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f\ V My SlSliJ; S M £>>»* , .V*- 3 >* ,'ii?"": >t > * *• % * I; J ^ "». * m» f :' : < • • "?>' ^ H. * * ' " ! .*' - 'i \ \Mi > ist* " " ->i v ,* - i . ' -i:-m *>* L «MIM.tlK, titer sM PHMWMT. icmois. UOHDEHSm , in New York last week *M . There were many cases of The street-car companies temporary sheds for their horses, net was patrolled by carts loaded With Nooks of toe and covered by tarpau­ lins. ifce greatest Buffering was among the immigrants at Castle Garden. No less than 672 children Under 5 years of age died In the city during the ̂ week.... John Dennisoa Baldwin, editor of the Wor­ cester (Mast) Spy, is dead. He served three terras In Congress and was a member of the National Republican Convention at Chicago in 1800 Fire destroyed the Massachusetts Almshouse at Bridgewater. Six hundred Inmates were fafelv removed. It la supposed that tlM conflagration WM started by mmebody inside. Tfceloss to #150,000.-- C & Marvin, the oldest member of the Pew York Stock Exchange, Is dead Two leading physicians of Reading, Pa., were drowned in the Schuylkill river while swim­ ming. NEAR Plinville, Ct., a passenger train dashed into a gravel train, causing the death of two men, injuring one fatally, and badly shaking up the passengers. The bodies of two of the victims were thrown forty feet over the telegraph wires. A telegraph operator caused thedisaKter bv failing to give the passenger conductor necessarv inHtructions-- Four apartment buiaings, eleven stories high, are to be erected at Sixth avenue and Fifty-ninth street, New York, at a cost #2,400,000. THOMAS J. MARSH, JR., of the man­ agement of the Tewksberry (Mass.) Alms­ house, refuses to produce his memorandum book, showing what disposition was made of the corpses, before the Legislative investi­ gating committee. Marsh will hand over the book if the names of the dead given up for dissection are not published. He fears molestation at the hands of their friends. A TRAIN containing Masonic excur­ sionists collided with a freight on the Buffalo and Southwestern railroad near Jamestown two train hands being killed and one fatally injured. Both locomotives and several freight cars were completely wrecked. AU the excursionist* escaped without injury ... .Iroquois, the American horse which won the English Derbv, has arrived at New York < with Aranza andtarthenia. PITER WALTER, JR., a merchant and Councilman of Allegheny City, was charged by the Mail with using his official position • for personal gain. The controller of the newspaper is Commodore W. J. Kounts, s leading citizen, and Mr. Walter has secured his conviction of criminal libel in connec­ tion with the editor, John B. Kennedy A oourtof Foresters, while attending a fu­ neral, were refused admission to a Catholic church at New Haven, Ct, unless they re­ moved their regalia. They refused, save three members who acted as pall-bearers, and quitted the premises The steamship lines at New York have reduced the rate for •emigrant tickets, some charging $21 and others #18....Orange Judd, the well-known New York publisher, has been forced into bankruptcy, THE WEST. > A TORNADO struck Soldier City, Kas., • town of 200 inhabitants, on the Kansas Central railroad, completely demolishing sixteen buildings and injuring a number of others. Among the buildings blown down were two general stores, one drug store, one iivery stable, and several residences. Three women and one child were killed outright and tome fif­ teen injured, eeverml seriously. The cyclone also struck Cimarron Station, on the Atchi­ son, Topeka and Santa Fe road, and wrecked six building?, beside a large livery barn. Nobody was injured. One large building, occupied as a billiard hall, was picked up entirely, turned twice around, and set down some yards away.... Two desperadoes named Henry Dowling and Dennis Hogarty, were hanged by the citizens of Maysville, Col Moses Maxston, Professor' of English Liter­ ature in the University of Minnesota, died from blood-poisoning* caused bv crushing his thumb with a weight attachedto a hitclf- ing-strap. TERRIBLE tragedy was enacted at Dwight, HI. Andrew White, a wealthy and well-known farmer, butchered in cold blood his wife and two children, and blew his own brains out A num- 1' "tn t;.- ' < -V' ber of years ago Andrew White was one of the most prominent property-holders of Chicago, and made for himself an im­ mense fortune, with which he retired to a stock-farm near Dwight, where he has lived most of the time since. His steady attention to business and the consequent mental strain affected his mind to such an extent that he*ad to be carefully watched by his family. He grew steadily worse and worse, l»ntil his strange freaks were so unbearable that he had to be sent to a private asylum. Here he acquired the strange and fatal hallucination toat his im­ prisonment was due to a desire on the part of his wife and children to get hold of hi? fortune and spend it Recently he managed to secure his release, through the careless­ ness of Ms custodians, and speedily made htt way home. Beaching the house in the middle of the night, he watched till morning, when he hovanced to the front stoop and called out to his wife to come down and welcome hiirt. The family, consisting of the wife and two children, aged 10 and IS years, rushed at once towards the porch, re­ joiced to hear the familiar voice, and sup­ posing that the husband and father bad been released from the asylum in the possession of his faculties. He allowed each member of the family to caress him, and a moment after, without the least agitation, drew from his pocket the re­ volver, and, looking his wife in the face, said: "You want my money, my fortune, damn you. Take that!" and he sent a bullet crashing through her brain, and she fell dead on the porch, as he turned and buried bullets in the brains of his boys and girL When he had done this he laid down the re­ volver and gazed upon the fearful deed he had perpetrated. For a moment the horror of the act seemed to restore his reason, and with a desperate cry he fell upon the corpse of his wife, kissing it and weeping over it His hallucination returning how- over, he dragged the bodies of the dead into the dining-room and laid them out on the table, the wife first, the boy next, and the grllast He then fired a snot into his own A SHOCKING accident occurred at a Mjone quary near Leinont, I1L A derrick hroke one of its guy-ropes and began to lalL The men under it ran away, but the Other guy-ropes veered the derrick around after the Weeing men,and it fell on the men, killing four and fatally injuring two.... Bishop McMullen bequeathed his prop­ erty to three other rigbt-rever- enu fathers, his fortune going to the dioce­ sans of Peoria. Nebraska and St Louis „ The new building of the Indiana University at Bloomington was tired by lightning ancl destroyed. The museum contained the col- 'Ifsotions of Robert Dale Owen and Of Prof. Jordan, valued at #100,000, which were reduced to ashes. The library was wholly ruined The oorn crop is progressing finely in Illi­ nois, and at present promises a yield of 181,- ^©30,000 bushels--a slight increase over last '! " v-v* _ _ THE SOUTH. ' * Two men named Browii and Mayer ;, f?ere arrested (or an attempted outrage on " •he daughter of a wealthy citizen of Sun- g|uright, Tenn. They confessed, and were jummarily lynched..Henderson i.ee, color- id, was lynched at Monroe, La, lor stealing, portions of Garland, Yell, and Montgomery bounties. Ark., have for some time been Under the control of outlaws, who defy the 1 local authorities. The other day Gov. berry trrote a letter to the Sheriff of each county •ayiitf he bad been urged to call out the militia, but saw no necessity for doing so, > and urging the Sheriffs to call out large ^posses to hunt the outlaws dowij. ' T H E Mississippi Board of Health have Ordered that all boats from points below the State must stop fen1 inspection at the Fort Adams station, and will not be allowed to land at ports in the State unless possessed is%' v - # • fs; • _ ^ ***• nsnssssry . pouriraoAx. StrwBCRirTioira mmntiagto $100, 000 have been (uHliiShiedr In aid of the Wood's Induafetet Mtf QMa Centennial Bxpostttoaafc ply Wpayjg£fc year, llie total •••win iwatedlltaOfrBft EX-SPEAKKB CofcPAX writes to the Lockport (N. Y.) Journal that while he has no Intention of returning to public life he still believes the people have confidence In his integrity, and avers that, Oakes Ames1 oath to the contrary, he never had a share era dollar of the dividends of the Credit Mobilier of America. THE Minnesota State Prohibition Convention met at St Pita! July id Tariff for revenue only was tabled by a vote of 44 to 26, HW platform condemns tne course of both parties on the liquor question, fa­ vosa the eaffcanefeisementof women and the election of all Officers by the people when possible. The following ticket was nomi­ nated: Governor, Charles Evans Holt; Lieu­ tenant Governor, Prof. E. & Payne; Secre­ tary of State, C B. Shove; Treasurer, C. M. Anderson. THE Iowa Greenbackers, at their State Convention in Des Moines, passed res­ olutions favoring otvil-servioe reform, a graduated income tax, a postal-telegraph system and the abolition of railroad com­ missioners. Hon. J. B. Weaver was nomi­ nated for Governor, Sanford Kilpatrlck for lieutenant Governor, IX W. Cuurch for Su­ preme Judge and Mira Abbie O. Canfleld for Superintendent of Public Instruction.... The Republicans of Pennsylvania met In convention at Harrisburg, and adopted a high-tariff, pure-primary, civil-servioe and anti-foreign-pauper platform. William Llve- rey, of Allegheny, was nominated for State Treasurer, and Jerome B. Niles for Auditor General Gov» Ben Butler says Tilden would make a very strong candidate for the Democrats, and that Arthur is equally etrong with the Republicans THE colored people of Texas have been holding: a State Convention. They framed an address to the people declaring that the white race throughout the South bas continually increased in friendliness, even to a surprising degree. Colored peo­ ple are recommended to keep a sharp eye on their ttachers and preachers, and to remove at once those found incompetent or im­ moral. AFTER three weeks' unsuccessful balloting for United States Senator by the New Hampshire Legislature the Republican members of that body received a note from Senator Rollins withdrawing from the con­ test, it being evident that he could not se­ cure votes enough to elect him. The next ballot showed twenty-one candidates, Wm. E. Chandler leading the Republicans. SPECIAL REVENUE AGENT HORTON, at Boston, wrote to Commissioner Evans that he could not resign, as requested, preferring dismissal, as he could not afford to lose his character and office at the same time He maintained that it would be evidence of guilt to resign. Horton's ap­ pointment was thereupon revoked, by order of Commissioner Evans. WASHINGTON. Am A result of the prolonged confer­ ences at Washington, it has been agreed by Secretaries Lincoln and Teller that the cap­ tured Apaches shall be cared for by and kept under tne control of the War Department at somepointon the San Carlos reservation. The war Department is to be intrusted with Solice control of all Indian ion the reserva-on and the protection of the agent The Postmaster Ge n eral has decided to order the Postmaster at New Orleans to pay no postal- orders to lb-. Dauphin, connected with the Louisiana lottery, and to return all registered letters sent to his address. ACCORDING to a report just received at the Navy Department, there would seem to be very earnest need of a prohibitory law in the navy. Drunkenness is alarmingly prevalent amowr the officers of the Asiatic squadron, and the loss of the steamer Ashue- lot is directly traceable to the use of liquor.... A special agent of the Treasury Department calls attention to the large number o| assisted Immigrants arriving at Canadian ports with through tickets to points in the Western States. Twenty-eight paupers from one vessel were recently found destitute at Buffalo and sent to the Erie county alms­ house. Canadian steamers engaged in the cattle trade with Great Britain bring back there immigrants at the lowest rates. THE Treasury Department has been informed of the arrest at Port Town send, W. T., of nine Chinamen "smuggled" into this country through British Columbia Tne fact has been reported to the Presi­ dent, who will order tneir deportation..... According to the July reports of the De­ partment of Agriculture spring wheat is in first-class condition and corn only 12 per cent behind its average stand and acreage. Winter wheat, though a disappointing yield at best has improved 4 per cent within the last month The President has appointed John H. Livingston United States Marshal for South Carolina, vice Abealom Blythe, re­ signed. DR. MART WALKER, says a Was bin g- ington telegram, has been dismissed from the Pension Bureau. She was away at the time, and at once indited an epistle to the Chief Clerk, threatening dire vengeance unless restored to her position. Commissioner Dudley said the letter was so full of idiosyncrasies that no notice would be taken of it. He believes the ca­ reer of Dr. Mary as a public servant has been brought to a definite and abrupt close, never to see the light of day again. She has persisted in her oddities about the office, and in doing just about as she chose, regardless of the rules or requirements, sna hss been altogether an annoyance. general. RAILWAY projects already outlined for unsettled sections of the province of Quebec involve an outlay of $100,000,000 of French and British capital. There are two lines from Montreal to Ottawa, with business for but one, and two from Montreal to Quebec, with a third in progress Miss RATHBONE, who for six years has been a missionary abroad, has brought to New York the first Burmese woman who ever landed on our shores. The new-comer