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=. cold Snap and the sun.SpO''.
we w. have had uncOmmODly sew severe 9
vo"tSer @ during the last month, n,u, anu .uS,la .
aO,fal Wen1I6 supply Of snow and storm, ,"4lls has
DOun .. aDd west Of US the arctic wave mas
east, east s01 o1sT TtiS the land with still more re-
S1,Io.s swsP' Ots ry. But the cold Of tho pres
!ss',Sj .Si0,er hears no comparison win tnSs a.
en- S1' S5n'e' some Of its predecessors Of tho last
.,,,,u o., Wi IN the same latitude and ioDgI- ,gG
ss5a SSasU purIpg the winter Of l77sISU, o. ).
taue' D Hartford correspondent oE the
Esy1 F:.oiro Put, the cold was severe anu anu
!ntn,srrupted n%%sy from the last Of November d"p
" up'I ,So middle of March. The mean eau
,smnersteure ~ for January at sunrise I,,"s,, %as
SeSr sempS. DEGREES. From the 25th Of January
~ .oU1 ,bo C2 Il. Of February tho thermometer or
70 0.s suS Solow To- zero, varying from two SlS 70
,wenty degrees below. Long AStaWS aa,,S
S" SoUnG WAS frozen over, corning q soI!u
sS"hw,v oTJuI where it was several miles In
s.ss5t6' Loaded sleds passed from staten
I",.nI to New York. Chesapeake bay
annnor,ed a loaded carriages at Annapolis
'SEp %bsro Il was five and half miles wide
TbS % ,ivsrs. hsrbors and bays as far south
=. Virginia were fast bound with ice'
Almost al the birds that winter at the
north perished' .s,,,. ,h,o 40.
voro winter occurred the famous dark
nav " 90 ocelebrated Ia the annals OF New
@ EH1Isnd, when the heavens were obscur-
sd bv a cloudy vapor OF yellow or reddish
,int and when it was found necessary to
Iiobt candles at midday in order to puF-
sae the usual avocations.
~ The winter Of 17s8.84 was not so uni,
o,mlv cold, but during this season o cold
snap occurred in February, when from
,he ION to the 18th Of the month the
thermometer ranged from 10 to29 below
rero with an average Of 10 below.
These seasons ofsevere cold and meteo'
roloolcal disturbance do not occur accor-
dipg to laws of blind chance, and the
cause must bc looked lor in the condition
ot tho great luminary which Is the life,
Ipbt and heat Of the planet on which we
live Recent observations show that a
large group oil solar spots, distinctly visl-
he 10 tho naked eye, can be seen on the
SUMS southern hemisphere, having now
accomplished more than halt the transit
Of his disk. Two smaller spots arc visible
in the northern hemisphere, and the total
area included In these spots Is not Tar
from four million square miles These
remarkable disturbances OF the solar sur
face give reasonable explanation os the
meteorological disturbances on the earth's
surface. Irthey arc caused by immense
masses Of scorie, which have by cooling
become non.lumiuous, and look like black
spots on the red.hot luminous surface OF
tue solar orb, why should we not expect
to feel tho mighty influence: To what
more reasonable cause can VIC trace the
recent storms which have had such disas'
trous sway on the ocean, the terrific thun'
der and lightning, the cyclones, the tor
nsdoes and the present period Of storm
and cold2 j
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Ohio LerisIature.

COLUMBUS, January 9.-In the House
bills were introduced prohibiting railroad
companies from receiving for the distance
Of ten milee or more, sum exceeding
three cents per mile for passengers, and
five cents per ton for freight; making the
company liable for excessive charges; "a
abolish the Office Of Road Supervisor, and
do away with two days work on the
roads. A resolution was adopted urging
the passage by the Senate OF the home
stead law recently passed by the lower
House OF Congress. .....
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Meeting of the Iron and Nail Man

PnnADE1pH1A, January 9.-At smest
Ing of the National Association OF lror
Manufacturers, yesterday, ]. !. Bennett ol
Pittsburgh, presiding. The only business
of Importance transacted was tho passage
of resolution endorsing the free banking
bill Of Senator Buckingham.
A convention, last evening, OF the Nail
Manufacturers met hero, I. 8. Blair o.
Pittsburgh, presiding. Representatives Of
the national interest announced that $780,
600 kegs OF nails had been manufactured
in the country in 1879.
The Atlantic States nail manufacturers
held meeting last night. Nothing o.
general interest done.
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COLUMBUS.

