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The Ohio Democrat, MHEllM & WIIITK, Publisher. LOO AN. t oinn CURRENT TOPICS. Jin. Aiitiiuii's lust words woro "Oood nlKht." AJtJcil of tbo pork In Oregon Is fattoned on whont. Cuttiso In actually executing bis throat to lecture. QtiF.r.N Victoria baa now thirty llvlsg grandchildren. Tim Btroct corn of l'cnsacola nro to be run by electricity, Tiik cotton crop this year In Arkansas will reach ToO.lWU balos. Tnr. Farmers' Alllanco In said to baro linlf r million members. Mil. Oi.uistonb has a rent-roll and land incomo of S7d,000o year. Oi.n-PAsittiiNnn Yulo cako.1 for Christmas ro to bo (lire ml hv cntarors. Ctnniciiii.t.lsnow called "Itusblne Ran dy" by lirovoruiit Englishmen. A Dcmiqucglrl tried to hang borself be cause BhoMas culled a ''Tomboy." Mn. Hpuikikon and his oneray, the gout liavo gone to tho South of France. Hkhman OoujiNfl, of Uoverly. N. J., has died from tho effocts of a hornet's sting. The photographs of Mrs. Cleveland are in uctlve demand in the City of Mexico. Iionn Wolselbt, ns Adjutant-General of tho British army, gots oniy $13,500 n yoar. The taglslat re of Al bamu has olocted A womau for enrolling and engrossing clork. The Vermont Legislature has passed a Jaw prohibiting dunclng bears in the streets. Cook County, 111., in which is Chicago, ihas ouo Insane person to ovory 300 of the population. Ex-IJitE9WENT Annum, It is said, was the first member of tho Now York Thlrteou Club to die. At.An.lMA is nroinnrlnir. Tim Infrnne tn the Tuluoof property in the last four yoars is N5,000,XX). B way of sharp contrasts in fashion, we now hnvo black velvet bonnets with white strings. Oysteij plates nro square, and have places fpr five Bivalves. Enough is considered as Rood as a feast. Jt is sold that Capo Cod is slowly wash ing and blowing awny, losing somo two feet every yoar. It is estimated that the Violet Cameron venture In this country cost young Lord Xionsdalo 520,000. Pca UT vines in Kearney County. Kan., nro said to huve yiolded thi. ty bushels to 'tho acr i this year. Dr.En wore novor boforo so numerous in ,the mountain regions of West Virginia as they are this fall. Thehe nro 90,000 women on tho pension trolls as widows, dependent or relatives of deceased soldiers. Duitiso the presont yoar thoro liavo been seven embezzlements in Dostou, which ag Igregute $1,233 400. Am elderly New York lady bought a seat .in a street-car from a young man by pay ing him one dollar. Tni? Grand Jtiplds & Indiana Railway Compauy is planting walnut groves along tits line in Michigan. The telegrnp!i reports the cae of a boy ,who Is held in ronnylvanla ns security for the payment of a board bill. The man who dug the gravo forthreo iliusbands of Mrs. Foster, of Green Bay, be came hor fourth husband this summer. Napoleon at St. Helonn predicted that jibe Continent would gradually bo subju gated by "the colossal Muscovite- power." Minneapolis saw-mills out 31,000,000 feet less of lumbar, 30,000,000 less of shingles and 20,000,000 loss of lath this yoar than 'last. A Chinese woman has become noted in iNow York merely because she was the first ;of hor ago and uutiouality to die in that icity. A citizen of Salamanca has a United States six-dollar bill dated 1774. On its back are the words, "It is death to counter felt." Mmb. Boulicodt, of Paris, has given a Jpcnslon fund of 11,003,000, which is available .for all who havo been in hor sorv.ee twenty drears. The Territory of Montana wants to bo Cdmtttcd to the Union of States, and will , and a committee to Washington to plead ifor her. "We have socialism in our midst, and -socialism is not ling but monarchy in dis guise," said Henry Ward Beecher in a ro cent sermon. Is Tolt precinct. King County, W. T., Mrs. Millie Templeioii was electe 1 const, pie and her husbaud was defeated for jus tico of the peao ;. The Thanksgiving tnrkoy-bone having been picked, i mugtits of the youngsters pave been turned toward Christmas with a tender yearning. The Pope has invited tho editors of Cath-j ollc papers throughout the world to send; jtheir publications regularly to tbo press' office of the Vatican. Mr. BitANDENUEtta, of Philadelphia, owns ,the largest dog in America. Koloss is a Danish hound of noble ancestry, is nine leet long and Ave feet high. The mausoleum prepared by thoEmpress Eugenia, at Farnborougb, is now almost xea ly for the reoept on of the bodies of the ilato Emperor and Prince Imporial. John Snyder, the Hooslar whoso only re lief from the offeots of a strange disease is .In almost continual walking, shaves as he walks, and lakes his meals on the go. ' Four elephant belonging to Colo's clious were told at New Orleans lor 7,i50. Throe 'lions brought till euou, a hippopotumus went for l,500auda two-horned rhinoo rous for $4,200. A veicy amuning incident In counectlon fwith the dr.una ro.-ently in Now York, (was the misplacement of o.ie-h.lfof Mr. (Booth's moustucho and its adherence to the cheek or Miss Vuders during the perform lance of "Katheriuo and Petruchio.1' The ludlouoe roared. A fow of tho finer class rotnll shot stores nro selling a balmoral shoo for ladies' wear tlmt i3 mado precisely Ilk a man's bulmorul, oxcopt tlmt it iu higher cut Tho boo , solo, vump, quarter, stltohing mid fitting aru iilontionl with tho samo features of tt lino shoo for gontlumcu's wear. It looks sensible, w II bo very comforta ble;, nnd must bo much more healthful for street wuar. Hoot (qui Slue Me carder. I, C, Gorsuch ennght a lot of ools in iishtjots in thu fausquohunnn, put tlioin It1 a barrel, ami started to cany thorn nj the bank. Tho bottom of tlui Tbarrol tell out; ami, despite. Mr. (lor such's best oil'orts, every col wrigglod back into thu river, and ho now kuowa what hu's talking about when ho soys mtU8 slippery as un col." AT, Y, Sun. Thcro apponrt to bo no doubt that the Egyptian