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The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1884-03-01

NEW loRk, Feb. 2O.-A company has
been formed in this city with capital of
$3.50, 900, for the purpose Of building at
Coney Island Il monster wooden elephant,
the largest ever constructed. The elephant
will be $50 feet in length l23 feet In
height, and lGS feet III circumference, and
will stand upon Il platform built upon
piling. The following figures will give
some idea OF the size Of the modern quad
rup!ed: The neck will be 10 feet long,
with a circumference Of 100 feet: the legs
40 feet in length, with q: circumference OF
60 feet: the ears - feet long and 20 feet
wide; it awill weigh 1000 pounds; the
trunk is - feet long, and tapering from IL
diameter of II feet to ; feet / inches, and
its tusks - feet and & inches. The eyes OF
the monster will be ! feet in diameter. A
telescope will be placed IN the center OF an
eye, through whicI, the harbor aud distant
headlands can be seen. The howdah on
the back OF the elephant will be 33 feet
square and ;'G feet IN height. The interior
VI LiIC DcasL VIA VIC V1E!tlt't lnlO ItOlIS VA
various sizes. The main hall will have Il
length of 80" feet and II width OF - feet.
On the second floor there will be Il gallery
$50 feet in length upon which will open
thirteen rooms. It il intended TO Use this
floor as Il bazar of nations. The rooms Oh
the floor below will be occupied ny Il GA
terer. Stair cases viii be built in the rear
and tin, and will be ready tor public III
spection On June 18th.
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1884-03-01
LIEUT.. DE LONG.
Arrival x&s New York Of fbe Remains
Of the Victims oS the .yeanneI&e
Expedition.

NEw IoRk, Feb. 2O.-Arrived, the
steamship Frisia, from Hamburg, with the
bodies Of Lieut.. De Long and comrades on
board. Lieut.. Ward Of the United States
Navy, representing Commodore Upshur
met the Frisia at quarantine and came son
her to the dock at Hoboken and transferr~
ed the case of bodies to the undertaken
who will remove the bodies to the pier
and guard them until Friday morning.,
when they will be taken to Pier One,
North River, and put into ten hearses and
escorted to the navy yard in Brooklyn.
DeLonS will be buried Woodlawn Gene
terry; DR.. Amber will be taken to Phila-
delphia, and Boyd the seaman, to Virginia.
The bodies Of De Long and six men will DO
taken to the church Of Holy Trinity, az
Forty second Street and Madison Avenue.
where religious services will be held
Lieut.. William Schurz, who with Lieut.
iIarbor, left New York February 4. 1882,
to find the Jeannelte'> dead, gave an in
teresting account Of his search for the
DOulcS. lie tulI Oh lllS cltOfC aDOnL tDc
Lena River, how he AMI his comrades built
a schooner II feet long by nine feet beam
called the ''Search,' and how the officers
and men took their tour hours watch at
pulling the vessel like canAl-b0at mules
on the stony shore that wore out their
boots. Lieut.. Schults related how he
travelled by dog anl reindeer >lc0s some
three thousand miles, Sometimes. he
said, the dog slcdS could make over Il hun
dred miles Ii day. The reindeer bad to bt,
driven comparatively moderately. The
Lieutenant and comrades, after they found
the bodies within len miles Of the mouth
Of the river Lena. drove night and day,
stopping II nothing, except to ear, unit
they reached Irknt>k. At that place the
people welcomed the party with marks Of
respect. The rest has already been told
in the Associated Press dispatches.
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1884-03-01
DUE WARMING.

In case Of imminent danger, due warn
ing will be given by the firing of guns and
reyolvers, and a cannon has been placed
in front Of the Grand Union hotel for the
same purpose. Teams will be in readiness
to convey families to the hills, and parties
will be constantly on the lookout, for Il
movement Of the ice Or the coming Of the
upper gorge. There is therefore little
Cured last night, and no danger from the
flood, if everybody viii keep cool and
mind what they are about,
THE RIVER RISING.
AS We 60 to press the river is again ris-
ing, but only at the rate Of about an inch
an hour.
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1884-03-01
Arrested ior E.En nheXzleHmen1

William Berry, VIII" has been acting as
agent for agricultural implements, WAS
arrested to-day byJ y. Dow for cmbezzle-
ment. There are two distinct charges,
other for the embcZZlcment Of promiS>0ry
notes to the amount Of 600. Berry was
brought into court and piea,ed not guilty
The court held him il. bonds Of $500 lor
each complaint in default OF which h.
went TO jail.
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1884-03-01
From Tuesdays Daily.
THE GORGE.

