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'£Hc 'J^vibune.
RAhDALLABODEEN, Publishers.
MORRIS, MINNESOTA
The Suez Canal was long regaled as
hazardous enterprise, so far as profits
lire concerned. But the situation has
changed and a second canal has been
found necessary for the business, which
will bo completed in 1888 by the aid o
England.
It is said that Lord Wolseley's milita
ry picnic and the Buttering which it
brought to the millions was the cause of
cholera in Egypt. The people in many
places were brought to the verge
starvation and subsisted on putrid iish
of
The political campaigning this year is
lacking in vigor and interest. There isa
good deal more anxiety about the farm
er's crops than the fate of politicians.
When the first are gathered there will
be plenty of tiiue to look after the lat
ter.
Consul General Hans Mattson of Cal
cutta, who has lately returned to hiB
home in Minneapolis tor a visit states
that grt at efforts are being made to de
velop the cultivation of wheat in the
northern parts of .British India with i
view to bringing the product into advan
tageous competit ion with wheat from
this country. The wheat production of
British India the last year was L'40,000,
(XX) bushels, of which 37,135,481 bushels
were exported to England and France
The national debt has been reduced
during the fiscal year ending the 30th
of June about $125,000,000. This is f^O,
00,000 short of last year's reduction,
but much larger than that of any other
year in our history. We have expend
ed the past year about $265,000,000, in
cluding the interest on the public debt.
This interest is now less than one dollar
per year for each person in the country,
whereas at the close of the war it was
$1.26. Next year we shall pay at the
rate of ninety cents apiece for interest
on the public debt. The total of the in
terest bearing debt is now $1,335,000,000
and of the non-interest bearing debt
^25,000,006. and there is $320,000,000 of
cash in the treasury, leaving the net
debt a little over $i,500,000,000, or less
than $30 per head of the population.
The law abolishing the stamp tax on
Matches, bank checks, perfumery, pro
prietary medicines, playing cards, etc.,
went into effect July 1, and those art
icles are now free. The only internal
taxes now remaining are those upon
liquor and tobacco, and the latter were
reduced one-half by the last Congress.
Hie rates are now as follows: On dis
tilled spirits, rum, whisky, gin and
brandy, 90 cents a gallon on malt
liquors, ale, lager and porter, 95 1-2
cents a barrel on tobacco, 8 cents a
pound, and on cigars three dollars a
thousand. Dealers also pay what is
called a special tax, which is $2.40 a
year for tobacco4and$25 a year for liquor.
The consumption of these articles in
crease steadily and rapidly, and the
revenue from them amounts to enor
mous sums.
A professor at Yale College maintains
that the development of the trotting
horse is "a special product of the high
eat civilization the world has yet seen,"
and a San Francisco paper appends
this remark: "While the horse has
reached a high standard of civilization,
it hardly follows that the trotting horse
marks the highest stage of civilization.
This one fact, however, is pretty well
established, that be is making greater
speed, both as a runner and a trotter,
than ever before. Statuary, and in the
line of physical training we have not
yet reached the Greek standard, but
in horse flesh we are ahead. Our pub
lic galleries of art, and our public libra
ries are meagre concerns. But the
world will take notice, that if we have
not developed the man to perfection,
the horse is a little ahead.
Senator Edmunds of Vermont has
lately visited the glaciers on Mount Ta
coma, Washington Territory and gives
an enthusiastic deseription of what he
saw, and is thoroughly convinced that
no resort in the United States will be so
much sought after as this when once
people come to know that what men
cross the Atlantic to see can be seen in
equal splendor, if not surpassed, at
home. He says: The "emotionsstirred
in one's breast completely defy all the
powers of language to express. When
we reached the foot of the glaciers, foot
sore and weary as we were, I could not
help pausing in breathless silence as we
reviewed this majestic mass of ice, im
bedded in the bosom of this gigantic
monarch among the Alps. I have been
through the Swiss mountains, and I am
compelled to own that, incredible as the
after tion may appear, there is absolutely
no comparison between the finest effects
that are exhibited there and what is seen
in approaching this grand isolated
mountain. I would be willing to go 500
miles again to see that scene. This con
tinents yet in ignorance of the exist
ence of what will be one of the grand
est snow-places, as well as a sanitarium."
Upon the completion of the Northern
Pacific, near at hand, there will be an
immense influx of tourists from our own
and other countries, to witness what so
delighted Mr. Edmunds.
There will be a grand reunion at
Springfield, Mo., on Aufiust 8, to contin
ue three days, of the suvrivors of
the battle of Wilson Creek where Gen.
Ryan was killed. Both union and con
federate survivors will participate in the
affair and ample preparations have been
made to take good care of all who at
tend. Generals Sigel, Schofield, Sturgis
and other nnion officers and
a number of prominent confederates
will be present. The actual survivors
will be in camp during that time near
the city of Springfield, and about ten
miles from the battle scene. On the
first day the exercises will be of a gen
eral character, the principal features
being the address of welcome by Gov.
Phelps. On the 9th there will be mili
tary drills and parades by tbe different
militia companies for prizes, horse-races,
balls in the evening, etc. Early in the
morning of the 10th, the anniversary of
the battle, the survivors will march to
the old battle-field and occupy camps,
the ex-Union soldiers on one side, the
ex-Confederates on the other. Govern
or Crittendon will probably deliver tbe
address of welcome, and speeches will
be made by other distinguished person
ages in addition, there will be "music,
singing, dress drills and parades, etc.
Every effort has been made by the peo
ple of southwestern Missouri to make
the affair a grand success, unionists and
ex-con
federates vieing with each other
in generous contributions for tbe object.
Sbenczer Stapleton. a prominent citizen
pi Aurora, died of apoplexy, aged fifty
frfgbt Jtuts.
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THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
GOSSIP FROM WASHINGTON.
The president is reported to have said
that he intended to have a good time in
the Yellowstone* '"1 have," said lie, "had
enough of what is called society in the win
ter in Washington. I want to get 100
miles away from the nearest ]olitician
where I CHII take a rest in my own way and
be relieved froin the social and political
pressure that is so hard to avoid. 1 shall
rouph it just as the rest do, live and sleep
in the open air, wear out my old hunting
suit, and for the first time in my life become
a savage. Such a trip will be worth more
to me in instruction and health than twenty
seasons at Saratoga or Newpoit would be.
Secretary Teller has reaffirmed the decia
on of Secretary Schurz against the validity
of the claim made by tbe state of Call for
nia and a company chartered by the ^tatt*
to several hundred acres of land lying with
in the limits of S»n Francisco. *0 eat ef
forts have been made to secitre a decision
favorable to the state.
It is understood that the attorney general
nothiug daunted by iaihire in other South
em States, is taking steps to prosecute jer
sons in North Carolina guilty of election
lrauds la&t .'all. He feels that it is his duty
to do
so,
without regard for what h»ay be
the difficulties involved tor the chances of
success,
Judge Thurman, of the civil service
commission, will leave Aug. 1 for San Kran
cisco to superintend a local examination.
RJ ILROAD RUMBLINGS.
Six directors of the Rutland t^ailroad
company announce that ex-Treasurer
Havens* cashemrtibt is short $38,000. The
total deficit can only be determined by
thorough investigation. There has been
large overissoe ot stock, at one time 5,392
sharts, but the actual overissue apparen ly
outstanding now is 2,301 -hares. Attach
ment has been placed upon the property of
Havers, which, with bis bond, may ave
the road ultimate lost.
The annual report of tbe Oregdn & Trans
continental company shows that at theclose
of the fiscal year ouly $23,7tf0,000 of the
$30 000,000 of authorized capital stock had
been issued. June 80 last, the company
held 182,732 shares of Northern Pacific co
hi on, 151,400 shares of preferred, and I2
535 shares of Oregon railway and naviga
tion stock. This is more than one-third of
he capital stock of the Noithern Pacific
During the year the company built 21
miles of road.
