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Stocks ana Cattle Markets.

New YORK, Jan. l1.-Fxcept for a
period of moderate activity in the fore
noon, the stock market to -day was
equally as dull and uninteresting as that
of yesterday. The progress made by the
railroad presidents and bankers in their
task of restoring their properties to a
dividend paying basis did not meet with
any response from spectators on the
street, and the market still waits for more
pronounced action and dealings were
purely among professionals. The market
closed dull, but firm to strong at fractions
better han the opening figures. The en-
tire active list Is higher this evening, and
Manitoba rose u, Rock Island and Pull
man each | per cent.
Governments dull but firm. Money
2t(93 per cent. Mining shares quiet.
Congratulated easy. Lake $17.4O.
Petroleum opened at S75, and after a
slight advance in early trading became
dull and heavy and prices declined slowly
to S55. A slight Improvement was then
recorded and the market closed steady at
SCI. Sales, $4,000 barrels.
Following are closing prices Of stocks:
Pacific 6's. ll9; American Express,
1904; Canada Pacific. So; Canada
OOutnern, 0Z9, Central faclnc, 003, Dur
~lington, l69f; Delaware. Lackawanna.
141b; Lake Shore, l04; Denver &
Rio Grande, l5f; Erie, 2S, Kansas II
Texas, 13s; Louisville & Nashville. 81;
Michigan Central, ST; Missouri Pacific.
74s; Northern Pacific, 254; preferred,
6S; Northwestern, 1913; New York Cen
trail, los; Oregon Improvement, 1871;
Navigation. 924: Transcontinental. 30i:
Pacific Mail. got; Reading, 4Ss; Rock
Island. 9S5; Milwaukee x st. Paul.
64s; Texas Pacific, 22i; Union Pacific,
64t; United States Express IA; Fargo,
1870: Western Union, S4s.
CHICAGO, Jan. misunderstanding,
1000; market weak, and 5 to 10 cents
lower. Choice beeves, 81 50(G4 95;
steers. SO O094. 40; stockers and feeders,
81 25(93 so; Texans, 50. 60(93. so.
Sheep-Receipts 5000; market steady;
natives, 50 5OG5.OO; Western, corn fed,
$4.40(34.70.
Wheat-Market steady. Cash, 9S;
Feb. 90; May 103 Is l6.
Corn--Market steady. Cash, 80 9 TO-
May, 80 1916.
, 1889-01-12
The Reading Horror.

READING, Jan. 1.-Two more bodies
have been found in the ruins of the silk
mill and it is believed that all have been
recovered. Several reported yesterday
killed have been found safe. The cor
rected list of the dead is: Emma Nestor.
John Reber, Eva Leeds, Laura Kershner.
Sallie Harner, Tillie Grow, Mary Ftzpat-
rick, Sallic Faust, Henry S. Croker,
Amelia Christman. Ssllie c. Beckcl, Ella
Reidnauer, Title L. Schaffer, Sallie
Schaeffer, Barbara A. Sellliemer, Sarah
Shade, VIM. Snyder, Sophie +. Wrinkle
men. Killed at the Philadelphia & Read
ing railroad paint shop were Albert Ian
denberger, John Foreman, John U. Kah-
Ter, Sheridan E. Jones and George A.
Schaeffer.
, 1889-01-12

This remedy is becoming so well known
and SO popular as to need no special mem
ton. All who have used Electric Bitters
sing the same song of praise. "A purer
medicine does not exist and it is guaran-
teed to do all that is claimed. Electric
Bitters will cure all diseases of the llvv.
and kidneys, will remove pimples, boils.
suit rheum and other affections caused by
impure blood VIII drive malaria from
the system and prevent as well as cure all
malarial feyers. For sure of headache.
constipation and indigestion try Electric
Bitters. Entire satisfaction guaranteed
or money refunded. Price so cents and
81 per bottle at DR.. w. N. Hunts drug
store.
, 1889-01-12
22ND YEAR.


