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CONDENSED NEWS The cotton crop is rated at "from fair to good" this season by experts. For the year ending June 30, 789,003 immigrants reached this country. Small-pox is raging at Maple City, Isanti county, Minn. The trustees of the mammoth hotel at Rockaway Heat h have leased it to a :yndieate for a long term. Charles Schild, a well-known mer chant of Galveeton, had his neck bro ken by the fall of a sign. Blight'l disease swept off Rear Ad miral David S. McPougall, at San Francisco. The wife of Bishop Talbot died in In dianapolis, Monday, at the age of 72 years. William Hale was tarred and feath ered at Tarport, Pa., for an attempt to outrage a young girl. The search for the Leigh Smith Arc tic exploring party has as yet attained no satisfactory results. The president has signed the legisla tive, executive, and judicial appropria tion bill. William Waldorf Astor has been nominated by the president for minis ter to Rome. W. T. Scott, of Cairo, has been elect ed grand master of the Odd-Fellows of Illinois. The Peterhead, Scotland, fishing fleet was caught in a gale. Two hundred boats are still missing. Both factions of the Creek Indians have disbanded, and there are now no fears of trouble. During the season 455 blooded cattle have been sold in Kentucky at an aver ' age of $300 each. John Mr Malum, the oldest conductor on the Yandalia road, killed himself with a pistol in St. Louis Sunday even ing. In the international conference the British ambassador accepted the prin ciple of collective protection of the Suez canal. The fact that the recent storms in northern Ohio swept away thirty bridges in Holmes county gives some idea of the ruin to crops. Hon. Fred. Hassaurek,of Cincinnati, and Mrs. Marshall, of Madison, I ml., were married Wednesday. He has been twice divorced, his first wife being a milliner in Chicago. From March 1 to Aug. 1, Chicago E ackers slaughtered and salted 1,225,000 ogs, against 1,709,000 for the same period last year. John Sheavey, a convict imprisoned at the Waupun, Wis., penitentiary, was stabbed to death by George Watson, who is serving a sentence tor forgery. The striking telegraphers at Denver have received numerous offers of aid from labor organizations throughout the country. The Irish constabulary are discon tented because of low pay and slowness of promotion. Between five and ten thousand threaten to resign. An imprisoned nihilist has reveal ed to the czar and his councilors a Ions list of newly-planned crimes against the ruler and certain high officials. Stringency is looked for in New York financial circles because of the large sum of money needed to move the west ern crops. The secretary of the treasury esti mates that over $200,000,000 of bonds will be surrendered for exchange into new 3 per cents. The heat at Winnipeg has been in tense, the thermometer registering 104 degrees in the shade. The nomination of Messrs. Grant and Trescottas commissioners to frame a commercial treaty with Mexico was confirmed by the senate. A train was wrecked near Winnsboro. Tenn., killing the conductor, the mail and express agents, and a passenger, and injuring several others. Near Dodge Centre, Minn., a gang of tramps in a freight-car, while the train was going at full speed, robbed a young Swede, and threw him out on the track. A white man lying injail at the Qua ham agency, Indian Territory, killed his guard, a Wyandotte Indian, by pin ning him to the floor with a coal-pick. The democrats of Alabama elected eighty out of one hundred members oi the lower house, and all but three sen ators. George W. Tanner, a prominent col ored politician of Cairo, 111., fatally stabbed A. G. Leonard, editor of the Gazetta Two Parisians were struck dead at the Tuileries gardens by catching hold of an electric wire used in illuminating the grounds. Joseph E. McDonald has been elect ed chairman of the democratic state committee of Indiana, and Joel Riley was chosen secretary. Joseph Doelger, who began to brew larger beer in Sew York at the out break of the war, died of paralysis, leaving $1,000,000 to his heirs. The assessors in Boston have placed upon that city a valuation of $(172,490, 100. The state, county, and city taxes aggregate $15.10 per $1,000. The Northwestern road reports its earnings for the fiscal year at $23,685, 000, and its surplus, after paying divi dends, at $2,791,000. Mr. Charles A. Vogeler, a prominent citizen of Baltimore, is dead. He was known as "the greatest advertiser in the world." The attendance at the Concord school of philosophy is discouragingly small this year. It is proposed to locate it at some place in the west hereafter. The Iron manufacturers in Pennsyl vania are engaged in a simultaneous ef fort to start their works with men from outside the unions, and have thus far met