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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-11
GENERAL INTELLIGENCE.

At the annual meeting of the stockholders OF
the Eew-York. West Shore and Buffalo Railway Com
pany, yesterday, folio Sing directors elected
Horace Porter, Henry Willard. John ". Ellis George ~
Pullman, G. T. Eoerishofer, r. r Wilson, H. Victor New
comb II. X. McHarg Frecer X Billings, Caarles Ianicr
John J. McCOok, Theodore Houston aud Charlie, Psue
The organization OF the Board Will be completed tO-ay
Boston, Jan. l0.-The net earnings OF the Chicago,
Burlington and Quincy Railroad from January 1 to De-
cenIber l. 1882. S96l2,046, increase the
corresponding time IN 1881 of S54,242.
The time for paying the first call OF Is per the
Toledo. Cincinnati and st. Louis Railroad Company's
subscription expired to-day o'clock Several thou
snd dollars more than the entire amount called for nad
been received.
The directors of the Massachusetts, Central will hold
conference tomorrow with NewYork who are de-
sirouS OF extending the road 10 Poughkeepse.
BOSTON, Jan. lO.-A Cincinnati Dispatch SAYS the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company has purchased
the Louisville Evansville and Terra Haute Railroad.
There present indications OF 1t In this city whers
toe road Is owned and Mr hun ingiOn the president
OF the says tue report Is tine Fst nas heard OF n
NEwBURG, Jan. 10.-Rsllroad communication just
made at Cornv all conletes the West Shore Railroads
tracks here 70 the south end OF the West Point
mel and the Mjdetown branch that place to Corn
wal is also flashed.
CLEARFrELD, Penn. Jan. Io.-Tle susqaehanna and
southwestern Railroad Company was reorganized To-
day. and the work Of extending the road TO Clarified
will be pushed forward at William A. Wallace, VI
Clearfeld Penn, was chosen pres:ds1t
woACEsTER, Mlss, Jan. 10.-rhe annual meeting Of
the Norwich and Worcester Railroad Company to-day
elected Francis II. Dewey Charles W. Smith, f. L.
Davis Thomas b. Eaton, Jonn r. Slater william
Bayard Cutting aud william c. Weld directors +. II.
Dewey was elected presldsnt.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. lO.-Charles Hartsaorne has
written le declining to DC candidate for reeec-
toD TO the presidency Of the Lehix Valley Railroad Is
10 said that Henry T. Packer Will succeed Mr. Harris.
horne.
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RIMoRs WITHOUT FOUNDATION.

Frederick Wolfe, financial agent OF the
Erianger Syndicate said yesterday to TRIBUNE re-
porter with regard to the rumors Of
the financial embarrassment OF the syndi.
cate aud OF himself. that they were entirely
without foundation He had received kilograms
from Cincinnati stating these rumors, and among
others that OF his paper had gone TO protest.
This was also untrue. 81 have" he declared. mo
paper out Az regards the Eranger Syndicate the re-
port respecting them Is pr,posterous representing
as they do English capital the amount of
"Could those rumors have originated" asked
the reporter. from any financial trans.
aetions with the roads recently purchased
by tho Granger Syndicate T.
All such etiobs completed six months ago
and settled ten, aud, far the Erauger 5yndese
are concerned they no longer exist. The roads they
purcnased have passed iato what is known as the
tlabama New0reans and Texas Pacific Railroad Conf
p.nv ana other under the general management
OF John Scout Ia Cincinnati "a,
Have You any idea where these reports originated r
" susuect tpa1 taey started" Mr. Wolfe replied,
to affect egotiatons IN which am engaged Tor the
leasing OF certain railroad properties can say nothing
more on tins point but To tue embarrassment of my.
self as OF the ErlaDg,r Syndicate make the most
min 0deuia
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WAsuINCroS, Jan. 10.-In tho House OF Representa-
tiye- today Mr.. Blanchard, of louisiana. introduced
Joint resOutOn expressive OF regret sympathy at
.rreH
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IN MEMORY OF NJ. GAMBETTA.

