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New-York tribune., 1884-01-26
PRODJTCE EXCHANGE INTERESTS.

Representatives of the grain trade Of the Produce
Exchange will meet on Tuesday. Two petitions,
one In favor Of extending the business hours 60 4
n r and another in favor OF continuing the hourf for
closing at 3 p. H., will be considered. Propositions
to establish a new grade of corn 10 be known as
rejected" and to include all unit TO be
graded as No. 3, and 20 establish a new grade of
Wheat, will also be considered. In view Of the in
crease of deposits Of margins, now amounting to
S2545, ,652 in four banking institutions. the Board
Of Managers Of the Produce Exchange has desig-
mated the Mercantile National Bank as one Of the
repositories in addition to the Produce Exchange.
the Corn Exchange and the Fourth National banks,
and the Central trust Company. Tue presidents OF
the Farmers Loan and Trust Company and the
State Bank Of New-YOrk. two of the deposltores OF
margins of the Cotton Exchange have informed the
Exchange that on February the interest on de-
pOsits viii DC reduced from three to two per cent.
New-York tribune., 1884-01-26
IMPROVEMENTS on THE ADRIATIc.

The White star steamship Adriatio, after com
pleting her 10sth round voyage between Liverpool
and New YORK, was taken Oft tine lipe few weeks
ago and has undergone a complete renovation She
will sail from Ncw-York Tor Liverpool today.
Among the improvements is the fitting Of an inter
mediate cabin for secOud-cabin passengers. who pay
$40. Ihis s the first Of the White. star steamers
provided with sccOnd-cabin Accommodations, and if
the scheme il successful @ other vessels Will bc
provided with intermediate cabins. The ladies
boudoir on the man deck, has been Transformed
into a handsome library, and a new ladies boudor
has been fitted Oh tue promenade deck amid
ehips. There has been complete ovcIhauling
OF the tTst-cabin statc-rooms and the addition of
several new rooms. The ,tceYagc quarters have al
so been altered with improved ventilation and
light, and distinct apartments for married and
sngc passengers Of this class. Another innovation
Is the fitting of the Slcmcns-Swa electric light
system throughout the interior of the ship.
The public was given an opportunity of inspect
jng the vessel Yesterday. The 800 lights were burn
ing brilliantly throughout the day and evening.
The chief officers are: Captain Henry Parsed,
PurseT +. II. Russell, steward May ana Chief
Engineer Kuchug. The officers were given DIN
ncr by II. j. Cortis the manager OF the line, Oh the
yeospl
New-York tribune., 1884-01-26
AN OPEN WINTER.
h.o,n The Phflad.lphfa cal.


"See here. sir. Mr. Vcnnor,r exclaimed On
irate citizen, didn't you predict open ~intor /"
I-I-yes, did," answered Mr. VennOT. pulling him
self OF a bank and vainy striving to keep his
teeth from clattering themselves out OF his head.
$50 thought" resumed the indgn citizen, "and
relying on your predictions neglected opportunity to
buy stoves roll Of flannel and dozen blankets
at a big bargain. Now the things costing me four
times ~ much" and he tilted Mr. VennOr back into the
snow bank.
my PREDICTION all-all right my dear sir" in
slated NJ veunor rcganing his feet and you
blame me II you mSinerprctcd It."
indeed How did msinterprct II. pray?"
" II is simple enough. I predicted an open winter;
didn't 7"
"YeS"
Well every day or two the winter skies open and let
down avalanche"
New-York tribune., 1884-01-26
WHAT Is GOING ON TO-DAY.

Investigation OF Department OF Public "OAs py oon"'o
Committee City Hail. 10 n IN. -, ,,,,,,,,oo
MrfronOlitan Hotel, 10 .. m r,.,. oe,oo
oard Of Estimate and Apportionnent Mayors oiHce'
MariGGarrison case before Referee Dwight II n M
Meeting OF Tammany General Committee
Produce dealers meeting at No. 113 WlrTen-st, r. M
Fauciers' Club Exhibition in Madison Square Gaiden
Irving Hall primary elections. -,
Twenty-sec0nd Regiment veterans dinner in Lyric
Hall. evening ,0,o
Professor Yongs lecture in Cooper Institute on "The
sun"
Chinese Ncw-Year celebration. - 90,
Swiss Benevolent SOcietS's annual meeting No iV7
SprnnG-lNe.
New-York tribune., 1884-01-26
HOME NEWS.
ppONINFNT ARRIVALS.

