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Daily Tolumbns Times. VOL. X. GORDON’S SAI) FATE. STABBED IN THE BACK WHILE RALLY ING HIS FOLLOWERS. Khartoum the Scene of a Frightful Mae •acre —Merciless Slaughter of Men and Women —Diagram and Sketch of the Fallen City. Lowdow, Feb. 12. A dispatch to Reuter’s telegraph company from Korti says: Col. Wilfs >n and Warttoy who were with the ex pedition to K hart o run, have arrived here. They made the Journey from Gutat in four days They brought the news of Gen. Gor don’s death. It waa learned tiiat one of the treacherous pashas among Gen Gordon’s for ces marched the garrison to the side of the town nearest Omdenuan, saying that the rebel attack was expected at that point. In the meantime another traitorous pasha opened the gates at the other end and allowed th® mahdi’s troops to enter, and they easily cap tured the town. Gen. Gordon was stabbed Just a*, he was leaving the government house. Another dispatch from Korti says: The mahdi caused the massacre of all of Gordon’s men, together with their wives and children. The garrison at Gutal is ex&s}>erated over the haw-® of the massacre. * fJj 1 ally New| publish b>Hc ig from Gakdul: The natives who esra pod frt>m Khartoum sayi Gen. Gordon was killed w hile tn the act of leav .ng his house to rally the faithful troop®. The latter were cut down to a man, and for hours the best part of the town was the scene of merci leas slaughter, not even woman and children being spared. All the notables were killed < xeept the treach erous pashas and their followers. The latter recently sent by the mahdi to the English offi cer® on Col. Wilson's steamer. conhvued a postscript saying that it was the mahdi’s first and last letters to the English, and that unless ttay subimcted be would kill all the Kaflir dog® Thetaarer of the letter, #ho was a dervish, urged the Egyptians on bojird the bteamair to Join the rabafs army, saying that < kxl had •ent the mahdi to convert the world, and that the mahdi intended to march straight to Stamboui On the day after the steamer stranded, which was on Sunday, the mahdi’s emir landed on the island and urged the British to surrender. On Sunday evening Hamed Bey, two skij>- pers and seventeen natives deserted the Steamer. Gen Wolseley asks that the advance from Buakim be made within a month. He sees no necessity for waiting until autumn, or for the construction of a railway across the des ert The scenes of the slaughter are as rivaling the worst horrors of the Sepoy mut iny. Most of the victims were mutilated in a mort horrible manner. Eyes were gouged out, noses were slit and tongues were torn out by the roots. In many cases tbe mutilated parte of the victim's body were thrust imo their mouths while they were still living. Ibe women were subjected to shameful indigiii ties. More than a hundred women and young girls were given over U> the mahdi’s follow «rs. After the slaughter Arabs were seen rushing about with the heads of Egyptians Impair 1 upon their spears. The night was spent in a aatumalia of blood and debauchery. A SKETCH OF KHARTOUM. Dm tag® La Which Gordon wm Cooped by El Mahdi. A . •W* ISLAND \. IRx\ TUTI J I tEI ‘ 0 ‘ 1 w T’ . . hi« * i I 1 *; *— c V. • I fl , THK FALLEN CITY. Cairo, Feb. 12. Khartoum maybe called the gat© of Central Africa. European civili sation enters at ope side of the city and African barbarism comes in at the other. Beyond Khartoum from the north few’ tour bits have ever made their way, and beyond Khartoum from the south few savages have ever ventured- From the south the Nubian tends his stortn of ebony, ostrich feathery Hory, skins of animals and other products of the equatorial lake district., while from th* north the trader carries grain, cotton, gum, Brummagim knick-knacki and beads to feed and cloths the “savage pouting at the tfhe*” As the efitrepot bf the products of Central Africa Khartoum is a place of some commercial importance. Among the 36,000 people- who make up its population there are man}’ Greeks and Italians, while two or three Americans hare find profitable investments in famishing taads and other trumpery to the lavages freon Kordofan, El Obeid and Dafour. The traders sell canned fruits, meats and veg etables, and make the Dongolowee howl through the streets after taking some of their raki as a refresher. Arabs in their bour aaises, Turks with the tradiitonal fez. Copts with their baabe, and Birhareen Arabs with their knotted and combined locks of hair, standing up like quills of the porcupine, wan der through its irregular, narrow and badly drained streets. It to no wonder t iiat Khar toum is unhealthy. When it rains, great pools of stagnant water are formed, and fivim these fevers are generate* 1 and the deadly miasma does its work /unong the people. The streets that border the rft sr side look down qpon the water from an ele .ation along which stately palm trees and large gardens of citron and orange trees stand. Many neatly whitewashed buildings stand along the river