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The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1882-04-15
Plous Reflections.

The sphere in Christian duty IS not
there nor yonder, but here, just y ere
you are.
Wisdom is beautiful, gain her my son,
Thou hast a treasury of wealth untold,
Far above rubies, diamonds, or gold;
She will be sought of thee and wooed ere won
Give her thy heart, and she will lead thee on
To perfect peace and pleasures manifold;
Blessings shall compass thee till thou art
old,
Aye, even till life's latest hour has run
immortal beauty is upon her face,
Her eyes are e'er toward the hear enly land,
True as the magnet her outstretched right
hand
Unerring points up to her native place.
Whateer thy earthly lot, is Wisdom thine,
Thou hast indeed a heritage divine.
JOHN AsKHAM.
1t is the will of God that we should
in everything make our requests
known to him by prayer and suppl
cation; not to inform or move him.
but to qualify ourselves for TIE mercy,
The Wa erman IN the boat, that viii
the hook takes hold of the shore, doth
not thereby pull the shore to the boat.
but the boat to the shore so in PRAYER.
we do not draw the mercy to our.
selves. but ourselves to the mer v
Matthew Henry.
The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1882-04-15

Col. lngersoll's father was Presby-
terrain clergyman who had the faculty
of preaching from o'clock until SUM-
down Oh a stretch. Now are you
surprised at the course of the colonel?
The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1882-04-15

ingalls, & Co., wholesale boot and
shoe dealers at Louisville, KY, sur
prised their creditors, most of whom
are Boston merchants, by making an
assignment to O. G. Holt. Liabilities
$1,000, assets, nominally $4,000.
The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1882-04-15
Washington.

The President has approved the act
amending Section Ass of the Revised
Statutes relating to license fees of off,
GERS of steam vessels.
The Senate confirmed the nomlna-
On of William j. Wallace, OF New
<erk. to be United States Circuit
Judge for the Second Judicial Circuit.
Mr.. Hammer presented to the House
q resolution of the Medical Society OF
Philadelphia in favor of bill to pre-
vent the adulteration Of food and
drugs.
The President sent to the Senate the
nomination OF John Jay Knox, of
Minnesota, for another term of five
years as Comptroller of the Currency,
and that of Israel S. Adams, of New
Jersey, Collector of Customs for the
District of Great Egg Harbor.
The Star Route Cases.
Judge Wylie has notified the coun-
sci in the Star Route cases that on
Monday next he will render his deci-
sion on the motion to quash the in
dietments against Messrs. Brady, Dor
sey and Others.
1911, 600, 900 for Private Claims.
During the discussion of the Army
bill in the House Hon. s. 8. Cex
stated, as showing the necessity for
the establishment of some tribunal for
the determination of private claims
which now come to Congress, that
there were on the files of the House
private claims aggregating s9l1 ,000,-
600.
A Gold Piece of Reduced Value.
Treasurer Gilfillan received from
one of the city banks $50 gold coin
which had been cleverly reduced in
value four grains, or 20 cents, By filing
from the surface next to the milled
edges, and as it was one an half
grains below the least current weight
it had to be refused.
The Case Of Sergeant Mason.
Attorney General Brewster and
Judge Advocate General Swain were
served with notices to show cause be-
fore the United States Supreme Court,
on the 18th of April, why writ of
habeas corpus should not issue in the
case of Sergeant John A. Mason.
Similar notices have been served on
G. d. McDougaIl, Marshal for the
Northern district of New York, and
John McEwen, keeper of the Albany
penitentiary.
Nominations by the President
The President sent the following
nominations to the Senate: James r.
Partridge, of Maryland, Envoy Extra
ordinary and Minister Plenipotenti-
ary to Peru; Henry G. Hall, Minister
Resident of the United States to the
Central American States; A. O..
Keasby, Attorney of the United
States for the District of New Jersey !;
Sergeant P. Stearns, of New Jersey,
to be Consul General of the United
States at Montreal.
suferings Of Immigrants to Manitoba.
WINNIPEG, Manitoba.-A train or
the Canadian Pacific Railway, with
800 immigrants, is frozen in three
miles from the nearest source of sup
ply. Provisions are being carried to
it by relief train. 1t will be thr e or
four days before the train car oe got
out. Captain Kinwan, who returned
partly on foot and partly by sleigh,
says a man is dying in the train, and
that it is piteous to hear little children
crying for bread during the night. A
barrel of biscuits and one cheese were
discovered on board and were dealt
out. There is no danger of starvation,
but the fuel and lights may give out.
The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1882-04-15

