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'.t) -.fu .*yv £**J* •"/ $r ?!>f@„ %/ » ^ <„ ^vw,V^ ; rpenrg flaiudraln I. VAN StVKE. Editor aM taMMier* kcHENRT, ILLINOIS "'-t=r- A BIMO4TI fioint in acoMeni insnr- ' - 1 luioe has just been decided in England. ,>^A man fell in an epileptio fit with his < ' If ace against the ground, and, no one ' ' feeing near, he suffocated. Ho was in- i%ured for $2,500 in an. "accidental in- «urance association," and a coroner's , „ ijury gave a verdict of "accidental death," , §rat the conrts held, that death was due ; ̂ to disease and not to injury bj accident; * :-i*I violence. An army of nearly 6,000 officials at > *1tliis time watches over the order and - seafety of the capital of the German • ^Empire. This army is composed of ' .113,348 policemen of various branches «nd grades, 501 night watchmen, 766 ifjflremen, 311 lamp-lighters, 647 func­ tionaries of the street-cleaning depart­ ment, besides 181 messengers and or­ derlies attached to the special service of the municipal authorities, and 224 4ax collectors. , B 1 £ ' • fee" ENGINEER MELLVIULE, rem e robe red «fin connection with the various Jean- itoette distresses, was with the Schley rescuing party, and bore a part in the ^Portsmouth jubilee Monday. To a jgroup of friends he said: "I received aa telegram from the Rev. Mr. Talmage, of Brooklyn, opening his tabernacle to ane, and offering $15,004 for nine jmonths if 1 would lecture.' But Mel- 'ville doesn't do that, hey? Mnllville -doesn't sell the blood and toil of his •comrades for $15,000 or any other sum. INo, nbt if he hadn't a dollar." THE French crown diamonds were frequently worn by Marie Antoinette, *who had a great fondness for precious stones, as was, indeed, amply shown by •the unfortunate affair of the necklace-- one of the causes, historians have said, •of the downfall of the French mon­ archy. Both the wives of Napoleon L "wore colored stones in preference to ^diamonds, Josephine because she was /too dark, and Marie Louise because »he was too fair. The Empress Eu­ genie made no little use of the French crown jewels, and was the last person to wear them. POSTAL CARDS are not in much esteem Among the English public. When they first came out there was no indisposi­ tion to give them a trial. The post office authorities say that in the year ending March 21, 1883, 25,250,000 were issued for home use, besides 160,500 foreign reply cards. In the succeeding twelve months the issue of home cards fell to 755,940, and of foreign cards to "29,700. Doubtless many of the stock of the former year remained last year on sale. Meanwhile the demand for . single cards, both thm and stout, as well #s for postal wrappers, is well main­ tained. - THE cholera scare in France has <paved this year to Americans many mil­ lions of dollars, and enabled many of them to see their own country. The vhotels of Paris are said to be compara­ tively deserted. Taking the four weeks in July, the arrivals were 99,424, and the departures 97,629, against 113,132 arrivals in July last yt>ar, and 105,014 •departures. Paris has thus had about 14,000 fewer visitors in a single month than came to her during the same pe­ riod last year. And yet there is no Teal danger in visiting Paris. But the fear of detention from quarantine has made travelers prefer resting at home And at home resorts. -M:,. THERE are many women planter* in 3dadison Parish, Louisiana, several of whom are mentioned by the Picayune in terms of special commendation. Mrs. M. A. Gibbs lives on the Hecla Planta­ tion, which she manages with great success. Mrs. Sallie Frazier has a email cotton plantation and a fine poul­ try farm. Miss Lu Lucas is well-known as a practical planter, managing a large «state and personally superintending a large force. She spends most of lier time in the saddle, and looks after the plows, horses, drains, levees, stock, and tnill. Mme. Ames, regarded as the best woman in the parish, owns a tract of 1,000 acres and has 800 in cultivation this year. GERMANY has more books in its libra­ ries than any other nation. There are gver 1,000 libraries hi Austria, Ger­ many, and Switzerland, 20 of which contain over 100,000 volumes. France has 6 libraries of over 100,000 books, "besides the National library, which is the largest in the world. Great Britain lias only 9 libraries of over 100,000 Tolnnies, and the British museum pays out $10,000 annually adding to its col­ lections. Spain has 30 public libraries, containing 700,000 volumes. The libra­ ry in Washington contains J>13,600 vol­ umes and 170,000 pamphlets, and there jure but five larger in the world--the ^French National, with 2,500,000; Skfunich, 900,000, and Berlin, with *750,000. A MOST remarkable American woman <flied recently in the town of Blooming- ton, Conn., at the advanced age of 77. This woman was Julia Brace, .whose aiame appears in every cyclopaedia, and ^whose history has been told a thousand times. At the age of 4^ years she lost both her sight and hearing, soon losing, too, her power of speech, and so for all lier long life she was a blind, deaf inute, deprived of her most important •enses, yet learning to distinguish arti- • ^fles, persons, and even colors by her iiice sense of touch. Her tenacity of memory was wonderful. For more than thirty years she was an inmate of '•< 'the American Asylnm for the Deaf and - JJumb at Hartford, and was a subject Of sympathy and cariosity to thousands of visitors. EIGHTY millions sterling--that is the •mount of unclaimed money waiting for claimants in chancery. What strange tale of human folly, of laying up riches for the moth and the rust, of Undiscovered cheating and unpunished crime, those yellow papers in the record office could disclose! There istheac*] count of "John Hardman, convicted of! felony"--had he none to crrieve for him, that no one claimed what h« Infti2 behind? The account of "the creditors of Charles, Duke of Bolton" (year 1781) --did they all die nnsatisfied ? "Prince versus Rupert--The Ten Hogsheads Account, 1811." They are dead, those old suitor?, and their children; and their children's children may have found paupers' graves, while the un­ claimed thousands were waiting for an owner. THE latest developments of social philanthropy in London is of a very practicable character. Tbl plan which has recently found favor' is for ladies having houses in tho suburbs to invite a small party of poor women to spend the afternoon. The guests are usually selected by the city missionaries, and are treated as nearly as possible like ordinary visitors. It is said that ladies who are most successful in entertaining such guests are those who try to learn something from their visitors instead of attempting to teach them. If they can be let loose for a few minutes in a front garden unbounded delight is occasioned. There is a passage in the New Testament which recommends hospitality of this kind, and it would seem that experience fully justifies the wisdom of patting it into practioa. THE Milling World says that George Westinghouse, before he invented and perfected his well-known air-brake, was regarded by a number of his old ac­ quaintances with somewhat approach­ ing pity because of his alleged lack of "gumtion." His air-brake was a suc­ cess, and his friends began to think there was something in him after all. His automatic engine added to his fame and bank