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1. VM fLYKE, Editor art Pnkltsfcw. ILLINOIS. mux limit ut imot. TROUBLE !N A PENNSYLVANIA HAMLET. Conillttoi nf Trade - Th« fpi ub'» at Co >1 CiMk With Mt looil»h«t-B»w-B«U New*--Tliink« l lt.na Mould Accept. BLOOD8HED 18 FEARED. A Pennsylvania Hamlet in Dinger of Being the Scene of a Riot. Ml) iy'.v\ DURTVO A drunken row between l;im- ^ , borfrieii and Italians employed In gradinfc ' |i*i. »n extension of the New York, Lake C» :;nd Western Railroad, near Gfcnr &?; Pa , Horaec Fisher, a jobber, was 1/ r'-i fatally stabbed in the abdomen by Pailo p^v V* Passu zzi. The latter then made his es- g"'i V" \ Tape to the Italian camp and has not yet > u:. ; $>ecn captured, although the i otmty hf."> "*> Commissioners have offered a reward of fi ' f £50 > for th« murderer's apprehension, ft? "fi" 4Soon after the murder the Italians *t fe'» ' •* tileuhazel flung the national iiagof Italy to the breeze and boastfully defied ar» ! k ' rest. The woodsman then began to talk vt;'{ of shooting every da.o in the town. |"\K 'ij. Their blood is at fever heat and they ^ iare determined that the brutal murder " ^ 4oX their companion shall bo avenged. tT, *' ff?~* * • . -• • • FEV JR". TRADE IS IMPROVED. ^ Business in Leading Branches Better andl |r<' , Strong Confidence in the Future. Ife'llfex-.' B- G- Dra* Co,'s weekly review of ft/- ' 2^ trade says: fei ji, Some Improvement in the business sttua- & *" p" t-:.on is still noted. There i* in »re actual trade in tnos: of the leading branches, and #-"V ' inore general confidence as to the future. •i jBut the monetary situation djos not grow • ^Clearer. A speculation in products Is ' Springing up wlilch threatens to make trouble when the crop movement becomes large. Distribution of circulars in enor- *iiou>? number from Minneapolis and ' Washington, professedly by the Farm­ ers' Alliance, advising all farmers to hold ;• "ihelr wheat, does not yet affect actual % ' #«ce!pts, but stimulates speculators to buy - Sargoly, in expectation of a boom, and much „ tnoney has aliea iy b^en locked up in enr- "• Ifcylns accumnlMtins stocks. With the ut- tnost freetionj in movement of wheat, the ' ••'irij'ecoYory from Europe of the $70,000,000 ; *old shipped this year would be difficult, . v«t with who it cxp rts checked for some ; 8nrnth> scarcity of money would be felt in ail markets and in all branches of industry. $*he condition of trade is generally more Cavorub>e than a week a^o. & , V w- , PASE-BALL. Standing of the Different Clubs According to H the Latest Contests. V FOLLOWING Is a showing of the stand­ ing of ra 'h of the teast3 of the diffeicnt ;*S3cciatiou&. NATZOXAt. LEAOTTE. J W. JM %>C.> " XT. Chicacos 45 3; .581 Phila<Telp's. 37 ..Mevr Yorlw..11 ;-0 .677 KrooKlyns.. .11 Sk>stons.....42 .50t;Ciueinn»tia..:{2 |II|D)|1IIII1I 11 83 Ji\d Piitaburg»..JJ .4«7 .453 .416 .<03 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. W. U lie. I w. '^fcwtons 86 S5 .(.Sl folambni.. .41 St. Louis....55 29 .(̂ Cincinnatis.H5 9»ltimore«..46 32 .331 Ix»uinvUles..23 fhiladeip'c. .40 40 .500; Wiwehingt 'n. 25 T!K ASSOCIATION. t>c. * W. .i «'j Sioux City".38 .597 SsmiikB C'ys.27 .5-51 Dcnmn.... .35 .5J7 Dulutha 91 0c. .*?8 .422 .83') -3515 .*S1 .474 .921 11' A CHANCE FOR LIFE. lan^ondemned to Death for a Murder Wj"* Said to Be Innocent, A SPRCIAI, from Seaalia, Mo., says: Startling evidonce has recently come to light in the case of Tom Williamson, •ondemnei to be hanged August 21-- #videuce that would y. ' W«s not guilty of the criinfc , Broke in Sec io!ts. * •>> •-* ; A WEST-BOJ'XD freight train broke in f three sections east of Waterboro, N. Y. f .Two of the sections came togethei on %'•> •the center of bridge Xa 6 with such force as to derail the cars and throw ^them into the main trusses of the bridge, - thereby breaking the struts and destroy- & Ing the stru ture. Xobody was injured. ' " ' " - .. • . • , •-•"i Warehouses Fu-ned. ft I A* Cincinnati, Trocter A Gamble's , warehouses on Central avenue, were de- atroyed by fire. Loss $40,000, covered fe|t. T»y Insurance. The adjoinins packina -house of Maescher <fc Co. was also dain- •K- ' . aged to the extent of $10,000. - m The Trouble Ended. TM* trouble between the convicts and ^' miners nt Coal Creek. Tenn., has been , adjusted, at least until the session of V' • the Legislature, when the miners expect f&.£v, the convict labor law to be repealed. '£ f „ A'** Thinks Blaine Would Accept PI,'/. : ACIX)SK friend of Mr Blaine has M r'.tten j; \ s n a letter gaying ho does not believe that the !^v Secretary of State would decline a nom- ; InatiOQ for tho Presidency. A Gacrgia Murderer Hangeo. rCiMJMJsa M. OZBCKN, who murdered ^ James M. Bradley on May 5, 1890, =V; • was' hanged at Atlanta^ Ga • His neck T' was broken by the fall. property to the extent of 140,004 In- Bured. THE plant of the tTMca, N. ^ Y., Bwsw* fof Company has boe« destroyed by fire. Loss, S.10,000; partly covered by Insur­ ance. /'v •" r , A sBsi8Atto?f has boon caused at Shamokfn, Pa», hy, the - elopment of •Hantlsomo Harry," M»e king of Penn­ sylvania gamblers, and Miss Liszie Johnson, daughter of Lawyer Johnson, who for forty-fl\o years was jRegistor and Recorder of Mo-tour County, and who died nearly a year ago, leaving 5100,000. Tire New York Grand Jury found an Indictment against Charles O. C. Hen- nessy, city editor of tho New York Daily New*, charging him with misde­ meanor for publishing an account of the rccent electrocution at Hng ^ing. TIIKKK is a bad break in the Erie Canal five miles west of Schenectady, N. Y. Van Slyck's aqueduct, seventy- five feet long, with heavy stone