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' "As ' "I *' , « • .V :':'* o-"- « * . • i , '-v*' ' .'vZ/ , tmrg gflaradfaler J. ¥M (LYME, E«tsr mi NMMwr. McHENRY, ILLINOIS. THE NEWS CONDENSED. " OHIO AND WEST VIRGINIA The October Elections fat Tb««e States--Estimated RbM ST «?• jMrities*]; t » v' ^ • Ohio. t • The election in Ohio on Tuesday.Oet. 14, was ? 'f ' for Secretary of State, a Judge of the Supremo >' Courts a member o< the Board of Public Works, !*£:••" • member* of Confitus, and county officers, The i • returns, as sent out by the Associated Press « •>.,» on the TO ruing after the electi n, ^ V> < indicated a Republican ma jority of 15,000 to 17,- tfi - , OuO. Later returns from the same source, how- '* 3 ever, cut those down to about 10,0 o. A press S r "V jt dispatch from Columbus, Ohio, says: Complete •»" I, but unofficial returns reduce the Republican ma- C| <*' v jority close to 10,000. Republicans claim 'ff'.'i it will be over that some, and Demo- ftirtK-1 crats that it will be less. It is thought • • that the official count will make it % r about eleven thousand, which reverses the Den»- *> !t, ocratic majority of last, year, but does not show ji-< . aay such cvclone as was claimcd on the night of ' "«l»ctk>n. Democrats say they will make the hi'*; " 'fight for November with as much vigor as ever. f-s-Ci' The rollowing private dispatch by a member - si the Republican Committee has V' ' Just been sent to Dudley at Washington: i "State-five counties show a net Republican eain f : 11, -of 21,5*4. Deducting Hoadly'n majority of last ' year, it leaves 9,oi;i. I do not believe the re- , ' staining twenty-three counties will more than i ' brine this up to I0,(k>0. Allen, Ashland, Ciaw- "ivs, ,1 ford, Darke. Mercer, Monroe, Paulding, Pick­ et , away. Pike, and Richland show Democratic "i";' - • sains over last year." By close calls the Demo- * erats carry all the close and doubtful district* ' exoept that of Frank Hurd, who is beaten, y.i-r ,*> t The Congressmen-elect are as follows: Republioana-- 1. Benj. Butterworth. 2. Charles E. Brown. & John Little. 9. "William C. Cooper. 10. Jacob Komoiss. 12. Alht. C. Thompson. 14. Chas. H. Grosvenor. 18. Isaac H. Taylor. 19. Ezra B. Taylor. 20. Wni. McKinley, Jr. '; PC?'5 . - % • - Democrats-- * ' 3. James E. Campbell. *' 4. Chas. M. Anderson. '• 6. Benjamin Le Fevre. k-it 6. William D Hill. rf> ' '* 7. George E. Seney. :j. - II. Wm W. Elisberry. v. 18. Jos. H. Onthwaite. . V 16. Beriah Wilkins. | - 1 8 . G e o r g e W . G e a d e s . fi " ' 17. Ad. J. Warner. * * •* * *S1. Martin A. Foran. A press dispatch from Cincinnati says: The ', «. returns received from all parts of the State are In showing an increased vote. In many fv., places the increase is very marked. Another :/*nature shown is that the people are more than . -ordinarily arrayed in the two great parties. ,' Both the Grecnliack and Prohibition vote are f ' i ^.comparatively insignificant, and the vote was as * . distinctly marked as if the Presidential ticket vifev?' - bad been bet -re the people. A matter of gre»t ii » surprise is the large vote received by the Repub- '"»> 'Ucan oan iidate for Judsre of the Supremo < Court. There was gener 1 belief that he would ?« \ , fall far below the re*t of the ticket, owing to . i.,.^ • " dissatisfaction among the saloon men on ac- Jf',* oount of his opinions on the Soott liquor .. • law. On the contrary, it appears hehasbeea carried fully up with the remainder of the ^ ticket, and htre in Hamilton County • • 2^ Tote Is Preater thsn for Robinson. l The unexpected feature of the election Is the £_ - » ' «-German vote, which was cast largely for the *•><? " Bopublican ticket Hamilton, Cuyahoga, Lucas, • :'i^Mi^Moattpmery and Erie Counties, which embrace *w" large Teutonic populations, show heavy Repub- ' t - lican fa ns. In fact, they turned the tide and "A ". »' f*6 Uie victory to that party. Hamilton County alone shows a gain of 5,000 on the ,', - ' ' - Tote of last year. Cuyahoca shows a gain ot , v, " nearly 3,000, Lucas a gain of over 2,000, and .. : Hontffomery a gain of 1,70a Both tiie Demo- •' oratic and Republican press here agree that the - R ejection In Cincinnati was the bloodiest that iA" - - Ms ever been held here. The Democratic_pape» i, .! , assert that the thousand United States Deputy ' • , lucsbals were employed mainly in intimidating ; honest voters, while the Republican press con- \ - ̂ strues the conduct of the police force and the deputy sheriffs in a similar manner, comparing ft to the Mississippi policy. " West Virginia. ! An Associated Press dispatch from Wheeling K^-"' says: Betarns are still very scaree and ihisatts- V[.>•£'-*' ^kctery. Chairman Cowden. of tbe State lie- DuUican Committee, concedes the State to the ^Democrats by 3,ooo. i e says the re:urns coming in so slowlv he can hardly •« an approximate idea ot the real istatas in the State. J. S. Miller, Demo- %-> Cratlc State Cemmitteeman in this city, i tbe State by 6^00. Chairman Leonard. . telegraphs from Parkersburg that "ftMState bas gone lo.two. Baker, of theNa- ftoaal Democratic Committee, places it at from < t to 5,000. Wood County gives Maxwell, Re- Kan candidate for Governor, 1,000. Harri- i Caaaty, Maxwell's home, gives M0 majority. ~" Vniu have made gsbu all over tbe not enough to overcome the Demo- >lr i Columbns (Ohio, dispatch says: Official re- ; "tarns were received at the Republican head- -- 'quarters to-nLsht from Ashtabula and Wood •J being the last to report, and £ T complete the list. The revised figures f'i Bobinson a plurality of ll,42L This HOWS a Republican gain of 26,053, and a i'i a? gAY*-..'? Democrats in the all iheir gains, and the . The Republican gains the rural dlstricta are equal to their plurality. - Chairman Oglevee concedes the election of Ells- 152. 'V 5 S®17, Democrat, In the Eleventh Die rict. The - selegation to Congre«B will stand eleven Demo- ^,y:.-,-;«nrticaad ten Republican. WEST VIRGINIA. Wf » Av J"1,t«le«fram says: State Auditor Mil- •W ler has official and unofficial returns and close estimates from forty-two of theflftv-fonx coun- U™®® *^1® » Democratic majority for Wil- * awn of 7,109. The seven counties to hear from "$• 7rL . to 8,000. The Register claims - 7,000 tor Wilson--a gain over the combined Be­ ef. jmbllcan and Greenback vote of 1800 of 3.760 ? °< S"*1"?Sn Cow,len' of the Republican State ^ S vommlttee, says the back counties are showing KalM and Predicts leas than THE EAST. I' NEAB Monongahela City, Pa., a steer 'f ' wtecked a coke train, one man being killed, another fatally scalded, and a third seriously injured, The locomotive and u[fv: twelve ears were demolished. !