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VAN SLYKE, HJJNOIS •« r ^ i *r*t* 'F-W^l -t *•" , '"X 4' /> jc" '^ ' • 'y . . -^7^.2 . i\•r i. so -««.*_ f , ^ '• C' ,* * ». **r\ r6;' .-. .w. tew' !• |SK SE^onm TTHK *AST. " COL. Hrori-EY, of Gov. Butler's Staff, kH entered suit for libel, at Boston, ftgainst Collector A. W. Beard, claimed to be .,.fe Jittered In recent political speeches. Dam- arc laid at $25,000. It is stated ex-Col- Ifrctor Simmons will also sue Beard for libel. ! An iron company at Pottstown, Pa,, cm- ' ploying several hundred men, announces * reduction of 10 per cent, in wages, •nd other mills «rc expected to take similar *»ction An unknown man murdered two women named Maybee at Brookville, Long -.*• Island, and robbed their premises of two gold patches and $100 in money. ^ THE 96th birthday of Solictor Milon, ' "<mc of the old guard who remained with Na­ poleon at St. Helena until his death, was Hade the occasion of a banquet to the vet­ eran by the Philadelphia'Musical association. Milon has a parchment commission as Second Lieutenant bearing the seal of Napoleon Isaac H. Bromley, for ten years on the New York Tribune has entered upon the duties of eiitor-in-chief of the Commercial Advertiser. ....Moses Henlein & Co., yaen's furnishings, Kew York, bare assigned. The preferences • : Amount to f50,T36. PATRICK WILLIAM O'BBHW, an Irish and Christina D. Dunz, a German giantess, were made one at Pittsburgh the Other day. In their present united state . tfeey have a combined height of fifteen feet three inches, and balance 5+» pounds avoir­ dupois. Among the curious incidents ot the " * ceremony was a wedding-cake nine feet in* e#cumference, a ring weigh­ ing seventeen pennyweights, and a loaf of bread five feet long.... On Pennsylvania soil, opposite Trenton, N. J., James Golden and Patrick Scullian fought •Ixtv -Ave rounds in two hours, both men be­ ing severely punished. Scullian was declared tile victor on a foul... .G. M. D. Little & Co., dealers in canned goods at New York, have ffciled. Their debts aggregate $100,000. ; STICKNEY & POOR'S four-story brick tice mill at Charlestown Neck, Mass., was irned. Lose, $£0,000: Insurance, $64,000. ^ S JOHN CHISHOLM WAS hanged at New­ ark, N. J., for killing his wife. The relatives Of Chisholm were given his body on executing - bonds that bis funeral sfcoaid l»a- private "1 one... .Hon. John McKeon, United States *" District Attorney for Southern New York, is dead. , , TOE WEST. * GEN. AUGUSTUS C . DODGE, one of '*, *|ke pioneers of Iowa, died at his home in Burlington, where he had resided since 1838, aged 71 years. The deceased was born in St. , Cenevieve county. Mo., in 1812, and was a son of Gov. Dodge, of Wisconsin. He was elected a Delegate in Congress from Jowa on the organization of the Territory, pnd served in that bodv three consecutive t^rms as Delegate and Representative. He was elected to the United States Senate in ]£48 and served in that body till 1855. He Was appointed Minister to Spain by President Pierce, and served in that position Mil 1858. He was several times aifceted Mayor of Burlington f.-JL veruict has been returned by the Coroner's • firy which has been investigating the disastrous collision on the Chicago, Burling­ ton and Quincy Kaili oad, near Streator, 111. The jury find that the accident was due chiefly to the gross carelessness of William Hi Doyle, the conductor, and Henry llfoung, engineer of the freight train, which tNM running at an excessive rate of speed. Another cause, as found by the jury, was the indiscretion of George Alexander, Su­ perintendent, A. C. Miller, train-dispatcher, and Daniel Wedge, the local yardmaster, in •ending out a heavily-loaded train with de­ fective brakes A Are at Dixon, Cal., de- Jjtroyed the business part of the town. The Jfcsscs are reported at $350,000, ( THE murder of Byron Sibley, a young telegraph operator, at Marshall, Mich., add& V^ked and pounded unmercifully ..W.., v.,;! the coast of Nofa Scotia wn another to the already long list of remarkable* ̂ crimes of the day. Sibley, who was a great favorite among the yor.n,r people, was Ordered to leave town by a husband who Relieved himself injured. The young man Hound it impracticable to comply, and made ,,ikn appointment with someone unknown. At ;lhe meeting which followed the young man Was killed by gunshot and left in the street. So much of the tragedy is known that the omicide cannot, and probably does not, hope to escape public attention or correctional discovered that eight large rivers emptied in­ to it. They found a dlstriot covered with grass ten feet high, nothing but mud and marsh--impassable alike with boat or boot. They vere within half a mile of the great saw gra°s region, when a Are broke out, and for miles nothing was visible but smoke and flame-. If 'the expedition has not already perished, the members must stand in immi­ nent danger. A SUB-COMMITTEE of the Committee of Forty appointed to investigate the Dan­ ville (Va.) riot of the 3d of November, re­ ports I hat the negroes were the aggressors; that the election was free and fair, and that the colored citizens of Danville abstained from votinjr under advice of their party leaders. A TORNADO passed oyer Arkansas and Southern Missouri, going northwestward, and reached as far north as Carmi, III. At Melbourne. Ark., the funnel ruined many houses. The home of the Sheriff was demol­ ished and the family burled in the debris, the Sheriff being killed and six people wounded. The Mississippi Valley bank of Vicksburg, Miss., has made an assignment. A CYCLONE nearly destroyed the village of La Crosse, Ark. Only six houses are left. Three persons were killed and several were seriously Injured. •WASHINGTON. SECRETARY FOLGEB has issued another call for tJ#,OO0,OOO of 8 per cent, bonds. GEORGE WASHINGTON, A colored waiter in a restaurant at the National cap. ital, recently assaulted a policeman with a shoe-knife. While on trial, the other day, for the offense, he stated that he mistook the officer for a medical student seeking his corpse, and said he never entered a drug store without clinging to the counter, for fear ,of trap-doors... .President Arthur has appointed John R. Tanner, United States Marshal for the Southern district of Illinois. POE.rrieAi» THE most prominent candidates for Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of Represent­ atives are John G. Thompson and ox-Con- gressmhn Leedom, both of Ohio. It is thought that the one who receives most votes in the Ohio delegation will carry off the prize. In any case Ohio will be ahead, which is not unusual when an office is to be filled. THE Congressional election to fill the vacancy in the First North Carolina district, caused by Mr. Pool's death, resulted in the choice of Thomas G. Skinner, Democrat.... Democratic Senators say that they will place no obstruction in "the way of reorganization of the Senate. Senator Edmunds is quoted as saying that the Republicans will reorganize the Senate, and that Mahone will be treated as a Republican Senator and given the same consideration as any other Republican but no more, and that no special concessions