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THE OMAHA BEE. FOURTEENTH YEAR. OMAHA , NEB. , TUESDAY MORNING , FEBRUARY 10 , 1885. NO. 151. LINCOLN. Legislate Delegates Visit the Iiislitn- lion for the Feehli Minded. The House Occupied With Pat Hawea' ' Eslief Bills , Pour Now Bills Were Introduced In the Housoi The Senate Did But Little Busi ness of Importance. -Several Bills Were Passed and the Oivil Oodo Amended. A. Few K olH or Vllul Intorcat In lie- to Our N'orinnl School. TUR Ut. USF. Special Correspondence of THE HKI : . JjiM-oiN , February ! ! . Uy the invitation of Dr. Armstrong , nf Omaha , twelve gentlemen representing l th branches of I lie legislature yesterday visited the asylum fur feeble inindeil at Glenwool , la , Tlio paity Mas accompanied by several Indies. Among the members of the eipoditlon were Mr. and MIH. Knley , Mr. and Mrs. Wright , Mewie. Adams , Hussoll nud olhots , The party Wft3 shown through the institution and ita lionovoknt uses oxplaniid in detail. They bestow unstinted pral o upon the management , and are of opinion tint a nlinilur niyhitn Is abnilutoly necessary for the statoof Nubraika. Only about one-half the members were pres- out \vhon thn speaker cillua the house to order nt 0:80 : this morning. Mr. Leo , of Fiunns , opaned tin actual business proceedings by offering n roso'utinn ' that hla vote on tan Il-cont railway bill -bo recorded aye plodding absence at tha time , the bill wan passed a ? excuet Mr. Ilolmdinu vod tint nil members absent at the tltnohiivo their votes recorded ayo. Mr. Nettleton wished to include senators. Members Rotting frisky. The sneaker put his foi.t down and ruled tlio whole proceedings out or onlor. Thin being the lust day on which now bills maybe introduced , four tiilU wuro brought up. Ono by Mr. Olmstead provide * for thn appointment nf railroad commissioners , and on3 by Mr , Temple provides compuis.it on to households n in cv : > c their properly In ele- stroved by riot. Mr. Temple said ho wai anxious to get the oiinii | n of the people of Douglas respecting this measure. Mr. KtHsoll wished the bill appropriating $10,00. ) for the Hoim of the l"rioadlo < s uvuiu a special order for Wednesday next at three o'clock. It waa agreed tu. Mr. OliiutcadV bill ( II. It. 102) ) having been reported on favorably by the jmliciury committee , ho felt aggrieved , and wished it placed on the loirrnul tile. It was so placed after the father of the bill ha 1 aired his era tory. tory.Mr. . Koluio introiluiorl a resolution that 200 copies of thocontri. - with AVin. II. 13. Stout , lessee of the paultentiary , ba printed and handed to mcmhors. It was allowed. Mr. King presented a resolution to the effect - foct that the house had been recklessly ox travngant In the appointmnntof itscmpl' ' yarn Ho wished some o o appointed to keep thn rnpitol open at nijjht tint coiniulttoas might bu accommodated with rooms to moot In. Mr. Blaine characterized this as a confes sion on the part of Air , King of personal reckleseuesi and said if ho hud wished to make 3 , confession ho should have gene to a priest , or bo might lay his grievances befo'o the senate who had eoventy-slx n uplnyei to assist the thirty-three senators. Thu roaolu- tion was tabled. The house then wont into committee of the whole Mr. Aelitns in the chair , Hou > roll < ! > , a bill to provide bv election for the location of c mnty seati whnro thi > y had not bcoT already located. Itwasro- polved to report this bill to the house with thn recommonelati n that it do not juss , Hou.seKill 17. To change the limn of the hogiuuing cf tin pchnol year from April to July. After sinaoriisuslon it was reported to thn house f > r future consideration. The committo now rose and immedi tely the house took a rsees-i until 2:30 : this nfturnuon , AITSUNOXN : HESSIUN. Special telegram to THK BKE. LINCOLN , Fubiuary 9. The time of the oii80 wasceupled this nftjrnocu indi'-cuasins two bills in the. committee of the whole , The u'ret was for the roliet of Vat Howes which had boon reported f r pissago by the claims committco , cf which McArdlo is chnlr man , witn Haw * * In command. Tha claim ! for $12,25f ) , and belongs to tlio Fame class nl claims which Halves linn tottered in tin- state fur years , thereby making himself notorious Formerly his dmnimis were more bold f.icnl. ud consisted of larger amounts. Ho timli that game plaji'd out now , and has adop'.o another achonie. The sum in it.'wli is no : large. but is the thin eidgo of the wedge , whereby the treisurj remit" , and the vaults may bo forced open and lii * little game now is t ) call uarly nni often , thinking that email claims will be paid unnoticed , whereas thousands would nttrAd nttontion. The chimp'ons ' of Hwes wen Olmstcd , Troup and Holmes , who each ac knowledged knowing nothing- whatever abaul the claim. They never had known and don' know now , still they supported the bill , be cause the committee advised It , That i-i JIawea commanded It , He tel'a ' the commit ten to do thin and they do It. Speaker Field could not have selected n bet tor committee on claims than this is for 1'a Hawea. The doughty McArdlo ia at the hem and Hawos can knead him inti any nhipe. It transpired that nobod ; had soon the alleged contract not even th claim committee , nobody knew the nature p the claim , ttill It VIM decided to refer the bit and ask leave to sit again , this H evident ! ; done to give Hrtwes a ( banco of being prusent His abirnro was apparent today for Mo Ardlo cou'd ' not say a word in support of th claim llo vainly attempted to hide hi dlminithed lie/ul behind a mucilage battle. The othur bill was for appropriation to pa for the construction of tlm new Capitol. Th greakor and the Lancaster ring headed b AViight BtipportPd a one-mill tax , liriinuer and Nottleton fought them to tt bitter end , In the mr t forcible and logic manner , aealntt the increicod taxation. Tl . committee decided to refer thin bill also fi future consideration , and shortly after tl house ndjouruod , THE SENATK. nid little business of Importance , passii several bills , amending ; tlio civil coda ai compiled statutes. Senator Ilurr , feclin ? ee hltlvo over an editorial In the DEC this mor ing , saying he would ba a valuable witnws i the Uud fraud tnvfktlgations asked to ma a ( tatement to the Bpnate , He then doelar ho vras not nor ever had been concerned In ai ichool land lento , and know nothing whatov regarding the trutmactioDa of the name. T "explanation" atfectoj