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^ FTFFW^ITNSIH^^ ^FIL S*V *V - : , - " • '"'* •>'-, ; |> *" R IRAAHC* JJ$ THADE. MOHENRT, J. TANSLTKE, Ptbumw. i - - ILLINOIS. THE NEWS CONDENSED. THE BAST. '"„ i ||̂ MaJ îaHT ww» contested n®«rHtwYotk, fttajjfest week, by two bratee named Jack Townlsy and Patsy Gallagher, the latter winning in ! thirty onc rounds. Both were badly punished. ' 0" Mr. Moody, the revivalist., has started up ' his force* for the fall Mid winter religious cam- >e{ #aign, atNorthfield, Masa. * T t/L SOBJUBU; accident is reported from H»ver- Btlkw. N. Y. During the progress of a fire ***' In a paint factory, one of tlie walla fell, bury- jug beneath it a number of workmen who were \*! endeavoring to extinguish the fiamea. Four t£r aaen were killed outright, their bodies being shockingly burned and mangled, and several ^ otherrj wore badly hurt, two mortally, i . THB grand jury of Erie county. N. Y„ has W indicted the following State officials, and con- ; tractors and dealers with the State, for the ; crimes of bribery, larceny and conspiracy: 4?* G&>. B. Lord, canal contractor, and late mem- be* of Assembly; Alexander Barkley, C&n&i ' '9^ Commisaioner in 1871-4; Thaddeus 0. Davis, ' jii Canal Appraiser; Wm. H. Bowman, counsel for .ji Geo. D. Lord; Lewis J. Bennett, canal con- «| towtor. • ̂ NED O'BAJJJWTBT, the Irish giant and priws- fighter, was shot and fatally wounded in a - 'saloon row with his partner, Mike Finnell, in v (New York, last week... .The wife of Ebenezer Dmismore, of Weatherefleld. Vt, poisoned hereeif and her three children the other day. Cause, temporary insanity ' it Serious labor troubles are reported from Fall ®j Rim, Mass. The long strike of the mill U operatives there, it was hoped, would be ^ brought t to ft close on Monday^ Sept. 27, the employers and employes having agreed upon a basis upon which work should be resumed. As "<1 the operatives presented themselves at their ^' tefcpective mills on that morning the/Were •>i risked as an additional condition to sign an •r fegreemdut that they would not enter into a H strike against the mill-owners. Very few »{ signed the paper. the majority being greatly ^ t incensed at the exaction of additional terms. For a time serious trouble was apprehended, but as*a general thing the operatives were or­ derly and well behaved, and only a few ' breaches of the peace occurred. 0" REV. DB. GEOROE B. POKTEOUB and Lewis - Benjamin were drowned in Long Island Sound, E.• few days ago, by the capsizing of a small I tyoai in which they were rowing....Theodore j Tftlton delivered his firat lecture of the season at Cooper Institute, New York, on the evening * " of the JKrtih ult. He received what would be ^ ordinarily called an ovation, for there were ^ "nearly three thousand people present, and they •"•Were lavish in their demonstrations of admira- Jtan for the leotarer. •SW'j '• TBCE WK8T. ( THE Chicago papers announce the death of ' Qeorge W. Gage, an old, prominent and ̂Wealthy citizen, aged 63. He was for many *' Tears connected with the leading hotels of that *'»Otty, latterly with the Grand Pacific. IK THK Commissioners sent out to the Red #t<CJlo»d Agency to treat with the Sioux for the ^psjsion, of the Black Hills were recently treated to a genuine scare. While holding a council vrith savages, a number of the dissatisfied ^braves' mounted their ponies and commenced Circling and yelling about the camp with their *"*war-paint on, and giving every sign of hostil- -**?. -For ritlme it looked as though there #ltft>uid'b&* fiflht between the Indians and the were guarding the council, but lilWki^y iUp' bad warriors were pacified. The ^(^WgsBioners were greatly frightened, re- -'iembeiing ^he fate of Gen. Canby, and at one time uiouglit tlieir hair would surely be lifted. the'efforts of Young-Man-Afraid-of- His- Horses the fractious Indians were re- tllb^xvfed, atod a large party of mounted friendlv 3 Jndianh stationed uear the Commissioners tSThg Fourth National Bank of Chicago has _4osad.ite doqps and gone into liquidation. De- ^jositors will, lose nothing, as the aasetu of the »uiv "oigcii cioewi iii«j iinuLiiiitm.. ..Tne secre­ tary of the Treasury has ordered work to be 'JiKiiined cn the Chicago Custom-House. The "ffeatJaiion of the structure will be strengthened - Some T»ortiona of the walls taken down d lAbftilt, iti accordance with the recommends - Of the last commission of architects ^Km^e,telegraphic columns of the daily press ^,la«t 4Sunday was chronicled a shocking list ̂mqrdfrs in the Far WeeL Tom Fortune, a ^a tchman at Bismarck, was shot and killed by jofin McMahon, whom Fortune had arrested, me miles below Bismarck, in a whisky «#<)#, Jack Duffy shot and killed Nick Morgan, •f hiirAer, ahd wounded in the leg a man namnri -Snow. Dr. 8. C. Cheney was basely mur- ,4ered at Columbus, by a desperado, who fired fifteen buckshot