COLUMBUS, o., January 9.-The State
Board Of Agriculture was organized TO.
day by electing l.. T. DelAno Of Ross,
President; Simpson Hsnnonut Of Tusca.
rawas, Treasurer; John q. Kleppart, Cor.
responding Secretary and II. ., Babbittr
Recording Secretary. The next State
Fair will be at Mansfield, Ohio; the first
week in September.
The General Assembly vote cast in
October for Secretary ol State, was can
yassed and found TO be as follows: A T.
Widof, Republican, 258,926; A, Wiley,
Democrat. 251, ,77s; schumakeE, Prohibl-
ton, 2QS5.
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AsAN FRANoBco saloon keeper re-
Gently received pair Of monkeys from
OhIna' One Of them was allowed to re-
man uncaged In tho saloon over night,
next morning when tho bar keeper en-.
tered, q scene Of wild confusion and an
empty beer bottle met his eyes, the latter
oelng thrown with great precision by the
monkey, who had got iuriously drunk
1 Ing other monkey, which was cooped uE
ID he cage, had also been furnished with
OoStle Of rum, and was sprawllng blind
StunE IN the cage. Damage to stock and
fixtures $40. No insurance,
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Ueuyy Defalcation.

PououKEEPsIE, January 9.-It Is now
stated that the defalcations Of Richard F.
Clark, Treasurer OF Columbia county,
extend from 1884 up to the present time
and that they will reach $l5O,OOO. The
entire interest fund Of the county is gone
The editor Of the Brooklyn UHtoH has
sued the Tribune for libel for publishing
an editorial from the Brooklyn Eagle at
tacking Bowen.
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DealhS From Lamp Explosion.

PHrLADR1pa1A, January 9.-Lsst even.
ing near Morton's Station, Delaware
county, Pa, Mrs. Carr and three children
were burned to death by on explosion Of
combination fluid. Mrs. Carr was filling
q lamp, which was not lit, but the heat
Of the room raised vapor from the fluid
which was ignited by stove, from
which the lamp was two yards distant.
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Poisoning Family.

ALBANY, N. Y. January GA man
named ELIAS Houghlating has been ar
rested at COeymsus, on suspicion Of poison.
ing tea and sugar which he presented to
q family Of that place named HazeltoD.
Mr.. HszelIop, his wife and one child par.
took Of the tea and sugar, and the hus.
band and child are yet sick, 1t is Sald
aouGhIating has threatened TO kill The
Lnrnilv
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Mnrhar and Robbery.

CLEVELAND, January 9.-Geo. McCon.
nanghy, an old man living near Salons
was found dead in his house this morn
ing, with two bullet holes through his
breast. As $3.50 dollars which the diseas
ed had In his possession the day previous
was missing It Is supposed the murder
was committed for the purpose otrobbery
No N1ua IN the nasAasin
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CINCINNATI, January GA fire broke
out at 1l:45 tonight in the basement OF
the 11th District Public School house, on
Clinton, between Linn and Bsymtller
streets. The fire extended through the
building, doing probably $50 goo damage.
At O'Clock tho hro was pretty well sub
dued.
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subterranean Fire.. singular Phe'
nomena in OhiO.-IS II a .VolcanOI

