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Epitome offfife Week.
INTERESTING NEWSROOMPILATION.
FIFTIETH CONGRESS.
FBIDAT, July 0.The.Senate was not in
session. In the .Hot^e the Land-Grant
Forfeiture bill was paksed. If it becomes
a law it will forfeit-fifty-four million
acres. The debate on.,ttVe Tariff bill was
resumed, and the only Changes made were
to restore the present duty on wood
screws, pen-knives a^d trazors, and fixing
the duty on new prinlfeg: type at fifteen
percent, ad valorem.^15,.
SATURDAY, July 7.There was no ses
sion of the Senate. In the House the Sen
atatoill providing for the sale of the site of
PBrtOmaha, Neb., alid^appropriating $UOO,-
DOCFfor a new site arid/ The construction of
new huildinKs thcreoa^was passed. The
Tariff bill was furtncr^discussed, and the
offering of an amendment placing sugar on
the free list and proposing to pay a bounty
for its production provoked an animated
debate, but no action wjajs taken.
MONDAY, July &*-t{& the Senate the
bill to amend the liter-State Commerce
*ct was passed, andjk8notio to refer to
the Committee on Pensions several vetoed
pension bills was aSafciea. The proposi
tion to submit to the^p&jple of the several
States a constf tutipufti'a'tnendment to pro
dibit the liquor traffic iri the United States
ivas favorably repor^eS from the Commit
tee on Education. In the House the
amendment to the Tajrjftr bill placing sugar
on the free list was rejected by a vote of
37 to 108. Another amendment was offered,
ivhich was defeated, 'paacing all sugar and
molasses on the free list.
TXJESDAT, July lQfcSenator Hoar ad
Iressed the Senate^ 0, opposition to the
asheries treaty. A .resolution direct
ing the Financo Cmnnritteo to report in
connection with rcVenuo bills such meas
ures as it may de$m expedient to control
ar prohibit all contracts, trasts or combi
nations that tend to prevent competition
in trade was adopted, A bill was intro
duced to amend tltfviact to punish postal
crimes. In the Hon** the debate on
theand
Tariff bill was resumed. At the evening
session numerous -bills granting rights of
way through Indian reservations to various
railroads were passed,
FROM WASHINGTON.
THE President ott-the 6th vetoed the bills
granting pensions to Nathaniel D. Chase,
Harriet Cooper, William H. Campbell, Jr.,
and Julia Welsh, and'fthe bill for the relief
of Van Buren Brown.,
THERE were 149 business failures in the
United States during'the seven days ended
on the 6th, against 304 the previous seven
days. The total of failures in the United
States from January 1 to date is 5,401,
against 5,243 in 1887.-, f
A the General^ I#pd Office patents to
agricultural lands fwere issued during the
last fiscal year as fallows: Cash entries,
29,603 homestead,",,15,593 timber culture,
1,343 desert land, 30 scrip, 523 total,
47,180. There were^alsb issued 1,024 patents
to mineral lands, 134 80 coal lands and 59 to
private lands under grants.
THE exchanges* at twenty-six leading
clearing-houses in" *tb United States dur
ing the week ended on tho 7th aggregated
1879,123,574, against $326,414,077 the previous
week. .As compared with the correspond
ing week of 1887 the increase amounted to
1.1 per cent.
THE number of post-offices established in
the United. States, djiring the last fiscal
year was 3,364 number discontinued, 1,043
number of fourtb^clasa postmasters ap
pointed during thB'-jtear, 11,852 number of
Presidential postmasters appointed during
the year, 4.% TbtaJVniimber of Presiclen-,
tial post-offices, ^503v an increase during'
the year of 166.
THE National Department of Agriculture
reported on the 10th that the crop con
ditions of, the,, country greatly improved
within the past jn'onrh.
A CONVENTION!)? tne American party, to
nominate candidates for President and
Vice-President, has been called to meet at
Washington on the t4th of August
OVER 3,300 bills had up to the 10th been
introduced in the Senate this session. In
the two sessions' vis the Forty-ninth Con
gress there were only 3,358, and that was
more than the Senate had ever produced in
any previous 6ngress.
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ON the 6th _tb0". United States steamer
Bwatara witu (General Sheridan on board,
resumed her voyage1 to Nonquitt, Mass., ar-.
riving at Now York during the day. From
all accounts the sufferer was doing nicely.
A CGLMSION otik'fhe 6th of Pennsylvania
railway passengesdrains near Nanticoke,
Pa., fatally hurt a fireman and thirty pas
sengers were badljOshaken up.
ON the 8th the Swatara, with General
Sheridan on board,, arrived at Nonquitt,
Mass. Tho General's condition was quite
favorable.
EIGHT THOUSANI*4
Italian immigrants in
New York were*roil the 7th said to be in
want of food.
A COAL-TRAIN wa* struck by a cyclone on
the 7th at Dayton, N. J., and Conductor
John Dyer, of Trenton, with two of the
trainmen, were Ijl^wn from. the cars and
fatally hurt.
OFFICIALS of the Union Bank of Provi
Hence, R. I., received word on the 7th that
the $706,000 in securities stolen recently by
Charles A. Pitcher, the defaulting teller,
had been recovered in London.
ON the 7th the Republican committee
formally notified/Levi P. Morton, at hisentombed.
home in Khinebeck, N. Y., of his nomina
tion for the Vice-Presidency.
GOVERNOR Hixjfiias called a special se3
sion of the New York Legislature for July
17 for the purpose^f making an appropria
tion to continue ATOrk by the two thousand
convicts in the three State prisons.
A GIRL and three men were killed on the
8th by a flash of lightning near Scranton,
Pa.