into his body. John Wright, jierding cattle four miles north of Bismarck, was killed by Indians, and 100 head of stock ran off. * ON* dry goods firm in Chicago sold #700,000 Vbrth' off dry goods last week... .The Chicago pftpe™ report that grain is beginning to arrive fei that city at the old-fashioned rale, the daily s^jssipts by rail amounting to over a thousand car-loads The head of an unknown TTlftn was found hangmg to a tree in the woods near Marshall tow u, Iowa, the other day, and on the ground beneath lay the headless trunk. It ia dtijipceed to be a case of suicide. M{X* the Bed Cloud Council, the other day, Spotted Tail presented his ultimatum to the qpBmis8ionen#whichlis as follows: He want­ ed pay for the gold already taken out of the ityftpk, HiJls, «nd pnly wanted to sell such portion of the Black Hills as gold is discovered bt and for relinquishing the Indians' right therein, lie wanted a light wagon, a pair of ork cattle, a gun and ammunition of an Indian family. He also ia future, when annuity goods fame he wanted to be furnished a duplicate them, M» some of their own people could examine it. " When all those things are lD|Mi8aii^ "we will then think hat jou jjlftve to say to us." modesty, commend us always to the unsophisticated child of the forest dftigo" elevators, as per official returns, contain 707,311 bushels of wheat, 902,272 bnsh- eli? com, 847,824 bushels, of oats, 109,324 bushels of rye, and 113,994 bushels of barley-- making a grand total of 2,180,725 bushels, against 2,607,188 bushels at this period last year .. .The Sioux Indians on the Upper Mis­ souri river are manifesting signs of uneasiness, and troops are to be sent to look aftef them.... Another case of lynching, this time at Keytes- •> ville, Mo. The victim was a negro, and his <*ime that of an attempted rap* on a white woman. AN express train on tha Hamilton and Day- ton rftllrsfid ***** rs52* into &i Hamilton, Ohio, a few nights ago. The sleep­ ing coach was rnmpletely demolished, and three young men who were stealing a ride on the rear platform were fatally injured A terrible casually occurred one day iasi |week near Wood burn, Macoupin county, 111., by the explosion of an engine attached to a threshing machine, which resulted in the wounding of six men, two of whom in all probability will die. The engineer was thrown thirty feet in the air, and a portion of the engine was blown 300 feet distant The stack was set on fire, and for a time a scene of oonfusion and dismay ensued, * THE annual reunion of the Army of the Ten­ nessee at Dos Moines, Iowa, liist week, was largely attended. President Grant, Gen. Sherman and other notabilities were present. Ex-Gov. Fletcher, of Missouri, delivered the annual oration, and President Grant aston­ ished the natives by making quite a lengthy speech. The next reunion will be held at Philadelphia on the 21st and 22d of July. THB805JTH. ' THE defalcation of Rhem, late teller of the Planters Bank of Louisville, is $85,000.... There is now no doubt that the bank robber, re­ cently killed in Kentucky, and supposed to be one of the James boys, was Thompson Mc Daniels, a brother of the desperado of that name killed some months ago in Lawrence, Kansas, after he had broken jail. THE Sheriff of Gentress county, Tenn., has arrested a man answering to tha description of Cole Younger, the bandit. Advices from Indianola, Texas, report that, so far as known, 173 lives were lost by the re- oent calamity at that place. WASHINGTON* THE commander of the military department of Texas telegraphed to the Secretary of War asking if government aid, as in the Alabama overflow, can be extended to the sufferers on the coast of Texas. The Secretary of War re­ plied that the Texas district inundated does not lie within the scope of country included in the loan authorizing aid by the War Department, and can extend no assistance. IT is announced that the law in regard to the proper branding of cigar boxes, which has been largely evaded, is henceforth to be rigor­ ously enforced.... A new morning penny paper has been started in Washington. It is Demo­ cratic in politics Judge Vail, of Iowa, has purchased a controlling interest in the Chroni­ cle newspaper. THE Government Directors of the Union Pacific railroad have filed their annual report for the year ending July 1, 1875. The gross receipts were $11,522,021, an increase over 1874 of ft.275.369. The increase of net earn­ ings fbr the same time was $1,516,424; operat­ ing expenses, $4,788,630. THE horse distemper that broke out so vio­ lently in New York the other day has reached Washington on its-way southward. The dis­ temper does not threaten as serious results as the epizootic of a few years ago. Constant care and warm shelter from drafts are, how­ ever, necessary to insure a speedy recovery. Tfift monthly report of the Agricultural De­ partment for September shbWB the wool clip