with success. Victor Leseurc, one of the oldest and wealthiest citizens of Danville, III., died Wednesday evening of genuine Asiatic cholera, after an illness of three day 8. The prohibitionists of Massachusetts nominated for governor Hon. Charles Almy, of New Bedford, and for lieuten ant governor Dr. John Blackmar, of Springfield. Lowry W. (Joode, managing editor of the Staff Leader, at Des Moines, has purchased the interests of the other stockholders, on the basil of $50,000 for the establishment. The survey for the Hennepin canal will be in charge of Major Benyard. now stationed in Chicago, and' will commence on the completion of orders now being prepared. It has been derided by the authorities at Toledo. ().. t tax a block of railway tickets beld there as personal property. The sum demanded from the holders Is $8,400. Bf M accident onB roal train near Oil City, Pa., six men were killed and thirteen ininred. The cars were smash ed and the track torn up tor a long dis tance. The county elections in Tennessee resulted generally in favor of the dem ocrats. An overwhelming vote was cast against calling a constitutional convention. Two young men of Ironton, O., got on a spree ami lay down on the Chesa peake and Ohio track, at Ashland, where they were killed by a passing train. Mexican section hands on the South ern Pacific road attacked Chinese labor ers at Vesta and drove them to El Pa so, inflicting serious wounds upon some of them. The strike of telegraphers at Denver has leen endorsed by the consolidated Protective association, and all operators warned to keep away from the place till the trouble is settled. The election in Utah went oyer be cause of the non-arrival of the com missioners, and Governor Murray is given power to fill all important oflices by appointment. John A. Gardner, a wealthy real-estate dealer of Cleveland, has been ar rested by oflicers of the secret service for forging deeds to lauds in the south west. The backers of Sullivan and Tug Wilson have notified them to cease training, as the New York courts re fused to enjoin the police from inter fering with the glove-light. Great alarm is felt in Texas over the spread of yellow fever, and a strict quar antine is kept up along the Rio Grande. It is also proposed to suspend commun ication with New Orleans. The Hillsdale. Mich., crew has sent a challenge to the English Amateur Rowing association for a race to take place within two weeks. If the pro posal is not accepted the Hillsdales will claim the championship of England. Arguments were made before the tar iff commission in favor of placing an tiquities and plaster casts thereof on the free list; also statuary, hatter's plush, and sulphur ore. Money is being raised in Milwaukee for the relief of the suffering natives of Iceland. The inhabitants of that ster ile isle are said to be dying of starva tion and disease. The assessed valuation of real estate in New York is $1,035,303,816, and of personal property $198,272,682. The amount to be raised by taxation, this year, is $29,412,881. Admiral Seymour's report of the bat tle at Mahalla Junction, Saturday, shows the loss of four men and the wounding of twenty-two. Lieutenant Vyse, of the 00th regiment, was killed at the commencement of the fight. The steamer City of Sydney arrived at San Francisco Tuesday with a Chi nese crew, and was not at first allowed to dock. The Pacific Mail company will applv for writs of habeas corpus, as its sailors were sent to the hulk. The music-teacher. Pepperkorn, who eloped from Omaha with a girl 10 years of age. has been captured at Mound City, Kan., in company with the maid en. A reward of $"oo will be paid for their apprehension. A party of one hundred citizens of Pomeroy, ()., surrounded the jail to capture and lynch a negro charged with an attempt to outrage a white girl, but the offender had been removed for safe keeping. Harry V. S. Seymour, the venerable artist f Buffalo, has discovered and restored a portrait of Peter Stuyves sant, painted in Holland on a block of wood in 1043, and colored over to avoid the English import tax of 2 per cent. President Arthur and Postmaster General Howe will visit Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Iowa about the middle of September. During his stay in Mil waukee the chief magistrate will be the guest of Alexander Mitchell. Contracts have been let at Buffalo for the construction of a portion of the postal telegraph line between that city and Chicago, and work on the Indian apolis branch will commence August 21st. Denver dispatches announce a good attendance or western visitors at the national mining exposition. Leading business men are arranging for a mon ster barbecue on August 24, to be open to all comers. Mrs. Harry Hammond, whose parents live in an interior Indiana town, and who has been married only