bank, and these are relieved by the minarets and incaquea which give the p ace the air of a city in Ujqier Egypt, like Benisooef or Roda tn a large way. There are, of course, the characteristic mud houses, the tropical foli age, the brret palms, and the weeping domes, ita dede babas hauled on the beach for repairs, the boles of cotton heaped on the shore, the tacks of gum, the tusks of ivory and the Stevedore population who brave crocodiles for their paltry paras. The palate of the governor is an ugly look ing building facing the river, and the hel meted and casquad negroes who form the guard of honor are dressed in white uniforms. There is a good deal of complex ecoundrelism in the city. It is the result of fifty years of the slave trade. This bus at tracted the worst class of the rogues who live ©d the Levant. Ad army of men as large as (be army of the United States to engaged m capturing the negroes of the up}*r Nile, and it is said that 180,000 slaves, worth about a head, yearly pass through the tortuoui thoroughfare of this gateway city. 'The Turk, with his Moslem religion, sees no great harm in the traffic, for he is taught polygamy and the servitude of one race to an other. At Khartoum the harem is re garded as a sacred institution, as the Koran Ls the inspired law’ of the majority. Even if the mountain passes of Abbysinia were sealed up, the seajxirts of the Cape of Good Hope blockaded aud all the outlets of Cent ral Africa barricaded, yet it is believed thne the same silent caravans will be found starting over the deserts, aud tae same sus picious slave-dealers sneaking through Khar toum across the Red Sea or the Persian gulf. For 4(XM miles south of Khartoum the White Nile is cove ns 1 with rich cotton fields, which slope away from the banks of the river from live to fifty miles into the interior. The re sources of the country are immense, and Khar t am is destined to play au important j>art in the developoment of the resources of Cehtral Africa. CLEVELAND AND HENDRICKS 1 Their Opinions of What Our Gov ernment Should Be. New York, Feb. 12.—Ex-Governor Cleve ’and, in declining to attend a banquet given l.»y a Cle\ eland and Hendricks club in Erie county, writes: Tu reply 1 l>eg to say official duties heiT viH prevent my attendance, and in ad dition to what is said as a motto for your carl I wish to say: The preservation of personal ght, the (quality of all citizens before the law. the r«XT» ed rights of the states and the -upremacy of the federal government within the limits of the constitution will ever form the true bases of our liberties and never be surrendered without destroying the balance <-f rights and powers which enables a conti nent tx be developed in j>eace, and social : ' • to be maintained by means of local self government. ’t i- indispensable for the practical ojx»ra tion and enf<‘r<'erneut of yi -se fundamental pi ic iples that the government should not ol ways b-. '.di rolled by one political power. Frequent change of fvlministrai ;<>n is a® neo er ary a> constant reeiirreuees to the popular will. Otherwise abuses grow, and the gov eminent, instead of being carried on for tbi general welfare, becomes an instrumentality for imposing heavy burdens on the many who «governtd for the lienefit of the few who govern; Public sen ants thus become arbi trary rqjere. » dr. Hendricks wrote to the same club: “I will say that the motto at the head of your card meets my entire approbation- ‘A public offict- is a public trust,’ and let me add now tiiat ihe election Ls over and the w inds of hea'on have blown away the smoke of the batth-: We nre one people; one flags floats ov<*r ns all; a*..* constitution establishes the frn - -work of government for all. Ixd us, heart aud . band, in entiment, in urfec tion and fraternity be again one people.” THE DEADLY SWITCH. 'train <>n the Ixniisville and New Albany and Chicago Road Wrecked. Bloomington* Indy Feb. 12 - Passenger fr-dn No 4 on the - Louisville. New Albany aud (Un. ago rwihoad, which started frou '■ raw foolsville at 12 o'clock Tuesday nigh' •as nnming at full sjhhnl, and w hen turnii j a curve in Ihe cast part of the city the La„ pige car and two coaches jumpcsi the nia n ci a-ck on the switch. They ran a few’ f< et and struck a loaded box car, causing n terri ble crash. In a few minub-s stoves had set fir** Uj the baggage car - , and soon it was in flames. Fortunately the passenger ear’s were w armed by heaters, and they did not tn ke, file. The stop, however, wa* so sudden that several passengers w-ere injured. Edward McGee, of Bloomington, salesman for Heidenberger & Co., of Baltimore, was standing up at the time. His l>ack struck a seat, breaking his ribs, end it is feared in dieting other injuries. He is suffering gi-ea: pain. John Carmichael, brakeman, Harrodeburg, is injursl about the heart, and his jaw is badly mashed. J<»hn ( Wilkins, Campbellsburg, a passen ger, is seriously bruised about the legs, body and head. Je:T7»rson King. Camj'bellsburg, head cut badl. in two places and internally injured. M.i- ji Complan, Evansvilla, leg injured slightly. I'rauk Perkens, express messenger, leg brnirod and badly but on the head by falling pa- ages. >< -n- except McKee and King are consid er d d.mgeroujy injured. AH expres.