COMMERCIAL
tun condition or nraiNi:si
Dun I'iniln Iloom lor Ilnpn Drupite
Weather anil Hate Wars.
ll, 0. I'iiii & C.'s weekly review of trnda
ays: Tli- new ymr opens with no iiiiiortiiit
chango in bmimss eels A hop.ful
fc'Iriijj everywhere prevails, mi I at thess::i
timo tho imtur and i xtc-it of retarding In
flnenots mo more dourly reoogniifd. Promi
nent among Miiwt n I ho lit vnmble
weather, which pievcnls the muni distribu
tion of iitnny r ducts; tho tlisitlon of
fnriiiom to hold buck rwliif tn, m dilative
r'oi l(i having rro it -d II hoioof inuoli high T
ripcc, ainl tlm wid.-ipr, it I disturbmoo of
tra lo by rnilri ml wnrs mi l discriminations.
The unusually osn winter, bo, nri'se s It
riimVult to get pro Iiio'k to nmrki't tin I is '
Iveinlly disturliing to the i mat ii:ii'T trado
of tho Northwest. Itaili-o.d n.;iv. iincds do
not top thn discrimination of which iii"r
chant in inot of the Western lownsnro pom
filninlng, wliilx tlin hois of h'x'I;IioIi1hi
were chilled by new of rutting in Western
f issngor nit' s wit bin one t;ty after tho new
cotnpiet to. k eloet.
In spite of tl i influences rcortsof tlio
condition of I ii-im - mo g mi rally fuvniaM ,
Tin' growth of iirinuf icttiti'ig nt many West
itii inti in a notiilila feature, n i I ocjvol il
ly in tln gas ri gi lis, mi. I nt points in N rth
em Illinois and I hi ii. Merchants gMicriily
reckon up n largo lucre imi In mii nut of
tiuniip-K la-t yosr, though low ir I tl.- ol so
llm movement vim 1 1 i i - 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 1 V slow.
Tim tnr.lini.si of direction, dti') in
different M otion to short or Into crops, to
yellow fpViT, to til Id We lllior, or t I0'nrd"d
ii-tribtitioi of in nkoting, icslson nm'trof
general unp'iiiiit . At tii iiiv cities tlio ris-ord
of I'll 1 ling li ows a surprising Inoro.n., pi
M'inlly nt tli i Wst, and in l'lii'n lolphi t tlm
tmi'iliiii iTP'ti'd worn l.noi in ip' tliti in
17. Tlin present stite of ti il Ip is generally
quii't, von in rp than is ti-uii' for tlm so is m,
Imt tlio motiiiy markets, tli nuh usuilly well
niipli'i, liiivn n letter ili'imi id ut I'liilud '
plua, Clcvnhtnd, Ivtroit, Milwaukee, Ouiihi
and Nioux City.
Tlio niiim.it Ktiiti'iii 'iit of failure, showing
tlmt 10,l'o'. lirui", or n Infl" inoro limn mm in
Pim liuinli o I, wont into lnitikmpU'V in I""!",
In on tlio whole, ipi cii lly iiiicoiir.iinjr, lie.
niui tlio nvernp of li.iliilitles wn only 111,.
i'Xi fir tlio year, mid i,:.firtli"l h ipmr
t'T. This iiidi 'nti s Unit n r"iinrliiili!y I iro
firoportion of tli i fiiiliuet rep H ( d ai of
ronrcrni doiiiR nmill I iiiiii's. tin tli i ntln-r
h ind, the nniiili'T for tlm I k' ii irter win
nlxiut tlio lurost on ro'Mi'd, mid there
nro otlu r ii il cilioiis th it tin) exist, n.; xtito
of thing" oeriit powerfully to crowd out
tho nmiiller nnd woikor tnnlen. It niiiy Iw
oticwl, Ut", tint tlirounh nit tlm VVoti'rn
Southern Sln'in, Texm exi'tud d, tlm fiiiU
uriM xroro liotli niitii"rouH mid larger in nro
rnto of linbilitii at' an in tlio yenr preoo lin,
whit. in tlm Kuslerii,Midd!nnd fucillo Stiitoi
an liii;ioriailt decro in i in iiinoiiiit of liubili
tio nmiwiiii nnj hIjio in Toxna,
A $e, woo 0()(, .:M i:
A lUg f.rnnt nl' l.ni.il I'm rluiHPil Iroiii
I lio llra.llian (.ovcrniiieni.
Olio of tlm lii;;e,t hill 1 d - .Is o:l iivord Ii-ir
l ooiieoii!eiii!ii;ited w ith Hip II.- .ilian ti.ivprn
iiiotit I'V Mow Voik, I'itNliur.li a i l Wii li
itHtntl ! ip:t I'is'rt. 'I'll pl llie p.il ol'j.'l't of
llm I'ronio'iiin of the n !i vn is to op mi up
valti'ililo diftiiiou I an I pil l ll I !h In lur ot
rrn lhazil, mi. I in or !er to pp s cute in e l :
Kntniii an I i mry on the H'li k, a I'ouipiiiy
with n (vipital of t .',u d.miKI i in
prod'sn of frn in it on. The riint. is for be
tween MI.MN) nml l", ,t 0 la mp. of land l r ler
iiii; the An az hi river in tlm legion of the
And. 8 tn untaii K. 'I'll i terms unoii w hich
the. e,r ir.t uus in i.lo nro not inn In puMu' in
detail, Imt the ;mi' s nro roinpli t-d. The
idiu Is totlr-t mi- d mi exploring un l v lo tli
company' ;ruiit. This party will inc'inln
xprt miners on I iaip"ii mi l h -i-tutists.