arches, has been carried away, and It may take a month to repair the damage. WESTERN HAPPENINGS* NKAB Eeno, Nev., the east-bound pas­ senger train No. 2 collided with passen­ ger train No. 4, westbound. Three engines and a mail car were badly wrecked and a tramp, who was beating his way west on a brake beam, was killed. The air brakes of the east-bound train failed to work. TIIK next biennial Scandinavian Sing­ ers' Fest will be held in Chicago during the World's Fair. >«. HEXKY ADKINS shot three times at Thomas Wells on the Chicago Board of Trade. Mr. Wells was not seriously hurt. I THK Circuit Court at St Louis has rendered a decision that express com panics receiving goods from owners are liable for them until thev arriv^at their destination, no matter how many com­ panies handle them in transit. A SPECIAL from Tahlequah, L T., says: The Cherokee Nation is in mo rn- ing for the death of her leading states­ man, Scrip,'or W. H. Ross, who died very suddenly of heart disease at his home in Fort Gibson. "THE Soudan," which will remain at McVickor's great Chicago theater for two weeks longer, has made a phenome­ nal success. The theater has been crowded nightly, and Louis James re­ ceives an enthusiastic reception at every performance. The Trafalgar Square scene, in which over four hundred people take part, is one of the greatest and most magnificent scenes ever produced on any stage. THB wheat crop of the Paloase coun­ try, In Washington, will be enormous this year, and the railroads wHl lie taxed to their titmost in carrying it all to market ST. PAUL has been made tho head­ quarters of a national movement by the United Farmers' Alliance of the country to corner the entire wheat crop of the United States. For several days a llrge force of employes has been en­ gaged in sending out circulars with the view of having not only the alliance men of the United States, but ail classes of farmers keep back their wheat crop until the bears have all been killed off and prices have been advanced to a high point In other words, the Alliance Press Bureau, the Keform Press Bureau, and State Press Bureau are working together, endeavoring to unite the farmers of thi United States in a gigantic wheat trust, in which the pro­ ducers shall be the stockholders, and by farted to shoo! Ferguson, bat Ferguson shot first, , Ax unknown man shot and killed James Nesbitt at Chlcopee, Mass,, and also injured another man. THB NATIONAL"CAPITAL. THK record of the proceeding* of the court-martial In the case of Lieutenant George H. Evans, Company G, Tenth Cavalry, stationed at Fort Grant, Ariz., has reached the War Department The court found the accused guilty of the charge of drunkooaess ou duty, and sentenced him to dismissal from the service. „ Tms order of the War Department distributing the general service employes to the military departments gives ten $1,000 clerks, two Si, 100 clerks, and one at $1,200, and five messengers to the De­ partment of the Missouri, with head­ quarters at ( hicago. THK shipments of currency to the West to "move the crops" has opened up lively, the sum of $538,003 in small notes being shipped in one day from the Treasury to Cincinnati and Chicago in exchange for deposits at New York. THE Washington Representative Citi­ zens' Committee, selected for the pur­ pose, has prepared an address extending to the Grand Army of the Republic a hearty invitation to hold its naf^a^ encampment in 1892 In that city. , POLITICALPORRIDGE. 1 4_r North Yakima, Wash., a State in­ dustrial convention composed of dele­ gates from tho Farmers' Alliance, Knights of Labor, Good Templars, and several trades unions met and organized tho "Peoplo's party of the State of Wash­ ington. " The platform declaies in favor of the eight-hour system, the Sub-Treas­ ury scheme, and the abolition of'Ml* tional banks. INDU8TRIALNOTE8. A STRIKE and riot occurred at the Nottingham colliery, near Plymouth, Pa., and it is feared that it is the pre­ cursor of troublesome times in the coal regions. THK Pennsylvania StQel Works, at Steelton, were shut down, owing to the trouble over the sale of wages presented by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers. FOREIGN GOSSIP. CHOIJSRA is spreading at Mecca, tlW deaths occurring chiefly among the Turkish pilgrims. WHEN Mrs. Maybrick was tried at Liverpool for poisoning her husband she assigned' her life policy to raise money to defray the expenses of her de­ fense. The matter came up in court re­ cently and the judge declined to order payment on the policy. The court de­ cided that Mrs. Maybrick had murdered her husband and consequently she could not recover the amount for which his lffe was insured, as his death was caused by the person for whose benefit the policy was taken. So DISASTROUS have been the late frosts that in many parts of Russia the winter and even spring crops have been destroyed. In Kasan a collection has al­ ready been commenced to buy grain to feed the peasantry, who are threatened with actual famine. In St Petersburg even the price of rye flour has reached unheard of prices--15% rubles a sack. CHINESE advices received by the steamer Empress of India, state that the whole of tho southern portion of China is in a state of turmoil Law and order are set at defiance, and armed which the speculators and wheat buyers ! ""J8,,UiD^er?