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The Weekly Expositor J. JL ILhkxm, Editor ud Prop. B&OCXW1X CENTRE, MICH WILl JAM COLLINS WHITNEY, Pbbsident Cleveland's secretary of the navy, belongs to the younger branch of the denio racy. He was born In 1839 at Conway, Massachusetts, being the son of (len. .fames S. Whit ney, the great opponent of Gen. B. F. Butler. He settled in New York, en tering the law oflice of Abraham R. Lawrence, now a judge of the supreme court. In 1871 Mr. Whitney first made his appearance as a i arty leider, when he organized the "Young Democratio Club." He was unlive in opposition to the Tweed ring. In 1872 he served upon the Now York school board, and during the same yvtt ran for the dis trict attorneyship. In 1875 ho was ap pointed to tho position of corporation cour-f il and held the position until 1882 when he resigned. In 18S2 when Cleve land ran for governor of the 1 Empire state" Mr. Whitney was most active in the canvas. and from that time the two have leen th warmest and most intimate of friends Mr. Whitney is reputed to be quite we lthy and is an ardent admirer of hordes and also some what of a sportsman GENERAL KOTES. All Kansas rejoices over'the honors heaped upon exhibitors jnd exhibits from that state at the New Orleans ex hibition, and papers of the common wealth are ringing the changes on a glad refrain of the following pattern: Kansas captured all the premiums worth her having. Her exhibit there was a daisy, and no other state got as many awards. She received first pre miums on white and yellow corn, with a gold medal for the best corn in tho world: first premium on red winter wheat, against the severest competition, and first pemium on tho best 100 vari eties of apples. On short-horn cattle she received ten first and second pre miums, while on Polled Angus she led the world. The first premium on flour by the roller process, and first on flour by the old process and first premium on sorghum sugar, also were given her "by a large majority." Tns marriage and divorce laws of Pennsylvania have come under clerical condemnation, Bishop Howe having de nounced them in the severest terms at the recent meeting of tho- Central Diocesan Convention in that state. In the course of his address he sa'd it was time "that an organized attempt should be made by Christian men to abrogate these licentious laws which breed iniquities. The laws of church and state should be in harmony with the law of God. Hnve wo not, in easy divorces and frequent marriages," he added, "polygamy s bad in essence, though not so openly proclaimed, as that among the Mormons?" It will not bo surprising if the Mormons are found making uso of this denunciation the next time they appeal against hos tile legislation. Tne Pecretary of the American Home Missionary ssociation, which met in1 Sara'oga recently was not flattering to Michigan in his report upon tho relig lous condition of various parts of the country. He declared that there are "more white people" in this state "out of reach of any public relig'ous service every Lord's day than there are un evangelizcd Indians in the land, Alaska included. The woodsmen and their families ?n th'rty-eight lumber counties have hardly ftiy opportunity to hear the gospel." TnK following is an example of the ridiculously illy questions asked in the examinat ons of the civil service com mission: "What is the relation of vol ume of gases to pressure? State what you know of the di (fusion of gases." It would not harm anyone to know . all about pneumatics, but just how such knowledge is a requisite in business qualifications it would puzzle a wiser man than any civil service reformer to answer. Spenckb F. JJaird, secretary of the Smithsonian institution, recommends that all water for drinking purposes, unless known to be pure, bo boiled half an hour. He relates his experience with it during the Philadelphia exposi tion, and says he believes this coarse would have averted many of the epi demics which have proved so fatal ia many localities. Gen. Grant has been removed from the city to Mt. McGregor near Saratoga. No doubt tho change from tho heat of hie city to the mounta'n air will be ben cticial, but it la very questionable wheth er any human agency can stop tho prog its of tho remorseless malady which is sapping his life away. TO CORRESPONDENTS. .All communication! tor thla panerahould be accom panied lr the mint of 1 author, nut nm-eaar foi puMUatfun, bur an evidence of yowl faith on the part of the writer. Writ only on oue aids of tha fraaer. Be particularly careful about Rlvluir imM and datee, to have I ho Inter and flguree plain an I dlattnct. Proper name are often difficult to declulier STATE NEWS. Alger Beaiom for Non-Approval. Gov. Alffcr gives the following reasons for his dlsapproAal of the Eagnn prittou bill for the abolition of the contract labor system. "In my Inaugural message 1 recom mended tho abolition of the tnison contract system. I admit that I omitted recommending that before the contract system was abollbhed another system should be substituted. It was a grave ornlfsinn, and I sit prosit I will have to take the responsibility therefor. Hut whether this hlaino refits wholly on myself does not matttcr; my duty at present Is very clear. In the Egnn bill there is no provision for a work ing ctipial to carry on business, so that the convicts shall be Kept In employment Senator Belkuap during the debate moved to appro priate $50,000, ami Senator Brown moved to appropriate a larger sum tiV).