Tl;o pirty will remiia a
your and tnako oxhaiu-livo sui veys nu l re
fceaiehi s. Thero is no doubt about thero l-pnt-ious
minerals in tli onrtli ut tbi
oomtj for a young nia'i in Alli'ithuny, w ho
hfis HK-nt c 'w '(.'rn1'''.' ti'U-J ly llrnJI, mjs
'natlvti, cai'h year, bring great qil '.utitien of
fold and precious rtorw to tlio ( ttleiii"ti'.
1 b i hind is situnt d no ir a (Hiint where, ni
.-irding to tradition, the iineient l'ertivi ins
oiind millions of dollm s worth of gold, n
portion of which was curried nwny by a for
ij;n army which invnd d the c uutry.
(jovcrnor Aiiick' Monmj;''.
Gotitiht AincN in his uiinu il tnossngo
to tlio LegUl iturn of MasH ichiispttM a Ivises
the enrly MilniiUsion to the puplp of tho pro
iibition a iiendiuent mid advocitin the in-5r-M
of the H'iiiiltii'il for violation f Ih i li.
fiiorlawn. Ho thinks it would bd wImi to
iul ititut.i imprisoiiiii'Mit for Hii'8 in hiipIi
Cift. TIip S'utii has i'XH'i ib'd uvi r M'Ven
million duliars during tin p-mt year for tho
KlUCIltioil Of IJciO.IOl) (XTMIIIS. Tho MllVlllpi
6iiiik contuiii 4:;i',K".,0Til, an iiicrniso of
iTor twelvo million diiriag the pn-tymr.
l'hu DUiuliir of oh' nccounU I niiig USj.V'J.
AVcit Vlrj:liiU Hortlim Case.
Alrondy -18 witnosiim unil others hiyo
loii uuinionod to npxar lieforo the United
StaU-i Court on Jauu iry 10 In Pm konburi;,
V. Vtt., In the trial of cjh of allegl ill-sil
voting, bribery an I iiitiml Ution at the re
wit lection. Among thi counti-a repre
rsit 'd by casm will be Hnncjck, Ohio, Vut
d, Pretin, Monoinsaholi, Variou Wirt,
Juikson, Wyoming, Mrcr, MeDowoll,
Rome, Knawha, Fayette, Or enlTHr, Mon
roe, Webster and other. Most of the ulmrgei
will bo pref 'rred also aprninst aome Commit.
loner of Elfctiou for allowing Ulfjal rota
to be caiii.
earthquake In Costa IUra,
Ban Jose, Cokta Rica, was tho areas on the
night of December 'JU and th i morning of
Deoamber 30 of a aerioa of earthquake ahixki
of freat aeverity. The shocks are bolievnl to
baTH originated in the rolcano of Toai, aix
teaguea diataut from tho town. At Ata'ajulu
eight peraon were killed and muny injured.
The churches and principal buildings in th
city euftere.1 considerable d imago. The In
habitant encampel intbnsU'irrs ami parks.
Jio further knocks hire occui r I, the alurui
Uaulaldlug. Thecivio fu:ula wue b.-un
ioKlay.
AVItKCKKD HAIIiHO AllH.
flxtv-rivA Mlllinne In the Houp I-nel
Yo.tr mill tlin 1'roi.cnt Outlook
Caliioniy.
The Ilitihran Ay "Vi'lulo the pist
year wan not a fnvonb'o oao for the rad
waya (tenernlly in rppct to eirniiii; of
mnintotia ice of rites, It inikm n mil '!i li
illscoiirnging showing thin in my of its pro I
e esor in 'lm fiiiiiN-r n' roi'H add linger
forocmiir an I nlso I i t!i' liil'm n ul rnoi
!nl I lYolvod IiihiipIi n os. '1 h fi"t, Inmi'V-r,
di n il provo tli it ill ii Is nro n i proi
-ri"ir, Ui 'h'M i for i' I m'.ir.i mini nr th'- Imr
VPMting of m'.vl iuivo loi ti'for-, n tin
tlinoi nrvpral yt'd Altlii.li iiiiii'tP'i
rond, with iilm 1,00 nid'M of II'ipi mi I
noirly iVi,in) ,! of bo, n 1 1 1 o."', Imr
tl nib'siii ! ao I out for t'l" crti bt"i- d'.ii nii
tlm Vpnr, tin n i flur nro tiiucli lestli ni
tlioMofniiv pi evimis year sincp our roc rd
was In'khii, w d'i t ! oxC'ptl'iK ofthojir
IH--;, l-land 1SI O.ity twiofiho iiiii -te n
coinpui m in tho list nra n nmi th i really
iiiiiort ii t riilwivs In tho ci itniry, tlipo two
l"iiithi Klori la lt.rhvav nml tho N .vin
tion, with .V: I miles of run I and ovpi-!.(! ..
