Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 27, 1879, Page 5

[yl — Harrible Double Murder Re- A ported from luka, ! Miss. ’ Vvietims Robbed of o °r$l|‘:;oo in Gold ' Coin. S e ol I Crawford County, } q“{:uds {0 an Assnssinatlon, Gy —_— il of Mrs, Hioks, Acoused of Kill- ing an Infant, at Kalamazoo, GRORGIA MURDER. . int Dispatch to The Tribune. s, Ga, Fev. 20.—The particulars of n vm'k'mmz ‘have just renchicd this city from 4 mnx County, 1t appears that somo year or mfloo Mr. Mack Robertson, a prominent I’lgx this scetion, and 8 member of the 'm‘;(r; . Lathrop & Co., of Savannah, em- [ |'mm usmed Humber ns overseer on one pfl“’hnullans. Av the close of the year Mr. ‘mbl:, was notifled that hia services wero not “rd any longer. ‘There was a violent dis- ot betwecn the twomen over the settle- tofthelr accounts, Jiumber claiming that passtill due Nim. It s eald that bo threat- " epenly to kill Robortson 1f e did not ropwith im. In the meantime Humber's e went over L0 Robertson's house, nud whils o pecams involved in a very sharp quarre} rison. 8he accuscd him of a nomber o hingy, mntlt at Tength he became excited and i she lictin_ her statements concerntug po Atthis Mts, Humber sald, * You are just good 18 8 dead man. My husband will kil B be then loft the houso. Bhortly after- sty Robectson was riding along the rond, b Bl son about 200 yards in ¢ rear The som says that ns tfutber was pasalng & thick wood ho saw o t fash from 8 bushy elumo, heard a report, e bls father fall headlong from hls horse. Juhe same moment, lio saw Humber {asuc from getesh and hurry across the rond. o at onco aed bl and flved ot him once or twice, but Fanier escaped. He then returned to where ssfuber was Iylng, nnd yfindlng him dead, was cmome with grief, and sank down {n the rond. There wero fivo or six witnesses to the shoot- by, vbo hurried to thio acene. ‘There 18 nodoubt. ‘iothe lentity of Humber with the person ‘thrthe shooting. He has escancd capture tip fitls ime, but 8 telegram just rocelved in Ma< ato M. Robertson'a Inwyer Justifics the sus- n that his wheroabouts are known. The pmiest excitement prevnils throaghout the ey, and the kiliing is condemned in un peustred terms. NOT GUILTY. gpectal Dispateh to The Trivune, Kiunazoo, Mich., Fob. 26.~The case of The Twple 16, Lizzle Hicks, under the charge of oader, was finfshed this afternoon at 8 o’clock trihe fury bringing In a verdict of not guilty, Yatof the day was taken up by speeches of woel tothe jury, The Judge charged the mrat4o'clock, and they were out but two bars. Mrs. Hicks was put upon the stand at wecloso of the aworn testimony, and gave n fatement of facts contradicting in many im- pritat particulars the testimony of Dr. 8crg grenyesterday. Bhe stated that the Doctor Wtunceremontouslyy with the excuse that he gt attend another patient, and that what de- wived epon him a8 o physician to look after she yutios obligedd to attend to. Bhe also atated tuf she took the dead child as soon s born w Iid 1t fn the cellar, with tho fntention of krylng It, but was fnterrupted by the offlcers, wotook 14 in chargo, It will be remembered tstthe child spoken of, and _the object of the zarder, ws the fllegitimate offapring of respond- al's diughter, and the auger of tho mother 4 i sudden appearance into the world was irned by the prosecution-as the cause of tho Mz, The verdict scoms to meet the approval of o lufe class of citizens who have sinco her arrcat demed the evidence of her guilt wanting, ooz there {8 littlo doubt that’the child was torwaive, and its death hostencd by some one. \ MURDEROUS ATTACIK. 8pecial Dirpatch to Ths Tribune, Huwavges, Feb, 20.—Ono John Roohl, resfd- kg near the northern limits of the clty, has 4 faled for & murderous attack upon a lad, vbich wilt probably prove fatal fn a short time, tsppears that thres lady, in o frolie, arrayed bmselses In grotesque masks, and, after pa- nding the strecte, called ot the Roch! restdence vihthe vlew of having fun with Rochi's chil~ , who wore playmates. Upon thelr entrance ! the door the younger children of the family, % htened, commenced to ery, and théfr iber coming tn, at ones pounced viciously 00t the youthfu) maskers, knocking one of down and striklug another (a 0-year-old kool Atr. Bannow) a terrifle blow over the head $ 8 billet of wood, ‘The lad sank scnsolesa 2 er the blow, nud subsequont surcleal cxam. b'euuu developed the fact that his skull bad o btdl( fractured, Roobl Is beld without tl, sxaitlng tha result of thissad exhibition of R ungovernablo tempor, " Zzectat Dixpaicn to The Tridune. ILNAUKER, Wik, Fob, 20.—Additional pare b ;i:n of the snvago agsauls h{ Roehl upon the l! now show that Rochl struck the lod ‘rvl‘::l tho hend with n shocmaker’s inmmer, uring the skull so that the brain aozad hoe wound, ‘The boy cannot live, -Rochl’s rs aro highly incensed agalust him on tof thie dastaruly act. BIGAMY, Epectal Dispateh to Tha Tribune, \mRLAg, Pa., Feb. 20.—Mr, W, J, Bd- H::. of Chleago, arrived In the city to-nizht Testizate thy charge of bigamy amainst 44 Dixon, of the Haverly Minatrol Troupe, ke is110 doubt of Dixon's guilt. IHis Pitts- :Jb has the marrlage eertificate, aud aey- mor;mlwho wero present nt tho nuptial ", "m! ore ready to tastify to tha fact. More- ' e two living chitdren bear o striking ro- 5 "ml‘;‘:fi to Dizon, The woman whom ho o m!‘)(,mclnnnu is » daughter of Mr, Ed- & “'n 0 regides in Chicago. Sho was visite €0ds fa tho Queen City, and, becom- toqufuted with Dizon, foll in love T 40d marrjeq by m without ler parenta é'f!.’.‘fi%“,‘;’, fi:‘,",’fifi‘ Wity é\l]n.s mmllu unin- r recreant lord, nnd subsg. Sy withdrow 1t. When Dixon' denied bis ot tolier s ronawed the information, 5 nmx:é‘f Uixou Juft the eity to avold arrest Rooday oy od b tho turn her wmatr- bl veiturd hus tajcon, Thia I another - L ot m;:re warulng to girls agaluat hasty toare DERIURY, Ve x&udnt Dizgutch 1o The Triduns. ) m““"" Ind,, Fob, 26,—M. Krebs, sditor 'ltnbum her of the Washington Gazette, the Wt I"" urgan in Davless County, was to-day H taborg, 'llh“ iace by the SherlfT on o charge 3 lollmrl.' lon of porjury. The facts are avout g DUFlg the campalgn last fall & .m::’l’ liported for the purpose made an Hesens ating that I, 1, Taylor, candidate for [ b;\g“’ and T, 8, Ballou, candidatu for enggrg, Demiacrata, oftered to buy his vote, Periur *hoss name {s Plerson, was fndlcted W oy :a“‘”fl’; und convicted at the last term ity oy, Branted a new telal on & technl ttdegee U, 18 Plorson now turne Btatu's Caleyy Hireq ‘o2 Krobs und othier Republican 21 wholi g 49 muk” the afldavit, which % o v 1y oed Rewubltean, und_one of the Wealthlc = ‘!amh\.