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his ew yrW nm with kto aviarA-ened. hia sor-Doeed intention atcamTCO. belomrijur to a fond of kltkk was teas toe mff by that BittoJt-eete rwnuerr. The item stated that Dlxm'i wie shot hint he climbing in the "wirc'ow aad killed her husband. Dixon, to-day, brought rait In the United Staiee Court against the Time Pitting Company, claiming heavy damages.

He mv he will we every paper far libel that piiM-abed the dispatch. MtW IOTBTA.V the Mystery af theBwrailler HsmJclde. (SraciAx, to xhs PicATrnrn. mr l-Hlu Anna Bnrg-; mailer la tilt la a precarious condition. She -was quite restless laat night, but quieter this morning.

Her nervous system fa very such- shattered. Mr. Jules Dabus. Justice the Peace, -went eat to the 11 and this morning to take her testimony. The result -will be made known at the preliminary examination of Dr.

Hlnekell and VanTIorn, which haa been postponed natll Wednesday account ex the absence of the District Dr. Binckell and VasHorrr -were allowed, their liberty until to-day. This afternoon they Were consigned- to comfortable qnar-. 9ers in our Jail to await the result ef their ezmintiiQ. There la no eolation yet to the myitery of the ease.

i i v'-: I PEASLXNQTOK. CUUrr jBvaed "to BeauV. While the Mother Xfae as Church. tSrcui.TOTHPicxT0jr.l PaakinroTOir, ttiiuk. Hares t.

The reel-deneeet hire. Jane SnopporO widow -living near tale Place, caught fire laat Bight about 11 o'clock aaii purned completely flown. little boys, the oldest being 11 years, -perished in the Cames. The mether was away attending church, and the tittle ones were at home alone, the nearest neighbor beina a quarter of a mile away. Mo alarm given.

Weather cold, causing deatrnctfoa, among tke Raw logs are coming ba by the thousands, and the saBl men are nappy. 'V a i a. a imTT a riHek'0! fa naeklaa far the Setiejei. rsractu. so Pkutool ALXXaKDKiA, Kerch A telegram was I.

WuhlmUin. ncomnuidhi Ospt. Dirk BionoU as being Bed Biver Val- tten of tforreyer of the port ef New Orleans. "'The eraatertal Ceateet la JUlaela. FrBXRcnrus March f.In the joint eon- teaay nxieen tsenaxors ana nny-elcht Repreaentatlyes re ponded to the roil aU.

atreeter voted jlor John O. Blank and THABB AND TRAVEL. The taadta ef the fJaUed gtatee Karteaal aM. iitwhy nunHMtaflinnoniMin buii examiner eeiiba on the eondltloa of tho LniieasiaTeeiNauonaixtana. 01 new xora.

It states that the capital of the ttaak remains 5 Intact and that It haa a enrolae of atioafe aieo mat vne toaeea ok we saax oo-. earretf In the legltliBate trannaetion of bvsl-and that ae lrregnlazltiee whaterer Were discovered. VWilare mi a Blngbatntea Baaklsg ease. BnesHAKToar. March 9.

The prlrate banklng-honee of M. Roekwell Sc Co. haa aeciy auL UaLlUUes Iso.cxjO, aasste nearly iiABirots. Leefthe 8eaaaer -Uaaw. Kif xT, March t.

Tha steamer Alame, from Galveston for Kew York, with cotton and hides; atrnek on tbe son Unreal reef of Tortugae en Friday. The captain aeeepted 1 the aaalatanee of wreckers. Several wrecking veseele srrlTed to-day with cotton of the piTpe still on. If the Alamo is not floated soon she will go to pieces. The passengers came up on the first wrecker.

The United etatea lighthouse steamer JLaara went to the Alamo's assistance. Oesk. Graafa CeaaTtlea. mkw iou, jaarens. xir.

uongiss te-nunt VWUt laBil VTVll. UJTaaUli UW UM VWCp Ofl a.V..... la I a thin efenlnf. He complained of need of sleep. An anodyne was given him last night, net effootlrOa, uwujan Hanjiviium nruiMiVf nun wiura a -taaMK hui vtcujuis unicnu kwa Tood And went to bed with no lnc rente of the vteeratlon.

The family say that the ieneral sleeps more than, he thinks he does. Kev. Sr. "Bnrchard be Retired. -yxwYoxx, MaiTh The eemmiitea of tne Maxrar Hill Chnreh has renoi-tad to the Hew York Preabytery that it ia proposed to rettre Eer.

Dr. Bnrehard as Pastor jSmeritns a ml a. a-i-rt vi km a a aw aA Ma. H1A1N I. a yennger and more energetle pastor, and that beak Dr.

Bnrehard and tbeeoagregaaoa nave aeoepea ute prupoaiuon. i I KEW8 nr BBisr. The rnerraselA the BrlUah army wiU be U.eokaen. wen. I.

H. Foete, MtnUter to Cores, arrived at Haa Praaeieee yesterday. i A strike of Sngliah miners agalnat a 1 I aam mm 1 paj ai IM1 Caieon City atlat, ded at Oakland, CaL, a. oreaa net ana cemmisuauon of ttnem- ployed workmen at Cracow, yesterday, was aarpreesed by the nollee. TUa BrU, Af thAaiUYl tnfiuai fJ Ma UU.

nrdlstrtot the cent rate, was inangn- VUlIanv.af. filaaiuuitnaa oaaifMoit 4tav eition af maatnr of transportation lof the juuvmo- ana umo uaureaa. The tuning, seaooner of Glonoea- WU, InU af a.11 aa I Tta fc.aa, a. a a Tail.1a a fl- voer, with six Italian torpedo vessels, have i. -arrived at Pert Bald.

