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A CRUEL CAPTAIN,
Members of the Crew of tho Robert T.
Belknap Tell u Terrible story.

Members of the Crew Of tho Robert T.
Belknap Tell u Terrible story.
New YoRK, Dec. 22,-Whea the
American ship Robert T. Belknap, drop.
ped anchor this morning of Bedloes Is.
land, after long passage from San Fran.
francisco, half dozen sailors jumped
over the side into small boat and
hurriedly pulled TO the battery,
They were greatly excited and seem.
ed glad to be liberated from
the clipper which they charlc.
terized as the "hottest" they had ever
sailed In. They stated that the first
mate had been In irons for nearly two
months. While off the horn hc quar-
relied with seaman and the latter was
thrown overheard by him aud drowned
The mate was considered severe cha.
raCter and never allowed the foreCaslle
hands any peace while at liberty, He
often picked quarrels with the lnen and
maltreated them on the slightest pro.
vocation.
The Belknap Is under command Of
Capt. Staples, who is considered a hard
master aud has been in the habit Of car.
rylng with him brutal officers. The yes.
sci left New York year ago for San
Francisco, and on her arrival at the
Golden Gate her crew told u pitiful story
OF cruelty on the part OF the captain and
officers. The Belknap is considered the
finest clipper in the American fleet,
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nOARp OF EDUCATION.
A Meeting Held Saturday Evening III
Text Hook Question.

~ A4NNt"R AAlN
Text Hook Question. .i
Tho failure Of the Board Of Education
to meet last Thursday night, caused ths
holding Of a special meeting Saturday
night. Nearly all the members were
present, and Ru interesting aud buBlnets
like session was held. Tho first tpalGei
disposed Of was the failure Of b, Apple,
ton 4 Co. to iulall their part Of The con.
tract concerning reading hooks, Thu
ApplelOnB agreed 10 give 100 supple.
ineniaTy READERS and n reading chat
with eaUh hut they have now even te.
fused " answer official communication
on the subject. 1'hu following NsOlu.
tion by DE JepSon was pRA6lllonAly
adopted. ~ Y
"WnEREAs y Appleton 4 Co, have
not kept shelf contract with The hJafd
Oi Education In reference 10 supplement,
afy rcalurA aud ClIaglsi bO Il
"R,AojySd, NrSt--ThAt the uso Of AZ.
plpIOilS readers In tie schools bU dlsCOl.
iinuvd al tho end Of the present school
year. T.
"seCohd.-.TllRL tho select LIss % a read.
ef 10 a text book bB teisITUd 10 the CON.
nitteg on Text hooks, 10 report not Later
than March W n
A Communication isota tho Junior
Order American Mechanics, wherein
that Order proposes " furnish ilAgB i0i
the school buildings, was read, aud tllv
offer accepted, and the proper pptSoh
authorized 10 teV that poles are erected
on tile school houses 10 bear lhp fl9s.
IL WIS explained that In penbsyl.
vanla, where similar hCiUn haa been
taken, y Ia tlle rule 10 appoint a com.
nltte0. oi BtlleOl children In each build.
Ing whose duty II Ia 10 raise the Ilap
when school opens and lower II after
school hOufA,
! The report Of LIlO Committee on Rules
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AN HISTORIC CHARACTER DEAD.
Erasmus Madison WHO Once Created a Big
Spnsatlon In Congress pnssns Amnr.

