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* -* *«-• a •• v* .«•,« -ix t< v*. . *V'r'vv*v-:r--?r:^ > <*» W'/ V*»y. $j$c$twg flaindeato I. VAN 8LYKE. ESBsriU PabllstiT McHENBY, . . ILLINOIS. MART RASPBERRY is the romantic, . rnby and frnitv name of no .ardent old lady who aspire? to be in Atlanta what tor many years Mrs. Myra Clark Gaines <waa in New Orleans. She snes the city tor the reoovery of twenty-five acres, on -which are eighty houses, claiming the {property as inherited from an aunt "whose will was lost or stolen. Mark Twain lives is his own boose, itiear Hartford, a honse with its back Iritcken on the street, its front entrance -on one side, bristling with peaks and ^chimney pots, and in style of architect­ ure the crystallized expression of an -•enconnter between Mark Twain and Queen Anne. Mr.?. Clemens is the Source of wealth from which all this springs. . MOXCUBE D. COWWAY, long promi­ nent on both sides of the Atlantic as •An author and newspaper oorrespon- «den1, intends belfore long to leave Eng­ land, where he has lived for more than Awenty years and return to his native land. He has just got back from a «trip round the world, and is now ar­ ranging his affairs in London with a "!view to recrossing the sea and settling itiere at as early a date as his numerous ••engagements over there will permit. taken enough medicine to stock a drug •tore. And just here let me say that if ever you are troubled with rheumatism avoid salicylic acid. All the doctors prescribe it nowadays, and it certainly relieves rheumatism, but it leaves l»c-; hind something that isi worse than that1 painful complaint. During the winter I must have taken a pound of the medi­ cine. It has destroyed my stomach, taken away my strength, and robbed me of twenty-five pounds of flesh, every one as dear to mo as Shylock's. I have talked with many rheumatics, and. be- ing young in the business, I have been laughed at unmercifully. Mr. Blaine has suffered with rheumatism, so has John Chamberlain and Mr. Barlow, the art expert, and Mr. Chaffee, ex-Senator from Colorado, and Mr Spoffortl, hus­ band of Harriett Prescott Spo fibril, and many others not known to fame whom I have consulted. And when I told them that I bad taken salicylic acid they each and all laughed in turn and said I was a fool. I know it now, and want to place it upon the record that salicy­ lic acid is worse than rheumatism. It is a thing to be avoided. GEN. GRANT, being invited to preside •over a meeting to be held under the •auspices of soldiers of both armies in the late civil war to raise a fund to -build a house for disabled ex-Confeder­ ate soldiers, write? Gen. J. B. Gordon : promising his support, financially and otherwise. Gen. Grant adds: "I «m in hearty sympathy with the move­ ment, and would be glad to accept the position of presiding officer if I was able to do so. You may rely on me, how­ ever, for rendering all aid I can in car­ ding out the designs of the meeting." THERE is a grand rivalry in j&m go­ ing on now between the Queen of Sax­ ony, President Grevy, and Premier Gladstone. The Queen ^eems to have ithe best of it. She spends whole weeks in the autumn in making jam, and ^balancing her housekeeping book daily. Unfortunately, a taste for the regal jam is not very prevalent at the Saxon -court. The countries, notwithstanding -their desire to ba complimentary, find ttheir capacity for jam eating limited, and the bulk of the Queen's preserves sis distributed to the poor of Dresden^-- ito such an extent indeed, that there is -a weak apropos joke .prevalent in that -capital, that her Majesty never goes •out, even when unattended, without a *8wite. R THE Russian Government has an IM­ MENSE railway project under consider­ ation. The author of the scheme calls jit the Bussian Pacific Line. The line -would start form Ikaterinanburg, join Toboisk, Yeneseisk, and Yakutsk, end- ling in Nikolajew, with a branch line rfrom Yeneseisk and Yakutsk to Kiakhta, which would form a connec­ tion with the Amoor and China. A -second main line will start from As- -trachan to connect Herat, Persia, and India, with a branch line to Bokhara over Cashgar. The extent of railway -would be 3,000 geographical miles, and -cost one hundred million roubles. The •capital would be spread over twenty years. One part of the proposal is to ^employ part of the army on the works. ; THE news of a remarkable natural phenomenon is reported from Bona, in Algeria. An isolated mountain, the Dshebel Naibo, 800 foot high, is sinking into the earth. Rouijd its feet there is --a deep hollow, and before long the mountain will disappear. The district •of Bona has once before witnessed a similar event; the Lake Fezzara, of anore than 12,000 hectares, did not exist in the time of the Bomans. St. Augustin, who lived at Bona, described ithe whole district without mentioning -the lake, and researches in 1870 have .resulted in t liedis cover j of the ruins of 4 Roman town at the bottom of the Sake. As in Arabian writings there is nothing to be found concerning the formation of the lake, it is supposed iihat it has existed only for about a -thousand years. DTTBINO the past year the average •quantity of water supplied to London was 145,000,000 gallons per day, of -which 72,000,000 gallons, or nearly one "half, were taken from the Thames, -while of the remainder nearly the •whole was obtained from the river Lea, 4nd only a comparatively small amount irom deep wells sunk in the chalk. In a paper recently read before the Society •of Arts, Dr. Frankland showed that muc? of the water derived from the Thames is contaminated with sewage -and other objectionable matter, and ~that such water might at any time carry with it infection. The trouble seems to "be, that nearly all the towns in the Thames basin reject the river and its tributaries as a source of water supply, but employ springs and deep wells for 4hat purpose; and the great obstacle in the way of a similar supply being •obtained for the metropolis is the mag­ nitude of the capital invested in existing works, the interests of which capital -are at present allowed to override all •other considerations. BAMSDELL'S Washington Letter to Philadelphia Press: It has been a pret­ ty tough winter for me. I hare not 3>een free from and rheumatism «*d colds the whole time, and I have THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. A WASHINGTON dispatch asks, has become of all the fractional cur­ rency? In 1863 something over $20,- 000,000 was issued, and the amount outstanding was increased about $5,000,- 000 a year, until in 1874 the highest ag­ gregate was