THE NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Telegraphic Notes of
Briefly Told.
Interest
IIERT-, THERE AM) KVEUYWIIEItE.
Fmnil but IVnlrllloti Thv of fha
World Pram Pale to Pols Carrriilljr
Cnllcd ami lto I led Down for Hiny
flrmlnn Throughout the Country.
Wertnrlriy, Dec.
Nathan Matthews, Jr., Dcm., was
re-bleetcd Mayor of Uoston on' Tues
day by a plurulty of 13,0SG.
Tlio prip Is prcvuiliiiR throughout
Connecticut, hundreds of cases being
reported iu several cities and largo
towns.
The Levlson & Althn Company, of
St. Louis, assigned Tuesday with lia
bilities and assets estimated ut $10,
000. The Alleghany Valley Ilailroad was
purchased by the Pennsylvania, Tues
day, for !?:t,(Mio,iioo, tlio latter ussiun
ing the bonded indebtedness of $2D,
000,000. Tho llailileld Company, of Wauke
sha, Wis., dealers in cement, lime, and
Btone, capital S2.000.odo, with branches
in Chicago and Milwaukee, has as
signed. Samuel K. JfV.i-dock, formerly an
actor but for a number of years a
teacher of elocution, died of pneu
monia Tuesday iu Philadelphia, uged
sevcnty-ilve years.
At Taeoma, Wash., Tuesday, Ed
ward Albertson was sentenced to ten
years in tlio penitentiary for embez
zling $-20,000 in money and $1,000,000
in securities belonging to tho Fidelity
Trust Company.
Theodoio F. Fiegler, an old sailor of
tho Monongaliela, now living in tho
Soldiers' Homo at Noroton, Conn., is
to receive $:u),000 as his share of prize
.money won by Admiral Farragut's
squadron during tho war.
Edmond S. Connor, tho veteran
actor and manager, died Tuesday at
his homo ut Worteudyke, Bergen
County, X. J., aged eighty-two years.
He was manager for some years of
the Arch Street Theatro iu Philadel
phia. Sylvester Stay, a well known col
ored man of Kondout, X. Y., has
brought suit for $5,000 ngainst C. V.
DuBois, manager of tho Kingston
opera house, for being refused admit
tance to seats for which ho had
tickets.
Tlmrjitay, Hoc. 17.
Twelve business houses wero burned
out at Vermillion, O., Tuesday night.
Four persona were killed and about
thirty-five injured by a railroad colli
sion near Lima, O., Wednesday.
Kobbers broke into tho Orowley ex
press office at Lake Charles, La.,
Tuesday, and stole a package contain
ing $1,000.
Ex-Gov. A. r. K. Safford of Arizona,
died at Tarpon Springs, Fla., Tues
day, aged sixty-one. Ho was a native
of Vermont
English capitalists will establish n
bank with $5,000,000 capital at Colum
bia, S. C. The Earl of Dunmoro will
bo the president.
Two hundred and fifteen workmen
In tho- shops of tho Richmond and
Dunvillo Railroad, nt Winchester,
have been discharged.
Dwight Lawrence, of New York, has
engaged 130 big rooms at Minnea
polis for tho New York delegation to
the Republican convention.
Mrs. Amelia Splos blow her brains
out with a pistol at Lancaster, Pa., yes
terday becauso, her mother threatened
to put her husband out of her house.
A passenger train on tho Chesa
peake and Ohio Railroad collided with
a freight train yesterday, causing tho
death of a fireman, a mall clerk and a
brakeman.
Five armed men held up a United
States mail wagon on the street in
Chicago, Tuosday night, and rifled
tho mail bags. They got about $1,700
from registered letters.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Ruoades of Al
toona. Pa., were chloroformod in their
bed Tuesday night by robbers, who
then ransacked tho house, taking $132
in money and notes representing $G30.
Tho directors of the Nebraska Mort
gage and Investment Company ap
plied for a receiver yesterday owing,
it is alleged, to grain gambling on tho
part of Or. H. Toncray, tho manager.
