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«•»»' ». . .. •.-$%?•-' - . 11 ..^iiuiiii j|iu;ii vpu ii iv^p*mmvpi ~ -• ? JJIamitater. J. YAM SLYKE, T'TTBLISHKB. McHENBY, ILLINOIS. • r Lm- , <1"* ••;%«<* • rJS$rl ' :&L; CONDENSED. f t . ^ s ^ r s f THK EAST. *F. POTTR tramps at Old Orchard *Meh,<4iK, th« t̂her day, discussed the best city in the ooun- %y to get " a square meal." Charles Miller ad- vooated New Orleans, and so incensed Albert Patterson, who contended for Boston, that * Patterson fatally stabbed Miller. The gang was Ulrrested. AT a conference held the other day between the directors of the Pennsylvania railroad and & committee repreneuiiug the sacrcsstile inter­ nets of Philadelphia which suffered by the de­ struction in Pittsburgh, it was agreed that unit î«Jl be brought against Allegheny county for all damages to private property as well as to (he railroad. The merchants whose goods were 4elaved or destroyed are making out their bills, •which are to be first presented, the railroad SDmpanv assisting in whatever litigation may ibllow, and afterward prosecuting its own Claims for the full amount of loss and injury. I DOKAHTJE, the labor agitator, who in wrviilg m term in the jail of New York city for inciting "Hhc Erie railroad strikers, has started a work- Ingmen'fi daily paper, called The Striker.... Vhe cadetahip in the West Point Military Sc&dcmy for the First Congressional District of ew York has been won by a colored boy Charles A. Minnie, son of a blacksmith. 1877, has been published. The total receipts were §269,000.000, as follows : From customs revenue, $118,500,000; sales of land, $1,000,- 000, and from miscellaneous sources, $18,500.- 000. The total&expenditares were: CiviL $66,250,000; w»*P*37,000,000 ; navy. $15,000,- 188,180,000; lnter- 97,000,000... The commanding at . Ord thai he prisoners rfc- exksan outlaws at 000; Indian* est on tbif Mexican Mat has eently released ' frt' ..ft THE WEST. EiosofiATB preparations are being made at At. Paul for the meeting of the Army of the Tennessee, September 6-6 Denver telegram t * A rumor here is that a party of painters are £n route for Colorado to plaster our rock Scenery with advertisements, and the people throughout the State are aroused and will not Allow it. The rascals will be roughly handled -M they attempt the vandalism.".... Harvest expectations in Minnesota have leen more than realized in thevield as ascer­ tained since threshing began. The wheat crop of this wonder ful grain-producing State is now let down at the enormous total of 35,000,000 %ushels, 1» aving a surplus for export of from $6,000,000 to 28,000.000 bushels. The average 4 yield throughout the State is now estimated at twenty bushels to the acre The steamer City of Madison, bound from Chicago to Lud- , fagton, Michigan, caught fire when off ' Itacine, Wis., on the night of Aug. 16, and »,#ras totally consumed. The officers and crew, •I'# -Shot dead. A mob took charge of Scruggs the pnxt morning, and hung him to the hmh of - «. sixteen in all, escaped in a yawl, but lost every­ thing. including their clothing. >** E. J. HENDERSON, alias Stevens, of New Tork; .... r-my B. Weston, of Chicago; and Nelson A. Ges- r.n . |»er, an ex-member of the Minnesota Legisla­ te,. .Jure, have for years done a flourishing buri- jiessin the forgery line both in the East and •d p "^West, and have hitherto evaded detection. The . % .h; detectives, however, have at last succeeded in funning them down, and placing them in the > Clutches of the law. Gesner and Weston were arrested in Chicago, and Stevens near Grand Haven, Mich. It is estimated that these ;'s;i """'three rascals have swindled the banks |>f the country out of millions of dollars. Two s in New York suffered at their hands to e tune of $40,000 and $26,000 respectively. iey had a complete outfit of implements, Jbens. various inks, drafts on banks, and acidB 'Tor the erasure of signatures... .The town of \t: wCrayville, two miles from Deadwood city, Dak., tU been almost totally desttoyed by fire, only •jbne or two houses being left. " A TEBBIBUE tragedy was reoently enacted at %*<! lOtk Mills, not far from Leavenworth, '•ho ^he wife of a young farmer named Robert .*&**• fcnigg* left her husband on aocount of ill- . t treatment and went back to her father, Jasper ' Oliphant. Scroggs followed her shortly after, H%ut was refused admission to the father-in- 1i ti^W8 ^OU8e- He then draw a revolver and •hot Oliphant dead. A constable named Groff * -f t Sttenmted the arrest of the murderer and was .j.. -Shot dead. A BBBTAX. murder was lately committed on of Augustas Pope, near Fort Wayne, • lit 'IJW. A young son of Mr. Pope was shot and «. jtartantly killed by a tramp whom he ordered • ,fcway from the farm..... Chicago elevators, as sr official returns, eontain 251,500 bushels of fciul wheat; 1,385,206 bushels of corn; 827,709 bushels of oats; 122,615 bushels of rve, and •1# W,267 bushels of barley, making a grand total Of 2,176,366 bushels, against 2,171,696 bushels , .