reached, and the book of the Treasury showed nearly $40,000,- 000 in circulation. The redemption was then begun, and has continued un­ til the present time; but since 1879 the amount outstanding has remained al­ most stationary,, with a balance of $7,- 000,000 in favor of the Government at the end of the last fiscal year, Jur.e 30, 1883. During the nine months of the present fiscal year only $1G,000 has been offered for redemption, leaving outstanding $6,984,000, the greater quantity of which is either lost or de­ stroyed, or in the hands of curiosity- collectors. Some of it is hanging in frames in the offices of bankers, and coin and postage-stamp dealers furnish it to customers at a premium of about 200 per cent. The Government will probably be the gainer by this scheme of Secretary Chase to the amount oi $6,500,000, as the Treasury officials do not believe that much more will be sent in for redemption. Clean. pieces arc never received nowadays, and that which comes in is so ragged and soiled as to be worthless as a curiositv. THE contagiousness of consumption, says the Chicago Tribune, is the sub­ ject of some sensible remarks by Dr. Formad, of Philadelphia, who has given much time and patience to the investi­ gation of consumption. He finds him­ self unable to coincide with the conclu­ sions of Dr. Koch, the noted German investigator of what may for short be called the germ diseases, that consump­ tion is caused by the germs or bacilli that are found in connection with it. The bacillus to which Koch imputes its origin, is present in all cases of con­ sumption, says Dr. Formad. It may be one of the causes of cuberculosis, but still it cannot yet be said that its pres­ ence in consumption proves that to be a contagious disease. A contagious dis­ ease can have but one cause, and this observer declares himself, as the result of repeated observations, to be firmer than ever in his former conclusions that consumption may result from other causes than the presence of the germ which Dr. Koch has brought to notice. Dr. Formad concedes that the, germ may on account of its irritating effects be one of the causes of the disease, but it is' not the cause--at least it has not been proved to bo such. The fact that people are known to be predisposed tc consumption stands in the way of the acceptance of the bacillus theory. Dr. Formad believes that he will be able tc show that consumption is not a conta­ gious disease. The bacillus of Koch and .Krebs is present as one of its symptoms But bacilli and similar organisms arc present in health. They may alter in disease; they may serve as carriers oI the disease, but they are not, in the ease of .consumption at least, the primary and sote"1 cause of it, as they must be tc sustain the claim that by their agency consumption is infections. He Wasn't a Sheep-Tender. "What do you think should be done with the wool tariff?" inquired a garru­ lous and inquisitive passenger of a tall, somber man who sat beside him as stiff as a barber-pole. "Don't Know anything about it, sir," replied the stiff man, curtly. After a pause the questioner braced up his oourage and began anew with: "What breed do you prefer?" "Breed, sir!" the somber man ejacu­ lated in astonishment, "I don't know anvthing of breeds, sir." Another pause. Finally the man, hungry for somebody to talk to, re­ sumed : "How many ewes do you keep for each buck?" "Do you mean to insult me, sir ?" in­ quired "the stiff person, sharply, as he rose from the seat. "You should be ashamed of yourself, sir." "Darn it all, stranger, keep cool. Didn't you tell me you had the honor to preside over the first flock at Au­ rora?" "Certainly I did, you stupid man, but I didn't mean that I am a sheep- tender. I am a minister of the gospel." A look of blank and unspeakable amazement o'erspread the other's face, which was soon broken by his opening his month and saying: "Gosh darn it all, stranger, sit down and we'll change the subject."--"Train Talk," in Chicago Herald. CHILO onee said, virtue maketh men on earth famous, in their graves illus­ trious, in the heavens immortal; but he was only an old fashioned Greek. LOVE is blind; but the rest of the boys can see the long hair on the coat collar. Eloquent Speech of Gen. Oglesby More the Illinois Republican Con­ tention* " -• ; . -5 . part/ of Che naftoh1»&s pre­ sented to the American people seven national platforms. Upon six of those, now near the close of a quarter of a century, w® have been successful. Tho flist National Republican platform was laid deep in the hearts of the people, as the basis, the foundation, upon which the structure was afterward to be erected which those other six National Re­ publican p aUorws exemplify in this country to day, t.rm and so!.<l as tne foundations of the Libyan coast and the grand pyramids of Egypt, bt.i t by tho In euulty ana art of man thousands find tho-isauds o< yens ago, tho^e grand straetur-m tixo.1 U) oa a basis thatwi 1 never yie.d, were bui.t to stand ull time. So Republican principles as exemplified in the six succeeding national patoruis, were based upon the r.rst one, as tho pyra nMs in the Libyan desert wore htuod upon their impreg­ nable and eternal foundations. We have im­ planted in the hearts of the American people, o.d and young, tne lundauiental truths of human liberty. We have soa'.ed it so deeply in the human brast that time pan never eradicate iti That was the leading doctrine of the tirst platform. The o:»» of 18^0, reas­ serting the grand principles or the first one, went a step further uuil dealt with the ques­ tion of interstate* commerce, the opening of the 1 acitic Hail way. it took tiio ground that in levying taxes for tho support of the Gov­ ernment it should bo s » laid as to protect American industry an<l Am ricau labor. In lt-bl, when tho ili.rd,o.ie came, we Were in the agonies of a dentil struggle. Oh, the eleven resolutions of that platform will ihiue as a glittering diadoni i.i political his­ tory forever and loie.'er! You may not have read them of late d.-tys, but in the throes of civil war, when all around us was the n:ost frightful misery, this grand National Union Kej ublican party mot in couventiou and seut lorth to the world in t!ie midst of awful war the bold, the graud, the g.orious declara­ tion that the Union was paramount, that the i niou was inso(nuub t', that disunion was heresy fraught with the foulest eonseiuenvcs to mankind, and that there should be no peace, n(o en.l to tho war. exce,>t upon the terms of unccuditiorai surrender. We do not quite appreciax? ft now, but then, gen­ tlemen, you who are yet in t'.:e vigor of man­ hood know that then it was a living issue-- then it was a cardinal principle. 