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I. VMi tLYKE. Editor an* PaMMtsr. ILLINOIS "wite NEWS CONDENSED, WE bass; t ICRS. XAHT C. HABGIN will Institute tonit for the recovery of a large tract of real .estate which now forms a part of Syracuse, '••K. Y. The land was bought more than Bars ago by her late hnsband..-- tie Ureenwood Iron-Works, operated by the Parrott Iron CVwnpany, at Greenwood, |f. Y., have shut down. It is stated that the company is financially embarrassed but no assignment 'has been made. The •i liabilities are nwid to be from $100,000 to «W0,00ft, with assets of $500,000 ... The oetisus jjiist taken shows the popula­ tion <o# .Massachusetts to be about 1,940,- an increase®f 160,000 since 1880.... An Ogdensbnrg (N. Y.) telegram says "thf little town of Norwood. St. Lawrence County., on the line of the Ogdemsburg and Lake Ohamplain llailroad, was visited by A , fcrrilic cyclone. The little town was almost literally wiped out df existence, and eight persons were killed during the terrific storm, •hioh was of but three minutes' duration, vonr of these were men who were em­ ployed in building the village 6choolhouse. The building was entirely demolished, and the workmen were buried ^in the ruins. Their names are not known here. John Hartin, a miller, was instantly killed while •landing in front of his mill. Mrs. David Fitzgibbons and a Mrs. -'Armstrong were . «fso' killed by being buried in their houses, Which went down before 'the terrific force "'«•# the storm. Several others, men, women, •nd children were injured, either by being firostritted while in the path of the storm, by being «truck by flying timbers or ^buried in the'rains of htfOses or barns." \P,: AT McKinney's, N. Y., during* the prog- . tess-of a heavy thunder-storm, three men Vere instantly killed and another* badly in- fbred. On'the approach of tRe -storm six Bi«n took refuge in a shed at the base of a perpendicular ledge of bowlders. The rain loosened several of the great stones Overhanging the cabin, which fell, com­ pletely demolishing the structure and in­ stantly crushing to death three > men.... The associated Bessemer steel-Tail mann- , iacturers beld a meeting at Long Branch, •it which eleven companies were repre­ sented, and agreed to reduce the produc­ tion of steel rails so as not to exceed the demand, that manufacturers may have • better prices next year, the reduction to be based upon the capacity of each mill, and "to take effect Jan. 1 next... James Horace Jones, a wife-murderer, was hanged at Troy, N. Y. He made a will giving his body to his spiritual adviser, his heart to tftome, and his soul to heaven. Ago robbed And murdered a peddler in Howard Coutity, Arkansas and were sub­ sequently sentenced i**pectively to death and t wenty $ ears in the penitentiary, W*>re recently granted a new trial by the Supreme Court of that State* A few days ago a mob broke icto the jail ht Mnrfreesboro, where they were confined, ted, being uuable to get into their colls, shot Sylvester through the bars, and covered Henry, who had con­ cealed himself in a reservoir, with burning blankets. Both men will die wf their in­ juries. .. .Joe Howard (white) and Tom Gee and Tom McNeill (colored) Were hanged at Fayette vilW, N. C., on the same gallows in the presence of 5,000 people.... Richard Johnson (colored) was hanged at Vidalia, La., for the murder of John Simmons (colored) November 16, 1884. On the scaf­ fold the prisoner confessed his guilt and said he was ready to die. A HEAVY bank caved in at the Govern- mert. works on the canal at Lonisville, Ky,, by which one Man was killed and two seriously injured .Ex-Congressman Mal- lory. of Kentucky, died at his farm near LaGrange, Ky. tm WEalfe > THE general land office has specifio • ^knowledge of the illegal inclosure of nearly f00,000 acres of the publie domain, and Estimates that not less than 10,000.000 acres §l|n addition are illegally inclosed, all of Schich will be thrown open to settlement . Upon the enforcement of ihe President's { proclamation. kT the'competitive drill of the Foresters St Detroit the home council was awarded 4he firsl^prize, and the ̂ Cleveland Club the third. whicKj»o incensed the latter that they left the grounds and took a steamer feome Kansas City was visited by a heavy Min-storm, which flooded many cellars and caused the collapse of two brick buildings. A •tornado in Hancock County, .Ohio, in­ flicted serious damage upon crops, and de­ stroyed a large amount of property.... Vincent J. Scott, a private banker of De­ troit, failed, as the result of a steady de­ mand upon the resources of the bank by frightened depositors. The assets and lia­ bilities are estimated at about $150,000.... The Payne Oklahoma colony, which has been in camp at Caldwell. Kan., for some months, is breaking up in compliance with Instructions from Capt Couch. . . The Secretary of the Illinois Millers' Associa- .tton, who has just made a tour of Missouri and Kansas, says the quantity of wheat in • fhose States is smaller and" the quality •oorer than reported. .. .James W. Mar- Shall, the discoverer of gold in California, !- - \ - : bas just died in extreme poverty in that ^ .'State. FIVE THOUSAND members of the Inde- > v -|>endent Order of Foresters marched •through the streets of Chicago with bands i*ndfanners, in celebration of the seventh h . ,anniversary of the establishment of the or­ ganization in Illinois. ter the parade, Appropriate ceremonies took place at the i., i>|iase-Ball Park... .Strikers forcibly shut • «<lown the salt block of Carrier, Heath & Co., at Essexville, a mile from Bay City, Mich. Sheriff Brennan went to' the > *®cene with a posse and a fight »jensued, the mob using stones and clubs and the officers revolvers. The Sher­ iff was shot in the forehead by an unknown .man, the ball grazing the brain. Nine of -sthe mob were arrested, two of whom were wounded C. P. Judd, appointed by the President to be Special Agent of the North­ western Labor Bureau for Nevada and the "Territories, has been placed in jail at Den- , vver. Col., on a charge of horse-stealing. . .Judd admitted his