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fc^enrg paiudcalcr i. VAN SLYKE, Ettor and PublMm. McHENBY, ILLINOIS. PBOFBSSOB MAX MUIXKR dares to say that there are long passages even in Homer which seem to him extremely tedious, and that not a few of Goethe's writings seem to him not ^ortb a second reading, MME. JENNY LNN> GOTBSCHWFBT, with refreshing frankness foreign to her class, confesses that for the past twenty- five years she has kept her vocal organs at their proper pitch 1>y yelling at her children. Her years and voice now en­ title her to a place in the front row of serio-comic singers. B ABB AHA ROBINSON, a little, unedu­ cated 9-year-old negro girl of West Point, Georgia, bids fair to rival Blind -Tom as a pianist. She plays with won­ derful correctness any composition that she has once heard, lake Tom, she seems oblivions to everything else when listening to music or playing the piano. WHEN Catherine de Medici was mar­ ried to Henry II. she introduced into France, with her corrupt and effeminate followers, a system of epicureanism that W been confined to Italy. Paris then became the center of artistic cooks and cooking, and has continued such ever since--a period of more than* three centuries. LIORIRE MICHEL'S memoirs tell some qtieer stories about her amateur scien­ tific performances when in exile at New Caledonia. Among other ideas she had One for vaccinating plants that were attacked with maladies. She tried her experiment on four pawpaw trees, in­ oculating them with the sap of four Other plants of the same kind afflicted with jaundice, and saved them. SINCE the accession of Pope Leo XIII. forty-four Cardinals have died. Of the Cardinals created by Pope Pius IX. twenty-six are still living, the re­ maining thirty-four have been created by Leo XIH. There are now ten va­ cancies in the Sacred College. Cardi­ nal Newman is the oldest of the Cardi­ nals. There are now 1,208 dignitaries ill the Roman Catholic hierarchy. THE famous blind preacher, Rev. Dr. W. H. Milburn, now for the third time Chaplain of the House of Representa­ tives at Washington, "performs the functions of that office with tact apd eloquence. The full, rich tones of his voice, the distinctness of his enuncia­ tion, and the catholicity of his spirit please his listeners. He visits them at their homes, antl .is as much appreciated by Catholics as by Protestants. While he is offering daily morning prayer in the House the members remain stand­ ing. - ' : . JEx-TBEA8UBEB F. E. SPINNER has written a letter from Florida to the Albany Journal in refutation of certain statements derogatory to the land of flowers, and closing with this vigorous language: "I know not who this double-breasted champion liar may be, Imt feel sure he will not dare to reveal himself, lest in that case it could be shown by his neighbors that he is at home, as he lias shown himself in his writings about Florida to be, a consti­ tutional liar. I am responsible for all I have said." JANITOR KINO, of the Virginia City court house, bought a pieca of cheese and put it in his overcoat pocket, and afterward laid the coat down for a time. Then he put it on and went to a saloon, where lie played cards for the drinks. He noticed, as he thought, that Tom Gracey, ft ho was looking on, nudged him very often as a signal how to play his cards. He lost, and accused Gracey of misleading him. While Gracey was denying that he had touched him, a big rat jumped out of King's pocket. He had been feasting on the cheese nudging the card-player. LORD ROSEBEBV, British Minister of Foreign Affairs, received from his par­ ents three gifts--an historic name, a ro­ bust constitution, and a finished educa­ tion. These he resolved from his child­ hood to supplement by three others-- to carry off the Derby, to marry a rich heiress, and to become Prime Minister of England. He began by carrying off the Epsom blue ribbon, and followed up his luck by winning the hand of Miss Henrietta Rothschild. These two pre­ liminaries to political advancement he deemed necessary in a country where horses and money lead to all kinds of •access. He regards his present posi­ tion as the first step toward the final object of his ambition--the prime min­ istership. THE Western Union Telegraph Com­ pany has declared a dividend of 1| per cent., payable in scrip, amounting, on its $80,000,000 of watered stock, to $1,- 200,000. The quarterly report up to March 31 shows a net "balance" of $5,008,688, including the "surplus." But of this, $4,500,000 has been used to purchase competing "telegraph prop­ erties," so that the actual balance will be $508,688 only. Out of this must come the amount of the State judg­ ment for taxes. There is no money, therefore, to pay the dividend,' so the directors announce that it will be paid in "certificates of indebtedness," to be redeemed in stock when the company secures authority to increase its capital stock. • • SAYS the Washington correspondent | the Philadelphia Press: "Bob In- gersoll called upon Secretary Lamar at the Interior Department, and in the eourse of half an hour's conversation •aid scores of witty things, which Lamar, lying back upon the sofa in his private office* enjoyed immensely. Xngersoll finally made aome remark in ridioule of orthodox Christianity. There was a momentary pause whan he finished, and the Secretary jumped to his feet, throw­ ing his long hair, with an impatient gesture, back from his forehead. 