balance, and he mounted high­ er in the esteem of his former friends. A few weeks ago a valuable well of natural gas was struck on his premises at Homewood, near Pittsburgh. The well is 1,580 feet deep, and the flow of gas is tremendous, the roar being al­ most deafening and scarcely endurable to the citizens of the neighborhood Two other wells are being put down by Mr. Westinghouse, and he estimates that his profit therefrom will soon amount to $1,0C0 a day. THE difficulties with which the Rus­ sian provincial authorities have to con­ tend in their efforts to stamp out the cattle plague are illustrated in a report published in the Russian Echo. The cattle plague is spreading in the Gov­ ernment of Samara. * In order to arrest its ravages, a commission was recently dispatched to Nicolaievsk, consisting of a veterinary officer, police officers, , and servants--the latter as slaughterers. The peasantry as­ sembled in large numbers at. the place appointed by the commission near the town.. Here large trenches were exca­ vated for the reception of the carcasses of the infected and slaughtered animals- By the veterinary officer's command^the cattle of the neighborhood were driven into an extensive inclosure. So far tbe various herdsmen and owners showed no inclination to interfere. The exam­ ination of the cattie proceeded, and al­ ready three animals had been condemn­ ed, slaughtered, and their carcasses cast into the pits, when an extraordi­ nary crowd of frenzied peasant womeu advanced from the town, making horri­ ble clangor with all manner of kitchen utensils. Behind the women came the men armed with fire-irons, bludgeons, flails, spades, etc. The proceedings of the commission were stopped, and the veterinary oilier and his followers barely escaped with their lives from the enraged multitude. The women openly bewailed the escape of the offi­ cers, whom they swore they had intend­ ed to tear to pieces. . Liking the Okl Girls. My friend gave me directions to go from Forty-sixth street and Eighth av­ enue to Fulton ferry by the Elevated Road, Third avenue. I thought I fol­ lowed her directions exactly, but when the cars stopped for Fulton ferry I found myself in strange quarters. "Is this Fulton ferry?" I inquired, as I passed out of the car. Preceding me was a gentleman who reached the loot of the stairs much sooner than I did, and who stood at the curb as if expecting to escort me. He was perhaps 50 or 55 years of age, but had a ruddy countenance and the bright eye of youthl There was an air of honesty m his face that inspired con­ fidence. 'Wllen he said, "Madam, do you wish to go to Fulton ferry?" I at once replied "ves;" as I would have done to a friend. "I'm going there," he said; "I live in Brooklyn and, if you wish, will take your basket and. escort you, for you look tired. We can take a 'bus here on Broadway or cross over a square and take a horse car that will land us at tbe ferry," which last was my choice. When we reached the ferry, as I took my basket and thanked him for his kindly offices, I was repaid for my dis­ comfiture for having taken the wrong road and extended my ride, by his re­ sponse : "The old men generally are fond of young girK and like to do them favors; but I like the old girls." "And I am repaid lor my blunder and extra fatigue in finding a sensible man on that score." 1 liartily returned. A rosebu-h blooming in the gutter would hardly have afforded a more de­ lightful surprise than th s spontaneous gallantry of a man who was no longer young to a woman whoso hair was whitening. I was not surprised when, before the boat touched the Brooklyn side, he crossed the cabin and, handing me a card with his residence address, said, "Come and see us when in Brooklyn. I've got the best wife and the nicest children in town." I am sure he deserved them.--Lu- cinda B. Chandler, in The Current. A BUSY domestic scene--Girl in the parlor putting down carpets, mtother in the kitchen putting down peadhes, and little boy in the pantry putting down jam. NASBY A3 AN ORACLE. The Ex-Postmaster Dental a Few Mia* •tw to Answering Questions of Correspondents. • <5, ^ fProm (he Toledo ...^ CONFEDBTT X" ROADS, I (wish is in the Slate uv Kentucky), > AN*, AI, ISM. ) I nev receeved sum thousands of letters from my Dimocratio friends from all parts uv the kentry, wich, ez I cannot find time, or postage stamp*, to answer persnelly, I do thro the me- jam av the pnblik press. I wood eejest that Dimocrats wlch git ther frends to write me queries on politikle matters shood enclose a stamp or two to enshoor an early reply. Bascom don't use stamps, but he kin sell em to Pollock, and Bigler, and the iron mill over on the Run. and he sez he Will take em ur me lur drinks, tur to go to tbe trabble uv tnrnln nv em into money is better than to charge up wat I consoora. Hereafter no letter will be answered wlch does not cotitane at least one 6-cent stamp. I kin yoottltce em, as Bascom hez a«reed to make one 5-renter the price uv one eustaner, 1 layin down the stamp ilst afore he sets oat the bottle, to prevent mistakes. Mr. Basccm hez a strong: desire to sell his likker, but he larks taith in hooman l acher. He wants cash afore he sets the bottle out, wlch Is generally inconvenient,, es the man who he* the liveliest thirst Is the identicle feller wat never hez the cash. Thirst and cash seldom goes together. Thirst is no respecter uv persons. It comes alike to him wich kin pay for ass wag­ ers and him wich can not. credit is the main­ stay of indivijjles ez well ez nv States. Bat Bascom is not a politikle economist and doat undfcisi«au~ih - priuciples uv things. But to my answers: Young Dimocrat, Poseyville, Injeany: For Jim Blane to have his i-on go about viaitin Boards of Trade, and sich, and gtttln his name into the nooeepapers, is takin a unfair advantage of our no'oie standard barer, ex-Sheriff Cleve­ land. It is not shirelrous. Grover Cleveland hez a son, it is t.roo, that is, he Is preeoomed to hev wun. though he sez it isn't certain, precisely, ez wich nv the four its father reelv wuz. Any­ how. Sheriff Cleveland's son isn't uv that ner- tikeler kind the father uv wlch would kcer to hev Koin about the kentry claimin to be his son, owin to the nnforchnit circum­ stance that he wttz born when ex-Sheriff Cleveland wni a giddy, wild yooth nv only 42 summers and about the same number nv very hard minters, and he wuzn't percisely married to his son's mother. The Rev. Henry Ward Beechcr doesn't mind a little thing like that, and, in the interest uv purity ignores it, but he isn't eggsactly quotable authority on sich dellklt matter*. He knows how It Is himself, and ̂ is word don't count. While ex-Sheriff Cleveland is ondoubtedly innocent in this matter, Mariar Halpin is ondoubtedly guilty. Apply to this case the same root that Plymouth Church did to Mr. Beecher. Btump-speaker, Smithvllle, Injeany: From wat 1 Know uv the kentry yoo live in, I shood advocate Tariff Reform, with a decided leenin to Perteckshun. 