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KAUDALli&BODEEN, Publishers.
MORRIS, MINNESOTA.
The postofliee department recently
Bent to the contractors for priuting the
largest order ever issued, calling fer
38,000,000 stamps, 7,000,000 stamped en
velopes, and (5,000,000 postal cards, the
total value of which is
vtm !b
shaken fro7
lake Huron
Following
::l kt
Superior to lake Erie,
Led unimu^iM'iiif4)y
bottonv^lfhtV^r of
sTTT^troy^cl ana from 75,-
V
"00, to IOI'.OPO people killed, it would
convey sonic idea of the destruction in
Ja a
The American Pharmaseutioal Associ
ation met recently in Washington, D.C.,
and elected Mr. W. S. Thompson of
that city president. A resolution was
passed directing a committee to ask IVJK*-
yress to appropriate £,000 for the intr^/t,0'^m
duction of foreign medic il plants in this
country, and for the pr/Jbgation and
«ftuv of home plants. t'f
11 is
usst^Mkljhflv-
•^w^JJfci'iiar advantages for the growth
of manv tbmicnlm*
VLi''-ir
ts,
M/Va 7
The American "ciA^.pd^iation
held their annual conventiou irtvbouis
ville, Ky. October 10th. and 11th.
There are many important and interest
ing questions to be considered, among
which is the absorption of American se
eurities abroad, the causesof the decline
in the rate of interest, the causes and
prevention of financial panics, the rre?-
o
v odj:.olityCrt ftomft to* aoil. iu
trial wealth, and tliA nnye imiKVt-j.nl.
features ot
this couiijry.
f•- ^Tlle population of New Mexico is re-
•1 put ti il In tlWfflUfflTfflfTTOn to be loO,*
0 against 118,430. Three-fourths of the
inhabitants or 112,000, cling to the old
is of tbe i»i^'T^ad -*p9idr the
:n Janfua^'.y—|)f y j^jreinivftu|er,
Ttr^yf ine eTtte?^ri^!mg~ahd
venturesome pioneer class who went in
to the territory in itf-^r^jr^s^trtrujept-,
and who are interested* th^\ietekrp
raent of the res urces of the ci untry.
(o\vrnor Sheldon suggests some, -luodf-
Ofii CiifafJtJAi UW, Attch^dttfd1 fotvie
8/5il
nie real progressive movemei\t. \n. ptp
lo OiMrKtSkJiQuili&t til'va.
^OOJ the ragjoptfa -r iij
bun
i af j&iMe ti*
ber of children in the public schools is
125,000, while there are in the neighbor
hood of ".i in thii. seVt rai pri wj»
—r*— supplies,
e i 1 $
uepartmlfit'
u
ii.
workshops.
repairs
-ie chief cert^r-^'"" mli he
itre I.nther w
mi
'^ss, editor of ^few
iertis^pjedpt 1^|
branch o i the 12ti
j, journals at the state
toqtoc^
aria all his life was an active
"^ntial whig and republican. In
id thenceforwar| uft't jU«
rriaee a few dayf blwre-ms cnmin ne
is the life and soul of that paper.. His,
:tiner3 weie 1'i^hlf lrrfd"g^ftW. andfie'
inted hosts of
J]
such endurance,
irt W^ions'can
is Wio^itfiWy.^but
"rliminishe?
jear the
Tt Vistenc white
a time sqm-
asper
l0Lt
aUitv'
season, it, will he a jat
il6 "ipt -id ilfaficuHVM. v
i i i i i i V i 1
n
X#
Toledo hotel. "v"". ?ir." rr-*
clerk "do,w,
"Then
'ver myjbet^
away fi
1, and I
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i
NEWS IN BRIEF.
WASHlMiTOX GOSSIP.
In a recent pociji cam tiissiaaar'of
patenw holds that matte: patented de
sign ^jnnot be registered its a trademark.
Referiina to the manner in which the dc*
t'ects in an origina1 pate ari.-e, t!\# *m
n^issiVijioi al?o h»!d« thttt.th"
jAriers!^4*' Vid^'miuak. jhv not Syn
onymous. A statement filed under rale SO,
which sets forth tha' the deftc s in the orig
inal patent occurred by a lnisum ft-aianding
or mistake is ambiguous aud indefinite. A
jtn'i"'""'* tiled 'seder this rule in winch
the applicant s^ri'srs to a conclusion of
feii(t», as that the errors an^e by nn'Mitider
or mistake without giving the
commissioner any facts up n whit-U to draw
thejconclus'on tha' the errors did ev se eithtt
from misuud^rsUui^h* o^- mit«trt: IS la
sutlij&Mt. .. v"
following are the recent post office chan
ges: Postmasters commissi-ned: Iowa—
Willism P. llichard,^ Peqninjrton Smith
McL'ounell, Carl "Wnl'er Ior«Monlht,
Pringhor. Minnesota—JarmsS. (»iy*
lord. P. stolli^es K»t»b:i-«hed: Dakota
Tracy, Rauistv county. StarjM'rviti chaiifeefl:
Minnesota—Wells t:» Clayton, trom Oct. 1,
extend service to Homedahl, via See'.v, in
cres.ing iiitance nite nii'es. Star service
discontinued: Minnesota—blue Earth City
,rom bept
SO.
C-^l'He ypa^'.istUo.i yfarement that ron
tracft^-ve^-iaiatsle to fill the large reryuisi
tions ret'vfeny*- tfee postorKce de
partment tor 2 cent pcStaat'sttmps, is de
nied at the department. All orders so fur
made have b«tn promt-fly tillert, *nt! the
contractors have an aa ile stock of'stani'w
on hand, prepared months ago. No appre
hension is lilt at the department about till
ing future requisitions as soon as tuarie^
The agricultural debarment diseredlsthe
report that the Louisiana suaar crop will he
a failure. It will be about rive s'xths of a
cop. There is seldom a perfect crop.
JfEWS OF 1 HII JtAIZROAItS.
Tbe annual report, of the Northern Paci
fic company .shows gross parninsa for the
Jisfcil ^ear, el: $7^55,451), an in
crejj^c U'5 15." over it e previous year
including rentals aad taits
$5. 5oo.92t,.rtD incr«ase\ ovpr the previous
vetr ot'^11ti,J'|N,tJ'_ ?n#t ^(firiiings, $2,518,
520, ah ine'rease ot *$(til.0 4. The raus of
«-*wiwsr etrr. tti'tHn. ings Tuoreased, 2.1 i
per cent. An increase ot $7^K) is reported
on the avernpe earnings rer mileage,
and a decrease, of ?1071 on thv
gross earnings, Tfce ~frea?u:ei?5 stafement
shows a balance July of -1|2,303,1*23, re
ceived from earniiuis -fH thi htmi depart
"iuent, and misoe'Igneous, $0,370,024 pro
ceeds of bonds, $1S.500.oU- preft-rre i stock
said. $157 16 loins for construction,
•$8,452,081: total, $.7,128,10 ). The express
and telegraph business carried on by the
company show encouraging figures. The
gross earnings o! the toirner were $227^720
.'«txi:)rtK«e,--'f$5,494r le^vtfitrthe net earnings
$142,234, 'fiie lelegraph systetu,haacbeen
-extended.
v-
ior
.ard
i?ifj ii
and"
irs. Tiiere aJP*12^ ill
•iq g.| tei^
[iblic
hers
r*d-v_Xo
tprir^lBf atr
Trrfe'he at-
^apalteiriliiit
e in hiding
/ttd
id to«*s, statuea
profes-
g. enginea^ofihf Gran Ma
rais Vern.iliior. railway,- irvan interview
fegenUj at Dnlatilthe prospects
arti^ood that the road wul start from Grand
'Mass's and jtrifcp- 4hi mw -dis-:ricr wuhin
.thirty, wiles and r^acb VermiUioa in- sixtv
e
suitii n i i
I it
9 i«
i e I
vi r*y
in
i'
es, o u
the iron region, Mr. IJajlesa sajsthe work
o('oouatiaiUim- wi^l-b^gi*! Tmn- ediate'v on
the op-:iin_ of iiaviijn ion Bexr »p-'Uig, and
at l^ast thirty IIHIPS will built before the
cj^s^jo^next stseyr*"# Men are {jow
ar
work
(VW^ing tr.^ WTff# aud takfiig out ore
"^at as soonlis fCe road reaches the-e
-burt'iiess-wiH connne^re. Chicago capital
at ths back of jthe enterprise.
IlaiInee-'.in^ of the general manaeers and
ireishV-ajrents of the roads inter
in the lumber traffic between Chic po,
Wiivjjsin points or Mississippi rlvtr points.
a^(f Missouri river points, which is to tak
rim action
mat|»u pat
take
regarding the propostd r
gqp?r»l Inaiber pool, will
iCfcinmitiaher- IMidgley''^ oflice
JeeDilCS
.yfitriHg in-4 1 t?e^rge I* Carpjan-,Y«xtoiviF5ioner of th
Jmi ottTie 4"au
?ra^c
the
ued
association, baa issue
tlie rat^s on
cirel^aji g.Lvinjj-.B'.vfwe-that
e i a W N o
TerfTtorles, uame-i in thetariffoi Jun«
wesr ie.-ritories, liarne in ttierarittoi June
1, wiurh expire, by limit .'tinn, Sept.
aOjJfiU.jguaip in forcr until Oct 31.
