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;;a»S^'5:S,Sfe: ' k-£i • 4 ^ v I- '/ #• r \* " - iJ 'T * -* ; - „ '- 1 •*,.* -- a-,^^g»~---1*,fnrw v», t Jlaintolcr. 1 VAN SLYK& PTTBLXSHKB. * * ';v IV; *iii. >'#L , LA^HAKJWVKM jffattENBY, HJJNOia "<•* HIE NEWS COIVDEN8ED. • - •• *• 1 •' Zm 4f+*}| THE EAST.- ^ ; Kefctfille (N. Y.) National Bank ww v 5 robbed * few night ago by eight masked bnrg- ; 'leap, wbo bound Rod gaggvd the watchman- «ad blew the vault and Mf« opett. Tto^bank itf 4i loeee $15,000 and depositors about $00,000. A, Ita» wteMaer J. H. Camden reoontiy exploded f M Aemf 4k boilers between Psrkefeburg and Pittsburgh, on the Ohio river. The pilot and ) vtf0^ree deck-hands were killed, ^d four other* THE WJSMVi i- */• ./• FIGHT between the soldiers radons of the ' $ A'^' ' |xhii4» of hostile Indians in Idaho Is reported t ^ft*|ywayof Portland, Ore. The savages wore f" ••* worsted in the engagement, losing four killed, i JlA tilkfld quite a number were wounded. T : BEPOKTS from the scene of the Indian War in If , Idaho state that Capt. Perry a command had surprised by a party of savages. One fllfioer, ten soldiers and two citizens were jk IdJlcd, and, the entire command narrowly es- 8dip«r total annihilation. Troops are being p rapidly mfirrted forward, ana it is be- , lieved the hostiles will be whipped Wbmission before many days The Cin- t» > «iftnati Chamber of Commerce has passed res- s*vMi: cilutiont instructing the delegates of that body to the National Boa rd of Trade to memorialize V , *:ii*>flDngrefls in favor of postponing the date of re- rip, A DESTRUCTIVE fire recently visited the town W <nC Del Norte, Col. Two blocks of business T' f lionfles werebuined, Involving a loss of1 $200,- "SI THE town of Pensankee, Wis., situated on •Cttwen Bay, was recently visited by a frightful ' <si -• tornado, which carried death and destruction in Its track. Though lasting bat a few moments, its. effects were terrible in the extreme, leaving village, which was but a moment before •„•< j&S »' ithirishing lumbering town, a stricken i't ' ' jawj .wreoked place. Six persons were t^T' killed outright, and some twenty wounded-- *'•' some, it is thought, fatally The band of ' a* highwaymen who nave infested the road be- ! fc,.Jtween Cheyenne and Dead wood, robbing stage roaches, bids fair to.be broken up. Three of i have been arrested, and sbldiers are in pursuit of the others. '* CHICAGO elevators contain 427,264 bushels of wheat; 1.877,839 bushels of corn; 803,059 bush- oats; , 58,203 bushels of rye and 97,951 -.bushels of barley, making a grand total of ' TiL7M, 315 bushels, against 3,368,018 busliela at this period last year.., .Tho Directors of the ; German Nationef Bank of St. Louis, finding • >" H J-*< tithftt the business of the institution does not pay-expenses, have concluded to close the bank 4g}j,(*aad place ite accounts in the li&nds of an • • • . • • THE Milwaukee Sentinel prints -telegrams i 'V- 'frdln thirty points in Minnesota, Iowa and Da- 4 e v Jpi|a, which report grasshoppers in large num- , JwEs^nng with the wind. In Minnesota the ? _Thoppers are flying north, only a few alighting «, the points heard from. In the mam the 1' * ; ~"roitiper« are doing no damage. Farmers are & II crop prospects.- V , " h' |k t¥» Superior Criminal Court afc*Sf&tr ©r- p/f'immaf Uie other day, the Attorney General filed ,*t information against J. Madison Wells, T. C. - , ^ Aadet^on. Louis M. Kenner, and G. Casanave, * V' * • taeSabets of the late Louisiana Returning Board. > , !j * The: information is very lengthy, and charges t.i'iM having, on the 4th of December, / ' L67FI, falsely and feloniously uttered and pub- "5 Ufioi as true the altered, forged and counter- t ^ Jeitea election returns for Presidential Electors "VJS^'5 & parish of Vernon at the election •^11 Mmmtornber last by adding 158 votes to each •i> *t«l( the Hayes Electors, and deducting 395 from the Tildeii Electors. The parties were ^o^nrestf^' *®d required to give bail in the cum of «-J#6.0(JO ea<Cii.J. neuri Bufch, a St^te ov^ator •^Ttnd "prominent coloml politician in Louisiana, Ins been arrested at Baton Rouge on a charge of embezzling school fundf. THERE has been a smart bit of war and some ^ Jpfcddshed down in Carter county, Ky. (; A band * ,mae outlaws and horse-thieves had been lording ,>tJt0¥er the people of that section for along t^ne, until one day the law-abiding citizens got 5 a - . V" 1 J a 4*A, It liaving been that fourSfths of ^URil WMUWlWUBIIy ' fa; their resigna- 4ibea Mtombled (resign of tee and concluded to put a stop to their de­ lations. They got out warrants for the ar- */• ' ! "a15feWfc of tfee ring leaders, four brothers named i Vs®*l4rwo*>d. The latter took refuge barricaded themselves and bid defi- '1 |<#pWto their would-be captors. After a eisge ^fl^^yfinteen davs, diu ing which time an almost iM cofutant fubilade was kepi up between be- saMea and besiegers, the outlaws were starved * «fl)mi«sion. One of the Underwoods was 'ItUMtt and two others wounded during the leakages The militia are now up in arxrw, and to airest or clean out the whole band ef outlaws, numbering upward of 150. J^jA »psPEEATE light recently occurred fifty-two *iile6 from San Antonio, Texas, between a band of thirty-five highweymcn and twenty w6re escorting a spccic irain from mX&ih'gsliaa to San Antenio. Several of the oritbtrs a c lulled and wounded and the oth- «to flight. Two of tho escort ware killed others wounded. WASHIXOTOH. flfHB fcecretary of the Treaiury gives notice JI 10,000,000 of the 5-20 bonds of the act of 1865, andconsoltf of 1865 will be paid at * !p?