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taiudealci I VANSlYKE, Editor and Publisher. '*lcHgNRY» " ' - ILLINOIS. AN OMINOUS DULLNESS. OHIO MURDERER LYNCHED ' ' BY A MOB. Awful SnflTcr infra of a Victim or Hydro­ phobia at South Hartley--Senator K. SI. ,, , W«rU or Minnesota I»eacl--I hil.an Itevo- " IvUoaiiU Maine Strength. SlSfe BUSINESS NOT EXPANDING. Admitted Slackening of Trade in Neatly AH Qoartm. % * R. G. DPS ACO.'S weekly review of trade says: It cannot be said ttrat the business of the ^country is expanding when there, is a de­ crease of nearly one-sixth within a single month in the output of pig-iron. In nearly all quariers the admitted slackening of trade is attributed to merely temporary causes, but the state of the iron trade can­ not be thus explained, and while it may at any time change for the better it is at pres- ant au unfavorable symptom. Anotherele- ment which may prove of great though tem­ porary importance Is the decision of a great body of miners to strike May J for eight hours a day. The Eastern coal trade is very irregular, buyers wa iting the effects of the Coxe interstate decision. Other in­ dustries show no material change, though th« wool market is more dull. Reports from, the various centers of trafle a re al^out the same as last week, but recognize temporary slackening even more generally, while it is attributed mainly to bad weather and the state of country roads. Pittsburg report* lower prices for iron product*. but glass is sustained wit h ini| r iving trade. At Cleveland general trade is fairly active, luniber'especially, and at Cincinnati ma­ chinery is very brisk, but other trades only fair. Collections are not. as a rule, quite satisfactory, owing to bad weather and bad country roads. But the Treasury has again put out about !*:>.000.000 in a week more than it has taken in, and no signs appear of heavy gold exports as yet. The buslnes-t failures occurring througho ut the country during the last seven days number 243 as compared with a total of '-'4.1 last »veek. For the corresponding week of last year the agvtes were 200. LYNCHED A MURDERER. William Bales, the Murderer of Po icman Harper, at K*nton, Ohio, Haneed b.v a Mob AT Kenton, Ohio, William Hales, who murdered .Policemaij Harper last week, was taken'from the jail by a mob about fifty strong and hanged. The Sheriff refused to get the keys, not having them with him. They found the keys in an adjoining room and opened the jiil doors, got Bales and gave him only time to put on his pants and a fair of slippers. The mob was well organized and all wore black masks except one, which was white, apparently the leader. No noise was made. All spoke in whispers. The work was quickly and systematically done. Not more than twenty minutes elapsed from the time the door was broken open until Bales wai dangling between earth and sky. He did not make any fuss, only groaned a few times while lea ing the jail eell. Sen;inels guarded al! ap­ proaches leading to the jail and nobody was allowed to approach nearer than a square. The mob dispersed as qui.kiy and silently as it gathered, all going in different directions. and Brooklyn, and .ask immediate action by Congress losing to the better protec­ tion of the same. ", ' j The veteran showman. P. T. Ram urn, j has passed to the j other world. At his residence in Bridge­ port, Conn.. s u r- rounded by !>U fam­ ily*, he breathed his last, peacefully, fte wsis born in Bethel, C >nn., July 5, 1810. In 1835 lie began hU career as a showman, ;ind. never once passed in the strug­ gle for supremacy, he lwcame the great­ e s t p r o p r i e t o r o f mammoth amuse­ ment. enterprises the world has ever seen. THE Ifew York mortality for one twenty-four hours showed an alarming increase over the previous day's record, and was the largest since the grip epi­ demic of 188^. The total number of deaths during the day was 20 i. against 17<> for tho preceding day, an increase of twenty-eight. Of the cases eighteen were reported as being caused by the grip in conjunction with other diseases. The previous day showed nineteen cases of death where tjie contributing cause was the grip. NEAR Meadville, PaLynn Hltes. Ed,ward Skeel, Jr., and Iiurt Peelman, three boys were arrested for murder. On the morning of March I<5 Norton J. Hotchkiss, a farmer, was found lyine by the road near here covered with blood and nearly frozen. Both his feet were amputated and he died. The three boys named were with Hbtehkiss the night lie was hurt. They say he had a buttle of alcohol, treated them, got drunk himself, let his horse run away and throw hj,m out; of his buggy, and that they were so frightened at what had happened that they ran to their home*. AT Brooklyn, l'cujainin Itorton. a tee in making tho celcbratlon worthy or the event. GKV. ROSKOTANS, who has been ailing aud con lined to his roon in Washington^ D. C., for.several days, is much better. POLITICAL PORRIDGE. THE contest for the Chicago mayoral­ ty is once more ended, and the figures are as follows: 1 H. Washbnrne (Rep.), 45.752: DeWitt C. Crcgier {Dem.), 44,088; Carter II. Harrison (Dem.), 40,826; E. \Vashbur& (Cit. Rep.), 23,270; Mor­ gan (Soc.), . 