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' (' ' ' - x WELLINGTON; ENTEBPMSE. V A. Family Newspaper, Devoted to Home Interests, Politics," '.Agriculture. Science, .A.rt, Ioetry. Etc. VOL. XVII. WELLINGTON, LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO, WEDNESDAY, OCT. 1, 1884. NO10. 5' I. DIRECTORY. 0 VFIt: hours from 7 a. m. to It p. in. 0, C, C. I. It R. Mulli Close: Going North, 8:30 a. in., 8:16 p. m., 8:00 p. m. Going South. 8::m a. m., 8:00 p. m. ' Mailt Distributed: From North, 7:ii a. ni U:IJ0 a. m. From South, 7:00 a. in., 4:30 p. m. W. it L. E. R. B. Mulls Closes Going Knet, 0:15 a. m. Going West, :00 p. in. Molls Dlstrlbutodl From Kant, 7:00 a. in. From West, 12:00 m. BRIGHTON. Arrive, dally, 10:00 a. m. Depart, dally, 11:00 a. m. HUNTINGTON. Arrive, l'.I:00m. Mondays, Wednesday andFrl lays. Depart, 8:45 a. m. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. OBKRLIN. Arrive, daily, :00 a. m. Lopurt, ilui!y,3:0i p. in. FUN FIELD. Arrive, 1:00 p. m. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Depurt, IUuO a. m. Tuesdays, Thursdays and butunluys. COUNTY OFFICERS. PnosnccTiNQ ATTOitmr D. J, Nye, AuuiTou O. Root Thkasuukh O. H. Robblns. Clerk H. J. Lewis. SiiKiurr Calvin Ensign. Recorder W. B. Cahoon. Probatb Jddoe E. H. Hinman. Bukveyoh T. O. Bowen. Cohmirbionih B. P. Burrell, W. M. Craa Jall, A. Fauver. InfiBMAHT Directors L 8. Straw, Mr. Fos- WELLINGTON TOWNBHTP. Trustees A. D. Perkins, Homer Allyn, B. . Launaon. - Ct.siiK J. W. Wilbur. Thbasurbr A. B. Lambert Assessor B. N. Goodwin. Constables B. Gosling, K. Haekett -Justices or iei Peace T. W. Browning, B. B. Busted. WELLINGTON TILLAGE. Mayor W. B. Wean. Councilnek-A. D. Perkins, W. 8. Hetoalf, C V. Hemonway, M. W. Lang, W. B. Bantley, B. 8. HalL Ct.KHK R. N. Goodwin. Thbahuhkr J. H. Wight Makshal R. Haekett. I niKF KNOIREEH 1'IBB DlPAJlTHIST 8. A. WUUams. UNION SCHOOLS. Members or tub Boabd or Education J. H. Wight. B. F. Webster, J. W. Wilbur, B-Wln-decker, W. R. Santley, J. W. Houghton. OFFICERS OF BOARD. President J. W. Houghton. CtJiRK W. B. Bantley. TiiBASUiun J. H. Wight BUFEtUNXXICDENT or Sohools B. H. Klnnl Son. CHURCHES. FIRST COCHKUATION Al, CHURCH, Northwest corner South Main and Mag yar street. Services, Sabbath. 10: JO a. to., 7:00 p. m. HahbMh school, 12:00 m. Young peo ples' meeting, 1:00 p. m. Weekly prayor meet ing, Tbursdav evonlnir. MKiio xr t'lMcopAii cm in ", East side 1'iiWin Square. Kov. M. K. War ner, paster. Service. iii::Mm. m. and 7:Ui) n. m. Sabbath school, 12:1.0 m. Social meetliiiM, 4:00 D.m. Younit eopli"' meeting, TiiowImv, 7:00 p. m. Heirulnr wiwkljr prayer minill'iir. Thursday evonlnir. razor's residenex on Cortland Avenim. tllni-llv In reiM- of church. DIe;in CHI'RCH. West Liberty St. K"V, F. H. Monro. pn-tor. Cervices. 10:110 a. m, 7:00 p. m. 8nnath school, I2:U0 m. Regular wookly prayer meeting, Thursday evening. DENTISTS. Hi. HOI.BKOOK, Dentist Offloe over Hustod's store. In Bank Building, Wellington, Ohio. Nitrous oxide gas admin Itered for the extraction of teeth. PHYSICIANS. TltlcCLAKKN, M. D-. Physolan and Bur- goon. Calls from village and country will receive prompt attention. Office over H. G. Starr's drug store; telephone No. 6. Heel donou. South Main street: telephone No. Si. DB. J. HIHT. Horoonopnthlrt. Calls at all hours promptly attcndeil. Oltioe and resltlonoe,Wt side Public Square: telephone No. 16. NOTARY FUHLlO. RN. CiiwDWIN, Insiiranoe Agont and Notary Public. Insurance, deeds, mort gages, wills, leases, oontracis, etc., written In a neat and legal manner. Ofllce over Serago's boot and shoe store. HANK. F11MT NATION!. KINK, Wellington, does a ironernl banking biisiui'HS, buys and soils New York exohange, (iovern ment bonda, eto. 8. 