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BEI,LAIHE.

Mr. Mccoy, of the new planning mill,
has been exercising his artistic talents In
the production Of u picture OF Gen. Han.
cock, which should have been made din.
ring the campaign aud issued as Rspub.
liCan document,
The Shakespeare Club mot al Josephus
Gorby'a residence Tuesday evening,
A child Of James Harrison, formally nm
our police force, died Wednesday morn.
Ing.
Mr.. ZllCh is having some llrst.rate con.
certs given by various persons in the eve.
nings.
A new Druid Circle will he instituted
Friday evening at Druid Hall, In Sheets
block, where all the petitioners are urged
to be present. Some Sieubenville mem.
hers vii be present Rt the ceremonies.
Supper will be had at Thsobolds, and
City Hall has been engaged for social
amusenentS after the ceremonies Of the
evening.
The fetiting members Of the School
Board are Il. NJ. MCGaw, j. B. Darrah,
and James NJ. Reese. Tile two former
have served the full term Of three years
Mr.. Reese was appointed by the Board to
till the vacancy UCCasiOned by the resiRna.
tlon ol =. II. Lee. His successor will lave
two years 10 pefve.
Rev. B. s. Dean is In Cleveland on bus.
iness.
The Republicans OF this township will
meet In mass convention this year az
usual, Saturday afternoon Ia the time,
and the polls will be open from to d
o'clock.
The Uity Convention will be composed
Of four delegates from each ward. The
date OF the Convention will be Tuesday
next The delegates will he appointed at
the primaries TO be held Saturday even.
Ing In the First, Second and Fourth wards;
Friday evening In the Third ward and
Thursday evening In the Fifth ward.
Either g. W. Pollock or VIM. Pollock
will preach al the Presbyterian Church on
Sunday. They are brothers and are In the
same class at the Allegheny Theological
Seminary.
Mr.. Joel SLfahl is isdelivefing TO The mem.
befs OF the old Wofkingnaiis Building
Association the papers belonging 10 them
He has had some oil these papefs In bis
charge nine years, and Is glad 10 see the
members claim them.
The Public Square will be fenced al an
early day. The Council committee hay.
Ing the matter In charge asked for an ex.
Tension Of time at the meeting Of q, uncil
Tnesday evening. 1t Is suggested that
gates would be Of no account, as nine.
tenths Of The time they would be open.
TuFnstiles, such az were used al the Cen.
Lennlsl, would answer
Mis-, Rev. Jacob Rambo is in town
among her friends, ROE.
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BLOTS
ON the RECENT RECORDS OF the
HUMAN RACE,
DOings Cf DspFayed daughters And
Sons OF Men in All Parts OF
the Country - Numerous Ne.
falcaIIOns, and Divers Often.
Hes OF Like Kind.
srEuBENvrLLE SINS AND SORROWS.
Death OTa WeII,kHOWn West VIFgiuIan
damage suit Against u Railroad
brutal Attack on DAFkeys = Woman
CHARGED With Theft

Death OF n WeII.knOWn West VIFgiuIau
damage suit Against n RaIIrOad-
HrHIal Attack on Darkeys = Woman
charged With theft.
STEuBESYILLE, March 29,-The death OIL
Leander Browning, Of Brooke county, W.
Van which occurred last evening, is an
nouuCed here this morning. The deceased
was son Of old Judge Browning, was
born and reared in Brooke county, and
was aity.three years old. He was q very
prominent farmer Of that county, and was
well known in this city, being an elder In
the First Presby byterlan church here. His
death was caused by heart disease and
dropsY,
After being out about twelve hours, the
Jury in the case Of Mahala Smith, admin.
Istratrix, va. the Panhandle Railroad, re-.
turned q verdict OF nine o'clock last night
for one thousand dollarS, divided as iol.
lows: The widow, seven hundred dollars
Oscar and John, sons, hlty dollars each !;
Susannah and Mary, one hundred dollars
each, Noah Smith, the husband and father
Of PLAINTIFF, was killed on Christmas, 1870,
by Panhandle train, at Adams street
crossing, and the amount Of damages asked
Tor was ten thousand dollars. Tomorrow
the damage suit comes up against the JEFF.
erson Iron Works.
Three brothers named Risk set upon
Charles johnson and vile, both colored,
aAd beat them so badly that both will pro.
badly die. No cause for the assault is
given.
frankie Steele, OF this city, was arrested
here last night, for having, 1t Is alleged,
stolen dress valued at $l2 from Lizzie
Richmond, Of Pittsburgh, The warrant
was sworn out by Alderman 0'Donnell Of
that city, and the constable, believing that
the accused had left for Steubenville, upon
hearing that she was to be arrested, i'm.
mediatety telegraphed the authorities here
to capture her. She was taken back TO
Pittsburgh to-day.
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NATIONAL NOTES.
ATKINSON RENOMINATED AZ
~ SsuaL FOR WEST VIRGINIA
,,,or Kicks ON New York Hom'n
''p 1',ou- proceedings in the Senate
~ ,,,,,rday-TrenSuTy CONTINGENT
ruuds E1hauStsd-ImmiEFa'
lion and Export statistics
IN TIE SENATE

