« . : - 1 NOXlNjMDK. THE 6 iXHIBENSm «B BART. HKTWOOD STBATTON, better "Geo. Tom Thumb," died at his MltftMMIn lCMdfteboro, Mam, of apoplexy. H« had baa* slightly indisposed for a tew :ig|ajMt nothing serious was anticipated. Sweeeiwwd wee born In Bridgeport, Ct, Jul 4^ 188& At the age of 14 he entered tiM wrriot of P. T. Barnurn, and haa ever ahn bean before the public. He leaves a^^hohasbeen «n the stage with MB rinoe thebf *nanriage in 1 ?«&.... M«oe sad fflade, the prine-figbters. arrived ta Mew York from England last week The Maori says he will challenge Sullivan after Ida fight with Mitohell.. ."Eighteen rounds werefcraght at Brighton Beach by Gallagher, of Strand, and Paddy Murphy, of Mew York, when neither could come to the •cratch, and the referee called it a draw-- 1 On Navy ia2and,ln Niagara river, William 4; „ J . . Baker defeated Xeivin Hiompsonin a glove «( ' fight of tern rounds .. .Dennis Kearney f¥ , , m refused permission by the Central Labor Union, of New York, to addressthe members gt'-t of that body. Is! ' • A BOILER in a Glen's Falls (N. Y.) paper-mill exploded with terrible effect & 1 Twelve persons were wounded, some of '£' themprobably fatally. The explosion was s J > ' followed by a fire, almost completely de- Jjp£.'" sluijfiuj. the building; and causing a loaa of 1;^ EIGHT boilers of the anthracite fur- 4 naces owned by the Philadelphia and Read- *•-/ ", Jng Company, at Allentown, Pa., exploded. W • Although the employes were outside the §?i building' resting in preparation for drawing *>, off the molten mass, one man was killed, i one fatally wounded, two severely hurt, and H, - several slightly injured. Tim furnace was 'i: V'-. completely destroyed. jpiSi • IN the Hanlan-Boss boat race at Og- •/ denaburgh, N. Y., the former won with ease, • • Baking the best time on record for the same ' distance, and defeating Ross by a quarter of ir a mile Previous to the race, Courtney ac- K-. >'s cused Hanlan of cutting his boat at & . Chautauqua Bome years ai>o, whereupon the %"•> •' Canadian retorted by calling Courtney a & " "liar and a thief Ex-Congressman Arthi- ¥', bald McAllister dropped dead of apoplexy at Sp" Altoona, Pa. >F" FLAMES broke out on a wharf ̂ in Brooklyn, and soon communicated »• to three sailing vessela The barks CoL • Adams and Perseverance were cut adrift, fg§g :,r their crews jumping overboard and swim- i ming ashore Twelve firemen were , badly injured by the falling of jL r: the framework of the pier. The f ship Lawrence Delap, loaded with jute and |V' saltpeter, was burned to the water's edge. Hie barks Adams and Perseverance were * destroyed at the end of the pier. The East , river bridge was crowded with spectators. The loss oy the disaster is estimated at #500,000. Jo«. Staegamer, a Philadelphia saloon-keeper, shot his wite dead and then £ killed himSS.' %.*' • THE WEST. £ i . THE Chicago papers print detailed reports from Minnesota, Dakota, Indi- and parte of Illinois. The re- on the whole favorable. The re- have benefited the crops in and Dakota, but in other places i";. they have done much injury. The reports from ITanasg are good, while* those from In- . dfaaa axe by no means encouraging. In the £* - - farmer State the corn crop is very promis- ,, >. lag: There ia a large acreage, and there is excellent prospect of a good average J yield-̂ Hay and oats are doing well in all the A HOTEL at Cockatoo, Minn., to- fjj. • ' gether with a number of other buildings, k t were destroyed by fire. Three railroad men |> ' . were bnrned to death, and another guest £: . . had a leg broken by jumping from the $h-' ' window. Three-fourths of the town was •h. burned, principally the business por- tkm. Tie loss - is tCO.OWO...:... Scientists in Chicago and Cleveland recently seat experts to Aurora, Ind., to investigate .. m theory advanced before the American . "• Aasociation for the Advancement of Science, f • that gold in considerable quantities could be lound in that region. They report that f . from one excavation, five feet by six, 98 • T worth of gold was taken.!..The saw-mill, . resorts, and chemical buildings at the Vul- can Furnace Company at Newberry, Mich., Wfre destroyed by fire yesterday morning. Loss, 1100,000. THE Boston Theater Company, one of the finest dramatic organizati ons in the country, is occupying McVicker's Theater, Chicago, for the summer reason, their en gagement covering a period of eight weeks A number of popular plays are underlined The gteat spectacular drama, "The World," Is the attraction this week. ifS: f t ' i ' M ^'*'4 POSTMASTER CLISOAN, of Polk City, Iowa, was recently assassinated in cold blood % Two hard characters, named Hardy and - " Crawford, were anspected of being the authors of the dastardly deed. They tied and were pursued. The assassins took to the woods in the vicinity of Elk Horn Grove, Shelby oounty. Volunteers speedily turned out Dom every village and railway sta tion for leagues around, and joined in the exciting man-hunt. The murderers were •to-rounded in & grove, and in attempting to capture them one of the pursuing- party. J. W. Maddy. a respected druggist of Marnei was shot and killed. The assassin was in stantly riddled with bullets. Another of the pursuing pos«,e was shot and seriously wounded. The other assassin then ran into an open field and sur rendered, and, after having narrow ly ef&ped lynching at the hands of tine outraged citizens, was placed in jail Before dying the murderer made a confes sion of bis crime, and also gave aclew to the detection erf the murderers of Mayor Stubbs, of Polk City, a>ear ago. FREDERICK M. KER, who embezzled $58,(106 from Preston, Kean ft Oa, of Chica go, and fled to South America, has been brought back. Ker states that the stolen money waa lost in speculation on the Board of Trade. The firm expended nearly 915,- (100 to secure the thief. AXOTHER great storm swept through the Northwest on the 16th Inst At Port Atkins, Wia, 100 hundred buildings were wrecked, six persons injured, and a damage of 950,000 iniiicted. At Pekin, III, the roof of the Peoria depot was unroofed, two stories of the Beemis House swept away, and a brick foundry blown down. The damage in the city is estimated at 9^0,000, while the surrounding country suffered twice that amount At Des Moines, Iowa, the wind attained a velocity of forty- eight miles an hour, and several dwellings were unroofed At many other points in Illinois, Wisconsin and Iowa the effects of the storm wers seriously felt. A SECOND trial of the suit of Stude- tiaker A Co against the United States Ex press Company