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* - 111 ' r "V <• « - ' r • « T' - - hoar is the and be imprisoned for eighteen months. pillory, receive twenty lashes, is THE REALM OF POLITICS. CROPS. wrg #latndealc* WA8IILWT(KI> J. VAN SLYKC. EMh ami PuMMicr ILLINOIS McHEUBY, THB HEWS CONDENSED. THE EAiT. THOMAS MCKKON, a desperado of THE oil regions, walked into a bank at Eldred, Pa., kept the cashier and teller quiet by means of a cocked revolver, and walked oat with $2,500 in currency Robert Hoe, senior member of the well known printing press firm of R. Hoe A Co., died at New York, aged 74, DR. DARWIN PORTER claims that Kate Smttlzey, who is aHeged to have fasted at Fort Plain, N. Y., for nearly ninety days, is humbugging the people; that she is af­ flicted with St. Vitus' dance, and that he is convinced she partakes of some food and drink daily--enough to support life The exports from New York last week exceeded those of any previous week of this year, and are valued at $8,565,957, against $6,- €83,277 the previous week. EIGHT THORSAXD coal miners arj en­ gaged in the strike in Pennsylvania, and not more than 1,000 men are at work. The women have organized a "tin-pan brigade," and greet the non-unionists with a serenade on pans, kettles, etc., when they leave work in the evening The Cambria Iron Com­ pany, which gives employment to 5,000 men, announces that wages will next month be reduced 10 or 20 per cent, with a cor­ responding allowance in coal and rents to employes. TWENTY THOUSAND persons saw the special race at Sheepshead Bay, L. I., be­ tween Dwyer Brothers' Miss Woodford and Lorillard's Drake Carter, the distance being two and a half miles, and the stakes $5,000 a side, with $2,000 added by the Associa­ tion. Miss Woodford won easily by ten lenths in 4:28}, 1J seconds behind the best record. THE WEST. ""•fc'J<^1hHOMPSON'9 bank at Rockftjfd, 111., has suspended. The liabilities are said to be about $750,000. Mr. Thompson professes to think that if he is given time to realize on his property he will be able to pay his creditors in full. The failure is 6aid to be due to inability to collect for agricultural implements sent out from the Thompson Manufacturing Company of Rockford.... The boilers in a steam flour mill and cider factory at Morton, Tazewell County, HI., exploded, five persons los­ ing their lives and half a dozen others be­ ing fatally hurt or scalded. The disaster was caused by the engineer's carelessness. The financial loss is placed at $10,000.... Oliver Dalrymple, who expects to thrash oat 600.000 bushels of wheat on his Dakota farm, has arranged to ship it to Buffalo by lake from Dulnth. and has secured storage in the former city... .Prank Jcmes, who created a commotion with his rifle at Wel­ lington, Kan., was taken from jail and hanged from a gang-plank in the court­ house building. IK accordance with the proclamation of the Governor of Wyoming the Veterinarian and Executive Committee of the Stock Association of the Territory uave issued a circular to the railroads and the public generally stating that no cattle from the States will be admitted into Wpoming with­ out a quarantine of ninety days, or longer if judged necessary. This action, it is ex­ plained, is due to a fixed belief that con­ tagious disease exists among herds in various States, and importa­ tion without quarantine might lead to its spread in the Territory.... A severe wind and rain storm swept' over the section of country in the vicinity of Madison, Wis., and Galena, 111. Much damage was done to standing crops. Many farm buildings were unroofed and several bridges swept away The foundry of the Peninsular Car Works, at Detroit, was burned, causing a loss of $17,000. FORGED indorsements to the amount of $25,000 have been confessed by Samuel Wannamaker, once a very wealthy citizen of Yonngstown, Ohio, who fled last June. He recently returned in a penniless state •nd nearly dead from consumption, and thought best to divulge the truth Fire at Detroit burned two planing mills and a number of stores and one dwelling, the loss Teaching $50,000. The explosion of an oil tank injured two persons. One man broke a leg by jumping from a window, and another had his face badly burned Near Farmer City, HI., a passenger train was derailed and a number of persons injured, one or two fatally. Ex-Governor Hendricks, of Indiana, who was on the tzain en route to Peoria, escaped with a few slight bruises. Editor John C. Shoemaker, of the Indianapolis Sentinel (defendant in the Blaine libel suit), was in­ jured internally and returned home. IK the Blain#-Sentinel libel soit at Indianapolis the defendants on Sept. 18 filed a bill of discovery. After reciting alleged facte previous to Mr. Blaine's marriage, they claim that no record was made of the marriage; that the officiating minister has been dead for years, and that as Blaine is himself cognizant of all the occurrences, and as it will be necessary for them to prove illicit Intercourse with the person to whom he was subsequently married to justify the publication complained of, they demand *hat the plaintiff answer the interrogatories previously propounded; that the proceed­ ings be stayed until answer is made; or, if no reply is returned to the questions, the case be perpetually restrained. STATEMENTS are sent out from La Crosse, Wis., that the damage to wheat by rust is widespread, and that a Minnesota miller suffered heavy loss in New York on floor made from smutty wheat which he had cleansed Frederick Band has been appointed receiver of the Indiana Banking Company at Indianapolis, to succeed J. C. S. Harrison, and the criminal proceedings against the latter will be stopped Lead­ ing citizens of Eau Claire, Wis., appeal to the public for aid for the sufferers by the recent overflow of the Chippewa River, and have appointed a committee to distribute contributions. CHE SOUTH. JXJDGE GRESHAM authorises the state- ment that he expects to remain Postmaster General until March 4, notwithstanding tho rumors that he had accepted the vacant ju­ dicial bench in Chicago. WASHINGTON is disturbed at the news that farmers in Virginia and Maryland, whose hogs are dying of cholera by scores, are throwing the dead carcasses into the Potomac River, which furnishes Washing­ ton its water supply. Canalboatmen report that the stench from the festering hogs is unbearable in portions of the upper river. THE commission appointed by President Arthur to visit Central and South America will leave Oct. 10 for the City of Mexico, expecting to be absent six months. POLITICAL. 