(XK) I think, for a working capital. Koth amendments were defeated and the bill pnsxed without any ap propriation. Under the bill about 400 men would co out of employment In Jackson and Ionia prisotiK by the ex piration of contracts within the next two years, and thU number would be con stantly Increasing. Now, to keep these men to work by the state under the new system, would require several branches of business to be created and put in working order, plants to be purchased, and In short all the processes and paraphernalia of two large manufacturing establishments. Until this is done the convicts would have to be shut up In their cells and ex ercised at Intervals in the prison yards, to pre serve them from sickness, which scope of liberty would be unsafe aud dangerous "anil cannot be thought of. You see, the present contractors would necessarily remove their plant and machinery, so that money Is needed at once. The only appropriation Is a 110,000 appropriation on a separate bill for piece work at the Jackson prison. This Is for the broom business. A contractor furnished all the ma terial, and the convicts worked It up under the supervision of the prison authoitles. But how long would this last under the Eagan bill Not more than a few weeks. Not less than $200. 000 to f :JOO,000 is necessary. I regret all this exceedingly, but I shall not sign the bill." A Tear's Record. Geo. Scales of Plainwell, statistician of the Michigan Firemen's Association, gives the followine figures regarding fire service the past year. It will be seen that the defective flue gets In a great amount of destructive work: No. cities and village reporting fiO Population.... 468.KU No. hydrants 2,57( Cisterns 472 Steam lire engines M Hand engines HO Chemical engines 70 Hose companies 89 Hook and ladder companies 43 Men belonging 2,95? Men paid 107 Partly paid 1,122 Volunteers 1,W Feet of hoe 145,(100 No. alarms 1.274 Fires WK) Valueof property destroyed f 1,3(VM01 Insurance ". ." 3,07rt,:i7o Insurance paid 817,30:1 Men injured 40 Alleged causes of flre Incendiary 1S3 Fireworks 13 Defective chimneys 279 Ashes 4ft Sparks 13tf Explosions 82 Other causes 358 They Fought It Oat. A fatal shooting affray occurred In Hough ton the other i.ljbt between Charles Barry and Samuel Lawrence, members of Cole's circus troupe. A bitter feeling had existed for twoor three davs between the two men, and that night at mldnfght, alter Barry retired to bis berth aboard the circus train, Lawrence approached the berth and tired at Barry, shooting him through the right lung, inflicting a fatal wound. Barry returned tlie flre, shooting Law rence through the heart. Sherin Kyan Imme diately took possession of the train, and a hasty examination was held, twenty members of the troupe being witnesses. The wounded man, Barry, was employed by Mr. Cole as a policeman. Lawrence Is said to belong to a very wealty and respectable family In Massa chusetts. "W. W. Cole, proprietor of the cir cus, rendered the eberiil all the assistance In his power. The Advisory Board. The governor's apiHiintments for the ad visory pardon loard, are as follows: Henry C. Wlsner and Dr. (leorge U. Richards of Detroit for four years; Albert M. Henry of Detroit and Chester VYarrincr of Jackson, for two years. CONDENSED STATE HATTERS. The supreme court stands adjourned until Monday Sept. 23. (1. R. & I. railroad employes are to be uni formed hereafter. Cutworms have destroyed many acres of oats In Branch county. A state sanitary convention is to be held In Ypsllanti June 30 and July 1. Edward McMahon, a wealthy farmer of Royal Oak, has gone insane. Postmaster Wright of Penn, committed suicide by taking laudanum. Bronson O. A. R. boys talk about erecting a soldiers' monument In that city. Raspberries In Kalamazoo county are being Injured by a small green caterpillar. One hundred and seventy-three students are enrolled at the agricultural college. Mrs. Babcock of Flint was run over by the cars hear Bancroft and Instantly killed. Nicholas Met?, of Saginaw City, aged 80 years, has been allowed a back pension of f 2,000. The president has appointed Wm. L. Ban croft to be collector of customs at Port Hu ron. Mrs. Lee, wife of Rev. Luther Lee of Flint, one of the oldest Methodist ministers In the state, Is dead. f Ex-Gov. Alpheus Fclch of Ann Arbor, now n his 80th year, Is to write a history of the bar of Washtenaw county. John Fitzgerald, formerly a prominent Grand Rapids merchant, died at the Kalama zoo Insane asylum recently. The old settlers of Antrim, Charlevoix and Grand Traverse counties will meet at Elk Rap Ids. July 3, for a grand old time. Noah Tyler, a well-known citizen of Pontlac. Is dead. lie had been secretary of the Oakland county agricultural society for 15 years. The Standard oil company Is building a warehouse at Cadillac, ana will hereafter make that place one of its distributing points. John A. Williams, alias M. T. Davis, who has been working Masonic lodges in eastern Michigan has been arrested in Kalamazoo. The annual reunion of the ninth Michigan calvary will be held in Coldwatcr on Aug. 12. A very Interesting program Is being prepared. George II. WInans of Kalamazoo Is under arrest for soliciting business for Insurance companies not authorized to do business in this state. Ernot Redbnrg, the oldest member of the G. A. R. in this country, died at the sisters' hospital, Vancouver, W.T., recently. He was 01 years old. Mrs. Fred Uppendahl, a inuoh respected lady of East Saginaw, dropped suddenly dead at her home In that city. A doctor pronounced It a case of heart disease. Sheriff Wood of Hillsdale, offers $300 reward for the arrest of the unknown man who made a murderous attac k on A. B. West's son In that city a few nlghti ago. Noah Tyler, an old resident of Pontlac, died recently, aged about 70 years. For fifteen years Mr. Tyler was secretary of the Oakland county agricultural society. Hon. Henry Frallck Las been chosen presi dent of the state pioneer society. The recent meeting held In Lansing was one of the most successful ever held by the society. John Lalone fatally stabled Archibald Hale In Kawkawlln township. The murderer has been arrested, pleaded not rrnllty to murder, and will be tried In the circuit court. E. R. Wishton, or Weston, a tanner from Holland, while going to Racine, stepped off the City of Milwaukee's gang plank In Grand Haven and was drowned. The body was re covered. In the case of John Howard, the alleged Coldwater bank robbcr.a continuance has been granted until July 23, when Judge Pealer says the case must be tried. Howard will attempt to prove an alibi. 