obelisk In Central Park is still decaying, notwithstanding tho application of hot paralllnu to ita surface It may yot bo necessary to enclose It in a glass utruaturo In onlur to suvo It (rout total dblntogrutlou. A; Y, Mail AFRICAN AGRICULTDUB Tho Bocoud Report of Commis sioner Oolman. An liuprratlvn Call for I ho K.ttcnslon ot i:irrlmnntnl SlHtlinn. Wabiiisoton. Ueo. 1. Normnn J. Col umn, Commissioner of Agriculture, to-day tiliinltteil h m second annunl report to tho l'reMcnt Ho describes In goneral torms the progress tnnilo Iniigrlottlturodurliig re cent years, and tho o n iltlons which con tribute to mnko this "tho bast fed untlon on tbo globe." Ho sots forth nt length the benefits derived mid to bo o.xpoc od from tig ricvitural expnriinont stations. Thu sta tions and colleges of lha Kovornl Status nro constantly urged to enlarge- oxpor ilnontntlon. Iwyond present ro sources, mid ofton find thomsoves "strik ing now lends" which tliy can not follow, nil for want of meant-.. Hence, tho gonoriil laterost In the h It now boforo Congvosi, "For the otrilillliinutit. of agricultural ex perimental stations in connection with tho agricultural col egos," and tho prevalent opinion of its Importattco and tho destro for its enrly enactment. No measure, ho sys, is now pending or proposed of groutor Import or boaring n brighter prom ise of deep-seated and lasting honefits to the agricultural interests of tlio United States in all their branches, in comment ing upon the woiko the Bureau of Animal In-iuxtry, he describes tho spread ot plouro iinoumnnla, nnd says: "Every effort possi ble under oxising laws bus boon mitdo to locate tho diseased animals and Isolato all that havo been exposed. It would huvo neen most fortunate. If every animal ox posed to the disease and Habits to contract It could have been summnrlly slaughtered und tho contagion thus eradicated. With a disoasoof this character at. Chicago, It has boon truly snld that tho cattlo industry of this country has reached a crisis. Thero can be no doubt hat It will be soon and widely dissem inated, unless prompt and offovtual action can bo instltnt-d for its spoedy suppros ion, Even now it may hnvo been scat tered to some extent in tho West, und tho investigations of next year will probably bring other outbi oaks to light. The mut ter is n most important one, overshadow ing iu urgency all others affecting our agricultural population, and of vitil in terest a ko to every consumer of boof, ot milk, of butter nnd of cheese. To prevent the spread of his scourge, which has al ready greatly nff cted our foreign and in terstate commerce, additional egislatlou by Congress is now essent.nL" Upon for estry, ho says thero is practically no repro duction nttrinptvd or forest-planting dona worth mentioning in comparison with tho enormous annual consumption. "As a first step of reform," lie snvs, "undoubted ly, the laud policy ot the United Stntcs in tho timbered regions requires a ohau;o, according to tho conditions of those locali ties." PRISONERS HAVE RIGHTS. It Is a Violation ol the l'ostul Laws to Open Their Mali. Cleveland, O., Dec. 1. A lotter ad dressed to a prisoner in the Cloveland work-ho Re was opened by an oillcor of the institution, found to contain money, and laid away in the safe until the prisoner's torin should expire. When he wus released, tho management forgot 10 give him the letter with tho money, and it remained in tbo tafo until irncea mrougu iuu po-it-ouice, wuen tna above stuto of aflulrs was disclosed. Tho attention of the United Slatos authorities here having been culled to this case, tho question has bdun freely dicus!ed whether the practice of opening letters addressed to prisoners, which is common to most if not nil poiiul Institution, is not a violation of the United States law concerning tho sanc tity of the mails. At the request of tho postmaster, Assistant United States At t rney S. I). Dodge bus givou him a written opinion on tho MubjooC It is a lung review of the laus on tti s and kindred points, und tonc.tid.H with tho statement that no pris on oOlcisI bus tho rigut to open a pris oner's mall. NATIONAL DEBT. A Decrease for November Amounting to S3, (10.-,, '.MO S7. Washington, D. C, Dec. 1. Tho follow ing is u recapitulation of the debt state ment issued to-day (cents omitted) : Interest-tieiir ug debt ltomls nt -tVi poroont t 30.000.000 00 Holds an percent. WT.TWOO UO Honda lit a per cent. 7UM.-"5J 00 KcfundingocrtiUcatosuMporo Itil.TtM (JO Navy Pens on Fund atU pcrat. H.UOO.UW III I'uctlc 11. It. bonds at per ot- M.KX1.5L2 U0 Principal Interest $M:i7,740,3G2 00 n.min'j oj Total Jl.li'f,10l 00 Total debt, loss available cash Items S1.39Mia,St 00 Net cash InTroasurr .. U.WXJ.SM 00 Debt lees cash In the Treasury. Ilocombcr 1. 18S0 $1,351,343.' 03 00 Debt less cash In tho Treasury, November 1. llUfl - 15J,37,07 00 Decrease of debt during tbo month 3,Ooa,2i9 0) Total cash in the Trottsorv as shown byTreasurer'sKonerul account 39,OB3,740 00 Bad lor the Illinois Wheat Crop. Springfield, Ii.u, Dec. i. Prof. Forbes, State Entomologist, has completed a thor ough examination ot tho Southern Illinois wheat producing counties wfaoro lossos have been caused by too ravages of the chinch bugs and be lfnds that the infested area has largely increased during tho year. He considurs the outlook in cousequeuco very g.oomy for the 1887 wheat crop in that section, unless some unusual stuto of the weather should destroy the broods while hatching. Wedded Eighty Years. Matamoras, Mkx., Dec 1. Yesterday Seuor Manuoi Barrientes and his nged wife, Maria, celebrated tho olghtiath anniver sary 'of thoir marriage. Thu hu.band Is 103 years ot ago und bis wife 93. A great throng of offspring children, grandchil dren, grnat-gruudchildren aud grea.