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flamiealn 4 SON, PO*4BH** . • v • * .. •- ^ r* rk*fcesi*$ •^"ih * &•* •***• * *pwi+*-«*?» >* *"' / \ - ' JT *' '>' * '• •t*tf%, sltar » of I JII11TIEWS REVIlW. TOE EAST. dog-pomnd keeper ie- • he hM tH" far this season drowned upon the twenty- . MY 01 M* fast at Now York in good coh- i fllif . ijSettolftp was liecordfid at 84, t*mpe»- * v%' tore 95,'respiration 11, voice strong, ey® clear, ?•/ . mnd gtep firm and eJaStks. j HIBAM KOKHI-KK'S brewery, in New -yorjC) jjag been destroyed by fire. Loss, $300,- '»> # •' €00... .Throe persons were drowned at Atlantic • 4^ City. ii. J., the other day. They were in bath- went beJ?nd tbeir do?t'h-.0,10 of„the was the wife of Lieut. Nes- of the United States army. *f<U ....At Fittaton, Pa., a German shoemaker, *s»;»<whi!e laboring under the influence of bad * whisky, shot, and killed bin wife and small son. 0SM fiie population of Providence. R. L, is f04,7®0--an Increase of 35,856 in ten years. B|L TANNER entered upon Lis twenty- :|fC third dny without food weighing 135 pounds, twenty-two pounds less than at the beginning. He expressed himself as feelinsr no pangs of At 6 o'clock a. m. of that day he took a two-hours' drive, had his demiiohn f;llpd with well-water, retnrned to the hall, " •> • wrote half a dozen letters, read his voluminous • r:'iL correspondence, looked over the morning pa- •*" pets and talked and acted not different from ;' ' other men in the apartments. His condition f wis entirely normal--pulse 78, ana ternpw- %-;\8»s stare 98. The physicians pronounce him a . , phenomenon. % | tte. TANNER entered upon the twenty- fifth day of his long fast looking, and appar- «ntiy feeling, as well as at the end of the first jjtifi ireek. A measurement disclosed the curious fact that the faster had decreased in height »iJ, two inches since the teginning of his self- "l*. invmsed task. His pulse was recorded at <2; 'JSJiperature. 6; weight, 1S1J*. The physi- ^ - dsns expressed the opinion that no could not ny days longer. Tbifefield, Mass., Lewis, aged 10, the#on of Albert Simonds, while bathing got "ta9j, beyond his depth, and, his father going to his Mt(| rescue, both were drowned Sixty-one mem- bers of a circus have been arrested at Shanks- i ville, Pa., for diabolically outraging aud mal- treating'a poor girl. -nraewBrB. '"'FT* POPULATIONS of Wisconsin cities, as returned by the census enumerators: Milwan- " "115,702 ; Racine, 16,013; Oshkosh, 15,758; win •«««»• La Crosse, 14.418 ; Fond du Lac, 13,135; Madi- trcuned quarter CENSUS jpries: There wee 112,000 Mormons and 31,000 Gentiles la Utah. The oeasM retains give New Jersey a population of 1.100,000, feeing an increase of 193,00!!. Penn­ sylvania M**bput 4.22«,000 people, «n increase of Aa^TwMi St Ijoois tMawtioians oUim tor«iMcmriapaf)u1ation of abotrt Estt- matee bawd open returns from about one-third of tiie connties of lOinoic place the population of the State at 3,100,000. Ohio's population is estimated at about the same figure. The population of the cities of Ohio is as follows: Cincinnati, 256,000 ; Cleveland, 159,500; Co­ lumbus, 51,300 ; Dayton, 39,000 ; Springfield, 20,500; Athens, 16,100; Sandusky, 15,000; Hamilton, 12,300 ; Cliillicothe, 10,792 ; Newark, F.750 ; I ronton. »,«W i««moat, 8,435 ; Tiffin, .7,885 ; Urbana, 6.208; Massillon, 6,859 ; Wil­ mington, 2.671 ; Wooster, 5,900 Galion, 5,634; Bucyrus, 3,848 ; Van Wert, 4.200. OONTRABT to previous reports, it ap­ pears that there has been a popular election for President of Mexico, and that Gen. Gon­ zales is the successful man. It is also an­ nounced from the capital of our neighboring republic that revolutions, growing out of the election, have broken out in several prov­ inces, and that the President-elect has been shot at by an assassin. ... Gen. Grant, it is said, will soon take up his residence at New York, having been offered a lucrative position which will necessitate his resi­ dence in tkat city. THE operations of the railways of the United States for the past year have been on a gigantic scale. From statistics furnished by Poor's Manual, it appears that the principal lines moved over 67,000,000 tons of freight during the year, the toll on which amounted to over §116,000,000, while the gross earnings of all the roads reached the aggregate of nearly $580,000,000. The profits are indicated by the aggregate of dividends paid, which was over *61,000,000." "1 FEEL as well this morning as at any time/' said Dr. Tanner, on the twenty- seventh day of his fast. Observations showed the pulse to be at 80; temperature, 98; respira­ tion, 16; weight, 131%. The dynamometer showed a pressure of 80 kilogrammes with the right hand and 79 kilogrammes with the left.. HANGMAN'S victims on Fri lay, July 23 : Cicero Simms, of Fair Play, CoL. and Geo. Bennett, the murderer of Editor Brown, of the Toronto Globe. POLITICAL. SHERMAN will the -Chippewft Falls, 4,008; Neenah, 4,205 ,tfc*l* Jolin Cone, Marshal of Canfield, Ohio, was - ' shot and killed, on Saturday night, by one of % jjtitf gang of drunken roughs from a neighboring i letl •MjMi town. Tlie murderer seized a hand-car and i W. escaped'....A flouwnill at St. Genevieve, Ma, was demolished by a boiler exptosion, and two lives were lost. FOUBTKKN prisoners escaped from'the Henderson county (Hi.) jail the other <Jay, by SECRETARY SHERMAN will open Republican campaign in Ohio the first week of August NEAX, DOW'S letter accepting the Pro­ hibition nomination for President of the United 8tates is out. The General declares that the suppression of the liquor traffic is an object of far greater political importance than any other now claiming the attention of the country. THE Missouri Democratic Conven­ tion, in session at Jefferson City, nominated Thomas T. Chittenden for Governor on the first ballot THE Ohio Democrats have placed in nomination the following candidates for State offices: Secretary of State, William Long; Judge of the Supreme Court, Martin B. Fol- lette; Clerk of the Supreme Court, Richard Fanning; School Commissioner, William J, Jackson; member of the Board of Public Works, J. J. Burns.