Evening Gazette

              * DC Sttcmna Jgfeie (Gazette. _: NV.HUEII 1630 ( Weekly EtlaklitlKd lfiiO. | PIT TM OK. PA , TUESDAY, DECEMBER 27. 1887. k VITT OF CHRIST. A HUSBAND'S BRUTALITY. MR. W. W. CORCORAN AGAIN ILL. IIOWIIE ROBBED THE BANK EX-SECRETARY MANNING'S BURIAL. A BREAK IN THEIR RANKS. FELL IN LOVE WITH THE GROOM. NA ' Mamma, "What namei able type of excuae her ru cold to-day. 1 bv phrttiff her IMlri peiifli [Dii n m tiy I i enaii i Byiui 1 Tile Aged Philanthropist Carrliii) frr.n Church In a Helpless Condition. Washington, Dec. a7.—W. W. C his lieen quite feeble ever sine L « m v r illness of lost summer. On Sunday marring lie was anxious to attend church, hut nni feeling strong enough to go to Ascension, where he usually worships, he went to Bt The Distinguished Men Who Acted as Fhe Father Ottfaets, and Is Promptly MR. FLEMING, OF THE TRUNK LINE COMMISSION, ARRESTED. FRANK M'NEALLY TELLS A MOST Albany, Deo. 27.— Tho funeral of Ex- Secretary Manning took place to-'lay. Ilurause of tho limited capacity of St. Paul'.i church nearly the entire ediHco was reserved for the prominent persons from abroad oik1 the societies who attended. An elaborate musical programme was givep. The regular church choir was augmented by the choirs of other city churches, and numbered sixty voices Director Oliver composed an anthem for thh occasion, "X Heard a Voice from Heaven," for nlto solo and female chorus. The Rev. J. Livingston Reese, rector of St. Paul's officiated. Bishop Wllliam Croswell Doane and the clergy of this city and in this part of the diocese participated. The casket was not opened at the church, and the lid was removed only from 9 until 11 o'clock at the house, and then none but intimate friends were permitted to gaze upon tlie features of the dead statesman. At 1 D30 o'clock prayers were said over the remains at the hou-» for the family alone. Honorary Pall Bearers. IE 1,500 KNIGHTS AT READING REFUSE TO OBEY ORDERS. Lowdow, Dec. 27.—A baronet, whose town house looks upon Hyd* park, recently discovered that his eldest daughter had lost her beart to an under groom in her employment. This menial of the stable used to attend the lady in her daily ritfe*. The young lady's father chanced some days ago to enter a West Ead restaurant, where to his horror be beheld bis daughter and the groom seated comfortably at lunch. There was • scene, of course, and the augiy parent carried off his indiscreet child, and threatened terrible things to the audacious stable help. What was the baronet's rage upon reaching home to find the groom, who had arrived before him, calmly engaged at bis vocation. The baronet rushed at him, struck him, and was promptly knocked down. The baronet's son, who is an officer in the army, happened to be on hand at the moment, and, seeing the fate of his father, dashed to his assistance. The groom subsequently left the premises, and has announced his intention of taking legal proceedings to recover damages for assault, wages due and other grievances, which are, at all eveuts, substantial enough to bring out the particulars of this passage in the private history of one of the first families here. K nocked .Down. IV. DR. TALMAGE'S CHRISTMAS SERMON AT THE TABERNACLE. REMARKABLE STORY, His Wire Charges Him with Cruelty, and Asks That He be Compelled to Support He lias Returned the Bonds, and AV111 Not be Prosecuted—The Theft Was Not Premeditated—His Wanderings Abroad. Will Return to Saco. Society Will Receive No Recognition in the Future—The Company Claims It Rurn in a Stable—The Alleviator of Ilrutal KufTerlng as Well aa the He- ; Was Not Aocldent That Chrlat flu Their Children—Ho Put a Itopa Around Has Secured an Ample Force of Men. Her Neck. Tlie Situation Id Klixabeth. dormer of Man. Newark, N. J., Deo. 27.—William Fleming, secretary of the trunk liue commission and author of several volumes appertaining to railway management in England and the United States, was arrested at the residence of his son in Rutherford Park, N. J., by Sheriff Nicholas D. Demarest, at 11 o'clock on Saturday evening. The process under which Fleming waB apprehended was a writ of ne exeat granted by Chancellor McGlll on Deo. 24, restraining him from departing the jurisdiction of the court until he bad answered proceedings instituted by his wife, Ellen Fleming, to compel him to provide comfortably for her and her three children, Christina Fleming, aged 19; James Fleming, aged 14, and Ellen Fleming, aged 9. Halifax, Dec. 27.—Frank McNeally, the Saco bank thief, now that he is free, gives a full account of why and how be rolibi d the bank, how he escajo l, and where he went. Frank had been in slight financial difficulties through a third person, nud "luring the month of July bad been helping himself to small sums from the bank to title bifn through. But he would not moke fulsa entries on the books or change dates, as he might have done, to cover up his minor defalcations. On the afternoon of Aug. 27 the idea entered his head that he might help himself to both bonds and money, onj so relieve himself of his troubles. Hardly a miuute had elapoej from the time the thought occurred until he had slipped tho bonds into hi* pi.cuet. Then he helped himself to the $8,!M) in ensh. Just as the bank was closing a train was leavingand he jumped ou board, without knowing w here he was bound for, but soon found himse.f in Vermont. Rkadiko, Pa., Deo. 27.—The Reading emvoyes in ihis city, numbering, iu the aggre- Brooklyn, Dcc. 25.