will be made to him with regard to the Secretary of the Senate." So telegraphs the Washington correspondent of the Chicago Tribune. A TARIFF-REFORM mass meeting in New York was presided over by Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, who pronounced the pro­ tective system terribly oppressive to the poor men of the country. The main ad­ dresses were by David A. Wells and Henry Watterson. QENERAb FIRE losses: - At Mount Vernon, 111., $40,000; Boston, Mass., $80,000; Vincennes, Ind., $40,000; Lawrenceburg, Ind., $15,000; Newcastle, Pa., $.10,000; Johnsonville, N. Y., $15,000; Sumter, S. C., $40,000; Orleans, Ind., $17,000; Brattleboro, Vt., $25,000; Niles, Ohio, $15,000; Allentown, N. Y., $25,000; Pittsburg, Pa., $20,000; Monroe, La., $30,000; Columbia, Miss., $100,000; Jackson, Miss., $45,000; Communipaw, N. J., $125,000; the steamer Parish, at Natchez, Miss,, $250,000; at Harrodsburg. Ky., $50,000; Chicago, 111., $25,000; Philadelphia, Pa., $150,000; Lake City, Minn., $15,000; Madison, Ind., $18,000; Nashua, N. H., $20,000; Belraore, Ohio, $35,- 000; Paterson, N. J., $10,000. A DRUNKEN ex-member of the Salva­ tion army caused a riot at a meeting of the latter in Kingston, Ontario. Four policemen who came to remove the disturber were roughly handled and retreated in bad order, while in the melee officers of the army were _ A storm wrecked nreny mf. V»r00edure'. CREEKS in Fredericktown and Pied- * |bont, in Southeastern Missouri, swelled by eavy rains, Overflowed and swept away women and three f - J ' i • v * , V V V *,M V TBBSE persons--two architects and a '•Contractor--are by name charged with re- many dwellings. Two dhildren were drowned. am $ #ponsibility for the disaster at Madison, Wis. • Vhe Coroner's jury, by careful iteration, feem to hold that the building was only in "danger of collapse during erection, and that, " ad it lasted until complete, it would proba­ cy have possessed strength enough to ereafter stand alone. Ihe two architects are blamed for their bad plans. The con- ,, ' praetor is reprehended for not mending a *-^-fier when it gave evidence of weakness ' "A Milwaukee telegram says that "thepro- ,*• .-40^,-weller Manistee, which was last heard from at Ashland, on Lake S jperior, is believed to • * "wave gone down In the storm of Nov. 16, with • | ^ twenty-t: ve persons on board. The tug May- y % ] " *<hem found part of her cabin near Ontona- 5 j# * ~#on. The Manistee was owned by Leopold ft W " , Austrian, of Chicago " Corn in Kansas * V ~ 'Is said to I e grea ly imperiled by wet weath- ,s > . jpr. At some points it will not be in condition . to crib for weeks to come, and may l>e rendered entirely unfit for shipping * %* ' 'fe*_senator George E. Spencer, of Alabama, : #% i; ^vas arrested at Austin, Nev., by order of r Attorney General Brewster, for contempt of g> " J 1' ifeourt in not appearing in the star-route ca- ; ; «v.-^jies Horatio G. Billings, a veteran lumber- fnerchant of Chicago, has been compelled to j«" - Suspend payment on debts of $100,000. .... Flames destroyed a portion of the New ^ - Albany (Ind.) cotton and woolen mills, ^ * ' 'pausing a loss of $140,000. Fire at Lima, ^ JpMo, destroyed a livery stable, five barns, a uwUiif alley, and many outbuildings ~" Heavy rains at Indianapolis flooded the ... ^ ®jporth western quarter of that city, the damage V piggreBatinar $!00,000. Water was three feet !i lleepln Dickson's lumber-yard, and the rail­ way tracks east of the Union depot were t submerged. THE trial of Montgomery, Clements and Pettis, for the terrible outrage upon Miss Emma Bond, has been set for trial in the Montgomery county, (in.) Clicuit court Dec. 10. Mil-s fcknd has greatly lmproiel in % health, but grows .more nervous as the time 1or the trial approaches Robbers entered the ftfrm-Lo .seof James Crouch, n *ar Jack­ son, M'ch. T! e farmer, his daughter, her hufbmd, and a man !rom Fennsylvani^,, were smothered with chloroform, and killed with "* firearms. The visitor had displayed many ' thousands of dollars in Jackson, and had 4. boa t d that he meant to buy the best cattle in that region. Crouch had at out $50,000 in the bouse, which was secured by the robbers. Two | ersons on the upper ficor of the hous'J were spared--a c >lored boy and a hired girl. They probably ticard the robbers, but dared . # ; . make n > noise. The house was teemfngly Jj. guarded on the outside while the butchery Jfe* went on within The projeller H. j. Jewett, loaded with a cargo of merchandise valued at $50 000, was stranded on the rocUs near f-and Beach, Mich., on Lake Huron. The boat Is worth S250,0t0.... A dispatch l'roin Port Huron. Mich., eays: - i "Of all the terrible sufferings that men have bad from the effects of the recent storm, the crew of the bargo iown, row a«lioi'e near * Cove island, have suffprtd the most. Capt. > Williams is liadiy lio'.en, aiid is now lying in I a small, dirty little flsh-shanty awaiting death to relieve lii< Fufferintrs, without the noces- tary food and medical aid. Others of the crew have their hands, feet, ears and ot'u-r $ exposed parts of their b< di»;s frozen. The wife and two children of Cap;. Williams per­ ished." Miss EMMA BOND, of Taylorville, 111., Wl:o was growing nervoi s from fears of ab- duc ion, has be: n p'aoed by her patents in a secure retreat. Her alleged assailants will be « i tried at Hillsloro in a lew dayi. TUB so u r a CLEMENT TAYLOR, a colored man, who recently died near Little Rock, Ark., * was born in North Carolina in 1773, and for many years was valued at $1,000. THE New Orleans Times-Demo- crat' 8 expedition through the Florida Ever- ĵ ftdes reached Lake Okcechobee Nov. 1, and the Irish invincible, on a second trial, has been found guilty of murder and sentenced to death... .Charles W. Siemens, the scientist and electrician, died in London from rupture of the heart. r DISPATCHES from Cairo, Egypt, bring the intelligence that the army of Hicks Paslia, which left Khartoum, in Southern Egypt, in September, to punisn K1 Mahdi, the False Prophet, instead of annihilating the forces of that fanatic, as was reported, has been an* nihilated by them, only one pers.rn escaping to tell the story. The battle took place at El Obcid, a town in Kordofan. about 150 miles southeast of Khartoum, and within Egyptian territory. It is said to have lasted three days. The force of Hicks Pasha, which numbered 25,000 men, there being ten En­ glish officers in the command, was well armed, but it was overcome by superior num­ bers, though armed only with spears and swords. The number of the False Prophet's army is stated at 300,000 James Russell Lowell, United States minister to England, has been chosen Rector of the Scottish Univer­ sity of St. Andrew's, defeating a member of the British Parliament by 18 votes Following an Italian custom the brigands who captured the Duke of Castlemcnte have boen paid $30,000 ransom.... Morris Ranger, the Liverpool cotton king, had unsecured liabili­ ties of £800,000 and assets £9,000, THE Spanish Military Republican society threatens to Inaugurate a revolution if the Government does not pass the Univer­ sal Suffrage bill at the