'J.urn back and read those elo\e.i ie o.uiiqps. iou can read them in twenty minutes. You will lind no higher or grander utterance since the Sermon on the Mount; ho grander utter.)nee than the Ten Oom.nandiiH'iits that tamo th. ncloring through smoke and tlaine^from t*ie lop of Moi.nt Sinai, tho-e laws wiitten by tho finger of ood to last foivvor. Nowhere will jou lind a grander consummation In lf-Of-, drawing together ail the oonsc- quenccs of ths war, deal.n? with reconstruc­ tion, that troutilwome question of the con­ stitutional amendmentwe came up again and said the constitutional amendments were to be respected and oboyed, because they were right, not beiuuse they wore simply law; and then we csinic on with our renewed dee'aration upon the tariff, and put in sub- s;antially the tirst resolution upon the sub­ ject of civil service re term, pledging tho honor of the nation t int the national debt should be paid, that the national word should be fnithfuliy kep,-, an i that e/ery dollar of tho debt shoulu I e paid. We pledged the honor of the people for1 the payment of that debt. In 1872, still bringing forward these dec­ larations and holding them together as a bouquet of beauty and power and splendor-- a thing to electrify tho heart of every man and woman in the lani--we wsnt still fur­ ther. Giving those declarations a new as­ sertion, and putting in the taritT clause and the reformation of tho civ it service, we de­ nounced |iolygauiy, and stood a/ain upon tho continued strengtn and beauty of union, and so on until la<0, when we took up the ques­ tion of national cducaton. And while we agreed that the States properly had control of it, that the National Government should foster education throughout the land, we took good care t:> put in a c ause that neither State nor nation should appropriate mot ey for sectarian purposes, and proposed an amendment to the Constitution of t:ie I nited States that money should not be appropriated by States or the Govern­ ment for sectarian school purp:;60-, but pledging ourselves to foster edu­ cation; and but the other day our Senators who supported the bill received the indorse­ ment of public sentiment, and I have no doubt they feel very comfortable over it, for they both voted for it, voting to take out of the National Treasury your n:onoy and mine, and the money ol tho American people, J77.000.OCO, bas-ed upon tho enlightened prin­ ciple of illiteracy; not tia.-ed upon popula­ tion, but based upon illiteracy accordiaar to the census of I8r0. So that $rr,000,000 of our money is to go--and I say it with my heart and with my vo'ce t.vday, so far as I am concerned, my heart will j,o with every dollar of it--to common school education throughout the United States. We do have a regard for the colored pi-ople. We did not only stand by them to break tho galling chains that held them in abominable slavery; we d-d not only lift thom up to manhood and clothe them in the shining garments of American citizenship; we did not only en­ dow and equip them with the wonderful weapon, the great po itical bludgeon of po­ litical power/the right to vote, the right of suffrage; but, hovering about them still in their manhood, in their citizenship, march­ ing l.y the side of them, yet we call upon the National Treasury, for thetn and their friends in the South, for millions and mill­ ions of money, that they may not only be free, but that they may have a good com­ mon school education. We have done this by ceaseless watchful vigilance. It has been the vigilanoe of the party which has strengthened our glorious Union, which has made our jeople happy and free. New things are coming upon the theater constantly. Look at England, where they are wrestling with a domestic question. England 2,000 years old. England, nearly 1,000 years since the Norman conquest, a strong and intelligent Government, good and useful for its own purpost;--and she has dis­ sensions and is deeply aroused. A Ministry is threatened to be removed from power, and. but for the assistance they obtain from the Parne'.l party and from the liberal think­ ers of Ireland, Scotland, and England, Glad­ stone would not be ablo to tell what the re­ sult might be. And what is the question? To giw 2,000,000 of living, immortal souls there the right to vote that never in this world have had that right. A question serious, vital to the British Government to-day--the old fundamental idea of suffrage. Why, great God, don't they know, have they not always knowiv shall they not soon come to know as well as we know, that voting is the birthright of every man of every nationality upon God's green earth> This is tho central­ izing and vitalizing idea of manhood. It is what makes the human soul a thing worth having. It is what makes man move upon this eafth in the imago of God. And yet there to-day they are mouthing and fumbling in Great Britain as to whether so many Scotchmen, so many Irishmen, aad so many Englishmen shall vote. but then we have questions here still to de­ mand our attention, not only in Illinois in re­ gard to our s atutes, in re ard to our taxes and revenue, and our criminal law, and all those interesting questions; but we have po'ytramy in Utah, tho -e great questions of Interstate commerce, railroad communication --those wonderful projects that now invade tl.e whole country. They are to be met., and also whether tho Government should take the telegraph lines and operate them, and make appropriations in case of an epidemic, of great overflows, in the Interest of oommcn schools and legislate to dignify and lift up this great American people. Oh! we have a great deal of work for this Republican party for th© nest quarter of a century; yea, for a thousand years to come. Be'ieve me in my ooncluding words for my cause. I have already announced my own election--.bat is fixed. I don't beHeve there are many people in Illinois that really want to beat me. It would be tho silliest thing in this world to seriously try to do it. I think after wisdom thall prevail, and deliberation shall prevail, and patrotism shall prevail, and above all this «roat political and this great HepubH< an economy of ours shall ore- vail, that wme1 ody will be selected that this great Republican p rty an 1 those other ele­ ments o our political society floating and flopping around alone, not just knowing where to tie to, not just knowing where to rest, win all quietly tiock In and you will see us aga n triumphant. Tou will behold us again victorious, and then all the great