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CURRENT TOPICS.
BROOKLTS,N.Y.,now bu TW.000 pnpu
button. A tnoum rohred woman is gradually
turning white.
Sknkrai, B. F. Ri-Ti.tn will sixty-nix
yean old in Nnvemlwr.
Is Ahpnleeii, I). T., arti-ian flowing wella
re UKfl to run grt nulls.
AT CaU1ta, India, there in a temple
tltroted to the goddess of cholera, i
The Ctibn Ciorernment is bankrupt and
unable to pay soldiers their wages.
A man named C. S. Dedrunk lectured on
temperance in Saratoga the other day.
A boo weighing pounds has been on
exhibition in Philadelphia for some time
ta;t.
LtKtTFNANT Orkki.y is to be provided
with a comfortable position in the Signal
Corps.
A Chinaman wan baptised into the
Methodist Church at White Plains, N. Y.,
recently,
No nofrroes ar allowed in the British
navy without a special sanction from the
admiralty .
Mozart's monument at Vienna will cost
snore than the greut composer got for all
Lis work, V000.
Kino Thkhau, it is reported, hns mur
niered 4T. of his relutives mih'O he ha as
tended the throne.
Tna total number of frt-e delivery post
f'(Tics in the United States is l.V.t, employ
ing carriers.
Therk were 1,M4 miles of railroads built
in this country during the past six months
of the present year.
Cat Cod fishermen have been unususally
fertunnte this reason, having secured very
targe catches of tish.
"Nine thousand live lobsters formed part
of the cargo of a schooner which arrived in
Hoston the other day.
The value of manufactures in the United
States in 1K$0 was $T',5uO,000,(Hni, and in
England $4,01u,500t000.
Philadelphia has public schools and
naiiy lOO.lHXJ scholars. There are 81 male
und female teachers.
Two Americans have been thrown into
jail in Mexico for defaming the character
of the Mexican President.
The celebrated evangelist. P. I,. Moody,
has returned to America after a most suc
cessful mission in London.
3'wknty-oni thousand widows of the War
of 1M2 are stated to be Mill drawing p n
ions from ie Uovernni'.-nt.
Six seedsmea in this country pay over
Jl7.i,(X0 per year for postage on matter,
most of which goes to farmers.
It is said that fifty Canadian newspapers
have declared in favor of independence.
Annexation finds but few advocates.
A special detail of pk'ked policemen has
t'een ordered to hunt down and brinr iut
tlead or alive, the ghost at Trenton, N. J.
Ice cream manufacturers and beer brew
ers report that the consumption of their
wares is almost as large in winter as in
summer.
An old sea captait. contends that water
strongly impregnated with lime is a sov
reign preventive, and an almost sure cure
or cholera.
The Sinking Fund Commission of New
York has appropriated &2,0(K),lXH) for build
ing new armories in the city for tne na
tional guard.
Jt is said that Gladstone and Queen Vic
toria are so cool towards each other that
foreigners occasionally mistake them for
man and wife.
A Wa hixutox Citt man claims to be
able to tell the disposition of a horse and
the condition of its health by the expres
sion of its eyes.
The Georgia magnetic girl has been hav
ing marked success in .New York. She
should now go to Philadelphia and tackle
the Keely motor.
iT is reported that a ruby found in Clay
County, N. C, was sold by the finder for $15
Then for $,im ift, and after bein cut by a
Japidary, for $1,000.
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue
refuses to rescind the order discontinuing
the collection of the tax on whUkv by as
esKcnent after September.
The proposed world's fair at Rome has
ben postponed until iyJ4, as France has
et its heart on having one in issftf the cen
tennial of the revolution.
The feeling is growing that the man so
ready to hand out a pistol on the least pro
vocation is a coward in comparison with
the common bully who fights with his fists.
In the ninety-eight years of its existence
the American bible Society has issued no
:less than 4.'l,h,J:Jl volumes, including
'Bibles, testaments and portions of the gos
pels. There are 3,9k.' paper mills in the world,
'which turn out annually JM.OUO.OOO pounds
of paper. Half of this is used"iu printing
generally, while unooO.O'X) pounds are used
Xor newspapers.
A factort for the production of arti
ficial teeth is to be established at Ulica, N,
Y-, where masticators will be turned out
at the rate of 3,u00 sets per day, for the low
price of $1 50 per set.
Mrs. Harriet Bkechir Stowe, who ii
now in failing heaitli, at her home in Fer
nandiNa, Fla., is having her life and labors
noted by her son, for publication after hei
-alnath, in autobiographical form.
Mrs. ScoviLLK, now known as Mrs.
Howe, vhe ui--'tr of the late Charles Guiteau,
and living in Chicago, sent her late hus
'band a quantity of her unused wedding
Ktationery, in view of his approuching
marriage.
A Chinese contractor, of Portland, Or.,
3ias brought suit against the Northern Pa
cific llailway Company fr the deaths of
eleven of his countrymen, who was killed
lntna time since by the collision of two
constr uction trains. Tne amount demand
ad is fcVl.OtK).
A ConnipticL't woman recently applied
to a lawyer to ee about bringing a breach
of promise suit against a man twenty
years her senior. The luwyer suggested a
privat stUemnt, an 1 asked what amount
cf damage would be saMefartury. Sne
replied that she would rather prosecute
than compromise, but if he wanted to b
f air in the matter sue would Kettle for Jo,
and uot a cent less.
The Chilian Government has declared a
war of extermination against the condor.
It offers a reward of l for every condor
killed. The hunting of this bird of prey
has, under the eircumstaiiren, become a
lucrative business.
At IVrenham, in Wales, recently, one ol
Ibe attendants at a menagerie, while ('lean
ing out tb cage of the lions, placed hi
right arm inside the bars, when one of the
animals suddenly tore it off at the elbow,
I'unug tiia panic wnivh ensued a number
of perftons were more or less seriously in
jured, a report baring been starlm! that
the lion had escaped from iu c and wa
Attacking tbe crowd.
