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|rnc£ gHaindtalcr I. VAN tLVKK, CMar art f>ablich«. McHENRT, ILLINOIS. THE NEWS CONDENSED. • 'Iteff nriiK EAS'̂ » 'flB» D. GRANT, in his assignment pa- failed. Mahone, the junior member of the firm, in ft son of the noted "Seadjuster" Senator. H. T. DUXCAW, editor of a daily news­ paper at Lexington, Ky., has been fined $300 for malicious libel because his journal Sublished the card of a citizen casting re­actions on the Judge of the Circuit Coart. Duncan wan away from home when the card was issued. WASH i *cax©Hi which he filed in New York, shows •abilities of $2,215,0G6 and nominal assets of $1,990,013. Jesse R. Grant has debts «f $95,429 and assets of $131,950. CAPT. GEORGE H. PERKINS, U. 8. N., was ordered to take command of the Hart­ ford, the flagship of the Pacific squadron, Mm i last week. He wrote to Secretary Chandler Geu. Gnuit has sold her Washington house to John R. McLean for $0,50(1. Gen. Grant has mortgaged to W. H. Vanderbiltan undivided quarter of 135 acres near Chicago... In the 6tables in Blissville, Long Island, are numbers of cattle suffering from pleu- ro-pneumonia, the afflicted animals being first milked, then killed, and the carcasses •ecretlv conveyed to New York and Brook­ lyn ancl sold for food... .Since the suspen­ sion and reopening of the Metropolitan Bonk of New York deposits have been di­ minished $9,000,000. .. .Thomas W. Evans, Cornelius F. Thompson, and John B. Dickson, bank officials of New York, hare been held for trial for overcertification of ehecks. • ' *,OKE De Nera, said to be a scion of "one «f the best and noblest French families," tried to commit suicide in a New York hotel by drinking water in which he had steeped the heads of matches. He did not succeed, and is recovering... .Hiram Sibley has given Cornell University $80 ,000 for an additional building. . . At a meeting of the barbed-wire manufacturers of the West and Northwest held in Chicago It was resolved to close the factories during the months of July and August. THE true inwardness of the Penn Bank «6llapne at Pittsburgh reaches the public in Interesting slices. President Riddle has filed a oonfession of judgment in favor of the wreck for $99,750. The overdrafts of $350,000 reported previously have own liwollen to $1,200,000, and it is expected that the liabilities will reach $2,000,000. The officers of the concern are charged with des­ perate speculation in oil ever since the Cherry Grove district was opened. THE: WEST. r- WHB* the New York express from Chi- «*go reached Jackson, Mich., the other Iflght, three men informed the passengers in the rear coach that they must move into tibe next car; and as the travelers passed out oti the platform they were relieved of all their valuables by the men. The robbery "•as so skillfully effected that the train BiOved off before the amazed vic­ tims could give an alarm.... Daniel McCamley, an 18-year-old youth, "Who was born in Rhode Island, was a wit­ ness in a Justice Court at Dubuque, Iowa. In reply to questions he said he did not know the nature of an oath. Ltd never been to a Sunday-school, could aot read or write, had never heard «f Ge*d, and believed that Andrew Jack- ' son was President of the United States .. A 6-jear-o'.d girl, the daughter of William Dyke, living near Hillsdale, Mich., was murdered near that place; David Stone, a half-witted uncle of the girl, was arrested for the crime... .A new species of worm is •aid to be ravaging the cornfields of McLean County, Illinois. It is about op inch long, of yellowish color, and of the diameter of a pin.... Reports of the condition of the grain crops IN Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, and Dakota oontinue to be very favorable... The Ne­ braska Diocese of the P. E. Church elected |>r. WorthiQgton, of Detroit. Mich., Bishop, ||B successor to Dr. Clarkson. A HOKRYIFYING tragedy was enacted at 8t Louis. At an early hour in the morning ]|n. Alexander Edmont entered her hns- tnnd's room, where she procured a razor, and, returning to her own room, deliber­ ately cut the throats of her 3-months-old baby and 4-year-old daughter. Passing to another room she tried to cut the throat of a third child, a 6-ycar-old girl. The screams of the child awakened the woman's husband. While he was dressing the wounds of his child his wife attempted • to cut her own throat, inflicting a dangerous Sid probably fatal wound. Mrs Edmont was no doubt insane when she committed file terrible deeds. She bad been nu in­ mate of a lunatic asylum, but it was thought that she had been permanently cured.... George Anderson, an aged * farmer, of • Bowling Green, Ohio, was beaten to death -With a hickory, cane by his insane wife, ^ho has twice been confined in an asylum. «£.. .Jack Hunley has been convicted of ftize-fighting in Sannders County, Neb., *lid will serve a term in the penitentiary. ... .The State Veterinary Surgeon of Kan­ sas, after a protracted tour, reports glan­ ders prevailing among horses in fifteen oounties. THREE boilers in the sash factory of OUT. Ryder t Wheeler, at t)ubuque ex- ploded the other day, killing five persons protesting against the order and asking him to revoke it. The latter replied, reminding Capt. Perkins that he has enjoyed a year's leave of absence and two years' practical exemption from duty, refusing to revoke the order, and telling the Captain in good set terms that if he does not obey the order before the 14th of June his resignation will be accepted. CONGRESSMAN HCRD, of Toledo, says an effort will be made during the present session of Congress to add lumber and coal to the free list.... Secretary Folger has de­ cided that the Chinese Government may send operators with a silk loom to be exhib­ ited at the New Orleans Exposition, with the understanding that they will leave the country at the close of the display. MR. KER, of the star-route counsel, in­ formed the Springer Committee that Will­ iam Pitt Kellogg had said he ought to take a shot-gun and blow out Ker's brains, and the latter desired it known that Kellogg can have that kind of satisfaction by giving no­ tice of the time and place. POLITICAL., NEW YORK special to Chicago Times: " Your correspondent called at Greystone for the purpose of verifying ft sensational report printed in a morning paper regard­ ing the health of Mr. Tilden. After wait­ ing a few minutes in a reception-room, Mr. Tilden