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f?1;- ® She JUcSjennj -filamdcaUr, " -fr s. 3. VAN SLYKE, POTUBHML MOHENRY, ILLINOIS. ! f HE NEWS CONDENSED. . THE BASf. IneoKD mteh bst^sea Stt Affleikui and ^ J?- Irish rifle teams was shot at the Cwedmoor ' • • ihnge. New York, last week, and again victory tested with tbe Americans, though by * very «mall majority, aa the soore wUl show: - ---• Tritk. s-jS 800 yards.... ../J 900 yards 'ij^OOOyBrda.... 409 .... 886 .... »«> 800 yards... 800 yards... 1,000 yards... 3M ...... 869 ...... 891 Total'.. Total ..... .1.184 D'L~--~- TUF. professional thieves of FLtilaildphia ' Itove united in a request; to the Mayor for per- * '-;' 5 'Mission to visit the Exhibition in a body on J tfome day to be aet apart for that purpose, promising to maintain a firm control over their •S ' pickers and stealers "for this occasion only." ' . 7: TUK reef of rooks at Hell Gate, which has •. l̂lleretofare formed a serious obstructicm to the Ijintianoe of New York harbor, was blown up On Sunday morning, Sept. 24. There was con- 'durable apprehension in the city leet the • ' explosion of the mine, consisting of 50,000 pounds of the most powerful explosive known to science, would result in tbe lestructikm of both life and property. All >• /. iMh expcefcationa, however, were agreeably disappointed. A slight tremor of tbe earth throughout the city, and the upheaval 01" two ' jfcoluams of water, accompanied with a consider- . ahle quantity of rock, which all fell into the **v®r» were the only evidences that the great ;' • ' blast had been effected, It was precisely 3 o'clock 1;'- , i- "i- if- m° that Gen. Newton sent the electric spark %';•. 'Into the mine. This was followed by a cloud of Uack. smoke, rocks and lumber, 'and. at the Sam* moment a heavy shock r&i through the " ground, and gave one* the impression of being , » lifted about two inches. The sound of the ex- lIlW* plosion was not loud, but low, rumbling, and peep. A cloud of yellow smoke followed the >» : *ock8, and, in ten second^, the water had be* , level again, and notracea were loft but i:^ • large yellow space caused by mud and other 1 j>' Hubstances thrown up. At the works it was found that the coffe-dam which surrounded the shaft was entirely gone. A small house which stood close to the shaft was thrown • distance of ten feet, but other buildings were just as before the explosion. The affair was a complete success, and the Whole reef was blown up.*.... East­ ern papers give the particulars of a ter­ rible disaster that happened recently in* Forest County, Pa. The mountain streams becoming greatly swollen from the recent storm, the Waters flooded the partly-settled valleys near • *Ralston, a newly-opened lumbering hamlet. 2,'wo cabins, occupied by George Par&a and Daniel Cooper, woodehoppers, were washed „ -down the mountain side into the stream at an •arly hour in the merning. The Parka family consisted of seven persons--father, mother, and five children. There were nine mem­ bers of Cooper's family--Cooper, his wife, six children, and Mrs. Adams, the mother of Mrs. Cooper. The sixteen persons were all drowned, and their bodies carried away and Jammed between the boom of logs in Forest •Creek, The houses were completely wrecked.. Two -persons were drowned near South port. In Tioga county three lives are known to have been lost, and four persons were drowned at tViHeport. A DISPATCH fromTamaqoa, Pa., says: "The conviction at Wilkesbarre, of Thomas Camp­ bell, a notorious Molly M&guire for the brutal Surder of Michael McNulty, at Carbondale, at July, hat aroused the murderous organ- ! feation of which he was a member in Luzerne county, and already the gang have commenced iheir terrible operations. Thomas Long and John Donelly have fallen victims to their ven­ geance. The Mollies, who have terrified Hyde Park, Dtufinore, Meadow Brook, and •ther places n the Lackawanna region, are re­ ported to be perpetrating atrocious outrages." THE WBST. , Foro of the bandits who some time ago mur­ dered the cashier of a bank, at Northfield, Minn., and attempted to reb the institution, Were captured near Madelia, Watonwan county, , , s ..Minn., on the 21st of September--the state­ ment heretofore printed that they bad escaped •proving incorrect. A telegram from Madelia • »lTea 4116 following particulars of the arrest: -M' robbers went to a house earlv this morn- • rmc, about seven miles north of here, bought . come bread and butter, and started west on foot News was sent in as fast as horse could travel. Forty or fifty men were after them ; «s soon as they could get horses and arms. - They drove them into a slough about ' eight miles north