ended in a verdict of #5,475 for plaintiff a Messra Studebaker trans- ifJL 7- '3A - > mttted by express a package of #5.000 from Cincinnati, Ohio, to Bluffton, Ind. The pack- age on arriving at Bluffton contained only strips of paper without value A VERY severe hailstorm passed over Clay county, B. T., destroying all the crops in its path. The damage is estimat ed at 9<j00,000. In Champaign county. Til hailstones fell measuring twelve Inches in circumference. The damage was quite ex tensive, the roofs of many houses being smashed in, and one-third of the corn crop destroyed. There was frost in the region Of Davenport, Iowa, Jnly 18--On his way to Yellowstone PSrk with Gen. Sherman, Chief Justice Waite was thrown from his horse in Montana and reoeived painful, but not alarming, injuries N. W. WILKINSON, a wealthy farmer Of Lincoln county, Mo.. was murdered while asleep bv some unknown person. A reward of LC<W haa bpen offered for the arrest of the assassin THE SOUTH. Two or the.Iron Mountain tram-rob- ben who escaped from the convict stockade' at little Bock. Ark., have surrendered to authorities after aeverSl days in the wooisaMi almost starving to death •wuwisr GEN. C. P. STONB, for many years in the service of the Khedive of Egypt, has ar rived at Jacksonville, Pla., to examine the three nates for Asfta* eaaaL CowkoTS attempted to take the town of Toyah, on the western frontier of Texas. The rangers stationed there killed OML wounded three and captured five. None of the rangers were wounded. POLITICAL. GOT. SHERMAN, Bepublioan ONKH- date for Governor of Iowa, and the Hon. I* G. Kinne, Democratic candidate, have arranged for a series of joint debates, to take place during August and September The first meeting will be held at Independ ence, Aug. Sft j THE Republican State Central Com mittee of Virginia adopted resolutions con demning the oourse of the national admin istration in the politics of that State, and declaring James G. Blaine the choice of the Republicans of Virginia for President.... The Chairman of the Republican State Com mittee of Iowa, in answering the request of Gen. Weaver for a triangular debate in the coming campaign, sayB he sees.no reaaon for permitting the Greenback chieftan to take part in tne debate?. WASHINGTON. PRESIDENT HUNTINGTON, of the Cen- taral-Soutfcera Paoifto, is haul «t in Washington, his desire being to secure the Texas Pacific land-giant of 14,000,000 acres beiore Congress shall meet He is reported in the dispatches as entirely satisfied that he will succeed, notwithstanding the pro tests of many public men who have been prominent in the lapsed land-grant move ment APPOINTMENTS hy the President: The President has appmited Henry Q Stafford Collector of Customs at Erie, Pa, vice Mat thew R Barr, resigned; E. P. Freeman, to be Register of the Land Office at Red Wood Falls, Minn., vice "William E. Dunning- ton, suspended; Charles F. Gardner, Receiver of Public Moneys at Sacramento, Cal.; Carrie GL Bell, Receiver of Publia Moneys at Bayfield, Wis.; Benjamin W. Thompson (W. Va.), Agent of the Indians, Sitseton Agency, Dakota; Matthew W. Barr, Indian Inspector, vice Chapman, resigned; Ishara Young, of Knoxville, Tenn., Revenue Agent, vice C. M. Horton, of Boston, re moved. ' THE Third Assistant Postmaster Gen- eral has issued a circular to Postmasters throughout the United States, in which he Bays that the reduction of postage to 2 cents on first-class domestic mail matter will go into effect on Oct L He instructs Postmasters to limit their requi sitions of 3-cent stamps and stamped envelopes to the actual needs of their offices, BO as not to have a stock of unused stamps on hand. He calls attention to the fact that the head bf Washington has been adopted for the new 2-cent stamp and the head of Jackson, similar to that on the present 2-cent stamp, has been adopted for the new 4-cent stamp. The price of both the 2-cent and 4-cent stamped envelopes will remain the same as on the exist ing schedule for like sizes and qualities. He directs attention to the tact that no arrangements have been made for the exchange of 3-cent stamps or ?-cent stamped envelopes in the hands of Postmasters or private parties. The old 2 and 3 cent stamps and stamped envelopes will be valid after Oct. 1, and must be ac cepted in payment of postage. The new 2- cent stamps' will be issued on Sept 15, and stamped envelopes on the 1st of September, but Uiey are not to be sold before Oct L. There are no other changes in the rates of postage. GENERAL. THE twenty-third annual festival of 0he North American Sangerbund, held at Buffalo, was a great success financially, mu sically and otherwise. The next gathering will be held at Milwaukee, the time to be decided by the local societies... .The deaths by yellow fever for the first half of July, at Vera Cruz, numbered 144. The exceptional feature has been the rages of the disease among the shipping. The epidemic com menced in the harbor among the Norwegian vessela THE members of the Brotherhood of Telegraphers employed by the various lines struck with remarkable unanimity shortly before noon of Thursday, July 19. The cause of the strike was a refusal of the Western Union and other companies to ac cede to the demar.d of the operators for an advancement and re-adjustment of sal aries. The operators' desks from Maine to California were abandoned promptly at the word, {com the Executive Committee of the Brotherhood, the men walking away in a quiet and orderly manner. In large measure the places of the regular operators were at once filled, either by persons in the employ of the company who had risen from the 'operators' ianks to positions of greater responsibility, or Oy men who had been secured in an ticipation of the strike The Boston office was the most badly crippled on the line of the Western union Company, being entirely cut oft from communication with New York. The press was fur nished with its usual quantity of news, though the commercial world suffered much on account of the inability to secure telegraphic service with the leading finan cial and commercial centers. In New York 800 operators went on the strike, in Chicago 750, and in other cities the number was pro portionately as large. There was no vio lence or disorder of any sort upon the navt of the Wtrikert. Interview wit* Wharton Barker, the Man Who Suggeeted It. A «HMATIO»AL tragedy occurred dur ing tte progrsi of a game of lawn tennis ia Bagdad. An army officer named De Tspa, wtthrat warnhur. drew a revolver , a handsome then blew out Jousy is believed to for the crime