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a 1 rtia i #P?f i $ it *w~ Hanging of,the Colon Incendiarj. A Panama a dispatch sayI]l-At the court 4? me on the lflh ult.. to try th Prestan.who has been executed,four s -flntnesse, declared that Prestan was the principal authonr S8e S of the destruction of Co Jon on the331si of March last. All the wit Pu a roe S on the one point .that Prestan was the 'author of the Tire, the court, after having heard the prisoner's defense, ordered the room to ho cleared and then deliberated as towhatsen tencethey should pronounce. All the votes but one were for the hanging of Prestan. At astthe death warrant was signed, the pris oner called in, and informed of his sen tence. He heard the sentence read-with great composure. Up to his last moment he had a priest by his side. When upon the scaffold Prestan spoke a few words calling upon the Colombians to believe him innocent of such an atrocious crime. Notwithstanding all his repeated protests of innocence, there was but one voice of un animous approval when the" car was re moved from under his feet and the body left to swing on the gallows. Prestan was hanged soon after midday on the 18th ult. His death seemed'to have been in stantaneous, as no sign ofliie was appar ent three minutes after dropping. Prestan was a mulatto, about thirty years old. He was ona of the most fierce and cruel of the Columbian revolutionists. "When the troops and police -were with drawn from Colon to aid in defending Pan ama against Aizpuru, he seized the govern ment and held the city until he was driven from it by Col. Ulloa and his Caucanos. It was Prestan who seized the American consul, Mr. Wright, Capt. Dow. the gener al agent of the Pacific Mail Steamship company Mr. Conner, the local agent, and Lieut. Judd, of the Galena, and took them out to Monkey hill to be shot. They es caped in the fight which took place there between the rebels and Col. Ulloa's troops. Capt. Dow offered a reward of $1,000 for Presitan, dead or alive. Prestan's two most trusted lieutenants, Cocobolo and Gen. Poitazelle, frer taptured by the Uni ted States forqes from the Galena and de livered to Gem Reyes, who hanged them in the center of th Ruined city. Death of a Noted Character. Ex-Senator (jjwin of California, died in New York a few days ago. No member of his family was. with the deceased at his death. On the9th of October William M. Gwin would ha*y_p,been eighty years old. He was the son of a-.J'enriessee Methodist min ister and studied medicine when quite young, but being" a favorite with Gen. Jackson, he soon launched into polit ical life, having .been appointed United States marshal for Mississippi by him Subsequently he became superintendent of the New Orleans custom house, and when California was admitted to the Union he went tnere, stumpech the state, and was elected to the United States senate in 1850, at the same time with W. Seward. was re-elected to that body and remained in it until the Rebellion broke out in 1SG1. stated that the tjitle "Duke" was given him through misapprehension of Ins do ings in Mexico, and he recently out lined his career in that country as fol lows I was an American during the civil conflict, as I had been long before. While we were fighting each other in the states there was a scheme to destroy Mexico*. I endeavored to obtain for our people a hold on that government, which seemed to me to be going in pieces." Mr. Gwin was a tall ma n, weighing between 250 and 300 pounds. resembles Andrew Jackson so closely in features that he was often mistaken for him. His intimate acquaintance with Clay, Webster, Calhoun and other great states mengavehim anexhaustlcss fund of remini-s ence. I 1853 he fought a duel with Mc Corkle, who was then a congressmen from California. After three shots they parted friends. The Heathen Chinese .Killed in Wyoming. Omaha, Neb., Special:Numerous mes sages were received at the Union Pacific headquarters inthiscity from Hock Springs, Wyo., giving details of the riot of that place, between tha.white coal miners and Chinese. These accounts differ somewhat from the reports first sent out from Rock* Springs. There are at Rock Springs about four hun dred white miners and 150 Chinese miners. Both have been there for se\ eral years, the Chinese living separate in one part of the mining camp and the hitesin another part. There has, however, always been ill-feeling between the two elements, the whites fre quently persecuting the-Chinese. Recently the Chinese were reinforced by the arrival of fifty fresh coolielaborers. This aroused the wrath of the white miners, who determined to clean out the entire Chinese population, and late in the afternoon they made a raid on the Chinese quarters, firing shotguns and pistols into the air to frighten them into leaving. The Chinese, frightened nearly to death, fled in every direction, until their cabins Avere entirely deserted. They were pursued some distance by the white miners, who kept shooting over them. The whites then set iire to the Chinese quarters, de stroying every Chinese cabin. The Chinese are mostly seeking shelter on the hills and buttes in the vicinity, awaiting further 1 ev elop ents. During the day they have several times attempted to send a flag of truce to the enemy, and to hold a confer ence in hope of bringing about a compro mise, but their messengers have all been .driven back with warning shots by the out posts. A Jockey Killed on the 'Xrack. New York Special: The track was in good condition at Brighton Beach. There was also an average attendance, but the pleas ures of the day were completely marred by a chapter of terrible accidents, by which one of the most promising young jockeys, Moran,was instantly killed and two others, 3arriso and Lane, narrowly escaped with their lives. The second race was started with thirty-one horses, although twenty two owners nad sent in applications to have their horses withdrawn, as the num ber was too great and the track too narrow to give the animals a chance to win, and be sides they were afraid of an accident.. Start er Caldwell got the horses off in bunches and, of course, they raised an immense cloud of dust, in which those out of the front rank could not see where they were riding to. At the half-mile post, Moran, who was riding Miss Daley, and as well as could be seen through the dust, was in third place on the outside, having Joe Howell a little in front and closely followed by Garrison on Blizzard and Lane on Bennie Lee, was seen to suddenly pitch his hands to the air, and was quickly followed by the other two falling also. Moran's neck was broken, and death was almost in stantaneous. The other riders, Garrsion and Lane, are all right. In the third ace another accident 'occurred, winch in one case may prove fatal. Rivers who a rid ing Wonderment, and Williams, who was riding on Cardinal McCloskey, were thrown as they entered the home stretch. Rivers was carried home unconscious and unable to move. mm Came Near Getting His Deserts. La Crosse Special.Jonn Krett was brought to this city from Arcadia, Trem pealeau county for confinement in jail, there being no safe jail in that county. He is charged with having ravished Tilley Olson, aged fourteen, recently, meeting her on the road at night and over powering her. She gave a good de scription of her assailant, to which Krett answered. Besides this, he was sus pected of having been guilty of the same crime three previous times. The first time he was quite young, and his victim was an old wroman. The matter was suited in someway, and the boy was hotpJUnished. The second time he ravished a gitf^and was imprisoned for two years. The third time he got a sentence of five years, and had not been longtout. After his arrest theife was an angry mob in Arcadia seeking for him. The sheriff secreted him among freight in the warehouse at the d^epot. When- the train came the mob gathered at the depot, watching for the officer to come with his prisoner. Just as the train started he stepped into the cars and got away safely. If the mob had secured the prisoner they would have torn him limb from limb. Krett is hardly more than twenty-five years old. A Demented Army Officer. One of the most peculiar cases coming un der Secretary Endicott's recent order sending various army officers back to their regiment, is that of Capt. John S. Wharton, of the Nineteenth infantry, who for twenty years has been on the staff of Gen. Hancock, and is widely a nd popularly known in Minneapolis and St. Paul, where he lived for several years. I is said that he intends to resign rather than rejoin his regiment. This, as i a matter of fact would be impossible. Capt. Wharton is afflicted with softening i of the brain and is under constant sur- I veillance. does not not go oh Gov- i ornor's island without the attendance of the_ post burgeon or some fellow officer. This has been necessary for two years past, His resignaitou could not be accepted if he I should resign, a decision having been made to this effect in a similar case Capt. Wharton was one oi Gen. Hanco k's most I trusted and confidential aides duiingthe war and he will doubtless be allowed to re main in his present assignment until he is retired. Increasing Circulation of Silver. Treasurer Jordan says the polity adopted by the treasury departme nt to secure a better circulation of silver coin it meeting with gratifying succo r. Dur ing August there was paid out from the different, subtreasuries $1,077,414 in standard dollars, and 1,195,802 in fractional silver coin, which amounts were largely in excess, of the issue of srh er duiins the corresponding month of last ear. Mr. Jordan says- i The withdrawal oi $ 1 and $2 notes from circulation was made necessary by the rapid accumula tion of silver in the subtreasuries. It was expected in this way to create a demand I for silver coin. That the plan was success ful is shown by the large output during the past month. So far no formal complaints or protests against the withdrawal of 1 I and $2 notes ha\e been made. Applica tions ha^e been, however, received for huge quantities of small notes. I each case answer has been made that the issue oi those notes has been suspended for the present. Changing the Wheat Grades. Duluth Special: Commissioner Murdock and Chief Inspector Burdick arrived here and held a conference with the board of trade representatives over the inspection here, and the result is that the No. 1 hard rule was changed from "75 per cent, hard Scotch Fife wheat" to "shall consist mostly of hard Scotch Fife wheat." This is the old re quirement of the Duluth board and will result in throwing much more wheat into the No. 1 hard grade and in giving greater satisfaction to farmers and commission men here. The No. 1 