-one week ago, and 3,225,742 bushels at this -»* 'toeriod last year. Milwaukee warehouses are |,f̂ Por«d with 107,824 bushels of wheat. WASHINGTON. <•:>! TH* Treasury Department has ordered an -it j|ttvesttgatioB; of the Norfolk Custom House. .. .The State Department is reorganizing the .{Tonsillar Bureau with a view of increasing the ^ efficiency of this branch of the service. . THE Commissioner of Internal Bevenue has iU*Wit a circular to all Collectors of Internal Bevenue, directing them not to allow, within "their several collection districts, more than one • jersos related to the Collector by blood or ' ^nfbarrfaije to hold an iaternai-revewie appoint- • . Jjaenfeg, or more than two pei'sous related to n' other to hold such appointments Prof. Hall, in charge of the great telescope at .the Washington Observatory, has made an im­ portant and remark&ble astrtmomical dis* .-,n®overy. His attention having been attracted to , small star following the red planet Mars, he " turned hia attention to it, and, after two or - fi t$hree nights of close observation and careful i .(calculation, he demonstrates the object to be a V l w a t * Q ^ n » n n n a n A M ^ . ' m o L ! < . eiellite of the war star, and, prosecuting his ^ ^6811^11100 still farther, opened up another iy which he thinks is another martial moon, t of the rating of which he is not yet fullv < sstiafied. I > A WASHINGTON dispatch says it is not true, p M has been stated in various quarters, that the Cabinet has discussed the propriety of recom­ mending an increase of the regular army. The tfir Department officials B&J that army *( '.<oould be made large enough with the officers A *J*fady j11 commission if the maximum staud- _ *rd °* the companies should be placed at 100 -l̂ toen. On that bafis there are now ofiioers ÎffMngh to command 50,000 men. t ' ' GEHEKAIm ^ THB syndicate business is not flourishing just The large home subscriptions for the 4 • cent, loan seem to have glutted the mar- '-I*ef»*pd.bond8 "e offered in NewYorhat a «Wactlon below cost to the syndicate. The sur- bonds will be absorbed by permanent in- Probabl-v the jlnmLi "Indicate will be successfully re- f f , T» United States war steamer Plymouth has been ordered to cruise in the Gulf of Mex­ ico, off the Mexican coast 1( THE labor strikes have calmed down remark­ ably within the last two or three weeks. At * Several of the Pennsylvania coal mines the -Isbmpanies have receded from their recent 10 •par cent, reduction?, but have discharged the -fiurplus men whom they had been emplovinir ©n " short time." It is found to work better to seventy-five men satisfactory wages than to Jjry and retain 100 men, giving each but three- liutu'ter employment. A PcioLiNQ arrangement has been effected a prolonged contest, between the two •ittttfc telegraph corporations of the coun'rv {be Western Union and Atlantic and Pacific! ^The tains of the newly-formed combination •re. that the Western Union shall take seven- " tim of the receipts, and the Atlantic and the remaining one-eighth. A material e in rate* of tranEmission is to fiMe forthwith. • Xae ofiieial statement of the receipts of the •{forenunent for the fiscal year 'endiog June 90, iflt fBioci Bio G^uide City," Texas, and that he thinks he will be able to capture the rescuers. Gen. Ord thinks that this shows a disposition on the part of the Diaa Government to put a good face on the border matter! Tor the present at least The National Board of Trade held its ninth an­ nual session in --ICUwaukee last week. There was a meager attraaarice. New ng«l*iie«Hfer trainmen have been in­ troduced on the Baltimore and Ohio road, which, it is believed, yrill work more to the sat­ isfaction of the employes. Each engine is to z crcTT cf bctisSs when used; the company propose to employ a force sufficient to do the work of the road, and no more, thus avoiding in the future the com­ plaints made by the strikers, that they could aot make a living because they were not allowed time enough to ao so. INDIAN NEWS. ADVICES from the seat of the Indian war In Montana state that Gibbon, with his force, had gene to Deer Lodge with the wounded in the late battle, leaving one company of infantry with Gen. Howard. The latter had started in pursuit of Chief Joseph's band. The bodies of 41 dead Indians had been found, 15 of whom were bucks, the balance squaws and children. Following is a complete list of Gen. Gibbon's killed and wounded: Ki/lrd --Seventh lnfantrj Company A--Capt. Logan, Private Smith. Company G--Flret Lieut. James H. Bmdtay. Company D-- Corporal William II. Payne, Corporal Isaac Klfenhort, Musician Mich&ei Gallagher. Company E--Private MathewBatterly. Company F--Privates Wm. D. Pomeroy and James Maggins. Company G--First Sergt. Kobert h. Bdgeworth, Sergt. Wm. H. Martin, Corporal Robert E. Sale. Corporal Dom- inick O'Connor, Privates Gottelb Mantle, John O'­ Brien. Company H--Private Mackenzie D. Bake. Company I--Sergt. Michael Hogan, Corporal Dan McCafferty, Private Herman. Brontz. Company K-- First Sergt. Fred 8troth. Musician Thos. Stein- becker, Artificer John Msi, Second Cavalry, Company L--Sergt. Ed Uogeiu Officers Wounded--Ofn. Gibbon, slightly; Capt. Williams, slightly; First Zietit. wm. L. En­ glish, seriously; Second Lieutenant G. A. Wood­ ruff, slightly. Citizens Killed--L.C. Ellicott, John Annstrong, David Morrow, AlVin Lockwood. Campbell, Mitchell. Thirty enlisted men UK^^izens were wounded. INFORMATION has been received at military headquarters in Chicago that a portion of Gen. Miles' command in the Yellowstone country is in hot pursuit of a large party of In­ dians, and am . ; driving them in the direction of Standing Bode agency A dispatch from Ottawa, Canada, says the commission appointed by the United States Government to proceed to Fort Walsh will be afforded every facility for making a treaty with Sitting Bull for his peaceable return to the reservation with his tribe A fight recently occurred in Mexico between the Kickapoo and Lipan tribes of Indians, in which seventeen Lipans were killed It is announced from Washington that the President contemplates a change in the Indian policy, and that some of the features of the Canadian system will proba­ bly be adopted. GEM. TERBY, of the army, and Gen. John McNeill, of St. Louis, have been appointed a commigBion to visit Ow n ad a and negotiate with Sitting Bull for his return to American soil ... Red Cloud, Spotted Tail and Little Big Man are on their way to Washington to perfect ar­ rangements for further massacres of the whites Gen. Gibbon telegraphs some details of the pursuit of the Nez Perces. He was at Deer Lodge, rapidly recovering, while troops were hurrying from all directions to join Gen. Howard. Incumbered by their wounded, the savages were moving slowly, and Gen. Gibbon expressed the belief that the next fight would prove their Waterloo. DISPATCHES from the West, dated Aug. 21, report that the Nez Perces Indians were camped at Hole-in-the-Bock, a stage station in Idaho. They destroyed the telegraph line in the vicin­ ity, and stopped all travel over the road for several days. A large party of teamsters were camped and fortifying themselves 'a short dis­ tance north of the Snake river bridge. The Indians were in possession of the stage barns, using the grain. A DISPATCH from Bait Lake, Utah, reports that Gen. Howard had a slight skirmish with the Nez Perces Indians Aug. 21, in which one man was killed and seven wounded. The In­ dians the same night stole 200 of Howard's horses. The Montana vdhihteem were return­ ing home disgusted. POLITICAL* JUDGE WEST, Republican candidate for Gov­ ernor, opened the Ohio campaign in a speech at Bellefontaine last week. He discussed the relations between capital and labor, held that their interests were identical if properly and intelligently considered, advocated a system of graded compensation and semi-co-operation and the establishment of a National Bureau of In­ dustry. On the question of finance, he was in favor of the remonetization of stiver, and op­ posed to the farther issue of legal-tendci' notes. He was in favor of a " con­ tinuous and steady proyrcsr to specie payment," but a return to coin through contraction he declared to simply suicidal. While refraining from in­ dorsing the President's Southern policy, he be­ lieved in giving it a fair and honest trial. M*. Bii&iKE invited the President to extend his New England tour to Maine and enjoy the hospitality of his house, to whioh Mr. Hayes replied: " I greatly regret that my inability to accept at present Gov. Connor's kind invitation to visit the State of Maine will deprive me of the pleasure of enjoying the hospitality you have so cordially proffered." A State con­ vention of the Greenback party of Penn­ sylvania has been called to meet at Williamsport on the 19th of September The Pennsylvania Democratic State Conven­ tion was held at Harrisburg, Aug. 22. John Trunkey, of Venango county, was nominated for Supreme Judge, and William P. Schell, of Bedford, for Auditor General. The following platform was adopted : The Democratic party of Pennsylvania and its delegates in convention assembled do declare: 1. That the induction of Rutherford B. Hayes into the office of President, notwithstanding the election of Samuel 3. Tilden thereto, was a high crime against free government which has not been condoned and will not be forgotten. The same spirit of patriotism which forebore a contest upon the first offense will resist and punish' any attempt at a second. 2. That the immediate happy effect of the application by the Federal administration of the Democratic policy of non-intervention in th<; in­ ternal affairs of the Southern States amply vindi­ cates our frequent protests against previous viola­ tion of the retterved rights of the several States to exercise all power not delegated to the General Gov­ ernment by express constitutional provision. 3. That the purpose to reform the civil service which has been proclaimed by the present adminis­ tration is, like its adopted Southern policy, a con­ fession of the failure of radicalism and a just trib­ ute to the Democracy, which has long and earnestly demanded the overthrow and punishment of cor­ rupt officials. 4. That capita! combined its corportte organiza­ tion hati beeis too highly favored by both State and Federal legislation, and its demands for large re­ turns arc inconsistent with the depressed condition of the laboring and business interests of the coun­ try. We oppose further enactments for its special benefit at the expense of other interests. Labor and capital bhould have no cause of antagonism, and they should be left free to adjust their own rela­ tions. The right to contract freely exists for both parties. 5. That we- accept the admonition of Jack- HOII iu saying, concerning standing armies as dan­ gerous to free governments in time of peace: "I shall not seek U> enlarge our present establishment, nor disregard the salutary lesson of political ex­ pedience which teaches that the military should be held subordinate to the civil power ; " accordingly increase of the Federal army and any attempt to em­ ploy it as an agent of Federal authority, or for in­ terference with the sovereign righto of States, will receive continued earnest opposition of the De­ mocracy of Pennsylvania. 6. That many of our rich men have not been eon- tent with equal protection and equal benefits, but have besought as to make them richer by act of Congress; arid, by attempting I© „ sires, we have in the results of our ligfiMina rayed section against section, interest IMigt inter* est, man against man, in fearful oqpupatlOB, and therefore the grant by the LtcUitiMI of States or by Congress ef exciium priyjhfes, and the establishment of odious imonpnllef ligilnr pre­ text of pnblie benefit or of JusHas to certain sec­ tions of the country, are a direct aaaanlt upon the equal rights of the people, and, aa UM " hnvr been contrived to enrich a few, number of people are reduced to wai racy of Pennsylvania protest agatest Bubsfcttea, land-grants, loans of the public Creffi^ end appro­ priations of tha people's money to any corporation legalised plunder of the taxpayiug industries of « country. 7. That we look with alarm and apprehension upon the pretensions of the great transportation companies to be above the fundamental law of this Commonwealth, which governs all else within our borders, and, untl they accept the oowtitution of 1873 in good faith, they should remain objects of the utmost vigilance and jealousy by both the Leg­ islature and people. Resolved, That we hereby reaffirm and adopt the financial resolutions of the national Democratic platform adopted at St. Louis in 1870. THE TURKO-RD8SIAN WAIS. THE Prince of Montenegro has UEEU obliged to raise the siege of Nicsics to march against the Turkish troops who are endeavoring to enter Montenegro The Bundans have raised the siege of Kustchuk. SKVKN THOUSAND FOUB HUNDRED Turkish pris­ oners altogether have passed through Ron- mania The railways from St. Petersburg to Kischeneff are now carrying 12,000 men daily." A coasssrcKSSHT at Bucharest telegraphs that the main hope of the Russians now is that they may succeed in winning a decisive victory at Tirnova, and that in case success should crown their efforts the Czar will be ready to agieo upon terms of peace at once. The Em­ peror of all the Russias is not entirely hopeful of final success in the campaign now going on beyond the Danube, It is said he constantly up­ braids his advisers, both military and civil, for having led him to make war against Turkey It is estimated that the reinforcement* intended for the Russian army before Plevna number 180,000, and that the Guard and grenadier corps will be in Bulgaria by the 7th of Septem­ ber A London dispatch reports a battle in Asia between the Russians and a portion of Muklitar Pasha's commana, in which the Turks were victorious.... The commission to inquire into the frauds in supplying forage for the Russian army report a deficit of £180,000 Many Russian and Roumanian officers, knowing that, if taken Srisoners, they would be shown no mercy by le Turks, are carrying poisoa about rid themselves of life fall BUSINESS INTERESTS* their persons to rid themselves of and save torture, in case they into the hands of the enemy. RUSSIAN official reports admit a loss of 8,000 or 10,000 men in the fighting at Plevna, half the number being killed outright or seriously wounded. One-fifth of the 200 persons ac­ companying the red-cross ambulances were killed while attending the wounded on the field. The desperate character of the battle is shown in the excessively large proportion of casualties in the limited force engaged. A LONDON dispatch says that Germany's pro­ test against the Turkish atrocities is due to the suggestion of the Emperor William. Although the protest does not contain any threats, it is of a nature to convince the Porte that Germany is in earnest. The same dispatch says that Great Britain is making arrangements for the intervention of the great powers in the Interest of peace. GENERAL, FOREIGN NEWS. THE Colorado beetle, despite energetic at­ tempts to stamp it out, has spread over twenty- five acres at Langenreichenbach, near Torgau, Germany. KOSSUTH has addressed a proclamation to the Hungarians, urging Austro-Hungary to come to an understanding with the Porte as to the extent of concessions to Christians which can be made without compromising the integrity of the Turkish empire. He says on the basis of this arrangement an alliance with the Porte ought to be concluded. Russia should then be called upon to terminate the war The Lon­ don Agricultural Gazette of Aug. 21, says: "It is plain that 1877 will prove no exception to the succession of unfortunate harvests we have lately experienced. The wheat crop is certain­ ly very generally and very largely below the average. Oats and winter beans seem the best of the grain crops of the *war.".... The Chinese Government has issufedfl' impe­ rial edict against the use of opium, declaring that its use is bringing destruction upon the people of .China. A LONDON dispatch says that Gen. Grant has sent word to Garibaldi that he should be very glad to visit Caprera during the autumn All the famous men in natatorial annals have been surpassed by the achievement of one Frederick Cavill, who, the ocean cable tells us, swam across the English channel, from Cape Griznez, France, to Dover, Eng., a distance of about twenty miles. He made the crossing in twelve hours. A PETITION from the Chinese in Cuba, com­ plaining of the cruelty of Spanish planters, has reached England Hon. E. B. Washhurne, ex-Minister to France, was in Berlin last week, where he was cordially received by Emperor William and members of the German Govern­ ment. . The European Plan, Yesterday evening a stranger, clad in a dnster and carrying a carpet-sack, en­ tered a hotel oii Delaware avenue. He marched straight up to the counter, where the amiable landlord stood pick­ ing his teeth, and the moment lie set his bag down the amiable landlord whisked it off and set it down with the pile of other baggage in the rear of the bar. " Please register your name," said the landlord, passing him a pen. " How much is it, mister?" " That depends on what you get. We keep hotel here on the European plan." "I say mioter," said the countryman, all in a tremble, " please give me that bag, and I'll get right out and not say a word." The landlord glared at him, but made no movement towards the bag. " Please, mister, give me my bag. There is nothing in it but a few shirts, indeed there isn't. Here's the key. IU let you search it, continued the stranger, trembling still more violently. The landlord passed him the bag, and as the stranger instantly shot for the door the former exclaimed : "Well, blame me if I ain't puzzled to know what kind of a fool you are." But the stranger paused to hear no compliments, and he was a good half mile away before he took courage to lean up against an awning-post and mutter: " Gracious! what an escape. Keeps a hotel oil the you rope in plan, does he? I suppose he wanted to rope me in and perhaps kill me. Lord! what wicked places these cities are. I'll go home im­ mediately." And he kept his word.-- New York Star. BALTIMORE can get up a riot on short notice, but she is nevertheless, a solid of refunding a water loan of $5,000,000 at 6 per cent, with 5 per cent bonds, she advertised a popular loan which was nearly all taken in Balti­ more at from par to 103. THE police in San Francisco have re­ ceived orders to arrest on sight all boys and young men who are known to belong to the class denominated "hoodlums," and to take them to the city prison where they will be charged with va­ grancy. Commercial and Trade Matters. THE exports of cotton manufactures are steadily on the increase. THE peach crop in So- is so large the people do gbt pjio' to do with it. ^ -x ?* SIXTY MTLMONS of dollirs irthe MM set down as hating been lost by the late railway strikes. A TEN-ACRE orange grove m Florida, well cultivated, is said to ^Rnrttr an annual income of $6,000. THB oil country is said td |hht4 fct^ver been so completely overrrfti with stock as since the railroad blodKSlW! ""if "88- pression of values is looked for.; IT appears that while about 4,000 ships per annum visit American shore® in bal­ last for cargoes, not more' than 500 American vessels go abroad in ballast for the same purpose. ' BUSINESS at the Cambria Iron Works, Johnstown, Pa., is kept up to a fair aver­ age, and the population of nearly 20,000 persons depending upon the enterprise of this single company is fairly supplied with all comforts. Nearly every branch of the extensive works is more than fairly busy. THE San Francisco Chroniole tells some strange stories concerning the dishonest management of some of the mines in that State, which, though yielding largely of gold, are continually running behind. The thievery is prevalent in every de­ partment of the management, and seems to surpass anything before known in the history of such affairs. So FAB as the simple effeot of fhe strike of the anthracite miners upon the coal