next Parliamentary Session. t,: vessels and destroyed a score or two of lives. A DISPATCH from St. Johns, New­ foundland, says: "A hurricane from the north, which blew over the Newfoundland coast for three days, has worked terrible des­ truction to marine life and property. The coast is sti e .vn with the debris of wrecked vessels, and many dead bodies have been washed ashore. It is believel that not less than fifty craft succumbed to the terrible blast, and are totally lost, while the loss of life will reach, probably, sixty or seventy souls. It was one of the worst gales ever ex­ perienced on the coast." FOB a number of years Brisco San­ chez, a famous Mexican brigand, has defied the law and terrorized the unprotected in­ habitants. A few days ago he and his band were surrounded near Chianita, in Puebla. After a desperate resistance the body of Sanchez was found riddled with bullets and his followers dispersed. No soldiers were killed, although several were severely wounded. THE boilers of the tug Erie Belle ex­ ploded at Kincardine, Ontario, tearing the boat to atoms, killing four men and blowing eight others into the lake, whence they were rescued. Assignment has been made by Michels, Fricdlander & Co., of 8an Francisco and New York, dealers in furnishing goods. Their liabilities are placed at $400,000 and their assets at $6.r>0,000. They have done business for thirty years, with an enviable record. SHARPLES' SONS & Co., of Quebec., lumber dealers, have asked an extension on liabilities of $700,000. The failures are an­ nounced of J. C. Farr, a lumber dealer of Hoboken, N. J., who owes $100.00vf, and of S. ltothsch.ld, a jeweler at Memphis, Tenn. rOBEIGH. THE French and Chinese hare not yet decided to go to war with one another, the Marquis Tseng continues to he Inter­ viewed, the Parisian lou'nals continue to denounce the Marquis, and there are reports of disquieting news from Tonquin in the French oapltal. It may be, however, that all will end peaceably. Both parties seem to be afraid to offer fight..... De Lesseps said at Liverpool that a second Suez canal could only be built near to and parallel with the present one, and, when finished, vessels going to the Red Sea could take one canal and those to the Mediterranean the other In Southern Russia the conflicts between the peasants and the landlords call for the intervention of the military. Agrarian troubles are rife throughout Eastern Europe. The peasants are rebelling against the exac­ tions of tne usurer and the rent-collector.... Eighteen persons were lost on the British steamer Condor, which was wrecked in a gale off the coast of Holland Ihe members of the Spanish Government deny that the visit of the German Crown Piiuce to Spain has any international sitrnitu-anco... .It is re­ ported that the Vatican has agreed to appoint a Nuncio to the Untied States. PARIS and the whole French nation have been thrown Into a state of commotion by an attempt on the life of Prime Minister Ferry. A young man, evidently a crank, had made repeated attempts to obtain an inter­ view with M. Ferry, but was met with a re­ fusal each time, and was finally ordered off. He made believe to go away, and finally slipped in behind some visitors, and reached the library unobserved. The usher again ordered hiui to leave the building. On this the youth changed liis tone, and suid excitedly: "1 came to see M. Jules Ferry und ki.l him. As 1 ciinno: kill him 1 will kill you." Suiting thr; action to the word, ho pulled out a re­ volver and p'aced the muzzle agitlnst the breast of M. Philibert. Very luckily, before ho couid fire. M. Phillbert managed to close with him, and both tolled struggling on the floor. In a moment, several officials and visitors threw themselves upon the youth, and, after considerable resist­ ance, managed to disarm lilin. The younx man then drew two pi< cos of paper from his pocket, which he quickly put into his mouth and swallowed. He was taken to the police station. The name of the would- be assassin is Carrieu. He is not insane, but a fauatic, and has been a constant attendant at anarchist gatherings. IN opening the Prussian Diet, Von Putkamer, Minister of the Interior, said the financial situation showed Improvements, and stated the estimates of receipts and ex­ penses for 1884-85 were placed respectively atl.ll2,HH),0U0 marks. A bill taxing incomes from proi>erty and for the purchase of rail­ roads by the fctate will be presented... .Pooler ADDITIONAL NEWS. No MORE appropriations are to be asked by the Department of Agriculture for the purpose of making experiments In the production of sorghum-sugar; but instead the Commissioner will recommend that $1,000 be all jtted to each State for the purchase or lease of land on which sorghum is to be planted, with the hope of securing valuable information as to the climatic conditions of its grow th--. Hobert Murray has been ap­ pointed Surgeon General of the United States army. , HENRY A. SLATER, mate of the bark Northern Light, was taken from the hold of that craft at New York and taken before a Commissioner, charged with mutiny and at­ tempted murder. Slater had been confined in a space which only admitted of a sitting posture for fifty-three days, was fed on maggoty buiscuits and was often left for days without water. After eating a hearty meal the man became delirious and is in a precarious condition.... Bernard Boland, who was sent to the Massa­ chusetts penitentiary fOr life, on conviction of murder, has been pardoned because of the discovery that the statutes will not per­ mit a boy to be sent t j State prison Mary O'Connor, who last year was employed in a mill in Philadelphia, leaped from a window during a fire, and was permanently dis lbled. She had just obtained a verdict for. $10,000 damages. EDWARD WOLF, A Socialist, was arrested at London tat having infernal machines and explosives in his residence, with which, it is alleged, he intended to destroy the German Embassy. Among his documents was a threatening letter to Count Von Munster, the German Embassador.... The Nihilist organ states political prisoners in the Peter and Paul fortress, both men and women, are driven to insanity by barbarous treatment, and often kill themselves The Chinese Ambassador at Paris informed the British Foreign Secretary that war between France and China is certain! W. H. H. BURNS, father of the mur­ dered Zora, weht to Lincoln, 111., last week, to consult, as is alleged, a clairvoyant touch­ ing his daughter's taking off. Suspicions were aroused that mischief was meant toward Carpenter, but the latter shows no fear, and is alleged to be paying detectives large sums to secure clews. Public feeling is not changed, and the . officials still believe that Carpenter is the guilty man.... At Marshall, Mich., the death of Byron M. Sibley, wh^lr would have created a great sensation m that region but for the over­ shadowing character of the fourfold murder at Jackson, has resolved into a putative sui­ cide Masked burglars entered the house offHorace Allen, rife Newton Falls, Ohio, and, after binding the inmates, secured property valued at $70,000 The attempt to reorgan­ ize the iron corporation at Youngstown, Ohio, known as Brown, Bonnell & Co.. has failed.., .Frank James, now in jail at Inde­ pendence, Mo., is said to be dying of con­ sumption. ANDY TAYLOR, the last of the thrpe brothers who became famous in the criminal annals of Tennessee, was hanged at Loudon, in that State, in the presence of 300 invited guests. He died as he had lived--a brutal, defiant villain. While on a train going from the Knoxville jail to Loudon, to meet his doom, the desperado slipped a revolver out of a guard's pocket and got the mu/.xlc to the head of the Sheriff. Mistaking the weapon for a self-cocker, he lost time and was knocke 1 down before he could raise the hammer. The rescue of the elder Taylor, by his two brothers, involving the assassina. i n of a Sheriff ani the capture of a train with 100 passengers, the death of the two elder Taylors, and the killing of still anolher Sheriff, are matters of quite recent, but highly remarkable, h story, A COLORED baby, belonging to a teacher in the Southern States, has won the Yale cup for the class of 1881... .The failures In the United States, for the week ending Nov. 21, according to the gospel of Brad- gtrect'x, numbered 22f, which figure is 113 larger than during a November week in the hlght of the boom of 1881. MAIZK. Vfet Weather «uid Early Frost Plays Havoc with the Corn Crop. A Large Percentage of the Grain Only Pit to Feed to Stock. tcago Tribune, publishes copiefflf ports of the condition of the corn in the Northwest, which, if accurate, show that the farmers of Indiana, Illinois and Iowa have much to complain of as regards this year's crop of that cereal. In the three States named, with but a few exceptions, the corn is soft and fit for nothing but feed, for which it is now being generally used. This was brought about by its being first frozen and then thawed out, when damp weather followed, preventing the corn hard­ ening. This state of affairs is especially dis­ tressing in connection with the problem of where to secure good seed, lor the experience of last season shows that Kansas seed ri|>enB too late to bo secure from the early frosts of this section, and that Nebraska seed is but a shade better. As to the corn crop of Kansas and Nebraska, the farmers report an ex­ ceptional yield in quality and quantity, which is practically secure from harm, the only thing needed being favor­ able weather for cribbing. The "i'rflmue, in a summarized review of its ex­ tensive reports says: The reports cover the States of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska. The advices fiom the three States first named are, with a few local ex­ ceptions of similar character, and all are unanimous in tho statement that it is the poorest crop harvested in many years. Tho discrepancy applies more to the quality than the quantity of grain raited. The corn was damp and soggy when the first frosts occurred, and as a result was frozen hard. Then came milder weather, which was followed by rains, and the corn thus had no chance to dry out and become hard and mature. The conse­ quence is that a large percentage of the grain is Soft and fit only as food for hogs and other stock. Large quantities of this soft corn will undoubtedly go to waste on tho approach of cold weather, -as many farmers will have more of it than they can possibly use in feed­ ing stock. The question of seed for next year will prove a most serious one, as there will be a large deficiency. Kansas will not fce called on to supply the want, as there Js general complaint that the grain grown this year from Kansas seed suffered proportionately, more than any other. The reports from Kansas are of a particularly cheerful character. The State will harvest the largest crop ever grown in her borders, and tho grain is of an extra good quality. There is a decrease in production in certain localities, due to climatic conditions, *ut as a whole, as stated above, the crop is the largest and also the best ever grown in the S.ate. Many of the farmers, not satisfied with prevailing pr ices, ate cribbing their corn, and will hold it for a rise. But a very small percentage of the crop in Nebraska was injured by frost, and the grain is hard, sound and in excellent shjsps in every respect. « . BUSIED IN THE WATERS. Th® Propeller Manistee Founders in Lake Superior. Betweea Thirty-Are and Forty sens Drowned. Per* A BAD RECORD. Instruction Wrought by the No­ vember Gales on the Lakes. Fifty Vessels' Either Wrecked or Oast Ashore by the Storm. 7-7; Costly Plants. Indicative of the enormous prices paid for rare specimens of orchids, at a recent auction sale at Stevens' (London) a single fine specimen of the Cattleya trianaj alba from Brentham Park col­ lection sold for 70 guineas, or more than$400. JOHN BRIGHT says he has not taken a drink of whisky in ten years. THE MABJEET. HEW YORK. 0 6. SO 49 4.90 m 4.36 @ 1.09)6 L09M I.lOfc .59 & .69*4 .38 & .84 U.12^@1X80 .00 0 .08* .98 Xf9 .98 & .65 0 .61 & .34 @ ,2"> <fj) 11.15 .96* .99 .48% .38* M .83 .87 .26 @11.20 .07* .96 .48!* •as* .66 «07* gravis 14.90 Hoos 4.30 Fixt tot--Superfine. 8.60 WHEAT--No. 1 White 1.09 No. 2 Bed CORN--No. 2 OATS--NO. 1 POBK--Mess... LABD.... ... CHICAGO. BEEVES--Good to Fancy Steers.. 7.00 @ 7.81 Common to Fair 4.40 O 5.40 Medium to Fair 6.4£ & 6.20 Hoos..... 4.0© W9 4.00 FLOUK--Fancy White Winter Ex 6.25 & 5.60 Good to Choice Spr'gBx 4.75 ($5.00 WHEAT--NO. 2 Hprinir No. 2 lied Winter CORK--No. 2 OAT8--No. 2 ...... KYK--No. 2 BAHLEY--No. 3 BUTTEB--Choice Creamery...... Eoos--Fresh --Mess 11,10 01 Laud 07^(9 MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--No. 3 CORN--No. 2 OATS-- NO. 2 ' RYE -No. 2 BARLEY--No. 2 POBK--Mesa LABD ~ - BT. LOUIS. WHEAT--No. 1 Bed CORN--Mixed OATS--No. 2 RYE PORK--Mess. LABD CCNCINNATL WHEAT--No. 3 Bed CORN OATS RYE POBK--Mess...... li.fio ^ TbLEDd"*' W WHEAT--No. 2 Bed COBN OATS--NO. 3 DETROIT. FIXIUR WHEAT--No. 1 White. COBN--No. A.'. OATS--Mixed. POBK--Mess INDIANAPOLIS. WHEAT--No. 3 Bed COBK--No. 2. OATS--Mixed BAST LIBERTY. PA. CATTLE-Best 6.50 9 &33 Fslr...... 4.50 an 5.60 Commoa...M.....;...i. 4.00 C$5.50 Hoos 4.co m 6.10 SHEEP 8.50 4JS0 .94 .48 .28 .54 .60 10.60 ($10.95 .07J4® .07* I.00%® 1.02 •-4J .43*$ .26 .26}jt .54 ® .65 II.35 «gll.60 .07 \i@ .07& 1.04 @ 1.06 .48 @ .49 .30}^® .81 .68 .59 @11.75 <Sf .0756 Burln^ ihe succeesion or recent storms on the chain of lakes, over fllty vessels were either stranded or foundered, and {tie sacri­ fice of life, 80 far as learned, is in the neigh­ borhood of ninety. Death and desolation have come into numerous homes, and a gen­ eral gloom prevails marire circles all around the lakes. Tne losses to the underwriters are very heavy. Many of the stranded vessels will doubtless be rescued, but the losses will bejgrctt£ nevertheless. The gale--or rather series Jk>f £ales--were t^e worst in every respect that have swept our Inland lakes since 1867, as shown by the number of disastsrs that have oc­ curred. A careful count shows that there were about flfty-eight vessels which either went ashore or foundered and arc a total loss. The following is a list of nearly all the disasters: , Nature of Name. accident, Schr. Lilly E Ashore..., Pchr. Chartes Lnling Anhoro. j. *8chr. Atihtabnla Ashore;,... ..... Schooner Guidinst S:ar.. Ashore..". •Schr. Arab Foundered. Bchr. George C. Finney ..Ashore •Schr. Elizabeth Jones.. Ashore Schr. J. I. Case Ashore. •Schr. Clara Parker Ashore..... •Schr Leadville. Ashore •£thr. l'otomac Ai=hore *8cbr. Lucy J. Clark...Ashore........... Schr. L. C. Butts Ashore.., •Schr. Ketehum As bore........... •Hclir. Lincoln Dall Ashore.'