Northern grade will not be as high as under the rules first adopted by theboaid. The change noted is one of great impor tance, as it lowers the quality of wheat 25 per cent. Wheat which, under the former rule, was required to contain 75 per cent. of hard Scotch Fife heat, will now pass grade if it contains only 51 per cent, of that variety. When the rule requiring so large an amount of hard wheat was made by the commissioners, it was predicted by a great many grain men that compara tively little of the crop of Minnesota and Dakota would grade No. 1 hard if the rule were strictly applied. Secretary Iaunar's Manitoba Decision. Washington Special-Secretary Lamar decided the appeal taken by the Manitoba from the decision of Ex-Land Commissioner McFarland, on July 15 1S84, in regard to the right of the road to select lands in lieu of indemnity lands relinquished by the St. Paul & Pacific in the Fergus Falls district. The latter road had relinquished certain odd numbered sections within the twenty miles indemnity limits, which the road had never selected and they were settled upon by homesteaders. March 28, 1878, the Mani toba selected the lands in question, Com missioner McFarland held that the railroad company had no right to the settlers' lands. Secretary Lamar decided that this case rests on grounds similar to those in the St. Paul & Sioux City case, in the Worthington district, Avhere 6,000 acres were decided on the 29th of April this year to be beyond the reach of the railroad company. In other words the principle that indemnity lands cannot be relinquished by the railroad company be fore losses are proved and selections made therefor, has been fixed, and wilt not be re pealed at present. Enlightened by Consul Mason. The secretary of state has received a de tailed report of Consul Mason in regard to the cholera at Marseilles, France. He comments upon the false policy of the authorities in endeavoring to suppress the truth, and speaks of the sensation caused by the rude awakening on the 14th ult., when the community realized that it was in the first stage of an epidemic of real Asiatic cholera, which Itad not been imported from Spain or elsewhere. The most elementary principles of sanitary cleanliness arc unknown in Marseilles, and on this point the consul goes into details. From the 1st to the 19th of August theie were 721 deaths, or an average of thirty eight per day. The disease has also ap peared seriously in the suburbs of the city. The malady has been more fatal than last year to sailors of vessels in port, and has been particularly serious to seamen from England and Scandinavia. The disease manifests its characteristic preference for the dissipated, the insane and the unclean. The scourge has perhaps reached its maxi mum fatality, and will gradually subside to a finish in October. The Ward anil nafne Rascality. Ferdinand Ward appeared in the supreme court chambers in New York. From his examination in the Warner case, it ap peared that in less than two months, on a capital of $50,000, Warner drew from the firm his original capital and a profit of $27,000 besides. So for two years War ner continued to invest money, draw prof its and reinvest the same. Sometimes he would bring friends into the pool, but always to his own profit, according to the testimony of Mr. Ward. At one time he brought $250,000 to the firm, collection from twelve different Wall street men. To each of the twelve he guaranteed interest at the rate of 3 per cent per month. This he paid to them, pocketing for himself interest on all of the $250,000 at the rate of 20 per cent per month. Mr. Ward said that when he protested that Warner was making all the profits that gentleman cooly told the firm that i'i they did not like it he would withdraw all the capital he had in vested so Grant & Ward had to shoulder he old man of the, sea. f-j$ U?l & mtmmmmm-wteiim mmtsm mi The New Postal Cards. Jf *&w An installment of 100,000 postal cards from the new contractor arrived at the Washington postoffice. The new cards differ considerably from the old cards in appearance. The size is exactly the same. The design is printed in a light brown color. Instead of the head1 Telegraphic Summary. Levi Morton's wife is wor th 1,500, 000 in her own light. General Freight Agent Hannaford, of the Northern Pacific, says that the wheat yield of Washington Territory will not only be larger than everbofoie, but the quailty AVUL be better. Post's London cable: Mr. Parnell's speech at the Mansion house dinner at Dublin was simply an answer to the mar quis- of Hartington's words "impossible-" and "never." Experiments are in progress at the Ricl eau range near Ottawa, by the Canadian militia, to settle the question as to the amount oi execution that can be done with a Gatling gun. Gen. Newton, chief of engineers, estimates that an appropriation of $18,000,000 or $20,000,000 will be required to continue the work of river and harbor improvements during the next fiscal year. The fifteenth auniversary of" the German victory over the French at Sedan was cele brated in Berlin by a military display. The emperor and empress drove ahead of the troops in the procession Proposals were recently invited for the construction of a life-saving station at Sturgeon Bay canal, Wis., and only one bid was receivedthat of Angus McGillis of Norway, Mich., at $65400O. The trial of Henry Stair and