LDNDONi HISPHtCI
Exchange Telegraph Company says that Gambettas
body will be taken 20 Nice tO-uigdt. A dcputation OF
OF the Chamber OF Deputies will act
oort.
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CeaIiaacd ON Fiilh page.
, 1883-05-03
Two MILLIONS LOST.

The postal money.order system was
established seventeen years ago by an
act Of Congress, and its devisers claimed
that it was the cheapest, safest and
speediest method Of transmitting money
ever invented. However, the weak
point in the system is illustrated by the
large amount of money deposited in the
postoffces all over the Union, and,
through one blunder or another, never
paid to the persons who ought to have
received it. The postoflice in New York
is the general headquarters of the sys-
tenn, and there is now unclaimed ut the
disposal of this Office $1,825, 49L 49.
Which is the result Of seventeen years
accumulation. All of the money un-
claimed in the postoflices all through
the country is sent to the New York
pOstoAice.
This accumulation Of nearly $2,O00,-
VOO Is largely due to the miscarriage in
sending orders, or to their loss by the
sender or payee. Many OF the lost or
miScarried orders might have been paid
the payee or remitter had applied to
MS Postmaster for q duplicate order.
Perhaps it has been through ignorance,
perhaps through cnreleasness, that this
nas not been done, but usually the re-
AA'ter appears to suppose that the
payee has received his money, and, on
'ne other hand, the payee thinks it has
lo' been sent. The surplus fund is in
~easlng all the while. (
, 1883-05-03
kOl TnEn P0OR ENDEAM.

In his answers to correspondents, Ney
thus discourses: "Carl Schurz-You
are evidently i'll error about the Ute In
dams. They are not farming much this
summer; so your proposition tosell them
1000 thrashing machines at DISCOUNTS
of no practical utility. The chances are
that if they had 1000 Pitts threshing
machines they would trade the entire
lot before fall for plug hat and pair
Of red suspenders. The Utes run moro
to redsuspenders and physical calm than
they do to agriculture and Pitts thresh-
ing machines. They started an onion
patch on White river two years ago, and
it looked at ono time as though they
would at least raise one onion to each
five adults on the reservation; but one
morning they got into q discussion about
some agricultural point while wedding
the fruit, and when they got through
the onion bed looked as though there had
been premature explosion there, and
the orions were so mixed up with cop
per-colored ears and other Indian frag.
ments that the whole thing was aban-
donedn
, 1883-05-03
How Mines Are Worked.

81 wish you would tell me about the
way enget gold and silver out of anime,
my dear," said lady in East Laramie,
the other evening, to her husband, and
he peeled off his coat and sat down in
three chairs for the evening.
"Well, what kind of mine do you
wish to hear about--gold or silver,
quartz or placer, deposit or refined
lead2"
"Well, oil OF them briefly. want to
know whether they scrape off the gold
from the under side of the ground, and
wash the dirt off i'll tho creek, or how it
is"
"Well, they don't scrape off thounder
side of the ground exactly There you
arc in error. In placer miuing they have
to collect the dust and pun it out with
gold-pan."
"Oh they have to use a gold pan,
do they? Tint must be what makes
mining SO expensive. Does the pan
have to be solid goid?"
"No, it isn't made Of gold; it is sim.
ply to pan gold, hence the name. In
quartz mining the prospector finds first
the float, and, tracing it to the head he
begins to dig for the purpose OF asccr-
tanning how extensive it is, and what it
will assay"
son, that is it. I thought they first
bored into the ground with pay streak
until they found the shaft, and then
they drifted for the assessment, and when
they found that, they just put a blast in
the indications and sated the dump.
Now, it seems that you don't do that
way. You follow up the micaciQus salt
till You strike the bias fold. Then you
see if you can find a color that matches
with the copper stained triobires that
you can prospect, and YOU"
"No, l must stop You there you are
getting little of the vein. You prob
ably have the right idea, but you are
using terms that are not correct. After
they got the wall OF the rock on the
dump aud pitch out the night shift,
they salt the contract and blast the ver-
tical chilblain. Then they drift for the
blossom rock, baled hay and poverty,
till they strike tho .varcose vein. After
that it is short job to put on the bias
folds and sample the stockholders.
Where the bltuminous duplex bisects
the brocaded porphyry and scallops
the gauge with cross-eyed shirrings and
bicarbonate of bilious collie iuterlaced
with MORE antique wads of gray copper
and free milling erysipelas, 1t is not
always the case, however, for indirectly
or inversely, perhaps more, or sometimes
less, MS the case may be, and still we
might or might not, and also beside, if
not always, as already described, per
haps, yet / wouldn't be positive OF any
thing which might be doubtful.
Then he laughed a cold, hard laugh
and went to bed. If husbands would
always explain these things to their
wives, how much pleasanter our homes
would be.-LGraDlie boomerang.
, 1883-05-03

