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AFFAIRS IN ILLINOIS. JMTEBEST1KO ITEMS GATHERED " - FBOM VARIOUS SOURCES. Wliat Oar Nelghbarit Are Doing-JUtlera >•' Geiwrml sad Local Intermit ~ Mar- and Deaths--Accidents and Crimes --Personal Pointers. --It begins to look very much as though Chicago is to have a war with the •State authorities growing oat of" the Bridgeport pumping works and the amount of sewage to be pumped into the Illinois and Michigan Canal. The Chi- •cago News says in a recent issue: Kollowin; the recent conference of the Mavor •and Aldermen and the City Eugineer there tras * private Fao°u8 of officials of the common­ wealth which was intended to put n check on wjnt-eiiiplated operation a l>y the city fathers. OfficerB of th«< State Board of Health mot the Board of Canal CoiimnaaioiiftrB. wlio called to their coqnael Attorney Gerural Hunt for advice *3 to the extent of their control of •the canal. The Canal Commissioners, it is said, claimed the light under existing laws to say how much water should pumped into the eaiml from tin Chicago Ri'ver, and W' > ' ivr; --The recent publication, by the State Board of Agriculture, of the Decembei crop report gives a general resume of 1890, in which is indicated a loss of nearly $10,000,000 to corn growers in thia State on the corn crop of Inst year. This, says a Springfield correspondent, hat created a great deal of comment among the newspapers and agriculturists of the State. An interview with \V. C. Garrard, Keeretarv oi the board, shows the method of ascertaining the estimates contained in the report. In order to &et nt theeoat of production of the principal crops, I ixH) detailed circulars were sent out t.c crop correspondents and others en^ag^d in agri­ cultural pursuits, requesting that the blanks IK carefully filled and the circular returned. From these the table was compiled, giving the average coRt per acre of the weveral crops which gave a Htate average. It is found that to produce and ir.arket an acre of corn the farmer incurs an ex pense of Income counties the expengf was as low as #7, and in others as high as .-!•> so In 18K8 the profit on the corn crop in t h e S t a t e w a s a l > o u t * 1 0 . 0 0 J . 0 0 0 t h e average was thirty-nine bushels to the acre anc the market price 28 cents pel bushel. In 188S> the loss Is. in round numbers, •J10.000.00i mak­ ing a difference of ss20,0W,(>iK> in favor of 1888 The average yield in 188> was thirty five bushels per acre, and the market price onlv -Jit cents i>ei bushel. Taking T.OOJ.OO.) as tile' number ot acres planted to com both years, the loss car be accounted for bv the difference iu the yielo _ , . - . and the market price. A loss of four bushel- the Board Oi health asserted its prerogative to i*jr acre in lus t on TOO'.HOi acres is •'sniooo i «ay -what proportion of sewage might booon- • bushels of corn. This at Si cents per bushel The difference of r> cunts on 218,000 0J0 of bushels shows au additiona! ( eficit of *l>.400 making a total different* between the two years of *18.810.000. The re- j>ort is based on the ofliciul returns of the as- i-essors, so far as the lavenige is cocc?rned, and the yield is baaed on *,he estimate of 000 crov correspondents w ho lire practicable and reliable farmers, most of whom have been in the service of the State from twelve to fifteen years. --The following* Illinois pensions have been granted: * Original Invalid-Ephraim Xeal, Greenup .Joseph Kilpatriek, Abingdon; Christopher ..Jiiiigston, Maiissa; John F. Ijeise, Peaotuiu William Kichardson, Horace ; ltichard I) Jack son. Quincy; James T. Wickhani, Kaukin • John ('. Garrison, Mt. Vernon; Charles W. Sholes, Austin ; Michael Kiehenson, Waterloo • John T Corsen, Keason ; Arthur S. I.add. Chicago- Jo- seph Ware, Mahomet; George \V. t'olwell, Ke- w anee; Robert Boyd, Tildei ; John J. Krhmldt (deceased), Broughton: I^ewis Owens Chicago Albert, Squires, Oneida; Joel I,. Ohaver (de­ ceased), Drury; Thomas Crawford, Coulterville LeviJBoimell, I^amoiile; John Griersou ^lorri son ; William Mclutvre ideceaseil). Chicago. Increase --Philip " Stiffen, Ashley; Robert Craiu, Sparta; Jacob Cook, Ingraham ; .Tames "W. Heck, Murphvsboro; Samuel K. Peterson, Henry B. Crossley, Mt. Cariml; James tamed m this water. It is inferred that, the! amounts for SVi.140 OOli Attorney General concurred in the positions taken by the State boards, or, l a' her. that the ' positions were taken in conformity with his opinion, that the Canal Commissioners have primary control of the canal, a id that it is the. <luty ot the State Beard of Health to see that proper sanitary regulations are enforced. In other words, the boards appointed under State law inay fix both the volume and the quality of the >Aater to be artificially carried into the -canal. "If Mayor Cregier and the other Chicago inen think they have a right to do as they please in this matter, * said one of tho conf^rrees, * let thena try it on. They will find out Their miu- &a.ke earjy in tiie proceedings." --A recent telegram from Washington to a Chicago newspaper s£ys: * „ The Illinois fanners who can find no better use for their corn than to burn it, and who are after the railroads for lower rates to market, *re to have a chance to inalre known their woes' before the interstate Consnierco Committee. Senator Culioni's committee will give a hearing within two or three weeks, iu which the railroad people will be asked to join. Incidentally the short-haul clause will bo taken up, though Sena­ tor Cullom cannot imagine what connection there ia between the slioit-haul law and the low price of corn. Still he is ready and anxious to secure information from all sources, aud if any­ body can point out a method bv which Congress «an give relief to tlio farmers without doing in­ justice to any other interests ho declares his willingness to use bis influence iu that direc­ tion. The shi rt-haul law in not rigidly enforced now, and there is so much pressure from the railroads for its repeal or modiilcation that it is ^uite probable that