Evening Gazette

              ItfON DA V.UKJEM «W*y * "i^MHEi^EITLAlN Si. . ■J 1 7  PITTSTOn, PA or 7 - BER 29, 1884. IN AND ODT OF WALL ST. ARTHUR'S NEW YEAR'S RECEPTION. GEN. GRANT'S PROPKKTY AN OPERA HOUSE BURNED. Qreat things have ever hinged «a triflea. The first family difficulty on record waa cauaed by an apple core; the laat we heard at waa the negligence of a father la keep up the aupply of Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup ffceo all hanils had a cold. T8. THE CLAYTON-eULWER TREATY. His Term to Expire In * Blase of Social The Guests of an Adjoining Hotel Forced A Bold Strain of 0—«nr Morgan to have it Annulled. Brilliancy. A PROSPECT THAT WILLIAM H. VANDERBILT WILL GOBBLE IT ALL. to Flee In their tilght Clothes. A VERY IMPRES8IVE SCENE IN PLY-1 MOUTH CHURCH. Washington, Dec. 88.—Tha senate committee on foreign relation* is understood to be nearly equally divided on the Van Wyck resolution to discuss the Spanish treaty In open ssssion. The of the committee (Miller, of Cal.,) and Senators Sherman and Lapham favor open sessions, while ▼ice president Edmunds strongly opposes any deviation from the old fogy plan of discussing treatise with closed doors, and Senator* Morgan and Pendleton side with him. Of the other members of the committee, Seqator Vance is absent, and Senators Brown and Wilson are non-committal Hie working man of the committee Is Senator Morgan, of Alabama,- and he, it i» believed, favors letting the Spanish treaty wait, and giving precedence to tbe Nicaraugua canal project. A leading, idea with Mr. Morgan is to make American diplomacy felt in the oonnclls of Europe. It was he (incited thereto by ex-Belgian Minister Sandford, the American member of the African International association, presided over by the king of the Belgtins,) who put through the senate last session the resold tion recognizing the sovereignty of the African association of the Congo region. That action Was a wide divergence from past traditions of the government Its immediate effect was to defeat the Anglo-Portuguese treaty, dividing tbe oenters of the Congo region between England and Portugal; and itC was the direct cause of the present Berlin conference. Mr. Morgan, it is stated, desires to adopt a similarly bold line Bt policy with regard to Nicaraugua and the annulment of die Clayton-Buiwer treaty with England, and it is possible lur may carry the committee on .foreign relations with him. tt so, thar* will be lively times in the senate, "and a discussion too import ant to lie smothered behind OUTirioaad doers of executive session. , THE RESULTS OF OUR CUPIDITY COMING BACK TO US. Wasbitoto*, lDec. *—Social event* at the national capital this winter are already crowding each other, and eodety leaden are betyg taxed to their utmoet to fcoep up with the procession. The families of cabinet offlcers, it to said, will entertain largely, with C a view to honoring the admintotration of PreeMant Arthur, to expire midst a social blaxe of brilliancy. Mr*. McElroy, the president's sister, to preparing a list of ths ladle* who will be lnvi' id to assfct the preeident at the New Year" reception. It to expected that from 80 to 60 ladies will take part in the ceremonies. The Indications warrant the belief that the executive has decided to make hto last New Year's reception the most grand of any ever held in the White House. Racine, Win., Doc-. 2ft—At l:Si A.1L the Blake Opera houso block, the ha'idsomeet and largest In Racine, wasd-stroyed l»y .Ire. The building consisted of an opera house an I hotel, Carey and Flennicran, proprietors; a drug store, owned by W*. H. Vilas; a restaurar.t, owned by Miss ICena Johnson; Wood Brothers hardware store end tie tel phone exchange. Every room lu t'le hotel was filled with guests, and* the upper story was occupied by servant*. All hav.i be n accounted for. The building, a five story liriC k, was erected in 18"3 at a cost of 1100,000 and is a total low. The insurance on the building, which was owned by a stock company, amounts to (48,000. Those who occupied the building-lout heavily, but the exact amount of prop3i ty and the insurance cannot be learned. Iks Noted Divine Gives Hie Benson. foF His Keeent Political Actions—He European Capital Will Mot Seek Investment In America Because of the Frauds that Have Been Perpetrated—Troubles of (he Bonds. Even His Sworda, Medals and Sonvenln May. Go to Satisfy the Wall Street Crcesus—Efforts of His Friends to Prevent the Sacrifice. Young Kan 1- Bead Till a. Tub "Voltaic Bki.t Co , of Marshall, ft*, offer to aeod their celebrated Ki.gCTBO-Voltaic Brut aud other Klbctbio Appuaxcm on trial for thirty days, to men (rottnr or old) afflicted with nervous debility, losa fflrSWMBjr"* and mfahood, and all .Irwtln Also for rheumatism, neuralgia, paralysis, aad many other diseases. Complete mtiiaHoa to health, vigor and manhood guaranteed. Ho risk ia incurred aa thirty days trial ia allowed. Write them at owe for frustrated pampUM free. Wilf Abide by His Congregation's Decision. Yobs. Dec. 1ft—The Sun, in its "In andCOut of Wall Street" article, says: Those who reisd yesterday's cable messages in the great morning papers must have obtained a very vivid idea of the deplorable condition of business prospects all over Europe. The cable letter.of The Sun, descriptive of the terrible depression prevailing in Great Britain, was particularly vivid; and if that country Is in such straits as is stated, we can certainly not expect any revival either in the legitimate or speculative trad# of any kind in this country, for, after all, it is Europe, and more especially, Great Britain, that makes our market*. New York, Dec. 38.