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>• r 'WL* r 1MN SLYKt. alitor aM MMw. ILLINOIS. Bmt« ftmpmtw is ooMiiflni to K perhaps, the beat whist-player in Washington. TRUiMkci highway robbery pun­ ishable by n imprisonment of not leas than ta» years. THE Christian at Work has an article entitled "Hew to Make a Wife Insane." We have not read it, presuming the method given to be, of course, either to come into the house with mud on your boots or to forget to bring home jour wife's bonnet for her from the milliner's Saturday Bight. RECENT experiments at Bergen Point, Newark Bay, New Jersey, have shown that gunpowder is as successful a pro­ pelling power as air in the discharge of dynamite' projectiles. An ordinary "twelve-pound gun" was used, wad the cartridge secured against percussion by means of a rubber buffer. mn I THUHXIOW WKBD'S remedy for intem­ perance has been often referred to. Briefly it is an abundance of cheap, pure wine. Mr. Weed wrote: "France and England are divided by a narrow channel: France produces wine as a beverage; England grows hops and brews beer. The French people are industrious, frugal and sober; in En­ gland the laboring clnsses are improv- dent, intemperate and degraded." IN 7SB bar-room of a hotel in Denver eat a one-legged man named Coyne. A stranger hit the honse dog with his cane, and Coyne took the brute's part. The dog followed Coyne all day, and when he went to the attic for the night the dog ran upstairs and crawled into the bed. Coyne threw him off, but the dog jumped back. In the night the hotel took fire, and Coyne alone was saved, the dog a* akening him in time. THK Ahdepiad, speaking of felicity aa a physiological quality, observes: ® The center of the emotion of felicity is not in the brain. The center is in the vital Bervous system, in the great ganglia of the sympathetic, lying not in the cerebro-spinal cavities, bnt in the cavities of the body itself, near the stomach and in the heart. * * No man ever felt happy in the head. Every man who has felt misery knows that it springs from the body, speaks of it as aa exhaustion, a sinking there. * * He is feeling at the center of life." A hdlk story is told by Dr. William A. Hammond in the Youth's Compan­ ion. While stationed at Fort Webster, in what is now Arizona, he started down the canon on a very fine aod large mule. The beast stopped ab­ ruptly, and signified that he would not budge a step. Spurs were dug into his flanks to no purpose. There he stood as firm as a rock. Hammond pulled him round, and galloped back to the Fort. The next morning it was ascer­ tained that at a point scarcely 100 yards in advanoe of where the mule had gained his victory some Apache In­ dians had ambushed the road, and but for the brute's keen nose and ears, and firmness in resisting an obstinate man, ehort work would hare been made of both. .'-Mono the women stenographers who are making it pay are Mrs. J. R Palmer, of Utica, who gets from $7,000 to $8,009 a year; Miss Jennie Ballan- tyne, of Rochester, about $5,000; Miss Pulsifer, of Auburn, who makes as much as her father or any of her four brothers, all of whom are re­ porters; Mrs. Sarah G. Crosby, of Water town, Hie., who travels around the circuit with the* Court and makes from $300 to $500 in each of seventeen -counties. There may also be mention- «d Mies Alioe Nut, of Chicago, and Miss Mary McOalla, of Philadelphia, "who are very successful. Observation does not confirm the statement that "women stenographers are innumerable and get as high wages as men," but that they receive much higher pay than women in many other skilled oc. o u p a t l o n s i s u n d i s p u t e d . ' - y THE Cologne Gazette published the following concerning the ages of the European rulers: William L, German Emperor, born 1797; William III., King of the Netherlands, bom 1817; Christian IX., King of Denmark, born 1818; Victoria, Queen of England, born 1819; Charles L, King of Wurtemberg, born 1823; Oscar IL, King of Sweden and Norway, born 1829; Francis Joseph II., Emperor of Austria, King of Hun­ gary, born 1830; Leopold H, King of Belgians, born 1835; Louis I., King of Portugal, born 1838; Charles L, King of Boumania, born 1839; Nicholas L, ce of Montenegro, born 1841; Ab­ dul Hamid IL, born 1843; Humbert I., King of Itally, born 1844; Alexander III., Emperor of Russia, born 1845; George" I., King of Greece, born 1845; Ludwig II., King of Bavaria, born 1845; Milan IT., King of Servia, born 1854; Alpbonse XII, King of Spain, born 1857; Alexander L, Prince of Bulgaria, born 1S57; M. Jules Grevy, the Presi­ dent of the French Republic, was born in 181S. • G. HYME, of Redwood, Jefferson Oounty, New York, has ia his posses­ sion a carious lamp, said to have been taken from a Catholic church at the seige •f Yorktown. It is about three inches in diameter by one and one-fourth inches deep, with a neck one and one- fourth inches long from the burner. It is constructed of tin. iron, and steeL brazed. One half of the cover is hing­ ed and springs open when released is** m half bail aKadtea •*'th® rear, and rises in a oorve like a davit over the center, where an eyelet receives a swivel' to which is attached a spoke and hook for suspending it To the lower part of the swivel is a chain with a wire made to/ raising the wick. Beyond the eye­ let a portion of the bail expands in a flat half circle of about two inches in diameter, which may be supposed to have been intended for a palm to strive the spike into any wooden sur­ face, or to strike the flint to light the tinder. On the bottom of the lamp ia engraved "R. Adams, 1812.