-great-pruiwi bildren crowded their home all day Mug. This is tbo first celebration of tin (kind known in Mexico. Doth ot tUo ugod peuple aro woudorfully well preserved. The Hog Cholera at Peru, Ind. Peru, Ind., Doc. 1. The losses by ho cholera in this county has roacbed $25,000. Tho disease is still prevailing. Two thun saud dead ho ts were brought to this oily to the grease refiners yesterday as a result ot tho epidemic Quartet of Negroes Lynched. Db Kami, Tex., Dec I, Four nogross wero lynched iu this oiuaty on Mjuday night lor the murder of a wriuor nauwd George Taafe. The murder occurred in too Indian Territory. Tu uegruos were taken by force from Texas ollljers. Tho stonrashlp Fnlila. which ar rived at Now Yoik recently, had on board tho largest bhiptnont of llvo En glish pheasants over brousht to this country. They nro for propagating purpo-.es. nnd wero consigned to Clinrlos Koleho & Uro. U huru aro 1,600 of thorn, and thoy woro brought over In largo crates divided Into partitl'ins, each of which accommodiitud four birds. Ouo thousand of them go to Pierre I.orillard, nt Tuxetlo Park. Tho rest will go to various gamo prosorvns. A few will go to Sinator Mol'horson. 'I'll u birds, although callotl tho Kugllsh phoasant, camo from Uohomn- -N. y, TriLune. A woman In C. mdon, N. ,I who luitl buen long ill, and whom tho phy sicians had bton unablo to cure, sent for it roan who was an earnest belluver in tho faith euro. IIu found her lying on her bod, and apparently vuiy near dead. After asking her In regard to her faith, and having received satisfac tory nnswers, ha pr.iyed with hor und tlntn loft, assuring hor that she would re cover, This was oarly In the day, and by night, It is said, slut wan walking around in ns good health as need be, and shu has not sull'ercd Binco,--jY", 1", '1HB NEW PARTYv t ;irrnliir Insued by the Nullonat Coin- mil ten of the United Labor OrganUii- (Ion. I'lTTSjiriioii, Doc. 'A A circular has just liocu Issued by tho Natlctinl Committee of f ho United Labor Organizations, contain ing a declaration ot thoir principles and objects of I ho industrial movement to form a National Union Labor party. At tho convention, to be hold nt Cliiclnnntl on February 22, 1887, tho following icprcsont- tlvos havo buon Appointed to roprosont the rnrlotm organlstatlous! ThomuH A. Armstrong, l'n,; 11. 8. Heath, III.; Ocorpo r,. Jonc, Wkt .1. T. Cole, Kan.! Fcrdltmud Hlorgcr, N.Y.! John K. l'ottor, Midi.: Isaac Freeman, O. : H. L. DougliKS. liul. ; J. (1. Grconloaf, N. II. : J, M. I-altiley W. Vn.', John It. Winston, N. C; A. M. West, Miss.; C. 13. Cunningham, Ark. Tho circular or pamphlet nets forth that the representatives renounce all other polit.cal parties to tho end that legltltunto isbormn'ybe emancipated and tiuOovorn incut restored to the people. Tho plan ot organlstatioa contemplates tho appointing ot nn organiser for each Stuto nnd territory in tho Union; tho Stuto Oigmilxer tonppolnt a District Or ganizer for each Congressional District in his State, and tho District Organizer to ap point local o gangers. Tho bads of repre sentation glvos onch Congressional District ono representative for ouch of the follow ing orders or organizations in such dis tricts! Knights of Labor, Trades Unions, Urconback Labor l'aity, Farmers' Alll anco, Grangers and Patrons of Husbandry, Anti-Monopoly Leagues, People's Party, Fnrmois' and Laborers' Co-Oporntlvo Union, Agricultural Wheels soldiers' or ganlzat ons aud all othor organizations which indorse, und subscribo to the new Declaration of Independence. - CONSTITUTION OBNTENNIAIj. Dplrgntrs from the Original Thirteen States Outline a I'lun to Celebrate It. 1'iilLADF.M'illA, Dec. 2. The delegates sent by tho Statos aud Territories to ile vino plans for an appropriate elebratlon of tho centennial anniversary ot tho promulgation of tho Federal Con stitution, which will occur in Septomlfer next, met here to-day. Goorgia was tho only one of tho original thirteen States not represented. Hon. John A. Casson, ot Iowa, wus chosen chairman. Mr. Henry, of V rginin, Informed t o mooting that Governor Leo hud communicated with President Cloveland in roforenca to the proposed celobrution, and tho President would incorporate n suggChtion to Congress iu his annual mc&sago in relation to tho matter. Tho following plan for tho colobratiou was agreed on : An oration nnd poem commemorativo ot the signing of tho constitution; n. military display, in which all tbo brunches of tho U. S. service will be represented: an industrial procession display; tho creat.on of n per potual memorial commemorative of the constitution. Killed by a Powder Explosion. Bixl.uiie, O., Dec. 2. There was a terri ble explosion of powder in the storo of Rob ert Hall, six miles we-it ot hero, this after noon, fatally injuring three and seriously bruising und burning four others. Tho ex plosion was t mined by somo ouo stepping on a purlor match that was lyin on tho Moor, when n spark ignited tho powder iu a keg and blow tho whole ond out of tho store. Fivo men and tn obeys who wore in tho storo wo o prostrated. Those fatally hurt wero llobort Halt, Jacob Weiss und George Williams Claronco Nod nnd threo others, whoso names could not be learned, received painful burns and bruises, but will recov-T. Hydrophobia in France. 