Northern Pacific stockholders are said to
be dissatisfied with the new deal in th
road's express business. They say the com
pany did do its owr. and get the profits, but
now a few leading men or the road have se
cured the privilege to enrich themselves.
GENERAL NEWS GOSSIP.
O. F. Collier, publisher of the Wabasha
Herald, and Paul MUler, deputy county
auditor, undertook to whip each other in
the Court house, but friends parted
them hetore either had made much head
way. The difficulty was shortly renewed
in the yard, when Collier seized a section
of 1 k'htning rod and forced it against Mil
ler's cranium with painful but not seriously
damaging effect, whereat hostilities were
suspended.
he German-American bank of St. Cloud
has been organized with the following of
ficers: President C. A. Hull vice president
F. E. Searle cashier, F.dgar Hull. The act
ual capital of the bank is $50 000, authoi
iz»d capital $100,000. It will be opened for
bus Lets on or about Aug. 1.
The family of thelate Dr. Joseph Priestley
of Northumberland, Pa., the great-grand
son of the celebrated discoverer of oxygen,
Dr. Joseph Priestley, have presented near
ly ail the philosophical, chemical, and as
tronomical apparatus of the gjeat scientist
to the Smithsonian institution.
Private Bockelman of the Fourteenth reg
iment, New York National guards, ithowas
recently drummed out of the state camp at
eekskill, has brought suit in tbe Brooklyn
supreme court against Col. D. E. Austin,
by whose orders he was drummed out. He
lays damages at $25,009.
Private Bockleman of the Fourteenth
New Yortc regiment, who was drummed
out of the state carnr at Peetcskill by order
of Col. Austin, has breught a sun again
the colonel, laying daying damages at $25,
000.
There were 273.520 visitors to the New
York floating baths last week, of whom
7,816 were women and girls.
Gov. Hamilton declines to pardon An
gell, the Pullman car embtzzler.
CRIMES AND CRI MI NALB.
At Coldwater,*Mich., while Gearge Star
tbe cashier of the National bank was count
ing a package of bills handed him by one
of the two confederates, the other slipped
into the safe and stole a valuable package of
jewelry belonging to H. D. Lewis, president
of the bank The thieves ran three blocks,
jumped into a carriage in waiting and
drove off at breakneck speed. They were
pursued by two officers and overtaken a
mile from town, but presenting four revol
vers to the officers the latter beat a retreat.
Charles Seitz, a paper hanger of Alleghe
ny City, Pa., fatally shot Dr. G. W. Lang
felt recently at the latter's home in Belle
vue, seven miles from the former city.
Langfelt was engaged to Seita's sister for
several yeair, but a short time ago broke
the engagement, without explanation and
this so enraged Spitz that he borrowed a re
volver and went down to Bellevue and shot
Langfelt on sight.
The supreme court of New York has
granted at. order annuling the marriage of
Ida J. Morrison and Setb M.Morrison,Jr. of
Troy. Morrison said that he was a med
ical sludrnt. He wasthen under idictment
for horse stealing, and is now serving
out asectence of five yeais. The marriage
was annulled on tbe ground of fraud.
Mrs. Charles ("rayon, an actress at Whit
ney's opera house, Bisnarck, died recently
from the effect*, of an attempted abortion by
herself.
Charles Eno has been arrested in La
Crosse and taken to McGregor, Iowa, feu a
charge of ravishing Mrs. Tyler at the latter
place.
William 8biDgledecker of Milfvale, Pa.,
eloped on the 12th with his son's wife, ta
king with, him $400 of his wife's own mon
ey.
A. P. fenny, a Council Binds jeweler,
has been fined $100 for an indecent assault
upon a little girl who visited his store.
Bad whisky is the cause alleged for the
disgrace of James Hedges, a Helena, Mont.,
lawyer, who forged a client's name.
Edwin Culkin shot and killed Frank Mc
II way, at Yicksbnrg on the 16th. Cause
family matters.
RECORD OF CASUALTIES.
Gov. Hamilton of Illinois has decl'ned to
pardon Charles W. Angeli, convicted of the
embezzlement of a lar e sum of money
from the Pul'mjn Palace Car company,
seme time ago. Angoll surrendered him
self to the United States authorities while
in Portugal, and turned over to tne Pull
man Car company $80,000 of the stolen
funds. The petition for his release was
numerously signed, and among others by
the prosecuting attorney and judge before
whom he was convicted. He has six years
longer to serve.
The papers are filled with acoonnts of
heavy winds at various points doing son
siderable damage to buildings and crops.
Kansas, Iowa, Wisconsin, Missouri, and
Nebraska are tbe principle weste.n states
afflicted, but New Jersey, New Yorfc, Vir
ginia, Vermont, and other eastern etates
have had an unusual share of casualties
from wind, rain and hail.
Maria Anoni, an Italian woman living in
New York, recently gave birth to a child
having a b«dy with four legb and tour arm&
and a single bead with two iaxs. The
monstrosity was born dead.
A fire at the new chemical works, just
completed, at Newberry, Mich destroyed
the retort building and saw mill. Loss
$125,000 partly insured.
Thirteen per cent, of the sheep in Tame
see were killed by dogs in Jane.
James Hunter, sheriff of Jaaptr OOBn£y,
Iowa, died of cancer.
PERSONAL MENTION.
A at earner which has arrived at Lisbon
(rent tbe QopgQ mar, nporta Igtaiy Jf.
Stanley in good health, btU five Belgian
membfcta ofnis piarty died, titan ley was in
May about to staH for a ten. month's
jotirney toward the east coast of Africa.
An Austrian explorer w.ith him had com
mi tied suicide. Stanley had (formed an al
liance with two upper chiefs, thereby
checkmating Debrazza, the French explor
er.
Gen. Alfred Aylward, the leader of tne
South African Boers, recently eloped with
Miss Carrie Van 'Hoesen, a member of one
ot the most aristocratic families of Brook
lyn, N. Y., proceeded to Boston, and was
married. The bride is abeut twenty years
old, and is said to be highly aooompliahed
and very pretty.
Information has been received at l)eca
tur, 111.,of the death by yellow fever of Gen.
Jesse A. Moore, Utii'ed States cnnsrtl of
('alio, Peru. He was a rolhfel of Volun
teers in the war ot the Rebellion, and served
tWo tetmsin congress from Illinois. He
had been in consular service thirteen years.
An interesting incident which marked the
closi.vg exercises of the Wesleyan Female
college, at Macon, Ga,, was the marriage of
one of the graduates, Miss SHsie Derry,
to Thaddeus Parker, Esq. Twenty-two
clas^naie" hel|ed give the bride away.
The death of Tom Thumb, was very sud
den. He had just risen from bed, and
shortly aftei being left alone by his brother
in-law was heard to fall. (Joins to his ioom
he was found lying upttn tbe noor, dead.
Dr. William tt. Hatiintondl, ex-surgeon
general, wit! haVe an article in the August
North American against woman's work in
competition with man.
Dr. Riggs, the Sioux missionary, w »bas
been prostrated wiih fever for four months,
is now gaining strength and approaching
convalescence.
FOREIGN NEWS NOTES.
In the French chamber of deputies Cfeal
lemel Laoour, minister of foreign affairs,
replying to questions, said be believed there
had been at least exaggeration in the ac
counts of occurences in Madagascar. He
s certain that if Admiral Pierre had
adopted any measures they had been nec
essary and that the admiral had complied
with orders to avoid offending ft upland.
News of the occurences was lacking, he ex
plained, becaiwe the admiral was unable to
detach a Vesael by which to send dispatches.