business is concerned there will accrue a benefit, as the production has been too great and the prices too low; but the damage to property, and the distress of laborers and traders conse­ quent upon such a cessation of business, cannot be estimated by profit going to coal-dealers. Mill, Shop and Iafeor Wotei. DETROIT boasts of shipping stoves to Australia. TIFFIN, Ohio, supplies the world with 5,000 churns and 40,000 dofcen wash­ boards per annum. NEARLY all the oleomargarine butter manufactured in this country is exported to Europe, averaging 1,000,000 pounds per month. THE work of repairing damages on the Pennsylvania railroad at Pittsburgh is going on very actively. The Union depot is to be rebuilt THB experience of the Pennsylvania railroad at Pittsburgh is that there are more good railroad men offering to go to work than the company can find employ ­ ment for. THE Burlington Qlass Works, Hamil­ ton, Ont., have been compelled to suc­ cumb to competition from the States, and its blowers are looking toward Pitts­ burgh for employment. THERE seems to be considerable doubt attached to the success of the Permanent Exhibition at Philadelphia, neither the exhibits nor attendance coming up to the anticipation of the management. OVER 2,000 men are still idle at the American Iron Works, Pittsburgh, be­ cause the firemen of the puddling fur­ naces decline work at the rate paid. It is a case in whioh 100 dissatisfied men are ruling 1,900 who want to work. _ As oNEof the results of striking, nearly i,00u men will be kept out of employ­ ment with the Vulcan Iron Company, Carondelet, Mo., three months, until the company can recover their furnaces from the " chill" given to their stacks by the strike. THE distress of the anthracite coal- miners is a subject for genuine benevo­ lence, notwithstanding the hard moral reputation which these men have. There are more than double the number of them than are needed, and all are wretch­ edly poor. Destitute of work, money, or provisions, it would not be strange if they become desperate. THE fact was never more apparent than now that the laborer is nowhere so well situated as on a few aores of land, which will yield him a living in spite of all contingencies in other business. TTis labor pays him as sure as the sun shines or the rain falls, and he loses nothing by breaking banks or railway blockades unless from the surplus of labor which he is striving to market. Workingmen's Platform. The following platform was adopted by the State Convention of the Ohio Workingmen, recently held at Cincin­ nati: 1. The payment of wages to the laborer in the lawful money of the country, and at inter­ vals of time not greater than one week, and that suitable penalties be provided for failures to do so. 2. Eight hours for the present as a normal working-day, and legal punishment of all vio­ lators. , S. Strict laws making employers liable for all accidents to the injury of their employes. 4. Prohibitory laws against the employment of children under 14 years of ane in the indus­ trial establishments. 5. Abolition of conspiracy laws. 6. Prohibition of the use of prison labor by private employers. 7. Gratuitous administration of justice in all court.4 of law. 8. Sanitary inspection or all conditions of labor, means of subsistence and dwellings in­ cluded. 9. Gratuitous instruction in all educational institutions. 10. Labor statistics in all States as well as by the National Government; the officers of theso bureaus to be taken from the ranks of the labor organizations and elected by them. 11. The repeal of the patent and all other laws or privileges to individuals or companies to the detriment of labor. 12. The repeal of all tariff and other acts which provide for the collection of the public revenue by indirect methods, and the substitu­ tion therefor of a system of direct taxation guaranteed in proportion to the amount ol property or income to be taxed. IS. Railroads, telegraphs, and all means of transportation to be controlled by the Govern­ ment for the purpose of abolishing the wages system. 14. All industrial enterprises to be placed un­ der the control of the Government as fast as practicable, and operated by free co-operative unions for the good of the whole people. Anna Dickinson. /'Jennie June," writing about Anna. Dickinson, says; " From her father An­ na Dickinson inherits the ardor, passion and almost insane love of justice which distinguish her, while from her mother come the love of fine and rare things,the tenacity of purpose, the perseverance and determination to do or die, which are equally a part of her nature. Un­ derlying the whole is a sensitive soul, which vibrates to every passing breath like the sensitive plant, responds so quickly and truly to the winds that pass over it, that it almost depends upon them, whether it discourses sweet music or discordant sounds, like bells * jangled, and *oot of tone.' " % 1 1 • " t ' " 1 % Lock. Some people are fond of denying that there is any such thing as "luck," but, be that as it may, there certainly