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PLAIN DEALER. IS PrBLISHKU THURSDAYS, A* CRESCO. THI COUNTY SEAT OF HOWARD COUNTY, B* W. R. & F. J. MEAD, Publisher! nd Proprietors. OFFICE IN THE CENTENNIAL BLOCK. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: One copy, nm-year, strictly In advance, fl.00 NOTES OF THE TIMES. THE Chamber of Deputies at Brussels rejected by a large majority Count Ourtremont's Mil for universal military service. MIL Cox was the sensation in House Monday. The return of the blight, aggressive put genial debater to the Congressional arena «w hailed with delight.—Ex. WASHINGTON dispatches indicate that tariff revision promises to become the leading question this session of Con gress. The debate on the subject has already begun. A MAJORITY of the Powers have replied to the Porte's circular asking advice as to the solution of the Bulgarian difficulty,but the responses are all either evasive or indefinite. PMKPAKATIONS for the exhibition to 1M held in Mellourne in 1888 are being carried forward on a grand scale. The Prince and Princess of Wales have been invited to open the exhibition. TEMPS says England concedes THE to France a share in the financial adminis tration of Egypt iu return for France's promise not to insist that a date be fixed for (AMI withdrawal OF British troo)M. Iowa Supreme Court is hearing Arguments on the question of the con stitutionality of the Sweeney law je quiring foreign corporations doing business in the Hawkcye Staate to rein corporate there. GEO. W. TYLER, the lawyer of H01 Sliaron notoriety, has been disbarred by the Supreme Court of California for trying to leat a client, and will not be allowed to practice in any of the courts of Dm Stale for two years. AT a banquet given by the Knights of the Order of St. George in St. Peters burg the Czar presided. Turning to Gen. von Schwciuitz.German Ambassa dor, the Czar proposed the health "of the oldest chevalier of the order, Em peror William." iSAAS U:A, LL. 1)., the distinguished American naturalist, who earned world wide fame for his extensive scientific re searches, died on the 9th, at Philadel phia, iu the 9olh year of his age. Some days before he contracted a severe cold, and this together with his advanced age caused a complication of distiiuu* from which he was unable to rally* THE editor of a Russian Socialist paper published in Geneva has written to the Journal de Geneve asserting thai a recent robbery of the Journal prints ingoftiet! was the work of Ressian Gov ernment agents who were desirous of preventing the publication of a Socialist volume. The police are inquiring into the matter. PKOF. LEVEHETT SPRING, A the Mir Morris Professor of Rhetoric at Williams College, is very well liked, though a bit odd in dress. He comes from Kansas University, and is in fact, author of the volume on "Kansas" in the American Commonwealth Series. He wears a big black slouch felt hat and a dark cape overcoat, with his dark hair slightly long. The boys speak of him as "The Conspirator," DEPUTATION of Presbyterians has naked the Governor of Victoria to send n petition to the Queen against the French occupying the New Hebrides The petitioners any that the occupation of the islands by the French imperils the missionary work which is being carried on thero and the interests of Australia. They ask that effective steps be taken to prevent the occupa tion of the islands, which is tantamount to annexation, and also ask that the Government protect the missions that arc now established. HEN PEKLEY POORE in the Albany Journal: It is a noteworthy fact that more attention is given to lienage in Massachusetts and iu Virginia than in any other States in the Union. There is not a venerable spinster in any of the old plantation mansions on the banks of the Rappahannock or of the James Rivers who cannot give you the family history of every prominent Vir ginian aud so here in Massachusetts there is not an ancient deomoiselle be tween Cape Cod and the Berkshire Hilis who is not thoroughly posted in the genealogy of those having the blue blood of the old Commonwealth in their veins, and when as has recently lieen the case, the young scions of two old houses marry, there is exceeding great joy. THE Department of Agriculture an nounces that the average December price of wheat is 69 cents, a reduction of 8 cents from the average value of the last crop aud 4} cents above the prices in 1884. The average in New York is 84c, 12c lower than last year Pennsylvania 88c, 18c lower. The reduction is still greater in several western states. The average of Ohio is 74c, Michigan 73c, Indiana 70c Illi nois G9c, Wisconsin 68c, Minnesota 61c, Iowa 60c, Missouri 63c, Kansas -58c, Nebraska 47c, Dakota 52c. There is little decline in southern states, in some of which prices are higher than last year. The average iu California is 73c' VOL. XXVIII.—NO. 11. EVENTS OF THE WEEK. Domestic News. The President's message contained six teen thousand words. Canadian postal cards brought into the United States must pay duty. The committees of the House and Henate have agreed upon an interstate commerce bill. E. P. Qreenieaf,of Boston, a millionaire miser, on bis death-bed willed 1100,000 to Harvard. Senator Logan was too |ill from rheuma tism to be present at the opening of the Senate. Gov. Alger, of Michigan, has prohibited the importation of Illinois live stock into that state. Secretary Manning estimates the cost of the government for the next fiscal year at 1325,185,789. Gen. J. B. Foley, formerly a member of congress front Indiana at Greensbnrg, at the age of 80, died Dec. 6. The new snndry civil bill will include an appropriation for lighting the Tennessee and Great Kanawaha rivers. Hayes Grier, of Pennsylvania, and W. J. Hillegrutw, of Indiana, have lieen appointed chiefs of division in the pension office. An Englishman named Thomas H. Harry, blew out the gas in a Jersey City ho tel t»efore he went to bed. He never woke up. A contest over the estate of the late George Sugden. o St-dalia, Mo., is soon to be commenced by his disinherited daughter. About *40,)UO is involved. The President is better. He was at his desk all day, and received all who called, besides presiding at the regular cabinet meeting Thursday afternoon. A committee of fifteen has lieen ap pointed to prepare a memorial to congress relative to the constitutional centenuial celebration and world's exjmsition. Judge Gresham in deciding the question of a receiver for the Walmsli road, took occasion to score Jay Gould and uthers for the means they adopted to wreck the sys tem. A movement is nbout to lte made by the Union Pacific that will have a most im{ort ant effect on railroads. It is the adoption on this road on the 24 o'clock scheme on its entire system. At the meeting of the Illinois State bar association to lie held at Springfield, January 11-12, Leonard Swett has been