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Minnesota.
The Snow B,ockads

MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 2S-Special advices show that the blockade is liiing on all the northwestern lines and trains are moving, but are still behind time with Some trouble on remote branches in Dakota. The storm be- gan to abats at midnight and had ceased en. tirely by this morning. Everything is clear on the Albert company line. The Northern Pacific and Manitoba through trains are moving. The Canadian Pacific outlook is promising. No further trouble is feared
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PENNSYLVANIA.
A shocktne Discoverv tn a

A Shocking Discovery in a School.
 PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 28.-The police re- ceived information yesterday that one of the young pupils in the Thaddeus Stevens public school had, upon being reprimsnded by his teacher, drawn a revolver and threatened to shoot her. An investigation was made and a search of the pupils in that school resulted in the capture of seven revolvers from boys ten years old or thereabouts
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FOR RENT.

Assss WHOLE HOUSE. Mo- 500 chapel street, S3O HI per month 13T Henry street, list floor, hot and ELI cold water, gas furnace, etc., SIS per month O2 St. John street, first floor, rooms, $25 per month 29 Auburn street, 1st floor and barn, $12 per month WhAlley avenue, second floor and small barn. SS per month part of house on Grand street, near Ferry street, with barn, SIS per month; 190 Clinton avenue, first floor, $10; second floor, &S. Four rents near Winchester Armory. Also houses or sale in all parts of city and on easy terms.
 4. k HOLMES
 Ap7 69 Church Street, Room g.
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Town supplies.

The committee of the Board of Seiectmen on supplies for the almshouse met at the town agents office yesterday afternoon at o'clock to open and consider bids for furnish ing bread and meat for the year. The com- mittee was selectmen Reynolds, English and Feldman.
 Bids for bread were opened as follows: P. Keeean, 1-2 cents per pound; William Hig eins, 8 cents per pound; s. s. Thompson G Go. cents per pound; George Root x Son, 5 3-4 cents per pound. The contract was awarded to George Root & Son. Bonds of S4Oo were required. The contracts for meat were considered, but no awards were made, the same being reserved for future consideration.
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TO REAL ESTATE OWAERS!!.
Selling Department.

S6H1ng DepaEtNlenF. We are now revising lists of property for sale or exchange and sh uld be pleased to hear from who desire to put thelT houses building lots the market this spring No charge for eutering prop erty unless we make sale.
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Michigan.

The Holocaust In a Lodging House.
 JACKSON, Feb. 2S.-It is now thought that more persons perished in Sundays holocaust than at first reported. Crack, who reported fourteen lodgers for that night, is believed to have had more, nearly all of whom were drunk and their bodies falling into the river could not be easily discovered. At the in quest yesterday the body found Monday was identified as John Preyor. The body taken out Sunday remains unidentified.
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THE WEST.
Dakota Territory.

A Colony of DrOnss-The Elephant on
 Rabbi Wschsler's Hands.
 BIsMARoK, Feb. 2S.-There is no truth in the report that the members of the Jewish colony north of Bismarck are starving, although some of them are too lazy to work. Ever since their arrival they have been sup ported to great degree by Dr. Wechsler, of St. Paul, but the gentleman refuses to help them any more, as long as he does they refuse to work. Each oolonist has an OK team and ten acres of timber land. Wood is worth $3 g cord, and the only ones in want, if any, are those who refuse to work.
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Disa.trous Fire in Virginia.

PETERSBURG, Feb. 28.-Shortly before noon to-day fire broke out in the drying room of the Richmond Cedarwork company buildings in Manchester. A high wind was blowing and sparks were blown half mile down the river. Half an hour later Stacy s shuok factory, square below, caught fire and the buildings were destroyed, involving A loss of about $9o.0Oo. Several other smaller buildings were also burned Several persons had narrow escapes The fire was not brought under control until after 5 o'clock The loss of the Cedarworks Is S75, 900, insurance $63, 900. Staoey's loss $75, 900.
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THE OLD WORLD.
Great Britain.

The Tracks of Dynamite Fiendss
 LONDON, Feb. 2s.-Inyestigation shows that the dynamite machines discovered in the railway station at Charing Cross and Pad dington both contained clock work of Amer ican manufacture. The fragments of 8 similar clock have been found in the debris of the wrecked Victoria station.
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Heavv ealea ana spovv.

