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. FREE-TRADE FICTIONS. «XMT OF MTOO IN ENGLAND 1XD THE UNITED STATES. Wa*«S P«id la England Coder Fre# Trade : «ad la This Country trader Protection-- | An Instructive Arnqr of Facta anil Mg- I | The fiction that you can get mors (or 97.C0 per week in free-trade Ijondoo than in protection , New York ia forever oi •nosed of by the follow- j tag table, pre par ad and sworn to by Mr. Price i and B. P. Iort«r, of the New York Pre**: ' London Mew York ••'••5^ prices. • prices, j B. d. 1 .: 4 0 8 1 ^AiWWfL- 0-;§ *a,ten loaves..... Floor, 7 lbs V!K3 ea, potatoes. Other vegetable*...... Butler Frult '....iiV : Milk ;j;*; Tea, '-j lb Cocoa, }* lb Coffee, 'v lb.jr....,;... Sugar, 4 lbs......i.v.. Poap, 1J$ lbs Sola, starch, bine...,. Candles •'.' Kerosene, }£ gallon, fortnight Ccal, 1 cwt ,v£i .j,'; Beer, 3 pints -v Shoes for family....... Bent .'.V.'? Clothes for man Bo. wifo and children. tkhool fees Provide lit club .-. Medical attendance... S* •1.00 so 1 0 0 4. , 1 0 1 6 0 10)4 X 0 0 6 0*10% 0 6 0 1* 0 1 0 3 1 3 0 10J4 5 1 i 0 1 0 8 6 0 0 4 6* 3 SI U» • 31 81 41 1.37 2» SO 8 88 6 9iM ioh 35 35 35 IB "i M 5 44 81 35 1.88 85 42 " s i 6 Totals ...41 9 8*£ »7.3J 96.73 IjSft from $7.50 '14 78 Difference in favor of New York 64 cents. It is equally true that a man can clothe him- aeM aa cheaply in New York as he can in London. r ,y N. Y. London'pries. |»rice. One overcoat *6.00 One umbrella.............. 1.25 Two hate , /.V..... 1.50 One Bilk hat 2.50 One suit week day clothes. 6.00 One suit (Sunday clothes... 8.03 Four phir socks One pa r shoes ........... Bepairing shoes Two uncU rrfhii'ts Bal. of four suits of under' clothes 2.5'J '<? . Two flannel shirts 2.00 . " 8 0 Four collars 40 . i 8 Two pairs cuffs 30 ' 14 JTs^ktie Cotton, buttons, eto.. 25 10 2 a 60 2.5) 1.30 1.00 2.50 2.00 40 33 25 25 15 7 5 7 0 10 8 19 6 « 0 * 0 • 8.75 1.67 1 25 1.87 laoo 12.50- 83 2.62 1.90 1.2'i 1.90 83 *»- 41 25 Total..... *35.35 £8 19 10 »44.a> These figures are Riven of goods that can be bought in stock at any time. Wages Paid In England Under Free Trade, and In the United States Under Protec­ tion. England. United States. Brushm&kers 6.00 15.00 20.00 Boilermaker* ..... 7.75 15.00 16.50 Brickumkerg........... ..... 3.54 11.86 Bricklayers e.ofe 21.00 Blacksmiths. ..... 6.03 p.00 15.00 Butchers 6.00 p.00 12.00 Bakers 6.25 12.75 Blast furnace-keepers 10.03 1&00 Blast furnace-fillers.. 7.50 14.00 Bolt makers 6 50 16.50 Bolt-cutters ..... 3.00 10.00 Coal-minors 5.8) 13.00 Cotton-mill hands.... ..... 4.60 6.72 Carpenters 7.50 15.00 Coopers ...... 6.00 13.25 Carriagamakers ....... 0.75 13.00 25.00 Cutlery ...i.. 6.00 12.00 £0.00 Chemicals. &IM 6.09 13.00 16.00 C.oekmakers • .».... 7.00 18.00 Cabinetmakers 7.00 18.00 Farm hands 3.00 7.60 9.00 Glass blowers 'a! 00 9.03 25.00 30.00 Gj£ss: partly skilled.. Glass. Unskilled...... '6.00 7.00 12.09 15.00 Gj£ss: partly skilled.. Glass. Unskilled...... 2.00 4.00 7.00 10.00 tilovemakors, firls... 2.5J 6.00 9.00 Glove makers, mon.... 4.50 10.00 30.00 Hatters 6.00 12.00 24.00 Iron ore miners 5.50 12.00 Iron-molders 7.50 15 00 Iron per ton, finished .'.iioo 3.00 "5.91 8.71 Heaters and rollers... .10.00 12.00 i f 30.00 Instrument-makers.. 7.00 i f ao.o) laborers .. 4.10 8.00 Longshoremen 8.0Q 15.00 Linen thread, mon?... 5.00 7.50 Idnen thread, women. 2.35 5.23 jfacbinists 8..W 15.00 18.03 Masons 8.00 81.00 Printers, 1,000 ems.... 20 40 Printers, week hands. 6.33 18.00 Pattern- makers 7.50„ 18.00 Paiutorj 7.90 <-'• 15.00 Plumbers,.... ..... aoq 18.00 Plasterers ..... 7.5J 21.0) Potters 8.CT % 18.3) Polishers ) 7.W nm 18.00 Paper- in ukers 5.i» nm 24.00 Puddle: 8, per week.. . 8.00 10.00 18.09 20.00 Quarry nieu Bopenaakers 6.50 12.00 15.00 Quarry nieu Bopenaakers 5.25 ».'JJ 12.00 JtSilway engineers.,,.. Bail way flretnin..'.......... 10.00 21.0) JtSilway engineers.,,.. Bail way flretnin..'.......... 5.00 12.00 fchipbuilding: ; Boilermakers 7.00 14.00 Machinists..... 1. .. ... 7.00 14.15 Copp xsmiths.... .. 6.53 16.50 Platers •«... 8.03 18.00 Thrillers ..... 6.00 12.00 Riveters 8.0Q 17.4) lingers ...... 5,50 11.00 Patternmakers...,. ...... 8.00 ' 0.00 24.00 Bait makers Silk, moi: 6.00 ' 0.00 10.50 Bait makers Silk, moi: 5.09: 10.00 Silk, -women... 2.5$ 6.00 Scarfmukers .1.50 2.25 Mo 9.50 Servants, month...... ...... 5.0# Mo 15?b0 Shoemakers 6.00 12.00 Stationary engineers. ...... 7.50 15.00 18.00 Soatimakors 5.00 10.50 Tanners 5.53 8,00 10.00 Teamsters 5.35 H00 15.00 Ujdiolstererii watchmakers H.00 18.0) Ujdiolstererii watchmakers ...... 8.00 18.10 Wire-drawers ..... ...... 11.00 22.00 WHO PATS THE TARIFF TAXES. An Answer to the Democratic Assertion that It Is the Consumer. • [From the Eoaton Comm^r.-ial Bulletin.] Bero Is a lesBon in political economy for our Naders as easy as it is fundamental in its mture. Iree-trudera generally, most tariff reformers, * including President Cleveland (in bis message) positively assert that the amount of the tariff on importB is, to just that extent, a tax on the American consumer. Home of them assert that this tax is directly added to the pries of the im­ ported article, as did President Cleveland, but the more moderate and intelligent fre '-traders content themselves with tin assertion that the tax is indirectly borne in its fullness and not directly added to the price of the imported ar­ ticle. We Bhall endeavor to show that the tariff tax borne by the consumer, either directly or indi­ rectly, is not the full amount of duty. It may be shown plainly enough that the tax to the full amount of the duty is not directly borne. For instance, the price of American etoel rails is #20 per ton at the mill. The cor­ responding cost ot the sama staple in Kngland is Ji'-i 17s Od, or say ?H8.9-2; add to this S2.50 freight, and wo bavo the cost here of $-21.13, not including the $17 duty, or only 87.57 less than the cost of American steel rails, and not #17 less, which would be the fall amount of the duty. It cannot be so easily demonstrated that the , mil amount of th > tariff is not indirectly a tax <m tl e customer, because the figures do not ap­ ply ; but we think It can be proven satisfactor­ ily. nevertheless, and in this way: Take as the first premise ths general admis­ sion that our European competitors, and particularly English manufacturers, are ex­ ceedingly desirous of a reduction of our import <pitie*. .' Take as the second premise the assertion so -common now, that import duties could be re­ duced without causing a IOSB of industry from American woikahops to foreign soil. According to these free-trade premises the inclusion comes that notwithstanding duties are to bo reduced, the Americans will still hold their trade. But if the English manufacturer bears none of our import duties himself, either -dlroetly or indirectly, and the American con­ sumer does bear the entire burden of the tax in one -way or the other, and if the English manu­ facturer really has no hope of cutting into the trade