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;sn:- i lite Ptltnrj $laindeater. : J.TKHSUTKE^ JtcHENKY, ILLINOIS. fHK NEWS CONDENSED. :ii THE MAS*. : mjurom bronze sfcafcae of William H. Ifewud was unveiled in Madison Square, New « fork city, (me day last week. The oration *as delivered by William M. Evarta. John '* Ipigelow, the Secretary of State, made the ad- of presentation on behalf of the oontribu- t' re to . the fund for the statue, and Mayor i/>V Vow fVi#> criff far frhA nitf, ThfiPB is a large number of people in attendanoe, gnd much interest was manifested... .Pennsyl- Mxia'e day at the Centennial--Thure- RT, Sept. 28--witnessed the largest at- endance of any day since the opening •f the hi# show. From early morning till late in the afternoon, almost to the moment of •losing the gates, the people swarmed to the .^grounds in multitudes, and numbered at length About 250,000 souls. Every imaginable vehicle, from an oyster-cart to a truck, was utilized in drawing people to the show, and notwithstanc- •y.'fr'g ttie feet that almost ©very available hcwao - toe city was brought into requteitloa, at tufi \&«jbloee of the day thousands of people, many of '•j" them women and children, were compelled to trudge to their distant houses on foot. Of the ' fifty-oent admissions during the day there -were 217.678; twenty-fivo-cent admissions (chil­ dren), 33,785; to the Jive-stock show, 5,823 ; total cash admissions, 257,286. DURIXO a fight between a number of Molly Maguires, near Plymouth, Pa., a few tdghto •go, John Brannigan, Peter MoNamara, and Bradley O'Neil were clubbed and stoned to death. The trage ly occurred near where the O'Donnell family were murdered some time ego. The transaction has created intense excitement Although the miirderers were pursued, thev managed to escape. Jaoob Huntzenger, late President of the Miners' Trust Bank, of Potfaville, Pa., has "been arretted on five distinct charges, cover­ ing alleged misdemeanors by false pretenses and embezzlement to the extent of upwards of 8200.000. He was sent to Jail in default of em 000 bail. BFUCTLABS entered the store of Franklin Horton, No. 42 Fulton street, New York, a few nights ago, broke open the safe and secured $£0,090 worth of jewelry. No arrears.... A horrible domestic tragedy was enacted in New York city the other night. Julius Blank, a Mind professor of music, residing on the top floor at No. 201 West Thirty-third street, shot his wife, Mary, inflicting a mortal wound. He also shot his child, Amelia, 3}4 yeare old. 8he died soon after. He then shot himself, the shot killing him instantly. A CONVENTION of women, lasting three days, was held in Philadelphia last week. Prof. Maria Mitchell presided, and' Alice C. Fletcher acted as Secretary. This is the fourth Con­ gress held under the same auspices, its object being to meet a pressing demand for an inter­ change of thought and harmony of action among women interested in the advancement of their own sex. IN a drunken row last week, at Taylorsville, a suburb of Scran ton, Pa.. Ruse James killed a saloon-keeper, Edward James, and a man named Ceroew, by stabbing them with a jack- knife. THB WEST. 8EVKBAL weeks ago a requisition was made by the Governor of Wisconsin upon the Gov­ ernor of Illinois for the surrender of the body of Mr. W. F. Storey, editor of the Ghicago Times, charged with the publication of a libel against one Beck, the Milwaukee Chief of Police. The matter was referred by Gov. Bev- eridge to Attorney General Edsall for an opin­ ion as to the law in the case, and the latter has --'xiofl'cMnot t>6 lawfully complied with, for the reason that Mr. Storey was not in Wisconsin at the time the alleged offense was * committed, and therefore cannot be considered a fugitive from justice. , A Bismarck special reports p aparations at Fort Lincoln for an expedition of the Seventh Cavali v and a detachment under command of Maj. Beno. Destination not stated, but the preparations indicate an absence of a month or more. THE amusement outlook in Chicago W more peculiar than at the beginning of any season since the city laid claim to metropolitan taste and experience. The efforts of the past toward building up several houses for the drama have now all condensed themselves to a single substantial focus, and McVicker's Theater is the only legitimate Thespian haunt in the city. This veteran institution has outlived a score of years and double that number of rivals, and starts in for the season of 1876-7 stronger and better than ever The delay in carrying into effect the order for disarming and dismounting the Indians at uhey- enne Agency has resulted in the unprovoked murder of the Rev. Mr. Fennell, in Episcopal missionary. He was shot through the heart and head by a fiendish redskin who had been t'Oiifcicd in tho guard-house for some misde- lasaiior, and had sworn to take revenge on the v .