SPONGE PuDDINa.-Six ounces OF
flour, half teaspoonful Of baking
powder, a little salt and four ounces Of
suet to be we'll rubbed into the flour.
Mix up the pudding with three ounces
OF golden sirup, and three ounces of soft
sugar, two table spoonfuls of milk and
one egg well beaten. Put it all into
buttered basin, tic it over with cloth,
and boil it three hours, not less. Serve
with plain melted butter.
Ported CmcxEN.--This is an agreea-
BILE relish, anl makes n pleasant lunch
con when travelling. Take a roast
chicken and carve off all the meat.
Take two slices OF cold ham and chop it
with the chicken. Add to this one
fourth pound of the best butter; add
salt and pepper to taste pound this to.
gether to paste, put the mixture in
jam-pot, and cover closely. L: will keep
Ai - Sooi PiLSc lch ulNs.
LADIES FINGERS. Take one pound
OF pulverized sugar, one dozen eggs,
three-quarters OF II pound OF flour beat
the yelks and sugar to q cream, then
beat the whites, and lastly stir in the
-four; flavor with lemen. Bake in long,
small tins made expressly for these lit
tie cakes, or you may drop them on
white writing paper; they are likely in
this case, however, to look irregular
about the edge. Bo careful not to put
too much dough in the tin as it will rise
good deal. Have the oven hot and
success is certain.
, 1883-05-03
THE POTATO.

Nobody knows where the potato came
from originally. 1t has been found, ap-
parently Indigenous, in many parts of
the world. Mr. Darwin, for instance,
found it wild in the Chonos archipelago.
Sir W. J. Hooker says that it is com.
mon at Valparaiso, where it grows
abundnntly on the sandy hills near the
sea. In Peru, and other parts Of South
America, it appears to be at home, and
it is a noteworthy fact that Mr.. Darwin
should have noted it both in the humid
forests OF the Chouos archipelago and
among the central Chilien mountains,
where sometimes rain does not f@ll for
six months at stretch. 1t was to the
colonists whom Sir Walter Raleigh sent
out in Eliznbetl's reign that England is
indebted for potatoes, Herriot, who
came out with these colonists, and who
wrote an account OF his travels, makes
what may, perhaps, be regarded as the
earliest mention Of this vegetable.
, 1883-05-03
A Wholesale Co. Operative Society.