ErasmuN alAhts0n WHO Once Created n Big
Sensation In Congress Passes Away.
UrlcA, N. Y, Dec. 22.-Hon. Rras,nu us
B. Madison, Of this city, died to-day
aged 81 years. He was Representative
10 Congress from this distrlgi In ill., ., y,
SSd, S4th and 35th CongressS,. wh;Ia, IiS,,
III Congress ip lS56-57, n. MsGison Si mSa. ,us.
charged with deClarf NJ, - ,hat s'sVI I'VE mas
number NUN e. q the members 1 'o Of CouSress. ss
Srsul mssS Fu'" ...seable. The affair caused
NS" excitement in Congress and
/ throughout the country. A resolution
ordering his expulsion was offered IL
House, but after a long and bitter debate
1t was finally tabled. Before 1t could be
called up again Mr.. Madison resigned
his seat. About this time a number o
Congressman and other prominent per
sons in the National Hotel in Washing
ton were poisoned. 1t was believed L
be aproslavery plotto murder President
elect Buchanan and Vice Presiden
Breckenridge. Mr.. Madison was one o
those poisoned and came very nea
dying. In fact, his health was affected
permanently. During the latter year
Of his life he engaged in several disas
trous business enterprises and died com
paratively poor.
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This mornings session Of Police Court
will be big one. Atlast midnight there
were forty cases registered on tho blot
ter at headquarters; nearly all OF them
were house Of III fame cases. Saturday
night the house kept on Main street,
Just south OF the creek bridge, by Myrtle
Lynwood, was raided, and six girls and
four men In addition to Lynwood, scoop
ed in. A place down on the Caldwell
run flats, kept by q woman named Anna
Ward, yielded up Ward, one girl and
i've men.
Ann Keim expected her place on
Twenty.arst street would be raided Sat.
urday night and warned away all callers
When Officer Wilkie passed the place,
which is on his beat, she took occasion
to make several uncalled for remaaks
Yesterday afternoon about 4 o'clock q
squad, composed OF Wilkie, Moran
Short and Herbert raided tho place and
caught keim, seven girls and five men,
one of them colored.
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THE BEST OF THEM,
Detail Of tho Most Important Committecs,
All Are Placed.

Detail Of tho Most Important Committees.
All Are Placed.
WASHINGTON, D. o., Dec. 99-The
most important House committees an.
nouncCd by Speaker Reed, In detail, are
as followsI
Committee on Rivers and Ilarbors-
Henderson, lllinoisi GrosvenOr, Ohio
Herman, Oregon; Bowden, Virginia
CLARK, Wisconsin; Stephenson, Michi.
gan; Mollit New York; Townsend,
Pennsylvania; NeidringhauE, Missouri ;
Blanchard, Louisiana; CatChinQg, Mia
sissippi; Gibson, Maryland, Stewart.
Texas Lester, Georgia; CLARK, Alabama.
Banking and Cufrency-DohSey, Ne.
braska; Conger, Iowa; Merrill, Kansas ;
Wilbur, New York Arnold, Rhode
Island; Walker, Massachusetts; Wright,
Pennsylvania; Evans, Tennessee; Dar.
gan, South Carolina; Covert, New
York; Shively, Indiana; Wlke, Illi.
nois; Hanes, Ohio.
Coinage, Weights and MeaSures--COn.
ger, Iowa; WiCkham, Ohio; Walker,
Massachusetts, Garter, Montana; Com.
stock, Minnesota; Bartlne,. Nevada;
Knapp, New York; Taylor, Illinois
Bland, Missouri; Tracey, New York
MutChler, Pennsylvania; Wilcox, Con.
gHeetlcYSti meet. Williams, Illinois, Joseph,
Peniions-pelano New York Finley,
Kentucky Soul, Pennsylvania, ,SymSSr,
Ohiol Van Setback, Wisconsin; Ran.
dali Massachusetts, Hill, Illinois,
brown, Virginia; Henderson, NoftlI
Carolinaj Martin, Texasi Barwlp, wis.
oonsini Norton, Mlssouri Parfett, Ia.
diana.
Foreign Affairs = Hit, Illinois,
KetCham, New York; Morrow, Calilot,
MAI Rockwell, Massachusetts Dunn6ll
Minnesota Thompson, Ohio Scranton
pennsylyahlAi Coleman, l,onlslan0'
MCOrGaty, K6nLuCkyi Hooker, MIaSis
slppli Chlpman, Michigan Fitch, Npv
York; Andrew, Massachusetts,
Public Lands-pays6n, fllihola. ,fnt
ner, Kansas Watson, lenhaylyatIa
Hall, MlnngsolaI Lacey; IOwai De-
Haven, California; Hlckler, South Da
kotai Townsend, Colorado llolnan
lndlanai Stone, Missouri, MCRAe, Az
kansas Stockdale, Mississippi, Quinn
New YORK Carey, Wyoming
Immigration aud NatGhllSalIob-
Owen, Indiana Brewer Michigan Lehl
bach, New Jersey Dc Haven, dalllof
tilaj Covert, New York Cobb, Alabama
Stump, Maryland,
Pacific Rnllroad--DalSell pcnnSyl
vanla Mason, Illinois, Miles OonnEtti
Moore, New Hampshire Wallace, Mass
aghnBettsi Flick, lowAi Crane, Texas
BlggS, California; Cooper, Indiana
0'NSlll, Massachusetts, 0'Rellly, M0SSa
AgtiCulturo-F Funston, Kansas Con
ger, Iowa Pugsley, 0hioi Allen, MlChl
gam BfoSluB, Pennsylvania BllRa
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THIRTY QUAlLS IN THIRTY DAYS,
Mr.. MOGilI Has About Completed the TAI
Hut Don't Wuut 10 Try It Again,

