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TURNING OUT TENANTS.
A Small Army Engages inEyict
ing Irish Cottagers.
Defending Their Homes with Stones
and Scalding Water.
The evictions on the O'Grady estate, a
HrU'M.stowij, Ireland, began a few days ago.
The bailiffs were enforced by 100 soldiers
and :'AKj jKjlicemen. All the houses occupied
by the tenants were barricaded and guarded
for deft-iive. TLe house of Mrs. Crimmins, a
widow, was the first advanced upen by
the bailiff's. The widow and her friends were
well aru;fl ith paving stomas and boiling
wskr, and both were showered uin the
bailiffs ilJi suh telling effect that
they weie repulsed no les3 than four
times. The Sheriff's men in their at
tacks attempted to crowbar their way
thniirIi t!.e walls ai;d roof, and Mrs. Crirn
ntins had the scalvin water oured over
their head-, faces and necks. After the
fourth repulse of the baliffs the police at
tempt cd to storm the house. They also were
driven back.
Finally a joint rush was made by the
bailiff's and fiolice and the house was broken
into and captured,. It was found that the
defenders of the widow's habitation num
bered but nine persons five men and four
women. All were taken prisoners.
A large crowd collected about the house to
witness the contest. They sympathized with
Mrs. Crimmins and did ail in their power to
cheer her up in her battle and to annoy and
exasperate the officers. When the widow's
party were at last overpowered the crowd be
came frantic, and pressed closely up toward
the house. The prisoners, when they were
led out, sang "God Save Ireland!" The crowd
joined in the singing, and became so demon
strative that the police Ixad to cut their way
out with batons.
Three tenants on the O'Grady estate were
evicted the first day. Capta'n Plunkett was in
-command of the evictors. The police made
repeated charirs against the crowd of spec
tators and used their batons freely, injuring
Mr. Condon, M. r, and several English vis
itors. Numerous tenant farmers in County Lim
erick have instructed their solicitors to apply
for a revision of rents under the new Land
act.
THE COTTON CROP.
The Liarjrest Ever Raised in the
Country Interesting Facts.
The crop of cotton of the present year will,
without doubt, be the largest ever raised in
the United State-;, remarks a daily contem
porary. It will probably reach 7,500,030
bales, which would be 530,000 bales and more
in excess of any previous year. The crop of
ltS5 reached 5,oU0,(MK) bales, and the largest
yet produced, the famous crop of 18iv, ag
gregated t),tt):i,234 bales. The history of
cotton raising in the United States is an in
teresting one. In 1791, almost a full century
ago, the United States sent sixty-four bags of
cotton to England, and fifteen years later the
export had increased to 100,000 bags. But in
that early day there could have been no anti
cipation of the large piace that cotton was to
fill in the productions of the country. In
184'J the crop reached 870,415 bales, and in
iarv it had grown to upward of 1,000,000, be
low which it has never since fallen, unless
during the civil war, of which there is no
record.
Great as the production now is, it sems
likely that it may reach even larger figures
in the future. There is still much good cot
ton land in the South that is not utilized, and
much that is farmed can be made to give a
heavier yield by better cultivation. For sev
eral years money and enterprise have been
seeking investment in cotton growing, and
this tendency will continue as long as satis
factory returns are obtained. At an average
of nine cents a pound the present year's crop
will be worth m the neighborhood of $300,
000.000. Dry Goods Chronicle.
PROMINENT PEOPLE.
Moody will probably go to India to do
evangelistic work.
Mrs. CLEVELAXD'can harness her horse, and
she is not ashamed to do it.
The King of Spain is something over a
year old. His annual income is $1,500,000.
Kaiseu "William's sanguine doctor fore
tells five more years of life for the old gen
tleman. Gexeral Black, the Pension Commis
sioner, draws the largest pension enjoyed by
any soldier $25 a week.
Secretary and Mrs. "Whitney and Sec
retary and Mrs. Fairchild attended the East
ern Maine State Fair at Bangor, Me.
The richest man in Philadelphia is said to
be Isaiah V. Williamson, who is worth $20,
000,000, all of which he made himself.
Miss Edmunds is a great aid to her father,
the Senator. She acts as his private secre
tary a good portion of the time, and looks
closely after his law business.
Sir John Puleston, who was recently
knighted by Queen Victoria, is an American,
and was an agent for the State of Pennsyl
. vania at Washington during the war.
Miss Elaine Goodale is delivering a num
ber of addresses in Connecticut on the Indian
question. She has devoted many years to
missionary work, and is held in high regard
by the Sioux.
