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MoHENBY, ffanrti l£?latsulralcr I. VAN SL.YKC, UMtMi Puklishtr. ILLINOIS HEWS CONDENSED. THE EAST. destroyed the BncMnpfefim Hotel at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, sixty guests having barely time to escape with their lives. A force of marines from the ?ivy yard rendered all the aid possible, he loss is estimated at $140,(KK)... .The directors of the New York Central Road, at a special meeting authorized the issue of . $15,000,000 debenture bonds to run twenty years at 5 per cent.... Commo- jr" * \ dore Thomas S. Fillebrown, commander of 'H?the New York Navy Yard, died of heart disease... .A daring thief made way with a *' gold bar from No. 102 Broadway, New ;7; York, valued at $597. He was closely fol- »* . lowed, but made good his escape. 5T ' A REGISTERED mail package containing . $10,500 in bonds, from New York to East |f Hampton, Conn., was rifled between New Haven and the point of destination ; A lad named Boscoe Conkling, a -"relative of the ex-Senator, was killed V on the fair grounds at Eiverhead, f • Long Island, by an accidental blow f from a base-ball bat At Troy, N. Y., ^ " 1 Mary Emma Babcock, adopted daughter of J- Simmons, a wealthy business man, was secretly married to W. B. Bartholo- t- mew, her coachman. ... .President Arthur ~ ' . attended the funeral of Mrs. George Bliss i r at New York last week. ' , COMPLAINING of pains in her arms,Mrs. Seeley, of Sardinia, N. Y., applied for ae- lief to a physician, who, after an examina­ tion, developed sores and applied poul­ tices, the result being the extraction of forty-six needles or portions of nee­ dles from the afflicted members. The woman has no knowledge of how they were introduced into her system. ....Frank S. Chanfrau. the well-known actor, died in Jersey City, of apoplexy, aged 65 Breed & Edwards, flour manu­ facturers of Pittsburgh, have made an as­ signment to discharge liabilities of $70,000. The assets are $160,000. THE WEST. MS A STREET-CAR driver at Indianapolis re­ fused to give up his cash-box to highway­ men the other night, when they fired two shots, one instantly killing the only passen­ ger in the car One thousand tons of wheat were shipped last week from San Francisco over the Southern Pacific to New Orleans, and thence to England Gen. William A. Throop, a well-known citizen of Detroit, killed himself by firing a pistol ball through his brain. ANOTHER set of questions for Mr. Blaine ; to answer has been filed at Indianapolis by the Sentinel in the libel suit. The queries hinge upon the plaintiff's marriage, where it occurred, the minister or magistrate of­ ficiating, the witnesses, and the movements of Mr. Blaine after the ceremony. The deposition of Hon. John V. LeMoyne, ex- Congressman from Chicago, was taken in that city last week. He swore that he wit­ nessed the marriage in Pittsburgh in March, 1851, of Mr. Blaine and a dosely veiled lady whose name was given as Miss Har- ' riet Stanwood. Nothing was said about a prior marriage, but Mr. Blaine requested that nothing be said about the union for six months. A SENSATION was produced in Chicago, the other night, by the complete collapse ' of John McCullough, the eminent and popular tragedian, while playing npon the stage of McVicker's Theater, in his great >; character of Spartacus. the gladiator^ He I staggered about the stage like a drunken ;W- , * man, could not recall his lines, and created s" *'• •the utmost demoralization among the supporting actors. Some of the more " ignorant of the audience added to the con- f fusion by hissing the actor, under the im- . 5 pression that he was intoxicated. His ' r manager has canceled all his engagements . " > for the season. Mr. McCullough has been ill for two years, and friends and , . physicians have urged him to re­ tire from the stage and rest for a season. His affliction is a species of nervous prostration that threatens soften- |ic: ing of the brain and insanity. McCul- |>g( lough's engagement at McVicker's was for three weeks, and his illness caused the closing of the house for six days. Mr. • Newton Gotthold, in his popular character 3 of Miealiz, will fill up the other week. THE Tri-State Old Settlers' reunion was . held at Keokuk, Iowa, 15,000 people par­ ticipating. Justice Miller, of the United States Supreme Court, and the Hon. Henry W. Strong, of Chicago, were among the speakers Gov. Glick, of Kansas, has proclaimed a quarantine of sixty days against cattle from the States of Kentucky. Iowa; Nebraska, and Missouri. The importation of Jersey cattle from any State is prohibited A Chinaman, who is married to a white wom­ an, was granted citizen's papers the other day at Cleveland, Ohio. Four years ago he took out his first papers, and Judge Tilden - -- - was not barred anti-Chinese act ....Two persons a dozen seriously ' • decided that he out by the passed in 1882. were killed and injured by a wild tion, S'iO.OflO; gpneial educational pur­ poses, bn ldings, etc., $790,950; construc­ tion and repairs, $75,000... Portraits ot the wives of Presidents Tjler and Polk were hung in the green room of the White House last week.... Postmasters commis­ sioned: John D. Adair, North Salem. Ind., WM. S. Moore, Meadville, Neb.; Albert M. Beldon, Commou wealth, Wis. FOLLOWING is the regular monthly state­ ment of the public debt, issued on the let Inst.: Interest-bearing debt- Four and one-halt per cents faso.ooo.ooo Four per cents t37.tts4,v 0 Three per cents 30t,">21,250 Refunding certificates...... 2;O.".M» Navy pension fund. I4,uoo,ooo Total interest-bearing debt $l,20fi,47i;,5o;» *r,, 7J9.356 l.VHS.iM) 244,i;tT,:ui . f6i3,sr.s,;>r>j . 425.031.3il Matured debt Debt bearing no interest-- Legal-tender notes. Certificates of deposit Gold and silver certificates Fractional currency Total without interest Total debt (principal) Total interest Total cash In Treasury Debt less cash in Treasury...... Decrease during September..'.. Decrease since J une 30, 1881.... Current liabilities-- .. Interest due and unpaid .|i, 763,503 Debt on which interest has ceased. . I8,6i6,si3 Interest thereon 333,706 Gold and silver certificates.......... 8*4,197,341 United States notes held lor re­ demption certificates ; , 15,045,000 Cfesh balance available ' 144,174,'.(48 ... .$1,42">.4G7,0~>5 ..... 12,04 7,'>39 ..... 24,583,180 Total........ ........ $425,031,821 Available assets- ; • Cash in Treasury.*. Bonds issnad to Pacific Railway Companies, interest payable by United States-- Princinal outstanding Interest accrued, not yet Daid....... Interest paid by United States Interest repaid by companies-- By transportation service. By cash payments, 5 per cent nut earnings , Balance of interest paid by United States ,T4«,031.321 $64,053,-12 63,09.4,504 $18,358,09" 656,198 43.586.210 IT is probable that the court-martial in the case of Gen. Swaim will decide that the charges against him have not been sus­ tained, and will recommend that he be re­ stored to his rank in the army. POLITICAL. train falling through a bridge near Ashland, Wisconsin.... A shot was fired into the railroad car in which ex-Gov. St. John traveled from Carlisle to Terre Haute, Ind., the ball barely missing the Prohibition Presidential candidate. rilK SOUTH. JTFIS AT Frenchtown, Md., the other morning, the caisson of a railway bridge, containing seven men, sunk in sixty feet of water. Abont noon the caisson was floated by air pressure, pumped ont, and the men were found alive, but in an exhausted condition, and will recover The will of John W. Garrett makes his sons administrators of an estate valued at $20,000,000. The poor of Baltimore are to receive $5,000 per annum forever, and the sons during their lives are to disburse $50,000 each year for benevolent or educational purposes. The trustees are to hold for twenty years the family interest of thirty thousand shares in the Baltimore and Ohio Road, and control it for the commercial benefit of the city.... For a week the thermometer nt Lynchburg, Va., has been at 90, and the drought in the southwestern section of the State is without parallel. Forest trees are dying, streams have run dry, and the hay crop has been destroyed. Stock are being taken into Tennessee for water John H, Flynn, Master Mechanic of the Western and At­ lanta Railroad, died at Atlanta, Ga., in his 57th year. QCABASTISE has been petitioned for against hogs in several counties of Mary­ land, large numbers being infected with disease akin to diphtheria. Statements are made that diseased swine are being slaugh­ tered and shipped in large quantities to Baltimore .Owing to the protracted drought in Virginia, the tobacco crop of that State has suffered seriously. \T.