A AllentoWu,.-B&, the boiler of the Ad
elaide silk-mill! on the 9th, killing
three men and.wdjtfnding three others.
GENERAL Snma&iAX passed a quiet day
at Nonquitt, Mass., on the 0th. The physi
cians said his appetite was good and hised
pulse and respiifetion showed improve
ment,
A LL the low., lands in the vicinity of
Uniontown, Pa^ -Hvcre overflowed on the
Dfch. A Leith', |n.e whole place was sub
merged. Great"'"damage to growing crops
was also done.
NEAR Rochestlfc N. Y., great damage
was done on trie' 9th to farms, mill-races
and other property by a flood caused by a
breakage in the Brie canaL
EDWARD A. *D4ACONS, who last August
murdered Mrs, i Ada Stone because she re
fused to give him food, was hanged at
Rochester, N. ST.,, on the 10th.
GENERAL SHEA* DAN passed a comfort
able day on the 10th and, exhibited a fair
degree of strength:'
N EW YORK Republicans will hold their
State conventjLBti'at Saratoga Springs Au
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WEST AND SOUTH.
FI VE men were'found dead in the Kin
uishi mountains-,}nd. on the 6th. They
wer probably-killed by Indians.
Ex-GovERSOiqHousER, of Helena, M. T.,
says that this -gear the Territory would
produce5
gold,il,vc and copper to the value
of 40,000,000.
ON the 6th William Landreth was hanged
at Dallas, Ore.t^gr the murder of his step
daughter, Simmie Ellis Antle, and Gus
Bogles, .a boptbjack, was executed for the
murder of T^imam Morgan at Fort Smith,
Ark.
FOR the weekended on the 7th the rec
ord of ball clubs in the National League
was as follows: 'Chicago (games won), 38
Detroit, 35 Nfe$Y6rk, 34 Boston, 34 Phil
adelphia, 30 "Indianapolis, 21 Pittsburgh,
'19 Washington^ 19. The American Asso
ciation- clubs stood: Brooklyn (games
won), 43 St Bbuis, 87 Philadelphia, 36
Cincihnati, $*xi$j|Itiiriore,
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City, 18. In the
'Western Association the following was
ftfce order: St:-Pau (games won), 33
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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
ALONG the line of the Canada & Atlantic
road between Montreal & Ottawa forest
fires were raging on the 6th. Eighteen
miles track had been destroyed, and
many cars, houses and mills had been
burned.
In the market-place in Athens many
shops were burned on the 8th, involving a
loss of $750,000.
ON the 7th the steamer Ville de Brest
collided with and sank the steamer Charles
Quint at Havre, and four of her crew were
drowned.
THE town of Berbera, on the Gulf of
Aden, was recently burned, and forty per
sons perished.
THE public debt of Canada June 30 was
281,321,855, compared with S273,187,626
June 30, 1887an increase of $8,134,321 fpr
the fiscal year just ended.
FROM Belleville to Kingston, Ont., an
earthquake shock was felt on the 9th.
Houses were rocked and the people w,ere
greatly frightened.
IN the. East river of China the heaviest
rains known in one hundred years pre
vailed recently. The town of Shikhung,
the chief sugar mart of the province, had
several times been flooded and many per
sons drowned.
ADVICES from Batavia, Java, say that
Bantam insurgents had plundered Tielegon
and killed the native chiefs and the Euro
pean inhabitants. Troops had been dis
patched to quell the revolt.
THE electoral colleges of Mexico voted
on the 8th, re-electing President Diaz.
MR. PARNELL said on the 10th that the
home-rule movement would ultimately re
sult in the establishment of an Imperial
Parliament in which the colonies would ba
represented, each province having a Leg
islature for its own local affairs.
LATER.
A TRAIN went through a trestle between
Orange Court Houso and Barboursville,
Va., on the 12th, and eight persons were
killed and about twenty-five wounded.
A DISPATCH from Cape Town, Africa on
the 1 ith says the DeBeers diamond mine at
Kimberley caught fire, and 800 men were
The work of rescue was begun
at once, but it was believed 500 persons
perished.
THE House, in committee of the whole on
the tariff bill, reached the wool schedule on
the 12th.
THE annual meeting of the Montana Wool
Growers' Association was held at Fort Ben
ton on the 12th.-
GEN BOULANOEB resigned his seat in the
French Chainb, of Deputies on the 13th
because of a rejection of his motion to dis
solve tho Chamber, and afterward challeng
Premier Floquet to fight a duel.
FOURTEEN bridge builders were poisoned
at West Superior, Wis., the other day, by
eating hash. Prompt medical attendance
was secured, and it was believed they would
all recover. The cook who prepared it, Ed
ward Coleman, has fled.
SIXTY Canadian laborers employed by the
Grand Trunk railway at -r Ilarosi, Si.
Clair and other points on 1 Uo Sr.. Clair river
crossing to and from their homes morning
and night, have been compel oy the cus
toms collector at Port Hun to quite work
and return to Canada, under the provisions
of the alien labor law.
THE Iowa Democrats: will hold tbeir con
vention at Des oines Aug. 29th.
THE Italian Chamber .of Deputies on the
12th passed a bill giving -electoral rights to
all who were abl to read and write and.
who pay the minimum taxes.
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Chicago, '&\ Milwaukee, 21 Sioux City,
2 Minneapolis, 17.
J. R. Boi.cn, of Fairfield. S. after
seven days of'terrible suffering, died on
the 7th from hydrophobia caused by the
bite of a cat.
A HAIL and rain-storm on the 7th de
stroyed nearly all the crops in Sharp and
Independence counties, Ark.
