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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-10
I'VE ARRnTT CONCERTS.

The second appearance of Miss Emma Abbott
in tins country since her return from Europe was hAue
at Cbickerng Han last evening, before an audience
ub,c II Doint both Of numbers and sympathy was all
that cou,d be desired So much has been written Of late
ao,r both the business and domestic difficulties Of Miss
Abhctt Of her marriage, and tie unfortunate connection
which she had with London MANAGERS that pubic curl
oste was widely awakened, and desire wa felt on al
ill., IA Inow whether she was really all that her friends
have claimed TO- her and whether she would prove 70
Ia tre representatiye American prima donna that we
had been led 10 expect It must be confessed that we
nave cxpalienccd some feeling Of disappointment in
b-r her Miss Abbott has naturally good yoice-not
nv any means phenomenal one. either in point OF quail
inv or volume or rangc-but Of those useful reliable
.oprluo voices of which already have several in the
civ II is fairly flexible light hut generally agreeable in
,itv Iut N the upper register there s an edge which
crates very unpleasautly the and il Is essentially
talYc In matter OF cultivation, Mis- Abbott seems to
have been Well taught, she has unpleasant tricEs
such AZ pumping" the voice on particular
. notes and an excessive use OF dimihuendo
effects and her runs are OFTEN sIoVehy She
h.s. intelligence howeyef. and sings with taste ana
feeling aud her Is almost always carefully dohe
Rut abe Is not great in any way and II is not to be won
,,orad AZ that she met with no greater success in
England than she did II she pursues her career she
Vi In all probability remain useful and respectable
o,cert singer we doubt II will become any
hin, more than this Miss Abbott sang last night An
aria from Gomezs opera. "Guarany." the romance
. Non couosci" from "Mignon." and Arditis duet,
Might in Venice" with Brgno. The last OF the thfce
WAS the best Miss Abbott has the assistance
of signors Brgno Ferrant who were good as usual
Of Mr. w r. Case "A promising pianist from Paris, and OF
Emil sefert yolinst who did not impress us at all
fayorably The troupe a. whole 10 strong one
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-10
THE FIRE RECORD.
AT sw4ETOY, yT.-LOss s6i0oo

SwANrON, VT, Feb. ga fire broke out at
IL O'Clock to-day in the back part OF C. C. Longs store
and burned each way, south 10 and Inclrding HOgle
block and north to H. ". Farrars block. seven build
ngs destroyed including uoglo3 BLOCK, the largest
building in the town. The following are the principal
losses C. g. Long, $4,000; Mra. Barney, $1,000; H. W
Fagrar 1000; ". j. HUgle $1,000; v. IL Blake,
hardware - 900 o. -. Mason harness, $1,000 ID. r.
Rrunlage, crockery $1,000; B. B. Blake dry goods.
u loo; :. A. Adams book, 5000 H. ID. Marvin.
dry GOODS 81 900. The losses OF others amount 10
1000 Tn is Insurance covering about two-tAirds OF
the Oss
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-10
coXsTrrUTIoNALITY OF AN INSURANCE LAW.

CONSTlII llONALli1 VI AN i-N7' AN4A.'Di' Law
The suit in the name Of the People against
Anru.t + Gross and James Il. FlItout begun by the
NevYor Board OF Fire Underwriters 10 enforce Ic aw
recurring foreign ire companies coilS bds-
ness in tins state 10 comply with certain requirements
and furnishing brOkers negotiate policies Win com
uancs which have not Jie Win those re4ulct ns'
came Yesterday before Judge Barrett III supreme Court
Chambers on motion % release the defendant brokers
t ,rr,..t The substance Of tie compliant given
IL Trr TpipINF Of la-i Tuesday. The defense u tAhJ
The broEr- ac,ed Ia IGNORANCE Of thc failure 81 he New
J.s.ry Iuupa:y-ilr MI.yIue Mutual rIie Insurance
C,,ut su,-fo comply villa the law, AID timj De"re We
nnry reached ana was accepted Dy Francis b. Ward FOR
"a tat n never Was an operative policy Tncy also claim
t;at uuu,r what - known Tie Maryland peddlcFs
ra.r the law r. void masking a Discrimination ntt"tth
of differing states contrary 10 tAc UGltea states
Consultations ana beng regulation II restrain VI
commerce between the states Judge Barrett Ie'e''eA
IA
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-10

over 80 trifing cause Some o. the more partisan
critics far declare that Mr. Vanderbilt had
demanded from the Pennsylvania Company the official
head OF its New-England agent Last saturday after
curtain place The Pennsy lyHia train
speeding over its unohstruced roadbed. and under
meath this declaration This corporation does not
rob its equipment and maintenance OF way to SVEN so
called dividends hence IL can, when ceSsary, assign
several hundreds Of locomotives TO the work, ana ny
keeping them in constant motion clear the tracks from
falling and drifting IL collect Thus
no blockades experienced the Pennsylvania Rail-
road nor any occasion TO chhrge ordinary neglect OF
duty aud mismanagement to the acts OF Providence.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-10
r111Nc ppnnFs OF DEATH.