already established and held by Ameri­ cans, what reasonable and sufficient explanation remains for the admitted anxiety of the English manufacturers to see reduced import duties on this side of the Atlantic? Can any reason be conjured up that will com­ mend itself to practical experience and common sense as does the obvious reason to the protec­ tionist, namely, that this anxiety on the part of the foreiKn manufacturer to S3e our import duties lowered, arises from a deeply cherished natural desire to escape in the competitive xtuia a pari, c: sometimes the whole of of _ dp<es, whk-h the importer has to bear ntmSelf; Ciad, secondly, from a well-based hope of greatly Increased American trade, due to the shutting down of American workshops to a greater or less extent. flOOD CAMPAIGN TEXTS. j; _ • J| Few of the Pithy Utterances with Which • General Harrison's Speeches Abound. ** ' [From the Indianapolis Journal.] ; From the day of General Harrison's nomina- ttpn until that of his departure froin this city, 'f. jtne aith to August lath, he made forty-one speeches. 'These spetahes were made to visit­ ing delegations from this and other States, in­ cluding several clubs and special organizations, bat mostly tmaifnuiliied masses of people. Gen­ eral Harrison's speeches were in every instance extemporaneous, that is, delivered without manuscript ornotes. They covered a variety of topics, and, though touching on many points, each one was short. The following sentences 4B<Ucat« the general thought in tho speeches. WithMt tnrtwHag all the speeches or all the rtrlking sentences, they form fen interest­ ing collection ol campaign texts: Any development that doss not reach and beneficially affect all oar people is not to be de­ sired." "Any policy that transfers production from the American to the English or German shop works an injury to ail American workmen." "A manlv assertion by each of his individual rights, and a manly concession of Ajual r" ;hts to any other man, is the boast and the law of goad citizenship." "The gates of Castle Garden string inward. They do not swing outward to any American la­ borer seeking a better oountry than this." "The Bepnbtloan party stands" for the princi­ ple ot protection.* "We believe it to be good for the country that loyalty and fidelity to the flag should be hon­ ored." "Our party stanls uneqnivoc»Uv, without evasion or qualification, for the doctrine that the American market shall be preserved for oar American producers." "It is one of ths boat evidences of the pros­ perity of our cities that so large a proportion of the men who work are covered by their own roof-trees. If we would perpetuate this condi­ tion we mult maintain the American scale of W8£68." "The laboring men of this land -tnay safely trust every just reform in which they are inter­ ested to public discussion and to the logic of reason." "It can easily be demonstrated that if our revenue laws were so adjusted that the imports from Great Britain should be doubled it would be good for the workingmen of England, but I think it would be hard to demonstrate that it wonld be good for the workingmen of America." "E<lu< ation is the graat conservative and as­ similating force. Therefore, in our political campaigns, let men think for themselves, and the truth will assert its sway over the minds of our people." "The home is t>te best and is the first school of good citizenship. It is the grjat conserva­ tive and assimilating force. I should despair of my country if American citizens were to b9 trained only in our sch ols, valuable as their instruction is. It ie :n the home that we first learn obedience and respect for law." "The protective system is a barrier against the flood of foreign importations and the com­ petition of underpaid labor in Europe. Those who want to lower the dyke owe it to those who livd behind it to make a plain statement of their purposes." "The disastrous effects upon our workingmen and workingwomen of competition with cheap, underpaid labor are not obviated by keeping the cheap worker over the sea. if the product of his cheap labor is allowed free competition in our markot. We should protect our people against competition with the products of underpaid labor abroad, as well as against the coming to our shoves of paupers, laborers under contract, and the Chinese labor." "Do not allow any one to persnade yon that the great contest as to our tariff policy is one between schedules. It is not a question of 7 per cent, reduction. It is a question between wide-apart principles--the principle of protec­ tion, the intelligent recognition in the framing of our tariff laws of the duty to' protect our American industries and maintain the American scale of wages by adequate discriminating du­ ties on the one Hand, and on the other a denial of the. constitutional right to make our customs duties protective, or the assertion of the doc­ trine tlint free competition with foreign products is the ideal condition to wbich all our legislation should tend." THE CORN PALACE CITY. TBS GBBAT TEMPLE OF MAIZE AT SIOUX CITY, IOWA. DEMOCRATIC TRUSTS. The Standard OU, Sugar, Coal and Other Gigantic Combines Controlled bjr Demo­ crats. [From the Chicago Journal.] First--Standard Oil Trust. This combination is represented In President Cleveland's Cabinet by W. C. Whitney, Secretary of the Navy, and in the United States Senate by H. B. Payne, an Ohio Democrat. The so-called "kid Democrats" in Ohio represent the Standard Oil in politics. The "combine" was opposed to Thunuan but they had to accept him. If they could "knife" him without "kniting" Cleveland, they would do so. The products of this trust are not affected in price by the tariff. Second--The Cotton Seed Oil Trust of the South. This is a Democratic parasite of the Standard Oil Trust,' and is, of course, a Demo­ cratic affair. Third--The Whisky Trust, with headquarters at Peoria, 111. Its name nnd objects are proof of its Democratic origin ayd management. Fourth--The Sugar Trust. This "combine" is controlled by New York Democrats, and Have- mever, at tho head of the trust. I)y his influence and a big campaign cliei'k. procured Chairman Mills to change the Mid* bill so aB to give greater protection than it has under existing laws. Fifth--The Salt Trust. The President of the Michigan Salt Trust, the leading salt "combine" iu the country is Wellington 11. Burt, Demo­ cratic candidate for Governor of Michigan. Burt was formerly a Republican, but left the Republican party in 188ti. He wrote a letter strongly oppos ng the Mill3 bill, but ho was bought off by the Democratic nomination for Governor of Michigan. He i< a millionaire. Sixth--The Anthracite Coal Trust. This is more properly a ring than a trust, but its ob­ ject, its rapacity, and meanness are the samo as if it were a r jgularly organized trust. It owns the hard coal mines and the railroads that trans­ port coal. It costs eightv-Svj cents a ton for hard coal at the mines. Th > rin,' charges S4.50 a