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Wft 4''A JW toiMie mmm a VOL. N0. WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 30, PRICE FIYE CENiH IN OUR CLOAK DEPARTMT Beln overBtooked. we have oommenced a CLEARING OUT SALE TREMENDOUS REDUCTIONS arked Snr Cloaks SO LOW! that people oan affordi to buy, IF NOT FOB PRBS 'bnt BcvxmiBavBa.r, We siall be glad to show our goods and guole prices, feeling sure that taoso who examine will. bnyfromina, The success' that attended oar previous mark down sales leaves no dpubt In our mind to the confidence of cuitomeri In our itatemenu.

We cannot take space to give a long Hiyof preent prleei, but Will' If GIVE FEW HINTS lUIBGWff. A Passenger Train on the Michigan Central Collides With aJIuggy. Nora Mclntyre, an Occupant, ller Sale Companion llurt. While Quarreling; a Farmer at ElkinsVille Fatally ShfjoU I Dolmans, ftrmeriyfeOnof teOO. Pbjmans, tormerlf $8.00, now $4.00.

flpli Clocks, lormerly $80 now $21. Wl Ross Circulars, About 60 children clok, from 4 to years, nice and well gotten up garnwnwlUbeaaerifloedregtrdleaiotcQet LOUIS WOLF N6.4 Calhoun Street? NEW TYPE! 'ii. NEW TYPE! PTESf STYLES! LiiTEST styles i ATTHE wsw "Book and Job Printing done Neatly, Promptly and at Very Low Prices. tetter Heads, Bill Heads, i Statements, Beceipts Oirculars, Dodgers, pone atj such low priceaHhat all patrons aie greatly astonished. Toledo New.

Toledo; 6. Jai SOi The Incom Ing passenger train tfi the Michigan Central railway lsat night near! west Toledo, struck a buggy containing J. Lewie and; Miss Nora Mclntyrei The latter was killedand the former severely; Injured, but will, probably Jonathan Lnndy, one of the pioneer setuers oi tha Maumee Valley, died at hit residence Manhattan yester day. He was prominen tin the construction of the Wabash and. Erie Canal, and was Interested La the line psokets that ran upon it, and waa Bey eral times chosen to public office, Reports having been recently pub liahed; to the effect that some wild animal had been invading a cemetery In Wood company, near Fbstorla, and burrowing Into the grarea, and feeding on the contents, an Investigation waa Instituted; which shows the story wai i greatly vexaggerated, But'one body waa; to disturbed, and the aur.

routings Indicate that this was more by accident than ti. John Shoota Browning Fatally! HI Partner. Blookisoton, Jan." 80. Word baa just been received from Elklnsville, mall village fourteen miles east, of a terrible cutting; and shooting 'affair; which will result In the death of Edward Hall, a well known farmer, at the hands of John BrownlDg a neighbor. For some time a partnership has existed between them In a sawmill.

They got along nicely until last Bator day.j A sharp controversy arose about a 'wedge hammer, inblch' both threatened "Tengeance, Yesterday morning they met at the mill, and woida paaaed. A. Ball opened a knife, when Browning drew' a and ball taking effect neaif the heart, xolnc When Hall iore uost, Browning took theknlfe from hli band and stabbed him in the back. Both wounds were bad enough ibproTe fatal. Hall wwallTe at noon bnt cannot lire.

Browning has been Hals a eon Cf John Browning, a', much respected citizen, Brown county. A Cenerai Strike Threatened. PrrflBUKo There la a good daal of dUaatlafatlbn among the employes! of the Pittabnrg. and Weat era railroad on account of the faUure of the company to pay Ita last month's Threats are made.that If the money "Is not: forthcoming by this erenlng there' will bea general strike. Treaanrer Campbell says the men.

will be paid, this afternoon or to morrow at the recent heaTy snow had off the freight, business almost entirely, and of course reduced the retenne materially. Sentenced to Life Imprleonment. TiaaR Hautk, Ibd Jan. 80. The trial of Perry Mania ended abruptly without a word of tesOmon for the defensp, by agreed Terdlct and sen teiice to Imprisonment for life.

Mania was on' trial for the murder of Mrs. Susannah H. Nelson, of Anderson. Ind. Wante a Change of Venue.

Ktwii Orrr, Jan. 80. Frank James', attorneys hare anolled for a change of Tenue, In the Blue Out train robbery, The decision iuxpected on the 11th of February. TEUECRAPH WAR. Calvin S.

Bryoe Throws Hoi Shot Into Could' CampThe' Nickel! Plato Telagraph Lino Bought by the Baltimore! and Ohio OalTJn a Bry ee, one of the builders of the NIokelPlateoa'd, and president of the! National Telegraph com. has transferred the capiul stock of fthat compahT tor the BaltU more and Ohio company. Its capital atock was $1,000,000. The price paid was 1800,009. Datld H.

