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t M . . m tf. The News-Herald. wuraiBAT,viimii Ma. mLLSBORO. t t t OHIO. TOPICS OF THE DAY. It Is proposed to build a theater in Now York to bo devoted exclusively to amateur actors. If it were possible to Tequlre all amateurs to appear on no other stag than this, it wonld be a blessing. ' The Supreme Court of Iowa sustained a tornado insurance company in a case from Crawford County, in its refusal to pay the.insuranco on a horse killed by a high wind, holding that the wind was not a tornado. General Harney, of the United States Army, is the oldest man on tha Tcglster. He became a soldier in 1818, and participated in every war in which the country has engaged since that time. He is eighty-six years of ago and very rich. A rock weighing more than a ton fell on a railway track in Connecticut tho other day, and two little boys, who saved a train from destruction, recclred a purse of $4.20 from tho grateful pas sengers. There is nothing like teaching practical frugality to the young. Some of tho reform newspapers aro exercised over tho discovery that a cigar contains acetic, formic, butyric, valeric and proprionlc acids, prusslc acid, cre osote, carbolic acid, ammonia, sulphuret ted hydrogen, pyridine, viridine, pico line and rubidene. The question nat urally arises, where in the world is tho tobacco? It is said that tho fine and aromatio tobacco of Cuba is growing scarcer every year, and that its degeneration is due to the exhaustion of the land and the abuse of Peruvian guano as a fertil izer. The United States produces yearly About 200,000,000 pounds, and to mako cigars 7,000,000 pounds of tobacco for fillers are bought in Cuba. The woolen shirt for summer dross Is all the rage just at present among the young men, and they are manufactured in such tasteful styles that for ordinary occasions they aro as presentable as tho stiff white. As a matter of fact, tho woolen shirt is said by physicians to bo tho most healthful of them all, especi ally in this climate of sudden changes. Br the recent action of Congress on the trade-dollar, the whole subject has been revived. Tho actual coinage of these dollars was 35,959,360. How many there are still in tho country it is impossiblo to say. Some time ago tho number was estimated at 6,000,000. It is supposed that nearly thirty millions of them were exported to China and Japan and are still held in those coun tries. m Mrs. Cleveland's marriage certifi cate will, when it is finished, be a very interesting document. It rests on a bed of blue velvet in an alligator portifolio about twelve inches long and eight wide. In the upper left-hand corner of tho certificate is a very pretty picture of the Whito House The ccrtiiicato issued by Dr. Sunderland in the portfolio is now being sent around to all who wcro at the wedding that they may sign it as witnesses. M. L'Hoste's patented steering and propelling apparatus seems to have worked admirably in the balloon voyago which tho distinguished French aeronaut made a few days ago from Cherbourg to London. M. L'Hosto had with him miniature torpedoes, which he dropped successfully on tho forts and arsenals over which the balloon passed in ap proaching the shore. Ballooning, evi dently, is on the way to become an ex act science. The frost bell is doubtless the means of saving many tons of grapes in the northern portions of California. It consists of a wire running from differ ent parts of the vineyard to the house. On the vineyard end of the wire is an apparatus that rings a bell at tho houso when the thermometer descends to a certain degree. When tho bell is let off the occupants of the house immediately repair to the vineyard and light fires in different quarters to keep off the frost m The Medical Record has another con tribution from a physician to the science of ice-cream poisoning, which mani festly upsets the Tyrotoxicon theory ol Prof. Vaughn. Tho fatal principle is not a new toxic element at all, but an old poison long known to the French, who call the sickness produced vanillism. This word is derived from the vanilla oean, which has an exceedingly bad record, even when sound, and free from any admixture. The essence is irritating and corrosive, producing popular. m A teacher at Liegnitz, Germany, gave her class the following problem far a holiday task: "Ffbm 880,788,899 deduct 629 until nothing remains." The poor girls figured and figured for hours without making much headway; finally their tears attracted the attention of the parents. A simple division will show that the figures 629 is contained in the larger one no leu than 1,400,300 times. Allowing three deductions a minute and twelve hoars' work a day, it would take ever 600 days to do what had been given the girls. The watermelon is the most abused production of modern times, says a newspaper writer. He is held king over the digestive organs. In truth, he is the most potent fever-killer that comes the table. The person who eats his coarse of soup, fish, flesh and fowl, be aides the entrees, and then feasts upon pi,eakeaad ice ereaaa, and finishes with a quarter of a thirty pound melon, mm fails' to lay bis colie to the melon. s. hat weather the person who lives wale will see every ladiMUoa of rwaeppear. XLIXTH CONGRESS. Tint Sesslosw Washington, July 31. Bbnatb. The Com mittee on Finance was authorised, during the recess, to continue the, Investigation of un dervaluations in tho customs service. bi House bill to extend the free delivery sys tem was reported back and placed on the calendar. A resolution was offered In strucung the President to ascertain, by correspondence with forcljrn nations, their Intentions with regard to sil ver. The Indian traderehlp Investigation was authorized to continue during the recess. Tho New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Vlcks burg land forfeiture bill was reported back. Messrs. Allison, Aldrleh and Beck were ap pointed conferees on the surplus resolution. The