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THE COURIER-JOURNAL: LOUISVILLE, THE VOTE COUNTED. Official Determination of the Results of Clark County's Primaries. The Hon. Willis Barnes Defeats Hon. Frank Burke For Joint Representative.

Delegates Chosen To the State Convention and the Precinct Committeemen. Jacob S. Fry Chairman of the New County Central Committee, Vice R. Dailey. THE OFFICIAL MAJORITIES.

The vote received by the candidates in the Clark county, primary, which was canvaised by the delegates which was canvassed by the delegates Armory, in Jeffersenville, yesterday, did not materially alter the result as already given in the Courier-Journal. It was 10 o'clock when Mr. Reuben Dailey, Chairman cf the County Democratic Central Committee, rapped the meeting to order. Mr. Henry A.

Burtt was chosen as Chairman, while T. Rader was solected a8 Secretary, with Walter. B. Hassan and A. W.

Smitha as assistnts. GEORGE H. D. GIBSON. Briefly the Chairman explained the object of the convention, and also stated that delegates to the State, Senatorial, Congressional and Joint Representative conventions would be chosen after the total votes of the candidates had been announced.

The Hon. M. Z. Stamnard then presented a resolution, which was unanimously adopted, providing for the selection of nineteen delegates to the various conventions and 1 fixing the apportionment among the twelve townships, to which Clark county is entitled, as follows: Jeffersonville township, nine delegates; Charlestown, two; Monroe, one; Oregon, one Silver, Creek, one: Utica, one; Washington, one: Wood, one; Bethlehem and Owen, jointly, one; Carr and Union, jointly, one, then declared unanimously elected. The names of the precinct committeemen to serve for the ensuing two years in the places named were then presented as appear below: Jeffersonville Township -First precinct, J.

J. J. Kendall; Second, Thomas Staples; Third, J. Cal Lewman: Fourth, Thomas B. Rader; Fifth, Jacob S.

Fry Sixth, L. F. Warder; Seventh, D. C. Peyton; Eighth, M.

2. Stannard: Ninth, James W. Sweeney Tenth, Walter B. Hassan: Eleventh, F. X.

Kern Twelfth, James A. Haynes; Thirteenth, Charles Schlemmer: Fourteenth, Reuben Daily Fificerth, John W. Me Bride; Bethlehem, W. P. Duerson; Carr, George Allen.

Charlestown--First. preeinct, Henry P. Lutz: Second, J. A. Kirk; Third, Louis Spriesterbach: Fourth, John B.

Carr. Monroe- First G. W. Metzger; Second, M. H.

Dunlevy. Oregon--First precinct, Daniel Clapp: Second, Joe Walker. Owen, D. L. Shrader.

silver Greek--First precinct, Ed- FRANK B. BURKE. The tedious task of counting the vote was then begun, showing the result as follows: Congressman-J. B. Brown, J.

K. Marsh, Brown's majority, 533. Senator--W. L. Barnes, F.

B. Burke, 1,007 Barnes' majority, 113. Representative Reuben Daily, G. H. Volgt, Daily's majority, 250, Judge -G.

H. D. Gibson, C. P. Ferguson, Gibson's majority; 757.

Sherift-W. A. Davis, 851; John E. Cole, 776: John Burnsides, 359; Patrick Tracy, 119; James R. Mitchell, 221 William Long, 906; Thomas M.

Murphy, 258; S. W. Evans, 433 Davis' plurality, 75. Prosecutor--Edgar A. Howard, George E.

Coll, Howard's majority, 194. Commissioner, First District-Reuben H. Johnson, 927; James K. P. Reynolds, 526; David L.

Prather, 1,431 Prather's plurality, 504. Commissioner. Second District- W. Baldock. 736: Peter Dillon, S.

P. R035, 692 Dillon's plurality, 351. JUDGE C. P. FERGUSON.

Al. J. Jenkins, for Treasurer; August Schlamm, for Assessor: J. J. Roos, for Coroner, and V.

W. Lyon, for Surveyor, had no opposition. The nominees were SUNDAY MORNING, SMITTEN AT THE WHEEL Capt. Pink Varble Suffers a Stroke of Apoplexy On the John A. Wood.

Engaged Carrying the Steamer Over the Falls When Sudden Illness Came. The Veteran Pilot Now Lying In a Critical Condition-At His Home. Brief Sketch of the Life of the Best Known Riverman Around the Falls. EXHAUSTED BY OVERWORK. While at the wheel of the John A.

Wood yesterday, Capt. Pink Varble, one of the most widely known citizens of Louisville, and for forty years a Falls pilot, was stricken with apoplexy. He nOW lies at his home, 1423 Everett avenue, in a critical condition. Capt. Varble boarded the John A.

Wood, one of the largest tow boats on the river, shortly after 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon to carry the steamer and large tow over the falls. He was in good spirits and seemed to be in excellent health as he exchanged greetings in his hearty way with his friends on board. The vessel and tow were taken through the Indiana chute and had reached a point midway between the dam and the Louisville bridge, when he regular pilot, who had one side of the wheel, saw Capt. Varble, who had the other, stagger as though about to fall. The pilot leaned over and asked what wag the matter, when the veteran navigator staggered again and would have fallen had not the pilot sprung to help him.

The boat was in the rapids, but several men were in the wheelhouse and held the wheel. CAPT. PINK VARBLE. Capt. Varble, though very ill, remained on the pilot-house sofa and uirected the course of the boat through the falls.

A landing was made at Portland, and the stricken man carried on board the harbor bout Transit, which had assisted the -Wood through. He was placed in one of the cabin beds, and the steamer was hurried to the Mail- Line wharf at the foot of Third street, Dr. J. W. Irwin was called at once, and accompanied Capt.

Varble to his home. He was not unconscious, and slept during the evening. Dr. Irwin called late last night, but found no change in the condition of the patient, who was resting easily. The result of the stroke can not be foretoli.