Mr.. MCGilI Has About Completed the Tasl
ButDon't Want to Try 1t Again.
BALTIMORE, Mp,, Dec, 22,-Mr, Carroll
s, McGill, Of this, city, has nearly accom-
plished the feat of eating thirty quail in
thirty days, The task grew out OF q
wager that Mr.. McGill could not eat q
quail every morning between 10 and
II o'clock, the birds to be cooked
in any style that he might wish,
The twenty.eighth bird was eaten to-
day with apparent relish, and Mr., Nc
Gill Is confident he will finish the task
Tuesday. The first birds ate were
roasted. Since then he has been eating
them stewed with potatoes. Mr.. MCGill
says the eating does not bother him in
the least, but he would not for big stakes
undertake the task again.
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Tie weather and Chrl.tmns shopper.

Between 8 and 4 o'clock yesterday
morning another terrific rain and wind
storm similar 10 the one Of Friday after.
noon swept over the city. The day
dawned q beautiful one, however, and
continued such without even a threaten.
Ing cloud 70 mar its loveliness, Salnr.
day was another fine day and the Christ.
mas shoppers were out In force 10 take
advantage Of Il. Tho clerks In the lead.
Ing and popular stores were about dead
when shutting up time came which was
not I'LL nearly midnight A slight
shower In the evening had no apparent
effect on tho crowded condition Of the
streets,
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YOUNG LINCOLN OUT on DANGER.
No Stock Taken in tho Isumor That III,
Fathsr viii RaRIg1

No Stock Taken in tho lsumor That Ills
Father. VIII Resign.
LONDON, Dec. 22.-Minister Lincoln is
still in Versailles, where young Abra.
ham has only just now been pronounced
out Of danger The boy has had hard
time Of IL. His trouble was Carbuncle,
which was operated upon too soon, the
result being that tho little patient was
scarcely able to rally from the shock.
His father and mother have been at bit
bedside constantly for almost two
months, Mr.. Lincoln only yenturinR tc
London once or twiSe, each time being
called directly back.
Whether his absence from London &C
much has had anything 10 do with ru.
morg Of his resignation as Minister L
the Court Of 81. James | do not know
but such a rumor has been current
among Americans In London. Henry
White, First Secretary Of Legation, %
sured me to-day, however, that this III
NOR is utterly baspleSa,
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RESULT OF A PEUD.
A Wealthy Farmer In Harrison County
Shoots and Kills u Noighbor.

A Wealthy Farmer in Harrison County
Shoots and Kills NGighbor.
Special DttpaiSh 10 he InteLltgener,
CLAREsBuRa, W. Va, Dec, 22.-Yes.
terday Benz. Coaman, one Of the wealth.
lest farmers in this county, was lodged
in Jail here, charged with shooting
Chas, shrleves, another prominent
farmer, for trespassing on CoGman's
farm. sLrieves is dead and further
trouble is looked for. The shooting oc.
Cured near Lumberport, W. Va, about
u miles from this city,
The particulars cannot be ascertained,
as the friends Of Codman say nothing.
1t is rumored that a feud has existed
for some time between Cohman aud
shrieves, the nature Of which your cor.
respondentis Is notlniormed. It'll plainly
evident that the shooting was unjustida.
hIn
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TIlR "SUWANER RIVER,

