Evening Gazette

              J $ tuning &$Sk t* NUMBER 721 PITTSTON. pA MONDAY, OCTOBER -20, 1884. t two cnn I Ten Oonta Fw Wwk. Weekly Eatabllnned lttftO f A REIGN OF TERROR. TALMAQE ON WHISKY. IN A CAGE OF FIRE. THE FATAL CIGARETTE Some one lias declared conceit works than consumption, and the compsrixna is a true one. Many are the "eobceiud'' »hu cty down legiUmate rC rui'diea, and wto dolude suffering hums'- ity, whose oi ly »»!vstiiiti is the immediate u« tf Dr. Bi-h's Cough ijyrop. Pr iTING IN THE KNIFE. A MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR. It Cauaaa a Disastrous Couflagratloii A Wouian Claims to Hen Nmu l)a$KCsd lu ItMta*. Boston, Oct. 20.—The police authorities no invest igating a very mysterious ufTair in East liostou. Mrs. Marie 6. Spaulding conducts the business of a dressmaker at C♦,0. 08 Meridian street, occupying four rooms, where she had stored a valuable stock of silks, satins, and other Indies' dress goods. Mrs. Spaulding has been a resident of that section for the past twenty, years, and is widely known and respected. A few days ago an elderly lady culled to see her and said she wished to select goods for her duughter'strousseau. After examining the articles she left, saying slie would return with the daughter. The next afternoon, a young lady, who gave' the natne of Miss Mason, rung the boll, accompanied by two gentlemen. They ascended to the "rooms and examined the goods. Mrs. Spaulding, telling the story of the outrage, said: Can eed by the Bold Depredations of He Says All Drink Is Crooksd—A Drunkard's Epitaph. A Train of Car* Hurled Down a In a Georgia Village. lie Latest Phase cf the War of the the Buzzard Gang. Brooklyn, Oct. 30.—"DrSinkenne'» U on the march at double-quick time," r marked the Rev. Dr. T. DeWitt Talmage iii ins sermon yesterday morning in tho Brooklyn tabernacle. The eloquent doctor charge.! that many drug stores are in selling liquors under the misnomer of bitters. "Tali about crooked whisky!' ho exclaimed. "1 tell you that ull strong drink is crooked. It makes a man's life crooked, his death crooked, aud bis eternity crooked. Many a man diss whose will should be written in this way: 'In the name of disease, und appetite, and death, Amsnl I bequoath to my children my evil habits. My tankard shall be theirs; my soiled reputation shall be theirs. Thereto I fix my seal in the presence of all tho harpios of hell.' The time is coming when every politician in America will have to anuouuee himself cither as the friend or the foo to strong drink." Steep Declivity. Savannah, Oct. SO.—Mepgtv reports from Barnesville, Pike county, give the details of i disastrous conflagration there. Tbe tire broke out at 1 o'clock 011 Friday afternoon :n soul-' cotton belonging to the Central railway and lying at its depo.. Thj cotton was i ni'ed by boys who were playing among tun bales and ma . lug cigarettes. When the flames burst forth the lads ran off aud the fire thus gained additional hoadwny. Before it was discovered seventy five bales of cotton were burned, while several hundred were rolled out of the way an i saved for the time being. The Central warehouse, adjoining the depot, filled with cotton, resisted llic onslaught of the 11 imes- stcc.'ssfully, but r strong wii d c rried them to Murphy & Hunt's warehouse, destroying it aud /D00 bales stored within it. Trunk Lines. Erie Attempts to fttrm the Current. 'I'll* New York Central's Last Jlove-Foam that a Ocaeral War Is imminent. ■•Merles Committed Both by Day and Nlffct—People Shot at ir They Offer Resistance—A Secret Hiding Place. The Engineer Heroically Benaf.us at llic Throttle aud Allots Death. Tbe Entire Train Wrecked. Tariff or No Tariff, "That's tbc Qusp- Milch Damage Done. tioii T'' It is the question upon which the coming campaign will loiyhL It is question which lias engaeed the leading tiiuds of both great political puttie* for tbe an fifty years, except a ben overshadowed for a time by tie great question «i "f-hail th* [Tntou be Preserved ?" We utad to post ourselves, and be prepared to rote understandttgly upon this great question. While there ue honest differences of opinion, and while 'here is much that may be said, both In favor Df and agaiml tree tr.uie, one thing is certain, itid that is, you caunot tind a ni 'dicmp that ■vill cure Coughs, Colds, AsUn1"!, • m y diswisfi of the throat or lungs, i»)tt«i i«« C1 . 0., (Curtis'Cough Compound ) f:y »i New Yohk, Oct. 20.—Efforts were made "by the i Ulcers of tlio Erie railroad to secure action on the part of tho other trunk lines that, will confine the war on local passenger rates between the West Shore aud the Hew York Central within limits that would not affect through rates to the west. General Passenger Agont Abott, of the Erie, consulted with ihj managers of tho other lines, bat ho declined afterward to say what was the ultimate decision reached. It is understood, however, that no definite answer was given by tho West Slyaro or the Central to tin basis for Chicago rates which Mr. Abbott figured upon. It is claimed in behalf of the E h that it wishes to eliminate as far as jossiblo the element of local warfare from tlie condition of through competition. A fi'tend of the company sai l: "We want to con. erve revenue, aud there is no reason wiiy a slaughter of local rates by the Centra1 un ijthe West Shore should demoralize through fares to West, Let us una to fix a rate to the west which shall be i.ni urin; ifc may be $10 to Chicago or J15 or $14—any thing you pleaso—but. let it be a iiguro tuat all lines will abidj by, without regard to tho present cutting within the limits of New York state." Epheata, Pa., Oct 30.