His condition is critical. The stage of the river has been such recently that he has been kept very busy taking boats over the falls and directing Ithe movements of the barbor boats Wash Gray and Transit. He had been up for several nights previous to the stroke, and was in no condition to withstand the attack. He was greatly overworked. Capt.

Varble was born in North CaroJina in 1829. While he was quite young the family moved to Westport, twenty-five miles from t' is eity. When a young man he came to this city and entered the employ of Capts. Vansickle and Funk, who were at that time falls pilots. At that time buying and selling flat boats was a profitable business, and in this the young man engaged for the firm.

After some years Capt. Funk retired and Cart. Varble, who had by this time learned the falls and had become a skillful pilot, purchased the remaining term of that gentleman, and at the next meeting of the General Council was elected falls pilot, a post he has ever since held. BeTore the war, and up to 1877, he and Col. W.

J. May owned a line of thirteen boats that ran on the Tennessee and White rivers and other Southern waters. The war greatly depreciated steamboat values and the business was closed out in the year named. For some years Capt. Varble has been a member of the firm of Cook, Hoffman agents for Pittsburgh coal men and owners of the harbor boate Wash Gray and Transit.

He is, and has been for many years, an Odd Fellow, a Knight of Honor and 3 member of the A. 0. U. He married early in life. His wife is still living, as are four children.

They are: Mrs. John A. Stratton, Pink Varble, N. L. Varble and M.

D. Varble. Capt. Varble is known wherever a Southern steam bout navigates. As a falls pilot he has never had a superior.

Though so well advanced in years he is active and vigorous and of such physical strength that he has seemed good for many years of life. His work, however, has always been exacting in the extreme, as the business of pilot involves not only the severest labor but the keeping of irregular hours. THE SALESMEN'S MASS-MEETING. Arrangements All Completed and the Programme Made Out-Those Who Will Speak. All the arrangements have been completed for the mass-meeting in behalf of the early and Sunday-closing movement, which is to be held at Macauley's Theater at 2:30 o'clock next Sunday afternoon.

The following gentlemen will make speeches in behalf of the movement started by the Retail Saiesmen's Beneva lent Association: The Rev. Dr. Rivers, Rabbi Moses, the Rev. Mr. Zimmerman, Capt.

John H. Leathers, Judge W. L. Jackson, Mr. W.

L. Lyons, Bishop Dud. ley, the Rev. De. Betts, Mayor Tyler, the Rev.

Dr. J. H. Richmond, the Rev. Victor W.

Doris, Mr. Harry Stucky, Dr. John A. Breadus, the Rev. Dr.

C. R. Hemphill. ex-Mayor Jacob, Mr. Owen Gathright, the Rev.

Harlan K. Fenner, and the Rev. J. W. Turner.

Besides the addresses the programme will include music by the choir of Calvary church, under the direction of Prot. George Selby, the speeches being interspereed. Bishpp Dudley will preside over the meeting. A letter will be read from Gov. Brown indorsing the move- ment.

STRUCK BY AN ELECTRIC CAR. Henry Schmidt Knocked Down and Painfully Injared at Green and Thirteenth Streets. Henry Schmidt, a molder living at Portland avenue and Twenty-fourth street, was badly injured by an electric car at Green and Thirteenth streets few minutes before midnight. Schmidt started to cross in front of the car, but was struck by the moter and knocked down. He was carried into the office of Dr.

Woody, where it was found he was only suffering from bruises and from the shock. CLOSED HIS MISSIONS. Dishop Dudley Preaches For the Sixth and Last Time On the Fifty- First Psalm, There was large number of business men to hear Bishop Dudley's closing sermon yesterday at the business men's midday mission, on the corner of Fifth and Main streets. He thanked all those who had aided in the conduct of the mission. He said that he had received a paper signed by all who were in the habit of attending the services, requesting that they be continued.

The Bishop said he would be unable to comply with this request, as he had engagements to meet outside of the city. He thought it likely that he would renew the mission on his return. He then read for the sixth time the Fifty-first Psalm, and preached from it. His sermon was as usual, eloquent. and full of thought.

After he finished forward and thanked the Bishop many came for his disecurses. RAIN, HAIL AND THUNDER. March's Last Days Full of Blow and Bluster, But Spring Is Coming. The Remarkable Atmospheric Conditions Yesterday Cause Genera: Fear of a Cyclone, March came in like a roaring ion, and at was proverbially predicted that the month would pass out like a lamb. AL thought it is somewhat cooler to day, the temperature for the past several days hag been mild and seasonable; and there is every prospect that for the baiance of the month the mean daily temperature will not vary much from the normal The hail and thunderstorm of yesterduy may be regarded as a safe forerunner of springtime.

The transformation from lion-like to lamb-like March could not be effected except by -some unusual disturbance to make it memorable. The cycione over the central valleys yesterday and last night came to serve this purpose, and, happening as it did 80 near the 27th, it revalls the fearful storm of two years ago. Sunshine, rain, hail, high winds, thunder and lightning; in a word, nearly every atmospheric phenomexon except precipitation of snow, 00- curred here yesterday within two hours' time. Thea, when the storm had abated and the sun was setting, there appeared in the eastern aky a very beautiful rainbow. which added another to the day's list of phenomenal conditions.

The thermometer, too, had its fluctuatione as well as the barometer, and during the thunderstorm the temperature tell eighteen degrees. The cold currents of air in the upper regions of the atmosphere caused this sudden drop in the mercury, and by their spiral movement also caused the hail. For a time the rain fell in torrenta, and caught many people out without umbrellas. The wind varied gradually from southeast to west, constantly increasing its velocity until it attained a maximum rate of thirty-four miles an hour. Many people.

became alarmed of the situation, and kept the local office of the Weather Bureau in constant inquiry as to whether the city was about to be swept by another tornado. Tornadoes rarely, if ever, recur in the same place," sail Observer Burke to a reporter, and there need be no fear of danger, although there are good grounds for this state of public apprehension. There was a cyclone of great energy central this morning over Western Missouri, almost in the same place where 'the cyclone was the morning before the tornado occurred here just two years ago. It is the progress of this storm toward the East that is causing this disturbance, but it is not so severe a cyclone as the one whose anniversary we celebrate The reports which were received last night showed that at 7 o'clock the cFclone was central over Illinois and Indiana. It covered a very extensive area, however, ag the isobar which might be regarded as the one separating the low from the high pressure area, passed through New York, Jacksonville, New Orleans, Bismarck and Marquette.

