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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-03-22
Cold Waves.


Cold waves, SO called-a name for
which we are indebted to recent me-
teorological science-do not appear to
move in most instances much faster
than railroad express train. They
vary, however, in their rate Of motion.
And we are told these other things
about them in an article from the
Times of Hartford, Conn.
Where do they come from? II is not
easy to say. Itmight be found, il one
could travel at express train speed
from the mountains of Montana and
the frozen regions further north, that
the cold continued all the way to East
ern Alaska and on Behring's strait
with even greater degree of intensity
In fact, the coolest region is probably
the wide expanse west, and especially
northwest, of Hudson's bay, in the
neighborhood of the magnetic pole. A
"cold waye' is wave of heavy air,
following the rarifed track Of " low
barometer" and changing the rarified
and milder atmosphere (Which is
usually also stormy to one of clear,
cold skies; a heavy air, full of tonic
power, and exhilarating, and hunger
producing, to sound and healthy ami
NAL life.
The establishment of the modern
government weather observation sta
tions, with their appliances, including
the electric telegraph and the daily
press, has enabled the country to see
and comprehend something of the
movements of these frequent cold
waves. The movement is as marked
as the advance of a veritabIe sea wave.
1t is one Of the impressive facts OF
meteorological phenomena. The tele-
graph heralds its start from the Rocky
mountains Git always seems to begin
there, though in fact it rarely does
having its origin much further north J,
and its advances can be timed like that
of railroad train. Its speed varies.
from about forty to sixty, or sometimes
even seventy miles an hour; usually it
would seem about fifty. 1t rolls over
the country, real wave. an aereal
counterpart, on the shore, of its con-
gener, the tidal wave of the ocean:
and its direction is usually from the
northwest to the southeast. 1t sweeps
slowly down from the frozen wastes
Of the Asiatic circle, to our Atlantic
coast-in breadth reaching all the way
from Nova Scotia to Cape Hatteras,
and frequently making its chill pres
ence felt as far south as Florida. The
Bermudas-which lie just south Of the
Gulf stream, little over 800 miles al
most due east of Charleston-feel the
influence OF our "cold waves" very
perceptibly. Cold waves come in an
almost rhythmical succession, and have
causes, doubtless, as potent as those Of
the oceans tides which they so striking
resemble.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-03-22

The Oldest portrait of Columbus in
the United States now hangs in the
New York sena5e chamber at Albany.
1t was presented by Mrs. Maria Far
mer, granddaughter Of Jacob Leslie,
governor Of New York in 1889. In
one corner it bears the Inscription:
vAnno 1892, ut. 23
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-03-22
A Year in the MetropoIis.

OF the million and quarter of peo-
pie living in New York city in 1882,
about one-half had their homes in ten
ement houses. There were 37,951
deaths during the year and about 40,-
900 births. The number Of prisoners
arraigned in the police courts was &c.
6S7, of whom AZ. .576 were held and 22,-
289 discharged. OF these, 1903 were
charged with crimes of violence
Three-fourths Of the entire number ar.
rested had incorporate habits. The
police stations furnished lodgings to
lis. 1851 persons and relief was given
to 20,575 outdoor poor.
For amusements during the year the
people Of this city paid about $1,000
900, and for education some $4,000
0Oc. Out of the 270,4 children be-
tween the ages of five and eighteen,
living in New York, lie, 1926 attended
Sunday-school last year. In the day
schools, under the board Of education,
there was an average attendance of
130,076. There was a total regular
attendance in the public and private
schools of 165,076. Over 10000 chill
dren ran alout the. streets without
care or instruction. The organized
charitable societies and institutions
paid out over S4,000,000.
There were in operation 11,162
manufactures, giving employment to
217,977 hands, paying in wages $685.
379.S06, and producing S448,209,248
worth of goods.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-03-22
A cheap IalI.