ihi:i of no -iiritie', and tho II nn'on & To i
(Vntnil, with ,Vf! niiha aid re;n i n 'lit iim
nonrly .'.i.iiiiii,ool. Mm', of tin other ro id
nro itiito Miial' an 1 c iMpip I tbroiig'i vit (:
p-irii'iis of th f iiil'i v, II' d tli 'ir faililiK
riiu'te. chieflv fiom h.ck of l.ii-i ic i,'
Ihiring th i ii-t thirtiMii p.irs 4"-l imlonv
isuiip ini.-i w it h 4 i.TM m les of lii f m r
th in oro 1 1 1 i 1 1 1 of th piitir- mile'iK' 'f lb'
c 'li'itry to-day u d r 'pr s.'iitinvf in s cu. i
lies iilmii-t t I.MV" .' ", over :t per oonr.
of tlm present rail i I'al havo b. en
elr." I l.y the c mi ts for the b in lit of their
creditors nil I nil at miction.
At th" pr.'s nt tiiii' t!m i ml i"k for I '-'.' in
in ress'of to r ill wn v ins ilveny is not, a'to
co'.her cho'i ful. I h" h nvv liis-es of Iss7
ll lV.' S riollslv II IT et. i the II l.lll. i ll standi' c
of many romp mi. s i n.l unlca ru'e-wiis nrp
preVellt.wl III d legist it io.i n ul public a- tit i
nieiif Ih-ciiiio I si unju: tonnr l riilwnv in
leiisis, thee.' is i'"is hi to fmr that the I. si o(
r. eeiv. rbips for ! ivill l e Verv much
larger thn i for th e.ir th it h m J at I ...!.
rivi: Mi'.N iiii.M i.
A 1 III Holler i:pbMlcsVitti A pi
Injr ISoiilt. "-.
A torriblo nccidnit t'o!;plap a. New
Hope, Merc r c uuty, W. Vu-, i Snturdny
Inst, Tho faiiin is of tho iicicjiborho'id h.i I
cotigrivi'c-1 nt W. C rter's Mo mi grimsmiii
to ohtnin th"ir usual Mioply of 11 'itr. WiN
linm Jeromo ai d Thoiiim Cui tor, Jopli K.
Froin'h, Wa le Shntll -lurgor, John Wliiuner
and IjovI and Kli Shi Ids weio sitting in th i
mill talking when a terrible oxp!oion occu;
red. Tho boiler had burst. Tho mill wan
Vitally wr- ckl.
Joseph K. French, Thoiuaa Carter, I.i-vl
Khivlda mid John Wiminor wore instantly
killiil. K I Shi- Ids wn horribly ai-ildo I and
ihorHy nfU'rwiinl dio.1. WndoSlitilll i irgor
was bully biiinoil noout tho faco mid boly,
but will probably rivovcr. Jeromo Cmter
was injure I nlsnit tho lend nid fnot. His
oil u bono wiih broken, nud ho win c mimIiIt
ibly burin oL Win. Carter wua w rioimly
tiruiMvl nu l injuria Internally.
Tho oxil')siou was of tcrr.fle fore '. Tlio
nmvy null b-ains were tout nud I rokol into
ii'.int'rs, terribly m iiiglin tho bodiist of tho
ilenil men. The of tlm toiler weighing ut
I. a-t -il I p am !s w. io 1 1 ova over i yards
aw.iy. N xii'.o pr smt can k- Ij-ii imy cuns
for the nccidouf, but it is thought ll wn duo
to tho urgligeniv of tho ciigluo r, Wa leShuf
fi burger, who allowed tho wat r in tho I oil
.r to run too low.
i:an oi r wini thi: ii ii:i:i 31 ax.
I.aurn ltsri- tines Awny Witbu-7."-I'iiiiiiiI
(iriiii iii.
Ilonry iospr, of Cuinrii townsYp, il i no
of tho wviiMiioit farmers in H -rks c iimty.
l'liilip Kemp, n;ed lib ait !1) mid weihii g
87") p .uuds, has I pen his hired man for tho
past two yium. '1 li t family observed on h.-v
oral occikIo s tlia" K 'liip was ruth r iittont
ivo to tho funnel's Iil ynirsoll duugliter
Liiirn, but owing t'l her youth they
entertained no suspicious until Th'.ir
day morning when the d inciter tli 1
not nps ir. Tho day previous Kouip inforiu
ed Mr. M'W'.ir thnt ho h id obtidro I work
in a Urvwery i i tho city. TIkvi h" p .ok I
hia liUuk. !'.i r.d I tiou to his owa etrpets he
packosl up all of I ,i lira's w ir.Irob , together
with all the pot'tr.iits of hlms'lf and I-uuru
that could l fouml nWmt th hoiw?,
llo haulol tho trunk away during ilmaftiT
lioon. After be wuh gone L mi a see:no I tc
bo rostbss, and toward ovonlug sh inform si
her parents tint alio was going to a party. N;
objection wus nnido mi l tho girl ilepait si.
Since then liothiiu I"" boon seen or her 01
the hired man, but tho parents wereinf orinod
that tho oouplo 1 n I purchased tickets fot
New York, ami it is I elioved that Kemp lu
tomU taking her to (.ierunny with Liir. ,
A I'l.ltKV HUE KIEF.
llr Ketones a l'rlsoiicr From a
Masked Mob Alter llo Hud
Itccu Twice Strung I' p.
lAst Thursday, Deputy Sheriff J. A.