.......... Schr. H. 1). Moore....^..Ashore *Schr. Norman ^..Ashore,.... Schr. Wallula ARhore •Sc'ir. Fitzgerald Ashore •Schr. iiiike St.. Clair....A-Jhoie........... •Sc'.ir. Ontario. A sUore 8chr. Trio Ashore........... Schr. Nelson Ashore Schr. Wa'ertown Ashore •Schr. J. R l'enfleld ...Ashore •Schr. Blazing Star. Ashoro.. •Schr. Regulator Ashore Schr. II. F." Mi rry Ashore. Schr. At'ienian Ashore... •Schr. Fljing Mist......Ashore........... •Schr. J. N. Ca'ter.... .. Ashore........... Sc!ir. Maple L< af,.. .*•». .Ashore Bchr. Mary E. Cook .l.-Anhore.... tchr. Maria Ashore rop. Avon. Ashore. Prop. Fred Merctir. Ashoie •Prop. H. C. Akeley Fo n cred Prop. Nyack ...Ashsrj Prop, yuei ec Ashote Prop. Oneida ......S'jnk TUB Protection Ashore Prop. Abyssinia.. .Sunk •Prop. Milwaukee. Prop. Norman...; •Schr. James Wade Sunk Str. H. J. Jurett Ashore,.... Str. Manitoba Ashore .......... •Str. Manistee .Sunk . ySchr. Wabash Sank The valuations of the vessels are simply approximated, and include both bulls and tar goes. All tho 0 not marked * have been released, or will be. The actual loss of life lesulting from these disasters aggregates ninetr-foiir persons, whi'c half that number of loop'o hive teen drowned at different points on the takes through the ga'os. This table does not take in the vessels which loit portions ot their ringing, canvas, deck-leads, and met with minor mishaps, and these alone would form quite a comfortable sum. Valae. .$ 8,000 . 9,OOO 2,000 . 13 coo . 9,0 K) .. 14,00) . 44,000 . 56,000 . 31.000 . 32,000 . 4,600 . 14,000 . 22,000 6,000 6,000 7,000 6,0 0 3;000 32,COD 800 3,200 500 1,200 10.0C0 8,000 12,000 4,000 8,0)0 4.000 11,000 6,00) 1,000 4,000 4,000 15,900 125,000 125,0(,0 lfi0,000 90,000 95,000 7,000 110,000 10,* "00 8,000 15,000 225,000 75,000 75,000 10,000 THE NAVY. Admiral Porter's Report, The annual report of Aduniral Porter is notable for a criticism of the new armored s;eol cruisers--doslgt cJ by the Naval Ad­ visory beard--as being deilcent in canva* and so constructed as not to work under saiL. This, in time of war, would bo a fatal defect, as all coalinjr-6tationswould'be c osed a. alnst us, and in time of pe o 1 naval vessels should cruise under sail for the sake of economy. The Adn iral bollevespin the immediate construc­ tion of a large number of swil t naval vessels with powerful guns, and thinks we could build twenty largo ships in two years. .Prompt att> ntion to the lake defenses he 00n- s'ders of prime importance, and sees no reason why we should not commence to bnild on the lake shore twe of tho heuviest ironclads with powerful guns and gieat speed. Upon this subject the Admiral says there is every facil­ ity for constructing srch vessels on Lake Eric, and one such shipFtationednear Buffalo could in case of threatened hostilities drop (down to the mouth of Welland canal and de­ molish the entrance docks, etc. Tho bids for the condemned naval vessels at .Mare Island exceeded their appraised value $18,000. No bid was received for the Benicia. 1.02 .61 .80 4.00 1.06 .62 .83 12.26 1.01 .49 .28 & l-OS'-i «Q .62 e .30* <$ 6.75 # 1.06^ & .52!* # .34 013.60 0 1.01J6 @ .49fc & .28)4 Vt •ttiere teems to be no doubt that the* pu- senger propel'er Manistee, belonging to Leo­ pold & Austrian, of Chicago, has been lost in Lake Superior, and that every soul on board, about thirty-five in number, has perished- The ill-starred vessel left Ouluthon Saturday, Nov. 10, and, being caught in the furious gale that swept the lakes for several succeed­ ing days, put into Bayt'old harbor, where she. laid until the following Friday, when she' proceeded to Ontonagon. The unfortunate' vessel, it is believed, encountered and suo* combed to the fury of the second storm. Portions of wreckage have been found. There were only seven passenger j on board at the time, all the others having been trans­ ferred at Bayfield to the City of Duluth, lor Houghton. It is more than likely that all the crew have been lost, as nothing has been heard from them. The Manistee was built in Cleveland by E. W. Peck, in 1878. In 1878 she wag cut in two and lengthened thirty feet and soon after was put on the Lake Superior trade. Lloyd gives her no rating and she was valued at $25,000. She was very low in the water and had but little power for her size. She carried l,r>50 barrels of flour and 220 tons of feed. Her registered tonnage was 6'.» tons. The only particulars of the disaster so far received are em­ braced in the following telegram from Duluth: "The propeller Manistee, loaded with merchandise for Ontonagon, left Duluth Nov. 10. She was windbound at Bayfield till Thursday. She then transferred all her pas­ sengers to the City of Duluth, which was bound for Houghton, and cleared for Ontona­ gon at midnight Nothing was heard from her until noon to-day, when the tug Maythem, which had been sent to look for her, returned. Last night, at a point forty-five miles north­ east of Ontonagon, the tug picked up a buck­ et marked 'Manistee,' and a part of the pilot-house. It is supposed that the propel­ ler foundered during the severe storm of last Friday. The wind was then from the North­ west and the thermometer below zero. The tugs Maythem and Boutin are now looking for traces of the wreck or crew. It is not possible that the men could have escaped in small boats, and if the Manistee had drifted to the north shore she would have been seen and reported by the Canadian steamers coasting there. The propeller Ontario, which arrived at Port Arthur to-day, saw nothing of the Manistee, and there is no doubt that she is lost, with aU on board. Following are the names of her officers: John M'Kay, Captain; George M. Seaton, Purser; F. M. Kilby, Steward; Andy Mack, First Mate; Harry Smith, Second Mate; Pat Cullen, First Engineer; John Payne, Second Engineer; Ed Ilowden, cook. There were about thirty-five souls on board, including officers, waiters, sailors, chamber­ maids. and deck hands. A Hancock (M c'l.) dispatch says: All hope of any of th? Manistee's crew being saved is abandoned. The last eeen of her was at 8:40 o'clock on the evening of Nov. 15. It :i thought her machinery broke down when well out at sea, and she became unmanage­ able. She was then V eyond the shelter of the Apostle island, and, in the attempt to return, foundered. At Bayfield all passengers for Hancock were transferred, and only seven destined for Ontonagon remained on board. The crew consisted of twenty-eight persons, and tho loss is therefore thirty-five. Capt. McKay was a skillful sailor and very popular on the lakes. He leaves a family, consisting of a wife and daughter, who reside in Cleve­ land. The Manistee was considered a staunch, seaworthy