wife, Maret ta, for the murder of old man Sewall and his young son at Nevada, Mo., has resulted in a verdict of guilty. The jury recom mended the woman to mercy. Gen. Logan and wife arrived from the Thousand Islands and report that the highly entertaining story about their nar row escape from drowning while their pho tograph was being taken is a pure romance. At Brighton Beach thirty-one horses started in a race, and jockey Lee had his neck broken, and two others were badly hurt. In the next race two more jockeys were thrown, and one probably fatally in jured. The secretary of state has received" a telegram from Consul General Woods at Rome, reporting that there have been four deaths from cholera at a place nine miles from Naples and five at Trevis, about fifty miles north of Naples. Mr. Parnell, in his recent speech, ridi culed the theory set up by Englishmen that the Tories and Liberals would drop their party differences in order to unitedly com bat the Irish party in parliament in their struggle for Irish independence. Henry M. Onderdonk, editor of the Hempshead, N. Y., Inquirer, died, aged six ty. He was a son of the late Right Rever end B. L. Onderdonk, Protestent Episco pal bishop of New York, and was at one time a member of the Wisconsin senate. Rev. Richard D. Harlan, son of Justice Harlan of the United States supreme court, will succeed Dr. Christie in the pastorage of the Louisville church, which the latter re signed to accept the pastorate of the House of Hope Presbyterian church of St. Paul. Among the passengers of the steamship Werra, which sailed recentb^ from New York, were Mr. and Mrs. Jesse R. Grant, and Mrs. Sartoris, formerly Miss Nellie Grant. They are going to Southampton, the former on a visit, the latter to her home. The corner stone of the new Georgia capi tol was laid at Atlanta with imposing ceremonies. Gov. McDaniel, on behalf of the capitol commission, presented the building to the legislature. Gen. A. R. Lawton of Savannah made the oration of the day. In response to a telegram from Superin tendent Bell, of the loreign mail service, the postmaster general of Canada has replied that in his opinion the number of cases of smallpox existing in the dominion does not warrant the fumigation of mail entering the United States from Canada. A twenty-four-year-old claim for $600 has just been allowed by the sixth auditor, in favor of Mrs. Catherine Milly of A"n- napolis, Md., whose house Gen. Butler and staff occupied in that city, while he was in command at the outbreak of the war. The claim now amounts, to several thousand dollars with its accumulated interest. For days past a heavy run has l&een con- A. ^MiM^h I of the Goddess of Liberty in the vignette in the corner appears a fine engraving of Jeffer son's head. Instead of the monogram "U. S.," the new card has on it the words 'United States," printed at length. On the addresMside of theold cardwere printed the worda^Nothing but the address can be placed on this side." This expression has always been criticised a little as not being true, as persons could write anything they chose on that side, though the card might not be received at the postoffice. The ex pression has been changed on the new card so as to read: '-Nothing but the address to be on this side.'' pill Mrs. Josephine Aver, widow of the doctor, is worth SS'.OOO.OOO. John Strach, a penniless German, ends his troubles with a bullet, in Milwaukee. W. Barnum is arranging to contest Gen. Haw-ley's, scut in the Unite States sen ate. Light frosts occurred in Central and Southern Illinois and Western Missouri, TiH"-dav in,'lit, .sept. 1 but did not injure vcg"!,ition. The President has returned to Washing ton from his short A acation spent in the Adirondacks. Parker Pepper of Philippi, Barbour coun ty, ha.- made an awgnment. Liabilities. .^75,00 to .10 000 Postmaster Genia! Yi'as loaned Secre tay Lamar ins st.\hsh turnout during his u'j-Liite from W 'suin ton. A postoffice L-soector .succeeds ii ning clown two M"T successful youn robbers in Noith Carolina. The ivrng in of a mass of rc^k in a min ing shaft at Wilkesbarre, Pa. kills three men arid wounds seven others. At r-irf'.a N.C.. Benj vminCole, (white) aged si'U'Ml/ was sentenced to be liangid on Sept. 30. Ills ciime was poisoning his ifr. Gen. Logan will deliver the address at the Giant Memorial ser\ue,s held in Washing ton under the au.spices oi the G. A. R. on Oct. 1. Sheriff Thi'inm, who shot and fatally w-ounded Deputy United States Marshal Fied Wiggle, while resisting arrest at Cas tro villc, Tex., has fled. Emory Storrs admits that he will act as counsel for the Mormon pol.v gainists in their fight againstthegovernment. Hisietainii fee is said to be enormous. A few days ago a train on the Chicago & Alton in Missouri was boarded robbers, who took small sums from the passengers of one car and disappeared in alarm. T. A. Flannelly, editor of the Evening News, receh ed a severe beating from W. T. Jones on account of a scandalous article published about Mr. Jones' father in the New s. A general advertisement will be issued on the fifteenth, by the postmaster general, calling for proposals for rendering steam boat mail service in all points of the United States. uf4'''^!'