tome of the senate in an Invents ratio , nd it U likely Mr. IJi will be tubpoenemed , SOHOOIj , LINCOLN , Febnury ! ) It U an 111 wind tl blows nobody good. It will take ten l ent of last aeaion'a corn crop to print < lit Us with which this legislature hat tic- d the State Journal Job office , No won' ' that whole-souled Tumi genial patriot the Honorable Charles H. Gere who for fifteen years boa existed upon elate pap , cannot find words to express hii admiration for this matchless legislative assembly , There is a great deal of att an ] design dis played by Gere and his partneis In the bill printing business. To stretch n four line bill over two pages and hive both paces measured M solid reading matter , requires greater til * ' ent than in displayed by the pi MIS pickpocket who forgetfully pulls the watch ( rom the pocket of the prayerful and sleepy deacon wtiilo the solemn minister is sermonlz- izing on tha text , "Thou shall not steal ? " And this awakens a now train of thoughts in my mind. If I tniUako not there are bills pending for establishing ELEVEN NOIIMAL BCHOOL9 in addition to the existing normal school at Peru. Why to many normal schools have been projected at a time when retrenchment and economy are everywhere demanded by the lax-ridJcn pmple is bojond my compro- lensiou. I quattlon whether thera 19 a mem- : > or in the present legislature famil iar with tin- history of the Peru normkl school and I don't believe half a dozen members have the remotest idea what it costs to maintain It. I will endeavor to enlighten them. The present State Normal school was founded In 18 7 , soon after the admission of tb Rtato into the Union. Uy the act of Juno 20th , 1807 , the normal Hchool was located at Peru , upon condition that sixty- acres of hind , with the buildings then occupied as the Peru snmttiary , would bo donated to the state. Twenty sections (12,800 ( acre * ) of land were set apart ns an endowment , with authority to appropriate Rallno lands if needed. Three thoiiHHid dollars were nleo appropriated to complete the bull ings. On February 1st , ISC ! ) , un additional appropriation ( .f . SlO.OCO was made by the legislature for repairing , completing and furnishing the building. On March 1st , 1879 , the 1 gislaturo authorized ht ) erection of additional buildings , and levied a xlalu tax uf half ti mill to meet the outlay. Uy the act of March 28 , 1871 , authority was granted to dlppo o of the lands donated to the m rmal school for it permanent endowment fund. It wai r pre.-o Uod from the outset by the managers of the normal school that the Institution would be Belt-sustaining and no appropriation or additional tixes would be keel. Uut what do the records shon ? On March 2171 , appropriation for school teachers , 8 ! > ,000. February ' . ' 0 , 7 ! } , deficlnncy , 53,000 ; heating furnaces and repairs , $7,500. February 23 , ' 73 , teacUers in full , § 11,00 ! ) . On February 23 , ' 75 , appropriation for teacher * , light , stationery and library , $26,850. Febriury M , ' 77 , tea liters' salary and jani tor , S19f 00 ; fuel and light , $2V50 ; building pairs , $ K5J ; punting nnd stationary , S17o. Febuary ; ! ! 7 , 1879 , salaries of teachers. $20- 0 O.fuol anel light , $1,800 , repairs of building , SI,000 , cistern and force pump , S-100 , chemical apparatus , $800 , printing , pustapo aud station- eiy , § 400. March 1,1881 , teachers and janitors § 18- 00 ' , fuel aud lights , § 2,000 , rcpairj of build ing , § 300 , postage , printiug and stationery , § 70" , well and cistern , § 2' 0 , incidental , 8200. February 28 , 18S3 , salaries of teachers. 822,01,0 , tuol and light § 2 000 , repairs and bui'ding feuco , S700 , cistern and wells , § 200 , improvoiiients on outhouses , otc. , § 200 , furniture niture'JltlO. . postage and printing , SI09 , incidentals , $100 The estimates for 18S3-SO ara consielerably higher , almout $2 > , OQO a year. It it coats from 3411,000 to § 23,000 a year to maintain a normal nchojl ondeiwtel witli twenty sections of hail after the ) stite has paid for the necessary builelings , how much would it cost the taxpayers to maintain one , two or half u dozen normal schools that da pend Piititely upon eUta appropriations anel why should thej peopla be taxed for any ad ditloual normal echools anyhow ? It was a great blunder to locate the school at Peru , even with tlio hixly acrjs bonus and the dilap idated old seminary buildiug' thrown in. Tne proper location for such a school was Lincoln. It ought to bo there to-day. Cemnecteel with the university it would not require half the out lay aud tlio school would be more elh'cient There would huvo been no need of investing in a H ccitil appiratus anel library for the nor mal school , Some of the professors could have lectured for both university and normal a.hojl , and last but not least there would have been a great saving in expenditures for wells and cistern * , which are getting so deep and numerous at Peru , judging from the ap * propriation bills. CLAIMS AND CLAIMANTS. Hero WP are again , as the clown says when ho leaps into the naw-dust ring. The claim ants are on band like so many warts. I notice among tlio bill * the claim of Prof , Bacon for over $1,800 , which bo pretends is duo him for money expanded while in charge of the blind institute at Nebraska City. Mr. Bucon is a very peculiar claimant. About eight years ao be lobbied and lobbied around tbo legislature until bu pulled through n bill I1 establish an institute for tlio blind , liacon foisted himself upon the state as superinten dent , and if memory serves mo right , employed his wife : u matron When the institute opened be had nine men and women to Instruct and take care of. Establi-hing n state institute for , nine inmates WJH a loitly luxury. In dui time the state bjarel dismissed Mr. Uacon. He refuses ! to go and compelle-d them to eject : him by line prpce s of law und the constable. On February 2Hi , 187'J the leginl laturo appro- printed § 3,151.SI f , r the reliet ol Samuel Ba con for Bervice rendered anel money expanded . ns principal of the blind institute. Now Mr hacon trumps up another claim. He ovi- deiuly imagines the present legislature- very credulous Send the hoggish Mr. Uacem to the courts with his \ > ama claim Hardly less important is the so-culled claim of the city of Lincoln for some § 8,000 pro. fossed to have been advanced to the state in the year 1879 , to pay for the foundation under the university building. Who naked these people to advanc-e this money ? Why didn't they present their claim to the two legisla tures that have held sessions since that money ! waa advanced ? IH it not a notorious and his toric < fact that tha state bad to pay , for a foundation under the university building within leas than three years aftei that ecructuro had bee.