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SuUiTan Talks to Little
Cal McCarthy.
A TALK WITH GLABKSOff.
Final Arrangements Made for a Big
Local Dos Fight
THE SPORTING KEWS OP THE DAY
There was an interesting meeting beeween
John Xi. Sullivan and Cal McCarthy. SuUi
Tan states that if McCarthy defeats Dixon,
he (Sullivan) will defeat Jackson. John
Clarkson explains why he signed with the
Boston League Club. Arrangements have
been made for a big local dog fight
tEPIClAl. TXLEOBAX TO TUX DISrATCB.1
2?ew Toek, January 14. Just before Cal
McCarthy and Chappie Moran left for their
training quarters at Johnstown, under the
care of Jack MiMasters, on Monday night,
the party dropped into John Kelly's, at
Sixth avenue and Thirty-first street. The
presence of the champion was quickly made
known about the premises, and the rumor
'was not long in reaching the ears of another
champion who was upstairs in one of the
parlors. The other was John L. Sullivan, who,
as soon as he heard that Cal and Chappie were
below, senta waiter down stairs to say that the
champion of champions would be pleased to
t meet the little champions. McCarthy and
' Moran were both pleased to meet John L, and
they went upstairs. Sullivan grasped each by a
hand, and said they looked like fine fellows.
He wished them luck in all undertakings. As
the trio stood with four hands clasped, bright
minded Joe Early, who was standing by, said,
pointing to Sullivan and Moran: "Tint's a
perfect picture. In it we hare the best of the
biggest and the bantams."
Cal McCarthy interested John L. by his
Clever talk. At two or three of Cal's sharp re
joinders Sullivan smiled quite loudly, slapped
Cal on the shoulderand remarked. "You're a
bright boj, you are." A little latter McCarthy,
who possesses the fighter's most essential at
tribute, confidence, said to the big fellow:
Well, I must go away now to get ready for
Dixon. I'm going to whip him, mark my
words." "Lick him," rejoined John L., who
by this time showed that he was "stuck on"
the Jersey City boy: "Of course you'll lick
him, I know that. And I tell yon, you lick the
little coon and Ell lick the big one."
A BIG PURSE OFFERED.
Z.nke
Short Gnarnnteca n $30,000 Ferae
for Snlllvnn iind Jnckson.
JTevtYoek, January H. The following let
ter has been received from Luke Short, a
prominent sporting man:
FobtWokth. Tex January 11.
BICBABD K. Fox I have written to Charles E.
Divles informing him that the .National Bank of
this place has agreed to subscribe a purse of (20,000
to (30,000 for a fistic encounter between John l
fcullivan, the holder of the Police Gazette cham
pionship belt, and Peter Jackson, the colored
champion or Australia The battle can be roupht
In this vicinity, and neither or the pugilists or
their backers, or anyone Interested, will he Inter
fered with before or after the fifcht. A e propose
potting up a large ampltheater which will hold
,uoo spectators.
I have written Sullivan, bnt he did not replv.
Porn hat reason I do not know, as I offered any
uank m jew ior& as security ana cuarantee
fo' the money, and fall protection from all
sources, Aexab cia
and all that would
Texas fctate laws legalize nrlze fichtlnc.
ue necessary is 10 pay xw
n and Jackson or auv other
licence, and bulliran and Jack6on or any other
puRlllsts can ficht nnner the protection or the
btate officers. I am still rcadv to Five tbem 0,000.
If you think rj5,O0U or (30,000 is a sufficient Induce
ment the bank will authorize me to cive it. 1 have
heard from Charles E. Davies, and he states that
feter Jackson Is willing, and if bnlllvan Is as
eager as Jackson the match can be ratified at once.
i ours truly.
Luke bnoET, lort Worth, Tex.
BfcCnffrey la Willing.
New Yoek, January 13. Dommick McCaf
frey said to a reporter to-day- "I read some ten
days ago that Jack Fallon would challenge me
on his return to New York. Well, he is back
now. and there need be no trouble in arranging
a match. If the FarnellA-C, of Boston, or
any other organization, will give a suitable
purse,I will be like Barkis willin'. I can't fool
away time for small moncv.as lam doing pretty
well now. But If any of them will effer say,
2,000. it will be quite satisfactory. I am going
to California shortly, and I hope this thing can
be settled promptly."
Mny Fight Murphy.
John Quinn. the backer of Paddy McBrlde,
Stated yesterday that if the latter defeats
O'Learyhe will be matched against Billy Mur
phy, who defeated Ike Weir on Mondav night.
ilcBnde is about the same weight as Murphy,
118 pounds.
Xew Orlenna Races.
NEW Obleans, January It Twentieth day;
weather cloudy and cool; attendance good;
track fast.
First race, selling, six furlonrs Twelve start
ers: John Morris 100, 60 to 1; Kaffiana 10L 10 to 1;
l.lttle Bess J01. 15 to 1: Merry Girl 104, 10 to 1;
Harry Mack 105, 10 to 1: lommy K 101, lOto 1;
CrlplnolOT. Sltol:LldaL105. 5 to :: PuentelCO.
lotolrbkoneloff 1J9. 2 to I: Captain Pennyweight
109. 10 to 1; Colonel Cox til, 7 to 1. Vhen the
drum tapped Llda 1. came to the front and was
never headed, winning by three lengths: l'nentes
second, one lenjrth Defore Tommy K, third:
bkobeloff, the favorite, finishing fourth, the oth
ers strung out. Time UliH-
becondrace. selllnc. five furlonrs Mne start
ers: Sorrel Al M. I2tol;XelUe oster 96, 8tol;
Wllle lxicMel rS, Sto 1; Joe Picrson 95. a to 1;
Specie 93. 12 to 1; Vivian 100. 12 to 1: -Nellie Mc
HenrySG, 15toi. liecluse 101. 3 to 1: Knoxvllle
108. 7 to 5. Llille borhlel led from start to finish,
winning bv two lengths, Kcclnsc second, two
lengths before born I Ak third; bpecle lourtu;
Knoxville, the favorite, finished fifth, the others
pnllednp. Time 1:03.
Third race. seMlnp, eleven-sixteenths Eight
starters: FranVjClapp SS. 30 to 1: Jim Head 90, 3 to
1: Vattcll 100. 5 to 1; l'ritcbett 102, 8 to 1; Bonnie
King 103, 20 to 1: Zeke Hardy 107. 3 to 1: March
onrn 105, 3 to 1; Solid Sliver 103. 2) to I. l'ritcbett
led at the stare. Hardy second, Ucad third. At
the hair sole Head went to the rront and cut oat
the Tunning to the bead of the stretch. Hardy
second. Coming down the stretch Hardy went to
the front, winning by an open length, Marchbnrn
third, Bonnie King, Jim Head, Prank Clapp,
bolld Silver and l'ritcbett In the order named,
nine. 1109.