An Old.Timo Melody that CnmO of suit
for Copyright Infringement,
INDIANAPOLIS, IND, Dec. 2l,-NIrs
Stephen Foster, a widow, Of Pittsburgh
has brought peculiar suit In The Fed
Oral Court. She seeks to enjoln Kinsley
4 Pauley, a Lafayette publishing com'
pany, for further infringing the copy.
right on that old,timo melody, "Way
Down on tho suwanCo lliver.N II has
been published by the defendants under
the name Of cold Folks at Home" \
is alleged that the song was copyrighted
In the hilles, and tWenty.Ulght year
afterKard II was renewel.
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A DELIBRRATR SUICIDE.
A Grand Army Man Makes Preparations
and browns HlmssIf In the Potomac,

WAsuISsFoS, Dec, 22.-John sparker
aG, A. R, man and formerly a well.to
do real estate dealer in Kansas City
Mo-, committed suicide last night by
jumping into the Potomac river from
the hoat Of a boat he moored near the
Washington monument,
The details Of the tragedy show that
Parker took his life with unusual de,
liberation. Before drowning himself
be neatly folded his handsome overcoat
placed his hat upon 1t and laid both ar,
ticles carefully on the river bank, putting
q clean stone on the hat To keep 1t from
blowing away, Pinned to the oyercoat was
anote giving his name and former and
present residence, In his pockets were
several letters making disposition Of
what property was left Of his former es'
tate aud requesting that the Grand Army
take charge OF his body and have It bu-
Hed In Arlington. This request will be
complied with,
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4 nIF iiO5f q fru,L

81. Lows, Dec. 2Q.-YestetdAy deed
Of truH was filed In the Recorders office
here " the Terminal Railway ASsocIi.
tiond 81 Louis, transferring all their
tetninal AND real property, claims, de.
maids, uugs, franchise and all Appurle.
naices 10 the Genital Trust Company OF
Nw York, 70 SECURE payment on S7, 900.
% worth Of gold bearing bonds bearing
ihereat al Al per cent,
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WASHINGTON, D. O., Dec. gas
heretofore announced by Chairman Nc.
Kinley, Of the Ways and Means Com.
mittee, hearings on schedules Of ores,
coal, ETC., and manufactures OF iron and
steel aud other products will be held al
tho committee rooms Thursday and
Friday, December 20 and 27, cOnimenC,
ing at 10 a. nj, OF each day.
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LISBON, Dec. 22.-Dom Pedro and The
ex.EmpreSS Of Brazil to-day bade fare
we'll To the Queen and DOwSger Queer
aud started for Colmbra. The Duke o,
0poftQ and q number ol BFaziliana wit.
messed theIr departure. Tile ex.Emprest
was deeply moved.
The news Of the provisional govern
tnentg action ID lsSling a decree Gup
pressing tie allowance 10 The ex.Etn
peToy and lpfhlddlng the return Of the
Imperial family 70 hfaAl has been with
held from Dom Pedro by the advice o.
Ills phyBiClanB.
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EATEN by CANNIBAIS.
Sailors Enticed on Hammond Island and
Killed nnd Roasted.

Sailors Entioed on Hammond Island and
Killed and Roasted.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL, Dec. 22.-The
Sydney Herald of November 8 says that
according to letter received from Cap.
tain Woodhouse, OF the schooner Elma
Fisher, the boat steers Nelson, Of the
schooner Euterptise, of Sydney, and
three OF the native crew Of tho Enter
prise were killed and eaten by tho can.
nibals Of the Solomon Islands. The
Enterprise was trading among the islands
and the natives from Hammond Island,
one Of the Solomon group, induced
Nelson and the others 10 90 ashore to
mako some purchases. Once on shore
they were knocked on the head, and II
Is reported that the bodies were then
roasted and eaten. The letter states that
II. NJ. s. RoyAlist shelled the village on
the islands on Captain Hand learning
the particulars.
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A RIOT IN PROGRESS