- a^MMlH mm tinuously kept up on the Bank' of Ireland, and it now amounts to almost a'panic. The Irish Tory papers are now filled with* bitter a nd vindictive articles concerning the affair, and they intimate that the entire run was engineered in revenge from "the Hi bernian's refusal to make advances to the Mtmster bank during its recent troubles. I is known that Gen. Sheridan, who is I now on the St. Lawrence river, has notyet I definitely tendered to any army officers the position as aides on his staff which will be come vacant Oct. 1, by the detachment of Colonel Gregory and Davis. An army of- i ficer of high rank said that it is the opinion that Capt, Stanhope E Blunt, ordnance I corps-, will be tendered one of the vacancies. I Capt. Simmons, commander of the yacht Puritan, was in Washington to procure from Gen. Dumont, super\ ising inspector general of steamboats, a pilot's licensednly I countersigned. This was done at the re quest of the owners of the English yacht Genesta, in order that the credentials of both yachts-could not be questioned after I the race. I A member oi congress who was a cavalrv officer during tiae war visited the pension building the other day for the first timp, and had to be taken away i'n an ambulance. He is s-aid to have been overcome by the discovery that every cavalry-man in tlu terra cot ta bas relief frieze a roan.I the building is holding the horse's reins in the right instead otthe left hand, a he should, The ameer of Afghanistan has sent an army officer frontCabul to investigate the fharges of misconduct nuide by the' Bntioh boundary commission against the governor of Herat. The principal chai, i, th.it the governor opens the confidential letters snt by way of Hjeiast to members of the com mission and the intimation is (on\yed that this tampering is not done in any Butish interest. In an interview at Burlington Iowa. Ju.lg" Haikm piesiriin,* ju .go or the coin* of Alabama clnhnB holds that tee con trolled decision i& not only in conflict with the act.s of c-ongjcss cieating the court and run- I Prescribing its duties, and with all pre mail I "dents in other courts, but that it will, if .sustained, icsultin uniiec-e^saiily prolong ing the -i.oi-l: oi the court and increasing the aggregate of expenses. A telegiam has-been received from Judge Harlan, otthe court of commissions of Ala bama claims wbis-waseMjpi ted. sa.ri'utiiat he is .confined to his home in low a* by sit k ness-and unable-"JO travel. No statement will be made in answer to the decision of the first controller, in refusing ieo nsitions for the current expenses of the couit, until Ju.lg" llailan uilives heie to confer the other members of the court. A man nameo.' John Custer, died at Dayton, Ohio, formerly worked at Young^ town. While in. Youngstown, he made a confession to a friend in which he said that his name was John Goodwin that he had killed a man named McNameeat Waltham, Mass*, and changed his name to escape ar rest. The confession was made undr a promi-e that it would not be di\ ulged un til his.death A lour-story brick building at Lynn, Mass., occupied by Nicholas Webber as a moroscco factory, was burned. The facto was run by Mr. Webber, as manager for Lucius Beebe & Sons, of Boston. Mr. Webber has a patent process for manufac turing morocco, and his loss on machinery amounts to $10,000, while the Beebes lose about $100,00 0. Th total insurance is about $100,000. Tine new Chinese minister is described by am attache of the legation as a gentleman of liigh culture, who has held many im pesrtant positions in the empire. He was superintendent of the circuit of the pro vince of Keingsi, then superintendent of customs in Chefoo, and last year was a member of the tslungi yamen, which is sim ilar to the English ministry of foreign af fairs or the secretary of state in this coun try. At the largest coal mines in the entiie Union Pacific system at Rock Springs, 25 0 miles west of Cheyenne, the company re cently imported a large number of Chinese to take the place of white men. The entire force of white miners, about one hundred a nd fifty strong, organized, and armed with shotgraiB, marched to Chinatown and "cleaned out" the Chinese with discharges of lead whis killed several celestials arrd scared the others away. The New York Daily Commercial Bulletin estimates the fire losses in the United States a nd Canada during August at $5,500,000. This is a decided improvement upon former records, the average of the aggregate loss in August far ten years past being$7,000,000. In August, 1884, the fire losses were about $10,000i,000. Nevertheless the fire losses of the year to the end of August foot up to $65,500,000, with four months yet tohear from. ProS. Grensldes, of the-veterinary depart- ment of the Ontario college of agriculture, has been investigating the hog cholera. pronounces it genuine cholera. About 75 per cent of the hogs affected die. Great loss has accrued to the farmers of South Essex, as already over 1,000 hogs have died or been killed. Th disease is very virulent and appea rs to be spreading be tween Amherstbnrg and Kingsville. Th only known preventative is to feed carbolic acid. I ia understood at the war department that the new members of Gen. Sheridan's staff are not likely to be announced before Oct. 1. I seems to be the opinion oi prominent army officers here that Lieut. Gen. Sheridan has concluded to tender one of the vacant positions as aide-de-camp a his s*taff to Col. Fred W. B. Bpnteen, major of the Ninth cavalry. Col. Benteen com manded a regiment