—Services today at the Brooklyn Tabernacle were jubilant. Professor* Browne and Ali, with organ and cornet, win* unusually powerful, and Mrs. Florence FJco-Kuox sang three solos. The thousands of iteoplo who packed the church and all the approaches seemed to join in the great chorua: He shall reign from pole to pole, With Illimitable sway; lie shall reign when, like a scroll, Yonder lioavens have passed away. ■ ile, about 15,000 men, have decided not to join the strike. Philadelphia anil Reading flicinls here are of the opinion that the ctinn of its employes virtually kills the Ivnights of Labor as an organization. Tho; ny they will never recognizs them again. I'. e employes along tho maiu line outsi.le of this city left their posts yesterday, and mat- .'irough it is c.u.inod that an ample force of :n n has been s .'cured to man all the trains •i s were rather complicated last night. All It"v. T. DeVVitt Talmage, D. D., took as tlie subject of his sermon, "The Barn and Its Surroundings." His text was taken from Luke ii, 15: "Tho shepherds said one to another, Lot us now go oven unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass." Dr. Talmage said: The pull bearers were Charles J. Cauda, C. N. Jordan, vice-president of the Western National bank, Sidney Webster, of New York, A. P. Gorman, United States senator and chairman of the National Democratic committee; Samuel J. Rividall, of Penniylvania, Manton Marble, of Now York, Roscoe Colliding, of Utica, Pascal P. Pratt, president of the Merchant and Traders' bank, of Buffalo; Rufus W. Peckham, judge of the court of appeals; Simon W. Roseudale, legal adviser and friend of Mr. Manning and a director of the Commercial bank; Erustus Coming, and John H. Vanantwerp, as a trustee of St. Paul's church, all of this city. The bearers wore six fort-men in The Argus office, whom Mr. Manning elevated from office boys to the positions they hold, aB follows: James J. Wail, of the day news room; Michael J. McNallty, of the night news room; Michael J. Noiun, of the book room; John Gray, of the day press room; George S. Tice, of the job room; David H. Wade, of the stereotype foundry. i.at are likely to l.e run out for the next few lays. There were a few desertions of train Hands reported north of Rending yesterday, but their places were promptly filled by nonjjiO.i men. Several telegraph operators C]UU work at Palo Alto on Sunday aight, but other men were promptly sent there and took charge of the office. There Cvas vei y little doing yesterday, and it will •o several days liefore any definite information can be obtained. The fact that the Reading employes here refused to strike does not effect the main line employes, as they are mostly emplovo I in the shops and on the cross lines whi.V; ; u i out of this city. Many promii.eni regret the stand taken lCy the men here. 1'hoy say it has virtually destroyed the organization, and that it will be impossible to recover from the effects of yesterday's deliberations. Others seem to think that it will strengtbeu it. They say the strike at Port Richmond was premature, and any persons wh D j: ,-sess a spark of intelligence cannot help but see it. It is a local d.fficulty, they say, and the entire dfttrict should not ha re been dragged into it. Level heuded men are of the opinion that the troub'e will be settled in a few days. The couple were married in Dublin on April 20, 1863. Mr*. Fleming, prior to her marriage, was a teacher of deaf mutes in that city. The bill alleges that they came to New York on Feb. 1, 1881. In May following they moved to Rutherford Park. Boon after their change of residence, Mrs. Firming allege* to her affidavit, her husband came home frequently at night In a state of intoxication, and beat her unmercifully. On the night of Feb. 5, 1883, she alleges that Fleming came home from a ball late under the influence of liquor. Words passed between them, which led to an assault. "Be dragged me from the bed by the hair of my head," she alleges, "beat me while I lay helpless upon the floor, and placed a rope around my neck. I. called for assistance. My eldest daughter responded and summoned a neighbor, who forced my busband to desist, and who remove! tlie rope from around my neck. For six weeks thereafter I wai confined to my bed, unable to do any physical labor, and under the professional care of Dr. Phelps. I um not now able to care for myself and my three children, and liave been incapacitated ever since." One thousand years of the world's existence rolled painfully and wearily along, and no Christ. Two thousand years, and no Christ. Three thousand years, and no Christ. Four thousand years, and no Christ. "Giye us a Christ," had cried Assyrian and Persian and Chaldean and Egyptian civilization, but tho lips of the earth and the lips of the sky made no answer. The world had already been affluent of genius. Among poets had appeared Homer and Thespis and Aristophanes and bophocles and Euripides and Alexis 7£schylu3, yet no Christ to be the most poetic figure of the centuries. Among historians had appeared Herodotus and Xenophon and and Thucydides, but no Christ from whom all history was to date backward and forward—B. C. and A. D. Among the conquerors Camillus and Manliua and Regulus and Xantippus and Hannibal and Sclpio and Pompey and Ctesar, yet no Christ who was to be conqueror of earth and heaven. Two hours later he would, he says, hnve given the wor.d if he could have been back in S co and replaced liis pilferings beiore tho bank opene 1 in the morning. But he nii too far'.away to return in time for that. Then he hoped that he would be identified and taken back. These hopes were succeeded by foars that he would be arrested. From Vermont he went 'to Montreal, where he bought a draft on the London branch of thi Bank of Montreal, and thence he went tc Quelec, whence he sailed for Liverpool Si pi. 3. To show that the robbery was no" premeditated, he sai I that if he had wanted to do so be could buve run away three daye before with $1,500 and $2,000,000 worth oI bonds and securities, which were at that time untier his control. He spent somo months in England, but life was a misery; he shunned society and dreaded to meet any one. Killed In • Family Feud. W. W. CORCORAN. Morven, Ga., Dec. 27.