-,%st TrMfco man he met after his rcleasq. The large and extensive establishment in To­ ledo, Ohio, known as the Milburn Wagon Works, was destroyed by firs last week. Over 1,000 finished wagons, besides a large number of unfinished ones, were burned. The loss is about $400,000, on which there is an insurance of *135,0(0. Several of the firemen narrowly escaped death from failing walls, and one had an arm broken. This disaster throws about 350 men out of employment The fire is sap- posed to have been caused by spontaneous combustion. A TEKKTBT.K explosion of a threshing-machine boiler occurred in Marshall county, Ind., a few days ago. Thomas Jones, aged 12, wa<j blown 100 feet, his clothes torn off, and himself in­ stantly killed. Thomas Wort, aged 24, band- cutter, died soon after ; he leaves a wife and three children. William W. Johnson, aged 22, was thrown 100 feet, and died. William Hughees, t»ged 35, was blown 110 feet, his right leg broken, and his body badly scalded ; he will probably die. David Logan's skull was frac< tared and one of his arms broken. A number ©f other persons were maimed and bruised in > shocking manner. The boiler was thrown 200 feet, striking the separator and going over a stack twenty feet high in its flight. Frag, ments of iron and wood were scattered in a circuit of 175 feet. A HORRIBLE gallows Bcene was gt Coshocton, Ohio, last week. The victim was Henry Ept, who, in November last, murdered Abraham Wurtheimer, of that place. "At 1 o'clock," writes a correspondent, describing the tragedy, "the lever was touched and the drop foil* Thou followed & horrid End repul- aive scene. The drop had not killed the un­ happy man, nor was the noose strangling him His body swung to and fro violently. From his lips came terribie moans and cries. He frantic­ ally struggled to free his limbs. His agonies continued. The witnesses of the execution turned sick at the awful scene. Finally the platform was brought back to its place, and the poor victim of an executioner's bungling work was drawn upon it, and the rope readjusted, the poor half-strangled wretch groaning ijnd wailing and begging not to be hanged again all this while held in the arms of the official* and waiting another attempt. Four minutes from the time of the first fall the half-killed man was launched into the air again. This time the rope and the fall accomplished the law's decision. The man's neck was broken, and the poor fellow died without a struggle." THK Springfield (EL) Register of the 2d inst aaya: "By the crop reports ..for Sept. 11, re­ ceived at the office of the State Board of Agricul­ ture, it appears that the prospect for corn is better by about 10 per cent, than on Aug. 11. the date of the last previous report. Accord­ ing to the estimates the crop in this State will be about 270,000,000 bushels, or aixmt 78 per «ec>t of a full crop." Jfne LAUBETTE Yotman, who is described M a prepossessing young lady of 20 years, raid a visit to her prothero, in jail at Faribault, Minn., last week. " On first going to the jail," says a St. Paul paper, "she went straight to Jim Younger, who was lying inside the cell with his head dose to the bars, through which she kissed him repeatedly, sobbing and shrieking the while, saying, 4 Oh, Jim, this is too bad. If it had not been for Bob and Cole you would never have been here. They've enticed you to thi«, Oh ! dear brother, what shall I do now ? There's no cue to care for me when you re gone. Oh! what shall I do ?' Cole was oneway when he heard she was coming to him. She bowed, shaking hands, but speaking no word except of greeting, and to Bab the same. They have alwavs said Jim was the petof the family, and appeared more anxious about his condition than their own." ELBIBT A. WOODWARD, the Clerk of the old New York Board of Supervisors, under the Tweed reginie, who has beer. for several rears, was arrested at the Palmer House, in Chicago, last week. He was traveling under the assumed name of A. Wallace, and repre­ sented himself as an Englishman. Wood­ ward was Tweed's confidential man in the division of the proceeds of the ring thieving, and was deeply involved m all the rascalities of the ring. He has been taken back to New York to answer for hia crimes The Chicago Tribune reports "the fi eight business on ths various roads leading to the East has greatly picked up during the last tyflek or two, and an immense amount of grain ia going forward. There has been no chanee in rates--20 cents per 100 pounds still being charged on grain to New York. These ratae, however, are not strictly maintained, and it is known that contracts are being made as low as 16 cents per 100 pounds to New Yoik." THK Chicago papers report that the great re­ ligions movement in that city, under Mr. Moody's ministrations, is increasing daily. The immense tabernacle, with a Beating capacity of 10,000 or 12,000, is filled every evening, and thousands