four months, was deserted at a Chicago hotel by her husband, who carried away her cloth ing and jewelry. The failure of Hilgert, a sugar-dealer of Philadelphia, for $,500,000, has addi tional interest lent it by the discovery of the fact that the bankrupt has forged acceptances on customers throughout the country to the extent of $300,000. A party of young ladies from Vir ginia and Maryland have arrived at Mount Airy, N. C, fully equipped for a pedestrian tour of the mountains. Their trip will extend over seven hun dred miles of rich scenery , and consume two months. John I. Blair, the railway king, states that a company has been organized, with a capital of $1,000,000, to bridge the Missouri river at Blair, Neb., giv ing connection affording the Qhicago and Northwestern road access to its allies west of the Missouri. The refusal of the manager of the Western Union telegraph otlico at Day ton, to receive messages turned over to him by the Mutual Union people ha3 led to a temporary injunction against such discriminations, which are in vio lation of state law. During the burning of the carriage factory of McKelvy Brothers, at Pitts burg, twenty-five firemen entered the building, ton ascending to the second floor. The side wall gave way, by which four men were probably fatally injured. The agricultural department holds that the cattle plaguo now prevailing in the middle and southern states is the Texas cattle fever. Agents of the department have been sent to Virginia, North Carolina, and Alabama to inves tigate, and information is being sought in Pennsylvania. At the lord mayor's bantpiet Mr. Gladstone declared that the campaign in Egypt was to protect the interests of the civilied world; that the Suez canal must be kept open, and that the war is for the purpose of protecting the Egypt ians from military tyranny. The Burlington road refuses to pledge itself not to lay any moro track in Col orado, and tho explosion of the pool is regarded as imminent. It is quite evi dent that, the l.urllngton is pushing to ward a pass which will enablo it to build to the Pacific coast. The steamer Mosel, from Bremen for New York, with over six hundred pas sengers and a cargo which includes French jewelry valued at 01,500 francs, struck on Lizard point in a dense fog. Nine boats were launched, and all tho oassenifers were landed at Penzance. The Union Pacific and the Southern Pacific are endeavoring to beat each other's time in the transportation of overland freight. Two trains loaded with tea came over the former route from San Francisco to Chicago in six days and a fraction. During the festivities attendant on the arrival of the Archduke Charles Louis at Trieste, a petard was thrown into the crowd, injuring several people. In retaliation a mob broke the win dows of the houses frequented by Ital ians. About dark Monday evening a con flagration broke out at Gardiner, Me., in a planing-mill, and was only stayed when property valued at $200,000 hail been destroyed. About twenty acres were burned over, including all the factories on the lower dam. Two lives are reported to have been lost. Society at Long Branch is gossiping over the hasty marriage of Louis Mills and Miss E. L. Laty, of Brooklyn, ow ing to their having missed the last train on Saturday evening. The case was referred to ex-Senator Thurman and Sam Ward, who urged that matrimony was the proper solution of the difficulty. Dr. Mudd, who dressed the leg of Wilkes Booth after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, for which he was sent to the Dry Tortugas for implica tion in the conspiracy, presented to the house a petition for compensation for attending soldiers and government em ployes stricken by yellow fever. The cattle plague now prevailing in two townships near Reading, Pa., nas swept off thirty-one head within the Sast two weeks. The victims drop ead in the pasture or the stable, and their poisonous condition prevents any attempt being made to secure the hides. The republican state convention of Indiana was presided over by ex-Secre: tary Thompson. The present minor state officers were unanimously renomi nated, and the course of President Ar thur, Senator Harrison, and Governor Porter was warmly indorsed. The plat form adopted favors the submission of the pending constitutional amend ments at a special election. The con vention was addressed by delegates from the Woman's Christian Temper ance union. It is said that Ruf us Hatch and Law rence Jerome, of New York, in con nection with several London capital ists, have purchased 750,000 acres of rich grazing land on the Yellowstone river, near the border of Dakota, twen ty miles from the Northern Pacific road, on which a city will be platted and 50,000 head of young cattle be turned loose. The mill-race contest at Akron, O., was reopened Tuesday by Ferdinand