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ifFAIRS .INOIS. I * '-V i tVBtlllG ITEMS OA1MJBRJKD FKOM VARIOITS SOURCES. Oar Neighbor* Are .pf fionersl and Loea) : and Oeaths--Accident* Mid Crimea --TsPerBonal Pointers. --The yearly sales of the five leading Chicago dry goods jobbing house* is something enormous, as is shown by the following figures: t - \ Marshall field & Co;"".--.....t3,.000,000 John V. Farwoll & J 5tt,000,000 Carson, Pirie, Soott ft Co.............. 15,500,00.1 James H. Walker & Co .-. 9,S00,000 Storm & Hill 3.000,000 Last year's sales of the leading, whole­ sale grocers of Chicago foot ap aa fol­ lows: :8$ragne. "Vfamer '& Co w«r;, .#11 ,*00.000 fweid, Murdoch & Fischer..... 8,000, (K>j Franklin MasVeagb & Co.. 6,000,(KK) William M. Hoyt Company.,.... 4,00 t,'X).> H. C. & C. Uurand.. 3,000,000 o, Htg&iUo......... .. . 8,0X',000 Mwiiam & Collins.....,;.ij..... 8.500,000 John A. Tolman & 2.75J.OO.) Steele-Wedelea Co 2,5JJ,(M0 Heavy hardware is confined in the main to three large firms, who=e sales approx­ imate as follows: Farkhnrst & Wilkinson, #9,000,000 Kelley, Mans & Co. 3.000,0J0 & A Jiimb&rk & Co:........... 3,000,000 The jobbing shelf hardware is also con centratcd principally in three large houses whose sales are as follows: Hlbbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co $6,000,000 Horton( GiUaore, Mc Williams ACo... 2,82'J,000 Markley, AUing & Co 1,103,000 The annual sales of the three leading drag houses are: Fuller & Fuller ...^. ..... #2,000,000 Morrison, Plummer & Co.. . « Xii. . . . . . . 1 ,800.000 trad, Owen & Co „,.,.,. 1,200,000 The millinery business fc largely eon- fined to two firms, whose sales are Ed son, Keith & Co #2,500,030 D. B. Fisk & Co £.000,000 Among the jobbers ioi* men's clothing, the following take the lead: Henry W. King & Co... $4,530,000 Charles P. Kellogg £ Co Kohn Brothers Kuh, Nathan & Fischer Cahn, Wiuiipold & Co Strauss, (joodnmn, Yondorfit A Co E. Bothschild A- Bro Clement, Bane & Co Leopold Bro# B. Kuppenheimer & Co 3,000,000 2,000,000 1,400,0)0 1,450,000 1,450,000 1,100,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 The following ate the leading jobbers in boots and shoes, together with their sales: Seta, Schwab ft Co ., M. D Wells & Co ; C. M. Henderson <ft Co Phelps, Dodge & Palmer Company.. Green sf elder, Ilorsheim & Co.... ... C. H. Fargo A Co .02,850,000 . 2,700,000 . 2,700,000 . 2,700,000 . 1,500,000 1,500,000 •V ! ' t • ¥ Doggett, Baa Belt & Hills Company 1,000,000 R.P. Smith A Hons. 1,000,009 The heaviest dealers in hats, caps and furs do a business as follows: 8weet, Dempster & Co. $1,400,000 Keith Bros. & Co 1,800,000 M. Gimbel & Sons 55 J,000 Longley, Low & Ale^nder.,........... 500,000 --The Illinois Crop Report for August, of the State Board of Agriculture, is out, and tho showing it makes is very favor able. The year 1889 haa so far boen an unusually productive one. The farm orops of every varie­ ty have yielded largely. Not only has the yield been good, but the quality has been above the average, and the farmers of liie Stat<> have rea son to congratulate themselves. While there is Bome complaint of disease among live-stock, it- is jjenersJiy m isolated localities, and hy no means general. With the fine pastures for summer and pleijtv of hay for winter feed there is every reason to believe the coming winter will not be a hard one on stock, notwithstanding the fact that the area in wheat this season--2,052,388 acres--is more than 200,000 acres less than in 188S. The in­ creased yield per acre makes the total number of bushels nearly 3,000 ooo larger than last year's crop. The average yield per aore--18 bushels--has been exceeded but twice in the past thirty years-in 1879 and 1882--and then by only a fraction of a bushel. The quality of berry this season is as good as ever raised in the State. ThiR fact explains largely the in­ creased yield per acre, the heads being un­ usually large and vrell filled. The great amount of rainfall during the period that the berry was iu the milk prevented the damage from insects w hich so irequently happens at that time. Tho only material damage bv in­ sects was done by tho grain plant louHe in Perry County. The price received for wheat-- 70 cents per bushel--is low, but the total value of the crop--$'2U,09:i,'250--is £1,9!U,818 more than was received by tho farmers for this crop a year ago. There is a slight increase in the spring wheat area over that sown in 1888. The area of the present crop is 117,864 acres, as against 98,037 acres last year. With the exception of 1888. the area seeded to oats this season is larger than ever before in Illinois. The 18S9 area WHS 3,TITTY,030 acres. Just before harvest the prof-pee u was good for a phe­ nomenally large oat crop, but the heavy rains about the middle of July caused a great deal of lodging, aud whtn the j>raiu was ready for cut­ ting much of it was beaten out and lost. On this account, the average yield i»er acre was diminished, and was but thirty-nine bushels-- one bushel less than last year. This, however, is above the average yield" for a term of years. The total oat crop of the State--142,150,811 bushels--is the largest ever harvested in Illi­ nois except last y ar. But three times since 1860 has the price of oats been so low as this season, when they brought but 20 cents per bushel. The total value of the oat crop is $28,- 981,064? The barley crop--1,207,157 bushels--is the largest since 1870. The value of the crop is $511,994. Meadows have done splendidly this season, and the average yield of 155 tons per acre is larger than for a number of years past. New meadows, particularly, have done well, but •V. there is some complaint as to old ones. The area in meadows this season--317,681 acres-- was 132,558 acres more than in 1888. The total yield of hay was 4.910,544 tons, which, at the average price of 85.45 per ton, brought the farmer $556,819,871. The