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TRAIN ROBBED.

A Train on tho Little Rock, Mississippi
River a Texas Railway Stopped by
Masked Men and the Passengers Rob
bed Of all Their vsIuables.
LITTLE Rock, Ark, December s.-The
passenger train on the Little Rock, Missls-
sippi River & Texas Railway, was stopped
at ten o'clock last night at a switch two or
three miles below this city and boarded by
five mnslrod men who quickly captured all
the traln.men and slde.tracked the train.
Conductor Rice was fired at five times, but
was unhurt. The express messenger,
H0neycut was also fired upon but escaped
injury. The newsboy and negro jumped
from the rear Of the car and plunged into
the wood amid shower Of bullets.
The safe in the express car was broken
open with sledge-hammer and It's con-
tents, amounting to more than $4,000, car
red away. Both passenger coaches were
then entered and the passengers relieved Of
their yaluables. Seventy passengers were
robbed. Three lady passengers were not
approached, the leader Of the robbers de-
claring that his mother was a lady, II lie,
himself, was id scOnndrel. No oppo-
sition was attempted. One of the robbers
tlOurished pistol and snatched money and
valuables from the afTrighted passengers.
Many threw watches and packages of
money under the seats, hoping TO save them,
but one of the outlaws passed through both
coaches and carefully examined the floor
beneath each seat, securing perhaps 81, 900.
A few passengers secured their money about
their persons and thus saved 1t.
Among the heaviest losers were II. B.
Dove, OF Little Rock, $500; l.. l.. ThOmp-
son, OF Pine Bluffs; j. S. Whitney, w.
Richards and I. B. Martin, of Little Rock,
lost gold watches and small sums Of money; ;
G. Y. Williams, OF Memphis, lost Sl70; j.
c. Dunnan, a steelman Of San Antonio,
lost small sum; Meyer Hartman, Of Little
Rock, lost S160 and three silver watches.
II is estimated that the total amount se-
cured was about $4,000. The robbers were
all young men. They wore masks. II
taken they can be easily identified. A
posse was organized and started In pur-
suit and kilograms are being sent TO all
points In the State. 1t is probable they
will be captured soon.
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vor Of restricting Sunday traffic on the
grounds of expediency and economy as
well as Of religion. The Commissioners
promised to take the matter into consider
alton. l N
Within few days nearly one Thousand
men have been removed from the Division
of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
between Pittsburgh and Altoona,
By the will of the late DR.. Caleb Briggs,
of North Rochester, Mass, the Briggs In
stitution at Ironton, Ohio, receives $25,-
600 and his valuable library; the public
schools of North Rochester, $1,000, the in
terest of which only is to be used; and the
Congregational Church at North Rochester,
5000.
At a meeting few days ago of a number
of prominent New York merchants who
organized the Cleveland mass meetings and
professions during the campaign, it was
resolved to hold a banquet on the evening
OF the 18th. The invited guests will include
George William Curtis, Henry Ward
Beecher and Carl Schurz.
According to the Philadelphia Record, q
reduction in the price of anthracite coal,
varying from twenty-five to forty cents
ton, is anticipated by the coal companies
within two months.
Fleischman's extensive distillery and
yeast factory at Milestone, N. j., was de-
stroyed by fire ON the 9th. Loss $4,000,
covered by insurance.
The Democratic conferees in the Nine
,.rr,,.sn,aI n;gtript nf Danncul-
vania have nominated DR.. John A. Swope,
of Gettysburg, as candidate for the unex-
pired term of William A. Duncan, deceased.
At the Belmont Oil Works in Philadel-
phia on the 9TH the cap of boiler blew out,
fatally scalding John Simpson, an en-
ploye. Joseph Taylor and Hugh Grant
were also seriously injured.
Statement of the New York associated
banks for the week ended December o.
Loans increase, S2,53O,OOO; specie increase,
S221 900; legal tenders increase, $4,000;
deposits increase, - ,044 900; circulation de-
crease, $4,000; reserve increase, $4,000.
The banks held Si2, ,297, 900 in excess of legal
requirements.
Attorney General O'Brien, of New York,
has decided that Commissioner Peck, of
the Labor Bureau, can not compel manu.
facturers to open their factories to vista
tion from his agents under the law as it
now stands.
Joseph Sims, aged seven years, on the
9th, ventured on the ice in the canal at
Westfeld, Mass, and broke through. His
brother Charles, aged nine years, went to
his rescue and both were drowned.
Joel Parkhurst, one Of the wealthiest
men in that section of the State, died at
Elkland, Pa, on the 9Th, aged eighty-fve.
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THE CAP STONE.
The Last Stone of the Washington Monu.
umont Laid With Appropriate
Ceremonies.
COMPLETED ATLAsT.