Park Arenue Hotcl-GOvcrnOr Thoi.-e NJ.
Waller. Of Connecticut .Ho6i"an H@sc.DoII Io n
Benjamin Lc FeyTc, Of Ohio and eX-Seha'ge eo,or M r.
Butler Of sonth Carolina Wmdsor Hote,mIhe lion.
Robert r. Bishop OF Boston, and Congressman hugus
49, p,o,,iccoe Of Conncctcut fca0IFs H"irfJancs
J. hin president Of the 81. Paulr MiqnGaP2s uM Waor m
W osSornn United states Army. Hofei BrHiS~,rE-
EI Copgrcssman Walter A. Wood OF Ioosck Falls' "
New-York tribune., 1884-01-26
THE HEIR OF HIRAM RADCLIFFE.

Hiram Radclif Romeyn, the heir-at, law Of Hiram
RadcIifE whose funeral was mentioned nTHE IRls-
UNs yesterday, is q member of the firm OF D. n.
Honehtalipg tea importers, at No. l42 Front.st.
He is well Known among musical people III the city
as the possessor of fine tenor voice. FOR some
years he had charge of the music at ST. StepAens
New-York tribune., 1884-01-26

cburcb and has snnq in oratorio with Miss Kellogg.
The estate is estimated to be worth NJ east
$500 900, and consists OF real estate ana Goyern-
mcnt bonds--chieny the latter Mt komeyns as
sOciates an express their gadness al his good t3r-
tune as that Of man who is in every way worthy
of II.
New-York tribune., 1884-01-26

them publicly. he would dOubt be glad II they were
in while sonndY snuhbed by his entertainers and
taught 10 keep their places winch. I'm cases. ought
Ia he outside the door We a Ways import some monkeys,
OF course but their proper place Is In u menageie
New-York tribune., 1884-01-26
rlLor oBRIENS SAFE RETURN.

john j. O'Brien, a coast pilot, living AT No. ~
Scv,uth-st.. has n wife and six children. week
ago hc sailed on the Dent HOme, Halifax coaster
intending to 90 AZ far aS Cape Cod. lie lSit the
vessel in that vicinity, but the high winds pre-
MS boat by Il storm ali day and the following night
On the second day, when alm0st exhausted with the
cold he was picked up by the bark Spcedwell aud
carried into Portland. Name. Yesterday afternoon
he entered his home Seycnth-st., Just Us his vile
and six children sat down 70 dinner.
{" Whv JohnV exclaimed his wife, kissing him,
.vou'ye been having another adventure"
d. Oh youyc been reading the newspapers" re-
turned O'Bren. I'm hungry; I'LL up my plate-and
how's the babiesT ,
That's all he would say about it, said Mrs.
O'Brien. He never likes 10 talk about ms adven-
many escapes But if hc sees reporter come III ut
one door lac Il run ont OF another"
New-York tribune., 1884-01-26
An Important Feature.

We do not assert what Hoods ssrsapars III do but point
yon TO what has done leaving you accept tho conclusion
THAT what IL has done 1t it will do again
We win tell you the Truth in regard remarkable uedi
cine We believe HOODS sarsspaa combln alto,
possible 10 purify vitollze enrich the blood and "a
Eradicate all obnoxious humors peculiar aud important
feature Of Hoods sarsapana IA that strengthens and
builds mp the system, while II eradicate. disease and all m
puTities OF tho blood.
Typhoid Pneumonia and Seia,ica
Messrs c. l. Hood & Co, Lowell Msss
Gentlemen One was ken sic with
WphOd pneumonia which left very weak without any An
petite and my blood In fearully condition aso had
scatica rheumatism have tried al the kinds medicine.
cond think Of and o them did particle good Ous
your agents set your beautiful plaque and ra
Ing what there the back was induced purchase
bottle OF Hos sarsaparls and the resnlt remark.
able commenced TO improve and my appetite was
much better gained strength my rheumatism left me-
entirely With everything that have tiicd have never
taken anything that the relief that SasapaA
has, and would DO without bottles
T. e. WALTON, 4thst, Man saeld, Ohio.
Hoods SarsapariIIa
Sold by druggists. 81 siY for S.. Prepared only by
C. HOOD & CO., ApothecsTies, Lowell, Mass.
New-York tribune., 1884-01-26
Announcements

