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noRlNu ron OIL
Ia wet.Ol County dfound Broken for III,
First Well Yesterday.

Correspondence ottA Inituigaer.
BURTON, W. VA, April 2O.-To-day
ground was broken starting the frat Wet
eel county oil well. Men, machinery and
material are at hand, work will'begin in.
medlately, and be pushed day and night
until completed.
It Is intended to sink TO the Butler sand,
said by some To be twenty .neven hundred
and by others 10 be three thousand feet
below US. That we are in the oil belt
there Is every reason to think. This belt
undoubtedly, on every authority, passes
from north to south aud under the Balti.
more 4 Ohio railroad. 1nasmuch as holes
for oil were made years ago both east and
west oi us and abandoned as no good, and
our territory embracing about twelve
miles east and west, Of which this place Is
the centre, is yet to be tested is the best Of
arguments that we will get oil, Beside
our creek beds are perforated with little
gas shoots, from spot to spot, for four or
five miles, which can be lighted with q
match, indicating undoubtedly oil.
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Wet VirslniA Personals.

special DiIpdIch 70 he InielIlgeNrT,
WMuINaToN, D, O., April 9O.-Mr
Arthur Sinsel, Of Grafton, member Of the
'epubliCan State Committee, is in the
.ity. He Is on business connected with
'Cottlsh Rite Masonry and his visit hsl
therefore no political Significance.
Deputy Collector Sep. Hall and S. B
Hall, Of New Martinsville, and Messrs
Jacob VanMeter and Gilkison, Of Hardy
'ounty, were among the West Virgins
Wrivals.
Senator Camden is in New York CITY
IN business trip. lie is accompanied BY
Judge jackson, OF Parkersburg.
Senator Kenna has been in Charleston
or aome days on legal business.
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PITTSBURGH, Pa April 2O.-Abner and
Loavitt simplains are brothers, residing
at orangeville, Ohio, fvo miles from
Sharon, Pa. They respectively own large
tracks Of land and in dispute over their
possessions Leavltt broke some Of bis
brothers. ribs, and also struck him on the
head with heavy weapon. At the time
Abner was not thought 10 be seriouBly
hurt, but shortly afterwards grew rapidly
worse, and Is now believed by his physi-
clan to be beyond recovery. Ieavitt de.
nies that he had any murderons intent
and gives q very different version Of the
affair. lie has not yet been arrested.
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Mn PowpERLY appears to good adynn
ta,e before the Select Committee Of tht
House, 1t is evident that he has no hope
Of beneGlling labor through violence Of
aoy unlawful means. When he comes Il
the remedy which Congress has tht
power to p oyide, he is not ready with an
ansacr, az II less cautious man might be,
Here ho couironts a practical difficulty,
bal one not insurmountablO where inter
state railroads are concerned,
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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, April 20.-Thofrs
Besemer steel converted in the south wal
made here yesterday by the South Trede
gnr works. The experimental cast Of twt
gross tons proved excellent steel on thl
rolls and Under all tests applied. The
material used waB pig iron from Gran
berry ores Of North Carolina, and show
That ore TO be excellent steel material
The plant has a capacity Of eighty.fvI
tons per day. The success Of the ex
pertinent has aroused much qualification
among southern iron masters.
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PHILADELPHIA, April 2O.-The Frank.
ford Cooperative Manufacturing Com.
pany, composed Of weavsr, who operate
a damask mill on Orthodox street, Frank.
ford, have Just made arrangements 10 nut
In operation ten new looms. They have
declared q dividend for the last quarter Of
20 percent. There are l00share6 Of stock,
tile par valnu Of which is now $50, but
which will bs on May lat increased TO 500.
There are eighty stockholders, each Of tile
weavefs In the mill holding one or more
shares. Each BtoCkholder iB entitled 10
but one vote, no matter how many shares
Of stock he may hold. The company lB
the outcome Of The strike al the Araningo
mills. one year ago,
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NRws FROM eUERN,EY.
A nurdsrsF Captured and burglary Com.
mILted.