He declared that the unexplained events
could not impair the present good relations
betwten France and Ktigland. The utter
ances in the British parliament on this sub
ject had been moderate and cunrteoUs. Chal
lemel Lacour added., il a grave error had
been committed, or passion manifested, the
French government would not hesitate to
fulfill the obligations imposed by a sense of
justice and the interests of the country. The
minister's remarks were received toith
cheerC.
Mr. Gladstone, replying to a question by
Chaplain, Conservative, in the house of
commons said he could not propose any
legislation in regard to the importation of
cattle. The government would order that a
careful examination of catMe in every coun
try be made, so they could see whether a
stricter application of the rules for the pre
vention of disease was necessary.
The revene of France the first half of the
present year was 58,000,000 francs below the
estimate of tbe budget, which anticipated
there would e an increase on the estimate.
The imports for June increased 64,000,000
francs, a£ compared with June, 1882. The
exports for that month decreased 21,00,
000 francs, compared with the exj»orts for
June, last yeir.
Fifty corpses of Zulu men, women and
children have been found at the scene of
the fight of June 30, at White river border,
Zululand, massacred in their hiding-place
by Cetewayo's followers. It is sail Chief
Metpoch surrendered to the Boers.
Granville admitted that De Lesseps had
England on the monopolistic hip, and said
be would support the canal agreement on
the ground of expediency.
The number of paupers in Knglatid has
fallen off the past year from forty-five in a
1,000 to 30.
A Paris dispatch announces the death of
Graves, bishop of Naniur.
Arrests for Land Frauds.
Duluth Special: At 10 a. ra., on the 14th
Assistant United States Marshal Brackett,
of St. Paul, arrested R. C. Mitchell, editor
of the Duluth Tribune and recently appoin
ted receiver of the land office there, on a
charge of complicity in land frauds. The
government claims to have a very strong
case against Mitchell and H. L. Gordon,
the latter also being a party to the conspira
cy. Gordon lives in Minneapolis, is quite
wealthy and well known, and at one time
was a member of the Minnesota legislature.
A. K. Lovejoy, proprietor of a shingle man
ufactory at Thompson station, twenty miles
from Duluth, was also a party to the
scheme, but as he has turned ihformer and
will be used by the government as a wit
ness, the prosecution will be direct against
Mitchell and Gordon.
Gov. Marshall worked up the case. The
specific charge is that Mitchell, Gordon and
Lovejoy employed twenty-seven men to
enter some 4,480 acres of land under the pre
emption law, make final proof and then
transfer the lands to them. Of course, this
proceeding is a viola* on of the letter and
spirit of the preemption law, though it is
not an unheard-of practice in the North
west. Mitchell claims that his part in it
was innocent, and that his arrest is inspired
by w:cked men who want to prevent his
confirmation as register.
Soiue thirty overt acts are challenged to
have been done to effect the object of the
conspiracy. The laws required but One
overt act. to make the crime complete. It
is asserted that tbe scheme was for Gordon
to furnish the money, Lovejov to inspect
and select the lands, and Mitchell Bnare
as partner.
The land embraced in this controversy
touches for the mo%t part on Vermillion
lake. It is estimated that there are 6,000,
000 feet of pine on the twenty-seven claims.
The government officials assert they will
push the case to the end. Gordon will be
rested Monday, or as soon as a warrant
can be served on him. It is alleged that
Lovejoy turned informer becjuseof the fail
e of Gordon and Mitchell to make good
some $400, which he (Lovejoy) had invested,
and an attempt on the part of Mitchell and
Gordon to freeze Lovejoy out of the partner
ship. Mr. Mitchell claims that his arrest is
merely to prevent his taking the office to
which he has been appointed.
Terrific HaiT Storm in Iowa.
Clinton, Iowa, Special:—One of the most
terrific hail storms on record swept over a
poition of Clinton & Scott counties, along
the valley of the Wasipincon river at 8
o'clock Thnrsday evening and laid bare
scores of farms, leveling crops to the
gound and doing untold damage. The high
wind which accompanied the hail blew
down hundreds of trees in Pinnos Grove
near Princeton. The storm came from the
northwest, and was first heard of in this
counry near Toronto. It crossed the Chi
cago Northwestern railway at Ground
Mound, on a path three miles wide, pro
ceeding thence southeasterly to the Missis
sippi river. In some cases, whole fields of
corn were laid flat and worthies* small
grains nearly ready for harvest were wnolly
destroyed. No estimate can be given of
the damage which is universal. Some of
the hailstones that fell were as large as eggs.
Gutters along railways were full of them
next morning.
Waterloo Special: Northeast and east of
here great damage was done to growing
crops. From farmers interviewed recently
your correspondent, has reports of 282 acres
of corn and M4.r acres of oats which were
entirely destroyed, and it is estimated that
over 1,000 acies of those cereals in Black
Hawk county are so badly injured that
they will hardly pay for harvesting. The
storm extended to Jesup and Independence
and there was some hail at Winthrop, about
thirty miles from here.
Getting Around the Glril Service
Law.
Washington Speoial: Unusual activity
was observed in all of the departments to
day, and investigation showed that all of
the vacancies existing in the public service
were being filled, and worthy and well
backed employes were being promoted. The
cause for this expedition was that the civil
service commission would on Menday as
sume charge of tbe vacancies and supply
them with carefully-examined clerks. In
the treasury department, however, the most
ot the changes took place, and Secretary
Folger, who returned from New York this
afternoon, gatre h? personal attention to
them. When thjg commission starts in on
Monday tha^w^potIjeaplwo tetbed*
wmmuK
par Intent at their disposal, and the hun
dreds of eager candidates examined by tbe
board of examiners during the past week
will have to wait a long time for any tangi
ble results from their labors. Pressure for
promotions during the past week has been
tremenduous, and it is asserted that this
was the reason for the absence of many of
the cabinet officers.
Great Fire at Cokato, Wright Coun
ty, Minnesota.
On the 14th Inst., Cokato, Wright County,
Minn., sixty-one miies west of 0t. Paul, on
the Breckinridge division of the Manitoba
road, met with almost total destruction
from fire. The fire seems to haVe started
a hotel occupied by section niton, early on
the previous morning. About twenty men
were in the building, three ot
whom were burned to death and
several others badly scorched
The section men who perished were as
follows:
Richard Kelly $f Wav.erly
Janip Willigman ot Montrose.
William Shepherd of Howard Lake,
Kelly and Shepherd were single men
but Willigman lenves a widow and fm
children. The bodies of the three were
burned to a crisp and the remains ypere
forwarded to the frienda of tbe dead this
morning.
A wind blowing from different directions
ppused tbe tire to spread with great rapidity,
and in a short time almost the entire town
was in tl.uues. The scenes of suffering and
despair were horrible. A large part of the
population were driven into the open »ir
haif-iiaked and remaiMcd in this condition
until late the following forenoon, when
kind-hearted people from the country took
them in and provided them with food and
clothing. The actual loss is difficult of es
timation.butit is thought will reach $,M),000,
with probably half that amount of insur
ance. Out of twenty- three stores but two
were saved.
The losses and insurance are set down as
follows
A. W. L. Almquist, hardware and imple
ments, worth $3,000 or $4,000 carries
stocfc of about $8,000.
Bodin Johnson, general store, carries a
stock of $7,000 insured for $5,300.
Dull, KdmUiuls, CoUlson Co's elevator
the firm is worth Hbout $30,000 the eleva
tor cost $fi.S00 in 1881.
Hans England's saloon he is wOrth
about $3,000.
O. F. Girboch A Co., general Store he
lives ^linneapolis.
Peter Zumberg, agricultxiral implealents:
Carried a small stock.
O. Hendrickson, saloon- worth $1,500 or
$2,000.
O. & Johnson, jeweler, worth from
$300 to $50fl.
King & BradshaW paid $2,000 for their
hotel and furniture a short time ago.