—The farmers of Earl, Caernarvon and part of Epbrata townships in that stretch of the valley drained by the Conestoga between the Welsh mountains and the Ephrata hills, are terrorized and greatly alarmed on account of numerous robberies committed there within the past few day*. Justice of the Peace John C. Martin, of Martindale, visited Lancaster, accompanied by William 0. Weaver, and called upon th9 county comminsioners with a view of having the rewards increased for the apprehension of the Buzzai'd gang. He states that the people of his neighborhood are thoroughly alarmed at these depredations and are indignant that the authorities refuse to offer such inducements for the apprehension of these outlaws as will lead to their speedy extermination. He declares that the jwopte throughout the valley, if the authorities do not move in thjs matter, will take th • law in their own hands. Meetings are baing hsld nightly and a strong association has been formed for protection to life aud property. INDIAKATOUS, Ind., Oct. 20.—Another of those frightful ra'lrtad accidents that cause the bio d to run co'.d at the reading is reported to have occurred on the Louisville, Now Albany and Chicago railway, near Gaeencast c, forty miles west of this city. The train, consisting of in etigine, baggage car and three coaches, containing over oils hundred passengers, had reached a point njur Uiveucnstle when the eugiii* struck an ojDeii switch and like a flash plunged down a st'ep embankment, rolling over twice in its terrible descent. The traiu was a complete wreck, an 1 the heartrending shrieks of ths imprisoned passengers was pitiable to bear. TIm fire continue 1 to spread with uucontrollabtj rapidity, and the small engine of the villi ge, handicapped by a great sc.11 city of water, consequent 011 a two, months' drought, was utterly incapable of offering a succasful resistance to the rapidly increasing conflagration. Within a few hours the depot, both of the t:le;rsph offices, express office, post office, hotel, twenty stores and the whole of the business portion of the town were in ashes. Word was sent to Macon and other places imploring assistance. It is reported that two lives were lost in the warehouse, but names aro unobtainable. Tbe destruction of the telegraph offices coraplet.-ly isolated the town from communication with the outside world. At last accounts tho flames had destroyed part of the residenco portion of the place. Altogether about two-thirds of the town is in ashes. The town had 'J.OOd inhabitants, many of whom will be left homeless. Estimates place the losses at $350,000. The amouut of the insnranoe is not obtainable. The mail bags in tbe post office were saved. "1 turned to go out of the room to get a new piece to show thsm, bnt, just as I turned, one of the men seized me and then they carried mo out into the kitchen, when they threw me down on the floor. My mouth was stutl'o.l full with a cotton rag and then my wriso; were tied with a piece of rope yarn. The wi man tiad ijiy ankles with a piece of woolcu waste aud a towel was tied around my head and under my chin so I could not cry out. They held me with my face down to iDhs Hour, and one man held me while the woman an.l the other man worked in here. They took my pocketbook out of my pocket aud took out aud left in it $1.20. Ihen ono of them said : 'Lot's givo her a good smoking' out.' When tiiey turned me over on my lace, after they had Had me, one of them so id, 'She will never know what ailed her.' After they got Uirough they left ono at n t.mo, aud tho oue that had held mo '■Is drunkenness a state evil or a national svili Does it belong to the north or ths south, the east or the west) Thousands of men will wnlk to the ballot box two weeks from next Tues.lay made maudlin and filthy by strong drink Drunkenness sad free institutions are going to enter upon a death struggle." Mr. John Newman, a resident of this city, who was a passenger on ths ill-fated train, gives the following thrilling account of the accident: R. K. f t" HI IK, Bi vhmnitvr.. N Y, '•When tha train jumped the track I was sitting in the forward car. We were going probably tit the rate of thirty miles an hour when I felt the train slow up, then give a lurch, and for the moment I thought we were switching to another track, but before I could think twice I n»a detailed against the roof of th • car in ils mad roll down the emlankinent. How many timej the train turned over and over I don't know, but I remember of being thrown over and over from one side to the other. There were about forty passengers in my car, and they all had a similar exjerience. Most of those who were not maimed or bruisad release! themselves from the wreck an 1 assisted those who were injured. I was, providentially, among the few who were only slightly injured, and I Immediately thought of fire. I looked towards the baggage car and saw smoke issuing from if. Flames quickly followed, and fanned by a strong breeze the entire train w:.s soon wrapped in a tierce blaze. The escape of the passengers from death or serious injury was providential, if not miraculous. Here were a hundred passengers hurled down an cmbankmenr. imprisoned in a train that vouched the bottom u wreck, and not ono fatally injured! Yes, alas! there was one and he the hero of the day. James Church, the engineer, stood to his post and went down with his baud on the throttle. He was crushed beneath his engino, and though aliva when I left, cannot possibly recover. "God is waiting to Bee if this nation is going to throw off this evil," the preacher