1872 and 1873. After the campaign of
1875 Mr.. Chandler took prominent
part in preventing the Democrats from
securing the Electoral votes of Florida
and South Carolina. He was also d
witness in the Cipher Dispatch In
quiry in 1878 and 1879, and was nomi-
mated by President Garfield for Solici
tor General of the United States on
March 23d, 1881, but was rejected by
the Senate, Senator Cameron, of Penn
sylvania, voting with the Democrats
against his confirmation. Mr.. Chan
dler has long been considered Mr..
Blaine's chief political lieutenant.
Hon. William n. Hunt, at present
Secretary of the Navy, was at the
time of his appointment to the navy
portfolio Judge OF the United States
Court of Claims at Washington, to
which office he was appointed by
President Hayes in 1878. He is
native of South Carolina, but has re-
sided nearly the whole of his life in
New Orleans, Louisiana, to which
place his father migrated many years
ago. Before the civil war he was
Wing in politics, was a Union man
duringthe war, and since then mod
crate Republican. His family is one
of eminent lawyers.
The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1882-04-15
Commercial and Financial.
Break in : steamship Combination.

The English steamships are carry
ng coal to Havana for Sl.25 per TON
and returning with sugar at q per
hogshead. Early in the year q eomol-
nation of English steamship owners
agreed to carry the entire sugar crop
at s.. so per hogshead, but as several OF
t he large consumers We're interested
/ n American sailing vessels the scheme
fell through
The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1882-04-15
Monthly Oil Production.

TITUsvILLE.-The monthly OH re-
port published ia the Titus vile Herald
shows that $50 new wells were con-
pleted during March, with a produc-
ton of 1924 barrels over last month.
On the last day of the month there
were dry holes, 433 new rigs up and
40S wells being drilled.
The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1882-04-15
Corn.

The scarcity of corn is infuen ing
steady upw4 ard NOV ment in values in
all markets. There was an advance
of fully two cents per bushel at the
Commercial Exchange yesterday ana
correspoD ding Improvement at New
York and Chicago. Is indicated by
the report OF The Department OF Agri-
culture, nature has apparently co ne red
this market more effectually nan
manipulation could do it.
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Increase Of Gross Rate on Cattle.

NEW YORK, March 31.-The follow
ing announcement was made by Conn
missioner Fink: 1.-THE Standing Com
mittee (trunk roads, have agreed to
increase the gross rate on catte to
fifty cents, commencing April ION,
and dressed beef to sjxty-four cents
per 100 pounds, basis Chicago to New
York. Horses, mules and sheep re-
main as at present, sixty cents, until
urther notice.
The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1882-04-15

All the landlords of Counties West
meath and Roscommon in Ireland
are now under police protection.
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BUSINESS
The Number and Extent of Them for Three
Months Past.

MoEths FasL.
The report of the business failures
throughout the United States for the
three months ending March 3lst, as
compiled by r. q. Dun & Co, of the
Mercantile Agency, is as follows:
Eastern States, 292; Middle, sos;
Southern, 700; Western, 523; Pacific
States and Territories, 167; total, 2l90,
with liabilities of $50 338 271. This is
large increase over the corresponding
quarter of 1881, when the failures
numbered 1861, with $24 All $50 of la
biIities. The increase of loss by bad
debts this year is therefore 25 per cent.
In 1880 the liabilities for the first gu r.
ter werebut SIP 1000 coo, but in 1879
they were $43, 600, 900 and in 1878. $751;
900, 200 for 5000 failur ), SO that, as
con pared with the first quarter of 1878,
the first quarter of 1882 shows TO go d
advantage, with 1865 fewer failures
and S52,O0O,000 less liabilities.
IL the Dominion of Canada the
failures for the quarter ending March
31st, 1882, were 206, with liabilities of
50, 653, 600, rs compared with 166 ard
2,U26, 900 liabilities the corresponding
period of 4st year, somewhat of an
increase but there i a deere Use of
nearly so per cent. b, th III nun er
and liabilities as compared will the
first quarter of $780,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-01-10
Escape OF BILLY, the Kid. "

