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ifa mm enrg Jhindtaltt J. VAN BLTKB, Ptwam ItcHEKRY, ILLINOIS. f HE NEWS CONDENSED. fH£ EAST. Tr WMk ending Saturday, Aug. 98, WW the noet prosperous one of the Philadelphia Exhi­ bition. The whole number of paving visitors dttring the week waa nearly 250,000, and the •Mb reoeiptn were about $108,000. Saturday, the 26th, was a 25-cent day, and the munber^of Cid admisojons was nearly 100.000... .We now re another phase of the suit of Moulton vs. Beecher for alleged malicious prosecution. Counsel for the latter gentleman have applied a cnange or venue on the ground that in the present conflicting state of fMlblic opinion in Brooklyn as to the merits of the controversy between these gentle­ men it. will be impossible to obtain an impar­ tial jury... .Coal has declined about $1.60 per .lib in the New York market. 41 !THK Molly Maguire prisoner*, Mnndey, Mc- ,4pj£heon, Carroll, Roarity and Boyle, who were recently convicted of the murder of Policeman lost, at- Pa., have beei* sentenced to 4toath In view of the improved demand for rnta. the Bpragup mills, in Rhode Island and Maine, and the Connecticut Print Works, which havo bees idle several weeks, will start up at once A dispatch from Milford, Pa., <mys that "extensive forest fires are raging in ths mountains on the Pennsylvania aide of the Dela^-are river, near Pond Eddy. A vast tltionnt of valuable tirabaf-land has been burned over and th* limber destroyed. The mople are fighting the fire day and night." ,The American Hosiery mills, at Amsterdam, N. f.. have been destroyed by fire. Loss, $80,000. ""FABTTLOCS gains ia oil, recalling vivMly t 'ae intbreak in '64, are reported from the oil re­ gions. A sudden demand from abroad, or some other unexplained cause, has run the price of •the oleaginous staple up two and three dollar* •have the usual rates. Those who held stock have cleared enormous profits, one lucky hold- m as high as $600,000, while a score followed ' after in big bonanzas. THE WEST. JAXKS MCBPHT, a boy of 19 yean, was hung at Dayton, Ohio, on Friday of last week, for -the murder of William Dawson, in September, ^875. When the trap was sprung the first time the rope broke and the criminal fell to the floor. It was at first thought that Ms neck was broken, but it proved otherwise, and in tferee minutes' time the prisoner was a second .tin© walked upDn the death trap. The rope was then doubled, and in an instant he was 'dangling in the air and making a desperate struggle for life, but after a few contortions his limbs settled and the boy's soul had fled Dispatches from the. army operating against te Sioux Indians seem to leave little doubt at active field operations are about over for e season, and that the campaign will end 'Without inflicting any direct punishment upon the savages for the butchery of Custer and his men. Gen. Miles, at last accounts, was en­ gaged in constructing winter quarters for a regi­ ment or two at the junction of the Tongue river with the Yellowstone, and it was considered pos­ sible that he might pick up a fight witlj a portion, at least, of the wild bands who are supposed to toe pushing toward the Canadian border. But the «ob»bility of anything of tbiij kind is slight, le pursuit of the principal trails of the savage hosts had failed,, though f rather efforts were to be made to run down some of the bands. If these do not succeed, Terry's force will turn their faces eastward, leaving a strong garrison at the Tongue river post, while Crook, it is un­ derstood, will follow the trails leading to the •gencies, beat up the camps of the predatory bands who infest the Black Hills roads, and move generally southward in the direction of Fettermaiu The cut-threat savages who left the agencies are supposed to be all, or nearly all at home again, or on their way thither, irtiile Sitting Bull and the untameables will get out of the way northward lay the beet routee Hpstothsm. . . _ '.AT a Republican meeting in Raymond, Mont- febmery county, Kan., a few evenings ago, a of powder. accidentally exploded while firing a salute, and John Banze was instantly killed, and Joseph Dodson, James Sharp, and %lvester Kesslinger mortally wounded. On the same day MXB. Issender and Mrs. Wright were thrown out of a buggy while riding in Louisburg, Kan., and killed A shocking tragedy was recentlv enacted near Greenfield, Lid. A man named Jeremiah Reedy had a fight yith his his son James, which ended in tt^e father killing the son. The young man was lying en the floor, when the old man com­ mended striking him with a buggy whip. Some wpnls ensued, when they got into the front Srd, when a desperate encounter took place, e old man striking his son on the head with t^e edge of a sharp ax, inflicting a ghastly wound, from the effects of which he died in •©out two hours. As usual in such cases, Whisky was the cause of the difficulty. I jAf,«EimjEiiAN who recently arrived in St. Fhjjl from Winnipeg says that a prominent fur "fcale, of the latter city has just closed a con­ tact with Billing Bull for 25,000 pounds of rale powder, to be delivered in five-pound wsksgea to be pslfi ia furs daring the vomiag Jttnter. 