as sei tocl. "If it does not he will wipe out the nation. He is waiting to see what the church will do to destroy this evil. If it refuses to do its work, he will wipe out the church. Examine the platform of the two great political parties of this country. There are resolutions about Mormonism, as it is safe to attack it 8,000 miles away, but not one word against drunkenness. Resolutions against official corruption, but not one word about the corruption that will rot (he nation from scalp to heel. Restitutions about protection to home industry, but not one word about protection to our homes from this in ernal evil. The Demo-" cratic party was in power for forty-five years. What did it do to extirpate this evil! Nothing. The Republican party has been in power twenty-five years. What lias it accomplished in this direction? Nothing, positively nothing, appallingly nothing. I look in another direction. What has the church done? At a great ecclesiastical court here several years ago a resolution was offered against the liquor traffic, and clergymen who have strong drink on their tables lefeated it. To-day the church of God holds tho balance of powor in America. If it should as a unit declare itself against this evil it would ba overthrown. Will it do so/ COFFEE. Robberies aro occurring 111 it lit]y, and in some Instances tluriug the day. On Thursday night the premises of Christian Weaver, on the State road, leading from New Holland to Reading, were visited by members of the famous gang. -A! n'lout 2 o'clock that morning Mrs. Weav • a oke her husband and told liim that r. b .-i were in the houv. They h a -il her sp • i. 1i . hroatene.l Chase & Sanbopn. STANDARD JAVA, t ousiderabls doubt was expressod by experienced lailroad men of tlie success of the l'.ru-'s negotiations. It rests upon tho question whether the Grand Trunk of Canada Will refuse thrutigll' facilities to (ho West SI.ore if necessary to compel it to adopt the proposed "conservative" policy. Short of such a radical step by tha Grand Trunk, tiiere i- no reason why the Wost Shore should not sell tickets to Chicago for $10, provided it protected tha projiortiou of its through rato duo to its western connection. The West Shore managers arc satisfied that the ticket brokers have not done the business for them tha; tiny can get by a vigorous pushing of trad j a & their own offices, and they think they can get as much business an 1 as much revenue by an independent policy as by dealing with brokers. Every ticket sold ov. r the West fchore counters is a ciear gain; to meet the rates made by the West Shore in open competition with the ' scalpers" the ither trunk lines havo to allow the latter a commission, wnich redikes their net receip s. COMBINATION JAVA, went out last. "As soon as they went out 1 tried to get myself tree. I . lied out towards the door and soon fou iut tUj cord on m . tinkles was i.ooseneu, C . . I reached down anu untied it. Then X . : I .o saw in the shed und cut the cord on i.iy wrists. I Ufct myseli therein doing it," and stta showed her right wrist. The skin in two small places was oil. to shoot her if she did not keep quiet. She continued talking, however, when the desperadoes commenced firing toward the bedroom, riddling it with I inlets. They then went outside and shot against the bui'ding four ttmos. The burg'ars then departed with their stolen property, amounting to nearly $700. While the thieves were robbing the houso the inmat s, being without arms, ".ero uuabli to do anything, not even escajie. The news of the robbery soon spread, and doz. ns of farmers armed with guns pitchforks ami clubs mounted their horses and went in hot pursuit, but were unub.e to capture any of the gang, which (led to the Welsh Mountains, where their tracks ivoro lost. AND BLAINE IN INDIANA. MOCHA COFFEE. A Quiet Sunday Spent In Mouth B«nC. THE FINEST IN THE WORLD. South Bend, Oct 20.—In liana U a state which becomes easily excited over politics. Before Mr. Blaine'* ad vent the canvass had become warm. Both sides arj very aotive ; so active, in fact, tlia' Mr. Blaine'* visit to the state can hardly increase the energy of the fight. The Republicans pretend to be as confident of carrying the state as they .were in Ohio une week before the election of Tuesday last. One of the directors of the Republican canvass. Gen. Williams, who is hereto tnke charge of Mr. Blaine's train, says that the state can be carried by an increase over the majority of 1880. He predicts a majority of 8,000. Hi concedes a lou to the Ropublicans of 3,500 from the Prohibit! nists and Germans; but he says that the Kupuliiican ticket will gain 5,000 vote* —1,000 veteran soldiers. 1,0JO young men 2,000 Irish-Americans, ami 1,00J Protectionists. The 1,500 net gain added to the Oarfield majority of 1S80 gives his estimate of 8,000. Future movements. Thi se coffees are roasted and while hot put into airtight cans, fifty pounds each, thereby retaining all he aroma of the coffee. We can eay confidently that they give the best Cjatisfact ion of any coffees we ever handled, and find, after a year's trial, they prove to be all that was claimed for them. Should you purchase one of those One Minuto Coffee Pots ion't fail to purchase onr coffee and you will have the finest cup of coffee you over drank: "Just as soon as I got through I ran out through £ho room an l saw all my things piled up on the fl ior uere in n heap, and the lire was bursting out of it on all sides." An alarm given brought the firemen to tho houso. Tney found a mass of costly dress goods piltd in the middle of the floor ,iD flames. The t.i ti.'los had been saturated wlt.i kerosene 1 efore being set on fire. Wis. Spauiding said she had been separated from l. r. husband for some years and thought possibly he might have planned the outrage. Tne premises are injured for $1,300 by Mi's. Spr.ui :iuj. 