Special Dispatch 10 he EattHi0Reer,
CAMBRIDGE, o., April 2O,-John Wilson,
who murderously assaulted John ", Nor.
rison, a sewing machine agent, at Wpsh.
lngton on the pike Saturday evening last,
was captured last night while camping
along the railroad near Spencer's Station,
by Jesse Sweed, a colored barber Of Q4u.
ker City. He Is now in jail here. He is
an intelligent colored man, 2S yeaIs old,
and In an interview with your correspond
ent at tho jail to-day expressed regret that
his hasty act should threaten such serious
results. He says he was coming down the
alley from his house and had no thought
Of meeting Morrison when he
encountered him ut the mouth OF the
alley, Morrison turned when he caught
sight Of him and stopped 10 pick up a
stone, In the fuss that had occurred be-
tween the men few hours before about a
dog, Morrison had struck Wilson with q
rock, and Wilson claims to have appTe-
hended further personal violence from
him, So, when Morrison stopped, the
negro stepped back, grssped a Icct and
hurled it with deadly aim and terrible
force, but only in the spirit oi selt.deienss,
Morrison Ia not yet dead, but Gontlnuesin.
sensible and can not recover,
Tho residence Of Colonel j, I. Rainey,
OF this place, was entered last night by
burglars and a gold watch and sixty dol
lars In greenbaCks stolen, thought to be
the work OF local CFaCksmen.
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CHICAGO, April 2O,-A short time ago
the contract for printing the city depart.
ment reports was let TO Cameron, Amberp
4 Co., their bid being the lowest. Their
printers, however, are non.unlon men and
at the request Of the Trades and Labor
Assembly the Council difecsed the Con.
troller 70 give the work 10 Jonas K Co.,
who have q union Office, though their bid
was $l2b higher. Cameron, AmbefR 4
Co. thefeupon applled for an Injunction,
aaying that the Council had no right "a
disregard The city chatter, which requires
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DsrRoir, Mlcn., April 2O.--Iast week
suit for $4,000 damages was brought by
Mis-, Helena Hull against her sister, Mrs
WI. SpeirB, rellct Of o. Il. Mabley. The
local papers published interviews with all
the persons directly interested, and Mist
Hull now believes that the statements
now published In an interview In the
Erhig Journal were libellouS, and brlngl
suit against Mrs. Speits for 10000, and
against Rev. W. q. Speirs for $40, 900 on
account Of the improper statements being
credited 10 them, Ntb
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pt1rsBURdn, April 2O.-Glass manufac.
tufets here report q boom In domestic
glassware, caused BY the great strike ID
Belgium, which cuftailed the foreign pro.
duction fully fifty percent. In England
prices have advanced ten Bhillings, Ii
this country there has been an advance o.
ave percent In the last few weeks and
hiphvr rates are predicted.
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CHAIRMAN LgoNARD is one Of those
D,oocrais who "always look on the sun
=, ,iJs." Ho scents another victory in
,I,aIr. ltmay be SO, but a wise chair
,n,ln will have tho smelling-salts ready.
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CulcAoo, April 2O.-.Ths failure Of the
Beaver, Wight 4 wetmore Company
dealers in gas fixtures, No. 9lO State street.
is announced. The house was closed BY
the Sheriff, who levied executions upon
We stock from confessed judgments
When ihe deed Of assignment was filed u
W@ claimed that tho asseta were $2O,0O(
and tho liabilities $4,000,
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,i.tte,l ana t,ArptEto,. gohems

PlrrsDuRan, April 2O,-john jarrett,
eS.Pfssident Of the AmalEamated ABSociA.
ton Of the Iron and Steel Workers, and
Andrew Carnegie, the millionaire iron
maker, have in contemplation the
organization OF an immense CO.
operative store and bank, The ptoch
iB TO be taken by members Of laboi
organisations exclusively and no person
will be permitted 10 have more than 500
worth Of stock. II the scheme is success
fol stores will be started In number o
cities In different pAtts Of the county,
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CHICAGO, ILLs, April 9O.-The RzeCu'
tive Board Of district assembly No. q
Knights of Labor has sent out an appeal
which ia addressed to Knights Of Labor,
trades,union and the public generally,
asking for financial contributions 70 aid
the strikers on the Southwestern roads. A
regular committee has been appointed at
the headquarters to receive offerings,
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A poiiIlsal I,oss Ii,lpr I'M poison.