'Ingersoil,' he exclaimed, 'I hope to live to see the day when you will come to this Capital City and preach to the world Christ and Him crucified! With your magnificent abilities and splendid oratory you could work a revival such as the world has never seen. I hope, Bob, to see the day when this will come to pass, and you could not engage iu any grander or more noble work.' * AT a recent meeting of the Cincinnati Academy of Medicine the uses of "chlo­ ral" as a remedy were pretty thoroughly discussed. The experience of the pro­ fession seemed to be that "choral was an uncertain and treacherous Remedy." Some persons are more affected by a dose of four grains than others are by a dose of twenty grains. Casos were re­ ported where 200 grains per day* had been given, and one case reported by Dr. Beck, of the Baden army, where 430 grains were given in three and a half hours, the patient sleeping for thirty hours and recovering. The profession also agreed that chloral can­ not successfully be administered hypodermically. There were cases re­ ported also where death was caused by the administration of ten or twenty- grain doses, and where dangerous symptoms resulted from a single five- grain dose. Such a remedy cannot be regarded less than dangerous in any except the most skillful hands. To THE list of distinguished Smiths, of which the large family of that name is so proud, should b;> added the name of Julia Smith, of Glastonbury, Con­ necticut, who died recently at the age of 91. It was she and her younger sister, A,l»bv, who won a world-wide reuutatigjfi a few years ago by refusing to pay their taxes because they could not vote, and suffered their cow to be sold rather than yield to what they thought was a wrong principle. She also translated the Bible from the Hebrew and the Greek. Her name was Julia Evelina Smith, and her sister's, Abbv Hadassali. They were the daugh­ ters of Zephania H. Smith and Hannah Hadassali Hickok, his wife, of Hart­ ford. They had three older sisters, whose names were Nancy Zephina, Cyrinthia Sacretia, and Laurilla Ale- royla Smith. If anybody mixed them up with Mary Ann, Sarah Ann, Mary Jane Smith, or any other ordinary female i^mith, it was his own fault. Only an Incident. A few evenings ago (writes a South- era ladvt the conversation turned upon suitable times and places for courtships. I said I had once been an accidental eije-icitnetss--shall I call it?--to a pro­ posal on ,'tlie cars. "Oh, tell us!" "Please do let us hear!" exclaimed ten young voices and two mature ones. I could not resist, and after the recital, which was suitably applauded, a ladv, whose opinion I value, begged that I would send it to Harper. I hope the parties--unknown to me--wili take no offense if they recognize the courtship as their property. I have heard, though, that at such an absorbing moment the identical words used are seldom re­ membered. I was sitting on a train about to leave Richmond, "Virginia* for Petersburg, when a bridal party came on, and one of the bridesmaids occupied the vacant seat by my side. The eoach was crowded, and lier special escort could not find a s?at, but contented himself by standing in the aisle at lier si<te. con­ versing about the events of the day. It fiec-ame dark, and I closed the book I had been reading, and leaned my head on the w indow, and closed my eyes sim­ ply to rest them. Nothing was farther from niv thoughts than to be an eaves­ dropper, but so in the event I proved to be; for in the darkening twilight the absorbed couple, supposing me to be asleep, settled into "love's low tone," each word of which struck upon my ear clear as a bell, for iu his earnestness he leaned on the back of the seat in front of us, his face, as you can picture for yourself, forming with the lady's ear and mine an equilateral triangle. In free America, and on a public convey­ ance, I did not think it necessary to re­ mind them of mv presence. Presentlv he bent closer, and whispered: "You must know by this time what my atten­ tions to you mean. May I hope that I may claim you as mine?" After a little pause she said, "I am very sorry, but I am afraid that our paths through life will have to diverge." He expostulated, of course; then, heaving a deep sigh, walked away. The twilight deepened, and I still rested niv eyes. After a while the dis­ consolate lover returned, and renewed his suit, saying:° "I have spent fifteen wretylied minutes. Can you give me no hope ?" Her voice in the gloaming sounded like music to him, I have no doubt, as she answered: "I have been thinking over what I told vou. No one knows what will be in the future, and perhaps our paths may converge." Just then the whistle blew for my station, and gathering up my posses­ sions, I was preparing to depart, when he exclaimed, joyfully; * "Do yon get off here ? Allow me to help you with these." And with shining eyes he took my satchel and parcels, and helped me off, even controlling himself so far as to bow respectfully as I left. On looking back I could see the lady in my seat by the window, and the happy lover sitting by her side. The whistle blew, the train started, and-- the curtain fell.--Editor'a Drawer, in Harper's Magazine. Carl Pretzel's Philosophy. Vhen you vas bury some troubles, it vas onnecessary dot you put a monu- mendts ofer dot ub, to commit dot on your memory A No abbetite vas goot to wride on dot, also. To be ignoranter like der deuce vas a bully ting. You dhen dink dot yon vas a Solomons, und efery body lets yon dink so, neider. Ofer you vas in idleness all der vhile, und dond make a cent pieces by der bresberations on your befront head you could easy safe a good much of der gelt you earn, vhen you bractioe aome econ- omizin', dond it? Gif virtue a chance und I baed yon two tollarS und a half dot she gets holdt of der reward. Pirds mit ono fedder shneak dhem- selvesoff alone togedder in gombany mit nobody, too.--National Weekly. SH0WIN6 UP k SHAM. Senators Tngalla and Harrison oii Cleveland's Jailbird Ap­ pointments. Tearing Bents In the Mask «f Reform and Displaying the Rottenness ef Democratic Government. Defaulters, Forgers, and Jailbirds Ekt- tatad to Offioe in Plaoe of Honest Officials. Messrs. lngalls and Harrison In the United States Senate Chamber recently uncovered the Bhallow pretenses of the present administra­ tion in its alleged devotion to ci vil-aervice re­ form. and held up to public gaze some of its most flagrant violations of the spirit and letter of the law. Tne following extracts from their printed remarks will show the sort of a shaking- np they gave the sham reformers: lh Khode Island a Democratic Postmaster was appointed who had been, within the preceding three months, arrested nine times for violation Of the liquor law. In Pennsylvania, a man was appointed in the Philadelphia mint who openly confessed to writ­ ing a forged letter from Neal Dow to be used in influencing the German vote in the State of Ohio the preceding year. There have been some strange things done in Maine. I almost hesitate to quote this, bnt if I am wrong the Senators from that State will un­ doubtedly correct me. It is