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• - •- v " «7 V: I^cltruri! £?lamdcakt JL VAN SLYKE, Editor and Publisher. MCHENRY, - - - ILLINOIS. CIRCLING THE GLOBE CONCISE HISTORY OP 8EVBN DAYS' DOINGS. itelligvnce by Electric Wlr» from •y" Quarter of the ClTlUzed World, ,J^s brmclas Fowljn AffiUn and Hnmi :'a| FMUage of an Important Natur*. THE BILL ADOPTED.? iriM ffeaate Agrees to th« Conference on the Silver Mens lire. In the Senate, on the 10th inst., Mr. StewMti Offered a resolution (which -was agreed to) call- iiifi on the Secretary of the Interior for in- 5H*. ** F, formation as to the selection of sites ; for reser- §£ rtj'* Voirs by the Director of th« Geological Survey, fc, 1 t • The Senate resumed consideration of the con- . o Jerence report on the silver bill, and was " • v .addressed by Mr. Morgan in opposition to the <?*'»»• j'•\ .report. Mr. "Morgan epoke for "three hours and v *as followed by Mr. Call, who also argued ' b » kv *' again at the conference bill. Mr. Pluinb $>•, next took the floor and defended the * . f v * e b n f e r e n c e r e p o r t . A f t e r f u r t h e r d e b a t e •hU "1 i" vote was taken and the con- ' , lerence report- was agreed to--yeas, H9> M&" J> " *• • Ba>"K. 'W. The Senate then adjourned. In the < • Bouse dilatory tactics were indulged in on the ' /.'<t#*rt of the Democrats, and several hours were jkajjr/ spent-before approval of the journal could l>e jk * jhad. The conference report on the diplomatic ®nd consular appropriation bill * as adopted-- 1J4 ; nays, fiO. Mr. Funston (Kan.j sub- Vw'*" - in it ted and the House passed the conference re- having a check-let tr B, bears tin signa­ tures of W. 8. Rowecrans. Register, and James W. Hyatt, Treasurer. The seal is of largo size and brick-red in color. The counterfeit can best be detected by the oolor of the real aud the irregular num­ bering of the note. General C1»inton B. Fisk died at hie residence, 175 We»t Fifty-eighth street, New Y<yk City, in ihe 62d year of his age. He had suffered from ail at­ tack of the grip since last winter, and his death was due to a relauee. Clin­ ton Bowen Fisk was born in Living- ston County, New York, Dec. 8, 1828. His father afterward moved 'to Michigan, where Clinton acquire t his education i.nd ; ' ~ s ' pjirt on the agricultural appropriation bill* Tho fioune then went into committee of the whole. Sir. Peters (Kan.) in the chair, on the land-grant forfeiture bill. A short debate took place, and, pending further discussion, the committee arose Mid the House adjourned. BASE-BALL. «ut:ve Position? of the Tarloas Clubs In the Leading Organ'zatlon-. jrers'. W. L. 26 Cliicago.. ...37 Brooklyn... .37 New York...34 Philad'lphia 34 Pittsburg....31 Cleveland... .96 Buffalo 11 American. W. Athletic..... 40 IiOuinville.. .38 St. Louis 35 Rochester ...36 Columbus.. .33 Toledo 27 Kyracuse 29 Brooklyn ...lit :t.; xtiaiiuiiaL W. L. f>ct. .fiO:) Cincinnati...42 83 .64® ,S75|Brooklj-n... .42 24 . .696 .53G!Philad'phia.41 26 .612 .531j Boston 40 27 .967 .506 Chicago 34 27 .539 ,500!New York. ..27 40 .403 .441 Cleveland.... 19 43 .808 .293] Pittsburg... .16 49 5? c.| Western. W. .615j Milwaukee. .38 ,603j Minneapolis 38 .580.K aiitias City33 .563 Denver .33 .500]Sioux City..31 .457 Des Moines.26 .453 Omaha 21 ,3C8;st. Paul 18 111..Iowa. w. L. Monmouth..33 21 Ottawa 33 21 Ottumwft ;w 21 Dubuque... .30 23 Aurora '28 26 C*dr llapids. 27 26 Joliet 17 36 CKierling..,. .15 40 PYTHIANS HONOR G. B. SHAW. c. | Interstate. W. L. .GUIEvansville. .38 18 6111 Burlington.. 37 21 .603 Terre Mate. 18 26 .566 Quincy 28 81 .518Peoiia...,...24 S7 .509! .395 .272! .246 ¥>0. .633 .612 .568 .550 .525 .419 .400 .305 »e. .679 .638 .519 .475 .471 m-'" SctM Supreme Chancellor of the Grand 'rf Lodge. At Milwaukee the Orand Lodge of f Knights of Pythias unanimously elected George B. Shaw as Supreme Chancellor, the head of the order in the world. The eomplete list of officers elected by the Supreme Lodge is as follows: ? ? Supreme Chancellor--George B. Shaw, Ean , Claire, Wis.; Supreme Vice Chancellor--W. W. Blackwcll, Henderson, Ky. ; Supreme Prelate-- *-> ' Eli T. Blackmer, San Dieyo, CaL : Supreme Mas- tar of Exchequer--S. J. Wiley, W ilmington,Del.; Supreme Keeper of Kecords and Seal--K. L. C. White, Nashville, Tenn.; Supreme Master-at- Arrns--G. H. Morrison, f-an Francisco; Grand • Secretary of Endowment Kank--VV. B. Kennedy, Chicago; Supreme Inner Guard--Dr. M. C. • il- Bark well, Cheyenne, Wyo.; Supreme Outer <Kaard--J. W. Thompson, Washington, j). c. ^ v 'THE- RIDE ENDED IN DEATH* JfedUTiag-e Stmctt by a Train Near Oweffo, 1 1 hi*e Ladles Being Killed. A SPBcrAii train on the Southern Cen­ tal Road of New York, carrying Saper- . hltendent Titus, struck a carriage con­ taining five ladies at the grade crossing *two miles north of Owego. Thxee of V. the women--Mrs. Cleveland, wife of ex- She r ill' Cleveland, of Tioga County, Mrs. , v jemes Shay, and Mrs. Avery Whitmarsh-- were instantly killed. Mrs. Thomas Beahan and Mrs. Harvey Van Duser were : caught in the pilot of the locomotive and carried some distance. They were badly . Injured, but it is thought they will re- • '* **er. , • .! Appointments. . "The President h is sent to the Senate ' O • the following nominations: War--CoL * ' Beekman Dnbarry, Assistant Commis- . aary General of Subsistence, to be Com- ' ' .»is8ary General of