go. ReupWS Ills Attack on the
'ooIn"aI BaukG-OMcIAIS Nominated.
I%'.olSGroS, D, O., March "'-Mr'
,'.Sse, again submitted the resolution
'0',g ,s.,ed yesterday, and subsequent
.! a' '.I,bJrew, T declaring the hostile atti'
" w, assumed by the National Banks in
'.I',JIog 'aS the National debt at a lower
',a ol interest, and the recent attempt to
M. n.,,,s legislation, as contrary to the best
l,,,% ,.,s,s,,s Of the people and calculated to
NV" ..i,s their alarm for the future
' ", Morrill, raised a point Of order that
,o.oluiion vsa not in order, inasmuch
IaT 'vv ~as a Legislative proposition
W w, Sherman thought 1t would be unjust
NJ CSair 10 teouiTo him to decide the
Wta",yn0lil NV all the preCedeuts on tne ques'
iion XII had been, ,Cted, HIS Tecollecu9n was
,S.t g,I no propositions like this hau peen
S,Sd in any evening executive session
ss, "c,IIsd, aud he hoped Mr.. voorhees,
ST""J ~" b. permitted to speak on the point
VSI.'y ", Voorhees, argued that the PROPOSE
inn %', vas clearly in order aud cited from
,SS ' prgcedsnts to show that At @ special
.1odp",iys ,.o session Of the Senate any bust
49, sass could be transacted which DID not
SSs5 SosS tbs cooperation Of the House ot
TS,T TpSs,OT,eseutatIves. He quoted from the
sain,oos Mpv Of Chase, Seward and Douglass
y p,1 ina DlTyct that tho Senate, 10 special
.s,.icp, %O may do any act which 1t Is compe'
,s0t for it to do by itself without the 60.
ooe,slon Of the House, and said that the
GsoY waa embodied by Sherman IN Q
,,ss.nII,ion and unanimously adopted.
Tbs proposition submitted needed no
rancunenCe by the House, II was TO give
Information about the great oVershadoWing
0lestlon. 1t was to give the departments
II ,be Government the opinion which
tbs Senate entertained on q great public
matter, aud 1t may be very important to
csu1n branches Of the Government that
Ills expression Of opinion should be
made, , a.. ,,,-.o,,.,.-
,ninst the resolution, which was laid over
under the Fuee.
NL Dawes offered resolution for the
election Of Senate officers, naming the
ClniIda!es selected by the Republican
caucus yesterday, which was laid oyer.
Alter the executive session the senate
adjourned,
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AN ENTERPRIsINs RURGLAR,
Who was not Quite a. EnteFpFiSing As
B0m0 Bankers.

RoLLA, NO., March 2S.-one Of the
boldest attempts at bank robblng in the
history OF Missouri, occurred in this city
this morning at about 8 o'clock, which re-
suited in the death Of the daring burglar,
Pat Ebert.
Ebert arrived in RollA about a month
ago from Kansas, ostensibIy for the pur.
pose Of opening q saloon, taking up bis
lodging in boarding house near the Ma
tional Bank Of RollA. His suspicious con-
duct attracted the attention OF the officers
OF the bank, who called 10 their aid Hank
Devins, oity Marshal, who did his duty
nobly,
Upon investigation II was discovered
that the burglar had gained access to q
vacant building adjoining the bank,
and for three nights had been unmolesIed
In his desperate effort to tunnel to the
vault, On the fourth night, just as he had
made an entrance to the vault, Dsyins
and q posse, at signal given by the
cashier, who was seCreted in the hank,
surrounded the building and attempted bis
capture alive, but Ebert preferred dsSth
to arrest, with dagger In his hand made
o desperate effort to escape, and was
shot down In his tracks, He lived one
hour after being shot, but would reveal
nothing. The only words he uttered
were: "You have got me, boys"
The COroner's Jury rendered q verdict
OF justi6able homicide. Marshal Deyins
10 entitled to great credit for the bravery
he displayed In entering the dark cellar
to make the arrest. Whether Ebert had
Confsderates to assist him iu his daring
exploit could not be ascertained, but 1t 10
generally believed that he had.
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HE JUMPED OFF.
A wyoming CFIInInaI who Expressed n
willingness 10 Cooperate with His
Self appointed ExecuiIoners.