1 think yoo hev coal in your visinity, and that yoor voters are largely inter- estid in manufaktrin. Ef 1 am kerreet that is wat yoo want to do. Ef, on ttie other hand, I am not ktrrect, and yoo aie purely agricultiel, and yoor people are not pertikerly intelligent, insist that Dimocrisy means tariff reform with a decided leenin toward free trade. Yoo know wat yoor people want. Cimstroo the platform to soot em. The platform wuz made to be con- strood; const ruktld, in fact, so that Henry Wat- terson and Sam Kamlnll kin both stand on it. J. L., , Missoory: Wat part uv Missoory are yoo in? Kf yoo are in a seceshn naberoood, insist that Hendrix wuz a out and out secesh- nist, and reed his siieeches durin the war to yoor awjinces. Ef yoo are in a Yankee nal>er- hood, insist that he wuz merely an upholder uv the constooshnel rites uv the South, but lie wuz ez loyal ez anybody, only differin with the beest Linkin ez to methods. Whether yoo reed his speeches doorin the war to your awjinces or not depends entirely on the kind nv people yoo are talkin to. However, insist upon reform strenu­ ously. Strikt Purity, Kokomo, Injeany: Ex-Sheriff Cleveland hez no past but Mariar Halpin. Hia record Is a boy of about 11 yeers uv age, wlch his name it is Oscar Folsoin Cleveland. Ex- Sheriff Cleveland wuz a thotlis yooth uv 42 yeers uv age when this happened, it bein one uv the pardonable excesses uv a mere boy sowing his wild oats. Pay no attenshun to'the ex- Hheriti's p^st. In tact. I ain't shoor but wat it wood be well to assert t hat he never wnz a Dim­ ocrat. In most seckshuns uv the kentry that wood be to his credit, an t wood go a grate wav toward Inspiring confidence in him. I wunst knowd a man wlch hed too much respect for his wife to ever stay at home. Let us be ekally magnanimous to ex-Sheriff Cleveland. He is comparatively noo, and ther aint no yoose in saddlin our record onto him. Perenel fjlberty: Head ex-Sheriff Cleveland's letter uv acceptance and yoo will be satisfied. The question uv likker don't properly enter into this campane, but the ex-Sherift hez put himself on record ez inflexibly in favor uv every tiling In the way uv free whisky everywhere.® Urge this in the wh sky shops and beer 'sloons, but say nothin about it anywhere else. Fiat Money, Cass, Pa.: The possishen nv the Dimocrisy on the money question is the same ez on the tariff. Ef ycu will tell me wat yoor voters want I will answer definitely. I shood jedge from your letter that yoo bleeve in fiat money. Ef I am right then I hev to say that the Dimocrisy holds that a dollar is anything yoo choose to call a dollar, l'aj er makes perhaps the best dollars, bccoz printing is now very cheap, and paper still cheaper. Paper, sootable for money, kin uow be hed for about 10 cents a pound. All we want is for the Government to buy paper and print onto it "this is a dollar," with the cut uv a dog watchin a cafe to inspire coniidense, and then pass a law compellin people to take it for a dollar, and thar you are. Manufakturer, Westerly, R. I.: The "Dimoc­ risy hez never hed but one ijoe e% to Money means wat the world money, gold and silver. To uBte^Kthis is dollar" onto a piece uv paper qK^Shake it dollar, even though you put tfflwSt' a cut nv a do.' watchin a safe. The printed dog and safe ain't no more a reel dog and s/it'e than the paper dollar is a reel dollarJCh^ Dimocrisy is for honest money.-"-?-- "Honest Count," Ashtabula, Ohio: The Di­ mocrisy will insist that the colored voter in Mississippy shel hev the same rites at the i>oles ez his wiiite brethren, Dimocrisy will pertekt the rites uv all. under the Constolooshen, with­ out regard to race, color, or previous condishn nv servitood. That's what Dimocrisy will do. The safety uv the colored man depends onto the elecksliun uv Cleveland. Shot-gun, Danville, Virginny: Uv course an inferior race should not be permitted to exercise the rites uv freemen. That belongs to the proud Cawcashn. However, while your course uv killin niggers to pervenc ther takin charge uv yoo is kerreet, it wood perhaps be polisy to restrain yoorselves till the mornin uv the eleck- shun, so that the report uv your shotgunB shood not be heerd north afore the poles wuz closed and the postoffises be sekoorecl. Bo ye ez wise ez serpents, ef ye don't jist take to the dove racket. Indignant independent Republican, Bustville, Mass.: The President hez theappointin uv post­ masters, and the refoozle nv the Republican party to give yoo the oftis in your village wuz, I make no doubt, an outrage. After Cleveland is elected I will remember your name and addrfss. Uv course you i an not support an immire man lor President. Pot in your best licks for Cleveland. * * * * * • I hev many more to answer, but will reserve them for fucher occa»10:is. My correspondent!] will not forget to enclose stamps. Silver kin go by mail, but stam] s will answer, Bascom, ez I Bed, hevin aureed to take em uv me acrosp his bar. PETROLEUM V. NAHBY (Instructor!. if. y v THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC. Democratic Opposition to Any Inquiry Re­ garding Its Kxt«ut and Influence. (Washington special.! Secretary Mcpherson, of the Congressional Committee, has prepare,! the following synopsis of the hi-toryot the two parties on the alco­ holic liquor traffic, which may help to correct many errors of statement in the existing cam­ paign : • S. U. R. Hayes, Esq., Big R*pids, Mich.: DEAR SIB : I have your inquiry of the 30th inst. The question of legislation on the alco­ holic liquor tratlic has come up in various forms in Congress within the last ten years, but it was not until the Forty-sevenih Congress that the creation of a Commission to examine into the subject in all its bearings came to the surface. In that Congress, in tne winter of it came to the front. Mr. Conger offered in the Senate the 17th of J nuary. ins-2, a bill for the appointment of a commission ot seven persons, tojact not longer thau two years, to investigate the alcoholic liquor traffic, i s relations to reve­ nue and taxation, its general economic, crim­ inal, moral, and scientific aspect", in connec­ tion with ]>auperism, crime, social vice, public health, and the general welfa:e of the people; and also to inquire and take testimony as to the practical results of license and pro­ hibitory legislation fi.r the prevention o£ intem­ perance iu t!;e several States of the Union. The extjcnses, not exceeding fio.ooo, were to be paid out of the Treasurv, but the Commissioners were to serve without salaiy. The report of the commission was to be transmitted to Con­ gress by the President within eighteen mon'hs after the passage of this act. '1 he matter came up "for a lion the nth of March, when Mr. Bay­ ard, of Delaware, made an unfriendlv motion to refer the bill to the Committee on Finance. That motion was defeated--veas, pi; nays, 23. The affirmative vote was solidiy Democratic, ex­ cept one. The negative vote was solidlv Repub­ lican, except one. Mr. Bayard then moved to extend their jurisdiction over the subject of opium and other substitutes for alcohol c stim­ ulants, and to inqTSre whether prohibition of the use of alcoholic beverages has been accom­ panied by an increase in the consumption of opium and other intoxi ating drugs. This was voted down--yeas, Ji; nays, -J3. The affirmative vote was solidly Democratic, except Mr. Camer­ on of Wisconsin, Republican, and Judge Davis of Illinois, Independent. The negative vote of 25 w as solidly Republican. The bill then passed --yeas, 34; nays, 14. But 6 of the 34 yeas were Democratic. All of the 14 nays were Demo­ crats save 1. While the bill lay on the Speak­ er's table in the House Mr. Dingley, of Maine, made repeated efforts to take it up for refer- ! 