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parndtalcr. 4. VAHBLfBE, McttBNRY, ILLINOIS. • .n • ii.4 * 0*L ^Sk f-VT vT /'•- Vyt.V -ry, V v » ̂ ̂ J Tc™- "P® ̂'" T ̂ 1 V 8&j^'"- MX"' Pt- s&ii 1 • .. ? r v;; v.;-....•%; i V,\ - °,jpj : V-tS TflEJIEWS CONDENSED. ;r'v # «.• fas BAST. T«it iiuaoo* lu Ifei«alG, U. Y., ss^s ssScrisg from * mild form of the epizootic. Thrso- fourtbs of ttwhciewln the «tty •» affected with it. { r""4j ̂ THE graat Boston STY goods lionee of Jordan, , < ̂ Hush & Co., has been partially destroyed by ~.TT- , fire. The loss is estimated at #900.000. F THE engineer, fireman, and two brakemen of ̂* coal train on the Lehigh Yailey railroad were •, -te , killed by the explosion of a locomotive at Stony " 3 Creek, Pa., a few days ago. jrTHE famous case of Tilton vs. Beecher wa» • | ,: ::$» called in the City Court of Brooklyn last week, ; i.\ JM but was, by consent of counsel, put over until ,+s the next term of the court. Tilfcon'a libel suit ̂against the Brooklyn Eagle also weutover until next term, by consent....In the case of ' , Westervelt, who has for some time been ou ,/"r\*n trial at Philadelphia under aa indictment for fciiCiS! complicity in the Charley Boss abduction tS- fair, ho lia« been found guilty on three counts of 'v4 the indictment. Bat the trial has failed to rt- 'If ' i$ the fate or whereabouts of the lost boy . .The epizootic lias broken out again in Nsw Tork. It is estimated that at least 10,000 horeea are at present sick with it in that city. THE cattle disease has broken out in Massar chnsetts and Bhode Island, Mid a number of animals are rapidly dying off. THE experiment of publishing a daily relig­ ious newspaper in New York has failed, and the Daily Witness, which was started with this object several years ago, announces its own demise. TEE platform of the Massachusetts Democ­ racy rejoices in the removal of the "odious prohibitory law."....Vice-President Wilson's name having been mentioned in connection with the Governorship of Massachusetts, he addressed a letter to a Boston paper etating that, although he would esteem it aa a great compliment, his sense of duty to the country would not permit him to accept it even if ten­ dered by the unanimous voice of the State Convention. THE WEST. J;^'fhsAS named Ketchum, who has spent fif­ teen years among the Missouri Biver Indians, arrived at Bioux City, the other day. He says there is very great dissatisfaction among them in regard to the Black Hills matter. Many of the Indians at Standing Bock and other agen­ cies refuse to attend the Bed Cloud council, and openly avow their intention of going on fbe war path if the Hills are opened to the whites .Another great banking institution is about to be established in San Francisco, by the Lazard Br •there.... A shocking casualty is reported from Terre Haute, Ind. The boiler of a threshing machine engine exploded, and &e straw surrounding the machine catching fire, three men were comjuuueii hi the flaiueo. THE deadly kerosene lamp has piled up five to ore victims, in Otoe county, Neb. At a farm house out: there, the other evening, a Mrs. Black was carrying a small child up staira, with a lamp in her hand, when she was .into by a boy coming rapidly down. .The lamp was knocked from her grasp an'J exploded, set­ ting fire to eveiything combustible. The hus­ band seized his wife and threw iier in a pool of water, mad in »ttiriiig to rescue the remainder of the family, was badly burned and crippled for Hfe. The mother and two children died before morning. , * STHJSON HUTCHINS has sold the controlling $c|| interest in the St. Louis Dispaich to W. B. > '«f•' Al/ieon, for twenty-five years the editor of the ' 4 Steubenville (O.) Herald. The price paid was „ Terrible storms have lately prevailed St • ^throughout New Mexico. The town of Las * ?lCruces »•* destroyed by the bunting of a water- f ^fCpout. Ji-.-i.ss jAares is living quietly in St. Louis, ,ff«mong friends, and denies that he was killed at : ̂ 4 |̂?ii»e Hill, Ky. It has been ascertained that ^Hflibe name of the dead robber of the Huntington * * "!ybauk was Thompson McDaniels, a Western ^Miesouri desperado, whose brother Bill was shot a- ,, 'l* While endeavoring to break jail at Kansas a few W,-\'liinonths ago, where he was held for complicity V :in the robbery of the Kansas Pacific train at m Jfnncie last December. % THE Kaosas City Times has a special from 4 ̂ iiJ6reat Bend, Kan., saying that CoL Wheeler, a , -A J wealthy cattle-dealer who waa recently report- *• *¥ ed killed by twiUo Ikicvea the Indiaa-Teiri- t:; "* > loiy, has returned to Great Bend, having cap- ,*i - <'§ tared five of the thieves and recovered 200 tHS 80DTB. • A GABRE* D. SSIITH, Cashier of the Louisville ' Company, is a defaulter to a large amount, i?