of here. They then had them . cut 011 the prairie, and opened fire on them. ..The robbers returned the fire, but kept working toward the river, and at last got there and hid ® the bushes. By this time our men were ail together, and surrounded the bush the robbers Sfeere in. Faring became general, our men ad­ vancing all the time. At last the robbere saw ̂ hope, and gave up. One was flailed, and the other three are wounded. One lias only a wound in the arm. One that is sup- to be Cole Younger is wounded badly in .. V jwsed Ihe head and back. The othtr lias & bad . %ound in the jaw aud shoulder. It i» thought • „ Jhftfc one, if not two, will die of their wounds. .Cfee of tliciii iiap &u old' wound in hia arm, sup. posed to be the'one wouuuod at Northfield." A FBiGHTFtiL accident occurred a few dajB •go * .3 i iiiili'oad, iv. cl > 0 miles from Columbus. The train was tunning at a rate of perhaps forty miles an hour, when, from some cause or other, four cars of the .faain jumped the track and rolled down the embankment, thirty feet high. Six persons Were killed, and thirty or forty wounded, some of them seriously The Commission appointed to treat with the Sioux, Cheyenne - and Arapahoe Indians for the peaceable surrender of the Black Hills have , ; concluded their mission, the savages agreeing - lo the propositions made to them, without the •hange of a single word.... The Si. Paul papers print full and interesting accounts of the capture of the Northfield bandits. The hero of the affair appears to be youth of 17 named OecarOleson Sanborn. ••xitP?- * farmer living a few miles ̂ from Ma- This youth instinctively recognized the Mnntiveii aa the men whom the law and public • ^^"led should b© captured,. and, • ite8P?e other's diseomraging worfe and warnings, the brave boy mounted a horse •no set off with all the speed of which the •mmal was capable for the town, whero he found ready listeners to his story, and brave - ana prompt men who quickly set to work to effect the capture of the villains. The job was «hort, sharp and decisive, as has before been Ctoted. One of the robbers fell dead at the first TT A. © other8 were soon brought «,^U0neT^ u receiving no less than seven rt It has been ascertained from admis- -Mions made by the bandits, that three of them *re Younger brothers. A. C. HSSINO, and the other members of the Chicago whisky ring who were some time .convicted of defrauding the revenue and sen­ tenced to various terms in the county U<1 have been pardoned by the President. Two SUCCESSIVE and heavy shocks of earth- 4oake were distinctly felt in Evansville, Ind of f1pt ^ 80 s™1 «•« ,«Tect tils* the alarm was general throughout A V ?.ei; ̂ globes werl THE Northfield bank robbers recently cap- - v ̂ Rt ®adelia» Minn., have been fully iden- ' . fcifl& l as members of the notwî Yoowrer . .. At ̂ 8potted TaU A««ncrf on the £3d ult, v't,!! :the Peace Commiasioners held a council with |he Sioux Indians f. athered there, and, after Ahe usual grumbling about the bad faith of the Government, Spotted Tail and his men put eir name*) to the new treaty. A TELEGRAM from Viuits. TBAIMI TeaMtcrr Indians of the Territory are greatly excited over the proposed removal of the Sioux into their oountery. They pay the Government !B again proposing to violate treaty stipulations by removing those Indians to their country without their consent. They characterize the action of the Commissioner* in agreeing to give the Bionx homes in the Territory of OOk­ lahoma as being similar to the one raado by Satan on the mountain 1,800 yean ago. There will be a united and solemn protest made by kll these people against the consummation of this alleged outrage against the civilised as well as the Sioux Indiana. . THl BOOTH. TEEBK are 600 cases of yellow fever at Eruns- wiok, Oa. The people are in a most destitute oondition, without food, physicians or nurses. A dispatch states that it is impossible to ex­ aggerate the frightful condition of affairs, and that some of the people will die of starvation unless speedy aid is rendered. THBEE Southern cities--Savannah, Charles­ ton ?r>d Baltimore--are now afflicted with the pestilential presenoe of the yellow fever. Other coast cities we in danger of the epi­ demic, some of them being, without doubt, destined to receive a visit frcm the dreadful soourge. The city of Savannah has been the chief sufferer thus far, an average of orer thirty deaths per day occurring there from this one cause, with a marked daily increase. GEM. BBAXTOK BRAOO dropped dead of heart disease in the streets of Galveston a few days ago. He had been in his customary health up to the moment of the fatal aiinuk. Gen. Bragg was a prominent