4nce or action, but that required consent and „\JVs always met by Democratic objection, which defeated consideration. Bnt in February, 1882, before the passage through tbe Senate of the henate bU^Mr^.loyce, of Vermont, a Republi- * ̂ . V,_. ^ S5S* twsgubfcofc wMB in the House, when the lyr.n f»T nontam »wr t u JQ V- •* » •• • moved to add to the number nf UTCT, « Committee on the Alcoholic-Liquor Traf- flc, which was agreed to-yeas 142, navs 86. The negative vote was exclusively Democratic save roar. Very mpectfullv, EDWARD MCPBKRSON, Secretary. JAMES 8, BLAINE, agreed to--yey 112. nay, «. Of the in yeas but Ave were Democrats. The negative vote was £emoctat£wtth two exceptions. So that the record of the Democratic party in Congress is at Another College President Thinks of Him--Dr. Magoun, t j of Iowa College, Qri|H>n nell, Iowa. f 7 i It [From the London Nonconformist and Inde- T. „ pendent. J I know Mr. Blaine as the most eminent citizen of my native State. For his personal moral worth and unquestionably superior integrity, as well as his marvelous ability and versatility, I admire him. No more trustworthy statesman is to be found in American public life. I would say the same of him as of Gen. Garfield, who knew him and truste 1 him so thoroughly. Of the Old South Congregational Church of Augus­ ta, Me., he is an honored member, tm Garfield JI?8^e "Campbellite" Baptist Church at. Washington. Why should not English gentle­ men and Christians be as just to the one as to the other? If ihey are really anxious that the great Republican leader should be defeated, to which we can make no objection, or to the ex­ pression of it in proper ways, why do they strive „ ® w'th bitterness the zeal of his support­ ers* _If there is . anything in the "Monroe doc­ trine they do well to oppose or fear, the En­ glish journals referred to are only n more to be (treaded by the course they take, so far as it has any influence this side the Water. Once before, during tne Slaveholders' Rebel­ lion, I had occasion to notice an abnormal sen­ sitiveness on your side as to the political faith here referred to. At that time Lord Brougham was about to make a speecu in the House of liords, in which he must needs discuss the Monroe doctrine. He was, untortunatelv. not better acquainted with it than some living English journalists seem to bo. Asking a friend if there was any one in London who knew al 1 about "the Monroe doctrine," the American Consul, Hon. Freeman H. Morse (formerly M C. from Maine a id a friend of Mr. Blaine's)"was named. "Bring him to me." said the veteran peer. It was done, and the information ob­ tained was so satisfactory that the Consul was in the House by Lord Brougham's special in­ vitation when the speech was made. Hay I ad­ vise gentlemen who are now attempting a scare, or a new international prejudice on this subject, to look up the speech in the debates"' As to even the slightest peril of misunderstand­ ing between yon mntt us, if the man we vote for is chosen President, let me remind vou that Mr. Blaine's foreign policv was that of Garlield, no more, no less: and the "peril" of the next four years is just what it would have been if the dead President had lived. Gar- Held and Blaine are inseparable names! Do not let this, from any current misinformation, les­ sen the good feeling 1 was so liappv £o find in London and Manchester in issi. To put an emphasis on what I here most sincerely and kindly urge, let me add the testimony of the new Secretary of the American Peace Society, Rev. R. B. Howard, brother of our Christian hero, (pen. O. O. Howard (now Jn the Soudan), and formerly an editor of the Aden/n r (both of whom 1 hope you will soon see). Secretary Howard visited Mr. Ulaine the Saturday liefofe the late session of the General Congregational Association of Massachusetts, and said to that body that Mr. Maine "expressed himself strongly against any course by our Government that jnighi tend to provoke a needless foreign war." 1 am old enough to remember how "tne Monroe doctrine," wiiich Mr. lilaine holds as other statesmen and Presidents have held it, has kept us from hurtful foreign complications. There is no need of any new panic alx>ut it. It will not be a bit weakened on this side the sea by such a panic, or by any personal abuse of Mr. Blaine, or in justice to nim iu these coming months by English writers.' 1 pray you. good English friends, listen to one who has never misled you in twenty years' varied eorresjioudence in these columns as to American public opinion, and quietly discoun­ tenance such an evil. Testimony, for which there is no place in this letter, has been given by two of Mr. Maine's Augusta pastors as to his great worth as a church member and a friend. One of them is Kev. Dr. Webb, now of Boston, and the oldest orthodox pastor, 1 think, in thut city. If Dr. Vilon and Mr. Simon had given similar testimony as to some Knglish states­ man. a parishioner of theirs, or Dr. Dale and Mr. Clarkson had done so in respect to Mr. Chamberlain, we should be slow, very slow, to apply to him such epithets as a "Jingo", who has dabbled in dirty water," "a politician without character." I assure you that all Dr. Webb and Mr. Ecob say, in honor of this grand man, who is up for the Chief Magistracy of 57,<ioo,ooo peo­ ple, is true. Years ago in the lower house pf Congress, in refuting an atrocious slander most triumphantly, Mr. ISlaine said: "I am now, Mr. Speaker, in the fourteenth year of a not inactive service in this hall; I have taken and I have given blows: I have no doubt said many things in the heat of debate which 1 would now gladly recall; I have no doubt given votes which in fuller light I would gladly change; but I have never done .-<nythlng in my public career for which I could be put to the faiutest blush in any presence, or for which I cannot answer to mv constituents, my conscience, and the Great Searcher of Hearts." UEX. LOGAN. Madliua (Wis.) A Brief Bo port of HI* Speech, The course of the Democratic party was in­ delibly impressed on the history of the country. The Democratic party represented the English interests as against the American Interest. Its monuments were built to free trade. State banks, a rotten and depreciated currency. State rights, and slavery. The Democrats of the South wrote their principles in blood. The Democrats of the North united with the South alter the rebellion had been crushed, and formed the same partv as before, upholding the same plat­ form an'i supporting the same candidates for office. The Democrats have opposed every advance measure for the last twenty-five years: Their m iunmeuts were raised over false creeds, failures in statesmanship, the putrid carcass of secession, and the dry bones of State sovereign­ ty. Their nlatform would have to be referred to the Supreme Court for a defined construction. The letters of acceptance of the candidates on the Democratic ticket gave no clew to their views on the living issues of the day. The Republican party threw the light of scru­ tiny upon its principles, and invited ins|)ec- tion. The monuments of the Republican party represented wholesome laws, happiness, prosperity, intelligence and advanced civiliza­ tion, one flag, one Constitution and a pre­ served nation. The Republican party had freed the slaves, made the currency of the United States that was worth 3S cents on the dollar equal to gold, reduced the public debt to halt' since I8fi">, increased the value of ptoptrty #30,000,000,000 since i860. Where in I860 there were 3l,txx) miles of tailroad, to-day there are 120,000 miles. Under Republican rule foreign commerce had increased <HX>. All exports prior to 1800 aggregated $<.i,000,- 1x 0,000; since isou they aggregated $i2,eoo,ooo,- €00. Under Republican administration the jnumber of farms in the United states had in­ creased from over 2,000,000 to over 4,'HX),000, the increase In valu' being £:i!