ToRoNTo, Feb. 2S.-Dispatchss tonight from all over Ontario report severe gales in progress and in many districts it is = -ios T1,o accompa- -. t.s,-- highways and railways
 -.y drifted and travelimpeded. Freight trains on various roads have been abandoned and passengers all more or less delayed The thermometer at 10 o'clock tonight stands as follows: At Kingston, 8 above; Sarnia, 4 above; Parry Sound, below and at Ceiling wood 10 below. The reports indicate that 1t is steadily growing colder
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Other Fires.

BROOKLYN, Feb. 2s-The pattern shops in tha iron and brass foundry of E. O. Cobbs were destroyed by fire this evening. The Ledger Manufacturing company had large nnnber of valuable patterns in the shop which were destroyed. They were worth S65. GOO and were fully insured. Loss on the building $5. 900. Two fremen are reported severely injured.
 Judge Cullen of Brooklyn decided yester- day that Jimmy Murray and Tom Henry fought q prize fight at Pelham bridge last week. The men will in consequence have to stand their trial.
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NEW DOMINION.

Starting Ont On an Evil Career.
 MONTREAL, Feb. 25.-Willie Grey, aged fourteen years. of highly respectable parent age, has been detected in $500 forgery: He and two companions were about starting for New York, and had thirty dime novels in his possession.
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The Court Record.

Halted States District court-Judge shtP-
 man.
 In She United States District court, in ses- sion in this city Wednesday, thejury broaght in 2 verdict of not guilty against Frank Branch, one-armsd colored man from Mer- idsn, who was charged with falsely person.
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LOCAL NEWS.
ExcsIsIors Dancing.

The first annual sociable given by the Ex- eelsior Social club was held at Loomis' Tenn pie of Music last evening The grand march was led by Mr. Philip Harris and Miss Bella Gompertz, followed by fifty couples. Music was furnished by Loomis' orchestra.
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Ap&A HOUSE No. 1fe York street, three doors
 iis from Chapel street; I2 rooms; all convenien- l1H ces. Apply to D. BLACKMAN, fx7H York, Chapel Street.
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Commodore D. Scott FiIlebrowne Wif

Commodore T. Scott Fillebrowne win suc- ceed Commodore Upshur in command of the Brooklyn navy yard on March 20.
 Edwin Bibby and Matsada sorakichi. the Japanese wrestler, have been matched for $500 8 side, the match to take place in New York between the 7th and 10th of March.
 The government has received an invitation through the German legation to participate in an exhibition of dairy products to be held at Munich from October 2d to the 18th, 1884.
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To Keep the Chinaman Ont.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2s.-The bill of MT. Henly restricting Chinese immigration has been agreed to by majority of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
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Nn Vnlnntaara Naaa AnnIv.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28.-The Secretaries of War and the Navy have decided that so far as practicable the Greedy relief expedition shall be composed of persons now in the navy and that for the present no other vol unteers need apply.
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EOR RMNT

"A FIVE ROOMS at No. 24 Gill street; five #l9ssS rooms at No. 10 Lewis street, Fair Haven {; Ila four at No. 651 State street; four rooms at No. AS Ashmnn street. Apply to
 JACOB HELLER, des Yale Bank Building.
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HoUsE.-MF. Denster, of Wisconsin, rising to 8 question of privilege sent to the clerks desk and had read the resolution adopted by the executive committee of the liberal union of the German Parliament, expressing its appreciation of of the action of the House of Representatives in adopting resolutions in honor of Edward Lasksr. The Speaker stated that the question was not one of privi- lege but by unanimous consent MT. Denster was permitted to continue. He said that the executive committee of the lib eral union expressed the sentiments of the people of Germany. The spectacle here presented was peculiar as seen through American eyes. Prince Bismarck, the auto crat of the German empire, was the embod- iment of an idea antagonistic to American institutions. The fact that he had returned the Lasker resolutions might stand to the prejudice of the German people, but the res olution of the liberal union contradicted that assumption. From the cisatlantic standpoint death broke down all political feeling and in the presence of the open grave the universal ation of the hour The same was true of the Germans as people and if they were mis represented by han in place of power they had no other method of setting them selves right before the world than by the resolution of the liberal union. In present. ing this resolution in his official place as a member of this body, as native of Ger many and an adopted citizen of the United States, he desired to express his earnest con- viction that the action of the liberal union was a true index of the feeling Of united Germany and that the action of Prime Bis marck would not rise above the dignity of matter of personal vexation, in no way af- fectipg the kindly relations now existing be- tween the nations.
 The cattle bill came up as unfinished bus mess. yea and nay vote was taken on striking out the fourth (quarantine) section and it was stricken out; yeas 155, nays 11S.
 Mir. Randall then moved to reconmit the bill with certain instructions. Cries on both sides, ''Chat kills the biIl." This Lr. Ran dall smphatically denied was his intention and said more satisfactory and effective bill could be prepared that would be acceptable to the House. The House by vote of 129 yeas to 145 nays refused to recommit. The bill was then passed; yeas 155, nays 127.
 Two o'clock having been fixed by special order for the purpose, MT. Ryan, of Kansas, formally announced the death of his late colleague, D. 0. Haskell, from the Second district, and offered the usual resolutions Eulogistic remarks were made by Messrs Ryan of Kansas, Kelley of Pennsylvania, Tucker of Virginia, Keifer of Ohio. Mo Kinley of Ohio, Russell of Massachusetts. Burnes of Maine, Brown of Indiana, Bel ford of Colorado, Rice of Massachusetts Hanback, of Iowa, Pettibone of Tennessee and sPerkins of Kansas, after which as 8 further mark of respect to the deceased the House adjourned
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EGYPT.

Relief For The Bssfesed Garrfsons.
 LONDON, Feb 2s.-A despatch received this evening from Trinkitst announces the departure of the British forces under Gensr- al Gordon for the relief of the Soudan gar-
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A yvnole.a1s Tur,Iu~ ,yt or votar,

Wholesale Turning Out of Voters.
 LONDON, Feb. 28.--In the House of Com- mons tonight Mr. Gladstone introduced the new bill for an extension of the elestive fran chise. It is estimated that the enactment of this measure would add four hundred thous- and to the number of voters in Irsland and two hundred thousand in the United King dom
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Cattle Which America Can Spare.

WASHINGTON, Feb 2S.-The United States consul at Birmingham reports foot and mouth disease prevalent among cattle in almost every county in England. Secretary Folger has requested that consuls in England be in structed to prevent the shipment of infected cattle to this country.
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valuable work for Surgeons.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2s.-The House Com mittee on Printing will report in favor of reprinting five thousand copies of the surgi- cal and medical history of the rebellion. It will instruct the Secretary of War to sell copies thereafter at cost. or about $4 25 per copy.
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ADemocratic A Tariff B1Il.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2s-The Democratic members of the Ways and Means committee have agreed upon substitute for Chairman Morrison's tariff bill. The bill differs from the old one in that the free list is confined to salt, coal and lumber. The other articles which were on the free list in MT. Mor- risen's bill win be fixed at 20 per cent. ad valorem.
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1N5 TWO convenient Dwelling Houses, Nos. S7 33I and 3a5 Howard avenue containing 10 rooms, f1la begides bath room and laundry; and furnace. Rent &3T0 per year. Apply to
 R. v. LYON fl6 I'm S7e Hownrd ayeu1le
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ASSS THE house and lot No. POO Clinton avenue ssa Lot 1OOx140, acres of land situated on Wood E&H bridge road, tive miles from center of city. AlBo . lot on East Chapel street.
 A.. HOLMES, fe9 If 69 Church Street, Room 8.
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Court Notes,


 Edward Sisk, hackman, was fined S1O fin the dty court yesterday for violating the hackordinancs relating to the soliciting of passengers at the depot. According to the testimony of two hackmsn and Officer Cowles. sis' had been clearly guilty of the vio- laton. An appeal was taken and the bonds vFe placed at $1Oo Attorney James Pieott offended Sisk.
 Arthur York, arrested for coat stealing, admitted being before the City court several times, yesterday. Judge StudIey fixed tbe penalty at $100 fine and six months in iail. York insisted on taking an appeal, conse- quentIy the court withdrew the first penalty anu Iouno probable cause, binding the ac- cused over to the Superior court in $500 bonds.
 The case of GustavA La1, Unarged with s.esling rubber, was again continued at the want of bonds he was o1.-c. ;aiI
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Illinois.

A Sweeping Bitzzard-The ThermometsE
 Drops Thirty Degrees in Twelve Hours.
 CHICAGO, Feb. 28.-Dsspatches received to-day from northern Wisconsin, Minnesota and Dakota say that blizzard of unprece- dented severity is raging. The heaviest snow fall of the season accompanied it. In Chicago the thermometer fell thirty degrees in twelve hours and at noon registered two degrees below zero. The wind is bio wing gale.
 A Crash of Trains-RailrOad Men Who
 Forgot Their Orders And Caused a Col
 Ision.
 CHICAGO, Feb. 28.-A despatch received tonight from Paris, H., in the southern ex- trennity of the State reports disaster on the Indianapolis and St. Louis railroad to-day. The east bound passenger frain collided with . west bound freight one mile east of Paris. Both engines were telescoped and Fireman Lindsay of the freight instantly killed The cars were splintered and piled up in con- fusion. Many passengers are reported killed and injured, but at present the names cannot be learned. The supposed cause of the accident is disobedience of orders.
 LATER.-The two trains met imm ediately under the overhead wagon bridge at Wha- Ien's curve, two miles east of Paris. The freight train was running twenty-five or thirty miles an hour. The passenger train had slacksned speed as it neared the curve and was only running at ten mile an hour speed. Frank Lind says body was taken out from under the debris of dozen or more cars. He was un- married, about twenty-two years of age and was from Springfield, Mass. His remains were brought to the freight depot here, where the coroner will hold an inquest. H. II. Kirchgraber, the engineer of the freight, jumped and escaped with severe cut on the head and face. W. M. Swisher, the engineer of the passenger train. had his legs broken and received severe bruises. The fire man of the passenger train. T. w. Ali son, came out of the wreck without scratch. Baggagemaster Joe Merritt had his jaw broken and his arm and face badly bruised Nc one else on either train was hurt although the passengers were all shaken ap consider ably. Had it not been that the bridge served as check to the freight the loss of life would have been greater. Both locomotives and fifteen ears with their contents were totally demolished, causing a loss of over $50, 900. Oarelessness on the part of the freight trsinmen caused the disaster as the, forgot the passenger was due at that time This is the third fatal wreck at this point within two years.
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WAsH1NGToN, Feb. 2S Owing to the fact that warrants for nearly SIP, ,ooo, 900 on ac' count of pensions have been issued during February the reduction of the debt for the month will be much less than in January.
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ating one Erskine B. Branch, theroby obtain

ating one Erskine B. Branch, thereby obtain ing fifty four dollars of pension money.
 Yesterday forenoon Judge Shipman listened to arguments in the admiralty case of Thomas Scott vs. schooner Island Belle. The vessel ran on 6 rock and was raised by Scott. who hbelled her for his pay. The vessel sold for $1,525 and Scott was allowed $500 and his costs. which were paid. The balance was placed in the care of E. E Mar win, the clerk Of the court The Fairfield County Chemical works, which had Q cargo on board the vessel, applied for the balance to be paid to them on their loss. Since then the captain of the Island Belle and ship chandler have put in elaine and Judge Shipman referred che matter to Clerk Marvin to make report hereafter
 These assignments were made to be heard in Hartford:
 March 1o.-Bridgeport Steamboat company vs the Rosodale.
 March 11.-Joseph B. Howard ct al vs. the Doris and the Minnie; same vs the Manhat- tan, No 12.
 April 1:-George W. Gedney vs the Doris and the Minnie
 The court then adjourned without day. The United States Circuit court will meet in this city on the fourth Tuesday in April.
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Lower Postaee on Newspapers.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28. - William Penn Nixon, proprietor of the Chicago Inter- Ocean. made an argument before the Senate Postofice committee to- day favoring the reduction of newspaper postage to one cent 8 pound.
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Rebels Defeated By General Graham.
 THrNKITAr, Feb 2s.-A battle took place to-day between General Graham and the rebels not far from here, in which the latter were defeated.
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their selection of models and in their recon. mendations for expenditures Of public money"
 The Senator was proceeding to comment upon the fact that the bill had not the safe- guards and restrictions of the act of last year. when Mir. Hale interrupted and said he i'm tended to introduce an amendment contain ing the same provisions of that act.
 Mir. Bayard said he was very glad to hear that since it was an essential accompaniment of the bill. He was willing to trust the ad- visory board and act under it's rscommenda- tion, since responsibility accompanied their action amply sufficient to protect the inter- F MT. Havley defended the Secretary of the Navy from the attack of the Senator from Delaware. "I have faneied. he said, ssthat the newspapers and what might possibly be called public opinion had sometimes bean un- just to that officer. When runaoy wss busy with his probable appointment to the ofAes I ventured to predict that he would prove to be one of the ablest officers on the very H. lustrious roll of the Navy department, be- cause of his general familiarity with the bus mess; because of his ability ss lawyer and his special faculty of extracting the essence of good judgment from the opinion of able men in his own speciality. still think that when his term closes his record will compare favorably with that of any of the distinguished men who have been Secretary or the Navy" MT. Hawley then went on to support the bill He said if the cruisers could not attack heavily armorsd ironclads they could run away from them. The cruisers would be effective as commerce de- stroysFs.
 The amendment of MT. McPherson reduc- ing the number of proposed vessels to four was rejected by IT yeas to 34 nays.
 Mir. Sewell spoke in favor of his amend ment to construct the vessels at the navy yard.
 MT. Morgan supported this proposition and claimed that the vessels could be built at the Washington yard with an outlay of two or three hundred thousand dollars for machinery.
 Mr. Hale moved an addition to the first section that said vessels shall be designed and constructed in all respects in accordance with and subject to the conditions and pre- visions of the naval appropriation acts of 1882 and 1883 authorizing the construction of four steel cruisers; agreed to.
 At 5 p m. after short executive session the Senate adjourned.
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City COurt-Crim1naI sfde-Judge Dem-

Arthur York, theft third offense, bound ever to April term of Superior court; Ed ward Sisk, violating the hack law, $1O fine, $6 97 costs, appealed: Daniel Early, breach Of the peace. $5 fine, $5 89 costs, drunk, 12 days in jail; Max Foley, breach of the peace, judgment suspended; Mary Bseean, S5 39 costs. 60 days in jail; James Mcclure, fast driving, tc February %; Michael O'DonnelI. breach of the peace, $10 fine, $4 67 costs; Gustave Lau, theft, continued to Friday morning
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DUGAN-In this city. Mary Tressas eldest daughter of William and Margaret Dugan, aged A years, months and N days. CURTISS-In Birmingham. Feb. 21, Cornelius Cur tiss, aged T5 years, WHEELER-In Hui tington, Feb. 16 Leila A., infant daughter of Anna A. and Leander J. Wheeler, aged months and 21 days. CURTISs-In Nichols Farms, Feb. 22, Evfe B., only daughter of L. M. and Catherine M. Ourtiss, aged 13 years and monihs BEAoH-In Ansonia, Feb. 2S, Mrs. Mary A. H. Beach. rife of Pro per Beach, aged 61 years. PATTERSON In Shelton, Feb 2 John Patterson, aged 45 years.
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MARRIAGES.
DEATHS.

JoNES-BRowN-Int this city. Feb 27, by the Rev, V. H. Butrick, Wylie B. Jones and Miss LiIlien E. Brown. 7-s eszss-
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For Sale or Exchange,
anu Ell" SCFeea

FUN bAAEs &A@A THE Brick House No 1tO Meadow street. EzIs The lot is 73 feet on Meadow street running slH through to Commerce. Also lot of land Hill street, 70 feet front. ming through to Commerce. Inquire of
 CHARLES A. WHITE. Administrator of estate of Russen Hotchkiss, de- ceased. fe9 Inn
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tgournaI alto Go1lriier.
SINGLE COPIES TWO CENTS.

DELIVERED BY CARRIERS IN THE C1TY, 12 CENTS WEEK, 42 CENTS MONTE, $500 A YEAR. TEE SAME TERMS Bx MAIL.
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8oarA anb 8ounrs.
BOARD AND RoOnFA

&&A few gentlemen can be accor.moda4sd v-tth
 ssS nrst-clasB board and pleasant rooms vifh u,od ern Improvements. Locality second ko nans In the city. Terms moderate. Apply at
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Taants.
" NTEn
WANTED

A SITUATION by young girl to do hodsework "A or second work in . private family. Good reference from her last place Inquire at
 f29 1ts 1Ss EAST STREET,