^f,™asinGS® will bo squeezed to the wall. ' A HAILSTORM swept over the western part of Dickey County and a portion of McPherson County, 8. D. A strtp*three miles by twelve was swept over/out tho damage is iess than at first supposed, as the district visited is not very thickly settled. Stock on the range was stam­ peded and badly battered by the hail. Br the explosion of the boiler of an engine in the Burlington and Missouri roundhouse at Plattsmouth, Neb., Charles Hazmere and John Hasdruba, employes, were instantly killed. WJL FITZGERLLD, convicted of mur­ dering Policoman Freed at Youngstown, Ohio, was sentenced to be hanged No­ vember 19, • AT East St Loqis George Anderson, a saloon-keeper, shot and killed Dennis Ryan, another saloon-keeper, and then committed suicide. SOUTHERN INCIDENTS. © Broker Lewis Sentenced. SAMTEL W. LEWIS, the New York broker, was sentenced to seven years and a half at hard labor on a Conviction for grand larceny. Collision in Colorado. Voim persons were killed and six in­ jured by a collision on the Denver and Rto Grande Railroad, near Carlile, Col. The Work of Tramps. B Luxes, Mont., has been overrun with tramps and hard characters. An old citizen was aesaultea in his place of business by three of them and brutally murdered. The murderers are in the custody of the Sheri;7. Excitement is W*h. anc mav ena in a lynching. Libsrals Win a Victory. THE Liberals elected their candidate . Jlir Parliament to s iC( 0.>(l tho late C. W. Seiywln. Conservative, in Cambridge ah ire. The minority was atic. EA8TERN OCCURRENCES. 'Si"'-? , K N e w Y o r k , R o b e r t H o w e , a l i a i Bowel 1, who is accused of stealing 58,, 001 worth of diamond jewelry from th« store of C. Wernicke, was held in $io, 000 bail for examination. AT Spring City, Pa., Louis Qnlgc wat fitally stabbed by Wallace Schaefer dur­ ing a quarrel. Schaefer charged Qnlgc with being intimate with his wife. AT Trenton, N.<J., fire broke out the submarine cable department of Johc A. EoebMng & Sons wire mill, and be- AOM LL INM extinguished damaged 41M ri\ • J-y- A NATHHTAX Temperance Assembly under the auspices of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union is being held at Asheville, N. C., with a large attendance. It will continue for ten days. Among those who are taking a prominent part in the proceedings are: Mrs. Chapin, Mrs. Goodale, Mrs. Wells, Mrs. Woody, President of the North Carolina Woman's Christian Temperance Union, with Miss Mary Allen West and Jfrs, Mary Lathrop representing the North. THE New Orleans mint has commenced coining dimes for the first time since 1655 and will turn out a hundred thous­ and dimes daily. AT San Augustine, Texas, Si Williams and Joe Roberts had an altercation about Roberts' hogs getting into Will­ iams' fields. Roberts left to get his gan. While he was gone Jake Roberts and John Roberts came up. As a sequel, Williams shot both, John Roberts dying in half an hour and Jake Roberts being mortally wounded. MRS. WJIXIAM G^IBSSEK, wife of Pres­ ident Glissner, of the Laughlin Nail Works, of Wheeling, W. Va, wandered from her home while temporarily insane. Her body was found in Wheeling Creek. SAM PULLIAM, a negro, assaulted Mrs. Thomas Glenn, wife of a prom­ inent farmer living one mile from Shel­ by vi lie, Ky. As soon as the news reached town 100 men went in search of the iiend. He was captured at Aven- stoke, a small station on the Louisville outhern Railroad, by Chief of Police Retherford. While on his *toy to Shel­ by vi lie with liis prisoner the moij met them, and, taking Pulliam from Rether­ ford, hanged him. A STATUB of Gen. "i-tonewall" Jack­ son was unveiled at Lexington, Va. Gens. Wade Hampton andJubal Early wore the orators of the occasion. THE Citizens' Bank, of Jefferson, Tex., has closed its doors. A SPKCIAI. from Henderson, Texas, says: , A negro named William Johnson, aged 17 years, was taken out of the County Jail by an armed mob, who overpowered the jailer, getting posses sion of his keys and securing their vic­ tim. They \ery quietly took him to a tree near the square and hanged him GILBERT PAIIKEH, of the real-estate firm of Blair, Parkes & Co., shot his brains out in the Nashville (Tenn.) American office. NEAR La Grange, Ky., Milton Fer­ guson shot and killed C. Williams. They had started home together, and quarreled ovAr ^ )»or*« trado. Williams most Impossible. Le Wing Chuen, Gov­ ernor General of Formosa, is in very bad health, and not expected to live long. It is believed his death will be the signal for revolts, and a general up­ rising against Chinese rule. LONDON Truth prints a startling story of another mutiny in the British army. Strange to remark, tbe facts seem to have been kept quiet up to the present FRESZTAND NEWSY. JY ' ,. iV A PARTY of twenty prominent Mexi­ cans has arrived on a business and pleasure excursion in this country. THE duty collected at Vancouver, B. C., on Chinamen for the year was $15,- 958, an increase of $12,395 over the pre­ vious year. The amount collected from each Chinaman Is SI20. THE Secretary of the Treasury has directed a suspension of the order for the deportation to China of a Chinaman recently convicted at Port Huron, Mich., of Illegal entry into the Unitai States. ABEL ADY, recently graduated from Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio, will sail from San Francisco on the first vessel to Valparaiso, to enter the service of the Chilian insurgents. THE General Gjrand Chapter Royal Arch Masons elected Joseph P. Horner, of New Orleans, General Grand High Priest for the ensuing triennial period. Tins Bureau of American Republics has received information from Guate­ mala that the coffee harvest for 1891 will reach 700.000 quintals, representing 816,000,000. In ten years tho production has more than doubled and the price fyts more than quadrupled. MARKK T KICROM CHICAGO. GATTIA--Common to Prime 98.50 Hoss--Shipping Grades 4.00 SASSF. 