8. Warner, President; It iA. Horr, Cashier, William Cushion, AssisUut Cashier. TONSORIAL. IliOKNK Kill-'N. the Itarlwr. k"eps 'j one of the neatest, men oonvenlent bur bor Shops In town. Only ilrst-chiss workniuu employed. A full junnrnnent of Imlr oil, po mades and hair resUinulves. Fine b itli-rootns lnoonnectlon itn.l lur nh at all hours with botaad cold wat- r ami nil ncoosasry oonvcnl noes. Rooms, South side LlbertystiKot PRINTINO, - UiNijt your Printing to the KsrMMHuiH X UlllCo. All ninujliii I i numi ,..,,'. i and promptly. Oni.r. wiwi fnln Public Aiu.mi. over Hiilil""'S'lriigliir. PHOTOGRAPHER. WV.m A H I'tUK, Photographer. Plot . urus in every style and fully aDreast all the 1st. imnrovementj In the art. Mm- bl, b mad In dvftiice, Onr ojW PLANING MiLU I TT VYAuiwoUTll HUN, PUnlug MI1U Jl. 8oroli;suwlnir, nittUihlog. l' "'''. o-. done to order, ueuier.ni wu 1 fuod lUtDLMgr oi Bit wvt - OPTICIAN yt. IIOWOHWN. deal.r In sPMtoa, kis. onera JRaSSpZ fu Jin. of opiloal 1 DOLAND, Manufacturer of Carriages. Wag . . ons and Sleighs, North Main at., Wellington, HAMLIN POST :-. 4.. iiJa s .il.fi .ft v;ellincton, 1 OHIO, Jlctl-cn (ho mo. end and fourth Wednocday even ings of onch montb. Pmt roumi in iiiig:.n' l;i k. J. J. Tik'Ma:;, Couuiaudcr. M in mm "V. L. t'oea. Adjutant. K.OFH. NO. I00, Wellington, - Ohio. Meets drat and third Wednesday etenlngs ol awh month. Kooma in Kmerwn's block. D. P. BaKLDox, Dictator. W. JoiDAK, Rettorttr. COAL! r....omn 1 mnA Vul Masgillon Kennel Coal. The best Hard Coal in market Ofllce above Bauk. FRANKS. TITUS & Co. Cleveland. Columbus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis Railway. ISE CHEAT CENTRAL mi ROUTE BKTWBXN TUI AND -WUST Through cars with connection! lo Union Depou. Only direct line vla Cleveland, Buffalo and Niagara Falls NEW YORK AND NEW ENGLAND, Direct connections for all Southern Bouth western, and Western points, either by way of Cincinnati. Indianapolis or 8t. Louis. Di rect connection In Union Depot at Bt Louis for all railway towns in Missouri, Arkansas, Texss, Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, New Mexico, Did Mexico, ana me rscinc coast Fast Time, flew equipment and running through the most fopulous part of the coun try; possessing every appliance lor speed and comfort known to be servtcabie. The Best Roadbed and the Safest Road in the West. Tickets hv this Donnlar route for sale at all regular Ticket Offices. Vmm .-A .M.r In.. O UK! until f,IP4V.a. .1 . . , V. I . i III , I " 1 1 1 ovuee, mm. ua wit ivmi wiu past neiiing ton as follows: ' GOING) WIST. Standard Tims No. 8 Cln. t Bt'. Lonls Express 8 SO a. m No. g7-t1eve'd A Col's Ex !). p. m No. 0 Niitht Expnws 8.0ft D. m No. 81 Local Freight 7.60 a. m. 00150 EAST. No. B-Nlnht Express 8 0S s. m 7.M) a. m No. 84 tlallo A Clcre'd Ac. No. Jl Ht. Louis A N. Y. Kx S.al p. m No. S t'lur Innatl A Cleve'd Ex 8.80 p. m No. m LoeaJ Freight I.0A p. m E. B. THOMAS, 0. B. SKINNER, Uen. Manager. irauic Manager, A.J. SMITH, Gen. Pas. Agt CLEVELAND. OHIO. mm l LAKE ERIE RAILROAD ANO Cleveland & Marietta R. R. w. J . , .a . of? i .11 r ruiu auu niter iiiuy to, iov. uuui iui ther notice, trulns on this road will pass weiupgwu s toi lows: OOINO EAST. 1 wo. i..: No. 5 No. 7 No. 17 Local... Standard Time, ....10.45 a.m. .... (.M)p.m. .... 8.88 p.m. ....S.lOs.m. OOIKO WEST. No. I S.iSa.m. ' No. 4 Jl.iWs.rn. No. 8 8.7p.m. No. iHi..wi iasD.m. Trains 1, t, & snd 8 dally. 4 snd 7 dally, except auuumj, CONNECTIONS. TokdoWlth sll Hoes snterlng the city. Fremont With L. K. A W. It. R. Clyde-Wllh I. B. A W. R. H. llellevns-Wlth N. Y. 0. A St. L. B. B. Monroevllle-With B. A O. H. R. Wellington-Wlth C, 0. Jfc I. Ry. f!r.,.tnn With N. Y. P. A O. R. R. Orrvllle-With C. A. A C. K. B. and P., Ft W, Maanlllon-Wlth P., Ft. W. 0. B. R. and C, r. v. w. . it. V.llcr Jntir.ilnn With Val rv R. R. Cans! Dover With U. A P. R. R. snd 0., T. V. Newcomerstnwn With P., 0. A St. L. R. R. Cambrid!