--The Vermont Dem­ ocratic Convention nominated Edward J. Phelps for Governor, George W. Gates for Lieutenant Governor, and Jamt-s K. Williams for Treasurer. --"i lie jjemocraev of Missouri, in convention at knocking down the jailer and walking over - Jefferson City, named Thos. 'i, Crittenden for ' Governor, E. A. Campbell for Lieutenant Gov­ ernor, B. D. Kay for Judge of the Supreme Court, M. K McGrath for Secretary of State, and Philip E. Chappel for Treasurer. Ex-Gov. B. GRATZ BROWN is a candi­ date £er 4te&uted States Senate ieomjttis- *, 3, ' j ; J! . J,;. - MRAUBKCUK. ^, J ENGLAND lias been suffering greatly from floods. Bailway traffic in several counties was impeded, and crops, especially hay, much injured. Several lives were lost bjr the floods. THERE have been excessive rains in "him. Bobbers entered the apartments of Gen. Grant, at a Manitou, (Co1.) hotel, and car- •*1ried away 6400 worth of jewelry and some 'money..! .The H n. Jacob Brink- rlioff, author of the orignil dra t of the Wiluiot Proviso, and S* if top 18.6 to 1871 Jncfge of the Supreme Court Miio. has just died at Mansfield. Ohio..... " jig .% Ji report has reached Sions City that the sur- ^ . f "veyars of the Chicago, Milsvaufaee and St Paul *#twirailway, who Btarted to ran a line from the 5 . Lower Brole Agency to the Black Hills, have ^ -jplOeen driven back by the Sioux, who object to v-'&to railroad crossing their reservation. A %roken tie and inigplaow] rail caused the nTeck- |ng of a train on the Wabash railroad at Knox Ida tin*, not far from Fort Wayne, Ind. These , , , . . _ ^rTwor 200 Indianians on board, returning arl(1 farmers are complaining... .Gen. from an excursion to Put-in-Bay. One ! Skobeleff's mother and her attendants are re- Jrtkf&s instantly killed, three fatally j ported to have been murdered while on their ^ Insured, and some thirty- or forty others re- wav to the militarv hospitals at Teluspan, in tiwMired in|nries morcor less severe. Among the -- - - -fatally injured was t\Valter Kivers, private seo- " ry of W. H. English, Democratic candidate Vice President who received his injuries at Turkey A London newspaper gives currency to a rumor that Lady Burdett-Coutts and Ash- mead Bartlett, M. P., are soon to be married The fiftieth anniversary of Belgian independ- * r ff ; to chop away a door which held him fast, lick him once or twice with an ax. of a chnray feUow^who, in^ attempt- j ence was celebrated in Brussels, on the 18th of July, by a grand review of the roya army and tne Civil Guards A dispatch from Paris says the Government apparently intends to leave the religious orders undisturbed until after the dis­ persion of the Jesuit schools on Aug. 31. ( IT is said that Russia is looking long­ ing y toward Corea as a base of naval opera tk»ns in case of war. Its annexation is mooted because of the advantages it would offer for privateering against British commerce Par- nellhasaccepted the Presidency of the movement for complete amnesty to Irish politicalexiles Several German army officers will go to Turkey T*X hills of New Hampshire have j - .becp shaken up by a severe shock of an Quth- which was felt in various parts of the afid was of sufficient violence to shake pictures and set the crockery rattling. »* E. B. CHAMBERS, formerly from Chi- ,^,lsagpf for the last six years proprietor and pub- ; "lisher »f the Fargo (Dakota) Times, was re- " >cently thrown from a lumber wagon and fatally »v iinjured A man entered the private bank of iSj ^Fisher, Preston & Co., in Detroit, and, engag- to reorganize the Ottoman military service ?! fifing the clerk in conversation, struck him on the j Gen. Bourbaki, one of the ablest officers who "" head, and stole about $5,000 in currency. ! fought on the French side during the ». The population of Wisconsin will be about I recent Franco-Prussian war, has under- ^ " %5(60,000^ a gain of less than 100,000 since 1875. A MAN named Charley Norton killed a ^policeman in Kokomo, CoL, near Leadville, andf , ^ soon after being placed in jail, was taken out ?&i '-/• ^y a mob and lynched. He admitted just be- - f ' fore the boys swung him off that he had mur- * '*{4* dered three other men, and that the pufiish- ' r t: ment was just - *4 v TBS sovrra* • ANOTHER HORROB. Cavtaf tm •( «IM HBIIM HIT« XUAI- aal at Jf«mr Citf--TweatHw# Wsrkana Buri«4 Alive. The tunnel in process of construction under the Hudson river, connecting New York and Jersey cities, has been the scene of a most heartrending calamity, resulting in the death of twenty-one poor laborers, who perished mis­ erably like rata drowned in a barrel. From the dispatches to the daily press we glean the fol­ lower particulars of the distressing catastrophe: At the midnight change of "shifts" at th > tunnel twenty-nine men descended the shaft and worked there until 4:30 in the morning, when the accident occurred. The work m which they were engaged was in making con- neotftin tetween the iron plates of the roof of the grand arch and the buck w> rk of the work­ ing aliaft For support this iron roof depended upon strong wooden braces, and upon the com- rsed air which was forced down from above means of air compressors, and which exerted an uplifting power of twenty pounds to the square inch. The safety of the men and of the work depended princi­ pally upon the control of this compressed air. A small