Houso bill to regulate the packing and selling of cut tobacco was considered and finally recommitted to tho Committee on Fi nances for further consideration. At 2:40 p. m. the Benato went Into executive session, and at 0 :30 p. m. adjourned. HOURS. Tho President's veto of the public building bill for Springfield, Mo., was read and referred. The river and harbor confer once report of anagrcemcntreoognlilng the Hennepin canal. New York harbor, Potomao flats, and other Senate amendments were re jected by the House yeas, lot!; nays, IX, and a further conference was ordered. A Joint resolution extending the appropriations until August 10, was reported from t no Committee on Appropriations by Mr. Randall, but Its consideration was objected to and It was referred to the commltteo of the whole. Ulanohard and Henderson at their own re quest were excused from further service on the river und harbor conference com mlttce. and Messrs. Glovor and Markbam appointed In their places. The House, on motion of Morrison, non-concurred In the Senate amendments to tho surplus resolu tion, and a conference was ordered. Messrs. Morrison, Breckinridge and Hlscock were appointed conferees. Tho Fortification Ap propriation bill was reported back, with the recommendation that all the Senate amend ments be non-concurred In. Mr. Butterworth moved the House recede from Its disagree ment to the amendment establishing a plant at the Frankfort Arsenal, Philadelphia. Pending action, the House, at 5 p. m., ad journed. Washington, Aug. 2. Senate. Tho sun dry civil bill was sent back to conference. Senator Blair tried to get a vote on some of the vetoed pension bills, but failed. Mr. Evarts explained bis resolution for an Inter national conference on tho silver question, Tho bill to tax fractional parts of a gallon of whisky and to permit the withdrawal of spirits for fortifying wines was passed. The o nference on the general deficiency bill re port was agreed to. At 8:20 p. in. the Senato went Into executive session, and at 8 :S5 ad journed until 10 to-morrow. House. Tho bill to increase tho naval es tablishment was agreed to with the Senato amendments. A resolution was passed ex tending appropriations to August 6. The con ference report on the sundry civil bill was re ceived, and points of dltfcrcnco Insisted upon. The Senate bill increasing tbo pension of sol diers who lost nn arm or leg In the service was passed 167 to 51. At 5 p. m. the House adjourned. Washington, Aug. 3. Senate. The gen eral deficiency bill was reported from con ference and agreed to. A resolution to ex tend the appropriations was objected to and went over. A reported resolution to ad- iourn August 4 went o er on objection of Mr. loar, who wanted his bill for "National in quests" considered first. A vetoed pension bill was taken up and considered. The debate was interrupted In order that the amendments to tbo fortification bill could do Insisted upon and a conference committee appointed. The river and harbor contcrenoe report was then submitted, interrupting the pension debate again. Mr. Edmunds called for the reading of tho bill. It appropriates ilMVJ.WO, or about WTO 000 less than when It passed tbo House. Tho confcrcnco report was agreed to without a division. A voto was taken on the vetoed pension bill of Mary J. Nottngc, and It failed to get tho neces sary two-thirds yeas 20, nays 19. Tho Homo lser pension bill was then taken up, and on the statement of Senator Wilson, of Mary land, that It bad been vetoed under a misap prehension, was passed oer tho veto unani mously. At 6 o'clock the Senato took a rocess until 8 p. m.. the night session being for the consideration of the sundry civil bill. House. The President's message enoun cing his approval of the oleomargarine bill was read; also, his message transmitting the papers in tho Cutting case. Tho conference report on tho river and harbor bill was pre sented, and after It had been read filibuster ing was resorted to to pro ent a vote. The re port was finally adopted yeas 121, najs 8. The report on the General Deficiency Ap propriation Din was rcaa ana agreed to. 'me conference report on tho surplus resolution was submitted, to bo printed in the Record, Mr. Morrison giving notlco ho would call it up hereafter. The Sundry Civil bill was then reported and adopted yeas, US; najs, 26. At & p. m. the House adjourned. Washington, Aug. . Senate. The Grant relics, presented In a collection to the United States by W. H. Vanderbllt, were accepted by joint resolution. An attempt to take up bills on the calendar was opposed by Mr. Edmunds on account of tho lateness of the season and the amount of work tho President had before him. Tho backbone land grant was made the BDeclal order for the second Mondav In De cember. A bill was passed extending the sys tem for Immediate delivery to all articles bearing an Immediate delivery stamp. Tbo bill to restrict tho ownership of real estate la tho Territories to American citlzons was pnsscd and sent to conference. An attempt to get a voto on a vetoed pension bill failed, the measure being postponed until the first Wednesday In December. Another was taken up, but tbo vote jcaB 19, nays 15 discovered no quorum present. Tho Morrison surplus resolution support was taken up, and after discussion, agreed to without a division. The benate at 6p.m. adjourned until 11 a. m. to morrow. House. A'resolutlon was adopted express ing tho sorrow of the Houso at the death of Samuel J. Tilden. A resolution from tho Ju diciary Committee to investigate the Union Pacific Railroad management was objected to by O'Neill, of Pensylvanla. The Senate amendments to the fortifications bill was disagreed to and conferees appointed. The Morrison surplus rcsolu Ion report was called up and discussed. It was adopted yeas 130, nays (II. The Cutting resolutions wer) re- ?orted from the Committee on Foreign Af airs, and discussed uutllS p.m., whan the House adjourned. WAsntKOTON, Aug.5, Both Houses of Con