SubteITanean FlTesssSlnBulat EneS
nomena in OhiOssIS 1t a Volcano!
From the Cleveland tohIO) Herald)
Three miles from Bainbridge. Ross
county, Is located hill Of considerable
altitude, known as the "Copperas Noun
tain" Out Of the top Of the Mountain
issues q constant stream Of smoke, while
on It's summit and general surface the
vegetation has withered and died, until
the whole hill presents barren, sterile
and desOlate aspect, blasted as II by q
whirlwind OF fire. The ground on the
top Of the hill Is 30 uncomfortably hot
that It Is almost impossible for bare.
footed person to walk there. It Is be.
lIeyed by persons who have visited and
inspected this Eu8uS nature, that the en-.
tire interior of the hill Is mass Of ignited
combustible matter, and that the fire is
and has been spreading with considerable
rapidly. The theory presented to &C
count for this strange phenomenon Is,
that on or about the Arst day Of last Oc-
tober the party 10 whom the land belongs
was burning brush on the hill side, and
that the flames communicated to infam.
mable matter, probably crude oil, coal,
or other combustible substances, contain
ed in the geological formation Of the hill,
and that the hill being full OF such mat.
ter, tho fire gradually gained headway,
until the interior has become mass Of
molten metal. The quenching Of the fire
is, OF course, impossible from It's situation,
and how long It will burn, and when, Il
ever, the fire will reach q point where It
can be controlled can only be conjectur-
ed. At present there Is no dauger to be
apprehended TO property in the vicinity
but there Is no telling what shape the
thing will eventually take, and there are
not wanting those whose imaginative dis
position lead them to predict that 1t Is
but the beginning Of what may turn out
to be q young volcano.
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Indiana Legislature.

INDIANAPOLIS, January 9.-The Legts
lature, in regular biennial session. con
vened at IL O'clock N. The Honge
organized by the election. Of W. K. Ed
wards as Speaker, and Hon. Cyrus T
Nixon, OF Floyd county, principal Clerk
The Senate, not having q quorum pres,
ent, after calling the roll adjourned until
9 o'clnCk
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The Great snow Storm in tho West.

MILWAUKEE, January 0.-Rcports from
Minnesota say the great snow storm did
not cease until last night. The Iowa and
Minnesota division OF the Milwaukee
& st. Paul road has suffered greatly.
-Four or five freight trains are blocked up
on the road, and one passenger train is
imprisoned between Conover, Iowa, and
Ridgeway. There are fifteen ladies on
board. Povisions and fuel have to be
brought by hand from Ridgeway. The
drifts are said to be as high as the cars 10
many places. All the roads In Minnesota
have sus pended, and trains will probably
not be run until Saturday.
TOBACCO STORE BURNED. a
The tobacco store.house OF Alexander
NJ. Russell. at Jonesvllle, burned this
morning. Loss $1,000.
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a PARTY OF negroes in a hut in Ken
!ucky, not satisfied with the slow buI
popular properties Of kerosene as o kind
,sE .,I ot nres, restored to the quicker sub
SuSuIe o1 ot nitro glycerinc. The negroes
arc reporting the success Of their expert
sVsl tGsnt N another and better world, whert
ufes DO not have 10 be kindled,
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weather Report.
WAR DEPARTNBNF,
OPyIuR OF THR CHrEB SIGNAL OYTIcHR,
WGsH1HGToN, D. O., January $3.50 ?. ~
PROBABILITIKE

PROBABILITIES.
The barometer will rise in the Lower
Lake region and Canada and over the
Middle and Eastern States, with south.
westerly and northwcsterly winds, and
cloudy weather with occasional rain and
low temperature in the two former sec
tons, and northeasterly winds, with gen
orally clear and colder weather in the two
latter sections.
From the Ohio and Lower Missouri
valleys to tho Eastern Gulf and South
Atlantic States, northerly and northwest
erly winds, with high pressures and gen
orally clear weather; but on the Western
Gulf coast, northeasterly winds, with
threatening weather.
On the Lakes and southwark to Mis-
sissippl and Indiana, northwesterly winds
with low temperature and clear weather
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RA1LRoAp ACcIpENTs.

A Madison dispatch reports two accI-
dents on the Chicago 6 North Western
Railroad, iDjurying Mrs. Francis Cotes
and George Wanda, Of Erie county, N.
K, slightly; Cyrus Libby, Beloit, collar
bone broken; NJ. 3. Libby, Bsloit, collar
bone broken; Charles H. Reed, Boston,
aliRhtlY.
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Hon. Ward Hunt, new Justice Of the
Supreme Court, was qualified, Thursday,
and took he seat on the supreme bench.
in the New York Assembly, Thurs
day, q bill providing new charter for
New York city was introduced.
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:. TEE pOpulationOI France is shown by
SI Sne census BUS Just completed to have de-.
creased SsS,sSS in the last six years. The
present population Is S0,lOs,e5l,
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Trial of Mis-. Wharton.

