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New-York tribune., 1885-09-18
TUE ASSOCIATION OF MINING ENGINEERS.

HALIFAX, Sept. II (SpeciaD. 1.-The American
M ming Engineers drove to wavcrly. seven miles from
this city, and visited the gold mines In operation thcre
and tins afternoon members and their ladies visited the
British froncad Northampton aud otner war ships In
port large number Of papers were read at the meet
ing. The most important OF these was Dr. 1. sterry
Hunts paper on electrical furnaces President Bayes
in hs annual address exhaustyely discussed exsung
States large number Of new members were elected;
Afier the tonight the visitors were
aI pubic reception tendercd by the people OF Halifax
After supper several distinguished visitors appro.
priately acknowledged the splendid welcome ACCORDED
them Halifax.
New-York tribune., 1885-09-18
CAUSED By A MIspLA CED sWTTCH

WORCESTER, Mass, Sept. IL tSpeciab.-This
morning collision occurred on the Ftehburg Railroad
nj the Holden station. nJuring the fireman and cngL
neer wrecking hand car. four dumps, and locomo-
tive The engine steaming along the rate of twenty
miles hour, 10 side track on account OF tho
misplacement OF the switch Tho engineer and fireman
we're thrown from the engine and severely injured.
New-York tribune., 1885-09-18
PRESIDENT pfAz OK THE TREATIES.

MEXICO, Sept II, via Galveston.
Dazs message TO Congress last night has produced
satisfactory impression Hc recommends to the Chamber
Of Senators the early ratification OF the Postal and Ex
tradition Treaties with the United States as well as the
Convention posfponng until March 20. 1885, the carry
ing out of Article Of convention. He thought IL
convenient TO the examination aud approval
of the treaty respecting the Rio Bravo.
New-York tribune., 1885-09-18
TELEGRAPHIC NOTES.
sUREWsBURY OYSTERS,

SHREWSBURY VfoTENc' :. =. :.
LONG BRANCH. scot 1.-The oyster planters or the
Shrewsbury River that they will send more oysters
year than for several years past all OF the
beds being unusually full.
EPIDEMIC OF FLUX.
LYNCnBURG, Va, Sept. ia severe epidemic OF nux
cling In Lee and Scott Counties, In this state Many
people have died from the disease, and many more are
sick. The disease Ia on the increase.
MR.. DOwNES's CASE POSTPONED.
Boston, sept l7-n anticipation that tho evidence In
the adultery OF the Rev. W. W. Downes aud Annie j.
Tnber would be- forthcoming the lower municipal court
room crowded to excess this forenoon when MT.
Downes aud Mrs Tabor arrived The however. waa
continued to October ~.
New-York tribune., 1885-09-18
DRIFTING OF A WRECK FOR A WEEK.

HALIFAX, Sept. II lSpec'dD.--The Allan
Line steamer Prussan from Glasgow, reports that she
experienced OF gales during the entire voyage
On september she shipped tremendous seas ijuring
two sailors and damaging the vessel On september io
in latitude $50 a. longitude 29o. at a. IN, Chief occr
Chester sighted flag distress the distance, steered
for II and found the Norwegian bark Bertha Captain
Jansen Werner from Miramichi to the Clyde total
wreck Heavy wind and sea prevailed, but the crew
were finally after great difficulty ana brought 10
Halifax The bark had experienced hurricane week
previously foremast, had her sails torn 10 rl
hons a nd had waterogged becalned ana utterly
unmsnage tle for a week she was completely NJ the
mercy OF the and the crew suffered great hardship
They were completely exhausted when rescued ny the
prus sgian.
New-York tribune., 1885-09-18
HE BROKE I'll

HE BROKE THE ERIE COUNTY SAYINGS BANK.
ERIE, Penn, Sept. IL (SpeeiaD. trial OF
President Adam Brabender of the dcfunct Erie County
Savings Bank ended tonight with verdict OF guilty ~
charged I'm each of the counts Of the indctment
against him. The substance Of these charges was con-
spracy TO cfraud the stockholders and depostors q
fhe han
New-York tribune., 1885-09-18