'JLhis seems to indicate that Sitting ®?! cantsBiplatsa an aggrr:.rve epilog cam- pugu. To confirm this idea, it ia rumored that £000 bravee have been detailed by Sitting Boll tt> hunt buffalo in the far west for a supply of ptovisions. J THE city of San Francisco was visited by a disastrous conflagration on the night of the Ipth ult. The large block bounded by Bran- nan, Townsend, Third and Fourth streets, was •wept away, and over 200 poor families turned 2«nn(nL. J116 1088 ^ aggregate about JWW,lf0a One fireman was killed and several during the progress of the fire Hie boiler of a* steam threshing-machine, at work at the farm of John Harris, near Lone Jfccfc, Mo., exploded the other day, killing George Cobb and a voung man Powell •enously injuring James Steward. John Harris, •ud a man named Potter. ABYICES from Hays City, Kan., state that a mater spout burst in Kill Creek VaUey, Osbern ®oonty, one day last week, and tooded the en- Ifcre bottom in about fifteen minutes. Horses 1?« ̂nCr°p8!. ®tc*' wer© swept away, and JJ«. Brighton and her two children and Mrs. ween were drowned. THE SOUTH. HON. JOSEPH R. UNDERWOOD, ex-Senator of flke United States from Kentucky, died recently Bowling Green, in that State, aged 86 years, fie served in the Senate from 1847 to 1853. # Savannah (Ga.) dispatch records the destrud •on by fire of Kelly's block, four six-story buildings. Stoddard's upper range, three five- ' «torv buildings, Kelly's shed and wharf, the lippsr works of a schooner, and twenty-five bales of cotton. The loss is $200,000. r WASHINGTON. . THS Secretary of the Treasury has concluded the contract for the sale of $300,000,000 per cent, bonds to be issued under the FANNING acts of 1870 and 1871, and due in 1891. The combination unites the three parties who have been competing for the loan. The amount taken by each firm is $40,000,000 at par and Interest, less % per cent, commission, out of Which all expenses are to be defrayed, includ­ ing the preparation and delivery of the bonds. . . . . E m o r y S t o r r s , o f C h i c a g o , h a s b e e n r e ­ tained to defend Gen. Babcock in the approach­ ing trial for complicity in the safe-burglary aonspiracy. DIBECTOB LWDKBMAII, of the United Mint, reports that all the mints are now ra&- Bing on subsidiary silver coins to their full rcitv, and that the monthly coinage of ail-wiil be about #2,500,000. Since the pas- of the silver act the amount of fractional torrency presented for redemption has steadily fallen off. At first the daily average presented for redemption was nearly *100,000. In July it was $C5,(M0: and the Treasurer estimates that in September it will fall below $60,000. The Philadelphia Mint alone can supply enough small coin to meet this demand. THE Secretary of the Treasury haa ordered that the Printing Bureau be hereafter closed to visitors. THE new per cent, loan bonds are now being prepared by the Treasury department. They will be of the denominations of $50, $100, $500, $1,000, *5,000, and $10,000. In- terest will be payable quarterly on the first days of December, March, June, and Septem­ ber. They will be free from taxation of all kinds; principal and interest will be paid in coin, and these conditions will be set forth on their face. The bonds first to be called for re­ demption in i}4 per cent, bonds are the five twenties of 1865, interest on which is now pay­ able in May and November, and of which there are now outstanding $150,558,650. THE Washington Monument Society, which, under a charter from Congress now holds pos­ session of the unfinished shaft in this city, and everytliiag relating to it, held a meeting the other day to consider the appropriation of $200,000 by Congress at its late session and the conditions imposed by that law. The so­ ciety decided to give a deed of transfer to the Government relinquishing possession of the monument and its surroundings, and drew and signed the document to that end. The monu­ ment has thug far cost about $210,000, and is only a third finished. POI.TV*P *L. HON. G. A. FINKLENBERG has withdrawn his declination of the Republican nomination for Governor of Missouri, and consented to make the race... .The Eepublicans oI Tennessee, at their State convention at Nashville, last week, resolved to make no nomination for Governor. Hon. Frank Hurd has been renominated for Congress by the Democrats of the Toledo (Ohio) district The Prohibition party of Connecticut have nominated the following State ticket: Governor, Joseph Cummings, D. D., late President of the Wesleyan University; Xiientenant Governor, Rogers; Secretary of State, R. p, Oowles; Comptroller, John A. Rockwell; Treasurer, M. A. Dean. Presiden­ tial Electors were also nominated. THE Republicans of the new State of Colo­ rado held their convention at Denver, last week. John L. Routt was nominated for Gov­ ernor, Lafayette Head for Lieutenant Gover­ nor, and James Belford for Congress.' CONGRESSMAN CLYMEB has been nominated for re-election by the Democrats of Berks oounty, Pa. GENEBAL. THE Supreme Lodge of the World of Knights of Pythias have just held their annual session in Philadelphia. The total membership is now 98,276. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: H. 8! Davis, New Hamp­ shire, 8. C.; N. B. Woodruff, Georgia, V. S. C.; C. D. Lucas, Missouri, S. P.; J. Dowdell, Ohio, Supreme Keeper of R. and S.; J. B. Slumph, Indiana, S. M. £.; A. Ewing, Texas. S, M. A.; W. H. Mayster, Tennessee, S. I. G.; J. W. Thompson, District of Columbia. S. O. G. ONE hundred and fifty masons and stone-cut­ ters sailed from New York for Scotland, the other day, under contract with John Coghill, to work on the parochial buildings in Greenock. They are to receive 10 pence per hour for eight hours a day. One hundred and fifty more will follow In a short time. THE funeral ceremonies over the body of the late Speaker Kerr, at New Albany, Ind., on the 25th of August, were of the most im­ pressive character. All business was sus­ pended, and emblems of mourning were to be seen on all the public- and many private build­ ings. The cortege was composed of the civic societies of New Albany and neighboring cities, members of the city governments of Louis­ ville, Jeffersonville, New Albany, and many prominent persons from other parts of the country, the procession being one of the largest of the kind ever seen in that city. IN pursuance of the recent order of the Presi­ dent, the following transfers of troops in the Booth have bean ordered: Vveecompanies of the Second infantry from the Department of the Gulf to the Department of the South ; the Sixteenth, infantry, now in Kentucky and Ten­ nessee, to Louisiana and Mississippi; compa­ nies A and E, Eighteenth infantry, from At­ lanta, Ga., to Edgefield, S. C. ; company K, Eighteenth infantry, from Greenville to Law- renceville, S. C.; company E, Fifth artillery, from Summerville, and company H, Eight­ eenth infantry, from Columbia, to Blackville, Barwell county, S. C.--all to go into camp at the points named with sixty days' rations The great celebration of the Swiss of America begun in the judges' hall at the Centennial grounds, Philadelphia, on Saturday, Aug. 26, Gen. John A. Sutler, of California, presiding. The exercises consisted of instrumental and vocal music, and an oration by Capt. John R. Millman, of Baltimore, which was replied to by United States Minister Howe, of Wisconsin. In the evening the delegates proceeded to the Schuetzen park, at the falls of the Schuylkill, where a banquet was given. Sunday the cele­ bration was continued at Schuetzen park, when an interesting programme was given. IT is stated from Washington that "Gen. Sherman is of opinion that the Sionx are tired of fighting, and are ready to terms; St-( ting Bull's not making aasy effort to prevent a junction between Terry and Crook is an indica­ tion to him that lie m not going to fight any • more, but is now ready to make the best terms possible." UPON the cill of. its 'President, Gen. Sher­ man, the tenth annual meeting of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee will be held in Washington, D. C., on the 18th and 19th of October next. THE American Association for the Advance­ ment of Science haa Just held a very inters ting session at Buffalo. The next meeting will be held at Nashville, Tenu. A Toronto die- patch says: "The great drought throughout the province haa given rise to many bush fires. Live stock is suffering in many places for want of water, and others axe driven long d«»- tancee to obtain it." FOREIGN. THE soundings for the Channel tunnel to connect England and France have been com­ pleted. The engineers 'report the result as very satisfactory A Belgrade telegram to the London Times, dated Aug. 26, says it ia almost certain that the war is about at an end. The Servians are ignorant of the fact that their Government is suing for peace. The news of TchernayefTs victory is spreading like wildfire, and there is great rejoicing. Success at this time is unfor­ tunate, as it will be made use of by the war party, but it may help Servia to secure better terms." The steamship C. F. French, bound from New York to Antwerp, was recently de­ stroyed by fire on the coa^t of Holland. Total toes in vessel and cargo estimated at $400,000. A DANiiEKocs conspiracy against the