Sen- German-Amerioam student who a fellow-student in a duel near Wurz- bikrg, has been arrested in Switzerland. THREE iron steamships are being built at Glasgow for the Canada Pacific Railway Company. They will be tempo rarily out la two, ia transportation to the Upper Lakea, and will ply between Algo- nuui Mills and Port Arthur, toe route being the water-link be tween Montreal and Winnipeg.... Miss Anita E Murphy, of San Francisco, Betweea Barker ADDITIONAL NEWS. F£**f£8 nearly extinguished of Ephatah, Pa. The loss is estimated at THE Mexican Consul at Tucson, Arizoafc, has reoeived a letter from the frontier in Sonora, Btating that near the place where Gen. Crook left the hostiles in the district of Montezuma they attacked a Mex can settlement, killing five Mexi cans. A detachment of sixty Mexi can infantry pursued the warriors, but found them in too strong force, and were repulsed with the loss of seven soldiers killed The Mexicans, it is said, are very bitter toward Gen Crook, whose campaign has, they say, proved a curse to that coun try by his relieving the savages of the care of their women, children and disabled old men, and leaving the warriors to depredate on Sonora. FORK1GH. A LONDOX cablegram states that an English steamer was boarded by a French officer at Tamatave the 2Bth of June The officer forbade the passengers of the steamer go on shore, ana only permitted the land ing of the cavgo on the pavment of duty. \ French sentry was placed on board while the cargo was being discharged.... Sir Philip Miles' L^igh Court collection of paintings, including some of the most valu- able pictures extant, has been purchased by WiUiam H. Vanderbflt for £*10,000. The collection had for generations been in pos- tession of the Miles family, mH was only released from entail by a recent act of Par liament The sale was conducted with great privacy.... .A fire occurred at liptoflzentiniklo, Hungary, by which twenty people lost their lives. A student at Wurzburg University was shot dead tn a duel. His antagonist, a German- American fled--Cetewayo's followers Zulu men. women and chil- White river.... .Carey and FarrelL the Iriui informers, are under Government protection in Newgate, London, and will be shipped to a British colony. THE appearance of cholera in the city of Alexandria was followed by a panic, and a great hegira of the inhabitants to escape the dreadful plague. The scourge has appeared in several places in Cairo and is spreading in the filthy Arab quarter.' At Damietta, Mansourah, Bamonond and Menzaleh the disease still rages. It had alto made its appearance at the pyramids. IN the French Chamber of Deputies, the Minister of Foreign Affairs declared that unexplained events could not impair good relation with England, and that if a grave error had been committed at Tamatave the French Government would act in accord ance with Justice The polios of Dublin thwarted an attempt to are the house of James Carey, the informer. POLLING for member of Parliament for Bexford, Ireland, took place Julv 17. IhetfCranwr Don (liberal candidate) mm Pa. about t3OU,0i)a THE business failures throughout the United States and Canada for the seven days ending July 21, as reported byR. G. Dunn & Co. 's Mercantile Agency, numbered H5S, as compared with 159 the preceding week, distributed as follows: New England States 15, Middle States 21, Southern 17, Western 50, Pacific States and Territories 25, Canada and the Provinces 28, and New York city 10. ROBERT WILLIAMSON, the colored murderer of Frank Russell, was hanged at Memphis, Tenn. The culprit made a short speech, and then bade farewell to each one present. Then he shook the hands of the spectators and stepped on the trap. The ne k was broken at once David Timber- lake, colored, was hanged at Lexington, Ky., for a criminal assault on Maggie Law- son, a U-year-old* colored girl. A large crowd, mainly blacks, gathered about the scaffold. Timberlake confessed the crime. A. D. BULLOCK & Co's. curled hair and bristle factory, in Cincinnati, was en tirely destroyed by fire The establishment covered live acres of ground with numerous buildings, and gave emplov- ment to 150 men. Loss, #150,000..".. Charles Fisherman, a patient in the Insane Asylum at Rochester, Minn., ended his life by leaping into a furnace in the boiler-room. --George McMillan, a wife murderer, was hanged at Cauton, Ohio. He died protest ing his innocence. SEYEHAL cases of Texas fever are re ported to have developed at Boston among cattle brought from Worcester, and the State Boaid of Cattle Commissioners will forbid the bringing in of any more stock from the Lone Star State Gunn, Curtis & Co. t mercantile and label printers and sta tioners, Boston, have suspended The liabilities are said to be some fl!i0,000, of which #72,000 is secured by the indorsement of Curtis' father.... E. W. Holbrook A Co., cotton goods, of New York, have failed for #750,000. The col lapse created a sensatton in dry-goods circles An assignment has been filed by the Manchester Iron and Steel Company, of Pittsburgh, whose capital stock is #5C0,000. THE reports of the Tewksbury In vestigating Committee were presented to the Massachusetts Legislature last week. All the Republicans signed the majority report and all the Democrats the minority report The former denies the charges rgainst the almshouse, and denounces Gov. Butler. GENERAL satisfaction has followed the appointment of Waddington as French Minister at London It is felt that the Tam- ative affair is in ,th« hands of amu who can eat a good dinner and give Lord Gran ville just the light impression of the people across the channel from Dover. At the same time there is no doubt that the task of placating England, left in unskilled hands, would have ended badly The Burmese Embassy at Venice is unuer going quarantine The Frawn asserts thai* they will make a formal appeal for a French protectorate over Eurmah Orders have bet.n received at Aldershot, England, to pre pare four batteries of field artillery for act ive service. Their destination is not known. ....The European powers are increasing their quarantine regulations Mine per sons were kilted by a powder-mill explosion at bt Petersburg Friday. CHOLERA claimed 140 victims at Cairo, Egypt, on the 20th of July, and the death roll was growing day by day. There were twenty-nine deaths from the disease at Mansurah, twenty-four at Samanoud, twenty-eight at Ghizeh, *>rty-four at Chier- bin, and three at Damietta. Cairo dis patcher give an alarming pictnre of Egyp tian customs. The clothing of persons dy ing in the hospitals