—The Hendry-Riley feud, out of which many difficulties have arisen, has resulted in the loss of another life. William W. Hendry had threatened to kill A. C. Rilay, abd they met Sunday at a store. Hendry offered Riley a cigar and some words passed, after which Riley drew hiB pistol and fired, the ball passing through Hendry's lungs, from the effect of which he died. John's, which is much nearer his home. lie sat through the long service, and at the cC le bration of communion his attendant helped him to the chancel rail. He was very much exhausted, and twice enleavortd to take bread and wine with his own hands. Finally Dr. Leonard gave him tue bread and put the wine to his lips, after which his attendants, fearful of his condition, assisted liim to risC and supported him from the church. H* was so helpless that it was necessary to carr-i hiin to his carriage. At Mr. Corcorm'j Ik use it was said last night that he hud net suffered a relapse, but that he was in n very feeble condition, although it was not thought that there was any cause for immediate alarm. Owing to the pnilauthropist's advanced aged nge, however, his present, condition causes gruvo apprehension among l i« friends. To-day is Mr. Corcoran'a 90tt birthday.  and ortfii competition with weight alum or p in onnj ROYAI. Baeiko 1 Rome, Dec. 27.—It is Btaled upon reliable authority that the pope has Instructed Archbishop Walsh and the other Irish prelates visiting Rome to participate in the jubilee ceremonies to assume a conciliatory attitule toward the English government. The pope yesterday received the jubilee gift of Qujen Victoria, which was presented to his holiness by the Duke of Norfolk. The Pope, Ireland and the Queen. MUS ONE NIQHT C Wedne The president, the members of the cabinet and CoL Lament arrived this forenoon in a special car to attend Mr. Manning's funeral. They will return to-night. But the slow century and the Blow year and tlio slow month and the slow hour at last arrived. The world had had matins or concerts in the morning and vespers and concerts in the evening, but now it is to have a concert at midnight. The black window shutters of a December night were thrown open, and some of the best singers of a world where they all sing stood there, and putting bock tho drapery of cloud chanted a peace anlliem, until all the echoes of hill and valley applauded and encored the Hallelujah chorus. The most remtrkabl* i Eighteenth year I From England he went to Paris and thence to E,-ypt. The bonds were done up in a little parcel, about eighteen inches long, sil inches wide and dve inches thick, and placed in his trunk. Ue never opened them or touched them from the time he first placed them there until at Cairo, when he wrote the bauk officials, confessing his crime and offering to return them. The bonds were returned to the bank direct from Cairo, and since then the bank C fflciaLs have been cognizant of his movements. He went to Hulifnx with their full knowledge and approval. Tile wlioe thing has been settled. Philadelphia, Dec. 27.—Philadelphia and Reading official* hire were much elated last night over the stand taken by tlieir Reading employes, and seem to think it will have a wholesome effect on those employed elsewhere. '/his, however, rimalns to be seen, and it will be several days before the real extent of the strike will be known. J-. DEC. This allegation is strengthened by recent proceedings In a Bergen county court, in which Dr. Phelps got a verict against Mr. Fleming for (57 for medical attendance upon bis wife at the time specified. In this case Justice Dixon delivered the opinion on Dec. 20, and Fleming satisfied the judgment on Dec. 23. The bill further alleges that on Aug. 23, while the oldest child was sick of fever, Mrs. Fleming got up to get her a glass Of water. In the kitchen she was attacked, ■be says, by Fleming, who choked her until ■he waa insensible. Dr. Phelps was again called to attend Mrs. Fleming for injuries received at that time. In the month of October following an agreement was entered into whereby the couple were to live •part, Mrs. Fleming to have the custody of the three chi'dren. Mr. Fleming agreed to pay her $40 a month, and to give her $3 a week for the maintenance of the children. Besides this, he was to clothe and educate the children, and provide for bis former hou«ehold. This agreem"nt he kept, his wife avers, until last September. In the eyes of the law the agreement entered into was not binding upon either party, but the proceedings which characterized the mutual separation are urged as evidence that he felt it obligatory to provide for his wife and family, and also that he was abundantly able to do so. RUSSIA'S WARLIKE ATTITUDE, Shelbyville, lud., Dec. 27.—lira. Sarah G. Swing, aged 03 yean, was found dead in her barnyard by her grandson. Her body was terribly mangled by the hogs, which were with the greatest difficulty driven off. During the' absence of her granddaughter and the latter's husband the old lady had gone out to milk. The hogs, it is thought, pulled her down and killed her. An Old Lady's Terrible Death. In Ifc* Fl CAPTAIN AND FIVE MEN DROWNEX). The German Chancellor's Policy—Lord 1 Only One Survivor of file Schooner Mary London, Dec. 27.—The latest popular theory with regard to the hurried and in some respects covert consultation between the German and Austrian leaders is that Prince Bismarck is determined to force Russia to show her band by taking advantage of the discrepancy between the czar's extensive military preparations ou th.t Austrian frontier aud the asseverations of the Russian officials that no aggressive movement is intended. Whether this theory be correct or not, there is certainly good ground for the belief that some scheme is on foot to precipitate matters, to the end of prolonging the season of peace or bringing about almost immediate war, and that tho German chancellor is its master spirit. Randolph Churchill Visits the Csar. Pkovidenck, Doc. 27.