guilt and says ,he has •served terms in the penitentiaries of Kansas > vand Colorado for a similar offense.... .The , family of Daniel Abagh, Jr., near New Philadelphia, Ohio, were poisoned iby eating toad-stools. One boy died and :four other persons are in a critical condi- . ition.... The official announcement is now tmade that the Wisconsin Central Railroad •Company will build an independent line to •Chicago, using the Waukesha route.... Mrs. Helen Hunt Jackson, the authoress, •died at San Francisco of cancer in the stomach. She was appointed a special In­ dian Commissioner by President Arthur, iftnd was also engaged by the Century com­ pany to write a series of articles on South­ ern California, Oregon, and Washington Territory. AN ex-biakeman of tbe Atehison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad han jnst obtained judgment at Wyandotte, Kan., for $50,000 damages for injuries received in the road's service in 1883. This is said to be the biggest verdict ever returned in the United States in a personal damage casa... . Chas- teen Hughe? has been arrested at Topeka, Kan., for the murder of J. M. Smith, a prominent banker of Kansas City, Mo., who was throws over a high bluff at that place and killed, on the night of Jan. 25, 1881. The crime has heretofore been wrapped in mystery In the Chickasaw Nation, I. T.. David Hunton ' shot and killed his cousin, Samuel Smiley, in a quarrel about the ownership of some j* horses. Hunton fled, but was pursued by ^ , Smiley's friends and slain The lumber- men's strike at Fast Saginaw, Mich., is | ;; practically ended, the.terms of the mill- owners having been accepted. THE SOUTH. XgB cotton crop in the South asa whole WASUKNCITO:*. / THE action of the Treasury Department in reducing the force of special inspectors of foreign steam vessels one-h^lf is report­ ed to be due to -the fact that the number of steam vessels is only one-half of what it was when the inspectors were appointed. ....The United States Treasury Depart­ ment has authorized the American Express Company to receive-the baggage of passen­ gers from Europe upon arrival in New York, and forward the same to principal ports of entry <in this country or Canada, the duties to be paid . t destination. THE following is a list of army officers who have been serving on detached duty, and who will !be compelled to join their regiments in obedience to Secretary Endi- cott's recent 'order returning officers who have been absent! four years to their com­ panies: Capt. J. F. Orefforv. Corps of Engineers; Capt. Clarence K. Dutton, Ordnance Depart­ ment; First Lieutenant C. B. Schofield, ot Gen. Sehofield-'s staff: First Lieutenant James Allen,'of First Cavalry; First Lieuten­ ant Robert T. Kmmett, of Ninth Artillery; First Lieutenant H. H. C. Dunwoody, of Fourth Artillery; First Lieutenant Robert Crai^f, of Fourth Artillery; First Lieutenant Oscar F. Long, ot Fifth lnfantrv; Capt. W. M. Wherry, of Sixth Infantry; First Lieutenant Guy How­ ard. of Twelfth Infantry; Capt. George W. Davis, ot Fourteenth Infantry; First Lieu­ tenant Joseph A. Sladen, of Fourteenth Infant­ ry; Capt. Cyrus S. Roberts, of Seventeenth Infantry; Capt. J. S. Wharton, of Ninth In­ fantry; Capt. G. S. L. Ward, of Twenty-second Infantry: Chaplain George G. Mullins, of Twenty-fifth Infantry. UNDER the compromise effected between the Navy Department and the assignees of John Roach &. Son, for the completion of the three crusiere now building in the Roach ship-yards at New York and Chester, the work of preparation is rapidly pushing forward. The compromise has been put in writing and signed by the Secretary. It is said on good authority that it includes the acceptance of the Dolphin. • POI4TICAI* Pottowreo is the last batch of ap­ pointments made by the President just be­ fore his departure from Washington: William H Taylor, of Bloomfield, Iowa, to be" Soecial Indian Agent at $2,ooo a year, vice l aris H. Folsom, removed. Joseph Colburn, of Denver, Colo., to be a timber a?ent o: the i and Office. Adolf Erdman, of Missouri, and' James Ita­ lian, of Mississippi, to be Special Kxaminers of the Pension Ottice. To be Secretary of the Territory of New Mex­ ico--George W. Lan". of Buffalo. N. Y. To be Indian Agents--Joseph Emery, of Ore­ gon, it the Klamath Agency, Oregon; Charles H. hotter, of Nebraska, at the Omaha and Winne­ bago Agency, in Nebraska; William H. Spalding, ot Nebraska, at the Satnee Agency, in Nebraska; Robert L. Owen, of Indian Territory, at the Union Agency, in Indian Territory. To be Collectors of Internal Revenue--John Dowlin, for the Twenty-second District of Penn­ sylvania, and Frank Schlandecker, for the Nine­ teenth District ot Pennsylvania. To be Receivers of Customs -John T. Gath- right, for the port of Louisville, Ky., and Leon Trosdaie for the port of Nashville, Tenn. To Be Postmasters--J. E. Jones, Portage. Wis., vice V. E. Brewer, declined; Willis B. IsbeU, Westville, Conn.: Js'ob D. Allen, Butler. Mo.; Channcey M. Freeman, Broadfield, Mo.; R. 1*. Hitchcock, Tomah, Wis.; Wm. S. Evans, La Grange, Ga., vice John C. Beall, suspended; Lee Beal, Rich Hill, Mo., vice G. P. I luck iby, sus­ pended; !• rede rick A. Verborg, North Vernon, Ind., vice_W. b. Prather, suspended; Richard Holmes, Natchez, Mi-s., vice Wm. McCary, sus­ pended; Michael Boland, De Kalb, Ind., vice Geo. W. Gordon, suspended; Wm. M. Gay, Wil­ son, N. C.. vice Mrs. Virginia Sharp, suspended. Geo. Wise, at Hamburg. Iowa, vice C. C. Cool- baugh, suspended; Edward B. Miller. Pierre, Dakota, vice 8. M Laird, suspended: Henry C. Hunt, Reedsburg, Wis., vice John Kel ogg, suspended; Washington J. Barrett, Kinston, N. C., vice W. A. Coleman, suspended; John W. Marshall, McLeansborough, 111., vice V. M. Lyon, su^jended: Chas. H. Bur­ roughs, La Crosse, Wis., vice B. T. Bryant, suspended; E. D. Fenn, Nevada. Iowa, vice Theodore J. Ross, suspended; Jerome W. Pierce, Springfield, Vt., vice L. B. Hurd, suspended; Charles T. Marsh. Oregon, 111.. vice 1$. F. Sheets, suspended; Joseph H. Allen, Durham, N. C., vice D. C. Maiigum, suspended; George W. Morse, Waterbury, Vt., vice J. W. Moody, re­ signed; Francis G. Horton, Ellendale, Dakota; vice A. G. Tyner, office becoming Presidential April 1,1885; Cjrnelius Carr, Woonsocket. Da­ kota, vice A. H. Tyner, ottice becoming vacant April 1. 