that part of the Cullom law will be made less stringent. ISs-":- &>• --Robert R. Henderson, a member of Evangelist Moody's church in Chicago, ehot and fatally wounded Miss Hattie Hina, a member of the choir of the same church, and then shot himself in thai head, from which he cannot recover. The shooting wns the result of jealousy pro­ voked by a lovers' qnarrel. -r-Faimers of Central Illinois are com­ plaining of the stagnant condition of the corn market. Cribs and elevators ore overflowing, and railway cars "cannot be secured to make shipment. --The annuil convention of the State • Board of Insurance Adjusters was held at Peoria. A -large number of delegates were present from all parts jot Illinois. --Articles of agreement and consolida­ tion have been filed with the Secretary of State between the St. Louis, Indianapolis and Eastern Railroad of Illinois, and a •compmy of the same name in Indiana, forming one corporation under that name, with offices at Indianapolis, and a capital etofiof $11,320,000. --Of the 125,000 working people in Chicago it is estimated bf the Globe that 25,000, or not less than one-fifth, own their own homes, and many of them other . property besides. This number of Bmall landed proprietors is dally increasing, and the tendency is more and more in ;this direction all the time, as is evidenced by the number of neat but modest cot­ tages that are being lun up on the prai- . ties all around tbe city. --At a large meeting in Peoria of the "Western Distillers nnd Cattle-Feeders' Trust, it was decided to form a corpora­ tion under the ltws of Illinois. A vote Newton ; B. Borden, Stone Fort: George W. By water, Chicago ; Jacob F. Ringman.Co.il Valley; De- Witt Clinton Switzer, Mode; Josiah Vanfossau, Mt. Erie; John Allen, Beardstown ; jviarquis D. IJ. Gannon, Akin; Win. Hobbs. Klizabothtowii; Thomas A. Dixon, Allen's Svriugs; Preston Works. Mattoon; Martin I,. Hill. Riola; Jauies H. Garner, Golconda; Henry V. Miller, New Douglas; Alonzo Haynes, lK)ng Prairie; Witt. C. Maxwell, Allen's Springs; Alex. Glasgow, Springfield; George Beaumont, alias George Stamp, Chicago; Nat han A. Taylor. Kdgington; William Baty, Galatia; George Wright, Carbondale; Michael Uinbdenstock, Chicago; Tobias W. Groner, Dongola; Alvin Whitaker, Leroy; Henry C. Millet", Carbon- dale; Samuel F. Patton, Knoxville; Klisha Ijamar, Nashville; Calvin 1). Rogers, Judd; Herman Berlemann, Edwardsville; Andrew Haberer, Sterling; William P. Plum ley, Key- worth. Reissue--George W. Huddlegton, Kellarvtlle; Joseph P. Shewmake, Shumwav; Erick John- soil, Morris ; Henry A. Dennis, Lour. of thanks was tendered President Green- hut and the Board of Directors of the oil organization. --The Illinois Republican Senators . end Representatives in Congress recent­ ly held a conference on the subject of ;; State politics. They came to an under­ standing that it will be expedient for the party not to call an enrly State conven­ tion. The gist of the opinion appeared to be that the convention need not be called any earlier than Julr. The opin­ ion was not entirely united upon it, but that was the drift. So says the Washing­ ton correspondent of the Inter Ocean. --The Board of Trustees of the Sani- v tary District, at a meeting in Chicago last week, adopted an ordinance for the issuance of bonds with which to begin the preliminary work intrusted to the ; board. Engineer Cooley said, in re- sponse to a question, that his de^art- tt* ment would want §125,0110 from May, 1890, to May, 1891, and that a policy ^1- . might be adopted by the board requiring f/^ $1,000,000 during that time. He said I? ' ' that the incidental work preparatory to Actual construction of the canal could aiot be completed inside of two years. - It seemed to be agreed that the whole ££;•' "question of the legality of the acts of If, the Commissioners must be submitted to tthe Supreme Court, and that the decision f *} 4o issue bonds wonld form the basis for p la case on which a decision would be ren ff' •dered. It was finally determined to issue l|v V bonds to the amount of $1,000,000 due |f;, and payable Jan. 1, 1910, of tbe denom- ]. '> ination of $1,003 each, to bear interest at rate of 3£ per cent, per annumj paya- ble semi-annually. | ( ~ --Paul Webster, the 17-year-old m of t". X. G. Webster, ex-member of the Illi- tiois Legislature from Peoria County, at- • tempted to board a moving freight train ' at Alton. He fell under the wheels ^pd F< ; >H killed. . I- --A statement.mnde by a member of the Farmers' Mututl Benefit Society <#ays they have 40,000 members in forty "Counties in Illinois. Lodges are being ^ -organized St tbe rate of 100 a week and ' ,^er® are working organizations in ten :j>|, different States. • £ ; --Three trampa entered the ticket office «f the Chicago and Alton. Railroad at - Oodfrey and at tbe point of a revolver de- I " tnanded of Frank Campbell, the agent, »11 the money on hand: The agent par- !:,r . l«yed with them until he got possession of his pistol. Before he could use it the ^ leader of the tramps attempted to shoot ^ tim, but his revolver missed fire and the f y '•gent opened on thtim, driving then from >• Ihe office. - --Four of the men indicted for atempt- , Ing to bribe Cronin jurors pleaded guilty >Chicago and will be used by tbe State f witneeaea against their co«defendant*. Original Widows, Kcc.