ton t o transport it to Chicago. Tbe price to consumers is 67.23 a ton. William L. Scott, the millionaire Democratic Congressman from the Erie, Pa., district, a member of the House Ways aud Means Committer, and the fiscal agent of the Democratic campaign committee iBrice, Chairman), is the chief manager of the coal ring. There is no tariff on hard coal. This powerful "combine." charging an enormously extortionate price for a prime necessary of life, controls an untaxed product, and is strictly Democratic in its management. Tne output of coal is well on to 40,000,000 tons a year, and at least $2 a ton are the extra profits that the ring takes from the pockets of the people. Seventh--The Glass Trust. Whether this trust or combine i3 under strict Democrat c control cannot be defhmo y sett'ed. But a large seg­ ment of the glass ring has headquarters at Baltimore, and Congressman Isadcr liaynor. a Democrat, of course, inttr ered in it* behalf, and by threits to vote against th • Mills bill If the glass tariff were reduced, caused the present schedule to be retained. It is enough of a Democratic trust to be represented by a Demo­ cratic Congressman, and to force an essential feature of the Mills bill to bj modified in accord- snce with its demands. & The Two Candidates on Trusts* HATIRISON. I TXEYET.AND. The declaration of the! S.tch combinations convention against "all have always been con- combinations of capltal^donnidd bv tbe Deiuo- orgauized in trusts orjcratic party. The dec- otherwise to control ar-ilara.ion of its na.^jual bitrarily the condition convention is sincerely of trade among our citi-mile, and no member zens" is in harmony of our party will b J wiili the views enter-'found excusing the ex- tained and publicly ex- istence or belittling the pressed by hie long be-parnicious results of fore the ashembling of these devices to wrong the convention. Ithe people. Under va- O r d i n a r y c a p i t a l r i o u s n a m e s t h e y h a v e shares the losses of been punished by the idleness with labor ; but common Jaw for hun- under tho operation of dreds of years; aud the trust, in some of its they have lost none of forms, the wage-worker their hateful features alone suffers loss, while because they have as- idle capital receives its sumed the name of dividends from a tnist trusts instead of con- fund. Producers who spiracles. refuse to join th? com­ bination ara destroyed. and competition as an element of prices is eliminated. It cannot .. , be doubted that the ** legislative authority should and will find a I method of dealing fair- lv and effectively with these and other abuses connected with this subject. Commenting on the foregoing, the New York Sun (Dem.) says : "Cleveland is more dogmatic and positive, but he makes a great blunder, from which Harrison is saved. He refers to the law against conspiracies without reflecting that with the progress of society this law has of ne­ cessity undergone changes of the most profound and far-reaching character, especially in regaai to the enormous combinations of workingm'ni which distinguish the present day and the un­ precedented labor trusts which they have so widely established." Campaign Notes. DEMOCRATIC talk abont carrying snch States as Illinois and Michigan sounds like the whist­ ling of frightened men passing through a church­ yard at the time when "churchyards yawn." WHEN Cleveland in his letter of acceptance said that the surplus was $130,000,000 he over­ stated the fact by -»22,00J,000. and there are vast appropriations made by Congress yet to be arawn. WHAT not to believe: The free-trade absurdi­ ties as to the price of American manufactured articles in foreign markets. When they allege that a machine felling for 3100 in this country is sold for 8110 in Eifgland or South Am?rica, they are ny to be believed. difference • etween a Republican tariff reformer and a Democratic ta-iff reffli' ~ v e r y g r e a t . T h e f o r m e r i s i n f a v o r o f V where reform i i needed, but keeping the prin«^ ^ of protection constantly in view ; tlie latter i % u favor of reforming protection out of the tariff and out of extstence. THE following are the official majorities and pluralities in New York since 18t>o: Majority. Plurality. 1860... .Republican........... .50,ia# 18S4 Republican ... 6,748 18S8 Democratic:.".., 10,000 ...... 1872 Republican ... «ui| » 1876 Democratic.. ,...26,«6K > , 1880 Republican,... 'yft 21,033 1884 Democratic."....v.. t.......|t ' 1^047 The following reodrd of Indiana for tho same periods will not be comforting to Bourbons: * Majority. Plurality. 1800 Republican 5$-23 1864 R?p blican..,.., 2U4I 1868 Republ can..'.... 9," 1872 Republican 21,< 1876 Democratic.,. S,51S 1680.... Republican............... , 6,641 6,513 An Interesting and Graphic Description-- The Pride of the Northwest--A Cele­ brated Lawsuit Over a Calf, Which pas Cost Thousands of Dollars. [Sioux City (Iowa) special.] The second annual corn-palocer festival oponed in this city under most propitious auspices. The streets were thronged with visitors, and the city was ablaze in its holi­ day attire of maize. The brightness and splendor of tho palaco of Mondomin out­ shines that of 1887 as the noonday sun out­ shine; the gentle (twilight. The idea and tno working out thereor is distinctly original with Sioux City, and she claims tho honor of being the "only corn-palace city ot tho world." The pala?c is 150.\150 feet in size, and occupies every inch of a quarter block of ground. At the southwest corner or main entrance rises the main tower to a height of 175 feet, while to the east nnd north are Norman towers which support the Moorish pavilions. At the apex of the main pavilion rises a flag-staff to a height from the ground of nearly two hundred feet. From each corner of the pavilicn rise smaller flag-staffs, from which float beautiful streamers hearing tho words "Iowa," "Dakota" "Nebraska" and "Min­ nesota." In the main tower there is a wiftd- ing stairway, and from the top a splendid view of the city can be obtained. Between the small towers are beautiful fountains in the eenter of miniature landscapes.'made as natural as life with green, grassy sods, mossy rocks and dwarf trees, with a silvery rivulet flowing past. The great body of the outside is covered with ears of corn, sawed lengthwise through the center, and nailed with two brads with the flat or cob side next to the walls. To re­ lieve the monotony different colors are used, and white, red, speckled, purple, and goldeu-vellow ears were obtained. The ex­ terior is laid off into panels, which are plainly marked by the varied colors of the trreat Western product. Next to the ground is a wainscoting of cornstalks, stripped of their leaves nnd packed close together. The entrances, windows, etc., are also bordered with cornstalks prepared in the same way. The railing of the towers is also covered with cornstalks, nnd the long stalks of grain--wheat and oats--while the capstones of the turrets