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yIGurING Az ANGaY BRUTE.
a Philadelphia wOman's Experienc,
WIN u Family peI.

WIN u IAtuitN fets
PnrLADELl uA, February !6-Ms, Mary
Lanatlaa, Of No. 1850 Warnock street, had
desperate encounter this afternoon with
a bulldog belonging to her brother.in.law
Jacob Reese, who occupies the same house
with her. She had gone into the back
yard and was shaking towel when the
dog, an animal weighing about 27 pounds
jumped at her and caught her by the hand
The woman screamed loudly, and this
seemed 10 excite aud enrage tho brute
still more, as he sprang upon her aud
threw her to the ground, catching her arm
and maugling It with his teeth. She re,
gained her feet and started for the house,
But the dog, that by this timeseened 10 have
become possessed Of the ierocity ola tiger
followed her, and when tue two reached
the inside OF the hall opening into the
yard he again succeeded in throwing her.
10 this way they fought until both reached
the street door. There the contest was
continued. A gentleman who came along
bit the urute several times upon tue neck
with a shovel before he left the woman aud
fled. The fight lasted about eight minutes,
and when 1t was over Il wB found that
both Of the woman's arms were badly
maugled. She also received other wounds
Mrs. Lanahan was taken into the house,
and physician, who was summoned,
dressed her wouRds. As soon as the owner
Of the dog came home he had tho brute
killed, though It did not seem 10 be mad.
The animal was brought up as pet by the
family, and had never shown o savage
disposition. The injured woman thinksh
attempted 10 catch the towel and became
excited by her screams and by her attempt
to shake him of. The affair created great
e1Citement in The neighborhood.
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THE wuEE,.iSc sYNpIcArE.
They stiIt Inicnd TO Euiid n BessemeE
plant to MAKE IbcIr ynil f'Jnte,

- htsatANt
Plant to Make ThcIr Nail Plate.
PlrrsUUaom, February lG.-Thc Di,pdtck
OF to-day prints the following: President
Vance, of the Riverside Iron Company a,
Wheeling, was in the city yesterday. He
was interviewed upon the progress being
made toward the erection Of a Bessemer
plant by the Wheeling syndicate to do
away with the pudding process in making
nail plate. An account Of the project az
peared in the .Dipatch about the time Of
Its inception. He said the matter was still
making progress, aud would eventually be
fulfilled. "The building Of plant equal
in capacity TO the Edgar Thompson, nj
BraddockS, Is no small Job. 1t requires
money and time. We want, also, TO have
all the latest Improvements III the way ot
direct processes, refining and rolling intro.
duced and the Investigation Of methods now
In use requires much labor. Our commit.
tees are constantly making inquiries on the
subject and visiting plants Wherever 1t Is
thought TO be necessary. do not know
what part oil Wheeling the plant will belo.
Gated In, but 1t will be such place as Is
convenient to all Of our mills represented
in the syndicate, We will each draw our
supplies from the stock Just as though ii
were separate concern. twill do away
with pudding and, Think, make better
nails. We have not set time for com.
mencing active operations, but will do 30
Ms soon us our Investigations have been
completed"
"WilI Bessemer steel ever supplant pud.
died iron?"
II think 1t will do so very largely. They
can now make iron in converter equal
Tor ordinary purposes TO the best puddled
bar. For certain iorging and for fine tool
steel puddled iron will always be used.
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POUND miDDEX IL A MArrRAss.
A Murdercr's wiIi Discovered In u Very
hinEnlar iInnner.