officer in the Confed­ erate army, holding at various times important commands. He was educated at West Peiiat, but for several years previous to the outbreak of the rebellion he had had no coimecfcloa with the United States army. WASItlNQVCm. THF. Secretary of the Treasury has called in for redemption $10,000,000 5-20 bonds of 1865, May and November, upon which interest will cease the 21st of December next. They are as follows: Coupon bonds, $50, No. 651 to 718, inclusive; $100, No. 8,601 to No. 15,400. both inclusive; $500, No. l&,00i to No. 19,000, both inclusive; $1,000, No. 35,851 to No. 46,850, both inclusive. Total coupon, $7,000,000. Regis­ tered bonds, $50, No. 1 to 50, both inclusive; $100, No. 1,101 to No. 1,650, both inclusive; #500, No. 1.401 to No. 1.810, both inclusive; $1,000, No. 3.701 to No. 5,750, both inclusive; $5,000, No. 2.801 to No. 2,900, both inclusive; $10,000, No. 3,101 to No. 3,950, both inclusive. Total registered, $3,000,000. IK the five months that the Silver bill has been in operation there has been $11,397,121 in fractional currency redeemed and destroyed. There is now about $500,000 in the different sub-treasuries which is to bp destroyed. Ac­ cording to the books there is $30,111,615 yet in circulation. It is safe to say that $10,- 000,000 of this amount will never be re­ deemed, as much is destroyed and lost. The bill issuing silver for fractional cur­ rency went into effect on April 20, and tbe f igures g iven above are for Sept . 28 . . . . The officers in charge of the Senate wing of the Capitol are much troubled by the evidence that some malicious person or persons has de­ liberately gone to work to defaco that wing of the Capitol. A short time ago nearly a gallon of oil, which must have been brought into the building for the purpose, was spilled on one of the inner flights of marble stairs. And only the other day it was discovered that a large quantity of blue Ink had been poured over the outer balustrade of the corridor connecting the Senate wing with the main building. The ink was poured in two or three places, and splashed about so as to do as much injury as possible. It cannot be removed without cutting into the marble. So FAB $19,058,252 in silver coin has been paid out by the Treasury Department for the redemption of fractional currency and in pay­ ment of obligations since the 19th of April last, leaving a balance of $2,000,000 of such coin on hand at this date. GENKRA1* THE mu ltitude of travelers to the Centennial Exposition, by overloading the cars, the Post- office Department declares, greatly delay trains, and thereby prevent the delivery as qoiekly as common of the mails. FOB nearly twenty yean the great horse Lex­ ington stood at the head of the American turf, and it was not until two years 4go that his four-mile time, 7:19%, was beaten a quarter of a second by Fellowcraft, at Saratoga. An­ other Kentucky horse has now beaten the time of both Lexington and Fellowcraft, and lEe people of the blue-grass State are warranted in feeling proud over the performance. Ten Broeck. a thoroughbred raoer named in honor of the gentleman who owned Lexington, and bred and owned by a member of the famous Harper family of horse breeders, at Louisville, the other day, ran four miles in the unprece­ dented time of 7:15%, or three seconds faster than Fellowcraft's, and four seconds faster than Lexington's time--an achievement which stamps Ten Broeck the greatest horse of the century. POLITICAL. TBB Oregon Legislature has elected Gov. Grover to the United States Senate The Democratic Convention of Washington Terri­ tory have norniTMs»5A Tohn P. Judson a Dele­ gate to C&ngress. THE New York State Greepb«nk Convention •»as held at Albany, last week. Richard Mont­ gomery Griffin, editor of the Albany Evening Post, was nominated for Governor; Thomas Armstrong for Lieutenant Governor; Anthony J . Cudderback for Canal Commissioner ; Mar­ cus M. Dixon. Judge of Appeals; 9ohn W. Crump, State Prison Inspector. \ FOREIGN, - v - 3 NDXKBOUS meetings throughout LEWGI*™* have passed votes of thanks to Mr. Schuyler, of the American Legation at Constantinople, for the promptness of his report on the Bul­ garian atrocities... .The plague has broken out among the Turkish troops operating against Serbia... .Late advices from Mexico state that the revolutionists under Gen. Porfierio Diaz are making strong headway, and appearances indi­ cate that they will probably succeed unless Congress adopts certain compromise measures which have been proposed. Diaz is atOaxaca in the South, with from 3,000 to 4,000 efficient, well-armed men, and from Ms great personal popularity is constantly receiving accessions