are turned for whesn txicrc is net even staudincr Chicago elevators, sn per official fig away room ures, contain 1,185,419 bushels of wheat; 1,745,142 bushels of corn ; 355 402 bushels of oats ; 120,347 bushels of rye, and 470,538 bush­ els of barley, making a grand total of 3,876,- 848 bushels, against 2,339,096 bushels at this period laet year. THB SOUTH. ADVICES from Northern and Northwestern Texas report a grasshopper invasion. In some counties they are destroying vegetation. Wheat-sowing is to be delayed until it is ascer­ tained whether the 'hoppers will xemain long enough to deposit their eggs. A SPECIAL from San Antonio, Texas, to the Galveston News says a detachment of Capt. McNelley'a company under Sergt. Armstrong attacked a party of outlaws on Espanosa lake, near Eagle Pass, killed five,' wounded one, and captured fifty horses arid a large number of cattle. A KILLING frost, extending as far southward as Ticksburg and Shreveport, spread over the Southern country on the night of Oct. 2. The tobacco throughout Western Kentucky aud Tennessee is badly nipped and seriously in­ jured. The tobacco prospect, previously very unfavorable, is cut short more than one-third by this calamity. The cotton crop is mature and will not be hart It is the earliest frost experienced in the South for eleven years. WASHINGTON. THE mints are now running to their full capacity to supply the demands for subsidiary silver coin. Last week $500,000 was received from Russia to be converted into American gold coin. There is an active demand for silver for export to China. THE trial of Gen. O. E. Baboock on the safe- burglary indictment was brought to a conclu­ sion last week. The jury, after an absence of tw9 hours, rendered a verdict of nqfr the following exhibit; Six oer cent bonds 8 984.990.650 Five per cent bonds 712,320,450 Total coin bonds $1,697,320,100 Lawful money debt ..S 14,000,000 Matured debt 2,738,580 Legal tenders 868,563,472 Certificates of deposit..... 34,520,000 Fractional currency 2S.868.415 Ooin certificate* 29,777,900 Total without Interest. 462,717,788 Total debt $2,176,776,418 Total interest . 27,126,227 Cash in Treasury: Coin...... $64,891,124 Currency. 12.524,915 Special deposits held for re­ demption of certificate* of deposit 84,520,000 Total in Treasury...... 111,636,069 Debt less cash in the Treasury $2,096,181,941 Decrease of debt.during September... 2,915,365 Decrease since .Tune 30, 1876 Bonds issued to the Pacific Railway Companies, interest payable in lawful money: Principal outstanding Interest accruod and not y <?t paid.... Interest piid bj the United States Interest repaid oy transportation of as"?, etc Balance of interest paid by United States 7,172,769 64,628,512 969,852 82,080,218 6,950,398 25,129,824 A. B. MuixETr, former Supervising Architect of the Treasury, has been appointed by Secre­ tary Morrill to superintend the construction of the public buildings now in process of build­ ing throughout the country... .Hon. Philip B. Fouke, formerly a Representative in Congress f: om Illinois, and a warm personal and politi­ cal friend of the late Stephen A. Douglas, died in Washington last week. GENERAL. BETTEB prices are expected for American grain because of the short crop in England. The market in New York, says the Tribune, shows the effect already, but happily thore is no wild speculation e tar ted, snd the improve­ ment in prices promises to be of a substantial character. THBEB men fell from the scaffolding of a church in Montreal last week. One was instantly killed,and the other two fatally injured.. ..James Lick, the San Francisco millionaire, breathed his last in that city on the let inst., leaving in trust for various public, patriotic, and charit­ able purposes a sum estimated at $5,000,000. "LEAVE your trunks at home" is a suggestion of Philadelphia newspapers to the multitude about to depart to the Centennial Exhibition. Mountains of trunks rise in every railroad depot, and travelers are frequently delayed in obtaining them. A hand valise is far prefer­ able. Tne fashionable garment in the Exhibi­ tion and on the streets is the one every person has worn in traveling. THE annual session of the National Pork- Packers Association was held at Indianapolis last week. About a dozen Western and South­ ern States were represented... .James K- Hill, one of the Indiana whisky ring, who was sen­ tenced to two and a half years' imprisonment in the penitentiary, has been pardoned by the President--The steamer Leopard, at St. Johns, Newfoundland, reports the loss of thirty-seven fishing vessels, with their cargoes, on the Labrador coast. No lives reported lost. POLITIOAIM THE Republicans of Nebraska have nom­ inated Frank Welch for Governor, A. O. Ab­ bott for Lieutenant Governor, Bruno Tzchnck for Secretary of State, J. B. Weston for An- oitor, and J. C. McBride for Treasurer* THE Republicans of the Fifth