Schumacher, a rich mill-owner, who, armed with an injunction from a Cleve land judge, led a force of a hundred men and eight teams to the place in dis pute. He was opposed by a counter in junction issued by Judge Tibbals, of Akron, backed by a large crowd of citi zens, and an attempt to excavate was followed by riotous proceedings and numerous arrests. Twenty Bedouins have been arrested for pilfering at Ramleh. The khedive has announced his intention to indem nify sufferers from the disorders at Al exandria. The rebels are entrenching between Aboukir and Ramleh and on the western bank of the Mahmondieh canal. A train load of rebels went to Mahalla Junction to destroy the rail way, but they were frightened away by a forty-pounder inside the British lines. Arabi Pasha has ordered the garrison and people at Ismailia to retire to Cai ro, and twenty-five Frenchmen will be given a special escort. Admiral Sey mour does not intend to surrender the Egyptian prisoners to the khedive. De Lesseps has telegraphed to Con stantinople that the whole of Egypt has embraced the cause of the national party, and that the English will find everywhere a determined opposition. The rebels at Ramleh made a forward movement Tuesday, but were repulsed by shots from the British iron-clad Temeraire. Lord Beresford has been promoted to the rank of captain for services during the bombardment of Alexandria. Thirty-seven battalions of English militia have volunteered for active service in Egypt. Gladstone states that arrangements have been made to prevent the telegraphing of in formation to Arabi Pasha from En gland. A cable is being laid from Al exandria to Port Said. The West Kent regiment, with Gen erals Sir Edward 1 lamley and Sir Evelyn Wood, sailed from Portsmouth for Egypt. The queen bade the oflicers fare well and was enthusiastically cheered. It is rumored that the European quar ter at Cairo has leen tired. De Lesseps has telegraphed the porte protesting against Admiral Seymour's action con cerning the Suez canal. The embarka tion ot troops stationed in India for the seat of war nas begun. Arabi is amply supplied with money collected from tho interior provinces, and besides regulars has twenty thousand Bedouins at his back. Tho rebels are reported in great force at Aboukir. England has de clared that because of the porto's "ef frontery" it will be impossible to per mit the landing of Turkish troops in Egypt. Tho conference at Constanti nople will probably break up, owing to tho divergence of views between Russia and Great Britain. CONGRESSIONAL. 8ENATB. Aro. 3. -The senate passed house bills as follows: Authorizing government build ings at St. Joseph, Mo. ; in relation to land fia tents in the irginia military district of )hio; to provide for deductions from the gross tonnage of vessels of the United tates; extending to foreign steamships the provisions ol the inspection laws now applicable to dOBBOSttC vessels. The last two measures Mr. Fi ve declared "tho first guns tired in favor of a revival of American commerce." A long debate ensued on tax reduction bill "for the relief of banks, pat ent medicines, and perfume," but no result wss readied. Aro. (L The senate passed the house bill to establish diplomatic relations with Por tia, and devoted the remainder of the day 10 a discussion of the tax-reduction meas ure. Aro. ij The senate conferees on the naval appropriation bill reported an agree ment! flie report as accepted and the bill passed. The sum of 888,000 was appro priated t'orthe mileage of senators who at tended the session convened Oct to, 1881. The knit-goods bill passed exactly as it came from the lower branch of confess. Aro. 7. The senate passed bills to pen sion the widow of General Ramsey, tore peal the export tax on tobacco, to ailowem- ployes of the senate an exl l a mouth's pay, to appropriate fflO.OOOto supply the defi ciency in tees of district Attorneys, to con vene a court ol inquiry as to the loss of the Jeannette, to create a. select committee upon American shlp-bulldinc. and to bridge the Mississippi :it the mouth of the Upper Iowa river, n offering a concurrent resolution for final adjournment at 5 o'clock, Mi Plumb charged the length of the session BWiti the dilntoriiipss of the house In matur ing tne appropriation mils. Mr. mown fil tered u resolution of thanks to John K. Slater, of Connecticut, for donating .l.OOO, 000 to the cause of education in the south. A leoolution was adopted for an investiga tion into labor strikes. Mr. Cameron moved to amend the house resolution for final ad journment h making the hour 11 '. M. As no quorum voted, adjournment to Tuesday anting followed. Aro. 0. In the senate, Mr. Windoin sub mitted a report in regard to the use of money to defeat the bonded spirits bill. A bill was passed to transfer to the Garfield Memorial