-n completed under the liutler-Konnnrd-Ciillesplo contract. How many foundations Is the state to pay for' Hasn't the city of Lincoln received more thai a return In the fchapo of donations in lots antOn blocks for any such pretanded outlay ? < Sir. Clovelniiil llcturiih to Albany. Special telegram to the BEE. NEW YORK , February 9. Last night am this morning it was expected and announce ! ; lut Cleveland would return to-day to th metropolis from bis visit to Tilden at Grey > ly etone , and confer with statesmen AH to th ' " cabinet appointments , and that ho would BO only those requested to call. But for eom he : reason unknown Cleveland decided to go d ; rect from Yonkera to Albany this afternoo " on the 11:30 : train. Ceil , Lament kept seclude lo , throughout the forenoon in tha Victoria hot' expecting Cleveland return. At 11 o'clock : noon be received adlepateh from Tilden sayit Cleveland1 ! ) mind had been changed , aud tin the piceiient-eloct would not return to Ne York. This wai n surprise to Lampnt an the hotel people. Colonel Lament immed nel ately notified the olllca that the rooms won Burn be no longer required , and took the first tra rn- to Yonkere. Owing to reports in some of tl In morning papers that Cleveland would retur fed Hevi'rM politiciani waited in tha Victoria hot elurlug the for- noon , and ttey , with the iiieci my headquarter detectives on duty at the hot ver left as soon as the announcement waa ma that hu would not return. or urr l'corla'8 Fatal Piro , CIIICAQO , FebruaryO. TlieJournaVa Peoi (111) ( ) tpocial saye : A large force continued 1 hat tearcb the ruins of ths starch factory all nlf > cr and a portion of the morning for the renrn the of Kphraim Doolittle and Andrew Itoti The bcdiei were recovered at i ) this mornii The lo by thu tire reaches f 100,0(0 , ine ider nee ? 5I,000. WASHINGTON HEWS. The Falc of the River acd Harlor EM Settled Townshend Explains tbo Postal Appropriation Bill to bo The Most Important Ono Ever Broup-ht Befora the Country , The Provisions of the Fortifica tion Appropriation Bilh The Second Trial of Gen , Swaim Postponed Till Wednesday , HOUBO InorcascH tlio Appropria tions I'or I'ulilleHulIeltiiKS nt I'curla anil ( julncy , SI3NAT13. WASHINGTON , February 9 , Van Wyck re ceived tha unanimous consent for the con sideration of the house bill , to prevent tbo unlawful enclosure of the public lauds , batter known ai the fencing bill. The amendments of tbo senate committee wore concurred in and the bill went over , nnd the unfinished busi ness was laid before the senate being the anti silver coinage bill. The hill waa passed increasing the appro priations for the public buildings at Quie.cy , Ills. , to S200COO , Peoria , Ilia. , to 924SOGO. Uock supported tlioao provisions of his bills calling for the redemption oi the trade dollar , but strong opposed the suspension of coinage of the etauda d dollar. The proposi tion to Biiapenel silver coinage had no neces sary or propar connection with the trade dollar lar bill , if our own fiscal agents bad con spired to defy the laws of the United States and prevent the proposition to suspend silver coinage , which would be the result of such consuiracy , wo would soon have a now admin istration. If it should prove as bad aa the present something would to be done. The pension appropriation bill waa then taken up , a long discussion ensued regarding the interpretation of the senate rule , foibiel- ding tli3proposing of a general legislation on the appropriation bills. Ingalls wanted the senate to establish a precedent that would enable senators to olTeramendments { to such general legislation at the house might put on the appropriation bills. J'Menunds spnko stronrlj- against "opening the door" to any proposition which would permit such amendments. Hoar intimated that if Ingalls' proposition was voted down , the senate might as well propose an amendment to the constitution , declaring the house to bo the only la\v making body. Bayard Bided with Inzalls , Hale said that If somsthins ; were not done to relax the rigor of the fionate rule , aa hith erto interpreted , there was dauger that an ex tra session would be necessary. Were the senators ready for that ? After a further debate the proposition te establish a new precudent waa defeated 35 to 23. After executive session the senate ad journed. HOUSE WASHINGTON , February 9. When the house met this morning the continuance of Saturday's session began. Townsheud moved that the homo go into committee of the whole on the postollice ap propriation bill. Willis opposed the motion and hoped the house would take up the river and harbor bills. After considerable ) discussion thohemso went into committee of tha whole for the considera- tin of the river and harbor bill. A sharp colloquy occurre-d between White and Temporary Speaker Blackburn over the question of privilege. After which , on mo tion of Townshend the house went into committee mitteo of the whole on the poslnflice appro priation bill. At 12:50 : Townshend moveel that the com mittee rise. Agreed to. Townshend explained the prousionBof [ the bill and said it waa thu mint important poit.il appropriation bill ever reported to congress. The committee then rose anel on motion of Townshend the general debate was limited tJ five hours. Herr opposed the provision of the bill which charred the iii'thods of companeating railroads for the mail transportation , Instead of resulting in a saving of a million and a hilf to the ) government ns stated by Towphend , in would in Horr's opinion increase the CDmponsation to the railrovl companies , nnd put the excess into the pockets of the roads , which already got a largo amount of money , it was declared that it was not the ej .estiou of robbing little - roads for tbo benefit of larger corporation' . If small roads did not eury largo mails , they oucht nut to get a larn'o coinpe-iuation. Pending a further dobata the committee rose. The resolution was adopted reserving the whole ) cast gallery of the house for tbo ac commodation of the families of senators and 1 members during the counting of tbo electoral 1 vote on Wednesday next. ICecess