in­ terests of the Nation will be at rest. The great money quest ons, the great questions of taxation, the great questions of tariff, are to be »-ettled alone by this Republican party, and by none other. < h bow we have stood by the national credit; how we have s ood by t ie national honor: how we have builded up the nat onal glory! Gent emen, do not talk about the pHSt reoord of the Rcpubli an party; the record is not past. It Is like the Sermon on the Mount. It is like the Tea Command- tnents. Are those now in the past? The reoord of tee Republican party is still being made. It Is still expanding. How can a reoord be past when you are living upon ii' When you are marching upon it to-day, when every gentleman in my presence feels 4n his inmost heart, when be comes to reflect Upon it. that he is lifted up and dignified by ft.' There is no man who is not proud of it. It is no:, a past record; it is an everlasting record that will never be past, it will go on with us forever while we reaiain here, and, as the Chairman of the meeting said this morning in his openinjr add:o«. our political, opponents--thftwkB to thein for their opposi­ tion; ttianks to the Democratic party tut fighting us a little bit; thanks to them for rating us a little; thanks to them tor watch­ ing around on the hills, the littlo promonto­ ries. aad in the thicKets, and alon? the little streams and rivulets, and In tho barren and hopeless places, standing to watch and criti­ cise us, to pass in judgment upon our con­ duct--it is the best tost we can have in this country. There Is no other party of breadth and scope and strength enough to fill that place. And while we mi^bt hope to have a little hi ;hor standard of criticism, it is bet­ ter, God knows, than noue. As our Chairman said this morning, allow me to repeat that all thoughtful liemocruts, men engaged in busi- nsss a If airs, our neighbors, our associates, who lovo good government, who love to st<o property rights protoeted and maintained, and who, I ma\* hope, will yet onmo to seethe value, and l-eauty, and dignity of labor--they, with these views, cannot help feeling other­ wise than, as the Chairman said, satisfied and eontmied wiih the powers of government j in this couutry intrusted to our hands ] They know we love the republic; they know we lovo the tiag; they know the national banner has been wasaed in the blood of Republicanism; they know that it stains its g.orious folds; they know how dearly we love liberty; they know how no lovo law anl order, and they know we will have law and order under Republican ruleanddominatfon; they know that we will h«-E JIO Communism, lawlessness, riot, plunder, sedition, revolu­ tion, or devilment of any kind. Oh, no; we are a party of law and order. We are a party that understands what justice means. | W«> havo studied tho high demands of jus- j tiee. We know what we ta'k about when we I speak and legislate upon it. We know what I liberty means. We know what a good strong National Union means. We know what State | tovereignty, or State juri-diction, or State political piwer is. We know the boundary line between the Nation and the Stale. They know we respect it. We have brightened tho line; we have made it more fouspicuou^ In preserving honestly and sincerely, as wo havo always done, the rights of the States. We havo still been abie. thank God, by tho great power that we wield as a party: we have been at<le to go down into and evoke from the Constitution those powers which wo hive applied there, and which have built up this great National Union, with ample powers, well dcilned, potent, omnipotent lor good at home and abroad. W'e have thus made a Government strong and firm, fixing deeply in the hearts of the people liberty. Beecher on Republicanism. My personal views and political con­ duct are of little value to the public, except so far as thej are supposed to represent the views and purposes of a large and daily increasing number of silent voters. I have been a Republi­ can from the origin of that party, bo- cause it represented better than any other the doctriues of liberty and the conduct becoming a great nation in a moral struggle with internal disease that was poisoning its blood. That in the long march from Egypt to the prom­ ised land it never committed a fault, I do not say. It was a weary way, and unexplored, and Republicans were but men. It was the party of liberty as against slavery; the party of free speech as against intolerance. It boldly faced the threat of secession and elected Lin­ coln. It had the oourage to accept the risks of war, rather than back down in the face of Southern threats. It was baptized in blood and proved worthy of its high calling. It had wisdom and courage to recompose the shattered col­ umns of this Union, and give to it a grandeur which lias won the respect of the world. „ It met the bloated currency which the war had induced, and brought back the current within the appropriate bounds. It never was charmed with tj^c Green­ back system, but restored the dissolute theories to virtue. In short, the Republican party has had the courage to meet every issue which has risen for twenty-five years without suffering or evasion. It has had a clean policy, and it has had that suprome virtue of parties--courage-- courage -- courage. - Henry Ward lieecher, in Chicago Tribune. COL. IxaEKSbix is looking around for a*"dark horse," and is reported as saying: "The Plumed Knight of Maine again has tho strength in the lists, and this time bis chances look good for se­ curing the nomination. Whom I am {or is another question. If I could have the privilege of naming the man, I would choose Justice John M. Har­ lan, of the Supreme Bench. The French have a saying that 'It is the unexpected that always happens.' Gar­ field was not much talked about in 1880. The dark horse may once more be the winner, despite the great show of hands for Blaine. He has the whip- hand now, it is certain. If the issue is drawn on the tariff, we may gain Lou­ isiana on account of her sugar manu­ facture. The Republicans can succeed without carrying New York, and the chances are better than four years ago. Democratic protectionists have lost faith in the free-traders, and Demo­ cratic free-traders arc also disgusted with the protectionists--fully enough votes to give us the election." MOST of the Republican Senators who are not themselves candidates are com­ ing to Chicago on the business of Pres­ ident-making. Sewell heads the dele­ gation from New Jersey. Ben Harri­ son comes from Indiana. Senator Cul- lom will lead the Logan hosts of Illinois. Hale and