—The schoonor M. C. Moseley, of Boston, from Hayti, came into Stoiiiugton Sunday night «nd landed S'aman Borden Manchester, of Fall Itiver, sole survivor of the crew of the schooner Mnry P. Collins, of Philadelphia. Capt. Torrey, of the Mnsely, reports that in lat 31:10, long. 71:40, while hove to in a severe gile, he saw the Collins hove to and showing distress s glials. He launched a bout with great liiffl-, culty und risk, and the men hud nearly j reached the Collins when she gave a lurch to starboard and went down, with her ca]D- tain nnd five of her crew. Manchester was found i.fiout on a plauk and taken abourd the Moseley. He says the Mary P.Collins' wss from Norfolk with a cargo of coal for | Si'mei-set. She had ordinary weather until a week ago Sunaoy when a hurricane s»t in The vessyl became unmanageable and sprung ; ul'uk, which kept the men at the pumps ' until they were exhausted. The water guire 1 ou them constantly, and they bad gievn up hope when the Mosoly came in sight. The relief, however, came too lat | for all except Manchester. V. Collins. Elizabeth, N. J., Dec. 27.—There was practically no change yesterday in the situation at the Elizabeti.port coal docks. The Central company was shipping coal, but the Reading and Lehigh Coal companies' docks were deserted. The men are standing firmly by the position they took, although one of them said to a reporter that the strike took them when they were short of money. * The leaders of the Knight* of Labor are reticent and apparently know nothing about what is being done at Philadelphia. AH they say is that they are waiting for news and hop* the trouble will not last long. At last the world has a Christ and just the Christ it needs. Come, let us go into that Christmas scene as though we had never before worshipped at the manger. Here is a Madonna worth looking at. I wonder not t'uat the most frequent name in all lands and in all Christian centuries is Mary. And there are Marys in palaces and Marys in cabins, anil though German and French and Italian and Spanish and English pronounce it differently, they are all namesakes of the one whom we find on a bed of straw with her pale face against the soft cheek of Christ in the night of the Nativity. All the great painters have tried on canvas to present Mary and her child and the incidents of that most famous night of the world's history. Raphael in three different masterpieces celebrated them. Tintorat and Guirlanjo surpassed themselves in the "Adoration of the Magi." Corregio needed to do nothing more than his "Madonna" to become immortal. The "Madonna of the Lily," by Leonardo da Vinci, will kindle the admiration of all ages. Murillo never won greater triumph by his pencil than in his presentation of the "Holy Family." But all the galleries of Dresden are forgotten When I think of the small room of that gallery containing the "Sistine Madonna." Yet all of them were copies of St Matthew's "Madonna" and Luke's "Madonna," the inspired Madonna of the Old Book, which we had put into our hands when we wore infanta and that we hope to have under our heads when we die. OUR i "The bank will not lose a dollar, not ■ single dollar," said Harry. "There is no charge against Frank by the bank. It has lost nothing, and when the grand jury meets on the first week in January, the indictment against him, based ujion a mistaken statement of the circumstances under which the breach of trust was committed, will be quashed. Frank was Bimply waiting in Halifax until that was done, when he intended to return home, and if it hadn't been for the smart Boston reporter who exposed him this story might never have been known." A Traveler's Death. • Huntingdon, Pa., Dec. 27.—H. Nichols, of London, England, was killed near the lipruce Creek tunnel on the Pennsylvania railroad, about fourteen miles west of this place, yesterday. He attempted to board an east bound freight train, and, missing his hold, fell under the train, and had both legs crushed, causing death about two hours afterward.  HIS OWN ( ef first Admission Uo.t CKH Buggies' on Monday A panic prevails among the business men and storekeepers, who fear a repetition of the bard times of last winter. There are now, including the coal haudlers and Singer employes, over 2,000 idle men walking about the streets of Elizabeth. At the end of this week, if the strike continues, business will be practically at a standstill Coal has jumped up fifty ce ts a ton since Saturday. MUSI ONI FRIDAY, Special Annou Lord Randolph Churchill paid a visit to th" czar at th j palaca of Gatschina yesterday. He was very ostentatiously received, and spent considerable time in privute conversation with (he emperor. The object of Lord Randolph's visit to the Russian capital is still a mystery, but, despite the semiofficial denials and disclaimers here the, general conviction Is that he is charged with an official mission. Whisky aud Suicide. Pittsburg, Dec. 27.—E iward Kendrlcks, about 8tt years of age, formerly manager oi a telegraph office in Parkersburg, W. Vs., but for a number of years an operator for the Western Umon in this city, committed suicide last night by jumping from the Sixth street bridge into the Allegheny river. Cause, whisky. Ha leaves a wife and daughter.  Detective Power who arrested McNeally after tbe reporter gave him the olew, claims the (7,500 reward, but it will be strange ii he gets a cent J.*. HOl's As soon as the indictment is quashed, hi« brother says, Frank will return to Saco. "He could get a dozen situations there,* says Harry. "The last words A. M. Cokel, a dry goods merchant, said to me were: '11 there's not a vacancy in my store when hi comes back Til make one for him.' " Burned to Death. JAM Masontown, Pa., Dec. 87.