This made of it one vast cyclonic area, which was productive of local rains all over the country, from the Rockies to the Atlantic coast. The storm was expected to move toward tho: Eastern Lake regions during the night, because it was being driven in that direction by the area of hitch barometer in the Southwest. The following is the record of Festerday's cosorvations: 7 m. 52.0 Dept. for -136 7 56.0 Dept.

for -140 68.0 Precipitation. .17 50.0 Dept. for 59.0 Dept. for Dep. I'm Dept, for year.

-4. Barometer at 7 a. 29.690; 7 p. during storm, 29.445, The maximum and minimum temperatures occurred just before and after the storms The Ohio, Cumberland, Arkansas and lower Mississippi rivers will rise. The Weather Bureau predicts that at Caire the water, wili reach a crest stage of about 34 feet by April 1.

Clearing conditions and fair weather will prevail over this section to-day and to-morrow, sligatly colder. Competition In Jewelry Business, Competition in the jewelry business in Louisville has been such as to make it one of the cheapest markets known in that line, each of the larger stores being now absolutely independent of the others. Since Mr. Thomas Pottinger withdrew his interest a few years ago from the concern he was with, and shook up the dry bones, by his alertness and advertising in the firm of Rodgers de Pottinger, competition has been active, and the larger concerns have been vieing with each other for leadership. 3r.

Rig Distillery. Mr. John G. Roach yesterday purchased twelve acres of land in West Louisville, adjoining the Mattingly dis. tillery, on which he will erect one of the largest distilleries in the United States.

The new distillery will have a capacity: of nearly 100,000 gallons a day. ward Doid, Second, James Mitchell- UticaFirst precinct, L. A. Canter; Second, E. T.

Sage: Union, Samuel Gray WashingtonFirst precinct, Robert C. Rrisben; Second, D. w. Power -First precinct, Jesse E. Second, G.

W. Me Kinley. At this juncture an adjournment was taken until 1:30 o'clock, when delegates chosen for the conventions as previously named were reported. To the State convention from Jeffersonville township they are as follows: George H. Volgt, Frank B.

Burke, Michael Sweeney, Melchert Stannard, Patrick C. Donovan, Louis Kleesfies, George W. Baxter, John Kirchgessner and Henry Nach. and. Tom Carr and Jointly, John Allen; Charlestown, G.

A. J. Lutz and J. B. Carr; alternates, Lute and John Prather.

Monroe township, August Schlamm Oregon, J. V. Capp; alternate, F. W. Carr; Silver Cr.

ek, Stephen Al. len alternate reter Egan; Untica, pher Lentz; alternate, L. A. Carter, Washing. ton, F.

F. Work; alternate, L. D. Robirett; Wood, F. M.

Brock Owen and Bethlehem, jointly, E. S. Perrette. To the Congressional Convention the dele. gates named from Jeffersonville township ate Pat Tracy, Ed J.

Stauss, John Read, A. J. Burlingame, S. B. Diffenderfer, Halbert Russ, P.

H. Sweeney, A. W. Snith and Ficed Paks. Carr and Union townships will be represented by Joseph Adams: Charlestown, I.

M. Boyer; alternate, Lillard L. M. Decamp; alternate, John Bottorit. Monroe, Charles Bartle.

Oregon, J. W. Covert: alternate, Claude Boyer. ver Creek, Dr. Nichols; alternate, G.

W. Swingle. Utica, Nicholas Lontz; alternate, Fielding Coombs. Washington, M. B.

Cole alternate, F. B. Bower. ocd, George Bell. Owen and Bethlehem, Joltitly, F.

V. Holloway; alternate, J. S. Smith. Those named for the Joint Representative Convention are: For Jeffersonville township, Kelgwin, J.

Pat Kendall, Gavin, John George Beutal, Wm. CarJ. Knobloch, ter, John Burnside, Cam Williams and John Smitt; Carr and Union townships, jointly, Jacob Keifer; Charlestown, John Mannix; alternate, Sisney Connor; Jack Murphy; alternate, G. B. Lutz; Monroe, Mike Goss; Oregon, Daniel Clapp; alternate, J.

C. Crum Silver Creek, J. B. Wilson; alternate, W. Beck; Utica, George Kirk; alternate.

A. A. Scott; Washington, S. M. Hopwood; alternate, A.

M. Fisher: Wood, Peter Piers; Owell and Bethlehem, jointly, S. P. Ross alternate, M. Grabe.

To the Joint seuatorial Convention the delegates from Jettersonville townsbip are the same ones named for the convention. which is to nominate the Joint Representative. From the other township they are: Carr and Union, jointly, Reuben Green; Charlestown, Sisney Connor: altornate J. Haymaker W. P.

Roach; alternate, Clay Hughes. Monroe, Geo. W. Metzger. Ore gon, Joseph Walker; alternate, R.

L. Clapp. Silver Creek, Edward Dold; alternate, John Soheller. Utica, W. P.

Bottoril alternate, Jeff Prather. Washington, J. Mr. Bower; alternato, D. C.

Walker. Wood, George Bellows. Owen and Bethlehem, Jointly; C. 0. Bower; alternate, Horace Wood.

There being no turther business before the convention, an adjournment was taken. More than five hundred enthusiastic Democrats were in ance, but the proceedings were marked throughout with a spirit of friendliness and fairness. Immediately thereafter the new county Central Committee went into session for the purpose of naming a Chairman to succeed R. a Secretary to take the place of W. Smitha.