The branch oi the Xorthwestera railroad,
iii(SSilii)5(th H/ifositowti, is expected
to be completed and in running order inside
XJIIWO-we^ks.
Bcw a'stiiiiif gap'rem-tins to
be closed. Tr«ir\s w:li be run through from
Bipok Tigs 1o\ Eedfield, the t? o places
»afci»d beiiig flie terminal stations.
The cireiflef the freight depart
ment o'" fTleiPe'nver^:"RiO Grande announces
float itliat road -declines to receive arv
•4j^ight9-destined to poinfs'sn the TTtah &
Northern and Oregon Shcjt Line.
t^The railroad coinpa«aea8£eni determined
fretz^i3UL".iu)o(i-as*-#oel aud force a
den and for their coal." They have about
succeeded in doing this y advancing the
tes on wood ver\ largely.
(fen. Washburn aid o'her raonsyal men
ivAof~Iitfrifc i W'«* Hudson
./, v "*r -TYis., a few days ago organizing the Sault
this countrv wnen a SceiMaria. -rpad.
misil: T.'jy7:6~r^'ynrsxtTES.
O^t !f*s bp^uulh the [r-nited gtates district
coa^ 4 Orn^iia agaii^t L. V,yi:. Cropsey,
nfx1"t amIT'Tmf FnTted "States consul at Ch^niintz,
Gernianv, 'or the embezzlement of govern
^&iqti£tinR.tt-r |3^!)0 while he
wa^onsut tth'tjuf eighf jesrs Hgo. Cropsey
is wdl known throug.'out Neoraska, and
for two or three years pa.-t h^s buen con
h^ted-,iritk phy:^i^CBB«-iington &
V in? rrraiiroad.
a
!1
""""r
if-"l
om'ier of the Roman
bpfc-n^v^Ta^lovf£d|h\C_
pa u^a' ft, ow t!ie
pad WQ
i fe
iiive at thyjp".
3 party com man
will have tlf
.r the nortVtete:
is
w is
to"* hopeful, un: manv
iii
\*j iiuj/^iUi, '..'U, lUtiiiv VJ i k,vlJL
tLeee tsres luife"^uned a 1
reacted «5fiirl
fe high latitudes, bqt we -sJi'j'.i cl «r?yi
get tliifclidYfrtiW kifAiMiaV or^S*_li,
and that
constantly increasing its
MJ#ti»BJi»ption-of Minneapolis flour. Cincin
nati te?s a great oi.il of it ior 'iistribution
t^Eot^-liout tjie. Sonthfag SJatea.- --New Or
leans'is the'ehipf point for this trade, w-
nf V^-' 1_«nean^ h*n• fre^ght to
Cincinnati.,
v ur w ep fr i
end cents per barrel to
./--j 4 ^in /dlpprt held bill^gainst Mr.
ye qJesV MacV, -^New YoA restaurant keeper, which
he
could not collect. He took a -rowd ot
jfurtj- lebust^reHien aud negroes into the
p|lj«B aid they eie up the amount of the
V h* Mr. Aili*wt's invitation and in spite
o* the police refusing to in
9erf««b & ',
Tbe'sfeam.'hip Easel Las cleared from
PJailadt^phLf with iei«ht cannons, dyna
Blite sheet.- and ammunition of war of alt
sorts 6be saiia for
Tort au Prince. She is
itnty Ufet.i^wn'ed. fay--ttrt 'HtfyTJan government. No
fcafc £*ree-
It
attempt was ma/Ve o prevent the vessel sail-
n?rt to i iletniors, sent to Caicago by the
-lie ve commissioner,jftf agriculture to -make pre
iCf iiito tbe proportion
fi triciriae^ fbiirul there
per cent., but in cured meals
the .:w«fcit»-ha3 been rialformfy dead.
s i e o o n i s a v e a o s e
JH IiL'AL i 4£lr^Jble.
V^e rather declined in health I^^oth-j
during'fheiir,!.'o^atf'm. Fresh
The ownera propose a general
•*¥Utiag/0"fiwaoes, ami tbe*operators say that
J^y^^f^* pp"/}iiled production.
Levy Bros, of New York join tbe failure
brigad"inr ™7°- f1
r*(H
'i:/ soxi I, xi:n s items. i
of the ^mivergito^f
[who wit| ilhf firrft ibusfiftn
rillar-r||ols|^
._ w •. ... o... i'anl, has coi.seNted to deliver a lecture
for an »p^e are quite possible, before a St. Paul audience. He will in fact
ue'T&rtY Eifly have been travelin
oHw.thoyfth Ute^j#TjT8toroflpibf
ofilX nwtimr purists jn the German empire, and tbo au
fracking through .^rnitn s sound is tuor of standar.! works including a copsti
work, fnd ^if the ymsepi ,^t pna^l^?^or^ of-tfcf
the Platte.
7~t i I
at tLe esrn St iiliei-
-of a htifltbter of leading ciPz^iisof
jUiuSe^|tpj«3.#.
/'fe iBfcwatirR)f_m'61ce ^sj. ^sri. Pope,' nov/commanding, thp
jt will 1)^ a jQurntfvi dpnaj^M^nt df the M'SS^'iri, .^fll prob^^"
Uf Gen. jji cortmead of tbe
divisi^
wbouiti
\Jojawsf who^twm^ #dim, -^the departments of Dakota, Texas
night and came down to the
ar,rl
of thi'Missosy-i. Whicbi bi-
i' 4-fcbey s hasty return from EnroDe is due,
*^,1^ 'k-oi'wi W tjfee/act AB«- tbe salaries of his
•'ff„.r
Jy
Tholwt
ttauiil*
i i a O 2 2 a n e n e w
e
iiX
will not be done on time—
V ii i which means a daily loss of $10,000 until it
it ail ior my-
Prof.,Oharvdler, 'of Calumbia 8ch"o olat
husband witl sit pn a Mi^«?s* Jyut aocspted hijappointment to t^e
e-f^nca a?ll ttife kflfiVhoon fd United Stat,ey omniis3kuj.to iuveeiigate the
*»»teh«ffiedTi«fei 'AtteribAn Hog!
1*5 goee t# fctAirclr 4te
*ned pew for fifteen FOREIGN yaws &OS8IF.
Wer
tbel
ii lo
A from Vienna states that Rus-
fony^ii%-i| u^ektreme military preparation
*. ''ilocg'iugi
iiaa aud German frontiers. T«u
/ioifivoIU -IOWOI 'jii«ioc((}0 0*1
dere are asked for 30 000 military beds. All
railways are ordered to have railway cars in
-Madiness, and a list has been made of pri
vate steamers in the Mack Sea and their
captaihs ordered to prepare for transporting
ammuBition, trooM and provisions. These
Vessels have ceaaea executing private orders
fnd the earring'' of corn is tbus interrupted.
Koonmiuftprovision depots have been es
(•bhjtied along the front! r, and two army
Borps bsve been distributed between VistuL
la and Dig I\ivers. Lists have been made
of all persons, who in event of war be de
barred from Poland to interior of Russia.
Six hundred peasants from Gradesex and
Ball over assembled at Faukaswinch on the
20th inst., armed with muskets, and shout
ing: A'e won't belong to Hungary." A
small body of military attempted to dis
perse the uiob, but were coaipelled to with
draw ard await reinforcements. At mid
night they were received with a volley ot
Stones and shots. The military returned
the tire, killing ten aud wound'dg ,many
more. Two soldiers were wcunded.
Enipercr William, King Alfonso, Prince
of Wales and I)nke of Etnburg and of Con
nought witnessed the races a*" Hamburg re
cently. The weather was delightful. A
sivnri dinner was had in the evening, and
after the empress gave tea, at which Tra
bellie Bettim &ang several selections.
Dispatches froiu Taoiatine, Seit. d, re
ports the Hovas have retak.n all the posi
tions on the northwest coast of Madagascar
except Majung Variances are reported to
exist between the Freuch civil and military
a ithnrities at Tamative.
A customs union between Belgium and
Holland is about to be perfected. Bismarck
endorses the scheme, which appears to be
the first step toward absorbing Holland and
Belgium into the German Zollverein.
The Vatican has authorized the Catholic
bishops wh- were expelled irom Prussia to
open negotiations with the Prussian gov
ernment tor their returu to their pasto
rates.
A committee of the Lancashire, England,
operatives have appealed to the trade union
istp'or assistance for the striking weavers,
10 W0 of whom are idle.
Deputy Antone (Liberal! has dccided to
bri an action agairst Colin, of the North
German Gasette, for publishing a letter
seieed at his house,
William Rophe, working Hear Isinonrs,
Minn., was caught by "e lumbling-rod ot
a thresher and so terribly mutilated that
he died soon after.
Two severe shocks of earthquake were
felt at Casamicciola recently. One house
was wrecked. No lives lost.