2.00.1. The election passed quietly, ami over IflS,000 votes were poll­ ed Thes^ figures are from the Tribune, and are not claimed to be absolutely cor­ rect: but the Tiiit'Oi and Herald concede the probability of Republican success. This has been the most, memorable elec­ tion Chicago ever held. There were those who professed to see in it direct precursing of party success in 1832, and the contest was spirited and acrimonious in the extreme. Never before has there been such a strange array of candidates, and it would puzzle the most astute work­ er in political figures to tell with any ac- euracj* anything about the relative strength of the two great political par­ ties in Chicago. Carter Harrison's vote came largely from all parties. JI*DGE R. M. MONTGOMERY (Rep.) is elected Supreme Court Justice of Michi­ gan, over Champlin (Dem.)/ by 3,0$) to 5,000 plurality. Judge Montgomery has long been on the be»ch in Kent county. • \ In Kansas, the marked feature was the presence of an unusually large num­ ber of'women, who voted with as much enthusiasm as the men. No political significance ittached to the election. In Kansas City, Republicans elected their Mayor. Wit-Ji very few exceptions, all Arkan­ sas cities elected Democratic officials. In Ohio, Republicans made larcre gains wealthy retired dry goods merchant, j in municipal elections. C'lcvo.and went committed suicide by ^hoo'ing. Mr. Hortoli had been suffering from the grip, and was despondent. t|y. f--A BALMACEDA LOSING GROUND. Leading Membars of the Chilian G.vcrnment Join th« Rebels. it details received from tho •eat of the civ I war in Chili say that Guillermo Matta, the Chilian Minister at Buenos Ayres, has declared his alle­ giance to the rebels, and, a$ a conse­ quence, he has been puq'.'fly Renounced IS a traitor. Gabriel \ idal has been appointed in his place. Guilicrmo Ptiejma Tuppej". wbo had a very promi­ nent part in tli-3 Government, has also been adjudged a traitor. All the property of the e men has been confis­ cated. Minister Atunez, who has been in Paris, has also been branded as a traitor. This gentlemen not only placed himself at the disposal of the insurgent Commis­ sioner in that city, but accepted drafts made upon him by the rebel leaders. The money with which he paid these drafts had been tCnt to him by Bal- uiac'da to pay for the new cruisers in course of construction in France for the government. In spitr; of all the state­ ments of the government officers the revolution is rapidly extending in the southern provinces, which had hereto­ fore been considered loyal to the govern­ ment. Py'ne '*» Ag >nv. FOAMING and frothing at the mouth, 3oscph Smith, a prominent citizen of South HadJey, Mass. lies strapiwd to li's bed at his home, a victim of hydro­ phobia No one dares go near him wit out i xceedinz cautiou for fear ot 5 be.ng bitten. The vict m tries to oite hi self, snaps at the bedc.otiies and at r Kiiy one who go-k near him A week as > . i e vc im wa- niit n by a tor whC!i Was not supposed to be mad. The n xt da>' he be?an t > show unmistakable symptoms of hyJrophol ia It w ts wit'i the greatest difficulty that h was re- ftra.nud frcai biting members of li s « w.i family. *>nntni< R M War.l O-afl. „ STATE SENATOR R. M. WAI<I>. of Fa'r- ~ lEont, Minn., died at the 1 aimer House, Chicago, of pneumonia. He came the;c April 4 and was attacked by th" grip. The best medical aid was secured at his bedside, but he grew rapidly worsj and passed away. Jumped for Liberty. % A SPECIAL from Lebanon, Md., says: v William Skaggs, a United States prison- / «r en route to the prison at Columbus, Ohio, jumped through a car window on the "cannon ball" train and escaped. The train was running at a spied of thirty-five miles an hour. jl'!. Ca*» of Spotted Typhni. .A CASE of spotted typhus of the worst | .kind was developed among the patients in the Elizabeth (N. J.) Hospital. It greatly alarmed the medical staff. It is eleven years since a similar case was found there. i;;,; Big: Coal Failure at San Franckco. FBANK BARNARD, a San Francisco dealer, has failed with liabilities of '983,000. He expect;, to pay 15 cents on the dollar. The heavy influx of coal MMised the failure. WESTERN HAPPENINGS. MRS. SARAH PEVUKU, of Lawrence County, Indiana, while standing bcfoie a fire, fell in a tit of vertigo into the flame, and was frightfully burned about the head and shou.dcrs. Her condition is serious. LEMON (LOU) REINIIOI.D, ex-constable and attorney at Indianapolis, was arrest­ ed charged with burglary on an ijidlct- ment returned by the grand jury. Dur­ ing the last month there have been num­ erous daring burglaries, and the police have been trying to get the marauders. Last week several of them were ar­ rested and one of them has con­ fessed to the grand jury all about the gang. He implicated Kcinhoid as the leader of it and says that tho latter has directed all the robberies. Several weeks ago Reinhold's wife committed suicide, and an account in a local paper reflecting on her husband's cruelty so angered him that he had the gang at­ tempt to rob the house of the city editor "to get even." According to the confes­ sion Reinhold himself was in the street keeping watch at the time the effort was made, but he and the gang were fright­ ened away by the screams of one of the ladies in the house. The confession further is that Reinhold has been im­ plicated in various burglaries. THE engine of freight train No 2.1, north bound, on the Wisconsin Central Road, jumped the track near Vernon, Wis. It ran on a bridge near by and tipped over, pinioning Dan McMullen, engineer, B. li Moore, fireman, and Peter Feipp, a brakeman. All wero ter­ ribly scalded. Moore and McMullen died a few hours latef, and Sejpp will probably die. AT Herman, Neb., MVS. Andrew Doll, who was recently returned from the State Insane Asylum, pronounced cured, murdered her two