to be of full average weight, or ft little above in nearly all the States. The tobacco crop shows a great falling off. The hop crop is re- pcrted in good condition, with a largely in-, creaaed average. * POLITICAL. THE President has made the following ap­ pointments: Charles Darling, of Minnesota, Agent of the Indians for the Fort Berthold Agency, Dakota Territory; Alex. G. Irving, of Illinois, Agent for the Indians of the Navajo Agency in New Mexico; John B. Wildmau, Collector of Internal lie venue for the district formed by annexing the Fifth and Eleventh Districts of Indiana, to be known as the Eleventh District of that State. CHARLES H. HAM, has been removed from the office of Appraiser of Merchandise at the port of Chicago, and R. C. Feldkamp, a German, appointed in his place. Mr. Hani is one of the editors of the Jnier-Ocvan. THE Republicans of WvwfihiTwkb* met in State Convention at Worcester on the 29th ult., and nominated Alexander H. Rico for Governor on the third ballot. Vice- President Wilson presided.,..The President' has appointed George Dawson Coleman, of Pennsylvania. Secretary of, the Interior, i in place of Delano. Mr. Coleman is one of the iron kings 6f the Keystone State, is a m*n of great wealth, and has ntefver figured in politics. QENEBAU ' National Agricultural Congress held a three days' session at Cincinnati last week. , The next meeting will be held in Phila­ delphia. THE British ship Western Empire, bound from Pensacola to Grimsley, was recently lost at sea, seven of the crew perishing... .The September report of the Commissioner of Ag­ riculture shows that the corn crop, notwith­ standing the losses by the overflow of bottom lands, and in Bpite of the unusual lateness of maturing, is likely to be one of the best we have ever had. A HORRIBLE" tragedy was enacted at Knowl- ton, Quebec, the other day. An old man nafaed Welsh attempted to murder his wife with an ax, when, seeing his son coming in, he turned and shot him. The son then, in self-defense, shot his father dead. The old lady is not ex­ pected to live A serious riot between Catho­ lics and Orangemen, caused by the latter at tacking a Catholic procession, occurred in To­ ronto, Canada, last week. There were many broken heads and limbs, but no one was killed. . .The new United States mint is to be lo- •ited at Chicago. NICHOIXS, the rascally teller of the Montreal Bank of Commerce, who stole about $100,000 and disappeared, has been arrested, with his father, at St. Augustine, Florida... .One of the most extensive and desperate gangs of horse- thieves that ever existed in the Southwest has recently been broken up in the Indian Terri­ tory, twenty-seven of the outlaws having been captured at one haul. The band was composed mostly of men who had escaped from justice in the States, and had a regular trail and places of rendezvous, extending from KVnimm to Texas aad Missouri ...A train on the Richmond, Drummond and Athabasca railroad ran off the track near Sorel, Cauala, last week, killing ten passengers and wounding some fifteen othero. irUKElOM. FIFTEEN hundred Cossacks; who resisted the enforcement of the new military edict of the Caar of Russia, have been retired to the new colony ha Turkestan. They will be followed shortly by others who exhibit a rebellious aoirit. The Czar has an uncomfortably summary way of enforcing his edicts. . . . Tlie Engliahhop crop has been seriously damaged by rain. THE full text of .Secretary Delano> letter of resignation, dated July 5, together with the President's IEIIEF ©f awepiince, bearing date Sept, 22, has been published. It transpire* from this correspondence that Mr. Delano i.-. --f as far back as November, 1874, and that he expressed the same desire on several occasions during last spring, and only retained the office at the President's solicitation. The latter, in accepting the resignation, takes occasion to express the opinion that the late Secretary has been unjustly persecuted by the public press, and that he is entirely innocent of all the charges made against him. In closing his let­ ter he says: "I now believe that you have filled every public trust confided to you with ability and integrity. I sincerely trust that the future will place you right in the estimation of the public, and that you will continue to enjoy its confidence, as you have done through so many years of public and official life. With continued respxst and friendship I subscribe myself, very truly youi obedient servant, U. S. ftusi." THE American ship EH*n Southard was re­ cently wrecked oh the coast of England, uear Liverpool. Nine of the crew were drowned.... Henry M. Stanley, tho leader of the New York Herald!e African exploring expedition, has been heard from. His last letter is dated from tlie village of Kagehigi, near Victoria Nyanza, May 15. Two of his white companions had died of fever... ,Tiie situation in the uisiurbwu