Mmirn tirivfttid Jack (I'llrieu, at (iurlniid,
Tex is, where two stores h'd booii rob'sd.
l'ait of tho Molotl gisi'U were found in
O'llr oti's pisi- sMoti. Kr.d iy night tho illlo !
htnrtiil wnh O'lliiou tor Dallas for Mifo keep
ing. Whdo Mocro wus buying a ciur
at tho dosit, a iniisKod mob of
a d 'ti liesi ciptured tin prisoner,
currio.1 him lo Elm Tree Park, a quarter of a
nil o distant, and ulrung him to a tree. Moore
reai hod tho c me and cut the n.jss just iu
time to s ivo O'lirioii's life. Moore was soon
ovorp iweriil. Part of tho mob held the of
ficer while the others took O'ltrion some diss
tauce and agntii strung biuiup. Mooro llnub
ly fnssl himself and with a revolver iuaithot
hand a I vatic d on tho lynchers and again cut
tl'Ilrien down, lioth parties then oeiied ill t
and several of the mob were wounded. Moore
and his prisoner finally P ache 1 Dallas in
safety. It is not known whether the wound'
ed men are fatally injured or not.
Trapped to Walt for Death.
At Newaik, Ohio, a liiltiniore and Ohlc
ysrdinau, F. II. levies, of Iialtinmre, caught
his bsit iu a frog in tho yard, and before h
could filrlcito himself, ho was run over by
linear and so feiirfu'ly mangled that he
ikul lu hulf au hour, lid was new man.
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.
OuKANKU KHOM ALti BOCKCEl1!
th Slain Facta Related WKLout
Vi'nDccrannry MTorUa.
Omirrnl Mana -eni of ell the ral'r wl lli"i
In the territory of thi Wmtern Htatsi P.m
iigor Aocl itlon hare nerw l to form mi
aa oi'ition for tho maintenance of rates and
for the conduct of the pns-enier hiiin In
ivmforniity with th lute '' ('nniiorro
law. An riRri-nmo-.t covering the groun i i
bring foim ilntol.
The OoTernor of M ilne rec immimla that
the L'lrislatuie ineinori Xta Congress asking
tint Iloprosoiibitiv.' in Conjre and I'rwd
d"iitinl electors Mis.ll Imj chosen on the wound
Tii'si I y of October, beginning with tho year
I. ''.'A
0overnorl.il', of Michigan, In hla liiii
urnl mi ainye rmnmiends Ih -pisisgoof n lo
nil option I iw, belioTing that tin tiui'i was
rio for it.
A boiler in tin hoop fao'ory of Col mo'
John Ashfonl, nt Clinb n, N. C, cxol dil,
instantly kill! i t Colonel Ashf ori's tw is
n I n iiogro, nn I f .it illy inj:iri.i Coloao!
Ashfor I himself.
powder an I dvimuiito mig '.ino. at In
tun i. lenii.. was I I oaii up, t it i Iv d ill il sh
Ingthe m if ixine, bit, no on hurt. Tho
f.MC of the pxplodon w is felt l inil-s a v iy .
K O. Wa'c itt r' C'lv il 41 of t'e ' vo-rs
f the i:o, ubl cm c ni 'in lo th" S ii'i'-Tshiji
from Colorado, nn I his iioinor.tioii wis
mule uninliio is; J mi -s M'M.IIri, of I)..
Iroit, was unnnini oiiilv n i'iiin ito I to -iici e.l
Hen itor l alni.'r, of Miclilg hi, nud Win. 1'.
Fi yo w-is in niiim an y io load m!. I to an
ntle r t' nn i i i ha i-Viia'" fr 'in M ii i".
Judge Mayer, a J.irit of 1 111; c imty, I'a .
refus s t i re 'n1. igtl in nt ' as li'o in s:
v.i!iinb!o cli ir c- a i-t o in a jnryuin i. and
lias g"im so far ns lo set a J in in i i an n o i
Ihe c ilife-s.o i of th I'l't r III it ll ' d d Hi:
t ,ko or r " id even a e m it v news i in -r.
Tl.cson of a Now York millionaire, whCa
t ot in c Ih go iH'c inio a i deeply intemted ta
;h" highly important Mu ly of c-ocksfll.ting
hat ho want" I to take tho birds to bud Willi
aim or sleep in the hell h u-0.
Tho Supi piiio Court is irr coverably three
fia-s U'liinl with its woik. Tno o dy ho)ni
a that Congress will do something to rolieve
t. O herwiso tho court will drifi. far .her
bin, I.
Tho Chicigo Atinn hlsta havo won a s null
victory in tho courts. The M istor-in-Chan-
ry ba di ci'lo I th it the Arts-iter linn I liai
I right to hold its ifi.sting, thong I ho do
alined to r commend an inj ino ion reilrln
ing tho police from interfering with those
unietings.