existing Government was recently discovered at Pam- peluna, Spain. Two sergeants of the Spanish army were found guilty of high treason, and immediately shot. Some disturbances occurred at San Sebastian, but were at once repressed. A LONDON dispatch says Mr. Schuyler's pre­ liminary report of his investigation into the outrages in Bulgaria, addressed to the Minister of the United States at Constantinople, fully confirms the worst that has been told of the i°cme«, Mr. Schuyler found that much of e slaughter was done by the regular Turkish Tni.iierf' £ h® denounces the report of the xurusii Commissioner concerning these out- thff falsehoods. He declares that hixty-flve villages were burned in billed men» WOInen, and children A CONSTANTINOPLE dispatch of the 29th ult says: "A Cabinet council, at which all the grand dignitaries were present, has resolved to depose the present Saltan, Mowd, and pro- daim Abdul Hamid. The change will oocv shortly, certamly before the beginning of the next RalkUn, the great annw»is' feast of the Mohammedans." A Vittto* telegram of the #ame date trow: " A Council of Ministers has been held iu Constantinople to consider the peace proposals of which the outline has been, given to the Grand Tisierby the powers separately. Busnia Btrenuowly opposed the condition that Servia should first sue directly for peace, and the Porte haa Aban­ doned its demand to that effect.",.. .It is -- that 24,850 Spanish troops, of all anna, with Krupp and Placentia guns, will embark at Santander and Cadiz for Cub* before Nov. 1. TKLWRAMH from the Servian Capital repre­ sent tliat there is a keen anxiety among the people to hear of an armistice. The recent fighting before Alexinatz has been greatly ex­ aggerated, the losses being no more than a few hundred killed on the side of the Servians. A feeling of jealousy has been aroused between the people of the principality and the Russians, the inflnence of the latter in the army over ­ shadowing everything. To see Servia become a Russian dependency as the result of a war begun to secure her complete independence of Turkey, is not what the people want, and they appear to be ready to welcome a peace which would assure them as near an approxi­ mation to complete self-government as they possessed before the war. THE INDIAN WAR. Gen. Sherman's Impression*. Gen. says a Wa«hiagtoja telegram, continues to be of the impres­ sion that the hostile Sioux have Wen divided up or that they are endeavoring to get out of the Powder river and Big Horn country. He says that he is of the opinion that they do not want to fight any more, and that they will endeavor to cross the Yellowstone to get awfty. If they can succeed in doing this, which he doubts on account of Gen. Miles' pa­ trolling forces, they will then be heard of at the agencies. There are but three fords practicable for them on the Yel­ lowstone, and it will take so long to get their old men, women, ponies and lodge- poles across that they will be pounqed upon by the United States troops before they can accomplish such a movement. Gen. Sherman believes that the In­ dians under Sitting Bull would not have allowed the junction of the forces of Gens. Crook and Terry if they meant to fight, and to him it looks as though, with a broken-up crowd of the hostiles, Sitting Bull is likely to be getting ready to surrender and secure the best terms possible. At all events no such determined fighting as here­ tofore is looked for. Beyond the 2,500 additional soldiers now being recruited no additional troops will be required. Hence there is not much probability that the request of the marine corps to be employed will be complied with, unless it may be deemed advisable to place them at the agencies to carry out the ar­ resting of the returning hostiles found at the agencies. The Commissioner of Indian Affairs now looks to the army exclusively at the Red Cloud and Spotted Tail agencies to establish the authority of the Govern­ ment and to conduct the management of ndian affairs there for the time being, under which arrangement, if successful the commission will proceed to remove the Indians to the Indian Territory. Some Slide Belles. [Cincinnati Enquirer Washington Letter.] For years there has existed a strange ambition among certain girls in society here to be distinguished for their ill- breeding. To be spoken of as the rudest girl in Washington was the laudable ambition of each. Heaven known, by empty heads and coarse li0rt«8, lBly were all rude enough, but which girl was entitled to wear the champion belt was undetermined, and popular disfavor varied from day to day as some fresh in­ stance of ill-manners put one or the other in advance. They were daughters of families holding recognized social or official positions, and, received at al­ most every house, one was and is in continual