--Mary J. Nutter, for­ mer widow of Charles F. Cunningham, East Dubuque; Margaret I,. McDnflie, former widow of Wm. Duncan, Chicago ; Margaret A., widow of Jauies F. Wickhani, Rankin ; minors of Freder­ ick Bftbbe, Red Bud; minors of Sidney B. Dun­ can, Murphysboro; minor of Obed D. Byons. New Phi'alelpliia; minor of Wm. P. Iviser, Omaha; minor of Wm. H. Kldering, Morris; Sarah M., widow of Phinious Dunsinore, Ain- boy; Bridget, widow of Wm. Molntyre, Chica­ go; Eliza J. El leriug, former widow bf Wm H. Eldoring, Morris : Helen J., widow of Francis N. White, Canton ; Ellen, widow of Joel L. Ohaver, Drury ; Martha A. Robinson, former widow of Hol>ert G. Gum, Ashland; Elizabeth, w idow of Rudy Hendricks, Versailles; Susan, widow 6f Pavid ('ripe. Cerro Gordo. Widow of 1812- Sarah Sliultz, former widow of Chas. W. Reed, I^awrence. Mexican Survivor--John Mehaffey, Lawrence; Frederick W. Menges, Oitawa. • --The Chicago anarch'st case is to be taken before tbe Supreme Court of the United States for review. Moses Salo­ mon, the Chicago attorney for Fielden, Schwab and Neebe, has been identified with tbe case from the start, and has been indefatigable in his efforts to find some loopho'e for getting his clients out of the penitentiary. For months and monthr he has been woikiug to secure an amend­ ment in tbe record to show that the prisoners were not present in the Supreme tourt when the judgment of the lower court, which inflicted the death penalty, was affirmed. The indefntigableattorney has at lrBt secured an crJer from the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Illinois for the purpose of allowing the case to a.gain go before that court for re­ view. Salomon's contention is that the prisoners were deprived of a con­ stitutional right by not being permitted to I e present when the court parsed sentence upon them. The cour^ has refused to allow an amendment of tbe record; but not being satisfied, apparent­ ly, that a federal question is not involved, has consented to the federal court's final­ ly determining the matter. It has never been the practice of the Supreme Court of thiB State to'have prisonors present when that body passes upon the judg­ ments of lower courts, but if the Federal •Court decides that such a right exists, it will not only give the anarchist prisoners a new trial and possible freedom, but will vitiate the judgment which consigned their.comr ides to the gallows and the grave. While good lawyers seem to think this will not bd tbe outcome of the mat­ ter, Salomon and his clients feel other Wise. The case will come up for lie iring at Washington during the October term of cour'. --Judge Magruder, of the Illinois Su­ preme Court, having granted a writ of error in the case of Tbe People vs. James J. West, of Chicngo, the convicted ex- editor has been admitted to bail in the sum ol $10,000. --The new chapel building at the Sol diers' Orphans' Home, erected at a cost of $66,000, will be publicly dedicated at Bloomington March 4. Gov. Fifer, Gen. McNulta, Sena'or Kerrick, and others will deliver addresses. --Greene County Democrats have fixed upon April 5 as tbe day to nominate can­ didates for the Legislature. . --Secretary Garrard of the State Board of Agriculture has announced the speed stakes offered at the next State Fair, to be held in Peoria. They include trotting stakes for 2, 4, and 5 year olds and one for all Pges; running; stake* for 3 and 4 year olds, for stallions of the season of 1890, and for all ages. All are mile dasbes. A pacing purse for a mile and a htflf dash is offered. The purses will close April 1. Entries will be made at any tima on application to the Secretary of the State Board in Springfield. --Tbe Grand Council Royal Temolars of Temperance, of this State, in sesion at Salem last week, adjourned to meet next at Mattoon. The election of officers resulted in the sel ction of Capt. C. Rohrbough, of Kinmundy, Grand Coun­ cilor; Charles Bradley, of Fairbury, Grand Secretary; and Thomas S. Mar­ shall, of Salem, Grand Treasurer. --G. W. Sterrick, who claims to hail from Americas, Mo., and who has been going through the country swindling dif­ ferent Masonic orders, was captured at Mount Vernon l*ui we«^ andioctged i» Newton JAU. I'AMELL AND DAV1TT TUB COMMISSION'S REPORT t'KBMMi THEIR DOINGS. COR Th» Board Umttsatbit tb« Charges or t-l»© IjOfldnn "Times" Against ttie Irish I oadern hiibnMts Its Report--The Pis- ffott Letters Proven to Have Been For- cries--Other I'iudiug* of the Cwuiuia- blon. A London cable says; The report of Judges Hantien, Day, and Smith, the special commission appointed to investi­ gate the charges made by the Time®" against the^ Parnellite members of the House of Commons hrs been laid upon tho table in the House by tlm Rt. Hon. Henry Matthews, secretary of state f6r home affairs. The report of the commission occupies 162 pages. Each member of the House against whom charges were made is treated separately. Jhe judges find that the speeches made by many of the Parnellite members were intended to bring about the separation of Ireland from England, and that the Speeches of others, in view of the state of the coun­ try, were calculated to foment crime, as thfi speakers must have known. • It is proved, the report says, that Messrs. Davitt, Harris, Dillon, W. E. O'Brien, \V." Redmond, O'Connor, Con­ don and O'Kelly cojispired to bring about the absolute separation of Ireland from Great Britain. The fac simile Parnell letter was i forgery. The defendants Were sincere in de nouncing the Phu.»nix park murders. The defendants did incite intimida tiou and invited the assistance of Ford Mr. Parnell is exonerated from the charge of assisting Byrne to escape. It is not true that Mr. Parnell was in timatc with leading invincibles. Mr. Davitt was closely associated with the party of^vjolence in America. The report further siiys: It is not proved tlfat" the defendants subscribed toward the assistance of or were intimately associated with notori­ ous criminals or paid money to pro -lire their escape from justice. It is not proved that the defendants were aware that the Clan-na-Gael con trolled the American league or collected money for the Parliamentary fund. It is not proved that at tho time of the Kilmainham negotation Mr. Parnell was aware that Sheridan and Boyton were organizing their outrages The Invincibles were not a branch of the Land league. The league neither organized nor <paid the Invincibles None of the defendants directly or indi­ rectly had knowledge of the 'Phoenix park conspiracy. Pigarott was utterly unworthy of credit. All the 'letters he produced as erimiuating were forgeries. On the other hand the judges say Reissue and Increase--Daniel W. Woodruff, The leafflie never Mvo'the -mthniMtln« McLcansboro ; Roscoe G. Sylvester, CarhoudalL- g . 