-. g-xxis are lost, including a large amount of money. No baggage was de stroyed. Some through mail was lost. The /•i; ; r-of the accident was a defective switch, wbi-’h ga. e the rails too much play. John Ci ton, conductor, is doing all he possibly can fur the injured. Dying on Iler Wedding Night. MiKitß.svnxr. Pa., Feb. 12.—Tue lav eve ning Wrn. Duffy, a merchant of this place, was rnarrkxl to Miss Mary McCrystal, sister of Dr. McCrystal. The marriage czjremony was periormetl by the Rev. lather Schvzarz, at the German Catholic Church. After the ceremony the ne -ly married couple and their friends went to the bride’s home, v here a feast was servol. I’he fwtivities were kept up to a late hour. Some of the gueste rho had departed to their ow n homes were hardly asleep when they were aroused by the startling intelligence that the bride wa* very ill, and possibly at the jioint of deat h. At 5 o’clock the priest and Dr. McCrystal were summoned. The physi cian found the bride prostrated by a sex ure attack of heart disease. 'The most powerful remedies were jjowerless to afford even tem porary relief. The priest anointed the dying lirid - and administered the last riles of the «hc: (H. and soon after 5 o’clock she died. The icx.tor pronounced the disease to be paralysis of the heai t. A Sensational Ca«e. Albany, N. Y., Feb. 12—A breach of promn/* case which Ls being tried here is ex citing extraordinary interest. The plaintiff Ls Mrs. Sarah J. Ray, a widow of fifty five, with grown children, and the defendant Aaron M. Hendrickson. She sues for $lO,- 000. The testimony was sensational and racy and while some of it was Ijoing received ladies weie excluded from the court room. Mrs. Ray admitted having lived with Hendrickson in relation of wife, but contended that he premised to merry her. He did not deny the relations, but a paper signed by the plain till in which she agreed to an intimacy for six months with a proviso that the secret contract if divulged by either, he or she should forfeit $250. Hen Irickson deciaresit is a case of blackmail. The daughter, a spri rfitly young girl, and her brother were «mong the witnesses. The case has not been concluded; Work on a Kailroad Abandoned. Chattanooga, Feb. 12.—1 t is assorted here that work on the Eastern Alabama railroad between Gadsden and Anniston, Ala., has been abandoned. This is the road which was l>egun by New York capitalist, but which, iu a sun on some technicality, j>as&e<i mto the Luamls of Hugh Cai Lute Co., of Alabama COLUMBUS. GEORGIA, SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 11. 18S5. CLEVELAND'S CABINET. BAYARD TENDERED THE PORTFOLIO OF SECRETARY OF STATE. Senator Ijunar tn Great Demand—He Say® He’® Not Going In —The Claim® of We»t Virginia, Kentucky aud Texas —Gar- laud For Attorney General. Washington, Feb. 12.—0 f all the recent visitors to Mr. Cleveland who have returned here Senator Lamar received the most atten tion, being more in demand for the time be ing than even Senator Gorman. Mr. Lamar talked quite freely of his interview with Cleveland, though ho did not enter into de tails. He said: “I’tu not going in; I’m not going in,” laughing at the time, and referring to the cabinet, as nearly all who had spokan to him since his return congratulated him as a prospective cabinet official. He admitted that he had a lengthy talk with Mr. Cleve land, but he said it was not specially in refer ence to the cabinet. He said enough to show that he was freely consulted in regard to the most important questions relating to the next administration, but stated positively that he was not offered a cabinet ix>sition. Senator Pugh, of Alabama, says he felt it to lie his duty to urge the appointment of Lamar and Garland to the cabinet, as the two biggest men of the south—men who would do most credit to the administration and the country. Mr. Pugh felt, confident that and Gar land will be invited into the cabinet, though he admits that he has no positive information beyond, he says, the accepted foot by every body around Cleveland that Garland is It be attorney general It is the prevalent opinion among dev > Cratic senators that Lamar would accept a cabinet position if tendered him. Senator has beeu in exuberant spirits, some thing very unusual for him of late. It is evi dent that something occurred between Cleve land and himself to please the senator very much. When it was suggested to him that the appointment of Bayard, Garland and him self to the cabinet would take three of the strongest and ablest democrat# out of the sen ate he raid: “But even better men may be sent in our places.” Gen. Walthall, of Missis sibsippi, is a devoted friend of Lanpar, aud the latter has been anxious for a long time to get Walthall into some prominent