hospital certain property of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' home. Mr. Pendleton secured the adoption of a vote of thanks to the presiding oflicers. Hon. David Davis, Messrs. Anthony and Bayard were appointed a committee to notify the president that the senate was ready to ad journ. A request by Mr. Morrill that tho tax hill he passed by unanimous consent was received on the democratic side with derision, and the senate adjourned sine die. HOUSE. Aro. 8. The house adopted a resolution providing for a sine die adjournment on Saturday and passed a bill to establish dip lomatic relations with Persia by the aid of a consul general, who shall receive a salary of 95,000 a year. Mr. Davis, of Illinois, offered a resolution proposing a constitu tional amendment providing that the Presi dent may disapprove any item of a bill ap propriating money and embracing distinct Items, while approving of others, lteferred. Avo. 4. The house employed most of its time In going through tho sundry civil bill as amended by the senate, and refused to concur in all important changes. The at tempt to perpetuate the national board of health by aid of an appropriation was de feated after a bitter debate. Auo. 5 In the house the senate amend ment to a joint resolution for the establish ment of diplomatic relations with Persia was concurred in. The use of the rotunda and adjacent rooms in the capitol was granted the Garfield monument committee of the Society of the Army of the Cumber land from Nov. 25 to Dec. 8. The senate amendments to the bill relative to steam vessels were agreed to. A report from the committee on foreign affairs detailed the reasons why no demand could be made on Shipherd for his paers relative to the Peruvian claims. A message was received from the President regarding alleged Amer ican citizens imprisoned in Ireland. They are three in number and have been offered freedom on condition of leaving the coun try. The secretary of the navy was in structed to institute an inquiry relative to the loss of the Jeannette. The conference report on the sundry civil bill was agreed to. Auo. 7. Business in the house opened with an attendance of twelve members, which ultimately increased to 109. Concur rence was given to the senate amendments to supplemental post-route bill, and the speaker affixed his signature to the sundry civil bill. Mr. Cox introduced a bill to abolish the licenses on commercial travel ers. Mr. Burrows reported a resolution, which was adopted, appropriating 95,000 to enable a select committee of nine members to examine and report upon the Mississippi Improvement! below Cairo, including the outlet and jetty systems. The bill to chart er the Baltimore and Ohio Cable company was passed. By a vote of 4H to 40, the bill to quiet the title to the arsenal grounds in South Washington was defeated. After two recesses had been taken, in the hope of ending the session, the house adjourned to luosuay morning. Aro. 9. The house after listening to the : reading of the journal, bok a recess to noon, and subsequently extended it to 'i j o'clock. Messrs. Hiscoek, Carpenter, and Atkins were appointed a committee to wait on President Arthur, who informed them that lie had no further business foroon I gress. Several Ineffectual attempts were I made to nass senate bills. Sneaker Keifer returned thanks for generous treatment, and the members left hastily for their trains. WASHINGTON NOTES. Exports of petroleum for the twelvt months ended June 80, 1888, were 961,382.' 700. A number of female clerks in the offlc of the Secretary of the Navy have beer dismissed on account of tho failure of ap pmpriations. "General Charles II. Crane has formally entered upon his duties as Surgeon Genera of the Army. The selection of an Assist ant Surgeon General has been postponed till the next session of Congress. The Secretary of the Navy has approve) the design of the tlag to be known as tin "President's Hag." It will fly from tin mainmast of every vessel used by the Pres ident. The lirst one to be used will fly fron the steamer Despatch, when the President leaves on that vessel for New York. Licnt. Wlnslow, of the United State? navy, has planted, as an experiment In tin 'artificial propagation of oysters, ten millioi young oysters in Long Island sound. Tin oysters planted were only two days old aiid could he discovered only by the aid ol a strong magnifying-glass. The United States minister at St. Peters burg has been advised that congress ha made provision for bringing home the re mains of Lieutenant De Long and his com panions, and Lieutenant llarber lias re ceived orders b bring the bodies on sledge? to Orenburg, where metallic cases will hi in waiting. The clerks in the various outside bureau? of the War Department are being all dis charged, and most of them hired over