Jacob S. Fry moved that a secret ballot he used in voting for a Chairman, but to this, John E. Cole objected, saying the Deinocratic party had no secrets. Mr. Fry's motion was voted down.

Mr. M. Stannard placed in nomination Patrick C. Donovan, while Mr. Fry was also named.

A vote resulted in the selection of the latter, he receiving eighteen votes and Mr. Donovan fourteen. T. B. Rader was unanimously chosen as Secretary.

The meeting then adjourned, The fact that Congressman Brown scored a victory in Clark county seems to practically end the struggle in the Third district. Notwithstanding, Mr. Marsh says he intends to remain in the fight until the last ballot is cast. Mr. Brown left Jeffersenville yesterday afternocn for his home in Seymour.

He expressed himself to a reporter as being quite well pleased over his victory in Clark county, though he felt assured from the start that he was going to win. He departs this morning for the National Capital. The Silver bill will eceupy the attention of the House on Monday, and he desires to be in attendance. A SERIOUS ESCAPADE. Legislator McInerney and Stenographer Curtis Give Frankfort a Salacious Sensation.

They Carry Two Women to Georgetown and Register As Legislators Bartman and Wilson, Frankfort, March -A sensation that is sure to bring about much talk and may result in something more serious, came to light this afternoon. Three members of the lower house of the General Assembly and an employe of the State departments are concerned. It seems that the employe in question and a member of the Legislature went to Georgetown yesterday morning with two women and spent the day there at the hotel, registering as John Bartman, and wife, and R. B. Wilson and wife.

Mr. Bartman is the member from the Second Louisville district and R. B. Wilson is one of the members from Campbell. To say that these two gentlemen were hot when they heard of the affair would hardly express it, and their irritation was, in no sense, ameliorated when they saw their names in the Georgetown paper to-day as visiting statesmen.

They at once hired a drag and drove out to. Georgetown, which is seventeen miles from this place, and there confirmed the story and took copy from the hotel register. When they returned here this afternoon the offending member and the offending employ had left the dity, and this possibly prevented any further unpleasantness. Mr. Wilson and Mr.

Bartman left for home to-night and when they return Monday something sensational is expected. At least one of the parties to the fraud considered it a good joke this morning, but may change his mind. Mr. Bartman returned to this city from Frankfort last night and was seen by a reporter for the Courier-Journal. Mr.

Bartman said that one of the men who had gone to Georgetown, WaS George W. Curtis, of this city, the stenographer for the Revisory Commission. He said that Mr. Curtis had told him of the affair yesterday morning. He thought Mr.

Curtis had simply intended to play a little joke and took the matter very lightly himself. Mr. Wilson, on the other hand, was very angry when he learned of the hoax. He had gone to Gov. Brown, who appointed Sr.

Curtis, and reported the matter. Mr. Bartman said he did not know who the women in the party were. It was stated last night that the mewber of the Legislature who went to Georgetown with Mr. Curtis, was William McInerney, from Kenton county.

The Easter Bazaar. The preparations for the Bazaar to be held on Saturday, the 9th of April, for the benefit of the Children's Free Hospital, are progressing rapidly and in a most satisfactory manner. Fancy articles of every description are being evolved out of a confused. and, to the uninitiated, altogether incomprehensible heap of silks, laces and ribbons. People's tastes are many and varied, but ample opportunity will be afforded them on this occasion to gratify their pereonal fancies in almost any direction.

In addition to the dainty knickknacks which give a feminine stamp to the ordinary pile of brick and mortar and turn it into a home, there will be tempting bonbons sold in one booth, and possibly flowers in another. The Bazaar will, in fact, be an interesting occasion from every point of view, and something that none of us will care to miss. SOUTHERN HEIGHTS. New Streets to Be Made and Shade Trees Planted Along the Sidewalks. At a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Southern Heights Land Company yesterday it was decided to spend $30,000 more on improvements.

The money will be expended in grading the streets, paving the sidewalks and planting shade trees. The contract was signed for the laying of water-mains on six of the streets. The work is to be began at orce, and by the summer the whole of it will be completed. DEATH OF A NURSE. Miss Kate McGilligan Passes Away at St.

Joseph's InfirmaryOther Deaths Miss Kate McGilligen died yesterday at St. Joseph's Intirmary, aged thirtysix years. Her death was caused by pneumonia. She was born in New York, and had been a resident of this city for thirty-six years. For a long time she had been a nurse at the Intirmary.

The funeral will take place from the Infirmary at 2 o'clock this afternoon. 'The interment will be in the St. Louis Cemetery. John Kalaher, twenty-five years of age, died of consumption at the City Hospital. Friends have taken charge of the remains.

Frank Kha died yesterday of consumption at the City Hospital. His body has been taken in charge by his friends. At o'clock yesterday morning Mrs. Maggie Purcell Adaws died. She was the wife of Mr.

James J. Adams, who iN connected with the Dow Wire Works Company, and was twenty-seven years of age. She had been married less than two years. A severe attack of the grippe last winter brought on consumption, which was the cause of luer death. A little child of eight months survives her.

The funeral will be from St. Patrick's church to-morrow morning at 9 o'clock. Lawrence Mackey died yesterday morning of pneumonia at his home, 218 Seventeenth street. He leaves a wife and several children This morning at 9 o'clock the funeral will take place from St. Patrick's church.

Michael Burns died last evening at his home, near Eighteenth and Bank streets. For twenty years he had been laborer at Avery's plow factory, He was forty years of age, and leaves a family. The funeral will take place from St. Patrick's church at 10 o'clock to-morrow morning. Mrs.

Mary Bruner, aged fifty-three years, died of consumption yesterday morning at her home, 128 West Walnut street. This afternoon at 2 o'clock the funeral will take place from the house. PICKED UP. said that 1e feared Scaith was a blue gum negro" and wantel him arrested. -The ladies of the Chestnut-street Methodist church, will give a luncheon at 342 West Main street Thursday, March 31, and Friday, April 1.