until to morrow. TheKiver anil Harbor Hill , Special telegram to the BEB. WASHINGTON , Fe-brnary 9. The general impression hero is that the course of the house in refusing to go on with the river and har bor bill to-day , settles the fate of that meas- r ure. Willis will fight for it at every oppor tunity , nnd hopes to got it through yet. No ' action was had on the Galveston harbor mat ter wuon it was reached , but it is learned that the plan of the river and harbor committee was to eliminate Capt. Kaels' name from the bill , but to keep his plan , and to appropriate SWO.OUO to carry It out , if tha tecretary ol war would approve It. -WASHINGTON NEWS. 1'IIOVIHIONS OY THE FOUTinCATlO.N ArPUOPHIA- TION mix. - WASHINGTON , February 9. Messrs. Hoar Kills and Hancock , of the house appropria tions committee , completed the forttficatloi appropriation bill , hut have not yet roportce It to the full committee. It provides fe > r op propriatloas of $ IK15.000 ! , The amount appro prlaU-d at the last session of congress for tli ed prestnt fiscal year was § 700,000. The bill pre pared by the Bub-committee provides for th lei ' protection , preservation and repair of tu at fortifications already begun , and to continu BR the work upon them , aa well as for the con iat struction of new works of defense in Bostot 3W New York , Philadelphia , Hampton Hoael nd aud San Francisco. For theeo purposes It a ] ill- propriates 83,000,000. ild The president is directed to appoint a boar dn to prepare and submit to congress before tt .he first Monday In December the p'an ' for tl rn. construction of the defense works for the cit itel of New Orleans. The bill al o recommem ( that for the procurement of heavy steel ril tel , guns and carriages for the armament of det ido water ports in the United Platen , a pennanei > annual appropriation of $1JOO,000 ! shall I mide for five years from June ) SO , ISS.'i , pr vlded that in BO far in is practicable this BU shall bo so expended as to induce priva manufacturer ! in the United States who mi to beet be prepared to meet tha requirements ght the government , or who will increaie tin lins plant BO ai to undertake the work of furnishi ier , the ncceatary mateiial for guns , lug. lample blank puns , of cait or wrought ttc < BUT- These rhall be thoroughly tested by t { United SUtet , If found aatieUctory In v < respect , the tccrctary of war hall contract th the manufacturers who tire boat prepared to execute the work , to the full amount of the appropriation. The guns are to bo rifled steel guns , not lets thin eight Inch calibre erIn In lieu thereef ) , materials ate to bo suitable for making such mint , nil of which shall bu American , and American manufacture. For the purpojo of aiding thr secretary of war in the expenditure and application of the ( uuiB recommended by the bill , it is provided that an advisory , board of five military officers , consisting of the'gonoral commanding the di vision of the > Atlantic , the chief , , f ordinance- , chief engineer , pj-esident of ordinance boarel and commandant of Willets Point torpedo school , shall bo created. This board hall ex amine and re'port to the secretary of war the different points where the fortifications urn most neeelcel , the kind nnd character of the works best adapted to each point , and the amount of appropriation to bo expended nt each place ; also the kinds and character of gnus , torpedoes and other means nnd nppll- auccs necessary for the defense of thacountry. MAIUSIE AIUIN'i OKFKIIS THK OOVKKKMKNT 31,000. WASHINGTON , February 'J. Madame Ar- line , whoto eooeU were recently seized in Chicago for nllegeel violation of the customs , to.elay made a formal offer to the tocretu-y of tbo treasury to ] i y $1,000 in compromise of tlio suit pending against her , Tlio dutlble value of the goods in question is about 83 00. The matter baa been referred to the Be > lcitor ! of the treasury for investigation nud report. It is likely that Madame Arl'iie's rlfir will ba accepted in view of the belief that there was no intention on her part to defraud the government , CONFIIISIATIONS. Postmasters Charles V. IJockwell , Taylor ville , Iowa ; Thoa. M. Purtoll , Ci'inbi'r.and , Wis , ; William J' ' ) . Curtis , Illinois , secretary to the South American commission. NK\vS , WOLSELEY'S UHINFOKCKMINTS cc S1ST OP NINK IUTTALION3. LONDON , February 9. Lord Weilse-loy telegraphs - graphs from Korti to the war ollico to-day as follows : The Korti advance euard , General Earlo'a column , consisting of a squadron ol cavalry , under command of Col. Butle-r , sur prised a large body of the Mnfn'sir tribe un der Wadgam , the murderer of Col. Stewart , while encamped at Shakoob well. The cav alry charged the encampment , and the enemy fleel in every direction , leaving behind thlr'y men killed , a largo number of camels , cattle and men , and many Ifemington rilles. Col , Butler captured six prionew. Great activity prevails at Chatham , Woolwich anel Alder- shot , and the preparations for sending rein- force'ineuti to Egypt are belng rapidly pushed. The third battalion of the rillo brigade , now at Alelerchot , a battalion of the Coldetream Guards and a squadron of tha Fifth Lancers have been ordered to proceed at once to Sua- kim. Three battalions of guards am four battalions of infantry , including two from Malta and two from Gibraltor have been ordered to Egypt , two batallions of in fantry and s. icgiment of cavalry have been ordered to proceed from India to Egypt. Thr nine balallions of troops ordered from En gland , Malta , Glbralter and India are Bent a t.he request of' Wolsley. The guards leave Koglnnel the cad of the pre cnt week , the second batallion of the English infantry are at present in lower Egypt , anel will proceed im mediately to Soudan , It is stated that all the forces comprised of the nine batallions to bo eont Wolaely will , after reaching Suakim operate between Saukim and Berber , with the object cf securing the route between these points , and the effecting of complete junc tion with the British forces , on the Nile both above and below JJerber , TIIK FIIENC'CAITUKB FIVK TOUTS. P.Mtls , Februa.y 9. Brierro Da Lisle tele graphs the government aa follows : On Fri day and Saturday wo dejtroyed five forts be longing to the Chinese , the enemy having ovacuatort them without fighting. In the forts were found immensostoroa of provisions , gunpowder and other ammunition , wo reconnoitered - connoitered tnrolvo kilometres and