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New-York tribune., 1885-01-18
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1885, THE 1880
TRIBUNE ALMANAC
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This valuable Political Register compiled BY
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late Clerk OF the House OF Representatives
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u S. Debt Statement XLlXth Congress.
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PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.
l. on aud after Jan T., 1888.

AND UNITED STATES NAIL ROUTE.
Trains leave New York via Desbrosses and Corandt street
Ferries Follows:
Harrisburg Pttsburg the West and South with Pullman
Palace Cars attached. a. and daily. New.
York Chicago Limited OF Psrlor Dining Smoking and
Sleeping a. q every day.
Williams Lock Haven. a. p m CorTy ana fre
at X D. M connecng Cory FOR fitusvile. Petroleum
Centre and the OIL Regions. - ....
Baltimore WashnSon and the sonth Limited WASHINGTON
Ixpress OF Pullman Parlor Cars daily except Sunday l0
a m arrive Washington 4s5 Regular at 6:2O 500
and $3.50 m. l. $40 and p m and u night SUNDAY.
Sis a. M, . d m. and " night
For Atlantic City except sunday, loo ?. m.
For Cane Nav. except sunday. lllO a. m
Long Branen. Bay Head Junction and lntermsda,c ss.
and Amboy. . M. II noon o:3u D p M
on sunday O. m D. do stop ~ Asoury Park
Boats OF Brookyn connect with al through trains
JerscYt tty. afordns SPECIFY anu oirecS u~hsiei 'a
Brooklyn travtL -. -oo .na
I03Op p daily and 200 M daily except Monday. trom m
Baltimore $3.50 64O q M, ~, :@U 3yV,
$50 g'5G and 1905 p. sunday $50, $40 m, iot(S
pm From baltimore 9;20 p N. From hiadelpaa Soo, oo,
< 10 G.n q, 30 700 except Monday H2o $3.50, lo;io
iisoa a. m 100 200. $40, s1o 80 $50 7'So $50 $50
s2o lnn5 aud 1920 p. n and 1920 night sunday, Sow
s50 .S5 $40 7;O5 lIs35 a. $780, 1888. 9:2o 1910 and
iO.2O D. III.
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HISTORY

JUST Fo0Ll0iih
HISTORY
THE MANUFACTURE OF IRON
IN ALL AGES
AND PARTICULARLY IN THE UNITED STATES foH
THREE HUNDRED YEARS, FROM 1885 TO 1885.
BY JAMES NJ SwANK.
Secretary Of the American Iron end steel Associauon
Member Of the Historical Society OF Pennsyvania
In one volume Royal octave 436 pages large type good
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New-York tribune., 1885-01-18
NEW YORK CENTRAL AND HUDSON

NETWORK CENTRAL AND HUDSON
IN RIVER RAILnOAD.-Commenc encng october ., ico%,
through trains will leave Grand Central Depot
$500 m Rochester and Montre al Express hrough ora"
ingroom cars g. .u,. rxn-...
with dining Stopping at Albany Utica socn'
ester Bunao nj. Sra Falls Erie, Clovehnl anu Ioeaa
arriving chicago 10lo m and ST. LOUIS |o p n hehs
m Chicago Express drawing room cars to canan
dagua, Rochester. Niagara Falls and buHso conho "i
m Western New.York and Northern E1prcss with
$50 3 S Albany. Troy and Utica Express through
.un m, Accommodation to Albany and Troy 49,,
.s m st Louis Express with sleepingca for Niagara
Fals Bnrao Cinclnna, Toledo Detroit and ~ LOUIS .
g33 m Express with sleeping cars 70 y,acuso anu
Aubnrn road Saratoga; also 10 Monrea o.......
Pacific Express. with seep lor
II m Sgnt Express with sleepin cars 10 Albany snq
Troy with the morning trains Tor ne "ess s"S
Tor he North Saturday night. a p--,,,.
Tickets on sale Grand Central Depot 80, pomns
Green 252 and 425 Broadway, and az Nestcots
oacs. ParK.plaoe aud 7s5 9i2 Broadway New.rord
and 1913 Washington and $50 Fulton sts' pi"'A'"' ~ -
fourth.st WILLIAMSBURG .,oo,,nr car. ran IA
Aceommodatons 10 drawing. room and Sleeping Sas Ssp
procured az any ticket offices In Ne"forA Oy Anu
s33 " Washing nst, Brooklyn. .,,o...
cal led for and checked ron resrtnyo.
T6ese trains run daily All others daly exeept ounuy'
tThese trains stop a. harieh 'i-' C. b. MEERER
~. ..roi General PASSENGER Agents
nOPrIAR SHORE LTNE.-FOr Providence,
po.ton and the EAST All Grand Central Dspot
Thrse eInress tra aims n"ys excepte 70 BOSTON
m n m (parlor attached isna IL plu wths ssPnS
paacecars. Sundays At 10 y m twit e
New-York tribune., 1885-01-18