from cholera is often taken for use by relatives, and corpses in their coffins are borne on men's shoulders through the streets. A driver conveying a patient to the hospital gave him a drink from a water-bottle used by customers at a cafe. English correspondents urge their Government to take con trol of sanitray measures at once. A London cablegram says the European pow ers are increasing their quarantine regula tions against persons, goods and vessels fiom Egypt, owing to the prevalence of cholera there t EIGHT more suits for damages for in juries in the accident on Decoration Day have been begun in New York city against the Trustees of the Brooklyn bridge ' The total claims amount to #5 00,000. THE MARKET. MEW YOBK. BrasfKuM HOGS. FLOUB--Superfine .V.. WHEAT-No. L White No. 2 Bed... V|f.. COBS--No. A OATX--No. FOBS'--Mess * LAUD... cmcAOO. BEEVES--Good to Fancy Steers.. Cows and Heifers Medium to Fair Hoos FLOUK--Fancy White Winter Ex. Good to Choice Spr'gEx. WHEAT--No. 2 SprlnR No. St Jked Winter...... Conx-- No. 1 OATH--No. 2 „ RYE--No. 2 . . . BABLEY--NO. A B UTTER--C hoice Creamery....... EOOH--Fresh. PORK--Mess LAUD $ 4.80 5.80 3.25 I 1.1S 1.15 # 8.90 & 1.15% & 1.16 .58*6<g .S8M .41 ® AV,U «$16.00 & . 9% 15.75 . 9 5.90 4.30 5.20 5.2(1 5.50 5.25 MILWAUKEE. 4 @ 6.23 <$ 6.15 & 5.56 <& 5.90 <3 6.75 C« 5.60 l.Wa<3> 1.UBJ6 1.01! & I.O6J3 .52 .62% .•mm .50 ® .6:1 <& .13 C<# 14.50 (($14.60 . b% .33'6 .5G?i .65 .20 .15 WHEAT--No. 2 . COBN--No. % : OATS--No. 2 RYE--No. 2 .. B ABIJSY--NO. 2 A*. POBK--Me*» i... LARI> ST. LOUIS. WHEAT--No. 1 Red CORN--Mlx«d OAI»--NO. 2 ~ OAm--> 1.02%<d 1.02K .513i>$ .52 .34%<S» 5 .53 •43%<j!$ .47 14.10 (^14.15 . 8'i<& . 8% 1.07!4@ 1.10 -4«Mg$ .*<!?•( .33 .36!* .403414 .47 14.25 <@14.80 t»";4 [Philadelphia Tb» publication of th«£nSey disclosures in the New York Sun haa brought to the front Mr. Wharton Barker, of Phila delphia. Doxtpg a brief interview, Mr. Bar ker admitted that the management of the Garfield naihpitgn at Gbioago, before and after the convention of June, 1880, waa wholly ia hla 'The oft-repeated charges," he added, "that the late President Garfield was not true to the Hon. John Sherman I know to be absolutely falsei Btat as I some day propose to write a hiatory of the movement which led to Garfleld's nomination and election. I can to-day only produce a copy of connected memoranda prepared by me eighteen months ago, but never published. ~ 1 ^ i i > h m t m i 1 1 T h ® m e m o r a n d a r e f e r r e d t o c o m p r i s e a SS&aSS î̂ i«"fOT total̂ beat-^batch of <*»*««ondence. forming a com ing ai man who took a farm from which the former tenant had been evicted... .The ointment of bassador to England as~a pacific act forming plete narrative of the events that occurred prior to June, 1(001 These indicate almost conclusively that the movement to bring Gen. Garfield to the front as the Hepublican candidate for the Presidency had its origin in Philadelphia, and was brought about at the suggeetio# and through the influence of Wharton Barker. The movement first manifested itself aa eariy as May, 1879, in the editorial columns of the l'enti Jfanthly, a periodical controlled by Barker. It was not un til DEI 29, lb79L howevei, that Mr. Barkar oirectiy opened the queetlott of Gen. Gar field's possible candidacy. On that date he addressed a ^letter, to the General himself and after a personal conference with him early in January,1880i active steps were taken for immediate organization. Under date of Feb. 2,1£80, Mr. Barker wrote to Gen. Gar field, stating among other things: "The opposition to you here a year or two since was very great, under the* belief that you were a free-trader; but your letter tp me called out by a short article in the 1'enn Monthly, giving reasons why Gen. Grant would not do, and why you would do, has changed the opposition into support. In a word, that letter of yours, stating how you became a member of the Cobden Club, in my hands, and those of such men as I saw fit to place it, has worked the change." Mr. Barker, on April 19, addressed a letter to the late President, in which he said: "At my office, this morning, I had a con ference with the Hon. Wayne MacVeagh and Mr. James McManos, which 1 believe will result in a public declaration on the part of Mr. McManes, the whole Philadelphia dele gation and of many country delegates to the Chicago Convention. This"move, I am quite sure, will end the Grant movement tne country over, and BO far will be a great gain. The move will at first aid Mr. Blaine; but I believe I understand how to move so as to kill him, and at the Chicago Conven tion I hope the nomination will go aa we want to have it." In reply to this, Gen. Gariield said: "It is becoming every day more apparent that the friends of the leading Presidential candidates are becoming embittered against each other, to such an extent that which ever of the three may be nominated there would be much hostility of feeling in the conduct of the campaign. It will be most unfortunate if we ' go into the campaign handicapped bv the animosities of the lead ing politicians" On May 19 Mr. McManes received this note from Mr. Barker: "I want to see you before noon, if possible. You can make a move in Illinois that will without doubt destroy Grant's chances, and make your voice almost supreme at Chicago, June '4. Please let me know when I can see you. I shall be at my office all day." On July 17, after the Chicago Convention, Gen. Gariield wrote as follows to Mr. Barker: "More than a month has now passed since the Chicago nominations, and on the whole I think things are looking as well as we can expect, in view of the great disappointment many of our friends felt in failing to receive their choice. I think, however, that the party is settling down to earnest work, with many elements in our favor that have rarely worked in harmony. It. will be a close struggle, and we have a tightin? chance to win. We will need all the wisdom and e'- fort of our best nfen to make it successful." On Oct. 17, Gen. Garfield wrote again, ' ̂ Next* tw d&eat$*tlto Ttibst^' dangerous thing is partial vifctory. The victory in Ohio and Indiana was not partial in so far as those States were concerned, but it can only be utilized by pushing the enemy at every contested point Now is the favorable mo ment to ask for further exertiion, and I hope'you will not relax any of the tine en ergy ybu have displayed hitherto until the contest is ended. Gen. Garfield a^ain wrote to Mr. Barker, on Jan. 4,1881, as follows: "Yours of th$ let inst received. I note what you say in