The Government of Great Britain does not regx.4 Keith BornSo sa under British sovr sin ltv. i' The Bostlan student wtto suicided apon Velng arreeted, teeantlr. left papers by niuw a oiuauer ot ririiiw nave Men tracked and arreeted. fiM aa U.fH.IU. rnTUatlon to deliver tke Decoration Day ora- The ravfinna ot aha' kVa-uiki miiuKH.

tw Tabraary, from Indirect taxes. aaeon1arad wiaai cwwi7, rm Tke attempt teeee-rre a fast maUaervlee aaillll fllli Til II III mA pelted nnssaisfaetorUy, and tbe -i-t1ny j. jTar fctn nay next nae keen selected aa a in kspeeiat tm prayer lor tee spiritual and pay weUareerGea. Grwstoy the Mettvoolsi rsioai Xrreace atCbleajre. Three.

ef tke mills at Leblte A Rand's powder worka, near ewburg, exploded yee-trday, killing two men and severely injur-. in'-aoether. lhe Arehbiahop of 1 Canterbury makes yubile expression of the desire te hold re- ligloue servlees in naemory of Gen. Gordon Caatartonry CUthedral.Ht. Paul's and WeaO-' anlawter abbey next Friday.

Gen. 3 ohn O. the new Oommlaslon-rof Pensfcma, is on his way to Washington, A 'to enter upon the dlasharge ef hie duties. Jneeppeixitment Is reeeived with mneh and the Ms.mral haa bean. hearOlT on-ntnlated.

rr 9mm en we wouia roaas. xne -1 fLl Allied atrtkersT Bpe 3 at aeverel polnU to protect i-SSJ "tf a iaaluded thefoi. contractors. Aabum, H. leas Ms ooo VUiiams Bros? wklaky establlabJenLoa-.

Jsvlile. leesu0; K. tl2u3a tE t.les, Newport, H. hemes erematedi tbe Xj.wrenee county eeurt-heneeT Pom! kataa, ArkUMo; a number ot biUldlnrs llnrrMMlinm. a-KLOiU) t.

A rrist mill and elevator. Uirr. Mills, the United Statee Hotel adjolnl sulldliigu, BteubenTille, Ohio, OONGRESa WinHU-JTOir, March ti After the readteg of the Journal the Chair laid before the Ben-ate a communication from the Seeretarv of State, being a notice that he (Mr. Bayardr had forwarded to the Legislature ef Dela ware bis resignation ox toe position of Senator! also a communication from the Secretary ot the Interior and the Attorney General notifying the Benate of their acceptance ot Cabinet positlone and requesting the President of the Benate to mo notify the Lrgitlaturea of their respective States. The credentials of Mr.

Blair as Benator to fill the temporary vacancy were laid before the Benate and read. Mr. Teat moved that they be referred to tbe Committee on Privileges and Kieetiona. Lest. Mr.

Hoar offered a formal resolution that the oath be administered to the Senator from Mew Hampshire. Mr. Harris asked unanimous consent that It lay over till to-morrow. Granted. The resolution offered ea Friday by Mr.

Tan Wyek, making Inquiry of the Secretary of the Interior in regard to tbe issuance of the patents to tbe Backbone Bead, was laid before the Senate and atrvVan Wyck spoke. Atneeonclttslon of his remarks Mr. Teller took the floor and defended his course in the premioes. He snmmvlxed as follows the action of tbe legislative and executive branches of the Government with relation to thi road The lands were withdrawn In. 1871 and 1873; tho validity of the grant and ot the aestgnmeat thereof was recognised by- tbe od Mir luiinr General of tbe lAnd, Office, Hob.

Ai JF. WjLlam-on. by hia letters of Feb. 17, 31 and 2Ctb, IcM; by Secretary SJrkwood in tbe proceedings to appoint a commission to examine the rtmds; by -the President'in-appointing the commiaslon to examine the. ruad aad the approval of tbe report made by said couicuJtu-ton by the Attorney Oen-rrnl, to whom the qotatiun of ownerahip and light of the company to receive patent was submit' ed on Jan.

imj, by Secretary Xixkwood: by the Judiciary Committee of the 17th Congress, in ita refusal to entertain resolution to forfeit the said grant by the Judiciary Committee of the House of KVpresen tsti vea on May 17. 188. by a vote of 13 to 3, having been instructed by the House to Inquire ae to the validity of the grant and right of the Kew Orleans Pacific Uoad to said land by the House of Bepreeentatives on the isth Jane, 18. when the bill for the forfeiture of the land was defeated on a direct rote by a majority of 13; by the House on the following nay, when it refused, by an increased majority, to reconsider the vote by which the forfeiture bill had been defeated; by the Benate Committee on Railroads, in its report of June T. 1S83, and by the notion of the Senate thereon; by the refusal ef the Senate, July 6,1884, to investigate the manner ia which the company bad acquired its right to tbe lands claimed, and finally, by the report of the Benate Committee oa Public Jaands.

Mr. Teller gave a history of the road, recited the conditions of the grant ana its aaeirnment, which he declared to be legal and regular in every particular. When Mr. Teller dosed the Senate adjourned. FOREIGN.

EGYPT. A Review affclMi Treepe at KertL Komi, March 9. Gen. Wblseley to-day held general review of the Kile expeditionary force now reunited here. Gen.

Wolaeley complimented the troops for the heroism and fortitude with which they had faced the perils and hardships of Uta campaign, and especially thanked the voyageuis for their services in facilitating the advance ot Gen. arle's force toward Abu-Hamed. -He presented hi a own silver cigarette ease to Engineer Ben Bow, of the Naval Brigade, as a tribute of bis admiration of tbe blue Jackets' bravery in repairing, under a heavy nrc, vxie aieamcir witn wnicn xora tsereecora rescued Col. Wilson and party, wrecked la tbe Kile on the return from Khartoum. The Naval Brigade in Boudan will be greatly augmented before active operations in the autumn.

Ccu. Baiter's Bear Gnord sU Kertf. Lokdox, March 9. A dlspatoh from Kortl says that the rear guard ot Gen. Bailer's troops has arrlvtd at Korti from Gakdul in a terribly fatigued condition.

AFRICA. Ylctarla Occnpied by tke Gemmae, Ixkdoi, March 9. Advices from the West Coast of A trie state that the Germans hauled down the British flag and hoisted the German at Victoria, an Bngltah Mission town situated at the head of Asa baa Bay and adjoining the Cameroona territory. The Knglish Consul protested against the notion, bat bis opposition was unheeded. Germany's course greatly excited the British West coast settlements.