SAD INCIDENTS
In Connection with the Cholera in
France.
Great Hostility Against the Physicians at
Great Hostility Against the Physicians at Marseilles and Temples.
Marpkii.LES, July ot. The lower classes
dislike and oppose physicians because
they have gotten the notion that physi
cians have been instituted to help cholera
along, in order to get rid of the surplus
population. A paper read by a medical
man in Perl in, lauding cholera as
sweeping off beings unfitted f ir the strug
gle of existence, has been widely repro
duced in France, and helped to prejudice
the people against the doctors, and con
firm them in the belief that the govern
merit had adopted views similar to those
of the Berlin essayist. An instance of the
popular hostility toward physicians oc
curred in this city yesterday. A doctor
was going into the slums to attend a pa
tient, when he was confronted by
a party of the sick man8 neigh
bors with knives, who chased him
away, and prevented his minister
ing to the sufferer. There is a marked de
crease in the number of cholera cases
throughout the district. The Municipal
Council .has resolved to erect a tablet to
commemorate the noble self-sacrifice of
doctors and Sisters of Charity who were
victims of the epidemic. lr. Palms, who
died yesterday, will have a street named
alter him. There have been seven deaths
from cholera in the IepartuiHiitof Ardeche.
Akt,kk, July 111. A sad incident in con
nection with the cholera happened recently
near this city. A lad at work on a farm
was sei,td with vomiting. The farmer re
fused to allow him to enter the house, and
the poor fellow died in the field w ithout
care and nhme. When the father of the lad
arrived he was not permitted to place his
con's body in the stable, but was forced to
leave it in the open air while he went to
town to procure a collin. He then conveyed
the body on a wheelbarrow to the burial
authorit ies, who refused assistance, and
the father finally was compelled to bury
(he body in the cemetery alone.
THE ALTAR OF DEATH.
Touching Wedding Ceremony in the
Quaker City.
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Philadelphia, July .11. The dying re
quest of Miss Jennie Freeman, daughter of
Superintendent Freeman, of the PennsyN
vania Coal Works, of Iunmore( was that
her lover, Edward .ducklow, might be
brought to her bedside so that their mar
riage might take place. Yesterday
they were united in the bonds of
matrimony ty the Rev. Geo. Cory, pastor
of the Ihinmore Presbyterian Church, in
the presence of the bride's lather and sis
ter. M iss Freeman, who is about twenty -five
years old, is the vic tim of consumption, and
had willed considerable property in
money and stocks to Mucklow, who will
now be able to claim it with a husband's
right. The doctors say that the bride
can not receiver. She became unconscious
shortly after the marriage ceremony, and
her death is looked for at any moment.
The scene at the bedside was touching in
the extreme. The bride was propped up
on the pillows. Her eyes were bright and
flashing, and her cheeks tinged with the
hectic flush of the disease which had
wrecked her life. The groom sobbed
frequently, and the clergyman shed tears.
Gang of Burglars Captured.
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Pittsburg, Pa., July 31. A gang of
burglars, for the past three months operat
ing extensively among wealthy residences
of the East End, was run down to-day by
the police, and Alf. Hogan, Sonny Hogan,
Charles Hicks and John bcholes, ail col
ored, captured, together with six large
trunks, filled with gold watches,
diamonds, silverware, sealskin goods,
silks, etc., valued at over $10,000. 1 he de
tectives are still at work, and it is expect
ed large additions to the stock of goods
will be made in the next twenty-four hours.
Sonny Hogan, one of the robbers, if be
lieved by the police to be wanted in Wash
ington City for murder.
Loss of Life by Maryland Flood.
Ct'M ijkklan D, Md., July VrX The dam
age along George's Creek by floods will
amount to over $ 100,000. Mrs. McCormick
and her daughter Mary were drowned in
the flood, also two children of Hichland
Moody, all of Barton. At Lonnconing
houses and the places of business of Henry
Williams, Hen Curran, John Iloyd. m. E.
Hartman, John E. Ferrens, August Eichorn
and Geo. M. Cochrane were washed away
or gTeatly damaged. The bodies of the
drowned were recovered. There are no
further reports of loss of life. There is
said to be very little distress.
Catholic Total Abstinence Convention.
Chicago, July 30. The fourteenth annual
Convention of the Catholic Total Absti
nence Union of America will be held here
August (. and 7, and promises to be an im
portant gathering. Over two hundred del
egates will be in attendance. On the even
ing of the first day of the convention a
large demonstration will be held at Central
Music Hall. The meeting will be addressed
by Archbishop Elder, of Cincinnati; Bishop
Ireland : Bishop Spaulding, of Peoria ;
Bishop Waterson, of Columbus, and others.
Archbishop Feehan wili preside.
Four Sisters Killed by Lightning.
Beatrice, Neb., July 30. A severe
thunderstorm visited this region before
daylight this morning. Lightning struck
the farm-house of Nathan Miller, near
Maryvtlle, Kas., killing his four daughters
while asleep. Their ages wre seventeen,
thirteen, nine and seven respectively. A
boy of five wa badly hnrt. The mother
is in a critical condition from bereavement.
Large Transfer of Natural Gas Property.
Washington, Pa., July 111. Pittsburg
capitalists are reported to have sold the
Great McGnlgan gas well, with large nat
nral gas rights in Washington County, to
gether with their piped in to Pittsburg, almost
completed, to the Westinghouse Gas
Syndicate. The sum paid is not positively
stated, but is said to be about Jou.ooO.
Heavy Verdict Against O'Brien.