> H • "Y WASHINGTON. . ' -v; THE estimates submitted by Inspector Hawortli to the Commissioner of Indian Af­ fairs made the following allowances for the maintenance of Indian schools for the next fiscal year: Forest Grove School, Oregon, $46,500; Genoa, Neb., $31,760; Lawrence, Kan., $62,250; Hampton, Va., $25,250; Carlise, Pa., $101,000; Chilocca, I. T., $36,125; Alaska, $$5,000; schools in States •#d Territories, < $116,900; transports- i THE Wisconsin brewers, it is said, refuse to contribute money for the election of the Democratic State ticket, but are working for Cleveland State councils of the American Political Alliance have been or­ dered to make up electoral tickets for Ells­ worth and Waterman.. .. ..The Butlerites of New York City have nominated Hugh J. Grant for Mayor. The Democratic Con­ gressional dead-lock in the Second Wiscon­ sin District was ended by the nomination of Gen. Bragg on the 150th ballot. THE Tammanyites have made their nom­ inations for city officers in New York. John Kelly made a speech, in which he said that Tammany would give Cleveland a "full, fair, and honorable support." Ex-Senator Thomas F. Grady was egged by a band of workingmen during a political meeting iu Albany. DEMOCRATIC Congressional conventions have placed in the field John Quincy Adams in the Second Massachusetts, and J. Nelson Pidcock in the Fourth New Jersey. The Republicans nominated Henry G. Burleigh in the Eighteenth New York, E. B. Hayden in the Fifth Massachusetts, and Charles Luhling ia the Fifth Wiscon­ sin. Thomas Butterworth. of Rockford, HI., will not accept the Democratic nomina­ tion. A Greenback convention at Council Bluffs indorsed the nomination of Pusey, Democrat. THE Prohibitionists of Iowa held a State convention at Marshalltown and nominated a full electoral ticket Candidates for State officers will be selected by the Executive Committee. • Is the Georgia election, held on the 1st inst., less than one-third of the vote of the State was polled. There was no opposi­ tion to the Democratic ticket. ...At a Democratic mass meeting at Charles­ ton, W. Va., a drunken man fired into the crowd in front of the speakers' stand. A negro was killed and a white man received a serious wound in the neck Gen J. W. Denver has been nominated for Congress by the Democrats of the Eighth Ohio District. This is the district now rep­ resented by ex-Speaker Keifer. THE political demonstration at Cincin­ nati in honor of Blaine and Logan was one of the most imposing ever witnessed in the city. ;. .Gov. Cleveland received a grand welcome at Buffalo on the evening of the 2d inst. His arrival was announced by an ar­ tillery salute and the shrieks of locomo­ tives. Notwithstanding a steady rain storm, scores of organized clubs from*all the west- em counties joined the citizens in a parade past th« Genesee House, where they were reviewed by the Presidential candidate. Blaine and Logan have promised to visit the State capital of Illinois on Oct. 24, and preparations are being made to receive them....John F. Marsh, of Springfield, who was nominated for Lieutenant Gov­ ernor of Massachusetts by the Butlerites, positively declines to accept the honor.... Over fifteen thousand people attended a Democratic gathering at Lexington, 111., the principal speakers being Gov. Hubbard, Gen. Black, Sena­ tor McDonald, and Carter Harrison.... Ben Butler and Gov. St. John spoke at In- j dianapolis on the same evening, both hav­ ing large audiences At the national con­ vention of "drummers," at Louisville, Joseph Mulhattan, the champion Kentucky- liar, was nominated for President of the United States, and Z. T. Collier, of Ohio, for Vice President. The platform favors drummers, workingmen, and prohibition, and the claim is made that they can poll about 6,000,000 votes. law, Queen Victoria, will arrange a mariiago between him and her daughter- in-law, the Duchess of Albany At a meeting of the Irish National League in Dubliu, the Secretary stated that no aid had been received fIom the United States for some lime. A son of O'Dotfovan Rossn has arrived in Paris, claiming to have 60,- < !•<• francs with which to buy dynamite for use in England. THE Duke of Cambridge is going to visit Ireland for the purpose of inspecting ti e (loops stationed there. Great precau­ tions will be taken to insure the safety of the Duke in the "enemy's country." A ste.imer arrived at Cardiff, Wales, from Ge­ noa, with several of the crew sick with cholera. Sir. ERASMUS WILSON, an eminent Brit­ ish doctor who died recently, bequeathed $1,000,000 to the Royal College of Sur­ geons, London. The interest on this sum is to be devoted to the education of young men in pathologic il science It is reported from London that the Brit­ ish Government has paid $80,000 to a Chi­ cago firm for pressed beef for the Soudan expedition. .. .The Castle Island branch of the Irish National League expelled its President for shaking hands with the Lord Lieutenant... .Sixty persons were killed in a railway accident on the Eastern Bengal Railway. ADDITIONAL NEWII INTELLIGENCE has reached London of ft terribly disastrous hurricane in Iceland on Sept 11. The accounts thus far recaived show that nineteen trading vessels and sixty fishing boats were lost and thirty-two other vessels disabled. The most appalling feature of the hurricane was the loss of life. The exact number of those who perished has not yet been asceit lined, but it is known to be very great... .business failures for the week numbered 188, against 201 the previous week, and 160 for the corresponding period in 1881.... The steimer Texan made the trip from Liver­ pool to New Orleans in sixteen days and ten hours--the fastest on record. THE demurrer of a Utah Mormon to an indictment for polygtmy, on the ground that Mormons were excluded from the Grand Jury, was overruled at Salt Lake by Judge Zane, who stated that a man was not fit to try an accused person who believed the person to be investigated had a right to commit the crime for which he was called upon to answer. .. .James Dacev was found guilty at Woodstock, 111., of the murder of Aid. Gaynor in Chi­ cago. ... Capitalists interested will reorgan­ ize the Toledo, Cincinnati and St. Louis Road, make it standard gauge, and place it under first-class management. .. . A letter from Fullerton, Nebraska, an­ nounces the recent murder near that place of Mr. and Mrs. Percival, their child, and an employe named Myer The St. Paul Road reports gross earnings of $2,201,000 for September, an amount nearly equal to the same period List ye.ir ... A dispatch from Ashland, Wis., says: As the result of the railroad accident at Pike Creek, near Bayfield, fourteen men were 6calded and mangled, seven of whom are dead, and three more will die.... In the army rifle contest at Leavenworth, Lieut. Merriam won the first prize and Lieut. Clay the second. THEIR minds being unbalanced by the Erie County Savings Bank failure, Leo and Francisco Schroeck, a young Bavarian couple, living at Erie, at the instigation of a friend, buried all their household goods. They also had Schroeck stripped, pre­ paratory to crucifying him, when discov­ ered by officers. The man was ready to be sacrificed as a penance for a crime alleged to have been perpetrated in Bavaria.... An incendiary fire at Braddock, Pa., destroyed eleven frame structures, the loss reaching $25,000. A man was struck by a fire-hoik and fatally hurt. WE give below a vote of Ohio in Presi­ dential years since the organization of the( Republican party; Rep. Dem. Plurality 1856, October.... 