* THE oldest Postmaster is Koswell Beardsley, of North Lansing; Tompkins County, New York, whose oommission bears the date of June 28, 1820. Post- ma ter Stabler, of Sandy Springs, Md., was appointed a few months before Beardsley, butr he died a year ago. John Bowdish, of Rural Gr<Jpe, Mont­ gomery Cou ity, New York, was ap­ point d Postmaster on December 10, 1830, and now occupies the same office in which he opened his first mail more than fifty-three years ago. During this time he has received the princely salary of $93 a year, and administra­ tions have come and gone, political parties have risen and died of decay, but he has never failed to draw his quarterly allowance of $23.33 1-3, George Hilton was appointed Post­ master at South Parson field, York County, Maine, on the 27th of Decem­ ber, 1830. His salary was $35 a year during this time, but at the end of the fifty-second year of his service he re­ signed the office with ail its honors and emoluments, and asked as a special fa­ vor that Alpheus S. Hilton, his son, a youth of 64 summers, might, be ap­ pointed in his stead. THE world has seen in its history the organization of many powerful cor­ porations. One was the East India Company, which conquered and ruled the East Indies for the British crown, another was the Hudson Bay Company, which was nil supreme for over a cen­ tury in the region now known as Mani- tobia, and up north to the limits be­ yond which the step of man could not go; but we have in this country a vast corporation, which, for strength, wealth, and enterprise has nevfer been sur­ passed. It is known PS/ the Standard Oil company. It has a1 practical mo­ nopoly of the crude and refined petro leum of the United States. It ovn\n the pipe lines which convoy this mineral oil to the sea-board. It is interested in vast railway combinations in the Southern States and in the Northwest It is aiming to get possession of all the gojs companies in the United States, and is all ready to compete against the gas companies of New York City. It has got control of the. patents for run­ ning cable road in every city in the Union, and it is now pressing a plan for completely riddling New York City with railway surface and elevated roads, which will use the cable system instead of horse-cars or locomotives. This same company has agentB in every country outside the United States to increase the market for coal oil. Mr. William B. Libby, a well-known New Yorker, has visited Japan, China, an' Corea to extend the consumption & this cheap kerosono light. The use o: petioleum is changing the social life of the millions of Asiatics. Heretofore tliey have been in the habit of going to l>ed as the sun went down, for they could not afford the artificial lightB, which are considered necessary in wealthy civilized countries; but refined petroleum from its cheapn< as has be­ come the light not only of the poor of Europe and America, but of the mil­ lions of Asia, who for generations were m:able to stay up af er dark. But the Standard Oil Company is developing new enterprises every day. It threatens to become greater than the State itself. But then this is an age of great oorpo- ate enterprises. They control the 'transportation and telegraphic inter­ ests of the eeuntry. They levy taxes on the community, and acknowledge no responsibility to any power except the courts, which they generally man­ age to control as well as the Legisla­ tures of the various States. About Shop* Lifting. . "Ho you see that lady crossing the street?" asked the "floor-walker" in one the leading retail establishments. "Yes. What of her ?" "We jnst caught her in the act of shop-lifting, and took upwards of $30 worth of goods from her." "Why did you not detain her?" "Because of her family. Bless your ves there isn't a day hardly that we on't catch one or more shop-lifters at work." "Do you notify the police ?" "Not often. We prefer to lose once in a while to making trouble in families and scandal in the papers. The other day I stood by the side of a fady ior fully five minutes while she put into her pockets about $10 worth of fine linen hose, handkerchiefs, embroidery, etc., and when she turned to go away I stopped her and told her to pnt them back." "Did Bbe scream?" "Not a scream. She became awfully nervous, however and in disgorging left two pairs of shoes with us. Upon inquiry we learned that the shoes had been stolen,". "Do the shop-lifters offer any ex­ cuse." "None bnt the professionals. The minute a woman begins to excuse her­ self or denv our charges then - we send for the police, for in nine oases out of ten they are professionals." "When they keep silent--" "We know they are new in the busi­ ness and probably respectable, but un­ fortunately afflicted with a mania for petty theiving.--Detroit Free Press. And Yet They May Women Can't Reason. Mrs. Piaaphor thinks telegraphy ought to be much cheaper than postage, because the former can perform a job in five minutes which requires the mails from one to six days to accomplish.;-- Norristown Herald. IF there is any good in a man it is bound to oome out; but It ahould not oome out all at once and leave the man CA It Opus with Brilliant ;y-wi BqppttftNa 8aoeMi ia Vorsmber. for Wholesale Desertion* from the eratie R anks--Werklngmen Will Boycott Cleveland. "" *"* } - \ On* Hundred Thousand New York Irishmen Will Vote for Wain* •nd Logan. • j U".. ; THK MBOB YOTB.1 J £ " dte? Up In Arms--clrtiUM Will B* Boycotted. There is a universal protest from the *abor organizations of the country agaifist the nomination of Cleveland and the platform adopted by the Demo­ cratic convention, and a unanimous de­ termination to vote against him. Sevj oral meetings of the labor unions have been held in New York already, at which reaolutions were passed to "boy­ cott" Cleveland and his supporters. The workingmen take his nomination as a direct menace to them, particular­ ly as they made representations to the convention of the reasons why they op­ posed him. A general meeting of the Knights of Labor will soon be called to take steps to organize the opposition against the Democratic nominee and to make it effectual. The subjoined tele- g-ams and articles, clipped at random om different papers, show the for- midiable extent of the revolt against the Democratic nominee: (Washington telegram.] There are abundant indications