are represented by the bushy heads of millet, bearded oats, anil sorghum seed. Springing from the inmost corners of the towers to the apex corner of the roof of tho main pavilion are light festoons, or. to use the architectural term, flying buttresses, covered with full sheaves of golden grain, and imparting An effect of massivoness to tho structure. The roof lines are harmoniously irregular, sweeping from the central pavilion to the exterior as the several front elevators require. The broken and irregular outline was intentional in or­ der to give a maximum surface for decora­ tion. The apertures in the towors are spa­ cious, generally of an arched style along the upper sources and entrances but angu­ lar in the ground course. This purpose was also to give a variety of outline for decora­ tive purposes. Thus, while the structure is .. . „ .. of a composite and original architectural consu nipt ion of the new crop. Averythor- order. the plan is admirably adapted to tho oau%'ass °' country, through the uses for which it was designed. medium of our correspondents, enables one man remaining firm in faror of convic­ tion. but in the second trial, which occurred in 1876. he was acquitted. Soon after his acquittal he began suits against farmers bf the names of Killer and Foreman, and six other prominent members of the society, claiming $10,000 damages for malicious prosecution. This case was taken up on a change of venue irom Jones County to Clin­ ton. There it was twice tried, and then re­ moved to Ben'on County on a change of vonue. where it was once more before the courts. In each of these trials the jury re­ turned a verdict in favor of Johnson for amounts ranging from $8,000 to $7,000, and oach time the Judge set the verdict aside on account of alleged errors. The case was next taken to Blackhawk County in 1833, on another change of venue, and there tried, a verdict of $5,000 ren­ dered by the jury and judgment entered. From this, however, on appeal was taken to the Supreme Court, the decision reversed, and the case remanded, back for trial in 1,884. In 1886 the case was once more tried hi Blackhawk County, and again a decision was rendered in favor of Johnson for $7,000. This was again appealed to the Su­ preme Court, and oi\£o more the verdict was set aside and the case sent bick for trial in 1887, and the sixth trial of the case occurs after fourteen yekrs of litigation. This litigation has been un­ der the consideration of thirty grand jurors and eighty-four petit jurors. It has been presented to nine different trial judges, and has twice been before the Supieme Court, live judges sitting upon the bench each time. The court costs alone amount to more than $5,000), *ixd tho attorneys' fees are much more tl«M» that amount. All of the eighty-four jurors have decided in favor of Johnson, but th« courts havo uniformly s d the verdiots aside OH laffal grounds, be­ cause of the closa question as to whether there was probabto MMXM on tho part of the members of the society for starting prose­ cution. The large part of & lifetime has been spent in useless litigation over a few ani­ mals, the entire value of which was about $45. A rumbor of the farmers engaged in the suits have become hopelessly ruined, but still Johnson comes smilingly before the court, begins his suits, and readily pays for them, and is already an old man. Chil­ dren of various ages, who testified when the legislation lirst began, now load into court their own children, who are nearly as old as wore their parents at the time they made their first bow to the courts. The farmers are growing oid. their money has leaked away through the various leiral crev­ ices. and found its way into other hands; homes have been broken up. a community made poorer in every way, and still the case is dragged through the tedious chan­ nels of the law. with but little more chance of settlement than there was fourteen years ago. OLD C0RX0N HAND. An Immense Corn Crop Predicted--That Now Held by Farmers. The following crop and stock summaries appeared in the last issue of the Chicago Farmers' lieriew: As theie is every prospect at the present time tor an Immense crop of corn this year, it, is a matter of interest to ascertain some­ thing regarding the amount of corn of tho 1887 crop in the farmers' hands, and also facts relative to the supply of hogs for the consumption of the new crop. FIGHT WITH A B16 BEAR. With Kyea Shot Out Hail a Knife la His Head He Nearly Kills a Hunter. Frank MoCoj, of Pirae Mills, Pa., discouraged at his success at coon-Iramt- ing, started for home. He hr.d reached a hollow along Pino Creek when his borrowed dog showed the first signs of l>eing disconcerted by anything in the shape of game. The dog began to bris­ tle up and growl and act as if it had a grudge against a clump of bushes a few rodvs away. Believing that a coon had at last been started, and fully .satisfied that it is to the man that, waits that -everything comes, Mr. McCoy prepared to load the ocftm with shot as soon as the tardy ani have come In contact in an aggressive way, the northern nomads have steadily pushed back their copper-colored neigh­ bors, and .the only places where they-- the Eskimaux--have penetrated far in- landto reside, is along the Yukon and Kouskorjum rivers of Alaska. Here they have elbowed out the Indian for some hundreds of miles, and find a luxuriant living on the swarming fisheries of these streams.--Frederu A- G. Schicg^kq,, ill the American Magazine. ' \ i Anonymous Letters. But the anonymous writer "may de­ cide to comment only without directing. He may feel constrained merely to bear his testimony to the wortlilessness of mal showed itself out of the btkW ! "^ait°r^ labors'the a|»8mdity of his ' opinions, the meanness of las motives, designed In addition to the plans of dccoratioo fur­ nished by the artist, many original and unique designs are, worked out by the dec­ orators themselves. Panels are laid out and covered with variegated ears, mostly sawed lengthwise, but some cut crosswise of the ear. forming bright rosettes, about an inch thick and of the diameter of the corn ear. A single slender nail through the center of the cob hol je each piece in place, and many fanciful designs lirelliu? made. Signs and mottoes are made, the borders beipg stalks denuded of blades and ears, interwoven with golden wheat-straw and somber-col­ ored sorghum heads. The letters are made by fastening the corn rosettes as above, and a very gorgeous style of block-letter is pro­ duced. Tho windows of all the towers are latticod with corn ears strung on wires. Some are purple, some arc rod, others yel­ low. and still others white, civing that va- liety of coloring which is at once the charm and novelty of the gcnerul effect. Viewod from the distance of a bloek or two the trifling irregularities of detail are softened and a magnificent blending of color is presented 10 the eye. Tho prevailing shade, of course, is yellow, while the red and white of the corn ears, tho brown ot the sorghum, and thedoad grem of the corn blades relieve the outward surface of a mo­ notony whieli might ordinarily'have been expected, while the varying heights of the salient outlines add a charm of perspective, with lights and shadows, that eombine to produce a singularly beautiful and striking effect. Tho interior of the palaco is veritably a a realm of enchantment. Under the bright­ ness shed by half a hundred electric lights after nightfall, it presents an appearance that rivals Fairyland. From the rough plank walls, ungainly posts, and a higb vaulting dome of irregular outline and un­ sightly rough surface has been created a bower of beauty never before equaled in any clime. And all this marvel was worked without the aid of those adjuncts of decora­ tive arts which have heretofore been deemed essential to the plans of skilled artisans. There is no tinsel or fine material, no precious metals. 