3101 Democratic State Convention of Ne­ braska met at Omaha and agreed upon an alliance with the Anti-Monopolists. The platform indorses the Chicago platform; denounces the scho61-land frauds in Ne­ braska permitted by the Republican admin­ istration; commends high license, but de­ nounces prohibition; declares that corporate capital must keep its nands off the reserved rights of thepeople; that railroads must keep out of politics: that the Legislature has the right to control railro.ids, and that railroads have no right to control the Legislature. The following Democrats were nominated on the State ticket: Governor, J. Sterling Morton; Treasurer, Daniel Clancy: Attor­ ney General, C. S. Montgomery; Secretary of State, H. E. Bonestell. The following Anti-Monopolists were, nominated: Lieu­ tenant Governor, L. C. Pase; Auditor, G. Beneke; Commissioner of Public Lands and Buildings, Nels Anderson; Superin­ tendent Public Instruction, A. N. Dean; Regent State University, D P. Schoville. Two Democratic and three Butler electors were nominated.... The Colorado Republican State Conven­ tion, after a stormy session of four days, nominated Hon. Ben H. Eaton, of Weld County, for Governor: Peter Breen, of Leadville. f®r Lieutenant Governor; and J. G. Syms, of Denver, for Congress. There was great trouble in the conven­ tion over contesting delegations, and the contest was the bitterest in the Centennial State's political history.... The Nebraska Prohibitionists met in State convention at Lincoln, J. G. Miller was nominated for Governor by acclama­ tion, and H. H. Shedd, the Republican nominee, indorsed for Lieutenant Governor. Five St. John representative electors were also nominated... .A dispatch from Port­ land, Me., says that complete official re­ turns of the Maine election show that the total vote was 140,436--the largest ever cast at any election save one. Robie received 77,779, against 58,070 cast for Redman, Democrat, and 3,147 cast for Eaton, Green- backer. The constitutional liquor prohib­ itory amendment is adopted by a majority of over 40,000. THE Attorney General of New Jersey has given an opinion that bank presidents and cashiers may serve on the electoral ticket, being simply officers of private corporations, and not United States officials. THE Methodist Episcopal Conference at Lansing, Mich., rejected the report of the committee pledging members to support Prohibition candidates, and adpted a reso­ lution which permits voting as conscience may dictate. ANOTHER Presidential candidate has been placed in nomination. W. L. Ellsworth, of Pennsylvania, is the nominee of the Ameri­ can Political Alliance. Charles H. Water­ man, of New York, is the candidate for Vice President on the same ticket The State Prohibition Convention of Colorado was held at Denver, a committee of fifteen being appointed to place a State ticket in the field. The Colorado Green­ back-Labor Party also held their conven­ tion at Denver and named an electoral and State ticket, the gubernatorial candidate being John E. Washburn, of Larimer. They resolved to fuse with the Democrats. JOSEPH O. SMITH, Secretary of State of Maine, sends out the following figures as the footings of the vote for Governor at the recent election: Robie, 78,912; Redman, 50,061; H. B. Eaton, 3,137; Eustis, 1,190; W. A. Eaton, 97; scattering, 16. This shows a majoritv for Robie over all of 15,- 411. ONE HUNDRED representatives of the® Equal Rights party gathered on a farm in Prince George's County, Maryland, to rati­ fy the nomination of Mrs. Lockwood for the Presidency of the United States. The candidate spoke on the necessities of wom­ an suffrage and the evils of monopolies. - VHH citizens of Hot Springs will present their claims for the Soldiers' Home to be erected west of the Mississippi at a cost of $250,000. The three existing institutions ate in the cold belt, and the soft climate of Arkansas will be urged for all it is worth. BY the explosion of the boiler in the Central Railroad compress atEufaula, Ala., four men were killed and several wounded, ten fatally. The compress and about 400 bales of cotton were destroved, the loss reaching $100,0(H). There are fears that a number of bodies will be found in the rains. E. DE MORBXOIA, a prominent merchant of Baltimore and Italian Consul at that city, baa disappeared, owing to financial troubles he said. He owes $30,000 to various par­ ties. BABNEy MCATEE, member of the City Council of Louisville, was kicked by a borae over the heart and instantly killed. " WILLIAM HARRISON, a notorious horse - Chief, who was handcuffed and in charge of * deputy, en route to jail, jumped from a tnin which was moving at the rate of forty miles an hour, near Baltimore A horse - thief was sentenced at Wilmington, Del., to pay f 100 restitution and $200 fine, stand an CIEXERAF* CAFT. HEAXIT. commander of the reve­ nue steamer Corwin, complains that large quantities of liquor and breech-loading rifles are smuggled into Alaska by Pacific coast whalers and exchanged for whalebone. He suggests that the Revenue Collector be instructed to limit the allowance of these articles to each whaler The American Association 'of Railroad Superintendents held its semi-annual session at Boston, with D. W. Sanborn, of the Eastern Road, occu­ pying the chair. DURING the month of August of this year $16,455,530 worth of breadstuff's was exported from the United States, against $18,875,276 worth exported in 1883. For the first eight months of this year the value of breadstuff exports has been $96,003,250, against $114,239,476 for the corresponding period last year..... A mortgage of $5,000,000 on the St. Paul Road has been recorded in New York, to pay for terminal improvements made in Chi­ cago and Milwaukee and others to be ac­ quired. .. .Scbaefer challenges Slosson to two games of billiards, eight or ten-inch balk-line, for from $500 to $2,500 a side, 800 points, one game to be played in Chi­ cago, the other in New York.... The veter­ ans of the