that the workingmen are preparing to take an active part in the coming national campaign, and their organization is so thorough, extending into every State, and possessing national representative bodies, that there can be no doubt they will give victory to that side with which they ally themselves. It is this ele­ ment which leading Democrats dread in view of Gov. Cleveland's executive acts against the interests of labor. His veto of a bill to reduce the fare on the New York City elevated railroads from ten to five cents; his veto of a bill to limit the working hours of a day on elevated and surface roads to twelve hours, and several other acts of like character, aroused the laboring men of New York and have created a feeling of antagon­ ism which cannot be removed by high- sounding platitudes in a party platform. Already these labor organizations are in motion. An informal meeting of workingmen was held here last night, and other meetings are in progress to consider Cleveland's candidature. At last night's meetiug the following action was taken: WHXBBAS, Orovcr Cleveland, as Governor of the great State of New York, has used his veto power on all bills passed in the interest ot the common people of the State, notable among which are the flve-cent-car-fare bill and the child-labor bill; and WHEREAS, Said Grover Cleveland has shown himself to be the friend of the monopolies and the enemy of the people; therefore, be it Jtesolred, That we view with alarm the nom­ ination ot said Grover Cleveland by the Demo­ cratic party, and urge upoa all workmen and their friends to boycott him at the polla la No­ vember next. (New York teleffram.1 Mr. Hobbs, Secretary of the District Assembly Knights of Labor, said to-day that, so far as he had been able to as­ certain, the feeling among workingmen was dead against Cleveland. The few workingmen that were at Chicago in Cleveland's interest represented no or­ ganizations, and were Cleveland's ap­ pointees. The action taken here last night, he said, was not intended te be in the interest of Blaine, but as a pro­ test against the nomination of Cleve­ land. The campaign work done by workingmen here would be chiefly through correspondence. The men who met last night did. not meet as members of the Knights of Labor, but he thought they represented the senti­ ments of the members. Mr. B. G. McDonald, of the Tailors' Union, said that Cleveland will be boy­ cotted from Maine to Texas--every­ where--as he was well known all over the United States as a monopolist and an antagonist to laboring people. Mr. McDonald remarked that he would bet a sait of clothes that Blaine would go out of Kings County with not less than 10,000 majority. [From the Chicago Inter Ocean. J The following resolutions were unani­ mously adopted at a largely attended meeting of the Coopers' Assembly, 2309, Knights of Labor, Saturday evening last: WHEKKAB, The Democratic party has nomi­ nated (in spiteof the protects of organized labor) Grover Cleveland, Governor of New York, as Its standard-bearer In the present Presidential cam­ paign; and WHKHEAS, Grover Cleveland has repeatedly, in bts official capacity as Governor of the State of New York, manifested his antagonism and contempt for the legitimate demands of organ­ ised labor; therefore, be it Resolved, By Coopers' Association, No. 2309, ©f Chicago, that we regard Grover Cleveland as the representative of the monooollstic abomina­ tions of thin country; that we regard the nomi­ nation of each a man by the Democratic party aa an insult to the working classes of America; and that we feel in honor bound to do all in our power to insure his defeat. [From the Chicago Tribune.] IT ia estimated that there are 14,000 street car-employes in New York City, and not one of them will vote for Cleve­ land, who vetoed a bill reducing their hours of labor. Ever little town nowa­ days has its street-car line, and where- ever a driver or conductor is found, one more vote may be counted for Blaine and Logan. A reporter for a Chicago paper had a conversation with a street­ car driver, who said: I am a Democrat, but you can Jut bet your lfe I vote for Blaine. Cleveland has not a friend on a street-car. He vetoed the bill of the New York car company men. when he had a chance to give them a lift, and yon can bet your life that the boys will help to veto him at the election. I drive, and I can hear men talk. When 1 eaue down ton n this n on this seat, and i mm down ton n this morning Ave men rat behind me i all said thei men were Democrat* and voted for Cullerton, they would not vote for Cteveland.and I told them the same here. Those » Democrats every one, but you bet they don't swallowClove- land. [Prorideaoc- (R. L> dispatch.i A spirited meeting of the State Cen­ tral Labor Union was held in this city to-night to discuss the wisdom of the nomination of Grover Cleveland. The nomination was considered as a alap in the face to the laboring interests of the country, and considerable talk was had, all in the line of bolting the nom­ ination. A committee was appointed to canvass the subject of conferring with the Central Labor Unions of the several States on the advisability of jumping the ticket and of supporting candidates who are favorable in their dealings and general action to the work­ ing people. It is the earnest desire that Gen. Butler will stand on the An­ ti-Monopolist ticket. If he does he will take about half the Democratic vote in this State. [Trenton (N. J.) telegram.] There promises to be a sever® revolt against Cleveland in this State. Signs of it are already abundant. State La­ bor Inspector Fell says the labor vote of the State is against the Democratic nominee. Assistant Inspector Dowdell says that, while he will support Cleve­ land, he believes nine-tenths of the labor vote in the State will oppose Mm. i statement that & worst that Oould made, and Assemblyman in UM illM--i nUl illifl sill Vote biw been for Blaine! M Wl̂ lavoni a stroner do- foreign