gress adjourned sine die this afternoon. The session covered 241 days. Tho total number of measures that paisod both houses war; 1,101, being 241 Senate hills and 800 bills which originated In the House. Of this total Kutt became laws with the President's approval, 181 became laws by limitation, the Presi dent falling either to approo or disap prove them within ten days after their presentation to blm; 1U were vetoed, and one failed by reason cf adjournment without ac tion by the President. Mr. Morrison (I1L) of fered a resolution In the House, before ad journment, grantlngthecommltteeappolnted to Investigate the labor troubles lb the West permission to sit during the recess, with all Ida powers granted 10 it in me original reso lution providing for it appointment. Adopted. The Senate bill accepting the Grant relics was pissed; also the Senate bills appropriation of 150.000 for completion of the public buildings at Ft. Scott. Ark., and (150,. UOu for the erection of a public building at Los Angeles, Cal. m Miscellaneous News, Jonx A. Miller, a prominent young bus iness man of Peoria, 111., was found dead in his room on the 3d. Morphine, taken to Induce sleep. The will of the late Judge David Davis was offered for probate at Bloomington, 111., on the Sd. His estate is valned at 1,000,000, chiefly lands. There are no pub lic bequests. He earnestly enjoins upon his heir to see that none ot his relatives come to want "By thus doing," he says, "you will honor your mother and father." A young man of Elmsport, Pa., who is very much in love with a young woman of that place, insisted upon " seeing her home from church' the other night She objected. He in sisted. She slapped his face. He fol lowed her and entered the house. She got a whip and drove him out He lingered on the piazza. She drove him off. He says he will have that girl yet Pittsburgh Post. ' In an objective for a microscope magnifying twenty-five hundred diam eters the lens measures four-hupdredths of an inch in diameter so small that It has to be handled with pincers and the workman has to use a magnlfying glass in fitting it into an Instrument With higher powers the lens is still smaller, and mioroscopie power runs up to eight thousand diameters and more. Chicago Times. m m To blaze iron pipes, first clean the split edges covering with borax that has first bees ground oa a stone with water, and bind a piece of brsss wire along the seam, with a' small iron wire wound around the pipe. Place the pipe in a charcoal fire, ooamenoiag at oaa ead of the split, drawiag the pipe .through the fire as the brass & thsUmMuigtL MOTHER INSTINCT. Her Ufa and the Lives of Two Children Saved by Chance. Philadelphia, Aug. 8. A mother showed remarkable presence of mind in preserving the lives of her children, at Bea Island City, N. J.) where her house was blown down during the reoeat storm, The lady said that the felt the house rocking and was about preparing to leave and go to a neighbor's when she felt the braces give way and the house being raised. She thoughtfully threw herself upon the floor and drew her three children to her, which action no doubt saved the lives of all, for had they been standing all would have been crushed. After the fall of the house, by the aid ot the constant lightning, one of the boys was enabled to make his way between two trunks, but Carl refused to leave his mother until the baby, which was in the cot, had been found. He had groped about and at last (ouud the infant nearly dead. The mother and children then made their escape. A lecond after they left the back part of the house fell over upon the spot from which they had just escaped. Mrs. McLaughlin and the children were taken in by the neighbors and cared for. The mother then became very weak and swooned, THAT MEXICAN IMBROGLIO May Possibly Result In an Extra Session of Congress. Washington, Aug 8. A member of the Foreign Affairs Committee holding close relations with the Administration stated to-night that the adoption of the Cutting resolutions, should they pass the House So-morrow, would imply much more than teemed to be generally supposed. In the first place, he said, Mexico has boon asked to release this man Cutting. Mex ico has refused, and has given reasons. These resolutions declare those reasons in iufllclent, and request the President to re new tbo demand. Should this renewed de mand be refused, our minister will be at jnce withdrawn, and then in all probabil ity an extra session of Congress would save to be called. Mr. Belmont, tho Chair nan of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, is working most earnestly for the release of Mr. Cutting. INNOCENTS DROWNED. rive Little Children Go In llathlng ad Are Lost. Keokuk, Ia., Aug. 3. Near Mt Zlon, last evening, six children, ranging in ages trom six o thirteen years, went out to play, as it is supposed, and wandered to the river, where live of them ventured in bathing. Upon being missed Bearch ,was made, und one of tbo children was found (tendering In the woods near the sceno of the drowning, bat she could not tell any thing concerning the others. Upon further leareh the clothing of the inlsblng children nas found on the river bank, and the river n ns di agged for the remains. All of them were recovered to-day. Tho following are the names of the victims: Edith Bott, aged thirteen; Clarence Gillette, ten; Norris Houk, eight; Charlie Houk, four, and Susie Houk, aged six. 1 m Heavy Ilobbery. STASTMAX. OA.. All?. 3 Clem Wlealv nn 3ld miser. liTeB in a. remntA nnrnnr ef Montgomery County, thirty miles, from " ruuroao. tie was Known to nave a con siderable amount of mnnuv. Af. mMl. his house was surrounded by a number of maaneu men armed with axes. They in timidated the family, broke open the rooms and secured the Iron safn. ThU thav uttnA into a wagon and drove off. The wagon was traced next day to the house of Tobe Moore, twentv-three miles dletnnt Imh the safe was found, but emptied of the $8, XK) which was in it when carried away. There was the same amount of good nego tiable papers in the safe. Four men have been arrested. 