will study for five years in this country be­ fore returning for missionary work. THE river Thames overflowed its banks at London, Ontario, placing a depth of five feet of water at points which never before were reached by freshets. Nearly forty persons were drowned, and the damage to j property bids fair to be counted by millions, j Three bridges were swept away. One lady who was rescued from a small cot- | tage has since become insane, and an un- j known boy was carried over the dam while screaming for help. Mrs Ann Reeves car­ ried four children simultaneously through water reaching to her shoulders. IOUEKX. MR. GLADSTONE made a statement in the House of Commons, which is regareded as a positive menace to France, and which has produced a wide-spread sensation, though British comment is coupled with expressions of hope that an amicable outcome may finally be reached. The British Premier declared that English subjects had suffered gross outrages at the bands of Admiral Pierre, commanding in Madagascar, and that communications were awaited from the French which it was the dutv of their Goverdment to make at once. Nothing short of the disgrace of Pierre, it is thought, will prevent a very serious com­ plication between two great peoples..... The new Suez canal will be completed in 1888, and the British Government lends the canal company £8,(Hxt,(>Oo at ^-per-cent interest, which loan is redeemable in fifty years--The Cuban authorities, notwith­ standing a protect from the Amer­ ican Government that the mat­ ter be referred to Madrid, sold the American brig Nettle at Havana for alleged violations of the customs laws A great battle was fought between the forces of Cetawavo and Oham in South Africa, the latter chief being made a prisoner. A PAPER, urging the people to rebel, has been put in circulation in Cuba. The Government looks upon it as the de­ vice of bands of robbers to give political significance to their movements. Gen. Jesse H. Moore, of Decatnr, 111, Consul at Callao, died of yellow fever at his post, in the South American city. A. DUEL arising out of the debate in the Chamber of Deputies, on the Tonquln question, was fought near Paris. The com. j'twflants were Emanuel Arene, aOambetttot : •wm ot «a VMsyon aooou&tbf dUh«fasji» same debet*, but the la no notice ot Csassgfanrti Dennis Vlsld, fotemaa o<Mia Jarrwhioh oonvicted Hynasof tuumc# %Mii, and receiptor letters threatening him withln- lary, and his wife and daughters an often Insulted on the street An attempt wa« made recently to enter his house,but its maraud­ ers flea when Field fired upon them.... The British Government's arrangement with De Leeseps for a new Sues eanal haa baen voted by the London Chamber of Commerce as inadequate and unsatisfactory, and meet­ ings of ship-owners at many points have also oondemned the settlement.... genor Oastelar, In the Spanish Chamber, made a speech once more avowing repub­ lican principles, the championing ot wnich hM made him famous. He declared that a satisfactory compromise between the mon­ archical id'ea and the rights of man was im­ possible, and created, a great commotion among the courtiers... .Boleldleu, the French composer, is dead, aged 87 yews. A CABLE dispatch of the 18th inat. says that cholera hss appeared it towns thirty to forty miles from Cairo The British Government will send to Egypt a Surgeon General who had long experience in India France will dispatch Louis Pasteur, the chemist, to investigate the nature and origin of the disease ADDITIONAL NEWS. THX iron steamer Niagara, plying be­ tween New York and Havana, burned off the coa*t of Florida The steamer Com­ mander, being within sight, soon took the passengers on board, and the Captain and his crew ran the steamer ashore in sixteen feet of water. The vessel cost #850,000.... J. P. Macheca & Co., fruit dealers. New Or­ leans, are insolvent Liabilities tlC0,l0J. THE school-house at Underhill, Vt., was struck by lightning and all the chil­ dren were more or less injured. One little girl was rendered deaf, and a boy had the sole taken from one shoe and the uppers from another.... .A private in the Four­ teenth New York regiment was drummed out of the State camp at Peekskill, by order of Col Austin, and has brought suit for #25,000 damages. THE growing wheat in California has been ruined in many counties by hot winds, and the amount for exportation will be muchleFS than anticipated Fruits of all kinds, however, will be abundant, and the wool clip is reported satisfactory Offi­ cial estimates show a marked decrease in the acreage and average yield per acre of the Michigan wheat fields, producing an es­ timated deficiency in the wheat crop of the State of over 8,COO,COO bushels as compared with last year's returns. JOHN C. NEW, of the National Re* publican Committee, thinks the Presiden­ tial convention in 1884 ought to be held in Indianapolis, and that the hall in which it sits ought not to hold more than 4,000 peo­ ple PRESIDENT SANTA MARIA, of Chili, in his message to the Cortes, recommends the separation of church and State, the seculari­ sation of cemeteries, and civil marriages. THE indictments against the Jews at Nyrreghhaza, Hungary, who are charged with killing a Christian g.'rl and using her blood in their passover bread, have been withdrawn, and the Government intends to prosecute to the utmost the concoctor of the plot against the Jews Recently, at Huar- ica, Peru, fourteen prisoners were shot by Peruvian troops, one, an American, named Purley, being executed for being a Chilian spy. A WIDE section of the West was visit­ ed by a fierce storm, accompanied by wind, rain, hail and thunder, on the 12th and 13th of July. In some localities the disturbance assumed the proportions of a tornado, and ihiiicted immense losses One wing of the storm swept down the Missouri valley, doing much damage at Kansas City. St. Joseph and Moberly, Met At McPaul, Iowa, many houses were blown down and ten persons injured, but fortunately no one was killed. Hail fed as large as hens' eggs, killing live stock, and cutting the wheat, corn and grass to pieces. At Hamburg, Iowa, a brick church and sev­ eral frame buildings were wrecked. The front walls of several bus­ iness houses fell out into the street At Westboro, Mo , ten houses were demolished and one child killed. At Burlington Junc­ tion, Mo., not a house was left uninjured, and several persons were injured. Mary- ville. Maiden and Trenton, Mo., suffered severely, churches, public buildings, store­ houses and dwellings being demolished or unroofed. Near Browning Mo., the bag­ gage-car and coach of a Burlington train were blown completely over by a cyclone. Six passengers injured, two of them fatally. The section about Lincoln. Neb., suffered severely by hail, especially the crops, and some buildings were demolished. Central and Western Illinois lost considerably on damaged buildings and ruined crops, es­ pecial havoc being created about Cordova, Paxton, Clinton, Carlinvllle, Gibson City, and points in Mercer, Lrgan, and DeWitt counties. Scott and Fre­ mont count: in Iowa, suffered great dam­ age, the hail in these sections falling as large as hens' eggs, and laying vegetation tlat. At Alton a Methodist Cliurch was Unroofed and the streets blockaded by fallen trees. Heavy rain in St Louis flooded cellars, while the wind unroofed structures and released river craft from their moorings. A Terrible LOM. "The boat has turned over and drowned your son," said a man ap­ proaching a fishing party, and address­ ing an old gentleman. "Great goodness!" exclaimed the old man, bursting into tears. "He was my hope in this life. He was the best boy on the place; and beside that he had the bait-cap with him."