Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 25, 1872, Page 1

JUME 26. CHICAGO, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1872. 3 RSO M, NUMBER 128. _*{USICAL. 1S i Orgats For the Holidays. The largest stock in the city. st 100K &b some of our prices. Splendid no? 7-octave Bosewood Pianos, which we fuly guarentee. PIANOCS at $525. PIANOS at §250. PIANOS at $275. PIANOS at $300. PIANOS gt $350. PILNOS st $400. ORGANS at $60. ORGANS at $75. ORGADNS at 100. ORGATS at $125. ORGAYS at $150. ORGANSat $175. . & We sell on instiments to suit purchasers. “STORY & CAMP, ’ 211 Stte-st., cor. Adams. & T" FIRE EXTINGUISHER. THE CHAMPION Fire Extingnisher Go. OF LOUISVILLE, KY. Capital - - - $1,600,000 SAMPL H. PATTERSON, President. E..J. MITCHELL, Secretary and Treasurer. J. B. VAN DYNE, Superintendent. DIRECTORS: JAMES BRIDGEFORD, SAM'L H. PATTERSON, JINO. W. FINNELL, W. F. HARRIS. We havo this day appointed HORATIO Bf. SMITH, No. 84 Markot-st., our Agent at Chicago for the salo of ‘our large, self-acting Village Engine and Hand Firo Ex- THE CBEAMPION s declared to b tho simplest, the most offective, and the only always reliable solf-acting Fire Extinguisher in uso. 1tis an entirely new invention. The letters patent all is- ‘sued within the prosent year. Ttis therefors {reo from the dofectaof all other firo extinguishers before tho public. The inventor of the CHAMPION, Mr. J. B. Van Dsue, experience in introduciog and forward the CHAM- FIRES. SILAS F. MILLER, DILLARD RICKETTS, NORVIN GREEN, The Third Time the Great Show- | The Grace man Has Been Burned Qut: having had meny years' handling fire extinguishers, brings PION, greatly superior to ell others. Corporations and in ‘property against fire, PION on WHEELS, with 200 fect of hoso, 1adder attachment. It has s capacity of over 13,000 GALLONS s two large cylinders, so ar- tivo streams over 100 foat for or four effectise stroams over 100 fedt, o, if an cmergencs roquires. Tho disiduals desirousof protecting theix Wil do well to examino tho CHAM- single chargo of it ranged s to throw two_effec 2ny length of time, each at tho samo tim Champion Extinguisher. Hand size, is o model of simplicity aund cfect- TFires in Philadelphia, Brook- | compay, boo GE{ERAL NOTICES. o Accommaa Our crstomers and friends, we will keep our Store open to-day until . o’clock. I, HATSON & G0, State and Monroe-sts. NOTICE. J. M. WARRER, late in oar employ, hasno lon e A 454 Bog Euthorizéd 1o colect of do jveness for the purpose intended-amlways ready, and never out of order. Itacts with un- erring certaintyand with great eflicicncy. lyn, Elmira, and Elsewhere. MUSICAL, STSTEM FOR BEGINNERS On the PIANOFORTE, By MASON & HOADLEY, ‘This thorough and practical method has acquire i thorough and practlea) mofbod 123 Sadiction 7 i witl Amorican, also Spesial Despatch to The Chicago Triburie, New Yo, Dec, 24.—Tor the third time, Bar- | ceries. Two girls employed in the buil num's Museim, in this ¢ity, has disappeared in His establishment was in TLent's old hippotheatron, on Fourteenth street, | porished in the flames, but thereport needs con- near the Academy of Music, and consisted of tion. The total loss is estimated at 2 splendid menagorio snd museum, sud was by | $500,000. far the finest he bas ever had in the metropolis. His collection of curiosities was botter and larger, while his menagerie embraced over one | when the alarm was given. Two fell, when sev- Buodred choice animals, of which only two ele- | oral feet up, to the ground, and wero severely in- phants and one camel were savod. A quarter of jured. Their names are Mary Hopkins, 06 First D lon of dollars will probably cover what the | S¥enue, and Emma TFiancis, 149 Morcor street. flames have destroyed, but the four beautiful numerous other num hed been flame ‘and smoke. GEMS OF STRATUSS! - g success of this brilliant book contiues. ler. diition. s eagerly called for. 5t S0 beat Strase Music. . Prici Fino Gilt for praseats, EMERSON'S SINGING SCHOOL, the_instraction of ovening Fias abundant material for . Widely used. Costs loss and other S| C] = ing _Classes. WINNER'S NEW SCHOOLS inet Organ, Melodeon, Gaitar, B erman Accordeon, Flageolet. Prico of cach book cts. four For the Piano-Forte, Oab TThess little works are great favorites, becauso thoy ate chioap, are full of easy and lively music, and bave enough of instructive matter for tHe wants of amateurs. "The above books matled, post-paid, for the retail prico. OLIVER DITSON & 00, Boston, great depot. It wal covered with corrugated sheet-iron. enveloped its intorior in o surprisi agonies of the mot gution of animalsare vividly describ S Susjaefa i ue WIALETCR Dy a7, SWINEY & BRO. INSURANCE. PHENIX Insurance Company OF BROOBLYN. Tash Ass Nov, 1, 1072 - - - $2,03200 INCORPORATED 1853. Al g - - - - - - - $1400000 Business not confined to one locality, but scattered among over Eight Hundred Agenciesin the United States. R. S CRITCHELL, Agent, 127 LA SALLE-ST. REMOVALS. REMOVAL. ET & SON, QIPROVED TRE; ECANTILE AGENC The office of this Agency has been removed to 63 Wash- ingronast., i tho bmlding lately occupicd by the Com- Tntreltd Naticnal Bank, and will remain ther uatil the Completion of Portland Block: CHAS, H. DITSON & €0, New York. LYON & HEALY, Chicago. OCEAN NAVIGATION. Anchor Line. mehips of this popalar 1 3 45,3 this PORTSTONY Bior, No, 20 NORTH RIVER, NEW 2h Zoods and passengers for Glasgow, Liverpool, and afl parts of Great Britain, Ireland, and the Continent of Erope. ' FARE PAYABLE IN U. S. CURRENCY. To or from British and Irish ports T or from Hamburg, Antwerp, Have, &. - - g or from Bremen, Gottenberg, Bergen, & - - 38.00 in, fare $60 to $85, and return tickets at