position in pub lic life. The belief that Walthall would suc ceed him in the senate might influence Lamar to accept a cabinet position if it were ten dered to liinL From all that can be ascertained, it seems quite ceriain that should Bayard decline the date department rt wotild Ixs offered to la mar, but nobody believes now that Bayoi’d has any idea of declining. He has no confi dants in tlie senate, aud therefore nothing is known yiositively as to hiri mentions, but from various remarks he has made lately it is the unanimous belief of democratic senators toot he intends to accept. Four service as an adviser of the president would bar here* after the public charge against Bayai d that he sympathizi'd with the south during the war, and as an aspirant for the presidency it is natural for him to want to wipe that out It seems quite clour that Lamar has not been offered a cabinej position yet, though there is no doubt that he was treated with great dis tinction by Cleveland, and that the latter let lamar see»that he attached great value to the senator’s friendship and advice, and wanted him to feel free in giving advice. Senators Kenna and Camden say they had a very pleasant meeting with Cleveland. They informed him that Went Virginia would be pleas d to see ex-Senator Davis in the cab inet, but that the democracy of that state did not moke thLs a condition of their sup port; that they would coixliaHy sustain the administration, whether Davis was elected or not. This was done as a mere compliment to Davis, for in truth the party loadei-s in West Virginia do not want him in the cabinet. Senator Williams, of Kentucky, said he went merely to pay his respects, and he told Cleveland tliat Kentucky iiad no aspirant for the cabinet. All the senators who f«w Cleve land express the very highest opinion of him as a man of practical ability, and all of them predict for him a successful administration. Without a single exception they all express the opinion that (Jarland is slated for attorney general. Most of them think Garland and Jonas will be the two southern appointments. The senators who saw Mr. Cleveland say tlnit he is more perplexed about tho selection of a secretary of the treasury. They do not lx>- lieve that Cleveland has any idea v horn he will appoint, and they think he is ao ily puzzled over it New York, Feb. 12.—A ofAcial to the World from Washington says: “A promi nent democrat Ls authority for the statement that Mr. Bayard has received a communica tion from Mr. Cleveland tend (‘ring him the office of secretary of state. ThLs is the first absolute office tliat has been offered to any one. The impression in Washington is that Mr. Bayard will accept.” Attrtin, Tex., Feb. 12.—Both houses of the le> slature have asked President-elect Cleve land to recognize Texas by appointing ex- Gov . Hnbbord in his cabinet. Mont Say® It*® AJJ Bosh. New’York, Feb. 12.—Her Most sat mod estly on the (dge of ach/ar in Justus Schwab’s beerery, enveloped in a dense cloud of smoke which came f rom alleg- d cigars in the mouths of a great throng of gentlemen who prefer the gore of kings to ar y known beverage ex cept beer. Corrq<red to the din of conversa tion which filled the little den, the sound of labor in a Ixiiler shop would have been as the rustling of thin sheet# of pafier. Herr Most’s hair was in ita usual state of violent uprising against prevalent social con ventionalities, and his left cheek bulged from the open revolt of a bad tooth. As to the report that a socialistic plot existed to blow up Pittsburg with dynamite, he said: “It is all boch. Either some newspaper re porter invented it, or some one made a fool of him by filling him up with lies. If the social ists contemplated any such thing it is not likely that they would tell of it. It is bosh.” Burned Alive. Concord, 0., Feb. 12.—Hiram Atkins, a rich old farmer, living near here, married a young woman here. They lived unhappily. Atkins finally became a helpless invalid. A few' months ago an alleged brother of Mrs. Atkins came to live with her, and their ac tions caused much scandal. Tuesday morn ing the Atkins house was burned. When the neighbors arrived and searched the ruins, they found the charred bodies of Atkins and his two children. Nothing was to be seen of Mrs. Atkins aud her brother. Later it was learned that they had driven in the night to this place, and Lad taken a trvin for the wetet. Ice Hinder® the Firemen. Racine, Wis., Feb. 12.