alleged that the Postmaster in the town of Lincolnville was at the time of his appointment actually in the Port­ land jail, where ho was serving a term for mis­ demeanor. A gentleman by the name of Judd was ap­ pointed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Upon inquiry as to his record it was answered that they do not put men in the penitentiary for stealing horses out West; that if he was alive, it was a reasonable, natural conclusion that he had not stolen any horses. Nobody denied the penitentiary. A gentleman named Richard Board, of Ken­ tucky, was appointed in Julv, cn the recom­ mendation of Comptroller Durham, clerk in the railway mail service, and assigned to duty in New Mexico. Tills is under the Postmaster General who found leisure between removing ros tin asters every fifteen minutes to appoint this man in another branch of the service, where lie incautiously mentioned to his friends something about his previous history, and it appeared that he had been three times arrested in Cincinnati for obtaining money under false pretenses, that he had been twice arrested in Kentucky forrobbery and once in "Texas--a va­ riegated and diversified career. "No pent-up Utica" contracted bis jiowers. He had stolen in three States. His father was a verv wealthy man in high standing, who had spent a gooij deal of money to protect his son, and through him he secured the indorsement of Comptroller Durham, and, after ha had been in service for a few weeks, he committed a nmnl.erof robberies, stole $lc>;{ fr< ni the money-order service, and at the date of this communication was lying in jail at Santa Ke awaiting trial. The janitor of the money-order division in the postoftice at Cincinnati was a man who had con­ fessedly served three years iu the penitentiary for highway robbery. Mr. Pivyiie--That postmaster is a Republican; and he has not been removed. Mr. Ingalls--I d Jre say at that time ; but we •re talking about the janitors. The assistant custodian of the post trtlce building, who has forty employes under him, had the distinguished rtcord of two terms in the Work-house and one sentence suspended o\er him for future con­ sideration. A confessed murderer who had killed his man and escaped because df the, ab­ sence of the prostcuting witness was found to have been npi>omted watchman in the name building by the Surveyor. Mr. Voorhees--Is the Senator from Kansas speaking still of the Cincinnati l'ostofflce? • Mr. Iugalls--No, the Democratic Surveyor. Mr. Voorhees--I call attention to the fact that there has been no change of Postmaster at Cin­ cinnati; a janitor is preeminently under the control of the Postmaster, and the thief if he is there is under the control of a Republican Post­ master. Mr. lngalls--Now, the Senator from Indiana is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason, because I assure him that the janitor of that public building is not ap­ pointed by the Postmaster. He is under the control of ihe Treasurv Department. I shall be glad to onatinue the debate if the Senator de­ sires. Mr. Voorhees--t'i>on the recommendation of the Postmaster always. Mr. lngalls--The Collector of tho Port. Mr. Voorhees--On the recommendation of the Postmaster he is in the building. Mr. lngalls--Another Ohio appointment--and I call the attention of our friend, the junior Senator from that State, to this--by the name of Jack Connelly, who was appointed Statistical Agent of the Agricultural Department uj on the reoommendation of ex-Congressman Converse, and of Bargar, the present Pension Agent at Columbus--is he a Republican? Mr. Payne--No, he is a Democrat. Mr. lngalls--I should not have aske 1 tkat question, because I see it states afterward that he WBS "Chairman of the Democratic State Committee." Connelly has a record of impris­ onment in the Lake County (O.) Jail for stealing a promissory note, and he escaped from being sent to the penitentiary because it va< shown that the promissory note being worth less than its face value, the offense was not grand lar­ ceny. Mr. l'ayne--Mr. President, will the Senator be good enough to state Lis authority ? Mr. lngalls--A Democratic newspaper; I for­ get the name of it. The name of the man is Jack Connelly. I ask the Senator if he knows him. Mr. Payne--I do not. Mr. lngalls--I oannot hear the Senator from Ohio. Mr. Payne--I do not know the man. Mr. lngalls--I wojld ask the Senator from Ohio if he knows a man named Brady appointed Postmaster at Newark, O. ? Mr. Payne--I do. Mr. lngalls--Is he a Democrat? Mr. Payne--He is a Democrat. Mr. lngalls--He is charged with being an em­ bezzler while Deputy Sheriff, and the case is now in tho court. Is that true? Mr. Payne--I do not know anything about. He has recommendations here which state that he in a most respectable man. The Postmaster at Sioux City, Iowa, wa3 con­ victed and sentenced in Dakota for violation of the pension laws. The man who was re­ moved to make a place for tlii» eminent civil- Bervice reformer had eight months yet ta serve, and there was no complaint against him, even to the extent that he was an offensive par­ tisan. Now I want to supplement what I have said about the general policy of stimulating, suggest­ ing, receiving charges against men in office, and refusing them a hearing by some individual in­ stances of injustice. The Postmaster at Shelbyvilie, Ind., was a soldier who had served his country for four years. When the shock of war broke uion this land, when treason took the field, this man, rallying with thousands of other Indi- anians under the flag of his country, stepped, not into a place of ease and emolument, but into the bloody front of i>attle, and for four years on dreary marches, in dangers of battle, in the weariness of hospital, his brave heart in every place to which he was called gave its best service to the defense of the country and the honor of the flag. It happened that in recogni­ tion of this he held the postotfice at Shelbyvilie, and had held it acceptably, rot only to his Re- fiublican friends, but as I shall show you upon ho testimony of the Democratic newspaper, he had discharged his office creditably and to the satisfaction of all. Last summer he was sus­ pended from office. It was understood through the town that some charges had been presented against