reduced rates. Sond for circular giving full information. HENDERSON BROTHERS, Agents, 7 Bowling Green, New York, and 324 Wa- Tho cages containing giraffes wore opened, aralyzod and would not budge. of the keepers wepi i that played the haud org: ot on his noes and. against the carth anc The fierce banging of the lions an The Academy of Music wag ble direction of the wind. destroged wero cight camels and dromedasiss, | night, with a loss of SZ0.000. e lams, y from tne Company’s R, with & 4, ono yak, one eland, on sea lions, boa-constrictors, spes, gorillas, ostriches, etc. The list (of the surroundin dis given in the Associate the weath- large Tho 1088 | ¢ prichments, ornamental plaster manufactorics, ress despatches. As usually happens firo has quickly succoeded another. {his evening by the burning of Dunn, Batlow & Co.’s printing _ office, ersl sdjacent buil great catastropl Avenue Hotel, ‘on Centro street, and eev- | fhc. g_«;, is tnbt%nz 8203,00% A jilar to that at the Fifth ai e eriad by the priting ofie | Of the buildings furnished with fire escapes, ‘Tho fro origimted near an élorator, besido he escs in that direc- B riored I the T e e | Pnovmexcs, R. I, Doc. 26—4 largo woollen With the nerve of despera- | manufactoryin A oLy T e e o o 10ty | 8o nearly destroyed by fife this afternoon. Tho o e k. ang | two lower storleo wore unocoupied, except for as required by a stairway, cuttin tion of fity girls e in the fourth story. JEWELRY, &c 1 5 A 2SS nrnnennns | outside OF the building. the panic was _great, below, but no fatal injuries ) aphs here, to-ni nropean sgents to spend half a | 1055 articularly in the crowd rted. ) E omigt, 183, hohns | Bured for $9,000, which covers one-half of their REMOVATI. <. We shall keep our Store open for business, to accommodate our friends and customers. GERSTENEERG COMMISSION MERCHANT, Has Remeved to 199 East Kinze-st s evening is missing, FINANCIAL: DIC Out your claims. Zems for their collection as any set Jirge and complicated accounts & specialty. thon having claims in aay part of the count Tolnvestigate. Call or send for circaly Hercantie Collection Ageney, 146 East RODDIN & HAMILTON, Wo have as complete and extensivosss- Cstablished, and make “Business z. Madisonst. apel, on the easte: Loans Negotiated Onrealestate, in the city or saburbs, at current rates. G. B State and Weshingion-gis. SPECTACLES. [T oo eevod MONEY CANNOY BUY IT! For Bight is Priceless!! ing the carriage factol 168 East Washington-st. Another account INSURANCE CLAIMS Aferehants’, Firemen's, Equitable, Chicago Tire, Great ‘Western, 1ioine, and Germania, wanted for cash, by J- N. WITHERELL, 558 Wabash av. But fhe Diamond Spectactes will Preserve It J The only anims ate the camel and elephant. fire is unknown. The following are additional particulars of the o ‘burning of Barnum's menagerie : Wies, 5_police als coyed from the mensgerio Tho cause of the REPUBLIC INSURANCE OERTIFICATES T will buy at market price. R. D. STILES, 13 South Clark-st., Room 5. officer, at 4:16 this morning, while on his noticed fire bursting through the roof of ¢ immediately_over whero tho girafles wero and immedistely after the animals and began screeching and howling in & torrible trol, 0 cir- It sou valus sour eyesight use thess porfec und from minnto crystal pebbles, 4 tof name, *‘Diamond, it %o Dlaenmd," on, acconn of ‘their MISCELLANEOUS. TOST. A Lady’s Huating Caso Watch marked ** Jennie, " with chsin and crosgatiachod, somewbere betwoen muy house, Ro. 804 Wes: Washington-st., snd Horton’s Baokstore, i, valued abore any money consideration, and il be suitabls. rewarded on its return o me. 5. P. RANDALL, 604 West Washington-st. ast, many yoarswith- ‘Alarms were soon_sounded, but the flames spread with such rapidity th: dme - Sl ' P et g atty that, 4 08t be- | tyiiliams, and the ferryboat Belle, of Milton, a8 5 thing of the past. The ort that the roars of the animais wero frightfal aring tho short time that theylasted. Two ele- end o camel were the only snimals | of When these were led out by iheirkesp- | o rs, they were given & iar crowd witnessing the fire, docile, 'considerin d ar Viesanted suporiar o ol othors i ¥"E.'SPENCEER & CO. CAUTIOR—Nono genuino asible sgents thron B e State-at; nd 21 W Wabpshiav., Jow. ticians, ato sole sgents for Chica ey can only be obtained. , Opticians, New York. i lobs ‘stamped with car n, Damum's firemen re- 5, JOHN G. ASHLI @ space by the though the ani- | roken, lesking in every seam, mow crowded on BACKE AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, At Culver, Page, Hoyne & Co/'s, 118 and 120 Monroe-st., Chicago. g the eI~ | ghora, The The front buildin g W88 | water. Should the rise continuo till the water and composed nearly altogether | 4ovarg the deck, th iron =nd wood. The structure burned, however, a8 though it was a_tinder-box. The firemen and others wero unable to stand within & hundred fect of the burnin the heat was So intense. citement on all zides. ATIMON BOARDS We will GIVE AWAY A X . ol SELF-FBEDH\]T‘:;? SP-OLASS building, The windows of the T0 RAILROAD CONTRACTORS. A large and desirablo contract is about to bo lot. First- class parties, with largo capital, may learn particulars as below; no others need apply. Address CIL. ARLES H. ROBBINS, P. 0. Box 3370, New York City. ‘Academy of Music were cracked and broken with the heat, the doors were blistered, and the bill-boards in front of the Acade on that side toward the circus. e done £0 save any of the animals. ‘Grace Chapel was wholly consumed, only the | of the Councils hav agreed to submit an ordin- tront walls bein, BASE BURNER PARLOR STOVE rice of $10, to introd 3 Wholesalemdrem OLEVELAND 0, STOVE 00, Mfrs,, Office 34 Union-st., cor. West Washington. At the nominal them during holi At Israel’s Pharmacy, £ Wabash-av., corner Harmon-coust, can be found & beautifal selection of HOLIDAY GOODS, OF ALI. DESCRIPTIONS. Musio, which s directly opposite, It evidently would Christopher Crooked. BYW. F. EATEAWAT. c P e xtend neross to Thirfecnth street, destr AT TARSER ML RER Bo.ts. helarge carriage manufactory of MEETING! Masonic. The trics R.", §.