The West vol. xvi. KING WOOD Virginia Argus w. VA.. THURSDAY. JANUARY20, 1887. NO. II. l/LUVERIUS HANGED. OOVERJfOR HKFUSKD TO IN TEKFIvRE. A l>ay of excitement in Richmond— History ol the Young At torney’* Crime. rh« executon of Cluv.-rins took place ai lUcbmon I, ^ a., Friday. Ha had Itcen wn sentenced to hang Dae. 10, lijstj but was re •pita.1 until January 14 h. He died protest ,nI h*x innocenc*. A.t 1- uS J p. m, Mr. Bjverly Crump returned to the Jail from hia last visit to th > (iovernoi •nd announce uionts for preparation, after which he was f akan to the scaffold, where he vehemently protested that ho was innocent of the crime. The drop fell at 12;j) p in., and twenty min utes later the body was taken down. ^ *• ••tiiuate.i that tea thousand persons ■"ere aroun 1 the J nl at the tiinj of the exo cataoo. DISCOVERY or THE CHIME. On the morutuj of March 14, 1885, L. Kw-, keeper of the old city reservoir in the west part of the orty, in mskiug his usual rounds of faspeetbon, discovered the body of a woman in the res jrvoir. H > at onre notified • he Coroner, who had the ho ly taken from •he water. It prove 1 to be that of a good lotting woman of about 81 year*. The Cor oner. after viewin’ the remains, prououuced it a case of suicide and had the body removed to the morgue at the city almshouse for identification. Mr. Peter J. Burton, a reporter of the Rlchtnonl Di^KifcA, subse quently went to the reservoir and then to the •morgue, and bis investigation re suite 1 in the formulation of a munler theory on a chain of *c rcumstantial evidenci which convinced many minda. A further ex imination of the body disclosed the fact that tho unfortunate woman nr-- r.. _ i_■ . During two days many people saw the tn^y> it was finally reeogn zel by two youQp^ ladies, the Misses Dunstan, as a friend ,,f theirs. Miss Fannie Lillian Msdism, of K'.ng and Queen county, bul who bod for •ome time post been teaching school in Bath county. The Coroner’s iuqu->st resulted m a verdict of probable murder. Detectives and iice were set to work and in a short time *>rought to light circumstances that added strength to the murder theory. A woman who had registered at the American Hotel on March IS under the name of Miss F. -L. Mer ton was missing from the hotol, and her dis appearance and the finding of the body about the same time furnished the fatal clue, hut for which the murder might never have t-eso known. While the ao.ctllod "Miss Mor ton" was at the hotel she wrote and received several notes, but one directed by her* was never delivered, and after her departure from the hotel it was torn to pieces by the ;lerk and cast into the waste basket. The •craps of this note and the envelope were subsequently brought to light and when pasted together it rorved as one of the principal links in the chain which convicted !fce murderer, it being addressed to "T. J. -Auverius.” Further inquiry developed the act that the man was a young lawyer of King and Q teen county, and a c >usin of the lecease l. The discovery of this note led to the arrest of uluveriu*, who was known to have been in R o'iraon 1 on Mirch 13. He was found at the residence of his aunt, Mrs. Tunstall, in King and Q ieen county, and brought to this city. Ho waived a prellml mary elimination and wn sent to the Grand Jury of the Hustings Court. Ciuverius was indicted in April for mur der, and his trial began at the May term of the court and continuod for 2-t days. Ow.ng to the difficulty of obtaining competent Jurors in Richmond, it was found necessary to draw talesmon from Alexandria, and a Jury was finally impanelled with seven cltlsons of Richmond and five of Alexandria composing it. The prisoner ple.vie 1 not gu ity and the trial proceeded, N*m* .1 eg • tpte 1 at^evary posjl t»le point n fhe evidence, ••nd naked for a new' trial, which was raruisd, and Ciuverius wae rentenood to be hanged on November 30, 1WVJ. An appeal was then token to the Supreme court of the rftate, which, however, availel