The coffee crop of Cuba is reported TO
be early and abundant.
The principal portion of Leland, Miss,
was burned yesterday. Loss unknown.
j. B. Morrison, a prominent dentist of
Pittsburg. suicided yesterday. Cause,
dyspepsia
Ex- Congressman o. r. Singleton of
Mississippi died at his residence in Wash
ington last evening.
The Boersen Zeitum0, (Berlin,) says
steps have been taken to assure the re.
storation Of order In Samoa.
The funeral OF the late Eugene Irving
Wetheral, husband of Emma Abbott,
took place Yesterday at Gloucester, Mass.
The North German Gazette announces
the betrothal of Princess Louise, sister of
the empress, to Prince Leopold of Prus
STA.
The Reforntd (Rome) that
japan has arranged for a course of in
attractions in the Italian language in To
kiO.
Coon. Croker & Swazey of Boston,
dealers in hides and leather have as
signed. Liabilities 500, 900; assets
$55, 900.
llllam " COuuO mas accepted Oau-
daur's challenge to row three miles for
$1,000 aside at San Francisco about
March l.
The royal college of surgeons Of Eng
land by a vote of 2I to 2 passed a resolu-
ton censuring DIR. Mackenzie for pull
fishing his book on the case Of the late
Emperor Frederick.
The eviction of tenants named Donovan
at Castle Ventry, County Cork, yester-
day. was attended with desperate resist
ance. The bailiffs were struck with stones
and other missiles, but ultimately proved
victorious.
The financial affairs of the Plymouth
church are in a critical condition. There
are indications that there may be great
difficulty in meeting current expenses.
Last year the expenditures exceeded the
receipts by $1,000.
AT St. Joseph a meeting was held
Thursday night and arrangements were
made for a worlds conference, April 9, of
the reorganized church Of the Latter
Day Saints. An attendance is expected
from all parts of the world to the num-
Der of 800.
The United States steamship Yantic
was inspected by a New York health
official yesterday. He reports Lieut..
Miles in a very precarious condition;
Cadet Bristol and Yeoman Keller are
much improved. The rest of the crew is
well. The Yantic will probably undergo
a quarantine of observation.
, 1889-01-12

TERRITORY OF WYOMING, =,
COUNTY OF LARAMIE, %
Herbert Il. Teschemacher

TERRITORY OF WYOMING, O.,
COUNTY OF LARAMIE,
Herbert Il. Teschemacher
vs..
Edward P. Roberts, Jessie B. Roberts
and John Hess.
Notice is hereby given hat by virtue OF
an order of sale issued out of the district
court of the first judicial district in the
above entitled case on the Sth day Of
January. 1889, and to me directed IS
sheriff of Laramie county, | have levied
Upon and will on Saturday, the 10th day
Of February, 1889, at the hour of l
o'clock p. m of said day. at the front
d ,or of the court house in Cheyenne,
Laramie county, Wyoming Territory,
o FER for sale aud sell to the highest bidder
iJr ccsh the following real estate in Lara
mic county, in the territory Of Wyoming,
to wit: ] 1t No. I, in block 800, as said
lot and block is laid down in the plat of
the city of Cheyenne on file in the office
of the county clerk and ex-oficio register
of deeds fot Laramie county.
Dated Cheyenne, Jan. IL, 1889.
JOHN A. MARTIN,
Sheriff OF Laramie county.
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Is Marriage a Failure?

Marriage a failurel l should say
notl" remarked an Oregon farmer,
whose opinion was desired on one OF
the great questions of the day.
why, there's Lucindy gifts up in
the mornin', milks six cows, gifts
breakfas', starts four Children to skewl,
looks arter the other three, feeds the
hens, likewise the hogs, likewise some
motherless sheep, Skins twenty pans
O. milk, washes the clothes, gifts din
ner, ct cetery, ct cetery.
"Think 1 could hire anybody to do
1t fur what she gits1 Not muchl Mar
riage, sir, is a success, sir; a great sue
cess l"-Youth's Companion.
, 1889-01-12
The Pittshura Disaster.

PTTTsBURG, Jan. 1l.-Up to 10 O'Clock
this morning the mangled remains Of
fourteen persons had been taken from the
ruins OF the buildings wrecked in Wed
nesday's storm. -Four men are known to
be still buried under the debris. Six
others are missing. OF the injured three
have died since their removal to the hos
pitfalls. Four others are in a critical con-
dition. The remaining thirty-two are
doing we'll During the night the bodies
of Charles McEwen and two unknown
workmen hao been recovered, and at day
light the remains of the venerable, the
Rev. DIR. Reed were found. DIR. Reed
was 80 years old and a prominent resident
of Allegheny City.
, 1889-01-12

New FLORENCE, Mo-, Jan. 1l.-Isaac
Willie. who has been imprisoned some
months for an unsuccessful attempt to
kill his divorced wife. escaped from jail
to night. Dec. 80 he made a desperate
attempt to gain entrance to his wlfe's
chamber, but was prevented from doing
so until she could secure herself in a
neighbours house. When the city mar
shall attempted to arrest Willie to night
he was shot through the heart. The
murderer was followed by a posse of CHI.
zens and killed.
, 1889-01-12