Subsistence, with Hie rank of £rigadier General. State-- B- Bowser, of Cincinnati, to be Consul ••01 the United States at Sierra Leone. I* # The Minneapolis Flour Output. > Y'"'"' The flour output at Minneapolis last „ ^ #«ek reached 73,300 barrels, against 83^- "*'<33 the preceding week. A stronger t ? ^ Biarket is noted, but the advanced prices , ; have affected the demand. Cowboys a« Marksmen. Keab Sidney, Neb., cowboys amused jf , themselves by firing at telegraph wires ]• \ Itfid insulators, cutting every wire with ,7 j f" fheir bullets and severing communication * ^ " frith the West and the Pacidc coast. • Fxe tement Among Cana<lian Catholics. The Pope's expected death has caused •xcitement among Catholics in Canada, *nd has led to the suggestion that Car­ dinal Xaschereau succeed him. An Alleged Nebraska ( ounterfeflm. «r Chabi.es Powlessen, of Lincoln, *Neb., has been arrested, charged with counterfeiting. Liabllitle*, 83&,()00; Asset?, a Desk. |P - WiLiiiAM Reardon has failed at Bos- ton, owing $35,000, with aspeta of but a !_• . desk and three chairs. J, ",! Texas' New Bishop. ' ,, The Rev. Father Peter Verdagguer, of I* Francisco, Cal., has been appointed | ' Bishop of Brownsville, Texas, v- 1 Wyoming Formally Admitted. Tax President has approved the act for the admission of Wyoming. 4KINTON B. FISK. managed to support himself by worfcfnsr for various fnrmeis. In 1850 be married aU !«s J. A. Crippen p.nd entered into mercantile busine^B with her father and brother at Coldwater. Duting the war Mr. Fisk, who had been commissioned a Brigadier General, was on dntv in the West and d d nctive *nd efficient service. In 1865 he was breveted Major General. In 1888 Geu. Fisk, who had long been prominent as a Prohibitionist, was a can­ didate for the Presidency on the third party ticket. . WESTERN HAPPENINGS. Joseph Levt, of Now York, while eating lunch at Bradford, Ind., was robbod of his sachel containing $3,000. A Denveb (Col.) dispatch says: Tin Cop is at the present time in a quiver of excitement over o rich discovery that has been made, and which is fully substanti­ ated, in what, to all appearances, looks to be a mountain of gold. Tbe first re­ ports were of the wildest nature imagin­ able, &nd tbe fact remains, according to repute, that the r chest gold vein ever opened liea six miles from Tin Cup, and if. the dip holds out' it will cause on excitement tbat will put the early days of California and Pike's Peak to shame. The lowest ass ly thus far has been twenty-two ounces to the ton, and tin re are specimens that will pan, by pulverizing in a common mor­ tar and washing, «t le«st $20,000 to the ton. Two men are taking out right now $:„000 worth of metal each day, nnd they are in tbe hill only eighteen feet from the t-urface. If tbat streak extends the length of one claim--1,500 feet--on its trend and one yard only on its dip, end each cubic yard weighs one ton, there will be half a million's worth of gold. At Detroit, tho National Music Teach­ ers' Associaton elected J. H. Hahn, of Detrcit, President, and selected Minne­ apolis for the next place of meeting. A procession' five miles long was a feature cf the Farmers' Alliance celebra­ tion at Emporia, Kan. A cIi3itd-bubst in Itichland County, Wisconsin, caused a loss of $200,000. At the election of officers of the Oregon and Transcontinental Company at Portland, Oregon, Henry Villard was elected President. * A tornado swept through Fargo, N." D., destroying many buildings. Seven persons were killed and nineteen wound­ ed. A Northern Pacific train just leaving Fargo at the time of the storm was blown from the track and many of the passen­ gers were severely injured. The Grand Pacific and the Jay Cooke Hotels at Mo<9rhead, Minn., wcra unroofed by the storm. Is the Superior Court at Naptt, Cal., James Birk and Joseph ̂ looney were ar­ raigned, charged with holding up the Harbin Springs stage, June 26. They pleaded guilty and were sentenced to ten years' imprisonment. The National Educational Association has begun its sessions at St. Paul, and the National Educational- Council bas closed its meetings with a election of officers, President Peabody and many of the other officers being re-e<ected. J. J. Rooks, of Lincoln, Neb., went to sleep sitting in the window of his room, fell to the bottom of an areaway, tbree stories below, and died a few hours later. A Lansing (Mich.) dispatch says: The Bureau of Farm Statistics estimates that Michigan's wheat crop will be 18,851,540 bushels, the southern counties furnish­ ing 15,584,000, tbe central 2,552,000, and tbe northern 51(t,000. This is an average of 13.13 bushels per acre, or over four million bushels lefts than la^t year's crop, which reached ncyirly twenty-three mill­ ion bushels. William Rittamel. 53 years old, living at 592 North Ashland avenne, Chi­ cago, attempted to kill his wife by shoot­ ing ber with a revolver. His son William, hearing the shots, rushed into the room where his father was • nd shot him down before he could finish the work of de­ struction. The mother was taken to the Alexian Brothers' Hospital, the father to t h e C o u n t y H o s p i t a l . T h e s o n w a s i r - rested and is now at the North Avenu9 Police Station. - Corn Crops Burned Up. , Y - . FOURTEEN families of colored people, W - Who have returned to Topeka, Kan., from t Oklahoma, say that everything is burn- ^ , ing up down there, and that the settlers are leaving as fast as they can get away. ^ . 