•: Port Dickinson, N. Y., the Chenango Valley flouring mill and Carey, Nash & Ogden's paper mills were destroyed by fire ^ causing an estimated loss of $50,000. A BAND of Italian laborers, who are fearing some trouble about wages with Contractor C. F. Dacey, at Wellesley, Mass., boarded a train on which Dacey was riding to Boston, took him off by force, and imprisoned him in a barn used as a iodging-honse Snow fell in New Hampshire to a depth of three ot four inches on the 16th of October. THE WEST. • •e ' lusea Kelly, both colored; qoamled about political matter*. Kelly stabbed Swann and Swann shot Kelly, and their wounds are considered fatal. AH explosion of gas in the naphtha- house of the Central Pacific Mill at Law­ rence, Kan., destroyed the house, shatte&d the windows of the mill, and fatally in­ jured Patrick Hart and John Ma!com, bearers o# the lamps which caused the explosion... .While a Republican proces­ sion was being formed nt LaCrossj, Wis., F. A. Burton, President of the Blaine and liogan Club, was shot dead by :i man known as "Scotty," but no motive for the murder is known. The criminal was at once arrested and hurried to the jail, where hundreds of men shortly after­ ward gathered, determined upon lynching * Scotty." After battering down the doors the culprit was brought out and strung to a tree, but the rope broke. Another was at once procured, and the lynching was completed. ....Burglars cracked the safe of I. N. Thompson at Perrysville, Ohio. They then stole a horse and drove to Maustield and escaped. One coiner of *the building, which is brick, was blown out by ihe shock made in blowing the safe. A small sum of money was secured.... Howard Kerns, night operator in the Northwestern depot at Winneb&co, 111., wns assaulted with fatal effect by a disorderly brakemaa whose dis­ charge he had caused. RIM SOUTH. from the engine fired campaign torches in the express car of a train be­ tween New Richmond and Deer Park. Wis., alarming the travelers. Boxes of cart! ridges also exploded, causing the destine- OIL? tte ^ express cars. The registered mail was saved, but some pouches and the express matter were de­ stroyed. NBAB Florence, Kan., an attempt was made to wreck a Santa Fe express train, section men finding a tie firmly bound across the track. The object of the wreck­ ers is believed to be robbery, and a heavy reward for their arrest is offered.. Ar­ rangements have been made by the Atlan­ tic and Pacific, St. Louis and San Francisco, and Atchison, Topeka. and Fe Railways to run a fast freight train from Chicago, St Louis, and Kansas City to San Francisco...! At tl^e Cincinnati Hospital an attendant •as drawing a patient in a truck to ride up­ stairs on the elevator, but fell into the ele­ vator well, dragging the truck after him and both men were killed S. S. Davis a banker of Cincinnati, made an assien- ment, with liabilities of $60,000, a con- Adecable portion of which is due to benev- olent organizations or secret societies. THE Grand Jury at Winona, Minn., b«U indicted three judges of election and an Aldermanie candidate for placing 300 fraudulent, votes in the ballot-box last •pring- One of the judges pleaded guilty. THESE were numerous affrays around the polls in Cincinnati, on election day. Some of the fights partook of the nature «f pitched battles, scores of shots being Urea by the combatants. Two or three sss:i Trere killed and a dozen or more wounded by the flying bullets. Louis G. SHAFEB, a well-known bil- linrdist of Baltimore, was fatally injured by a train at a street crossing... .Twenty-one business buildings at Liberty, Ya., were burned, causing a loss of $100,000. THE Governor of West Virginia has commuted to imprisonment for Ufa the sentence imposed upon Charles Spurlock, of Lincoln County, one of the gang who killed Alvin Wood. The Hill brothers, his accomplices, were lynched last spring Having been rebuked by officials of the church for attending a circus performance, the Rev. Dr. A. W. Liphtbourne, pastor of the il. £. Church at Easton, Md., has res:gned, and goes to New York to become journalist FIRE at Carrollton, Ky., for a time threat- tened to be disastrous, but only three frame stores were consumed, the loss reaching $10,000... .The steamer Defiance and 500 bales of cotton were consumed by fire at Newbern, N. C., the total loss reaching* $50,000. THE colored people of South Carolina, to the number of 1,000, are invited to emigrate to a farm in California, their transportation to b« paid and deducted from their wages* WASIIIXCiTOIV. FRANK HATTON has been appointed Post­ master General to succeed Judge Gresham, appointed Secretary of the Treasury. Mr. Hatton has assumed the duties of his new position. POLITICAL. TUB two houses of the Vermont Legis­ lature took separate ballots for United States Senator. Justin 8. Morrill received 204 votes, and Timothy P. Redfield 26. MB. BLAIKE remained in Ohio, visiting various points in the Hocking Valley and other sections, until the eve of the election, going thence to De­ troit, where he' received the re­ turns. He was given a cordial reception by the Detroiters. On the morning of the 15th the Republican candidate left the Michigan metropolis for a short tour through the State. He was accompanied by Senators Palmer and Conger, Judge Mars- ton, and several other prominent men. Stops were made at Plymouth, Stark, Howell, Fowlerville, and Williamstown, and Mr. Blaice addressed the assembled crowds. At Lansing there was un immense gather­ ing Gov. Cleveland left Albany for New York in company with his private secretary, Col. L-imont, and Mij. Banks. He was warmly greeted by a Democratic gathering at Poughkeepsie, where he had a brief in­ terview with ex-Secretary of State Hamil­ ton Fish. At New York he was wel­ comed by a Democratic committee consist­ ing of ex-Senator Barnum, Congressman Hewitt. Senator Gorman, ex-Mayor Grace, Eugene Kelly, and others. Gov. Cleveland refused a public reception, and was driven directly to his hotel, where he reired to his rooms. In the evening the business men, of New York held a Democratic rally at the Academy of Music, to which deep interest was added by the presence of Gov. Cleveland. The meeting was addressed by Gov. Cleveland, Henry Ward Beecher and other notables, and a letter was read from Gov. Tilden. A SPECIAL train bearing Mr. Blaine and his party left Grand Rapids, Mich.; at 9:30 on the morning of Oct. 16. The train made brief stops at Holland, St Johns, Owosso, and other points, where Mr. Blaine addressed the great gatherings which turned out to welcome him. He stopped nearly an hoar at Muskegon, where he spoke on the tariff question to a large audience. The party 6tayed at East Saginaw during the night, and Mr. Blaine was accorded an enthusi­ astic reception in the evening. Gen. Fre­ mont, who accompanied the party, was in­ troduced by Mr. Blaine as the first Repub­ lican candidate, and made a short speech. .... Gov. Cleveland visited Brooklyn on the 16th inst, and was given an en­ thusiastic welcome. There was a large procession in his honor. The Gov­ ernor attended a barbecue at Ridge- wood Park in the afternoon. Several large oxen, scores of sheep and hundreds of fowls were roasted and spread before the assembled thousands. Atter the feast there was speaking from five different stands by Crov. Cleveland. Gov. Hendricks, Gen. McClellan, Govs. Waller of Connecti­ cut. Pattison of Pennsylvania, McLane of Maryland, and Abbett of New Jersey, Con­ gressmen Randall, Hewitt, and Cox, Sen­ ator Jonas of Louisiana, ex-Senator Wal­ lace of Pennsylvania, Gen. Franz Sigel, and many others. «E!