again. Under the hill passed the clerks in the of ficcs of the Commissary General, Surgeor General, and Adjutant General's offices an made civilians, while heretofore most ot them have been enlisted men. The head? of the bureau's are taking the oppOrtunit) to reorganize the force, and some of the dis charged men will stay out for inefficiency or other objectionable qualities. To correct a loose statement which ha? gone out from Washington in varioui shapes, it is perhaps wortb while to sa that a vote or thanks to a speaker of the House is not usual at the end of the lirst session of a Congress. Thanks are reacrv ed for the close of a term. The only in stance within recent years when thank? have been tendered the presiding officer ot the House at the expiration of the first ses sion of a Congress was in the case of Milton Sayler, of Cincinnati, who was acting a Speaker pro tern. He was functus officii at the end of the first session, and therefor got his thanks then. Secretary Teller emphatically denies thr report that he advised (lie passage of the river and harbor bill over the president ? veto. He says he happened to be in tin senate chamber on business concerning his own department shortly before the veto was taken, but so far from saying anythiux in favor of the vetood hill, he incidentally expressed to several senators his opinion that the bill was a very obnoxious message, and the veto ought by all means to be sus tained. Secretary Teller further remarked that he voted against every river and har bor bill that had (dine before the senate while he was a member of that body ; that he made speeches against four of them, and that, as a mattered fact. DC regarded the last bill as much worse than any of its pre decessors. ( ONOUKSSIOXAI. COMMITTKKS. There are several Congressional Commit tees which will meet during vacation. The Committee on American Shipping will he here to organise tins week, and will proba bly arrange to hold Its first business meet ing In New fork about Nov. 15. The Va and Means Committee has leave to sit be ginning the second Tuesday in November, dj which time it is expected reports from the Tariff Commission will begin to conic In on which that committee expects togo to work. The Printing Committee has leave to sit during the recess and will consider how best to curtail the government printing expenses by the reduction of the liinnbei and character of documents published bv authority of Congress. The House select committee on the work of improvement of the Mississippi Kivcrwill meet alter the November elections at Cairo and will thence proceed down the l ivei to examine into the progress and character of the work. It Is believed In legal circles that it will take about a week yet to get a verdict in the star route cases. Some of the leading local lawyers who have watched the trial closely do not anticipate that the Jury will And the defendants guilty, but rather that a verdict just the opposite will be rendered. The evidence adduced by the government was surprisingly weak, but was materially strengthened by the testimony of some of the witnesses nut on the stand by the de fense. It is the general talk about the court-room that the defense would have been stronger and the side of the govern ment weaker If tho former had allowed the case to go to the jury without calling any witnesses. The tilts between the opposing counsel have engendered a very bitter ier sonal feeling between three or four of the lawyers employed, and if one of those em ployed by the government carries into ex ecution privately uttered threats Colonel Robert Ingersoll Is going to get a good thrashing, and will be knocked out of time in two rounds of three minutes without gloves. Dr. Bliss, who was In charge of the medi cal attendance upon President Garfield, has been taking measurements of the room lu the railroad depot in which tho president was shot, bis object being to show that his diagnosis was a correct one from the In formation he bad received as to tlie relative positions of the parties when the shots were fired. He also wished to settle defi nitely which shot had inflicted the fatal wound. His conclusions proved without doubt that it was the first one. It was found that tho president bad a slight graze on his left arm about two inches long and extending longitudinally and parallel with the arm. Now, after the first shot was fired, the president threw up his arms, as would be natural, and the second shot, Ktriking the arm when extended, inflicted the flesh wound, and, without being much deflected, went on its passage and lodged in the glazier's box, where it was subsequent ly found. Had the first stiot struck the arm, from the position it was then in by the president's side, It could not have produced rhat wound. A bulletin giving the statistics of the lum bering