reference to the Senatorial conflict now pending in Pennsylvania. "Any intimation or pretence from any quarter that I have taken part is without the least foundation. The veiy essence of good gov ernment requires the free action of the people and their representatives in their election of Representatives and Senators. The visit of Senator Cameron here had no reference to that subject. If I am quoted by any one as having expressed any pur pose to interfere, he has done me wrong. Please tell me to what you allude when you say 'dangerous promises have been made with seeming authority!'"' Mr. Barker wrote on Jan. 10: "In answer to your question, 1 have to inform you that Senator Cameron, on his return from Men tor, begajs taking an active part in the Sen atorial campaign. It was then given out that he had been called to Mentor, that it was a matter of choice for him whether he accepted for himself or one of his friends a seat in your Cabinet: that voters need ex pect nothing from Washington for them selves and their friends, for the old distri bution of patronage was to be revived, un less they gave their votes for the Cameron nominee." The last letter of the batch is from Gen. Gariield, on Jaa 18,1HJS1. In this he says: "The report to which you refer is absolute ly without foundation. The gentleman named came here of his own accord on busi ness not at all connected with either of the topics to which the report referred. I am quite confident he could not have author ized any such report The cause of sound politics everywaere inquires the utmost freedom of action in regard (o the choice of persons to hold office, whether to be Sena- torsor members of the Cabinet" - GLEAM1NGS. A New YeHt Journaf Sweeps the Political Horizon* < Who Are Most Ity«l*r wit* the P^le. The Mar York Timet publishes a very com prehensive forecast of the Presidential campaign, it oovers seven and a half pages of that paper, and presents all anades •f opinion. Early in June the Timet sent lettna to over 400 points in the thirty-eight States, asking answers to the following questions: L Who fa moat frequently spoken of by Bepubllcana in your vicinity as their first choice for Presidential candidate in 1884? 2. What other namea are mentioned r 8. Who la moat frequently mentioned by Demoorata in your neighborhood aa their firtt Choice for Presidential candidate in 1884? 4. What other names are mentioned, in about what order aa Indicating their popu larity? The Timet Bays that answers have been received from 844 of these points, the num ber varying from forty-four in New York to one in Nevada, or an average of nine from each Stata The attempt has been made to obtain the preferenoea of the people--the voters--rather than the choloe of the work ers of political machinery. The informa tion haa been gathered by trustworthy men of both parties, whose interests oblige them to keep thoroughly informed on political matters, and their reports show that they have made personal canvaases in order to jpreeoat the drift of opinion. That they have given as they found it is proved by the fact mat in many instances the showing was not in acoord with their own personal prefer enoea The result as given may be trusted, therefore, as accurately outlining the pres ent desires of the members of the two great parties. The attention of the Bepublican party ia now directed toward the following Presi dential candidates, forty-one in number: Adams, Charles Fran- Hawley, Connecticut, cis.Jr.Jtfassachusetts. Hoyt, Pennsylvania. Allison, Iowa. Kasson, Iowa. Arthur, New York. Lincoln, Illinois. Blaine, Maine. Logan, Illinois. Conger, Michigan. Low, Sc th, New York. Conkling, New York. MacVeagh, Wayne, Pa. , Crook, Gen. Gea,Ohio.Miller, Bamuel F., Iowa. Cullom, Illinois. Oglesby, Illinois. Davis, David, Illinois. Phelps, Wm. Walter,N.J. Edmunds, Vermont. Porter, Indiana. Evarts, New York. Potts, F. A., New Jersey. Fairchild, Wisoonain. Ranm, Illinois. Foraker, Ohio. Seward, Clarence, N. Y. Foster, OMo. Sheridan, P. H., Ohio. Frelinghuysen, N. J. Sherman, John, Ohio. Grant, New York. Sherman,Gern.W.T.,Ohio Gresham, Indiana, Teller, Colorado. Hale, Maine. Washburne, Illinois. • Halsey, New Jersey. Wilson, James K, low* , Harrison, Indiana Wintiom, Minnesota. , Of these eighteen are mentioned in vari ous sections of tile thirty-eight States as the first choice of the Republicans. Mr. Blaine, however, is a head and shoulders in ' front of the others, being named as the 'preference at 101 or nearly one-third of the • number of points where a choice is ex- 1 pressed. Apart from his own State he finds most favor in the Middle and Western , States, nearly all the great Bepublican States, and his strength i& probably greater than is thus indicated, asffln many instances a preference is expressed for others in the , belief that he will not enter the race. | President Arthus is next in strength, and 'his friends are pretty evenly distributed ' throughout the country, and the favorable 'feeling toward him is almost everywhere I reported as increasing constantly. In the i South the office-holders are noted as of 1 oourse in his interest. It is clearly shown in the letters from the South that a large I part of, or indeed, the entire vote of that | part of the country will be cast in the | National Convention for Chester A. Arthur. There is no reasonable doubt to be enter- I tained at present that the votes of the | old slave-holding States will be given to the \ present incumbent of the Presidential chair. ' Mr. Blaine and every other candidate must face thfe solid fact ! Third in the contest is Mr. Edmunds, and 1 not much behind Mr. Arthur. His strength I also is very evenly distributed in the differ ent States, and tne expression in his favor perhaps more than in any other case appears to be spontaneous and due entirely to his merits. He is stronger, indeed, as a second choice than as first, and leads the other can didates when that question is considered. These three gentlemen received the voice of 224% of the 324 places which express a 1 preference--Blaine 108, Arthur 64, Edmunds &H- Robert T. Lincoln stands pre-eminently among the new candidates, only three, Gen. Grant, John Sherman and Gen, Logan com ing between him and the leadera He la everywhere kindly spoken of, and his abili ty and honored name make him regarded as a good man for the office. The poHsibili-aof bis ee ection is rarely left out of the scussiona The following of all the gentlemen after the three leaders is small, and in some cases merely the expressions of complimentary wishes for the aspirants. I The number of aspirants for the Demo cratic nomination is forty, and their names are as follows; Bayard, Delaware. Kelly, New York. Black, Pennsylvania. McClellan, New Jersey. Brown, Georgia. McDonald, Indiana. Butler, Massachusetts. Morrison. Illinois. Carlisle, Kentucky. Niblack, Indiana. . Cleveland, New York. Palmer, Illinois. Cox, New York. Dana, New York. Davis David, Illinois. Eaton, Connecticut. English, Indiana. Field, California. Flower, New York. Hancock, New York. Harri*on, Illinois. Hendricks, bidiaqa. Hewitt, New York. Hoadley, Ohio. Holman, Indiana. Jewett. New York. Parker, New Jersey. Pattison, Pennsylvania. Payne, Ohio. Pendleton, Ohio. Randall, Pennsylvania. Randolph, New Jersey. Thurman, Ohio. Tilden, New York. Trumbull, Illinois. Trunkey, Pennsylvania. Vilas, Wisconsin. Voorhees, Indiana. Wallace, Pennsylvania. Whitbeck, Wm. F., 111. Pons--M<miv. LABD « .CINCINNATI. WHEAT--NO.2Bed.......i....... 1.06 &, L.Ofi!