'Crops there will be almost a total failure. Buraed Alive by the Turks. . A CoNSTAKTiNOPliE cable sqrs: Ac* , / cording to advices received hero*a num<» . il / h®r °f Armenian peasants at Alakiles ' 'Ik V s who failed to pay their taxes were burned r. _alive by Turkish Zaptiehs. 1 fr * ===== • V." EASTERN OCCURRENCE^ The United States Book Company, Ks/ffHha capital of $3,500,000, filed arti­ cles of incorporation with tbe Secretary State at Trenton, N. J. It is a New York concern, with an office in Jersey City. It will publish, manufacture, «(nd deal in books and magazines. Of the , 32,500 shares, all but eight are owned'b)r Edward Longe, of New York. A new and dangerous counterfeit rof /t $h® $2 silver certificate has recently been #»t in circulation, in J^e?.,York and some ,i>f tite WesUrn elti*«; Xt> !• described as vs. Bnllftok was dircassed at length and final decision deferred until next week. Representative Lacy was instructed to notify Mr. Garland to appear and make arguments bo fore the committee next Tuesday in the case of Representative Bieiikuuidge of Arkansas. v ^ POLITICALPQRRIDQE, * ^ The following nominations have been confirmed by tbe Seoate: Thomas Ii. Mitchrist, Attorney for the North- •rn Disti-ict of IUinois ; Liettt. Cot. R. N. Batch, elder, tiuarterniastHr (ioneral. U. g. A.; G. L. Wellington, Asnialant Treasurer, Baltimore; Charlt H Willner. Surveyor of Customs at Bur­ lington, Iowa; Henry C. Malmfty, Marshal for Delaware; H. N. Allan, of Ohio, Secretary !»- Kation to Corea; G. W. Fi«hl>aok, of Miesouri, Secretary Ixigntioii to Hueuos Ayres; A. C. Moore, of West Virginia, Mfbister to isiam. Consul*--W. J. Hollottay. of Indiana, Ktratford, Ont.; W. P. Pierce, Trinidad; C. D. Joslyn, Michigau, Windsor, Ont.; J. E. Hayden, of the District of Columbia, Breslau. Receivers of Public Moneys--Alplieus P. Hanson, at 8uu Dance, Wyo.; John W. Clark, at Indopendenoa, Cal. ; IL J. Nickersou, at lender, Wyo.; M. C, Barrow, at'Douglass, Wyo* Registers Land Of­ fices--.T. IJ. Htoils, Hun Dance, Wyo,; E. F. Che­ ney, Lander, Wyo.; J. E. Vans, Douglass, Wyo.; A. Dobrowsky, liedding, Cal.; B. W. Hitter, Du- vango. Colo. K. C. Rodgers, of California, to be CommiMioner for Alaska. The Arkans s Republican State con­ vention declined to place a Republican ticket in the field and formally indorsed the Union Labor ticket, headed by the Rev. N. B. Fizer tor Govornoii WYOMING AND IDAHO. TWonNlr^^^TARS ADDED TO OUR CFONSTELLATION- FOREIGN GOSSIR An explosion occurred in a fireworks factory at Croydon, England, completely wrecking the building nnd several ad­ joining ones. No lives were lost. The pecuniary dimage i:> very heavy. The London Chronicle's correspond­ ent at Rome says that the Pope has be­ come very feebla, and that, in anticipa- t'on of his end, he is preparing written instructions for tho guidance of his suc­ cessor. His Holiness, the correspondent says, has revised his will and is arrang- in f for a trusteeship of the church funds after his dentu. The commandant of the body guard of Princ#) Nicholas of Montenegro, and a cousin of that ruler, Col. Martinovitcs, was assassinated in the market of Cet- tinje. - The assassin was lynched. Rev. Henry Parry Liddon, D. D., D. C. L., canon of St. Paul's Cathedral, London, is suffering from an attack of gout in the head. His condition is sericus. A London cable Fays: The foreign office has made public the text of the Anglo-German agreement. In reference to Wallfish Bav it is agreed to submit the matter to arbitration if it shall not be settled within two years. A London cable says: The Turkish Government has sent a note to the Brit­ ish Government demanding that it fix a date upon which Egypt will be evacuatod by the British troops without the right to again occupy that country. The Porte is forwarding large bodies of troops to the European frontiers. A formidable force has been massed near the Bulga­ rian boundary, and steps are being taken to defend Turkish interests in the direc­ tion of Montenegro and Servia. The sessions of the Spanish Cortes have been suspended until Christmas, when the body will be dissolved in order that a general election on the basis of universal suffrage may be , held in Feb­ ruary. "j. Target practice and crew drills are being conducted every dny by the English war ships in British Columbian waters, and Admiral Hotham, known as a "fighter," is expected every day on the W ar Sprite. <*nd sealing vessel owners ex­ pect the fullest protection. RoritAKtA has notified Bulgaria of the presence of numerous Russian agents on the Russian frontier of both coun­ tries, and suggests that the two co-operate in a movement to expel the intriguers. Seven hukdiied persons were killed by a recent cyclone in Arabia, wjiich did immense dama^ to houses and planta­ tions. The American riflemen at Berlin have received te'egrams expressing thanks for their greetings from the sovereigns of Austiia, Germany, Italy, Saxony, Baden, and Bavaria. FRESH AND NEWSY. Twelve hundred carpenters at Den­ ver have gone on a strike out of sym­ pathy for the strik ng machine wood­ workers and bench mill men, 600 of whom went ont several weeks ago. The result is a stoppage of building. The visible supplv of wheat and corn iB* respectively, 1!