The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-08-19
GENERALITIES.
Oubn nnd lhe Unltcd slntc..

Cubn and the United States.
Inc London Times city article, notwitstand-
. my recent denials, seems to put credepce i'm n
Slrong rumor that the prelminarics of n barroin
petWeen the United States and Spain with re-
sIect TO Cuba have been arranged The terms
,1le SAID to be that Spain will recognize the in
dependence of Cuba and will receive from the
new Government 9lOO,OOOOOO (C2J OOO OOO) I'm
ponds to he secured ON the revenues of the
5siand and guaranteed bv the United States
AN, ans sum would set Spain free from financial
ullhcultN, and the bargain seems "a biubIv adj
Vantageous one. An English paper saws that
much depends upon what The Spauiards think of
selling their island. They are always proudest
y when they are worst off.
Il Another English paper states that Mr. Forhns
I an eminent Boston merchant who is now MI
Il Madrid. is empowered to make direct overture.
lor the purchase. The amount offered CalOO.-
n OOCOO) is. however, by some considered msuGi-
clent, as IL amounts to only ten years purchase
. The island yielding annually two millions strr-
ing, and on this ground it is thought doubtful
whether the Spauards will entertain the pro-
,posal. At Madrid, according to the latest intel
yIgence, the whole story of the negotiations for
SkrecognlZlng the independence of Cuba is cate
.gorcally denied Spain, however, is hardly i'm
IN position to refuse good Offer aud the Amcri-
cans are always anxious for an increase of power
4 and influence.
Whipping wife.
bill for divorce and maintenance was filed
by Sarah y. Armstrong against Thomas R. Arm
Il strong. They were married in Buffalo on Sep
81 tCllDCI % 1913. lneN nave llNc Cudren. The
Dnl alleges that for two years past the defendant
has treated his wife with great cruelty: that he
Il seized her by the throat and chokGd her: in
. November OF the same year he crushed her
U down and kicked and pinchCd herr that during
IIy0ll the time since he retired from business
4 and had nothing useful TO occupy his time
4 and attention, he had treated her in cruel
manner. and had addressed her with profane and
vile language, and that too, in the presence Of
her childrCn that he has got his gun and loaded
w threatening to shoot her, but she escaped
ffrom him, and kept out of the way; that his
constant study seems to be how to render her
dife miserable; that although he is worth from
$50 600 to $4,000 or upwards. vet he refuses to
allow his wife keep any servant: that he notified
the butcher not to sell provisions to her and has
almost entirely ceased to provide his family
with clothing, so that his wife has been OBLIGED
to earn mohey with which to clothe herself
and children; defendant is the owney of pro-
perty valued at $4,000 to $S0,00O.-S. Louis
$R0per.
An Unfortunate ''Set-bacIz.''
T. 3A,n the Cairo BulletjH of the 18th we learn
p Unfortunate mshap-which others have
Aced before them-te the Mt. Carbon
recently put in operation on account
EOXimity of Mt. Carbon to the iron ores
ri, and the ineXhaustible abundance of
Smelting coal at hand. The expert
ed n grand success and for several
WeUKE NE work progressed most encourage
4 ingly. Some time last week. however, the fur
mace. when charged with twenty or twenty-five
tons of molten iron, unintcntiOnally per-
10 COOL on lutl great mass OF SOllu iron
now lies in the bottom of the furnace and the
only way it can be removed is by the use of
hammer and chisel. The furnace cannot be torn
down, for its erection caused the outlay of tens
of thousands of dollars. Hence the immense
mass of iron must be chiseled out. chip by chip
"a process that will involve the labor of
months. The loss to the Mount Carbon com
pany by this occurrence will be many thousands
of dollars, as that branch of their business must
be entirely suspended until the great body of
iron is Clipped out of their furnace.
Recovery of Stolen Money.
Asa Rhodes, of Richmond, VT, whose safe was
so mysteriousy robbed of nearly $4,000 three
weeks since, recovered the money in rather
strange way at Greenfield few days ago. 1t
seems that while the agents of Frenchs Circus
were in the latter town making arrangements
for an exhibition, they found among the robes of
their buggy between $1,000 and $4,000 in money
and notes, some of which were drawn in the
name of Mr.. Rhodes. a telegram was imme-
diatey sent to Mr.. Rhodes, who went down to
Greenfield and identified his property every
dollar of the amount stolen being recovered. 1t
IN is supposed the burglar placed his plumber in
this odd place to escape detection while the cir
Gus men were at Richmond, few days after the
robbery.