in the volunteers, and as captain of the Seventh cavalry at the time of the Custer massacre, saved the rest of the regiment. Th examination of candidates, for ap pointme nt as cadets in the revenue marine service has been concluded. Fourteen candidates passed, but as there are only seven vacancies to be filled it was decided to appoint the seven who attained the highest averages in the examination. Th successful candidates are: John B. Hull, Virginia Stanley M. Laudrey. Indiana Preston Roth, Pennsylvania: Ellsworth Berthal, New York Gordon Wilcox, Pennsylvania Richard O. Crisp and Will Ham E Jacobs, Maryland. Lieut. George Hare has just returned from Mexico with thirty-two men, having made one thousand miles since May nineteenth. He has in charge fifteen of Geronimo's squaws and children as prisoners. He re ports that in the late fight Geronimo picked up his favorite child and rushed out of the camp. Then he was surprised and had to run the gauntlet of fifty rifles, the best shots of the Chiacahua and San Carlos tribes. He was shot twice, and dropped the boy and ran, covered with blood and with his left arm shattered. His squaws say he was shot thorough the body. Some of them say he is dead. Counsel for Charity Wiggins has filed in the United States circuit court at Alexan dria a bill in equity as the next friend of Thomas Wiggins.generally known as "Blind Tom," against J. \V Bethune, the former master of "Blind Tom." The latter holds him yet under absolute control by the al leged commitment of a Virginia county court, though "Blind Tom" never has been a resident of that state. The appeal irss made to Judge Bond, United States circuit judge of the Fourth circuit, and the- suit was brought on petition of Tom's rjaather, as his nearest friend. The bill asis for all moneys Mr. Bethune has received since the emancipation of slaves by- President. Jr...r MIMESOTA STATE OTWS Mr: Louis- Ifenjeules, an old resident of St. Paul, died at his home recently. Mr. Demeules was born at St. Philippe, in thf county of Huntington, Canada, on Feb. IS, 1832. W. R. Merria-m telegraphed to the police of St. Paul from.New York, that he had I identified and recovered his property stolen ronnhinrby burglais- on Aug. 2. I The-statetreasury has over $600,000 on I hand in cash. I A pleasant little affair occurred in St. Paul at the general offices of the St. Paul i & Duluth. I consisted of the pres entation of a handsome and valuable gold watch and chain to Hon. James Smith, Jr., general solicitor and ex-president of the company. Th watch was the gift of the resident directors, officials and emploves of the road. A gentleman from Pittsbunj, visiting St. Paul and Minneapolis, wiitestoa friend at home as follows. St. Paul and Minneapolis aTe just the busiest municipalities in the geography of our countiy to-day. The peo ple don't sleep in either place, in order that they may be up just a shade earlier than their neigebor. Talk about the jealousv of Chicago and St. Louis! I pales before that of St. Pa ul and Minneapolis. St. Paul is making the most elaborate and enterpris ing corporate improvements. Streets are being extended in all directions, and three new bridges are being builr. or abo ut to be built, spanning the ri\er. They are scarce ly behind this o\ er in Minneapolis, but I'll give you a little instance showing you the jealousy that exists. A photographer went about taking \iews of the business houses and street scenes of St. Paul. Having fin ished business there, he went over to Min neapolis and proudly exhibited samples of what he had done for- us ^s a surety of what he might do for thenu Th samples killed him. The people wouldn't give him an order because he hadn't been o\e theie first. II. Winchester, a Minneapolis travel ing man committed suicide- in Sheldon, Iowa. I Hastings seems to be nee(Tle*:-.fy excited i over a young man who was engaged to two i girls, and, in the nature of. things, could only many one. Elwood and Wilson, the noted burglars, who, when arrested in New York, had some i of their St. Paul plunder in their poses sum, made a great effort to escape at Jersev City from the Toledo oitico*. and pretended they were being kidnaped. The game didn't with i woik. Mrs. Michael Welch of Mir.^eapolis spent a few days visiting friends in the interior of Minnesota. She returned home via the Omaha road. Befoie leawng the train, whilp cariag for her children, she missed her satchel, and could not find it. It con tained two checks, one for $250 and the other for $125 $175 in money, a diamond pin worth, $75, a gold wo,tch and other valuable propert v. Edwaid Keeter of Hokah, has in vented a device to pre\ent accidents from people having their feet caught in the frogs of railroad tracks. Th device is simple, and consists of a piece of steel, so cur\ecl as to fit tightly in the ore\ices of the frog. The Milwaukee & St. Paul tracks in the St. Paul union dep ot yar were supplied with them recentlv. The Northern Panific has. for some time past been a fruitful subject of speculation a nd conjecture. The latest report concern ing the roads is that there is a scheme on foot in Newi York to form a combination between the Noifchern Pacific and the Rock Island, Milwaukee* fc St. Pa ul and Omaha roads, somewhat on the order of the old tripartite agreement between the Union Pacific and its eastern connections at Omaha. A correspondent at