himself came id unannounced. He said thit the report of his failing health was a pure fabrication, and utterly without foundation; that his health at present was better than it had been at any time during the past year, and that he had merely run down to Greystone for a few days to personally oversee some improvements that ne is making on the place. Mr. Tilden shook hands warmly with the correspond­ ent, t xcusing himself with the remark that he was just about to take a walk through his grounds and make a visit to some pot animals." SAX FRANCISCO telegram; " The elec­ tion of delegates in the forty-seven city clubs to the State Democrat®: Conven­ tion was continued till past midnight. The double resolution pledging the delegates to Tilden and against Field was unanimously adopted.".... St. Louis dispatch: "The Democratic coun­ ty conventions so far held in this State, either for the nomination of county tickets or the selection of delegates to the State convention to choose delegates to the na­ tional convention, ' have expressed decided preference for Samuel J. Tilden for Presi­ dent There seems to be a strong desire throughout the State for the renomination of the 'old ticket.' " JUDGE FORAKER, of Ohio, is, at his own request, to nominate Senator Sherman for the Presidency at the Chicago convention. .... The Democratic State Convention of Wisconsin adopted resolutions denouncing the present tariff as a masterpiece of in­ justice and false pretense, and demanding that all custom-house taxation shall be only for revenue. FIKB RECOBD. FLAMES swept away the large seed ware­ house of Hiqun Sibley A^Co., on North Clark street, Chicago. The loss is esti­ mated at $250,000, with an insurance of 70 per ceut.. largely in foreign companies. Mr. Sibley is credited with a fortune of $10,000,000. He is at present engaged in erecting two mammoth ten-story warehouses adjoining the structure whichFwas burned, and will doubtless proceed to build a third. ... .Lightning fired a tank of crude oil at the Atlantic Refinery, in the southwestern quarter of the city of Philadelphia. The names spread to other tanks and caused several explosions. Cannon were taken from the arsenal to the scene, and used in piercing a large tank threatened by the fire. The loss is about $000,000. . . .One-half of the Mail Building at Toronto, Ontario, was burned, and the telephone service of the city was destroyed- The loss is about $100,000.... Other fire lbsses of the week were as follows: LoMfs. Chics (ro, hide nni tallow warehonse fto.'oo HanLattaa. K«n , Uo'-el l'.oao Cannon Falls, Minn., store*... .'HS.WW Kioux Falls. Dakota, hotel ? 15,000 Br ckton, Ma**., plow works U-'-.'XJO Clevelan . Ohio, «,il tank 1-V 00 Dtc tur. 111., t l.-j v.-ork* 10.'»0 i Ho!ii<lay»burz. lJa , r,a 1 works 10,000 Btone linlse. X. Y., hi tel 2.">.0 0 and seriouslv wounding several otheus. i Lone -v Y < fanning work*. 1V0,00? _ •. -i * , i A Vfnft 1 i I itnaiuaa h.iaou 1- i Ml The engineer is said to have been running jfpith but little water. f STRONG'S Bank at Green Bay, Wis., with a i eapital cf $50,000, has failed. Henrv Strong j taio. Micii., lms.neiis Uock .. - t, .. . „ ... , * _ : I'hftitano. tta. T- nn., buRiuoB property.. M President Heavy withdrawals on account j Fcrc Yates, L>ako a, store .......... of recent failures led to the crash. It is l*nca-ter.*Pa., wljacco fuctory.*'"' •toted that depositors will get 75 cents on Hr„£ * y.\ "iUrniilY...! i the dollars... .Jacob Seramorn, of Chicago. fans been sentenced to ten years in the pen­ itentiary for a vain attempt to reduce to criminal habits a German girl of 16 years, •omed Teresa Rcsine. Av«-n», HI.. bosirifss houses Waui a;a. Wis , basket fa tory........... Henry. III.. fi%e stores. O^hkosh. WK. sa u-ile m 11... fchetx.yfciin, Wi-., tannery Carroll. Iowa, seven l,u Mings ttratttwr . rubb r factory JO.'XJO Ifi.O'O 15.000 1 160,IK 0 33,' OJ ".-,"00 _10,|>00 IS.ttW 2i, 00 4' ,000 10.1 on 10,' CO ls.iioo auu,uoo the corresponding period of the pre­ vious year. The principal decrease was on tobacco. There was an increase of $12,460,564 from spirits... .The Meth­ odist General Conference, at Philadelphia, adopted a report by the Committee on the State of the Churcjti that divorces should only be granted for adultery, and that the guilty party should not be married again by any minister of the charch. FOREICilV. w Two MASKKD men, armed with Win­ chester rifles, halted the Fort Benton coach Ifrenty-five miles from Helena, robbed the fiassengers, and rifled the mail bags. IT is charged at Yankton, Dakota, that the United States Marshal has "fixed" a jury in favor of Gov. Ordwav, who will be soon tried on the bribery charges.... A dynamite «artridge was discovered in the basement of the building at Xenia, Ind., in which the Journal of that place is printed. The discovery, as a matter , of course, cans?d "intense excitement.".... Prentice Tiller, who stole a large amount of money from an express company at 'St. Louis, was arraigned in the Criminal Court of that city. He astonished everybody by pleading guilty, whereupon Judge Van Wagoner sentenced him to five years' im­ prisonment in the Penitentiary Dave Stone, the imbecile who outruged and killed his 6-year-old niece last week near Hillsdale, Mich., confessed, was taken into c<mrt, pleaded guilty, sentenced to solitary- life imprisonment, and immediately re­ moved to the Jackson Penitentiary. A VAST crowd assembled in the Criminal Court-room at Chicago to learn the result of the McKeagur trial. Judge Anthony ex­ pressed the hope that the audience would make no demonstration over the verdict, but when the acquittal was announced the floor shook with applause. The accused was permitted to hold a reception, when he was returned to his cell to await trial on an indictment for the murder of Mrs. Willson. - TIIKNOI'TK. THOMAS H. SMITH, an agtjl merchant of "Baltimore, has been expelled from the Christian Church for taking a dollar from the contribution bucket. He explains that on bis rounds as a deacon he changed a bill for u lady and thoughtlessly retained it. HEAVY rains in the river districts of Louisiana have badly damaged 'the crops. Planters and business-men are much dis- coumged. THE absence of its President caused a run on the Hot Springs National Bank and forced a suspension.... Inge &. Mahone, to- .baoco dealer* of Petersburg, V«t., have GE^KRAIm TiftrftO* for the Derby