A RAIN STORM in the vicinity of Wabash,
Ind., on the 7th raised streams, and many
bridges were swept away. On the Cincin
nati & Wabash road tho track for six
hundred feet was swept away. A Hunt
ington the damage to crops was great.
ON the 8th David Clark and his wife were
found hanging in a corn-crib on A. Gage's
farm near Sandwich, 111. They left a
papor signed by each saying that they died
for each other.
ESCESSITE heat t*io Tth. caused, the
death of Margaret Kelly, aged one hun
dred years aud six months, at her brother's
house in Omaha, Neb.
ON the 7th R. B. Parrish, of Louisville,
Ky., once worth $100,000, committed suicide
because he could not pay a five-dollar debt,
FIVE men were shot on the 7th at Rising
Sun, Tenn., as the result of a feud, two be
ing killed instantly and the other mortally
wounded.
THE first trial under the Prohibition law
at Alliance, O., on the 9th resulted in a
conviction and the closing of the last sa
loon.
ON the 9th three bootblacks crawled
under a box-car at Canton, O., to escape
the rain, and were run down by a switch
engine and killed.
ON the 9th Henry W. Moore, the St.David,
Louis editor, who recently fled with the
wife of John W. Norton, was arrested at
Topeka, Elan., a warrant charging him
with stealing $15,000 in money and about
1500 worth of diamonds.
A BAND of seventeen moonshiners was
captured by revenue officers in tho Cumber
land river counties on the 9th near Nash
ville, Tenn.
A STORM visited Kansas City on the 9th
and several streets were flooded, the dam
age amounting to $10,000. It was reported
that a family of four were washed away
drowned.
IN the Marion (Ind.) district heavy rain
falls on the 9th damaged wheat and oats
to a serious extent.
IN Central Illinois rain had on the 9th
damaged the oat crop so that it would
scarcely pay for cutting. In Douglas Coun
ty twenty thousand acres of corn were
submerged.
A PIRE destroyed seven-eighths of the
town of Suisun, Cal., on the 10th. Loss,
$400,000.
THE training stable of William Roe, at
Danville, Ky., was burned on the 10th,John
thirty-three head of fine trotters being
cremated.
PROHIBITIONISTS of the Fourth district
of Michigan on the 10th nominated George
F. Cummings for Congress.
CHAIRMAN HOGE, of the Grievance Com
mittee of the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers, and Chairman Murphy, of the
Grievance Committee of the Locomotive
Firemen's Brotherhood, were arrested in
Chicago on the 10th, accused of being par
ticipants in a conspiracy to commit mur
der and destroy property of the Burling
ton road. Six arrests had previously been
made.
M00UEHOUSE, of Missouri, on the
12th refused to commute the sentence Of
Maxwell, the murderer of Preller. sentenced,
to be hung on the 13th, but granted a re
spite of four weeks.
A Eau Claire, Wis., on the 12th, Henry
Stenburg fell from the roof of a houso he
was repairing and was instantly lulled.
IT was rep^jrted on the 12th that Hon.
George V. N. Lothrop,. United States minis
ter to Russia, had t-ndered bis resignation,
to take effect Aug. 1.
IT was reported from Omaha, Neb., ou
the 12th that twelve brotherhood engineers
and fireman had applied for work to the
Burlington officials at that place and were
given their old positions." The men assign.
ed as a reason for deserting the Brother
hood their belief in the charges made
agajn6t Chairman Hoge and other officials
the organization in connection with tho
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PROBING A PLOT.
Important Arrests ilade in tbe Burling
ton Conspiracy Case at ChicagoChair
men Hoge and Murphy, of the Engi
neers* and Firemen's Grievance Com*
mlttees. Together with Their Secretaries.
Taken Into CustodyThe tatter Make
Damaging Confessions.
CHICAGO, July 1LStewart E. Hoge,
Chairman of the Grievance Committee of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers,
and John H. Murphy, chairman" of the
Grievance Committee of the Firemen's
Brotherhood, have been arrested on a
warrant sworn out by General Man
ager Stone,. of the Chicago, Bur
lington and Quincy road, charging them
with conspiracy. The warrant was placed
in Inspector Bonfield's hands, who turned
it over to Officers Palmer and Hoffman, of
the Central Station. These officers pro
ceeded to the National Hotel on Clark
street, where Hoge and his wife, Murphy
and several other Brotherhood officials are
stopping, and the arrests were quietly
effected, the two men offering no resistance.
This case," said Mr. Connor, attorney
for the Burlington road, "grows out of a
circular sent out to the brotherhood lodges
asking that brotherhood men be sent on to
take places on the "Q," and suggesting that
they bring a good supply of sal soda and
emery with them. The sending of these
circulars is deemed prima facie evidence of
a share in a concerted conspiracy, and we
have a sure case against the prisoners."
At 10:30 their trial came up before Justice
Randall H. White, Attorneys Joseph
Daniel Donahue and Alexander
Sullivan appearing for the^defendants.
Frank Collier represented the prosecution.
The defendants asked -for and- obtained a
change venue, /Justice White
sending the case over to Justice D. J.
Lyon across the hall. There Attorney
Collier stated that he was not ready to
proceed with the case, but Attorney
David demanded an immediate hearing.
After a little sparring between David
and Collier it was decided to let
the hearing go over till Saturday at 10
o'clock, Justice Lyon first fixing bail at
$1,000 each, afterward raising it to $1,500.
just what the effect of the arrest of
Hoge and Murphy will have on the
brotherhood is as yet impossible to
say. The members themselves do not
know. A few days ago Chairman
Hoge declared that should he be ar
rested, or any of the high officers
of the brotherhoods, a general strike
throughout the country would be ordered.
