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HOPE Ifei.- Ifp- mm- -is?- W. W. WABNEB, Publisher. poberlptloa, per yew.. *ix months S2 00 100 HOPE, NORTH DAKOTA. PITH OF THE NEWS. WaanlDgcoii 5ews Notes. ItisuBdaratood that Secretary Lincoln baa prepared a review of the facta in regard tb the failure of the Greeley relief expedi tton, in which he criticises somewhat severe 1 the inatractions of Gen. Hazen. Gen, Hacea has also prepared a review of the ifcots, in which Lieut. Garlington is blamed severely OPoitoffices discontinued: Wisconsin— Northvi lie, Marathon county. Special ser vice discontinued: Dakota—Cortland to Bosooe. Railroad and Elver News. A new office, that of coisnltirg freight S®*' agent Is to be created by the Obicago, Mil wautee&St. Paul Railway company, and O. E. Britt, a well known wealthy-Milwaukee grain commission merchant will be ap pointed to fill it. Mr. Britt was formerly connected with the St. Paul management, .. and hia familiarity with th"fe freight bnsi Stew ste combined with liis well known bu«i iS neBB sagacity and his great pezsonal popn laxity has caused this move by the company. &••<! Land Commissioner Lamborn, of the Northern Pacifio, recently received official information from the national capital that United States Fish Commissioner Baird would leave in a special car within a day or two for a trip over the Northern Pacific. He will take with him 20,000 young Ger man carp for distributing along the road. Those wishing to obtain any of these fish can do so by writing to the land department of the Northern Pacific. Wauaau, 'Wis., is to have another rail road. At a mass meeting, held recently it was practically decided to grant the Chi cago & Northwestern road the right-of-way through the county and depot grounds. Theproposed extension is from Neillsville to Wausau, about seventy-five miles, and through a fine pieoe of country. The sur vey will be made this winter. The annual report of the Chicago fc Iowa show sits capital stock to be $1,428,000 bonded debt,$2,150,000 floating debt,$255, #41 total liabilities $3,833*246. The length ofthe road is 104 miles. Its gross earnings foa the past year were $635,049 and opera ting expenses and taxes, $392,701. N. C. Thrall, private secretary to the late general manager of the Northern Pacific, will continue as secretary to Vice President Oakes during his administration as general manager. Two hundred and forty-six'car loads'was the amount of wheat shipped recently by the Manitoba road. General Mews Gossip. A gentleman who has returned to Chica go from a lour through Western Minnesota and Central Dakota, says that farmers are selling but comparatively little wheat out there as yet, owing to what they deem in justice on the part of grain operators in the matter of grading wheat. As it is at pres ent, the best hard wheat only grades No 2. All other wheat grades No 3. The, dissatis faction on the part of the farmers and the unsatislactory low prices afiect all kinds ot mercantile business adversely. Bad feelings has existed between City Marsha1. Cannon of He rme, Texas and Al bert Bishop, a promising young lawyt r. On the morning of the 8th, Cannon, pistol in hand, lollowed Bishop into a yard, where the lawyer unexpeatedly nroducedra doub le-barreled shotgun ana perforated Cannon with twenty-nine buckshot, killing him in stantly. Cannon had been marshal for four years, during which time he had killed two men. He had a state reputation 4 At a meeting of the governor and council of Massachusetts. George L. Ruffia, a col orid lawyer, was nominated for judge of the Charleston district eourt. It was voted to.ask the opinion of tbe supreme court as to'the legality of Mrs. Clara T. Leonard's membership in the State board of health, lunacy and oharity. Kellog, Sawyer & Co., lumber manufactu rers ol Kalamazoo, Mich„ made assignment, to Edward Byles of Dorr, Mich. Liabilities are in the neighborhood of $272,000, and tbe assetts $486,060 besides individual prop erty ef $30,000 to $40,009. The celebrated divorce case of John C. Carpenter versus Elizabeth Carpenter, which his been in the Kansas'supreme court since August, was decided recently in favor ot the plaintiff, the action ot the lower conrt being overruled. The vote on the proposition to abolish convict contract labor from the New York prisons, with but few districts to hear from, gives a majority of 234,976 in favor of the proposition. Game is plenty nortb of Bismarck. T. G. Causey shipped into Bismarck last wee&, two thousand pounds of mountain sheep, black and white tailed dears, and antelope, fcoin that region. Muldoon and Whistler met in a wrestling match in San FraneiBco on the 1st, and aft er a fall for each man Whistler's collar bone WfiS broken and the match declared a draw. The Connecticut senate will have sixteen republic i8 and eight democrats, tnd the assembly a republican majority of fifty seven. The oyBter orop in Long Island Sound is failure. One firm offers beds, supposed to he worth $20,000, lor $1,000. Kansas has a civil rights bill with a $1,600 fine for keeping negroes out of cars, hotels -or schools. The United States had 219 failures during the week, an increase of twe ty-four. A reward of $200 is offered for the discov ery ol Henry Eisen, of Milwaukee. Senator Morton's statue is to be unveiled at Indianapolis next month. Missouri's legislature will stand 130 Dem ocrats to 25 Republicans. The Criminal Record. In a disturbance at Wakefield, Va„ after the pools close, several (shots were ex changed, and R. W. White, a prominent democrat,was shot fatally. Cause, political discussion. It is thought tnat W. H. Morris proprietor ola hotel at Wakefield, has been killed. At the time of the disturbance, Mor ris, against whom there was some ill feel ing, attempted to leave the crowd, when he Was punned by a wob. Nothing Las since been learned oi his whereabouts, and it is supposed that after being killed the body was concealed. Mrs. Snsannah Nelson of Anderson, Ind started to Nebraskb on Sept. 6, and has not sihoe been beard from. Sue had a large torn of money with her. Marshal Qebnrn recently made known to Ler brothers thit he had found a fire insurance policy issued to MM. Nelson, in the woods near Terre Haute, where some time ago the badly mu tilated body of a woman was fonnd by a hunter. He elaims to have proof that Mrs. Nelson waa murdered. The "trial of Stephen Sprice, eharged with embedding $87,000 as exeoutor and trustee of the estate of Thomas Richardson, began ta Philadelphia on the 7th inst. The de fense applied for a mere special bill of par tiaulars. The judge said he would consider the matter as the case progressed on the jgroaecution. It is alleged^ the defendant aocount of the estate for fourteen yean. N. Goald of Stone Prairie was assassi- nated the other night. He was riding a hone when he was shot twice and found detfd. His body was found in 'the road the next day. He was a quarrelsome man, very unpopular with his neighbors many of whom hu bad threatened to kill and carried a revolver in his belt for that The person that shot him is un- own, Dr. S. H. Richmond of Pittsburg, Neb., arrested for outraging the twelve year-old daughter of Ed S. Grensel, has been placed under bonds of $2,000 lor his appearance be fore the district court. He could not fur nish bail and is now ib jiil. Stamford the American confidence opera tor, now in Montreal, is Claimed by the Britisheovernme it for forgeriesinEngland. A New York jeweler has been swindled out of $2,600 by Stamford.