TRtSroS, MI, April 2O.-1ed D. jar.
fatd, Of New brunswick, ex-senator, e1.
Postmaster, sS.County Collector and ex-
political leader, Is dying at States prison
here, where he is serving out Q ten years
sentence for enbeEElstnent. lie is nearly
Oyeats old, and has been In poor health
ever since he was imprisoned. At one
time his power as a political "boS9' was
nneunaled In tha Stale,
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william .port nank clo,n, Itn pnnrn

wiLLlAAspORr, Pa, April 2O.-The City
National Bank Of Williamsport closed liz
doors this morning. A statement was dis.
played on the door which said that an ex.
animation Of the affairs Of tho bank will
be made and statement Of It's condition
published in q few days. The original
cause Of the banks trouble Is said 10 be q
defalcatlon amounting 10 about 10000,
together with number OF heavy losses,
The stockholders are perfectly responsible
persons and they say that the depositofs
will be paid In full. The president Of the
bank Is Bodo Otto and the cashier u. o.
Caldwell,
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.Clngfls..

SENATOR CAMDEN ID enjoying the pleas
p,e, Of New York for season, Just as
though Governor Wilson and John J..
p,yis didn't know there was such para
Jgp the United States Senate, Need
We remind the Senator OF the touching
legend of the absent cat and the sportiye
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TOLEDO, O., April 2O,-The switchmen
Of the Lake Shore road are quiet. There
Is no local cause for trouble, and II strike
occurs at this point 1t will be under orders
from Chicago. About one. hundred switch.
men are in the Lake Shore employ. They
frankly aver their determination to go out
in bodyth moment orders are received,
which may come AT any instant.
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oolored Kalsnl. % Lnbor.

GALVESTON, TEXAS, April 2O-A special
10 the News frsn Tsxarkana, says; 1t has
been discovered that within the past three
weeks the Knights OF Labor have organ.
lGsd several Colored assemblies in the
vicinity OF Texarkans, both In Arkansas
and Texas, The movement is regarded
with apprehension,
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ST. LOUIS, April 9O.-It is generally con.
Ceeded here that the Knights Of Labor
strike, 80 far as the business Of the various
roads centeriug in this city and East St,
Louis is concerned, Ia gradu'lly losing ei-
iect, The Missouri Pacific and Iron
Mountain railroads. have fully resumed
traffic according to statements Of officials
Of these roads.
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PIrsDuROH, Pa April 2O,-The miners
Of Luzerne, Lackawauua and LehIgh
counties are forming an organization
known as the 'AIiners' Protective AssoCIa.
tion,n Numerically 1t is very strong, and
rapidly increasing 1t is the intention on
May !, to insist on the enforcement Of the
eighth hour law. They also ask that
wages remain the same. There Is every
probability Of long and disastrous
lockout If the demands are not granted,
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sr,TrNrSr to the effect that Judge
o.sy Johnson has the measles is going
,gnpeh the State press, Measles 10 new
,,r. for an ardent readiness to accept a
Smith American mission or seat in
r,ngr,aL
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Sr. LOUIS, Mo-, April 9O.-'rwo aentinels
patrolling the railroad yards in East st,
Louis, were fired upon before day light
this morning by some persons as yet un.
known, Neither Of them were hit. They
returned the fire but proved as bad
marksmen Us their assaile enLs, who escaped.
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ST. LOUIS, April 9O.-A special from
Little Rock, Ark, to the POST Dispatch
states that Deputy Sheriff Williams, who
was assaulted and badly beaten by atrlk.
ers while he was guarding the Iron Noun.
tain Railroad property has received q
check for $500 from Jay Gould.
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CHICAGO, April 2O.-Charles E. Kyle, a
painter who recently came TO this city
from San Antonio, Texas, was killed last
night in saloon row by being struck on
the forehead with beer bottle by the
bartender, an Italian, named Charles
Sadini. The murderer was Jailed.
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KANSAS CRY, April 2o.--A private tele.
gram received in this city to-day says all
persons owning cattle In the ohlcasaN
nation have been ordered out. THIS Ap
Elies only TO aliens and not 10 natives o
lhe nation,
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LYScupuRo, Va, April 2O-The Jour
neymen tailors Of this city struck to-day
Tor higher wages. Everything is quiet.
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AiARRfEiJ,

PAuI-sADLER--On Tuesday evening, April
20, 1885, Al the residence Of the brides parents By
R6y. = II. pofnblasef, Mt. LEwis PAU and Mlil
H. LukLLA gADlER,
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contracts to be awarded to the lowest bid
der, the fact that the employees Of q firm
are union men or nou.uuion emitting no
figure.
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Che GatelLigeafer
oag,. SO,, 20 and ~ EonEleontA street,

y,,rrpDAY's shower went to the right
.ooL A little more OF the same kind
~ ,'nnId make still better impression.
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A SUDDEN FLOOD,
CAUSED BY A DAN nREAkNe,
Sweeps Through New England Village,
oAFrylug Everything Before it-HOusss
Badly Wrecked, Mills IDjuFSd
and Number of Lives Lost.