Tho couipiny which insurol tho life of
II iggerly. sai l to h ivo Imvui killed in the oil
r gioii w lmu tho l.'.M) p muds of ilnnand'e
went off, refii" I to p iythe jlicy bocaust
n 't n trici of Hnggerty can bj found; but
A. II. Richmond, of Mo idvilh1, who is some
thing of a scioi.Mst in well as a lawyer, pro
Miuuds the theory thnt the heat generated I y
tho tremendous explosion was so gr at as tv
III S Ulli-I Vl-UW tfUS jt lln-l,'.,
Ih dy.
Killers II irrls and II. rrion, of tho Church
nf Litt r Day Snints, have baptized John
t.loyd, i f 11 i he-ter, ns a ineint cr rf tlu-il
I'llllicll.
A
lioh sah I qu ir pstnbrshmnnt at Hur- j
lingt n, 1 1., was raidl y tcrd iy nud 2)0
bine's of w hisUy and b 0 cis w of wino soix
t I by the hli.-i ilT. This is nn imiortaiit in ivo
f..r tho eiifonsnii nt of tlm prohibitory law.
Many liquor dealers w ill pivbil.ly loooth
State.
An uction lins Im n instituted iigains'i Ih
Northern Pap flc lliiiroad Coinpstiy in tli
U. S. District Cour nt St. Paul, which in.
Volvos lictwioi .",iJ'Sl,IHH nul 9lI.0lKI.OU .
Tlio ron, I has boon trespassing upon (J,iv.rn
iiipntltind for n niimbor of yotrs, reiiu ling
(.i 'V. riiincnt timber laud und causiuira vruut
sjss to it
Russia has I'luct, 1 a flotilla of war vasstli
on the Vistula river.
Mr. M ieUiir.ii , tho agent of the British
East Afririn Comiany, on Now Year'l
Day preu'iitcd hundi-olsof slaves with paper
giving them their freedom. His actiou has
created much rejoicing and enthusiasm.
The largo flouring mill, owned by (Jeorg
H. Dykeuinn, of StiipHinsburg, together with
ts'verul hundred bai roll of flour and new
machinery, t' tliy destroyed by fire Satars
day night. It was sot on fire in the second
tory by ttinw unknown villain. Loss esti
mated attl2,0OU; no linmriiuce.
Jucob Hinl, ton years ago sont to tho pent
toutiary in Minnesota for Ufo for murder, has
just been pardoned, his Innocence of the
crime having been established. The prison
er's brother, on his death bed, confomad tho
inur.hr for which hi brother hus been sufs
foriug undeserved punishment.
A. T. U'wis, Into Mastor Workman of
District Assembly :i KnighU of I-ubor, has
Isoiecl a sisHiial reply to lirand Master ork-
mau Powdoi ly, In which he irakos a rs n
al attack ou Mr. Powderly's ofllcinl course.
L'jwis is now Sicretary of the Natioual Pro-
gromdve Union of Miuo Lsborers.
lleiijamiii E. Hopkins, lata nssUtnnt cash
ier of tho defunct Fidelity National Ihuik,
died yesterday at his residence iu Cincinnati.
Ho was pm doned by tho Prvhsdant December
'JO, but the pairr did not reach the Columbus
Penitentiary until Eriduy uiorning, January
4. Mr. Hopkins reuchod homo that evening
and aftor a joyful limiting with bis family
seemed to be exhausted by tho excitement and
vuitors were exclu led. llo uevbr fully ral
lied, and died surrounded by members of his
family.
A horrible tragedy h's just coma to light
in South Carolina. Four negroes beguile 1 a
nocro named Fraior into a bout ou Broad
river, and, when they were about th uild
die, attacked him and riflei bis pockets. A
struL-ulo followed, the boat upset and the
murderers and their victim were drowned.
A lloy C'i'uhIkiiI io Dcatli.
An 8-yearsold boy, H. A, Uittlugs, was in
stoutly killed on tho Fort Wsynort alat
Jack's Hun, Pa., Sniulay, He, with some
relatives, while ro urniug from chinch servi
le, w us standing ou the western track watch
ing a freight passing nn tho (astern traok,
w hen tlu pan n;i r tiuin going wettcime
along, and, lofoio hecoul l tet out of t je way
he was tun over and kilkd.
INDIANS HITR THE DUST.
A Fight to tlielloath IV t ween Oroa
Vr ntrea or lller Crowe.
A courier from Hweet Grass Hills bring
news of a fight that occurred on Wed nog lay
last between a qtnrtette of Oroa Ventres and
Rirer Crow Indians. The struggle oocurrel
about sundown on January 9, on tho banks
of Cottonwood creek In tha foot bills, three
of the reds being killed outright and tho
fotirtheo ai-rloiuiy sloshid that ho died on
Friday night
It appears that forserera! months Spotted
Dog, a Or.si Ventre brave, ha I ben paying
frequent visits to a River Crow squaw in
spite of warnings from her brother, named j
Willow, t krep away. Weliiosday 8ottd
T t 4 , . V. .... t I
Dog ret out with a comptnlon on a hunting
expedition up Cott mwood crcok. Tho couple
were followed by Willow and a young half
breed named Joe Hunks, and when al out 3)
miles from the Crow camp, Willow and the
half-breed caught up with Spotted D.ig and
his companion and commsn led thorn to bait.