The warrant upon which Hoge and
Murphy were taken into custody called al
so for the arrest of John J. Kelley and
H. McGillivary, secretaries of the
grievance committees of the Locomotive
Engineers and the Firemen's Brotherhoods,
respectively. They were not at' the hotel,
bu during the day were captured and
lodged in the Desplaines street station,
where they, after ruminating for a time
over their position decided to make -g. con
fession of all within their knowledge. In
spector Bonfield was sent for. The story
of the "squeal" is given by the latter as
follows:
"Between 3 and 4 o'clock," said Inspector
Bonfield, "they sent for me. Before going
to them I sent word to Manager Stone,
and with Attorney Frank Collier we drove
to Desplaines street. Kelly and McGil
very appeared to be nice young men. W
talked the matter over with them. They
told of all the part they had taken
throughout the strike and finally sat
down and wrate out statements all they
knew regarding the identity of the sal
soda-emery circular. I left before they had
finished, but I understand that their state
ments were to tjie entire satisfaction of
Messrs: Stone and Collier., 1 understand
that they settle beyond all possibility
of doubt Hoge's authorship of the circular,
that they'. adsoi settle the-identity of'John
Sowers,' who was really ho other than
Mr. Hoge. When the circular was
sent out a question naturally arose
among the members of the brother
hood as to its authenticity. It was
deemed too radical a document to emanate
from a leader in so conservative an organ
ization. Inquiries began'to pour into Mr.
Hoge at the Grand Pacific, addressed to
him under his right name, asking if the cir
cular Was square. Kelly and McGilvery
swear that, acting under Hoge's instruc
tions, they answered these inquiries, saying
that the circulars- were all right. Then
letters began to come to 'John Sowers,'
addressed in care of the National Hotel.
They were taken from there and delivered
to Hoge at the Grand Pacific, and, under
Hoge's instructions, Kelly and McGiivery
say they answered the correspondence ad
dressed to'Sowers.'"
There will, it is said, be no further ar
rests made here in Chicago in connection
with the conspiracy case^, although others
maybe looked for in-other States. The
penalty prescribed for the charge under
which the four men arrested are held is im
prisonment for three years at the greatest,
or a maximum fine of $ 1,000.
CLEVELAND, O., July 1LTho arrest of
Chairmen Hoge and Murphy of the "(J/1
strikers atChicago occasioned a greal deal
of surprise in this city. Chief Arthur was
informed of Chairman Hoge's arrest and
said: I am very sorry if any member
of the brotherhood has done any
thing to render him amenable to
the law. If any of the members
have been guilty of dishonorable con
duct they must take the consequences.
Ths brotherhood, as an organization, will
never approve of the actions of members
who will, not keep within the law. Had
they followed my advice things might now.
be different."
"The officers may be after you soon,"
was suggested.
"Very well, let them come," said the
chief. They can not connect my name
with any thing that is dishonorable."
Will you express your opinion of the
secret circular said to have been issued by
Chairman Hoge advising brotherhood men
to secretly secure employment with the
company and then damage its property!"
was asked.
No, because I do not consider this the
proper time to discuss the matter."
Mr. Arthur was then asked about the
following words of Chairman Hoge Mon
day night: "llf Arthur .had been arrested
when that subject was agitated it would
have stopped every wheel in the coun
try. I think it would lie the same if I
should be arrested."
Well, he has been arrested," answered
the chief, grimly, but he did not intimate
whether or not all the brotherhood mem
bers would strike in consequence of that
fact.
THE AMERICAN PARTY.
Call for a Xational Convention August 14.
WASHINGTON July 11.The Executive
Committee of the American party has is
sued a call for a National convention
to be held in Washington on the 14thwere
of August for the purpose of nomi
nating candidates for President and
Vice-President and for the transaction of
such other business as may properly" come
before that body. Governor Sharp, the
chairman, said that in all probability the
platform to be adopted will not differ es
sentially from that adopted at Philadel
phia last year. In all its important feat
ures the present system of^tariff will, no
doubt, be indorsed, and the temperance
question will not Jikely be touched upon.
He Has Fasted Nearly Two Months.
RACINE, Wis., July 11.Several hun
dred people visit the Wilsay farm daily
to see John Fachar, the Bohemian farmer
who has not taken food for fifty-two days.
The man is still able to walk, hut is weak.
He sleeps but little. Physicians who hajre
examined his case differ. The general im
pression seems to be, however, that he is
suffering from hysteria.
THaiE Ke-Klected.
CITY or MEXICO, July 11.The Mexican
electoral colleges voted on Sunday, re
electing President Diaz. The result of the
Congressional balloting is a? yet un*
known, but is expected tq favor tbe A
$250,000} in HsHrrisoa a much, more i.
Wood County 8100,000, and in like propor
tions all through the nooded districts.
HAVOC IN WEST VIRGINIA.
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AT TH E FLOOD'S MERCY.
Sudden Bises in the Monongahela and
Other Rivers in the East Cause a Loss
of 92,000,000 in Pennsylvania-and West
Virginia.
PITTSBURGH, Pa-, July 12.^Ee great
rise in the Monongahela river jand other
near streams, and the general, freshets
throughout a vast territory of which Pitts
burgh is on the border, are almost wholly
without parallel in this portion of the
country.
The.great flood of 188* baa been
equaled in many districts and surpassed
in a few. The rushing, waters have already
wiped out property worth probably over
$3,000,000, and there has been joss ef life
as well.
The suddenness of the Crise took
the river men entirely unawares, and
they were not prepared when the great
volume of water burst upon them. Mill
ions of feet of lumber, scores of coal craft,
fences, out-houses aud coal-tipples are
floating down the swift current. The
river at this point is still rising, but
it is reported as stationary, with .forjy-five
feet at Greensboro, 100 miles above
this city.. A every point between Greens
boro and Pittsburgh the lowlands are
under water, and the residents have been
compelled to Jive in the upper stories of
their houses, and in some erases to seek the
hills for safety.. Many had not time to
remove their goods. So far but one
life has been reported lost, that of
a man named George Getter, who was
struck by a parted cable and instantly
killed.