him. The men who made them did not disclose themselves,and he could gather at home no intimation as to their character. Whether they affected his personal integrity, whether they charged a maladministration of the office, or whether he was simply charged with being a Republican he could not tell. He sat down and addressed the Postmaster General a letter, ask­ ing in the most respectful way to be advised of the character of the charges against him. He got no answer. Need I add that? Who did get any answer? Fa'ling to get an answer from the Postmaster General he addressed me this let- tar: BHKLBTVILLE, Ind., July 7, 1885. Hon. Benj. Harr'son: DRAB SIB--It is reported in the newspapers that I have been suspended as Postmaster at this place and Squird L. Major has been ap­ pointed. The 8th day of June, 1885, I wrote to the Postmaster General concerning alleged charges, as follows • "William F. Vilas, Postmaster General, Wash­ ington, D. C.: "DKAB SIB--It is currently reported that charges have been preferred against me as Postmaster of this pla.'e. If such 1B the case, will you be kind enough to inform me of the nature of said charges and oblige a comrade? Yours resj>ectfully, A. P. BONE, Postmaster." He was writing to a soldier, a soldier now ex­ ercising a high office, a soldier who was his su­ perior, a soldier who held his destiny and char­ acter in his hand, and he signs himself "A com­ rade, yours respectfully, A. P. Bone, Postmas­ ter." "He continues to me : * "I have never received any answer to this let­ ter, although it was plainly due to me from a Government officer and a brother soldier. Since my suspension rumor informs me of the nature of the charges. If rumor is accurate, then I have to say the charges are outrageously false and malicious. No one has to my knowl­ edge been sent here to investigate these charges, and I have not only been kept in ignorance of their character but have not been allowed to defend myself, a privilege which is guaranteed to the vilest aciminal in all civilized nations. I desire to know the nature of the charges and to meet my accusers face to face." That man had been a soldier. He had met his country's accusers face to face, and had looked into their eyes with undaunted heart. "That I have done my whole dutv as an officer the records of the department will prove, and I know that I give satisfaction to the patrons of the office irrespective of party. The following is a clipping from the Democrat of yesterday. July 7." *' ^Let me read simply the closing paragraph at Mr. Major, we believe, will make an excellent Official, but It will require much labor on his part to excel in efficiency Mr. A. P. Bone who baB held the position so long. * I now conclude the k-tter: The Democratic owned and edited by W. Soott Ray, a prominent Democratic politician and the President of the Democratic State Editorial As­ sociation. Please ask the Postmaster General for a copy of the charges that have been pre­ ferred against me, and oblige yours truly, A. P. BONE, Postmaster. Upon that letter I wrote the 9th day of July. 1885, this indorsement: INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.. July 9, 18R'>. --Respectful­ ly referred to the honorable Postmaster Gener­ al. I hope you will not deny the request of Mr Bone to be advifei of the character of any charges filed against him, and to have an oppor­ tunity to meet them. The slip he incloses from the Democrat newspaper shows how good an of­ ficer he has made, and his good civil record, with a long and gallant service in the war for the Union, entitles him, I think, to * favorable consideration of his request B. HAKRISON United States Senator. Not only this aoldier s appeal to know bat my appeal in his behalf, went unanswered from the Post Office Department, and remains unan­ swered to this day. Thinking that possibly there might have been some failure to r 'ceive tho answer, I addressed the Postmaster Gener­ al the 20th inst.. asking a copy of the letter of Bone to me with my indorsement, and of any reply which he had sent to either of us. This is his reply: POSTOPFICE DEPARTMENT, OFFICE or THE POSTMASTER GENERAL, WASHINGTON, D. C., March 22, 1886.--How. Benjamin Harrison, United States Senator--SIR: I have the honor to ac­ knowledge the receipt of your favor of the 20th instant, stating that on the 9th of July you fear- warded me, with your indorsement, Hletter from A. P. Bone, late Postmaster at Shell) will®, Ind. and requesting to be furnished with a cony of said letter and of your indorsement, and also a copy of any reply that was made bv mo to you or Mr. Bone ; and in response I return you the original letter of Mr. Bone, with vour indorse­ ment, which vou may return as vou shall de­ sire : and further state that I have" not preserved in my letter-book a copy of niv letter of ac­ knowledgment to you or to Mr. Bone, if I wrote him. Very respectfully vours, WM.F. VILAS, Postmaster General. While we are talking about rallving around the administration, I want to know if there is a Democrat who approves of that? I want to know if there is a Democratic Senator here who approves of that sort of treatment of a citizen? I want to know if there is one who. much more, approves of that sort of treatment of a man who for four years fought for his countrv in the hour of its pressing danger? If tho Democratic party means to unite upi n this issue and in d< fense of these practices, then I welcome the issue. _ May I supplement what the Senator from Kansas said by a general expression or two as to how the civil service lias been going on in* Indiana? Barney Conroy was a twice-con­ victed felon. He had not ha I the versatile character of the man to whom the Senator from Kansas referred wh» had stolen In three States. Barney Conroy had stolen and robbed only in Indianapolis, and in our Criminal Court there there were two records, one of a convic­ tion for grand larceny an 1 one of a conviction for larceny and robbery, and he had served two distinct terms of two years each in the peniten­ tiary of the State. At our I'nion Depot, where large mails are transferred, there was a private soldier, not conspicuous either in bis relations or in his achievements, but just one of those faithful fellows who in war and in peace always did