\ , b "i Washington dispatch that •*fa»a|^eBident is so well satisfied that there is need of troops in the South that he 1 S&tftly direct the issuing of orders to with- ^wAll troops from that section, except such may be necessary for garrison dutv. The troops so withdrawn will be either transferred . AD service in the West or sent to tha Bio Grande. LIEUT. Buuutt, of the Twenty-fourth In- fr gantry, lately struck the trail of a band of .•Udeving Indians near the Rio Orande, in • ^ttexas, pursued them across the river &to ^HBaiieof attaokeS and drove them into the •<jftfc>!*^aiaa. A large number of horses which ^ie savages had stolen were recaptured and ' sed to tb« rightful owners. A full report i8 Aftsil* has Veil made to the authorities "an, and the President and others in official station express themselves grati- at the success of the affair.... teceî s from distilled spirits from all sources the last fiscal year were 857.700,000, against $56,462,000 for the year 1876. •4B iris teuotHioed at the Treasury Department ttiat gold that has lost in value from natural ^lUilillim in diealatlim will be received at the ^tttoaitiry? by wefgfeti This would involve a loss •"fe depositors Sf hot exceeding ten cents on lli^sordiMUe eagles. . v POLITlCAt. State Greenback Convention «aet at Portage on the 4th of July. Gen. Sam. Bexernl other jwminent greenbackerg r from abroad Were present, it P. Allis, of Mil- --L.ee, was nominated tor Governor. The offices were filled as follows: Lieu- overnor, E. li Benton, of Fond du Secretary of State, Joseph II. Osborn, of county; State Treasurer, William of Sheboygan; Superintendent Public Instruction, President Steele, «f Appletou University; Attorney Gea- TH*!, Emory Ifjivden, of Wood county The Cabinet at Washington has been devoting Its attention to the question whether the Fed­ eral officeholders of Wisconsin can call the J|MS 00^T«^T0 ?ittK)ut TiolatnigthePmi- dent's ci uhown to their tb»8Me OMBMN and that titer* is no tkm exoejpt totbeoon' It was decided that nnte^Hn oireamstances the call oould be made, bat 1 expressed ttat the their political positions on the convention A Washington dii "The indktoaent of the nembeno) the' iana Beturning Board is looked upon as an afifcir of a good deal Of political importance. The friends of the administration are very in­ dignant, and are evidently somewhat disturbed at the possible effect of this proceeding upon public sentiment in the North. A Nsw YORK reporter has interviewed ex- Gov. Tilden, and extracted from him the in­ formation that he (Tilden) is going to Europe with » view to raising enough to build the East Side elevated railroad; that he will not con­ test the Presidency, and that he has withdrawn from politics. THE Iowa Slate Greenback Convention met at Des Mein.ee on the 11th inst. and nominated the following ticket by acclamation: For Governor, Daniel P. Stnbbs, of Jefferson county ; for lieutenant Governor, A. H. Mc- Crearv, of Woodbury: for Supreme Judge, John Porter, of Hardin ; for Superintendent of Public Instruction. S. T. Ballard, of Davis coun- tv. Besotutions were adopted demanding the repeal of the specie resumption act and the abandonment of the policy of contraction ; the abolition of national banks and the issue of leg&l-temk* paper money bv i'ne Govern­ ment, receivable for all dues; the remonetiza- tioa ;of the silver dollar, making it a legal tender for the payment of all coin bonds of the Government, and for all other debts, public and private; the equitable taxation of all prop­ erty without favor or privilege ; the repeal of all class legislation; that all legal means be ex­ hausted to eradicate the traffic in alcoholic beverages, and the abatement of the evil of in­ temperance; the reduction of officers and sal­ aries, to the end that there may be less taxes; opposing all subsidies by the State or general Government; indorsing the principle of rail­ road legislative control; and commending every honest effort for the furtherance of civil-ser­ vice reform. THE convention called in Georgia to revise the State Convention met at Atlanta last week.... Ex-President Grant and Ben Wade are put down "by authority" as indorsing the President's policy. GENERAL. THE danger of a collision between the Ameri­ can and Mexican troops on the llio Grande, which at one time seemed threatening,- has disappeared, at least for