the prisoner nothing except that it stayed the execution fur or*r a yeir, as the court with bu‘, one di*s«nling voice affirmed tne Judgment of the lower court: A II Ml NO l\ KAltNKST, A nor r in Anri Belgium Patting Tliolt Ferre** On n Footing for Hcrvler. Th»* Belgian O .vemment have put a large number of additional mm on the fortiflca. tlom of Antwerp, In anticipation of a m Iden outbreak of war between France and Ger roany. The Andrian Government on tin itea to hasten ita preparation* for war. In atructfon* hare lieen Issued instructing the Hrd Cmas Society to ralsj the staff of the hosplta a under Ita management to their fob strength, anlto quvlrupl > the number of t»la In those institutions. Ltrg« contracts have been made for pro visions deliverable to the War Department In March. The railway officials which were recently summoned to Vienna to consult with the Government respecting the tranaporta tlon of troojw in the event of a mobilization °f th* •r"’7 have Jnat. reported that the prep aratlcune then deckled upon have been com pleter), A rumor Is current at Me s that all Impe rial Governramt off! ■ ala there have Iwen privately informer! they will have to sen I their wives to Germany within three days after the issuance of a decree ordering the raobtllx itinn of the army. Heverel O wmans In Knglan 1 have received telegrams from the German Consulate In L union, requesting them tobi prepare! to return to Gwisany at 34 hours notice and report for duty at tup'flirt military headquarters GENERAL NEWS CONDENSED. The trades union* of New York hare decided to mpport the Rev. Dr. McGIynu In hit trouble with Archbishop Corrigan. A tenant named Keane, living in the county of Kerry. »at tkei ud severely wounded Runday n'ght for having paid hi* rent. Surveyor General James A. Diwton, of Colorado, died Sunday night form the effects of a stroke of paralysis received on Thaukc giving day. Senator Stanford has purchased the Gregan ranch, near Hollister, CaL, for the accouituo* | nation of his stock, which be removed from Palo Alto. In the U.-eek elections all the memliers of l the MtnUtery were returned. The Govern i inent will hav<» a rusjori y of two-thirds in the new Chamber. At Troy, N. Y., on Runday Wtn. Collins stablied Dennis KenueJy, probiby fatally : The two were rivals for the favor of a pretty 1 girl named Tillie Perron. Heavy snow rtorms prevail over the western portion of Scotland. In »>me the storms are so violent that outdoor lab jr lias had to lie *us|>eiid <1. The IXmiuioj Parliament has been dis | 90 vhJ ani* n«w elections ordered. The nora | inations will take plica on the O h of Feb ruary and the polling on th i 22 1. In a tit of j »ak uck own j P*. Paul then fl si and is atill at large, The Supreme Court of tha United States has confirm*! the decision of the lower court ! in the caw of John Hayes vs. the Htate cf Missouri. Hays was O nvicted of murder at | Ht. Louis aud scalene*! to be hanged. He | will now hang. The issue of standard silver dollars from the m.nts during the werk ending January 15 amounted to 1364,130; corresp mdlog week | in 1886, 195,493 dollars. The shipments of fractional co o from J iuu iry 3 to January j 15 araou ited to 113,373, i nree person* were suit > -ate 1 by gas in a Troy, N Y., tenement house on (Sunday uiRtit Their names were Mrs. Carolina Ban net, aged 73; her daughter, Mrs. William Giiflllan, and Charlei Pratt, Thts of Labor. No. 3 embraces the miner* in the bitumin ous regions of Sullivan, Bradford, Tioga, Ly coming, Clinton, Cambria, Elk, Mt-K«an. Mercer and Butler counties, of Pennsylvania snd all the low grade divisions of Pennsyl vania. No. 4, not yet organ!