—-An overheated stove ignited the floor of the varnish room of Fish Brothers' w agon works in this city. The flames spread rapidly and for a time threat ened to destroy the entire factory, which was re« eutly invoiced at $400,000. Two fire en gines tnrze up and aid was summoned from Milwaukee. Before the arrival of relief, how ever, the local firemen had subdued th« fixing tex loss being confined to $20,000. COUNTING THE ELECTORAL VOTE. A Joint Session of CongrreHs to Officially Declare the Renult. Washington, Feb. 12,—Although the counting of the electoral vote did not begin until 12 o’clock, there was a crowd in the lobbies and galleries of tho house before 10 o’clock waiting for the doors to be opened. Except during the famous electoral count of 1877, the count has al way’s beeu a mere i matter of clerical work, the vice president j announcing the vote of each state, the tellers 1 putting doxui the figures in tho proper col umn on a sheet prepared for the purjxjse, and at the close, the vice president announcing the result according to the known result rather than by the figures of the tellers. At noon sharp business was suspended to pnx’eed with the electoral count. Tbo two front rows of seats were vacated and the sen ate, headed by President Edmunds, its ser geant-at arms and the venerable door-keeper. Mr. Bassett, bearing the boxes containing the vote, wore announced. The president of the senate announced that in obedience to the con stitution and law, and in accordance with their concurrent resolution, the two houses had met in joint convention to count the votes of electors for president and vice presi dent for the term commencing March 4, 1885. The tellers on the part of the two houses ware directed to take their places. The chair then said : “The president of the somite will open the votes of the several states in alphabetical order; he now opens the cer tificate of the state of Alabama, and will de liver it to the chairman of the senate tellers.” Senator Hoar then read the certificate handed him. I The count progressed quietly until the vote of New York w r as reached, when there was slight applause, but it was soon suppressed by | the stentorian demand of the chair, “Ixjt there Lie order.” When Mr. ('biy announced tliat tho certificate was signee! by Grover Cleve land, governor, there was another outburst i At tlie conclusion of the reading the chair directed the tellers to make their report, and Mr. Hoar announced as the result of th® computations that the whole nunilier of vote® cast were 401, of which a majority was 201. There were east for president the following: For Grover Cleveland, of New’ York, 219; for James G. Blaine, of Maine, 182. For vice president the following: For Thomas A Hendricks, of Indiana, 219; for John A. Logan, of Illinois, 182. The president pro tern of tho senate, Mr. Edmunds, then announced tho result. f | There was some applause w hich was quickly suppressed by the chair, who then declared j tlie joint session terminated. Tlrere was then I a fresh and prolonged outbreak of applause as the senators retired. I Senate. ' Washington, Feb. 12.—0 n wiotlon of Mr. Da was, the senate passed the bill providing a permanent reservation for the Indians of northern Montana. /\n aigiuitg of $225,000 is aprropriated to enable the Indians to give up tlie chase and assist them in becoming an , agricultural and pastoral people. • Mr. Sherman endeavored to have the sec ate consider the relief bill which hud posse the house, but Mr. Harris objected. I The bill to quiet the title of the settlers at ■ the Dos Moines river land iu lowa was taken I up, when just before 12 o’clock tlie senate proceeded iu a body to the house of represea . tatives. | The senate, after witnessing the counting of the electoral votes, returned in a body to the senate chamber, and the legislative pro ceedings of the day were resumed. HENDRICKS IN CINCINNATI. He ViHit® the Broker®, Make® a Speech an J Want® to be (’ailed Governor. Cincinnati, O/, Feb. 12.—Vice Fresident elect Hendricks arrived in the city at noon in President John Scott’s private car. He had come from New Orleans over the Qmxm and Cresomt. Mr. M. E. Ingalls took charge of tlie distinguished visitor and escorted him to tlie chamber of commerce. Mr. Hendricks : entered, led by Mr. Adolph Worxl, first vice i president of tlie chamber, and accompanied by several gentlemen of his party. Mr. W cxxl rapped for order as «x>n as the party had Ijeen seated, and briefly introduced “Hun. Thomas A. Hendricks, the neat vice president of the United States.” As Mr. Hendricks stepjied forward he was greeted with a ripple of applause: “Gentlemen of th-. Hoard of Commerce: “I did not exjxict to appear before you to day, but your vice president said I must ap pear, and so I olieyed authority. I iiave been having a delightful trip through the south, and am just returning to my northern home. I understand tatter to-day why Cincinnati reached out her arms for southern trade than ever before. Passing over your Southern road, I can see why Cincinnati counts very much upon the trade she secures from that country. And I think she will not ta disap pointed. A country which deals so largely in one of the essentials of trade—in cotton—can not fail to ta very important to Cincinnati. I saw mineral wealth at Birmingham larger and more of it than I ever saw befoi-e. “The principal purfxme of our trip was to visit the exposition at New Orleans, and might I say a word or two about that exposi tion/ Is it ]>ossib]e that I can interest this board in tliat enterprise? Why