-m Indlana, was also arrested, Wueq hy'yyed Berlury, Much excitument is Yy be grreate, und a thorough fnvestiza- Mg, ¢ Beceseary to determine the guilty i “DIlJu'mux'r. Diry watch to The Trituns . 'uhruz'cl{,kh" Feb, 20.—For the past two 0 iy uel Ustice Miner hos been holding a an“;l *Y concerning alleged Aldermsalo wx;wm“ hue and cry baviug beon ¥ Loy faing appolntments made by the '%u"D“"llnwu. The Aldermen under Mg ¢ Dewocrats, To-doy warrants were « Wtfe Aldg eorga W, . lerrick, Dewo- W ot l;nm: from the Tenth Ward, ouokue, wewly-sppointed Janitor /IMI AL ws of tha clf * THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1879—~TWELVE PAGES, Donohuo Is chnTed with offering, and Herricle with rocelving, o bribo of 100, the consideration being Donohue's appointnent, The Council was evenly halanced, and Ilerrick's desertion to the Repribilean ranks resulted in the choice of clty oflicinls selected from both political, parties, ‘Thicarrests will folluw to- notrow, hut the opinfon seems to he that the orosccution will eventually fall through. DOUBLE MURDER, Mavrns, Tenn,, Feb, 20,—A speclal to the Avalanche Irom Iukn, Miss., gives the following nceount of a double murder perpotrated near thatcity yestenday: Ma), A, N, Itutchins,accom- panled by Thomas MeNntt, hoth highly respect- cd citizena of the county, left fuka tozether in the afternoon to go home, being nelzhbora. Ilutchine had drawn 81,700 In gold from the ex- press oflice, sent from Clyclnnati, which was to he used In \yur«»hnslng n farm, late In the eventuyr, McNntt's horso returning riderless, with blood narks on the saddie, sroused the susplcions of his famnily of foul play. Search revealed the dead vody of McNatt, terribl mutilated, about two m{leq from his house. hundred yards further on Hutchius was found in like condition, It is thought soma parties knew of the gold belng at the express offlce, and bad waylald and murdered both for the money, . — GENTLEMANLY GUNNING. Rueclal Disncich to The Tridune. LoumsviLLg, Ky, Feb, 20.—Considerable ex- citement was produced to-day in the Custom- House, by the prospeet of a deadly conflict be- tween Capt. W. M, Adalr, a Deputy United Btates Marshal, and Juhn Wyatt, an ex-Deputy. Wyatt buckled on his large pistol and threat- ened to shoot Adnir on sight, ITc met the lat- ter near the United States Court room, ot 12:80, aud drew his plstol on him. Adalr coolly sald he was unarmed, and anu contented himself with knocking off hle hat, e still boosted that he would” kill his man belore sundown, Wyatt Is unc of the tmost fearless men in Kens tueky, and Aduir is of a similar uature, aithouch very peaceful. There §s stil dunger of a fatal cncounter betwween these resolute men. NEBRASKA. dpectat Dispatch to Tha Tyibune, Lancors, Neb,, Feb, 20.—The trial of Olive and his gang of barn-burners commenced at Kearncy this afternoon, Nothing of great im- portance was done. The trial will be finterest- jug and exciting, ¢ Ycsterday o foul murder came to light near Beatrice, The bedy of a man was found fn the high grass, He bod been pounded over the head, He had apparently lain there two weoks, nnd was murdered for his noney. ‘Ihe injtials 41, C, V.'" wero on his arm, He'wos o stréhger in these parts. It {d belleved bis name s Vane dusen, There {s noclue to the perpetrators, CRUEL DESERTION. Hprelal Dispaich to The Tribune. CrintoN, ik, Feb, 20.—W, 8, Fowkes, who marrledy four weeks ago, Miss Ida Bavage, ndopted daughter of Mra. W. G. Savage, of this city, a véry wealthy Iady, aftor colleeting some rents and other monefm helonglng to his moth- ern-law, absconded, feaving his youne wife, a charming young lady of some ninetecen sum- mers. 8ne is heart-broken, Fowkes got away with some 8200, HELD TOR TRIAL. PminApELPHIA, Feb. 20.—8yduoy T. Thomas, Election Judae, John Boyd and Mark Selden, Iuspectors at the reeent clectlon here, and Thomas Stewart, local politician, were to<lay hold in $3,000 bail for misdemeanor und con- splracy io conducting election, AMUSEMEN'TS. LOCAL NOTES, Mr. O'Nelli’s art cnterlalnments at Plymouth Church ore stiracting very select audiences. The Professor {s on cutertaining talker, und lia llusteations, through the 0id of bis wonderful appardtus, are delightful nnd Instructive. ‘The Rice 8urpriso Party are attracting good honges at McVicker’s Theatre this weels, There was n large matinee audience yesterday, and o Nueral attendance fn the evening. *‘Robiuson Crusoo * has proved a favorito this season, The Standard Theatre Company, of New York, have made o most favorable impresston upon the Chicago public by their rendering of Mrs, Tonderson's drama, * Almost a Life.” It wiil Lo the feature of Haverly’s Theatre this week, Mr. J. H. McVicker has sucd his latc leading man, George F, Learock, for damages, cluming that by his recent action in withdrawing from the company without sufllcient warning he fn- Jjurcd the business of the house. The damages are 1aid ot $1,000. This will {nvolve Mr. Lea- rock in a lawsult, and will cause him somo trouble, ot loast, if not expense. My, McVicker probably means by adopting this course to sot an example to managers, by showing them the caslest way to punish persons iuclined to do mean things. Mr, Learock dld an ungentle- manly trick, and McVicker evidently wants to malko him suffer for it. The Court will sos toit, Tho new version of ““ Fritz,* which Is now be- ing played by Mr, J. K. Emmett, may be enlled n popular variety entertatument, since Mr, Em- mett appears in o variety of characters. 1t Is notn “*varlety " show, howover, butadrama, and Mr. Emmett fs ovidently pleasod to be awarded the houors belonging to tho *legitl- mate.” Unfortunately the drama affords havd- ly uny scopo for acting, sgve in the case of Mr Emmett, his coadjutors having Iittle clso to do than to maoke opportuni- tivs for “Fritz" to dlsplay bis varled accomplishments, Theso arc highly amusing In thelr way, and there are many uov- ettiea introduced into the uew verslon of this plece which furnish ample cotnpensation for the lack of that strong flavor of Lroad fun which characterized the plece at first, “Fritz* will bu on the boards only for this week at 1looley’s. MAPLESON’S OPERA, Epectal Dizpateh to The Tyidune. NEw Yong, Feb, 20.