leak, through which it might-pass up­ ward through the thirty feet of mud and cin­ ders which cover the tunnel, was liable to occur at any time, and, unless discovered and stopped in season, to cause the entire mass of material to come tmnbliii; down into the archway. This fact was perfectly welt understood by the men as well as their foreman, and a steady watch was kept for air ioaks, which, when found, were at once slopped up by the silt in the tunnel which has the consistency, and much of the virtue, of putty. It was probably owing to a relaxation of tuis constant watch that the terrible calamity was due. Half of the shift of twenty-eight men left the tunnel at 1 o'clock in the morning, and passed to the surface through the shaft to eat their lunch. They returned at about 4:30 to relieve their comrades, and it was at this time that the disaster occurred. While the change was being made a hissing sound was heard, which all recognized instantly as the noise of escaping air. It grew louder as the vent in­ creased in size, aud almost immediately the timber supporting the roof began to sway, then there was a sharp crack, the heavy joists snapped like bamboos, and the thirty feet of silt and cinders which covered the cham­ ber to the level of the working-shaft was precipitated upon the heads of the doomed men. Eight of them had time to leap into the air­ lock. A ninth, Foreman Frank Olson, passed his right arm through the open door, but beiore he could enter the heavy iron of tho roof fell against the door, swaying it partly to, and crush­ ing him before the eyes of Ins companions. The otuer twenty men were now completely cut off from ail escape, and were literally buried in the falling timber, iron, and mud. - The men in the lock seemed doomed to cer­ tain death, for the compressed air pushing against the door giving egress to the shaft pre­ vented them from opening it, and the water of the river, oozing through the mud and loose soil, was rapidly pouring in and threatening to drown them. This air-lock is an iron chamber resembling a locomotive boiler, which furnishes the only means of ingress to the tunnel and egress from it. It is round, has a length of fifteen feet and a diameter of six feet Half of it projeots through the east wall of and into the shaft The other half is in the opening of the excavation leading into the tun­ nel. It is provided with a massive door at each end, which opens outwardly toward the tunnel. Two bull's-eyes of plate glass look from one end into the shaft, and two more from the opposite end into the tunnel, in which an electric light was kept burning night and day. The pipes which convey the compressed air into the tun­ nel run through the air-lock. A pipe opens into the lock from the tunnel and an­ other pipe from the shaft, so that air from either direction may be let into tho lock according as ingress or egress may be de­ sired. The principle of operating the lock is much the same as that of tho lock of a canal. In going in the pressed air is let into the lock gradually until the density becomes equal to that of the tunnel. In coming out the opera­ tion is reversed--the highly-compressed air in. the lock is allowed to escape, and its density thna gradually becomes tlie same as that of the outside atmosphere. The greatest care is of course necessary in operating tlie lock, for up­ on it depends the lives of the workmen and the snccess of the enterprise. It was in tbis confined space that the eight men found themselves apparently cut off from a 1 retreat They hammered ou the iron sides of their prison, and BCI earned loudly for aid ; but, for what seemed an etomity, no aid came. Their cries were heard, however, and as soon as possible relief was at hand. On the surface Moses Pierson, the engineer, saw a stream of condensed air coming up on the outside of tlie Bhaft and, divining what had happened, rushed quickly to the mouth of the shaft " Open the door," came to him in stifled tones from the imprisoned men below. He sent a messenger for Michael Hurley, the day foreman, who llvei but a short distance Sway, and also for J. H. Anderson, the General auperint- ndent. Hurlev reached the scene in a very short time, and clambered quickly down the shaft to the rescue. He was followed by Patrick Meehan, Michael Burchell and Thomas Anderson, and the four tried to force open the door of the lock, but without success, the press­ ure *wr tions of public policy which are to be tried by the people at the next Presidential election, but I am confident JU»»t none of these, nor all of them, are so important as t his to every national and sodal internet. Whatever mischiefs may arise from an unwise popular verdict upon other issues, they cannot be so great as those coming from tlie liquor traffic. The former can continue but for two years, the Congres­ sional term, or, at most, for four years, the Presidential term, unless tho people shall so de­ termine l>v their votes ; while the far-greater evils of the liquor traffic must continue indefi­ nitely, unless the people shall express their will against it emphatically by tho ballot Men who hold Mils "question to be of minor importance can never find a suitable moment for making it a political issue. Thero will al­ ways be some other question in which they feol more interest that may be crowded out by bringing this question to the front There is never a suitabfa time for a summer rain in the vision of everybody, however dry and parched the earth maybe. " There will always be some- tody to whom the storm will be injurious or nconvenient In the old anti-slaverv time the authors and promoters of the anti-slaverv agitation were al­ ways a thom in the side o"f political parties. They were always a nuisance and an