'llio police do not credit her story. • The same night the Conestoga schoolbouse was entered, an 1 th» robbers, tailing to find anything, in return destroyed the school furniture. Tho residences of E. H. YnndC, near Cedar Grove, Barton M. Weavers and others, were also entered, and largo amaunts of goods stolen thorefrom. A gang o:' burglars robbed the store of J. Adams lleilman, of Jonestown, last night, of about $700 wort l of bocti, shaivl3, tobacco and sonp. They forced an entrance through the front door with tools stolen from the tool-hoJsa of Stat! Senator George F. Meiiy. Tha Jonestown of the Lebanon nnl Treinout branch was also robbed, probably by tho stma gang. Goods to tho valuo of nearly $1,000 were stolen. THE RAO EMBARGO. | jPondnig tho negotiations • I egun by the Erie tho rates to Chicago were not cut bolow $14 for first class, and :i $15 rato us far as possible was obtained i ri.ni customers at tho office of the brokers. Rates to otliar points Upre proportionately maintaine I. ThoKevv York Central, hov,ever, met the 50 per ceiit. reduction made in New York local rates i-y the West Shore and a largo business was done at all tho competing cilices, It is understood that tho New York Central will follow the Wost Shore in'any cxcu.iou into Afr-ca it chooses to make. As yet, however, the tutting on hoili local and through rates is confined by the road) affe tel, excel ting the West Shore, to tho "scalpers'" office*. Tho Peuusy.vania railroad is s:ill niaiiitainin - i s tariff. Tho reason for its firm stand is said to be the fear that a cut ill New York would demoralize its rates from 1 lii.aielphia and Baltimore, u hile it. is sure of a certain vCilimi of travel at almost any rates against competitor i. It was Neeeaaary to Prevent iba "Charles Cotter, the express messenger, and the baggage master were burled beneath the wreck and were doubtless instantly killed. All efforts to release their bodies were ineffectual. NOTED HOTEL KEEPER. Pprettd of Cholera. Washington, Oct. 20.—The published views of the rag importers and paper manufac urers are daily sent to the treasury officials, w'uo read tjiem mainly for amusement, it is siid. There is not tha slightest probability, says Acting Secretary Coon, that the order vs ill be rescinded ormodifie l. It is undirstood that it will continue in fcrce until Dec. 1, when the winter weather may be relied upon to preven t the possibility of contagion from the cholera region of 1881. Mr. Coon s,iys that the department was quite as well fortified with arguments ill favor of the embargo c.s the importers were i.i theii view. The abundance of caution was on the side of public welfare as well as public prosperity. tgeHtuuratciir, Dies In Botleii, Jiiuits Ike Washington ' 'The passengers who were hemmed in by the fire, looked on as tho train burned, and in an hour the whole train had been consumed."Yours, &c., .ton, Oct. 20.—James Wormley, the HURLBUT & CO. GROCERS, Mlei rated l'.oto, proprietor, of Washington, ii-ed at the Massachusetts general hospital A calculus. Ke had been ill for some time and mi operation was performed. A special from Oreen castle says that the loss to the company will probably reach $100,000, not Including the lots of the passengers' effects and baggage. The Occident was caused by the gross carelessness of a switchtendcr, who left the switch open after another train ha I been side-tracked. The company ascribe the accident to the organized gang of train wrcck-rs. They point, as grounds for their suspicions, to an uttjnipt made to wreck a train on the same road, saying tl at there is a conspiracy to inflict heavy loss on the company. Within a year two other passenger trains have been t.rocked and consumed. Mr. Blaine remained at Mr. Htudebaker's all of yesterday without receiving callers. He went out late in the afternoon to call upon his cousin, Sister An {ela, who is the superior of the Notre Dame Educational School for Young Ladies He left here for Lafayette at 10 a. m. Mr. Wormley was ono of the most remarkably success.ill colored men and one of the most v. idely known stewards and hotel proprietors in tho country. He was born iu Washington sixty-four years ago. Hij parents went thero from Virginia in 1814, and Wyimley, sr., kept a livery staLle near Widui'i's hotel. The mother of Jantcs Wurm'ey could scarcely be distinguished from a white person. His fathor was quite lark, but had straight heir, and tho children for miiny years looked upon themselves as possessing Indian, not negro blood. Be!ore Sjoing to Washington, the elder Mr. and Mrs. Wormley lived with a wealthy Virginia family, Lilt were never slaves. James Worniloy's first occupation was driving a oairiage for his father. In this capacity he made the acquaintance of many public men, and thus Uicame selected to tako charge of i popular club houso which was opened on Dt street, near tho war department. He be- 36 North Main St., Pittaton. Iuf or ination has been received from Hahnstown that the alleged confession made a lew days ago by the woman named Emma Graham, who until recently was connected with tho Buzzard gang, is reported to be true. A party of men went in search of the supposed cave which the worn in lia l described, and kfter hunting for four hour? finally a'.rcck a jraii which lei to the underground home of :he outlaws. A large quantity of good* was