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A artin Earquhar Tapper, the author, f is dead; aged 79 years. I served Thanksgiving throughout day was generally ob the country. midland A heavy snow storm prevails in the , counties of England. White’s drapery establishment at Al dershot, Emu., was burned Thursday. , Loss is £10U,000. There are 7,500 dockmen and lighter men on a strike at Bristol, Eng. The trade of the port is paralyzed, Q ue 0 j tbc buildings ” of the Hartford, : Cou et workg va9 burned Friday. Loss * m ’ 000 < iasuvaDC,j * 1W «°°°. Frederick Douglas has arrived at Hayti, presented his credentials, and has * ecu tendered a reception by the presi dent. An explosion took place in a colliery at fourteen Bochum, Prussia, Thursday, in which persons were killed and four in jured. The Duke of Cumberland will insti tute suits in French courts to nullify the will of the Duke of Brunswick on the ground of insanity. The Truth building, owned by Frank Wilson, proprietor of Truth , at Toronto, Canada, w as gutted by fire Friday. Loss estimated at $90,000. The chamber of deputies at Rome, Italy, the on Saturday, voted urgency foi consideration of the bill to abolish anti-French differential duties. The Portugese steamer Alegoas, with ex-Emperor Dom Pedro and his party on board, arrived at St. Vincent Saturday. All members of tbe party are well. In Salt Lake, Utah, Judge Anderson has denied the application of those Mormons who have taken endowment oath for admission to citizenship. King Leopold, of Belgium, has sent a telegram to Henry M. Stauley, congrat ulating him upon the completion of his task, and inviting him to visit Brussels. The strike among ;he employes of the Western Railroad company, at Paris, France, has ended by tbe men yielding to the terms of the company. The strikers resumed work. -^ D 0 ® c i a l statement by the assessors, P lace ® 1the aS8e83ed Val ? ation th * 8 y ear °J $1,009,500, and the number of buildings burned 330. The Andrew Jackson league, of Chi cago, have taken measures to aid the ladies of Nashville Hermitage associa tion in preserving the home of Andrew Jackson. While the collector of tbe Commercial National bank was counting $2,800 in the general office of the German-AmericaD bank at Cleveland^ O., Saturday after noon, a thief snatched $2,000 and es- The $5,000,000 world’s fair guarantee fund at New York, was more than com pleted Saturday, the grand total is now $5,028,942. The world’s fair committee has decided to continue to receive sub scriptions. Secretary Kremer, of the flood relief commission, at Johnstown, Pa., practi Pa., operated by J. C. Haydon – Co. Fireman George Peacock, aged twenty five, was burned to a crisp. The build i n g is a total wreck. A Leeohburg, Pa., dispatch says that estimates of conservative citizens place the loss by Wednesday night’s fire at $150,000 to $175,000, with ... about $75,000 insurance. The fire is supposed to have originated from natural gas. The popu lation of Leechburg is about 3,500. Fire started in Keyport, N. J., Fri day morning in Leyrer’s bakery, which destroyed five buildings and caused a loss of over $65,000. Jacob Leyrer was burned to death, and Mrs. Leyrer and Jacob Leyrer, Jr., were terribly burned, and may die. The Chicago Times says that Maggie Schreiner, who poured kerosene oil on her husband on June 25, lb88, and then set fire to it, burning him fatally, is suing the order of Foresters for $2,000 Interest and principle, on a death benefit of $1,000, which she claims as ben (ficiaryof the dead man’s estate. President W. W. Young, who, with Cashier John Hoerr, both of the Law rence, Mass., bank, were charged with embezzlement and accepting money from depositors after the bank was insolvent, surrendered himself Thursday night and gave bail m the sum of $2,500 for hear ing ik xt Wednesday. Fire broke out in tbe Delavan gas house at Albany, N. Y., Saturday morning, communicated and the flames, gaining head way, to the paper house pf Jacob Leonard – Son, and the Albany Casket company. Both were a total loss. Several other buildings witfe dam aged, and the loss will reach $75,000. Corvillain, proprietor of the cartridge factory at Antwerp, which blew up in September and killed so many people, and his engineer, have been convicted of homicide by imprudence. Corvillain was sentenced to four years and six months, and the engineer to one year aud one month’s imprisonment, and to pay a fine of 2.500 francs each. SCHLEY COUNTY STEWS. the Arrangements Have been made by all coal operators of the Monongahela Valley, to close down their mines indefinitely, as the few works in demand operation have demonstrated that the of the miners can not b *. con ceded, with the price of coal as low as it is at present. The suspension will effect 5,000 men. Exports of specie from the port of New York for the weekended, Novern tar 30th, amounted