-., will occur on Thursdag Eve., 3: bepreseat. By order ol fiL. . C L G e, Ger Soe. —The fire in Barnum’s Menag- onial assembly of Orirntal Cunxdl:fnr] 8. l;l.' oS, inat., ‘oaic Temple, cor. Halsted and Randolph-sts., z? ho ‘election of oficers. ~All members are bereby notifi TO RENT. ‘were both destroyed. L O.0.F. Union Lndge, No. 9. Yonare horeby notified that’ the ceting of this Lodge will bo held at hall and Washington-sta., Thursday evening, . STEPHEN SENYARD, Sec. ‘Dext regilar me The Basement and 2d and 3d Stories of Brick Building, No. 13 Apply on premises. H. W. DURANT. % Stevens' carriago factory, on Thirteenth ortion of which was burned, urlay’s car- | WASEINGTON, Dec. 24.—The man murdered on ng, was olso glightly dam- | the island, in’South Washington, was named| streot, the rear with §90,000 wort) riage factory, adjoini Michigan-av. from $200,000 to $300,000. Barnum is said tobe in New Orleans. - The loas to the Lawrence estate is $20,000; in- ured. Grate's loss is 300,000 ; insurance, $120,000. Reed & Co., varnish dealers, lost all their fix- A Perfect Carnival of | topessnd etk losb all their Jackson & Co., deslers in fringes, Flame Throughout . Et%ch;murth, manufacturer of piano strings, lost the Country. all his stock. Thousands of people visited the ruins during the day, and a large force of police are on duty to koop the firemen from being impeded in their duty. It is reported that Barnum’s insurance on the animals is only $25,000. The two ele- Burning of Barnum’s. Museum, in | phants sud camels saved wil cover ene-balf of New York---Loss About One Million. that. s Tt appears thst Barnum's insurance on the ggg%g:’g and contents is in the neighborhood of ,000. i In his x:fimrt for November, Firo Marshal McSpede called attention to the unsafe condi- tion of Barnum's Museum, and the danger of surrounding gropurty {rom it. hapel destroyed to-day, was a free church supported by Grace Church. The pas- tor, Mr. Kramer, lost a valuable library by the fire. A building in Duane_street was_partially burned to-dsy, causing dsmages to Sperling’s cloth warehohse to the extent of $20,000; in- Destruction of a Large {Book | suzed. Bindery and Printing Office -— Loss, $350,000. Soveral small firés have also occurred in dif- forent parts of the city to-day. NEw Yomxk, Dec. 24 —The Palisade House, near Englewood, N. J-, on _the Hudson River, was burned this morning. Insured for $160,000. New lcmxbl)ec. 2%—The entire block on the west side of Centre streot, between Laonard and Worth, was burned this_evening. The flames broke out near tho boiler in the basement of the Narrow Escape of Forty Female | building 81, 85, and 8 Gentro sirast, and specd Operatives from Burning ily communicated with the upper floors, whence they spread to the adjoining buildings, 87, 8 91, 11804079 and 77 Contre strest fnd 130'and 182 Leonard strest. In 81, 83, and 85 the fol- lowing partios atelosers: New York Newspaper Company; Aiken & Cremer, of Milwaukeo; Dunn, Buslow & Co, printingofis; Andersot Archer & c indery. In 87 Jomes Gallagher, aehler 1 biass goods: In 89 and 91 weroe the law offives of Howa and Hummell and Howe, and Shorter, Edwards snd Prico, and the liquor store of George Middleton. No. 79 was occupied by . B. Cummins 28 paint shop snd dwelling, and 77, by Dye Wilkins as a liquor storo. Nos. 130 and 192 Leonard street, wore occupied by numerons families, and the first floors 28 gro- Where the fire commenced were severely. fnjurods alao, two men, one of whom Benjamin Ballard, Drobably fatally, Thore is a rumor thst six girls LATER.—Thirty-oight young women, employed in the npper stories of 81, 83and 85 Centrastreet, fled down the staircaso and by the fire escape The building was 8 mere shell, filled with in- loss of | flammablo material, The flames burst from with | overy window, threatening the Clipper office op- that Mr. Bar- | posite, and other buildings. collecting in the quartors of tho globe ever since tho 0ld Broad- | ing had his skull fractured. He will probably way establishment was ‘burnt out, is sbsolute. | dfo, Benjamin Balton was less seriously in- Barnum himself is in Now Orleans. The build- | jured. mo preciacly like Talmage's Taber- | ~_Tho building 81, 83 and 85, waa owned by the fast Sunday, and like Dr. Hep- | Claston estato. Loss 8150,000; small insur- 'a Church, now erecting near Vander 84 vast framework of pine | The loss of Cramer, Aikens & Cramer, former- The flames | Iy of Milwaukee, but now known ss the New ngly short | York Newspaper ~Company, _is £50,000, congre- | fully insured. unn, dow & by the | Co. lose $20,000, = insured; Anderson, ing the four | Archer & Co. lose 831,000; partly insurod. Tho ‘Gt th torrified creatures | building 87 and 89 Centro strest was owued by Some | the Lorillard estate, whose loss is $10,000. t on finding that they had to | Among the other losers, of whom thore is duite The immense elephant | lazgo number, are Jamos Gallagher $10,000, an alsorefused to leavo, | and John L. Allrek, grocer, $10,000. No. 188 orished, rubbing his | Leonord street, tenement, was damaged 215,000 fm m:gu{sh.t Total loss about £350,000. o igors ngeinst | New Yomx, Dec. 2+.