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tl SO IS ENTERPRISER DICKINSON" THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1883. NO. 50. BUo-lka Dix moauu t' Hi, 2 a sU J-'-V i -a 1 1 1 1 1 VOLI; DICKINSON" THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 183. PsU.

ou. chance was to open his dress round the DEAR HANDS. JLlfOTnER COAL MISE HORROttl KANSAS STATE NEWS. (-' Ttie Kansas legislature. In the House the 12th, another lot of petitions were presented asking for railroad legislation.

The House in Committee of the Whole considered a number of bills of a local character. At five o'clock the Committee on Engrossed Bills reported the Railroad bill correctly ena-rossed. It was put upon its third read in a within a given time, he will report him to the Interior Department as a rebel against the Creek Nation. Checote and Spieche have had conference, but no settlement of the difficulties between the factions was effected. Large quantities of hay have been shipped over the Union Pacific for feeding cattle herds upon the Platte Valley ranges and those In Western Wvoming, where the grass is snowed THE OUIO IUYEIt FLOOD.

of Blufs-Kye View the Flooded KeclsnAroaad Cincinnati Several Persons Killed by an Explosion of lire-Damp. A Cincinnati special of the 15th to the CM-Caro fnfr Ocean says: flnn noon to-dnjr the weather, for the first time vin.o tbe flood was Una over-heal. The sun shone out bright, and as all factories u-iiigstcnm are to save there wtre multitudes with Iclsura to come out. The streets were soon thronged, and th bridge spnnn'ng the Ohio ware filled with Along the water's edge, and from half-submerged houses, photographers were busy everywhere taking views, as if a photo or 10,000 of them could convey tho faintest conception of this appalling reality. The view from Mt.

Adams and from tbe Shelter House Hill in Kden Park was grand beyond all powers of description. From the point of Shelter House Hill a glimpse can be had of Columbia, the" southeastern portion of Cincinnati. It can be seen peering across the point of a Kentucky hill A WEEK NEWS. Gleaned by Telegraph aiiid Mall ij i FnOCEE DINC OF CONGRESS. jj In the Senate the 12th, the credentials oi lIr.

Kenna, Senator 'elect from West Virginia were presented and filed. Mr. Blair presented several petitions of citizens of Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina for national aid to common After transacting' other un important business the Senate took up the Tariff bilL The Senate after beinR in continuous session for eleven; hours, adjourned In the House a largre number of bills were introduced. Mr. Holman introduced a 1oint resolution directing the Secretary of the Interior to issue no more patents to lands to any land grant roads until further action of Congress.

A bill was reported granting $50 per month to the grand-daughter of Thomas Jefferson. Th House then resumed consideration of the Tariff bill which was under discussion until adr Journment. In the Senate the I3th, the Tariff bill waa resumed, the sugar schedule being under con? gideration. Mr. Bayard's amendment making the duty on sugar testing seventy-five deg-ree by the polariscope $1.45) per 100 pounds, adding four cents per 100 pounds for every additional degree until No.

13 of the Dutch standard is reached, which would be equivalent to about to per cent advalorpm, was axlopted, 45 to 18L M. Morrill's amendment was agreed to, fixing the duty on sugars above No. 10 and not above No. 20, at three cents. After further debate the book schedule was reached and the Senate adjourned.

In the House the Senate bill passed granting thertebtof way totho St. Louis aud San Francisco Hnilroad company lhrouh the Fort Smhh, Ark- Military Reservation. Mr. Page, Chairman of the Committee on Commerce, reported the Kiver and Harbor bill. The appropriation recommended is $7.9:37,000.

The Tariff bill was thcii taken up, during the debate upon which an angTy passage of words was ia-flulged in between Haskell, of Kansas, and Townsond, of Illinois. The House finally disposed of the metal schedule and adjourned. 1 In the Senate the 14th, Mr. Blair introduced a bill to jmhiiiit the employment or performance of labor by convicts or persons restrained of their liberty upon works or property of the United States, and the expenditure of any moneys of the United States on account of such labor. Mr-TVan Wyck introduced a resolution that the Secretary of the Treasury be directed to furnish the Senate copies of vouchers and items audited by the First AuiHtor-of tha Treasury on account of expenses incurred by the Department -of Justice since January 1, with the names of ppecial attorneys employed by the Department of Justice, Rnd by what authority in law be audited the bills and accounts of said special or assistant attorneys.

The Senate resumed consideration of the Tariff bill After the reading of the Journal the House wont into Committee of the Whole on the Tariff bill, consideration of which was continued until the completion of the wood schedule without making any changes, when the House took a recess until evening, when the Legislative Appropriation bill was taken up. In the Senate the 15th, Mr. Cockrcll pre-ented several petitions of Grangers in Missouri for the creation of the olllce of Secretary af Agriculture. Mr. Morrill presented a remonstrance against any reduction of tariff in Dooks below XH per cent, signed bv Oliver Wen-Jell Holmes, S.

B. Aldrich and John G. Wnit-tier, as writers of loks. After a short executive session the Semite resumed consideration of the Tariff bill. AH reserved paragraphs Daving been dipposrd of, the bill was open to amendments 'generally Tn The House.

Mr. Williams, of Wisconsin, submitted a conference report on the Jaofinese Indemnity Fund bill to the effect that the bill as agreed to in conference is to return to Japan the original lum received from that Government, without interest, to pay the officers and crows of the Wyoming, and taking and cancel all bonds comprising the Japanese Indemnity Fund. Agreed to: -f to 27. The- House then went into Committee of the Whole on the 1'ariff bill, and consideration of the schedule of sugar was entered upon. In the Senate "the i6th, the conference report on the Japanese Indemnity bill was presented and, after discussion, agreed to.

The Tariff bUl was then discussed until adjournment The House in Committee of the Whole considered the Legislative Appropriation bills Mr. Cannon, under instructions from the Appropriation Committee, offered an amendment re--iiesting all clerks and other employes in the Executive Department to work from J) a. m. to p. m.

from the first of October to the first of April, and from 'J a. m. to p. m. from the first of A pril to the first of October.

Agreed to; 90 to fi. The number of internal revenue districts was reduced to P2. The bill was then passed. The remainder of the day's session was devoted to the Tariff. At the evening ses sion the House considered the bill fortbeallow- an'e of certain claims known as "lourth of Julv Claims" reported by the accounting of ficers of the Treasury Department.

The bill appropriates The bill passed. WAKIIINjGXON KOTK5. The issue of standard silver dollars last week was $475,000 against 102,000 the same week last year. Xew five cent nickels so perfect'y gold- washed as to deceive anv person and pass wrists. At tins point ne imma nimaen affected bv breathrng over the air in his armor.