- Martin O'Connor was arrested in St. Paul recently, charged witb the murder of a Fairfax, Iowa, rumseller. George T. Plass, a well-known druggist of I860 Broadway," St. Louis, suicided with morphine.' The Casualties or tbe Week. William Flinn, a brafeeman on tbe Northern Pacific railroad, had his head crushed while coupling flat cars loaded with' railroad iron, at yndon on the 5th He was dangerously hurt, but able 10 be transported to the" hospital at Brainerd. His home is at Henderson. A gale on the afternoon of the 9th blew down a four-story building atBuffalo.N. Y., being constructed by Jacob Dodd. Twelve men were buried in the ruins. The killed are: Jacob Schoenthal, William Eckert, Jeseph Grodel, all carpenters. John Otto, laborer Charles Pinter, and seven others Were seriously injured. George Gastly, a brakeman on the Mani toba road, fell from a freight train at Coon Creek and was instantly killed "the wheels passing over his head, smashing tbe top of his skull completely off. A benzine explosion in St. Paul the 2nd blew-Mrs. Hendricks out of doors, with possibly fatal injuries, anil caused a $400 damage by fire, Near Newark, Ohio, an engineer Matthus and a fireman was killed by a collision. Personal News Paragraphs. Quite a colony of Minneapolis people will leave for Los Angeles, Cal., on tfee 15th inst., and among those who are making preparations for departure are Hiram Van Ness and wife, William Blaisdell and wife, A. B. Sturteyant and wile, Miss McLeod and a lady friend, D. B. Murray, James Stanchfield and wife, Charles Cjpbeis, Clement C. Chase, wife and daughter, and Horace Wilson, of Minnexpolip, Charles W. Chase, wife and children, Mrs. E. W. Chase, G. W. Hendrickson, Mr. Bates. W. Wes senger, St Paul, and Mrs. G. M. Bennett and daughter, Sauk Rapids. Several others are niaking arrangements with the commit tee ot the party for transportation. The Law Journal says that although En glish barristers, in two instances, were al lowed to conduct cases ii the United States courts, they were purely civil cases. The Law Journal adds that, with the best will toward Pryor, American counsel for O'Don nell, it is extremely doubtful whether the judge of the central criminal conrt could le gally allow him to represent the prisoner in the forthcoming trial. John S jathera, a rich Australian, met his betrothed, an English lady, on the transfer platform at Council Bluffs the other day by appointment. Each had travelled one-third around the globe to meet the oth er. They had not met before in ten years. Gen. Tolmin of Richmond, twenty-two years old and thirty-two inches high, is to iiarry the 'Gernon Rose, seventeen years old and thirty inches high: The pair weigh eighty-three pounds. David Lincoln of Chautauqua, N. Y., seventy-seven years old, offers to wager that he (Ma lilt 1,000 pounds. Sui'atoi Mahone's son was fined $15 in Petersburg for drawing a pistol .at the polls on election day. Frank A. Brown of Grand Forks was married to Miss Eva D. McMillon at Fergus Falls. Mr. Pollard, a Little Rock minister, has married Eliza Mullabev, a pretty quadroon. Foreign Sews Gossip. The temporary cast of the Jeha Brown statue which the queen has had erected on the lawn at Balmoral, in front ot The royal apartments, is the subject of genertl discus sion in artistic circles. The sculptor ad mits tha it is far better looking than John Brown ever was, but says her majesty came to the studio weekly to superintend the modeling, and insisted on one change or another until he thought he was doing the Apollo Belvidere in a kilt. The Irish bishops, with the approval of the pope, have organized an agitLtion against I tie Irish emigration scheme of the British government. The Ejglish mem bers are rapidly perfecting measures the depopulation of the congestive districts of Ireland by means of wholesale emigration to the Canadian northwest, and a conflict between the Irish church and the overn ment on this policy is not deemed inevita ble. Eighteen persons have been arrested in St. Petersburg and five in Odessa, charged with the forgpry of bank notes. Many lac tory hands were arrested tor participating in a communistic agitation. St. Petersburg Dispatch: The council ol tbe empire has sanctioned in principle the Rnsao-American scheme for the erection of grain elevators and storehouses through out the whole empire. Actoine, deputy for Alsace and Lorrane, arrested on a charge of high treason, has been rele'.sed, the papers when he was ar rested, not furnishing the required proof. The inquiry, however, proceeds. A TERRIBLE TORNADO. Five Persons Killed, Sixty Injured and Nearly 300 Buildings Blown Down In a Missouri Town. The city of Springfield, in Green county, Southern Missouri, was the afternoon of the 4th inst., visited by a destructive cy clone, which struck the city from the north west. In less than three minutes from 100 to 200 houses were blown down, five nersons killed and fifty wounded, and property to'the amount of $300,000 blown away or rendered usele's. In North Springfield the storm gathered headway and swept towards the east, first demolishing the woolen mills owned by Lord & Regan, entailing loss of $20,000. The building was of brick. For tunately the torty or more operatives es caped with their lives, but several were in jured by flying limbers and bricks. Near the woolen works the residence,of S. Bart lett and W- H. Pennell were blown down, and Mrs. Pennell's hip was broken. Mrs. Mary E. Jackson, who was in a hut, was also dangerously injured in the back. At this spot the houses of J. M. McDoling, and J. F. O'Neil were next torn down, ana Miss Sallie Edmonson, a lady in the O'Neil house, waB instantly hilled, and J. A. Wal ter, a carpenter, terribly wounded on the head. Frank Edmundson, cousin of the dead girl, had hia leg broken. The res idences of William Carlos, B.Smith, D. Whiiworth, Dr Wear, Louis Boland, F. A. Heckerand San. Core were blown down, as was the new brick Catbolio church. Near the church stood the house of A. B. Camp bell, where Mrs. Andrews Arnaquecs. who was making.a call, was instantly killed. The wind burled the building in all diieq, Hons. Several other bouses at this point were wrecked, but fortunetely no one was killed. The cyclone W88 about a hundred yards wide until it reached a point named Bridgetoa, when it seemingly spread out to three times that width, small houses ,were blown to pieces, and the following persons injured: Emma Berry, ieg broken Mra. Jane Hofimau„Wm bro ten Mrs. Atkins, hip injared. 