stakes resulted in a dead heat between St. Galien and Har­ vester, and the money was divided between their owners. William H. Vanderbilt was a spectator... ."Gen. Mite" and Millie Ed­ wards, the English Midgets were married at Manchester, England. There was a wedding breakfast, after which the religions ceremo­ ny of marriage according to the rites of the Presbyterian Church was performed.... A dispatch from Cairo says a new black false prophet appeared suddenly before Dar- four and defeated El Muhdi's troops.... At the meeting of the Irish National Land League, in Dublin, Timothy Harrington, Secretary of the League, said that two or three years ago from £1,000 to £2,000 were received weekly from America, while the league was now obliged to depend almost exclusively upon funds contributed in Ire­ land. ADDITIONAL NEWS. OXOBQE MOUNTFORT, son'of one of the leaders of the celebrated Boston "tea party," died in the Massachusetts capital in his 87th year. GEM. BENJAMIN F. BUTLKB, of Massa­ chusetts, was nominated for President by the National Greenback Convention ftt In­ dianapolis. Judge West, of Mississippi, was nominated for Vice President... .The Minnesota Democratic Convention met at St. Paul und elected delegates to Chicago. While not instructed, those chosen are in favor of Tilden. SEVERAL inebriated men at Sharpsburg, Ky., amused themselves by shooting at lighted lamps in a grocery store. One of the lamps exploded and set fire to the build­ ing. The flames spread rapidly, and nearly all the principal business places of the town were destroyed. The total loss is placed at $40,000. SIB BARTLE FRERE, well known in con­ nection with British South African politics, died in London after a protracted illness. He took a conspicuous part in connection with the Boer and Zulu difficulties of Eug- land in the Cape region. WESLEY JOHNSON was hanged at Na­ poleon, Ohio, for the murder of George W. Williams aud his wife near that place the 23d of October, 1883. THE western end of the Laurel Hill tunnel of the South Pennsylvania Rail­ road, near Somerset, Pa., caved in, fatally injuring eight men, and seriously crushing two others.... .President Riddle, of the Penn Bank, of Pittsburgh, after making another confession of judgment for $82,400, has issued a card requesting his friends to withhold judg­ ment upon him. It is stated that nearly all the $40,0 )0 currency known to be on * the counter when the concern closed has been abstracted, together with bonds and stock tu a considerable amount. A SEVERE frost in several of the Western States damaged corn considerably, and fruil and garden truck were severely injured. THE Union Deposit Bank at Greensburg, Pa., has closed its doors. It is owned by David" Tints man, who is absent, and John Walker, now lying ill at home, and its liabilities are believed to be in excess oi $100,000.. . .Capt. W. E. Dove, of the Twelfth United States Infantry, was drowned while attempting to cross to the Canada side from Fort Niagara. . THE Fremiti Government has reoolved 4o celebrate the centenary of the French rev­ olution of 1789. An international exhibi­ tion will be held in Paris Emperor William appeared on horseback at the re­ view of the German army at Berlin... .The conference of the European powers on Egyptian affairs will be held on the 23d of June. INCENDIARIES burned the Court House at Florosville, Texas, the records, deeds, mort­ gages, and all valuable papers being con­ sumed. .. The Belmont coal mines, in Jack­ son County, Alabama; which were pur­ chased by Grant & Ward from Gen. John B. Gordon, have shut down, throwing sev­ eral hundred men out of employment. IN tbe Senate, on the 29th ult., a memorial was presented asking an appropriation of Sli,o<0 for the Southern Exposition at Louisville,on ac­ count of Government exhibits. The remainder of the appropriation for the Ohio River sutierers was voted tor the re ief tf citizens along the Mit-sissippi. The District of Colum­ bia approprtaticn bill was passed. The 8 -r.ate adjourned to Mon'lay. In the House bills were reported to regu­ late the exj'oriaton of imitation bntter and clieeHc. und to m.:k - $1.0 r ,ou0 the limit lor tae cost i t the publ. Iju id HR at Louisville. The leci-)a iv-e aj propriatx n bill was amend'd to provide that tucre snail be but forty-tiirce in­ ternal revenue dlhtri tu and sixty-seven ci a- toms >iisiri t*. In this sha).e it was reported to the lfi use and the previous question ordered, when an adjournment, to Hatnrday was taken. THOSE men who destroy A healthful constitution of body by intemperance and an irregular life do as manifestly kill themselves as those who hang, or poison, or drown themselves.--Sher­ lock. IMPRISONED STEAM. Making a Break for Liberty It Half a Down H. C. BLASCHARD, coffee merchant at Richmond, Va., has failed for $223,000. •Joseph B. McDonald, lumber dealer at Woburn, Massachusetts, is insolvent, owing $125.000... The Mexican Central Railroad has been adopted as the international postal route by the United States and Mexico . .. Private letters to New Orleans say the Captain General of Cuba has liberated some desperate criminals upon condition that they join Aguero's band and assassinate him. Aguero is burning and pillaging on his march, and his force is being daily aug­ mented. THE oldest postmaster in the United States is Roswell Beardsley, of North Lan­ sing, New York, who was appointed in 1828. John Wilson, of Plato. 111., has held office since 1852, and seven other postmasters in the same State were appointed under Presi­ dent Pierce... During the holiday games at Chatham, Ont., the grand stand eoLapsed and 150 people were injured, several seriously. The injuries consisted of broken arms, legs. and ribs. Some were injured . internally The Clearing House exchanges fftr last week--912,37;$,700--are $253,351,023 less than for the preeetiing week, and, when compared with the corresponding period in 1853, show a decrease of 2.5 per ceut The potato crop of the United States was 100.000.000 bushels in 1883, against 168,- 000,000 bushels the previous year. "-THE loss of life from the port of Glouces­ ter, Mass.. since Aug. 1, 1883, caused by the heavy gales on the fishing banks, has reached the total of 250 men, the largest loss recorded from that port in any one year, 1879 rank­ ing next, with the total of 249. Tftese fish­ ermen have left about seventy widows and 131 fatherless children upon the world's charity The Canadian Government has decided to try the experiment of reducing tolls on the canals for the season. D. L. WHEEIIEU, statistical «g nt of Nebraska, estimates the yield of wheat in his State this year "at 31,750,000 bushels. The acreage sow n to corn has been largely increased The collections of internal revenue for ten months of the fiscal year are $99.104,145, /» decrease of $19,908,637 compared with THE MAEKET. NEW YORK. t a.50 6.25 4. tO .96 1.02 .