8.00 Vthbat-Ha it Bod *9 Com*--No. # OATS--No. 4 ,S6V RYE--No. S so BCTTKBI--Cboloa Creamery jg CHKISSE--Full Cream, flats 08 Eaas--Freeh 14 POTATOB*--New, per bu $5 INDIANAPOLIS. CATTUS--Shipping 3.50 Hooe--Choice Light 8,50 BHKZP--Common to Prime 8.50 WHBAT--NO. 2 Bed 81 COKK--No. 1 White SSV OATS--No, 2 White ' ST. LOUIS, CA1TU.W im Hoaa WMAT--No. t SM.... Cobh--NO. t .06 # OATB--NO. a 88 H Pcwt--HAUM 11.90 $11 CINCINNATI. CATTLE.... 8.50 # B Hooe ...:. 4.00 <§ S BHKKP *.00 @ & WHEAT--No. 8 Bed M @ OOKX--N0.8... M (ft OAT»--No. 8 Mini 40 S DETROIT. CATTL*. /.. 8.00 9 I BOGS 8.00 (<$ c SHEEP 8.00 ® 4 WHEAT--No. 1 Red .80 @ COBS--NO. i Yellow .68)4 <* OATH--No. 3 White 41 S TOLEDO. WHEAT--New 80 $ COBN--Cash .01 ® OATH-NO. 8 White M & CLOVEB 8BBJ> 4.15 i BUFFALO. BEEF CATTLS 4.83 @ < LITE BOOB 4.35 & > SHKEF 4.00 0 WHEAT--NO. 1 Hacd. LOS & CORK--No. 8 .06 0 MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--No. 3 SPRINT .00 @ COBN--No. a 50 & OATS- No. 3 Whit* 83566# BTH--No. 1 .88 & BAKLET -NO. 3. .09 9 PORK--Meee. 11.50 @1 NEW YORK. CATTLE. Bow. SHKEF WHEAT--No. 8 Bed COBN--No. 3 OATH--Mixed Western. M IN TRADE;HANG to TOUR WHEAT. *E ACHBS ' A LL 8 ECTIONS' ̂ BUT THE SOUTH. Plf Iron In Active Demand, tml the Strttotaral Product Wf»k-My Qo«4i, Wheat, Wool, amft ttldoi Shew » 6rr»t Sn-caee -- Cora Bcaroe ud Higher. In speaking of the revival of business now so noticeable, R. Ck Dun & Co. 's review of trade says: The general confidence Is strengthen­ ed by the financial news fpom Europe, which indicates that disturbance of WA money markets from that quarter need not now be feared, and by the change In the foreign trade of this country, which points t > a material reduction of bal­ ances payable abroad In specie. There is a remarkable increase In the production of pig iron, almost to the unpre edented figures of last year. The sudden increase In production is not in all respects a favorable symptom. No corresponding improvement in the de­ mand for manufactured products is yet seen, and the stocks unsold at only a part of the furnaces are now recorded as amounting to about 480,000 tons, showing a very large increase, particu­ larly in coka Iron. Unless the demand rapidly improves the market must soon weaken so far as to te<t severely the ability of some of the concerns to con­ tinue 1 reduction. Already there Is per­ ceptible weakening in the market at Philadelphia and some concessions in price are noted for pig iron and for plates, while the market for structural Iron Is extremely dulf. As usual of 1 ate the remand for rails is scanty, the demand for railroad bonds being still dull and disappointing. Reports from other cities are gener­ ally hopeful. Some improvement In the deiua1 d for goods is seen at Boston. Pros ects are considered brighter at Philadelphia. In spite of the usual dullness of the seaso 1 an improving ten­ dency is seen at Buffalo, and lake ship­ ping revives at Cleveland, with a larger damand than a year ago. Orders for clothing aro good at Cincinnati, and the retail trade in dry goods is brisk. At Detroit manufactures mave very fairly, and at Milwaukee trade Is helped by im­ proving crop prospects. Receipts of wheat, dressfed beef, wool and hides at Chicago, show a great in­ crease, and new wheat comes in liberal­ ly, 85 per cent, of it grading No. 2. The ciothlng and shoo trades show § large Increase over last week, though in dry goods the trade shrinks a little. At St. Paul trade is ,backwarti but prospects aie food, and for Minnesota are especially bright. Bank clearings at St Louis exceed last year's by 7 per cent., and money is going out to crops along with freedom, while general trade tn all lines Is of fair volume. At other Northwestern points, without exception, excellent crop prospects are noted as promising improvement. At Nashville trade is fair, but dull at Mem­ phis, unsatisfactory at Litt'e Rock, fall­ ing off at Savannah, and sluggish at New Orleans, though a better demand is 6een for cotton. At Jacksonville trade Is better, with crops In good condition. The collapse in wheat speculation has come with a fall of 8 cents during tha past week, but corn is scarce, and 3>£ cents higher, while oats have declined about 1 cent Pork and hog products a-e higher, coffee has risen a quarter, and oil the same, but cotton Is unchang­ ed, and the general course of prices has been downward, as is natural at this season, the fail during tho past week having averaged nearly % of 1 per cent. PAUPERS IN UNITED STATES. TMA?I8TH$ ADVICE SEifT TO THE FARMERS. A Veit Army of Poor Supported at Publla Expense. The Census Office has issued a bulle­ tin on the subject of paupers in alms* hous s In 1890, which shows a total of 73,045, as against 06,203 in 188a These are divided according to sex and color aa follows: Number of males (white), 37,- 387; number of males (colored), 3,354; number of females (white), 26,191; num­ ber of females (colored 1, 3,113. The ratio of almshouse paupers to the total population was 1 to 758. The present rate is 1 ta 857. This is a very marked relative decrease. The decline is due to tho very much smaller number of pau­ pers cared for in the North Atlantic division. In respect to nativity, not In­ cluding the colored paupers, of the 66,- 578 white paupers, 36,656 are native- born, 27,648 foreign-born, and the place of birth of 2,274 unknown. The nu­ merical order of the States according to the number of paupers in almshouses reported in each of them is as follows: New York in, 2721 South Carolina... 578 8,0 3 MX) 6,395 4.'25 2 5ii/ 8,718 PenuiTlvauia.. Ohio ... Illinois '. aftchneetta... Indiana New Jersey Wlsconsiu 8,0il California 8,000 Missouri. 8,-vr.