PrrsnuRun, February lO.-A rather
strange thing was related this morning in
the Registers office. Said a gentleman ::
"you will perhaps remember how John
Mueller, Of Madison avenue, Allegheny,
killed his wife towards The end Of last No
yember and then killed himself, Well, all
bis relations having renounced their right
10 take out letters Of administration, letters
were granted to Joseph Soccer in December,
and he proceeded 10 dispossoi aome Of the
Tiies and husbands personal effects at
auction. Mr., SocerlS vile happened TO be
present at the sale aud purchased . mat.
trass which was covered. She took Il home
and removed the cover and there found
a will signed by Mueller and properly Wit.
messed. The will was looked over by sew.
eral persons, and Il proved that all the
makers property should 70 to his vile,
whom he afterwards killed, aud that she
should be his sole executrix. The will
found by Mrs. Soccer was this morning ad.
mitted 10 probate by Register Hoer. Il
h dated Nav IL, 1880.
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PtrTsBURoH, February lC-The wheel Of
the front car OF the FOxburg express on tho
Pittsburgh & Western Railroad broke at s
o'clock this evening, when the train was
nearing Retna Station, causing a smoker
and the locomotive to jump the track, the
latter turning over. Engineer J. @. Coop.
er and fireman Edward Brady, Of this city.
were buried under the debris, and before
they, could be extricated were so badly
scalded by escaping steam tint thew viii
die. The passengers were consiisrablv
riously hurt. "~'O
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TIN doubling Delegates, fearing they had
fooled themselves, on second thought con.
cnled they would have none Of Mr. Evans
resolution to deluse the State with five hum
Jr,1i copies Of the Auditors reassessment
rD,t. i. must not be thought that this is a
medieval effort to keep the people In the
bl,eE night Of darkness. Tse lSTELLIdES.
cEp has already taken great pleasure in
scattering the information broadcast. At
this moment the emisarics Of your Uncle
Slmupl arc p!owing through the mud and
climbing the great hills, spreading the
,,o,;,us trtth.
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PrrnsuRnu, February l6.-on Saturday
evening at 1850 o'clock the tariff meeting
will he held at Arsenal Park, Penn avenue
aud Fortieth street, to which the residents
Of that section Of the city, and more espec.
ially the workingmen, are invited. There
are aix lodges oithe AmAlgamatetl AIso.
citation Of Iron and Steel Workers who viii
participate, namely Victory No. 80, Eu-
feka No. ~, Ever Faithful No. 81, WIN,
Martin No. SO, r. II. Jones No. SI, and
Inyindble No, 50. The members Of theSe
lodges are engaged In the Union mills,
Carnegie Bros. 4 Co, the Solar, VIM. CLARK
4 90. and Wilson, Walker a Co.'S mill.
Il ls expected that addresses will BE- dcllv.
cred BY MessB. Thomas A. Armstrong, Il.
Layton, Emmett Cotton, Esq, and oIhen,
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On next Wednesday and Thu1day even.
ings and Thursday afternoon Mile. lEhea. tbe
famous French actress, will br4Sent
three Of the strongest and most populaF N
her pieces At the 0perA House. WhesiInv
people ca1 say Of this gifted star that theS
fecognizsd her merits aud showed m bsia 4.
tiAl appreciation for them before her SuosesH
was assured When she fEst Appeared IN
this city the IATELLl0EsCEE Aald OF hey that II
she remained In America few ysans Shs
would take rank among the ,reRisSt ( acty,,,rS,
She has already fulfilled this prophecy and
her fame is yet wax!ug. She will no doubt
be As warmly IectINed upon her c0mIpg ylSit
a. on her two former ones.
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THE RIVER AT LOUISVILLE
stIlI Holding Its own, bnt the wor
Thought 10 he over,