Belfast, July 31. The libel suit by Bol
ton, Prosecutor for the Crown, against
William O'Brien, editor of the liuhliu 'nt
t' d Ji-pimid, was concluded by a verdict in
favor of plaintiff, giving him ;i,0.V damages.
The Fear Hundredth Anniversary.
Pt. Ltjcis, July 20. At a meeting of the
International Convention of Expos-it ion
and Fair Association Representatives, the
f'rojort of holding a world's fair to celerate
the four hundredth anniversary
the discovery of America was approved,
and a committee appointed to devise a plan
of organization.
Chicago's Population.
CniCAfio, July The Board of Education
hat just completed a census of the
city. It shows the population to be (!'Jit,fMx,
or an increKNe at the rat of 12 ' pr ent.
j per annum since the U. H. census of lfl0.
Riotous Strikers.
Bradford, Pa., July ;i0. Non-union
glass-blowers, employed here, were at
tacked by union strikers, and two of the
number seriously injured, one having both
eyes gouged out. The union men say they
will not allow non union men to work.
American Schoolmarms Causing a Row.
Home, July HI. The Vatican will recall
its delegate from Buenos iyre In case
the Argentine Government inM.itg upon the
dismi)al of Father Clara for l is letter
against employing American tchool mis-IJCHneg,
A MOTHER'S THOUGHTLESSNESS.
A MOTHER'S THOUGHTLESSNESS. What Came of Trying in Open a Sitroclyrecine
Market With a Marcket.
Cinvivnat?, July no. A fearful nc-iicnt
occurred at the humble home d Ibmry
Cpmeicr, a laborer, living at '21 Oregon
street, this morning. Cha? les,the youngest
of the family, in company with several
other playmates found an unexploded
rocket in the street that had fallen from the
Highland House flrt works display last
night. The lad brought it home, and en
deavored to open It, but without success.
His mother then seized a hatchet and dealt
it several hard blows. A terrific explosion
followed prostrating every one in the yard.
Mrs. Kate Vpmei'T, who is thirty-eight
years of nge, was hurt in a frightful man
ner, hT abdomen being torn terribly, and
the flesh of her lower limbs burned and
torn into shred. Her injuries are fatal.
Her daughter Ida, aged twelve years, was
the worst victim of the explosion. Her
abdomen was torn open in two places, each
gash h ing six inches in length. Her
entrails protruded from the gaping wound
when the physicians arrived. In ad
ditinn her Tower limbs were badly
torn. She survived but a few
hours. Charlie L'nmeier, aged mx, siifTered
snvere wounds on both legs below the knee,
both bones being laid bare. The wounds
were tilled with fragmentsof tin from the
rocket. His condition is serious. l'hilip
Hill, aged ten, was the least hurt
of the party, receiving but a few slight cuts
on the head and hands. He was Charlie's
companion when the rocket was found. Tha
deadly missile was a large six-pound nitro
glycerine rocket, which, after being thrown
into the air, explodes and throws out cols
ored lights.
The Cholera Spreading.
Paris, July 21. 7 p. m. There were seven
deaths from cholera at Aries in the past
twenty-four hours, and two deaths at Aix
since noon.
9 p.m. There were twenty-three deaths
at Marseilles in the past twenty-four hours.
Seventeen cases of cholera have appeared
at Panealieri, Italy. The patients are
mostly workmen from Marseilles and
Toulon. Measures are taken to isolate the
district. A renewal of cholera is feared
at Toulon, owing to the return of fugi
tives. Paris, July "0. There were twentyfour
deaths from cholera at M arseilles and eight
at Aries during the twenty-tour hours
ended at ! P. M., to-day. The record of
cholera cases in the hospitals at Toulon to
day is : admission 7, discharged 1 1, denths
4, under treatment 1:17. A mild form of
cholera has appeared in St. Petersburg and
at CharkofT and other towns of Russia. The
sanitary condition of Batoum, Russia, is
bad. At Marseilles the sale of melons
is prohibited. The cholera is gaining in
area what it is losing in intensity. It has
made its appearance in several villages
previously exempt. Owing to popular
prejudice, it is positively dangerous for
doctors to walk alone in the suburbs at
night. One instance is reported of a
doctor, who, while visiting a woman seised
with cholera, was assaulted by her son,
who drew a revolver and compelled him to
leave the house. Several other doctors
have also been assaulted.
Damage Cases Disposed of.
Newark, O., July 30. Judge Okey, of
the Ohio Supreme Court, sent a letter in
forming counsel in the "gasoline cases, tp
which were pending in that court on motion
to file petitions in error from the District
Court in Licking County, that the motions!
had been overruled. There are in all some
ten or fifteen cases pending against the
citv of Newark for damages in the year
lS7r, which occurred to bystanders
who collected to witness the test of
some fire-extinguishing apparatus which
was made by the authority of the
City Council preliminary to the purchase
of the same. A building was placed on
Main street, filled with combustibles and
saturated with gasoline, which, without
warning and apparent cause, exploded,
seriously injuring a great many persons,
nearly all of whom have brought suit
against the city ranging from .V,000 to
20, (MX) in each case. Five of the cases
have already been tried, in which verdicts
averaging l,."x0 have been rendered in
each instance. The decision in the Supreme
Court, above mentioned, finally determines
the question of the city's liabilities for the
injuries which resulted from the explosion.
Wisconsin Crops.
Ohhkosh, AVis., July 20. The Eceuitty
Xttrthict'strfn publishes reports of the con
dition of the crops from different counties
in Northwestern Wisconsin. The reports
show considerable damage to corn by re
cent heavy rains and hail, and the lodging
uf grain, in some places badly. The general
condition of wheat and oats is reported
excellent, many localities reporting better
prospects than for any year since the big
crop of 1WI. Potatoes, though somewhat
injured by drourh, will be more than a fair
crop. Upland hay is thin, but in splendid
quality and well secured. Farmers are
generally jubilant.