/*1, will inclule the coke miner* of Connelisvills, Hcottdale and other coke regions of Pennsylvania. No. 5 embraces the minors of bituminous •oal along tha Monongahola, Youghiogbeny, Knaawha and Ohio rivers a* far down as the mruth of the Kanawha. No. 0, embrace* the miners of bituminous coal in the whole of Ohio and a'l that portion of Western Pennsylvania shipping coal westward by Mr. Halley, who it to he the Mauler Work tn in of th«* organization, rays by way 0f fX. plainntion: '‘Thin i* pimply n gathering t< „ gather for the flrzt time under one head for better government of all the minora and mine lntK>r«*rs of the country who belong to *he Knight* of I/iltor for mutual protection »nd t<«n»'ir. It is the intention of the found er* and the ofTl of all the *ub dividon* to aholiaii atrlkea by having a pt rfe>-t organ iz .« Mon. The m n twing under thorough disc - pilne, wh*n grievance* arise we own present them to the employer* in the region produc ing that kind of coal and have them adjusted readily. All Oomp'alnta, grievance an^ d;fT<*reiice« must he submitted to arbitrate and not ended by tnr< « aa heretofore. 1 Vt ex(irct that thi* organization will aupemde all the present nnw." He Was Not. n Wind Render. Hngley— "I any. that dozen of egg* you aold me were all a|.oiled.n Cold< bee o (the grocer;—‘ Well, what of itf” “A gre't deal of it. How do you suppoe I can eat. nurh eggs?” "Mow did I know you wsntedto rat th*ra? How did I know you wasn’t go ing to a I cUirr?”—Call. The Church of England Temp«r*ncf Pociety hna a membership of ?58,150, an lucroato of 75,000 over last year. A SHIP BLOWN UP. A POWDER VRS8KL DRIFTS ASHORE. A Hotel IIiT ah >ra. The observer watch d until s’avilioii windows were smashed and the wreckage strewn all about. Two of the life saving crew, Henry Hmttli «ni John Wilton ware fatally Injured be sides being ladly cut and bruise 1 all ovjr the body. The force of the explosion was evidently upward and so tho» men luckily escaped bdng blown to Atoms. The signal station was blown to atoms. The CldT House was riddled by flying miaailo*. Every occupant was thrown from bis bed to the floor and stunned, an i all thought tbb building was being precipitated Into tb» sea J he stables, ‘J00 feet long, adjacent, were ut terly demolished. The cause of the ahan douineut of the vessel is as much a mystery as the origin of the explosion, it is reported they have landed in Mariu oountv. A PRETTY FIGHT. Packer Armour Throws Down the Guam let to the Ilrick layers’ Union. The statement is made that Mr. I’. I). Ar mour, after vanquishing the Knighte of La bor in their battle over the eight hour day, has brown down the guantlei to tho Briek layers’ Union, and an interesting struggle is now going 01 in c>nsequ*nce. The trouble arose over Mr. Armour's action in regard to the bricklayers on so ne of his stock yards work. After engaging Cnri* Garry, a mem l»er of the Uni mi,as his foreman by the year, Mr. Armour insisted on th> men working ten hour*. Garry o- d -avored to enforce the order, wh»n thi rest of tho bricklayers struck. Garry’s case cams before the Union at one» and be wa< fl le i #703, which he has refused to pay, at tho nami refusing to ap pear and defend himself. The bricklayers were then call** I ofT a’l tho buildings in whose construction Mr. Armour w as inUrested. except, the Armour Mission, which the Union exrepte) on account of its character. Hitlcj then a nuslwr of brick layers—just how many is In question—have leen linjK)rted from tho country and put to work at ten h-ifs. These men aro kept se cluded, and all efforts of tho Union to reach them to call them off the j ih< have proven fruitless. Th« wn'king delegate who made the final attempt was r.-rested and taken tc the Town Hall, but was immediately re'.easod, as no charge would bold agnin*t him for merely being In the budding. As the Union has withdrawn from the Trades Assembly no help can be gained from that source, and th< Union finds itself powerless thus far. I'our Tramp* Crfrnntrd. VVh mi the sp^c n I fr**igli‘, train on the ( ’has* Ohio and H>u*hwe*tern Railway pulled info Paducah, Ky., • box oar loaded with ootton was disc .voro l on fire. The trn nmen si In-tracked tiie oar nod trial In vein, with the aid of the iVidnoih fire de* pirtmrnf, to put the film?