-Ii vaTi<?U8ly estimated at from 630,000 to $60,000. THE Gulf coast of Texas has had aierrible gale. The Mater swept in upon the city of Galveston in huge masses, inundating much of the town. Great damage to raihoads, build­ ings, etc., ib reported. A party of thirty wOrk- men engaged on the government works being constructed in the harbor, were cut off from the power of rescue and perished Tbe Navy Deparftuent* at Washington has received tlie followlng^iispqjch from the Navy Yard at Pen- sacolS, jtloriia: "The yellow fever is epidem- «ic at HoweH's Statidb, on Pensacola bay, 25 miles above the Navy Yard. The people have neither food, medicine nor attendance. They . are crymg, in the name of God, for relief." LATEU reports from Galveston, Texas, fully confirm the intelligence previously received as to the •eatructiveness of the storm that re- • cently swept over that citv. The gale raged with unparalleled fury for over forty-eight ».V %3: * of the entire yet* will be exhausted in repair log the dMKgtt. Vegetation has been ut- tariy deetroyvd. Upward of 150 buildings weraMript away, more than 40 lives lost, and about 80 vessels driven ashore . into the heart of the city--Little Bock, Ark,, was visited last week by a destructive conflagration, which destroyed an entire block of bnildings and the Anthony House. The loss on the hotel is *30 ,000; no insurance. PERFECT peace is reported to leign in the lately-reported disorderly poftion of Missis­ sippi. TTi3HINOTON. THE Secretary of the Treasury gives notice that the interest on the bonds specified below will be paid at the Treasury on and after the 17th of December next, on which day they cease to draw interest. Of the act of June 30, 1864: Coupon bonds, €50, No. 2,501 to 3,300, both inclusive; $100, No. 7,001 to 10,300, both inclusive; $500, No. 10,100 to 13,300, both inclusive; $1,000, No. 49,801 to 50,700, both inclusive. ...It has been ascertained that the government is paying between $3,000,000 to $4,000,000 annually for pensions to fraudulent claimants. . Halleck and Brown, the Treasury tlneves, have been finally committed for trial in default of *40,000 bail ea?h. WASHINGTON dispatches state that there Will be no sort of compromise with the whisky ring, and that the illicit distillers will be prosecuted with the utmost rigor, ••'.I.'.- FUUTICAL. • CHAEX£8 FKAHCIS ADAMS has written a letter in which he positively declines to become a candidate for the Presidency next year. THE Democrats of New York held their State Convention at Syracuse, Sept. 17. The follow- ng ticket was nominated: John Bigelow, by acclamation, for Secretary of State; Lucius Robinson, for Comptroller; Charles 8. Fair- child, for Attorney-General; Charles N. Boss Wr State Treasurer; John D. Van Buren, for State Engineer ; Christopher H. Wolrath, for Canal Commissioner; Rodney B. Crowley, for State Prison Inspector. The platform pro­ nounces against a further increase of the cur­ rency, and in favor of steady steps toward specie payments The Nebraska Democratic Convention was held at Fremont on the 17th of September. E. A. Thomas was nominated for Judge of the Supreme Court. The plat­ form declares "in favor of a sound currency, coin or its equivalent, as essential to stability in business, and a restoration of prosperity; steps toward specie payments, and no step backward."....In the Alabama Constitutional Convention, at Montgomery, last week, the following section of the new Bill of Bights was unanimously adopted: "The people of this State accept as a final and established fact that from the Federal Union there can be no secession of any State." EDWABD C. TOBEY has been appointed Post­ master at Boston in place of Burt, removed. Full returns of the voto of ("WiAjrma for Governor give Irwin, Dem., 61,525 ; Phelps, Bep., 30,922; Bidwell, Ind., 29,630,...Returns have been received of the Maine election from all the towns ip the State except 31, which last year gave Dingiey, Bern., 77 majority. The vote stands: Connor. Kep., 57-852 ; Roberts, Dem., 53,077 : Connor's majority, 4,775. The Senate ^fcuids 19 Republicans and 11 Dem­ ocrats ; Houa«, 85 Republicans, 63 Democrats and 3 Independents. THE New York Liberals have determined that it world be inadvisable to nominate a State ticket at the coming election, though they re­ affirmed their principles of 1872, and resolved to maintain their organization. J. MOHRISON HAHKISOX is the Bepublican candidate for Governor in Maryland. The plat­ form adopted by the convention favora anseco- nomical administration of the government, and a spsedy resumption of -specie payments, and opposes further increase of the currency The Democratic State Convention of Massachu­ setts met at Worcester and renominated Gov. Gaston, with Gen. W. F. Bartlett for Lieuten­ ant-Governor ; Geo. H. Munroe, Secretary of State; Treasurer Weston Howlasd; Attorney- Genera), George F. Avery, and for Auditor John E. Fitzgerald. The platform favors % speedy return to specie payments, and opposes any further increase of the currency. GENERAL. POBTIONS of Canada were visited by a twelve- inch snow storm on the 14th of September. A