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Show BY TELEGRAPH. Two Murders and a him to jump overboard, and he twin ashore. He says it was not abive three bminutes fore all communication was cut off between the baw and stern of the boat. Tiiere were about twenty children onboard, exclusive of 117 regis ered passengers. Several of the saved are badly burned. The tug which left here this morning for tli scene of the ftamboat disaster, has returned, bringing four bodies. Twenty unknown bodies were interred ut Stewart's, near the scene. The lai ure to scud them here for identification cnutes Thus far thirty great indignation. bodies ha e been recovered It ia '.be number of victims wiP not exceed forty live. Had the t nut been rotten the loss ot life wpuld have been small. The whole stern dropped out of it while being Uwered, plunging the whole bout load into the river, a few of whom escaped. The origin of the fire lias not been definitely ascertained. The ciijinui thinks i oiiginated in the for. "aid end of ihe bow. but his statement conflicts with i lie others He thinks the parks from the smokebox were blown in ihe hold, and coming iu contact with dry wood readily ignited, and the boat bi ingdry as tinder, foon took lire. From the lime of the first discovery of the fire ihe boat wan burned to the main deek and the water' edge within less than i wo minutes. The excitement which existed can be judged from the fact that the bwat had nearly 500 lite preservers on bo id. and bin two were used, the s using them, one of whom was a little pii 1, wt re both saved. From the s'atenii ms f those on board, it seems the officers stood firmly by their posts? and did everything in their power to save lives and allay the excitement. Their conduct has been commended, and no Maine lor the disaster seems attached - Suicide! on the Steamer Burned River! Potomac Many Lives Lost! Another Largo Tire in Portland, Maine! be-liev- life-boa- AMERICAN. Oiillia, Ont , 9 ncoiili nl occurred ruilrond friplitful Oiilliu ami 0 btr-i- . It appears tlmt a gnr d train whs runnin nt a mo lerate ruto lliro'igli ilie swninp. nl run over two cows that persisted in The engine goi keeping on ih" truck. without Mistiiininp ny dim tli'"' over the van laborers the but containing lire; was not so fortunate, as it was by some means forced ott the truck, and broken into pieces, killinjr two men mid wound- it ing otlica cover. feared cannot i re- Corinth, Miss.. 10. .Deputy U. S. Marsha1, li was bu!"i filiated in bed lust night is thought he whukIhiI through the win ilow with a pun hmded with buckshot. Thusfar there is no clue to the murderer San KniiiciHco, 10. last Saturday a colored man named Lew committed Miicide by swallowing aqiVnitiiy of opiinii, in Cailetid s boarding house on Iiroadway Mrect About half nasi II o'clock last night fierious frt ibliinir affray occurred at the house cf a man named Loraine Theren dek, on Serpentine avenue. bet ween Levi Knowles and Frederick Frenet. They got up ti discussion in politics which The .discisssoon changed to religion. ion terminated in a tight during which Knowles stabbed Frenet in three places from the etitvts of which he expiied in a few minutes. The Belcher and Golden Chariot diyi. (lends weie paid amountiug to T. It. Dunn, to-da- i per.-uu- y, Foughkeepsie, N. Y. This afternoon the bodies of John Went j and wife, woo kept a lager beer jaloon, were discovered in a cellar It is supposed smeared with biood. Wentishot his wife and then phot'him-gfclf- , as they frequently quarrelled. barrelle pistol with chambers dis- A 1 charged, was found. ,' i ; AVnfhington. , Farther particulars have been obtained in regard to the burning of the "Wamas-sett:- -' The fire had been smouldering, it is supposed, for some Lour, and upon opeuing (he ha'ches it burst forth with great fury, driving the men from the hold ud completely baffling all atIn an instant tempts to subdue it. greut confusion prevailed on.i,he yessej, passengers becoming pauio stricken and frantic with (ear, vwry few having prelence of mind .sufficient to lake care of themselves. The steariier was "without a fecond'b delay headed for shore on' the Virgil ia side-- . At this time the tlames had spread with fearful rapidity,, and in the excitement mariy jumped into the water before the steamer struck bot om! She was provided with but two email boats, and in the frenzy of the; moment one of these boats was thrown overboard and lost by pasicugers, who, unconttoll endeavoring to launch .heri Captain Wood, of the ill fated el earner, ind bis assistant?, are said to have made every effort to conirol the .but vyjt iout. avail, and but f o the disobedience of orders many who were lost wouldVave been snred. At balf-pafour this morning, the eteamer 4'NationaI?