The admission will be twerty-five cents, and all business men or others wishing an old-fashioned meal are invited. The feature will be jowl and greens and corn bread, with poached eggs. -A small shed in the rear of J. Minor's residence, at Nineteenth and Firtle streets, was destroyed by fira last evening at 7:40 o'clock. The alarm was sent in from box 74.

-The fourth lecture In the course which Dr. Bemla is delivering in this city will take place on Thursday evening, March 31, at 8 o'clock, in the gymnasium of Hampton College. The subject of this lecture Is The Money Question." -The subject of the lecture by Dr. Howe at the Polytechnic Society to-morrow evening will be Palms and Lilies." This will be the seventh lecture of the course ou botany, and will be Illustrated by stereopticon views, -The residence of Mrs. Lulle Smith, on Seventeenth street, between Chestnut and Magazine, was entered by a burglar yesterday inorning at 12:30 o'clock.

None but women were in the house. They raised window and called for assistance. This frightened off the burgiar. -The Ladies' Aid Society of the Chestnutstreet M. E.

church, south, will give dinner and business men's lunch on Thursday and Fliday afternoon, from 12 until 3 p. m. The dinner will be served on. Main strest, between Third and Fourth. Business men are especially invited, although all are welcome.

-Charles Smith, colored, was arrested yesterday afternoon and clarged with maiming. A warrant was taken out yesterday by Alex Todd, also colored. In fight between the two men at Fourth street and the river Todd was bitten in the hand. He said that 1e feared Scaith was a blue gum POINTS ABOUT PEOPLE. Mr.

A. Do Roever, who is at present in Lou'sville, engaged in giving lessons in various languages in a very unobtrusive way, is a composer of music, who has already won considerable distinction In countries where he is better known than he is here. He spent two years in the City of Mexico, teaching French and Italian while occupied in collecting the materials for an opera, of which he is to write both music and libretto. He Is a Frenchman, who has spent much time wandering over the face of the earth, producing in the intervals of his wanderings some exceedingly cover compositions, chietty dances, which are full of character, many of which give evidence of a capability for more serious work. The pieces by which he is best known here are a charming mazurka, Cnepultepec," which is dedicated to Mrs.

Diaz, wife of President Diaz, who was one of his pupils during his residence in the City of Mexico; a which took a medal at Paris Exposition, and two characteristic Mexican dances that are melodious and original in treatment. The work upon which he Is at present engaged, and which he expects to bring out in 5x months or a year, is a comic opera, which both in score and libretto will embody the picturesqueness and the color of the Mexican character and the Mexican music which belongs distinctly to the nation, and has all the warmth and melodic piquancy uf the land from which -it springs. Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur F.

Erowder and two children, are here from RusseRville for a few days, aud are registered at the Galt House. Mr. and Mrs. T. H.

Benedict and H. W. Benedict, of Danbury, are at the Louisville They are on their way South to spend a few weeks. Mr. and Mrs.

James P. Tarvin, of Covare at the Willard. Mr. Tarvio -is ex-County Judge of Kenton, from which position he retired only a few months ago. Mr.

and Mrs. W. Gaines, of Elkton, are at the Editor and Mrs. Gaines are on their way home from New Orlesus, where they wept on their bridal tour. Rev.

A. J. Hess, of Colwnbus, Grand Dictator of the knights of Honor, Is at Willard Hotel. After a consultation with. Grand Trustee Joseph Scheffler and Grand Reporter J.

A. Demaree, he consented to remain over until Monday night and address the Grand Committee of Knights of Honor, an Anniversary Celebration, at. W. B. Hoke lodge, this evening.

Works here, was found in the woods near Celina, Ohio, demented, starving, nearly naked and almost exhausted from exposure. He was cared for by the farmer who found him, but it is thought he will die. Identification was had by means of a Knights of Labor certificate issued from one of the New Albany Assemblies. Milne left this city some months ago for one of the natural gas towns in Ohio, where he had a position promised him in a glass factory recently established. -A letter has Leen received in this city asking for information regarding the relatives el Edward A.

Starr, supposed to be from this city or county, who died suddent- on a Scuthern Pacific train, near Tueson, A. 1., February 27, leaving personal effects of value. lle was apparently forty years of age. The letter was written by W. R.

Slater, Alcade and Coroner, Tucson, A. T. It has teen learned that the dead man was a native of Georgetown township, brother of Charles Starr, now Division Superintendent on one of the Mexican railroads, with headquarters at Colima, and cousin of Jacob Starr, Superintendent of the New Albany public schools. He left this city eight years ago and had not been heard from until the news of his death reached his friends here. -Magistrates Richards and Huckeby and Drs.

S. C. and F. H. Wilcox composed a commission that held an inquest of lunacy yesterday on Franklin O.

Johnson, Sr. The commission found Mr. Johnson to be of unsound mind and recommended that he be admitted to the Central Hospital for the Insane at Indianapolis tor treatment. Mr. Johnson was for one term a member of the Indiana State Senate from Floyd county.

He -wag a Commissioner from Indiana at the Centennial Exposition and at the great Paris Exposition, ten years ago, and in addition held other positions of honor and trust. His mind became impaired, it is said, on account of heavy losses in Western real estate speculations, but he still has property of considerable value and is far above even comparative penury. -Church Notes--First Presbyterian church: Dr. Clokey's theme this morning will bo Sinai and Calvary. At night he will preech on Our Hope in Life's Crisis." -Second Presbyterian church: The Rev.

Dr. Van Dyke will conduct services at 10:30 a. 10. and 7:30 p. Morning theme, The Greatest Elements in a.

True -Third Presbyterian church: Preaching by the pastor, the Rev. Charles Hutchinson, at 10:30 m. Special revival service at night. -Tabernacle: Elder Berry, of Louisville, will conduct services at acura, morning and -Central Christian church: Preaching by the pastor, Elder T. B.