Nothing more Of q serious nature has
occurred, since our last nights report of
the flood, from the gorge formed in the
Missouri by the ice lodging near the mouth
Of the Shonkin. About tive O'Clock
the water began rising slowly-probably
not more than an inch an hour-and later
a little mere rapidly. Much apprehension
was felt concerning the gorge which
was supposed to have formed about
twenty miles above. Reliable
parties, however, had been sent our dur
ing the day and on their return ut an early
hour last evening with the report that
there was no ice between Benton and the
Falls every one felt there no longer existed
any serious danger. The river might rise
and inun1atc the cellars and warehouses
again, but there was no possibility Of the
city being swept away as had been feared
the night previous. STILL many heads
OF families remained awake all
night, and at daybreak this
morning lanterns were still flashing
along the river bank and here and there Il
dark object could been seen leaning over a
wooden stake and examining the mark to
ascertain how rapidly the water was ad-
yancing. During the entire night tie
water probably rose two feet, and to-day
1t has been rising and falling 1T Intervals
About five o'clock this morning the ice be-
gan to move slowly, but almost Immediate
~ gorgeu again. It has since moved
several times, but has been stationary
since nine o'clock this morning.
Several efforts have been made to blow
out the gorge at the Shonkin, but without
effect. About , o'clock Messrs. Ingersol
Nacke1lin, Lynch and others started for
the end OF the gorge with one hundred
pounds OF giant powder, and there seems
to be some confidence in their success. If
the whole pack is held merely by the ac-
cunulated ice in the narrow aud sharp
bend in the river near the mouth Of the
Shonkin, there appears to be no reason
Wh.' the blowing Up process should not
remove it and let the ice out; but if the
pack is held by the banks on either side for
its entire length, it is hard 20 imagine how
the blasting can relieve it. The result of
the experiment may be known, however,
before we go.to press.
REMOVING GOODS.
The firms who have suffered from the
rise a,e still b,lsily engaged in removing
goods from the flooded warehouses. and
caring for them IN every possible way to
prevent further lass. Although the figures
furnished in last evenings issue Of TIE
REcoED were the toughest estimates,
gathered about ten o'clock Yesterday
morning, before many Of the goods had
been removed from the warehouses or ex-
alnineu III ANY way, further inquiries to-
day satisfy us that our figures were very
nearly correct. If anything the losses
were undercstinate0. The warehouses
are III Il fearful condition, aud cost Of re-
moving the goods alone will add greatly
to the losses. for in many eases where the
goods were not reached by the water it
was still thought to be utlicioas to remove
them III anticipation Of further di,aste!
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1884-03-01

since yesterday and is now running clear
Of ice. The Benton coach arrived here at
y 80, having transferred the mail in "a
boat over the Marias, which river, the
driver reports, is not broken below the
prOcsi0r
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1884-03-01
River ks.

FoEr SHAW, 1880 =. n,.. Feb. 2G.-No
additional news from this point as to the
river and ice.
Coal BANKS, | p. NJ, Feb. 2G.-At II
O'Clock to-day a heavy snow storm pre-
vsiIed, though it is clearing up now and
warmer. The river has fallen two feet
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1884-03-01
4 NIGHT OF TERROR.

The Big E1uddy Breaks Loose
and Floods the City.
Over Twenty Thousand Dollars
Worth Of Property Destroyed.
Families Fleeing to the Hills.
The Lower Ferry Gone and the
Upper One Badly Injured.
Danger from Another Gorge.
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1884-03-01

antilles Fleeing to the Hills
The state journal. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1883-1885, 1884-01-12
A Colored Church Row.