>),05l,7ti'.>. The increase in value of manufactured products was nearly ?3,soo,"< 0,000, and the population had in­ creased 51)'v per cent. Gen. Logan dwelt upon Mr. Hendricks' record, bringing out the fact that Mr. Hendricks, with two other Senators, had voted during the days of reconstruction for an amendment requiring a property quali­ fication in the rebel States. This, Gen. Logan declare), was intended to prevent the freed- men from voting. Gen. Logan discussed the taritf, taking local industries and interests to demonstrate the national prospeiity acquired through the protective tariff. PATRICK EGAN. Tbe President ot the IriahNa- ttbnal League Repudlp ' ates Cleveland > la a Vigorous Letter He Gives the Sea- Impel' Htai to ft .. Sich a Coarse. • ftiSV THE POLITICAL MAUD. Ben Butler, on a summer's day. Stood in a convention making hay; The hay was sweet and the hav was dry. But it wasn't as cocked as old Ben's eye. For old Ben saw on a gelding gay Judge Nomination ride that way. When the Judge saw Ben in the hay at work. He stopped his horse with a sudden jerk. And rolled his eyes on the winsoms face And the buxom form and the airy grace And the wealth of cheek and the mesh of hair Of sweet Ben Butler a-working there. "Oh," sighed the Judge, "that fate were mine To wed with a creature so divine! With Ben for a mate, mv lite would seem Like a poet's song or an artist's dream; Hut, when they heard of my marital pick. How like a steer my folks would kick!Fi f ^ So fearful of what his folks might say, L I i >* Judge Nomination rode away. • And It ft Ben butler standing there W ith her weaMi of cheek and her mesh of hair; And of all sad words of tonaue and pen The saddest are these--"He wouldn t have Ben." _The following correspondence of Patrick EKan, the recently elected President of the Irish Land League, to the press of Lincoln, Neb., ex­ plains itself: "LINCOLN, Neb., Sept. 4,188*. *T6 the Editor of the State Journal: "Your contemporary, the Dailu State Demo­ crat, having on two distinct occasions referred, aa I consider most nnwarrantablv and unfairly, to my political opinions, now refuses, contrary to all recognized rules of decent journalism, to publish any bnt a garbled copv of my repiv, I send yon herewith the letter which 1 addressed to that journal in lull, and beg you will do me the favor of placing it before the public. Yours truly, PATRICK EOAN." . "LINCOLN, Neb., Sept. 3,1884. Editor of the Daily State Democrat. "SIB: For the second time within the last three weeks you have dragged my name into the political campaign, although up to the pres­ ent moment I have never spoken publicly or written a single word to give vou as a journalist any ground for so doing. Before the late Bos­ ton convention of the Irish National League I had as the result of close observation and care­ ful research made up mv mind that there ex­ isted no good grounds liy which the Democratic party should hold any mortgage on mv vote be­ cause I happened to be an Irishman. 1 weighed with care aud deliberation the merits of the two Presidential candidates, and I came to the con­ clusion that neither as an Irishman nor as an adopted citizen of America could Mr. Cirover Cleveland have my support. The case of Mr. John Devoy, on which you so persistently harp, and which you have again and again referred to as the only ground of my opposition to Mr. Cleveland, was only one of the many ob­ jections which I entertained to that gentle­ man. I did indeed consider the treat­ ment meted to Mr. Devoy of the very basest kind, and as a strong evidence of either the hostility and contempt of Mr. Cleveland for Irishmen of national opinions, but 1 objected also to Mr. Cleveland as the pet candidate of the London Times, the London Standard, the London Dailu Telegraph, the London baity ^eirs, the London St. James' Uazette, the London Saturday Reriew--in fact, of the en­ tire English press. I objected to him as the pet candidate of Puck and Harper's Weekly, as the author of innumerable vetoes in the interest of the great monopolies, and as a man who had, as I believed, proved hi u. self the enemy of every just right of the tolling millions. I ob­ jected to Mr. Cleveland because I felt that, in the words of the Boston Pilot, a straight out- and-ont Democratic organ, ' he has not a single quality to fit him for the Presidency of the United States.' I had made up my mind to support Mr. Blaine, because from long observa­ tion I had come to regard him as the very op­ posite of all this, as an American of Americans, a man among men, as an able statesman fitted by nature and culture and experience to fill with credit to the country and to himself the position of President of this great nation. These were a few of the grounds of my objection to your candidate and my preference lor Mr. Blaine, and, as I have l>efore stated, they have never, up to this present time, been made public by me, nor would they l>e now if you had not compelled me by your unfair comments and by your unworthy sneer at 'Irish wisdom' to state them. When, however, at Boston I ac­ cepted the Presidency of the Irish National League 1 considered that whatever my private opinion might be I was then precluded from taking any active part in American politics. Accordingly I have abstained from t iking any part, nor shall 1 as long as I hold the office. This is my position. 1 must beg you, therefore, to spare me the trouble of any further contra­ dictions or corrections on this subject. With regard to your quotation from a speech of Mrs. l'arnell: 1 yield to no one on this side of the Atlantic in the respcct which I pay to the hon­ ored mother of the man whom 1 am proud, to lie ab'.e to claim as a personal friend, as well as a co-worker in th^ cause of Ireland, Charles Stewart Parnell, and I am sure she will not mis­ understand me when I state my conviction that she would liest consult the welfare of the great movement in w hich she and I are intere^d, and in my belief she would best consult the de­ sire of her son,by keeping his name entirely out of the present political contest. Yours trulv, "PATBK K KOAN." BLACKGUARD AND SLANDERER. Ilea Intler's Opimlom of Ilea d r l d n b . r , . - 4 IN counting the vota of the recent elec­ tion in Arkansas, Democratic judges have in a number of cases "counted out" Repub­ licans who Lad been elected to county offices and to Ihe Legislature. Notwithstanding this fact the Republican vote has been so in­ creased that their representatives in the Legislature will be double the number in the last session^ IBISHMEN with patriotism and independ­ ence enough to vote for Blaine can do so only at the expense of being dubbed dy­ namiters by tne Democratic press. But they can stand it Bulldozing is losing its ? '• • V. • •• 5 . ' i ^ , A , , »» r* <nS? --<y A - J In 1H76 Gen. Butler, at North Vernon, Ind., de­ livered the following scathing speech in reply