The Mclewce Patent Non-mechanical No.
chimney lamp burns with lut chimney no hDery o
kr 9t OF oref Besi lamp ever invented CA and see IL n,
~ and - ChuIchst "''' ~N~iANE'
New-York tribune., 1884-01-26
IlrNRy A. DAN,pre " n

- l4 Lcxingi ion-sveg between 10Th End 3Jth.,.
Hours, 10 10 T. Diseases Of the Nerv ,u. ,ySie
Genito- Urinary Organs Impotence and slerllty
New-York tribune., 1884-01-26
The most fastidious smokers a,nono

! ne most fastlhlOuS smokers among all
nations and all grades Of that the tObaccO grown m,
The Golden Tobacco Belt OF North carolina tho most DE-
lc0us a1d refined for pipe cigarette the world
Lighter than uk ksh more fragrant than Havana reer nm,
Ditrates and nicotine than other jnt The ron
noss NJ praises and the nabtaal demands yry
choices tobacco grown on this Belt Il bought by Blackwell
Co. and appears Ia their celebrated Durham brand known tbs
word BaCkWel's Durham Long
New-York tribune., 1884-01-26
ADMITTING THE ASSAULT on Mr.. CHURCH.

William Farrell and James Titterngton, who were
arrested i'll Philadelphia and identified by Luther
Church as the men who robbed him IN this city on
December 81, were before Judge COwing yesterday
in the Court Of General Sessions. Mr. Church was
robbed of $500. which he obtained TO pay the
wages at John Dwighrs soda factOry,&s he was eay-
Ing an elevated railway station and his assaiants
after securing the money, jumped into a butchers
cart and escaped. Farrell SAID that he was guilty
fore he said that le had served term of two years
and six months. lie was then sentenced to fifteen
wears In the ate Prison. Titterington, whose
mother was in court loudly protesting her sons III
Docence was remanded until tuesday.
New-York tribune., 1884-01-26

A druggist uptown sells more Of ADAMsOsis
BOTANIC COuGH BAisAN than all others -arc cure or IA,
worst cough. Best druggists. l0c and 3jc
New-York tribune., 1884-01-26

Beware of n slight irritation in the throat
lief Keep box o. them IN your house ~
New-York tribune., 1884-01-26
CHARGED WITH PERJURY.

Louis Rhodes, postmaster at West BrOokville,
and silas skinner OF Gilfnans Station, before Com
missioner Lyman yesterday, were charged with
perjury. William L. Colby, Supervising Examiner
of Pensions, said that skinner applied for pension
to which he was not entitled, and that Rhodes had
appeared as witness for skinner The latter served
in the LIST New-YOTk Mounted Rifles and was dis
charged on account Of disabilities Ii is charged
New-York tribune., 1884-01-26

CARTER's LITTLE LIVER PILLS will positively
sic headache and prevent return THIS l. not tslg
but Truth One pill dose To be had OF an Dnggi.ts ses
New-York tribune., 1884-01-26

Genuine Johann Hons Malt Extract has signature Of Johann
Hon and Morttz Esner neck ~ every bott GndOse br
all physicians for general debility Beware limitations
New-York tribune., 1884-01-26
A wEDpING AT CAsILE GARDEN.