designated to deliver a eulogy on the late David Davis. Dr. Martb, the Lilieral leader of the German reichstag. was on the flour of the Honse Thursday was cordially greeted by Representatives Hewitt, Cox, Morrison, Phelps aud others. A courier has been sent out from Fort Keogh to bring iu a party of hunters from the Smithsonian institute at Washington engaged in securing siiecimens of buffalo. They have killed 25 head. So strong is the prohibition sentiment in Mobile that the saloon kee|ers have asked the Alabama legislature to pass a iaw for a license of $1,000. He v. Dr. Hawthorue, of Atlanta, is going to Mobile to open the *emperan-e campaign. On the 8th there were earthquake shocks at Columbia, S. C., aud at Indeitendence and Missouri City, Mo. Buildiugs were shaken and windows rattled by the concus sions, which lasted from a few seconds to a full minute. The issue of the standard dellars from the mints during the week ending Dec. 4, was $581,011. The issue during the correspond ing period lout year was The ship ment of fractional silver coin during Novem ber amounted to £747,4111. John E. Owens, the veteran comedian, died at his home in Baltimore Md., on the 7th. He had been in j»oor health three years with a complication of diseases. The direct cause of death was cancer in the stomach. The friends of the Paciiic railroad's fund ing bill are much disappointed at the failure of President Cleveland to recemmend the passage of that measure. They w ere confi dent, as was ulse President Adams, that the recommendatii n would le made. Two hundred and fifty workmen at the shoe factories of Frances W. Breed, at Lynn were ordered ont against their desire by the Knights of Laiior Monday. The trou ble was caused by 0 shoe-cutters working at less than the standard prices and refus ing to strike. Attorney General Garlaud is credited with having written a letter saying that he has not thought of Iteing a candidate for the Uuited States Senate, two years hence, and at the close of his present term his official services will cease for awhile to gratify his longing for rest and quiet. Mr. Williams, the new California Senator, elected to serve until the 4th of March next, is claimed as a Central Pucitlc It. It. man. The legislature this winter is to choose a Senator for the full term. There will be a vigorous tight against the Central. It is understood that ex-Senator Hearst will lead the contest against the railroad jteople. The District of Columbia commissioners have appointed Col. Wm, G. Moore to be major and chief of police in place of Major Walker, resigned. Col. Moore is the com manding officer of the Washington Light Infantry corps, and at present holds a prominent jiositiou in the National Metro politan bank of Washington. Ho was private secretary of ex-President Johnson. J. D. Sayres of Texas has been occupying the seat in the House which for several congresses had been in the possession of Hon. S. S. Cox. When Mr. Cox was sworn in. Mr. Sayres ofiered him his old seat, which he accepted, and presented the courteous Texan with a pearl scarf pin of the design of a star aud crescent, which he ook from his own neck scarf, as a momen o of the occasion. A feverish condition of the oil market has existed for a few days at Pittsburg, New York and some other points, aud from tbe 7th to the 8th, there was a urop of 13 cents a barrel. Secretary Barlow of Pitts burg oil exchange says the loss on oil be tween the 4th and the close of business on the 7tli aggregated 000,(JOO. The situation at New York on the 8th was panicky and there was a drop of six cents a barrel dur ing the day. On the 7th a storm of unusual severity raged all along the Atlantic coast, and ship ping was placed in great iteril. Numerous vessels were reiiorted ashore and badly damaged or entirely wrecked, but as far as has been learned their crews all managed to escape or were rescued from their jieril alive. The storm was accomimnied by snow iu most places uiul extended far inland, and in some places railway traffic has been much impeded. The roof of the Highland rink in Boston was crushed in bv its own weight of snow and damaged $50,000. Vires and Casualties. The Halstead Street Opera House Chicago, was badly scorched by fire Satur day. The pork packing! house of Sheeley & Co., Omaha, burued dowu Saturday. Loss 175,000. R. L. Herzom & Son's tannery at South Berwick, Me., was burned yesterday. The loss is estimated at from #75,000 to $100,000 insurance, $25,000. Monday morning a lodging house in West Lake street, Chicago, was set on fire in three different rooms, while several occu pants were asleep. I Anexpress train a* Braddock, Pa. Mi THE IOWA over a wagon at a crossing, containing two persons, John Toole and Bridget McCarthy both of whom were instantly Killed. Fire in Baltimore destroyed two frame buildings. The police rescued 13 persons from the buildings. The lody of Mrs. Ann Peck, aged '.«) years, was burned to a crisp. Loss, $2,500. Damage to the amount of $0,000 was yes terday done to the new St. Paul's Re formed Episcopal Church, on the corner of Winchester avenue and West Adams street, Chicago, by flame which arose from an overheated furnace. A St. Johns, N. B., dispatch reports that the schooner Edith, of St. Piere for Lang laid. was lost Sunday on a reef near Miuue lon Island. All the crew, numliering tnir teen. perished. The vessel was loaded with pr^isions for the winter supply of Mi quelon. Clement A. Loster, a sophomore of New York university, was found dead in his' room Sunday evening. He had been exper imenting with dydrocyanic and nitric acids, in connection with photography, and it is imenting with dydrocyanic and nitric acids. •onnection with photography, and it i Kupooscd he died of heart disease, accelar atea by the fumes of the acids. He must have suffered for some minutes liefore he died, for across one of the negatives was scratched: "Oh, my God, help.' At Shore, Pa., on the 9th a Beech Creek railroad engine, which had just left the shops and came to a standstill near the station exploded killing Phil H. Knight and James Wearne. the engineer Allen Ram sey fireman, and J. C. Field and J. H. Sta pleton, machinists, were seriously injured. The laxly of Eugiueer Knight was gathered up in small fragments, and the body of the fireman was badly muttiuted. Tne liody of a child was thrown a distance of 1.500 feet. It is thought the steam gauge did not work properJ^:, us it only rtgiitercd 140. Crimes. IfffMc ArncSM. the 12 years old son of Reading, Pa., millionaire, has been ab ducted mysteriously. A customer quarreled with W. H. McMartiu, a Philadelphia jeweler, over a rivial matter, and shot him dead. At East St. Louis, Ills., L. P. Warner has been fined $50 in the United States court for the southern district of Illinois for sell ing oleomargarine as butter. In the McQuade, aldermanic briliery case at New York City, eight