The carbonized air made him dreamy, creating an intense deiro to sleep. This ho overcame by a strong effort of his will. His ellorls to looseu his dress succeeded, and with a supreme effort the diver escaped from Ids narrow limits and was drawn to tho surface. dazed and only half-conscious of the peril he had undergone BlIADOWaU HI A BIUUR. On another occasion a diver was at work on the wreck of a Spanish man-of- war in West Indian waters, ihe sate.

containing wm the object of tho diver's search, and after hours ol ryttient labor the treasure was found. While engaged in shackling chains to the cumbersome box, a dirk shsdow. long and motionless, suddenly attracted tho attention of tho operative. (jIudo- inc upward, ho beheld a huge siwiltcd shark, the most dreaded of all species, poised alove and watching every move ment. The diver tnougui no nioro 01 the treasure, but walking a short distance was 011 tho point of giving tho signal to rise, when a glance sulliccd that to do so would be sure death.

The shark had watched every movement, and with a scarcely perceptible motion of his tail o'ershadowed his victim with his huge proportions. Tho diver, although tcrri-iied never for a moment lost his presence of mind. A layer of mud attracted his attention, towards which ho moved. The shark silently glided 'through the water, resuming his tost, thrill of horror running through tho veins of the operator. Hy means of an Iron bar he set to work vigorously stirring tip the; mud and oozo of the ocean's toL Thick and fast it rose alxiut aud above him, the clear, golden li'ilit disappeared, in the midst of which tho diver rapidly ascended to tho mirfaoe and ww saved.

LOST TKEASl'KK. In 17X0 the British man-of-war Hussar was wrecked in Hull tiate. Laving on board about 0 in guineas. In 17U1 an expedition was ncnt out from England, and for two seasons attempted to raise the wrerk, but was forbidden to work longer by Ihe United Ma'esfJoy-ernmcnt. In lHl'J anotlicr attempt was made by an tnglisli company with a diving bell, but with no uoccs.

Since then a nutnlcr of companies have organized only to meet with failure. Within the pnst five years a new company has been at work, using the latest submarine armor and appliances. A sloop (irmly anchored about a hundred varus from the New York Mo of the Kast Klver. three-quarters of a mile above Ward's Island, is the company's headquarters, and maiks the spot where the Hussar sank, with her hows jioint-ing to the north. The stock is divided into 4S.0O0 shares of 100 each.

Can non, cannon balls, manacles, iruu flints, silver plate and bones have been found. One day a brass box was brought to the surface. It was lull of jewels, wiih a necklace of brilliants. It wa left for moment on tho deck, and disappcarttd, never to be seen on board again. A lump of silver, made of various coins agglomerated by the action of he water, has lecn found, together wnn scattering gold coins, liut the main treasure remaius yet to be found.

NO HIVKKS INT11K I'JUTM STATES NAVT. All the navies in the world havo trained divers except the United States serj iee. A ekiUful diver commands too high wages, to say nothing of his curtailment in liberty of action, to enlist in tho Government service. In the French service divers are regularly enlisted men, selected for the duty from their superior physical advantages. After a-course of instruction they arc compelled to keep themselves in practice.

In the lsntish service they aro trained on umra the p-unncrv shins, and receive addit ional pay above the regular wages allowed their ratings. All Mnps commanded ny I'ast Captains are entitled to one. Heirships two. Ullicers are instrucieu at tneirown request and are allowed additional compensation. Tho French iron-plated ram Taureau, had her bottom scraped and cleaned of seaweed, barnacles, etc.

in 109 hours, at an expense of xl, while an American man-of-war, the same sir.c. for the same service, would be com pelled to dock at an exjieiiso of not less than $1,200. Submarine diving is an art, a profession, requiring courage, determination and judgment, without which requisites tho aspirant for sub merged honors can never hoi 10 win distinction or Han rrancisco Chronicle A Sad Story. Tho London rail Mull Gazette con tains tho following: "Hero is a story ot the poor of London, as unfolded before the St. Fancrns coroner yesterday.

Mary Baxter, a woman of ufty, who had lived with a boot-closer in a single room in a bouso in Littlo Clarendon street several years, was two years in arrear wnu jier. rent. Her landlord, nir. i oxnin, im-trained her goods, seizing also tbe tools of her companion, who was at work in Stratford. She was left shivering In a tireless room, with barely suilicieat clothes to cover her, and no furniture but an old sack.

The next day tho landlord sent a man to remove the dor and window of the room. The act was illegal; ho had no warrant; but what could the woman do? The rain came in and saturated her scanty clothing as she lay weak and helpless on her sack. The night passed. In the morulng. the last day but one of the old year, a neighNr came in.

lie found her almost inaenaible, but she murmured. 'Give 110 supposing hint to bo her landlord. She had lain two days aud two nights in an empty room, to which for tho Inst twenty-four hours tho wind and rain had free access, and although she was rcruovtul to tho workhouse she 'died In three days. Cases auch as this are occurring all round us. but how lit lie we know ot Uicm.

and alas! is it not often true that though wo know little we caro less?" Last fall and winter an immense quantity of sauerkraut was iuiMrtd from Germany, and was pronounced Very superior. The Germans of. Heading. prepare tt In a way That many consider far letter thanmot other methods. They cut the cabbftge into long, thin slices, removing the ktringy core, and do not apply salt, but ram it down So tightly in suut barrels that it is covered by its own liquor.

They then head up the barrel, leaving a hoo in tho top so as to admit of fermentation. In Germany the cabbage Is rammed down by a machine profiled by steam. That received in this country last year came in tierces folding sixty gallons each. miadelphia Vf.xn. Fory years ago it was predicted that the population of the I'nilcd States in 1SX3 would From the failure of this prediction it appears that the prophets of the preceding generation were not a whit wiser than those of the present day.

A'. T. t'omtncm' i. Only two of the forty-two MeHiodist churches in Kaltimore bars rent-! I pews. The others aro free.

Roughened and worn with ceaseless toll and care, No perfumed grace 410 dainty skill, had these Thev earned for whiter hnndt a Jeweled ease. And kept the sears unlovely for their shars. Patient ana slow, iney nsu ine win to ties Tbe whole world's burdens, but uo power to seise The flying Joys of life, tho gifts that please, Th gold and gntns that others find so fair. Dear hands where bridal Jewel never shene, hereon no lover's kiss was ever pressed. Crossed In unwonted ijuiet on the brcat, I see, through tear, your glory newly won.

The golden circlet ot lire's work well done. Set with the shining pearl of perfect rest. Swan Mrr SpaLditig. in AUaiUie MunUdy. SUBMARINE P1Y1SG.

The naatgers and Profits of at Perilous vsrallssA Dlver'a Knreantrr with a Shark Tbe IVondrrf al Beauty ot the Ocean Werld -Recovering Treasures Lost In the Deep Kea. Although the diving bell is said tohave been known to the 1'hanicians 320 IS. C. but little progress appears to have been mado in its use, and up to the middle of the' last' centnry scarcely snything was known regarding the bottom or the sea, except what waa thrown tip on beeches or from chance specimens se- cureu by sounding lines or sca-tlrcdgiug. With tho appliances of modern science men have attempted to extend their knowledge as well as to work under wUcr.