--Arkansaw Traveller.' cert of low* ind R«- of Pwruttyttonia. low* Aveenbeckd# - DM Iowa. Greenback Slate Convention met a* Sea Moines, and was called to order bjftflwtl M. Gillette, and, after prayer by Stv. Bl» & Hunting, of Des MolneS, Mr a short speech, in which the ondaad aim of the 5.90 4.00 5.30 5.35 6.00 5.50 fHEMARKEE • NEW YOBK. Bravis. $ 6.60 # 6.ta Hoos 6.60 @6.75 FLOUB--Superfine 3.36 <jg 3.90 WHEAT--No. 1 White 1.08 @ i.08!$ No. 3 Red.... 1.12!£<g 1.13% COBS--Na 2 so @ .60 OATS- No. 3 4St}^<M .*3 PORK--MCM is.7B i^ic.oo Labu ; . . # CHICAGO. BEEVES--Good to Fancy Steers., Cows and Heifers Medium to Fair HOGS PliOUR--Kai;oy White Wlntjr Ex. Good to Choice Spr'g Ex. WHEAT--No. 2 Spring No. 3 hoi Winter CORN-- NO. 3 OATS--No. 2 3I!U(# RYE--No. 2 -.53 # .53% BAP.LET--No. 2 .66 <<£ .67 BUTTEB--Choice Creamery... 1»54<«S .10^ EGOS--Fresh 14 & .14>2 PORK--Mess 13.60 ($13.65 LABU . . 6% MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--No. 3 CORN--No. 2. OATS--No. 2. RVE--No. 2 UAKLEY--No. 2... PORK--Mess. Lako ;.... ST. LOUIS. WHEAT--No. 2 Bed COBN--Mlxfd OATS--So. 3 RVE PORK--Mees :.... LARD CINCINNATL WHEAT--Na 3 Bed s>. COBN .-. OATS T.,...., RYE PORK--MOM. LARD TOLEDO. 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It is a hard task, he said, for op­ posed to the movement is every form of monopoly--bankers, railroad corporations, nauetra, and everything representing capi­ tal. He also declared that the party was for iHithfhitlon & Xenwarthy, of Mahaska county, was called as Temporary Chairman, and a Davis county main was appointed Temporary Seo- retary. 11M Committee on Credentials reported sixty-Six counties represented, two-turds of the counties of the state. The Committee on Permanent Organisa­ tion reoommended the following: Chairman--'W. S. Kenworthy, of Mahaska. r Vice President--T. Q. Lee, of Hamilton. / Secretary--J. Burke, of Jasper. Assistant Secretary--W. H. ltobb, of Union. Beading Secrstary--J. W. Muffly, of Polk. The report was adopted. A motion waa made to refe;: to the Com­ mittee on Resolutions, witnout debate, all :esomttbns offered In the convention, which, after considerable discussion, prevailed: The following Committee on Resolutions wa* appointed: First district, M. L. Edwards: Second, L. Hoops; Third. M. 8. Hitchcock; Fourth, L. H. Weller; Fifth, George Carter; Sixth, Gen. J. B. Weaver; Seventh, I. Brownell; Eighth. J. L. Brown; Ninth, W. Wollicker; Tenth, F. H. Lee; Eleventh. Daniel Campbell. Gen. Weaver,Chair man of the Committtee on Resolutions presented the following re­ port, wnich was adopted with but little op­ position: The National GreenbackLabor party of Iowa, in convention assembled, declare : I. The right to Issue money and control the volume thereof belongs to the people, therefore we demand the abolition of all banks of issue and the substitution of legal tender currency in lieu of "bank currency, the volume to be strictly regulated by Congress. 3. We favor the unrestricted coinage of gold and silver. 3. We are opposed to all refunding of the in­ terest-bearing national debt which places it be­ yond the power of the Government to pay at will, and we demand that said debt be paid as rapidly as possible. 4. We demand a graduated income tax where­ by capital shall bear its just share of the public burden. 6. All men have a natural right to a portion of the soil, and, as the use of the soil is indispen­ sable to life, the right of all men to the soil is sacred as life itself; all public lands granted to corporations sad forfeited by reason of non­ performance of the conditions of said grants should be immediately reclaimed by the Govern­ ment, and all public lands should by held for homes by actual settlers. 6. The Patent law should be so amended as to rtect inventors, give the people the benefits be derived, and prevent the formation of monopolies which rob the Inventor and the peo­ ple. 7. We favor civil-service reform, and to that end hold that all public officials, as far as prac­ ticable, including the President and Vice Presi­ dent, shall be elected by a direct vote of thef 8. We favor a low tariff and a revision of the present tariff laws, to be adjusted in the interest of labor and not in the Interest of monopolies. 9. We demand the abolition of the Railroad Commission and the passage' of laws regulating railroad and telegraph charges upon an equitable basis and the establishment of a postal tele­ graph system. 10. For the purpose of protecting the people from harassing and tedious litigation in courts remote from their homes, all ratlroad companies and other corporations doing business within this State, should be required by law to incor­ porate under the laws of Iowa. That siid cor­ porations be required to litigate their cause* in the State courts in common with all other citi­ zens. II. We demand that each party having a State organization shall have a representative on each election board. 12. We bo!4 that the representatives of labor to combine to protect all their ~"* 7htB and they should be pro- he exercise of that right, and latlve action whereby all dlffer- mine owners and laborers may be equitably adjusted. 13. We demand equal political rights for all men and women. • 14. The manufacture and s»le of intoxicating liquors as a beverage should be prohibited, and the will of the people as expressed at the non­ partisan election of June 27, 1882, be respected and carried out, and we arraign the present ex­ ecutive of the State for permitting the will of ^ the people to be overthrown. 16. The claims of the bondholders have been regarded by the party in power as more sacred than the claims of the soldiers of the Union. We declare such distinctions to be humiliating and wrong, and we demand that Congress shall Immediately pass such laws as will place the soldiers upon an equal footing with the bond­ holders. We also favor the passage of a law by the State Legislature exempting pension money and the homesteads purchased therewith from execution and attachment. 