-afived4iefrom the scene i of the burning vessel, laving onboard about twenty five survivors and eleven w dcafi bodies. The passengers all agree that the officers of the boat did their utmost to cave life and property, but bo sudden and fierce was the fire that scarcely anything was saved. Capt. Wood, o: the " e "I was in the when one of he firemen tdiouted as he came out. I saw games coming through the valley by the walking beam. I saw it was impossible to get to "he and immediately gave orders to head the boat for shore and ordered all hands forward, knowing it to be the safest point. Some jumped overboard with fright and many were lrantio with fear. Before reaching the shore the flames were so intense that the walking fell and the machinery stepped. Had she kept on until she struck Bhore I would Lave been able to save many more, but in five minutes from the time the alarm was given, the boat was a living sheet of came, from keel up. Our ofheers .'id all 'hat could be done under the circumstan. '' es." - , j f la his opinion there are ten or twelve bodies still in the wreck, for the recov ry of which the tug fie wis" has start-well provided withgrappliug irons. Robert Nash, engineer, was taved. by liis son, assistant engineer, who jumped overboard and swam ashore with, his father. Captain Wood was considerably burned about the head. A Udy hangirg ' o .the rudder tha-ia:-' was saved by ft mall boat that ennte to the wreck. John Keed elates that he was: busy throwing overboard home plauk to women 'when tie fiarue "burst up the gaagway,frcug - i - pas-eh-ger- ! st ' Wanm-aett,"8ay- s: pilot-hous- life-bo- be-u- at n . Boston. A special from Portland, Me., at two o'clock t his afternoon, says that a lare fire is raging in the wharf. One steamer has burned to the water edge, and other I'oats are in great danger. The sheds of the New York steamers are all burned. A dispatch, 2; 15 p in., says the steamer 'Montreal" has been burned. fA later dispatch at 2:30 p. m , says the fire is spreading rapidly. All of Oaltx and the Atlantic wharves are burned. The wind is from the west, and the fire may kep off shore. The steamers "Diego," '.Montro 1" and "Carlotta" are burned ' ' in ihe stream. ' The fire has spread to the freight sheds of the Boston steamers and has burned the elevators on the Gain wharf, with several thousand bushels of grain. The fre eht in freight sheds was got out Five huudrod tons of coal on the Gain wharf is also burning. The Ireight de pot of the Grand Trunk Railroad bus just caught fire. The building of the Uurnhaiuand Morrill Packing Company is gone. One woman is known to have been drowned, and others are reported drowned.' Saeo and Biddeford have been telegraphed for aid. ; . to-da- Branchy g&ri ' -- ;2k. C. 'ISS. WHOLESALE Dry ' I. RETAIL AND CSootln, tiroccrles, Hardware, HootN and Klioos, Hats and i'aps, ! . ce Crockery Cilavsunro, Motions Ac., Ac.. 81ov'm mid Tinware, Drugs A 31 cd id li c Gents9 and Boy's Heady Made Clothing, IN GREAT VARIETY. CBLBBRATBD SINGER SEWING MACHINES, Wood's Champion and Excelsior Mowers and Reapers, Bain, Whitewater and Studebakcr Wagons, ALSO, Winchester and Democrat Ughi Spring XVa go us. AND EVERY DESCRIPTION OF Near the close of ttic day of a a short in Oregon, time ago, the local preacher said : I hope all the congregation will le here by 10 o'clock, for precisely at that hour we will pa8 to the creek, where I shall baptize four adults a ud six adulteresses." camp-meetin- g Russia beats us in old men. One has jnst passed away at d ol the at 127, having betn age born in 1746. He served as cook to Catheriue II., aud was in the ranks J" the Russian army all through the campaign from 17(J5 to 1S14. His oldest son is 96. . Niviji-Nov-goro- Farming Implements. Bnyglcs to Order on Short Notice. California and. Concord Harness and Harness Trimmings. Leather nnd Shoo XIihIIhn. , (VII Kinds of Produce Forwarded to Any Toin ' ::.:.;.. AU Orders :: , Scnt; to . If. THATCH Ell, Attention. I'rompt 1L B. CLA WSON, . on the Shortest Notice. .' 'i Logan, will Receive C ,, . . Superintendent: I Mrs. Marion Walden, who has re sided in Buifalb more than CO years, died there recently, at the age of 70 0 years. She was the first lady in 00Buffalo who owned a piano, and, be & OGDEN, BRANCHES OF OUR WA30N ing a proficient player, was quite i WE HAVE OPENED IN LOGAN MACHINE bJ DEPARTMENT, so that the peop't of the Northtr marvel to the Indians and rough pio ' U Counties can purchase Without coming to Salt Lake City. necrs of early days, .. ,, Z. . M. -- .1 ' i , , ; . . ? The Lit I !c Invalid's Madnee. ' From the Cleveland Leador. - old inva lid up towti who hits become quite a favorite of the great showman, who never lulls to visit hiui in passing through Cleveland, lesterdav mom There is a little There is an air of business in' the five-ye- ar ins: the little fellow heard the door bell ring, and his face lit up with joy as Mr Uarnuui entered the sick room. The usual pleasant greetings ensued, and the great manager threw his soul into the werk of entertain ing the child as completely' as when surrounded bv thousands he talks of his great show. The child was de lighted, but the shadow which is as near joy as the thorn - is to the rose, stole over the little "Trot's" face on reflecting that, he could not ' sec tbe menagerie. "Never mind," said Mr. Barnutn; "if you can Dot go to the show we bo must