THE INFLUENZA.
THE LATEST REPORTS FROM AFFEC-
TED LOCALITIES.
DISCOMFORT, BUT
FATALITY,
RBeapive, Pa, Dec, 30.-0ld in.
habitants say that the meteorological
conditions within the past few days
have been unprecedented within their
recollection.
has been a common sight to rallway
travellers through the Schuylkill, Leb-
anon and Cumberland valleys to see
farmers busy plowing in the felds,
which they usually do in spring, with
ths thermometer at 66°, Daisles, pan-
sies and violets in full bloom have been
found In the flower gardens, while
dandelion flowers were plentiful in
the fields, and many families gath-
ered dandelion the same as in June.
Lilacs have been found in bloom, while
some of the trees have commenced to
bud. To-day the thermometer was at
62 degrees, at its highest, and in four
hours later had dropped to 40 degrees,
with every indication that these evi-
dences of spring will soon disappear,
Physicians here belleve that the com-
ing cold will be death to the grip,
Many new cases have developed to-day,
some physicians getting as high as a
dozen additional cases, It is believed
that there are now 400 to 500 cases in
this city,
Berureuey, Pa, Dec. 30,—The
physicians of Bethlehem anneunced
the appearance of ‘‘la grippe” to-day,
apd druggists say their business was
larger to-day than on any one day dur-
ing the s=mall-pox epidemic of 1882,
The drugs mostly preseribed are qui-
nine and antipyrine, The physicians
report having attended since Saturday
on un average of 37 cases, which would
make the total number of people suffer
ing from the influenza about 300. In
the general offices of the Lehigh Val-
Jy Railroad here, a dozen clerks are off
uty.
CagrisLe, Pa., Dec. 30.—The Rus-
sian influenza, or *'grip,”” has made its
appearance in the Cumberland Valley.
Fully 500 cases are reported. In this
city the physicians say there 125 cases,
but few of serious nature, one doctor
having as high as 20 cases, The pa-
tients have all the symptoms as de-
scribed by the medical fraternity. No
deaths have occurred as yet.
PorrsviLLe, Pa, Dec. 30 Mrs,
David Tucker, of Mahanoy City, who
has been suffering from a severe attack
of influenza for the past week, has be-
come hopelessly blind. All medical
aid has been tried, but her sight has
not yet been restored. There are 50
cases of **la grippe” in Pottsviile.
Prrrssura, Dee, 30.—A special
from Johnstown, Pa,, says; The phy-
slolans to-night report 20 cases of Ia
grippe In this place. The majority of
cases were developed to-day.
New York, Dec. 80.—According
to the official records nearly 300 police-
men are laid up with the grippe. This
number includes Inspector Steers, ' A
number of sergeants and detectives are
also laid up, while severs! captains are
mentioned on the sick list, The fear
is that the epidenilc has seized pon the
force. The death of Patrolman Tim-
othy J. Golden to-day is sakl to have
been the first fatal case of la grippe on
the police force here. He was taken
ill on Saturday.
Frovipexce, R. IL, Dec. 30.—The
epidemic of influenza prevails here ln a
mild form. It 1sestimated that one-
fourth of the population Is afflicted,
and there are indications thal the disease
bas not reached its height,
Oswego, N. Y., Dec. 30.—~The epi-
demic, *‘ia grippe,” has struck this
locality, and scores of cases are report-
ed. It Is indiscriminate in its attack,
and merchants, mechanics, physicians
and laborers are wrestling with it. To-
day 12 crews on the Western Division
of the Rome, Witertown and Ogdens-
burg Railroad were laid off with the
disease,
Troy, N. ¥., Dec. 30.—lpfluenza Is
very prevalent “here. Many cases are
mported in all parts of the city. All
ages and both sexes suffer. Dr. BR. D.
Bloss, a prominent physician, says
there is scarcely sa family In Troy
exempt from the disease.