exaspera­ tion to those who were out of office and trying to get in and to those who were in office and striving to retain their places; the two classes comprising almost the entire body of politicians. Bat the anti-slavery men, bent on overthrowing the dreadful system of human bondage, iiaving no personal interests to promote, except such as might be involved in tno general good, wore true to their convictions and steadfast i:i the line of policy which they believed to be right and wise. They encountered and overcame all possible modes "of opposition, bitter denuncia­ tion, great personal violence, humiliating and offensive ostracism ; but, against, all and oyer all, in the love and fetir of God, and in persist­ ent devotion to the ri;»ht, they won. There was never a time befote tlie final vic­ tory when the anti-slavery movement had so large a following as Prohibition now has nor was it so influential, except in the great ability and singular devotedness of those who were engaged in it Very few in numbers at first, and uninfluentinl, in many parts of the country they put their resolve in tne form of votes into the ballot box, <ouly to be laughed at by the politicians, and to be stigmatized as fa­ natics ; but they won at la*t. The Prohibition movement in this country is now KO respectable for its magnitude, and so influential from the numbers and character of those engaged in it, that it cannot be laughed down. There is and must continue to be an " irrepressible conflict" between the liquor traffic and the prosperity of the nation and welfare of the people. As that traffic flourishes, every legitimate industry languishes and dies. Tlie result of the recent general election in England marks very distinctly what I consider to be the best mode of crarying on the agita­ tion against (he liquor traffic. Since 1853, the Prohibitionists of that country h ive been striv­ ing, with great ability and persistence, to pro­ cure such a change in the law as would enable the people of any locality to forbid the liquor traffic if they should choose so to do. But very little good came of the rgitation, practically, until they adopted the policy of ignoring party- ties and voting only for this one object. At the late election their adversaries were thoroughly defeated. I consider the object of the Prohibitionists of the couutry to tie Of supreme importance to the interests of the hation and people. Aside from its bearing upon the moral and religious welfare of the people, I consider the suppression of the liquor traffic to be an object of far greater political importance than any other now claim­ ing the attention of the country. My life has been largely devoted to the accomplishment of that purpose. Perhaps I may live to see my dearest hopes in relation to it realized, at least within my own State; but, however that may be, in the future, as in the past, I shali keep that object steadily in view. While I sincerely wish that the choice of a candidate by the Cleveland Convention had fallen on some other than myself, I accept the nomination willingly, being sure that it will prove to be the humble beginning o f a triumphant end. I am most respecUully yours, NEAL Dow. AIL 80911(3. Excursion Horror on the Detroit River. The steamer Mamie, containing a pleasure pasty belonging to the Catholic Church of the Holy Trinity, at Detroit was run down by the steamer Garland, in the Detroit river, on the night of the 22d of July, and seventeen of the excumouMslisaal' a watery grave. Following are the partjfll^VaL the distressing accident, as fnmiafififiW^SSe Detrbit. papers: The pastor of Trinity Roman Catholic Church, the Bev. Father Bleyenburgh, in ac­ cordance with his annual custom, took to Mon­ roe, Mich., for a day's pleasure, tlie acolytes and altar boys of his church. There they spent a happy day, and, on their return, while (Mim­ ing up the Detroit river, at about 10 o'clock at night, at a point just below Grassy Island lighthouse, the yacht was met by the steamer Garland, of Detroit, having on board the Molders' Union and a large party of friends, when a collision took place, the Garland liter­ ally running the steam yacht down and almost running over her. The Mamie was cnt in tw5. and immediately sank, taking down nearly all the twenty-four of the air against it from the inside being sank, ta--„ -- -- . . .---- too great Then Hurley seized a crowbar, and persons on board. Boats were immediately COL. CASH, the South Carolina duelist, has been admitted to 83,000 bail. Cash and his soa attempted tokill an editor who haddenounced the duel in his paper, but the editor's friends rescued him The New Orleans health author- ities say there is not, and has not been this aum- mer, a single case of yellow fever in that city. • THE State Guard forces of Kentucky went into camp last week at Crab Orchard. Thw is the first general encampment of Ken- tacky troops since Gen. 8. B. Buckner organized «ffip Boone in 1860. TGBBK negroes are under arrant in TA. tnar county. Ala., for mutilating the bodies of irfnte people buried in the local graveyard. They confessed to the hideous crime, and said Oiey dug up tlae bodies for the purpose of eet- ling the^ bones in the hands, which, thev said, if earned in their pockets, would make them lucky at card-playing --htephen Richardson, colored. - > - entered the of his father-in-law. Robert I"hMa»ey_, Wilmington, N. C., and killed his tT' nwtheMii^w, and probably fataUy injured his ,%$' **««. ntfgjufid fattier-iii-law. Jx ^ , notice that hereafter sugars colored to defraud the customs will be seized for forfeiture. 