A wyoming CFIInluAI who Expressed a
Willingness 10 Cooperate with His
Self appointed ExecuiIonera.
CHEYENNE, W. T., March 23.-Geo. Par.
rott, alias Big Nose George, one OF the Elk
Mountain murderers and an Infamous
road agent, who Is under sentence TO be
hanged on April I'd, attempted to break
jail this morning at Rawllns. He got bis
shaCkles of, with which he attacked jailor
Rankin when be entered the corridor to
lock the prisoners in their cells for the
night The jailor's wife, hearing the con.
alct, had presence Of mind to lock the out.
eide door, locking the jailor in with the
prisoners. The alarm was then raised and
q large number oil citizens hastened to the
jail and released the jAilor ana secured the
prisoners.
The prisoner will be doubly ironed and
strongly guarded until the day OF bis exc.
cution. This action Of George Is surprising,
aimee he has always manifested Contrite
spirit, and didn't desire trial, pleading
guilty to the indictment, and desiTed 10 be
hanged soon. When sentence Of death
was passed on him he wept like a child,
and broke down completely. He also said
that his health was failing and In conse.
quenCe Of these facts gained much
sympathy, but now threats Of lynch.
Ing are made, and all desire now 10 see
him suffer death.
LArER-A specialize the Cheyenne Leader
from Rawlings, states that Big Nose
George was taken out OF Jail by party Of
masked men at II o'clock last night and
taken 10 a telegraph pole opposite the
railroad machine shops, where q rope was
thrown over cross arm Of the pole and
Big Nose George was made TO climb up
ladder, when the rope was placed around
his neck and the ladder then pulled cut
from under him, letting him down between
heaven and earth. His las words we're:
II will jump of, boys, and break my
neck"
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ST. THOMAS. March 17.-vEA HAVANA
Two shocks Of earthquake were felt, one
on the llth and another on the 18th
inst.
The United States Government, II ls ru'
mored, 10 negotiating for the three Danish
Antilles.
Trustworthy news has been received
that an agent Of q powerful European
government recently inspected Samoa
Bay and then went 10 the Capital TO obtain
a lease for ninety.nine years. The Offer
was rejected. The Government might
however, willingly entertain the proposals
from the United States. The Government
refused the British loan.
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INTEnEsTINa RxPERInENTa.
OIL Forced Through Iron Two Inches
Thick.

BALTIMORE, March 2S.-For some weeks
past q series Of experiments have been
carried on at the Mount Clare shops ol
the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Of much
interest to the scientific world as well aa
to engineers and machine bullders. The
object Of the experiments has been to as.
certain what power Lis exsrted by an en-.
gine In drawing train OF cars over roads
ot different grades and curvature. The
machine, as completed, Is called dyna.
mometer, and is quite intricate in its
details. A special car has been made for
the purpose, Connected with the wheels
Of the car is q Cast.iron cylinder OF an
inside diameter Of four inches, its
walls being two inches thick; q piston
within this cylinder Ia worked by the ro.
taLion OF the wheels on their sxles. The
cylinder is connected with spring on the
inside OF the car by means OF q copper
tube. An index moving over Q graduated
arc Ia connected with the spring. The
pressure upon the index Is recorded
automatically by means OF style upon
paper unrolled at an even rate around
drum. The rate Of speed and the time
elapsing between any two points are also
recorded automatically. The cylinder is
filled with oil, instead OF water, as the oil
Will not cause corrosion, So powerful is
the dynamometer constructed ut Mount
Glare that pressure Of 5000 pounds 10
the square inch has been secured. The
enormlty OF this pressure may be realized
when II Ia borne In mind that the ordl.
nary atmospheric pressure is ID, 900 to the
square inch. Such has been the pressure
that the oil used In the experiments has
been forced through the iron walls OF the
cylinder, two inches in thickness, Mr., ],
N. kalbauRh, Asslstant Master OF Ma,
Chinery, is the designer Of the dynamome.
ter 1t was constructed by MIR. Charles +.
Turner, superlntendent.of machine shops,
assisted by Mr., WmG. Richardson, Exam.
liner Of Steam Gauges. The machine has
been attached to the special car OF Chief
Engineer Randolph, and will probably be
practically tested upon the roads OF the
the middle Of the present week,
Dynam0meters arc employed upon the
railroad trains Of Europe, and have been
found to be exceedingly useful In deter.
mining the minimum power required to
keep In motion q train OF cars. The ma.
chine will be upon the road for several
weeks, and will be tried upon portions OF |
the road OF greatest grade and where the |
curyaturea ot the road are the sharpest
and longest.
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JEwErr sUCCEEDs GRANT
Az Chairman OF the Worlds Fair Com
mlHAIOn.


