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Oi a Jv Wjl Jv XI XX hw 4 1(o Jw fil W2 Jfez Jus xf xr Qpv All Having Houses To Ren: WUl flnU tenant by adver i Uin In THE REE PRESS I Want Columns prig: VOLC3IE 52 BOASTED ALIVE JANITOR TITUS CONESSES TOPICS NATIONAL CAPITAL a more closely at to de magnetize old watches John Lyon Johu Sutton old STEWART ART TREASURES Than HORRIBLY MURDERED SPREAD SO RAPIDLY REV MURDER OR 30 DAYS CABINET PHOTOGRAPHS THE MISSOURI STILL RISING ancy Dyelsir ani branches Cleaning of Clothes a Press Complaint About American Vessels in Hud BEORE ORDERING The four others were nlso last ho saw of them they way towards tho window xr'vn ano the atches ufictured Malaria Dumb drills ever and Ague Wind Colic Bilious Attacks pic Phila be Presi Com Mrs of the regulated to the carries it than heretofore mui THE WATCH THE UTURE He Will Represent the United States the Paris Astronomical Congress SAVE THAT GIVEN BY THE STI11J so S3IOKE AM) lEKKIULE LAHa Judge Cooley Will Probably dent of the Inter State merce Commission Head and foot of Griswold st Quality always the best Try for your cook stove tkit INQUIRE PRICES LPEOCOCK The Rapid Spread of tho Eire Admits of no Warning Men Struggling to a Window Succumb and all Victims Come early and avoid lhe rush Remember otir offer giving a Lilo bize Crayon to every twentieth sitter 63 and 55 Rowland st corner Grand River Aw opimltc new 31 A Building THE REMA13S BIRXEB EEYOXD THE OSSI BIIITY OP IDEXTJICATWh fancy vyeisK no cleaning ua UteiUg tlllU IWMttai alias nfWia 1 1 OruPra bv mail or express promptly attended to New Bogus Butter Law Snstalned Albany March The Court of Appeals has unanimously affirmed the constitutionality of ti State Oleomargarine act in a decision confirming the sentence of a Brooklyn grocer convicted under the acL reconciling seemingly inconsistent provisions I contained in the act ost With All On Board Richmomd Ya March The schooner George 8 Richardson was captured in a gale Thursday evening off the mouth of Pungo teague Creek Chesapeake Bay No trace of her crew could be found and it is supposed all on board were lost THIRTEEN PERSONS ESCAPE BUT SOME THEM INJURED Should ijo In every lions hold SU1D EVERYWHERE bouse at this place was destroyed by Twelve of the occupants were BURNED TO DEATH a number of others seriously injured following is a list of the dead: James a number sacrifice case of Schussle 'twelfth Victim of the Buffalo ire Buffalo March 23 Maggie Nolan one of the servants at the Richmond Hotel died this afternoon making the twelfth known victim of the Richmond Hotel fire Mrs Vfl Mann wife of one of the proprietors is rapid ly sinking and will undoubtedly die WriL Thompson of Erie and Johnson of Toronto reported missing in the previous lists are safe This leaves unaccounted for in addition to Mr Boyd Prtt of Al bany Capt TV Shepard of Cleveland and Henry Perry of Welland Ont Nothing fur ther has been heard regarding Robert Boyd of the American Bell Telephone Com pany of Boston and bis friends here believe that he was one of the victims of tho fire Given Vp as Lost With All Her Crew Philadelphia March The Italian bark Lusaiio Serra which sailed from Cardens January 24 for Philadelphia has been given up for lost together Capt Imperato and his crew of twelve men She had on board a cargo of sugar valued at about 532 COT and the vessel herself was worth about $9000 Delicate diseases of either sex however in duced speedily and radically cured Address in confidence Dispensary Medical As sociation Buffalo Ottawa March 23 The report of Com mander Jordan who has been for three years in charge of tho Hudson Bay expedition was issued to day He draws attention to the large number of United States whalers and other American vessels which frequent the waters of the bay for fishing and walrus bunt ing which he says also carry on extensive trading among the natives to the injury of the Hudson Bay Company The Dominion Gov ernment will endeavor to devise means to pre vent this encroachment of the conflagration the house by twenty one miners the Bessemer March About 4 this morning the Colby mine board ing fire A Kentucky Store Keeper Killed Appar MUST possess the pis of throwing off al! magnetism whether existing in the body T1!) 