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er .4rdpites.
Murder at Christening Party In Boston.
BosroN, Feb. 15.-Lawrence Norton
was murdered at q christening party in
Highland District, Saturday night.
Five men and two women have been ar
rested on suspicion of connection with
the murder.
Railway Casualty.
ALLENTOWN, Pa, Feb. 1G.-A freight
train on the Lehiyh and Susquchanna
Railroad, between one and two o'clock
this morning, ran into slide near
State Dam Station. The engine jumped
the track and eighteen cars were piled
upon each other. No one on the train
had, as far as could he ascertained, es-
capped injury. The body Of the EN-
gineer, Daniel Shannon, was found I'M
der the engine, considerably burned,
The fireman and brakeman were badly
scalded an burned, and three Others
are reported killed. A stove in n
caboose, set fire to the freight, and
nine cars were burned.
Award OF Mail Contracts for Oregon and
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-THE following
are the awards for Postal Service in
Oregon: Portland to Asto,is, Steam
Navigation Co., so, 600: Portland to
Corvallis, Jesse d. Carr, IS, 400; Port
land to Salem, G. w. Noblett, 81 ,495;
Portland to the Dalles, by steamboat,
Tenas L. Moody, 1885; Astoria to
Nestockton, H. c. Writ, 81, $50; Cor
Wallis to Newport, J. f. Dixon, 81 ,425;
Port Oxford to Gardiner, Hill & Busby,
81 ,995; Rosebury to Eodolph, Abram
Thush, 81 600; Ashland to Lake City,
Holton g. Garrett, 3,249; The Dalles
to Upper Ochoco, Chapman Brothers,
81 100; The Dalles to Boise City, VIM.
Delacy, $500; Umatilla to Pleasant
Grove, and Union to Walla Walla, L.
B. Church, 2,475 and S1,750, respec-
lively; Penpletoti to Scots, {. c. Hunt
ley, 81 800.
Fon WASHINGTON TERmToRY Olympia
to Astoria, j. l.. Stout, 81, $50; Seattle
TO Sehome, Samuel Coulter, 81 600;
Walla Walla to Missoula, Vim. Glover,
$4,000; Port Townsend to Sitka, Alas
ka, Selucius Gariielde, SIS, 900.
Destructive Fires
CLEVELAND. o., Feb. 1G.-A fire at
Wooster, Ohio, yesterday, destroyed
the large dry goods house of j. b.
Bare, on East Liberty street. The
building took fire at noon and the
churches were Immediately dismissed
the citizens in great excitement, flock
ing to the scene. Flames soon envcl-
opcd the store and threatened the adj
joining buildings, from the latter of
which the greater part of the contents
had been removed in damaged con
dltion. Loss, $500, OO0; fully insured.
PouGHKEEpsIE, n. Y, Feb. IL
large fire is raging at Sing Sing. Two
blocks, including Olive Hall are burned
and another block is now in flames
Engines have been sent for to neigh
boring villages. Loss already over
$500 900.
PHLADFIrnlA. Feb. Is. -Stolelv's
majority for Mayor is nearly II 900.
Two women are elected School Direc-
tors on the Republican ticket. The
Democrats gain members of the Com
mon Council in three Wards. COL
Mcclure said last night he was cheated
ont OF the election, and rumor pre-
walls that he will contest it.
Abolition Of the Iron-Clad Oath.
WAslnNGToN, Feb. 15.-Gen. Butler.
and Judge White, of Alabama, having
been appointed a subcommittee on two
bills heretofore introduced in the House
and referred to the Committee on judi
ciary, to abolish the tcst iron-cad oath
IN all eases where it is now required by
law, have n report upon the subject,
which they will this week submit to the
full Committee. There seems to be no
doubt that mojority of the House are
in favor of abolition.
Another Movement for n Repeal OF the
E'ght-HOur Law.
Feb. 16.-The Secretary of the Treas
ury has written to Garfield, Chairman
OF the House Committee on Appropria-
tons, enclosing letter from manufac-
turers OF Baltimore indorsing the views
and statements of supervising architect
Mullett on the eight-hour question. and
saying that their experience is this:
that it is not only impossible for man
to perform as much work in eight hours
rs in ten, but that he absolutely per-
forms less work per hour under the
elSht-hour system. The letter further
says. the demoralizing effect on labor
which the Government has temporarily
employed has untitled men for a reeu-
lar days work. Would it not be better
for the best interests of the country
and labor to repeal all laws governing
labor, and leave the question to govern
Itself and regulate supply and demand?
Gales ia Southwestern Europe.
LONDON, Feb. 1G.-The southwestern
portion of Europe has been visited by
very heavy gales. Numerous disasters
on the Black Sea are reported.
The steamer Wyoming which left Liv-
erpool on the 18th inst. for New York.
returned to port to-day and went into