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THE CREDIT q MoBELIBR; coz. Go
Suit to Recover Eighteen Millions
Talked Of. p'i. 80 'o'.

Suit to Recover Eighteen Millions
IS Talked Of. S'','r '0'.
- NEW YoRK, December ai.-TTThe Rer.
aid publishes an official list OF the stock.
holders, as well as the dividends and
allotments, OF the Credit M6belier, OBJ.
tanned by Thomas @. DuIaIt, ex- Presi.
dent Of the Union Pacific Railroad.
Congressmen, ex.Congressmen and ex.
Senators are Represented In the list The
son.in.law Of 0 prominent member Of tho
present house Is credited with large divi.
dends and $50 shares.
NEW YoRK, December ss.-The Rsr-
aid says q number OF tho present stock
holders oi the Union Pacific Railroad
have written to Horace f. Clark, now
President Of the road, asking him 70 com.
mence suit to recover SIS, ,000, 900. said to
have been taken by and divided among
those engaged In the Credit Mobelier
transaction. The Herdld sayS the suit
will compel full developments Of all the
facts, Tor Oaks Ames, with his fortune Of
stake win not be willing to stand In the
capacity OF trustee beIoIe parties, whose
interest he represents, and hopes the ;spit
will not be compromised, that the whole
secret history OF Credit SEobeiier may be
brought 10 light for the good otlthe
county. The Herald reporter says CLARK
admits being asked by the stockholders
10 commence suit and that the directors
as;the meeting next week may take action
II the matter.
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PrTTsBuRaH, December 29-The river
rose until eleven o'clock last night and
reached 8 feet Q inches, when 1t began to
recede, This evening the stone marks
Indicate z feet 9 inches and falling. Il
turned cold last night and the mercury
tell to 8 degrees below zero The weather
moderated some during the day, and the
mercury stood at z ct i've o'clock. Large
quantities Of iceare running in the Monon.
gahela. -
CAlRe, December 2v-Navigation Is
almost suspended on both rivers, River
fallen II inches. Weather clear and cold;
thermometer at daylight stood o degrees
below zero and 90 above tonight
CINCINNATI, December 22.-WeatAer
extremely cold; thermometer 6 degrees
below zero River is gorged below and
will be frozen over by midnight If the
cold continues.
EVANSVILLE, December 22,-River SOL
idly frozen over. Weather clear and cold:
mercury down TO below zero at midnight
and was probably lower during the night.
The ice stopped running about "a. N.
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NEW YORK CITY.

New YoRK, December 2l.-The Ger
man Democratic General Committee last
night, reafflrmed the principles Of the
Cinctnnati platform Anditook steps ire
organize on its principles. W , A.As
John Mitchell. the eminent journalist,
lectured before the Liberal club, last even.
Ing on the inaccuracies OF Froude. .7If'
Jno Taylor, great champion pigeon
shooter, died at his residence, GreenVille,
New Jersey. '''' '''''. '''a .'
Thursday large number oil Congress.
men were In the city enToute for their
homes.
Tho funeral of Duryea, who was mur-
dered on Liberty, street, Monday, took
place.
The Dutch Reformed Church at Rich
mon, Staten Island, this morning, st.
Thomas Chapel, ofshot Of St. Thomas
Church, was consecrated TO day, with the
imposing ceremonial OF the Episcopal
Church, Bishop Potter officiating.
Justice Lawrence, the President Of the
Continental Life insurance Company,
died suddenly this morning, at his home
In Yonkers. 4... .l-lT l.,..t
Rev. James N. Stone was ordained q
Catholic priest this morning, by Arch
bishop McC Closky.
The settlement oil Jay Gould with the
Erie Railroad Company was consum-
mated today. Among the property re.
verting 10 the company Is the Grand
Opera House, in which Flsk's widow was
interested, and the building on Duane
street.
A steamer at the storehouse on the
Hamburg docks, vHoboken, was robbed
last night Of four cases Of silks and one
case OF Eereign illustrated newspapers.
Value over $4,000.
Elisha Gregory one of'the proprietors
Of the Canterbury Concert saloon, was
committed without bail to-day, for at
tempting to kill Geo. Wilson, and acci-
dentally shooting Theo. Williams, in the
Grand Central Hotel last evening. Z
The steamship Australia has arrived
from Glasgow. The Portsmouth has sail.
ed for the south Pacific exploring expedi.
tion. - " '
A. 7. Stewart iell on the steps Of his
residence, Fifth avenue, last evening, dis.
IOSottuS AL huhlo huu uLCahluk o 4Sb o.
The trustees Of Columbia College have
purchased traetot land at Fl. Washing.
iDgton, upper part Of this city, whereon
it Is expected the college will be permaSS
nently located. NJ
Two hundred and thirty.fyc of the
large number Of destitute Italians who
recently arrived here, left yesterday for
Richmond, to work on the railroads in
that State. Eighteen had previously left
for Vermont.
Six professional mines are announced to
be in the ball field next season. The
Boston Club win include Gould, Rogers,
the two Wrights, Barnes, Schatfer, Leon.
ard and Spaulding, with Hicks or Allison
for catcher. McVey retires.
/ The receiver Of the StuYvesant Bank
makes a statement showing the assets to
be $G6s, ,115, and the liabilities $697 ,44O
A large part Of the assets are not now
available, and the value Of the remainder
Is not yet ascertained. 1t Is said the
prospect Of paying q dividend to the
creditors Is very remote.
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Burning OF Brooklyn Presbyterian
Tabernacle.