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MADE TO ORDER AND PROPER 1 ivU OO El ly fitted at Milburn A Wil surgical Inurements Elastic Stockings fcutporurs Syringes best quality SI Woodward ave INE JJTJSlIVlBtstei ROOMS Three loors S0xl(X with Euieraent Engine and Roller the est Light NO 42 MICHIGAN AVENUE Lincoln Neb March 23 Gov Thayer to day signed the death warrant of Jack Marion sentenced to hang at Beatrice next riday The crime for which Marion will hang is the murder of John Cameron in 1S72 It was one year after the murder before the body was found and Marion suspected of the crime and ten years more elap'ed before the suspected criminal was arrested The case has been in the courts for the past five years and three times the prisoner has been sentenced to hang An appeal to the Governor to com mute the sentence to life imprisonment was the last effort of the friends of the doomed man There Will bo a Double uneral Decatuh III March There was a sensational stoppage to a funeral here thio afternoon Mrs Houck died on Mon day aged 77 Larkin Houck aged 90 years was her husband He was in feeble health While the pall bearers were bearing the re mains of the wife to the hearse to be tasen to the church the husband who was too feeble to leave the bouse died in his bed The unex pected episode created genera! commotion It was arranged to hold both funerals together on rida are Agents fully covers ail Packing Industry Chicago March The Daily Trade Bul letin publishes a statistical review of the pack ing industry to day The aggregate of hogs slaughtered here during the twelve months ending March 1 was 4426000 or a deereaseof 501IX0 as compared to one year ago The de crease is attributed to the stock yards strike of last November The number of cattle slaught ered during the same period was 1600000 bead of which 1400 COO bead were required fur the dressed beef trade This shows an in crease of 200000 head over any previous year Tlie Buoy identities Chicago March 23 The mystery sur rounding the disappearance of rederick Wirth is still undispelled The body that was found in the slip yesterday where the sup posed crazy Kuebler told the police to search for it was identified to day as that of Hansen of No 127 North Ashland atomic 70 years of age Hansen disappeared on the 9th inst and had not been since heard of until now The body was identified by his oon Bessemer is one of the mining villages which have sprung into existence through the development of the Gogebic region It ba now a population of 1000 or 1290 the famous Colby' mine being located there It is on tbe Milwaukee Lake Shore Western Railroad nnd is 40 miles from Ashland being near the extreme northwestern oint of tho Upper Peninsula of Michigan Opening of the Trial of John Arensdorf nt Sioux City lu Sioux City Ia March 23 The trial of John Arensdorf for the murder of Rev Geo Haddock began this morning Many news paper reporters from all parts are in attend ance and the court room was packed with friends of Loth sides an! many attorneys were seated within the railing The defendant Arensdorf with his wife' nnd four children occupied conspicuous positions near his coun sel The work of securing a jury continued during the afternoon and six jwreniptory chal lenges exercised by the State The defense made six peremptory challenges so that an even twelve remain which may exhaust the entire panel as now culled beveuty extra men have been summoned for this case so that there is little doubt but what the jury ill be selected from their number to morrow Much interest is manifested in the city and the court bouse has been filled all day but only one or two ladies were noticed Mrs Arensdorf and children did not appear during the afternoon Ixiavitt the infoi ner is in the city but does not leave his hotel thinking probably that tbe outside air would not be beneficial He need fear no danger however as there is a widely different feeling here now from that which prevailed six months ago It is thought the jury will be secured to mprrow and evidence begun riday IMPORTED CONTRACT LABOR THE AMENDED act to be put in operation SHORTLY Washington March 23 The act to amend thOj act to prohibit the importation and im migration of aliens under contract of agree ment to perform labor in the United States which was approved ebruary 23 should ac cording to its provisions have gone into effect to day Tbe Acting Secretary of the Treas ury who is charged with the execution of this He did admit her on her return and i wuero afterwards