recovered, but the silks, satins and other sostly merchandise were not found. It is thought, however, that the robbers heard of the supposed raid aud managed to get a great deal away before tho cavern was discovered. it is the intention of surrounding inhabitants to destroy the underground reservoir, but wheu it will be done is not known. The mouth is but 2x1} feet and the passageway is nearly 100 feet long, formed of rocks. From the appearance it looks as If the opening was made by human hanils. rho woman iu question is now in prison, do tained as a witness for the commonwealth, and is to he used at the next term of court. WM ALLBK, It is not true that Mr. Blaine intends to cut his western programme and hurry back to New York. He will visit all the points of thj schedule arranged in Mainj before he started west, and will return to New York in accordance with his prearranged programme. He will wind up this week, Saturday, in Chicago, ami will start for New York on Sunday morning. M North Main Street. Tlio appeara ce of cholera In the Uni'ed M »»s would have resulted In financial losses to commerce generally that won d have been incalculable. Tbo existing o.der was not an arbitrary act, but a stop taken after the most careful consideration, and was the act of the government in conformity with law, the matter having first been duly considered by the cabinet. The acting secretary said he had been the subject of criticism, as though he was responsible for the conduct of the administration and could assume to interfere with the commerce of the country at will. Secretary Fqlger had given the whole matter the careful con&ldaration it deserved, and the order he signed as acting secretary simply cam D as business referred to liiin on the day he was so acting. The necessity for such an order was determined days before. DEALERS C The New York Central and Hudson River railroad company announced1 ti nt, iu order tp afford its patrons as low rates as are offered by conipeliiv lines to the west, it will cpfttuiciice tiie sale to-day, at all i s offices lit iliis c.ty, of first a«d second class tickets red lice; 1 rates to all j*Din*.s iu the wont, tl.*e Fa tew to Chicago Leiug ttxed at $10.50 for first class ami $14 for aecoiul class; to Cincinnati $15 llfbt class nu I $J4 s cond c'a*s; to St. Louis, *)U iirst ivlass un l $10.60 sccond class, with corresponding roduclijiis to othor !*D.!}! 8. 'he Troy boats red need (he f are to Troy to t1» birth included. HARDWARE, t American Rrcurlllti Abroad. Mrs. Looknood'a Lecture London, Oct. 20.—Despite the advene newspaper criticisms of the policy of the New York Central in recently issuing $10,- 000,000 now bonds, tho sale of the debenture* in London has proved decidedly successful. One linn offered to take more than (1,260,- 000 worth, and ma ly other* have made proposals for large lots. New York, Oct. SO.—When Mi* Belva Lockwood appeared on tho stage of the Aoadpmy of Music last ovcning there were •bout 500 people present, most of whom were in tho upper gallery, to which tickets cost 90 cents. Mrs. Lockwood was not introduced by any one. Khe invited the people in the gallery to come on the main floor, and the peoplo in the street to come in without paying. . She favored liberal appropriations for the government; reconciling capital and labor by giving women tiie rights of suffrage; fixing the banking business on a secure basis by increasing the amount of money in circulation through liberal appropriations; by encouraging commerce, and by protecting the people from venality in the public sol-vice. These ends, she said, could beet be secured by voting for the candidate of the equal t ights party. The audience was about divided between men and IRON AND QTtll, ij ii i*J Y *•«» Horse and Hole Sboss. same quito famous us a steward, Ho v.as (toward for a time on a Mississippi steamioat, awl finally opened Wormley's hotel. .Vlien It verily Johnson wont to Kugland on i special mission lie took Sir. Wormley with lim as his steward, but the latter soon returned and resumed personal charge of his lotel, whicli he male popular an J famous throughout the country. The rate war now in | rogresa between the West Shore and New York Central roads attracts great attention, and the speculations as to tlio outcome are many and varied. The general belief is, however, that the New York Central mil be compelled to buy a controlling interest in the West Shore to stop the ruiuous cutting by the latter road. lfufen Not Tut lo I'liilndelpliln l'HII.AI)IiI.PHIJk, Oct. 20.—"What al.out tbe rate between this city and fiow York!" was asked of General Passenger Uancoolc, of iho Philadelphia Heading railroad company. The discovery of this cavern has caused great excitement throughout the Sassafras district, and another party will search the cave to ascertain whether additional articles can be found. Joe Buzzard, Diiler Clark and Billy Welder, members of the Welsh Mountain gang, hove been released from jail, after having sarved long terms for horse stealing and burglary. They stated nlien leaving the prison that they would earn an honest living. It is believed, however, that they met their companions in the mountains. ± ruix LINK or finsllub Shipping luMrwU. London, Oct. go.—On the opening of parliament a commiss ion will be appointed to inquire into the statu of the navy, nnd the admiralty will ask for an increased gi-jtnt for shipbuilding to enable it to give orders to private firms for the construction of swift, heavy armed, light-armored vessels. The distress at the shipbuilding centres in the north is increasing. Trade on the Tyne and adjacent districts is paralyzed. Forty ocean steamers are lying idle in the docks at Sunderland. Most of the shipyards are closed. Public subscriptions are being made lor the relief of the laborers who havo been tlirown out of employment. SILVER AND PLATID WARE. The rotirnfl of a llrokon Wheel, Boston, Oct. 20.