valiie of the hay crop was larger in Cook than in any other county of the State, where it returned £860,678. The con­ dition of corn has improved somewhat. The > early planted corn, as a rule, has done well, but that planted later has not made so good a growth. On the bottom and low lands corn does not look so well as on the high gtound, whence very favorable reports have been received. The cola weather has retarded the growth of corn to some extent, but should there be no early frosts the corn crop of the Stats will be very large. The area--099,7^} acres--is but 50,009 acres less than last vear. There will be an average or better yield of Irish potatoes in more than three- fourths of the counties in the Si ate. The re­ ports on live stock are on the whole good. The ttne pasture has been favorable to ihern, and the cases.of disease are comparatively few. --James J. West, formerly editor of the Chicago Times, and Charles E. Gra­ ham, his Secretary, were arrested by Constable William Lawler on complaint of H. J. Huiskamp, President of the Times Company. The bill of complaint states that Mr. West and his Secretary "issued and signed 1,000 shares of stock in the Chicago Times in excess of the authorized capital stock of said com­ pany." West and Graham gave bail in $10,000 to appear for tri il. --Washington dispatch to Chicago Herald: "C apt an John K. Thomas, the popular Illinois ex-Congressman, who has been 'prominently mentioned' for about all the offices vitbin the gift of the President, from Secretary of the Navy down to an audit orship, has returned from Bar Harbor. Captain Thomas now expects to be Land Commissioner, but he has had so many fond expectations a dashed to earth that he does not permit i himself to indulge in any enthusiasm ; about it." --Mayor Cregier, Of Chicago, has writ­ ten to Gov. Fifer on the subject of the world's exposition, urging him to call to­ gether the Legislature in special session so that needed legislation maybe se­ cured. --Tho order of Mayor Creger in refer­ ence to the Sunday closing of the front , doors of saloons and putting up of screens or blinds at the front windows met with almost general observance in Chicago last Sunday. I' ^ --Frank S. Blain, a prominent Chicago , journalist, and for several yean oonnect- ad with the Inter Ocean, is dead. --"There Is no Texas feverat the stock­ yard* or anywhere else in this State, "said Health Commissioner Wickers ham when his attention was called to the dispatches which said that a disease similar to Tex- as fever was killing many cattle in South­ ern Jf ansas and diseased cattle were befcg shipped to Chicago. The Commissioner said that the State Live Stock Associa­ tion were working in harmony with his I department, and it was not at all likely i that any diseased cattle could enter the | State without discover}-. There might, | in the large nnmber of cattle, hogs and sheep entering the stock-yards daily, be some diseased nnimnln, but there were specially detailed officers to look out for snoh and condemn them as they came in. Ten cattle with lumpy jaw were found and Bent to the rendering tank. No owner could be found for these cattle in spite of diligent search. --Ail the streams of Jo Daviess Connty ate nearly dry, and it is said that a horse can ford the Mississippi at Menominee. •'--"There is no doubt that my, wife has gone to France with that hound of a priest," said Mike McDonald, the mill­ ionaire ex-gambler, to a Chicago reporter the other day. "And," continued he-- "When he is tired of her he will either kill her or leave her In distress. Of course she shall never want if J can reach lier. She is the vic­ tim and mv only feeling for her is sorrow, but as for that scoundrel Moysant----" and the cold blue eyes glittered In a manner which would have made the fugitive clergyman rather un­ comfortable if he had seen them. *I am finding out more and more about the cage every day. It seems among other thincfi Moysant drugged the poor woman with hasheesh and cocaine. She hardly knew what she was doing. After their sin sue would go to confession to him and get absolution; and that villain would play out his farce for the benefit of the whole family. While he was preparing to go away with my wife he was eating my bread--and blessing it before he ate it. Ho was living at mv expense and practicing a sneaking t reachery upon me at the same time, aud for the amusement of my­ self and anybody else making my little boy kneel down and fold his hands together while he blessed him. It is enough to nrnim ^ Tnan wild just to think of the infamy of it." --Got. Fifer has issued a requisition on the Government of Louisiana for the surrender of George Harper, now under arrest at Baton Bouge, wanted at Cairo for the murder of William Garney the 19th day of J uly. --Delia Mahoney, a female tough, met Benjamin Spiinger, from Blue Island, in the Lake Front Park in Chicago. When Mr. Springer left the woman followed him, presented a huge revolver at his head and ordered him to "stand and de­ liver" in true road agent style. Mr. Springer did as requested and handed over $38 and a gold watch and chain. Delia was arrested and is now in jail. --Elmont Hoffman, of Chicago, in a fit of jealousy, murdered his wife and killed himself. --One of the most important meetings of the Swedish M. E. Conference of America was held in feockford last week. Bishop Merrill, of Chicago, presided. --The American Legion of Honor held their biennial convention at Chicago last IT I00KED LIKE WAIL, FOUR Off 05E SCAFFOLD. 03 THE GREEN' DIAMOND. A BRAVE MAS. B1AK KCMt AT THIS MlXWMrKKB KHCAJGPADgjSHE.