Seventy-five shanty-boats in "Polish-
town," on the banks of the Monongahela
at the foot of Twenty-second street, were
washed away, and .500 persons were
made homeless as a consequence. Scores
of persons were driven half-clad from their
humble homes.
At Williamsburg, Beck's Run, portion
of McKeesport, California, Monongahela
City, Bellevernon, Brownsville, Fayette
City and other towns along the river
are reported partly submerged.
The sudden rise is believed to have been
caused by a cloud-burst which covered a
large section of Southern Pennsylvania
and Western Virginia.
The loss at Brownsville, Pa., is reported
to be over $125,000 at Rowleaburg, W
Va., $125,000. In this neighborhood
it will exceed $100,000, and it is not
exaggerating ,to say that while the
above is a fair estimate the total
will exceed $100,000, as the flooded dis
trict covers an area of fully 25&
miles. At McKeesport all the mills are
closed down, and hundreds are home
less and destitute
The destruction to property is beyond
computation, but enough is known to war
rant the declaration that nearly every
house and most of the lowlands between
that point and Clarksburg on the
west, and as far at least as Grafton on.
the Valley river, have been swept away.
From early dawn until dark the Monon
gahela continued to rise, and during that
time the channel was constantly filled with
houses, fencing timber, saw-logs, shocks of
wheat, parts of bridges and other debris,
denoting the havoc of the rushing waters.
The water is now falling at the head
waters and the worst is over.
Not less than fifty bridges are gone in.
Marion, Harrison, Taylor,, Wetzel, Wood,
Wiert, Ritchie, Lewis and adjoining coun
ties in West Virginia, and hundreds ox*
houses have been swept away or badly
damaged. In Taylor County the loss is
WHEEUN G, W. Va., July 12.The rise in
the Valley river ar Grafton from the rains
of the last two days was unprecedented,
and the result to the lumber interest of this
section is disastrous. A aboiit 3 o'clock
Tuesday morning the Valley river boom, i a
Avhich thousands of logs had lodged,
gave way, carrying destruction in its path.
The planing-mill of Morgan- & Magill was
swept away, as was the Petterman bridge,,
about two miles below the town. SeveraL
buildings, including saw-mills, etc, were,
washed down the river and were crushed to
atoms when they struck the strong iron rail
road bridge here. A large number of
dwelling-houses in South Grafton and
West Grafton were flooded to a depth of
ten or fifteen feet, and the losses are se
vere. The Grafton & Greenbrier railroad
is completely flooded. It is thought their
loss will be heavy. This flood, so far,
is more disastrous to Grafton than the
fire of a year ago, and the loss to the town
and section will not fall far short of $350,-
000. Seventeen houses, one saw-mill, one
planing-mill and one iron .railroad bridge
were washed away at. Rawlesburg.
Five families have lost .all they pos
sessed, while a majority of the peo
ple there are heavy losers. In addition to
washing away the Little Kenawha bridge
at Parkersburg, the flood has done other
severe havoc. All the Baltimore & Ohio
trains are stopped from the East.
The tunnels between Parkersburg
and Grafton are caved in The new
Zanesville & Ohio road is reported
to be badly damaged. The Ohio river
road was damaged to some extent below
Parkersburg. Great losses of crops and
timber are reported. The'destruction of
property all along the Little Kanawha amd
Ohio rivers is greater than ih 1884.
Clarksburg was entirely cut off from
railroad and telegraphic communication
for twenty-four hours. The greatest ex
citement prevailed. Twenty houses were
carried away by the maddened waters.
The loss to the town and courty can not
even be estimated. Every bridge,
both iron and wood, was swept away en
tirely. Hundreds of poor people are en
tirely without homes.
MEXICO'S FLOOD HORROR.
ST. Louis, July 12.Late advices from^,
Leon, Hex., the principal' scene of the
great flood, say that masses of people are
packed in portals, stables and every
available place of shelter, averaging
one person to less than a square
yard of space. Ever thing possible is
done to relieve the suffering. Children up
to 12 years of age are among these masses
without a thread of clothing, and at
night are wrapped in 'whatever rags
the family- has for covering. In view
of the nature of the buildings in
volvedthey being constructed of adobe
and the great number of them which
were destroyed, it is still believed that the
bodies of many hundred people are in the
ruins. Some 300 were recovered, but the
stench was so great that further search
was abandoned.
Fifteen Hundred Homeless.
ALPENA, Mich., July 12.Fire -broke out
in a saw-mill on the east side and spread
so rapidly that it was soon beyond con
trol. All the buildings for a space of
three blocks wide and half a mile long
consumed, causing a loss of about
$300,000. Fifteen hundred persons are
homeless and many are seriously hurt.
Mrs. McLain was so badly burned that she
will die. "s
Killed-by an Infuriated Mother.
DOUGLAS, Wy. T., July 12.At Buoy's
ranch, near here, Mrs. .Elizabeth Simon
shot and killed William Dowling, whom
she caught in the act of attempting to crim
inally assault her 8-year-old daughter.
Mrs. Simon was discharged by the court.
Broke Ills. Fast.
RACINE, Wis., July il3.Zachar, the
young farmer who has abstained from food
for fifty-three days, has broken his long
fast and says he will try to eat and live.
The cause of his attempt to starve himself
was a quarrel with his father. The old
man spoke to him Wednesday for the first
time since April, and the meeting was very
affecting. T^
Parnell's Extreme Views.