-> Virginia 8,1? i Michigan S.Oltt Iowa Maryland.... Vermont Mississippi.'...... Rhode Island..... Texas Minnesota Delaware Nebraska Arkansas Dis. of ( olambla. Montana. Louisiana J,691 .Oregon 1/9) Colorado. Kentucky l,»78;Washingt<» 548 484 <90 m m 899 m 228 831 188 181 99 81 71 •BDTTK*--Creamery.. Pew-New Meat.... .... M & #.50 # 6.0) & S.°25 ® 1.01 <K .71 a .44 18.58 MU.af Tennessee 1,645 Utah.. North Carolina... 1,403 Houth Dakota.'... M Connecticut 1,4:i8jNevada... 4} Maine 1,161 [North Dakota.... 86 New Hampshire.. 1,143 Florida........... 84 Georgia. 9,1 Arizona 83 est Virginia.... 78 2 Idaho 86 Alabama 603: New Mexico. 1 Kansas 6«n| The number of people who are per­ manently supported at public expense at their own homos or- with private families is stated to be approximately 24,220. In thirteen fStates the propor­ tion of paupers is greater than In Illinois. ' ,y- Odd* and Knd«. THE cltlrens of Oreen Cove Springs, Fla., raised a subscription and purchased a hearse. GERMANY'S production of stiver In 1890 was 770,000 pounds, about 9 per cent, of the world's product A BLUE heron, Pleasuring six feel from tip of bill to tip of tall a:id six feet one inch from tip to tip of wings, wai shot at Pigeon Biver» N. C., a few days ago. AN electric wire in Pittsburg parting, fell to the ground and within two inches of a pedestrian, who, though not touched b^ the wire, received a rather severe shock. A BARBKH at Coxsackle, N. Y., Instead of the traditional barber's pole, displays a mowing machine blade painted red, white and blue as the emblem of his calling. A I'OMOXA (Cal.) woman has devised a process for drying rose leaves so as to retain their fragrance, and has secured a market for all she can prepare with a New York firm. CATHERINE HUGHES, who died at New Brunswick, N. J., was 105 years old. She was remarkably bright up to the time of her death. She read the news, papers when 100, and rarely usod glasses- IN one of London's fashionable churches the preacher made an appeal to the effect that a certain baronet w&$, through no fault of his own, in debt to the amount of £60, and had no means of paying. Consequently the congregation were called upon to provide the amount required. TIIKRR are eighteen counties in Penn­ sylvania that have no debt They are Lehigh, Beaver, Cameron, Center, Columbia, Erie, Forest, Franklin, Green, Lawrence, Mercer, Montour, Perry, Pike, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Wyoming OB* WULLOA Circular* Arc to B« M«it*rf to tjfce Producer* of Bnaditefli-tln flan le Designed to Prevent tbe Hpeculators eftks Country from D«pr«Mins Prices. The Farmers' Alliance folks are great­ ly Interested In tne reports of small shipments of wheat and Increasing prices. The Alliance prophets have been predicting a rise In the price of wheat and have been advising farmers to hold their crops as long As possible in order to get tLe advantage of the in­ crease. It has boen Said that the Alli­ ance was going to try to maks a corner In wheat. This the Alliance leaders deny, but they say they have done their best to inform the farmers of the condi­ tion of the wheat crops of the world, so that they may know what to calcu ate on in making their sales Through the "reform press bureau," which is located ip this city, says a Washington dis­ patch, the Alliance leaders are sending put a circular, pre­ pared some time ago . and re­ cently adopted for circulation among the farmers, which enters into a full discussion of the condition of the crops, predicting an excel entcropin this country and quoting the indications In crop reports that the foreign crop will be short and prices high. The recom-' mendation to the farmer is that he hold his wheat for the rise in price whenever it is possible for him to do so. Since the 12th of this month 400,000 of these cir­ culars Lave been sent out to the farmers. Two hundred thousand will be sent out during this week, and it is contemplated circulating J,000,C00 copies. It is ex­ pected that the result will be slow ship­ ment of wheat to the markets, and that the farmer himself will claim the In­ creased value of his product, instead of giving the speculators the benefit of the profits. In other words, tho larmers will do a little speculating in their own way. The circular says in part: "Our Agricultural Department issues every month a Government report about the crops. These reports estimate the number of acres sown and give the per­ centage of condition. A percentage of 100 is a somewhat ideal crop and would indicate a yield 01 thirteen bushels and a fraction to the acre. It has been sur­ passed only once--namely, in the year 1882, wheu the condition at harvest was 104 and the yield thirteen and one-half per acre. Our present crop is somewhat similar to the crop of 1884, the Govern­ ment report report making the acreage the same and the condition somewhat less. In 1884, at harvest time, the con­ dition of winter wheat was reported at 98 and of spriug wheat at 9:>. This year the condition of winter wheat is 96. f, and that of spr rig wheat 92.6, or abcut 3% percent loss than the final report of 1884. As iho harvest of 1884, the largest we ever had, was 512,000,100 bushels, the last Govern­ ment report would indicate a crop of 494,000,000 bushels, say 00,000,000 In round numbers. The home consumption has increased with the population atid is certainly over 350.00),000 bushels, prob­ ably 300,000,000, which leaves us 140,- 000,000 for export. During the last ten years we exported 127,000,000 yearly in average, of which Europe received 107,- 1)00,000 and the West Indies and youth America 20,000,0(0. This year we may have 13,000,000 