-- Smoke Masks the Batteries aal th* Kag niffewttt Fireworks Are Hidden from til* Spectator -- liusiness Sessions -- Besolu- | lotion* on Corporal Tanner's Course. ' At Milwaukee, more than 150,000 people sat in the biegest amphi­ theater in the world Thursday night and saw a fine display of fireworks. Tbe occasion was the great naval battle which bad been so extensively advertised. As a representation of a caval engagement it was rather weak, but as a fire-works ex­ hibition it was first-class. In arranging for the battle the managers forgot one i very important factor and that was the J traditional "smoke of battle." It was a : still, sultry night, and after the first big guns of the shore batteries bad been going | five minutes the immense crowd was envel- I oped in smoke, while a dense cloud hung Over the bay. .After it ws« like look­ ing at a fourth of July Oreworks exhibi­ tion through smoked glass. But the big guns boomed, tbe musketry rattled, and the fireworks fizzed until all the ammuni- j tion was exhausted. j The beginning of the battle was a bril- j liant spectacle. Red lights burned for j two miles down the shores of the bay and i Illuminated everything for a long distance I out into the lake. The water was calm ' aud on its placid bosom were several hun­ dred crafts of all sizes and designs. All were illuminated by red fire, and all at a signal discharged rockets. Then the shore batteries opened fire and the flashing of the cannon, their doll roar, and the blazing rockets were impressive I end inspiring. But it only lasted a !' - • f'W1 »«" QIT/IDB17PU EXECUTION OF BBS m A. KJBW SOU( JAJ3U rosmow or this clubs is LEAGUE PKNNAJiT BACK. Sqnrml on* Mend, Bat lest His !<•$, In 1874 the- Cheyenne Indians resid­ ing- in Indian Territory became restive TH* MICHIGAN GOING TO ACTION few minutes. Then the big cloud of smoke smothered the enthusiasm and shut off the view. No one knew where the vessels were or what they were doing. The burn­ ing of the big three-masted vessel was not an impressive spectacle. It was anchored so far out that it looked about the size of a beer k«g. The blowing up of the other vessel was also a dreary flz/le. It was anchored off Grand Haven and when it blew up there was only a splutter, a tiny cloud of smoke, and a report like the crackle in a telephone. The crowd, how­ ever, was a grand one, and a larger one has probably never before been seated in the West. It was a very orderly multi­ tude and no casualties are reported. On the United States ship Fess?n- den a premature discharge of one of the cannons injured two men. Charles Matte- scheck and John Schultz, sailors, were wounded about the body and head. Both Emergency delegates. --In a saloon row at Chicago, Joseph WLite struck Mark Schwartz on the nose with his fist, rupturing nn artery. The physicians were powerless to check the hemorrhage, and Schwartz bled to death. --Frank Bifle who had been on a spree for a fortnight and was about to be arrested, shot himself dead at Peoria. --Gen. C. W. Pavey, President of the Illinois Association of ex-Prisonera of week. of S2,uffe X on the mortar boats were also injured by the explosion of a mortar. Their wounds lire iu the legs and they will recover. They were also taken to the Emergency hospital. A little row was caused in tbe encamp­ ment proceedings over the proposition to indorse the "Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic." The opposition declared that the Grand Army wants no more auxiliary organizations and said the "Ladies of the Grand Army of the Repub­ lic" ought to join the Woman's Relief corps if they want to help the old so)diers and the order. Finally the resolution was War, has announced Oct. 16 and 17 as ' *mer|ded to read: "'Bid the Woman's Re­ lief corps godspeed in its work." The project to indorse the administra the time and'Springfield as the place for holding the next annual reunion. --A shocking case of murder and sui­ cide is reported ° from Shawneetown. Mrs. Waunel Brooks aud her husband had separated and she was keeping house for the owner of a fish-boat. Brooks went to the fish-boat and shot his wife in the head with a pistol, inflicting a fatal wound. He then shot himself once in the cheek and once in the right temple. These wounds were necessarily fatal, but Brooks sucoeeded in running to the river and jumping in from a fish-dock, thus drowning himself while dying from the ghastly bullet-wounds. --Tbe Commission of Claims, whioh has been sitting at Springfield for a couple of weeks, has adjourned until December next. There have been heard by the commission some twenty-five cases, aggregating in amount $75,000. The adjournment is for the purpose of allowing depositions to be taken iu other cases, and to give the court an oppor­ tunity to file decisions in the cases heard. The claims heard are almost all based upon damages to lands by the construction of the Copperas Creek dam, in the Illinois River. --The Chairman of the County Board of Pope County has addressed a com­ munication to the State Board of Equali- zation praying that the assessment of that county be raised not less than $400,000. He says that in five years the assessment has decreased $300,000, so that a suffi­ cient amount of revenue cannot be raised for the requirements of the increased population. He suggests that the increase be made on real estate. Improved lands in that connty are assessed at the absurd­ ly low figure of $2.81 per acre. The State average is $11.71. The unimproved lands of Pope County are valued at $1.52 per acie. The State average, which it very low, is $3.66 per acre. --In an address delivered in Chioago on the subject of drainage, Hon. H. B. Hurd, the distinguished lawyer, said he expected to see Mississippi steamboats come up to the Madison street bridge load­ ed with Southern produce, and in such good shape should the steamer come that passengers could make a comfortable voyage from Chicago to New Orleans on the return trip. --John Atchinson, aged 17, and Edith Keatly, aged 14, living in Chicago, eloped the other day. --A fire at Rockford, destroyed the building occupied by the Union Fur­ niture Company. Total loss, $126,000. No insurance. Ralph Emerson, William Ward, and Fireman