^ COBH .52 & .63)1 OATS .85 GP-"-Y SOS® .55 POAS--MESS 15.SU #15.50 LAHD -akhJLX -** TOLEDO. WA*AT--No. 2 Bed ; 1.1a COBN....5 6»M@ .58% OATS--NO. % .84)4(3 .8434 DETROIT. FLOUB 4.26 WHEAT--NO. I WHITE 1.12 COBN--NO. 2 85 OATS--Mixed. .45 POBK--MESS 20.50 INDIANAPOLIS. ' WHEAT -NO. 2 BED 1.07*® 1.08 COBN--NO. 2 .49 OATS--MIXED .38&# .84 EA8T LIBERTY, PA. CACTI*--BERT 5.66 Fair 5.15 Commoa 4.70 BOOS.... <B 4*50 @ 1.14 & .56 & .46 <321.00 • • *?.* \ •. * *•£ * ft*-*?:. • ® 5.85 @ 5,50 m 5.00 ® 6.78 # M0 DSRVBB newsboys furnish 200 fish-worms for 26 cents. DOWN in Tenness ee gilded trade-dollars have been passed for $'J0 gold pieces. ATTEB a married life of sixty-seven years, Amelia Sanford, of Mllledgeville, Ga, died recently at tiie age or 88. Her husband is #2. • UNTIL within three days of his death, Francis Tusaw, of Fisher's Landing, N. T., was working in the field. He was 104 years old. A MAN who had 1 raveled fsom San Fran cisco to Omaha to be present at the reading of his father's will found that his bequest was just f 1. MELBOURNE, Australia, has • ent a cargo of 825 bales of tine hope to England. New Zealand hops are found to be almost equal to the best Kentish. THE Pope refused Don Carlos a private audience recently, and Spaniards who visit ed him when last in Boine refrained from doing so this time. THE trade dollar is a legal tender in West Virgnla tor all debt", public and private,' according to an act of the Legislature of that State passed in 1877. THEKE are two natural curiosities in the vicinity of Tunbridge, Vt, a kitten with fortv toes and four separate ears, and a chicken with four perfect legs. AIABAMA sends to the Louisville exhibition • cypress board which measures three Inches thick, four feet eight and one-half inches wide, and seventeen feet long. In Paducah', Ky., two English rparrows tried to drown each other in a street gutter. The Struggle was a loAg and desperate one, finally one got the head of the other under water, and kept it there until life was ex tinct v. A WESTERN lady has Just been sent to aa inaane asylum because die thinks she baa a bird alnglng inside of her. The New York Commercial Advcrtwrr suggests: "She is probably afflicted, like this city, with spar- te|«t ve^Mblesome nndhai# .4^%: Eighteen of these stand forth as claimants ' of first choice Samuel J. Tilden leads hiB party even more markedly than Blaine leads in the Republican feeling. Two-tifths of the points reporting award him first choice Mctonald comes next to Tilden, 72W points to the latter's 120. Geographically the Eastern, Middle and extreme Western States alone disfavor him, and in these he is displaced mainly by Butler, Bayard and Thurman. He m%kes a very strong showing as second choice Apparently he is looked upon aa the next best man to Tilden. Bayard has a meagre following, 31% points, and apparentlv a hopeless one, judg ing from the talk of his admirera With most of them bis candidacy has become a treasured sentiment, a quadrennial sacrifice at the altar of friendship. The aggressive Butler comes next. Mass achusetts sustains him, and that is about all there is of him. Thurman has a very modest support, and the 'field iollowa PERSONAL GOSSIP. THE Mammoth Cave of Kentucky has been leased to Win. Comstock, of Colorado. THE youngest editor in the world is 11 years of age, and he publishes the Acorn. JUST after a Maa?achu?etts Kallroner had tied bis ba'oon to a tree the wind tore the tree up by the roots. BISMARCK has changed his doctors often qf late, and his last attack is attributed to un successful treatment by a new hand. BLUE, Green and Gray are " the names of three merchants doing business in the Bowery, New York, wltnte u block of each other. C0XGRK8SXAN BBKTTUNQ, of Michigan, has thus far had no postoffice quarrels to settle His interest in Iron mines in the Upper Peninsula are valued at #7,000,(XX). MB. GUTHIUE--otherwise F. Anstev--the author of the eucccs*ful book, "Vice versa,* is the son of a London tailor, and is not yet UK years old MR MOODY'S Northfield Seminary has been promised 0,000 by a Boston man OH con dition that the friends of the school will raise & similar amount Several scholar ships of fa,00U have recently been for warded. ! ' Tarn characters in Disraeli's novel, "Lo- thair," are to be plentiful in America this year. M OapeL tne Papist, is coftrng over to lecture, and the heroine of the book. Lady Landsdowne, is the wife of the new Govefnor-GeneraI of Canada •EX-SENATOS SIMON CAMERON takes great in terest in Hah culture. He has a trout whoso mottled denizens leap out of the water to catch bita of bread which he throws toxhem. He has just purchased the abandoned State fish-hatchery at Donegal, Pa. and is about to stock a large pond with various kinds of fish. He also devotes much attention to his farm, aad has in a single field 100 acres of timothy, from which ne expects to out nearly 3oU ton* of hajr. In America a*<t£urope. Tte GhAm, AAdn, the Twelve-Year Cholera HsrtaSa. That most dreadful of human scourges Asiatic cholera, is surely making its way westward, and it will in all probability reach our shores by the summer of 1881, if not sooner. Some interesting facts regard ing the periodicity of this pestilence have reoentiy been published by a writer in the Detroit JPott and 7W6«M, who has evidently given the subject considerable attention. A correspondent writes to him, anylng: "I tioe that the cholera is now raging in Kinrpt., Bv the way, did it ever oecnr to you that the cholera appears a* exaot intervale of eeven- , it haa been proved beyond doubt, ^ not seventeen years, bat twelve yean Starting with