Koartn race, handicap, thineen-slxteenths
Eight starters: Col tore 108. l: to 1: Cora L. lus, 8
to 5; Flirt 103. Stol; Metal 100, Slot. I'robnsM, 8
to 1; vice Regent 9i 15 to 1; Neva C 9o, S to 1; Ue
gardless 65. 3U to 1. The horses were fractious, and
there was ncarlv a half hour's delay al the post.
They were finally sent a' ay with Cora Lin the
lead. Metal second, l'rohus third. Col Gore fourth,
the others well together. At the hair Col Gore
was first, Cora I. second. Neva C third. 'Vice Kc
gent fourth, l'rohus filth bore led Into the
stretch. Cora L second. Vice liegeut third; others
out of the race.
To-Dny's Card nt Clifton.
rSPXCTAI. TEtEGIAM TO TUB DISPATCH.!
Clifton Race Track. N. J., January It
Here are the entries for Wednesday January 15:
First race, six and one-half furlongs Umpire
112, Mlrabeau, Avery, Ariel. King Arthur 107,
Salnda, Pilot, Courtier. Troy 10i Peril 99, Monte
CristoS?, lsis, Unssell A 94. llcckv hnott W
aecona race, six ana a nan itiriongs Chapman
111, jvlna V. Marh ltedon 112, Lakcwood. Adonis,
Tenaflv.Sl. Paris IU7. Souvenir, llanhope 102, MIs
Olive 100, Bclirnot, bqnando. Tony Pastor, King
Volt 97. GracieOZ,
Third race, five-eighths of a mile Lomax US,
Osceola. Poeoliontas 143. Vengeance 142. Prospect
138. Little Dock IJS, Itosarium 124, Melodrama 127,
Ladv Archer. Clatter lis, Dongan 115, My .Own
IK. Woodstock 112, Callus Dan lOh, Lorris 100.
Fonrthrace, six and one-hair lurlongs Henry
George, Freedom, Englewood, Alan Archer,
Prodigal. Golden Kod. blendale, berenader 112,
Thad Kone 103. Purzle 107, Gipsy. Annie M 104,
ElngHazem, Upper'! til, bteriiugiU.
Filth race, six and one-half furlongs Banbnr?.
Lonls (2. Traveler 112, Dalesman, Helen Mac
Oregor colt. Flddlebu!. Gendarme, bo bo, Now
Then, Zacatacas 100, lsis Darling, Blanche 1C4,
Barter W, Memory 89.
blxth race, one and one-sixteenth miles Jug
gler. Manhattan, Linguist. Walioo, lUchlaud,
Jim Murpb). J J Healy, Philip D 103.
Gntlenburjr Rnces.
iSrECIAL TELEGKJLK TO THE DISPATCH.l
GUTTKNBUBG Race TRACK. N. J Jan
uary It The races here to-day resulted as fol
lows: First race, six and a halt furlongs Battershy
first, Howe second. Kink third. Time, l:23j
Betting: liattersby II to 6 and 2 to S. Howe 3 to 1
and even. Kink 25 to 1 aud 10 to 1.
Second race, six furlongs Folsom first. Ban Las
sie second, Millerton third. Time, 1:17. Betting:
Folsom 11 to 1 nnd 3 to 5, Ban Lassie even and 1 to
X Millerton 40 to 1 and 10 to I. '
Third race, seven furlongs Tyrone first, Cris
pin second. Banbrldge third. Time, I:J)$. Bet
ting: Tyrone S to 1 and 3 to 1, Crispin 6 to 1 and 2
to t Banbrldge4toland7 10 5. .
Fourth race, one mile lima B first. Rapine
second, Pat Donovan third. Time, 1:44X. Bet
ting: lima B I to 6 and out. ltaplne t to 1 and 7 to
6, Fat Donovan 30 to 1 and 8 to 1.
Fifth race Landseer first, Herman second,
jaicon third. Time, 1:30.
Big
CLAEKSOX'S REASONS.
The Great Pitcher Explains Why H Signed
With Boston.
A dispatch from Chicago says: "Clatkson,
Ganzel, Radbonrne, Daily, Morrill and Rich
ardson came to town yesterday on their way to
the east from the Slope ClarKson, in an inter
View, said -he had signed a League contract for
cood business icasons, and that ho had nothing
to regret. He admitted that he bad done some
work for the Boston Iieague managers during
his stay in California, and seemed to take con
siderable pride in his success in signing Ganzel
and Catcher Hardie.
"Clarkson says the Brotherhood players
treated him rather shabby in San Francisco,
but this was no more than he expected. He de
clares that half of the Brotherhood players are
only looking for a good excuse to rejoin the
League, and ventured the prophecy that the
Brotherhood would not send a team to the
field. Bennett, the great catcher, he says, will
surely sign with the Boston League team."
A Surprising Statement.
Tim Keefe made a rather surprising state
ment yesterday. It was to the effect that all
of the Brotherhood players who signed the first
contracts of the new League would receive no
benefits under the guarantee clause in the rules
of the organization. Tim explains this by say
ing: "When Ward and I. as well as many more
of the players, signed contracts there was no
such thing as a cuarantee fund. So that not
withstanding tbe'fact that the guarantee plan
was decided upon after that, w e can receive no
benefits from it. I have no doubt, however,
that the men who 'wish it can sign new con
tracts. In fact, I am Euro that all of the old
contracts will be called in and the new ones
issued in their place."
This is likely to cause no little complication.
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Bnrnle Again In High Feather.
ISFECIAL TELEGUAM TO THE DISFATCIT.f
Baltimore, January It Manager Barme
returned from New York to-day, and is in high
glee over the prospect of the Atlantic Associa
tion. He says there is no doubt about the
financial backing in Jersey City, Providence
and Trenton. Manager Barnie says he will put
a team in Baltimore that will come pretty near
winning the Atlantic pennant. Ray will play
right field, Merrick second. Mack shortstop,
and Tate and Kerins will do some of the catch
ing. He is already dickering with a first base
man who will come nearer filling Tom Tucker's
place than anyone in the business ontside of
Brouthers, Connor, Anson or Comiskey.
O'Brien Signs With iho Athletics.
isr-EciAL tei.eubam to the msr-ATcn.i
Pnri.ASsi.PBrA, January It Jack O'Brien
will be the first basemen of the Athletic club.
Jack signed a contract to-day, and Manager
Sharsig sent it to President Zach Phelps at
once. O'Brien plaved behird the bat for the
Athletics from 1678 to 1SML In JSS7 he played
with Brookljn, and in liS8 with Baltimore.
Last year he did not play. O'Brien is a brilliant
general player, and a bard and heavy batsman.
Not bicned Yet.
"1 haven't signed a Players' League contract
yet," said Ad Gumbert jesterday. "but I fully
intend to do so. I have been too busy to-day to
deal with my contract." Manger Hanlon con
siders Gumbert as good as signed.
