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Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1884-04-29

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Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1884-04-29
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Iereinigte Staaten.

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Convention, bic am Donnerifas in BUR-
ltnSton, Soma, absebalten par6, UNI De.
St. Paul daily globe., 1884-11-25
BRITISH GRAIN TRADE.

LONDON, Nov. 24.-Tne Mark Lake Express
In its weekly review of the grain trade, SAYS:
Young wheat could scarcely look stronger,
and there's not an autumn crop of any
kind which has not an exceptionally good
average appearance. Wheat declined Is per
quarter in London on Monday, aud prices
have been weakening ever since. Sales OF
English wheat the past week were IS. 663
quarters, at Bis, al psr quarter, against
So lO2 quarters at 4Os, sd per quarter,
the corresponding week last year. Flour de-
ehned Is under pressure from London hak-
ers, whn have reduced the price Of bread
Foreign wheat in London is gradually sink
ing toward an uDfavorabte bottom, aud how
lar II will vet be before the bottom will be-
reached Is matter of pure speculation
Maize Is hrm, owing 10 scarcity. Oats are
Oh per quarter lower. There are no careoes
on coast, prevailing east winds keeping off
expected arrivals. One cargo was sold and
one withdrawn, leaving the market bare.
For cargoes forward there is but little de-
mand.
St. Paul daily globe., 1884-11-25
CHICAGO FINANCIAL.

Especial Telegram to the Globe. II ~
CHICAGO, Nov. 24.-The money market In
this city to-day is without essential change,
although the gradual increase OF deposits at
the banks may be said to indicate little
better feeling aud more collections from the
country, perhaps. There has been slight
lessening o. interest rates at the east, but
none here worth mentioning. On general
principles there could not be an easy money
market in Chicago in December, because so
many parties moving crops or storing crops
wish ccoinmodations at the hands OF
moneyed men and institutions. An easier
money market and lower rates Of interest
would be felt at the east before it
would here, because they have no
such calls there from heavy shippers or
holders Of grain, cattle, etc, as western
cities and banks have at this time of year.
II can't be said, therefore, with trutbfulness
that money is becoming any easier here ex-
cept in some personal instances Of accom-
modatiOn by private capitalists OF banks.
New York exchange opened at so cents
premium, with good, strong outside de-
mand as is usual ON Mondays. Receipts and
shipments Of currency were about equal.
Sterling exchange was 81. 4.s2@4.s6. Govern
ment bonds were H@4 per cent. higher.
Local trade in bonds and stocks is moderate
because there are so few first-cIsss securities
Iu the market, except those which are held
firmly by parties who wish to sell. Bank
clrarings were 1905, 900 against SO, ,s49, ,ss4
Saturday.
St. Paul daily globe., 1884-11-25
NEW YORk.
Ispeclal Telegram to the Globe. |

NEW YORK, Nov. 24-Stocks picked up at
once this morning and considerable snap
was displayed in the Changers. Vsnderbi.ts
and Delaware & LackawAnna. The advance
was somewhat Of surprise, even TO many of
the old heads who could see no good reason
for 1t. 1t appeared to be entirely manipula-
ton. There was no more demand from any
outside sources, than existed last week, when
business was almost at a standstill. The
scalpers were quick to catch and managed to
make quite lively deal in half dozen
stocks during the morning hours. On the
announcement Of declaration OF the divi-
dend OF 81 per cent on Northwestern
common the stock dropped from 90H to S9Ss.
The preferred declared the usual quarterly
Of per cent. Northern Pacific preferred
acted badly all day, selling down from 425S
to Ale. In the late dealings there was but
little change in values Prices Just about
held their own, Delaware & Laekawanna
being about the strongest property on the
list Notwithstanding the unfavorable state
ment of the Erie, the common and preferred
were trihe higher than on Saturday last.
The net earnings OF the Erie for the past
year show decrease Of $2.000,0 900. The
fixed charges have decreased through the de-
St. Paul daily globe., 1884-11-25
NO. $50

fault Of the seconis, and the showing Is bad.
Mr. Jewett viii retire altogether
from the company. White saws
Union Pacific viii go to go before
it drops TO -, and Gould saws Union Pacific
will 20 TO par next year. Lackawauna and
New York Central were also bull cards dur
ing the early part Of the session. The feel.
ing Was decidedly mixed at the 6uish. and
oP'uions are much ut variance as regards
to-morroE's market. The quotations on
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy are ex-dlvt,
dend 2 PR cent.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-14
FUN IN A POLICE COURT.
A Leading Writer of London News
paper Picked Up as Dangerous Va
grant by Suspicious PeeIers.