Inauiry at the Offices of the Continental ana
the security Life Companies yesjer ay eetu
the statement that in cases where inc insured III eei
coupay had died since appointment Of the receiver
t Kramer corse to pursue was lille proofs OF death
with the receiver IN the same manner "a W0HI otherwise
nave been done with the company lienty SinlIi ol
cuunsrI Tor the Insurance y. paftnltut Thought mat III
RE case of the Continental Lie, u would Dc ad'is'pl7
also 4, lille copy OF the proofs with some 0Acer OF he
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-10
STEPS. FOR CLOSING THE COLUMBIA LIFE

ST.. LOUIS, Mo-, Feb. 9.-CeIsus Prlce' INC
State superintendent Of Insurance has appointed 1"
board Of special examiners under the law to apprSe inc
assets and especially the real estate OF the Columbia Lie
Insurance Company this city 1t Is also the purpose
of the Insurance Department to apply 10 thr court io
the oppontmeut Of for the company on INC
rd mat the deprcciaiion OF its assets especially lis
real estate has been 80 that IL Is no longer saIe of
The company 20 continue business the Indictment OF
Iu.n f. Douglass, the president aad L. " ID ili Vls
Sc,r of TINS cOunany Il denounced by their friends 40
great hardship. not an outrage ana they asor' Id
me action against them viii not stand in court
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-10

FPON GLA~GCw-Jft steamship .prqfig Feb. 9.-Niss
Drvln Mrs Br3dau, ttrl, Hiss Minnie Bladen, Master
N!i!e Bialca, 10 W. Moy -i,s toy-5 50hn T. Aiyes MI
Pearson. X r. CaHubC, "5An lind, HOS Bowman, MISS
Tlhe Z Waves Mr. MCfI. .ane.
S.DM HANBC 60. sstD}tiy GeiLsrf, Feb !-trieter-
T. HTr. ~ > BVr4c. :. DenknaaD.
wife aud daughter, MaIcgl EtssJtrg, Wilhelm opauauch
I1at MGT Soc az, Louise Logan. CHARLES Druse
teOrg -ka Helena Miner E!se Oun4Crlcch.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-10

The men who devote themselves TO perfeeting the
vnrOus useful arts important 70 the comfort and Happiness Of
DeucactUrs. AMONG
Of the wtlAnOwn soap n MS
lnYtEtUa-B. T. BabDs Toilet sOaple sntceslct
scientific triumph which every excellence
Ia toilet sceuuhc process - needed die 10
presence v. impure and DISCUS. !ng clements.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-10

woman has called lately Known charitable
ladies' bearing letter puTpOrtmg "a be written by The prn
Sister OF st Lake hospital. Tho letter ad
seni pretended sufferers Francisco. AID DeaIs te
fol sea signature Of the sisters name IN full
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-10
THE RUSSIAN PRESS REBUKED.

LONDJN, odti4IIdJ CD To -
A dispatch frcm Vienna to Tie standard
reports thar tie chef Of thu ST. Petersburg Press Bureau
has been dismissed by order Of the Car for permitting
Journals 10 language detrimental to peace and CON
cod with friendly governments.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-10
MIDNIGHT HEATHER REPORT.
GOVERNMENT INDICATIONS.

For New-England, stationary or rising Oarom-
etrr Hprth-west snfriBg to southwest Winds warmer,
partly cloudy weather. For The Middle Atlantic stat =
incI easing northeast southeast Winds stationary or
higher temperature, falling barometer dd parity cIouuy
or clear weather.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-10
UNITED STATES AGAINST THE CENTRAL PACIFIC
RAILROAD.

SAN FRANCIsCO, Feb. 9.-The trial Of the
case Of the United states against the Central Pacific
Railroad Company five per cent OF the next
earnings OF the roadfrom Jolly 49, 1889 70 oct 81. 1874
began III the United states Circuit Court to-day. TIE
ntrnnnt tnVnN,I = -I.-jH.GIl 20
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-10
TRIBUNE LOCAL OBSERVATIONS.