—An attorney who asserted that he was aoqualnted with the facta said to a report*'/ that an inventory had been taken of ali 01 n. Grant's possessions, under the judgment entered against him in favor of William H. Vanderbilt for 1160,000 and interest, loaned to him when be was trying to save the firm of Grant & Ward from failure. The inventory and exeoution* under the judgment were taken, he *aid, to protect Gen. Grant a* well, as Mr. Vanderbilt. The execution! oover houses in Washington and Philadelphia, and farms near St. Louis and Chicago. The farms alone are valued at 465,000 and $36,600 respect! voir, end, with the other property, are ample to secure Mr. Vanderbilt, as Mr*. Grant joins with the general and gives up her lire interest in the property mentioned. The inventory includes the preeenta of woapons, bric-a-brac and rare article* mads to the general at different times by friends at home and potentate* abroad, the (words and medals awarded him by congress, bis pictures and' books, hto relics of the war, and even the engraved card* oadered to express the thanks of congress. Gen. Sherman, on hto visit here, learned of the possibility that Gen. Grant might lehe all these Indeed, It to said that Gen, Grant called a council of war with hto old oomrade in arm* over the situation. The result ha* been that steps an being taken to- relieve the praparty. Gen. Bhermtn left the city fC** Philadelphia, and will afterward visit Washington. It if probable that he will continue there the work that he began here. Hnr York, Deo. A—"New I have a'feW personal remarks to make to,you," said Mr. Besober to his congregation yesterday at the conclusion of his sermon. It was no. tloeAbls to tboee who knew Mr. Beecher well that he spoke Kith some emotion and appeared unusually agitated. Nearly every one realised that something ont of tbe ordinary nature was coming, and tbe church beoanfa hushed as they eageriy listened to their venerable pas tort explanation of the coniw ha had pursued during the campaign, and whioh had given offense to some of the meaabers of Plymouth church. The floral decorations will be vary elaborate for a public reception, but the greater pfcins will be bestowed on tile red,.blue and green parlors, and the rboms upstairs assigned to Mrs. McElroy's lady assistants. In the east room only the mantels will be daoorated With 'flowers. So plant* will be placed on .the floor of the east room, but in the main corridor palms of every variety will be conspicuous ornament*, together with tropical foliage plant". Flowery plants and baskets of flower* will adorn the mantels of the three parlors, and the three sooth windows of the bio? room will be almost obstructed by a batik of falms. Thompson's "Beggar Student" opera company, who were in the 1 otul escaped, but lost their property. Thj manager, W. A. Thompson, di* not leave the hotel until every member had escaped. He estimate* the low on private property of the troupe at W,000. Many of tho guest* were obliged to fl»e in their night clotliin;. The C ity hotel adjoining the opora house was also burned and other building* cere damaged by falling walls. The loss of Carey and Hannfgon to 98,000; insurance, 11,600. Vilas! loss on drug • tore to $2,500; insuranoo, $1,600. Fits : All fits stopped free by Dr. Kliae'a Great Nerve Restorer. No Btt aftsr Orel * day's use. Marvellous cures. Tioatiao aed $2.00 trial bottle free to fit cases. Bead to Dr. Kline, 931 Arch St., Phila., Pa. "For nearly 40 year* I bay* been paator of tbb church," continued Mr. Beecbw, "and during all tfiat time harmony and peace hare always prevailed between the meabara and myaelt Not one ripple of diaeatlsfaction occurred to mar tboxe pleat\nt relations. But now there appears to be terioii* dlseatlafaction, which h- ** froni If ws had been more honsst in our dealings with our European customors and investors we might hare, been In a very different position. "Alarmed' European capital would have sought refuge in this country, ■nrf the name of the United States would have been as great as a business power in the world as the name of London is in Great Britain or that of New York on this continent Bnt unhappily all we were anxious to do was to beat our customers out of their money. We adulterated every thing we sold to them and exacted exorbitant prion. The 'natural consequence was that they began to prohibit our produce and went to other market*. They come now to us only when they C cannot get what they want anywhere else. In investment transactions we proved to be still more faithless. The amount of foreign capital lost in this country is tremen■dons, and no one, except a batch of unscru- J pulous Individuals, has benefited by it Of course, the credit of the country is as good Ias ever, and any amount of capital the government could want would be off*red a hundred times over. But the confidence in corporate and private enterprises is gone, and j it may require a whole generation to re| store it KSKN kit's R*8TAB*AirT, » for ladiea and gents, Ikmr Anj UM. A. .aoa wblci. as come i my mi) j wot of the members am outdAe sources, and it gites me pain. Tb moat perfect freedom of «peach ba« alway been moonr«(«d by ma, but during tbi whola campaign, in ,whie|l J took so grea aa Irtmit, 1 have not once !nt£?duc«4 thC th*1ara^ngD Jfc*Be»ctar thai tion» "IthwlbMn the desire  ■aid Mthe great var of the rebai lion, (• Ma the aovth aad south once mon uniJpT and the past enmities forgotten. I iodfced forward to the Republican party to hargnfpi these two great sections, and beliaeedthey would accomplish it Rapid strtiis wars marts in this direction, and Just as ttt