The expert native divers of Jev Ion and India, in securing coral, pearls and sponges, are enabled, on an aver age, to remain under tho surface aloiit two minutes, although instances have been noted where an endurance of three and a half minutes has been attained. burn specimens of endurance are rare and seldom attained without severe in iurv. soon resulting in death. Submarine diving armor of various kinds has boon made use of with more or less success, but in the discovery of india-rubber afforded an opportunity for important additions and improvements to submarine diving dresses. M.

Itomiuarol, French mining engineer, and M. llenay- rouzo, a Lieutenant 111 tho trench navy. perfected what is known as tlie Dciiay rouzo apparatus, the best that ha.s ever been produced. It consists or an air- pump, a receiver and reducer, a divina costume and tho rctiuisite hose, signal tabes, ropes, weizhts, ladders and IoqIs. A submarine lamp also provided, and in the Italian navy tho diver can disconnect himself from the pump carrying a supply of condensed air in a magazine on ins back.

hum apparatus works automatically; though the air-pump may be worked irregu larlv. its action is regular. hen the diver is down the air ho expires rises in bubbles to the surface, by which means his condition is known by the watchful assistants. In the old diving-dress the expired air passed into tlie space between his body and the clothing, ana out irom a valve in tho helmet; but as the excess of air supplied escaped in this way also, it could not be told from this whether the diver was alive or dead. THE DIVEtt'S OUTFIT.

Tho diver's suit consists of first, a pair of thick rubber leggings and boots combined. These end at the waist in an iron band furnished with iron clamps. Straps of lead weighing together ninety pounds, and wlncli are mado to litaiiout Ins ankles and waist, are Intended to give him vteight enough to withstand the current. On the upper part of his body ho wears a large copper helmet. with a strong ringbolt on tho top, and below which, securely fastened to it, is a rubber jacket, ending in an iron band, so constructed as to meet that of tho lepffinffs and bo tijrhtly fastened to it.

Tho sleeves of this jacket are gathered around his wrists and tightly tied. The jacket is of a more pliable stuff than tho leggings, so as to enable him to more easily use his bands ana arms. tne diver puts on bis leggings, and then a hook attached to the end of a ropo through a block and generally worked by a steam engine, is hooked into Iho ring on the top of the helmet, and this with the jacket is hoisted nnd let down over his head. With this once on tho diver above the ocean's surface is per fectly helpless. Tho front of tho helmet has a glass door covered with is opened for him while the completion of the dressing goes on.

Tho sleevesof the jacket are tied, the bands of his leggings and jacket aro screwed tightly up, the leaden anklets and girdle secured, air pipe screwed on, and shutting the door of tho helmet, the diver is ready to be "swung off." In his hand the diver carries a sleuder cord, with which he signals his wants from below. Tho depth at which men can do-scend with armor on has been tested, with the following results: The diver can breathe, and his organs may retain their normal condition and he preserve his presence of mind, to a depth of 130 feet, but when that depth is exceeded by ten or twenty feet the external pressure causes phj-siological effects on his organs, independent of his will. Within the limit of 130 feet, security to lifo is perfectly assured with a practical diver. THE BEACTIFUL VISION INDER WATER. The first sensation In descending Is the sudden, bursting nwr in the ears, caused by the air driven into the helmet from the air-pump.

The llexiblo air hose has to be strong enough to bear a pressure of twenty-five or fifty pounds to tho square inch. The drum of the ear yields to the strong external pressure, the mouth opens involuntarily, the air rushes in tlie tube and strikes the drum, which snaps back to its normal state With a sharp. pistol-like crack. Peering through the goggle eyes of glass in his helmet, tho diver sees the strange beau tie about him clearly, and In their own calm splendor. Above him is a puro goUien canopy, while around and beside him aro tints and shimmering hues, including all colors, which are indescribably elerant.

The floor of the sea rises like a gulden carpet, inclining gently to the surface. 1 he change in lamtiiar objects is wonder ful. The wreck of a ship seems studded with emeralds, glittering in lines of gold; piles of brick assume the appearance of crystal, a ladder becomes silver: every shadow gives tho impression of a bottomless depth. An instance of cool determination and courage in overcom ing unforeseen danger occurred to a diver who was engaged in the recovery of the dry dock at l'eruiuxila. 11 hail been constructed in water-light compartments, and it was necessary to break into the lower edge of each to allow the water to flow evenly into them.

Huge liea and cross-ties formed a network so close that the passage between barely admitted the diver's body. Through an aperture the diver had crawled, tearing olFtho casing and prosecuting his labors until time to return to the surface. Ho attempted to back out, bnt could not. The armor about his head and shoulders acting like the barb of a lunik, caught him; he could go ahead but could not retreat. In vain attempts to twist himself out he spent so much time that the men above began to be alarmed, and in creased their work at tho pump.

swelled up his armor and increased the difficulties and dancers of his position. He signaled for the nump to stop. Tho cock at the back of his helmet, to let the air out, was beyond hia reach. His only fired upon ft party of boy a and killed John Noonan, aged nine years. Ex-Governor Edwin Tork, died on the 14th, Morgan, of New aged seventy-two years.

-r The city of ilartforcl, was draped In mourning on the 14th, and business penerally suspended during the obsequies of the late ex-Governor Marshall Jewell. Many prominent persons attended. Ariltoona; special1 says? Jno S. McDowell, treasurer of the Young Men's Christian Association and a prominent merchant, has absconded with' 1400 of the Association money and between and $40,000 belonging: to parties dealing frith him in the commission business. At Pittf burg, a Swede named Hanson, In a fit of jealousy, shot a young gtrl named Calum in the cheek and then started for the river, where he was found lying: on his back dead about an hour later with a bullet In his left side.

A fire at Providence, Rhode Island, damaged the miil of the Providence Worsted Company insured for $39,000. THE WEST. Frank Jame3 has. been taken to Daviess County, where he stands Indicted for the murder of Capt. John Sheets wbfle attempting to rob the Gallatin bank on the 7th of December, 1809.

A few weeks ago John Sheffield, a dissolute character living near Madison, quarreled with his family and left them. One morning recently the house was set fire and two of his age I fourteen and the other an infant burned to death. Mrs. Shef field barely escaped in her 'night-clothes- It is the universal belief that he fired the house. Reports from the Indjanjerritory state that General Pleasant P6rter, commandet 01 the Government party of the Creek Indians, left Okmulgee on the 9th with 400 men, bound for the tamo of the rebel faction under Spieche.

Efforts were being made by the Indian agent to effect a compromise and settlement of the trouble between the two factions, but little hope was entertained of success as there was bad blood on both sides and a disposition to fight the matter out. Cincinnati was thrown into great excitement the 13th, by the report that both the freight and passenger depots 'Ol the Cincinnati Southern Railroad were undermined and fell into the surrounding water, carrying down large number of people into the flood, Both sides of the fill were covered with water from thirty to fifty feet deep. earth had become so soaked as to melt, and tha catas trophe was further hastened by the breaking of the sewer, whichent the current alonir the bank. A great crowd of people were looking at the flood, and when a small building near by, went down, the crowd rushed over on the platform of the depot to see what was the matter, when suddenly the depot collapsed- and sank in the water. The track was at the suroe time depressed, and cars standing close ran into the depression, covering the people who had gone down with the fallen building.