Of the :'. colleges and universities in the
United States, 27i are church schools, aver
aging lo teachers and W3 students to a
school; 87 are nor.-sectarian schools, averag
ing 15 teachers and I'M students.
General James S. Barnett, of Cleveland,
was one of the first investors in the Lake Su
perior iron region thirty years ago. He per
severed under gigantic difficulties and is now
worth something like S2,0J0.000.
Victor Emanuel, tha Crown Prince of
Italy, has gone to live at Naples. On No
vember 11 next lie will attain his majority and
will set r:p a snlendii establishment in the
palace of Caserto, the hoire of the old Bour
bon Kincrs. .lie bids fair to succeed to the
popularity enjoyed by his father and grand
lather. Daniel Spratter, President of the ilo
hawk River J'auk at Fonda, N. Y., is proba
bly the oldest I ank president in the country.
He Iris hld his present position since the
bank wa? founded, in 1835, and is now ninety
years jf age and in a very precarious state of
health. He has been blind and deaf for soma
years, but attended to his duties at the bank:
up to a few days ago. ,
JESSE POMEROY.
A Notorious Boy Murderer At
tempts to Escape.
Cutting the Bars of His Cell With
Slender Saws.
A Boston dispatch says that Jesse Pomeroy,
the most notorious prisoner in the State
prison, has made another attempt to escape.
Pomerov is the bov fiend who tor-
Pomeroy is the boy fiend
who tor-
tured to death two or
three children
j about a dozen years ago, and who
at trie age or sixteen years, was
sentenced to be hanged. Governor Gaston
commuted the sentence to life imprisonment
in a solitary cell. Pomeroy has been detect
ed in half a dozen plans for escaping, and he
has always required the closest watching. He
is abnormally cunning a model convict
in outward behavior, but keenly observant
and tireless in plotting to gain his liberty.
Before the reconstruction of the prison and
its extension Pomeroy occupied a cell in
the upper arch. The wing was extended
and six new cells added in the
arch. Adjoining this new wing are
several specially strong cells. On
either side of these cells are grated
bars, allowing a full view of the narrow quar
ters from both sides, and the guard as he
makes the rounds can bo continually in sight
of the inmates. Directly over the arch is the
hospital, and it is thought that from this place
came the assistance which so nearly gave the
murderer his liberty.
In his regular round the guard while lean
ing agamst the window felt two or the iron
bars give way to the pressure of his hand,
and a moment later they fell to the ground.
The guard discovered "that two other bars
had been worked upon, and that a
few minutes' labor would have rendered
them k as useless as the broken ones.
Hastily summoning the officials, another in
spection was made, the broken and damaged
bars were replaced with new ones, and a tour
of the cells was begun. By instinct (hey made
for Pomeroy's call. At a glance the two
massive iron gratings seemed impregnable,
but a closer scrutiny showed that enough bars
in the side nearest the window to admit the
body of a man had been cut through, but so
fastened by means of cement that even the
heavy clanging of the door did not shake
them. Where the cement was concealed has
not yet been ascertained. Pomeroy was
taken to safer quarters and searched, bac
nothing was found on his jerson save
two slender saws. He refused to
disclose who furnished them, where
the cement had been obtained, or how long
the work had been going on. It is said, how
ever, that he said enough to leave the infer
ence that the time for escape had been defi
nitely fixed, and that a conveyance would be
in waiting to take him to a place of safety.
Since Pomeroy's sentence h has been in
solitary confinement, save for an occasional
hour's outing with the Warden. "When not
otherwise employed he has been busy with
pouring over books, and has the repu
tation of being a close student. Indeed,
he has already mastered Latin ana
Greek, and can converse with some
fluency in French and German. His first at
tempt to escape was made some nine years
ago. Then Pomeroy spent his leisure moments
in loosening a rock that forraea a part of the
centre wall of the prison ana the wall of his
cell. For years evidently he had been at work
on that rock, and had finally succeeded
in separating it from the surrounding wall.
To get it out of the way was the next ques
tion, and, thoughtless of the consequence, he
forced it outward slowly, until one day the
guard, looJcing down the massive wall, saw
the projecting rock and made an investiga
tion. Pomeroy was then taken to a stronger
cell
THE NATIONAL GAME.
Soquel, Cal., has a female baseball nine.
The Bostons failed to draw well anywhere
the last trip except at Chicago.
Tate, of the Bostons, has made more assists
than any other League catcher.