l.0
State bonds were neglected and the quotations for
them developed no features or City bank stocks,
sold at % 903i2-a decline of GIG per cent
The temper OF the market for railway bonds was weak
declined "a % and tho fret gold conso rs were only
steady at lls. Missouri Kansas and Texas first consos
were steady at 1913 O5 but the general 5s declined
la to 52ia. Chesapeake and Ohio hrsts series were
ieans M"mso ''HT Hrst IS declined from SO to si@.
Houston and Texas Central frss, Main Line. sold up =
Georgia c0nsol IS after i5i2 closed at 45 gain or
pcr cent, and the Incomes steady at H. Newfork
the IS bid international and Great Western
general Us sold at 6sa67 and Louisville and
Nashville general Us at s0979 Northwestern
debenture 5s quiet at 95 and the debentures
yielded Il to 03L Rock Island IS sold at 127 l262.
oregon short Line 6s after 00ia unchanged ut 90
Central Pacific hrss we're b better ut llOs Texas ana
Northern Pacific hrsts sold up q to lOOos but closed
weak lO0s. Fort Worth and Denver trsts declined
3 per cent to 62 ~
tined accumulation OF cash In the form Of legal tenders
and specie aud the increase In deposits Gl47S,sOo pc
ing 81 SOC greater than that called for by the other
bank notes The loans were contracted Ssl5 600 Inc Inc
result OF the statements figures Is gain OF
the surplus reserve aud leaves It at at 70 10
Of January 10 and January IL: .
''ssi5ssss ''ssss Rss :s ;$s$$ ss
'i9sss3SoSS siIssiiSSS 5SS nS 5000
serve and the total deposit liabilities:
feSSi.;aid fesssi:ndsr; sS77Ssoo IOo47oo Inc i.3s5Oo
rot. reserve sls40502Oo siso 5sosOo Inc. sUsi.iOo
As:ss ss.s dsSts asS s7sis2S ss.s.S2o Inc liio7oo
suryu.. s41o44s7s .si.i4s,77S Inc. sa,So4.4oo
New-York tribune., 1885-01-18

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~ playeaat te Italia lhssre March, sSc- wst, 5oc.;
'i'''''' wi WiLiiAM A. PokD & CO.. rs Union square.
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Sales bn Anellon.

EXECUTORS SALE of Elegant Furniture,
IL at 75l st MaTksaye, corner NewVork Brooklyn.
BY Joseph Hegemin & Co, Auctioneers.
Tuesday January 20. at lO3Oa
Original on Painting Trenton Falls by Sword paint
ings by Parker and Fay rich eutglass handesr ronle
Imported Lamps Parlor Furniture in Satin Curtains 10
match arge al stands Cuckoo Clocks Library Bookcase
nhl Elegant Inlad Bedstead With hk Curtains
Dressing Cbairs OAK Dining Room Chairs
Brass Fire Sets and Tenders Msntel Lambrequns
Wilton aud Moquette Carpets, &C. &c.
DICHARDV. HARNETT& a. CO., Auctioneers,
will sell at auct on Friday, January 8o
al II o'clock Rt Exchange Sale-r00n, III Broadway,
Ey order Wm. A. W Stewart, esq. Assignee
I'D WARD-lSO CHOICE LOTS,
Embracing Bungay. Tru1ton and l4gih sts Randall New
man aves, and Edgeworth Road
Eastery line OF Suburban RAPID Transit Route IL short
distance from property and station OF Harlem oCcser
Railroad Is about 300 feet away
The main advantage aud. value Of this property IA tho
splendid 'front.' embracing about end
ing River 800 feet The depth
city. .n,nrn NO ..
Attorney Tor Assignee. 40 all At.
Bookmaps NJ AuctOncers Office III broadway basement
DICHARDV. HARNETT a. co. O.,AuctiOneers,
IL VIII sell at auction Wednesi ay January 2g
At IL O'Clock at Exchange Salesrooni Ill BROADWAY.
order Of Executors Estate Henry Querpel decd
Leasclold Property:
10th'ave and 20thsty northeast corner plot, lO0xl00
1877 and 1859 10Th ave. lots 2JIlOO.
III .-st0ry dwellngs
5XlOO each.
LINDSAY g. FLAMMEK esqs., Attys, 2S9
Maps at Auctoneers Office, III broadway. Basement
Il
New-York tribune., 1885-01-18