Army of the Cumberland held their annual reunion at Rochester, with Gen. Sheridan in the chair. AT the business session of the Society of the Army of the Cumberland, at Rochester, N. Y., a report was submitted showing that the Treasurer of the organization had on hand $25,039 for a national statue to Gen. Garfield. Congress has appropriated $30,- 000, and a suitable site is to be selected by Secretary Lincoln, Gen. Sheridan, and the Chairman of the Monument Committee of the Cumberland Grand Army. FOBEIGI. CLEARING HOUSE exchanges the past we?k--$633,831,406--were $50,724,758 less than for the preceding week, and when oompared with the corresponding period in 1883 show a decline of 37.7 per cent.... Five inches of snow fell in Spring Hill and two inches at Truro, N. S., on the 12th inst A MASS meeting was held at Shanghai, China, which was participated in by all the British residents, to protest against the prolongation of hostilities between China and France. These hostilities, it was de­ clared, were ruinous to commerce. It was resolved to urge the British Government to seek to bring about peace between the belligerent powers.... .Admiral Courbet es­ timates the loss to the Chinese bv the bom­ bardment of Foo Chow at $10,009,000 George Leybourne, who was a popular comic singer thirty years ago in London, has just died in great poverty. A REBELLIOUS disposition is being NGAIN manifested in the Turkisoh provinces ad- i Joining Qftoct. A fare* of 1,900 Turkish troops 1MS been ordered to the frontier Theltfclian cities report 980 deaths from cholera, 13, with 750 fresh cases Two KHOtTSAND French troops effected a landing near Foo Chow and attacked the Chinese force stationed there, driving them inward and inflicting severe loss on them. The Chinese did not offer much resistance. ....The,war party in China has sue oeeded in obtaining the appointment of a colleague for Li Hung Chang, the Chinese Foreign Minister. Li Hung Chang is for peace. His colleague is ex­ pected to counteract his efforts It is believed in London that England will permanently occupy the Soudan. Egyptian securities have advanced in price in conse­ quence of this belief.... .Earl Dufferin's appointment as Viceroy of India is received with great favor by the Russion official or­ gans THERE were 630 new cases of cholera in Italy, including 507 in Naples, on the 18th of September. Of the 341 deaths, 283 oc­ curred in the same city. DELEGATES to the International Copy­ right Congress, in session at Berne, signed the draft of the treaty for the protection of literary and artistic copyright, the adoption of which will be recommended to the various powers. ADDITIONAL HEWSi CONGRESSIONAL nominations; Geo. West, Republican, Twentieth New York District; Lyman Coe, Republican, Fourth Connecti­ cut; John Atkinson, Republican, First Michigan; John G. Carlisle, Democrat, Sixth Kentucky; Ira Davenport, Republi­ can. Twenty-ninth New York; Lewis F. Fame. Democrat, Thirty-third New York; Henry J. Cookingham, Republican, Twen­ ty-third New York; Thomas M. Ferrell, Democrat, First New Jersey; C. C. Bur­ nett, Republican, 21st Ohio; E. C. C.irle- t >n, Democrat, Seventh Michigan; C. A. Newcomb. Republican, Tenth Missouri; O. J. Atkinson, People's party, Seventh Mich­ igan; Joseph Rankin, Democrat, Fifth Wis­ consin: L. A. Larson, Democrat, Eighth Wiscjnsin;. W. O. D.ilhneyer, Repub­ lican, Eleventh Wisconsin ; R. K. Marshall, Democrat, Second Virginia; A. A. Ramsey, Republican. Third Massachu­ setts; John D. Long, Republican, Second M -issachnsetts; F. B. Grant, Democrat, Sec­ ond New Jersey; John H. Rogers, Demo­ crat. Fonrt'a Arkansas; F. E. Shaw, Demo-; crat, Second Maryland; J. H. Stickel, Democrat, Second Nebraska: Charles O'­ Neill. Republican, Second Pennsylvania; William D. Kelley, Republican, Fourth Pennsylvania; Allen Miller, Republican. Thirteenth Ohio; F. D. Ely, Republican, Ninth Massachusetts; J. F. Wait, Repub­ lican, Third Connecticut; C. C. Clark, Democrat. Fourteenth Illinois; John At­ kinson. Republican. First Michigan; L. Ira Davenport, Republican, Twenty- ninth New York; Alex Graves, Democrat, Fifth Missouri: George West, Republican, Twentieth New York; H. C. McCoy, Democrat, Tenth Iowa; John Hailley, Democrat, Idaho Territory. SEVERAL towns in Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana were shaken, on the afternoon of Sept. 19, by an earthquake of a few seconds' duration, the oscillations being more perceptible in the upper 6tories of structures. Tableware was dashed to the floor, furniture disturbed, and windows wrecked, alarming the inmates, who, in many instances, fled panic-stricken to the streets. At Detroit the quake was severely felt, and . the river rose some inches. The Methodist Conference and Ladies' Missionary Society, in session at Defiance, Ohio, hastily quitted the build­ ing which tliey occupied; an-1 the disturb­ ance almost caused a panic at a reunion in Ottawa, Ohio. Children in the schools at Indianapolis became alarmrd, and occu­ pants of railro id depots in the sections vis­ ited imagined that a locomotive had collided with the buildings. A rumbling sound was heard in some places, resembling a distant explosion. Tremors were also felt in por­ tions of Canada, Kentucky, and West Vir­ ginia, and were so severe in the suburbs of Cincinnati as to terrify the children in the schools. THE "Molly Maguire" Society is said to be again ia operation in sections cf Penn­ sylvania, and the names of citizens, mino operators, and bosses are alleged to have been placed on the deith-list of the organ­ ization. The assassination of two Hunga­ rians recently and the burning of col­ liery property is the accredited work of the "Mollies." Both arms of Priddy, the oarsman who was de­ feated by Morris at Pittsburgh, have been paralyzed, and ugly rumors are current to the effect that lie has been Soisoned... Rindskoif Bros., clothiers, of few York, have failed. The liabilities are estimated at $900,000. It is claimed that the assets are.