craft, and had ridden out many severe gales on Lake Superior. ' ~ - PENSION AGENTS. The GRINDS Practiced by THM AT Washington. How Shoemakers and Bagpickers Make an Extra Penny. {Washington Telegram.] Gen. Dudley lestifled before the grand jnry that he was not aware that a certain attorney, whose flaming circulars were shown him, now practiced before his office. A reference to the city directory showed that the only man of this name was a shoemaker. A visit to the place revealed a store with an excellent stock of ladies' shoes. An inquiry for the proprietor brought answer that ho was in tho back room. He was found in his shirt­ sleeves, with an apron and knife, with sev­ eral workmen around him, busily engaged in making shoes. In reply to a question he said he was the person referred to, and to further inquiry whether he was a pension attorney he said he was. He said that any friend could safely be referred to him to prosocute his claim; that he had blanks, and that he would furnish those necessary to the case. Thereupon ho took otf his apron, laid down his shoes and knife, and going up-staira soon returned with the pension blanks. There was no attorney's sign about the place, and nothing about the inuer arrangements to indicate that he had any other profes­ sion than that of a shoemaker. It is also discovered that among those engaged in this business is a colored man, who when asked by the Commissioners for his profession or business occupation other than that of a pen­ sion attorney, said, "Nothing more than a rag-gatherer." Among others practicing as pension agents who answered this question were one minister, two editors, one publisher (all lour unknown to the public), two farm­ ers, one photographer, one dealer in hard­ ware, two grocers, one pressman, one banker, one bank cashier, one tailorcss, one copyist and one inventor. Several firms have been reported for filing the claims of Hebel soldiers for a variety of wounds and diseases resulting from militarl servkc us Coniederatos. In all cases the declarations mado on tho blanks required for Union soldiers plainly disclose that the appli­ cant was a Rebel soldier. The only possible object in tiling such cuses is to get tho fce of thes; ignorant Confederale.«. The declaration of N. E. Hood, of South Carolina troops, states that he was honorably discharged at Ap- poinatox April t), 1H05, received a gunshot wound at the battle of tho Wilderness, was treated in the hospitals of Lynchburg and Columbia, S. has le tided since tho war in Virginia, and ends with tho statement re­ quired from all Union soldiers: *'I have neveV been etnplo c J in the military or naval tervlce of tho I nitod States otherwise than asset forth above." ABOUT MEN AND WOMEN. THOMAS NAST, the caricaturist, is just re­ covering from a serious illness. A CRY comes up from Lcadville for more .clergymen to counterbalance her gamblers. FI.OKII)A has 6'50 factories, working 2,749 hands, with a capital invested of $1,69',,000. SENATOR ANTHONY is between two fires. One doctor is treating him for heart troubfe and another for Bright's disease. MATTHEW AUNOI-D, instead of lecturing to the Yale students, read thehi some of his poems, including two unpublished ones. Two NEVADA cattle kings are worth $100,- 000 each, and one of them signs his name "Jt," STRANGE, BUT TRUE. Nowiy Eighty Tears of Married Happily by an Dli- D«is Couple. Life [Terr® Haftte (HI.) D'spatch to Chicago Inter Ooean.] I see in your weekly of last issue a case of remarkablo longevity, wherein Joseph Foster and wife had lived loge.her seventy-five years. In o ir quiet liulo village lives a couple who have lived together seventy-seven' years and throe months. In other words, Amasa Allen and Losanna, his pres­ ent wife, were married Aug. IB, It 08, and have quietly lived together over since, making scvonty-sevon years and three months of wedded life. Tlicy have had twelve children born to them, six of whom still survive: three livo now in their native 8.ato of New York, and three live in lleudursonviile. 111. Amasa Allen was born in the State of New York, Nov. 17, 1*87. Ho can walk erect, does not use spectacles, and his hearing is as yet unimpaired. Mrs. Allen «ai born in the Staio of New Yrirk, >ov. *3, 1791. She Is confined to her room tho most of the time. This aired couple live with their son Joseph, who kindly cares for them and sees that their every need is supplied. AMONtt THE ANCIENTS. THE Cardinal Archbishop of Now Tork is 8t. ' MAINE papers announce the death of Mrs. Sallie Grittin, in Raymond, that State, at the age of 101 years. ISAAC MARTIN is dead in Covington, Ky., aged 85. He was a highly esteemed citizen of that county, where he was born and .raised. MITCHELL PUTNAM, 103 years of age, traveled alone from Texas to South Carolina to see his former home. He was a soldier in the War of 1812 and in the Texan struggle. SAN FRANCISCO papers complain that their city is being overrun with Chinese lepers. CARNA6E IN EGYPT. rhree Hundred Thousand Fierce 5 ItotksFall Upon Hleks . - Fttluft Army. , Tewfik's Forces Entrapped and Absolutely Annihilated. .7 • • : [Cable Dispatch from Cairo, Egypt.] The army of Hioks Pasha has been an­ nihilated by the forces of El Mahdi, the False Prophet. Nearly 10,000 Egyptian soldiers were slaughtered, and tho correspondents of several European newspapers are among the d?aj!: ^ fl«htln«r lasted three days and forces of LI Mahdi comprised about 300,000 men, including dorvishes, Bed- °» vif,^lu!?tt,oe9 and regulars, while the forces of Hicks Pasha numbered 25,000 men, accord­ ing to one account and 10,500 by another. According to the first accounts as brought b>' a Coptic official, the forces of El Mahdi and Hicks Pasha came together near El Obeid on the morning of Nov. 3. El Mahdi first sent forward his dervishes, de­ claring that they would vanquish the enemy y divine aid. These fanatics were armed with swords and spears, and, despite the im- mense carnage, they threw themselves reck­ lessly upon the Egyptians. The False I rophet, ee®1"S'they were being slaughtered without achieving any result, ordered his regulars up and soon the engagement became gon- ®fa - forces of Hicks Pasha were divided into two bodies, but by al­ most superhuman exertions the sections fought their way over masses of dead bodies and were reunited about noon oS»ie first day. The Egyptians then formed a square and re- steted the infidels for two days. Finally, on the third day, the False Prophet's troops broke the square, and be&an massacreinff the by wholesale, sparing* none. Hicks Pasha had divided his army, sending half to El Obied to demand the surrender of that place, and with the remainder he await­ ed the arrival of El Mahdi, who was advanc- ing from the southeast. Mahdi, however, met the half of Hicks Pasha's army advanc­ ing to El Obied and attacked it. Hearing the firing, Hicks Pasha came up with his whole force and formed a hollow square. Mahdi brought up his fresh regulars. These num­ bered 3,000. The square of Hicks Pasha was broken, and his army was annihilated. The English officers with tho Egyptian army fought gallantly, Another report of the fight