The cable connecting Europe with Bra
zil has broken between the island of St.
Vincent and Pernambuco.
FIRES AXIt OTUEH A.SUA1.TIES.
Another destructive fire broke out in Le
Sueur, Minn., recently, ia which a fee3 and
grist" mill, owned by Joseph Boet cber, a
small warehouse, and a dwelling owned by
Mr?. George Stewart ana occupied by H.
K. Whitney, were wholly destroyed. The
ia*^e machinery warehouse of J. R. 8. Cos
grove, dea'er in larm machinery, wa.i
tially destroyed, and the dw^,,4r-a of Ca^s
Cosgrove damaged to extern of $500
The losses are as f«t'jws: Joseph Boettcher,
ffn builJii^K conteuti, $3,000, insurance.
$1 wo, and Mrs. Stewar. $300 on warehouse
.^500: on dwelling, EO insurance J. R. 8.
Cofgrove, on juachinery and building,
$2,000: insurance, $1,000. The dwelling of
CESS Cosgiove, is fully covered by insur
ance. A farmer, Herman Hans, had ISO
bushels of wheat stored in the mill, which
was lost. The Le Sueur bawd had a room
in the mil!, and lost about $50 on furniture
and instrum nts. The tire company and
citizens deserve great credit in preventing
the Warehouse of J. R. F. Cosgrove from be
ing entirely consumed. It is thought to be
the work of au incendiary.
The Gem City, one of the fastest and best
steamers plying the Mississippi river between
St. Pau!, Minn,, and St. Louis. Missouri,
was burned at the latter city on the 22nd
inst. She was owned by the St. Paul and
Si Louis Packet company, ot which Com
modoie D.ividson ot Sc. Paul is president.
Tne hull was iron and was srved. The
steamer's hull broke in two this afternoon,
and the boat is therefore a total loss. She
was valued at $60,feC0 injured for $40,000
in theCairoll Powell agency.
A fast west-bound express on the New
York, Pennsylvania & Ohio road recently
crashed into the rear of a freight, side
•traeked near Akron, Ohio. Engineer John
Biilwick was killed. Several train mn
were ii jured, but none fatally. The pass
enger engine and two freight cars -were
wrecked. No paaseigers were hurt.
Fire in New York City recently destroyed
the plaining mills of Robert Eitis, whose
loss is $15,000. Tne mill was surrounded
hy piles of lumber, which fell a prey to the
tlflrt'fs, and vhich was mostly owned bv
L. Schuyler f^o., who estimate their loss
at $40,000. The latter was almost wholly
insured.
The four-yeor old son of Albert Richard
son, a prominent and wealthy farmerof the
town of Middleton, near Madison, fell from
a rail fence recently and when found a few
hours afterward was dead, having been
choked to death by a heavy rail which laj
across his throat.
George W. Ryan, of Barret's circus, died
at Effingham, 111., a few days ago. Ryan
fell in the morning while endeavoring to
throw a somersault at a rehearsal. He was
nineteen years old, and his real name was
M&rdi.
Ur. Ostin Thompson of Leon township,
Goodhue county. Minn., was instantly
killed by* falling off a Wagon loaded with
manure the horses becoming frightened,
started, which caused the accident.
At Lamberton, Minn., the ten-year-old
sonofCnarles Porter run his hand into a
sausage mill aud the flesh was litei»l\y
clean id of! the bones, -Amputation -was
necessary.
:', A liltJe son of Mrs. Opcfehl of Freeman
was recently killed being nut ver by a
farm wagon he was driving.
CJIIMES ANI CHIMlXAt8.
"P. W. Bothick of New Orleans recently
came up the river with his wife and daugh
ter. Before reaching St. Louis flenry Holt
got-on board and at once became acquain
ted and, of course, Mr. Bothick "knew his
uncle in New York." The party stopped
ftt the Merchants hotel, ia St, Paul and tbe
tw©.gentlemen sat down lora quiet game
-of sev«n-up. Shortly after Holt left it was
found th:it Mrs. Bothick's bandbeg
had been st .le-o and iu it was &1€0 nnd
son e je^lry. A large amount of valuables
including cash, had fortunately been taken
from it by the lady just before.fiolt enterei
the room.
The prisonersconyfcted at* the September
term of court at Milwaukee were'sentenced
by Judge Mallory on the 20th inst. Wooten
"and Pheleu the burglars, were sentenced to
three and a half y«ars each to hard l*b?x
Count Lud wig, for larceny, was sentenced
to eight months in the house of correction.
Woo!en served one year on a previous sen
teuce for robbing the Kirby house in the
spring of 1871. He has a wife and fcur
children living in Milwaukee. Two of ihe
later arc at the North Point industria
school.
An attempt was made recently, to lynch
the Rev. John Pitlass, pastor of the Catho
lic church at East Buffalo, by his cengrega
tioii.'They went, to his house, took hini
out aed hystled lim around, shouting
^LyrwH- hinf!" "Kill him!' The father
finally cscaped and sought refuge in the
house of a neighbor, who kept the crowd
Iwck wirh a revolver until the police ar
rived. Considerable Apposition to FatVer
Pitlass exists among his congregation, a
large faction wanting him removed to
make way for the junior pastor.
Burglars a few nights ago entered the
general merchandise store of F. M. Browa
& Co. at Nortbport, Waupaca, Wis., drilled
a nole in tbe s»fe and blew off the door.
They faund but $10 in money in the safe.
A large package of notes and other papers
they carried to a school house near the vil
lage, but finding them of no value to them
selves left them there and departef.
At Marshal], Tex., the dead body of
Silas Johnson, colored, pierced with three
"balls, was found on the roadside, a half a
mile fro*n town, with a rope nruund bis
neck. His wife testifies that sixteen per
sons came to the door and asked for John
ao upon his going out they partly carried
him off. J'-ihnson was known to be con
nected with race troubles recently.
At Sin psonville, Texas, recently, Willis
Johnson was fatally shot by M®ses New
»OBb (both
oi8
negroes in the vicinity have beep holding
secret ruee'ings for some unknown purpose,
and that Johnson laid divulged the secrets
of the organisation. Newcomb and several
other blacks have been Brrested.
At Troy, N.Y., James H. Mason on hia
way home on the 23d inst., was struck on
the head troni behind and his watch and
chain money, diamonds aud also hat,
shoes, coat and vest stolen, jfcdward Wil
son was arrested with the shoes on. Mason
was struck on South street and Carried a
quarter of a mile and robbed.
A ne rro near Sumpter, S. C., outraged a
white girl, Bettie Dixon, twelve years ®f
a^e. A bister of the rl, in trying to pro
tect hpr, whs stabbed by the negro, but not
fatally. A few days ago, a party of citizens
took the negro, tied !-mn to a tree, shot
him, beat him to a jelly, and then left h'iu
dead.
F. R. Callahan, who alleges himself to
be wanted by the authorities in Washing
ton for opening letters in the postofliee, and
also to have beyi recently bounced Irom a
clerkship in tbe St. Louis racket company
at St. Paul,, has just surrenderd to the Chi
oago police.-
At Ashl&>d, Pa.V^abes Payne, district
land agent of the Phlladelvhia it Reading
Coal & Iron company, was attacked and
beaten by a Kane ot ni-isk-d men, a few
day igo," and robbed of $3tX). The despe-a
does escaped.
\h
e Dickey County bank of Ellendale,
Dak., is reported to have closed its doors.
This state of affairs is said to have been
brouaht abou„ by an attachment got out on
a note for $7,000 dve to Capital bank of
St. Paul.
The postofBoe at Kingston Green, Lake
county, Wis., waB raided by burglars a few
nights ago and $450 taken from the safe,
which was blown open. The thieves stole
a horse and bu gy and made their eaoape.
Price Webb, the desperado, lias been
caught at Berryville, Ark. He killed his
brother-in-law. William Evans, in 1881, and
his sister has been hunting lam ever since,
and swear* he shall bit hung.
Postmaster H. Meng of Vidalla, Miss.,
has be n arrested at Natchez, charged with
the robbery of registered mail. Meng ac
knowledged his crime.
W. H. Cottrell of Leniars, Iowa, has
been hfld in $2,500 bail on four charges
oi
embezzlement, preferred by the Champion
Reaver company.
John Gui^als, a well'known character at
Wausau, Wis., while on aipree took a large
dose of laudanum which proved fatal soon
after.
A young American blacksmith com
plained recently that he had '. een robbed of
$80 at his boarding house. No arrests.
Neil Lane of Gardiner, Mont., recently
shot and badly wounded his wife because
he suspected her of unfaithfulness.
Fatal Disaster ac Pittsburg, Pa.