Probably no one thing has caused such
a general revival of trade at DIR. w. N.
Hunts drug store as their giving way to
their customers of so many trial bottles
of DR.. Kings New Discovery tor Con.
sumption. Their trade is simply enor-
nous in this very valuable article, from
the fact that it always cures and never
disappoints, Coughs, colds. asthma,
bronchitis, Group, and all throat and lung
diseases quickly cured. You can test it
before buying by getting a trial bottle
free, large size 81. Every bottle war
ranted.
, 1889-01-12
Aid for the Sufferers.

Pueblo, Colo, Jan. 1.-The Phila-
delphia smelter, the Pueblo smelter and
the Colorado smelter of this city, have
each donated a fifty ounce silver brick to
be sold by the stock exchanges of the
cities of New York, Philadelphia and
Pitts burg for the benefit of the cyclone
sufferers. The bricks will be ready for
shipment by Monday evening, and will be
Immediately forwarded by the smelters to
their destinations.
, 1889-01-12

DENVER, Jan. ia Montrose spe-
cal to the Republican says: James Crow
lev and Will Madden while blasting on an
excavating ditch on the San Miguel river,
seventy.fve miles from here, Yesterday
accidentally exploded a giant cap which
set fire to and exploded sixteen sticks of
giant powder. Both men were instantly
killed
, 1889-01-12
What on earth is the reason people

What on earth is the reason people
will not, can not, or do not see any differ
ence in nheap nostrums put up by Cheap
John houses or irresponsible parties at
enormous profits, rather than take a med
icine of world wide reputation and one
that is giving universal satisfaction at
equal price? No medicine in the world is
giving such unparalleled satisfaction for
purifying the blood as Beggs' Blood Pu-
rifier and Blood Maker. and every bottle
that does not do its work will cost yeu
nothing. For sale by w. N. Hunt, drug
gist.
, 1889-01-12
sheriff Sale.
sheriff Sale.
TERRITORY OF WYOMING, @,
COUNTY OF LlRAMIE,
Mark M. Coad, plaintiff,
Oscar +, Cowhick, ct al. defendants.

Oscar f. Cowhick, ct al. defendants.
Notice IS hereby given that by virtue
of an order of sale issued out of the dis
trict court OF the first judicial district in
the above entitled case on the Sth day OF
January, 1889. and to me directed as
sheriff of Laramie county, l have levied
upon and will on Saturday the 10th day
of February, 1889, at the hour OF 2
o'clock p. m. of said day, at the front
door of the court house in Cheyenne,
Laramie county. Wyoming Territory,
offer for sale and sell to the highest bidder
for cash, the following real estate in Lara
mic county, in the territory Of Wyoming,
to-wit: Lots No. 8 and A., in block Nc.
l43, as said lots and block are laid down
on the plat of the city of Cheyenne on
file in the office of the county clerk and
ex.oficio register of deeds for Laramie
county.
Dated Cheyenne, Jan. IL, 1889.
john A. MARTIN,
Sheriff of Laramie county.
, 1889-01-12

The ORIGINAL ABIETINE ONT
MENT is only put up in large two ounce
tin boxes, and il an absolute cdre for old
sores, burns, wounds. chapped hands and
all skin eruptions. Win positively cure all
kinds Of piles Ask for the ORIGINAL
ABIETlNE OINTMENT. Sold by DR..
w. N. Hunt, at 25 cents per box by mail
80 cents.
, 1889-01-12
Wade Knocked Out.

CHICAGO, Jan. ia fight to a finish
for the lightweight championship of the
Northwest in one of the suburbs to night
was witnessed by $50 persons. The COM
batants were Billy Wade and Tom Nor
gan. Morgan knocked out Wade in the
SIKH rnnnd.
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Committed Suicide.

ST. LOUIS, Jan. 1l.-Henry Kruse, the
man who shot Ward McManus, the
prominent St. Louis capitalist yesterday,
committed suicide this afternoon in a
cheap lodging house. Kruse was prob
ably insane on account of failure to secure
the money with which to push his car
motor.
, 1889-01-12

HOLDEN. Mo-, Jan. 1.-Two physi-
clans of this place, Doctors Pitser and
Startle, quarrelled in a store last night
over an old dispute. Startle whipped u
a revolver and fired three shots, two of
which struck and killed Pitser. The
other seriously wounded a bystander.
, 1889-01-12
Justice Matthew's, Health.