a man's dutv quietlv. He was in charge of the transfer of the mails, and \yas turned out to make a place for Barney Contov. the twice- convicted felon. I think I have here some­ where Barney's recommendations. My col­ league escaped. I do not refer to this case as tynieal. I sav to my colleague that iu the last campaign when the air was full of Democratic slanders that embraced all the Republicans, jUid the cry was abroad "Turn the rascals out,"In meeting that denunciation, as on every other occasion, I have said that (tersonal honesty ana honor were not divided upon party lines. ' This was the recom­ mendation : "We, the undersigned, would most earnestly request the proper jiersons for making the appointment to appoint Bernard Conroy to the posit'on of Transfer Agent for transferring the muils lit the Union Depot, Indiami]K>lis. We have known Mr. Conroy for a long t ine as an earnest worker in the'cause of Democracy-- |laughter;--one who is always at the polls early and late I laughter |. He is a hard-work­ ing, honest citizen, and as he has never before asked an npi>ointment, we think him worthy of recognition now. * He got one. he got two, but he did not ask for them. [Laughter. 1 Mr. Voorliet s--Who signed ttki? Mr. Harrison--I will read tMT names, as my colleague asks it. Is^ac 1*. Gray, Governor: Oscar B. Hord; John G. Cooper, Treasurer of State: 8. P. Sheerin, Clerk of the Supreme Court; W. E. Ntblack, Supreme Judge. Mr. Kdmunds--The Clerk kept the record, I suppose. Mr. Harrison--No, this case did not go to the Supreme Court; it was too plain. [Laughter.! James H. Bice, Auditor of State; Francis T. Hord, Attorney Gensral; W. R. Myers, Secre­ tary of State. Mr. Voorhees--I did not know bu that some­ body had forged my naiue there. Mr. Harrison--No; I exculpated my colleague at the beginning. I said that he had escaped. Mr. President, those are excellent gentlemen who signed that paper. They were filled with mortification when tlu y found what tin y had done nnd how they had been imposed ii]>on; and perhaps the best use of this incident here, after illustrating the liability that even Dem­ ocrats are under when thev pick a man who has been earlv and late at the polls, and has been an active Democrat, to get a rascal-- after illustrating that fact; perhups the best use of the incident is to show how utterly un­ trustworthy such indorsements are, how little dependence can be placed upon them. liut this incident and the Dowling Incident, and I will not say what other incidents, liectuse there are some cases I am not at lilieitv to com­ ment upon now, carry important lessons and warnings. The Indianapolis Sf»timl, the State organ of the Democratic party, has spoken upon this subject, and I shall now read the aiticla, which is entitled "Halt." and is as follows. It is in the issue of Jan. 26 last: TEXAS STRIKERS SHOW FIGHT A Conflict at Fort Worth, in Which ̂Two Officars Are Fatally. \ Woim4e& / > One Strikar Killed and Others Badly ̂ Ike Governor Orders 0«i v the Troops. ' [Fort Worth (Texas) dispatch.] The fist tragedy to result from the strike on the Texas and Pacific occurred Saturday afternoon, when a group of strikers, lying in ainbash a short distance south of the city, flrod on a portion of the Sheriff's posse, fatally wounding Officers Townsend and finead, and sending a bullet through (he thighs of Policeman Fulford. One of the strikers, Frank Pierce, a switchman, was killed, and Tom Neece, another, was shot in the groin. Two other strikers are believed to have been wounded. Officer Townsend is dead, and Officer Snead is now lying at the point of death. Owing to the bold stand taken by the strikers during the week it was feared that serious trouble would soon ensue, and when it was known Friday night that warrants of injunction had been served on many of the strikers, and that the company would make a desperate effort to get out trains in the morning, under the protection of the Sheriff, bloodshed was deemed inevitable. At 10 o'clock yesterday morning officers began to collect at the Union Depot and in the yards, and a few minutes • later Engine 54, loaded with armed men, steamed down into the Missouri Pacific yards amid tli» derisive shouts of the spectators. The en­ gine was then backed up to Hodge, from which point it was to pull a freight train into the city. At 11:35 the train eame into the yards unmolested by the crowd. A woman waved a red flag as a sigual for the engineer to stop, but he paid no attention to it. Proceeding on its way by the Union Depot, the trniu passed on south, guarded by twelve officers, armed with revolvers, under the command of Special Deputy Marshal Conrtwright. At the crossing a mile and a half from town a switch was found open and the train halted. The officers approached the switch and dis­ covered about twenty of the strikers lying in ambush, with their Winchester rifles aimed, ready to shoot. Firing was opened by both sides almost simultaneously, and after about fifty shots had been fired the officers retreat­ ed to the train and rehired with their wounded comrades to the city. The tragedy occasioned terrible excite­ ment throughout the city, and Sheriff Mad- dox at ouce armed two companies of citi­ zens ^rith carbines and stationed them at the depot to be ready for future emergen­ cies. The Mayor issued a proclamation ap­ pointing seventy-live special policemen, and telegrams were sent to Gov. Ireland urging him to hurry on a regiment of militia at once. ' Ho immediately ordered out the troops. The troops here now num­ ber 235 men. " Adjt. Gen. King. Brig. Gen. A. S. Roberts, Attorney General Templeton, Inspector General P. Smyth, and Vol. \V. P. Gaines are on the ground. Two com­ panies of rangers accompanying Gov. Ire­ land are on the way to the city from Austin. District Judge Peckhain was called into consultation with the railroad officials this morning, the result being that about 12 o'clock a freight trnin was sent south under guard of the Grayson Rifles and a special force of fifteen citizens. Another train was at once made up and sent noith, also under guard, and at 5 o'clock a third train pulled out, going south. The statement is made that the Knights of Labor have determined that Fort Worth shall bo the point where trains shall b1 