Jacob K9empf, ago twenty-five, Protestant, and
Catherine Muller. age twenty-five, Catholic, ar
rived at Castle Carbon yesterday Oh the steamship
Belgenand. In the Labor Bureau, waiting for EN-
ployment they appeared interested in each other
and Superintendent Reichardt supposng them to
De married. was about to send them to Northampton,
Mass. where married couple was wanted on
farm. Jacob and Catharine blushed and explained
that tho Laws of Germany prohibited their union on
account of their differences in faith Pastor Berke-
meier was sent for to marry them, and the two
Merp soon on their WAY 10 NOrthampton.
New-York tribune., 1884-01-26
Typhoid Pneumonia and Seiaiics.
Hoods SarSapariIIa

Sold by druggists 81 ak for S. Prepared only BY
C. HOOD & CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass.
New-York tribune., 1884-01-26

Wrsr BMGHTGN.-The body of an unknown
woman is NJ Dcmpseys mOrgue waiting ldcutiuca-
ton The body was found in the Kills on Thursday.
The woman was about fifty years old and dressed
in a merIuo dress aud CLOAK, white shoulder shawl
and "a nat trimmed with red flowers.
RICHMOND Francis Ecdcott, president of the
Rich noud County Game and Fish Protective As,o-
citation, has received 800 quaIis from Tennessee
which will be let loose as soon tho weather per-
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-28
GENERA AL.

THE business failures in the United States
during 1888 numbered 9.1S9, against 6,733
in 1882, an increase of 8, AS. The liabilities
for 1888 were S1720OO,OOO, against $1O1, ,OOO,-
000 for 1882. The failures of last year were
greater than those of any year since 1873,
when they reached to 10,47S, with liabilities
$234, 100000.
A COLLISION between a freight train and
special containing labOrers, near To-
ronto, Canada recently, resulted in the
killing of tweRty-seven men and injuring
OF many others, some of whom will die.
BELT, the public executioner of Austria,
was found dead in his bed recently, sup
posed to have been the victim of revenge.
THREE of the Southern Pacific train rob-
bers were recently captured in Arizona.
One was negro.
Two Russian officers were recently aSSas-
sinated by Nihilists at st. Petersburg. The
murders created great CONSERVATION, and
it was suggested that the Imperial family
should remove secretly to the palace at
Peterhoff but General Tcherevin had under
taken to guarantee the safety of the Cats
china palace.
IHki Mexican OOV6rnQenG mas declared
forfeited the concession made General
Grant for a submarine cable connecting
Mexico, the United States and Central
America, no work having been done within
the prescribed time.
THE report has been confirmed that the
Black Flags massacred the French prison.
ers captured before Sontay. Admiral
Courbet decided to take active measures for
redress. ....,
THE Marquis de Rays was recently tried
at Paris (France) and sentenced to four
years. imprisonment for falsely inducing
many people to subscribe for the alleged
enterprise for the colonization of the Island
of Port Breton, in the South Seas, and with
the misrepresentation of the funds, and
also inducing several hundred persons to
settle upon the island, most of whom per-
iShed. .
THE business failures in the United Statse
for the first two days in the new year num-
bered 80, said to be the largest number
ever known in a similar period.
SIXTEEN boarders and three sisters in
Convent at Montreal CAM were recently
poisoned by eating tainted meat. Several
were dangerously i'll. The meat, although
condemned by the Inspector, had been sold
to the Convent. , ..f. .'...f f.... ..
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-28
TEE LATEST