<4 .40 17.50 HfifvES.... Hoos... FI/w!b--Extra. WHEAT--No. 2 Chicago..... No. 2lied CORN--No. 2 OATS--White PORK--Mess CHICAGO. BEEVES --Choice to Prime Steers. „ Fair to Good Batchers' Hoos FLOUR--Fancy Wuite Winter Ex Good to Choice Spring... WHEAT--No. 2 8. r:m? No. 2 lied Winter CORN--No. 2 OATS--No. 2 ..) nrc-No. -l. BARLEY--No. 2. I.... BoTTEii~Choice Creamery Fine Dairy CHEESE--Full Cream. Hkiinmcd l'lat.......... Eoos--Fresh .' 1 'OTA TO ES--Pcachblo ws PORK--Mess • LAUO TOLEDO. WHEAT--No. 2 lied CORN--No. 2 OATB--No. 2... MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--No. 2 CORN--No. 2 1 ... OATS--No. 2 lUllLEX--No. 2 .... PORK--Mess .............. .... LiAItl) ST. LOUIS. WHEAT--No. 2lied. CORN--Mixed. OATS--No. 2 BYE PORK--M^ss CINCINNATI. WHEAT--No. 2 Bed CORN ;..f O ATS --M ixed. PORK-- Mess..*, LAKD.: DETROIT. FI/WR :..... WHEAT--NO. 1 White. CORN--Mixed OATH--No. 2 Mixed... . ' . . . . . . . . . . PORK--Mess . INDIANAPOLIS. WHEAT--No. 1 lied J.00 CORN--Mixed .54 OATS--Mixed .34 EAST LIUKItTY. CATTLE--Bc«t 5.75 Fair. .... *.25 Common.. IToo*.. 41.50 e.oo 6.-0 6.50 6.50 4.50 .87. .64 .82 .61 .67 .18 .14 .11 .00 .1:1 19.oo .OS .95 .67 .36 .89 :6s .31 .62 18.r,0 8.00 1.11 , .62 .b'2 • CI 18.00 , 1.02 .£,8 . . .34 . U.'.ti . r>.60 . 1.05 .50 .:h 90.00 @10.00 <w li.00 C<? 6.25 (<* 1.0a <4 .iift C<« .14 (4 is.'jo & 7.00 6.50 es G.OO 6.00 & 6. .6 0 u.iJ 0 ,8S <<$ 1.04 <<« .66 [Dubnque (Iowa) Telefrram.] v Three boilers connected with the «wh and door factory'of Carr, Byder A Wheeler exploded with frightful effect. Tbe explo- sion w heard all over the city, and it Bhook buildings to their foundations. The boiler-house was completely destroyed and the boilers thrown about in different direc­ tions. The one that did not burst was thrown intact a distance of thirty feet against the mill. A solid division wall separated the boiler-house from the mill, else the destruction nnd loss of life would have been terrible. The mill employs 200 men. The corner of a dwell­ ing near the boiler house was torn com­ pletely out and several-women iuj tired. The engineer and two firemen were in the boiler house at the time aud were buried beneath the debris. Two children playing near it were also buried. The killed are: Milo M. Mellen, the engineer, aged 30 years. He leaves a wife. Fritz Villdanger, the fireman. He was a single man. Two children of Charlie May, aged respectively C and 3 years. Michael McLaughlin, the second fireman, was horribly buined and mangled, and can­ not live but a few hours. Mrs. Margaret Walter was struck by tbe flying bricks and badly cut. Her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Al­ bert Walter, and her three children were also injured. Mr. Eudolph Nealte and Mrs. Vaeglen, living on an opposite corner of the street, were also slightly injured. Nealte was knocked down in his yard. Mrs. Vaegler was upon her porch when a piece of one of the boilers came down through the roof, striking her on the heud, knock­ ing her senseless. The main mill building had all its win­ dows shattered. The boiler-^-oom was a stone structure apart from the main factory and wits shattered to atoms. Pieces of iron, stones, and brick flew in all directions. The children killed were playing in a yard near the boiler-room. The woman injured occupied a house near the disaster. The house was blown away. Several theories are advanced as to the cause of the disaster, the most plausible being a lack of water.' The engineer, it is said, was running with but little water, as he wished to "blow off' the boilers to clean them out. 'Hie boilers were inspected three weeks ago, and pro­ nounced safe. The damage to the property is less than $5,000. FIVE MEN KILLED. A Deadly Collision on the West.Shore Railway, in New York. [Syracuse Dispatch.] As a Rochester express on the West Shore Road from this city was drawing onto a branch track opposite Savannah Station, the Atlantic express from Buffalo crashed into the baggage car and made a Clean sweep of the smoker, taking an entire row of seats with it and leaving the two cars and the front end of the first passenger a total wreck. Two men were killed and four seriously wounded. Nearly all of the victims were emp'oyes of the Baltimore and Ohio Telegraph Company, and were oa the way to their homes in Rochester to spend Sunday. Many curious circumstinces are narrated in connection with the disastrous occurrence. 6ome passengers occupying seats with the killed and injured esc iped unhurt George Waggoner, of this city, stood on the front steps of the smoker, and seeing the headlight of an approaching engine, he ran to the other side aud jumped. He remembers being car­ ried along by the car, but suddenly became insensible. On recovering, he foHnd him­ self on a heap of loose dirt twenty feet from the track. He was not injured. The two sons of Mr. Waterbury's were at the station to meet bim-r, finding him, they left for home shortly after the accident, under the impression that he had waited here for the next train. An hour afterward they were summoned back to the wreck, when upon closer inspection the elder boy discovered among bodies he had himself helped to remove the mangled re­ mains of his father. The relatives of the killed and wounded inveigh bitterly against the recklessness which made the "accident possible. The West Shore Company is censured on all hands, the universal opin­ ion being that under proper management the disaster could not nave taken place. OEN. BUTLER. :;4 .63 .00 .1J .16 . 1 1 .07 .14 .36 W19.V5 & .HO'A & .SC i<9 .58 PRESIDENTIAL TALK. Democratic State Ckmventioxui In Kansas and Wiaoonaln. @ .90 .56 <ff .t2 i'J) .64 t»l».t<0 & 8.23 (3 1.12 (<$ .53 (<# .31 .Ikl «{18.60 @ 1.03 (<j> .5J & .35 018.25 & .08 U 7.00 es 1.07 «« .