«ERAL, taed force of their The eoafcftence at Berlin to discuss MM. tions concerning the commerce of the Con- will meet Nov. 6 and be presided by Histaarck On Sept. 15 the oitiee of Yokohama and Tokio were visited by a ter­ rible typhoon. In the latter plaoe 3,000 houses were destroyed and the loss of life by sea and land was appalling. IN the cholera infected districts of Italy there were 239 fresh cases and 1S7 deaths on the 12th inst The Spanish Official Gazette announcea the cholera epidemio ended in Spain. THB marriage of Ida There** Foote, daughter of Capt Foote of the United States Navy, to Lord Montague Paulet, son of the Marquis of Winchester, took plaee in St George's Church, London, Qaeen Victoria and the Prince and Princess of Wales sent costly presents. In the Hungarian Chamber of Deputies Premier Tisza expressed satisfaction at the cordial relations between Germany and Austria and at tbe friendly attitude of Rus­ sia. He alluded to the recent conference of the Emperors as an event on which he could congratulate his people... .A detec­ tive at Liverpool arrested a Hungarian who had just airived from Philadelphia, and found in his baggage thirty small packages of dynamite. j ADDITIONAL NEW*. t Gov. CLIKVEIIAND, accompanied by his private secretary, CoL D. S. Lamont, Mayor Banks of Albany, and some of the State officers, left the Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York, on the afternoon of Oct. 17, to take the train for Albany. "Ihe Governor," says a press dispatch, "was anxious to keep the time of his departure private, as he desired to leave without any demonstra­ tion. He had not got half a block from the entrance, however, when ho was recog­ nized, and from that point to the depot he was repeatedly cheered. The train arrived at Albany at 7:45 p. m. The purty drove immediately to the Execu­ tive Mansion. The crowd at the depot cheered heartily as he walked to his car­ riage. The Governor expressed himself very much impressed with the magnitude of the demonstration in New York and Brooklyn. Before leaving New York Gov. Cleveland had a confer­ ence with the Democratic managers and John Kelly, the latter assuring him of the hearty support of Tarnm iny.".... Mr. Blaine left East Saginaw, Mich., on the forenoon of Oct. 17. At Bay City he addressed 15,000 Republicans from a stand in the city park. Gen. Fremont and Senator Palmer nisi spoke. At Flint Mr. Blaine was welcomed by a gathering of 8,000 enthusiastic supporters. At this point he denied very emphatically that he had ever been a Know-Nothing, or that he sympa­ thized with the Know-Nothing organiza­ tion. He declared himself opposed to the exportation to the United States by foreign countries of their paupers and criminals. He said he was most emphatically against the importation of foreign laborers, under contract, to compete with home labor. Mr. Blaine addressed large and enthusiastic assemblages at Lapeer, Pontiac, Port Hu­ ron, and other points. He expressed great satisfaction at the enthusiasm of his recep­ tion in Michigan....The anti-fusion Green- backers of Iowa held a stormy State con­ vention at Cedar Rapids, but adjourned without making nominations, sixteen of the delegates favoring partial fusion. WINDER HASTINGS, a millionaire miser of Salisbury, Md., has baen declared un­ sound in mind, and a conservator has been appointed to manage his estite. He once hid nearly two hundred pounds of coin un­ der a floor, but became alarmed and sunk it in a mill-pond. He has seven children, and was recently deserted by a young wife The drought in the South has continued for eleven weeks, and cattle have to be driven long distances to procure water. The cotton and other crops are burnt up, while turnips, the main staple for stock feed, are a complete failure. THE engine, baggage-car, and first coach of a train on the Cincinnati and East­ ern Narrow Gauge Railroid plunged through a bridge near Bitivia, Ohio, two persons being killed and a num­ ber injured, a few of them fatally.... Two blocks of buildings at Montague, Mich, were burned, the loss reaching $75,- 000. French's woolen mill at Foster Sta­ tion, Mich., was destroyed by fire, causing a loss of $40,(MX) The failure of Bam­ berger A Co., wholesale c'othiers at Cin­ cinnati, is announced, with $50,000 lia­ bilities. THE Coroner's jury on the Mitchell lynching case at LaCrosse, returned a ver­ dict that he was handed by persons un­ known to the jury. A VERDICT for $75,000 for breach of contract has just been rendered at New York against the New York, West Shore and Buffalo Read. T. A. BoMKa Business Man of • • -5 La 6MM, Wis., Shot byl •"» -- ... a Ruffian. WEN FHNA JML SPD. to - - I: ̂ Tree. A REWARD of $4,500 is now offered for the conviction of the men who caused the explosion in the new Parliament building at Quebec. The corner stones of the structure are so much out of place that the whole wall will probably have to be takeu down Clearing house exchanges last week--$740,757,352--were $64,243,803 less than the preceding week; and when com­ pared with the same time in 1883 the loss equals 33.2 per cent. BARBER BROS., wholesale woolens at Streetsville, Ontario, failed for $200,000. Wolf Bros., jewelers at Toronto, assigned, with liabilities of $90,000. James Camp­ bell & Sons, publishers and stationers, also of Toronto, owe $250,000 The head of the patent-medicine firm of Smith Brothers & Co., of Montreal, has suddenly gone on a tour of the States, forgetting that $40,000 is due to business friends. FOUR THOUSAND dollars' reward has been offered for information leading to the arrest of the authors of the recent ex­ plosions at the Parliament Buildings, Quebec The Mexican Central Road has earned $2,092,570 since Jan. 1... .Schaefer challenges Slosson to play two games of billiards for $1,000 each, and will play both in Chicago if allowed $250 expenses. Still Later Election Figures. OHIO. A Columbus telegram says: "Almost com­ plete returns are in from the official counts of the County Clerks. From these and reliable semi-ofllcial couices the licpublican pluraliti s arc: For Secretary of State, 11.(21; Supreme Judge, I5,4ft<>; Member of Board of Public Work*, 17,47>. The Prohibition vota will be trom 8.000 to lo.ooo, and the Greeaback-labor vote a bout 2,000, with a total voteof over 750,000." WEST VIK'11X14. A Wheeling dispatch says: As far ns heard from twenty-eight counties in this State give Democratic majorities of 12,133; twenty-two counties give Republican majorities or 9,277; Democratic majority, a,«5f>, with four counties to hear from, which may increase the Demo­ cratic majority 1,200. The Democratic plurality in 18S0 was l<i. KM, and :),100 over Republicans and Greenbaokers. This year th'j Republicans and Greenbaokers fused, it appears, however, that Democratic Green backers. In most conn- ties, went back to their partv. and Republican Oreenbackers did the same. THE MARKETST" „ NEW YOftfc BEEVES Hoos *" PLOUB--Extra.. WHEAT--No. 2 Kpriag. No. 2 Red.. C3K>--No. 1 OAT.4--White PoKK--New Mess CHIC AGO. BZEVES--Choice to Prime Steers. Good Shipping Common to Fair HO'IS FLOUR--FancyWiiite Winter E*. Uood to Choice Hpring.. WHEAT--No. 2Hpiin,r No. 3 lied Winter...,.;. COB:J--No. 2 OATS--No. 2 RYE--No. 2 HAKLKY--No. 2 itL'TTKH--Cho!c«; Creamery....... Fine Dairy CHEESE--Full Cream Bkimmed Flat Eoos--Fretth „ POTATOES--New,per bu. PORK--Mess LARD TOLEDO. WHEAT--No. 2 Red. CORN--No. 2 • OATS--No. 3 _ MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--No. a.... COBS--No. 2 OATS--No. 2 BARLEY--No. 2 PORK--Mess LARD FOBEIG^ A TCEKISH mail caravan from Bagdad was attacked by brigands near Ismid. Three of the escort were killed and $300,000 in 1Government bullion stolen.. . . . A Con-S S 1 ^ ? V t ^ i r m , n g " 15.00 5.75 4.00 .83 .84 .