policy, theyeonolude that he will be of Irish than move value to the clarea that he will not support Cleve­ land under any circumstances. He says that the nominee cannot carry New Jersey, as the laboring men will not vote for him [Ftom the Chlcago Tribune.] A veteran printer says: 441 wonder if men in editorial rooms and law of­ fices know how much talk there is of voting for Blaine among a class of men who have voted for Gen. Butler and are usually regarded as Democrats. It sur­ prises me; and since Cleveland has been nominated the change when the votes are counted will astonish every­ body. I hear it on every hand. The fact is, there is a belief that Blaine and Logan are men of the people." [From the Chicago T ibune.l Of 1,600 men employed at the Mc- Cormick reaper factory in this city, most of whom have hitherto voted the Democratic ticket, it is stated on Dem­ ocratic authority that fully 80 per cent. wilAvotfrfor Blaine. s - . THK IRISH VOTlg. 1 Why It Cannot Be Delivered to Cleveland. Mi1. John Devoy, editor of the Irish Nation, in an interview published in the Chicago Tribune, explains the na­ ture of the wide-spread and deep-seated opposition of the Irish of New York , ^ . .... .w « a , , t t , . I m o n o p o l i s t s o n t h e f » c e o f t h e e a r t h . T h i s s o r t State to Urover de\ elacd. He states j of insolence leaves but one course: We must very emphatically that the bulk of the Irish-American voters of the New York cities cannot be cajoled, coaxed, or bul­ lied into voting for the New York Gov­ ernor. The Irishmen of the Empire T bate are going to effect a thorough or­ ganization for Cleveland's defeat. Irishmen Organizing Against Cleveland In New York City. [New York telegram to Chicago Inter-Ooean ] It is pretty safe to assert that Cleve­ land will have very few Irish votes in this city or in the State. At a meeting of representative Irishmen in Claren­ don Hall to-day there was a positive declaration of apposition to Grover Cleveland as a candidate for the Presi­ dency. Speeches were made by Gen. Kerwan, formerly editor of the Mon­ treal Post, Bicliard Murphy, Edward O'Meagher Condon, Col. O'Flynn, and others in favor of Blaine, and a resolu­ tion to indorse Blaine was carried by a two-thirds majority. It wa» also re­ solved that the committee on organiza­ tion should attend the Blaine mass meeting at the Grand Opera House on Tuesday evening next. The Blaine boom has been fairly started in Irish- American circles, and there is no pre­ dicting where it will end. THK enSNBACK vol* Sey^ort RafaM. The following open letter to the Greenback-Labor party of Missouri, by the Hon. J. B. Follett, a well-known Greenbacker, is published in the St. Louis Morning Call: ST. Louis, Mo., July li. l »4.--Greenback-La­ bor Hen of Missouri: The die is oast. Stand firm and pre.-crve your organization. You are now called upoa to exercise the highest spirit of freemen, oouuled with the most resolute devo­ tion to tne principles yon have e^pon^eU. Know­ ing that nine-itnths nt the Democratic partv were with us in principle, we sought an alliance with them, and olTeted them a candidate wuose official life Is without a stain: whose ab litv ia beyond question; wh se devotion to the cause of truth ana the defense ot the down-trodden is Interwoven In an active MTe-of m ny years--who Is at once the best symbol of Jefleraontan Dem­ ocracy to be found in the land. This man, Ben­ jamin F. butler, who la not a member of our party, but of theirs, we gave our free and un- trammeled nomination for the iTendency, hop­ ing thereby to unite every element against the Republican party an<l consummate its over­ throw. Tiii* free offering of our Support, the leaderoof the Democratic party have si uracd, and treated with derision Uie idea of nominat­ ing the man to whom our votes were l> edged. In tend of nominating a man whose lite has been a constant protest againwt monopo­ lies of every fo.m, they have insulted common decency and every laboring man in the land by nominating Grover Cleveland, ! the pliant tool of the most godless gang of ( monopolists on the face of the earth. A Heavy bisk Vote for BUIae I* consin. [Milwaukee dispatch to Chicagp Tribune.] One of the most striking features of the campaign thus far in this State is the evidence, daily accumulating, that a large proportion of the large Irish vote in the State will be cast for Blaine and Logan. Had the Democratic national nominations been made and the Democratic campaign begun earlier it is probable that successful steps might have been: taken by good man­ agement to hold the larger part of the mass of Irish-American Democrats to­ gether. But the nomination of Blaine and Logan was highly satisfactory to the Irish of that State. Their satis­ faction has spread and increased to an enthusiasm. The Republican managers have not failed to avail themselves of the peculiarities of the situation. To­ day the Irish vote of Wiaoonafe) is hope­ lessly "split up," and a lsijEfaitift of it will go to swell the majority of Blaine and Logan. One Hundred Thoaiaai Now York Irish­ men WU1 Vote for Maine. [Boston dispatch to Chicago TrlbnneJ Mr. John Franois Marvin, of Gam- bridge, who has been in New York City since the close of the Democratic con­ vention, sends the following telegram tq a prominent Boston Democrat: One hundred thousand Irish-American Dem- crats here and t hroughout the State will vote for Blaine and l>ogan, regardless of whatever action Tammany may take. The feeling la spread­ ing that the time has come to cut IOOBC from the Democracy and «ct independently in l oli'ica. But little stock in taken In tbe Mulligan circular roorbach. Cleveland's refusal to allow the equality of worship bill to come before him is strongly condemned. A conference is to be called in a few days for the purpose of forming a national committee. Forward this good news to our friends in Massachusetts. Cleveland goes into the tight without the Irish vote; the result la