ANNAPOLIS, January 9.-.Little progrrss
was made in the Wharton trial today.
The case may go over TO O special torn.
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FOREIGN.
ENGLAND.

Death OF Ex.EmperOr Napoleon. =.
LONDON, January 9.-NapOleon died at
10 % TODAY.
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BY TELEcRARH.
ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT.
Exclusively to the Intelll geneer.

.it 13y the Western Union Line
ofleo NonhWGSt COT. Of Main and Monroe stsl
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DRIED FRUIT
200 bsgs prime Peaches,
IS barrels fancy
80 bags Drit d Apples,
PIttFd Ch0rTies. For GAlo low.
decIa LIST, DAVENPORT q PARK!
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No. 2 NASSAU, NEW YORK, |
December 29.

DsldDare:
DEAR SIR: Yours of the 9th inst. re-
ceived and contents receipted. In relR'
ton 10 tho Credit Mobilicr stock transaC.
ton to which you refer, find by refer,
euce toa memorandum made December
90, 1857, that received James Brooks
check Tor $1,000, and draft for $4,000
due January 90, 1868, and that | transfer.
red BY Brooks direction 10 his son.in.law,
Chas. Il. Nelson, 100 shares Of stock Of
the Credit Mobilier OF America, and 200
shares OF stock oil tho Union Pacific Rail.
road Company, and five first mortgage
bonds Of the Union Pacific Railroad
Company, making an addition Of l0C
shares in the Credit Mobilier, and 50 O0C
In Union Poetic Railroad securities fol
tho $l0,OO0psid. also find by the mem
orsndum that the draft referred to above
was paid by Brooks, January 20, 1903
thus confirming my recollection as to the
fact that the transaction was with Jane!
Brooks, Yours truly,
II. G. CRANE.
The following is the reply Of J. B. King
land chashier and managing business man
Of Hon. James Brooks, tothe above letter
which was published here this afternoon
The discripency in the amount OF thC
checks alleged to be given has arrisel
from the fact that the flrst statement pub
lIshed mentioned q check Tor $4,000 in
stead of $1,000 and q draft Of $1,000. !
such exist, they were some oil the lonu
to Durant set forth in Kinglands letteI
below:
, NEW YoRK, January 8.
DEAR SIR-Jas. Brooks loaned larg
sums OF money TO T. Q. Durant at dllfeI
, ent times, and also to Union Pacific Raj
road. AS his cashier and business mana
: ger, l must have made all settlements an
drawn all check, and Isettled all account
: with Crane, Mr. Durauts manager, bot
r for loans and Union Pacific Rrilroad. Nj
Brooks check book shows no check fc
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-01-29
COLUMBIA COLLEGE BOAT CLUE

Undergraduates rga nizing FOR the Oar-
A Boat House to be Bought on Harlem
River-CrcVvs to Train for ReGnttas.
The students of Columbia College, recognizing
the impulse given to athletic sports by the success
attendant upon the formation OF various clubs dur
ing the past year, have organized boating club,
and intend to form crews to take part in the
aquatic contests which have lately become so pOpu-
lar throughout the United States, and especially at
the principal collegiate institutions Several meet
ings for purposes OF organization have already
been held by the Columbia College Boating Club at
the last of which the following gentlemen were
elected to Office :-President, Alex. r. SimOnds;
Vice President j. Nj. Waterbury; Secretary j..
Strebegh Treasurer Fl. X. Marshall; Captain, Z.
De r. Moore; Lieutenant, =. H. McMahan. The club
is to consist OF undergraduates OF the college only,
and the initiation fee has been fixed at So. Ia
labois under dearth of funds at present.; but the
officers hope to be enabled to raise a sufficient
amount-about one thousand dollRrS--tO send
crew to the regatta OF this year. The Board OF
Trustees Of the college voted an annual allowance
OF 900 to promote the general boating interests
Of the college, but 1t subsequently TRANSFERRED that
none oil this money could be applied to deray the
expenses Of any one particular crew. Should the
club prosper 1t will purchase, at as early date as
possible boat house and landing on the Harlem
River, where the crews will be enabled to practice
until they have obtained sufficient proficiency in
handling the oar to justify them in throwing down
or accepting the, friendly gage OF older organi-
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-01-29
CRANCH ON ARTISTIC CULTURE.