*>y ('« .35 <420.50 <® 1.01 «r« .56 ^ .36 (tf 6.26 <a> t . t o 4.00 6.25 M 6.60 4.75 4.7J y.5K Delegations in Favor of TOdra and Revenue Reform. Wisconsin Democrats. The Wisconsin Democratic State Conven-* tion for the selection of delegates to the National Democratic Convention at Chicago, met in the State House at Madison. The attendance was uncommonly large, nearly every district being fnlly represented. The gathering was notuble for containing a very large number of old-timers, many of whom had not attended conventions for many years. It was almost a foregone conclusion that Tilden delegates would be chosen; and although a strong effort was made by Mr. George, of Milwaukee, to get together a following for his uncle, Roswell P. Flow­ er, of New York, the sentiment for the old ticket was overpowering, and the delegation is a unit. The convention was called to or­ der by Judge L. R. Larsen, of Eau Claire, who in his speech took strong ground in fa­ vor of free trade. His remarks were re­ ceived enthusiastically. Delegates were chosen as follows: At Large--William F. Vilas, E. S. Bragg, J. G. Jenkins, and J. M. Morrow. District Delegates--First, J. R. Doolittle and Aaron Rogers; Second, A. K. Delaney and Barney 8. Potter; Third, D. S. Rose and R. M. Bashford; Fourth, John Black and and Charles F. Freeman; Fifth, A. L. Gray Carl Ziller; Sixth,-G, W. Pratt and George Kruess; Seventh, J. W. Lusk aud J. L. It. McCullum; Eighth, W. H. Smith and G. Y. Freeman; Ninth, Alexander Brazeau and L. M.irchite. The resolutions reafirm the principles of the platform of 1876, and denounce the present tariff levied upon 4,000 articles as a masterpiece of injustice, inequality, and false pretense, which has impoverished many industries to subsidize a few, degraded American colnmerce from a first to an in­ ferior rank, cut down the values of Ameri­ can manufactures, depleted the returns of American agriculture, obstructs the process of production, and wastes the fruits of labor. It is also declared that the tariff issue is of first importance in the coming campaign, and the course of the Democratic members in Congress in endeavoring to bring about a reduction in taxation is indorsed. Kansas Democrat*. The Democratic State Convention of Kan­ sas, which met at Topeka, was the largest body of that complexion in politics ever held in the State, nearly every county being fully represented. J. T. Buriss, of Jackson County, was elected Temporary Chairman. In a brief speech he pronounced for tariff reform, and hoped the great political crime in 1876-7 would not be forgotten, and that the na­ tional convention would nominate S. J. Til­ den and Thomas A. Hendricks. This re­ mark met with wild applause. The usual business committees were then appointed. The resolutions adopted indorse Speaker Carlisle's position on the tariff, and de­ nounce the present system of taxation, which imposes duties on the necessaries of life for the benefit of a few to the in jury of the many. The resolutions also declare emphatically for Tilden, but do not instruct. Gov. Glick, the first Democratic Governor of the State, is also indorsed. The tem­ porary organization was made permanent. Congressional delegates were chosen as follows: First, C. C. Burns and Ed Car­ roll; Second, B. J. Sheridan and W. C. Jones; Third, C. C. Black and A. Mathew- sou; Fourth, H. E. Norton and J. Mileham; Fifth, A. H. Martin and E. A. Hallowell; Sixth, John A. Schaffer and J. H. Schyler; Seventh, A. F. Petition and C. Diffen- decker. Gov. Glick was then nominated for dele- gate-at-large, upon which the rules were suspended and the nomination made by ac­ clamation. The Governor made a brief speech, in which he hoped the national convention would declare against sumptuary legislation. The other three delegates-at- large are T. P. Fenian, W. C. Perry, and T. J. Hudson. He Writes a Letter Giving His View* en the Tariff. BOSTON, May 19, 1884. To C. V. Hubbard, Managing Editor of the De­ troit Wvuhng •fonyitai: L)EAR SIB--There is so much evidence of good faith in your communication to me that I break a custom in answering your question as to my political views on specific subjects. Perhaps upon the subject of tariff I can give them in a word, for I never have concealed them. We can not have free trade in this country. How­ ever desirable theoretically, it would be im­ possible. Our country is so large, our in­ terests so vast, and so much is to be done by the General Government, that for a series of years we must raise hundreds of millions of dollars by taxation of some sort. The only constitutional tax­ ation that I know of is the direct tax in pro­ portion to the number of inhabitants of the States. The genius of our people will not permit of that direct taxation, and there­ fore indirect taxation must be resorted to. From the beginning of the Government to this time taxation by duties on imported articles has always been a resort of our Government, except at times of war. For a limited period other methods of taxation have been ir ed, because the duties upon imports were insufficient. Therefore, I favor the raising of a sufficient amount c.f revenue for an economical admin­ istration of Government and 110 more, from duties upon imports, and in laying those duties to tax all articles of luxury up to the collection point. To mike free all r.vw materia's not raised or ptoduced in this country «h eh enter into its nr.s, manufactures, nnd the actual nec­ essaries of life, and as mtic-h as possible eheipen them in every way possible, and within ihow limits to so judiciously place our duties a« to best encourage and a d Amer can labor aud American iudustry if I eou'd. I would also dev« t; the tax upon •whisky and tobacci to a fu d to pay the re­ maining debts of the war only, to wit, pensions aud th > ta e of soldiers disabled by the war. I do not know 1 hit I need make any further sta ementupon this topic. I am, very truly yours, BENJAMIN F. BUTLEB. CHIPS. LELAND STAKFOKH offers G*n. Grant and his family a home with him as long as he lives. IT is estimated that there are over 1,500 acres in strawberries in Marion County, 111. GITY JOHNSON, of Clinton, N. Y., the last slave in the State, who was emancipated in 1812, is dead. JUDAH P. BKNJAMIN'S daughter married a French <>tfi ;i r of ths stiff, and resides in Paris with her mother. GEN. BOOTH says to his Salvationists: " Shout; those who can't stand the noise will never got to heaven." Dit. Dio LEWIS says the coming man and woman will not be smaller at the waist than at other parts of the body. LOUISIANA how has a State Weather