Frye will probable come from Maine. Hoar will, of course be sent by Massachusetts, and perhaps Dawes. Morrill will be here from Vermont to help the Edmunds boom. Warner Miller will probably head the New York delegation. Colorado is likely to send its two Senators, and Sabin fro* Min­ nesota will be on the ground. Senatoi Miller of California and Senator Van Wyck of Nebraska have declined to serve as delegates, as the national bus­ iness will occupy their time at Wash­ ington. It is not known whethor either of the Iowa Senators will attend as a delegate. One of them may be a dark horse. The American House of Lords will in any case have a goodly repre­ sentation--Chicago Tribune. IF Mr. McDonald lived in the eastern portion of Pennsylvania, in New Jersey, or in New York, that great incubator of Democratic candidates, he would stand some chance of nomination. But the accident of residence will prove fatal to his canvass for the nomination by his party. New York furnishes the candi­ dates for the Democratic party, while . the South and West are content to do {the voting.--Indianapolis Journal. I DREADFUL CALAMITY. Another Gyolone, with Appalling Loss of Life and Property^ Visits Ohio. The Air Trees aad t he The Caladium Esculentum. Nothing adds more to an appearance of tropical luxuriance in the lawn or i garden than a few caladiums. In any ' warm, sunny spot, where there is plenty of moisture for the roots, they will make a grand display, and we advise all who have not seen them in full foliage to try a few plants this season. We are sure it will repay them. Dark with «? H Barns. Two-thirds of Jamestown and Portions of Other Thriving DIRE HOLOCAUST. Fourteen Inmates of • Michigan Poor Burned to Daatk. 0 A dispatch from Jamestown, Green County, says: A terrible cyclone struck Jamestown about 5o'clock Sunday evening, Two-thirds of tho town was completly ruined. Six per­ sons were killed, namely: Miss Stella Jones, aged 15, of KMulapia Springs, Ky.: lira. Ann Carpenter, I.etitia Jenkins, daughter of G. K. Jenkins; Miss Kate Boteler; Mrs. Stewart, a colored woman; a son or James Pan lis. 8everal were badly wounded. Hundreds of people were turned out of their honios. No estimate of the damage is possible now. ANOTHKR AOCOD5T. It appears to have originated near Wood- bino, a small town ten miles south of Bay- ton. Eye-witnesses describo it as appalling in its fury. An authentic statement is that the cyclone was formed by the union of two light storm clouds from south and northwest, which immediately assumed the form of a waterspout, rising and descending like waves •f the sea, and destroying everything in its way. M. E. Best, of Dayton, who was near •nough to observe accurately, saya that it was fully an eighth of amile wide, and moved about over the country like an immense cloud of smoke, while everywhere In Its path the air was dark with trees and ruins of hoilses. Forests were mowed down like weeds, and fences wtere destroyed lor miles, and it is estimated that in this county alone at least twenty residences are in rufhs, to say nothing of the loss on other buildings, live stock, and farm property. At Alex- andersville, si* miles south of Dayton, sev­ eral people are known to bo Injured, and one lady reported killed, while a sawmill, barns, and other buildings are destroyed. Friend's paper-mill and other buildings are badly damaged, while a number of residences are reported destroyed. The telojrraph lines are down in all directions, and roads are impassable from the ruins that till them. Near Woodbine the residences and other buildinys belonging to Edward Whoatly were destroyed with other property amounting in all to $2,000. Two farm hands are reported missing. Brick school houso No. 9 is de­ stroyed and the roftf curried 500 yards. Mr. Harris' house and barn were destroyed. One child caught in the cyclone was carried 800 yards and dropped to the earth slightly injured. Mr. Mitchell's house and barn are partly ruined. Mr. Kidenour's property is badly damaged. Abner Harris' burn and other buildings were destroyed. The names of other losers oannot bo aacer? talned, but, considering the large number of houses destroyed, there must be heavy loss of life. In the neighborhood of Mlamishurg there is heavy damage. At Bell brook, Greene County, at least fifteen farm houses are more or less damaged, but the families generally eaeaped by takfng refuge in the oellars. From Carrollton tho cyclone tsok a direct easterly course, and its force was not in the least spent when it reached Jamestown, a thriving village of 600 in­ habitants, which la reported entirely de­ stroyed, with only a few buildings standing. Meager telegraph reports state that four people are known to be killed, while twenty are more or less injured. Among others, the residence of L. Wicker-ham was lifted from its foundation and carried quite a distance. Near Xenla there was considerable destruc­ tion. The Soldiers and Sailors' Orphans' Home wis badly damaged. Tho barn, laun­ dry, atid other buildings were destroyed, while the hospital was unroofed. Miss Harvey, tho matron, and Nlght-watchmnn Uichardson were injured, but no children were hurt. Between Jasper and Cedar Creek, on the Narrow-gauge Koad, the damage is great to farm property, and at this point trains were unable to move on account of the wind, while others did not dure to pass over tho Cedar Creek trestle during the cyclone. In ull di­ rections, south and east of here, the feene of destruction deiies description. Whole for­ ests were cut down like weeds, and trees and smaller buildings carried a long distance in the air. [Dayton (Ohio) Telegram.] A very destructive cyclone visited this section on Sunday afternoon. In the neigh­ borhood oi' Miamisburg, ("arrolton, Frank­ lin, Wcodtord, Ridgeville, Xenia, James­ town, Washington Court House, and at other points the damage was ap­ palling. The cyclone was flr*t ob­ served In the vicinity of Carrolton and Woodford, where it ssems to have begun. One reliable eye-witness says that he ob­ served one cloud coming from tho northwest and a-iother from the south. At a point near Woodlord they moved Into a vase whirling cloud as light as smoke, which deseetided to the earth and rose in undulations like a whirlwind. From Woodford and Carrolton the course of the cyclone was easterly, and reports from Greene County show that tho violence was not t-pont in the east when it reached that section. The town of Alexandria, six miles south of here, is badly damaged, aud one lady there Is thought to bo killed. A family took refuge in a shed, and one child was carried live hundied