•5 .34 16.75- 7.00 0.00 4.OT r>.50 4 2 "> 4.00 .75 .77 .">5 .26 - .53 •FI .20 .12 .03 .17 .30 1C.25 .07 <a» 7.00 <y> 6.25 6.00 vi .si <W .87 & .«M yi .38 <<$17.25 & 7.50 el e.50 f"! 8.00 & 6.00 («6 4.75 & 4.50 «4 .16 <3 .7 A <L« .51 .27 & ."I & i'4 «* (ft) <f» <3 ("10.75 .51 .HO .22 .18*4 .0.) .18 .33 # .OT& . 3 & .M & .28 «£ .77 .<8 .27 ,74 & .52 0 .29 iS .56 « 16.00 7.00 .77 Ai .29 .49 16.00 ST. LOUIS. WHEAT--No. 2 CORN--M xed ' ATS--No. 2 RISE PORK--Mesa „ CINCINNATL WHEAT--No. 2 Red ft? CORN 51 OATS--Mixed 2s PORK--Mese 14.25 LARD DETROIT, FLOUR WHEAT--No. l White. CORN--Mixed OATS--No. 2 Mixed. PORK--New Mess. .- IS.OO INDIANAPOLIS. WHEAT--No. 2 Red, New. 76 CORN--Mixed to OATO--Mixed 26 EAST LIBERTY. CATTLE--Best e.25 lair ».75 Common. 4.25 Hoos *#.50 .75 .89 .80 „ .57 @10.50 & 7.60 & .78 & .51 & .30 & .51 <$16.60 & .8S (4 .65 & .80 -- <916.75 .07fe<£ .08 (.50 0 6.00 .78 @ .79 .66 «f .60 <?* .30 @13.60 .77 .52 .27 & 6.73 <& 6.25 «* 4.75 9 8.0) « 5.0) fbiCnwee (Wis.) special] Bmrton. President of the Blaine sal lK>ga,i »9Iu.b ¥T* **• "hot dead by a ruffian f1 Nathantet llltcbel[. but generally known ** Scetty. ate odock this evening, while the Republicans Were farming ia procession on Main street. JBeven shots were fired in quick I succession. The. murderer was arrested and hurried to jaQotWI the immense crowd couli! realise what h*d ooeurred. As soon as the fact was made known there was the most imensj excitement, and hundreds of men in nniloim and carrvin* torches harried to the Court House yard and demanded that the prisoner be handed over to them. Sheriff Scoot, Chief 01 Police Clark, jnd a posse of poli o at tho iail door tr|ed to aim the Infuriated multitude. At 10:30 jxm. the officers were not able to stay the mob, whlcn refused to listen to argu­ ment. From 9 o'clock to 10 the Court House yard and square presented n scene of irreat fury. The mob Increased in numbers until the entire epics on three sides of tbe Jail was a dense mass ot humanity, demanding that the murderer be bung. The torches of the men red above the sea of heads, and the white plumes moved resolutely about the square. The best citizens la the place were present, and watched the fcarfal scene with blanched lace*, but with no expression of sympathy. There were hundreds of women in the thoroughfares and the walks about the jail. The excitement grew swadlly in force, and the demand at last found leaders with cool heads, who went methodically about taking the man from prison and lynching him. lieams were procured, and in a'short time the heavily bolted and barred doors on the Fourth street side of the jail were battered in by the crowd, who poured into tho first-floor 100ms. The Sheriff And assistants succeed in clearing the room the first and second time, but on the third rush tbe mob overj owered them and held its ground. The interior woodea doors of the cooking department yielded like so many pieces of plate glass. In the meantime the licavv oak door leading to the main stairw ay 1 n the west side was battered down, and the crowd was placed in full possession of the msin corridor. While this was goinjr on the crowd became al­ most colossal about the place, but aside from the rush of the men at the jail the best of order prevailed. There were no drunken men in the mob, the whole work beins; done by resolute fellows who decided to make the murderer pay the death penalty before they left the square. Once in the corridor, sledtre-hammei's were used to break in the heavy hoti doors, two In number, that intervened between there and the cell-room. These soon yielded, aud as each advance was made the crowd on the outside was apprised, and constant cheers of encourage­ ment went np. The prisoner had been con­ fined in cell No. 3 0*1 the lower corridor, and the crowd had little trouble in finding him. He was taken from the cell and dragged into the yard. He was identified as the man who did the shoot­ ing. and the officers, when appealed to, de­ clared they had the right man. W hen he appeared from tbe jail-door, held up by the men who had him In charge, there was a long, peculiar yell that went through the trees and streets, making every one for blocks away realize without further assurance that the awful retribution had been completed. Numerous men were soon climbing to the branches of the trer s, and in a minute a tree was selected. A rope was thrown to a man sitting on the fir<t strong limb. He quickly attached it, and everything was made ready for the execution. At this point in the proceedings there WM a pause. Among the leaders wero some who wanted the murderer to make a statement, while others, more impetuous, urged immediate action. The murderer declined to say nnvthlnz except that he was ihe man who shot Burton. At this juncture the cry went round "full him up!" "Hang html" "Don't let him live a minute longer." It was understood that the Light Ouard Com­ pany of the Third Regiment Wisconsin National Guards had been ordered out to charge the mob, and there was an impression that the execution would be prevented. The mob seised 1 he rope and made a strong pull, but the ruttian freed his hands and the rope broke before ho *as raised from the ground. In less tbaa live min­ utes a new rope was thrown over the bends of the crowd and fell within a few feet of the exe­ cutioner. This was adjusted, the prisoner's hands and arms firmly tied, and in another mo­ ment he was hanging in the air with Ids face closely pressed against the limb of the tree. The scenes of the night will probably never be experienced again in LaCrosse. Words fail to express the darkness and intensity of the gloom that has settled like a pall over the community, not only for the fearful act of the as8H»sin. which has taken away one of the best and most highly esteemed young men of Wisconsin, but for the bloody incidents that succeeded. The body of the doomed man was left hanging only a few minutes when it was tali en down lifeless and left iu charge of the Sheriff. When tbe excitement was at tbe highest and the first successful rush had been made on the jail door the fire bells rang ont an alarm which was made general, and this, added to the steady roll of voices from the direction of the Court House, made the night one of awful features What citizens first thought was an alarm for help at the conrt-yard or a rallying signal by the mob proved to be a genuine alarm, and the department was called to extinguish a burning workshop and storehouse connected with the Northwestern foundry and machine shops. The fire was soon extinguishe I, and that part of the crowd whtch had been drawn from the scene of the lynching returned again to the Court House Square, where they remained until the last act was completed. The body of Mr. Burton was taken immediate­ ly after the murder to tbe drug store of T. H. Spence, where an examination showed life to be extinct, every shot having taken effect. Those who stood near the t-cene of the murder say the man advanced from the crowd on the sidewalk to within a few feet of his victim and fired tho first bullet into his back. Mr. Burton fell to the pavement, and the murderer followed with six shots into his body and head. He then threw the revolver at his victim and gave him a kick. Baying: "That is the son of a that knows me and that 1 have been looking for," or \sords to that effect. All this was done in a moment's time and before