1 AUtllOlltlCS John Gerdes, Springfield. ' - tti'V assistance 1u the detection of crime. No details are given of the expendi­ ture of £100.000 of the league funds Then* is no valid excuse for tho non- prod tiction of<jts hooks. The commission has not received from Mr. Parnell or the league the assistance it expected. The report is signed by all the judges. The report is moro moderate and im­ partial than was expected, and conse­ quently gives satisfaction to nobody except the judges, who are relieved to get it off their hands. The comments of the London press on the report of the Parnell commissionaro as follows The Daily Chronicle says that the case has been the most colossal fiasco known in political lournalism. The Daily News says that the Irish members are virtually acquitted of per­ sonal compiu-ity in crime. The Standard claims that the de­ fendants in the case are shown to be morally responsible for the worst crimes of the league's agents. The Times' report on the committee'.s action is eolorless and guarded by judicial language, Iu commenting on the matter it says that the main part of the case is thoroughly confirmed. A HALF-MILLION LILAM A Dlar Manufacturing Block la Chicago Burned. Chicago dispatch: Thick concrete fire walls prevented a SI0,00:),00.) (ire in the immense building known as the Farwell bock, occupying the entir%, space be­ tween Adams Mid Monrco streets and the river and Market sireei. 1* ivc minutes before 7 o'clock a niOrcur- iftl alarm located in the sixth story of the building, on the Adams street side, gave the first intelligence of tho blaze. A second alarm brought to the spot thirty- two steamers, seven trucks, and as many chemical engines, besides two lireboats. Work Bros., manufacturers of cloth- ins and uniforms, occupied nearlv all of the gutted portion of the block, extend­ ing sixty-six feet on Market street and ITS on Adams, and being six stories in height. Taylor Bros., hat anil cap fac­ tory. ruu in connection with the Work Bros.' plant, occupied tho third floor. Mendal & Co.. dry goods and notions, in tho basement, lost heavily on their stock, which is almost totally destroyed by water Smoke thick enough to cut filled all streets in the vicinity of the fire, aud a crushing, struggling, and anxious crowd of people, who stopped on their way to work, gave Capt. Lewis and his squads of police plenty of work. Thousands gallons of water literally drowned the fire out. Mr. J. Work savs his concern had about $335,00') worth of stock and Taylor Bros. $50,000. This is fully cov­ ered by insurance. The block was built in separate risks, each divided by thick concrete walls, making it almost impos­ sible for a fire to spread. The burned portion is one risk, arid is valued at one- ninth of the whole cost of tho building, or #100,000. M. Gimbol & Sons, occupying the next portion north of the burned section, suffered no loss. A rumor was set afloat while tho fire was raging, to the effect that an old man who opens up the building had per­ ished in the flames. This was denied by the Pinkerton watchman, who made his last "pull" just as tho fire was discov­ ered. By 8:30 o'clock the fir^ was under control. As near as can be learrted the blaze originated in the pressing department, where perhaps an overheated steam coil ignited some old rags. C. M. Hender­ son's boot and shoe building, on tho northeast corner of Adams and Market streets, received frequent drenchings, and a great many windows were cracked. A careful estimate of the loss made after the fire was under control places the total damage at $4S5,ooo. THE GREEN DIAMOND. PBXPABA1 IONS FOR THE BA8R-BA1X SEASON Of 1890. £%• League Team ft President A. G. Spalding' Interviewed on Ihe Ward Decision and Other Base- Ball Matters. 4 [CHICAGO COBBESPOKDEXCE.] A. C. Ancon, tbe famous first basetttnn and Captain of the A. C. ANSOT*. ** " •i51 A BRAVE DEED.. -- -- » A Brave Engineer on the Santa Fe Killed at His Poet. Albuquerque (N. M.) dispatch: An accident occurred In the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe yards where­ by Engineer William Taylor lost his life, though ho saved his train' and prevented injury 'to the passengers. Traiu No. 1 from the north was five hours behind and came into tho yards at a high rate of speed. A switch was open and into this the train went, and was met by a yard engine with a heavy train. The yard engine was wreckd. The fireman of the passenger trafn and the switching crew saved their live's by iumping, but Taylor, who remained at his post, was so badly eggshell fao lived only * few tufefUiw* „ ^ , Base-Ball' ' $ l n b , s t a r t e d South with his new learn, on Tuesday. They go direct to St. Augustine, Fla. When assembled there, the material Anson will have to work on will be as follows: Catcher-", Nagle, Lauer, and K i t i r i d g e ; p i t c h ­ e r s , H i u c l i i u s o n , C o u g b l i u , B l a i r , Sullivan, and Ink<«; second baseman, Earle or G irvin; (bird bttsemsn, Bums; short stop, Cdoney; 'lutfiel ters, Wilmot, Carroll, and Laut-r artarle. The youngsters in charge of Anson were a stalwart-looking lot of ath­ letes as tbey clustered nl out tbe old man n the Polk Street Station. sEvery one was trim enough to racfe for a :ro»n. Cap'n Anson said be was satisfied with "his colts, and everybody who saw the old man tramping around :ho station with his moss-ngite eye rolling owlishly believed what he said. Tho Chicagos will remain in Florida for about three weeks and then RO to New Orleans and through Texa®, fetching up at Hot Springs, where they will take tbeir final practice prior to the opening of the League season. Capt. Anson is very confident that with the promising players he has got together and this pre­ liminary practice in a warm climate be will present a team to the Chicago pub­ lic that will put up just as good o-r better ball than has been done by the Chicagos in the past. Nothing seems to please Anson so much as to have the public and press rank his team as a tail-ender in tbe spring, for it spurs him and his men o n to increased work. President A. G. Spalding, of the Chi­ cago Club, has returned from the recent league meeting in New York, and reports; everything serene in the league camp. He says the present Indications are that the circuit will con­ tinue as it now stands, and in pre­ paring a schedule to yresent at the spring meeting he will work ou this basis. Tbe reasons given by Judge O'Brien for refus­ ing to grant a tem­ porary injunction A.