J. VAN SLYKE, Editor and Publlther MCHENRT, ILLINOIS. T 1EEKLY BEWS REVIEW, THE EAST. ' (ho dedication of a soldiers* monu ment at Beverly, Mass., a platform fell with a large number of spectators, five of whom Were seriously injured. ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT CHARLES & CHILDS, of the Cambridge (Mass.) Ceme tery, was murdered and robbed by unknown men. Mr. Childs had obtained #550 at the City Hall with which to pay the workmen employed in the cemetery, and was driving alonK Coolidgre avenue when he was assailed. He was shot through the temple, and, after having lieen dragged from his huggv, was beaten in the head with a brick until his dJuill was fractured... .Capt. VTebb, the En glish swimmer, accomplished at New York ; U)e feat of remaining 1283^ hours in water. JSe was rather unstrung from loss of sleep. , . HENRY A. BOWEN, accused of at tempting to bribe William Dickpon, foremali of the etar-route jury, at ^MthingtoA,' was arrested in Phila delphia, ch arced with obtaining a month's board by false pretenses.... The 8tar-rou+-er$ convicted at Philadelphia were refused a new trial Thomw A. Mc- • ,I)evitt was fined $500 and sentenced to im prisonment for one year. Christian Price was 'fined $100 and condemned to the peni tentiary tor six months... .Mrs. S. C. Robert- Son, an estimable ladv of Corning-. N. Y., Who had suffered terribly from rheumatism, hobbled out in the niprht on the bridge over the Chemung" river and threw herself into the water. Her fate was learned by findii^j cane on the bridge *• , Ex-AUDITOR PALMER and ex-Clerk . .Hall, of Newark, N. J., according to the re port of an expert to the Common Council, purloined *#>0.000 0f the city's funds A 'bill Introduced in the Vermont Legislature i provides that condemned criminals shall be ' rendered insensible before being executed.... Menro-pneumonia has appeared among the cattle near Lancaster, Pa. J. H. Saunders, of Chicago, President of the Cattle Commis sion, pronounces Baltimore and the iarms adjacent a hotbed of disease. THE remains of Miss Fanny Parnell Were taken from the vault at Trenton, N. J,, and conveyed to New York, where a de tachment ot' the Sixty-ninth regiment es corted them through a dense crowd to a « epeokil train for Boston, whence they were shipped to Europe Mr. Frank Queen, ed itor and proprietor of the New York Clipper, a?idr or many years a standard author ty in aporting matters in America, died in Phila delphia, aged AS The old postoffijeinNew ^ork brought $65u,tx0 at auction. flfil I» I THE total value of exports of domes tic breadBt&lfs during the nine months end ing the 30th of September was tl5M,51^,7T9; corresponding period of 1881, $177,45^,Gils, W. W. CORCORAN, Judge Cartter, Jeremiah & Black and others have taken out articles of incorporation under the title of the Jefferson Monument Association, for the purpose of erecting a monument in Washington to the memory of Thomas Jef ferson. The capital Of the association is placed at $100,00u, with power to increase it to $1,000,000 Some of the friends of Sorgt Mason who have cjosely watched the case think that the President has no intention of pardoning him. , fKnoxvHle (Tenn.) Telegram.] „ A REPORT' from the Bureau of Statis- *v o£m*t the most horrible tra-zediea in our THE WEST. fe Grand Jury at Evansville, Ind., f Indicted for conspiracy the three captured lynchers from Posey county, and bail of i . $1,000 each was furnished bv men who | .represent over $-,tKX),000 Bob Taylor, One of the brothers who murdered <fcbe Sheriff and Deputy of Hamilton • county. Tenn., on the 14th of September, was killed bv Sheriff Goodall, of Laclede ' (driantv. Mo., on a railroad train while resist ing arrest. ; . v „• ^ AT Fort Fetterman, "Wyoming Terri tory, J. H. Capp shot and instantly killed It R. Elgin, book-keeper for Searight Brothers, ' and nansrerously wounded Mike Egan. The latter and a party of cowboys took Capp '•from custody and lynched him . REV. GEORGE C. MILN made his dra matic debut in Chicago in the character of Hamlet The bouRe was crowded to the point of suffocation. The local press says Mr Miiri bxcelled in the fore<» and intelli gence of his reading, and exhibited more «tage resources and I tetter command of them thto could reason <bty be expected. The audt< nee waa in thorough sympathy With the novice, and repeatedly called him before the curtain. COL. SLAYBA6K, who Was killed by 0((J. Cockerell, the editor of the St. Louis •Miut-Butpatch, had the most-imposing fu neral ever witnessed in tha- city. The pistol which was found. 11 the editorial • rooms of the Pmt- Dispatch after the traffic affray was Identified by a pawnbroker as one he sold to rCoL . Playback, which establishes the fact 'Hikt he w;is armed when he attacked Cock- •.«WlL Hon. Frank Hurd, Congressman from Toledo, Ohio, aa old personal friend of :€Jockere!l, will conduct the defense when tbe trial occurs. SU: ,'IiihHop BOWMAN and a large number .fH, leading Methodists assembled at Indian- if^plie last week to celebrate the semi-cen- tenniai organization of that body in the j State. In fifty years i:i0,(XX) members have feeen added lo the church in Indiana, and at the present time there are churches with* " Wibembersnip of 150,000, the church property .--Iwing1 valued at more than Stt,lX)0.t)00 Ill- feeling of lontr standing between William F. • Bfeltl>e, aged 50, and his son of the same name, i4i, led to a terrioie tragedy in a villi.pre on the outskirts of Cincinnati As the result of a "iTOdge about some smrill finan- ' tfcal mutters the old man lay in wait for his fn, tired 130 buckshot into his head and ea.