1'aiiis, Dec 2. Dr. Colin, ot Paris, read n paper before tho Academy of Sciences to day, showing that the annual average number of deaths from rabies in France is twenty-six, and that since M. Pasteur be gan bis course of treatment tho same num ber ot patients havo died. According to oflio al stut sties tho number of pers ni tut ton by mad animals last yonr in Franco was !U1, whilo H. Pasteur has treated 1,700 puticnts. Dr. Colin concludes that tho Pasteur system Is of doubtful ofllcacy. and he is alurmod for tho results ot virulent in oculation. Quail-Eating Contest. Pi:oi:u, III., Dec. 2. Georgu Jlarshfiold loft for Chicago this evoning, wh ro he will to-morrow bogin tho task ot attempt ing to eat one quail a day for thirty days, to settlo a bot ot $1,200. The parties to the bet are George II. Ciarkn and Aldor man Hlldrcth, of Chtcugo, Clarke furnish ing the man and Hildreth betting that lit will not be able to nccomp ish tho feat. Marsbileid feels confident that ho will win for Clarke. Internal Revenue Receipts. Washington, Doc 2. Tho total receipts frotn Internal revonuo during the first four months of the fiscal year wore $351,455,411, a decrease of $1,104,2-13 as compared with tho receipts dun ig tbo corresponding period of last year. There was a decrease of $3,743, G.M in tho collections from spirits, an in crease of (303,477 from tobacco, an increase of $875,073 from forme u ted liquors and an mcroase of $77, 104 on miscellaneous items. Twe Children Burned ts Death. East Saoixaw. Mich., Doc 2. The honso of Jesse Stockford. in Laymouth Township, was burned last night. Ono child pcrishod in tho flumes, and another was burned so badly that death onsued this morning. Stockford and his wife wero also badly burned. Earthquake at Charleston. CrtAULESTOX, S. C, Dec 2. There was qulto a hovero earthquake shook hero ut 2 o'clock this morning aud a milder ono at 8:05 a. in. The 2 o'c ck shnko was heavy enough to cuuso plastering to full and to wake people up. The Fire Loss in tho Last Month. New Yobk. Dec 2. Tho November fire loss in tho United Stato and Canada is estimnted at $10,0.19.000, which is an in creaso ot ono-third upon the November average sinco the Boston fire in 1S72. Railway Mail Clerk Arrested. Cincinnati, Dec 2. A. H. Kilwood, a railway mail clork, is under arrest, on the charge of robbing a registered letter. Tho letter opened was it decoy. His route wus between this city aud Grand Rapids, Mich. Wheeler In Poor Health. Maiojjk, N. Y., Dec 2.-Ex-Vico Presi dent Wm. A. Who ler, is iu poor health. Ocean Perils. New Yoiik, Dec. 2. Tho steamship West ernland, from Antwerp to New York, ox- Gerionced very hoavy weather. On Novem er27 her forward dock was crushed iu by t'ie wuves, killing four seamen and two steorage passongors. A number of others wore dangerously hurt. , Killed by n Vicious Boar. Cincinnati. Dec 2. A little son of Ben jamin Goodllir, near lire mini, O., wus at tacked und killed by a vicious boar. Death in the Mine. Loniion. Deo. 2. Thirty men wero In stautly killed by an explosion in the Lo mora C illUry iu Durham to-day, i Caunht Diphtheria From a Goat. New Yoiik, Dec. 2. Three children of Moses Morgan, engineer of the lire-bout Sotb Low, died lutely of diphtheria. Dr. Moutcollo thinks that tha disease was com munlcut'sd to tha family by a put goat which one of the chlldreu brougut to the house. A cat belonging to the family U iso showlug 8) mptomsof diphtborlu. Heavy Defalcation, CniOAao, Doe. a. Theodore H, Mlze, con fidential book-keeper for Miner T, Ames, a millionaire coal run 'chant ot this city, Is u heavy defaulter, Tha umnuiit of his em liezzlement is not made public, but is esti mated at $100,000. He has turned over onto property to Mr, Ainus, mid thero will orobably he no prosecution. A MINISTERIAL CRISIS. Th Ftnnoh Oablnot Offor Thoir Itoslfrnatlon to Grovy, llccause of a tlnvernment Defeat In th Chamber of Deputies, PAnts, Doc. ft. In tho Chambor of Depu ties to-day M. Harriet), Minister of the In terior, r enklng lu opposition to a motion for tho total abolition ot tho offices of sub profects, promised that ho would intro duce a bill providing for n partial abo lition of tho olllces. Tho Chnmbor, bow over, adopted tho motion for total abo lition by a majority ot 18 vales, thus defeating tbo Government. There was Intenso oxcltemont in tho lob bies ot tho Chambors. Aftor tho vote was announced the sitting of tho Chnmbor wus Mispondodod, at tbo Instance of M. Do Froyclnot, in order to consldoriU position. Aftor tho Cabinet mooting tho Mlnlstors wont to Elyseo Palnco nnd tendorod thoir resignations to Presldont Grovy. Tho Cabl not will meet to-morrow. It is bollovod that President Grevy Is nvorscd to dis solving tho Ministry, and will ask M. Do Froycinett) reform tho Cabinet. M. Snr rien, Dcvello and Goolet will probably In sist upon retiring. m A DREADFUL DEED Committed by n Man Who Iteglstered as Jim Camming. Paiihons, Kas., Dec a A strnngor regis tered nt the Contropoiis Hotol last ovonlng as "Jim Cummings," and soon wont to supper. Whon bo camo out he put on the landlord's hat and departed. Pollcomau Kisor was put upon his track and arrestod him near tho depot. Thoy had walked but a short distanco when tho man pulled away from him, and stepping back a fow paces, draw a pistol und tired. The police man dropped latally wounded, and tho as sassin made his escapo down the tracks, stampeding a crowd who attempted to stop him by flourishing his revolver. The policeman is dyi g. Public School Used by Catholics In Vacation. Galcsa, III., Dec 3. After a full hear ing in the Circuit Court, Judge Wm. Brown to-day dissolved the injunction restraining tho directors of School District No. 3 from permitting the public school building to bo used as a Catholic paroebial school four months In tho year frco of rout wnen it would otherwise be idlo. Judge Brown held that the action of tho directors in per mitting such uso was warranted, as the statute requiring public schools to bo hold iu tho building 110 days annually had been complied with. Slock Freezing in the Northwest. CniCAOo, Doc. 3. Tbo report reaches hero thnt 240 carloads of live stock aro in dan ger of freezing on the Streator branch of tho C, B. & Q. Tho bridge over Fox rivor is brokon, and a number ot trains havo been ompollcd to await the repairing of it. The trains should havo beeii at tho stock-yards at 7 o'clock this morning. Adventurous Chinaman In Luck. Wasiusoton, Dec 3. Charles Tong Sing, who was steward of the Joannettonnd also a monitor of tho Thotls rescue party, and woe afterward convicted of assaut with intent to kill another Chlnuman aud s-ntoncod to b ven years' imprisonment, has been pardoned by tho Governor of New Jorscy. Fatal Burnings. Tvnos-K, Pa Doc. 3. John Barr ond a child uumod Fowoly wero burnod to death in n houso near here to-duy. Indianai'oms, Doc 3. A four-year-old child of Mrs. Amelia Shuback, of West Side, Ind., wus burned to death during its mother's absence. Generous Soul. St. Louis, Dec 3. Tbo Olobe-Democrat says this morning that it has received a letter from Jim Cummings, tho Adams Ex-pro.