are persons to whom what seems like fortu­ itous good fortune comes. Col. Green Wilkinson gave a seat in his pew in Lon­ don to an old gentleman, who left him $40,000 a year. A young Bostonian crossed to England three or four years ago, and got into conversation with an elderly gentleman who observed that he found they had the same name. It turned out that they were second cousins. The elder had gone to California in the early days, made a vast fortune, and en­ tirely lost sight of his relatives. That ohauce meeting gave the young Boston­ ian a fortune of between two and three millions. Two ladies had a box at the opera in London. An old man opposite bored them dreadfully by perpetually " iorgnetting" them. The scene came to an end and they thought no more about him. One day, a year afterward, a so­ licitor called on one of the ladies, Lady Frances Bruce, and told her that an old gentleman, Mr. W., had left her proper­ ty worth several thousand a year. "Nev­ er heard of the man," she said; " must be a mistake." "Yery extraordinary," replied the solicitor. Suddenly a happy thought struck him. •** He lies in his coffin in St. James street, close by, at Banting's, the great undertaker's; will you come and see him?" She went. It was the old lorgnetter. And it is said that he left it to her under a mistake after all, having intended to leave it to her friend, whom, and not Lady Frances, he admired, but was misinformed as to the names df the ladies. And to give one more, a quite recent instance. A young New Yorker went to San Fran­ cisco to seek the fortunes which so many have failed to find. He got a poor clerk­ ship and had to be thankful for that. One evening at a place of entertainment he watched a game of cards, saw that an elderly Englishman was being cheated, exposed the fraud, and had a tussle with the cheat. The Englishman has pre­ sented him with $20,000 to start him in business, and there is every prospect that more are to come. She Met Her Hatch, Some time since, on one of the Hud­ son river boats, a lady, who had attract­ ed much attention for the masculine turn of her manners and conversation, was seated at the table opposite a gentle man, who, in taking some butter, in the absence of the usual knife, used his own which the lady observing, die called aloud to the waiter: "Wait-ta!" bring another plate of but­ ter; that man (pointing to the gentleman) had his knife in this!" The unfortunate wight almost under the curious gaze of the company, but said nothing, determined to watch his opportunity to return, for the cruel mortification, change in her own coin. He waited a moment, ere a plate of dried beef was handed to the lady, who uncer­ emoniously took some in her fingers and placed it upon her plate. "Wait-ta!" exclaimed the gentleman in turn, " bring another plate of beef: that woman has had her fingers in this!" A most ungallant roar from all the company fairly turned the tables against the lady, and she had the good sense to acknowledge its desert, and join heartily in the mirth it created. Russian Serfs. In Russia the serf, before the eipation, was the absolute property of his master; if he obtained a piece of land in a commune, the commune could at any time deprive him of it, and he could neither alienate it nor leavelt to his children after his death. When the emancipation took place many of the peasants sold their plots of land, believ­ ing that the old communal system would be retained and that they and their children would continue to be pro­ vided for by the commune as heretofore. The land-owners and their agents did their best to encourage this delusion, and the consequence was that in many eases they bought ba^k the land at nomi­ nal prices, while the peasants, after hav­ ing rua through the money which they thus obtained, find that they have to work harder for their living than ever. This state of things has produced a feel ing of discontent among the 16,000,000 ejnancipated serfs of Russia, which may at any moment break out in a terrible agrarian revolution. Health and Slow Poise. Some interesting statements are re­ ported to have been made at a meeting of the Clinical Society, London, showing tfrat a slow, pulse may in no wise inter­ fere with health., The most remarkable oaee, perhaps, was that of Dr. Hewan, as related by himself. It seems that, twenty-one years ago, after prolonged study and work, his pulse fell from sev­ enty-two to fifty-five, and he felt very cold; from that time its frequency grad­ ually decreased until about eleven vears later, when it was but twenty-four beats per minute. Its present rate is about twenty-eight. Notwithstanding this, he has not suffered from fainting, fits or oold, is capable of great physical ex­ ertion--of whioh evidence is to be found in his ascent of a high mountain--and his digestion remains unimpaired. An­ other speaker said that Napoleon had a slow pulse, being about thirty to forty per minute; and another member stated the rate of a horse's palse to be only sixteen. Singing Mouse. A pretty little