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VOL. 6.—NO. 32.
NATURAL DYNAMITE,
A DOUBLE GAS EXPLOSION IN
PITTSBURGH.
A Horrible Sc* n?—M« n Blown Across the
Sreets Windows Shntteied aid
Buildings Wr(ck*d— » he Gas Ig
nites in the Street 8 wers—A
Number of Persons In
jured, Some Fatally.
Pittsburgh, Pa., Jan. 31. —The most horri
ble of the natural gas explosions that has yet
occurred in this city took place at 11 o clock
this morning on Ihirty-lourth street, by
which fifteen persons were burned and in
jured in a terrible manner. None were killed
outright, but some will die from the injuries
received. There were two explosions in rapid
succession. 3he first occurred in a butcher
shop owned by Mr. Hermensdorier, on the
corner of Thirty-fourth and Butler streets.
It was caused by gas accumulating in the
cellar. But few people were in the st re at
the time, but the loud report drew a crowd to
the spot. They had just reached the place
when the second explosion occurred, with
still greater force than the first. It was in
the Salo .n of Mr. Miller, on the opposite side
ot tiie street from the butchershop. This is
the explosion that did the most damage
Tiie entire flist floor of the saloon was blown
up, ami the Hames burst forth. In the first
explosion two or three persons were badly
burned. The force of the second explosion
was terrific, people passing on the street
being blown to the opposite side and thrown
' Mn Bannette had his head and face burn
ed- Dr Steinert, standing in tiie saloon, was
blown up to the ceiling and then fell through
to the cellar. He then fought his way out
through the flames and Is badly burned.
Fred Zulser had his skull fractured and was
burned ba ly. He will die. Mary Smith was
terribly burned about the body. A sister of
Mrs. He-rmendorfer was badly burned about
the face and hands. A daughter of the butch
er, Lizzie, was burned about the face. The
barkeeper of the saloon was standing in the
doorway at the time of the accident, and was
blown across the street and was badly Injur
ed. Little Annie Miller was burned and
bruised about the head and body. Lizzie
Fultlioser, a domestic, was terrtbly burned.
Mr. Gushan, who was on the street, was bad
ly burned, and was also hurt by flying mis
siles. Jake Stone was struck by flying wood
and Fad his n»se broken. Amelia Oscher
hurst was burned about the head and arms,
and had one leg broken. She will probably
die Wm. Payton,aneight-year old boy, was
badly cut on the head by flying glass, and a
butcher named Oxenhart, who was driving
past was blown from his wagon and badly
hurt. The Injured were quickly removed to
their homes.' where they received prompt
medical attention.
An alarm of fire was promptly answered by
the department, which, after a hard tight,
extinguished the flames. Miller s saloon and
the butcher shop are total wrecks, while the
windows in the houses for half a square from
the pla-e of the explosion are shattered.
Chimneys were blown down and walls
cracked. Many persons raceived more or less
injuries from falling glass and bricks.
The feeling against he gas company is in
tense and indignant citizens are loud in their
threats against the gas company’s property.
Senator Upperman, who was early at the
scene, informed a United Press reporter that
he had m-de a rough draft of a bill that
would be introduced in tno Legislature next
week, and will provide against such occur
rences in the future. After the flames of the
burning buildings were extinguished, the
escaping gas, pouring Into the sewers, ignited,
ai d the Hanns bursting from the manli -les iu
t.b > streets, caused more alarm. Maqy peo
ple, tearing another explosion, rushed from
their dw Hings, se -king shelter on the side
streets, afraid to venture near their homes.
An old ladv named ArensUurg stepped from
a street car Ju t as the explb ion occurred
and was, perhaps, fatally injured by the fall
ing debris.
Captain Vandirgrift and Messrs. Hostetter
and Brown, representing the Pennsylvania
Fuel Gas Company, were on band shortly lif
ter the explosion to inquire into its cause. A
large force of men were put to work Immedi
ately to tear up the street. Late this after
noon the cause ot the disaster was discovered
and remove d, and the gas turned off from the
main. The gas company have deposited
money in the Lawrence Bank sufficient to
make good all loss and damage to property,
as well as secure the best possible comfort for
those who were injured.
The scene to-night is surrounded
bv an immense crowd of highly
indignant citizens, and threats are freely
and openly made. For a time one or two tac
tive leaders might easily have converted the
vengeful gathering of citizens Into a furious
mob. This leellng, however, IS gradually sub
siding, and the matter will probably be left
iu the hands of the city officials, who now,
that they see the danger, will take decisive
steps at once. All are of the one opinion,
however, that they must and will be protect
ed, if I hey have to take the law in their own
hands No deaths have yet been reported.
Fred Zeinesen can scarcely recover. He is
seriously Injured Internally. Mary Schneol
der Is very badly burned, and she is iu a very
critical condition. Charles Roth is also bad
ly burned and cut about the head. He lies
in a precarious condition. The others Injured
are all out of immediate danger.
Ns actual figures can yet be secured, but an
estimate places the damage to property at
from 525,0j0 to 830,000.