Another disaster has been added to the
list of accidents that has from time to time
spread ^maium anu^iic..- u.uv-nnr the
iron and steel workers of Pittsburg, Pa.,
and tlu-ir families, ie?uitia^ in the instant
death of thre9 men and serious and prob
ably fatal injury of twelve,others. Oa the
afternoon ot Sept. 20th a shock was fek
throughout the city which shook many
juildiugj to their foundations, smashed
windows Hnd terribly frightened the resi
dents ot the south side, who rushed froui
ttieir houses into the street in terror. Im
mediately after the shock au alarm of tire
struck, and upon investigation, it was
ound that a lar^e boiler iu
the flaneing department ot the Sligo Iron
works had expioded with fearful violence,
scattering fl ing fragments in every direc
tion, setting tire to the Lake Erie railroad
shops and a number of dwellings in the vi
cinity. The news of the disss er spread
rapidly, and soon tnou ands of people
were on the scene of destruction. Up?.n
arrival there a lekrful sijjbt met their t^ze.
Ihe boiler department, a brick structure,
was a complete wreck, as was a
nu uber ot passenger and freight
cars, and the master mechanics' shops of
the .Lake Erie railroad, while a row ol dwel
lings on ihe opposite bide oi the street was
in flames. Meu, women and children were
running i bout wringing tneir hands and
caliing tor friends who they supposed ward
either killed or wounded in tne ruins of
the flanging department. Scattered around
were dead ana dying, some with arms aud
legs off s me disfigured beyond recognition,
andotiiers salfering irom gainful buras abd
scakte. .Itwas found that at the time of the
expioiion twtniy men were at work. Oi
the&e nine are reported all right three were
killed and eight billy taj
are j,
"four latally,
while four children ot Charles Douglass,
y*ho lived across the way, wtre also badly
hurt.
The following is a list of killed and in
jured:
Jonn W. Allen, top of head blown off.
Charlts DjUglass, side of htad blown off.
Jessie Douglass, liitie girl, fatally scaided.
Louis House, leg and arm broken and oth
erwise fatally injured. John McGarrigan,
scalded and sides crushed in. Tue injured
arb*. Wiinam Stewart, both legs broken,
injuries fatal. Wiiliaui Rodeman, com
pound fracture of right leg and other in
juries probably fatal. Thomas Smith,
Hand blown oil and other injuries, probaoly
fatal. Christ Millei, fatally scaidtd. Ed
ward liey, head hurt by fal'iiog debris
Patri« k Lttk, kg and arm blown oil serious.
Patrick Welch, shoulder blade lractured
John DjUalass, boy, scalded, serious. Wil
lie Douglass, injured about head. Baby
Douglass, scalded with steam very str
ions.
The works were owned by Phillips, Mer
rick & Co. Their losa is estimated at $10,
The km to.. the Lik« Erie railroad
"company and dwellings is about £3 000.
The Reward of Filial Kcsyqcfc) ci
From the Carson (Nev.) Appca'
Ket long ago a young lhun in Carson got
marr'ed and started for California with hiw
jotmg Wiia. His father bade him good-by,
a id gave him the paternal blessing. "Aly
Hon," said the aged sire, shaking with emo
tion, etc., "remember these words if you
never see me again: Never go into a place
where you would not take your wife."
Last week the old went down to* visit^
them. He proposed a bearhunt, and tficy
weie fortunate enough to track a grizzly to
his lair among some of the boulders in the
chappaxel. As the two approtcaed the
*»e-ir roused Tip and' sent forth a growl of
defiance which shook the tees. "Go in
,v,ere
and kill him," cried the old man ex
citedly. "Count me otit," said'th? son.
..Have I crossed the seas and-" settled in
America to raise a coward?" shouted the
father, hrmdishing his euo. "^1 re?G-let:t
your advice when I left Cftteoi:, was (he
it-ply. "Didn't you tejl me iwcr-to
where I couldn't take my wjfe. Now how
vWtQnld,Sal look thore wifh thi't bear
The old man clarped his dutiful son to hia
'bosoni ond as the 'bt^ir issued forth ex
claimed "Spenkii'g of tt.+lly let us nnsten
bome^ .our pwlongeqf ah®01106 might cajISje
"tierRedress alarm." "In about 15 minutes
thev had reuched the ranch, the old mau a
little afcreitT and the distance was about four
miles. ..
To Prevent Pitting in Small-fox.
3. H. Bird, M. D.,in Medical and Surgical Re
s orter.
&ttiall->pox is always more feared by the
people for its effects than for its danger.
All persons have a dread wf being marked
by it. Theie have been many remedies
suggested to prevent pitting, the nuijwiify
of them being difli -nit and unplrasan^va
'theirapplication. .-Pittingfarely occurs up
on places of the body excluded from air
aud light. Pustulation is the result of the
eruption exposed to those causes. The in
dication, therefore, would seem to bo to
prevent the action of the air and light. I
have accomplished this in several cases not
only in those of brunette, but blonde com
plexions in mild, as well as in severe cases
of variola or varioloid, by the use o»f oint
ment made of charcoal and lard, applied
freely over fhe surface of the face, neck
and hands -applied as soon as the disease
is dis'irguished, end continued until all
the symptoms of superative fever had
ceased. The application allays the itching,
and seems to shorten the duration of the
disease, and leaves the patient without a
lilt oiish fhe eruption protected h\ ihe oint
ment not even showing signs of pustula
tion the charcoal preventing the action of
the light, and the lavd that of the air. Of
course, during its application the patient
doeB not present a very pleasing appear
ance, but a temporary disfigurement i»
preferable to a permanent one.
A full grown lie: When a child caanot
answer a question he never eajs: "Oh,
do:'t bother me now, I'm busy." Onlj
children of a larger growth deal iu euch
.C.
Tlia StegUtz Horror.
Berlin Special: Hteglitz iu a favorite place of
i-CHort for Berlineru, and lies on- the Potsdam
k Magdeburg railway, three miles to tbesjuth^
wo«t- The accident, which may be callod a
massacre, siamls probably unique in the an
nals of railway disaster*. Yesterday, boing
b'»tli Buuilay aud the .Sedan anniversary, the
pljiea was crowded with exeurionUts to tha
'Schuotzenl'ost anil other fostivuies in honor of
the day. Hv 10 o'clock yesterday evening a
crowd of f»Ul) persons tilled ttio plaifonn of
the railway mation waiting for tho reiuru
train. When the latter arrived aftsr sunn
dulnv on tho up Hue the barriers still remaiucd
c'onod to await the pas&fhK of the Cologne
niyht expres-*, which leaves Boi'lin y .r»l) p.
nj. t^udileoly, however, tho! •)«ia»ure of the
iinpatient crowd' forci-d the barriers aside,and,
despite the efforts of the railway officials, hun
dreds rushed across tho down line to
ontur the cars. At that verjf'moment the ex
press eanif-^nuiug' M1"UF, "ind, al'botigli Thd
dnv. oa ttieipg the dai.tftr-sijiiaia Ulsplavd
at the lavt in an iU applied the Urtikos, thy iraiu
ilushed light tTiYoiigli tho nia-is of people cover
ing the lino, and annihilated evt rything its
way. One terrible cry of anguish aroso even
above tho thunder of tho Irani, aid all was
over. The devils of this terrible senile, lasting
only a few seeoutls, as narrated by eyc-wit
nesses, are almost 100 harrowing for repetition.
Foitv uersons, of whom seveutoen wero iin n,
eighteen women, and five children, were iu
st.iiitly killed, aud about twonty-tlvo wounded.
AU tho victims belong fo the ariisah and labor
ing classes. For a distance of 100 yards tho
line was covered with bodies, all shockingly
inuti atfcd, and human fragment4. Of one l'atu
ilv of live persons .ndy one boy escaped, 'l'hu
killed iuciude four married couples, hve mom
bi-rs of the bhooters' company, with ihe tlag
i arers and threu artillery corjorals. One of
tho later had both legs aad his heavy -aliro
cut through as with a .knife. One gkl had
nearly reached tho local train when tin
draught caused by tho-*pra-s threwlier uuder
t-lie loconiotivo. iiiif? womali hid both leg-t cut
ulT, and on bjing carried to the waiting room
gave birth to a dca 1 child and expire J. An
oiher woman and a sad iu the imperial navy
wora cumplately decapitated, a-«d no vestige oi
"ths heads nave been found A child hal ona
hand cut off,.and one body was entirely divest
ed ol'cl .thing The driver of the express train
had to be relieved, being unable to procejd
after witnessing tno scene of carnage. His
locomotive was covered with pieces of flesh,
bones, rags, and drenched witu* b.ood. Tho
line remained blocked for houra, while detich
n's of firemen and soldi -rs gathered the re
mains of the victim! by ji otilight.
'I t)]Mtrrft*ioni ol tlie Ij,
""'ihii^ChlcaE '), St.* Paul, Minne.^olis & Omaha
Hail way. company, has rendered its annual
''ckpocK.ffirHhA ye#i* ending Juno iiO, lfcSo, to
the railrcAl conmrissiouer. This shows
that the company has in operation, of all kinds
of track, Wisconsin, 472 miles} in Ne
braska* lOl) miles in Iowa, 02 miles In Min
"npiota. 418 miles, and in Dakoti, 58 miles,
making a total of 1,240 miles. The total
number of passengers carried on the whole
line was 872.878, and the total tons of freight
carried ouo mile, 282,200,201. The total
earnings from the passenger department were,
in Wisconsin, $771,3(55, and on the, whole
lino, $1,512,054, whilo the total earnings
from the freight department were, in-Wiscon
sin, $1,000,751. and oa tho whole liae,
$3,572,010, makiug the grand total of export
ation earnings $2^378.119 in Wisconsin, and
$5,085,573 on the whole line. The receipts
from ail other sources were $342,061, mak
n ii.-: i.«oi inowjii frotq all sources $2,721,
41-50 in Wisconsin,"
on the wholo vjine. TiiC" total "earn
ings per mile in Wisconmn were ?(T. 331,
and on tho whole line, $4K670. The total
operating expenses and taxes were $3,582,
7bft leaving the net earnings^1,8415,753.