The Central Pacific Railroad Com
pany has sold to C. H. and J. Or.
Pierce, Chicago lumbermen, 12,500
acres of timber land in Southern Ore
gon for $100,000. Tho purchasers will
erect largo mills at Klamath City, and
will build arailroud thirty-ei'ht miles
long to tap their land.
Frlil ny, Uec. 1.
Twelve carloads of turkeys, valued
nt $20,000, wero forwarded from
Canadu to Boston on Thursday.
Julia Averill Oriffln, who was a
noted nurse during tho lato war, died
at Niagara Falls, Wednesday, aged
sixty.
John O. Whittler, tho vonerablo
;oet, celebrated his eighty-fourth
siirthday at Ncwburypoit, Mass.,
i'hursclay.
A flro in tlio Tido Water Oil Com
pany's building at Suvannah, Ga.,
Wednesday, did damages to tlio ex
tent of $10,000.
Tho managers of tho accident In
surance companies iu tho United
States hold their first convention at
Niagara Falls to-day.
At the dedication of tho Drexel In
stltution in Philadelphia on Thurs
day, an additional gift of $1,000,000
from A. J. Drexel wa announced.
Daniel E. Sopor, Secretary of State,
of Michigan, has rosigncd by request
of Gov. Wlr.ar.B, chnrgos of malfeas
ance having bcou preferred against
him.
Tho Glendalo Woolen Mill la Bur-
liilvllle, R I., owned by Kyo f.
Brown and operntod by John T. Lloyd,
was burned Wednesday night. Loss,
$8!i,000.
The barns, shed and outbuilding
on tho farm of W. J. Fuller, near
Lowell, Mass., was burned yesterday,
with n largo number of horses, cows,
etc. Loss, $12,ooo.
A passenger train on tho Southern
Kansas railroad wa wrecked nonr
Clierryvale, Kan., Thursday morn
ing. Twenty-six fmssenger wero in
jured, thrco probably fatally. Tho
cars wore burned.
General John L. Hathaway, com
mandant of tho Milwaukee brauch of
tho National Soldiers' Homo, died
suddenly Thursday. Ho was born In
Orange county, N. Y, in 1830 and
camo toMiiwaukeo in 1813.
The Hardlicld Company, owners of
a stouo quarry and railroad at
Waukesha, Wis.,madoan assignment
to Hamilton Townsend of Milwaukco,
whose bond is fixed at 8100,000. Lia
bilities are fixed at $500,000.
Daniel Hand, tho Guilford, Conn.,
philanthropist, died Thursday morn
ing, aged ninety. Tho bulk of hi
property, amounting to several thou
sand dollars, will now go to tho
American Missionary Association for
the education of tho colored raco in
tho South.
On tlio charge of having committed
pension frauds, Rev. Z. Parker, was
arrested at Dallas, Tex., Wednesday.
Ho is also charged with forgery. Ono
old colored woman, through fraudu
lent papers, has been receiving a pen
sion of $12 from tho government for
u number of years.
Kiituriln ), lire. 10.
United States Secret Service officers
arrested tlirco Italian men and ono
woman ut 1'hiludelphia, Friday, on a
cliargo of counterfeiting.
The lire at Kennedy, X. Y., Thurs
day night, which it was feared nt one
time would destroy tho whole town,
was checked with u loss of $G,ooo.
Ninety Russian Jews, supposed to
be a portion of tho Raron llirsch im
portation, are quartered in the syna
gogue at Fall River, Mass., waiting
for work.
Judge Newman at Noillsvillo, Wis.,
Friday, sentenced Eugene McNnlly to
iivo years in tlio Stoio prison for rob
bing tho Northern Pacific express at
Abbottsford of $10,000 last May.
World's Fair Director E. F. Lau
rence of Chicago and Secretary Dick
inson aro in Washington to invite
Congress to visit Chicago to inspect
tho preparations for the exhibition.
Under tho will of tho Into Mrs.