The number drowned was not definitely known, but three boys, two reight handlers and four members of Coup's circus perished. Daniel McKever, a farmer of Johnson County, while recently hauling-logs to saw mill had one of hte legs caught under a heavy log by the overturning of his wagon. He was held in this position for over an hour with 110 one near to "extricate him. In his desperation he took out his pocket knife and attempted to cut his leg off and by this means free himself, ne was found several hours afterwards with the limb fearfully lacerated, and exhausted from pain and loss of blood. His recovery was improbable.

Tho Ohio River flood continued with In creased fury the 14th. At Cincinnati the river had reached a hight of over sixty-five feet and. was still rising. The damage at Louisville and other points was also great. Fourteen boys were reported as having been drowned by the Cincinnati depot disaster, ana it seemed impossible to get full details 01 the affair or the number certaiuly lost.

A collision recently occurred on the Cincin nati Northern Railroad a few miles from Cincinnati, between Avondale Junction and Idle- wild, in which John Roberts, colored, was instantly killed, and Isaac M. Knight, Rnssell H. Manning and Daniel Andrews seriously, if not fatally iniwed. The latter Is a well known merchant. In a late heavy fog two freight trains of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy road collided on a curve between Piano and Sandwich, Ills.

Two engines and fifteen or twenty cars were wrecked. Engineer Roberts was supposed to be buried under the wreck. Two Minneapolis, boys', Swan Hoorf- son and Albert Willigcr, quarreled and fought, recently when noorfson drew a pocket knife and stabbed Willigcr to the heart, killing him instantly. Both of the youngsters were under twelve years of age. Jacob prosperous farmer, was found dead in the woods a few days since, four miles from his home, at Campbell, Dunklin County, Mo.

The body showed that deceased Jiad been shot" from his horse, then brained with the breech 01 a rine. ine tneory is mat Vincent was murdered for his money. A warrant was Issued for the arrest of James Vincent, cousin of tmvdeceased, and his step The passenger train that left Kansas City on the 13th, over the road was reported to have been wrecked at Forlstell, fifty miles west of St. Louis. The engineer and fireman were both reported killed outright and the ex press messenger badly bruised about the bead.

The passengers were considerably bruised, but none were seriously Injured. Young Ballard, who robbed his elck and helpless father a few weeks ago near Des Moines, Iowa, when arrested, the fact that there is a large and well organized gang of robbers engaged in all kinds of out lawry in the Northwest. The 'Indiana Legislature appropriated $40,000 for the Lawrcncebsrg flood sufferer. The Indianapolis Board of Trade reported subscriptions to the amount of $15,000 for th same object. The passenger train going west on the Grand Trunk Railroad was.

wrecked by broken rail a few days since near Flint, Mich Mrs. Halda Lehman, aged seventy-four was killed instantly. Her daughter, Mrs. Hill, was injured badly and became insane. Thos.

Lindsey was injured badly, in the -chest. Wm. Maynes, of Waterloo, was slightly in jured in the head. Mrs. Chester Miller of St.

Allan's, had broken and was otherwise badly htrrt. Some ten or twelve others were injured. i Lem. Harbaugb, at Omaha, "just for fun pointed a gun. at some school children when the piece was discharged wounding three of the children.

He was jailed. The business failures the past week were 254, against 275 last week, the reduction being 21. They are distributed as follows: England 8tales, 19; Western, 90; Southern, 54; MIddleJ48; Pacific States and Territories New Tork City, Canada, 17. Isaac Knapp, of Fremont, alife prisoner, pardoned by the Governor, was re-arrested January 22, on the ground that his pardon was secured by fraud. Habear corpus proceedings were instituted.

The Supreme Court decided that habeas corpus could not inquire into the validity of the pardon, and the prisoner was discharged, Judges White and McElvane dissenting. It Is the first ease of the kind In Ohio. The latest advices from the Indian Territory ay that the previous announcement that General Porter, commander of the Constitutional party, had left Okmulkee with 400 men for the camp of 8pcicb, was premature. He has not yet taken the. fiel.

Ubitad SutM Agent. TuiU has notified Che-cote that if be doe not comply with the law ODe day last week snowballing' him, a The Itapld Thaw Causes a Great Cave-In mX Braldwood, 111., Entombing and Drown ins; the Miners in a Shaft Seventy-four Uvea Lost, -M CntCAOO, Tobruary 17. A report was received here this evening from Joliet that tbe town of Braldwood, about fifteen miles from Joliet, had been the seen to-day of a great mine disaster, in which, the first report said sixty lives had been lost. A correspondent succeeded" In getting oon-flrmatiea of the reported disaster at Braid-wood in a brief interview with A. L.

Sweet, President of the Four Mines Company and the Diamond Mine 1 Mr. Sweet says that too men were in the various shafts this afternoon, when the groqnd sagged under the weight of water that had saturated and 1 jsened. it. Sixty-two men were In one shaft, which caught- the bnlk of the falling debris, and which was Instantly flooded. Every one of them was either drowned or smothered Inside of Ave mlnntes.

Their bodies are buried beneath many tons of eartli. Ope hundred acres have been -excavated, and the miners not in the one unfortunate shaft escaped. Digging and pumping is going on Timorously, but it will le many hours before the first bodies can be reached. The mine was of the ordinary kind, sup plied with regular shafts and supposed to be well protected from .1 The following Is a partial list of the miners known to bo lost: John Iluber, who leaves a ife and four children; Adam McUuestin, leaves wife and flveoblldren ttobert education, Isaao Piers Jn. leaves a wife and one child; James Carroll, B.

SchnlzeU, leave wife and three children? John Boyd, leaves wife and baby; John Nell leaves a wife and Si Children; B. Harper leaves a wife and three Children; I. C. Kedman leaves a wife and three children P. P.

WiUf, Fritz Kocf, Samuel Atkens. leaves a wife and six children; John Atkens, A. Hoek, leaves a wife and two children; Gcorse ltutskin-kyr John Butakinsky, Tony Snllivan, John Bickman, leaves a wife and four children Jama I'ierson, John Pier- son, Harry Cngor, leaves a wite ana ciiuu; Joseph Matthews, A. Uollinborg, Frank Motts, leaves wife and three children V. A.

Klesser, Joseph.Smith.C.C. Lotlin, John Gullock, Frank Klasis, Adam Damn, leaves wile and four chil Damn, Joseph rotes, M. MJki, John Denbrosky, Anton IJenb-odiy, It. Mace, II. Ramsey, V.

Soap, Mat Bells, P. I-eck, John Ifuber, Frant nuber, WUI McQuestion, Adam UcQucstion, John Pieraon, Ma tho Bcdmond. D. M. TJiidse, T.

Cosliar, A. Stewart, Jr Frank Ptewart, Ilugtv Nestlsi. H. A. Tlablng-ton, Simoa.

Btump, Joliu Sin.tn, It. Kabbart, George Mathew, W. C. Secor, H. O.

Lemor, J. John French, John Johnson, O. Stcrlow, John Anderson, William Cully, Charles Kodgera, J. O. Kusk.