The agitation aroused concerning the
appalling squalor of many thousands in
this Kingdoms capital, developed a SIM
gular scene in the West End Police Court
yesterday. A person whom the police be-
Heyed to be dangerous tramp, was ar
rested and arraigned. lie was accused
of being a ''vagrant without visible means
of support" and the authorities aYerred
that there was good cause to suspect that
he was also a suspicious character''-per-
haps u Fenian or dynamite cOnspiratOr
He had absolutely refused to give the po-
lice who arrested him any information
himself, and declined to give
his name. When the court demanded the
latter the prisoner said it was s9Hugh
Mclaughlin" and insisted upon being
addressed as Mister sEbecause he was
4 real gentleman" The grave sincerity
with which 1t was put forth by the ragged
and begrlmed unfortunate made the court
roar, and the police significantly alluded
to the "lrishness Of the name" The
testimony against the prisoner was that
he had been detected prowling about
Hanover square and placed under
shadow" When he first attracted po-
lice attention he was disguised as a match
peddler, IN which character he had Sc
cured entrance to many of the aristo-
cratic residences of that neighbOrhOod.
He was subsequently tracked in his
movements under several other disguises.
and was finally arrested while tramping
around collecting tribute as a troubadour
with good voice and very bad banjo.
The prisoner listened to the testimony
with mingled CONSERVATION and despair,
but made no defense. He, however.
pleaded, with choice and eloquent rhetoric,
against being cOmmitted, but the contrast
between his accomplishments and his
rags prejudiced his case. Finally.
in desperation. the tramp admitted
that he had been engaged in
q secret mission, but claimed
that he could prove his rospectability bv
persons in the Office Of the E'Uenind Echo.
Sure of their game now, the detectives lost
no time in procuring the attendance of
the chief editor of the Echo. He failed at
first to recognize the prisoner, but after a
more careful scrutiny exclaimed: ssWhy.
Mac, is that you!" and satisfied the Judge
that the prisoner was no other than Mr..
Mclaughlin of the Echo staff, one of the
best known of London journalists. He had
been absent from the office for several
days engaged in the task of gathering
data concerning the profits of London
beggars, and, unknown TO his superiors,
had chosen to secure a standard by play
ing the beggar himself. After hearty
laugh all around "Mac' was liberated.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-14
A PIantagenet CobbIer.

The rapidity with which royal and noble
blood may, under adverse circumstances.
filter down to the lowest strata of society
is strikingly eXemplIfed by the following
facts: The last male Plantagenet. Ed
ward, Earl Of Warwick-nepheW of Ed
ward ", and son of George. Duke of
Clarence, who was popularity supposed to
have been drOwped in a butt of malsmev
was beheaded in 1893. In him and his
sister, Margaret Pole-the Countess of
Salisbury, who was beheaded in 1541-
several royal descents converged. Mar
garet Pole left a daughter, Ursula. whose
husband, Henry, Lord Stafford, could also
boast Of several royal descents through
both his father and mother, being son and
heir of Edward de Stafford, third Duke of
Buckingham, by Eleanor Percy, daughter
OF Henry, fourth Earl of Northumberland.
Richard, the third son of Henry, Lord
Stafford, and Ursula Pole had a son Roger
and daughter Jane. The latter married
joiner and had a son who was a work
ing cobbler at Newport, in Shropshire. in
1857, in which year her brother Roger be-
came entitled to succeed to the Stafford
barony, though compelled by Charles /. to
relinquish his claim to il on account OF
his pOYertV
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-14
TramWays in England.
Pan NnU GdSeffe

Some interesting details as to the
amount of capital employed in the con-
structiOn of tramways in the United
Kingdom have been published in a par
liamentary paper. The total length open
in England, Scotland and Ireland the 30th
of June last was 671 miles, the construc-
tion Of which had cost 50, 750, 900, or about
914,530 los per mile, including in some
cases the cost of equipment. These fig
ures refer to twenty-eight tramwavs be-
longing to local authorities and 1l3 be-
longing TO other than local authorities.
The 11 lines are worked with 2O,122
horses, III locomotive engines, and 2.SI9
cars. During the year ended June 30.
1888, 295, 721, III passengers were carried
over the lines, the gross receipts being
f2,2Il,973, the working expenses
1,752,3 $50. and the net receipts
t459,613. A calculation from these
figures show that the number of
horses required per mile during the wear
is thirty, the number of horses to a ear
about seven. The number of passengers
to one horse during the same period was
1886, and the average number of pas
sengers carried by each car during the
year was 104 902
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-14
DISASTERS ON THE DEEP.
Evidences of a Steamship Wreck or
Cape Hatteras.