The amount of rentals paid was $.30,488, and
tbe amount of interest paid, less'than received,
was $1,042,713, leaving a balance of $772,
553. The total dividends raid were $753,
335) leaving a
surplus of $19,218.. The aver
age opelatiiin ex'penses per mile were $3,123.
The total, amount paid for construction
during the year was $3,424,404, and for
equipment $1,002,05G, making the total ex
pt-niaturoa charged to property acaounts.
$4,430,000. 'Ihe totai.m leage iu Wisconsin
d"armg the'year* "as 2,171,230, aud wi the
whole line 4,888,722. The total capital stock
of the company is $29,332.1)27, and tiie total
of stock and debt is $40,008,414: while the
total immediate liabilities are $730,804, aua
the total assets $1,012,000.. During the year
five passciigei-s and eight employes were
killed] besides 127 beasts of various kinds.
LATE MARKET KEPORT.
ST. PAUL.
WilEAT—Receipts are liberal, and country move
ments ara aciive. The various wheat mar
sets have weakened. causiDg caution on
the part of operators here, so that
the local market has been dull. The
Jeclines in prices have been graiiua!, amounting to
»bout 5c all around.' Tuesday the feelinsr was a
.ittle better, aud prices showed a little mera
strength. The milling demand is fair, but nvdi
fieil by the course of prices in the market. Qual
ity in receipts shows improvement. Closing prices:
Streetwheat. 90i?95c: orr'ciiOTge.'No. 1 hard. $1
No. 'J hard, 'Joe No. 2, 87^9Jc No. 3, 7S$S0c—
ill bills.
Cpr.x—This market is ntrain developing strenfrtii
after after an easy decline early in the week.
"Stocks and receipts liave hee'i light, and the de
mand has been increasing a little. Prices liava hem
regulated in part by Chic^igo.doinss, but now the
tight supply seems to be the principal cause for
firmness, closing as follows: No. 2, 48c biJ, 50c
usked: No. 3, 45c bid.
OATS—After a week of comparative quiet, tli3
market closes more active aud at firmer prices.
Stock?, are run dowu a«J the demand is good.
Prices arc stronger by lc since last weekly review.
Ou Tuesday there were but few offfriues and less
pressure to s«il. Closing figures: No. 2 mixeJ,
L'6hid September, ^?}c asked: October, 20'c
bid,28c asked November. 28'ie bid: year, 2Gc
I'M, 27c asked No. 3 mixed, 25c No. 2 white,
27c. bid September 29*20 asked No. 3 white,
26c bid: rejected, 23c bid. Tuesday's aaleS: 1
car
No. mixed, old, 30c, f. o. 1 car No. 2 mixed*.
November, 28,'*c 1
car condemned, 26!&&
MINNEAPOLIS.
fLOTTK—Hasr lapsed into its former
dullfress-,
owinsr mainly to the fact that buyers artj'afraid
there is too much new wheat in it. Minnesota pat
ents are quoted at $7.50«'7.75 in Boston and at
$7,35©7.('0 in New York. Local quotations are:
Patents, $0. lOiiO.t'0 straights $o.2t05.7O
clears. $L45^4.^5: low grades, .«2S3.
MlII.STTfF—Has lieeti veiy fum throughout the
week, closing at top prices. OQ Tuesday $7.75
was freely bid for spot bulk.„bran. with no offers,
$nd there were sales outside at that. Quotations
Ltran, bulk, $7.75ir'S: sacked, !^9.5o ner ton.
S'uorts, tine, S!
1^?-11.50 coarse, $10.23^
10.75.
.Mixed feed, $17®20.50 per tdn. Bolted born
'in '[d. $24 CO
arse, $20 per ton.
WHEAT—The week has witnessed a net decline
of 5c, with a weak market at tho close.
Tuesday's sales, of No. 1 hard were at
$l,i"With transit for spot "delivery freo on track,
$1.02 seller the year, $1.02: seller October,
$1.01. Forseller S ptembor, $1.01 was bid in
store, and $1.02 asked: for. seller November, 9i»c
was !id: for,s«Uar J'Vliruory, HT3.05 waa hid. aad
ii)li.li)i-^a.s Kid for 5,000 bui: seller JlSj-. For spot
No. 1 hard, in store,-$J.02 was asked and $1.01
bid. No. 1 Northern sold at 93c on track, and was
offered at that price in store. No, 2 Northern w is
offered at 88c in store, with 85c bid. No. 1 was
offered at 91c in store. Quotations: No. 1 hard,
spot. $1.01: No. 2 hard, 9tc: No. 1 Northern, 93c
No. 2 Northern, 89c: No. 1, 9((c No. 2.85c: No.
3, 80c. Millors'association prices are reported as
follows: No. 1 hard, $1: No. 2 hard, 95c No. 1,
91c No. 2, 89c: No. 3, "tie.
CORN—lias been stiffening all the week, aud the
stock here has been pretty well cleaned out. Ou
Tuesday 50c was asked for No. 2, seller October.
Quotations: No. 2, 49c condemned, 45@43c, by
samuie.
S MILWAUKEE MAKKET.—Flonr, quiet and un
chapteA- Wheat, sUouaer 9296c cash or Septem
ber: '.tiVjc October 90iVc November: 9S1ac De
cember. Cum, scarce and wanted: N. 2, 49c.
Oats, scarce and higher: No. 2, 30(-'32c. Rye,
lower: No. 1,54c No. 2, 53c. Barley, higher:
No. 2. CS^fSGic October, 04}»c. Provisions,
irrepnlir: mess pork, $10.50 cash or October
$31.25 January. Lord, prime steam, $7.90 tush
afltl October $7.80 January. Butter, fresh, scaico
and wanted low grades dull. Cheese, in good de
mand. Eggs, quiet at
18
J«Ci20c
1*j
Receipts—Flour,
13,000 bhls wheat, 5.000 bu barley, 27,000 bu.
Shipments—Flour, 23,000 bbls wheat, 5,000 bu
barley, 18,000 bu.
CHICAGO MAEKET Flour quiet and un
changed. Wheat opened lower, closed higher:
regu
lar, 93:|8C Sentember 947(jc October OOiVjc"
9076c November: 98rit-@98!!c December No. 3
si.ring, 82I£?93:,W NO. 2 red white
9Sc. Corn, demand active unsettled
48l«(?48r,ia(: cash and Sentember 48%c October
48®-181HC November 4C"as? 47e year 488Hs May.
Oats fairly active and a shado higher 27c cash
2758c September: 27^ October 28c November
27 «c year 23*a January: ifeo May.
Rje lower at 51c. Hurley dull at OP'-c. Flax
steady with good demand at $1.:U*. Tlta
(tl?i"» weak and •.tsior prime $L235f 1.20 extra
bti jlit Ic^s, $1.27e?I.iJ2. Porlt opeted w«'6k aild
ldwjer.-bjit closed flrm at outside-prices: $H.80
('Pltl.Co cash and SeDtemb $10.(15 10.(7 -j
Octolmr: $
10.72'a(?510.75 November $10.45(4
$]O50 year $11.10(2! 11.42^2 Jan. Lurd de
mand active and hiuhpr: $7.95 cash and Septem
lier $7.95^i,7.!)712 Octoter $7.70-'i7.7'J.i-j No
vember? 1-7.67
La.'?7.70
year $7.7'-!l^'"-7.75
•Tunusry. Bulk meats, fair demand: shoulders,
$5.23 short rib, $0 short clear, $0.15. Eggs,
active, firm and higher 21i32112C. Butter stesdy
and unchanged. Whisky steady and unchanged
at $1.00. Call—Wheat steady and unchanged.
Corn lower: 48:ia'348H'C September 49S8C Octo
ber 48!tfv£4S:V»c November: 47! ic ye:ir. Oat«
higher: 27'jc October 28i40 Novemter: 27?8C
year. Pork firmer not quotably lower. Lard
weaker $7.921u September $7.9212('?7.95 Octo
ber: $7.7'-!
November $7.02'57.05 year.