to hia fore©.. .Gen. Cortinae, who escaped from the City ©f Mexico and pronounced for Diaz is be- seiging Matamoras with a foroe of about 300 men. A CoirsTAimxopxjt dispatch of Sept. 26 says the Porte ha? agreed to prolong the suspen­ sion of hostilities for eight days, and expresses a hope that the power? during that time will communicate the conditions of & peace which they propose The steamship Dardenoug, from Melbourne to Sydney, foundered n^ar Jervis Bay during a hurricane on the 11th of September, and sixty of her crew and passen­ gers were drowned. THE Russian Government has ordered the registration of all the horses in the empire lia­ ble to seizure in case of war The United States steamer Franklin, with' William M. Tweed on board, has sailed from Vigo, Spain, for New York... .Spain is sending more rein­ forcements to Cuba. NEWS from Panama states that in the en- agement at Laschaneos, in the Cauca, between ' 16 rebels and Government forces, tbe rebels more than a thousand in killed and w< .pded, while the Government foroes Imt "Ued and 300 wounded. * iii' * * •isTtniBAyoK had occurred among ^idians at Sitka through drink, six of t^Hndians being killed. At the re- .^e chiefs the commanding interdicted the sale of molasses and^^n?> so that the natives cannot more hoot-ze-poo or aloohoL ILL IK Old ITEMS, 6rr«f4ik>ns for divorce are pendi&g in the Peoria courts. THE Bloomington paper mill was re­ cently Bold at a bankrupt sale to Chica­ go parties for $13,000. The mill and machinery are new, and cost 837,000 a year and a half ago. HBNBT MANAHAN, of Ohioago, while attempting to jnmp from a freight train near Moline, the other day, had bis right leg run over, -which rendered amputation necessary. Beoovery is doubtful. A FEW days since Gov, Beveridge is­ sued a pardon to James (Jraham, sent to the penitentiary from Morgan county. Graham reaohed his home at Franklin last Saturday week, and on the following Wednesday died of consumption. Ar£ Peoria, last week, Boiiin Paul, Maggie Paul, and Minnie Dean, who were arrested in Chicago a short time ago on the charge of being concerned in the Pfeiffer murder of Ajaril 18, 1874, had a preliminary examination, and were remanded to jail for trial, pending the next term of the Circuit Ootirt. " AND I further agree that I will re­ sign my position ana withdraw from said acaools wlieBever requested by said Board of Education or the Superintend­ ent of said schools, and will ask for no reason why such request was made." Such an agreement is signed by every teacher in the public schools of Cairo-- the idea being to help discipline. GEORGE WATSON made an ascension from tho Paxton fair grounds last Sat­ urday afternoon in a hot-air balloon. When about 400 feet from the ground the balloon burst, turning almost inside out, forming a parachute, thus prevent­ ing a too rapid descent, Watson fell on the race-track, injuring his head and spine badly, but it is believed he will live, although insensible now. THE Quincy police have arrested a man named Henry Truax upon a charge of having killed ps son. The body of young Truax was round in the river there on Sunday, he having been drowned two weeks ago. It was said by the persons who gave the information to the officers that the father and his boy were in a boat together, and that the former pushed the-latter overboard. PATENTS recently issued to inventors resident of t^is State: Wm. O. Osgood, Chicago, folding tables; R. S. Barnum, Chicago, set screws; J. B. Butzbach, Chicago, game tables; G. W. Marble, Chicago, umbrella holders; H. M. Smith, Chicago, boiler furnace; J. D. D. Mortimer, Chicago, advertising desks; F. Preston, Elgin, piano actions; Wm. J. Johnston, Cordoza, liquid measures; E. A. Beers, DeKalb Center, gang plows; C. C. Charles, Englewood, street lamps; D. Love, Yellowhead, cleaning marble; B. M. Merrill, Englewood, binders; A. White, Bock Island, stones; G. Carl Wilson, Carrollton, bee hives; E. B. Brown, Chicago, two oases, ticket recorders; T. Kellogg, Chicago, coat. GEORGE ADAMS, of Quincy, who has been under indictment since last spring for the murder of the girl Anna Ferris, has been sentenced bv Judge Sibley to imprisonment for life. By advice of counsel the prisoner withdrew his plea of not guilty, and pleaded guilty of manslaughter, in consequence of which he received sentence as stated. At the conclusion of Judge Sibley's remarks, the prisoner burst into a flood of tears, and exclaimed that he would never for­ give those who had advised him to plead guilty. He is about 21 years of age, and his family connections are of the highest respectability, but the boy has always been vicious and unmaoag- able, and his