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 13.-Capt. Small,
Of the schooner Agnes 1. Grace. which ar
rived here to-day from Galveston. reports
that on the night of January 10, while off
Cape Hatteras, bearing fifteen miles dis
tant, he passed near a wreck resembling a
large steamship. He lay near until the
next morning, when no signs of anything
could be seen. The Grace made the run
from Galveston to this port in ten days,
one OF the quickest runs on record.
WRECKED BARKs.
The bark Belle Wooster. at this port
from Cardenas, reports that on January
9th, off Hatteras, she passed through a
large quantity Of yellow pine lumber.
Inc schooner Thomas n. Stone, Capt.
Pitcher, from Mobile for Philadelphia.
with cargo of yellow pine lum-
Der, was taken in tow off Dan
baker buoy, Delaware Bay, by
the tug Startle and was proceeding up
when it was noticed that the schooner
was sinking. The tug put on all steam
and made Newcastle in time to beach her
before size sank. The Startle brought
Capt. Pitcher and four Of the crew to
Philadelphia. The mate and two men re-
NAMED by the schooner, which is full of
water.
THE CELTIC AGAIN SIGHTED.
LONDON, Jan. 13.-The steamer Pa
yonla, which arrived at Liverpool from
New York to-day, spoke the steamer Gel
tic Thursday night. She met on Friday
afternoon the tug Challenge, which was
sent out to search for the Celtic, and in
dlcated to her the Celtlc's position on
Thursday, namely, lat. 80 degs., long.
Y degs. 26 Minis. The Pavonia reports
that the Celtic was apparently doing
well and that the weather was favorable.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-14
THE PIRATES on THE RETREAr.
Arrest of a Murderer.

EASTMAN, GA, Jan. 13.-Sheriff Rawlins
was notified few days since of the arrest
of Willis Hodges, cOlOred, at Gordon, Ga.
The Sheriff deputized John W. Elks to 20
after the prisoner, and he was brought
back TO Eastman last night and lodged in
jail to await trial under charge of
murder.
Willis shot and killed Lizzie Jones. his
paramour, at Chauncey last Christmas
day. Lizzie, because displeased with her
quondam liege lord and took up with
another fellow. Willis got mad at this
and in a quarrel with Lizzie about The
affair he stabbed her in the stomach and
then shot her with pistol, the ball enter
ing just above the left nip and ranging
downward through the bowels, from
winch the woman died after lingering a
few days. Willis hid out until her death
lat or near Eastman, it is said and then
He'd from justice, but was arrested. as
already stated, at Gordon the other day.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-14
iunaway Mules stopped by a Dog.

a remarkable exhibition OF animal
sagacity is reported from East st. Louis.
Amos Truesdale, a cOlored farmer from
Cahoka, stopped at the Green Tree Hotel
on Broadway to water his team of mules.
passing engine blowing It's whistle
frightened the animals. and they started
up the street at break-neck speed. Truas-
dale ran after the runaways in a VAN en-
deavOr to OYertake them. A large black
hound belonging to the farmer dashed
after the team and soon caught up. With
out giving utterance to bark, the brute
circled around wagon and mules. and. as
the latter tried to turn down a side street.
headed them of. At the corner of Main
street the dog snapped at one of the mules
legs, and the lOng-eared quadruped slack
ened its speed to kick. The hound then
seized the lines in its mouth and brought
the runaways to "A standstill
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-14
TEXAS FENCE CUTTERS.
Stoekmen Owning Hundreds of Cattle
Destitute of an Acre for Grazing