LOKPON, July 18.Mr. Parnell says that
the home-rule movement will ultimately
result in the establishment of an fjaperial
Parliament in which the colonies will W
represented, each province having a leg]
Mature for its own local affairs. **&*'
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NOT IN TH E MARKET.
Two Inquisitive ScribMer's Discover th
Queerest JlSanin Dakota.
The Eastern papers had been circu
lating' the report that nearly every
farm in Dakota was plastered with a
mortgage and that all of them were for
sale. Chip and I were determined to
break this report if we had to visit
every quarter section, in the Territory
in order to find the exception. We
had traveled fifty-seven days in this
puMuit, and our iron determination
was fast turning into lead, wtien we
rod up to a large building witita small
farm that evidently belonged, to it.
A man eat on the fence Whittling a
stick.
'We are collecting a few items,'-
said Chip, as he drew out his note
book. "I suppose this-farm raises the
usual GO bushels of wheat to the acre?
corn, 125? 'taters, 600 and
"Holdo an!" cried the man, staring
at him with a strange look in bis eye.
"Yer'll hare ter revise them figgers
bit. Set the wheat at 10 bushels pei
acre corn at 25 and taters at 50."
"Whwhat?" stammered Chip, as
his note-book and pencil dropped to
the ground. "Say it again, friend, kind
o1
slow. Mebbe my pard can catch on
to the racket."
The man repeated bis statements
A soon a Cliip .oould rally lie went
on:
'.Ye'll excuse the question, but, con
ferdenshally, the amount of mortgage
on this ere farm is
"Nary a cent," came proniptly from
the man.
Again Chip was about to collapse,
but roused himself for the final
question:
"And the price?"
"Not for sale,"
I raised Chip from the ground and
propped him against a post. Just then
a man came running from the house
with a pair, of handcuffs, and took the
man from the fence. W had struck
the lunatic asylum and had been talk
ing with an escaped lunatic.
"This poor fellow, once owned mali
farm which he would neither mortgage
nor sell," explained the overseer.
'People flocked to see him foom allovercome.
parts of the territory, and "^wasn't
long before we had to bring him here.
He imagines tbat he owns this place,
and still clings to his old ideas."
"But, pard, we've stiruck a place that
ain't fer sale, anyhow,"" crifid Chip, re
covering the use of atomguerthat seldom
failed him.
"Well, I don't know 'bout that," said
the man. 'We've had this asylum here
for several years, and now our neigh
boring town wants it for awhile- They
offer a lot and new "buildings free. It
is probable that this place will be in
the market in a few days, if it is not al*
ready."
Chip was getting nervous. He
plained our missioia to the overseer,
whose keen eyes, meanwhile, Wandered
constantly from bh& of us to'the other.
Suddenly a change of his features
showed-that his doiibts had settled into
conviction.
Juitle
bilious," he said to you one day, but
guess it'll pass off. I haven't done any
thing for itv because I don't believe in
dosing.'" Soon after that you. heard of
his fieath. It was very sudden, and every
toe 'was greatly surprised. If he had taken
Dr. IPierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets he
woulld be alive and well to-day. Don't fol
lowliis example. The Pellets" are easy to
takej, mild in their action, and always sure.
1 in
CHRISTOPHER COJLUMBCS was no painter,
but all the same hfe was the first landseer
f America.Hoc seater Pogt-Expres8-
The i,rt Sfan on Earth
To recklessly experiment upon himself with
hope of relief is the dyspeptic. Yetthe nos
trums for this malady are as the sands oi
the sea, and, presumably, about as effica
cious. Ihdigestitra, that obstinate malady,
even if of lonr perpetuity, is eventually
overcome with Hostetter's Stomach Bitters,
an appetizing tonic and alterative, which
cures constipation, fever and ague, bilious
remittent, rheumatism, kidney complaint
and feebleness.
To COT off a dog's tail will not interfere
with his carriage, but it will effectually
stop his waggin'.
Astonishing Results.
Homer tand Plato both said of the ancient
Egyptians that they were a nation of physi
cians, yet history has no record of the dis
covery by them of any such peerless com
runi as Allen's Iron Tonic Bitters, which
tie best remedy extant for Dyspepsia,
Bi.-k:Headache, Loss of Appetite, and gen
sral depression of the mind and system.
One'bottle shows astonishing results. All
rPaul,
asjnebear the signature of J. P.Allen,
Minn.
FlSHI'
assort.
for compliments is doubtful
IS THE BES
For Young Infanta it is a perfect substitute
faraaotber milk, often saving life for the Invalid
fr Dyspeptic it is of the greatest value. It is
THE FINEST BABY FOOD,
THE BEST INVALID FOOD,
THE MOST PALATABLE FOOD,
THE MOST NUTRITIOUS FOOD,
THE MOST ECONOMICAL FOOD.
I SO Meals for an Infant for -Si.OOi
''rA
Cabinet photo, of Ids. pABX^TaTtZTS-tliiii
fesantifei enfldxea^eent to tbe mother of any bebr
borawithin a year. Alio a rateable pantp&let an |g
Carepf Infanta sjid IBTSBJJS,
SoldbrSnmMta. BO,t fl.0.
From the Ex-President of
Hood's Sarsaparilla
For over a year wo have been using that admi
rable preparation. Hood's Sarsaparilla, among the
inmates of St. John's Home, with constantly in
creasing benefit and satisfaction we want nothing
better. In casss of general debility arid loss of
appetite we find it invaluable alsowhen an Impure
state of the blood is indicated by eruptions, etc.
We shall continue to keep It among our regular
supplies." SISTEHS oy ST. JOSEPH, St. John's
Home. Brooklyn, N. Y.