THE diagram b,-m+-a ss1aton ~ city -r1hs
ii1ns
preceding midn1t the OSCILLATIONS
the mercury Dc ing those hours
TRIBUNE OFFICE, Feb 1O-I a. m.-YesterdaY's curve
OF ar-pressuro though dropping In the morning. more
than rcgned previous hight IN the afternoon The
temperature averaged 80 below that Of Thursday but
closed AZ midnight squaCey at freezing point There Is
little moisture in the The conditions on the whole
u favorable.
Two days OF pleasant weather may be expected m
NevYOrS and vicinity, though there Is more hAeis0d
of haze or occasional light clouds TODAY than yesiert1Y,
and t-morrCw than to-day Little change IN trmpera-
prnbabe but the general tendency Is toward IN
crcasIug warmth.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-10
ARREST OF FRAUDULENT INSURANCE AGENTS
Rn.rnN Feb a-Ioseph Ii. DWyer OF Dwyer

BO3ION, TtD. J'--JO''PH III y 7" , Vt Vt y
A Brus brokers in this city, arrested yesterday iof
fr,uduetIy placing $4,000 insurance with companies
not authorized to do bu5iuess ia this state state de-
ecyes also arrested samuel Kimbail and Henry VII
,r1s for doing the business Of brokers without proper
licenses general arrest OF iFadnicht lHSurdhc' aseN'
= .-.r mn liz
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-10
CONNECTION IN BELGIUM.

LOsDoS, saturday, Feb. ID. 1-11.
A dispatch TO The Daily NarS announce, that
NJ Sialou of Belgian Ministry has resigned on account
Of the opposition 10 he Electoral bill There have been
several disturbances lately, caused By the unpopua-ity
Of the bill
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-10

Let Your FANNY have THE WITNESS. II may be worth
more than LlOLsanls 10 them,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-10
A CHARITY CONCERT.

There was an orchestra, conducted by Max MaretSk,
and IL very poor.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-10
TIE HUNGARIAN MINISTERIAL CRISIS.
N1rNHA Eridar Tch ,. ~

Baron Cennycy, leader Of the Hungarian
Conservatives and herr Won GLckhey President Of the
Court Oh Cessation b, to-day to open negota-
tons respecting the formation Of new HUNGARIAN cab
fne
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-10

While Pnrker's Ginger Tenic suhdues irritation Of hs
stomach and bowels IL equally ~cacous m It's eject on mo
lungs. AS Tor Coughs, Gods, and sore IhiOaL II
without exception superior TO ami All Ohers teaspo9
tul taken hourly VIII cure the worst coid IA Two days
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-10
THE SPANISH SENATE DISSOLVED.

IIlL II ANI.II NT--'1 7 T. I7I'''7T73' ~
MADRID. friday, Feb. ., 1877.
The Tempo announces that the kiug has
signed decree ds.olyn the senate ANA Ordens fresh
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-10

The OGciaI LIST Of Unclaimed Letters appears in THs
Y lThEss every Tuesday aud Friday.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-10

Advertisements intended for good amc. should be sen,
N
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-10
Sueriai NoIltes.

Keep sells the best and cheapest SHIRTS In The world
also. CDIA - elegant styles best qualify % per dok
for 75c. SCI Broadway.
Patents, Trademarks. &c..
secured ~ the United les
ARTHUR v. BRIESENs PATENT AGENCY. -
2bS Broadway, New-Nork.
Best refertscas Send for bcot Of instruction.
Personal Taxes.-comnissIoh he charts and perscns
employing their capital importing and ses iQiVTtej
goods IN original packages exporting uelanG a. IN
have thf assessmcnts for personal leunatoy re-
moved VI reduced By addressing Box Lola. Post0lues
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-10

The Witness will shortly occupy the late Presse building
IN l. ranaIUrt-sL
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-10
DIED.

AL Notices Of Marriages must be Endorsed ,siLh hIg
name and address.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-10-11
An Ant Fight.