—The Academy of Musie waa falrly througea to-night, the oceasfon boing the Jong-cxpected production of * Lohengrin by Mr. Maplesou's Opera Company. Much haa Leen expected by the music-lovers known oa the “ Wagnerltes," and this may in part account for the fact that thers wos somo disappoititment nmong that class regarding the represontation, Despite the fact that the opern was sald to have been In dally rchearsal for soveral weeks, the orchestra und chorus wero far less perfect in their work then they have beeu at any thne hitherto, The representation was 1ot poor, but it was not superlatively good. Anytbluglese {8 not to be tolerated froin Mr, Mapleson's company, for, with their completo forca and ample resources, thero 18 no excuse for faflure, however slight. When Mme. Nileson and Bignor Campaninl wero here, In 1874, “Lohenerin! was given for “tho last time i Itallan at tho Academy of Musie with thoso ortists ‘ami Miaa Cary, Signor Del Puonte, and #ignor Mau- wottd in the caat, aud exelted the warmest ap- plause and enthusiasm, Wagnor has beea ridi- culed for many years, but has gone in the path hig chose for himself, mul the % music of the fu- ture” ls the music ¢f tho present. Those who are mot yot prepared to bow down , before bim are ot least ready to glve hlin respectful attention, and the crowded houss to-uight showed the nusical public are Interestod In lis works, Mme, Qor- ster's Flsa wos in many respects ay excellent fmpcrsonation, Bue sang with much grace, aud showed o postical conception of tho part, yeb was not entiroly satlsfactory. ior volco is not the volce of Elsa, and it was evidont this was her flrat appearauce In the cbaracter. In the first act, wud the exquisite duo with Lohengrin in_ the third act, sho was particularly good, but can scarcely bo snid to have bren as Airem.u was to be expected. Ble. Campaaini's singing nnd ueting were superb, s purformance jn 1574 was ono of the greatest that. had been sccu on the operatic llu!fi!, but. last nlght ho surpassed it 1] was Jn_ cxcellent volee, ond dellyered tho diMcult music of his role with 80 -much elegance und skill that po praise would bo excessive, In bis acting he wasdigni- flod und artistlc, and ssui with mauly tender~ uness in the sccucs with Ela. His délivery of the pbrase * Elsal Jo t'amul” was alone worth Rolug to lsten to. . Stanor Galossi was sick, and the part of Zelramunds was med ot short notice by Bignor Dol lucate, Sigonor Foll deserves spectul inoution for the excellonce of his rendering of Aurico. he opera was well wmounted, sud & future performance of it will doubtless be sn improvement {n matter of or cheatra and chiorus, on which so much depends, The next attraction, nid nlmast novelty, wiil bo the pratuction of *Ruy Blns.” ELSEWIHERE. The Salsbury Tronbaddura are playing in New England with marked succeas, Jarrett & Palmer arc cach managing an *Uncle Tom's Cabin " company In Germany. Mr. Bot Smith Russell fs restinz at his homo in Boaton, preparatory Lo an oxtended Western tour with the Berger Family. ! Lottu told an intervicwer Jnst week that next seagon sho will not travel, and will play only (n New York, Boston, and Philadelphfa. Rice’s Extravaganza Combinatien begina a two-weeks' enzagement at the Globe Theatre, Hoston, on March 8, with I, M. 8. Pinafore,"” l-‘nnn‘y Davanport i sald to liave scen at Inat that “Olivis,” Wills' adaotation of “The Vicar of Wukefleld," {8 a fallure, aud so has “phalved? It Bronson Howard's * Hurricanes,” revised by James Albery, and produced at the London Criterlon under thetitle of **'Truth, by Charles Wyndham, bas made a hit. Miss Katic Patnam has been re-engaged for another week at Nivlo's Garden, New York, in conlcq‘t}enco of her successful impersonation of Little Nell and the Marchioness, Lester Wallnck is proud of his Jowish birth, His grandfather, Solomon Isaac, of Wallachi was o fnmous prestidigitateur, nud was call the bundsomest inan in Europe. On Feb. 10 the front of the Callfornta Theatre wras {lluminated by the new clecteie candle, and the light was also used on the atage. ‘Chis is the firet use of the electric Tight (o any theatre in the United States. Miss Neltson bas returned to .ondon after n long vacatlon spent in Italy and the Riviera. Her intcuded visit to Awmnerles is postponed un- til the autumap, and she will appcar shortly at tho Adelphl Theatro In & new drama outitled #The Crlmson Cross,” A granite monument, with a bust of the late Darney Willlams, has been Iately reared in Greenwood Cemetery. Upon the surbase of the monument {s the lnflowlmi fnscription: Ber- nard Flaherty, *Barney Willlams,’ Born June 19, 1824, Died April 28, 1870, Willlams.” Sothern hins left Naples for TBengal for a month's tiger-shooting, on Invitation of the IiaJali of Cooch Behar. ' e salls from Liver- 00l for this cmmlr{ Mn(y 17 with the Duke of Bcnurnrl.uml 8ir John Held, W, J. Florenco oins them here for & salmon-fishing trip to the atasquan River. John E. Owens has pirchased * Dr. Ciyde from Syduoey Rosepfeld, tor the sake of bimscit laying the charncter of O/d Jfecker (dono at the Y‘luh-l\venue Theatre by Mr. Hardenburg), and will bring out the piece ot the New \'orx Lyccam March 8. e is not going to Australls, a8 had been reported. Fred Paulding, the great grandson of the Admiral, and relative of Henry Irving, who madoe his dobut fn ‘*The Fool’'s Revenge! at New_York last week, fs the young wman who acted ¥ Maud’s Peril " there about New-Year's, with bls sistor. He fs rich, fashionable, and only 20, and, though the part was too bard for him, the crities thiuk he will make a good actor, if ho keeps his wenlth and family fu the back- ground, and works up fromn the bottom. While Miss Genevieve Ward was plaving Jane Shore at Musie [Tall, Woonscocket, Wednesda! evening, the curtaln, by some misunderatnnd- ingr, was suddenly lowered, nud the heavy roller camo rapidly down on her head, It force was Ilflfcfl in "o mensure, by Messrs, Craig und Albay h, of the compony, who rusheld forward and pushed the rofler away ns far us theycould, otherwise Miss Ward must have been serfously, perbaps fatully, injured. As it was, she recclved n severe blow, and there was great confusfon smong the members of the audience until she camo before the unlucky curtain aud roassured them., It will oo remembered that Hunry Pray, the father of Mrs, Florence and Mrs, "Barney Willlams, wna killed st the okl }‘!rondwny "Theatre, New York, by a stmilar acct~ ent, . Boucleault's new play, **8pellbound,” which 1a 0 remodeled versfon of an earlior play of his calied ** auline,” was produced at Wallack’s I'heatre ou Monday, The eriticisms of the New York press aro gencrally unfavorpble to the work This 18 a samploi “Mr. Bouclenult’s ‘rymantic’ production I8 o work fn which thun- der and lghtnlug form a back-grround to the machinations of an impossible fiend; in which dungeons, robbers, and mysteries of a Kkind which, it was confldently hoped, had been for- ever swept awny with the transparent flivsions of aby-tlue age, mingle in darkc perploxity; in which villainy und destioy balauce cach other in the play-weight’s scalej In which, flnally, all that {8 ot absurd 1s abomiuable, and all