Horse Breeders Elect Officers.
rETECIAI. TELEQKAJt TO THE DisrxTcn.i
Franklin, January It The Pennsylvania
Association of Horse Breeders met at the Ex
change Hotel in this city to-day and elected
the following officers: President, N. G. Edel
blute; Vice President, W. E. Reis; Treasurer,
H. S. Denny; Secretary, A. S. Harbison: Exec
utive Committee, N. G. Edelblute, Brook villej
J. C. bibley. Franklin; W. C. Baldwin, Wash
ington. R. A. Stratton, Evansburg; H. S Den
ny, LIconier, and A V. Harbison, New Castle:
Paul H. Hacke. Pittsburg; B. Nulton. Kitan
ning; A. D. button, Indiana; O. W. Selkegg,
Northeast: W. E. Reis, New Castle, lhree
places were suggested for holding the summer
meeting. Conneautville, Evansburg and Stone
bnro, and it was decided te select the place
offering the best premiums.
Rogers Lcnvcs O'Connor.
Toronto. Ont., January It As far as
aquatic matters are concerned, Joseph Rogers
has severed his connection with Oarsman Will
iam O'Connor. Rogers said: "In paying atten
tion to him I have been obliged to neglect my
own work, and as my business is rapmly in
creasing I cannot spare time any longer, and
therefore I have concluded to withdraw alto
gether." In reference to Hanlan's remark that he
would yet win the championship, Rogers said:
"I don't think be would have any chance
agaiust O'Connor. Hanlan is a great oarsman,
but a gretter than he has appeared in the per
son of William O'Connor."
The McKersport Tonrnnment.
McKeesport, January It All arrange
ments for the shooting tour.iament which tak. s
place at the Tile Works' range to-morrow are
complete. Several well-known amateurs from
Pittsburg, Braddock and this place will con
test. The following programme has been pre
pared: First match, ten blue rocks, five prizes;
entrance, SL Second match, ten bine rocks,
five prizesi entrance. tL Third match, ten
blue rocks, five prizes; entrance, $1. Five traps
will be in 'Use, and the American Shooting
Association's rules will govern all matches.
The prizes offered are very fine.
Elected Their Officers.
The following gentlemen were elected to the
various offices in the Western Pennsylvania
Sportsmen's Association last evening: Presi
dent, Edward Greggf Vice Presidents, D. C.
Phillips, B. F. Wilson, J. D. Risher; Secretary
and Treasurer, G. C Brown: Naturalist, H. S.
A. Stewart; Board of Directors. Thomas Her-
riott. J. M. Bell, Thomas H. Dixon, Q. K.
Miles, F. h. Kennedy; Election Committee, J.
Caldwell, Jr., J. H. Bughman. Charles Hays,
Benjinian Bakewell, Jr., D. P. Corwln, W. M.
Kennedy, James McGregor.
I.ota of Fish Fry.
rRPECIAI, TELEGHAM TO THX DISPATCH.!
New York, January It The Fish Commis
sioners of the State of New York announco
that, owing to the unusual weather, the annual
distribution of fish fry, which nsuallv begins in
March, will begin at once. Over 1,000,000 salmon
trout have already been hatched at the
Caledonia hatchery. These are being placed in
the Adirondack lakes. The quantity of fry this
year will be much larger than ever before.
Store Entries Made.
The prospects of the 24-hour go-as-you-please
contest which takes place at the East End next
week are very encouraging. The entrance fee
has been reduced to $5. Yesterday afternoon
Joe Pnddv, Jr.. and George Hagerling were
entered. Ed Muniger and J. M. Mason will
enter to-day and entries will dose to-morrow.
At present the entries are: Siebert, Nikirk,
McClelland, Joe Pnddy, McCaffrey and Hager
ling. Covered the Forfeit.
A local sporting man yesterday covered the
J25 forfeit left at this office by Mr. Stein miller
to match Sailor -T.ck against any local dog, bar
Jack the Hipp Tana Sullivan. Mr. Steinmiller
will be at this office this evening to make ar
rangements for the match. He is a popular
sporting man at Chartiers, and thinks he has a
world beater in Sailor Jack. At any rate he
will put up his money.
Their Team Complete.
Manager Torreyson, of the McKeesport ball
club, was in the city yesterday. During a con
versation he said: "We have completed our
team, and it promises to be a good one. I have
signed Conway and Thyne, the Lowell battery.
Conway is a brother of Dick Conway, who was
wtli the Boston club, and is a promising young
olayer."
A Big Doc Fight.
The owners of the fighting dogs. Jack the
Ripper and Sullivan, met at this office, last
evening and signed articles for their dogs to
fight on March 10 for S250 a side. The dogs will
fight at 35 pounds, give or take a pound. The
second deposit will be made on March 1 and
the final deposit on March 8.
The Dn-ypr Engno Moicr.
SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISFATCB:
New York, JanuaryJt Edward Moser,who
rode for W. C. Daly last year, has been engaged
by the Dwyer Brothers for 1890. Moser is yonng
and capable and his riding during the latter
part of the season and bis work in the saddle
wcro particularly meritorious.
Gnnsbrrc Win Another Gamp.
Havana, January It To-day was played
the eighth game of the chess contest between
Gunsberg and Tschigorin. It began with the
Znkertort opening and lasted three bours.
After six moves had been made Tschigorin re
signed. Sporting Motes.
These Is a letter at this office for Jim Con
nors. J. 8.: Tom King defeated J. C. Heenan on
December 10, 1633.
Manager Hanlon gays Fred Carroll will
sign a Players' League contract to-day.
Paddy McBride's backer will match him to
fight Ed Reiilv. of this city. A match can be
made at this office.
Captain James Sweeney, of New Orleans,
owner of the pacer, X Y Z, is stopping at the
Central Hotel. He speaks well of Southern
racing prospects.
Jack Fogaety, of Philadelphia, was in
Wilmington on January 9 for the purpose of
making arrangements to spar with Jimmy
Ryan at the annual indoor sports of the War
ren Athletic Clnb, to be held in the Opera
House on the evening of January 23. Satis
factory arrangements were made, and Ryan
and Fogarty will come together.
Catcher Mubpiiy signed a contract to play
with the New York Leasne team on December
24, when John B. Day came to this city. His
signature was the first steptoward securing the
services of Welch and Tiernan. The signature
of Murphy was conditional, and the fact was
not to be made public until Tiernan and Welch
had signed. Since then the existence of the
Murphy contract has been affirmed and denied
with a great deal of vigor, but the fact remains.
Murphy signed December 21
BK1KG ON TEE TEST.
Hew DIHlcnUIcs Thrown In It Way Every
Dor Almost.
Chief Brown, of the Department of Pub
lic Safety, did not rest well last night He
had a continuous nightmare oi a centipedal
telephone climbing all over him with a a
interrogation point at one end and a re
porter at the other to know what had been
done with regard to the fire engine test.