found the Chinese rotroatine ha tily towards TaDg'an , Our loiees during the engaaemonts were twenty-ono killejd and 162 wounded. COL. WILSON AND 1'ABTY SAFE. LONDON , February 9. It is underbtood that the government received word that Col. Wilson , who after falling to reach Khartoum , waa etrunded with bis entire party on on island in the Njle , is safe. The opinion prevails - vails at the way : office that Gen. Gordon is still alive , and engaged in defending himself in some ' inaccessible part of the city of Khartoum , where ho had prepared a refuge for use in case of emergency. EL MAHDl'S DKFJAT NKCES9AHT. LONDON , February 9. Lird Granville had a long interview with Mr. Gladstone to-day. The Poll Mill Gazette this afternoon elates that the cabinet decided that tha dnfoit ejf El Mahdi was necessary to vinuji-ate Englanel , No Immtdiato advance ution Khartoum is considered p-sublo. The Gazette says unln-s it ia found that there in gewd reason for be lieving that Gordon is still heildlug out with n handful of followers in the Mlsiion Irmaa in Kliirtoum , where , it Is reported , ho Imd taken refupo when 1 he city fell into the M'lhdls hands. In the absence of this Lord Wolse- ley , it is caidnll continue to advance by thi river until ho reachei Berber , where ho will spend the hot weather of the Hummer with his iirmy , and wait for th ? September rise of Ihe ) Nile before advancing. Two months will expire , according to tlio pUu , before there can be any advance In force from Sunklm. NEWS FIKMI flENERALjKAIU.'H ARUT. KOIITI , February ! ) . News from General Earl's army dated February 7th , shows thai on the Thursday preceding , the Camel Cori.i had a skirmish inland with hostile Arab ? , whr who were driven from the well where ai engagement gagoment occurred with a loss of fix killed and six taken prisoners. The British troops captureel a number of rillea , camels aue cattle , EIGIir THOUSAND 1IEINKOIICE1IENTS Ftf/t WOI , ; 8EI.KV , LONDON , February 9 Eight thousand re Inforcements , at the urgent demand of Gen WoUeloy , havoj been ordered to proceed ai rapidly an pmsitlo to Kgypt , to open the routi between Snakim nnd Berber , Naval demon stratlona in the lied Sea to cooperate with tin land movement havubtcn arranged , The despatch patch of several British men of war is Immi nent. The lotal number of reinforcements al ready ordered to Egypt is 8,100. The war do partincnt has CQmplelad preparations for th transportation of commissariat , and the nreli nancatervico vfusels are already loading wit stores at Woolwich. The grenadie guards have been ordered to hold thomselve in readiness for foreign service. rir.-i at Hlon.v Clly , town , Sioux City , Iowa , February 9. A fire at o'clock this morning destroyed the Galen house , a frame building neir the union elnpo Tlio'gueit ) barely escaped In their nig ) clothes , several losing money ranging fro 3100 to 8175 , The lois on stock and bulldli was § 4,000 ; Insurance , $2,800. It was tl rst trial of the new water works , and tin , cmouBtrated their amcens in caving , the ai oinirg property , throwing water with vie orce.i rdhe Filfililfi'l l''i H. he HAVIIB DEQBAHI , Md. , February 9. Ti noroing five workmen employed In repair ! : lie Is the btld/a over the Suseuchanna | were throi op down on the Ice by the breaking of the BCI : nt fold. They fell fifty feet. All went throu be ; he ice Into the river. Two were drowne ro- The other three weio reecued in a precani : ronn condition , lie lay Cleveland Bleep * With o YONKKIW President-el , Febroary ! > . io | Cleveland wid Daniel ftfannlnff rfunained . o GreyMune latt night aapuestii ol T'ilden. Fr eany morning 19 Yonkers de < it was pad th by an aniiom crowd eager to catch ft glim wy ot the paity , ; THE SMOW Reports of Ihc Fearful Slorm From Ail Paris , In Some Sections It is Four Foot Deep , Nearly All tbo Rnilronds in the Country Are Blockaded , and Their Trains Aio Abandonedi Some Eoads Did Not Turn a Wheel Yesterday , aian niT8 Hay It Will Take Huvornl Uftja tn Got Unck to Sclic- ilulo Time. IIOIIBAS1 CHICAOO , February 9. Report ! from all western and northwestern points indicate that the lioavlont snow ttorm of the season Is pre vailing. The snow Is very flue and has a ten dency to melt , Indicating It may degenerate into rain , Trains are delayed in every di- rvcUon and very few freight train.i on any of the roaels are moving. The telegraph service1 wcet is somewhat impaired but the lines gen erally are In fair working condition , CIIICAOO , February 9 , Noon -Tho storm continues with unabated force and in tills city business of nil kinds is nearly suipendnil. bnow lies to a great depth on the street. The strtot cars drawn by horses are moving only with great ditliculty and in freight yards in the railway stations , freight handlers and tr in employes are engaged in an attenipt to clear track ? , paseenrer trains only attempt ing to leavu , At the signal stations the news was rather conflicting and confused. This much was authorized , however , that the snow storm has come from tbo south. It arose in the Gulf of Alojico yesterday and has been traveling a Ijttlo east of north since , the wind blowing with the velocity of about twenty miles per hour. It hns gone far to the northwest , the weather being especially fierce in all the lower lake regions from hem ; to Buffalo , It has taken its tl'ght ' to the St. Lawrence region in n northeasterly direction , This morning the storm had not reached the northern und of Lake Michigan , neither will it reach as far northwest as Uuluth. but it is taking in "Wisconsin. While ) it is snoning here and all along the the lake region , the storm has oroduced rain in the Ohio valley , this being so large a Btonn , " said the signal ollice , " as to Includoall kings of weather in its wake. While it is snowing fiercely in Buffalo , for instance , it is raining in Pittsburg , but a couple of hundred miles south. " The rain ex tends us far eouth as northern Mississippi. The actual measurement of the snowfall has not boou posclblo by reason nf the excessive drifting , but at least six inches fell between the beginning of the storm last night and six this morning. Although the temperature early this morning wai five degrees higher by the thermometer than yesterday morning , it is rapidly growing colder. In tbo northwest region , espaciitlly in Manitoba , and Dakota and Northern..Miune80ta-tho frigie * wavo'is s'preading. At Fort Gary last nighi the mercury lud