Sixty-eight men and six boys lie dead la the mine, and it may bo week-t before even the melancholy sati-factlod of recovering their bodies 1 accorded. The whole of Dia-' mond is dovoted to mining, and thii blow carries death into a hundred families. In several instances all the male members of the family arj swept away. A section o( prairie land forty by fifty feet, Over which the floods had extended until the water stool three or four feet deep, suddenly caved in, resulting in an instant flooding of a mine In which 300 men and boys were work- ng. Inside of half an hour tho water reached all parts of the works, and to-night It stands within five feet of the main shaft.

Seventy-four human being- were choked to uenth in the grim recesse of the mine. Ml hopo of possible 1 ecue of any of them by tlie opening of a dividing from an old shaft in the empties was abandoned at dusk. This was the most terrible tragedy that evet visited the Wilmington coal-fl Id. It was la the No. shaft of the Wilmington Coal Mining Manufacturing Company, known aa tbe Dia mond Company's.

The little village of Diamond Is a scene of desolation, calculated to wring the heart of even the most hardened. The mine In tho extreme corner of Will County. The miners live in the village across the line in Grundy County. Tbe Diamond Company's pits are known as Nos. 1, 2, etc.

The pit In which to-day's horror occurred has been operated about two years and 200 to 100 men and boys have been regularly employed in it. This morning 290 or 300 went in. Those who escaped did so by a miracle. Shaft No. 2 is ninety-two fet deep, and above the coal is 75 to 110 feet of earth.

The coat vein ranges In" thickness from two feet nlnelnches to four feet. Above It is a layer of soapstoue resting on a bed of fire-clay. Tbe vein winds and dips a good deal, and thus some parts of the mines are lower than others. From the main shaft radiate passages In every direction, in which coal is found. These must be four feet iiili and six inches wide.

The miners prop these passages with timber and soapstone. These props did not prove strong enough for the superincumbent mass of soggy earth. News of the accident soon spread and a great crowd gathered about the mouth of tho pit, workmen Ashing out the almost exhausted and nearly drowned men who were alive at the bottom of the shaft. Many a wife and mother knelt on the ground and prayed fervently for tho safety of her loved ones, and as the heart-rending charac ter of tbe calamity appeared, the grief of the survivors was outspoken and painful to be hold. A wife bent over the shaft and her husband climbed up to her with the dead body of his son in lib arms.

She extended her hand to re ceive them, but was disappointed and doomed to greater grief, for the man, worn out by the desperate atraggle for life and for the body of his son, fell back into the pit and was a life less corpse. He lias not been seen since. Mrs. Mcf Question, whose husband and three sons were buried, noon learning the news was prostrated, and now lies In a precarious con dition with her mind permanently injured. llill-Stone Explosion.

Wheeling, W. February 16. At six o'clock yesterday evening a frightful accident occurred at the Mingo Iron-works, above this city. governor-belt on an engine broke, causing a high rate of speed In the grinding department, when seven large stones exploded with terrific force, pass ing up through the roof, doing greut damagd. One of tbo fragments struck Cap tain James Prentiss, killing him instantly and injuring William Heil, of Brentwool.

The mill was running at the time of the accident, and-200 men were at work in the various de partments. The s'ones exploited in rapid succession nntil the seventh, which strnck the steam-pipe, knocking a bolo in it and stop ping the engine. A Rochester (N. man's fire- escape consists of a rail, firmly fastened to the front of a buildino' near the windows, and a car capable of hold ing eight or ten persons, to be run up Land down it by means of puueys, the power being supplied by a crank: at the ground. AGeorg'a child seven years of aa has a head shaped like that of a horso.

It also has thumbless hands of which the fincre are grown solidly together. Covering the fingers on each hand 1a one lanre nail that lenda to each mem ber the appearance of a horse's hoof. Atlanta constitution. There is watch in a Swiss'museura only three-sixteenths of an inch in diam eter inserted in the top of a pencil case. Its little dial not only indicates hours.

minutes and seconds, but also days of the month. It is a relic of the time when watches were inserted in snuff boxes, shirt-studs, and finger-rings. Alabama is an Indian wont sig nifvin "Here we rest" State Treaa urer inccnt looked into the cash-box and said: "I'll take whafs here, and I leave the rest to the wicked," Chicago Inter Qccan. and passed, ayes, 83; noes 27; absent or not Young, la. At the evenimr session Mr.

Duns-more bill to authorize cities of the third class, having- less than 600 Inhabitants, to become road districts by ordinance, wa approved by the Committee of the Whole. Much time was spent on a Printer's Fee bill which cuts down rates for legal publications, but final action was not had. t. A large number of petitions were presented in the House the 13th. asking for railroad legislation.

Mr. Green, of Leavenwprtb, prevented a petition from the freeholders of the Fourteenth Judicial District, asking1 for the impeachment of John H. Prescott, Judge of said district. The complaint Is made by John H. Foster, which charges the Judge with willful and malicious oppression, partiality, misconduct and abuse of authority and of hhrh misde meanors and conduct unbecoming a Judge in nisomciai capacity.

A number ot bills were1 Introduced. The resolution regarding the Prescott impeachment was then taken up and read by the -clerk. It went over under the rules. several Dins 01 a local i-naracter passed. The afternoon session was spent in debate upon the proposition to resubmit the rronimtory amendment, which was con-.

tinued at the evening session the Sen ate tne House Kaiiroart Mil was read a nrst ana second time and referred to the Committee of tbe Whole, A bill pafsed fixing the terms of court in the Third Judicial district. A refKlu- tion instructing the Ways and Means Commit tee to include in the miscellaneous appropna-. tion bill an item of $500 to the widow of Sheriff bbcnneinan, of Cowley County, who was killed by Cobb while arresting him, passed. The following bills passed: To amend an act to provide for and regulate the registration of voters in cities of the first and socondt class, and to epeal prior aets in relation thereto to es- taousn tne terms ot Holding courts in tne seventeenth Judicial district; for the protection of passengers on railroad cars and conferring police powers on conductors and agents in certain cases; to- establish the Asylum' for the Feeble Minded at Wiufleld. besides a number of bids of a local character.

In the House the 14th, numerous petitions were presented asking for railroad legislation. A number of bills were introduced and a num ber read the second rime and referred. Knappenberger, Chairman of the House Ra-1-road Committee, made a report turning over all petitions relatinfr to railroad legislation, and other matter pertaining to tbe same subject- which toe committee recommended oe passed to the Senate Railroad Committee. The report was adopted. A resolution as adopted that nereaTter speecnes snnti tie nmrtea to ten mm-utes except upon unanimous consent of the.

House. The House then went into Committee of the Whole for the further consideration of Hpuse Joint resolution to submit the Prohibitory Amendment. The consideration of this subject occupied the" House until the afternoon. The Committee of the Whole finally recom mended the rejection of the joint resolution by 60 to 50. I'pon the question of atrreeing to the report In the House, the ayes and noes were demanded, and a call of the House waxordered.