16. We j oint to the Sets of our last Congress in renewing national-bank charters, in reducing bank taxes $12,000,000 per annum, and to their failure to reclaim forfeited land grants; also, to the* escape of the star-route thieves, some of whom confessed their guilt, and to the develop­ ment of fraud in the Treasury Department, as jexposed by the Hon. F. H. Murch, as evidence of the unprecedented corruption ot the party in power, and to show that public moneys and public Interests cannot longer safely be in­ trusted to their hands. The Hon. J. B. Weaver was nominated for Governor; Sanford Kirkpatrick, of Wapello, for Lieutenant Governor; I). W. Church, of •dair, for Supreme Judge, and Miss Abbie O. Canfield, of Des Moines county, for Super­ intendent of Public Instruction. Gen. Weaver thanked the convention in a neat speech. Col. Harper, of Il'inois, made a short speech, which was extremely moderate and conciliatory in its tone. The following State Central Committee was chosen: Fiisb dis­ trict, It. C. Brown; Second, J. I* Enos; Third, M. S. Hitchcock; Forth, L. H. Weller; Fifth, B. (). Henderson; Sixth, W. S. Ken- worthy; Seventh, E. H. Gillette; Eighth, W. H. Royg; Ninth, Thomas Benedict; Tenth, not chosen; Eleventh, J. II Somers. Pennsylvania Republicans. Hie Republicans of Pennsylvania held their State Conyention at Harrisburg. It was a very quiet affair. There were no con­ testing delegations. John Cessna presided, and the business in hand was rapidly dis­ posed of. William Livesey was nominated for State Treasurer on the sixth ballot, and Jerome 15. Niles was declared the nominee for Auditor after the fourth ballot The following platform was adopted: The Republican party of Pennsylvania makes declaration of its principles HH follows: 1. We unqualifiedly approve and demand a continuance of that system of p otectkn to home industry which lias proved itself to be the basis ot National independence, an incentive to industrial *kill and development, and a guaran­ tee of a just and adequate scale of wages lor labor; and we denounce all attempts to reduce the ratts of the tariff l-elow a level which will accompliHti these objects. 2. That any surplus in the public treasury arising trorn a redundant revenue shanld, a'ter pay in K the national debt a< last as its condi­ tions perniit, be distributed from time to time to the several States upon the basis of population to relieve them frcm the burdens of local taxa­ tion and provide means for the education of their people. 3. Tiiat, as the depreciated trade dollar is largely in the hands of*)ur lalK>ritig people, and is a diwtmbing element to the business ot the country, we declare it to be the duty ot Congress to adoj,t such legislation as will insure its full redemption and convetslon into other coin for circulation. 4. That we prrtes1 aga n-t tbe practice of for­ eign Govei nm» nt-i in aiding or enforcing the emigration of their pauptr and CTim nal classes to this country, and we call upen th- Genetal Goveri,m ;nito take proper steps to trevent t.ie Bam'. 5. The Republicans of Pennsylvania most heartily indorse the wise and conservative ad­ ministration of President Arthur, and believe fiis administrative policy has, under the circum­ stances, done inuch tn secure the pres< nt happy and proHj>erou» conditicfa of the country, and thus we recognize in him a faithful and worthy supporter of our lamented martyr, President James A. Garfiqld. 6. We heartily approve ot the provision made by the Republicans in Congress for giving the patriot soldiers of the late war a preference ac­ cording to quaBtications for positions under the Government. Soldiers and sailors, the ir widows and orphans hSve a first claim on the care, pro­ tection and gratitude of the American people. 7. We commend every effort to inaugurate a thorough and correct clvU-servlc%reform in all tbe departments of the national and State ad­ ministrations. 8. We requir* that all offices bestowed within the party shall be upon the sole basis of *fitness; that competent and faithful officers shall not be removed except for cause, and that the asoer- Govenuafltt. la That the lisjwlrtloin psrty ot Pniasyl- vaBla hfteby pledges ltaelf to aeetm -- of saofa legislation as will tend to a i governmentoftheBtate.aad its mi sad mom parthsnUriy pledgee itself to pfrovlde ios (na sash reform shartcn as will oorrsot ex­ isting ahosss sad promote good snd economical goverasMHt. 11. That til* Democratic party In the Legisla­ ture of Pennsylvania i* responsible for retarding the legitimate sad necesaary business of the Leglautaaa, esastag the caking of an extra •Milan at an expense of mora than Ooo.ooa, and preventing a fair and just apportionment of the Rate and Congressional, Legislative and Judi­ cial districts, and we hereby heartily commend the action of the BepubUcan Senate onthsas mossnrtii .Whk&BAS,It to tiMsease of the eon that the freest and fullest expression of party action and source of popular rule, and that this object be promoted fry holding i ofdelega for the election of delegates to the convention throughout the State as far as practicable, oa some convenient day not remote/rom the con­ vention ; therefore, V Resolved, That the State Co»n|ttee be in­ structed to inqnlre into the expediency of fixing a uniform day throughout the Stale for holding primaries for the election of delegates to State conventions. " GLEANINGS. WATEnaxoire are selling in Florida for 5 cents each. THE annual Income of the Snltaa of Tur­ key is $15,1)00,oca . _ _ LYONS, Iowa, htts°a match-factory which tarns out 200 gross per day. TKIKTY I OUK men in Uvalde county, Texas, own $'200,000 worth of sheep apiece. THE poet of the Hartford I'o*t speaks of an old straw hat as a symphony in last year's sunburn. A GENTLEMAN of Sumterville, Walton county, Fla., has established a gopher park, and is said to have 920 head at work. THE Baptists are about to Invest from 175,000 to 1100,000 in the erection of a de­ nominational college in North Dakota. IT is estimated that the miners and me­ chanics of Bntte, M. T., have on depoait at the three banks in that city about #300,OCOi THE Missouri State Teachers1 Association, in its session, passed a resolution that no member in the association should receive the title ot Professor. THE liquor-dealers of San Buenaventura, CaL, have resolved to withdraw their pat­ ronage from the two local papers because the latter advocates high license. IN Portland, Ore, the ship-owners claim they have the advantage in view of the large expected wheat harvest on the coast, and are generally asking full rates for freight. THE peaceful community of McPherson, Kaa, which has a population of about 8,000, gets along wtyh a police force which consists 'of a City Marshal, who is also Street Com­ missioner of the town. THE lightning knocked the razor out of the hand of a female barber while she was shav­ ing a customer in Gloucester, Mass, which inspires a contemporary to remark that fe­ male barbers are too magnetic. A TON of silver coin is now being turned out daily at the Philadelphia Mint Tha most of this is in dollars and small coiiu notably dimes The demand for 5-oen< nickels is in advance of the ability to sup ply. AN Italian baby was