danger of an assault from these female ruffians. I was at an enter­ tainment one night, for example, and a ladys recognized as a confirmed invalid, feeling faint, attempted to get to the dressing room on the floor above. The stairs were blocked, and the rudest girl never moved. Her young man, from very shame, rose to his feet, and after the sick lady had with difficulty clam­ bered over the female ruffian, he said : "Well, ," calling her name, which I of course omit, " for cool impu­ dence you take the belt--to sit and have :hat i •sromaii climb over you!" Well," was the feeling response* "if she's too sick to remain down stairs, let her stay at home." Lost Jewels. A London correspondent writ es Since the grand entertainment given to the Prince of Wales jit the Guildhall of the city of London, the full effects of that most beautiful cru3h have come to light. Losses of jewels were plentiful, indeed they were rather the rule than the exception. Among other things I hear that the Duchess of Manchester lost one ear-ring of the value of £1,200, and had not heard or seen anything of it since. Another lady had the pleasure of seeing her diamond comb, valued at £5,400, trodden into the dust beneath the feet of the dancers without being able to get sufficiently near to rescue it from destruction. A curious discovery was made in sweeping the hall after the dance. Some months ago, Lady Dud­ ley, the most beautiful peeress at pres­ ent living, was robbed of jewels to the amount of £50,000, at a railway station. A beautiful antique agraffe, resplendent with diamonds and emeralds, was found on the floor of the Guildhall, and lias since been recognized as one of the articles which were stolen from Lady Dudley. No claimant for it has at pres­ ent appeared. Sitting Ball and the Blackfeet. The Blackfeet in Canada give Sitting Bull the cold shoulder when he entreats them to join him in liis warlike enter­ prises. With characteiistic insolence he threatens them with severe punishment So soon as he has finished with the Americans. The Indian subjects of the Dominion have always been treated as subjects and not as enemies or inde­ pendent tribes. It is hard to drag them into a war. Our Government has issued elaborate instructions to the Sioux Com­ mission. It might have added one clause: Study the consistent Indian policy of the Canadians. --New York Tribune. A BAI/TIMOKE court has decided that the money deposited by a street car con­ ductor, as a guarantee of honesty, can­ not lawfully be retained by the company in case he proves dishonest. WILD BILL, THE SCOUT. What an Old Associate Saya of Him* Jack Malone, a frontiersman, fur­ nishes the St. Louis Globe-Democrat with some interesting incidents in the life of "Wild Bill,"alias Jas. B. Hickok, who was killed at Deadwood City a short time since by Jack McCaU, a Black Hills desperado. Hickok was a na tive of Illinois, and his mother and sisters yet live near Galena, in that. State. His brother (named William) is a wagon boss in New Mexico. According to Malone, Wild Bill was the only fron­ tiersman who would take his pistols off and fight a square fight with any one who wanted to settle a dispute in that way. He was al­ ways anxious to avoid a quarrel, but, if he found he was going to be forced into one, took good care to get the drop on his enemy, and he was a sure shot. He would rather indulge in poker than eat, on one occasion having played in his mat earthly possession--a black and tan terrier. Bill was generous to a fault (Mr. Ma­ lone continued, in his remarks to the reporter), and although he had found it necessary to kill about a score of men in his time, still it is to be regretted t&at he himself was shot down " without a show." In 1860 Bill was driving a bull team at Leavenworth, but afterward took a train to Denver, CoL One of his first fights was with a gang in Dover town, two miles above Fort Kearney. He and Bill Story killed three men there. He was next heard of at Virginia City, where great rivalry existed between two sets of road agents, and it was there that Bill made the enemies that forced him into the biggest fight of his life. He came acress the plains as a Union scout with the Second Colorado in 1863. While they were encamped on Walnut creek, near Marysville, Kan., Hickok called on a Mrs. Walters, having been a great friend of her husband. She begged him, for God's sake, to leave, saying that ten men from Virginia City had at ranged to come and kill him, " Well, little woman, don't be fright­ ened. Get behind the chimney, and we'll stop'em," was the scout's reply. The gang finally surrounded the house, and the leader shouted, " Is Wild Bill here ?" 