—At McCIellandtown, four miles east of here, Sunday night, the houses of William B. Allton, a Justice o( the peace, John Que and Rufus Jackson were burued. Mr. Allton, aged 75 years, was burned to death. From the position in which hiB body was found it is bujD posed he bad attempted to escape through the window, when the house fell in. His wife, who had gone out to call on a neighbor, had to witness the destruction of her home aud husband. Ruptured a Blood Yeasel. DJ1. After be bad been in default for two month* Mrs. Fleming visited him at hit office in New York, but returned, she says, without any satisfaction, although she made an earnest appeal on behalf of their children. Bhe avers that she vai turned away empty banded, her husband declaring that be "would serve them, the wretches, as be had served their mother." A few days after this interview Mrs. Fleming engage J Lawyer Samuel D. Haines, of Jersey City, to bring •uit to compel her husband to provide for tier and their three children. Mr. Haines sent for Fleming to come and see him, and Advieed him as a friend to adjust matters with his wife, and provide for her and tbe children. He declared, it is said, he would never lift a hand to aid them. Ho was i hen Informed that the agency of the courts would be invoked to compel him to do so. This conference took place on last Thursday, and on Saturday Mr. Haines applied for the writ of ne exeat, upon which Fleming was arretted on Saturday eveij'iigT THREE MURDERS IN CINCINNATI, Norwich, Conn., Dec. 87.—William Walter Poole, the young leader of Poole's drum corps, while engaged in his daily employment in a Greenville factory,was seised wiiL an unaccountable pain in l:is bead. Something gave way, he said, and he ran yelling from the mill with his hands to his head. He continued his ran around the mill several times, when he was caught and taken to his home. It required several men to hold him in his paroxysms of pain and insanity. Several doctors were summoned, but the young man died in great agony a few hours after the attack. A counsel of surgeons say a blood vessel in his brain was ruptured. Petersburg, Va., Dec. 27.—Marx Morse, a well known resident of this city, when coming home last evening with bis wife, and about to unlock his front door, was twice stabbed in the back by an unknown negro who made his escape. The attending physician considers Morse's wounds dangerous. Stabbed in the Back. Tliey Were All Committed Under tlie In- Cincinnati, Dec. 27.—Thomas R'illy, I while intoxicated SunJuy. became in vol vC d in a quarrel with a saloon keeper named ' Frank Ueiaslng, during which It -i 1 ly struck j the sa!ooni»t with a poker. R retail- i ated with a beer mallet, fracturing Reilly's : skull, it.flictinjr a fatal wound. fluence of Liquor. "Tax" Held Dead. Albany, N. Y., Dec. 27.—William Raid, one of Albany's best known citizens, is dead, after a brief illness. He was known as "Tax" Reid from the fact that he was always buying tax titles. He was said to be very hard ou persons whose property was sold for taxes. His estate is estimate! to be worth from $250,000 to (500,000. He was born in County Down, Ireland, seventy-eight years ago, and came to this oity at an early age. In all his transactions, it is said, no one ever got the better of him. He was rated to be better posted on the laws governing real estate than most lawyers. He was the architect of his own fortunes. Dress never bothered bim, and on the street he had the appearance of a man who labored daily. He was a devout Presbyterian. The First Case In Thirty Years. Freeport, Pa., Dec. 27.—The clothing of Barnard Moss, an employe at distillery No. 8, got caught in the cog wheels at the distillery yesterday, and before the engine could be stopped Moss was drawn into the machinery and so terribly mangled that he died in a few minutes. Mangled by Machinery. Josepu Meara was fatally stabbed by Andrew (Jreenberg Sunday. The parties had had a previous quarrel, and when they met, both being intoxicated, renewed hostilities, with the above result. Lyons, N. Y., Dec. 37.—The people in the town of Penn Yan, in this vicinity, are excited over the discovery of a case of smallpox near tuat village. A lud named Warren llu I, who is a picker of rags iu the Seneca paper mill there, contracted the disease while engaged at his work. The health officers huve quarantined the case, which is of the tin st virulent form. It is the first case of siuulipox in this region in over tnirty years Behold, in the first place, that on the first night of Christ's life God honored the brutt creation. You cannot get Into that Bethlehem barn without going past the camels, the mules, the dogs, the oxen. The brutea ol that stable heard the first ory of the infan' Lord. Some of the old painters represen the oxen and camels kneeling that night before the new born babe. And well might tliey kneel. Have you evnr thought that Christ came, among other tiring*, to alleviat. tbo Bufferings of tho brute creation! Wasi not appropriate that he should during the first few days and nights of His life on eart' ku surrounded by the dumb beasts whes nior.n and plaint and bellowing hav for ages been a prayer to God foi tlio arresting of their tortures and the righting of their wrongs 1 It did not merely "happen so" that the unintelligent creatures of God should have been that night in close neighborhood. Not a kennc. iu all the centuries, not a bird's nest, not i. r.oraout horse on towpath, not a herd freezing iu tho poorly built cow pen, not a freight car in summer time bringing the beeves U market without water through a thousanc miles cf agony, not a surgeon's room witnessing tho struggles of fox or rabbit or pigeor. or in tho horrors of vivisection but ha; au interest in tho fact that Christ was borr in a siablo surroundod by brutes. He remembers that night, and the prayer He heart in their pitiful moan He will answer In thi punishment of those who maltreat the dumi brutes. They suroly have as much right ii' this world as we have. Yesterday morning John Sunderland, a laborer, became involved in a quarrel with two deaf mutes, brothers, named John and James Sterling, during which Sunderland received fatal injuries. Hisskull was frightfully fractured, the wound evidently being made by a heavy, sharp-edged weapon. The IDartie8 had been drinking heavily. The assailants were arrested. Jumped to Bis Death. Baltimore, Dec. 87.—Allen M. Clarke, a Ibookkeeper tor L. Shanby Davis, of New York, committed suicide on Curistmas day by jumping down a well on his father's place iu Pocomoke City, Worcester county. He ha/l overworked bims.lt and had gone home to rest. Two weeks ago, while out of his mind, he cut his throat, but not badly enough for a fatal result. Alter that and to the time of bis death he breathed through a silver tube. On Suuday he escaped from his at endantu, and tuking the tube out of his mouth, jumped down the well. He was much esteemed by those who knt*v him. Norwich, Conn., Deo. 87.—Thomas H. Hood, the defaulting cashier of the board of water commissioners, was arrested yesterd. y and arraigned for embezzlement. He waived examination, and was remanded in default of $7,500 bail. The embezzlement amounts to *ti,500.  Arrested for Embeulement. Brass Bai AYlUle Sitting In Her Home. Price* Tie,, Ke. ■ neaday, Dec. a, at Fleming la a* wcil, ii not better, known in Xngland than in tbe United States. In 1878-7ft ha wan the complainant in a chancery case entertained by the master of tbe rolls against one Easton for an infringement in a copyright on a book on tbe railway system of England. He is tbe nuthor of three volumes entitled an "Index to Our Hallway System and a Comprehensive Analysis of Railway Property." Mrs. Fleming testifies that ber husband is in receipt of a salary of more than $4,000 a year, and is possessed of real and personal property Thieving aud Murder. Columbia, S. C., Doc. 87.—While Mrs. Arthur C. Moore, wife of a prominent lawyer of th s ci.y, was sitting t y the fire in her resilience, ou Arsenal hill, holding her little daughter iu her arms, sue wut struck by a pistil ball which came turougii the window glass, and peneirated her hetul in front ol the left ear. She is dying. Whether the siicouug was an acciitent or the work of an ue sD.n cannot be ascertained. V- PlERRE, D. T., Dec. 30.—John Liplant, a half breed Indian of the Sioux reservation has left for parts unknown. Since his departure it has leaked out that he has carried on a regular system of thieving on the reservation for years, not stopping at murder to accomplish his end. He used as tools an Indian boy and a young Frenchman. It appears that be became suspicious of tbe Indian and sent a bullet through bis head, burying his body in a shallow hole, with his feet and legs partly exposed. The Frenchman squealed. To substantiate his story be conducted a party of men to the scene of murder, where the body of the Indian boy was found, only partially covered with dirt and brush.  louble Bonal Double i Wakefiild, Mich., Dec. 27.—A serious fire broke out in the heart of this town Sunday night. Waked Id has no means of fighting the fire and part of the town seemed dC ion» d. Tbe citiz-'na were almost helpless, und in numerous cases were un:ible to save their stock and movable household goods. Tiie Bessemer fire department was summoned, but the fire was spreading so ra]-- iilly that it was of little aid. Tbe fire continued to burn throughout tbe whole night, and was nn y checked after half of the bminese portion of the town bad been destroyed. The lire originated in O'Brien's Vaudeville theatre. The losses aggregate $:)0,0iM), with almost no insurance. Wakeflell is a new mining town on tbe Milwaukee, L ike Shore and Western l'O.t i, six miles east of Bessemer. It. has a population of p rbaps500, a bank, and is n place of considiwable inip'.:,lanes on the Gogebic range. Destructive Fire In Michigan, Drowned While Skating. Syracuse, N. Y., Dec. 87.—Luman E. Grant, a ed 3S, and his younger brother broke through the ice ou Onondaga lake while skatiug yesterday. Lumau was drowned. His brother managed to extricate himself, an . was saved. Dover, N. J„ Dec. 87-—A party of forty or flity Hungarian miners employed at Hibernia, eight miles from here, celebrated Christm is by getting drunk, and the result wus a desperate fight among themselves, in which stones, clubs, shovels and knives were freely used. Five were stabbed, and one of tuein, Andrew Magnr, was stabbed so severely in the back aud head by John Sutiot that it is believed he cannot live many hours. Tho mob was so worked up by drur.ken frenzy that the local constable was afraid to make arrests, aud had to telephone here for aid.  five Men Stabbed. Atchison, Iv ., Dec. 87.—The residence of Lapt. John Zitou w.,s robb.d Sunday n.giit of nearly $8,000 in diamonds ai.d Christmas gifts which lial been arranged in the parlor for distribution. While tho family were at sup|Hr tue thieves entered the Ileus ■ and after securing the booty left a p . card in-cr.bod ''A merry Christmas to you. Tue Lord iovts a cheerful giver." "The Ijord Loves a Cheerful Giver," Attempted Murder and Solelde. Denver, Colo., Dec. 87.—Isadore Pierce, a storekeeper at Boulder, Colo., shot his wife last night, and then killed himself in the presence of their lour children. Mrs. Pierce received two serious wounds, but will re- X "Difficult" Feat Easily Accomplished, Brooklyn, Dec. 27.