eora fears that she wnich iier and DETROIT MICHIGAN THURSDAY MARCH 24 1S87 Movements of Ocean Steamers New Yopk March 23 Arrived Tbe Queen from Liverpool State of Nebraska from Glasgow Queenstown March 23 Arrived Steam er Egypt from New York Philadelphia March Steam er British Princess from Liverpool Glasgow March 23 Steamer Siberian from Boston Hamburg March Steamer Suevia from New York Considerable Loss of Lite Indicated St Paul March 23L A Pioneer Press Bis marck special says: All attempts to break the Sibley Island gorge with dynamite are unavailing A man was seen this evening riding down the river on a cake of ice fran tically calling for help but it was impossible to assist him Twelve families near Livonia had a most thrilling experience Alter being on the roofs of the bouses fur twenty four hours a thin crust formed over the river and on this they walked to the shore two mites some breaking through several times but being rescued ort Lincoln army officers here are still of the opinion that the people opposite the post on the lowlands south of the city perishes! in the flood This belief is becoming prevalent ant as tho reports come in from remote river districts the story of suffering and loss of life is intensified KING ALCOHOL IN twelve Men in a Mining Boarding House at Bessemer Burned to Death Tillie Murderer Itelates His Story of the Crime Trenton March 23 It leaked out this afternoon that Janitor confession was read to the Court of Pardons yesterday and that on tbe strength of the confessions made therein the commutation was granted In his confession Titus states substantially that at a considerable period leforo the night of the murder and at iivci times he showed ccurteses to Tillie Smith which were well i eceived by her He claims that be made ad vances hich were received with favor and th these circumstances passed fro ha friend liie as to criminal intimacy On the night of tho murder Tillie notified him that she was going to the party which she attended and that she would not be home until late She asked him to let her in when she returned He told her to go to tbe matron and get pel mission but she refused to do saying that it was aga nst the rules After persuasion be consented to wait for her and let lior in the two went to the janitors room tuey spent some time municau was in deavo: ed not told him if such should prove to be the case sbe would expose him as the author of her ruin He protested against that course and sho insisted on it until be lie says in auger grasped her by tbe throat and held her for a nomeut He" heard a gurgling sound and thinking something serious bad happened went fur a light and when he returned found that she was dead His confession then de scribes bow struggling itli the Ijody he partly carried it and partly dragged it to the place where it was found be practiced by using Van Wert's Balsam or all Tiiroat and Lung Diseases as it will save nnueces ary billx or sale by all tirug glsjs Samples free an Pills are free from injurious sub Van Wert's Golden Balm will cure Catarrhal Headaches AND JEWELEK81 CO WOODWARD AVENUE and CAMPUS MARTIUS The prices received were fair accord who were of pictures TLL the of brought to it from outside sources MUST not require an iron plated case to protect it from magnetism THE GENEVA NOMAGNETIC WATCH Michigan 1'ensinng Washington March 23 Pen sions granted Michigan people to day: Stephen father of Edgar Davis Charlotte Harriet widow of Truman Webster Holly Original Charles Stickles Dewitt Ham ilton Craven Elsie Wex Wilcox Gray ling Geo ay deceased Sand Lake Tbos Hunt South Boaiiiinin David A Hunt deceased Hart Increase Samuel if McCall Milford Silas Bullard Milford Geo Halsey Addison Williani Pres ton Leslie Alonzo Newton Lowell: John Barnhart Three Rivers Lamberts oster Gaines Edw in Bright Orangeville Mills James A Brooks Austerlitz Jolin'M John son Detroit George Wheeler Howarris viile David Johnson Port Huron Cty Re issue of Rusnell Norton Cedar Creek Jepiha Wright Shelby Reissue George IV Kilner Lansing And Tbe Ryan John Garvey John Ball Wm Will iams Brossa Henry Soam Simon Riszo Mux rivided unknown man At the time was occupied boarding boss and his wife and two servants Tbe occupants of the building were all asleep and it is not known exactly how he lire origi nated It is supposed however that tbe tiro 'tarted in the sitting room on the first floor