«t, killing him instantly, and then went to the haymow of the barn and committed bv cutting his throat with a razor. ... .Sheriff Woods, of Hitchcock and Dundy counties,, accompanied by a horse- . jtejiUir, some of whose stock had .been run off by thieves, arrived at •tndon,- Kearney county. Neb., and .fayud at the supper table in the hotel «ne OF the thieves: T.iey endeavored to arrest him, but a confederate who was sitting: on side of the table drew a revol ver on Woo<1s, who then turned to run, but was shut-in the back and fell dead. The horsa-tiiieves and two others of their' ' confederates jumped up immediately. The 'Wtfkens tried to detain and arrest them, but ttaievos shot two citizens and made their ; EDITOR COCKEREIX. who killed CoL • «M*ybiuk at St. Louis, was indicted for mur- j^ej-.in the second degree, and was bailed in the sum of $10,000. At a meeting at the Merchants' Exchange over #5,000 was q,ub- •erlbed toward 1 fting a mortgage on the (Indent*; of Mrs. Slayback. John McCul- lou h. the actor, tenders a benefit for t!ie afeicken familv....A car of new corn was jrece ved at St Louis from Parsons. Kas., and mAd at auction for 75 cents per bushel. • :u .' ^ THE 80UTH. WILLIAM AUSTIN was hanged at Lan- .jORKter, Ky., for murdering his great-aunt. He confessed the crime, which was perpe- 'jjrateil while he was under the influence of whisky Paul Pringle, colored, was tWWftl at Mansfield, IA, in the ^wenee of over 3,000 spectators. •w^en B. Mayo and Martin Harrell, with a nnrrtber of adherents on either side, enjraged In, a battle at Tifton, Oa, about a trivial 'matter. The two principals were mortally »w»6unded, one of Harrell's force was shot jfeftd, an4 another man was seriously per- A DALLAS. (Texas) telegram says much excitement in Erath county. At Alexander, Maj. Penn, the evangelist, prayed f >r the punishment of a disturber of Jfis meeting, ana the man dropped dead. At TAmpas, as the meeting lagged, Penn prayed ot the removal of the disturbing cause. A tics in re ation to the exportStion of wheat for the month of September shows that fo£ that month in the present year there were exooited 17,tr>'.>."43 bushels, worth $18 (W9,- 109, against 10,070,803 bushels, worth $18,- 749,542, for the corresponding month last vear..!.I>r. M'dilliouddy, Indian Agent at Pine Ridge, tendeie i his resigns* on, Nut Secretary Teller declines to accept it until the pending investigation is closed. Jona than Digjrs, of the Colorado River Agency, has lieen suspended, and John W. C ark was appointed his successor The Secretary of the Treasury has issued tue 118th call for the redemption of bonds of the 5 per cent, funded loan of 1881, continued 3}4 per cents , from Aug. 12,1881. The call is for #15,000,0001 omnsRAi. -;>• ^ MRS, ELLEN* THORNF. lias" been granted a divorce from her husband, Charles R. Thome, the actor, on the ground of adultery, the divorce alleged to have been obtained in Indiana having been rejected as worthless. Tlie woman with whom Thome has been living, Mrs. Mary Swift Brown, is said to be worth #500,000. HEXHY GEORGE, the labor reformer, who has spent the past year in Europe, arrived in New York last week, and was welcomed by a large number of representative citizens. IGXATICO L. VILLASTA, Chief Justice of the- Mexican Supreme Court, was pro claimed Vice President under the recent con stitutional amendment He promptly re signed, on the ground that his political" rela tions interfere with his judicial duties. He has been a Governor, Congressman and Cabinet Minister The National Liquor Dealers and Manufacturers met in conven tion at Milwaukee, representatives be ing present from nearly every State. Con gressman Deuster welcomed the organ ization in a speech condemnatory of the prohibition movement, which he termed a crusade of fanaticism, and the resolutions adopted by the gathering were in the same strain, laying particular stress on the alleged victory for personal liberty in Ohio. POLITICAL. THE Tammany and Irving Hall Dem ocrats, in New York, have united upon a county ticket... .The New Hampshire Pro hibitionists nominated J. M. Fletcher for Governor. • A CINCINNATI dispatch says that "the election of Gen. Goff, Republican? to Con gress in i he West Virginia First district is as sured by about 1,500 majority. In the Sec ond district of that Stat<» the resu't is not quite definitely settled, although the latest returns make it almost certain that Wi son, Democrat, is electerl over Mason, Repub lican, by about fifty majority." THE colored,people of Rhode Island assembled in convention at Newport for the purpose of taking action as to their alleged political wrongs at the -hands of the Repub lican purtv. Among tbe resolutions adopted was the fo lowing: "We affirm our determin ation to support that person, let him be allied to whatever party he may Jje, if he shall convince us he has'the most regard for our rights and feelings as citizens of the State. We demand common respect and representation in the appointment of promi nent and other offices.' President Arthur registered as a Voter at New York last week. BLOODY VENDETTA. Prominent Citizens of Knoxville, Tenn., Slay Each Other in a Dreadful Manner. Thomte O'Connor, Gen. Xabry and 1}» Lattar'e Bon Killed toy Bullets. FOREIGN. nrill defend Arabi Pasha. It is believed that landed properties, .valued at #2,000,000, be longing to the Egyptian leaders will be con fiscated. The Ministers say they will not re main in the Cabinet if Arabi is not promptly executed A report that the Channel tun nel is dangerous to England has been made bv Gen. Sir Archibald Alison, and Gen. ^olseley and the Duke of Cambridge have also entered objections. STANLEY appeared in London last week, looking in robust Health. He consid ers the work undertaken on the Congo for the King of the Belgians pratically finished. He treats Brazza's claim as a joke, but in tends to make a full statement next week in Paris at a dinner to be given to him It iB not likely that he will revisit Africa at pres ent... .The Egyptian Ministry has decided nOt to permit Arabi Pasha to employ foreign counsel Gen. Wolseley lias been ordered home from Egypt ARABI PASHA, who it is alleged can not be convicted of complicity in tbe Alex andria nlassacre, asserts the presence of the British fleet precipitated the murders. Vic tor Hugo appeals against the execution of Arabi The London Time* intimates, if a fair trial is not given Arabi. the British Govern ment will demand that he be returned to them... .The London Timm says it has reason to believe there is a good "prospect of a friendly understanding beincr arrived at be tween France and England in regard to Egypt- Cold weather has set in in Russia. Navigation has been suspended in the Volga and Kama rivers on account of drift ioe. THE Irish National Conference at Dublin was attended by nearly 800 dele gates, Parnell and Davitt were greeted by wild cheers. Almost all the extreme Irish m mbers of Pai liument were present. Par nell was cal.evt to the chair, and B-ennan and S"xt«n cho-en Secretaries A letter from Treasurer Egan, at Pari*, conveying his re-iigriaiion, stated that -funds of the Land annals occurred in this city to-day. One year ago Christmas eve Will Mabry was killed under peculiar circumstances. His death grew out of a feud between the fam ilies of Mabry and Lusby. At the time there was much excitement, owing to the fact that both families were prominent, and it was generally reported that much blood might be >-h<Hl between the two familiea It will be remembered that on Christmas eve Will Mabry was killed by