to $319,110 of which $8,047 was in gold, and $31!, 167 in sil ver. All the silver and $2,300 in gold went to Europe, and $5,257 in gold went to South America. Imports of specie for the week amounted to $195 005, of which $109,485 was gold and $80,120 silver. The day after Dom Pedro sailed from iuo Rio Janeiro Janeiro, tne the provisional nrovUmnal government wovernmenr of Brazil telegraphed to the Brazilian | minister, the at Lisbon, directing him upon general ex-emperor’s arrival to tender him a reception. The Brazilian colony here regarded this action as dictated by delicate consideration on the part of the provisional government toward Dom Pedro. ~ hopeless Thursday forenoon John Chana, a paralytic, aged 35, was found dead on the floor of his hovel at Potts town, Pa., with a leather strap loosely fastened around his neck. Some main tain that it was suicide, while others say that it is a case of foul play, though sui cideisthe generally accepted theory. Until recently Chana was a fine specimen of physical manhood. It is related that ble one day he cursed his creator in a terri maimer when he fell over, struck dumb and paralyzed from head to foot. He remained in this condition until his death. BOSTON’S BLAZE. A HURRICANE OF FLAME DEVASTATING BLOCKS OF HANDSOME BUILDINGS. Fire started shortly before 8 o’clock Thursday morning on the upper floor of the six-story granite block, Nos. 69 to 87 Bedford street, Boston, Mass., owned by Jordon, Marsh – Co., and occupied by the Shoe and Leather exchange, blown Darrell – Co., Woonsocket Rubbrr company Solomon, Hebert – Rapp, John S. u gb r – * and the branch office of the West ern Union Telegraph Company on the ground floor and about fifty offices of out-of-town boot and shoe and leather manufacturers on the upper floor. The fire evidently had complete possession of the upper floors before it was discovered. In a short time the flames had leaped acres* Bedford. Kingston and Columbus streets, and by 9:15 the handsome brown stone Ames of Bedford building, on the opposite comer and Kingston street i, was amass of fire. An half hour later the rear of all the buildings on Chauncey street, on either side of Bedford street, were on fire, and the fire department was apparently unable to cope with it. Out of-town fire apparatus were sent for and there were probably seventy-five steam the ers surrounding combined the fire by noon, and by efforts of the vast army of firemen and engines, the tire was finally subdued. In a three o’clock extra the Globe gives tke following estimate of the loss: Loss on buildings destroyed, as per assessor’s valuation, about $600,000; estimated damages $200,000, to other buildings, not destroyed A careful estimate of tbe loss on merchandise, $1,700,000. Total loss, Careful estimate of an old assessor, $2,550,000. THE BURNED DISTRICT sex and Columbia streets. Westward of this, the entire block bounded by and Bedford, the Kingston and Chauncey stieets Rowe place, and westward of Bedford these buildings, on Chauncey street,from to Exeter place. There are about 200 firms burned out and 100 agents of New York and western firms have their headquarters destroyed. The seventy-nine insurance companies known to be interested, carry an aggregate in surance of $2,600,000 on the burned property. The total loss, according to the latest conservative estimates, will reach $4,000,000. Two firemen—Daniel Buckley, unmarried, and Frank P. Loker, who has a wife and child, we missing and are supposed to have per ished in the flames. A good many peo pie were injured, several of them ss nously. ALDERMEN SENT UP SEVERAL PROMINENT CITIZENS OF PITTS BURG, PA., WILL GO TO JAIL. Aldermen Callan, Dougherty and Maneese, and Detectives Bauder, Doyle, Nagle and Bender, convicted of conspiracy to defraud in accepting bribes io settle illegal liquor selling cases, were sentenced Friday morning by Judge White, of tbe criminal court of Pittsburg, Pa. Callan got three years in the woikhouse, and Doughty one year and Maneese six months in jail. B inder and his chief detective each got three years in the workhouse, Nagle one year and Bender six months in jail. The aldermen are all quite stood prominent high and wealthy, and always in the community. Their method was to have the detectives enter suit against settle unlicensed liquor dealers and then the case for a consideration without reporting the matter to the court, --- You should subscribe for this pape r by all means. SOUTHERN NEWS. ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM VA RIO US POINTS IN THE SO UTH. a condensed account of what is going on of importance in the southern states. Granville Young, postmaster at Rugby, Tenn -> has been arrested on the charge of riflin S letters. The Debardaleben Coal and Iron com pany, of Birmingham, Ala., has increased the pay of miners, at Blue creek mines, ? rom December 40 to 42 J cents P er ton > commenc mg 1st. Six cars loaded with 275 negroes passed £ Pacific ro "g h railroad, Anniston, on Sunday Ala. on night. the Georgia The were toMiSSiDoi from North Carolina on ^eir way to Mississippi Ihe will of the late Mrs. Charles Crocker, of San Irancisco, was filed for probate Tuesday. She bequeathed her entire estate, valued at about $11,000, to ^ er iour children. The committee which has been inves tigating late the affairs of the office of the A. R. Woodson, city collector of Richmond, Va., have found a shortage in his accounts of about $45,000. A furnace company with a capital stock , of . $30,000, nnn . all „ , held ,, , by , local ta '>s ls organized Birmingham capi . was at on Friday The company will build a one Hundred ton furnace at once, A conflict between the States of Vir ginia and Maryland seems imminent in consequence of the proclamation of Governor Jackson throwing open the dredgers. waters of Hog Island flats to oyster Bishop Keener, of the Southern Meth odist church, at Columbia, S. C., on Sat urday delivered an official utterance con demning the peculiar doctrine of “holi ness” which has many adherents in both Northern and Southern churches. Peter McLaren, of Canada, purchased on Friday the Doutha survey, contaiu ing 84,000 acres, lying in Allengheny county. Virginia, from Philadelphia parties for $300,000. The property has on it fine timber and valuable minerals, McLeod – Anderson, tobacco ware housemen, of Louisville, Ky., failed Wednesday. The firm con Bists of Dr . George W . McLeod and James A Anderson, both of Versailles, Th ey assigned all property belonging txemp- to th not subject to homestead fcj on Sheffield, Ala., celebrated Thanks . . „ , by sending, .. , by river route to Bou i?’ ^! ee hundred tons of pig lron - ^ shipment was the first iron ever sent by river. It was the virtual °P emDg of tlu ' new rou e - * 1 “ att * r of great consequence to Sheffield, and proportionately district to the entire mineral of Alabama. A dispatch from Nashville, Tenn., says: Miss Emma Abbott sent for the secretary of the Ladies’ Hermitage Asso ciation on Saturday, and after express ing her admiration of the character of Andrew Jackson, and wishing the ladies success in their efforts to beautify and preserve the hermitage, she presented them with a check for $100. Near Huntingdon, W. Va., on Wednesday, the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad bridge crossing Guyandotte river, fell while a freight train was into crossing it, precipitating the entire traiD the river. Engineer R. V. Free man was killed. The rest of the crew had a miraculous escape, sustaining only The slight bruises. The wreck was complete. time. bridge has been condemned for some A dispatch from Aspen, Col., on No loss of hum.au life is reported yet, though several parties are known to have been in the neighborhood of slides. Two buried, men were caught in Lincoln gulch and together with their team and wagon Ihe men were slightly injured, and the horses were killed. - TRAIN ROBBERS ARMED TO THE TEETH, CAPTURE AN EN GINE, MAIL AND EXPRESS CAR. A dispatch from Fort Worth, Texas, 8a y 9, Sixteen mounted and heavily armed boarded the south bound Santa Fe J g ertram Tuesday night, at Ber J. ’ a small station in the Chickasaw ; Indian territory, and cut the en d mail and express £ loose from the They th n ran the train two todea and threw the fireman off the locomotive. Two miles further on the engineer was thrown off, and after running four miles further, steam was turned off and the engine killed. Then the robbers began an attack on the express car. The guard and the messenger fired twenty shots, but fi na Uy gave in after the robbers had literally riddled the .car. The money ito i ea [ s between twenty and thirty thousand dollars. The passengers and ma il were not molested. United States marshals are in pursuit of the robbers. -- A WIDOW’S REWARD __ A dispatch from Wilkesbarre,Pa., says: A few months Parsons^ ago, Chief of Police Wat kins, of while under tbe influ e nce of liqu r, was killed by being struck by an engine 1 while sitting on the platform of the Delaware and Hudson ra ilroad. His widow filed a claim in cour t for $10,000 damages against John Schumacher, a very wealthy saloon keep er, who had sold her hu-band liqfurir .vhile he was visibly affected by it. The C ase was up before three arbitrators, who, on Wednesday afternoon, awarded the widow $2,600. CONDITION OF TRADE. R. G. DUN – CO.’S REPORT FOR WEEK Er d . ING NOVEMBER 30. R. G. Dun – Co.’s weekly review of trade says: The two heavy fires, with aggregate losses estimated at $15,000 000 or more, may have an influence upon ® evera i branches of trade which cannot yet be estimated. Prior to the Boston fire the boot and shoe trade there had been quite paralized by the fire at Lynn aQ d as to the leather trade a little ad vance York it was