Prov­ inces of Turkey is more warlike than ever. Herzegovina is still in open rebellion, demand­ ing her freedom from Turkish rule, and Servia is now mobilizing her araiy, preparatory to fol­ lowing suit. The efforts of the diplomatic representatives of the Great Powers to effect a reconciliation between the rebellious Provinces and the Turkish government have failed, and a terrible war is apparently inevitable. There was an imposing celebration of the semi-centennial of railroads at Darlington, En­ gland, on the 27th inst Nearly the whole of England was visited by a disastrous storm on the 27th ult. In Liverpool scarcely a house escaped injury, and several people were killed The Swedish Arctic expedition has arrived safely at Hammerfest, Norway, on their northward journey. All well. MANT parts of Ireland have been visited by disastrous floods. An overflow in the river Lee inundated a portion of the city of Cork and country for miles around, occasioning immense damage to property The crowning stone of the Lincoln Memorial Tower, designed as a me­ morial ̂ for the abolition of slavery and a bond of brotherhood betwt«n England and America, was laid at London the other day.... Twenty-nine of tho members of the Servian Legislature have resigned their seats in conse­ quence of the complications with Turkey. The address of the minority ox the Skuptschina demands the immediate declaration of war with Turkey, reform of bureaucratic abuses, a wholesale dismissal of officials, and absolute liberty of the press. The insurrection in Her­ zegovina still continues to spread rapidly. THE damage done the crops by the recent floods is reported to be enormous in Longford, Kerry and Tipperaiy, Ireland European ad­ vices state that the insurgents in Herzegovina refuse to treat directly with the Porte in any oase. They insist that the Europsf^i commis­ sion, delegated by the powers, shall make and gbarantee a treaty. The insurgents have been victorious in a aeries of minor engagements along the river Una, in Turkish Croatia... .The cattle plague is spreading in England. Sasdiaa Schemes ia Asia* Russia knows that her conquests will not be secure until they are fastened to­ gether by A network of roads and tele­ graph-posts, and she has already framed plans which do not lack grandeur. Khiva is to be brought within easy reach of the Caspian by a canal. A railway is to be made across the 200 miles of desert which cuts OFF the Caspian from the Sea of Aral at the narrowest point. The western half of the railway from Samara to Orensburg is nearly finished, and the Ministry of Communications is drawing up the plu.ua uf «T railway which is to be made from the Ural through the pathless deserts of Turkestan to places PERHAPS a couple of thousand miles distant from the starting point. The Oxus and tlie Jaxartes are also to be made navigable by vessels of light draught to the very furthest point of conquest/ Thus Russia would be able to transport troops from the shores of the Caspian to the very heart of Asia in a few weeks. These are certainly grand schemes, and if they should ever be executed the aggressive power of Russia will certainly be far more formidable than it is to day.--Lon­ don Times. Generosity Rewarded. The French papers tell a good story of a true gavroche of Paris who was fpund bathing illegally in the Seine bv a zealous Sergeant de Ville. T l̂ie urcfiin could swim like a fish, and the policeman not at all. So the latter, spurred on BY zeal for the public welfare, and by the hope of earning the reward of one franc offered for such captures, crept into U boat and tried to nab the lad as he floated by. The result was that over went the boat, and into the Seine the Sergeant de- Ville. Little gavroche dived after, brought him up, and took him dripping ashore. " I will let you off," gasped the grateful officer. *' Indeed ?" quoth gav­ roche, " but I shant let you off. For I have saved your life, and that is worth, by law, twenty-five francs to me. So come along, sir, to the station, and let me collect my salvage !" A Fly Lives Ten Months in a Lady's Ear. About ten months ago a common house-fly crept into the ear of Mrs. Jo­ seph Fisher, of the American Hotel. The surrounding parts soon became IM flamed and very painful. The sense of hearing was speedily impaired, and finally lost altogether. After months of suflering, on last Thursday evenijg, as she lay in her bed, she became con­ scious of the departure of the intruder from her ear. She called an attendant, and, on searching, they found the cause of the trouble, as stated, a common house-fly, lying on the pillow, well cov­ ered with the cerumen of the ear. Mrs. Fisher is more comfortable since its re­ moval, although her hearing has not yet been restored.