Don C. Lusby. Afterward, after the lapse of several months, a trairedy occurred in the Recorder's C»uri, which resulted in the death of Don C. Lusby and his father, Moses Lusby. Now follows the tragenv which must be reported ,tb-day. It appears that yes erday morning Gen. Jfnbrv met Maj. O'Connor at the fair arrounds, where some races were being run, and said ty him that he was a thief, r oiindrel, of a and a liar; that he wiis responsible for his (Mabry V) son's death. Th s morning, about 10:'M o'clock, Gen. Joseph Mabry w;<« in the street, and made the remark that he won d kill Mai. O'Connor just as soon as he saw him. Maj. O'Connor had been advised that his life was threatened, and naturally armed himself and prepared to meet his enemy. Mai. O'Connor was the President of the Mechanics' National Bank of Knox- Viile. He was stand ng in his door waiting tor his enemy, who appeared, ap parently unarmed, walk nir up the sti eer. The Major drew a double-barreled shotgun, ana shot the General, inflicting a mortal wound. Befqre the General could arise, he shot liim ^second time. When he had killed him, Joseph A. Mahry, Jr., who had been trying a case as an attorney in a neigh boring street, appeared and drew a revolver, and shot Maj. O Connor throusrh the heart Before, however, your.g Mabry had fired that fatal shot, Thomas O'Connor, who had been given another gun, shot young Joe Mabry, killiner him. Thus ended the lives of Thomas O'Connor, Joseph Mabry, Sr., and his son, Joseph Mabry, Jr. Tue whole tragedy occurred within two minutes, and neither of the three spo'.e a word pfter being shot Gen. Mabry had about thirty > uekshot in his body. Aby- stan !er was painfully wounded in the thigh, and another in the arm Four other men had clo.hes pierced by buckshot. There is the most intense excitement here In Knoxvil e, and re ort rs are almost ii shamed to report these facts because it does Tennessee BO much barm. It wi.l be remembered that Don Lusby and his fat >er, Moses Lusby, had an, altercation in the Recorder's office with Jo-eph A. Mabry, Sr., and Joseph A. Mabry, Jr., and that Don Lusby and his lath er, Moses Lusby, were killed. Joseph A. Mabry, Sr., and his son, Joe, were arrested and pyt under bonds to await a trial for the murder of Lon Lusby and hi6 father At the trial about two we ks airobothof the Mabrys were acquitted, but were rearrested for car rying concealed weapons, and also acquitted on th.'.t charge. The people of this city were surpmed at the acquittal of the two Mab rys, but thought that the troubles wore all over, and now we would have peace in this community. All the parties to the affair were men of marked prominence in Tennes see, one of them (O'Connor) beiiitr the pos sessor ot a fortune estimated at $10,000,000. He was' r.it-ed as the r;cho<t man in tho State. He W.AS lavish in helpful d.vods to de serving persons and institutions, and his death is smiativ mourned. OPERATION'S OF THE MINTS. Outline of tbe Couiinissioner'a Annual Re port. Mr. Burchard, Director of the Mint, has completed his annual report It presents in • detail the operations of the mints and assay offices during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1882. The imports of foreign gold coin and bullion for the first half of the year were $80,100,2;!0 greater, but during the last half $28,311,047 less than the exports, the net gain of the year being only #1,789,183. The total amount of gold deposi ed was $06,756,- 65S, which was S74,IJOO,(AK) less than the pre ceding year, whi.e the silver purchased for coinage' and deposited in bars was about $3,- (XKV 00 greater .-'ml amounted to $)23,1:30,491. The total coinage was 11,266,00:5 pieces, valued at $89,413,447, nearly #11,000.000 more than in any previous ye;tx. The silver coinage consisted of 927,i72,075 in silver dollars and #ll,:il3 in i'raatrooal coin. Gold bars of the value of $37, :;0;'),12j were manu factured from 12,147,074 ounces of tine gold for depositors ut the New York Assay Office. Fine silver bars of the. value of St;7(>H,898 were also made, chiefly a-., the some institu tion. The purchases or silver for the coinage amounted to ounces of st ntlard silver, ar, a cost of Of gold coin, about $87,I'KK»,000 i.elongetl to the treasury, 81(4,0 O.lMO to the nat ona' banks, and $310,- 01)0,00J to the general public, inoluuiug other banks. Of standard dollars. *33,W)0,000 be long 'd to the tr usury and ?8(»,000100'J to the banKs and. the general public. Of the total metalLc circulation, •'3I48,IK0,000 belonged to the treasury, 8112,000,001 to the national banks, and i441,000,(XiU was in general cir culation. £ infr lady at once upset a Lamp and burned^ -death. A tornado blew over Penn's gos-i t*nt and killed a child, fatally hurt a jornpg iadS and injured others. A fearful panic ensued. The water waa two feet deep V Ja tLe Lent. •f" WASHINGTO*, - i^LlcATioNS of all descriptions filed Patent Office during the fiscal year ^Htle4 Jiihe 3 ) numbered 30,062, and for the £jr?>-iQUs year 24,906. ACCORDING to the report of the Di- jppctQr of the Mint, the imports of gold coin ^jod bullion for the year ending June 30,1882, «}cceeded the exports only by $1,780,183. The itotountof prold deposited was$74,iO>i,(MK>less tiiau during the preceding year, while the ailver purchiised and deposited was §3,000 - «>! grwater. The total coinage of the year •epresenved $80,413,447, which 1r largely in gausen of the coinage of any previous year: iv-'pimuvu, nairu iuao lliu IJUIHI * V - ' J " LUVU L-Ju'ue i.moun in/ to £244.hrul pa-ved j were Bold tor an averag-e of $3.*8 per through his hand", the sum remaining being £~!2.