-s robber, which statos that be is tired of being chased around the country by do tectlvts, nnd promise to return $25,000 of tho sum stolon if thoy will let him go in peace. Tho Cold Weather on Roustabouts. St. Loois, Dec a Eight negro roust abouts, a part ot tho crew of the stea or Mattio Bell, arrived at tbo Union Depot last night with badly f ozen bands, feet and faces. Four ot their number are in such a serious condition that their hands and feet will have to bo amputated, The Dow Law Cases Argued. Colummis, O., Dec. 3. Cases involving tho constitutionality of the Dow liquor law, brought from Clevoland, Cincinnati and Troy, O., wero argued in the Supreme Court 'o-duy. A decision is expected in about two weeks. Prussian Military Changes. Bkiimn, Dec. 3. A report is current that Count Waldersee will succeed Goner il Von Moltko as Chief of Staff, and that General Stiubler will su -ceed G-no al Von Schellen uorll as Prussian Wur Minister. For the Championship ol the World. Chicago, Deo. 3. President Spauldinir, of the Chicago Baso-ball Club, has chal lenged the St. Louis club to a series of games, to be played next spring, for tho championship of the world. m m AVordlcl Against Ben Butler. Boston, Dec. a In tho caso ot the Na tional Soldiers' Home against General Butler the jury to-day found a verdict for $10,537.50 against General Butler. - i A Miraculous Cure. New Veknon, N. Y., Dec 3. Jennie Smith, a young Catholic girl of this place, claims to liavo been miraculously cured of spinal disease by prayer. Vanderbilt's Romalns Removed. New Yoiik, Dec 3. Tho remains of tho late Wm. H.Veuderbllt have been romoved to the uewmausoloum at Now Drop, Stuteu Island. Ex-Governor Perry Dead. GitEENVii.LK, 8. C, Doc 8. Ex-Governor B. F. Perry, ot South Carolina, died in this city to-day. Insane by the Use ol Tobacco. Maiiion, Inc., Dec 3. The papers in a enso of Insanity were filed with the clork ot the court here this morning. Tho uu fortunato victim is William, the to i-year-old son of Thomas Cissou, ot Liberty Township, ten in lies south ot this place. Ttiu una of to mcco, commenced when the patient was undor live yeurs ot age, is ascribed uu tha cnuso of insuuity. Trying tho Faith Cure. LaChosse, Wis., Deo. 3. Hon. W. T, Price, ot the Eighth Wisconsin District, supposed to bo on his doath-bed with can cer iu too stomach, has abandoned medi cines, refused medical atteii ion, aud has submitted his caso to the faith euro. Peculiar Death ol an Inlanl. Maiiion, Ind., Doo. 8. An eighteen-months-old sou of u fiumor mimed Lobdell, alx miles north wen ot bore, fell forward from his chair lait evouiug and killed him self nn a jagged piece ot gluns, which pen otrated his brain. U bad boon feoduir from a bottle, which dropped ,rom his baud and was shattered on the floor, Death re suited In twiinty minutes. m "i Louisiana Lawlessness, LiTTMi, Hook, Auk., Dec. t), Advices from West Carroll Parish, La., indlcutu that the disorders thero aro Increasing, and that tho Governor may havo to cull out thu militia, as the law-abiding oltUous mo n merles. ' THE NINE HOTJR9 DAY. The Cabinet-Matters' Union to Demand It un the 1st of January, I'lTTflnuitnii, Dec. 5. At a Joint meeting of tho Cabln"l-lnalors' and Carpenters' Unions this afternoon Henry Emmerich, ot Now York, Goneral Secretory of tho Inter national Cnblnot-makorH' Union, delivered nn uddioss urging tho moil tu stand by tholrorganl7.atlon,HasnidthntonJnutinryl a demand will bo made throughout tho United States for the adoption ot nino hours as tho length of a day's work. Em ployers will bo Rivon'two mon lis to tlocldo and tho svstom will go into operation on April 1. It it docs not tho org nidation should bo strong, so that a goneral strika can bo resorted to. Mr. Emmerich snld nit othor trades unions nro oxpectod to follow in tho dotnund. PHILADELPHIA FBNIAN3. Organise n New Society, nnd Appoint Committee to Carry Out Ilossa's Schemes Philadelphia, Dec C Tho litconl to morrow will publish n Bonsatlonul story of tho nations and plnnn of a now Fenian sooloty. Tho nrticlo says that tho society was formed by dissatisfied members of th" oldor organization, who met here Thanksgiving Day nnd chose O'Donavnn ltossa thoir chiuf. Thoy Intend to intrlguo toward croatlng discontent in Canada toward tho mothor country that will ovontnlly break out into open rebolllon. After thus crippling the bated enomy they aro to transfer the bass ofoporntlon to Australia. A sooret com mittee ot five, to oxecuto Rossa's pot scheme, will be appointed. Contributions from tho faithful, to assist lu tho consum mation of these plans, will be sollcltod. A Young Hero at the Whoel. CniCAOo. Dec C No story of BUfforing among sailors in tbo recent blast which swopt tho lakes will oxclto more pity than that of a sailor lad named Johnson, who now lies dying at Now Buffalo, Mich. He nanfnlly stood at tho wheel of tha schoon er Scuil, up to his waist in the ice-cold waters of tuo lake all tbo time, and half drowned by every wavo tha- struck tho vessel, while tho services of tho Captain and nb e-bodled members of tho crow wero required elsewhere. All snvo ono wero disabled, and to this ono tbo boy was finally compe led to beg for relief. His prayer was ranted, and