—An iron fly \\ iieo), .veighing 125 pounds, attached to a •vood-sawimz machine iu a coal and wood ,rard, burst into many pieces, which flew in ill directions, smashing wagons and other 'bjects, but killing no on?. One piece, .veighing about 60 pounds, took a singular journey. It was propelled straight into the iir and descended in the front entry, just inido the door, of a wooden dwelling house, a listance of 400 or 5(H) yards. The piece crushed through the fl it roof of the dwellng, which is a two and on -half story strucure, currying away plastering and laths, t then went through a feuther bed in the oom, and taking an oblique course, went hrough the wall about «-ix inches from the loor, drugging with it a portion of the matrass. The flying missile struck the bed at is head, and just where a person's head rt'ould naturally lie if the bed was occupied. Pursuing its course, the iron fragment still lescendol with frightful velocity, carrying iway a portion of a flight of stairs, and went through another wall, whero its fur:her progress was stopped. The house is ocui)icd by two families. The inmates w.*re . ery much startled. Dealings in American securities here arc on a very limited scalo, and no activity or movemeut of moment is looked for until after tin presidential election in the United States. ''That is nonsense,*' h?'roplie 1; "we have not made such a rate, and there is none inch in existence." LIBRARY LAMPS, •'But it is announced that the Baltimore and Ohio company is selling your tickets at that flgur\ Can't it do w:.at it" pleases with them?" women. Piety uo Passport lu America. Rumors A boat Butler. BRITANNIA AND GRANITE WARE. Washington, Oct. 20.—The treasury depart nent has just decided an interesting question arising out of the Chinese restriction act The Presbyterian board of foreign missions shipped at Canton two converted Chinese women, with the object of installing them as teacher* in the Home Mission at San Fraijcisco. Upon their arrival it was found that they were not provided with the certificate required by law and the department was applied to ' iiistruotions. The collector of customs hag been notified not to permit the\ft to land and to see that they are returned to China. The case is coniidered as one of great hardship. Niw York, Oct 30.—It was telegraphed here from Baltimore that the People's party in Maryland had discovered that Gen. Butler's movements were controlled by the National Republican committee, and, in consequence, the People's party had collapsed in Maryland, Gen. Butler telegraphs from Batavia, N. Y., to Senator Grady, pronouncing the statement unqualifiedly false, ani} that he had referred all arrangements to Mi-. Plvinpton, the manager for his campaign.' indeed it cannot. The Baltimore and Ohio company is simply our agent, and must sell tickets at our rates."' A Largo Fire Iu Brooklyn. CHILDREN'S Brooklyn, Oct. 20.— A man walking along Plymouth street at 2:90 o'clock saw smoke pouring from the second story window of Rice's box and toy factory, at No. 342. Ho sounded an alarm, but before firemen could got to the place A inu's had crept through to the third story. In a short time the four-3tory building, which was filled with combustible material, wa« in a blaze, and the firemen confined their attention to the buildings adjoining. Everything but the walls of the factory was burned. The first floor was unoccupied; the second floor  occupied by the Rici Box and Toy company; the third by William H. Beach, manufacturer of wall paper, and the fourth by John Brady, manufacturer of electrical instruments. lira ly's loss is put at $50,000, which is fully covered by insurance. The other occupants of the building l:ai no insurance. Their loss is given ai $100,00Q, whioii, however, is said tq be too tygh ai) estimate. The building is oiyued by the Carey esiate, and is damagod to the amount of $50,000. The oi igin of the fire is unkuowu. 7xpress Wagons and Bicycles. Upju application at tke Pennsylvania railroid main oflice it was lonrnod that there had been no cut iu that quarter, aud there was not likely to be. READY MIXED PAINTS IN A Cable War Threatened. An Open War Expected London, Oct. 20.—Insiders in the cable pool now state that tha Maokav-Bennett cable peojDle will not materially lower their rates beyond the present tariff. It is, howevor, understood tliat a vigorous attempt will bo made to secure the patronage of large cable cugtopiars by offers of heavy rebates on their accounts. This method of obtaining custom and practically cutting charges will be resented by the members of the pool, who assert that they will fully meet every move of this kind by proportionately low rates, and thus make the battle sharp and, it is hopod, decisive, ALL COI ORS. Boston, Oct. 20.—An railway war Is considered imminent in Boston. A man well posted 6ays taut ho tliiuks rut.s to Chicago will, within a few days, drop to $5. The West Shore, it is.bai I, allows "sraljjeib" a commission o: $7. T.io price now on most all the linos really depends upon the buyer. If a number filter an office to gjt the lowest figure, they will not be allowei tD leave on account of price. g V. McATKK. A Brother's H«ro|« Dted. ATTOHN«Y-A.IlD-COON8KI.LOB-AT-UtW (La'e of the Chester Co Iter) Office second floor, corner or Main ma4 Broad fits PITT8TON,' FA. CaimsuUl »■.