Homicide at the Soldiers' Home.
Dayton, O., July PA Fritz Brockmeier,
an inmate of the Soldiers' Home, was this
morning murdered by another inmate,
John Dolan. Dolan was quarreling about
a pass, when a young man asked Brock
meier what was the matter, and he replied
that Dolan was quarreling. The latter
called him a vile name, whereupon he
knocked him down. Dolan threatened to
kill bim, and, procuring a large knife,
thrust it into Brockmeier's neck, causing
almost instant death.
A Congressmen Attempts Suicide.
Washington, July 30. Congrensman
Culbertson, of Kentucky, who represents
the Ashland District, from that State, at
tempted Buicide at the National Hotel, this
t it y to-day. He tired several shots, one of
which entered his right temple, coming out
near his ear on the other aide of the bead.
He is still living.
Escaped from the Pentitentiary.
PiTTKHrnfi, July HO. Rufus Conners,
serving a twenty-three years' term for
series of daring burglaries, escaped from
tun Riverside Penitentiary through
broken window, this evening, and has not
yet been recaptured.
Explorer Stanley.
London, July .'ft. Henry M. Stanley has
gone to Ostend to meet King Leopold and
the Directors of the African International
Association. Stanley denies that any
discord exists between him and the Direc
tors, who, he says, have assembled at
Ostend specially to accord him a hearty
welcome.
70.000 Bushels of Musty Wheat.
New Yukk, July 31. About 70lnO bushels
of No. 2 red winter wheat were found out
condition on the Commercial wharf and
I into and Kxcelsior stores, it being musty
and having a strong smell.
Cleveland Notified.
Albany, N. Y., July 29. Governor
Cleveland was formally notified oC his
nom in at ion by the Democratic National
Convention for the Presidency to-day.
Salvationists Imprisoned.
Rkidgkpokt, Cons., July 20. Five of the
f'alvution Army were sent to jail for fou.
dayu for violation of the city ordinance
prohibiting parading on tSunday.
Grasshoppers.
Plymouth, H., July 20. Over one
hundred bushels of grasshoppers have been
captured this summer on one farm near
this city, by the owner, for which he re
ceived a bounty of one dollar per bushel.
Jews Mobbed.
Paris, July 30. A priest to-day,
WitepHk, led a mob to an attack on the
houses of Jews. M ilitarv dispersed the
moii, and made several arrests, Ihe prii-t
escaped.
Seth Lunatics.
Rk,AliNO, Pa., July IR John Flower
brained Thomas bout h lust niiit. RolL
lunatics iu the Counlv liusuiUtl.
HOME AGAIN.
The Graely Arotic Fleet Cast Anchor
in Portsmouth.
Meeting of Lieutenant Gernly and His
Wife-"Arthur! Arthur! Home!"-And the
Wife-"Arthur! Arthur! Home!"-And the Mother-" My Son! My Son!"-"Mother!"-
Incidents Pathetic Beyond Description.
Foiitxmoutii, N. H., August 1. The
(ircly relief gquftdron arrived here this
lnnrninp. Mrs. Lieutniint Ureely arrived
at noon with General Hazen and party.
Lieutenant (ireely'a mother is also here.
I.ii'Utenant Ureely had not been informed
that his wife was about to go on board the
Thetis, and a few minute before her
arrival, in conversation with Commander
Schley, he said hodid not expect to see her
today, as she probably had not been able
to rench there so oon. When the Secre-.
tni y's hnrKwa seen toleave the Tennessee
with Mrs. (Ireely and her two brother, O.
O. and C. A. Nesmith, sittinR in the stern
sheets, Commander Kchley said to Lieuten
ant tlreely: "Lieutenant, 1 would like to
see von in mv cabin for a few moments."
Commander Schley entertined.Liutuant
Ureely in conversation aboutarctic mntters
until "a peculiar aifjnal was given on the
boatswain's whistle to indicate that Mrs.
Ureely was on board and ready to meet
her husband. The ladv trembled very
much. Her breath rams in gasps, and her
whole frame shook with emotion. With
fulteritie steps she went to the cabin door,
unci ju.t tit the instant she entered Com
mander Schley left ths room, leaving the
lone, separated couple alone. Lieulant
Ureelv wns sit t inn with his back to the
liour, 'but when Commander Schley bo ali
tuptly left him, be turned, and attlie same
instant saw his wile enter. With a
loud civ, that was more like
a gigantic sob hilf smothered,
Lieutenant Ureely bounded from his
chair with eves gleaming in joy at the
sight that gladdened them. Mrs. Ureely,
tail, dark and stately, sprang forward to
meet her husband, ci -y inc. "Arthur, Arthur,
home!" It was noticeable on board the
Thetis that everybody shed tears when
Mrs. Ureelv entered the canin wnere nor
husband wiis. Lste in the afternoon the
mother of Lieutenant Ureely came from
Sewhurvport, and was taken at
once on board the Tennessee. Shortly
alter she was put in the Secretary'
barge and taken on board the Thetis.
When she ntrived there Mr. and Mrs.
Ureely and the bitter's brothers were seated
in Commander Schley's cabin, alternately
crying, laughing and embracing. An in
stant before the Lieutenant's mother en
tered tile cabin, Commander Schley step
ped to the door and said, "Lieutenant, your
mother is here." Mrs. Ureely then
entered, and threw her arms around her
son's neck, saying only, "My sun '.my son !"
Lieutenant Greeley spoke no word
save "Mother!" but in his tone and expres
sion there was a world of tenderness.