Cavanaugh were knocked from a building by a hose and fell forty feet. Emerson was killed and the othors were injured. --The sixth annual convention of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of the Sixteenth Congressional District was in session at Olney last week, with a good attendance. The reports read were cheering, and show meet oonsecrated efforts. tion of the pension bureau by Corporal Tanner povoked the next fight, and for a long time the encampment wrangled over the wording of the resolution. Mr. Per­ kins of K.ansas introduced a resolution' heartily thanking the administration of President Harrison for the honor it had conferred on the Grand Army in appoint­ ing Corporal Tanner as pension commis­ sioner, and heartily indorsing his conduct of the bureau, because it was erec ed for the benefit of the soldiers and sailors of the late war, and denouncing the ' hitter and malig­ nant" criticism of the press upon his offi- j cial conduct. Gen. Barnum of New York offered a substitute to the effect that not­ withstanding the assaults of an unfriendly press the encampment declared its belief m the integrity of Tanner and its approval of his efforts to do all for the soldiers and sailors that the law will allow. At the afternoon session Barnum's sub­ stitute was redrafted to read as follows: "That we thank President Harrison for the appointment of our comrade, James Tanner, as commissioner of pensions, and that, notwithstanding the assault made on him, we declare our complete confidence in his integrity aud our approval of his endeavors to do all that can be done under the laws for the veterans of the war; and, in c nnection with him, we ask a full in­ vestigation of his administration of the affairs of the pension bureau." It was adopted under suspension of the roles unanimously amid great cheering. The next important meas-re brought up was in relation to the pension of widows. A resolution was introduced declarin >• that the pension law should be so changed that pMokantuuB, Xiolaa, ttwii, u« gaffer the I.»w*s Severest Penalty--A Sickening Scene on One of the Gib- beta--Blaspheming la Death's Awful Shadow. At New York, four condemned murder­ ers--Patrick Packenham, Jack Lswit (colored), James Nolan, and Ferdin­ and Carolin--were , hanged in the yard of the Tombs prison Friday morning. There were two scaffolds and two men were hanged on each. Peckenham and Nolan were first executed on the scaffold which had been erected on the Franklin street side of the prison. The drop fell at 6:55 o'clock. Eight minutes later Lewi* mid Carolin were hanged from the callows near Leonard street. Sheriff Flack and Under Sheriff Sexton entered the prison •• 0:32 o'clock. They wers followed by twenty- deputy sheriffs. At (>:46 Carolin and Lewis were removed to tbe boys' jail, on the Leonard street side. The last rites of the church were then administered. At 6:40 two of the con­ demned men, Packenham and Nolan, emerged from the jail. Father Pendergast supported Packenham and Father Geliuas walked by Nolan's side. Father Van Ren- sel'ear followed. Packenham's face was ghastly pale, but his step was firm. Nolan hardly appeared to realize his position, i Reaching their places under the ropes both men turned and grasped the priests by the hnnds. In a twinkling the black caps were adjusted, and Atkinson rapped three times in rapid succession on the ei le Of the box, wherein a third assistant stood with a hatchet The third rap had hardly ' ary disadvantage, but this will be more been given when the bodies of the mur-1 than counterbalanced by the long series on derers were swinging in the air. At ths ' * "* expiration of four minutes a mighty throe TttX & The Boston Team In the Lesd-Ch loMp Takes Fourth Place--Tim Keefe Tuns Benedict Miscellaneous Gossip A bent Clabs and Players. [CHICAGO CuBRESPONDENCE.] The Chicago club is now on its third and last Eastern tour, and will not be seen on the home grounds for nearly three weeks. Tho games of the past week be­ tween the league teams have partially re­ molded the percentage eoinmn. The Bostons have pushed themselves back in­ to the lead again and are comparatively safe for some time to come. The lubberly game they played on their Western trip has been braced up into good champion base-ball. Their batter.es are in good shape again and the whole te im is hit- ting the ball with something like its old vigor. The New Yorks nave taken a neat tumble and their great work of the previous week has degenerated into sluggish town ball. They took something like a bracer against the Phillies, but the Boston games set them back so far that any of their present de­ signs on first place are entirely unwar- , . ranted. The Phillies are still in third I lndiai}s came for me at the full speed pl ice, but are being dangerously pressed j P^uies. They all knew me, and by the Chic gos. Anson and the colta j yelled: 4Amos! Amos! We have got have ndt been idle, but have chased them. ! yon now!' I pulled mv pistol, but I selves up bcyoiul the Cievelands aud into j could not hold Smith on my back with S iPh t b? bo»st «*at | one hand, so I let him drop. The bovs A l GA3I£. •he-THe* Pttpc-rited Upon Grorgis lasers by Italian Bear Trainers. One day, soon after noon, an i and undertook warlike expeditions, i in the village with a--^ ; which resulted in a general Indian wan ^ ^od-organ, m7B a letter During a skirmish in Texas the white A}1*nta anA 1 men had sought shelter in a buffalo I ?onra latw a 8im,lar &<***& I wallow on the top of a small hill. It j was discovered that one of their "num- ! ber named Smith was wounded and had fallen outside the shelter. Unless he could be brought in the Indians would certainly butcher him; but any attempt at bringing hirn in looked like certain ; destruction. It was a hero's opportunity, and the liero was there. A scout named ; Chapman laid aside his rifle, sprang outside of the wallow,«. and, running