interest of the United States for the census year ending May 31, 1880, Just Is sued, shows that in Ohio there were 2,352 establishments devoted to this branch of In dustry, representing a capital of $7,944,412. The maximum number of hands employed during that year was 15,277, of which num ber 548 were children below the age of 16. To pay this help, wages to the amount of 81,708,300 were required. The total value of the annual production is placed at $13, 864,400, which places Ohio sixth in rank among the states, according to the value of products. Kentucky has 660 establishments, employes 5.140 hands, produces $4,064,361 worth of timber manufactures annually, and stands No. 14 in the list. Indiana has 2,022 establishments, employing 16,252 hands, produces $14,200,830 worth of lum ber, laths, shingles, and other stock an nually, and ranks fifth among tho states. Tennessee has 7.V establishments, employs 5,587 hands, produces $3,744,iU5 worth an nually, and ranks No. 16. Michigan leads all the states in this industrv, with an an nual production of $52,500,000" worth. Maine, which formerly stood at the head of the list, now comes after Ohio and Indiana as No. 7. The next state to Michigan in the value of production is Pennsylvania, which turns out $22,500,000 worth of wood manufactures annually. THK COMINO NATIONAL FA I It. Colonel Corbln, Secretary of the Garfield Monument Association, has sent out the following circular: "The Society of the Army of the Cumberland, through Its Gar field Monument Committee, have deter mined to give, under provisions of a joint resolution of Congress on Aug. 5, MS, a National fair and ba.aar industrial and art exposition to be hoiden in the rotunda of the United States Capitol in the city of Washington, I), c, commencing on the 25th day of November, 1882. and to continue Until the 8d day of December, 1883, its ob ject being to raise the greatest possible amount of funds to aid in the erection of a statue at Washington to the memory and honor of the late President, .lames A. Gar field. The general plan of the project will be inaugurated and carried forward under the following management: A board of control, to consist of the Garfield Monu ment Committee of the Society of the Army of the Cumberland as now organized, ami they shall be charged with the general or ganization; a board of direction, consisting of thirty, from which there shall be an ex ecutive committee of seven members, who shall have immediate control and direction of the fair during its organisation and con tinuance, with power to determine and nominate the personnel of such sub-committees as maybe required: a board of com missioners, to consist of six members from each State, three of whom shall be resident in the District of Columbia and three in each of their respective States, the three resident commissioners b constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. It shall be the duty of the State Commissioner! to solicit exhibits ami contributions from their several States and to Invite and awaken a lively interest among their people in tho success of the work, and to look after the interest and well-being of such of their constituents as may be interested. Timely arrangement will be made at general headquarters foi the receiving ana forwarding of such ex hibitions as may be Offered and when plac ed on exhibition will, excepting perishable articles, remain from the opening to the closing of the fair, and shall, when it Is M desired, bear the name of the maker and in all cases will be disposed of by sale, or such oilier process as the judgment ot tlie Hoard of Directors shall decide, for the benefit of the monument fund; a board id' award, whose duty it shall be to examine and re port Upon the Various exhibits, awarding medals, and such honorable mention as in their lodgment may he desired, and give suitable engraved certificates of the same, according to the rules and regulations adopted and onsen ed at the I Centennial Ex hibition of WW at Philadelphia. i ai Anything for an Excuse. Mr. Snedgcomb, if you please, your board bill Is three dayi overdue, and I'm compelled to speak to you.'1 "Yes, ma'am, I know it is due-- know it; but you really can't expect me to pay this week. N'o, ma'am, the great patri ot, (Jen. (Jaribaldi, is lying cold and stark in his beloved Italy. 