Bates i was elected loe president George T. Williams will remain general manager The National lines ceter the West Shore and Nickel Plate railroad sri tenia, The new lines carry four excel lent wires direct ito! Chicago, paaslog through! 'Albany, Saratoga, Syracuse, Eochester, Buffalo Olereland and Fort Mr. wu asked what effect, any, the acquisition of the Baltimore and Ohio company's new line would hae upon Wet tern Unfon. "None, replied Gould. "There is not the slightest chance of the Western Unian business being at all Injured." "I suppose the purchasers got the txst of thebargaint" asked' the reporter.

"Well, you can judge for yourself," replied Mr. Gould. "I know the line from i Buffalo to Oblcago; over, the Nickel Plate hu not paid expenses. If I am not mistaken, the expense of the superintendent's office at' Buffalo Was scarcely covered by'ithffrecelpis. "Then the Baltimore and Ohio folks, hare not secured a big thing, after all!" "No, I think not.

Besides this, I understand there are some questions of mortgages and legal points! sur rounding the line front Buffalo Chicago which, by no means renders the title clear. In Other words, the Baltimore and Ohio people' get nothing for their money." Mr. Gould has ordered a general reduction of expenses In all' departments of the Western Union. This course Js said tobe the. outcome of a long inierriew "between Jay" Gould and Norrla Green Friday, in which the former became, excited.

It Is rumored that the new policy la against the desire of POLITICAL POINTS. Senators Bayard, Test, Lamar Want the Democratic Con Tentlon at Chicago. Congressional Business Sus. pended Oat of Respect for A $125,000 Fire on the Ohio RlTer. J)l8a8troas Explosion.

The Tho "Colleen Bawn." The.VOolIeen BaWn," by Dion Bon cicault, the noted British dramatist and actor, which was first brought out at the Adelpbl theatre, London, and proTed so! aucceaaf nl, and of which aiterwards a French was played In Paris, under the title, r'of "LeBao de Glenaston," was produced last! STenlng, by the. Library ikHall Dramatlo' association, and greeted by an orerflowlng numbers being turned away loir want of log For amateur performance. It must be aild that the prodnctionoflast1 erenlng far, passed the expectations "of the audience. Miss' Georgia Fleming, as "Uolleen Bawn' at once; established herself as a farorlte, and her rendition of the character' was'pleaslbg and well gWen. Mr.

Jos Beegan, "My gave a ery clerer interpretation of the witty Irishman. Mr, A. J. Moynihan acted "Danny Mann," Mr, George Fry made a clever squire and Jerome Studor a good clergyman. Mr.

James Kane, as Hardress Oregan, and Miss Mollis Fox ar Mrr, Cregan, were well recelred. Mr. B. McCarthy, as Eyrie Daly; and Miss Ida Edler, as Ann Chute, added greatly to the success of the perform ance, while the part of the old Irish woman Shselah, as rendered by Miss Carrie DeWald wu simply superb. The minor parts as given by Miss May Mommer and Mary Skelly were in keeping with the others.

The scenery used was gotten from Chicago, and was well placed; the bridge scene being particularly admired. Taking the presentation In Its eni tlrety the young ladies and gentle men are to be congratulated. The drama will not be repeated, although there are numerous requests coming la The dramatic society prefers to wait a few months and give a new "Oorleen Bawn" wu a ineoess and while the young people In the cast de serve great Esr. Father Lang, director of the' should not be forgot tin. Whatever' talent was displayed last night he has labored hard to bring it out and the degree of perfection attained, can be attributed solely to him.

Father Lang la the life of the aoclety, Rev. Dr. Stone Getting Better. Mr. E.

S. Fllley, agent of the Lake Shore road, kindly furnishes the fol lowing dispatch from Lansing, which ill be hailed with pleasure by tbe friends of Bev. Dr. Btone herei LaSBIHO, 2:80 P. M.

The doctor Is getting better. There Is strong hopes of his speedy recovery, G0, UACK.1 Democratlo National Con vention. WisHixaTOiri Jan, ,80. Of the different cities which, are already: contending' for the honor of hold! ng the next' democratic national convention the most effective work Is being done by the friends of Chicago. A gentle nun who has the past, few da'js made partial canvass of the southern and southwestern members finds them almost without exception in favor of that place.