to Smith, tried to lift liim. He tells his • own story of what followed: j "Smith was not a large man, but I i declare he seemed to weigh a ion. j Finally I lay down and got his chest | across my back and his arms round my i neck. It was as much as I could do to | stagger under him, for he could not ! help himself a bit. By the time I had |. gone twenty or thirty yards about fifteen | Indians came for was first made. Fourth place is practically assured him, and the Quakers are but two frames in the lead for the third. The trip Last places the team under a tempor- passed through both of the suspended men. At 7:10 o'clock both men were pronounced dead, but were permitted to hang fifteen minutes longer. | While this scene was being enacted: preparations were being made for what • proved to be the most shocking spectacle ' that has over been witnessed within the j walls of the Tombs prison. At 6:45 the two murderers received their last spiritual consolation. At 7:02' Carolin and Lewis, accompanied by the ' priests, came through the door. Lewis ' walked unsteadily for the first do/en! paces, but quickly recovered himself. He ' was smiling and looked fearlessly around ! him. Carolines face was pale and the soowl! upon it almost demonaical. He glared at the priests as he turned around and felt the rope touch his shoulder. Then he broke out into blasphemy that horrified the spectators. Looking sullenly at the priests the doomed man suddeuly ex­ claimed: "I die an innocent man, ---- • , I didn't do this thing." Lewis half-turned his head and said: "What's I he matter with you, anyway? Why don't you die like'a man?" "I will die like a man," shrieked Caro­ lin, his face turning porfectly livid. "I will die like a man--an innocent man." The words were scarcely out of his mouth when the black cap was clapped over the murderer's face, the signal was given and the weight fell Instead of bounding up­ ward as Packenham and Nolan had done, the wretched men went into the air with such little force that there was scarcely any spring at all. Lewis immediately be­ gan to struggle sa the most sickening manner. He threw his legs about so vio­ lently as to kick off his slippers. Then he began to gurgle and choke. The rasp­ ing, whee/y sound came from under the cap for fully ten seconds. His body turned and swayed, and tbe contortions were so painful that the spectators turned away their heads. The man was slowly strangled. Carolin's body also underwent violent contortions, but he uttered no sound. The weight fell at 7:03 o'clock and at 7:10 both men were dead. IOWA'S BLUE GRASS PALACE. The Unique Exhibition Formally Opened at Crestos. Crestoit, Iowa, Aug. 23.--The Blue Grass Palace was formally opened Thurs­ day by Gov. Larrabee' in the presence of an immense crowd. An appropriate pro­ gram of music and speeches was rendered. The palace is the outcome of the forma­ tion of the "Blue Grass Legion," formed of the seventeen counties of Southwestern IN THE CAADLS Or̂ THS KICKIOA* THE BLUE . GRASS FA&AOS. Iowa to bring this special product into j prominence. It is 100 by 100 feet on the ground and 120 feet high. The roof i$< thached with native grasses and all the entrances and projections are constructed of baled hay. The decorations are artistic and elaborate. The interious of the palaoe is divided into sections occupied by the exhibits of each of the counties in the region as well as contributions from Montana, the two Dakotas and Washington. In size, design, extent and decoration and value of ex­ hibits the palace compares favorably with the -many ice, corn and spring palaces that have graced the Republic. the widows of Union soldiers might marry again end not forfeit their pensions. The resolution was cheered by a portion of the assemblage only. Thomas of Illinois was opposed to it and Corporal Tanner warmly supported the bill. A heated debate en­ sued between Tanner and Thomas of Illi­ nois, and Thomas used very string language against the corporaL A vote was finally taken and the resolution was laid on the table by a big majority. This was in accordance with the recommenda­ tion of the committee on resolutions. The desertion clause was discussed at length, but no action was taken. At the encampment session Gen. Alger, the chairman of the Logan monument committee, reported that there had been collected for the purpose of erecting a Suitable monument in Washington to Gen. Logan the sum of $11,11!'. Maj. Warner resigned the chair to Senior Vioe-Com- mander-in-Chief O'Neal for a few minutes, to make an eloquent appeal in behalf of tbe Logan monument fund. He depre­ cated the lack of funds to properly carry out the design of erecting a magnificent monument in Gen. ^ Logan's memory and expressed the hope' that the plan might be carried out at some time within the future. REPORTS 0FTHE CROPS. Benefited in the Northwest by Bains-- Wheat Shortage in Indiana. Gratifying reports reach St. Paul, Minn., concerning the crops come from all points along the line of the Oinaha road. The rains which feli very generally during Monday night have proved highly bene­ ficial to corn, and the prospects are very encouraging as far as that cereal is con­ cerned. Flax, also, was greatly benefited by the heavy showers, and the outlook for that crop is of a most promising character. From all points comes the report that the crops still unharvested are looking well, and big yields are confidently anticipated. All other crops have been secured in good condition, and the wheat yield is larger than usuaL The August bulletin of the agricultural department says: "The Indian government has just Issued Its final consolidated report on the acreage and product of wheat for the present year. The tnal estimates are a little larger than the memoranda for each province, issued during the growing season, were taken as indication, but the aggregate is a material reduction from last year, showing a