$1,100,000... .In the races at Mystic Park, Boston, Young Rolfe, valued at $15,000, ran away, and fell dead near the judges' stand, having ruptured a b^pd- vessel. Peters & Co., wholesale dry goods at Syracuse, N. Y.. failed for $125,- 000, mostly due in New York. THE Department of Agriculture devotes a fair share of its September report to the subject of wheat-raising in India, and gives tables showing that the railway freights to the seaboard in that country are 50 per cent, higher than those between Chicago and tidewater... .Fishermen along the north shore of the St. Lawrence and on the north side of Anticoste, are in destitute circumstances, and the Government is asked to render aid The Canadian Government is about to authorize the lay­ ing of a cable from Sable Island to Halifax, a distance of 130 miles. THE MABKET. NEW YORK. liEEVES 17.00 H(XW ; fi.00 FLOUR--Extra 4.00 WHEAT--No. 2 Spring .82 No. 2 lied -.US- CORN--No. 2 ,6» OATS--White 1'ORK--New Mesa CHICAGO. BEEVES--Choice to Prime Steers. (rood Shipping Common to Fair IIoos... KIXJUK--Kancy White Winter Ex Good to Choice Spring. WHEAT--No. 2 Spring Xo. 2 Red Winter Coitx- No. 2 OATS--No. 2 Itvi;-- No. 2 iiAKT.EY--No. 2 UL'TTEU--Choice Creamery...... Fine Dairv CHIXSE-- Full Cream ... Skimmed Flat......... Koos--Fresh J'OTATOES- New, per bu. POKK--Mess LARI> TOLEDO."" WHEAT--No: 2Rod CORN--No. 2 OATS--No. 2.... .......7* MILWAUKEE. W HEAT--No. 2 CORN-No. 2 ......... OATf--No. 2 HI* *! Il.UtI.EY--No. 2 Spring I'OEK--Me.tfi FIAKD • ST. Lo'uii"' WHEAT--No. 2. CORN--Mixed OATS--Na 2.... Rtk POBK--Mms „ CINCINNATI. WHEAT--No. 2 Red CORN OATS--Mixed I'ORK--Mess I LARD DETROIT.' ' Fnouit. WHEAT--No l White CORN -Mixed OATS--No. 2 Mixed PORK--New MEWI w 1NDIANAPOLI& WHEAT--No. 2 Red, New CORN--Mixed OATS--Mixed T1 ^ EAST LIBERTY. CATTI.r -Bo«t Fair Common. JIoos SHEEP 17.C0, 0.7S 6.00 5.0 > 5.54) 4.23 4.00 « ,7t .34 .24 .53 .64 .22 .16 .09 .05 .15 .23 16.50 .07 .76 .52 .» .78 .64 .27 .60 15.7.1 7.00 .75 .47 .37 .48 16.60 .76 .63 .27 16.26 .07 6.00 .77 .68 .24 18.00 .75 .60 .25 6.60 6.00 4.50 6.25 4.00 Th» National m , {cultural Depart* Report. e 8.00 & 6.75 @ 6.75 <a .8a CM ,S7 • .61 (ft .42 . @17.50 <® 7.25 <& G.OO 5.3') VP C.50 (' 1 4.75 >«ii 4.60 & .75 <L« .78 (A> .55 & .2ft FFI .54 5 .06 <»! .21 6 .18 <<# .10 @ .06 «S .10 (FT .30 (RF 17.00 & .07 H .77 (9 .54 & .27 D .74 , (£9 ,5« fi .28 & .61 (416.23 ® 7.60 & .76 .48 & ,2-J C4 .60 017.00 @ .78 & .54 '& .28 ><<16.75 & .rnh & 6.75 & .78 .54 <A> .27 @18.50 & .76 @ .62 H» .26 7.00 (if 0.50 («! 5.00 0.73 <£ 5.01) [Washington dispatoh.1 The report of the Commissioner of Agri­ culture for September haa just been issued. It gives a very interesting report on the con­ dition of the crops in Europe, India, and other foreign countries. ^ In Europe, as oompared with last year| the barley and oat acreages have fallen off 5 8-10 per cent, and 2 8-10 per oent., respectively, and the slight gain of 2.4 per cent, in wheat has no significance beyond the fine condition of the !»»"> in the last sowing season. A dispatch to London from Calcutta ex­ presses the opinion that India will be able to export 50,000,000 bushels of wheat to foreign countries this year. The Commis­ sioner observes that the increase of exports from India from a few hundred thousand bushels per annum ten to twenty years ago to 37,148,543 bushels in 1881-82, and 39,127,977 bushels of sixty pounds for 1883-84 (year ended March 31), has excited the attention of the wheat-growing coun­ tries. It is known that India comes near to Fiance and Bussia in the volume of wheat production, and that these countries have only one out-ranking competitor--the United States of America. The Commissioner speaks of the folly of attempting to "feed the nations of the earth.' He says: "The arsa in wheat is now 38,500,000 acres, and 12,000,000 acres are cultivated in excess of the wants of the country, the produce of which must bo sold abroad, mainly in Liverpool in compe­ tition with the grain of Russia, of South America, of Austria, and of India. It is sent 1,500 miles by land and 3,000 miles by sea, and from California more than half round the world to compete with the half-civilized fellahs of Egypt and the slaves of India. It is a competition unworthy of American freemen, and utterly unnecessary, being caused by bad calculation in the distribu­ tion of crop areas, for while we export one- third of the wheat* production we import one-seventh of all the barley consumption and $100,000,000 worth of sugar at foreign valuation, which brings $150,000,000 in our local markets, in addition to the costs and profits of refining here." Ex-Senator Oonkliag Qftraa Bis Opinion on the Political ̂ % Situation. | Mr. Blame s Reception in Bonoa--1 Gov. Hendricks at Peoria, POISONING THE INNOCENTS. Children Falling Victims to the Dukes- Kujtl Fend at Unioa- town, Pa. [Vniontown )Pa.) special. 1 Intense excitement has been caused here by the discovery of an atrocious attempt to take the lives of the members of the Nutt family. The well from which the supply of water was drawn was poisoned by some unknown miscreant. Two of the young ladies are already dead, and other members of the family are dying. As far as can be ascertained, there is no apparent motive for the deliberate crime, and all ef­ forts made thus far to traco the persons en­ gaged in the horrible affair have proved a signal failure. The first intimation of the coming horror was the an­ nouncement last evening of the sudden death of Miss Annie Nutt, sister of Miss Lizzie Nutt, whose betrayal by N. L. Dukes was followed by the tragic death of the young girl's father, and subsequently of Dukes, who was shot by James Nutt. This evening Miss Nellie Nutt, another of the sisters, expired, and news of her death was quickly circulated through the town, intensi­ fying public opinion over the horrifying revelations. The water in the weU is being analyzed, and the people are awaitin with intense anxiety the result of the examination. In the absence of any known motive for the crime the story of the Nutt scandal and the events following it are being excitedly ttiscussed, and although there m.ty be no truth in it the theory is advanced that some friend of Dukes has resorted to (his disagreeable act to avenge his killing by the brother of Miss Lizzie Nutt. Young James Nutt, the avenger of his sister's honor, who is at home, and also his sister Lizzie, were both made ill, but their condition is not critical. THE PEACE OF EUROPE. The Conference of the Three Emperors Settled for the Present. [Cable