reached -11 degreoi below zero , and at St Vincent 38 below. This ex ceS'ivoly cold wave is moving eastward , and may bo upon us to-night. In this city at noon tlm mercury stood 20 above. CEDAR RAPIDS , Iowa. February 9. A fear- fol gale nrovajlcd all day , enow fine , but seven or eight inches eleep. Trains on nearly all roads ate delayed , and many abandoned. KANSAS CITIT ? fllo. , Febrmry 9. A light snow icll last mpht and drifted by a strong wind. Trains somiwhat delayed. DBS MOINKS , Iowa , February ! ) . The worst enow storm of the serson prevailed all night drifting bndly , all roads badly blocked , Trains are many hours late , Some roads have not turned a wheel to-day. It is worse further north than here. KKOKUK , Li. , February ! ) The most severe snow storm of the season prevailed litat night and to-day. Trains nn all roads are late , aud on the Wabasb and the C. , II. I. & I' , trains are all blockaded. KASKAKKE , Ills. , _ February 9. The west bound passenger train from Cincinnati to Chicago cage , on the Cincinnati , Indianapolis , St. Louis & Chicago railway is snowed in n or 8t Anne to-day. All trains on the Indiana , Illinois anel Iowa roads are abandoned. All j highways alwnt Kankakee are impassable on account of snow. GALKSA , February 9 , The neverest snow steirm of the season sot in at 7 o'clock nn Sun day opening , and has been snowing .steadily aincet , with u ttreing northeast wind. The regular morning traiub from the ea&t and west have not yet arriv el , The fait mail arrived five bourn late The Chicago& Noorthwestern started out this morning behind a enow plow and re-ached Lancaster , Win. , on time. BAY CITY , Michigan , February ! > , The worst storm this winter set in hut night , and it h ; > 8 been snowing heavily over einco , with no bign of abitirg , it id impossible ) to disting uish people 101) ) feet away. OTTU.MWA. February 9. Snow commenced falling at ! ! p. in. yesterday and has continued ever since , colder with high wind at this hour , no Wabaih trains in or out. The Rock Island trains are in from Keokiik , the Iowa train from Des Moines , due hero at 11 a. rn. was not In at 3o'clock , the Milwaukee Is not in and four hours lute ; trains on the Burlington arrived from the cast late , but none from the woat. woat.LA LA CIIOSSEVis , February ! ) . Weather cold and blustering. A light snow fell Hut night , and Is dnfting badly to-day. The trains are from one to three ) hours late. A blizzard is lagicg' In southern Minnesota. Un the ) divltiiein of the St. I'aul road a heavy force of men are at work kecpin the cut : clear. Sioux CITY , Iowa , February 9 The veatber to-day is about the worst of the scant. Although the un Is shining brightly , i strcng noitheast wind is blowing , anel th < .hennoineter was ISbolow 7eT nt noon. . \ ight , dry ( mow foil all day Sunday , and Hilt nn all blown Into drifts. The Illinois C'cn , rnl in badly blorlce j from Iowa Falls west nei rly to this point The Sioux City it 1'acl lie ; wai nearly on time. Trams on thu othei roads ffenerjlly on time. Tha storm hero cami from the northwest. ,0 CIIH'AO , February 0 The Inter-Ocoin1 special dirpatch fiom 1'axton , 11) ) . , which i about one hundred mileti ninth of this city reports the storm of lant night very severe i ht the way of wind nnd mow , with the very rar : accomoaniment of heavy thunder nnd li htr in ? . Thin place appears t3 Imvo been nen the border of the snow and rain betlts , A he Sjcamoro , 111. , ( > o'clock to-night there win ev no signs of abatement in the btorm , In tl ida country the DHOW covered the fences and wi a drifted to a depth four fett , in the princlp streets and the puUic schools are closed , f JacksonMich. , th BIIOW is reported ihn feet deep on tbo level , and piled many fe his high In drifts in nheltered places. The fall thogieateatwithiu twenty years. Ing tVt .fanesvihV , Wia , , ( lie storm continu wn with a heavy fall of mow nnd a fiuiotu gal af- It ia the BL-vt'cctl for years. All freight tral igb have been f-bandoneil. At McGr-gor , low ed. the air continue * to bo full of snow , and 1 oua , strong wind is Uowing , Itallriue ) trallio suspended , WINONA , Minn , , February si. No s to here , but a heavy v ind blowing and drift ! led the snow vlreivdy fallen , making it uexxasi to abandon the night trains. llepoits fri at every direction in the great torin an * are roui the same genorr.l effect. Butinftis everywh ked Is pract'cully niupeuded , Country roadi ; ipie | imr > a able , \ LINCOLN , Neb. , I'W.uiry'J. Suow fell I sruthorn Nebraska , It wan light nod there WAS no blockade oF'.lrlny In hcal travel. At Wunoo.i , Illinois , the Illinois Cen'ral trains IMP struggling along with dotibln-he-ael- era foveral hours behind timo. The ct bound patseiipcr on the Chicago iV Alton branch is laid up nt lllackstoou with no pros pect of being able to move within twenty- four hours. At lleloit , Wisconsin , tha Wizard was very overe. tintemditatiiro being at about r.e-ro. No trains reachf el the city to-day over the Ohicaro A Northwestern , or the' Milwaukee & St , Paul , either from Chicago or Milwaukee. AtWaba'h , Ind. , the storm'is at its wont tn-nlght. Trutui on the northern division of the Cincinnati. Wobash * Michigan road nro abandoned. The northbound , passeuger train i-tuck In a drift at Grander , and nn onpino ent to Its reliaf fared likewise. Another t-aln is In the snow seven miles from Uonton Harbor. ClllUAeiO , February 9. Advices from north ern points In Illinois , eastern Iowa , southern Wisconsin , nnd woutein acel northern Mlchl- can Ht 11 o'clock to-tughl nro to thcctfcctlhal the tompe-raturo is falling rapidly. As thorough n blockauoon tin- railroads hat not bcon exporienccel hero for years. No trains , pamnnpnr or freiaht , htvogono out to day or to-night , on the following roads : , ! r.ind Trinitc , Kankakt-e line , Chicago ft , Eastern Illineils , tin liinoro & Ohio , Louisville - villo New Albany & Chicago. Pan Handle ) , Michigan Central , Chic.iso fc Alton. The Wabath and Iowa division of the Illinois Central roads have been luting every idle man who cenild bo founel eluiiug tbo day to go emt on the lines tohovel sneiw. Tha Utirlington , , Alton u d St. Paul roaels ulono sent out a thousand men. Even under favorable' circtunstances , the managers uf roads say that they cannot get back to Bche-eltilu time before two or three day ; , and if tlio snow continues lo elrift it will DO a week eir more. The loss to the roaels in business