1 Thesterm seemed to be at its height WISCONSIN CAPITOL. Hie Second Floor and South Wall ot tlie Capitol Extension at Madison Tiimble Down.—Pour Men Killed and a Score Wounded—An Arch itectural Blunder Evidently the Cause. A frightful accidcnt occurred on Thurs day afternoon, at Madison, Wisconsin when ni-arly the entire second story of the south wall of the south wing of the capitol ex tension fell with a crash, lollowed imm'edi •tly by the entire roof of the structure. The wing was 00 teet long, 80 feet wide and Su leet hiub, ot solid btone and fire proof, ill thn external woik on it had been com pleted witn the exception of a small por tion of lining upou the roof, a gang of men being employed at the time of the accident upon thid work. Tiae terific and awful crash was heard in the remotest portion of the ci and -fairly made tlie earth tremble. Thnus inds ot excited (people immediately rushed to the sceue ol the disaster, from which a great cloud of dust arose and groans could be heard issuing from within the broken walls, as men suffann? untold agony of body eaotavored to call a^sis'nnce to themselves from witbotat the building. Two men could be seen fo ty fdet ir.'iu tae ground waving their kandd wildly for aid, while they hung head down ward and unable to move their legs, which were crushed securely betweea heavy tim bers. About fifty men were working upon the wing at the time of the casualty, and~ after all tlie dead and injured that could be found had been removed Iromtke debris, contractor Nolan got his men together and called the roll, which showed that all were accounted for, when the iearoh was aban doned. The following is a list of the killed: arc] Higgins, laborer, fifty years old, xiison. William Edgar, mason, Madison buried 'ler tup d»nrisand hoiribly crushed. Mieheal Zvi-ank, masjn, Madison died at er IJCU.S taken onl. William G. Jones, mason, Millwaukee: skull iractured died sines taken out. Aj-peararices indicate that the whole cause ot ihe acoident is attributable to the second, story- balcony pill&rs, which were directly at the center of tbe south wing, Binking in the wooden planks upon whicn they rested. The 'sagging drew the upper wall outward, and the whole thing came down with a crash, followed immediately by the crashing in of tke entire roof, which was thus relieved of one of its main supports. Another theory is that the rain or Tuteday ran Irom the roof upon the wall which gave away, dampening and weak ening it to such au extent that it was un able to bear the heavy strain of the rosf, aid hence pave way to it. Still another theory is that tbe roof w-s not teli.support ing, anl spread to such an ex'ani as to bulge the wall outward. 0=car Nowlan of Janesville, and John Bentley, sheriff of Milwaukee county, are the contractors, while D. E Join of Mxdison is the aichi te -t. T-ife extension has bten in course of constiuction lor nearly two yeart-, and was to have bten completed b./ Jan. 1. The monetary loss is heavy, probably in the neighborhood of $50,090, and, ol course de volving upon the contractor. He Has No Use for His Coflin, There is a Ivng, black box at the custom house in New York which the authorities would be very glad to be rid of. It is made of metal covered with black cloth, has heavy silver mounting, and it is altogether quite a handsome casket. There is nothing in it, and it is brand new. Wb^t to do with it bothers the officials. The history of it is this: W. G. Warnock, a passenger by the steamer France, was in such a precuri ms condition of health when he left England, that it Aas feared he would die on the voy age. So he prepared for it before leaving England. He bought the casket in Liver pool. It cost £%i. Fortunately for Mi. Warnock he did not die during the voyage. On the con'rarv, he reaohed New York in greatly improved health. The casket was landed with the rest of Mr. Warnock's ef fects. The question to be decided is wheth er it was in personal use. 1 ersonal prop erty whioh the owner has had for twelve months or which he has in use, he is en titled to entry free of duty, but a coffin, under the peculiar circumstance of the case, is pazzliMg the inspectors. The Hext Republican Committee Meeting, ATCHISON, Nov. 7.—Col. Jotin A Martin, secretary of tho National Bavublic&n commit mittee, sent out to-d«y tbe following call: A meeting or the Republican National committee will be beid at the Arlington hotwe, Washington, D. 0., Wednesday, Dec. 12, 1883, at 12 o'clock, for tbe purpose of deciding tbe date and place for boluing the next National Republican convention. The committee wilt also elect a chairman, vice Gov. Marshall Jewell, deceased. At a meeting ol tlie committed held in Washington on the 17ih ol January last, the following resolution thirty-eight most of the people who have seen Ryan spar. -v'M' rat his place, and the houses in some instances were literally torn to pieces, and, in one a child was carried 200 fqet and dropped un injured. In the same house Mrs. W. Dun lap was killed, and Mrs. Beeman danger ously wounded. Mrs. Atkins and J. E. Jinckenlees were visited by the wind and blown down,' and in one a servant, name unknown, fatallv injured. Passing from the town, Brookline about ten miles dis tant, was partially demolished, and Jten or It: fteen houses destroyed and the inmates injured, and in one of them a Mrs. Hol berles was killed. About 250 buildings were more or less injured. Twenty were destroyed, and five persons killed during the passage of the storm. The wounded will number at least sixty, the list being in creased every hour. irsa adopted: "R«solved: That the call for the next Republi can National convention shall be so broad and liboral as to unite the corporation without impos ing auy other tests of fealty of all citizens who are In favor of elevating and dignifying Atn.