Clasping his mother in his arms, he did
nothing else hut sob, while his mother cried
like a child. Fearing the excitement would
lie too tuuch for Lieutenant Ureely's shat
tered condition. Cunimander Schley entered
the CMliiu and wisely directed the conver
sation into less emotional channels. About
I o'clock Secretary Chandler entered ins
barge und was rowed to the
'J helis. Secretary Chandler went at
once to Lieutenant Ureely, and affection
ately took the gallant explorer in his arms
in the fervor ot his greeting. "Uod bless
you! Uod bless you !" said the Secretary.
'You have come buck to us almost from
the grave. I hope your future happiness
may reward you tor the terrible exper
ience you have had." The Lieutenant re
sponded feelingly, thanking Mr. Chandler
lor his kind expressions.
A Fatal Fire.
Skw Yokk, August 1. A six-story build
ing, No. Sit Water street, the upper stories
occupied by two families and the rest de
voted to business, caught tire this morning.
Bartholomew (J'Keefe, janitor, was fatally
burned, and Ann Uibbnns and children,
George, aged six, and John,
aged two, terribly burned. Janitor
(J'Keefo was so badly burned
that lie will die. Mrs. Uibbnns climbed
the stairway to the root with two children
in her arms, all having their clotheB
burned. The police found them on the
roof with their eiothes burning. Thev tore
the clothing off, the flush coming off with
the clothes. '1 uev were taken tu the hospi
tal. Alter trie fire was extinguished, the
body of Jotiies Uibb'ins, u four-year-old
boy, was found burned to a crisp.
Dynamiters Heavily Sentenced.
Lonuon, August 1. Toe trial of dynami
ters at Warwick was concluded to-day.
McDonnell, who pleaded guilty to treason
felony , was released on bail,toappcaratany
time if called upon. James Egan was sen
fenced to penal servitude for twenty years,
and John Daly for life. Daly's
defense was very able. lie argued
that nothing had been proved against him,
except that he had borne ail assumed
name; but the Queen moved about under
an assumed name. Why bad he not as
good a rights' He asked for justice, not
mercy. Hit was gratified that he was on
trial before Englishmen. There was no
claptrap as in Ireland. The prosecution,
he said, failed to show that he had joined
a plot to coerce the Uovernment.
Suspensions.
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Pink Bluff. Ark., August 1. Frank
Williams, a wife murderer, was executed
here to-day.
Nicw Yokk, August 1. Alexander Jef
ferson was hanged for the murder of Henry
Hicks and Kmma Jackson.
Scottsuoro, Ala.. August 1. Ueorge
Smith, Ashhury Hughes and Ueorge
Hughes, Alubaiua house-burners, were
hanged here to-day on one scaffold.
CAMmtirxjE, Mi)., August 1. Frederick,
alias "ling" Cephas, was hanged at noon
for the murder of Mrs. Celia Bush Murphy,
April 7.
Huntington, Tenn., August 1. Charles
.'hillips, colored, was hanged here at 1 p.
m. for the murder of Frank 1'rince last
year. The gallows were erected in the jail
yard, and the execution was private.
Protecting the Clerks.
Washington, August 1. Assistant Sec
retary Joslyn, of the Interior Department,
has done u very proper and popular thing
in refusing to use the power of the depart
ment to force clerks to pay debts to those
who take advantage of their necessities
and loan them mouey at extortionate rates.
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An En.rinli Jmltje lias decideil that
kiss is not a Icjral 'uonsiUitralion.
A surgeon iu Lambeth kissed a work
lii";iiiitu'8 wife; the husband valued ths
kiss at . and the surgeon gave him
an 1 O U for that amount. A month
after ilaic an action was brought on this
document, but the Jud;j;o promptly
ruled there was no consideration ami
gave a verdict for the defendant.
A ten-year-old Urooklyn boy has
lieeu sent to the House of Hefure
charged with setting tire to a number
of Mables in that city, lie acknowl
edged his guilt, and said his object was
to assist in rescuing the horses, and then
claim a reward from the owners.
ilrouklijn i.utjle.
There is a child in Vermont that
rather queer. J-very effort to have
use its lcrs was made by its parents,
but it had no incliiiatiuu that way.
will raise itself upou its hands anil
move rapidly across Ihe lloor, and when
it has picked up the article it seeks,
places it bi'ween its feet and moves
iiwuy on its hands. JJuslon (Jiobe.
-A lump of Alabama coal weighing
10,(mi(J pounds is on exhibition
llirmin;hum, iu that Stale. C'n'cuya
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STATE NEWS ITEMS.
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Mas. Cai.vin H. Moom was found
In bed at her home In Union Towoahip,
liogan Counvy, the other morning. he
was In tisun a mlth apparently before.
Xm. Kraur Summers, a resident of
Adams Township, Defiance County, was
strnt-fc by lightning during a heavy thun
dnr storm the other morning. At last re
ports there was no hope for her rerovery.
ZachariaR Tat LOR, living near Shanes
ville, fell while carrying a coal-oil lamp
and was so badly burned that be died. His
age was eighty-sit years.
A piRTursRino fatal accident occured
Ksar Versailles, Darke County, a few days
ago. A young married man named Henry
Davidson, while engaged in sinking a well,
was overcome by some noxious gas and
signaled to be drawn up. After reaching
the top and when about to step from the
bucket he fainted away and fell back into
the well, a distance of some thirty-Dve
feet.
Lorenzo Dow Johnson, a young man in
the employ of Dallas Corrington, a fasmer
living near Mason, was struck by lightning
the other evening, while on a load of grain.
Nelson Coenngton, who was assisting to
load, was knocked down, but recovered in
time to rescue the young man from the
flames. One horse was killed and the
wagon and contents were entirely consum
ed by the fire.
1 itti.k Edward Conrad, about eight years
old, son of l'hilip Conrad, drowned the
other afternoon in A. A. Taylor's daiu, at
Loudonville.