children, a boy and girl, aged 5 and 'i years, and then com­ mitted suicide by taking concentrated Iyo. MRS. JOHN OI.IVER, a highly respected woman, aged about 00 years, living near Martinsville, Ind.. committed suicide by hanging. The family c'aim that Mrs, Oliver was led ink) taking her own life by the downfall of a K-year-old grand­ daughter. THE Kansas City Packing Company, which failed last November and which has since been reorganized with a capi­ tal stock of $2,000,000, and is now styled the "Phoenix Packing Company," re­ sumed active opeiations. AT Omaha, David Kimball, lccal agent of the Chicago &. Northwestern Road, committed suicide. He had been drink­ ing heavily recently. WILLIAM POWERS, a powerful lunatic, got loose in the corridor of the jail at Jeffersonville, Ind., and no one dared enter it for a time, "tie beat two guards nearly to death. SOUTHERN INCIDENTS. Coi, J. H. HOLLIXGS\VOI:TH, receiver of the Texas State Land Office, has been arrested in Hardeman County. He is said to be short in his accounts about 813,000, and the last grand jury found two true bills against hiin. T. A. HAMILTON, editor of the GUmou County Democrat, published at Trenton, Tenn., has sued E. E. Benton, editor of the Trenton Herald, for $25,000 for aileged libel. JOHN JONES, of Dale County, Alabama, has been arrested on a charge of assault with intent to murder his it-year old boy. He tied him up by the thumbs, whipped him unmercifully, and then left him to die. The little fellow was almost dead when rescued. AT Little Rock, Ark., James Sumpler climbed to the top of a windmill for the purpose of repairing it. but neglected to fasten it When he reached the top a gust of winds started the fans, and Sum­ pler was thrown to the ground, a dis­ tance of sixty feet, and instantly killed. AT Austin, Tex . the jury in the case of Radman vs. Alff has returned a ver­ dict giving Alff, the defendant, $10,000 damages. The case was about a patent microbe exterminator, which both par­ ties claim to have invented. y ' EASTERN OCCURRENCES. THE members of the New York Board of Trade and Transportation adopted resolutions that, "In view of the almost defenseless condition of New York har Hor and the great losses that would Arise from an enemy's attack on this great entry port of 'the United States • the financial center of the country and the heart of this nation, they respect­ fully petition the Senate and Assembly •fco pass a concurrent resolution request fag the President of the United States to «ail to the attention of the Congress in ifcis next message the exposed condition ynf JJsije sea approaches to New York City SK f e * ' . *v'. „ Republican. In Wisconsin, S. U. Pinney (Deci.), the lawyers' candidate for Supreme Court Justice, .was e ected over E. H. Ellis (Dem.), candidate of the politi­ cians. Party lines over this office were not drawn. In Nebraska, the Australian ballot was used, and high license wins. Re­ publicans championed it. AFTER continuous service in the United States Senate since 18(56 George F. Ed­ munds, of Vermont, has tendered his resignation, to take effevt Nov. 1. In his letter he states that the impelling rea­ sons are entire y personal, and that the step has been contemplated by him for some time. Senator Edmunds is a native of Vcrmoftt, born in 1828. He entered politics in 1850, and has been a promi­ nent character iij, the Republican party siuce its organization. FOREIGN GOSSIP. A c.vitLEGRAM received at New York from Berlin says: "It is announced that the German Government has definitely resolved to withdraw the embargo placed on American pork. It is added, however, that the official notice of this withdrawal will probably be delayed for some time in view of certain negotia­ tions still going on between the German Government and the Government of the United States." The report is confirmed by a later dispatch from London. The anndtiucement caused a great deal of comment on the exchanges and among cattle shippers, and the lat­ ter were more active than they have been lor some time. An inquiry at the State Department at Washington elicit­ ed the reply that no information could be furnished regarding the rumored ac­ tion of Germany: in other words, that no official notification has been re­ ceived. ) GrsrAvrs GOWARD, Commissioner to J a pan from the III inOis Board of World's Fair Directors, is having much success in Yokohama, in addition to 8600.000 to be expended by the Government, large amounts will be subscribed by trading companies and rich merchants, so that the total amount raised by Japan will exceed 61.000.000. The Japanese-village project, it is anticipated, will prove a most lucrative affair, so much so that al­ ready there are several sets of applicants for the privilege of carrying out the scheme. FRESH AND NEWSY. BARON FAVA, the Italian minister re­ called by his government, left Washing­ ton for Italy, via New York. He left so quietly that few outside the diplomatic corps knew of it until he was well on his way to New York. A number of promi­ nent diplomats and other friends went to the railway station to see him off. "He declined to be publicly entertained at a farewell dinner. THE Colorado House unanimously passed the Senate bill appropriating $100,000 for the purpose of making an exhibit of Colorado's resources at the World's Fair. AT Shiocton, Wis., several stores and residences were destroyed by fire. Loss, $30,000. At Reading, Pa., Joseph L. Bailey's grist mill was .burned. Loss, SO. (MO. THOMAS BEARD, a Santa Pe employe at Kansas