The sioops Isomeyn Mr.. Vermllyea, and ilderan, Mr.
Houthwirk "a nnto Yacht Cuhl, Will sail today over
tue clubs course. from Bay Ridge u the SCOTLAND Ligh
shin aud return, for the Champion Pennant IN Class E
The viii be made as near 10 a. i as possible Ihs
ldcran ~ sailing We'll this season and close race s a-
ticipaicd.
There will bo little sweepstakes race between tho
Isis Clara aud Athlon also dccde In he race 10 day
me terms and amounts wagered are private
New-York tribune., 1885-09-18
pDyERAL or JUDGE PIyDLAY

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. II (SpeciaD.-The fu-
neral OF Judge John r. Fniuy held to-day at the
Tenth Presbyterian Church. The pal-bearers were
Judge W. A. Porter, exMayur Vaux General Pleasanton,
H. NJ. Watts, A. Mordecai and Dr. T. z. Brown.
New-York tribune., 1885-09-18
NEWS NOTES FROM LONDON.


THE LAuRvATE-Tcnuyson's latest poem deals with
Home Rule in Ireland. The author is dramatizing tie
work for Henry Irving. The health of the poet laureate
ia breasng, ana this Is probably the last literary work
he will undertake..
RACING TfuR-The time in which the for the st.
Ieger Stakes, Doncastcr yesterday, was run was
minutes and l5 }-5 seconds.
New-York tribune., 1885-09-18
DECLINE OF the LUMBER TRADE

CHICAGO, Sept. 1.-THE annual meeting of
the Lumber Manufaoturers Association of tho North
west was held here to-day. In his annual address
President Van scbaic said that review OF tho lumber
trade OF the Northwest wod show decline In values
OF 15 per cent from the prices of 1883 ana geouotoh
New-York tribune., 1885-09-18
TESTIMONIALS OF GOOD SERVICE.

LIVERPOOL, Sept. 17.-Valuable testimonials
were presented to Messrs Ismay and Imrie OF the
White Star Steamship Company, on board the Adratic
yesterday in behalf Of the shareholders of the company
The presentation was followed by banquet. Mr.
Ismay made speech in which he alluded to the de-
preston in the Atlantic trade, and said that shpowners
should refrain from burdenng the market with ION
mage which it is at present unable support The gifts
to Mr. Ismay consisted OF silver dinner service ineu
with god valued at 5000 guineas.and portrait OF hln-
self, by Mlais. Mr. Imries presents we're two hand-
pictures, "Meitton," by Sir Frederick leighton,
and the ,,Feaht Of Pomonan by AllnaTadema
New-York tribune., 1885-09-18
HAIL STORM IN MINNESOTA.

GRANITE FALLS, Minn., Sept ia heavy
hail storm nve miles south of here last night dono
considerable damage to farm houses. Drifts Of han
formed three deep. hail stones measuring ~
inches In circumference.
New-York tribune., 1885-09-18
nUeyFp no pgArH WIN COAL OIL.

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. II (Specidi).-Mrs. VIII
heImina Escheman, of No. $3.50 sonth Twenty-eighh-
st Point Breeze died In the Pennsylyanla Hospital TINS
morning she attempt to light fire with coal oil On
Tuesday and WAS fatally burned
New-York tribune., 1885-09-18
nTsMARCK Is NOT AFRATD.

BERIS Sept. lit Is reported that Prince Bismarck
has informed the nndssrath that has fears that
the differences with spain will result ia hostilities
New-York tribune., 1885-09-18
ExoRBIrAyT INCREASE OF TAXES.

RICHMOND, Va, Sept. II (SpeciaD.-The new
assessment of property in Virginia is SAID to be largely
I'm excess OF Its actual value and great many property
holders OF this city and other places have takcn steps TO
htenre nn abatement before the oOurtA
New-York tribune., 1885-09-18
RAILROAD INTERESTS.
THE NORTHERN PACIFIC ELECTION.