An interesting account Of the progress
of the Wholesale Co-Operatiye Society
has been published by the Manchester
Guardian, and some OF its particulars
are worth reproducing for tue lesson
they convey. The society was es-
tabIished III 1858, and is federation Of
retail cooperative societies carrying ON
business all over England and Wales.
AT its start it had capital OF only &990,
and did business in It's first year to the
extent Of but G5, 962. Only forty soclo-
ties were embraced in it, with an aggre'
gate membership Of l75Ij. According
to its baiahce.sheet, made MP ut the
25th Of june last, 6l8 dilereut societies
have now got shares III it, and 775 pur.
chase their goods Though IT. Its capi.
tai, share, loan ana reserve, Is now
G563, ,9O7, and the lust quarters sales
amounted to G862, 900, those foe tue
whole year being G3,389,O ,O0D. During
the seventeen years OF its existence th's
society has done business OF nearly
E2G, 900, 900 ut II cost Ot only .E3G9, ,1S6,
or IL 8s. Id. per cent, its net profits ID
the same period averaging IL 45. I'd.
per cent, which was enough to pay the
per cent. fixed interest on the capital
and an average dividend OF 81 per cent,
in addition. The society has buyers III
Ireland, Rouen and New York, and lat.
terly Copenhagen; it possesses two man'
ufactories Of boots and shoes-one in
Leicester aud one in Heckmondwicke,
but these have cnused some disputes us
to the ALLEGATION Of profits, the woriimen
declaring that the profits of labor ought
not to be divided on the same basis as
the profits of the distributing trade.
The society, however, is evidently in
fourishing condition, although it has
departed in some measure from its strict
ly cash payment principle in lending
money to subsidiary retail societies. 1t
is the banker Of 100 OF these retail stores
as we'll as their source of supply, and
has advanced the money gathered from
its richer adherents in that capacity to
the poorer. In this there must be con.
siderable risk, but, apart from danger OF
this kind, the great business thus
founded appears to offer O favorable ex-
ample Of what may be done by co-operG.
ton. Mall Gazette.
, 1883-05-03
amUsIya THE CROWD.

Y A crowd waiting for train at an up.
country railroad station had o heap OF
fnn An old man came there with o
,r,oll tin can which he set down on the
nIatform. There was quite crowd
present, and among the gang farmer
with big yellow dog and n boywlth his
satanic majesty in his heart. The boy
sat ont to have what he considered fun.
While the farmer and the owner OF tho
con were not looking, he inveigled the
rnsusuicious canine over by the can.
Then he produced a cord and tied the
cor to the dogs tail. These proceedings
were watched by many OF the bystand-
ORG with keen interest. Whom the job
vos DONE the boy drew away to give the
dog chance to run. But the animal
didn't. It just stood and looked miser-
oble, The crowd whooped to start him.
Tho commoticn attracted the notice of
The farmer and the owner of the can.
The farmer was awful mad. He wanted
10 wollop whoever tied the thing to his
I dog, and was about to release him, but
the old man interposed.
"Run for your lives " he cried;
| "there's dynamite il that can, and tho
minute tie dog starts things will be
srottere6 round here like an earthquake
bad called"
| Agreat change came over the crowd.
\ Theil looks of mirthful interest faded.
4 TAey turned and fled. Tho dog saw
them going, and started after them.
The farmer was nearly frantic. He
wanted to save bis dog, but, after hesi-
btiop, turned and fled, too. After him
vent the dog, on the gallon, dragging
the can. 1t didn't explode at first, but
they knew it was liable to at any min
ate, and they ran like deer. The train
came to the station, and the old man
Il WHO HUI tlOb lLSl Dpill tlNu ~ uAiA lSie'
Finally the can got detached from the
dogs tail. Then the terror of the mob
bad subsidized. They returned to the
station. Somebody discovered that the
cover of the can had come of. The
can contained only two eggs. Half the
l crowd had intended to take the train,
but by fleeing had lost it. They were
the maddest men alive. They couldn't
get at the old man for he had gone on the
Strain. But they took hold of that boy,
knd, while two held him, the others
4 took turns with the shingle. His yells
we're heard two miles away, and the
hide on certain parts of him is all tired
out He won't try to amuse crowd
again. Boston Post.
, 1883-05-03
Il CABM4N,s GOOD REASONS.

The following story is told OF distin-
guished Edinburgh professor Desiring
to go to church one wet Sunday he hired
cab. On reaching the church door he
rendered shilling-the legal fare--to
cabby, and wAs somewhat surprised to
hear the cabman say, "Twa shillin', sir. I"
The professor, fixing his eye upon the
extortiouer, demanded why he charged
two bhillings, upon which the cabman
dryly answered, "We wish to discour-
age travelling on the Sawbath as much
as pcssilhlA 49,
, 1883-05-03
THE LOCOMOTIVES.