173,f.l8 154,23S ll',3S0 law. President.... 187,497 i860, October 212,864 1S60, President 231.010 1804, October 237,210 1864, President 2'>5,154 1868, October .207,065 1868, President 280,128 1872, October 205,930 1872, President 2S1.852 187I-, October.. 1876, Picsi.l.>iit 1880, October.. 1880, Pre-nlont. 170,874 199,951 198,637 182,439 205,568 249.682 •238,700 251,780 244,321 311,098 328,182 343,016 340,821 10,023 12,903 *32,973 54,771 59,580 17,383 41,428 14.150 37,531 5,774 7,507 19,0(5 34,227 31 f., 872 : t : 8 0 362,021 375.04H •Douglas and Dreckinrid^e vote combined. IT is reported that Mr. Russell Young, the American Minister to China, has been trying to negotiate a peace between China and France, but without success. It is stated that Mr. Young acted entirely on his own responsibility and was not requested to act by cither power The United Kingdom Alliance, a temperance organ­ ization of Great Britain and Ireland, adopted resolutions at a recent meeting congratulating Neal Dow on the success of t h e p r o h i b i t i o n m o v e m e n t i n M a i n e . . . . The Canadian Minister of Customs has sent an assessor to New York to secure evi­ dence relating to faise entries made by watch-ease manufacturers, by which large amounts of revenue have been lost. .. .Gen, Gordon has recaptured the city of Berber, in the Soudan, after a vigorous bombard­ ment. The rebels escaped with all their treasure. Two PASSENGER trains collided at Clay­ ton, Del., a number of cars being upset and several travelers injured, three fatally. ...."Wash Fietcher (colored) was hanged at Paduc ih, Ky., for the murder of Amanda Jackson in August, 1883. THE MARKET. UOF.RA1. Loss of trade being threatened by boats, which are delayed frequently because of low water, the Welland Canal officials pro­ pose feeding that dyke from the Grand River whenever the lake level <Sauscs in­ convenience... .On account of the leoent seizure of the American schooner Island Belle by the custom collector at Gauanoque. Ontario, the U. 8. revenue cutter Bibb overhauled the Canadian schooner Annie Falconer at Charlotte, and reported her at Washington for a fine of $500 because the captain had no manifest THE Funeral Directors' Association of the United States held its third annual con­ vention in Chicago last week At San Francisco the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers held their yearly convention, Grand Chief Arthur delivering the annual address At ftew York the Trustees of the Peabody Educational Fund held their annual session, General Agent Curry re­ porting an expenditure of $60,000 in the Southern States during the year. FLAMES swept away the shops of the Great Northern Road at Meridian, Miss., valued at $250,000; the Glen House at Mount Washington, N. H., one of the largest hotels in the mountain region, worth ;J$225,000; Granger's saw mill at Canton, N. |Y., and the flour mill of Walsh, Devoo <fc Co., at Holland, Mich. FOREIGN. LEOPOLD, Grand Duke of Hesse, has filed a petition for divorce against Mme. Kalominc, his morganatic spouse, in the Supreme Court at Darmstadt. In case the divorce is# granted, it is under­ stood ptbat ? the Duke's mother-in- NEW YORK. I5EF.VEB HOCJH h ixwit--Kxtra....... ....'.I'.'. WHEAT--No. 2 Spring. No. 2 IU.d... CORN--No. 2 OAT<--V iilt- 1'OiiK--New Mess CHICAGO. BEEVES--Choice to Prim- Htears. Oood S!ii(>piu-_' Common to fair....... HOCJS '. l' I.(>uu-- (-ailcy Whitc Winter Ex Good to Choice Bprlas*. XV HEAT--No. 2 Spring No. 2 Red Winter...... CO-IN--No. 2 OATS--No. 2 ... LIVE--Xo. 2 .' \ \ \ " IiAUI.KY--No. 2. . . . . .V.'.V." liLTiEu--Choice Creamery,,..... Fine I>airv CHEESE--Full Cream Skimmed Flat. E G O S -- F r e s h . . . . . POTATOES-- New, per'BU. j . Pome--Mess ...... LAKD »- „ TOLEDO." WHEAT--No. 2Red COHN-- No. 2 .. OATS--No. 2 MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--No. 2... COUN -No. 2 OATS--No. 2 WW'.".'.'".'." BAHLEY--No. 2.......' 1'ORK--Me*s ... LABD ST. LOUIS." WHEAT--No. 2 COKN--Mixed. *... OATS--No. 2 RYE * POBK--Mess. '.'..WW'. CINCINNATL WHEAT--No. 2 Red COBN OATS--Mixed '.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.WW. POBK--Mess LABD DETROIT" FLOUB WHEAT--No 1 White....!.."!"" Conx-Mixed • . OATS--No. 2 Mixed....' POBK--New Mess INDIAN APOLia WHEAT--No. 2 Red. New.... CORN--Mixed . OATS-rMixed Fair !"" »5.01 5.«>0 4.(K> .81 .80 .CO .32 10.75 fl.50 C.itO 4.0<» 5.25 4.25 4.<K) .78 .SO .75 .25 .54 , .CI - .48 .2(1 .11 .08 .IS .25 16.25 .07 .78 .66 .26 .78 .53 .26 .57 15.75 7.00 .81 , .C4 .25 , .CO . 16.50 . .80 .56 , .27 . 16.25 .07 , 6.00 , ,7t> , .63 .28 1800 Jn .60 .15 6.00 5.50 4.00 4.75 4.00 THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE The Republican Candidate Addrepefl Many Meetings in the Back- eye State. Tammany Hall Decide* to Go It Alone--Other Foliti- I , . cal Matters. SH THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE. Hl» Journey from Buffitlo to Toledo--Ad­ dressing Large Political Meetings. Mr. Blaine was met at Buffalo by a delegation from Ohio, consisting ot ex-Gov. Foster, Judge Foraker, and others, and tbe train left that city at1 Dun kirk" "where there was a ^arue^gather^ , T.18 ftvmg l°i,ne Rowing oogmaor state The local committee escorted Mr. Blaine from ffl oS?t made under the banner of a broad nationality. It is on that great i lane that the Republican the country for twenty-four years In the spirit and according to the measures of a broaa na­ tionality. Tbe program under our Government in that spirit has far transcended all the progress made in all the previous year* of the •nation's history. To remand the Govern­ ment now to the control of our op­ ponents, who do not believe in the constitutionality of the measures which have given thf* progress, would be a step backward into the dark. When we arirue the question of protective tariff we are not permit­ ted to repard it merely as one to be settled on ,.tho basis ot expediency, because the large ma­ turity ot' our opponents bold a protective tariff Ito be unconstitutional. There is not one great Tmeasure that the K-'publican p <rty has adopted, lior one great step the party has taken since tho inauguration of Abraham Lincoln in 18t;i, that the Democratic party has not opposed and has not considered unconstitutional. So that to- <!av to remand the Government of the United Htates to the control of the Democracy is not merely an ordinary chauue of parties. It is a total reversal of the entire policy that has dis­ tinguished the Government of the United States since 1801. "It is giving to the narrowing dogma of State the car to a platiorm beside the track, where he could be seen by the people. Mr. Broo'-ts intro­ duced him, and the crowd responded with great cheering. Mr. Blaine said: "For the past two days I have been journey- party has done me the honor to present me as a candidate before yon. It is on that plane, with ing Uirough the heart of this Jre^ S-ate and ! a11 that 14 impl es. that I am before you and lmve met everyw^tiere toe kindewt re^.tfon before all the people of the United States to- louadd another to the many compl.men s I have received, and I thank vou very sincerely for all that your reception implies." I don't in the least Matter myselt that these great popular demonstra ions are to myself personally. They are or a much higher and broader significance; they indicate the arousing of the people of New York to the great issues that arc novf submitted in a peculiar sense to their arbitrament. Of these issues it would be hardly becoming in me to speak." At Westfleld, the last station in New York at which tbe train stooped, the people had assem­ bled in large numbers, many ladies being pres­ ent on foot and in carriages. Mr. Uluine, on being introduced, was greeted with three cheers and a tiger. He spoke only a few words. There was a line demonstration at Erie before the train arrived at the station. As it was pass­ ing the Erie City Holier Works the workmen ran out and cheered. At the station there were also about people. The liepubllcan candi­ date was introduoed*by Mr. J. T. Downing, of Erie, and spoke as follows: "Although it Is thirty years since I was a citi­ zen ot Pennsylvania there is no spot on earth where I feel more at home. The associations of my childhood and of iny young manhood and all that I cherished in early lite are identified with Pennsylvania, and I always return to her with a feeling of affection which is not lessened but deepened by my long absence. 