A. A. Snider, general store, carried
small stock.—$5,000 to $5,000 insured
for $3,000.
P. E. Nelson, boot and shoes stock worth
$2 000 to $3,000.
In the store of Hans England, Otto Ole
son, a lumber dealer, did a small business,
worth $1,000.
Guy Perkins kept a hotel of small size.
Peterson Bros general store, had a stock
of $6,000 or $7,000.
A. P. Peterson carried a stock of about
$3,000 and owned the store and building.
James Kunnion lumber and furniture, car
ried a stock worth $2,000 the store was
worth about $6,00.
P. Stevenson, general store carried one oi
tbe best stocks in town.
Peter Swenson, wagon-maker, worth $300.
John Tracy, saloon-keeper, carried oilt a
small Btock.
Dr. Joe Trow, drugs, carried a stock ef
$2,000.
P. L. Webefg, fhrnittire stbek of $300.
Death Of the Famous ''Tom Thumb."
Charles Heywood Stratton, better known
as Gen. Tom Thumb, died at his residence
at Middletown, Mass., on the 15th inst., of
ftpop'exy. He had been Slightly indisposed
forafewdaySi but nothing serious was
anticipated. The remains were taken
to Bridgeport* Conn., for interment
For more than a quarter of a century Tom
Thumb has occupied a position in the eye
of the public in immerse proportion to his
size. While by no means the smallest
dwarf ever exhibited, he is by far the mast
notable. He was born at Bridgeport, Conn.,
Jan. 4, 1838, and had, therefore attained
the age of torty-five years and six months
when he died. His parents were ordinary
sized people, and until the age of four or
live Charles was not noticeably smill.
About that time he ceased growing, how
ever, and when at the age ef fourteen he
was engaged by 1'. T. Barnum as an at
traction for the New York museum of the
great showman, he was about the size it a
boy of sii. lie broadened considerably in
later years, but gained little in stature. He
has been before the public ever since 1852,
and served as an object of curiosity to more
people than any other human. Many
years ago, "Tom Thumb"
was married to a comely female icarf
named "Minnie Warren." Their wedding
was celebrated with great pomp and cere
ftiony, in Trinity church, New York, a sis
ter ot the bride acting a3 bridesmaid, and
Commodore Nutt, a midget considerably
smaller than the groom, and since dead,
serving as best man for the latter. About
two years after his marriage Mr. and Mrs.
Stratton became happy parents, but their
offspring, much to the regret of the curious,
lived but a short time. About two years
ago, the pair, having amassed a very con
siderable fortune, retired from the stage and
made their home in the handsome resi
dence in the outskirts of Middleboro, which
was built under Tom Thumb's personal or
ders. Mrs. Stratton.
who is several years her
husband's junior survives him.
More Wisconsin Tornadoes.
On the luth a tornado struck Fort Atkin
ion destroying a vast amount of property,
and maiming and wounding a number of
persons, two of whom it is known cannot
trcover from their injuries. About 100
buildings, for the most part dwellings, were
blown down or seriously damaged. The
National Manufacturing company suffered
seriously, the warehouse being unroofed
and great damage done to the buildings and
machinery and stock, the loss being estima
ted at $15,000. In less than twenty seconds
damage of $50,000 was done as the terrible
storm swept through the city.
At Fond du Lac heavy dark clouds hov
ered over the city for about an hour, neces
sitating the lightning of lamps and gas,
when suddenly they burst and great sh eet*
of water fell, carrying away lumber and
all 'i^ ht material, and doing a grrat deal of
damage to tbe crops especially hay.
Whole fields of corn were broken down,
and farmers are becoming quite discour
aged.
At Dousman, the tornado did great dam
age to property, destroying the Dousman
homestead, cheese factory and eight dwel
ling houses, as well as unrooing and destroy
ing barns and other buildings. Three men
were seriously injured. South of Dousman
a large cheese factory was blown down and
a man was killed by the falling timbers.
The building is a mass of ruins and is a
total loss to the proprietors. A farm house
two and one-half miles east of Dousman
also fell a victim to the storm, as well as all
the connecting outbuildings. Dr. Piciett's
house, two miles further on, was wrecked,
and Mrs Pickett received fatal injuries.
Another Gale in Iowa.
Des Moines was visited by a terrible wind
storm last Sunday night that surpasses any
thing of the kind ever seen in that city. At
no time has the velocity of the wind been
so great. It commenced blowing a gale of
fifty miles an hour at 2 o'clock, and kept
steadily encreasing until 3 o'clock, when it
swept
over the city at forty miles an hour,
and for five minutes the wind registering
instrument at the signal office recorded
forty-eight miles. Heavy rain accompanied
tbe gale, and considerable damage was
done thoughout the city. Chestnut
row—a fine row of resi
dences—was unroofed. The trestle block
was unroofed, as were also several houses.
Grea destruction was done to shade trees
and shrubbery in all parts o the town. No
damage to persons has been reported.
At Mitchellvilie a large flouring mill,
which had just been completed was complete
ly wrecked and will be a total loss: Corn and
ttnall grain are badly down at Newton. It
is reported that a large building on the col
lege farm was blown down at Chester Cen
ter. A few miles north of Grinnell a Con
gregationalist church was blown down and
completely wrecked, together with three
dweiling houses, a number of barns, etc,
Corn and wheat were levelled k the ground.
A Half Year's Disasters.
New York Herald: Nearly 3,000 persons,
according to Herald history—and this rejj
sume does not include the hundreds of un
ortunate events wherein the loss of life
was less than three—were sacrificed in th«
first six months of 1885 to accidents and
6ftl#n)ikus Qogureaow of ope kind and an.
other. It has been thus far a year of al
most unparalh'lled cruelty. Accidents have
occurred bv Hoods, by fare, by lightning,
by explosions, by panic, by landslides, by
snowslides, by storms at sea and storms on
shore—dire happenings of every description
some in our midst and some in every part
of the world. Only well defined hapjenings
will be found in the list, and It must be
left for the reader to picture the destruction
of ami estimate the lives lost by the long
continued floods in the valleys of the Rhine
and Danube, and the Mississippi, the Ohio,
and other Western rivers in our own coun
try.
Tiie
tlrfit half of the year has been
prolific in such floods, tt has been prolific,
too, in tornadoes, in cyclones, and other of
nat ure's
agencies for destruction, from which
the aggregate loss of life can scarcely be
timated.
When classified according to the months
in which they were reported, the deaths are
divided as follows:
No. of deaths.
January
February
March...
Total
No. of deaths-
April 551
May 254
June.... 341
3(0
423
2,895
Death of the Mayor of Dufutti,
Col. J. B. Culver, mayor of tho city, died
suddenly on the 10th at Buffalo, N. Y., of
heart disease, while being shaved. He was
on his way from New York city, where he
went two weeksago to consult a physician
regarding hit health, accompanied by Mrs,
Culver. On the 14th he wrote a letter to
his family from New York, saying he had
sufficiently recovered to return home
anil would leave for Buffalo on the 16tb,
where he would take the steamer China for
Duluth. He leaves a family of four daugh
ters and two sons. His death was a great
surprise and universally regretted) as he
was much esteemed
Col. Culver was horb in Oelawate in 1830
and came West when a Very yoiing man,
locating at PraiHe dn Chien, Wis., in mer
cantile business. While a resident therehe
married Miss Sarah V. Woodman daiighter
of David Woodman, who survives him.
He went from there to St. Paul thence to
Superior, in which plabes he lived for a
short time, He was one of the earliest
settlers in Duluth, going there in 1856 as an
Indian trader, when there were but three
families in town. At the breaking out of
the war he entered the army and was in
service throughout it as colonel of the Thir
teenth Michigan volunteers. He served
under Iiosecrans. He was first mayor of
the village last spring over H. W. Pearson.
Spread of the Cholera in Egypt.