inevitable. "Increased Enthusiasm for Blaine Among Tory Democrats." [Troy (S. Y.) dispatch to New York Tribune.] The enthusiasm of the Irish Demo­ crats of Troy in favor of Blaine and Logan has received another impetus in the nomination of Grover Cleveland. Saturday night the following dispatch was sent to Mr. Blaine at Augusta: "We, the undersigned, life-long Dem­ ocrats, congratulate you upon the nom­ ination of Cleveland. Increased enthu­ siasm for Blaine among the Democrats of Troy." ^ It was signed by Samuel Morris, President of the Common Council; W. C. Cozier, the editor of the Evening Standard; ex-Mayor John A. Fitzger­ ald, Dr. P. E. Fennelly, John P. Kelly, Michael Cantwell, Michael Allen, Pat­ rick Conaty, and others. President Morris made some telling hits in a speech before the Blaine and Logan Irish Brigade. There was a storm of applause when he referred to the way in which a Democratic Congress had snubbed Gen. James Shields, electing a rebel General as Sergeant-at-Arms instead of him. Mr. Morris wished the people of the country to know that tbe people of his race were voting for Blaine and Logan, not as Irishmen but as American citizens. He denounced Francis Kernan's assertion that the Blaine and Logan Irishmen were Lot- heads. He declared them to be read­ ing, thinking men. "I know whereof I speak," said he, "for I have been iden­ tified with Irish organizations in New York and Troy for twenty-five years." Seventeen additional members signed the roll of the brigade. 8t Louis Irishmen Who Are tor Blaine. [St. Louis dispatch.1 It has been developed that the Irish Democrats of this city are so indignant over the treatment Ben Butler received at the Democratic National Convention and over the nomination of Cleveland, whom they look upon as the enemy of the Irish, that theii- entire vote will be divided between Blaine and Butler this fall--the former to receive the greatest vote. The Call publishes interviews with many of the leaders of the Irish element of this city on tbe subject of Cleveland. Among those who have been interviewed, and who have pro nounced for Blaine, are Dr. Thomas O'Reilly, of Washington avenue; Dr. John J. Hyan; Charles O'Brien, editor of the Amei'ican Celt; Simon L. Jor­ dan, representative of Finerty'a paper; Andrew Brown, editor of the Union; and P. T. Madden, a well-known Irish­ man. All those named are men of fight! Their insulting slap In the face must be answered by a blow that shall knock them down, They have spurned oar most gracious and gen­ erous aid; now they should be made to feel our power. Tne 36,000 tried and true men who stood In line and voted our ticket four years ago may aow, since the soundness of our principles has been verified by the "court of last resort," be BHieiv estimated at 80,000. If We so will we can wrest Missi u.l from the ranks of the "Democ­ racy" and beat the monopolist they have nom­ inated. Mr. lsu ler having taken part in the deliberations of the Democratic committee will, no donbt, feel in honor bound to support the ticket they have named. But this does not bind us; it simply relieves us from the necessity of putting in the field an electoral ticket, which, under the circumstances, will leave us stronger for the work before ue. Wo can elect a 8ta.e ticket, aaveral members ot Congress, and a large ix>r cent, of the State Legislature. The time has come when we must choose between evi.n. As lietween Blaine and Cleveland tin lat­ ter is by far th 5 greater evil. For, with his success we have two great monopolistic parties, whereas with bis defeat w - have hut ons. With his overwhelming defeat t'.ie way will be clear for the oruanizati n of a great National People's party that shall take possession of the Govern­ ment. Youra very truly, J. B. FOLLETT. THK ANTI-MONOPOLIST TOTE. ft Is Swd Against Cleveland and Hen­ dricks The Anti-Monopolists and Labor- Reformers say that they will support Butler for President. They will, under no circumstances, support Cleveland, whom they bitterly denounce as a mo­ nopolist, the creature of the corpora­ tions, and a sham reformer. The lead­ ers of both organizations assert that Butler will make the race, and refuse to support Cleveland, who, as a Butler man (I. E. Dean of New York) re­ marked, has as much chance to carry New York as he has of carrying heaven. John F. Henry, Chairman of the Anti- Monopoly National Committee, said in an interview at New York, the other day: The laboring men and Anti-Monopolists will under no circumstances snj>p-rt Orover Cleve­ land. He accepiel the Democratic noml.uitiou for Governor two yearn 8go on one of the i-trone- est antl-moDOimly pla.form-) ever Kdopted by a State convention; he proml^el th: anti-mon­ opolists that he would stand on that platform, it elected. In good faith, and would stand by the canals and in all ways carry out the principles enunciated by tVe convention; but he failed to keep his worn. He appointed a railroad man as Superintendent of < anal', and named two men CenunitteiFof OM sented by its Chairman, retft, and the Chairmen of all hi and Executive Committee!. Hie ad- dress says: "The greatest wronff of which tto Xedsp--d- enta have had in the past to complain has besn thsvseof tbe party machinery fa» sash a way aa to thwart th J wishes of the people. It ca.vnct be gainsaid that Mr. Blaine u the cho-e ̂o' the gmw of the dominant party to the United States, and that the late Oonventton. better than most of its piedeeeesoes, g*ve heel to (he de­ mands of Its constituents. To oppose hi * elec­ tion would then seem to be an attack u on the rennlts of Independent work. Even If it be true th t Mr. Blaine has not been a pronounced ad­ vocate of clvil-servioe reform, that cause has, la our Judgment, far more to hope from the Ke- piibli an party, which ha? embodied the princi­ ple In Its platform, than from the Democrats, who are avowedly hostile to it. who dismissed to private life its Democratic sponsor in the Sen­ ate, and *rho are eagerly