A JEALOUS HUSBAND.
Makes a Furious Assalt on His Wife ai d
Escapes.
Charlotte, N. C., Jan. 31.—0 n Thursday
night, at his home near Lincolnton, Joseph
Smith, a well-to-do planter, attacked his
young wife with a knife and gashed her in a
fearful manner. The wounds inflicted will
it is believe result fatally. Smith has been
jealous of bis wife. When the fact that he
had assaulted his wife became known anum
berof neighbors armed with revolvers went
to bis house to lynch him. When they reach
ed the spot they i.mnd the house barricaded,
and his brother'landing in the- door with a
double-barrelled shot gun. He warned the
mob to retire and they fired, riddling his
body with bullets, and then foiced their way
into the house, but Joseph Smith whom the.,
.ought had escaped.
CEEVE AND AND HENDRICKS
In Consultarion With Speaker Carlisl”.
Aibany, N. Y., Jan. 31.—Vice President
electHendricks arrived In this city last even
ing. At 11 o'clock this morning he bad a eon
sulta.ion with Mr. Cleveland, in company
with fion.J. G. Carlisle, Speaker of the House
of Representatl ■ es. He will leave for New
Yorkat 2:40 p. m.
Speiker Carlisle had a long conference with
ex-Gcvernor Cleveland at his home on Wil
let st-eet., last evening, lasting until mid
night. Vice President elect, Tiros. A. Hen
dricks, arrived in the city at 2 o’clock this
morniig and registered at the Kenmore
House. Tais forenoon both Mr. Hendricks
and Mr. Carlisle met Mr. Cleveland at his
residence, and a long conference regarding
publiemeasures and the policy of the Dem
ocratic party was had. The visit of Mr.
Hendricks wis in response to a telegram sent
him b T Mr. Cleveland. Mrs'. Carlisle accom
panied lierhtsband this morning, and paid
her respects te Miss Cleveland while the gen
tlemen were centering in another room.
“If the heart if a man Is depressed with
cures, the mist i: dispelled when the bottle [
appears." Not a bottle of spirits, oh, no! but
a small vial of hat invaluable compound
known to civilization as Dr. Bull’s Cough i
Syrup.
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 1, 1885.
GKEELY’S PROMOTION.
I The Committee on Military Affairs Op
pose It.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31—A member of the
House Committee on Military Affairs says
t e reason the committee withdrew its rec.
ommendatlon to the Committee on Appro
priations for a provision for an Assistant
I Chief Signal Officer was that Lieut. A. W.
Greelv of Arctic fame, had been selected for
the position, and there was stern opposition
in the committee against an appointment ot
[that kind, it Is said that Sergeant Brainard
I sent a communication to a member of the
committee charging Greely with cowardlee, i
and alleging that the shooting of some men
under Greely during the recent Arctic expedi
tion was on the orders of the latter, and that ;
by issuing such orders he proved himself to
’ be Inhuman. ,
LINGUISTIC REFORM.
' • A Language Club to Take tl e Matter in
Hand.
1
New York, Jan. 31.—Invitations are to be J
’ Issued, signed bj' President Barnard of Co- ,
i luinbla College, David Dudley Field, Dr. i
I Howard Crosby, Professor Hitchcock and '
’ | others, for a meeting to be held next Satur- j
’ I day to organize a language club. The objects s
! of the club are explained to be to secure uni- 1
lonnlty of linguistic usage. Os the three pro- 1
nunciationsof Latin, the English,Continental ;<
and Roman, the club will favor 'he adoption I 1
. of the latter’y the colleges of this country. >
The club will recommend that German be I
written and printed in the Roman characters I
• It will also attempt reforms in English or
| thography. It will not go to extremes, but
will recommend the abolition of superfluous
, letters, such as which is always pro
nounced either as “s” or “k."
THE FURIOUS MLSSISSIPPI
Breaking Through its Banks at Various 1
Points.
I Vicksburg, Miss., Jan. 31 —Capt. Searles, '
I U. S. Engineer, has arrived, here and re- j J
. | ports the water from the Mississippi rushing I:
■ ■ through the Opossum Fork levee, 150 miles i]
from here in Arkansas, and tlat the whole;.
. country back of the levee is in immediate i
i danger of being flooded. Water is also pour- 1
i ing through the Long Lake levee, 17 miles
below Helena, Arkansas, and vast damage Is
: threatened. The Resonia levee in East Car
roll parish. Louisiana, has a break 350 feet
, wide, which is causing the inundation of the
Queen and Crescent Railway.
COLD-BLOODED MURDER.
An Unaimed Man Deliberately Shot and
Killed.
i
' Elgin, Texas, January 31.—A few days ■
ago two young men named Standifer and i
: Young quarrelled over a game of billiards.
• Yesterday, while Young was fixing his fence,
‘ Standifer, armed with a double-barrelled
I shot gun, rode up to Young and demanded
that he retract what he had said during the
quarrel. Young declined to do this, remark
i ing: “You can kill me if you like. I'm un
; armed.” Whereupon Standifer fired both
barrels, killing Young instantly.