days were consumed in getting a jury for the second trial, and %I2 talesman were examined. A. R. armor, a prominent business man of Kerrsville, Tex., was murdered in cold blood at that place by a Mexican. No par ticulars of the tragedy are given. Judge Hare,* at Burlington, Vt., hits de cided that Jennie Saxton, accused of for gery. was probably guilty, and tiound her over in $800 to await the action of the grand jury- At 1:30 Sunday morning a call was made upon Mrs. Eliza Goebel, a doctress, a Moorhead, Minn., and upon her opening the d«H»r she was shot, the tall entering just l»e low the heart. The man that did the deed is sup|tosed to have gone east on a passing train. At St. Louis, Mo., the supreme court af firms the finding of the lower court senten cing James Payten, sixteen years old. to death on the charge of murder. Payten at tempted to shoot L. T. Matthews, but in stead the ball struck and killed an infant which Matthews held in his arms. The citizens and business men of Little Rock, Ark., are complaining of the loss of letters sent in the maiis from there. Nu merous letters containing money and sev eral money orders have l»een iost or stolen. The amount of money lost in this way is way is large but is not definitely known. The iostotnee officials are investigating. H. R. Crosse of Bombay, N. Y., has l»een arrested charged with forgery. The PeoJ pie's National bank loses atout $20,000. the Third National, $10,000. and other creditors smaller amounts. Mr. Cross has always Utrne a good reputation, und haslieen doing business in Bombay, tor many years. At Buffalo, N. Y., the dead body of Emi Penseynes was found in his room. He was shot through the heart. His wife is sus pected. She was arrested. "He never used me well," she says. Mrs. Penseynes, it is said, was formerly an inmate of a house of ill fame. At Eaton, Ohio, on the 8th, William Mus sel, a farm hand, undertook to rob the house of Daniel Christnian. He killed Christman on the outside of the house with an axe and then entered and struck Mrs. Christman. who was in led. securing $200. He attempted to fire the bouse and fled. The effort to burn the house failed. Mrs. Christman will probably die. Intense ex citement prevails. At Henderson, Mich., Fred Joslin a school teacher, shot and killed Thomas Morrison. The teacher had punished young Morrison, as his father thought, too severely, and Morrison visited the school to investigate. He entered the school room, aud, walking up to Joslin, told him he was about to give huu the same treatment, whereujxin Joslin drew his revolver and shot Morrison dead. At Washington, on the 8th, John C, Mil ler, a well-known stenographer and patent attorney who resides in Hyattsviile, Md., was shot on street uear Ninth, by a con tractor named George N. Walker, brother of Maj. Walker, the chjef of police. After Walker bad fired Miller dul not fall, but rushed u|Kn Walker and attempted to take the pistol from him. Thev then had a struggle upon the sidewalk. Walker beating Miller over the head with the butt of of the pistol until the)' were separated. Walker charges Milller with insulting his wife, and Miller savs Walker "sent his wife after him." Business Troubles. The schedules of James H. Bleavault, nsurauce broker, of New York, who dis appeared suddenly several months ago, but was found some days later and then made an assignment, were filed yesterday. They show liabilities, $ltM*,849 nominal assets, $270,019 actual assets $141,519 with $30, 000 contingent liabilities. The announcement has just lieen made o the suspension of Kenney Dyer, stock brokers, of San Francisco. The liabilities are not yet known, but are believed to be heavy. Keuney, the senior partner, is at present traveling in Europe. Failures continue ut San Francisco among the operators in mining stocks, and the craze will wipe out a good many who have hitherto enjoyed the smiles of fortune. Broas & Co., wholesale boot and shoe dealers of Detroit, failed yesterday. Total liabilities $110,000, assets the same. Manitoba Election. The returns of the provincial election held on the 9th, so far has received indicate that the Norquay government has been sustained. The premier has been returned by 70 majority, and four other ministers Green way, leader of the opposition, is be, Moved to be returned. Luxton, Lilieral, is returned for South Winnipeg, and Drewery Conserative, for North Winnipeg Martin, Literal, for Portage La Prairie, and Smart, Liberal, for Brandon. The estimate is that the government will have 15 to opposi tion in the new legislature. A fain the Earthquake. A fresh earthquake shock on Sunday wrecked a cotton mill dam near Columbia, S. C. The water rushed through in a Hood from the pond, swept awav halt a mile of the track of the Columbia & Augusta rail way, and badly damaged the tracks of the South Carolina railway. AU the new aud expensive work recently completed on the former road is totally ruined, and it will be at least a week before the damage can IMJ repaired. The water flooded the ad jacent country doing much damage* Washington Mattel* The President is suffering from a slight at tack of rheumatism. The public debt state- ment for the month of Novemlier shows a decrease of $H,005,249.57. The commissioner of agriculture, in his annual report, deals largely with the nleuro-pneumoniaquestion. The secretary of the interior has decided that Frank A. Bidwell, of Mitchell, Dak., and George W. Venum, of Jamestown, Dak., will lie no longer recognized as attorneys or agents before the interior department or at any bureau or office connected therewith. Everyday Events. The discount clerk of the Canal Bank of Portland. Maine, succeeded in getting $25, 000 not his own. Two steam (targes the Arundel and the Maggie Marshall, were wrecked off Manistee, Mich., in the gale of Tuesday night. The crews of l»oth were saved. While working in removing the iniuring John Lnmphir. others narrowly escaped. Monday Dee. •. flKXATE.—The second session ot the 40tli Congress began at noon Monday, nearly all the Senators being present. The ereden tials of Senator Williams of California were presented and he was sworn in. The Presi ident's message was received at two o'clock and when its reading was concluded the Senate adjourned. HorsE.