DEST SCHOOLS.-250 represented circulars
ID free to parents VINO Describe tleir wants carefully
seeG',Wy w NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. & Co. East lithst n. Y.
FRIENDS SEMINARY.
L East l6thst AMI iaherigri-piiacs II, pi c. o,,,rv
ERENCH and GERMAN; rapid practical
method class Iof 6vo, $l5 40 LESSONS private 500
Mile. de e.. 10 Giamercy PARK.
T ECTURES.-Tria lessons free, this week,
sysen. Pfcressor BfRfR ras "A West 2Sdsl
Art SchoOls-City
MR.. BURR II. NICHOLAS, late of Paris.
in ran!ns IP3%rSS s Studio sherwood
MRS. LOUISA B. CULVER.
dawns o sHd sa'eP HsP ecSf &
landscape china 5aao Sia'1"ES 'sisrS"
MID Huntington rrdsh,, 4 Taoua Academy of Design;
Al William hS M Ssv,a % SG Sn,Gs Js%s' : NJ Hart n A.
For Bows and Young Men-Country.
ROYS and YOUNG MEN Irivately fitted for
SSsf SutS esrdif s,%fSse &as t6ffM%S%' S'
BACKWARD and INVALID BOYS.-The un-
gned % ,risnaoi pIg,;il ant toi;h,r makes
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COTTAGE GROVE SCHOOL, Poughkeepsie,
ONY Join MILEY a All rrincipi rrspa1s1h ., t,r
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Rev wM. c. BOWEN. A. NJ, Principal
ELMWOOD SCHOOL FOR BOYS.-At Mil
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Of % s ,g as Il, speciality is to reach class
other schools also parents goi aDroti
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Forty ynrs.year begins Sept 9th Military dril-Are-
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HIGHLAND MILITARY ACADEMY,
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uOME SCHOOL for ten boys at New-Ham-
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IN 10 IL speciality beautiful homehke healthy.
high 750 primary business academic scennc college
preparatory. music gymnasium aores u giouno naIn!
slogne free Students received ana ~ any time
PENNSYLVANIA MILITARY ACADEMY,
l. Chester. Costly Buildings Thorough obstruction
A MILITARY COLLEGE civil Engineering, Chemistry,
Classics English. COL THEo. hYAri' PRESIDENT
THE MT. PLEASANT MILITARY ACAD-
ENY.-A select boarding school for boys and young
Principal
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New-York tribune., 1885-01-18

LressmdhlnI.
= Madame Jammes, the
elaborated French otter February e orders for
orb Handnity etc dresses now received without charges
so artistic dresnaking Reasonable prices fltls un
paraleed. o. Vest ljth-st
nRESSMAKER.-Atl ladies' residences first
cass cuf, nts and drapes city country good refer
ences Adires, ID DitEssMAKER. 33l West 3lst-st
nRESS NAKER.-By one who fits drapes ana
trims exquscly. wishes customers bY day week
or mouth would give days Work N each week Ior
~ n snd hoard Address MISS NJ j., 2ol West 5ith-st
nRESSMAKER.-Bv young girl TO assist
ades with dressmakng or plain sewing can use sc"
ing macilues; emUrOdes well; terms low Addtess
-" j. T.. B, Tribune Uptown Office. l,23s Broadway'
New-York tribune., 1885-01-18
For Both Sexes-City.

For Both Sexes-City.
A NEW-YORK MElSTERSCHAFT
SCHOOL OF MODERN LANGUAGES FOURTH YEAR
No II West sod.st Opposite Reservoir.
PROF. EDMOND, GASTINEAU ~. d., Principal
French German. Italian, Spanish quickly and dlomau
cally spoken by MEISTERSt lAFI SYSTEM ConVeTsa
n,al for ladies and gentlemen day and
evening specially trained native assistants only over 300
en;e 'S3 Callers always welcome
irosprctus Branch BTOokyn" the best system ever de-
yisvd for learning speak foreign tongue-IHe nation
The MesteIscat school opened at II w 42d ST. Dy PrOi
Gasneau has met with remarkable success-iOhe JOar
nal
New-York tribune., 1885-01-18
NORWICH LINE.
FAVORITE INSIDE ROUTE
ToBOSTON So,
WORCESTER $3.50,
NASHUA. 1885,
PORTI.ANDAa