surely I need not say much to excite attention. As an ex position of the industry and wealth of our country, it is uir/urpassed; nor do I think anything has eve»- been shown in this country which could surj/&ss it. It is a wonderful col lection. All tie statxjs and territories in the Union are there except Idaho and Alaska, and many f< reign countries—lfrance, Italy, Russia, Central America—are there. Have you ever thought what a grand place it is, where great states, and almost em pires, contest for the prize? In some respecte they have had a very hard time. Rain in the south and ice in the north have kept many away. Our neighbor, Mexico, has one of the finest displays in the exposition, and gives us assurance that if we will do our jxirt, will have trade with Mexico and the great states beyond. Our country has taken hold and appropriated, I bel&ve, $1,000,000, so when I sjmak for this exposition, I sjieak for the union of states, in which you art- in i teres ted, lor there is every state at the expo ! sition. “My fellow citizens, I thank you for the re ception you have extended to me. It is very . warm, compared to the chilly atmosphere j outside.” After the speech Governor Hendricks held ’ a little informal reception, Messrs. Adolph j Wood and M. E. Ingalls intnx!ncing the Cin cinnations to him. Everybody called him governor, and finally somebody apoligized for ! doing it. “That is all right,” heartily replied the vice president-elect, “call me governor. I’ll ta called governor, I suppose, until my dying day. V ice president is no title. It is surne | thing like the office, in that respect.” Death from Chloroform. Des Moines, la., Feb 12.—Another fatal case of the use of chloroform in surgery oc curred at Cottage hospital Mrs. O’Connor, an Irishwoman of fifty years, and the mother of several children, was operated on for ovarian tumor by the physician on duty fjf the day. Chloroform was used, aud before the opera tion was concluded the patient La breattad tar lasU THREATENEDBYGOKGES THE OLD OHIO, THE MAD MUSKINGUM AND THE RUSHING RARITAN. The Dangerous Delaware, the Boisterous Brandywine, the Surging Susquehanna, the Ainrming .Allegheny and the Moaning Monongahela. New York, Feb. 12,--Ice gorges furnish the exciting scones and a'arms of the hour. Tliat in the Delaware river at Trenton wm forty feet high. It broke up Tuesday and flooded some portions of the city even to the second stories of buildings. Ice in the Sus quehanna gorged opposite Port Deposit, moved, but ivgorged ftt tlie Baltimore and Ohio railroad bridge. The cold wave arrived at just the right time to prevent a disastrous flood, but th( danger is yet in the future. A gorge in the Brandywine carried away a now Baltimore and Ohio bridge near Wilmington, Del. The giving way of ft gorge ’’ - the Rari tan flooded manufacturing estab ishments aud dwellings in New Brunswick, N. J. But the worst intelligence con\es from Chester creek, in Penn ylvania. Dams gave way, mills and dwellings were flooded, bridges were de stroyed, but fortunately no lives we »e lost. Cincinnati, Feb. 1. —The great Murray ville gorge, said to have been forty- ’ r " miles long, is coming down tho river wi\ lout hav ing caused great damage up to this time, be cause it has lioen moving on a rising river, which has been hourly giving it more space. By the time it reaches this city the river will ta falling, but in its progress the ice will be much broken up. Upon a rising river its tendency is to the center. Upon a falling river its tendency will !>o toward tho shores, and much of it will lodge. That which jmssee this city will scarcely be observed below tho falls. It is not known that all of the great gorge is moving, but certainly a great portion of it Ls on its way south. If any part remains intact that part will bo augmented, solidified and rendered more dangerous by the present prolonged cold snap. Zanesville, 0., Feb. 12.—There was a great gorge in the Muskingum river, extend ing from McConnollsville to Zanesville, and twenty feet higher than the surface of the water. Col. Merrill, in charge of Ohio river improvements, visited it b> r invitation, to de vise means by which a disastrou lood may be averted when it moves. It is hoped tliat the -Murraysville gorge may jiass out of tlie Ohio before the Muskingum gorge enters this stream, and the fact that the ire was moving at Zanesville Tuesday encourages a belief that the hope has been verified. From Pool No. 2 the ice is moved out of the Monongahela river some time ago, and now constitutes parts of what has been known as the Murrayville gorge; but the Pennsylvania railroad has constructed a bridge a short dis tance below the dam of Pool No. 2, all piers of which save two that support the channel span are but fifty feet apart, and against the ice from above gorged and backed up over the dam, which is eleven feet high, the gorge extending a quarter of a mile above the latter. From the iqjper end of the gorge the Monongahela and nil of its tributaries were frozen solid to their source. There was a movement of the ic in Pool No. 4, but it is not known that the recent rains were sufficient to break up the ire in the re maining parte of the Monongahela or in its tributaries. There would be on easier feeling among owners of float ing property, such as barges, flats, floats, slianty boats and trading boats, as well as elevators, if the Muskingum ice could remain intact until the Murrayville ice luis passed. Pittsburg, Feb. 12.