ser­ ious shortage In the crop. Long-continued drought at the t me for sowing and ab­ sence of sufficient winter rains over large areas have very materially reduced both the aggregate acreage and the yield per acre. The reduced supply will undoubt­ edly be sufficient for home consumption, but there can be but a small surplus avail­ able'for exportation. "From the final estimate it will be seen that the crop of 18^9 was smaller than that of 1888 by 637.649 tons, aud tbe records show that it was smaller than the average of the last four years by 640,521 tons, or 525,593,7m bushels. The present crop is tbe smallest recorded since 1884, with one exception, aggregating 24.3,076,- 649 bushels of sixty pounds each, 21,835,« 083 bushels less t"ian last year." the home grounds at the end of the sea­ son. The "'Babies" are still slipping down the list in spite of occasional good ball playing, and none of the twigs they hang to seem sufficient to hold them up. The team wasted its wind in its too live- , ly spurt at the beginning of the season ' m® an<l fired, and is now lngging along with its hands ; on top of me, but on its sides w atch ng one after another of its competitors yass into the home­ stretch. I he l ittsburgs were in town last week Ions* enough to take a good series from "Old Anse" and seriously trample on his good nature. The Jonahs of last Vvear are Jonahs still, and they pluck off a game here and there where no one else is able to find one. The Hoosiers and the Senators still keep close' guard over the reitr end of the League and occasionally sally out upon some supposed usurper of their position. Good judges of the game in Chicago begin to believe that had Clarkson not been sold the Chicagos would now be in­ to the pennant light. What the team needs is one good pitcher and less iu-aud- ojiters. Its batting, fielding, and base- running are good enough. „ Tim Keefe, the famous pitcher of tbe New Yorks, has turned Benedict. He w s married a few days ago at Worcester Mass., to Mrs Helm, a sister of Mrs. Helen Dauvray Ward. Arlie Lathnm is back in his old plnce on the St Louis Browns, after a susjien- sion of two weeks. Latham said that he wouldlnever again give the club manage­ ment any cause for complaint, and it was on these conditions that he again enters the clubs ranks. He loses his salary dur­ ing suspension. It is reported that President Brush, of Indianapolis, is urging the adoption of a plan to get the Cleveland, Indianapolis, Columbus and Cincinnati clubs into a contest after the championship season closes. He proposes that each of these four club* put up $2 ,0, and that the purse of $1,000 thus obtained shall be divided into two prizes, the firs' of $750 and the second or $250, to be played for by the two Association and two League clubs, tl e series to consist of two games in each city by each club, to be played between Oct. 14 and 28; the winner to be awarded first prize nnd a pennant em­ blematic of the int eistate championship. The Indianapolis directors have not con­ sidered tbe matter fully, but will likely decide in favor of it. Cincinnati is said to favor the propo-ition. • Manager Mutrie tells a story of how, in order to avoid a game with the Giants on a wet day, to make things worse, the Hoos.er groundkeeper had brought oat a hose and sprinkled the base lines, pitch­ er's bos, aud bome plate to such an ex­ tent as to make a game wholly impossi­ ble. Jim insisted on a game, as it was not rainiug. The Hoosier people hammed and hawed, and finally agreed to play at 4 30. They did play aud defeated the Giants, much toMutrie's chagrin. The Association has another club fight on its hands. Louisville opened negotia­ tions for the purchase of Catcher Doyle of the Cantons and had him at Louis­ ville, when Columbus stepped in, outbid Louisville, and got the man. The row over him will be a spectacle for civilisa­ tion. Pitcber Krock, formerly of the Chi­ cagos, has been signed b/ the Milwaukees. Earl will catch him. The plan of equally dividing the gate receipts to future league championship games is being quietly discussed by the clubs. Chicago, Cleveland, Pittsburg, Washington, and Indianapolis are said to favor such a division, and New York, Boston, nnd Philadelphia to oppose it. Hallman of the Philadelphia tear* is playing the most phenomenal game that any new man has ever played out of position in a league championship club. Tom Esterbrook, who has played in ten clubs this seat-on and quarreled with the directors of each, now threatens to sue London, Out., for his season's salary. Pittsbu'g wpuld sell the once brilliant Dunlap if it could find a club foolish enough to buy. Dunlap cost $5,000 and will not bring $1,000. liis $">,0!)0 salary is one of his unpopular attachments. It seems as though the double-umpire system was destined to have a thorough i trial next se son. It deserves one. All other systems h ive failed. Arthur Clarkson, John's brother, who 1 has been promising for three or four sea­ sons, will not "do." Buffalo tried and i has released him. Pat Tebeau, another of Chicago's cast- ; offs, is playing the most regular first- . class game of the season on Cleveland's < third base. i "Buck" Ew^ng is the heart and head of the New York team, nnd if he is ever ; disabled the so-c illed Gi ints will descend the championship chute faster than the Cleveland*. j Fat and Foxy Galvin, of tho Pitts- i burghs, has seven children, and .Mickey Welch, of the New Yorks, has 8 family. of five. Anson's fielding average for the season ! is pretty nearly perfect--.98!). * Anson has idwnys had a secret longing ' to possess McGeachy, of the Hoosiers, and Wilmot. of Washington. Were Chi­ cago not so well fixed iu outfield talent just at the right time, and I fired with my pistol. There was a tumbling of ponies and a scattering of Indians, and in a minute they were gone. I got Smith up again, and made the Jtesi possible time, but before