Victoria formerly belonged to tbe English Baptist Missionary Society. The society purchased it from the natives, bat desiring to be relieved from the task of governing the place, handed it over to England. Victoria was annexed to the British Empire In July, 1884. AFOnAKISTAir. The Ceaeeatratlaa af the Baas Ion Farces.

LoxDon, March 9. Late advices show that there ran be no doubt that Russia is rapidly concentrating her troops in Central Asia. The active disbanding or breaking np of the smaller scattered and unimportant military posts la progressing. Additional guns and men ate being seat to Central Asia, and batteries and troop are moving in from the Csncasus. British at Sorabad, gkTBHKJLure, March 9.

Sir Peter Lumsdeo, British pommissloner on the Afghan frontier question, and his surveying party are encamped at Barabad on Persian territory. CENTRAL AMERICA. The Huuee United 4n a Bepubttcan Govern. Srw Tonic, March 9. The following telegram from the Beerr-tary of Foreign Aflairs of the Republic of Guatemala has been received by Jacob Bale, Consul General of that country -Pals, Kew York Freeldent Barrios issued a decree proclaiming the union of Central America as one republic, and to realise the asm haa assumed tbe supreme militaiT ontauiand.

Cncz." CiiUTA, tScu. Do Ualew Lees at Twarreu-Qaaa. Paris, March 9. GeoVRrtere De lisle telegraphs the Government that his loss daring the two days' fighting to relieve the French garrison at Thnyen-quaa was 60 killed and 133 wounded. The garrison itself lost so uuea ana so wounded; 3 99 French 01 sera were am sag tne kiued.

CRIMES AND CASUALTIES. 1 Under Iadlelmi ai. ATUurrA, March 9. The county officers of Habersham county have been indicted lor complicity In the burglary of the safe. Ben Martin eoafewed the burglary and Implicated tbe officers.

v. Racks To-Dxr At Fair Gnomme. Tb Maeon Telegraph say the people ot Greenfield are so proud of their new railroad the the Superior Court adjourned the other day to awe a freight train oome In. While leading a cow a Napa, CaL, man struck at the animal without turning around nod in doing so his hand impaled itself on one of the cow's horns. 1 i.

of, reerived mi th INTCftNATIONAL HEALTH HIBrTtOSL XONDON, I884. th HI GHiSST AW ARD over ALL 0tir Mineral Wa teks. NATURAL or ARTIFICIAL APOLZJNARIS ragut mUu umonz Nmhm pUUtU Tall WaUnt mwwrpMM comftitort affcerte kve 'm mfttr another, fallen BritUb Medical Journal, Afay jx, c88a s-T a fe. a UJmii Crcrt, Ifmgxitti, e-Alia. tu.ucmurn.

A4 6 Hind ris BEWARE OP IMITATIONS, isrc-rxraa saMlsyu The Jockey Club has not yet decided upon ttn extenaien, bat it is theaght thk they will take action te-day. To-day a raeee are the laat of the Winter Meeting, and the programme is a fine en. The following pools on the various evrnta were sold at LemoUie's Turf Exchange last night: Thrce-qnarters. handicap Capt. warren, los lbL, 928: Edivh Brown.

SO 93; Miss Goodrich, 180 lb-, WO; Jeo. Snllivan, 110 ihn tco; Lady Lyon, 10 913; Queen Esther, SO lbs too. Five-eighths, selling Claude Brannon. 107 91tO; Lacy Johnaon, 110 Btaadi-ford Keller, 109 90S: Rowdy Boy. 99 Malvollo, UllbsL, 100 Worth, 109 934.

PUGDUSM. eaftivan Net Ceswlag. Pat Sbeedy received a letter from John L. Ballivan, stating that his wife's divorce suit and atht-r troubles would prevent him from coming South, and asking that ho be re-leaed from 1)1 engagement to meet As febeedy desired (Sullivan to come with mind bent on making a fight, be released SulliTsn from hta premise. Sheedy returns to Chicago, and will probably aid bringing about a meeting between Paddy Ryan and Jack Burke.

Tbe battle ground for the Rooke-Fryer ficht has not yet been decided upon, bnt the flxbt will take place Wednesday, or Thurs-Oay. The entrees for the- heavy-weight medal will close tonight at Bchli Oder's, tirttvler and Carondelec. Jask Derapeey says he win meet Bixamos If the latter can put np a stake not less than 32CO a side, and the gate money to go to the winner, making the fight worth fighting. The Burkc-Byaa Slatch Arranged. 1 Cdicaoo, March 9.

Paddy Ryan and Jack Burke, the pugltifts, met to-day. and 'Parson" Da vies, as Burke's backer, covered Ryan's deposit of Sioo for a fight for 91303 a fide. Tbe time and place not arreed on, though Butte, Montana, was suggested. In reply to telegram from Richard K. Fox, of lSew York.

Ryan to-day sent a dispatch saying tbstbe would fight John Ho 111 van after his match with Burke. He stipulated that the fight shall be for 93000. with bard gloves to a finish, under the new London roles, tbe winner to take the cham pionship belt aa his property. RITKB. ALKXAXrmiA, March 9.

Special to the Picayune Tbe river stood on the Government gauge at 9 this evening 17 feet, having fallen two-tenths of a foot In the twenty -four hoars previous, being six-tenths lower thsn at any time this year. Tbe steamer whisper came up at this evening with a fine trip and a good lot of passengers. She was kept back at least two hours by strong north winds. She took oa soo feet of lumber in Pinevllle and left at 0:90. Capt.

Binnott reports the prospects of a crop rrom the mouth of Black River to this place rar better than he has seen for years, and thinks that they will ship cotton from tbe mouth ef Black River this year, which they have not done for ten years. BHnxvxpOKT, March 9. Special to toe Picayune The Yasoo Valley left for New Orleans this evening and the-Alpha for Jefferson. The river rose S-10 in 34 hoars. The gauge Is 19.9.