1 John J. Brown of St. Louis, desires the post- omce addresses of Charles W. Fraxier, Parley W. Flab, Seymour Reynolds and German A. Simm er. They were members of Co. D, 13th Michigan lnfautrr. Oilvet collego declines the munificent gift of .V),000 from Ezra Bostwlck. of Union City. The old gentleman wanted Interest during his lifetime, and the trustees thought it too haz ardous a risk to assume. Geo. Finch was crushed by falling rocks at Iron Mountain City. He was a stranger and had only been at work a week. It Is believed bis home was in Jackson, Mich., as he fre quently spoke coal raining there. , Thomas Foley of Lebanon township, Clinton county, whose twin babies were found dead one morning recently, has been arrested and jailed charged with their murder. Suspicious circumstances are strong against him. The annual meeting of the bicyclists of Michigan will be held in Coldwater about the middle of July. The tournameut will be held on the fair grounds. It is expected that up wards of fifty wheelmen will be present A professorship in memory of Edward Israel, the astronomer of the Gsj eley Arctic expedi tion is to be endowed in Kalamazoo college by Mrs. Israel. Three thousand dollars of the en dowment fund has already been subscribed. U. D. Ward has tho contract for furnishing stone for the new buildings at the agricultural college. The stone is secured from his quarry at Grand Ledge, shipped to Trowbridge and then drawu by wagon to the college grounds. A purse of t50t) 1ms leen presented to the mother of Charles G. Gay of Marquette, who committed suicide recently. The parties who found the body and received the 500 reward offered have also given Mrs. Gay $200 of that sum. Leslie Lewis, formerly a grocer at Fenton, died at Pontlac recently, where he had been an incurable Inmate of the Insane asylum for two years. He was a promising young business man and leaves a young wife and two small children. A peculiar accident happened 'in Cummlng township a few days ago. George Tebold was turning a log In which was Imbedded a cross cut saw, when one end of the saw flew up and struck his 14-year-old son In the neck, produc ing iustant death. A number of years ago Wesley Hinckley of Norrlce, Shiawassee county, died. Recently it became necessary to move his remains, when the discovery was made that they were petrifi ed, and the features were as natural as when the body was burled. . The Hon. G. V. N. Lothrop, United SUtes minister to Russia, accompanied by his wife and two daughters, sailed for Europe June lti, on the steamer Ems of the North German Lloyd line. A number of their friends were at the pier to see them off. Freeman Bishop, 1$ years old, employed In an East Saginaw store for five weeks past has skipped with a large amount of money belong ing to his employer, and $300 worth of Jewelry, the property of his uncle. Bishop is supposed to have gone to Carbondale, Pa. Reuben Yerrlck, a filer in Sanborn & Hill's mill, at Carrollton, was gumming a saw on an emery wheel when the wheel burst and a frag ment four inches long 'was driven into Yer rlck's skull, producing fatal Injuries. Yerrlck was 50 years old and lived in Bay City. A largely attended meeting of citizens in the Interest of Kalamazoo college was held the other night, at which the $3,500 lacking on the proposed fund a subscribed. In all$25,000 have been raised there. It is understood this Insures the continuance of the Institution. Burglars entered the house of J. N. HiU, grocer at Plainwell, Kalamazoo county, early the other morning, securing $100 In "money, three cheeks and a shell case gold watch and chain. A man named Berry, .who claims De troit as Lis borne, was arrested and money and jewelry found. General Manager W. A. Jackson has issued an order abolishing the numtn-r system In the Bay City exchange, which has been In vogue for the past year and which has been a great annoyance. The order w as made at the request of nearly all the subscrlln-rs there, who present ed a petition to Mr. Jackson. A Mt Pleasant Sunday school teacher took his class of fifteen to Coldwater Lake for a pic nic. The lads all went in swimming and one one little boy, the son of George A. Hicks, wandered away by himself and the next that was seen of him was when his lifeless body was found washed up in the river. An old gentleman named Henry Clark, aged 71, and living in Roxand township, Eaton county, was struck on the head with a hoe by David Moss, road commissioner in that district, during an altercation over the amount of wages to be Duid Mr. Clark for his work. Tlie e ash nade by the hoe extended from the top of his Head into tne lelt cheek, making an ugly wound, and the termination may be serious. The follow 'iig additional awards to Michi gan exhibitor ut the New Orleans exposition are announced: Morley Bros., East Saginaw First class medal collective display of saw mill and lumlerlng tools. Chas. W. Coe, Fentonville First class medal for display of blacksmith's tools. The Michigan Axe. and Tool company, East Saginaw Medal of the second-class for display of edge tools. A few evening ago an unknown man enter ed John Stone's farmhouse, hear Hillsdale, where Mark West was alone at the time, and remarking "I've got you now !" began firing at young West, who heat a masterly retreat up stairs, where he got his revolver and then made fight against his assailant. West thinks he shot the fellow, and several pools of blood cor roborate this. West says he recently Interfer ed with