dispatch from Skicrniwioe, Poland.! The Austrian Emperor conferred the Grand Cross of St Stephen upon Grand Duke Vladimir, De Giers, and Prince Lobanoff. He altf3 presented Gen. Janju- tin, commander of tha regiment of which he is honorary Colonel, with a gold snuff­ box set with diamonds. In making his adieus the Emperor of Austria kissed the hand of the Czarina three times, and kissed the Czar, thinking him for his exceed­ ing amiability. Deafening cheers fol­ lowed the Austrian Emperor until his car­ riage was out of hearing distance. Tues­ day evening the royal party attended the theater. The Emperor of Germany con­ ducted the Czarina, who was adorned with Prussian decorations. The Emperor of Austria conducted the Grand Duchess Maria Paulovna, and the Czar and other members of the party followed. Russian, Polish, and Austrian ballets furnished the entertainment. The imperial spectators re­ tired to tea after the second act. [Cable dispatch trom St. Petersburg;.] The Journal de St. Petersburg says the reccnt meeting of the three Emperors at Skierniwice secures lasting peace in En- rope. The principles of unity, conciliation, and appeasement now replace all isolated action, and remove all uncertainty as to to­ morrow's events, thus exercising a favora­ ble influence upon the political and social world. This security, says the Journal, is not based upon any abstract theories, b«t upon practical unity interests. ATTACKING THE UNITED STATES. French Newspapers Indignant at the Land­ ing of American Marines in Foo Chow. [Cable dispatch trom Paris.] The Parisian press have suspended their attacks upon England for the time being, and are devoting themselves to diatribes against the United States, on account of the action < f the Ameri­ cans in landing marines to act in conjunc­ tion with the British to preserve order in Foo Chow on Sept. 2, afler the French bombardment. Le Paris says that the Americans out-berod Germany, and • ven England, the traditional enemy of Fi .nee, in the huteful malice and the delii-io • pas­ sion of their criticism upon Admiral Cour- bet's action; but (he venomous ravings of the Yankees cannot ruffle the French. CHIPS. hog MlNKEAPOLis man has a pet which follows him wherever he goes. ALVAN CLAUK. most not^d of telescope makers, has complete 1 his eightieth year. THE British Government spends about $5,000 a year in the photography of crim­ inals. "EXTRA BILLY" SMITH, once Governor of Virginia, has just celebrated his eighty- seventh birthday. IK Philadelphia there is a sect of relig­ ious believers who worship a woman under the belief that she is a "daughter of God." The woman died not long ago and her heirs are now disputing as to her possessions. ISBAEII COE, of Waterbury, Conn., is the only survivor of the State Legislature of 1824, of which he was the youngest mem ber. He is 90 years old, in full mental and physical vigor, and is not a Prohibitionist. MR. MOODY, with his by no means silent partner, Sankey, is at workat Portland, Me. Oorikling Talks. [New York special.] Conkling tells all newspaper reporters that he is ont of public life and has no interest in poli­ tics, and has nothing to say. To his friends and acquaintances, however, he talks with the ut­ most freedom. To one of these he said yesterday that in his judgment both parties had nominated bad anfi unworthv men. He could not consistently vote for either. He gave his friend to understand that he would vote for Butler if he voted at all. It he takes any part in politics he will use his influence in behalf of Butler. He said that there would be more men in both of the great parties who would vote against their leaders than had ever been known in the history of our politics. He said that there was no way of esti­ mating the extent of the dissatisfaction in the ranks of the Republican and Democratic parties. He thought that this discontent with the party leaders wan cr ater in this State than in any other in the Union. It was on this account that no suund prediction could now be made as to the political outcome in New York St-ite. If this dissatisfaction should continue to grow Butler may receive more votes here than either Blaine or Cleveland. Mr. Conkling has no de- Fire to return to public life at present. He says that It is a good time to be out of politics. Mr. Conkling thinks the general tendency is in the direction of the breaking up of the two leading party organizations. i e has never given any of his«ld Republican associates the slightest ground for leading them to suppose that he would vote this year for the Republican candidate for President, The political situation shifts here from day to day. The politicians acknowledge that among workingmen the General will get a' good vote. It is learned, too, that in Troy there was a formidable bolt against Cleveland as well as in Rochester. The tem­ perance movement in Western New York bothers the Republicans very much. Altogether things are very much mixed in New York State. Blaine's Reception at Boston. [Boston dispatch.] ' A signal of fifty guns, which drowned the music of a brass band playing "Hall to the Chief," announced the advent of James G. Blaine. He was met by a delegation of the Re­ publican City Committee under charge of Fran­ cis Parkman, and conducted to the hotel. In the, ladies' parlor he was given an ovation by the leading Republicans of the city, including Gov. Robinson. It was a noticeable fact that the assemblage in the reception room cheered Mr. Blaine more vociferously than did the 3,000 people outside. Immediately after the recep­ tion Mr. Blaine was conducted to the balcony of the hotel, where he was introduced by Mr. Park- man. Mr. Blaine said: "I thank you, gentlemen, for this old-fashioned Boston welcome. 