At PottS Camp, Miss, Growing out OF d
Fight IiCtween Two Men.
sr. Louis, Dec. 22.-NIeagre reporll
come here late last night that a riot wal
in progress at Potts Camp, Miss, a sta
ton on the Kansas City, Memphis &
birmingham road, sixty:dve miles from
Memphis. The trouble was precipitated
by a fight between a white man and /
negro, in which the latter was worsted
He went from town, collected a party o
friends and returned 10 clean out The
victor. The whites rallied, and fighting
ensued all around, In which some half
dozen people were wounded, but none
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TIIB pgSSION BUREAU.
What Con. ltHuu, has Accomplished In the
Way of ofICorganixlnG Ills OfllCo.

Whnt uCn. lkhum hhh accomplished III the
Way of otICorganixlnG Ills OflIcO.
WAsmlEdToN, Dec. 22.-Gen. G. d.
Raum, Commissioner OF Pensions, has
thus far accomplished the following re.
suits In the reorganization OF bis bureau.
He has added eight good clerks to the
adjudiCating divisions; reorganized the
Board Of Review and placed on iteighty.
nine OF the ablest men in the office. He
found that the present medical board
had fallen about 5000 cases behind the
adjudicating divisions and is now en-.
deavoring to obtain legislation authoriz.
ing the appointment Of 80 additional
medical examiners, and with this addi.
ton the Commissioner feels sure that
the medical board will be able to dispose
Of the delayed business and keep up
with the adjudiCations OF the divisions
as they will be increased.
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Killed from Ambush.

LIMA, o., Dec. --1utormation reach.
ed here this afternoon that William Elm.
mons, a,colored man, living about fifteen
miles north Of this place was murdered
last Thursday night by parties who laid
i9 wait ior him as he was going home.
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Az the regular lupelIng Of tho Wheel.
Ing Secular Union hold yesterday, the
following IgsOlltlOh was GdOptVdi
RIOiCd, That the Wheeling Secular
Union iaVOrs the action Oi the School
board Of this city In accepting the props
obitlnn Of the Jf. o. U. a. NJ, lO plaGO
tbs United States llig over tile public
bCllDOl buildings.
They adopted another resolution an.
9Wttlng Tie advertised charges VI the
PAlilDllv Sous 9l Ah,tlUa, VIII fsiu that
order llndB fault with tnv Ai,ng ana tb.
jeutS VI the Secular luton.
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A. 4. stauyef, No. 2i47 MS,tst street,
the South Side JeweleS, has Ia hhe line Of
Dlamondq, Gold and Silver Matches,
Rlngs, and All kinds oi teWOlry aud
h6veltles suitable lot presents, which h0
% oAefing Al prices lower than can no
found In the city. Gall and spe MI.
Stauyef's goods aud get hla prices before
purchasing your Christina gliis. TilsAM
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ST. PAUL, Dec. 09.-Acold Vays ,eeu,r
10 be RpptoaChlng from the nofthWeDt,
The signal service reports the tlisrmom.
etef regieleflng al 8 p, m, At the following
poi1tsi winnipeg, Eetoi Prince Albert,
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A SATISFACTORY TEST
OF the ward Boiler at charleston, tl.i,

or the Ward Boiler Rt Charleston, this
state-Repott to tho Navy Department.
WASHINGTON, D. O., Dec. 22.--Secret.
ary Tiacy has received n preliminary
report from the Board OF Naval Eugin.
GERS appointed. by him some tlme ago
to conduct competitive examination ot
the Ward and Cowles coil batteries. The
board, in the preliminary report, give
the results OF the recent tests OF the
Ward boiler atCharleston, VIVA, which,
It says, was highly satisfactory. The
board expects soon TO make thorough
test Of the coil boiler and will then pre-.
sent a report on the comparative merits
OF these two boilers.
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no EQUAL ACCOMMODATIONS.
The South Carolina Lei eglslaturc I.cpeRls the
rt.tt Iti.,t,ls mn