1 . 1 Bad Effect of tho Decline In Silver. Butte, Mon., Aug. 3. Crave alarm ex ist throughout tho mining districts of Montana over the rapid decline of silver. The Inter-Mountain estimates that fifty thousand pooplo in the Territory are de pendent UDOIltho minlnf? InrlllBtrvnnH mff. O -..J HUU WVg,- nate enterprises, including merchants, iui mors ana mecuanics. The recent depre ciation of ten cents per ounce in silver repiosents the nrofits of th minim nm. panies, which will have to close down un less a reaction occurs. A Temperance Agitator Killed. Sioux City. Ia.. Anir. 3 Rnv fj I" WnA. dock, pastor of the Methodist Church at this place, and who has been the leader in the prosecution of tho Rnlnnn iuiu ,.. shot and instantly killed this evening wiuw crossing water street, at tho corner of Fourth. There is no clew as yet as to the Dernetrator of the rrlmn hut (I.hm seems to be no doubt that It grew out of me war lately Inaugurated on saloons here. Great excitement prevails. Genuine Summer Resorts. Mount WAsnisoTov. Ann- s n.in heavy gale and snow-storm on the White Mountains last nlcrht the mrvrir fall 38 degrees. There were two slight shocks vi earvoquaae leit at raoyan's Hotel. Rome, N. Y., Aug. 3. This morning snow began falling here, the fall lasting about five minutes. The weather is extremely cold for this season of the year. Stamp Thieves Captured. Chicago. Autr. 3. The Vnotmna inn. tors, who have been investigating the rob- oeryoi tne jninneapous post-office which occurred July 8, succeeded yesterday in locatine and securlnr over atom nf th stolen stamps in this city, and captured iuur iucu snspeciea oi Deing implicated In the crime. The police refuse to give the names ot the men under arrest. Hope Hop Up High. CANJOUAItlK. N. Y.. Anir. a. Tha nl. ruined condition of the hon rrnn ,,.,, out New York State by lice has created a uuueu auTunco. urowers in tela vicinity bt repeatedly reiusea tnirty-Dve cents for those nicked in 18S5. and vMtrHv . grower in Minden sold last year's crop at iuny cents, wmw u the highest price paid ui iu years. Fearful Work of an Old Boiler. PoTTSviixr. Pa.. Aim-, a a hniiAi. i .. shops of the Lehigh Valley Coal and Navl- Statlon COBIlUr StTnilnnt P- ..IJ.J at noon to-day. Bo far as beard from. oigui, men were injurea, one killed, and two others are expected to die. The boiler was put in fifteen years ago, when the ihops were built, and has been condemned several times. An Kpldemio of Typhoid Fever, PiTTSBUBon, Aug. 8. Twenty-seven new cases of typhoid fever on the South Side have been reported to the board of health since Sunday. , Blown to Pieces by Dynamite. BsanroBD, Pa., Aug. 8. George A. Piatt, while manufacturing nltro-glycerlne at Duke Center, near here, to-day, was blown to pieces by a premature explosion. The explosion set fire to the factory, which eon tained 1,000 pounds of nltro-glycerlne, bnl Piatt's assistant, Jack Vendewater, extln guished the flames at the risk of his life m A California Senator. aUcaAMsaTO, Aag. a A. P. WiUiesse, Republican, was elected 'by the CaUforaU Leguuataretothe vaeaacy caased hjrtht death of Senator Miller, WUliasas smsbo ast was Hearst, asd the yete stoea; wil llaass, TO; Hearst, M. CAPSIZED. A Lamentable Disaster Near Portland, Maine. AYaehtCaatht in a Squall and Save el One Family Drowned, FdBtiAKn, Ms., Aug. 4. A family part; started out this afternoon in two yachts for a picnic In the first yacht were Wel lington Masters, aged seventy; his wife, Jane Masters, sixty-nine, and her six grand children, Benj. Whelten, Maud Whelten, Harry Cleveland, Emma Cleveland, Jane Masters and little Jimmy Cleveland. The second yacht contained Jas. Whelten and John B. Cleveland, wfth their wives, who were the parents of the above children. Ev ery thing went pleasantly. When off Seal Cove, Diamond Island, a sudden squall came down upon tbem. It struck the yacht containing tho old people and their grand children and capsUed it, carrying down every one on board. The only person seen after was little Jimmy Cleveland, who floated on the surface. The second boat was about two hundred yards distant from the scene of the accident. The parents ot the children were powerless to render any aid. As the body of Jimmy Cleveland rose to the surface his father sprang overboard and swam to his rescue, catching him just as he was going down for the last time. After half an hour's hard work he was brought to consciousness. Gladstone Sara His Day Is Over. London, Aug. 4. Mr. Gladstone, in a letter to Mr. Arnold Marley, Liberal mem ber of Parliament from tho Eastern Divi sion of Nottingham, says: "Even apart from the action of permanent causes, the strain of the last six yearn upon me har been great. I must look for an opportunity for some change or repose, whether in or beyond England, but in one Important re spect I feel relief must be sought forth with, and made permanent. It has been my fate to be charged with personal correspondence, in part highly interesting, but I think far greater than ever has fallen to the lot of any other individual. My private secretaries, when in office, by hard labor carried on what I may call the work of the entire department. I will be unable henceforth to maintai? an establishment or promise the devotion of my time and the surrender of personal liberty which the efficient conduct of an intercourse by letter with not less than twenty thousand persons each year re quires." Murder Mystery Cleared. New York, Aug. 4. By a confession made to-night by a young married woman, named Mrs. Barton, a supposed murder mystery is cleared up. July 23 the body of Frank Poster was found In a wagon at the head ot Scholes street, Brooklyn. From Mrs. Barton's statement, it seems that she was walking home with Pflster on the evening in question, and that he tried to assault her. She resisted, and Pflster pro duced a