FEW months ago there was an insurrection against the government of Hayti led by one Cannote, which was promptly suppressed. Cannote and a few of his followers fled for life through the streets of Port-au-Prince, and took refuge in the building occupied by the' American Minister. A mob threatened to burn the building, in their fierce anxiety to get at Cannote and his men. The Haytien govern­ ment protected the Legation, but have subse­ quently demanded the refugees, and the Ameri­ can Minister has refused to give them up, knowing they would be butchered upon the instant. The American government has now sent a man-of-war to pro'ect our Minister The Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows of the United States held its annual session at Indianapolis last week. THE New York Liberal' Republicans in their State Convention at Albany decided not to place a ticket in the field, but contented them­ selves with the adoption of a platform and the recommendation that their followers through­ out the State exercise each his own choice as to the candidates already in nomination by the Bepublicans and Democrats The steamer Tigress, which picked up the survivors of the Polaris, is reported to be a total wreck on Entry Island, near Halifax, N. S. FOREIGN. the awful epidemic of measles which has raged with unabated fury for the past four months. It is estimated that the disease has already car­ ried off one-third of the population, and that unless checked it will in a short time wipe 6ut beurs, and the waters of the gulf, which rolled ! the native element {. in waves mountain high, were swept over the island, inundating the entire city to a depth of ̂ from one to three feet In the entire rear east £ and west ends of the city the water rose to a | sufficient depth to float lar^e wooden edifices, ̂ „Vei7 valuaWe- The rfesi- ! ^HE Emperor of Germany will shortly pav a Itarn Tramoiit Htrprt wa® most a*ect£d-! visit to the Emperor of Italy. Bismarck will " - -- -- w ere 18 sect'on be- accompany him Mr. James Cairo, whom the A BOME dispatch announces the death of Cardinal Grassellini, in the 90th year of his age Spanish advices state that the families of his most influential partisans are endeavoring to induce Don Carlos to conclude peace. position of Commander-in-Chief of tbe Carlist in Spain. Heretofore Don Carlos hew that distinction-to himself, but his followers are getting into pretty dose quar­ ters, and he is constrained, from motives of personal safety, to give the honor to his gal­ lant General.... A dispatch from St. Thomas, W. I., says: •'An expedition was success­ fully landed in Cuba by the Uruguay, late the Oetavia, At the same time, G«u. Agnilcrs. landed from Jamaica. The Octavia landed two batteries, 1,500 stand of arms, and 500,000 car- triages. a party or 40men and offcera had the munitions in charge, and were received by the Cuban, forces." ! THE Bussian General Kauffman lias occu­ pied Khokand, and all is peace there now, the Khan having accepted all the terms proposed. John Vance, member of Parliament for Armagh, is dead--A slight speck of war is threatened among the fisheries of Newfound­ land between the English and French cruisers protecting their various interests there. The officers of the latter are said to have assumed a very overbearing manner Seballc, the Carlist General, and his son have taken refuge in France. The only General of consequence who adheres to the cause of the Pretender in Spain is Dorregaray, and when he goes the Carlist rebellion is ended. THE Spanish government several years since guaranteed certain payments to the clergy, but of late they have been allowed to lapse, and on the Papal Nuncio demanding a fulfillment of the agreement the other day he waes reminded that circumstances had changed ao that it was at present impossible to comply with his de­ mands. Wir'tm llTiANCE AND TRA1>E| Weakly Btovtew ot the Chicago 1Iktket. K FINANCIAL. The demand for money and the general finan­ cial market is decidedly quiet. Money is abun­ dant, and for prime security can be had at C per cent. Street rates, 7@10 per cent. But little currency going to the country. Govern­ ment bonds are firmly held, and there is a mod­ erate demand. BEEADSTUFW. The grain markets have betifr ihe leftter of considerable interest and attention irom specu­ lators during the past week, and fluctuations in values have been frequent. Spring wheat has been declining throughout, an average reduction of fully 6c per bu being sustained. The speculative element showed but little c^" fidence in the market, and were anx«nia Eastern advices unfavorable. xtm higher and lower, but closed about lc lower. Oats were fairly active, ruling irffgnlar, however, in sympathy with the Huj*wa,tions in corn. Rye and barley were firm prices were higher. The weather had » «°° ̂deal of influence with corn and oats. The following table shows the prices current at the opening and at the close of the past OATS 60 <3J S3 RvJt $0 (& 94 POBK-- New Meas. ....