Tbe weather is delightful. Natchxc, March 9. Special to the Picayune River 15 feet 11 Inches and Ailing. Departed up: Natehes at IP. Carroll at 9 P.

M. Down City of 8k Louis at 10 A. M. Vickbbtthg, March 9. The river rose 3 inches.

Weather clear. Arrived: Notches from New Orleans, Arkansas City from St. Louis. Memphis, March 9. The river rose it inches.

Departed: Kate Adams for Arkansas City at 0 P. Will 8. Hays for St. Louis at 9 P.M. Weather clear.

Caiuo; March 9. Arrived Ohio from Cincinnati at 9 P. Commonwealth from St. Louis at 1 A. H.

A. Tyler from St. Louis, City of Baton Rouge from St. Louis at 10. Departed Jay Gould for St.

Louis at 9 P. Obio for Memphis at 11. Tyler for tbe Ohio at 3 A. wealth for Vlcks-burg at Houston for New Orleans at 0, R. Hayes, for New Orleans at ot Baton Rooge for New Orleans at 3 P.

M. River 23 feet 0 inches and rising. The weather clear. Thermometer about 36. Br.

Locis, Marsh 9. Arrived My Choice snd tow from New Orleans Hudson from the Ohio River. Departed: None. The river has risen 6 inches, and is 7 feet lnohes by tbe gauge. Weather clear and warmer.

Evamsviixk, March 9. The river ia about r-tationary, 19 feet 10 inches on the-gauge. Weather clear and 000L Packets on good time, LotnsTnxB. March 9. The river is falling 9 feet 6 inches.

Business dalL Weather clear and pleasant. Arrived: Granite State from Memphis, Gray Eagle from Evansville. Whemjkg, W. March 9. River 7 feet 3 inches and falling.

Arrived: Andes at 4 P.M. Passed np: Coal City, Lioness, Dick Fulton, Atlantic, D. W. Woodward, Harry Brown and Dan Kaine. Down: Jacob Heatherisgtoa.

CrjccnrKATi. March 9. River 91 feet 1 inch and falling. Weather clear and windy thermometer 99. Arrived: Scotia from Pittsburg, Paris Brown from New Orleans.

PrrrsBCBO, March 9. River 4 feet 4 Inches and falling. Weather dear and 00L THB PABSBS. P0T Ilia, March 9, 9 P. Wtad.

north and light. Arrived British steamship CI eddy, Seward, master, from Copenhagen via CardilT, to New Orleans Elevator Company. Schooner San Domingo, Fawes, master, from Galveston, to master, British schooner Royalist, Otteson, master, from till to Maeheea Bros. i Sailed Schooners P. C.

Schalts for Colon and Isaac Rioh for Grand.Cayman. MZTKOBOLOOICAL LOCAL RBCOKB Btgnal Bervice, U. B. A-, Mew Orleans, March 9. Time ef Ther- IMrectlon "Jtateef Observation, mometar.

of Weather. 0:98 A SH.O N.JC Clear. :SP.M,... 84 5 B. K.

Clear. 10:86 P. 47.9 B. K. Oaw.

Maximusi, 66.1 minimum, 87.0. Btraais are ordered up at Indian ola. Btreag aeatherly wlnna. Tnra Botvaxo Bill's wixj Wkst, Oakland Park, This Afternoon at 9 o'clock. While dlgglngthe foundations for a bank at Canterbury, England, workmen recently made a very interesting discovery.

At a depth ot rather mere than fifteen feet from the surface, and in a bed of soil apparently virgin and of dark silky nature, the skulls of exen have been exhumed which, from the peculiar curvature ot the horns and other distinctive characteristics, are pronounced imiuugou vo in aactenv jsnosn ox. Bom longifronm. This species of horned was not tonnd at an earlier period than that known as the neolithic or polished stone Implement period. formed the staple food of the ancient Britons, and. curiously enough, disappeared at the, time of tho Saxon invasion.

I The effect of music on the senses was illustrated la a peculiar manner during the mourning for tho Duke of CumberUnd. A tailor baa reeeived orders to complete a large number af Mack cults by a certain time. Among his workmen there was a fellow who wss always singing Rote Britannia," and tho rest of the Journeymen Joined in the chorus. The tailor made his observations and found that the slew time of tho tana retarded tho work. 1 In consequence bo enraged a blind fiddler, and, placing him near the workshop, made him play constantly the lively tune ot "Nancy Dawson." Tho design had tho desired effect the tailors' elbows moved obediently to the melody and the clothes were aent home in ample time.

Some years before Abraham Lineoln became President a New York firm applied to him regarding the financial standing ot one of hta neighbors. Mr. Lincoln aent the following suggestive reply: Yours of the loth urt. reeeived. I em well acquainted with end know his eirenmstances.

First of all, he haa a wife and baby together they ought to be worth fso.eoo to aav man. Bee-pndry, Ae has an -office in which there is a table worth 91 60 and three chairs worth say 91. Last of all. there In one corner a largo rat bole, which will bear looking into. A.

The diameter ot trees is said to vary not only from summer to winter bat from day today. They are larger from noon to twilight the next morning than from twilight until noon they are smaller in the winter than in. summer. Water and thO sap of trees expand net only ia proportion as they rise above but also aa they go below tho free sin nolnt. Low temnanuraaa wall aa high promotes evaporation, and tke treea evaporate irom their branches in winter, and so the colder the weather the more they "-r Hawaiian newaoaTtera Am- arulf, Mr rpepnisr eubecrfpaons in aid, of leper ehil-I lren.

the numbrr of which are said to bo largely on- the rat JBwtBdlos in -Hew Tortc Pooplo who Paid MCoro fbr at Cb per r- -tz Artic-ua. The Senate Committee which lalnveeti-gating the methods of tho gaa eompanlea continued its session yesterday at the Morten House. W. J. Davlda, stationer, of No.

1460. Third Avenue testified that there had been a decided change in his gaa bills sinoe the coneolldation. Daring tbe last fire years no alterations bad been made in his pipes or burners. In spite of since the consolidation his gas cilia are larger than tby ever were before for a corresponding period. His last gas bill was for feet of gas from Jan.