- THE SKYE"JR »FTERS.
1
A Number of Prisoners Captured.
i
I
London, Jan. 31. —Dispatches trom the Isle
■ of Skye, state that the police expedition I
. I which was recently sent to the Parishes of
- Kilmulr and Glendale, to arrest therebell-
■ : ious Crofters, returned to Port Reef, the capi- I
’ ■ tai, this morning with a number of prisoners.
1 ! At the landing an immense and sympathetic |
> crowd had gathered and It was found neces- I
I i sary to place a guard of 10> policemen, and a I
> I company of Mariners over the prisoners in
, ' order to prevent au attempt al their release.
■ The procession moved towards the jail, the
crowd followed yelling and threatening, but
I committed no actual breach of the reace.
ARKANSAS’ NEW SENATOR.
A Brief Record of His Career.
; Washington, D. C. Jan 31.—A private dis
patch was received here to-day from Little
! Rock, Arkansas, announcing that Represen
i tive James K. Jones, Democrat, has been
elected United States Senator to succeed Jas.
i D. Walker. The Congressional and Senatorial
. friends of the successful candidate are tele-
■ graphingthelr congratulations th is afternoon,
. Mr. Jones who is now at Little Rock is a
j Mississippian by birth and is 40 years old.
I He was a member of the Senate ot Arkansal
in 1573, and aided in forming the State Con
i stitution. He served in the 47th and 4sth
; Congresses and was reelected to the 49th.
A DYNAMITE SUSPECT.
His Guilt Inspected to be Establish d.
I London, Jan. 31.—The man arrested at
Derby this morning as a dynamite suspect
I was immediately arraigned and charged with
I writing menacing letters to the civil authori
-1 I ties of Derby, threatening the destruction of
i the town hall. He gave his nanieas Newbold,
and admitted that he had written the letter.
He was remanded for a week for further ex-
- amination. Tbeipolice expect to establish
the prisoner’s complicity with the London
. explosions.
DIABOLICAL NIHILISTS
Threaten a Great Uprising.
St. Petersburg, Jan. 31.—There is evident
ly a feeling of grave apprehension among the
police on account of its becoming known that
the Nihilists have of late been secretly invit
-1 ing all classes of workmen to an uprising.
Extraordinary measures are being taken to
prevent the success of any widespread insur
rection.
KILLED HIS RIVAL.
The Murderer to be Lynched if Caught.
i Augusta, GA., Jan. 31.—1 n Wilkes county,
I James Johnson and Thompson Richardson, 1
I who loved the same woman, met to settle
the matter. They quarreled, and Richard
son seized an axe and buried it in Johnson’s
brain. The murderer then tied. He is being
pursued, and will likely be lynched if caught. ,
LONDON POLICE
living Fast Brought Into Ridicule.
London, January 31.—Goodman was unex
pectedly brought before a magistrate again :
; this afternoon and released, the poll- e ;
■ confessing their inability to connect
l him with any conspiracy. This pro-
I ceding on the part of the police is considered
remarkable and their recent over-zealous
efforts to trace and arrest dynamiters are .
i fast bringing them into ridicule. )
A RADICAL SCHEMb
TO BE FRU TRA CED BY I HE DEMO
ORA LIC HOU>E.
Au Kfl’ort to Tie President. Cl«v land’s
Hands—Radical Conicres-men Trying
to Retain Radical Officials in Posi
tion— ucli a Course Unwise
Mid Unpatriotic*
Washington, Jan. 31.—Hon. Wm. Mutch
ler, of Pennsylvania, chairman of the House
Committee on Reform in the Civil Service,
to-day made the following adverse report to
accompany the biil, H. R. 7548:
Tiie bill proposes to prohibit tiie removal
by the President, or his subordinate officers,
of any honorably discharged soldier, sailor
or marine, who served during the rebellion
and is now in office, or the widow or depend
ent relative of any such person. It is more
radical in its provisions than the original
tenure of office law, as it proposes to prohibit
removals by tiie President and Senate con
jointly Thejreport isas follows: Believingi hat
the power of removal from office, wisely exer
cised, is necessary to enable the Executive to
fulfill the constitutional duty of adiniluster
ing the laws, your committee are of opin
ion that any legislation which restricts that
power is unconstitutional and inexpedient.
Should the Executive abuse the power of re
moval, or use it for unworthy purposes, the
remedy is with the people, or with the House
and Senate by impeach ment. But. should
the LigislaLVj branch, by restrictions upon
appointments and removals, so bind the
hands of the Executive as to
take from him the power of adminis
tering the laws, the constitutional
functions of the Executive to see
that the laws be faithfully executed, would
be »eriously impeded; for, in such a case, the
administration of the laws might fall into the
hands of subordinates for whose appointment
the Executive was iu no way responsible,
and who might have become unworthy or in
efficient while in office. Under the provisions
of the bill a Secretary of State, whose idea of
foreign policy might be totally opposite to
those of ihe Executive, must be retained by
him, and t is, though the Senate should con
cur i i the propriety of appointing another in
his place. But to provide that the Executive
shall retain in office any person when he may
think some other person is better fitted to
administer the trust, is unwise and unconsti
tutional. Public office must be regarded asa
trust, and not as a mere reward for past ser
vices, however meritorious, and present
usefulness should he the test for an incum
bent.