An altercation ensuod which resultod in a
challenge from Spotted Dog to hive it out
then and there. Tho chnlienge was accepted,
and, depositing their guns ami blankets on
the bank of tho crock, the gladiators drew
their knives and pis.red away for the flftht
Hpottod Dog and Willow woro pitted
tainst each other, and at the flint lunge
nga
Willow buried his knife in the muscle of hia
nut igonlst's right arm, disabling it. The
flht Instoxi half an hour, and at its p-inchls
ion Spotted Dog, Will iw ami tho half-breed,
Hunks, were dead or dying, and the surviv
ing Orisi Ventre, bleeding from 8veral
wounds, was I arcly nhle to mount his iony
and ride to tlio camp, w herd he tu-ido known
the result of tho buttle and subsuniitly
diisl of his wounds.
Tho affair lias cro ilo 1 a groit do il of bud
fivliiig letnecn the Imlinns, mil further
trouble is feir.-d. Siveral of tho tiros Veu
tn shove gone to riegaiinnd pttrchaso I largo
qintitilic if nmuiunition, and it is
surmised th'it they mom to ovon-o
thedoithof HHitteil Dog. Agent Allen bus
taken proc lUtious to pro vent aiy of tho
Rlackfisiit having this agency, and worl will
l sent to Agont Lincoln, nt the tiros Ventre
Agency, to n lopt similar measures to
vent a conflict.
V
a tiEAot i; op noY.itonnEics.
Tho I'ennaylvaniit Itnilrond Its Vic
tim for $ 100,(10(1.
A systematic scheme of robbery from the
Pennsylvania Riilroa I Cominy lins just
coino to light through tho arrest in Altoonn,
Pa;, of William, Thomas and Iicwis Miope,
Ernest Johnson and Charles Kelly. Whole
sale arrehts have boon tn do ull along ths
line.
Detective John Kecves, of Cleve'nnd, 0.,
discovered th robberies by uncovpring two
tons of brass design work in that city and
Altoonn, Investigation brought to light that
robberies have boon going on for a year past,
an I that nn estlmato snys that tho stealings
will amount to a round hutidrd thou'and
dollars.
It has ticcn revealed tint a regular systoui
of robbnry of brass from tho c irs existed oil
along the line, witu ..-i-i- -...i
Pbiludolphia, Altoonn and Clevolnnd. Or
t;anirel bands of lioys did tho scaling, sold
iho bnos to agents nt 3 cents a pound, and
they resold it to Moses Silvcrnrin, a junk
I dialer at Clevehin I. lit 7 cents n li iund. Sil-
vermaii is tho h-ad of tho cotifpiiacy und ho
and bis agents have become rich through it.
Tho mode of op rn'ions, ns bl 1 by Charles
Ko ly, tho head of tho Altoona gang, who is
16 year old, and who bus turno I State's ev
idence, is that n. ch gnng should bo oignniz-d
in uprnls, one of which wiilclei, while the
other I roke off Iho brasses with picks and
levers and made away with the plunder. The
J niriiiils' were taken off in mo trains, c lining i
riou..r.ck. More than 0-K) ,,ounds of
bruMi r.ns stolon nt one time from tho com
pany's shop, iu AHoonn, beforo the eyes of
the employe.
Ileum and Wnlters. two men who have not
yet been arretd, wore the agents iu Altoona
and Walters alouo bad thirty boys working
under him. Some of the boys Uvnme so ex.
pert as to t'e transferred to a larger field of
operations.
DAKOTA SKTTIiKItS ST.tUVIN'O.
'
F.xlrrmo Suffering and Privation
Among Hcvcnly I 'a in I lies of
, Norwrglar.a.
A letter fr m R-iv. C. W. nic'.ies. of Park
Hivor, Dik., conveys tho first authentic in
formation of rx'remo sutTpi ingand prlvit'o I
among tin Norwegiun settlers lu Western
WuUh county. Men with reliuf report tint
they found about seventy fumilies in about us
'stituto circuiiiUancos us it is p-issihlo for
human liiigs to b) and still exist. Many
weru found with bur ly enough clothing ti
caver their iiakcdma, and that of tho thin
nest mati riui. H'as'S wore almost unkuowu.i
These farmers have lived ou their little cupl-;
tul until nothing remained. Most of Ihnir
bavo boon living ou u kind of srridgo, mad,
by c Hiking frozen green wluut and outt,
stulf not lit io liwd a hog. One family hu
not so -ii any Hour for six weeks. Nearly al
were entirely out of fl nir. The people h ivi
brt'll dividing with eir'.l olh.T thoir IsjtatoorajEK
until now thoy uiegone, loj.
Th Krcrct Out.
Prof. Ilonry C. Friend's cirofully gunrded
secret rrocos for refining crude sugar, which
was the basis of tlm Electrio Sugar Untitling
Company, bus been expose I. It was discov
ered by a Brooklyn dress-maker, Mrs. IL M.
Baillie, who wss employed by the Friends
during the "experimental" stage of the great
swindle, and who beard the family discuss
the "secret" through an open register imme
diately after a 13,000 demonstration. It con
sists of washing the raw material through
the water plios and then admitting tho
wou'd-bs investors to inspect the result of
the Professor's little machine, which was al
w. ys loaded with the refined article.
Tviny Vraacla host.