slopped at all hazzards and that there they will win or lose their I tattle. On the other hand, it is said the citizens declare that the Missouri Pacific trains shall move, even though it costs scores of lives to ac­ complish it. No one is allowed to stand on the streets. The officers are in citizens' dress, and nearly every man in town not known as a striker has a permit to curry concealed weapons. Attorney General Templeton, who is here with Adjutant Gen­ eral Kinfr, says: "Since the authority of the State has been invoked it shall be wielded, nnd trains must move if it takes the whole military force of the State to do it." HALT! With due respect we wouM suggest to the powers at Washington, and all others concerned therein, that the time has fully come when a halt should be called in the business of appoint­ ing unworthy characters to offce in this State. In our opinion the setinin^ attempt to rival the Kepublican ] arty in making and maintain­ ing bsd appointment* to office is an unworthy ambition, and the sooner it is abandoned the better. The honest Democratic masses of the State have already been sufficiently humiliated--the grand old party of the people damaged quite enough, surely,"for a lialt. With becoming modesty we would venture to S'lggestto the forces inspiring and controlling appointments here that there is no lack of hon­ est, competent Democrats in our State. Iu view o f t h i s « « t v - " - - v i i u . , . . . . I . , out which needs more attention. deadMU Cora Wheeler, of Mcllenry. was teAV of M'88 Lol« Ctiaee over po^niday. MiMra. L. II. Madola, of whom we prMi»°k« »o»ne titue aj?o as being very theVk.died last woek. We have not Meat . . prinprned the day. She was visiting *nd relatives in Ohio. 01 Mr. H Dwelley. who has been con-loni . , , "Ouned to the bed for some days is now Exported as gaining slowly. W e hope can} se(, |,i,n out again in a few day?. caus We will have a fresh assortment of Sate00'*8 from the city the last of this offic,eek and it will pay you to examine provoth quality and prices before buying where. We tarry a large assort- |L^u,ent of ever-vt,,in* genera,,y kt*Ptin » is nouiitrv store and will appreciate any Ben*vols you may grant us In the way of the "iistom, besides making it for your in- GfU . , , thertm at to give us a share of your pat ^g bnage. J. W. (JKISTT & SON. mar Mrs. D. T. lngalls has moved Into sion'* E < HalUs house until her house is Df»binpleted, which will be in a short Mr. Hozie wnd tho Knights--A Cold Bec«p- '* Mon. [St. Louis telegram.] Secretary Turner and William H. Bailey, of the General Executive Committee of the Knights of Labor, arrived from Cincinnati, and after a loug conference with the joint? committee of the Districit Assemblies went to the office of Mr. H. M. Hoxie, Vice President of the Missouri Pacific. Their interview was of short duration, and was very unsatisfactory. They say that they were received coldly, and that Mr. Hox- ie's demeanor was eminently disappoint­ ing. He told them that the company had decided to reduce its force of shopmen by 50 per cent., nnd that a large number of men had already been employed to fill the places of the strikers. Such of the old employes as wished to return should apply for a position, and their applications would be considered, without regard to their con­ nection with the strike, but the company reserved the right to reject any objection­ able applicant. These terms were not what the committee expected, nnd they accord­ ingly withdrew. Mr, Hoxie was v ry cool, did not even ask the committee to bei Sited. shov>VwL ..-- _ . _ C. A.' Zollinger, of Indianapolis, the Tension Agent, was Chairman of the committee. Will­ iam Kaough, Postmast r at Fort Wayne, met with the ci mmittee as a member. Eli W. Brown, Postmaster at Columbia City, met with the com­ mittee as a member, aud Herman Freygang, Postmaster at Angola, also met with this Dein- cratic committee as a member. I find in looking over the list of appointments in^lnfliana that sixteen Democratic newspaper proprietors and editors have been appointed to office. Now I want to ask my colleague what he thinks those papers are going to do in the next campaign. Does he think that the effect of their appointment is going to be to convert those Democratic newspapers into mugwump organs? A LONDON newspaper lately contained an advertisement for a. smart-looking sec­ ond footman, who must have unexception­ able character, and be active, an earlv riser, and speak French and English. The in­ ducement held out is eighty dollars a year. Si The World of Labor. he £ureka Iron Compiny, of Wyaa- ,e, a suburb of Detroit, lias recognized right of its employes to join the Knights ourneymen bakers, of New York, to the l«ber of twelve hundred, have deter­ ged to strike, onJUay 1, for twelve hours' -k five days a week, and fourteen h6urs ^Saturday. t. P. Allis, of Milwaukee, informed |it hundred employes of the machine- J:s btaring his name that work would be a nanently stopped should an attempt be < le to enforce the eight-hour rule. he strike has been crushed at Atchison Parsons, and the Mayor of the city tts to pay whatever damage has been in- jj'fd upon railroad property within the j by strikers. •»e street-car strike at Pittsburgh has adjusted, except as to oue line. The gjitre to get the same wages as heretofore, he hour question is to be further arbi- If you want jmil U«t UT-II nrcu ccfll fo-the Seed in bulk, at M, Ennlen's. ILLINOIS STATE NEW& OVER THE BANK. The Track Gives Way Under an fx- r prea Train on the Hoosae Tn£» - nel Route. Aa Unknown Number of Penm Killed er Steirijr Burned Death. > [Greenfield Mass.) dispatch. 