City, was killed by acci­ dentally touching a live electric wire. John Benton, while working in a boiler in the city hall in Richmond, Va , was suffocated and taken out dead. MABKET EEPORTS. CHICAGO. CATri,E^Common to 1'rime $3.25 THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. AT Washington, D. C., in the case of Char'es E. lvincaid, charged with the murder of ex-Congressman Taulbee, the jury brought in a verdict of not guilty. Kincaid was warmly congratulated oa his acquittal, although the result had been generally expected. AT Washington, I). C., the opening session of the congress of inventors and manufacturers of patented inventions in celebration of the beginning of the sec­ ond century of the American patent sys­ tem was held. President Harrison and a larjte number of prominent men who have heen selected as vice presidents of the congress occupied seats on the stage. The hall was filled with a representative gathering of the inventors and manu- fas turers of the country. Thomas Ed­ ison. Alexander Graham Bell, George WcfiUi'.ghousc, Mr. Gatllng, and others whose names are well known in the an­ nals of invention achievements, have co operated with the Executive Commit- Hoos--Shipping Grade* •SHKEP WHEAT--No. i Red COHN--No. 2 OATS--No. 2 Kyk--NO. 2 , HUTIKII--choice Creamery ..... CHKEHE--Full Cream, flats Koos--Fresh PO'I'ATOEB--Western, per bu. ... INDIANAPOLIS. CATTLE--Shipping HOL'J-Choice Light HHIEP--Common to Prime WHEAT--No. '2 Red COHN--No. 1 White OA«S--No. 2 'White ST. LOU 18. CATTI.E HOOB WHEAT--No. 2 Red. COBS--No. 2 OATS--NO. 2 BAULKY--Minnesota CINCINNATI. CATTLE Hoos HHEBP.. W HEAT--No. 11 Had COHN--No. 8 .. OATB--NO. 2 Mixed DETROIT. CATTLK HOGS SHEEP WHEAT--No. 2 Red COHN--No. 2 Yellow.... OATS--No. 2 \\hiie TOLKDO. WHEAT CORK--«. ash OATB--No. 2 White CLOVEB KEED EAST LIBERTY. CATTLE--Common to Prime HOOK--Light bHEEP--Mcdiain LAMBS. MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--No. 2 Spring CORK - No. 3 OATS--No. 2 White RYE--No. 1 BARLEY--No. 2 PORK--Mess HEW YORK. TATTLE Dion SHEEP WHEAT--No. 2 Red....,..* CORN--No. 2 OATS--Mixed Western BUTTER -Creamery EOGB-- Western Powt--New Mesa @ C.50 & 5.50 <a< 6.00 @ l.tC & .68 & M & .87 @ .20 .ll>v<& .12l4 .14V6(9 .15^ 1.15 & 1.23 8.00 3.00 1.05 .67 .Hi .66 .23 3.53 3.00 8.00 1.04 .t9 .67 & 5.50 ® 5.25 @5.25 ® 1.05 @ .71 & .58 MARCH OF VETERANS. THE SILVER ANNIVERSARY OF THE G. A. R. Bfor® tlian Ttro 'lhous»n<l Old So'riler*, Solrtlem' Hiv«« anil Soldier*' sons Tramp Decstur Streets to the strains of Martial Music--Sketch of the Order Md Its Foun­ ders. The silver anniversary of tlie Grand Army of the Republic was celebrated in Decatur, III., the birthplace of the or­ der. The annual department encamp­ ment of the Illinois (i. A. R. was held at the same place, at which nearly 2,000 delesrateB were present, besides over 300 delegates to the annual meeting of tho Woman's Relief Corps. Wheelock G. Veazey, Commander-in-ehief, accom­ panied by all the members of his staff and officers of the national encampment, and hundreds of other distinguished G. A. R. men, wero in attendance. The line of march formed and the head of the column moved under the ;a. F. STEPHENSON. ORGANIZER OF THE Q. direction of Grand Marshal Steele, First Adjutant of Post No. 1, G. A R. Steele was followed by Goodman's Band of twenty-one pfeces. Then came Dunham Post, tho successor of old Post No. 1, with 355 veterans. Then came a car­ riage with the Governor and Commander Veazey, and after it other carriages con taining important people, members of local committees, in all 440. Another bedecked vehicle held seven of the offi­ cers of the Woman's Relief Corps, De­ partment of Illinois: following was State Commander Distin and his staff, mount­ ed on the best horses in town. The department headquarters and a band from Decatur were sandwiched be­ tween tho horsemen and ^Post No. 1 of Rockford, which was 170 strong. Lowell Post of Newman, 111., had 106 vets and they sang "Hurrah, hurrah; We'll Shout the Jubilee," from the time they started till the column broke ranks. The Stephenson Post of Springfield had 106 men in line. Grant Post, No. 28, of Chicago, Charles A. Dibble com­ manding, was 58 strong, but every man had on a brand-new suit and that made the number seem greater. De Molai Band from Bloomington followed with 21 blowers, and W. T. Sherman Post, No. 140, kept step behind this band 150 strong. La Place (111.) Post, No. 294, had 25 men, Jordan Post of Macon had 50, and Cerro Gorao Po*t had 80. Lan- ken s Band came behind with 15 pieces. Moultrie County Battalion had 132 men, the drum corps from Marshall had 15, Mattoon Post, No. 21, had 25. Pope Post. No. 411, showed up 95 strong. Then came an old man, paralyzed, in an invalid chair. This was Capt. Jack­ son, of the Twenty-second Illinois In­ fantry. Protecting this old man was tho remnant of the Eighth Illinois-- •i 4.03 4.00 1.05 @ 5.75 <9 e.oo & l.oc .65 Mi®. .56!* .76 .78 3.03 8.00 >.00 1.06 '3 & 5.50 <gl 5.00 & 6.00 & 1.07 .74 .67 }it& .58)6 GEN. W. G. VEAZEY, COMMANDER- N-CHIEF. 