New HAVEN, Conn, Jan. S.-The
Rev. John B. Stansbury testified to
day against John L. Williams, Henry
H. Phillips and John Norcom, Trus-
tees of the Bethel African Methodis
Episcop Church, who threw him
out of that edifce on Sunday, Dec.
80, because he preached without their
consent. The accused Trustees, all
colored, we're arraigned in the Police
Court for assaulting Mr.. Stansbury
and for disturbing religious meet
ing. The court room was crowded
with the church's congregation in an
excited flame of mind. The minister
said Williams and Norcom jerked
him out of the pulpit because he
would not stop preaching, and then
Phillips pushed him from behind and
they ran him out of the church. They
left on the sidewalk. Bishop Brown
appointed Mr.. Stansbury, who was
formerly of Brooklyn, to the church
Dec. IL last. When he arrived here
the Trustees had hired the Rev. Hen
ry Johnson. The hearing will be
likely to continue the greater part of
the week
The trial of the trustees of the
Bethel African Methodist Episcopal
church for forcibly ejecting from the
pulpit the Rev. Mr.. Stansbury, whom
the Bishop sent to be their pastor,
Sunday, December 80, was continued
in the police court o-day, and is not
yet finished. The cross examination
of the reverend gentleman lasted all
the morning, He proved hard wit
ness for the lawyers for the defense
to handle, and showed that the trus-
tees had greeted HIM kindly the week
previous to the church row, and had
told him to 60 ahead and do what he
believed was his duty He also testi-
fed that the church property had
been decided in trust to the trustees
and their successors for the use of the
New England Conference, which had
supplied pastors for the Bethel for the
past forty years without dispute
This afternoon the church wafare was
transferred to the Superior Court,
where ex Judge Blydenburgh, whose
services have been secured by the
Rev. Mr.. Stansbury, obtained writ
of mandamus, reciting the facts of the
case and asking that the trustees be
summoned to appear and show cause
why the client should not be allowed
to exercise his function as pastor of
Bethel church.
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AN ABDUCTED AFRICAN.
He and Several Companions
Stolen and Placed on a
Whaling Vessel.

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 0.-Chrstian
Oliver, young colored man, yester
day applied to Magistrate South to be
sent to the House of Correction for
three months, whi.h request was
granted. Oliver stated that he was a
native of the West Coast of Africa
Three years ago he and several com
panions were attracted to seaport
named Kingston by the arrival of
several vessels. One evening, while
lettering around the wharf where the
whaling schooner Riley was moored
they were seized by several sailors
and carried on board the vessel.
Here they were placed in chains and
thrown into the hold of the schooner,
where they were kept confined for
two or three days.
When they were released and
brought on deck the vessel was at sea
and they were ordered to work. The
Riley reached several ports, but the
slaves were not given an opportunity
to communicate with any person on
shore, and on one occasion when one
of the men attempted to leave the
vessel he was seized, beaten and
placed in chains. About two months
ago the schooner reached New Bed
ford, Connecticut, and Oliver man.
aged to escape. He then worked his
way to this city, and, falling to find
employment, was advised to goto the
House Of Correction.
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(Communicateu.j
Ministerial Errors"

Mr.. Piersall, the minister of the
John Wesley Church in this city, is
divine whom we all appreciate. He
seems possessed of material which,
if properly cultivated, will result in
making him eminently distinctive.
His experience as a churchman and
minister doubtless antedates our
knowledge of religious affairs. Be
that as it may, l feel it my duty to
call bis attention to what l consider a
gross indiscretion. 1t appears that
for some time there has been dissen-
sions of unusual sharpness transpiring
among his flock. l believe this state of
things existed prior to his asce nsion,
and was therefore left him as legacy
by his able predecessor Whether
this is fact or not | think Brother
Piersal should not parade such family
difficulties to the public, and MS lee
ture, as he called it, would have been
more effective had it been delivered
to his church members exclusively.
The public catch on to the things
quick enough, and when such scath'
ing remarks eminate from the pulpit,
as was the case on Sunday night last,
it has anything else than a soothing
effect, alike to the world and the
members affected. No man or wo-
man cares to be compelled to sit and
listen to a trade of complaints rela.
tive to matters in which he or she
may be concerned, especially when
chastised before the public. Church
matters should be settled by church
people, and if divines cannot say
something encouraging and elevating
to the world, we advise them to re-
main silent, for silence in many H.
stances is eloquent.
A CHURCH MEMBER.
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Causes Why a Convention
Should Not be Held.