N.B. Be sure to get Hood's Sarsaparilla.
Hood's Sarsaparil.a
Sold by all druggists. SI sir for 85. Prepared only
c. I. HOOD & CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass. exby
Tour Friend Cotaunittecl Suicide.
You never suspected it, none of his friends
dreamed of it, he dkC not know it himself,
but it is exactly what he did, nevertheless.
Do you remember his sallow complexion?
Do you recollect how he usjed to complain of
headaches and constipatioii? "I' getting
IOO Doses One Dollar
M0NT
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9hl
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theNew
York State Senate.
STAKE NEW TORK, SENATE CHAMBER,
ALBANY, March 11,1886.
I have used AIXCOCK'S POROUS PLASTERS
to my family for the past nveyears,and
can truthfully say they area valuable
remedy and effect great curea I would not
be without them. I have in several in
stances given some to friends suffering
with weak and lame backs, and they have
invariably afforded certain and speedy re
relief. They can not be too highly com.
mended. EDSCUHD JJ. PITTS.
THE sphere of the weather prophetat
mo-sphere.
Edwin Forrest's Secret.
The great tragedian, Forrest, had a secret
whxc^everyfaMloastt laim. anpofi
py. Haidne,c "Iyowe alelt mye successdtor thte
fact that everything I hare undertaken I
nave done, thoroughly. I never neglect
trifles." That's the pointdon't neglect
trifles. Don't neglect that hacking cough,
those night-sweats, tbat feeble and capri
cious appetite, and the other symptoms,
trifling in themselves, but awful in their
significance. They herald the approach of
consumption. You are in danger, but you
can be saved. Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery will restore you to health and
vigor, as it has thousands of others. For
all scrofulous diseases, and consumption is
one of them, it is a sovereign remedy.
HAMLET is a play for all time.
Will never give up the ghost.Puck.
^We accidentally overheard the following
dialogue on the street yesterday.
Jones. Smith, why don't you stop that
disgustinghawking and spitting?
Smith. How can II Yo know I am a
martyr to catarrh.
J". Do as I did. I had the disease in its
worst form but I am well now.
& What did you do for it!
T. I used Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy. It
cured me and it will cure you.
S. I've heard of it, and by Jove I'll try it.
J. Do so. You'll find it at all the1 drug
stores in town.
drug
The largest sum ever known
nave been paid for a single book wai
$50,000, which, the German governmenl
gave for a vellum missal, originallj
presented to King Henry VIII. by Pop
Leo X. Charles II. gave it to an ances.
tor of the Duke of Hamilton, and be
came the property of the German
ernment at the sale of the DukU^
brary a few years ago.
Vigor and Vitality
Are quicily given to every part of the body by
Hood's Sarsaparilla. That tired feeling is entirely
The blood is purified, enriched, and
vitalized, and carries health instead of disease to
every organ. The stomach is toned and strength
ened, tho appetite restored. The kidneys and liver
are roused and invigorated. The brain is refreshed,
the mind made clear and ready for work. The
whole system is built up by
Pill
will save the dyspeptic from many
days of misery, and enable him to eat
whatever he wishes. They prevent
Sick Headache,
cause the food to assimilate and nour
ish the body, give keen appetite, and
Develop Flesh
and solid muscle. Elegantly sugar
coated. Price, 25cts. per box
SOLD EVERYWHERE.
CATARRHCcCFu
the Nasal CavityChronic and Ulcerative. Catarrh
of the Bye, Kar or Throat, i is taken internally
and acts chiefly upon the Blood and Mucus Surface
of the System. I will give SIOO-OO for any ase
of Catarrh it will not Cure.
Price. US cents a, Bottle.
FRANK FRISBY, Proprietor
Bismarck, Dak. Noyes Bros.
& Cutler, Agents, ST. PAUL.
Or MAMS THIS PAPJa T tiaayeBwrtU.
can made working
fo
us Agents preferred who
can furnish their own horses and give their whole timo
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JOHNSON CO., 1013 Bain Street, Klehaond, Va.
aar.NAME THIS PAPEB .ray time jou writ.
MAJMB Selling. Bonnell'a Acme
111 Oil Burner, the only smokeless and odorless
iple (tank included) for
For particulars
burner. One complete sample (tan included for
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please state you saw the advertisement
in this paper.
I!M man wholin inrected fromtore*
fte dollars in & Bubbcr Coat, an*
s hU ant half how* experience tm
nana finds to W* sorrow that It it
hardly abetter pmtecfm than a mo
SSto oetOag, ootcniFfeeU chagrlne*
atba^tobadljr taMn to, bat alM
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roe gift for tho ladles, gsra
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know^and appreciate*,
the pmilJse ofbsv-
infra few remnant* of
ribbon, bandy for ta~
thousand and ons
taatyand useful
porpoeea for which
tochgoods ars
caed.and which
they,, tho ladfea,
nss to such adraa-
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create a large bill
Of expanse, and.
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femnahU of rib-
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large importing-
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which they would
be wflangto dispose offn bulk, fora Email fraction of their cast,
to any one capable of purchasing largely,we instituted a search,
resulting in our obtaining the entire stock of Silk, and
Satin Ribbon Jtemnants of several of the largest of
these houses, who imported the finest goods. SEuese goods may
be depended upon as superiorto nnytliiug to be found, except
in the very best stores of America. Yet they are given away
free} nothinjrlikoi^- -rer known. A grand liencat for all thr
ladies beautiful.eicger.*. choice goods absolutely free. Wtl
hare expended thonsands of dollars in this direction, and can
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bons, in every conceivable shade and width, and all of excellent
quality, adapted for neck-wear,bonnet strings, hat trimmings,
bows, scarfs, dress trimmings, silk quilt work, etc, etc. Some
of these remnants range three yards and iupwards in length.