8.00 8.00 8.00 1.07 .72 1.C9 .71 .64 4.30 4.00 3.25 4.00 5.10 1.04 .68 .55 .88 .73 19.50 4.00 3.25 0.00 L2J .78 .57 .21 .15 13.50 ® 6.00 T» 4.25 & 6.26 <9 1.03 0 .78 4» .67 ® 1.11 «» .73 0 .56 @ 4.40 @ G.OO 5.76 <9 6.00 & 7.00 «• 1.06 & .60 <D> .67 & .SB <9 .74 «13.0J @ 6.27 ® 5.50 & 7.00 & 1.22 m .so ® .61 <« .27 « .16 #14JK For several years the order did not thrive. Its aims and purposes were mis­ understood; ,it was by many regarded as a purely political organization. But dur­ ing the last ten or fifteen years this erroneous Impression has been gradually removed, and the ti ue aims and princi­ ples of the order are Upcoming better understood and appreciated. It is now becoming recognized as a great benevo­ lent order, the fprincipal purposes ot which are to preserve the spirit of com­ radeship cemented on many a battle­ field: to minister to the sick and dis­ abled, bury the dead and assist the widow and orphan. In doing this it ha? expended many millions during the twenty-five years of its existence. The rrports of the adjutant-general for the last fiscal year show that $221,350 wer* expended during that period for the re­ lief of comrades, ex-soldiers and theii families, and nearly 29,000 veterans and their families, were thus relieved. The growth of the order has been marvelous. In less than twenty-fivo years It has outgrown every other fraternal order in this country except the Masons and Odd-Fellows. The Grand Army has now 7,000 posts scattered over the United States and Canada, with a mem­ bership of nearly half million, and about eight hundred thousand veterans of the Union army yet to rec/uit from. During the last few years' the order has devoted considerable' attention tc the erection and maintenance of homes for the aged and infirm, and the build­ ing of monuments to heroes of the war and memorial halls in various, parts ol the country. Tho most important un­ dertaking of this nature is the plan foi the erection of a magnificent memorial hall at Decatur, that will stand as a per­ petual memento to the Grand Army, and which will be constructed so as tc preserve the records of departments and posts, trophies, relics, curiosities, litera­ ture, pictures, and whatever may serve to illustrate tho history of the Union army and its achievements. The hall i? t!o be erected by voluntary, contributions from members and post*, and will prob­ ably be maintained by a small assess­ ment annually lev ed on members of the Grand Army. One of tho most interesting incidents ot the G. A. R. encampment at Decatur, III., was the presentation of a silver and gold gavel to tho Department of Illinois, A CAKP FIltK OF 1803. G. A. R. by the Department of Illinois, Woman's Relief Corps. The gavel, ̂ svhich has appropriate and artistic chasings and is richly jeweled bears the inscript on? : Department of Illinois, W. R. C., : : to : : Department of Illinois, G. A. R. ; 1860. April 6. 1801. : The presentation was made by Mrs. Julia G. Sine, of Corps No. I, ltockford, III., W. Ii. C. twenty-nine survivors. Surely there was a war! These men were cheered by the multi­ tude, and in response they lifted their hats and bowed and passed on with a quick step, but not so briskly as they did years ago when they marched through these very streets to go to war. They were in command of George S. Durfee, of Company A of tho old Eighth. Fol­ lowing these were the Sons of Veterans, 100 in number, commanded by Col. Sted- de'n, of Springiield. They were followed by the Zouaves of Decatur, twenty-five boys. E. H. Martin's corps of star cyclers, forty strong, came after, their wheels wrapi.ed in the national colors The above constituted the men in the line of march. The grand anniversary camp-fire was kindled in the mammoth tent constructed for the purpose, and. although capable of accommodating an audience of 10,000 people, standing room was unobtainable. Other rousing camp-fires and love feasts were held the following evening, and every comrade who refused to sing' a song or tell a story was promptly court- martialed and forced to submit to such penalties as the "boys" >aw fit to inflict. Tho Grand Army has now attained such proportions, is so widely extended, and has on its muster rolls so many emi­ nent men in American military history that a brief sketch of its organization and present condition is of general inter­ est. The first post of the Grand Army war", organized in Decatur April 6, 186(5. The men to whose ability, loyalty and perseverance the order is indebted for its existence and magnificent organization were Benjamin Franklin Stephenson and Rev. W. (i. Rutlcdge; both of Illinois Comrade Stephenson was born in Wayne County, Illinois, in 1822, and spent his early youth and manhood In Sangamon County. Ho entered the army in 18C1 and served till 1864, when he met Com rade Rutledge, who was serving as Chap­ lain in Sherman's expedition of that year. These two comrades conceived and discussed plans for the organization of a permanent society to preserve the friendship of war and provide mutual aid in time of peace. After tho close of the war Comrades Stephenson and Rutledge met by ap­ pointment, at Springfield, 111., in March, 1866, and prepared the ritual of the order, and after much discussion finally selected the "Grand Army of the Repub­ lic" as the name most appropriate and expressive for the order. It was then decided to print the ritual, and Captain John S. Phelps, at the suggestion of ex- Governor Oglesby, went to Decatur from Soringtield to supervise the printing. While there Captain Phelps spoke of the proposed organization to several old soldiers and th% result was that an ap­ plication was made to Comrade Stephen­ son for a charter to form a post On April 6, 1866, the charter was granted and the first post of what is now a mighty organization wasinstitutod there with twelve charter members. A Biver that Flows Inland. There is an interesting, instance oi water flowing inland from the sea. It is found on the isiahd