(H 0. A vote of confidence was passed.. Numerous letters and telegrams trom the United S.ates were read. The scheme lor the establishment of an Irish National League was adopted. Davitt declared that until the land stolen from the people was restored to the people there cou d be no settlement of land questions A raiiroad between the NLrer and Senegal rivers, in Africa, is about to be commenced by eighty French en trine" rs and 1,0(>0 colored labor.rs. A military column will watch the Work and" erect two forts on the Niger.... The ship (Vmstantia and steamer City, of Antwerp collided off Eddystone lighthouse, and both vessels sunk. RECRUITING for the new Egyptian army has begun. The total effective strength will be: Twelve battalions of in fantry; two of mounted infantry; two of garrison artillery; two squadrons of caval ry, each 400 >-tron<r; six batteries of ariilitxy, with 1<0 men and four guns to each; TOO engineers; a transport and ambulance cotpH of 300 men; and two regiments of t en larmerie, numbering 700 men The Rothschilds are to issue for the ltussian Government iX,000,000 of nominal 3-per cent bomis^ at 50.... .The Purte has an nounced to Enir and its readiness to nego tiate a settlement of the Egyptian question. A -CABLE dispatch of a dozen lines conveys the intelligence that fourteen of the crew of the steamer City of Antwerp, funk by collision off Eddvstone lighthouse, were d< owned. The iir^t reports stated that no Lvos Wi re lo«t a . . A Matter of Politics. In 1822 William Eustis and Harrison not of the future. Death itself is not painful; there is no pang or mental ag ony except in case of wounds or prema ture death. • There ia often terrible suf fering from disease, but death is always*? a relief. It is idle as well as wicked to make death seem horrible or painful. Indeed, to myriads of human beings it is looked upon as a deliverer from pain and care. In one of the most popular religions of the East--Buddhism--Nir vana, or annihilation, takes the place of the heaven of the Christian belief.-- DemoreHt'* Month hj. \ _ NATIONAL CROP REPORT. Udtliiiate* of the Yield ot Grain and Pota toes. "Wheat --The October returns to the Nation al Department of Agriculture of the yield per acre of wheat, estimated from results of threshmg. foreshadows a product sliarhtly exceeding 500.000,000 bushels, and possibly reaching 5'.?0,000,000. The average yield per acre appears to be nearly fourteen'bushels, on an acreage slightly less than 37-,(KK),000 acres. This is a red net on of area in the spring-wheat region, and a larjre yield in the n-eat winter-wheat crowing belt of the West Taking the highest figures indi- eated bv these returns of yield, the distribu tion of the production gives 248,000,000 bushels, or nearly half the crop of the United States, to six principal winter-wheat States--Ohio, Michigan. Indiana, Illinois Missouri and Kansas. The spring wheat or the Northwest may make 113,000,<i00 bushels. The Pac'flc coast crop, which has been per sistently exaggerated in commercial esti mates, cannot much exceed 44,000,000 bush- ela The Middle States produce about 40,- 000,000 bushels, and the Southern States ab'ghtly in excess of 50,000,000 bushels. Corn.--The yield per acre of corn will be reported in November. The condition aver ages 81, being very high in the South and comparatively low in the Sta'es of largest production. In Illinois, with 8 per cent de crease of area, the condition is only 72, in low 170, and in Ohio 87. The three States produced 10 per cent of the crop of I8T9. A oareful comparison of the changes in area and condition indicates an average yield of twenty-five bushels per acre, against twenty-eight in 1879, and eighteen "last year. The average of the se ries of years is between twenty-six and twenty-seven bushel a New England will produce, according to October leturns, 7,(X'0,000 to 8,000,000; the Middle States, 82,- 000,(X>i; the Southern, 340,000,00); those north of Tennessee and west of Virginia and Pennsylvania, 1,25^),000,000 -an aggregate of 1,680,000,000. Later returns may slightly re duce but cannot materially increase this es timate. Oats.--The Department of Agriculture re ports the average yield of oats to be some what higher than last year, or in 1879, and the product nearly as large as that of wheat --vro'ablv about 480,000,000 bushels. Illi- no s, Iowa, New York, Wisconsin, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Kansas are the States of highest rank in the {roduction. Rye.--The average yield of rye, aver aged from State returns, is * fourteen and seven-tenths bushels, thus making the crop 0,00 >,000 bushels, or nearly the same as reported by the census. - 6 Barley.--The average yield of barley is twenty-three bushels per acre, aggregating 45.000,( 00 bushels. California, New York and Wisconsin toget her produce more than half, or 27,000,000 bushels. Tne product in 1879 was 44,000,000. Buckwheat.--The prospect for buckwheat Is good for nearly the average product, 11,- 000,000 to 12,000,000 bushels. Pennsylvania producs nearly half a crop, and reports 95 as the average of condition, 100 representing the full normal yield. New York makes the average 75. No other State produces 500,000 bushels. Potatofit.--The general average condition of potatoes is 81. In the South, in the Ohio valley, and in Michigan, Missouri and Ne braska, the average is 100 to 1C6. In the Northwest and in the Eastern and Middle States the condition is lower. It is 70 in New York, 8o in Ma ne nnd 84 In Vermont Ucfars;; isdtestc £ prshafeis yrsld of 80 bush- ets per acre on tui»wrea of nearly 2,000,000 acr& 1 , " ' Cotton--The cotton returns of the Depart ment of Agriculture for October indicate unusua' size and vigor of the plant and ca pacity for large production. The late de velopment of the fruitage, and the reported indications of a small top crop, limit the otherwise extraordinary prospect SLAYBACK SLAIN. A St. Louis Politician Enters the " Editorial Booms of the "Port- Dispatch.' "I ADDITIONAL NEWS. The General .Land Office. The Commissioner of the Land Offloe, in his annual report, states that the lands now embraced within the limits of the public do main; amount to 900,000,000 acrcs, including Alaska. He recommends that'the Pre-emp tion law be abolished, as the Homestead laws cover all cases now arising. Public sales of land last year amounted to 7.983 acres, em bracing 5,01(5 acres near Toledo, OhiO, which Gray Otis were running for Governor of Massachusetts. Both were Unita rians. Soon there came to Otis' ear the rumor that Eustis was carrying all before him in Western Massachusetts by reason of his orthodoxy. It was a day or two after the voting that Otis fell in with Eustis, with whom he was well acquainted, when he hailed hini with: "How is it, Eustis, about that story that you were orthodox? How long have you t>een that way of thinking, I'd like to know?" "Oh, only just before election!" laugh ingly replied Eustis. acre. Respecting the forfeiture of railroad grants the Commissioner says: " The status of various grants for railroad pur poses where roads have not been constructed within the time prescribed by law was reported to Congress March 28 last The absence of legislative ac tion touching the renewal of these grants or declaring the forfe.ture thereof seriously embarrassed the work of this offloe. It {s not deemed expedient to certify additional lands to the railroad companies, nor to award to the companies lands in dispute be,- tween them and settlers or other claimants, pending the determination of Congress in the premises. Large