that is not abominable is absurd.” A number of thieves made a rafd upon Mod- calen at Loulsville Jast week, and tried to roby her of lier dismonds. It was o preconcerted sehiene by a pair of accomplished rogucs who knew the way to her dresslng-roow. While eno of the diamond thieves belg up tho window-sasti, thie other slipped his hand throueh the window and was just on the polnt of scizing the dla- wmonds, wheu who abould onter the room but Mod]eskn lierself, ‘The seconaact had just been concluded a8 the thieves opencd the’ window, and when the Countesaappenred upon the scene of their oneratious, the surprise to all was In- stantoncous. Modjeska saw the two men poer- oz thrcuph the window ot hier, and the hand Atrotchied forth in antlcipation of the rleh hout it was nbout to make, wund, thoroughly Iright- ened, sho uttered n ecream which had the effect of causing tho thivves to beat arapld retreat in dismay, Modicska's mald bieard the molse and sounded the alarm, The thicves escaped In the darkness. JOHN. Eclioes from tho Pacific Coastw=Dut One Voico on tho Chinese Question, 8ax Franossco, Cal,, Feb, 20.—A Portland (Ore.) dispateh saya that at a spectal meetiug of the Board of Trade the followlng resolution was adopted: Resolved, That the Noard of Trade of Portland, Oro., hioartily indorses tho actlon of Cantzwu in pasalng the Chinose Restriction-Immigration bill, nnd earneetly solicita the l'resident of the United Btates to approve tho samo, Lelloving that in wo doing he will not only confer upon the people of the Northwest Pacific Const, bat on the Amerlcan nation, now and hereafter, tho gruntest boncfits which can possivly follow fo the trade and com- In\utca of the Unlted Stales, and to sucloty at argo. T'he resolution was forwarded by telegraph to Presiuent Hayes, slgned by the Vice-President and Seeretary of the Board. The Republicous of the Eleventh Benatorial Distrlct have telegrapticd the Prostdont asking bim to elgn the Chinesc LIl aa o measure to, promotue the happlucas and prosperity of thio Golden Btate. The Nevada Scnnte to-day passed by unan- imous voto a resolutlon and memorisl praying the Presidont to sfan the Ant{-Chineso bill, ‘The Zullelin this evening says; 1t would bo o hopeless task to correct all the false state- ments, statistical, political, and etbical, afloat ot the Easst ou the Chlnese queation, I'rof, Villlama sald fn o lottor yestorday thnt 4,000 more Chinese roturned than camo over lost year. We have cxamined the Custom-House returug, and find that the total arrivals of Chincee for 1878 was 4,075, aud the do- partures 6,071, which ehows an cxcess of nrrivals of 004, It true the Chiucso bave gons up nud down tho coast from this port, and somo to tho Sandwich Islunds; but, as the objcct was to shiow that there was no danger of being overrun by theso people, departures for China must alone bo taken as a test. ‘Tho excep- tlonal stato of things which provalled ‘in 1878 wust also be takon futo cousideration, The disturbances which took place inthe yoar pre- cedlng dn this cfty indfcated that the heavy stream of Immigration wonld not be tolerated, ‘T'he Bix Companies telegruphed for no more to come, and s ® consequenca there was tems porarily 8 great falling off in the lving tide." The I'ost, on the same sublact, eays: HChiness Immigration will be renowed this year in far greator proportions untess the bill I3 opproved. As an indication of what may bo cxpocted, it fa suficlent to state that one of the Pacifio. Mall steamers evgeged ou the Panawna trade baa been withdrawn and placed ou the China lige. fucreased facllitios for jim- migration are not provided on chance.” ‘I'he Lost publishea an ioterviow with the Rev, Dr, J. 11, Warren, S8uperiutendout of the Amerl- can Jlome Misslonary Boclety for the District of Callfornta, in which he says, regarding the - migration of Chlocse: 43¢ I were sure thetr com- Ing was frec .and voluntary like that of other farcigoers, In no way connccted with coolls contracts or servile conditions, 1 would look upon their uumll:{; in avother light, [ kuow the 8ix Companics deny that thousands of thelr countsymen ou tbls “coast are other than free- men, wud silirw that they all cauis hore as sucli. 1 wishi 1 wero convioeed” by their declarations, 1t tho Chineso catue a8 reemea, why do they not 2o bnck as freemen? Why must. the Chinaman first et his perinlt from his Company hefare he can buy hin ticket for Chinnl I have the fm- pressdon that the 8ix Companies do not tel ft all; that thero fA A contract asatem which, It It do mnot brlng them licre, does stop them from returnine unless certain conditions are properly ndjusled by a guvernment of theie own, I cannot, therefore, but favor emphatieally and deciledly the re- atrictton of such servils Immigration, If § had the power I would stop it absolutely. It s ihe earnest desiro of the Christinn }-euulc toevange- lize the Chinese. In Callfornia, fo far, it has bren slow work. Converta have been very few, Yet wa think enough has been accomplistied ta spare no effort to reach them all. It is the Yom- of the Atneriean Bonatd of Commirsioners or Forelgn Missions to plant 'no missfous amonz the Chineso except n Ching. Experience has taught the Board that. to do them most good re- Huzivusly the Gospel must be taken to them at home, “To bring them over to our country, therefore, for ~ the snke of converting them, does pot have the weight with me that it hns with others. ‘The opposition in the Faost to the bill just passed by Coneress arlsce, Ithink, from & partial undepstanding of the auestion, On the one side there s no doubt a grab for votes or political eapital. On the other nide thero {s more or less of philanthropic gush, It not religious buncombe.” BAN I'RANCIRCO, Feb. 20.—The Young Men's Central Republican Club, the Jeadiug organiza- tlon of that party in the city, held'a meeting this evening, atwhich many of the most promi- nent Republieans of S8an Frauciseo were present. ‘The Iollowing were unanimotusly adopted: Resolved, That the Yonng Men's Contral Ropub- leau Club of Sau Francizco heartlly fudorse our Senators'and Represcntatives fn ureing tho Preals dent ta sign the Chinenc ltestriction biil, ¢ dtesolred, ‘That we would consldera veto of the Uil & calaimity to the peonle of Californin, Reetolved, That these resolutions bo transmitted to tho President of the United Siates by tolegraph, "The leading wholesalo firms of the city have agreed to closo their places of :busiuess to-mor- row afternoon to attend a mass-meeting, Wasminotos, D. C., Feb. 26.