two men who were robbing his father's barn In Lapeer county, and his recent assailant, he believes to be one of them. A strike occurred a few days since among the lalwrers in the employ of W. H. Mvcrs, the Hillsdale man who has the contract for laying the pipe for the water works In Lansing. Mr. Myers required the men to dig and excavation thirty feet long, six feet deep an two feet wide for $1 23. The men held a meeting on Capital Square. They claim that the "stint" Is too much for the money, while the contractor says the men can make, If they will, at least $2 per day of ten hours. Speeches were made at the mctting by Frank M. Fogg and Represen tatives Long and Barry. II. If Farrlngton and Dick Burke escaped from the Tawas City 1all by tunneling under the walls. No arrest have yet been made. Until a few days ago Farrlngton had been kept In a cell lined with iron where he was safe, but desiring the cell for other purposes he was placed In one less secure, and this is the result Charles E. Williams committed suicide by hanging In his father's barn In Pulaski, Jack son county. The deceased was aged 30 years. He formerly was in business in Jackson, but became insane and was sent to Kalamazoo. He was discharged as restored. Two days be fore his suicide ne had a partial sunstroke and his malady returned. Mr. Jerome Truax of Adrian, the contemp tuous criminal now confined in the county Jail In this city, at the county's expense, for con tempt of court In refusing to surrender posses sion of a farm, according to the decree of the court, wherein It deprives him of several hun dred dollars in Improvements and taxes paid, has been refurnishing his cell with spring bed, easy rocker, Japanese coolers and other articles for his comfort at his own expense, not feeling Iustlfled or having the "check" as .some have, n asking the county to furnish it for him, in asmuch as he is now being boarded at the county's expense for the benefit of a Lenawee county lawyer. He says he Is preparing to "bold the fort" for a long siege, and adds that experience can only be gained by experience, and he will rock himself to heaven In his easy chair before he will submit to such an outrage and blackmail case as this Is. if he can't defeat It without Mason Detnocrai. THE LAW MAKERS. Juki 15 Senate The vote on the resolu tion to print copies of the general acts of this session for the use of certain officers was re considered and the resolution tabled. Bills passed: To enroll Michigan men who served In a New York artillery regiment as Michigan volunteers; to regulate the transit of Texas cattle through the state; amending sees. 6771-2, Howell, relative to probate courts; amending sec 8147, Howell relative to the service of processes on railroad companies; authorizing the transcript of Judg ments from one Justice to another. Ad journed. House The House spent the afternoon In working in committee of the whole. Ad journed June 16 Skxate Bills passed: providing for water works In Battle Creek; amending act 177 of 1S31, relative to delivery of grain by railroad companies; reincorporating Clio; making an appropriation for Improvements at the state prison; for a grant of swamp lands to drain Hewes and Ewers lakes, Ingham coun ty. The bill to consolidate the laws relative to prisons and to abolish convict labor was discussed In committee of the whole. Extra compensation at the rate of $1 a day was voted Janitor Bernhard Rice and Assistant Secretary Summer: ti a day to Secretary Lewis I M. Miller. The committee on appropriations ; presented statement of the estimated ex i pendltiires for 18H5 to be $1,01,4SW 90, for 136, $71)5,971. The estimated receipts for 1885 from other sources except taxation, are for 18K $199,000. for 1888, $190,000. House Bills passed: Amending general highway law; authorizing Battle Creek to con struct water works and sewers, and to estab lish a board of public works; incorporating the public schools of Oscoda county; authorizing the mustering of military companies at Me nominee, Muskegon, Detroit Jackson and Grand Rapids; to tav the expenses incurred In the examination of charges axainst Nelson De Long, mayor of Muskegon; to prohibit the use of tobacco by pupils and teachers In and about schools and on school grounds; amending sec tions 1442 3-5-6, Howell, relative to damages for injuries caused by defective sidewalks ; amending section 9315, Howell, relative to the punishmeut of libel and slander; amending Lansing city charter; appropriating $10,000 to place a statue of Gen. Cass lu the old House of representatives. Adjourned Jcsk 17 Senate The following nomina tions by the governor were confirmed in execu tive ses'slon; Members of the advisory board of pardons. For four years, Henry C. Wlsner and Ocn.gu R. Richards of Detroit : for two years, Albert M. Henry of Detroit and Chester Warrlner of Jackson. To bo member of the board of pharmacy, Ottmar Eberback of Ann Arbor, vice Christian Eberback, resigned. Bills passed: The general appropriation bill; consolidating the management of state prisons and abolishing the contract system; amending act 215, C. L, relative to mechanic liens; appropriating swamp land to drain Dow aglac creek, Van Buren county; amending the election laws; relative to liquor tax. House The governor noted his approval of the following acts : Abolishing tne Marquette fractional sciiool district; for a stenographer of the nln th judicial circuit ; applying to Ma comb county act 39 of 1879 relative to canals and harbors; to protect hotel keepers; amend ing section 7.