Albany Special to Ne15 York Herald, 7th
One of the boldest and most successful Of
escapes from prison was that bv which this
afternoon William Burke, alias Chilly, the
Kid, regained his liberty. He was recently
arrested for robbing President Eells in
Cleveland bank OF $115 900 in bonds Fail
ure to fully identify him as the culprit in
that case resulted in his being delivered to
officers from this city, for trial on a charge
OF robbing bank in CohOes Of $4,000 in
August last, at which time he was captured
with the spoils. Having been bailed in
81 500 for trial, be failed to appear. On
being brought here from Cleveland he wss
confined In the Maiden Lane all, il a room
with other male prisoners at the rear OF
the building, the entrance being by
two doors from the hall between
the jafler's receiving room and the
Sheriff's Office. The upper part OF the iron
inner door Is OF heavy bars with open
spaces, and in the top OF the outer wooden
one is circular hole covered with wire net.
Through these openings visitors converse
with prisoners ehind the bars. At two
O'Clock q man in cardigan jacket entered
the jailer's room, asked aud received per
mission to talk with friend, and went at
once to the wicket. Two deputy sheriffs
were in the Sheriff's Office, and the iailer,
having the keys in his possession, went up
the stairs to the next story. On descending
two minutes later he noticed thai the man
in the jacket had disappeared aud both
doors Of the rear prison room were open,
having been unlocEed BY false keys At
that moment q man from the street report
ed having seen two men running down
Maiden lane. A look inside at once reveal
ed that al the prisoners were present except
Burke. a general police alarm was prompt
ly sent out, q reward of 81 600 offered and
dispatches telegrsphed in sll directions
giving notice Of the Kid's escape, but as vet
no trace OF the fugitive has been discovered.
Il is believed he is hiding with his accom-
pliee in the city.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-01-10
The Powder Mill Horror.

OSsG4O0sd tIOl1Gl Spee5ag ". Z. Herald, 7th.
The boys who we're killed by the powder
explosion yesterday were all OF prominent
families. They were seen 10 shoot At the
building from q short distance, then 90 up
TO see the result AfteFWard they fred
another shot. Then came the explosion.
The body OF young Phillips was found ifty
yards down the hill, the clothing nearly ali
gone, the back portion Of the head carried
away and the body otherwise horribly man
gled. John Stedman was blown through a
wire fence 100 yards aEsy and fearfully
torn. Gerald Joyce was found in q creek,
80 yards away, with the head almost
entirely gone, The boys had been warned
to cult.
The damage to the city is very great.
Most OF the houses In the northern half of
OskalOOss are badly wrecked; doors, win
dows snd woodwork are broken; stables are
completely wrecked, chimneYs toppled over
and hues cracked their whole length. The
destruction OF plate glass in the principal
streets f. nearly complete and cannot be
covered by $50. 600.
The magazine was owned By A. L Spen-
Ger & Co, and located In an open space half
mile Forth OF the public square and two
hundred and fifty yards east Of Market
street.
The bodies Of the boys were buried TO-DAY.
About thirty residences are badly wrecked
and some will have to be rebuilt. Their
losses will be severely felt by some families.
The amount Of powder In the msgs zlne was
II $50 pounds. All the persoas who were
injured are recovering.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-01-10
SMALLPOX.
Alarming Spread of the Plague.

NEW YORK, January 9-The smallpox
has been spreading in Jersey City in a most
alarming manner during the past few DAYS.
The Board OF Health has made a number of
appeals to the Board Of Finance to have the
streets cleaned. In this city several
new cases were reported to-day,
aud several Of virulent
character were found in the thickly settled
tenement house districts, which had been
concealed from the authorities. Dis
patches from various parts Of the country
speak OF growing alarm and excitement
over the spread OF the dread mslsdy.
WASHINGTON, January 9 The S cretary
OF the Treasury has issued a circular, en-
bodYing communication from the National
Board OF Health, recommending vaccination
or re vaccination Of all employees Of the
government in connection with the Treasu.
~ Department, on du'y in various parts Of
the country, where they may be exposed to
the cOntsgion OF small pox, and his reply
thereto for the information OF the employees
Of the department.
Secretary Folger, in his reply, says: 'It is
my conviction that vaccination is a pru-
dental measure against the taking of small
pox. have 10 hesitation as a private per-
son In so stating to any one likely to be in
fuenced by an expression OF opinion from
me. l have no right officially TO offer or
urge my views on that subject uDon per
sons in the service of the government in
connection with this department, still I
have no objection to bring to the notice Of
citizens in a legitimate and inoffensive man
ner the views of so respectable q body as
the National Board Of Health"
MILFORD, Pa, January 9-The Board
OF Health Of Milford to-day passed an ordi-
nance forbiddi0g parties from Port Jervis
and other towns, where smallpox prevails,
removing to Milford. Should the smallpox
continue to spread in Port Jervis all mails
from there will be discontinued. Several
cases Of the worst type are reported at
Matamoras, Pike county, Pennsylvania.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-01-10