Maaaaeliosette District have renominated Gen. Banfeg for Con­ gress, _ Dr. George B. Losing has been nom- mated in the Sixth District, formerly Butler's* Mia Democratic opponent is Thompson, the present member. In the Seventh District there m three candidates, namely, Gen. Butler, the regular Republican nominee; Judge Hear, nominated by dissatisfied ̂ Repablioanst NUd Mr. Tar box, the Democratic nomine*. roRKiGN. * ( J ; Drama the suspension of active hostilities in Mexico the Government is reorganising the army, in the hope that the next battle will be the last and end the revolution. Yet it is never the last revolution in Mexico,. but always the latest. Still, that progress has been made in that country since the expulsion of the French aroused national pride cannot be denied. Tim Congress is now in session, and it is probable that arrangement® will be made for the pay­ ment of a part of the English claims The misery which the Cubans apprehended will extend throughout their island is painfully apparent at Puerto Principe. In this inland city, which once enjoyed great prosperity, real estate is almost valueless, aud 4,000 im­ poverished people are fed at the public expense. Heedless of this ruin, the Spaniards are sending more troops to the island and erecting coast defenses at Cienfu- eges against some imaginary foe Reports received in England confirm the set­ tlement of difficulties between England and China, growing out of the Yunnan murders. The British Minister, Wade, and the Chief Foreign Secretary of China'bave signed a con­ vention disposing of the case Hostilities have been resumed between Turkey and Servia, the latter having rejected the proposed exten­ sion of the armistice Sir Thomas White has been elected Lord Mayor of London. THE 142 otOiiiBi«Ou5 WllG SMI«U itdui New York to Scotland have arrived and been set to work on the new parochial buildings at Green­ ock. They get ten pence an hour, and are guaranteed work for two years The Pope is again grievously ill Armed Russians con­ tinue to pour into Servia by the thousands. A cable dispatch announces the death of the groat German sculp­ tor, Ernst Ton Bandel, the founder of the colossal statue of Armimua which was placed upon the summit of the Teuto burger Wald last August, amid the rejoicings of the whole German people, and which spread his name and fame far and wide. He was born May 17, 1800 A ferry boat was recently swamped in Youghal Harbor, Ireland, and nineteen per­ sons, nearly all farmers and their wives, were drowned. THE Servian army has again been over­ whelmingly defeated by the Turkish forces newr Alexinatz. The London Times' corres­ pondent at the Turkish headquarters tele­ graphs. undar date of Oct. 3: "Thursday's battle, both as regards the losses and numbers engaged, "was decidedly the greatest in the whole war. In the front, towards Moravia, the Servian attack was merely directed against the Turkish bridge. The main attack was against the Turkish left wing, under Hafaiz and Ali Pasha, in order to cut off the Turkish retreat to Nisch. Sixteen Servian battalions atao crossed the Moravia at Draehevoo, and advanced by way of Jesica against the Turkish right, under Falsi Pasha. This double flank move­ ment completely failed, and the Servians, by noon, were driven back at all points with great loss. They subsequently renewed the attack against the Turkish left three times, but were on every occasion repulsed with great loss. A dispatch from Berlin sayB that "considerable portions of the Russian army have received orders to be ready for immediate concentration. Cavalry and field artillery are now on a war footing, and the infantry are ready to march." A CORRESPONDENT at Constantinople tele­ graphs to a New York paper that the situation there is really critical. The incendiary charac­ ter of the articles in the public prints, he thinks, renders it urgent that an American fleet be Bent to the Bosphorus to protect the lives and property of Americans... .A Vienna dispatch says there are now 7,000 Russian vol­ unteers in Servia, including 1,800 officers, and 2,000 more volunteers are enlisted The Em­ peror of Russia has written a letter to the Emperor of Austria, in which he declares him- BeJf still in favor of peace. If Russia should eventually intervene, it would only be with the entire agreement of the powers, and that intervention in any case would be preceded by a conference. .. . ... -- atuwupt tMh- oeec made to assassinate the President of Hayti The failure of the fish yield in Iceland has caused much suffering and privation, sad many of the people are emigrating to Canada... .Rus­ sia Offers to compel Servia's submission to the will of the great powers, if England and Aus­ tria will induce Turkey to agree to a truce, On the strength of this promise, England urges the Sultan to agree to an armistice for twenty days. The Turkish Government pre­ tends to be apprehensive of popular violence, if terms not satisfactory to the people are agreed to, but it is suspected that there is lit­ tle reality in this pretense. Nevertheless, the position of foreigners in Constantinople is decidedly unpleasant, on account of the preva­ lent religious excitement, and there is a gen­ eral disposition among them to get out of the way of possible developments. LINCOLN. A Runaway Locomotive. Last Monday, at noon, the locomotive on the Smyrna Branch railroad ran away and nearly killed itself. After bringing the noon train into town, and after En­ gineer McConaughv had started 4o din­ ner, the fireman, John Shorts, cut the Io« imotive loose from the car to shift it to the other track. He turned on steam, and as he did so the pin fell out of the throttle bar. He could not shut her off after that, and away she went at break-neck speed through Com­ merce street to Clayton. Shorts made a perilous leap from her as she whizzed by Union street and saved himself, though he was flopped over and over in the dusty street when he struck the ground. In just about one minute from the time Shorts "pulledout the stopper " here the locomotive was a ruined mass at Clayton. The distance between tbe two points is one mile and a quarter. As quick as possible a telegram was sent to Clayton to "switch her off," but she beat the telegram by about two lengths, and had spread herself pretty well over the depot ground when the dispatch reached there. She did not obev the curve at Clayton at all, but shot off in a straight line across the grounds. She jumped off with such force as to throw herself flat on her side, and in this con­ dition she smashed into the platform along the main track, near the north end of the depot. She slid along sideways for 100 yards or more, snapping bolts and rods as if they were ropes of sand. Her wheels that were uppermost whizzed round like a top, and the raging steam hissed like mad from every aperture. Fortunately the exhaust pipe broke, or she might have burst her boiler. The whole a flair was over almost as quick as a wink.--Smyrna (Del.) Times. v Served 'em Right. The managers of the New Tork State Fair lost money this year, and men who bought the privilege of selling certain articles were not repaid for their ven­ tures. 'Die chief cause of the loss was the placing of the admission fee at 50 cents. Hundreds of farmers who had come with their teams many miles re­ fused to pay the price demanded and returned home. On the lest day the price was reduced to 25 cents, but this action was too late to be of benefit. THS first cargo of slates from the United States has arrived in England. They are said to be equal in quality to those found in the Welsh quarries, anfl much cheaper. Bom* Move of Ks-Secretwry Welloa* R«mta- iscencea. [From the Springfield Republican.] Mr. Welles is writing his papers on Abraham Lincoln in the Galaxy, to show that Mr. Lincoln, notwithstanding his jesting remark, had a good deal of "influence with the administration," and was, in fact, most resolutely per­ sonal in his action. It will be valuable inside history of those times. In the October number, he describes the em­ barrassment and difficulty the President and heads of departments suffered in the matter of Federal offices. In that im­ mediate and most perplexing strait of the nation's life, "a host of ravenous parti­ sans, xroiii luniue to California--a large proportion of them Whigs, long exclud­ ed from office--filled Washington, and, backed bv their Senators and Represen­ tatives, besieged the White House and departments, demanding for themselves or their friends the local appointments, regardless of the patriotism or merits of the incumbents." Mr. Welles observes that the Secretary of the Navy made fewer removals than the rest; many se­ cessionist officials had resigned andgyne and he felt it necessary to retain as many experienced persons as possible. But one of those he kept proved treacherous. But, such a hullahalloo was raised about the eccentric behavior on Mr. Welles' part--which was charged to the fact that he had been a Demcorat, and natu­ rally didn't like to turn Democrats out-- that the President felt compelled to ask him to remove a very few clerks; one in each navy bureau and one in the de­ partment proper. President Lincoln had a more difficult task in this respect than Presidents commonly have, for great changes wera absolutely necessary, yet never were care and deliberation so imperative. Mr. Welles gives a very in­ teresting account of Mr. Lincoln's con­ struction of his Cabinet. He treats Mr. Sewaid's character severely with regard to his optimism, and still more with re­ gard to his attitude toward the rebellious South; declaring him ready " to ac­ quiesce in almost any change of the fun­ damental law itself to get over a diffi­ culty." He wpfl prepared to surrender Sumter and