A movkmknt is on foot in Dayton to
abolish the colored schools and allow the
colored children to go to white schools as
in Columbus and Cleveland. There is
some opposition on the part of the frienils
of colored teachers, who will, if the pro
ject succeeds, be thrown out of work.
The baby daughter of Henry Fetters, of
Sonora, near Dayton, was killed by the Fan
Handle express going west the other
evening. The little thing had been care
lessly left upon the track by an older
sister.
A (;knkral fight toward the close of tho
picnic of the United Brethren of Friend
ship, nt Oakley Orove, near Cincinnati, re
sulted in the more or less seriously wound
ing of five persons by knives and pistols.
As the cannon-ball express, on the New
York, Pennsylvania & Ohio, was
running through Orangoville Trumbull
County the other day, it ran down
a wagon in which Mr. Albert Hayes
and his son Enos were riding. The horse
just cleared the track and escaped, but the
wagon was reduced to kindling wood. The
son was thrown upon the pilot of the en
gine and carried some distance. When the
train was stopped he was carried into the
rars, and his injuries found to be numerous
and probably fatal. The father was thrown
into a ditch, his back being broken and be
died almost instantly.
One of the loccmotives of the Cleveland
and Pittsburg Railroad was stopped in its
work suddenly and run on a side track at
Bellaire, by the County Sheriff, who got a
heavy log chain and locked the driving
wheels. This is to satisfy an attachment
for judgment for $3,000, obtained against
the Pennsylvania Company by Colonel C.
S. Barron for the killing of bis son in the
yards there. The accident happened three
years ago, and the case was carried to the
Supreme Court. The engineer was made a
Deputy Sheriff, and left in charge of
his engine.
A LAnaE freight locomotive of the Bee
Line, standing in the yards at Cleveland,
about to start out with a train, exploded
the other morning with great violence.
Engineer Thomas Ward, who was standing
in the cab testing the gauges, was severely
scalded and bruised, but his injuries aro
not necessarily fatal. Fireman Joseph
Mots, who was shoveling coal in the tender,
w as unhurt. The locomotive was torn into
pieces, and the flying parts wrecked the
box car and switch, and a shanty adjacent,
besides doing minor damape. The boiler
was well supplied with water, with 118
pounds of steam on. No satisfactory the
ory is advanced to account for the explo
sion. A little girl gathering coal near by
was hurled about, 100 feet, but not seriously
injured.
Charles Albkrs and wife, not long mar
ried, have been living at Claringion, on the
river thirty miles below Bellaire. He has had
typhoid fever, and a few days ago his wife
bad to leave hint for a few minutes. In a
dolirium of the fever he got up and wan
dored out of doors. The wife got back and
missed him in time to see him, but not in
time to save him. He fell into a deep well,
and before her cries could bring enough
help to get him out he was dead.
W'illiam Edwards, of Columbus, age
nineteen yean;, while visiting in Vau Wert,
visited a stone quarry the other night for
the purpose et seeing a bloat. He shel
tered himself behind some logs and was sup
posed to be safe. After the explosion he
was found to be gasping for breath and
died shortly, caused by a large stone strik
ing him on the head.
An unknown woman with two little
children called upon a family named Levit
eer, at Cleveland, and requested board for
a few weeks. Several days elapsed and
all parties disappeared. A few days ago
cries of distress were beard in the house by
neighbors, who entered and found one of
the children, a babe, dead, and the other
barely alive both perishing from starvas
tion. Nothing is known of the unnatural
mothers or the Levitzer family's where
abouts. A State Convention of Creenbackers
was held in Dayton the other day. The
following State ticket was placed in nomin
ation: Secretary of State, Peter Harrer, of
Carroll; Supreme Judge, James U. Urogan,
of Hocking; Member of Board of Public
Works, Win. B. Ogden, of Hamilton; Elec
tors at Large, John S. Seitz, of Seneca;,
David Wells, of Tuscarawas. The plat
form adopted by the Nutional Convention
was indorsed.
While boring a well near West Jeffer
son, water, strongly magnetic, and posses
sing chalybeate powers, was "struck" at
depth of 112 feet.
Hon. Henry Byal, of Findlay, was
thrown from lus buggy and draggeil fifty
yards the other day, by coming in contact
with a runaway team. He was considera
bly injured internally. The same team
that ran into bis buggy ran away, and
killed Abraham Opp one year ago.
In Cincinnati the other morning, David
Ogden, a street railway conductor, was
taken Ul on ttie street, and died before he
could be taken to the hospital.
A turke-ykar-old child of Augustus
Walker, of Lancaster, fell in a tub
water a few tbiys ago, and was drowned.
John Hayuon whs crushed to death by
an elevator in the Albion Hulel in Cincin
nati. The cholara has played sad havoc with
the bogs in the southern part of Madison
County, a niau named Jefferson, living near
Mount Sterling, having lost seventy-five
bead recuntly while others report lighta
losses.
The Miami County case to test the con
stitutionality of the Scott law has been
filed with the Supreme Court Clerk, and an
effort will be made to have a decision at
as early a day as possible.
Horse thieves have been very successful
In their deprudations on farmers and others
in and about West Jefferson.
The Tax Commission of Columbus Lai
Ignored the Scott law tax iu w.vklnu it,
lnvu-s for next year.
How to Have Summer Health in a City.
If wo were to judo;o, only by tho mul
liltules that rush trom the cities bo lh
niohnttiins and the seasides in the sum
mer time, it would be supposed that,
in this period of tho year, health in a
city home is an impossibility. Yet wo
are phot that it is not so, since there
are toiling thousands who can leave
only for a day at a time, and whoso
homo in the city must, be as constant
in tho summer as in the winter.