Tl e loss of Phil 'dolphia c uiunirco during
the psst ye rh s boon very disastrous bath
b) lilo aid piopo ty. eleven vow,.'!, eitmv
boui d to or from i'luln le ph a, or onl in
I hut city , having go io lo tho bottom of the
X' "n with 11H l.vo-, while 0 moi'o who
wrecko I, but oi lune'-- ly without 1 wa of life.
The pr porly swallow e l up witii thou to:i '
ty visje.s was valued at SAO.i.OUt,
MKAUT1E4 OP TIIR EClJPSE.
They Are Seen From Many Poll1
Fine Effects In Light ami
khattea.
Daring the rcl Ipse of the sun Prof. DaVW"
on of Howard Otwcrvatiry, dlscnvcre l tiT0
comets near the sun. A drawing of tho ter9'
scoplo appe-nnco of the o -rona near t
south pele of the sun was obt.lned by J.
Ilrnshoar, of Allegheny, P. Th ooroni wa
similar in generil apiearanc3 to th issof ISO. ' '
andis?1!. A striking clnno'erlstio of throill
corona wai two forked win -i of light pulai 44
rnys well defined.
At Cioverdale, Just previous to the titntity "
the cirrus clou ts wra all tinge I with th-r'(fcp4r from
nioa'. brilliant colors of the rainbow. K.rlyli
..... I
the clips Venus appe.rednnd Mercury an."'
other plsnots were plainly In view. 44 IIat.1 44 15c tin
AtBinJ.wethe NormM 8 -hool ob.orvlna TVrnfllpro 1 1 n ti,U-nw.l.
p ty aaw Venus plainly with t e naked eye ' ftlmera " aildkcrclllcfa,
but th.' coions and prominence! were ren"
ry encap and lino quality.
ilered invisible by flonUng c ouds. Amon vHuck-gklll, Clotli Alld Kid
the Incidents of the phenomena oliaorveil wni)npr o-nnilsi Inrirn cloelr r
th0rff"ctofthe,cl!,ep, the Iniigos r " , t , V , 8tCk f
I In sun, form.sl whore iho light sum rtm ilOlldiV ROOUS (if CVCrv
through azures. "Will positively not bo uri-
I'rof. W. W. Thoburn, of the T.-,,lv. roty J
the 1'i.c fie, msdo on'e ibs rvntioiis, issist.
bvlW. A. H. ItrlL'-s. Darli.T ih. n,' lor IMSC laVOrH. T WOlllll re.
quarter of the eclipse tlio sky w.s ocurSolicit a COntilltiailCO oflm
t,y ciu ( lmt from th Hon wis com;i,ratii 1 "
ly clear. At the moment of greatest obsct
ity the sun was almost hi Men, rxept a in
thin en-scent on the sout hern edge. 7
inclin'jilns of tho ni ion wore c'carly somio
lined ngaiiist the sun, Venus snlMir
conjuiiction woro tasily distinguish! d
tho naked eye.
I)r'liiif In Moclc iio nl.it Ion.
Tlio decline in Mock spee ilatl.ui Is oris
the ni'wt striki g foatiirni 'if the y. ar, so far
SB Iho businoss world is coiicena- l. 11a"
rec)rd of the year's triiimactiotiBa'-tho S oik
Exchange as conipilisl by Mx. fiuri.s, f thoa
rncretiryS office, tolls tlio sto-y of tlio do-fns-iion
in Wall strot as no nieo words
cm tell It. litirinx ss the mi! -s
of stocks at tho Excliang, a,-KrrC ,,ii 1
only C.mi.l.lO shares. This iniy m,
bo considereil a larjo nun W. ai.d4.ft sUaf k ! 1i Bill N
j It U, taken by Itself, but when placed side
nio wun inor 'cori oi lust yiar, ,CI,t'',o
lliares, the falling off In Lti-iucsa is s-en to 1 1
S'J,KiUi7 shnroa, a loss In commission to th-J
sctixe brokers of tho Exchuif;n of upward'
ff f il,.VMl,n 0. Hinci 1!S1 the .Irdiiio in stock
ss?ulaiioii has Uen continuous mil very
great. In Ih .t yenr tho sales of s'eck n-.'gro
gnt d 1 n.OT'.IW sluirisi, ir nearly d.ub!0
what they woe this ye-ir. In ISM tl o MiK
bad alien off to 10:i,ll.W.so4 Mi itos.
IlYXAMI 1 1 1 I. X 1'IiOalOV.
Two Young Men lllown Into Piece
Too Mn a 1 1 to ltorogiuz.
A i.no.i. ..i.i... . ... i..
mil i una im ;i'it7ili. inuuvl IWU ,lli;oi
from Humneytown, Pi. Two young r.i
V:
Erh anil Sohowker woro liter illy blow
atom by un expl"sion of a half buck it of
dynamit. Thy were employed
tames .inner s uynaniiui luctorv, ana a
the time were at work iu Haiii)Creck, u.nir
tho factory, mixing tho lngtden s of dynnJ
mite. It issupxllhit in mixing the :ul,
I llo prols?r liropoiciona ieio now ,. .. w j
1 iii, ami ai a ro-ult ih i explosion etisuo 1. Th
moil were blown to pioces and fianimrso
flish woro so itteriHi over a wi lo nro i. N on
i of the plot! of fl nil picko I u; wora of until
! rient siz i to show tiwhtch bo.lv ih-y bj
t longed. None of th'. facUiry buil ii'ig w-n,
' ii jure I, thou ;h tho sin ck wus felt iu hous ,v
tno miles from tie sco ui.