not miy too soon, for in a short tlmo more ho would have boon frozen stiff nt tho whoel. A War Question Settled. WA8IHSOTON, Doc 0. The life of Gen eral Loo just Issued, which contains much interesting and valuablo material which is entirely now, settles the ques tion of the numbers of paroles is-uied atthotimo ot tbo surrendor. There have been claims on the Confederate slilo at various tunes that tho forco surrendered was very small, somo having placed it as low as oight t ousnnd. Tbo parolo-rolls produced In the book show that tho totnl paroles wore 24,231, dividod as follows: General headquarters, 281 ; Infantry, 2a4U; cavalry, 1,C60; artillery, 2,070; miscellan eous troops, 1,400, Snow-Storm at Mobile, Monit.E, Ala., Dec 5. -Mobiliaus woro surprised on awakening this morning to find snow falling briskly. There wero fro quont flurries until threo o'clock, whon tbo snow began falling heavily. It continual for three hours,co vnrfiig tho g. ound to the depth otthreo-quurtorsof an inch. The two pre vious snows renumbered hero wera iu 1840 and 18.S0, both more important than this one. Being Sunday, tbo populaco did as on pievious occasions, but considerable-snow-balling wns indulged in by the young (oiks, many of whom D'jver beforo bandied this product of the elements. m DeFrcycInct's Great Coup. Pams, Dec 5. Tho i-esignation of tho Ministry is regarded as a great c-iup ou tho part ot Do Froyc.nct. Theoppodtion ovor reached themsolves, and aro facing prac tical impossibilities. Some of their emi neut lenders have implored Do Froyclnot to run for oflice. He is regard .-d now as the most popular man boforo the pooplo in France, and u probable- successor to Presi dent Grovy. Death of a Soldier ol 1812. Woostek, O., Doc. 4. John Ludwlg. aged ninety years, and a veteran of tiio war of 1812, diod at his homo in Itoeds burg, this county, yosterduy. Ho was tho oulv vet eruu of tbo war ot 1812 living in Wuyno County. A New Haven Priest Honored. New Haven, Conn., Dec C Futher Hig. gins, of this city, a priest of the Domini can Order, has received the dogreo of Doc tor of. Theology from Popo Loo. Ho is tho first occlesiastlo in this country to bo so honored. The "Capitalistic Press." New Yoiik, Dec 5. The Central Labor Union, to-day, advised workiugmon not to read or buy "capitalistic" papers. It wus also resoived not to furnish lubor nows to reporters of the "capitalistic" press. Rioting in Cork. London, Dec. 5. At a league meeting In Cork tho polica and populaco came to get ernndseiiousrlotlngresulted. Tweuty s veu people were injured, and one policeman had his skull fractured. No fatalities are reported. Albert Garner's Deed. WAHAsn, Ini., Dec 5. Albert Garner, a notorious tough, discharged a shotgun through the dooV ot the residency of Henry Gruvt-s, near this city, ser outy wounding Mrs. Graves and her llvo-y ear-old daughter. . mm Opera-houso Destroyed. Washington, D. C, Dec 0. -Herzog's Opora-hou-o was completely destroyed by Uro this morning. Loss, ?1!5,000: insur ance, J7o,000. A Natural Gas Explosion. Wasuinoton, Pa., Doc. 5. A natural gas tank exploded at Hickory, Pa., this morn ing, iustBntly kiUiug Albert rocker, a woikman. Snow at Montgomery, Ala. MoNTGOMEitr, Ala., Dec. C At 10 o'clock: to-night the ground hero la covered with twelve iucbes ot snow. Cathedral lamaged by Fire. PlTTsnunoii, Dec 5. St. Paul's Unman Catholic Cathodrsl was badly damaged by file this oftornoon. John C. Anderson, the Now York tobacconist, went to New Haven, Conn., a fow years njro, built for h.tnsolf tha liiicst privuto rosidonco In tho city, nnd furnished it nmtniiicoiitly. Recently ho lins prcfoiTcd to llvo nt a shore houFu nt West Haven, and last week an auction snlo was held of tho furniture nnd ornnmonts of tho mansion. Threo thousand pooplo attended tho salo. In jreneral tho prices realized woro low. A lino orchestrion, which in said to havo cost $3,000 in Kurope, was sold for $ ISO. ... Ono night roccutly a wodd'ng oo ciirrtid In lloston, nnd n party of young Jnillt's who wonted to witness tho core mony, but didn't hnvo tho necosanry In vitations, thought it ovor among them selves, and us a result gained admit taneo to tho church. Tho means em ployed were; Ono had an Invitation, and thn others procured onvolopos ex actly like tho moilel, wroto thoir names thereon, and successfully showed theso at tho door as thoy passed UuJioaton Journal, In tbo mountains near Hcppnor, Oregon, recently whs klllml a gaiiuine s Ivor-tipped grizzly boar, which weighed one thousand pounds, and measured eighteen foot from tip to tip and eigh teen inches between the eats. AMERICAN TASTE. IU Influence lVrcrp Ihln In Itrrenttr In troduced I nneli M"dn. Benson nftor nonson tho influonco of Anuirican tnslo becomes more iiotlcoablo in tho importation of millinery. In stand of tho conspicuous novolt'cs formorly sotit out by Paris lion sob, tho stylos nro motllllod nnd American Idoas dovolopcd by tho skillful nnd dollcalo manipulation of French fingers und trained Ideas. Kvon than tho models sent over nro in n wny naturalized und adapted to tho pcout ar tnsloi aud caprices of our own countrywoman, who havo o.vcs and minds of their own, w th very decided preferences for tho things they llko nnd tho things thoy dis like, nnd not nt all bowing to tho for eign eccentric decrees thrust upon thoni, if their own good sonso nnd judgment do not npprovo thorn. Most of tho shapes for thu season nro neat, trim nnd stylish. Thero nro n fow pronounced models, but tho innjorityof styles nro modern o, graceful and Fonsi blc. Thero ni e, howover, somo rnthor striking features in current go ds for tr'nnnitig purpose, and nlso'u number of exceedingly elegant n ivolti k. Tho importations nro exceptionally rich, and. In many instnn c, showy, but tho vivid colors rind brill ant "faco trim m ngs," ns thev aro called, nro so