The new town of Naples, in Idaho,
on the Oregon Short Line railroad,
maintains Jail that is at once
cheap and secure. 1t is nothing more
nor less than deep hole in the
ground, into which the prisoners are
dropped with the grim warning that
the guards will put a bullet through
every head which appears above the
eige.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-03-22

According to the last census there
are in the United States 93S,610 fe-
male domestics.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-03-22

Enquirer The Tongue river in
Montana is SO named because it is al
ways rapid, running and babbling.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-03-22

The population Of Rome under the
emperors greatly exceeded | ,00o,O00,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-12-25

MoaEHousE PARISH, La, December q
Two men, Powell and Adams, were
rivals for the afectione Of Ida Louis, 9
beautiful octoroon. Saturday Ida went tc
the cabin Of an eyed negress to have hel
fortune told. Powell had previously
bribed the old woman to tell Ida she wal
destined 10 marry him, and II she refused
to induce her to drink mixture, or love
philter, which he had prepared. This pro
pramme was carried out, and when the
girl objected to marrying Powell she wai
coaxed 10 drink the preparation, when she
was seized with commissions and died in
the most horrible agony. Powell has fled
to the swamp. The. negress received q
trade dollar for her services.
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a Hoy,s lseroie Act,

PlrrspureH, December 24-saturdsy
afternoon . little fellow, named Brown,
was walking on the Pennsylvania Railroad
near wallis station, when, to his horror, he
saw saw the railroad track covered with about
ak tons Of stone, which had become
ioosened by the recent snow and fell down
from the hillside. Tearing . handkercniel
from his pocket he ran down the track; : &
Nearer the train came and more wildly Sha Gla
the boy wave his flag o. disusa. .s tne
engineer saw the boy. Wondering what
was wrong he whistlsd "down-brakes,"
and the freight train, for such i was, came ne
TO a stop lust as It reached the badly
frightened little hero, who told what ~ Was y
wrong, and received the heartfelt thanks O
the entire crew. There 10 40 doubt pu, I
what the boywill be handsomely fe"sfasse y, " ~
for his heroic act, as the conductor ol the
train made q special note Of the act to the
gi1nprinfandent.
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Iron rrnde .Embarrassments.

MouNr CARMEL, Pa, December 4,-The
manager Of the sunbury smelting works
reports the company embarrassed. Il
needs S75, 600 to place it, asound basis.
Work has been suspended at No.
Franklin Colliery, near Treverton, for three
months. Five hundred men are unem-
ployed.
EAsToS, Pa, December 24-The Thomas
Iron Company, at Hokendsuqua, and the
Crane Iron Company have reduced the
wages Of employees ten per cent from
January l. Nearly every furnace in the
valley have reduced wages.
NoRRIsrNwN, Pa, December 24-James
Hooyen & Sons, and J. FL. Boone & Com.
pany, announced reduction in the price
Of pudding from 81 to s. 75 ton. The
wages Of Others are proportionately re-
duced,
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hT0RiI EoHoTs.
Scenes About the City-The Damage
Done.

Done.
The rain which caused 80 muck pro,
family Sunday night continued until about
5 o'clock yesterday mor1ing, and after an
interval began again, aud fell for two OF
three houra. Much Of the slush was washed
from the sidewalks, leaving a dangerous
glare Of ice in places. The Board OF Public
Works had a large snow.plow constructed
yesterday afternoon, and with it scraped
the slush and snow from the CUTTERS on
the principal streets, allowing the water to
run of, thus saving much annoyance from
the flooding Of cellars.
The creek began running out shortly af.
ter midnight yesterday morning, and the
volume OF water increased till at daylight
the channel was bank full with an angry
torrent, the surface OF which was covered
with corn shocks and all sorts OF DRIFT wood
and debris. Very little damage was done
in the country. The bridge at the Crescent
mill was carried away. The railroad bridges
escaped damsge. The creek poured it's
muddy tide nearly across the river, with
such force did 1t flow, and such q dirty,
thick body Of water has seldom been ssen.
The weight ol the snow and rain broke
in the roof oil an ice house atthe Rsymann
brewery. In addition to those damage to
whose property was noted yesterday, the
Female College, Mr.. Fl. 7. Black ,on Twenty
second street, Mrs. A. Wilson, in the Fifth
ward, Mrs. Franzheim, North Main street,
Mr.. II. I. Waddell, Fourteenth siraet, Par
sons photograph gallery, Gutman's cloth
ing store, the Brunswick restaurant,
Lynch's shoe store, Hebrank's jswelry
store and scores OF other residences and
business houses suffered by leaky roofs.
Many people, profiting by former expe.
riences, had the forethought to shovel the
snow off their roofs, and thus ayerted dis.
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o'DONNELL,s CASE.
Correspondence ON the Internation
Qnestion-ProbabIy not o CltIxen.