of Ceplialonia. in the Ionian sea, west of Greece. The phenomenon occurs on the southwest side of the island near the small town' and port of ArgostoU. Two streams flow at a short distance from one an­ other, straight from the sea, for a few • yards, and then follow different courses. One turns at right angles and runs for some ways parallel with the shore and close to it. Then it turns again toward the sea, and running, of course, deeper and deeper, doubles completely under itself, thus forming a loop, and finally passes out of sight deep down in a landward direction. In its course it turns two flour mills, which will give an idea of the strength of the current. There is no tide in the sea here, and the flow of the salt water brook is perfectly steady and continuous. The other stream disappears in the ground in a similar way. This curious phe­ nomenon has not attracted much at­ tention because Argostoli is not on one of the regtilar tourist routes. No one knows what becomes of this water, but it probably flows to some subterranean reservoir, and it may have something to do with the earthquakes that occur in that neighborhood once in a long while, or, j ossibly, it feeds some dis­ tant volcano, for, as is well kn,own, the most generally accepted theory of the cause of volcanic eruptions is, that they are due to steam generated from water, admitted through cracks in the earth's crust, or in some other yav.-- Qoldlhwaite'a Geographical Maga- The Oroatent of Copper Mines. President Agassiz, of the Calumet and Hecla mining company, has made the statement that, in his opinion, the mine of which he is the chief officer can be continued in existence for a period of forty years at an annual production of about double its present output. At the end of that time it may be assumed that the supply of the ore upon which it depends will have been exhausted. Looked at fiom the present standpoint, it may seem that an output of double the present volume would be a fair and ample average cf the probable produc­ tion ; but when one takes into account the enormous increase that has been made in the use of copper, and the probable extension of that increase, due not only to the growth in popula­ tion, but the introduction of new elec­ trical devices of all kinds, the estimate made by President Agassiz of what the future yield of his mine will be seems a low one. We are inclined to believe that unless great changes occur, the Calumet and Hecla mine in the year 1900 will be found producing three or four times as much copper as. in the year 1890. This will, of course, cut down the possible life of the mine, as­ suming the correctness of President Agassiz' estimates, and thus, although large returns will be paid in the inter­ val, we should say that in twenty-five years from this time there woujd be very little life left in this mining prop­ erty. The Calumet and Hecla has paid $34,tOO,000 in dividends.--Boston Herald. • ONE reason why New Mexico up set­ tled so slowly is that the great major­ ity of land grants are held by 'native Mexicans, one Don sometimes owning an entire eounty. FIERCE AND ANGRY MOB HAS FOLDED HIS TENT.1 $£ PENNSYLVANIA STRIKERS ARB UNDER GUARD. At Present A*«d by Troop*, The; Wnlt Only for Their Departure to Precipitate "trouble--The Dead Strike is Peacefully Buried at Scottdale, The situation in the Pennsylvania coke regions remains practically un­ changed. The feeling prevails that as long as the militia remains there will bo no more lawlessness. The soldiers can not stay always, however, and it is fear­ ed that unless the strike is settled before they are called home the depredations will be renewed just as soon as their backs are turned. The feeling among the strikers is intensely bitter, but they are careful to commit no overt act and content themselves with scowling at the militia and murmuring in unintelligible tongues. For thirty" consecutive hours a stream of thousands of people viewed the bodies 6f the men who were shot at Morewood. They were stretched out side by aide on a long platform, around which the crowd surged in its eagerness to get a glimpse of the dead men. They are ail young men with the exception of Cressango Binero, the Italian, and Valentine Zindie. Tho faces o| the 'dead were e'eanly shaved, breast of each was placedja^symbol of the Roman Catholic Church, while around the wrists of a few were entwined the beads upon which they had been accustomed to repeat their prayers. „ The scene in t-he morgue was one that is not often witnessed. Of the thou­ sands who viewed the remains scarcely a man came in whose countenance was not drawn and scowling as he gazed on the work of the rifles, and hundieds of women vented their anger and anguish in terms that could not be mistaken. They were miners, cokers, and their wives. The latter are more revengeful, if anything, than their liege lords, and are considered more dangerous antagon­ ists. It is well known among the citi­ zens that tho lives of Captain Loav and his deputies would bo in jeopardy should the militia be withdrawn. The foteign- ers are excited to a degree bordering on frenzy, and, although they are keeping all demonstrations within the pale of the law, theie is no doubt that they are determined to wreak vengeance eventu­ ally upon the people who are responsible for tho death of their countrymen. At Scottdale, where the dead were to be interred, great apprehension was felt that another riot would ensue at the funeral, but nothing of the kind oc­ curred. Strong forces of militia