rank Miller tho proprietor of tho house and his wife and two servants occupied rooms on the lower floor Mrs Miller was awakened in some manner and immediately aroused her husband When le awoke tbf room adjoining which was occupied by ths two servants was a prey to tbe flames and it was with tho utmost difficulty that tho four escaped with their lives The flames spread so rapidly that it as IMPOSSIBLE TO GIVE ANY ALARM To the occupants of the rooms above There were twenty one miners on tbe second floor and those who escaped say that when they awoke tho whole house was evidently one mass of flame A number of the men who hap pened to awako made their escujie by JUMPING ROM THE WINDOWS Several persons who thus escaped ha 1 limbs brokeu but there were no fatal injuries James Lynch one ot tbe occupants of the place says that there were four other jiersous in the same room with him He was aiv cned by a room mate clambering over him towards the windows The room was full of smoko and flame at the time and he barely succeeded in breaking open a window un I making his escape awakened and the were making their However THE LAMES That till four perished he Luing the only one who escaped from the room Among the other occupants who perished were four men who had just been inployed the previous evening and slept in tbe house for tho first time THE BURNED BUBJMNG Was located on an open niece of ground only a short distance front where the mines are be ing operated at the present time Tlie atten tion of the night gang of workmen was called to the flames but by the time they arrived at tbe scene the place was alnrust totally de stroyed and it was too late to save the lives of tiny of the men THE VICTIMS Are nearly all single men and strangers and it is not known wliei their homes are With a lew exceptions they are foreigners having only recently come to this country When the charred remains were removed from the debris of the burning building it was impossi ble to identify them so badly were they burned Tee boarding house was a large frame and it was not long from the time the fire was first discovered unt il it was burned to the ground Tbe victims will be buriea to morrow Work has ceased temporarily at tho mine out of re spect for the dead 3 HKV CHILDS TROT 52 O13JO ba Iie iiMu pi That vey GedraWe four story More No 142 Larned st wrner ind now occupied by the Detroit Ettel and Spring Works Inquire at THE GERMAN AMERICAN BANK K9M TO SECTORS Russelville Kr March 23 A terrible murder was committed a short distance from this place last night Tom Lett and John Simmons have been running a country store about a mile from tvwn on tho Nashville pike This morning Simmons was found dead at the store door He bad been shot twice once in the breast aud once in tbe face Near his body was a double barreled gun broken in several pieces which was identified as the propercy of the murdered There is no lue to the murder Simmons slept at the store and it is supjiosed that he was called up in Die night and from indications at the store went behind tilie counter to ell some thing jjvtien he was shot and as be ran out toe door Aa shot again and fell outside The counter walls and floor the store are be spotted with blood Alter was beaten with the cun found broken Numerous bruises wore found on the body and his head was beaten entirely out of shape Tbe object of tbe murder is thought to have been robbery us all the cash in the drawer was taken amounting to only about $2 50 Simmons was a powerfully built man about 40 years old Ho was unninrried and was highly respected in the community The affair has created intense excitement he eu He was she finally THE TIME PIECES PBOTEOTED Magnetism Bitted Acalrut Itself ai Guardian of IS atches It is a well known fact that the planet on which we live constitutes the greatest magnet we know of and that in all materials which are absorbents of magnetism currents of mag netism must be induced from the earth's magnetic pole The existence of these two facts has puzzled horologists for many years and watchmakers have worked and studied and experimented for years to remedy exas perating variations and generally unaccount able bad behavior on the part of watches built I on the most thoroughly tested and best approved plans yet unaccountable failures as Latest Report rom tho Dakota loods bevnral Indians Supposed to Have Beeu Drowned St J'aul March