pistol. Mrs. Barton screamed, and Pflster fired a shot. Mrs. Barton finally succeeded in gaining possession of the weapon, and with it struck Pflster on the head. Pflster as not ablo to get away. The blow probably was on the temple, or some vital spot, and Pflster from weakness lay down in a wagon and died there. The woman is only fifteen years old. m An Ill-Fatcd Family. Cextralia, III., Aug. 4. Miss Lijsiie Brewer, an estimable young lady of Cen tralia, was buried here to-day. Within a short time sad fatalities have attended the family of this young lady. A brother was killed on the railroad, and shortly after the father died. There were two young girls, whose work was in part the support of the family. One of these died a few months ago, and to-day tho other was carried to the grave. The strange oft occurrence of death in the family has caused much sym pathy for them on the part of our citizens. A Noble OttY. New York, August 4. For several years Mr. Tilden has intended to bequeath his beautiful city residence, on Gramorcy Park, with its large collection of rare books, to the city for a public library. In his will he has made ample provisions for its transfer to three trustees for the purposes named. Messrs. John Blgelow, of this city; Manton Marble and Honry Waterson, of Kentucky, are the three Trustees. Tho value of the building alone is nearly S1,000,000, while it is said the li brary alone is worth f 100,000. m The, Aggregate Appropriations. Washington, Aug. 4. The aggregate ap propriations made by the regular appro priation bills passed this session ot Con gress (excluding the fortifications bill) i $365,000,000, which is 145,000,000 in excess of the appropriations made by the bills passed last session. The deflclenoy, sundry civil and river and harbor appropriation bills were enrolled and sent to the President for approval to-day. Burned to Death. Lovxxand, O., Aug. 4. Brock's planing mill burned to-day. Henry Nieheiser, a workman in the mill whn vrnnt nn th ) to throw fire grenades, remained there too long ana was cornea aown Dy the falllu roof into the midst of the flames and per ished at once. Charles Helser, a carpenter who was working on the third floor, was also lost. It is supposed that he went back after his tools, which were quite valuable, and was unable to escape before the stair ways were in flames. Serious Blob Boston, Mass., Aug. 4. A serious rio' occurred about 0 o'clock to-night near th pork packing establishment of John P. Squire & Co., in Somervllle and Cam bridge, the result being probably fatal in juries to one policeman and one rioter, more or less severe injuries to a large num ber of policemen and rioters, and the ar rest ot several of the latter. A Colored Youth Lynched. Augusta, Ga., Aug. 4.-Tbia morning Henry Davis, a colored yuuth of nineteen years of age, was shot to death at IfcBeaa for assaulting a girl ten years of age. A party of masked men boarded the train, took the prisoner from the officers and shot blm. s Law and Order Triumphs. St. Louis, Mo., Aag. 4. At Desoto, Ha, an election was held yesterday for mayor, and the members of the new-organised Law and Order League showed tbeii strength by electing N.BIawsonby a saa jority of over three to one. m m Charged With Forgery. Drraorr, Mica., Aug. 4. A special to the Tribune from Charlotte says; "Elmer Mo Arthur, agent of the Home Insurance Com pany, of New York, an exemplary young man,-has been arrested charged with ears thousand dollar forgery." i . i i i Dynamite Plot. Lojnioir, Aug. 8. The police have, it is stated, been Informed of the existence of extensive latrigves by Irish and Kasstaa dynamiters agates, the BagUsh Oevera saeat Deteeiives wW he ststlsasa at the 4 Cerent Bassisa perta, j all arrive! trom KasslaleTSeeet ritaia wiU be eteat by wetoheaaae the vessels leareaea. PACKER, THE CANNIBAL, Who Killed rive Men and Babatded Fifteen Day ea Their Remains, Sentenced. Denver, Col., Aug. 5. The second trial of Alfred Packer, was concluded at Gun nison City last night The jury returned a verdict of manslaughter on five counts as charged in the indictment, and to-day Judge Harrison sentenced the prisoner to forty years in the penitentiary, or eight years for each man it is supposed he mur dered. The crime Packer was charged with is one of the most horrible on record. Dur ing the esrly part of the winter ot 1878 Packer, in company with Ave prospectors, Israel Swan, Wilson Bell, Ged Noon, Frank Miller and James Humphreys, started from Bingham, Utah, to a new mining district n the Ban Juan country. The winter was severe and game scarce, and when the party reached the place where Like City now stands, they were out of pro visions, and suffering with cold and cry ing for salt Here they went Into camp, and one night Packer murdered his com panions, and for fifteen days lived on the flesh of the dead men. In the early part of 1874 Packer made way to Los Pinos Agen cy, where he stated Bell had gone craiy with hunger and murdered the other four men while he (Packer) was out hunting for game, and on his return to camp Bell at tacked him with a hatchet, and he was compelled to kill Bell in self-defense. Packer was arrested and had a preliminary hearing, and was confined in Saguache jail, from where he escaped the same year, and was a fugitive until 1&83, when he was re captured at Fort Fetterman, Wy., going under tho name of John Bwarts. CUTTING'S CASE. The Beporta About the Whole Affair Bald to be Highly Exaggerated. New York, Aug. 5. A Toronto special says: Colonel D. V. Whitney, of Chicago, who is escorting the new Mexican Minister to Spain and Portugal and party through the United States and Canada, and who left Mexico City July 17, passed through here to-day. When spoken to about the ease of Editor Cutting, in jail in Mexico, for libel, he said: "You people up North who read telegraph dispatches about Cutting's case get more startling news about the affair than we do in Mexico. We have heard no talk there about war