TIE GREAT COLISEUM ORGAN pRsTRoYED.
NEW YORK, December 22.-The Gen.
tral Presbyterian Tabernacle, Brooklyn,
Of which Rev. G. Dewitt Talmadge is
pastor, was destroyed by fire this morn.
ing. The fire broke out at $50 A. NJ, the
sexton and his assistant being the only
persons in the building at the time, and
originated In one OF the flues, bursting
forth suddenly. As soon as discovered,
the sexton rang the bell and gave the
alarm, which brought thousands oil
spectators to the scene. An attempt
was made to extinguish the flames with
pals Of water, but without avail. The
fire had made rapid progress when the
fiEemen arrived. Astrong gale was blow
ing and the flames swept around the
church, deVouring everything in their
way. The ceiling and walls, which were
corrugated iron, became red hot and
curled of. The mammoth jubilee organ
was soon. burned to o cinder, and the
whole interior Of the edifce became one
mass Of fame. By great exertions 1.-The
firemen confined the fire to church. The
roof fell In at half past ten, and soon after
the cupols with the bell weighing 1000
pounds.
The Tabernacle was erected in 1871,
and cost $4,000. Being built Of corru.
gated iron, 1t was regarded as fire proof,
and was enlarged in 1871 80 as to seat
4,100 persons. For 1t was, purchased the
Boston Coliseum organ, the largest in.
strument in the country. The floating
debt was paid of in September, 1871, and
the income Of the church exceeded the
expenditures. Estimated loss, $4,000.
Insurance, $4,000, in Eastern com.
pAnies.i .it-aitjy-i VI iirs.
At Q meeting Of the Trustees, held at
10 o'clock, q communication was re.
ceiyed from Rev. q. W. Beecher, tender,
ing the use OF Plymouth Church TO Mr..
Talmadge and his congregation for even
ing service, which offer was accepted and
q vote Of thanks rendered thereto. The
trustees Of Lafayette Ave, and Classon
Ave. Presbyterian Churches, also offered
the use Of their respective Churches.
Af1davits Of the sexton and his assistant
were taken by the fire marshal Ceaay
they. could not tell how. the fire originated
except that II broke out In tho flue.
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CINCINNATI.

CNonSNAT1s December 2s.-A fire
broke out at the St. Johns Episcopal
Church, corner Of Plum and Ninth streets,
this morning, Just as the congregation
commenced worship. Part Of the floor
in front OF tho chancel was burnt, and
seats were torn up. The damage BY fire
and water, will amount to q thousand dol.
lars. The fire started lroma hot air reg
lister in the floor. Ia j d ,SEbl i
Benz. B. Cameron, while drunk, ftoze
to death on the street, last night.
President Grant arrived in Covington,
yesterday afternoon, and stayed with his
father last nigt BE stops OF the Burnet
House tonight, and viii start 10 Wash.
ington by the Panhandle, on the n morn.
ing express, to arrive there early on Tues
QAY, ...
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GERMANY.

BERLIN December 9-Spsnsr's Gazette
explains that the partial revocation Of
reduced fares for emigrants on the State
and private railways in Germany Is q
question Of interest 10 the administration,
and was required Of the government BY
consideration Of political economy, and
OF private companies by their own inter.
ests. The American press have greatly
exaggerated the importance, and distort.
ed the significance Of this trihing affair.
The Gazette calls on the United States to
do all in their power TO bring q satisfactory
conclusion to the negotiations for an EN-.
migration treaty, which America, not Ger.
many, has delayed for many years.
Mi. Russell, British Ambassador, gave
? ball last week, at which there was o
brilliant gathering. Bismarck and other
notRbilitieS were present,
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THE LATEST NEWS.