1883: J. A Mantry, Mound City. Kan., vice S. L. Evesat. office becoming Presidential July 1, lHsj; Frank W. Frye, Parsons, Kan., vice S. A. Flecher, resigned; J. M. GilUland, Nashua, Iowa, vice J. F. Grawe, suspend ed. Ex-Gov. CCBTIN, of Pennsylvania, in soliciting the privilege of nominating Mr. Carlisle for Sf>eaker in the Democratic cau­ cus next winter, represented only himself. It is understood, however, that Mr. Ran­ dall will not enter the contest against Mr. Carlisle, and that he expects to act with his party on all questions in the next House. A CABXIEGBAM from President Garrett, of the - Baltimore and Ohio Telegraph Com­ pany, embracing some interesting corre­ spondence between himself and Messrs. Field and Pender, seems to effectually set at rest the reported probability of the pur­ chase of the Baltimore and Ohio by the Western Union Telegraph Company...* The hog cholera has made its appearance in South Essex, OnL, and is resisting all attempts to stop its ravages. THE notorious ex-Gov. Moses, of South Carolina, who was recently released from prison, is again in trouble, having been ar­ rested at Boston for obtaining money un­ der false pretenses.... The New York Produce Exchange figures the visible sup­ ply of wheat at li'J, 14<;,2Uy bushels, and of corn at 4,500,722 bushels. WHEN the wife of Louis Riel, who re­ sides a few miles from Winnipeg, heard of ber husband's sentence she became frantic, and fled from her house to the woods, where she hid. She was only partially elothed, and in her bare feet, and was near­ ly dead when found by her friends. So terrible is the shock she may never recover her reason. In Winnipeg a great deal of sympathy is felt for her and her children, and a subscription list has been started for them, as they are penniless. NATURAL gas has been strnck at Port Colborne. Ontario, at a depth of 420 feet, and will be used to light the town... .The "immediate delivery" system, authorized by the last Congress, will be put into op­ eration Oct. 1 at postoffices in all cities and towns having a population of 4,000 or over, as shown by the last Federal census. THE renewal of the fifteen-year contract between the Pennsylvania Railroad Com Russia are titftrent in Paris. The Vitt&gftii and gatdebs in the environs of Herat are being demolished to prevent their use for coveiing Russian movements in the event of hostilities. England paying fov the prop­ erty destroyed. A deputation of Persians and Afghans has gone to Herat in the Rus­ sian interest to confer with Ayoub Khan's partisans. Lord Dufferin continues his ef­ fects to strengthen the friendship of the Indian chiefs. THI: sensation of the day in London is the flogging of Mr. Pearce by Mr. Francis for the betrayal of the latter's daughter. Pearce, who is a rich Tory, was to stand for Parliament at Glasgow, but it is now thought he will be retired or allowed to make the race for some obscure borough. He does not deny his connection with the woman in the case, but refuses to admit that he is respon­ sible for her fall ... The Vatican has given rigid instructions to the Irish Bishops concerning their course in the preseat political crisis, and is preparing rules to govern the Prussian Bishops in their relations with the Government The English bondholders of the Wabash Railway have determined to institute pro­ ceedings under the general and collateral mortgages, and to form a new corporation, paying tbe debenture with new bonds.... The Duke Richmond has been appoint­ ed Secretary of State for Scotland, with a *eJt in the •Cabinet. HE DIED IN POVERTY. ADDITIONAL StWa, A MARAUDING band of twenty Pwgaa Indians, "with seventy-five stolen horses in their possession, were overtaken between Razor and Aalf-breed Creeks, Montana, by a party of cattlemen, and, during the battle that ensued, all of the Indians were killed and *the horses Recovered.... .An Indian Territory dispatch says that a majority of the ^Cherokees are opposed to leas­ ing 'lands iu the " Cherokee Strip." A mass-meeting is contemplated for expression of opinion on tbe subject. ... Font Scott (Kan.) dispatch: "Two train loads of cattle from Indian Territory, numbering !»00 head, passed through this city to-uight, en route for Chicago, being the first to make their exit from the Terri­ tory'under Ihe President's order. These cattle were brought over the St. Louis, Fort Scott and Wichita Railroad from ths ranch of the Austin cattle 'Company, 163 miles west of Anthony, Harper County." A REPORT of Capt. Healy, commanding the revenue cutter Corwin in the Northern Pweilio, gives details of the loss in <the ice of t o barks Nap ileon and Gazelle. Two boats frjm the barks were lost and eighteen persons perished, and four men were frozen to death in other boats. Disasters, without lss of life, to n number of o her vessels are also reported.... There was 160 failures in the United States during the week, as compared with 192 the preceding week, and with 237*, 174, and 148, respectively, in the corresponding weeks of 18b4, 1883, and 1882. About 77 per cent were those of small traders whose capital was less than $5,000, as compared with an average of from 83 to 85 per tent weekly during the last year.. C a n a d a h a d 7 7 , a d e c r e a s e o f 2 . . . . Special telegrams to Brad»treet'H from leading business centers report a continu- anoy of the improvement recently noted in the movement of staple dry goods, of wool, and of boots and shoes. This is specially noted in the East at the large cities. At most Northwestern centers this is reflected in reports of a somewhat heavier movement of merchandise and a more hopeful feeling among merchants. The situation is rather better at the South, where the bright cotton prospects are en­ couraging interior merchants to purchase in excess of earlier expectations. IN the British Parliament, Lord Ran­ dolph Churchill said the Government hoped soon to effect a satisfactory settlement