COMPLETED AT LAST.
WASHINGTON, December S.-The Ameri.
can flag foated Saturday from an altitude
of six hundred feet above the ground, from
the highest artificial point in the world, the
Washington Monument. 1t was holsted
amid pouring rain storm, and was the sig
nal TO the crowds below that the last bit Of
masonary, the cap-stone, had been put in
place and that the father of his country had
monument worthy of his fame. Nearly
all the departments closed work while the
opening ceremonies were being performed.
and every available window was filed with
watchers Field glasses and telescopes
were numerous
A salute of twenty-one guns was fired
from the artillery stationed in the White
House lot. These ceremonies took place at
the five hundred.foot landing of the shaft,
where there were assembled the Monument
Committee, the engineer and assistants, a
few invited guests and members Of the
press. Everything was hurriedly done, the
$500 pound cap-stone being dropped in
place. the aluminium tip fitted, the flag un.
furled, and the participants hustled inside
the shaft to prevent their being wetted TO
the skin. Although the outward appear
ance of the shaft is not to undergo n change,
the inner portion will be cemented and fur
nished with a passenger elevator for the
accommodation of visitors. Nearly all the
memorial stones are yet TO be put in place,
and the grounds at the base beautihed, all
of which will occupy n couple of years.
Among those present at the completion
of the structure was one of the master me-
chanics who laid the corner stone of this
monument more than thirty-six wears ago,
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The third Plenary Council Of the Roman
Catholic Church closed its session at Balti-
more on the 7th with a large procession
and solemn services at the Cathedral. The
proceedings will not be made known until
they have been approved by the Pope.
The Southern Utes are reported to be of
their reservation and committing depreda-
tions in Utah. The settlers threaten to kill
them on sight if not relieved by the Indian
Department. .stttiFr.s
The death was announced in New Or
leans on the 9Th of Colonel Walter M.
Smallwood, secretary and superintendent
of the Produce Exchange, and commercial
editor of the Picayune.
Henry Cross, young unmarried man,
while stealing ride on the local freight on
the c., c., G. & l. Railroad few days ago,
fell between the cars near Bellefontaine,
Ohio, and was literally ground to pieces.
Miss Rebecca Stewart disappeared from
the house of her uncle, William Stewart,
at Wheeling, W. Va, few days ago.
Being temporarily deranged, 1t was sup
posed she had drowned herself in the Ohio
River. While the river was being dragged
in search Of her body, John McMasters was
drowned by the upsetting of skiff. He
Was the boss weighman at the Etna mill,
and leaves a family.
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The Buzzard Gang of Thieves.

LANCASTER, Pa, December 3.-The
posse in pursuit of the Buzzard gang Of
thieves in the Welsh Mountains abandoned
the search late Monday night. No trace
has been discovered Of Buzzard since Sat
urday's fight, and It is believed that he has
either left the vicinity or Is in hiding with
friends. For the first time In several weeks
no robberies were reported from the eastern
section Of the State.
A Philadelphia correspondent has had an
interview with Mart Buzzard, Abe's broth
er, on the Welsh. Mountains. Mart says
that Abe is In hiding; that he sees his
wife and children often; that he is trying
to be honest; that Philadelphia and New
York thieves are dong the stealing, and
that Abe is getting desperate and will kill
some one before he is taken.
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Fearful Wind Storm.

PITTsDURoH, December s.--Shortly after
six o'clock Saturday evening, wind and
rain storm, destructive alike to life and
property, passed over Western PeDnsylva-
mia. In this city telegraph wires, swinging
signs, chimneys, etc, suffered severely. A
swinging sign covering the entire front of a
business house on Seventh Avenue was
blown down on Mrs. Pfan and her two
children, instantly killing Peter, aged six
years. The mother who all the while held
the other child, girl three years Of age, in
her arms, was severely bruised about the
head and body. Her recovery is doubtful
The little girl had her right ley badly frac-
tured IN two places. A special from Green's
burg. Pa, says tie roof Of the court
house at that place was carried across the
street. Fortunately no one was injured.
No estimate Of the damage In this city can
be made.
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THE EAST.