Grand Rapids, Dak., says the very lowest report from threshers is 17^ bushels highest, 28' Lincoln's proclamation, and that he maV. 1, shipments of green apples or cider in an account to the court Iiwttmtti. straight or mixed car loads, minimum 140 barrels o! apple^orfc0,0QQpounds o!cider, 2 Three fourths of it will gjjade No. 1 hard, and the balance No. 2 hard. At Luveine, Minn., the yield shows li) bushels grading No. 2, and it is claimed to be-an average of that section* Gardner, Dak., sa machines report a.fair yield from three townships, viz.: One 10, one-20 unci one 20 bushels, with an average of IS. Grade about No. 1 hard. Tiie M'anitotoa has prepared a time table to govern the running of trains to and from the State fair grounds. Ti.iins will leate St.PaulandMinneajolisat7.15, 15, ii 15, 9:45. 10:1&, 10:45, 11.15, and 11:45 a.m.. and every twenty minutes thereafter until 4:15,p. m. The trains will run direct to the passenger station on the fair grounds. No stop at any intermediate points will be made. Returning trains will leave the fail grounds for both St. Paul and Minneapolis 7-45, S:45, 0 43, 10 15, 10 iS 11:15 and 11:45 a. m., and e\cry twenty min utes thereafter until 6 p. m. The last train will leave at 7 p.m. The single fare will be 2 0 cents and the lound trip faie 25 cents. Regular shoit line trains will be run between the two cities as usual. A little child sixteen months old fell through a sto\e-pipe hole to the floor in the room below, at Zumbrot a, the other day, and was picked uj insensible. There has been $60,000 worth of farm machinery and $15,000 worth of binding twine sold at Zumbrota during the present year. The Winona Bicycle club will probably be .represented at the bicycle tournament at Minneapolis Sept. 22, bv Messrs. John L... Wilson, S. Bolcom and E C. Smith., The large boarding house neai the faun- dry at Moorhead was jiartially burned. The flamps start ed in the second story.and are supposed to have come from a defec tive flue. Th house was owned andioceu pied by S. Samuelson. Th furniture was saved. Th building was wor th $2,500/ a nd was insured for $1,000. Loss, $700. Senator Sabin delivered an address at th* Red Wing Fair. Mr. W Va Dyke is in receipt of a letter from President Hill, stating that he has no more bulls to distribute to farms along the Manitoba road. Ho has already placed about 14 0 young thorough bred bulls in the different countiesta a.versed by the Manitoba road. E. Thorns of Ashby, Otter Tail county, lost a threshing machine and forty bushels of wheat by fire, recently, lipes about $640. The state railroad and warehouse com missioners lower the grade i No 1 hard 25 per cent at the solicitaiaoa of Dulutb grain dealers. At St. Paul Dr. S. W.alfcath and Johm Barger are arrested, the one- eharged with abortion and the other with seduction. Frederick Herman of-Buffalo, Wright county, is under bonds.on a charge of out raging Mrs. Margaret Uhl. broke open^ a trunk with an ax and rifled it of otes, mortgages and other documents aggregaa ingin value upwards of $1,000, after- whh he took to the woods, Mrs. Uhl was found some time afterward in an unconscious condition. The Albert Lea Standard says ther* is a sharp demand for goad teachars in, Free born county. Mankato. has shipped 20 0 car loads of stone for the insane asvlum. building at Norfolk, Neb. Jame* Norton of Waseca, county raised 5,000 bushels grain this yea*. Th*.new freshman class of the State Uni versity, numbers ISO. The Milwaukee & St. Paorf has issued a circular to agents that, 'taking effect Sept. u- mY^MsLM s^^fetfef A^fliua*.jft&aia.t -j** will be bffledj "tibmrCh icago, MSfankee and? common pobifst-ifo^ls stations*on the com pany's lines in Minuet ota and Dakota (ex- cept St. Paul, Minnaj oolis and Minnesota transfer) at filfrk aiass tariff rs. &s."' Oliver Gibbs, Jr. urj jes the basin ess men of St. Paul to ccTEtnbu te $5,000 and be re presented at t-hfrne-w 1 -tew Orleans exposi tion. On the farm- of W. rgan in St Charles, Winoia conn wheat yielded 1712, barley 30.- and a ts 60 jwshels per acre The Hastings 3amrer i ?ays Mr^s Raymer has retained W. W Erwi i of St. Paul.' and will beginproceeoings-aga. int C. ft".Hansen for breach of promise. William AndeionofCr okston-attempt ed suicide in a Vinnfpeg i iotel, by cutting his throat, being desponde nt on account of long illnes. i lib scocn r. K. Moore, pesrmsster at St Peter.has tendered his resignation.an the jirobabili is thnt James Pelaney, who transacted the business of the office- for many ears,to the entrre satisfaction. the peop.s. will be elected his succes^eKr. Will Franklin of Dodge Centei *w as se verely wounded byrthe accide ntaldischarge of a gun tr. it ht let fall -oni his bu^y Idle hunting B'-'th. barrels to ok "fleet in his legs above tire- knee am 1 in cn arm. One leg wa^ terrHily t*orn. ut hopes are be saved. The opera- upper entertained that the limb ma A Brainaid dispatch says: tion of the ieser\ iir sy^rem Mississippi i^ being, closely obr .ervea along the ri\er Stpt. 1, at points r. inging from Aitkin to Little Fa.U. TheacU aneeiflood tide has reached Biainercl and the aiious dams, including the Winnibag. )shish .and others above GraiurRa.pids,ha\t beer open ed. The resulting -j-e of water was, it is reported, live feet at Grand Rapi Is. and has ranged from that cfiwnto two f. at this jioint. and mows less, according dittance down stieam. of the Scjit. 