to a remark made by Hendricks in a speech at North Vernon. Butler followed Hendricks, and, from the same platform, said: "1 had come into the State; I had made some seven or eight speeches; 1 had never mentioned the name ot mortal man in the State; I had apologized, as I did here, to every audi­ ence that I addiessed for appearing before the people of Indiana in connection with a State election, and I had done nothing of which I should complain at the hands of any gentle­ man, and yet Mr. Hendricks degrades the posi­ tion he seeks and the one he has held so much as to say to the people of North Vernon: '(ien. Butler is coming over here, and you must look out for your spoons.' Now, that is slander; the Democracy, thank (Jod, can find nothing else to use in the way of argument. My record has been closely examiued for tne last ten years, and this--this is the culmination! * '* * I have been the personal friend and honored guest of every Democratic President since 1H45; nay, I was the friend, neighbor and family guest of President P.erce, who appointed Thomas A. Hendricks to a subordinate office to pay for his vote. [Applause.J If Mr. Hendricks wants any more of that I can tell a good deal more about that transaction. (Tremendous cheering ami cries, "Go 011. Give it to him. Tell it all," etc.] I do not come here to bear false witness against my neighbors, or true witness about transactions that should be confidential and ought not be told. I am not here for that purpose; I only say that Mr. Hendricks makes a very large draught oil my gentlemanly iustincts. [Loud applause, and cries of "Go on."J "One word about this, and let's have done witltit and go on to something that may be of some profit to mortal man or woman. Every creature on earth judges according to the standard which he has, which is his own capa­ bility, his own sense ot propriety, or his own powers. The tly that lights on the dome of St. Paul's Cathedral looks around him to the dis­ tance of eight feet, the extent of his vision, and tllinks it a fair, slightly piece of work. The pig that feeds out of the trough thinks it a very ex­ cellent piece of architecture. That is the best he can do with his instincts; that is as much as he can understand. He does not understand that mansion at the back of whose barn his trough is, at all. Every man, therefore, judges every other man by himself, and whoever believes that I, a Major General of tin' United States, with life and death at my fingers' ends, exercising that unlimited and despotic power given me by the war, went round picking up spoons, knows that he would have done it if he had oeen in my place. [Tre­ mendous applause.] That is his conception of tlie office ot a major-general. That is his idea of what a man should do, and what he would do if he hail the courage to go where he could do it, as 1 have. (Cheers.) "But Mr. Hendricks said in his speech made aga 11st the enfranchisement of the black men that he had never volunteered himself nor en­ couraged anybody else to volunteer, and, there­ fore he can be excused. But what must be the depth of a man's heart who can belittle and de­ mean himself so far as to utter this sort of thing ? If some drunken whisky-soak, some loafing rascal should say it, I could pardon him. God knows he does the best he knows how; but here is a man who lived awhile with gentlemen, a man who has been in the Senate of the L' niteil States, and a man who, since my administration in New Orleans, has taken my band in friendship, the hand be knows to be the hand of greed, or else he lies. [Cries of " He does lie; of course he does." Cheers.] " I have done with this once and forever; but I want to lay two or three facts before you for the use of your Sentinels and your Hendricks. They say 1 took $3,500,000 from the people of New Orleans. There are my accounts at the War Department: they have been examined by every rebel and every rebel sympathizer from that day to this, and no hole has been found in the account. [Great cheering.J Go through and look, and when you have looked through, tell the Other side of the story. Don't put down a part and leave out the rt st, lest God treat you as He did Ananias and Sapphira. I ted U»,oou starving men and children, most of them the wives of rebels in the army. From the »;th day of June to the 6th day of Septeml>"r, isii'i, I employed l.ltio- men in cleaning up the streets, in cleaning the canals, and making it healthy for the widows, children, and wives of the Confederate soldiers. 1 gave them 400 feet square of land at the Cus­ tom House that since has sold for $2.50 a fo it, amounting to quite a million of dollars. I main­ tained the hospital of the Sisters of Charity at an expense of 2.>,o00 a month, and another Catholic hospital at an expense of $5,uoo a month. I m ide their children go to school, and furnished the teachers. [Cheers.] 1 policed their city, kept it in order, so that from that (ith day of June forward a child or a woman could walk through the city of New Orleans with more safety than they could go up the stairs into the (Sen/»ne I office. I Laughter and cheers.] "I thought it was no; exactly right to tax the people of the North, who alreay had so much to bear, to pay for all this, and so I made the rich men and the property of New Orleans pay for It. This is a part of the history of this conn- try that is notorious, and has been printed and published for years, and men who can read and understand ought to know it. Vou can go to the Treasury Department at Washington and find that I sent from New Orleans, in good, hard, sound dollars, about $500,000 to the Treas­ ury ot the United States. Well, now, with that power of administration for good or evil, sup­ pose Thomas A. Hendricks had been there do­ ing what I was, how much time would he have had left to look after spoons V "Wftti ; ' For tbe first ttSM tn my Vfs have I alhided to It, except last night *t North Veraon. I hung the man wko tore down tbe American flag on the spot where he desecrated the emblem of his country's power, and last night I pilloried the blackguard who struck my character ontfco spot where he committed the crime." THE NEWS FROM MAIN!? The State Went for Robie as She Did fbr Gov. Kent Many Years Ago^ And Piled Up a Republican Ma- of Over Seventeen Thousand. Congressman Boutelle telegraphs to the Chi­ cago Tribune, from Bangor, the result ot the glorious victory in Maine: The returns for Monday's election continue to show astonishing Republican gains until the aggregates now indicate 17,0oo to is,000 majority in the State. The full significance of these figures will be found by recalling the facts that prior to the last election the Republicans were in a minority In Maine at the election for Gov­ ernor in 1KS0, 1879, and 1878, the opposition ma­ jority against Gov. Connor for this latter vear reaching more than Ki.ooo. In 1877 the liepub- lican majority was but S.WTO. In the Presiden­ tial election of 1876 it was about ]5,0u0, in ls75 only 4,000. and in 1*74 Gov. Dinglev had but 7,000. In 187a he had 10.000. Gov! Perham had 16,000 in 1872, 10,000 in 187!, a little ever 8,000 In 1870, and Gov. Chamberlain's last majority in 1879 was only 7,500. 