yards, but not badly injured. Sawmills, barns, and smaller buildings wero destroyed, while further south tho destruc­ tion to property was more general, and it is estimated that at least four hundred farm residences, to say nothing of out-buildings, are completely ruined. THE PRESENT TARIFF. Official Statistics of Its Operation. [Washington Telegram.] Mr. Nlmmo, Chief of tho Bureau of Sta­ tistics, has placed in the hands of the Secre­ tary of the Treasury his report in regard to the operations of the tariff act of March 3, 18H2. It appears that tho actcaused a reduc­ tion of about 6 per cent, in the average ad valorem rate of duty on imports. In detail the changes are as follows: ' guirar and Molasses--Reduction, 9.33 per cent* Iron and Steel and Manufactures Thereof--6.15 per oent. Clothing Wool--9.88 per cent. Combing Wool--It.'27 jter cent. Carpet Wool--6.01 per oent. Manufactures of Wool--4.52 per cent. Manufactures of Cotton--Increase, L9I pas cent. Manufactures of Silk--Reduction, 8.83 per oent, Earthen and China Ware -Increase, 13.11 per cent. , Glass and Glassware--Increase, 1. no p?r cent. Spirits and Wines--Increase, 18.38 per oent., and malt liquors a reduction ot 5'J.oi per cent. The report, which Is a documentor sev­ enty-two pases, embraces a somewhat elaborate statement in regard to the changes in ad valorem rates caused by the tariff act of March 3, 1883, and by the fall in the import prices of commodities. It contains also a considerable amount of statistical and other information in regard to the production of sugar. Iron, wool, manu­ factures of silk, and spirits, and wines in the United States. The report treats with some particularity of tho production in the United States of the three great classes of wool known to our tariff laws--namely: clothing wool, combing wool, and carpet wool, and tho extent to which these three kinds of wool are used by the manufacturers of worsted and woolen goods, hats, carpets, and other articles. A Drunken Man's Fearfal FalL [Cleveland Dispatch.] John Brady, a teamster, while intoxioated, walked off the viaduot while the drawbridge was swung and fell Into the river beneath, a distance of more than eighty feet. The body sunk out of sight, but was fished out of the water by the engineer in charge of the bridtre. Pigns of life were plainly visi­ ble, and no sooner had Brady beon placed on shore than he gathered himself together and walked away. The fact that he was in­ toxicated doubtless saved his life. He was entirely uninjured, the bath failing even to sober him up. SPLINTERS. THKHB-TOTTRTHS of the officers In the Ger­ man army wear corsets. HKRBKRT SPENCER has started tor Austra­ lia, a long sea voyage being recommended for his health. Wiooiss claims to have predicted the Lon­ don earthquake, and be says there will be another about May 20. THE Bank of England has just opened a reading and eating room for its olerks. Tim £rg<n of the ^ P««p , Mystery* [Hartford (Mich.) Telegraia.] The Van Burca County Poorhonsq, situated two aad one-half miles oast of this village, was burned to the ground this morning. Fourteen panpers were burned to doath, and many others narrowly escaped with their lives. The cause of the lire is unkuawn. It originated in t-ie in­ mates' sitting-room on the nrst floor, and when discovered was Iteyond control. The county farm li?s midway between the villi gen of Hart­ ford and Lawrence, three miles from each, and beyond assistanoe from firemen, but when the flames were discovered the buildings were al- i eady so involved that help would have been nee- less. The buildingscomprised a large two-story frame upright, with a wing extending east and a two-story addition projecting sooth from the rear of the main building. TUe latter was occu­ pied by Superintendent Cash, his; family, and the hired help. One of the latter named Raiser was aroused by the cries of the lnmat>es. Going down the hall he opened the door to the two- story addition, when he was almost overpowered by a volume of Us me and smoke that burst out. He had barely tinw to give the alarm in the Su­ perintendent's quarters. The paupers in the addition were already past help. The occupants of the front building only escaped with their lives, nothing else being saved but two or three articles of furniture. Th? following are the name* of those who per­ ished: Jlmmie Johnson, from Covert; Henry Bankes, Irom Waverly; Benjamin Bocrardus, from BreedsvOle; Thomas Sawyer, colored, from the Kalamazoo asylum; Jonathan Sarcent, from Antwerp; Fred Kkenlmrgcr, from Decatur; - -• Myers, from Waverly; Peter Golden, from Koeler; Caroline Lang, from Covert; Caroline Saerer, from Covert; firs. Curtis, from Breeds- ville; Mrs. Wilson and her 8-year-old daughter; Ann Mann and Debby Cravet, of Bangor. When morning oamo the rnlns presented a sickening sight. The victims of the conflagra­ tion, when taken from toe ashes and half-con­ sumed timbers of the building, were so burned as to b» unrecognizable, horrible masses of tlesh and I>on.', impossible to identify, being viewed by hundreds of visitors. The addition contained sleeping acormmoda- tions for about twenty, and the only ones who escaped were a hoy named Parker, who jumped from the socond window, and two little boys of Mrs. Wilson. Their mother and sister per­ ished in the Hum 's. The remainder of the in­ mates were in a detached building known as "the jail." .They comprised tho idiotic, violently insane, etc. Between that and th<» main struct­ ure there was another detached building, the distance sepa ating the two being, perhaps, forty feet, which delayed the progress of the Humes till the inmates of "the jail" could be saved. < ne of the occnpants of the Superintendent's quarters was his daughter, just recovering from an attack of typhoid fever. She was saved. The inmates who were lost comprise the bet­ ter cla=8 of paui-ers, tliosa in a comfortable condition and able to assist about the premises. The county authorities have made provisions in the neighborhood for the temporary care of the remaining inmates. 