numbers of settlers oc cupy such lands, and iu Is important to know whether they can receive tneir titles from the United States, or whether they will be required to purchase from the railroad companies. Commissioner Macfarland sub mits an estimate for the sularies and contin gent exjienses of the next fiscal vear, amounting in the aggregate to $45S,1>40, whioh-isf an increase of the amount appro priated for the current fiscal year of $33,940. The increase is distributed generally among the bureau officers, and includes #3,000 for an Assistant Commissioner. In accordance with an act passed at the last session of Congress, the Commissioner of the General Land Office is now preparing for publication a volume containing the cod ified Land laws and the history of tho public domain of the United States, compiled and prepare^ by the Public Land Commission, with all of tbe subsequent Land laws parsed up to the day of adjournment or the last Congress. There will be a limited number of volumes published for general distribu tion, and many applications for them have already been received from lawyers and per sons eng.iged in the land business, to whom the book will be of much value. THE committee of the National League has adopted an address to the Irish people in sui stance as follows: "The land lords have combined with the purpose of breaking the spirit o1 the tenants. The disi maj' wh.ch the present scale of judicial rents has c oat'*! among the applicants to the land courts rende; s it more necessary now than ever that ihe tenantry should be re- ini ted in a viiriiant and lawful association for the purpose of protecting themselves lrom injustice Ti.e inspiration of our struggles !• to ti ansfer all local power and patr'*iiayo from privileged strangeis to the iianil. of the pe pie, and so .fortify tho people for the work « f self-government. HON. JOHN D. DEFKEES died at Berke ley Springs, W. Va., after a long and painful illnass. Mr. Defrees was chiefly known to th" people of the United States throusrh his extended serv ce as Public Printer, a lvosition to which he was appointed by Aornhum Lin oln in 1W1, from which he was displaced i y Gen. Grant in 1 HC.0, and to which he was again appointed b-.- President Hayes in 1*77, resigning the office in April last Mexican euB oras officers had a desperate fight near Lampnsa-s with sniutrplers, in which four of the latter were killed an l four taken pris oners. Their goods were American prmts, which were confiscated. THE rubber manufacturers, in con vention at New York, protested against the gigantic speculation in that article, and re solved to close their manufactories--the boot and shoe interest after Dec. 28, and makers of other articles after Nov. 1--until such time as the price of crude rubber shall warrant them in resum ng operations.... Marie Prescott, the actress, brought suit in New York against the President of the American News Company for circulating a dramatic paper containing libels upon her reputation, and was awarded $12,500 dam ages. wovERDANK, the Austrian who was captured in the act of manufacturing bombs, has been tried at Trieste, and •ent*'nced to < eath The Egvptian Ministry has permit ted Atabi Pa ha U> be 'defended by foreign conn-el. and Broadley, Eve and Napier will be his oefeuders. " •$ Hoo cholera of a -new and virulent type has broken out near Iowa City, where Jaoob Keller has lost over 4- 0 head. The af flicted animals seem almost rotten from can- ceious sores. THE short, horn herd of F. J. Megib- ben, of Cynthiana, Ky., was sold at auction for $ 000, an average of $3 X) each. A WASHINGTON dispatch saya that Dr. Hamilton, of New York, has forwarded to the Oai field auditing committee a bill for for proles* ori-d ^crv cen < lie fjtoes There to Get Satisfaction, and ~ - Is Shot Dead. CoL A. W. Slayback, a prominent attorney of St Louis, Mo.,- was shot and instantly killed in the editojial rooms of thee St Louie PmuDixpatch by 0m. John A. Cockerell, the chief editor of "that paper., Slayback had come to demand an explanation of an as sault on him through the columns of the pa per of a political nature, and, as alleged, was attempting to draw a revolver, when Cock erell anticipated him, and he fell a corpse, The following particulars of the tragic affair are gleaned from the St Louis papers: At about 5:30 '.'clock p. m., CoL Slayback and W. H. Clopton were seen turning the corner of Fourth and Market streets, talk n? together in an excited mo'>d, and evidently tewlln<r in f'e direction of the Po*t-DUpatch building. The stairs leading to the reporto- rial rooms were climbed in ha«te, and Cock erell and Slavback met face to faee. The Colonel began to denounce Cockerell in a sea:hing manner for tbe assaults made upon him by the Post-Dispatch. In the furv which had tak^n possession of him the Colonel drew a revolver from his pocket as if to wreak vengeance for the oil trace which had been inflicted on his honor. Cockerell, who had the advantage of his adversary by reason of his self-possession, also drew his revolver and fir<>d at Slayback, who fell mortally wounded and gasped his last breath in a few minutes afterward. The immediate cau e of CoL Slaybaek's action is •-upnosed to be the f d owin j, which appeared in the Post-Dispatch: 'Mr. Alonzo W. Slayback, an individual whose chief claim to distinction rests upon the fact that he is the law pa> tner of Col. Jame« o. Broadhead, rose in a meeting of Democratic ward polit cians in this city last night, an 1, without personal provoca tion, proc- eded to apply a string of vile and, virulent epithets to the I\>H-Dispatch and its conductors, making charges which he knew to be false. This is the same A. W. Slayback concerning whom the fol lowing card was written and published in this city by John M. Glover on the 11th day of November, 1881. Mr. Glover recently ran fia a Democratic candidate for Congress in the Ninth district, and received a hearty in dorsement from the Democratic voters of character. Mr. Glover is alive yet" The letter referred to above was an open one by John M. Glover, accusing Col. Slay back of cowardice, and was published hi the Pont-DUpatch. \, Aft»r the killing the body was taken to an undertaker's. Col. Slayback was a well-known lawyer and brother of Charles E. Slayback, Presi dent of the Merchants' Exchange. He leaves a widow and six children, the eldest a grown up daughter, and the youngest an only boy of a few years. Judire \V. H. Clopton, who accompanied CoL Slayback to the office, made a st atement as to what occurred. He savs most posi tively that Slayback wai unarmed; that