110 use of costly pig­ ments. An ear of yellow corn, a handful of prairie grass, a bunch of unsightly weeds, a wisp of golden straw--these are the ma­ terials used. ® Scattered about the walls are appropriate mottoes curiously wrought with corn and other Held grains and grasses. The rough posts that support the galleries are covered with corn and changed into Ionic, Doric* (iothic, and Corinthian columns, while others are laden with bouquets of tinted ^grasses. Tho ceilings under the galleries are ornamented with devices that can not be described in words so as to convey a suggestion of their appearance. Land­ scapes. maps, flags, mottoes, u music staff with corn-stalk notes, emblems of hus­ bandry, and quotations significant of the fertility of tho country are everywhere shown. A seemingly infinite variety of de­ signs is presented to the admiring eye. and tho originality of the decorations is truly amazing. The palace is lighted by electricity, and is fitted with appliances for fighting fire and has a perfect system of sewerage. Tho exhibits by counties, townships, towns, nnd individuals are far in advance of unything ever seen at State and county fairs. In addition to the decorations of the pal­ ace proper, the entire city is in holiday attire. On all tho principal street intersec­ tions' in the business portion great gas-pipe arches have been erected, each bearing three hundred colored-glass globes. Nearly every business houso and many private residences are beautifully decorated with corn and cereals in a multiplicity of designs that bid fair to eclipse even the palace it­ self. From a simple veneering of corn in the ear to a complex and carefully drawn plan of artistic adornment, overy building is made to honor the event of the second an­ nual festival of King Corn. The palace is built by an incorporation known as the Sioux City Corn-Palace Ex­ position Company, having an authorized capital of $250,000. the idea being to make the institution a permanent one. The pal­ ace has cash in the neighborhood of $60,000, and over fifty thousand bushels of corn and grain have been usod. Already there is u move on fool to convert the building into an ice-palace, with another jubilee during the midwinter holiday season. A CELEBRATED CASE. A Law Suit Involving MS Fourteen Tears 0n Trial--Litigant* Bankrupt and Com­ munities Impoverished. [Waterloo (Iowa) special.] The celebrated Jones County oalf ease came up again for hearing, this time in this city. It is a case with a history. It had its origin fourteen years ago; has been tried in several District Courts; been heard in the Supreme Court two or three times, and now comes up for adjudication once more. In 1874 the case was started in Jones County bv a farmers' society. A man by the name of Potter, of Greene County trav­ eled through that section buying young stock. Among the rest five calves were bought of one Johnson, who has been the Erominent figure in the litigation which as consumed so much time. The calves which were sold were afterward iden­ tified as belonging to farmers in the vicinity. At a meeting of the Jones County Anti-Horse Thief Society, held shortly after, it was determined to charge Johnson with the theft of the animals, and suit was ac­ cordingly entered. In December. 1874, he was indicted by the Grand Jury in session in Jones County, but the Court set the indict­ ment aside. In February of the following year he was again indicted by the -Grand Jury, and on this indictment he was twice tried, taking change of venue to adjoining counties. In the first trial the jury disagreed. to offer important facts on these subjects. In Tljjnois thirty-two counties report an aver- ago of 7 per cent, of the old crop remaining on hand. All other counties report none left. Wisconsin--Only six counties report old corn on hand; average, 8".2 per cent. Indiana--Twenty-five coonttes report 7'j per cent, old corn ou hand. All others report none left. Ohio--Forty-one counties report an average of OKi per cent, of old crop unsold, and the rest none. Missouri--Twenty-four counties report an av­ erage of OH percent, of old oropon hand. Rest none. Iowa--Forty-five counties report an average of 0 per cent, of old crop on hand, and the rest none. Minnesota--Only four counties report old corn on hanJ--7V. per cent. Kansas--Only eight counties r:-port old corn oa hand : average 01r per cent. Nebraska--Twenty-one counties report an av­ erage of 7,S; per cent, of old crop on hand; restV nono. Dakota--Our returns are not complete from Dakota; five counties report 1)4-5 per cent, ot old crop cn hand. TIIK HITPPI/r OF BOOS. Our reports show that all over the West tbe supply of hogs falls considerably below that of last year: Illinois--Six counties report an average sup­ ply ; all others report fewer ths* usual. W'iact nsin--Average supply in oi^jht counties; under average in remainder. Indiana--Thirty coumics report supply of hogs less than usual; fourteen counties report average supply. Michigan--Only eight counties report an aver­ age supply. Ohio-- Ihirty-four counties report supply less than average sixteen comities report average number, and two counties more than average number. Missouri--Four counties have more than an average supply, whi e oulv-nine counties of the remainder have an average supply. Kentucky--Only five counties report an aver­ age supply of hog's. Iowa--Fif.y-threo counties under average; fourteen counties usual aveiage; four counties above average. Minnesota--Twenty-one counties under aver­ age ; fifteen counties usual average; two coun­ ties over average. Kansas--Thiriy-flve counties under average; two counties over average. Nebraska--Kighteen counties under average; eleven counties usual average; six counties above average. Dakota--About twenty per cent, of tho ooun- ties have less than the average supply of hog*- Kstimated yiild of pot itoes per acre: Illinois, lJl bushels ; Wi-iconsin, 110 3-5 bush­ els; Indiana, til '."-5 bushels; Michigan 107^ bushels; Ohio. 97 4-7 bushe s; Kentucky, 70ty bushels ; Missouri, '.H) 1-5 bushels ; Iowa, 117^ bushels; Minnesota, 112l-j bushels; Kansas,61?