-Wlth II. A O. R. R. ' Point Pleaaant-Wlth W. 0. A M. R. R. Mariotta-W ilh M. A C. It. R. u Ti. wnonrnnn. JA8. If. HALL. Geo.gspt Gen. Pass. Agt t-Bring your Job Printing to the Emkhpkisk olllce. We are consUntly adding new styles and novelties, and can give you as (rood a Job as you can HioIoraifliLOuP .mm got mtne city. Try us. EPITOME OF THE WEEK. Interesting News Compilation. , FROM WASHINGTON. Ill the United States Troasury the gold, reserve on the '.Wd was $l2U,uw,uoo, or bout $10,000,000 more than (it was two weeks previous. It is announcod that Lieutenant Bchu-; foldt, of the Uultoil States Navy, who was, sent to Madagascar in a dlplomatlo capaci ty by President Arthur, is the only white! man who ever went entirely across the Island, a trip ot over one thousand miles.i During his explorations he lost lour hun dred men by fever. At the close of busineas on the 24th the term of C. E. Coon, as Acting Secretary of the United Btates Treasury, under special drsignatlon by the President, ex pired. All business which by law must be transacted by the Secretary would therefore have to be held iu abeyance un til an appointment was made to fill the vacancy. The President on the Kth appointed Walter Q. Gresham Secretary ot the Treasury, whereupon Mr. Gresham lmme. diately resigned the position of Postma. ter-General. It was rumored that the ap pointment was but temporary, and was accepted merely to accommodate the Pres ident Foa the twelve months ended August 81, 1884, the excess in value of exports of mer chandise over imports was $77,171,341. The total value of imports of merchandise for the same time was $067,832,834; for the previous twelve months, 1707,272,204; de crease, $40,430,430. Thxri were 229 business failures In the United States and Canada during the sev en days ended on the 26th, against 224 the previous seven days. The distribution was as follows! Middle States, 48; New England States, 28; Western, 75; South ern, 84; Pacific Stales and Territories, 16; Canada, 2L The Secretary of the Treasury baa Is sued a call for $10,000,000 three per cent bonds, maturing November 1st THE EAST.' The execution of Joseph Server, only eighteen years of age, who murdered bis father, took place on the 23d at Indiana, Pa. At Ebenaburg, in the same State, Michael Murray was banged for shooting weak-minded lad on the turnpike. The Arm of Stafford ft Co., who owned four mills in Massachusetts and Rhode Isl and, made an assignment a few days ago for $330,000. TBI People's party of Massachusetts met In Bute Convention at Worcester on the 24th and nominated M. J. McCafferty for Governor and Colonel John F. Harsh for Lieutenant-Governor. The platform adopted Is the one presented by General Butler in the Democratic National Con vention. A horre driven by Mrs. William Quay became balky while crossing bridge at Mill Village, near Erie, Pa., recently, and backed the wagon Into the water. Mrs. Qnay and a little child were drowned. John Fore, an Italian barber, at Kin sua, N. Y who persisted in paying attention to Mrs. Kavanagh, attempted to forcibly enter ber house a few days ago, when she hot bim dead. It Canada, New England and Nets York the potato yield was on the 94th re ported to be less than last year, and rot and grubs were injuring the orops. The Western production waa also said to be bslow the average. The following Congressional nomina tions were made on the 24th: F. C Bun nell, Republican, Fifteenth Pennsylvania District; D. W. Connelly, Democrat, Twelfth