He refused to answer, and taming over on
the other side, endeavored to get to sleep by
counting the sheep going over a fence, or
some other popular inducement to som
nolency, but when he got to the nine hun
dred and ninety-fifth sheep, the telephone
bell wonld again apprise him that a lamb
wanted some information on the test.
From all the parties seen on the subject,
Chief Brown refusing to speak, it would ap
pear as if the test would never come off.
The Allegheny end of the string wants all
the concessions, even asking that the test
be limited to second-class engines, of which
there is a new one in Allegheny while the
latest accession in that class to the Pitts
burg department is 14 years old. Every
concession made was on the side of Pitts
burg, and although the request to have the
Exposition grounds sodded and carpeted,
with a cement cistern to draw water from,
and a gold-mounted, plnsh-lmed suction
hose, was objected to almost every other
reasonable demand was met.
From conversation let drop by people in
terested it is more than probable the test, if
it comes oil at all, will occur next Wednes
day, and if not then it will probably never
take place.
Chief Brown is heartily sick of the whole
matter, and says if there is any test to be
made he wants it done as soon as possible,
as he does not wish to be pestered with per
sonal questions or communications on the
subject any longer.
STEWART WAS THERE.
The Department Commnndor Installs G. A.
R. Officers.
The installation of officers and review of the
work of the year of Post 159, O. A. B., took
place last night in the IT? V. L. Hall on
Sixth avenue. Department Commander
Stewart was present and exemplified the
work, as well as giving one of those ringing
patriotic addresses for which he has so long
been celebrated, both in department and
national encampments. The attendance was
verv large, and the address of Commander
Stewart was highly relished by the "old
boys."
Flnmanc Society Gifts,
The Humane Society yesterday acknowl
edged the following contributions: Charles
E. Jones, $5; Mrs. J. C. Newmyer, ?5; Frank
Simple, 55; E. S. Smith, 55; James Mc
Cntcheon, $5; R. E. Stewart, 55; Mrs. A. D.
Forester, ?1; Mrs. F. G. Frick, 51; Mrs. D.
P. Black. 51; Mrs. Archie Alston, SI. The
annnal election ot officers will be held next
Tuesday. No change is expected.
New Frnnklin School.
The Franklin School directors have
awarded the contract for a new school
building. It will cost about 5100,000. It
will be 120x156 feet, and front on Logan,
Franklin and Hazel streets; will be built in
hollow square shape, be three stories in
height, will have two large towers fronting
on Logan street, with turrets at either
corner.
Fenra Her Husband.
Mrs. Charles Berger, who lives on Thirty
seventh street, near Penn avenue, com
plained to Agent O'Brien yesterday that
her husband, a carriage manufacturer, bad
abused her and often threatened to kill her.
She fears him, as he sleeps with a revolver
under his pillow. Mr. O'Brien will investi
gate. LOCAL ITEMS, LIMITED.
Incidents of a Day In Two Cities Condensed
for Bendy Keadlns.
The report of tho Bureau of Health shows
that there were 96 deaths in the city for the
week ending on Saturday, against 104 for the
corresponding week last year. Diseases of the
lungs and throat continue in the lead as tho
cause of mortality, the number from those
causes becoming larger each week.
John Kkonskey entered suit before Alder
man Warner yesterday, charging Mertz Zont
kaufy with felonious cutting. It Is alleged that
the defendant slashed the prosecutor across the
face with a butcher knife. The defendant was
sent to jail for a hearing at the next term of
court in default bf 51,000 bail.
Ofkcer Duncan arrested Charlie Brown,
charged with being a suspicious character, and
locked him up at the Fourteenth ward station
house. Brown carried a large parcel which
contained two pair of trousers, two coats, six
shirts, and other attire.
An unsuccessful attempt -was made eaily
yesterday morning by burglars to break into
the storeroom of the Keystone Tailoring Com
pany, No. 65 Wylie avenue. They were fright
ened away by a lady who lives above the store.
The bedclothes in an upper room of Mrs.
Windell's bouse, 129 Mulberry alley, caught
fire last night. The room was soon in a blaze.
A fire of considerable proportions was averted
by the prompt action of the firemen.
Frederick Engle, a laborer employed at
the Edgar Thomson Steel Works, was brought
to Mercy Hospital last evening suffering from
a badly burnt foot which he received by some
hot metal running over it.
The Committee on Streets and Sewers of
Allegheny met last night. A number of old or
dinances were considered and disposed of.
Nothing of an important nature was trans
acted. John Whitehead, colored, and Louis
Browisky, two boys, quarreled on Federal
street, last night. Browiskcy pulled out a
knife and stabbed the colored boy behind the
ear.
R. C. Schmertz fe Co. are putting in another
40-foot furnace with the view of doubling their
capacity for the output of window glass. The
best mechanical appliances wiU be put in.
The directors and officers of the First Na
tional Bank, of Allegheny, last evening en
joyed a dinner at the Hotel Duquesne. Twenty
live plates were laid.
The Interrogation Club, composed of Prot
estant ministers, held their monthly meeting
at the Seventh Avenue Hotel last evening.
The Board of Viewers yesterday held a final
meeting on the grading, paving and curbing of
Mawbinney street.
FOR CONSTIPATION
Use Horaford'a Acid Phosphate.
Dr. J. B-Fortson. Kiowa, Ind. Ter., says: "I
have tried it for constipation, with success,
and think it worthy a thorough trial by the pro
fession." THE PEOPLE'S STORE,
Fifth Avenne.
See the SS cent and $1 20 black Faille
Francaise silks. The best goods for the
price named in the city.
Campbell & Dice.
Fnr-Trimmed Garment! Marked Down
In our cloak room. Come this week to this
special bargain sale of winter wraps.
' JOS. HOENE & CO. '8
Penn Avenue Stores.
FOUR IN THE FLAMES.
That Number of Polish Children Meet
Death by Suffocation.
PITEOUS AGONY OP THE PARENTS.
Forgery Used to Secure the Pardon of an
Ohio Convict.
THE BROWN FORGBET STILL A HYSTERI
All the Lire News From Snrronndlnj Communities
in Three States.
At Erie four Polish children were suffo
cated in a fire caused by a falling pipe. The
sister of a murdered man claims that her
name was falsely used to secure a pardon
for the murdreer. A clairvoyant has
beed added to the other features of the
Brown forgery case.
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Ebie, PA., January 14. The Pollock
suburb of the city is in a state of excite
ment to-night over a holocaust which was
particularly distressing in its details. Mr.
and Mrs. Earl Bogalinski went out to make
a "call and leit their four little children in a
room in the company of a brother of the
woman, who, it is said, was under the in
fluence of liquor. About an hour after
ward smoke was seen escaping irom the
house, and when the inebriated Pole came
staggering out and fell unconscious in the
yard, neighbors rushed in.
The stifling smoke of smoldering feath
ers and bedclothes drove the people back.