Bridges, at the usual hours, merning and -Park Christian church: Elder Paimer will preach at. 10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p. m.

Morning subject, Church Cripples." -St Paul's Protestant Episcopal church: Services at 10:30 a. 3 and 7 p. -German Evangelical church: Preaching at 10 a.m. and 7 p. by the pastor, the Rev.

G. Deitz. German M. E. church: The pastor, the Rev.

J. F. Sevringhouse, will conduct services at 10:30 m. and 7:30 p. DePauw Memorial M.

E. church: Preaching by the pastor, the Rev. M. R. Niles, at the usual hours, morning and -Main-street M.

I. church Service: as usual to day at 10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p. Chapel: Mr.

Vest's subject for this morning will be The Haptism of Christ." The usual services at M. 1. church: Early prayer service at 6 a. m. Preaching ty the pastor at 10:30 8.

m. and 7:30 p. M. E. church: Mr.

Talbott will preach at the usual morning hour. At night the Women's Foreign Missionary Society will have charge of the service. University Extension Work. Prof. 0.

B. Clark, of Indiana State University, lectured yesterday morning before the University Extension Class of the Educational Association on A Midsummer Night3s Dream." The next leeture will be on Henry The class is a large one, and much enthusiasm is manifested in the work. RIVER AND WEATHER REPORTS. LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE OF LOUISVILLE Latitude, 19. Longitude, 45' LOCAL RIVER REPORT.

101. River and Rainfall, March 26, 7:17 a. 1892. PLACES. Stage of River.

Rain. Pittsburgh 9.8 .00 Portsmouth 23.0 Hinton. 5.0 .06 Pt. 18.4 0.0 .43 11.3 0.0 Catlettsburg .59 Marietta. 12.4 .00 Wheeling.

13.5 3.5 Cincinnati. 30.8 485 32.5 £9.6 St. Louis 18.8 20.2 Vicksburg. 30.7 40.2 New 12.0 40.3 Chattanooga. 8.5 .16 Louisville.

11.6 40.7 T. since last report. 1-Trace of rainfall. Arrivals and Departures. Steamers.

From. To. Fleet Cincinnati. Big Kana Carrollton. Falls river.

W. W. O'Neil New Orleans James Guthrie. Evansville. Excel Lower Cincinnati.

Boats Leaving This Day. -The Big Sandy, Capt. Bryant, for Cincinnall at 3 p. m. from the foot of Third street.

-The Buckeye State, Capt. Mars, for Memphis ail way points at 10 a. m. -The Guiding Star, Capt. J.

D. Hegler, for New Orleans at noon. George and Har1y Hegler, clerks. River, Business and Weather. -The river was still rising last evening, with 12 feet 6 inches of water in the canal, 10 feet 2 inches in the chute on the falls and 30 feet 6 inches at the foot of the canal.

Business brisk; weather cloudy, with rain. Driftwood. -Still rising at Pittsburgh. -Excel and tow passed up. -Buckeye State down, this morning.

-Tell City will be up this morning. -The O' Nell takes -eight boats South. -Smoky City and tow left New Orleans Friday. -Grace Morris for Salt river to-morrow morning. -Harbor boats all busy taking coal over the falls.

-The City of Carrollton has put in her new shaft. -The Mary Houston passed Memphis Friday going South. -The Reaver and tow leave for New Orleans this morning. -The Sam Miller and tow are due up from below to-morrow. -The H.

F. Frisbie and tow left Cairo Friday for New Orleans. -Sam Wood and Ben Stout are the pilots South on the Beaver and tow. -The John A. Wood, with a big tow of coal, leaves for New Orleans to-day.

-W. W. O'Neil arrived last night from New Orleans, She returns to-morrow. -Copt. John Moren went down on the Jim Guthrie to meet the O'Nell and tow.

-The tug Aid was out on duty yesterday in the harbor. She had her voice with her. -A large party of ladies will go over the falls for ride on the Guiding Star to day. -DEn Cassell, carpenter on the Mary Hatcher, was drowned in the Big Sandy Friday. -Wabash and Green rivers are.

on 66 hooraw," and pouring big water out into the Ohio. -Capt. Will Turpin, the well-known pilot, is still confined to his room at his home in Madison, Ind. -The New South, from Memphis, will pass up to day. She leaves on her return Thursday.

-The Maj. Mackenzie had her flag men- at half mast yesterday in respect to the ory of Mr. Larry Mackey. -Three million five- hundred thousand bushels of coal left Pittsburgh Friday for Cincinnati, this city and New Orleans. -The S.

L. Wood is bringing a big Government dry dock from Pittsburgh to Madison to go on the marine ways for repairs. -Now that the weather is becoming more settled, work will be resumed and pushed forward vigurously at Howard's steel-hull plant and shipyards, In Jeffersonville. -The Harry Brown, Sam Brown, Jim Wood and Sam Clarke are on the way down with thirty boats and seventeen barges of coal bushels. The Harry goes below.

-Mr. Larry Mackey, for many years en-011 the Louisville and Portland canal, died at his home in Friday night. He was a faithful employe and good man. -The W. W.

O'Neil is to have a new battery of seven steel botlers, 70,000 pounds T. forty inches in diamoter, twenty -eight feet in length, as soon as her Southern season is over. -The Guiding Star, Capt. J. D.

Hegler, leaves on her second limited round-trip ex. to New Orleans and back at noon to day. Quite gay crowd go down and back on her- several from this city points below, -The John F. Walton was lying at Island 28 going down last trip, and Capt. Tom Patterson, one of her pilots, took his gun and went out to look for bear.