In 1880, only fifty years ago, not
single locomotive engine had been bult
in America. The FIRST two used in this
country were brought from England in
that year. Soon afterward we began to
build few, es nn experiment., but made
slow progress. The number in use in
this country Jan. ], 1879, was 1915,
valued at $l64, 45O, go. The number OF
cars in uso, including palace and freight
cars. was 408, 900, which would cost, at
low estimate, $500, ,000,000, the value
Of locomotives and cars together being
G7fi, 4J0 00j.
, 1883-05-03

ARGUMENT in company is generally
we worst sort of conversation, and in
Oo0ks the worst of reading.
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EFFECTS OF WEDNESDAYS GALE.
MANY VESSELS DRIVEN AsHoRE-A STEAMER IN
DISTRESS.

HALIFAX, n. s., Aug. 31.-The following
later reports Of the damage done to shipping by Wednes
days gale have received The schooner Mary isa
total wreck at Manadcus. The schooner stelter was
driven ashore at Arichat and bllgei. The schooner
Alice !. NJ Crowds reported ashore at Margaree, q
b. The schooner Mary l.. Banks IL ashore AT BArdoise
The schooner Foaming Billow Is ashore at sheet Har-
bor but s likely 10 be got or Tne schooner Queen OF
tne Fleet from Labrador for Lunenburg. Is reported
a.hore at Engishtown. Cape Breton Tue schooner j.
II. Delhyen went ashores at 5oltlere ls'and' Y.
H., but will probably be got on The
brisantine Annie from jamaica for Montreal ioryfour
days out, IA reported being at sydney, C. b., In
leaky condition
The steamer Bryn Glas, from Pensacola Tor BARROW
which arrived day for coal reports that she felt the
storm severely from o'clock "Wednesday evening 70
daylight the following morning. During the gale
wnc tue gnes full speed to keep the sup
up 10 the Snd feedDlpe OF Que OF the ooers bus
and steam nad TO vita the assistance OF her
sails kept 10 tue VIM slhtil lhe eh
glnos got To Work again. Win tue hso OF one
bUicr bore for this pOr- Inc accident 10 hee
boiler will not detaln her mere
Telegram from Gov Bay q. B. repor,s that the gale
blew there fearful power. Ine American prs
Atlas aud tlr Edward johnson aud volunteer
were driven ashore and al EXCEPT tne ElwTi JosnsOn
will probably 10 tOtal wrecK% Ihe Volunteer, "hieh
was loaded vita co a. had bottom kndcKeI out Sue
uninsured Tue schooner Ripple WITH 2Oo qilntss OIL
is bOari. sunk ner dock Oher small craft were
wrecked. but no lives were 1876.
HORrH sYDSEY. q. b., Aug 3i-rhc tower OF tho new
Catsohc churcl carried away, and large wooden
bmldns moved from lts foundations by the storm of
We Inesday night The storm extended for miles In this
vicinity. and no serious damage ID reported d.
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THE PANAMA. CANAL.