<i>i'25 (£2160 LARD--Steam 13* ST. Xftttts. WHEAT--No. 3 Bed CORN--No. 1 OJLTS--No. S RIB--N o,J. POBK--M e a t . . . . LA»» ...... Hooa CATTLX MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--HAL v . . . . . »<**...< COBB--No. 3. OATS--NO. 2 I.. Jin L.. BABUI-NO. 9. 1M 9 SO A 86 i 1 M 68 _ 87 75 % 7fl .ai so 35 .. nyM .7 75 (G 8 00 . . 9 35 0 S 35 WHEAT--New.... CORN OATS RRA. POBK-- M e n s . . . . . LABD CINCINNATI. 1 83 1 21 1 15 1 24 69 40 l O o • •••••• • To . . . . . . . 1 0 ® 1 85 <3 1 33 @ 1 19 « 1 36 ® 63 <* 44 @ 1 03 @23 60 2 gp'k wheat, cub a sellerSeptember 2 seller October. 2 corn, each. .W. ,2 com, seller Sept 2,coru Eeller Oct.. o (wh. oat*, 8. Sept.... 2 oats, s. Oct 2 rye, cash....... 2 rye, teller Sept. 2 barley, cash.... 2 barley, 8. Sept... 2 barley, B. Oct... 3b»rley, cash.... Opening. .68 @1.15* @1.15 <91.13 @ .59* @ .59* @ .6W* .37 M <& .3® i:U* |.:SX @1.10 ,.05*@1.06 .19 Clotting. @1.09 @1.09 1.07* bid @ .59 @ .58* .67^ bid @ .37 @ .»3,M .77 @ .76* 1.13 @1.13 l.ll @1.12 @1.05* # . 7 8 gins, and for a distauce of at least one mile and ! a half west, every garden and every foundation - was destroyed. DomicUes were scattered pro- ,A " miscuGUily in the center of thoroughfares, \Y many of them being jammed together. Further :l,i* to the west, in the neighborhood of Oleander x'f:. Park, where there are many stylish residences, : W the *aer is reported to have reached a depth .19 of from six to nine ftef. A similar story is •v'#.*oid of the eastern eud of tlte island, which , ~.j' extends from 'Center street «t least one mile .. j and a I alf in the tuiinesa section of the city. :t? ~ 't Large stocks of goods were kept on the ground . t #oors, aad hence t'ae dsmage must have been b * . enormoa?. It is estimated that the ,earnings London Times considers high authority, esti­ mates that Great Britain will have to export 88,000.000 bushels of wheat this year There is great excitement in England over the investi­ gation of the recent collision between the royal steam yacht Alberta and the sailing yacht Mis­ tletoe. The Queen was on the former when the latter was sunk, with the loss of at least two lives. The testimony laid before thfe jury seems to show that the disaster was caused by a violation of the maritime rules on the part of the Alberta. The jury disagreed, but eleven of the thirteen members voted for a verdict of manslaughter. GEN. DORHEGARAY has teen promoted to the PROVISIONS. Considerable interest was shown in this mar­ ket daring the past week, and a fairly active business was reported. Prices as compared with iast week were a shade lighter, but at the sam« time very irregular. Cash me*g pork c!os«d at $21.95, and seller Sept@mbe£j>Om- inaJ'y tha same. Seller October eloflptt at f21.&5 and seller the year at &1&18. C'aA lard closed at $13. C2>£. seller September at #18.55, seller October at $13.55, and seller the vear at *12.00. PRODUCE. There were bnt few important sales of butter made during the past week, but at the same time a firm feeling pervaded the market, and prices for the netter qualities showed consider­ able improvement. Quotable at 24 @30 for extras : 19@2Sc for firsts; 17@18cfor seconds, and 14@lGe for thirds. Broom corn was quot­ able at 10@12c for No. 1 to extra hurl; 10%c for good to choice stalk braid, and 6@ 8Wc for crooked. There was only a moderate trade in cheese, and prices were a shade easier. The supply was fair, and quotations range at 5@8c for poor to common, 9@10c for fair to prime in lots, and 10@10Xc for choice in a retail way. The movement was light in dried fruits, and prices suffered a slight decline for all articles. The market closed at 9%c for prime Michigan and New York apples; 8@8)^c for Ohio, and sales were made at 7}4C for new Southern. Peaches quotable at 10@10Mc for halves, and blackberries at ll}^c. Dried peas remain dull at $2.00@2.10 for choice green, and $1.60@ 1.75 for marrowfat. Eggs were in lighter sup­ ply, and dining the latter part of the week prices were considerably firmer. Quotable at 14%@15c for choice fresh laid. Feathers inet with a good demand. Game (jnotablo at f3.5O03.75 per dozen for prairie chick­ ens. $1.25@1.35 for pigeons, $2.50@2.75 for mallard ducks, and S1.75@2.00 for small. Green fruits have been in good demand, with the exception of apples. There was no change of importance in prices. Sales for the week ranged at &1.00(3)2.00 for common to fair ap­ ples, and, &2.25@2.50 for good to choice. Peaches closed at about $2.00@2.50 per box, in lota, according to quality. Piums steady at $1.00('()1.15 for 3|-bu baskets. Pears quotable at i?8.00@9.00 per brl for choice New York Bartletts, and 40@70c for Miclii .an baskets. Grapes $2.50 for 36-quart cases of Concords and $'3.25@3.50 for Delaware in the same sized packages. There was a good demand for hides and a fairly active business was reported at 8 Vc for green salted and G^c for damaged. There