the present. Gen. Ord and Gen. Travino, the Mexican com­ mander, after consulting together, have ar­ rived at a full understanding. Travino asks only that Texas filibusters be restrained from crossing into Mexico, and Ord promises such restraint, at the same time notifying Travino that the United States forces will follow the Indians anywhere. OKE Col. Boulden has brought snit against the United States to obtain possession of Mare island, in San Francisco harbor, now used by the Government as a navy yard. The plaintiff alleges the title of the United States to the island, which was originally a Mexican grant, is unsound, and that he holds the oiily valid title. FATAL accidents: Mrs. Eliza O'Connell, wife of Charles O'Connell, with her child, and Mrs. Mary M. O'Connor, wife of Thomas B. O'Con­ nor, and her two children, were drowned at Baton Bouge, La., while attempting to cross the river in a skiff ... A 16-year-old daughter of J. G. Brierly, of Osborne county, Kan., was missed by her parents. After several hours' hunt the girl was found wandering about in a crazy condition, and, on examination, it was discovered that she had been badly bitten ia several places by a rattlesnake. She died in a short time in great agony Five persons--Ira Davis, Mrs. Jonah Davis, Mrs. Ira Wakefield, Mrs. Eugene Brown and Miss Nellie Lacy--were killed near Greenfield, Mass., by a locomotive, wnile attempting to drive across tne track in a carriage.. . .Mi^s Kate Kelley, an estimable young lady of Deca­ tur, 111., was stung in the moutn by a bee, and so rapidly did the poison take effect that she was dead" in eight minutes A heartrending catastrophe occurred in a coal mine near Wheat­ land, Pa., last week. The miners had been hauling the coal out by a locomotive using soft coal. On the day of the accident anthracite coal was ordered to be burned in the engine. The result was most disastrous. The mine was soon filled with the gas escaping from the hard coal, and six or eight men were smothered to death. Many others were rescued in a half- dead condition. IT is reported that the insurance money will rebuild the burned town of St. John, N. B., and that the sufferers have been amply provi­ ded for by the donations of other cities. THE TURKO-RUSSIAN WAR. THE general tenor of dispatches from the seat of war, notwithstanding they come mainly from Turkish sources, makes it ap­ parent thiit, if the Bussians have not met with a serious disaster in Asia that will com- Ei'l them to fall back to Russian soil, they ave at least been baffled in their onward march to Erzeroum, and their offensive cam­ paign is over for the present. The Russian left and center is now retreating and thrown upon the defensive, the force before Batoitm has teen defeated and compelled to retire, and the garrison at Bajazid will probably be compelled to surrender. Meanwhile, the insur­ rections in the Caucasus have broken ont again, and it is not improbable that the Russians may have to abandon the siege of Ears. The Russians continue their forward march in Bul- f aria. The Dobrudscha is cleared of Turks as ar as Trajan's wall. The enthusiasm of the Russian troops is said to be very great. RUSSIAN accounts confirm the reports of dis­ asters to the Russian arms in Asia A cor­ respondent at Rustchtsk telegraphs that no im­ portant action is expected on the Danube until the Russians iiave established depots of sup­ plies on the southern side of tne river and frepared everything for an advance t is officially announced that the Russian losses in the crossing of the Danube at Sistova were 300 killed and 400 wounded Thirty thousand Turkish troops have been sent to reinforce the army in Armenia The 120,000 Russians who have crossed the Danube at Sis­ tova embrace 20,000 cavalry and 250 cannon. These forces have been divided into three bodies, the principal of which is marching on Rastchuk, and toe other two toward the Bal­ kans and Nikopolis respectively. THE military situation on the Dannbe is thus sketched by a correspondent: Tho Turks have changed front and faced to the westward since the Russians'entrance into Bulgaria. The Russians are deploying, with their left ilank resting on the Danube, to face the Turkish line from Rustchuk to Shumla. When this movement is completed a general battle may be expected, unless the Turks fall back to the Balkans, or the Russians mask the whole quadrilateral and turn it ;by passing tho Bal­ kans. The Russian forces coming through the Dobrudscha are approaching the rear of the Turkish Rustchuk and Shumla line. THE Sultan, recently, at a private audience, declared to Mr. Layard, the British representa­ tive, that he would not guarantee protection to the Christians if the Russians continue to ex­ cite rebellion in Bulgaria and perpetrate atroc­ ities in Asia Minor The Roumanians are preparing to bridge the Danube for the purpose of crossing their armv inio Bulgaria Hie Turks are reputed to be committing atrocities in Bosnia which surpass in horror the butcheries