\G38,475 and 14,468,469 bushels. Since l«et report wheat has de­ creased 53<>,410 bushels, and corn has de­ creased 359,1 ill) bushels. Thk Hon. C. M. Mickley, the father of the coeducational bill in connection with the Michigan University,. died near Adrian, Mich., aged 72 years. Walter Wibon, well known as an engineer, died at Paducah, Ky. He was overheated while performing his duties as engineer at the electiic car works. He was a member of the Odd Fellows, Masons, and Knights of Pythias organizations. Articles of incorporation of thejChi- cago and St. Louis Railway, a projected line between Chicago and East St. Louis, have been filed at Springfield, 111. The capital stock is $3,000,000. MARKET REPORTS. SOUTHERN INCIDENTS. The, Hon. Beverly Tucker died at Richmond, Va. He was born at Win­ chester, Va.,June 8, 1820. He was, per­ haps. as well known tcrsonally to lead­ ing politiciau? throughout the country a1; any man of his time. He v.asanepnew of John Randolph of ltoacoke. He was Ifee ed^cr of the Washington Sentinel from 1853 to 18ofi end Consul to Liver­ pool under Piesident liuch^nan. He visited England and Canada during tbe war on a 6pecisl mission for the Con* federate Government. Since 1870 he had resided almost continually in Washing*- ton city. At Baton Rouge, La., the lottery bill p'assed the House, notwithstanding the Governor's veto--yens, C8; nays, 31. The northern-bound express on the Louisville and Southern Kentucky struck a wfcgofe contaihing twenty-one persons tetHiram^ ftDm a picnic at the Preston 'street crossing, in Louisville, Ky. Prank Pratt, aRed 21; Ben Pratt, 17; and Mary Noltnieyer, 3 years, were instantly killed, and the remaining eighteen were all more or less seriously injured. THE NATIONAITCAPITAL. * Pbesident Harbison has signed the 'bill i&r the admission of Idaho, and the forty-third star on the American flag was added on the Fourth. The House Committee on Elections has disposed of two Mississippi con­ tested election ca£es--Hill vs. Catchings, •from the Third District, and Kernaghan Ws. Hooker, from the Seventh District. The decision was in favor of the sitting Democratic members, Catchings and Hooker. The Florida ease of Goodrich IS. 00 #.50 8.00 .86?6'J .27>a@ .47;/;® .14 & .07 & .10 8.00 8.00 ii.OJ 8.00 .si; .33 4.00 3.25 CHICAGO. Cattlb--Prime $ 450 Fair to Good. 4.00 Common Hogs--Shipping Grades HHKEP. ..; ,...4. Wheat--No. 2 Hed Coax--No. it Oath--No. 2 Hye--No. 2. .. BirrTEK--Choice Cxeamery...... Chkesk--Full Q-ea:n, flats. Eoos--Fresh Potatoes--Choice now, per brl} INDIANAPOLIS. CATTIiE-- Shipping Hoos--Choice Li^ht Shkkp--Common to Prime WHEAT--No. A ltcd Corn--No. I White Oats--No. 2 White ST. LOUIS. Cattle. Hoos Wheat--No. 2 BED Cobn--No. a... OATB-- No. a..i Rtk--No. 2 CINCINNATI. Whkat--No /'j R o d . ' . . . ' . I I Cork--No. 2 * Oats--No. 2 Mixed MILWAUKEE. Wheat--No. 2 Spring ;.... Cobn--No. 3 Oats--No. 2 White »*.... Kite--No. 1 Bablkt-NO. 2. DK'iHolT. Cattle.. Hoos BHKKP WHKXT--No. 2 Bed Corn--No. 2 Yellow ;... OATS--No. 2 White • TOLEOO, WHEAT Corn--Cash OATS--No. 2 White BUFFALO. Cattlk--Good to Vrime Hoos--Medium and Hoavy Whkat--No. 1 Hard Co»n--No.-2 KA8U' LlHKUXy. CATTLE--Common to Vrime..... Hoos--Selected BmsaP~-Medlum to Good NEW YOKE. CATItfB Hoos a*. SHKEP A .ii. Wheat--No. 2 Bed...... HJobH--No. T .......ii <04T%-KUed Western.: «. & 8.00 & 4.50 & 4.00 & 4.00 @ 5.00 .89 .sr .28 .48>* .16 '.07 H .11 & 3.50 & 4.50 & 4.00 & 4.75 :® .88% .88)6 & .83 ffl 4.75 @ 4.00 .87^<a .8856 .34 & .87 .28 <& .28}$ .44 & .44 hi 3.00 9 4.00 .8456« .85J6 .87 & .88 .92 & .32J6 .86H® .34^1^ .48 .48 & .87* .85?* .31* ..49 JSi 3.00 S.00 3.00 >88 .36H<£ .33 & .89 ® :J5 & & 4.B0 <& 3.75 & 4^0 .U Something Concerning the Two Youngest Statera--Resources to He Developed--^One Rich in Mineral Deposits, tlie Other a Owuinj Country--Remarkable Xnerease In Population. The admission of Wyoming and Idaho to tho Union has been Accomplished, in­ creasing the numbdr of States to forty- four, and necessitating the aldditioxi of two more stars to our national flag. The following facts relating to the two new States will bo found interesting at this time: WYOMINO. Wyoming was the youngest of tbe Territo­ ries, having been organized under an act of Con­ gress passed July '2>, 18f<8. Its area is about 100,000 square miles, its breadth from east to west being :»(i5 miles, and from north to south 275 miles. Tfle general appearance of the coun­ try is mountainous, with valleys, broad rolling faltt, silver and lead for the year 1 mated as follows: Gold, f 2.417,4V; silvar, •<,- 688,180; lead, 105,00(1; niaktag a total of #3,. 