Pennsylvania District A KXORO named Hank Adams, who ab ducted the daughter of a wealthy farmer In New Jersey, was, on the 25th, after narrowly escaping a band of lynchers, sentenced to the State Prison for fifteen years. The following Congressional nomi nations were made on the 25th ; Re publican Pennsylvania, Eighteenth DUtrict L E. Atkinson (renomi nated), Massachusetts, First District, Robert T. Davis (renominated); Fifth, James A, Fox. Democratic Pennsyl vania, Seventh District George Ross; Seventeenth, Jacob M. Campbell (renomi nated); Eighteenth, A. J. Patterson. Massachusetts, Seventh District, It S. SpofforJ. The A T. Stearns Lumber Company's property at Neponset, Mass., was nearly all destroyed by fire on (the 25tb, causing a loss of $1250,000. The death of Galtralth McMullen oc curred a few days ago at Sandy Lake, Pa., at the age ot one hundred and five years. Nellie Hubbard, tbe daughter of ex Governor Hubbard, of Hartford, Conn., having secured a dlvdroe from the coach man with whom she eloped five years ago, waa on tbe 25th married to Clark L. timed ley, a well-known and wealthy cltissn of New Haven. Ae examination by experts of tbe books of Arnold, Constable 45 Co., of New York, dry-goods dealers, showed recently that the peculations of Henry C. Pedder, confidential clerk, and Herbert Seymour, cashier, amounted to about $2,000,000. , Iff a race the other day at M insula, L. L, three horses fell, the rider of one being fatally hurt and one of the horses was killed. At Oil City, Pa., an association was formed on the 2fitb, with a capital of $1,000,000, to purobaae oil property be longing to men who will not join the as sociation for the purpose of shutting down the territory and restricting pro duction. Fibb on the 26th at Pittsburgh destroyed the glass-works of Abel, Smith 8e Co. and Che machine-shop of Robinson, Rea ot Co., rained at $200,000. The Democrats of the Nineteenth Pnn lylvanla District have nominated W. A. Dnncan for Congressman. ATBoton recently William anef waa esantotod of ualngtke meiljHto-defsaad. tXaece4vd&'CQ r me- hp furCatc ' Remnants of silk at starvation prices, andj osually sent a Bkein in return for a dollar.. A ANUf AOTURHE Of Pittstleld, Mass., Francis gernochan, arose in the night re-, cently to repel burglars, but stumbled on a stairway and shot hlnuelf fatally. A fire recently destroyed, the Newport (R. L) omnibus stable, six horses and a Jarge number of vehicles being burned. For the seven days ended on the 20th the imports of dry goods at New York ag gregated $2,003,004, against $2,204,000 dur ing the corresponding period last year. At Atlantlcville, L. I., great alarm was, On the 26th, felt over tbe spread of a ma lignant form ot dysentery, which had brought sickness or death to nearly every bouse. Oil the fair grounds at Erie, Pa., a few days ago one ot the pole props holding a balloon fell when the aeronaut, Oscar Hunt, had ancended, killing one person outright and badly crushing a number of others, resulting In a panic. Hunt descend ed Into the lake, and was drowning when rescued. WEST AND SOUTH. Ox the banks of the Poplar River, Mon tana, two hone-thieve wro banged on tbe 24th, mnkiug thirty-three the total uumbor hunud by vigilantes this season. Aaron Bokwell nud Charles Boswell, brothers, ot Talladega, Ala., had for some time paid attention to tbe same young ,lady. . Each was jealous of the other, which resulted In a qunrrel a few days ago, wheu Aaron drew a pUtol and shot bis brother through the heart, killing him instantly. On the Bants Fe R nd a freight train was wrecked and bunted recently near Lawrence, Kan., causing a loss of 150,000. - Texas Republican met in State Conven tion at Dallas