The crew, missing bim, seryt out searching party. and found Capt. Patterson treed on the top of a high stump by three hungry, vicious wild hogs. -The River and Harbor bill, as completed by the committee, appropriates $00,000 for work on rivers and harbors next year. Kertucky gets her portion of the wad" in amounts as follows: Kentucky river, falls of Ohio, 000: Indiana chute on falls Ohio, 000 Falls of Rough, movable dams at Louisa Fork, on the Big Sandy, $50,000, and Green and Barren rivers, Lock No.

5, 50,000. Salt river and Bullskin don't get a cent. RIVER TELEGRAMS. ladies' union prayer-meeting will be (held to-morrow at the residence of Mrs. Daniel Lanciskies.

address the members of Prayer -The Rev. McNemer, die of the Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, will Band, at their hail, this afternoon, at 3:30 o'clock. -Gecrge Hutchinson and Tom Brown tried to demolish the inside of the jail yesterday. They. troke the stove and ruined several teds.

In the City Court they were each fined $20.50 and sent to jail: Theodore Hambaugh, Frank Prow and George Cartwright were fined $10.50 for being drunk. -Caleb Asbury, the saloon-keeper at Charlestown landing who stabbed Oliver Blythe in a fight over a jug of whisky, as detailed in the Courier yesterday, has disappeared. Blythe is said to be in a dying condition. The man's body was cut nearly in two and Asbury sank a knife into his left breast. -Personal -Miss Edith Holabird has returned from a visit in Ohio.Maud Rairden, of Arkansas, is the guest of her mother, Mrs.

-The condition of ex-Auditor John L. Delahunt is Vera Beck is visiting friends at Bedford. -Mra. Woeht lo and son, George Loomis, have gone to Dubuque, on a visit. -Miss Maggie Baker, aged seventeen years; died yesterday, afternoon at the home of her aunt, Mrs.

Hall, 83 East Ninth streets Several daya ago she came from her home in Sydney, on a visit. Soon after she was taken ill of typhoid fever. Her condition was serious from the outset and she never rallied. The remains will be shipped to Illinois: to-day sor interment. -Two convicts, Robert L.

Downs and Joseph Lamb, made their escape from the Prison South yesterday. The men were in the yard and unperceived by the guard placed a piece of timber against the temporary wooden wall, and, climbing to the top, dropped on the outside and succeeded in getting away. As yet they have not been arrested. Both ale larcenists and were serving two-year terius. -Where to worship-Baptist church: The Rev.

McNemer's morning theme will be, The Resurrection." The evening subject, Christ's Yoke." -Maple-street M. F. church: The Rev. J. S.

Scobee will conduct the services at 10:30 a. m. He will discourse on General Rules." Evering services ag -St. Lucas' church: The Rev. Rees will preach on talks on this subject HE are to follow.The Last Age of Man." A series of Wall-street.

M. E. church: The Rev. Teris and Presiding Elder Marlatt will conduct the services: -St. Paul's Episcopal church: Bishop Knickerbacker will administer the rite of confirmation at 10:30 o'clock this morning.

00 08 89 20 02 70 DC A -0 -Miss Kathleen Kerrigan left yesterday afternoon for the East. -William Shepherd has been indicted by the grand jury for larceny. -Ben Gresham was fined $20 and costs in the Circuit Court yesterday for violating the liquor Jaw. -Paul Burkeley, a former resident of this city, died few days ac at Arcadia, of heart disease. -John G.

Elgin is here from incinnati to spend Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Elgin. -New Albany Chapter Royal Arch Masons conferred the most Eminent.

and Royal. Arch degrees at a special meeting held last night. -It was reported last evening that Mike Hennessey, a well-known citizen, and Miss Katie Hartshorne had been married three weeks ago in Pittsburgh. The grand jury of the Circuit Court closed ite work yesterday and was dis. charged with the thanks of the court for their efficiency and prompt dispatch of business.

Fitteen indictments were returned during the sitting. -A meeting of the Democratic City Central Committee will be held to-norrow evening at the Hendricks Club headquarters for the purpose of fixing the date of holding the Councilmanic conventions in the six wards of the city. -Jewett Jewett, as attorneys for Mildred Scarlett, have filed a suit in the Circuit Court praying for a decree of divorce from James H. Scarlett, and custody of a child born of the marriage. They were married July 2, 1882, and the complainant alleges that during their married life he frequently (beat her.

-The DePauws have donated the plate glass windows for the Indiana building at the World's Fa.r, 300 plates being required. Provision is made that if after the fair is closed the building is removed to Indianapolis, the glass, is to be used again, otherwise it is to revert to the donors. The gift amounts to $3,000 in value. -Prank Lang, wealthy Varman citizen, died suddenly at his home on Bank and Pearl streets, New Albany, last evening at 9:30 o'clock. Ho had been in poor health for some months past, but his death was unexpected.

was eixty-three years old, and had lived in New Albany for more than forty years. His wife and two children, a son and daughter, are left. -In the Floyd Circuit Court yesterday indictments were returned against Christian Grossman and George Schaum for violating the fish and game protective law by seining in Knob creek. Both entered pleas of guilty and each was fined 85 and costs. The prosecution of these offenders was pushed by the Southern Indiana Fish Culture and Protective Association, this organization having offered a reward of 825 for evidence to convict any one violating the law.

-On March 24, James Milne, who was formerly employed in the polishing department of the DePauw Plate Glass Pittsburgh, March Weather continues picasant. Monongahela, 10 feet, rising; Morgantown, 7 feet 6, falling; Greensboro, 10 feet 6, falling; Brownsville, 10 feet 9, falling; Lock No. 4, 13 feet, falling; Oil City, 3 feet, stationary Parker, 5 feet, rising; Allegheny Junction, 9 feet, rising; Rice's Landing, 10 feet, rising. Arrived: Adam Jacobs, Morgantown; H. K.

Bedford, Wheeling; J. A. Blackmore, Louisville. Departed: Congo, Cincinnati a Germania, Morgantown; C. W.

Batchelor, Wheeling; Courier, Parkersburg. Charleston, W. March -Kanawha 10.3 feet; falling. Cloudy and pleasant. Light rain last night and to-day.