—Seuator Grover and Representatives Luttrell, Wizelntou, and Tattereon urged the President to sl the Antl- Chinese bill, and pmwxllm& arguments and reasons for 60 doing, The President’s answer was shinflar _to that piven -to the Kepublican Cougresstonul delegation yesterday, ‘The Dem- ocrats, like the Republicavs, left the White House with the fmpression that the President will not sign the bill, CASUALTIES. WRECKED. BARNCOAT, Feh. 26.~The schooner David H. Tolek came nshore this afternooy south of here. ‘The sea befug very heavy, she commenced to break up rapldly. Her crew. of eloven, fnclud- ing a woman and child, took refuge in the rig- ging, and a crew of life-saving station No. 10 attempted durlnyg the forencon to board the ves- sol in o surf-boat, but were driven back by the Ticavy sea, und they then, with the nssistance of the crew ot station No. 18, rigzed up a breeches buoy, in which one man‘'and the young child were brought ashore, but I such exhausted coudition that no further par- ticulars coula be obtained from them. Bubse- quently the cruw of No. 17 arrived at the wreck, and foisr of the vessels' crew were landed in n dying coundition, making the number saved six, ‘I'wo, while belng drawn nshora In the breech buoy, were drowned, the Hne breaking, The Caitaln’s wife died In the rlgeing. Ove man was washed overboard, and the rest, 1f not dead, nrc a“lxpnused tobein n hopcless state, still on oard, UNDER TIIE WIEELS. &prcial Dispaich to Tae Tribune. Minwavkes, Feb. 20.—At 1t o'clock this forcnoon, L. Perrizo, yard-master of thie Wis- consin Central Rallway at Menasha, slipped from n flat-car fn o moving traln, at that place, und fell under the whecl, Three flats passed over s chiest ond shoulder, inflictine injurles that proved fatal fu o few hours. Pereizo was a resideut of Meussha, and about 23 years of age. e leaves a wife, but no children, A LEG LOST. Bpeclat Dispatch to Tha Tribrne, OMAIA, Neb,, Fob, 28,—YaramasterJ, C, Tul- 1oy this morning fell off a Burlington & Mlssou- f tratn os It was starting for Lincoln, and was 80 badly injured that amputation of the loft leg Was necessiry. LOST OVERBOARD. Barrvone, Feb, 20.—The steamship Zeal, from Liverpool, arrlved tolay, The Captalu reports licavy zales during' the eutire voyore, i‘)ml tlhc loss of the first and sccond ofticers over- onrd. : SPORTING BILLIARDS, Champion Jacoh Schnefer is to play this evening at the Standard Club, corner of Michi- pan avenue and Thirtcenth etrect, {n pursu- auce of an arrangement made by Mr. Mosa Bensluger, for the cdifieatlon of his friends in the Club, Gallagher and MeAflee, both well known ns akillful players, will give an exhibition gaine at. Foley's Windeor DBilllard Iarlors, No. 145 Dearborn street, this evenlng, The game will be 600 polnts, and an {ntereating contest muv be expected, ns the men ore vory oyenly matehed, i BOYTON AFLOAT AGAIN. Mo Commences Nls Trip to tho Gulf=A Swim of Twu Thousnud Two Iundred Alles, 1y Tetegraph to New York Hevald, TRocnesten, Pa., Feb, 25.—For the pnst few days the city has warnly discussed the proposed voynage of Capt. Paul Boyton from Pittsburg to the Gult of Mexico, Early this morning thou- sunds gathered on the banks of the Allegheny River, n front of the Robinson House, to soo the jutrepid voygor enter the water, Opluons were oxpressed that even ibe Captaln's iron nerve would shrink from the sight presouted in the river, a8 cake alter eako of the honvy shore- fes weut whirling past io the switt currcut, As # o'clock, the time for the start, drew ulgh, und no slzns of Capt. Boyton were seen, it becamo cvident to the waitityy crowd that there was something wrong, sl they began to shout vig- orously. ‘The cause of the deluy was thut when the Captafu rose at 6 o’clock ho found that e was suffering from want of sleap. Boytov de- prived bimself of rest last might by lect- urlng W Allegheny City, for the beneflt of the poor, and the loss of sleop, coupled with the omount of bralp-work he has been dolug Iately, brought on o severe attack of vomiting, ‘Then the usual breakfast of toast nud oggs was euten, nnd the hero of the day once more donned his rudber siwit, A Ynsna 20 wus cleared Dy the police, from the hotel to river, through which Boyton quickly passed., Ou reaching the water's edgu he paused a moment, and, stretehing his graceful form to 1ts tull mgm‘ ho said to the crowd: ST hinve 2,200 weary mileg of vater before me, —the chaie that binds the North to the South, I cannot promise to reach ‘the Gaif, but 1 will gu m_\;'bcn, sud that Is as much as I have ever oue, . Theu ho shook hands with his friends, and the luay one who umslwd his hand was Mr, Thomas McAffrey, whom Boytou rascued at the very spot twenty years ago, With a slow, labored wovement he made his way over a huge cake of fve, unidt u loud splash wnnounced that tho Captaly wua once mors afloat, Grasping his paddle he struck out from the shore for the channel currout, 1n which he soou floated with winature fecbergs and rubblsh, In a fow wmin. utes ho passed under the 8t. Clalr bridge, which was danzerously loaded down with a yoltiny and cheering multitudeo, wno walved a rodspee to the swimer as he gitded into the Onjo River, i’nm. below the Mononguhels, und soon olle Riviors was bearing him out of sliht, ‘Those who folluwed biln along the weat ahore could sec that the fce troubled him conslderably wnd time after time ho became wedged fu bu- tween the blocks of fee, which closed in oun hin, Where tho channel narrowed at Sewicklly ho was sighted at 14:30 p. ., und here the adven- turous uavigatur found Lhe jee nlinvet gorgod across from shore to shore. e becamo faing from his struggles to cut throurh the imuss, At Jast o got through, and struck ahead, though with futcuse sullering uvideut in vyery motion, 1l wae obseryed at Rochester gt 5:30 De 1y, uud suon vame alonoeide the lun I“F plnco, where ho way Xullml galiore amid the wildest enthust. asm and driven to the hutel lo o carrluge. Ho s resting to-night, sud will sjart 1o-morrow morn- ing at daylight for Liverpodl, O, e An 01} Compan; Corresvondance New York Times. MIDDLETOWN, Fa,, Feb, 3l.