Hon. Spencer NJ. Dorr, of Rutland, Vt,
died at his home on the 4th, aged sixty
four. Judge Dorr was a prominent Free
Soiler and one Of the founders OF the Re-
publican party. The name OF his widow,
Mrs. Julia A. Dorr, Is familiar TO all read
ers OF current literature.
The Philadelphia shoemakers. having
refused 10 trent with the manufacturers,
the latter decided TO close the shops on the
9Th, throwing out Of work about three
thousand hands.
The Boston," the third OF the four steel
cruisers being built by Mr.. Roach for the
Government, was successfully launched at
Chester, Pa, on the ith. ...
John Tulley, Anthony Brockley and
George Bush, all lads, bantered one an
other TO 20 on the thin ice on Gross Pond,
Rondout, N. Y, on the lth. The ice broke
and all were drowned.
The New York Commercial bulletin esti-
mates the fire losses during November In
the United States and Canada at $500, 900.
This is largely in excess OF the average
November flre-waste since the Boston fire
of 1872. The eleven months fire loss IL
computed to be SlOi 100000.
The Actors Fund benefit at the Academy
OF Music, New York, on the night Of the
4th was one Of the most successful affairs
that ever occurred in that city, netting
$4,000. President elect Cleveland was In
attendance.
Francis d. Moulton died at his home In
New York City on the lth, Of paralysis Of
the heart. He was forty mine years old.
The failures reported throughout the
country during the week ended the 5th
aggregate 800, Of which the United States
had 2oi, and Canada 20; this Is an increase
OF II over the previous week. The increase
Is general In all sections Of the country
but particularly noticeable In the Southern
and Western States.
tn omas b. Cushing, who served as pay.
master ON the United States steamer Hon
duras during the war, died at Danbury,
Mass, on the 9Th.
\ An incendiary fire destroyed seven busi'
ness houses at Meyersdale, Pa, on tho 9Th
entalling loss Of $4,000; fully insured.
A large number Of Connecticut clergy
men appeared before the Railroad Commis-
sioners at Hartford, Conn, on the 9th "a
advocate the restriction Of Sunday traffic
ON railroads. Nearly allpresent were In fa-
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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

A dispatch Of the 4th from st. Johns, n,
F., says the attacks of Orangemen upon the
Redemptorist Fathers continued three days
last week. They were brutally driven out
of Conception Bay amid hootings, stone
pelting and violent execrations. Great in
dignation exists among the Roman Catho-
lies. The protection Of the United States
Government for its citizens has been in
voked.
Information reached st. Johns, N. F., Oh
the Sd that the schooner Mary Joseph, Of
Channel, that Province, had been lost with
all ON board, including the Captain, a crew
of four and one lady passenger.
Richard George Lumley, Earl Of Scar
borough, is dead, aged seventy zone. He
was Liberal member of the House Of
Lords.
Augustus Welcker, an eminent chemist
and Professor of Chemistry TO the Royal
Agricultural Society of England, died on
the 9Th, aged sixty-one.
NJ. Schenck has been elected President
of the Swiss Confederation for 1885, and N
boucher, Vice President. Both are Rad
| icals.
Malignant epidemic diphtheria is causing
serious mortality in parts of East and West
Sandwich, Ont, and other places in that
vicinity.
Advices from Sualsim of the 9th state
that fifty mounted rebels advanced
to within 800 yards of the Egyptian
forts, killing several men and women and
capturing forty-two camels.
Three women and boy were killed ant
many buildings badly damaged by the ex'
plosion of dynamite in one Of the principal
streets of Santiago de Chilli few days ago
A letter from Monsignor Chaussee
Bishop Of Kwang Tung, charges the Chi
nese with melting the populace to pillag,
the Catholic missions.
It is reported from the West coast Of
| Africa that two Mohammedan slave catch.
ing tribes attacked the King Of Taiaba In
his capital, and the Kings household and
officers were blown up with gunpowder.
Sir Arthur Havelock, has been appointed
Governor Of Trinidad, w. I. The British
Cole nial Office will intrust ths Inquiry int,
tiIu ,.-ycnu vUUne rioUs on that islanu u
somebody wholly unconcerned with the
affair.
The British Parliament has adjourned
until the 10Th Of February.
London dispatches Of tho 7th stat' that
the steamer Rochard, from Cork to Liver
pool, foundered in a gale Off Holy Head
and all ON board, thirty in number, wer,
believed to have been drowned. A steamer
supposed to be the Alliance, of Cardiff, 4
also reported TO have foundered off Bos
castle, small seaport of County Corn
wall, England, and all on board were lost
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-12-10
WASHINGTON.