—The Allegheny river is frozen solid from this city to the New York state line, 160 miles, tlie ire being from seven to twelve inches thick, and bard as only tha blue ice of the Allegheny can ta The Liquor Problem in litdifuni. Indianapolis, Feb. 12.--Ita financial flurry has practically monopolized the atten tion of the legislature and tho public, though the liquor question is still an annoyance to tlie democrats. The vacant police coinmis idonership is not yet filled, and tlie two com missioners remaining—one a democrat and one a republican—insist upon enforcing the 11 o’clock closing law against the salor«ns. Ita state officers who elect the commissioners are opposed to this, because the liquor men du not wont the statute enforced, aud are doing all they can to rempel Mr. Murj)hy, the democrat, to re sign, so that two “liberal” democrats can ta elected, and the liquor allies of the party placated. This Mr. Murphy declines to do, and it is not improbable that the board will ta legislated out of office or a bill parked repeal ing the objectionable clause of the present law. The whisky men feel that they own the legislature and can demand what they want The republicans and a few of the democrats are in favor of a high liscense law, but it is scarcely probable the democrats will dare pass such a Yneasure, though by a vote of 65 to 28 the house laid on the table a resolution against rhe increase of the state levy. This means that taxes are to be made higher, which is a necessity in the present depleted condition of the treasury. Altogether the outlook is not a pleasant one A Runaway Marriage in Georgia. Valdosta, Ga, Feb. 12.—'The fifth run away marriage within a few weeks has just Occurred here. Several weeks ago Warren Bleas eloped with Miss Simmons, and made her his wife. On going to housekeeping he in vited his sister Minnie to take up her residence with him. Minnie was a charming blonde, and sy: npathized wit h her bnither , <jxploit She was disposed to listen to the advances of Robert Sims, a substantial farmer of the neighborhood. Her brother objected, where upon she notified her lover that it was for him to suggest further steps. Late on Saturday evening a mutual friend called for Miss Min nie with a buggy. The couple had not gons far before the brother’s suspicions were aroused, and mounting a horse, with a shot gun in his hand, he r<xle in pursuit. He over took the couple as they joined the waiting lover, and, dismounting, he drew a bead on Biin«, but the gun failed to go off Mrs. Bleas having removed the reps so that her hus band could do no damage. Then tta mutual friend advanced on Bleas, and engaged him in a sparring match, while the young couple rude off, aud were duly married by Judge Peeples. A Horrifying Crime. Fayetteville, W. Va., Feb. 12.—Six months ago a family named Gardner moved to this plaee. Shortly after they were joined by a young man nan km I Clark. Gardner ta came jealous, and ordered Clark to leave. The wife said no, and numerous fight® re sulted. Tuesday Gardner went before a jus tice and swore out a warrant for Clark’s ar rest. On his return he was met by his wife and Clark. A fight followed and Gardner was killed. Clark and the wquuui disap peared. Wanted—The Prince of Wale®. New York, Feb. 12.—O’Donovan pajier, the United Irishman, offers SIO,DUO re ward for the body of tta prince of Wataa, <bad or alive. THE CONDENSER. hre®h. Pithy News Items Boiled Down iter the Hurried Reader. Speaker Carlisle is ill. Central Pacific net earnings for 1884, sfi,« 170,710.16. Rev. R. Heber Newton has been admonished ly Bishop Potter. 1 Dr. William Waring, prominent citizen of Richmond, lud., is dead. | Receipts of coal in Cincinnati tor the year last were 56,412,069 bushels. Burglars robbed a Catholic church in Chi sago of silver vessels, vestments, etc. No trains left Cincinnati for Chicago Tuee ’ay, owing to the blizzard blockade. The Bankers’ and Merchants’ Telegraph Company owe employee fifty per cent of lanuary salaries. Joseph Mackin and others, charged with the Eighteenth ward election frauds in Chi »gu, are on trial. Ferry, Davis & Co., cotton factors, of Cln rimiati, assigned. Assets aud liabilities each *ti mated at $30,000. i The matter of admitting colored men to practice at the Maryland bar is receving much ittention in Baltimore* The New York clearing house has acrepted diver certificates in settlement of balances from the New York sub-tivasurv. i The secretary of the treasury has trana nltted to the house a report on the silver juestion, in