I could iffbch the wallow another gang came for me. I had only one or two shots more in my pistol, so I didn't fight, but ran for it. When I was within twenty yards of the wallow a little old scoundrel rode almost I fell with Smith as I didn't feel afiy pain I thought I had stepped in a hole. The Indians couldn't*stay round there an instant, for the boys kept it redhot; so I jumped up, picked up Smith and got safe into the wallow. " 'Amos,' said one, 'you're badly hurt. Look at your leg.' "Sure enough, the leg was shot off just above the ankle-joint. I Had been walking on the bone, dragging the foot behind me, and in the' excitement I nover knew it." "But," he added, "Smith was saved, and has fully reeov- $re(l»"--Ph iladelph ia Press. «/' Elijah and the Bareus. ":»th Carolina probably never pro­ duced an abler preacher than Dr. Fran­ cis L. Hawkes, who a quarter of a cen­ tury ago was pastor of Grace Episcopal Church, New York. Short, thick-set, Bwartnv, black-eyed and black-haired, lie was a striking personage. He was not only a great pulpit orator, but con­ sidered the. best reader in the New York episcopacy. His rather luxurious family deterred him from accepting a bishopric, which would have beeu other­ wise tendered. One day a delegation from a Buffalo church waited upon and invited him to accept a pastorate in that city. "Well, gentlemen, other things being satisfactory, the question of acceptance narrows down to a business matter,"' said Dr. Hawkes. "What salary do you offer?" "Dr. Hawkes," said the spokesman, "we recognize that you have a high j reputation and are willing to be liberal, i Our recent pastor has received $2,500, 1 but on account of your standing we have | decided to offer you $3,500." I "My good man," cried the doctor* j gasping, "do you know what salary I : am receiving here?" [ "No, sir." "I get $15,000 and this pmaoiiige, and | as I have an expensive family I do not see my way clear to accept your offer."' The spokesman looked rather sheep­ ish, but made another essay. "If we had known that fact, sir, wo would undoubtedly have looked else­ where ;but you should remember that tl* work of the Lord must be done, and aa for providing for your family, you know the story of the ravens." "Now, my friends," responded the clergyman, quizzically, "I have made the Bible my study ever since I was twepty-eight. I have read it through carefully and prayerfully over a hun­ dred times, I remember the raven in­ cident perfectly, but nowhere can I find any reference to the Lord's providing for young Hawkes." -- Washington Post, Lovely Woman's Eye. "Have you ever noticed," said a eon- ductor on a West End street car to the writpr," "how women eye women as they get on the cars? They seem to take notice of every article of dress, the shape of the bonnet and the style of the hair, in one sharp glance. I've seen it constantly on my car. They all ao it, young and old, and it's done in such a supercilious manner, as jf envy was the cause. Now, I think its a very ojfen- sire manifestation of bad breeding, and I don't think any kind-hearted woman would indulge in it." "Well, does the eying, as you call it, continue long?" "Oh, no; its done in an instant. The car stops and a lady gets on or off, and immediately every woman's eye is turned in that direction, and in one sweep every detail is taken in, often with a derisive smile or a curl of the lip. I am sure few people who travel, and are observing, can have failed to notice this peculiar feature 'of woman's treatment of women. It is especially seen when the newcomer happens to be stylishly dressed, or i* remarkable for any beauty of face or ugliness of form, and is done in a very "-marked manner when a shabbily dressed women is in question; then you will see a grim smile and a shrug of the shoulders as the eyeing is done." "Don't you imagine its done else­ where than on the oars. "Lord, yes. I am told it's done by •women as they pass each other on the street, and by all conditions of women, from an opposite direction. both were Italians they were by mi : means pleased to see each other, aa$ the two bears had to be kept a sqnat^ . apart to prevent an awful conflict. On# of the men let fall a suggestion which a number o{ us were not slow to act o&, He wished that his bear could got aith# other man's bear for a few minutes, maA a committee was appointed to see if % meeting conld not be arranged. •; interview with the respective owner# proved that it could. The bears werfc - ; about of a size, and it was agreed thai 7 if we should raise a purse of $25, to b%: evenly divided, the animals should !>*h'- turned loose in the tavern barn. * > The idea of a bear light caught on idt great shape and almost every man in town put down his quarter or half, and in one hour the purse was fnlL Then * was no secrecy about the matter, but it was understood that those who, "chipped" should have the front £eats» which in this case were- knot-holes ot crevices from which the interior could be surveyed, while the stingy onesv must take their chances. When eacti Italir.n had received hi^ v money ona bear was turned in by the front door and the other bv the rear, and w® rushed to our lookouts fully expecting to witness the most terrible conflict ors earth. Yon can therefore imagine our feelings when those bears approached each other and began to roll and rol­ lick like puppies. There wasn't th« slighest growl nor the least desire to fight, and when the owners were aalnd to explain one of tli&n said: t "Mu donta knowa. Can't maka ovfca that." We made it out later own. The bean and owners were old friends and were working the racket for a regular in> come. They hit every town in thf county for $25, and we didn't get through combing hay-seed put of oat hair for three months. Wouldn't firry Them. A marriage that was a failure the routine of business in the Mayor*! office yesterday. The bride-expectant / }<• was 19 and wore a bluedrens and bronra V1 hair and eyes, with sea-green ostrieh > « s feathers in her summer bonnet. The ' " «ij young man who led her to the altar-- - otherwise to the Mayor's desk--wasalsc 19, and wore a clean face and an ex- *v. pression < f bashfulness, and a few othet things. They had come from aerosr the border to celebrate their mtptial% he being a Toronto stenographer, and ' she a belle of St. Catharines, Onfc. \ They were asked the usual questions,*; , and it was learned that their namec were John R. McCann and Sarah F. Robinson. During the examination Sarali smirked and poked John's sdioe**; ' with her parasol, and hid behind the • newspaper she was trying to read thf ' j'Vii •wrong side up. Do your father and mother consent " * #lSti v * A; to your marriage?" asked the Moyof,!)