with the United States. All those sensational reports about the case are made by Cutting's friends, who wish to make a hero out of him. Cutting has broken the laws of the Republic on libel and has had to pay the penalty. I think he will be released from jail. The Mexican Government has no djslre to keep him in durance for any great length of time. Cut ting's character is not of the best, and the man he libeled is not much better. They both deserve to be In jail." Antics of an Exploding Boiler. St. Louis, Aug. 5. Last evening the boiler of a six-horse power, stationary en gine, located in the rear of the cellar at 1W3 North Broadway, exploded, and was blown through the intervening floor and roof, high into the air. In descending it alighted upon the roof of tho front of the same building, and crashed through again, finally resting on the floor ot the front room of the second story. The building was occupied by three families, but no one was injured except Henry Btege, a twelve-year-old boy, who was struck in the back and neck by a piece of tho boiler. He will recover. Tho building was almost com pletely demolished. i i Wisconsin Moonshiners. Milwuakbe, Aug. 8. The United States revenue officers are about to make a raid on a large number of Illicit whisky stills reported to exist in the woods of Manito woc County. The mountaineers are said to have flourished there for years, having been enabled to avoid suspicion by repre senting themselves as farmers. They have raised their own grain for whisky distilling purposes, and have smuggled the product to various parts of the State, where they have leadily disposed of it to saloon-keepers. One of the principal secret distilleries is owned by an old woman, and she is said to have made a fortune out of it Strange Accident Wilkesbaure, Pa., Aug. 5. A remarksv ble thing happened at the Wyoming race track to-day. The driver of Ike Shultz was making the three-quarter mile turn in the 8:30 race, when one ot the traces and the belly-band broke. All the harness fell off the horse and he became greatly agi tated. The driver maintained his seat by holding on to the reins, the latter taking the place of the traces. The spectators were horror-struck at the sight, and when the horse and driver passed under the wire the utmost quiet reigned. The horse was fin ally brought to a stand-still at the quarter mile pole. Keady for War. Vicksburo, Miss., Aug. 5. An enthu siastic mass-meeting was held here this evening for the purpose of indorsing the action of Secretary Bayard and Governor Ireland in the matter of the recent trouble with Mexico, and offering the State's quota of volunteers If required. Volunteers for Mexico, Bhamokin, Pa., Aug. 5. Lieutenant-Colonel John W. Nields, late ot the 104th Penn sylvania Volunteers, has' recruited one hundred men here' end offers their service to the United Btstee Government in thi event of war with Mexico. Cholera. Rons, Aug. 5. The cholera returns for to-day are: Bologna, 8 new cases and 7 deaths; Ravenna, 17 new cases and 10 deaths ; Verona, 8 new cases and 3 deaths ; Venice, 4 new cases and 1 death; Padua, 10 new cases and 8 deaths, and 47 new cases and 10 deaths elsewhere. The German Way. Berlin. Aur. 6. Tha editor of tha 2fo-. sen Zettung has been sentenced to six weeks' Imprisonment and 0,000 marks fine for detrimental remarks about a wagon factory. Kansas Wheat. TorxcAEAN., Aug. 5. The following Is a synopsis of the forthcoming crop report of the month ending July 81 : Winter wheat, area harvested, (67,009 acres; estimated product, 12,880,000 bushels. Grade very good. Spring wheat, area, 88,000 acres, probable product (80,000 bushels. m iCxtradltlou Treaty With Japaa. Washinoton, Aug. 6. The arst treaty ot Japaa with any nation is one with the United Btateu concerning' the extradltloa of criminals, and which will make Japan a poor refuge for fugitives from Amsricaa Justice. Bobbery by Circus Followers. SraiNoriELD, III., Aag. S. The presence of Barnnm's show ia this city yesterday brought the usual number of pick-pockets aad burglar. Ia addition to the many oases of petty thieving, the Ohio and Mis sissippi ticket oBtoe was entered last night and the agent's desk robbed of S1S0 ia greenbacks ana 18,080 ta mortgages. The mortgages were the property of the agent K. H. Bssssir. A Naval Strike. CrxciaiUTi, Aag. i. The rag-ptehen aad scavengers at this eity have struck against the jask deslem, aaiaadlif an laereasf AT GREYSTONE. , Tha Body of Saaauel J. TiMen Pre pared iter Burial. The' Preparations for the Sage's Funeral About Completed, yy' Yonkers, N. Y., Aug. 8. The morning opened rainy and all is quiet atGreyatone. The preparations for Mr. Tilden's funeral to-morrow are about completed. The un dertaker has had the white drapery re moved from the catafalque, which is to be removed to the drawing-room and draped in black. Men are at work draping the par lors and drawing-room with black cash mere. The embalming of the body was quite successful. Mr. Tilden's face looks natural and peaceful and looks upon the bier in the stillness of death as if he were in a refreshing slumber. The busi ness men of Yonkers have concluded to close their stores to-morrow from 10 to 13 o'clock, which will be the time occupied by the funeral services and the solemn pro cession in going from Grey stories to the Hudson river depot. The common coun cil of Yonkern have adopted resolutlonaof condolence and deprecate the loss ot such a worthy and upright citizen. It is pro- TtfMtatf f.timf. tie A mawne setoff, nntttmnn AAnnnil rwa ueaau vwuuavu vwhuvUi In a body. . Washinoton, Aug, 0. The President win leave Washington this evening for J"ew York to attend the funeral of Mr-Til to morrow. Acting Secretary Falrchudand a number of other officials will afieraLhe funeral. ,g , Barbed Wire' Rival. x Pittsbcror, Aug. 6. Charles Rogers, a Pittsburgh mechanic, has 'just patented a device which it is said will revAetflonTle the I a' bed wire fence business. jfrw'ln