1 therefore feel to-day in your kind reception that 1 am met by brethren, by Iriends; indeed, I might say by kinsmen, because I hardly conceive it possi­ ble to assemble as large a number of I'ermsyl- vanians anywhere upon the soil of the State without including some one of them with whom 1 am either nearly or remotely connected. With all my attachment to the honored State of my residence. In which I have spent nearly all the years of my adult life, I have lost noti.ing of my love for old Pennsylvania. I thank you sincere­ ly for this demonstration of friendly regard, and with the haste of a traveler on an express train, 1 bid you good-by." The deception Committee from Cleveland came on board at Erie, and also one from Ashta­ bula. Soon after the train crossed the line between Pennsylvania and Ohio it stopped at the little station of Conneaut, the first stop in the West­ ern Keserve. Mr. Blaine, being introduced to the crowd, said: Ladies and gentlemen, I count It a matter of good fortune?, as it is certainly a source of gratification to myself, that 1 enter the State of Ohio through the old county of Ashtabula. I have never visited this county but with a warm welcome, to which you to-day add another. I thank you sincerely and bid you good-by." /it Ashtabula tfcera was another large and en­ thusiastic crowd. Mr. Biaine l ad to leave the train and mount a platform, where all ttie peo­ ple could see him. In response to a brief speech welcoming him, Mr. Blaine said: "I have already said uj on the border of your State that'to me it is a peculiar gratitication'that 1 enter Ohio through the county of Ashtabula. In our political divisions we look to States, and ordinarily the county is undist nguished beyond the limits of the State of which it is a part. But there are a few counties in tho Union--like St. Lawrence in New York, Lancaster in Penn­ sylvania, and Ashtabula in Ohio--that by the intensity of their convictions and the force of their action, have borne themselves to the front so far that they become political units in the contests cf the nat on, and if you get their temper stirred and their energies called forth the consequence has generally been that the party which has deiicd tliem lias been crushed in the conflict. I hope that Ashtabula is aware this year of the responsibility t'.at rests upon her. I am glad to be welcomed within her borders. I come to this county al­ ways with a feeling of admiraiion for her people and with a precious memory of the friendships 1 have enjoyed w th its public men. 1 thank you heartily lor this kind re eption and betake myself to my further journey through your State." Stops were made at Geneva and Painesville and short speeches delivered by the cand idate. As the train approached Mentor it slowed ur.and finally stopped to give tlic seon i:oard an opportu­ nity to seethaapariield farm and catchia glimpse day." In the evening Mr. Blaine reviewed a long Re­ publican torchlight procession, many of the or­ ganizations coming from the adjoining country and some from quite distant towns. This Re­ publican demonstrat ion was to have taken place on Sa'urday evening, and its postponement till Monday brought it on the same evening with a prearranged Democratic parade, which was also very large. The rival processions, between them, seemed to have taken possession of the entire city, but everything passed off peacefully. GERMAN DEMOCRATS. They Hold a Great Mass-Meeting ia Hew York City. ' [Associated Press report.1 The Academy of Music was crowded to-night, as were the streets in the vicinity, on the occa­ sion of the German Democratic mass-meeting. The interior of the building was handsomely decorated and there was a considerable display of fireworks. (Jen. Franz Sigel called the meet­ ing to order. Among the Vice-Presidents were George Ebert, Henry Clausen, Jr., Philip Ebling. John hichler, Peter Doelger, Henry Blschoff, Jr., and David G. Yuengling, all brewers. Gen. Franz Sigel, in his opening speech, said: "We don't believe in prohibition. We want a Democratic republic. We want to join the ranks of the party which ousted the Tweed ring and opposes other rings of the same kind. We want a thorough weeding out of all corrupt officeholders. May the victorious Democratic party, with its glorious allies, act from this standpoint." Oswald Ottendorfer, editor of the Slants Zeitung, was chosen President of the meeting and was received with cheers. Every mention by Ottendorfer ot' the names of Cleveland and Hendricks was greeted with cheers. Otten- dorter closed his speech by saying of Cleveland: "You have a man as plain as he is unpretend­ ing; a man who hesitates not a moment to show to the door the friends of corruption and demagogues: a man who cannot be induced to leave the path which sound common sense has shown him to be the right one. For these rea­ sons he has repelled the worst elements in his party, while Blaine has attracted them. He is a man perfectly unmoved by the hue and cry raised by Butler and Grady and the rabble generally. Hence-it was that the declaration in the t hicago convention by Gen. Bragg, of Wisconsin, was applauded to the eeho when he said: 'We love Cleveland most on account of the enemies he has made.' To this great truth Is only to be added: 'And we oppose Blaine most strenuous­ ly on account of the friends he has made.' " Ex-Gov. Salomon, of Wisconsin, reviewed the Mulligan letters, and said he believed Blaine to be thoroughly corrupt and unworty of the votes or confidence of the people of this country. Joseph Puli zer, editor of the New York rh/, in the course ot his speech, said: "The history of the State of Maine is ample proof ot what Blaine represents. Why, If the laws j>assed in Maine with the full aid and con­ sent of James G. Blaine were still in force to­ day, no foreign-born citizen would have a vote to cast for liiin. Tills enlightened Republican State of Maine has for many years prohibited, and does to-day prohibit, the sale of ale, porter, laser beer, and other malt liquors, wine ana cider, as well asall distilled spirits, making it a criminal offense, punishable by both line and imprisonment. I hold that prohibition can have no place in any system of government based upon the will of the people and the free consent ot the governed. We are guaranteed the in­ alienable rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Piohibition is repugnant toevery i'iea of popular self-government and American freedom. It is emphatically unconstitutional, revolut.onary, and void, destructive, and sub­ versive of the very foundations of a true repub­ lic, and-fraught, with danger to its existence." Resolutions in the spirit of the speeches were adopted. The preamble said: "JiimesG. Blaine is one of the most fanatical champions cf the most narrow-minded tem­ perance compulsion, nnd of the political dis­ franchisement of adopted citizens. The following telegram from Gov. Cleveland was re~ d: ~n,r, --9pT--r"trr "I regret that I am not able to attend the f. '!,e, L ^„„trf!.h meeting to-night. I hooc it Will be^as success- @ 6.0" & 8.50 & C.00 M .8ft (ft .87 (<« .61 ft .88 <$17.28 # 7.25 (<S 5.0 > rc 6.0 ) M 4.7I I<t. 4.5'J <3 ;78ri «£ .81 (fi* .83 . & .20 ito. .66 3 .