Stocknen Owning Hundreds of Cattle
Destitute of an Acre for Grazing.
GALVESTON, Jan. 13.-A special from
Austin says: "The House Special Com
mittee on Fence Cutting heard evidence
yesterday as to the lawlessness in Colman
and Runnels counties. In the former
county every fence except one has been
cut down, and that one is guarded day
and night by armed men. A number of
houses and many inclosed pastures had
been burned. 1t was shown that a great
deal of the land fenced in was
not owned by the owners of
the fences. Out of 14O men
giving i'll fifty head and over of cattle
each for taxes, twenty-seven owned land
enough for grazing their cattle, 1ifty-one
owned no land, and tifty-nine owned only
land enough to live on. One man owning
1000 horses did not own a single acre. and
one man owning POO horses had only two
and three-quarter acres. Forty-two thou
sand bead of cattle are grazing in the
county, and the owners Of the pastures
are organizing into companies as they
despair OF receiving any protection from
the State.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-14


Ninety-nine citizens out Of one hundred
had something to say about zero, yester-
day; perhaps not one in one hundred could
have told off-hand why point thirtv-two
degrees below the freezing point on Fab
renheits thermometer is called zero. For
that matter, nobody knows The Fahren-
helt scale was introduced in 1720. Like
other thermometric scales it has two fixed
points, the freezing point, or rather the
melting point of ice, and the boiling point
OF water. The Centigrade and Reaumur
scales call the freezing point zero and
measure therefrOm in both directions.
This is very natural arrangement. Fab
renheIt kept the principle on which he
graduated his thermometers a secret and
no one has ever discovered it. 1t is sup
posed, however, that he considered his
zero-thirty-twO degrees below freezing
the point Of absolute cold or absence of
all heat, either because, being about the
temperature of melting salt and snow. il
was the greatest degree, Of cold that he
could produce artificially or because 1t
was the lowest natural temperature Of
which he could find any record. The
grounds on which Fahrenheit put one
hundred and eighty degrees between the
freezing and boiling points are likewise
unknown
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-14

Pendleton and told him and Garland. who
was with him, the story. Garland sup-
gested to PendletOn that he put on an
oHended expression, go to Bassett. and
make formal complaint against distri-
button of his estate before his death.
Pendleton did so with great effect. Poor
Bassett spent the rest of that day running
from Vest to Pendleton and from Pendle-
ton TO Vest, explaining and apologizing,
while the grave and learned Senators
shook with suppressed laughter.
THE RULERS OF OUR RULERS.
The new home of the First Assistant
secretary of State is pretty three story
pressed Drlck, opposite the English Lega-
tlon. 1t was built during the last summer
and fall, and the party Tuesday evening
was the house warming.
III the telegram of that night there was
no space to even glance at the toilets.
Whlch were OF unusual magnifcence. and
were worn by people who conferred dis
Junction on the gowns. The reverse OF
that statement is so often the case that
make point of the exception.
Notlceable among the young matrOns
was MRS. sheridan, who wore pale pink
satin, with draperies Of pink gauze firing
ed with grasses.
Mrs. Letter wore amethyst velvet with
revers and tabliers of magnificent point
lace.
Mrs. Frelinghuysen a rich black velvet.
with Jup0n heavily embroidered in silver
and white floss.
Nine. de Fava a black velvet with conf
Gus trimmings and a tablier of jetted lace.
She is the wife of the Italian Minister. and
her blonde beauty marks her distinctively
among the olive compilations and black
eyes that with few eXceptions) distin-
Suish the cOloring of the corps.
Nine. Romero, the wife of the Mexican
wore rich white satin with panels
embroidered in flowers of natural colors.
Mrs. EmmOns wore she'll pink satin with
reVers and trimmings of bronze plush-an
odd toilet, but somehow becoming to its
wearer in spite of its Odditv.
Mrs. Jonas fiounces were the lace-sen-
sation of the evening. They were of
pointe of wonderful beauty and fabulous
value, and, being draped over black vel
vet, every sprig of the pattern stood out
in relief
Mrs. Carlisle, Nine. Preston, Mrs. Chan
der, Miss Eustis, and Mrs. Kinsley also
wore very handsome toilets, and the new
home, with its pretty hangings, Well
chosen pictures, exquisite flowers for it
was bower Of bloom that night), was a
pretty foil tor the lustre of brocades and
Satins, the warm glow of velyets and
pushes, and the prismatic beauty of the
many splendid diamonds worn.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-14
IRELAND's NATiONALIsTs.