«! Erik, Pa., Oct 80,—A shocking fatality occurred at North East, wherein one life was sacrificed and another lost through unavailing heroism. While the family of Volney Bull were seated at the supper table they suddenly found the entire house in flames. James Bull, an insane brother, was locked in a padded inner chamber up stairs. In attempting to effect a rescue Volney was seriouily if not fatally burned. The insane brother's charred- remains were found in the basement. The victim is a wealthy (41 broker and leaves (40,000 in cash. Election Crimea. Cincinnati, Oct. 20.—Policemaq Jliohael Gkirmau is dead. lie wqs «hot lait Tuesday evening in a small riot among oolored men at the west end. The officer attempted to irrest a man when he was shot in the back by an unknown person, Thi* was the beginning or the riot Henry Brown, a colored man, was killed in the affray. On Tuesday evening, on reoeipt of the nens of ;he wounding of Officer Gorman, Mrs. Rilear, his Bister, beoaine ill, and upon hcarng of his death, she fell into a comatose itate and died in * few hours. ALTER A. BROOKS. M, D. HookN a« RllyslUii, PHYSICIAN A BURO BON, (UTS or aiKOUIITOK, ». » ) Office on WUIUm St., Pitt*t"n; hours, from » to 11, »to 5 and 7 to 8!tt. R-Mdencr on New York Av». Horn* hour* to 9 a m,. ami from to 8, and Hoi, p. ■». ille? 9ct: 20-—tho uliuncery yi urt room, during 'the progress of a litigation in which Judge Thomas F. JlurgiD, ex- C i'f justice of t-»e slate court of appeals, appeared for the defence and Col. Bennett fr), Young, president of the (Southern exposU tjon, was plaintiff, Judge Hargis imputed to Col. Young the inspiration of a certain paragraph in a morning pi per. Col. Young called Judge Hargis an infamous liar. Judge Hargis, in retaliation, threw a volume of i*iackstQiie at tho colonel's head. Col. Young returned the tire, and after a vigorous fusilade of law books had caused a stampede in the court room, tho two learned gentlemen came together and fought a sharp and close mill for ten minutes. Then they were separated by an officer of the court. Neither was seriously hurt. The light created a great sensation on Main street and at the clubs. i'lio Grape Crop It (lined In rulifornln £an Francisco, Get 20.—The rain, which ontinu'd at intervals from Sunday to Wednos lay night, has doijo much damage o the grape crop, and also caused the loss Df much hay and unthreshod wheat. The is fully a month behiui tho usual hue in ripening, a.id a3 win*-makers require twonty-threo per cent, in grapes beoro they will buy, vineyard owners have wen forced tCD let the grapes remain In tho leld to accumulate this Tho heavy ains will rot many w;no grapes, while they mve practically r.:in»d ail tible grapes except in favorod localities. Rain bursts the jerries and the g runes at once rot on the rines. There is 110 6xcu.se for farmers who ost wheat and hay. Tho California farmer •akes groat risks and counts on the climate 0 help him out. H • will, leave stacks of m threshed wu* a in the field until No vein* Der, and ill traveling through the great .'alieys at this time t ne may se» thousands Df do dors' worth of baled hay piled up without sl'.e t ir in fi Dd . Such carelessness at he east would simply result in total ruin of he farmer but hoi-o, wiMi rich soil and lomparativoly rainless- suni.ucr an 1 fall, 10 uiannges to make good profit even with A Lord Attacks an Editor. London, Oct. 00.—The assault made by Lord Marcus Bproufoid mi flioui»j Oibson Bowles, proprietor anil editor of Vanity Fair, arose from an article in that |Daper attacking Lord Marcus Beresfora's trusteetliip of the property of a Mrs. Trevelyan, who was recently sunt to prison for theft. Lord Marcus Beresford Suited near th» door of the office of the paper, aud when Bowles appeared attacked hini, striking hiin on the nosj and eyes with his fisti. Mr. Bowles made no defence and was knocked iown. Members of the staff rushed to the ;Jitor'C rescue and beat off his assailant - N«W Mabtwsvu.l.b, W. Va., Oct 80.— The boiler of Isaac Wehrtuan'a saw mill, on Ten Mile creek, Tyler county, exploded, instantly killing John Fox and William Warden and wounding five other men, two of them fatally. The wounded are George Kotzboan, Henry Johnson Miohael Aaderlon, Jacob Stewart and a Pole, name unknown. All of them were horribly scalded in addition to being wounded by flying timber*. .  five Men Blown Up. WU(MI. Columpus, Oct. Q0.— Complete returns by counties do not change the plural! ties already (given, from 11,321 for secretary of state to 18,41b for congressmen. Unexpectedly the Prohibition and Greenback votes increase proportionately with those of the Democrats and Kepublicahs. Tho Prohibition vo o last year was 8,303; this year it is if,510. The. Greenback vote last year was 3,1*37; this year it it 3,700, The Prohibition and Greenback vote is 18,447, or 1,1$) mor# than Robinson's plurality. The rest of the Republican state ticket has an average majority over all of over 5,000. The total vote is 780,373; last year it was 713.16$. In October, 1880, it was 716,180, and in November, 1880, it was 724,967, There is 110 change in congressmen except an increase of 150 in Romeis' majority over Hui d. The Ohio pitfivFe*, A good girl, competent to do all kind* of bouee work. Apply C orner or Luzerae Am. and Tnnkhannock road. oct19 FRANK DOHRKB. Would Not Suit American Milan, London, Oct, 80,— Iu consequence of the unauthorised publication of private state papers the Rt Hon. Sir William V. Har;ourt, secretary of state for the home department, will Introduce a bill making the jetrnynl of government paper* a penal of.'ence a ikj lor the person who sells and the gDersou who publishes them. Carrjall Wafw for Suitable for om or two hones; is rtroa* and nearly new. Will be aold No. I, I hlladelphla Ave., West Flttstoa. ISsdir A CoMom (largo Oil P.re, If of Ice. GalvestoK, Oct 20.