A llitf I rami.
Thn nipi'trical Suar Retlning Comprii
li'is colliisxt w ith a crash and thn iiieth k
of roll iin; raw sugar by electricity ha I'Oiv
j rovo ltobo n finuiL Tho shares of thA
, tuinraoy were ip.ote.1 Frid.y t
t .li,.p. 11.. Xl.iti.lt.v flmv ui .11 t.f. I'vt
)ier share. On Monday they soi l i.t
Die cap I thi stock of the company consists o
10,000 shnres of of a pur va'uo of i.",M.l. Oul
about 5,000 sharrs, however, have been flout
ed uku the eoiiflding publ o and iieurly ul'
of these are held iibroud. The alleged pro-'
cess was anuouncod a a wonderful disrov
nrv In lHsJ I'rof. lleni v C. Frio;:d cliiiiiiin..
to be tha Inventor. He said ho would rave'
90 lr ton iu refining raw sugar and would
produce Oner sugar than any process hithorti
known. At a moetinst of Dromlnent cilisiui'
.ofNewYorkCityhepreU-ndol to i''i'DiDfr the people of SoyJer conntf,
I I
C hirr Arthur to Healgn.
Chief Engineer Arthur, of the Brother
hood of lo comotive Engineers, intendi re
signing his ofllce at the expiration of biji
present terms, which will be same time next
spring. The reason is given that the pre seat
policy of Brotherhood, eecinlly us regards
the management of the Burlington strke, is
not and bus not been in accord with his
New Goods
Having just returned from V.
good we tuke thin method to:
Bee It and notice the
GREATLY 1
at which we nro ofloriug It.
lne nf
i'ue (Jrand'Ju'? of Alleghony county
found a true bill of three counts ng'iint 8u
perliitondont Btirr, i f thi Pittshurg. Fori
Wayno and Ch cigo Unilnal fr ivKponsi
Dll ty iu counooilon with the accident at th
r nido crossing iu Alleghony, upwards of a
year ago, which resulted iu the death of Miss
Harriett Weyuian U'mI Mr. J. M. Cut p.
Robbed Their Grandfather.
Two tons of Milton Moyer, of Philadelphia,
aged resptctively IH and 10 years, visited
Join Wvider, their grandfather, at Hchlm
Bisvllle, Irhigh county. Pa. After leaving
for borne, Welder found that be ba I been
robbed of nearly 1270. The boys were pur
ued, caught and conteso I tJ ihe theft, and
iro uow iu All-mown j lib
New OU Field In Ohio. '
A new oil well producing 100 barrels the
first 34 hours, is reported struck on the Th'.
Rowland farm, on tha Ohio side of tha river,
oppoiite Dureka, In PleannU county , W.
Vn. It Is the best well struck iu that dis'.rlof,
ai d reports say th it a large number of new
lcusos are being takeu.
FOREIOX NEW.
Extreme cold prevails in the EkrJerln;-
Dnrg district or tJoutheastern Russia. It iVertl-
nated that 175 persona have len fmtrj
teeth, Tba. Black, Caspian and As if
T I II .
iw frozen over, ivaiirooji aisasiers oil i
xmnt of cold and snow are reported 1
aj A?;1. V. T." ? f - f th "T" 1 K Art
",u" "u,,, ' -lO-OO
2.25 to 10.00
1.50 to 3.75
3.50 upward
3.00 "
1.00 to 5.00
i
1.- 1 V rt m. I
anu -y8 flpS iTOlfl DC lip
'LEBURGH, PA.
j and Summer. Iff
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K,IOff 1 "HIHMISe Vari-
bv" ' 9 KH fla H
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Centurv Clotli,
White Dnwb
Line of Cassf mere!
aad Embroideries.
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with 1 1
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sviiojji VS V I, 41
lOCK 01
Timothy .
Blue gruss
Mulct
WHEAT No. 1 red
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101
Kit)
1 mi
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sil
CORN Na 2 yellow ear,
Allied cur, '
Kht'llo I InlXisl, ;"
OATS New No. 2 white, '-''
KVK Now No. a Ohiound Pa. .''.
Kl.OUH Fancy winter rats, fi M
Fancy spring pats,
Cleir w n t .-r
Hye Flour,
II AY Now Timothy,
I .', from wagons
MIDDLlNLiS WLiU',
Brnu,
Chop Fo sl,
UAl.TIUUl'.R.
Wheat No. 2 i cJ, i
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Corn
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CINCINNATI.
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Eggs 1"
Pork
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Flour Family 4 75
Wheat No. 2, lied
Corn No. 2, Mixi
Oats Ungraded White
Hye No. 2
Butter Crenniery Extra
Cheese N. Y. Full Crrain
40
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Central Yakdh, East Lu I
r . -mi, v
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therxoeptiou of shipping out tl""
slgumenU.
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and 2,'j io uo lor common', laws -
as to quality.
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loails lolt over unsold; sold
light hogs ooutiuue to seU wt-rs "r
huivy-weights, .
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