Chief Moser, of the fire department was the
first to rush in aud soon appeared with two
lifeless children in his arms. Two more
children were carried out a few seconds
later, and then Mrs. Mary Lowinki, the
owner of the house. The old woman was
almost dead, but has recovered con
sciousness. The children were either
dead when carried out or died
shortly alter. They were Mary, aged 5
years and 6 months; Charlie, aged 4;
Selene, aged 3, and Annie, aged 1 year'and
2 months. The parents appeared on the
scene, and became frenzied with grief. A
more distressing scene was never witnessed
in Erie. The parents seized the lifeless
'bodies of their children, kissed tbem,
breathed into their mouths and appealed to
God to give them back their children. Stout
hearted men wept bitterly, and the air was
filled with shrieks and groans.
Investigation shows that the inebriated
uncle of the children had laid his 1 ighted
pipe on the bed and made a funeral pyre
for his sister's children. But tor the pres
ence of the Polish priest the grief-crazed
Sarents would have done themselves bodily
arm. The bodies of the children were not
discolored and they mnst have died easily.
Charitable and sympathizing people will
provide a proper burial for the little ones.
A MYSTERIOUS LETTER
Introduced by the Defense in the Mervlne
Collins Case.
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McConnellsbukg, Pa., January 14.
The Mervine case came np for trial this
morning before Judge McClain. The case
so far has been fought with great ability on
both sides. The Commonwealth have proved
the intent to kill, the cutting, the extent
of the wounds, and the condition
of the defendant on the night previous to
the trouble. So far the detense Has not
shown what will be their line of defense,
with the exception of a letter read while
Officer Sliver was on the staud. Hon. John
M. Reynolds handed the letter to him, ask
ing him if he did not write this to Mervine,
advising him to break jail, and whether he
was not awaiting under the shadows of the
jail wall for Mervine to scale the walls.
This was denied by Sliver, by saying he
did not know of snch a letter, nor had he
ever written it, nor seen it until it w'as
handed to him by the attorney. The little
court house has been crowded all day. The
prisoner, who is represented by Hon. John
M. Reynolds and Captain Skinner, is about
the coolest person in the room. The Com
monwealth is being looked alter by District
Attorney Pennell and Hon. R. C. Mc
Hamara". The case will hardly reach the
jury before to-morrow afternoon.
MOEE A MYSTERY THAN ETEE.
A Clairvoyant Clnlms lo Know All About
tho Brown Forgeries.
rSPXrtAL TXLKOKAM TO THE DISPATCH.!
Toledo, O.. January 14. The Brown
forgeries, in which Joseph Lamb, of this
city, figures as the man who negotiated the
$5,000 note and attempted to dispose of or
collect the 525,000 one, continues to form the
principal topic for discussion on the streets
here. There are those who hold Lamb is
not criminally implicated, and that he did
not know the notes were spurious when he
undertook to negotiate them. This view of
the matter is regarded generally as far
fetched. It seems that a woman bv the name of
Devere, who is a clairvoyant and fortune
teller, is at the bottom of the mystery. In
an interview she admits that Lamb has
made known his troubles, but refuses to
talk, on the grounds that it would be viola
ting a professional trnst. She says that if
Mr. Brown and all the other parties in
terested will come before her she will tell
all.
TWO NEW BRIDGES
Will Soon Add to the General Comfort of
McKeesport Citizens.
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McKeespoet, January 14. All the
difficulties which have for months stood in
the way of erecting the McKeesport and
Duquesne bridge have been overcome and
the structure will be built forthwith. The
contract price is $141,000.
Work 'on the new railroad bridge across
the Monongahela river at this place was
begun yesterday. This bridge will bring
the Pennsylvania Railroad into McKees
port over the McKeesport and Bessemer
route, recently purchased by the Pennsyl
vania Railroad system.
Amputated by Accident.
nrriciAL TELEO RAH to the DISPATCH.
Meadville. January 14. Perry Peter
son, a well-to-do farmer of Fairfield town
ship, this county, who recently moved to
this city to worK during the winter in Mer
rill's hay press establishment, had his left
band caught between the iron feed rollers
this afternoon, Before the machine could
be stopped the hand was crushed clear to
the wrist, where it was cut off as smoothly
as though done with a knife.
Desiroyrd by an Incendiary Fire.
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Newark, O., January 14. Fire last
night destroyed the large carriage works of
Charles A. Beret & Co., at TJtica, this
county, entailing a loss of about $7,000.
The building and stock were partially in
sured. The origin of the fire is unknown,
but it is supposed to have been incendiary,
as the same building was fired a year ago
or more by some persons having an ill-will
toward the owner.
Forced to Suspend Operation!.
SrXCIAL TBLrOBAM TO THB DISPATCH.
Huntingdon, January 14. The Everett
Furnace, at Everett, Bedford county, sus
tained an enforced suspension to-day by the
furnace proper bursting in two places. The
rents are very large and a considerable time,
will elapse before the necessary repairs can'
be made.
CLAIMED 1 HAT FOEGERY
Was Used to Secure the Release of a Peni
tentiary Convict.
fSrECUL TKLBOUAM TO THE DISPATCH.!
MaSsillon, January 14. Dispatches
were sent out from Columbus on 10th inst.
announcing the unconditional pardon of
Eobert McLister, a life convict from Sum
mit connty, who has served five years for
shooting Joseph Welsh at the village of
Sherman. The reports stated concerning
the application for a pardon that a sister of
the murdered man had written a letter,
which was mainly the instrument which se
cured the pardon, as follows: "L am will
ing to say that the blame in this matter
was not altogether on the one side,
and I now feel that Mr. McLister has, under
all the circumstances, been sufficiently pun
ished, and I therefore join in the request for
his pardon. My relations with my brother
Joseph were most affectionate, and yet I
feel the years already served by Mr. McLis
ter in the penitentiary are all that jnstice
requires, and that no one will be harmed by
his release."
Mary 'Welsh, the only sister of the de
ceased, lives here. She denied emphatically
to-day that she ever made an effort, by either
letter or otherwise, for McLister' release,
and did not know an effort was made to
secure his liberty. She says he has not been
sufficiently punished, and denounces the
letter attributed to her as a forgery.
A FEAUDUfiBXT INSPECTOR
Attempts to Effect an Entrance Into the
Toledo Postofllce.
Toledo, O., January 14. Oa Saturday
evening a mau calling himself A. Y. Lane
entered the postoffice here, introduced him
self as a special inspector, and exnressed
his desire to inspect the office. Postmaster
Lorenz was detained at home by sickness,
and the assistant postmaster demanded
Lane's credentials. He produced a letter
head of the First Assistant Postmaster Gen
eral, reading thus:
To Any Postmaster:
This will introduce Mr. A. V. Lane, Special
Postoffice Inspector.
Signed J. S. Clarkson,
First Assistant Postmaster General.