—In 1887, during the great excitement which followod tho dis- covery of ofl {n Penpsyivania, the King Ol Cumfmuy was formed fo thls place. The lunso of a large tract of laud from owuers Jo the Brud- ford district was sccured. ‘The terms of tho lease made it fncumbent upon the Company to aiuk a well withiu two miles of the tract. A ‘well ‘was suuk 000 feet, 200 fees deepor thaw usual ay that time, without finding ofl. The stockhol ers hoeame Mscourngmi, nnd, one sfter the otlier, they withidrow. Suring was finatly discon- tinucd, and the Company threw up its leasc. FKlvo yoara ago wolls 1 Bradford wers sunk 1,500 feot, rclulzln;;rln the production of oll in large quantities. The tract of land proviously leased by the King Oil Company was situated Iy the very heart of the most productive beit of the ofl territory. An effort was made immedi- ltnlf' by the Company to establish its title to the lnnds, but it was found that the property had been ‘sold and re-leased, nod wan covered with wells yielding moure ofl than any of the other wells In that region. —The occupants refused to acknowledge the valldity of the provions lease, Whereupan the Company sub-let its clalin to an extensive oncrator fo ofl at Bradford, with the undcmmulln‘: that the Lompauy’s title to the Iand should be contested n the courts. The case came on {1 the lower courts several months g0, nnd n decision was rendered adverse to the ing Oll Company. An appezl {8 to bs taken. "The present value of the property Is estimated Bt 2,000,000, FIRIES., AT BT. JOSEPII, MO, Bpectal Ditpatch tn The Tridbune. 8. Joseen, Mo., Fob. 20.—Another very de- structive fire occurred fn this city this morning at1o'clock. ‘Tlhe saddlery and harness store of 1L B, Price and the agricultural warchouse of A. M. Chiesman, sssignce of L. M. 8mith, with thefr conlents, wera totally destroyed. The stores were on Fourth, between Edmond and Charles streets, and were substantlal brick Luildings, valued at $10,000, and were the prop- erty of A. Vegely, The Insurance on these was $5,00 In the Bt. Joseph Fire & Marine, and tho stock of I, B. Price, worth $10,000, was {osured with tho agency of Messrs. Tyler & Hall, of this clty, to the amount of $4,500, L'hie atock of M. Clicaman was Insured as ' follows: The Moline Plow Cnm‘mny in the Continental, $5,000; Cum- mins, Noble & Dodge, of Springtield, $1,000; Cuaminius, Noblo & Dodge, Springfiald, West Chester, ‘I,OOO. It was whn great exertion that the firc was stayed in Its course, as the weather was Intensely cold. CHICAGO. The alarm from Box 333 al 2:20 yesterday morning was caused, as was oriey stoted in yesterday's paper, bya fire in the two-story frame bullding on West Madison street, owned by Phllip Hoyne, and occupied on the Nrst floor 8 o dwelling and dry-gzouds store by Stewart Bros. The buflding was damaged to the extent of £700, nndl fs fusured for §1,000 in the Boylstun, of Boston. The dry-zoodsetock is fnsurcd os follows: Western, 81,770 on stock and 2250 on fixtures; Standard, $575 on stock, 2100 on fixtures, 825 ou scwing-machine; Mis- slsalopt Vailey, 8875 on atock, $100 on fixtures, and $25 on sewlng-machine; total, $4,000. The loss ia catimated at from b0to 75 per cent of e fusurance in Bullwinkle's insurance report, The sccond floor was_occupied ns a boarding: house by Mrs, Curzy, Damace, $300; no Insur- ance. Cause, o defective flue, A'T PENSACOLA, FLA, PENsACOLA, Feb, 26,—A fire broke out thls morning in awcoden bullding opposite Kenney's stord, on Saragoasa streot, and bumed to Palafnx street, destroylng flve bufldings, in- cluding Hagers Bros,’ ofiice on Palafax street. Two new stores on Ploifer, south of Baragossa, wero burned, und twelve nvorth, including the office of the Clerk of the Circutt Court, who eaved bis papers, nlso 8 number of lawyera oflices nnd the offlce of tho British Cousul, “The latter lost most ot bis papers. Loss estimated at $125,000, with about $70,000 Insurunce. Alout twenty firms are sccking new hubitn- tlons, and the) public aquare {s™ crowded twith property taken from tho buraing bulldings. [ IN ST. LOUIS. 81, Louis, Mo, Feb, 20.—The unoccupedralling milt in East Bt. Louls, belonzing to the Enat Bt. LoulaRull-Mill Compavy, burned this afternoon. Loss, 875,000, Insured ns foltows: /Etua, Ger- maols, New Orleans, Ben Franklin, Allegheny, Wisstsstppl Valles, Aurors, Tenn,, $2,500 cach; Granite, Richinond; Cooper, Dayton; Mlliville, New Jersey; Revere, Bostan; Natfonal, Bos- tooy $1,250 cach; the Flre Associatlon, Phila- delpliia; Manufatturers', Boston, $1,000 cach; Unton, hn\vcsum, 3,000, sy AT TAYLORSVILLE, TEX, GALVESTON, Feb. 20.—A. News special from Taylorsvillo says the fire broke out afresh at the sceno of yesterday's conflagration, burning slx more bulldings, making the tetal thirty- three, leaving but four Lusincss liouses in town. Loss about $20,000. Small Insurance. Muuy familles are homeless and destitute, ‘A TERRIBLE TEMPTA'TION. How the Son of Monaco Blane Propases to T'ut Turkoy's Ourroney on n Bolfd Basis. London Tvlegraph, If we may crodit o statement Jately made tna ‘Turkish newspaper publisbed at Btamboul, o most extraordinary proposition has been for- wmally banded {n to the Sublime Porte by M, Blanc, the son of the late well-kaown proprietor of the pambling-tables ot Monaco and clee- where. Tlat coterprising gentlemay, it will bo remembered, smassed a fortunc of considerably over £2,000,000 by the ald of red, black, and the Ntrully-gyrating ball. He bequeathed this epormous sum to bia ouly son, who, it would seom, not cootented with belug ono of the wealthlest commoners in Europe, fs anxlous to invest bis capltal in & colossal spocu- latlon of an altoguther unprecedented charace ter, Iuexchange for the priviiezo of establish- fug gambling saloons at Pera, Galata, the Prin- Kkipo Islunds and Buyukdero, it is nsserted that lie s ready to bind himself under heavy pecu- niary ponalties to re-ostablish, within a certain limit of time, abaolute parity botween the valua of the Turkish gold und paper currencles, At the present 1noment o todjldle of 100 plnstres will purchase caiuies nomioally worth 150 pias- tres. This differenco M, Blauc proposes to sweep away by u fow waves of that necromantic fnple. ment, the croupler's rako. “An avowed 'l'urko- phile, ho may also bo credited with the posses- sion of a keen eye to the mafuchance, Thia selieme abounds {u attractive features, and might possibly be found Irresistibly teaipting by the reverend sefignors of the Grand Divan wera not ankufiun uow un her best behavlor, and eager above all thiugs olse to earn u reputation for high-class ~morality as a civilized European power. Orfentals “are ln- born gamblers, and eminent Turkish diplo- matlsts liave ore now acquived a world-wide renown as aumong the boldest and most brilant players of pames of chance, A more delightful site than Constantinople could not be sclectea whereupon to revive au Institution that would convort: the bunks of the Boaporus lntb acentre |’ of cosmopolitan rendexyoue, ~ What arban im- provements und emoellishmenta ‘Would result from the gathering together of such tdjers from all parts of the world! Wkat peble sums of mouey would the Ginours disburse,~umouey that would find lis way stralght into the pockets of the falthtull Ilow vowerful would bu the stimulun hnparted to Turkish trade, ludustry, nnd.enterprise, und what a splendid patriotic triumph would be the aunihllation of a 50 per cent aglo upon the lmperial bank-notes! Con- stantigople would be reformed nnd adorned resuscitated und enrichied; in the lwlnkllu).'iu au eye, so to speak, it would be paved, Mghtod with gas or electricity, dralned, endowed with mamwoth hotels, victorlas, telepbones, und all other blesslnga of civilization. Fashiou would claim stamboul for its uwi, und the Golden Horn would beecomne a very cornucopla. 