Francis J. Holland of Hartford, Conn.,
Trinity College receives a bequest of
$50,000, tho inconio from which is to
be divided between three students
each year.
Bradstrcet's reports 313 failures In
tho United States during tlio week
ugainst 380 in tho preceding week and
370, 330, 333 and 2G4 in tho correspond
ing weeK or lsuo, 188'J, 1888 and 1887,
respectively.
All of tho largo mills at Manchester.
N. II., have been shut down becauso
of tho low water In tho Merrimack.
Only a part of tho Amoskeng mills Is
running. Fully G.ooo of tho mill
hands are idle.
Lewis L. Watterson, a former book
keeper of Charles P. Best & Co.,
Rochester, N. Y., neckwear manufac
turers, was arrested Friday morning
charged with appropriating $1,73G of
tho firm's money.
Edward L. Thomas of Rochester has
begun nn action in the Supremo Court
ngainst the Vnccum Oil Company to
recover 50,000 damages nlioged to
have been caused his ico plant by
refuse from tho oil company's factory.
Judgo Lacombe, in tho United
States Circuit Court, Friday, denied a
motion mado by tho New York Cable
Railway Company to vacate a judg
ment for more than $1,000,000, secured
by Perclval M. Shaw in October last
against the company.
W. C, Cronek, aged twenty-six. a
Reading Railroad brakeman, while
attempting to save a woman who was
picking coal yestorduy, in front of a
moving train at Philadelphia, lost his
fooling and had both his legs cut off.
Tho woman was uninjured.
Tko English holders of Vircinia
debt scrip decided nt a meeting held
in London Friday to accept tho terms
of the agroomont effected between tho
Virginia Stato Debt Commission and
tho Olcott Committee for tho settle
ment of tho Virginia State debt.
Mrs. Mary E. Foote, who is de
tained in jail nt Binghnmpton, N. Y.,
as a witness against Lewis Furman,
her pnramour, under indictment for
tho murder of her husband, Richard
1'oote, at Windsor, on October 30, has
mado a confession to Sheriff Ocker
mnn, that she, and not Furman,
killed her husband.
Momluy, Dec. iSl.
Judgo Tourgee, who has been ill in
Denver for some time, is much im
proved.
Forty-three horses wero burned to
death in tho Seventh Ward stables,
30 and 38 Montgomery street, Now
York, on Sunday.
John L. Ferguson, for eight years
bookkeeper of tho National Bank of
Kansas City, was arrested yesterday,
charged with embezzling $20,000 from
the bunk.
By the explosion of n kerosene
lamp, being llilod while lightud, on a
canal boat, lying ut Roudout, N. Y.,
Friday night, Mrs. John McKeon wus
burned to death.
Tho conference between tho switch
men and tho Missouri Pacillo officials
has resulted in an agreement cm
bodying the sumo conditions in forco
during tlio past year.
There wero 211 deaths from various
causes in Cincinnati lust week. Twenty-three
wero tho result of grip. Com
pared with tho corresponding week
last year, tho incrcuse was 111,
Near Uopkinsville, Ky., on Friday,
James Dunn was hot and killed and
George Dunn fatally wounded by Ben
Davis. Tho Dunns went to Davis's
house and provoked a quarrel.
Samuel Dodron, of Rochester, N.
, on Friday morning attempted to
kill himself with a razor. His aged
mother, who lived with him, died yes
terday on account of tlio shock.
There Is considerable excitement at
Tahlequah, Cherokee Nation, over tho
deaths of Chief Mays ond Assistant
Chief Chambers a week ago. Thero
has been a suspicion from tho first
that there was something wrong, and
i-.ow It is openly asserted that they met
death by foul piny.
General John B. Kenly, died in Bal
timore Sunday, of pneumonia, aged
sixty-nine. Ho was a liuijur-grneral
of volunteers and the highest commis
sioned volunteer officer in Maryland
In the Into war. In 1S.10 he was tho
nominee of the Whig party for Con
gress but was defeated.