945,088. The placerb of Boise County alone havj yielded for years at the rate of upward of 81,< 000,000 worth of precious metal each twelvu months. There are 313 school districts in Idaho, and 316 schools, with 10,000 enrolled pupils. The total number of children of school age is in the neigh­ borhood of 20,000. There are ten school libra­ ries, and the yearly expenditure for sehoolB is over $209,00). Tho Indians of the new State are peaoeably inclined and live upon five reservations. The mean temperature of the State Is 50 de­ grees above zero. Some of the finest agricultural and mining lands are in the counties of Shoshone, Nez IVrceH, Latah, and Kootenai, in Northern Idaho. Here are situated the thriving towns of Lewiston, Moscow, Murray, Wardner, Weber, and Chloride. Blizzard Complications. A group of old-timers were talking about the weather, and the conversa­ tion carried them back to the great storms of years ago. "The queerest combination I ever knew," paid the Judge reflectively, "was a blizzard, death, suspected mur-plains, sloping foot-hills, and bold bluffB and onttes. The elevation ranges from 3,500 to , , ,, 14.000 feet above the sea level. Tnoro are lofty ' der, and an attempted lynching that JJS IV 1 nn % 8LACn I m mountain ranges covered with everlasting snow, deep canyons, and elevated plateaus forming natural parks, of which the most celebrated is the Yellowstone National Park. The present population of Wyoming is estimated at from 60.000 to 75,000 whites. The Indians are all on reservations, are peaceful, and are being edu­ cated to mechanical and farming pursuits. Stock-raising is the ui^pat important industry. In 1868 the range Btock numbered 2,000,000 cat­ tle, 1,000,000 afceep and goats, and 100,000 mules and horses, |pt sbrth in zound numbers $75,000.- 000. The grating lands represent about one-half the area, of the new State. The now BtaLo isi'ichiuminertris, 30,003 square miles of its surface being underlaid by coal- bearing strata alone. The output of coal in 1889 was 1,813,420 tons. Besidos coal there are iron, deposits of soda, sulphur, salt, slate, gypsum, copper, tin, mica, marble, sandstone, magnesia, and other minerals. Both lode and placer gold mines abound. Extensive placer mines have been discovered during the last year near the head of the Big Sandy Biver, and a company has been formed to construct a canal to work the mines by hydraulic methods. The oil fields are extensive, covering a belt thirty miles wide and £03 miles long. Mineral springs of different kinds have been found in various sea- tions, and some of them have become popular rescrfs. The farm products are alfalfa, from two to three cuttings a year and aggregating about five tons to the acre at a value varying from 810 to 315 per ton, oats which yield from thirty-flve to ninety bushels to tho acre, wheat, which is gathered from thirty to fifty-iive bushels to each acre of ground, and barley, an acre of which yields about fifty bushels. Potatoes grow to perfection and ordinarily the crop from a single acre is from 500 to 800 bushels. The Union Pacific Railroad traverses the southern border of the new State, and has sev­ eral branch lines to the north and south. There are schools wherever there are enough children to attend, and good teachers. Wyoming is larger than Now England, and has more natural resources of all kiuds. Its water power is unlimited, and the facilities lor manufacturing industries are of tho best. At the present time there are ten organized counties in Wyoming. Cheyenne is the capital and largest town. IDAHO. Idaho is an Indian word signifying "Gem of the Mountains." The new State is 410 miles Jn length from north to south, and 2S7 miles wide in the extreme southern part. There are 18,400,- 000 acres classed as mountainous, 15,000,0)0 acres of agricultural lands, 7,00j,000 acres of forests. 25,001,000 acres of grazing country, and 6C0,0'J0 acres of lakes. In 1880 the population of the Territory was 32,010, but it has since in­ creased until the figures have passed the 100,- 000 point. There are sixteen organized counties in tne 8tate and a large number of thriving towns. The capital aud largest city is Boise City, situated in the southern part of the State on a branch of the Union Pacific Railroad. The total valuation of taxable property in 1887 was $23,741,192. These figures represent only a frac­ tion of tho wealth of tne newly admitted State, as the valuation itself is placua very low and does not Include the rich mining properties and .their products on which there is no tax. Grow­ ing crops are alBO exempt, aud as assessments only miscarried because the subject missed a train. "The winter of 1879-'80, as you all recollect, was a very severe one, and many persons living on the prairie were frozen to death. Some time be­ fore a man named Crandall had moved from Morris to a farm in Southeastern Dakota. One day a big storm came up, and Mrs. Crandall, who happened to be on the plain with her youngest child, was caught in the blizzard, and both were frozen to death. Mrs. Cran- dall's parents lived in Morris, and when the sad news of her death came her father started for Dakota to bring back the remains of his daughter and grandchild. Crandall and his -wife had not got along very well together, and in some way rumors of foul play crept out. "The next afternoon the bereaved father arrived in Morris with his dead. The bodies were frozen solid, and ar­ rangements were made to thaw them out. When this was done Mrs. Cran- dall's body was examined. A deep wound in her side was found. It didn't take the people of Morris long to make up their minds that murder had been committed. Crandall, it was thought, had arrived that night with his sur­ viving child and gone to the house of his mother; who lived near the village. A lynching party was organized in short order, and armed with ropes, etc. The house was visited and thoroughly searched, but Crandall was not to be found. His mother in­ sisted that he had not arrived, but she was n#t believed. Finally the crowd gave up the search and went home disgusted. "Now comes the strange part of the story. The next morning the body of Mrs. Crandall had been entirely thawed out, and another examination was made. Thdfe was no sign of the broad gash that horrified the people the night before. There were no bruises, no signs of foul play. There's a mystery for you! But it developed after a while that the flesh had folded .