mlsalOn.
NEw YoRK, March 23.-At q meeting Of
the Executive Committee Of the Worlds
Fair to-day, the following letter was read:
New YORK CiTI, March %, 'sl.
GENTLEMEN: have the honor very re.
speCtfully to tender my resignation az
President OF the Worlds Fair Commission
Of 'S8. I am satisfied that to make tile en-.
terptise success will require the undi-
yided time Of whomever may hold the po.
Bition of President. 1t will be impossible
for me 10 devote any time to the duties
Of the office Tor number OF months to
come and l expect 10 be go engaged as To
make II inconvenient for me 10 devote
much time 10 II even At later date.
Hoping your enterprise may meet with
the greatest success, am very truly yours,
us. GRANT.
Resolutions were adopted accepting the
resignation "only because other engage.
nehts Of General Grant will not permit
him 10 devote his time to the respon.
Sible and laborious duties oil the Presi.
denCy, and wishing onr lllustrious coun.
tryman length Of days, and that fullnees
Of honor and happiness so well merlted
by his devotion 10 our common country"
The Executive Committee unanimously
named Hugh j. Jewett for President ol the
Commission.
A reporter had an interview with Mr..
Jewett, and in reply 10 q question OF bis
acceptance OF the Presidency, Mr.. Jewett
said! II see no reason 10 change the
opinion expressed at Ohicketing Hall In
January, $780,"
Mr.. Jewett, at that meeting presided,
and said. "Bscause Of the interest he fell
In the enterprise Il Afforded him pleasure
10 discharge any duty in connection with
II which the committee imposed, and 10
contribute any way possible to lie success.
He closed his speech by expressing the
hope that this laif would be the grandett
and most successful The world had ever
seen. The Worlds report Of yesterdays
meeting says: II was stated that II JewetL
declined, the presidency would be ten
deted 10 Gen. Mcclellan or Ex.seCretafy
| OF State FiAh,
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All 4 o. ACQUISITION.
II Secures the Delaware 4 Western Road
"A New Line.

BALTIMORE, March 2S.-It Is announc ced
officially from Camden Station that The
Delaware 4 Western road was purchased
on behalf Of the B. & o. Railroad Com
pany the day after the controlling interest
In the Philadelphia, Wilmington & Balti
more road was bought by the Pennsyl
vania Railroad Company. Tho sale was
absolute, and the day on which the sale
was made controlling interest in the
stock was transferred to that company. II
is also announced officially that the b. &
Q. Company now have engineers In the
field, and new line between Baltimore
as men and money can build It. II Is un.
derslood that this Is purely business
operation aud will in no wise affect the
restored friendly relations between the
Pennsylvain Railroad and the B. & o,
Railroad Company.
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"SANG."
A Row n New York over ImpOSiIIons ON
,'tlinaeng Dealers Something Of Inter.
eSt 10 our nuFnI Headers.

A Row u New York over ImpOsiII0ns or
'GtnHenE Dealers Something Of Inter'
tSt 10 our Rural Readers.
New YoRK, March 24.-The Times
says: The arbitration committee pro
duCe exchange, has been occupied
some time past in the investi
CATION oI curious Gaze OF fraud
Among the commodities sometimes dealt
in by the members Of the exchange, Il
what Is known rs ginseng root, which
grows wild in West Virginia, Tennessee
Georgia and Alabama. 1t Is the same
species as the root indigenous to certain
parts OF Asia.
Before the discovery Of American gin.
seng the Asiatic production was made q
monopoly by the Chinese Government,
and was retailed TO the people in China,
where II Is held 10 great esteem for
medical properties which II does not pos.
sess, OF the enormous rate OF $500 an
ounce In gold. The great bulk gathered
in thia country, which Is estimated at from
1000, 900 to |, ,025 900 pounds annually, Ia
consigned TO this city and exported direct
to China, except a email proportion which
is consumed by Chinese residents OF Cali.
tornia. 1t sellS readily here at from 81 75
to 50 80 per pound. It appeared in eVi.
dence that the alteration consisted Of two
sorts. In one case the root Of another
plant resembling ginseng In lie
outward appearance which grows all
over the Southern States had been
mixed with tho real article to the extent
Of fifty per cent in the other. Holes have
been bored through the root and these
are filled with lead to add to its weight.
There are no experts In tho city capable
Of detecting the spurious from the gen.
uine root, and New York merchants de.
cline 10 sell It without guarantee on that
account.
All adulteralions were traced to Knox.
vile, Tenn, as the original shipping point,
and II was found that they came through
the hands Of single receiver here, who was
adjudged 10 repay such considerable
sum to the deceived merchants that 1t Ia
believed the adulteratIon will be stopped,
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NEw CUMBERLAND, W. Va, March 2S,-
The County Commissioners met on Mon
day at Fairyiew, and among other bust
ness Of their session was to take bondt
from the Justices ot the Peace Of the
county. One Of the Justices had occasion
to pass portable sAw.mill. He walked
close to the engine stack, and q spark
from 1t fell on the back part OF bis hat and
set 1t on fire. The unsuspecting Justice
walked two miles before he reached the
Court House. When he appeared in the
courtroom his hat was In flames, and be-
fore 1t was removed his back hair was
completely consumed. The man says he
smelt fire, but could not tell from whence
il came.
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ExCHANGEs OF a WEEK.
Review OF the Money Movements Las
Week by HThO Pnblle.n