PITTSyrELD, MASS, April 2O,-Atsrlbls
accident has occurred at East Lee result
ing in large loss Of life and much damage
to property. At q O'Clock this morning
the village Of East Lse was inundated AMI
devastated by the breaking away Of a dan
at Mud pond reservoir at Mountain Lake
two and q half miles from this village
The pond was covered for many acres Of
swamp and was increased from its Original
limit by extensive dams built by a
club OF manufacturers as a storage place
for water, East Lee village where hall
dozen paper mills are situated on the
stream received it's first news Of the &C.
cident when the flood came pouring down
the streets, the water being from isur to
six feet deep and bringing with 1t trees,
portions OF houses, barns, fences, wagons
and every form Of movable property,
People fled to the slopes OF the valley
along which the torrent was pouring and
saw houses moved and toppled about like
chips on q river, The flood passed East
Lee and went on down the road destroy.
ing gardens, lawns and fences and moving
the smaller buildings. II had not the
power, however, to wreck utterly the
larger houses, though the damage done
will amount to many thousands Of dollars
GROSS CARELEssNRss CHARGED.
AS near as can be ascertained Mud
pond dam gave way at $3.50 this morning
1t had shown signs Of weakness for some
time. Parties owning the privilege OF its
water supply had been notified but moth.
ing was done. The calamity Ia the result
Of carelessness, The channel quilted by
the rushing water Ia from 90 to 200 feet
wide and while the evidences OF Its ter.
rifle power are plaineat as the pond Is ap.
preached the most serious loss OF life and
property occurred three miles from the
lake In East Lea village. The water
reaches q stream on which manufactures
are built by brook running through the
woods very thinly settled, and
there was not much Of life or many build.
ings to be lost until the village was reach.
ed, Here 1t wrecked Edward SturRis' barn,
swept away bridge spanning the brock
which is but small ~ 1t runs naturally
from 0 small pond and,then rushed down
the channel Of the stream on which
dwellings and manufactures are located.
Couch 4 Dodley's millwright shops, John
Dowds' mandatory Of paper machinery
and 0. N. White's.carflage shops were all
destroyed.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-02-18

The historical iaot should be kept In
mind that for nearly forty years prior TO
the demonetization Of silver in 1873, it
had all the time been at premium Of
from to 5 per cent. II it was so OBJ
noxious, why wan this The insincer-
iiy OF the arguments of the opponents
Of silvei Is clearly shown in tho matter
Of the issue Of silver certificates. It
seems very few people understand that
matter. In 1870 the Secretary of tho
Treasury issued an order that silver
certificates could be issued on gold coin
or bullion. Under this there was de-
posited $4,000, 900 in gold and that
amount Of silver certificates was issued
and is still out. In 1881 this order
was suspended until further notice.
After time the restriction was removed
and $50, 900, 900 more gold was for
warded, and that amount Of silver GER
tifcates was issued. In January, 1885,
this order was finally withdrawn per-
manently. Now, note the point; Here
was 500. 900, 900 in gold to buy silver
certificates, which can only be redeemed
in silver dollars. Does that look as if
silver was such bad thing, and as
though people acre afraid OF il : The
cry is sent out that silver is boarded and
does not circulate. This is simply re
diculous. There is about $3.50, 900, 600
in silver coin. OF this all is in circula-
ton either in coin or certificates, except
about $50. 100000. This is fully as
large proportion as could be oxpected,
and shows very small after all the fight
that has been made upon silver. .-lJudge
Geddes in Chicago Mining Review.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-02-18

