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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-08-12
The arand Circle.


The Grand Circle went into session at
Odd Fellows hall this morningat lOoolock
for the purpose Cf verifying the credentials
of representatives and comforting the
degrees OF the Brotherhood to those en-
titled to receive them, Grand Chief
Washington s. l.. ArmOr, OF Chester,
presides, with Grand Chief Jefferson Whin.
ma, of Philadelphia, occupying tho second
chair.
The session is a secret one, no business
being transacted for publication. We
understand, however, that nearly oil the
r circles in the state are represented, and
the degrees were conferred on about forty
members at this mornings session.
Following is list of the. sitting officers
of the Grand Circle
&C. .Washington-S. l.. Armor, Chester
q. q. Jefferson-O. W. O. Whinna,
Philadelphia.
@. G. Franklin-Hugh stellwagon, Con-
nellsville.
q. scrollkeeper-Wm. A. Corson, Phila'
delphia.
q. Treasurer-Chas. Whinna, Philadel-
phia.
Watch of Day--Geo. B. Pennington.
Watch of Night--H. Is. Walters.
1t was ordered that the sessions OF the
grand circle be held from a. m, to IL m,
and from 2 to 8 p. m. The sessions will
probably continue until Thursday.
Tho Psrade.
The lins was formed promptly at two
O'Clock on East Orange street, tho right
resting on North Queen street, aud moved
over the designated route In the following
order:
Detachment of police officers.
Chief Marshal-W. Q. Graham, of Har.
risburg.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-31
NO PRESSED MEN.
Senators Opposed TO Sending Officers
s. to the Arctic

WASHINGTON CRY. Jan SIN the SEN
ate Blair presented a petition of citizens,
whom he said represented the wealth, worth
and conservative common sense of the Dis
trict, praying for legislation to prohibit the
sale or manufacture OF Intoxicating liquors in
the District of Columbia The senator de
hvered brief temperance speech, in which
he urged the necessities and benefits of the
petition. -A -9s
Hale presented the conference report
On the bill for the relief Of the Greedy
xpedition. Sherman said ne would certainly
not vote for the measure-H he understood
that power was conferred on the secretary of
the navy to assign an officer to TN expedition
of this character. Salisbury spoke in the
same strain He was unwilling to put the
power into the hands OF the secretary of the
navy to assign officers to such duty. Hale de-
Tended the action of the committee.
If the rule was adopted that officers
of the navy should not be
sent on such dangerous service, he would
give little for the spirit of the seryics
Ingalls, hoped the report would not be agreed
to. 1t was an afront to the senate for the
conference committee to reject an amend
ment limiting the expedition to volunteers.
At l O'Clock the senate proceeded to the
house to take part in the funeral obsequies of
the late Representative Mackey.
In the house, on motion of Young, of
Tennessee, the committee on expenditure in
the interior department was authorized to
send for persons and papers, administer
oaths, etc., in prosecuting thu management
Of the Hot Springs reservation
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-31

attracted by his means, and was got out
and taken to the station house. His skull
was crushed and ribs and shonlder-blade
broken. He died later David Paterson, of
ALBANY, clerk at Alexnnder's store, was
struck by the falling wall, ana his left ankle
crushed. His ley has been amputated. o.
W. Sage and wife got oat OF their
rooms in their night-clothes, though the
iron door into Stanwix hall just before the
explosion. The hotel had seventy-five guests,
who were aroused and removed their effects
The cornice of the hotel caught fire, but the
wall on the side of the burning building
building stood firmly and the hotel was
saved but badly 6irenched The fire entered
the upper story of Searle's bank block, but
the firemen checked its progress. Sinks
'opera-house in the rear narrowly escaped.
The glass windows were nearly all cracked.
The blowing out of the front wall enabled the
firemen to nearly contine the fire to the
building where it started There is a differ
ence of opinion as to the cause of the ex-
plosion. 1t is thought that the roof, forty feet
wide, having only wooden support in the
centre, fell all at once, COMPRISING the air
in the building and forcing out the wall
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-31
GARRETT's PLANS.
What He Proposes to Do in the
~ Telegraph Line.
The Western Union Monopoly to be
Made War Upou---Extensions
of the Baltimore d Ohio
Projected.