After more than two years of nego
tiations and four visits of tho Chero
kee Commission to Tahlequah, nn
agreement was finally consummated
Saturday, whereby tho Cherokee
agreed to part with their titlo to tlio
strip, and only th action of tho
United States is needed to make it a
public land. Tho price finally agreed
upon is $8,.r):r))73ii.i2.
Tniun v,
Mrs. Inuo Raich
lire. "'4.
born in East Bradford. Mass.. cole
bratod her l(lt birthday Monday in
Georgetown, Mass.
"Jimmy" Valentino, aged sixtv-
two, nil English pickpocket, well
known in New York and other cities,
was arrested in Boston Monday.
True bills were filed by tho Grand
Jury at. Pittsburg Monday ngainst
Mayor Wyman and ex-Mayor Pearson
of Allegheny for embezzlement.
Silas Smithurst, of Huntington,
Ind., who has been eating dog lh?sli
for several weeks past for the cure of
consumption, has been greatly im
proved. Summeiield Brothers, wholesnlo
milliners, of Memphis, Tenn., failed
Monday, with liabilities of $25,000 duo
to Chicago, St. Louis, Cincinnati nnd
Xew York firms.
Tlio Duke of Devonshire died nt
Holker Hail, Carnfortli, Etigland,
Monday, In his eighty-fourth year.
Ho is succeeded by his son, tho Mar
quis of Hortington.
Tho Richmond Terminal has ordered
a wholesale discharge of its employes.
In Macon over 300 machinists and
shop hands have been suspended and
over 200 at Savannah.
Thomas II. Allen & Co., cotton
factors, of Memphis. Tenn., failed on
Monday. Tho liabilities aro $511,000;
assets about two-thirds of that
amount. Tho downfull of tho firm
was caused by Wall street specula
tion. Tho Rev. A. O. Davis, a traveling
Advent evangelist, on Sunday bap
tized threo women and ono man
through a holo cut in tho ico in tho
Morrlmac River at Haverhill, Mass.,
and before a shivering crowd of 1,000
persons.
Mrs. Christiana Ebling of Newark,
N. J., was awarded $5,000 damages on
Monday, for the loss of her son, who
was run over and killed by on elec
tric car of tlio Newark Passenger Rail
way Company. She had sued tho rail
road for $23,000.
Thomas Welch, pilot of tho tug F.
W. Devoe, convicted of manslaughter
in the second degree in running down
tho yacht Amelia in tho North River,
on June 15, causing tlio death of Wil
liam Baliau and Frank Jenkins, was
sentenced Monday by Judgo Cowing
in New York, to 'live years in Stato
prison.
Tho Dauphin County (Pa.) Court
entered decrees Monday dissolving
tho Merchants' Mutual Fire Insur
ance Company of Altoona, the Dau
phin Mutual and tho Farmers nnd
Mechanics' of that county for violat
ing their charters in doing other than
mutual fire insurance and becuuso
their assets aro not udoquato to meet
their liabilities.
MAGEE AGAINST QUAY.
Tim WiMlom IVinii) 1 vnnla Lender
Will rjme the Senium-' Ite-elt-t'llon,
riTTsnuiMi, Dec. 21. C. L. Mngee,
who controls tho Republican organi
zations of western Pennsylvania, when
asked his position regarding tho can
didacy of John Dulzoll for tho United
States Senate, said :
"Thero Is nothing to explain about
it. I am for Dalzoll for tho Senate,
not against Quay, but simply becuuso
Mr. Dulzoll and myself have always
been friends. We were rourod to
gether, and I could not bo against
hiin. Tho strained relations between
myself and Senator Quay during tho
past few years nor our recent pleas
ant relations have not determined my
course in this matter. Senator Quay
understands my position."
" Thero is a (iifforonco in working
for a man with your coat on or of,"
suggested tho reporter.
"Yes," said Mr. Magoo with a
smile, "hut I want it understood that
I am for Dalzoll."
" Will you work to secure his elec
tion?" "I will do everything I can In fair
ness for him."