awaiting a distribat on of partisan rewards. We believe, fnrtaer, that it would be mote reasonable to exj ect support for this measure from a matt with the vigor aa<* intelligence of Mr. Blaine than from any nomi nee of the Democrats, who, if he should be elected and make an effort In Its favor, wonld have the whole strength of his party used against him. "Nor would such an opposition bs justified by the fact that charges are made again* Mr. Blaine wh ch those that make them say aifeet his per­ sonal integrity. That he must be defended may perhapa be a good argument against a nomina­ tion, but it certainly has no relevancy at his t me. If it should be oooc established that a man ought not to be elected to the Presidency because accusations have been mid) against Mm, the ablest men wonld be always excluded. In the heat of contests these accusations spring ui> and luxuriate, 'l'hey are like the parasitic plants, that cover an oak bnt live on air and need no toots. It should not be fo gotten that Uieae charges have bom met by tne State of Maine, which has since elected him to the Sen­ ate : by Garfleld, who made him Secretary ot State, and by the great party which has ch wen him for the Presidency. Every piesumption is in favor of a man who has been so trusted; and to have w. igiit, it Is not enough that su^h charges should be made; they must be con clusivcly proven. If the jingoism of Mr. Blaine means no more than is asserted in the Pall Mall dazette, wh ch says: ' But wherever he can be will oust us from the position we hold;* wherever an opportunity offers he will use It to tbe uttermost to replace our influence and our trade by the influence and trade of the United Spates, and he will regard it as his chief object to promote a great American Confederacy under the seiris of the Government at Washington, which would tend to Increase the export trade of the United 8 ates at the ex­ pense of Great Britain' --that epithet, borrowed irom Enulish politics, will have no terrors for an American. "To him who says that he cannot support Mr. Blaine because ot conscience there Is nothing to be answered, since he stands upon a cround be­ yond the reach of argument. We in Pennsyl­ vania see no reason to strik • at so distinguished and able a Republican. We feel that whether or not Mr. Bl iine was our choice for the nomina­ tion, his election will best, serve the interests of the people, and thut to de eat liitn wonld b_> to aid in tne restoration of 'machine' irethods, imd to intrant with general power a party which has given every evidence of its inability to exercise It iu such a way as to promote the common welfare."" Following the names are the signa­ tures o{ of fifty-eight In- depend j,; , \. ^ '^-inty cor - " tees of am} its resul.s. Miornioui cipcu --A colored faih'.ly of six ] $13.25 in one day, picking straw! Centndia. -Patrick Nngrat, 12 yea*. M wfcfle jumping on a freight train, was ran .w« and killed. ^ « 5 " * " Adam Becker was drowned wiiiJe hat&nv in file Sangamon River near Dscatnr. fit was 36 yrara of age. * u --Andrew Sible, freight brakennn, felt between the cars of a moving train near Elgin and was killed. He lived at Savan­ nah. / | /* | ' -i --William S. Searles, one pi the oldest and best members of th» I*h« -C<wu>ty tar. died from heyt disease at .his home in Wankegan. *; '* • ' ;,,5» - --Since March 1 Chicago packers have slaughtered and salted 1,043,090 hogp, against 990,000 for the eosresponding pe­ riod last year. --The Chicago bank clearings for last week feot up a total of $42,048,387.66, be­ ing about $8,382,000 less than for tae cor­ responding wedt last year. > --Fred Hcrtel, a drug-store clerk at Dan­ ville, Vermillion Conaty, was frghtfully burned a few days ago by the ignition ot a lump of phosphorus in his vest pocket. --Rev. Mr. Ouertner has resigned his plaee as minister of St. Paul's Church at- Pinckneyville, and Rev. 6. Maul, of Mon­ roe County, will probably be called to the pastorate. --In the eastern and southern pmtioaa of Fayette County Jt».o$ elfol«t» is prevailing to an alarming degree.' In si*Wa! instanoeS" whole herds have fallen victims to the dis­ ease. It is said the fatality is greater than ever before known. --At Decatur, over three hundred oldest- tiers registered at the first annual reunion of the Some h 1825, m in 1803. --Ga: highly i from th was exei kicked. Examine our new lawns, ilress cam- ' brick, ginghams and prints. Benslett & '*t, Steflel. ; » The latest styles and very lowest" > prices on parasols and far.s at Bonsletl ^ & StofleTs. ' . FITS AH tits stopped free, by Dr, Kline's.Great Xerve Restorer, No fits after first day's use. Marvelous cure# and wel Treatise and $2.00 trial bottle free t# i,?»0^!jti« F'1 Send to Dr, Kline, 931 Arch utv . t r s ? puna p a . 81 Let the Prohibitionists read Blaine's state- A ithi1 lncnt the prtRnntlc strides in the moral philanthropic, religious and charitable fields, » H hiade un tov Uepui.lic.-in rule, and ask them- selves \vliv it is that thov should desire to replies wmoA the secretary or uw .in­ dependent movement has received is tho following from the Rev. M. F. Johnson, of Foxboro: Your circular was received. In reply, per­ mit me to say 1 have no sympathy with the at­ tempts >f so-called Republicans to defeat the nominal "-is mado in the most representative convention held by the party for years, 'lhe city of reformers has been again ft " bosses and rinxs." and in favor of nominations by the people; and at the tirst success of the people over the machine the reformers, because they could not dictate tho nomination, organize to defeat the will of an overwhelming m Jority of the people, if it be reform to repudiate prin­ ciples because In the carrying out of those principles tbe management passes out of our hands, I do not wonder at the sneers of reformers, so often complained of by the better cla^s. I do not sympathise with the manifest attempts to assassi­ nate character by men boast ng of their