! the groom. * :y ' "I haven't any," was the reply. "Does your guardian?" % "I haven't any guardian.* v " f ' 4 "What, no guardian?" * ' * "No, I am all alone,"' said s glance at the girl that meant he would not be so long. "Do your parents consent?" to tht young woman. "They wouldn't care if they knew.* > "You are both minors, under age,*; •aid His Honor. * V^-; "That don't make any difference,* ' expostulated the young man. ^ "Yes, it does make a good deal f ot difference in the eyes of the '* - law. I'm inclined to think," went on the Mayor, "that this is an elopement; that, you are off on a hot iday and want to liave a good time, s<» you think you'll get married, no matter whether you're sorry for it' after or not. No, I dont thrafr X caa perform the ceremony." I "Oh, go on. You might as well do it. It won't hurt you any, you know.* "I do not look at it in that way. 1 have to do what I think is my duty." "Well, won't you do it, then?" His Honor shook his head, and the ' couple marched out of the office, th^ : would-be bridegroom with a backward " wave of his hand as much as to ear, "Never mind, we'll get married tor all you."--Buffalo Express. ' who cover each other from head-gear to DOin oi tnese . sho*»»trin<* - players would be chasing leather under : «fr >1 ., . „„ - Haven't you seen it in men? Bucking Against Lock. Mr. Eliick--Say, Mariah, now that your uncle has left you a little money, you just go and buy all the property , you can get hold of in Frogtown. The* . J ' p e o p l e t h e r e a r e s e l l i n g o u t f o r a l m o s t ' . f t nothing, and moving back to the city, i'vj ̂ Mrs. Illuck-- What are they selling^, out for? , • - •'§!. "'Cause they're nearly eaten up every summer with flies. The flies there ia , ^ • perfectly awful--no standin' 'em at all; j? they just depopulate the town." ' "Hull, then why do you want me to; buy there, I'd like to know?" "I'll tell you, Mariah. You know- that I'm the un luckiest feller that ever lived, don't you?" "I should say so. If you'd dig for water you wouldn't find anything bat' dry rock till ye struck fire, er came out on some Chinese desert. I do believe if you'd buy stocks that was bound to rise in a month, the world 'ud come to- an end before the month was out" "Jesso; that's me. Well, you go buy property in Frogtown. You'll be buyia* it; I won't. See ? "But the flies?" "I'll go there aud settle down as aa agent for fly paper, an' there wont be a j fly there this summer."--New York Weekly. •rafc - the old ninn's captuincy: One of the jokes of the seaSon comps from Cleveland. The ni^ht preceding one of the games with Boston some en­ thusiasts filled Radbourn with the high­ est priced liquor in the town, and the next day, much to the enthusiasts' dis­ gust, Boston, with Radbourn in the box. beat Cleveland 2 to 1. Bob Caruthers is not likely to play for some time. His collision with Duryea at Cincinnati was a serious one, and "Tiger Bob" is in l ad condition. It is now necessary t j check dirty ball playin-i by stringent rules. The player who willfully tries to injure nnother de­ serves to be retired, nnd tho rule that re­ tires him will be a good rule. Jimmy Ryan hushit safely in all but two of the last eighteen games, the aggre­ gate being twenn-six with a total of for- n-five bases. Duffy has made in the s me game thirty-one hits with a total ol filty bases. "Well, not so much. At least, I think its peculiarly a feminine weak­ ness." Three Peculiar Trees. ' Rev. W. B. Bachman, a leading Pres­ byterian minister of C hattanooga, states that on the top of White Mountain, in Western North Carolina, are three trees of the cachoin species growing close to­ gether and each being about a foot in diameter and about fifteen in height. The top of the tree is about twenty feet in diameter and perfectly flat, being so completely interwoven that a number of Sersons can walk on them with ease, 'welve persons can lie down on the top of the trees without danger of falling. Indeed, so close are these tops that , holes had to be cut in the middle for J persons to get on top, Trifles Light as Air. The warm, sultry days are now upon f- us, and the small boy and the garden ̂ hoe lie down under the shade tree to- , gether and dream of a world where all there is t.> be done is to eat chick en-pie and go fishing. 1 • The best hvinn for a candidate lor office--"Let's scatter seeds of kimTnoay . 4 for our reaping bye and bye." 4' A * missionary accosted a "ftirinftml shortly after the latter had dined on the ,f" former's wife, and tried to move him to ̂ repentance ; but the hardened brute only said he was gladiator. ^ Misers l̂ove their money most, aa& wise men love their money leased. ' ;; Ky A printer may not heed the "golden '5 rulethat is not much his fault All : his rules are made of brass. t* ' * A man who does not know anything" will be sure to tell it the very first time ." he gets a chance to be heard. An ordinary man will not admit toMt • 4 girl that money is any cor^tderattap'* with him, but the same chap will mmm twelve blocks to get rid of a aiekltt with a hole in it--St. Louht Mag win*. X 3J. , -