-rlcaa labor, protecting and exteudin? hjme iudustrius, giviug free popular education to the masses of the people, securing free suffrage and honest count of the ballots, and effectually protecting all human rights in every sectlou of our common country, and who are willing to support the nominees of the convention." The committee also fix^d a basis of representa tion in the next National convention, and manner of electirg d-leuaies by the adoption of tho follow ing order: The Republican National convention of 188-1 shall consist of four delegates at large from each State, and two delegates from each congressional district. The delegates at targe shall be chosen J)y popular delegate State conventions, called on not less than twenty days' published notice and held not more than sixty daya before tho time fixed for the meeting of the national convention. Republicans of various congressional districts shall have the option of electing their dele gates at separate popular delegate conventions called on similar notice and held in districts at any time within fifteen days next prior to the meeting of the State convention, or by subdivisions of State conventions into district conventions and sucb delegates shall be chosen in the latter method, II not elected previous to the meeting of tbe State conventions, all district delegates to be accorded bj the officers of such district convention. Two dele gates shall be allowed from each territory and from tbe District of Columbia, similarly chosen. Notlcea of contests shall be given to the national committee, accompanied by full printed statements of groundi of contest, which also shall be made public and preference in the order of hearing and determining contests shall be given by the convention according to dates of the reception of such notices and state ments by tbe national committee. A full attend ance of members is earnestly requested. (Signed) J. A. MIEDN. Seoretarr. Ryan and Blade to Fight. Another prize fig at is announced. This time Byan and Slade arc to be the contest ants. The proposed figbt giew out of an offer of R. E.Fox of New York to back By an in a mill with the Maori. Fox has posted J600 and proposes that the fight shall be for $2,500 a side, at calch weights with bare knuokles, and for the championship of America. The present intention is to have tbe battle ground within a hundred miles of New Orleans or Omaba. Tbe date will be some time in Feoruary or March. Slade will be backed by Sullivan and Al. Smith. Sullivan, in a private letter written to a friend in New Yora, says tnat Ryan is noth ing but a big blowhard, and that be (Sulli van) is ready to whip nim with gloves any where at twenty-four hours' notice. Sulli van'e opinion is the same as that formed bv afawway THE FALL ELECTIONS. No Very Striking Changes Anywhere —Gen. Butler Defeated—Minnesota the Same as Usual. The election throughout the country passed off quietly. There were no very Te markable changes, unless tbe defeat of Gen. Bntler can be so called. Such ohanees as occurred were due in most instances to local causes, the strength of both great par ties beiag virtually Intact. MINNESOTA. The whole republican state ticket is eleot ed by handsome majorities. Gov. Hubbard's majority is estimated at Iff,000 and the bal ance of the ticket much more, comparing the total number of volfs cast in 116 pre cincts in 1881, when Hubbard received 9,087 and Johnson 4 820, to this the in creased vote of Tuesday, and the inference is that the total vota will be not far short of lOO^OOO instead of 102.000, as two years ago, pr tvided later returns yield a correspond ing increase in the total vote. By the ra tio between Hubbard and Biermsn in these precincts, which is about that of eleven to nine, the lormer will receive 82,500 votes, and the latter 67 500, giving Gov. Hubbard in the neighborhood of 15,000 majority. In the Dodge ".oanty senatorial district Severance, republican, is elected over Adams by 450 majority, to take the seat ol tbe late Senator McLtughlin. In tbe Bed Wing district Hall will take Senator Chand ler's seat, Bass, the regular republican being drfeated by the split growing from ltst talis contest. Ia Mower, Wilkinson, republican, is elected to tbe legislature. Gov. Hubbard received 1,500 majority in Ramsey oounty. MASSACHUSETTS. The whole republican ticket was elected as follows: Governor, George D. Robinson lieutenant governor, Oliver Ame9 secretary of state, Henry B. Pierce treasurer and re ceiver general, D. A. Gleason attorney gen eral, Edgar J. Sherman auditor, Charles R. Ladd. Butler has been defeated by a decisive msjority. In Boston, which last year rave him a majority of 13,370, he now has but 6.211. Only two towns in the State so far as heard from, report Butler gains. The Republicans claim the election of Robinson by at least 17,000 majority, and also twenty seven out ot forty-seven senators and 160 out of240 representatives. Butler,to judge by present indications,has polled about 1SI5,000 votes, or 2,u00 more than last year while Robinson has received 160,000 or 40.000 more than were cast for Bishop in 1882. As shown above, nearly 3JO,GOI4 votes have been cast, which is an imount more than 4J. 000 greater than was ever recorded in Massachusetts. The near est approach to this number was in 1880, when 258,000 vote! were cast. NEW YOKK. In New /ork there is some doubt as to the result, though the state has probably pone Democratic, excepting that Carr, Re publican, candidate for secretary of state, ia thought to have been elected. The Repub licans claim a fair working majority in both branches of the legislature, which will insure the election of a Republican senator to succeed Lapham. In Brooklyn the con test over the mayor has been a hot one, and the result is very close both Bides claiming a majority of some 2,000 votes, the ticket probably is, secretary ol state, Joseph B. Carr control ler, Alfred C. Chapin treasurer, Robert A. Maxwell attorney general Dennis O'Hrien state engineer and surveyor, E. Sweet. Jr. The Albany Argus dem., estimate at 2 o'clock a. m. elects the' Democratic State ticket at by 10,COO to 15,000, except May nard. who is probably defeated by 10,0110 to 12,000. It estimated the senate 19 re publicans and 13 democrats. Tbe assem bly is in doubt. PENNSYLVANIA Complete returns from 61 of the 67 couu ties in the state give Niles, rep., for auditor general, a majority of 15,443. The three remaining counties, Bradiord Forrest and Sullivan, will increase tbe republican ma jority to about 17,000, whica is a laige republican gain. The offices elect are treasurer, William Linnesey state auditor, ferome B. Niles. NBW JERSEY. The Democratic state con-mittee olaim the election by over 7,000. Tney also claim the assembly. The Republican state com mittee concede the election "of Ahbott,Dem., ty a small majority. The Republicans, probably have the senate by three majority, and the Democrats the house by four, giv ing the la.ter am iritv on joint