13 to Feb. 13. Not for five years bad he received auob. a bill. His gaa waa shut off every night at 9 o'clock promptly.

He complained to Mr. Morse, manager ef the Harlem Gaslight Company, and that gentleman said an examination of the meter would be made, and it It waa found to be correct perhaps it would be better to replace the burners with smaller one a. A test of the meter was made and it was found to be correct. Smaller burners were put on, but the gas bills still continued larger than before for a corresponding period. W.

D. Garrison, manager of the Grand Union Hotel, testified that after the pooling arrangement, with gas at 93 36periouo cubic leet, from May 1, lb2, to May 1. 1883. there as consumed at the hotel 3.971,400 feet, at a cost of 08a 35 63. The next year the bills showed a consumption ot 4.498,300 feet at a cost of 910,123 08.

Fro ni May 1, 1884. to November 11, 1884, there were consumed 3.235.-900 feet, at a cost of $9,030 71. For December, 1888, and January, 1884, at $3 35 per 1000 feet, there were charged 939,950 cubic feet, at a cost of 93093 39. For the correspond-, lug months one year later, with gas at 01 75, Oiere were charged 983.S3V feet, at a cost of 91473 94. a reduction of 9618 45 for those two mob the.

The consumption wss increased 53.779 feet with the same regulators and burrera. Col. R. M. C.

Graham, President of the Equitable Gaslight Ooaupauv, was called to tho stnnd. He said: My company was organised In 1883 with capital of tJ.OuOXOO, and issued $1,000,000 of I organised the Municipal Gas Company in 1874. I also organised the Knickerbocker Gaslight Company in 1877. I am familiar with the manufacture and supply ot gas. We began sending out gas to consumers Dee.

is, 1884. We now deliver dally 850,000 cubic feet of gas. Our works have a capacity of 3.000,000 cubic feet per day. There was a resolution pa-sod last year by the Common Council repealing tbe privilege granted to gaa companies hereafter formed to lay mains in the streets. The Manhattan Company furnishes gas of 30 candle power.

Oar gas is 30 candle power. There is a difference of 35 per cent, in favor of our gas on the score of economy. Our capital was paid in cash, and the bonds were sold at par and above. Tho total output of gas la this city i now about 14,000,000 feetper day, and constantly increasing. Theoostof laying mains, on account ot the rock formation and the high price of land here, makes the cost of furnishing gas here greater than in most other large cities in the United States.

1 The cost of manufacturing gas from coal is much greater than from water. It requires more storage room for coal, coke. etc, and a greater number of men. Our pressure varies from 1 9-10 to 1 8 10. Our mains are new and are under much better control than those of the Some of their mains bave been down for thirty We have now about fifty miles of mains.

Tbe specifla gravity of our gas is about 650 and of coal gas about 400. The lighter the gas the more rapidly It passes through the mains, and the metres. The advantage of water gas over coal gas, on the score ot Is from 35 to 80 per cent. If we were work lug to our full capacity of cubic feet, the cost ot gas at the holder would be about 43 cents per 1000 feet. With double the capacity the coat would probably be about 40 cents per looo feet.

The mlclmnm cost per 1000 cubic feet for distribution would be between 60 and 70 cents. With a daily output of 6,000,000 ubio feet the oust of distribution would be about 00 cents per 1000 rest. We blew up our holders, that is, filled them with air, on Nov. 11 last. Just about that time the Consolidated Company reduced the price of gas from $3 25 to $1 75 per 1000 feet.

In our contract with the city we pledged oarselves rot to charge more than fl 75 per 1000 feet. Moreover we oaid tbe city $1000 for every mile of mains laid, that Is 30 cents for every running foot. To Cb airman Thomas We think we should bave a profit of 50 cents on every 1000 feet. I do not think it would be right or the Legislature to fix the price of It would be fast to tbe companies No legislation of this kind is necessary. We have lound ourselves not to charge more than $1 75 per 1000 feet.

In case of a war if gold went up to 300, and the prices of labor and materials were largely Increased, none ot us ooold manufacture gas for the present price. J. Rhinelanoer Dillon testified that be had brought his bills for the last seven years. I- or the last year he had burned less ga than for the corresponding periods of previous years. Mr.

Dillon read several documents showing that bis bills of late had been much greater than when a larger number of burners were used. He thought that he wss being charged for air instead ot gas. He Ltd complained to the company, but no attention was paid to it. He added that he formerly had card parties at bis home, at which gas was burned until 3 A. M.

or later, bnt these bad been dtbeontinued. Willooghby Powell fouud that his bills were increasing so fast tout he became out of patience and ordered his gas cut He read a number of bills showing the increase. In one month his bills had Jumped from $14 to $18, while the price of gas was supposed to be lowered. Charles H. Green testified; that his bills were greater than before the redaction.

in price 01 gas. Harrison Gawtry, Secretary of tbe Consolidated Company, described the books of the company. He was asked to bring such 'books as would not Inconvenience the company by their removaL The inquiry goes on to-day. X. T.

March 4. I. A Panther fitory. Miss Lily Curry writes to the Milwaukee Wisconsin tbe following thrilling account ot an episode during a recent trip into Western Louisiana. The Boyntou referred to is Hon.

K. Moody Boynton, a -prominent Massachusetts orator and recent candidate for Congress: The gentlemen of our party are indebted to Mr. Boynton. by the by, for information as to the partleular locality of the celebrated lAwiislana fungle of panthers. The adventurous gentleman from Boston led snoh of ns aa were provided with guns and sufficient courage in a daring expedition agalast the ferocious beasts.

The forest ia which they bowl by night and prowl bf day, is aa eerie place. No sound is there oat the eoagbing of tbe cypress or. tbe echo of the fsr-ofi" waters of Calcasieu. The men shivered a little and grasped their arms more firmly aa they entered. Mr.