FIGHT FOR A CHILD.
A Painful Scene in a L’hilad Iphia Court
Room—Judge and Sp< ctators
Moved to Tears.
Philadelphia, Jan. 31.—There was a pain
ful scene before Justice Joel Parker, of ti e
• New Jersey Supreme Court, at Camden, this
i morning, in a habeas corpus case for the pos
session ~f a little 4-year-old girl. The writ
: was obtained by Mrs. Baldwin, of Newark. N.
J., the mother the child, this morning,
upon Mrs. Cecelia Belden, on the outskirts of
Camden, who had adopted the little one when
it was an infant. The latter, when notified of
the intent and purpose of the
writ went into hysteria, and declared
that if the* child was taken, it
would be over her dead body. Sheriff
Smith quieted her, however, and this
morning she appeared in court with the
child, a. beautiful, rosy-cheeked girl. Mrs.
Belden, during the trial, had several hysteri
cal fits of crying. The child, all unconscious
I <>f its adopted mother’s trouble, nestled up in
; her lap,calmly sucking its chubby fist.As Mr-.
j Belden would breakout weeping. the little girl
i wit ha troubled expression on her face, would
1 ook up and around its adopted
i parent's neck and lisp “ Mifinma,
what is you trying for?” The
! writ was read by counsel. He alleged ihat
the mm her was abundantly able to care for
i the childnow. Mrs, Belden, in replying, said
i the child was born on October 31st, ISsl. ami
J she was giv< n full charge of it on the July fol
. lowing to adopt it as her own. The agree
| incut was. verbally, that she should ha\ e the
child, and her mother was to give up all
; ' laim to it. and was never to make herself
i known, but she was to allow i> lo think
she was her daughter. Judge Par
ker then decided that under thy
law although it would be a great hardship
upon Mrs. Belden, lie would have to give the
child to its mother.
When this announcement was made Mrs.
Belden picked up the child and cried aloud
that she would not give it up. A pathetic
scene ensued, the child also beginning to cry
and clinging to its adopted mother
sobbed, “ You won’t let them take me away
will you?” The pathos of the appeal moved
both judge and counsel to tears. When the
child was taken from Mrs. Belden she uttered
a piercing shriek and fainted. When she re
covered the court had adjourned and Mrs.
Baldwin with her daughter had left the
room.
FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS.
Yesterday’s Proceedings.
Washington, Jan. 31.—1 n the House to-day
several; minor matters werej disposed of by
unanimous consent, during the first forty
minutes of the session, when a bill granting
a pension to John • Vanderhoff, which came
over from last night, and over which there
was a controversy, came up as unfinished
business, and was passed.
The morning hour having been set aside,
an hour was spent in an endeavor to fix a
limit to debate on the river and harbor bill.
The subject was then on motion of Mr. Hatch,
of MisMHiri. laid on the tabic by a vote of b<»
to 71. Mr. Willis, of Kentucky, then moved
to limit the debate to six hours. Mr. Springer,
of Illinois, madea point of ord’ rthat the sub
ject had just been laid on the table. The
Chair (Mr. Blackburn) overruled the point of
order, whereupon Mr. Springer moved to lay
the motion on the table which was agreed to
by 99 to 73. The House then went into com
mittee of the whole on the bill without alimit
to debate. Mr Mills, of Texas, resumed his
remarks in support of the Galveston harbor
improvement.
GRANT AND AV ARD.
Interesting Testimony of U. S. Grant, Jr.
New York, Jan. 31.—U.S. Grant, Jr., was a
witness before Referee Cole to-day, in the
case of ex-Senator Chafiee, to recover 5500,009
worth of securities held by the receiver o f
Grant & Ward. Mr. Grant produced several
1 letters written him by Chaffee. In one of them
Chaffee asked for a few thousand dollars to be
used in politics out West. In the same letter
he warned young Grant to be cautious about
speculating. Witness testified that he drew
82,000 from the firm each month. He under
stood that each member was limited to that
amount, but he afterward found that Mr.
Fish had drawn out all his profits as they ac
crued. General Grant was a creditor of tiie
firm, continued the witness, but lie is not in
a position to say anything.
“Do you mean to say your father was a
creditor of the firm?” asked Mr. Bangs, coun
sel for one of the creditors of Grant Cc Ward.
“I do,” replied ‘Buck,' warmly, -‘my
father was a creditor by everthing lie had iu
the world, but of course he can’t say anything
about it-”
Probabilities.
Washington, D. C., .lan. 31.—For the South
Atlantic States, local rains, stationary ’tem
perature, northerly winds.
AN IMPORTANT CASE.