relations made no attempt to defend him beyond an effort to save him from the death penalty. A OASE of some interest was submitted in the United States Court at Spring­ field last week. In 1865 Morgan county subscribed $60,000 in bonds to aid in the construction of the Illinois Biver railroad, and, by agreement, the bonds were placed in the kinds of a depository until a certain amount of work was done in that county. The county subsequent­ ly sought to withdraw tlie bonds, al­ though, it is alleged, the stipulated work was done; but, as the Illinois River Railroad Company had in the meantime contracted certain obligations, these were ordered discharged by the Morgan County Circuit Court before the with­ drawal of the bonds, and, after this pay­ ment, Hie bonds were withdrawn and canceled by the county officers. The Peoria, Pekin and Jacksonville railroad now comes forward as the successor of the Illinois Biver Railroad Company, and Mr. Allen, President of the Peoria, Pekin and Jacksonville, and as Auditor of the late Illinois River road, and sues Morgan county for about $60,000. The case was submitted on briefs and taken under advisement. A SHOCKING tragedy occurred at Car­ bondale one night last week, resulting in the death of Alex. Frazier, at the hands of D. A. S. Gent. The particu­ lars are about as follows : Frazier re­ turned from Murphy boro late in the evening intoxicated, and was telling his wife of his failure to obtain a hearing in a lawsuit, saying he thought he had been deceived, and that he thought she was knowing to it, at the same time telling her she mu&t leave the house. He then put her out doors, using such violence that his children commenced to scream. Theircries aroused the neighbors, sev­ eral of whom came over to see what was the matter, and among them Syl Gent and his wife. Gent came up and said, For God's sake, Alex, keep peace in your family." A quarrel ensued, and Frazier struck Gent, knocking him to his knees. Gent got up and started to­ ward him, when Frazier struck him again, knocking him clown a second time. Then Gent walked back a few steps, remarking to Frazier, " Keep back I" as many as six times. Frazier still kept advancing, when Gent lired, the ball taking effect in the right lung* Frazier said, "lam shot, and will be a dead man in ten minutes, "walked across the street, and immediately expired. Gent wa? imprisoned to await trial, Wicked Sultans. Of the tnirty-three Sultans who have hitherto occupied the throne of the Os- manlis, eleven commenced by the mas­ sacre of their brothers, nephews or cous­ ins, in order to simplify the order of suc­ cession. One of them, Soli man III., had his nineteen brothers murdered on the day following that of his accession. In addition to the eleven just mentioned, some others died of problematic mala­ dies, such as indigestion «r apoplexy, which may have been chosen to cover poisoning. , ,, THE BAYIHE FlttHT. A Solitary Indian Who Multiplied Bemark- l ably. [Mew York Herald Oor. faam Crook's Oolamn.] Firing had ceased, except occasional shots from the ravine on the west side of the village, where it wae supposed a single wounded Indian lay( determined t9 sell his life dearly. During the morning soldier? had been killed by shots from the ravine. Gen. Crook determined to catch the Indian alive, and caused the interpreter to make a promise of life to him. Bullets were the only reply. Soldiers posted behind him on th6 opposite bank had pntired their fire into the ravine for hours, but still the Indian's gun was not silenced. Passing from the right to the village sol­ diers were saluted by bullets. Troops were deployed below the month of the ravine to make the approach cautiously. They crawled, with loaded guns. Bullet after bullet was sent over their heads from the depth of the ravine, and they returned, but did not silence the fire. The excitement spread through the camp, and the mouth of the ravine be­ came the focus of a crowd. Several officers joined in the siege; the strong­ hold. was approached by hundreds of eager soldiers under the delusion that they were to see an Indian made prisoner. Hitherto only single shots had come from within; but suddenly there was a volley through the approaching troops, which caused an indescribable rush away from the spot, and the wildest confusion reigned. The ravine was full of Indians, who, after the first charge in the morn­ ing, had fled there to hide. The volley wounded private Kennedy of the Filth Cavalry. The siege became more tragic and earnest. Capt. Munson was foremost peering over the steep bank into the ravine, when he slipped in through a dense bramble and found himself among the Indians. The dry