ou the 21th and nominated Judgo A B. Norton, of Dallas, for Gov ernor, and John Hayes, of Webb County for Lieutenant-Governor. . The other day D. N. Gardner, of Cleve land, O., Police Clerk for several years, made an attempt to kill bis wife and him self with a revolver, but neither were dead. The death ot Mrs. S. A Clark, aged forty-five, occurred the other night at Bal timore, lid. Tbe corpse weighed 682 pounds, and but a short time before bor .illness her weight was 023 pounds. A M. Webster las bon nominated for Congressman by the Prjuibltlonista of the Tenth Michigan District The Democrats of Colorado held their State Convention at Denver on the 24th and nominated Alva Adams, ot Pueblo, for Qovernor. . The other day Carrie and Bessie Water man, aged twelve aud fourteen years, re spectively, resiling at Ottawa, Kan., In cited by hatred of their six-year-old half brother, tied a rope about bis neck and then beat him to death with sticks. Tbey were held on the charge of murder. - Hon. James W. Nismith, who was United States Senator from Oregon from 1801 to 1807, has been placed in an insane asylum at Portland. The drought in tbe Miami Valley, Ohio, was dispelled by a heavy rain on tbe 24th. There had been no rain there since Au gust 8. Tu oounty Jail at MeadvlUe, Miss., was surrounded by a mob a few nights ago, which took out four prUoners,od hanged them to trees In the yard. Two of the vic tims were charged with murder and the others with outrage and arson, respect ively. Nomwatiohs for Congressmen were mad on the 25th as follows: Republican Kentucky, Sixth District, J. J. Landrum. Democratic Illinois, Blxth District, Thomas Butter worth; Iowa, Fourth Dis trict, . D. O. Aker; Montana, Joseph K. Toole. Oreenbackers Illinois, Sixth Dis trict, U. O. Meecham. A boiler exploded In the saw-mill ol Willis Hall, near Lincoln, Ala., a few days ago, killing Hall and John Crimp. The Republicans of Bouth Carolina met in State Convention at Columbia on the 25tb and nominated D. T. Corbln for Gov ernor and D. A. Straker for Lieutenant Goveruor. Colorado Democrat held their State Convention ut Deliver on the 'J&th and nominated Canlinlr L'arclay for Governor and Andrew D. Wilson for Lleutenun Govornor. Iir the Shawnee (O.) district striking minora were on the 35th killing cattle be longing to farmers for food. They slaugh tered them in the fields at night, and car ried off the rarcasws. The offices of ths Bankers ft Merchant' Telegraph Company iu Chicago were or dered closed on the 25th by the attaching creditors, and all wires were disconnected. The corn and tobacco crops at Peters burg, Va., were suffering greatly on the 25th, owing to a protnfcted drought. The Eleventh Michigan District Repub licans have nominated Beth C Moffat for Congressman. The other night Miss Welton, a wealthy young lady ot New York, was frosen to death In a snow storm on Long's Peak In Colorado. She ascended tbe mountain with a guide, but the storm oomlng on be went for assistance, and when he returned found her dead. The death ot John W. Garrett, Presi dent of the Baltimore ft Ohio Railroad, occurred at Deer Park, Md., on the 20th, after a lingering illness. He was In hi sixty-fifth year. Org- Michigan Island, Lake Superior, the schooner Golden Rule capslsed a few day ago aud two persons perished. No trace of the oratt bad been found. A raw days ago Samuel Hayes, cashier of a coal oompany at Chattanooga, Tenn waa shot dead and robbed ou the railroad track. A seotioe of the trestle-bridge aorosa Lake Ponobartrain.1 near New Orleans one-half a mile m length, was burned las other night, whloh wonld prevent the nlng of trains for sevevalaaws. On the 26th Bradatreefs sa,"T mfs) ed no improvement In