NEW YORK, January 9.-Share speculation
opened in the main a fraction higher than
SATURDAYS closing quotations, at an advance
OF = TO 2 per cent, the latter for Reading.
Louisville and \ N'shville, Manhattan Ele-
7afed, Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
and Western Union we're also prominent in
the downward movement. Ia the early
part Of the afternoon the market was ir-
regular and unsettled, but the gen
eral tendency was toward higher
figures. Union Pacific sold up II
per cent. In the late dealings the market
made further advance, ranging from Il TO
u per cent, Metropolitan, Lake Shore,
Western Union, Reading, Richmond & Dan
vile sand East Tennessee hetng most prom
inent therein. The market closed fairly
firm. The closing prices OF to-day Eas com
pared with those of Saturday show an ad-
vance of d to II per cent the latter for
Northwestern and st. Paul. Trar sactiops
aggregated 325 COO shares.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-01-10

SHEEP GROWING ON THE PLAINS
Mr. S. B. Williams, of Dodge City.
Kansas, who recently sold out his sbecp
rancho in that section together with
5000 head of sheep, is now stopping at
the Hotel BaFnum. He saws that the
business of sheep raising in that section
is becoming more and more profitable
every day, as the Scotch patent wash
has proven TO be an eTectual remedy for
scab. Other dIlu'ions failed to meet the
wants Of the numerous ranchmen on.
the plains for the simple reason that a
large quantity Of wood, with which to
feed fires required to heat the com.
pounds, was required As wood was
scarce and not TO be had N many locali-
ties, the old dilutions, consequently.
afforded frontier ranchmen but little
protection. Since the Scotch wash, %
which requires no heating to prepare il
for use, has proven a success, it is the
opinion of Mr.. Williams that the pro-
duct of wool in Kansas in the future
will be something extraordinary
St. Luis Republicans.
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Rri,iah RrendatnRs.

LONDON, January The Mark Lane Ez-
press IN its review Of the British grain trade
during the past week says: Young wheats
are looking exceedingly well. In most Of
the provincial markets sound dry samples
OF grain advanced Is. per quarter, and in
some instances 2s. The damp sorts were
difficult TO sell. Oats were unchanged.
Foreign bresdstuffs closed easier. The
general position Of trade is undoubtedly
favorable to buyers. The London market in
the lat er part OF the week was rather
more literally supplied with -four. OF
20, 40 sacks and 5,010 barrels to hand on
Friday fve-sixths were from the United
States. Trade was quiet but steady. Maize
maintains its irmness on account Of scarcity
on spot. Fine foreign bsrleys are higher.
The grinding sorts are unchanged. Oats
on Friday were 81. cheaper. There
were ten fresh wheat cargoes off
coast, beside six cargoes remaining
from the previous week. Nine sales were
reported, and five cargoes were withdrawn.
The sales Of English wheat during the
week were 81 O20 quarters, at 44s. 81. per
quarter, against 22.297 quarters, at ABS. 4d.
per quarter during The corresponding week
last year,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-01-10
Killed i'm His Cabin