--Eanton (fa.) Free Press. HONEST industry has brought manV7A carpenter to the scaffold. WEEKLY BWTOV of tit* Chicago IHFAL. NXIHCNI. There is an increased demand for currency the country, and speculators anticipate iucrewaeu imwi grain and produce. In- teresi faces 6@iG per cent, aocording to time and security. Government bonds fina. TJHEADSTUFFS. * Tlie movement in the grain markets was quite active, the speculative element hold quite freely, and the amount of bu«lneis transacted was large. Seller October wan again tlie favorite option, and the bulk of the sale* were for this delivery. The closing quotations show a lower range, save for wheat. Shipping movement rates Tight. The following table shows the prices current at the opening and at the dose of the nast week: Closing. <91.07* FCL .0t>U ,1.05 •83 « 34 .34^6 '.U\ ® .31% «* .74 % .75 mXXRK &L09% <§1.0% S .75 Opening. m. 07 <31.05% « .78 No. 1 ap'g wheat, o»b ! No.2,seller September i No. 2, seller October.. ! No. 2, seller Nor 1 No. 2 corn, cash No. 2 corn, seller Sept. No. 2 corn, *. October ; No. 2 oata, cash No. 2 oats, seller Sept. No. 2 oats, B. October. Wo. 2rye, cash.....:.. No. 2 rye, «. Sept..... 5a. 2 barley, cash.... o. 2 barleyj B. Sept.. No. 2 barley, e. Oct. No. 3 barley, cash. PR0VIS10X8. The advices from the East and European markets were more favorable in tenor, ani a materia] improvement was exhibited in prices for all descriptions here. The market closed as follows: Cash mess pork, f23.00; seller October, f22.00@22.20, and seller the year, f 18.20(2)18.25: seller January and February a&ld at $18.00. Cash lard closed at $13.40; seller October at $ 13.35(a>13.40; seller tlje year, $11.95(«gl2.20, and seller February sold at #11,80. PRODUCE. Butter was quotable at 24@30c for extras. 19(«)23e for firsts, 17(»18c for seconds and 14@lGc for thirds. Beans--We quote prime old Eastern mediums at about $ 1.80, and a sale of new Western was reported at $1.65. Trade was quite brisk in broom-corn. Quotations range |at 10@12c for No. 1 to extra hurl, 8i£(£5>3«re for good to choice stalk braid, and G(q?83^c for crooked. Beeswax was quiet and nominal at 26@28c for good to prime yel­ low. Cheese--Quotations range at 5@8c for poor to common, 9@Wc for fair to good, and l0,Y@10Xc for prime in lots. There was a good supply of cranberries on the market, but the offerings were rather poor in quality and for this reason sold Blowly. Prices ranged as i allows: $2.25@2.50 per bushel, and $8.00@ 8.50 per barrel, the outside figure being for choice. Cider was dull and the few sales re­ ported ranged at $5.00@6.00 per barrel and $2.50@3.00 per keg, according to quality. Dried fruits were quiet. Quotations range at 9c for choice Michigan and New York apples, and 7>£c for Southern. Peaches quotable at 10(«)10>£c for halves, and about 9c for mixed. Dr;ed peas were dull and slow sale, with light arrivals of new reported; quotable at $1.60 for new green, and $1.30@ 1.40 for yellow. Eggs were in good demand and firm ; tlie market closed at about 18c per doz for warranted fresh. Feathers were in moderate demand and steady ; quotable at 55@ 56c for prime live geese, W(W~2bc for turkey tail, and 3@5c for chicken. Game was in good demand and firm. The receipts were fair and better in quality than during last week. Prairie chickens quotable at )$3.50(<i>3.75 per doz ; mal­ lard ducks at $3.00, and small at $2.00. Green fruits were in good demand. Quotations ranged at $1.00@2.50 per brl for Southern apples, and $2.50@3.50 for Michigan, according to quality. Peaches closed at about $1.50(3) 1.65 for %-bu boxes in lots, and $1.65 @2.00 in a retail way; J^-bu boxes sold at 60@75c. Choice Concord grapes quotable at $2.50(3)2.75 in 36-lb cases ; $1.60(a)1.75 in 20-lb baskets, and 60@75c in Michigan 12-lb baskets. Plums were firm at $4.00<«£5.00 for %-bu boxes of New York, and 81.25 ($1.50 for %-bu boxes of Illinois. Pears were lirm at $10.00@14.00 for New York in barrels, and 50c @$1.00 for Mtchigan baskets. Hides remain steady at 8}£<s all round for green salted, and 'or damaged. Honey was rather slow sale ; quotable at 20@23c per lb for comb, and 12)^0 for strained. There was but little demand for hops, and the market ruled dull; quotable at 4@123ijC for poor to good, and 14@ 16c for prime new. The supply of poultry was fully equal to the demand, and prices ranged as follows: 12@123*jC per lb for turkeys, $3.00@ 8.50 for old chickens, and >?2.00(ei:2.75"for upring, according to quality. Potatoes were sold slowly at 75c@$1.00 per brl. All kinds of vegetables sold slowly, but there was no particular change in prices from those quoted last week. Toma­ toes. about 40c per bu; turnips, 75c per brl; cabbage, $3.00@4.00 per -100, and cauliflower, 50c(fi$1.50 per do?. SEEDS AND HIOHWINES. There was a good demaud for timothy Beed. Prices ranged at f2.00@2.25 for common .to good, and $2.40(a)2.45 for prime. Clover was dull and weak. Sold at $5.50@6.5Q for poor to prime medium, and $6.75 for mammoth. Flax in fair demand at $l,25(u>1.42)£ for common to good. Higlnvines were fairly active, but prices ruled a shade lower., Sales were made at the close at $1.15X« COOPEIUOK, LUMBKR AND WOOD. Quotations rango at $1.12>^@1.15 for pork barrels; $1.35@1.45 for lard tierces; $1.90@ 2.10 for whisky barrels, and 45@55e for floor barrels. There was a moderately active busi­ ness transacted in lumber; quotable at $8.00 for joists and scantling; $9.00@14.00 for com rnon strips and boards; $2.10@2." gles, arid $1.50 fpr lath. quiet; maple quotable at about $8.00, and beech at $7.00 per cord. :.60 for sliin- Telegraphlc Market Reports NEW YOBK. BEEVES 9 « Hoos--Dressed 9 a COTTON..... 