in Bulgaria which occurred a year ago this soring. Un­ armed and inoffensive peasants, men and wo­ men, have been slaughtered in their fields, in their huts, in the wtreeto of villages, their bodies mutilated by the Turkish soldiery, and their heads cut off and earned away as tro­ phies Advices from Asia report that a Rus­ sian column has been defeated in an attempt to enter Ardanutsch, and driven back on Arda- han, where a great conoentration of Russian troops is proceeding. reported ooU||M)e of the Bussian cam­ paign in Aria is fully confirmed The Ru»- siaus have retired from the neighborhood of Kara, and are marching toward AtoxaudropoL without fighting. Moukhtar Pasha h*a entered Kara. The Russian left wing has been driven across the Russian frontier, pursued bar Pasha... Austrian pipers uublish aborting to- counts of atrocities oommitted by the Circas­ sians and Bfehi-Baaooks after the regulars had evacuated the Dobrudscha. A OOMtanti- dispatoh confirms that "<xwnj>tetc anayohylffievaila bevond and Circassian Tartars are murdering^aolroth- er indiscriminately." A Berlin dispatch says that 'at their last interview Lord Russell, the British Envoy, informed Prinoe Blsmarok that England would under no condition whatever suffer the Russian occupation of Constantino­ ple. Prinoe Blsmarok replied that he consid­ ered the occupation of Constantinople the best way to obtain the purposes for which the war was commenced. THE abandonment of the line of the Jantra by the Turks causes some surprise in European military circles. The war correspondent of the London Times says "it shows either utter helplessness or else a very deep-laid plan, that they should have neglected the brilliant oppor­ tunities afforded them of meeting the Russians to advantage." The Bussian Twelfth and Thirteenth army corps have been constituted the army of Rustchuk, and are destined for the siege of that fortress, with the Czarowitch as Commander-in-Chief. GENERAL VOREIGN MEWS. ABEBUN dispatch says German financiers are alarmed at the large Russian issues of pa­ per currency. It is stated that since the out­ break of the war 16,000,000 roubles have been emitted A telegram from Constantinople announces that a decree has been promul­ gated authorizing the issue of one milliard piasters of paper money, redeemable in twenty years, at the rate of 50,000,000 annually General Grant has left En­ gland, and is now traveling on the continent Crops in France are unusually promising The Paris City Council has voted a petition for a law permitting cremation The Pope and Disraeli are both reported to be seriously ill There has been some improve­ ment in the condition of the people, and the crop prospects in the famine-alliicted presi­ dency of Bombay; but in Madras there has not been the slightest alleviation of the terri­ ble situation. More than 1,000,000 persons are now employed on the relief works or gratui­ tously fed by tho Anglo-Indian Government. THE Mexican capital is greatly disturbed about the instructions given to Gen. Ord for the suppression of brigandage on the Rio Grande. It seems to be considered a direct blow at the dignity and independence of the country. The official newspapers assail the American Government, charging it viciously with violating treaties and of inter­ national law, and seeking pretexts for territorial aggrandizement... .In the House of Commons, the other day, Sir Stafford Northcote, Chancellor of the Exche­ quer, in reply a question, said the object of sending the Mediterranean fleet to Besika bay was that it is, and would be, a convenient station. The position was central, enabling the commander to communicate easily with the Ambassador at Constantinople and the Gov­ ernment. THE Khedive of Egypt has placed his fleet at the disposal of Turkey Gen. Grant arrived in Brussels on the 7th inst., and on Sunday the 8th dined with the King of Belgium. CONSTANTINOPLE is reported to be under a reign of terror. A cable dispatch sayB that "greatcrowds of desperate and lawless sol­ diery fill the public places. Bands of Circas­ sians and Zebeks range at will about the city, robbing and murdering with impunity. The streets are given up to these outlaws after nightfall, ana all the public resorts and respect­ able cafes are closed at sundown. The Italian Vice Consul has been forcibly robbed of a horse, and severely injured by Circassians. Two attempts have been made to force an en­ trance to the English Club." THE British Government has informed the Porte that the blockade of the Black sea is not binding, being ineffective. TH£ endeavors of Servia to obtain a loan in Paris have been unsuccessful, and the agent has gone to London. If he fails to procure a loan there, he will proceed to Amsterdam and Berlin The British fleet which in concentrat­ ing at Besika bay consists of 24 vessels, mostly heavy ironclads, with 150 of the enormous guns now largely used on British war ships, and 7,000 or 8,000 men The Em­ perors of Germany, Russia and Austria