any one could realize what bad happened. The body of Mr. Burton was lemoved from the drug store to his home during the evening. One bullet passed through the head, two through the lun^H, and two into the abdomen, any one of which would have been fatal. In searching for a motive for the act the only plausible theory that is yet advanced is that two years ago, when Mr. Burton was acting surveyor of customs at this port, this man was frequent­ ly importuning for a hospital certificate so that he could spend his time at the hospital at the expense of the river men. Mr. Burton told him to go to work and stop drinking, and he would not need the benefits of the marine physician. Another theory is that Mitchell thought he was killing another man. Mr. Burton was a broker and commission merchant. The motive of the murderer is not known. lie is said to have been a desperate character, who has followed the river for a liv­ ing. He has served a term in the State's prison. After throwing the first revolver at his victim it was found tha' he had another in his pocket, but he was arrested before he had an opportunity to use it. The Republicans were to have celebrated the Ohio victory to-night with a parade, fire­ works. and speeches, but tbe scene changed to one of terrible exoitement' of a far different character. THE NEXT PRESIDENT. The Great Republican Leadex'g 'our Through the State • of Michigan. Mr Blfttoe Sides Twelve Hwra and Twenty-seven fbetroit special to Chicago Tribune.] i ; I Mr. Blaine started on his tour upon the De­ troit, Lansing and Northern Kailroad at 9:SQ this morning. Crowds were at the depot to see him, but he quietly entered tho car without making a speech. He expressed himself as greatly pleased so far with his reception in Michigan. In the party wero Gen. Fremont, the two Michigan Senators, 1'almer and Conger, Senator Hale, Mr. J. H. .Manley, of Augusta, Me.; the Hon. R. G. Horr, Judge Isaac Marston, Chairman Vanzile. of the Republican State Com­ mittee, Collector J. H. Stone, Charles T, Gor- ham, ex-Assistant Secretary of the Interior, and several other prominent citizens of the State. A TIltEKOME JOURNEY. [Grand Rapids special.] Any transport s Mr. blaine might have felt on the result of the Ohio election were probably moderated by his experience to-day. He was on the road to-day from 9 o'clock a m. until 8 o'clock this evening, riding U7 miles, and mak­ ing twenty-seven speeches or intotmal talks. Mr. Blaine was np to such a late hour last night that he had a very poor night's rest; this was another reason for making the long dav arduous. He traveled to-day over the Detroit, Lansing, and Northern Road to Grand Rapids. He was accompanied by a very large delegation of Michigan's leading and most intlucntial citizens, liia social traveling companion was Gen. John C„ Fremont. ENTHeKjASTTC CBOWLB. To-day Inside of Mr. Blaine's car and at all tl;e stations there was a steady stream of con­ gratulations over the result in'Ohio. The Michi­ gan managers who were with Mr. Blaine assured him that now Ohio had declared herself Michi­ gan would be goo l for even a greater majority, and that they wore now certain of electing a solid Republican delegation to Congress. The crowds along the line of the road showed such numbers and enthusiasm as to startle the Michigan managers. At l.ausing theie was a gathering of 8,000 peo­ ple at the station. Beyond Lansing the road rnns through a very sparsely settled country, over great blue barrens, over winch the forest fires have painted great black and desolate patches, but it was in these thinly settled sec- t ons of a once mo-t active lumber region that the enthusiasm was the wil iest. There people had ridden in from thirty to forty miles for ttie mere pleasure of seeing Mr. Blaine. Tho latter part of the journey was after dark: every sta­ tion reached after it was night was lighted by great burning bonfires. Mr. lilaiue to-ds.y made no set speech. He merely callfd the attention of his audi ors to the fact that Ohio h-id pronounced upon the ques­ tion of a } rotsctive tariff, and that it now was the turn of Micuiga 1 to speak in equally decided terms upon the subject. At Grand l.apids Mr. Blaine had a reception which was worthy of this ambitious town. On the east side of the river Mr. Blaine left the train and was esrorted by the Republican clubs through the city to the Morton House, where he is to pass the night. Several thou­ sand people were in the streets in the neigh­ borhood of the hotel awaiting his arrival, and there were the usual demonstrations as he en­ tered the hotel. THE OHIO GERMANS. MAN AND WIFE SLAIN. •3X • Mysterious Murder In Missouri. [St. Louis dispatch. J A great excitement prevails near Mar­ shall, Saline County, this State, over the finding of the dead nnd mutilated bodies of John Lowry and wife, which wero dis­ covered to-day. They had evidently been assassinated on Saturday evening last, as he was seen or. that afternoon. He was struck with a club and fell dead near his barn as he cume from the 'field with his working clothing on. The wife was found with her head split open, lying some seventy feet from the house. / Who committed the crime is a mystery. ' Lowry was about 30 years of age aud his wife 23. They had been married but a short time and were fairly well-to-do farmers; living on the public road seven miles ftfom Marshall, in a thick­ ly settled section./ The tible was spread for tea, and tbe wife had evidently begun to partake of her supper. She was also cruelly treated. A covered wagon containing two men spent Friday and a portion of Satur­ day near the house, and this is the only clew at hand. The remains were first dig- covered by Mr. Lowry's mother and Mrs. Lowry's sister, who went to pay them a visit. Finding the house open and unoc­ cupied, they walked about, with the results •i above. Why They Proved Loyal to the Republican Ticket. [Cincinnati specisLJ While the position taken by the Germans in the Ohio election yesterday was in many re­ spects phenomenal, it was not wholly unex­ pected, although the Republican gains were much greater than the most sanguine had dared hop 3 for. Of the 51,010 German voters In the State Hamilton County contains nearly 20,<jt0, 16.000 of whom are in Cincinnati. It was here that the Pemoc ats expecre I their great strength from the Germans, and the result of the election shows how far otf they were in their calcula­ tions. The German wards or this city are the Third, Seventh, Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, Thirteenth, Fourteenth, Fifteenth, Twenty- first, Twenty-third,Twenty-fourth,and Twenty- fifth. Two ycais ago they gave Newman, Demo­ cratic candidate for Secretary of State, a majority of 0,100, while the Republican ticket received but The Republicans tills tlina have carried these wards by about making a change of 9,000. Th<i most curious part of all Is that .lohnson, the Repub­ lican candidate for Supreme Judge, who, it was said, would be slaughtered by the Germans be­ cause of his adverse decisions on the 1'ond and Scott laws, rail slightly ahead of Robinson in the German warus. On the other hand, Robin­ son, who. It was expected, would be badly scratched by the Germans, only ran behind his ticket in his county 200 or come such matter. The fact that Johnson ran ahead of Robinson can only be sfccounted for on the ground that