Nearly 250 home runs have been made by
League players so far this season.
After catching forty-four consecutive
games, Boyle of the St. Louis Club was laid
up.
No less than half a dozen of the New York
players are expected to pass the century mark
in batting this season.
Lawyer "Ward, the New York short
stop, still leads the League in base-stealing as
well as holding his position.
TnE Mets make a remarkable appearance
in their different-colored shirts. Each one
is different, and they form all the colors of
the rainbow.
In team batting. New York still leads, fol
lowed by Detroit, Chicago, Boston, Pittsburg,
Philadelphia, Indianapolis and Washington,
in the order named.
The Southern League is now composed of
four clubs. The Nashvilles could not stand
the jumps, and disbanded. The League will
be continued with four clubs.
Boston paid $10,000 for Kelly, and sold
Buflinton and Gunning to Philadelphia for
$500, and in the light of present develop
ments Boston got the worst of it in both
deals.
Clarkson has earned the title of king of
League pitchers. He pulled the Chicagos
through in 1SS5-S6 and if that club retains
the pennant this year it will be largely owing
to Clarkson's efforts.
Jefferson, Iowa, claims the proud distinc
tion of being the only city in the world that
has a baseball club composed exclusively of
printers. They have a neat uniform of old
gold and black and white, and play an aver
age of at least one game a week.
Richard Lyman, a prominent young bus
iness man, was playing in an exhibition game
of ball at Lockport", N. Y., Aug. 18, when his
right arm broke jnst abov the elbow. Lyman
was catching and was in the act of throwing
the ball to a baseman when his arm snapped
like a pistol explosion. A physician, who ex
amined it pronounced it a complete fracture
of the bone, produced bv a peculiar twist.
THE NATIONAL LEAQUX.
Wort. Lost, Won. Lol
Detroit 56 35 I Boston 49 40
Pittsburgh. ... 37 52 New York .... 5 1 41
Philadelphia.. 51 41
Indianapolis.. .29 04
Chicago... ..52 37
v ashuigton.
THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
TTon. Lout.
St. Louis. 75 26
Brooklyn. 40 51
Louisville 59 44
Metropolitan.. 34 00
Won. Lost.
Baltimore 51
Cincinnati . . . .5S
Athletic 49
Cleveland. . . . .2S
46
47
53
74
tot international league.
Won. Lout.
Newark. 49 2S
R oches ter. .... 44 30
Toronto 4(5 31
Buffalo 55 34
Won. Lo.it.
Syracuse 47 30
Hamilton 45 37
Jersey City... 87 39
Wi Ikesbarre ..21 5S
Scran ton. 12 43 j
southern league.
Won. Lost. Won. Lost.
Binghamton.. 9 30 J Memphis 47 30
Charleston.... 45 30 1 New Orleans... 53 25
NEWS SUMMARY!
i
Eastern and Middle States.
headed by D. W. C. Huntington for Secretary
of State, and a platform adopted in conform -
lty with the principles of the party. This
i makes the third ticket already in the field in
j New York.
I Sylvanu8 II. Sweet, nominated by the
United Labor party at Syracuse for State
I Engineer and Surveyor of New York, has de
clined. 1 A boii.er explosion in a corn-canning es
tablishment at Gorham, Me., killed John
Hamlin and fatally injured Frederick Ham
blen. A third man was severely hurt.
All branches of trade in Philadelphia
are reporting greatly increased business.
Among the arrivals at New York on a
steamer from England a few days ago was
the Duke of Marlborough. He comes to
America on a pleasure trip.
Rev. Dr. Parker, the noted London
preacher, who has been talked of as successor '
to the late Henry Ward Beecher in Plymouth
Church, arrived in New York from England,
a few days ago. He will deliver a eulogy on
Mr. Beecher at the Brooklyn Academy of
Music, October 4.
A widespread epizootic disease is killing
hundreds of horses in New Jersey.
Two miners were killed and three others
injured by an explosion of dualin in a col- ;
liery near Shenandoah, Penn. j
A great Inter-State Picnic and Agri
cultural Exhibition has been held in Cumber
land County, Penn. New York, Pennsyl
vania, Illinois, Massachusetts, Ohio, Wis
consin, Indiana, Michigan, Maryland, Vir
ginia. West Virginia, New Jersej-, Delaware,
Tennessee, Kentucky and Connecticut were
represented. The agricultural machinery on
the ground was valued at $1,000,000. Im
mense crowds attended.
The New York Democratic State Conven
tion will be held at Saratoga on September 27.