ballot. MARYLAND. Roportsfrom Maryland received in vari ous quarters are very incomplete. They in dicate that McLiue, Democrat, haa been elected governor by about 10,000 majority, and a majority in the legislature. VIBGRAIA, In Virginia the content was the most ex citing tbat has taken placa tor many years owing to the fact that ou the result depends tbe congressional reapportionment of the state ana the electian of a succ sior to Sen ator Mahone. Both sides claim a victory— the democrats asserting that their gains have been heavy ia all parts of tbe state, and thatthey expect a maj »rity in both leg islative houses. Tbe probabilities are that tho result is very close, snd that it will be several days before anything definite is known. The chmond Despatch (dem.) claims a victory with a maj,iritv on joint ballot ol from ten to 25 and the ropular majority be tween 10,000 and 21,000: Senator Mahone, on the contrary,cia a r" tdjaster's victory. MISCELLANEOUS. In Mississippi, as usual, there was a sweeping democratic succcas. The only dis turbance in the s'ata as far as heard from was in Oaesiah county, where Wheeler killed Matthews. Matthew went to th« polls with a pistol in his hand. He received twenty-four buckshot in tbe face. In Connecticut, the election was for twelve members of the state senata lor terms of two years, a Use number holding over, by five republicans and seven democrats. A full house of representatives, 240 in num ber, were also elected. Late returns make tlie legislature stand as follows: Senate, reps., 10 dems., 9. House, reps., 145 dems., 87. One county and twelve towns are lack ing, including sixteeL representatives. If these towns vote as lust year the ^result in Ihe house will be 155 republicans, 93 demo crats. One tie. Republican majority, 63 on -int ballot 69. In Nebraska, the only state officers voted for were chief justice Of supreme court and three regents of the state university. The contest between M. B. It esp, the republi can candidate for chief justice, and J. W. Sivagl, the democratic and anti-monopoly candidate, bas been carried on quite vigo ous by the Reese who is elected, but by a largely reduced Majority. The best esti mates of his majority range from five to ten. thousand, the .regular republican ma jority in INeDraska Being over twenty tnou sand. Ia Dakota, the vote on the new constitu tion for Southern Dakota was very li^ht but it waB probably adapted. In St. Paul the republicans elected R. O. Wiley, registet of deeds and Geo. B. Hazard countv commissioner. The democrats elect ed Win. E. Burton, connty treasurer James J. E^an, county uttorneT James A. Quinn, coroner and Geo. Mitch, and P. It. Hatdeiiburg, county commissioner. In Hennepin county tlie whole republi can ticket was elected. Hubbard's majority was over 1,000. Bad Week or Failures, Bradstreet's Journal furnishes the follow lowing: There were 219 failures in the week ending the 9th, twenty-fjur more than the preceding week, and seventy more than the corresponding week of 1882, The princiBal feature of tbe week has been the failure in the lumber trade in Michigan, and the paper trade in Illinois and Wisconsin. The number of failures in the western states is the largest, with one exception, for any single week during tbe past three yean. GKANT AND POUTER. I Tho Bx-Generul Ejplalm How G«n. Terry Caused Him to Bevlie His" Opinion ol Porter** Guilt—Ho trill Never ueue UefeOn of the Claim. The following letter was made public at Now York Wednesday: NBW Y06K, Nov. 8, 1883.4g?H. F. J. P&r ter, Hometown, 'N. J,—Dear Geheral: As there is now some disouBsion aa to the proba ble reasons tir my change of mind in regard to ypur case, now pending before the people of tho United States, I deem it proper that I should give them myself. In the first plaoe, I never Delieved you to be a traitor, as many affectcd to believe. I thought I knew von too well to believe for one moment tbat you would aceept the pay, rank and com mand you held for the purpose of betraying tbe cause you were professing to serve. Then, too. your services bad been too conscionous as a staff offioer at the begiuning of the war and as a commander of tioops later to support inoh a theory for a moment. But I did believe that Gen. Pope was so odious to some of the officers in the.Eafet that a cordial support was not given him by them. I was disposed, too, to aocept the ver diot of a court-martial composed as tbe one whioh tried you was. Some of the mem bers of that oonrt I knew personally, and bad great oonfidenoe in their judgment and justioe. I supposed you baa shared in this feeling tonard Pope, and while not more guilty than others you were unfortunate in being placed in a po sition where specifications eonld be made show ing this hostility. After the close of the war, when I was requested to read your new de feuse, I read it with the feeling above de scribed. At the same time I read the other side as prepared or furnished by Gen. Pope. This gave maps showing the position of the two armies, substantially as shown by the first of tho diagrams presented by Mr. Lord of 8an Francisco, aud did not indicate the presence of any other foroe than Jackson's. Then, too, it appearod tbat you had actually reoeived an order at about five or half, past five in the after noon of Aug. 29 to attack the enemy's flank, and that, too, at a time when a fierce battle was raging in the front I was first shaken in my views, however, when such a man as Gen. Terry, who unites the lawyer with the soldier, and a man of high character and ability, and who had believed as I had, and possibly worse, after many weeks of investigation, should entirely vindicate you, and be sustained, too, by men of the known ability of his colleagues on the board. Until in 1881 I re-examined for myself, my belief was tbat the 29th of August, 1862, a great battle was fought between Qen. Pope, commanding the Union forces, and Gen. Jackson, commanding the Confederate forces tbat you, with a corps of twelve or more thonsand men, stood in a position across the right flank of Jackson, and whero yon onuld easily got into his rear that 3-011 re ceived an order to do so about 5 01- 5:30 o'clock, whioh you refused to obey because of olouds of dust in your front, which yon con tended indicated an enemy in superior force to you that you allowed Pope to get beaten while you stood idly 'looking on without raising an arm to help him. With this understanding, and without a doubt as to its correctness, I condemned you. Now, on a full investigation of the facts, I find that the battle was fought the 30th of August that yotir corps, commanded directly by you 111 person, loat a greater percentage tfian any other corps engaged that tho half