Alexandria Cable: The alarm prevailing
here cannot he exaggerated. No one
doubts the existence of cholera here, but
the authorities refuse to admit the fact.
Twelve deaths are reported to-day, but can
not je verified. Six hundred troops have
been drafted from the English army for de
tail in the cordon lines. All the wineshops
are closed at midnight, and the sale of salt
fish or of green or overripe fruit is thrown
into the sea, and rots on the shore. There
is great danger that the progress of the dis
ease will be greatly aided by the fast of the
Jvaniidan, which began on July 6. The
day's fasting is weakening, and it is follow
ed by nights of dissipation and orgies.
There will be forty days of insufficient
nourishment and forty nights of over
indulgence in wine and liquors. Cairo is
in a deplorable condition, and the dis
patches to-night announce that the epidem
ic has appeared in every quarter oi that
city. Expert physicians now believe that
no considerable town ©f the peniUsnla can
escape, and tbftt the disease will devastate
Egypt and Arabia and pass into Syria.
A Washington Ilouge Presented to
Gen. Shcridaii.
Tbe correspondence batween Lieut. Gen
P. H. Sheridan and the citizens of the city
of Chicago, who presented him a residence
in Washington city, in anticipation of his
assumption of the command of the armies
of the United States next fall, when Gen
Sherman will retire, is published. The
letter of presentation is signed by thirty
one prominent citizens, including Anson
Stager, Marshall Field, QeorjjeM. Pullman.
N. K. Fairbanks, C. B. Earwell, Joseph
Medill, P. I). Armour, Potter Palmer, I
7a. Leiter and T. B. Blackstone. The letter
is a tribute to Gen. Sheridan as an ex
soldier and a citizen, and an expression of
the warm personal frieHdshipof the donors.
Gen Sheridan's letter acknowledges high ap
preciation of this neighborly evidence of
regard in his chosen home as commander
of the department of the Missouri, and says
when he assumes his new duties the fact
that his ntew house was presented him by
Chicago friends will be a matter of special
pleasure to hiiii.
THE MARKETS
«T. TAUI*
FLOUB—Steady and unchanged. Quotations:
Patents, Oraoen Blossom, $0.50® 75 lied
Cross,struislits.$!5.7ut:Mi Capitol fnt)iily,$5.#5.251
Uakers", XXXX, $4.125"-4.50: in barrels, ex
ra: outsi e brands, 'J.ic^SOc per bbl less, accord
ing to (ju ility. Rye flour, $-1 @4.25 per bbl. Gra
ham, $5C«ir).'J5 per bbl.
HEAT—The market was quotably firm, mainly
on out.-i'io influences, rather than by reason of act
ive trailing. General movements light and but lit
le dono, tliore beinu only a limited consumption
inquiry. No. 1 hard, $1.09 bid, $1.11 asked:
ear. $1.03 asked: No. 1, $1.07asked No. 2 hard,
$1.01 bid, $1.07 asked.
CORN—Hull and s'eady. Quotations unchanged
Receipts fair. No. 2, 50c asked year, 46c bid
No. :i, J5cbid rejected, 43c asked.
OATS—The market was fully Ktrmia at the quota
tiotis, some of which were shaded lower from Sat
rday's figures. P.irties wanted to buy, but could
ot. reach ttie sellers, on prices. Others wanted to
sell, but would not yield to buyers' prices. Between
tlii-two classes there was not much doti^, som
buyers showed considerable confidence in futures
offering to purchase freely. After the call
swii'i late members trie. to do a little trailing, thus
provintr the existence of some interest in the market.
Quotations: No. 'J mixed, 30c bid, 31c asked:
-!L- bid, 30c asked: September and year.
28c bid. 30c asked: No. 3 mixed, bid No.
white, 3i2c bid No. 3 white, 30c bnl rejected,
30c asked. Sales: 5.000 bu No. 2 mixed, year. p. t.
MINNEAPOLIS.
FLOUR—The esnecled advance has not come as
yet. Mimiesotapatents are quoted in New York
$5.(i0,r(7.20, and in Chicago at $5.30£fi .!0.
Locai quotations are: Patents, $6.75 straights,
"'5.40yf,5.55 clears, $4.05^5.10: low grades,
1.85®3.
MILI.STUFF—The market is stiff but not active.
iota:ioiis: Bran, bulk, $6.50«i(i.75: sacked,
$8.50(258.75. Fine shorts, $8.75.«9.'_'5: coarso,
$8."5«S8.75. Mixed feed, !rl5(®20, according to
uality. Coarse corn meal, $1 cheaper than mixed
ed.
WHEAT—There was some activity, with sal. s oi
o. 1 hard at $1.10: of No. 2 bard at $105'...
cars of No. 2 Northern by sample, f. o. b.
$1.05 of No. 3 Northern at $1 and ot sartinie
wheat at 90c@$l in large lots. At the close. No.
was offered at 81, f. o. b., and there were bid^
No. 1 hard of $1.09VJ. Quotation.-:
1 hard, spot, $1.10: seller the ye:ir,
$1.04's No. 2 hard, $1.04% No. 1 North
ern, $1.0-4 No. 2, 99c No. 3, 94c. Millers'
rociatiou prices: No. 1 hard, $1.07: No. 2 hard,
.02 No. 1 tegular, $1 No. 2, 97c No. 3. 87c
No. 4, 77c.
COKN—There were no deals, but offerings were
free of No. 2 at 47c and of Elevator hot at 45c.
Quotable at 40c for No. 2, spot condemned,
15c, by sample.
OATS—There were sales of No. 2 mixed a' 34c
and of No. 2 white at 36c, both in store. Quotable
34c tor No. 2 mixed white, 36c: rejected, olg
(c. bv sample.
KUI.UTH MARKET, Special
Telegram—The
markets on 'change to-day were practically un
hauged. and but little disposition to sell mani
fested. $1.11 bid for round lots #1.12 bid for
carlots strictly trosh, held at $1.13 $1 0512
was bid for No. 2 hard: strictly fresh held al
$1,06: voar held at $1.11. $1.07 bid. Amount in
store by grades to-day: No. 1 hard wheat, eleva
tor
A,
8,304.20 bu elerator'B, 129,020.10 bu: ele
vator C. 13.0 lO.OO bu. No. 1 wheat, elevator A,
4,513.20 bu elevator.B, 11 435.40 bu: elevator C.
10.613.30 bu. No. 2 hard wheat, elev.itor A.
33,660.30 bu elevator B, 337.20 (levator C,
860.20 bu. No. 2 wheat, elevator A, 3.234 20 bu
elevator B, 13,839.20 bu. No. 3 wheat, eleva
tor B, 5,459.50 bu. Rejected, elevator B,
7,491.50 bu. Condemned, elevator B, 24,646.40
bu. Totals: Elevator A, 49,712.30 bu eleva
tor B, 251,330.50 bu: elevator C, 32,634.50.
Grand toial of all e evmors, 336,678.10 bu.
MILWAUKEE MAHKET—Hour, dull ami nom
inal. Wheat, excited but higher No. 2, $1 July,
$1 August, $1.01 September, $1.0414 Octo
ber, $1.05Coru,
shade firmer, taken at 51
%c
new,49c recjected, 45c. Oats, easier: No.2, 33^c
Rye, inactive: No. 1, 55'ac bid No. 2, 53!2C.
Barley, neflected. Provisions, higher mess pork,
$13.95 ca«h and August $14 15 September.
Lard. $8.80 September. Grain freights
Wheat to Buffalo, 2iie, Butter, good to choice,
19®21c. Cheese, 8'2?J)9c. Eggy, 14®14-igc.
Receipts—Flour, 11,000 bbis wheat, 22,000 bu
barley, 1,500 bu. Shipments—Flour, 11,000 bbls:
wheat, 1,200 bu.