1 do not come to your city aa a stranger,and I feel I am amongold friends and true friends. I have known your city for thirty years. I have watched its progress with deep personal interest, and whenever it fell within my power I have in a humble way contributed thereto. Boston is to all New England a center of interest, as much in my State as in yours, and there is no city within the limits of the Union where a popular greeting would be more grate­ ful than it is to me this evening. Thanking you with all my heart for the good-will and good-ch er with which you have received me, I bid you good evening." Mr. Blaine was then presented formally to all Who wore in the rooms. I!ntier In New York. [Lowville (N. Y.) telegram.J Gen. Butler spoke on the grounds of the Lewia County fair to a great crow. I. He was well re­ ceived. In the course of his speech he said: " I want to Vie just to all parties. I have been in them all, know all their good and all their faults and failings. But I can say to you in all sincerity that the mass of the neople who com­ pose all parties are honest lovers of their coun­ try, who would do it no wrong if they knew it, nor would they sufler any wrong to be done it. There, are honest men in all parties, i.nd as many In proportion to their numbers in one as in another, and if it ever ap­ pears there are more dishonest men ip one party than in another, it is because that party is in power under temi ta lon, and to that party the rascals are attracted." [Laughter.] Gen. Butler then talked of the Republican party and the Democratic party, and said: "The Re­ publican party is the party of monopoly be­ cause monopoly has gone to them. But enough monopoly has stayed in the Democratic party to make it of no consequence which party wins. 'J he people never win. If laboring men will vote together they can elect two President# by by the number of their votes." Both Parties Claiming' the Election. TNew York dispatch.] The widest possible difference of opinion con­ tinues to exist at Republican and Democratic headquarters. Never were the Democrats so sanguine as at present Daniel Manning, speak­ ing of the outlook, said: " This is the hi st time I have spoken with re­ gard to the campaign. People may say what they please, but Grover Cleveland is going to be our next President. Perhaps I ought not to say so much, but I have the most reliable informa- ti< n from all over the country which assures me of what I say. The fact is that there ia more silent work bsln i done in this campaign than in any other that I can remember. We are going to win. At the Republican headquarters most of the gentlemen occupy their entire time in pooh- poohing the recent publication of the Mulligan letters i.nd unite in saving that the letters will help Blaine with all thinking voters. Ex-Gov. Cornell was a little wrathy when he said to­ day: "You oan use all the Mulligan letters you want to--the result will be all the same. Grover Cleveland has no more chance of being Presi­ dent than 1 have of occupying the moon." ^Hendricks at IVorfa. fPeoria (111.) Associated Press dispatch.] Fifteen thousand prople greetei Gov. Hen­ dricks and Mayor Harrison on the fair grounds. Each gentleman delivered an address confined to agriculture, horticulture, and mechanical pursuits. At the close of the speeches three cheers were given by the vast multitude for the distinguished shakers. In the evening Gov Hendricks addressed one of the largest Demo­ cratic meetings ever held in Peoria. There were 20,000 people in line and at the various places of meetinsr. Gov. Hendricks spoke in the Wig­ wam; every possible space in the hall, which will hold S.ooo people, was crowded to its ut­ most capacity. He spoke for one hour in one of the ablest ettorts of his life. The dangerous accident on th'i train on his trip to Peqria, on which he came near losing his life, seemed to oause fain to speak with energy and earnest­ ness. Butler's Campaign. [From the Chicago Herald.] John F. Henry, of New York, President of the National Anti-Monopoly organization. Is at the Grand Pacific. He came direct from New York, and is en route to California on per­ sonal business, as he claims. In speaking of the Butler canvass, he said: "We organized in 18S2, and in l«H8 we propose electing our President. Anti-Monopolists are in general poor men. They have not the means to put into the campaign to run it as other parties > un their organizations. Butler has the money to put into it. but he feels the uncertainty of elec­ tion to be too great this year to do so." In New York City we wiil poll a vote of 50,000, including King's County. In the State we will poll 100,()"0 votes. We expect to carry Massachusetts. We will also elect the fusion ticl.et in Michigan. Butler will be se ond in the race, if not first. We will not com bine in Illinois." , Daniel in Boston. [Boston telegram.] Thfe Prohibition party of Boston and vicinity held a ia ly in Trcmont Temple to-night. The meetinu' was called to order bv James R. Rob­ ert-, who »aid th; report th^t President Seelye declined the Prohibition nomination for Gov­ ernor WKS not true. He has not declined, and was heartily in sympathv with the movement. Among the sneakers was Mr. Daniel, the party nominee for Vice l usident. Ha asi-erte I that there were more Prohibitionists among Demo­ crats in the South than among Republicans in th>* North, and that prohibition had a really stronger hold in the Southern states than in the Northern btates. He beiieved no Issue would exsert so strong an influence in uniting the two sections of the country as the temperance issue. Betting on tlte Keautt. [New York dispatch.] Bets on the result of the election, with the cans decidedly in lavor of Cleveland, are now being freelv made. Last t-aturda,v night, Mr. XVilbani Wyse offered to bet Col. Charles a Si>eiicer f.">oo that CI ^veland would carry New York State by 5o,t)oo majoilty. The Colonel, who had iust, been making a stump speech in favor of Blaine, accepted the bet, and checks for the amount were tilled out and intrusted to Robert Taylor, of the firm of DeGralT .t Tavlor. Mr. Wyse has made a similar bet with Mr. Par­ ker, of the Gilsev House. John T. Ijesler, the Chioaao grain-dealer, has telegraphed to afriend in this city to place $l,6uo even on Cleveland's eleotion. THE race question in tearing np Halifax, Nova Scotia. Because a little colored girl goes to school, the white girls refuse to at­ tend. IT is estimated that there are now in Montana, including calves, upward of 1,000,000 cattle, besides horses and sheep. FOOB HUNDRED John Smiths are em­ ployed by the Government. TALUK ' To IBON ^mlMroideriea lay them oil flannel, right aide to the flannel. HUB flat-iron* on salt if they are rough. Beeswax will remove flakes of starch. IF A teaspooqful of turpentine