ttssbi thrpou the oonatry, bat at -84 Wmjf7 cusrowna axswwwispeijiuM4ifty' paj It la stated by tbe Secretary of tbe Ohio; State Board ot Agriculture that the recent' frosts in that State destroyed 40,000,000 bushels of corn and caused a loss of $U, 000,000. ' It was decided by the Board of Mana gers at St. Louis on tbe 20th to erect the branch Soldiers' Home at Leavenworth, Kan., that city agreeing to give 040 acres of land and $50,000 to help its construc tion, t AT Cleveland, O., six of tbe finest busi ness blocks w,ere set on fire a few nlghte ago, and on the evening of the 20th several other buildings wore fired by incendiaries, but in both lnstancea the fires were dis covered before much damage- bad been done. The Board ot Underwriters had offered large rewards for the capture of tbe fire-bugs. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. At Zeltoun, in Syria, a disastrous con flagration occurred on the 24th, four hun dred bouses being consumed. The fire oc casioned great suffering among the resi dents of the town, hundreds of families being rendored homeless. Four coaches of an express train on the Grand Trunk Road were thrown from the track near Pickering, Out, a tew days ago, and went down an embankment of twenty-five feat Two cars were toon de stroyed by fire, and one was broken into fragments. Twelve persons were Injured, but none fatally. The damage was esti mated at $100,000. BurmaH advices announced recently that during an outbreak in the jail at Man dalay several hundred convicts were killed. There were 108 deaths from cholera In Italy during tbe twenty-four hours ended, at nine p. m. on the 25tb, 121 of which oc curred in Naples. At Oenpa sixty-eight new cases were reported. Nine death were announced in France and nine in Spain. . . Paltbsa, the Austrian astronomer, has discovered another asteroid, of the thir teenth magnitude. In Italy there were 452 new cases of cholera and 212 deaths during the twenty four hours ended at nine p. m. on the 20th, ,nlnety-flvs ot which occurred at Naples and twenty at Genoa. In Bpain five deaths were reported, and in Franc ther wer three deaths. Complaint waa mad on the 20th by Canadian ranchmen that the Plegan chiefs demanded ten cents on every head of cattle passing through their territory from Montana to Manitoba, and enforced it by shooting sufficient stock' to equal the Ux. The leading distillers and brewers of Canada, format! aa association rvceatly at Toronto and raised funds to fight the Pro hibitory Liquor act Having been beaten on all sides, they decided on the 20th to give np the contest The English camp at Suakrm received report on the 20th from friendly African that Osman Digma, the Mehdl's Lleuten- nt, had but two hundred followers. The others had dispersed through lack of sup plies. The Peruvian revolutionary leader Caoerea was a fugitive on tb 20th, and the country waa resuming a peaceful condi tion. LATER. The neighborhood of Alton, Pa-, wat vis ited by a terrific cyclone on the afternoon tf the 28th nit, wrecking many building and injuring a number of persons. Be tnm Aliin and Hlcr Hhantv. on the Erie Kallroad, tne iracx was uim.nu "j fallim traa. and telegraph wires . . . .. . Y li i A ..A V. nnutr.uii In all directions. Dispatches of the 28th ult from wensvine, Allegany County, N. Y., report a terrible cyclone at Shongo, a hamlet e,lgbt miles south of tnat city, ine wnoie uunu.. part and many private restuences win aid In ruins: four persons were killed and many other injured. A ferry boat containing oroe forty pas sengers oapslzed at Michigan City, Ind., on the night of the 27th nit, throwing the en tire party into the water. Nearly all were rescued, but it is not certainly known how