Baltimore Special Nelg York Herald. 7th.
A horrible and mysterious crime was
brought 10 light this afternoon In the lower
harboT. L appears that the schooner Shell
drake, Csprsin Casper Smith, OF Hsvre de
Grace, a small bsy craft, had during the
past fall been eugsged running from Havre
de Grace 20 Baltimore, Captain Smith being
assisted in her management by q sailor
known as Richard Moore. The vessel Is
owned by John S Wilson, OF Havre de
Grace, and having heard nothing Of her
Whereabouts for three or four weeks, he
came TO B 4ltimore to day to look for her
" hen he went on board her the
companiOnwsy door was found locked,
and, suppOsing that she had been
deserted by her crew, MIR. Wilson forced it
open, and in The obscurity below saw the
form Of a man lying in the lower bunk with
a blanket thrown over it. Mr.. Wilson and
his companions descended into the small
apartment, and, upon lifting the covering
from the hesd, were hOrriied TO find that
the remsins we're those OF Captain Smith,
snd that the bac6 Of his head was crushed
in, IS II with & heavy, blunt instrument.
The blow had evidently produced death al
most instantly. Mr.. Wilson after making
The discovery notified the police and tele-
graphed 70 Captain Smiths friends in Havre
de Grace. This evening an investigation
was begun, pending which Moore was ar
rested in Havre de Grace in response to a
telegram, and brought to the city on suspi-
eiOR Of having committed the horrible
crime. Il was shown that he and Captain
Smith had been on bad terms, and also
that he had served a term in the peniten-
tiaIy.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-01-10
THE EJEANNETTE'S MISSING BOAT
A Report that 1t was Cast on Herald
Island and Its Occupants Lost.
s.. Petsrsbl.ra DtspateA. stA.

VI. Saulskowski, who went In search Of
the Jeanette on board the Chasseur, met
the United States steamer Rodgers engaged
in the same mission. He telegrsphs from
Irkutsk, under date Of December 20th, as
follows: "We parted on the 9Th Of Au-
gust from the Rodgers, which steered for
Herald Island. The Streelok, with the Bre-
men expedition on board, then returned to
Chinese ports, having previously sccompa-
MED the Rodgers in the search. An Ameri-
can schooner, having on board the Captain
OF stranded whaler, had Joined them in
Providence Bay. The Captain stated that
he had seen q boat containing eorpses and
also silver spoons and other articles marked
Jeanette. The boat had been cast upon
Herald Island. The commander Of the
Rodgers therefore resolved TO proceed
thilher He anticipated wintcring there,
and, aided by dogs purchased at Kamschat-
ks, organizing parties to make thorough
search Of the island"
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STARVED TO DEATH.
Miss Violet Dies OF starvation After
aSiXIY Days. Fast.


AteLuNdFId ~ a. GQZetre, Jan. o.
Miss Chloe Ann Violet, who started out on
q starvation fast under the belief that she was
obeying a command Of the Lord on the 5th
Of Aauarn har last died ar the residence Of
her mother, on Queen street, last night
about twelve o'clock, having lived without
taking food Of any kind for sixty days. The
case is a remarkable one, from the fact that
It is the longest fast known. There is a
well authenticated case OF g lady in New
York State fasting fOrty-seven days, dying
at he expiration Of that time. Miss Violet,
although emsciated retained consciousness
and talked freely-indeed, cheerfullY--up
to the time OF her death. She was thor
oughly impressed with the belief that her
time had come, and that the Lord desired,
yea, commanded her to abstain from all
kinds Of food; she believed further that 10
die fasting would be 8 safe passport to
heaven, and the gates of the golden city
would be thrown wide open to her, but 70
die in any other way would be disobedience
to the command OF the Lord, for which she
would have to suffer IN the next world.
For sixty days she cheerfully acted out
this delusion, her only regret being that she
allowed herself to be induced to abandon
her first attempt, some years ago to starve
herself to death. Her friends declare that
she has Lot taken particle of food of any
kind since the 5.h Of November last, except
a little milk the other night, which lady
handed her for water, and which, as soon
as she discovered her mistake, she spat
out; not even medicine would she take,
fearing that her life might be prolonged
thereby. OF course the lady was insane,
and some people think the authorities
ought to have interfered and had her sent
to sn asylum for treatment. Her father,
Mr.. Robert Violet, died from an overdose
Of lsudsnum, and her brother, Albert
Violet, drowned himself in the river, of
Qleen street, about ten years ago. Miss
Violet was highly respected by all who
knew her, and her death is q severe blow TO
her aged mother, who has, her many friends
say, had her share Of this worlds troubles
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-01-10
weather Indications.

OFFICE CHIEF SIGNAL OBSERVER, WASH
IFeToN, D. c., January 9.-Indlcstions for
Tuesday:
In the South Atlantic and East Gulf
States, northerly to easterly winds, local
rains, cooler, partly cloudy weather, apd
slight rise followed by falling barometer.
In the Middle States, cooler, generally
fair weather, southwest to northwest winds,
and higher barometer.
In the West Gulf States, light rains, north
east winds, shifting to east and south, rising
temperature and falling barometer.
In Tennessee and the Ohio valley, warmer,
fair weather, variable winds, and falling ba-
rOmeter.