13 A FLOUB--Superfine Western 4 60 WHEAT--No. 2 Chicago. 1 20 COBN 69 OATS 43 BY* 90 POBK--New Mesa ....21 75 LAUD--Steam 13 ST. LOUlb, WHBAT--NO. 2 Bed... 1 62 CORH--No. 2 49 OATS--No. 2 35 HYK--NO. 2... 70 POBK--Mess. ....' 22 00 LABD I2)tfa HOG 7 75*;G CATTLE G 05 MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--No. 1 j 10 No 2 j OOBN--No. 2 M OATB--No. 2 38 BYE | 73 BAULKY--No. 2 " 1 24 CINCINNATI. WH*AT-New COHK OATB BYE ' POBK--Mess J, LABD TOLEIK). WHEAT--Extra Amber COBH OATS., . DETROIT. WHBAT--Extra No. 1 White No. 2 White Amber COBB OATH BABEEY--No. 3 PORK--Mess CLEVELAND." WHEAT--No. 1 Red No.2 Red "" *• COBK m oats 45 13 11 14 . 1 30 . 58 . 30 73 21 50 . 13 . 1 33 . 1 23 . 56 . 38 T 1 36 . 1 23 . 1 15 . 1 25 64 . 34 . 1 10 ...23 50 <a 5 00 («* 1 24 @ 70 @ 52 9 M @22 00 & 13* ® 1 64 9 S3 ® 38 @ 72 @22 AO IV{ 25 & 6 25 » 1 90 9 1 18 <» 68 ® 39 9 75 0 1 26 ® 1 40 9 60 9 45 Q 75 (422 00 @ 14 & 1 35 @ 1 24 » 60 9 40 9 1 37 @ 1 24 @ 1 16 ® 1 27 » 67 A 86 ® 1 16 @24 00 How the "tiara" Was Wrtttea. In a discussion of the mental con­ dition of Edgar A. Poe, in Scribner for Oefol»er, tinder the title of "A Mad MUN of X-cttsrs," Mr. I*. G. Fsirfisld gives the following conflicting accounts of the composition of 14 The feuven " Another fact that seems to witness ^ to his euilentic CONDITION is CONSTITUTED j ® COUNTRY editor was that his friend** by the Labitual lying that marked the . " ̂ K°N ̂BACK OA iim." The Mo* drown him; an event for which he MUSF;"7? have waited long and wearily, as ther## are no tides in the Mohawk. 'WITH diflfc duty the young' mnii wm J>«umiaded to<- 00m© out of thfl VQIAV and himself in the garments of fwrth. Tlia- F TLLY^©SCILF>C VJ'liioii HS COllld ii1V6 FOX 111 US - seeking to abandon the brilliant CAREER later and best-known part of his career. One instance must illustrate the many. I shall take it for granted that the general reader ia familiar with the remarkable analytic paper in which he describes the composition of 'The Raven,' and the plan upon which it was constructed. American literature contains nothing hawk T alley Register will be nublishe<§! as usual hereafter. . * * COOL PROCEEDIN G. A - '-I-ILL:it-----yi.. ol a Wert Yirginla Bank-One otf* the Moot Andactons Crimes on Record. A letter from HuntinrA " * --- . " ttt-ii j itington,W. Va.,*Raystr~^ cleverer in its way, and its cleverness is ! WL." Y°U your readers believe that J. ~ manifold enhanced when it is understood J truth or fiction when I. tell TH& that it is simply and unequivocally FIC- j P^AM FACTS of the remarkable bank ROB*' tion, as the actual circumstances under J bery here, on affair in all. its details al~ which the poem was written conclusively 1 incredible in this country, or ig|. ' ithis century ? Four men have beea stopping in this neighborhood for tv?o- or three weeks, one of them at a hotel here, making a considerable bank DE^S posit and frequently calling at the banJi VI on business, registering as J. C. Johnf ^ son, of Tennessee ; the other boarded afe, ; J a farmer's, dealt a little in stock and pur­ chased foisr fine horses. Without create ^ ?' ing suspicions they rode to a farmer's ofc Saturday, with their horses in splendid; condition, and remained till Monday. While there they were grooming their horses almost constantly, frequently bathed their backs with arnica, had them carefully shod and made ready for the fearful race before them. At 2 o'clock; Monday, they rode quietly into town, tied their horses, and two of them crossed the street to the Bank of Hunt- iugton. One stood near the horses,another entered a store opposite the bank, called for a cigar, asked the three men inside if they had any "shooting irons," then coolly drew his own and frankly told them HIS- friends were having a little trouble mak­ ing change over the way and didn't wisfiT to be disturbed. In the bank the two sprang over the counter, seized the -Cashier, Mr. Oney, and demanded money. He gave the $1,500 lying on the counter, and, after some delay, cpened the safe and took out about F9,000 more. They asked HIM if this was all, threatened HKN if he an­ swered falsely, carefully examined the vault, and then, in the quietest manner, opened his books, saw the balances of Saturday, and then