will have a consultation on the 8th of August Much commotion has been produced in En­ glish aristocratic circles by tne elopement of Lady Ernest Tempest with Mr. Hungerford. The Silver Beport. A Washington correspondent says that Senator Jones, Chairman of the Silver Commission, has practically compiled his report, and wifl be ready to submit it to Congress immediately upon its assembling in October. The report is an extremely long document. It attempts to cover the whole question of silver as a circulating medium from the earliest times. It is very forcibly in favor of the remonctization of silver. The re­ port argues that silver lias always been an important factor in the monetary transactions of all nations, and has al­ ways borne the same relative value as gold, and that the passage of the act of 1873 demonetizing silver was character­ ized by extraordinary lack of information as to the effect that such an act would produce. In connection with the con­ sideration of the silver question the re­ port discusses the obligations of the Government in the payment of United States bonds. The position assumed by the commission in their report is that the act of 1870 is a contract under which all subsequent loons have been issued. In order, however, that there should be no doubt as to the specilic coin in which these bonds were to be paid the act stipulates that they must be paid in coin of the United States of the standard value at that time; so that whatever leg­ islation might subsequently be had which'would depreciate the value of gold or silver, it would be the duty of the Government to pay in gold or silver coin at the standard value of 1870, even if obliged to strike coin of the standard value of that date in order to meet its obligations for the redemption of these bonds. Hand-Shaking. The late Mr. David Urqulmrt, ffflftbnfe other oddities, had a decided hostility towards the ancient and approved cus­ tom of shaking hands. He once formed an association which aimed at abolish ing the "odious" custom. Between per­ sons of unequal stations in life shaking hands was, according to Mr. Urquhart, a base condescension on one side and an impertinence on the other. The Turks did not shake hands, neither would lie: for shaking hands led to familiarity, fa- milianty to fake notions of equality, and false notions of equality to Com­ munism. Mr. Urqnhart gave expres­ sion to his views on tliis subject in a pamphlet entitled "On the Desolation of "Christendom, through the Substitu­ tion of Familiarity for Politeness." THE emigration to this country from Russia, last year, amounted to 5,959 in­ dividuals--nearly 3,000 more than the previous year. ̂ ILlJSOlS ITEMS. RASPBEBBIES are plenty and oheap in Saline county. / A BOY named Michael J. Puroell was drowned while bathing at Chicago. A WATQRITAX at a Braidwood mine was shotjadicilled, the other day, by anothei THE Greece County Fair will oom- mence Oct. 16, and continue four days. Gov. Cm&OK has reappointed Gen. H. Milliard, of Chicago, Adjutant Genera the State. ; A YOUNG man named August Kling was drowned at Bock Island the other day, while out with a sail-boat. THE citizens of Rockford have formed an association for the purpose of opening the ancient Indian mounds near that city. THE township of Wade, Jasper coun­ ty, has reg late* eu $23,500 of refunding bonds in the State Auditor's office. BI<OOMINGTON is taking steps to pro­ vide for the Sangerfest there next June, and $3,000 is to be raised for the pur­ pose. WORK has begun on the extension of the Insane Hosptital at Jacksonville, and on the addition to the Deaf and Dumb Asyium. A BOY named Eugene Blitz, while swimming at Clay well's Fort, on the San­ gamon river, near Springfield, was drowned. THE steamer Bed Wing burst her steam pipe about two miles south of Dallas, a few days since, scalding several deck hands, four fatally. THE Springfield Library Association have decided not to ask the city to take charge of that institution. An effort is to be made to secure a permanent endow­ ment. THE first Monday of August is the date of the special judicial election in this State. Thirteen additional Circuit Judged will then be chosen by the people. THE scarcity of money and commercial depression has forced out of existence the Chicago Life Insurance Company, which was organized in 1867 with $250,- 000 capital. BEiiiiEVTLLE has been chosen as the place for holding the next annual ses­ sion of the Southern Illinois Medical Society. It will meet sometime in January. THE Illinois Central has assumed con­ trol of the Gilman, Clinton and Spring­ field railroad. It will hereafter be known as the Springfield Division of the Illinois Central railroad. A NEW dwelling house belonging to Alexander Bushnell, of Morris, was burned to the ground. The house was not quite finished. It is supposed the fire was caused by incendiaries. THE City Council of Joliet have fixed the cost of liquor licenses for the ensuing year at $60. It is estimated that $80,000 