Service Bureau of its own, and doesn't care whether " Old Prob" prognosticates or not. . " " DEATH FBOM CARELESSNESS. Mining Engineers PHI <»n the Catties of the Pocahontas Mine Disaster. [New York Dispatch.] Stuart Buck, of Coolbaugh, W. Va.; J. H. Bramwell, of Roanoke, Va.; and E. H. Will­ iams, Jr., of Bethlehem, Pa., a-committee appointed to investigate the Pocahontas (Va.) mine'explosion of March 13, submit­ ted a report at the meeting of the American Institute of Mining Engineers. They re­ ported "an exceedingly dry and dusty mine, the dust floating into the cham­ bers," was among the causes leading to tbe disaster. The ignorance of the under bosses in having unimportant doors tended while the main door was left fastened open during the night was another contributory cause. The committee found that the sub­ ordinates were not only careless but failed to follow the rules of the company in re­ porting such a state of affairs to the Super­ intendent. It was found that powder had been carelessly used in blasting off from the solid without making the necessary under cuts. There was the bare possibility, in the committee's estimation, of a very slight amount of tire-damp, as shown by the per­ sistency of flame of blown-out shota, and when the smoke from the blast was subse­ quently ignited. No trace of gas was found in any pnrt of the mine before the ventila­ tion was resumed. Auy of the causes named were harmless singly, but combined were sufficient to cause the explosion. Dust was the agent for exteuding the explosion. Had it been gas it would have been locul. The mine was well ventilated, and the car­ rying out of the rules of the company by its employes would have spared the necessity of investigation. Boiled in a Tat. (Chicago Tele pram.] William H. Scoville, a wealthy soap- dealer, met with a frightful death last even- ing. A few minutes before 7 o'clock be was standing in front of two enormous vats of boiling grease, conversing with his son, a young man, when one of the vats over­ flowed, deluging both gentlemen and severely scalding the younger one, Being more a live than bis father he sprang to a p'a ;e of safety, but Mr. Scoville slipped as he started to run and fell h«ad foremost into the st cjnd vat. It was filled to the brim--seven feet d;ep and about twenty feet in circumference--and the thick, boil­ ing fluid closed over the unfortunate man. H<; did not rise again, and an hour Liter, when the vat was emptied, his body was found at the bottom boriibly mangled. ITEMS. FERDINAND WAUD smokes cigarettes in­ cessantly. JOHN LAWRENCE, who was Admiral Far- ragut's pilot in the famous naval battle in Mobile Bay, died recently in the Mobile, Ala., poor-house. DK. Loris J. BISCHOFK, who at one time was a practicing physician of North East, Pa., is said to be an assistant to the dentist of tlm Queeri of England. CAMELS utterly wild may be seen on the desert lands at the head of the Gulf of California, where they find a congenial home and multiply steadily. CONSTL TANNF.B gives a hint to the oleo­ margarine makers in (he United States to I ho effect that they ought to brand their goods honestly and let the dairies make the butter^ -- • . ' THE WORK OF CONGRESS. GERMAN measles is epidemic in Syra­ cuse. Old people take it. IN Southern Spain 419 dwellings have Been destroyed and 514 injured by floods. What I« fifing Dona by National legislator*. " MM. Alirtcfc'a subs Itute for LITTO Rouate labor bureau bill was passed by the Senate. May 33. It provides for the establishment of a labor bureau in the Department ©f the Inferior, whtatt shall be under chartre of a Commissioner, to hold office four years, who shall collect data relating to capital and labor, and make an annu 1 report to 1 he Secretary of the Interior. Senator Harrison report «1 lavonbly from the Committee on Territories the bill whtoh provides that the Dakota Legislature .shall eonsUt of forty-four members of the Council and eijthty- eixht members of tha House, and that at the next general election there shall be elected two members of th • Council and four members of the House in each legislative district. In a debate on the bill to provide for protecting the interests of the United Bta>ee In respect to incumbrances, Mr. Beck said that under tha letter of the act the Pr# side nt could pay off the Union Pacific Railroad mortgage. Mr. hlaier stated that on the maturitv of the Union and Central Pacific mortgages, in 18 »5, these roads would owe the Government $133.- ooo.coo. The pension appropriation bill was passed. In the Hou e, Mr. Wilier denied that he hai bsen solicited by William H. Ennil-h to absent bitn»elf on the oc­ casion of the unseating of Mr. Peelle, and he ex­ pressed the hope tha: the inves itratl c commit­ tee would inquire into the ma.ter. Mr. Kellogg called for an inquiry into hi* allezed con­ nection with the etar-route frauds, and the matter wan referred to the Judiciarv Com­ mittee. A bill was p isse-3 appropriating SSOO.OOO to nav certain quarte.mast?r claims, one-half of which is due to citizens of Ten esses. In com­ mittee of the whole, a favorable recommenda­ tion was made on the bill to retire Henry J. Hunt as a Major General. At the «vening session forty-two pension bills were pass d. Including one giving (60 per month to the widow of Gen. Ord. Tae bill restoring Alfred Hopkins to th* rank of captain in the navy gave rise to a long debate in the House on May at. Hopkins is the oflioer who left Pensacola without 1< ave when the yellow fever prevailed there, and was dis­ missed from the service. The bill was finally passed. Mr. Hatch, of Missouri, presented the conference report on the bill to estalil.sh a Bureau of Animal Industry--the House con- ferrees recommend con- urrence in all the Senate amendment-'. The amount of the appropriation is $luo,<KK», and the jurisdiction of the Commis­ sioner of Apiculture is limited to snch investi­ gation and such disinfection and quaraut ne measures as may be necessary to prevent the spread of contagirn* and infectious diseases from one State or Territory into another. The Commiss oner is prohibited from ap lying any money toward paying fo;- the animals It w s fonmt necessary to slaughter in order to pre­ vent the Bjreiid of d S'ase. The report was agreed to. A bill was passed to permit Lieut. Reynolds, of the navy, to accept a decoration from the Empeiorof Austria for saving eleven lives. The Senate