—Luck's box factory and their cages could be heard above all the din. | Funk's piano factory, in Ninetecnth sm‘sxfywm savod by the favors- | burned lest night. ‘Tho loss is $10,000; insured. Among the animals i TJosoph Pike, printer, residing 43 Franklin stroet, ws struck on the head by & falling brick t's | ance, being of dangerous construction. Barlow Barbor's elovator, in Brooklyn, was burned last Erarvra, N, Y., Doc. 2h.—A disastrous fire oe- curred in this city early this morning: Some & | wooden buildings, twelve in number, in the Dusiness portion of the city, on the bl of the river, betwoen Railroad avenue and Main street, Fere' burned completely to the ground. They were occupied a8 carpenter shops, furniture es- and & variety of other businessos. Amon 5 tho Pennsylyania House, a large hotel, was destroyed. In the second stories of many families_resided, and their summary turning out into the bitter cold caused much distress. The loss will fall not far short of 850,000, with not over $10,000 insuranco. Yucket, ovmed by Almy Bros., storage. The upper story was occupied by H. ¥F. Bishop & Co., manufacturers, who were in- million in_replscing the menagerie. He prom- | BunLriatox, Tows, Dec. 24.—A fire in Hiber- Toes his new show shall start on its travels next | nia af 4 o'clock this morning destroyed the pork April. _His company lost all their wardrobe nnd | packing establishment of George Boeck, Loss, ‘musical instruments. that burned 4 heve perished in others were severel 28,000 ; insured for $16,000; causo of the fire working in tho book bindery | accidental. and may Font Bcorr, Kansss, Dec. 24.—A fire af Two or_three | Fontana, Kansss, yosterday morning, destroyed o evercly contused and bruised in | fourteen houses in the southern’part of tho their terror-stricken push down the fire-escape. | town. No insurance. []7)‘0 the zfimeg:m Prm.]M & ec. 24.—Barnum’s Musoum and | mills, on Blair street; Alle's carpet manufac- rmf:i‘cm:f;mb m&t. fi%pfi:f:ni:): tory, and Ring’s yarn spinning epazbuahmcn_:, Blusio, wae bushed Gy Lol | zore totally burned this evening. The loss is in balt an hour tho entire building theugh 3 structed of iron, was in ruins. e flames qui read to the buildings on either e Tach PERILS BY WATER. riy side, was burned to the T und, and the Lawrence mansion, on the west- The Rise in the Ohio River—Steam= side, was seriocsly dsmaged. 'The fire iran crs Injured. block to Thirteenth street, destroy- | (rsonvam, Dee. 24.—Captain David Laker, of ry,of Minor & Stovens aid | g gtenmer Genoral Buell, telographs from Mad- PrrApELPHIA, Dec. 23.—The Standard carpet 50,000 igon, - Ind,, thot the gorge below that ¢ says the loss will roach | point has csused an eight foot rise of water, and ‘then broko, when the flooding ice cut down the Louisville and Cincinnati mail steamer General Buell this afternoon. In sinking she sottled o7, and_ it is thought tho rising of the river avo her. Hopes are entertained that the Tise in the Ohio River now running out will keep Tt open till the cold snap passea sway. Mavisox, Ind., Dec. 24.—Tho rise in the Ohio River reached this placo about half-past 1 o'clock to-dny, breaking up the ice gorgo, the Tuge cakes of ico carying everything befors them. Thostenmers General Buell and Nat. wero gunk. The stesmer Honry Probasco, Tying at tho Marine Wharf, was carried by the id0 trom 200 to 300 yards down the river, when she was secured to the shore by ~mesns oxtra cables, very slightly dam- 2ged. -Beyeral barges and flats also carried Sway or sunk. The ferry boatis battered and uell lios in about four feet of o o damage will be very exten- sive. Her guards sre already badly damaged. Ono of the huge pieces of oak ten inches square which supports tho cabin_was snepped in byain. The ice i# running very heavy and tge ‘weather is extromely cold. were burned Proposed Building Laws in Philadel= thing could phia. PrrapELPEIA, Dec. 24.—The Law Committeo ance to tho Councils making it unlswful in the S Gerny ua?fi?’:&lfl Church, which adjoia | city Limits to build cornices of combustible ma- ‘[t was very much fosred that tho Acsdemy of | conndeting roofs and walls, or enciosing the Jould also bo | points of ‘connections aro to be made of brick or 1 % ave beon had | other incombustible materisl. Roofs are to be SO the wind changed, which caused the fire to | constructed of slate, metal, or other incombus- ingon | tiblo material. Mansards on buildings over 85 tevens | feet high, are to be made in all parts of incom- terial, and all cornices or otler constructions for d overal private dwellings. No lives | bustible material. are roported lost. - LATER—5 p. I read to the mansion of Mrs. Lav- t, and then to the iron front | . NEW Yok, Dec. 247-At a meating of the occupied by F. Grate, ivory dealer, Methodist preachers, yesterday, strong ground oo B e o by (g | w88 taken against Professor fym 1t then_spread to | 8308 theory: The Methodists vs. Tyndall. Tyndall's prayer, Xdentified. . sged. ‘Baroum's lossos ore variously estimated at | mossessicn, Rogersl, & German pedler, Who had 8200 in his { RAILROAD DISASTERS. A Passenger Traini Breaks Through a Trestle, and Falls Forty Feet. Four Persons Killed Instantly--- One Fatally and Others Seriously Injureds Other Minor Accidents--—Sév- eral People Injured. CrxcrssaTr, O., Dec. 24.