of the points at issue with Russia. A St. Petersburg dispatch says Russia has made definite proposals to England concerning Zulficar Pass and the positions command­ ing it, which will probably be accepted. The Afghan boundary com­ mission will not be withdrawn.... The Russian population of Krementchoog, a city on the Dnieper in Poltava, attempted to expel Turkish residents from the city, and were subdued only after a conflict with the military and the arrest of a large number of the rioters.., .Lord Vane Tempest, an English nobleman who served with distinction in the Federal army dur­ ing the war of the rebellion, is dead Queen Victoria, through the Lord High Chancellor, formally prorogued Parliament until Oct. 31. A MAN calling himself William W. Wan- zer, Jr., attempted to swindle a bank at Farmington, Me., out of $5,000 on the strength of a telegram purporting to come from a Boston bank, showing the deposit of that sum to his credit. The Farming- ton institution paid him by check, but, discovering the fraud immediately took steps to prevent its negotiation. The tele­ gram, it appears, was sent by Wanzer him­ self by means of a loop and instrument put into the wires iii the woods, just outside Farmington.... Miss Adriana Phvsick Brinckle has just been released from the Pennsylvania Luna­ tic Asylum at Harrisburg, where she had been confined.for twenty-seven years <on the .charge of "extravagance and eccentri­ city." She is now 60 ye.irs of age.... .A schedule of the assets and liabilities .ctf John Roach shows the liabilities to ibe $2,222,877.81 and the actual assets to be $4,4&],478.23, a surplus of over $2,000,000. . . . A g e n u i n e a n d f a t a l c a s e o f A s i a t i c cholera is believed to have occurred at Camden, N. J., the victim being Margaret Kealey, who came from Ireland a fortnight since. James Wiloon Marshall, the Dis­ coverer of Gold in Califor- *nia, Crosses the River. is the best that has been know a for years. The yield will largely exceed any previous crop; and while in some localities the ; caterpillar has appeared, as a general thing _ ' • »ght ! Pftn* and the Full man Palace Car Com- miles from Lafayette, Ala., William Han- paUy for the operation of sleeping-cars cock, a former, and a son William were over the Pennsylvania svstem, was form- partners in a thrashing machine and quar- ally executed in Philadelphia lkst week.. , rejed over the dmsioa of tolls. Both arm- Small-pox has been declared epidemic at ed themselves and at the second shot the Montreal by the local Health Board. father was killed. A younger son com- | ing to his father's assistance, he, too, was ! Pi»uifir,s dangerously shot. William escaped with a ! slight wou d....Gov. Ireland, of Texas, rnOTa , • „ . has addressed a communication to the At-| ,, ' ®mg erected by the Russians tornev General of the State, directing that I on IR'and of Quelpaert, at the entrance the law be enforced which prevents the con- j to the Yellow Sea. of which they recently soiidation °f competing lines. Sylvester | took possession, Rumors that an Anglo- and I elk, blethers, who two years j Chinese alliance has been perfected against THE MARKET& NEW YORK. HOGS HEAT--No. L White No. 2 Bed. CORN--N®. 2 OATS--White Pons--Mess CHICAGO. BEEVES--Cbotoe to Prime Steers. Good Shipping Common. HOGS FLOUB--Fancy Red Winter Ex.. Prime to Choice Spring. WHEAT--No. 2 Spring. COBS--No. 2. OATS--No. 2. RXE--No. 2 BABLEY--NO. 4 BUTTEB--Choice Creamery Fine Dairy CHEESE--Full Cream, new. LtirUt Skimmed. BOGS--Fresh POTATOES--New, j>er brl. POIIK--Mesa..'. TOLEDO. WHEAT--No. 3 Red COBN--No. 2 OATS--No. 2 ..... ... MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--No. 3 COBK--No. 2 OATH--No. 2 RYE--No. 1 POBK--Hess 8T. LOUIS. WHEAT--No. 3 Bed COBN--Mixed OATS--Mixed POBK--Mess.... CINCINNATI. WHEAT--No. 2 Bed, New. COBN--No. 2. OATS--Mixed RYE--No. 2 Fall POBK--Mess DETROIT. FLOUB. WHEAT-NO. 1 White COUN--No. 2 OATS--No. 2 White POBK--Mess. . BEEF CATTU INDIANAPOLia WHEAT--No. 2 Red. COBN- Mixed. OATS--No. 2 EAST LIBERTY. CATTUB--Best Fair Common Hons SHEEP.... BUFFALO. CATTLE. $6.00 4.60 .99 .fil .38 11.39 6.75 5.25 3.75 4.25 6.00 3.75 .87 .16 .25 .58 .41 .17 .13 <« 6.88 IG 6.25 & i.eo & .9914 .66 @ .42 @11.74 19 6 .25 & 5.50 & 1.50 «<; 6.00 <& 5. 25 & 4.25 & .88 <&• & <& (3> .08>ic«) .03 . 1 0 ' M 1.40 .47 .20 .59 .43 .18 .15 .09 .04 ® - . 1 1 1.50 & 9.50 .93 .47 .27 .87 .46 .25 .00 0.25 .96 .42 .23 8.75 .94 .47 .28 .60 10.60 6.60 .92 .48 .34 11.50 <$ .88 & .47 & .20 rt .6? @ 9.76 & .99 0 .43 & .24 @10.25 & .96 @ .48 (4 .29 & .62 @11.00 ® 6.75 & .9* *9 .49 & .36 M LOO 4.00 & 5.00 .94 .46 .26 5.50 5.00 4.00 4.75 '4.25 4.00 ,4.60 fi.00 1 History of the Event Ifhlch Led to tl» Ureal Heaters cf 1849. ; [Placervllle <Cal.) spe^M.] There has just died at his home, in Coloma, a poverty- stricken, disappointed old man, four years pa^t the allotted three score and ten, who laid the foundation of California's wealth by his intelligence and sagacity. This man, whom California has so shamefully treated, wa* James W. Mar­ shall, who, in January, 1848, made the dis­ covery of gold at Sutter's Fort, and worked Ruch a revolution in a wilderness country that in less than three years thereafter it was received iuto the sisterhood of States. The history of Marshall's life reads rfl- most like a romance. He was born in Hope Township, New Jersey, in 1812. After re­ ceiving a plain education he learned the trade of a coach and wagon builder. He *ras smitten with the "Western fever" when •bout twenty- one years old, and, having traveled in Indiana and Illinois, bought a farm on the Platte Purchase, near Fort Leaveuworth. Kansas. His health was poor, and his doctor said he must either die or seek a change of air. May 1, 1844, he joined a train of 101) wagons bound for that, at the time, almost unknown land, California. The party reached its destina­ tion in June, 1845, and camped at Cache Creek, about forty miles from where Sacra­ mento now stands. From that point its members took their several ways. Mar­ shall and a few others went to Sutter's Fort, Sacramento County, where he en­ tered