girl in Shreveport, La., told her "papa that there was a pretty little bird in her pretty little room sing­ ing a pretty little song. The affection­ ate parent told her to go back to bed, as •it was probably only a katydid; but when he went to bed himself, his wife told him to listen to the strange music of a mocking-bird which filled the room. The devoted husband struck a match, and discovered the musician on the lower shelf of the wash-stand. It was a sing­ ing mouse. OAKEY HAI<II is still in London, writ­ ing articles on American theatrical af­ fairs for the English magazines. CURRENT EVENTS. OHIO will have a lively campaign. There will be four tickets in the field, with the back towns still to hear from. i~e BepubiieanB, the Democrats, and the worlangmen already have tickets in paunfaon, and the Greenbackers in- iena to nonun ate one of their own. The JrahibitKKUBts and the Anti-Secret So­ ciety people are those still to be heard from. AN English farmer writes the London Mies to say that the excitement about the Colorado potato beetle in England is uncalled for. He doesn't believe it is there, or that it can get there.- -Be de­ clares that the beetle that has appearance in Europe is the ^ juncta, and npt the~destructiv#i resembles the Colorado bug, only eight stripes. ' THE operations of the internal-revenue officers against illicit distillers in the South during the last six months have, resulted as follows : Illicit stills seized, 41; distillers arrested or suttfebdered^. 1,064 ; officers killed, including Lieut. Mclntire, United States army, 4; offi­ cers wounded, 4; citizens assisting offi- fififR Irillprl 9. • O • J -J f «. M y UtUtUliVlO' killed or wounded, 4. SINCE July 1, the Secretary of the Navy has given employment to 8,400 men at the navy yards throughout the country. The several 1 though 7 liberally distributed BO as to give em­ ployment to as many as possible. • It is the object of the Secretary to relieve the wants of those deserving employment' to the full extent of his power. THE English are beginning to experi­ ence the discomforts of Russian proxim­ ity to their Indian empire. Advices have been received in London of the dis­ covery of a conspiracy in Cabool, in the northwestern portion of Hindostan, near­ est to Russia's recently-acquired terri­ tories in Central Asia; and Russian agents are chpTged with originating it- Four of the native officials involved in> the intrigue have been put to death, but their Russian instigators do not appear to have been caught. ACTING SECRETABY MOCOBMIOK issued a circular to the officers and clerks of the Treasury Department, stating that the credit of the Government requires its duties to be performed by honorable men; that the Secretary will not be an­ noyed by creditors seeking their just dties from clerks; that it is expected that all just debts will be paid; and that if clerks refuse to pay just debts, they will be charged with fraudulent practice's and recommended for dismissal by the chiefs of their respective bureaus. A PITTSBURGH paper announces the or­ ganization of a mysterious secret order called the Universal Brotherhood. It is composed of laborers, mechanics and farmers. Lawyers, doctors, preachers, politicians, officeholders, bankers, bond­ holders and speculators are rigidly ex« eluded. No man is admitted to member­ ship who is not engaged in some active industry involving manual labor. The order already numbers thousands, and will soon be organized in every ward in Pittsburgh. Its object is to "unite the laboring classes of every grade and pro­ fession in a common interest through­ out the United States. THE London Times' Bellary (Presi­ dency of Madras) correspondent, de­ scribing the awful effects of the famine in Southern India, says: "The great bulk of people are now emaciated; their1 ribs are sticking out in painful prom­ inence, and their skins covered with a dirty-looking desquamation of cuticle described in the Irish famine of 1846-47, by Dr. Donovan, as a peculiar famine eruption. If we look at the thousands of people collected on the relief works, we find famine marks are of universal Srevalence. The superintendent of re­ef operations in Adoni reports that the journey over one of his roads resembled the path of a great battle in the number of dead and dying. If the people had been smitten by a local outbreak of cholera in ordinary times, they would have fled from the work and never re­ turned, but so severe is the pressure for food that none could afford to leave the works and lose their pay, even for a single day." THE; Louisiana planters annually lose about one-third of their cotton crops by reason of insufficient labor. They call londly for laborers from the North. till MARKkT& NEW YORK. BKKVIS. |T 60 @13 0* Hoos 6 87 @ S 75 COTTON UJTF FLOCK--Superfine Western 390 @480 WHKAT--No. 3 .. 1 30 @ 1 40 CORN--Western Mixed 52 ($ MX OATH--Mixed 26 @ 40 RYE--Western 67 @ 68 POBK--New Mesa .......11 15 @18 35 L ABD. . . . 8 X CHICAGO. 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