NEW YORK, Jan. 31.-Robert Garrett, vice
president of the Baltimore & Ohio Telegraph
company, who is at present in this city, said
that plans had been matured for putting
the company into active competition with
the Western Union. He said: at has always
been our aim to secure commercial bust
ness, and to that end we are extending
our lines as rapidly as possible to all large
cities. We have been until recently confined
to the railroad lines and connections of the
Baltimore & Ohio company; our line now ex-
tending from New York to Baltimore, Wash
ington, Cincinnati, st. Louis, Louisville.
Chicago, and intermediate points. There are
now eleven wires between New York and
Chicago, and this independent system
has been operated for over two years
at profit. We shall shortly run
lines through New England and to central
points in New York state, as well as through
the oil regions In the northwest we shall in
clude Milwaukee, St Paul and Bismarck and
north as far as Winnipeg From St Louis we
shall go south along the Mississippi to New
Orleans, and thence to Galveston. Right Of
way has been secured for all the extensions
named, and SO far as work is concerned every
point has been covered, contracts having
been closed for all material necessary As
soon as the frost leaves the ground materials
for the Boston line will be put in place. The
contract for the northwestern extension was
closed Saturday The Baltimore & Ohio has
just purchased thu line along the West Shore
and 'Nickel-Plate' railroads. By this we get
immediate connection with the Canadian
telegraph system, crossing the border at De-
troit and Buffalo With the assistance of the
wires on this line we shall have service from
New York to Chicago nearly equal to that of
the Western Union many of whose patents
are now expired and open TO public use. Elk
perienced managers have been engaged to
push our works. ID. H. Bates, late vice presi-
dent of the Western Union, will act as super
intendent; W. g. Jones, late Philadelphia
manager for the Western Uuion, will be
transferred to our Office in that city; J. P
Bach will leave the Western Union to super
intend the building of some of our new lines,
and ]. E. Zeublin, late district superintend-
emit for the Western Union, viii take charge
of our western division, with headquarters
at Chicago. An improved system of district
messenger service will also be introduced in
all large cities The present course of pro-
ceedings viii undoubtedly result in breaking
up the telegraph monopoly, and when that is
done an opposition company will be started,
with the Baltimore & Ohio Telegraph com
pany as a heavy stakeholder The cable
steamer Faraday will soon START for this side
Of the ocean to begin the laying of the new
Atlantic cable, which will be ready for bust
ness August ]. 1t will cost IS, SOC, 000 and
will compete with cables whose aggregate
stock is $4,000, 0O0n $751;.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-31
Slight Odds
A Little Story with Large Mahal,-One
Man who Knew his own Business.

mo, my dear" said the venerable keeper of a
country store to tmd little girl whose head
scarcely came up to the counter, No, my dear,
haven't any red flannel but we have some first
rate New Orleans molasses - Softly limiting that
she didn't think that would answer the purpose
qnite WE'LL the child went away in search of the
article she wanted.
"lIaye you DEFSON,S CAPCINE PLASTERS, -
asked a gentleman Of certain drcggst whose
name could be given were it desired. Il am trou-
bled just now with touch of my old friend, the
lumbago, and the Benson's Plaster seems 10 90
the spot almost as soon as it touches the skin"
Not at present." replied the druggist. genially,
''but we have lots of plasters just as godi There
is Allcock's. the Capsicum and others-won't one
of them do just as wells''
MY dear sir retorted the gentleman with a
slight show of temper. Il say nothing against
those articles, but am business man. and al
ways ask for precisely what want, and for moth
ing else. l may enlighten you, however, when
say that sometime ago, for another disease,
which the Capeine has since cured me, tried all
those you mention, with no appreciate benefit.
They are inefficient, every one of them the mean
cSe aSt vi Int oi sOInt OF lnem pelng
this: that they make plasters with similar sound
ing names to deceive the unwary into believing
they are the same thing Experience Taught me
the difference. I'll go to the man in your line.
Good day
Be on your guard against limitations The gen
uine has the word CAPCINE cut cleanly in the
middle of the plaster All others are impositions
Seabury & johnson, Chemists, New York
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-31
A Western Union Official,

CHICAGO, Jan. 8 1-"Oh, yes; I have read
the reports of the consolidation of the
Bankers and Merchants and Board OF
Trade Telegraph companies, and of the
purchase OF the Baltimore & Ohio COM
pany by the Western Union" said District
Supt. Tabbs, of the Western Union, to a re-
porter. Il don't know anything officially
Of the matter, but can see nothing i'm
probably in these reports Mr. Robert
Stewart, who was appointed general
manager of the Bankers g. Mer-
chants company, has been in a
position to know what has. been going on
in the Baltimore & Ohio offices for the past
few days. The appointment of Irwin ].
E. Zeubling, and ]. B. Stewart, who
are undoubtedly Western Union men,
to offices in the Baltimore & Ohio service
may be more or less significant 1t is only
natural, think, that this company should be
merged into larger one. The Baltimore s.
Ohio rs about the only railroad that has found
it possible and profitable to run its own
sieeping-cars and its own telegraph lines.
President Garrett has always held Pc
culiar views on this subject. His opin-
ions have not been sustained by the
experiences of the other prominent railroad
men Of the country, however. The Rock Is
land and Burlington roads formerly ran their
own sleepers, but both found it cheaper to let
Pullman put his cars on their roads. 1t was
not that these roads loved Mr.. Pullman but
that they found more 'shekels Of fine gold
could be made by q contract with him than
by using their own cara The thing has been
found to be the case in regard to telegraph
companies. The companies themselves can
do the business more profitably and more
satisfactorily than the railroads can do it.
II the Western Union does not buy
out the Baltimore g. Ohio some other
company probably will Robert Gar
rett, you know, the brother of President Gar
rett, thinks the telegraph company could be
more satisfactorily run by distinct corpora
ton. The consolidation OF the Bankers and
Merchants and Board of Trade companies
would be good thing for them and for us
also. have noticed all through my district
that wherever we have competition the
volume Of our business increases. No
the rates are not necessarily reduced where
companies meet in competition. A regular
rate is agreed upon, but each company exerts
itself to give its patrons greater facilities,
and in this way the business of competing
points is developed and increased. In my
district for the past month we have lost but
S. at one competing point, and at the
others there has been a decided advance in
receipts. Both the Board of Tradefand the
Bankers and Merchants companies have
been wen managed, and it is likely that the
consolidated company will have its interests
well looked after. The Western Union will
welcome the new company in the field, /
feel sure
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-31
Glass Works Burned.

ROCHESTER, Pa, Jan. .S1,-Flaues were
discovered issuing from the boiler-house Of
the Phoenix glass works at Phillipsburg, OPP
posite here on the Ohio river The fire was
under good Roadway when first discov-
cred, and, the means at hand for extinguish-
ing it being limited, but little could
be done toward checking the progress of the
flames, which soon spread throughout the en-
tire works, destroying them in very short
time. The loss is about 1925, 900, ON which
there is an insurance of S74, GO The works,
which covered large area, were among
the largest in the country. The most I'M
fortunate circumstance connected with thu
affair is that 800 hands are thrown out OF
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-31
MAcKEYs ROMANCE.
The story OF His Courtship ana Mar

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Jan. S1.-There is q
romantic story connected with the courtship
and marriage to his octoroon wife of Congress
man Mackey, Of South Carolina, who died in
Washington City the other day. Mr.. Maekey's
father was a white man--one of the celebrated
Sumpter family, of South Carolina-and
her mother, quadroon, was Cecilia
Preston, sister of William Preston, turnkey
at the nineteenth district police station in
this city. Congressman Mackey FIRST met his
future wife when she was a girl Of IL years
and he man Of %. At that time she was
child of great beauty, but without an educa-
ton Mackey fell in love with her at first
sight and deter1nineis to make. her
his wife He gained her smother's
consent aui sent the girl to oberlin
college, Ohio, to be educated at his expense
She passed nearly five years at Oberiin, dill
gently pursuing her studies and corresponding
with Mackey, but never seeing him until the
day before she was to be graduated In the
spring of 1874, when she was to be graduated,
Mackey came on from Charleston and took
Miss Sumpter's mother on to Oberlin to
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-31
FIRE AND EXPLOSION
One PersOnsKiIled.O One Wounded and
Some Marrow Escapes.