| CHARLES DELMoNICo, the great New
York res,auranter, IS myS erious;y miss
| ing. Foul play was suspected.
| THREE hunters, Henry Shields, 2 lward
Shields and James Anderson, were frozen
/ to death on the prairie in the Chicllasaw
Nation, 1. T., the other night.
CONGRESS- met after the holiday recess,
on the It'll. The Senate was mainly occu-
| pied in discussing the new rules and in ex.
ecutiYe session. Bills and resolutions were
| introduced in the house, nearly seven hum
dred being introduced, Pending the intro
duction of bills the House adjourned.
PROCTOR & CANDLES extensive soap pand
candle works, at Cincinnati, burned the
other night. Loss about S250,000.
TWENTY of the Presidential post-offices,
majority in the West, were through a
recent readjustment, thrown out of the
Presidential class because the annual
receipts fell below one thousand dollars.
As there is no law providing for the reduc-.
tion of postmasters' salaries the Depart
ment finds it difficult to decide how the re-
quired change will be made. Itwas thought
probable the twenty offices will be abolished
and Immediately re-established as fourth
class offices. .t .. F.
A FIRE recently started from an over
heated stove in a passenger car in the
switching yards of the louisville, New Al
bany & Chicago Railway, at New Albany,
Ind, destroyed four passenger cars
and damaged one sleeper, also damaged
the Presidents car 'Monon." Total loss
$50, geo. rl-' i-1#
A YOUNG blood at Monroe, Ga, made an
assault upon, a Mrs. Whitley, when she
eluded him and seiziug her husbands rife
blew the top of his head off. When the
neighbors, who had been alarmed by her
outcries and firing, reached the house they
found the young man dead and the woman
frantic and loading and firing at random.
Miss CLARA THURsToN, aged eighty
three, sister of Judge A. s. Thurston,
formerly prominent educator and author,
and for many years principal of Thurston's
Female Seminary, at Elmira, N. Y, was
killed by the cars on her way to church the
othei. morning. Emira was also excited
the same day over the discovery of the
body of a young woman frozen solid in the
ice in stream in the saburbs. Supposed
to be a'ease of murder. - ID H-
> II is stated that Congressman Calkins
proposes to introduce bills to arbitrarily
prohibit the importation of French wines
and brandies SO long as the prohibition up
on the American hog is allowed to stand in
France. He thinks that Congress will be
forced to take pereEnptory measures to
remedy the injustice done to one of the
chief products of American export. He
believes Congress hast right to retaliate
for the benefit of our commercial relations
with any other country in the world.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-28
Charged with Murder.

CHArTANOOGA, TENN, Jan. 2.
Newton Leverett, who has been employed
as a street-car driver in this city for some
months, was arrested to-day on a capias
from Georgia, for the murder of a convict
near Graysville, Ga, in August, 1882, the
Grand Jury having found a true bih for
murder in the first degree. Leverett was
convict guard, and for some offense raised
a whip to strike the convict, when the lat
ter threw up his arm to ward off his blow.
Leverett drew his revolver and shot the
convict dead, made his escape and nothing
was known of him until recognized driving
q street-car here.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-28

was shot and killed by unknowz ss.ltlsS. "
grudge.
7. H. WEATHERBY, Sheriff of Madison
County, Miss, died recently of hydrohobia.
He was bitten by mad dog two months
ago.
~ HENRY HANE, a well-to-do German, of
San Antonio, Tex, jim a drunken Jealous
frenzy the other night attempted to kill his
wife, and after exacting a promise. from
her to keep the matter a secret, cut his own
Throat.
w IRVING LASDELL, said to be from
Philadelphia, died at Lexington, KY, the
other night from hunger and exposure.
A RECENT fire at Covington, Ca, de-
stroyed the courthouse and other property
saved.
SHINITz & Co.'s cotton warehouse at At
lanta, Ga, burned recently. Loss on cot
ton, S150,009; on warehouse, $4,000; in
surance, S145,000.
JAMES a. WALLACE, Cashier of the
Bank of ofHopkinsville (Ky.) is missing with
reported shortage of $4,000.
A NEGRO man named John Burton got on
a Christmas spree near Richmond, KY,
lay down by the roadside and froze to
death. .i ....
STATISTICS recently published showed a
remarkable increase in cotton manufactur-
ing interests in the South the last three
years. There are now 1,314 cotton mills,
having 1,276,422 spindles and 4,S73 looms,
while in 1889 there were $50
mills with 1889 spindles and
looms. In 1880 the value of the manufac-
tured cotton produced was little over S21,-
900, 900; in 1888 it had risen to So jOO0, 600 or
100000. During ithe last three-and-a-
half years S20,000,000 have been invested by
new and old cotton mills in machinery, the
bulk of which was paid to Northern and
Western machinery manufacturers.
JIM CRUMMIDY, colored, was hanged at
Eastman, Ga, recently, for the murder of
James Mitchell. When the Sheriff and as
sistants opened the cell door Crummidy at
tackled them with small knife, wounding
two assistants. He was seized, but man
aged to free his arm, inficting terrible
wound in his own throat, and becoming un-
conscious, was carried TO the scaffold on
stretcher and supported until the drop fell.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-28
Rerished in a Burning Min,.