was nothing of consequence done in hops--quota­ ble at 15@20c for Wisconsin, according to quality. Potatoes were dull and but few sales were reported. Quotable at about 75c@ *1.00 per brl. Salt was fairly active and steady at $1.50 for Onondaga and Saginaw fine; ^1.70 for ordinary coarse. Tomatoes quotable at 30(ffi40c per bushel; turnips at 73c@ *1.00 per barrel, ana onions at 75c per barrel for good yellow. e SEEDS AND HIOHWINES. Timothy closed at t2.00(6 2.40 for poor to c<x>d, £2.45(a2.50 for prime and $2.55@2.60 ror choice; clover was inactive and entirety nominal; Owe sold at 81.25@1.50 for poor to pi Line. Highwiuoy were steadv and f;»«^ a0~ uyeat a slight decline in values- Quotable at $1.15. . COOPERAGE, MTMBteR AND WOOD. There was but little 'doing in tbe first men­ tioned market during the past week, and there wa* no essential chmge in prices. The offer- mgs were only moderate. Quotable at £ 1.12>£ £>0^'c krls. %1.35(gl.4Q for lard tc3, #1. J0(<t2.10 for whisky brls, and 45@55c for nour bris. Trade was firm in lumber, but buy­ ers were unwilling to concede to any advance in prices, and there wns 110 change of conse- quence established. The market closed about : '• f°r joist and scantling. §7.75 (cf 16.00 for common to choice mill run boards for shingles, and 75c@ f 1.50 for lath. There was but little done in vroocl, End pnccfi remfun luichaujrcd Quot&blc ** *8-0° P« coi-d for hickory, %7.00 for maple, $6.00 for beech, and $5.00 for slabs at the yards. Telegraphic Market Reports. SEW YORK. • - v 0 0 Hoos--Dreaded. in COTTON 12 Fnooa--Superfine Western. ... * 4 50 WHEAT--NOS 2 CbicaRO....1 JX COSK. @13 00 @ 11 @ 13 @ 5 00 @ 1 22 @ U • e f t . * e e e » » « * 4 » 8 5 13 TOLEDO. , WHXAT--Extra V 84 Amber.. |g4 Corn BO OA*B » DETROIT. WHXAT--Extra. ; Ho. I White. ~ ~~t" No. 2 White.........., Amber coatf OATS BABLEY--No, 3. PORK--Mesa L CLEVELAND. WHXAT--No. l Red No. 2 Red.v.. .2^ COBN. 0 1IISSIS8IPPI TROUBLES. f The President's:. Views--Letter . from the Attorney-General to the Governor of Mississippi, The following is the letter from At­ torney-General Pierrepottt. to the Gov­ ernor of Mississippi, in reply to the tet­ ter's application for aid to suppress the recent riots in that State : To Gov. Ames. Jackson, Miss.: Tii is hour I have had a dispatch from the President. I can best convey to yon his ideas by extracts from his dispatch: "Hiewhole public are tired out with these annual outbreaks in the South, and a great many are ready now to condemn any interference on the part of the government. I heartily wish that peace and good order may be restored without issuing the proclamation; but if they are not, the procla­ mation must be issued; but if it is. X shall in­ struct the commander of the forces to have no childish play. If there,i>» a necessity for mili­ tary interference, tho"*510 justice in such inter­ ference aa will aH evil-doers. I would suggest tl)p «»"<hng of a dispatch or letter by a private "flossenger to Gov. Ames, urging him {* j-rfigthen his own position by exhausting his Own resources in restoring order before re­ ceives government aid. He might a^ept the assistance offered by the citizens of Jackson and elsewhere. Gov. Ames and his advisers can be perfectly secure; as many of the troops now in Mississippi as he deems necessary may be sent to Jackson. If he is betrayed by those who offer assistance, he will be in a position to defeat their ends and punish them." You will see by this the mind of the President, with which I and every member of the Cabinet who had been consulted, are in full accord. You see the difflrolties. You see the respon­ sibilities which you assume. We cannot see why vou do not strengthen yourself in the way the President suggests, nor do we see why you do not call the Legislature together and obtain from them whatever powers and money and arms you need. The Constitution is explicit that the Executive of a State can call upon the President for aid in suppressing domestic vio­ lence only when the Legislature cannot be con­ vened. and the law CKpreasly says, in c««e of an insurrection in any State against the govern­ ment thereof, it shall be lawful for the Presi­ dent, on application of the Legislature of such State, or of the Executive when the Legislature cannot be convened, to send troops to suppress such violence. It is the plain meaning of the Constitution and the laws, when taken to­ gether, that the Executive of a State may call upon the President for military aid to quell domestic violence only in case of an insurrection in any State against the government thereof when the Legislature can be called together. You make no suggestions even that there is any insur­ rection against the government «f the State, q| that the Legislate® weald any measures you might propose, to preserve the public order. I suggest that you take all lawful means and all needed measures to preserve the peace by the force in your own State, and let the