is put mto a waahboiler and boiled with the clothes will whiten them ucrceptibly. „ £,v.ery ®°irishing drink for an in­ valid ia made of whipped cream, sweet­ ened and mixed with highly flavored wine. YOU do not wish to lav on too much fat, as stock-feeders Bay, eat lean meat and few vegetablea Avoid much sugar or butter. BEADING aloud with the teeth closed for twoA hours a day, is said to cure stammering. Vinegar is best to mix stove polish with. A PIECE of matting neatly tucked down by an outside door will protect their carpet, and will require less care than a piece of cloth. LADIES whose parlors are filled with a pretty litter of bric-a-brac," often preter, for reasons which are patent to all housekeepers, to do their own dust­ ing. i or the delicate trifles which a brush may knock over, a pair of small bellows will be found very convenient, and m Germany, where they are quite often put to this use, the little bellows are themselves made into ornamental objects to hang in the palor, by covei- • ing the sides with embroidery and tv- j ing a ribbon bow on the handles. THE latest fashion in table covers is to knit them; occupation is thus pro­ vided for those who do not feel equal to high art in needle work, or whose eyes will not stand the strain. These taWe covers are of silk; old silk dresses, old ribbons that are too faded or streaked to be of any further use are transformed into things of beauty by being cut into narrow strips and third or a fourth of an inch in width, and then are knit on large needles of wood. If you have old black silk, make a bor­ der of that. The cover mav be finished with a fringe of silk, cut in strips of the proper length, and wide enough so that they may be fringed by drawing the threads out. This thread is tied in as thread is put in the momie cloth tidies. SCREENS.--A simple and easy made fire screen, has, instead of ordinary panel, a rod across the top, from which depends a full curtain of velveteen with a dado of stamped plush, studded with small spangles. For anyone who has time and taste for embroidery, a strip of sateen, decorated with needle-work, may take the place of the plush. A screen to take in the hand, or put in a movable rest, is made by covering a long handled Japanese fan with black satin, on which is worked, in silver gray silk, a representation of a spider's web, which may be drawn from nature without much trouble. The web is worked, on a laige scale, much the same way that ladies were fond of orna­ menting buttons a few years ago--bars radiating from a center, and lines of silk going around, with a stitch taken over the fcar at each intersection, to prevent the circular effect demanded for the button. The other side of the fan may be covered with plain satin with a flat bow in the center, and the handle may be colored red or black- Writes Lett e i*s in Her Sleep. The Montreal Star tells strange stories of a young lady living a short distance from that city. It appears that within the last few months she ex­ hibited all the symptoms of somnam­ bulism. While apparantly asleep she would rise, and, with her eyes tightly closed, could walk down stairs with perfect safety. It was found that after performing these singular feats she would return to her bed, and* on awaking in tho morning, could never recall the circumstances to mind. A short time ago, her friends, who re­ garded her present state with great anxiety, tried an experiment. One evening recently, when she was found walking in her sleep, a gentleman, pro­ curing pen and paper, requested her to write a letter. She obeyed mechani­ cally, and, sitting down, wrote a note to an absent friend,correct in every respect, although her eyes at the same time were closed. A singular fact was that the writing throughout was ex­ cellent. the words being written precisely along the lines. At times she conversed while in this state quite free­ ly and correctly. Recently, though, exhibiting the saihe symptoms, Bhe has kept her eyes open, which, however, only give a vacant stare. On another occasion, while starting out for a drive, she became unconscious, and the next moment revived, only to be found in her old state. She was asked to drive, and, at tho bidding of a friend, took the reins. On returning home she be­ came herself again, and when acquaint­ ed with her strange actions, felt greatly surprised. The young lady is very prepossessing, and is about 18 years of age. About a vear ago she had a se­ rious attack of brain fever, and her medical attendant attributes her strange conduct to that cause. She feels the position in which she is placed very keenly. Several doctors have ex­ pressed themselves as puzzled with the case, and she will be taken to Boston shortly to visit some of the lights of the medical profession to see if any re­ lief oan be afforded hen Two Vitiwa. Colonel Clepmore, editor of the Daily lilue Wing, went fishing oue Sunday and broke his leg Bev. Mr. Gidloh heard of the accident, and in his Sunday evening sermon said: "Here we have a striking example of the retribution following tho violation of the Sabbath. If Colonel Clepmore had been at church he would not have broken his leg." The following Sunday, as Kev. Mr. Gidfeit was ascending tho stairs of the pulpit, he stopped on a piece of orange feel dropped by a child of the Sunday- school, slipped, fell and broke his leg. The next issue of the Blue Wing con­ tained the followiag: "Here we have a striking example of the retribution following the ••elf-ap­ pointed c ensorship. If Bev. Mr. Gidfeit had been fishins* he would not have broken his leg."