ANGELL-BAYARO.
Another DoiiKUiur of the Ex-Secretary
ut Btutn Mairleil.
Wilmington, Do!., Deo. 22. Miss
Loniso Lee Bayard, daughter of cx
Becrotary of Htuto ISayiird, wns mar
ried yesierdiiy to Dr. Frank Angell of
New York. Tho bridals tlio youngeHt
daughter of tlio cx-seeretary, while
tho groom Is tho son of Charles An
poll, a wealthy business man of New
York. Tho ceremony took plaeo at
Secretary Dayard's mansion on Clay
ton street nud was rorformed by
Llslioii Coleman.
MUM
LAMEST ASSOfffliEOT
MAKING AND FITTING
.-.or Tin-.
IStffcf, ihv rw:;.v;l ami MwnI jyBSslc, hi
JLPricte ; :sn2il go prove 8saflBKsseiHisa is
The best value for Money is to buy your
Clothing, Hats, Shirts, Neckwear, Trunks and
Valises of
Corner of Main ami Centre Streets, IiLOOMSr.URG, PA.
UMEXGELLjBB CnQTElNU MA BE
T& ' QBBEB
Largest Clothing1 and Hat Kouso in Columbia and Montour Counties.
ALEXANDER BROTHERS & CO.
nr.Ai.r.r.s in
Cigars, Tob.cc:, Candies, Fruits and Huts
SUMC ACKNTS FOR
Henry MaillanVs Fiue Candies. Fresh Every "Week.
jpEiTIfcT-Sr GCCZ3 s. Specialtt,
SOLE ACKNTS FOR
F. F. Adams & Co's Fine Cut Chewing Tobacco
Sole iii.'pnts lor the following brands of C lears:
Her.ry Clay, Lcndrcs, Normal, Indian Frir.ccj
Bloomsburgj Pa.
IF YOU ARE
CAKFET,
or OIL CiiTII,
YOU WILL FIND A NICE LINE AT
W. M. BlOWIl'S
2nd Door above Court House.
A large lot of Window Curtains in stoc.
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tuie. ...lax .lit, t,liu ribbon. Tko no other kind, avauw .vu,.;;7.." . , ,
All bill, in M.UUU4 bom. bibk ini.. ...... . ""J '"ic.i'.or..
4c. In .lamp, far pinlnln, MlHauli,
dW 41 Wal 1555,-
HOLIDAY FURNITURE NOVELTIES.
The extensive improvements in our Furniture Warerooins are completed
and they are now not only among the largest, but amonc; the finest in the
State. All are invited to see our preat HOLIDAY DISPLAY. Orna
ment combined with best utility. Onyx Tables, Fancy Writiiv Desks Secre
taries, Book Cases, Cabinets, Sideboards, China Cupboards, etc , etc' Reed
Chairs and Rockers, finished in gold, copper, bronze, old brass,' rreen and
gold, white and sold, antique and XVJih century. Upholstered J "oods of
marvelous elegance, novel styles. Draperies of exquisite textures ard color
ings. Every variety of Furniture, to the plainest that is reliable
ceTNo lower prices anywhere. We pay freight within ico nvlc
(joods bought now will be stored and shipped tvhen wanted.
A, !i: J: '.',''(': RlUSt be Rimrlri tvhon
(nHkvy'',AvAJ not rood. Shffr.
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. . . n,t'a" niucn, imttosee" ihe Rochester" to
w!l impress tne trutn more lorcibly. All mctr.l
iouh end seamless, and made in three pieces on
softer than electric lierht and
AS
A T.noV fortliUstnmp Tnn RocnKSTltR. If the Inmndenlirhn.t,'! .
Iiociiesitr. nun tuc atyle yon want, send to u for uur ut- inutrnti 5,.Ti
nu. we w.ll feu,! yo n'l.imp enfcly bv cxp !eJloS chol""of ov a
vunttioK from the Largtit Lamp Sure in Iht World. """o "i over i,ooa
I'Ot'klJiSTt :rt w i'tji Ait H...I, m
to - - - i wco) now vork City,
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THOMAS GOKKEY.
mm id n
Plans and Estimates on all
kinds of buildings. Repairing
and carpenter work prompt!
attended to.