A Pioneer special from Bowdle says: The has backed in Swan Creek aud carried off a bridge between Lebeau and Scranton flooding the bottom lands eight feet deep It is be lieved several ludians were drowned Tbe family of Garrett Barry barely escaped with their lives Tbe steamer Gen Tompkins is in the ice a total wreck The Missouri is stead ily rising A Mandan special says: Tbe water fell two feet to day The Heart River has not yet broken but most of the water bos passed under the ice so no damage is anticipated Aside from the railroad tracks the damage by tbe flood in Mandan will not over 1000 The Northern Pacific resumed through busi ness to day Tbe ice gorg in tjie river above Bismarck remains solid but is expected to break soon MICHIGAN 31 ill AS OTHER BOND CALL LIEUT WTNTERnALTEIi DETROIT SELECTED OR AN I31PORT Stateof Michigan County of ss County Office Detroit eb 14 1887 The electors of YVayno County will take notice that pursuarit too recommendation of the Board of Sn ervigoi of Wayne County at the coming general election to beheld in this State on tlie IRST MON DAI NEXT a proposition will be submitted to them to apiiroprluto the iiun of ifty Thousand (50000) Dollars for the erection of Buildings at the County orm in tho Township of Nankin for the accommodation of the County poor aud that bonds bearing Interest at the rate of sot exceeding four per cent per annum in terest payable annually tlie principal snm payeble at the expiration of twenty years Irolu tlie date of tiro leeuiug ol thu bonds be Issued for the purpose ol securing the payment thereof Ballots wlll be placed at each voting procint throughout tho county Those favoring the ap tropriation will rote tho ballot tionof Board of Supervisors to appropriate sum tt ifty Thousand Dollars for erection of build itscs on County arm for accommodatfou of County the Loan" and those not lavoring the appropriation the ballot mendation of Board of Supervisors to appropri ate thesum of ifty Thousand Dollars for erec tion of buildings on County arm for accommo tlftlion of County Against the Loan" In witness whereof have hereunto set my laud this 14th day of ebruary 1887 WILLIAM LANE County Clerk CAPITAL MISCELLANY Mrs Hoyt tbe sister returned to her home at Kingston yesterday afternoon Mrs Gregg of Buffalo "is now a guest at the White House The Mount Vernon Bridge Company of Mount Vernon has been awarded the con tract for constructing tbe new aqueduct across the Potomac at $S0905 Mrs Cleveland unveiled a portrait of Mrs Madison last night The occasion was a charitable entertainment in aid of Washington City Orphan Asylum Madison was one of the six founders institution It is learned on good authority that Secre tary successor will not be appointed before April 1 tbvdate upon which resignation takes effect "The belief still pre vails that Assistant Secretary airchild will receive the appointment The Commissioner of Pensions is informed of the arrest at Kansas City aud the impend ing trial of one Brogdon abas SSL Clair who has been fleecing pension claimants by repre senting himself as an officer of tbe bureau aud receiving money for a promise to promote ac tion ujkiu their claims It is said that this is not bis first offense Every few weeks tho country is informed that the Tongue River Indians in Montana are starving to death The reiteration of this report worried Co) jinissioner Atkins and he recently took step Io find out the facts Yes terday he received a dispatch to the effect that no Indians under that agency have starved to death and that they arc drawing their customary rations The Attorney General has submitted an opinion to tbe effect that there is no legisla tion tinder which the Secretary of the Treas ury has the power to remit tbe forfeiture of the schooner San Diego by virtue of the sen tence of condemnation pronounced against tbe said vesel on the 4th of October ISbli by the United States District Court for tbe District of Alaska for being engaged in killing fur seals The Acting Secretary of the Treasury has received a letter from "Deputy Collector Speh cer at Tampa la giving tbe details of tho recent action of the citizens in driving away the troublesome Cuban filibusters aud says tbe attempt to get up an expedition Las evi dently leen abandoned and that it is not like ly that any more efforts will be made to start similar expeditions from that neighborhood for some