(9. C. L. relative to of fenses; amending section 3025-3047, How. relative to plank roads; to facilitate the giving of bonds required by law ; for the yarding, feed lug and transportation of Texas cattle; to pen sion Detroit tiremen ; for the indexing of the Journals of the legislature. The following ills passed unless otherwise noted: establish ing a board of pardons ; to promote morality and prevent crime ; amending Sec. 5705 How., relative to alienation by deed; amending Sec 5909 How., relative to witnesses; for organiza tion of building societies lost; compelling foreign mining corporations to pay specific taxes, passed; for the sale of state tax lands; for a state road in Lenawee county; for a state road in Grand Traverse county; settling tlie claim of John McFie; con firming the title of Martha M. In galls to cer tain portion of the present city of Menominee; making a tax levy for the general expenses of the state for lJSSrnl amounting to $1,491,774.90; supplementary to the act annexing territory to Detroit rectifying the line established by the former act aud providing for the equitable di vision of school property. June 18. Sknatk TheVovernor communi cated his approval of the following: Amend ing the law relative to punishmeut for libel and slander ; incorporating Oscoda schools ; amending law relative to collecting damages for Injuries caused by defective sidewalks; amending law relative to proof, conveyance and collection of mortgages; amending law relative to the competency of witnesses; to promote morality and sup press crime; establishing an advisory board ol pardons ; providing for the sale of certain state tax lands; compelling upper peninsula mining and smelting companies to make reports to the auditor general; extending the time for laving a state road In Leelenaw county; extending the time for laying a state road in Grand Traverse county :to conlirm the sale of swamp lands to Martha M. Ingalls; the general appro priation bill. House The governor noted his approval of the following: Amending law relative to ser vices of processes on railroad companies; De troit building Inspection bill; authorizing Thomastown. Saginaw cownty, to Issue bonds; amending Port Huron charter; amending law relative to establishing and opening roads; amending Clio village charter; amending Owosso city charter; appropriating money to draiu swamp land In Van Buren county; amending election laws; providing for tne fiurchase of lands for the state prison ; impos ng a tax on the business of selling liquor. DETROIT MARKETS. Wheat No. 1 white $ H7($ 97& Wheat No. 2 red 99 d 1 00 Four 5 00 ( 5 25 Corn 43 (4 49 Oats 37 (C 33 Barley ;. I 85 (e 1 50 Rye per 100 4 00 M 4 50 Corn meal per KW 13 00 (rl9 00 Clover Seed V bu 5 00 (a) 5 25 Timothy Seed 1 75 M 1 80 Apples perbbl 3 00 (t 3 50 Apples per bu 75 (2 I 00 Butter ) tt 12 (it) 13 Cheese 7 01 H Eggs 11 ( 12 Chickens ft (tf 9 Turkevs 10 (t 11 Potatoes .'SO (in 35 Turnips SO Q'c 35 Onions ybu 1 25 ( 1 50 Honey 9 ut 10 Beans, picked I 30 Cd 1 35 Beans, unpicked 75 (Ti 1 00 Hay 15 00 (517 00 Straw 6 00 (o 7 00 Pork.dresscd V 100 5 50 6i 6 00 Pork, mess new 11 74 foli Of) Pork, family 12 00 Ml 2 25 Hams 9 (a) 10 Shoulders 8 (ft 7 Lard 7 (i U Dried Beef 'l lo 13 1 Tallow 5 (i 514 Beeswax 30 (t 85 Beef ex t ra mess 1 0 25 (A 1 5 50 Wood, Beech and Maple 5 75 (fij 6 00 Wood Ma pie (I 25 (d 6 50 Wood Hickory 6 75 1 00 ' LIVE stock. Cattle Shipping steers, $4 905 65; stackers and feeders, $3 60ff5 00; cows, bulls and mixed. $2 40;4 ."0; throush Texas cat tle, 10J cars on sal.-; corn fed, $4Vf4 80; gras'ers,$3 30(rf4 81. . Hoos Rough and mixed. $3 75(c?4 05; pack ing and shipping, $1 O.Y4 10; light weights, $3 0(rfc4 20; skips, $3 2.3 60. Shekh Market steady; natives $3 40ft2 4 25; western, $.rt4; Texans, $i 50$ 3 50; lambs per head. $2 50((4. The Drover's Journal sp-clal cablegram from Liverpool quotes the aiipi 1 large; American cattle lJi'c lower; bet grades lc dressed. BARBAROUS TREATMENT. Meted Out to Colored Convicts in the South. Rejorta are renewed of the barbarous treat ment of the colored convicts at wcrk on the Savannah Valley railroad In South Carolina. Nine of these unfortunates have died recently, It Is alleged, from the effects of cruel treat ment by contractors emp'oyed by the railroad company. A few days ago a squad of eight convicts were returning from work to their camp, when one of the number escaped. The next morning the remaining seven were strip ped and beaten unmercifully, and In a short time one of them died from the effects of his whipping. On another occasion, a convict who saw a fellow prisoner attempting to file off his shackles and did not inform on him, was so frightfully whlpjed that be has not been able to do any work since. Another con vkt was bound up with wires and beaten until his back was lelt raw from his neck down, and he Is now lying in the camp In a very critical condi tion. It is said that the convicts are called up at 8 o'clock In the morning In order to reach their place of work, which is five or six miles away; that they are worked until after dark, and that they uo not get back to camp until about 9 o'clock at night Only one hour for rest Is allowed In the day, and that at dinner time. Seven disabled convicts from the rail road camp arrived at the penitentiary in Charleston In a deplorable condition and were placed In tire hospital by order of the governor of the state. Superintendent Lips comb and Surgeou Pope of the penitentiary have gone to the convict camp In Abbeville county to make an official Investigation Into the matter. There Is little doubt that this Investigation will show that sufficient cause exists to Itistlfy the demand which was made emphatically several months ago upon the re port of similar brutalities that those exhibi tions of Inhumanity to these defenseless crea tures shall henceforth be made Impossible by abolishing the system of leasing convicts out side of the penitentiary. By the Balloon Route. A most frightful accident happened at the circus grounds In Charleston, W. Va., just prior to opening the performance of Richards t Leon's circus. Among other outdoor at traction was a balloon ascension, and Just as the ropes