The assistant postmaster reiused to recog
nize the authority, and Lane, making an
appointment for the next morning, left, jls
he said, to telegraph to Washington and
have instructions sent the postmaster. A
telegram to Washington shows that Lane is
an impostor.
A EIGHT OF WAT
Granted to n Railroad Alone Stenbcnvlllo's
Entire River Front.
tSFECIAI.TELEOr.AM TO TUB DISFATCII.1
Siettbentille, O., January 14. The
"Wheeling and Lake Erie railroad to-night
secured the passage of an ordinance in City
Council granting them'the right of way
along the city's entire river front outside of
the Cleveland and Pittsburg's tracks. This
is in addition to the route through the mid
dle of the city on alley A, and is said to be
designed to afford facilities for running
heavy freights along the river front, and
passenger and local freights on alley A.
It also gives them access to the Kiverside
Iron WorKS. It is an important move.
AN EFEECT OF THE 8T0EM.
Derrick! Blown Down to Such an Extent
That Work Mast bo Stopped.
ISFECIAL TELEQEAM TO THE DISPATCH.:
Fkanklin', January 14. The severe
wind storm of yesterday and last night
played havoc with the oil interests in this
section of the State. Great numbers of der
ricks were destroyed, and in some sections
the loss has been so great that all work on
drilling wells has been suspended, owing to
the loss of derricks.
The wretched condition of the roads
makes it almost impossible to get lumber to
the wells to repair the damage done by the
storm, and operations are practically sus
pended. AN ILLINOIS LEGISLATOR
Is Attacked While at JJantlnsdon With the
Prevalent Malady.
ISFXCIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.l
Huntingdon, Pa., January 14.
Among the 500 victims of la grippe in this
city is Hon, Joseph H. Miller, Speaker of
the Illinois House of Representatives.
Speaker Miller, who is a member of the
Legislative Committee appointed to inspect
Eastern prisons and reformatories, whs pros
trated here with the disease last week dur
ing the committee's visit to the State In
dustrial Reformatory located here.
He is lying at the reformatory, and his
condition'is still very precarious.
A NEW WAY TO PAT BOARD BILLS.
John Jones, a One-Eared Mulatto, While
Drunk Kill His Host.
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Spbingfieid, O., January 14. Daniel
Davis, a farmer, was foully murdered to
night by a boarder, John Jones. A dispute
occurred over a board bill. Jones was
drunk, and, pulling a revolver from his
pocket, he hred lour times, filling Davis
instantly.
The parties are colored. Jones, who is a
tall mulatto with one ear cut off, has
skipped.
FIRE FIENDS ABROAD.
An Attempt to Burn a Pinning- Mill nt
Braddock.
An attempt was made to .burn the Union
Planincr Mills at Braddock, but the fire was
extinguished before much damage was done.
Two men were seen leaving the premises
just before the fire broke out, but their
identity could not be established.
An hour later the new two-story house
built by Harry Bechall at Rankin was
bnrned down, it is supposed by incendiaries.
Loss $1,700.
Department Receipts.
The receipts of the Department of Public
Safety for December were as follows: From
Diamond Markets, $1,349 61; Fifth Avenue
and Adams Markets, $86; Southside Mar
kets, $139 25; Monongahela wharf, $361 99;
Allegheny wharf, $160 fi5; Southside wharf,
$36 97; city scales, $99 67; Bureau of Water
Supply, from sale or old scrap, $lb5 40;
Bureau of Water Assessments, irom new
buildings, $3,121 98. Total, $3,521 42.
Hit by a Train.
Edward White, while walking on the
track of the Lake Erie, was struck by a
train. He was taken to the West Penn'
Hospital, 'where his leg was amputated.
Fortune of a Rich flanker.
PARIS, January 15. M. Epprussi, a rich
banker of this city, has gained the $125,000
prize in the Panama Canal lottery.
THE PEOPLE'S STORE,
Fifth Avenne.
In values, there are nothing to compare
with our fine black Faille Francaise silks
at 95 cents and $1 20 per yard.
Campbell & Dick.
.The grip can only be prevented from en
tering your home by keeping the tempera
ture at a comfortable degree in the house,
and this can be done without fear of being
ruined financially by the gas meter by using
the Anderson Burner. 82 Fourth avenne.
'WSSU
The Iron City Brewing Co. (formerly F.
& VO, are experiencing a constant increase
in the demand for their ale and porter.
Kept by all dealers. .
If you want cabinet photos now is the
time to go to Pearson's galleries, 96 Fifth
ave. and 43 Federal st , Allegheny, for them.
You are sure to be pleased.
DUE TO CHLOR0F0KM.
That is What the Doctors BelieTe of
the Trenton Tragedy.
SCRATCHES UPWARD ON THE FACE
That Might Dave Been Made by a Small,
Delicate Hand.
THE TICTIM'S MOTHER TESTIFIES.
Good Evidence That a Burglary Might Hare Beea
Committed.
There was puzzling and contradictory tes
timony in the Trenton tragedy inquest yes
terday. Chloroform is what the doctors
believe killed Mrs. Kniffin.
IBPBCIAL TELEOnAM TO THE DISPATCH.!
Trenton, N. J., January 14. The in
quest touching the death of Mrs. Myra
Kniffin was continued to-day. Mrs. James
Murphy, the aged mother of Mrs. Kniffin,
was the first witness. She was dressed
in deep mourning. According to her
testimony, the relations of Dr. Kniffin
and his wife were always pleasant, and
Mrs. Kniffin and Miss Purcell were like
sisters. They were frequent visitors at the
house of the witness. She knew nothing pf
the murder of her daughter, further than
what Miss Purcell had told her, and what
she has heard irom the police and read in
the newspapers.
"Have yon any reason to believe that Dr.
Kniffin or Miss Purcell had anything to do
with the murder?" asked a juror.
"I have not," replied the lady.
SHE BELIEVED IN THE BUKGLAKT.
"Have" you any reason to believe that Dr.
Shannon had anything to do with it?"
"I have not."
"Have you any reason to doubt that a
burglary occurred at Dr. Kniffin's residence
on November 30."
"I have not. I always believed there
was a burglary."
"Was Dr. Kniflin a good provider for his
family?"
One of the best. My daughter made me
a confidante, and if there had been any
trouble she would have informed me."
"Is it not a fact that your husband was
opposed to the marriage" oi your daughter
and Dr. Kniffin?"
"I never heard any objections from my
husband."
"Was your daughter's life insured?"
"Not that I know of."
SOME PUZZLING SIGHS.
County Physician Charles B. Leavitt de
scribed the condition of Mrs. Kniffin's body
when he first saw it, and what
the post mortem examination revealed.
He and the other doctors came to the con
elusion that Mrs. Kniffin had not died a
natural death. An irritating volatile sub
stance had been applied to her nos
trils and mouth. The odor of ether is
persistent, and, since, it was not perceptible,
the physicians concluded that it was not
ether that had been used. Suddenly ap
plied and in concentrated form, chloroform
is fatal to all animal life. The odor of
chloroform disappears quickly. Ether acts
as a stimulant to a weak heart; chloroform
wonld oppress it.