41 Yes, come and get him," was the answer, and two of the invading party were shot dead as they endeavored to enter. The others turned and ran. Bill stepped to the door, rifle in hand, and at a distance of 250 yards shot and in; stantly killed a third one of the party*. He always considered this the best shot he ever made. In 1865, while the deceased was keep­ ing a livery stable at Springfield, Mo., he quarreled with Joe Tutfc over a card table, and next day Mr. Tutt was gathered to his fathers--being shot through the heart in the public square. Wild Bill never waited to see the effect of his shot, but wheeled on Tutt's friends, and asked if any more shooting was wanted by them. They appeared to be satisfied. In 1868 Hickok turned up as Sheriff of Ellis county, Kan., with headquar ters at Hays City. A fellow named Sam Strawhan had followed, him from Spring­ field to avenge the death of Tutt; but Wild Bill got the drop on him, and he fell dead, shot through the neck by the man who never missed his mark. The next man whose turn it was to die at the hands' of Wild Bill was Bill Mulvey, a notorious rough from St. Joseph, Mo. He was shot back of the right ear. For this service Sheriff Hickok was tendered a vote of thanks. Wild Bill's next difficulty was with eight or ten soldiers of the Seventh Cavalry, who invited him into a bar-room at Hays to take a drink. While standing at the bar he was knocked down by one of the blue coats. The minute he struck the floor his pistol was out, and, unfor­ tunately, he killed a map who was trying to make peace, and also another who par­ ticipated in the attack. Hickok then fled, and subsequently turned up as Marshal of Abilene, Kansas. Here it was that he killed a brother of McCall, the man that murdered him. During the last year or two Bill had been playing the gentleman in Kansas City, St. Louis, and elsewhere, organ­ izing Black Hills expeditions, etc. Insanity Im the Uuitcd States. The intelligent ear-c of the rn-ane, with a view to the restoration to health and society, is so rccent that it may be dated, in the United States, in the pres­ ent century. The time is even within the recollection of many now living, when faith in the curability of the dis­ ease became general, even among med­ ical men. Upon the dawning of the be­ lief that insanity was susceptible of cure, hospitals began to be built, for the two-fold purposes of custody and treat­ ment; for besides the difficulty of taking care of lunatics at home, it was found that comparatively few recovered. From this period hospitals began to be regarded as not only the best, but to most persons the only places for the in­ sane. Hence an increasing demand for their accommodation, and though their numbers have multiplied largely, and have greatly increased in size, they are still inadequate to entertain all who knock at their doors and with piteous appeals seek admission. In this con­ nection may be noted a curious result of the establishment of new hospital facilities. The newer States, in estimat­ ing the hospital capacity necessary for their insane, have naturally consulted the census statistics to find what num­ ber to provide for; but it ia invariably found that when a hospital is opened for the accommodation of a given dis­ trict, the applications for admit- sion far exceed its capacity, largely oua- numbering the statistics collected by the census-taker. The' country seems sud­ denly thronged with insane people, and we are apt to be impressed with the be­ lief that this dread disease is largely on the increase. But the probable fact is that no such increase really exists. It is not unnatural that, mainly out of family pride, the questions of the cen­ sus-takers are often evaded, and the rela­ tives of the unfortunate patient, seeing no benefit to come from revealing this "skeleton in the closet," keep it from observation. But, promptly when an asylum i» op- - <t -vithin their reach, free to all wittiout p*.,), v)v curtum i, drawn and they come forward with their afflicted. That insanity d-^s ot increase, pro rata, at least iu < h- United States, is proven by the censiu returns for the past twenty years. In 1850. this country had a population of 23,191,876, and a total number of insane and idiots of 31,397, or 1 in 37&. In 1860, with a population of 31,443,322, there were 42,864 inm^k and idiots, or 1 in 733. And in lfpif with a population of 38,555,983, there were 61,909 of that class, or 1 in 623. In England, during the same period, there was an average of about 1 in 450; in Scotland, 1 in 460; in Ireland, 1 in 400; in France, 1 in 600; and in Australia, 1 in 534. These reports, if accurate, show a favorable condition in this country as compared with that of others.--Charles D. Robinson, in Scribner for Sept. ILLINOIS ITEMS. UPON application of Chief of Police Beck, of Milwaukee, Gdv. Luding- ton has issued a requisition for the. arrest of Wilbur F. Storey, of the Chicago Times, for slander. Con. A. P. FIELD, Secretary of State in Illinois under the administration of Gov. Duncan, but for twenty-five years past a resident of New Orleans, died re­ cently in that oity, at the age of over 75 years. He was a lawyer of decided ability, and at the time of his death was Attorney General of Louisiana. IN A dispute at Peoria, the other day, Phillip Chou stabbed his partner, Mor­ ris Seimbach, near the heart with a small pointed instrument used in their trade, inflicting a wound wliich rendered Seim­ bach unable to speak since, and which is expected to prove fatal. Chou is under- arrest. The parties were engaged in the manufacture of bird cages. AN old colored woman named English was run over and instantly Killed by a north-bound passenger-train on the Illi­ nois Central railroad, two miles north of Pulaski, a few evenings since. She was walking along the track, and being very deaf, did not hear the approaching train until too iate to prevent the terrible •alamity. JOHN T. ALEXANDER, x>f Morgan county, the most extensive cattle dealer in the Mississippi valley, died at his residence near Jacksonville one night last week. He left policies of insurance on his life amounting to $80,000. The death of Mr. Alexander is universally deplored. He was widely known and universally beloved, and was a man of wonderful enterprise and business tact. TARGET SHOOTING matches are quite common in Jackson county, the prize for the best rifle shot beiug a beef. The last of these ended in a quarrel between Jas. Dillinger and Bill Bowman, broth­ ers-in-law. Whisky was being sold on the ground, and Bowman had drank co­ piously. When the dealer refused to let him have more (according to Dillin- ger's orders), Bowman aimed his rifle at Dillinger, some 100 yards distant, and fired, but the bullet struck Addie Dil­ linger in the head, from the effects of which she died next day. Addie was 7 years old, and a bright, intelligent girl. Bill Bowman, her uncle, has been cap­ tured on the road to Green's Ferry, in Union county. He returned to his house about midnight, procured a coat, firearms, and a saddle-horse, and departed for parts unknown. Notwithstanding his house was guarded, no attempt was then made to arrest him, for some reason. TIEE Inter-Ocean says: "Employes on some of the freight trains on the Ga­ lena Division of the Chicago and North­ western railroad have passed through some exciting seasons during their night runs of late. For some time a number of young roughs living at certain towns along the line were in the habit of climb­ ing on freight trains and riding a short distance, despite the efforts of the con­ ductor and brakemen to prevent them. If the train began to go too rapidly for them to get off easily, they would fre­ quently set the brakes and cause its speed to slacken. Force was at length used by the railrod men, and they man­ aged to get the better of the train climb­ ers by using an extraordinary vigilance. During the night when the freight trains were passing they would pelt the brake- men with huge stones. Firearms were resorted to by both sides, and Saturday night a brakeman on a passing train was struck by stone and severely injured, a conductor's head was hurt, and the win­ dows of a caboose containing several pas­ sengers were riddled with shots and stones. Detective Morgan, of this city, was on the train, and his first impression on hearing the noise of the firing was that they were being attacked by rob­ ber?. A lady occupant of Bthe caboose was badly frightened." NBAB Gridley, McLean county, last Monday, was found the body of a man who proved to be the victim of a foul murder. From evidence brought out before the Coroner's jury, it appears that two men were seen in the neighbor­ hood of Gridley, who had with them a span of horses and a covered _ wagon. The men were apparently resting and passing away the time in playing cards. In the afternoon the report of a gun was heard by parties living near their camp­ ing place, but nothing was thought of this. During the night the wagon and men disappeared. The next mornipg a lady living near the place was hunting for some stray chickens, and in passing througn the brush she found the body of a man. She at onoe raised the alarm, and on examination it was found that the man had been mu - dered, his skull had been crushed in and the brains scattered on the ground. There were no papers on the body toin- dicate who he was, but it was identifie d as one of the men seen there Sunday. Suspicion was, of course, aroused, and the man was traced to C har lea worth, and arrested there by the City Marshal. Two citizens, living at Gridley, recog­ nized the body as that of George Mur­ phy, a man they knew in Michigan. The prisoner, when brought before the Coroner, gave the name of Major Mere­ dith. His story is that he was traveling from Michigan to Texas, and