'I; taken the reorganization of the Greek army. Bazaine, the ex-French Marshal, who, since the surrender of Metz, i as probably been more execrated by his countrymen than any other Frenchman living, is reported to be dangerously ill at Madrid Lieut. Ouzatis and several others who murdered the mother of Gen. Skobeleff, the distinguished Russian commander, have been arrested. Their motive was robbery. DIPLOMATIC relations between France and Mexico will be resumed in October The Austr an Ambassador at Constantinople has been instrncted to inform the Sultan that Aus­ tria will unite with the other European powers in compelling Turkev to execute the stipula­ tions of the Treaty of Berlin as interpreted by the Berlin Conference. GREECE has decided to mobilize her fjt army....A large party of Jesuits, expeled from France, have taken an estab­ lishment in the South of Wales Mrs. Wetmore, a young and handsome divorced woman from America, has made a sensation in Paris, by poisoning herself at the residence of a friend. Soon after her separation from her husband, Mrs. Wetmore became engaged to the Marquis of Anglesey, who, a few weeks ago, married Mrs. Wodehouse, of Georgia. News of the wedding prostrated Mrs. W.etmore and led her, in despair, to put an end to her 1 fe. PBACTICAXILY, the German Govern­ ment has been compelled to tender a compro­ mise to the church. The announcement that after the Church bill is gazetted the control of church funds will be given into the hands of the clergy is significant of the «xtent to which concession has been found to be necessary by the Government Turkey's answer to the collective note of the power's, relaiive to the enforcement of the treaty THE State Department is in receint1 of Iie^Uu'1S unsatisfactory, as it was ex- ^ . . , , t " . . . . j p e c t e d i t w o u l d b e . I n s t e a d o f a d d r e s s i n g l t - •01 information which leaves no doubt that the . self to the points made in the note, it raises new resent outrages on two American vesttels were j questions for the consideration of Europe, and perpetrated by the Canto, a small screw steamer i I)r0P°8es that. tlle Porte Bta11 reopen of tlie Spanish navy. The Spanish Govern- i i!.1.rec_'L negotiations with Greece. ment. it will be rem'embered, denied thit any ' The Montenegrin envoy at Constantinople has vessel of its navy fired on been recalled in consequence of tlie representa- burst one of the bull's-eves. At the same time Thomas Van Nostrand, one of the imprisoned men. broke the other. The compressed air rushed through the lock with a whirr, followed by a stream of water, and, the pressure being thus removed, the door was forced open. The night men rushed out and hurried across the shaft to the stairs leading to the surface, followed by a flood of water which threatened to ingulf them. They escaped with­ out injury, and at once went to work on the surface digging for the purpose of rescuing their buried companions. Meanwhile Supt. Anderson had reached the scene. A glance at the river showed them at once that all hope of saving the life of any of the twenty workmen in the tunnel was in vain. The water had risen in the shaft until it was twenty feet deep, and on a level with the river, and this was sufficient evi­ dence that the tunnel was flooded. Even had the men been saved from suffocation, drowning must have put an end to their lives in a very few minutes after the fatal crash. The newB of the disaster had spread rapidly through Jer ey City, and by 6 o'clock a crowd numbering nearly 1,000 people had congregated around the shaft and were gazing at the pool which marked the tomb of the unfortunate la­ borers. Policemen were soon on hand to keep the throng back, and ropes were stretched around to protect the workmen from inter­ ference. 1 he scene all through the day was a sorrowful one. In the great crowd that surged around the shaft were wives seeking their husbands, moth­ ers their sons, and children their fathers. Tho wife of Assistant-Superintendent Woodland did not hear of the disaster until 7 o'clock,two hours after her husband was dead. She rushed fran­ tically to the shaft, pushed her way through the throng, and gazed down into the deep water, weeping and wailing. She was led away by kindly hands and taken back to her desolate home, heart-broken and sobbing piteously. NEAL POW>8 LETTER. Accepting the Nomination of tlM Prohibition Party for President. Hon. James Black and Ilev. A. A. Miner, D. D. GKNTLKHEN : Your note of the 18th June, notifying me officially of my nomination by the National Prohibition Convention at Clevd- | land as a candidate for the Presidency, is re- | ceived. I am very sensible of the honor im- | plied in a spontaneous and unanimous selection by such an assembly to represent their opinions and purposes as to the relation of the liquor lowered anrl life-preservers thrown overboard, but with the strong, swift current at thirf point, where the water is thirty-five feet deep, they were of little avail. Seventeen persons per­ ished, with but little hope of their bodies being found for several days. The people ou board the Garland, and also her wheelsman, say that both boats would have been all right had not the yacht suddenly changed her course and shot across the bows of the Garland. The captain of the Garland re­ fused to give any particulars, but the wheels­ man states that he saw a light, which he took to be an anchor-light, and no red or green lights. When about fifty feet from the light he heard a whistle from the Mamie, answered it and backed the engines. He called to Capt. Wright to help ou tlie wheel. He thinks tne Mamie must have tried to cross his bow. It is generally admitted that there was a great lack of nerve and system iu the matter of res­ cuing, so far as the officers of the Garland were concerned, and that the accident was the re­ sult ot the greatest carelessness and most