good work was abput to be completed they; lost their chance by their recent'unfortmutts nominations. I had hoped that the RepMUnaa party would aeinin&te a southsrn that compeloto fulfillment thinftjope, I naturally - looked toward the jffcat party accomplishment country that the Democratic party should ha placed in power. The more I thought of it the firmer 1 became in my belief, and en* "Troubled with aatbma for eight yeera. Xot quite two bottlee of Thomu' Rclectric OH cured me completely, after spending over gaMt without the slightest benefit." This to what August Trubner, of Tyrone, Pa., says. A Most Diabolical Murder. A PREMONITION OF DEATH, Ottawa, O., Dep. 2fl —One of the most horrible, brutal and diabolical murders that Was ever committed in Putuam county is reported to have talcea place on Christmas evening in Jackson, in this county. The actor in this bloody drama is John F.sLback, a man of fiendish disposition and dangerous character, who killed bis wife in a fit of excitement and madness occasioned, U is said, by a quarrel between the murderer and Mm Fish back, which culminated in tbe homicide's picking up an axe and splitting open his wife's head, killing her instantly. Just before the murder waa done Fisbback was in the south room of the house with Mrs. Fishback and his three children, and all seemed quiet for awhile, but suddenly the crying of "murderl murder!" was heard as it was shrieked again and again by tbe victim, and tbe three eons of the murderer fled for their lives as he also threatened to kill them. He now has his house fortified with revolvers, axae, shotguns and other weapons and may give the constable and his posse some trouble before they take him. Patrick Donnelly's Visitor from the Other Hartford, Dec. 2H. —Fifteen minute* after going to fail work at Pratt & Whitney'• on morning Patrick Donnelly, • joiner, wai struck in the lower pnrtof the abdomen by a block thrown from a buri $*#.$ On Wednesday night be died of peritonitis. The peculiar feature of the cane is that Donnelly bad premonition* that something was going to happen. Last week he called at a leading physician's office, and said that he would need the doctor's service* about Christmas. On Monday evening be read several (elections of poetry to hi* wiU, and then came to a poem on death. His wife begged him to stop, and be did, saying that be would do some more writing before going to bed. Mr*. Donnelly retired, and nearly two hours later her husband heard the kitchen door open. Me went to shut it, when -he saw, as he told his wifo later, a woman clad in black (tending in tlie middle of the room. She waved ber band toward him, turned around, walked out and disappeared, the door closing natseleiily as she deeoended the step*. When relating this to bis wife lie said that the woman was his mother, who had come back from another world to give him warning. World. How to But or mast fail Hlt(l , j 8m O. B. Thompson, who ha* • large assortment of honma, lota, stores, fartta, to., Be Tell him what you want. Than if ha awn— j supply your wants aa well or better than anybody else, try somebody else Meanwhile Mr. Vest's resolution ordering • suspension of Secretary Chandler's proposed survey of the canal routs sleeps ia the pigeon holes of the foreign committee room, and the surveying party is on Its way to its destination. Gyrus W. Field said to a reporter: '-Gen. Grant's modal* and relics of the war may be sold atony moment under a mortgage to locate the debt of $100,000 which he borrowed front Mr. Vanderbilt to help the firm of Grant St. Ward, and for which he ha* confessed judgment; This ought not to be. I received a message from Gen. Sherman informing me of the fact It was the first I knew of it I want tp see Mr. Vanderbilt about it and he promised to throw off $00,- 060 of the total amoant, which ia now about $100,000 with interest, if the remaining $100,00$ was paid. I.have taken the Matter in hand and I think I shall have no difficulty in raising the money." Philadelphia, Dec. SS.—Gen. William T. Sherm.n hi a 'guest of his sonio-law, M. Thackara, at the latter's residence in Delanoey place. Ha is here to confer with A. 3. Drexel, the banker, and Georga W. Child* to tea if noma plait cannot ha devised to save Gen. U. 8. Grant from his creditor*. Mr. Drexel and Mr. Child* talktd the matter over, and referred all inquirers to Mr. Thackara. He said that no plan of aotlon had been definitely settled upon, but that something would probably be done when the three gentlemen will hold another conference at Mr. Drexel's office. TRAIN WRECKERS LYNCHED. fins ooasblnlngwtth^jraje Tt does^ot^mVl^tseth,causebeaiaSe.nr prodooe constipation—ottsr Iron wudietmm de It enriches and puriflea the blood, stimulatethe the fcoCL reens the mnsclee and nerves. For Intermittent Fevers. Lassitude, ls«b of Energy, Ac., it has no equal. W The cennine has above trade mark end crossedredUnesoowrapper. Tskeeeethe^ They Derailed a Train w ai to Steal Christmas tlisds This ii a subject seriously worth meditating upon, and every man# in or out of. Wall street, who can do anything to compel the guilty men to turn over a new leaf in 1885 should not lose a minute in doing so. It is no use ti'ying to bring them to punishment now, for it would only be to feed lawyers. But let all honest and public-spirited men unite in fighting corporate rascality. The troubles of the roads nearer home seem to make stock exchange operators quite indifferent to what is going on in .distant regions. Thus, while everybody is full of coal. Granger, aad trunk line point* and information, not a word is tp be beard about the condition "of the