—The Times' Jeffer- sonville, Ind., special says that the south-bound froight train on the Jeffersonville, Madison & Tndlunapolis Rond, jumped off the track ab Houryvillo, at 8 o'olock this morning, plunging fhirtecn cars snd_the locomotive over a steep embankment, muking a total wreck of the train. Sohn Bolch, the engineér, George Colter, fire- man, and Koone, brakeman, Wers instantly Special Despatch to The Chicago Tribuna. Unsana, O., Dec. 24 —Fraok Ashland, en- gineer on a freight train, was killed_about 834 Eliles west of this jlace, to-day. In coupling his engine to the trainh is Lead was caught in some manner, crushing his skull, snd causing instant death. His remains were taken to Columbus, where he leaves & wife and two chil- dren = Special Despatch to The Chicago Tribunie. KAt Aaaz00, Sich., Dec. 24—A broken rail let off & train on the Air Line Division of the Mich- fgan Control Railrosd fhis morning, and quite & on the main number of accidonts Lave occurred Tine and branches, but nothing serious. Spectal D atch to The Chicago Tribune, JaES ie., Dec, 24.—The accidont last night on the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad, Dear Harvard, injured the enginesr, Steven Hoteling, and a brakeman, nsmed Ben. Hilt. Neither was seriouslyinjured, Six coaches went off the track, and wera considerably broken up. Crevraxp, O., Dec. 24—Train No. 6 on the Cross Cut Road, leaving Corry at 1 p. m. to-day, xan throngh the high trestle over Gioose Creek 5 is somo forty feet high, The train isn wreck below, and burning, alt is reported Some eight or nine persons were killed, and & The trest] number injured. Laren.—The accident on the Cross Cub Rail- rosd ocourred s few rods south of Prospect Station, eight miles from Brockton. Two cars woro bumed, and, as far as learved, four men Lilled: Con. Maloney, road master; Frank Taylor, baggageman ; Merk Haight, Brockton, and B. Bell, of Thurman, N. Y. ; Fay Flanders the Conductor, is dying ; Eorl Bscon, tho mai agent, is dangorously injured. Others are in- Jared, bat no names can be learned. DuBuquE, Iows, Dec. 24.—Passenger train No. 2, coming; east on the Iow: Division of the Illi- Tois Central, was thrown from the track while péssing under the wagon bridge snd through the deep cut_about & mile east of Epworth, last pight. Tho train eonsisted of s bsggago car, onb mail and express car, two coaches, and ong| Pulimon eleeping car. = Tho esgine was not’ thrown from the track, but all the cars were turned over on their side. The accident i8’ Supposed to have boen caused by the breaking of a rail, broken by the cugine fimsaing ovor " ‘Tio oxpress messenger, E. A. Guil- bort, Jr., of Dubuque, was injured by the safo fallihg upon him. A surgeon from Waterloo, Who was on tho train, states thet Guilbert is in- " ted internally, and he fears fatally. Mr. J. W. Anderson, of Winthrop, was badly bruised abont tho head, and a number of other persons ero somewha bruised, but none others were seriously injured. “TWALL STREET. Review of the NMoney, Bond, Gold, Stock, and Produce Markets, Special Despateh to The Chicago Tribune. New Yo, Dec. 24.—Wall streot markets were generally very quiet, owing to the approach of Christmas, Money was comparatively easy in the morning to borrowers on call, at 7 por cent $01-82, but more active in the afternoon, and advanced to 1-16, with closing loans mostly at 192. Prime bankers' notes are quoted nom- inally 8t 12. . o EXCHANGE AND GOLD. Foreign exchange was dull and lower. About £150,000 of borrowed bills wore placed on the market yesterday, and tho remnants of these bills to-day had & tendency to cause dispsrity ‘between brokers’ ssking prices and the street Tates. ‘Gold wns aull and stendy at 1115§ to 1113¢. BONDS. Govornment bonds were firm 2nd in some in- stances higher. The demand was pretty active, but fow bouds were offored, and there is great difficalty in_purchasing important smounts; 18678 sold os high s 1163 STOCKS. The stock market closed early after a day de- voted somer 3 ‘o Christmas pranks. The vol- <8 was not large. The market ghows a wenkening tendency, as large holders are disposed to sell in response to the bullish Teoling among tho small operstors, particulerly ume of bt in the leading shares. PRODUCE. Flour closes firmer for all. grades under 87.50. Other grades are without material change. Whest closes better for spring, and with a fairly active demand, chiefly for export. Winter Was firm but quiet, with moderate offerings. Pork woa moderatelyactive, with sales of 5,000 Prls new for Decomber ot $13.50, and 200 brls do on spot at $13.75 for inspected. ~Cut meats— Sales 45 tos pickled hams, 15 Ibs, at 0%¢c; 10,000 o, 41 Ibs average, at T34c. Dacon in good Gomand for short clear on the spot, which was scarce, snd quoted at TI§@Tic, Sules: 50 boxes Short clear on tho spot at 7ifc. Lard dull and ansettled for spot. Western freely offered at do bellie: 5o on spot; 5o bid for Tuture delivery; to8 sold for Apri January st 73e. EVANSVILLE. A Murder Trial Interrupted—A Serious Cutuing Affray—Accident to General A. P, Elovey. ‘EvaxsviLLe, Ind., Dec. 22.—A special to the | Journal says that the trial of idchels, Owensboro, Ky-, for the murder of Throckmor- ton, was interrnpted to-day by the serious illness of one of the jurors. The jury was dismissed _and the caso will be tried over. Another Journal special, from Rockport, say8 that Daoniel Leobtz, just released from the Elizabethtown jail, cut William Biles with 2 xa- Zor at Rockport to-dsy, giving & probably fatal wound. General A, P. Hovey fell in Mt. Vernon, Ind., 1ast night and broke his wrist. e Burned to Death. ‘Special Despatch to The Chicago Tribuns. SpRINGFIELD, 11, Dec. 24.—Miss Belle Spence, & young Indy sbont 18 years of sgo, residing on Tighth street, in this city, Was fatally burned, wiilo sitempting to light o fire, this afterngon, ik 8 4 tho fire, and, to Trurry it up, took up & can of oil, snd, while in the aet of pouring tho oil on the fire, it ignited and exploded the can. Her clothes immediately $ook o, and, before assistance could reach her, tho was so fearfully burned that all hope of 5av- with coal o e had prepare ing her lifo is abandoned. Special Despatch to The Chicago Tribune. b Keompw, Tows, Dec. 24.