The large coal and iron firms of Robert
Hare Powel & Co. and Rolert Hare Powel,
Sons & Co., of Philadelphia, have made an
assignment. Their mining business will be
continued. The liabilities are $1,500,000;
assets estimated at $4,000,000.
South and West.
Axey Cherry, the twelve-year-old colored
girl sentenced to death in South Carolina for
murdering a two-year-old white child in her
charge, has bad her punishment commuted
by the Governor to imprisonment for five
years.
Chief Colorow and his Ute Indians have
had a fight with the Sheriff s posse near
Rangley, Col. Deputy Sheriff Ward was
killed and three other whites were wounded,
onejmortally. Eight Indians were reported
killed.
Heavy rains have caused many rivers in
Texas to overflow their banks with disastrous
result. At Cleburne eleven persons, seven
of them belonging to one family, were
drowned.
Washington.
Recent Consuls appointed by the Presi
dent are: Henry C. Borst, of Maine, at
Pemambuco, and John C. Bridges, of New
York, at Brockville, Canada.
A special agent of the Interior Depart
ment has closed seven saw mills in Washing
ton Territory that were cutting Government
timber from unsurveyed lands.
The pension payments during August
amounted to $lG,300,tKX).
Professor G. Brown Goode has been ap
pointed by the President United States Com
missioner to succeed the late Professor Baird.
Judge McCue, first appointed, declined the
honor.
Foreign.
The wholesale discharge of Custom House
employes at Havana caused a riot, in which
seven persons were badly wounded by the
police and troops.
A fresh attempt to kill the Czar is said to
have been made recently by a Nihilist, who
fired twice at the imperial carriage, con
taining the Russian ruler and his wife. The
first shot missed the Czar, but the second per
forated his coat.
China's new war ships, five in number,
were reviewed in Portsmouth Harbor, Eng
land, by the Chinese Minister to Germany.
Havana, Cuba, is on the verge of a revo
lution, occasioned by the recent act3 of Captain-General
Marin in taking possession of
the Custom- House and placing the officials
under arrest. The city is in charge of regu
lar troops. Several fatal conflicts between
citizens and soldiers have occurred.
Houses were shaken and people made
dizzv by an earthquake shock in the City of
Mexico.
A very heavy gale is reported from the
Newfoundland fishing banks. Several
schooners lost their dories, and it is feared
that many lives were lost.
Wiggins, the Canadian weather prophet,
prophesied in 1885 that the most tremendous
storm of the century would strike America
on September 19, 1SS7.
Henri Pranzini, the murderer of three
persons in Paris, has been guillotined.
Turkey has acceded to Russia's proposal
to send a provisional Governor to Bulgaria
and Eastern Roumelia.
Editor O'Brien made a very defiant speech
at a large National League meeting in Dub
lin. Hon. James G. Blaine and the Prince of
Wales have met a r umber of times at Horn
burs, the noied German watering-place.
FATAL TO FISH.
Millions of the Finny Tribe in Illi
nois Streams Dyinff.
Within the past two or three days the fish
in many of the streams about Galena, 111,
have died by the million, and the few that are
left are rapidly following suit. The banks
of the Galena River branches are
lined with dead fish of all sizes and varieties,
from the tny minnow to the mammoth cat
and sturgeon. At Buncombe, Wis., a few
miles from Galena, dead fish are so numer
ous on the banks that the stench arising from
them is almost unbearable. At Lancaster,
Wis., the scene on the river bank beggars de
scription, over fifty wagon loads of
dead fish being in sight. There are nu
merous theories afloat as to the cause.
One is that the recent 1 rains have filled the
water with mud, so that the fish have been
unable to breathe, and, struggling to the sur
face for air, have died. Another is that, dur
ing the dry hot summer, the valleys and
marshes above were filled with some poison
ous growth that with the recent floods were
carried into the streams and poisoned the
ater.
Hungarian papers report that this year'
crop of cerr als promises to be the most abun
dant since IS iZ. It is estimated that wheat
alone will yield 40,000,000 quintals, or 15,000, -00010
17,000,000 quintals more than will be
needed tor home consumption.
'I nPBW HAMM 1111 . I . A. .
the New York State Prohibition Convention.
held in Syracuse. A ticket was nominated. are
SEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN.
' Roman scarfs and sashes are again in
I fashion.
arrow foot plaitings, once so popular,
losing favor. -
The ruby is just now the most fashion
able precious stone.