In regard to the recent decision OF
the Executive Committee of colored
men TO attend the Chicago conven
ton, which is to nominate a Presi-
dent and Vice President in June and
to hold convention of their own
cast in Richmond in July for the pur
pose, as alleged, to ratify or disap-
prove Of the result Of the Chicago
convention, seems almost too non
sensical to receive serious attention.
The inconsistency of such project is
quite apparent. In the first place the
leaders should see to it that only men
of unquestioned judgment, OF sterling
worth and possessed of sufficient
amount of requisite requirements are
sent to represent US, and if such men
are selected and sent to Chicago, and
perform faithfully the duties assigned
them, why need there be g con-
vention in Richmond? Surely we
cannot undo that which will be done
there. If we ratify the actions of the
Chicago convention through our dele
gates, or find cause for dissent, what
good is to accrue from holding
Richmond or any other convention
bearing on that subject? We see
none. On the contrary we see an
assemblage OF intelligent colored men
massed in convention giving vent
to ably prepared remarks, which
really have no beneficial bearing upon
the questions or pertinent points of
interest to the negro, as in Louisville
not long since, when We saw an array
of prominent, influential and talented
men. And if any one can point out
to us the benefits derived or that will
likely accrue to the negro because of
that convention we will gladly say
well done. That the negro is fac
tor aad well known quantity in the
affairs OF State cannot be questioned.
Why not then take time by the fore
lock, act when you should and can
and make your acting felt. Then
seven millions of your followers will
applaud and commend their leaders.
1t has often been said it is only one
step from the sublime 10 the ridicu-
lous, and we hold that while we are
sublime we should not make that
step. Too much convention is not
unlike too much indulgence, if you
keep "tacllling it you will be worsted
and then your influence for good is
gone. What then, remorse, regret,
and worse than all, political death.
Be advised in time, take warning,
act wisely, then we must eventually
see our glorious triumph. We favor
any project having for its object the
elevation of our people, and so tar as
in our power lay we will always adj
wise them against mistakes and mat
tiers of conflicting interest, and until
the method of holding the Richmond
convention is made manifest we en-
ter our protest. rs.
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Note.

Hereafter all subscriptions to The
STATE JOURNAL will be in advance.
We are now printing the only news
paper devoted to the interest of the
colored people Of the State Of Penn
sylvania. That we may be able to
successfully do this, we are compelled
to exact payment in advance. All
bills for back subscription should be
paid without delay.
The state journal. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1883-1885, 1884-01-12


TIE State Central Committee
meets in Philadelphia on the 23d of
this month to fix time and place for
the State Convention, We have
called attention before to the fact of
the small representation we enjoy on
the State Committee. It is most sin
cerely to be hoped that Messrs.
Cooper, Quay and McGhee will see
the policy of according to the colored
voters proper representation upon
that committee, not as members at
large, but as full members, and let
such men be recognized az will truly
represent the colored vote and who
will ask for and contend for proper
representation in the State Conven
ton. We suggest that each county
where there is fair proportion of the
colored vote, stop for once their
double dealing with the colored men
and give them their representation to
the State Convention. This will
doubtless be done in Dauphin county,
and will be done in many others if
our so called leaders do not sell their
rights for mess Of pottage, as they
are wont to do. As the State Con
vention will meet either in April or
May, we may expect to hear a call
for the State League to meet in
August. Now if any one will tell us
what the object of that meeting will
be when both the National and State
Conventions will be over we shall be
glad to hear it. We would advise
the League if they propose to exer-
else any control over the Presidential
nomination to meet before the nomi-
nation is made, or else remain quietl
at home and support the TICKET as
nominated The people are tired of
the annual political excursion, which
always terminates in calling upon
them to do the things they intend
doing. Let the League meet immedi
ately following the State Committee
meeting and Insist upon representa-
ton in the State and and National
Conventions. BY doing this it will
endear itself to the people and make
itself the power for good it should
be, and if it fails in doing this let it
be relegated into the shades of obliy-
ion SO deep that resurrection will be
impossible.
The state journal. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1883-1885, 1884-01-12
Ignored by the County Com
missiOners.