holding the balloon cast off, the overturning of a hot air stove used In Inflating the balloon caused It to catch fire. The burn ing balloon shot up Into the air at a very rapid rate, with William Patterson, tlr aeronaut, In the basket When a short distance up the Crowd yelled "Jump," but he did not heed the warning, snd after going several hundred feet up the balloon collapsed and Patterson fell to the earth a crushed and lifeless mass of hu manity. Patterson was 23 years old and resid ed In Wellsvllle, ()., where he leaves a wife and family. It was his first ascension. The bal loon as totally consumed by fire. , Fish In the government broodier poada near Washington are being killed off by snakes. Call out the troops 1 OUR FOREIGN BUDGET. A Synopsis of Important Events in Land" Beyond the Seas. Cholera Is still making great havoc In Spain. Admiral Courbct, tho French commander, it dead. Prince' Frederick Charles of Germany, is dead. Cholera Is increasing to an alarming extent in Spalu. Central American states are preparing for a general fight The rapid spread of cholera causes great ex citement In Spain. The Emperor of Chiua has ratiiled the treaty of peace with France. Gladstone has been offered au earldom by the queen but declines the honor. Gladstone denies that he has made any promises to aid the new government The Marquis of Salisbury has decided to ac cept the position of prime minister of Eng'and. The past winter In Iceland was the severest ever known. Almost all the cattle perished. Fish is very scarce. Hon. Hilary IL Johnson has been re-elected president of Liberia. He is the first natlvo or the country choscu to the presidency. Shocks of earthquake have occurred In Cash mere with increased violence. It is reported that 2,213 persons have jMTished In the district of Muzoffarobau. ElMahdl has Issued a proclamation which has been extensively circulated In the countries bordering upon" the Persian gulf, stating that it is his iuteution to Invade both Egypt and Arabia. The Mahdl has written a letter declining to release Christian prisoners who have embraced the Islam faith, lie says they are unwilling to leave him. The mahdl exhorts Englishmen to turn Mohammediins, or otherwise he will de stroy them. Field Marshal Baron Vou Manteullel, gover nor of the provinces of Alsace and Lorraine, died quite suddenly at Carlsbad. The news of his death, following so closely on that of Prince Frederick Charles, lias greatly shocked the em peror. He Is much prostrated and says that all his friends are dying off. VICTIMS OF FIRE-DAMP. Disastrious Explosion Over 100 Lives Lost. A shocking addition has been made to the long list of underground horrors, and the aw ful scenes Incident to coal mine calamities re enacted. The scene of this latest disaster is near Manchester, Eng. An explosion from fire-damp occurred lu the l'endlehury colliery. At the time of thrt explosion there were work ing in the mine 350 men. The work of rescue was at once In-gun, but tlie cages in which the volunteers were proceeding down to the bot tom of the pit got stuck lu th; shaft and it was two hours before the party to get to work exploring the mine for the missing men. The rescuers succeeded in brlniriug to the surface 221 men, which left i:to still unaccounted for. Those who were rescued state that when the explosion occurred thev lied to the bottom of the shaft and they arc Ignorant of the fate of their companions. One hundred and sixty miners were at work in the level in which the explosion occurred, and cannot be reached, owinjr to the masses of coal thrown down by the explosion and which closed up their means of exit A Hoggish Statement The prevalence of hog cholera in Nebraska, the recent outbreak In Wisconsin and the fears entertained of similar outbreaks'in other parts of the country have been made the subject of many communications to the commissioner of agriculture, who has been urged to make a special investigation to determine the nature of the disease and the available means for its mitigation or suppression. In compliance with the demand Commissioner Coleman has appointed Dr. J. Gerth, a veterinarian, of Newark, N. J., to proceed first to Nebraska and make a thorough examination. Dr. Gerth Is an inspector of animals, meats and slaugh ter houses for the Newark board of health, and has also been connected with the New Jersey state board of health and in his official capacity has had much experience with the diseases of swine. The most recent statistics place the number of swine in the United States at over 45.000.000 head, which are valued at more than $220,000, 000. The annual losses among these animals are very heavy. In 13S73 It was estimated to reach $20,000,'000; in 1SS2 it was six per cent, of the whole number lu the country; In 1884 this loss increased to nine percent Recent investigations indicate that these losses are mostly the result of contagious diseases. The losses in Nebraska during the lost year have been for the first time very heavy. ' ' Reports from forty-six of the seventy-three counties show that "out of 1,33,695 head of swine 400.4G3 were alfected with the disease, and 352,921, valued at $2,445,773, died. Canada'! Inland Sea. John Bignal, late head of the government exploring expedition to Lake Misstassini, who has just returned to Quebec, states that his son in no way exaggerated the facts in re gard to Lake Misstassini, the great unknown sea of Northeastern Canada. He says that some of the numerous islands which it contains appear to him to be over ten miles In length and are found to embrace large lakes In their Interior. One result of his observations was to show that the height of the land forming the northern boundary of that province and the situation of both Great and Little Misstas sini as laid down on the maps is altogether erroneous. The latitude of Hudson's Bay company