AS
PoRTLANDsS,
ana no trAsssseS
etesners CITY Of Worcester and "City Of Bostous
Pier 40 NJ r. foot Of Watss tnext pier above Dee
brosses-st. Ferry daily. except SUNDAYS at 430 D. m
New-York tribune., 1885-01-18
TO PHILADELPHIA
VIA TIE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
THE OLDEST ROUTE

20 TRAINS EACH WAY WEEK DAYS AND9oN SUN.
nay 4 STATIONS IN PHILADELPHIA, IN
NEW-YoRS.
New-York tribune., 1885-01-18

nor BRIDGEPORT and all points on HOU-
Il sArONIC and NAUGArUCk kRAILROADS-Steamers
havcllt lerlne SliDG IL 3D. M, 25tst. East Ryoc
3:lOu. IN. Fare lower than by any other route
New-York tribune., 1885-01-18
YORK AND LONG BRANCH RR.
(Pcnnsylvania RR.. foot Cortlandt-
n New.York ct. and Desbrosses.sL

NEW-YORK AND LONG BRANCH RR.
Stations in NewYort sso' o0r'Ana''
LEAVE NETWORK. commencing Jan arg Il. 1885
For South Amboy, via Phil. q heading RR 430. sl5.
s45 a. m, via Penn RR, 1900 M, 6;0o p. snndayS
For Matawan, &C., Wis Phil q Reading RFa, 4:sO ss.
il:oo a. m- 100 400. 40 BOO. oA6 Pm snndayS
sundays ga. m. 5p m.
Pm snndays M M via Phil nnsi! and Reading t.9s
a Long Branch Ocean Grove, Asbury Park, Ocean
Beach Spring Lake Sea Girt Point Peasant via Pha
Sundays stopping at Asbnry Park Zoo
p Sundays mot stopping at Ocean Grove or Asbury
For Freehold via philadelphia Reading RR HOO
800 200 F9r LasewOod Tons River and Barns. ne
Toms River. via fenn. RR, 800 a.. For vincand-
RUFUS BLoDGETT, O. G. HANCOCK JR. WOOD.
supt G.P&T.A. p q r. RR. @ p. A. p. RR
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-04-23
FIRES AND cAsuALrIgs ;.

THE bodies of the victims of the cave
in have not yet been recovered from the
Shenandoah, Pa, mine,
FLOODS at Port Huron have wrecked
a new iron bridge and broken the gas
mains and telephone cables. The loss
thus far is placed at $4,000, and other
damage is threatened.
DURING a fire in Huiser piano factory
aJ New York Tuesday morning. the
second floor collapsed, preciptating
eight men into the cellar. All were
badly injured, one man fatally,
NEARLY the entire business portion of
Boomer, Chippewa county, Wis, was
destroyed by fire, entailing an aggre-
gate loss on buildings and stock of 500
600; insurance, $35, 900. Fifteen busi-
ness establishments were burned.
A CONFEDERATION swept away four
blocks of buildings in the heart of the
village of Lees Summit, in Western
Missouri. Totol loss about $780, 600. A
fire in Aurelia, Cherokee county, Iowa,
yesterday, consumed the post office and
all its contents, a bank building and
two general stores.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-04-23
WASHINGTON

RECEIVER hewlett, of Yakima
Washington Territory land Office, a
former well-knOwn correspondent here,
writes that when the Northern Pacific
Railroad makes its Selection" in that
section, which will be in a few weeks,
the country will boom and his office
reach maximum grade.
THE collections Of internal revenue
during this first eight months Of the fis-
cal year ended June 30, 1885, show a
decrease Of So, 296, 1927 in the collections
for the same period of the previous ifs
cal year. There was a decrease of
81, $685. SAL in spirits, and $3.50, 099 in to-
bacco, and an Increase Of $751; 15 in
fermented liquors.
SECRETARY LAMAR has informed Cap
tain Couch the leader of the Oklahoma
boomers that the government will
not permit any intrusi0ns upon the
Oklahoma lands, ana that it is the in
tention of the administration to drive
off the cattlcmen now occupying a por
tion of those lands. The administration
regards the lands as Indian country
that is, territory acquired and reserved
for Indian occupancy-and the govern
ment is pledged to the protection Of it
and the security Of the Indians from in
lruders.
y SPECIAL committee appointed by
acting Secretary Fairchild to examine
the methods of doing business in the
office of Secretary Comptroller OF the
treasury has reported that the work of
the bureau is about three months in ar
rtars, and can only be brought up TO
date by extra diligence on the part of
the clerical force and by a slight increase
in the number of clerks. Acting Sec
retarv Fairchild said Wednesday that
his idea was to secure in future if posi-
BILE, more prompt settlement of &C.
counts Of government officers than has
been obtained in the past.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-04-23
LATEST TELEGRAMS.
GENERAL NOTES.