Involving tiie Interests of Cotton Gin
Manufacturers*
Special Dispatch to the Dally Times.
Macon, Ga., Jan. 31.—Last night a case was I
decided in the United States Circuit Court I
that involves the interest of gin manufac-1
turers and considerable money. On October
21st a bill was filed by Peter C. Sawyer against |
Hugh Leachrich and Richard Gordon, of I
Jones county, praying for an injunction , '
against them tor the use of a patent of the (
cotton vin, tiie plaintiff having claimed that j
it belonged to him as his exclusive property, | 1
' and that lie was the original inventor. Tiie
i purpose of the bill was to establish his rights 1
as the patentee. The bill was taken up at ,
January rule, pro conjesno, the defendant hav- r
ing made no answer’, being wholly in fault
, and so continuing. The plaintiff's counsel, i
. S. A. Darnell moved fora final decree, which .
was allowed and signed by the Chancellor, j
Judge Settle, in which decree it was ordered 1
. and adjudged that the letters patent, 6109, <
■ issued to Sawyer, December, 1884, are good (
1 and valid in law; that he was the first and
original inventor of the said improvement
in cotton gins, and that he was the exclusive :
owner of the patent. An order lor perpetual
. injunction was issued against the defend- ,
, ants from using or causing to be used the 1
. improvement. The effect of this i« to estab
. lish the validity of the Sawyer patent, about
which much litigation has been had.
In the Circuit Court of the United States at |
i Macon, on the signing of this decree, counsel j
; for plainrtff filed a similar bill against Elijah I
. H. Carhart, Julia Curd, administrator, and
[ Elizabeth F. Masssey, survivors of tiie firm
i j of Carhart, Curd & Massey, praying for an
• injunction restraining the firm from inanu
, facturingand selling the cotton gin known
. as the Massey Excelsior, with Sawyer s pat-
[ eut attached. The injunction was allowed |
• by the counsellors.
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ELECTRIC SPARKS.
> Caught Over the Wires from all Quarters.
Chicago. Jan. 31.—John Sahrenkrug, fit-1
’ teen years old, playfully pointed a revolver L
at his brother Jacob, when it was discharged, (
■ instantly killing Jacob.
‘ Washington. D. C., Jan. 31.—The reduct ion i
of the public debt, for the month of January
, 1 will reach almost 88,(XX) WO.
j St. Paul, Minn., Jan. 31.—Alexander An
. ! derson, aged forty, and Charles Wilkerson,
• I aged forty-three years, were killed by falling
in of earth upon them yesterday while they
- | were making an excavacation.
i Ft. Smith, Ark., Jan. 31.—Marshal Mershon I
arrive I from tiie Indian Territory last eve
i ning, having in charge Meredith Crow, and a
gang of five companion outlaws. Seven years ’
ago Ci’vw killed Wm Courtney, for which he
t i has been hunted far and wide, but succeeded
' in evading arrest
i Lawrence, Kans,, Jan, 31.—The Ocblaho
ma Boomers, now at Arkansas City, say their
surrender was imide necessary by Col. Hatch I
i having cut off all means of getting food sup- <
‘ * plies.
New York, Jan. 31.—Steerage rates by the
8 I Hamburg-Anu rhan Packet Company were
- reduced tour dollars yesterday, making their ;
t tickets to Hamburg now only ten dollars.
• Hong Kong, China, Jan. 31.—News has
been received from Pekin of the execution of
1 two Governors for having permitted the 1
1 j French to capture Bae Mill.
! ; Pittsburg, Pa., Jan. 31.—At 3 o'clock this
I . morninr flames were discovere l issuing from
t the residence of Georzc Love, in Altoona,
k ! Belair county. Mr. hove ♦ -eaped with two
J children. Mrs L«.ve. with a child inlier
. arms, was <ut ”ffby die flames in the sight
ofhui lr»’d' >f horr: :e I s: • ctators. She fell ,
1 I across the w.ndow - ’I. an 1 her body was'
s burn* 1 io a crisp. 1‘ e child shared the |
\Vashington, D. (’., Ja i. 11. -Th( 1 us
1 j sion on the rive r and harbor biil was kept up 1
: until 5:15 p. m,. wbuii Ui<- H i•• • "• 11 m
1 I The indications are that the discus Mon will
. occupy all ot Tuesday an I perhaps dm•<-:
'day. There is a strong feeling aga.. r tlm i (
Galveston harbor improvement, w . a is! 1
’ made the chief point e>f attack upon tiie bill. (
The Senate was not in session to-day.
. i St. Louis, Jan. 31.—T0-day Doctor Litz, ac-i
. 1 < omi anted by i !■; Att'y., a.q e ired before the '
. prosecuting attorney, to informa- :
i tion charging Henry W. Moore, rnanaeiny J !
: editor of the Post-Dispatch, with criminal | I
libel in the publication of an article in yes- ‘ (
1 i terdays’ issue, charging that Litz, while p<>- l
. I lice commissioner, had assisted Joseph H.d
, McEntire in obtaining^,oo-) from Police Olli- I
. cer Dillon, under the* promise of obtaining I ,
him an appointment as Police Sergeant.