ventlon is for barbing metallic strips SbVut three-quarters of an inch wide. ibtma chine barbs a cut ranging from one-quarter to one-sixteenth of an inch in thickness: A machine capable of produc'-ngtity miles of this barbed metallic striup4day can be built for $300. Machine1 Jdn the same purpose now in use, which arenrao tlcally owned by a monopoly, cost fiS.OOO apiece, and are only capable ot pscCtucing thirty miles ot the wire per diem. .'A com? panyhas been formed with a ci.itt.l $300,000 to erect a plant in this cityvrch will be begun In a few days. Aflrm'lu .Kansas City offers to take the entire out put for a year. ti i A Kansas Tornado. f Topeka, Kan., Aug. 8. A telegram was received here last evening stating that a cyclone had struck the town of Hartland and demolished twenty houses and done great damage to growing crops. Sixteeen cars were blown from tba Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fo tracks and telegraph wires were prostrated for two miles west of the town. The extent ot tie damage has not yet been learned, but tho dispatch stated that no one, so far as known, had been seriously injured. The storm reached other towns in the vicinity of Hartland, but the wires being down, its effects can not be learned. Montana Cloud-Burat Fort Keoqh, M. T., August 6. Word has been received from Simmons' sheep corral, on tho American fork of the Mussol Shoal, that a cloud-burst occurred there Monday evening, which destroyed eight hundred sheep. The cloud exploded at the head of Dry Run Creek, and came pouring down in a solid wall twenty-two feet high, carrying off nearly the entire herd and almost drowning a herder. Tho carcasses of the animals are strewn along the river for a distance of sixteen miles below the scene of disaster. . Six Young Men Drowned in the Lake. Sarnia, Ont., Aug. 0. The pleasure yacht Cruiser was caught in the scorm of Sunday night and wrecked on Lake Huron. She had a crew of slxyoung men. all ot whom were drowned. The yachthad come ashore at Port Franco with the bodies of Hope McKenaie, Fleming Mc Kenrle and T. A. Tefer lashed to it. The bodies of W. J. Sinclair, Wm. Vidal and Walter C. Morrison have not yet been recovered. All the young men belong to the first families ot Sarnia and vicinity, and held prominent business positions. Central America to Join Mexico. St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 0. Tho Commercio Del Valle, published in this clty,'prints a letter in its last issue from its correspond ent in the City ot Mexico to the effect that the Presidents and ex-Presidents of the Central American Republics of Salvador, Nicaragua, Honduras, Costa Rica and Guatemala are now in that city arranging a plan for a union ot those States into one confederation, with the ultimate view of annexation with the Mexican Republic. National Encampment 0. A. R. San Francisco, Aug. a At the National Encampment & A. R., here, ex-Governor Fairchild, of Wisconsin, was elected Commander-in-Chief. The encampment next ?ear will be at St Louis. A resolution in avor of a pension of eight dollars a month to every surviving soldier and sailor of the war was defeated. Attempt to 8tetl a Millionaire's Body. Richmond, Can., Aug. 6 In December, 1884, George K. Fosser, one of the wealth iest residents ot this place died, leaving a fortune of 81,500,000. A few days ago an unsuccessful attempt was made by un known parties to steal the body. The Texas Way. Mattoon, III., Aug. 8. Scott Dowllng and D. A. Robinson, a Texas gamblor, got into a fight Robinson struck Dowllng, when thelatter responded by firing bis re volver at the belligerent Texan. The ball entered Robinson's abdomen, and his re-' covery is doubtful. $60,000 for the Parnellltes. Detroit, Mien., Aug. 0. Rev. Dr. O'Reilly this morning cabled to the treasurer of thi Irish Parliamentary fund in London 860. 000 to sustain the Parnellltes in their strug gles for the redress of Irish grievances. , . . ' A Cherokee Choked. Little Rock, Ark., Aug. 0. Kit Ross, a Cherokee Indian, was hanged to-day at Fort Smith for murder, committed in In dian Territory. Plttisurih Ealdeaie Afeatlaf. Pittsbuboh, Pa., Aug. C Six new caset of typhoid fever and two deaths were re ported to-day. The epidemic seems to b abating. m9 New Ulm (Minn.) is probably tho onlyoity on the continent ia whloh German is the official language of tha municipal council. The mayor and all the oouncllmen are Germans, aad all business s transacted la German. However, the German Post, which had been the official organ of the council for twenty-three years, has Just col lapsed, and every document will sow have to be translated Into English for publication in the Review, its successor, fit Paul Press. The London Electrician is the au thority for, a new and easy method of relieving the toothache It says that if a thin plate ot sine be placed on ona side of the gnm and a silver coia on the other side, with the aching tooth between them, and then tho edges of the metals brought together, a weak Salvanlo current will be established tat will enre the pain. It look pos sible, and Is the sort of thing that oaa could easily get somebody to try. A young man at Paris, Ky eloped with a joung lady from the theater white her brother who' had her ta aharge wsat eat ,o saeaasaak'VWhat a moral for, ffaitiohiaail ,-( 'M STATE NEWS ITEMS. John U. Team's application to purchase certain tracts of isolated Government lands it, Ohio, amounting to twenty-five r hundred acres, has been rejected. Mrs. Georob Feasel, of Liberty Town ship, Beuaca County, who is blind, walked - off a porch and broke a leg and arm. While oathlng in Silver lake, near Kent, Kdward White, a sixteen-year-old son of Jacob White, was taken with cramps and drowned before help could reach blm. Tbb little daughter of Patrick Gallagher fell from the second story of a stablest Piqua, crushing her skull so that death en- sued. A son ot Thomas Llghtfoot, near barnes vllle, fell from an apple-tree and broke hie