oast four order of tho day before did not reaoh you until nightfall that your immediate superior had cautioned you early in the day that you were too far out to the front thon that Gen. Pope had cautioned you against bringing on an engagement, ex cept under such ciroumstances as ho de scribed, and that in any event yon must be prepared to fall back behind Bull Run that night, whore it would be neoessary for you to bo to receive Supplies that from 11 o'clook of tho 29th you "were confronted by a force of twice your own number, of whose presenoe you had positive proof, while Gen. Pope did not know of it. This last fact is shown by the wording of the 4:30.order. It directed you to attack the enemy's right and to get into his rear. Gen. Pope's ciroular of the morning of the 29tli said that Gea Lee was advancing by way of Thoroughfare Gap, aud at tho rate at which ho was moving he would be up the night of the 30th or tbe morning of tt|e 31st In hiB testimony before tbe court-martial which tried you, he said under oath that he did not know of tbe arrival of Lee's command until 6 o'clock of the 29'h, an hour and a half after he had dictated tho order for your attaok. His circular aud testimony prove conclusively that Jackson, and Jackxon alone, -was the enemy ho in tended you to attack. Your knowledge of this fact, as well aa of the fact that you had another foroe, quito double yours, in addition in your front would have been sufficient justification for your not attacking, even if the order had been received in time. Of course, this would not apply if a battle haj} been raging between Jackson and Pope. At tbe hour you reoeived the order all was quiet This very short, hastily-written, and inoom plote Bummary shows why and when my mind underwent a change. I have no doubt now but the change would have taken place in 1867 if I bad then made an investigation. I regret now that I did not understand your case then aa I do now. Your whole life since your trial, as well as your eei-vicea before, disprove the great burden of the charges then sustained by a court-martial. As long as I have a voice it shall be raised in your support without any roference to tho effect upou me or others. Your restoration to the army simply 1 would regard aB a very inadequate and unjust reparation, whde men—one at least—have been restored to the army beoause of their gallantry and wonnds after convictin and Bentence not only to be dismissed, but to be confined in a penitentiary, and when there is no doubt of theiivguilt, and given all their pay for the years they were ont of tho service. I can see no reason for your having less. 1 hope for you a thorough vindication, not only by congress, but in the minds of your countrymen. Faithfully yours, U. S. GEANT. LATE MAKK*T REPORT. ST. PAUL. WHEAT—The week oDena with the market stead? It about Saturday's quotations, tt.e growing ttrenethto of tne outside market still encouraging aiders maintain their extreme no9ltion, not withstanding the freer movement of wheat in the country. For spot No. 1 bard, a buying offer ol $1.U1 was made for December, $A.02: January, $1.03: Slav, $1.05. No. 2 hard, 96C"bid. CoitN—There continues to be a fair demand and tbe market is about steady No. 2 spot, November nnd December is he:d at 48c for No. 3 4-7c is osk^d. The sales of one car of No. 3 at 47c and one car ditto at -Hl^c were recorded. OATS—The stock of oats is still vory limited, and tho market continues strong. Quotations: No. 2 mixed, 27Kc was bid, and 281cc as:ed November nnct Doceinbc.r, 27'ao bid January, 28c bi 1 May, 31^0 bid. No. 2 '.vhile, 28c bid and 30c asked. One car of No. 2 mixed was soid it 2813C: 1 car No. 3 white at 29c and 2 cars No. 3 white at 27c. MINNEAPOLIS. CORN—Dull and nominal. No. 2 was bid forat 4GJ&C, and 47*20 asked October and November, 47c year, 46c condemuftd, 42g)46c. OATS—Quiet aud steady holders asked 29c for No. 2, white No. 2 mixed, 28c bid rejected 26 @27o. 13ARLEY—Unchanged at 58c for No. 2 extra No. 3, lHt£j 5Uc: No. 3 and rejected. 33iS45c FLOUR—The market in steady and active Quota tions: Patents, $6(c$6.25: stralc'nts, $5.25(&5.80: flrst bakers'. $4.&U(g5: second bakers',' $3.90® 4.30 bBSt low grade?, $2.50&8 red dog, $1.75. @2.^0. Boston quotations are «s follows: Minne sota patents, $6.90@7.20 utraicbts, $0.3536.70 first bakersV$5.60^5.85 red dog, $2.60j«2.75, in bairs. MILWAUKEE MARKET—Flour, dull and drooping Wheat, Blrung: 94o for November !)t 1-2C for December 97*23 for January. Corn, firmer No. 2, 502c rejected, DOJic. Oats, higher No. 2. 30C«3O2 NO. 2 white, 31c. Rye, higher No. 1,. 57c No. 2, 56c. Barley, stronger No. 2, 60(ql 60,j4C. Provisions steady mess pork, $10.55 for November $11.35 for January. Prime steam lard, $7.30 for November $7.40 for January. Butter firm 27&2£)c for creamery 20(5*22 for dairy. Cheese scarce and wanted at 12tdl2!ic. Eggs firm at 23@24c. Receipts—Flour, 13,000 bbls: wheat, 47.00(1 bu barley, 41,000 bu. Shipments —I-lour, 19,000 bbls wheat, 2,000 bu barley, 39,000 bu. CHICAGO MARKET—Flour, quiet and steady. Wheat opened dull, but o'osed active, Btrongaal higher Novembnr, 9tfc: December, 96%$967ec Jununry. |97:ltiS!)77ec February, 98%c May, 1.0476: NO. 2 spring, 917ac: No. 3 spring, 82'S^ 83c No. 2 red winter, $1.09gc@1.01I2. Corn, nominal, active, and stronger, at 48%t$49c cash 4!)c November 48c December 47?i@48c year: 47}Sc January 49%(g)49^ic May. Oats, firm and fainy active 287ac cash and November 283ic December 284C year 28K328%c January 2Kc May. Eve, quiet and steady.* at 56c. 4 band of 160 horses which bad'been stolen froxi different patties in Nevada and Idaho, wate recovered last weefc near Medicine Lodge. "Mr, Lowell." wrote tthew Arnold in 1882, "describes his own nation as "the inost commoq-schooled and tbe least cultivated in the world." They strike foreigners in ttie,8ahie way. Smart they are, as all tbe world knows but tlieir smartness is unhappily quite com patible with a hard intelligence." The capture of Jefferson Davis. Burton N. Harrison, Jefferson Davis's private secretary, who was an eye-wit ness of the confederate president's cap ture, describes it in the November Cen tury as follows: "We were taken by surprise, and not one of us exchanged a ihot with the enemy. Col, Johnson tells me'-he was the first prisoner taken. In a moment Col. Pritchard rode directly to me, and pointing across the creek, ?aid, 'What does that mean? Have you any men with you?' Supposing the flrine was done by our teamsters, I replied^ •Of course we have—don't you hear the firing?' He seemed to be nettled at the reply, gave the order 'Charge,' and boldly led the way himself across tbe creek, nearly every man in his command following. Our camp was