The argument advanced is that the moral effect "of so many, prominent gentlemen from thoe sections: coming in contact with the northern people whom they will meet there will dissipate the prevailing Idea! that, the average southerner Is a longhaired cut throat, destitute alike of moral principle and administrative ability. The last democratic convention held there was in 1861, at which but few southern men were present, Should it go there this year one third of its delegates will be representative southern men. The intercourse between them and their northern friends, both republicans and democrats, it' is believed, will be productive of great Ex Con gressman Blng'eton thinks it will go'far toward. helping the. democrats to secure a substantial! victory next November.

Senator Bayard Is a warm advocate of Chicago, and the same may be said of Vest, Gibson, Colquitt, and others. There are but few members of the national committee In the city at 'present, the date of. meeting having been set for the 22d prox. It is considered, however, that the wishes of the senators and representatives frem different states will havetheir due Influence, and, as many of the latter are pronounced In their preference for Chicago, the Illinois gentlemen interested In the matter feel greatly encouraged. balance of the and hotel 'were saved by the firemen.

'it 1. 1, v. Congressman Mackey'a Funeral. WASHuaTow, D. Jan.

80. All public business Is 'suspended In the senate and 'bouse and; the; funeral ceremonies of the late! Congressman Mackey, of Booth Carolina, are progressing In the hall of the house of repressntatlye In the presence of both branches of the legislature. forger Arretted. St. Lqtjis; Jan.

Anton rLeri zanmurk was, arrested here last sight; charged with forging a large number of postoffico" orders amounting to several; thousand marks', while he was postmaster at Kroulzutger. Duchy of Baden several months ago. tie was acting as bar tender In a sa loon, on Clark avenue and Sixteenth street, when arrested. The capture was made by Ed Becker, of the St Louts posicfQce, who was acting aa a special deputy of" the United States marshal who is now searching for a relative j)f said, to, be implicated in the crime and believed to be In the city, 1 i Five Men Killed. Win bipeq, Manitoba, Jan.

80, News has just been received of a terrible explosion on the Canadian Pacific railway ea.t of Port Arthur, the The explosion occurred atS a.m.,on the 22d at! Fay McLennan'a shops, hear Michlplcoton. It was caused by dynamite cartridges having been left near a stove in the office; Five men were Their names are': Sydney Fayi Joseph KMcGlifeyray. John i A. McDeugsll. John Burbank.

Fay Magnus. The first two lived three hours. The Others were killed Instantly. RAILROAD WRECKS. An Engine i.oh they Si.

L. Fi, Jumps the! Traek The Engineer Killed. On the Elevated Road in Nbtt. York a Heary Fog Causes a Several Persons Injured on the Neir Ilaren Other Wrecks. The little daughter of 'Squire Wil kinson' Is quite I Fire Record.

PrrTSBURO, Jan. A Chronicle Rochester, apec'al says that shortly befori 12 o'clock last night flames were discovered issuing from the holier house othe Phcetilx glass works, at Phllllpsburg, opposite here on the Ohio river. The fire was under good headway when It was discovered and the means at hand to ex. tlngulah it being limited; but little could be done towards checking the progress of the flsmes, which soon spread through the entire, de atroy leg them 1 a short time. Loss, about $125,000, of which tho insurance Is $74,000.

The works, which covered a large area, are. among the largest In the country, The most unfortunate circumstance connected Is that COO men are thrown out of In the middle ot winter. The origin of the fire is not positively known, but some lnflamable material was left In too dose proximity to the engine and, catching' fire communicated with the wood work of the engine room, which being dry burned like tinder. New Yobk, Jan. 80, A ire in a five atory tenement house, at No.

662 Sixth avenue, about created a panic among the occupants, a dozen of whom were occupying the upper floor and escaped to the roof lq their night clothes and jumped to a roof located six leet below, Mrs. Michael and her granddaughter are probably fatal ly burned. Three others were burned on the. face arid RovtB, Jan. 80.

This morn Ing a three story building between Btanwix hall hotel arid the Seale bank block on James street 'burned. Mrs. camuei aiei.uuer anqcuiiaren were rescued by Ten minutes sifter the broke out an explo sion occurred knocking out the whole front wall of the building above the first story, Jos. Alexander, a brother of Samuel', was killed and David Pat tenon, the" clerk, was injured. The A Wronged Husband' Revenge.

Elkhabt, Jan. 80 A short time since Mrs. Roth, of Goshen, eloped with a boarder named Herabam and fed to Tiffin, Ohio, Both, learning whew they were, followed theni with dire Intent, but seeing bow matters stood when, be got there, accepted $00 aa payment for his wile, and lei them to enjoy themselves as they Election Case Dismissed. Washington, Jan. 80.

The honse committee on elections has dlsm'ssed from corisideratlon the! contested election case of Janln vs. Hunt, of on the ground that the evidence of the former waa not intro duced in time prescribed by law. ii. i ii, ,1, Cullty of Murder. ParritBsoiJ, N.