ROME, n Y, Jan. S1.-The three-story
building, comprising two stores and apart
ments above, between Stanwix Hall hotel
and Searl's Bank block, on james street, were
found on fire in the second story. Mrs.
Samuel Alexander, wife of the proprietor,
sleeping in the clothing store below, gave tina
alarm by crying for help at one of the upper
windows, saying that she and the children
were suffocafing. The Waterman pulled the
fire alarm and the woman and children were
rescued by policemen with the aid of ladders
Ten minutes after the fire broke out
an unaccountable explosion occurred,
knocking ont the whole front wall Of the
building above the first story. Joseph
Alexander, aged as, unmarried brother Of
the'proprietor of the clothing store, was at
tempting to save goods when the wall fell
upon him. He lay some time under the
debris before he was discovered by persons
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-31
Very Mich stirred I'm.

WASHINGTON CRY, Jan. 31-Platt's reso.
luton instructing the postoffice committee OF
the senate to inquire into the effect which the
contracts of the Western Union had upon the
free and independent use Of the lines by the
press, has created quite stir in telegraphic
circles. No time was lost by the Western
Union officials here in obtaining copies of the
resolution to forward to New York. The
resolution was laid over under the new rules,
TO be called up the first opportunity. Some
debate may take place upon its passage, but
it is thought that it will pass without much
OppOsition
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-31
Mnrderer Capturea.

LAPoRTE, Ind, Jan. 81 -Great excitement
has been aroused by tie news that the deputy
sheriff of Cawker City, Kansas has captured
and Is now eu-roate 10 Laporte with Henry
Augustine, who so e.Nelly murdered his
uncle, aunt ami cousin at Otis, u few miles
from here on New Years eve, 1880 Angus
tine fled after the mar Ter ami efforts to find
bis whereabouts were without success until re-
Gently, when he was found on a farm near
CayEer
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-31
Democratic Convention Talk.

WASHINGTON Cry, Jan A31.--Gen Sin.
gleton, of Illinois, who has been here for
some days, said that he thought the tide
Of sentiment was setting in very
strongly in favor of Chicago as the
place for holding the Democratic
convention. The determination OF the New
Workers to make a fight in favor of their
own city Or Saratoga had drawn considerable
strength fromSt Louis, while, on the other
hand, Chicago appeared to have good deal
of strength from both the south and west.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-31
Aprar,ap Ar,tat,on i'm Russia.

ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 3l.--In spite Of
the many arrests, the agrarian agitation con-
tinues In Pskow and Vitebsk So intense is
the irritation of the peasants in the latte
province, that the governor has telegraphed
to ST. Petersburg asking that the troops
specially sent to Vitebsk be withdrawn, as a
collision is feared. Appeals addressed to the
educated classes have appeared in White
Russia, urging them to join in the struggle
against absolutism. -.s .z
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-31
The Pi1tssurE stove holders.

PITTsBuRG, Pa. Jan. 81 The reported
Strike Of the stove-molders is unfounded. a
few molders claim that the men have been.
offered 10 per cent reduction in wages,
and that there is 8 lockout; but this
is denied by the manufacturers and
some of the labor organization officers, who
say the foundries were shut down on account
Of dull trade. A reduction in wages, how
ever, will be made when work is resumed,
which will not be until the middle Of next
month at least. The Anshutz foundry in
Allegheny, is the only one in operation.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-31

WARREN, Pa, Jan. 81 "A freight train
on the Buffalo, New York & PHILADELPHIA
road was passing Weilers, two miles west of
here, when it broke in two As soon as it
was discovered, Frank Wareham, engineer,
reversed the engine aud went back after the
part left behind. Meanwhile another train
was pushing that part forward, and the two
came together wita such forcs as to knock
Ws<aiIam between the cab aud tender he re
ceiving injuries from which he died
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-31

From John Kuhn, Lafayette, Ind, who
announces that he Is new In perfect
health, we have the follewing:s "One
year ago j was, to all appearance. In tie
last stages of consumption. Our best
physicians gayemy case up. finally got
so low that our doctor said could only
live twenty four hours. My friends then
purchased a bottle of DIR. WIN. HALLS
BALSAM FOR THE LUNGS, which
considerably benefited me continued
until Itook ninel bottles, and ! am nowlin
perfect health. 10 sssassaas IS W SO
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-31
A want Numereusiv Fe,t.