WASHINGTON, Jan. ll.-Mrs. Mat
thews, wife of Associate Justice Mat
thews of the Supreme Court of the United
States, said this afternoon to an Associa-
ted Press representative that the state
ments published regarding the serious
condition of Justice Matthews was entirely
false; that he is now improving rapidly,
has a good appetite and isSaining strength
fast
, 1889-01-12

MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. l1.-Patsy Cardiff
has telegraphed his acceptance of the
proposition Of the California Athletic
club that he meet jackson, the Austral-
ian, in San Francisco in April. the winner
to receive 50. 500 and the loser $500.
, 1889-01-12
Comma This Way.

LONDON, Jan. 1I.-Jackson's hacker,
Merle, sails for New York about the mid
die OF February. He will witness the
fight with Kilra:a in San Francisco and
return to England With Jackson whoever
wins
, 1889-01-12
The Wool Market

Boston, Jan. ll.-There has been a
good business doing in wool the past
week. Territory and other unwashed
wool have been in demand, selling at pre-
yiuus prices.
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KiIraln and Mitchell Rotten euqed.

Troy, N. Y, Jan. ll.-At a sparring
last night between Kilrain and
Mitchell rotten eggs were thrown at the
principals from the gallery.
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-storical Dept: Chevenne. Two.
The evening world., 1889-06-19
Beware

score of devils tugged at his heart and
whispered awful suggestions in his ear. Let
him GO. Let this false woman crouch there
and zee him perish, they said; SEQ her am
bilious hopes, to gain which she had so
recklessly marched over a human heart.
smitten from her, Just when they seemed
secure of fruition! This was what the demons
urged upon Howard Crofton's soul. and l
should lie if | denied that he hesitated. He
did hesitate. The temptation was almost
irresistible in its strength. Always he was
gazing down. He could sec Maud Anuesley's
white face. her frantic efforts to free herself,
the helpless body sliding onion!
But after one moment of hesitation and
with n cry almost as mad as that shrek which
had reused him to a consciousness of what
was passing, Crofton turned and dashed
down the descent. He saw while running all
the while that by taking n more circuitouS
path, one a little further on, he could reach
the platform before San Arplno. The one
hope was TO seize him there.
Away he ran.
At the sound of his voice Maud Annesley
raised her head, co,mprehcnded that help was
at hand and sank back on the moss and
tainted away.
On Crotton dashed -on--on!
Vines trailed about his feet and almost
threw him down. Stones. dislodged by his
careless steps. nearly crushed his feet. He
fell-was up again dashing onion!
Always he could see that PROSTATE body
sliding downtown. II was going faster
now. Oh. he should be too late. and this
mans death would lie at his door. He had
hestated, and now he should have this awful
crime upon his soul through all eternity!
On, on The way seemed endless. The
pine tree shook itS deformed arms. The
wind surged suddenly up with n moaning
cry. The voice of the sea responded in a
hOarse shout of triumph, as if eXulting over
its prey. The dazzling sweep Of sunlight ON
the white rock blinded him. But he could
always see that form sliding down
down, each half second an age,
each step in that frantic race he ran
against death. as difficult AS some mad flight
tho soul takes through the.hoIrors of n night
mare.
Sleeper became the inclined plane. II was
now slippery with moss, over which the body
sped. faster still, lifted almost from the
ground twice, and flung onion Another
bound. a wilder rush and Crofton had reached
tho tree, had flung one arm about the trunk.
to steady himself, and with the other hand
and his feet struck at the body as it neared
him, seized an arm helplessly extended.
planted his feet on the trailing coat and-had
saved his rival.
When Maud Annesley came to her .'nses
she was half lying on a stone bench at the
side Of the little chapel. Further on she
raw San Arpino, supported in the herlnit's
arms, whlle Howard Crolton bathed his
forehead and employed such means ~ were
at hand to restore him to consciousness.
The hermit had returned just rs Croftou
| caught San Arpino In that frantic clutch.
Between them the two had carried the in,
! sensible man up the rocks, and then returned
The evening world., 1889-06-19