the great epidemic of 1756, then followed the twelve-yearly re turn of it in 1768 and 1780-#L It appeared again every twelve yean in Asia, and three tunes twelve, or thirty-six years afterward, came the terrible Indian epidemici of 1817. In twice twelve yeara from 1817 the cholera broke out again in 184L In 1885, twice twelve years from 1841, tile epidemic again broke out in Asia and reached America the next year. The years here given are those upon which the plague actually made its appear- anoe in its native home, not the yean upon which it reached America. SomOtlmeetbe plague takes one year, sometimes three or four, to complete its circuit of the globe. The question is often asked: "Cannotthe plague be stopped or checked?" It haa never been stopped or checked yet. British and Freneh Relations. The statement as to the complications in Madagascar made by Mr. Gladstone in the House of Commons, confirms the reports telegraphed some weeks ago, and bears out the opinions then expressed, that England would not rest quietly under the Insult offered by the representative of France in Madagascar. Madagascar, it should be remembered, is the third in size of the large islands of the world, and has an area five times as large as that of Illinois. It has for many years been the understanding among the European powers that the native authority in Madagascar be upheld, and that equal commercial privileges be extended to alL But for many years France has sought every pretext to extend her authority, and within the last few months has entered upon open hostilities. On the 20th of May tne .French fleet bombarded Majungee, the largest seaport town on the west coast, and drove the natives from that side toward the capital On the 15th of June the natives oc cupied Tamative, on the east coast, the principal trade port of the island, and ad vanced on Tananarive, the capital. While these operations were being pushed in Madagascar the Malagassy Embassadors were negotiating with the French author!, ties at Paris. When the capture of Tama tive was announced negotiations were brok en off, and England submitted inquiries, ths answers to which may precipitate war. The Bradlaugh Case. It is an interestine question to Americans, and, Indeed, to all believers in representa tive government, how long an English coh- stituencywill submit peaceably to be disfran chised unjustly by Parliament That the exclusion of Mr. Bradlaugh from the seat to which he has been repeatedly elected is an unjust and arbritrary abuse of power by the majority in Parliament would seem to be self-evident His constituency ia clearly entitled to representation, and they have a moral and legal right to choose their own representative True, their choice la subject to oertain legal restrictions aa to eligibility, but these necessary conditions have now ail been complied with. Mr. Bradlaugh, stand ing prepared to take the customary oath, and acknowledging that it would be binding On [his conscience, has an absolute legal as well as moral right to a seat in the House. That the House should obstinately and repeatedly refuse him this right, and thus pfactically disfranchise MB constituency, simply be cause its members dislike his opinions on re- ligiouB subjects, is an astonishing fact to Americana, and one which throws much light on English conservatism and KngHah prejudices In no other free country would such an abuse of power be now borne pa tiently by the aggrieved parties, or tolerated by public opinion. The Parnell Party Gaining Ground. Now that we have a full aooount of the election in County Monaghan, which re sulted in the return of Mr. Healy to Parlia ment, we can estimate the bearing of the Incident upon the prospects of the Parnell party in the next House of Commons. If in a county where according to tradition and precedent the agi tation against England should have met with little encouragement, the Home Bule candidate can obtain a majority of nearly a 100 over the combined vote of bis Conservative and Liberal competitors, noth ing apparently can hinder Mr. ParnelTs friends from controlling about the three- fourths of the Irish delegation in Parliament at the next general election. In view of such accessions to the strength of the advanced Irish party -- accessions which should enable it to extort from the imperial Legislature almost any thing short of complete independence--it is unreasonable to say that nothing can be gained for Ireland by constitutional agita tion. Mr. Healy's election proves that al most every reform coveted by Irish pa triots may be speedily secured, provided the legitimate endeavors of honorable men are not thwarted by the advocates of SBsawrlna tion and explosion. The Postal Authorities and the £olt«ri^; The decision of Postmaster General Gresham hi the matter of,the Louisiana Lot tery Company will give general satisfaction to all people who believe in the dangerous and demoralizing influences of lotteries. In accordance with his decision he has forward ed instructions to the Postmasters at New York and New Orleans to discontinue the de livery of-money orders to agents of this par ticular lottery. This is but a repetition of the order Issued by Postmaster General Key, which was suspended when the company agreed to appeal to the Supreme Court The appeal, however, was not taken, and the order remained in suspense until Post master General Gresham recently reviv ed it» It is probable now that the company, which ie a very strong one, will make its appeal to the Supreme Court; but in the meantime the Postmaster General is to be congratu lated for having done his duty in the prem ises, and for having netted in accordance wiih the spirit of the statutes which prov.de plainly and clearlv that "no letter concern ing lotteries shall be carried in the maila* The Late Torn Thumb. The death of Gen. Tom 'ihumb ia the loas of h notable factor in the world of amuse ment He had occasioned a great deal of haupineas, innocent, if not of the highest oreir. The mere sight of the little man waa enough to send a thrill of pleasure xpursing through the beholder, and when ne went through his simple programme the childlen were delighted. It is pleasant to think that a freak of dwarfishness could' be utilised so well for the public, and it ia also pleasant to know that the General had his share of the benefits derived from his bttlenesa With all his boyishness Tom was a manly man. Trie death of the famous dwarf was very sudden. He had just risen from bed, and shortly after being left alohe by his biother-in law was heard to fall. Going to his room, he was found lying on the floor dead. He waa bulled at Bridgeport, Ct, where a large concourse attended the funeral ceremonies CURRENT GOSSIP. "THE Discussion of a Family Scandal" waa the subject advertised by a Sau Francisco clergyman. The house was crowded, and he talked about Adam and Eve. A DISTINGUISHED New York physician waa carried on a special train to Montreal for a consultation in eleven honrs Five con secutive miles were covered in four min ute*. AM Oahkosh paper said a man hoed up ia hiegai rdeu his wife's wedding ring, which had been lost twenty-one years. This waa the item that oaused Farmer Farrow to re mark: *WaL Pd like ter know what ths deuce that feller had planted in hia garden iSuwiSrW*9 ***** ^ ***** S°Q!