The colored citizens Of Washington have
started movement TO erect monument
10 the colored soldiers who were killed dur
the Rebellion. The project is under the
auspices Of Charles Sumner Post, G. A. R.,
all of whose members are colored men who
served in the army and navy. At a large
meeting on the 9th, at which Register
Bruce presided, it was resolved that the
erection OF the monument and dedica-
tion of a public park for the purpose be
presented to Congress.
Oscar X. Harris, for twenty-five years
past prominent Washington journalist
and for fifteen years engaged in reporting
the proceedings of Congress for press asso-
Citations and leading newspapers, died at
his residence in Washington City on 7th
Of consumption.
Messrs. Springer Of Illinois, Van AlstYne
Of New York, and Stewart of Vermont,
viii constitute the subcommittee TO visit
Cincinnati and investigate the recent elec-
tion there.
Internal revenue collections for the first
four months Of the fiscal year ending June
OVy 1901, WtIt goofotOfoiO, lOT lHt SUNNI pc
riod Of the previous fiscal year, $iO099, 40;
decrease OF Se,G23,79l. There was an in
crease OF S390,373 in the collections from
fermented liquors, and decrease Of s., $751;
800 on spirits; S274,s12 on tobacco, and
$l57, on miscellaneous items. The ag-
gregate receipts for October last were
$1,5O0,675 less than for the same month of
1ss8.
n----l-.s. - Lasfr.y- s-.raa tJy Atfnr.
ney General Brewster sustaining the posi-
tion taken by Acting Secretary of the Treas
ury Coon last summer, that IL was illegal
TO approve plans for public buildings where
the expenditure was greater than the limit
fixed by Congress clearly contemplated,
and which would be necessary TO complete
the building. The decision applies TO the
proposed public buildings at Minneapolis,
Mimi, Leayenworth, Kas., and Dodge City,
Iowa.
The photographic Office has prepared
for exhibition at the New Orleans EXPOSE
tion a chart Of the Arctic regions from Baf-
fms Bay TO Lincoln Sea, showing the most
recent discoveries, including those Of the
Polaris expedition, the Mares expedition
and the Lady Franklin Bay expedition un.
der Lieutenant Greely.
The Hawaiian and San Domingo treat
les have been signed by the Secretary oi
State and the representatives of those
countries, and will soon be submitted 10 the
Senate for ratification.
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B27,a5e Damages Against a Railroad
Company.

YOUNGSTOWN, o., December 3.-Yester-
lay morning the case Of Engineer John
Fitzsimmons against the Pennsylvania Rail-
,oad Company for injuries received re-
turned verdict in favor Of Fitzsimmons
.or s27,359. Shortly after the accident
which made Fitzslmmons cripple for life
he company offered him offered $4,000 to
Iettle which he refused and brought suit
lsking for $4,000 damages. The case was
rled here last summer, Fitzslmmons secur-
ng verdict for $4,000. The Company
Immediately asked for new trial, result
ng as above.
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AunEarians for the Hooking Valley.

PIrrsBuRoH, December S.-7Secretary 8. A.
l.. McCracken, OF tho Columbus g. Hooking
Valley Coal and Iron Company, was In the
city Saturday and concluded arrangements
for men enough TO I'LL the places OF the
striking miners. Two hundred HungariaDs
and Negroes will leave here before next
Saturday. which will be all the company
will want for the winter. Seven mines will
be run until spring, which he estimates will
supply their trade. He admits that the
stories OF suffering along Hooking Valley
are not exaggerated, but says the miners
h ye brought II all upon themselves, and
that they could have had work all winter
and made good wages had IL not been Tor
the false advice Of their frienda.
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OUR NAVY.
Eecrstary 0handler's Annual Report Ad-
vises the Strengthening Of Our
Present Navy.
Recommends the Construction of Six Mod
ern Cruisers Annually for Ten Years
and Aboiishing All but Three
OF the Navy Yards.