#0 .36 .80* t4.00 @ 4.75 3.50 & 1,2? •97H<a» .3fl% .40^<9 .41 & 5.00 Yttd .0WST0 % YtUOWSTONt 0I ANDt%. TfRMAN oOVTH PAS P*A<\ LlNCi 5. • c ^'lroao WELCOME, SIR KNIGHTS ! PYTHIANS ROYALLY GREETED IN MILWAUKEE. rhoKftaml* Participate in the Grand Pa- rad«--Th« Addresse* of W«loom« by Mayor Pick sad Governor Hoard Be- upomled To l»y a Fenn sylvan Ian -- A Great Gathering. Milwaukee (Wis.) dispatch: The great Pythian artny and their friends has been welcomed to Milwaukee and Wis­ consin in rfffht royal style. The mem­ bers of the Supreme lodge marched from the Plnnkinton house In a body to tho Exposition building, being escorted by the local committee nnd Gen. Carnahan and staff of the Uniform rank. Upon reaching the building Supreme Master- at-arms Robert Aewoll escorted the supremo representatives to the seats prepared for them on the stage. Some 2,000 knights had gathered In the mammoth auditorium to listen to the Addresses of welcome and the responses. Mayor Peck, who welcomed the knights on behalf of the Cream city, was the lirsfc to speak, and !ie was frequently in­ terrupted by applause. He made a characteristic address, and he brought down the house wh<?n he closed by as­ suring the knights that all they had to do was. In the language of the poet, to touch the button and whatever they might want would come up at once. Gov. Hoard followed in a brief but appropriate welcoming address, iu which hot referred to the splendid work being done by the Order of the Knights of Pythias. On behalf of the Knights of Wisconsin Grand Chancellor P. ]{. lloskinsof Fond du Lac spoke feelingly and eloquently. In reply to all these hearty welcomes to the most hospitable State and city in tho union Past Supreme Chancellor John P. Linton ot Johnstown, Pa., responded most appropriately iu an ex­ temporaneous but welKtimed address. At the conclusion of these ceremonies, which did not occupy au hour's time, Uic supreme lodge was escorted to the West Side Turner hall, whero Supreme Vice Chancellor Shaw opened the lirst session. All of tho officers aud rep­ resentatives except Supremo Chancellor Ward were present. The reports of the various supreme officers were olfered and accepted when the supreme body adjourned over night. The grand parade, participated in by thousands upon thousands of brave knights, moved promptly at -t o'clock in tho afternoon, Gen. Carnahan command­ ing Tho streets all along the line of march were filled with, people who watched tho magnificent armv of red plumes and helmets as thov marched by. CRACKER TRUSTS AT WAR. Tit* Western Combination WIU Fight Kantern Manufacturer*. New York dispatch: Tho Amorlcan Biscuit Manufacturing company has secured from the White estate tlyj big five-story building on the northeast cor­ ner ot West and Bcthune streets. It is known as White's malt houso and stands on a lot 19(5 by 160 feet. Tho American company will at once begin to put in ovens, and it is expected that in­ side of three months the factory will be opened, employing from 400 to 500 hands. This is the opening of the fight botweon the two big cracker companies. The New Yorjc Biscuit company, which the American, or Western, com­ bination of manufacturers propose to light here in the East, was incorporated in Illinois wlth*a capital of $5,000,000. A number of the big Eastern cracker companies were united finder this head and prominent among them are E. J. Larrabee & Co., and Vjuideveer & Holmes. Tho company at once secured a tract of ground at Tenth avenue and Sixteenth street. *£here a big factory will bo built. ' " L. D. Dozier of the Dozier Cracker company of St. Louis and D. F. Brem- ner of the Bremner Baking company of Chicago have been stopping for sev­ eral days at the Gilsey house. They are leading men in tho American com­ pany, and both declare that their com­ pany will fight the Eastern concern on its own grounds. BLAINE CRITICISES EED> Tho Secretary of State on the Quorum Qneotion. Washington dispatch: The criticism of Speaker Reed by "a leading Repub­ lican" in the current number of the North American Review is by common consent credited to Secretary Blaine. When the announcement was made that such an article was to appear it w&s thought that either Senator Edmunds or Senator Ingalls might be the anther, as both hayo shaken their heads doubt- ingly over some of Mr. Reed's posi­ tions. But the internal evidence is all against either of them, and the gossip among Senators is that "the ex-M. C.,^' to whom the article is attributed, cannot be one of their num­ ber because they are not "Exes." Be­ sides some of them think that tho senti­ ments in the article are similar to the views Mr. Blaine has uttered in private talk. It is pointed out that only an ex- Speaker could show tho familiarity with the House procedure that Is slipwn by the writer. Mr. Blaine when Speaker held that a quorum could not be counted. His favorite expression was: "You may lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink." Mr. Reed at one period of hts parliamentary