water-bed was narrow and deep, and hidden by brush. Sev­ eral warriors lay face downward in this trench, and had built small breastworks across it with mud and roots. Behind these were a score of squaws and chil­ dren. Some of these were wounded, and the mud was drenched and bushes spattered with blood. Munson gallantly seized a squaw, and, putting her papoose on his back, shoved her out. One buck was lying on a dead infant. Munson had barely a glimpse of the interior of this strange stronghold, and then dodged back to escape the muzzles of five guns over his head. Bullets hissed both ways, the soldiers pressing forward to fire. They several times swayed backward before the fire of the Indians, and the roar of musketry was like that at Antietam. Baptiste, the Pawnee ssout, dashed in and caught two other squaws and a young brave. They said the rest would surrender, but when quarter was again proposed they answered with bullets. John White, known as Buffalo White, a friend and follower of Buffalo Bill, was shot through the heart. Baptiste just escaped a ball to kill the savage who fired it, and scallped him in an instant. A talk was meanwhile held with the women who had been rescued. One of them, who was wounded, said she would go into the ravine and induce the Indians still alive to surrender. She went, and soon after led out a forlorn-looking group. There were several squaws and two bucks, one of them named Black Wolf. On entering the stronghold there were found three dead squaws and one dead brave. American Horse or Iron Sliield wafc found horribly wounded in the abdomen. He was brought out and oared for by the surgeons, bnt died this morning. The captives were twenty-one in num­ ber. When they surrendered they seemed to expect immediate death. A squaw discovered her dead papoose in a tepee, and was a picture of intense woe. Indiana.' Indiana is ablaze with political excite­ ment. Hundreds of meetings are held nights and scores daily. The State is being stumped by school districts as well as by Congressional districts. Each side is doing its "level best." As a matter of interest at this time, we print below the returns of each State election in Indiana for the past twenty years. The figures are taken from the World Almanac : •OVEBXOH--1866. Democrat 117,911 Republican 113,089 Dem. maj 6,327 SECRZTABY Or BTATK--1868. Democrat 107,409 Bepubllean 104,828 Dem. maj 2,681 aovsaNO&J-lM0. Democrat 136,968 Bepubllean 136.7V5 Rep. maj 9,757 afcOBBTABT or a*AT>--1863. Democrat ....138,160 Bepubllean 118,617 Dam. maj v,643 OOVKBMOB--1864. Democrat 181,301 Bepubllean 163,084 Bep. maj 20,883 •COBBTXBT or BTATB--1866. Democrat 198,899 Bepubllean 169,601 Bep. maj..... 14,302 •OvcaMoa--1868. Democrat 170,614 Bepublloan 171,672 Bep. maj 9ei axcasTABT or STATE--1870. Democrat 160,069 Bepubllean 157,491 Dem. maj 3568 90VXBNOB--1873. Democrat 189,424 Bepubllean 188,276 Dem. maj SBCaKTABY or 8TAT»--1874. Democrat Republican Independent.. Dem. maj ... 1,837 .. 183,152 ...166,902 ... 16,383 .... 17,358 *' LOOK here, you critter, exclaimed a Hoboken man the other night, as he brought his hand down on the place where a mosquito sat, " do you take me for a lunch counter?" The mosquito, by this time sitting on the far side of the room, was very respectful and wrcwdA no reply. WHAT is the difference between the Welsh exhibition at Wrexham and a cow tossing hay ? Why, one is the Eistedd- i fodd, and the other is h'isted fodder, '-don't yon see? THE BRITISH GRAIN SUPPLY. Price* for Wheat Predicted. Mr. James Caird, the well-known writer on agriculture, in a communica­ tion to the London Time* of Sept. 21, in regard to the wheat crop, says : ** The condition and quality are all that can be desired, but as thrashing pro. oeeds the yield contraries more dis­ appointing. The land under wheat in the United Kingdom this year is 3,136,- 000 acres, which is 678,000 acres below the acrqage of 1874, and the seven pre­ ceding years--a decline of more than 20 Ser cent, on the average growth. The ecline from last year is 378,000 acres, but that will be more than compensated for by the increased yield per acre and the higher quality. I put the gross pro­ duce of the present crop at 10,600,000 quarters. Deducting 800,000 quarters for seed, will leave 9,800,000 quarters for consumption. At the present rate of consumption with us we require for the coming year bbout 13,000,000 quar­ ters from the stocks in hand and foreign importation. "This is the fourth year in succession in which America has been our m/tin de­ pendence; if that should fail in any ma­ terial degree it will be impossible to fill the gap elsewhere. In none of the European wheat exporting countries