* out. I lie cars were rapidly consumed, and in the ruins ware found the charred remains of four trntniis, wh » had evidently secreted (hem elves amongd the cotton hales while the oar was fn the yard* at Memphis. After being tramferre I to the Cbeeapeak-.Obo and fdouth western, the car w/»i locked an I sealed, ltis siippicvt the cotton Ignited from the tramp-.'p p is. Tney were evidently suffo cate-l. and their bod lea were so ha fly burned that It was imp-nsiM* to tell whether they ; were whites or blacks. I’niaoned. The body of the late Oliver Sleeper, who to supposed to have been om of th« victims ; of Mrs. Robinson, the alleged Somerville, I Maw., prisoner was exhumed at Mount Au* burn and the internal organs given to medical experts f.»r examination. This Is the aeventh Irody that has been disinterred for the same purpose, and in the others x cases large quan tities of arsenic have been found. If arsenic m found In Mr. Hleeper’f body, the Investiga tion will continue, and other bodies will tie exhumed. It Is alleged that Mrs. Robinson prisoned Sleeper in order to obtain r~irinmi ion of some of bis property, and It Is sta'e I that at the coming trial of the woman some new and astounding revelations are ex pected. FORTYMSTTH CONOR!*** Jan. 11—In th* 8en«t*, on motion of Mr. Wllroa, the Houw amendment to ths Senate >111 for holdlug Urmi of Unitol St*tee O >urt» n Bay City, Mich., substituting Rut Ragt mw for Bty City wa« nnu-ooncurrsd in and » conference asked. Mr. llrown, from the Committee on the l)»atriet of Columhi*. reports 1 back, f t vom >!y. the House lull to incorporate Trustees >f the Young Women's Chiristia > Horae of Wuhlnitton, 1). 0. 1'aleudar. Mr. 1 galli introduced a bill grantiug' ar. vars in certain cases to those pensions I by ipeclal note. Mr. full >m male a motion to prooaad with the consideration of the conference r« ,H>rt on tho Inter-Sinte Commerce bill. This was agreed by a vote of 37 to 13. Those vot ing in the negative were Messrs, Blair, Cam* •ron. Chaos, Frye, Hawley, Hoar, Morrill, lawyer, Sewell, Sherman, Cheney and Spooner. A conference rep>rt auhmitted by Mr. Sewell reo >mm «n ling that the Senate adopt he prop wition of the H >u«e to lucre'se the tnnual appropriation for militia from *3)0, K)0 to f4 U.lXk), instead of insisting upon the proposition of the Senate which fixed tho unount at 6M,f) 10. The report was agreed to« Some nniinp irtaut routine budnoss wsi then .ransaot'vl, after which Mr. Hoar preoeded io oppose the adoption of the conferetun re. port of th"* Intcr-Htate Commerce bill. | A*. 2:3) p m , Mi. Hoar having concluded a'.s ip «eoh. So inter Sherman took thi> fl nr n opposition to the Inter-Stato Commerce bill. After the debate, the presiding officer hav ing stated the question to tie on agreeing to tho conference report, Mr. Frye moved to recommit the r.qiort, with instructions to the Senate conferees t > insist on striking out soo» tion 4 and subatttutiag se<■! mti 4 of the Sen a’s bill; also on striking ml section 5 an l luos'iiuiing ror it section or the Senate bill,which i« the clause authorising the Cum nuaalonen to Investigate ih* subject of pool, ing, mi I report ataoiue future day. Mr, C'ulloin sai-1 he ahoulil regard the vote on the motion to recommit a- n test vote on the question. The vote wet taken on the motion to recommit and the motion waa re jected—yeaa 32, naya 30. The vote waa taken nuu conference re> I*ort agree 1 to—yeaa 43. naya 1ft. The Senate thou at 11:40 adjourned till Mourel jn commerce of the United ' mate-lad year was tl.494.<«1H,<#j, or ##».. W7,Iim more than in the previous yi-ar. Of the whole amount, thnt through the port of New York was tKti.'iAi.illt. Ftavens, who has been around the world on a bicycle, has arrived in Spa FfWlcisro. FARMING INTERESTS. 1HSVK OK LAST VKAIl'g ('IU)IS OF CX>HX, VV II !