pa­ trolled tho streets, attended the services, and accompanied the procession. The coke company at Mount Pleasant is not making any effort at present to get men to fill the places of the strikers. They are keeping the mines in good Condition. Although the men have been out of work for a month, they still seem to have considerable money, and from outward appearances are not suffering for anything. They all seem to be keep­ ing sober. In fact, net one of them has been seen tfnthe street in an intoxicated condition. From the bankers it is learned that the foreign element, which constitutes 75 or 80 per cent, of the workers of tho region now striking, has more or less funds. There Is no longer any doubt that the strike will be continued indefinitely and, with a bitterness never before experi­ enced in a strike. It is not bevond protA ability that if the strikers find they are! debarred from reaching non-union men at the coke works, secret methods of iny duclng them to stop will be made, An intelligent Hun, in speaking of their future, said: "We will hold meeting, and then we will decide what to do. There is only one thing certain, and that is that tho company,can not get any foreigners to come here to take our placeas wo havo notified all the Italians and Huns in the country of our trouble." A Scottdale special says: A b'ooiy battle between the troops and the strik­ ers is expected soon Private Kellar wa? detailed to act as interpreter to General Wiley. General Wiley directed him to mingle with the strikers and learn their intentions He reported: "There is going to be trouble very soon. The strikers are all Indignant because the soldiers have been sent here, but they do not seem to fear them. In one house I saw five guns and a number of revolvers, and in the other house I saw three guns and several revolvers. Five out of every ten of them have sdVved in tho armies of the old country, and they know what soldiers are. They say that the soldiers who have been brought here are simply workingmen like themselves, and will not interfere with them. I picked up ono of their papers to-day, and in one portion 1 found an article which stated that there was not a regular among the soldiers who had been brought to the regions, and that they need not be afraid of the militia men, who were novices, and did not know any more about warfare than the strikers themselves I heard them ridi­ culing the Tenth Regiment. All of these Hungarians have money and they are in a dangerous mood over tho killing of the men at Morewood, which they all claim was entirely unjustifiable." Kellar's warning was heard and heed­ ed. When daylight fell again upon the faces of the benighted thousands who Inhabit this region, the sentinels of the State had men posted at every point where an outbreak was feared. Tho troops are supplied with ball cartridges, and the officers in command of the vari­ ous guabds have explicit orders to fire, if need be, on any mob which shall at­ tempt to molest them, or any of -the property which they are guarding. Personal Gossip. Awv railroads left out over night are likely to pass into the hands of Mr. Jay Gould. ROBERT BBOWXIXG is responsible for the statement that he was nearly 50 be­ fore he made any money out of his writ­ ings. THE richest professional mendicant In the country is "Blind Johnny," of Phil­ adelphia. He is 60 years of age and is worth 920,000. AN old elm in the Academy yard at Exeter, N. H., set out by Daniel Webster when a student there, and known to all old students and townspeople as the Webster elm, was cut down recently. WII.I,IAM LLOYD GARRISOX, son of the great anti-slavery agitator, is very wealthy, having amassed money from the wool business. He is literary in h! tastes, takes an active part in politi and is a Democrat. MI'XKACZY has been forced to forego his holiday and return to his studio be­ cause the famous ceiling which he painted for the; museum at Vienna was found on being placed in position to be too small by three or four feet. ACCORDIXG to Lord Beacon field's let­ ters, which are now being published by Mr. Froude, there was once a proposal on tho part of the Greeks to make the late Lord Derby king of that country, but he declined the honor with thanks. Coyxx vox MOLTKE is an enthusiastic musician, and in former years played the violoncello remarkably well. He delights in quiet musical evenings at home, where Dr. Joavbtm is a frequent guest, among other .famous artists. Tho Field 'vitirshai lies on the sofa while his visitors play, and alternately smokes snuff from a favorite PHINEAS T. BARNUM CONE TO' HIS REST. A ^ ketch ot the Remark^>le Caw*»r eC the Create«t thowmu the World Krcr Saw--He Was m Thoroughly Typical / : American. . Phineas Taylor Barnum, the great ?'l showman, died at Marina, Conn , after ? an llln,ess of twenty-<6ne weeks. He had * during that whole period firmly insisted > that his sickness was only temporary* and that he would soon be out again. Mr. Barnum was without doubt th» greatest showman on earth. Very early v in life he took the measure of average / i* human nature and profited by the accu- racy of his gauge. He found it both 5 curious and creduious, and he catered to- it accordingly. Nearly forty years ago . he wrote his autobiography, for he was even then famous, and did not scruple to. show the manner in which ho had im­ posed upon a publTS anx ous td see. the marvelous. Artemus Ward's pea- green ox, the history of Which, he told thirty years ago, was a. 5 pale reflection of Barnum's wcolly