says that Mahdi sent his dervishes to treat with Hicks Pasha's native officers, saving to the Egyptians: "We like you. You are Mussulmans. W hy fight? Surrender." The dervishes were received by a volley, and then the battle commence!. The 4,000 soldiers now scattered among the small forts on the Nile will be concentrated at Khartoum, where there are already 2,000 troops. The catastrophe seems to have wholly para­ lyzed the Egyptian Government. Unless very speedy action is taken, it is feared Suakim will fall into the hands of the tribes in revolt acting in concert with Madhi. The latter is thought to be near Khartoum. ..If that place should be captured there would be no good de­ fensible position between Madhi and Cairo except Minich, which is only six hours distant from Cairo. No one be­ lieves Madhi will rest content with tho con­ quest of Soudan. It is feared Turkey will in­ terfere and insist on reconquering the lost province. Neither English nor French wish this. The prospect thus bristles with serious complications. Evelyn Baring has advised the Government to abandon the Soudan and establish a strong frontier line from Khartoum to Saukim. It is also reported that the recent orders for the evacuation of Egypt by the British troops have been countermanded, and that several new regiments will be sent here. A TERRIBLE CRIME. Four Persons Murdered in Their Beds at a Farm-House Near Jackson, Mich. One of the Tictims a Man Worth ions--The Crime Yelled in Mystery. {Xticgram from Jaokson, Mich.] Jacob D. Crouch, 74 years of age, one of the wealthiest farmers in Michigan, his daughter, Mrs. Eunice White, 83 years of age, his son-in-law, Henry D. White, 38 years of age, and Moses Polley, a stranger from Penn­ sylvania, were shot and killed in their beds in Crouch's home, in the township of Spring Arbor, Jackson county, some time Wednes­ day night. Besides the four persons mur­ dered, there were in the house at the time of the tragedy a colored boy, named George Boles, who worked on the farm, and Mrs. Julia Reese, a domestic. The lad slept in a room uo-stalrs and Mrs. Reese in a back bedroom down-stairs. Mr. and Mrs. White occupied a front bedroom off the parlor, Polley a bedroom in tho rear of this one, and Crouch an alcove between tho parlor and sitting-room. Mrs. Reese heard no noise during the night, but Boles says when the wind was blowing very strong, which is thought to have boen about '£ o'clock in the morning, he heard pistol shots below, and being frightened he secreted him­ self in a box in his room, where he remained until morning. He thou discovered the crime which had been committed and alarmed the neighbors. The rooms smelled Strongly of chloroform. Plainly-defined tracks were found outside the house, indi­ cating that somo one had stood g uard there while the murders were committed. When found. Crouch lay on the bed, his face to the wall, with agunshot wound in the back of his neck. White was shot under the right ear and In the head, and there were marks on the scalp showing that another bullet had grazed it. There were two bullet holes in Mrs. White's right arm, one in the neck and another in the head. She had evidently, from her dis­ ordered appearance, made a struggle for life. Moses Polley was shot in the back of the neck. The shooting was apparently done with one revolver, as a number of empty cartridges of the same caliber were found on the tloor. The motive for the crime was undoubtedly plunder. Crouch was believed to have a large sum of money in his possession, and Polley, who formerly worked for Crouch, had come to Michigan for the purpose of buying stock, and had ?1,700 with him. One rumor is to the effect that Crouch had re­ cently received £56,000 in payment for the interest of a doceased son in a Texas cattle ranch. A search of the house by the officers showed that a buteau fca I been ransacked. In the pockets of Polley, who w is known to have a large sum of money the day before, there were only a few cents. One theory is that Folley was followed to the house by professional burglars and thieves who knew that he had a large sum of money. Another is that desperadoes, who knew that Crtuch had received money from Texas, and who aUo knew that he was weal hy, were the perpetrators. A third connects the boy Boles with the crime. His story was very inco­ herent, and an examination of the box, in which he claimed to have hid himself, shows that the contents were not disturbed in the slightest, and it would be a physical impossi­ bility for him to get into it. A brother of the boy was discharged by Crouch a few days since. The boy has been lodged in jail, and the domestic, Mrs. Keese, is detained in cus­ tody of the Sheriff pending the investigation. Crouch was worth about $2,000,000 of prop­ erty, located in Jackson county, and sheep ranchcs in Texas, near Fort Worth. He leaves t • o sons and one daughter. A pocket- book cc ntnining $105 and a certificate of de­ posit for S900 were found on the wtndow-aill in White's room. - POLITICS AND POLITICIANS. FIVE Territories will probably ask the next Congress for admission as States. GEN. SHERIDAN and Secretary of War Lin­ coln threaten to have a falling out. MAYOR LOW, of Brooklyn, is already thrust forward as a candidate for Governor of New York. THE Waco (Tex.) Examiner says the time has come when public men must stop drinking. THr Springfield (Mass.) JfepubHwin call*the independent voter the best policeman the country has. Every politician is afraid of him. Gov. BUTLER estimates that there are 1,000,- 000 grangers, Greenbackers and trade union men in the country who want him for Presi­ dent. POSTMASTER GKNEKAI. GRBSBXM attributes his ill-health to Washington's malarious air. HELLING LTHCHED. The Mttidezer of ADA HHUMN Tftkes from Jail BY A Mob and Hanged. The Prim Doers Broken Dewn, UI - 'H Titftfan ttoMMnfly Mipatchei. F| Jacob Nelllng, the murderer of Ada At­ kinson at Oxford, Ind., some weeks ago, wafr taken from the Jail at Fowler, Ind., on the- morning of Nov. 19, oonveyed to Oxford by a masked mob and hanged. It will be re­ membered that after Nelllng confessed to- the brutal murder of the innooent girl he- narrowly escaped execution at the hands- of the infuriated populace, and wis spirited away to Lafayette and con­ fined in the strong prison of that city„ for better security against mob vengeance. It appears that the Tippecanoe county- authorities got tired of lotfklng after his wel­ fare, and, as the excitement over the tragedy- had apparently died out, it was deemed safe- to take him back to Fowler for confinement, in the Benton county Jail, which was accord­ ingly done. Two days after the return of the- prisoner the neighbors and friends of the- murdered girl proceeded to Organize them­ selves for the work of vengeance, and did It. so quietly and secretly that the officers of the- law were kept in supreme ignorance- of the movement, and were taken completely by surprise. The mob was perhaps the most- orderly one that ever strung up a man. While none of the men are certainly known, their actions showed that they were deter~ mined and resolute men. An eye-witness.