the Democrats were making trades for Newman. There are Several reasons why the Germans came back to the Republic­ ans, bringing many Democratic Germans with them. The main cause was evidently because they felt a gi eater security in a Republican na­ tional administration, and were far-seeing enough to understand that Republican victory in Ohio in October meant the success of the national Republican ticket in November. Then their desertion from the Republican ranks in 1S82, and its continuation in 1883, was intended as a punishment for the passage of sumptuary laws by a Republican Legis­ lature. It is possible, too, that this same spirit of retaliation prompted them to rebuke tiie Democracy for unfulfilled promises In the matter of repealing the Scott law by a Demo­ cratic Legislature last winter, and the subse­ quent failure to have a Democratic Supreme Court decide it unconstitutional. The Demo­ crats, having broken faith with the Germans, lost their confidence, and the idea prevailed that nothing could be expected from the Democratic party in the future, but that rather the Germans were simply being used as tools to defeat a party that had always protected their interests. As the Scott law became tested thev began to see that it was sound in its operation and really not a measure that would work to their disad­ vantage. Gradually it began to dawn upon them that it was the law they wanted, and pro­ tected rather than distressed. This feei ng has gained in the last yc ir to such an extent that now it is fair to believe that not one German out of twenty thinks the law is unjust. Another factor that has had much to do with the matter is this: The Democrats have taken great pains to associate the entire German pop­ ulation with the subject of lager beer and sa­ loons. It is a matter ot tact that the percentage of saloonkeepers among the Germans is very small. There are not over 1,500 German saloon­ keepers in Hamilton County, while the German population amounts to sn.OOO. The Germans resent this slander against their fair name, and object to being regarded as willing to abandon all State issues to the exclusion of the single question of the lager beer interest. Thev have shown bv their votes that they are of different mind, and have risen superior to the one issue with which the Democrats have chosen to con­ nect them. All these points have had their bearing and the effect is apparent. The return of nearly the solid German vote!to the Republican party has a significance that cannot escape the most careless observer. It means a return of Republican strength In Ohio that will give the State to Blaine by a majority of 36,000 or 40,000. It mtaiis the complete de­ tachment of the last Democratic support and the loss of a State power to a party whose sway at best was only temporary. It has imparted a courage to Republicans jtliroughout the United States, the good ^fleets of which cannot be overestimated. It ineans that it has thrown new vigor into the Republican leaders and given an impetus to the working of Republican organizations from the National Committee down to the smallest county Blaine and Lo^an club. It means that the cry will lie re-echoed across the continent, "The Germans are with us," and that tho coun­ try will be swept by a Republican majority un­ precedented in the annals of American politics. The Germans of Ohio have redeemed them­ selves. Their action here in Hamilton County is but a counterpart of what it is throughout the State. TIIE OHIO VICTORY. A VOLCANIC tree is reported to exist In the Japanese village of Ono. It ie sixty feet high, with a girth oft ten feet, and said to be centuries old. Every day a white smokelike mist issues from the top, lasting from early afternoon till evening. THE Hanlon-Beach rowing race ON the Paramatta River, Sidney, N. S. W., was witnessed by 70,000 people. ROBEBT BBOWOTXO, the aged poet, ig said to have decided to visit this country. Secretary Gresham Thinks It Rednoes tbe List of Doubtful States. [Washington telegram.] Secretary Gresham believes the victory in Ohio takes New York, Indiana, New Jersey, and Connecticut from out the list of doubtful Democratic States, and makes them certain for Blaine and Logan in November, thus insuring their election. The President and Secretary Lincoln are understood to share iu this belief. Commissioner Dudley returned to Washington to-day from Ohio. Col. Dudley is equally If not more confident of a Republican victory in November than is Secretary Gresham. Senator Beck, who arrived here to-day. expresses him­ self as n.-ither surprised nor discouraged at the renr.lt. iNcw Yorlc he considers sufe for Cleve­ land in November--as safe as Kentucky. Hs says that the Democratic candidate will surely win, with or without Ohio. On all sides the be­ lief is general that within three weeks* time tha country will witness the hardest political Strug­ gle ever seen. TALKING TO THE PEOPLE. James G. Blaine Bnthusla?tical- ly Received at Every Point in the Wolverine State. Tast Crowds at iw, and Other Places. rSaginaw special.] a-5nr' did not leave Grand Rapids until Ji f£ run was made to the West during the first part of the di . The t rsfr important nt Holland, a large Dutch settlement, where the entire population turned out. The e^! ̂ 'ioCe„ r ej?ad a more foreign look than at an> pi a- e in the State. There was hardly an American face to be see.i. A nnmber of the in'outl hOB8 n*>on ^anncrs at inland were Between there and Muskegon thtre are a H r °» t a"(linavian settlements, which *,n larKe numbers. A number of mcn, Ju<igingfrom the 1 anuers T> earned, were interested in sustaining the Repu blican party ns a mere question of wages. At Muskegon there was a crowd of over 8.000 n'» ^h®,Politic^ of the town is ab- solutelv controlled by them, 'lhey are not steady adherents to any party. Muskegon is one of the places where Gen. Butler has so many supporters. It has upward of 25,0( 0 in­ habitants. On account of the importance of the place, a stay of fifty minutes was made i'.?.^\r.S,r.eech<L? we5° made by Mr. blaine, the Michigan Senator.-', aud Gen. Alger, the can­ didate lor Governor. The key argument of all the speeches was the tariff. It was a question for workintjnien to consider, whether they would vote against the protection partv. and thereby cut down their own wages. It was at this place that a new name was given to Mr. Blaine. Senator 1 aluur, after speaking of Oen. rremont as the Path-tinder, described Mr. Blame as the Path-pursuer. The journey from MUsUegon to Saginaw City, the capital of the eastern lumbor regions, was made without special incident. The important stops were St. Johns and Owosso, where there were crowds of 5,ouo. Mr. Blaine made nothing during the day that could be called a specch. He arrived here soon after 6 o'clock, where he w'as given a warm welcome. This is the home of Congressman Horr, who was having a g*»od naht upon his hands for re-election until Mr. Blaine app ared in his district. He says that his visit will make everything easy for him. Mr. Blaine has thus far had his time devoted to the most sparsely settkd region of the State. His coming, following upon the heels of the Ohio victory, has given the Republicans the send-off they needed to give a majority of a0,0(>0. This State is now so overwhelmingly Republican that for the purposes of effecting any results