MoNTREAL, Que,, Dec, 30.—Inquir-
ies made by officials of the Board of
Health on Saturday failed to discover a
single case of ihfluenza in Montreal,
To-day nearly every medical practition.
er in the city reports having some cases
under treatment.
that the dis
Leading doctors agree
ease is the form of influenza which bas
been epidemic in Russia and the rest
of Europa. The disease as it has
appeared here is extremely painful, the
symptoms being severe headaches and
pains about the loins and bark, accom.
panied by ehills and bigh fever. The
appears 10 have pald a sudden
visit to the city Saturday night, and
the doctors and druggists have been
busy ever since,
NEW YEAR'S DAY.
New York, Jan, lL.—New Years
Day was ushered in with the usual
MUCH LITTLE
CuannestoN, 8, C., Jan, 1.— New
Yent’s Day wus observed blere bv a
peneral s nsion of business, The
Fist B ¢, Nutional Guarda, protm-
bly tbe largest colored military organi-
zation in the United States paraded
throu :h the principal strests and, after
being dismissed, assembled at Ham-
sted Hall, where an address was de-
livered by Rev. J. 8. Lew, (colored.)
I'NILADELPHIA, Jan, 1.--Business
was generally suspended yesterday and
the streets in many places were filled
with people, who viewed the masque-
raders, Political and social clubs, as
# rule, kept open house, and there
were many New Year callers,
Wasmunaron, D. C., Jan, 1.—In-
stead of the brilliant sunshive of the
last few days New Year dawned upon
the National Capital cloudy and drizzly,
and by 10 o'clock a steady rain set in,
which was none the less dispiriting
because it was a drizzle, The rain
prevented those citizens who could not
go In carriages from paying their re-
spects to the Chief Executive. At 10,45
carriages began to arrive, and a throng
of handsomely dressed men and still
more handsomely dressed and attract-
ive women entersd the great doors,
The decorations of the East Room were
particularly effective. The mantels
were hainked with tulips, byacinths
and ferns; the windows hidden b y
palms, ferns, india rubber trees
and the polnsetta, with its scar
let blossoms gleaming amid the
greenery, The corrider leading from
the East Room to the conserva
tory was turned Into an avenue of
palms. The mantels and windows of
the Blue Room were filled with flow.
ers and potted plants, and the air was
fragrant with the odor of hyacinths
and roses. The glass doors leading
from the vestibule to the corridor were
opened, and the music of the Maurive
Band penetrated every part of the
house. At 11 o'clock the Marine
Band, under the leadership of Pro-
fessor Sousa, struck up “Hall to the
Chief”? and President Harrison, with
Mrs. McKee on his arm, followed by
the Vice Presid nt and Mrs, Morton,
the Cabinet officers and their wives
came down the broad staircase and
took their places In the Biue Room.
Secretary Biasine made the introduc-
tions of the Diplomatic Corps, which
was headed by Buon Fara, the Italian
Minister, as Dean of the corps, The
minis ers of the different countries, ail
of them attended by the attaches, were
dressed In their court uniforms, which
are gorgeous with gold embroidery and
lace, A #diriking figure among the
diplomats in Count d’Armno Valleg, of
Germany, who towers a full bead
and shoulders above his confreres,
sir Jullan Pauncefort was soother
noticeable gure, The Chinese Minis.
ter and several secretaries followed
pext and their brilliant silken garments
rustied as they made their bows. The
Korean Minister and secretary, accoms
panied by thelr wives, were also there,
and the Oriental ladies appeared to en-
joy the novelty of the affair exceeding
ly. The Turkisk Minster and suite
wore the red fezes, with long black
silken tassel. Colonel Ernst and Lieut,
Parker presented the other guest as
they filed through the room.
THE JUDICIARY, THE ARMY AND
NAVY.
After the Diplomatic Corps came the
Chief Justices of the Supreme Court,
many of them accompanied by their
wives and daughters. The handsome
uniforms of the Army and Navy next
sitracted the attention of the com-
pany, for the brass buttons and dif-
ferent colors of the three ULranches of
the service are effective.