—A lady, sbout 80 onrs of age, named Sarah Potter, met with & orrible death last avening. She was engaged thes caught fire from ‘the stove, and before assistance reached her she. a5 burned in frightful manner, having_been literally rossted alive. She diedin & few hours afterwards, sufforing in the meantime the most intense pain. The dwelling in which she lived in cooking, when her clo narrowly escaped destruction by fire. —_— e Railroad News. Sr. Lous, Dec. 24.—The Missouri, Kansas & Texss Roilway was complated to Dennison, Tex., inst.night, and regular trains will run to from that point to-day- Dex1s0x, Texas, Doo. 24—Track-layers on the- “for 83¢c, and 500 tes cify for { decline ti Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad reached this city to-day, and a e ‘passenger train leaves hore to-night for the North. Denison, on its third monibly birthder, with its 2,500.inhabi- tants in 400 buildings, two newspapers, two bonks, snd business represented in the game ratio, sends a Christmas greeting to the outside world. Five hundred bsles of cotton are here g:itti‘x:g shipment on the first freight train North, L Dunuquz, Tows, Dec. 24.—The tunnel on the Galena & fuscodo Narrow Gsuge Road, be- tween Galena and_Platteyille, Wis,, has ‘been Tored 101 feet in the north end, and 60 in the soutk end, or 161 feet in sl ‘exclusive of the approaches, which required an_excavation 245 feet in length, There remain 212 feot to com- Ploto the great bore. A strong force is working at each end, and the distance between the two forces i8 bamg reduced about twenty-four feet per week. At this rate the work will bé comi- pleted early in March. Tho tupnel is _twelve feet wide and seventeen feet high, arched at the top in arock that makes a safo and solid roof. At the bottom it is now running along & hori- Zontal seam, which furnishes an excellent foundation. WASHINGTON. PROTECTION FOR AMNEBICAN WINE GBOWERS. Special Despatch to The Chtcago Tribune. WaASHINGTON, Dec. 24.—The Intérnsl Revenue Bureau is preparing & bill for the better profec~ tion of wine growers in the Tnited States, andto prevent the manufacture of imitation wines. The bill be ready for presentation to Congress by about the middle of January. Several exten- sive wine-growers in the West have ‘been re- quested to give the Bureau the necessary in- formation in relation to the matter. Letters to this effect have been forwarded to Mr. Werk, E. A, Thomson, L. Buchanan, and Zimmerman & Co., wine-growers at Cincinnati: THE OVERLAND TELEGBAPH: Willism Whiting, member-elect of Congress from Boston, and the lawyer to whom the Gov- ernment lobks for advice it the tele jph mat- ters, is now here and is preparing,at the instance of the Attorney General, an opinion as to_what rights the Government Tas in the overland tele- raph lines, and especislly those which Wore Em' t on the grants of the various Pacific Rail- road Companies. The opinion will be submit- ted to the Attorney General, to-morrow, and it is understood that 1t assumes that the Govern- ment has rights at least in the lines of the Union Pacific Railroad. 4 LETTER OF CONSOLATION. The gentlemen of the State Department re- cently wrote s_joint letter to Mr. Frederick Beward, condnlinfi with him npon the loss of his fother,” the lato Hon. Wi, H. Seward. A reply “waa received to-day,” expressing the gratification afforded him by the sentimentsof thegentlemen, ho were for a long time associated offvially Pod incimately with the ex-Becretary during thoso eventfnl years in the history of this conn-~ tyin which he performed so_important & part, hile Head of the Foreign Office. {70 the Associated Press.} THE PRESIDENT. o ‘WasnixaToN, Dec. 24.—The President tele- Emphed Trom Miflin, Pa., this morning, ho was otained by snow and ice, but expects to reach Washington by s Iate train to-night. g CHRISTMAS. The yarions Departments will be closed to- MOrTow. . THE NEW ABRMY UNIFORM. General Shermsn and siaff will wear tho newly adopted army uniform for the first time on mak- ing an official call upon the President on.New Year’s Day, INTERCOURSE WITH THE TREASURY. Several attorneys and claim_agents are en- deavoring to induce Secretary Boutell to modi- 2 his order relative to their official .intercourse sith the Tressury Department. CUBAN EMANCIPAIION. New Yoz, Dec. 24.—A Washington despatch states that the reported coalition of the South American States to force Spain to relinquish her Talo over Cabs, is unknown to diplomatic repre- sentatives. INDIAN BOUNTY FRAUDS. 1t is stated that the Government has with- . drawn from the arbitration in the case of the . Wright-Indian-bounty frauds, by which Wright obtained about half & million dollars, which he still holds. NEW YORK. New Yo, Dec. 24.—Simmons, the murdorer of Duryes, was Temoved last night from the Park Hospital to sn unknown plsca of ‘safety by the police, owing, 8s is stated, o the fact that the police became awere of the formation of a Vigilance committee of some forty men, who i teaded taking Simmons from the hospital and hanging him. : Tho verdict of the jury over the ‘bodies of those burned at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, return- ed lnst night, is to the effect that the servants came to their death by suffocation and fire, un- der the following circumstances: The rooms oc- copied opencd on a corridor, which was closed st both ends, the means of egress from which were by the way of _the narrow platform and staircase, ‘built ‘entirely of wood, up which the fire was ‘burning, nd small sky-lights opening into the roof, with Findows oponing into each room, said windows