'Ihe majority this year is therefore the largest since 1868, and the lie publican vote is the largest ever cast in the State. Another phenomenal feature is the carrying of every one of the sixteen counties bv the Republicans, so that the State Senate will be unanimously Republican, and only a hand­ ful of Democrats will find seats in the other branch of the Legislature. For the Democrats to seek to disparage or break the force of this remarkable uprising of the people of Mr. Blaine's State in his behalf will be as idle as trying to check Niagara with a feather. The voice of Maine has not found such earnest expression before since the days of Abraham Lincoln, and it gives an impetus and energy to the national campaign that will IKS inestimable. » • • The Maine victory cannot fail to have a deci­ sive effect upon the national campaign, and if Ohio and West Virginia respond in fair propor­ tion in October the ballot of bdi will be practi­ cally over; the Cleveland campaign will utterly break down and the November States will elect Blaine and Logan by an overwhelming majority of the electoral votes. C. A. BOUTELLK. Congressman Dingley, from Lewiston, sends the following dispatch: The majority for the Republican ticket in Maine is :t,oi>o to 5,000 larger than was expected. Considering that four years ago the Democrats and Greenbackers carried the State, and that two years ago the Republican majority was only (5,700 on a very large vote, the doubling of that majority now shows the great popularity of Blaine in Maine, for it is the prestige of his name that has increased our majority. A very large numl>er of men who have not recently voted the Republican ticket supported our candidate for Governor in order to help Mr. ISlaine. A very large proportion of the Irish vote and a majority of the workingmen are with 11s in the campaign. The phenomenal majority of the Republican ticket in Bltiine's own city and county indicates the great respect in which he is held by those who know him best. There is much indignation among Mr. Blaine's friends, without distinction of party, at the unjust charges that have been made against him, and this feeling has aided in in­ creasing the Republican vote. The campaign just closed has not been as excit .ng as many which have preceded it, but the discussion of the limiting issues, particularly the tariff ques­ tion, has been unusually thorough. A very small amount of money has been used in the campaign, nothing having been contributed by the National Committee or by outsiders. In­ deed, the people have been so intent in further­ ing the cause of lilaine and Logan tiiat the campaign has largely run itselt. There is the utmost confidence in Blaine's triumphant elec­ tion in November. NELSON DINOLEY, J a. WAXKEH BLAINE'S KEPOltT. An Augusta dispatch says that towns give Robie C!»,878, Redman 51.217. The complete offi­ cial returns will not be in for several days. Mr. Walker Blaine sends a telegram to Senator Lo­ gan in which he describes the situation as fol­ lows : Returns from remote sections of the State in­ crease the majority beyond all expectations. In ass towns the Republican majority over Kedtnan (Dem.) for Governor exceeds 18,000, and the prospect is that, with the complete returns, the majority may reach I;>,(MIO, and possibly be the largest ever given in the history of the Repub­ lican party in Maine, with two exceptions at the close of the war. The latest returns show that the Republicans have carried every county in the State, and have elected every member ot the State Senate. The magnitude of the Republican vote is a surprise to botii parties. It shows that a large number of Democrats joined our ranks. BLAINE TO THE FARMERS. The Plumed Knight Speaks of Hus­ bandry and CouRratulates Its Follower*. rtfaochester <N. H.) dispateh.V James (>. lilaine, ex-Gov. Sniytne, (reorge B. Lorlng, and Mayor I'ortman entered the grounds of the New Kngland Fair at noon, followed in other coaches by many distinguished citizens. Mr. Blaine was received with cheers. When the party had been seated. President Loring in­ troduced Mr. lilaine, who spoke, savins : It is pleasant to find ourselves in an assem­ blage where all bear th 1 name of a hi .h r honor than that of any partisan designation, an as­ semblage in which we meet on the broad plane of American citizenship and rejoice in the title as in itself constituting a civic distinction of priceless value. The agricultural fair is the farmer's parliament. O11 this day and on this occasion the most independent class of citizens speaks to the world by word and bv deed for that great fundamental interest on which the Republic rests for its security and its prosjierity. It has become a trite saying that agriculture is the basis of all wealth. But the full measure of the statement may be comprehended when we remember that, in this year of grace 1884, the total value of products from the farm and dock in the United States will exceed f f.o o.fioo.ooo, an amount brought forth in a tingle year vastly in excess of the national debt at, its higliest ]>oint. We are not in the habit.ot considering New Kngland a« specially distinguished for agriculture, and yet the annual product from her soil is greater in value than all the gold taken from the mines of California and of Aus­ tralia in the richest years ot their fabulous yield. The farmer is the true and always successful miner in the extraction of money from the earth -- a fact most strikingly shown in the history of Cali­ fornia, whose splendid march to wealth and power only fairly began when the energies of lier pe($le were turned to the production of bread for the world instead of gold. The pro­ digious consumption of fti),ooo,ow of people is brought strikingly before us when we realize how vast a proportion of our aggregate product is used at home, and how small a share is sent abroad. A hundred and odd millions of the New Kngland farm product does not support her own people, and they are compelled to ex­ change the fruits of their mechanical industry to an enormous amount annually for the means of subsistence so lavishly outpoured from the granaries of the more fertile West; and this fact is but one of the many which show th? in­ dependence of our people and the vast extent of our internal exchanges. This scene to-dav has an enhanced Interest, when we reflect that, throughout the gorgeous autumn upon which we have just entered, will be reproduced in countless communities throughout our land, from ocean to ocean, from the northern lake to the southern gulf, a richness of harvest and the contentment and happiness of the people will lie shown on fields as fair, by displays as bril­ liant, as those which now delight our eyts and gladden our hearts. Nor will this autumn exhaust the inspiring scenes. When the chill of winter on the northern border of the union shall make the southern sun seem genial and welcome, our brethren of tne cotton region will continue the wondrous story. They invite us to witness the commercial emporium of the South, the great triumph of southern ag­ riculture in the production 01 that single plant which has revolutionized manufactures. They have the finest of the world otlthat which has enriched the United States beyoW the reach ot imagination, and has added incalculably to the comfort, health, and luxury of the human race. Standing as I do in a fair New England State, it is an agreeable duty toext.n Ic. ngratulations to the New Kngland farmers on the results of this year's labor aud on the general and more im|K>rtant'fact that at no period in the history of New Kngland husbandry has intelligent labor been Messed with more profitable results than during the preff nt generation. If there be any one that doubts this, I wish he were here to-day and could hear what I have her.rd and see what 1 have seen. I heartily c ngia.ulato the New England Societv on the brilliant success of this exhibition, and I beg to return my sincere thanks to all for the personal kindness and cordiality with which I have been honored. THE President of the Young Men's Dem­ ocratic Club of this city, Georye W. Lucas, who is also a member of the Executive Committee of the Cleveland and Hendricks Club of Dubuque, Gent iu his resignation to-diy. He says the club will be organ­ ized as a Blaine and Logan Club. It contains nearly 150 young Irish voters.