bring the show to you. hour half and a saying, he departed, later the child and the whole family were astonished to see a drove of ele phants, camels ana dromedaries marched into the yard and come to a halt near the child s window. Ihe little one was held up where he could see the animals.and their keep er made theui go through a regular performance. "Trot" gave his orders to the unwieldy elephants, and by a sign from the keeper they were all obeyed. In half an hour the matinee terminated, and the detachment of the procession marched back to the show grounds leaving the child wild ,' with delightl. ; ys : : . d ,::' i attar much .',' tli m to the h best, fail to being study aDd xpr!oce,nd know that Furchar canuot point! ad SupptM following,which cun trlj nn thU TecommondiUton. ,. q mire. It is from a Detroit merchant whose wife died the pther day : A Ti, STUDKBAKEII "Dear Sir I take my pen Jo hand to let you know that I am well, but my dear wife, insured for five thous and dollars in your company, is no EXCFXSIOli WOULD Her policy CIIAMPIOX, WOODS, more. She died Hi :'; ..3IOWKIW, , is St Kaltcrw. I can truly say that she was a fond wife and a good mother. i' JIACJIIM -S and SULKY IMKI.S. I have ,; the doctor's certificate, bo that tiiere will be no trouble about the policy. She was sick only t Prl The Cltbriite TIIOIfAN KMOOTIIIXU II A It It O IV, wrr(iDl to tnk the short time, but suffered much. Do BtkI miJ to be the tart cnlttvU)r for gniM, grtiu, torn or potato?, yet lirentwl. Our lxt Prun hurt Harrow on trial. you give a check in advance, or must ui Thi Depnrtmnti will lo olvfl iBforinatton nj t order for TURBINE WHKKLS, SYtOX and SAW MUL8, or other arttclet iiot usiuOlj kfpt lu iUkIi. ; JtACUIXEa, I wait sixty days for the money ? broker, on being elected trustee in one of the New York' City churches, accepted the position with the assurance that he was not expected to stand up in meeting aod pray, but that the prinWall-ftrc- ft ! . WIHTEWATtilt, It I :'.;::: and WAGONS, to-da- y. and , if Droppera or No. TintESIII3 ro-l- i mere was a good deal or laa Vice-Preside- nt MOSCH TIIATClir.lt, BARXAUD WHITE, in the British House of Commons the other niglit when Mr. Hast'ksd if it was true that at a recent examination of a school in Wiltshire, the Government Inspector refused to allow the children to sing "God, Save the Queen," considering the National anthem to ba a piece of "religious instruction," and so contrary to the Elementary Education ' Act. The laughter grew greater when Mr. Fos of the' Educa ter, tional Council, announced that such was the case. The Inspector has had a hint from headquarters not to be too particular. f : '''A .,... WE GUARANTEE WAGONS '& MACHINERY i ' i We d, . Rev. Mr. Hemphill has been expa tiating in San Francisco upon''' murder. .Like a true philosopher he re sorts to statistics, and says; In Great Britain there were 4 murders to .the. million; in Belgium", 18; France, 31 Austrn, 60; liavana, bb; luscany, 56; Pupal States, 113. The ninth; census Stowed that in the Eastern States there was 1 murder to 55.000, or nearly 28 to the million; and, if the truth must be knowu, California the bad occupies y ot b tug lonuuost iu the anialsof murder. According to. the last .cen sus, there was one homicide in every 4,000 persons, or 250 to the million. I loche. however, discounts any place on earth. Within the past HO days fen pistol shots and thirteen knife wounds were inflicted upou fellow- creatures by. men. and only three of them at that, llarringtou on the Gth of July wounded f.ur men with three shots, inflicting five wounds, one Mortally, Ferguson stabbed bis victim thirteen times, pnducing death; McKinney shot Courtney five e are not times, producing death. anxious for distinction, but if any one wishes to take a note of passing events, they may dot down the fact that more destruction has been caused iu l'ioche within 30 days by three men than was ever done before. louche Record, 3i inst. to ih em. $753,000. four Murders iu n Million. 1 SOtf AQTST, LOQAJf. ' ' ' AGENT, OODEX. H. B. CLAWSON,1 G. F. ' ' ' , Superintendtnt. " CUL IES& CO., GROKSDECli'S BLOCK, SECOND SOUTH STREET, ' SALT LAKE CITY, II AVE Jl"T RECEIVED A LARGE AND VARIED STOCK OP Groceries WindowG AND The Rev. , of .Erie, Penn. in ;,l an energetic worker, ' but as yet he has tailed to convert a certain wealthy stockholder in various mining enter prises, Talking to him - the other day, he eaid : Mr. you are get Which they are offering at lower prices than any other house in the city. fortune by investiug ir ting your ' i now I want you to take A Large Stock of mining stock; k some stock in the golden streets o: ' heaven." The reply was a continu ance of the metaphor: "Well. I OF ALL KINDS, AT ' I've guess I, won't iuvest lost considerable on that North shore ' ' tin investment; and who knows but ' ' Freirht tJJcl. thfl country you refer to may le . cipal duty would be to make Up deficienccs in the running expenses ' ; of the church. halted' toof ' ! English. Varnishes' to-da- y. I Orders from. Ihe country Promptly Filled. Sily |