anticipated, while in New was by many expected that the temporary withdrawal of the demand would cause some {all in leather. The B ° s * oa ° re of Thursday destroyed heavy J^ 1 ^d^nd ^LbuUdin™^! ne Q emana ; IteDuiidin in both eities hl . l create sudden demand w a f 0l materials and labor. Heavy concurrent losses may shake some insurance compa uie8i and affect the fi afvn oes of firms burnt;d out- But ral prosperitv j ar g e ^cumulation of available capital wd [ probably render the influence of these disasters comparatively narrow and brief. In other respects the situation is quite as encouraging as it has been for some weeks past; the volume of business is unsurpassed and pressure in money markets, though not ended at New York, has seemed to be abating elsewhere. Reports from other sections are without exception, favorable on the whole. Western cities, without exception, find nowhere trade good. Money is fairly active, but stringent, at the western points reporting, and the accounts regarding collections are better than usual. Cotton is unchanged, though receipts the pust week exceed last year’s by 16,000, and exports by 49,000 bales, and sales have been 378,000. Coffee has not moved, tliongh 290,000 bags have been sold. Su gar is stronger with more active distribu tion, but Spreckles again announces that his war with the trust is to the death, and his work is about to begin. The shoe towns have all been shipping more largely than usual and the demaucl con tinues exceptionally good, for the sea son in leather products generally with a prospect of some increase because of the Lynu fire. The great boom in iron abroad with spe culative excitement rarly wit nessed and rapid fluctuations in prices, causes rience teaches some apprehension, because expe that such rapid and ex cited movements are usually followed by ugly reactions. Unparalleled produc tion in this country still continues and other furnaces of large production are about to go into operation and yet prices are firm at Philadelphia. Though warrants have been quoted a little lower at New York the demand for manufactured forms, continuing large at full prices. There has been no important change in finances, but merchaudflfe ex ports, though small for the week, have been nearly eight per cent, larger than last year for the month. The value ol exports in October w r as not only greater thau in any previous October, but has never been exceeded in any month, ex cept slightly in one, December, 1879. With au unprecedented excess of exports over 000 in imports, amounting to over 29.000, that month, and another heavy excess assured for November, the rate oi foreign exchange has scarcely altered for two weeks. The reported decision that treasury deposits with banks shall be gradually withdrawn, 10 per cent, of them by the end of January, has been expected, because these deposits when made were intended to be only tempo rary. and will give the treasurer am ple time to put an equal amount into circulation in other w r ays. The treasury paid out during last week $1,200,000 more than it had taken in, an 1 the rate for money has not changed. Business failures occurring throughout the coun try last week number for the United States 210; Canada, 39; total 246, against 277 last week. ALABAMA JUTE. A HEW AND VALUABLE WEED DISCOVERED THAT DISCOUNTS JUTE. - * the Tbe discovery Birmingham Age-Herald reports by Mr. F. J. Fuller of a valuable weed growing wild in Jefferson county, Ala., or rather an important use for it. He calls it “Alabama jute,” and he exhibited strips of the covering or bark five feet in length, stronger by far than jute,and finer. Mr. Fuller said that the bark could be easily stripped from the stem, and when passed through an ordinary cane mill, would come out al most clean. He thought that the weed, growing pounds wild, would yield a thousand of fibre per acre, and this could be largely increased by cultivation. Ho was confident that he had discovered a substitute better than jute for cotton bagging, and one which would add a new product to every southern farm and urove a great saving to cotton planters. A CELEBRATED CASE. THE QUESTION OF THE VALIDITY OF AP ASSIGNMENT SETTLED. The court of appeals at New York hat decided to be valid the celebrated as signment of Reinsdopf – Co., clothing merchants, who assigned in September, 1884, to J. W. Mack, with liabilities ol $1,388,000 and preferences about $600, (, 00. Eleven suits on behalf of one hundred creditors were brought to set “ 8ide fc he assignment. The court de cided tha t the preferences which were attached were bona fide and correct in crQT 7 particular. Toe decision affects man attaching y litigations in various states where creditors have attached large sum> of money ow'ing to debtors, and a hirge amount of money locked up for five years past, will now be distributed among the preferred creditors.