Jan. 80. Pat KfOhara was found guilty of the murder of the wife of Elohard Fnl lolove, with recommendation to mercy, Warrant Signed. Habbisbubo, Jan. 80.

The death warrantsof Jaise Carter and Georze Jones, of Allegheny, county, werq sighed, the execution takes place April S. LOCAL' LINES. Judge Pratt had a provoke case this afternoon. One McOlaren got into a' racket. Hon, L.

Chittenden and Dr. T. Dills are at the Grand hotel, Indianapolis. August ICoenig, the Pittsburg jewel. er, is In the city the guest of his brother, Bjv.

Father Eoenlg. Another revival service at the Berry street M.E. church this evening. The Interest in this work Is not abating, O. MaguW, of the Oeveland Iron.

Works, was here to day, the gu st of bis friend George H. Fowler. Adeline Patti went west on the Pittsburg road today In a special palace car, She sings at Chicago this week; A commission in lunacy, consisting of Justices Zollinger end France and Drs, Myers and J. M. Dlnnen, adjudged Anthony Kamp Insane this afternoon.

President Arthur has signed the pardon for Oscar Goodwin, the defaulting Logansport bank cashier, now serving term la the The Indications for the lower lake! region aa reported for Thi Bxntihxl by' the weather bureau it Washington are as follows: Rains, followed by oieanng weat tier, warmer, followed in western portion by a slight, fall In temperature, southwesterly windsr falling barometer. Train Ditched. Eochbotbb; N. Yi Jn SO rr i local train was ditched near South. Livonia.

Nobody was seriously hurt. The firat reports suggested a 'catastrophe. A Tramp Arrested for. Murder. ST.

Lo'ffia; Jan. iO.i SUanre the iramp, arrested at Christman, suspicion of being the murderer of Bose Mahan, at Mt. aome days ago. ii i' Found Cullty, Lewistout, Maine, Jan. 80.

The Grand Truck railroad indicted for! causing the death of J. W. Mechanics Falls in 1882, was found' guilty and fined $1,000. i I. Fatal Wreck, St.

Louis, Jan. 80. The engine of a passenger train on the St Louis and SanFrajncIscb iallroad jnaiped. track' yesterday Engineer OV Faber was killed and the fireman, F.i A. Robinson, was fatally Injured.

ii i in Heavy Fog Cauaea a Smash Up. NW Yobk, Jan. 80. A heavy fog i tbnlay has seriously Interrupted travel and traffic, and make telegraphing slow work. On the Elevated railroad a heavy laden train ran Into another discharging passengers at at station.

The' engine was wrecked and the passengers well 'shaken np bat nobody; was seriously hurt. Reported Wreck. NbivHatbh, ilt Is reported that a New Haven and Northampton passenger train, this morning, was! ditched arid several passengers Injured. It is also reported that the cars took fire. The wreck Irg traln has gone out.

SraiNonKLD, Mass Jan. This morning's accident on the New' Haven and; Northampton railroad happened just below South wick Three cars went down a bank. Con doctor Thomas, Messenger By an arid several passengers were Injured. conductor was seriously injured and Ryan had a leg broken in three The tele graph wires were down" and particulars were difficult to obtain earlier, "i 1 i i ABOUT 300.000 SHORT. The Plttsburg.Crand Rapids and Richmond Roads Make a Bad Showing In Earn Ings.

The Pennsylvania railroad company's statement of earnings and ex. penses for 1883 gives furfher'e'vldciicei that It Is one of the beet man sged systems of roads in the country, and a fe valuable railroad properly the gross earnings of the Pennsylvania road, proper, were net earnings, $19,886,101. Both gross and net receipts were large); than ever be fore. The gross earnings exceed; those of four years ago and the net earnings were ahead of 1880. The Penn sylvania lines west of Pittsburg the Grand Rapids, Pittsburg and Bich roads, do not make .5 favorable an exhibit The figures show that la December these lines fell over $300,.

000 ahort of earning their coargea for1 Interest of rentals, while In December, 1882, the deficiency wu only $i( 984, which cornpsrea'Vi Oi a dffi clency of $91,670 in 1881, and a surplus of $212,490 In 1880 and $541,262 In Taking; the! full Vwelve months, there Is a surplus of $803, 848 in 1883, but in '82 the au plus was $1,894,800, In 1881 It was as much sa $2,648,838, snd In 1S80 as much as $3,072,062, and; even, in 1879 the amount waa twice "that of 1883. or $1,623,640. Thfse lines traverse a section of country which has pot oeen; blessed with largo crops pf late yesiiu and had Increasing competition to oontena.wlth besides. 3 '''SF aHL Si iiiisiiiPM lUf 3'.

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