SPOKANE FALLS. W. T., February II.
The general merchandise house OF
Schellne Bros. the lsrgest In the city,
was closed by attachment to-day. Last
night Daniel Meyer. Of San Francisco,
put on an attachment for $4,000, and
the Traders National Bank, Of this
city. for $4,000. This morning other at.
tachments to the amount of s43 oDd
were put On by San Francisco creditors.
The liabilities are about sl2O. 600 az
which about 800, 900 is in San Frapcisco.
$40 900 Ia Portland, oonaiderabls In
Chicago aud SIS. 900 here. The asset
are unknown. bat are supposed to con.
sist OF $50, 900 in stock aud probably
the same amount in notes and accounts.
The hem did gooi wholesale bu'iness
In the C@ur d'Alene and Colville mines.
Both brothers were formerly engaged Ia
tho retail business In varloas towns In
the interior Of California and came here
In July, 1889, buying the stock from A
NJ. Cannon q Co. for s27 900 They
were then worth. according 10 their own
statements. $50. 900 and had good rec
ord. The failure oeoasions great sur
prise and is tue heaviest IN Washington
Territory for some tins.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-02-18

WASHINGTON, February 1.-THE
Sub Committee Of the House COMMITTEES
on Postofiices and Post Roads, having
charge of the postal telegraph question.
have agreed to report adversely to tbs
full committee on all propositions for the
building or purchase OF telegraph lines
by the government. 1t will recommend
additional legislation regarding the
transmission Of kilograms over lines
opened by land grant or subsidized rail
roads.
The House Committee on Banking
and Currency to-day agreed to favorably
report on the Drummer bill. limiting the
capital stock of National Banks tc
$50, ,0O0, 900. Tomorrow the COMMITTEES
will hear arguments on the Merriman
bill, providing for the expenditure Of
seven hundred million dollars in coin
notes for public works.
The House Committee on Pa,ific Rail
roads to-day heard arguments by Jno, 3.
Blair, representing the Union Pat dic
Railway. and G. Tweed. representing the
Union Pacific Company, in opposition
to tie bill requiring the land grant
railroad companies to pay costof survey.
ing their lands and their patents there
for, in order to subject them to local
taxation. The committee will hear the
views of Charles Francis Adams, Prssi.
dent Of the Union Pacific Railway Com.
pany, next Wednesday on the general
subject of the indebtedness Of the Pacific
Railroad Company 70 the government.
Alta meeting Of the Coinage Commit.
tee held this forenoon, at which all the
members were present, the proposition
to report adversely the bill 10 suspend
the coinage of silver was voted down by
7 to s. At the last meeting the vote wa,
tie. FELTON,, who was absent be ore,
voted with the silver men. but Norwood
changed his vote and voted against ths
proposition. Mr.. Norwood said en-
phatically that his views on the silver
question had not changed. He voted
against the measure so as to detain thu
bill in the COMMITTEES for further efforl
to see II some compromise measure
could not be agreed upon.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-02-18

Meeting OF the state Encamp-
meut ue Sacra m ufo.

Meeting OF the state Encamps
ment at sacramento.
SAoRAxESro. February II The An.
nuaI Encsmpmsat Of the Department of
California, Grand Army Of the Republic,
will begin in his city tomorrow after
noon. The event is Of unusual impor-
tance, as the oonvocation is expected to
draw together two hundred and fifty Of
the nearly four hundred delegates to the
cncampment and for the reason that
arrangements will be madc during this
meeting for the National Encampnent
to be held at San Francisco 10 August.
The tirst session of the encampnent will
be neld at 2s30 at Odd Fellows' Temple.
aud noraing aud afternoon meetings
will take place each day thereafter unit |
the business OF the department is ia.
ished on Saturday. The business to be
transacted by the Department Eacamp.
ment during the 20 sion consists in re
csiying the reports Of the retiriae Of;
aers, the election of officers, providipe
for the Veterans Home, and such other
business as may be brought mp, to which
ordinarily little interest would attach
but, as arrangements are to be made for
the National Eacampment, which 10 ex-
peoted ~ bring many thousands Of peo-
pie to this State next summer, among
them being the election OF Dspar men;
Commander to command during that i'm
portant period Among other things
for consideration is the disbursement
during the National Encampment Of the
s25, 600 appropriated by the last legisla
ture. The election Of Department
Commander will take place ON Friday
and ON Saturday evening the veterans
will attend grand banquet at Afmory
Hall rendered, TO them BY the members
Of Sumner aud Warren Posts and the
Relief Corps OF this city.