An interesting account of an engage.
ment between party of red and of black
ants is related by correspondent of the
Forest and Stream. "Last week. as I
was coming in the gate" says the writer,
"my attention was attracted by seeing a
stream of ants moving across the walk,
going in different directions. They were
travelling in a belt about four inches
wide, and moving very rapidly. Of
those going in one direction, each had a
large ant egg in its mouth. 1 followed
the empty mouthed ones and found they
were robbing a nest Of red ants. The
nest was about one foot across, and was
covered with red and black ants engaged
in most desperate battle-the reds try
ing to defend their home from their
thievish enemies. At times the ants
would form in their little hills, sliding
and rolling over the ground. I observed
that the black ants that were engaged in
stealing took no part in the fight, but
would sieze the eggs and make for their
own hill, leaving the fighting to be done
by the rest of the band. The black ants
III making these depredations had to cross
one carriage drive, two plank walks, and
climb up terrace two feet in height
the distance between the two hills being
152 feet through the grass of an ordinary
lawn. Out of curiosity I killed one of
the black ants, and took it to a jeweler
and had it put on the balance with the
egg it was carrying, when the egg was
the heaviest which shows the remarka-
BILE strength and endurance of these
interesting insects. I once noticed a
small red ant trying to carry worm,
several times as heavy as itself, up a
small mound on the top of which was its
nest. After trying several times without
success, it ran up the hill and disap-
peared in its hole, and presently returned
with quite number of companions, who
easily carried their captive into the nest
in spite of his struggles"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-10-11
A Nose FasliOner.

DIR. Gid, an inventive surgeon of Paris,
noticed that elderly people who for a
long time have worn eyeglasses sup
ported on the nose by spring are apt
to have this organ long and thin. This
he attributes to the compression which
the spring exerts on the arteries by
which the nose is nourished. Not long
afterward young lady of fifteen con-
suited him to see if he could restore to
moderate dimensions her nose, which
was; was large, feshy and unsightly; He
took exact measurement, and had con-
structed for her "luaette orince-nez T"
"a spring and pad for compressing the
artery-which was worn at night, and
when she conveniently could in the day
time. In three weeks consolatory dim
mutton was evident, and in three months
the young lady was quite satisfied with
the Improvement in her features. This
story recalls Captain Marryatt's phren.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-10-11

This season it is known that the re-
serve has been cut down to the minimum
by shipments of 30, 500, 600 bushels from
the West since Jan, l, against shipments
lastyearof $4,000, ,000bushelsfrom crop
4O, 1000, 900 larger. At five bushels per
capita, the home requirement would be
about 235, ,OOO,O bushels, beside the
quantity needed to replenish the reserve
which figures of yearly consumption
indicate may be roughly estimated at
100000 bushels. Hence, if the COM
ing crop is as much as 1926, 900, 600 bush
els, and the price is not unusually high,
consumption and replenishment of re-
serve will take about 255. 900, 900 BUSH
els, leaving 100000 bushels for ex-
port. Ii the price rules high, both con-
sumption and the quantity taken for re-
serve will be diminished, and the sur
plus for export may then be as much as
$4,000, 900 bushels. -Neao York Tribune.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-10-11
A RattleSnake's Attack.

When rattlespake is disturbed it
sounds an alarm, and then, if compelled,
it will fight. When the victim is within
reach the jaws of the snake are separated
and the head thrown back so as to bring
the fangs into a favorable position to
penetrate the object. The head is then
darted rapidly forward, the unsheathed
tooth penetrates the body of the victim,
and the poison is injected into the flesh.
The same muscular acts which open the
wound inject the venom through the
duct, and into the part penetrated by
the tooth. The divergence of the fang
points when the snake bites often causes
a considerable distance between the two
wounds. The power with which the
venom is elected from the tooth depends
somewhat upon the amount contained in
the gland and its ducts. If the snake
fails to strike the object aimed at, the
poison is sometimes projected several
feet and case is ON record where it
was thrown into the eyes of man who
was SIX feet from the snake, when it
struck upward at a stick held above it's
coil.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-10-11
Fashion Notes,