has there been an average crop. British India has largely increased her export, which, in the last eight months, reached nearlv 5 per cent, of our whole foreign supply. With no quarter from which we can expect increased supplies, and with some prospect of a diminution in the American supply, it is satisfactory to know that we begin with a large stock from the surplus of last year's imports." Night Doctors in Paris. " The Prefect of Police at Paris," re­ marks the Pall Mall Gazette, "has lately issued a decree with the object of meeting one of the groat requirements of the day, or rather the ciight, in that city, namely, 'night medical attend­ ance.' At every police office doctors who are willing to get up at night will inscribe their names. The public may see the list there all night, and choose any name they please. A policeman will forthwith proceed to the doctor's house, awaken him from his slumber, and give him a 10-franc fee. This fee will be reimbursed to the municipality by those who are able to afford it, but those who cannot pay will receive medi­ cal succor gratis. Some such arrange­ ment would be of great service in Lon­ don, where deaths too often occur owing to the difficulty and delay that arises when a doctor is suddenly wanted at night. If telegraphic communication were established between the police sta­ tions and the houses of such doctors as are willing to undertake cases of emer­ gency, the advantage would be two-fold. The police would be able to tell the public where to find, the doctors, and the doctors would be able to tell them where to find the police. By thus blend­ ing the medical and constabulary ser­ vices, physical and moral diseases would be treated on one system, and, a double force being brought to bear upon each of them, their total extirpation would probably be merely a question of tim e Death from Drinking Water Poisoned by Dead Toads. Some days ago Mr. Alexander Higbie, a prominent resident of Springfield, town of Jamaica, Long Island, noticed a pimple coming upon his upper lip, near the entrance to the right nostril. It grew rapidly in size, and the adjacent parts soon began to swell. Some one who pretended to medical knowledge as­ sured him that it was only the effects of a cold, that there was no danger, and treated it accordingly. At last it was determined that the affection was erysip­ elas, and the family becoming alarmed sent for Dr. Beldin, of Jamaica, their regular family physician, who at once determined it to to be a case ef malig­ nant pustule. The patient's head was m a frightful condition, and the brain was already affected so that he was delirious.1 Under the circumstances it was impossi­ ble to save him, and he died on Friday. In making inquiry as to the probable cause of the attack, Dr. Belden found that for some time past the water of the well had had a peculiar taste, and inves­ tigation proved that it was polluted by a numb'"' of -toads various .ctsges of decomposition. Mr* liigbio was in the habit dull/ of drinking large quan­ tities of water, and he continued to do so after the taint was discovered and even during his illness. Dr. Beldin has no doubt that tins was the cause of his death.--New York World. Transatlantic Navigation. Fort y-six years ago an enterprising Nova Scotian, Samuel Cuuaxd by name, conceived the idea of establishing a line of mail steamers "'between England and America. Seven transatlantic voyages had already been made by steam. Mr. Cunarcl went to England, and in due time associated withpimself two small shipping firms, the|^Messrs. Burns, of ivers, of Liver- united enter- first vessel of placed in and begin- ' MM Glasgow, and the pool. In 1840, by prise the Britannia, the famous Cunard ' commission. She of 1,100 tons burden. ning has grown up the mom steamship line the worl4 In the forty-six years of has comprised over 150 oi an aggregate of over These steamers have mai trips, traveling a distance 000,000 miles, and have carrii 000,000 passengers, and all withou losing a single life, or even a lette! the mails entrusted to them. The se< of their success has been thorough, careful, prudent management for which they have from the first been noted. Nothing is ever risked that can bo made sure. ' Russian Iron. Some fields of iron ore have been re­ cently discovered in the South of Russia. They are situated partly in the Verchni- Dnieprovsky district of. the Ekaterino- slaw Government, and partly in the Elizavetgradsky district of the Cherson Government; iron ore is found here on the rivers Sacksagane and Ingouletz, near the village Krivoy-Boff. About twelve miles from this place on the river Sacksagane, near the village Tchprvon- naia