1 A terrible disaster occurred on the Fiteh- burg Railroad midway between Bardwell's Ferry and West Deerfield station, the east- bound passenger train going over an em­ bankment 200 feet high. Ten bodies* hare already been taken out of the rains, and it is not known how many others were killed. The train was the eastern express, and consisted of a baggage car, a smoker, a sleeping car, mail car, and two ordinary passenger cars. It was in charge of Con­ ductor Foster, with Herbert Littlejohn as engineer. The point where the ac­ cident occurred is the most danger­ ous on the road, as the track runs on the edge of an embankment 200 feet above Deerfield River. The bank is steep, and is covered with huge bowlders and masses of rock. When the train ar­ rived at this point the track commenced to settle under it for a distance covering its entire length. The coaches broke from their trucks and went rolling over and over down the precipice. The engine broke from the tender, tearing up the track for twenty feet. Kelow rolled the Deerfield River, on the very edge of which the cars were thrown. As soon as they struck they caught fire from the stoves. The sleeping-car was an entire wreck. It was occupied by several passengers, not one of whom at this hour is known to have escaped injury. As soon as the news reached Greenfield a special train was made up and sent to the scene of tlii< disaster, having on boaid sev- eral physicians, section men, aud a few citizens. On arriving at the wreck a horri- ight was witnessed. Darkness had stt-ble tied over the spot. Far down on the river bank could be seen the smoldering embers of the ill-fated traiu. It was impossible to tell who was hurt and who was killed. Stout-hearted trackmen were lowered cau­ tiously down the treacherous height, and the work of rescue began. The Fitch'/urg coach was the only one that escaped the flames. Near it lay the dead body of a little girl. Merritt Seeley, of the Natioual Express Company of Bos­ ton, was found in the wreck and taken into the lelief car. He had a wound four inches long and half au inch wide over his left temple. His left thigh was broken and also his left leg at the knee, besides which he sustained internal injuries from which he will die. D. Crandall, postal clerk, was plunged into the river, and got ashore with difficulty. He was wounded about the head and his arm was fractured. Deputy Sheriff Bryant, who was iu this car, rescued two children from the Hames, bnt one was dead and the other dying. Their parents were on board, but cannot be found. Some of the injured and dead were taken to Shel- burne Falls and some of the wonnded to Greenfield. C. P. Bell, of Nashua, N. H., was cut slightly on the head and leg, bnt not seri­ ously hint. He was thrown headforemost into the river, aud went to the bottom, barely escaping drowning. Conductor Fos­ ter is reported safe, and but slightly injur­ ed. D. C. Wells, of Andover, had his shoulder hurt and his head cut. The car iu which he was riding was broken in two, and stood on end within a few feet of the river bank. _ Nicholas Dorgan, of Green­ field, had his left arm aud ankle broken, and was seriously injured internally. A little girl who was a passenger on the train died in his arms from injuries received. J. E. Priest, of Littleton, N. H., had his face and head cut. Engineer Littlejohn, of North Adums. was badly scalded, and has since died. A. K. Warner, Chairman of the Greenfield Board of Selectmen, was badly hurt, but his injuries are not fatal. Great excitement prevails all along the road between here and North Adams. Being interviewed at Shelburne Falls Conductor Foster said: "I am unable to state how many were on the train. Only three men have thus far been found who escaped injury, and they set the number of passengers all the way from twenty-five to a hundred." The locomotive is a complete wreck, but remains on the track, while the tender is down the hank. The following persons were taken to Shelburne Falls, more or less injured: H. G. Littlejohn, brother of the engiueer, with his wife and two children, all of whom have since died; A. D. Cornell, Allen Lewis, E. B. Stowe, A. C. Harvey, of Boston, badly hurt; J. P. Fow­ ler, A. R. Warner, of Greenfield; H. Couil- lard, Charlemont; E. W. Dunnells, Wal- thani; Miss Darby and May Gowiug. A Miss Cornell is badly hurt, as is Mail Agent Putney. A. M. Waterhouse is missing. It is reported in Shelburne Falls that thirteen persons were killed outright, but this can­ not be verified. At midnight it is reported that four more dead bodies were reuioyed from the wreck, (ind it is believed that others have been swept down the river. The train at the time of the accident was running at the rate of about twenty miles an hour. B. H. Bromwell & Co. Chicago's Leading Fine Furriers, have just opened in connoctiou with their large Fur business, 161 gtate street (near Al Palmer House Chicago), the strikfjceat and finest line of Imported lllnery ever shown West. Our lady h^^aders should give then) a call, as Kni.iey can always relv upon strictly m0s#8t-clas8 goods at "Popular Prices." Stril38--13w. com -------- bein We aw agents here for Boston Rub No (feriess Suspender, the BOHSLBTT A STOFFKL. s» -- ' Wo, 3 fancy, solid colors, handkerchief* ditiinly lOcts. at Bonslett & 8 toft el's, Qoti Buckwheat Wanted. At the Fox River Valley Mill, for , 'Which the highest market price will be x epald. . & BUHOP. A BLOO0Y RIOT AT LAREDO, TEX. Five Men Killed and Three Wounded in a Fight Between Political Factions. (Laredo (Tex.) telegram.j The intense political excitement and lawlessness which has prevailed here for the last fortnight culminated this eTening in a bloody riot. The immediate cause is attributed by many to a circular which ap­ peared this morning announcing that the Democrats would hold funeral services at 4 o'clock over the party known here as "huarches." Directly after the appearance of the circular it was anfiouncea that the huarches party would prevent by force any su.'h demonstration. At 4 p. m. the street leading to a point where a Democratic procession was an­ nounced to start was blockaded with armed men. A little later the Democratic procession moved down Main street, headed by a band, and turned into the street leading to the main plaza. When the head of the column had reached a point in front of Martin's store a party of men armed with Winches­ ters ami revolvers charged the procession. Instantly over 100 armed men became en- d in a deadly conflict, and for half au a regular battle raged along street. During the conflict a cannon which had been used by uarches party, and which was, it is loaded with nails and stones, was down the street. By 5 o'clock the spirit was supreme. Word was dis at oi y < i 3* n cc led to Col. Barnard, commandant at r« Mcintosh, that heavy firing in the city ei >aused by a Mexican attack from the tt side of the Rio Grande. It