the leader said : "I believe you are right, but this is a mighty- poor bank, Mr. Oney, and it is too bad ' to tempt honest men with false appear­ ances. ' As if this was not audacious enough, he turned again to the Cashier, and said : "I knew you inMosby'Rcom­ mand, and don't want you to suffer. How much stock have you here?" HE J- answered politely, 44 About seven dollars R and a LIAII," when our Dick Turpiii cool­ ly unrolled his money, made exact change, and laid it on the counter. Ho then said: 44 You see I am not after your money, Mr. Oney, and it would BE"̂ very dangerous to leave this bank alone, but I must- * trouble you to cross the street with me, . as I may need help in mounting." They then marched Oney and the colored por­ ter across the street, nrountei coolly, called in the sentinel, when the leader made another speech: " We are obliged « to part with YOU, and, as you seem tor J have something to say, you may now say it; in fact, you may yell." And the Cashier did yell, and Jim yelled, and the President, who was quietly walking up the street with a friend, and hid just wondered what his Cashier was out there trading horses for, yelled, ai d the two hundred people who were on the street yelled. The robbers rode quietly out of • town, walked their horses up a long hill overlooking it, and saw a wild commu­ nity running for shot-guns, mounting ^ dray horses, and in a very few mmuteft in not pursuit. AAD the pursuit was-, hot. Most of the horses, ridden at A furious pace, were 4 4 stove" or 44 blown" before they reached the summit, while the robbers waved their hats >and loosed their reins. show. 44 Poe then occupied a cottage at Ford- ham--A kind of poet's nook just out J of hearing of the busy hum of the eiiy. He had walked all the way from New York that afternoon, and, having taken a cup of tea, went out in the evening and wandered about for an hoar or more. His beloved Virginia was sick almost unto death ; he was without money to procure the necessary medicines. He was out until about ten o'clock. When he went in he sat down at his writing table and dashed off 4The Raven.' He submitted it to Mrs. Clemm for her consideration on the same night, and it was printed sub stantiaily as it was written. 44 This account of the origin of the poem was communicated to me in the fall of 1865 by a gentleman who pro fessed to be indebted to Mrs. Clemm for the facts as he stated them ; and in the course of a saunter in the South in THE summer of 1867, I took occasion to, veri­ fy liia story by an interview with that aged lady. Let me now drop Mrs. Clemm's version for a paragraph to con­ sider another, resting upon the testimo­ ny of Col. I)U Solle, who was intimate with Poe at this period, and concurred in by other literaiy contemporaries who used to meet him of a midday for a budget of gossip and a glass of ale at Sandy Welsh's cellar in Arm street. 44 Du Solle says that the poem was produced stanza, by stanza at small in­ tervals, and submitted by Poe piecemeal to the criticism and condemnation of his intimatee, who suggested various altera­ tions and substitutions. Poe adopted many of them. Du Spile quotes partic­ ular instances of phrase that were incor­ porated at his suggestion, and thus 4 The Raven ' was a kind of joint stock affair in which many minds held small shares of intellectual capital. At length, when the last stone had been placed in piisition and passed upon, the structure WAS voted complete. " The reconciliation of these conflict­ ing veraionB lies, possibly, in the hy­ pothesis that he wrote the poem sub­ stantially, as stated by Mrs. Clemm, and afterward, with the shrewd idea of stim­ ulating expectation a little, or by way of subtle and delicate flattery, submitted it to his friends stanza by stanza, adopting such emendations and substitutions of phrase as tickled his ear or suited his fancy. Snch alterations would scarcely affect the general tenor of the text, as Mrs. Clemm first heard it, and, consid­ ering the length of the poem, appear to have been very few and of small import­ ance, granting all that Col. Du Solle claims. Besides, it was like him to amuse himself in this way, hoaxing his friends, and then laughing in his sleeve at them." A Thousand Miles in a Thousand Honrs. The Columbus (Ohio) correspondent of the Cincinnati Enquirer says : Mike Scully, the pedestrian, who has been walking under a wager here ever since the last of July to make a Ikousand miles in, a thousand consecutive hours, accomplished his task at 3 minutes be­ fore 11 o'clock to-day, making his thou­ sandth mile in 11 minutes and 59 sec­ onds. This feat in pedestriahism, it is claimed, has but one parallel in the an­ nals of athletic sports, being Barclay, the iilngiish pedestrian, who accomplish­ ed exactly the same task at Newmarket Heath in England in the year 1809. A Famous Female Swimmer. During the last voyage of tho