it was hardly worth w hile for Mr. Maine to < ome here. Mr. Blaine was driven to the Bancroft House, whe;e lie toolc supper about D p. m. Mr. Maine, Gen. Fremont, and (icn. Alger were driven to a stund in the principal square, around which were assembled several thousand people, who cheered wildly as the two distinguished tentle- men appeared. Mr. Blaine introduced Gen.Fre­ mont as the first candidate ot the Republican party and the one whose candidacy had aroused more enthusiasm than that of any other. Gen. Fremont was received with great and prolonged cheering. After he had returned thanks in a brief speech the calls for Mr. Blaine were re­ newed, and in response he said: "Speaking as I was just now, of the great en­ thusiasm which attended the candidacy of Gen. Fremont, and speaking thus of great political leaders, I am reminded--and could not indeed bnt be reminded when standing on Michigan soil--of a great leader whom you have lost since I.last visited Michigan upon a political errand. Vrhen last I traversed your State it was under the auspices of klaehariah Chandler fgieat checringi, and I am sure that in that illustrious body ot political leaders whom the development and progress of the Republican party produced there was not one who excelled--I do not now recall one who equaled--him in the great attri­ butes of undaunted courage, of clear and keen foresight, of great personal force, which not only secured to him a body of followers whose zeal equaled his own, but made him a terror to the opposition always. I'Good! good!' and cheers.J But If the leaders die, principles sur­ vive [great cheering]; and though the Republi­ can party has lost Chandler and many others ot the great men who founded it the'party still lives, and its principles are as vital to-niaht as they were when they stirred the hearts of those great men who laid broad and deep the founda­ tions of its success and its perpetuity. L'i'ou are right!' and cheers.] ' We stand now near the close of a national struggle--a struggle which involves much to the people of the United States, a struggle which involves much to the people of Michigan, a struggle in which MichU an will have an im­ portant and influential voicc. [Cheers.] All political campaigns begin with many issues, and nearly all political campaigns end with only one issue. The progress of dis­ cussion eliminates non-essential questions and those of minor importance, and finally the parties struggle over the one absorb­ ing and controlling issue. That issue is whether this country shall maintain a piotective tariff. ['That's what we want," and cheers.1 That <iUe-tion is one which vitally affects the pros­ perity of Michigan, and therefore I assume that when I refer to that issue I refer to one is which you take a. deep interest-. Are the people of Michigan in favor of protection? [Many voices: ' Ves," 'Yes.'J Or are they in favor of free tradeV [Loud cries of ' No,'No.'] Then if ypu are for protection and against free trade you will vote the Republican ticket, because to vote the Democratic ticket is to support the party which for fifty-one years has steadily opposed protection, and that ] know you will not do. [' No,' No.'] You will pardon me for saying that > ou can make your will felt in the most emphatic, direct, and con­ clusive manner by supporting your Representa­ tive in Congress. [Cheers for Horr.] That ie where the popular voice tells, and you know as well as I know that there has been no more consistent and courageous upholder of the doctrine of protection than my distinguished lri'.nd Mr. Horr, who now sits beside me. [Cheers.] Therefore, if the voters of this dis­ trict prefer high wages in America to low wages; if they prefer home manufactures to fireign manufactures; if you desire prosperity at your own firesides, you will support the Representative who has been laithiul, and not only faithful but intelligent, and not only in­ telligent but zealous. Good-night," Three cheers were then given for Blaine and noir. After Mr. Blaine awl Gen. Fremont re­ tired, Senator Hale addressed' tbe meeting at length. AGRICULTURAL OHIO. The Bepublican Majority of 20,000 on Congressmen. rFrom the Chicago Tribune.] The Democrats are trying to pick up a crumb of comfort from the fact that the Republican majority in Ohio on the State ticket is not so large as reported the night of the election. They still feel the pain and mortification of the knock­ down and black eye they received, bnt congratu­ late themselves that the eye is not so blacK as they feared it would be when the blow was first struck. It is a pity to deprive them of such poor con­ solation, bnt we invite their attention to the majorities in the Congressional districts, which represent popular sentiment on national issues much more faithfully than the vote on the State ticket, which was influenced enormously by the local liquor issues. The Republican majority for Secretary of State and Supreme Judge may not cxceed 12,000. The coolest and carefulest calculators before the election had estimated the average majority on the State ticket at 10.'on; but on Canal Commissioner, an office that caused no scratching on either side, and, therefore, is the fairest and best, test, the Re­ publican majority is about 15,000, which is a gain of '27,500 on last poll. But the aggrgate Republican majority on the Congressional vote k from lti.ooo to 2t»,coo. Official majorities in every case have not yet been ascertained, but the reports from the various districts warrant the following estimate of tbe Congressional majorities on both sides: DEMOCRATIC DISTRICT#. District. Majority. District. Majority. 3. Campbell *17 is. Wilkins. 3,S44 Anderson. 3l7jir>. Geddes 724 5. Le Fevre 4,510 17. Warner 921 6. Hill 3,500|21. Foran. 1,407 7. Seney 3,»G5| 11. Kllsbcrry 416 Dem.Cong.maj's.24.096 l.j. Outhwaite. 4,»76| BEPUBLICAN DISTRICTS. District.. Majority, District. Majority. 1. Butterwortb .. l,5(>5i)i». E. B. Taylor...14,500 2. Brown 2,(Ktsi20. McKinley 2,051 8. Little 7,0f>2 9. Cooper l.HSHlRep. Cong, ma'js..44,104 10. Romeis 228 Dem. Cong. maj's.24,0<Ki 12. Thompson .... 2.445 14. Grosvenor. 5,72fl Net Rep. Cong. 1H. 1. H. Taylor... <;,098| maj's 21,00» It is obvious that the vote for Congressmen reflects far more nearly the popular preference as bet ween the Democratic and Republican na­ tional tickets than does the vote for a candidate for Supreme Judge who has passed on the valid­ ity of a severely contested State liquor law. SEN ATOR BECK, of Kentucky, thinks that If the Democrats had nominated Thurman at Chi­ cago all would have been well in Ohio. As • Democrat he hopes against hope for success In November, but lacks confidence. I THE result of'the election in Ohio has not been satisfactory to the South Carolina Democrats. Tbe Republicans of the State have been much encouraged, however, and hope to make soma Congressional gains. THE Democrats put $400,000 Into OUa Have they anything loft CHICAGO Tribune: If the Democrats did not expect to carry Ohio why did they send there more than $300,0(10 of campaign funds? Why did they detail there all their speakers--American, German, and Irish? ; Why did they send to the South, as well as - to the East and West, for spouters and elec- I tioueerers? Why did they incur the expense ' of vomiting thousands of their toughs, roughs, and ballot-box stuffers into the