Correspondence ON the International
Qaestion-ProbabIy NOT n Citizen.
WASHINGTON, D. O., December 4.-The
President to-day transmitted to the HOUSE
the report Of the Secretary Of State with
the correspondence relative to the trial and
execution of o'Donnell.
Under the date Of September 24, Hoppin,
first secretary Of legation informs Score
tary Frelinghuysen oftbe arrest Of o'Don-
nell and his anxiety to have o solicitor ap-
pointed TO undertake his defense. He
further informs the Secretary that there is
some doubt as to o'Donnell's identity,
and adds that supposing his citizenship to
be established he does not believe 1t to BIO
the duty OF the United States toprovide
legal assistancefor one fits citizens &C.
cused OF crime in Great Britain.
October 9th, Secretary Frelinghusen
writes Lowell directing him to ascertain
whether 0'Donnell Is o citizen Of the
United States and II 80 to do whatever may
be necessary to secure proper defense.
Hoppfn says he has come to the conclu-
sion that the certificate of naturalization
produced by Donnell was either granted to
some other person bearing then unusual
name OF Patrick o 'Donnell, or fraudulent
" obtained. It seemed to him that o..
Donnell's defence had been properly Sc.
cured, and it was not necessary for him to
take further steps in that direction.
Under date Of October 2Sl Hoppin in
forms the Secretary OF State that he has
made further inquiries concerning 0'Don.
neil's citizenship, and while ii is impossible
for him 10 give an authoritative opinion
upon the question he can say that he was
impressed with the apparent truth
OF O,Donnell's statements. He con.
cludes as follows: "The act OF
naturalization being, however, q Judicial
decision, can only be impeached, accord
ing TO the rules established by the Span
ish-American Commission, by showing
want Of Jurisdiction on the part OF the
granting court, or fraud practiced by ap.
Tlicant In court, or that the naturalization
was in violation Of treaty stipun.ions.
Patrick o Donnell has a certifcate.of ma.
turalization. He may have obtained IL by
mistake Of the court or by his own mis-.
lake, or there may be q : mistake
in the statements he now makes; but
as the certificate is prinia tacie evidence
Of citizenship, and as 1 do not see any evi.
dence. that o 0'Donnell practiced fraud upon
the court, the United States legation in
London considers 0'Donnells citizenship
established" -
The correspondence closes with tele-
gram from Frelinghuysen to Lowell in
strncting him to ask q respite for 0'Don-
nell, and the reply Of Granville refusing to
interfere with the sentence or its execu-
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Ipo'Donnell was citizen ofthe United
States all that this country could have
done would have been to demand afaii
Trial. BUTT ought to be understrod that
ifmen leave this country to meddle in the
affairs of another, no matter how praise.
worthy the motive, this Government will
not follow them around the world
with a convoy. o'Donnell did murder
and hanging being the penalty for thai
crime, this governmentcould not save him
No sensible 1rish.American thought il
conld.
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stuck in q SNOW nrlfl.