time to come She to him Ler trouble from to dissuade successful however No Hope for Thoma Harding St Paul March 23 A Pioneer Press Butte Mont special says: Tbe United States Supreme Court refuses to stay tbe proceedings in the case of Thus Harding the stage rob Ier aud murderer He will be hanged at Dillon ou riday AN ANCIENT CLAIM COMMISSIOXUi: SPARKS REJECTS AN APPLICA TION GROWING OUT A VERY OLD CASE Washington March 23 The Commis sioner of the General Land Office has rejected the application of the heirs of John Bou ligny for tbe issue of prize laud scrip to the extent of 75000 acres This claim dates from the year 1717 and is involved in the historic operations of George Law of South Sea bub ble fame It is based upon ar alleged grant by the Government of rance covering a por tion of the then rench colony of Ixiuisiauti The Commissioner of the Land Office in the year 1838 decided that the claim wa invalid and void but tbe neirs succeeded in 1807 in getting an act passed by Cong res affirming their title and ordering ti issue of the scrip tbe land having long before been disposed of to others Almost immediate ly after tbe passage of the act it was discovered that tbe Supreme Court some years eariiei bad passed upon claim ad versely it having been brought out in evi dence that noitlier the archives of rance nor Louisana contained any record of the alleged grant and moreover that under tbe Jaws then covering tlie matter of grants only 2500 acres could have been granted instead of half a million to which amount the claimants laid title Thereupon a joint resolution was passed less than thirty days after the passage of the act in question suspending tbe operation of the act Tbe claimants then went before the General Land Office assorting that tbe act in volved something in the nature of a contract and therefore that it was not within the competency of Congress to annul it It issnp posed that the matter will again be brought before the Supreme Court for a decision on this last point LAMAR NON CONCURS THE SECRETARY THE INTERIOR DECIDES IN AVOR A RAILROAD Washington March 23 In the case of the Chicago Staul Minneapolis Omaha Rail way Company the Secretary of the Interior has declined to concur in the recommendation of the Commissioner of the General Land Of fice that the company be enjoined from cut ting and disposing of timber from its unap proved selected lands in the State of Wisconsin within the indemnity limits which selections have not been yet approved because of the non completion of tbs road wit hm the time limited by the granting act though fully completed since that time The Secretary holds that tbe road having been completed and Congress having failed to deciare a for feiture of tho grant the company is entitled to its full benefit The Secretary directs tlie commission to forthwith adjust tbe said grant and transmit for approval proper lists of lands selected and subject to selection by the company within the indemnity limits of the grant REDEEMING THE BONDS ANOTHER CALL OR $10090000 IN THREE PER CENT BONDS Washington March 23 The Acting Sec retary of the Treasury this afternoon issued the 14 Sth call for the redemption of bonds The call is for 10000 (MX) of tbe three per cent loan of 1882 and notice is given that the principal and accrued interest of the bonds designated will be paid at the Treasury of the United States in the City of Washington on the 1st day of May 1887 and that tbe interest on said bonds will cease on that day tailing he which was a in tlie Lure uaintei bv delpbiu entitled "YVasbiugtwi Irving and bis This cost A Stewart $8000 and it was sold for $1650 Among the more notable sales were: by East man Johnson of New York for $1025 to Polk by Thomas aed to Kennedy for $2100 and by Louis Gnllait to IL Bishop $2500 Appian by IL Boulanger to A Cunle for Rock San rancisco" by Albert Bierstadr to Chas Lockhart for 82 500 Lomond" by the two artists Vt rboeckhoven and Ralliaen to Mr nek bard for $2325 Serious by Tonlmiclie to IL Con verse for $2150 by Uoustantine Treyon of Paris started at $2000 second bid $0000 and finally sold to Lyle for $7 150 and Dy James Hart of New York to Wm Rockefeller for $1500 the by Alfred btevens ol Paris to Henry Hiltou for $2850 Chariot oy Jean Leon Gerome of Paris attracted considerable attention This was one of the most valuable paintings in the Stewart collection and was painted