St. Louis Post-Dispatch
March 17, 1880

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ELP. 3 bhov) at 1130 1) rot? paint por- ome experience Ying House. id HELP. ne ironer, and albdamily. Ap~ NEOUS. _ ' hnson’s: (C'om- ails count, We — ED — ~——- - ———-— \.N BAN Street to 310 sonal property fe keeping. Make Tr, ‘has re- Pnth street, be- 74 e dog has been * anybody that and as witness bhuver of the prestionest, and et. 1. deiseli- : 13 ——— ; pleasans home 4 14 8 bmurd, nice apply #t 1320 ry mr . 18 percent in- ed real estate. — — Aonis Post-Dispatch. \. el Te _ — VOL. XXVIII. ST. LOUIS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 1880. = NO. 255. as on =e 3 Last Edition HIBERNIANS. | - — —— —_—_ ee ne ee ee t—i— Ct — HAPPY National Holiday in St. Louis. Ireland's The Anniversary of St. Patrick Duly | -. Celebrated, : ——— — - ——— urade of the Benevolent and Temper- ance Societies. — -— A Procession With Music and Ban- ners Gay. } ; / Buildings Decorated With Bunting—Entertain- ments This Evening--Banquét of Fe the Knights. } \ Nae St. Puatrich’s Day, 1880, will long be remembered both in Ircland and America as the saddest anniversary of the national holi- day that apy man now living can-recall. In the okd home but little of the traditional gaiety ef the Celtic race will display itself. A vioom has settied down upoa the famine-stricken land, and _— instead ofthe usual celebration, every poor shieling from the bleak Isles of Arran to the head of Kinsale is occupied with its own grief. Han- ger and cold aad Gistress have Closed in upon the fairest isle of the seas, and, in additionto her other foes, Lonisfuilen is called on te bate oavith dome stie woes. Once or twice be- fore iti her history, lrelarnd has heen ehastened with = all the woes of famine, but these experiences seemed far off and itpossible inthe light of her re- cent prosperity. The desolation has ~ been broaight bome to her at last, however, aud vhire tas good cause to be Once more cailed the Niobe of bations, There ls 2 new lreland, however, across the rolling Atlantic, where the Celtic race bas tak- enrootand flourished beyond the wildest hopes of ime most sanguine. Here Pienty as tumbled the profusion of her hern upon hizh and low, every granuryvis bursting wito fruin, and every man is busy and prosperous who cares to make the effort. In St. Louis none can show greater prosperity than the irish, and the blight that has fallen upon their brothers over the seathev have done allin their pqwer to relieve. Shipload after ship- load of corn has pointed eastward frem these shores towards the mother lard, and the drish here feel it their duty and their privilege not torelax the good od ecus'o 1, but toa hoaor their patronsaint In. a mar. MMtd-tsdrate with the blessings thathayve €n soured dowa upon them. ON THE STREE! At anear!y hour this morn'ny che tewn was astir, and the merry music of fife and drum could be heard in every quarter. ay cavaliers resplendeatin green apd gold dashedup and down the streets on gallant steeds, and every indication showed that the Whole town was bent on making hol- uu. The Decorations. Every house that was owned or oceupied by en irishmanin St. Louis to-day was decorate ai With flags and wreaths. At anearly hour ihe bunting was run up on the (ourt-house and the other publie buildings, and the American flag floated ina hundred thousand places about the city. It would be impossible to name evena smal! percentage of the decoratiofis. The St. Louis liiversity flew two banners, the Stars and } Stripes the Golden Harp on_ the of green. Tre Lindell Ho- had its bunting displayed all day: so did the Planters’ House and the Laclede. Ever® boat on the river Was gv with streainers and gonfanons, and this was not all. Many of the houses along the desig- pated line of march were festooned with green wreaths from window to window, the effect of Which being extremely brilliant and pretty. These houses also had Irish and American flags fluttering out of every window. The dwellings and stores so decorated were to be found all along the route. but it goes with- out saying that Biddle street had the greatest number of wreaths and flags. © -—-— ee Forming in Line. At 12:30 the societies had already begun to form on Broadway, and in the midst of the sea Of people who surrounded the trysting place the gay green plumes of t@e different orders eould be seen pushing @hither and thither among the crowd. The grand marshal and his aids had taken up their position at the inter- section of Broadway and ©’Fallon stree:, and they formed quite a gallaut-looking coterie. Mr. Fitzpatrick, the Grand Marshal, was mounted upon a poweriul horse, which exhibited much restiveness at the throws of and tiela Garry Owen and the ‘*‘Colleen das erocan oa mo,’’ with which his unaccustomed ears were saluted. ‘The mounted part of the pro- cession were all exceilently equipped, and the little knot of gentlemen were the center of acontinued crush of interested spectators. Every body in thefcrowd aisplayed the nation- al emblems and shbamrocks,fand green rib- bons were borne proudly upon every breast. The first division to form was No. 2 of the A. O. H., Mr. Michael Muldering marshal. This division is about sixty strong and was leu by the Mitcbel FieldjBand. The remarkab e regalia ofthe Ancient Order looked exceed- ingly well upon these gentlemen. Division No. 2 bore tive splendid banners, two of them being the American ensign and the other three national flags. The other divisions of the Ancient Order of Hibernians formed along 0’Fallon street, ua- til there were fully one thousand men of the order ranged along the. street in the ten divi- sions. Division No. 1. with 180 men, was under the care of Marshal Richard O’Reillv; Joln Walsh, president. This division have the finest banner inthe procession, and were a fine, scldierly-looking tot of men. Division No. 5, James