The House rejected the resolution a vote of 60 to 5L Four bills were passed, To punish killing flsh by expioive substances placed in oron tbe water; amending the bill injustices court; concerning road distrk-t ordinances of cities of the third class; requiring township officers to be electors, and providing that their removal operate to vacate their offices In the Senate several petitions asking for specific railroad legislation were presented. The special order for the hour was tbe Congressional Apportionment bills. The one known asthd Blue bill was summarily disposed of In Committee of the Whole by striking out the enacting clause. The bill'reportcd by the minority of tbe committee was then taken tip and a long debate followed. Woodson and Coffey Counties were taken from the Third and Fourth districts and placed in tbe i-'econd dia tiict.

More petitions tor railroad legislation were presented in the tbe loth. Nine bills were- introduced. Bills upon second reading were appropriately referred. Mr. Horton in troduced a concurrent resolution instructing the Joint Committee on Ways ami Means to rt- Jiort an appropriation not exceeding or sufferers by the flood in the Ohio valley.

At the afternoon session a committee was ordered to select from the calendar a list of local bills and appoint a time forthcirconsideration. A concurrent resolution asking congress to Srovide for a survey of lands which have not een sectionized but have been taken by settlers, was adopted. Mr. Crich ton's game laf received the approval tne lommmee 01 tne Whole. It prevents the killing of prairie chickens from September 1 to January 1.

and ouail from November 1 to January 1, and for bids tbe killing of game at any time on occupied or enclosed premises, without the permission of the occupant or owner In the Senate tho Kellev Railroad bill passed as a substitute for the House bill. Every Senator present voted for it. The following bills passed: To enable Vernon township, in Cowley County, to organize a graded or high school, and provid ing for holding a high howl therein; relating to tbe addition of unincorporated territory in to any city Having sucn territory wimin iu limits; for tbe better protection of the Univer sity and Normal school funds of the ttute; to regulate the school fund; to regulate and fix the terms of the district court of the Fifteenth Judicial district; concerning crimes and pun relating to the representative districts in Washington County. During theeven-ing sossion the Senate had under consideration a bill to provide for the Investment of the Per manent School fund, the Normal school and university funds. In the House the 16th, a numberof petitions were presented, several asking for railroad legislation.

Several bills were introduced, and large number read asecond time and referred. The railroad bill as received from the Senate, which had been amended by substituting tbe Senate bill, drew forth an animated discusMonv- A motion to non-concur was agreed to ry vote of 90 to 24. The Congressional Apportion ment was the special order lor tne afternoon session. The bill reported by the Standing Committee was approved without the change of a county. There were efforts mado to secure several enHnges.

out tne committee or tne Whole sustained the StandingCommitteo. The concurrent resolution instructing the Attorney General to commence proceeding aguinst the Leavenworth, Lawrence and Galveston Kail- railrond to compel It to comply the terms of its charter, parsed 1 ne senate considered various bills in ouwnittee 01 tne noie. 'i ne CongressionalApportionment bill was partially considered, five sections forming five districts being adopted, ine nomination 01 eorge mmethum. 01 Jeavenwortn. as memoer 01 the Board of Trustees of State Charitable In stitutions, was rejected.

In the House the 17th, two billa were Intro duced. A number of petitions were presented and a large number of bills read a second time and referred. Mr. Crichton's bill for the pro foctlon of birds passed. A message from the Senate was received, in which it announced its refusal to recede from- lis amendment to tne Railroad bill.

The House likewise refused to re rede and a Conference Committee was aked for. A large number of bills were considered in Committee of the Whole. The Speaker appointed a Committee onCalendar, consisting of Messers. Charlesworth, Dixon, Orner, Carroll and Rash, with Instructions to report as soon as practicable. Its duties will be logo throuph the -calendar and strike off all unimportant frills, and report a calendar of only such bills as they may deem t-enaie, ny a vote of to IB, decided not to take me initiative in asking for a -inference Committee upon the subject ot railroad legislation.

Tbe trial of E. D. Mosely, son of Mrs. Mar tin who was convicted a few months ago of, the murder of Mrs. L.

M. Nuger by strychnine poison, was concluded last week at Emporia, the jury after being out five hours finding hinf guilty of murder in the first degree, by counseling, aiding and abetting the defendant Mary Elizabeth Martin in the commission of said murder. Miles awav from the coast in a cer tain part of Texas, high and dry in the rank prairie crass, lie tho remains ot once gallant ship. 1 he vessel is sup posed to be of panisii Duiici, ana is thought to nave been driven miana oy a tidal wave. So Ions; has the vessel been there that there are not even traditions concerning her.

The title "lady" is derived from the Sa'crtn hlcaf-dian, contracted into lafdy, and then into lady. I.af, or blaf, or loa', means food or bread, and dian means to serve, so that the title ladv means bread-erver. The fendal lord supplied the food for the guests, or the poor, arid tho ladies used to carve and distribute it Chicago News. There is still extant in the Post-of fice Department at Washington a small folio ledarer 01 not more than three quires of paper, upon which rranklin. when Postmaster General, kept all his accounts for two years.

A Vermont- debating society t.vHa the nuestinn: "VVhich IS will the most fun to-eoe a man try to thread a needle or woman try to drive a nailf At Milton, the flood submerged 'every house bat one, and a great many persona were sick. 11 i -1 Tn One" clay1 the "Ttellef Committee -of the Chicago Board of Trade collected $6,000 for the relief of Ohio flood sufferers New. Orleans sent $16,000. A German named Kublmeyer killed himself at Schell City, recently. In addition to the $40,000 already appro-.

priated, the Indiana House passed a bill ap-i propriating $100,000 for the relief of sufferers from the floods. The floods at New Albany, made about 3,000 people homeless. The loss was estimated at over At Bridewood, near Joliet, the four; mines of the. Diamond Mine where 300 miners were at work, were tho scene of a terrible disaster recently. The ground sagged under the weight of water that had saturated and loosened iWi Sixty-two men were in one shaft, which caught the bulk of falling debris and which was instantly flooded.

Every ones of them was either drowned or smothered Inside of five minutes. The bodies were beneath, many tons of earth. The January official return of Michigan crop indicate: that Kinds 01 catue are in fine condition in the State." Most of the correspondents express the. fear that wheat has; been injured by freezing and thawing or haa been smothered by late snows. Ah express train left Cleve land over- tie, Cleveland Columbus road was recently wrecked one mile north ot Gallon, on account, of heavy rains.

The baggage and express -cars, the smoker, two coaches and the parlor car were ditched. Robert Qrdell, a draughtsman, -Rev. F. Forts, of Shelby," and an unidentified" man, were killed. Conductor John Daykin wal badly cut In the hand and injured on the side E.

E. Popplcton, attorney of the railway com pany, was injured about, the head and arms, and the news agent, named Hammer, liad an arm THE SOCTH. The Arkansas river at Little 'Rock was fif teen feet above low water mark on the 14th, and was still using rapidly. The Ouachita and other rivers were also and fears were felt In the bottoms of another disastrous overflow. i I A frightful accident occurred at the Mango Iron Works- in-' Wheeling recently.