crim­ inal neglect, as the night was clear and moon shining brightly. Father Bleyenburgh, the priest who had charge of the boys on the yacht, has taken his acolytes on such excursions yearly. His sad ex­ perience iu this case has completely broken liim down, anokit is feared the nervous shock may result in permanently injuring him. His par- j ish is the largest in the city or State, and the i grief is widespread. tion of the Porte to the powers that Montene­ gro was the aggressor in the affair with the Al­ banians Abdurrahman Khan has been for- malfyreeognized as AmeerjO^v Afghanistan by THE President has appointed Gen. Huidekofer Postmaster at Philadelphia. , eEXEBAX* *f , Diuuao t&e month of June there ar- , r- *iwd ln the United States 72,567 immigrants. What Women Have Done, •Of this number Ireland furnished the largest i Women have made four important qqoto, and Germany the next largest The im- ! contributions to civilization : They have Sr^the vear^nain H01*1 of„„ w York alone ' cured for the body in its immediate OCB NEIGHBORING w ><; ^clothing, and by ministration to the woenUvheld &» public of Mexico Blcii; they have been tlie conservers of „ °°to cbo°se a President, j moral forces, and have insisted on W e r e w e r e t h r e e o r f o u r c -- • - 1 ' - and, as neither received _ _ _ - - a i - j n were three or four candidates in the j special standards of conduct in society ' and in the home ; they have guided the rudimentary intellectual training of children ; and they have contributed to the aesthetic development of the race by creating and combining beautiful forms and colors in dress, in decoration, and in household art. These four depart­ ments have been mainly controlled by women, and the comfort and beauty of every-day life proclaim their success.-- Alisn M. A. Hardaker, in North Amer­ ican Review. "Ie MCX L. .iii. oiiHtitmioi] the choice 5&TS. c£S2 *». ^JTWO BBOTHEBB and ;* sister named W®11 known and highly respected in * *rere drowu«a ui the river at that ifce upsetting of a boat... .The steam- Wlth the Egyptian obelisk on board, •t Hew York. The obelisk will be <M» of the city parka... .Work on the MMHIII monument is to be re- Anxions to Sire His Brother. A boy of about 12 -went up street at such a rate of speed that everybody who saw him was satisfied he was running for a doctor. A man with a kindly expression of countenance caught the flying boy by the arm and asked him : ' " Sonny, is there anybody right sick at your house ? " " No, but there will be if you don't turn me loose." " Who is it, bubby ? " " Will yer let me go if I tell you ? " " I will, my boy." "Well, then, it's my brother Bob. He will be a remains before night if I don't get home right oft You see, we have cucumbers, green corn, clabber, water­ melon and cabbage for dinner, and if I ain't there to get my share he will traffic to the interests of the nation and people, j founder himself and die. Please let me There is and can be no difference of opinion ; go, so I can Stive my little brother's life." among intelligent men as to the tremendous j --Galveston News. - evils flowing necessarily from that traffic to every public and private interest. Such men nay and do differ to the best methods of providing a remedy for these evils, but each must judge for himself upon that point accord­ ing to his light. In our country there can be no change in any public policy which depends upon law. unless Piute Tront Fis^rs. The Twin lakes are at present quite ft resort for Piutes. who go there for the purpose of fishing for trout. A com­ pany of them will sit on the bank, and while the brave buck bobs for the theiF^lTasine^thrc^h^h^baSot *box! PS »peckle«l beauties the faithful squaw is and their policies come into power among us "ie immediate vicinity sewing on a and go out of power only through the ballot piece of calico or waiting on the ttsher- box. There is no other way by which the peo- ' men. The favorite bait is ant eggs, and pie can express their will effectively. All im- after a nest has been ransacked of its portant questions of public policy are decided in that manner only. The question of deliverance to the country aud emancipation ofj the'people from the infin­ ite evils of the liquor traffic may v.ell challenge the closest attention of patriots, philanthropists, and statesmen. This question touches the inter­ est of nation, State, and people as no other does or can ; the solution of it can never come iu any other way than through the ballot box. It is said by men whose opinions are entitled to the highest respect that the present is not a suitable time for pressing this issue. No man can be more sensible than I am of the magnitude and importance of other qaea- contents the fun begins. The supply on hand is placed in tne mouth and used when required. The moisture toughens fhe bait and makes it more suitable for use. If the buck happens to be particu­ larly lazy the squaw is used to hold the bait and deals it out as often as called upon. Sometimes the native sons of the forest will haul in several dozen trout during the day, while on other oc­ casions tlie'resultisnot so encouraging. --4iodic (CW.) New$, IT is earnestly hoped that no one will lie about the length of torchlight, pro­ cessions this year. Give 'em the benefit of any doubt. "Now tell me candidly, are you guilty?" asked a lawyer of his client. '"Why. do you suppose I* be fool enough to hire you if I was innocent?" A WOMAN at Des Moines has a hen which she declares to be twenty-eight years old. More than fifty hotel-keepers have sought to buy the fowl. , A BOSTON theatrical company recently played a scene laid in a church so na­ turally that to many of/the audieiice it seemed so real that thev weait to sleep. Two young limbs of the law out for a country airing. Coversation--" What do you4 suppose is the matter with the wheat in that field, it looks so small ?" " Mort­ gage keeps it down, I guess." . MEN who have lost a hand or a leg In a saw mill now get looked upon as mili­ tary heroes by gazing upon towns wrecked by cyclones and remarkin g that the scene looks like a battle field. SEVENTY-EIGHT millions of lead pencils were used up in this country last year. All but one million were worn out by the idiots who left their names in railroad depots, church belfries and city hall towers. AMXAWSBB Pnras has an eccentric as­ paragus bed. Several of the stalks have grown together, side by side, and form one solid piece, making a broad band nearly an inch thick. Nature is evi­ dently trying to fit asparagus to Emma Soldene's" mouth.