--Arkansas Traveler. SILK manufact uring has grown won- deriully in the United States during the last thirty-five years, the most re­ markable increase being from 1870 to 1880, when it was 250 per cent. This country stands second now in this branch of industry, France ranking first, and promises to lead before long. The value of the silk manufacture of 1880 was H 1.033.045, New Jfersoy lead­ ing with $17,122,230, while New York followed with $10,170,140, Connecticut $5,881,000, Massachusetts $3,7G4,2ti0, and Pennsylvania $3,491,840. WORK is proceeding rapidly with the great railway tunnel under the Mersey. The tunnel will be three and one-eighth miles in length. ILLINOIS STATE NEWS. --The Tabernacle at Dcoatur is alt- verified to be sold at Sheriff s sale for debt. --A company has been organized at Belleville to construct a railway from tlilK^ town to a point opposite St. Louis. --Alvin P. Green, a prominent lawyer and politician of Sullivan, is dead. He wag; one of the 306 delegates who voted far Gen. Grant in the Chicago convention ofc 1880. --The span of the bridge to be ereetecK over the Vermilion River, near Kyger'st • mill, in Vermilion County, will be 220 feet, long. This will be the longest bridge ilk. that part of the State. --On the race-course at Chicago a two-- year-old named Greenlander trotted m3e> heats in 2:34f and 2:34$, winning $500 by- beating all records. J. I. Case followed! the animal to the stable and endeavored to* purchase him. ~ W * --The Great Council of Bed Men of tiiiE United States convened last week at Spring-- field. The organization numbers 40,588- persons, has* 507 subordinates branches* and paid out for the relief of membess lait, year $132,814.98. --William B. Lyle, a Chicago Time# **••. - porter, stabbed a Chicago and Northwestern* Railroad engineer, named H. Gregg, threes times in the stomich and once in the* throat, producing mortal wounds, during a.; fracas at the Chicago Driving Paxk. Lykfc * was arrested. 1 ; --Gov. Hamilton offer a reward of $200 for the arrest of L. C. Chandler, of Chandlerville, Cass County, who is indicted, in Morgan County for forging notes and mortgages to the amount of $9,000. Chand­ ler was a member of the Thirty-seconcl General Assembly of Illinois. f , --At Marshall, Albert Stewart,colored, atlft Mary Daniels, white, both pleaded guilty in .the Circuit Court to the charge of big­ amy, and each was given one year in the- penitentiary. They married July 8, and# was proven that both had been married bp^, J - fore, and that their consorts were living. --It is not improbable thit, in Chicagbj, ' within a space of forty acres, including thte site of the new Board of Trade, there ifr being piled more stone, brick, and iron ia the shape of tali buildings than can be> found on any other forty-acre plot of %$ . earth's surface.--Chicago Current* --William Shaw, of Centralia, • latgCf real-estate owner, started for Walnut Hill to attend a meeting. Subsequently he wast found sitting by the roadside holding hi» horse, unable to utter a word, haying been, struck speechless. He was taken to hies |°me near Walnut Hill, since when he ha» not spoken. --Funds have been secured' in Ijondon for the construction of a railroad from Springfield to Murphysboro, and work is to- commence next month. The discovery has been made at Freeport that the right off way now being secured in that vicinity for a through line from Chicago to St. Pattf^ backed by New York capital. --The body of the unknown man fountf. hanging to a tree near Decatur proves to hjt^vr that of Thomas Markowski, an old German, who mysteriously disappeared three months- ago. The theory of suicide is exploded, a» the man had been shot in two separate » places. There was no pistol about the tr##." to show that he had shot himself. " ' --A report on the condition of the Brigade of Illinois militia has been for* warded to the Secretary of Wair by Gen*. ; Sweitzer, of the regular army. He recom»- mends that the State should uniform the* troops and provide for a larger encamp*- ment. He finds that, apart from the uni-- V forms, the jr:Kent appropriation is lefi» than one-half what is required for infautiy„ and less than one-fifth what is needier ar­ tillery and cavalry. --Col. James Boyer died in the poor- house at Hillsbord. He was bora in Vir­ ginia in 1831, and was a Colonel in the Con­ federate army, and a man of considerable^ ability. He was well known in railroad- • circles, having been a contractor on a num­ ber of roads in this State. During the last- few years he had been addicted to intern- .. pemnce, and a few weeks ago he ran out of money and was compelled to go tothepoor* - house. --Jefferson Hankins, gambler, was made*' defendant in a suit for $2,509 in the Stv^ ^ perior Court of Cook County. The plain- tiff is Mary Bacigalapo, who is called-. "Italian Mary." She is the proprietress at an apple stand in the Illinois Central Rail­ way depot. Mary has been in the fruit- business for many years, having formerly had a stand in the First Natioaal Bank; Building. From the profits on apple* audi bananas she accumulated money enough make a payment upon a house and lot, an<$ after holding it for some timer sold it a£ a profit, and had $1,100 as the result of her speculation and savings. About two week* ago her husband secured the money and gambled it away in Jeff Hankins' den, he» tl ims. When asked by his attorney, Ge&ii A; Stiles, why he went to the gambling house*.. he answered, with a shrug of his broadt shoulders: "Veil she scold me so I go avayj: vere shall I go?" His employment is hell** •, ing his wife. --The Citi£et»'^As8ociati<m, 0£ <Chicagor have had plans prepared for a feueuicat- luildiug for the accommodation of some of the working poor of the city. The building." is to be a five-story-and-basement* Start- • icg at the basement, there are lanadrses f^ft f each family, who will each have the us? <MCT the washing-house oue day out of every week. On the first floor are the bath-monup' of the building, there being eight of the* latter for males and eight for females „0pi*'fe; the second and third floors will be thfSr ' famiii s, and the children will be* allowed to remain with the parents until they reidbi tho age of 14, when the boys will go » atoiy higher, where there are beds provided ft®? - ; about fifty or sixty males. On this floors ; ^ the fifth, is a reading-room and lavatory.. Each bed on this floor is single; the- rooa* has ample light and ventilation, aud tflw sanitary state of the place is excellent. Th# dormitory will be for lodgers of the cheaper class, and, though it may not be as luxurious : as the lower floor, is still far beyond com­ parison with the 10-cent. lodging-houses M' •' the present day. The cost of the building; will be $-10,000, and rents to families on the* second and third floors will be about $7 per month. Lodging each night will be about* 12 cents. i/ A --Six farmers, neir Cooperstown, lost heavily by hog cholera. . ,r.V-v „•