Senators and Representatives, ex
Congressmen, Regents of the Smith.
sonian and other Government Institu-
tions, in their citizens’ dress of sober
black, followed in rapid succession,
and, at 12.30, those privale citizens
who were brave enough to stand the
drenching rain passed through.
sito AY
NEWS OF THE WEEK,
~ An express train on the Pittsburg
and Lake Erie Railroad struck and
killed William and John Angel, Ger-
man laborers, on a trestle near Shouse-
town, Pa, on the afternoon of the
Bist uit, Four boys, aged from 6to 8
yesrs, were smothered to death at
Jackson, Tenvesses, on the 30th ult,
by the caving-in of a sand bank under
which they were playing. George
Starr, Presidest of the Coldwater Na-
tional Bank, in Coldwater. Michigan,
bad a fall at the Battle Creek, Sani.
tariam, on the 30th ult,, which caused
his death,
«The electrical machines intended
to be used in the execution of murders
ers in the penitentiary at Auburn, New
York, were tested, on the Slat ult., by
highly gratifying to the commission,”
A current of about 1000 volts was
—=In Mitchell county, North Cue
lina, on Christmas day, three men
were killed iu a drunken row, On the
27th ult, Monros Garland, a brother
of one of the murdered men, rode up
to a crowd at the scene of the fight and
fired into into it, killing three men and
wounding twelve,
~-At noon on the 1st, the ground
under the Lehigh Valley Railroad lo-
comotive shops, in Wilkesbarre, Pa.,
which are directly over a coal mine,
caved in. The foundation walls of the
building crscked and some of ihe
machinery wus badly damaged, There
was considerable excitement among
the 400 workmen in the shops, but no
one was injured.
~The holler of a saw mill at Ein,
Illinois, exploded on the 1st, wrecking
the building, and killing the engineer,
foreman and sawyer. A wreck oC.
curred on the St, Louis, Arkansas and
Texas Railway, near Pine Bluff, Arkan-
sa®, on the evening of the 1st, A pas-
senger train was thrown from the track.
Engineer Apperson was killed and four
men were badly hurt. The number of
passengers hurt is not known. By an
explosion of natural gas at Economy,
Penna., on the morning of the 2d,
George Hirschbaum, aged 40 years,
was killed, and John Becker seriously
injured. They were looking, with a
lantern, for the cause of a short supply
of gas,
~—Willlam L. Scott's Penncylvania
Colliery at Mount Carmel, Pa., sus.
pended ope. ations on the 2d, throwing
1000 miners out of employment. J.
Langdon & Co., proprietors of the
Pink Ash vein at the Neilson Shalt,
Shamokin, Pa,, offered to start work
on the morning of the 2d at a reduc-
tion of 15 per cent, The miners, num-
bering 400, rejected the offer and went
on strike, The threatened strike of the
employes of the various electric light
companies in Pittsburg did not take
place on the 24, and it is now doubled
whether any general strike will take
~— About 200 feet of the tracks of
the Delaware, Lackawanna and West.
ern Railroad caved in at Plymouth,
Penna., on the afternoon of the 2d,
The eave-in has extended to the Meth-
odist Episcopal Church, but the build.
iog has not yet bszen damaged, Man
are at work shoilog up the interior of
the mine, and all the miners have quit
work.
~Edward Sherman, & machinist,
was awakened, In Cluelounati, at two
o'clock on the morning of the 2d by
some oe working st the lock of the door
to his room. Thinking It was a bur-
glar, be fired through the panel and
mortally wounded W. H. Poilhips, aged
73 years, who occupisd an adjoiniog
room and had gone to Sherman’s door
by mistake,
AN EXTENDED SNOW BTORM IN THE
NORTHWEST,
St. Pav, Dec. 830.— Advices here
seem to indicate that the greal stow
storm of Saturday night raged over a
very extended area, Humors were rife
in the newspaper offices that many
wires west of bere were down and
travel much delayed, The centre of
the disturbance appears to have been
at Huron, 8 D., where the wind
veered to the north and the storm in-
creased until it became =» veritable
iizzard, blowing 50 miles an hour.
The memerable experiences of two
years ago prevented people from un
duly exposing themselves on the prairies
and no bad results are anticipated.
The storm has been marked in pla.
ces by singular phenomona At
Winona, Minn, rain descended In
great sheets and the whole city was
flooded. When the rain stopped the
mercury fell 30 degrees in three hours,
People can skate to business this morn.
ing. At other points electrical dis
turbances preceded the fall of snow.