response to a resolution. Portuguese brig Julia Norton was wrecked on the rocks near Gloucester Monday. All )n board rescued by the life saving crew. P House committee on pensions, etc., are in restigating the participation by pension bureau employes iu the Ohio October eleo don. 1 ; Dick Mulligan was drunk at Columbia, 8. C., threw a chair at his wife which k'Ued hi» little daughter, Sobered by remonio, he cut lis throat Ita bar association of Cincinnati adopted a report Condemning the judge® of the district sourt for their findings in the Campbell dta garment trial. I Twenty per cent of the coke ovens con irollod by tho syndicate in West Pennsylvania ire to start up at once. Two thousand of tha lyndieate’s ten thousand are now in blast Marshal Wright’s accounts of expenses in curred at the October election in Cincinnati lave been audited, and all the items were al lowed except pay for non-resident deputy narshals. , , . > THEIR FATE UNKNOWN. An Fxplo®lon Imprlnon® Fifteen Miner® tn a Nova Scotia Colliery. ■ Halifax, Feb. 12.—At 9 o’clock Tuesday light an explosion occurred in tlie old pit of Vide colliery at Westville, Pictou. The heavy rtorm seriously interfered with the telegraphic nrviee, and little more than the bare fact of 1 casualty can lie obtained. It is rumored in the city that 100 men ware In the ’nine at the time, but it is reported from New Glasgow that the people there heard of only fifteen being down. The later report is likely tn be nearer the truth, as New Glasgow is only seven miles distant fi'om Westville. Whether the men ore alive or lead is unknown at present. Fire broke out Immediately alter the explosion and the men have gone down in the pit to attempt to get tlie thunes under control Three Women Burned Alive. I St. Louis* Feb. 12.—A horrible affair oo lurred on the ptx>r farm near the town of Monticello, IU., Monday night, meager de tails of which have reached here. There were three old women who were demented Mid not considered fit to be kept in the same bouse with the other paupers. The county sutborities had a small building constructed tor tlie women. They lived together there aud together died in a inoet horrible maimer. The shanty was about a hun- l ln d yards from the main build ng. Tuesday moriiiiig the attendants of the ta lot were horrified by the discovery that tome time during the night the little shanty had been completely destroyed by fire, toge her with ita inmates. Itair names were Lucinda Currant, Louisa Baker and Eliza Ma ami. Their charred bones wore found in the a-lies, but nothing was discovered to indicate how the tire originated. Heavy Salvage Demanded. Nbw York, Fdb. 12.—The owners of the steamship Itace Winnipeg have filed a l.bel against the Alaska for such sal vug® a* the court may deem just for rescuing the Alaska and towing her to New York. The Alaska and car go are valued at $1,250,000, I FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. Latest Quotation® nt the Stock. Produea aud Cattle Market®. Nrw York, Feb. 11.—Money 1 per cent. Ex change weak and tower, S4.*JShM.B7. Govern men is Ann. Alt. & Terre Haute. lt> Morris & Essex... lit Bur. <& Quincy ...iWi Missouri Pauiito. Caiuulu PaciuO.... N. Y. & Ene li z Canada Southern . N. Y. Central to ® Central Pacific 81 North western ... Chicago & Alton... 131 Pacific Mail C..C.,C.&1 #5 Rock Ulaud... ...114 Del. &. Hudson.... BA Paul Del Lack, it W... tali Bt. K 8. C. Ulinoi® Central IM do preferred Jersey Central.. .. Texan .t Pacific. ) >zl Kansas A Texas.. U. Pacific Lake Shore bl West. Union .. . Louisville &, Nash Nash. & ChaU .... GeneraL Cincinnati, Feb. 11. FIA)UR—-Fancy, $1159 150; family, WHEAT—No. I red, No. 8, CORN—No. 2 mixed, 44c; No. t, 41c; ear. 43c OATS—No. 2 mixed, ia; Na J white, Sla RYE--Na 2, 72a BARLEY—Spring, fall, PORK- Family, regular, $lB. BACON—Shoulder®, short clear si lea, 7.fiO'|»7.H.">a Lard—Kettle—7‘- a CHEESE—Prime lo choice Ohio, New York, 12 .yqhß 3 c; Northwestern, POULTRY—Fair ciuckeus, $2.5(K<42.75; prime, s3.Uou£B.ao; ducks, $3.50; geese, $3.0040 par doi , five turkeys, dressed, H.gtilHc. HAY—No. 1 timothy, SIISUi>M.UO; No. 2, 11.1$ SIZ.UO; mixed, wheat aud i>*e straw. stt 'At® straw, Nsw Yohk, Feb, 11.—WHEAT—No. 1 white, IXto; No. 8 red, Feb., CORN- Mixed western, futures, 40 Oats—Western. Nrw Okixas®, Feb IL—SUGAR--Refining, coo»- mon, 4}/ 4 (54. 8 c; inferior, B.(^B> a c; ctaice white, 4“/ g c; off white, choioe yellow, MOLASSES—Good fair, prime, clMMoe, 44c; centrifugal prime, fair, 33a i Detroit, Feb. 11.—WHEAT —Na 1 white, dTo; Na. 3 red, 77c; Michigan soft red, OT!4c. Toledo, Feb. ta—WHEAT-Na 2, «0c; Na 1 ■oft, Idve stock. Cincinnati, Feb. H.—CATTLE—Good to choice butciierH, $4.75; fair, $L50i05.2&; common, $4 (£2.75; siocker® and feeders,’ sl7 yearlings and calves, $2.30(b3.50. HOGS—Selected butcher®, fair to good packing, fair to gtxxl light. $4.40 BHEEI’-Common to fair, SXW>3.2S; good to choice, CQunuon, $3.U(X<£3.75; good $4-<j»4.75. 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