, 1880-09-21
ITEMS.

An elephant, travelling In n car next tile
locum1tIye OH MI Indiana railroad, opened
tho tank, drank all the water, and SO con,-
PEELED the tratn to stop.
Mr.. J. c. atcMulIin, General Manager of
tho Alton 1iailroad, returned from the East
yesterday. He attended both meetings Of
tho High Jotuts" tu New York, a1M SAYS
nothing was done TINT has not already been
reported In THE Tn1uuNg.
Detnnnds for tho American system OF
checking baggage arc numerous In tho 1.o,,-
don newspapers. An cnlpleyA Of the Vcr-
mont Central Railroad went over to en-
Tighten some Englisl, raflroud officials on tho
subject, at their request, but nothing has
cUIne OF 1t.
The roads west of Buffalo, Plttsbnrg, and
Wheeling VIII hold n meeting Wednesday,
basis for west.h0n',n rates from ptttSburg,
buffalo, md Wheeling. md common points
IN Ohio and Indiana. The report 1T tho
Chicase aud s.. ioi'ts vii aso 0 Se received
aud acted upon 0t this meeting.
Tho branc', Of the Wisconsin Central which
lis to extend frcm Ahb0tsf1rtt west sixty
miles, to Chippewa Falls, and In connectto',
witt, the Chicago. 1t. paul y Allnneatlolts
tiua cast to Lake Michigan At .Mailitowoc. is
so we'll advanced that tllcro is tnlk uf run
ming trains through by the lst OF November.
Track ls laid tor twenty miles east nE All
Of steamers Will be established between
Manitownc antt t'cntwateF, tho ontt Vt the
Flint II Pore Marquette, uMl that active cons..
petition for the grain alll t]nar sl'lpnleElts Of
this winter.
a new signal for communication between
the conductor md engineer, to take the. plncp
Of tho be!l-tnpe, Is being tested oil tho lonll-
sylyat,ta lia!lToad. It Is eunnected Win tue
sSSa' so1s s ae 'Sassf 81 ese se sS f01a p fs o
which operates MI alr.whistle III Tho engine,
while slight escape Of alr III tbs cnT-ntta tach,
Ment assures the conductor TINT his stKlnl
o 1 m Sss asSt 1S,a tespos ns %SHSf %f s s ssss sss
whistle. It also saves tho trouble OF coll
meeting and dlsconnectIng the, bell-rope III
shifting cars, tho connection with tsle Cur 10
inG,sf ines u 9n the Si M ID opsta,on On
tho Harrisburg accommodation aild seems to
work satisfactorily.
Tho indianapolis Jottr1lal says: From IN
otticlal source w0 lcarn that tho Baltimore q
Ohio Company, with tho, commencement Of
sluca rates 10 .slclt = low point rs 10 make
their ttne popular with tho travelling public.
'i'le l}oarl Of Directors OF the Isalt!noro 4 4
Ohio itaircad Company recently apn,'lntS,d
abntlt to be introduced On tho road. Tho ex-
nnllnBrs arc O, 4. LAIRD. tinleral Passenger
safts Hssst " ~. "a Ss@f1t @ a9ssf 1s{sr IT XEe sFe"s
The Company will, on ur ahout Get. !, ,suli.
BtltutG their own cars fot tho l',!lMtn sleep
ess. The conductors Of tllb IN! !lnlan carsnre
applicants, and 1t is understand that tho cx-
ainlneFs, at a meeting hold On Wednesday, re-
appointed oil these, besides several others
VIM arc nut conductors, but III tho employ
OF tie Company. Thu nltml'eF Of conductors
appointed Is between thirty aAa fatty.
It Is reported in San Francisco that an aI-
TankcMeht hAl been entered l,1tn by which
S450, ,000 arc to bH expended by thu Atclltson,
Topeka Il Santa F6 Railroad compal,y ts.
tween tho present tins and Jan. next III
building toa1 eastward from. saM lNego.
According to the same authority tue cmbryo
metropolis ii to b. nlatle the western tnrml-
nus Ut the Atclltson, Topeka Il SaNta
F6 br0ad-gnltgu road. IT twill at first tAkh a
ilortl,easNr!y direction, striking near Cotton,
On tllu Tins Of the Southern Pacific, but, I'M
like tic last named ruat, will not make It's
Yay into Arizona through he Sun Goreorio
Pass. Tbs ,Rrcclss point OF entranee.
into The Territory, IT, not ,yes
made public. but Is safli to DO determined
upon. Beyond the western boundary llne
Ut Arizona, thu road Will bH constructed Oil
the thirty fifth parallel. ard will connect
will, t1a branch from GAayulas, Mexico,
now under course Ut construction. 4 p0r-
tloil OF tlle agreement before mentioned Is
that mart OF tha UtrEctDTY OF the AtGhfH IN.