other forts in the seceding States, and to call a national convention to revise the constitution and reconstruct the Government. Mr. Chase was com­ pletely depressed and despairing, at this time, but did not share in Seward's views. He considered reconciliation im­ possible, civil war "a despotic exercise of power," and the best thing to do was to allow the States to withdraw. The other members of the Cabinet were a unit for every means to maintain the Union. Mr. Lincoln listened to each, but forebore to commit himself, with marvelous sagacity using all, refusing none, watching events, feeling the pub­ lic pulse, and deciding at last with en­ tire independence. Bulgarians Starving to Death. The correspondent of the London News writes as follows of the atrocities at Klissura: " But the dead are less to be pitied than the living. They have been reduced from ease and comfort to the condition of wild animals--without a home. •without shelter, without bed- axng, aitoOBi wxtuuun vtvMxxug, sua ing on what food they can pick up from day to day. There are women here who have known comfort, who are weak and ill, and who have three and four little mouths to feed. They go out in the fields, reap enough wheat for the day's food, painfully thrash it out with their hands, pound it into flour between two stones, and bake it into bread for their little ones day by day; and sleep, like the foxes in the corner of a ruined wall, on a little straw at night. There are little children here, haggard and thin and sickly, sleeping almost on the bare ground, and when it rains, on the wet ground. Nobody who has Hot seen it (Ban imagine the misery caused by the Binrning of a village. The most system­ atic and conscientious pillage is a mere trifle as compared to it. The people in the case of pillage still have a roof over them; they still have their hearths and their fireplaces; they still have their homes, in short, though stripped and denuded. After everything valuable has been taken, there remains in every household a mass of objecte that are not worih carrying away--bedding, clothing, furniture, cooking utensils, even food, among which the family will find enough to replace, however poorly, whatever has been taken, enough for the first ne­ cessities of civilized life. But if, after pillage, the match is applied, these homes are annihilated; these poor worn- out objects--the cast-off clothing, the ragged bedding, the broken cooking utensils, which are so worthless and yet so precious, are all consumed, and the people are reduced to the condition of wild animals. The Hog Product. It is noticed as a matter of consider­ able importance to Wisconsin and Min­ nesota, in view of the fact that the wheat product is something of a failure, that the hog product is one of the largest ever known in the country. Last year the number of hogs packed did not exceed 181,972. The number during the previous year was 248,197. From the statements made by the largest packing establishments in Milwaukee, it is estimated that there will be not less than 350,000 hogs of the finest quality packed during the ensuing season in this city. Messrs. Plankinton & Armour in­ formed a reporter this morning that the product is the largest and of the best quality ever raised in the Northwest, and that the facilities for fattening were never so good. The abundance of the corn crop will be found to be a great aid in fitting the pork for market, and between this and the extra production of hogs the agri­ culturist is likely to be fully compen­ sated for all loss on his wheat crop. As Milwaukee contains some of the largest packing houses in the country, this in­ telligence is of particular importance to us. Of course, one effect of this will be to eheapen the price of pork.--Milwau­ kee Wisconsin. How He Trapped Her. A gentleman who was obliged to ride over the Woonsocket branch of the New York and New England railroad, and had been greatly annoyed by having packages stolen from him in the cars, concluded to trap the thief. He pro­ cured a long, striped snake, put him in a collar box, and, on entering the cars, laid it on the seat beside him. Soon a portly old lady came puffing into the car and took a seat beside the gentleman in question, who was apparently ab­ sorbed in reading an evening paper. It wasn't long before the box disappeared under her shawl, and her curiopity soon led her to open the box to look at her prize, and the snake glided into her lap. The scene can better be imagined than described, but that man never Loot any more packages. r- ILLINOIS ITEMS. NEAR Dalilgren, Hamilton county, one morning last week, Deputy United Staten Marshal Abell arrested one Thcs. D. McGinnis on a charge of counter­ feiting. He was taken to Springfield on the morning train. He ha3 rented under suspicion a long time, and the probabilities are favorable for a pro­ tracted residence in Joliet. This