THE Washington monument was
struck by lightning three times We'd
nesday afternoon, but .oti slightest
damage resulted.
COLONEL j. 4. VARIOUS, Of Mil
firmed State Pension Agent of Wiscon-
sin, an Office created by the present
Legislature.
A SPECIAL commission of the Wis
consin Legislature has purchased as an
executive mansion for the State the
house and grounds on Lake Mendoza, at
Madison, formerly occupied by Ole
Bull, the famous violinist.
CARNEegE's work at Homestead. Pa,
will soon begin the manufacture OF
structural steel exclusively, with double
capacity: Price, Kelly & Co.'s furnace
at Sharpsville, Pa, has resumed work
after long period Of idleness.
FARMERS in Kentucky, Missouri, Kan
sas, and other states continue to piov
up their wheat fields and prepare for
other crops. Tke destruction to winter
wheat by the hard winter can no longer
be doubted.
REAR ADMIRAL w. +. LEWIS viii re-
port to the secretary of war that per-
mission be given to construct the pro-
posed Winona, Alma and Northern
railroad bridge at Eagle Point, Iowa.
THE Governor General Of the Domin-
ion of CanaC asks the Parliament for
an immediate appropriation Of 500, 900
TO defray the expenses Of putting down
the half breed rebellion in the North
west.
GENERAL MIDDLETON has decided to
abandon the expedition mp the South
Saskatchewan river, and will send a
flying column to Batteford, to f0restall
IN attack by Rjel and his Indians.
THE annual reunion of the society of
the army Of tho Potomac will take place
al Baltimore, May 8 and Z, The presi-
dcnt and cabinet Generals Sheridan,
Hancock, and many other distinguished
officers will be present, and the pros
pect Of q notable reunion is most excel
lent.
THE Mccormick observatory, erected
in connection with the university of
Virginia, at Charlottesville, was for
mally dedicated on the 18th inst. II
is the gift Of Mr.. Leander j. McCor-
mick, of Chicago. The building cost
N1D,DDD anu Allt btitbJODt NtDtODDt IbLs
Ormond Stone, the directOrin charge of
the observatory, is graduate of Chi
cago university.
THE official government newspaper at
the City OF Mexico denies that it is the
intention of the Mexicans 70 attempt to
extend their boundaries southwark by
Selling any portion of Central America,
and says that nothing could be more
foreign to the traditional policy Of Mex
leo than TO annex foreign territory"
True, true. Mexico has always given
away territory; it has never annexed
any.
CAPTAIN Couch, of The Oklahoma
boomers, was interviewed Thursday at
st. Louis, and stated that his Mission to
Washington was simply to make eX-
plaAatiou 20 the President. The colon
lists believe the government is owner Of
/ the disputed lands, and should open
them to the people. The assembling of
1 the col9nists was not for the purpose Of
/ intimidation or coercion; they do not
wish TO antagonize the government, and
viii withdraw peaceably when the
United States courts have decided that
entry upon the territory involved would
be in violation of the rights Of the In
dians
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-04-23
GABLEGRAMS

THE parliament of the island of Jer-
sey negatived bill to exnel Jesuits.
SIXTY thousand men from the army
reserves and the whole militia viii be
called out The naval reserves will be
used for hcme defense,
THE leading officials at the Woolwich
arsenal have been summoned the war
Office to attend a conference upon the
question of the dispatch of war material
to India.
LORD DUFFERIN, after a consultation
with the Ameer, urges the government
to orderan immediate advance of troops
into Afghanistax. The Ameer has sent
out couriers with orders to the Afghan
chiefs 10 meet Linn al Cabul for the pur-
pose of holding a war durbar.
LETTERS from St. Petersburg. mailed
at Berlin in order TO escape the Russian
censorship, charge the Russian minister
of war with having sent orders to Gen.
komarOtf at about the end of February,
TO bring ona conflict with the Afghaus,
and state that Gen. komarotf started
from Merry with Te-iRforcemeRts for
Pul-i-khisti, and took advantage Of a
favorable opportunity to make an at
tack soon after his arrival at the latter
place,
EVEN the most sanguine believer in
peace would have been converted. could
lac have heard Mr.. Gladstone's martial
statement iu the house. Old members
say he was never SO pathetic, yet pow
ertuL His career as a friend OF Russia
was in no listeners mind half SO clearly
as ia his own. He spoke slowly. care
fully, with purely artificial emphasis:
but all his words were distinctly threat
ening and the intonation was altogeth-
or warlike The speech pleased most of
those who are most anx ious to have the
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