NEW HAVEN, Conn, December 24-
Early this mornipga New York bound
freight train, on the New York, New
Haven and Hartford Railroad, got stuck in
q large snow DRIFT near Milford, extin.
gushing the fire and causing an explosion,
which blew out the furnace door. The en-
gineer, q. Ross, was badly scalded, and
the fireman, ]. Lynch, badly burned. Com
ductor Searles was assisting The fireman at
the time and was blown from the engine
into drift. He lost few teeth and re-.
ceived several bruises. Later reports cay
the engineer and fireman were killed. \
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ST. LOUIS, December PA special from
Chattanooga saya: Bill Younger was arrest.
ed at Warrier, Ala, on Saturday, by Sheriff
Foute, Of London county, Tenn. He con.
iessed his identity to q reporter, and stated
that he had been associated with Jesse
James, but denied the James brothers were
concerned in the Muscle Shoals robbery.
Aspecial from Jefferson City referring 70
this arrest says: The prisoner is not Bill
Younger, but Clifton Ware, who deliber-
ately Killed Robert Cummings, OF Madison,
Monroe county, Mo-, on the 26.h OF last
May. Governor Crittenden has dispatch
from Sheriff Foute announcing the arrest
of Ware
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TIE COMMITTEEs.
Personnel of ihe Most Important-wby
Some Of Them GroRI.

1
Some OF Them GroRI.
WASHINGTON, December 24-Followina
are the different House committees:
Elections -Messrs. Tarner, Of Georgia,
Dayis, Of Missouri, Converse, Cook, Ben.
net, Lowry, Elliott, Robertson, of Ken
tucky, Adams, Of New York, Ramsey,
Pettibone, Miller, OF Pennsylvania, Valen-
tine, Hepburn, OF Iowa, and Hart,
Ways and Means-Messrs. Morrison,
Mills, Blount, Blackburn, Hewitt, OF New
York, Herbert, Hurd, Jones, OF Arkansas,
Kelly, Kassou, ,of Iowa, Mckinley, OF Ohio,
Hiscock, Of New York, and, Russell.
Appropriations-Messrs. Randall, For
ney, Ellis, Holman, BAbcoc&, Townsend,
Hutchins, Follett, Bnrnes, Keller, Cannon.
Ryan, Calkins, Horr and Washburn.
Judiciary-Messrs. Tucker, Hammond,
Culbertson, of Texas, Moulton, Broadhead,
Doraheimer, Collins, Seney, Reed, OF Maine,
E. B. Taylor, Of Ohio, McCoid, Browne, Of
Indiana, and Poland.
Banking and Currency-Messrs. Buck.
ner, Ermentrout, Potter, Hunt, Miller, Of
Texas, Gambler, Wilkins. Yaple, Dlngley,
Brumm, Adams, OF Illinois, Henderson, Of
Iowa, and Cooper.
Coinage, Weights and Measures-Messrs.
Bland, Dowd, Hardy, Nichols, Pusey, Ian
ham, Tully, Belford, Lacey, Chace, Ever
hart and Luna.
Commerce -Messts. Reagan, Clardy, Tur-
ner, Of Kentucky, Dunn, Seymour, Glass
cock, Woodward, Boyle, Barksdale, 0'Nsill,
Of Pennsylvania, Davis, Of Illinois, Wads-
worth, Long, Stewart, OF Vermont, and
Peters.
Rivers and Harbora-Messrs. Willis,
Blanchard, Jones, Of Alabama, Gibson,
Rankin, breckenridge, Murphy, Sumner
Houseman, Henderson, OF Illinois, Baynr,
Robinson, Of Ohio, Chsce, Stone and Bur
leigh.
Agriculture-Me Hatch, Of Missouri,
Aiken, Dibrell, Williams, Beach, Green,
Winana, Weller, Patton, Cullen, Wilson Of
Iowa, White, OF Minnesota, 0chiltree,
Howey, Stephenson, and Raymond, OF Da-
kota.
Foreign Affairs-Messrs. Curtin, Bel.
mont, Deuster, Clement, COX, Of North
Carolina, 6. D. Wise, Of Virginia, Stewart,
OF Texas, Lamb, Of Indiana, Rice, Wait,
Ketcham, Phelps and Hill.
Military Affairs Messrs. Rosecrans, Slo.
cum, Dibrell, Morgan, Wolford, Nichols,
Murray, Duncan, Steele, Bayne, Lyman,
Laird, Cutcheop, and Maginnis, of Mon.
tana.
Naval Afairs-Meesrp. Cox, of New
York, Morse, Talbot, Buchanan, Eaton,
Ballentyne, McAdoo, Harmer, Thomas,
Goff and Boutelle.
Postoffices and Post Roads=-M Messrs.
Money, Reese, Ward, Cos2roye, Rigga,
Rogers, Of Arkansas, Taylor, OF Tennessee,
Jones, Of Texas, Paige, Bingham, Peelle,
Skinner, OF New York, White, Of Kentucky,
Wakefield and cCormick.
Railways and Canals-Messrs. Davidson,
Hoblizell, Murphy, Paige, Caldwell, Tur-
ner, OF Kentucky, Wemple, Cnlbertson, Of
Kentucky, James, Atkinson and Hatch, OF
Michigan.
Public Lands-Messrs. Cobb, Scales,
Oates, Shaw, Lewis, Henley, Van Eaton,
Belford, Straight, Anderson, Payson, Brente,
Of Washington Territory.
Indian Affairs - Msssrs, Wellborn,
Graves, Stevens, Peelle, Pearce, Finsrty,
Skinner, of North Carolina, Smith, Of Penn.
sylyania, George, Perkins, Nelson, oury, Of
Arizona. q.
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AFAIR ,iTslINNAnY
Marries a Horse Thier In n New Yorl
s--'.hsf rrfsJn. A. 3tr III