stIlI Holding Its own, but the Worst
Thought TO be over.
LOUISVILLE, February lG.-The river is
still on the stand, the weather warm and
clear. From one end Of the city to the
other crowds pack the sidewalks In their
travels to and from the river. There is
little Of Importance to note about the flood.
People who lave suffered most have re-.
signed themselves to anything that may
come. In Thousands oil cases all their
earthly possessions have been swept away
and there Is nothing to do but
accept the generosity Of citizens
and await the waters decline. The
extent Of damage by the flood in Shipping.
port and Portland can hardly be approx.
mated. No loSs of life has occurred, but
on the other hand the extent OF territory
inundated and the number Of families rem.
dered homeless Is very great. All Ship.
pingpOrt has been deserted for two days
Everything Is given over TO the mercy OF
the waters. Seven hundred and twenty
families have been driven out Of Portland.
The water isslowly creeping In upon the gas
works and It Is possible that the lights will
be endangered tonight The worst posi-.
bic reports Of damage to property and per.
sonal suffering come from New Albany
and JetfenonYille. A supply train left
indianapolis last night for the latter city.
To. day the mails resume their accustomed
regularity. The railroads are still inter.
rupted BY the condition OF affairs. Boats
are all In ststu quo, but none will run for
several days at least. No business, and
no landings. No damage hero yet to
coal boats or floats tied to shoreR. II will
be many days before The water subsidies.
II nothing worse than that now occurs, the
number Of persons In want Is 30 great as
to make II certain that substantial aid will
be required for weeks 10 CONF. Tho re.
sponsG made by our citizens ior help for
the destitute shows q determination 70
produce ample for all who have any claim
ior help. Cash subscriptions are large and
numerous. Wagon loads Of food and cloth
| Ing are placed At the disposal Of the Relief
Committee. II seems impossible for the
the Ohio river to rise at this point unless fed
BY tho very heavy rains throughout The
upper tributaries.
II u heavy storm rises, as Is expected,
there will be many houses crushed by the
action OF the waves, and steamboats, In port
will be Injured. Sickness Is breaking out
In the inundated districts, and malarial
aud typhoid levers threaten 10 become
troublesome.
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Tug Speaker Of the House OF Delegates
shcfeby politely informed that the lNrEl'
uorscEn has made no effort to have any
b,dy's resolution or anybody's figures cir.
culAtel at the expense Of the State. The
resolution with which he was SO thoughtful
stnconnect the ISrELLlGESCRR was printed
in this paper Of yesterday, the Auditors
return OF the Ieassessment at an earlier
tAy, and all at the cost Of the lSTElIAGES'
cra We expect to make other publications
in the same way, that the people may not
be- ignorant OF the unlawful management ol
ihalr hnhinrs..
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Is his zeal 10 hold on to II good thing
General uSzen-"IndicaIionS" got
him,sli engaged in an unfortunate broil
with person named BeItzhoover, who sits
in the House for Pennsylvania district.
Aud llszen seens to have lost bis head.
lie is 50 anxious 10 averwhelm Belzhoover
tia, he iorgsIs he has 4 superior officer,
drporiug himself rs though he
had an independent command. But
SECRETARY Lincoln doesn't forget that some
respect is duc the department, and he ad'
ministers singing hut dignided rebuke
to the ChieI u the Signal Service. Beltz.
hoover, who is making tho fight on the
bureau, is the individual who, in 1850, was
proved to be liar. The New York 7ti'
Juns and Philadelphia Pres double
teamed him, and there wasn't 4 grease spot
LEI, Of tue blatant Belt1hOover.
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WASHINGTON, February III a. NJ
The lower Ohio, lower Mississippi, Arkan.
sas and Red Rivers will rise. Floods in the
lower Mississippi, near Cairo and Memphis,
will cause great loss Of property during
the coming week. Citizens at river
towns in the lower Mississippi valley are
warned to provide for the approaching
danger. Heavy rains are reported In the
lower Ohio Valley and the southwest, and
light rains continue In the Northern States,
except in the northwest, where a light
snow, followed by fair and much colder
weather Is reported.
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strictly Itu.Ine.,.

One Of the funniest plays Of tho season
y A. Q. GunLer'S very iarcial comedy
drama, "striCily Business" which waS
performed to fair audience at the Opera
House last night by Mr.. G. b. Bishop and
acapable company. II Is full Of the broad.
est bnrlesque Of some American business
characteristics, all enjoyable aud well en-
acted, and Is Ouly tiresome in tho portions
where soberer scenes arc eAsayed. These
are fortunately lew, and the result is most
pleasing, The piece will DO again pre.
Sented At the matinee this afternoon and
for the last time this evening. Reserved
seats can be secured during the day at
Wilson & Baumer's music store.
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sician. was sent for and came immed lately,
He found Wagner insensible In the arms
Of his wife, who believed the composer had
fallen asleep. The doctor found the hearts
action very slight, but decreasing.
All efforts TO delay the end were vain,
and Wagner died surrounded by his wife,
his four girls and his fayoritc boy, SleRiried.
He died at four o'clock very peacefully.
Tho body will be transported 10 Bayreuth.
The date Is not yet known. There will be
funeral ceremonies at Venice, which will
be attended by deputatiOns from the musi-
cal societies Of Germany and Austria.
Universal grief prevails In Germany, and
the King oi Bavaria was greatly overcome
on hearing the news Of the death Of his
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RAILWAY ACCIDENT.
Three Passengers Killed Oairight and a
Number woanded.