—Jack Kruuse, who was detained at Raymond Street jail as a witness in tbe case of Qreenwall, thi murderer of Lyman Weeks, and who was himself suspected of complicity in the murder, escaped during Sunday night, and has not yet been recaptured. He managed to bend the window bars of his C-ell so that be could Hjueesa his body through. He tied tbreo towel* together as a rope, and let himself down as far as they reached, and dropped frbtn that point to Che ground, having first thrown his-tn'attress out to fall upon. In t(iia way be reached the ground from tbe third story of the jail without injury. Qreenwall is sentenced to be banged soon, an4 witnesses against him would doubtless be released after the court of appeals acts on • motion to reop-n the case; but it is supposed that Krause feared that he would himself be indicted as accessory to the murder, and therefore determined to escape. The jail warden says it was a vory difficult feat. He is greatly ohagrined over the affair. cover. ONB SOLD EV Bortree Mfg. C Bluffing Senator Fair. Weather Indications. San Francisco, Dec. 28.—A big fair, held by the Catholic societies, has just closed, here. Que evening while it was iu progress a stout, gray whiskered man stopped at the flower stand and asked the price of a bunch of rosebuds. The young lady behind the counter was about to reply, when a matron stepped quickly forward and said: "Five hundred dollars, Mr. Fair." Senator Fair allowed no surprise to appear in bis face. Without a word be took out his check book, wrote a check for $500, and banded it to the matron, who stood eyeing him calmly. The matron who bluffed "Unule Jimmy" into thit unusual generosity was Mrs. Fair, bis former wife, from he was divorced. For Tuesday, iu Now Jersey, eastern New Turk, euslern Pennsylvania, and iu Mew England, partly cloudy, wnh slight thermal cnuuges, followed by increasing cloudiness, and possiLly rain or snow. Set Fire to the Jail. Atlanta, U:i., Sept 27.—A negro n»m»Cl Hound Taylor met a horrible death at Too- C'ia, Or.'u He was con 11 ed in the calaboose for sumo potty offense, and yesterday morning the jail was lound on fire. Every effort was ni dj to rescue the man, but he was burned 10 death. There was nothing left to tell the tale but gome ashes and bonus. Tue negro set the building on fire, hoping to escape during the excitement. Giant Powder Fxploslou. Laurel, Del., Dec. 27.—A desperate fight o; cur red at W ood Hawk school house, near the Murylnnd line, Christmas eve. Five white men were enjoying the day in an orderly way, when a negro approached and commenced to dnnoy and abuse them, aud on being knocked down he drew a revolver aud fired several shots. William Adams and Samuel Pusswater fall with bullets in their backs aud breast. The assailant escaped, but if caught he will likely be lynched. The wounded men are in a precarious condition, Two Men Shot by a Negro. For Sale Joliet, I Is., Deo. 27.—The Juliet Water Works company, which is digging mains and lil'istiug through rocks, left their giaut powder exposed where some boys wiio infest the streets o Da 1 i find it. A crowd of youngsters stolo a quart can full of tlie i xplosive on Saturday and experimented with it The result was the blowing up of the entire crowd. Three were injured—George Hauser, who set the fuss. John Rosonwich and Frank Jackson. The can exploded with terrible force, hurling all three forty feet. Hauser was terribly burned. His face was burned to a crisp, his eyi s blown out, his hair burned off, and his clothes burned from his body. The other two boys wore sjghtly injured.  TELEGRAPHIC NEWS CONDENSED. Ill tbo first chapter of Genesis yQu may set that they were placed on the earth bofon man was, the fish and fowl created the flftl day, and the quadruped the morning of tbC sixth day, and man not until the afternoon of that day. The whale, the eagle, the lion, ana ail tho lesser creatures of their kind were predecessors of the human family. The) have tho world by right of possesion. The;, liave also paid rent for the places they occu pied. What an army of defense all over the liLinl are the faithful watch dogs. And who can toll what the world owes to horso, and camel, and ox for transportation? And robin and lark have by the cantatas with which they have filled orchard and forest, more than paid for the few graint they have picked up for their sustenance. When you abuse any creature of God you itrilro its creator, and you insult the Christ who, though he might have been welcomed into life by princes, and taken his first infantile slumber amid Tyrian plush and canopied couches and rippling water" from royal aqueducts dripping into 'jasins 01 ivory and pearl, chose to be born on the level with a cow's horn, or a camel s hoof, or a dog's nostril, that he might be tho allevfetiou of brutal suffering as wwU *1 the Stdeemer of man. Home and Lot situated Joseph Coyer, a custom house clerk, was fouud frozen to death in the street yesterday in Montreal. West Near Wyomlnn V»n*y Kr rooms, bath, hot ai d cold Ac. Two 'amines can ora be sold che*p for cash or ■ arty giving rood seourir HOUSE A^Dl^rCWMC A well dressed, unknown man, with money in his pocket, hanged himself on a bridge in Kansas City. Downingtown, Pa., Dec. 27.—All accident occurred at Walker's Crossing, one mile east of here, Sunday night, which caused fatal injuries to two men—Hugh Coyle, of this pluce, and Albert Gallatin, a printer, whoso home is in New Bioomfield, Perry county. The latter was employed at) The Archive oillee. The man were walking on the track, aud were struck by the milk train. Killed by a Milk Train. Jesse Jonea, colored,agal IT years, was arrested in Chicago on suspicion of having fatally out William Tobin with a razor two weeks ago, He confessed the assault, but olaimed he did not intend to cause death. Adjoining those C Ford. Excellent Apply to F. F. J Worcester, Mass., Dec. 27.—Lucile Foster, aged 20 gears, was arrested Sunday night for forgery. She obtained {230 on a number of small notes, to which she lorged the signature of Mr. George SesC ions. She used the money to defra. the expense of going to Boston and havin.r a cr i.