Boynton, with hia usual adventurous spirit, in the lead, with Granville Shaw, champion shot of Louisiana. They had penetrated to aome considerable, depths, when suddenly bush A low and terrible sound of menace a deep and awful sound! Steady every one and be of good nerve I Ears and eyes strsined to catch every smallest sight or sound, A sharp and breathless word, half suppressed. What is that yonder, yellower than the foam of the Sabine What Is that beautiful yet terrible shape outstretched upon the huge arm of a Uve-oakt Its eyes are wells of smoldering fire. Its long aad graceful tail moves gradually with slow-rising ranger. Our leaders press ahead, Boynton In advance, Shaw more deliberate, ealoula ting coolly what were beet.

Another growl the b-taat moves I Boynton alms sharply. A flasn, a stunning sound. The smoke rolls away. A shriek ef horror goes up from the others. He has only wounded the beast.

It l-ap upon aim, -whan bang 1 Another ah at. WUdertee fretn every lip. All pree forward, breathless, 1 trembling. The Bvtoa gentleman has fallen; the beast has fallen above him, Granville Shaw's rifle a a done good work. It is a magnificent animal measuring perhaps seven feet from tip of noea to tau-np.

xns party is sansuea to re torn with its hide, whica is taken almost every lashthe tail being presented to the writer tor her museoiu. This was only one incident ef our pi ctnresqae Journey. 7 f- Dletiinraierie4.0fIloer Temporarily xytmtriOb Drake DeKay, I who la largely Interested in mining and holds oflieiai positions ia a number ot companies, has an oflioe at Mo. 89 Broadway and Uvea to- a cottage on the north shore of States Island. During the battle ef tbe Wilderness a solid shot from the rebel artillery struck a tree at the foot ot Which Mr.

DeKay was standing and broke off a heavy limb, which fell and hit him violently npon the spine. He waa die-, abled for a ceirBiderable time, by the injury, and in fact "be haa ever stnoe saffered more or leas inconvenience and pain in the lower pert of tho spine Dariag tbe last year tho trouble kae Arudnay '4nnrsassd. Mr. DeKay Having a strong constitution and powerful will, held up against Its LcjQ sencc and attended regulaily to A short time are the ot Mr. Da Kav noticed a straiura- 1 in hia manner and a partial taUareet nental powers, but no amount ef arru-it could eonvmee Mr.

De Ear that ha waa hie 1U. and it waa only when ae was completely exhausted in mind and body and sudertug from great nervous prostration that he succumbed. The disease had then made great inroads upon his mental capacity, and be was in a state bordering upon insanity. His friends took his ease in band aad bad him removed to the Bloomingdale I a sane Asylnm. He is doing welt, and the ohaueea arc that he will recover, thoegh it may take a lung time.

A's Perk 2Viouve, MarcAe. Remonatrante Against Female Buf- frajfe. Recently there was published in Boston Japt-ra a card algned by clergymen, lawyers, ot aad most of the distingnlshed men ia the city, opposing woman suffrage. Later A Remonstrant" has explained the reasons for that publication in the following language: -1. We have no abstract nor sentimental objections to urge why women should not be given the suffrage on the same terms with men.

3. We should be quite wining to make women eligible to any office in the State. From the nature ot things only a small proportion of women would ever bo found In office but the community ought not to debar itself from the services of any valuable citizen. Ia some ot the country towns the ability ia largely on the side ot the women, who would frequently make admirable selectmen and overseers of the poor, as they are now excellent members of school boards. 3.

We do not wish to be understood ae re-int natratmg against any action of the Legis-latuie which aims to discover, as, tor example, by a popular vote, whether women wlah to vote. We do not say that we are unwilling for women to vote. We are -unwilling for a minority of women to compel the mv joriry who. we suspeot, do not want to vote. 4.

We think tke aurTrage te be not so muck a privilege as a duty or function. The question is not whether women shall be given a new right, bat whether ttwj shal lbo requirod to assume a now duty. 5. The only reason that we can conceive why a good -woman should oare to oast a vote Is for the sake of the public good. We must utterly deny that there is any sack division of Interests between men and women that women need the franchise, like the freed men.

to protect their rights. Tho supposed analogy frequently drawn between an oppressed class or caste and our mothers, sisters and wives ia the State of Masaaehn-setts. Is laughable All interests ot womea, and specially their property, are as truly represented and protected ae men's interests 0. Anew duty, which Involves doubling the number of votes and considerably increasing the friction of the machinery ot caucuses and -elections, beside tome small personal and domestic inconvenience, ought to promise a commensurate advantage in better government than we get new. 7.

The suffrage haa no megle virtue as a panacea of political evils, instead of being a means of administration and government, it has become for the most part, and except in the towns, a very rude (though perhaps the beat possible) makeshift whereby committees are selected who administer for us. Committees aa wise might be chosen by lot. Neither doe any large amount of general political education come by easting a vote into a box once or twice a year for men whom the voter only knows aa the choice ot a party caucus or convention, if. In each year, one man out of tsn were designated to vote, tbe political education ot the whole people would still go on, and the nine men of each ten would have practically the same influence which they have now. Women are not deprived of their political influence because they do not vote.

8. We wait, therefore, to be shown how doubling tbe already enormous numbers of voters will eusne in Increase of wisdom, or, in other words, in securing better committees to govern for us and to spend oar money. 9. We suspect that it may have been a mistake, and contrary to the best interest of the whole people, not to have limited the suffrage by a certain reasonable amount ef education, as, for example, the eqolvaleat of a grammar school course. We are bur dened by a large ignorant and vicious vote.

While we do not dread the ote of women, we dread any addition to the votes of lguor anee. 10. The fact ef sex mutt always make some differtr.ee between the duties most appropriate to men and to women, ft entitles women, in the tliuuht ot all right-minded or chivalrous men, to certain exemptions, as for example, from military duty; we should add, from the duty of Jurors; we are Inclined to add, from the duty of voting. If we see no harm which' would come from their voting, we see no special good- We prefer not to make them unneessafy trouble. 11.

The most serious problem in politics is tbe honest administration of cities, which we have not learned bow to protect from rings" of unscrupulous men con troll lag negligent or Ignorant majorities. We appre-heiid that woman suffrage would lend au increased pioportion of power to the want politicians, if woman suffrage is aa experiment, tbe town, and not the cities, are the polut at which to begin to try it. We protest sgainst the Legislature making a law for the cities, which, if proper any where," is equally proper and less objectionable fur tbe whole SUte. 1 12. We protest.