career took tho same ground and op­ posed an amendment >0 the rules pro­ posed by Randolph Tucker to enable the Speaker to declare a quorum, but he afterwards chancod his views. ARGUMENT FOR PROHIBITION. South Dakota's Unique Position Begard" ins Temperance legislation. Aberdeen (S. D.) dispatch: The In­ junctions brought against the keepers of original package houses were up for argument before Judge Campbell of the Circuit court. Tho District Attorney in his argu­ ment raised tho point that Congress had already passed upon tho right of the State to prohibit the importation of li­ quors by admitting South Dakota with a prohibitory clause in her Constitu­ tion. "In this respect," he urged, "South Dakota is in a different position from that of any other State in the Union. Congress has tacitly, at least, recogniz­ ed her rights to exclude liquors." The hearing was adjourned until Saturday. are made early in the spring but little grain, fruit, bay or other products ot the farmer is ever on the assessment rolls. The agricultural land* of Idaho are almost ex­ clusively sage-brush laiula and require irriga­ tion to make them productive. Tlwy occupy a large portion of tlie available area of the State and generally Qp.nsist of broad plaleaua. A stranger nnacqilainted -with sage-bru«h lands would regp.rd any attempt to reclaim them use- Icsh, but with' irrigation the Boil becomes ex­ ceedingly productive. The best farms in Idaho were once sterile sago lands. Tho soil is es­ pecially adapted to tho raising of all kinds ot grain, the warmth of the earth and the mellow- nest; of the noil always warranting an abundant yield when watered. The product of Idaho's numerous and exten­ sive mines is one of the great reasons of perma- aunt growth and prosperity. The production of over and frozen together, giving the exact appearance of a long anil hor­ rible gash. When the body thawed out the 'gash' disappeared. I tell yon, the would-be lynchers of the night be­ fore felt pretty cheap. In an hour or two Crandall himself arrived in town on the morning train. He had missed the train the night before. That waa all that saved him from a lynching. Of course he could not help hearing about what had been going on; what he said or thought I. never knew, bat you dan guess." THE SENATE AND HOUSE, v; Trslegrapelc Brevities. A CYC1.0NE passed over Catlin, III., doing great damage to growing crops. A i.AHOJK jttaiu elevator at Sheldahl, Iowa, belonging to Ben A. Lockwood of Des Moines, was struck by llghtninff and Burned. Tin: National House committee on commerce has ordered a favorable re­ port on the bill giving theatrical troupes reduced rates iu parties of seven or more. AT the election of officers of the Ore­ gon Transcontinental company at Portland Oregon, Honry Villard was elected president. C. G. PSOTTA, tho American amateur sculler, lost the first heat for the dia­ mond sculls at the lieary ttegaUa, Lon­ don. to C. E. B. Kennedy. WORK OP OUR NATIONAL. LAW­ MAKERS. 1 • „ : Proceedings of the UmmU ni Roui a* ' '>! HSPRAMWTTTFTCS -- Important Xmmbn* mscMased and Acted Upott--CUst oTUw v Business, I Ik the Senate, on the 7th, the conference re. si port on the consular and diplomatic appropria- ,s- tion bill was presented and agreed to. Mr.• v' Morrill moved that the Senate proceed to thev consideration of the tariff bill. He said v after the tari ff hi U •» as taken up it could be laid. 'Ji. aside informally until the two BhiPrt«g bHl«--- - 4Sj were disposed of. After debate the-rote naa*"'5i-W taken on Mr. Morrill's motion, and the Senate * * ' reiused to take up the tariff bill--yeas, 20; naya " 33. Mr. Sherman presented the "conference re^" ' ^ port on the silver hill. After it was read In ' fall he gave notice that he would call it up for - - 'Ii action ttie following morning. The House went " - -V|£ into committee of the whole for the consider*- > -..J tion of Uenate bill to forfeit certain lands her*. ' tofore granted for the purpose of aiding in the , 'J>i construction of railroale with a House bill sub- M stitute therefor. Mr. Fayaon explained that tbe i . « bill in its general provisions proposed to forfeit , and restore to the public domain all public landw, ' '/ wherever situated, which have been granted • f in aid of the construction, where railroads : ' \t: have not been completed at this time. A careful estimate wae to the effect that tb« •' •" .Sq bill would restore 7,5l»,000 acres to the public domain. Mr. Oats, of Alabama, approved tbe bill because it forfeited only the lands situated j along the unreconstructed portion of the roads. Mr. Stone, of Missouri, took the posrltion that - a forfeiture should be made of all lands which' "I / * had not been earned by the railroads at the,"1', * !. time fixed in the grunting acts for the comple- ,*J' aS tion of the roads. Mr. Lacy, of Iowa, favored •* ,'•$* the pending bill. Ponding further debate the .?