More than all this, it Ir trnnspirin2 that
many of those who remain, and know
how to remain, maintain it pood and
comfortable degree of health durinsr
the whole year. It is now noticed by
physicians that typhoid and other fevers
prevail in families that hare returned
to a city, after a summer absence, in
greater proportion than amongthe stay-at-liomo
population. In tho changes
that, are made, there is often a breach
of the healthy regularity of home life,
and indulgences that do harm to bodily
vigor. Surely recreation is good; but
the only wise w ays of taking it do not
apperfain to such a life. Where cir
cumstances prevent, us from the enjoy
able change, how shall the city summer
life be rendered most healihful and
pleasant?
First of all. there is to be that en
forcement of general sanitary police,
in which the city authorities, as well as
the individual, must be active. You
must see to it that, early iu spring,
proper sanitary regulations are carried
out. The garbage anil ashes and all
accumulations of the household must
be thoroughly removed, so that, at this
season, there is not only an extra
house cleaning, but yard and street
cleaning. Then great care must bo
taken, during the summer, when mat
ter so easily decomposes, to have daily
removal, so that the air we breathe and
the water we drink may not be sub
jected to rapid contamination. Where
this kind of cleanliness is insisted upon,
and very prompt complaint mado to or
of the health inspector, if there is de
lay, the air of the city is kept in much
belter condition.
Next, good attention ntust be given
to our foods. luring the hot months,
meats, vegetables and fruits undergo
rapid change. Milk also sours easily,
and often is fed to small children, so as
to become an irritant. Too often
children come to the oonimou table at
too early an age, and are fed the va
rious things provided. For older per
sons, oatmeal, rice, and fresh vegeta
bles and fresh fruits, eaten in modera
tion, are always good. It is very notice
able how mothers who havo a well
ordered system, and have control over
their children, preserve thorn, while, in
familes where proper care a to food i
not understood, the excessive evils of
wrong supply, or of over-eating, aro
now manifest. As a rule, meat is too
largely consumed in hot weather.
Many a good meal can be made of cold
mush anil milk, fried mush, or some of
the prepared forms of cereal foods. As
the chief tendency in summer is to
stomach and intestinal derangements,
it is to be realized that these are often
excited by improper foods, or inordi
nate eating, or eating at wrong periods,
and so there is excess and its results.
In summer it is generally well to
avoid sleeping in tho lower rooms of
tho house. As the air is more likely to
contain organic matter, and as this in
clines to cling to surfaces and to remain
nearer the ground, it is wise to choose
sleeping apartments in upper stories.
This is well understood by those who
have to visit malarious countries in the
summer time.
The depressing power of heat is very
great upon most persons, and especial'
ly upon children. Excessive play, or
too much exposure to the sun's rays or
to heated pavements, is always unwise.
The habit of remaining in-doors for
two or three hours during the excessive
heat of the day is excellent In our
variable climate, thero is often need of
a change of dress during the day. so as
to adapt ourselves to changing con
ditions of temperature. W'c are con
stantly impressed with what caution
and prudence w ill do for us in summer
time. Many a one is sick, because ol
the indiscretion of a single meal, or of
an unwise exposure. It is not so often
ignorance as thoughtlessness. Kussell
and others have shown what great prob
abilities of good health attach to city
life, if only there is proper adaptation
and a use of those facilities, which, in
some respects, cities afford better than
the country. N. Y. Jiulcyeniient.
The Weasel.
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I confess that the weasel is to rue an
attractive animal, and I am not sorry
to learn upon good authority that iu
spite of snares and guns his numbers
do not greatly diminish. To the farmer
who has corn-stacks in his yard, the
.service rendered by tho weasel in the
destruction of rats and mice must far
more than compensate for the oc
casional loss of eggs and chickens,
though the slaughter of tho latter,
when it docs occur, is too likely to be
conducted upon a wholesale scale. The
litho and snake like form, clear color
ing and agile movements of the little
marauder, as it rustles through the dry
autumnal leaves at the foot of tho
hedgerow, throwing backward glances
full of saucy deliancc from the security
of its shelter, form a picture much more
welcome to the eye of a lover of nature
than that of a barn door studded with
the dead forms d jays, magpies,
hawks, weasels, stoales and other small
creatures obnoxious to tho prejudices
of the gamekeeper the "Countryman's
Museum,'' as White, of Selbourue,
piaintlv phrases it. I!y country peo
ple the weasel and stoat are uot un
commonly regarded as one and the
same animal, the name of stoat being
applied indiscriminately to either. 'The
dillerences, however, aro strongly
marked, and one of them, the longer
tail always tipped with black, which
the Moat possesses, is obvious even at a
distant glance. Then tho weasel is
not much more than half the sie of ils
congener, and the female is often so
extremely diminutive as to have given
rise to an impression that there was an
other kind of weasel smaller than the
common one. Another distinction be
tween the weasel and the .stoat is indi
cated by the color of the throat and un
der pails, which, in the former, are
pure white, and in the latter a dingy
yellow, fading into while, sometimes
during the winter months, at which
period also the rest of ils coat, saving
only the black tip of the tail, becomes
either white or pied according to the
severity of tho season, or from other
causes not ascertained. J bit.it rated En
ijliak Mityu.'.iim.
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Those were very old cigars which
were given the other dayto t lie Spanish
consul at l'orlluud, Mo. They wore a
lot of two thousand sent to his prede
cessor thirty-eight years ago, but which
failed to come into his hands before, he
was transferred from his post. Aftor
being stored for so long a period, llicy
aro still pronounced to bo of excellent
tluvor. ISu tou llcruld.
MISCELLANEOUS.
During a rour.d-np on Tongue
r.iver, Montana, recently, three bullalo
calves were driven in with the cattle,
Victor Hugo thinks no French
could make theirs the universal tongue,
if 1 1 icy refused to use any other lan
guage for the space of fifty years. '
An enterprising citizen of Vallejo,
Cnl., has been detected smuggling:
flasks of whisky on hoard the Cuiled
Slates steamship llarlgord by sewing
them up in salmon. Hun Francwo
tall.