«. SPAI.MXU. against Ward, Mr. Spalding says, were no doubt good law, but the .ludge's main reasons for lefusing to grant a temporaly injunction will not apply, the Chicago President declares, when the case comes up for a final hearing. "Will the Chicago Club commence legil proceedings against its refractory play­ ers?" ell, that is a matter that^has not yet been decided. While it is contrary to the policy of the Chicago Club to have any m_en in its team M ho object to playing with it, yet there is a disposition to in­ sist on its legil iights, and it firmly be­ lieves it-has such legal rights under our present contracts with these men, and vudge O'Brien's opinion on tbe reserve clause fortifies us in that opinion. For the future guidance of the club and for the future good of professional base-ball, I should like to have definitely settled once for oil what constitutes a base-ball ci ntract. Aside from, the effect* it may have in preventing o ;r old playefs from transferring tbeir services to a rival or­ ganization, which they agreed not to do, I think th:s legal light will be worth all it co ts to determine wherein our present contract is defective, so we may make it in future not only good in base-b^ll law but in commoi. law as well. ""Acco rding to Judge O'Brien's decision tbe contracts we now hold with Pfeffer, Williamson, Ryan, a id other deserting brotherhood players for lSSiO are just as cood and binding in law as tbe new con- trats that we ihave signed with Anson, HntchinsoD, and Burns. If the courts are going to hold these contracts under which we have worked the past two years invalid it is important that we know it at once, in order that we may in future be gov­ erned in our advances to players before the se ison commences." "What was the genetal feeling in the East as to tbe probable success of the Players' League?" That wculd be difficult to answer. You might tsk the same question relative to tbe world's fair. Bead a New York paper,and yon would think there was nc possible chance of tbe world's fairgoinp anywhere but to New York, aud Chicagc papers are equally sure of its coming tc this city. So it is relative to the base­ ball war. The brotherhood part san pa­ pers iu the Eiist continue to dish up the stereotyped arguments of 'Out for the stuff, "We, are the people,' 'White slaverv, and similar 'convincing' argume!nts, in­ dicating that they all get most of thei) inspiration from one factory." Tommy Burns, who covered third base for the Chicago League team with signal • success for so many seasons, was inter­ viewed the other day. Referring to tbe base­ ball situation. Burns says he is very well satisfied with the stand he took in favor of the League. The latter organiza­ tion had demonstrat­ ed lo the public that it was competent to THOS. S. BURNS. conduct the national game in a satisfactory and buniness-like way, and he was willing to take his chances in the future with those who had tbe management an<l control of the Chi­ cngo League Club. He has noth­ ing to say about bis old oom- rades who had joined tbe brother­ hood. They are snpposed to know their busineos, and it is for them to de­ termine whether they have done the right thine. He does not hesitate to say that he believes that tbe Brotherhood will eventually wind up just as the Union As­ sociation did several years ngo. The latter organization started out with an abundance of capital 1 ehind it, but the superior management of the League was soon apparent, and the Union organiza­ tion leil from its own weight. Aftor hiving looked tbe field over Tommy siys be fears that base-ball is going to receive a severe set-back dur­ ing tbe next year or two, and that many of the so-called "stars" will find them­ selves counted out in the grand scramble for popularity. Several of the leaders of the revolt avainst tbe League are simply trying to bettor their own individnal condition and care nothing for the ele- vxtion and improvement of the game generally, says the little third baseman. It is reasonably certain th»t the Na> lional League will consist of eight clubs this season. President Day, of the New Yorks, has expressed the opinion that it would be foolish to go on with ten cluKs, while President Byrne, of the Brooklyn Club, is sure thst tbe League mu«t come down to eight clubs. The report that President Stenrns, of the Detroit Club, was after a League franchise has there­ fore more foundation than at first sup­ posed. It is now said that Stearns has completed a deal whereby tbe Detroit and Cleveland clubs will be consolidated, and th t one-half of the HtMi'i names ! will be played In each eity^™ All's rail in Lo% At a club tho other day a party of convivial follows were swappiug stories. One of them, a jolly benedict, who has the reputation of playing a mighty good game of poker, told one on him­ self, which exhibit* presence of mind in a remarkable degree, says the New York Her ahI. "My wife's family," said he, "is a very straight-laced one--blue Presby­ terians, in fact. If they had ever had a notion that I knew the difference be­ tween two pair and three of 'a kind I shouldn't have stood the ghost of a chance of winning the wife I had the good luckto capture. All's fair in JO ve and war, you know. In those days "my great rival was a professor of theology in a seminary devoted to the manufac­ ture of parsons. To get to windward of him l had to set up for something of a saint myself, and went in strong for prayer meetiugs, missionary societies, and all that sort of thing. "One evening I had been playing a quiet game with a few of