more to spare, whi h, however, will go to South America on account of the reciprocity treaties, and Europe will receive the average quan­ tity of" about 107,000,000 bushe s and no more, as we have no reserves to draw upon. "This wou'd make both ends meet there If Europe had atrood'average crop, but Europe has not a good average crop; in fact, it has the worst crop failure of tho century. Last winter Was phc^^t- enal all over Europe in Its severity and duration. Snow and ice covered Italy and Si ain and were actually carried far into Africa. Vessels on tho Mediter­ ranean came into port thickly cov­ ered with ice, and this abnormal weather worked incalculable dam­ age to the winter wheat in all the countries of the continent. The spring has beon late and very un­ favorable, and even in June snow and frost destroyed most of what was left in half of Germany and a great part of Austria. That tho crop disaster Is not local or moderate or exaggerated can be clearly seeu by tho action of the differ­ ent governments. Russia appointed a commission to investigate tho crop dam­ ages, which reported wheat IT per cent below average and rye much wor.-e. It is the custom of that government to quiet the alarm of tho people, and the damage, therefore, is surely not less than reported, but probably much more." The circular discusses generally the condition of the foreign crop and tells the farmers how to take advantage of the situation to got the full value of their product "There will be very few, in­ deed," the circular suggests, "unwilling to hold off to see what will become of this move, as in view of the situation prices could never bo lower, but even If one-half or more of the farmers should be persuaded by the arguments of rail­ road and elevator men to rush their wheat into the market, the result would be the same, for if a considerable num­ ber of those who are in the habit of marketing early hold back, in a little while the farmers' deliveries would fall short of tho requirements, and the effect would be tho samo as If no wheat had been brought in at all. There is, how­ ever, little danger that any considerable number of farmers could be induced to market their product in hot haste at present prices. They all know that the remnants of last year's crop are smaller than ever, and that present prices are entirely out of proportion to the con­ dition of the world's crop. No crops that can be raised this year can change the fact that tho world's supply is im­ mensely below the requirements. Tho American farmer is intelligent enough to know that whoever markets his prod­ ucts late in a year like this receives the best prices, and there is really no dan­ ger that many will show enough sym­ pathy with the. speculator to come to his rescue." \ . Mm. OFF THE MILITIA. TENNESSEE SOLDIERS CAPITU­ LATE TO STRIKING MINERS. AtcMeon G'obalee. ; If we Were a young womaii hired tb collect bills, we should not wear a lead pencil in the knot of hair on the back of onr head. A MAN will deny that your flattery has .any effect on him, but he cannot deny that Bomehow ho is feeling more satisfied with himself than he w&s. TIIE worst old tough in town may not know much, but ho knows enough to clap you on the shoulder, and call you by your first name, when you are in good company, and are trying to pretend that you don't know him. A MAN who Is rapidly growing stout asked a woman who had had experience, to tell him what he must avoid eating "Everything you like," the woman promptly responded. WHEN a man is told these days that a lady wants to see him, he does not im­ agine any very Important, or secret, or romantic business. He knows right away It is a girl with a bill. A CHURCH worker's Idea of a papular girl is ona who will attend all the church socials, and act so nice that the •ad York. The combined debt of aU r yo««»8 mea . »P«Bd their money tbe other counties is •68,979,979. . ; her to church l-w cream. •a* MM mtltiamwi »»fl Cwirteta Are Ix>id«l Onto Car* and Shipped to Knox- vlUe--Gov. Buchanan Orders Oat All the Troops tn the State and Bloodshed Is More than Uk«!jr to Occur. The crisis In tbe labor troubles at Briceviiie, Tenn., came when the miners and a crowd of sympathizers from the country surrounded the camp of the State mliitia, captured the troops and convicts employed in place of the strik­ ing miners, marched them off to the depot and put them on a train and shipped them to Knoxville. The camp was on a little knoll in a hollow and surrounded on all sides by mountains. About 2,000 miners, farm­ ers and other natives who have no occu­ pation at all took possession of the*hltls around the Briceviiie camp. Fifteen hundred of these were armed with riffes, the rest had shot-guns and pistols. They came from all the mines in a radius of fifty miles. The organisation was complete and their leaders placed them along the hillsides with military precision. At the call to arms the little garrison turned out gallantly and prepared for defense. It was ap­ parent at a glance that a tight wonld result in a massacre. A meeting of tho officers was called. Some declared that stout resistance to the first attack would be sufficient and the mob would withdraw. Others thought that It would be suicidal, yet every one was in favor of doing his duty, notwithstand­ ing the exposed position they were to defend. The miners called a parley and were met on neutral ground by Col. Sevier. They stated that they had suf­ ficient force to overwhelm the soldiers, but did not care to shed blood if the convicts were quietly turned over to them. This r^uest was emphatically refused. The miners then asked Colonel Sevier