ha was greatly excited and avowed his inten tion before "reaching the office of slapping the editor. On arrival at the office Clopton Bays Slayback entered the sanctum of Mr. Cockerell and was proceeding to divest him self of his coat, nd had it partly off when the shot was fired, wh oh struck the victim in the leit breast, just below the left nipple, producing death almost instantly. Cockerell drove to police Headquarters and surrendered hixiiselt. John M. McGuffin and Victor T. Cole made a statement as to what occurred in the room where the shooting took place. They say. In substance, that Slayback, on entering tne room, threw his coat back and drew a re volver. and, advancing, said: "Well, I'm here sir." Then, observing a wearon on Cocker- ell's desk, he asked: "Is that for m«?" To which Cockerell replied, "No, it's for use onlv to defend myself." Slayback, then said, "You are prepared to draw; then draw." And Cockerell then answered, "I don't have to draw; I don:t want to draw; go away from here; I don't want to have anvtliina to do with you. " Slayback and Clopton meantime pressed forward and crowded Cockerell against the walL Then tbey all got into a sort of tussle, each having hold of the other, Cockerell being the "most crowded. The lat ter asked McGuffin to take Slayback's pistol from him, and while he was attempting to do so a weapon was discharged, and Slay (jack staggered and In a moment sank to the floor.- McGuffin says he did not see Clopton have a pistol, but thougrht he was attempting, in his struggle with Cockerell, to turn the latter's weapon in such a way that he would shoot himself. 'McGuffin o tain ed playback's pis tol, ant? rocked it up in a safe. nests of two species of ants, red and yellow, suspended from the branches of various trees. The trees are colonized by placing the ants on their upper branches, and bamboo rods are stretched between the different trees, so as to give the ants easy access to the whole or chard. This remedy has been in con stant use at least since 1640, and prob ably dates from a much earlier period. Hie Garfield Bills. fallowing is a complete list of the elaiins filed with the board designated by Congress to audit the claims arising from the illness and death of President Garfield: Dr. D. W. Bliss $25,000.00 Dr. 1). Haws Acnew. u, oo.oo Dr. Robert R<-yburn 10,800.00 Dr. D. S. Lamb (for examination of bo civ ut Elberon, N. J.).. 1,060.00 Dr. Su an A. Edson 10,000.00 Henry S. Little, Receiver Central Ball- road Company of New Jersey, laying Bpecial track at Elb<-ron, N. J., and runuine special trains 8,289.00 Milne «fc l'roctor, Washington, furni ture 162.00 George W. Knox, Washington, expreM G. G. C. Sims, Washington, dings, etc.. < A. Benedict, New York, funeral 18.00 78.8.5 887.50 300.00 000.00 86.27 270.00 . #00.00 40.35 76.00 210.00 122.4* ; 50.00 180.00 1,516.92 175.00 / About Dying. When Oho is still young and in health it is natural that death should be an ob ject of fear, but it is not true that those who are very sick fear the grave. Dr. Griswold, an eminent physician, who has seen many deathbeds, declares that the dying do not fear death, but rather desire it. To pass away when the time comes is in the order of nature, and we all submit to the inevitable, withou1- a murmur. Nor is it true that death is attended with any superstitious terrors,1! UPON the discovery of an embezzle ment the injured person may make a prompt settlement of his loss with the criminal without subjecting himself to the offense of compounding a crime, in ,.tho opinion of the Supreme Court of Alabama, in Moog vs. Strong, decided "at the present term. The court said: It did not matter' how reprehensible the motive-; of the offender and his princi pal were, the court could not inquire in to them unless there is , a clear agree ment that the consideration of the set tlement was that there should bo no prosecution for the crime committed. MAJOK GKOUGE CANDY, Army.Pay master, lias been ordered to proceed to THE PENSION BUREAU. R«ltort of CommiHKioner Dudley.' The annual report of W. W. Dudley, Com missioner of Pensions, shows that at the close of the fiscal year ended June 30, 188:2, 2H5,6'.*5 pensioners had been classified, as fcl own: Army Invalids 173,188 Army w flows, minor children and de- i-cr.'lent relatives... 7(5,t4S Navy invalids 2,361 Navy widows, minor children and de pendent relatives 1,953 Survivors of the War of 1812. 7,l»4 Widows of those who served in the War of 1812 24,161 The names of 27.('«(>4 new pensioners were added to the rolls during the year, and the names of (>l'.t whose pensions had previously been dropped were restored, making an ag gregate increase to the rolls of 28,ol8. The flames of 11,446 pensioners were dropped from the roll*< lor various offenses, leaving a net increase for the year of 1C>,KH7 pension ers. At the clo-e of the year the pen-ion-; paid to each pensioner averaged $10170, and the aggregate annual value of the whole roll was $'29,:t41, 01.oi. The report says: "The annual payment of pensions exceeds the annual value by ,several millions of dol lars--that Is to say, the total amount patd for pensions during the year, exclusive of the arrears due in such pensions as were al lowed prior to Jan. 25,18<9, was $53,024,5()(>.20; the difference between this sum and the an nual value being the arrears due from new pensions computed from the date of dis charge In the case of an inval d soldier, and from the deai h Of the soldier where pension was not allowed to the widow or others." The amount paid during the year upon first payments to new pensioners was $2(5,4 ;1,069. This amount was paid to 27,70!? pensioners. The revort if.ves in detaU tho operations of the bureau covering the period since 18(51, the tables beinsr arranged by years for the purpose of ready comparison. A table has a-so been preparod which shows the numtier of pension cboms filed and allowed since 1861. and the disbui sements on account of pensions since 18(52 This table •hows that the total number of cl-iims tiied during the period mentioned w»> 8W,#61; tae total number allowed. 472,T76; and the nger<urat<; disbursement* m ule, $o0 ',G41,H'-4 75 Includ ed in i his amount Is the sum of $2.>,&14,2iJ2 85 paid to p-nsioncrs for and on account of serv'ce rendered during the War of 18)2 Anot er table shows that there are 2*.tO,$tC* claims for pensions now pending, and 75,2C$ on the re'«ct d tile- of tie office. This ex hibit also shows that there were 75,087 claims filed «iur nsr the List SMVI year. The special examination system substituted by Congress at the su»ge tion of the Commissioner for the "Si>.