the service of Gen. Sutter. About a year after this, and after Mar­ shall had begun life in the stock business on a farm of two leagues in area, the Mexi­ cans made an attempt to prevent a body of American emigrants from entering Cali­ fornia. This led to the Bear Flag war, in which Gen. Sutter, Marshall, and others assisted, as volunteers, Gen. Fremont, of the United States military post at Sutter Buttes, in tlie defense of their country­ men. Fightirg was frequent and severe. Marshall took part in all the engagements of the campaign, which resulted in a treaty signed March, 1847, recognizing the independence of California. Mar­ shall procured his discharge and re­ turned to Sutter's Fort. Upon his arrival he found that most y>t the cattle he had left on his farm had Weil stolen or utrayed during his absence. He therefore gave up his farm and began ar­ rangements to start in the lumber business at Coloma, Amador County, as ac'ive part­ ner with Gen. Sutter, who undertook to furnish tKe necessary capital. Work was begun on the mill in August, 1847. The 18th of January following Marshall was superintending the building of the mill-race. After shutting off the water at the head of the race he walked down the ditch to see what sand and gravel had been removed during the previous night. He strolled to the lower end of the race and stood looking down at the mass of debris. At this juncture his eye caught the glitter of something that lay lodged in a crevice on a rifflle of soft granite. He stooped and picked up the nub- stance. It was heavy, of a peculiar color, and different from anything he had seen in the stream before. He was satisfied that he had indeed made an important discov­ ery. In several days he collected a few ounces of the precious metal, and as he had occasion to visit Sutter's Fort in a short time he took the specimens with him. He infermed Sutter of his discovery, but the General was incredulous, and it was not until chemical experiments had settled the question beyond all doubt that he would admit the mineral was gold. At last all doubts faded, and the excitement began to spread. The news flew over the country like wildfire, and those whites who were then in California went into the quest for gold with great ardor and energy. Addition­ al revelations were made daily, and the news of the discoveries was spread. Then came the mad rush from the East and the old world. It was a furious race for wealth. In 1849 every sailing vessel and steamer landing at San Francisco was crowded with adventurers. They knew that gold had first been found in Coloma, and many went thither. Without inquiry or negotiation they squatted upon Mar­ shall's land about the mill, seized his work oxen for i ood, confiscated his horses, and marked the land olf into town lots and dis­ tributed them among themselves. Thus robbed of his property he perforce became a prospector, but never succeeded in find­ ing much gold. The neighbors who had spoiled his possessions added insult to in­ jury by presuming that he knew the where­ abouts of rich deposits of gold and refused to give information to them, and persecut­ ed him on these false suppositions. To add to his troubles his title to the land he had purchased prior to his great discovery was questioned, and he lost it all. The State has helped him a little, but only a little, in his hard fight against poverty, all the more severe by reason of his advanced age. PENNSYLVANIA tiREENBACKERS. Proceedings of the State Convention--The Platform and Candidate*. The State Convention of the Pennsyl­ vania Greenback or National Labor party was held at Erie on the 12th in«t Twenty- one counties we e represented by forty- two delegates. William Wilhelm, of Schuylkill County, was made permanent Chairman. Speeches were made by sev­ eral delegates, and the resolutions sub­ mitted by Thomas A. Armstrong, of Pitts­ burgh, were adopted. They indorse the National platform adopted at Indianapolis in 1884, denon ice the policy of hoarding money in the Treasury, favor the issuance of full legal-tender money in place of na­ tional batik notes, demand the enforce­ ment of laws prohibiting railroad discrim­ ination, and demand that the right of pe­ tition shall never be abridged by State or National Governments. A resolution to submit prohibition to the popu'ar vote was tabled. Dr. N. C. Whitney, of War­ ren County, was nominated for State Treasurer, and T. P. Rynder, of Butler Coiints-. was made Chairman of the State pwuHttee. THE GRASSHOPPERS. & .96 @ .46 & M & 6.50 9 6.60 M 4.50 & A. 25 & 6.00 & 6.00 m Observations of the Signal Service. [Washington dispatch.] The Signal Service observers in the Northwest have been sending telegraphic reports for a month past in regard to the visitation of grasshoppers. Many of the observations give no cause for serious alarm, but in a few localities the pest has made its app< arance in full force. The agent sent into the field some two weeks ago confirms the worst statements that have been made. Not only are there large num­ bers of the destructive liocky Mountain species at work, but the common "native" and non-migratory species are also much more numerous than usual. At Fort Bu- ford and Poplar Creek Agency the locusts are very abundant, and are damaging the crops. On July 29, during the middle of the day, a large propor;ion of the Rocky Mountain species leit toward the east or southeast. The outlook for a general sweep of the grasshopper plague eastward another year is at this time pretty clearly indicated. MECHANICAL. TH* construction ol a ship railway to connect the Bay of Fundy with the Gulf of St. Lawrence has now been finally decided on. This will not ex? actly make Nova Scotia an island,.bu| ships of 1000 tons and un ler will be able to reach St. John from Montreal, Quebec and other ports on the Bt,, Lawrence without having to encircle the dangerous Nova Scotian coast, a paving of 600 miles. The ship railway, which is to 1 e seventeen miles long, will be supported by a subsidy of $300,- 000 per year for twenty years, from the Canadian Government. "TKRNE" plate can easily be distin­ guished