<a & .u & .2*. (4 .1*2 & *0*J i<« .10 m {'i 10.75 & .0754 m 0 .«» & .27 & .77 & .70 ft .28 .69 «tlf>.« & 7.26 & .82 «« .66 (ft .62 @17.00 <9 .81 <3 .CO @ .28 (316.75 @ .07'/4 @ &00 & .81 0 .55 .31 018.60 .81 & .52 & .27 & «.»') & fU II V> ; Of- 8. aft et 4.60 reached Cleveland about 6 in the evening^ There was a great gathering in Rnd around the depot. The winding roadway leading from the railroad level to the bluff on which the city stands was lined with people, and when Mr. Blaine was driven toward the hotel he received cheer after cheer. The office and corridors of the Kennard House were crow'ded. Mr. Hldne went at once to his room, but was soon c.illed out bv the Young Men's Republican Club, who came to pay their respects. He reviewed them from the hotel balcony. In response to repeated demand? for a speech, Mr. Blaine said: "1 thank the young men who do me the honor to call upon me so promptly. I think it a hope­ ful and encouraging t<ig!i that iu the year tH«4 the young men ot the United Spates, more than at any time I have known, are taking an active and prominent part in the national conte?t. I augur from it good results. Again I tender you my.thanks for the very kind reception you have given me, and bid you good-night." Before 8 o'clock Monumental Park and tho stand from which Mr. Bluine was expected to review the procession were densely crowded. At ii :30 Mr. Blaine was escorted to the Federal building, where numliers of people were pre­ sented to him. At about 10 o clock Mr. Blaine and Gen. Logan, accompanied by ex-Gov. Fos­ ter, ex-Senator Hamlin and others, went onto the stand, and stood there uncovered, while the people cheered. It was a late hour before the procession had passed by. Some of the clubs taking part in the parade came trom places sev­ enty miles distant. Gen. Logan spoke briefly at one of the stands, and speeches were made by several other gentlemen. After the review Mr. Blaine and his sou, Walker Blaine, went to the house of Mrs. Garfield, whose guests they wer J during Saturday and Sunday. On Saturday, Mr. Blaine, accompanied by Gov. Foster, Senator Plumb, and other Repub­ lican leaders, went to Elyria, where a political meeting was in progress, and made a short speech. In tho evening he returned to Cleve­ land and spent the night at the residence of Mrs. Garlicld. It was his intention to have vis­ ited the tomb of the late President Gartield on Sunday, but it rained all day, and the candidate rcnian:e-! i -doors. The spedal train bearing the Republican Pre-ldontial candidate left Cleveland at nino o'clcck on the morning of Sept. 1'!). A short stop was made at Elyria. A large crowd was col­ lected at the depot, who called loudly tor Mr. Blaine, who, on being introduced, made a brief speech. Sandusky was reached about noon. Mr. Blaine and his party were driven in car­ riages to the Court House Square, where there was a large meeting. Ex-l'resident Hayes was in the carriage with Mr. Blaine. The Hon. Thos, B. Heed, of Maine, was on the platform. The candidate was introduced by Mr. E. B. King, of Sandusky. He said: "This is my third visit to the city of Sandusky, and I cannot but recall my first. It was in tlie year 1818, thirty-six years ago. There was but ful as its mos* enthusiastic; promoters can de­ sire. GKOVEK CLEVELAND." Mayor Edson also sent regrets. Before the meeting adjourned Carl Sehurz appeared on the platform. His appearance was the signal for the most enthusiastic and prolonged outburst of applause that has been beard in tills city during this campaign. The audience simply went half wild, and shouted and cheered for over three minutes. At length Sehurz, after having been called to the foot-liiihts, was permitted to say he was weary after his extended trip through ttie West. He told his hearers he had met with the kindest reception all through the West, and that everywhere he had found great enthusiasm for the Democratic ticket. An overflow meeting was held in Irving HalL year 1818, thirty-six years ago. "mere was but partv " one railroad in Ohio, extending from here 14* Kelly Cincinnati, with a gap in the middle that you - - had to travel by stage, and tills end of it was what was in those (lavs termed the old Mad liivt-r line, with strap-iails and a lively chance for Vnake-lieads' through the cars as one traveled at fifteen miles an hour. I recall this, because it inianes to my mind more than any­ thing else I know the gigantic progress of this great !• tate, and If you here present--the great majority of you many years my junior--ooulrl see Ohio as it then was, contrasted with Ohio as it now is, you would thank God that you live under a fixe Government, and have had the opportunity to work out these great re­ sults, and yon would not think me trenching on pa tisan ground if I should remind you that by far tbe larger part of the p ogress that ba< been de in those in­ tervening thirty-six years has jen made since the Goverment of the United s ates came under the control of the llepubli a i partv and the country has b;'en blessed v .th protection to American labor nnd AmerUan tat ital." At No. walk, Huron Cou:.ty, Mr. Blaine an1 I arty were met by a large body of uniformed clubs and escorted in i rocesBion through the town and to a stand erected in front of the Court House, around which were assembled seve.al thousand people. Ex-President Hayes was on toe stand and welcomed the distin­ guished ca ulidate, who, being introduced, spoke Inie, y lo the larje audi, n ;e. At Ol-erl n there was a passageway guarded by uniformed clubs from the train to the stand. The latter WRS beautifully carpeted and decor­ ated. The crowd was vejy large and enthusi­ astic. Hundreds of people trom the country sat In their w agons, and every tree in sight of the stand was loaded down with bovs. Mr. Monroe Introduced Mr. Blaine, who briefly acknowl­ edged thanks for the cordial reception tendered him.. In his speech he paid a high compliment to Oberlin College. Short halts were made and the usual speech- making indulged In at Fremont and Clyde. Upon the arrival of the train at Toledo, Mr. Blaine was escorted to League Park, on the out­ skirts of the city, where a hugely attended Re­ publican meeting was in progress, and upon being introduced spoke as follows: "I should at any time deem it unprofitable to speak disrespectfully of political opponents. 1 should. In my present position, deem it alto­ gether Improper. I should rather be the victim of slander than the author of it. But there are some thiols wlnlcii I do not viwiv. It unbecoming I in me, holding the position I do, to call your at- NAMING ITS OWN TICKET. Tammany Hall Holds a County Conven­ tion and Nominates Candidates. [New York special to the Chicago Dally News.] John Kelly and Tammany Hall held a county convention this afternoon and nominated a straight ticket, headed by Aid. Hugh J. Grant for Mayor. There were 1,30" delegates pres­ ent, from the twenty-four districts, but they had little or nothing to do except vote aye as the slate was read off. The preliminaries had been arranged at noon, when Mr. Kelly met his leading sachems. Mr. Kelly, as Chair man of the Committee on Organisation, called the convention to order, and made along speech, during which he said, significantly, that he un­ derstood the convention to be for the purpose of nominating a Tammany ticket, and not for the purpose of tooling and fussing around with conference committees of other organizations, and these words were loudly applauded. Speak­ ing of Cleveland, he said: We believed that the nomination of Grover Cleveland was an unwise one. We opposed his nomination at Chicago. I am not going to criticise his qualifications. The community has done that already, and it would be im­ proper for me to hold up Mr. Cleveland as a man whom I believed was Incapable and un­ fitted, and say his nomination was not in ac­ cordance