1t i pataful to think that the Ottoman Emplire’s ns- virgtions toward relpec&ubllll(y may staud bo- tween the Turkish Capital and the ulficent prospecta upened out Lo {t by M, Blunc's scdue- tive proposition. e could hardly bhavu chosen a mora lavorable moment at which to make an offur, tha acceptancs of which by tho Porte would be balled with joyful acclamnations by at least as mavy Christian allons as Mussulman natives, AN Turkey’s powerful Iriends are {qu uow unanimous iu urying ber to be thriity, onest, and, boyond everything, moral, ~ What would Mrs. trtindy say were tho SBultan to con- cludo a bargaln with M. Blanc, the result of which wonld be to trousform the filthy City of Constautiue und its ueglected environs lnto'the resplendent realms of the Fairy Roulette and the (tenfus Rouge-et-Nolr! The {des, bowever, though lugenious, stunds far apart trom all cons \alacrnllum of moral fmprovement und practical nance. — : A Speculator's End, " Dispgtch 1o Yew York Eraning Foat, ELMina, N Y, cb.r 8 cs C. Blocum dled {n Bryar, County Jail a_fow days since, whero e was fiued for getting moosy by falso represontations. He wus taken thero from Haunlbal, Mo., whure he was under arrest for bigamy, baving marrfed a widow. He¢ bad a wifo uud three childron living o this clty, aud they are hero now, Lo inarrled his wife in Michigan more than twenty yesrs ego, aund the widow last June. Bloculn was a lerge rollrgad coutsactor, In 1565 bo was Buper- Intendent of the Western Divisfon of the Frie Rallrond. Beforn that he sas Divistonal Buperintendent af the Hannibal & St. Jeecph Ralirond, In 1863 he built o ratlroad in Michigan, Judye, now ex-Senator Christlaney belng his at- toruey, with whom also he ¢ngaged at 1o sane time in ofl apeculations in Virglnia, In 1872 he sccured, with others, the contract for huitding the Rochester & Btafa Line Ratirond. Tt al- most ruined him, o then began speculation in WVall Atreet, whera ha soon lost all, Hathen came again to this reglon, saw his family, and went Weat, with the reault descrived.” Mrs, Biocun has been supporting herself und chil- dren for two or three years, ITALIAN SLAVERY. Brutalities Lracticed npon Helpless Ohild- Musleinns, Urica, N Y.," Feb, 25,~SIx weeks szo the Ttalian Consut at New York City received a plajntive letter, dated at Syracuse, from four young Itallan musiclans, proying to be taken away from a brutal padrone named Glovanol Romegnano, Tho Consul ald the case beforo the Soclety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. The padrone, hearing officers werc on bis track, fled to Canada with the boys, whera be remained one month. Recently the padrone: and his four little slaves cawmno to Utlea. The lmfyl had been Instructed by the padrone to give fictitlous names, In lopes of throwing the ofMcers oft the scent, The Utlea police finally succeeded Jo catablishing the iden- ity of the padrone, and he was to-day arraigned beiore the Recorder of this cit. The testimony dovel the degres of tragedy. The inusictans told of the brutality "of the padrone, and of thelr own satarvation und suffer- Ing from cold. The Loys are all below 18 years, but with viollns aud harps have made an average of $12 per day for the padrone, Returning with a less amount they have been kicked, atarved, and beaten.. The padroue, when srrested, had nearly 81,200 on his peraon, $1,000 of whicn was in 820 gold pleces, sewed 1u the llnlm&uf his coat, ‘Lhe Superlutendent of the New York Soclety appeared as prosceutor, alded by eminent counsel. The padroue was ably de- fended. After hearing the evidence, the Re- corder fined the padrone, and compelled him to pay cach musician 350, The ovidence shows that the padrone system revalls throughout the United States and Catnda. The padrones are banded to carry on thie traflc in musiclans. They have large funds at their commund, Letters found on the per- son of the padrone convicted here to-day show thut in the past elghteen months e hos sent to Italy over 3,000, realized from the four boys uat rejeased. The Buperintendens of the ew York Soclety says Romagnano will now be prosceutéd fn the United Btates Courts, and that conylcilon is assured. ‘The boys lefe for New York to-night, and will be sent back to Italy. ‘The padronc lias a hand- somu citate in Italy, aund the ltallan Consul gives assurances that the uuthoritles there will vroceed ugainst Romagnauo for violatlon of Itatian law 1o taking children from parents under false representation, The padroue {s o brother-in-lotw of Autonio Brigllos, arrested in New York for o dastardly assanlt oo the per- sons af little mirls whom he held in slavery as musiciaos, ‘The New York Socloty s deternitued to break up the padrone system. —————m—— THE WEATHER, Orrice oF Tig Cuier Siaxar OFFiceR, Wasixaron, D. C., Feb. 27—1 a. m.—{udica- tions: For Tennesseo and Oblo Valley, very cold and clear or cloudy weather during tho day, with a slight rise, followed by falling barometer, lizht varlable winds, and in western portions rising temperature durlng Thursday night. For the Upper Lake Reglon, clear or partly cloudy weather, risiog, followed by falllng Laromcter; westerly winds, sbifting to the southerly and cuu‘rlfy. and during the after- noon or evening slowiy risinyr temperature, For the Upper lllmuslnlfl and Lower Mis- sourl Vaileys partly cloudy weather, wlads shiftinz to casterly und southerly, and during the dny slowly falling barometer and rising temperature, For the Lower Lake Region colder, nartly cloudy weatlicr, sreas of light enow, rlsing ‘baromieter, and southwest to northwoat wiods. &pecial Dimateh to suc Trilune, Davexreonr, In., Feb, 20.—The Maquoketa DBraucn of the Davenport & Northwestern Rail- roud Is completely blockaded by snow to-day, omd no tralus bave come In orvone out. 'The passeoger traln due Lero at 10:80 was tast in rown's Cut, near Delmar, The cut Is 700 feet long, and had six feet of snow i it, ull of which had to be shoveled out. It fs expected, how- oyer, that the road will be clear to-tnorrow, ‘Tralus ou other roads malke thelr way through, though samewhat behind thne. Special Diwalch to The Tridune. WaregTowy, Wis, Feb, 20.