stand it no more; 30 he cast one other look
out into the glory of the night, and saw her
standing there in her beauty, while the young
Italian Duke gazed into her face with a pas
sionate devotion be made no effort to conceal.
Then Crofton passed from the Dom hoping
that he had hidden Maud Annesley farewell
forever.
The night he spent was tragic enough.
But in this prosaic world tragedies more fire.
Quently meet with an anti-climax than a con-
summation, and Crofton's experience was the
usual one.
He was late in appearing the next morn
ing. rather hoping that the pleasure seekers
might have forgot HIM and gone Off. But
when one wants forgetfulness people always
remember one. Up came a servant to say
that everybody had gone down to the shore,
but he was waited for there, and must come.
So of he set, .cursing acquaintance and
expeditions in his heart, as all of us have so
often lone when wearied and wounded, and
vet are forced to meet the petty exigencies of
life with u smiling front. His cousin Mrs.
Grosvenor. Rad sent him word that she was
too miserable with her neuralgia to Join the
party. There was a slight consolation in
that. He should at least be free froIn her
questions and surmises, her signs and cork
screw g~lances, always trying 10 worm his
secret out of him, she being one Of thoGe
people who enjoyed grooming over the mis-
fortunes of the persons she liked.
Croiton reached the shelving shore that
spreads below the rocky descent from the
village. Two boats, with bright olored
awnings. were ready. Into the smaller of
the W San Arpino was assisting Maud An
! nesley Just as Crofton appeared. In his dIz-
illness aud the uncertain state of his faculties
on the previous evening, he had mIsunder-
stood, and 80 had chosen the very expedition
| of which she was 20 make q member.
Most Of the wild young ones had gone 90
Amalh. The boat In which Crofton seated
himself held stAid elders. Maud's aunt among
them, with whom Crofton was q ~favorite.
But she looked grave and rather haraseed
this morning, aud was less cordial to him
The evening world., 1889-06-19
our naturalized compatriots enormous fbs,"

our naturalized compatriot's enormous fbs,"
she answered.
San Arpino spoke pleasantly to Crofton in
his quaint. broken English. He was always
civil, even cordial, and apparently perfectly
unconscious that his attempts at friendship
were neither desired nor Welcome, though
indeed Crofton was too Just a man to visit
Miss Annesley's gins upon a rival.
At this place the descent on the Salerno
side was rocky. but little less steep than at
the point called TIberius's Leap: but the
descent did not. as these. commence from
the top. A steep path led down some twenty
feet to O little platform of rock, wherein
grew a crooked ~fr-tree; from thence q sheer
wall of cliff plunged perpendicularly TO the
SEQ.
After q brief conversation, Crofton walked
away TO the opposite side Of the summit, to
survey the ruins, leaving the young pair to
themselves. Maud Annesley was in a mood
when some wild. reckless performance pos
sessed an irresistible attraction TO her. She
and San Arpino stood looking down at the
stunted pine that chung to the platform OF
rock, and swung its ragged branches about.
as If imploring to be released from its perilous
position.
II want to go down there" Maud said. II
am sure nothing but a mountain goat has ever
stood under that tree. / want my name cut
on the trunk"
San ArpIno was as young aud reckless al
herself. He offered no oppositIon-rathe
ndmiring her courage, indeed. Though diff
uCult, nOWoNeT, luo pain beeucu 10 pTcbeut
no real danger If care were exercised.
A few minutes later, Howard Crofton.
standing on the opposite side of the cliff
which looked out seaward, was reused from
his gloomy meditations by n cry 30 wild
and Rgonized, that for years after II used Ia
haunt his dreams. II was Maud Annesley's
voice again; but so changed. so sharp with
agony, so mad with fear, that for an instant
1t rooted him to the spot where he stood Then
away he rushed across the summit. gained
the other side. and looked over. Maud An.
nesley was ~clinging to the fragments of rock.
half way down to the platform, and trying to
disengage her dress from a trailing vine
which held her fast. She was in safety. lie
saw that. But he saw, too, the PROSTATE form
Of the young Italian, sliding helpiessly and
slowly towards the narrow platform of rock
from whence the precipice began.
San Arpino had stepped "a little out of the
path, the better to aid Maud, had slipped and
had struck his head so violently against a
projecting tone that it knocked him almost
senseless. He was slipping down now
down, down. Maud unable 10 extricate her.
self 80 as to rush to his aid
Crofton saw IL all, in the brief second he
stood motionless. and a hundred years seemed
to pass In that whirling space. With each
new slide the body would go faster-faster
When II reached the platform the impetus
would be 10 great that even had San AfpinC
consciousness laft he could not save himself,
He would be carried straight over the edge
into the awful abyss.
And Howard crofton Jaw this, and during
thai instant, which seemed a eternity, .