■: AT AM) OATS. Doings of Tl»c Fur morn National Conj{r»'tw in Washington. The National Department of Agriculture estimates of the area, product, and value of corn, wheat ami cats for permanent record are i'oiuj 1 *ted. Thu oillcirtl work «»f the year has hceu thoroughly reviewed* with tho aicr cent., while the average price has increased twelve i>er cent, or from ifc.*.* cents to cents per inishoL The aggro-ate product of wheat Is 4**7, 000,00) bushels from an area of nearly dJ, 001,000 acrej, having a farm value of ♦ill i,00>,000. The average value is 0s.7 cents l>er bushel, against 77.1 for tho previous crop and 01,.» cents for the great crop of 1SS4 Tills Is •*'* per cent, reduction from the average value between 1070 and 1SX0. The yield or 4he spring wheat centres is 1 letter than was e*|ie ted early in the season and on the Pacillc Coast much worse. Tin* general av erage for winter an l spring wheat is i on ly 1 2. I bushels | or aero. The product of oats is 021,00),000 bushels, \° less than last y< ar, from an area of over tit,0 Kt OIX) acres, producing a value of ♦ I Hfl,000,000. The average yield is 20 * bush els, against 27.0 last year. Thenvoiage value is 2'de cents |M-r bushel, last year 2S..'> cents |H»r bushel. The I'jirmrt*' ('iingrrH In tlio I'urmiMi' National Congri'M, hi. Lewis, of Virginia; Sprinser liai bnngh. of Minnesota, and \V. L. Parkinson, of Kan-as. L. \V. Corbin, chairman, of Virginia; J. C. Walsh, of Maryland. J. O. Saxton, of Pentisylvaiiia: J. 'V. Miles, of Iowa, and I). M Kussoll, of Mississippi, were appointed to confer mill tho Senate and House* Committee on Agri I culture airl tlio State Department Among the resolutions rejiortol oy tho Cominitteo ou Kesolutions ami jms-od was thu fol lowing : "That tho clause in tho char ters of tho National hanks which foibiils their loaning money on real estate works a groat hi jury to tho farniors of tho Unit'd States fiy denying them haakiug priv ileges and thus < uusiox them to I «ty a h'ghor rate of Interest than other class of citizens, and that we, tho far mers of the United Htates in congress nssoin hl* d, do most respectfully. but urgently, ask the Congress of too United Suits* to re|ieal the same.’’ The members of the Congress calks! iu a body ii|ion the President. The Con gross finally adjourned to meet In Chi cago on tho Tuesday liefore tin* meeting of the Fat Stock Show iu November, >lltrt hOb UVH IIOMK. Culuinct I’laoo vr('urcd to Her l'rc« 1’roni nil KnciiinhranocH. The eit z ms of Chicago having cmlrdMited fid,000 to n fund for the imjrnnnt of eneuin l-raneei now renting on the boms of Mrs. | I*'Kin, Col. M, M. Darker nailed on h ;t ami ohtamlng from h"r a check on Higgs Ac Ci. paid o(T Cio tiotoi. Liter in the day bn prmsntad to Mrs. Logan the canceled notes, ami she now owns tho houso known ns Cal umet I’J ace, on Columbia Heights, free from all encumbrances. Mrs. Logan’s gratitude was * xpresse 1 ir» a letter b> William Penn N x n, of Chicago, thanking him for h!s »fT >r s nnd those who hail contributed s > generously to her future com .ort. 1 ho children nnd h sirs of (1 >n Logan, JH«on. John A. Logan, Jr,, nnd his dnugh tor. Mm, 'lucker, with her hiuhind, Msj. ruz''c«r, united in a deed convoying all their right and Interest ns heirs in the house to Mrs. lyogan, s > that the house is her property solely. AsfJoi Ligandlel intestate, this on the part of the heirs was of course entire ly voluntary. It is expect el the rnoveniinl for a monu ment to Ojn. Ligan will originats either with the (fr.md Army Fust* or the Army of the Ten no wee. The latter holy meets In D trolt In D-cemiier n-xt, and It is probable th if the movement will take definite sha|* then. The Weekly Crop deport. The geriersl tenor of the r sports from the winter-- wheat rttn os Continues to In fsvorahle for the seeded grain. Fourteen Ohio counties making returns this wrek all make favorable report*. The Holds are well protect* I wi'h snow and the plant looks very healthy Hlraliar reports are made from thirteen Indiana counties, with one exoaption—Pik — which reports a numlmr of fl -Ids showing se vere