—At 12 Wednesday, Dee. K. Br*ATE—Mr. Sawyer, Wis., presented a memorial of the Methodist Episcopal church Conference of Wisconsin for legis lation on behalf of Chinese laborers, and for the passage of the Chinese indemnity bill. Mr. Ingalls called upon the Treasury for information regarding the working of the Oleomargarine law. Mr. Blair spoke in favor of universal woman sutferage. The Senate went into executive session •pon a message from the President re garding the fisheries. IIOIPE—The Speaker submitted a letter from the director of the mint, enclosing a draft of a bill for the issue of subsidiary sil ver coin. The house passed the bill amend ing the act "for the muster and pay of cer tain officers and enlisted men of the volun teer force." After a brief debate on the electoral count bill, the subject went over, Mr. Caldwell giving notice he would call the previous question on Thursday. Thursday Dee. 9. SENATE, Dec. 9,—The bill for relief of graduates of the Uuited States Military academy and to fix their pay passed .and was sent to the President. Mr. McMillan introduced a biil for the construction of a bridge across the Red River of the North Mr. Sewall, a bill authorizing the redemp tion of trade dollars. Mr. Morrill spoke on his tariff resolution in an ultsa protection vein Mr. Beck replied l»eing followed by Mr. Sherman. Adjourned until Monday. HOISE, Dec 9.—Committees of conference were ordered on the fortification bills, on the bill relating to the taxation of fractional parts of a gallon of spirits and the bill to re strict the ownership of real estate to Amer ican citizens. The bill to extend the free delivery system |*assed. The bill creating a department of agriculture and labor passed aud the sundry civil bill was rejiorteu. Ad journed. FvMay, De#. M, SEX ATE—Not in session. House—No business was transacted, an adjournment being taken until Saturday, upon the announcement of the death of Hon. Abram Dowduey of the 12th New York dis trict. A joint committee of the House and Senate was appointed to attend the funeral. Mr. Dowdney died a. m. on the 10th, from Apoplexy, being strickcn the evening before. Saturday, Dee. IOf SENATE—Not in session. HOUSE—The following bills passed, forfeit ing 384,000 acres, the Ontonagan & Brule river railroad land grant: opjiening land to settlement in the unorganized )ortion of southern Kansas. The Sundry civil bill was considered in committee of the whole. FOREIGN AFFAIRS. Foreign Budget. The ancient Church of St. Mary Magda lene in London, with four warehouses on the same street was destroyed by fire. Loss $500,000. The attorney-general for Ireland ha made an important decision in favor of the tenant, by declaring the arrest of trustees, who hold the tenant's rents, to be illegal. Thirty men were killed iu a coal-mine ex plosion in Durham, Eugland. Bulgaria wants either Prince Waldemar or Prince Alexander as King. It is thought that the thieves who rifled the mails in Belgium last Saturday are in Eugland. The testimony in the Campbell divorce case presents a dark picture of the morals of English society. Spain has induced Bismarck to abandon his proposal to establish a naval Btation at the Caroline Islands. The Loudon Times, in discussing the ren situation in Ireland, advises the govern ment to use a strong hand. The offering of bouquets to actresses has been prohibited in Vienna on the ground that the practice has grown to an absurd extent. MINNESOTA. Minnesota News. At Pwgtts Falls, on the 9th, Mrs. Charles Newton presented her husband with three daughters weight, five and one-half pounds each. Andrew Byholt, a prominent farmer living near Montevideo, was taken suddenly ill Sunday, dieing before medical aid could reach him. A freight train an into an open bridge at Bird Island Thursday. The engine and CRESCO, IOWA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16,1886. fatally A half-dozen IDTH CONGRESS. If., Speaker Carlisle called the 241 members of the House pres ent. to order, and tiegan the econd session of the 49th Congress. Hon S. S. Cox was sworn in, also H. W. Rusk, Md., and Henry Bacon, N. Y., tilling vacancies caused by death, and a recess taken unt2l two o'clock when the President's message was received and read, and refefred to the committee of the whole. Adjourned. Tuesday Dee. 7. SEXATO—Ex-Gov. Cheney, of Mew Hamp shire was sworn in as the successor of Mr. Price deceased. Mr. Morrill introduced a resolution declaring tariff. revision by the present Congress impracticable and agita tion of the subject inexpedient and detri mental to the revival of trade and industry of the country. Bv Mr. Dawes instructing the Committee on finance to inquire and report whatreduc can be made in customs duties and internal taxes without impairing the prosperity and development of home industries or the compensation of home labor. By Mr. Spooner announcing the death of Hon. W. T. Price, Wis., also the deaths of Messrs. Beach and Arnot, N. Y. Adjourned. HOISE—A number of bills were intro duced and the Senate bill for the relief of graduates of the military academy passed, also the bill appropriating $200,000 for the es tablishment at Fort Riley. Kan., of a per manent school of instruction for cavalry and light artillery, and making a further aj» propriation of $I75.NM) for barracks and quarters at Fort D. A. Russell, Wyo., aud Fort Robinson, Neb. Passed. The electo ral count bill w unconsidered, aud Mr. Cald well sjtoke in favor of it. Adjourned. nine cars were wrecked. Engineer John Collins was badly hurt. Mm. Goe!el, the doctress, shot at Moor head Saturday night, formerly owned a Cannon Falls. Hei drug store at Cannon Falls Lindboe, is practicing medicine at that fer son, Dr place now. The city council of Winona has ordered a bridge 1,500 feet long, to extend from the isiand to the Wisconsin shore. A cable ferry will be used from the city to the island. The annual meeting of the Minnesota Valley Medical Association was held at Mankato. Minn., on the 7th. H. M. Work man. of Sleepy Eye, was elected president for the ensuing year. The next meeting will be held at St. Peter next May. The Browns Valley-Wheaton County seat contest passed all the stages up to the proclamation by the Governor of Minneso ta declaring Wheaton the County-seat,when 100 men from Wheaton went to Brown's Valley and commenced to pack up the County effects, resistance was made to the proceeding, ami for the time being the re moval was suspended. Minnesota Health. At a meeting of the State Board of Health at St. Paul, Dec 9th the biennial report of the secretary of the ltoard was submitted. It reviewed the work which had !»een done during the two years by the 1.0H0 local loards in the state working in co-operation with the state lioard. Between March 7 1MS5, and Nov. 7, inn according to the re lort. 409 glandered horses have been isolat ed: 227 killed, and lt relieved. The total numlter of cases in l»VS infected centers in cluded in 47 counties was .7. The total number of cases on hand at present in 1:1 centers included in 12 counties lieing in one place) is 20. The expenses to the state dealing with this disease was $M40.?5. There have Iteen 15 outbreaks of smallpox during the jeriod covered by the report, in 7 coun ties of the state. The numlter of cases was 4«i, out of which only resulted in death. In no instance did the disease get bevond the control of the state authorities. Outside of Minneapolis, St. Paul, Winona and Stillwa ter there were 09 outbreaks of diphtheria in :8 counties. The cases numltered 519 deaths. 