SALT LAKE, UTAB, Jan. 2.
Yesterday morning at $3.50 O'Clock the
sheds in front of the tunnel at the Utah
Central Coal Mine at Pleasant Valley took
fire from the stove in the weighing-room,
and in few minutes the flames had run
along the sheds in the tunnel end through
the tunnel into and up the air-sbaft, an ad-
vance Of 800 feet from the mouth of the
tunnel Only five men were in the mine at
the time, three of whom escaped, though
they were nearly suffocated. The other
two, John Mclean and his son John, per
ished, and their bodies could not he re-
covered. 1t was thought the fire had been
smothered, as all the openings of the mine
were completely closed with earth VIZ
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-28

-Four years ago a farmer Of
Trucker Meadows, New, allowed 3
swarm of bees to take up their abode
In the garret of his house. He is now
wiser man, but nevertheless he can not
get rid of them, for they have multi
piled to such an extent as to become
unmanageable and dangerous nuisances.
The farmer and his family have long
waged war upon the honey-making
insects, but to no avail; and he is now
debating the adyisability of tearing
the house down, or erecting another
md moving out of the honey y-factory.-
3t. Paul Press.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-28

The Atchison Champion thinks the Kan.
sas Congressman have secured reasonably
important places on the House Committees.
Mr.. Ryan retains his place on the Appro-
priations Committee, which, next to the
Ways and Means, is the most i'm.
portant of the House committees. Mr..
Anderson has place on the Committee on
Public Lands, and that on the Payment Of
Pensions, Bounties and Back Pay. Mr.. Nor.
rell has places on the Committees on Educa-
tion and on Invalid Pensions. Mr.. Peters
has a position on three committees, Com
merce, Enrolled Bills and Law Respecting
the Election of President and Vice Presi
dent. Mr.. Perkins is assigned to the Com
mittee OIL Indian Affairs. Mr.. Hanback,
has place on the Committee on Pacific
Railroads and Expenditures of the
War Department. In the House
place on the Committee of
Ways and Means, Appropriations or
Judiciary is counted as equal to positions
on any other two committees. If Mr..
Haskell had lived, he would have been as
signed tC rhe Wavs and Means Committee
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-28
THE EAST

Mr. CHuRcH, Cashier and Superiten
dent of John Bvie ht & COPS soda factory,
an New York, v4s assailed the other day
as he was leaving the depot at the Second
svenue elevated stat ion, One Hundred and
Tenth street, by tw o masked men, who
knocked him down xNnd robbed hirn of a
on sachel containing S.. 200 in bank notes
O. which be had drawn to l7ay employees Mr..
Church was stunned, but recovered In time
10 see the men leap into wagon and drive
~ on rapidly. Z ju ,r9Hgal VI ti-a ,Hlq
h1i7CoEvAYi Brown, SON of Henry ".
= Brown, of Worcester, Mass, and member
OF the freshman class of Han ward College,
Silled himself the other day al the house OF
friend. where he was spending the He'll
u aays.H .s-s.I7iiy 20 iaX.ru7 az .saasf
IodEDyARD KEys, who died in IN ity, n. n.
i, recently, left to the school district, of the
town W 2.eOOFTTaI of his property nsept S45,
which ne gave to his only daughter. - 20
- PIERCE 8. M1Rx, of New York City, was
sone time ago strnck in the eve by cinder
:" from an engine on the Manhattan Railws v,
and lost his eye. BE rseentiy brought stlSt
: for SO, 900 damage. fliHfs = liliH slTf f.,
oi 9WAeRsof employees in yohn e. RoeblIng,s
8 Sons wire mill. at Trenton. n. j. :, ssetel re-
6uced ten per cent. from January T. is9at :
sid THE Tborndyke EAsss.i Coupapyss new
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-28

Writing of the strange custom Of
Japanese children carrying younger
children on their backs, correspondent
remarks: "You will see scores of chill
dren at play, all carrying these burdens
about for you must know the island
swarms with babies), and, as they rush
along at a break-neck speed. the head
of the sleeping infant may be seen
waving In the breeze"