Number Wounded.
CLEVELAND, O., February 1G.-The ex-
press train on the Cleveland & Columbus
railroad, which left here this morning, was
deniled, at II O'Clock, one mile north OF
Gallon. The locomOtiye remained on the
track, but the baggage, express cars.
smoker. two coaches and parlor car were
detached. The train was running eighteen
miles per hour. No broken rail was found.
rhetrack was Of new steel rails and straight.
The track Is supposed to have slipped In
consequence Of late rains. Robert CudelI.
draughtsman In the G. c. C.&IR, r, road.
masters office, Cleveland, Rev. D. 4. Fouts.
Of Shelby, and an unidentified man, were
Eilltd. Conductor John Daykin WAS badly
cut in the head and injured on the side.
Z. +. Poppleton, an attorney OF the railway
company, was injured about the head and
arms, but not seriously. The news agent,
named Hammer, had an arm broken.
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Iy Senator Malone won't act with the
R.pub!icans unless they agree TO make
him President Of the Senate, the RepuL-
Jcops must Try to get along without the
Nnhonc party. A tail is Il becoming ap :
wnlecc to a dog, butt becomes an In.
.ol,.rabIc nuisance when it insists that 1t
won,, war a, all unless 1t can wag the dog.
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Talked About Ia conEress-Reiief {
West virginia PARTIES.

Talked About In conEress-Reiief for
West virginia Parties.
From an occs!OnAl Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, February 16.-ot late little
or nothing las been doing in either branch
Of Congress, except tariff tinkering, and
that does not promise to amount to much,
80 that there has been a dcarth OF news.
Even those who have aspirations high and
holy" which means, Of course, presiden-
tialward, have forgotten to skip around
working up "boom," perhaps because
they are afraid It might turn out to be a
boomerang which is supposed to injure
more Of the friendly than oil the hostile
forces. Speaking Of the attempted tariff
legislation brings to my mind the ratheF
torcible. II not elegant phraseology Of
General Robert @. schencE, then u Rep.
resentatiye from Ohio, and who man
aged the present tariff a dozen or more
years ago, At that time he was Chairman
oi The Waya aud Means Committee, aud
his I'M encountered lust about the same
onnosition an as that given tho one now un.
def DISCUSSION. The end ol the Session
drew nIvh, aud everybody anticipated,
lust ~ they do now, that all tariu ieyislG1I,
lion would fail. As 4 last effort the old
General got Up to make q last appeal to the
HouSe 10 pass the bill, but encountered
suoh A storm OF opposition that he lost his
palIence. It was then he said that they
could XIII the bill II they wanted to, aud
above lis legislative grave could DO written
he epitaph: "Nib6lei to death by pis-
mires." ihls "epitaph" smothered the OPP
position aud the tariff legislation was o
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ment The Government has been calling
In It's bonds and that money has gone
iuto diyidend.paying stocks and bonds"
"How do you look upon American seeuri'
tiet2"
~ regard them as the best we have"
"And American railroads2"
"TheAmericau railroads arc equal TO the
best roads in Europe, both in respect to
equipment and BupeDtructure, and are
built atless cost"
"Do you think there isan excess Of rail-
roadsP"
II think percentage Of the new roads
are useless. Competing parallel roads are
a waste Of capital. The majority OF the
roads, however, are pretty well situated and
will pay"
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with au occasional lamp. The theatres are
open but every one expects the curtain oi
darkness TO fall before the Performance
ceases. II has been very windy all day.
ca1,ing number Of houses In the flooded
districts to break loose from their moorings
and 10 over the falls, mile below.
The C1lured Methodist Church had this
hard fate, while Asbury Chapel Is lost to
view, sayo for It's steepie. The wind blew
mostly from the south, forcing tho waves
against Jacksonville and adding undoubt-
cd heavy damage TO that unhappy little
city, on no single square Of which can one
walk tonight dry shOd. The damage here,
while not Of marked character to-day,
was heavy enough.
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wurS Senator Morgan, OF Alabama,
.,L.J Senator Davis, Of West Virginia,
"4r Won no, u largo owner Of these [coal]
miner, it would have been quito as much
,o the point, quite as polite, and much
mans decent II Senator Davis had retorted,
a, n. ,oli NOT u iooI?'
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Peacefully Passing Away In the Arms Of
His Family.