Marries n Horse Thick In n New York
4.s rrison. ~
GIoyEasrowN, M Y, December pa
Agnes Austin, Of sagevillp, Hamilton
county, the comely young daughter Of the
village druggist, has for more than two
years been member OF alittle missionary
band that visits the jail. Three or four
months ego Fred Roderick, a burly, strap
ping young man, the son Of a popular
old guide up at Iudian Like, was arrested
and put in Jail for stealing team Of horses
from q farmer. The horse thiet and mis-.
sionary only met and then loved. She began
frequent private weekly visits, assuring the
jail attendants that Fred was almost ready
10 confess conviction. Tongue after tongue
soon began to wsg with scandalous stories,
however, and the girls father, alter yainly
iorbidding his daughters visit TO Roderick,
called on the sheriff, and that official at once
interdicted the meetings bstweenth now
well known lovers. Agnes disappeared a
couple oil weeks ago, and her whereabouts
could not be guessed until week later,
when q constable rode in with the truant
on behind. She was taken before the
magistrate and committed to her lovers
side, charged with stealing one OF the very
horses for the theft Of which Fred was sui
fering imprisonment Fred called the
sheriff and declared his wiah to marry
Miss Austin at once, and the young woman
depressing a like desire. and being nine.
teen years old, and Of legal age, the magis.
trate was summoned, and d,with the sheriff
and three deputies for witnesses, the ielon
lovers were welded. This has caused the
widest sort Of a stir in Ssgsville, and Mr..
Austin makes some, dire threats against the
sheriff and the magistrate, who claim to
have done only what they deemed to be
| their duty. ~, ~.
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RALsE FRIENp
who Came over from 4 ustrIa ana broke
- On q RAmIlY. ..--.