While the machinery was running at full speed the belt on an engine broke, causing-a high rate of -speed in the grinding department, when seven la rge stones exploded with terrific force, passing up through the roof and doing great damage. One of the fragments struck Captain James Prentiss, killing him Instantly, and in juring Wm. Heil. 4 During the recent flood in. the Ohio River, the people.of Louisville, suffered severe ly.

The water was higher than ever before known. A number of lives were lost and the destruction of property great. The water reached to the second story of buildings In the flooded portion of the city, and in the cut off district, one hundred families living in the most substantial two-story houses not re moved, were furnished supplies boat kept constantly running under the direction of the Mayor and the Relief Committee. They re fused to leave their homes because thieves plundered in every direction at every favorable opportunity. The police patroled the district in boats.

At a recent meeting of stockmen at Austin, Texas, several large contracts for cattle were entered into by cattle men at $16 for yearlings nd $30 for two-year-olds, delivered at Dodge City, Kas. The contracts, it is reported, cover at least 50,000 head. Contracts for the buildings for the Cotton Exposition at Louisville, have been awarded. The total cost of the building, which is to be 620x901 feet, covering thirteen acres, will be aoouc 11 wui De reaay for exhibits during June and Julv. The ex hibition will open August, 1, continuing one hundred days.

At the late special election in the Sixth Louisiara district, K. Lewis, Democrat, was elected to Congress in place of General Herron, deceased. S. D. Houston, tax collector of Lawrence County, was recently stopped on the highway and robbed of his horse and $3,300 in money The Arkansas Senate passed a biE prohibit ing the sale of intoxicants within three milee of any church or school house upon cution of the people of the locality.

THE LATEST. Tbe Senate further debated the Tariff bill the 17th. The House also took np the Tariff bill, but consumed most of the time in dis cussing a point of The District of Columbia Appropriation bill as reported provides for an aggregate appro priation of $3,270,000. The aggregate of the bill is $115,000 less than the bill last year. Colonel i.

Ross Green, one of the most prominent and wealthy 'citizens of Pennsyl vania died recently In New Tork a raving maniac caused by the tragic death of his wife a few weeks ago, who committed suicide by pouring olr over herself and setting it on fire. He witnessed her terrible death and vainly tried to save her. The total number of miners killed by the recent caving In of the Diamond Mining Com pany's mine, near Joliet, was seventy- four. The pit has been operated about twp year and 200 to 403 men and boys have been regularly employed in it. On tbe morning of the accident 290 or 300 went in and those who escaped did so by a miracle.

One woman lost her husband and three sons, and tha shock eaused her to become Insane. I One evening last week a train on the Wabash Railroad met a washout near Spring field, and was obliged to transfer the passengers. Tha empty train was then re versed and started back. Near Jacksonville, the chair car in front of the sleeper caught fire. The train crew did not discover the fire until the entire chair car was in flames', the train was stopped and an attempt was made to cut the sleeper "Russia" loose, but the heat was too arrest, and no one could reach the couplings.

The loss of the chair car and sleeper will amount to about $20,000. The remaihs of the late Governor Morgan were interred In Csdar Hill Cemetery, at Hart ford, Conn. A special train conveyed a large number of citizens from New Tork to Hart ford, I i Reports from various parts of New York showed that the rivers were rising. Several bridge and dams had been swept' away. Trains were delayed and the losses heavy.

Dr. of Colusa County, the largest wheat raiser in the State, who ran for Governor in 1879 on the Democratic ticket, was recently assassinated by Heron Miller, his book keeper, whom be had discharged for drunkenness. .1 The great Iron firm of John V. Ayres Son, of Chicago, failed Liabilities given at $2,000,000. Carey, one of the Phoenix Park murderers, has turned States evidence Vid when be' re cently took tbe witness stand in Dublin It created a great sensation among the other prisoners, who hissed hitn.

A fire at Plattsmouth, burned six bu siness buildings. Loss $26,000. Insured. By the washing away of bridge at Allen's Creek, near Rochester, N. the engine of freight train plnnged into the stream, killing-the fireman and erolf Injuring the en gineer.

readily for new five dollar gold pieces, were recently discovered circulating in Washing- ton. The Secretary of the Interior transmitted to Congress a request for the appropriation of $348,000 to supply with oxen and cows 2.,680 round which ihe Ohio Klver sweeps from the south and curves nearly due west. Pendleton and Fulton, on the Ohio side, are in full view, and on the Kentucky shore are successively Dayton, Behevuo, Creek, and the eastern portion of Newport. All along tho Ohio shore In Pendleton are great bouses, tbe water up to their very eaves, and barges of coal and rafts of lumber far Inland from thorn. In ord nary stagosof water these buildings stand high on the bank, hundreds of feet from the shore, and out of view to an observer standing on tho deck of a steamor In the river, For a stretch of frnr miles down tin Ohio Rivery; from Crawfish Creek to the this scene Is repeated The bouecs thut lino the Ohio shore stand thickest, and there are many clusters of little cottages with only the gibleS above the water.

Hundreds upon hundred. of hnnd- somo frame buildings neatly and beautifully painted, are surrounded with water to tho tops of the ors and windows of the -first story. On the Kentucky side, tbe villiige of Bullevue lies between tho foot of a lofty hill and the Ohio River, where the view of the Ohio Klver looking up stream from Eden Park Is lost bcfclud the bilL Delleyu i from th view looks as if situated on a little cape. Tho hill rising Ichiud It is even now green with Kentucky blue gr.iss. Tho waters on tho point ox Ibis cape are dotted with tbe roofs of many a little home, and the statelier houses of the village by cores are submerged to the door-tope of the first story.

Next below on tho river, in Kentucky, and adjacent, Is the village of Dnyton It is larger and more exposed. From the hill-tors It looks as If ono- fourth the town nearest' tho river was utterly submerged and all the bouses rendered untenantable. Certainly one- ilf of the remainder of tho vUlng-a unler water to the depth a fow ln hes to several feet on tbe groun 1 floor. Below Dayton Is what is known as Tsyl -r Creek Bottom. T.ic Ohio overflows this re or l-es at a stag 1 of rom forty-flvo to fifty-five feet.

It 1s built up as a villugaby any means but is pretty th ck'y studd hI with bouses in tte h'irber grounds, where. people have lived for years without disturbance by high waters. To-day IboM) hous show only, tboir ro fs above the 1'ocnH, and 1 hey look bke little Mtck islands 01 th i shining wateis. Taylor's Crock would cusily mistaken by a stringer for the Ohio Kiver winding to tbe north out of the Ken tucky hills but for the forist trees pccr.ng at tt surface of the waters from shore to shore. Till phenomenon of trees far from the shore is a striking scene all along tho four miles of tbe distance down tbe from" Pendleton to tbo Cincinnati Wnter-work-l pumping bouse.

Just across the Ohio, opposite the water-works umplng-houso. is whut was onci WollTs Roliinx Mill, situated on a blgh bank Just below the mo ith of Taylor's Creek, Ky. It is a large strong building of brick, with lolty chimneys, i 1 has not 1 ecu usi-d for several years. Only from the eaves op is this great building visible. From Iho 1 wer edge of Columbia down to Taylor Creek tho river makes a treat sweeping curve, and, while ordinarily it averages about 400 yards In t-readtb, to-day it ts never lees, and cf ten more than a mile from shore to shore.