being closed by wire screens ; and the jury far- fhorfind that the proprietors of the hotel gave orders to facilitate the escape of the inmates in order to preserve life. They further recommend that the proper suthorities be requested to immediately inspect every botel in' this city in order to prevent the recurrence of alike ca- amity. Heary Seiglor was stabbed to death by Fred- erick Wise, in Williamsburg, last night. Wise escaped. § Tighty-five English_immigrants, sent out un- der the care of soveral residents of Californis, arrived yesterdey, and will sail for California by the steataer Ocean Queen on Monday next. ‘Recorder Hackett tiis morning quashed the indictment against Hugh Smith, who was jointly indicted with Sweeney, Tweed, and others, on iho ground that the oxtended term of Judge Bedford's Grand Jury ves illogal. ‘ATunaway sccident oceurred in Brooklyn this morning, abont 1o'clock, by which s lady named Madame Adams, who kept an ¢ establishment” at No. 56 West Twelfth street, New York, lost her life. The team of horses, attached to the coach in which Medame Adams was riding, took $right at the corner of Myrtlo avenue and Wash- ipgton strest, and ran awsy. They dashed dosn Weshington street_at a furious rate, throwin%m the driver, Willinm Gallagher, from his' box, mpon the pavement. Mrs. Adams' screnms could be heard sa the ‘horses sped along the street, butthe tesm went ith such rapidity that no one conld check their Drogress, On reaching the foot of the streef, they continued straight on and went oft the dock. The coachand team immediately sank, and fhe lady wes drowned in the shut-up coach. * The body was recovered in about an hour and conveyed to the station-house. The team and conch were worth $3,000. “Tadge Tappan, of the Supreme Conurt, has decided that the levy of the 834 mills’ deficiency tax npon Brooklyn is legal, and hss directed a eremptory mandsmus to bo isgued against the apervisors of Kings County, compelling them to collect the said tax. The total amount in- volved is §700,000. Ty s oportod. that, tho Rev. Dr. Haight will o Episcopal Bishoprick of Massachu- Sotts, to which ho was recently chosen. Tho Stoles case was adjourned to Thursdsy. Thomna Farrell, keeper in the Wards' Island Lunatic Asylum, who was held on two indict- ‘ments for the homicide of patients under his Charge, was suffered to go on his Own recogni- zance, the ‘principal witnoss sgainst him having e Suit for False Imprisonment. ‘Special Despatch to The Chicago Tribune. Font WATNE, Ind., Dec. 24.—Suit will be com- ‘menced in tho United States Gircuit Conzt at In- Gisnapolis, this weel, by Otto Berg, of Philadel- phis, agaitist Meyor Randall, of this city, for false imprisonment. Berg was arrested here & fow days ago on suspicion of being one of the 925,000 watch thieves of Chicago, and at the in- stance of the Mayor was held until his innocence was proven—about_twenty-four hours. Berg, lays his damages at $50,000. s 3y A Telegraphic Brevities. Batanta and Big Tree, the Kiowa Chiefs, wbo have been confined in_jail in St. Louis for three ‘months past, left on Mondsy night for the Texss Penitentiary at Huntsville, in ge of United Btates Deputy Marshals Newcomb and Morgan. ‘At & meeting of colored citizens in Boston, on Monday night, resolutions were passed cs\hng { . Arkansas, on thé American people to urge the Administra< ion to oxtend all legal aid to the patriots of Cubs in thoir strugglo for freedom. George H. Lacey, General Superintendent ‘3' the Northern Illinois Coal and Iron Company's coal mines in LaSalle, was last evening present- ed with a yaluable gold watch and chain by the miners in his employ. o The trial of Hibbler, the Fort Wayne wife- murderer, has been postponed till Thursdsy. ‘A young man in the cmploy of 1. F. Gebbark & Co., iron-cornico deslers, of Dayton, Ohbio,- named Tost, whilo 25 rork on the Court House et Steubenrille, Ohio, early yestorday ‘morning, fell from a scalfold, and bd both legs broken. " His lifo wes only éoved by striking = ook in his dowmward flight, which turned Body round so he lit on his fect. o sustainod some severe bruises internally, and is in a eriti- a1 condition. Ho will be taken to his home in Dagton as soon 55 ‘his condition will allow it. ng case of small-pox i roported in Jackson= ville, TH., to-day. ifhe person ill with it re- Trovadthere s fow days since from Memphis, Tenn., where he doubtless contracted the loath- some disease. This is the first case of the dis- S850 in Jacksonville for many months past. The Hon. Wm. E. Cramer, proprietor_of tha Milwaukee Wisconsin, gives the newsboys of that city a Christmas dinner to—dflg. “An Exglish quack doctor, named Henry Albert Brawning, was arrested and committed ‘to jail, esterday, in Memphis, for attompting to "8 Toiet o sotiool girl 9 years of age. -. The Young Men’s publican Club, of Milwau- e, given the Hon. Matt. H. Carpenter & com= plimentary dinner on tie 30th inst. FOREIGN. GREAT BRITAIN. * Lovoy, Dec. 24—The vessel reported . wrocked at the mouth of the River Gironde, on Baturday, was, beyond question, the steamship Germany, which sailed from ‘Liverpool on the 17th for Havana and New Orleans, and not the Gemmenia. No particulars have been received. The Messs, Allan report that it was their ute:‘ms_hip Germany which was lost, 88 re- orte ¥ MoNTREAL, Dec, 24.—The Messrs. Allan have received a cable despatch, announciny the loss ‘of the steamship Germany, but that the passen= gers and crew werd gaved. LoxpoN, Dec. 2&—DMinister Schenck has re- turned from Italy. N Thuradsy, &8 wall as Wednesday, of this week will be observed as & close holiday. The examination of Robert Bowles, of the firtn ‘'of Bowles Brothers, has again been postponed one week. The prisoner has found bail for that* time, and has been released. ——— FRANCE. Paris, Dec. 24.