SECRETARY OF THE NAvY's REPORT.
WASHINGTON, December 6.-Secretary
Chandler's annual report was made public
yesterday. A considerable portion Of 1t is
devoted to the question OF strengthening
our navy. The new cruisers ATLANTA"
and Boston have been launched and the
"Chlcago" is nearly completed.
The Department Is confirmed In the opin-
ion that the criticisms advanced last year
against the new ships were OF little moment
or based upon theories at variance with the
progress of modern ship building as to
the want of full sail power and the absence
of sheathing. 1t appears the British Ad-
miralty is now building steel cruisers OF the
Leander and Mersey classes absolutely
without masts or sails aud unsheathed.
The objections to the machinery Of the
Chicago are met by the satisfactory per-
formances Of the Louisiana, a vessel with
machinery generally similar. The armor Of
the Mlantonomoh Is nearly completed and
In place. The machinery Of the Amphitrte
and Terror Is about one.half completed,
while that Of the Puritan is finished. No
work has been done upon the hulls of the
monitors Common prudence, the Secre-
tary says, demands that immediate steps
be taken to remedy the defenseless condi-
tion of our coasts and harbors, and the
most rapid and economical measure which
can be adopted at the present time is TO
push the partially constructed monitors TO
completion.
The report states the conclusion of the
Advisory Board recommending the con-
struction of one cruiser Of 4,500 TONS one
cruiser of 5000 tons, one despatch vessel
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Horrible Accident to Three Children.

KNOXVILLE, Ohio, December 5.-A most
singular and distressing accident occurred
near here Tuesday morning. William Rey-
nolds drove his wagon into orchard, which
lies on the side OF a steep hill He un-
hitcbsd the team aud set The block on the
wheels aud began cutting brush 10 haul
away. Three small children were left In
the wagon While they were at play the
block became loosened and the wagon
started down hull at great speed. After run
ming 200 yards II struck large rock. The
children were thrown out and two struck
The rock and almost instantly killed. The
third escaped.
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Cider Vinegar Makers.

CHICAGO, December 4.7-The third annual
Meeting Of the Cider Vinegar makers OF the
Northwest we're In session yesterday. Varl.
Gus reports were read, the chief Of which
was that OF the secretary, which showed
that the association had been working with
HE New York society in It's efforts 10 secure
he repeal Of the whisky vinegar law
passed by Congress In 1879, but had been
unsuccessful.
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THE PRESIDENTIAL VOTE.

Table Giving the Number OF Ballots Cast
for Presidential Electors In tho Different
States at the Recent Election.
CHICAGO, Dec. 5.-The following table
gives the number Of votes cast at the recent
Presidential election, as compiled from the
official reports received by telegraph from
time TO time. Democratic Greenback
fuslons existed In Iowa, Michigan and Ne
braska, and Republican Greenback fusions
In West Virginia and Missouri.
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persons were to hay,

twenty-five persons were to have
been baptized by immersion near Clay
ton, Ga, on a recent Sabbath, but q
man who did not believe in such per-
formances deliberately set the woods on
fire tn order to break up the exercises,
In which he succeeded, as the people in
attendance were obliged to turn to
and fight the flames. Louis Globe.
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There Is an eccentric old man
named Patrick Kennedy at the Sche-
nectady, N. Y, Poor-house, who thinks
he must receive his wages every Satur-
day night. and 10 satisfy him he is given
q spoonful Of castor oil, which he 40
cents as his lary.-7roy Times.
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Whole number Of votes cast, lO,0g7, ,015-not
including the few returned for Belya Lock.
wood and AZ scattering"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-11-27
DROEATE ORDER-state of Michigan

Il county OF van Buren,-sS:
At session of the Probate Court for said county,
held at the Probate Office, in the village of Paw
Paw, Monday, the 27th day of october, in
the year one thousand, eight hundred and eighty
four
Present, Hon. Orrin n. Hilton, Judge of Probate
In the matter of the estate 90 Clyde l.. ParmRlee
ct al, minors.
On reading and filing the petition duly verified of
Susan 7. Skies, guardian of said minors, praying for
reasons therein stated that she may be licensed and
empowered to sell certain of the real estate belong
ing to said minors ia said petition more particularly
described.
fThereupon, Il Is ordered, that Monday, the Let
day of December 1884, at 10 O'Clock in the forenoon,
be assigned for the hearing of said petition, and all
persons interested in said estate, are required
TO appear at session of said Court, then to be
holden at the Probate Office, in the village of Paw
Paw, aud show cause, If any there be, why the
prayer of the petitioner should not be granted.
And IL Is further ordered, that said petitioner
give notice to the persons interested in said estate of
the tendency OF said petition and the hearing thereof
by causing copy of this order to be published in
the TRUE NoRTHERNER, a newspaper printed and
circulating IN said county for four successiv
weeks, nc least, previous TO said day of hearing.
ORRIN N. HILTON,
46t6o49 Judge of Probate.