Noftllenr Psclflc, the Central Pacific, the Southern Pacific, and several other systems in which millions upon millions of public money have been sunk. The stock exchange, and with It the public, is interested only when a big advanoe or ft big drop in the securities of any of these concerns takes place, and that comes, of course, when everything worth knowing is over, and it swindling deal of some kind or other is' ooslsiim mated. Just now, for instance, there at* indications that something quite unusual fa going to take place in Central FftdAs affairs. The San Francisco Chronicle says that the managers of that road propose, If the Ileagan bill papas and 1ft ws an enacted to compel the road to provide for Its indebtedness to the government, to give up the road. The Central Pacific company has divided among its stockholders over $00,000,000 in dividends, while the outyide profits of the original owners hare Dean so' large that even if they lost the road they would remain among the richest men in the country. "It may be urged," says The Chronicle, "that there is no precedent for the owning and running of ft railroad by the government of the United States. .'But #e are making precedents fast Ifr the general government can own and manage a canal it caq own and manage a railroad. And there is certainly nothing in the constitution prohibiting the government from doing so; indeed, the provision that it shall regulate and manage the property of the United Statee would seem to cover the case." Chattanooga. Dec. 2ft—A few flight* ago a passenger train on the Mew Orleans aad Northeastern railroad was wrecked by, three man near Purvis. His*., and Bob Turner and.his fireman were kills*. Tom Grif-, fin, raid detective, was sent to work up the oase. His efforts were successful, and three MMfaKiMigMN). bad been under a cloud were, arrested. After having been lodged in Jail in Purvis, they were charged with the crime, qnd confessed it They sail they thought it was ft freight train, «pd desired to wreck it in order to steal what goods they wanted for Christmas. They did not intend to wreck a 'passenger train, and were sorry it was done. They also expressed-great sorrow at the death of Bob Turner and his finmiln. They admitted that they wrecked a freight train at the same place for the same purpose C-ne year ago. Car Brlvere Again Strike In Mew Oriasss New Ori.ka.ns, Dec. 20.— Dissatisfaction has existed among tbo street car drivers since Nov. 18 becauae of the failure of the Crescent City Railroad company to comply with the agreement mails with the drivers when the lait strike v as terminated. Another complaint tbe drivers make against tbe dompany is that tiiey are all compelled to report at tho starting station at 5:90 in thu morning, although some of tbem do noi begin work until 8:30 or la er. This dissatisfaction culminated biturUay afternoon in another strike of car drivers D n all tbo lines. Without any pre'vious notice they left work, demanding $60 per month for 15 hours' work, instead of from 150 to $55, now paid. Tbe New Orleans City Railroad company alone agreed to comply with the demand until a conference could be held, so there waa little delay on their linos, but on the 8t Charlee Street and other lines nociu-s were ranning. erad the campaign.. Von know I never dC things by halvrn, and when I did enter it i did ao 'might and main,' and piy conscience ao«£atW« tKa .fallesl ripprobatiou of the come I pursued." An Kxpleetoa In a Dental OOm. Bikoiiampton, N. Y., Dec. 88.—This town was startled by a heavy cxploeioti occurring shortly after 3 o'clock, seemingly in the centre of the city. Crowds rushed to Court and Washington streets, where the explosion had blown out a large nfoeiyi story window entire, and while some rushed up the stair way to the offioe of Mm- Albany Dental association, others waited, expeoting to see the mangled bodies of one or more men brought out As the gases cleared away, however, K was found thit no one bad been killed, although Dr. Hill and an assistant, Warren 8. Angel, had had a narrow escape. They were .generating gas. in a Retort over a coal fire, and the pipe leading from the retort to the gas-bag, becoming clogged by loose particles of refuse matter, the explosion followed. Prof. Clum was killed in this city in the same manner about six months ago, and Dr. Hill was ably saved this time by the explosion going upward 'instead of sidewise as dM that which killed Prof. Clam. Hill and Angels are badly cut and injured, but they will recover. Much damage was (fene fay the flytng of iron. , The preacher then (poke of the rumor* which h»d reached hit em. "It hurU me and I am ashamed for you that nations have keen imputed to me whioh were false, and sentiments credited to me Which never even M pass I my mind. I do not know from whom ttuee slanders emanated and would rather not. The statement which I mado in my Wall (treat and Newark speeches, regarding voters who had violated the seventh commandment, has been, I understand, inter-, prated to men that I thought lightly of tho nwlH ufufcmilty In the family: The imputation is libelous. No one has more reverence and admiration for chastity than 1 have, and 1 did not intend to cast the ahadow of a slur upon it. The fault lies with thoee who misunderstood what 1 said, t did useTanguage that I would not u« to you from the pulpit, bat I was speaking to • different set of people on the open streets. It v as a political speech, not a sermon, and my okjwt waa to secure vote* "I have heard that there is a move on foot to rebuke me for the part I took in the campaign Ly reducing the pew rents. That would not rebuke me. It