Receipts—Flour, 12,000 bbl- wheat, 151 OOO
bu: corn, 400.0110 bu: oats, 143,000 bu rye, 35,
0i!0 bu: barley, 50.000 bu. Shipments—Flour,
9,000 bbls wheat, 80,000 bu: corn, 70,000 bu
oats. 210,000 bn rye, 5,000 bu barley 29,
OuOhu. Grain in store iu this market: wheat,
0,1
"3,OOO bu corn, 2,780,000 bu oats, 525,000
bu: rve, 098.000 bu: barley, 43,000 bu. Tatal,
1",
154.000 bu, against 4,590,000
aauio Dtriod last year.
bu
for th
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MINNESOTA NEWS.
y
6«ruuui MailiodNt Ceuferend®.
t^Tlhe closing cloiiiug sonBiew of- tha Ofrmap
Methodist oonfereiiceL held'in 1'au!, Biphojj
FOBB made
public t!ii toiliilrin# appuSntiacrita
Tor the eusaing vear:f i
Qalena littri ct—Kmfl, XT 111
v wefldtn: Md^r, O*-
'ena, III. rtol^sbui jklht Elkp*.rt, low:i, Vtiri sto
[ilier Sclm'zr Decorah, Iowa, Henry K-iste Du
buque, Iowa, (Jcorge Stellur: Fre»»|,ort, Kich'and
and liasswood. Id., F. II. Wellemeyer: (ia
lena, III., Herman Meyer Girard, lwa,
PhiipWacker: llukaii, Miun. i'. li*v»cmoyer:
ha Crosse. Wis., John Rchneider Lancaster,
Wis., (O he supplied Lan-ing, Iowa, C. F. '1'ru
men Lena and Jewell Prairie, II., Einil Christ
Phtteville, Wis., C. 11. Priebe Sherrill Mount,
Iowa, W. V. Sclilung Toinah, Wis.. Charles Sage
low Yellow Creek, III., Ca«per Hi^ss Frederick
Shnuli, professor of the German Ejnglish college,
tneiwtegr the Galena Q'larteriy coiiierencf.
St. fiiul District—Edward J. Futile, pw^Uling
elder., Ii tniliue. Miun.: ltrowntoii and Benton,
ChariesBoeitclier Clearwater, Josepli Ilepp: Crow
Rtver and- Greenwood, August Krienhe East Miri
rn:apo ii. Frod Kish«r Meuom mi.*. Wis., Ciirisiian
Nii' liutiel Minneapolis, Homy Schnii^ar Minnold,
William ilerg U* Wing, E. A- Htrop^er
Bt. Paul. First church, Frederick K il| St. Paul,
Second church. West St. Paul, C. C. Miller Salem,
E. A. Uuv hart Stillwater, Charles. F. lilumo
Wabasha, Charles Schoenheiter: Washing
ton, A. H. Koermer: Winona,
W.
F. Greawe.
Southern Minnesota District —George Hartung,
preiding elder, Faribault lieaver Falls,.Christian
Gebiiard: llloouiins (irove, John Spicker Cannon
River, J. C. Jalin Dauville, to be sup
plied Faribault, F. W. liucholz! lleudor
sou, Augun: Bieiighaii.sen Jordon, Mar
tin Brederlioeft Mlnkito, W. F. Fritz's
Mountain Like and Lamberton, W. H. Koruig:
New l!,m and Lifaye'te, G. E. Ililler O*aouna,
Frederick lloyrefe Rochester an 1 Dpvor, Henry
Roth, and ouo to bo unpolled Sleepy Eye, Fred
erick Pyuine Waseca, Gottieib li.iiUle.
ilpper Iowa District—William Schreimer. pre
.siding eli!»r,-Fol*t Dodg*, Iowa: Albert L-a, Daniel
Puff Aldeu and Webster City, Iowa, Henry
Sctiuldt A jf'imi,Iowa. H.
A.
Westnha!: Cliarles
'-City, Iowa, Andrew lirenner Eidora, Iowa,
Philip Hummel Fiood Creek, Iowa, John
Ranek: Fort Dolg\ Iowa, Gotl-ib Heubuer
Garner, Iowa. William Koener: G:albrook Iowa,
Euiil Dreuger L-. Mars, Iowa, Adolf Duhte: Nora
Snruigs, Iowa, William Koup OdeOndt, Iowa, E.
W. II-nke Sheldon aud Sp"ucer, Iowa, to he sup
piled: Storm Lake, to be supplied West Side aud
](!a, Iowa. John hum'w.
Dakota Di-trict—E. E. Schuet.te, presiding elder,
Maukato: Ada aud Crookstou, J. F. Hortke Ash
Lake, Mission aid Watertown, William Westi hal
and one to be supplied Big Stone City, Dak., to bt
supplied: Morias, William Mass. Wt. Arer
non. Dak., William PagenNurst Packer
Dak., to be supplied liedfleld. Dak.. W II. Ro ting
Valley City,Dat. Gustav Robe Wadena, Louis J.
Brenner: Fraukstone and Frederick, Dak., G. E
Kicuie Grand Forks*Dak., to be supplied.
Tlie State Electioif.
The secretary of the state rent" notice to
all the conntry auditors and accompanying
blanks, touching the November election for
governor, lieutenant governor, secretary ol
state, state treasurer, attorney general,
railroad commissioner, judges of district
oourt, county auditors, county treawreiS,
sheriffs, register ol dtcls, judges of probata
country attorneys, county surveyors, county
coroners, clerks ot district courts, court
commissioners, superint^nden s of schools,
state senators representatives to the legis
lature (to fill vecanciis) and county com
missioners. Also for the vote
on the amend m^t't to S*=c 5
Art. 5 ot the constituii jn, amendment to
Art. 7 of the coustitutior amendment to
Sec. 2. of Art. 6. of the institution, rela
qing to tlie the term of ffice of clerk of the
supreme court ameudniHit to-S c. 3 ol Art.
o. the constituticn, rdatirg to the ttrm of
uitcn iurtgfs of the supreme court
amendment the con
stitution, relatirt to the term of btPce o
judges of the dsttrict courts. There are
also two VJ ct' cies to be Glled by the Third
a: Thirteenth Senatorial districts caused
by the resignation of Senator W. L. Hollis-
ter
and the death oT'Senator James Mc
Laughlin, respectiye1 v. In the itoute ot
representatives there are two vacancies to
be filled, through the death of representa
tive T. A. Rtclmr Ison in the Second Kepre
sentative district of the Fiftetnth Spnatoiial
district, and the resignation of W. Col
lins i« the First IlepresentEttye district of
the Fortieth Senatorial district.
Mr. Robert Stooker of New tflra,"recently
selected to fill a vacancy at the Annapolis
Naval academy, has passed ihe examina
tion there succtssfully.
At a meeting of the directors oj t^e Man
kat Cement company, held ii- New York
recently, it was d-cided to devote the pro
ceeds from the first 101 barrel' of cement
to increase the funds for the relief of the
Rochester sufferers.
Mr. Andrew Friend has just completed
a new flouring mill at Garden City. This
with his old mill at the same p. nt will
consume a thousand bushels of wceat |er
day.
In the match shoot at glass ball" of the
ke City Rifle club, for the gold badge,
James C. McCroden won by a score
of 9 in 10.
Mr. Phillip Hodapp of Mankato has
raised about fi,009 patind^ of Cjncord and
Delaware grapes in his vineyard, -covering
ab ut one and one-fourth acres.
One thousand and eighty-six i« the num
ber of horses, cows, hogs, chickens, cits,
etc., killed in the city of Rochester by the
late cyclone.
The statement of the treasurer of the
Dodge County Cyclone Relief society shows
aggregate receipts, $3,339.70. Disbursed,
for wagons, $6.15 for lumber, $1,827,20
tor goods 117.51, leaving a balance 6n hand
of $859,86. There has been purchased and
not yet paid for lumber and goods enough
to wipe out the above balance. Hardly ."!
per cent, of tjie loss has been^ receive and
i s u s e .-
v
Articles ofincorporatloB^a^the Red Wing
Industrial assffniattDri "have~been"£led with
the secretary of state. The geveral purpose
is the promotion of the agricultural in all
its branches, and the mechanical arts, and
sciences, by lectures, distribution of book^
and papeis, by the establishment of read
ing rooms, and by holding weekly, month
ly or yearly fairs. Permanent membership
maybe secured by the .payment 4100.
and annual mena^bersht| $l(J., The pfc.ital
.stock-is-$M)Q0, ttie offir*rsJnre #. *B"TIer
bert, prfsident E. H, Hoard, vice presi
dent Jam?3 Bixby, se^e'^r-* \Y. F. Cross
superintendent antfr-. Qiarles Betcher,
treasurer.
BARE-B \CK RIDK^^
How They are Trained for the "Ring."
From the New York Tribune.
The ring-room was in use for training
horses and bareback riders under the direc
tion of the famous Melville, who is "king"
of several branches of the arbletics. This
man and the el* pliaut-keeper, Mr. Aiting
sall, are thought to be two very tall feathers
in Mr. Birnum's hat. The new hoises are
generally quite easy to train, a few weeks
perfecting them. The new men, however,
are embarrassed a goon deal by the con
stant fear of falling, which is always likely
to happen at first. On this account, a skel
eton derrick is set up in the center of the
ring. A rope is put through a pulley at the
end of the derrick-arm and fas
tened to the rider'® belt. The other
end of the rop-J is held by on assistant.