DaYitt' Dawson and GRAY to be Pre-
sented with the Freedom of Lime
rick.
DUBLIN, Jan. 13.-The Nationalist
meeting, announced to be held IN county
Fermanaugh to-day, at which j. G. Big
gar, Member of Parliament for county
Cayan, was to have spoken, was prohib-
tied by the authorities.
The Limerick branc6 of the National
League has passed a resolution to conter
the freedom of the city upon Michael
DaVltt and upon Messrs. Gray and Daw-
son, members of Parliament. The pre-
sentation will be made the occasion of an
extensive demonstration, and banquet
VIII be given in honor of the three gen
tlemen. The date Of the presentation has
not been fixed
The garrison at Enniskillen has been
ordered to make preparations to accom-
pany the troops which are to be sent there
III view Of the Nationalist meetings an
nounced to be held during the coming
week, one at Cayan on the 10Th inst. and
another at Boyle on the 20th,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-14
William Penn in a Bad Way.

Misfortune has again overtaken the
John Welsh statue of William Penn. In
August last vandals made havoc with the
venerable father of the Commonwealth by
scratching strange and wonderful hero
glypbics on his stony cheeks and Quaker
coat; and now the elements have taken
UP the work of demolition, and the effigy
of the late Mr.. Penn is bordering peril
ously close to total dissolution. The per-
ishable sandstone of the figure has worn
away in ridges, and several weeks ago
the rim of Williams hat inglOriously fell
of. Deft fingers fastened the refractory
article in place again, but its tenure is
considered uncertain, and the best friends
OF the statue fear for it an early disin-
tegratiOn. The William Penn statue was
the gift of John Welsh to the Commission
ers of Fairmount Park, and cost nearly
$4,000 to cut and put in place. 1t stands
on the summit of what is known in local
tradition as "Mom Rinkers Rock" a
sharp, high bluff that rises a hundred
ieet above the Wissahickon creek In the
West Park. The statue occupies iut-
ting promOntory of the rock, and presents
from the drive a most imposing appear
ance. 1t is sixteen feet high, and is a
really beautiful work of art sculpture.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-14
ICE, FLOOD. WIND AND SNOW.
Thirty seven Flat Boats Loaded with
Coal Adrift in the Ohm Rirar

Thirty seven Flat Boats Loaded With
Coal Adrift in the Ohio River.
PITTsBURG, Jan. 13.-Thirty-seven fiat
boats, containing 5000 bushels of coal
each, were cut from their moorings at the
point Of the bridge by heavy ice at 1880
O'Clock this morning and drifted down the
ONO river Nineteen were recovered this
afternoon. One sunk ami the balance
have not yet been heard from. 1t has been
thawing all day and high river is ex-
pected.
NEW YORK PIER WRECKED.
NEW YORK, Jan 13.-Early this morn
ing large mass of ice floating down the
East river wrecked Pier p, carrying away
about 100 feet of the structure and de-
stroying large quantity of flour, which
was stored there in barrels. The bark
gaoez Hawes was also badly damaged.
The entire loss, it is thought. will not ex-
ceed $4,000,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-14
OREGON'S RIOTERS.
Marching Down the Track $50 Stron
and the COMPANY Alarmed

Marching Down the Track $50 Strong
and the Company Alarmed
PENDLETON, OREGON, Jan. 1S.-The
trouble with the discharged railroad men
continues. Yesterday morning the mill
tary drove the mob from the reservation.
About $50 of them then started down the
track towards Utillita, the ringleaders
boldly declaring that the next train
would not be permitted to reach Portland
unless It carried them. The company
feared that distractions would be placed
on the track or that the rails would be
torn up, but the train left here on time at
3 O'Clock, and passed the mob, which was
in two squads of about 70 men each. The
track was not disturbed, and the train
reached Utillita on time. The company
still expects that the line VIII be tam
pered with on some of the high trestles or
sharp curves, and trains will run slowly
when approaching dangerous points.
Everything is quiet in the city at O'Clock,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-14
Diseased Cattle in Washington

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.-Representa-
tive Wilson, of Iowa, exhibited at the
capital Saturday the lungs OF three head
OF cattle intended for the Washington
market, and slaughtered on that day. One
showed early stages of the disease of
pleuro-pneumonia, the second had just be-
come affected, and the third was abso-
lutely rotten. The cattle were bought
and killed by order of Commissioner Lor-
ing.
The subcommittee Of cattle men ap-
pointed to prepare bill for the suppress
sion and eXtirpation of fpleurO-pneumonia
and other contagious diseases among do
mestic animals met again Saturday and
completed the proposed measure. 1t
was submitted to the entire committee of
cattle men appointed at the recent Chi
cago convention to propose legislation on
the subject, and was accepted. The bill
will be given to the House Committee on
Agriculture tO-mOrrOW