horse,, and various other devices with which he was not unwilling tcji admit he had amused the public withal: The Dea-green ox fell into a Jersey canal and lost its ? peculiar color, resuming thereafter, as^- Ward explain* d, agricultural pursuits. ? As he advanced in years Barnum found' it more profitable to satisfy /ordinary curiosity than to attempt to play upon credulity. The menagerie formed a never-failing source of public interest, and liking for the hippodrome, the ring- " master, the clown, the little lady who in abbreviated skirts . jumped through the hoops, the intelligent dogs, and tho per­ forming elephants never flagged. Bar­ num soon came to look upon himself as a curiosity and as such made in a coach and four the circuit of the ring. Far more attractive than the footlights, the can­ vas yielded an immense fortune to the man who could show what ho described as the greatest aggregation on earth, ff^arnum had long been a millionaire, and though he affected public spirit the trail of the sawdust was over it al1. He had no capacity for politics, no real under­ standing of great public questions. He was evermore the public's obedient ser* vant, taking the public's cash at the box-office. First and last he was a show­ man, with something bizarre in his char­ acter. He was a man of the ring and the band-wagon. No one in his profes­ sion has achieved equal fame or fortune. He was master of his art, because he pur­ sued his profe-sion with undeviating ardor and profound knowledge of human kind. Phineas Taylor Barnum, the most widely known, unique, yet thoroughly typical American of the time, was born, In tho little town of Bethel, Conn., on the 5th of July, 1810. His grandfather, Ephraim Barnum, had been a continent­ al captain in the revolutionary war, and his father, Philo Barnum, took turns at tailoring, innkeeping and farming. Phineas' boyhood passed uneventfully in his native town, where he showed in school and on the farm the traits of thrift and shrewdness which so strongly1 marked his character in after life. ^)eut 1830, Mr. Barnutp became deeply interested in politics, and, pub-, li ation having been denied certain com-, munications of his to a Danbury paper on the dangers of sectarian interference in political affairs, with characteristic, determination he started, in O'tober, 1831, a paper of his own--the Herald of Freedom. The vehemence of his youth­ ful editorials secured for the paper a; large subscription list at once and sev­ eral libel suits very shortly, in one of, which he was imprisoned for sixty days. He continued to eJit his paper from jail, and the notoriety-he acquired still fur­ ther swelled its circulation. It was in 1835 that P. T. Barnum at last struck his life's path. He had heard of the existence of George Washington's negro nurse, then at the advanced age of 1(51 years, and, selling out his business again, he bought the right to exhibit her for $1,000, and commenced his career as a showman. His success was immediate and electrifying. About this time he obtained control of the defunct American Museum, New! York. Wildly improbable as were the promises held out by his advertisements, indefatigable as he was in devising schemes to humbug the public for their1 own amusement and his profit, there was never a time when his entertained victims did not gladly acknowledge that, they had "got more than their money's worth out of the show. " A list of the pranks he played with his patrons, the undreamed of monstrosities lie exhibited, would read like the catalogue of the' ships in the Iliad. Hero was to be seen the "club that killed Captain Cook," "Niagara Falls with real water," the. "woolly horse," the "Feejee mermaid," the "fish with legs," mechanical toys and automatons. He inaugurated the "baby contests," which since have become; features in fairs the world around. He placed powerful calcium lights on the top of his museum, giving an unheard ot illumination of lower Broadway--pre­ cursors of the electric lights of to day. Of all tho adventures with which the name of Barnum was ever connected, the most s-uccessfui was his engagement of Jenny Lind, the Swedish Nightingale, for a series of concerts in America and Havana in 1849. For these concerts he was to pay the cantatrice the then un­ heard of sum of 9.1,000 a night Bar­ num's gj-oss receipts from the ninety-five Jenny Lind concerts amounted to about three-quarters of a million dollars. In 1844, during his first visit to Eng­ land, the great showman exhibited to the British public sixteen Indians, including squaws, thus antedating the recent enter­ prises of Buffalo Bill. From that time to the day of his death Mr. Barnum led all rivals in the show busine-s. Millions of Americans will revero his memory; In "A. Miner'* Key. A tall man can't help living lonar. A millionaire has large will power. A novel industry--writing romances. An affair of the heart--when it is a trump. The sewing machine agent's toast- Howe. Conjugal love Is not preserved in fam­ ily jars Liquor bills are often paid at the lu­ natic asylum- \ Milor should always take a cat-boat iu|*.§»uul1- proper to speak of two physicians •adox? is a great deal of back talk in •graph. |ers ought to sell well in brae- hurt a missionary to be shot '.m iple is the principal want M pitel "Yi rope Chea' heir wi What sport of the -• ancients-- "tents. stuff in you," as the efligy. f^mDRIES; your sleep is Getting mel^ reach a rip* conies c r riptions is aut'^^ a Registered Pharma- A/«y solicited. a jr' le; ^ I JUL'A A. •TORY*