with the rules of Democratic conven­ tions If the criticisms that liave been passed upon him by individuals and by the press are in part, correct, let me remind you that equally strong critic isms have been passed by the press and Individuals upon Mr. Blaine. We shall sup­ port Grover Cleveland in good faith. Nothing shall be left undone on the part of the organiza­ tion to induce the men who were formerly adherents to believe that the grievances of which they complain cannot possibly be remedied by the election of Mr. Blaine. Let our labors be unceasing till the sun goes down on election day. Let us forget the past. Let us, it we have the inMucnce, persuade our friends to return to their first love--the Democratic ing the position I do, to call your | teution to. The Republican party has governed . was not misunderstood. He was stabbing Cleveland with every word, and that was what he meant to do. Nominations follow­ ed, and tbe convention adjourned. Following are the nominations: For Mayor, Alderman Hugh J. Grant; Controller, ex-Con­ gressman P. Henry Dugro: District Attorney, ex-Senator George H. lorster; President of the Board of Aldermen. Gen. John Cochrane; Cor­ oner, I)r. M J. 1>. Messemer; Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, Richard L. Larrimore, Joseph F. Daly (renoininations), and Hugh L. Cole. Many of tbe loyal sachems were indignant, and so expressed themselves after the convention. The prevailing opinion among Democrats not connected with Tammany Hall Is tliatTvelly de­ liberately set to work to divide the Democratic party in New York County, and he succeeded In the only wav possible. The County Democracy and Irving Hall will nominate a union ticket, and the Republicans will put in the field a Cit­ izens' Republican ticket, thus effectually divid­ ing the vote. The Ohio ltattle. [Columbus telegram to Chicago Times.J The political contest is tilling the air with charges and counter charires. Both pnrtles evi­ dently have their barrels on tap and detective forces are being formed to watch each other. Both sides have engaged experts to watch re­ peater-, bruisers, and fraudulent voters. Most of the voters are believed to have their minds made up. With the parties brought nearly face to face the result seems more in doubt than ever. Betting men make no offers, and there is no ground lor the claims of either side. The Republican poll showed more favorably than that of the Demo­ crats, but the latter cau lose some and win, and the developments of the past week have greatly encouraaed them. The managers on both sides profess to have issues fcr turning points in re­ serve, while the masses of the people look for­ ward to election day with grave apprehensions. [Cincinnati telegram to Chicago Tribune.] Two rumors are afloat to-night regarding the Democratic campaign lund. One is that Mc­ Lean, of the htnjuirrr, failing to get what he went to New York after, has gone to Washing­ ton and will not come home for ten days. The other comes lrom Columbus, and Is to the effect that Chairman Bargar has advices that the Democratic National Committee has placed 1100,000 at his command for Ohio use, and that he had previously raised $17,000. It would be oae of McLean's sly tricks to secure funds, send the same to Bargar, and then go to Washington to throw the scent CLEVELAND AND BLAINE The One Revisits Buffalo, andlls Enthusiastically Received by His Neighbors. The Other Addresses Large Ga&herinfj» ft Cincinnati AND Other ,, : Ohio Cities. - CLEVKLAND' 4|VtUlal Reception at Hie HoiM. f Associated Press telegram from Buffalo.] Gov. Cleveland returned to his homo in this city to-day, and was received with an immense public demonstration. At Utica and Syracuse, nItfrfii!?.e„1madt!J no aoeeches, he was entiiusi- astK alK cheered. At the latter place he received ' Prentiss Bailey, saying: .. Y? i°j I tien was immense (the trains ?• at Place fifteen minutes fn!„ ,i u- Mel' "iou are making biager time !! i°«" Uurn this." A few hours belore he reached Rochester, twenty-seven cars ^L^ep'eseriVlti.!ea of l*' mocratic cam- jiaign organizations went ahead to join Bufialo demonstration. Thence '*le demonstration was enthusiastic. On reaching Buf- talo he was wt loomed by crowds, in spite of the r?,n- ThV* streets wer • hung with |? e.r."s an<* transparencies, and pre- SS^r altogether a most brilliant appearance. ™ he Oovernor witnessed the passing ot the pro- two hours and ten minutes Oenesee House, and it is esti- ^ the5? uere fullV fifteen thousand people Jn line. At about i o'clock the Governor, 2? platform In the square op- SHU O !1!6 <Jt'nesee House, was received with " 'I' an<1 tumultuous cheering for fullv five D ELW)L8 I,ntroduced by Mr. Henry Tfarfl™'n t? Manufacturers and Tradeis Bank, in a happily framed speech. In the course of which he remarked that in the campaicn no reputable man had been able to point to one solitary official act of i-i administration and pronounce it subject to just criticism; that not one reputable man had lieen heard to say that in any one single official act he had made the in­ terests ot party or of self superior to the pub­ lic good, or for one instant forgotten that his office was a sacred and solemn trust to be ad­ ministered for the best interests of the whole people. In response to this greet ng, Gov. Cleveland spoke as follows: ' Fellow-citizens, 1 can hardly tell the people of Buffalo how I reiolce to night, and how grateful I am for this demonstration or the confidence and esteem of my friends and fellow- citizens. I have resided among you, and in this city, where all my success in private life has been achieved, for nearly thirty years. To- night I come to you, after the long st absence that has ot-curred in all that time, and yet with­ in the few weeks that have passed since I saw you last an event has happened of su reme im­ portance to me, and that places me within the nation s gaze. Tbe honor it has brought to me I ask my fellow-townsmen to share, while 1acknowledge wit h grateful heart all that they in the past have done forme. But two short years ago you stood steadily by my side in every ertort of mine, as the Chief Executive of our cil>, to ad­ vance its interest and welfare. Whatever 1 was able to accomplish of value in this community was largely <iue to your strong and intelligent support. Nor can I ever forget the generous indorsement you gave my candidacv for the high office which I now hold in the htate, and I assure you that in Its administration I have received no greater encouragement than the approval of my friends at home. What I have seen and heard to-night has touched me deeply. It tells me that my neighbors are still my friends, and assures me that 1 have not been altogether unsuccessful In my efforts to deserve their confidence and attachment. In years to come I shall deem myself not far wrong if I still retain their good opinions, and if sur­ rounding cares and perplexities bring but anxi­ ety and vexation, I shall find solace and comfort in the memory of the days spent here and in recalling the kindness of mv BulJa'.o friends. But other friends are here to-night, and to all who tender me their kindly welcome 1 extend a heartfelt greeting as citizens with me of the greatest Commonwealth in the sisterhood of States, and one imnftnsely Interested in the general weal. Because I love my State and her people, I cannot r train from reminding you that she should be in the van of everv move­ ment which promises a safer and better admin­ istration of the General Government, so closely related to her prosperity and greatness. Anil let me leave you with the thought tlia' vour safety lies in impressing upon the endeavor of those interested with the guardianship of your rights and interests, a pure, patriotic, and' ex­ acting popular sentiment. The character of the Government can hardly rise higher than the source from which it springs; and the Integrity and faithfulness of public servants are not