Disastrous Conflagrations. <
‘ New York, Jan. 31.—Shortly after 1 o'clock
. this morning, a fire broke out in the six-story j '
building, No. 155 and 157 Green street, occu- <
1 pied by Gardner, Dunley & Co., hat manufac-'
I turers, Martin & Co., importers of car and I i
- carriage goods, F. Price, dealer in furs and t 1
. several other firms. The fire burned for over
j two hours before It was gotten under control. ,
The loss is variously estimated at from $50,000 1
to 8109,000,
San Francisco, Jan. 31—A fire last evening
destroyed Kerr's carriage factory, and two
adjoining buildings. Loss, 850,009.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Jan. 31—A special
from Norristown, Tenn., states that yester
day the dwelling of John Sandford caught
. . fire and was burned to the ground. Two of
■ his children perished in the flames,
r!
Chicago 'Change.
Chicago, Jan. 31.—Wheat opened unsettled <
• with a wide difference in sales in different
. parts of the pit. The general tone was j
stronger than on yesterday, and an advane of
1 one percent, was made by noon. Corn rang- >
ed very steady, with fluctuations of cent. .
. i Provisions opened generally a little higher. I
i Closing prices: Wheat for February, No. 2
. red winter, 77' 4 ': for Mayß3 : %c. Corn for Feb- I
. ruary 36, 1 4c.; for May 40c. Oats, No. 2 for Feb- .
i ruary 27c. Pora for February 812.15; for May
I -12.47; Clear rib sides for February 86.15; for.
. May
A Rich Find in We-t \ irginia.
Wheeling, W. Va , Jan. 31—The discovery !
o<> a valuable vein of galena, or lead ore on
1 the farm of H. G. Bartlett, near Phillipi, in
' Scarborough county, has created great ex
: citement in that vicinity. Samples of the ore
; have been assayed at the Philadelphia mint
anil are pronounced by experts as peculiarly
rich.
Killed in an Instant.
Petersburg, Va., Jan 31.—Washington
Jackson, a colored workman on the Norfolk
• and Weldon Railroad, was killed at Wilson’s
station this morning by an engine and tender
running over him. He was engaged in shift-
t ing cars at the time, when he slipped and fell,
> and was killed in an instant.
»
f Mrs. Green Comes to Her Husband’s Re
lief.
New York, January 31.—1 t was reported on
1 the street this afternoon, after the closing of
> the Stock Exchange, that Mrs. Green had as-
• sinned the debt of her husband in the banking
I firm of Cisco & Co., and that Assignee Louis
■ May stated that he would pay a dividend
early next week of 77% per cent. Mr. Green's |
debt is SBOO,OOO.
Silver Convoy Attacked by Bandits.
• City of Mexico, Jan. 31.—A valuable silver
convoy en route between Toluca and Cuer
ravea, was attacked on Wednesday evening
by organized bandits, the escort was over-
‘ , powered and the silver was all captured.
: Government troops are now in pursuit of the
robbers.
“BUCHU-PAIB k.’ ’
Q lick, complete cure, all Ki dney, Bladde
nil Urinary Diseases, Scalding, Irritatio.
, Stone, Gravel, Catarrh of the bladder, $1
1 ?TUggi:tß.
THE VISITING KNIGHTf
ARRIVAL OF MARY COMMANDERS
OF PHILADELPHIA.
An Account cf th, ir Pllgriinag* from
I’ll lari. Iphia to r avaunali via New
Orl< a is—Royally I ec rived.
The itinerary of Mary Cotnmandery, No.
36, Knights Templar, of Philadelphia reach
ed this city yesterday en route for theii
home, from a pilgrimage to New Orleans
and Florida, it being the 17th pilgrimage
made by this Cotnmandery since 1870
They left Philadelphia on January 20tb
arrived in Washington city the same day
at eieveu o’clock, remained there three
hours, arrived in Atlanta the next day at
one o’clock p. m. and remained until ten
o’clock p. m., being the guests of the Coeur
de Lion Commandery and the city jointly,
arrived at Mobile on the 22d, remained two
hours and thence proceeded to New Orleans,
arriving there at night of the same day |
About four days were spent in New Orleans
where the Masonic Temple was placed at
their disposal for headquarters. From New
Orleans they proceeded to Pensacola, arriv
ing their Tuesday, 27th, and remaining
three hours. Passing through Waycross
without stopping they arrived at Jackson
ville on Wednesday, 28:h, at 6 a. m. where
the day was spent. St. Augustine and Palat
ka were both visited, and from the latter
place they made an excursion by steamer
.up the St. John’s river. Thursday, Janu
ary 29th, was spent in Sandford, whence the
I Commandery again proceeded to Ja'kson
ville, spending Friday, the 30tb, in that
c ty. From Jacksonville they came to
j Savannah, as above stated, and spent the
day here the guests of Palestine Cbmman
dery, No. 7. At all places at which they
stopped in their pilgrimage, they were
royally entertained. The following is the i
Committee of Arrangements of Mary Com
mandery:
Charles E. Meyer, P. F. Ccmmance ;
William J. Kelly, P. E. Commander; John
L. Young, P. E. Commander; William B.
Smith, P. E. Commander, and Charles W.