-- Dubuque (Iowa) dispatch. " THE Democratic workingman, unable to support Cleveland, should not stop at the Butler half-way house. Better cast a vote that will count in sinking the friend of New York City monopolists. Cleveland's veto of the mechanics' lien bill and of the bill fix­ ing twelve hours as a day's work ought to and will soundly defeat him. Let every friend of labor aid in burying him so deep that he will never be heard at agfuo. - ̂ ̂ t njJNOlS STATE --Qo*. Hamilton has appointed r._ L. Gross as Judge of the Fifth IDinou *0 dicial Circuit, to fill a vacancy. --Poor wheat crops for the ppat seasons have caused 100 fiunilies in gion of Vandalia to prepare for en>i{ to the Territories. i; --Mrs. Catharine Floss, of Alton, of blood poisoning, the effect of pierced in the hand by the horns of fish which she was dressing six weeks ago, i --D. C. Beach, of Lincoln, fell from a coal shaft a distance of sixty feet, break­ ing several ribs and one of his l«gs. He. cannot recover. --The Rev. Milton S. Terry, S. T. D., ot the Forty-third Street Methodist Chnrd of New York, has accepted the professor ship of Greek of the Garrett Biblical In. stitute at Evans ton. --Theodore McEwen, for several years ticket agent of the Wabash Bailway in Springfield, and generally well knownin railway circles in the West, dim! from • dose of morphine taken with sa/tida! in­ tent. v --Three men were seriously injured dnr- ing a riot in the Noithwestern gravel pitj near Dixon. Oyer thirty-five men, all_ Italians, were engaged in the melee. - •! ' : freeljr -S ' )M Hi, Knives, clubs, and shovels osed. • --The land «ofve*ed by the valer ot Meredosia Lake, 280 acres in area, w is sold last week for 10 cents per acre by the County Clerk of Morgan County. It was the last tract of unsold public ifaaaiii in that county. --Albert E. Dainty has filed a bill ft* divorce in the Circnit Court of Cook County against Mrs. Laura E. Dainty, op the ground of desertion. Mrs. Dainty ia^1 the well-known and greatly admired elocu­ tionist. The couple were married in April, 1871, her maiden name being Monnt, ahJt separated in 1880. l-." --George P. Hargos, Assistant Postmas* ter at Alvin, was trapped by detectives bf means of a decoy letter which he opened , and h > now lies in jail at Chicago. Ha confessed having tampered with registered mail for the past year, and he restored some stolen money buried beneath a tns near his residence. --The repprt of the Warden c£ the Joliet Penitentiary shows the following: Prison­ ers on hand Aug. 1, received during' the month, 22; discharged, 38; sent to the ; Insane Hospital, 1; died, 1; making a totad of 1,445 on hand Sept. 1. Of these 34 are 5 «j females and 1,411 males. * ? --During services at a Bond Cc«nty - church two boys, named Matlock and •-< Hooper, aged 14 and 15 respectively, got into an altercation on the outside, wheat ' < 4i Hooper whipped out a knife and stubbed ^ Matlock fatally in the back and thigh. Both. . ^ are sons of well-to-do and highly respected farmers living in Bond Coontj. 3^ • - 1 'j --A band of unknown scoundrels who < j seem to have some grudge against the Ilh- iiois Central Railroad made their third a&» - 1 tempt at train-wrecking on that road near Galena. A piece ot casting had been placed, in the "frog" at a crossing, but tho obstruct tion was discovered by the engineer in tifflf \ to stop the train and prevent a terrible ao%: ' cident , " --The money received by Chicago for liquor licenses for the first two of the four* month periods has already amounted to , , $900,( 00; and by the end of the year, it is Said, there will be a surplus of $500,€03 in the treasury, from this source, that was not expected and has not been appropriated. '< Commissioner Cregier wants to devote it the erection of pumping works in the north­ western part of the city. --A man who was camping upon an island above Fulton tells a curiohs fis| story. He had several night lines set, and one morning lately while taking off hi» * "catch" came to a large cattish hooked in 4 singular manner. A two-pound eel had taken the bait and was hooked. The cat- fish attempted to swallow the eel, but that slippery animal was too ennning, and mad* a lunge and came out one of the eatdsh'i gills, thus securing an eighteen-pounder.' --A few weeks ago Miss Seely, of Cen#:X tralia, suddenly lost her eyesight while | the act of getting in a railroad car. Sh* went to St. Louis and was treated by aw * oqplist, but returned home totally and help*'-, lessly blind. While listening to the musie' [, of a passing band one day last week her sight was restored as suddenly as it ^ t had left her, and she ca i now see as well V ^ ever. Tne mysterious connection between 1 railroad racket, the nois > of brass bunds, and human eyesight is what is puzzling the ' : doctors who have attended her. If she had# J been stricken with deafness they could un- derstand it better. ' ; --At Decatur an inquest was held on tW: ^ body of Thomas Markowski, found hang* ' " •? ing to a rotten tree, near th ? citv. There X were two bullet holes in tho skull near the base of the brain, which are proofs almost : ] conclusive that the old m n was murdered. $ and hung to the tree with a lope to cover up the crime. The jury fa led to discover an}'new light on the cas , except to Lava the skeleton identified. It had l>een hang­ ing in the field since June, when Markow- . ski sud lenly disappeared. His wife and relatives thought at the time that he hadt gone away to find work or had drowned * himself, and they searched i<; vain for hiin. Efforts will be made by d - e<; ives to quiet­ ly unearth the mystery, l>uf there will be no money in it to them, as the relatives are ist: Door circumstances. There is no known motive for the crime. --Dr. N. H. F^>%"%|iIlliB«to- 8M*.. Veterinarian, has snKtut t ! Hamilton his officii' iep t;. < f the existence^;* of contagious |1 u o- t; mnoaia amongj^fe * fe! cattle in this Sta e. J>tv »•*.»?« i thinks that ^ the disease has becoiu *p > in the fol­ lowing localities, u> t\i T ie farms and premises of A. C. Eph r n Cass County;, M. G. Clark, in Kan Cm iy: John Boyd, » |l, in Dupage County; D. : i and S. S. Tripp, in Peoria County; O. Uai ey, in Peorin || County; C. A. Keefor, iu Whiteside Coun- *£, ty; C. W. Rawlings, i . wi Codnty; F. Whitson, in Schurer County. Go*.;.-'!!,', -'i Hamilton hasacoordi ^1< i -^atnl a '• tine proclamation, en.. . g (he owis|i( |̂ these cattle from tran-4 «» viag them' a certificate from h- \< showing the a: imats t- b -^a'thy. --John Potter, ti e w :-K»OWU ^ ^rare manufacturer of tt 1 *;