From every indication the doctors believe
that chloroform had been used in the case,
and that death was due to paralysis of the
heart, superinduced by its application. The
stomach was sent away lor analysis, for the
purpose of ascertaining whether any drug
had been administered to Mrs. Kniffin t,o
produce a stupefying effect.
those upward scratches.
Dr. H. Waldburg Coleman, the next wit
ness, said he had listened attentively to Dr.
Leavitt, and that he agreed fully with his
, testimony. He said he had looked carefully
at the scratches oa the face, and was of the
opinion that they had been made by a small
hand. One side of the face the scratches ran
upward, in an awkward way for Mrs.
Kniffin to have made them; still they might
have been made by her while she
was under the partial influence
of an anaesthetic. The marks could not have
been made after death, and the chloroform,
if given by an expert, would not have been
allowed to come in contact with the face, as
it uiu j a mis case.
"Why do you think the chloroform was
in contact with the face?"
"The excoriation indicates it. It was
used, evidently, in large quantities, and the
more concentrated the anaesthetic is, the
greater the danger."
, would kill her easilt.
"What quantity would be required to kill
a person ot Mrs. Kniffin's condition?"
."Her heart was small, and it would take
a very small quantity. Twenty drops have
frequently killed men In less than two
minutes."
"Could Miss Purcell have been, nnder the
influence of chloroform for four hours?"
"Yes; in some cases patients remain in a
lethargy for a long time. It depended alto
gther on the person."
David S. Purcell, the brother of Emma,
was now called, to the stand. He was asked
if he believed that burglars entered the
house and murdered Mrs. Kniffin. "Yes, I
do," he answered,
EVIDENCE OP BUBGLABY.
"Have you any evidence1 that burglars
entered the house?"
"Ihave. The shntters of the window
opening on the porch bore evidence of hav
ing been pried open with some instrument.
I have found bv investigation that the bolt
was insecure, and, alter being fastened, that
a little force would spring the shutters
open."
"Have you any other evidence?"
"I found a chair in the dining room with
the cane seat broken, as though a person
standing on it had put his heel through it.
It might have been done by a short, stout
man while endeavoring to light the gas.
The chair had recently been recaned."
The inquest was adjourned until next
Monday.
FIGHT WITH AN EAGLE.
Two Boys Bring Down Game They Cnnnot
Handle.
Detroit Free Press.
Two boys who have been camping out
near Black Lake for the purpose of hunting
ducks, had quite a lively tussle with a large
bald-headed eagle a few days ago. They
saw the bird sitting in a tree, but did not
know what it was. At the first shot they
succeeded in bringing it down with a
broken wing, but when they attempted to
caDture it they found it was not a very
easy matter. Whenever they approached
the bird would make savage plunges
at them and they had all they
could do to keep out ofthe way of its fierce
claws and beak. Finding that they could
not capture it alive, they shot it, but onlv
succeeded in killing it afW having fired
half a dozen shots at close range. The
eagle measured almost seven feet from tip to
tip of its wings, and was of the, bald-headed
variety. Dnring the past few years several
of these monster birds have been shot in
the woods near the lake. .The boys are now
trying to capture a large loon for a local
collector. It is said to be the only loon left
on the lake.
Another Contest Taken Up.
Washington, January 14. The House
Committee on Elections to-day took up the
third of the West Virginia contested elec
tion cases that ot Atkinson versus Pendle
ton. Not Yet Oat of Banner.
From the Philadelphia Press.
There Is still danger that the Ice crop will be
badly moth-eaten.
- DE6SMAKEBSA.DE0iALTY..
How Their Royal Hisbneiie Confer With
the Makers of Gowns.
New York Trlbune.1
It is interesting to note how the Em
presses and Princesses of Germany confer
with their dressmakers. Not one of the
latter ever sees her august patron face to
face, but whenever an order is to be given a
lady-in-waiting instructs a business estab
lishment as to the exact requirements of
the royalties. Samples and models are then
sent to the palace, where they are received
by the lady-in-waiting and by her
submitted to the royal ladies. It
happens only on very rare occasions
that a dress is "fitted" bv the dress
maker, the lady's maid at the palace under
taking to look to that important detail. Nor
is anv measure taken in the usual way, but
a well-fitting- bodice is banded to the "artist
in dress," and she has to be guided by that
alone. Years ago the old Empress Augusta
had a model of her figure made, on which
all her dresses were fitted. In ordering new
costume3, the royal and imperial ladies al
ways wish to be informed whether a model
to which they take a fancy has already been
copied for any other court, as they object to
wearing the same costume as another august
lady, should they perchance meet in public
or in society.
WANT THE ELECTION NULLIFIED.
The Opponents of President Corbin Are Still
In Ihe'Blnc.
Philadelphia, January 14. The Phila
delphia and Reading Railroad stockhold
ers, who are opposed to President Corbin's
administration, made no new move to
day, but devoted their time and energy to
studying the situation and laving plans for
future operations. It was announced this
afternoon that the next step of the opposi
tion party will be an effort to have the elec
tion of Mr. Corbin on Monday by the
trustees declared void.
Mr. Corbin's Board of Managers re
organized under the new election to-day, and
to-morrow they will consider the annual re
port and notify the Pennsylvania Annuity
Company, the trustee of the preference
mortgages, that the amount available for in
terest upon them being but $68,000 no pay
ments can be made for the last fiscal year.
STRUCK BY A HDBKICAM.
A Train of Cars Thrown Over an Embank
ment With Disastrous Result.
Montreal, January 14. At St Hill
aire, on the Grand Trunk road, the Acton
vale accommodation, consisting of
two passenger coaches, combination
baggage and smoker, and engine
and tender, were rounding a curve,
running 25 miles an hour, when the hurri
cane came and the cars were lifted and
thrown bodily down the embankment, and
were completely wrecked.
Of the CO people aboard not one escaped
injury, and a dozen were seriously hurt.
The cars caught fire, and 'only by vigorous
efforts was a terrible loss of life avoided.
The injured were brought here and sent to
the hospital.
A FLAG FROM HDMBERT.
How the Itallnn Kins Honored TJIs.Veternn
Coantrymen la Gotham.
New York Herald.l
The Italian veterans of this city received
a handsome flag from King Humbert of
Italy yesterday. The veterans are members
of the organization Reduci delle Patrie
Battaglia, and their President is Chevalier
Lemmi, of the Italian Chamber of Com
merce. Some time ago they told Baron
Fa va, the Italian Minister to this country,
that they would consider it a great compli
ment if the King of Italy would present
their society with an Italian flag, and when
the Baron was recently in Homeric broached
the matter to the King and soon learned
that the request of the veterans would be
granted.