1 brought'-eavy frosi -th& Northern and Southern sectioi .s ot the State. At Ada, away upNorth. uli-p^tch sa^s. "Garden stun ,vas almos to -J.1K destroyed. Corn \ri! be no no} at -li About tour-fifths of the wheat is cut, that left standing '*as the late so- wng not upe et. This,, il i. feared, is se\ lrijuied i he frost Th .arl so'\n gi\es the best relu of the season Rochester,Southern Minnesota, a 'disp says. Low uats hereabouts w^z -iHe with frost Tucsda- Eiorning. theclt ar night and light breeze from the northw^slt L- ng- ing the tenipciatui away down to lowtst oint leadnd this ai'tumu fe tation suffered e^'-ly, and few gai-J^ns escaped." one- a nd sar At crh The Chicago New?-pu Wish a -.illy s'cry about Commodore Kittson intending to re mo\e peirnanentl,- ti-v Pnil.idelphia. It is hardly necessary t\, quote the Commoda te as denying this r-poiL The receipts of wheat it Minneapohc ior the crop \eai of "I s.vi. ending 1st Se^pt.. were 32.000 00 0 bushels, an .nereasc ot 0.000,000 o\ei ltf3. New Yoikis the ly city in Ihe Uni^-d St ites which ie en 'e* more wheat tlrui Minneapolis. Chicago Inning been out-tiippe-d last ,n\ The Rev. Patrick. Dannehe\, v,f Uu i. me dral stair, arrd one- of the most popular priests in 5t I'iMiU after ascrwee of eral u\ in the. lathedi 1 parish ha ered his -onne.Jio with the purisii, and has made piep.ucations lor iemo\ing to FanbauU to take- chaige of the Cathulic parish in that ('ty Barker county auditor of I-.hti* count sks at oi.ue\ general Halm 1-atf should be d1 [i, i.ise where tin townf assessor omitted* onel quarter ofth' pi rw.-* al propei tv jut instsseel the balance ul one-thud its iLue In i.-ph Mr Haltn Northwestc rrv makes a cor tract with' j* Central of bwa where the latfco-iuad vi run trains iiiCo st. Paul by Dec. 4 states it is tin 'Jury of the auditor to niake-^ necessary corrections asiegards onn-.i-ons-, a nd of the rn, board of ie\ row to make corrections ia. -juse oi under avc.-nien Should the jwud of io\ieu fail ton ake~he.-: correction, i* m^tben the dut\ efftKot't/ri^ board to do -i}.. 5 The hicat.#yi B.nlington A. Noith. i f:Ios artu-h of uv orporation in Minui sot.i. LouisTice. EU jail at Fergus Us on,.a charge oltluft fiom las emplyjciy harms himself in h.s ',eil. ^President,fcwckncj, of tl.-1 M^juesotnttf 1 1 At Minnci\p*jlrs II. Huntingxwa, oiTt \if. Sixth A\cn.\w hotel, is he'd ti ..he gnu jury for fussing to tccoin*no'J,iJ otilw /ed people. The Mijim-sipohs and Lt _} arrsi to enter j-t. Pa ul o\f i -TJuka. Omaha. S.imuf'l Fosgate of Mrr.iufSwsa ffu-fci Clin rlcs ITowgate of the tow of 'iai al.)* receh edt noticefr om England (.hat hel len heir Co $1,000.000 and o\ r. Ml? gate lives upon a farm inMri-woot.^, about ighty yea is oio. lgl's the. has asfal- Fos- iind is John Waisenen was hang.,a'U ij)! luthfor the murder of Farley at 1'vvvt lu&tf No em ber. Charles Cordt lias o* a-romi ed on a charge of burgljri'/ing Mewwisscmr tore at Cologne, some of the iiUJd'ii ods being found in hio house. At Fair Hiiren, neat Qleajut ater, S. Ar^jer is wanted or. a charge i0 attempting to outrage tr'*oix-yeai .oAd d.us filter of Mr! KJiinball. Several att wapts ha'-'C-bcs'iii i de to start incendiary 'ires in Waden*,4, which were fortunately iisco\erd,.in "Stf ie to prevent damage. The Wright,-county ffun- will be held at Howard I j,ke xjn Sept. ~L7, 10, 17 and 18 Harry Ifomble oS-P,ipestt ne who fled to Iowa recc afcly, wai^vres^* 1, brought back, and plac i under ooaidfwi $1,000, charged with the eductio.i, nridwir promise of mar riage, of Gertie Green, & liss in her teens. Mr. ifhn Winkelm&aui. age sixtv-two years, jf .New UUn suddenlr." Mr. Winkelaiann wag, w*18 known. Hi son Charles, is now .-jity marshal of Ne** Ulm. B. ^Reyno^s^ccsaoty attorney of Far ibaul^cpunty wriUss'to Attorney General Hahns asking if in S,KC the peisonal prop erty of each aopai-re of a bankrupt firm is ljfcble fo^ the ea assessed igainst the firn*..propert,vv thounty treasucershould preeed to Abses, trosame against the per so-jal property C the copartners, and whether if he faife. *,o to do h-i-is- liable for tL* tax iimsegL In reply idle attorney general soyp ttvt,% each member: of a part nership is, liailbiie for the farm* debts, and A,at it i&.also possible tha the assignee and his- bondsmen ajre u\o liable. There is no. authority for the treasurer to pro ceed to enfesree the assessment, and thi. answers th 3ast qwstiofl, in the negathe. Th Wito&a Dairy company is the name of a aorpo^ation nat hns been formed! in Wirvona. county, ith $J:O,000 capital for the-manufacture of butstre-rand cheese. The, incorporators are ne&known farmer.-, Rjev. 3. W Co'lweL oX Providence, R, has-accepted tl.e po*i**^n of head nutter at ihe Shattuek. schpf*!, Faribaul\, Prol. teo*ge II. Blrss having resigned. Gordon E* Col*- Faribault, received a telegram ar.nowicinjj the donth of his fath er. Dr. C'wle, which cnciured at Che shire, Mans. iDr. Cole has. frequently visit ed Faribault, and his death ill be sincere ly regreAtedi by a large crrcU- of triemls and acquarntwM.nces. He lu*i leached Ins eighty -tbfed year. At Albert Lea. Heruy Ogdw a young raw a#d about 25 voara.w hile out hunting, attempted to pull 1*e gun, mu/.zle toward hinajrom a wagon, the result being that the gy was discharge^, and the young man re tejved. the contents in his left bide. $.h ^ifetssjH -JZ HI