nrtlst enlly combined with deeper and neu tral tints, that tho-o gay ofTcct-s only s rvo to lighten and brghlcn tho ni jro somber stylos of olive, 'bronze, black and gray. Tho richest Imported tailor costumes show none of tho sevoro simplicity of tho originul su't-i, velvet nnd plush bo ing used with a froo linnd, thus render ing them elegant enough in appeal ancj for wear upon almost every occasion w.,cr.! full dress is not required. En suite aru now f houlilcr enpes ot plush, fur or velvet, many of which are cut w th ling front, which extend llko tho old fashioned talma, thus making theso toy w nps more protective I ban thoy usually tire. The sldo pieces that cover tho arms nro separated from tho fronts nnd mado to cross each other a lajicliu in a wny wh'ch can bo ma (o very gra'-cfui. Golden-brown frso and silk Astrakhan pelerines tr ninied with narrow bands of fur or marabout mnl lined with card nnl aro very tlrcsy and chic. Idnny lad cs wear the-o small wraps far into the winter season in lieu of nil' other outsiilo garment, further protection nga'iistth chill busts bong mado by tho' perforated (hatno's jacket ben nth tho dress bodice. Chamois is much used as as an interlining th's year, long Russ'an surtouts of pluli or velvet bJing s mply lined throughout with a firm quality of American surah, w th pieces of tho clinmo s laid botweon tho plush and tho silk, just over the shoulders and chest, and dow n a por tion of tho back. Tho upper sitfo of Iho slcovc is likewiso interline.!. Al Y. tost. JUDICIAL MURDER. Vfliy it Prominent St. Louis Citizen Itus No I'll 1 1 li In Clriuinntiinlliil Kvl lenre. 1 havo llttlo fallh in c'rcunistanlal evidence, having seen so many instances where it was in error. In direct testi mony a w tness may distort tho truth, nut in circumslnntial evidence ho has a double opportun ty to Ho, antl no way of tripping him up. I remember a caso In Mississippi, .happening when I wns a boy, that has nmilo mo chary about using circumstantial ovldcnco sinco I havo b:'on engaged in tho practice of law. This victim was a poor mnn, who came thoro from tho North, got hold of a small farm to cultivate, and co .struct cd a log hut down by tho river, in wh.ch bo l.vcd all alone. Near him res tied a r.ch planter. Around his hut the coun try was very so 't and swampy. It was oil" tho man road and was not seen fre quently by travelers, but a brldlo-path leading near tho hut was usod consider ably by people around thcro to cut off the distanco to town. Th srich plnntcr onoday, in closing up h's season's crop, went to town toelt.loup with h s agents. and it was expected would havo consid erable monuy with li'm on h's return. 'J he timo pas-cd for him to return nnd ho d'd not come. I.uter b s horse arrived home, rider.es?. A search wns insti tuted, and early tho next morning the body of tho planter wis found in tho swampy land off tho br dlo-pntli. His poekels hail been r t'cd, and It wns oicar thnt Iho murder bad been commit ted for robbery. Ui sido, ho body wns fitind a dorr ngcr, wi'h the nnmo of tho occu'innt of tho hut ongrnved on it. Leading to tho body from tho hut and lrom tho body b-'ck to tho. 1 ut wero wt 11 d ' nod tracks. At the hut tho man was found Bleepin?, tho mate to tho'dorrin or by his sido, his sjioos muddy, nnd his hat iillcd w th papers taken from thn dead man's pocko's. Tho shoes littctl tho tracks n co'y, and n very slrong cao of eircunictaiitial evi dence win mado out. Ho was trod, con , id cd and hanged. Ho protested lis nnocenco so strongly on tho scaf fold that tha sheriff uolaycd tho per formance of his duty. W'i bin twelve months altar that a hard caso in that co nt y was mortally woitn U d, and on his death-bed ho confo sod lo having committed thn murder, nnd gnvo up nionoy and pap"is ho had secured. Ho sa d no had crossed from tho road to Iho hut n his stocking feel, had put on thn poor man's shoos, armed himself with his dorrintror anu laid n wait for tho planter, mid after comnrtt ng tin murder had lhod tho evidences of gult around tho still sleeping occupant of thu hut. V70. It. Harvey, it. HI. Louis Ulabe-Democra'.. Friendship's Truest Gain. Tho truest gain of frlond h'p is in bolng a fr.'cnd, rnthor than in having a friend. Only ho who knows how to be a frlond unselfishly nnd unswervingly, knows what trna fr midship Is, or knows what a truo friendship is wo th. Ho whoso clilefest cry is, I miut hnvo a frlond! is not likely to obtain his w s'i in th's dlroct'on; nor is ho probably worthy of bo ng loved ns a friend. But ho who says with nil h' heart, 1 will bo a frlond, whatever it co.-ds! is likely to compass his heart's deslio so far; and ho may nlso gain a frlond far worthier and dearer than any hu ever dreamed nl.-tj.-ii. Times, "Most editors nro crunks, aren't thoy, Charloyl"' asked young Mis. Slow boy, 'Tho papers mo so full of Iho quoerost orlnks and wiinklos." "What papers, darrngP" said Charloy. "Curl paiiors,'' calmly ropl'od Mrs. Slowboy, ns her husband lay fainting on tho floor, Thoy roused him to consciousness, but tho vntaut staio In his lustur es-i eyes told them that ho know ho had married a fomalo paragrnpher, Uurtfette,, A half dozen rich young inon in Now York Imyo bnndot thenisolvoi to gi Ihor by vows not to worn ovurcoutt tuU winter, A'. Y, Mail. THE DAIRY. Ono ndvnntago of winter dairying usually overlooked Is that tho cows nro dry during the hot, droughty weather of August, when scant naslnrngo and worry from flics greatly rcdtico tho .How of milk. Prairie Fanner. Cows noud more hunt-producing food in winter than In summer, oven to llvo. Tho fat-formlng and hoat-pro-dttcing olomonts should bo mado to bear a certain relationship to each other, according to tho season of tho year. Toronto Mail. Adulteration of buttor does not re ceive much oncotiiagomunt lu Franco. If a dealer Is convicted of this oll'onso