many were lost Two bodies have been re covered, and search was being made for others. The funeral ot John W. Garrett took place on the 28th ult. from the country res idence of deceased at Montebello, Ma. The services were of tbe simplest chsrac ter. Fully 12,000 persons were preient. in cluding many prominent railroad mer from all pans ol tne country. The dead-lock in the Democratic Conven tion of the Second Congressional District of Wisconsin was broken on. tb 27th ult. on tbe one hundred and fiftieth ballot by the unanimous nomination of General Bragg. On the 27th nit two freight train on the Western Maryland Railroad collided near Fulton. Md.. wrecking five cars. Engineer William Ouitrlev was fatally inlured. and Henry Kapper, fireman, badly cut and bruised. A oeheral xodu of Mormon convert from Lewis County, Tenn., the scene ot tb recent slaughter of Mormon elders, i now In progress on account of a notification "to leave or suffer a earn." Br a collision of freight train on th 27th ult near Dunlap, III., on th Peoria ft Rock Island Railroad, Michael Radlgan, engineer, was instantly killed, one of ths firemen and a stockman severely injurvu. man care badlv wrecked and one car oi cattl consumed by fire. On th wav to a fir at Cincinnati on th 28th nit Chief Bunker1 carriage collided with th Baboock extinguisher, The chief was thrown to the ground with great vio lence, breaking hla right arm and other wise seriously injuring mm. ' ( Commodori Thomas B. Fillebrowns, Commander of th Nw York Navy. Yard, died suddenly on th 27th nit. ot heart dis use. Taa Rockingham House at Portsmouth N. H.. one of the largest and finest hotels In New England, burned on the 27th nit An Incendiary fire on th 28th nit de stroyed the entire business portion of Katn- dram, Idaho, and all ot th best resldeno. Many are left homeless. Lost 176,000, with only ao,uw insurance. OLD-FASHIONED, PERHAPS. Old But. Peter Shalt Can Only So Aceoaa for Bla Present Great Trouble. N. Y. World. Peter J. ShulU, of 843 Greenwich street, Is a kindly-faced old man, without a trace In his features or conversation of the German origin bl name suggests. He sat sadly in his nsat little grocery yesterday morning, studying over some account books. After a frugal and industrious business life of more than forty year he had just made an assignment, and was trying bravely to look In tbe face the cheerless prospect of meeting old age without a penny and with small hopes of ever getting a start again. His lips quiv ered and a moisture came to bis eye as he spoke of his troubles. "It does seem a little hard, doesn't ltr" be said: "I bave been doing business on this corner' and the ons above for over forty-five years now, and here I am with nothing left for my old wife and me to live on. Everything is gone. I bave no more right here," he said, looking sadly around upon tbe rows of brightly-labelled tins and upon the fresh, cheery-looking boxes 'of fruits and vegetables about the door way. "I bave no more right now to stay here and call this mine than you bave." The floor was cool and tidy from fresh sprinkling and sweeping; tbe little stock was trimly arranged in orderly rows and groups. A sleek gray and white cat ol mature age and obviously steady habits rubbed to and fro against the old man's leg, as he went on speaking meditatively about bis troubles, and looked up at blm with lazy, wondering winks at the absence of the usual recognition. "I did a good business here years ago,"' he continued. "I kept a horse then, and a delivery wagon. C . Sunday I used to take my wile and .iv behind the old horse lo High Bridge, or someplace where we would eat our lunch, together on the grass, and then jog comfortably borne at night