--Danbury News. THERE hn| lately been hung in tlie Washington scansion at Mount Vernon, Ya., an old picture, a landscape believed to be the work of some artist of celebri­ ty, which was presented by General Washington to his brother. Mrs. Wash­ ington, of West Virginia, the vice regent of the Mount Vernon Association, who is a connection of both General and Mrs. Washington, is the giver. A LADY living near Baltimore, who is very deaf, stopped a milkman as he was passing the house the other day and asked him how much he charged for a quart of milk, and then put up her ear trumpet to catch the reply. Tlie man drew a quart of milk and emptied it into the trumpet, and the result has been that he has to go three miles out of his way to keep out of sight of the lady's son who sits on the front porch waiting for him to pass. THE seed of Soja hispida, known as "soy bean " or "Japan pea," is the most concentrated vegetable food known. It contains forty per cent, of albuminoids and eighteen per cent, of oil. Tho soja grows in the Himalayas, but is princi­ pally cultivated in the north of China, whence it is largely exported to the southern districts. The seed is pressed for its oil, and the cake, mixed with sub­ stances less rich in nitrogenous matter, used as food for man and beast. SOME gentlemen dining FTT ft table d'hote the conversation turned upon oysters, which several of the company contended showed a sagacity that argued they must have brains. A young man who had taken an unusually prominent part in the conversation, to the annoy­ ance of an elderly gentleman, his neigh­ bor, turned to the latter, and said: "Do you believe that oysters have brains?" "Certainly I do, sir," was the prompt and pointed reply, "since they know when to shut up." ONE of our most enterprising stock­ brokers had occasion, a few days since, to call on a customer for additional mar­ gin. He had prepared himself for almost any excuse which the man might offer for delay, but he confessed himself quite unable to cope with the ingenuity which inspired the following reply: "My dear fellow, that's all right. Why, bless your heart, I'm so anxious to accommodate you that I've sold a piece of property worth $100,000; but my aged grand­ mother lias an eighth interest in it, and just as she was going to sign the deed she had a stroke of paralysis. Just my luck!" A CLEUGYMAN in Pittsburg lately mar­ ried a lady with whom he received the substantial dowry of $10,000, and a fair prospect for more. Soon afterward, while occupying the pulpit, he gave out a hymn, read the first four stanzas, and was reading tlie fifth, Forever let my grateful heart Ills boundless grace adore, when he hesitated and exclaimed, "Ahem! Tlie choir will omit the fifth verse," and sat down. The congregation, attracted by his apparent confusion, read the remaining lines: Y/lileli elves ten thousand blessings now And bids me hope for more. *1T is a curious fact," says the Phil­ adelphia Times, "that Philadelphia is about the only great city in the world where horse-racing is thoroughly dis­ reputable. At New York and Baltimore, for example, to go no further away, races are conducted with at least the semblance of honesty, and with a care­ ful regard for decency, and gentlemen and ladies go to enjoy the sport, as they do at Epsom or Longchamps, without any danger to their self-respect. In Philadelphia, on the other hand, a horse-race attracts nobody but gamblers and fast women, and no decent person would like to be seen at one of our race­ courses." THEBE are 400 tile factories in Ohio, 486 iu Indiana, and 320 in Illinois. All of these are doing a fair business, de­ pending on location. The day is not far distant when thorough underdraining will be deemed essential to good farming, especially of wet lands with clay sub­ strata. In fact, it has been demonstrated that the prodnct of a given acreage may be enhanced from 50 to 75 per cent, by systematic draining, all other modes of treating tlie land and crops being identi­ cal with those pursued before the tilling was done. It is not extravagant to an­ ticipate that the number of tUe factories in the three States above named will be doubled by the end of the present cen­ tury. The Beginning of AMrten-DipIoaMy. Paris was the birthplace of American diplomacy. Our first commission was sent to Paris. Paris was made tho head­ quarters of our European diplomacy, with which all the more-distant mem­ bers held correspondence. Tlie first diplomatic letter dispatched by an Amer­ ican agent from Europe was dated at Paris, Jan. 17, 1777. After the recogni­ tion of our independence, the first Min­ ister ever sent from the United States was sent to Paris, and the first Minister we ever received came from Paris. Our negotiations with Holland were mostly conducted at Paris, and it was at Paris that a Swedish Ambassador, (specially instructed to that purpose by his King, made a treaty with Dr. Franklin in Jan­ uary, 1782, saving that Sweden was the first country in Europe which had vol­ unteered to make a treaty with the United States, without request on our part, and that he hoped it would be re­ membered. The treaties of peace with England, the provisional treaty of 1782, and the $nal treaty of 178?, were exe- cuted at Paris. And, lastly, it \yas at Paris that Dr. Franklin, in July, 1785, affixed his signature to the celebrated treaty with Prussia of that year, the last public act of his life in Europe.