Thongh remnants,nil tho patterns arenewand late styles, and,
may be depended on as beautiful, refined, fashionable and ele
gant. Howto get J box containing a Comuleto
Assortment these eleeant ribbons Free.
The Practical Housekeeper and Ladies*
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knowledged, by those competent to judge, to be the best peri
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lustrated regular price 75 cts. perycar send 3 5 cents and we
will send it to yon for a trial year, and will also send free a
box of the ribbons: 8 subscriptions and 2 ,lxe O S cts. 4=
subscriptions and 4 boxes,$1. One-cent postagu stamps may
be sent for less than $1. Get 3 friends to jcin you thereby get
ting 4 subscriptions and 4 boxes for only 31 con do It in a few
minutes. The ^iove oflfari based oa i.t- ?.-..those wlioreaiS.
the periodical referred to, for one year, want it thereafter, an4
pay nsthe full price for it it is in after years, and not now,
that we make money. We make this great cfTer in order to
at once secure 220,000 new subscribers, who, not now, bat next
year, and in years thereafter, shall reward ins with a profit, be
cause the majority of them will wiah to renew their subscrip
tions, and will do so. The mw- required is but small fraction
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SaT-HAMB THIS PAPEB srerjtimoyou write.
The treatment of many thousands of cases
of those chronic weaknesses and "tlistreBSing
ailments peculiar to femaleB, at the Invalids1
Hotel and Surgical Institute, Buffalo, N. Y.,
has afforded a vast experience iii nicely adapt
ing and thoroughly testing remedies for the
cure of woman's peculiar maladies.
Dr. IMerce's Favorite Prescription
is the outgrowth, or result, of this great aud
valuable experience. Thousands of testimo
nials, received from patients and from physi
cians who have tested it in tho more aggra
vated and obstinate cases which had baffled
their skill, prove it to bo tho most wonderful
remedy ever devised for the relief and cure of
Buffering women It ia not recommended as a
"cure-all," but a a most perfect Specific for
woman peculiar ailments.
A a powerful, iiririsroratiiitr tonic,
it imparte strength to tho whole system,
and to the womb and its appendages in
particular. For overworked,
tosesawild
URED stay
red USING
ISBT'S
atarrh Care.
Cures Catarrh of
CUREc
WELLS, &c.
Send for our catalogue, Ac, on "Well Soring
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LOO MIS & NYMAN, TlFPHf, OBIO.
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$IQQ a $300
A
worn-out,
run-down," debilitated teachers,- milliners,
dressmakers, seamstresses, "shop-girls," house
keepers, nursing mothers, and feeble women
generally. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription
is tho greatest earthly boon, being unequalcd
as an appetizing cordial and restorative tonic.
As a aoothingr and streiigtbeniiig
nervine. "Favorite Prescription" is une
qualed and is invaluable in allaying and sub
duing nervous excitability, irritability, ex
haustion, prostration, hysteria, epasmB and
other distressing, nervous symptoms com
monly attendant upon functional and organic
disease of the womb. It induces refreshing
sleep and relieves mental anxiety and de
spondency.
Dr. Piorco*a Favorite Prescription
Is a legitimate medicine, carefully
compounded by an experienced and Bkillful
physician, and adapted to woman's delicate
organization. It is purely vegetable in its
composition and perfectly harmless in iti
effects in any condition of the system. For
morning sickness, or nausea, from whatever
cause arising, weak stomach, indigestion, dys
epsi an kindred symptoms, its use, in small
prove very beneficial.
Favorite Prescription is a posi
tive care for the most complicated and ob
stinate cases of leucorrhea, excessive flowing,
painful menstruation, unnatural suppressions,
prolapsus, or falling of the womb, weak back,
fomale weakness, anteversion, retroversion,
peanng-down sensations, chronic congestion,
inflammation and ulceration of the womb, in
flammation, pain and tenderness in ovaries,
accompanied with "internal heat."
.As a regulator and promoter of func
tional action, at that critical period of change
from girlhood to womanhood, Favorite Pre
scription is a perfectly safe remedial agent,
and can produce only good results. It is
equally efficacious and valuable in its effects
when taken for those disorders and derange
ments incident to that later and most critical
period, known as The Change of Life."
Favorite Prescription," when taken
In connection with the use of Dr. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery, and small laxative
doses of Dr. Pierce's Purgative Pellets (Little
Liver Pills), curea Liver, Kidney aud Bladder
diseases. Their combined use also removes
blood taints, and abolishes cancerous and
scrofulous humors from tho system.
"Favorite Prescription" is the only
medicine for women, sold by druggists, under
a positive guarantee,
frobottle-wrapper,yevermanuneithm facturers, that it will give satisfaction
case, o8rJmoney will be refunded. Thisguaran-
Prate on the
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disabled Pay.etc. De.
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J~ """^^serters relieved Laws free.
A. w. MCCORMICK A BOSS, ciei., o., w^gtoB,S.c.
Che*PvQS?d
8en
and faithfully carried out for many years.
fcargre bottles (TWO doses) $1.00, or six
bottles for $5.00.
For large, illustrated Treatise on Diseases of
women (160 pages, paper-covered), send ten
cents in stamps. Address,
World's Dispensary Medical Association,
663 Main St* BUFFALO, N.
This is the Best Shoe
made for boys or girls.
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and sold as follows:
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Our name is on the bottom
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not keep them
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ir on receipt of
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CEITE(H,flLEITOSmDr.^OHIQ VflLLET
GRAND JUBILEEMltbratiBg the Settlementof the Northwestern Territory.
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