injury from freezing. Fight Michigan counties make a uniformly favorable snowing. import* were received thl* week from f wmi ty-*« vcn ]| fnni* axiatlii, tmbnws *nK one-third of tho*e growing winter wheat All liftt. At* of thme report the w.nter-vi h -nt out-look an favorable. Rp>rt* from Cl»y, franklin, I.iwronce and Wavne c’untie* •how that- the wheat but Iwrn fr( *-n end tha' the fl *ld* are covered with frow i *lee‘. ]n flffaan Kiniai counties the prospects for growing grain la considered fair to v *y\ while Harjiar, Lyon And Pawnee o .notiea re port the grain a* looking bidty. Nme Wis consin COun tie* report the wheat mi .look a. generally favorable. H ,g cholera i» prevail Ing with considerable rlol.mct in Mia* url. Indiana and Ohio. In J >hnaon county, I *wa, the boga are dying < fT in v^ry lerg» number* Iiilcrcatcii In flic Job. A burglar, who wm doing a neat job on a large wale, wa* horrifird on looking up to ace a roan standing nuietly be*ide him. lie wua about to retire, when tho \ gentleman raid : "(to ahead. 1 am lntere»ted in that job ” "Why?'’ asked the astonished burglar, "Berauae I hare f .rgotten the combi aation, and no bring peraon knew It but myself. If you enn get that safe open. I’ll make it worth your while."—Hurling 'on Frto Pre*t. At Middletown, Ohio, a policeman took out hie revolver to show a neighl>or how he would treat tramp* If they mol sted him. In returning the weapon to hit rsy-ket it we* ac cidentally diacharg-d and hia eis-vcarold eon was instantly kill# I. A Timirti. twelve mile* long I* t > b* run In Nevada County, Cal , for the punmee of draining certain mine* in that section A company with $1,000,000 < apiial h** tw I formed to do the work. ItHVIKW OF I'llADK. Itcport* front (Vntcr* Inil Irate an l imsuitl Volume of IIiisIiu'm. The peculiar scarcity of freah an>l exciting ♦▼•nlldurlmlS* put week la not a had •ign. IVodu 'lion and distribution have gone on ao qa o'Jjr that Mm mormoui magnituik of tr inaactlona fa not by all apiireciato I, nor l« attention As *d by ittrllliii; |i'!ianfni for bettor or for w.irae But vTldtaw abiundi of the unusual relume of butinm*; I l>ai»k ta*h«nget throughout that country and traftl.' returns bear taatlniny a* | to d atribution, while agricultural and man* iifactur.ug statistics ah >w that pro I notion baa hardly ever bwni gre iter. Weatbotid 1 rail shipment* In l>c vinb'f ware novel tqualle l except In lnM. Tili tlnal crop ra* port of tho Agricultural Bureau, allowing a yield last year of 457.OUI.OJO buthala of wbcit, l.ikl >,0 > i OishoU of c iru an 1 OJl.OOJ, tKKJ huih-V.a of oiti , states th it tho far nora, while getting in re for their corn and oata Ilian In 1 885, averag'd nn’y ft'tfo for wheat agaiuat 77 Ic in 18B3, but tbo low prioe mi •hi < to tbo enormous ailrplut Cilia si by rpec* ulatlvc control of markets, Iron production, by many deem"! tha beet liaroni>ter, waa 1UU.S5I tons weekly January 1 against l‘4l,'J0l Pjceinlicr I, having In* cren*el 31.fl per cent, during the year. In ipite of an output cxv'ee Hug 8.1)78,000 tona lu ax months, prices uivo rissen until (‘Jl It drm in le I for No. I anthracite, fUJ la qu He l for steel rails «i nulla, and Western nail* niakcra on Welnesday ralstd Ikelr prlc* from g'J 4 • to 'J tkl. M 'anwhile (hrinan pro* dilution of Iron was lea* in October, 1885, than In an I for lea unmtli* of the year 1->M par cent, leai Coke production la In* creasing; 1,000 new ovens are to lie aculatorA. Hinio N»w Y >ar’ii foreigner* ars selling, in tbo belief tli it prions will go Insvor, and InstTuvday Chicago helped to hraak down the prieenceut. Hot suits/ /j'lent reonvery prompts suspicion that largo «]«'oulators are buying, mil tho markets nro now in s|teculutive Imn In. Corn an deprc/Hod, and British prints of American :U» >f are lower. CofTne II >at* upward «a lly at present, having gained % cent for the week; hut the spent latora have work ahead when supplies come forward largely. H lver advanoad nearly X d in London. The dry goo la market is steady as to prices, and fairly active for the Reason though a waiting policy prevails ns to wool’ BUM. Money Is abundant and cheap, heavy dis bn.