will be required for municipal expenses during the coming fiscal year. UNDER the law for the prevention of cruelty to animals, John McDonald was appointed State Agent at the Chicago stock yards, and the Hon. Thomas M. Rainey, of Madison, at the East St. Louis yards. AT Formaii. Cud "Wagner was shot and killed by one Burkelow, last week. The wives of the parties had quarreled about some hogs and chickens. The men took up the quarrel, with the result above stated. A LARGE frame building at Joliet was completely destroyed by fire last week. It was divided into two stores, one a grocery and saloon, and the other a notion store. The total loss was over $10,000, partly insured. LUKE BECKETT was killed by a Chicago, Burlington and Quincy train running over him one and a half miles north of Camp Point, Adams county, last week. He was 75 years old. It is supposed he had been sun-struck. , CONSIDERABLE excitement was created at Mason City by the arrest of Rev. Har­ vey Y. Spear, a Methodist preacher of some prominence, charged with stealing $1,000 from the First National Bank of that city. He confessed. THE steamer Plow City, owned by Colin Thompson, of Moline, burned to the water's edge while at anchor in the river, one night last Week. She WPS built in May, at a cost of $1,300, for the use of small pleasure parties. Insured for $600. AT the running races at Dexter Park, Chicago, a colored jockey was thrown from his horse and dragged about 200 yards, causing his death. The boy's name was Frank Smith, and his brother was killed in precisely the manner last fall. THE Commissioners to locate the East ern Insane Asylum are John H. Adams, Stephenson county; John Thomas, St Clair; William A. McDonnell, McHenry; Dr. Joseph Bobbins, Quincy; A. P. Bartlett, Peoria; Myron C. Dudley, Du- Page, and Dr. William Gerrard, Law­ rence county. THE Douglas Monument Commission­ ers have invited proposals for the com­ pletion of that work. An appropriation of $50,000 was made for the purpose at the last session of the Legislature. The monument will be completed on the site of the present unfinished structure in Chicago. AN empty whisky barrel on the rail­ road platform at Virginia, Cass county, exploded recently, with terrific force, sending a messenger boy, who was sit­ ting on the top, thirty feet into the air. He had both legs broken and a large f isli in his head. THE southern-bound Denver express on the Jacksonville, division of the Alton road, was thrown from the track near Drake station by a misplaced switch, re­ cently. The engine and baggage car were badly wrecked. Fireman Short was so dangerously scalded that his life is despaired of. A discharged employe is accused of having caused the disaster. H. J. SMALLEY shot and killed his brother Andrew recently, near McPher- son, Neb. The Smalleys were traveling overland from Moline to Colorado. A quarrel originating in Andrew's wishing to return to Illinois terminated by his brother driving him from camp and shoot­ ing him. The murderer is in jail at North Platte. THE boiler of the steam thresher of George Patterson, in operation about a mile from Nashville, exploded with great force, recently, injuring N. W. More and Harvey Lee so badly that they died dur­ ing the day, and dangerously wounding George Wells, William Arhens and a young son of N. McCracken. THE monthly crop reports from each county in Illinois for the month of June, presented to the State Department of Agriculture by its correspondents, show that winter wheat, almost without excep­ tion is declared very good, and that the grass crop of the meadow lands is in bet­ ter condition than for several years. July and August are properly the oorn-grow- uig months, and it is too early to insure definite indications. Much of it was planted late, owing to tho btkckward spring. The outlook is reasonably good. THE Governor has appointed the State Board of Health, as follows: Dr. John H. Rauch, allopath; Dr. Reuben Lud- lam, Chicago, homeopath* Dr. David Prince, Jacksonville, allopath; Prof. John M. Gregory, Champaign; Prof. Newton Bateman, Knox county; Dr. A. L. Clark, Elgin, eclectic, and Dr. Horace Wardner, Cairo, allopath. This gives the allopaths throe members, the homeo­ paths one, the eclectics ov? and two scientists. CHARTERS anil Hunyy WIZITHTCN SONS of JxidgeWinthrop, were shot nntfkilled at Tamaroa, by Phil Corgan, City Mar­ shal of that place. A man named Dye was also shot by Marshal Corgan. James Taylor, constable, and Marshal Corgan were cut in the back during the fight. The difficulty is the result of an old feud between the Winthrops and Corgan. Corgan and Taylor, who were cut, are not considered dangerously hurt, neither is Dye. Gov. CuLiiOM has commissioned Col. Louis Schaffner, of Chicago, Brigadier General and Paymaster General; Joseph T. Torrence, Brigadier General com­ manding First Brigade, First Division; Gen. E. N. Bates, of Springfield, Briga­ dier General comr&anding Second Brig­ ade; Charles W. Pavey, of Mt. Vernon, Brigadier