moral- When t here arise* In chorus a parrot cry sav« as insinuated la the Sine and ingqairiOis of unscrupulous newspperr, tfesre comea a sus­ picion that saftfmorallty Is of the Pecksnlfflan irpa. It Jafung" with solicitude at the Demo­ cratic party--a partv which defen Is political murders in the South, accepts the resolts ot ballot-box stuffing in the interest of reform, in­ dorses 8. J. Tild u after , the notorious cipher- dispatch expenenoe. and evades any definite statement of principles on crucial points of party po icy--be la the Interest of purer poil- I nope the "looking" will not be in tics, I hope the "looking" will not vain. I believe In the principles of h > Republican party and in the realisation of the parast ana bast methods and purposes of political ao.lon; but I do not believe that any true reiorm, whether of temperance, civil-service reform, or honest counting of votes legally cast, will be carried eut by the Democratic party. Hence I decline to be merged in that party or to become an "an­ nex" to it. I accept tne platform and the can­ didates, and in my limited sphere shall work to aid in their election; and I have no donbt but that the successful ticket in November next will bear the names of Blaine aad Logan, elestsA W the people. ___________ RETOBMXD TO THK FOXJD. ity who are in sympathy with railroad corporatio is P.'LI.vl. f°r the Board of Kailrosd Commissioners. He vetoed the elevated railroad live-cent fare b 11 and the bill to redue; the hour* of labor of eon- dootegs and drivers. In other ways he has vio- lMm < lite'pledge. He haft uoi Jiei-u tru > isftr Democrats, to the ami-monofpolists, or t<> ttie laboring men. and he violated long-established Democratic principles by favoring the one-man power In Mew YorK and Brooklyn. If the Dem­ ocrats had nominated a man In favor of anti- monopoly aad reform they would have carried Mew Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Michigan, Iowa, som i of the Pacific States, and all ot the Southern States. Now they can carry the Southern States alone. ( THK GERMAN VOTE. Wisconsin Ocrmau Republicans SoHd Due Ulalno. [Milwaukee dispatch.] Secretary H. C. Payne, of the Re­ publican State Central Committee, is in receipt of ten or twelve letters from as many points in the State where the German element of the population pre­ dominates. In some way the im­ pression had gone out that m such lo­ calities there was much lukewarmneBs, if not actual disaffection, caused by Mr. Blaine's nomination. The State Cen­ tral Committee decided to make a thor­ ough, searching examination of the facts in each bounty, city, and town, and,* in many cases, even in small villages, with a view of being informed as to the act­ ual State of affairs. Secretary Payne sent out letters of inquiry. These let­ ters were addressed to well-known, lev­ el-headed gentlemen who would report the exact state of the case without any coloring or unwarranted enthusiasm. So far the result has been not only most satisfactory bnt highly gratifying. To-day's letters, received in answer to Mr. Payne's inquiries, report no disaf fection among the German-American Republicans. It is learned that, in spite of reports skillfully sent out from Democratic sources, many of the most promising and influential German- American Republicans of Wisconsin are counted among the "original" Blaine men of the State, and among them the result of the National Republican Con­ vention's work is received with the ut- mo <t enthusiasm. And all through the state the German Republicans are practically solid in support of the ticket. \ INDEPENDENTS FOB BXA1NS. Tho Pennsylvania AnU-Camoroa Men Give Their Reasons for Supporting tho Re­ publican Ticket. [Philadelphia telegram.] The Independent Republicans, who in the campaign two years ago cast CO,- 000 votes and defeated the regular Re­ publican candidate for Governor, were invited two weeks ago to join with the Massachusetts and New York bolters in their personal revolt against Blaine. The missionary who brought the invi­ tation was snubbed and sent back to New York with the message to all the bolters that the Pennsylvania Inde­ pendents were all for Blaine. To-mor­ row an address to all the Republicans of New York and Massachusetts will be issued, signed by the most influential of the Pennsylvania Independents, some of whom were active supporters of the Wolfe revolt, and all of whom were prominent followers of John Stewart in 1882. Among the signers are ex-Gov. Hoyt, Senator Mitchell, Charles H. Wolfe, Gen. Koontz, W. F. Mer­ rick (the Independent candidate for Secretary of Internal Affairs), E. K.. Martin (the Independent State Chairman), D. McKee. and all the Chairmen of the Independent Oounty Committees in tho campaign of 1862; Wharton Barker, John Field, . . . . V v , _ "YOUR COUSIN," the finest flavoi* 5 cent Cigar in the county, at J. Pskov- sky's. next door to the Post Office, Eastmans patent soap for toilet aod polishing:, 7 cents a bar er 4 for 35 cts. at Bonslett & Stoflel's. «ss. dl- -c , alsowei THK finest assortment ©r Sewing^ but theMac,'i|,«'s he found In the county, ai • away. O. W. Owen's.. ̂ --Wh frTI,e Kos9 Barrel Churn, at John I.