thus left de serted for a few minutes, except by one: mounted soldier near Mrs. Davis's tent (who was after wards said to have-been sta tioned there by Col. Pritchard in passing) and by the few troopers who stopped to plunder our wagons. I had been sleeping upon the same side ofthe road with the tent occupied by Mrs. Davis, and was then standing very near it. Looking there, I saw her come out and .heard her say some thing to the soldier mentioned perceiv ing she wanted him to move off, I ap proached, and actually persuaded the fellow to ride away. As. the soldier moved into the road, and I walked "be side his horse, the president for the first time emerged from the tent, at the Bide farther from us, and walked away into the woods to eastward, and right angles to the read, "Presently, looking around and ob serving somebody had come out of the tent, the soldier turned his horse's head and, reaching the spot he had first occu pied, was again approacoed by Mrs. Davis, who encaged him in conversation. In a minute this trooper was joined by one, or perhaps two, of his comrades, who either had lagged behind the col umn and were just coming up the road, or had at that moment crossed over from the other (the west) side, where a few of them had fallen to plundering, as I tiave stated.instead of charging over the creek They remained on horseback, and soon became violent in |their language with Mrs.jDavis. The order to'halt* was called out ov one of yietn to the president. It was riot obeyeo, and was quickly repeat ed in a loud voice sevetal times. At last one of the men then threatened to fire, and pointed a carbine at the president. Thereupon, Mrs. Davis, overcome with terror, cried outj in apprehension, and the president, (who had walked sixty or eighty' paces away into the uuobstructed woods) turned around and came rapidly back to his wife near the tent. At least one of the soldiers continued his violent language to Mrs. Davis, and the presi dent reproached him for such conduct to her, when oiie of them, seeing the face of the presicent as he stood near and was talking, said, 'Mr. Davis, sur render I recognize you, sir.' Pictures of the president were so common that nearly or quite every man in both armies knew his face. It was, as yet, scarcely daylight. The president had on a waterproof cloak. He had used it, when riding, as a protection against the rain during the night and morni:ig proceeding the last halt, and he had probably been sleep ing in that cloak at the moment when the camp was attacked. While ail these things were happen ing, Miss Howell and the children re mained within the other tent. The gentlemen of our pprty had, with the single exception of Capt. Moody, all slept on the west side of the roacl, and in or near the w.igons. They were, so for as I know, paying no attenti in to what was going on in the tents. I have since talked with Johnston. Wood ant' Lubbock, and with others, about these matters and I have' not found there was any one except Mrs. Davis, the sin gle trooper at her tent, ami myself that saw all that occurred and heard all that was said at the time. Any one else who gives an account of it has had to rely up on hearsay or his imagina ion for his story." Germany's Military Leader. Count Von Moltke, who has just cele brated his eighty-fourth birthday ,is not, as popularly supposed, of Danish origin, out a Mecklenburgher, whose family emigrated to Ilolstein. He went to Ber lin, M'heie ho studied at the military academy, He obtained a position 011 the general staff of the Prussian army (topographic section). Henceforth ho had only to bide his time with patience. His merit was known to himself, if the truth must be told, as well as to others. Mativ instances are related of his frugal ity of habits. Some time after the capit ulation of Paris Moltke went to Coltnar, and meaning to stay there a few days, did not disdain to ask for a billet'ng or der. Mine. It., however, upon whom the marshel was to have been quartered, woul 3 have nothing to say to him, and Moltke •Has fain to lodge and feed him self at a hotel—of course, at the ladv's expense. He asked for lour rooms -on the first floor, invited people to breakfast and dinner aud treated 'them to cham pagne—in short, the Teuton here lived like a fighting cock. But at the end of three days the land lord, who hated him, quietly took leave to remind his excellency that the term of the billeting-order had now expired, Moltke replied with a dry cough and a demand for a small room on the second floor, During the remainder of his stay he dined friend less and champagne less at the (able d'hote. Moltke is as good a letter wtiter as Mine. deSevigne, and lie sent some particularly charming letters from the East to his sister, who had married an Englishman settled in h0lstein, a Mr. Burt. Miss Mary Burt, daughter of Mr. Burt by a former marriage, was espec ially moved by them and, when the warrior came home, his thiety-nine winters were not considered a fatal ob jection to union with a girl of but sixteen summers, was the happiest of matches. She died in 1808, on Christmas eve, and it was a revelation to men to see how Moltke sorrowed. Often now he can be observed at his counti^ seat wending his way, in the gray of evening towards his wife's tomb—a plain marble monument on the summit of a little hill, crowned with cypress. Von Molteka knows something of English literature, thinks higdly of S. akespeare, but more iifchly of Miss Braddon. Aa to the Eng lish army, he is quoted as saying that he considered the old purchase system the only good thins in it. Jle is scarcely more complementary on the subject of the American service. Somebody once asked him a question about the war be tween the north and south. "I have never looked into tlie matter. 