^ bushels ; Nebraska, 118l>.> bushels; Dakota, 107H bushels. J . MR. BALFOUR WEAKENS. John Dillon Released from Dundalk Jail U ncomllti onally. " A London special says: John Dillon has been released from Dundrtlk jail. His re­ lease has 110 connection with the action of the Parnoll commission, but was uncondi­ tionally granted by the Marquis of London­ derry on account of the medical report on the state of Mr. Dillon's health. Mr. Dillon is much thinner and paler than when sent to prison and is obviously ill. Mr. Dillon was received by a large crowd on his ar­ rival at Dublin. In thanking them for their welcome Mr. Dillon said I10 intended to ap­ ply himself to the struggle in behalf of Ireland more diligently than over. Mr. Dillon will seek to recruit his health at IJallybrock, near Dublin, dhtr. Parncll, in a congratulatory telegram to Mr. Dillon, says: "Your triumph over the brutalities of im­ prisonment is a great victory for Ireland and a signal discomfiture for Balfour's co­ ercion." The Xetos says: "Wo believe there doos not exist a man in the kingdom. not except­ ing even Mr. Balfour or Mr. Goschen, who does not hope earnestly that Mr. Dillon has been released in time. He was released be­ cause. had anything happened to him in jail, Balfour's official existence would not have been worth a fortnight's purchase." A KANSASTRAGEDY. A $6 Board Bill Results in a Murder. N. W. Denson, of Ulysses Grant County. Kansas, formerly a hotelkeeper at Spring­ field, Seward County, and whilo in that business M. S. Parson, ex-editor of the Springfield Transcript, boarded with him. 1'arsons settled all but $6, but that he claimed he could not pay. Denson an­ nounced that he was going over to Spring­ field, and said that among other things he was going to "collect that money from Par­ sons or else thump the life out of him." The two met 011 the streets of Springlield and b<*gan to quarrel over the debt. Denson ap­ plied an opprobrious epithet to Parsons, when the latter drew a revolver and sent a bullet through Denson's heart-. NEW RAILWAYJIAIL DIVISIONS. 8t. Paul to Be the Headquarters of Wis­ consin, Minnesota, Dakota, and Mon­ tana. Word has been received in St. Paul from Washington that the Postmaster General has decided on two new railway and mail divisions, one of which will be in the North­ west, with headquarters at St. Paul. Here­ tofore Minnesota has been a part of tho great Chicago system. Tho new district will probablv irfclude Wisconsin, Minnesota, Dakota, and Montana, leaving Iowa still a part of the Chicago system. New quarters must of necessity bo supplied, as the depart­ ment will be entirely separated from the St. Paul Postofflce. Divided S40.000. Charles A. Pillsbury & Co., Minneapolis millers, have divided $40,000 among their employes, in pursuance of a profit-sharing plan. He "sicked" the dog on, and the dog growled and barked louder and louder. McCoy drew cautiously near to the thicket, and finally began to part the bushes to get a sight of the coon, if the coon would not come out of the brush to be sighted. McCoy did not see the coon, but his eyes rested on a big bear that stood in repose behind the bushes, evidently deliberating on what course lie would pursue. There was the stump of a fallen tree a few feet to McCoy's right. It was about four foet high. McCoy did not pause to deliberate on what course to pursue, but. proceeded at once to anni­ hilate the space between him and the stump. He did it in three jumps. At a single bound he mounted the stump. The dog had not yet seen the bear and still supposed he was showing off for the benefit of a coon; and he stood still and bristled and growled, probably in­ terpreting the celerity and agility of the hunter to mean that he could get a bet­ ters shot from the stump. By that time the bear had decided on his course. He broke through the brush and came out toward the dog like a log rolling down­ hill. The astonished dog quit bristling, and, turning tail on the bear, went to hustling. McCoy bethought him ot his gun, and, taking aim at the War, blazed away. The gun was loaded with line u shot and the charge took effect in one V)f the bear's eyes, putting it out. That 1 robablv saved the dog from/impending peril, for with a howl that pearly shook McCoy from the stump the bear turned and charged on the hunter 011 his perch. This change in the bear's tactics gave the dog time to recover himself, aud lie came back, and, grabbing the bear by the hind foot, leaned back and braced himself. The dog was big and strong, aud tlie bear stopped. Ho was unde­ cided, however, whether to turn and chide the dog or lunge forward and chastise the hunter. Pending a decision in the ease McCoy let go his remaining barrel at the bear, as the latter hung poised, as it were, between two opin­ ions. It is not known where in the bear, if anywhere, this second charge took effect, but the result of the shot was to evidently paralyze bruin, tor he remained halting where he was, the dog tugging at his hind foot, while McCoy on his stump loaded and fired several times at him. At last the bear seemed to arrive at the conclusion that things were not go­ ing on as they should, for lie gave a sudden kick with the leg the dog was doing his best to chew in two and the dog tumbled to earth ten feet away. The bear then resumed his interrupted advance on the hunter. It was in ex­ pectation of some such a termination of the bear's deliberation that McCoy had reserved his ammunition, and it was not until he saw the whites of the enemy's eyes and the root of his tongue through the wide-open jaws that he gave himself the order to fire. The contents of both barrels entered the ljear's mouth and lodged somewhere in the interior, but the bear kept right on. McCoy leaped from the stump, fully resolved on hasty and unbroken flight, but as lie jumped he noticed that blood was pouring from the bear's mouth in streams, and, hav­ ing had some experience in hog-killing, he knew that not even a big bear could last long with such a waste of blood as that, he concluded to take the risk of hanging abound so that he could lie in at bruin's death With the intention of hastening the catastrophe he took out his knife and waited for the bear as it came stagger­ ing toward him, and when it reached him ho grabbed it by one ear and sank the knife in the bear's head. But tlie dving brute had more strength than McCoy suspected, nnd l>efore he could draw the knife to use it again bruin dealt him a blow with one of his paws that knocked the over-confident hunter down. Fortunately for McCoy the dog wasn't satisfied with the part he had taken in the combat, and just as the bear smote McCoy*to the earth the dog pitched in again and drew the bear's at­ tention away from McCoy. That was the last thing the dog ever did except to die, for with one sweep of the bear's great fore paw the dog's coon-hunting days were ended. In the