General Third Brigade--all in the Illinois militia. Gen. A. C. Ducat has been made a Major General, com­ manding all the military forces of the State. FOLLOWING are the receipts and dis­ bursements of the State treasury for the month of June: BECEIPTS. Revenue fund $ 74,964.25 Illinois river improvement fund 5,544.38 School fund 49,390.54 Local bond fund 132,494.33 «OOI> ADVICE. Total $262,393.50 DISBURSEMENTS. State revenue fund $189,482.77 Illinois river improvement fund 3,' 85.23 School fund 650.42 Illinois Central railroad fund 6,420.00 Local bond fund 4,286.56 Total. $304,524.98 Two YEARS ago, in throwing rails from a wagon, Cassius M. Niccolls, of Empire township, injured his left hand, which immediately became inflamed. Drs. Little and Fisher, of Leroy, were sum­ moned, and, despite their attention, mortification set in, causing amplication. Dissection showed that the cause of mortification was a large sliver of wood that, having been driven into the struc ture of the hand, escaped detection, and produced gangrene. Niccolls brought suit against the doctors, and a verdict was rendered the other day for $2,000. GEN. J. S. REYNOLDS, Commander of the Department of Illinois, Grand Army of the Republic, has issued a circular to the members of that order notifying them that the semi-annual encampment of this State will be held at Crystal lake, McHenry county, during Aug. 14, 15, 16 and 17. Many posts will attend in a body and go into camp on the lake shore. Invitations have been extended to the militia regiments of Illinois and Wisconsin to join the veterans in this encampment. Gen. Sheridan, Gov. Cullom and others have already accepted invitations co be present. EARLY one morning last week fire was discovered issuing from the Wash-room of the Planter's House in Carbondale. The fire was soon beyond control, and the building was rapidly enveloped in flames and completely destroyed. Mrs. Watson, the proprietress, her daughter, and two boarders were compelled to jump from the second-story windows to save their lives. The building was a three-story brick and basement, owned by Mrs. Douglass. Loss, $6,000; in­ sured tor $2,500. The furniture was all new. Loss, $4,000; insured for $800. A $1,600 policy expired a few days be­ fore. Loss on wearing apparel, $2,000. Total loss, $12,000. THE following patents were issued to inventors in the State last week: E. Murrane, Rochelle, horse-shoe; M. C. & S. S. Niles, Oak Park, knob-latch; E. Rowland, Elmwood, wagon end-gate; H. Volger, Chicago, trunk-catch; C. M. Coulter, Danville, fire-place neater; I. T. Currier, Neponset, board-scraper ; Z. Frost, Kinmundy, mower-knife sharp­ ener; O. Mayo, Evanston, knob-fastener; Scott & Roth Eclwardsville ; valve-gear; W. Shaw, Chicago, earth-auger; W. P. Brophy, Bloomington, magazine-stove; J. F. Coppel, Havana, oil-can; G. Duffey, DeKalb, fence-wire tightener; S. S. k I. G. Sherman, McHenry, farm- gate ; G. K. Smith, Freeport, combined coulter and jointer; C. W. Tremtun, Chicago, automatic horse-reel; E. H. Turner, Chicago, velocipedes; B. R. Singleton, Highland, water-alarm and fire-extinguisher (reissue); H. C. Berry, crayon indestructible (labels). College Notes. Girard College has educated 1,300 boys, and expended $2,500,000 on them. Cornell University sold $70,000 worth of its Western lands during the past year. •«Etiquette a specialty of this college," say the managers of Dean College, Bing­ ham ton. The average age of the Dartmouth Seniors is 22£. The most spent by any man in the course is $2,600, the smallest $975, and the average $1,730. Madison University, Hamilton, has no debt, and has $408,000 invested. , The late Donald Boss of Montreal be­ queathed to the Trafalgar Institute of that city nearly $500,000. Dr. E. H. Squibb, of Brooklyn, has given to the University of Virginia a fuUU equipment for a gymnasium. A large bowlder has been placed on the campus ,,of As bury University, Greencastle, liid., on which will be in­ scribed the motto of the class of '77. The will of the late William Palm be queaths $100,000 to Washington Uni­ versity, St. Loaia. Wtaw to Find Work -- " Go WMt, T«nf Man." [From the New York Tribune.] Ia all the cities and towns in these hard times there is much suffering. The number of the waary unemployed is very large. Strong and brave men wear out .their hearts as they see wives and children in want, and alter months of vain searching for employment too often are tempted to crime or maddened to suicide. Yet the land is broad enough for all, and millions of acres which will yield a sure subsistence to patiant work­ ers lie waiting for any man to till them. Our cities are overcrowded. The growth of rural population has been slow, while the towns have advanced with a rapidity far exceeding the demand for such ser­ vices as can be rendered at the centers of population. In 1850, the rural popula­ tion of the Northern free States -- the newer States, Kansas, Nebraska, Colo­ rado, and the Pacific States not being