from properly tinned sheet iron by the sense of tonch when handled by experienced persons, unless the terne coating contains an unusually small proportion of lead. Fordoz's test may, however, be depended upon as final. Clean the surface of the suspected plate, using a little ammonia to remove every trace of grease, and dry thoroughly in a gentle heat, after applying a drop of nitric acid. Let a drop of the officinal solution of iodide of potassium fall on the place where the nitric acid was laid. A yellow spot will appear if the least lead is prese t. This test, as has been shown, is a good one for examin­ ing the quality of enamels, of cooking vessels. THE restoration of steel to its origin­ al quality, after it has been burned in the forge, has been tested ii^tlie case of various classes of steel in common use for tools, and with varying degrees of success. Sometimes it is found that this accidental burning can be repaired by hammering the piece of steel while hot. but not often to profit. This alter­ ation, known as burning, is explained to be due to a more or less considerable decarburation of the metal, and among the processes that have been devised for its treatment the following is said to have given good rosults: The piece of metal is brought to a red heat and suddenly plunged into a mixture com­ pounded of two parts of pitch, the same proportion of train oil, one part of tal­ low, with the addition of a small quan­ tity of common salt This operation is repeated two or threo times. IT is stated on good authority that there are now 314 cotton mills in the South, having 1,276,422 spindles and 21,873 looms, while at the time the census was taken in 1880, the South had only 180 mills, with 713,989 spin­ dles arad 15,222 looms. The largest in­ crease in the number of mills was made in North Carolina, where a gain of forty-three mills and 110,595 spindles is shown, while Georgia made an increase of 139,150 spindles and twenty-two mills. In 1880, the value of manu­ factured ootton produced at the South was.a little over $21,000,000, while in 1883 the value had risen to between $35,000,000 and $40,000,000. . During 4be last three years and a half $2,000,« 000 has been invested by new and old Southern cotton mills in machinery, <the bulk of which has been paid to northern and western machinery man­ ufacturers. AN ingenious machine has been in­ vented in England for rolling out cut glass into sheets. The machine, or table, is portable, being mounted on wheels so that it can be moved with ease to any part of the glass works. The moulding tables are of cast iron, and of widths varying from two feet nine inches to four feet two inches, and the surface is either plain, ribbed, checkered or formed with any device which it is desired to impress on the glass. On each side of the table a rack is mounted on the lrame of the carriage, and gearing into each rack is a toothed wheel mounted on a shaft, which also carries a plain iron drum the width of tbe table. The melted glass is poured on ttie table in front of the roller, which is then passed to and fro by means of hand#wheels, and the glass is thus spread out into a sheet. An adjusta­ ble guide is placed at the baok of the roller to regulate its travel, and means are provided for varying the thiokness of ihe sheet rolled. WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS says that no woman can live in the same house with a genius. THERE were twice as many lynchings as hangings in thiv country Inst year. A Singular Fatality; In Gen. Grant's book of "Personal Memoirs" there is an account of his meeting at Appomattox with Gen. Lee to arrange the terms of surrender of the forces under the latter's command. Gem. Grant says: "It occurred at the house of a man named McLean, who was a confederate general.'* This is a mistake. Wilmer McLean, the person reierred to, was not in the southern army at all. He was a non-combatant, and over the age for conscription at the time of the war. He must, however, have thought there was a fatality at­ tending his movements, as he involun­ tarily witnessed the first battle of Bull Bun and the close of the war at Appo­ mattox. He was a native of Alexandria, Virginia, who, after being engaged for some time in business in that town-- the firm of Kerr & McLean, wholesale and retail grocers, was years ago well known throughout the surrounding country--moved out near Manassas and engaged in farming. His house was taken by Gen. Beauregard as his head­ quarters previous to and after the battle of Bull Bun. McLean moved away from the place after the fight and purchased another place at Appo­ mattox, for the express purpose of re­ moving his family from the scene of war. Instead, however, of succeeding in this, the warlike operations shifted to his immediate neighborhood, and his own house was again occupied for mili­ tary purposes. It has become famous in history, and the name of its owner, with all his reluctance to be connected with the war,' and his endeavor to escape from it, is indelibly associated with the closing scene ot the great drama. The tabla on which the terms of surrender w*re drawn by Gen. Grant, accepted by Gen. Lee, and signed by them, was purchased by Gen. Ord. and was a conspicuous article of furniture in hin^parlor at his house at Black Point when that oflicer was in command of this military department. The General always called the atten­ tion of visitor* to it, and was foud of narrating the incidents connected with the surrender, at which he wan present, being a corps commander. The table was a substantial mahogany round table of the old-fashioned parlor size. It was made at Green's Cabinet Factory in Alexandria, Virginia, and liad been many years in the possession of Mc­ Lean before it became identified with the grand historical event of Lqaai aur. render.--Now Francisco Alta. w*Wi It Makes a Difference. Butter Dealer--"Are you sure the oleomargarine bill is repealed ?" Assistant -- "Yes. Why do yon ask?' Butter Dealer--"Idon't know wheth­ er to mark this keg 'Prime butter, 38 cents,' or 'Gilt-edge oleomargarine, 11 cents.' It makes considerable defer­ ence to us."