The Chancellor has granted an In.
junction restraining the New Jersey
Central Railroad Company irom intertGr-
Ing with the coal trade Of the Delaware
Lackawanna and Western Railroad d
carrying into effect the resolution d
December 18th regardingie
Gen. Ambrose Ransom Wright, one
Of the editors OF the Augusta iGaI
Chronicle and Sentinel. and member elect
to Congress from the 9Th District, died
Saturday morning. y
Information has been received at
New York that ex.Minister Catacazy has
not fallen In disgrace with the Gar. BE
has Just been employed to adjust certain
ecclesiastical difficulties between the Pope
and the Russian government, concerning
the appointment OF Catholic bishops IN
Poland. =, 90, r,-- -,
"A New York dispatch says that one
Of the Nblest members Of the Appropria-
tton Committee doubts II any postal tele.
graph bill will be passed the present
session. The measure Of Mr.. Cresswer
seems 10 meet with disfaVor.
"A citizens indignation meeting At
Saratoga, N. Y, resolved that the adver-
tised cock fight, with It's attendance, of
roughs from New York and Troy should
not take place in Saratoga. u g NJ
"A party OF New York capitalists
lately arrived in Washington, having in
view the carrying out at their own ex-
pense, improvements in the district, Il
In return Congress viii donate to them
lands Of equivalent value.
The signal service report last night
did not Indicate to'dsys weather for this
The navigation Of the Hudson is
closed for the season.
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WIND sroRM.-our city was visited
Saturday evening with wind storm.of
unusual severity. About 8 o'clock blast
from the northwest came down upon US,
and continued, with scarcely any in.
termission, during the entire night. The
"cold wave" accompanied the wind, the
mercury taking sudden departure for
the bulb at the bottom, as q place Of
refuge. Simultaneously with the gale,
snow began to fall, and driven by such a
furious blast, 1t was forced into cracks
and crannies where none had been pre-.
vlously known to exist Altogether, it
was about the most tempestuous night we
have had in this region for years, and we
have heard no one express wish that it
might be duplicated for many years to
come. We have heard Of no damage
having been done by the wind, and trust
We may have none TO chronicle.
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FOREIGN.
FRANCE.

PARE, December 9l.-Three thousand
students, yesterday, demonstrated in favor
Of Professor Robin, . Distinguished mem.
Der Of the institute, struck from the Jury
list in consequence Of his disbelief in the
existence ofa God.
The National Assembly win adjourn to.
day over the holidays. y
The freshet in the Seine Ia subsiding.
The water has already fallen 10 centims.
tres.
Cora Pearl was expelled from France.
In consequence Of II. Duvsl, son OF d
wealthy resident Of Paris who founded
the soup houses In this city, shooting him.
SELF IN her presence. The attempt Of Du.
val 9t self destruction did not prove sue.
eessful. Heis expected to recover.
1t Is hoped in diplomatic circles that
Greece viii accede 10 the proposition 10
submit the Laurium mines question TO
France and Italy for arbitration.
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The Adventures OF Wilson with
one L,)

Wilson & Co., or Of least Wilson him,
sell and part oithe Company--the @Rast.
ern Capitalists: who are the contractor
Of the w. & L. 2. Railroad, came h
Oadis on last Friday night and leit on
me frst train the next morning. They
had no communication whatever with
any citizen Of CadiE In regard to railroad
matteEs i is said that they were n
consultation with certain Directors Of The
road nearly all nlght-Cads Republican.
The WILSON here referred to was not
the HoaIy original WILSON with two
"l'S' and q pocket full Of bridge director.
ships, but q WILSON with one ~" who
claims TO be apart Of the "Co." The
same gentlemaus spent some in this city
recently while the subscription question
was agitating council, keeping Sub.rosa
except with the friendaof the subscription.
BE dropped into q drug store in Bridge.
port one morning, in company with q
Philadelphia ~capitalfatt' not wholly un=
known in Martins Ferry, and asked for q
drink Of brandy. The druggist said he
could mot sell the article except upon pre-.
scriptlon.A 90" said the Philadelphia
capitalist briskly, "lf it's q prescription
you want I can write you one." The
h-you cant" responded the astonished
druggist; "who are Your The thiraty
twain retired without the coveted drink.
The last heard Of this WILSON with one
a." was at the recent meeting Of direc-
tors of the. .W.&LAE. Company at Or
vile. He put in an appearance there
with stock book in whichTWnIsoN 6
Co." had subscribed enough stock to out
vote all the rest Of the Company (some
5000 shares, amounting to $s,5OOOOO)
and demanded that this stock should be
called-ana voted In the election ot.the
new board. This was. after the most
approved pattern OF jay GOULD and
JIM Fisk. To have admitted this stock
wouldhave been simply to let"WnIsoN &
Co." dictate the composition Of the new
board. Such "an embarrassment of rich
es" probably never overwhelmed the W.
/ l.. 3. Co. before and never may
again. ~. Bnt the. peril. Of accept
ing the, subscription was obvious.
So,the WILSON with one u" Wasinformed
thathe couldn't come In; that his sub
scripdou wasn't wanted; that he and his
stock book was fraud, and that the W.
& L. E. 90. was not goingto be Jimhsked
"at this stage Of the game" WILSON
with one u" retired, and,the W. 81. E.
Co. lost subscription big enough to have
built the IS miles Of road between Zuar
and Martins Ferry. What the W111soN
with two us" will do about it remains to
be seen but we shall not be surprised if
he withdraws his $4,000 subscription
from the Bridge, and turns out some OF the
Bridge Direction. All concerned had
abedder looka tleedle out" 'tg 5
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One Of the editors Of the Garaa15ury
StateHtan has been getting married. O.