150. The outbreaks of scarletiua numltered :18 in 2* counties. There were iu all 307 cases, resulting in 44 deaths. WISCONSIN. Death of Congressman Price. Hon. W. T. Price died at 5 p. m., at Maek River Falls, Wis., the death casting a gloom over the entire state. He was H2 years of age, born in Huntington Co., Pa., and had resided in Wisconsin over forty years, and lieen in public life continuously since 1851. He was elected to the 4Hth, 49th, and 50th Congresses of the United States. The funeral of Mr. Price took place at I p. m., on tha 8th, the services being conduc ted by Rev. A- P- Dexter apd Rev, W. L. Brown. The flowers profuse at the head of the casket were a pillow and crown of tcaroses and carnations, upon which was the word "Husband" in purple flowers u I ton the casket was a Iteautiful anchor, ami at the foot banks bearing the words "Rest," aud •Uncle." The procession to the cemetery was headed by the locai and visiting G. A. R. under Col. C. R. Johhson, a former law partner of Mr. Price. There were nearly two thousand men in line, the whole being a mile in length. The pall Itearejs were Gen. J. A. Coleman. Hon. T. E. Ingraluuu, liou. H. U. Milk and James O'Neu. The inventory of the assets of Carlton Foster & Co., shows that the firm possesses book accounts to the value of $38/.97.90, note» worth $1,789.62 and $a99.70 in the hands of the assignee. Memlters of the firm claim that the total assets are over $200,000, but creditors place them at about $125,000. On the night of the 8th, at Milwaukee Joel Ellis, a railway engineer, his wife, two grown daughters and two young lady visit ore from Chit-ago were almost suffocated by coal gas at Ellis' home. Ellis and his wife awoke in the morning in a debilitated con dition. They suspected that they had lieen poisoned, and on finding their two daugh ters and the two Chicago visitors uncon scious in their lieds they nastilv summoned a physician, who pronouuceif the trouble asphyxiation from coal gas. The girls are not out of danger. Masquerading as a Woman. A singular occurrence is reported from county (Jnlwav. At R.tllinasloe this week a retreat for the Confraterni ty of the Holy Family is being con ducted by two friars from Dublin. Monday and Tuesday was specially set apart for women and the remaining days for men. On Monday night a very large congregation assembled, among whom was noticed a woman of about thirty years of age, whose dress and style were not at all in keeping with the newest fashions. She wore an ordinary linsey dress, and a cap not adapted for her years. At the close she had succeeded ill getting to the porch door when some one, more acute than the rest, detected man's trousers under the skirt. The culprit, seeing that he was detected, ran toward Tea lane, followed by a crowd of people. The "lady" turned out to be a stone cutter named Sinnott. He was arrested. The incident has caused indignation among the Catholics. THE MARKETS. St. Paul, Dee. it. GRAIN— .9 7(5 7b 78M ~1 (ft) 74 '71 Ilcol. HO. i^lOrcilCrrli* Corn, No. 2 Oats, No. 2 Mixed Oats, No. 2 White..,.,, Barlev, No. 2..... Rye, No. 2 Flax Seed (w 72 Its (a Si) 26}^ as "(0 28 47 45 SI3 00 (it 7 SO ....10 00 («10 50 Baled Hay, timothy PROVISIONS— Flour, patent $4 25 (ub 4 40 Flour, straights. 4 15 4 30 Flour, bakers 8 40 3 (i0 Butter, creamery, 28 (a) 30 Butter, dairy 20 22 Cheese U'^ciV: 13 Eggs, fresh 23 V 34 Potatoes 40 43 Dressed Beef, steer* & (oj 6 Veal 4 LIVESTOCK— Steers $2 50 (r S ltl Hogs 3 50 3 «5 Sheep 3 25 (t6 3 50 Minneapolis, Dec. 11. WHEAT NO. 1 Hard 75}I(«2 1# No. 1 Northern.... 741i'(«) No. Northern 72 13 FLOUR— Patent in sacks $# 25 (d 4 40 Patent in barrels 4 90 (tj 4 50 Patent at New Englaud poiuts 5 10 5 50 Patent at N. Y. and Penn., points 4 90 Ql 5 06 Bakers 3 40 (u?360 Chicago, Dec. 11. GRAIN— Wheat, cash 7794'(u 77% Corn, cash Oats, cash Flax Seed, cash 91Vt MESS PORK ...11 10 (fill 15 LIVE STOCK— Cattle $2 75 (t 3 SO Hogs 3 75 (i 4 05 Sheep 3 00 (jf 3 25 Duluth, Doe. II. WHEAT NO. 1 Hard, cash. ..§ 78 78.V No. 1 Northern..... 75 (a) 75 No. 2Northern... 72 Ti% ,Ifim Milwaukee, DM. 11. WHEAT— Cash 71 77X FARM AND HOUSEHOLD. HOt'fiEKEEPKBfi SOX6. His sweep, sweep, sweep. Though you're done it sn boar before And it's ccrnb, pcrob, rcrab, Table and cbsir and floor. And yon needn't be weary a bit To find your labor in vsin Do it as well as you can today You can do it to-morrow agsitt. It is cook, cook, cook. There'* meat and there's bread to bake It l« cook, cook, cook, There's iudding and pie to mill The button* are always dropping, The stockings are erer to mend. The men in the field to look after. The children to wash and to tend. It fight, fight, light. For a man in the tog of life And it's fight, fight, fight For a clean and tidy wife. A man can plant an acre of land, And gather the golden wheat, And get tbe price in his open ha&4* And the price of labor Is aw eel* Bat work, work, work, work is ever a woman* lot It U work, work, work, If the weather be cold or hot. And this In the worst of the tronMe, She hasn't a chilling of gain. And, though ehe may sciub and clean tdi^ She must do it to-morrow again! Oh. wife, wife, wife! Don't worry and fret and pout Oh, wife, wife, wife! You are crocs to-day, no doubtg I'or yon know very well your later Isn't done for a shilling or two Juit think how happy you make ill— Ot the love we give to you! Oh, wife, wife, wife! If yon could not cook and cleflfti Ob, wife, wife, wife) What sorrow it ull would meittf To toil for love is better than gold. And the way we diSer is clear The work you do is done by ihe day, And mine is done by the year. SHEEP IirsBAN'DBY. At this season of the year, when, tttver, the farmer may feel that he can indulge In thought ful leisure, there will be casting about for some accessory to augment the revenue of the farm, in addition to the annual crops, which in all seasons arc not sure nor always profitable. In this connection sheep husbandry may be be con sidered as likely to be prodnctive of satisfactory results, always provided, that if engaired in. It should be after careful inspection as to the best methods for its prosecution. A large proportion of the failuies among men makiug sheep hus bandry their leading business have resulted from indebtedness incurred for sheep and lands, with the expectation that profits would soon ex tinguish both principal aud interest. But it is not needful, and possibly it wouid not be alto gether wise to make this more than incident of the general enterprise of the farm, and it may be set down as true that when a "boom" is on, more money will be made from a small, well se lected Hock that has been paid for, than from a larger one from which the first returns must go to the creditor. The Ohio Farmers Journal has some suggest ions in regard to working a success of the under taking that are worth considering. Tbe hints aie these: When you buy a sheep for breediug purposes, be sure that it is better than tbe best in your own flock iu blood and physical develop ment and when you have bought it, see tbat it is cared for like any valuable piece of property. Oood live stock, like good clothes, cannot be ex posed to all kinds of hardships, without showing tbe effect of such harsh treatment. Take oQ the woo) as soon as the weather seems settled and warm enough to admit of it with safety to the sheep, and put tbe fleeces in such order that the buyer will readily give yon the top price for wools of similar grade. Breed so as to have every lamb an improve ment upon the average stai dard of the flock, and sell as soon as they can be made ready, all that come below such standard. When the time comes for telling auimals of any age, do the selecting yourself—always keeping tbe best. They are worth more to yen than any one else, so long as you are not overstocked. Do not be tempted into keeping more sheep than you have first-class arrangcmeLts for keep log—food and other necessary accommodations. Do not keep different breeds of sheep togeth er. The conditions best suited to some are not the best for others, and whea mixed the result will be that all will come short of their highest possible results. Do not abandon sheep husbandry because prices are temporarily unsatisfactory, or be in a hurry to expand your business when a "boom" sets iu. Wool and mutton, like everything else, will vary in price, and the changes in price will come faster than any man can change his busi ness, without sacrifice. BBAIN POWER POR THE PARK. The most successful farmers are not those who work hardest at manual labor They work, nevertheless, with all their energies, ^one are exempt (rom labor bat in all it is not equally applied and directed, if you take any two men, physically equal, the one will accomplish most who excels in brainpower. Therefore, let that small enclosure within bis own scull be cultiva ted as assiduously by the farmer as bis choicest crop. Whatever farming may have been iu the past the time has come when the highest intelli gence is dem&udeii necessary qualification on tbe p*rt of the agriculturist. Book-farmiug, however, is decried and "farm ers are not a reading class." We, on our part, neither underrate the practical knowledge nor overrate the importance of the scientific study of farming. The one is needful to the other, and science is futile if it does hot help practice to do its work better and cheaper, liut But there is one great want in most of our farm bouses, and that is the almost entire ahsence of agricultural literature, both in book aud periodi cal form. The volumes one most expects to see on a farmer's tubla are generally conspicuous by their abseuce and, will it be believed, there is many a farmer who does not take an agricultur al newspaper. Both boys and girls grow up on the farm and spend those year* which will so much influence their fnture lives without ever once Iteing led to realise the ny what is before thtp. EUOS BY wxiqiiT, It Is annojing to the breeder of blooded aud flue fowls to find, when he offers for sale eggs nearly twice as large as his neighbors, that they bring no more per dozen than do the smaller ones. Also, tbe consumer Is often vexed to find that he mast pay the same price to-day for a dozen eggs weighing a ponnd that be yesterday paid for a dozen weighing a pound aud a half. Besides, an »gg from a well-fed Towl is heavier aud r:cber than one from a common fowl that is ouly half fed, so that weight compared to sife is an indication of richness. Thus, eggs of which eight will weigh a pound are better aud richer than those of apparently the same size, of which ten are required for a pound, of course, with egga at four and five cents a dozen ("nd hundreds of dozens have been sold in past years at these figures), it is not much matter as to tbe size but when the price ranges from twenty-five to fifty cents per dozen it is a matter worth looking after, it is high time that this old style of selling and buying eggs were discon tinued. It is a relic of the paat, and reminds us of tbe time when dressed hogd sold for a dollar each without regard to size, aud were dull sale at that. Insist upon it, then, you who raise poultry and eggs for market, that th« price for eggs shall be so much per pound, and then it will be some inducement to farmers to raise a better class of fowlx, and all will get wtuit to their just due.—American Rural Home. SHELTER TUB PIUS. In company with the owner of a large farm iu one of the Western States, we were riding horse back through a heavily timbered tract of land, where there were great numbers of nut-bearing trees, and innumerable hogs in store condition could be seen rooting among tbe leaves for nuts, linden-very clump of trees. While passing uear a creek where the ground was low and level, we came among large numbers ot immense syca more or Cottonwood trees, our companion halt ed before the shattered remains of an old mon arch. The stump was about thirty feet high, and from six to ten feet iu diameter at the base. This stump was hollow, with an opening five or six feet high at one side, w hich was now stop ped up with logs aud large stones. "Ilere," said the farmer, "is the scene of a tragedy that occurred last fall. A cold storm of sleet and raiu came on, that forced the hogs to seek shelter wherever they could llnd it, aud 1 would be afraid to tell you how many got iutotLatold stump they climbed ou top of one another, until they crushed the life out of the bottom ones, aud when we fouud them, there were no less than a dozen, big and little, lying dead in the old stump. That ex perience taught me a lesson, which la to always have a low roof to a pig shelter." The Bides ot the tree had prevented the pigs from escaping when the weight became too heavy. That this farmer had profited ly his sad experience, was evident from the uuwbcrs of rude shelters we WHOLE NUMBER 1415. passed In tbe ride, made for "solid comfort" bjr laying rails across two large logs, and throwing brush over them. This was weighted with heavy logs and stones, to keep tbe pigs from lifting It when they tried to climb over one another. Pigs are very gregarious by nature, and tbeir bouses should always be limited la capacity, so that too many of them will not get together at one time, or they are certain to injnre one another, and usually the weakest, by crowding. Cl'RIXG A BALKY BOMB. There we various ways of overcoming a balky habit in a horse. The following method, said to have been successful, may not be often practicable, bot it is suggestive. All who have handled horses know that they are susceptible to a feeling of lonesomeness. One Leominster farmer took advantage of this: He drove his hoise, attached to a rack wagon, to the grove for a small load of wood. The animal would not pull a pound. Us did