-iteinouts of corporate and firm proflta be ing slowly ab*orbe I by investments. For eign exchange haa rlstn rapidly toward the |ioint at which gold may be exported, bank ers l/ogln to remark that part of tho amount recently imported could well he (pared. Foreign sales of securities here appear to have balanced aocounta for the moment, hut tho scale does not yet turn n far that geld g/tes out. Exports continue large, though of wheat smaller of late in December. Tho value of breadstuff* export ed was thirteen million dollars against ten million dollars in 18s5, and for six months seventy-eight million, two hundred thousand dollars against fifty-two million, nine hund red thnuaind dollars in 18X5. Tho Treasury took in nearly two millions gold, iiaif a million silver and as much of le gal tenders during the past week. But the receipts of silver at the custom houses have risen above 20 per cent of all receipts. OKNKKAIi MAIIKKT8, PlTTHBUKOn. FLOUR—Fancy family t'holce red winter W HEAT—A No. I Rod No. 2 Red CQRN—Mixed, Hhelled Yellow—Knr RYK-No. 2 OATH — White 8EKI)S—Clover seed, Timothy seed HAY—No. 1, Timothy bale I f'rairie timothy from wagons MILLFKKD- Bran Heconds M iddlirigs Chop Fee I BUTT E R—("reaniery Choice roll CURKHK -Fine Ohio Factory New York Orphan BOOS vor atoeh POULTRY— Ltve Chicken* APPLEH HAI.TI WORK. FI/OUR Huperflne WHEAT—No, 2 red RYE CORN OATH—Western mixed BUTTER -Htate EOOH 4 2*> t o 4 ftO 4 00 4 2*. HO 90 87 88 4,°. 44 40 47 62 o:i 8tl 4 75 5 00 2 Ift 2 21 14 Numb*r on eale, 41 i agalnat SW this day week; Alex. Oreenwaid, who ha/1 all on tale, reported a fairly active market, and that he retailed at an average of f6. Ontral Live Slock Vania. OATTl.lt. Market dil'l; aupply large, about 100 nan; prin * on all gradaa 1ft to 9ft’ per 100 llw. low, er with quite a number left over nnaoM. Offer erinza nonalderaMy larger than expert# i an I buyer* had the advantage, and It l« nrarceiy nenewary to wiy that they made the beat p<*, *1 bla u*e of ft. aiiRKP a tin UMM, While the aupply w«* not exneaaire the market waa alow amt price# % t> y., lower, alih'-ugh the pen* we-e pretty well eieerel nt J Hheep aold at 4 to 5 and lamia at noon. Market ateady and fairly active; PhUadeb phi# b«f» 4 OT to ft. Yorker* 4 TO to 4 8ft MR. AND MRS. BOWSER. MRS BDWflKR S ACCOUNT OP SOM V FAMILY DISCUSSIONS >lr II. Nuddcnly Develop** n Poml< iu*ii for Til lea—Where In '/. un/t l»«*r?— What Wn* I.oinrtVIloW' Mr. llowwr is a great man to “break on! in spot*." Tho other evening, nfler be buil lighten! a cigar and got liin feet braced on the mantel ho suddenly ob served : “ Mm. Hawser, has it never occurred to von to call me Judge?” ‘•Never!” 1 promptly replied, for ho bad complained of the biscuit at supper. “ Nor (’oloucl I” “ No!” While I could probably have gone to the Supreme bench, or been coimnis aione I Colonel,” ho softly continued, “l did not care for |he honor, I am not one, Mrs Dowser, (o clutch at titles in order to lift myself up, but I didn't know but it might please you to bo known n>* Mrs. .lodge Dowser.” “ I don’t want the title.” “Very well, Mrs. Dowser. If you have no care for social distinction i’m sure I haven't. If your ambition is to plunk yourself in the house with that wall oyod baby and pay no attention to the demands o<‘ society I might as woll join another lodge.” I felt a bit conscience slrickcn over the wnv I had acted, and after nwhile 1 wont oat and told tho cook to c ill him Judge when she canto in with the last sruttle of coal. When she canto shn managed to hump him to give her nn cxcuso for saymg: “Excuse me, Con stable excuse me 1” There was a solemn silence for fivo minutes alter she left the loom. Then Mr. Dowser observed : “Perhaps, on trio whole. Mrs. Dowser, it would be iiH well not to attempt to cull mo by nny