makes thirteen arrests under that charge in that county within a year. THK September crop report of the State Board of Agriculture shows a very large advance in the prospects of corn over the August report, the average be­ ing 77 per cent, of a full yield. The prospects for the potato crop are not so flattering, owing to the ravages of the potato-bug, and in some localities rot­ ting in the ground. The yield of ap­ ples, with the exception of a few coun­ ties, will be abundant. As a whole, the prospects for a plentiful yield are very flattering. THE corner-stone of the new Court House was laid at Peoria last Saturday with appropriate ceremonies, consider­ ing the fact that the demonstration was almost an impromptu affair. The Rev. J. K. Edwards offered prayer. Judge J. W. Cochran made a short address, and J. K. Cooper, Esq., closed with a few pointed remarks. The Hon. Thos. Cratty read a list of the articles deposit­ ed, and, on being called by the crowd, made a few witty remarks. About 500 people stood around in the cold and wit­ nessed the ceremonies. WM. A. DUNCAN, of Towanda Mead­ ows, known all over the Union as a stock-breeder, died a few days ago at the home of Josiah Chorn, in Normal. Mr. Duncan was taken ill at Ottawa with typhoid fever while attending the recent State Fair, and was unable to get nearer home than Normal. He was born in Clark county, Ky., in 1818. He leaves a wife and eight children. Although the owner of a fine farm and herds, he was so involved that it was feared his estate will not prove very valuable. He was a prominent citizen of McLean county, and has been an active politi­ cian. ON Friday night of last week the barn of Mr. C. H. Kutledge, in Downs town­ ship, McLean county, was consumed by fire, the particulars of which are as fol­ lows: About midnight Mr. Rutledge was awakened bj a noise in the barn. He arose, and with a kerosene lamp in his hand proceeded to the barn to ascer­ tain what was wrong. As he entered the barn the lamp exploded, setting fire lua olathintf and iilA stdLW. - Thfl fil'# was put out, as 'he thought, as speedily as possible, and Mr. li. then discovered that one of his horses had a saddle on, which was evidently the work of a horse- thief. Between the stall in which this horse stood and the door was a vicious jack, loose in his stall, and probably this animal had prevented the thief from getting out with the horse. After secur­ ing the animals again, Mr. B. returned to bed, and was soon after awakened by the bright light of his barn on fire. He was only able to take out some har­ ness and the stock, and was compelled to abandon the rest to the flames. There was some insurance in the Farmers' Mu­ tual Company. ELEVEN Bridewell prisoners at Chi cago made a bold dash for liberty one day last week. A good-sized gang had been employed on the streets during the day, and were being conducted back to their quarters. A large number had en­ tered the gates, when eleven, who formed the rear part of the line, and were con sequently outside of the wall, suddenly turned and flew past the guards in the direction of the river. The officers who were on watch at the rear part of the line wheeled almost instantly, and started in hot pursuit, while the guards within the walls pushed the heavy gates together in time to prevent the escape of any of the men who had marched into the in- closure. Nearly all the runaways reached the river and plunged in at different points, having separated as far apart as practicable in order to better baffle their followers. Gun and revolver shots rang forth repeatedly, and some of the guards jumped into the water after the fleeing swimmers. There was one officer stand­ ing on the opposite bank of the river, and he walked back and forth with his cocked gun promising to make it lively work for the convicts when they tried to land. But five of the eleven reached the opposite shore, and three of these were wounded before they climbed up tne bank. The officer on that side had now been joined by others, and it was not long before the entire gang were again in custody. A California Incident. Such incidents as the following are still common in stage-coach traveling in California : " The coach contained eight men and' four women, all unarmed. When tho coach reached a part of the road lined by a thick growth of brush, in which it is impossible to turn a loaded wagon or even a light one, two men sprang up and commanded the driver to stop and throw out the express boxes. Both of the men wore white cloths under their hats, one end being thrown up over the front of the hat and the other, with eye-holes, covering the face. One man, held a double-barreled shot gun, aimed at the driver, and tne other at the body of the coach where the passengers mostly were. After a short parley two boxes of treasure were thrown out, and the driver was compelled to drive on, the shot gtin covering him until he was hidden by a turn in the road." ' SAYS Seth Green : A No. 1 mackerel is a better temperance lecturer than John B. Gough ever was. At least it will make a person drink more water. IS 1>IAN ELOQUENCE. 