THE NORTHERN PACIFIC ELECTION.
ONE NAME SCRATCHED FROM THE REGULAR TIchhi'
The former directors of the Northern racine
Railroad Company reelected at the general meet.
ing yesterday although the details OF the "ote were ho
made public by the inspectors of election The meeting
was adjourned to to-day receive their exact report
The name scratched the regular ticket was tnat Oh
n p Hallowel of Boston, whose vote probably Ieh Do
low the regular vote by 100000 shares Tue op
ros,tion was made up OF the 10000 shares held oy
Perpont Morgan and Brayton Ives, as trustees anu o
tho Individual holdings Of the trustees No one was sug
gested Mr. Haowels successor IL was rep0ted tnae
an injunction would prevent the trustees from on
the stock but the threat was not carried out ~ ~
understood that application made to three JuoBes
who refused to grant an order. ..,.
The stockholders adjourned for day. without certain
as to the result Of their ballot They adopted
unanimously the motion made by j. Perpont Morgan,
that OF Directors now to be elected DO anu hc
hereby requested to incur floating debt for tne COL
OF road roads and that the same snai
be completed from time to time only from the available
assets os the company" . , . A.. -.
The objection to Mr.. Halowell is that, as
and Transcontinenfal Company he recently voted 70
cancel the Or KY given trustees IN consideration Oh
the for which the company pledged certain treasury
securities. - -.
The stockholders did not allude officially to the state.
ment In The Times yesterday that some one was tyng
to prevent the Northern Pacific from completing tne
Oregon Short Lne The fact il that the road was COM
peted nearly and the Northern racine never
had ythng to do with the building Of 1t.
New-York tribune., 1885-09-18
THREE HUNDRED MINERS IMPRISONED.

THREE HUNDRED MINERS IMPRlsONED.
LONDON, Sept. ia dispatch just received
from Derby says that serious accident occurred at
the Oakwe Colliery at nkestone eight miles from
Derby. The shaft OF the coery blocked and 300
Ininers entombed. Efforts were made to rescue
them by way Of the furnace shaft.
New-York tribune., 1885-09-18
MISCELLANEOUS RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

BosToN, Sept. II (SpeciaD. Hereafter the
Eastern Railway Company Will transport its freight cars
across the harbor from East Boston to the NewYork
and New England Railway large floats. The first one
ever used here arrived to-day from Noank Conn. The
roads mentioned have for long time made connection
by OF the marginal freight road running through
Atlantic ave.
MONTREAL, Sept. II (SpeciaD-The traffic returns of
tho GranI Trunk Railway for the week enlng septcm-
ber 12 were Passengers express and mails Slfl 24S
freight and live stock Sl77.965; total S3l9,2l3. The
returns time for last year Passengers
express and mails, S145,472 freight ana live stock
$500 6j3: total. i6 l2j; which shows decrease Tor
this year OF S20,9i2.
New-York tribune., 1885-09-18

FOUND GUILTY OF BRUTALITY AND PARD0yBD.
PHILADELPHIA. Sept. IL (Speciap.-rho
President to-day pardoued Captain Nathaniel Percy, Of
the ship Standard. Tho captain with his mate con-
victed Monday in the United States Court OF brutal
treatment OF sailor, aud sentenced 70 pay $500
tne with thirty days imprisonment.
New-York tribune., 1885-09-18
TRANspoRTAT1oN DEPARTMENT CHANGES.

CLEVELAND. Ohio, Sept. IL (Specid0.-E. b.
Thomas general manager Of the Bee Line has resigned
that position to become second yicepresdent and gen.
era manager of the 2700 miles Of road composing the
Richmond and Danvile system. He becomes the sue
cessor of A. L. Rivcs. No definite arrangements have
been made in regard TO successor to Dir. Th0nas, Dnl
IL generally anticipated that straight promotions VIII
be In order Assistant General Manager Beach succeed
Ing to the general maDagership.
New-York tribune., 1885-09-18

sale tea and liquor dealers have temporarily suspended
pending an Investigation of alleged forged notes anount
Ing to 1000, drawn in favor Of the firm. q
New-York tribune., 1885-09-18
TURKEY AND THE EGYETIAN INvEsTIGATIoS.