the boys, just to keep my haud in, and was rather late in getting around to see Clara. I itold her that the prayer meeting was a mighty interesting oue, and broke up somewhat late. I found it rather warm work throttling my conscience^,, and pulled out my handkerchief to help me cool off a bit. „ , "Bat. the temperature went'up to a boiling point when I yanked out a roll of chips and they went 'rolling over the floor in all directions. I thought the theological professor would soon have the field all to himself w hen the old maii picked up one of them, v" "'What are these queer things lor, John?' said he. "I tumbled at once to the fact that the old man didn't know poker chips when he saw 'em. I saw that I had a fighting chance to lie out of it, and old Nick, bless him, put the right sort of a lie into my head at once. " 'Why,' said I, with a regular Sun­ day-school smile, 'that's a little idea of my own: I got these things to put scriptural teixts on to distribute among the heathen. J think it is an improve­ ment on the pocket handkerchief idea. I got 'em in different colors to suit the tastes of the heathen; some of them, you know, prefer white and some blue, and some are death on red. I brought 'em -with me to-night to get you to help me select texts to put on 'em.' ^ "Clara and the old man werfe both tickled to death over the idea, and as true as I'm a sinner we all stayed tip till midnight, picking texts out of the Bible to engrave on them. I believe tlje business made me dead solid with the old man. . "But the rub came in when I had to pay $50 to get the texts engraved on them. 1 (mess it was the first aujl last time that scriptural texts were ever put on poker ohips." . ' ~ "What became of them?" asked some one. "They all disappeared mysteriously as soon as 1 got married. Maybe Mr. McGinty ran across them when he went down .'to the bottom of the say.'" In the Regimental Bands. A regiment of militia was swinging into Pennsylvania avenue from Ninth street yesterday and a small group of pedestrians, among them the writer of these linos, was blockaded at the cross­ ing until they passed. A tall and smartly dressed colored "gentleman" was also there, and as rank after rank parsed he tapped his cane impatiently upon the pavement and ex­ claimed repeatedly: "I do wish lend see my ole kurneir Turning to hiui at last the reporter noticed the bronze button bf the G. A. R. upon the lap of his coat and asked him if he had been in the army during the war. Indeed he had, most emphatically. What part of the' service ? His answer was tlie acme of glibness, and ran off like this: "Cnmpny K, Cap'n Shutts; 27th Kaintuck, Kumel ltippensnort; Ninth Division, Gin'ral Bluff; First Corps, Gin'ral Butler ; Army of the James, Gin'ral Grant." Then, indeed, he must have been in those amazing operations of the last campaign against Biclimoud? Indeed he had.. And was at the battle of Peters­ burg? Should say he was. His eye kindled aDd he /airly bursted with martial ardor at these heroic re­ collections. _ The reporter had distinct recollec­ tions of hair-raising Century Magazine war paper on that battle, and keeps in mind how. the "colored troops fought bravely." To meet face to face one of these lions was a boon without price. Was he one of those stout hearts that faced that hell of grape in silencing the Alabama Light Artillery ? Was he of those fine devils that cut the rebel army in halves only to find themselves unsupported and captive? Or was he among them that fell into that terrible crater, to be bayoneted by their white comrades, and was that gloomy storv indeed true? If he was, as he certainly must be, if at Petersburg, there was money for his story. He should tell the reporter all. Trouble sprang into his eye, his bold assurance forsook him, his cheek "paled," his bosom swelled no more, and he wauted to go, but the reporter held him. "Look a'yere, sab," said pe at last desperately, "you don't seen to cornner- hen' de.functions of a battle. Yoti uee dar is miles to cover, and some is here and some is dere. Now, I, sah, was in de regimental band an'eoduriu'de fight I was, for de mos' part, back in a bomb­ proof a-miudin' de horns."-- Washing­ ton Post. JACK AND BILL CATCH 11'. They try to Rrrak Up » Clren* and Be­ come Wianr and Ih-ttor Men. Lafayette, Ky., is a straggling little town of about 300 inhabitants, situated twenty mile from the nearest railroad. It is important to the country around, because a circus stops here every year. These circuses are not of the Barnnm kiud, but small affairs, traveling through the back districts on wagons, and Keeping, away from the railroads. Nevertheless, the arrival of one of them is a great event at Lafayette, and sev­ eral thousand people always collect to see "die sights, some of them walking thirty miies. Bill and Jack Johnson have long been the terrors of this region. Every backwoods district in the Southwest has its bully, and the Johnson boys for years possessed the undisputed dis- linctiQii within a region embraced by a radius of. ten miles. Bill, the elder of tbe brothers, was tall and heavy. Jack was small and light, but fully as dan­ gerous as his brother. Neither had killed a man, but they had wounded innumerable persons, aud averagetl four or five fights apiece each week. They frequently stampeded tbe Rmall towns, riding through the streets at full speed, firing right arid left. A few weeks ago, a circus, tempted by the warm weather, came up from the South And made a trin tkroupfh the southern part of Kentucky, and Lafay­ ette was one of the towns visited. The novelty of a circus in winter was all the more acceptable to the people, and the crowd in attendance at the perform* ahce was unusally large. , During the afternoon the show was in full blast, when Bill and Jack John­ son arrived, They galloped into town and there was a gathering of women and children and of meu too. Both were well loaded with whisky, and after nibbing their pistols across the noses of a half dozen men, they went to the circus. After lookiug at the ani­ mals and gymnastic performances, thev wandered into the side-show. For'a while tliev contented themselves with gazing at the Circassian girl, the fat woman, the sword swallower, and tho armless man, who fired a repealing rifle with his toes, but they soon grew tired of such tame sport. Bill and Jack wanted to fight. None of tl spectators would tight them. An idc occurred to Jack. Thpy would clean out the side-show. 