Btuka, large quantities of red hema­ tite are tound. Immense layers of hem­ atite, 100 feet thick, are situated near the river Ingouletz and the village Dou- bovaiarBalka. Mr. Sergius Kern, of St. Petersburg, says that it is estimated that thesenew fields contain altogether 90,- 000,000tons of ore. The Tramp's Iirderoas Kerengfe The house of Jeptlia Hazard, in Berkshire county, Mam., was recently the scene of one of the most unpro­ voked and utterly atrocious crimes ever committed m Massachusetts, the victim being Mrs. Hazard, *n inoffensive old yi2 35 Mr- an<* Mrs. Hazard* an old couple living in a house bv them­ selves in a little-frequented, locality, have not been accustomed to entertain strangers, hut when a tramp, who now rails himself Charles Wood, rapped at their door and asked for shelter from the ram they did not turn Wu awav, al­ though when the requested ttat^ka'iS^g'p]JL for the night elsewhere. No hard words had passed between the Hazards and the stranger, and they had no reason to suppose that he bore them any ill-will but, as he started from thd house he* seized a club near the door and com­ menced a violent assault upon Mr. Hazard, who, ̂ oeing an old man, was no- matc,i *or him, especially against th& •uiaauvaniage of such a weapon. Mr. Hazard had noticed his neighbor, Mr. TiUotson, a teamster and a powerful man, drive by but a short time before on his way home, and he obeyed his first impulse, which was to escape from the scoundrel, and bv obtaining Tillotaon's- aid secure the fellow's arrest before he should flee, and never thinking for a moment that he would re-enter the house and attack a harmless woman. TiUotson, on learning from Mr. Hazard how he had been beaten, ran to the house, and there, to his inexpressible horror, found Mrs. Hazard upon the floor and the tramp swinging an ftT above her with the energy of a manias having already probably struck her four or five blows. TiUotson, at tl^e risk of his own life, rushed upon the ihurderer, and, after giving him two blows on the head with a hammer, succeeded in over­ powering and holding him until further assistance arrived. Mrs. Hazard lived but two hours. The tramp was com­ mitted to jail at Pittsfield without the privilege of bail, to await the action of the Grand Jury. He says he had no- provocation for the crime, and does not know what possessed him to commit it. All the explanation he lyw give is that, as he passed the door, he saw the club, and something made him seize it and impelled him to attempt the murder of the two old people. The criminal came from France niw» years ago. He says he has no friends in this country and wishes he was dead. Frightful Scene at a French Railway Station. | A frightful scene took place at the Vaise railway station, Lyons, on the 2d inst. A superb Nubian lion, intended for the Bidel Menagerie, which had just arrived, was left in the station awaiting orders from its owners# The Superin­ tendent took the precaution of removing the truck jn which the animal was brought to Lyons into a corner off the line of the ordinary traffic, and put a barricade around it to prevent the ac­ cidental approach of strangers. All these steps, however, afforded only a Stimulant to the curiosity of some per­ sons who happened to be in the station. Among them was a cattle-merchant, who was seized with an insane desire to go up to the wild animal and caress it as he might do a cow or a sheep that he had just purchased. He put his arm in­ side the ' cage for this purpose, but in another moment horrible cries were heard, and attracted all the workmen and officials to the spot where the lion had been safely placed out of the reach of doing harm to all but those who might willingly seek danger. The sight presented was & frightful one. The in­ furiated animal had the limb of the ad­ venturous battle-dealer between his teeth, and was dragging the whole body between the iron bars. The spectators immediately armed themselves \tith picks, shovels, and crowbars; but before they succeeded in forcing the lion to loosen his hold he had torn the man frightfully., Medical assistance was> soon procured, and it was found neces­ sary to pciform an drsipuimion to s&ve the life ef this victim of his own reck­ lessness. MRS. PARTINGTON knowingly inquires if a man who dips a can in a tank of water should be regarded as a can tank erous man. THE MARKETS. NEW YOBK. BKKVBS 6 75 011 HOGS 6 50 0 6 COTTON »N 9 FLOUB--Superfine Western 4 40 @5 WHKAT--No. 2 Chicago.. 1 08 O 1 CORN--WT-Htern Mixed.... ' 56 AT OATS--No. 9. Chicago 48 £ RYE--Western 73 <3 POBK--New Mesa .16 76 #17 LABO--Steam 16J4® CHICAGO. 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