1 don't consider the movements of armed mobs worth studying." Nevertheless, this greatest of living captains has rarely, if ever, been under fire. Kentucky people lost their patiencp when a well-to-do traveling Englishman asked Judge Harlan who Henry Clay was. There are $70,000,000 in fine houses along Fifth Avenue, yielding $1,000,000 ia taxes. Their average rental is $500 per mo ath. E. H. Talbolt, of the Railway Age, is the owner of a $25,0Uil private car,' pre sented to him by leading manufacturers ol railway appliances. AN IOWA GIRL'S KOMAXG'B The Story of Belle Clinton the Bravo Dakota Homesteader. From the Nevada (to.) Representative. Belle Clinton's fame has touched two oceans. To the people of Nevada she is known as Sallie Hambleton—the grave, (Wf gentle maiden who, since she came here a little sunny haired lass, in the parent al ark, has glided quietly among us from the door of her Cithers pretty cottage on Linn street. The catechism she learned in the Methodist Sunday-school,. .ihe three R's in tbe old School-house, and the ologies were pursued at the Agricul tural college till broken health caUed.war halt. One iong winter she studied this problem of her own Given physical un fitness for the vocations by which Iowa yduhg women ordinarily earn a livlihood how is independence to be secured? and in the following summer, 1880 she set about its practical solution. An expe dition, inspired by her zeal, and consist ing of herself, her mother as chaperon and commissary of the party, her sister May, and two young friends of the "male persuasion^" set out in a prairie schooner for the great Northwest. Two weeks of journeying over a circuitous route brought them to the home of the college classmate, near a station which' was ringing for the first time with the shriek of the locomotive. This was the nuclues of the now booming city of Mitchell, the .-mart of Southeastern Dakota. Near the residence of her friend Miss &• Hambleton selected her homestead and timber lot, and in the laud olliceof Dav idson county entered her claim'. After a week's slay the pioneer party returned, brown, vigorous and enthusiastic. The spring took our homesteader to Mitch ell, and she supervised the building oi her ehanty, the breaking stipulated by law, and the planting of her tithber. Her cabin was supolied with such com forts as circumstances allowed, and the place became known to passers by as "the school ma'am's claim, where the flowers crow." Just before Thanksgivingof thatyear she rolled the stone against the door of her— cot and turned for winter shelter toward the old roof-tree. At Boone chance then led the seiiior editor of the Repre sentative, then pencil- pusher of the Boone Republican, to a seat beside her iti the railroad car, and the two friends discufsed her experience as a home steader untfl the train reached Nevada. The main points of her experience were embodied in an editorial for tho next is sue of the Republican. Eli Perkins was at that time, on a tour which included several towns on the line of the North tvertern. Whether he caught Miss Sal lie's story from her own lips or oth ers, found it in the Republican para graphs, or in his own ferti'e imagination, deponent sayeth not but true it is that in his next published letter to the Chica go Daiiy Tribune was incorporated, with slight embelishments, the outline of the pioneer girl's doings. It was given as a railroad conversation between himself and "Miss Belle Clinton of Nevada, the smartest girl I met in Iowa." In those days young lady homesteaders were rare, and the readers of the Tribune in this vicinity immediately referred the .alias to Miss Hambleton. Eli Perkins' letter was copied in the east as well as in the far west. In December letters bega% to an ive addressed to Belle Clinton, and thev were un-hesilatingly assigned to Miss Hambleton. They hailed from all points from Maine to California, a single mail often bringing half a dozen. Before win ter was over the number received had swelled to several hundred. They were from old men, young men, widows anc. maids, and, with rare exceptions, were honest inquiries for information by per sons desiring to become homesteaders. Of course they were honestly and faith fully answered, and with the opening of tl-ie spring of 1S82 a considerable nnm ber of Belle Clinton's correspon dents became Dakota settlers, and the influence on emigration exerted by the press report of her enterprise, is indicated bv the fact that on the strength of it one Greene county sturdy old German alone started off sixty j-oung men "for," said he, what a girl can do of course they can." In recognition of her service the officers ot the Milwaukee railroad readi ly passed over titeir line, and the sec ond six months, shortened bv a long visit from her mother, was spent on her claim. In April last the third half of occupa tion was begun. The right or a brave, gentle woman tj strive hnnorablv for in dependence had made her cabin cas tle* impregnable to either open in vader or secret foe biit destiny 110 moat or fortress walls can stay. In an editor ial room in San Francifco a native of the City of Brotherly Love, whose kin dred were still beside the Schuylkill. prepared "copy" for the Journal of Commerce. His" home, the fireside of a friend, was one day hroken up bv death. Belle Clinton, the iowit maiden, suing a worthy path unbeaten by her sex, had been named in numberless ex changes and., in an hour of loneliness, he sent her a word of encouragement. This kindly message drew a courte ous response, and—it is the old, old sto y—thus stirted, the moving shuttle was unhindered till it had woren fast two lives. Iti June, after Mr3. Hamble ton had joined her daughter in Belle Clinton's rustic shanty, Ihe prince first beheld his princess "face to (ase." His visit te Mitchell was followed by one to her parental home tho engagement ring glittered on her linger, the Dakota 1 claim was proved tip, and 111 the George Hambleton cottage in Nevada rejoiced a reunited household. A tew weeks ef busy preparation followed, and then, September 4, the nuptials were eelebra t'Vj. Belle Clinton's romance is complete, and Irom the marriage snemment go forth Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jarden. She Hew How to Shingle. From the Liwis'oa (Me.) Journal. The antagonist of modern advanced education, if there be any, should h&-e heard a little lecture that a gentleman gave on the street the oUjer morning. The question had arisen as to the tend ency of modern advanced education to create a disgust for natural labor. The gentleman told an anecdote. A young lady who was very well known in Lew iston and Auburn, and who had a liber al education in Ayjerica, a course of study in tht) German schools, and who has since taught in some of the leading schools of this state and others, came home to her father's tarm this summer. The hours hang rather heavily. "Father, our oilice needs shingling," said she one day. The next day the shingles were on the spot, and the young lady proposed to have somp fun, and combined it in a legitimate way With solid work. She bqilt the stagings geometrically, ran the lines after Euclid, and shingled tbe offices as neatly and expeditiously as the viliaue professor of shingles himself could have" done. She pulled down the staging and erected it again over the ell of the house, and in spite of paternal injunction, shingled the" ell and a sloping shed attached. She practised music for pleasure ia the meantime, however, at read German for a pastime. "Nothing," qdded the gentleman "would be further from her' own inclination than notoriety," _* A '•m .A r. 'urn K\ -M