'Let's break up the darned thing, he said to Bill, "and have* some fun. You take the fellow who swallows the knife, and I'll sail into the oue who shoots the gun with his toe*." * -- _ Bill at once agreed to the proposi­ tion. and leaping over the rope< which separated the spectators from the per­ formers, they rushed upon their vic­ tims. The crowd raised the cry of fight and made for the door, but the circus performers were ]>er!ectly composed. The sword swallower tossed his sword ou one side, picked up one of tbe heavy pins to which the tent ropes are fas­ tened, and saluted Bill with a blow which nearly broke his skull. The man with the repeating rifle, who was supposed to have no limbs, but the lower ones, pulled two arms from be­ neath his vest, reversed his (run and clubbed Jack over the head. Then the side show people sai'.ed iu. The fat woman kicked Bill iu the side, while the sword swallower pnmmeled him about the bead. The Circassian girl tore out whole handfuls of Jack's hair, while the armless man rapidly beat his countenance out of ^hape. In five minutes all was quiet in the tent. Tbe people timidly ventured back. The circus performers wore smoothing their disordered attire. Bill and Jack were lying senseless on the ground. They were taken out, and it was found thai Bill's log was broken. So was hi's nose. Both eyes were closed, and his head and body were covered with gashes. Jack had both arms broken and liis bruises were not less numerous than Bill's. That night the attendance at both circuses was the largest ever known. The applause was tremendous. No at­ tempt was made to arrest anybody. Recently Jack, whose, 'broken arms healed rapidly, joined the Baptist Church. Bill will do likewise, as soon as his fractured leg is mended. Both are scarred for life, and announce their determination to live a? goo<? citizens and Christians.--New York Han. ODD, QUEER AND CUBiOUS. OSE J. W. Keith, 73 years old, re­ cently recovered a brass pin which he " swallowed when he was eight years old. A CHATTANOOO.% lawyer dared a Shelbyville belle to marry hjm She wouidu't take a dare, and the wedding - cameoff the same day. -$|* Two, GOLD rings were found the other' ..Mt day, by a lady in Rnshville, 111., in the gizzard- of a barnyard fowl she was^ dressing for dinner. v A W EST VIIUHNTA girl has saved .. money enough to buy herself ag dd '. ^ - |;L watch, by trapping musk rats, skunks, v'f1 and other animals, and telling their t • hides. A ZANESVILI.K merchant lost his * - J pocket-book on Main street; and foiwd it an hour later lying on the sidewalks $4',. right where lie dropped it. No one had touched it, fearing a sell. A (HUD nugget worth seven dollars l*i aud fifty cents was found in the cop ol' a grouse that a woman was dressing for dinner at Sampson's Mills, Ore., a few days ago. ' p Two P.003TER3 belonging to a farmer in Holmei County, Ohio, met a prowl-- ' \ fi, ingfox, Avhich for a few moments eyed 4 them, undecided which to attack first. < When the fox bounded toward one, both roosters made anch a valiant fight /' against him that they succeeded in pick- ' -W" ing out his eyes and beating him to death. A soMNAMnrxiftT in Charleston, "W. -J" Va., named George Coulter, while deep in slumber, arose the other night, and > swam across*the river aud back again # without waking. Some friends saw him **? enter the water, and awaited his return, " not suspecting that he was asleep. The? "jf, then carried him to his home. . < IVIXITDON GOVI.D has the most costly ' fSLi outfit ever made for an American baby. $ i It was designed by a French firm, who, . having a carte blanche order from'J. G., frilled all the frocks with thread lace, lined the wraps with quilted satin, /, and padded the blankets, barry-coati" **'"^-•5; and diminutive bath robes with twenty dollars an ounce otter. WIIILR ploughing on a ranch neat ' ^ Gait. Cal., a young man found H? < He Jnst Analyzed Her. A negro man went into Mr. E 's office for the purpose of instituting a divorce suit against his wife. Mr. E proceeded to question him as to his grounds for complaint. Noticing that tbe man's voice failed him, Mr. E looked up from his papers and saw that big tears were runuing down over the cheeks of tbe applicant for divorce. " Why," said the lawyer, "you eeem to care a great deal for your wife. Did you love her?" "Love her, sir? I jest analyzed her!? This was more than professional dignity could withstand, and Mr. E laughed until the negro, offended, car- ried his case elsewhere. . On the Make. Taffies Brother--Do you love my sis­ ter Effie? Effie's Steady Company--Why, Willie, that is a queer question. t Why do you want to know'? Effie's Brotliea--She said last night she would give a dollar to know; *ad I'd like to scoop it in.--Puck. - * Some Suggestive Names. The death of Adam Forepaugh will recall the frequency with which this city has supplied'illustrations of the curious adaptation of surnames to busi­ ness occupations. The explanation usually found for such fitness is that a great many names were origiuallv de­ rived from occupations, and the num­ ber of such names is so great that, after all, it is not remarkable that some mod em Smith should return to the occupa­ tion of the founder of his family. But that the bearer of the name Forepaugh and the owner of a menagerie should be combined in the same person cannot be explained in this way. Nor- will it account for the equally striking adapta­ tion of the name to the profession of that famous Philadelphia physician, Dr. Philip Syng Pliysick. It does not ex­ plain how Professor Hartshorne came to be a physician. The ex-President of Select Council, Mr. Lex, is a lawyer, as his father was before him, and the same name translated from Latin iuto En­ glish has been borne by another Phila­ delphia lawyer. The directory of any large city will furnish a great many similar iustances, but not often where the persons have attained the promi­ nence of those mentioned.