was not in session. MR. INCIAI.LS reported to the Senate from the Committee on Judiciary, on May 26, a sub­ stitute for the Joint resolution int:oduced by Senator Jackson, proposing an amendment to the Constitution relative to terms of office of the President and "Vice President Favorable reports were made on bills for two additional Associate Justices for the Supreme Court of Dakota; for a commission to run and mark the b lundary line between Indian terri­ tory and Texas, and to forf.it the un­ earned land g:ants of the A>lan~ic and Pacific Korul. A bi 1 was introduced to authorize the enlargement of the barracks at Newport, Ky. In the House of Representaiiv s, tills were in­ troduced to appropriate $00,0 o for a home for disabled soldiers of the Confederate army at. Fredcricksburg, Va,; to abolish license t xes on dealers in tobacco; to open overland communicatl in with Alaska and d vel ip her commercial resources; to pension all honor­ ably discharged soldiers of the rebellion at the age of 46 years, and or the fining an 1 impr son- ment of any national bank official who shall tiring loss on the institution by loans m it!e for his own benefit. The contest jd e ectlon case of Wallace vs. McKinley, from the Eighteenth Ohio District, was taken up. The major­ ity repert nns -ats McKinley and de­ clares Wallace entitled to the seat. The minority resolution confirms the right of the stt:ing mem­ ber. Speeches were delivered by Messrs. Tur­ ner, of Georgia, and Adam , of New York, in support of tiie contestant's case, and by Messrs. Hepburn and liobertson, of Kentucky, and E. B. Taylor, of Ohio, In KUI p rt of the comestee. Mr. llobertson la the only Democratic member of the Committee on Elections who signed the minority report, and he appealed to his side of the House not to vote to unssac McKinley. ON the bill to grant the Cinnabar Railroad right of way through Yellowstone Park, Mr. Lo­ gan raised a breeze by detailing the encroach­ ments made on the park, and by complaining that he had been lncessantlv lobbied in behalf of this road by an official of tha Interior Depart­ ment. Mr. Cameron reappeared upon 1 lie floor, atter prolonged absence in E' rope, and received congratulations. Mr. Ingalls in­ troduce a l.lll tor the sate of lands belonging to (he prairie band of Pottawatomios. Mr. Lapham sob ltted the maj< rity report on the Danv lie riot, claim­ ing that it was preconcerted by the Democrats for the pn pose of intimidating tne negroes. Mr. Saulshury presented the minority r< p rt on the Copiah County murder, asserting t.*at the investigation was originated to aid the Republi­ cans in the President al canvass and pei haps furnish an exens" for rejecting the eiectonal vote of Mississippi. During the debate on the Utah bill for the suppression of p lygaiiy, Mr. Brown, of Georgia, made a swe p ng attack on the morality of the State of Mas­ sachusetts and New England generally. The House of R<u resentatives passe I a ioint resolution appropriating an additi'nil • lO t.'KW for the r liei of sufferers by the overr'ow <Jf th * Missisr-lt pi River and its tr butariea. The House resumed the consideration of the Wallaje-Mo- Kinley contested-election ca e. Mr. Hnrd (Dem.) admitted that under the laws of Oi io the sitting member was not entitled to his scat, and vtt he believed Mr. McKinley 1 ad been elected. He based his opinion upon tue fact that a number of illegal votes were cast for the Democratic cand date. Mr. I'olle t ridi­ culed the testimony ui on which his coll eague bas^d such an opinion. Mr. M.lls bellev d. ac­ cording to'lie law and facts o: the case, that Mr. McKinlev had been iairly electc', and ba- lieved lie would belnss t! an a man i; _h!- allowed j artv clamor to lead hiin to vo e against his convictions. Mr. McKinley, the contes.ec, made a ten-minute speech in his own behalf. He in­ voked no technicalities, ancl <1 clared that he did not want a seat which <ould be r tatned o ly by invoking them, but he asserted that, conceding eve 'y technicality, he would sull have an un<iuest one 1 majority of the votes cast in the K ghtcenth Ohio District. The House proceeded to vote upon the minority resolution decla ing Mr. McKinley entitled to the seat. It was lo t--yeas, los; nays, 15*. The following Democrats voted with (he Itepubli ans in the affirmative: Blackburn, Dorsheimer, Hurd, Mills. Po ter, TJobertson. Tuompson. Mr. White (Rep.), of Kentucky, voted with tho Democrats. The majority resolution seating Wallace was adopted without citicnssion, and that gentleman appeared at the bar and took the oath of otUce. THK Senate, on the 2°th ult., took up the Mexican war pension bill, and struck out the proposed amendment to restrict its benefits to those dependent on their labor or the aid Of others. Mr. Hoar, with the avowed purpose of killing the bill, moved to extend its provisions to all Union s Idlers of the late war. In the H use a bill was reported to torfeit the unearned land grant of the Atlan lc and Pacific Road. The Legislative appropriation b 11. w.iich reduces the internal revenue colleotion di t icts f om eighty-four to sixty-three, was considered for the remainder of the day and at the evening session. A Purely Personal Hatter. *You are more fun than a barrel of monkeys," said Albacinda to me, the other evening. Now, I am not entering into the question of my humorous capacity. Whether I am or am not more amusing, as a man, than a barrel pf monkeys as monkeys, matters little* If I cause Albaciada's chaste br< ast to thrill with gentle merriment; if I curve tho per­ fect bow of hor cherry lips--why, that, beloved reader, is none of your busi­ ness. It is a private affair, between 'Albacinda and me.--Puck. DON'T sell your $20 watch for $15, vowng man. Tut it up at a chaiity fair raffle, 10.) chances, srl a chance, and give tlie poor twenty chances and the fair twenty, and you'll make a decent profit on the watch yourself.--Burling- ton Haw key e. "I J3EO a thousand parclons for com­ ing so late." "My dear sir," replied tlie lady, graciously, "no pardons are needed! You can never come t,.o late." IN tbe mah whose childhood has known tender carcsses, there? is a liber of memory which can be touched to gentle issues.--Marian Evans. M.\ir I always have a heart superior with economy suitable to my fortune.