post is at least half a degree from that heretofore ac cepted as correct and Little Misstassini, in stead of being a mere arm of the big lake, is in reality a distinct sheet of water, 100 to 120 mileslong by 8 wide. Among other natural curiosities of the re gion Mr. Bignell visited an extraordinary cave known among the local Indians as "Cave of the Great Spirit" In it are stored a quantity of the expedition's supplies. Mr. Bignell re ports that the cold of last winter at Misstas sini was Intense, marking 5tt degrees below zero In December and 52 on March 27, but he believes that the soil of the region will be found well fitted for tlie growth of hardy cer eals. When he started on his return to Que beq on May 28 the Ice In the bay was breaking up, but the main body of the lake still held firm. Metallic Statistics. The second annual reixirt on the "Mineral Resources of the United States," gives the fol lowing statistics: The total amount of coal produced in 1884 was 143,707,000 long tons, over a million tons less than in 1$83; ktlic total output of all coals showed a net gain In ton nage of 4 0: 8.S20 long tons and a decline In value of $15,720,277. There were 4 873,905 tons of coke made In 1SS4 worth $7,242,878; 24,089, 753 barrels, of forty-two gallons each, of petro leum produced, worth $20,470,294, over half a million barrels more than in 182, although of less value. The value of pig Iron made was $73,761,624, or over $18,000,000 less than In 1883; the product of copper was 145,221, 834 lbs., worth $17,7S9,o-7, a larger amount but of less value than lu 18"3 The grand total of the mctnlllc and non-metallic mineral product of 1S4 was $413,104,020, a faUing off of $39, 100,008 compared with 1883. Domestio Exports. The chief of the bureau of statistics reports that the total values of the exports from the Lniteu Btaies 01 tloinestic cattle, nogs, oeer, pork and dairy products, during the month 01 May, 1835, and during the five months which ended May 31, 1S85, also of the beef and pork products during the seven months which ended May 81, 1885, as compared with similar exports during the corresponding periods of the pre ceding year M ere as follows : May, 1885, $726 297,202,552; May, 1SS4, $7,541,940; five months which ended May 81, 135, $40,172,540; five months which ended 81, 184, $34,464,674; beef and pork products for the seven months which ended May 81, 1884, $50,207,382. The Lord Forbid! It Is understood that Kiel's counsel will first endeavor to prove Rlcl's American citizenship. This tact established, his counsel will point out that he can only be tried for waging war against a foreign country. The trial would then have to be under court-martial, but as martial law was not proclaimed in the Domin ion, the trial could not be conducted In this way and would have to be abandoned. If tried as a Canadian citizen it must be for high treason, and as three of the six Jurors are to pe half-breeds It Is believed the Jury would disa gree. This would Involve a new trial, when the same difficulty would undoubtedly be en countered. The Cyclone's Work. Reports received from the cyclone which passed over Plymoutli, Cherokee, Woodbury, Monoa and Ida counties, Iowa, a few days since state that 30 lives were lost In Cherokee county alone, while a number of other persons were fatally Injured. Rain and nail accompanied the terrific wind storm, and the streams were so bad! j swollen that doctors could not get to their .iioperty will aggregate 11 Woodbury and Plym $275,000. principally I outh counties. Damages are also reported from Calhoun, Webster, Pocahontas and Butna Vista counties. - Two Hundred Lives Lost . Dispatches continue to te received about the earthquake in the Yule of Cashmere. Whole villages have been destroyed, and Dubgood, Jamalapar, and Oraii littvc disappeared en tirely, having leen completely engulfed In the awful convulsions. During the continuance of the shocks a sulphurous dust was sent forth, Impregnating the atmosphere. At the same time volumes of 1 ot water issued from the great fissures made in tlie earth. The fort at Guraio aud gruuaries in many parts of the Vale have been swallowed up. A Bad Outlook. The printed report of the Agricultural De partment, giving the condition of the various crops as shown by the June returns, is Just out It Is stated the 'general average condition of sixty-two for winter wheat is the worst official showing since 1H0S. Ia 1881 it was seventy four, and seventy-five In 1883, while in the great crop years of 1880 and 1882 it was ninety nine In June. THE CREAM 0? THE NEWS. Big Bear, the Indian chief is said to be a white man. Hog cholera prevails In Nebraska. to an alarming extent Wheat in California is only three-sevenths of last year's crop. Andrew D. White, president of Cornell uni versity, has resigned. Gen. Grant and family have gone to Mt Mc Gregor near Saratoga. Hundreds of families in the county of Jack son, W. Va., are suilering for food. The First National bank of Detroit has been made a depository of United States money. Leaders of ail parties In Spain are opposed to the annexation of Cuba to the United States. Secretary Whitney refusi-s to accept the new dispatch boat Dolphin, built for the govcrraent Israel Dawton has been appointed superin tendent of the mint of the United States at San Francisco. Commissioner of agriculture Lorlngwlll have to return about $20,000 to the United States treasury. The village of Victory In Wisconsin, and the village of New Albion in Minnesota hare been completely destroyed by cyclones. Gen. Grant Is said to be failing rapidly, ne Is unable to speak at all. A few days ago he wrote a death message to his family. The total value of the exports f of .domestic cattle, hogs, beef, pork and dairy products from the United States for May, 1SS3, is $7. 