^ had 16M of wasteth hit teeth, he has ommilrions" when M' »* last one oorn&i through, lo! the dentin is twisting tho fir»fc one out, and the last end dfthat. neat's J»w is wone titan the first, H"1: rail of porcelain and a roof-plate hnTB» to hold blackberry seeds. Stone-brniaea line his pathway t&f manhood; his father boxes his ears afc home, the big boys cuff him in th» play-ground, and the teacher whip** . him in the school-room. He buveth: Northwestern at 110, when he hatli sold short at 96, and his neighbor unloadeth. upon him Iron Mountain at 63|, and W-' ' straightway breaketh down to 52*. ft* riseth early and sitteth up late that h*? may fill his barns and storehouses, and lo! his children's lawyers divide th* spoil among themselves and say "H%, ha!" He growleth and is sore dia# tressed because it raineth, and hjS/ beateth upon his brest and sayetb, crop is lost!" because it rainetli noV. The late rains blight his wheat and th9> frost biteth his peaches. If it be so. that the sun shineth, even among th# nine'ies. he sayeth. "Woe is me, tor : perish," and if the northwest wind sigheth down in forty-two below, hfc< orieth, "Would I were dead!" .if wear sack-cloth and blue-jeans, ' meik- say "He is a tramp," and if he goetfc forth shaven and , clad, in purple an4t: fine linen, all the people cry, "Shoo|| the dude !* He carryeth insurance for twentj^pl five years, until he hath paid thrica^ s, over for all his goods, and then he let* teth his policy lapse one day, and thai tame night tire destroyeth his store, " He buildeth him a house in Jersey^ and his first born is devoured by moa» quitoes; lie pitchetli his tents in Ne\f York, and tramps devour his substance* He moveth to Kansas, and a cyclon# • carryeth his house away over inter, Missouri, where a prairie fire and 10,- 000,000 acres of grasshoppers fight foir his crop. He settleth himself m Ken* tucky, and is shot the next day by gentleman, a Colonel, and a statesman* "because, sail, he resembles, sail, ^ man, sah, he did not like, sail." Yerl ily, there is no rest for the sole of hii; v foot, and if he had it to do over n-gn-i^ he would not be born at all, for "thli day of death is better than the day of oue's birth. "--Robert J. Burdette, Old People. A 4gMtleman who was ehhtdiigine literary paper which he had written a very clear, bold hand, remarked: "I always write very distinctly, thai I may have no difficulty in reading my manuscript when old age comes upon me." He was then bordering on 70. An other very vigorous old gentleman, aged 77, who was at ^he head of a lavg& publishing establishment, was explain ing to a friend the enormous amount of work he went through from day to day.' ' The friend remarked that it must tell upon him seriously at his age. "Oh, no," he replied; "I don't feel it now, but I expect I shall do so in after life!" I cannot vouch for the truth of the following anecdotes, but they jnay serve to "point a moral and adorfi a tale." In the old coaching days, when a coach stopped on one occasion to change horses, one of the passengers strolled along a green lane and was surprised to see an old man sitting under the lied go crying. In answer to a question as to the canse of his grief, he replied thai his father had been beating him. The passenger, who thought the father of an old man like that must be a curiosity worth seeing, asked him to take him to his father. The old man led him to a cottage, where a very old man was standing at the gate, looking very angry. "Is this your son?" he asked. "Yes," replied the old man, gruffly. "He tells me you have been beating him," said the passenger. "Yes, and he deserves beating, the young rascal, for he bas been throwing stones at his grandfather!" I have heard of another old man and hiw wife, both of whom had reached the: venerable age of 100. They had three daughters, the youngest of whom died unmarried, at the age of 72. The old woman was quite inconsolable on ac count of their irreparable loss. The youngest daughter had evidently been her pet, for after their return from the funeral she said to her husband, amid her sobs and tears: "I always tellt thee, John, that we should never rear that child." A New Butter Test. "Say!" exclaimed a hotel guest, call ing the attention of the urbane waiter, "this is a terrible deal \ou are giving j me iu the way of butter." "It's slightly off color, isn't itr In quired the waiter. "I should saj "Rancid?" "You bet." • - >• "Strong?" "Strong as a mule." "And fearfully frowy ?" "Worst I ever saw in my* "Yes, well that proves it's genuine butter, don't it? If it was oleomarga rine there wouldn't be nothing the matter with it. There is a considerable difference now-a-days bet wee a churn butter and painted tallow/'--Texas Si/tings. Fair Ray. A Cincinnati man in the furniture- trade was accosted by a New Yorker with: "Well, Mr. Schmidt, they Say yojL have made an assignment?" "Yaw, dotishso." • "You assigned to your brother, didn't you?" "Yaw, he vas my brudder." '^Didn't anybody raise objections, about this family arrangement?" "Vhell, I doan' know. Vhen my brudder fails he assigns to me, uncL vhen I fails I assign to him. Dot makes fair play, eh? I doan"go much, on some man's who goes pack on his. brudder.--Wall Street Neivs. Angels and Their Wings, v "Young Calvin" wants to lmow#*Nre> believe that angels have wings and why we think so!" We think they have,. Calvin. We never saw their wings,, but we know that when a young man becomes perfectly convinced that he- has met an angel he spends all his spare* time holdag her tight with both arms, as though he feared she would fly away the minute he let go of her. And if" they had no wings there would be no cause for this widespread, almost uni versal fear.--Burlington Haw key e. MUSTARDVILLK IS the name of town ii| Washington Territory. a new-