When tbe rider goes around tho ring tho
derrick-arm is pushed around after him by
means of a lever. Should the rider loos3
his balance, the man at tho other end of
the rope holds on for dear life, and the rider
is suspended sprawling in the air, after
the fashion of Humpty-Daaiply iu trans
formation scone*. Ihe ring-master holds
the lariat and thus it takes three men to
teach one to ride bareback. Wt ile this
performance was going on one of the per
formers told a story which illustrated the
uardships of a circus life. Not long ago a
French tmi'.y of acrobats travelled with
Mr. Barnutn, it being, by the way, a com
mon thing for families to remain together
in the circus business. O e of tho daugh
ters, a pretty ei-1 and the pet of the family,
had nightly toTrsh*rt ftvnii tvjntijml't thir
ty or forty feet thttwttfaUfa'i sati iuto a net
spiaad to catch her. One evening tbe ma
chine was sprang too scon, and in some
wav the poor girl's neck
was hit, the blow para
lvzinghes|iusta»tly auVbringing death in a
few nmtTF. Brlsd tfttl1#•Uo durfcfcft though
it be eaten *uh tours, "IUKI with theninew
load of sorrbw the ehiMV family =weat on
with their work in the ring.
Above tbe three rohms nh-eady described
wero lumber and canvass lofts. Here was
was the pnake charmer, who plies the trade
of a carpenter during the winter months.
Tkis man said that he first tried the ontio
ingnrt oa the scanial rattlesnake. Con
strictors and antcondas, he thought, were
VOT8 easy to manage, though at times they
would bite him or give him too Affectionate
an embrace.: If they were well fed, he
could do what he ploased with them, es
pecially aa they have no poison. Rattle
enakes require considerable care.
Tlio Missing: IJInk Oirtcl©]
From the Jacksonville (Florida) Times.
Perhaps the greatest liyigg^curiosities
now in fi iatflBf" in this country will
pass through this city on their way to
Cincinnati and Louisville next Tuesday.
About two years ago Mr. Charles Lewis,
of the Iyewis Bros. "Bloody Knife Com
bination Conjpany," in passing through
the state, discovered, about fifteen
miles below St. Augustine, a family ot
white persons, consisting of John Mc
Donald, his wife and five children.
Two of the children he found to be half
human ani half alligator. He at once
contracted with the parents to give him
the management of the ehiIdT^n,- an«i
agreed to pay them $25 per month to
care for them until such time as he
fit to take them away. A few weeks ago
Mr. Lewis returned to the state for the
purpose of taking the children
and on "Wednesday arrived ih this city
to arrange for their transportation. He
will go to St. Augustine Monday after
the children and arrive in this city with
them perhaps on Tuesday morning and
will remain here about five pours be
fore leaving for Louisville.- ^lr. Lewis
does not intend to exhibit tl^em here,
except perhaps lo a liew friends and ac
quaintances. I
These children are now ninp years oi
ago and have never been to exceed ten
miles from their home, and consequent
ly hav« never befm placed
oil
exhibi­
tion. Their bodies, arms aqd heads
from the hips up are pefectiy! formed,
while from the hips down they present
the identical appearance of an alligator,
having a perectly formed tail about five
feet in length, together with the hind
feet and lee« of the
'gator.
They crawl
around on their hands feet, ind con
verse intelligently, and seeui to enjoy
life very much. They live part of the
time in the water, which they enjoy
very much, using their tails while swim
ming, the same as the aliigator, to pro
pel their bodies. They are healthy
aooJ-looking and ..well-developied ohil
dreE, and outside ef their love for the
water their general mode
of
living is
the same as that of other human beings.
Personal Points, j..,
Clara Morris the emotional. actress,
"lia3 grown quite robust."
Joe Jefferson believes in spiritualism.
Old "Iiip Van Winkle" believed in
"spirits" also.
Longfellow's two unmarried daughters,
with a sister of Arthur Oilman, have de
cided to spend a year as students in
Newnham college, England.
Mr. Gerald Massey will deliver during
September, four Sunday afternoon lec
tures on philosophical subjects in St.
George's Hall, London, and will then
come to this country.
The largest m^n in the British service
is Lieutenant Southerland, of the Fifty
sixth regiment. He is eight feet four
inches high, and weighs about 304
pounds.
John Wanamaker, ofPhi'adelphla has
just given the Young Men's Christian
association of that citv $30,000 toward
paying off it* The en»ire amour*
Ci "jfcot, 5)200,000, na,, yeen m^oe up
by'ohier subscribers.
The wife of J. Russell Young, LTn ted
States minister to PeKin, who recently
became a mother, is now threatened with
consumption. A diagnosis of her case
has been sent to Dr. Agnew of New
York, who expresses the hope that ma
ternity may restore her.
The Philadelphia Ledger says that
$000 per annum would be a maximum
salary for a singer in a church choir in
tiiat city, except in special instances,
and that very few of the Roman Catho
lic choir (quartette) singers receive
mpre than $1'00 or $250 per annum.
It is said that the first trial of Frank
James.for any offence—the trial now in
At a reception tendered General Sher
man in San Francisco the o her day he
said, in his bluff way, that when he first
knew the citv it was the most forbidding,
God-forsaken place between Cape Horn
Milton Hay, who was a warm personal
friend of Abraham Lincoln, among other
thing?, says of, him: I never saw a man
with less instinct fer commerce, fbr
gain by barter, or any of the usual meth
ods of" getting rich. He knew nothing
about them. That is, perhaps, why he
had such a happy temperament. He
trusted Providence and did what came
along."
Winslow Opton, who has been ap
pointed professor of astronomy in Brown
university, is a graduate of the college, is
about thirty years of age, a thorough
scientist. He has been acting at the
chief signal office at Washington as
astromonical observer and is greatly re
spected by his associates in meteorology.
He was an observer with the south se
island transit of Venus expedition. Dur
ing the last two years lie has superin
tended a number of scientific balloon
experiments, and has made maps o*
storm movements in mid air.
Dr. Tanner, he of the. JjrcCLSular diet,
has been notified by tlie mt.iical socie
ties of the "*Vegtrlars''td 6ea3e practicing
under penalties provided by law. The
"faster" dpties them, and publishes a
card'saving that M. D. onlyjineans "mon
ey••ddwn:" that he has practiced for
twenty-live yea re, and intends to contin
ue. Burnished scalpels are glittering in
Chautauqua and Cattaraugus counties,
New York, where he has his present
practice.
Greatness Sometimes a Bore.
The Prince of Wale's lot is not such a
happy one as some people imagine. At
one or the London theaters recently, under
a new management, tho prince, on entering
his box, wii6 received with the national au
them*and "God Bless the Prince ot Wales,"
the auaience rising, of coarse, with the
first note of the national. The prince was
very angry. He sent for the mannger be
tween the acts. "If this sort of thing ever
occurs, or is likely to occur again, he sa d,
"this is the last time I shall ever enter your
theatre. The toadying impressario bowed
and accepted tho rebuke. To show that he
bore no nialico, the prince was very gra
cious and pleasant at the close of the play.
But he hates a snob, and he values the free
dom with which ho is allowed to come and
go at public entertainments without fussy
observation and ill-timed manifestations of
loyalty.
JOCKO, THE GIANT MONREY.
The RemarKable Head ol a Family
of
Big
station to the museum was attended by
a procession of urchins nearly as wild
looking as himself, is the chief ornament
of an aristocratic Sumatran family of
orang outangs. He is of majestic feir«,
measuring fully five feet without his
boots on. His speaking countenance
bears resemblance to that of a colored
prize-fighter's after an hour's subjection
to Sullivan's methods, and the sole blem
ish upon his character is an inordinate
fondness for rum punch, which during
his Uavetallaeutttiied-UtnttUiUe the Joc
ko family a terrible example (or tropical
temperance jorjttor.s to cbkate upon. The
habit svswwrftraeteff 1tfring tlie earlier
portion of the missing link's captivity,
through association with Dutch sailors.
Tlie Wardrobe' '»f the dis
tinguished foreigners, who have warily
avoided the custom of their kind in giv
ing their i npressions of America to the
press, consists of three fiftawls. Undei
neath these tliey cowered and shivered
yesterday, despite, the
progress-began on the twentieth anni- nn
versary of the Lawrence massacre, in Ljer
ant
spectable caucus of the republicans of divorces to marriages in lV-Sl was K'US
because," as .Mr. Hamlin explained
to the puzzled chairman, "you are large
and I am respectaole."
and the north pole, and that he would are
given 25 cents for the whole
not have
place, or for the inhabitants either,
Mr. Gladstone has a great liking for
his old clothes
and wears a suit long after
the trousers have become "baggy" at the
knees. When a new suit has been ob
tained for him and placed in his dress
ing-mom, he eyes it askant and puts on
his oli friends every mornieg as before. 1
Then, alter a few days, his servant en
ters the dressing-room stealthily at night
and. carries away the old suit, thus com
pelling the premier to appear next
morning clad in the new garments.
Suinatran Orang-Outangs.
From the Philadelphia Times.
Mr. and Mrs.