—The iron steamship Ataehia, of Bunderlanl, Englnu 1, plying between Galveston an I Liverpool, was discovered to be on fire whilo lying iu the har- CONDENSED NCWS. Nkw York, Oct 80.—The Citiaena' committee have nominated ex-Mayor William B. Grace, for mayor. A union against Tammany will be formed witk the County Democracy, Irving Hall and other organiaations opposed tJ Tammany, and they will make up rest of the ticket. For mayor of New York City, The poor directors of Jenkins towasklp. Pittston Borough, and WttXoa township, will sell at onWed»«day, Ortetsr 11. D**. at 1-10 p m , the boat house near the Wat. r 81. btidce, In the boroush of PlUston. Tenns cssh oa day of sale. Pv nM«r of the Board T J. P. BOflKNKRANCB. Bec'y. San Francisco, Oct. 20. —Prcceodings in the Pdythe will case disclosed a curious scheme of tho eccuitric Welch millionaire to set up as an author and refutJ the doctrin s of Henry Goorge as brought out in "Progress and Poverty." Hly the's id*a v. as that a federation of English speaking po»»p!e in all parts of the world could be formed, and he wanted George to edit the organ of such a movement. The two could not agree, \ Peculiar method of ICevenge. aor. The Ataehia has been lo; ill cotton [or several days past and h.-.s bale*, jboard. The fire had beeu burning sevirm nours before it w&C discovered. Fo.r ti:;r-Dro now flooding the hold, in whi.-ii co:;.i,i and coal are burning fiercely. Vi'liib v.i rk, ng on the vessel a fireman fell from a li*r_. ind was drowne^. Bears and aatamounts are playing havoc with tbe sheep la th* vicinity of Honesdale, Pa. Hugh Simpson, a once proeoeroua mernant, of Atlanta, Ga., has bean pommitteJ o jail as a vagrant. Drink cauied his onnfall. E8TRAYEB. Estrayed firm the prtmhK s of Joseph Ckeynowelh. of Sturmerville, fnuoay, October wk, a Texan Pony, of a sorrel color. A mHtable reward wlli be oflertd Kxeter, October l*. l«»i.-3t Mrs. Garlleld'e Unwelcome Vint tor. The laying of tbe new Beanett-Maokay -ible at Coney Is)*nd is oomplete, and all hat is nepmyy for the transmiaeion of . ls| atchee is to (pake one or two aplieee. Alexander ■. Mllvsa's Psssrsl. London, Oct 80.—The remains of Alexander M. Sullivan, who died at Dublin Friday, were interred in Gleansren cemetery, near Dublin, to-day. Prayers wars offered and masses oslsbrated for the repose of Mr. Sullivan's soul in all the Catholic shurches of Dublin. r.-at s .i ► tissue Cleveumd, Oct. 20.—It it six weeks nine j the mysterious stranger from tho *»outh was arrested at tho residence of Mrs. Jam 's A G: rfleld, in Prospect street. Ho was arrested on charges ul annoying Mrs. Garfield and of carrying weapons, a bul dog revolver having beep feuud on his porsqii. He refused to divu-ge his plaoo of resiJonoc and Vanderlilll GIvck Hull a Million. New York, Oct. £0. —At a meeting of \s trustee* of tho College of fhysicianp id burgeons the tiunoi}ncemoi)t was officii lv made that Wiilia 11 II. Vandorbilt had six Man Two Women II litis so in revenge Blythe determined to expose the sophistries in George's boq'.c. IJo hired two journalises ip succession to \yrite a tool; Of wnich l.p was to claim authorship. II.1 quarrelled With one, and his death probably prevented disagreement with the other. Tho secret came out in tho application of tho latter for $6,000 for iiterarv services ren dered. The court, after listening to tracts from the work, awarded him $250 and added that this was generous pa;«. St. Pktkbswjro, Oct. 20.—The six f!i.- rjf the army who were sentenced to dca-li •arly in tho week for political ofTeuc s wore i*ecuted at the St. Petersburg pitailel. Ii.- tides them there wero two women who p-i.d the death penalty, one Mme, Wyllcemuvu. ,he other Mary Fijner, 'he il»U;j!iter o:' « priest Tho o,,ly p *;is who witn 'r. \ I;■ Seven boys, varying f|Dom 10 to 14 yearsof g.«, and of respectable parents, bars broken lit) numerous (tores at Lynn, Masa, and ouimitted burglaries. They were suffering roiu aa souts attack of dims literature. n«:ic« to SlacktoMcri. Notice to hm-by gWen that the rtockhsMera oC the Bmmoiq VUley Turnpike Rc ad Company will meet at the office of D. m. Hothantar bq„ oa Monday, tha third day of Nowatar. 1M4. a*» o'clock a. m. of said day. to aud'» aad MM aM inM' 1MD aoeooaU of (aid company,and to elect one president, one»Mtretary, oo» tiea«nr»r aad Are manager*, for i*ld Company for tha enauln* T*a*. The WmI Virginia KlMtloa. ;ig fund. A site, including twcii'y nino •i?y lots, at Hixty-eigUth and tiixly-i/luih •treeto and Tenih uveuim, UC b?rn purjbaeod, and it is uudeiatood that lluilding Dperat.ons will be begun at an er. •!D* ay n lo that institution *500,000 as a build i;avo no other name tliau that of John Do . Ho refused to eat, and tho pollc » judge,, thinking him insane, sentenced liiui to the Northern Ohio insano asylmn. II still refuses to say who he is or v. lure ho i.; (i  Rev. Thomas Vicker. ex librarian of the Cincinnati public libary, has married a Miss )ppenheimer, formerly his private secreary. Because of her marriage to a C'brisian U.r relative* will awt Ur wfewl. WniUTO, W. Yil, Oct. 90.—There b no :h*nge In the »Ulm« of Ih t ronr.jiitteee on _h« tvu4 of the ticket, the Republicans conceding 8,100 and the Democruta claiming exec ution were the miuLt.rs ut ibt* interior and tho prison »tli_- M. O. KKKD, 8«-'y.