meantime McCoy had managed to get to his feet, convinced that a stuck heg and wounded bear were not of the same capacity, and resolved to cam- out the intention he had on leaving the stump. He started to run, but heard a heavy fall, and looking back saw the big lK>dy of the bear stretched dead on the ground. McCoy's knife was still sticking in its head, the blade having sunk deep in the brain. Theories In Regard to the Eskimanx. Why human beings have been found living in this lone land of desolation has given rise to no little theorizing and speculation, the bulk of which seems to be that they are cruelly forced to abide here by the supposed greater strength of the savages to the south of them. My own ideas are with the "respectable minority," which believes that they are found in these regions for the same reasons that we find the reindeer, the musk-ox, and the walrus; that is, it suits their peculiar temperament and disjMXsi- tiou better than any other climate or condition possibly could, and they are no more forced into the frigid zone by other savages than the animals named are held there by the antelope, buffalo, or earribou of lower latitudes. "When they are taken from their Hyberborean home they are as restless to return as the castaways in their own land are to get back to civilization, and singular enough, despite all their desolate sur­ roundings, they are the most happy and contended race, savage or civilized, in the four corners of the earth; although it is the coldest corner. The tale told by Capt. Hall of the deep longing of the sick and sinking Eskimau, Kudlago, to see his land of ice and spow before he died, and his joy on being carried to the deck of the Arctic-bound ship when the first iceberg was sighted, is as pathetic as any ever told of the return of Arctic refugees to their land of flowers and forests; and clearly shows that pa­ triotism and love of home is circum­ scribed by no parallels of latitude nor influenced by climatic conditions. Wherever the- Indiana and Eskimaux ILLINOIS NEWS Bl VTKHT8 AMD INCIDENTS THAT IdlTELT Ot Cl RBED. and the lamentable folly of his conduct. It is comical to think of the avalanche of such letters which pours pitilessly into the sanctum. The charitable waste- baskets can scarce accommodate the drifts. The wisdom which proceeds from statesmen in the barber's chair and on the benches of Union and Madison Squares overflows in this anonymous correspondence1. It is in vain that the editorial malefactor attempts to cscape judgment. The anonymous letter writer knows him much better than he knows himself, and his efforts to pose as a patriot, as a lover of order, as a friend of progress* will be sternly ex­ posed to the scorn of mankind by "One who knows," by "Aristides," by "You know who," and by that terrible fellow who keeps society in such good order, "A foe to frauds and humbugs." The great public will be glad to know of this omnipresent, invisible police, which regulates public men and editors, giving the reprobates tlieir deserts in the anonymous letter. There was a public man with a lively sense of humor who said that whenever lie made a speech of importance or significance he received a letter beginning uniformly, "Well, Pericles, what do you think of yourself now?" and proceeding to ask whether he was not yet aware of the profound odium into which he had fallen. "These," said Pericles, "are the humorous reliefs of public life. The importance which such worthy }>eople attach to the expression of their dislike, the ingenious asperity of their tone, and at the end of the fulminating document no name, all reminds me in another way of Thackeray's description of George IV." He laughed as he recalled it. Does the gentle reader recall it ? Did he, perhaps, hear Thackeray read it with his rich voice, and its rollicking tone when he came to the humorous Sassages? Does it not seem another [ew York in which those lectures were delivered? He is describing the fourth George, but it is the writer of such let­ ters as Pericles receives, with his pre­ tentious self-importance, his perfumed air of superiority, and his air of l>ompou3 impudence, who seems to have sat for the portrait; "I try and take him to pieces, and find silk stockings, padding stays, a ooat with frogs and a fur collar, a star and blue ribbon, a pocket - handkerchief prodigiously scented, one of Truefitt's best nutty- brown wigs reeking with oil, a set of teeth and a huge black stock, under- waisteoats, more under-waistcoats, and then nothing."--George WillUmi Cwfn 'tis, in Harper's Magazine. The Boy and the Woil - Once there was a Boy left to tend a flock of Sheep, and being impelled bv, the spirit of mischief in the absence of spirits of another variety, he amused himself by crying "Wolf!" when no Wolf was nigh. The people of the neighborhood were greatly terrified, and hastily arming themselves with whatever weapon they could command, rushed to the spot to defend the sheep from the ruthless in­ vader. When they discovered the April fool that was played upon them they were mad, but the Boy mocked them and laughed and called them "Kubes," a term that he picked up at the circus. He fooled them several times that way, but at length the Wolf did come, and when he cried out no one believed him and no one hurried to his assistance. You may expect to read that the Boy was torn iu pieces and devoured, and you are doubtless prepared to say- it served him right, but nothing of the Jdnd happened. He wasn't that kind of a Boy. He had made arrangements with one of Barnum's agents whose business it was to secure animals for the Greatest Show on Earth, and when the Wolf put- in an appearcnce with an appetite a week old, expecting to make a meal of th« Bov, as had been usual in all previous versions of this fable, he was ensnared by the agent's men and shipped to Bridgeport for identification, classifi­ cation, and moraL instruction, prepara­ tory to being put on the road. The Boy was rewarded with a position as candv butcher with tlie show, where he amassed a handsome fortune in a single season by dexterously counting both ends of dollar bills in making change to customers. The Boy became a Wolf himself. Baby Pugs. The prettiest kennels in the city are to be found in the handsome apart­ ments of a Woodward avenue doctor, where a little mother pug weighing eleven pounds has a litter of five of the puggiest kind of pugs. Upon a sofa by herself a younger and smaller pug, full grown at nine pounds, was snoozing the idle hours away. Ho was valued at $200. but that sum had been refused. "Midge's grandfather, Santa Claus, took two first prizes at Boston, and was sold to a New Bedford man for $500," said the doctor. "The riiother of the little pugs is hers, too. But Midge is even finer than Dainty. They are the small pugs of the famous Morrison strain." : t "JIow much money few the little ones?" ^ "They are going rapidly at $35. The first one brought $50. Here is one that has the fine aoricot color which denotes the best breed. She has not the black stripe on the back defined as well, but that will come out later. Their square, black muzzles and large eyes were as prominent features as if they had been a year old. instead of a month. The mother had the black toe-nails in­ dicative of race, and this mark was re­ peated in her offspring. The father of the pugs is Port, a well- known pug. An ancestor named Com­ edy Junior is believed to be one of the finest pedigreed dogs of England. "Do you keep them for amusement, doctor, or for reveaue only?" " Oh, I thought I would like to raise them, but it takes too much of my time. No, I am not a professional dog fancier, but I like pugs."