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Jan. SIR. B. Kerr.
alias Arnold, who is reputed to be the most
daring and successful horse thief In Illinois,
was arrested in this city for the theft of a
Sangamon county animal. The authorities
say Kerr is wanted in eighteen counties for
horse stealing, and that the rewards of 500
and less that have been offered for his appre-
tension aggregate s., 600.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-31
WELL REWARDED.

A liberal reward will be, paid to any
party who. win produce Q case of Liver,
Kidney or Stomach complaint that Elect,
tric Bitters viii not speedily cure. Bring
them along. IL will cost you nothing for
the medicine if it fails to. cure, and you
win be web rewarded fyr your trouble
besides. All Blood disease, Biliousness,
Jaundice, Constipation. and general de
bility arc quickly cured.--Satisfaction
guaranteed or money refunded. Price
only fifty cents per bottle. For sale BY
Hartz & Bahnsen.6 3c ~ sss e
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-31
Rradlaush Again.

LONDON, Jan. 3L--Bradlaugh acquiesces
in the suggestion of Labouchere, that h"
make no effort to take the oath ON the OF q
ing of parliament, but remain below the ba
On the 18th Of February, however, he will
advance to the table of the house of commons
to take the prescribed oath. In the mean
while Northcote will make no motion hostile
to Bradlaugh, and will not support any Con-
sentative who does =
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-31

NEW York, Jan, s1-A fire in the five
story apartment house 662 Sixth avenue,
about midnight, created a panic among
the occupants, dozen of whom, ecca-
plying the upper floor, escaped to the
roof in thsir night-clothes, and Jumped to
roof six feet below Mrs Michael and her
grand daughter We're probably fatally
burned. Three other tenants were burned
on the face and hands u
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-31
Threatened With q Flood.

TOLEDO, Jan. 3l-Ottawa, Napoleon and
other points on the Maumee are threatened
with serious ice gorgss and fioood The snow
along the banks of the river averages foot
in depth for forty miles up the Maumee. The
ice, from one to three feet thick has melted
so fast that the river Is reported rising 50
rapidly as to be very alarming.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-31
Cat a Woman so~e on.

CHICAGO, Jan. 81. John Siove procured q
warrant for the arrest of Robert Wolf, a
boy living near him Wolff was cleaning
snow from the sidewalk with a shovel Mrs,
Slove came past, when the boy threw a
shovelful of snow on her. The lady remon-
strated, when the young fend struck her 10
the face with the shovel, cutting her nose en-
f;ralxr 80 -7-a5H77
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-31
a New Grade of Cnrn-

New YORK, Jan. S1-The produce ex-
change has adopted a new grade of corn,
styled rejected" 1t was agreed that the
managers should call for ballot to decide
the question of extending the closing hour
for the crain trada
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-31
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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-31
Exciting Political Contest at Pitts
burg

PITTsBURG, Pa, Jan. 3l.-After an all
night session, and unprecedented confusion
and disorder. the Democracy of the city, at
the end of the nineteenth ballot, secured the
nomination of Robert Lidell, candidate for
mayor, by four majority. The fight swept
away old lines, Men who always stood to
gether in former years found themselves face
to face in the struggle, causing great excite
ment. 1t was a struggle to the death, intsnsi
fed when it became apparent that o My
break in the ranks of the followers of one Of
the three leading candidates would bring it
to an end. All the available policemen were
massed in the hall, and a strong array of
clubs were in readiness The action of the
officer commanding was the only thing that
prevented serious conflict.