~ .
NEW YoRK, December 24-Emerick
seckely, aged twenty,three years, and
Mena Klesses, aged thirty-nine years, were
arrested in Jersey City this morning,
charged with being iugitiyes from justice.
Victor Klesses, the husband ofthe woman,
came to this country from Austria in July
last, obtaining employment in Maunch
Chunk, Pa. He settled in that place and
90 prospered inbusiness that alter he had
been at Maunch ChunkJa abort time he
wrote to his witein Austria 10 join him in
this country. She wrote back that there
was living near her q young man named
Ilmerich seckely, who was anxious, to mar.
~ their fourteen year old daughter and
| come To this country, but that he had no
money to pay their passage.
Klesses sent the moneylto Austria 10 pay
the passage OF the family aud Seckeley
shortly ailerward Joined him at MAuch
Chunk. Klesses obtained employment ioI
seckely, the latter taking III shortly after
his arrival and kept his roem. This had
been going on for come time, when on
Monday lSst the daughter oi Rlesses in
formed him that Seckley was not sick, FOL
every day when KlesSea went To Worb
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NEWS iNiR0lEF.

Congress adjourned yesterday to meet
January I. u
hedelay Of trains was general through-
out the country yesterday.
McFaIland's business block at Ports
mouth, o, burned sundsy. Loas, $1,000,
insurance, s., 900.
Henry Deoten, Of Philadelphia, falling
TO kill his wife and fathsrin.law, cut his
own throat, probably fatally.
Lambern & Gray. bankers Of Alliance.
Ohio, have failed. II ia feared that other
local interests will be embarrassed. n
Miss Gabriel O. Greeley, daughter OF the
la!e Horace Greeley, was thrown from her
sleigh OF Pleasantyllle, N. Y, by her horse
taking fright.
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The first thing to be said Of Speaker Carl
Isles committees is that there is no sur.
prise in them. It was expected that he
would reward his friends, personal and
sectional, and this he has done. He could
not give each OF them all Of the best things,
and so there are some heart burningf; but
he has looked well after the men who
fought and won his battle for him, and in
all this the South is not neglected. That
section is fairly provided for with twenty:
nine out Of fifty.four chairmanships, though
it is not to be forgotten that the South is
the backbone and the voting strength 5oi
the Democratic party, and it sthe South
which made Mr.. Carlisle Speaker.
Interest centered mostly in the Ways
and Means Committee, the great tariff
oyerhauler when tariff overhauling is to be
done. There was no secret or mystery
about the principle on which he would
constitute that committee, and none to
speak Of in respect Of the men to whom he
INTENDED 10 cOLulnlt luat eleaS PS"S4' -
was understood from the first that Mr..
Carlisle would make up the Ways and
Means to oemphasize again the policy which
made him Speaker. In this he could
not have been more successful. Mr.. Nor
rison is emphasis enough in himself, and
he backed by very able assortment OF
free traders. Mr.. Carlise has been fair
enough to give the Republicans a strong
taril representation on the committee.
Mr. Kasson might have stronger conyic.
tions or more nerve on the protectionist
side, but 1t was not to be expected that he
would be left Of. F.4....o y
II It we're not for the Senate and the
President tie Morrison Ways and Means
Committee would be something to s!andin
awe Of. The situation being what it is, the
committee will probably content itselt with
Illuminating campaign thunder and keeping
the business interests on the ragged edge.
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Aand ,Inn ~ nIaen WIlh.

CIvoNNATI, December 24-Peter Morris,
a tramp, found lodgings in the Hammond
street station last week and was sent to the
work house for yagrancy on "Wednesday
aud taken to the hospital on Friday sick.
II has been found on investigation to be Q
clear case Of smallpox. Il Is feared that
many other cases viii be reported in q few
days, as the man had slept With over q
hundred other trampG
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ESTABLISHED ACOUSTIC, 1852

is a trimmer and his various course on
tariff matters has injured protection more
than the out and out efforts OF the most
pronounced free trader. Judging from the
complexion Of the committee, as selected
by Carlisle, l am Of the opinion that 1t
means another onslaught on the tariff. l
believe Morrison will introduce a bill for
that purpose and throw the burden Of a
refusal upon Republican Senate and
Republican President"