apt to be greater than the psop'e demand." Gov. Cleveland having finished his address the grand procession passed in review before him and his guests to Niagara Square, where they disappeared. As column after column passed the cheers were loud and long. After­ ward an informal reception-was tendered to the Governor. BLAINE. His Tour Ainong the Buckeyes. Mr. Blaine, accompanied by Emery Storrs, ex-Senator Bruce, ex-Gov. Foster, Senator Plumb, and others, left Toledo for Cincinnati on the morning ot Tuesday, the 30th ult. The train stopped at Tiffin, where a large crowd had gathered about the depot, and the liepubllcan candidate spoke as follows: "When I was a schcolboy In Southern Ohio, fc.rr y-three years ago, this portion ot the country presented a very different appearance from what it presents to-day. Those forty-three years have been divided between Democratic rule and Republican rule, and I leave the voters of Nortliwt stern Ohio to say under which there has been more rapid progress, not only in this sec­ tion, but throughout the whole of this beautiful State, and, leavinsr you that subject to meditate upon, I leave you the whole controversy of 1H84. I thank you for this magnificent, reception. I see iu the assemblage evidences of peace, plenty, and prosperity, siuh as are rarely equaled any­ where in the world and never surpassed. It Is in your own hands to sav whether we shall en­ ter upon a series of doubtful and dangerous ex­ periments." Speeches were also made by Messrs. Bruce and Storrs. At Kenton, tlie home of Oen. Boblnson, Re- Sublican candidate for Secretary of State, Mr. laine was fntroduced to the crowd and said: "1 am very glad to be welcomed in the home of Gen. ltobiuson, for the candidacy of Gen. Robinson, indorsed by this vast assemblage, is an important prelude to the national election of 1884, and the candidacy of Gen. Robinson, if sustained by Ohio, goes far to settle that con­ test. You see, therefore, what your duty is, and it is fortunate for Ohio that the candidate se­ lected to register her expression of popular opinion is a man trusted in every civil station, and with an enviable record as a soldier. So that the candidate is as strong as the cause, and no candidate can be stronger than the Republi­ can cause." At Urbana, where a large Republican meeting was in progress, Mr. Blaine was received with loud cheers, and made a brief political address, in which he said that the great wealth of the West was acquired under Republican rule, and was due to the influence of a wise financial sys­ tem and the encouragement of a high protective tariff, and urging his hearers to vote the Repub­ lican ticket. At Springfield, where all the workshops had been closed to enable the workmen to see the canddate, Mr. Blaine spoke for a few minutes, confining bis remarks solely to the tariff issue. It was late in the evening when the train reached Dayton, where a large crowd had gathered to welcome the Republican candidate. He was received with loud cheers, and spoke as follows: "This vast assemblage of people is far beyond the reach of the human voice. A man might just as well stand at the tip-end of Cape Race and address the Atlantic Ocean in a storm. But the effect of this grand spectacle is far beyond human expression, and speaks more eloquently than words for the Republican cause. When I left home I heard tuat Ohio lacked enthusiasm. If this be a lack ot enthu­ siasm. I would like to see you genuinely stirred up. This is a campaign of businessmen, of the manufacturer, of the mechanic, of the farmer-- n short, of every one who has a dollar TO earn or a dollar to save. It is a campaign intended to give protection to American labor, a cam­ paign for A'merica and not for any other coun­ try. I believe in that kind of a campaign. The voice of the State of Ohio cannot and will not lie doubtful. In that belief _I leave it to yon, and bid you a cordial adieu." Mr. B1 line rested at Dayton during the night, and the following morning visited the Soldiers' Home and made a brief talk. Then the jour­ ney by rail was resumed. The first stop was made at Hamilton, where Mr. Blaine was driven to a stand in front of the Court-House, from which he spoke as follows: Citizens of Ohio, it is BOW forty years since the question of a protective tariff engaged the attention of the American people as profoundly as it docs to-day. It was in the contest l>et ween Mr. Clay and Mr. Polk in 1S44 that the great na­ tional debate on the question took pla< e.and the protective tariff was defeated.not by the popular vote, but by the bad laith of the partv which succeeded in the election, and I beg to call yorr , attenti • n.the attention of a large manufacturing population, to the fact that the policy of pro­ tecting American ind stry lias never l><en de­ feated in the United htates by the popular vote. A contrary policy has l>een forced on the people at different times thronuh the bad faith of their representatives, but never. I rei>eat, by the jmp- ular vote upon a delilierate appeal to the i>eople in their primary'capacity. It therefore would seem to be the duty of the people of the United States, if by a majority they believe in the policy of protection, to see to it that the partv is sun- tat ned which can be trusted to uphold it. Yea, but said a gentleman to me yesterday. " I>ro- tection does not always secure abundant prosperity; there are a great manv idle men now in the country." Well,' grant it; there has never yet been a policy devised by the art of man that will insure through all times and seasons a continuous flow of prosperity. But the question is whether over a given series of years there has not been a larger degree of prosperity to the people nnder the policy of protection than unter th policy.of ft* **»de. Th® Question Is to In gauged and tested, not by the experience of a single year, tint by the experience of a series of years. We have had a, nrotectlve tariff now for more than two decadeifmnd Iask yon whether ™ e£? $£!57er.-been •®ott>er period in which tho United States has made snch progress as during the last twenty yean. But it is true now anl then there will oome a little lull and a little re­ action in business. There will come a little lull and a little reaction even in the laws of., n*t"re- bad a great drought in Ohio this year, but you do not on that ao- connt avow that yon will have no more rains On the contrary, you are the more firmly per­ suaded that rain Is the only element that will restore the fertility to your soil, verdure to your fields, and richness to your crops. Ho in thla little slough, this little dullness in the business of the oountry, the one great element that can be relied on to restore prosperity is the pro- teetiye tariff. The question, then, is for Ohto to decide. On the fourteenth day of this month you will have an opportunity to tell the people of the United Htates whether you believe m that doctrine. If you do, you will secure not only its continuance, but its permanent triumph. t n » ' ?n otber hand, you should falter and fall back. It might produce disaster el-ewhere. The responsibility is on you. Is your courage . ^ nothing except to bid you good-by. Mr- Blaine's reception at Cincinnati wag en­ thusiastic . As soon as he appeared peoide cheered and yelled, and pressed around him so that it was impossible to keep an avenue open by which he and his party could reach their carriages. Mr. Hanna, of the Republican State Committee, and Judge Foraker escorted Mr. Blaine, and they had to struggle out through the cheering crowd. Once in the carriage, Mr. Blaine was driven slowly along Fourth street. The sidewalks were fully occui led all the way. A great many windows were decorated, and every window and door-way was crowded with spectators. The carriage was driven to the Burnet House, where, in ie- sponse to calls for a speech, Mr. Blaine appeared on the balcony and said: "I thank you and all the good people of Cincinnati