The County Commissioners have
made their annual appointments, and
as of old, given no representation to
the 1900 colored voters who voted to
put majority of them in office. We
invite the attention of the Commits
sioners to the fact that the colored
voters Of this county do not propose
to be thus ignored any longer, and
as the Meyers have held their rcspec
tive positions by the aid Of the colored
vote for two or three terms, and have
never as yet shown a disposition of
appreciation. We have no longer a
disposition on our part 10 continue
them in Office after the expiration of
their present term. Not only must
we deal with the Commissioners, but
with any man who may come before
US for support, that belongs to the
large class of politicians in this city
and county who possess such ingrati-
tude as to be unwilling to accord to
every faction Of the party that sup
ports them, proper representation.
And we hope every colored voter in
Dauphin county will wipe from bis
ticket, hereafter, this class of men,
whenever they appear. There has
been too much Of this kind of basi-
ness, and if we arc men, let us resent
it at the bar Of public ODinion
The state journal. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1883-1885, 1884-01-12
COLoRED PRESS COMMENTS

Ex-senator Bruce, now register Of
the treasury, declines to serve as one
of the executive committee of the
CoIored National convention. IT'S
well. The committee should be
composed of as few federal office
holders as possible. P1aindealer.
The laws must be enforced in the
South. The negro must have justice
in the courts. A white man who
commits an offense against the laws
of any state, where the victim is a
negro must be arrested, tried and
dealt with in the same manner in
which a colored man would be were
the victim white. Any other course
is revolutionary and destructive of
the best interests of all classes.-Ad-
0Ocdte.
"The war Of the rebellion was not
fought about the negro" says con-
temporary published in a northern
city.
Surely our contemporary is mis-
taken. The war of the rebellion
was fought about the negro and for
the negro, and if it will only consider
for moment it will arrive at no
other conclusion.-BulLeti11.
Moral from the Yazoo troubles: :
Colored men 10 the south must never
allow themselves to be arrested even
on suspicion for any capital crime for
there is no court to try their case ex-
cept the one presided over by'Judge
Lynch. > World.
W. hoe Ioo,, 4Lo roCnlf ~ fb O
The state journal. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1883-1885, 1884-01-12
20 Ok READERs,

State Journal, the only general
newspaper devoted to the interest
Of the colored people in the State
Of Pennsylvania, Published week
ly, at Harrisburg, Pa.
The state journal. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1883-1885, 1884-01-12

The election of Mr.. James Fl.
Howard to the presidency of the
Wesley Teachers Literary associa-
ton, is high mark Of appreciation
of Mr.. Towards ability. 1t is much
to be regretted that he declines the
honor, but under the press of business,
which he labors, it is utterl impossi-
bic for him to give that attention to
the association which it should have.
The state journal. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1883-1885, 1884-01-12
Election of Officers.

The following officers were elected
annual officers of Brotherly Love
Lodge for the year 1884:
Trustees = Joseph l.. Thomas,
Jacob T. Cumpton, Baker White.
Widows Orphan Committee
Jacob Allen, Joseph D. Jones, VIM.
J. Taylor, SamuelCole, Fl. A. Adley.
Permanent Secretary-Curry H.
Taylor ere elected).
Decentralization Taylcr.
QUARTERLY OFFICERS.
E. So. E. Cumpton.
Y. GA. Gray.
n. GIL. Perkins.
2. n. &C. W. Stevens.
N. F.-J. Crabb.
p. N. F.-W. II. A. Price.
The state journal. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1883-1885, 1884-01-12

TIE colored men Of Pennsylvania
should make their power both felt and
heard before the gates are closed.
Don't be fed any longer on food be
cause of its sweetness. Sweet food
has very little nutriment in it.
The state journal. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1883-1885, 1884-01-12
Wilkes Barre, Pa, Personals

Mr.. ]. r. Kennedy is very busy.
Plenty of weddings and parties oc-
cupy his time.
Mr.. p. B. Scott is very much
thought of by the young ladies' Of
Wilkes-Barre.
William Howard is now teacher at
the A. NJ. e. Y. Sabbath school.
The state journal. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1883-1885, 1884-01-12

IT is noticeable that the S,meday
Telegram in announcing the candi-
dates for Alderman in the Eighth
ward makes no mention of the col
ored candidates.
The state journal. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1883-1885, 1884-01-12

CoLoRED conventions as rule meet
at the wrong time and fail in doing
anything except display the Irrational
powers of the individual delegates.
The state journal. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1883-1885, 1884-01-12

WHAT has been the result of the
Louisville National Convention will
some one please rise and tell.