From tbe top of Mount Adams a magnificent view of the Licking Klver, winding up from tbo south, opens up to tho view. Onesees.lt floating tn the sun for miles and miles back. It winds through tho hills and disappears at Intervals Th's gives lithe appearance of a series of terraces. Its banks are lined with forest-trees, and at its present stage It looks like a mighty river with great trees scattered across it from shore to hore. At ordinary stages its banks are steep and high, and its channel narrow and deep.

Turning dwn the Ohio, the great suspen sion bridge looks dwarfed by tho magnltudo of the waters beneath it. Its arc seems to rise fr tbe river on the Ohio shore, and to touch it again. on the Kentucky side. Even the lirge steamers, that nestle In as closely as they can get to tho shore, look insignificant on tbe top of thes waters. AX KXrLOSIOX.

Cincinnati. February 15. At one o'clock this morn'ng tbe pcoplo in the vicinity of No. 50 Wdstach street, on tho border of the Inundated district In the western part of tho city, were startled by a loud explosion, which broke the glass in windows in tha neighborhood. A throe-story brick building, occupied by four families numbering seventeen persons, was found in ruins.

Tbe explosion vn from fire-damp or sewer-gas In the cellar, and all of tho seventeen people were burled in tho debris. A seeneof terror followed. A fire alarm was turned In, and tbe Fire Department promptly. Finding no fire, the men began the work of rescuing the unfortunate victims. This was slow work.

The bouse was owned by Jacob Urown, who with his wife, and two sons, and two daughters, occupied the first floor. Officer Macke. a special policeman at Fourth an1 Vim streets, and known as "King WiJ Ham," occupied tbe front room on the second f'oor, with his wife. The back part of the same story wai occupied by Miller, wife and two childr -n. The third floor was occupied by William Hannon, wife and two twin daughters two years oil By five o'clock all the occupants id been taken rul.

Offioer Mscke and wife and a two-year-old daughter of Mr. Miller were dond. John and Henry Brown and Kobert Rockaman. a nn1gh who was in tbe house at tbe time, are bad. ly injured and can butdly recover.

Jacob lirown aid wife were rt scui-d, after several hours tnbor, severely but not fatally hurt. 1 heir daughters were taken cut comparative ly Mr. Miller is badly injured. All the rest of his iimlly, except named ab-ive, escaped with small In'ury. Hannrm and family a'so escaped with slight injuries.

Tho Brown boys and Mr. Kockaman, who were building a raft, wnntcd some luinlor thtt was in the cellar, and went for it with a candle. when the gas or damp exploded. A UOYK BOMA.irS. February 15.

A little love re minre developed amid all tbe want and suffering. About two cks ago Ben Krapp'S was married. When Ihe wafer came over the fill Ben was absent working at a mill, ills young wife was rtscued by a fire man, an 1 furnished quarters at a schoc 1 build It was thought tunt the husband h' rwftl drrrwned. The wife was in sore lot rem. Dust night Hen made his arpearance at tbe sehrtol-hoiise.

It was (be flist tun he lit I Been bis bride of onl a few weeks since their home was swept awsy by Ihe water. E-ich thought the other lost, an I In this moment of Joyous meeting they coi 11 n-n r. strain ir love, and In eech others arms kissed away their doubts and fears. "Mrs. I.akoibt's Luobund is a queer sort of a man," sa'd Count llos-nt i.

Mm. Vod- (eska's busbanJ, to a knot of friepds at th Southern Hotel the other day. When was list in London they were telling a strange story In tha e'nbs about him, which sms very. funny. Langtry owns some prop erty tn Ireland, and It appears that his agent wrote him, saying that tbe tenants demanded lower rents, and had threatened to resort to the shot-gun tollcy to secure them.

Mr. Lacgtry seized pen and paper and wrote bark is follows: Sir Yon my say to tbe tenants that any threats to shoot you will never Intimidate me. Queer consolation for the agent, wasn't Itt" St. ImuU I'ot- Dinpnteh. families of the Sioux Indians, who had gone i to farming at various agencies in accordance with the stipulations of the Sioux treaty of 1S6S.

i George W. Bousman, a resident of Stafford i unty, for some time past an inmate of the Soldiers' Home in Washington City, recently had a leg amputated, which was originally shot awav at tli'e battle of tlift Wilderness during the late war. i In the Star Route trials at Washington, on the 15ih, Rerdell, one of the defendants, ere ated a sensation in court by rising and announcing that he wished to majce a statement in his own behalf, and that he had determined to abandon any further defense in the case. lie would put himself upon the mercy of the court, and if desired by counsel for the Gov ernment, he would testify as to all the facts In his knowledge. He then withdrew his plea of not guilty and pleaded guilty Rerdell, who withdrew his plea of not guilty aud entered one of guilty in the Star Route was put upon the stand and gave history xt the manner in which the mail service was expedited and pav Increased.

Ills testi- monv created a sensation. The House Committee on Foreiga-'Affadrs authorized a Joint resolution to give notice of the termination of the "fisheries articles" of the treaty of Washington, and the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations agreed to reommend a ratification of the Mexican re- ciprocity treaty. In a late Executive Session of the Senate Mr. Edmunds called attention to the alleged abuse of privileges of the floor of the Senate 4 by lobbyists and others, who, through the In dulgence of Senators, had been In the habi of obtaining cards of admission, ostentl-bly as Secretaries. With a view to cor-' recting the evil Mr.

Edmunds introduced a resolution that no person be admitted to the floor as a private Secretary by a Senator, until the Senator appointing him shall certify In writing to the Sergeant-at-Arms that he'lis actually employed for the performance of the luties of such Secretary. The Department of Agriculture reports tlie present cotton crop at over 6,800,000 bales, stributed in thousand bales as follows! Virginia, 24; North Carolina, 452; South Car olina, 616; Georgia, 930; Florida, 61; Alabama, 794; Mississippi, Louisiana, 530; Texas, Arkansas, 687; Tennessee, 337; Mis-lourl, 300 other territory, 22. Washington dispatches say there Is bad feeling existing between Haskell, of Kansas, nd Townsend, of Illinois, growing out of the recent angry passage between the two In the House, and that a hostile meeting is not im-, probable. i The House Military Committee agreed to report favorably the bill to grant the Cheaa-peak and Ohio Railroad Company the right i to extend its line through the Government reservation at Fortress Monroe. It is reported that there will be no further i action by the House Military C'ommiittee this tession on the Grant Retirement bill.

THE EAST. By the explosion of gasoline In Blaisdell A knitting mills near Amsterdam, N. lately the building was wrecked and Keegan, the watchman, crawled out with tor, ribla burns about his head and arms. Four teta of machinery and a large amount of i took were destroyed. Loss estimated at insure! for $33,500.

cWle P- Seebach, a New Tork bartender, J..