1 Spotted Tail's Oration to the Gommlaaf •ra, Upon the Signing ot the New Treai^- of Peace. Ton have oome to visit our land, n.tMf we now ask yon how many years there are for us to live. My friends, you who sit before me are traders, are merchants. You have oome here to trade ; you have not come here to turn anything out of the way without payment for it. When a man nas a possession that he values ̂ and another party comes to buy it, he brings with lnm such good things as he wishes to purchase it with. My friends, your people have both intellect and heart. \ou use these to consider in. what way you can do the best to live. My people who are here before von are precisely the same. I see that my friends before me are men of age and dignity, and men of that kind have good: judgment, and consider well what they do. I infer from it that you are here to consider well what shall be good for my people for a long time to come. I thiwlr each of you has selected somewhere good piece of land for himself, with the intention to live on it, that he may raise his children. My people are not differ­ ent. They also five upon the earth and the things that come to them from above. We have the same thoughts and desires, in that respect that white people have. This is the country where they were born, where they have acquired all their property, theic children, and their horses. You have come here to buy this country of us, and it would be well if you would come with the goods you pro­ pose to give us, and to put out your hanr} so that we can see the good price you pro­ pose to pay for it. Then our hearts would be glad. My people have grown up together with these white men, who have married into our tribe. A great many of us have learned to speak their language, and our children are with them in our school, and we want to be considered all one people with them. My friends, when you go back to the Great Father, I wish you to tell him to send us goods. Send us yokes of oxen, and give us wagons, so that we can' earn money by hauling goods from the rail­ road. This seems to me to be a very hard day. Half our country is at war, and we have come upon very difficult times. This war did not spring up hero in our land. It was brought upon us by the children of the Great Father, who came to take our land from us without price, and who do a great many evil things. The Great Father and his chil­ dren are to blame for this trouble. We have here a storehouse to hold our pro­ visions, but the Great Father sends us very little provisions to put in our store­ house, and when our people become dis­ pleased with our provisions and have gone north to hunt, the children of the Great Father are fighting them. It has been our wish to live here peaceably, but the Great Father has filled it with sol­ diers, who think only of our death. Some of our people who have gone from here in order that they may have a change, and others who have gone north to hunt, have been attacked by the sol­ diers from this direction, and when they have got north they have been attacked by the soldiers from the other direction; and now, when they are willing to come book, ibe oolcUevs «4ail(l between (h^U, and keep them from coming home. It seems to me there is a better way than this. When people come to trouble, it is better for both parties to come to­ gether without arms, talk it over, and find some peaceful way to settle it. You have mentioned to me two countries. The Missouri river country I know. When we were there we had a great deal of trouble. I left hundreds of my peo- Ele buried there. The other country I ave never seen, but I agree to look at it with fifty of my young men. When this trouble commenced, the Great Father stopped the sale of ammunition, which has caused great suffering among my people, notwithstanding we are aQ sincere to do what is good for our peoplo. I HAVE kept note of the temperature in England for the last ten years (daily), and my father before me has dono the same for forty years. The result has been that we nave not been able to dis­ cover any perceptible (average) variation in the direction of greater heat in sum­ mer. Tiiese'lasi sis years have shown milder winters and cooler summers than the preceding ten.--English Mechanic. DB. HKLMBOLD has caused suit to be instituted against his brother and others for conspiring to put him in a mad­ house. THE MARKETS. 11 oo & 1 2K HEW YOBK. BMN 6 35 Hoas 6 65 COTTON 10# FLOUR--Superfine Western 4 60 WHEAT--No. 2 Chicago 1 28 CORN--Western Mixed 66 OATS--No. 2 Chicago.. 47 RYE--Western 72 PORK--New Mess 16 75 ^17 00 LA*»--Steam lOKtt tt CHICAGO. 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