A BALANCE TO BE EXPENDED.
Over 8200,000 Remaining In the Treasury
of the Flood Commission.
Philadelphia, January 14. The
Johnstown Flood Commission will meet in
this city to-morrow, when the final and
complete report of the secretary will be
submitted. This report will show the direct
and indirect distribution of nearly 1,500,
000. There is yet remaining in the hands of the
commission over $200,000, and the question
of the final disposition of that sum will be
one of the important matters to be decided.
Enforcine the Prohibition Lnw.
IEPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TILS DISPATCH.1
Burlington, Ia., January 14. One of
the largest saloons in Dubuque, la., was
closed to-day; also a large brewery. This
is the first attempt by the Prohibitionists to
enforce the State law. Great excitement
prevails.
Died of III. Injuries.
tSPZCIAL TXLZOHAH TO THE DISPATCH.)
Haehisbueg, January 14. Gabriel Kel
ley, who was injured on the Pennsylvania
Railroad yesterday, died at the Harrisburg
Hospital to-day, and his friends in Alle
gheny City have been informed of his death.
A Family Affair.
Boston Journal.
There is a district school in Vermont which
has only five pupils. They all come from
one family, whose father is the School Com
mittee and whose mother is the teacher.
In order to obtain the water force neces
sary for the San Miguel Valley placer mining
operations, (Treat flumes are built on the mount
ain side high above the gravel which is to be
moved, and from these flumes the water is car
ried down through pipes and forced out of the
nozzles by the power of great pressure. The
size of the nozzle used varie3 from five to eight
Inches in diameter. One who has never seen a
hydraulic in operation can have no conception
of the power of water. Under a 150-foot bead a
stream as large as a stove pipe, looking like a
straight white pole, is thrown for 100 feet, with
scarcely a particle of spray flying from it. A
crowbar cannot be forced into the flying mass,
and, if dropped upon It, it bounds upward like a
a rubber ball dropped uoou a solid stone. Were
the stream to hit a man it would kill him equal
ly as quickly as a caunou saot. xt sirijces tno
gravel bank with a force that tosses bowlders
weighing a ton each as a child plays with his
tops. Such a hydraulic, throwing 800 miners'
inches ot water, will discbarge 1,900,000 cubic
feet in 24 hours, or enough to fill a hole ISO feet
square and 84 feet deep. Under favorable cir
cumstances, in the same time it will move and
wash OvCOO cubic yards of gravel, or enough to
make a hole 50 feet square anu 0 feet deep.
Seven-eighths of all the gold that was ever pro
duced came from placer mining.
A remarkable poised rock, famous
throughout South America as "the moving
stone," may be seen on Tandil Mountain, in
Buenos Avres. It Is 24 feet high, 30 feet Ions;
and IS feet wide, containing over 5,000 cubic
feet, and weighing 23 tons. It is Irregularly
conical in shape, and rests upon a conical sup
port with a bearing surface some ten inches in
diameter. The power of a smglet man is suf
ficient to oscillate the enormous mass, which,
indeed, is often swayed by the wind.
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BIEDS AND NAYIGATOBS. ; ; - -
Very Similarly They Lay Oot The!
How
Routes in Air and Oeoan.
Yonth's Companion. v '
It has been remarked that sailing vessels
do not lay down their course upon the are
of a great circle, as they would if distancs
were the only matter to be considered. Tba '
prevailing winds, the currents in the ocean,
aud many other aids or hindrances to navi
gation have to be taken into account.
It is of interest to find that migratory
birds are equally sensible of the advantages
of different routes. This is particularly
noticeable in their crossing of mountain -ranges.
A Russian "travelver in Central
Asia writes ot this habit of the wild fowl:
"The observations on the spring flieht at
Lob-nor afforded new proofs that birds of
passage do not take the shortest meridional
course, but perfer a more favorable, though
more circuitous route.
"All the flocks, without exception, which
appeared at Lob-nor, came from west south-
west, occasionally from southwest and west.
Not a bird flew (firectfrom the south, over "
the Altintagh mountains, thus proving that
migratory birds, or, at all events, water
fowl, will not venture to cross the lofty and,
cold Thibetan highlands on their passage
from the trans-Himalayan countries, but
pass over this difficult country at its nar
rowest point."
RnshlnffThrm Right Alan.
tVBOX A STAFF COKBXSFOXDZ3T.1
Washington, January 14. The Senata
Committee on Public Buildings to-day mads
a favorable report on the two bills intro
duced by Senator Quay for the erection of
public buildings at Allegheny City and
Beaver Falls, aud they were placed on tha
calendar.
THE WEATHEB.
For Western Penn-
tyhania and West
Virginia, increasing
cloudiness and light
rain, southwesterly
winds, warmer.
Pli-iSBtnto, January 11 1830.
The United States Signal Hemes officer la
this city furnishes the following:
Time. Ther.l iher.
80 A. M...... !3
Maximum. lemp.. 4
12:00 II 3j
2-00 P. V ........40
S-0OF. M
8-00 P. M 40
auamniii Kmp.m, l
Mean temp...,....,. 34
Kanre ... 15
Rainfall 00
Hirer at 6:3) T. M., 10.S feet, a change of 0.119
14 hours.
River Telesrnma.
rSFZCIAL TELEGRAMS TO TUX DISPATCH. I
Brownsville Klver 6 feet 8 inches and
falling. Weather clear. Thermometer 43s
at 7 p. Jt,
Wabreit River 3 9-10 feet and falling.
Weather clear and mild.
There are .
many white soaps,
each
represented to be
''just as good as the Ivory."
They are not,
but like
all counterfeits,
they lack
the peculiar
and remarkable
qualities of
the genuine.
Ask for
Ivory Soap
and
insip- upon having it.
'Tis sold everywhere.
no3-101orw3
StOp "tlaSTt
Chronic Cough Now.
For If you do not It may become con.
sumptlre. Tor Consumption, Scrofula,
General Debility and Venting Diseases,
there la nothing Uko
SCOTT'S
Fmolsion
Of Pure Cod Liver OU and
HYPOPHOSPH1TES
Of Xumo and Soda.
It Is almost as palatable as milk. Pair
better than other so-called Emulsions.
A wonderful flesh producer.
Scoff's Emulsion
i There are poor imitations. Get the genuine.!
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MEN'S FURNISHINGS.
This the moat Complete Depart
ment in this Oity.
Manufacturing ClothiersTailors, Hat
ters and Men's Furnishers.
954 AND 956 LIBERTY ST.
STlK cobser.
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A fine, large crayon portrait S3 SU; see thenit
before ordering elsewhere. Cabinets, $1 and f
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lift
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JOHN W.TAYLOB Cashier
(3 f A 1 TTTV PHaMt f-
CITY SAVINGS BANEg
SIXTH AVE. AND SillTHFIELD ST.
Capital and surplus. 1125,000.
Transacts a General Banking Business,'
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