-cial Service" is •aid to be giving gre:<t satisi action. On this subject the Com- miK^ioncr savs: "This new system does away with the ex- porte evid -nce formerly 1 -une so that the claim.mt i-- now afforded the opportunity to face the wii nesses and to apjiear in person or by counsel in the examination of his casv' The expense incurred in this service dur- imr the ye-jir amounted U< $NS,275.23, while the uros's savin* to thedoverninent resulting fi om the ail option of this system was about •645,18a Charles expenses, including casket Thomas Dolan an t James Sheridan, . messengers at Executive Mansion, William Given, messenger at State De partment (amount left to discretion of board) Dr. James W. Walsh, embalming the body George Tremaln & Co., of New York, surgical instruments, etc H. L. Crawford, sprinkling grounds Executive Mansion W,"H. Bailey, services at Mansion...... W. B. Moses «fc Son, linen, etc James Goodwin, Boston, invalid bed.. William 8. Dupee, messenger War De partment. Singleton <fe Hoeke, Washington, for carpets etc j». The National Capital Telephone Co. Charleti H. Lee, messenger Department. of Justice (no amount named) James Wilson, cooking, etc ... Independent Ice Company, ice Margaret Nugent, cook, three months' extra pay Fred R. Moore, messenger service Claim of employes of Executive Man sion for three months' extra pay ' No claim has yet been filed by Dr. Hamil ton Or Dr. Boynton. The board is waitiflg to hear from them About Being a tinest. All my life I have1* been accustomed to a great many guests. It often puz zles me that some people, who in many respects were not as agreeable as oth ers^ were so much easier and pleasanter to entertain. It has only lately dawn ed upon me that there is a talent in be ing entertained just as in entertaining. If one and all of us would cultivate this gift, we would have more and heartier invitations. In watching one of the most successful of visitors, I learned these simple rules: 1. Be always ready for everything. If you must fail in any one particular, never let it be breakfast. When you are late for this meal you keep back the whole household's plans for the day. » 2. Always look interested and, if possible, say often how agreeable you think things. It is much easier to work for a friend's ̂ pleasure if one thinks she really is getting it and appreciating the trouble taken. Remember that often what is a great delight to you is exces sively stupid and tiresome to your hos tess. The show building that to you is new and beautiful has been seen by her many times and has lost its charm. If you seemed pleased, then she feels paid for her trouble, but if you look as if it was an honor for you to even glance at anything, then she' is disgusted and dis appointed and goes out with much leiss zest the following day to show you the next "lion" on her list. Girls have a great way of laughing at "the beaux." When we stay with people we naturally chime in with their ridicule. Never do this; We can abuse your own friends like. pickpockets, but let anybody else suggest that they are not perfection, then we are up in arms. 3. If any plan is proposed, always try to find out what tlje hostess thinks before you enter into it. If in any way she serins to demur, then let it drop immediately, however you may want it. She has some reason for her decision which she may not care to give. The etiquette, for instance, of different places are so different that what in one town may be very harmless, in another may not be so well. Be always assured that she desires you to do what you want. She on her side is as anxious to be considered to entertain well as you can be to be well entertained. Socially we all want to be as near the top of tho ladder in every department as possi ble. If you follow these few suggestions it will go f ar towards making you a charm ing guest--a delight to everybody you visit.--Home Journal. Uncle Hereford's Reflections. "Natur'" said Uncle Hereford reflec tively, squirting some tobacco juice up on the niornin' paper that had just fall en from his lap. "Natur" don't seem to have no consarn for her dumb critters. She just cbucks 'em loose sorter-like and lets 'em rustle for themselves. You can't detect no sort o* jedgtnent into a pelican now, as a kinder instance. You never seen a pelican with no sort' of sense. They jest agitates 'emselves through the air and gits overbalanced by their fish tank, and lose all consher- ness of anything in the least wise ap- proaohin' to common sense. A good, right-minded pelican never need to go famished to roost, with catfish as stupid as olums.a swimniin' easy like into the full view of ramniverous birds. But the chances are ten to six that a pelican will take the hardest way to get a din ner, and then light onto the scraggiest fish. There was Neff Simpson tother day fishin' intO"his dad's slough, when he nips up a six-inch catfish. There was a pelican clutteriu' around a watch ing of liiin, and no sooner does that fish, flip into the air than that there pel ican a gobbles" bt 'hiM,' hook and all. And then the darned pesky fool calcu lates to fly away with Neff's catfish. I don't believe as how Neff knows how to stuff a skin, but the bird is a lyin* out there in the woodshed as unknowing a lookin' critter as ever I see outside o' Sctli Bridges, who stood for constable last year.*' As Uncle Hereford picked up his paper he eyed that stain in sober silence for a moment, and then re marked sotto voce, "All dumb critters are not foolisliest." An Aatrologist on HoreMOpM. The nativities of the Queen's ch'ldreft all show some individuality and charac ter. The second son, Prince Alfred, aa he was formerly distinguished, wa« born at Windsor, August 6, 1844, at 7:50 a. m., with the eighteenth degree of Virgo ascending. The most notable , position at his birth, was the close eon- junction of the Sun and Mars in tljgf sign Leo. This denotes a great liabili ty to fevers and violent accidents. The Prince of Wales, who with many faults- is vet remarkable for bis bon-homie^ an<f for the strong personal regard in. which he is held by his immediate friends and the people in his domestic establishments. The favorite epithet applied to the heir apparent is the- word jovial, and the correspondents tell us much of his affable hobnobbing- with actors, literary men and others. The Prince of Wales was born with Jupiter rising--hence jovial is a very ,, correct word. All these words, descrip tive briefly, succinctly and graphically of character, are relics of the former general belief in astrology. From this, doctrine we have