if he would remove his troops and take the convicts with him. He asked what would be done to the mining company's property, which was also under his protection. They replied that It would not be In­ jured. He also asked if an attack would be made on the Knoxville Iron Com­ pany's stockade just below Briceviiie. It such was intended, he would fall back there and fight it out regardless of the consequences. Tho leaders replied that no attack would be made. The troops then marched out of camp, taking with them the convkts, all their commissary supplies and baggage. They marched to Briceviiie and there were loaded in box cars or whatever could be had, and the entire lot sent to Knoxville. Sympathy, which has be^n entirely on the side of the miners, is now again&& them for their lawless act at * a time when everything was being done to re­ lieve the situation, and the greet mass of citizens say the law must be observed and that Gov. Buchanan must enforce the law, regardless of cost The sentiment is that he must send all the State troops, who are few and poorly organized, to tho front at once, and put experienced men and officers in charge. If he has not force enough he must call for volunteers. A report has been circulated that he asked the President for 500 regulars, but the truth of this cannot be verified. It is known that the leaders of the mob were not miners, either last week or to­ day. One Eugene Merrill led them in each instance. He Is a merchant at Briceviiie, but is said to be a determined man. He spoke in reply to Gov. Bu­ chanan last week and really treated the Governor with indignity. Other leaders are known, and the sentiment is that they must be arrested and taken to Nashville as the law pro­ vides, and punished. The miners ha ̂ e appointed a committee to seo what dispatches shall te sent out and what not, aud this commit­ tee or some one of it is in the tele^ra h office all the time and reads aU the mat­ ter sent out by the newspaper men. The committee, whether self-appointed or by the miners' organization, told the o crator on duty at the key that if he did not let them read the messages they would cut the wires. The wire is a pri­ vate one and does all business, including railroad and train dispatching. There are reports that the railroad company will call for special detectives to guard \heir property. Another view of the sltaatlon is the danger to capital Invested at Coal Creek. Large sums of money ha vo been Invest­ ed there by men in New York and other places, and tho great development of the properties is largely due to this money. Costly machinery is exposed to the fury of the mob. Citizens say such high­ handed outrage will oestroy public con­ fidence, and money will cease to come in for developments now just started. There is another bad feature connect­ ed with the affair which has not yet been brought out That is the conduct of the militia that has been on these grounds, Many were allowed to go out­ side to get food, and they mingled freely with the miners. These troops told the miners that they did not want to guard the ---- convicts, and to come and get them at once, that they would not fight them for the convicts. As the troops were marched off the miners jeered and hooted them, and yelled, "Tell Buck to send some more dudes; we will eat them as last as they come." Citizens say that the Insult Is to the entire State and that the Governor must arrest and punish the leaders. The mob is celebrating its victory by cheering, carousing, and shooting, it should be stated that a force of 5C0 men, properly equipped and led, could subdue the entire party, for they have no idea of openly facing a force. They knew from tho statements made them that the troops would not fight, but every one feels that the mob has made a bad mis­ take, and that they will be subdued. In other words, they have lost public sym­ pathy. A SENSIBLE man in Walla Walla. Wash., says that be sees no prospect of solving the problem of practical aerial navigation without the use of birds. Ho proposes that a light bamboo car be built, and to this be attached 100 geese or ducks which have been previously trained to fly in any direction indicated He estimates that these Will be able to carry the car and a man weighing 156 pounds. He earns tho right to be called a sensible man by urging that some one else try the experiment After one has made an ass of himself by being carried half a mile or so heavenward by such a team, says the Detroit Free Premt, he would be apt to wish he could make a goose of himself and so reach the ground in safety. A REIGN of terror exists among the colored population of West Philadelphia, who believe that the medical college of the University of Pennsylvania has a Daid gang ol powerful men whose busi­ ness it is to lurk about the streets at night, with hoods and chloroform, and capture negroes for subjects to be dis­ sected by the students. It is almost im­ possible to find a colored man or woman willing to pass within a block of the medical college aftor dark, and a coach­ man of one of tho profi ssors was so ter­ rified at the idea that ho became a rav­ ing maniac on the sub ect and died In the State Insane asylum. The mania has been aggrav te 1 by thoughtless stu­ dents, who have r)l*jrw}. upon tbe fears of the colored neo: le. y tui - i, ar.; ' 4./->'4,1 •jr•.'