°iina. operation performed. She is iu a serious condition, and there is considerable sympathy oxpressed for her. She refuses to give the name of the man who got her into trouble, and says she only wishes to die. She came from Lunenberg, Mass., and has been a telegraph operator in Boiton and an employe in a straw factory near here. Strange Reason for Committing Forgery. Dangei s of Coasting. George Adams, Ed Shields and James Oweus were arrested yesterday at St. Paul, Minn., charged with burglary. Some property stolen from a jewelry store was found in their possession. Owens, the leader of the gang, was identified as having shot Mou Lee, a Chinese laundry man, in a quarrel over a bill. Ithaca, N. V., Dec. 27.—As is customar y at Christinas, the city authorities gave coasters the exclusive u%D of Buffalo hill, a long aud steep declivity, on Saturday and Monday. During that time there have beeu three serious accidents. While steoring down a party of ladies one young man had his hip so wrenched that he may be crippled for life. Patrick McKale received serious internal injuries, and another man had his finger so mungled s to require amputation. IN oaxouN. PI on lone time and sms beyond a doubt Out fl Phcatoo. View mm These lots are worth want to build ah n Ibry will be worth n first flity of tbsse lol dollars apteee. Aft* will be two hundred dollars. Ttieseareb ABOUT ONS Washington, Dec. 27.—Charles House, foreman of the Richmond and Danville Railroad company's printing offlco iu this city, lives in Alexandria. On SundHy he was walking on the railroad track near that city, with bia daughter. While standing between the l.oi'th and souih tracks, absorbed in amusing the child, the southbound limit**} express struck Mr. House and crushed biru so that his remains were hardly pncognisibla as those of a human body. The .child was unhurt Killed on the Track. Killed Ills Brother. The Welsh Festival. St. Louis, Dec. 27. — John Donovan stabbed and kille 1 his brother, Owen, Suuday. The two meu had quarreled over a trivial matter. John got the worst of the argument, btcame angry, and, being slightly intoxicated, commenced to ubu-e his brother. Owen then struck John in the face. A struggle ensued, and Owen falling on top, John drew a knife and thrust it into his brother's body. John was captured and claims self defense. PlTTBBCRO, Pu., Dec, 27.—.Tho first session of the tilth aunuul E steddfod, uiider the auspices of St. Duvid's Benevolent society, of this city, openel at 10 o'clock yesterday morning in th& Fifth Avenue Music hall. About 100 singers were present, but the audience wax small. Professor W. Mudoo, ol Utica, N. Y., oonducted the Eisteddfod. James Welsh was arrested at Tobyhanna Pa., tor the murder of his brother Patrick Sunday morning, and Mary Buckley was also locked up on the ooroner's warrant as an accomplice in the crime. Apply to F. F. MC Q. B. Thompson. Jay UubbeU In the Field. Ishpemikg, Mich., Dec. 27.—Jay Hubbell is the field for the Republican nomination for congress in the Eleventh district, to succeed Mr. Moffatt, deceased. The cbunoes are that he will get the nomination. There are five other candidates in the field. George Botts, a colored desperado, was ibot by an officer and instantly killed at Lincoln, Neb., while attempting to escape froui JaiL DWABD M. STKO DOCTOR OF D®IT Susquehanna Arena*, at San Francisco, Dec. 27.—Isaac H. Cory, for many yeurs a member of Carolan, Cory Sc Co., importers and dealers in hardware, has received information relating to the will of his deceased relative, Gen. Samuel L. Hunt, of Morristown, N. J., under which he will receive the greater part of $5CX),000, en I his children will receive about (1 WW, 0U). Mr. Cory says: "Seine $4,000,100 wai the value of the property. Of this amount alxut one-fourth will, ctme to my children opU myself." Among Gen. llunt*s Heirs. St. Clairsville, O., Dec. 27.—At 5 o'clock Suturday evening the prisoners in the county jail overpowered Jaiier Colby and four of them escaped before the official could bring his revolver to boar.  Liberated Themselves for Christinas. Official Report of the Raft. A Challenge for the Cup. William Gilbert, a colored tough, stabbed another colored man at Koanoke, Va., and was afterward killed by • policeman while resisting arrest. Standing then as I Imagine sow 14c, in that Bethlehem night with an infant Christ on tho one side and the speechless creature of God on the other, I err, Look out how you strike the rowel into that horse's side. Take off that curbed bit from that bleeding mouttc Remove that saddle from that raw back. Shoot not (or fun that bird that Is too small t?A8HUUDTON, Deo. 37.r-The following dis|:l has l*en received by Secretary Whitney from Commander McCalla, dated New Ij D.*lon; Sir—Haft apparently broken ap; found the tog* ill numbers drifting between long. 08.10 and IttOOand lot. 89 33 and 39.10. Axis of drift southeast by ea*t, from position from which raft was alnndoned. Logs not at all dangerous to navigation. Sail immediately withE it«rj»ri«» for York. New York, Dec. 27.—Intelligence was reo. ived yesterday at the New York Yaclit club, through private correspondence, that a challenge for the America's cup io on its way over. It Is said to come from Col. Jamieson, owner of the Irex, through either the R iyal St. George or the R Dyal Irisli Y.cht club. The challenging yacht is to be a cutler, between 86 aed 90 feet long. OFQCB HOI tvy bobi SPRlNOriELD, Ills., Doc. 27.—Work in the steel rail department of lb' Springfield Iron company has been suspended, thron ing GOO men out of enipioymeut. A lack of orders for the coming year is the cause of the shutdown.Six Hundred Men in Idleness. The Deadly Kerosene lamp. A shooting affray caused by whisky occurred on Sunday between N. A. Whitehead, a car inspector, and If M Field, a farmer. Both were shot. Field's wound is fatal, but his antagonist may re•over.Bergen Pom, N. J., Dec. 27.—Dennis O'Day, 80 years old, was burned to death in a c iLin in the rear of his daughter's house here yesterday. The fire was by the explosion of a lamp. for food. Forget not to put watsr into the case of that canary. Throw out soeM stumbt (oonanno qy mo fa«k)