Simple and pretty wraps for autumn
days are square shawls of India or of
French cashmere of solid color, lightly
fringed, and worn in fichu fashion
crossed on the breast and tied behind.
Long slender sacques, of medium
length, made of the new rough cloths,
double breasted, buttoned their entire
length, and with coat flaps behind, will
be favorite wraps for fall and winter.
The Carrick cloak long Ulster
shape, with three small round capes
known as coachmen's capes-is the styl-
lsh overall. 1t is seen in rain cloaks
made of waterproof cloth, and in the
English cloths Of gray invisible plaids
used for travelling cloaks.
Many beaded ornaments are used in
bonnets, the preference being for the
blue-gray clair dc hne beads there are
also many jet fringes, drops, and netted
pieces, while for brown, maroon, moss,
olive, bronze, and other colored bonnets
the mOrdOre or golden brown beads are
used.
The majority of the new bonnets are
small cottage shapes and close-ftting
capOtes, but there are many large Marie
Stuart bonnets, with pointed front and
ho"IhS pluilS, anu IltIc are also llTeSSN
Bergese hats, with little crown and
spreading brlms-gay and dressy shapes
for young folks.
New ornamental bows for the throat
are OF ribbons of two contrasting colors
tying small cluster of flowers on shells
OF Valenciennes lace, and from thence
the ribbons hang in ends a yard long.
Vulcan red ribbons contrasting with pale
blue or with mandarin yellow make
petty bows.
The most stylish colors in head geaf
are mousse, or moss green Vulcan rcd,
more brilliant than scarlet, and contain
ing much of the mandarin yellow shade
clair de lime gray, with blue tinges, and
she old-fashioned silver grey rose coral,
a delicate shade for frightening sombre
hues, and the dark myrtle green of last
year.
The hair is dressed with reference to
the shape of the bonnets. For bonnets
to be worn on dressy occasions, the coiff-
ure is high soft loops and puffs on top
OF the head. For the close shapes the
back hair is arranged in fiat chatelaine
loop very low ON the nape of the neck,
or else the chatelaine is braided in wide
basket braids of seven strands or more.
Feathers and flowers are more beauti-
full than in any former season. The bird
OF Paradise, with its golden plumage, is
the choice for expensive bonnets. There
are, however, the pretty feathers of the
heron, wings, guinea-hens breasts, pea
cocks breasts, and many other stiff and
slender feathers for less costly hats.
Ostrich tips and the long Marie Stuart
plumes are used in profusion.
The materials for the new bonnet are
plush or velvet trimmed with satin. The
plush may be plain or striped. Some
brocaded silks in Marguerite pattern are
used for crowns of special bonnets. There
are also some kid bonnets like those in.
troduced last year, and there are very
fine felt bonnets with plain cut edges,
while others are wrought with let or
with elatr de luns beads.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-10-11
NO. 81.
Items of Interest.

Cuba has been fighting for freedom for
nine years.
The first newspaper in England was
issued in 1888.
The wealthiest farmer in Ne oraska is
Isham G. Chicken. He certainly should
always have full crop.
In Bath Abbey is to be seen the fol
lowing epitaph: "H Here lies Ann Mann;
she lived an old maid and died an old
Mann"
If all Russia and all Turkey should
come to engage in the strife, there would
be 100000 Russians fighting 43, 3,000,-
600 Turks.
A Spanish proverb says: "The man
who on his wedding day starts as a
lieutenant in the family will never get
promoted"
1t is a question worthy Of careful in
vestigation, whether a person whose
voice is broken is not all the better COM
petent to sing "pieces."
A young lady in town, who does not
pride herself particularly ON being
political economist, thinks the sooner
greenbacks reach "pa," the sooner she
will be able to invest in new fall bon
net.-Rutland Herald.
The following is all the space given in
a Texas newspaper to a lynching
dudley Hansford was hanged by
mob of forty men this morning, near his
home, two miles from Perry, in this
county. Too much cattle.'
Such is the glut of money on the Lon
don Stock Exchange that any man in
rron1 o,a1,@ ~, -, 1. - ~,
any sum for, say, fortnight, at the rate
of II per cent. per annum. Yet even on
these terms there is scarcely any de-
mand.
John Taylor, the president of the
"Twelve Apostles" and acting presi-
dent of the Mormon Church until a new
president is elected, was shot at Nauvoo,
ILL.,, at the time when Joseph Smith was
killed, and is a most bigoted and bitter
fanatic.
The war correspondent of the London
NeaCs says that at the battle near Kaze-
levo, where the Russians were defeated,
ga Russian officer, who was observed
gallantly endeavoring to rally the men,
was killed, and the body, when subse-
quently discovered, proved to be that
of woman. She was buried where she
fell"
An Englishman who has made bet of
100000 that he will in six years walk
through France, Germany, North Rus
sia, and Siberia to China, has started
from Calais on his journeying. His bet
obliges him to return through Persia,
and Southern Russia, and from there
over Greece and Italy to France. He
must be in Liverpool by July l, 1888.
According to a Louisiana paper, most
desirable lands in that State, fronting on
navigable streams, and capable of pro-
ducing from 1000 to 5000 pounds of
sugar and 100 to 800 gallons of molasses
per acre, or crops worth from $500 to
$500 per acre, can be purchased for the
low sum of $15 to $3.50 per acre. Further
inland, and within few miles of naviga-
bic water courses, land can easily be
bought for $5 to $15 per acre. Excellent
sugar lands can be had at very much
lower prices than even the above in
Texas, says Galveston journal.