Maher marshal, Francis McFarland president, turned out with 110. Avery fine appearance’ was pre- sented by this body. All of the boysare ine, tall, good-looking Irishmen. Division No. 9 with 100 men came next. William Berrigan was next in line, with the usual number of pretty banvers. No. 9 was headed, among other musicians, by Phil. Shea with a bag-pipe which he handled finely. Division No. 8 was assigned the place of honor inthe procession, with eizhty men in line, Ricbard Barret marshal, John Dowling presi- dent. This division took the lead in the line of march and were followed by the other di- visions without regard to the number of the division. but in accordance with their acei- dental position alopg O’Fallon street. The two benevoient divisions formed the rear of the Pe ? i. The Parade. At one the bands on Sixth and O’Falion struck up, **Come back to Erin, mavourbneen, mavourneen,’’ and with the first bars the orderto move was given and the line got under way. The-orderin whica the divisions of the committee amendment prohibiting increase of trips onthe routes during tue remainder of the fiseal year. House. Mr. Taylor offered a resolution for the ap- pointment of a special coum (tee tu invesiie gate the present method of settling claims against the United States. Referred. : The morning hour haviug been dispensed with, the House went into committee of the whole (Mr. Carlisle in the chair) on the de- ficiency appropriation bil). Mr. Gartield criticised severely the -pur- pose of the Democratic party to refuse to ap- ‘propriate for speciai deputy marshais, but ap- pealied in conelusion ty Democra'yto pre-e vent the disasters which’ their party leaders were bringipg upon the country and expressed his belief that -uech a vote would be hyd on this bill as would set at rest the poor dregs of the extra session The discussion was continued by Mr. Bure rows, who declared his convietion that tha purpese of the Democratic party was to steal the next presidency, to which Mr, Springer retorted by charving the Republican. party with stealing two or three States in the last Presidential election. MeMahon replicdto Garfield and Burrows, and then Warner took the floor. At the conclusion of his speech the general ° debate closed and tne billwas read by see- tions, A HUSBAND’S CRIME. His Infatuation for a ‘Strange Woman Impels Him to Poison His Family, — Boston, Mare 17.—Homer Wellington, lately withdrawn from the firmof Utley & Boynton, commission merchants, has been arrested at the instance of his father- in-law on a charge of beivg a defaulter and forger. Weliington’s family has been seriously sick at times, the disease being called gastric fever. The infant son and wife recently became ill. She secured some porridge tbe husband. prepared for her. and an analysis showed arsenie sufficient to kill ten persons. In possession of Wellington, when arrested, arsenic was found. He is said to have made a confession. The police sav hisinfatuation for another woman was the cause of his crime. oe _ _ —— A RAILROAD WAR. An Exciting State of Affairs at Omaha. Special to the Post-Dispatch. OMAHA, March 17.—The Union Pacifie and — the B. and M. Railroads commenced a war last night for the possession of half a mile of the od O. and §S.: W. track op ti River Bottom. Both have trains holding the frack.. The B. and M. train 1s chained to the ties, and the Union T’acific has a large force of employes out. Both have out injunctions and will probably hold their grip until it is settled by law. The movement commenced last might by the B. and M. trying to cross the Union Pacific track. Much excitement prevails, but no violence is likely to occur. The question at issue is whether the B. and M. can get con- nection with the new St. Pauli line. -_ ———— Michigan Greenbackers. DETROIT, MiIcH., March 17.—The State Greenback Convention met at Jackson, Mieh., this morning, and was calel to order by Hon. Moses W. Field, of Detroit, Darius Tinkham, of Branch, was chosen temporary chairman, and Wm. Reardon, of Midland, secretary. Tne attendance both c? delegates and spectators was small. After the appointment of committees the convention adjourned until 1:30 p. m. The Western Nail Association. PITTSBURG, Pa.. March 17,—Ata meeting this morning of the Western Nail Association which had the largest representation for twe years, aresolution was adopted which almost unanimously stops every nail machine west two weeks, commencing Mondaynext. The only opposition manifested in the meeting was by a few parties having no stock on hand. _— — - Killed by a Steamboatman. MeEMPHIS, TENN., March 17.—John C. Wyckoff, second clerk of the steamer Hard Cash, this morning shot and fatally woundea Lewis Taylor, a colored |drayman. The diffi- culty originated in Taylor refusing to sign fo the eotton which he had puton the dray,. Wyckofl was arrested. ——— — A Stay of Execution. NEW YORK, March 17.—A stayof execu- tion bas been granted in the case of Edward Reinhardt, sentenced to be hanged on Staten Island, April 2d. for the murder of his wife. The case will be reviewed by the Court of Appeals in June next. A HORRIFYING SPECTACLE. A Riverman’s Arm ‘Pulled From its Socket and Dropped Into the Water. While a reporter was on the levee this merne ing he learned ofa terrible accident which happened on the Illinois River. The steamer Petre] was descending the river with a tow of ice barges. One ofthe employes was busily engaged making a line fast,when unfortunate- ly bis arm was caught in the rope. The terrible wrench tore the arm from its socket. There was a ceneral shriek, and the arm drop- ped into the river in view of the horrified spectators. The manat last accounts, withstanding the serious injury, is stili liviag and likely to recover. : | THE *' Pirates of Penzance’’ at Pope's. Or- chestra of thirty pieces,company ef itty mem- bers. Don’t mise the musical hit of the sea- eon,