included, of course--was 10,208,727, or 76i per cent, of the entire population of those States. But the changes since that time, as shown by successive census reports, have been remarkable, and in­ deed alarming. The following shows the population living in cities and towns, and in the country, with the proportion of each class to the total population: Cities and Towns. Per Cent, Rural. Per Cent. 1850 3,131,675 23.5 10,203,727 76.5 1880 .5,081,086 28.0 13,287,002 72.0 1870 7,841,950 34.0 15,215,028 66.0 The same services, in commerce, man­ ufactures, and other tasks performed in cities and towns, which less than one- fourth of the whole population sufficed to perform in 1850, more than one-third of the entire population was struggling and crowding for opportunity to per­ form in 1870. At the ratio of 1850 the population sufficing for the cities and towns of these States should have been only 5,614,248 in 1870, and, though many changes in our industrial condi­ tion have justified some change in the proportion, it is indisputable that we nave gathered by far too large a part of the population into towns and cities. There they crowd and crush each other, fighting desperately for the work which is not enough for all, and wasting no small share of the industrial force and productive power, which, rightly dis­ tributed, would add to the nation's pros­ perity. Beyond all doubt this over­ crowding of civic employments, this dis­ proportionate massing of the population in places where hundreds of thousands must struggle in vain for work, has been an important cause of reeent pro­ longed disasters. The remedy? Mr. Greeley taught it: "Go West, young man!" Look at the advertisements offering free of first cost millions of acres to actual settlers. A single company, the Union Pacific, is now offering in other columns 3,000,000 acres of rich land in Eastern-Nebraska, in the great Platte valley--"free home­ steads to actual settlerswhile the Central Pacific has been similarly ad­ vertising the varied attractions of Cali­ fornia, the laborer's paradise ; and yet the crowding and crushing millions in Eastern towns still struggle, suffer and die. Happily for them, thousands have found homes, permanent labor, and sure subsistence on these Western lands. There, too, they have found a degree of independence which few can find where all the paths are overcrowded, and " every door is barred with gold," or opened only as a favor. Why is it that a much greater number, warned by pro­ longed prostration in business, have not migrated from Eastern towns to the safety, independence and prosperity of the Western farms, who can tell ? Hoist by His Own Petard. Albert Day, of Belleville, Mo., quar­ reled with his wife and his sou, and be­ came so incensed against them that he devised a novel method of revenge, which was to blow them up with gun­ powder. One night Mrs. Day and her son sat in a second-story room, afraid to go to bed, because Day had made vague threats of killing them. A terrific ex­ plosion below shattered the house, and set it on fire, but they were not harmed. The explosion injured only the man who had caused it, for he used a short fuse, and the powder was ignited before he could get away. He was very seri- usly burned. THE aggregate amount of the gages on church properly in Chicago i» about $1,411,000. THE MARKETS. NEW YORK. BEEVES.... Hoos. COTTON FLOUB--Superfine Western WHEAT--No. 2 Chicago CORN--Western Mixed OATS--Western Mixed RYB--Western POBK--Mesa LARI> CHICAGO. BEEVES--Choice Graded Steers. Choice Natives Cows and Heifers Good Sccond-clas* Steers 4 00 Medium to Fair 4 CO HOGS--Live 4 85 FLOUB--Fancy White Winter 9 25 Good to Choice Spring Ex. 7 50 8 00 ... 6 30 ... 12 ... # 90 ... 1 55 , 5 5 ... 33 ... 72 ...It 25 (§12 25 (4 5 «5 <3 12* % 6 40 @ 1 63 e a* <& 57 <$ 73 (3(14 40 8>«'@ 10 6 25 5 50 2 50 <$ 6 75 (# 6 00 <£ 4 00 <», 4 25 <3 5 25 ® 5 15 @ 9 75 @800 1 44* ($ 1 23 m 48* « 32* <$ 62 <3 W (!* 20 <$ 12 ($13 50 0 (4 1 55 0 1 47 4# t ® 34 (£ 67 71 WHKAT--No. 2 Spring 1 44 No. 3 Spring 1 22 COBN--NO. 2 4S OATS--No. 2 ^31 RYE--No. 2 60 BARLEY--NO. 3 62 BUTTER--Choice Creamery 18 EOOB--Fresh 11 PORK--Mess IS 85 LARD 9 MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--No. 1 L 53 No. a 1 40 COBN--NO. 2 48 OATS--No. 2 ' S3 RYE--No. 1.... 65 BARLEY--NO. 2 % 69 ST. LOUIS. WHEAT--No. 2 Red Fall 1 44 @ 1 48 CORN--No. «l Mixed 47 ($ 48 OATS--No. 2 82 (4 33 , RYE 88 <G 59 PORK--Mess 13 45 (#13 47* LARD Hoos ...".......... 4 60 IS 5 00 CATTLE 4 50 <$ 6 00 CINCINNATI. WHEAT--Bed 140 @150 COBN "80 @ 6'J OATS 35 ® 40 RYE. 67 IFF, N POBK--Mess .13 95 @14 05 LAID 10* TOLEDO. WHEAT--No. 2 Red Winter 1 24 Q 1 26 Extra White Michigan.... 2 12 (# 2 13 CORN 52 <$ 54 OATS--No.2 34 36 DETROIT. FLOUB--Medium. 8 00 @ 8 50 WHEAT--No. 1 198 & 2 00 CORN--No. 62 (G 54 OATS--Mixed 89 ($, 44 RYE 65 @ 75 PORK--Mess. 14 00 @14 25 EAST LIBERTY, PA. Hoos--Yorkers 6 20 @5 30 Philadelphia* 5 40 (g 5 BO CATTLE--Best 6 06 @ 6 50 Medium 6 00 @ 6 00 4 25 @ 5 is < 1