our words saturnine, mercurial, martial, etc. It is curious, indeed, to what extent we may trace in this direction the old doctrine of the planetary Influence, even in the most of our proverbs and common phrases. "He may thank his stars," "his lucky stars^ etc., are examples in every-dav use, and Sliakspeare is notably fond of such expressions. He speaks of the "stay- crossed lovers," Borneo and Juliet; of . the happy Christmas time, "when no planet strikes," of. "the moon coming; nearer the earth than is her wont ana making men mad," and in fifty other places of the belief in occult influence. The same is found in the other poets. The ifnfortunate Princess Alice had " an interesting horoscope. She waa born as Venus was rising and possessed many animable and attractive qualities, and was one of the most popular mem bers of the family. The Sun was in conjunction with Mercury and approxi mately in parallel with Jupiter. Her mental faculties were very bright, and it was said that while yet in her teens she was one of the most highly accom plished young ladies of Great Britain, particularly fond of books and art, and with a mind of wider sphere in many •wavs than usual. The Sun was the hyleg, or life-giver, at her birth, and was afflicted by the sesquidate aspect of Mars, the same evil planet also afflict ing the Moon by square aspect. The Sun was in tlie sign Tauras, which rulea the throat, and the unfortunate lady contracted that terrible malady, diph theria, and fell a victim to it. She- caught the infection by kissing one of her children who was suffering from the disease. This diphtheria is a strictly martial disease and in the horoscopes of those who are stricken with it the plan et Mars will invariably be seen to occu py stime malignant position at birth and also to exercise an influence in the directions at the time when the .malady appears. At those periods when he is traversing the signs Tarsus and Scorpio thousands of children may be observed to be swept away by it. , This was re markably exhibited at the last time Mars made his long stay in Tarsus.-- Baltimore News. 1 , Stimulants for Children. Only the simplest and most nourish ing edibles and drinks, should be given to children. Even the mild stimulus of tea and coffee can hardly be whole some for them, and the regular use of them while their glandular system is developing and forming may hiy the foundation fof d mgerous hankerings, and more than one destructive appeti'e. A Brooklyn teacher told of a little fel low who was killing himself with tobac co, and cried piteously when the doctor said he must give it up. A minister applied to Dr. Gray for relief. » "I can cure you if you will give up tobacco." ^ Said the man of God, "Do the best you can for me, doctor; saye me if you can, but I can't stop smokiiflg." Every day we meet sipfokers and chewers with the mark of death upon their faces. The late Siro Delmon:co vi'as warned by the best physician of New York \hat he must die or quit smoking. He quit when he died. Those who use soothing sirups feed children on confectionery and rich pas-" try, are little wiser. When we see how much tobacco, patent medicines and al coholic drinks are used, we cannot but think of Carlyle's remark about most of the population being of the soro that 'Solomon says mliy be brayed in a mor tar with a pestie without undergoing any change. Carlyle, writing in a preat- er hurry, perhaps, said we were twenty millions of people, mostly fools.--Chris tian Advocate. "I THRASHED the little boys and mashed the big ones," was the young scliooimarm's explanation of her suc cess in subduing an unruly school. "~THE MARKETS. « NEW YORK. iiiamgR taa» <«io.7B Ho<;s 8.20 <ffi 8.78 COTTON .HHP .11% Fi^oun--Snperllne. '8.10 *.10 WHEAT--No. L White. Mi <fl< 1.S3 No 2 Red 1.06 1.11 CORN--T'nirraded 80 .81 OA.TS--Mixed Western .42 P .43 PORK--Mess LARD * CHICAGO. BEEVES--flood to Fancy Steers.. Cows and Heifers...... Medium to Fair Hoos _ mm. FLOOR--Fancy White Winter Ex. 6.50 Good to Choice Sp'gr Ex. 6.00 5.50 WHEAT--No.2 Sprinir No. 2 Red Winter.....i. CORN--No. OATS--No. 2.... KYE--No. 2 •>•*« RARITY--No.2 BUTTER--Choice Oreajncry....... Kfios--Fresh China's Use for Ants; China leads civilized countries in find ing a u«e for its ants. Prof. Riley of received from Han C ow an account of tho Agricultural Bureau, Wash ington, has a curious use made of ants in that part of China. It seems that, in many p rts of the Province of Canton, the orange trees are injured by certain worms, an !, The Visionary Robin. A happy robin M as one day chanting< aa'eipiieni over the deceased summer in the forest. Having finished, it said: "And now I'll away to the balmy land where all the year the Magnolias are full of humming birds, where--" _ In response to the bayg of a gun in a small boy's hand, the robin concluded not to go South, and two days after it was sold for a quail on a railroad lunch counter for $1. Moral: Don't sipg too loud until you are ouW>f the woods.-- Fuck. • ' BI.OTTINO-PAPER was in use, by that name, so far back as 1465. The use of Chicago and report to the Lieutenant j to rid themselves of these pests, the in- , , „ . , General for duty, relieving General j habitants import ants from the neigh- I sand lasted up to the end of the last for, strangely enough, all physicians Canbv, who is directed to proceed im- boring hills. The hill people through- century in England, and still obtains in agree that the dying think of tho past I mediately to Oregon. 4 V 1 out the summer and winter find the Italy. 175 (RT'M.OO ;13)£@ .13* 8.75 4.00 4. o m R.as 7.00 8.W 6.31 3.60 <3! .97 .•99 C<i 1.00 *.«8 .94 (<i>. J68 (tit .83 (<S .32 PORK--Meisjs. LARD MILWAUKEE. .22 34.25 @24.6® .19 .36 .69 .84 .33 .23 12%@ en .9* .70 .38 6T 90 WHEAT--No. a .." CORN--No. 2 .69 . OATS--No. 2 ...a...... .34 @ RYE--No. 2. BARI.EY--No. 9 .89 @ PORK--Mew 9»,26 «£21.60 LARD - 1.IS ST. LOUISK WHEAT--No. 2 Red ...... .96 <A> .9# CORN--Mixed ,«6 ei .67 OATS--No. 2........ .33 .34 RYE '.. ,57 ® .» PORK--Mess M.40 <$24.75 LARD ; .123*® J» CINCINNATI. WHEAT--No. a Red 1.00 @ l,ttt COJJN ,73 @ VMT OATS........ .36 .87 RYE .«3 (<A .64 PORK--MESS...; AT.75 ^25.00 LARD .12?4@ .18 TOLEDO. • WHEAT--No. 2. Red.., I.01 <S! 1.03 CORN.... *74 & .75 OATS--No. 2 .89 @ .40 DETROIT. FLOUR.. K«o ® <M» WHEAT--No. l White E? 1.01 .70 ,-HS <!? ,99 Conx--No. 2. OAT<---Mixed...: PORK--Mess. .."24.00 @24J INDIAN APOLIS. WHEAT--No. 2 Red .9a CORN-tNO. 2 B8 @ J OATS--Mixed .34 @ . EAST LIBERTY, PA. CATIXE--Best... 6.-"0 <«! 7.1 Fair 6.60 & 6j Common................ 4.oo *. HOGS 6.^0 0 8J 2.75 @ 4.' •)%r- .71