would embarrass the work of the missions and force a reduction of expenses We must cut our ooata according to oar doth. . If you reduce the pew rants, yon must rednoe the expenses in the same proportion. If the pew rents should bj reduced one-half, I should ssk you to reduce my salary one-half. I have been the pastor of this oburch before on $1,500 a yea* and laan do it' again. I can support mys»tf and 4Do church toa" About remaining in the churoh Mr. Beecher spoke with a great deal of fading. HCr said: "If a majority of the members of the church should be displeased with me and wish ma to retire, I would accept their verdict, and do sa without a murmur, although It would give me pain to jjart with thoeo with whom my relations have been so pleasant for ao many years. Even if a strong minority daeired it, I would retire, and not in a spirit of irritation." Br. Beecher said he knew that he had said some things wh&li bad given offense, and he was sorry for it, *h! hoped they, too, ware sorry. That was the true Christian spirit. The neat set excitement prevailed among the crowded oongregation throughout the feeliapTOsmarks of the speaker, and at times th(ra was confusion, Which continued for soma minutes. Thoee of -tho congregation who ware not members aeemed to forget they were in church, and applauded Mr. Bnshnr loudly. Law murmuring waa constantly kept up, above which were heard the iwwerful tones of the pasfer, whoee words seemed to come from the depths of (lis heart. As the address proceeded the ""'I**'1 to be more affected, until at tae close he himself was overcome with emotion. We excitement inoreaeed, ted must of the members of the church were in tears. Whan Mr. Beecher had finished Ws friends crowded about him, and for ft Mate ha was loat to view. The soeno waattpreesive aqd effecting in the extreats, many who ware not connected with the ehuioh left with team ia their eyes. Uhr Mr. Duishar want to his home, where Wo one could eea him during the remainder •f tha day. This excitement had been eo great that probably not one oat of a hundred of persons remembered tha text or the fermon- Their minis Here filled with the isms' D» Which had ibllowsd. The text was taiqm from Xfcalms xxxviii, 1-8, inclusive. After services several prominent meaib.rs, who were spoken to by a reporter, Stated they heartily Indorsed tho remarks, 1 «d thought Mr. Beecher had been grossly aitrwpreeente I. Oeu. Horatio C. King n4 that he thought tha ntteranoee would lave a good effect, and would tend largely to lunM a reconciliation Srith the disaffected member* VrC. Beecher was seen tt this family res denoe last evening, but said (' a pi-ef-nd not to make any statement re uajng tin matter. Sews of the arrsat waa kept vafy quiet, bat it soon became common among railroad men. At midnight. 50 railroad men—conr doctors, engineers, firemen, brakomen, and section men—boarded the south-bound train at Meridan. The train stopped at Purvis, and the crowd got off nnd hastened to the tail. They broke down the doors, and, having placed ropes about the neoks of the men, led them out The wreckers again confessed the crime, but begged most piteonaly for their lives. It was to no. purpose. They were taken to a point near the sosne of the wreck and strung op to trees. It was about 1 o'clock when the work was completed, and as the last man swung off the mob stole noiselessly away. Washihqton, Dec. '-S.—A BtpobUcap reporter WW several pre mint a* gentlemen of this city with reference to the news received here from New York that allot Gen. Grant's personal property, including hia swords and medals, the presents reoeived by blm while •broad, his pictures, his two f&ngis, and the houses in this city and St. Louis, had been inventoried, and is to be sold to meet a judgment held against him by William H. Vonderbilt. Carton's Patent Gas-tight Hat Air Furnace. Tin but Ad In the Coleridge Oh*. London, Dec. 28. —The last, art baa now apparently been reached In the Adams-Coleridge scandal, which has includ ij the tempestuous wooing or Miss Mildred Coleridge by Ur. Frank Mantell Adanu, h«t- expulsion from ber home by tier fattier, the lor J chief Justice of England, a suit for libel by Mr. Adam* against the lady's brother for warning her against her lover's character, and the marriagj of Mr. Adams and MUs Coleridge, which took plnce privately on the 11th instant Lord Coleridge has now settled upon his daughter the sum ot £:M0 per year, and Mr. Adams, on iiis parr, agrei s to not reopen the libel suit. In whloh he obtained a verdict of £1.000 Against Mr. Coleridge but never rccovere I the dnmng •». tlie verdict bfing Det aside by Judge Manisty. Among the gentleman Interviewed were W. W. Corcoran, Gen. Beale and Gen. Van VIlet, all of than old friend* of Gen. Grant "t. Ctoronran said to the reporter: "This thing sha'n't be dona. No man who haa bean president of the United Statea ihould be placed In inch a position." Ha said he •ronld not (tart a subscription to relieve Gen. Grant of this judgment, bat would not be behiuil any one in preventing the *alc of his peritonei effects. •» * if m ' TOTHlt PEOPLE Of n and Vioiaily. Jf' •" The Businese Depression In New York. N*w York, Dec. 29.