-- • lis, Ive; ®tory8* -y eredfrt Everything in the Hardware lineal was oth bottom figures, at E. M. Howe's. became Tkm It I/Ouia •'Westllche Post" Has Had Enough of I>omocracy. [St. Louis telegram.) The Westliche Post, Carl Shurz's paper, after bolting the nomination of Blaine and Logan, came out this morn­ ing with the announcement that it would support the Republican ticket. The cause of this action lies in the fact that the Westliche Post's subscribers fell away in thousands, and the paper was nearly wrecked. It said: The strongest man has been nominated by the D -mocrate. and we detract nothing of the gcc i words we nave said concerning him. Bnt the more we tried to familiarize out selves wl h the idea of a Democrat at the heat of our na­ tional administration th* less ware we able to reconcile ourselves to it. The longer this was agitated upon so mnoh, tbe mors vivid became the reminiscence of the past, and to-day we do not find that we are justified In making an j guarantee that a Democrat, be bis name Grover Cleveland even, woald present an uncompro­ mising front under all circnmstanoes to the menacing onslaught ot the Southern "Briga­ diers." From the Vice Presidential candidate, who, in the shape of the dyed-in-the-wool old Bourbon, Hendricks, has been placed at Cleve­ land's side, one can anticipate st III ss a firm resistance to Southern aggression, shoula any chance, that which the nnfor gotten past renders possible, require such resistance. Tbe We*t- tn-he 1'ont opposed tin "old tloket" eight years aco simply on aco int of this man Hendricks. No, the name ot Cleveland alone citnnot accom­ plish it, and cannot make the Democratic dec­ laration of principles, whose shortcomings wA discuss in anottot column, app ar any more agreeable to us. And now one word about the Republican ticket. We have criticised ft thus far freely, bnt admit now. with equal fre dom, that we erred. We expected of the other party what the Re­ publican party can beet perform. Republicans can do no better than to remain true to their ticket. POUTICAI. NOTES, Celled from Various Tnai--ISi MB. THURMAS'S friends say theft Cleveland oannot carry Ohio. The State will give a trig Republican major­ ity in October. AFTER the nomination of Grover Cleveland, at Chicago, the delegates from the Pacific Coast States admitted that Blaine would surely carry Califor­ nia, Oregon, and Nevada. The Dem­ ocrats will hardly make a contest in those States. THERB is a general feeling of disap­ pointment and a notable lack of enthu­ siasm among the Democratic politicians at Washington over the nomination of Cleveland. They talk about it as if the case were hopeless, and as if they were doomed to defeat once more. "I HAVE nothing whatever to say at present," said John Kelly, in an inter­ view at New York. "The organization to which I belong has taken no official action in regard to Cleveland, and, therefore, I am not at libertv to say what it will or will not do. When the committee on organization adjourned several weeks ago, it adjourned to meet again in September. It ia doubtful whether anything trill he done before that time," Lumber Wagons, Milk Wagons,'Plat« Casey iiform Spring Buggies for'sale at R« medical Bishop's warehouse. ^ d<»d frc rj,jie gMegt jjne 0f silver and <*lated>>. J>, critical t\\rare to be found in the county, at O. ---pjjjW. Oweu's. • . cattle M. IK you want anything lei Kansas Estey Orstan 1 can self one for robbed -upwards. stupid O, W. OWBK WKSLKT FOR SALE OR RENT. stated tl Two houses hi the village of Ring* City foraood. Terms reasonable. Apply at fidence >»ce SpanisheiBgwood, April 80th, 18S4, with"^ Wheat Wanted. toseea WANTKD, at the Fox River ValJeyK < •; Mills, good Milling Wheat, for which/ VJ' --Levthe highest price in cash will be pald,>, « PURLFPR B. BISHOP. / £'i rawer Jicllenry, III., April 14th, 1881. j at Case;- ------•----- • y. murder- 1>,case remember tliat our stock IIK nvin«.ir",,very del)aitm«»t is very complete , " '»nd that our prices are always the5 "»d StDops lowest tliat can be made. We will not . ^ a mile ube undersold by any house in McHeury they weCo. Ilenry Colby. in a bug* Screen Doors, nil complete, at John tbe mani. Story's. Call and see them. - whiell i--v W® csU1 show the largest and " • . lost attractive line of Ready-Made ^ in doir Clothing in medium weights ever, V off. Arbrouglit to this market. You are asked ^ in his design. He was found guilty on both charges, and his bail fixed at ^ for each, which he gave. He is worth. <<4 $50,000. ^ --A shocking affair happened in the village of Austin, just west of Chicago^ re- ' M cently. Harry Summers, of Downer's - t* ** • % Grove, and Miss Mary Whitney were found ?'• ^ lying together on Lake street, one-fourth ; \ ̂ of a mile west of the depot, each with a "V;: bullet-hole in the head, and.a large re- , -a, * ' L, ; volvef, with two chambers empty, between «•' them. Summers, who is a stranger in Aus- tin, was Been walking with Miss Whitney a * *' * ft few minutes before the shots were heard, J. their observers passing them by as innocent ' ; lovers. Both were a!ive when found. The V'l i woman was delirious and could not talk Co- ' ' - ij berently :but the man, who was conscious, , said the girl did tbe shooting, first shooting -'s ::;- him and then herself, because he had told >r ;>« ' f her he was go:ng away to the West not to ' ^ return for a longtime. Summers'wound . is in the right temple, the ball lodging be- . , J low the brain; the woman was shot in the 1;%» right temple, and the ball entered the brain. --While Highland Park, a suburban re­ sort in Quincy, was filled bjr'people' to wit­ ness the bicycle races, one of the black bears got out of his pit aad created intense ! excitement. Crowds followed the bear from plac#to place, yelling and hooting. When he would turn they would run back. For a i long time he was kept by the uncontrollable | mob in a pond, swimming ia all directions. ! Finally he got out, retched a lai^e tree, and : climbed into the highest branches, where he remained uatil the crowd taward even- ing thinned out. A bottle of beer wes then u bronght oat and shown him. His keeper. called him by name aad told him to ccme , down and get his beer. He is passionately < fond of the beverage and at once came down. His mate was. led, oat and habeas easily secured. It was great fun for the men and boys, but many wumen and chil­ dren were terribly frightened. It is a mir- , acle that no one was hurt, not by the bear, for he is tame as a dog, but by tue wild, ev , cited mob, which seemed bereft of reason, as it ran first one way and then anoiher ov«* the large park, at times foUowinshVtttt Awl at others getting out of his --John Thomas, of BOope^tno. waa drowned in Vermillion Stiver ^rhite ••h', .Wd/i A\a*sk.