I suppose 1 shall never see such happy days as those again." "It is said that you accuse clerks of hav Ing stolen you into bankrupty. Is that true Mr. Bchultx?" "No, it U not true. Lmay have aald I had been troubled by dishonest clerks, and, Indeed, I have. It Is a most difficult thlug to get grocery clerk who are honest Tbey have so many chances to steal. What is to prevent thorny when I bave to be gone for several hour, from selling $10 worth of goods and putting bait the money In their pockeUf All I know is that the snd of the year found. me with the goods gone, and behind, instead of ahead. 1 was sick for six weeks, and then ther waa nobody to look after things, and th clerk eould do aa tbey pleased, though I make no charges. I could not afford a cashier, and would not deep under the counter, make my wife stay in, the store, and open Sundays, as some grocery men do. I sup pose I am too old-fashioned for tbe times, and so my customer, dropped away from me, while some of the darks took advan tage as far aa they could." Among the preferred creditor of Mr. Senilis is a church society of whose funds he bad obarge. The total amount of in- , debtednees does not amount to more than i,000i Three Fish en Oae Hook. Alexander Bay Letterm. Philadelphia Times. "About two year ago," said tbe guide and It makes me laugh every time I think of It I bad a young gentleman from Phila delphia op a-flabln. He'd never fished In fresh water afore, and to say be waa green e a-puttin' It low. Howsoever, he hired me for a week .and at It we went W Bad tolable lack at bass, but be war wild for a muakalonge, and be says: 'Bill, if I catch on of them feller you'll find ten-dollar note for yourself right Inside the gill-cover. Well, he was a-bass-fish- to down along Chlmbly Island one even In'; and started home with three spoons ont and jest a-glttln' over the pickerel ground above here when there came yank on tb off pickerel line that made him howl. He had the line wound round his finger. Howsoever, be booked him and yanked away, stood up and got the pick erel halt in, when there came a haul on the line that sent him head over heels, and II it wasn't for the chair he'd a gone over board sure. sk'I'v got a sherk, Bill,' says he, a-glttin' his feet ,'lt'i a fresh-watei sherk say L and so It was a muska logno what almostji'alsed the hair on my head. Fust be waa out, now in; a-jerkln ' the boat thta wav and that now under. then a-streakln' it down stream, then np, a haulin and tuggln', one minute two feet In tbe air,' and then down deep, nankin' that feller's arm go Ilk wind-mills, and he a-danctn', talkln', and yellin',. and so wound In the line yon,d a-thought he was In a gill net But Lord bless yon I He wouldn't let me lend a band, and after wrastlin' for fifteen minute or more he led him along-side, got the gaff Into him, and hauled him aboard, and then th young feller jest set down and looked at him for about ten minutes without sayln' a word. It was a pictur ther ain't no denyln' that; and then he sayst 'Bill, I've alius laughed at this ere fresh-water fishin bat thet take th cake. I wouldn't a lost that fish for $600. "Find th ten under the gUl -cover? I reckon I did, and be raieed It ten. Bui what I was tryin' to get at," continued tbe speaker, "was that when w came to un hook htm there wa was a reg'lar string. Fust ther wa th spoon, jest as in this case a half-pound-yaller perch that had grabbed It and been towed along without our knowln' It; then a pickerel; he'd grab bed the perch, and a th young man was pullln' th pickerel in tbe mnacalong had grabbed him what y might call a chain of event. Three fish on the same hook ; Mat tne rsoora, sure -s yoa -rs nern.-- (oe, WW siue jruuu.