Civil Rights iIill,
COLUMBIA, s. O., Dec. 22.-ln the Gen.
oral Assembly the Senate reconsidered
Its action taken last night by which the
House bill repeating tho chapter Of tho
general statutes relating 10 olepSes
against the civil rights was refused pass
age. After voting to reconsider tho SEN
ate passed The hill, WHICH as previously
passed by tue House will become law
10 soon 90 II receives the Governors Sig
nature, which Il is certain 10 got, There
were only four votes against tho hill In
tho Senate and none Ia the House,
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LONDON, Dec. 99,-Amopg thS Nc
Tins Of the ingusnp epidemic ar
Count Von Taaie, the Austrian Print
MlnlaLeF, Arch Duke William, Of Aus
tia, and Princess etephAnle, widow o
the late Grown Prince Rudolph. The
Queen Of Sweden has also been At
tackled. The disease 10 spreading rap
IDLY In western Europe, - FN'
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Killed On tho llall.

~" V'spsNN 10 'k tNeAiptiioSr,t
MASNISOroS, W, Va, Dec. g2t-Mar.
cCIlOs BNrtholow, Of Faitnont, aged 81,
was struck and instantly killed BY the
"hnmlnUr' al a quarter past 2 this morn.
ilh,p Just west Of the middle switch here,
Ihe remains were unreCOgniSable and
!. scattered along the track for quarter oil
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Tie Groon.Isyed Monster,

New YORk, Dec. 22.-Johanna ST
Clair was fatally stabbed by her hus
band, Christopher st. Clair, at theIl
rooms, No. 80 Rector street, at an earl,
hour this afternoon, and died al The LoS
pltal afterwards. Jealousy is SAID % "
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A Ilnd tlllntnninr ll.nl

LouISvlLLE, KY, Dec. 22.-At Bloom
aeld, KY, last night, Anthony Jefferson
eolored, was fatally shot by town Mar
Hh4l Henry stlnnstt JelIenou was I
bad character and wRg resisting tho oli
GERS attempt TO arrest a Comtadb.
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All baIsf M Hssjli

Rio De JANEiHo, Dec, 29.-ThO decree
relating 10 Dom Pedro, uuppressing BID
allowances, tliO conaScatlOn Of his pro.
pcfty and iorblddlng tho return Of the
Imperial family 10 Brasil iot two years,
has been Issued. The city 10 tranquil.
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MId.MInlar Thnndnr slnrn,.

BUPFAto, N, Y, Dec, 22,-Thls ill,
was visited by the singular phenomenon
Oi a mid,Viptss thunder storm early thlI
lIotnlng. ltstRtted about 9 O'Clock apt
continued an hOur, during which III
thunder pealS were terrific and lIghE
Ming almost continuous,
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10 An BNGLlSlI SYNDICATE.
IlumOrsd sale OF iIlE Establishment at
Richmond, Ind, b.,

Ricn4oSp, I'm, Dec. 22.-The indl'
cations arc that Carr Scott \ Co.'s large
inAnuiaCtory Of threShlng machines, en-
gines, clover hullers and saw.mlllS, EN-
ploying about Ave hundred hands, one
Of the most prosperous In the United
States, has been virtually sold 10 at
English syndicate.
4 former Offer made by The syndicate
was declined. II 10 reported that the
stock holders have been offered five dol
ian for every ong invested, Thls will
make tho price about sl,s00,0OO
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c.Ill,,,, S,rsn,,sn,ly.

The home Of tho Misses McGlnniS, in
Alley ., was visited by burglars last
Friday night Thirty.ave dollars was
taken, Saturday night thieves called
again, but the higtera had not gone 10
he'd, aud the burglars were scared away.
The women were much frightened, and
we're afraid 10 stay In the house.
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MUnncrchOr Hall, Select Dancing Academy

Prof, john Mullun'a second term Coini
menCes Tuesday, January, 1900. A
class 10y ladlgS and gentleiieB viii VI
ioFmed from 1880 to t0p, ", WVdntA.
day, JANUARY I q class ioT Misses and
MaBteta, from 3 tO6p. IN. Good refer.
enOe required from strangers,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-12-23

1oSDoS, Dec. 29,-lt Ia stated that Tie
hshL between slavIn, the Australian
pugllisl, and jBm Smith, will take place
tomorrow forenoon Ia racquet court
At BFuges, Belgium,