coun­ try see that 1 lie inhabitants of Mississippi, who are largely Republican, are favorable to good order, and have the courage and the manhood to fight for their State rights, and to destroy tbe bloody ruffians who murder its innocent^ and unoffending freedmen. Everything is in readiness. Be careful to bring yourself strict­ ly within the Constitution and the laws, and if there is such resistance to vour State authori­ ties as you cannot by all the means at your command suppress, tlie President will swiftly aid you in crushing lawless traitors to human rights. Telegraph to me on receipt of this, and state explicitly what you need, Very respectfully yours. EOWAUUS PlEKEEPONT, Attorney-General. murder, was let out of jail to prevent his being drowned and made his escape. All fhe chnrehes in the town are swept away; BO is the Masonic lodge. The Court-House is safe. Great destitution prevails. The Victoria people, hearing of it, nobly sent asmffamce at once. Out of the entire force 4t pilots only one at Jndianola is alive. Manager Sanborn, of tlie Western U»ion Telegraph Oom- xne The office Is cn- is entirely washed lines arc pros jrnny, is reported tirejy destroyed. The town of away. trated. Every house ail 8an« ̂ arnardino was washed away. All but fiv&of the people reached the steamer and were saved. Near Red Fish Point the government dredge boats were injured. Three ships chained to the dredge boats sunk. At Morgan's Point two dredge boats and two tugboats ate ashore. Dispatch steamer Laiira was sunk. Not a house is left standing in Buffalo Bayou. The water was/ten feet above the ordinary tide. • The town of Matagorda was swept away. Only two houses remain standing. The town of Cedar Lake was washed away, rind all the people lost. Information received from East Bay states that the suffering among the peo­ ple is terrible. Out of Dventy-eight hu­ man beings, five are knfwn to be alive. The destitution is vOy great in the devastated districts, aiii aid is being ittfttcUy extended to the ̂ offerers. DROWNED OUT. The Town ot InJianola, Tctai, Almost En­ tirely Swept Away by the Recent Flood-- <3ae llimiii ed and Fifty Lives Lost. Further particulars of the great cyclone along the Texas coast have been re­ ceived. The devastation is widespread, extending all along the Texas coast. The destruction of property is immense, and loss of life appalling. In addition to the ruin wrought at Galveston, the town of Indianola has been almost com­ pletely swept away and several small towns entirely obliterated. The follow­ ing has been received from Indianola : Wednesday 15th, wind from the east­ ward veering to north. On Thursday morning became more steady, increasing to a gale. The water was waist-deep. Every man, woman and child was seek­ ing a place of safety. It blew fearfully ; the situation was awful. The screams of women and children could be heard in every direction. The water was six feet deep in tlie streets. About 2 o'clock Friday morning the wind veered to the northwest. The waves then becarr>~ chopped ; houses were washed or tumbled to pieces. Th«> toward morning began. ** a little. Tbe water was lower until the wind north ; then came up hope, until daylight began to break, and then did we behold the awful destruction aronnd. Broad daylight revealed a scene that was terrible to behold. The town could not be recognized as the Indianola of the day previous. Ruin, total ruin every­ where. Death and destruction all around us; houses crushed to the ground, others swayed round, leaning over, The wind was now dying down, and the water disappearing from places in the streets. Those that could sailed out to learn the news. Bodies of men, women and children were found in all directions. Women were found and men also, who had floated off on doors, or anything that they could get hold of, miles away,-- some beneath their roofs carried away long distances. The number of human beings drowned will never be known, as there were a large number of strangers in town. We esti­ mate the number of lives lost at 150. A number of persons were out on rafts for hours, but in many eases were saved. William Taylor, on trial for the Sutton ' Useful ̂ j Yellow stains commonly called iron mold are Removed linen by hydro­ chloric acid or hf solution of oxalic acid. Wash wellwarm water after­ ward. " /j • To fasten to leather, boil glue very thin, atk* a little milk, raise the pile of the leather, a/d put on the glue with the brush, Thm sprinkle on the emery and letitc°°M To pteservef soap grease, fill a cask half #iil of good strong lye and drop all refuse grease (herein. Stir up the mix- tar® once a wte^k. The best fattening material for chick­ ens is said to be Indian meal and milk. A remedy' lor caterpillars, which is used on a liuge scale in France, consists in a solution (1 part in 500) of sulphide of potassium, sprinkled on the tree by means of a hw*d syringe. The best stod most durable insulation for electric