Duluth was visited with a severe blis-
zard, ushering in the heaviest suow fall
of tue season, Much damage has been
done in the city and strest-cars are
blocked, Trains are delayed by drifts
six feet deep lu mavy places.
Cricaoo, Dee, 30. —~Chlcago is expe.
riencing its rst touch of winter so far
this year. Oa Saturday the weather
was very mild, the thermometer indi-
cating about 60°, On Satdrday might
a very peculiar metsorological eondi-
tion obtained, While the temperature
continued mild the city was lashed by
the whip ends of a cyclone on a flying
business trip from the Rocky Moun
tains to the valley of the St. Lawrence,
House-shaking gusts of winds, rain-
jaden, went rattling by, making every.
thing quiver and drenching the belated
Five minutes later it would
be ascalm asa day in Jure snd the
heavens would be brilliant with stars,
TALENTED TRAMPS,
———
Two Incidents Which Furnish Cone
siderable Food for Thought.
A few days ago s party of some five
or six school-boys, on their way home,
stopped in front of the home of one of
their number. The conversation went
from one stady to another until if
reached the subject of algebra; here it
stopped; one of the boys declared him.
self unable to verform a difficult prob-
lem in quadralics which had been as-
signed to him. His companions tried
to help him, but after all hands had
failed it was given up as a bad job,
An old and besotted looking individ-
ual who was shoveling coal a few doors
away, had been watching the boys for
some time with a look of amusement on .
his grimy face. After each one had
tried and failed, he slowly laid down
his shovel, picked up 8 piece of coal,
and, walking quietly up to the boys,
requested permission to look at the
problem. After a good deal of laugh-
ing it was shown to Lim, and without
saying a word he quietly sot to work,
and ina few moments had correctly
completed the example, writing it out
on the pavement with the bit of coal.
The boys looked on in wonderment,
and could hardly believe their eyes, but |
were not slow to take advantage of the |
state of affairs, and in a few moments |
the work on the sidewalk had been
transferred to paper.
The coal heaver in the meartime had
resumed his work, which was soon com-
pleted, snd the last seen of him he was
disappearing in the side door of a se
loon,
On another occasion a party of four
men and one woman were seated in the |
parlor of a hotel not far from this city.
Adiowning the parlor was a bar room,
Leaning egainst the bar, leisurely
drinking, were several countrymen. At
one of the tables sata tramp hall asleep, |
His arm was curled up, forming a sup- |
port for his shaggy head, which was |
sovered with a tattered slouch hat of;
ancient manufactare, Suddenly throagh |
the loungers stopped |
mediately resumed their occupation, |
Nobody noticed the tramp. At the!
first sound he had raised his head from |
the table, and his eyes seemed glued to |
the door through which the music|
same. As it prooseded he arose and
tottered toward it, but just ashe entered :
the room the musio stopped. All eves |
turned on the tramp, who was making |
straight for the piano, which he reached |
s moment later. Lightly running his
dirty fingers over the keys, suddenly he
began to play Mendelssohn's *“Wedding
March.” For nearly half an hour the
tramp sat thos, playing nothing but the
choicest classien]l music, with a touch
and execution that was iiselfl a marvel
The listeners sal astonished snd in si-
lence that was not broken until the
tramp, rising from the piano, took his
bat, and, going fhough the bar-room
to the door, disappeared down the mud-
dy road.—N. Y,
Sun,
Wisin
The Man in No. 7.
One night when three or four of us
boys boarded a sleeper on the L. and
N. road going south from Cincinnati,
s passenger in lower 7 began fo snore
as soon as we were in bed. He had »
terrible snore for a human being, and
after several of us had ealled to him
sad failed to stop it one of our crowd
slid out of bed, reached into No. 7,
and with great definess affixed a
spring clothespin fo the sleeper’s nose.
It was of course, expected that be
would wake up in a few seconds, but,
to our surprise, he did not, while at
the same time he suddenly ceased to
snore.