CoNsTANTINopLE Sept 17.-Sir Henry Drum
mond wo the British Envoy has presented to the Porto
from the Marquis Of Salisbury which defines the
necessity the administration Of the finances
OF Egypt and for eanzon of the military forces
of that country Lord Salisbury proposes that the Sultan
send commission to Join with English commission
au nqdiry into the internal condition or Egypt The
proposition has been accepted by the Sultan
New-York tribune., 1885-09-18

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. II (Specidl). William
H. Touchtone age forty chief engineer Of the steamer
Wisteris the Government buoy tender, fell this after
board the steamer Equator, and received In
luries from which lac died.
New-York tribune., 1885-09-18

in the amount sold Of 10 per cent compared to iesa
He Thought production should be reduced funy ~ Per
cent as compared with 1885.
New-York tribune., 1885-09-18

A fire broke ont at p. IN. yesterday III
Michael ]. Russelrs machne-shop. No. 40 Morris-st.
Jersey City, and flames spread rapidly that the
entire building was Gre before the first engine ar
rived The shop jouoi nest Of frame cne-
and they were quickly onvcoped In iames
In than ftocn inmates three tenementhonsss In
Morris-st were on apd In tho Of Nos. Al
and ~ sussex-st The latter were fourst0ry wooden
buildings and were occupied by thirty
six taunee. There was great excitement
among the occupants OF the tenement
hou,ss as IL was Thought for time that the entire
block would be- destroyed. Tho damage about
100000 Russelps shop was entirely destroyed causing
a loss of ~ 1000 partly insured Ex-Fire Commits
sioner Thomas Leather patterncmaker who occnnied
the secoud nour about ~ OOO partly Insured The
three frame buildings west OF the machlue shop were
owned by Bernard Mitchell ana having been conGemn
sone tiiue ago were occupied Tho two tenement
houses In SnsseN-st. owned hy Mrs. Mary Russell
and Mrs Matthe ws, and were burned In the The
ioss on all the tenement houses. is about $4,000.
New-York tribune., 1885-09-18
the FIRE RECORD.
DESTRUCTION IN A cooPER.sHoP.

OtsSi hONiiN.' ~ IA NNN''s'
Fire WAS discovered on the second floor OF
s. Ellis Briggs cooper shop. at Cherry and Rutgers ss
about O'Clock last evening by Officer Hrsch, CT the
Seventh Precinct The building OF brick five stories
aIgh. The officer sent out an alarm immediately, hut
beforc the dreen arrived the entire building was hlcd
win flame and SNAKE. third alarm sent out, but
the rc gained such headway and spread 30 rapidly
that it WAS found Impossible 10 save tile shop Tue
upper stories were illled with stock and when
this caught lire the flames burst through
fhe roof aud could be miles away.
Rutgers Square, winch the factory faces. had brcome
packed ith prOpe and the police had great difficulty
IN driving them out Idle the llues The fire blazed
erccy that The police deemed necessary 10 clear The
AZ o'cl"ck the CherIy-st wall fell out with terrific
era H. but no one hurt by II.
dozen steamers. Including the nrebOnt liayemeyer.
GAINED control of flames finally and cOnuel thc 10
ihr factory. The south wall fell out about o'clock
uuou tic roo; OF adjoining stable, crushing IT, The
can 80 of The r unknown, but II IL supposed to have
sfarted In tho engint-room ia the basement.
NJ Briggs employed about 100 men. who VIII be
thrown ot work The loss the building Is esti-
mated at $4,000, partially covered Dy insurance.
New-York tribune., 1885-09-18
CHOLERA IN ITALY, FRANCE AND SPAIN.