ex pressly for Mr Stewart by the famous rench artist ata cost tf $30000 The first bid was $5000 aud it was at last purchased by Henry Hilton for $7100 by Meissonier a notable painting for which Mr Stew art paid $20000 was started nt $10000 ard bought by Henry Hilton for $10500 and by Httges Mele was lioupbt by Knoedler Co for $2'100 by Buugniet purchased by Henry Hilton for $2800 in Win ly Gignoux to Chas Bork for 1050 Awakening from uy Hilde brandt to Powers of Rochester for $1000 Recep by Daniel Huntington to Ij A ish for $3300 at tbe Triumphal by Piloty original cost (painted to der) $12000 bought by Henry Hilton for $3900 et Son by Bouguer eau $5200 to red Layton alls fiom the American by rederick Church started at $2500 and the bidding was brisk to $7000 when Kennedy took the picture for $7050 The total sales for the night was $110125 for which we these points We continue as vie have done for many years past com pletely eliminating any magnetism that may exist in them and at a very small cost WATCHMAKERS WRIGHT KAY Washington March Judge Cooley is expected to reach Washington with in a few days It is understood that Talbot one of tbe editors of the Railway Age of Chicago stands the best chance of be ing appointed Secretary of the Inter State Commerce Commission as he is said to be the choice of both Col Morrison aud Judge Cooley The salary of the Secretary is $3000 per year Talbot is regarded as a man well fitted for the jxisition The Star to night says that Judge Cooley is to Le President of the Inter State Commerce Commission and that this will accord with the wishes of the President in tbe matter A DETROITER HONORED Lieut A Winterhalter of tbe United States Navy who is a Detroiter is the recipi ent of new Honors He will be a member ot the International Congress of Astronomers which meets in Paris April 16 in the great observa tory of that city Over 100 prominent astron omers from various parts of tuo world will be present After attending the Paris Congress Lieut Winterhalter will under orders make a tour of inspection to London Kew Green wich and Hamburg He is the only one who will officially represent the United States at the Paris Congre STEAMBOAT MAIL SERVICE Tho following steamboat mail service has been established in Michigan: Charlevoix by Ironton Rock Elm aud South Arm to East Jordan sixteen miles and back six times a week from May 15 to November 15 of each year by schedule satisfactory to the depart ment from July 1 1887 to June 30 1S91 POSTAL NOTES A postoffice has beoi established in Bav County to be known as Bentley rank Bentley postmaster Tbe office nt Loug Lake Grand Traverse Co is discontinued Mail will go to Traverse City over all feet draft water Two high preisure 10x10 engines Upright nTtlxJier Speed 14 miles per hour Boataad juuchtnery in good order OR I or particulars inquire I litlAiiY Ar CO SAJJ oot Woodward ave act has not yet had an opportunity to pre pare the regulations essential to ite projer enforcement They are now however in course of preparation and will be issued in a fe days It is said at tbe department that the delay is caused by the difficulty experienced in There are few if any pieces of mechanism more delicately constructed than is a watch and there is no greater or more mysterious force than electricity and as a watch is of ne cessity made of metals the most susceptible to magnetic influences it most readily responds to the subtle power which has for its foundation law the seeding out of fine points in which to demonstrate its effects Years ago watchmak ers produced hair springs for watches made of gold glass and palladium with a view of over coming the then weli known influence of mag netism on the regularity and accuracy of the watch liver since that time during the past thirty five or forty years various devices have been tried Even the steel in the balance wheel (which is absolutely necessary for the adjust ment of the watch) was removed entirely This most effectually did away with the magnetism of the balawe wieel but it rendered the watch worthless because it was then impossible to ad just it The standard balance wheel is made of steel and brass the two metals being used to compensate each other in the adjustment to temperature It is there obvious that with the great desideratum steel absent in the balance wheel one may pay ever so high a price for a watch and yet get a valueless article It is a well known principle of science that an absorbent of magnetism if inclosed in a shell of highly magnetic metal will thus be protected from the influence of magnetic force because the current of magnetism will be car ried around instead of through the shell The Giles Anti Magnetic Shield embodies ail the protective qualities of the shell referred to for the following reasons It is made of de carbonized steel the greatest known absorbent of magnetism copper the greatest conductor and diffusive agent known and gold It en tirely encircles the steel mechanism of a watch thus placing it in a uniform or equable field of magnetic force Thus is neutralized the in fluence of abnormal development of lines of magnetic force so prevalent in this age of elec tricity The other day a party of gentlemen from the establishment of Smith Co ac companied orsinger of Chicago to the Brush Electric Light works to wit ness the operations of a demagnetizing machine made by Giles Bro Co of Chicago '1 he machine was connected with a dynamo and the experiments proceeded The demagnetizer looks like a small Stuyvesant blower fan in its outward appearance its internal construction was not described At the top of the machine is an oblong plane of polished metal while a crank handle at the side operates whatever of gearing there is inside "XVith the electric cur rent from the dynamo running through the machine Mr orsinger placed an ordinary steel pen on the plane of polished metaE After turning the crank three or four times the pen which before had been filled with magnetism was withdrawn and applied to a delicate mag netic needle to ascertain if the magnetism hail been extracted In spite of the fact that the required electrical power was not obtainable it was demonstrated to the satisfaction of all pres ent that the machine had done all the work that had been claimed for it It was suggested that Supt itzgerald of the Brush works who was present be shown the workings of the anti magnetic shield for watches but the gentleman cut it short by saving much to the delight of Mr orsinger here is no need of any such de monstration as thGiles Anti Magnetic Shield lias been thoroughly tested by all the leading electricians and is accepted them as accom plishing the work claimed for he shield is very compact does not increase tlie size of the watch and with a watch so protected a man may work in the dynamo room around tele graph and electric light wires on a locomotive where abnormal currents o'f magnetism are gen erated by the running machinery or may cover his body with magnetic appliances belts pads etc and he will find that he has in the shield invaluable protection against the disturbing in fluences of magnetism The Messrs Smith were so well convinced of the advantages of both the shield and the demagnetizer that both were ordered and here after if vour watch behaves badly because of magnetic influences and all watches must come under that influence in this day unless protected by an anti magnetic shield you may visit the store of tliat firm have your chronometer de magnetized and then have it encased a shield When asked why a steel pen placed on the machine became demagnetized Mr or singer explained I place the pen on the polished plate and turn the wheel the polarity of the pen is shifted with each turn Thus the molecular atoms seek a common polarity and so the ma chine being an absorbent a conductor and a distributor the demagnetization takes place There's nothing mysterious or secret about it It is simply a practical application of the natu ral Iaw by which magnetic and electric forces are a watch be adjusted to meet the pres ence of magnetism no Electric and magnetic influences have a much greater effect on the of a watch than either or I speak as a watch maker of long experience and not as an elec Opening Miehc of tlie Sale Si 10000 Realized New YORK March 23 The sale of the col lection of works of art owned by the lute A Stewart commenced to night at Chickering Halt Every seat in the house was filled with well known bankers merchants and society omen ing to the statement of dealers present There were which went at especially so A dream about to come to pass HULL GENERAL AGENT MJcLxan Lxcbarize Hotel DETROIT MICH Scales for farmers: Scale for everybody 2S0 lbs Standard Weijrnts for sale I $150 per Dozen! ES ian Sim i wood hjtn Ppk a IOJl hm.