—In its "Some Men About Town" The Tribune has the following: "Madame Ristori played one night of last week at the Star theatre to lass than $100. Fanny Davenport, the Monday night before Christmas, had only a faw hundred dollars & Niblo's, notwithstanding she plhyed "Fedora" at popular prioes. The new play at Wallaek's, by Mr, Carleton, though pronounced an artistic and literary success, has not brought in much pecuniary profit Jphn Alba ugh tells me that the general cry from the stars and combination companies traveling through the country is of unprecedented ly bad business. And this dullness is not confined to the theatrical business only. Tlfe dry goods msn say that thsir holiday trade has been chiefly in cheap knick-knacks, not in substantial material of. long use and solid comfort I beard an old and experienced salesman in oneof the largest Jewelry shops in the city say that on the second day before Christmas ha had sold just three dollars and a half worth of fcoods under Ms charge. I know of another Jewelry house where the salsa of the same day—generally regarded as the best of the holiday season—were counted in hundreds of dollars, whs re for years past they amounted to as many thousands. Bernk, Dec. fi&—Despite the arrest and expulsion from the republic of certain Mormon missionaries who had made themselvee obnoxious to the authorities by their methods, Uie work of remitting in ttm interest of the religion continue* with great activity in Switzerland. Apostle Cannon is managing the polygamous campaign in the canton of Berne. Oy Christmas he held a service in the parlors of ths Emmen thaler hotel. Be bad no difficulty in securing the parlors for his purpose, and conducted bis advertising vrithoq* any apparent fear of the authorities. Seventy parsons attended the service. Of these 60 were women, tod all theee women, except two, were elderly and apparently .willing tohave husbands. The exceptions ware young Swiss maidens, who were densely ignorant. Before the sermon, Apostle Cannon exhibited a flask of sacred oil, which he described as a divine distillation. Apostle Cannon haa  for a series of Mormon mass meetings at Zurieh -and all the principal towns of Swltaerland. Swiss Converts for Mormonlsm. Gen. Bealo said be had not.heard mj of the details of this story, of the Venderbilt Judgment and the inventory of Gen. Grant's effects. He was very much shocked when ho road it, and. ha thought there was soma mistake atone it. Finally he said that ha did not believe it He said that. Gen. Grant's St Loafs farm was sold three month* ago tor 110,000, it* estimated value being 0(6,000, and that hi* farm in Illinois is virtually sold, end will bring its full value—C28,000. B» added that Jie reoeived a letter from Gen. Grant recently in which the latter •aid he was In t«t poor health, and that on Friday last ha received aletter from Fred Grant in which ha said that his father was oonflned to his room, and that his condition was such as to alarm his family. Gen. Beale added to these statements) The Heading Railroad Reducing Salaries. Borne curious rumors are also current in regard to the northwestern roads. The dread of legislative interference with the 3u est ion of rates seems to hare prompted directors of some of these roaas to send out lfcrge amounts of money to their friends in the northwestern states, with thejyquest to place it where it will do most In the case of one state, at all evepta, it lews to hsve been ascertained thai some (800,000 are ready to be distributed among the local legislators. Philadelphia, Dec. SO.—The receivers r,f the Philadelphia mil Iiai.road company have ordered a redaction of salaries, to take effect on Jan. 1, o all i Alcorn, agents and other employes, excepting tiiose of trainman, wharf laborers and crews of steam colliers, Cuid of minerx and laborers at collieries whose pay is reCulated by the basis dependent on the prio of coal. Tue redaction ranges from 8 to 80 per cent, according to the salary, the percentage of reduction increasing with the amount of salary. It is estimated that the proposed reduction will save to the company* front D1,000,030 to tfl.MO.MO par annum. Pittsto We give the dim of a few of the aaaf persons using the "CARTON" FORNACM hi thia vicinity: James R. Eh ret, Eagle Hotel, PMMap • K. U. Sinclair, Sinclair House, J. W. Comptoo, Dyer, Wilksa-Barre. Sainuel 8 nyth, Inventor, PttUtoo. 1 i J no. I). Green, treasurer, PMtaton Store Co Mrs. M. K. Kveritt, West Pittaton. „ J. F. Fredericha, West Pittaton. J no. L. Morgan, Grocer, Pittaton. D Dr. Theo. M Johnson, West Pittaton. Dr. K. R Troxell, West Pittaton Dr. a M Williams, Weat PiUston. 4 - G. F. Sharkey, .Vest Pittaton. K. J. Roes, Weat Pittstwi. Henry £tarl% West Pitts too. • : M. Ketcham. Weat Pittaton. West Pittaton School, 1 furnaces. Judge W. H. Oool, Weat Pittaton. Home of the Friendless, (1) Scran you. ( 0. E. Pryor, .Piano* Jt Organs. BmM, ; Win. Blume, Carriage lianfr., Bmmotm. D 1 W. H. Hoilister, Pleasant Valley. r • . Presbyterian Church, PI8alint YaMy. Keystone Hotel, Hawley, Pa. a Amoa Nichols ft Son, Mod Mar, Pa. • 0. B. Penman, Scran ton. Peter Farva, WUkea-Barre. » • - »• Mr. Hutchinson, Kingston. t B. B. Roet, Kingston. Geo. BaFwiak. • *• A (Jam Horkneaa, Pituton. Dr. B. B. Long, Weat Pittaton. M. Bolln. Pittaton. ' ' '' Geo. W, Benedict, Weat Pittaton. ,.