1 here were about sixty oc­ cupants of the burned buildings. The loss to the county on building and con­ tents is about $10,000, on which there is $5,000 insurance. Mr. Cash the overseer, lost all his goods, to the value of about >300, on which then was no insurance. PLEUROPNEUMONIA. Provisions of the Bill Passed by the United States Senate. As amended and passed by the Senate the pleuro-pneumonia bill providing for the estab­ lishment of a Bureau of Animal Industry and the extirpation of contagious cattle diseases provides tuat the Commissioner of Agriculture shall organize In his department a bureau of animal industry, with a chief who shall he a competent veterinary snrgeon and who shall In­ vestigate and report the condition of the domes­ tic animals of the United States and the causes of contagious, infectious, and communicable diseases amoug them, lie shall afro eolkvt such other information on those subjcctH as may be valuable to the agricultural aud commercial interests of the U nited States. For the purposes of the bureau the Commissioner of Agriculture is authorized to employ a force not to exceed twenty persons at any one time. The Commis­ sioner is to appoint two competent agents, who shall be practical stork-raisers or men expe­ rienced in commercial transactions affecting live stock, who shall report the best manner of trans­ porting and carina for animals and the means to be adopted to suppress and extirpate pleuro­ pneumonia and other dangerous contagious or communicable diseases. The compensation of Buch agents 1B fixed at $10 per day. Tho com­ mission is to prepare ss early as possible such rnl«s and regulations as may ba necessary to extirpate the diseases name;!, and certify such rules, etc., to the executive authority of each State and Territory, and invite the co-operation of such executive authority in tho execution of the act of Congress. W lien the roles, etc., shall have been accepted by such executive au­ thority, the commission may expend in the State so accepting so much money as shall be neces­ sary for the purposes of the investigations con­ templated by the act and for such disinfection and quarantine measures as may be neces­ sary to ppevent the spread of disease from one State or Territory into another. In order to promote the exportation of live-stock, a special investigation shall be made as to the existence of contagious diseases along the di­ viding line ljetwten the United States and for­ eign countries aud along the transportation lines from all j>arts of the United States to the ports from which cattle are exported, and re- I>orts made to the Secretary of the Treasury, who shall co-operate with the State and munici­ pal authorities, corporations, and persons en­ gaged in the transportation ot neat cattle by land or water, in establishing regulations for the safe conveyance of cattle and preventing the spread of disease; and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to take such steps aa maybe necessary, not inconsistent with the act, to prevent the exportation of cattle aflected with any contagious disease, especially pleuro- pner.mo'ila. Transportation com'. antes are forbidden to transixu t cattle affected with any contagious or communicable disease from one State or Terri­ tory to another, but the so-called splenetic or Texas fever is excepted fro.m the category of communicable diseases so far as regards the transportation of cattle to market. Violations of the act by railroad comjanies or vessels la declared a misdemeanor on tha part of tho min- agt-r or captain, punishable by a fine not to ex­ ceed $5,00i> or imprisonment not to exceed one year, or both. It is made the duty of the United States District Attorneys to prosecute cases. The sum appropriated for the purposes of the act is $150,000 (instead of $250,000 as appropriat­ ed by the House). Railway Construction. Advance sheets of The Hail way Age show the following record of railway construction during the year 1883: We complete this week our detailed state­ ment, bv roads, of the new track laid in the United States during the year 1S83. The com­ pilation of the<e statistics involves a great amount of correspondence, and it is Impossible to mak-j a ccmpletc n-portatthc end of the year. These final figures, however, do not differ very greatly from those tiven in our issue of Dec. 37, 1883. At that time we stated the total mileage for the vear, so far as rei>orted, at 6.C08 miles. This we ha . e since increased by 61 miles, our record now showing the amount of new track laid during 1S8J to have been M70 miles. The following is our summary, by Slates: States. Miles.; States. Miles. New England State -- Kentucky 127.8 Maine 41. Pacitic Belt- Vermont 2'i.o. California .....23L0 Massachusetts 18.0 Oregon 196.3 Connecticut 3.0 Arizona -- (... .154.0 Eastern M. States-- Idaho 282.0 New York 399.21 Washington Ty....161.0 New Jersey.. 7.5' MiastsuriBelt- Pennsylvania 363.5 Mill nesota 167.5 Middle W. States-- Iowa. .' *.ai.4 Ohio 349.0 Arkansas 198.5 Indiana .18n:)Loulsiana 238.1 Michigan 421.:) Kansas Belt- Illinois 174.7 Dakota. 410.8 Wisconsin 218.8 Nebraska ...199.2 Southern States-- Kaunas 144.0 Virginia. 93.1 Indian Territory... 110 North Carolina 5'J.u Texas 6S.5 South Carolina.,.. 40.5 Colorado Belt-- Oeergta 65.541) olorado 89.8 Florida. 34&.2>fontana...........413.0 iMiheinii . .181.0 New Mexloo.>...... 81.0 Mississippi. 2(1. l| Utah .1......160. Q Tenneasee 40. oi DEADLI P0RK-W0RM. A Wludfl Family Attacked by Trlchlaosls. fBaltlmore Dispatch;] A oase of trichinosis WAS brought to light to-day through the dea th of one of tho vic­ tims. Last Friday week Mrs. Catuarine Friess, residing on Thames street, purchased a quantity of pork and sour-krout in the market. At dinner it was eaten by the entire family of six, except Mrs. Frioss. The fol.ow- ing day those who bad partaken of the edibles became very ill wl h violent cramps, which gradually became worse until a ' ew days ago, when a physician was sumtr.oned. Dr. Reynolds pronounced it a ease ot po soil­ ing. Last night so vera! prominent physicians were callod in consultation, but their united efforts were futilo, and the death of Mr. Frioss ensued this morning. The authorities are lnrestlguting tho oase. There are three young ladies of the family critically 111. Their names are Mary, aged -0; Maggks a^ed 23; and Minnie, aged 24. Heary, a son, was absent at dinner, and hence escaped. 