VICE PRESIDENT Co1FAx-HR WILL
Nor EDIT THE "TRIBuNE.n-Hon. Schuy.
Ter Colfax, Vice President Of the United
States, in company with several friends,
passed through this city yesterday morn
ing, on his way to Ashtabul& county,
Ohio, TO spend the Christmas holidays
with his family. Mr.. ColtRx and his
party breakfasted at the Queen City Ho.
tel, after which. they strolled about the
hotel and pavement until 9:15, whenthey
left for Pittsburgh by Pittsburgh 1
Connellsvllle Railroad.
In q conversation with several gentle.
men in our city, Mr.. Collax said that he
did not intend to 'accept the editorship oi
the New York 7fi5une, all reports to;the
contrary notwithstanding Cumberland
RetEF 'h D
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Pork Packers, Statistics.

CNcIENATI, O., December 2l.-The
superintendent OF the Chamber Of
Commerce, Sidney B. Maxwell, who has
been gathering pork packing statistics
for the Chamber, submitted d preliminary
report to-day, from which it appears that
one hundred and three towns and cities
in the West, exclusive of Cincinnati,
Chicago, st. Louis and Louisville, had
packed up TO the various dates ranging
from December 9Th to the present time,
$50 900 hogs. The estimates for the re-
tnainder Of the season, made by thepack-
ers In these places aggregated 1895, 900,
making the whole number for these places,
which embrace nearly all the principal
packing points Of the West exclusive Of
the four cities named, 1856, 900 hogs.
This would make IN increase over last
year for the whole season In
these places OF 05,0O0,S or 1856 per
cant. The remainder OF the West,
not 4. including the four cities
named, packed last year 631 900 II the
fncreasein these places not heard from
should be in the same ratio, and If a like
increase would take place in Cincinnati,
Chicago, St Louis and Louisyille,it would
make the whole increasein the four cities
40, 1000, and In the remainder Of the west
4t2,000. This would make an aggregate
increase in the whole west Of S97, 900, and
make the aggregate packing OF the west
Tor the, season $4,000. The report
states, however, that the number to be
packed in the four largecitieS named will
be controlled by contingencies that might
change this estimate as to these cities, st.
Louis already claiming she will pack
$4,000, which would be an increase over
last year Of 81 per cent. or eighty-four
cities and towns that report in the matter
Of weight tifty.three report hogs heavier
than last year; twenty report them about
the same, and eleven report them lighter.
With reference toSlard, of seventy.nine
places, forty report the yield from leai
and trimmings heavier; twenty.si report
about the same, and thirteen report the
yteld lighter. ia- aa7a ..Ju.,Gs 5Es
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SPAIN.