Dsikria Euildgr's Supplies.
Inside Hardwood finishes a
specialty.
Persons of limited means whi
desire to build can pay part and
secure balance by mortgages
Scientific American
Agency for
CAVEATS,
TRADE MARKS.
M COPVRICHT3," etc.
nrrttifu DATCUTO
Tor Information nnd f roo llanrt'ioolr write tn
MI NN CO., ,v,l l'.i:.ni)w Y. Kkw YdiiK.
OliUvt liuroiiii tor r.iourlhc tmtmitN tti Amorlttl.
Kvcry -uimt tnliHii oui by ui in bronuht lii'fmo
tbe public by a uutlcc tlveu free of ciinriiu Iu tho
Ti'irrpst cl!VT;l;i(tnn of cny Montiffc nnpr In tho
.rll. Hpli'iiiliillT iiiiiKtrau-.l. No In'pllltM.ni
11.au f!i(m!-.l bo without It. Weoklv. S;J.t0 a
yenr; tiM iX montuii. A(!rtr MlINN CO,
1'l jiLiaUi.UK, 3oi UruftUway, Now Vork.
PATENTS.
Caveats and Trado Marks olitntnod, and nl!
I'aii'iil bualiuas cuiiiluctcU lor .MonKKA'l'b
I'KKS.
ni ovrtrr is ori'osiTE Tiin v. s. tat-
ENT OKFK'K. W( liave no sntwiiri'iii li'H, all
buslni'ss illrti-t, li.'nr... i au liansiu t i;iii lit lu.i-lii'.-H
In 1m,s time iiprl at Less I'mtt tliun tliosi- ix
inol.' fruin w ;iMiii'loii.
S"iul t:i Hlrl, ilrawlnv or plinlo, with Owilp
tlnn. We nilvls" U pnt!'tit:ilile or not, Irci' t
cliiitvi'. our U-f not l ii.- till patent is swuml
A book, "liOW tO()l)l:itll I'uti'lltV." with ICtlT.
tin's to urtiinl i llctits In your Hluli', county, ot
town, sent tret1 . .dilivM
C. A. SNOW f; I'll., Wasllllli.'tOl, 1). t
ipio-.lti f. s. I'litcut Ulllue.)
e will ;-0 1 C o 1 ,.,,nnd rcunmlsslmi to Mi ll
I'AV nni woiii-n, T'lK'ln is
nnd ( liTYVin-n to wll our XliW fol'l 1.AU
M'A.NDAKIi HtiKK,
Marvels cf Tte ITew West-
No II iht booi imMWhi'd. (iver H.V) rliolce pii
Ki'aMiiKH. lo, i n roil,-s sold tn ono with. Kn
iliirsril tiv the '.'r"a:f:.t ni 'ii of t!i.' country. Tim
Is no lionibUi' otr'T.
rTrn On-, KOU I'AltTltTI.AlW IN
. ... w., i:.i VHDTOSALAKY.
Tlic lljiiry IJill I'ulililiinii t'., NoirtiIi,
-'un. 10-9 3-111.
WOOD'S I3USXNESS
COLLEGE.
AND
Ccicol ci Sacrthwa aal Tpe TTrltlnfc.
13 lastrwtCM. 343 lT:2ht Stulssti
701 lay Studsnts.
132 la Shcrthaad and T7?cv7rit'.c;.
253 Lailer.
A Yearly C:ieata;e cf l,Ci4-
Si'iid for (.iili'l'is1'.
New '(:ar Comir.uncvs Auw-t 31.
F. E. WOOD, Principal,
HCKANTON, I A.
line Crayou
Willi a I)oas.oria!slino
cabinets,
Over S cluiyle r's
Ilard'.varc fHtorc,