born in a shanty neai Amsterdam, N. Y., to one of the West Short railroad laborers, with a perfect set of uppej teeth. Tha father considered this freak ot nature an evil sign. He abandoned hl4 workan4.tr/enttoSchenectady to oonsult a priest THE .imerican and the Mexican nickel are engaged in a tight race at El Paso, Texas, The latter, though worth 1}£ cents less, is rather getting away with the former, for some unknown reason, though at Laredo and other points on the Bio Grande the mer­ chants refuse to receive the Mexican nickel at pax or face. THE Denver Tribune Is responsible for the statement that a "Gout Club" has recently been organized in that city, with Judge Steck, President; Ward Lamon, Secretary; Judge Ward, Umpire; and J. B* Belford, General Interlocutor. It is generally known as the "Historical Club," inasmuch as these gouty philosophers generally dovote them­ selves to the discussion of historical ques- tiocs, including such abstruse inquiries as "Why didn't Moses have a front name?" ABOUT PEOPLE. k " : ' t ' BOBEBT BONNES now owns 170 horses GEN. HCCUXUI has become an insurance agent. MR. BEECHER will spend the summer in California. THESE are no descendants of President Jackson living. THURMAN says Blaine is the greatest of liv­ ing politicians. JUDGE HOADLY is a graduate of Western Reserve College. JUDGE HOADLY'S mother was a sister of ex- President Woolsey, of Yale College. ROBERT J. BURDEITE, the humorist, Is spending the summer at Ardmore, Pa. ATTORNEY GENERAL BREWSTER now wears 4 full suit of ecru pongee, with, its cambrlo ruffles. • OF the 152youngmen who applied for ad-, mission at West Point, twenty-seven were rejected. JAMES PAYN, the English novelist, is said to be strikingly like Talmage in personal ap­ pearance. MR. A. & ABELL, the. proprietor of the Baltimore Sun, is estimated to be, worth •15,000,000. SENATOR BAYARD is three Doctors o° Laws, having received the degree from Harvard. Yale and Dartmouth. BARON HENRY DE WORMS is a rich Jew, M P. for Greenwich, ambitious, it is under­ stood, of a social and especially of royal recognition. MRS. GLADSTONE, who was described by Disraeli as "without a single redeeming vice," usually wears a rusty black silk cos­ tume with well-worn boots land glovea She avoids fashion that the may save money for the poor. GEN. H. W. SLOCUM has taken the unex­ pired lease of Gen. Sherman's house in Wa'hin^ton, and Representative Wadsworth will make his winter home in the one in the same row that was formerly occupied by Mr. Blaine. SHERMAN W. PUTT, a young, man belong ing to one of the most respected families of Newton, Ct., has slept almost contiuously since last Christmas, and in the meantime he has not once spoken. He sits in a rock- in»-ct>air, with his eyes closed, all day lonjr, paying no attention whatever to his mother, who ministers to him constantly, or to the numerous friends and curious acquaint­ ances who call daily at Ms home. Twice a day he rouse« from what seems to be a sound slumber, and in a half-dazed fashion leaves his chair to enter an adjoining room, where the family's meals are served. He eats very litt'.e. The country doctors admit that they do not understand the case. Piatt was a bright, active young man until he was attacked by malar id fever last fall after suffering from a sunstroke. He was to have been mnrricd. but does not recognize his in­ tended bride when she calls, and no efforts hate availed to arouse him from his stupor. LAFAYETTE'S BUSTY BAPIBR. A rapier that once belonged to Gen Lafay­ ette is now in the possession of Dr. W. A. Conn, of McGaheysville. Va, After the bat­ tle of Brandywine, Congress voted Lafayette a r< solution of thanks and presented him with a sword. He gave the one he wore at the time to an aid-de-camp by the name of Headly. After the war this aid was arrested for a debt of #300. Raphael Conn paid the debt for his friend Headley, at.d when the latter left for Ohio, out of gratitude, he gave the weapon to his nephew and namesake, the father of Dr. Conn, of McGayheysville, who is still living, and well advano'd in the eighties.; The monogram of Lafayette was plainly visible under the hilt; but, unfortunately, the sword was hidden away during the late war, and when Dr. Conn tried to draw it from the scabbard it was found to be rusted so badly that it was necessary to place it in a vise to get it out. The pres­ sure of the vise obliterated the monogram and part of the Latin inscription,which was: "The virtue of the sword is In the bravery of the man.--Rockingham (Va.) Register, Massacr* 0f OommiMioners in Grand County. . I of tbe . SI T* OMmtan _ ' [Denvsr Tetegnut.} From a multitude of conflicting reports Oibstantly being received concerning the Grand oounty tragedy, it la difficult to get snereal facta In the ease. Texas Charley tells the following story of the light, which *3 deemed authentic: Day, Webber and Dean left Mrs Young's boarding-house for town, and when about twenty-five paoes fjom thehoose were pass­ ing a lot of pines and rocka, Webber walk- lug thirty stepa behind Dean and Day. Four maaked men Jumped ont from behind the rooks and plnee and abot Webberin the back, Joat above tm htna, the ball passing through his body. Webber cried: «Iaui ehot,* and ran toward Day and Dean, anil fell before them The leader of the masked party (Mills) then sprang on Dean, knocking him down, and began pounding him over the head with his gun. Day drew his revolver and shot MUla behind the ear. the powder from the pistol burning hia hair. Mills fell on top of Dean. As soon aa Day was shot the man ran back toward Mr& Young's ice-house, and some maaked men came up behind him. Day shot at *»«"y and it is believed wounded him A shot from behind struck Day and the ball passed through his heart. He ran fifteen steps and fell dead in the path. Webber was uncon sclous after falling, and at 11:90 the same night waa dying. His laat words were: "Poor some water on my woondar" Web­ ber's and Day's bodies were taken to Web­ ber's ranch on Fraser*s farm, from whence Day's body was taken to the springs, where it will be buried. Mills will be buried at Grand Lake Dean Is at Grand Lake alive a^, last accounts. Coffin, Martin and William Bedmon, supposed to be of the attacking party, have so far eluded arrest The trouble that led to the shooting was the result of an old feud, dating back to 18<9, when the oounty was created by act of the Legislature and the seat located at Hot Sulphur Springs. At the election held In 1880, the people by a vote changed the county seat to Grand Lake. The matter waa taken to the District Court and then to the Supreme Court Meanwhile the hatred existing between the two factions was growing in intensity, culminating yesterday in the bloody work. Grand county has three Commissioners--Barney Day, R. G. Mills, and E. ' P. Webber--a major, ity of whom. Day and Mills, were in favor of declaring the vote illegal that created Grand Lake the county seat and removing the records back