not beat him with a club, but tied him to a tree and let him stand, ife went to tbe lot at sunset and asked him to draw, but he wonid not straighten a tog. "I made up my mind," said the farmer, "when that hone went to tbe barn he should take that load of wood The night was not cola. I went to the barn, got blankets, and covered the horse warm, and he stood still till morning. Then be refused to draw. At noon I went down, and be was prob ably hungry and lonesome- He drew that load tbe first time 1 asked bim. I retained and got another load before I fed him. I then rewarded him with a good dinner, which he eagerly de voured. I have drawn several loads since. Once he refused to drsw, but as soon as he saw me start for the house he started after me with the load. A horse becomes lonesome aud dis contented when left alone, aa much so as a per son, and I claim this method, if rightly used, ts far less cruel and Is better for both horse and man than to beat the animal with a club." Ani'LTEBATIKU ADl'LTEBATIOKS. It is not necessary to take stock in the asser tion that the regular packing-house firms use the grease of hogs which have died from disease, or even the poorer portions ot healthy animals, in the production of fats for adulterating butter aid cheese. Bot those who try ont those low grade fats and those of diseased auimals will do so if by such means they can get more for their tten fats than to sell them for soap-grease and lubricating purposes. Hence the necessity of protecting the public against danger by the enactment of laws that shall bold to a strict ac (onnt all who manufacture fats for food, and that shall compel them to m*rk such goods for just what they are. Not only are butter and cheese adulterated by unscrupulous persons, but even tbe adulterations are adulterated. In whiter cotton-seed oil, cesame oil, and other analogous substances are employed. In warm weather stearine is used to give these soft oils consistency. 1 et this is not enough for un scrupulous counterfeiters. Water is the cheap est adulterant known. Water, if pure, is also healthful, outwardly or inwardly. But yon can not mix water and oil. Very true. Bat gelatine is said to take up water to the extent of ten pounds for one of gelatine. Then the compound will mix with fats. Here is tbe latest bonanca in adulterations. OEBBAX STATISTICS. Ia Germany the extent of land devoted to agri culture amounts to 78,405,000 acres. This Is apportioned into holdings of gjj acres and less, 1,«50,000 acres, of to 25 acres, 20.22S.U00 of 25 to s»50 acres. 37,000,000, of 250 acres and more, 19,000,0»'0 comprising meadow land, 14,00»,00l cereal, viaeyard, and gardening land, 04,000,000 —viz.: cereals and vegetables. 47.000,000 fod der. 6,000,000 pastnreage S,100,(kM gardening land, 1.030.000 vintage. 335,000 rape, 330,000 flax, 27'»,000 hemp. 37,000 hops, 112,000 sugar beet, 637,000 and chicory. 25,000 acres. The area of land ocenpied by houses, yards, roads, and highways, aud covered by streams, amounts to 6,800,000 acres, aud the extent of pasture, heath and poor land is 12,000,000 acres. Forests and woods cover an area of 31,000,000 acres, dhtributed as follows Deciduous 12.000,000 acres and coniferous 22.000,000 acres. The fol lowing is the numberof farms and farm lots into which the whole of tbe 64,000,000 acres of arable land is divided: Of 2% acres and less, 2,833,310 -.'i to 25 acres, 2,274.006 2r» to IV) acres and more, 24,991 total, 2?M*4, POBCBBESB MA ICE as. I'pon cheese and its digestibility. Prof. Ar nold, good scientific authority, says digestibility depends principally on the presence of the phosphates of lime, iron, soda, and maguesia. He adds In proportion as tbese are dissolved by acid and washed out by the whey, the cheese be comes insoluble in pepsin and indigestible. Sometimes not over 10 to 15 per cent of cheese is available for food. When they are left in the cheese is nearly all digestible. If we get iu the acid before|the whey is snfflcieotly!expelled, the phosphates go out with the whey if we allow the curd to lie and soak in soar whey it caases a wa»te of the phosphates. If we draw the whey sweet, or on the verge of taming acid, and get the renuet action ahead of acidity, so that little or no whey can be expelled after tbe acid develops, tbe phosphates are nearly all re tained. We may then Cheddar tbe curd or keep it loose by stirring without damage. The more it is then aired tbe better the bad odors escape with the volatile oils, and stirring assista this. Kxposure also develops flavor. Bat the tem perature should be kept above 909 until the curd is ready for the press. If the whey Is re duced to 10 per cent the cheese will not leak. Cured, whole-milk cheese should contain about one-third water, one-third fat, and one-third caseinc. There is no need of acid to secure firmneta, which depends on getting out the whey by reunet action. Much acid makes a dry cheese of poor quality.. In earing the milk sugar turns to lactic acid, but this does na harm, aud gradually dissppears, PAR* NOTES. Propositions to cultivate silk as an industry for profit here shonld be treated as visionary and akin to bumbuggery WetUrn Farmer. Cape Colony having become Infatuated with ostrich farming began to look upon woo! grow ing as a slow resource, aud the export declined from nearly 49,000,000 pounds io 1872 to 37,000, 000 in 1884. Meanwhile, as might have been expected, the feather business became overdone, and prices dropped from to f&O a pound. Now, quite in the natural order, agricultural sentimeut again returns to the sacrificed sheep. Moral, by the Kuoxville American "Tbe os trich is a bird tbat thinks It avoids disaster by tlicking its head in tbe sand." Prof. Sanborn is reported as believing the possibilities ot production of the average farm iu Missouri to be "100 bushels of corn, fifty bushels of wheat, and seventy of oats." If the soii is properly cultivated. Perhaps. But the possibilities of tbe average farm anywhere are uiways about the average of the section where situated. Big crops mean high cultivation and high manuring. There is no doubt, however, that high manuring and high cultivation pay. Tree trunks may be scraped of loose bark, and if infested with moss or scale be painted with a mixture of lime, soot, and clay. Work the brush vigorously, tbat the liquid may get Into every crevice. Some of four growers find in liusced oil one of the best waahca against bark insects, and it adds to rather than detracts from ihe appearance of the trees.