-- 8 hefts lone. ^ -- C'HAMJES KEADE S will Rives a portrait of himself to tho Harpers' editorial room. 8UGC1E8TI0SS Of VALUE. COCOA ia a good substitute for chooo- •at® m making cake. Mix with sugar and the white of an egg, flavor with ra- mlla. To REMOVE a screw rusted in wood beat a poker red hot and put it on the top of the screw for a minute or two; then take a screwdriver and remove it while it in hot CEMENT for glass. To be used with­ out heating the glass. Boil isinglass in water to a creamy consistency, and aid a little alcohol. Cement to be warmed before using. To HAKE old black lace look as good as new, dip in alcohol, squeeze dry and wind smoothly and tightly around a large sused gloss bottle or jar, and let it remain until perfectly dry. To CLEAN white fu$, take a clean piece of flannel and with some heated bran rub the fur well, when it will be quite renewed. The bran should be heated in a moderate oven, for a hot oven will scorch the bran and brown the fur. Oatmeal is preferable to bran, if procurable without husks. Dried flour will also answer the purpose. To COLOR photographs wash the sw- face over with a coating of parchment size made as follows: Shred some clean pychment fine, put about a tea- cupful down to boil in aliout a quart of watei, boil to a pint, add a pinch of alum; strain. To be hea'ed as of ter as required to be used. The photograph may be washed over with the solution, aud left to dry till the next day, when it will be rea-ly to receive water colors. A weak solntion of gum of tragacanth, melted in boiling water, would be found more agreeable to paint with than gum Arabic; the latter ciacks and shines, which is objectionable. A GREAT convenience in a kitchen which cannot boast of all the modern improvements is a di-li-rinsing board, which may be made with so little ex­ penditure of time nnd money that al­ most any one may have it. If tho sink is small, as nearly all sinks are, have a piece of board the width of the sink and any moderate length, say three- quarters of a yard long, placed at ono end of the sink and let it rest upon the sink; have a rim of wood around the edge about two inches high, and this phould be fastened to the wall and propped up so that it will be wo 1 sup­ ported. The end furthest from the Bink should be slightly raised so the water will drain from it into the sink. To assist this process two grooves may be cut in the board, thougli not deeply/ When the dishes are washed set them on this shelf, rinse them and drain them there. <7* An Anecdote of Lincoln. "The last time I saw him vets about two weeks before liis assassination. H« sent me word by my brother James, then in his Cabinet, that he de ired to pee me before I went home. I went into his office about 11 o'clock. He looked jaded and wearv. I s'ayed in the room un il his hour for callcrs was over. He ordere.l the door clo -ed, and looking over to where I was sitting, asked me to draw up mv chair. But instead of being alone, as he supposed, in the opposite direction from where I sat. and across tho fire-place from him, rat two humble-looking women. Seeing them there seemed to provoke him, and he said: 'Well, ladies, what can I do for yon?' One was an old woman, the other young. Thev both commenced talking at once. The President soon comprehended them. 'I suppose,' said he, 'that your son and your husband is in prison for resisting the draft in Western Pennsylvania. Where is your petition?' The o'd lady 'replied: 'Mr. Lincoln, I've got no petit on; I went to l'i lawyer to get one drawn, and I had not the money to piy him and come here too, so I thought I would just come and ask you to let me have my boy.' 'And it's your husband you want?* paid he, turning to tlie young woman. 'Yes,' said she. He rung his bell and called his servant, and bade him go and tell General Dana to bring him the list of prisoners for resisting the draft in Western Pennsylvania. The General soon came, bringing a package of papers. The President opened it and, counting the name, said: 'General, there are twenty seven of these men. Is there any difference in tlie degree of their guilt V* 'No/said the General; 'it is a bad case and a merci­ ful finding.' 'Well,' said the Presi lent, looking out of the window a'>d seeming talking to himself, 'tl ose poor fellows have, I think, suffered enough; they have been in prisou fifteen months. I have been th nk ng so for some time, and have so said to Stanton, and he alwavs tliereatens to resign if they are released. But he has said so about other matters, nnd never did. So now, while I have the p.tpers in my hand, I will turn out the flock.' So he wrote: Let the prisoners named in the within pap r be discharged,' and sigmd it. The General made his bow and left. Then turning to the ladies lie said: 'Now, ladies, you can go. Tour son, Madame, and your husband, Madame, is free.' The young woman ran across to him and began to kueel. He took her by the elbow and said, impatiently: 'Get up, get up; none of this.' But the old woman walked to him, wiping with her apron the tears that were coursing down her cheeks. She gave him her hand, and looking into his face, said: 'Good-bye, Mr, Lincoln, we may never meet again till we meet in Heaven.' A change, came over his fad and weary face. He clasped her ha1 d in bath of his. and followed her to the door, say­ ing as he went: 'With all that I have to cross me here, I am afraid iliat I will never get there; but your wish that we will meet there has fnlly paid for all 1 have done for yon.'"--Extvact from a sketch of Joshua F. Spent. B:>9toners in Pennsy vanla. "Don't give it away, please, Mildred," said Amy to the hiih school .s-irl after reciting an escapade in which she had been engaged. "No," saiil Mildred, "I'll lAke 110 gratuitous presentation of it." "Yes, indeed," saul the lr'gli school girl to her brother .lim. "iii th s affair I ob­ tained th» gibbcs:ty on Amy." "Yon did what ?" inquired the boy. "Obtained the gibbosity--the protuberenry. yon know." "Is it something to eat?"waa tlie next question. "Oli, dear, no, yon stupid boy--merely a figure of speech --what you call yot the bultre,' only that is horrid slang."--Oil City Der­ rick. ^ THE only thing that eqnaU tlio spon- taneousness with which this- countrv propc*es a monument is the unanimous cordialitv with whicii it isn't built. (: " THE man who purchased a porous plaster in order to draw an influence, dl-d of a cold contracted by coming in conflict with a sig1. t draft. WKT weather will INFLUENZAL nothing else will.