PUSHING THE WORK AT MANY POINTS.
IpY THE CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICAN rELEGRAPH.l
PANAMA, Aug. 81, via Galveston, Textile
work on the Panama Canal is being pushed forward with
great energy. The total number Of workmen Is over
10000, principally Jamaicans. The work Is divided
among number OF contract rs all OF whom exccptt"o
have begun peraons The first section. from Panama 10
Pedro Miguel has been undertaken by the FRANCO
American Trading Company for $1.25O'oOo' 10 DC
completed in two years. On the next sso-
tion the Parla,o. there 700 laborers
at work and $4,000 cubic metres OF excavation have
already been made third, the Cuebra section is
the highest level where the cutting will be about loo
metres Deep On the fourth, the Enerador there are
700 men with nine excavstors and the necessary
engines cranes, steam pumps and sounding ana
boring machines Already over 2s0 cubic metres
Of excavation have been made and carried
away The work of this section includes an excavation
of 100000 cubic metres Tho contract OF this one Is
for three years. the cost to be 81, 145,O0O
At the next section lower the Obispo where large
reservoir will be constructed, there are 4oo men
at work At the sixth section, the Gorgona,
there art $50 and at the seventh section 3oo'
At the eighth section Boho to Sodalo there are
600 laborers at work From this TO The Colon secon,
the soil being marsay. the work will be easy.
Dredges OF all sizes including capable OF excava-
ting 5000 cubio metres daily, will be employed The
sanitary condition OF the work, people along the
line is satisfactory and Is improving
daily Although this is unhealthy sea-
son of the year, and sickness in Panama itself is
heavy, still the percentage OF cases on tae Canal WORKS
does exceed four consequence OF the precsuons
tn en- by the company both the construction OF the
workmcns and In the care taken OF them Az the
present date 80 miles OF excavation are III manu- on WHICH
ceeaiing rapidly and encouragingly or ate Inefe Is
the canal wtnn the next five years NJ 10 Command
Richeu, UTgen; Supereur, retnrneus 10 Tue istnnus
Yesterday alter having visited Europe and has aread,
dcntn nd.
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assignee of the Qudneck Company by the state
Court, 10 show why he should not DC enJo'"o"
from further proceedings as such assignee.
MITCHELL AND SLADE NOT TO FIGHT
THE AUTHORITIES OF KANSAS INTERFERE-THE
FIGHT DECLARED "OFF."

FIGHT DECLARED OFF,"
ATCHrsoN, Kan, Aug. 31.-William Madden,
the manager OF Charles Mitchell the English pugiiist
arrived here last night and held conerence with Henry
Rice the manager Herbert A. Sade IL was decided
to issue statement declaring the fight "of' In MS
part OF the statement Madden says that beng
by the authorities of that the law against prize
fighting would be enforced and knowing was an i'm
possibility for the przegnt to take place
unless all connected with took big risk OF going 70
the pententiary" he proposed to Sades manager d. D.
Rice that the fight should be declared "of" Mitchell
and slade given up training as the laws are too
strict permit 1t without danger To their personai
Tue letter of Prosecuting Attorney Little whca led to
the decision of Madden and Rice. read as follows see
by the papers you preparing to fight prizeght
inform you rnat unde the nsas statutes it Is
penitenary offence either to prac5e or ngnt Renee
any attempt your part do eher Will certainly get
you trouble While have no advice TO give you IN
regard this immoral practice, VISA TO say tnat tne
law Will be strictly enforced" letter OF the same tenor
and was Rice from the Governor OF the
State
Yesterday afternoon I" Harry" Hill, the stake
holder in the gn, received the following dispatch from
Billy" Madden, Mitchell's agent at Atchson, Kan
Being impossible bring light ABOUT without riskng
to 90 to jail withdraw. Fight on" Hil Immediately
teegrapaed j. Rice, SHADES agent asking MIN whae
it meant. Tie reply came Fight OIL VIII exp's'n
when come home" "Jem" Mace telegraphed from
Chicago late last night Montague has arrived, and
ma Madden docs not wish nRat 10 30 W. ho no "
afraid o. arrest anu he has asked you to make Draw
reluctantly submit. although at great loss"
Harry" Xiii says that the only the fght Is
declared of tnat the iound 1t impossible to light
as was agreed upon WITHIN 100 miles Of Kansas Guy
without ruuDing serious risk OF arrest ilnprison
menT and, consequently, other arrangements would
have be III all Likelihood tney Will meet again
aud ix sOl other place.
The news dd not seem 90 create much of sensation
among spvrGing men. Mike" Cl airy said 81 did not
tnlnk { any time Tat tue meaDt business. aud
therefore
from tne beginning hippodrome to advertise
tnelr boxing eImOitiOns.