CHICAGO MABKET—Flour, dull and nominal.
Wheat, regular, in fair demand and prices higher
SlrtlOl^ July $1.03,H@1.0314 August $1.05i«
September: $1.0(^i i 1.06J4 October 1.0634
November $1.01 year: No. 2 Chicago spring,
$1.01
'a: No. 3 Chicago spring, 84c No. 2 red
inier, $1.06- Cornrquiet but firm and higher
52c cash 52(g521sc July: 52%g»'.52l'jc Aucust
52'552^c September 515s?'51\c October:
4634c the year. Oats, dull and heav 33!sc each:
July 287sc August: 27?4c Septem­
ber 27%:the year. Rye, easier. Flax seed, firm at
$1.41. Pork, demand active and dosed higher
$13.80^13.85 cash and Jul: $13.90C«J13.921^
August: $14.10kWl4.12% September $14.20(3
14.22k! October: $13.C5(3U3 10 year. Lard,
modera'ely active and higher $8.60 cash and
July $8.628.65 August
o n 8 0 0 0
$8.77)«?8.80
u o a s
Sep­
tember $8.82Hj®8.85 October $8.42*2(38.45
the year. Bulk meats, in fair demand shoul
ders, $6.25: short ribs, $7.15 do clear, $7 55.
Butter, quiet and unchanged. E-'gs, steady at I4ij
(&15c. Whisky steadv and unchanged. Freight*
—Corn to Buffalo, 2c. Receipts—Flour, 7.50J
bbls wheat, lO,000bu corn, 235,000 bu: oats,
151,000 bu rye, 3.600 bu: barley, 1,700 bu.
Shipments—Flour, 5,50) bbl: wheat, 51.000 bu
I i
009 LM BIRIEY. L,VWB*.
MINNESOTA NEWS.
Xtnseeota KSditorial Convention.
The sixteenth annual convention of 'e
Minnesota Editorial association was held in
the state capitol at St. Paul on the 18th Inst
There was an unusually large attendance.
The president, Mr. B. B. Herbert, called
the convention to Order and under the ex
isting order ot business, after 13. C. Sanborn
was appointed secretary pro tenl., delivered
his annual address, which was a very care
ful reriew| of the organiz »tion from its
inception through the various phases of
the existence, up ,to the present date,
Gov. Hubbsrd than delivered an address oi
welcome in which he claimed to be a mem
ber of the fraternity as he was an editpr
and proprietor of a newspaper twenty years
BKO. Liberty Hall of the Glencoe Register
responded to the remarks of the governor.
Papers were rtad upoo a variety of topics
and the following officers elected lor the
eusuing yenr:
Preaident—B. B. Herbert, Red Wing.
Vice Presidents—Liberty Hall, Glencoe
K Listoe, Fergus Falls C. J. Ceghland, Lac
qui Parle.
Secretary—T. T. Bachelor, Minneapolis.
Treasurer—David Ramaley, St. Paul.
Executive Committer—H. P. Hall, St.
Paul H. A. Castle, St. Paul H. A. Nimocks,
Minneapolis.
The formal business of the association
having bten concluded the members scat
tered about the city, and occupied the spare
time in viewing the improvements until
7:30 o'clock, at which hour the members
with their ladies assembled at the Union
Depot lioiel 'o partake of a banquet provid
ed tor theui by the Northwestern Newspa
per union.
At the conclusion of the feast, President
Herbert arose and stated that owing to the
shortness of time, saying grace had been
dispensed with, but he thought there was
sufficient time to return thanks. H. A.
Castle then introduced reselutions, which
were unanimously adopted by acclamation,
extending thanks to the Northwestern News-
fhat
iaper Union for the banquet and affirming
reAdy-print paper is one of modern ad
vancements of tbe present printing age, and
that furnished by the Union has no superi
or iu the west. After a very brief
response by Mr. McAffee who represented
the Northwestern Newspaper Union, the edi
tors and publishers, and their ladies were
all on the cars steaming northward and
westward to take a look at the fertile valley
of the Bed River of the North aud pay their
respects to her majesty's dominion at Win
nipeg. The party .occupied thtee Pullman
sleepers.
One of the wildest and most romantic
places anywhere in the state is to be seen
at St. Croix Falls, where are the noted
Dalles. Being a little out of the way they
are not as well Known nor as frequently
v'sited as other resorts nearer by.
In the Kendrick ahduction case at Moor
head there was no appearance for the pros
ecution, and the cise was dismissed. It is
evident that Mrs. Kendrick's only object
was to get the child back, not caring to
prosecute her husband.
Burglars attempted to get $300 from tinder
the pillow of Mr. BeggSj at Shakopee. but
he was on the alert and scared them off
A sad accident took place at White Beat
lake on the 14th inst., by which a well
known youug man of St. Paul, t'red B. Os
good, was drowned. Young Osgood had
been in the employ of Lindekes Warner fc
Scburmeir for s me time rast. On Satur
day afternoon when the establishment
closed he went out to the lake in company
with a jellow clerk, named Charles H.
Stevenson, to spend the evening. They ob
tained a boat and went out fishing. They
selected their fishing ground in the bay
near Mahtomedi and dropped aachor.|About
9 o'clock, or shortly after it became dark,
they concluded to return. Young Osgood
was in the act of pulling in tke anchor,
when he lost his balance by some means
and fell over the side, Upsetting the boat.
Both the young men clung to the boat and
for an hour or so made a desperate struggle
for life. Stevenson fioallv abandoned the
boat and succeeded in reaching the shore.
Osgood clung to the bodt until he became
exhausted aud sank.
Some time last April a woman arrived
at Herman, Grant coilnty, calling herself
Mrs. Valentine, claiming to be a widow,
having with her her son. ten years old
She procured employmtint With the fami
ly of John Moses, a farmer living five miles
from town. Last week D. B. Bunker of
Minneapolis arrived, claimiBg to be the
husband of the lady and father of the boy.
He drove out to Moses' place, found the
boy playing on the prairie some distancfe
from the house, gave chase, caught the boy
and brought him to Herman. Moses' wife,
son and tbe boy'3 mother followea to regain
possession. There was a lively
scramble for the-bov at tbe hotel at Her
man. Bunker was seized and the wofnan
escaped into a private parlor with her son,
whence he was taken from the window,
down a ladder to a waiting buggy, which
Was driven rapidly away, Soon iollowed by
the plucky mother. Mrs. Bunker alleges
cruel treatment and immoral conduct on
her husband's part as the cause of her leav
inghim. Bunker claims it is the result of
meddlesome interference on the part of his
wife's relations, making no charge against
ner character or conduct.
Mr. Rush L. Myrick of Elysian was mar
ried to Selah H., daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
H. Meiborn of A^aterville, in St. Andrew's
church at the latter place, by Rev. G. Hun
ter.
The Pairbault Republican speaks of the
great storm in Rice county the track of the
hailstorm was from a quarter to halfa
mile wide, it passed over jwrtions of the
farms of Messrs. A. L. Metealf, £. Pres
cott, and C. W. San lord within the city lim
its and those of Messrs McLean, Small
idge, 4l. Thompson, Lee Thonjpson, F. A.
erry, A. Tentz, O. Pentz, I. Spear, M.
Pickney, Thomas Adams and C. W. San
ford, in Walcott. The farms in the north
west corner of Richland were touched and
crops damaged more or less while in
Wheeling it was more severe, and left
track about a quarter of a mile wide and
two miles long, causing severe damage on
the farms of Messrs. Kielmeyer, Piepho,
and others whose names we did not learn.
Messrs. A. Thompson, A. Pentz and C. W.
Sanford report that the injury of ftheir
small grains will amount to one-third of
the crop. Gore is badly riddled, but may
recover.
vTiew of Canton, China.