1 cannot pay any bills this week, madam. " Louis ville Courier Journal. More capital invested, more skill employed, mere cases treated, and more cures effectfd than bv any Other one establishment in the world. Sixteen skillful and ex perienced physician and suigcons, each eminent in his own specialties FiVKrcm iin at the Detroit Office and ki.f.ven visit the principal cities in the United States and Canada. Al! Diseases and Deformities treated. Addrc?s Drs. K. & K Detroit Mich Send two 3c stamps for QDIDB TO HEALTH. " JJyj ' Special Market Report. "Y. oung Men Steady. Girls Lively, willing, and in demand. Papas Firm, but declining. Mammas Unsettled, but waiting for higher bids. Coffee Considerably mixed. Fresh Fish Active and slippery. Wheat A grain better than barley. Eggs Quiet, but will probably open up lively iu a short time. Whisky Steadily going down. Onions Strong and rising. Breadstuffs Heavy. Boots and Shoes Those in the market are soled, and aro constantly going up and down. Hats and Caps Not as high as last spring, except foolscap, which is station ery. Tobacco Very low, and has a down ward tendency. Silver Close, but not close enough to get hold of. A Girl's Queer Bracelet. A young lady from Pennsylvania, says the Savannah News, who has just return ed from Florida, where, with a party of friends, she had been reveling in the beauties of the flowery land, brought with her, as a souvenir of her visit, a live alligator, about six inches long. The party aro stopping at one of our notels, and propose remaining here a couple of weeks. The fair damsel from the Key stone State, unwilling to trust her am phibious pet to the risk of transportation to her home, concluded to keep it in the littlo cage in her room until her depart ure, when she could look after it herself on the journey. While playing with it one evening in her room, she accidently knocked tho top off the cage, and the scaly, diminutive monster, escaping, made a jump and lighted on her fair young arm, and proceeded to transform liimself into a bracelet, as it were, emit ting at the same time from his gaping inoutji a hissing noise. The young lady's frantic shrieks soon brought to her as sistance her friends, who were occupy ing the adjoining rooms, and the scaly saurian was finally secured, after many feminine ejaculations, "ohs" and "ahs, ' and returned to its "little" bed in tho cage. GENERAL MARKETS. CHICAGO. Whsat. Higher: August, ILOMLOfiW Rptlt. ll..fR ? lli-t. 074YlQTHn ( oh jj. Higher; Aug.. Ts'.aTsXe; Sept. 7T( rrpj'c : Oct., 7t70e. Oats. Lower: Aug., 44W44fcc; Sept 87 'j.(H7 '.,: Oct.. &J4gmkc. Kyi:. Film: August, Osk&tfSKc: Sept. 70M 71c. Bahmcy. Higher ; No. 2 August 93c Sept.. '.)',(. Provisions. Mess Pork higher: Angus &21.40ta21.42' ,: Sept., &21.421 .($21.45; Oct. 21.5ti.21..Y-... I.ard .Steady; Aug., sole at .12.45 12.47 : Sept.. $12.45(fil2.47W October, $12.52) . 12.55. Cattlk. Market Arm. We quote: Fancy heavy export steer.s 7. 75(38.01. Choice fat steers, 7.257.5f Good do fi.r.0 r.oi Medium grade steers 5.50W6.21 Fair to medium steers 4.50(rt5.5 Hog. Market firm. Sales ranged fron g7.858.85 for light packing and shipping IW.10W8.80 for heavy packing, and Iron 98.008.78 for f air to choice smooth heavj shipping hits. lirTTKis. Steady and tirm. We quote. Choice to Fancy Creamery at BgaMe lb ordinary to good do. 20a21c ; good to rancj Dairy nt 18a20cj common to Fair do. 12al7c Ladle-packed, KialSc; packing stock at 13a 16c ; Grease, )Sal0c. NEW YORK. ern Spot, 879c CINCINNATI. Flovk. Market quiet; Family, $4.70( 4.90. Wheat Firm; No. 2 Red Winter 1.031.08. Coun. Higher: No. g Mixed. 7te. Oats. Lower ; No. 2 Mixed, 53c. Ryk. Quiet ; No. 2 Fall, 70c. Pno visions Fork dull at S21.75. Lard quiet at 812.25. Hulk Meats firm; Clear sides 39. . '()( l.'i.OO. Bacon dull ; Clear sides $14.50. MILWAUKEE. Wheat Higher; August, 31.03; Sen tember, DDjHfc ; October, 99c ; No. 8, MVc CoMT. Tame at 78c for N'o. 2. Oats. Firm; No. 2 White, 70c. Rye. Hieher fis&c No. t Bajojet. Higher at 77c foi No. 2. ST. LOUIS. Wheat. Lower: No. 2 Red Aue.. 98S 9Hi4e; Sept., HHtrtWV; October. Sl.OO. Cokn. Higher: August, 77(77)c; Sebt. T875Xc October. Oats Higher; August, 41(rf41c; Sept., iWitmxc : October :!.V, :V.l e v TWila ... .t.iTo. Raui.ev. Steady at s0c(a!$i.05. Pitovi sio.Ns. Pork quiet at 21.75. Dry Salt Meats nuiet at M.flO. i:, v Uffi 'nr steady at .510.50, 14.".7. 14.50, Lard higher al 12.40, Boos Higher; Yorkers. ;.::,(, 8.00; butchers' to best heavy. 88.206.65. BALTIMORE. Fr.orn. Quiet ; Western Superfine. $3.01 (ffi3.25; do. extra, S4.00ot5.0O; Family -.v: .50. Wheat We ste n i higher; No Winter Led Spot and Aug., 81.14 V 1 141 September, M.IHV" 1.14 ; Oct., .si.tVr 1.15 CoilN. Western higher: Mixed Spot and August, s.v (sr.; September, koc,y 80Xc. OATS. Lower; Western White 0oYrt0.se; Mixed do. 5(rttift. Rye Ouiet. ai 05(1 70c. H BOSTON.' Wooi.. Demand active; Ohio and Penn sylvania fleeces, 4()(rt42c; Michigan extra In fair demand; 8Ba40c: unwashed fleeces 25a 88c for tine and medium grades; 18n23of01 low and coarse combing ; Bneeomhlng and delaine. 44a45c; Michigan and Ohio delaine Me47c lor line and No. 1 combing; pulled wools in good demand; 2Cm27c. DOCTORS U. S. MEDICAL -AND- SURGICAL ASSOCIATION DETBOIT, MICH. THE LARGEST IN THE WORLD! J. D. KERGAN. M. 2., Medical Snp't. v-