wires is to tin them and cover with pure mbber. Javelle Water, use! for turning white the dirtiest linen an®, removing stains, is composed of bicarbon&fce of soda 4 lbs, chloride of lime 1 lb. Put Vibe soda into a kettl</over the fire, add one gallon of boiling water, let it boil from ten to fitteeii minutes, then stir in the chlorkle of lirse, avoiding lumps. Use when cool. This is good for removing fruit stains from white underwear. , « Bicarbonate of soda dissolved in water, used as a lotion, will temove prickly heat. I Tlie average yield of cirn cobs is 7.62 parts ef carbonate of jotash in 1,000 parts of the cobs, whieMs nearly twice as much as is furnished' by the best specimens of wood. The corn crop of this country will supply 15,400,000,000 lbs of cobs, from which 115,500,000 lbs of potash might be made. The way they boil rice in India is as follows: Into a saucepan put 2 quarts of water; when boiling throw in a table- Am Asthmatic Prisoner* t He was a fat man, almost as wide as the corridor door, and as he came out one of the newsboy's whispered ; " What a sinker he'd make for a line!" " Your name is Bnfos Jackson, is it?" asked the Court. t> ' 1 certamly--of course my name's Kufns Jackson," wheezed the fat man in reply. 1 " All? you ̂ from Milwaukee ?" . yes---certainly. Lived t&ar& bweubjraigui years.'"* ;; **4 y°" *ere drunk last night I" No,| sir---no, sir---I deny the charge- m totQM. Never was more astonished in my life, sir. Perhaps you have taken me for some on© else.' ̂ " Perhaps I have, Mr. Jackson, but if vou weren t drunk how came you to be- lying m on the talk, hat in tile gutter, satchel m the street, and your feet spread all over? And ^ien an officer raised ton up Mr. Jackson, you plainly and distinctly Exclaimed : • Zon't g'way an* iMnme tone I'll Inock 'er head off r Woul.i a sober m|a make such a ue- m|rk? \ u May Hplease theCourt," wheezed the fat man, VI am a victim of asthma. I was bortt q honest parents, and mv ]jjfe has been (he long" epoch of respecta- bili ̂ I ah .fat I'd give the T?orld to be lean, b» I can't be. I can't run. L ̂!.ei T /^n skip and gambol, Miile I mustrree*, I can't sing. I can't whistle. latoan ei^uaiasticpolitician, Mt lcan'thbiler for <aie candidates on kny ticket. If X try to voice merel makes a soon# like wind sdnting through a corrugated1 stovepipe elb(K / Thi» aethma is Wiling me by inched npjie doctor says flbat I may live to see berries come again/ but beyond thafri; dare not lio»e. Imsi night as I came- into your beautiful city I was seised with a faintness ind fell down, and if the- officers had not found me I should likely have been robbed and murdered. I am indeed greatly obliged, and I can't close 1m7 remarks without complimenting the efficient police force of your handsome and orderly city." " Fat man from Milwaukee," said the Court as the prisoner paused, "once I waa like a child. 1 looked at things as a child. I believe I every story and state­ ment, and my h art was free from sus­ picion. Men t. k advantage of me ̂ women deceive I me with their crocodile tears--1 felt si 1 for the men who cut their hair clo.T 5 and bet their money on dog fights. I have changed, Mr. jack- son. The Ix 1 b has become a cougar. That wlas a g > id speech of yours, but X can't part c nnpany until you hand the clerk a ten lollarbilL" The pri ̂a.er smiled sadly, paid the money an i was not long getting out of doors.--D (roit Free Press. A Horrible Crime. A horrible case of crime and murder has recently oame to light in Franklin county, Mo. It appears that a widow named Rebecca Eades? ir> tiiof county in 1872, and that sne had adopted two cluldren--one a boy, Louis Merrill Taylor, 6, and his sister Kate, 12 years of age. One day, in the spring of that year, she became very angry with the little bOy, and seizing an ax struck him upon the head, afterwards beating him to death. The murderess, assisted by two- men named Charles Eades and William Howard, hid the body in tlie stove, but subsequently carried it off aad buried it secretly. The girl was. the onlv wit- apsonfs!: sf salt, in one rtfniiof 1 ne&s of the heartless killing of , her nee, previously veil washed in cold I brother, and it was agreed that she must water. Let it boil twenty minutes, j be gotten out of the way. They did not throw out into ajcolander, drain, aud I dare commit a second murder, but they put back in the saucepan, which should be stood near the fire for several min­ utes. / I Save the corn «bs for kindlings, es­ pecially if wood ignot going to be plen tiful next winter. To prepare them melt together 60 parts rbin and 40 parts tor. Dip in the cobs, ant dry on sheet metal heated to about the temperature of boil­ ing water. 