that ne fell in with Murphy on the road. He denied that he killed the man, and gave no sat­ isfactory explanation of the matter. The supposition is that he either killed the man in a quarrel or for gain, and dragged the body into the bushes, hoping it would not be discovered until after he had got out of the country. THE Mexican sand-bur, once quite a pest in Kansas, »is disappearing. It has probably been killed out by the Colo­ rado potato beetle, which prefers it to anything else. Last year they com­ pletely stripped it before it was grown. WHERE THE SOLDIERS Present Disposition or the Vorcea ot the United State*. i >• [From the New York Herald.] , ̂ i s s u e d t o G e n . S h e r m a n t o hold all the available force of the army ready for prompt service in the Southern States, in view of the approaching Pres­ idential election, gives rise to the inter­ esting inquiry to what number of men are actually at his disposal for that purpose Gen Sheridan has stated that he was obliged to strip every post from the line of Manitoba to Texas in order to reinforce Terry and Crook. Even troops have been ordered from Califor- nia to the Yellowstone, and they have no doubt by this time reached the theater of hostilities. The Southern States, except Texas, have quartered in thein two regi- rEento of tuliilery and five ot infantry aggregating 3,500 r&en, and in Texas! principally along the Rio Grande fron­ tier, are three regiments of cavalry,, seven companies of artillery, and four regiments of infantry (two of the latter being colored), aggregating 3,309. The garrisons in the reconstructed States have not been disturbed in consequence of the war ag&msfc the Sioux. They re­ main at the strength above stated." On the Pacific Coast there are one regiment and two troops of cavalry, eight compa­ nies of artillery, and two. regi­ ments of infantry, and in Arizo­ na the Sixth cavalry and the Eighth infantry. It may be stated that the presence of a considerable military force is necessary in Texas to protect the people against Mexican and Indian ma­ rauded ; and there is, also, a necessity for occapying at all times several forta and posts in the States and Territories bordering on the Pacific. The total number of _ men in the organization of the army, including staff' corps of engi­ neers, ordnance department, military academy, men not attached to regiments, hospital stewards, etc., is about 28,200; but the organization, by regiments and companies, is only 25,000. Gen. Sher­ idan, after the greatest exertions, haa been able, according to his own state­ ment, to give Terry and Crook 3,500 men, which Gen. Sherman thinks are " quite as many as can be maintained on the Big Horn." Comprehending the value, of the fig­ ures just mentioned, an estimate can be formed of the available force of "the army "not now engaged in subduing the savages on the western frontier," for protecting all citizens, without distinc­ tion of race, color or political opinion, in the exercise of the right to vote." The appended exhibit explains itself : Strength of the regular army 35,000 Stationed in reconstructed States 3,500 Stationed fn Texas 3,300 Stationed in Pacific Stateu 2,300 Stationed in Arizona 1,000 Operating against Sioux.. 3,500--13,000 Distributed in other localities 11,409 Chinese Laundrymen. More Chiramen are employed in San Francisco in laundry work than in any other kind of labor. In all parts of the city their washhouses We to be found, every square block containing from four to six establishments of the kind. Near­ ly all the hotels and many of the public institutions employ them, and the wash-, ing of nine-tenths of the families in the city are performed by them. A system prevails among these Chinese laundry- men whereby the item of shop rent is reduce to the most economical figure. Two wash firms occupy the same pre­ mises and use the same tubs and mate­ rials, one firm working during daylight, and at dark surrender the shop to the other, who occupy and use it until morn­ ing. By this system there is also a sav­ ing in water and fuel. Another Bridge Across the Thames. The bridges crossing the Thames for general purposes in London proper are the following: Battersea, Vauxhall, Lambeth, Westminster, Charing Cross, Waterloo, Blackfriars, Southwark, and London Bridge, which is the last to­ ward the sea, all ocean steamers and large vessels being compelled to anchor below. It is now proposed to build an­ other bridge across the river, just below the Tower, and about a quarter of a mile below London bridge, at a cost esti­ mated at nearly $2,500,000. Hampton Court bridge, the last on the Thames on which tools were L aed, Iiasbc a thrown open free to iKe public, the tolls having been eitingushed forever by a public outlay of $200,000. 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