--A'eiu York Graphic. THE man that lias not 'an enemy is FATAL AIR. Terrible Explosion of Gas in A Coal m [Wilkcsbarre (Pa.) special.] The mcst disastrous mine accident of recent years in the anthracite coalfields occurred to-day at Macanaqua, on the east bank of the Susquehanna River, fourteen miles from this city, and opposite the town of Shickshinny. Nearly a score of sturdy miners who left their homes this morning light of heart and in the best of spirits are now cold in death, having been suffocated by the deadly gas. Fifty-eight men went to work in the mine in the morning, and at half-past 8 o'clock it was discovered that the machinery that ran the fan that supplies the air was broken. The fan stopped and the gas ac­ cumulated before the men could be notified of their peril. A few escaped by their own efforts, but nearly all were overcome and met gasping deaths. t Twelve bodies have been recovered. Fol­ lowing are the names of the dead: James Whalen, aged 53f^ leaves three children. William Price, aged 25; unmar- ried. Peter Bovastski, aged 27; unmarried Anthony Bovastski, brother of Peter Bo­ vastski, aged 23; unmarried. William Zerkie, aged 24; unmarried. Nicholas Bertch, 45 years old; leaves a wife and five children. James Fry, 32 vears old; leaves a wife and two children. John Bilby, aged 46; leaves a wife and four children. Anx thony Borskie, aged 24; unmarried. Wilson Rymer, aged 36; leaves a wife and three children. Anthony N. Yurski; unmarried. John Broskoski, aged 28. Thousands of excited people are loiter­ ing about tiia vicinity of the disaster, and willing volunteers take turns in going into the mine to rescue those who may yet be alive, and to remove the bodies of the dead. Six more dead bodies were discovered at nine o'clock this evening. c" The fans are not yet at work, but an air- passage has been made through a second opening in the mine, and it is thought that the rescuers will soon be able to penetrate further into the slope. The scenes in the town of Shickshinny and about the mir.es are indescribable. The friends and relatives of the doomed ones are gathered by hundreds. Women and children are mourning and weeping. Strong men shed tears, and the sobs of the be­ reaved wives of those who have been taken out are heartrending. Every train brings hundreds from the surrounding towns, and it is estimated that at least a thousand people are gathered in the vicinity of the disaster. The Salem Coal Company suspended work at the mines, and all hands are help­ ing to recover the bodies in the mines. UNO LARCENY. A Partial List of Those Who Been Extensively Engaged , . i n I I Have [Washington dtspitch.l The following is a list of the illegal in- closures of public land of which the Gen­ eral Land Office has specifio knowledge, which are affected by the President's proc­ lamation: Acres . Persons and residence. - inclosed. Lev:sey Bros.. Pueblo County, Colorado. .62,700 John Ross, Pueblo County, Colorado 11,729 John Heropenger, Pueblo County, Colo­ rado 40,900 Lankford Bros., Pueblo County, Colorado. 14,920 E. C. Tolle, Pueblo County, Colorado 35,200 John G. Haas, Pueblo County, Colorado. .40,300 Daniel Kees, Bent County, Colorado 1,500 J. C. Jones Bent County, Colorado 1,920 Polk «fc Anderson, Bent County, Colorado. .7,500 David Degraff. El Paso County, Colorado. 10,800 Robert Douglass, £1 Paso County, Colo­ rado 1,720 Allen «fc Link, Park County, Colorado 13,500 B. F. Spinney, Park County, Colorado.... 6,900 James Mailoy, Las Animas County, Colo­ rado 2,920 Poindexter & Orr, Beaverhead County, Montana 90,830 Charles Reaubin, Silverbow County, Mon­ tana 4,600; Solomon Jennings, Silverbow County, Montana 7,800 James A. Campbell, Custer County, Mon­ tana 2,500 C. H. Hut ton, Albany County, Wyoming.. 9,000 William Wallace, Deer Lodge County, Montana -- 4,503 Chatfelter, Thomas Blake. Kingman and Harper Counties, Kansas 21,1110 William Dunpky, Lander and Eureka Counties, Nevada. ... 11,500 Rafael & Bradley, Lander County, Nevada 1,300 Crum <t Zarries, Lander County, Nevada. 3,900 Andrew Benson. Eureka County, Nevada. 3,800 C. F. Coffee it Co.. Sioux Countv, Nebraska 6,000 Circle Bar Company, Sioux County, Ne­ braska 5,330 War Bonnet Live Stock Company, fc'ioux County, Nebraska 6.27J Dakota Stock Company, Sioux County, Nebraska. 01,908 Oeden .t Ares, Sioux County, Utah 900 Thomas Ray, Sioux County! Utah 1,200 Patrick Largy, Sioux County, Montana... 7«0 Northwestern Cattle Company, Sioux County, Montana 14,000 Martin Stevens, Bent County, Colorado... 9,600 A S. I'olk. Bent County, Colorado 6,760 M. T. Hopkins, Bent County, Colorado.. .20,303 Columbia Cattie Company, Bent County, Colorado 8,ooo H. 8. Holly, Bent County, Colorado 1,200 McLean Bros., Bent County, Colorado'.... 9,000 Joseph Graham, Bent County, Colorado... 1,203 ' James Beattv, Bent County, Colorado 21,000 A. J. Anderson. Bent County Colorado. 1,000 Humphrey Best, Bent County, Colorado... 2,000 G. W. Swlnk, Bent County, Colorado ... . 9,000 J. W. Potter, Bent County, Colorado 4,500 MoDaaiels «fc Davis, Pueblo County. Col. ..37,500 Nancrede <fc Ramsey, Pueblo County, Col. 6,500 Frank Bloom, Las Animas County, Col 3,200 W. T. Barns, Las Animas County, Col 800 B. K. Kimberley, Arapahoe County, Col. . 3,200 Schafer, Arapahoe Coutity, Col 9,000 Suits have baen instituted or recom­ mended in the following cases: A errs Inclosed. Arkansas Vallev Land and Cattle Com­ pany, Colorado 1,000,000 Prairie Cattle Company, Colorado....;, l.ooo.ooo Hall & l*arela. Colorado 3H,0tK) Joshua H. Anderson, Colorado 3,000 Jones «fc Hess, Colorado 8,300 John Prowers, Colorado 200,<HK» Brighton Ranch, Nebraska 125.000 Benjamin Hershey, Nebraska.......... 