Miss Isabella Bird writes: ''Canton is
intoxicating from its picturesquenes?,
color, novelty and movement. As we
sat at midday at the five-storied padago
da, which fro a corner wall overlooks
the Tartar city, and ever since through
this crowded week, I have wished the
the sun might stand still in the cloudless
sky and let me dream of gorgeous sun
light, light without heat, of narrow lines
rich in color of the glints of sunlight on
embroideries and cloth of gold, resplen
dent even in darkness of hurrying and
colored crowds in the shadow, with the
blue sky, in narrow strfps, high a ove
of gorgeous marriage processions, and
"the voice of the bridegroom and the
voice of the bride of glittering trains
of mandarins of funeral processions,
with the Wiiil of hired mourners clad in
sackcloth and ashes of the Tartar City
with its pagodas of the hills of graves,
treat cities of the dead outside the walls
fiery red under the tropic blue of the
'potter's field," with its pools of blood
and crosses of crucifixion—now, as on
Calvary, symbolical of shame alone of
the wonderful river life, and all the busy
crowded, costumed hurry of the streets",
where blue banners hanging here and
there show that in these houses death
has stilled some busy brains forever
more
On the 17th instant a man gained admis
sion to the house of a family named 8pein,
near the oapitol, on a declaration that he
was water inspector, and brutally assault
ed a young woman, the only person in the
house. He choked her into insensibility
and accomplished'his purpose. The victim
ia seriously injured, and may die. The as
sail
an was not arrested.
Home is a pretty cool place in the
hottest weather, and home comforts are
better than those more costly awav from
home.
NOB HILT*
The Palaces ofAfillionairesOverlook
ing Han Francisco,
From the Cleveland Leader.
The great advanttge of the hill-tops
for residences is the commanding view
they have of the country for tens of
miles distant, and of the beautiful bay
of San Francisco. California street and
Sacramento street both commence at the
harbor, and run through thfe business
portion of the city half a mile till they
reach Nob Hill, close to Kearney street.
The residences of this city are all built
of wood in order to guard against being
shaken down by earthquakes, which
vipit the citysemi-occasionallv. It looks
odd to sec the palaces 011 Nob Hill, cost
ing hundreds oft houaands of dollars con
structed of wood, hut they are splendid
MiHcirnens nf elaborate architectural de
signs, and vie with pretentious mansions
at the East in magnificence, it will nat
urally be supposed that fires would occur
frequently in a city built almost entirely
of wood, and so they would, if the houses
were constructed of pine, as Chicago
mostly was at the time of her great fire
But the dwellings here are built of red
wood, which is the principal lumber of
California, and does not ignite and burn
easily, consequently a fire does not get
under much headway before the arrival
of the steamers of the Fire Department.
Redwood is similar in color to the heart
of beach wood, and is equally hard and
susceptible of a fine polish, resembling
that of fresh mohogany. I have seen
mantel pieces made of this lumber which
were really artistic and beautiful.
The mansions of Governor Stanford
of Mrs. Mark Hopkins, and Mr. Chas
Crocker are palatial, and present the
gorgeous arfchitectural effects, although
built of wood. Mrs. Hopkins' bouse oc
cupies the highest point on Nob Hill,
and can be seen from all points of Han
FranciBoo. From its observatory, which
is stated to be 140 feet high, a grand
view is obtained in every direction,
The cost of these three mansions, with
their grounds, furniture, and works of
art, is about $0,000,000. This I think is
greatly exaggerated. Still they are a
magnifice nt trio of palaces, and are the
largest wooden dwelling houses in the
world. There are numerous other fine
residences on California, Sacramento,
Bush and Clay streets' on the hilt tops
I noticed that the railway magnets, the
Huntingtons, the Crockers, Hopkins,
and Stanford, have their homes on top
of these hills, while Flood, 0!Brien(who
is deceased,) Sharon, and other bonanza
kings have their homes in the lower part
of the city. It looks as though the rail
way aristocracy decline to associate with
the plebian bonanza fellows, who made
their immense wealth in mining-stock
jobbing, although they have the reputa
tion of having made it in legitimate min
ing, which is not true. The houses of
these bonanza aristocrats are very costly
but do not compare with those on Nob
Hill.
Dies
Happy Witl.
brHla.
Kened
a Silk tTm-
One of the most curious experiences
that ever befell me was during a pro
vincial engagement, when I had Clay
land Jail in Loamshire. The population
were agricultural and uncultivated, and,
of course, the most ignorant as Well as
the most degraded came my way. One
of them was a woman of 60, a murderess.
The Chaplain could do nothing with her
—he very seldom can with those who
are condemned to death they have
something else to listen to than mere
words. Days and even weeks before a
timber has been raised or a nail has been
driven in they hear the gallows being
put up. This poor creaturej however,
was not troubled in that way she had
not the imagination for it. She had not
even the instinctive disinclination for
her fate that the dumb animal feels on
the threshold of the 6laughter-house.
There were no "good-byes" to make,
for she had neither friend nor relative
in the world tbe world she was to leave
on Monday. On the Sunday night she
sent for me. It had been a pouring day
as most November days in Loamshire
are, and as I entered her cell the sound
of the rain npon the roof heightened
the melancholy effect of the scene to an
extraordinary degree. To those who
knew the circumstances of the case she
was scarcely an object of pity, for
the murder she had committed was a
most brutal and appalling one but it
was impossible to behold her without
sharing her wretchedness. She was
standing under the barred blank win
dow with her eyes fixed upon it, listen
ing apparently to the splash of the
storm, but she turned quickly round as
i came in and faced me. "Guv'nor,"
she said, "is it true that I am to be
hung to-morrow?" It was not easy to
reply to such a question in words, and I
only inclined my head gravely. "Is it
far from here— I mean the gallows?"
"About 50 yards in front of the jail
gates." "Aye, aye I mind the place
well I saw John Norris hung there
when I was a young gal. Then
one will walk to it,
won't one?" There was a tooch of dis
appointment in her tone which I could
not understand, though I guessed the
reason of it afterward. "Yet* we shall
all walk." "Very good! I've been
thinking of summat as I should like to
do. Will you grant me a last favor,
Guv'nor?" 1 told her, of course, that
Anything that lay in my power, and
which my duty permitted me to do,
would be done tor her. "Well, to-mor
row will be wet, you see tint's certain.
Now, never in all my life has it hap-
to me to walk under a silk um
rella. Will you let me do it just this
once?" I gave her, of course, the re
quired assurance, andJherSwarders repor
ted afterward that she went to bed in
good spirits and passed an excellent
night. Her first words on being awak
ened in the morning were to inquire if
it rained, and on being informed that it
did she expressed her satisfaction. The
rest of the sad ceremonv seemed to in
terest her very little, but never shall I
forget how her dull hard face brightened
up at the sight of the new silk umbrella
that was presented to her. She held it
over her head to the gaPows foot with a
hand which, if it trembled at all, did so
with conscious pride.—James Payn, in
Longman's Magazine.
The First Judge Lynch.
R. J. Burdette in Philadelphia Tirnts
It is said by some veracious authori
ties, whose names I have forgotten be
cause 1 never knew them, that on the
ancient council books of Galway, Ire
land, it is duly recorded that in the year
of our Lord 1493 "James Lynch, Mayor
of Galway, hanged his own son out of
the window for defrauding and killing
strangers, without marshal or common
law, to show a good example to poster
ity."