$ comuiittce rose and the House adjourned. > "5 In the Senate, on theSth inst., the conference K ; report on the silver bill was taken up and Mr. *" Vest gave the reasons why he shdhld vote , >• against it. After Mr. Vest had finished Mr. ' * Coke followed in the same strain, He proposed *' „ " -'; to vote against the conference bill because he preferred the law as it stauds to one which he „ - ' • believed provided definitely for the cessation of the further coinage of silver. Mr. Sherman de- fended the conference report. Mr. Teller and ^ S Mr. btewart followed and the debate continued . to three o'clock, when the bill went over without K; action, the Senate passing from that subject to the memorial exercises in memory of the X late Representative K. S. Cox, of New York, ' After addresses by Senators Voorhees, Sher­ man, Vest, Dixon, and Kvarts, the Senate ad­ journed. In the House, the Senate amend­ ments to the House bill for the admission of ' the State of Wyoming were concurred in. On motion of Mr. Carr (Wyo. T.) the Senate' . amendments were concurred in to the House y • bill for the disposal of abandoned mili-! ' tary reservations in Wyoming. Mr. Can­ non (111.), from the Committee on Bules, reported a resolution providing that immediately after the adoption of the resolu­ tion it Bhall be in order for the Committee on Judiciary to call up for consideration the "orig­ inal package" bill and afterward the bank­ ruptcy bill--this order to continue from day to day for four days successively, Saturday " the 12th Inst., was made private bill day. " Mr. l'ayson raised the question of consideration -J- in favor of the land-grant forfeiture bill. The £ House refused--yeas. 80; nays, 97--to consider u the resdlution from the Committee on itolM. * Adjournment then took place. "When the Senate met on the 9th Inst. Mr. Ingalls announced that as presiding officer he had signed the bill for tbe admission of Wyom- ing as a State. The bill now goes to the Presi­ dent for his signature. The silver bill was die- cussed until 6 o'clock, when Mr. Morgan, rising, obtained the floor, and an adjournment was taken. The IIoubo passed a resolution calling on the State Department for information on the • negotiations between the Government of Great Britain and the United States on the Behring Sea question. The conference report from the diplomatic and consular appropria­ tion bill was then discussed, until the House, , finding itself •without a quorum, adjourned. Sena ors on both sides stated most emphat- , ally tbat no arrangement had been made look- ing to the postponement of the federal election -f - ?* bill and the speedy disposal of the tariff bill *? ' ' with a view to au early adjournment of Con­ gress. Senator Hiscock expressed the opinion that the session would not close before Oct. 1. FEMALE CLEVERNESS. What Is really a clever woman? A clever woman is one who always makes tbe best of any situation. A clever woman is one who is at ease in any place and among any people. A clever woman is one who undertakes nothing %hat she does notiindorstand^' That the man with a sure tip on the races is'the last man you want to meet. A clever woman is one who looketh well after the ways of her own house­ hold. A clever woman is One who makes tho other woman think herself the cleverest. rthat the girl who \cears the Henley shi^t knows best where the collar-bot* tons hurt. A clever woman is one whoajfr^ahLlity is never unpleasantly felt by the rest of tho world. A clever woman is one who is mistress of tadt, and knows how to make the social wheels run smoothly. A clever woman is the one, ray friend, that you and I should want lor a guide, councilor, and friend. That the summer weddings are about over and that the social papers ere com­ mencing to write up thd fall divorces. A clever woman is one who acts like hot water on tea; she brings the sweet­ ness and strength out of everybody else. • That this summer's girl is waiting in the wings for her cfle and that she will make things lively when she come on tho stage. A clover woman is one who acknowl­ edges her neighbor's right to live, who doesn't believe tnat she alone is the mo­ tive power of the world. >; BRIEF "SIFTINQ3>' A pawnbroker, after all, is but & poor, loan man. ... j An eat com pi lment--What « petite you have! 1 A red scent can frequently be found in an Indian wigwam. We have seen a bald-headed man in the very last row, but it was at church, not the opera. - Some young men live so fast that watches lerft to them by their parents lose a couple of hours a day. A chemist says wood can be made palatable and nourishing. 'Tisn't the kind of board we arp hankering after, though. We complain th&t life is short, and yet we never lose an opportunity of throwing away a great portion of it watching the home team trying to play ball. In a museum in St. Louis one of the freaks is a man who broke his leg try­ ing to get away from an officer who was seeking him. He would make a hit in New York. A New York man recently lost, quite a sura. He purchased a boat load of ba­ nanas in Florida, and as the vessel was delayed while en route, they nearly all spoiled. However, he says there is some consolation in the reflection that he was not the only man who has slipped up on bananas.--Texas Siftings. FIGS AND THISTLES. Job gave the devil his first knock* down. 1 Sins, like muskets, cannot stand' alono. Grumblers and growlers, haye no lift­ ing power. Tho man who does right only because he is compelled to Is not a Christian, God*s doorstep is better, than the devil's palace. Love is free, but It takes money to g'd to housekeeping. ' Common sense and genuine religion always harmonize. • We never really know a thing until we .can tell it to others. The loan who is always leoktng for mud never sees "he sky. I®;' A a# •JP-: .. A- •