Packer; assisted by Mr. F. B. Price, Phila
delphia Agent of Associated Railways 01
Virginia and the Carolinas.
The following is a list of the officers:
William F. Miller, E. Commander; John
H. Dye, Generalissimo; Alexander Me
Cune, Captain General; John L. Young,
Treasurer; Charles E. Meyer, Recorder.
The pilgrimage is made in three Pull
man hotel cars, two Pullman sleeping cars
and one baggage car. The number making
this journey is 122 and is composed of the
best materiel of Philadelphia and adjoining
cities. Thirty-six of the pilgrims aie
ladies.
The train arrived at the Savannah.
Florida and Western Railway depot at 5
o’clock and was sidetracked until nearly It l
o’clock, when it was switched over to the
platform and tiie occupants began to disem
bark. Thirty four carriages were in wail
ing to convey them over the city. Pales
line C< mm-ndery No. 7 was out in full force
i he following, being the Committee of Ar- !
rangements, were on hand and did the
honoisof theoccasion: Thomas Ballantyne,
Eminent Commander; R. If. Anderson, Cap
tain General and Sir Kni'h s Kufu- E.
Lester, William Duncan, J. H. Estill and
E. L. Hackett. Although the heaviest rain
of the season was falling the ex
cur ionists displayed the greatest good
nature and seemed to laugh atthewefther
from under their rubbers. Tne gentlemen
of the pirty in many instances stuck to their
silk tiles facetiously remarking that it would
help trade if they were ruined. In a short
while all were comfortably disposed cf and
off they went on a jaunt over the city to set
all points cf interest in and around the city.
The time was thus spent until 1 p. m.,
when they were driven to Masonic Temple
and ushered into the armory of the Georgia
Hussars. As soon as all were c mfortably
seated, Mayor Lester, on behalf of Palestine
Commandery made; the welcoming address
iu his usual happy manner. As weary pil
grims on a long pilgrimage he welcomed
them to an asylum of rest within. Although
the weather was gloomy without, he hoped
the sunshine within would be sufficient to
offset the sombre effect.
Assistant Eminent Commander Charles
I E. Myer thanked Palistine Commandery for
i the unbounded hospitality received at her
I hands and called upon Deputy Grand Com
' mander Joseph Alexander, Jr., to rep’y
■ which he did quite happily, stating in sub I
; that he was gratified at the recep
! tion tendered them in the South at all ;
points visited. They had left their asylum
; in Philedelphia for the purpose of visiting
I the Sunny South, but the weather experi
' enced bad obliterated all idea as to a Sunny
South except on paper. They had left on
the 20th and had only experienced fi re
| days of clear weather. However, they were
constrained to believe that it was indeed a
j Sunny South since they had come in con
tact with the open-handed and cordial hos
pitality of Palestine Commandery. The
flood of sunshine within had indeed obliter
ated all thought of the gloom without.
After this happy reply Mayor Lester re
quested the Knights Templar of Palestine
Commandery lo wait upon the ladies of the
visiting Knights Terrplar and see that they
were well provided with the many delicious
viands under which a table in the shape of
a cross groaned. The collation was prepared
by the ladies of the Episcopal Orphans’
Home and was more than could have been
expected, and received the highest encomi
ums on all sides. An hour was spent in
this agreeable occupation, participated in by
the ladies of the Knights Templar of Pales
tine Commandery, when both were called to
order. Resolutions were then passed by the
visiting Commandery thanking Palestine
Commandery for the generous and un
expected hospitality accorded them, and ex
tending a hearty invitation to their hosts to
visit them at their home, promising that it
would be a pleasure on their part to return
the compliment with interest.
Further remarks of au eloquent nature
were made by Hon. Wm. B. Smith, P. E.
Commander and Mayor of Philadelphia, re->
lating to the union of the two sections ot'
the ciuntry. Thomas Ballantyne, Eminen :
Commander of Palestine Commandery
called on Sir Knight Charles H. Strong, D
D ,who responded to these remarks. Said he
‘ Twenty years ago this month, on a similar
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rainy day, some of vou visited us, but you
had no invitation. [Laughter] Nocarriages
aw iied you at our gates. You stayed
longer than a day, too But on the present
iccasion our intention is no more dangerous
han to attempt to kill you with kindness.
There is one idea, however, which I would,
ike you to take home with you.
We are tired of plai ing the role of the
prodigal son. For twenty years we have
been the naughty child at the national tea
able, the other children have been making
. faces at us and whispering behind our
backs and we have been sent often to bed
S' pperless. [Cheers ] Even now we are
not hungry for office, but we do desire that
you will respe tus as we do you. Southern
men are the same as Northern men are of
no lower plane < f education and refinement.