MADRID, December 21.-Zorrila an.
nounced IN the Senate yesterday that a
bill would be soon introduced providing
for the abolition Of slavery in Porto Rico,
and that no reforms be made in the gov.
ernment while single insurgent re.
mained. ,
Tbs entirenew loan Of 25O0OO 900 pri.
tos has been covered and the receipts will
be Issued at the rate of 81. .st4
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ST. LOUIS.

sT. LOUIS, December 2s.-The resi-.
uepce OF Gen. John McD Donald, superviS.
or OF Internal Revenue Of this district, OF
Rlpon, was burned yesterday. Loss over
$50 900; no insurance.
E. W. Fox, Collector Of Customs at
this port advertises for sale on the 9th Of
January all the residences situated on the
block lately purchased here for the new
building.
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WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, December 2s.-The
United States and Spanish Governments
have concluded, the agreement Tor Jointly
taking testimony in Cuba, 70 be used BY
the Commission holding its session In
WaShington for the adjudication Of the
claims Of American citizens, growing out
ol the present rebellion on that island.
The last outstanding bond, amounting TO
81, 900, OF the loan Of March 3lst, 184s,
which the whole amount issued. was
$A, 300, which matured July 1st, 1868,
has Just been paid. 'ITg' -
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just the Thing.
rom the Cadlz Republican !

(Frum the cadiE Repnblieaa.)
The Martins Ferry Commercial says
that II Wheeling does not assist, the W. &
L. E. Railroad will be built 70 Martins
Ferry and end there, and not cross over
to Wheeling at all Now Il we lived at
Maftins Ferry. that Is just what Wa would
want exactly. It would be o good thing
for Martins Ferry, which Is the home OF
President Wood.
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ENGLAND.

LONDON, December 2l.-The break.
water at Wick, Scotland, was seriously
damaged by the late storm.
LoEDoN December 81, $50 p. M
Erie r6l. -s- .,4 .a-- . -. .
The attendance was large yesterday in
the churches atthe services for the sue.
cess Of the missionary enterprises OF the
English Church.
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Fire q, Oregon. III.

OREGON, December ga fire broke
out early last evening in a building Oc.
cupied by Il. z. Middlek1lR, destroying
the buildings owned and Oc.
cupied as follows: Middlekalf, con.
dictionary aud dwelling; Sheets
& Hill, hardware and agricultural
Implements, ]. Lestet's livery stable, a
vacant store room, ], 8. Sanders' real
estate insurance Office, VIM, Smith &
Cos abstract Office, and Bowler's mSrble
shop. The total loss Is about $4,000,
partly covered by insurance, The goods
In all cases were mostly saved, but in a
badly damaged condition.
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A NEW KITCHEN PERIL.
Terrible Explosion OF Two Ranges
i3:Sa ia Slneinnati.-A Girl Fatally In

Terrible Exploslon OF Two Ranges
IN CincInnati..A Girl Fatally In
JaFed. " ts ..lFs1 10 Il
CINCINNATI, December ga terrible
explo losion, involving probable loss Of life,
took place at the house of Col, Moulton,
this morning. The servant girls had
fired up the kitchen range. The hot
water pipe bursted with loud explosion,
tearing the range to atoms, wrecking the
furniture and hurling Kate Conner, q ser
want girl, violently against the wall Of the
room and under Q heap Of embets. Her
injuries from bruises were fearful. Her
clothing was also set on fire. Colonel
Moulton succeeded in extinguishing
the girls burning clothing, but not
before she was SO badly Injured that her
death this evening Is momentarily ex-
pected. Colonel Moulton was badly burn
ed about the face and hands. Another
servant gIrlin the kitchen was only slight
ly hurt. The water in the pipes outside
the stove had frozen, preventing circula.
,tion. The force of the explosion must
have been terrific for the stove was torn
to pieces and the walls, ceiling and
windows, as well as the furniture,
feartully damaged. The same sort OF
an explosion occurred with an alarming
report about the same time at the Henrie
House. The guests OF the hotel were
frightened and rushed down stairs, drag
ging their baggage. Fortunately no one
was hurt. and the damage was com.
parativelY slight. The last named ex-
plosion Is attributable to the same cause.
In the Henrie House the explosion Of a
hot water pipe injured Bridget German
slightly but painfully, by blow from q
fragment OF iron. Several other servants
were in the room, but they escaped. A
piece Of the metal weighing one hundred
and fifty pounds was thrown through the
window into the street. { =
ANOTHER N aHARRisBURG-A WOMAN
KILLED.
. HARRlsBURG, December 22.-Atrs.
Samuel Knox, residing on Walnut street,
was killed this morning BY the explosion
OF cooking range, the water pipes having
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ADDITIONAL LOCAL.

THAT EDITORIAL TuATcH.-Mr. Chris
Leidel, the eminent wig. maker, feels scan.
dalized by the statement IN the local COL
umn Of Saturdays RegtIter that the hair
ofthe local editor Of that paper had been
procured from his establishment. If it
was, it was done without his knowledge,
and he should like the editor aforesaid to
march up to the Captains office and settle
or prepare to plead to charge of clepto-
mania, -