1 Equal weights of Acetate of lime and of chloride of calciuii, dissolved in twice their weight of hot inter, is a fire-proof mixture for fabrics. The ammoniacal s nickel will dissolve dissolvos cotton also can. .ution of oxide of t at of copper 'cientific Ameri- A Cooljftrik Bobbery The particulars of tlu& recent bold bank robbery in IlunthiWton, W. Va., show an extraordinary amount of cool­ ness on the part of the rollers. They rode up in front of the bs^ik in broad daylight, being four in niknber, and, , ... „ , three of them entering th&bank and i ter to Mrs.'B^pc£® ^Boltmgliouse, No. hit upon a plan that was almost aa atro­ cious as murder. They mounted the girl upon a bareback mule and conveyed her into the middle of a dense forest forty miles distant, in Platte county, Mo., and, after using horrible threats, left her alone. After that Mrs. Eades disap- geared from the country, Charlie Eades ecame a notorious horse-thief, and How­ ard was hung by a mob for stealing horses. The little girl at the time of her cruel abandonment, was weak and sick, but, after innumerable hardships, found her way out of the woods, and finally made her way to the house of Mr. Eldridge, the father of Mrs. Eades, but. not on friendly terms with his daughter. Tlie girl, influenced by the threats, afraid to tell the story of her w^g8' and, consequently, said noth*"?? about the heinous crimes of Mrs -^a^es l\n. about a year ago. A w ̂ aS°» while out riding on horsebao ̂8"e me* Charlie Eades, and recogn&d him. She fol­ lowed him and li^d. him arrested. Last week, while in be ̂addressed a let- jumping over the counter wreathed the Cashier's head with the muzzles of four revolvers. The combination doors to the safe were open, but the reserve fund drawer was locked. They turned the Cashier's head in that direction, and or­ dered him not to attempt to look any other way, but to open the drawer. He, thinking to gain time, refused, but they assured him that they knew their man, , , » • and, notwithstanding his pluck, mean^f^?1 Bolluiger, who offered to, and to kill him instantly if he did not ^01;1 cUU marrv fl,p inil ply. The four revolvers prestf ̂ his head were too mue ̂ 0€,ar» an" 'he 2628 Papiu V^eet, St. Louis. Sheriff Coffey 'he woman was the identical murderess who was wanted. He telegraphed the Chief of Police in that city, whofsent a detective and had her arrested. JShe afterwards acknowl­ edged being jrs. Eades, but denied the crimes charts® against her. She had been living; t^er a year at the house whei« she wi captured, with a man drawer was ̂ colored maif cominc ixi nntl a presented to n«ail, and was commanded to keep quiet, which he did. The robbers, find­ ing only $15,000, accused the Cashier of having more, saying they expected the bank to have $50,000. They asked the Cashier if he had any personal deposits, and he answered them no; but while coolly examining tlie books they saw that he had just credited himself with §7.50. The leader took from the stolen funds this amount and handed it to him, as­ suring him that they did not wish his money. He replied that if he had got to his revolver they wouldn't have got the money; but they told him it wasn't any account anyhow, which 011 investi­ gation proved true, showing it had been tampered with. They then took the Cashier out into the street, mounted their horses, and assuring him that he was a gentleman, rode away double quick over the hills and dales to freedom. The town was soon tlie soene of great excite­ ment, and the citizens, with shot-guns and revolvers, started in pursuiiof the robbers, but they had not been/found at last accounts. MRS. POLLY FILES, 91 years old, re­ cently rode from her house at Ravmond, to Portland, Me., twenty-one miles, did some shopping, and returned the same day--and the road was a poor one, too. f did marry the Vcjnan in jail. She was taken back to Platte county, where her trial will take placed She is 40 years old, but weU preserved* and good looking* and does iK>t look at\all the great crim­ inal she is alleged t> be. Many othei crimes are changed ag^jiet her. Among, these is the one that.Vi 1871, she con­ spired to have her fati^r and mother assassinated, in order to j^t their prop­ erty, and that the murdeftus plan was only frustrated by the accidental dis­ covery of it by her father. Riches in a Feather-Be ̂ Mrs. Michael McGreavy, of » Doug­ lass street, Brooklyn, some tiile ago bought a feather bed in Seventh avaue, $ew York, and when she had used t for a while she found a hard lump u it which she thought was lead that IWL been put there to cheat her. She ripQ6J the bed open, and threw the substan© ̂ which was tied up in a rag, out of the window. Edward O'Mallen, sen of a> tailor at 95 Douglass street, picked up tlie parcel, untied it, and found $200 in gold pieces. He took them to his father, who, like a good parent, put them in hi* pocHet. When Mrs. McGreavy heard of the O'Mallen's good fortune sjje was wild, and demanded the money, but O'Mallen refused to give it up. Then she had him arrested for grand larceny, and the iase was tried before Justice' Walsh. The complaint was dismissed, but the Judge ordered O'Mallen to re­ turn the money.--New York World.