Differences of opinion exist al
ways between the two sections, but the
greatest things in the world emanate from
these differences of opinion. I beg that you
go home respecting us as Southern men of
the same calibre as yourselves casting out all
prejudices and sectionalisms from your
hearts as we have from ours I wish you
j god speed on your journey.”
This speech was received by all in the
best possible spirit. Sir Knight Joseph E.
Roberts then concluded the entertainment
by extending a thrice hearty welcome in
the name of Palestine Commandery.
At the end of the table was another table
holding all the trophies won by Palestine
Commandery, the silver candlesticks being
placed in a triangular shape and the large
silver bowl, containing a beautiful collection
of flowers being in the centre.
Mrs S P. Hamilton presented a beauti
ful boquet of jiponicas, and other rare flow
ers made in the shape of a cross to the
wives of Hon. Wm. B. Smith, Mayor of
Philadelphia, and Charles E. Meyer, P. E.
Commander.
The visiting and entertaining comman
deries then took the carriages which were in
readiness and visited Bonaventure, Thun—
[ derbolt and other beautiful places. Return
ing, they were driven to the depot, where
they remained until 5:50 in the afternoon.
; The greatest good burner prevailed all the
j while, the ladies being no small attraction
|to the party. All expressed themselves as
highly delighted at their entertainment
here and left with regret. Leaving
here they reach Charleston at 12 midnight,
and leave at 8 p. m, to-day passing
directly through Wilmington at
1 a. m., Monday. February 2,
reaching Richmond at 6:30 p m., and ar
riving Tuesday February 3 at Philadelphia
about 4p. m. The number of miles trav
eveled when the trip is completed will be
3.310. Although this itinerary have trav
e'e<l 45,000 miles, having gone through
England, Ireland, Scotland and to Paris in
1878, besides 1 aving visited every place of
interest in the U.-iiel States and several it
Canada.
THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE
Three Dtliglrtfoi Peiformances by Savan
nah Amateurs.
One < f the most charming musical events
| of the season was the presentation on Friday
evening, yesterday matinee and last
evening of Gilbert & Sullivan’s comic opera,
“The Prates of Perzrnce,” by the local
talent of the city, under the management of
Me-srs. Frank E. Rebarer, Frank M. Read
ick and Thomas M. Ray. The audience
pre-ent demonstrated the fact that the effort
of these gentlemen to produce a few good
operas during the season would not be a fail
me for lack of public patronage. The
numbers present at each performance were
very complimentary to the entire cast.
The scenery used on this occasion was ex
pressly painted for the opera and could not
have been more perfectly adapted. The
mechanical department was splendidly man
aged throughout. Prof. Wm. B. Atkinson,
musical director of the opera, was as watch
ful as a hawk and not a single detail escap
ed his eye. To him is due
the splendid drilling of the chorus
which was very fine as well as the success of
the entire > pera in a great measure. The
management have reason to be proud of the
success attained in their first effort and will
doubtless improve, as there is much talent
yet to be developed among the members of
the present cast.
Mr. Frank M. Readick, as the “Pirate
King” supported his part as he is notid for
doing—in an admirable manner. His
voice is full of melody, well trained and
handled in elegant style. As an actor he
| stood forth pre eminent. His make up was
| splendid. Should he on the operatic
; boards there is no doub. of his achieving
| marked success, since his voice, certainly a
i fine one, does not excel his talent for acting
' Mr. Frank E. Rebarer, as “Frederick
| the Pirate Apprentice,” sung his part excel
| lently, and to him is due much of the suc-
cess attending the opera. His voice is
a fine full tenor, sweet and cultured.
I Mr. Jeff. D. Miller, as the the “Pirate
Lieutenan’,” sustained his part well and won
the good opinions of the audience.
Major General Stanley was represented
by Mr. William A. McCarthy, who sus
tained thecbaracter fairly except that, once
or twice he slipped in a false note or two
owing to a slight cold.
Edward, Sergeant of Police, was a ridicu
lous character, and as such Mr. Thomas M.
Ray succeeded in depicting it to the audi
ence. The choruses of the pirates and
policemen were splendid, as was evidenced
by their reception at the hands of the audi
ence.
Mrs. W. F. Bassett as “Mabel,” General
Stanley’s youngest daughter, captured the
house as soon as she appeared. She is a fine
little actress, as well as singer of marked
ability. Her voice is clear and bell like
and seems to be capable of almost unlimited
scope. Its tone is sweet and mellow and
charming to hear. Mrs. Bassett sings delight
fully and was called back on more than one
occasion, besides being the recipient of a
number of baskets and boquets of flowers.
Mrs. N, B. Atkinson, as “Ruth,” sus
tained her part well also, and came in for
her share of applause.
Miss Nellie Cercopely as “Edith,” dis
. played much talent, and charmed the au
. dienes from the beginning.
| Miss Emily Fernandez and Miss M. E.
: Ray. as “Kate” and “Isabel,” Gen Stan
. ley’s daughters, also sang and acted well.
. ! The others of the cast are also deserving OS
1 1 mention, but space forbids.