Xogirl is plain, says Mr. Kuskin,
who is well bred, kind, or modest. All
real deformity means want of manners
or of heart. All real ugliness means
some kind of hardness of heart or vul
garity of education.
The New Y'ork Times says the lo
comotive works at Talerson, N. J., now
furnish for $(5,00(1 and less locomotives
that they demanded and received .!.",
000 two years ago, and business is very
thill at that.
A Kansas shoemaker stopped work
and began to spend money freely. He
was on that account arrested on sus
jiicion of having robbed a stago coach.
Then he had to confess and prove that
he was an heir to an Knglish ijtiartcr of
n million. Cltiratjo Inter Ocean.
A Quebec mechanic the other day
stepped upon a nail which pierced the
sole of his boot and ran into his foot.
The nail was a new one and clean, and
he thought nothing of the injury, but
in two Jays he became lame and was
laid up, and on the eighth day he died
of lockjaw.
Some photographs recently placed
on sale in ilerlin show (lint the favorite
residence of Trinec Bismarck at Fred
orick.srnho is far from being tho ensile
which popular fancy lias supposed it to
be. It is, in fact, so unpretentious a
little house as hardly to deserve the
name of villa.
The keeper of the only saloon at
Kunck (luleli, Col., got early informa
tion that two horse thieves were going
to be hanged in the place, and he
hastily advertised the entertainment by
means of placards throughout tho re
gion, thus drawing a highly remunera
tive multitude. t'hicngo Herald.
Between tho ages of fifteen and
forty-live a woman can grow about
seven crops of hair. It averages about
four ounces to the crop, and when the
prevailing popular color, brings a hand
some price. The total annual crop is
estimated at 100 tons, gathered from
B00, 000 heads. N. Y. Tribune.
Halt an and cane bedroom furniture
is growing in popularity. The beds
and dressing cases come in extremely
prelty artistic designs. They are coo,
and if properly attended to and cleaned
otu-ee very six months will last a lifetime.
They are sometimes ornamented with
broad satin ribbon, but they look just as
well without this addition. A7. Y.
Ikrnld.
Always keep the love letters you'"
husband wrote you before marriage in
a well-locked iron box in the darkest
corner of the attic. Nothing puts S
man in such a temper as to stumble
across his former effusions and read a
few pages of them. Some men under
such circumstances have been known
to kick themselves down stairs and be
seriously injured. Kxchangc.
"We need right here in the South,''
says the New Orleans Picnittne, "more
than anything else, skilled labor. We
want, more ami more, trained archi
tects, engineers and machinists. Tech
nical education should be constantly
applauded and assisted, and our young
men should be taught that 'the learned
professions' are not the only avenues
to distinction and wealth."
Velvet has gone entirely out of
fashion for parlor furniture, and rm is
seldom seen. Plush is tho most fashion
able material, olive greens, peacock
blues and crimsons are most frequently
seen in this material. Cherry aud
ebony are the most popular woods at
present used, although mahogany is
not infrequently seen. The most fash
ionable suits of parlor furniture have no
two chairs or pieces alike. N. Y. Post.
The "heathen Chinee" may be a
poor, deluded son of an effete civiliza
tion, but he is too "fly" to allow trusted
cashiers to get away with the "boodle."
Go Slo runs a lioston "washee" house.
Sun Gun, Hop Yu, Chit Gum, One
Lung, Ah There and Stay There wrestle
with the wash tub. One Lung was
footing up the crow tracks on the day
book the other night to see if it tallied
vith the cash, and when asked if he
was the regular cashier replied: "O, no;
mo keepeo to-day, next boy to-mol!ow.
Kvly day auothel boy, one boy all time
too in uehee cheat. AH same Molicau
man." ISonton Globe.
Tho Medical Jlccord makes the
startling statement that looking-glasses
are responsible for mercurial poisoning.
In two cases given, of a man and his
wife, the cause of the trouble was in a
looking glass hanging in the bedroom,
the wooden back of which was dotted
with thousands of miiiule globules of
mercury. The apartment was heated
during the night. In another instance
the source of tUe poisoning was a mir
ror, forty years old, whose back had be
come weak and from whose face (ho
quicksilver freshness was fading. The
aged culprits having been summarily
removed, their victims speedily recovered.
Our Precocity.
We live at high pressure now com
pared with the life of a generation or
two ago, and require a dill'erent food
mental and material. One very" no
ticeable effect of this high pressure is
what our fathers would have called
"precocity." Young people ripen now
very much earlier than they did. 'They
ripen earlier, and, what is" more, they
retain their vigor later. A man of sixty
now-a-days is generally active and
alert. He often plays lawn tennis and
cricket, and entirely refuses to be rele
gated to fogydoui. We begin life ear
lier, and in spite of this increased tax
upon strength tUe slat lire of t he race in
creases. A woman who was considered
lo be exceptionally tall ill the last gen
eral ion is now out-topped half a dozen
times in the course of a morning's
walk in town, and there are few plcas
a'lter or more stril.jug sights than to
stand in Waterloo sfaiion on a summer
afluiiioou aud watch the streams of
stin-biirned, si might limln d, athletic
young men coming from tln ir city olli
ces to tho river nsjd cricket Holds. " Fol
low them down to their homes in tho
beautiful environs of Loudon: southern
getting I heir outriggers to practice for
a race, and training for which means
severe labor and rigid ab-linence for
weeks; see them get on to their tricycle
for a run of twenty or thirty miles after
the labors of tho day; go to the tennis
ground, and sec young men and young
women amusing themselves with a pas
time that tries both mind and muscle,
and the charge of "soilness" of livin;'
joins to tale, a dillcicut m-pool. Aw
& fen" liintU.