—The Temps says_the postal treaty between France and the United States has not yet been signed. The final act will be de- ferred until tlse reopening of the Asgembly. ——— SPAIN. ~ Mavpmw, Dec. 24—In the Cortes, yesterdar, Martos announced that the Government hes taken measures to prevent the purchase of slayesin Porto Bico and cosvoying them to Cuoba. Disz asked if the ownersin Porto Rico would be indemnified in case of theemancipatioa of the slaves. Martos requested Diaz to posi~ Pono his question until the debatosrose. Mapmro, Dec, 24.—Deepsiches received by tie Govorament give accounts of dispersing Of varions Carlist bands by the troops. A Repud- lican band in Marcia under Galvez had been sur~ prised and broken up. ; POLITICAL. ALLEGED ELECTION FRAUDS iN ARKANSAS. Larree Rock, Dec. 24—The Hon. Wm. 3L Harrison, & candidate on the Reform Steate ticket for the position of Associate Justice of the Supreme Court at the recent election, to-dag, Hlod s complaint before H. N. Celdwell, Tnited States District Judge for the Eastern District of Ersy‘ing foran injunction to prevent 3y, 1, Stevenson and E. J. Esarl tha Republican candidates, whose election hag been sononnced by the State Depart< ment, from exercising tho duties of. office; and also asking fors restraining order fo provent Acting Governor Hadley and Secre tary of State Johnson from altering or r=2! the original returns, and asking fo; e to compel them to produce in 0 originn} returns, statements, ac.,i:‘h'fimmfl to the “hection. The bill charg=> w0 Governor, Sacre-, of ‘State, Regieuars, County. Clerks, and' iTees of Elecyisit ith confederating together, and franduleatly depriving thousands of citizens’ 0 be xight to vote; of changing and alter- o e’ returs, and preventmg the returns from ~ being made - from’ four counties, by which the complainant avers he was deprived of the benefit of 10,000 votes. Counsel moved for a temporary injunc- Liom until the motion could be heard and argued,* on the ground that the defendant would defaco the records, after being apprised of these pro~ ceedings, unless restrained from doing so0. Judge Caldwell refused the temporary injunc= tion, but directed that the parties be served ith & motice and copy of complaint, and ho would hear the matter on Monday next. ALABAMA POLITICS AND FINANCES. MoxTaoMERY, Ala., Dec. 24—In view of tho zocent action of the Gourt House assomblage in: authorizing the issue of two millions of dollars 3 bonds, the Daily Adrertiser, s Democratio or- Ban, this morning, warns cnpitalists against iz- & sting in the bonds for these ressons: First, that the action of the Court House body_was in bad faith towards the compromise sabmitted hi the Attorney General of the TUnited States an sccepted by both bodies ; second, that but one party, and that the non-taxpgying, Wwas repre- P nted in the body suthorizing the 1ssue ; third,: that the eaid body had 1o guthority to act for' the peopls of the State ; fourth, that 00 quorumN was present in either ‘branch of the Court Room.: bodyed.when the act is alleged to havo beend g8 , pageed. cial agont will leave for the North in_ o few days to negotiate for the sale of the bondsw FEMALE SUFFRAGE TRIALS AT ROCHESTER, - NEW YOR! K. ‘BocEESTER, N, Y., Dec, 24.—The examination of Benesloy W. Jones, Edwin T. Marsh, and: William B. Hell, Inspectors of Election, who permitted Susen B. Anthony to vote st the late. Pleotion, befora tho United States Commissioner, | A P. Ely, on the charge of permitting women’ t0 voto, was concluded to-day. Jobn E. Pound,: Deputy United Btates District Attorney,: DoRe” the argument ~ in _behalf of he ~ prosecution, and Miss Susan B. Anthiony appeared as counsel for the Inspect- ots, and made an ablo argument in their behall. Thé decision of the Commissioner is not yeb an= nounced. .The ar; ent in the case of Susan B. ‘Anthony was concluded on Tuesdsy before Com-= ‘missioner Storrs. Decision was postponed until Thursday next. “THE BOSTON MAYORALTY. ‘Bostox, Deo. 24.—The fall report of the come, mittee for recounting the votes of the recent municipal _election, confirms the election of Henry L. Pierce, Mayor, by 79 majority. The Pennsylvania Conl Mines, New York, Dec. 24.—A despatch from Phila-" delphis statés that operations in the coal regions( stop on the 1st of January. ‘The suspen- sion is csused by thenon-acceptance of the basis/ %:uposed by the Anthracite Board of Trado to the W. B. A., at the meeting in Pottsville. Thei roposition of the Anthracite Board of Trade a5 been submitted to_different districts. Aftor their action is ascertained another meeting will be held. It is generally thought, in tho coalt Togions, that there will be a long susponsion. OTTEVILLE, Pa., Dec. 24.—The roported sus- pension of mining operations in this region i3 ‘unfounded. . P ostv(iz, Pa., Dec. 24—Evening—Tho Workingmen's Benevolent Association have sub- mitted & proposition to the Anthracite Board of Toade, made Dec. 11, for_the present basis cf 5250 at. Pork Carbon, liding up and down in= definitely. s 3 The rewult of the voting in the various di tricts will not be known until Baturday nex: but, a8 far a8 ascertained, they have voiel against the proposition of the operator: There are mo immediate apprehensions of & general strike, because those operators WEo St to work their mines will continue to pay the prosent basis for several weeks, until a ne ‘basis is settled. The colleries in the Schuylkill region are gez= erally working. There may be astoppage of & week or tw., which is generally the case at this scason of \la year, for repairs,