--Detroit Free Press. SACRIFICE, being the essential basis of virtue, the mast meritorious virtues are those which are acquired with the greatest effort.--De MaiBtre." ^ An littorestiag Summary of the More tat* ' " portant Doing* of Our Neighbors--WeA* ; ding* and Death*--Crimes, Casualties, and General News Notes. --The remains of the late Henry Coe- •with, of Chicago.wereconveyed to Galena by special train over the Illinois Central, accompanied by the family and friends of the deceased. The funeral was held attltt South Presbyterian Church, the pastor, the Rev. Dr. A. C. Smith, officiating. A large number of dit zens, including th* Old Settlers' Association, were present ad the church. Tho interment at Greenwood was private. The pall-bearers warn: Judge Thomas Drummond, S. H. Camp­ bell, Dr. C. W. Hempstead, and Jama* Kood, of Chicago, and Thomas Foster, F. Stahl, and W. H. Snyder, of Galena. They were assisted by the Hon. B. B. * McClellan, John Ross, £. C. Ripley, Wal­ ter Ford, T. B. Hughlett, Henry Daw, Dr. W. S. Crawford, and W. W. Wagdin, of Galena. --Edvrard'Q. Daly. of Chicago,, who bruised and-pcolded in the Baltimore and Ohio wreck at Ankefeytown, Ohio, Sept. li, has filed suit against' the company far $15,COO damages. . ,, & --One of the recant sensations on the Chicago Board of Traile ins the sale ot 1,000,000 bushels of wheat in oae lot fay Leopold Bloom to B. P. Hutchinson. A transaction of that size is not withoot precedent on the board, but |t is rarely that even the groat traders operate in such large lots. It frequently happens that OHO house or even one individual will handle several millions in one day, however. Mr. Bloom is a leader on the board, where: ha has made most of his great fortune. The gentleman to whom he made his saleia much stronger than he, but he is twice aa oid a man. Mr. Hutchinson is the heavi­ est operator on the board, and a well- known broker expressed the opinion afeir days ago that he was the biggest speculator in the world. The first million-dollar deal in wheat on the Chicago Board of Trade wee between "Billy" Murray and Deacon Hobba several years ago. Neither of these gf**;x tlemen is now prominent in speculation!. , --Mrs. William Fallin, one of the oldest citizens of Mattoon, is. dead. Deceased was 81 years of age. £ --At the Warren County Fair-giounda two fine horses--Guideon, owned by John Holliday, 'of Kirkwood, and Donaldson, owned by Gabby Brothers, of Little York- collided with each other and were killed ̂ sulky shafts penetrating their breasts. The drivers escaped unhurt. Guideon was valued at $1,300 and Donaldson at $1,000. --Robert Clow died at his home in Wheatland. Mr. Clow was one of the most prominent citizens of Will Comity. He was at one time a member of the Leg*, lature and had bedn Circuit Clerk of WHI County for eight years. He was also ^ prominent candidate for the Congressional' nomination at the last Republican conven­ tion and came within three votes of secur­ ing it. • --Society in Jacksonville was startled hjr a report that Miss Hattie B. Flack had' eloped with and married John Sanka, a coal-black negro farm-hand. Miss Flack is the handsome 18-year-old daughter of Charles Flack of Schreiner A Flack, 8fc.' Louis. Mr. Flack owns a farm near Jack­ sonville, where his family now resides, and Sands has been in their employ. A shorty time ago Sands was arrested on a charge oD stealing, bat was released, Miss Flack) having the prosecution withdrawn. Tho couple applied to three colored ministers who refused to perform the ceremony. They secured a license in Springfield, and' returning to Jacksonville finally secured a traveling preacher, and taking a carriage drove to the Sangamon County line, where,, at 12 o'clock at night in the carriage, the marriage ceremony was performed. The preacher says he was intimidated and did not dare refuse their request. , ^ "I want you to send me to the Bri4e- that I may obtain an honest living. ! not beg, and I can not steal, neither ve I suoh small respect for life that X would rather fly to ills I know not of than bear the heavy sorrows that I have." Fred­ erick Englebert, tall, erect, with a grayish mustache and imperial that gave him a military air, in a tailor-made suit that waa growing shabby, stood before Justice Lyon, in Chicago, pleading to be sent to the House of Correction. "It is that I may not starve," he continued. "If I can get enough to eat for a short time I can make another effort, but I am without money, friends, or a place to sleep. Five years ago I had a comfortable income, but speculated on the Board of Trade. Two years ago I was induced to risk my last $5,000 on the open board, and lost it alL* Justice Lyon .fined Englebert $10, and wrote,a note to Colonel Felton asking that this victim of misfortune ha shown great leniency as possible. ^ K. --A new business block at Aurora, com* aisting of seven stores, on Downer plaeew just completed by White 4 Todd, warn dedicated by a reception for the benefit of the hospital building fund, and several hundred dollars realized. The affair waa managed by Senator H. H. Evans, who some time since volunteered to raise 000 for this purpose, and the hospitalv|g now in course of erection. ( --The board of penitentiary commission­ ers met at Joliet, and received a letter from Warden McClaughrey, resigning hia position in the prison and expressing hia regret at severing his relations with Aa prison and the board. The commission­ ers adopted a resolution accepting with re­ luctance the resignation, to take effect Deo. 1. eulogizing the work performed by tho warden during'the last fourteen years, and expressing their sense of the loss of the State in the retirement of Major Mc­ Claughrey. The men most prominently mentioned as possible successors of the warden are S. P. Mooney, of Springfield; General M. M. Bane, of Quincy; Gallap Muller, chief clerk of the penitentiary; H. C- Cullom, a brother of Senator Culloat; and James E. Hill, of the Chester poena. --'There are 1,200 priso ners in the State Penitentiary at Joliet, a smaller number than have been confined there at any tima in the last fifteen yean. --B. F. Campbell died at Rockford, Craaa a rupture cause J by TS>70 pounds of JMMfc- f ailing upon his stomach Mm ' "i . ' ' . v j i t 1 - . . yssi^v/;: