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OTHER EXPLOSIONS IN ARsENALs.

On September II, 1852, frightful explosion
occurred at the United States arsenal III
Pittshurg, Penn 1t occurred in the
laboratory, and out of 116 boys and girls
who We're employed in the building at
the time of the disaster, seventyfive were
killed. One explosion followed another until
the entire buildin,, was destroyed. and those
who could not escape in time We're burned up
The scene was most appalling, the dead bodies
lying in heaps as they hal fallen. The ex-
plosion was caused by the accidental falling
of a she'll.
On June Il, 1864, terrible explosion o.
CURED at the Washington arsenal. Some
red stars for fireworks had been set out to
dry and ignited from the suns heat explod-
ing and setting fire to the premises. Nine
teen dead bodies of females were removed
from the ruins and fifteen or twenty others
were either seriously or mortally wounded.
On August -, 1861 the shot and shell arse
nal at Richmond Va, took fire, series OF
most terrific explosions ensuing. The inhabi-
tants of Oregon Hill were all driven from
their homes in the greatest terror, as the
fragments of the missiles came crashing
through their dwellings. Fortunately wor.;
in the arsenal had c. asad prior to the time of
the accident and but two men were killed
On December IS, 1868, an explosion of car
tridges took p ACE i'll small building in the
Washington arsenal, killing seven and
wlunding others III a serious manner
On September ,. 1866, the Watertown
tMassl arsenal was set ON hre and series
of loud explosions followed. The buildings
We're guarded by sentries at the time, and
b Ing 81, sed no loss of life occurred.
In November, 1s6S, the Wuchung arsenal
in China exploded, the shock being distinctly
he ard l20 miles distant. Over 1000 people
We're killed ami wounded.
On July - ISL, terrific explosion o.
CURED in the Wa 'hington arsenal. hundreds
Of bombs and shells flying about; houses and
workshops were demolished, the very valua-
bic army museum was destroyed and the
United States signal corps magazine and
laboratory were Blown up and destroyed DC
no loss of life
y disastrous explosion occurred on October
-. 1851, in the illuminate room of the ord
nance department at the Washington navy
yard; one killed and two wounded
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FRIGHTFUL EXPLOSION.
The Rocket Factory of Woolwich Ar
senal Destroyed.
Two Lives Lost and Many Buildings
Wreoked--W War Rockets Sent Fly
ing Through the Air.

The rocket acsories at the arsenal at
Woolwich, England, exploded few days
since with terrible effect TIE explosion was
caused by a fire in the main building, which
included the laboratory. The building was
destroyed within half an hour after the fire
broke out. 1t contained an immense number
of war rockets which were filled with destruc-
tive missiles. The latter flew in all drec-
tions, many being projected to and falling
upon the other side of the Thames. The fire
was extinguished at noon, when the rockets
ceased their explosions.
Old soldiers Mt Woolwich declare that the
explosions of the rockets during the fire were
as frightful as if occurring in an actual
siege There was a regular fusilade. the mis-
siles exploding i'll al directions with deafen-
ing decorations resembling the firing of nu-
merous batteries of artillery. Some of the
war rockets were projected distance of five
miles. One of them went through the wall
Of an arsenal and another s ruck the artillery
barracks Rockets fell in Firth, Esham,
Charlton and llford. One of them plunged
into school for infants at Plumpstead,
another entered a diapers shop i'll Wool
wioh. and still another wrecked a grocery
store.
There was the widest panic in Woowich,
but there was no loss of life with the excep-
ton Of two men who were employed in the
arsenal. The rincipal damage was confined
to the rocket factory, which will involve a
loss of e2000
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FACTS ABOUT CITIES.

LEADvILLE, Co.., wants more c.ergymen.
PASo DEL NoETE, Mexico is 80 years old.
Boston people "Iu. away" 100 frogs e very
day.
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, is oycrlun with
tramps.
ALDANY's impure water has made many
Pc lple sick.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, cries aloul for new
water supply.
DENVER, Col, celebrated her GU after &C.
tennlal retcAtiy
MANCHEsTER, Vt, is motel for its beau
tiful cemetery an the Gaze VIII CHI Is t ken
of It.
BUFFALO has more miles OF railroad track
within her corporate limits thln any other
city.
OMAHA boosts of having the most COM
plete system of water-worss tnan any city in
the world.
New YORK eats $4,000 worth of oysters
year, Phil delphit S3,5OO, 600 and Boston
81, $4,000.
NEwBURG u. " people are all said to be
bow-legged. Walking up and down hill all
the if lives is the c-use.
New TACOMA, a thriving young tlwl in
Washington Territory, alre dy has forty
LAWYERS, the total population Icing but
$500,
NEW ORLEANS last yer received -is24,
Galveston, S63, l0I: = nuah. $3.50 Nor.
folk 1869 and Charleston jUc ,ulS lales Of
co:toa.
DEVILS LAKE Dakotr) is not yet 100
days old, bu. already cho &c lots are sold at
s2,UOO each. IL has seven Erge hoes and
two b INKS.
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has sent to the state department at Wash
ington a report on the alleged Bradford
estate in Great Britain. He says he has re.
ceived numerous letters from the United
States inquiring as to the existence in the
vaults Of the Bank of England of the sum OF
S100,000000, the accumulated principal and
interest of the estate of Governor William
Bradford, first governor of Plymouth colony,
of whom they claim TO he heirs. Mr.. Mer-
rift, upon investigation, finds that there is
no money belonging to the Bradford estate
in the Bank of England.
GENERAL SHERMAN has fixed November 1
command of the army to General Sheridan
and virtually retire to civil life, although he
will not be placed on the retired list of the
army until February s.
THE Canadian postoffice department, at
the request of Post:~ aster General Gresham,
has forwarded to Washington report on the
working of the postoiiice savings bank
THE second comptroller of the treasury has
decided that certain officers of the army who
resigned were dismissed by court martial or
whose connection with the army was severed
by prohibitory legislation, and were subse-
quently restored by executive order, are not
legally in the service. He refuses, therefore, to
pass Their pay accounts His action affects
the demands of General Daniel E. Sicllles,
Captain Adam Badeau, both of whom are held
to be out of the army by reason of having
accepted diplomatic positions; Major Benja-
min p Runke, who was restored by Mr..
Hayes, and number of others. Mr. Badeau
has appealed to the court of claims. The de-
cision, even if favorable in test case, will
not be accepted by the comptroller of the
treasury except it is confirmed by the SUI
preme court
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A TERRIFIC HURRICANE.
Hundreds of Vessels Wrecked and
Many Lives Lost in the West En-

News received from the West Indies shows
that the recent hurricane at and near Nassau
was most disastrous in its effects. A great
many vessels were wrecked and at least
fifty-three lives were lost. The greatest dis
Gster was the loss of the ship Carleton,
which left Nassau with the mails and
fourteen passengers for Juaqua and inter
mediate ports. The vessel struck reef and
was totally wrecked Twelve passengers on
board were drowned.
The following vessels lost in the harbor Of
Nassau during the hurricane are reported
total loss; Sloops-Royal Excl ange, Def
ance, Phantom, Nonesuch, Johnson's Plan,
Lille and Hennie SchoOners-Piudent,
Hester Ann, Cornucopia, Nimble, Nary
Ellen, Belle of the Bay, Vio'et Reso.ute En-
chantress, Chance, Nevd, John Byron, Island
Queen, Anna and Rescue The list of vessels
damaged, stranded and sunk in the hlIbor
mounts up into the hundreds
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POLITICAL NEWS,
Massachusetts dsreenback Convcn-
ton.

AT the Massa chusetts State Groenb1ck CON
vention in Boston Levi r. Pierce was chosen
president. Governor Butter was unanimously
nominated was as follows: Lieutenant-(tov-
ernor, John Howes, of Worcester; secretary
of state, Nicholas Furlong, of Boston; at
torney-general, George Foster, of Lyln
treasurer, Wilbur f. Whitney, of Ashburn-
ham, and auditor A. II. Wood, of Lunenburg
The platform adoI ted denounccs both the
Republic IN and Democratic parties; demands
a repeal of all class laws no subsidies for
corporations equal political rights for men
and women election of all public officials,
as far as practicable by a direct vote of
the people a graduated income tax and
taxation on all other property at an e1ual
ratio: no more refunding of the public
debt in such manner that it cannot be paid
when the government has money to pay it:
the discontinuance of the boarding policy
the decentralization of gold and silver Us do
nestle currency and the reissue in its stead
of full legal tender paper currency; the with
drawal OF the power of issue from matte nal
banks: the removal of the tariff monstrl 81
ty''; that prison labor shall not BE- allowed
to cheaper honest labor thqt suffrage
shall be free to all; larger appropriations FOR
the regulation of interstate commerce by
Congress so that middlemen clnnot rise
prices: the prohibition of the employment of
children under fourteen years i'll mines and
workshops, and equal pay for equal work for
men and women The platform closes with
a eulogy of Governor Butler.
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Maryland Republican state Cony.n
lion.

The Maryland Republic n State conven-
ton at Baltimore nomn ted Congressman
II irt 3. holton for governor, DR.. Wash
i1gton Smith for comptroller, and r.
st3ckett Matthews for attorney gen
eral. The nom nations were all m'de
unanimously and by acclamat.on. The
platform approves 1.-THE wise, able aud
conservative administration OF President
Arthur declares that the grayest abuses
continue to exist in the administration of the
State government, and that TO carry out the
reforms the popular sentiment demands
would be to dethrone the Democratic rulers;
that lahoring men have an equalrigh with the
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Washington.

CoNsULs of the United States in France re-
port to our state department that wines are
very extensively adu terated in that country
WORK on the Washington monument has
been resumed. The present height of the
structure is 80 feet and it is expected that
forty feet will be added to it this season.
CONSUL GENERAL MERRITT, of London,
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South and West.


ABOUT 800 delegates, representing nearly
all Parts of the Union. were present at the
opening of the Colored National convention
in Louisville, Ky. Frederick Douglas, of
Washington, d. c., was chosen president.
DR.. A. B. MCKUNE, a prominent physician
ard druggist of Council Bluffs, Iowa, was
shot and instantly killed by DR.. Z. ID.
Cross. The two men had been hostile toward
each other a long while.
LYMAN BLAIR, a millionaire, and one of
Chicago's most prominent business men, went
to his room for gun to take with him on
shooting expedition. Shortly after the re-
FORT of gun was heard. and when the coach
rushed upstairs he found Mr.. Blair lying dead
in the room with the top of his head blown
off.
A FURIOUS storm has caused considerable
damage on Lakes Erie and Ontario, wrcclling
several vessels.
HENRY HORNE and David Butler settled
feud of long standing by fighting due,
at Lumberton, n. c. Butler was killed a.
the first fire.
IMMENSE fires have been raging in the
forests and ranches above Santa Cruz, Cal,
and have done heavy damage.
MANY Of Chicagos prominent citizens at
tended dinner given in honor of Lord Chief
Justice Coleridge, of England.
ONE Montgomery, convicted at Bracket,
Texss, of murder, was sentenced to ninety
nne years imprisonment.
A NEGRO aged 10 years died the other day
in New Orleans
FROST has damaged crops in portions of
Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin.
THE Maryland Republican State conven-
ton at Baltimore nominated a full ticket
headed by Congressman Hart B. Holton for
governor.
GEORGE WALLACE colorei) was hangel at
Savannah, Ca, for killing Martin Jensen, a
sailor, in dance-house atfray.
A SCHOONER was being towei through a
drawbridge at Chicago when she struck a
Some abutment with such force as to cause
the first span of the vialuct sixty feet
long to fall with a terrific crash
There We're two vehicle. an / several people on
the viaduct, all of whom were precipitated
thirty feet to the ground below, amid the
mass of broken iron AMI debris. Nine FER
sons were injured, three with probably fatal
result.
AT Blue Lick Springs, Ky, while Samuel
e., William o. and Thomas Rogers, brothers,
We're taking dispositions in the case of a
contest over their fathers will, Samuel
g., thinking thai his brothers were ABOUT
to draw weapons drew his revolver and shot
Thomas through the head and William in the
abdomen. Both men were fatally wounded
Samuel Rogers is president of the Farmers
bank, of Carlisle, Ky; William is a lawyer
Of st. Louis, and Thomas a farmer.
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owners of capital to make peaceful combina-
tions for their own protection, and that such
right should be secured to them by law;
points to the record of the Republican party
and its policy of protection as establishing its
sympathy with the interests of labor, and
claims that while that rolicy is directed to
the fuller development and fostering care of
our home industries, the policy of the Demo-
cratic party tends to reduced wages aud to
bring the American workman down to the
lower level of the foreign workshop; that the
clause of the constitution which requires the
board of public works to prevent freight dis
ordinations against the citizens and prod
ucts of the State should be enforced.
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BROOKLYN Comm people deem their old
oak the most beautiful tree in New England.
A hundred years ago its top was cut off to
use in "bushing" in hayseel, and the young
tree then put off many branches near the
ground Some of these have grown to the
length of sixty feet, and are very large.
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'es. The record of the season follows:
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION RECORD.

In the American association the Athletics,
of Philadelphia, who took second pla, e last
yelr, have this season carried OFF first hon
urs in this as o,iation. The st. Lou club is
'econl, Cincinnati-the present ch NIPPON
third, METROPOLITAN fourth, Eclipse fifth,
Colunb's sixth, Allegheny seventh. ana Bal
TIM e a Il. Folowil { is the T. cord:
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Nebrnsk REPUBLICANS.

The Nebraska Republicans at their State
convention in Lincoln nominated N. ID.
Reese for judge of the supreme court. The
platform adopted favors proper protective
tariff and State railroad commission: adj
vocates the FORGETTING of unearned railroad
land grants; opposes legislation allowing
cattle men to secure large tracts of public
lands; indoises the administration Of Pres
dent Arthur, and advocates the improvement
of the great rivers of the South and West
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AUSTIN, Texas, is happy in the possession
of the first young lacy lnatriculated as a stu
cent 0. the STAKE university.
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NEWS OF THE WEEK
Eastern and Middle States.

SIEDENBAcH, SCHwAB & Co., New York
clothiers, have failed for 100000.
THE Athletic baseball club, of Philadelphia.
has won the championship of the American
association.
CARS worked by an endless chain are now
running across the Brooklyn bridge.
GOVERNOR BUTLER was unanimously re-
nominated at tho Massachusetts Greenback
convention in Boston.
Much excitement was cause in New York
business circles by the announcement of the
failure of F. Mayer 6, Co., one of the largest
firms in the wooden trade with liabilities of
nearly S2,000,000. The firm was at the head
of Jewish houses in the cloth trade in this
country. Its failure was speedily fol
lowed by the suspension of Levy Brothers &
Co., who were among the Mayors creditors,
with liabilities of 81 100000 Both failures
were caused indirectly by the collapse of
Bronner 81 Co., and Siedenbach, Schwab s.
Co. two other large clothing houses.
A MAN named Feeney entered the British
consuls office in New York and after some
noisy demonstrations pulled out q revolver
and discharged it, after which he ran away.
Feeney, who was arrested, was evidently
crazy.
THOUSANDS of spectators witnessed the
laying of the cornerstone of a memorial hall
30 General Burnside at Bristol, r. |. Pres-
dent Arthur was present. The exercises con-
sisted of q procession, Masonic ceremonies,
and the dellverance of an Grafton by Judge
L. B. Colt
FREDERICK GATES for secretary of state.
together with a full ticket, was nominated by
the New York Prohibition State convention
at Syracuse.
AT the Massachusetts, Democratic State
convention in Boston Governor Butler was
renominatel by reclamation. Ex-Mayor
Prince, of Boston, was nominated for lieu
tenant-governor.
THE Boston nine has won the baseball
championship of the league clubs.
A FIRE at Buffalo destroyed a large ele
vator filed with grain, causing a total esti-
mated loss of $4,000.
AT the New York Democratic State con-
vention in Buffalo the following ticket was
nominated: Secretary of state, Isaac II
Maynard; controller, Alfred c. Chaplin:
state treasurer, Robert a. Maxwell; attorney
general, Dennis O'Bren; state engineer and
surveyor, Elnathau Sweet.
AN Eastern PAPER publishes reports from
800 correspondents relative to the potato crop
of 1858 in New England, the Canadian PROV
inces and New York. While there is fully
fifteen per cent. increase in the acreage com
pared with last year, the yield iii the great
ship ing sections of the provinces and Aroos-
stock county will not lie as large as antici-
pated
A BOILER belonging to n steam-tug ex-
ploded with terrific effect at Albany n y.
The capt ain and fireman of the tug, and the
son of the captain of another tug We're in
stantly killed. and four other men We're Sc
verely injured.
A BOAT race at Hutton, Penn, between
professional oarsmen, resulted in the best
time on record fer three miles being beaten
by two contestants-Hosirer and TenEyck.
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l'eoI'l'

English Methodists give 81 100000
year to home missions.
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Attention Hooks !

A Ill members of Hook & Ladder No.
N l. are requested to be present at
their next regular meeting, on Monday
evening" November 9Th. Business of
importance.
$40 ct PER ORDER.
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it worthy of reproduction. It is
pubpshed'as originally written:
l am wolen dress, and the first
thing / ever heard about myself was
that / was on lambs back keeping
him warm. This lamb was an orphan,
his mother died when quite young,
and he was taken to his masters
house, and there the children played
with him. Every night, he was put
into a box by the stove, until he
grew so large, that he was put in
with the rest of the sheep. After u
while, this lamb became as large as
any sheep there, and in spring, he
had all his wool cut off, and I was
made of this wool.
First this wool was washed, and
cleaned, then carded, and made into
thread, woven into cloth, dyed black,
packed in box, and sent to Eng
4
lano. Then was cut by Dress
Maker into dress for a lady, who
said, that she would call for me in q
few days; but she did not call for q
long time, so the Dress-Maker sold
me to another lady.
After while, 1 became little
worn, and finally I was cut over for
her daughter, who wore me to school.
At last, was used = rag, and
put into ragbasket. I was then
taken to paper factory where I was
made into paper, packed and sent to
the Hawaiian Islands. Twas bought
by a boy, who took me to school,
and wrote composition on me, after
which l was thrown away. e
ROSE DAWSON.
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FREE FUN.

Thursday nights free entertain
ment at the Y.M.C.A. was again
well attended, every seat in the hall
being occupied, and two thirds of
those present being men. The read
ings selected were rather lengthy,
and it would be well in future to
curtail them as much as possible.
The heroines of the evening were
Miss Hopper, who kindly presided
at the piano, Mrs. Hastie whose re-
citation of "The Lady of Provence"
was masterpiece, and Mrs. Cru
zan who, in addition to her reading,
sang "The Clang of the Wooden
Shoon" which received a well de-
served encore, to which she res
ponded with "Twickenham Ferry"
The heroes were Mr.. j. S. Ross
who gave "The Old Sexton" in such
an excellent manner, (save for a
slight huskiness apparent in his up
per notes) that he, at the desire of
the audience, repeated one verse,
and Mr.. Cruzan, who, with his Gus
tomary modesty, placed himself last
on the programme, and, having OBJ
tanned to great extent the able as
sistance of his wife, excused him
self from his proposed invitation of
asking the audience to ''take some
thing" bnt extended his invitation
to future occasion.
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TENDERS.

The Minister of the Interior, in
consequence Of the disclosures re-
Gently made by the BULLETIN with
reference to the charges levied upon
Chinese immigrants, wisely deter
mined to call for tenders for landing
the Portuguese, that have just
arrived by the Bell Rock, and for
supplying them with provisions.
Six tenders were received, two of
them only being for landing the
Immigrants. One gentleman ten
dered for both services, and his bid
being the lowest throughout, was
accepted. This gentleman, Mr..
Jonathan Tucker, undertakes the
whole of the landing for $125, less
than nine cents head. This
includes the cost of transportation
OF passengers and baggage to the
depot. Here is remarkable case.
Hitherto no tenders for such work
were ever called for, and it was done
by Dick, Tom, Harry, Fred, Jack
or Bill at whatever prices, and in
whatever manner they pleased. If
Minister Gulick can now get the
work we'll done for nine cents a head,
why is it that previous Ministers
could not have got it done at the
same rate? They never tried to do
so and they never called for tenders.
The reason is well known. We
congratulate the present Minister of
the Interior and President of the
Board of immigration upon the step
that he has just taken, and hope
that he will continue his work of
much-needed reformation by ascer-
tanning first, how much was pre-
viously paid for similar work, second,
how much such work cost, third, to
whom the money was paid, fourth,
how much was made out of each job,
and, fifth, last but not least, why
the Government officials, who ap-
parently broke the law, by not render
ing on account of their stewardship
to the Auditor General, are allowed
to remain unpunished.