It seems by the chronicle, that young
Lynch had been sent to Spain by his
father the mayor, to purchase a cargo of
wine that biteth like logwond and sting
eth like a madder when it giveth its dye
color arieht in the cup. But the
young man wasted his substance
in riotous living and fared
Bumptously three times a day and four
or five times a night and spent all his
money at the bar in the faro room, he
fore he bought his cargo. However his
rating was good, and he loaded his ship
on short credit, thirty, sixtv and ninety
days, fifteen off, and sailed joyously for
home intending to beat the slate and
say nothing to his father about the pa
per. But the credit man of the concern
didn't exactly like the looks of things,
and sent his nephew along to collect the
monev in Galway. Seeing that tbe
nephew's presence would cause a cool
ness in the family circle as soon as he
presented his statement, young Lynch
"expedited" matters by" tossing the
Spaniard into the loud sounding sea and
then sailed joyously on in an ever wid
ening horizon and under an intellectual
skv that was infinitely cloudless.
But one of the sailors some time after
ward laid down to die, and when he
was positively assured that he could not
live long enough to be hanged for his
A drug store, blacksmith shop, grocery share in the transaction, told Mayor
Store and two residences at Wft*l I Lynch how his son had killed the Span
tmrsed, Loss tbout $10,000.
iarcl. Trie4 beforg hia own father j&b
young merchant was convicted and sen
tenced to be hanged. The family and
friends violently prevented the execu
tion, whereupon the Mayor took his son
up stairs, fastened a staple to the wall,
with his own hands adjusted the noose
about the young man's neck, pushed
him out of a window overlooking the
public street and there hanged him in
manner and for reasons set forth in the
record. Whenever you talk of Lynch
law, think of John Fitzstephens Lynch,
Mayor of Galway, who filed the first ca
veat for an invention generally supposed
to
be an
American. I. i
POKE RO.VNEtd
the women with the pokes—
Horrid pukes—
What a world of merriment their Ugliness
provokes!
How thev wobble, wobble, wobble,
In tbe balmy air of June,
While the French-heeled bsauties hpNwi
And the envious turkeys gobble,
Jn a hoarse, derisive tune,
Keeping time, time, time,
In a sort of jerky rhyme,
To the hop aud hobbling motion that the
mir cing ait provokes,
From he pokes, p'jkes, pokes, pokes,
Poke8, pokes, pokes.
From the hobbling and the wobbling of the
pokes Burlington Free Press.
The Nation at Peace.
"Our Duty in the Cause of Interna
tional Peace" was the subject of an ad
dress by Gen. Francis A. Walker at
Smith
College, Northampton,Mass. It closed
as follows: "Let us remain as we are
witboat weapons of offence or defence.
Let our title be the "Unarmed Nation."
For one, while respecting the sentiment
of those high officers of army and navy
and these members of congressional
committees who feel themselves respon
sible for the defensive condition of the
country, and while entertaining no strong
antipathy to the building of a few fast
cruisers, to carry our flag upon tbe seas,
I trust never to see n fixating castle, with
a 24-inch plate and 100-ton guns, built
for the service of the United States- It
is, I confess, a new thought to me, and
it mav appear to many of you, on the
first hearing unusual and vain yet as I
have earnestly pondered this subject
during the last few months it has grown
to my view increasingly clear that, first,
the example of the United States as an
unarmed nation, and secondly, the forced
of its industrial competition, with the
vast advantages which immunity from
conscription and armament will give to
the people of this country, as to the pro
duction and distribution of wealth, are
to become powerful agents in breaking
up the war system of the world.
Alreadv this contemplation of our
happier lot is drawing the more pros
perous and adventurous to the inhabi
tants of Europe, a million a year, to
ourselves. Must nottbe time soon come
when increasing intelligence and
strengthening self-confidence on the
part of the people will laarnthem to de
mand that freedom from conscription and
war taxes be not conditioned upon ex
patriation. Be sure when the demand
is made in earnest the statesmen of Eu
rope will find a way to abate and in
time to abolish the war system. Will it
be long possible for the nations of Eu
rope, unless they can rid themselves of
this incubus, to withstand that compe
tition, as we grow in numbers and pro
ductive power, and as tbe facilities of
communication and transportation are
multiplied and perfected? I cannot
think so. When we have become a hun
dred millions, when our agricultural
production has increased twofold, when
our fold, all of which will come to pass
in thirty years, with the improvements
in transit" and traffic reasonably to be
anticipated within the same period, cin
the effect of our competition be less
than to compel the statesmen oi Europe
to release their peoples shackles and the
burdens which conscription and almost
universal armament impose upon them?
And if in leed America shall then con
tribute to the downfall of the war sys
.eni, will it not prove the greatest oi the
blessings which the new world has con
ferred upon the oldi"
Topics for Women.
MARRYING WIDOWS.
Many wise men have married widows.,
and have found them the best of
wives. For instance, Washington, Jef
ferson and Franklin each married a wi
dow, the names being severally Mrs.
Curtis, Mrs. Skelton and Mrs. Read. Pr.
Johnson and the philanthapist Howard
each married widows who were mam*
years their senior, but they lived very
happy, and Johnson never ceased to
mourn for his departed "Tetty." The
first Napoleon married a widow, and as
long as he continued faithful to her his
progress was brilliant and successful. A
very curious instance of this is found in
the history of Sir William Heischel. He
reached the age 6f 50 as a bae'ielor, but
then married a widow (Mrs. Marv) with
whom he lived iu a happy condition for
a third ot a century. They had one son.
Sir John Herschel, who became also an
astronomer, and won high distinction.
Mohammed is also on the same list, for
at 2o he married the widow of Kadijah,
who was 40, and whose wealth and in
fluence were an assistance to a needy
adventurer.
HOW TO CHOOSE A WIFK. 9
1A
place for everything, and every
thing in its place,'f said the patriach to
his daughter. "Select a wife, my son.
who will never step over a broomstick,
is the sage advice given to the son, and
as the story goes he was obedient to the
lesson. "Now," said he pleasantly, on
a
gay May day to one of his companions,
I appoint that broomstick to choose me
a wife The young girl who will not
step over it shall have the offer of un
hand." They passed from the splendia
saloon to the grove some stumbled
over the broomstick, others jumped
over. At length a young lady stopped
and put it in its place. The promise war
fulfilled she became the wife of an edu
cated and wealthy young man, and he
the husband of a* prudent, industrious
and lovely wife. He brought a fortune
to her, and she knew how to save one.
It is not to decide which was under the
greater obligation both were rich,
and
each enriched the other.
WOOING AND WINN'TN'G.
"Probably there is no instance," said
SirAuthur Helps, "in which any two
lovers have made love exactly in the
same way as any other two lovers since
the world began."
True! Barkis insinuated. Vivien
charmed Merlin. Alexander made a
bonfire for Thais. Cassanio soft-sol
dered Portia with a lea len casket. Tho
garrulous female in the Arabmn Nights
told tier husband stories. Hi pomenes
had a close race for At.anta, but he
played the apple game upon her. I.:
fhe
Polynesian Islands they win their hearts
by beating their heads with a shillalah.
Harry the Eighth and Bluebeard were
off with the hea I of the old love before
they were on with the new. Newton
poked down the tobacco in his pipe with
his sweetheart's finger—a warm to-.
ken of his affection. Tristam
did it mostly with the harp, and was
likewise a good liar. His two Isoldes
were too many for him. Both well was
inclined to Mary, and locked her up in
his castle. Cobbett's wife caught hin
by the grace with which she used her
washtub—she was never known to use
it after the wedding. Sam Romilly, the
famous lawyer killed himself because
his wife died, while a good many others
kill themselves because they will not
die. Nicholas of Russ a wanted to "pop"
at the dinner table, but didn't like to Se
caught at it, so he imbedded a ring in a
lump of bread and handed it to her.
Charlemagne's secretary was caught by
a snow-storm "sparking the en cror's
daughter at midnight, and she carried
him home on her back, so that her foot
steps wouldn't be traced. The emperor
heard of it and saddled hint on her for
the balance of her life.
H. C. Ives, assistant to the general mat*-'*
ger of the Manitoba, is now acting superin
tendant of the Northern division. Up to
the present time he h&§ paly assumed tbq
dqt$? of that office,