^--Philadel- phia Inquirer. Partners WI10 Never Spoke. It lias been recorded of more than one unhappy married couple, that their disagreement came to such a pitch that for years they never exchanged a word. Of course it was the husband who be­ gan this silent system, aud who stuck to it in some cases to what may be called "the bitter end." One of them was besought by his spouse upon his death bed, to utter just one word to her; and he did so, but not in token of forgiveness, for it was the monosyllable "No." In partnerships not matrimonial this course of conduct has been hereto* fore unprecedented; partners are often as unequally yoked together as husband and wife; but when they quarrel, th'ev have words," and a good maoy of them. Last week, however, there was an instance of two gentlemen, linked, together in commerce, who never ex- changed a syllable with one another, but carried on suclacomniunications as were necessary between them on slips of paper. It was natural enough, since their trade happened to be. the swin­ dling of the pnblic that they should not discuss it; but it was not delicacy but disagreement that kept them dnmb.-- James Payne in the Independent. A CAPACITY for drink doeen s always accompany mental capacity. one > thousand and six hundred dollars in gold. His employer insisted that as the money had been discovered on bis land.: »nd that as the ploughman was in his employ, the owner of the land had s right to the money. The young man-.: gave it up, and received twenty dollars ^^ for his honesty. " * TIIE late Henry Grady was a rapid . newspaper writer. At the time of the 4 Charleston earthquake he did not read the stricken city until 10 o'clock ats night, but bv 2 o'clock next morning he had a report eight columns long on fiit iu the telegraph oil ice for transmission to the leading Northern and-Southern vj i newspapers. AT Henderson, Kr., the other day a Jfp countryman entered the drug store of Charles F. Ivleiderer and called for • some articles, giving in exchange apiece f||h 9I' money which tho proprietor of the "«|| i store at the time supposed to be 0 twenty-five cent piece. On taking his • *. cash out of the drawer, he was struck > 14.^ with the oddity of the coin. An appli-»l^|^|i cation of sonp and water revealed 8 beautiful Roman gold coin, bearing the '* « date of 1058. Ix many things Spain -adheres to the- customs of a primitive age. Grain is * cut with a small leaping hook, and thrashed as in the time; of the Cajsars--that is, bvj trafhping about with asses hilche to a stone. The plough is a crooI.eJ stick pointed with iron. In the towui are to be seen heavy wooden carts drawn by oxen. Most of the carrying, trans „ ' v fei ring, etc., is done by donkeys. Sand, , brick, lumber, in fact, almost every- - thing that has to be moved, I* tarried V , & - 011 tlieir backs. ^ . Au Expensive Entertainment. The most notable entertainment with- , ^ out exception ever given at the execu- •;( tive mansion where refreshments were *21« served, was that to the diplomatic dorps in February, 18S1, at the close of the Hayes administration. There hed ; passed before the President and Mrr. Hayei 7,000 persons by actual count. Of thin number 4,500 partook of the ^ lavish refreshments served. Thre ufii ware two large wine barrels of terr-^ia ^ 1 prepared and served. Over 1,601] %|jl loaves of bread and 150 hams were 1 made iuto sandwiches. There were nearly 1,000 quarts of cream furnished. Nearly 400 chickeus * were used ia . i« salads. Over 150 gallons of coffee and great tanks of lemonade were con- ~ "t% : sunied. There were cakes and confec- • tions without stint. The steward of the household, W. T. , < Crump, AY ho managed this enormous ; gastronomic campaign, had a small army of men and women in the kitchen. A supply of 2,500 clean plate* was kept ' ^ N constantly on hand, and required ten „ dishwashers. There were seven cooks in the kitchen and fifty waiters em- ^ ployed in serving the gueets. The Jjv actual cost of this single entertainment « iS.l was $(>,000, although no wines were * served, which wa3 more than has evei vi- been expended by any President foi State dinners during a whole adminis- 1 tration. The jam was unparalleled, f, owing to Senators and others abusing 1 ^ " the executive hospitality by bringing as many as ten ladies on the card designed " : only to include the ladies of their fam- ilies.-^WiB'Shington Star. t rn ' Seldom So. Miss Poor--Mamma, Mr. Bank has ' asked me to marry him. - . - Mrs. Poor--He's old enough to be -fjfl your grandfather, isn't he? V 2^ Miss Poor--Yes, mamma. -r ,J£' Mrs. Poor--You don't love him, Hi • , ; you? : Miss Poor--Of course not, bat beV worth a million dollars. * ' Mrs. Poor--Well, that has nothing to do with it. Yon don't marry him, and that ends it.-- Washington Star. Not a Joarnalist. Millionaire--You ask for the haad at my daughter. You are a journalist, I" believe, and journalists, I am told, can scarcely earn their salt. Young Editor (with dignity)--Yon / mistake, sir. I am not a journalist; I am a newspaper man. "Oh! Keep a news-stand, I presume. Good, paying business! Take her, my son, and be happy." -- New l'w\ Weekly. ' He Knew What flat IHT»1TH. ; , In the office of the New York Solar System. Managing Editor--Didn't yoo empty the waate-h^jiiels this morning. Jimmy? . «- Office-boy--Naft! ' .1 "Why not?" " 'Cause I heard de business manager say der wua goin' ter be eight more pages in der Sunday paper."--Boston. . Times. ° - WHEN you truly and devotedly love • girl who is as rich as she is pretty . hard to take no lor an answer. ' * " * ifeufeSuA 1.» -.? '-6 At?* .ftfc . SL.... life J »t| i.. - Tk " I * I- '£>'• ' * ~ J,'-JI.1»V. ,JTH .1 v J,*, t ^ * * r - f In i*®..,., . Jl*.