In such a serious natter, sfiectlng sit tbe inhabitants of the State, and demanding no immediate haste, agalast the seciftion by a majority of the Leglalaturo ef that which ought only to be determined by the people. The Santos Case in A special dispatch to the Baltimore Sua from Hageratown, March 6, aaya: The following letter haa Just been received toy Mr. Henry Onderdonk from Santos E- Santos, dated Panama, Fab. 35, in relaUoo to the imprisonment of his brother, Julio, a eitisen of the United States, by the present authorities in Ecuador: Julio ia still a prisoner by order of the Government of Ecuador, who says he does not recognise htm as an American eitisen. man-of-war Wachasett arrived ia Guayaquil on tbe 9th, and let on 16th for Ai anta, a port of Ecuador, two miles from the town of Monte Christe, where my Trothe8 are now having been removed that town lately.

My bankers in Guayaqoll asked; the commander of the vessel what Ins tractions he had about the protection of my brother Julia from bis Government. The commander' answered that be did not yet know- if the said Mr. Santos was a United States eitisen that he wanted to talk with him before he would take any steps in protecting him. I 'think the commodore Is only making time until he receives written orders from his If this comes oat so, I should be veiy glad, bat It tbe contrary, all my hope, are lost. The President of Ecuador argn-e that I hare exists an arrangement made with the Government of the United States respecting naturalised citizens from Eeuadorr that- If they live in Ecuador after two years without going to tho United SBta tee they lose their mtisensbip and -too-icome again Ecuadorians.

I have never heard of such au arrangement, but. as I have never been mixed in the affairs of Ecuador. I cannot tell if this is true or not. Jsllo, after living in tbe United Stated fourteen years since he was only 11 years old has lived fa Ecuador since 1879. He haa-never ed any anpointaoent from the Goveeu- of Ecuador, and haa never had anv- tbine to da with tho nolltiea.

havlnir trent hia Tights aa a citizen of the United I do not see how a man having sworn allegiance to a country can be deprived of this right. i I When I wrote yon from Mew York I aald that JuUo was caught in tbe battle-field. Our bankers ia Guayaquil were seta formed by Mr. Caarnano, the Preeideot. and they sent mo a cablegram to that effect.

Afterward it toned out false, bnt this became the first pretext of Caarnano. Later. Julio was accused of having kept firearms la the house, and- at last a mock trial was held, some of the witnesses having been paid, others tortured, to perjure. Ail of those witnesses were of the worst class of people te Ecuador, belonging all to the present Government of Ecu ad or. Ia Julio's favor, ot course, there are tbe most kveuorable people in tke country, who are prompt to declare the truth of the facts, as there is aotaiag against bias.

-We fear we will never see Jalio again. There la a belief in this country that Ecua dorians edueatea in roreign countries are dangerous; that they corrupt the masses of people by their free opinions, and that ail should be hanged. One of tbe chiefs of Caarnano' troops is a famous bandit -la Ecuador, as in other countries, there are sensible people; but la the Interior, where is most of the population, they seldom come in contact with foreigners, ae we have no railroads, aad this people have very strange ideas, and are much inclined to wrongdoing. Thi- party la always, by force. In the presidency they, we assassins and thieves.

All oar property has been damaged, and robbed to suck Mm extent tha. after paying what we owe. nothiDg will be left. A large store we bsd, eon $70,000 worth of goods, waa broken open and tbe soldiers nawtaivA. AtlChaaaataaliaftas were ate robbed, and the doors the building broken open with exee.

I estimate tbe damage already don 9o tke property at about other louses. Bosiaose haa stopped since Dee. 1 1 families whisk we protected are left in misery, living aader trees and fed on wild fruits. Please do all you eon in, behalf of ray brother. We are under obligations to Mr.

MeOomaa for all he haa done in our favor. For the moment I despair whom I look around on my sister and young b-otfcers and tbe terrible separation tram Commander Maban, commanding the United States steamer Waehusett, reports to tbe Navy Department March that he sailed from Callao to-day for San Francisco Via Panama, and that he arranged with One Government ot Ecuador that tae American prisoner Santos, who is confined in Guava-quiD. shall have a fair trial. He adds that Mr. Santos is In no danger from violence.

"Mr. 7 TBK TOCSO ST. lOCIS JJUT WHOOO FJlMS ZS NOW WOSLD-WLDB. A young lady of St. Louis may any in the oft-quoted words of Byron i awoke one morning aad found myself A week ago nobody, outside of her immediate family, knew, or had tho faintest tbst Miss Mary N.Murfree bad won a btrti place in American literature, and ia the opinion of competent exltiee at home and abroad, had written the moat distinctively American novel ainee the daya of Fonlnaaro Cooper.

The fact was first published in a telegram to the Globe-Demooratlaet Friday, tbe formal announcement that "Charles Egbert Craddock" and Mies Murfrsa were ofce and the same person having beoa made in Boston tbe Mouday previous. It its most important and interesting featare. it is tke story of Currer Bell and George Eliot over again; tbO same successful concealment of ft mil) In authorship under a masculine innne de piume; and probably as few readers imagined that the author of "In the Tea neseee Where the Battle waa Fought, and "The Prophet of the Oreat BiLoky Mountains." waa a lady, as found oat, as til the mask was laid aside, that "Jaae Eyre" and Adam Bode" were net tbe work of men. Probably, in the present case, two motives induced the peculiar method of een-cealmeutt First, a natural modesty, quite excusable under the circumstances; and, eecord, the belief perhaps equally excusable thai a aeman has leescbaace for recognition in tbe literary field, at least until sue-ees has been achieved and ooueeded- thaa one of tbe sterner Be this as it may, when, several years ago, Mies Mnrrreo ventured to scad to the Atlantic Monthly ber first contribution, "The Danrln party at Harrison's Cove, aha signed it "Charles Egbert Its prompt acceptance and pablloation furnished needed encouragement to a genius ia-cllced to be timid rather than bold, aad as "Mr. Ciaddotk" at once had a demand for all of similar sort ho could supply, it is not strange tbe happy disguise should hare been retained until unwelcome aosideut compelled Ita abandonment.