PARIS February 1O.-Telegaphlc dis.
patches from Venice bring details Of the
last hours Of Richard Wagner. He lived
on the second da0s Of the PAlaIs yendre.
mini, on the Grand Canal, belonging form,
erly to the Duchess de Berry. Wagner
suffered from heart disease and asthma.iC
attacks, and the recent bad weather ai.
fected him uniayorably. Tuesday was very
gloomy and Wagner had ordered his goti.
dola Tor three o'clock, intending to take
bis customary promenade on the Gr1ild
As he waaa about to leave bswa, attacked
by " o. asthma y . aRrmured, ~ fee
very bad, acIa tainted away. lie was car
neg % alG bed, and DR., Kepllet his ply,
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THE GENIUS.
Energetic Work Upon the Report-pIans
of Operation.


WASHINGTON, February TO- General
Walker. Superintendent Of the Census,
who went TO Boston to attend 10 some pri.
yate business consequent upon his hurried
call here TO resume charge Of the census
work, Is III there with quinsy and will not
be able to return to Washington for some
days. Since he resumed the headship OF
the bureau the work has been continued
with renewed zeal, and is estimated that
the recent ntappropriation Of slOO, 900 will be
enough 10 close up the report. Mod ditica'
tions in the scope Of the work have been
made so as TO bring 1t to an end us soon us
possible. II Is understood that small
force will be retained permanently who
will assist by advice and the issuing Of
uniform blanks tho several States who are
to take census in 1885. This is now the
custom in many States, and the object Is TO
secure uniformity In the work by having
1t supervised in part by the General Gov
eminent
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a Great coehIng nnIn In New yo,,,

NEw YoRE, February lO.-A great cock.
ing main OF the North and South took
place at WestChester county last night, and
was won by the North by nine battles
sixty thousand dollars changed handS
Thirteen battles were fought The stakes
we're s, 800 side and $lOO battle. The
South lost through poor training. The
birds were too heavy.
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nnrtlnsburr'. Ambition.

From Our special Correspondent
WASHINGTON, February l6.-Senatol
Davis, to-day, presented petition numer'
ousIy signed by citizens Of Martiusburg
praying for the passage Of bill providing
ing for the holding Of term Of the United
States District Court at that place. AlsC
for an appropriation for the erection OF
public building.
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rus STATE prcts continues to discuss the
,.n;yrn,ty. Tie impression still exists
,,., m. management is partisan. The
s,JiuroE a iairly constituted COMMITTEES oil
n" i"yss,,.ation would bo accepted as con-
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he shall repor, the claim to Congress 80
that an appropriation can be made for its


In the river and harbor bill, as prepared
by the Commerce Committee, there are
only two items local to West Virginia.
They are: Improving Great KAnGwhariyer,
$4,000; and New river, Virginia and
West Virginia, $1,000. OF course, though
Wheeling is largely interested in the Ohio
river improvement, for which an appropri.
ltion Of s25OOOOis allowed, the commit
tee did not give anything for the MonongG
hela river, as the amount available for the
present yeAr, was not large, SG9, ,OGS,9VO. The
engineer reports In regard 10 this improve.
ment that "at lock No. DIT was found by cx'
perience that theyertical balanced disCharg'
Ing valve OF the lock did not empty It with
sufficient rapidity. Authority was obtained
to replace Il by q combined slide and wider
valve invented by. an English engineer.
This valve Is recent invention, that has
NOT been introduced into this country, but
Is reported TO have given excellent satisfac.
ton abroad. Should II prove SUCCESS
many difficulties connected with large
locks will be obviated.
"The approved project for the present
year contemplates the construction Of a
cOGerdam around the head Of the lock and
the completion Of this part OF the work,
and about fifty feet In length Of both walls.
at Is Of the utmost importance that work
OF this character shall be pushed through
~ rapidly as the limited working season
will DeFmitH