to the Springs. The Commissioners had a regular meeting at Grand Lake. Jujtwhat was done is not positively known, but it is reported they de- aided to declare the office of County Treasurer vacant because of his.refusal to file a satisfactory bond. During the meet­ ing Day, Webber and Clerk Dean stopped at Mrs. Young's boarding-house, a quarter of a mile around the end of a smaU lake; The road leading from Mrs. Young's to town is through a thicket of small pines It was while passing this point that the officials were snot down in tne manner described. J. G. Mills, one of the Commissioners killed was a man of unenviable reputation. He came to this State from Mississippi, a fugitive from Justice, having, in company with one O. & Lee, shot and ki led W. rf. Hill and Thomas Ballard. The affair oc­ curred Oct L, 1875, in Holmes county. Mills was for a time local editor of the Cheyenne Leader, leaving that paper in 1870 and going directly into Grand county, and became identified with the North Park Miner. He was a bold writer, and bore the reputation of being a whole-souled fellow. He was a native of Vermont E. P. Webber was a young and energetic lawyer, who was for five years Assistant State's Attorney for the State of Illinois, at Chicago. He was a man generally well liked, and preferred the law to violence in the settlement of any question, although he was by no means a coward. . Barney Day was an old-timer in Colorado, having been one of the first to come over­ land to Denver about twenty years ago. He emigrated to Middle Park in 1875, and has lived there almost continuously ever since. He had a large number of warm personal friend?, and leaves a wife and one cnild T. J. Dean was a nat ve of Michigan. He entered the army at the breaking out of tha war, ond distinguished himself for bravery and ability, and was breveted Colonel. He was afterward wounded snd taken prisoner, and was for a long time one of the unfortu­ nates who were confined in Libby prison. He was disabled from his wounds, losing one eye and being otherwise seriously hurt Upon getting out of prison he came to Col­ orado, and has been here since. He went to Middle Park In 1871 or 1875. He is about 55 years of aga He was for a long time Su­ perintendent of Public Schools of Clear Creek county, and afterward held the posl- ^n el County Judge of Grand oounty. UP IN A BALLOON. k North Carolina Child's Thrilling Aerial Voyage. A Mcent telegram from Morehead City, N. CL, says: The 8-year-old daughter of Mrs. Robert Elliott was brought here a month ago to recover from an attack of fever Yesterday morning a strolling Italian made his appearance with a large cluster of thorn red bladder-like toy balloons. Maj. Hawkine of Alabama, to amuse the child Birdie, tied the cord around her waist, and then, as is so often done to amuse children, gave her a toss of five or six feet in the/ air, and held held ont his hands for her to return. "Great God! she is gone," cried the Major, as he saw her rapidly going up, up, up, until she had passed the house tops. Floating in the clouds with outstretched hands, the little angel could be heard distinctly calling "Mamma! Mamma! Mamma!" until her voice became drowned by the whistling of the winds. •'All to your beats!" shouted old Capt Dixon, "and never a son of a man turn back until that child is brought to its mammy." Minutes appeared as hours and the babe was Hying southeast like a kite, and would be out over the Atlantic in less than no time. Away went twenty or more well- manned boats amid the shouts of men and screams of women and children. These boats were joined by a like number from Beaufort, all of which kept as near under the little angel In the c.oud as possible. Mr. Charles J Voorhees, of the Southern Ex­ press Company, with a party of gentlemen were out taking a sail. Mr. Voorheet is one of the most expert riflemen in the country, and had on board his Smith A Wesson rifle "Bang!" went the rifle, but no change in position. Again, again and again--at the fifth shot one balloon disappeared amid the snouts of the boatmen. At the eighth shot it became evident that the balloons could not longer carry the weight of the little floating angel, as she was gradually descend­ ing, not in a straight line, but in a southeast direction, toward Harker's island--but whether dead or alive none could tell Down, down, down she comes, as gently as if handled by human hands, and to fall in a cradtc of sand. To land, to land, and all put to shore as fast as the sails would propel the boats. Then be­ gan the race for the baby, and she had come down on a sand bank only a few hundred yards distant With fear and trembling all ran up, Ben Piver in in front "Gentlemen," says he, "Sse's alive and kicking.There sat little Birdie, playing with a lot of shells, and as she was picked up she clung to a handful, sat ing, M)ese RCIB for mamma" At the wharf, after everything seemed safe, then little Rirdie came the nearest of losing her life. OoL Wbitford. a man of generous impulses, seized the little angel in his arms, and at a lightning speed started for its mother, who was then lying irf an un­ conscious state, under the skillful care of Drs. Haywood. Arendall and Kelly of Louisiana. But, before the kind-hearted Colonel had gone far, amid the dense crowd and confusion, he ran off the wharf into water eight feet deep. Several jumped ove.board and aided h m in landing his prize. The child was none the woree for the ducking. bbiefsT" NINETEEN flour mills an running at Minne­ apolis. THE liquor license in Bismarck, Dak., to *1.(8)0 per annum ST LVEB CITY, N. M, pays Its public school te» hers #850 a month. MtTSTABDvxuLE is the name of a new town in Washington Territory. KANSAS will elect Judges in six of its eight* een Judicial districts this faU. by a W: e at Pes ' ; After! i liwtU An (Huo Madman Shoots His VepheW i* - Is Burned Aim in His Own Bant [Telegram from Daa Motnee, Iowa.] There arrived la tU* etty, byanBastsm, train, a man who registered at theMorgaa. Houae aa Henry Bejgsr, from Swalac, N. X. After paying ft* hi* room in advance 1M waa» assigned to No 54, aext to Cto aouthweat. corner, oa tho third floor of the hotel Noth­ ing unusual was noticed about thofoliowfe actions until about 4 o'cloo* la tho «%r- noon, wHen the oooupant of room 68, whlds la across the hall, heard him in a- loud tone of voice. It was Immediately evi­ dent the man waa crasy. Ho -- nrnd to bo- holding » ooUoqnr w(th Imaginary person* wring that if he had done anything- they should srrsst him and take him topo- lice headquartera rather than kill him. lid* talk booame louder, and finally tho oeoapant. of room Na 53 stepped Into the hall wMi. the intention of going down to the office. Seagar opened hia door and fiercely threw a_ a quart beer-bottle at him, but It was dodged, and the bottle shivered into a thousand, pieces as it struck the wall over the stairways After thxowtar the bottie, Seager com­ menced hia work of destruction. "nUdng up a-pieoe