ho Is nut In dtiranco vllo, his shop Is closed, tho sontonoo of tho court Is ilallod thereon its a warning, and his trading palont Is forever withdrawn. Farm, Field and Stockman. lluttor not sailed will not keep, gonorally Bpaaklng, moro than a woolc. In Franco tho tasto of tho consumer does not rcqutro salt; salted buttor is not marketable. Tho French boll, or rather molt, largo quantities of thoir unsaltcd butlor. and thus prepared, it will kcop ns long ns lard, nnd forms tho groat.ist part of tho cooking buttor of the nation. Buttor thus treated be comes brown In color. Oounlry Qcn tlemnn. Winter dairying Is no trndo for lazy, superannuated or solf-intlulgont. farmers. Somebody has got to got up early, get tho cows cleaned, foil nnd milkod betimes: then tho milk has to bo hauled to the orcamury, unless, in deed, the croamory folks collect tho cream, which makes it easier on zero, mornings. Altogethor It s cold Work but it ought to pay bolter than "pnttcr ing" around tho houso und gutting out to work uftor tho sun is an hour or two high. American Dairjjman. Every bultor-makor knows that the fancy in flavor of but or is a sortof wlll-'o-tho-wisp, and it is doubtful if this cxquislto ilavor can bo depondud upon ovur two wocks at the most; nnd ns it is this Hooting Ilavor thnt brings tho ton conts extra per pound, iluiry raon must understand - tho neooscity of shipping bit I tor ns fast ns mado. A. frush-inatlo butter, with dainty flavor, must nlwavs bo sold in preference to a butter mado threo months bef.iro it is put ou tho market. AT. Y. Tribune. Ice woighs as ordinarily packed about A0 potintU to tno cubic foot. At 10J pounds a day for tho ordinary con sumption of a farm tlalrv, a ton would bo used up in twenty Jays. To have a ton of Ice for uso iii October fivo tons would need to bo stor.ul n the winter. A ton nnd a half a month is a moderate supply to have. To havo this it would not bo safo to storo less than six tons thus, for eight months, -48 to GO tons would bo ueodod say 30 to 40 two horso loads. iyricnlturc. m, m m ICE FOR THE DAIRY. Directions for T.aylnt; In nnd Keeping i SulUclent yunntltjr. Tho uso of Ico is incronshig every yoar. Tho naso with w ileh it is stored and kept, wlun onco the art is under stood, should induce dairy farmers of tho whole country tottrrnngo for laying In sulliciunt storos to last thorn the en tire year. Tho condit ons for keeping aro: A mass of several tons, as nearly solid as possible, rosting upon a basa of porous material which will admit of perfect drain ago, and surrounded by walls which will not contract h at. This may bo in a pit with plank walls, or with stuno walls woll planked on tho Insido, having a bottom of rails covered with brush or slats, nnd straw topped with whenl chaff, which secures drainage without muoh ac ess of air. Tho sido walls -ubive ground, if they rise nbovo or if entirely above, must be double, nnd should bo a foot apart, with tho spacn between thorn packed with dry sawdust, chuff or some similar matoral, very dry nnd porous, but so packed that it will notsottlo aud leavo holes for drafts of a'r. Tho roof should bo constru ted so as to shield tho ico from tho heat of tho sun. It is best made double, that is, shingled, with hoards nailed to tlio undor sido of tho rafters, but tills is non cs-xntinl. It is important that tho earth bu well banned against tho sills so nst prevent currents of air gutting down near the Ico and out nt tho foundations, ns these cnuso great wasto. Tho walls raav bo ontlroly of straw, if it bo abundant, but this, if used, must lio well trnmpad nnd packed, and frco from wheat, which is a tomptation to vermin, whoso runs will form air dur'ts. Thero must bo full calculation mado for wastage, and four times ns much ico stored as will bu used, unlois the houso is of thu vt ry b '.st construction. If drain tilos can bo lahl at the bot tom, bcljw the baso, to take thu drainage, good two can probably bo mado of tho ioj-wator, which w'.ll flow through tliem. Tims a groat saving of ico may bo effected, and efficient cool ing secured. Tlis w.ll enable the dairyman to have a cool tank for deep sotting nt a minimum expanse. Tho door should bo double, that is. two doors; tho outsidu in suctions, hinged to thu door-post, tho inner ono nlso iu sections of cnn.oniont size to bundle, to bo set in plnco as tho houso is filled, and removed as tho ico mass is lowered, l'lanks of tlio right length, dropped in between clrntsnnswor tho purpose well. Ventilation in the roof must always bo providod to allow a constant chnngu of nir, but no drafts. Tho air resting above upon tho ice, e.von though thoro bo a 1 'cp layer of straw ovur thn ico, is always charged with moisture, and rapidly comluctH away tlio cold, or rnthor conducts in tho boat and so molts tho ico. Ameri can Dairjjman. How to Pack Butter. Tubs for pnek'ng buttor should bo made of sweet wood thnt is, wood that will impart no unpleasant Ilavor; It should bo thoroughly soaked to got out tlio wootly flavor, and then satur ated with brino. Boforo pnoklng. snrlnklo a llttlo s tit on tho bottom of the tub just enough to show ami rub tho moist sides with salt, letting as' much adhere as will, so as to prevent tho wood from drawing the salt fiom the buttor noxt to it us the water in the wood dries out. A wntir-proof papor, odorless and flavorless, has rououtly boon introduced, wli'oh Is said to rctlst tho action of salt nnd to prevent nil evaporation whon tlio tub Is lined with It boforo till ng. Pieces are cut round, and of uny size, to lit the ends of the tub; and by tho uso of this paper, which Is very ohoap, it Is claimed Hint a package may bu mtvlo water-tight. Pack in ft way to expel thu air nnd prevjnt Its retention butwuon the lay ers of button U, S, Dairyman, A perfectly potrlllod rosebud been found ut Vnlloy Head, Ala. tins t J X