took but minutes to double-quick two com- tl is of infantry into town, before whom uob quickly disappeared. The casu- , so far as known, are five killed aud unded. All the killed are Mexi- except one, a young American named ier. The Democrats claim that they tired into and acted npion the de- YLVANIA Democrats are anxious Mr. Franklin B. Gowen run for SCORCORAN has sent a $300 chock h easurer of the Hendricks a»M- md. ". ••• "J' j: '• --The residence of H. N. Patchen, met of Aurora, has been burned. --G. C. Pearson, of Danville, has 3^<Wt carp in a pool near his residence. --A depth of five hundred feet h" 1MB reached in tike gas well at Danville. --Temperance people at Decatnr are making a fight against the license system. --A Qnincy man borrowed all the wood- saws in his neighborhood, and pawned then for arinks. --Wenona has determined to prosecute all saloon-keepers selling liqnor to habitual drunkards. --H. K. Davis, editor of The JBrwnt County Democrat, died recently from a stroke of paralysis. --The Rev. O. B. Thayer, a fanner pas­ tor of the Presbyterian Church at OHoha, has been arrested for swindling. --John Lorrain, well known throughout the length and breadth of the Galena and Wisconsin lead mines, died recently. --A fire at the wholesale hardware atom of Moorehouse, Wells & Co., Decaitur, damaged the property to the extent o| $3,000. ' --William Branson, an old resident of Piano, is dead, after a long illness. Hie •was a member of the Later-Day Saints' .church. ' ' --DeKalb County makes, more tatter than'anv other county in Illinois. It sells annually over $1,000,000 worth of butter, cheese, and milk. ---Niles Wheeler, editor of the Geneva Patrol, was recently arrested on a charge of criminal libel on the character of State Senator Ruger. Wheeler was bound over in $500. --William Sacoupi, once a rich Perry Connty farmer, who lost $30,000 in option dealing in St. Louis lately, took a heavy dose of morphine, aft?r which he cat his throat. --The friends of Julius Batka of Tolone presented him with a qnart of whisky, tell­ ing him that he could not drink it all in one ^•y» Rntka was 7® years old, but ambi­ tions. He drank the whisky and died. --Louis P. Schmidt, of Free port, com­ mitted suicide at Davenport, IowaT by hanging. The young man is said to have been driven crazy as a result of being dis­ missed from the Knights of Labor organi­ zation in that city. , --A colt with three tegs, the hind pair being perfect, the third being in place of the two fore, only seventeen inches long, aud protruding^ from the center of the breast, made its appearance recently on the farm of Gus Schmidt, near Highland. --Sheriff J. C. Ware has, after loug par- font,, succeeded, in capturing* George W. Helm, charged with extensive forgeries in Champaign. He was a well-known busi­ ness man, postmaster at Sidney, and work­ ed his paper on several parties, and fled wlten he was detected a year or more sine*. --Wm» O'Brian, a farmer on Tennessee Prairie, with a neighbor named Shaffer, wns gunning, when the two undertook t crawl under a fence. O'Brian got thro test, and as Shaffer was following the mer of his guu was caught and the gQn ex plodfed* the contents entering the body of O'Brian.. --Frank Hucker, of Lake City, while chopping down a tree, was struck on the head by a^. falling branch, and knocked senseless* When he recovered conscious­ ness. he got into his wagon and started to go home. He- was fooo4v seyeral hoots later, driving his horse M ^ Circle, and seatcely able to talk. --At the opening session of the Vandalia District Conference, the circuits were all reported "boomiug," but Rev. N. Stauffer, of Mason, found upon taking charge of a new circuit that the parsonage was very much, dilapidated, aud that there was no stable, so> that hs was obliged to quarter his horse in a hen-coop, and his buggy was ^covered with the arching sky. --The Champaign Board of Health hired Phil Coffee to bury the body of a man who had died of small-pox. A new suit of clothes was purchased for him and holes were cat iu his old oaes so he could not wear them. Some hours later Coffee was found to be drunk and carrying his old clothes under his arm. The body was still unbaried. Coffee was locked up, his cloth­ ing was burned, aud another suit was bought for him. Then the Board of Health buried the dead man. --A young couple went to a WapeOa . Justice to get married. The man gave the Justice a document which he supposed was a license. The wedding ceremony was performed, and the couple went away. Some hours later the Justice discovered that the paper given to him was the pedi­ gree of a bull. The Justice rushed to the houae of the newly married people, and an­ nounced his discovery. He led the yoaxm man away. Next day the missing liceasa _ was fouud, and the ceremony iraa part formed orer again. --The old hotel at Carthage in which the ^ body of Joseph Smith, the Mormon proph­ et, was placed after he had been killed, is about to be torn down. It was erected six­ ty years ago, and, at the time of the Mor­ mon trouble in 1844, was the main publie house in the county. John Taylor, now President of the Utah Mormon Church, was seriously wounded in the same fight, his life being saved by a heavy "bull's-eye* watch which he carried, and which turned a bullet aimed at his heart. The plank upon which the dead body of the prophet lay has beeu secured by Mormon sympathises*. It will be made into caues, which will be sent to Salt Lake City. --The City Clerk of Chicago began re­ cently the work of restoring the town and city records destroyed before the great fire of 1871. The books were burued almost to a crisp, and the leaves crumble beneath the touch. They are black and illigiM* It is propose.! to sepaiate the leaves care­ fully with broad-bladt-d knives, lay the charred piect s on glacs, aud saturate them with glycerine and alcohol. With a magni­ fying glass it is thought the writing may be read. The records of the village of Chicago from 18i2 to 1837 are in a small volume the size of an ordinary day-book. > The remainder of the recor^ ts fefp to 1871 are iu seventeen volumes. The records, when transcribed, will fill ten large vol­ umes. It vill prolaUf talui eUNii jpl^ veers to db the work. •• " ' s ' 'O " , r . ***** f •£>>y