of crockery he pitched'it through the window Into the street below. Tte Book Island depot Is but a short aaiiyfr from the hotel, a large crowd had been at­ tracted by the arrival of the Sunday from the West After breaking the window*, the crazy man flourished a revolver through* the open oatement, and the arowd stamped­ ed to the shelter behind the oara and around the corners of the hotel It seemed every moment the unfortunate man waa- becoming wilder. Turning to hia room, again ho commenced a fusilade at the door and north wall, and the marks show that, eleven bullets were discharged in that. direction. They penetrated the door or passed through the partition and lodged hk the plaster on the opposite side of the Every article of furniture In the roona was demolished. The table, stand, bureau * and bedstead were split into kindling WOodL by the infuriated man. The panels were knocked out of the door of his zoom, and, after finishing the work of destruction there, he picked up the small ooal-stov»> and threw it down the stairway. Boom Na 53 was next visited. The door waa knocked in and the same scene of destruction wa» re-enacted Everything was demolished. Joseph Holmes, the oooupant, was struck over the head with a been-bottle, inflicting a. bad scalp wound, and bis wife waa only saved by flight Seager then ran out along the north hall to an unoccupied room, where he broke out a window, threw out mora crockery and flourished his revolver, putt ng the crowd to flight, as he had previously done on the south side Hia steps were then retraced. When he entered Boom Na S2 Holmes was found, and. the latter fled through the window, which, leads to the roof of a lower portion of tho hotel. Seager followed h m with a revol­ ver in his hands. Perhaps his escape from, the house had some Influence upon him, for- instead of following up Holmes he ran along the north side of the roof to the west end»: and there crossed to the southwest corner,. where he climbed upon the wall, which is< threo feet above the roof, and, standing- erect for a moment he glanced around and then put the piatol to his forehead and fired After firing Seager threw the revolver and. it struck the ground about thirty feet from the base of the building, and his body fell back upon the roof. Tne police, who had previously been very active in keeping ont of his way, now rushed out and cap­ tured the prostrate madman. He was takem to the hospital, and an examination showed the bullet which struck his forehead glanced and did not penetrate the skull There is> also an ugly bullet wound in tho right leg just above the knee, but both Sire act neces­ sarily fatal. There is no evidence) that the man had been drinking to exoeta There were half a dosen beer-bottles in his room, but nearty all were full It is probable that he was stark mad His mutterings before the furious outbreak indicated that be had experienced domestic trouble. His wife was spoken of as having left him It was amost remarkable case, and one that the spectators* of will not soon forget The battle lasted up wares of a half an hour, and attracted a. crowd of fully 2,000 people. Bloody Actions of an Ohio Crank. [Williamsburg (Ohio) Dispatch.] Geotge Ayres, living near this place, re­ tired for the night, but arose in the morn­ ing at S o'clock and set fire to his house and barn, both of which were entirely consumed, Including the contents. While the house- was on fire he shot with a revolver and killed Mr. Charles Preston, a nephew, who- was sleeping in the house The other in­ mates of the house hearing the report of the revolver made their rBcape. Mr. Ayres then went to the barn, and Is supposed to have shot himself, snd was consumed in the lire,, as his remains were found afterward burned to a crisp, and a revolver lying close by. It is asserted by his neighbors that he was at times insane* and that he had threatened to burn his property. Ayers was in good circumstances, owning a line farm of over ninety acrea He was a peculiar man, sociable to no one„ and very high-tempered. Hip charredbone» were gathered up, and, as the family re­ fused to have anything to do with them, thev were put in a sack and taken to Mount* Oreb. All day Ayers ha I been engaged in splitting kindling, evidently getting ready for the night's work. A large pile was- found in the woodhouse, between tne dwell- ing-houseand barn. NATURAL HISTORY. A BILL fish speared by I L Decker, of Baldwinsvlile, N. Y., in the eanal near his mill, measured twenty-seven inches. Tho bill was six inches long. AN immense trout hooked by a very small boy at South Fork, N. C., larked him into the water. He-held on to the pole and veiled, and- his mother pulled boy and flab both out A LONG ISLAND farmer who has raised great numbers of eels calls them to feed by use of a bell. He gives them chopped food, principally horse-shoe crabs. The nrst sound ot the bell brings them ail to the Burfrce. A KENTUCKY farmer boy found a crow's nest, which he robbed of the eggs, and placed them under a hen. When nafcehed* the chicken-mother cared for them tenderly until thev got big enough to fly. Then they took to the high timber, which so exasper­ ated the old hen that she went crazy. MR E, M. CASTLEBEBBY found ahenapd partridge nest which had in it live hen eggs and eight partridge ejTRs. This was rawer astonishing, but Mr. W. J. Page being pres­ ent, said thai last week he found a similar nest only fifty or sixty yards from his house which had five hen e<rgs and six partridge eggs. This looks very much like these two species of fowls intended to coalesce --Cum- minaK (te) Clarion. A CALF with a human head was born re­ cently on the farm of Joseph Hiett, near Winchester, Va Its body was that of an ordinary calf, while its head, mouth, nose, etc., was the shape of that of a human be­ ing. Upon being dissected its head was found to be totally without brains, contain­ ing nothing but water, and its bwly a total malformation throughout It was pro­ nounced to have been alive up to the time of its birth, but to have died instantly upon that event Coi.E. C. EOWABDS has sworn off from ever robbing another bird's nest He fancied that he would like t > own a lot of young yellow hammers, whose heads he saw stick­ ing out of a hold in a large tree some thirty fee: from the ground So be climbed the tree and ran his hand into the hole. Among the birds he found a chicken-snake five feet long. He came down the txee in a manner different from what he expected, cut the tree down, and killed the snake--Waiton {G<i.) Neve*. . ABCHIE BEED was at work last week on his place near Villanow. His flee treed some­ thing, and when Reed investigated the mat­ ter he found It was a full-grown rattlesnake. He killed it and went back to his work. In about an hour he was called baok again by his dog, who had discovered the mate of the first snake. It was easily killed, as it was burdened with an almost full-grown rabbit which It had partly swallowed--Walker County [Qa.)