But our St. Lov fa authoress will find it as difficult to ret rid of tbe name now known to tame as old-Charlotte Bronte and Mary Ann Evans. 1 Miss Mnrfree belongs to one ot the oldest and best families of Tennessee, on both paternal and maternal aide. The town of Murf receboro is located on a portion of the original estate, and the mansion occupied by the family until their removal to this city four years ago, overlooks the hlstorie fields where the battle was Whan about 4 years of ago. Mine Morfree, by an attack of paralysis, was seriously and parme- nentJy lamed, so as to render walking or any distance almost impossible without assistance.

Otherwise her health is perfect, and one who sees her alert, intellectual face, lighted np by eyes that speak, and listens to ber flaw of brilliant oonversation. as fall of vigor ae of wit. is never cons-ion a 01 the infirmity which would crush into hopeless despondency a less io-dmitable spirit. Perhaps, aa is often noticed in persons ot decided ability, physical ill baa stimulated and developed her intel lect ana sue nas certainly supplemented (exceptionally good educational advantages oy extensive ana judicious readinic which ia now Teing so finely milDced. Tho vast su-dienre Mlrs Mnrfree adazeasee will be gUdto know that she hi a most careful writer, not ily as regards rhetorical oonstrnetion.

but in tne aesenpaons ox people, places aad rents. Cyelopsediss and ethos books ot Va.faaart-B ti tl 1 aa. mm aia VI aUUa upon the wall bangs a large topograpbisal map ox toe xenneaeeo mountain region, which abe has made -so familiar tt tbe novel reading' world. Her first manneerfpt sketches are almost illegible to any one else her finished copy Is a- clear and precise as print bnt as unlike what is oalled a woman's hand" as it well could be. Looking at ia.

one Is not aurprined tliat when tbe editor of the Atlantic waa alout opening negotiations for the story now running in that magazine he 'wondered whether Craddock had laid in his winter supply ot ink yet." Ia addition to this story, it is understood that Miss Marfree has eufEeient literary eovagemenre to keep ber busy two or three Tears. It la to be hoped, however, that she' will net spur her rare talenls too sharply, bat r'sk doing too little rather thaa too mneh. The punUe has a rieen interest in keeninr M. OajlrtAnir" in good working condition as lunr as poisi- kt. i Col.

BranscozxiM's ConricUon. A New York special say a Tbe testfmoav In the trial la the general sessions of CaL Alexander Bran scorn be, the leisurely, one-armed Southerner who set himself up as the publisher of The Only True Guide aa the New Orleans Expos! tian," and Tae Diversified Industries of the South, at acx- in August last, was elosed on Thursday. He victimized a aumber of paper dealers, printers aad engravers with alwut $5000 worth of promissory note pur-iiorting to bear the indorsement of OoL Edward" Richardson, the mllUontUre Preai idcat of the Boa iv-or Dtnctoro -of the New Orleans Exposition. The speclfle charge against Col Braaaeotnbe was Mtm bo os tetned9000 worth of white paper feaaa Oos-ror Bros dealers, ss Beekmaa street. In Angrst last, by means of a promissory note for t700O, bearing tbe forged, indorsement of Coh Richardson.

Recorder Smyth 'charged the Jury te-day and they deliberated for only 50 minutes, convicting Braasoo-nbowf forgery. He beard the verdict with apparent (Uni-onccrn, and lounged carelessly back xo tbe pnsonera box. exchanging bows aad miles with a number of pretty type-writers, several of whom were formerly la ids employ. Be was remanded by Roe ardor Smyth 'to awafs remenoe. i CoL iiranseombo has had a sheeksred ea-treer.

He says he has had any number ct hslr-breadth military experieeoes wbioh he baa put in print under the title ef Mysteries ai-d W4-frndee ot the Bine and the tGray." hia auueme ia regard to fcoe Slew' Orleans Exposition publioationa bad not failed mainly through his undue haste la laeuing promissory notes, meet of whleh were readilr aueented on account mt tha in- httorseBoent of -business men here, he would -have cleared 160,000. A detective said that i Cot. Bvansootube night have been taken aa la model for OoL Mulberry Sellers, so numerous and gigantic have been bis schemes. He haa never been tdeattfiod with anything smalL He realized a fortune, but be does not seexa to have any money ilCft. -(.

1AM He has the most astounding self -command, never losiag his self-pes sew nl oa under any eireunvataneea. and his vnannora are exeel-lent. He can tavk for hours in tho ehoicest language and paint hia projects with rosy In 1880 be procured an over Issue of Jacksonville (Fa.) bonds, and pJaeed the most of them in this city. He was defected, and Judge Gildenleeve sentenced him te State Prison for three years aad sic toaths. Just before tbe Florid bond exploit be cena- ttleted a trm in rha MlMnnri d-m Tbougb be has lost bis right arm.

he is said to be able to make a Xao-aUiille of auratana ture with hi left hand. :1 To dlslnfert rags costs about $5 per too. It is done in on air-tight box, into which each bale of raga fs drawn by raeana of five screws, which at the same time make fire perforations from end to end at the bale. Superheated steam ia injected through the screws, which' are hollow and -perforated with hotea which -permits Jets of steam to penetrate through the rairs la evarr dt: tion. An escape la.

the upper pari of tne box Is provided with a bata intended to intercept the passage of any disease sr-rva. ia to the air. Most germs ofiife are- kUied at a beat of 313 or 2lS degree, but tho steam cm-ployad ia this process ia raised to IN. An expoenreof four or five minutes here heats tbe. bale so that it takes two hours tot it to fall below the genulolde point ef 312.

A rather aiagular facident is related as havteg occurred iu- Bt. Francts's Bottota-lately. Iu crossing, the Tyronsa River oa a mule, the Tider, a aefrro. Jell off and was drowned. The mule came safely to shore, and was taken possession ef by the 'Squire.

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