591 Ira Nichols. Nebraska 1,083 Morrelt C. Keith, Nebraska 1,484 Boric# & Sons, Nebraska sita GRANT'S TOM A Seutrtey Stand Guard Over It, to Prevwnt Desecration. t [New York telegram.] Grant's tomb has become a Mecca to the women of New York, and 3,000 of them made a pilgrimage there to-day. They feel obliged to go to Riverside Park gnd stand for hoars and stare at the artillery­ man pucing his beat in front of the grated door. But few men are in the crowd that constantly gathers. It is made up of well- dressed women, who come with their para­ sols, children, and lunch-baskets. They carry away pebbles from the gravel walk as mementos, and in front of the tomb the walk is denuded. A floral anchor which had been sent fi-om Georgia' was put in the tomb. A seven-foot colnmn arrived from the Grand Army men of Cin­ cinnati. It is made of smilax, ferns, car­ nations violets, and roses. A dove is perched on the top. On a pale blue silk band co.led around the pillar is painted "In Memoriam." Tbe crowd of women swarmed on the express wa >on and snipped leaves and flowers from the floral piece whea the expressman and policemen were not look­ ing. Great precautins are taken to keep the tomb from being defaced. Two sentries guard it, and at night challenge any person who comes within reach. A sergeant is constantly there and six men of th? relief. During the day a cordon of park police­ men keep people ten Teet away. Every time the guard changes the tomb is closely inspected. EMPEKOR WILLIAM of Germany always has a chapter from the Bible read to him immediately after dinner. THE room in which Patti was divorced ILLINOIS STATE NEWS, F -Henry Bishop, one of the pioneer . farmers of Kane Cottnly, died at Elgin, iged 08 years. --Mrs. E. J. King, of Jacksonville, has succeeded in raising a crop of nearly Bixty Bgt from a small tree in her garden. -During the firing of a national salgie *t Paris, a cannon exploded, Silling One man and injuring two others, one of them fatally. --Within the past two years ihe Reform School has paid out to. Pontiac merchants and vicinity farmers the snug little sum of $69,616.85. --There are now nine inmates of Uw Piatt County Poor House, two men and seven women and gir's. Three of this number are over 76 years old, and the old­ est is 84. Only one of the lot is feeble-­ minded.--Monticello Bulletin. --The DeKalb County Jail ft witfcWt i- tenant, while in the adjoining county of LaSalle there are twenty-two prisoners in the county jail at present, and 105 inmates in the county house. Sinoe January sixty- one insane persons have been sent to the Kankakee asylum.--Sycamore Republican. --Mr. C. M. Smith, who recently died in . Springfield, was one of four poor clerks in Carrollton in 1842 or thereabout. They were Smith? Douglas Fry, Ralston, and. William Sharon. In 1849 all but Smith, went to California, and eventually Ralston, manied Pry's stepdaughter, Lizzie RecL His subsequent history is well known_ Fry and Sharon made immense fortunes- also, though the latter g lined his start by borrowing money from his Greene County friends, which he never, repaid.--Jackaon~ ville Journal. --A dispatch from Joliet announces that a petition for the pardon of Daniel Walsh, who was sent to the prison in lh69, is be­ ing circulated in that city. Walsh was convicted of murder in the first degree for having shot and killed his wife at Chicago, while she was living with another man. The defense w&s insanity, but the jnry brought in a verdict of murder, and Walsh was sentenced to death, but the night be­ fore the day fixed for his execution his sentence was commuted by Gov. Palmer, and the next morning, instead of going to the gallows, he went to Joliet. Since his incarceration he has never been punished or reprimanded, and now enjoys the liberty of the front yard, outside the walls, where he is usually to be seen work­ ing ubout the lawn and flower-beds. The prison officials are in favor of his being pardoned, thinking that hi3 services to the State have, in some degree, atoned for his crime. The prisoner was a war veteran, find a back pension, amounting now to $4,0C0, is at his disposal should he be re­ leased. Walsh is over sixty years old, and has served a longer aentence than any pris­ oner at present confined in the Joliet Peai* tentiary. '. AsseAment of Illinois. (Springfield special.] - " The State Board of Equalization mei k» the Senate Chamber at the Capitol this morning. James P. Root was elected tem­ porary Chairman. Auditor, Chas. P. Swf- gert was made permanent Cttairman, apjiit Will Hinkle was chosen as Secretary. The following is the comparative state* incut of assessment, by local assessors, for the years 1884 and 1885, in the various counties of the State of Illinois: Adams Alexander Bond Boone. Brown. Bureau Calhoun Carroll Cass Champa'gn.-.. Christian Clark. Clav., Clinton........ Cole* Cook Crawford...... Cumbesiand .. Detialb DeWitt boualas........ Dupage Edgar i'. awards Ettingham Fayette. Ford Fjanklln Fulton Gullatin Greene. Grundy Hamilton Hancock Hardin. Henderson Henry Iroquois Jackson Jasper.... Jefferson Jersey--.-- Jo Daviess Johnson Kane Kankakee. Kendall Knox Lake La balle Lawrence..... Lee.. Livingston -- Loirun Maeota Macoupin Madison Marion. ... Marshall...... Mason Mussae McDonougb... McHenry McLean Monard Mercer Monroe Montgomery.. Morgan Moultrie...... (Jgle 1'curia. 1'crry. Iiatt Pike l'oie Pulaskf........ 1'utnim...... Kandolpli..... ], idi land Rock Island..! Saine Sangamon.... Schuyler Scott Shelt>y Stark St. Clair St phenson... 'l'azewell I'nicn Vera tiion Wabash Wart en Wash ngton.. Wayne White Whiteside. Will Williamson.. Winnebago.... Woodford Deere tee Assessm't in assess­ or the | ment of year 18»S. '85 on '84. 114,687 »4,S3» 3,382,086 188,834 20,03!) 95,931 Dt',7 22 8.90S 165,24ft 4So',l4:i 93,831 135,527 101,438 "alii,642 1,187,70.1 26H.885 69,230 €8,932 Si), 2JO 91v,448 807,320' £2:',187 29,218 40,360 13,142 392,0j8 2 *,670 188,864 528,125 98.611 425,792 22,979 SOTI.668 1.466 178,112 11.809 384,316 61,436 211,208 31,723 8,s4S,^79j 12,915,:»!4 ],!I14,W20 9,3F,4,<>26 6,823,714 Totals.. .. >746,547,501 »733,533,«)51 119,358,788 The following counties show increase: Boono fee,45 ) Peoria (182,545 Cook 4,012,257 Perry.......... 28,036 Ettingham 27,03> l iatt 2S.514 Joh son 41,4-6 Saline #2.401 Kane 2S1.180 Scott #?,69Q I.ake 86,21 Wayne........ 86,012 Macoupin 7<W,2H Wi.Ue 737,210 MaKB.IC <S5,4.i4j -- Morgan 4 4<".4 Totil $6,340,203 --The Tickuor planing-mi 1, nt Elgin, was destroyed by an incendiary lire.