-r Mrs. A D. King, (J) Weat Pittaton. Thomas Maloney, Pittaton, A Matthews, Pittaton. r-v A. Flisher,"Pittaton. . B. J. Durkin, (3) Pittaton. Wm. M. Smith, Plttatoa. Juo. Naah, Pittaton. Mr. West, Pittaton. George /wing, Mooaic. M. W. Cortright, Meahoppen. S. M. Baaaa, (2) Scranton. Dj Dr. J, L. Fordham, 8crantor. , D. D. Hosier, Weat Pl&aton. Geo. P. Steele, Weet Pitlatoe. M. & Church. Pleasant Valley. Wm. Allen, Pittaton. D. J. Levi, Scran too. Pa. »• H. A. Feuarolf, Pittaton. Pa. ., Frank Wicka, Weet Pittaton: 8. W. Kelluta. Scranton. ' - )a As a matter of course any unconoerned person would tljink that the roads cannot gain anything by maintaining rates which must be ruinous to the farmers of that almost exclusively farming, nglon, and that the ruin of the fanners. must iflUmately result in the ruin of t&e road*. But that does not in the least concern the financiers who are manipulating the stocks and bonds of those roads. All they want is to prevent the Granger legislators from beginning their work just now. They want time to sell out the securities which they and their friends hold yet, and to jump on the short side of the market, if possible. After that tbey won't have the slightest objection to any amount of Granger legislation. "Most likely they will even then encourage it on patriotic a* wall as philanthropic grounds. All they want is to gain five or lix months' time in wfcloh to complete their AnansUl operations. After that it would be nothing tot prising to hear the "It is just like him not to let even me know that his straits are so desparatfc I had no idea they were anything like this, and it is ihy belief that his illness, which I could not account for, la soused by his anxiety." Gen. Van VlbiUM that he had no doubt It would be found an easy matter to raise the money necessary to clear away the judgment He thought that by the time Gen. Sherman, whA Is now in Philadelphia, reachns this city, he will have at least $60,000 to pay off this judgment, even U 'hat sunt came from the pockets of Mr. Drvxel and Mr. Child* alone. Cuban FUebusters. Iomh About The Xew York Stan Nxw York, Deo. H).-DBusinass Manager Ackerman, of The Star, answering inquiries abont the rumored change* in the proprietorship ot that, pajfcr Csaid to a reporter: "John JL McLean, of Tfie Cincinnati Enquirer, mad* an offer for the paper. It has not bsen accepted. Half a dosen persons are desirous of purchasing it, having the impression that Mr. Kelly, by reaaon of his illness, would like fopell. it. Nothing will be done about it until after the 1st of January." In up-town political circles it was said Mr. McLsan's offer was (160,0001 It wm also *atd that ttje County Democracy people have a buyer in the field who 1* unknown to the Tammany chieftain, and will try to secure, the paper. Soma time, ago County Domoorecry nun font a .prominent printer to look over the plant of Truth to see if it could be profitably purchased to start an organ. There is also a story that Mayor Grace's friends fctffa secured an option on The Star if it ia not sold befoce a given data in January. Washington, Dec. 80.—The secretary of the treasury has received a communication from tho collector of tmstoms at N«w Cfr. leans saying that be is in'oraiei by (he Bpsnish consul at that port that one Ooin a recently left that city for some point on tli* gulf coast with a view. It Is believed, of flrtiug cut a filibustering expedition to the island of Cults, to be conveyed by the schoon-r Ploeiix. The collector sayj be has notified the collectors of the gulf ports, with a view to intercepting the ptoiioeed expedition. The secretary of state has been furnished a copy of the latter. Washington, Dec. 29.—The cfturt martial convened for the trtal of Judge AdVocate- Ueneral Swaim has proved pretty expensive to the government Paymaster General Rochester says that the mileage allowance . to the officers of the court will be $8,600 at the lowest estimate, while many of the officers will be allowed extra mileage for a trip to their posts and return to Washington during the holiday* This, togethsr with the Journeys of the Judge advocate and aids, coming from Chicago, Vancouver and St Paul to confer with OeQs. Scbofield. Miles and Terry, and more than doable this amount The rente paid by the government for the Ebbittbous parlors, in which the oourt holds its ssssioiyi, is $10 a day. The cost per diem far keeping the stenographic retard, and its reproduction on the type writer, ares ages about $25. The stationary bills have been about $100. The principal offloers of the court while here carry on tha business of their respective posts hy telsgraph, involving Immense hills for tbe government This array of expenses does not by any means cover all the items of cost which attach to the protracted military trial.  A Costly CosrS Martial. CONDENSED NEWS The free school building in Lonoke, Ark., was burned yesterday. Loss, ft,20CX The first regiment armory In Chicago I* guarded (or fear of an attadfc by socialists. Political Gossip. N«w York, Dec. 20 -"Ciath." in The Tribune, says: Mr. Viilaa, of Wisconsin, t i« probably the sorest person to go into C eveland's cabinet if he can afford it. Cleveland liked hinv and there is a demand for something fresh. very same men wlio try bow. to bribe Gran CM legislators grow terribly eloquent and public apirited upon the subject of the Iniquity of exorbitant railroad rates for the transportation of the staple products of the country. ~ t A baby six inches kmg and 11 ounces la weight has been born in Kings bridge, N. Y. Another boy knqckod down 13-jsar-old John Miller In New York yseterday afternoon. The lad's -skull was broken by the fall. J, For the benefit of the gueeslng school I venture the guses that Mr. John R McLean was allowed mere private talk with Mr. Cleveland than anybody else, who was a personal stranger, has yet bad, and that the governor had invited him by letter to oonte to his executive dwelling. The loss by th« burning of the Indianapolis cotton mill on Saturday night to $100.- 000. Insurance, 130,000 on" bonding and •10.000 on stock. Washington, Doc. 29.