—Populw Harden ing. An experiment was lately made at tbe Michi gan Agricultural College Farm to see how much hay equal lots of Merino and Southdown sheep would eat up clean. The result showed about an equal consumption, although tbe Southdowns averaged nearly fifty pounds heavier than tbe other sheep. The celebrated botanist De Candolle set the age of the elm at 335 years, tbe age of some palms have been set down at 600 to 700 years, tbat of an olive tree at 700, that of a plaue tree ai20, of a cedar at 800, of an oak at 1.500, of a yew at 2,880, and of a baobab tree at 5,000, 'Batter-making as practiced on many farms is an absolute waste of the raw material." Nol Tne butter is good for wagon-grease and for boot-grease, unsalted. Good Advice. "Yoti &ftght to be married sir," ?wM the phrenologist to the victim on the stage: "Yes, sir. You ought to be married. You have no right sir, to have lived a baehclor so many years. Now, look at your clothes, sir! Who mended your coat, sir! Tell me that.1' "Mv third wife, sir."—Puck. The Other Men In Danger. A gentleman who had recently uuited with the Methodist Church was invited to play iu a brass band. De eruiined on doing nothing to bring discredit oil his brethren,he called upon his pastor and asked: "Brother Higgs cau a man be a Christian and play in a brass baud?" The object of education ia mental disci pline una the business of changing a boy into a uiuu." PLAIN DEALER. iTBixnmra IN THZ LUI of JOB WORK, MD-lNfc. Ouli, Pwtort, ClrMhti, •wi a fiiiii nron *i"*miit SPIRIT OP THE NEWH. It is proposed in South Carolina to support the Farmers* eoOege by the proceeds of dog-tax. Bowersville, Ga., lias changed its name to Grady, in honor of the editor of the Atlanta Constitution. Ex-Minister Edwards Pierrepont has gone for a two months1 visit to the scenes of his former triumphs in Lon don. The Campbell divorce ca«e is calcu lated to elevate Sir Charles Dilkn in popular esteem slightly.—I'ruvirftw* Journal. Joe Howard has taken to the lecture field with a talk on ••Cranks." He gave his first lecture at Boston Sun day night. Florida alone escaped the charge of off-year apathy in the recent elections. The vote was larger than in the last presidential campaign. A barrel of kerosene oil buried ten feet underground will contaminate every well within a quarter of a mile and the oil will be apparent to the taste. The signal service shoulc lie iu the hands of men of scientific training and should have at its head not only a man of science but a man of sense.—New York '1'inus. Dr. Douglass, who lost his health in caring for General Grant, has gone South to spend the winter. He will lie at the hot Springs, in Arkansas, first, and later in Florida. A farmer of Malad, Idaho, left three chddren, the eldest 12 years of age, to guard the vegetable patch against rabbits. The children were attacked by wolves and the two youngest were killed. Ben Butler's portrait hangs in the private gallery of the harem of the Shah of Persia, and the Shah is pretty well satisfied that none of his wives will ever run away with Americans.—Trou Times. A colored State Fair Association has been organized in Louisiana, at which will be exhibited the products of negro labor. North Carolina, South Carolina, Mississippi, and Arkansas already have similar associations. Harry Bethene, of New Philadelphia, O., and Fred Rodgers, of Treuton N. J., well-knowh sprint runners, have been matched for a dash of 1) yards for a purse of $500. The race will take place in Pittsburg Dec- 20. Natural gas has been discovered in paying quantities in nineteen States and territories in the Union. Iu Western Pennsylvania alone thirty six natural gas companies have been organized, and nearly |21,000,000 of capital invested. A St. John (New Brunswick) liquor dealer, who has been amusing himself by blowing horus and otherwise dis turbing the Salvation army when they passed his place, was rotten-egged re cently by a number of young men who were desirous of teaching hint belter sense. The new Scribncr's Monthly is to be issued Dee. lii, providing the Century Company do not obtain an injnctiou restraining them from using the name Seribner on the title page, which is threatened. When the Century changed its name it did not give up its right in the old one. Dr. R. H. Scott, who died at Centralia, 111., the 17th instant, often expressed a horror of being buried alive, and in order to preclude such a thing he asked that his heart be cut out after life was extinct. This was done, the organ being taken out and replaced in the dead body. Mile, de MacMahon, daughter of the Marshal, will soon be married to M. le Cointe pe Piennes, son of the Marquis of Pie n ties, who had been equerry toiler Majesty the Empress and Deputy from La Manchc during the Empire. Mile, de MacMahon is 23 years of age and is the Marshal's only daughter. A Buffalo lawyer was under examina tion as a witness and had stated ap proximately the time at which some thing oeeured, when he was sharply requested by the examining attorney to be more definite. "You ought to know. It was about the time you collected luy costs in that suit and kept the money, was the paralyzing reply. The King of Cambodia, according to the correspondent of a Paris journal, has 300 wives chosen from the hand somest women in the whole country. The entire population and territory be long to the King. All the Cambodians are the King's "carmen" or slaves, and pay him rents. The King himself be longs to the French Resident-General. Ex-Empress Eugenie has had a grand mausoleum built at Farnborougli over the tombs of her husband find son. The translation of the remains from St. Mary's of Chiselhurst to Farnborougli will take place Jan. 9, the anniversary of the death of the Emperor, when the annual requiem will be celebrated. It is said that all the. members of the im perial family will be present on the occasion. A sharp young man has been swind ling the shoe-dealers of East Greenwich, N. Y., by selling them what seemed to be a remarkably tine article of shoe polish, for which he asked 75 per cent, more than the price for the ordinary French polish. After he delivered the goods and received the money it was discovered that each bottle contained about two tablespoonfuls of the polish on top of sawdust and glue. In New Londoti, Conn, one day reent ly a small dog fell into a vat of tanning liquid aud came uear drowning, as it was night and the building was closed, but in swimming around he found a peg six feet long that stops the hole in the bottom of the vat. where the 1-lquid is drawn off, and his endeavors to perch on the top of this peg loosened it so that it popped out of the hole. Then the liquid ran out, and the dog was found next morning shivering in the bottom of the empty vat. At Akron, Ohio, the clothing of Bertha Cook, aged 19, while attending an old lady, long an invalid from par alysis, caught lire from a stove. See ing that the girl was too much terrili ed to help herself, the old lady forgot herself, jumped out of bed, threw a blanket about the girl, whose clothes were blazing and fell back exhausted and unconscious. The girl, though badly burned, escaped with her life, but has been prostrated and hysterical evti since. The old lady seems better than for years.