—The severest suow-storm of the season roged in this sectlun Inst nipht, o large amount of suow falling, drifting badly in many places, und causlis somie impediment to truvel. Most of the tralus are benind time to-day aa the result of the heavy drifte. Special Dirateh to The Tribune, CuixtoN, 1L, Feb, 23,—An fmmense polar ‘wave struck this portion of country last night, the mercury falling [romn 00 dew, nbove to zero inslde of ten hours. Quite a heavy snow-storm prevalled at the time, Special Disatch to The Tritune. MiLwAUREE, Feb, #6.—At 11 o'clock te-night, the mereury fudicates G degrees below zero, LOCAL ONSEOVATIUNS. CU1AG0, Feb, 20. Time, 1 Jlar, | Tar, Uu.| Wind, |Vel, Jen. was pitiful to WENAHAL UILIKRYATIOXS, Cntaaan, Feb, 20-10:18 p.m, el 16 Cloudy, Clear. W, bl loudy. N, frow lear.” K., gentlo, inar. Lo Cross Leaveyworth Loulavitie, ot 41 Pk P it ¥, it FRELETE 1o Yaokton 7 e ——— A Boquest for the Iuuolit of 1orscs, ZLandan City Press. The will of Miss Lisotts Rist, late of 80 Oues- s roud, Forest lunv, near Stratford, Essex, who died on th 18t ult., wusproved on thy 14th uit. by Mr. A, 0. I Allt, the Bole uxecutor, the per- sonal eatate’ helng sworu under £1,600, ‘Thure are several smull Jegucles, and the residuo of the propurty s to bo reallzed by her executor, and fuvested, and ho 18 then directed to trauafer such Investments into the vaines of four of twelve carinou mentloued, the wiole of whom are to Lo the trusteces of the sald funds, winl pre deslgnatea- “my sald graveling trustees,” They ure to apply the in- cowe fromn tlne to time in purchpsing gravel and saud, which Is to be applled fu gravelllng or sanding, when cestaln rosdways in tho city sud east end shall be slippery, to en- able horses or other anlinals to better keep their footing, The testatrix provided thut her graveling (trustees snall fn the case of violent snow-storing und heavy frosts :up‘rly such part of the focoma (when gravel or sand “would not be properly avallable) in sld of cleansiug or otherwiso makiog the said carriage roadwoys ay casy as they ressonsbly can for horses aud othier aoimuls to pass up and down; and that they shallj cause the gravellog or sanding to ba commenced at tha beginning of November and terminate at the end of April euch years and it 13 to be done cither at night or early in the moralng, so that the cblel dnfiumul places wmay Lo alwaya graveicd or sanded by hal(-past 8 or 7 o'clock, first doing the most duogerous parts whero the early traffle beioa. Extraordinary filnduo Superstition, Zandon gtmes, The Royal Huwmauo Bodct{nhu awardod ta sfiver medallion for the followlng nct of braverys storative azent {n miedleiue. suspended animation when all otber mesns fail, 5. “ On the 15th of February laat, earty fn the morn- ing, Mr, Kristo Chunder Cluckerbutty, on biy way to bathe at & ghat on the Ganges, found 4 number of peaple mnning from the river and calling out, * Bhutt, bhutt ** (the goblin, the fiohllu). Lucking for the eause of thelr terror, e saw what at firat scomed nothing more thap oue of those olifects common enough on {ho Ganges—n corpse floating down to the sea, The placc wos in the contre of & whirlpoot about " twenty-five feet deop, where thie apparent corpso sank. Aa It was sinking Mr. Chuckerbutty thought he saw It move one of its hands, trying to remave the hair which fell loosely over fta eves. fig then jumped foto the river nnd awam to what he found to be a drowning woman, - Betzlng Dher feft hand, be tried to make his way to the shore, some fortv-flvo fect off, but shegrasped his righs band with her left, becams Insensibte, and both were in imminent. danger of losing their lves, as Mr. Chuckerbutty's leas became _centangled In his clothing, and boih sank. Ile fortunately, however, disengaged himaelf, and after great exertion succeedod in reaching the shore in safety with the woman, Jt afterward transpired that the womau had been ruffering from 1liness and was considired fncurable, becoming insensible and apparently dead, when her relntives, thinking il hopes were over, bound her haods angl lu&zs (accord- g to the practice among the Hindoos), and earred her tothe ghat. On the way slic pare tially recovercd, and making kuown (o her fgnoraut relatives that sho was alive, prevented them from burning her: but ns they were con- vinced that the body was animated witha fihn“' they threw licr into the river and fled in orror, € OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS. . 8an Francisco, Cal., Feb. 28.—Arrived, tha steamer Zealandia, from 8ydney, via Honolulu, etc., bringing the British malls. Livenroor, Feb. 20.—Stcamers Buigarfan, fromn Boston, and Erin, from New York, were 1 collislon while docking here. Both damaged, Lonpon, Feb, 20.~8teamsbips The Quenn~” and Order, from New York, und Atlas, fréin Boston, biave srrived ont. OHIO STATE FAIR. Conuxmsus, 0., Feb. 28.—The Board of Aeri- culture have decided to locate the State Fair in this city for the next two 'years. Dayton was the only otlier competitor for the fair. e —— HARD COAL. New Youg, Feb. 26.—Oue hundred thousand tons of Scranton coal wero sold to-day at aue- tlon, as follows: Chestnut ranzed from $2.40 to $2.45; rrnte, 82,95@2.80; steamboat, $2.25; eog, $225@.30; stove, 2267, ——— How the Post-Office Is Dofrandod, Lynden (V) Unfon, A great swindle {8 now going on against the Government by down-country advertlsers cx- Erenln;: cart-loads of circalars to Montreal to 8 there molled to different numes throughout the States, Eleven large sacks of that stufl came down over the ling lnst Monday, and so crowded the route ngents that thiey were unabla to et half of it dlstributed during the trip. If mailed from any oflice in the States, thewe cir- culars would require & one-cont stamp each, while at Montreal they aro malied at one cent o pound, and Canada géts the monev. The print- ing 1s all doue before the clreulars are expressed to Canadn, and, to give the cnterprise the ap- pearance of honesty, they ars nominally pub- lished iu Montreal. ———————— Russian Loss in tho War with Turkey. London Corraapandenca Nnc York Sun. The Russian General Staf? s poblishine an. offictal istory of the ‘Turco-Rusgfan war, Itap- pears trom tlic reporta colleeted for the work that 120,471 Russian soldiers of all ranks lle burfed in_the Baikan Penlnsula, Apart from that, of 120,050 men sent back to Russta aa sick ol wounded, 42,850 have already died. The total of dend makes thus 172,400 mov, exclusive ol those who succumbed in Asia Minor. 3 e —————— BUSINESS NOTICES, To the Conanmptive.—Let those who Inne gulsl under toe fatal severily of our cllmste turough any pulinonary compisint, of even thos who are in decided consumption, by no meany desunir. 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