202,072. An examination of the Washington monu ment confirms the report that the cap stone has been shattered by lightning. A break has been made by the lightning on the northeast corner of the cap stone. The statue of ''Liberty enllghtnlng the world" reached New York on the 16th. The statue was packed in 214 pieces. A formal re ception was given the following morning, and was a grand affair. An employee of the Bessemer steel works at Pueblo, Col., shot at a mark on the door of a powder magazine and paid the renalty with his life, exploding 37,000 pounds of powder and a quantity of dynamite. Adjutant-General Drew of the U. 8. A. has Just completed a rcort showing that the fed eral casualties In the la'e war numbered 359, 4V0. This report Is believed to be the most accurate of any yet published. Adjt Gen. Drum has received a telegram from CoL Bradley, stationed at Santa Fe sav ing that there are now no hostile Indians in New Mexico. There Is an impression at the war department that the hostile Indians have also left Arizona. A flag found In the confederate war depart ment and marked with the name of the 53d Illinois volunteer Infantry, awaits owners at the war department It bears evidence of hard fighting and Is stained with blood. Nobody at the department knows Its history. The house and and barn of Mathcw Reddy near Mason City, Iowa, was blown away In the storm the other night When the storm sub sided hardly I shards enough could be found to build a flre. The family were scattered In every direction. Ills brother was killed and his wife and son terribly Injured. Robert Lang, who was some time ago sent up to the Northwest by the Canadian Govern ment to adjust certain land claims, has been issuing bogus land patents to settlers In the Northwest and pocketing the money. Lang, finding oift that he had been detected in his fraudulent operations, left for the United States Fifty-three of the memorial stones for the Washington monument, which have for many years been stored away, have been selected to be placed on the Interior" of the structure. The selected stones are those presented bv forelern countries, the states and territories and I Masonic Independent Order of Odd Fellows and temperance societies. The Attorney-General gives it as his opinion that Hill, the defaulting postmaster at Lewis ton, Io. T., has committed forgery and that under the extradition treaty with Great Britain be Is subject to trial bv the United 8tates au thorities. The District-Attorney will be di rected to begin proceedings at once to secure Hill's return to this country. In pursuance of the policy adopted by Sec retary Manning of cutting down the expenses In various bureaus of the Treasury Department wherever possible withont detriment to the public business, 800 persons employed as storekeepers, gaugers. etc., In the internal revenue service have been removed since March 80. The average per diem pay of these em ployes was $4. 8oli njs wirE. Henry Sauerbler, wife and baby arrived ia Cleveland, Ohio, a few davs ago from Logan. O., and put up at thu Fmpire house. The next day a burly Irishman, named Mc Farland, also from Logan, put in an appearance and bad a conference with Sauerbler. The result of the meeting was the sale of Sauerbier's wife and baby to Mc Farland. The price paid was $1( 0. Sauerbler hung out at first and wanted more money, but McFarland refused to raise his bid. McFarland, the woman and the Infant returned to Logan, while Sauerbler took a train for Chicago. The deal Is a genuine one, and Is vouched for by the landlord of the hotel who heard the trade talked over and saw the written agreement New Hampshire has puid over $15,000 as "bounties" for the killing of wild animals in said state In the last l'J-months. Switzerland has re-adopted capital punish ment, having aholif-hcd it three years ago to the public's subsequent sorrow. It takes a strong healthy castor oil plant to knock mosquitoes and tiles ''silly." , If they enter a room where such a plant Is kept they curl up and die before they have time to make their wills. Japanese builders provide against damage by earthquakes by placicng ordinary dwellings on squared stones burled in the ground, or on auantlties of shot, thus partially preventing the transmission of the shocks. Russian generals who have gained great victories In former years feel 'sore" over the marks of distinguished consideration bestowed by the czar on Komaroff, who had that little skirmish with the badly armed Afghans. The formal denial of the right of a state to secede from the union waa made by tlie su f reme court In the case of White vs. Texas, In 809. The same conclusion was reached by most people out of court several years earlier. "Tlswln" Is the Apache name for whisky. The effect when taken Internally, Is not chaug ed by the different wording. The use of Latin letters In printing In Ger many Is rapidly progressing. It makes Bis marck mad, but ho can't stop it A panic Is Imminent among the colored folks of Macon, (la., because several of their num ber have recently gone Insane. New Jersey" and "Maryland" are to be the names of tho new cruisers, for whoso building congress appropriated funds last winter. One sentimentalist wanted to call thtm "McAdoo" and Tabot," after tho members from the aforesaid states who managed the bills. Among the "imperfectly developed resources" of Madagascar are diamonds, gold, silre, copper, lead, tin, graphite, rubies and sapphirei. Abram Hanson, a colored lad, has as tonished the people of Leavenworth, Ks.t by his wonderful facility la model ing clay statues. On the average 62,000 messages, press dispatches not included, are sent through the general telegraph ofilce in London daily. German mills supply nearly all the London dailies with print paper. patients. Tne loss of L 25 YEARS IN UOE. th Oraatt Uadisal Trinmph of the Aft SYMPTOMS OF A TORPID LIVER. 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