ROME, Sept. 17.-In the last twenty-four
there eighteen deaths from cholera In Paer
mo- twenty four new cases and twenty new cases and
six deaths In Parma.
ToULoS Sept. 17.-Thero wore two deaths from chol-
era here to-day. Forty persons under treatment
for the disease The Bon Rencontre will cease to be
cholerb. hospital Saturday Two deaths occurred
last night.
reported In Paris the last three days The sanitary
officials say that disease sporadic and not Asatic
cholera and that the weather has made the cases
than is general at this time OF the year.
MADRID, Sept l7.-There S5s new cases OF chol-
era and 337 deaths from the disease reported yesterday
fhrou ghout SOain.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-01

TRAVELLERS in America are usually
surprised to find what well informed
class of people our farmers are. There is
no country in the world where the tillers
of the soil are 80 intelligent and well
posted as to outside matters. The news
paper is the great educator of our farm
ing class. Young men and women in the
country usually get common school
education, and after leaving school they
do not take kindly to books. There are
no libraries in the country towns and very
few of the houses possess anything in the
way of O collection of books. The source
then of nine tenths of their information
is the newspaper, and they look upon il
as q necessity. That is how papers in
Cincinnati and Chicago and other towns
in the centre of large agricultural com,
munities are able to attain such large cir
culations. The paper goes all over the
state. One cause which led to this de-
mand for papers was the late civil war.
In those stirring times nearly every fami-
ly had relative in the army; sometimes a
brother was at the front, sometimes the
father, and of course everything taking
place at the scene of operations was OF
the greatest interest to the people. In
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-01
ADVICE TO MOTHERS.

Are You disturbed at night and broken
of your rest by sick child suffering and
crying with pain of cutting teeth2 If so,
send at once and get bottle of Mrs.
Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
tecthing Its value is incalculable.
1t will relieve the poor little sufferer i'm
mediately. Depend upon it mothers
there is no mistake about it. 1t cures
dysentery, diarrhoea, regulates the stom.
ach and bowels, cures wind collie, soft
ems the gums, reduces Inflammation. and
gives tone and energy to the whole sys-
TEN. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup
for Children Teething is pleasant TO the
taste, and is the prescription of one Of
the oldest and best female nurses and ply
sicians in the United States, and is fol
sale by all druggists throughout the
world. Price 25 cents per bottle.
feb -2S-m-w-s- m 1-y
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-01
WANTS AN AD INTERIM.
An Ohio Mans Disgust with the Way
the Offices Are "Given Out"


the Offices Are "Given Out"
CINCINNATI, May 1.-The Commercial
Gazette's Washington City correspondent
telegraphs:
Brother Ike Hills diagnosis of political
case is always refreshing, and he puts it in
this way: what we want just now
is an ad-interim president for about
two days. Not a Mugwump adm
term, but a Democrat, and then we
could have a little ad-interim common
sense. You see the trouble amt with all
these big appointments there is such howl
going on about They dent amount to a
pinch of dirt. Who cares whether Pendle-
ton is sent Off to Berlin or Bally-
hack, or old man McLane goes to
France or to the devil 1t wont change
vote-won't help the party or hurt It
The whole business is down among the cross
roads postoiiices, tens of thousands of
them, Your old Democrat in a little
country settlement don't care a pistareen,
and half the time don't know who is
sent to England, or Clsna, or Greenland,
or who is auditor of this or commissioner of
that, but he knows mighty well that black
Repu blican runs his postoff1ce, and has been
handing out his good old Democratic paper
to him every week for twenty five years,
and saying, Take your old rebel sheet
when Cleveland was elected they never
thought about the minister TO Mexico, but
they yelled with joy to think that the post
master had got to go, and they
said to him, Aha, my fine fellow,
we'll see you packing out of here in a
few days now, and we'll have a good Demo-
crat handling our papers and letters And
now week after week goes by and the Re-
publican crows over them, and they are
growing sick and mad. What we want is an
ad-interim president
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-01