1
NRw YoRX, March 94.-The Public, Is
sued this morning, says: We have to 20
back to last October, that is to ancient
history to find smaller exchanges than
those Of last week, Never, except
in the weeks having only Ave
business days, have transactions
been so small, either at New York
or outside this city, at any other time since
the Presidential election. The story on
the streets Is that the dullness in business
is due to the dread oil an extra session.
This story the people are expected to be-
lieye, although the most active business
ever known was seen while the late Con-
Rress was in session. The man can.
not be found who really believes
that as misChievouS thiugs will be done
by the new Congress In special session,
90 were done by the late ConvoCation OF
defeated inCapables. A less absurd expla-
nation Ia that business in the north.
western towns has been seriously inter.
rupted by the storms, and 1t Is true that
this accounts for considerable decline in
the value oil the exchanges, not only at
the Western cities but at the Eastern com.
mercial centres with which they deal
largely. The truth is, however, that q
certain pause in business and decrease
In the amount Of payments arelnot unusual
Just before the time Of the April settler
ments. Having many and large payments
to make after the lst, corporations
and individuals are apt to make as few
payments or purchases as possible just be.
lore that date. The following shows the
amount OF exchanges during the weeks
ending at San Francisco, March 18th, and
At other cities March the l0Lh:
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The great centres Of wholesale trade
have been more affected, as Is natural, by
the interruption Of business over the ex.
tesiye regions of the northwest than the
cities which depend in q greater degree
upon manufacturing or on trade within q
narrow area. At the same time 1t would
be a mistake to overlook the fact that the
exchanges for the corresponding week Of
money market had Just escaped . severe
pinch, o buoyant feeling prevailed, and
prices were nearly al their highest. The
theory that history repeats itself, and that
another three months Of almost continued
depression will now begin, though cir
cumstances are widely different from
those OF last March, does not seem to
have much foundation.
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THE RAILROADS.
WHAT Is TRANSFERRING AMONG TIL
GIANT MONOPOLIEs
which Speaker Wilson says Are
Crushing the Life Out Of Us
Progress OF the ". 4 L, =.
ROAd-A h. 4 o. Purchase
Other Track Talk.
FLATrERING PROGRESS
Ia the Construction OF the wheeling and
l.. \, Road.

NORwALK, o., March 22.-The Condsm-
nation suit instituted by the Wheeling
and Lake Ehe Railroad, which was set ior
trial tomorrow, was to-day settled by the
Company paying the 0akleys 81 ,S45, This,
with the exception OF o couple OF small
pieces In process OF adjustment, clears the
whole right OF way from Norwalk to We'll
lington. Most Of the road bed is com.
pleted from Huron to Wellington, thirty.
three miles, and from Wellington to Pixies
Station, twenty-five miles, the bed 10
ready for track.layinH, Last Saturday
Contractor Griggs paid $4,000 cash,
and next Saturday he will pay over $50,
600 more, for steel rails for the road,
which are TO be delivered Aext month at
Pixies Station, from which point track.
laying will commence at once toward the
north. The ties have been mostly con.
traCted for in Canada, They are ali ready
for shipment, and will be delivered as
soon as navigation opens. By July 4th
cars will run from Pixies Station to Hur.
on, on the Lake, q distance Of ftty.6ve
miles, Over five hundred men are work
Ing now, and the work is progressing
very rapidly and satisfactorily, The civil
engineers are now beyond Fremont sur
VeyiDg the line TO Toledo.