim into her lunacy, adjourned the cas \ Tn -» penalty is im: f i oximent for life. The mt'ttal strain ha* i ; oved too much for her. A IIii11 D Killed. Nashville, Oct. lb —State Senator J. R. Swafford attacked Monro) Hudson, the j iiler for White coulltv, on tho streets of Bparia, when the latter killed him with a revolver. Swafford was a man of intemperate habits and regarded as a de?p;rado, he liaviuj; killed three or four men, among whom was his father- in-law. He had been in innumerable brawls, and his body is covered with scars. The affray caused great excitemont. RK7 R .1VI D. , Eatrsyed from the piviuiaee of Joseph Cheyaoweib, of HturtneivilV, ftindi-y, Octoner mh.a Texan Ponv, of * sonvl col, r. A tlllMl J» reward will be olfeied fo- the reti rn ' f the same J D-FPM CHEYKOWBTB. Bxevr. October t . Inst -tt While removing sand from an Indian mound in Fonda, N. Y., the skeleton of a man in a good slate of preservation was unearthed. A Spec I He for Alcohol Ism. Washington, Oct. 18.—The annual report of the superintendent of 4he Hot Springs, Ark*, to the secretary of the interior, states that a new spring, with a temperature of 100 degrees, or three degrees higher than any other known, has been discovered on the reservation. It was agaiu assented that the waters of these springs is a specific for alcoholt ru an 1 diseases resulting from the excessive use of tobacco and opium. -The Nevada, of the .Onion line, has arrived at QueemtoWn with fire in her hold. Supposed to be from spontaneous combustion. The damage is not serious. Perhaps Jiiatldcd. situ hhuitlC ra. -kowheoan, Mo., Oct 18.—The trial of ! P. Walker for the murder of A. R. Dagin June last was brought to a close here, It jury ratling to agree. Walker, who hud •j.st been married, fired out of a window at . party wbo were serenading him and bis rids oi:d killed Daggett Notice It* h« r hv j. !D«■«• (hut tl e »tCfVlio)«)i i«o( the Kancom V# liev 'I tin piki» KoAiN (Dni|4iiy wlu nrrt at the ollk** • f I). V. Hnih naker Eaq%. on Monday, the third day «»f Nor*niher, mil. at • o'clock a. m. of Raid day, to audit and all ui'iwttlfd accountH o» Mid C 'IT pat y and to elect ■»ne |trw dfn'j one secretary, one i e sun-r and managers. for *»id l*.inv«aiiy »or the ruuiiiff jm- WkllxsLy, Mass., Oct. 18.—Of the nineteen Itttiiaa rioters arrested by the police eight were identified by Dacey as having been instrumental in his capture. These were arraigned for assault aud battery. The Itnliau foreman, who was not a party to the assault, vigorously pleaded for his friend# aud bogged a lifcht sentence in view of their destitute circumstances. They were fined «*pd oommitted in default. The cost amounts to about (20J an 1 the rioters are likaly to see prison walls for some tim • Italian Hlotera Sentenced. In 1881 John Htuidon was inspected of murder in Crawford couuty, On. Hu fl.-d. He has just been arreste I in Mariettit, Ua., having married in a respite.able family anil gained a great reputation us an exceilaut citiasn. A Crime Knvelopcd In mystery The Chinese Plan Cincinnati, Oct. 18.—Tho holy of Mrs. Annie Madison was found in hor 'home in Covington this morning on the floor. She had been choked with a rope and her tlr-oat had then been cut. lier husband, who was absent when the discovery was mad:, was sent lor nn t arresto I, hut denied ull knowledge o* tiie dei i. H ')■ li'.tb Loy s iyj an old mau with gray w lus-.«-rD co.uiuilrC--i the criuje. 4 t, London, Oct. 18.—The Standard's Hong Kong correspondent slates that China is economising in regard to troops in Touqtiin, and ii.tends to pursue a sort of guerilla warfaro there, r serving her armies for the de* ferae of Chinese territory proper, in the be lief that France is njw in earnest and wll) scon order i\n alva a o . ai d Pelt in. Gen* laa Iowa, Frederick P. Nash, of Mystie Bridge, was shot by Daniel & Stanton, of the sain* place, in Philadelphia, at 11:33 r. M. The cause of the shooting is a mystery/ Both are young men and companions. Nash will probably die. ratal In ChoUra. ' XAaOASxm, Pa., Oot. 18.—Hog cUalara la :revalsat in Karl towiufaip .to an alarming t«gr*a. laraal Caldron lost tw«oty-flr» ant .-•la, Jack Richmond tliraa, and many othtr uaui kara wdhni la*. K. C1 REKD. 9rc'y. Chicago, Oct. 18.—Gen. Imogen will leave this city on Sunday night for Dubuqne. where he will begin his western  campaign, coyering the ta es «»f Iowa, HIj nois and Indiana. Wanted. A good girl, comprint to do ki* d* of. on*** w-Drfc. DP|Dly (ortrr of Lust i ivtk ami 1 nnlrh*iiti' oi r»-d. ectl9 riu % rouKti'