4 ILLINOIS STATE HEWS. BICBABD Bnmur and wife eelebrated ̂ at Galena, the sixtieth anniversary §t thelfr wedding. One hundred and thirteen of th#i( . children, grandchildren, and great-grant^ children participated in the observance. THE Elgin Watch Company, having beet assessed 40 per Cent, on an importation enamel, brought suit against Collector Spalding for overcharge. Judge Blodgwtfr decided that the artlele should have paid * duty of 25 per cent, as watch material. HON. ISAAC N. ABHOLD, one of Chicago')! . oldest and most eonsplcnoos dtixeas, dte4| . rec?ntly. He came to Chicago in 1838, ant represented the city in Congress during th» war of the rebellion. He had for some yeatfl been the President of the Chicago Historic^ 8ociety. MICHACI, GONUV, Collector of the town i Troy, Will County, who claimed to have I robbed of money belonging to the count amounting to $1,194.50 on the night March 26, while driving to his home, a fe< miles west of Joliet, has been arrested on 1 charge of embezzlement and held to appear before the Grand Jury. ' . Tns Decatur Coal Company have confk menced the work of sinking a new shaft nea^ S the heart of the city. It will ba about 60# feet deep, and serve as an escapement shaft ~ for the mine, in compliance with the Statu# - law. It will also be a mine shaft. Another coal company is being formed to dig for eo^l In another part of tho city. It will have capital stock of (75,000. t DsTECTiva BKATTIK, of Athens, Ohio, af^ c peared at the penitentiary at Joliet, bearing a requisition from the Governor of Ohio far , the rearrest of John B. Kills, the note* forger and check-raiser, who had just condjr pletcd his term of imprisonment. Ellis wa* {••rested at the prison door and taken ts Ohio, where be is wanted on several charges CHICAGO Tribune; Over 3,000saloon licensea havo been issued thus far in Chicago und«J the Harper law. Of these 2,403 are f <00 ky licenses. It is expected that about 1C more licenses will be issued. Most of whisky licenses have been taken out for foi months. The receipts at the City Treasui aggregate $494,000. The total revenue fos the year will be about $1,500,000. I BBTWESN a reccnt Saturday night and Suns day morning the vault in the Chicago Times office was broken open, and, Lesldes a small amount of currency, some valuable books are said to have been carried off. The vault was not blown open, and the entire affair iq surrounded by much mystery. It is claimc the job must have been done by some ot Who was secreted in the vault, as the nuts side were severed from the bolts. Then the argument is advanced that the place is alff tight, and no one could have existed there! The management is retioent about the ns^ ter, but by those cognisant of the OODCMS * *}J ill V/j • -,v '.rfl • '4. ; - . i >i4< there Is much speculation. THBRK are 319 anthracite collieries ia Penn­ sylvania. Kducatiow In Illinois--Condensed Financial and Other Statistics or the Schools for the Vear Ending June SO, 1883--A 8 pi ell* did Kxhibit. The Stat© Superintendent of Public Instruc­ tion has completed the general and financial statistics of tho schools of the State for tlf| year ending June 30, 1883. The report shov|ft the, whole number of persons under SI years of age In the State to be 1,540,918, as compared with 1,529,318 in 1882, and 1,500,2$* In 1880. The number between the ages of '• and 21 years Is 1,016,986, as compared wife I,037,5(57 in 1888. Hie lnorease under thlb ~ ; head is 146,223 in the eleven years report* . j since 1872. * \ There is still a steady increase in the nun} ^ ber of pupils enrolled In the schools, present report showing 717,3S5, as compared with 713,341 a year ago, and 704,041 in 1880* This Increase has been 55,014 in the las! j eleven years. Of the enrollment last yea« 365,812 were males snd 351,573 females, or s difference of the sexes of 14,289 In favor of the males, being a smaller excess of males than any other year sioee trustworthy school statistics have been gathered in the ). .State. £ The graded schools show an increase m the year from 1,120 to 1,188. In 1832 th# showed a falling off of eleven. The grade* and ungraded schools together numbsr II,980, against 11,943 in 18^2, 11,'J8! In lStflJ and 11,396 in 1872. While the number rf pupils and schools has Increased slightly there has been an Increase of 839 months 1|| the total number of months taught, making the average in months for cach school yeap appear as follows for the four years note<t: In 1883, 7.20; in 1P82, 7.15; in I860, 7.10; hi 1872, 0.90. The whole number of teacheM employed in all graoes of the public sohoola also increased from 22,301 iu 1882 to 22,541 by the present report. Of course many q|| these taught in more than one district durinr the year, so that the total number of teach*' crs in the State can only be approximated It Is set down at 19,550. The forogoing items of increase are to ha taken in connection with the following as ex. planatory of the Increased expenditures for the schools during the year--that is, a slight increase in the average number of months taught, and an apparent or real increase di 2tl In the number of teachers employed. Is be considered in connectioc with the fael that the highest wages paid to any mala teaoher was $270 a month, as compared witfc $250 the previous year, and the highest paM to any female was $190, as compared with ^ $120 the previous year. The averages, bff" this report, are $19 for male, and $38.99 for females, as compared with $43.86 for males and S37.70 for femalos by the previous report J To teachers alone the State paid out $5,318^ 658.85, or $332,88^.09 more than for tho yen* ' , ending June 30, 1882. The expenditure u* der this head has steadily increased sines , 1.872, when it was $4,334,256. * There were also 30T new school-houeeSP*- - built during the year, making the total nui* ber 11,876, and 7,740 volumes were added ta the school libraries. The school libraries air now valued at $9«,«12 against $83,503 in 1881; and the school apparatus at $22S,031, against $10t<,513 In 18t2. In all this the State Super* intendent does not think any phenomenal growth is found, but only a steady am* healthy progress. Adding to the total sum paid teaohei% $968,16(1 paid for new school-houses, $18?,1«|. paid for sitss and grounds, $514,415 for ra> pairs and improvements, over $160,000 fat " school furniture and apparatus, $847,498 f<|t fuel, janitors, insurance, etc., $288,751 fat. interest on district bonds, $405,001 of prlnafc pal on district bonds and a few other Itenpf of smaller magnitude, it is shown that the whole educational operation) of the Stats for its public schools foot up the magnificent figure $8,897,754.0V The figures for the ye^il"; ending June 30, 1882, were $*,269,793.74 showing the expenditures last year to about 10 per cent, greaier. Another item of the report which tends t# ^how the extent of the State's education tv vost nont Is found in the value estimated oa all school property, which is set down at $19, •732,200. In 1882 it was os imatod at $17,994,- |176 and in 1S80 at $1 >,*:5.56 >. Aud yet thei* .seems to be no prospect of bankruptcy. aS the amount on hand to the credit of school [treasurers the 30th of June last |T33. ___ L. • Taa real estate business of Chicago 4ui*m a reoent week amounted to $1,4J:-*, tUh m •MOV ' ,il j , 3