- thus describes the affair: " A solitary horse­ man was seen to come from the east an<t ride quietly around the jail. Th be rode rapidly away in the di tion whence he came. About an hoi afterward about ISO masked men, In wagons and buggies and on horseback, rode quietly up to the jail from the south and posted guards at all tho avenues of approach. They then proceeded to divide their forces, A portion going to the entrance to the Sheriff's residence adjoining the jail, and a part to the- east door of the jail. After demanding the keys to the jail, they proceeded to batter the outer door with sledges. Then with cold- chisels, prepared especially for the purpose,, they cut the locks from the doors, and in« about an hour gained entrance to Nelling's cell. The old man had in the meantime got up and dressed himself ready to receive them. They hurried him out to a wagon that stood in waiting, the old man simply remarking that they ought not to bo so rough, that he was- older than some of thim. Then they departed with their prisoner in the direction of the murder, near which place he was executed. Everything was done in a business-like manner, having very much the air of a funeral. The jail officials made no determined resistance, owing to the- number and character of the mob." When Nelllng was taken from Lafayette to Fowler a few days ago for trial it was given out that he would enter a plea of guilty and accept a sentence of death on condition that his execution be stayed sixty days. This- anticipated delay in the course of the law in­ cited the mob. Nelllng killed Ada Atkinson in her room some nine weeks ago. She was almost a. child, and he had been her father's laborer , for mapy years. The case excited a great deal of attention, and was for several days In mystery. Another man was arrested on the word of Nelling, but afterward Nelling ad­ mitted he lied and said he did it himself. He ibarely escaped lynching at the time, and, as- stated above, was removed to Lafayette to avoid the 4ury of the mob. Ho was to hav been indicted and tried in a few days. JUSTICE HARLAN'S OPINION. the Civil Bights Decision*, Artificial ani Unwar­ ranted. [Washington Telegram.] Justice Harlan, of tho United States Supreme Court, in his dissenting opinion in the civil- rights cases says: "The opinion in these case* proceeds upon grounds entirely too narrow and artificial. The substance and spirit of the recent amendments to the constitution have been sacrificed by subtle and ingenious verbal criticism. The constitutional pro­ visions adopted in the interest of liberty and for the purpose of securing, through- national legislation, if need be, the rights in­ hering in a state of freedom and belonging to- American citizenship have been so construed as to defeat the ends the people desired to accomplish, which they attempted to accom­ plish, and which they supposed they had ac­ complished by changes in their fundamental law. The court has departed from the fa* miliar rule requiring that in the interpret*, tion of constitutional provisions full'effect be given to the intent with which they were adopted. The power conferred by the Thir< teenth amendment does not rest upon impli­ cation or inference, and the power to enforce it .by appropriate legislation was expressly granted. Congress, therefore, may enact laws to protect the colored people against depriva­ tion on account of their race of any civil rights enjoyed by other freemen, and such legislation may be of a direct and primary character, operating upon States, their officers and agents, and upon those wielding power under the State. The National Legis­ lature may, without transcending the limits of the constitution, do for human liberty and. the fundamental rights of American citizen­ ship what it did with the sanction of the Su­ preme court for the protection of slavery and the rights of masters of fugitive slaves. In every material sense applicable to the practical enforcement of the Four­ teenth amendment railroad corpora­ tions, keepers of inns, and man­ agers of places of amusement are agents of the State, because amenable to public regu­ lation and the denial, by these instrumentali­ ties of the State to a citizen, because of his race, of that equality of civil rights secured to him by law is a denial by the State and the supreme law of the land which has decreeA that no authority shall be exorcised in this country upon the basis of discrimination in respect to civil rights against freemen and citizens because of their race, color or pre­ vious condition of servitude. The assump­ tion that the General Governinentcan not, in advance of hostile State laws or hostile State proceedings, actively interfere for the pro­ tection of any rights, privileges, and immu­ nities secured by the Fourteenth amendment^ is not authorized by its language. •B. COOK'S STRANGE DEATH. A Partridge First Warning Hiaa of Approaching Dissolution. [Lewiston (Me.) Dispatch.] Further investigation of the strange death Of Lafayette Cook, of Auburn, emphasizes the remarkable features of the case. Coro­ ner Brooks made a careful examination, and found the medical facts to be as first stated. He found the body lying as Cook had laid himself out, and it was the most life-like corpse he had ever examined. Death was shown to have resulted from natural causes, and yet there was no disease. Of the genu-" ineness of the old man's prophecy there ie abundant proof. . About two months ago Cook's daughter-in- law died. Cook was one of the most sincere mourners. He accompanied her remains to the grave and expressed the tenderest solici­ tude toward his grandchildren. It was just after the death of Mrs. Cook that Cfcok made his first statement in regard to his coming dissolution. . It was 10 o'clock in the'morning wbrn a- grandchild ran into the house with the news that a partridge had flown into the shed and. couId 111 get out. Mr. Chesley says that Cook manifested great concern. The little girl says that her grandfather "turned pale and was afraid." At first he delayed going into- the shed. The partridge ruffled its feathers at the children and at Kverett Cook, and the latter went into the house after a gun. Then the old gentleman went out into the shed. He did not want the bircTshot. Mr. Chesley says that the moment that Cook appeared the behavior of the bird changed. It (lew at Mr. Cook and wheeled around in a circle about his feet. Then it perched on his shoulder, pecked at his face, and alighted on his hands. At length it was given to one of the children and placed in an apple tree. It tiew directly back. The bird' Stayed half an hour, all the time showing, the utmost affection toward Cook. Finally) it flew away toward the burying ground where Mrs. l ook was buried. Cook then re­ turned to t he house and went into a trance, which lasted two hours. When he recove red! I he said that he should die. He said that thef first warning was the visit of the bird. He had great faith in such omens. He frequently.' had what he called trances, and was a be» liever in Spiritualism. A ROCK impregnated with petroleum, iron and sold is on exhibition in Los Agelos, CtoL , > \-