steam­ ship Royal Dane, from Copenhagen to -- O--- -- -- Newcastle-on-Tyne, a serious accident During the past few' years there have I occurred to Miss Pry, the stewardess. J 1 Ck"l̂ 11 A 4 ^ ^ f * r̂-V»m fi tL. -- A _ __ - ^.1. J "5 9 1 35 9 1 34 ® 71 til 4* QUEEN VICTORIA is credited WITH hav­ ing fired the first shot at Wimb edon when the range was opened, and with having hit the bull's eye. But the fact that her rifle was aimed, and then steadied in a vise sixty yards from the seat M which she handled the silver cord that pulled the trigger is usually omitted from tho narrative. been numerous other attempts made by pedestrians, but all of them have been failuros, UNLESS WE admit Donohue, of Boston, who tried it at Providence a few months ago and who had to be literally carried for the last twenty TOIIM, and whose health became so impaired by the effort that he will never recover. Mike Scully, however, has done it fairly, and, strange to say, comes out without injury to his health and apparently with but little fatigue ̂ The fastest mile he made was the 741st, when he walked it in 8 minutes and 20 seconds, while his aver­ age time was about 11 minutes. Scully is an Irishman by birth, though he has been a resident of this country since he was 5 years of age. Heis 81 years of age, of short build, and weighs about 175 pounds. Two years ago he set out to aceompliah the feat he lias now accom­ plished, but failed on the 908th mile. Considerable interest has been felt by the sporting men in the progress of his big walk, but the doctors and the scien­ tific men generally have paid little atten­ tion to it. A Suicidal Editor. It is seldom that we hear of the suicide of an editor. Enjoying, as editors inva­ riably do, the most princely salaries, or receiving vast revenues from establish­ ments which they own--living, in fact, upon tlie fat of the land, they are seldom tempted to violate the canon which the Everlasting has fixed against self-slaugh­ ter. It is with surprise, therefore^'tlat we read of the dai'K attempt of CHARLES Bowen, editor of the Mohawk Valtey Register, at the village of Portt Piain, New York. Bowen mailed a letter the other day to his mother, informing her where his stark remains might be found. Then he went down to the murmuring Mohawk, and, suspending his garments upon the limb of a hickory tree, plunged into the stream. The letter to his moth­ er having been delivered within a few moments after it had been mailed, the good lady assembled a posse and went to find her son. At the precise spot indi­ cated the young journalists clothes were found, and. there, TOO, in the middle of the stream was the editor, with his face upturned to the skies. He had waded out until he had reached a depth of five feet, and, standing there, he was Appar­ ently waiting for the tide to oome UP and The sea was rough on Sunday, and, as she was going up some steps to ihe deck the BOAT took a lurch, and Miss Fry fell into Ihe sea. The accident caused GREAT' commotion on board, and it was ex­ pected that she would be drowned be­ fore assistance reached "her, the vessel being under full steam at the time. A boat was got out from the steamer as ' soon as it could be stopped, and was- fully manned and pulled back to where Miss Fry was last seen. She was found comfortably floating on her back, when the boat reached her, and not much the worse for her immersion. She stated that after sho was thrown into the water she pulled her boots off and swam for some time. She then waited quietly un­ til the boat picked her up. Mies Pry. belongs to a famous Tynemouth family of swimmers, and she is considered one of the best female swimmers on THO northeast coast of England.--Liverpool Advertiser. \ Jumping Off London Bridge for a Pot of Been At about 1 o'clock yesterday a party of young men were in a tavern near Lon­ don Bridge,, discussing the merits of ' ~L~ One of them took up a ;D read the account of a. Battersea Bridge. One said<he would bet A pot OFW^PY WOIILI at once JUMP'OFF!^" " IJ.AND, the -wager'IWING^^ ^NRT to the bridge, ifhere • Rawlin promptly Tmoiinted the second- arehp and .dived headforemost into TLIESTLG river. At the TIME the bridge was"' "J;- crowded by pedestrians, and much ex­ citement prevailed. Rawlin immediately rose to the surface and swam to Old Swan steamboat pier. Meanwhile sev­ eral watermen, wno thought he had at- - tempted suicide, rowed after the young man. A rope WAI thrown to him from a steamer, and the man, who was a first- class swimmer, got on to the vessel.-- London Daily Telegraph. " THE Prince of Wales takes* a zoo- \ logist and botanist in his train to India," J says an exchange. Knowing the scien- tine attainments of the Prince, it is in­ terred tlie zoologist will have charge of the dogs while tlie botanist gathers the mint.--New Orleans Republican. aon X>muge,, Capt. WEBB.) 116 JLn mailto:f22.00@22.20