and cost of clearing their tracks will lj Bumethiug enormous. On eomo of the roads which liiyo re-fused to send out passen ger trains , special ulfurts are' being maelo to tiring in the- stock trains , several engines being used. The St Paul road brought In a stock train of forty-five cars this afternoon. The telegraph wlrea are working heavily in every direction. At 10:30 : to night the storm here has ceased and the stars are ehinlng , though the snow is still drifting badly. The mercury indicates 4 degrees n/ove zero. At Dixon. Ill , the Illinois Central and Chicago & Northwestern trains ara bloauled. Fourteen inches of BIIOW has failed. At Mattoon , in southern Illinois , there was a heavy thunder storm lust night , .accompa nice ! by hall and sleet , add Btorm At Davenport fully ton inches of snow fell , and the thermometer early In tlio evening was 8 ° below zeto. The Hock Island lo-nigh reports the snow fall over 1-1 inches , fedlowoe bv a high northwest wind and a cold wave The Illinois Central train duo at Dubuque a 0:30 : this morning Is in the snow near Marcus A telegram from Burlington , Iowa , at 10 p m. , says ; "Of Sli passenger und accommoda tion trains each way in 24 hours , the Burling- lon baa run 3 , Ihe Cedar Hapids 1 , and the Keokuk branch 1. All freight trains are abandoned , The mercury is 12 ° below aud going lowor. _ In Bloomington to-night the snow is twenty-four inches on the level with formida ble drifts. _ A eltepatch from there says the Indianapolis linen , the Lake Erie ) nnd the middle division of the Illinois Ccniral aban doned all trains. Keokuk reports as follows : The Wabash east and west passenger trains are in a drift near Granger , Missouri. The afternoon train from the east came no further than Lallarp , Illinois. The Heck Island has practically abandoned all trains , as has the Chicago , Burlington , and Kansas City nnd Northwestern roads. The pa < seoger trains on those rrads nre"either In 'drlffe'or side tracked. The Keokuk & St. Louis line pas- 'iiijer trains are moving , but be-iind timo. St. Paul , at midnight , ' telegraphs : "Tho weather hero ia cold , but clear , no snow at north west * rn points beyond here. The Mis souri and Yellowstone are breaking up. " MILWAUKEE , February 9. A severe wind anel enow storm eet in at an early hour this morning , and continued throughout the ontiio day and well into the night , Heports to the general office of the Milwaukee & St. Paul railway show throughout Wisconsin and all the adjoining states , its fury is being especial ly felt in southern Wiswnsln , northern Illi nois , and rorthwcstern Iowa , trains on all lines in Wisconsin have been delayed ouo to four hours to-doy , but no case of ati-olute blockade is yet reported. Nearly all the freight trains have been suspenelod. Those that are absolutely necessary to bo run are given two engines. To-night the snow is abating , but the high wind continues forming huge drifts. The only hope of the rnilrcad men lo prevent a bad blockade is that the wind may suAxide. UES MoiNEa , Iowa , Fabrtmry 9. The heaviest BIIOW t > term of tbo H : i-on pot in yes terday afternoon , aud prevailed until this forenoon , It was accompaiiicd by high winds which drifted it bully , and lias caused almost a complete blockaelo em our fifteen railroads and tha same- reports ronch us from all parts of the state. TheUes Meiiuoa & Ft. Dodge railroads have not moved a wheel to-day , and the BLIIIO ; may bo said of the dlaconal Ofceei la , Boone line , Wabash , Noith auel routh , ami the Chicago , Burliuglon & Cliiincy. The Ht Paul express on the Northwestern left this inoniinz , but only reached the cross ing of the m.iiu line and btill JieM there , and the Dakot * train WOH abandoned. The main line of tlio fiamo road ii from four to nix hours late. The Iowa Central is at a dead etiind , and the- Illinois Central fa tlio name. The Hock Inland train that left Chicaxo last night pulled in six hours late , and thu train from the west a'.out ' two hours behind. No truiuH > vcro run between hero and Keokuk end Ottumwa to-day. JnuauRchek's private cir attempt d to roach the latter pUce with n "doublH header , " but after being emt all day was returned hero to night. Not a re > ad , ai far as wo can learn has turned a freight wheel all day , and the prospects are not goo 1 for to morrow. It Is rapidly growing colder here to-night , anel with tie itituuso colel it will be impossible to biro mon to clear tlio blockade. Many of the north south roads have uban doned everything , and will do nothing until ti o weather moderates and tin- term subsides The cold wave signal ii Hying .and icports 'o another bMziard coming from the northwes IB current here. n. Cllie-Aeo ; , Fe-bruary ! ) , The Inter Ocean' Bloomlngte > n , 111 , , special says : A man name Douglas Knnls spent Sifnday here , saying h wai in search of a man named Chauncey Mi Cullum , whom ho would kill on sight fc keeping company with hU girl , whom ho ( Hi nit ) had fallowed to this city from Memphi Ho went to the neighboring town of Uanvei this morning and bought revolvers , and 1 began drinking In thu villiu-o Halexmi wit Parr , a farmer , and both got diuok ai : in went to Purr's house thin ovuning. Knnls ci re durtook to load lii.s involvor. 1 arr eibjuolei ren anil Ijinui aliot him twio. Parr'a son : nnr ti > his fathor'a rescue , und KnrU iilsev eh nrU him. Both men will probably d'tei ' , caped. he : hea a < A ThreiiteniMl Flood. ; VtTTSHDEO , February ! i. A dlsanrois Ho ee s feared lmii > unions the waat'.wa ' be-cor et try cold within the next U/tivo h' i Along tbo Manongahtla and A'.legheny ' rh above the city to the hoadwat' jrs are 3 cres ce undi snow , varying from tix to eight nelit-3. If it COIIIBB out with n , rush i Ins { eared thut Uie damage wili IMJv \ mendo A wann rain i * falling Bl-JC laat night , la despat lies from poiuls.bove report the lii nru rlHDg rupldly , .Ing rm StnolVnrl ; , * IteaiunoVork. . ry BHADDOCK , Pa. , February 0. The Ke on Thoinion Steel Yolk rf.mmu operation ter to all dopartme'jt * to-mor/ow , giving einp [ ) ar ment to nearly four thouiaml men , whe > 1 idle uighti eeks , T'ae ' mt-ii return to wor I a HfiH reduction , Oil 'CHANCE. jig lo ilic Storm ilic Cattle Trate was Light , The Number of Hogs was Barely Sufficient for Packers. Stories About tbo Damaged Whea Crop Are Ridiculed , The Next Year's ' Drop Will be tbo Largest Known , Corn Fluctuated With the Price of Hogs , Outs t'lrtncr Provisions , Pork mul l.irel Still Continue to lie CHICAGO MiXllKMTS. WHEAT Special telegram to the 1 IKE. ClliCAeie ) , February -Tbo wheat market opened ab ut i lower for March and Mny , but the storm made some traders bullish , on the expectation cf light receipts in the- future , nnd a litllo extra bid caused an advance of J to i { for May , but thorn was nothing to sustain the market , and it naturally fell off by Ita own weight. Liverpool waa calleel quiet nnd steady , and the mark line was the Bamo. Farmers' deliveries in England the past wctik were 05,000 to 70.000 quarter * . The receipts to-day were lf > 7 cars against 97 Saturday. The "visible" supply fe > r to-tiiomw will show an increase that may possibly put it higher than any figures yet rccoidod. All Btorios about the damage to the crop , ore ridiculed hy tbo best judges and oldest traders There is hardly any exwrt | movement , and it lee > ka as though wo should po into the next crop year wilh the largestBUtji'iia ever known. These are the real facts of Ihe situation at pioei'iit. How soon all these governing con dilions may bo arranged or reversed no ono can tell. On account of the steirm there were very few emtsldo orders on Iho mirkot. On account of the real strength of pork there was. some early disposition to sustain or put up. C01IN. bill when provisions weakened corn folleiwed- suit. March opened J higher , while May'.wus steady , but both elecllnttl y Inter , with tho- other markets. Liverpool'was called firnn but not quotable hinhi-r. Ucceipts to-day worev 001 caiB against SfilUSaturdaytod out of. ( this number 112 graeloet No , ' 2. The ! Drcse-nt boom in provisions is helping wtalig strength in porn as the old adage about rtorkaud com goinf to pother has some foundation in fact , and much more in the general understanding , or Imagin ation of traders. The market , however ; na a , who'o ' is most entirely governed by the re ceipts , when these Increase prices weaken , when they fall off prices advance , and that is about till there is to It at present. Early were abont Jc bettor , but lalo. lowedtho conrjo'of-wneatand corn , 1'KOVIPIONH were generally imprrved under the influence ) ' of a little btt'er market at the yards , and moro FO on account of Iho uncertainty as to receipts , and the improbability of hogs fret ting in for several days. An early advance5 of 10c in poik waa not Bust ined , values sag ging off Ccunde-r thn opening , mair.ly fn'r the want of support. The ctoso at 1 o'clock was * nctivo anel uboul steady at bottoui prices , On the .iftoinoun board there was no change In the prain market , but pork nnd lard were a nhatle easier. A the sloak yards the trains wo'e elelayed anel blocked on all roads , ! und locomotion through the vaids was ulmosl ilii. possible. CATTLK. on account of the heavy snow. H wasn. lucky incident thai the receipts were light , otherwito it woulel have been a disastrous market for shippers. An it was theiawas' only a Biillicient number for the ) dressed beef anil local butcher tr * do. Shippers were shut out on account or not being ublo to pel trans port itlon , all the eastern roads refuting tei cuke stock. So far as prices are concerned there was llttlo or no change as compared with Saturday , yet Bales were few. Among the ) siileH were tteers e > f fr'-u . 1 ICO to 1 ( .00 Ibs al ! > : > 70a Ii'ID ; 1200 lo 1X0 Ibs. , S3 00@6 GO ; ld,0 ( , te ) 1'JOO Ibs. , 84 afi5 50 ; cows anel mixed. S2 50@4 f,0 ; bulls , § . ' ! lO ( f.i 7fic btccker" and feedeiH , SI ! 50 1 tO. corn fed Texauc , § 4 10 © 470. the number on enlo wai barely fiaflicieiiit for thu wants of the half elozen packing firms on thei market , heric-e tht-ro was cjnaiilnrablo CDinpitl'ion and n good deal ef activity ai the biipjily WIIH oxiinuatecl. The ponoral marltel wus TitiwlOc st-onger wit'i au aehnnce- mainly on light torts. Shipprirj wuro not buyirie ; . . aloj at t fiOfo I 70 for common packcis , 4 H0fg4 93 f- > rR''oJ to ejhoioj , and 5 00u. ( ) 10 for fancy hi" vy , with a itiinorod Bile st 5 Ifi. Light B rts Hotel al 4 fil ! ( < al 9fl. Packing and Bhipplnt ; 200to/0a ! Ibs. . ; 1 70iO ( 5 15. Light , 16010-210)1)3. ) , I 40to4 00. TJio lihcillvc's CoiiiiiicniH. CAIIIO , Februr.ry 9. In nn inter HMV to-elay the Khedive said he beliored ( icn'on ' is still alivens tbo Mahell IH to : wise ija n lo kill ! him. The MaMi had no inti.-r.nt in wibliinp- Ihe death of Conlon. Ou ilia contrary ho . vould do all In bin power lo yiavent Bucb itc- < urrcncu. r.epnnl'ii ' [ ; action < > u tUo part of . { land heui'U H ,43 noceiuury to prevent urthor inogre-js of ihiMihdi'n caiiio and avoit now dimsto'.B. Thu abandonment e > fthe ( > Joudan by Knglanii under the p'/jsont circiini- tanccs y/oiilel rm a grove misLuke. Tribes , litbdrtorieiull' / 5n ( ire ' < Britain would now ninthoMahe.1 nad if England does not take ) ' mined ' .ato uter is to crush him , hia nay canc/naly khiente ( thn Blabillty vf tlio the rritlsh u' r-piro in India. I'he Onuhm frccA jProni , I'je ) Ice. o. February H Tlw Intor-Ocoan'a. .T.Ia\reii.MJcli. , wecial aayi\ The propeller - TB pellor "Alichiejan , which IIHH becu confined to. he tii : > hi , rb.ir lusre by the ice for throe weeko , ti H ccey jeled in gi'lting ' fieo this morriing , anel ndM with the tug /u'ubn went In fnarch of thei M prof .e-llor Oni ida. which has been in tbo ice id not.r Muskegon for three weeks , Bhu WBM CV 1 < " .ind to bavu broke loomi from thu ice , anil IS w a en route for Grand llavun. Hhe reached 61 > lero in safety this eivenlng. The crew did not eulTer greatly , ai they had plenty to oat ami noucjli fuel to keep thorn warm , though the tuck cf the latter was running low , rd 'lies Itoimil lloiiNo llnriiod. nrs , UUBI.ISOTON , February 9. Harly yoatorday nomine ; the cnglnii honaa and maohimi Mhops vcrs > f the liurlington & North wci tern and I5nr- of teen ; ington ti. Wi-itcrn Narrow fiftugo railroaeU. itU tear this city , were dettrojed by fire , the or- 0118. gin of which is unknown. Three locomotive. * and and machinery in the building ut the time of vcra tlia fire were completely rulnod , L-JBS , ? 20- 030 ; insurance , SL''JOO. The Nalleinal DoinocrAllu Coiiiinlltcc. dgar WAHAINIIION , February 9 , A call hai bet'ii us In ietued by the uccretary of the national demo. loy eratio committee , for a meeting to be held at the Arlington hotel an Monday March 2nd , \ have the purpono of the meeting is not utated. rknt The second trial of ( Jen. Qwaitll has OBtponwd till 1 1-6