Wm. Ernst up with em ties. Cincinnati, March 96. -River 31.8 feed; rising. Kaining.

Departed: Hudson, to Pittsburgh; Buckeye state, to Memphis; Guiding Star, to New Orieans. Evansville, March a gale from the southwest, changing to west. Thermometer 59 to 66. River rising. Departed: E.

G. Ragon, Nashville; New South, Cincinnati, late evening. Cairo, March City of Paducah, Ohio, 9 p. My Cholce, New Orleans, 3 a. City of St, Louts, New Orleans 8: E.

M. Norton, below, 9. Doparted: Frisbie, New Orleans, 6 p. Sidney Dillon, St. Louis, Paducah, St.

Louis, 9: My Choice. 4 a. City of St. Louis, St. Louis, 7.

River 29.7 feet; falling. Cloudy and ild. Memphis, March Ferd Her old, Vicksburg, 10 a. City of Hickman; 8 a. to New Orleans.

River 20.9 feet rising. Clear and cold. Louis. Weather Indications For ToPredicted By the Weather Bureau. New Orleans, March Clear and cool.

Departed: City of New Orleans, for St. Agricultural Department, Weather Bureau, Washington, March indications the next twenty-tour hours, beginning at P. are as follows: For Indiana, rain, severe local storms, followed by clearing, colder weather, north west winds, fair Monday. For Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, fain Sunday and Monday, north winds, slightly colder in extreme north portions. For Arkansas, fair Sunday and Monday, with northwest winds, slightly colder in portion.

For Tennessee, generally fair, west winds, slightly colder Sunday night, fair Monday. For Kentucky, showers, followed by cicaring weather, colder, northwest winds, Monday. For Western Florida, fair, north winds, slightly Sunday night. For Eastern Texas, fair Sunday and Monday, with north winds, colder in central and extreme south portions. For Lower Michigan, threatening weather and rain, east winds, backing to northwest, colder in west portion, slightly warmer in extreme northeast portion.

For West Pennsylvania and Ohio, threatening weather with rain, and severe local storms, southerly winds, shifting to west, colder Sunday night, fair Monday. For Upper Michigan, light snow or rein, nortberly winds, colder in eastern portion. For Wisconsin, Right showers in cast, generally fair in west portion during Sunday, probably fair on Monday, northwest winds, slightly colder in southeast portion, warmer in extreme north portion. For Minnesota, local showers, but fair during the greater portion of the day, northwest winds, slightly colder in south and central portions. For Iowa, generally fair, preceded by rain during the morning In cast portion, northwesterly winds, colder in southeast portion.

For Missouri, fair, preceded by rain in east portion, northwesterly winds, cooler In southern portion, fair Monday. For Colorado, fair, southerly winds and warmer. For Nebraska, fair, west winds, slightly warmer. For Illinois, clearing during Sindayy colder, northwesterly winds, fair Monday. The Rivers -The Ohio, Cumberland, Arkansas and Lower Mississippi will rise.

At Cairo there will be a rise of four feet to a crest stage in the neat six days, carrying the stage to about thirty-four feet by April 1. Meteorological Record, (Omeial.) LOUISVILLE, March 26, 1892, .7:17 A. M. 7:17 P. M.

Barometer. 29.696 Temperature. 52.0 56.9 Dew 49 4 31 Humidity. 89 38 Direction of wind. Velocity of 17 It.rain.

Temperature and Precipitation, LOUISVILLE, March 26, 1892. TEMPERATURE. PRECIPITATION. Total for .17 Normal. 49 Departure fr'm nor- Departure I'm normal.

mal Total deficiency 136 Total .74 Total defi'cy since Total defi'cy since Jan. 1..... 140 Jan. 1........ 4.58 Comparative Data Correspouding Days of Different Years, March 98, 1808.

March THERMOMETER a direct'n 1678.. 30.113 84.0 0.07 Fair. 29.395 55.0 67.0 48.0 Fair. 30.0-25 51.5 65.0. 00 Fair.

1806.. 29.9 44.0 54.0 85.0 G9.4 Clear. 41.0 43.0 30.0 65.1 Fair. 1678.. 55.7 68.0: 28.0.65.

Clear. 61.0 Fair. 29.608 54.0 43.0 78.8 Cloudy. 1851 30 142 46.0 29.0 0.90 Clear. 1882.

29.830 00.0 71.0 47.0 53.0 T. Fair. 30.00 31.0 53.7 85.0 Cloudy. 1884.. 29.840| 57.4 62 8 02.0 Fair.

30.263. 58.0 62.5 Fair. 40.0 45.0 53. 42.0 53.6 Fair. 71.0 54 0 Fair.

1660. 20.3 1800.. 30.064 50.0 44.6 43. 50.1 55 46 6: Cloudy. 1892.

9.625| 59.1 68.0 E. J. 11 Stage of water canal for corresponding days. 10 feet 9 inches 1893. feet inches 674....

11 feet inches 1584. 17 0 mehea feet inches 1583.. 6 feet inches feet 0 inci.es 11.2 foes neDes 1887 9.1 teas 8 inches 10.6 1679. 12 feet inches 1890. 9.4 feet 10 feet Inches 84.2 11 feet inches 12.4 feet feet inches (11.6447 feet of Office Handscmely Frescoed, The handsome office of Barbee Castleman 19 the Commerce has been made stall more attractive by beautiful fres3o work.

The ceiling and walls have been painted in light colors, which hatwith the light word furniture. The effect of the whole, including the handsomely carved desk, the work of Miss Enid Yaniell, is very striking. The fresco work was done by a local artist, Mr. Frederick Ferrow. Marine Intelligence.

The Lizard, March Fries land, New York, for Antwerp. New York Arrived: La Touraine, Havre: Lepanto, Antwerp; L'andam) Rotterdam; City of Chicago, Liverpool.