By and by all of us dropped off fo
sloop, and every one in the car was. up
before No, 7. In fact he slept so jate
that the porter parted the ourtams to
arouse him. After one look he jumped
back with a yell, and when we hurried
ap, we found the man cold and dead,
He was lying on his back, hands locked
ander his neck snd the elothespin had
‘nehed his nose all out of shape. The
vody was taken to Cincinnatti, and
most of us had to sitend the inquest
It was there testified to by the doctors
that the man had died of heart diseases,
but I tell you we didn't hanker Yo do
any more joking for a full year. New
York Sun.
A A IMI 5 SNe.
Why Boys Leave the Farm.
A great many people wonder why farms |
are deserted by the sons of the fathers
who obtained competence and happiness
from them. One reason is that many
of the sons are not willing to be as
economiosl, and to work as did ther
fathers. Instead of raising corn to fat.
ten their cattle, they prefer to ride down
to the village in a top carriage after »
fancy team snd order Western corn of
the dealer, and get it charged, too. In.
. "
Farewell tothe Ola Year, ;
O14 Year, thy Hie Ia wellnigh spout,
Thy feet are tottering a
Thy hoary head with
The time is liere for thes to pu
Already in the frozen snow
A louely grave is made for thes
The winds are chanting dirges low,
Upon the land and on the sea.
01d Year, thou wert a friend 10 some
To some thou wert of worth untold,
Thy days were bisssings, every one,
ore precious far than shining gold:
Tut unto others, thoi 8 Tos
Didst prove thysellan enemy,
Relentless as the chalis of woe
48 ruthless as 3 maddened sea.
Boma will rejolee to know thee dead,
Others will mourn thee as a friend
Bome will look back on thee with dread,
Others thelr praises to thee lend:
I neither offer praise Sor blame,
Old Year, for what you brought to me,
For unto me both joy and Joie,
Your active hands gave lavishly,
Thy solemn death -hour draws 2-8igh--
And hark! I hear tny funeral knell
Blow pealing through he darkened sky--
Farewell, Old Year—~farewell, farewell
A FOOLISH JOKE. -
A NEW YEARS INCIDENT,
MRS, A. M., PATNE,
The last touches had been given to
the luxwriously furnished parlors and
the lunch laid npon the table in the
library, was tempting in the extreme.
Rosy apples and golden oranges were
the more solid dishes, chicken salad,
sliced ham, snd rolled sandwiches,
looked tempting, arranged apparantly
for a number of expected onllers,
also were in reoswdiness. Miss Alice in
8 gown of ereamy white trimmed in
wa d through the long parlors looking
was sifting at a dainty trifle of furn:-
ture which was an apology for a desi,
small cabinet, was looking over a long
list of expected callers.
For it was New Year's Day, an old
fashioned New Year's Day in New
ing’s of the season. Eaura and
this day. They had a namber of
friends, and were among the most hos-
to their circle.
charming in themselves, and there was
their tables, so year by year the num.
ber of callers incressed. Laurs who,
being the elder of the two, acted as
utation of the family was in her hands,
was thanking of some of her [ather's
old friends who were sure to come,
and also sure to eritically taste the
chicken salad, and of others who would
notice the new chins with the mono-
gram in gilt, and the plates which she
had painted herself. The blinds were
drawn, and the gas lighted, and the
house plants, were beautiful and nvit-
ing in the extreme.
An open fire burned in the grate,
and Alice stood before it, idly looking
down upon the coals, when the tiny
clock upon the mantle struck ten.
“Lanra,” she said, with a surprised
glance at the clock. “1 did not think
it was ten. Mr. Girton, always called
about this time, if not earlier, and
call here very early.”
“There is plenty of time Alice,” was
the reply, “the coffee is not quite
ready,” and Laura continued to survey
the list of callers whom she expected.
Half an hour passed, and the carriages
were heard rolling swiftly through the
street, and many of them stopped in
the peighborhood, but there was wo
ring at the bell
The maid who sat in the ball waiting,
came timidly and looked in at the draw-
ing room door. Alice still stood by
the grate, and Laurs had chosen a
book from the table, and was reading.
She shook her head, and went back to
her post noiselessly,
Eleven o'clock by the chiming bells
of the time piece, and still silence
reigned. Laura looked at the lunch
table, examined the coffee urn, and re-
turned to her chair, Alice sat down
with a alight sigh, and a disengaged
look toward the clock.