TAKING note of the present CULVER OF
excitement on the Pacific coast over the
possible finding of another bonanza on
the Comstock, the Casual Observer recalls
the months that followed the collapse of
the Sierra Nevada stock deal in 1875 80,
when it was constantly whispered about
that the bonanza NINE managers then an
ticlpated and, had always anticipated a
discovery in the lower levels of Hale and
Norcross. During the past session of
congress, Senator Jones of Nevada, who
lost over 81, 100000 in the Sierra Nevada
fiasco, but has never lost faith in further
great discoveries on the Comstock lode,
assured the writer that there would be
during the present summer great news
from Virginia City. Nevada. Jones never
specula:es in breaking a market. He is
always DULL" and works for develop
ment. The senator and his brothers,
Sam" and Henry, have been for months
past the lessees of the upper levels-that
| is. the / 200 feet level and upwards-of
all the bonanza mines. These have been
worked over for their low grade ores,
which, when milled, give slight profit,
enabling the Messrs. Jones to keep con-
siderable population together and at the
same time continue their low level ex.
plorations. At the time of the Neveds
break a story was told of paper left by
O'Brien, the dead member of the bonanza
firm, under which certain money was in
vested in Hale and Norcross for friends
living in Europe on which O'Brien guar
anteed some interest, the same to be paid
until the ore body believed to exist il
Hale and Norcross was uncovered. One
thing is certain, Hale and Norcross stock
has always been kept well in hand. There
is another fact which points favorably tc
probabilities, and that is that a genuine
silver lode is never known to wholly give
out Mexican experience proves that thu
years may pass in working "borrusca,
or barren and low grade rock, yet tina
"bonanza" may always be looked for
The Comstock lode has had three grea
discoveries of that kind and several small
er ones. There is nathing improbable il
the idea that more may be found, but i
is good advice to say, Don't gamble OF
the prospect"
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-01
Remarkable SURGICAL operation.

NEW YORK, May. lin July, 1884,
Annie Finnel. young woman % years old,
caught her right hand In the rollers OF
clothes mangle. Her forearm, was crushed
and a large part of the muscular tissue and
cuticle was torn from the arm at the
elbow. Her arm below the elbow be-
came useless. She could not contract her
fingers lThe surfacs healed, but the mus
eles were dead. Two months ago Miss Fin
nell went to Bellevue hospital for treat
ment. The surgeons decided to try muscle
grating. The operation had been per-
formed abroad, but never in this coun-
try. She was put under the influence
Of chloroform, and large dog
was also anesthetizsd. The girls arm
was laid back so as to display the deadened
tissue, the ends of the muscles were cut and
freshened 80 as to give them a raw surface,
then piece of live muscle, about 2x4
inches, was cut from the hind leg OF the
dog, and with the warm ife-blood still
flowing through it, it was clapped
quickly into the girls arm and held
closely against the raw surface of
the muscles. Her blood passed into
it, the skin was laid back, and the arm
bandaged. The dogs leg was bound up and
he was removed before the girl recovered
consciousness. Miss Finnell was able ia
move her figners and contract the forearm
to the elbow Wednesday. The physicians
believe that she will soon be able to use her
Injured arm as well as ever.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-01

wAsHIsGToS Cry, May There is a
great deal Of talk here about the opportuni-
ties for privateering in the event of HOSTILE
ties between England and Russia. Several
schemes are rapidly taking shape, Irish Ma
tionalists and soldiers Of fortune being at
the head of them. A meeting of interested
parties was held Wednesday evening to
listen to the explanation and views Of one Of
the most daring of the blockade runner, be.
tween the Bermudas and confederate ports
during the rebellion. This man produced
maps and diagrams Of Nassau and neigh
boring ports. with photographs of the forth
fcations. 1t was essential to the complete
success of privateering on the Atlantic, he
explained that Russia should have well pro-
tectsd port into which captured vessels could
be run. He showed how a body of de-
termined men could land in the rear of Mas
sau under cover Of night, march across, and
capture the place from the rear. He said
that Russian war vessel was now cruising
about in the vicinity of the Bermudas, and
he expressed the belief that one of the first
blows struck by Russia after the declaration
of war would be the capture of a port in
that portion of the high seas to use as the
base for operations against British COM
MERGE on the Atlantic.