Jocko
and infant son,
who arrived on Saturday at the Diiwe
Museum, passed yesterday in seclusion
and recuperation after the fatigues of
travel. The head of the family, w hose
journey in manacles from the railway
ti^eat,
16 0
which Frank and Jessse James did their mean age at which the greater npmber
first bloody work, and in which nearly of men marry is 29 that at wbiifrvTpmen
all the men who formed the original
Jesse James gang were concerned. The
raid was made by Quantrel's band of
guerrillas. The town was sacked and
ipany residents were killed.
except
when in accordance .witfi' 'we invariable
rule of JSumatran etiquette tliey took off
their clothes when itivi'^d lb partake of
refreshments.. -After gfiingThrough with
this ceremonial ami jwrfokji.g of food
and drink they resumed thMir garments
with sim le dignity dhd1 binned them
gravely across their breath.:,The young
est, and in the family estimation the
most important, of the trio is the most
singular specimen of the- laonkev race
that has yet contributed to tj&e mirth of
Philadelphia youth.' lie '5s., bla k as a
coal and hairless as a billiard ball, and
suggests in appearand* an1 overgrown
india rubber baby. When"'fjot engaged
in shivering or gravely,'.sipping sweet
ened water, he sJeef.nfr with his arm
about his mother^ neck. TlVfe father of
the family weighs 140 pounds an his
head is larger than the cranium of an
ordinary man. HagfnbnekJ'jJhe famous
animal dealer of lldmbujftf says that
Jocko is the largest and n^jMidntelligent
orang-outang he ever tnef.
A DIVORCE PARADISE.
Sun-
The Frequency of 51 atrit*
derings ^witeetkiud.
Our Geneva correspondent writes:
"The bureau s a i
sti .3^11,1 f*
ft ,h
a
s ju=t
published ite analysis of the i»an iages.
births, and divorces of ISST^T^nd the
present report, like 'ite/'precMcessors
contains much interesting irfiormation
011 ihQ.subj[eQte m.^vto^tion. The mar
riages registered In the (onfederation in
1881 were 19,425", figure's which show
hardly any increase on thp.se of the year
before. Compared ,withlc^fe^'.
the proportipn of marriages to'tne popu
lation is very low in .Suirjeria^id.
twelve European .states, -ortTv). two—
.Sweden and Scotland,—sb(»w smaller
proportion. The average for tfcfc con
federation in 1SBL was JA per 1,000 in
habitants. The rate varies greatly in dif
ferent cantons. In Ap'fiefiz^JMu-ser
"Rhoden, for instance', it was S.2 per 1
in Geneva 7.9. in Tessin aud .the Yalais
5 and in Nidwalden 5.4,7per.lv(,$K) in
jouA iciwi -liitiljeu in
Switzerland 49 mei out of l,'»'Q'dr mar
riageable age. TSs difference arises
from the fact« hilt- the age of pu
beity in the one «'i5 p'tt at S, in ti e
other it is Mat 10, and thot.
as revealed by Whe
18S0, there ar l\ V^.nm more
women in the coulnnv than iwen. In
fhe ten years-1'b(?t weln ls7'» and 1^0
marriages increase^, .in ja areajer ratio
than tbe popiihatic)h 'tVi'elfn6reAse being
most marked in the eantona o^_I:uc-ernL"•,
Zug, Obnaiden, Nidwalden. at*
Geneva. This augine/station .is^asvribt i
to the removal by the coBsriniti' n
1S74 to the hindrances to mar'rra'/v .-'i
before that preVdiTe '."Iti"?cveftil Of tne
older- -ea^rfonSi Jtie e»urns for 1- -4
show, relatively, a decided iailin_' o^.
On the other hand, births hay^prA
niv two per family. The
marry 25 to 20. The seiieral avefag.} is
31 years for men and 27 1-2 yeais for
women. The number of div"*ves in
1SS1 was greater than thut cf arV ruevi-rye
ous vear on
record—1.171
feu?t#|R ere
(L
reys for disso-
A story is told of a certain political cau- were granted, and 940 dt,
cus in Maine which was attended by only -nratnmcmy «?rsihted. In 1880
•rr -i 1 tj i Ihe figures were aud .-0 respect
two persons, Hanmbal Hamlin and one 1
ive]
-]n
gome
other. Mr. Ilamlin elected the other Uri, Ob walden, NidwaldeiV, and A pen
man chairman and proceeded to trans- ^eli inner-H,hodenrY,/no divorces WBW
act. the business in hand. But the ere- either asked for' or: prefwuneed. In
dentials of the delegates certified that Appenzeli-ausser-Rhod^n/ the-^Pratest
they were elected at "a large and ie-
jje o|der cai.tona-
half of tlie canton, the vr.opofjltfn of
per 100, the highest thb cQhfedera
tion. InThurgan tbe proportion
divorces
as a
Wi.sV.22,
proporw-
in Geneva S.79, Zurich 8.Of', I^tKernf ,4S
the Yalais0.1S percent., the i^urel^latii
olic cantons bein'salicayi mudii h-ss givi-n
to divorce than the Protestantl and mixt
cantons. Altogether, Switzerland
still the most divorced, of _-Kuitj»e. n
countries. In on'v one city—Berlin—
reUtiyelv so-fre'.|uent: but
eountrv Sv.itzerl&rit^ii'flt \the top of
the tree, even Saxonv. whert^
are by no means few, lagging
diwrces
pir be­
hind the confederation."" A'S i tru|ijng
the religion of-divorced •peionJw4iie re
port -gives thfcpe1 p:lrtk,trtiHi£:»*Hlusband
and wife. Catholic, 0.7 per cer.t I of mar
riages in ISSli husband .ws.ftw,Pro
testant, 3.2 per cent. hpsUanil iP'ratftFt
ant, wife Catholic, 4. per ceiih i-t. will
thus be seen that difference of p-ebgion
is one ot the most frequent crfusF.^'WITli
vorce. Protesant and Catholic, iS.voftes
to..*ttoe^' v.a6e \i \dn-y\\\me% rate
of 3.1o per 100 marriages,
wlii'e marriages, the parties to which
are of different faiths g*Y8.* -prot^rtion
of 7.9 divorces per cent. r^ivc-'r«*srin
Switzerland,,it»iay.. b£"»'.^U,tsj iittntion,
are much k^ndn^t e» easv
ciasses than small .^'icj^.ipnd
working folks. In good society *i:v»»roes.
as giving rise to scandal, are'yjot 've^pt^Jd
favorably, and people who apply Tip "fn e
tribunals for release Irom their jieatr:
nioiiial bon Is run the'ri^kiof IciHizrit
by^heir acquaintances. 11
at aniong\ tne
masses these ikrffaoVtfcaw unknowni It
is quite a common tiling—at any rat fe, in
this pert of the country--for&.:lovt'r.Ipnd
liis lass' to'buckle to'on the i«vdetitJfiH»»l
ing that if they should not^iik*,1 cttph
other—or married life—at the ^n\i 'at/a
twelvemonth, tliey sha1,^ join in an Ap
plication for -divorce'on-the ground
'irreconcileable incompatibility of U
per,' and as the courts accept a joint/i
plication as sufficient, proof oftfie
legel in •ompetibility. the young conp
can always obtainat pleasure a loost nir
of tjij jr.^owis,
of
ISducatiou of tli© Elophaiit
The most striking feature iu,^?. cdivj
cation of an elephant i8 the- sttd*lennes
of his transition fraiu a wild and iawtess
denizen of the forest to tl^e quiet,' plorfr
ding, good-tempered, and cheerftil beast
of draught or burden. There fakts
place in the keddah, or pejn of cantni-e.
"a mighty" struggle Tetween"*TTTe giant
strength of ti 10 cajlive and j,hpiingcnui
tv of ui, »blv eecon ted K^a' few pow
erful tame elephants. When he tnds
s strength utterly overcome by man's
'.nteliigencc, be yields K the inevita!
pU alvepts the situation pi^iosify
ry.'-i ^kf^i^Tso^l jt^a,1ia4 la kiairU
.C#PPeaUUjhsttoJ».htw l'i'1
tame elephant inside a keddah attempt
ing to secure a wiid female. She fought
his e ephant long and viciously, with the
strengttkajid.caun.gp oMq3pair» j|ut she
was finally overcome "by superior num
bers. Although her attack on Sander
son in the keddah was of the most
murderous description, he states that
her conduct after her defeat was most
exemplary, and she never afterwaaxl
showed any signs of ill-temper. Mr.
Sanderson and an elephant driver :onbfc
mounted a full-grown female elephant
on the sixth day after her capture, with
out even the presence of a tame animal.
Sir Emerson Tennent records an ins ance
wherein an eleul ant fedjrauilhe^haa^
on the-fksr nignt of its captfn'e, find in*a
very few days, evinced pleasure tit bein*
patted on the head. Such xnFtance^ b®
the above can be multiplied indefinitely
To what else shall they be att-ribut§(?
than philosophic reasoning on the part.,
of the elephant?—Scientific Monthly.
Some of the students of the Indiana
lege dressed up a gawky, long-legged com
rade as1 Oscar Wilde, accompanied him (p t"
lecturing vivit to' Crawfordville, and'dmed
with an ,Tithetic \ilager.