arm. Blood-poisoning set in and he wlU die, r A riVE-TSAR-OLD son of John Dermody fell into an area-way at Mount Vernon, sustaining a fracture at the base of the brain. He will probably die. At Franklin, Holla Russell, accused ot the murder of little Mamie Holweger, was found Innocent Mrs. Geo. Warner, ot Suffleld, acci dentally spilled a boiler of hot water on her flf teen-months-old baby, death resulting in a few minutes. , The appointment of U. B. Marshal Urner, of Cincinnati, has been confirmed by tha Senate. jr Weston voted on local optlqn the other day. Prohibition won by 140 to SO. BLOoMviLLSfavors Prohibition by a vote Of 188 to 88." AToCNoman named Ford fell from a moving train on the T., C. & S. railroad, near Findlay, and received injuries which shortly afterward proved fatal. Cleveland has a company of over fifty young men drilling and putting themselves in readiness for a Mexican war. A duel with racers was fought by two colored men, Lee Webb and Spencer Wil liams, at' Springfield, the other afternoon, in the southwestern part of the city. Both men were terribly, although not fatally, cut Williams was arrested. A dozen colored men became Involved in a row ot serious proportions at Meyer's Lake, near Canton, the other night, at a colored celebration. Louis Dumont and John Kline were cut with razors, for which Chas. Lacy is in jail on a charge of cutting with intent to kill. Others of the partici pants were arrested and fined for disorder ly conduct Miss Emma Baker, aged twenty-two, a domestic in the household of L. W. Van -J Loan, Dayton, was fatally burned by the I explosion of a gasoline stove, the tank of which she attempted to fill while burning. Mrs. Mart Lunace, of Cleveland, to es cape from a lingering death from consump tion, committed suicide by hanging. Her husband is editor ot a Bohemian news paper. The Dewey Stove Company has struck natural gas in paying quantity at Balrds- town. . ' Mrs. C. W. Custis, of Ada, suicided by shooting herself in the stomach with a re- volver. Illness and despondency. She leaves a husband and three small children. Treasurer Poock, of Montgomery Coun ty, has brought suit against about fifty liquor dealers to compel them to pay the taxation under the Dow law. The coses of nineteen came up, the other afternoon, re sulting in judgments for the treasurer, but they all go to a higher court on an ap peal, to await the decision ot the supreme j court ' Wm. Norman, aged thirty-six, an em ploye of the Pan-Handle road at Dennison, while attempting to make a coupling, was caught between the buffers and almost in stantly killed, living but an honr. He had the link in his hand, walking backward, ' and did not notice the proximity of the cars behind him. The link passed entirely through his body. He leaves a wife and "'T six children. The Ohio State Prohibition Convention was held at Canton a few days ago. The speeches expressed hostility to the Repub lican party. A State Executive Commit tee was elected, beaded by B.,S. Higley, of Youngstown, as Chairman. D. W. Gage, ) ot Oberiln, was elected State Organizer, and an appeal for funds to wipe out an old debt met with a response of S1.600. After the adoption of a platform, a State ticket was nominated as follows; Secretary of State, H. R. Bmith, of Morrow; Commis sioner ot Common Schools, L. M. Hagood, of Hamilton; Judge ot the Supreme Court, Gideon T, Stewart, of Huron; Clerk ot the Supreme Court, H. J. May, ot Hardin; Member of Board of Public Works, Abra ham E. Teachout, of Cuyahoga. Tub Board of Trustees ot the Ohio Sol diers' and Sailors' Home met at Dayton, the other evening, and voted to locate the Home at Sandusky, Mrs. Joun Stella, aged forty, of North Liberty, deserted berseventy-four-year-old husband at a circus, cashed a $1,000 note o belonging to him and eloped with a man giving the name of .Robert J, Walker, of Mt Vernon, aged thirty-five. Pae. Webeb, chemist at the State Uni versity, has been appointed expert chemist for the Food and Dairy Commission by General Hurst. The Fourth Brigade will go into camp at Sandusky, August 13. Bdrolabs, after chloroforming Mr. and Mrs. Hatfield, at Cuyahoga Falls, the other ,V night, took between fifty and sixty dollars, and various articles. A box containing deeds, and a watch, were taken,'but were found next day. Other houses in the vicin ity were visited, bnt nothing obtained William Davis, of Yellow Springs, met with a serious if not fatal accident a few days ago. While hauling rails he fell to the ground, and one of the wagon wheels passed over his head, breaking his jaw bone in two places aad otherwise bruising his bead. Joan Ltncb, thirteen, was drowned at Youngstown, while bathing. Tna extreme western part of Allen Ceunty was visited by a destructive storm a few mornings ago. Houses and barns were unroofed or blown down, fence rails ecattered and treest wlsted out by the roots. No oas wss killed, bnt a large number of persona were Injured. The crops were also injured. The loss is estimated at 150,00a Kehbt Freeze, seed seventy-four years, was found dead la acorn-Bald near Pros pect. Holmes Countt Fata will be held at Mil-i fc lersburg, Beptesaber St, W, IB aad Octo-7 berL Fred Linn bad a tog crashed by a large wheel falling oa it at the National Machin ery Works at Tifta. Taa treasurer of Holmes and Brown Counties settled with the Auditor of State a few days ago. These are the first coun ties to make their stmi-ennuel settlement J Geosob Bwanx, employed' as helper la the Baltimore aad Ohio shops at Newark, was seriously injured a few days since by a heavy boiler, which he was assisting to place la position, falling oa him. Bis whole body is injured, a portion being mashed As. He oaa not recover. ' Av the rirsassa'sTcaraaassat at Lima, j -Ada, MsnsaeU aad Time, carried off the uhablss auxoiL.sea sixteen, was tbrowa a wage as Teaaaewwa. fractaiiu has shall aad esnslng death, ' Jj A' :M V ft J; r W'i '- .'. iff .-'v' ,' OtiA TVr?? . -. ni, ; ... rr-" r sfSa