—Tha treasury has made a small gain in its assets over its demand liabilities, the amount now slightly exceeding the 40 jer cent, usually held against the redemption of legal tenders; but the January Interest on the 4 py cents, and on the Facifia railroad bonds, which will require more than 19,000,000, will prevent the possibility of any bond call, and it ia probable that the December debt statement wii. not show a very large decrease in the public debt, because it has been necessary to carry over from November $8,000,000 in pension warrants. The Condition of the Treasury. The Striking Carpet WMnn. Philadelphia, Dec. S8.—The delegate* of the Universal Peace onion visited "evoral of the carget manufacturer* at Kensington to endeavor to parsuade them to form a committee to meet that of the striking weaver*. The object is to obtain a compromise, but little hope I* entertained of achieving this end. The weaver* declare their determination to aroept no reduction, andezfnm their belief that the manufacturer* cannot bold out many week* longer. The manufacturer*, on the other hand, say they cannot afford to pay higher wages, and that, as far a holding ont 1* concerned, it suite them better to keep *hut doWtf far some tin* longer, a* they are thereby enabled to gat rid of their accoinulated stock. T. K. f withere, the Feace delegate, expect* to be able to arrant* for a meeting of employers mad employe* dur.iDK the early'part of the weak, when both 1 wilt have an opportunity of stating their The Hon. Thomas A. Hendricks ha* consented to deliver the annual addra** before the Yale alUnuil and graduating claws* at the commencement Juno 28, Ut& HIe Hair Whitened Through Flight. DM Do it on FnrpussT William Jonet, of Plymouth, Pa., agent of th? - Metrupolitaa life Insurance company, was arras ted on Saturday at the instance of Superintendent Hooper, who charged him with embezzlement He gaTe ball to appear in court at the quarter sessions.RiLIIOU, N. C., Dee 20.—John ilcKinney, while on guard at the moutli of Kar Mica, in Mitchell county, fell aa eop and waa wakened bp a aoi«e iu the slia.'t Springing up, be 1a fright jumped down the shaft, which ie 800 feet deep After falling £W Ir t he caught a buckot on a windleiw and by a great effort climbed back. So terriUe was hit fright that bis hair tuned whit D. Boston, Dec. 89.—A special to Tha Evening Record from Portland, Me., says: "A well known Republican politician and stamp speaker, who has bean in New York since the election, has come home in the full belief that Borohard did it "on purpose." Ho said tie had some time ago suggested this to Mr. Blaine, who laughed at him; -but in a recent conversation Mr. Blaine told him that he had about come to the conclusion that Burchard really uttered his speech with hia wits about him. Mr. Blaine added that it was his fault that the thing had beenr alio wed to happens that ha ought tievtt* tc have let tip interview oocur with/ at knowing Just what was to be -SpUd. Sl.ch-* mistake will probably never be repoati*; and it is too early to announce «0at in Caae Postmaster Manley sucofsds in renominating Blaina in 18W, clergymen and others who expsot to offer spontaneous tributes of raspsol to tha Republican standard bearer most in svery ease submil The North, Orrison ft Co.1* furnituivstoru in Kansas City was burned on Saturday, and the adjoining building, occupied by Wolf fcrofc, dealers in general futniahin; itoods, was badly scorched and damaged by water. The total loss will exceed 1100,000. Both building* war* earned by W. U Lowbenstein aad were Insured. England's Itssbb with the Roars. Durban, Dec. Sli.—The British fls; has been hoisted in St Lucia. SirH. K. Mnwer, the governor general of Cape Colony, ha* asked the home government to approve the raising of tha flag. Recruiting is actfcro foi Warren's expedition. The intentions of tlic Bo. rs are unknown. Mm L. Sulttraa Brown han a Sleigh. Boston, Dec. 8#.—John L. BulIIvan wui thrown from hi* sleigh by a skittish horse near the corner of Washington end Ui.k streets laat evening. Clinging to the reins be waa dragged a distance of 100 feet, when the frightened animal stopped, and thC prostrate fugilist re-ante rei tlio rehicie, having recei*«( no injury. * Goal Miners' Strike Declared Off. lonirao. De »— Secretary Flannery. of *» Misers' union, has Just issusd aciriul4* letter addressed to all tha milters in the/Hrer districts now on a strike for an insrsass # I alf a cent par bushel (or mining, ftottw that after having carefully examined toe sltaation along toe river, lie has dasided to declare the strike off and request! tjis jpinars to retort to work at their forme/ The wood— and, willow wate work* of K. W. Held aad Lewis' (a*h snd blind factory in Norfolk, Va., were .burned on Btturday night F. A. Rn'.fc% saloon, B. A. Hichsrdson's paint and. oil establishment, D. W. Warren's ssed store, Thomas Hal ton's secondhand fOrnitore stare, lL Morris ft Co.'s furniture satablishmeotan-1 J. H. HgUeft Co.'s wholesale grocery ware baAly damped. The loss is sstlmated at »S^00a Untlhew Doufther, Enter Sore. "Puat-offloe," Pitts too, Pa. Gall and am the furnaoea, or for catalogue circular and juieaa. We cab saye money for you if jm will allow ua to figure wiili jou. .23 PITTSTON 8T0V* 00, meaeiew^ Boston, Daft Bot*rt a Winthrsfw who has been t the point of death from pneumonia far about two weeks, has bean GonoOKfeviujc, Va., Dec. 80.—The local papers announce that cards are out for tlx marriage of two children—Maater Willi; Scott, of Gordonsville, aged (oar years, and Miss Jennie Parry, of Charleston, W. Ti, aged six years. - A Groom of 4 Tears and n Bride of 0D ITiathl From the Spanish Earthquake. Madrid, Dec. '-,9 — hnvo be*n 5-M deaths reported on nffoimt or the earthquake in Granada and 10) in Compute returns are yet wanti:i;. more oomfortahie during the past three a* four days, and hopes a*s being entertained of bis recovery.