« t ^ * r .' «s, I V -*"4 *, f ' -> 'i \ 1 f. " - !v.v-i'-V' i WORLD'S FAIR MATTERS EXTENT Of* PREPARATION#^ THAT ARE BEING MADE. •I •u fem* Short Paragraph* Tallin* What U. Keln* Doae in Onr Own nd Oth«r J Countries to Aid the Great fTw'witting Kx position. GUATKMAI.a will send its national band. ^ ^ JAPAN will spend 9900,00a upon exhibit • . ; THE American Indians want to berett- resented. *1, ,-i'f A HERD of eighty-five buffalo-will bit exhibited. AN extensive display of postagot stamps may be expected. MANY of the foreign nation* witt erect buildings of their own. THE Woman's Christian Temperance Union Intends to make a notable exhibit^ .- PERU has appropr'ated 825,000 to d»i fray the expends ol making Its exhibit. THEODORE THOMAS, it is announced,. will be musical director of the Exposi­ tion. , 'V >• : " IT is next to certain that the Exposi­ tion w<H be open dvenings, la all of 1& departments. ' THE Directory has called for plan*, and estimates for lighting, by electricitlV all of the buildings. h 7 A BOSTON orchestra composed of yoaQfr women has oilered to furnish music •£ the Women's Building. THIRTY acres in the northern portion of Jackson Park ha\e been reserved f«^ sites for State buildings. THE fine arts building, which will cairik about $600,000, will stand in the nortifc- ern portion of the grounds KWONG Wo CHIONG, a Chinese m^</V'i chant in Hong Kong, has applied f^ space for an exhibit of Chinese goods.. THE peoplo of New Mexico intend tp> raise §75,000 to add to the Territory** * World's I-air appropriation of 825,1.0.!. KANSAS which defeated its World'* Fair appropriation, is now trying to> raise $150,00J with which to make an exhibit. IT is proposed to light both the build­ ings and grounds so brilliantly thit ~ everything can be seen at nightjM weU as by day. y AN exhibit from Alaska will be c&h lccted under the auspices of tne Govern- ment's Indian Bureau and Geological Department. AN enterprising Nebraska man say* that he will take to the Exposition * crowd of 50,000 school children fiom . Omaha and vicinity. ^, ̂ THE opening ceretgonies .will fco ejK tended through several -days, and scij|i ' ^ 15,000 militia and United states troopp* It is expected, wl.l participate. •» LIEUT. LITTLE, of the Navy repay­ ment, has sailed for Europe to comp ete the plans for reproducing the caraval* which formed the fleet of Columbus AN appropriation of $150,009 has be«* made by the Exposition direct -ry, fofr the expense of the ceremonies attending, the dedication of the buildings, Oct. 15?* 1892. . * "" ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND soldiers gathered from the regular army and national guard would make an erlective leature of the Fair,,* so General MUM * thinks. : COMPLETELY equipped police station and fire engine house will be erected at ome, aud the city will furnish them with a full complement of apparatu* and men. ^ As SOON as they can be prepared v 100,000 copies will be issued of a fin*> ** water coior lithograph representinglpvV; bird's eye view of the Exposition build? ^ ings and grounds. i * . OHIO, which has an appropriation of $100.00J to spend on its exnibit, intends to put about a quarter of it into a build­ ing, which will be made the State hea|P '1>:^ quarters on the grounds. O.VK of the interesting objects whiotfc wi l be exhibited is a table, made frofe the timber of the bouse in Funchal* Madeira, in which Co umbus lived for * ^ , time before he began his voyages of dife - covery. THE sum of $150,000 has l een appro* • priatcd by the Exposition directory for the construction of a pier exteding 1,500 feet or more into Lake Michigan Jackson Park, and for an ornament*} : casino at Its extremity. AT a meeting of representatives 3f various religious, benevolent and re­ formatory organizations held recently In New York for the purpose, a committee of five was chosen to arrange, if possi­ ble, for the erection of a separate build­ ing at the Exposition in which can be> shown the methods and results of every description of reJigious, missionary*and philanthropic work In this country. Lanchsoie or Logical. SODA fountains are a fizzical neoe*» sity. MEMBERS of a boating club should always be true to its scullers. ATHLETES say it is easier to jump * board fence than a board bill. CHARACTER is to intellect what * locomotive is to a train of cars. TIME wasted in fault-finding can b» better employed seeking profit. NEVER ask a woman her age, unles* you desire to witness her rage. MISERY travels on a free pass; hap­ piness always has to pay for a tioket. ADAM was proudly conscious that H* never made a mistake in his boyhood*. A GREAT financier is a thief who and* ceeds. A thief is a great financier who fails. IT seems odd that a flying debtor should cross the ocean to avoid tb» bill-owes. IT is an unblushing |aot that th» rosy cheeks of the modern city bell* are due to ar|. WHEN a man despairs of success, the devil will be on nand with word* of encouragement. ANOTHER niastodon has been foun& in a swamp in New Jersey. Apple­ jack has not been abolished jet in th*fc State. AN enterprising New Hampshire* woman has beon drawing four pen­ sions as Mrs. Smith, which was not her name at all. A DUELIST never selects * seoondi without hoping that he may prove to» be the man for the hour. Make % minute of this. K THE English language oontaio4 about 385,000 words, and yet som* men cannot call together enough to make an after-dinner speech. THE only sensible time to be happy is the present moment. Most peopW put it off week after week and tli«ni forget all about it. A WESTERN actress has sued aft editor for saying that her age wa» more than sixty ye&rs. The greater; the age the greater the libel, we bo-j lieve. | IT is pretty safe to bet that a woman who has not praoticed and does ndtj' know how to pack a Saratoga trunk, so as to be ready to start off to the side at an hour's wjw very young. ** r,' >,j ' '{ v £•/ s „ ar % a i-t ; . ' "i;