for this cordial, hearty and magnificent reception." In the evening Mr. Blaine was escorted by the reception committee to the Exposition Build­ ing, which was already crowded. For a while Mr. Blaine held an informal reception in the Commissioners' office, where some gentlemen and many ladies were presented to him. Then he was escorted to the stage, and, upon being introduced, was greeted with an outburst of ap­ plause from all parts of the great hall. Mr. Blaine made a brief address of a non-polttical charao- ter. S-enator Sherman, Judge Foraker, and Congressman Follett also made remarks. After the speaking Mr. Blaine was given a complimentary dinner by the Commissioners of the Expositi- n. The occasion was, of course, entirely non-political, and there was no speak­ ing at the dinner, at which several locally dis­ tinguished Democrats were present. Mr. Blaine spent Thursday, the 2d Inst., in Cincinnati, receiving manv callers during the day. He received Republican delegations from Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana. West Virginia, and Tennessee, who requested him to visit their States He consented to go to Indi­ ans, Illinois, and West Virginia, and expressed regret that he could not visit other States named. During the day he visited the Chamber of Commerce, where he was loudly cheered, and made a short speech. In the evening there was an immense parade of Republican marching clubs, which was re­ viewed by Messrs. Blaine and Logan, who wen stationed on a piazza of the Burnett House. Mr. Blaine left Cincinnati on the morning of Friday, the :td iust.,- for Columbus, where the Republicans had prearranged another big de­ monstration, many thousands of uniformed torch-bearers appearing in the parade. OTHER PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES. St. Jolin and Butler at Indianapolis. [Indianapolis dispatch.] The city is filled with strangers to-night, th* attraction, besides the State fair, being the pres­ ence of Gen. Butler, the Greenback can­ didate for the Presidency, and Gov. St. John, the Prohibition candidate. The latter arrived from Carlisle, Ind., early thin morning, and this afternoon visited the State fair, where he addressed an immense crowd briefly on agricultural topics and in exchanging greetings with his old neigh­ bors, for he was formerly a resident of Indiana. He and his wife and dauchter held an Informal reception in the woman's department, and to-night Gov. St. John spoke on political sub­ jects in Circle Park to a crowd of about 15,000. Gen. Butler arrived here from Terre Haute at 6:ao o'clock this evening, and to-night in the Court House yard he addressed a large crowd. N. A. Plympton, of Worcester, Mass., manager of the Butler canvass, joined the party here. They go this week to Michigan, and will enter into a thorough canvass of the State, traveling and speaking from a special car. Butler will re­ turn to Massachusetts to make several speeches before the election. Belva to Take the Stump* ----^[Washington telegram.1 --- 'Mrs. BeTva A. Lockwood announces that" she will shortly start ont on a campaign tour, and deliver speeches at Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, Cleveland, and several other large cities. "My speeches," said Mrs. Lockwood in conversation to-night, "will not be political harangues in the ordinary sense of the term. I shall speak on the subject of good govern­ ment and equal rights for woman before the law and at the h*Hot-box. I do not think that I will say anything that will be a desecration of the Sabbath day. I expect to speak in Bal­ timore next Monday, and will probably spend the rest of that week in Philadelphia and New York. I go to Cleveland under the auspices of Mr. Gns Hartz, the manager of the Opera House. It will be more of a lecturing than a campaign tour, although I suppose I would not make the trip it I was not a candidate. I expect to reach Cleveland Saturday evening. I have received invitations to visit nearly all the large cities, and I w ill probably go to Chicago, In­ dianapolis. and Cincinnati week after next," An Attempt to Assassinate St. John. - [Dispatch from Sullivan, Ind.] Some villain fired into the car in which Gov. St. John sat on his way from Carlisle to Terre Haute last night. The ball passed through the window on the opposite side, making a clean hole and lodging in the side on which St. John sat, and a little in front of him. The train was just slowing np south of Sullivan when the shot was fired, it be­ ing exactly H o^clock. The Governor took the matter coolly and no disturbance was made, and many on the train were not aware of the occur­ rence. There is no clue to the motive or identity of the person who fired the shot. LAND OFFICE DECISION. Homestead and Pre-emption FSN. [Washington telegram.] The Secretary of the Interior has rendered an important decision relative to the payment of fees for reducing testimony to writing in home­ stead and pre-emption final proofs. It will be remembered tint last January the Commission­ er of the General Land Office in a letter to the Register and Receiver at Huron, D. T., ruled that except as provided bv the act of March 3, 1877, such fees can properly be charged and received by local land officers only for tes­ timony actnally reduced to writing. This de­ cision did not refer to the testimony written out by the claimants or their attorneys, and the Commissioner ordered that the money in the hands of the local land officers received as testimony fee in cases where the testimony was not written out by themselves or their em­ ployes be returned to the parties entitled to It. The Huron office acquiesced, and made re­ payment to the persons who had made proof rather than to the persons who had acted as their attorneys. An appeal was taken from this decision by Caldwell & Smith, and also in a case from Fargo, D. T. The Secretary affirms the Commissioner's de­ cisions. He says that no mention is made in the law of testimony prepared by claimants of their attorneys, and the necessary conclusion is that there was no intention on the part of the law­ makers to allow fees to local officers for such tes­ timony. The writing of testimony is merely clerical work, and the purpose of the law is to compensate the Register and Receiver for such work when done by them. The Secretary, in his letter to the Commissioner, says: "Feeling it but just that Registers and Receivers should derive all possible benefit from the act of March 3, 1K83,1 instruct you to prepare an order pro­ viding that all testimony for claimants in es­ tablishing pre-emption or homestead risrhts or mineral entries, and in contested cases, shall be reduced to writing under the direct supervision of the Registers and Receivers, whenever such testimony is taken in towns where local offices are established." THE POSTAL SERVICE. A' Year's Receipts Mid Expenditures. (Washington telegram.] Sixth Andltor Crowell. of the Postoffice De­ partment, has prepared a statement of the financial operations of the Postoffice Depart­ ment for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1S84, from which It appears that stamps weiesold during the different quarters as follows: iJuarter. Amount. Third quarter, 1M» .Si';.*... .$lo,ui7,748 Fourth quarter, lHfa.,,................ io,t.til,H74 First quarter. 1884. 10,378,081 Second quarter, 18B4................... 9,660.366 Total (40,627,069 Decrease 2,296,603 The revenues of the department for the same period were as follow*: Quarter. Amount. Third quarter, 1883 .110,497,613 Fourth quarter, lWii..., 11,146,664 Firfrt quarter, 1884 10,768,293 Second quarter, 1884............ 10,172,300 Total $42,854,860 Decrease 2,243.813 The expenditures for the last fiscal year wee* tl ,2i>o,363 in excess of the expenditures of the preceding fiscal year. A BANK-NOTE company in New York has received an order to engrave and print bonds to the valne of tU Peruvian Government. . §> • -v ,</ • # % i£«i MM - -- ^ -- I , i