An assembage OF artists and amateurs, ladies
and gentemen-and some very pretty ones OF tho
former class there were--was gathered last even
ing in the South Gallery Of the National Academy.
An essay upon 'The Culture OF the Artist" was
read by Mr.. c. P. Cranch, the weltknown painter.
The object OF the lecturer seemed the demOnstra-
ton ideal oftrue education in art and he
ceeded very well in expressing his own sentiments
upon tho subject. point upon which he ex-
pended a good deal Of time and language was
''color," and he criticised the critics with
attempts at severity. He combated many Of
Ruskin's eccentric ideas, especially that Of there
being possibility OF different tones IN the atmos-
phere at the same time. '.Tonen was quality
better felt than described. painter like musi-
clan, must keep the key which he liked upon when
he begins. 1t was as hard to imagine different
tones OF color in the same picture as that
the same note should be In sonata
written in several keys. The keynote I'm
painting carried with it the suggestion OF "chord
of tintsn AS the musical ear demands chords so
docs the eye demand harmonious distribution OF
color in different parts OF the picture. Whatever
quality OF color exists it, should always be harmo-
Nous. In nature what an endless array was there
OF broken, yet affiliated tns, through landscapes
and clouds and skies Unless the student OF art
got this grand comprehension OF nature he would
work in vain. Nature abhOrred swashes and daubs
OF color as she abhorred vacuum.
In the Paris Exposition 1t was demonstrated
how high above the English In point OF color were
the French and Belgian schools Of art In their
water colors the English seemed familiar with some
Of the choicest secrets OF nature; but they were
lost when they came to working In oils. Yet there
had since tnen been some progress IN England
through more thorough study Of Continent al art.
In AMERICA there was to-day much higher stand
ard OF taste than existed twenty years ago
IL was owing greatly to the large mpOrta-
ton OF foreign works. young man
familiar with the good specimens of the
French school would hardly 20 back TO
an out-worn or Dusseldorf creed such as satisfied
the old, easy-going American Art Association. We
were not so much now disposed to think deal of
the imitation of the works of old masters as we
were once. Selfeducation was the cry OF to-day.
In partial depreciation OF this sentiment he re-
ha Af Gntn 1Qid that satnnA
was necessary to all art. IL vas what the old
masters understood better than any OF the new
ones.
He then spoke OF the culture desirable for an
artist TO possess outside of that pertaining TO his
studio alone. Art needed soul well body,
and where 1t was soullcss. Imagination, faith and
thought must have declined. Asa class, he thought
that American artists were on the right road The
cure for e2ternasm would be found in q higher
culture OF the taste oil the public.
Mr.. Cranch closed with touching tribute TO the
memory OF his departed friend, John Frederick
Kensitt.
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THE ST. ALBANS RAID.

Return OF the English Com missicnee
md Counsel from Washin gton-Proof
That the Raid Was Concocted Outside
of the New Dominion.
MONTREAL, Jan. 2s, 1873.
Mr. Cline, the Commissioner representing Eng
lands interest In the Claims Investigation at
Washington, has returned home with the deposit
tions OF Mr.. Schiller, Clerk OF the Crown; Mr.. Car.
ter, Queens Counsel and Mr.. Mclaughlin Chief OF
the water Police, upon matters connected Win tne
st. Adams raid. The testimony OF these gente-
men Is completely at variance with the report thas
said scheme was concocted In Canada. and estaD-
fishes the entire ignorance Of the authorities re-
speeding the designs OF the raiders.
Hon. J. G. Chapais, Receiver General OF the 10
minion government. has resigned