Twelve! *“Laural what can it mean,”
exclaimed Alice starting db from ber
chair, ** not one caller yet.”
“I am at a loss to understand it
Alice, and such & beautiful day. You
look so lovely too, I wish they won d
come.”
“Dear, your lunch will be spoiled and
Dr. Brown likes his coffee fresh. Itis
very tiresome sitting hore in state, 1
dress on. Is that a ring? Listen?"
No, it was a step outside, but there
wes buried in the depths of the sofa
pillow, and Alice was wobbing is good
earnest, “ilow dreadful after all our
hopes,” she cricd, between her sobs.
“What have we done to be so neglect
ed, to be so openly insulted by all our
friends.”
“Naver mind Alice. Bomething mast
have happened,” said Laura, whose
own voice was far from steady. “Take
some lunch with me, and let us forget
it.”
“I never could taste a thing. They
are all stale, and look hateful to me”
she said wearily.
“Harry will bo in after dark acy
way,” sobbed the disappointed girl,”
“he said he would coms in on the five
o'clock train. “What will he think
when he hears the kind of day we have
spent.”
Harry was a young cousin, very fond
of the girls, and a frank eager young
man, one of those who never forgets
his boyhood or his playmates. He had
been called away from the city by busi-
ness, and was expected to return st
night,
Alice and Laura gave up all hope cf
callers, drew their chairs up to the fire,
and listened in silence for his step. By
and by, after the night had fallen, snd
the steps in the street were fow and far
between, they heard his cheery whistle,
and in another moment he ran up the
steps. He stopped there a long time
or so it seemed to the girls—and then
| threw open the door, and came with a
{ hasty step through the hall, and into
| the drawing roon.
i Both girls came forward, and as they
{ eried “Oh Harry!” their overstrung
| nerves were powerless to help them,
| and they both burst into tears.
“Hey day, what is all this,” cried
{ Harry, “here you sre alone in sll your
| splendor,” and this I find at the door.
| He held in his hand a fancy wicker
| basket, and from it showered down
| upon the floor a grest snow storm of
| cards, “What did you tie a basket on
| the door for? he asked. Has the pug
{ died since morning?”
“A basket! We never did,” eried
both girls at once.
“Then it is a mean joke somebody
{bas played upon yom girls” replied
{ Harry, “Look over our cards. It 1s
| the only satisfaction you will have,
“What a» shame, when my darling
| ponsin looks so beautiful” a
Alice sat down upon the floor forget-
| ing all about ber splendid robe, and
| Harry sat down beside her, and topeth-
er they examined and counted the gress
pile of cards.
“One hundred and twenty! think of
it Laura,” said Alice, and your lunch
wasted.”
“Only a portion of it said Harry” if
you will give me some. 1 have had
nothing since breakfast, and only just
caught the 8.80 train, as it was.”
But after all he took only # sand-
wich and a cup of coffee, and saying ho
would be back presently, went away
{ suddenly. He looked back a moment
into the parior as he went ouf, “Stay
where you are girls,” be said, “I want
to ses you on my return.”
He was absent about half an honr
daring which time the two disappoint
ed girls found thet all the friends they
had expected had dropped cards in the
basket, and a number of others, some
of which they greatly desired to see.
But when Harry returned, be brought
a large party with him. How he ever
founa so many young men in ss short a
time, nobody can tell but they made
8 gay party.
They were all sorry for the girl's
disappointment, and tried their best tc
make up for it, and they had a very
merry evening after all.
“My dear little cousin,” sald Harry,
coming up to Alice as she stood by the
fire after they bad gone, and Laura was
superintending the removal of the
lunch *“if I ever find the author of that
ernel joke, 1 will choke him."
+] don’t care now Harry, after the
evening and with the basket of eards,
but 1t was hard. How good you were
10 bring them all, and 1 did not even
w ou 8 happ New .
if bak wi Phke it ally happy
year for me, 1 will never forget
dav,” said Harry softly, as he took her
band. Will you Alice?
him a ow Lear
IE st, A A
and be thanked her
a forgot that Tet
of January, smd keeps the basket