cities and towns to work the polls election day? Say. THB Democrats are saying that they did not expect to win Ohio. Neither did the fox expect to reach the grapes--because they were sour. LKT it be understood. This ia * "de­ fensive" campaign. ^ •f October Condition of Crops Over the Ceutrj, [Washington telegraifci ' -©eraoer returns for corn gtve M S higher for its condition than in any of the past five years, but not so high as in any of the remarkable corn years from 1875 to 1879, inclusive. The general average is 93, which is very near!y an average of any series of ten years, and indicates about tWenty-six bushels per acre ou a breadth approximat­ ing 70,000,000 acres. The region between tho Mississippi and the Rocky "Mountain: slope again presents the highest figures, which in every State rise a lilt e above the normal standard of full condition. No State east of tbe Mississippi returns a con­ dition as high as 100. The lowest figures are in West Virginia, 73; Ohio, 74; Lonis- iana, 74; Texas, 80; aud South Carolina, 83. The reduction in these States was caused. • ,rou£ Th?re is complaint of drought 1? « P.hi° \aHey and in the Atlantic and Crulf States, but not sufficiently severe to- reduce seriously the yields. The early- planted corn is everywhere matured. Late plantings in the Southern States suffered: for want of summer rains, and will be light and not well filled. Very Tittle injury has been done by frosts. There was frost in Vermont on the 25th of August, and in several border States about the middle of September, with slight injury to late conu. The damage by chinch-bugs and other in­ sects has been 6light. TVJIEAT. The wheat crop will exceed that of last year by about 100,000,000 fcushe's. Thresh­ ing is tlow and late, with results thus far confirming indications in former reports- The yield per acre will average about thirteen and one-tliird bushels. The- quality of the present wheat crop is gener­ ally very good, especially in the Eastern and Middle States. On the western slope of the Alleghenies, and in Michigan, Wis­ consin, and Minnesota,, some depreciation1 in quality is noted. In Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, aud Kansas the average for the entire breadth is 06. EYE, OATS, ETC. The indicated yield of rye is about twelve: bushels per acre; quality eupericr. The yield of oato is little above the aver- nge, yielding about twenty-seven bushels, per acre, and making a crop approximating 5 <0,000,000 bushels of good quality. The barley crop makes a yield of nearly twenty-three bushels per acre, and a prod­ uct exceeding 50,c00,000 bushels of aver­ age quality. The condition of buckwheat averages 87, indicating a crop slightly under the aver- age. The condition of the potato crop is rep­ resented by 88, five points lower than UL October last year, two points lower thftu in 1879 and 1882, and the same as in 1880, COTTON. The October returns for cotton indicate a reduction of nearly eight points in its- average condition, from 82.5 to 74.7, as the result of continued drought in arresting the development and destroying the vitality of the plants. The prospects of the top crop is reduced to a minimum. The drought has been general, and its effect manifest in every State. Of ten successive crops, only two have averaged a lower condition in October. These were 1881 and 1883, when the averages were 66 and 08, respectively. The average was 88 in the great crop year of 1882. State averages are as follows; Vir­ ginia, 81; North Carolina, 79; South Caro­ lina, 80; Georgia, 79; Florida, 84; Alabama, 74; Mississippi, 76; Louisiana, 77; Texas, 62; Arkansas, 76; Tennessee, 85. Return® and local estimates of the yield per acre, in fractions of bales, indicate an average rate of yield of 0.36 of a bale per acre. ^ ^ DAKOTA'S EXHIBIT. Arrival of the Dakota Oar Products at Mil­ waukee grain and vegetable products grown in Cen­ tral and Southern Dakota arrived at the Union Depot. The car is an ordinary passenger coach, with the seats removed and with shelve? encircling the interior. The outer sides of the car are decorated with oil paintings representing the Dakota harvest fields and South Dakota landscape views. The ex­ hibits are from Clay, Union, Lincoln, Yankton, Bon Homme, and other counties in Dakota reached by the St. Paul Rail­ way. The car will go ftoin Chicago to Detroit, Buffalo, New England, and the Canadas. After an absence of two months in the Eist, the car will be fcikt n to New Orleans for exhibition at the World's Fair. Tbe interior of the coach presented a very attractive appearance. The roof was tastefully trimmed with flox, grasses and grains, wrought into numerous designs and artistically arranged. Bight under­ neath the roof were eight or nine different varieties of corn in the ear--yellow dent, vellow flint, white flint, strawberry, etc. The white flint corn grows to the length of Hi inches. Below the corn display are- tbe shelves containing specimens of Dakota vegetables. There are sweet potatoes weighing three pounds, from Yankton; Irish potatoes grown in Elk Point, Union County; cucumbers, egg plant, water and musk melons, squashes, beets, cabbage, and all kinds of fruit. A display is also made of preserves from Sioux Falls, consist­ ing of plums, blackberries, raspberries, gooseberries, currants. The vegetables^, many of them, are of paou^ strous size. Several of the beets weigh from 17 to 20 pounds, and are grown in Brown County. On the floor are sweet pumpkins weighing 80 pounds, a water­ melon from Yankton weighing 32 pounds, and other samples of vegetables of far more than the usual weight. The largest is a squash, raised by O. V. Knowles, at Karam. Lincoln County. Its circumference is 8 feet and 1 inch, and its weight 185 pounds. There are also samples of wheat, oats, rye, barley, and flax, of superior quality. The spare room in the car is occupied by ex­ hibits of bunch grass, 7 feet high, timothy with heads 6 inches long, blue-joint grass 7£ feet high, and red-top 5 feet high. A show is also made of peanuts grown in. Yankton. They grow upon vines like po­ tatoes, and are dug from the ground. There- are specimens of Sioux Falls granite, very hard, and capaBle of a flue polish, as smooth as marble. There also arrived at the Union Depot a locomotive and tender, constructed entirely of wheat, oats, and evergreen sprigs. The locomotive is eight feet in length, and every feature of the ordinary railway engine is reproduced in miniature. The cowcatcher, bell, whistle, drive-wheels, steam-chest, piston-rods, headlight, and everything else, are all there. The figures "39" are painted upon the headlight, denoting that Dakota will be the thirty-ninth State when admitted to the Union. Accompanying the locomotive is a baggage car and sleeper, perfect in form, and constructed of Dakota, grains and grasses. The whole is the work of Wm. Sibben, of Aberdeen, and has oc­ cupied his time for about three weeks. IT is a very creditable display of ingenuity, taste, and patience. AMONG the curious crowd of names in the recent applicants for pensions are Pil­ grim Crazylous, a Pennsylvania pedagogue; Christly Crow, a colored preacher; Tor­ ment Twist. Christian Bible, John Drink- lager, Reason Tuig, D. Slatecipher, and Skye Leaf. THE area t>f the city of Philadelphia is 129 square miles. 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