titlo. Hired help is so stu pid, you know?’’ tbi ii bite occasion, ns our fireside wm n scene of pence and happiness, Mr/ bowser softly remarked: “Mrs. Dowser, whenever it comes handy you’d better throw out bints to your la ly friends that you were educated abroad.” *'\V hyf” “Well, It will increase their respect for you.” “Hut I wan educated in the little red school house at l’erryville, you know, and have never been out of the State.” “Don't talk so loud, as Jnne may be listening! I told a friend only tho other day (hat I was educated abroad, and had boon through all the art galler ies of Kurono.” “What place did you say you studiod uti" “Zanzibar.” “Why, my dear, that’s in Africa:” “It ih! Now thut shows what you know! Zanzibaris in Germany. Mrs. bowser, I don't want to crow over you ’* on the subject of education, but when you display Buch lamentable ignorance of geography I have to foe) glad that iny school days were not wasted.” “I say it’s in Africa!” “Mrs. Bowser!” “And I’ll prove it by the atlas 1” “If you do I’ll give you $50 in cash !’f I got out the atlas, und there, over on the east const of the Dnrk Continent wns Zanzibar, as every school child knows. “I ll tukc thut fifty,” I quietly re marked. “No, vou won’t! Home fool of a map maker has gone and got drunk and mixed things up, and I'm not going to nay for it. When I know that Zanzibar is in Germany I know It just as well ns tho atlas or anybody else.” “Did this friend of yours a k you what o'd muster you preferred?” “Yes, ma'am, and I was posted there, too. You may think I go sloshing around with both eyes shut and my tongue hanging out. Mrs. Bowser, hut * that s where you are dead lame. I told him I ongfoller.” “Mr. bowser!” “What now! You don’t s’pose I said Ham batch or buffalo bill, do you?” “but Longfellow was not a painter at all, he was a poet.” lie drew In his breath until his face was as red a* a beet, and ho jumped up snd down and flourshod his arms like a wind-mill, ami finally got voice to roar out. “I’ll bet you nino hundred thousand million quadrillion dollars to that old back comb in your hair! Mrs. Bowser, such assumption and nssurnneo on your part is unbearable!” “Jano may hear you.” “Jane be hanged, and you, too ! Mrs. Bowser, I demand an apology for this insuit!” “Wnit till I prove that 1/ongfellow was not an artist, but a poet.” “I'll give you a million dollars if you do it.” i gnr oown mo volume or norms l>y Longfellow whicli Mr Bowser nud given me Ihe year before, and then I went to the encyclopedia nnd made a tight caso on him He was at first inclined to (five in, but directly he struck the table such a blow that baby screamed out, ami then shouted: “I s« e how it ist You are looking for Longfellow all the time, nnd I distinctly stated that it was Long/Vf/Vr.' If the printers have got drunk and left the mime out am I to blamcf ’ '•Mr. Dowser, I believe T will say T was educated abroad I believe I will do it to please you.” ‘•On! you will! Well, you needn’t do anything of the kind! Folks would all know by your freckles that you sat in the sun in some country school foundry I Mrs, Bowser, you’ve broken up tho poaro of this fireside by yo-ir malicious conduct, and you needn't set up for mo to Dight' I may not rome home before to morrow !’ —Detroit Free Pre$t. A Race of Dwarfs. Tho eiplorer, Ludwig Wolff, has re cently returned from the Congo and was interviewed by your rorresponpent. He reports having mot in the Sankowron region many tritiei of dwarfs generally m< Muring loss than four feet, beardless, with short and woolly hair. They live by hunting, are wonderfully agile, go> d tempered, ind many thousands are d spersed over the wild region. They are known tinder the name of I'atona*. They ml* very little w th the full grown population. Ihis, says Wolff, co firms the ancient conjecture-* of Herodotus and Aristotle m to th<- existence of a rare of pigmies in Afrioi These Afri can I.iliputian* received me very hospita bly, saia Mr Wolff. —y