Foulard is one of the most serviceable
aluflfs for summer wear.
Plain, kilted and flounced skirts are
all fashionable for misses.
Ban its are worn much shorter than for
merly, but are as fashionable as ever.
The bishop-shaped sleeve is regarded
as a stylish mode, and ladies hold it in
hifjh esteem.
Tucks, which are always dainty in ef
fect, are noticeable in the ornamental
parts of dresse?.
White pirnue or cashmere dresses are
cool and dainty, and lace, embroidery or
braid trims them prettily.
A conceit of fashion is to have the silk
gloves or mitts match in color the rib
bons adorning the costume.
The tall, open work straw hats arc
pretty and stylish, and trim prettily with
ribbons run through the braid.
Beautiful knitted trimmings for flan
nels are made with very little trouble,and
are light and pretty for summer work.
The States of Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky,
Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi and
Tennessee employ women as librarians.
Peasant waists and open, sleeveless and
short-sleeved jackets as well as velvet
girdles are extremely fashionable just
now.
Black is the accepted color in hosiery,
but hosiery matching the color of the
dress or its accessories are frequently
seen.
Miss Bacheler, of Saratoga, daughter
of General Bacheler, is only seventeen
years old and speaks eight languages flu
ently. The fancy English braids make charm
ing crocheted trimmings, and. some ol
them are as delicate as the heavy Irish
points.
The half-flowing sleeve, which has won
the admiration of most women, is re
marked on many handsome street gar
ments. Newest doylies are worked in a real
gold thread, which is as washable as
white linen cr raw silk floss, both ol
which are used also.
Very pretty muslin slips
wear over various colors iu
flounces may be edged with
arc made to
surah.. The
lace of imi-
tation or real Valenciennes.
Lounging dresses of thin printed,
striped or checked flannels in soft tex
tures and pretty colorings are among the
most desirable of home luxuries.
A decided liking is evidenced toward
the netted trimmings in vogue, and they
make welcome crarnitures. Black net is
i used to trim blues, green, gray and otliei
colors.
Bound waists, buttoned behind, to
wear with skirts that are broadly box
plaited, kilted or gathered, have theii
fronts faced with contrasting goods tc
simulate vests.
Delicate head-gear made of India pith
such as the helmets are made of, are now
sold for ladies' wear, and if trimmed
with muslin or tulle are becoming, and
particularly comfortable and light.
Polka dots have climbed as high as
the sunshade, and seem to be very fa
vorably liked by young ladies who boast
of from four to six dressy parasols tc
correspond with their dressy costumes.
Spanish guipure in which the figure is
outlined with cut jets or pendent with
jet beads is stylish. This fabric is par
ticularly rich and handsome in effect
over colored silk or white underdrcss.
Plaited waists, with yoke, sometimes
have the yoke overlap, belt and wrist
bands profusely trimmed with braid, and
quite often these portions will be of em
broidered goods when the remainder is
plain.
A young New Orleans woman is pre
paring to go into the house-decorating
business, and this fall will offer her ser
vices for graining woodwork, for wall and
ceiling painting and for decorating fire
places. The primrose is a favorite design in
Kensington embrodery this season. It is
a well beloved English flower always,
and has associations of a tender nature.
Its delicate yellow makes a very pretty
effect on "any background.
There is one difficulty with the way in
which the "wash" dresses are made this
season. They must be redraped and re
hung each time they are laundried, and
the velvet cuffs and collar removed,
therefore they must be worn with care.
A year ago Mme. Barbet-Batifolle
founded a prize of 20,000 francs to be
awarded annually to the most virtuous
and industrious work girls in Paris. Mile.
Privat, an embroiderer, and Mile, tun
ain, a dressmaker, have won the money
this year.
Mrs. Dr. Ellis, an American lady, is
physician to the Queen of Corea. She
has apartments in the royal palace at
Seoul, and receives a yearly salary which
is equal to $18,000. She is obliged tc
visit the Queen daily, and remains within
call when her Majesty is indisposed.
The shades of heliotrope, which bade
fair to be very stylish, have proved them
selves ill fitted to endure the salt air and
sunlight. For house wear there i3 no
more becoming color to any one who has
pink tints in their complexion, but it is
not well adapted to out of door wear.
Plain skirts are very full, and longei
behind, to allow for the pouf, which is
made for these skirts in a particular
shape. The bustle is made of a series of
starched flounces sown on to the back
breadths of a skirt of cambric. This
gives a graceful tournure. without the
hump, such as is worn with the draped
ikirt.
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