--Ii. il. Dana, in Sbribner. k Railway Building ta 1880. The Railway Age, in speaking of new railroad building in 1880, says it is already certain that the year 1880 will be marked by an activity in the projec­ tion and construction of railways that has not been equaled in this- country since the panic of 1873, and it is not im­ probable that the addition to our mileage during the present twelve months may exceed that of 1871, the year of greatest increase, when over 7,200 miles of new track were laid. Therefore, in 1880 the mileage is more than twice as great as in the corresponding period of any year since 1873--in fact, is four and a half times as great as that in the first six months of 1875. It is impossible thus early to state with any exactness the mileage con­ structed during the past six months. The Afje has undertaken, however, to compile and classify the statistics now on hand, and presents a partial and nearly complete statement of the mile­ age of new track laid in the different States and Territories, between Jan. 1 and July 1. It shows that the rails have been going down in at least twenty-nine States and Territories, and, up to last date, fully 1,700 miles had been laid. Miles. 77 106 iftr^anwBS... Arizona..... California..,........ 8 Colorodo............ #15 Dakota .116 Florida...;. 36 Iowa... 86 Illinois 76 Indiana., 36 Kansas. 212 Kentucky.... 26 Louisiana 56 { Missouri... 38 Mlnucsota 12 Michigan. 30 The Age has also prepared a partial list of the roads upon which grading or track-laying is now understood to be going on. The statement shows that work is now in progress upon at least 110 railroads in thirty-five States and Territories, covering a proposed mileage of about 8,000 miles. Nebraska...., ... Nevada......;.' .. New Mexico...... New Jersey. . North Carolina... Ohio Oregon Pennsylvania..... Rhode Island.... South Carolina...... 86 Texas 137 Otah M Virginia 48 VViaoonsin 37 Mites. ..188 .. UO .. 91 . . <7 .. 21 " .. 20 .. 18 7 Jnereased Yftlne of I«rm< In the report of the Gbmmis Agriculta]» that portion devot. prices dyEwaning and timbered contain! afable showing that, in adc tion to the bounteous crops which farmers of nearly ail sections will j during the present year, the, market, value of their farms has i 8 per cent, as compared with the of one year ago. Timberea l^nds evince a tendency to advance in price ffiore rapidly than cleared lands, show­ ing that there is a growing scarcity m lands of this character. The following table gives the information in detail : i : Av.val.per A v. val. per Perot, kere of cleared acre of timber inc. im SXATtlnijjipi,.- -y land in 1880. iatidin 1880. on4 Maine . .$12.87 New Hampshire l&jOO Vermoi* 16.J8 M*«chu«etM KM Rhode Ialand;... Connecticut.......... 90 An N.-w York New Jersey. PennB„ylvatiia........ .. Delaware............. Maryland.. . . . . . . . . . . V i r i j i i i i a , \ . . . . . . North Carolina South Carina....... Georgia..., Florida Alabama,............. Louisiana, Texas j."..... ArkjinBnip. Tenuet&e............. West Virginia Kentucky j Oldo Michigaa Indiana.............. Ulinolii. W igccnrlft,........... Minnesota. J.......... Iowa...,..., i'j....... Mie-eonr!. Origin of " A Wild-Goose Chase." A writer in the Troy Times spys: " Wild-goose chase " was a term used to express a sort of racing on horseback formerly practiced, resembling the fly­ ing of wild geese, these birds generally going in a train one after another, not in confused flocks as other birds do. In this sort of race the two horses, after running twelve-score yards, had liberty, which horse-soever coukiget the lead, to take what ground the jockey pleased, the hindmost horse being bound to fol­ low him within a certain distance agreed on by the articles, or else to be whipped in by the triers and judges who rode by, and which ever horse could distance the other won the race. This sort of race was not long in common use, for it was found inhuman uud destructive of good horses when two such were matched to­ gether. For, in this case, neither was able to distance tlie other till they were both, ready to sink under their riders, and often two very good horses were both spoiled, and the wagers forced to be drawn at last. The mischief of this sort of racing soon brought in the meth­ od now in use, of only ranning over a certain quantity of ground, and deter­ mining the wager by coming in first at the winning post. The phrase "wild- goose chase" is now employed to de­ note a fruitless attempt, or an enterprise undertaken with little probability of suc­ cess, such as May, an early dramatist, thus pleasantly described: Ah, me I throughout the world Doth wickednene abound; And well I wet, on neither liand Can honesty be found. The wisest man in Athens About the city ran, With a lantern in the midst of day, To rind an honest man. Ajid when at night he sat him down To reckon ou his gains, He only found--a'ack, poor maa---- - His labor for his pains. Loved Another. - > Stony Fnld was one of the beauties of Baltimore. She married Eli Elias, a wealthy young merchant, and the wed­ ding was a great social event in that city. A few months ago, after six months of seeming happiness, the wife confessed to her husband that she was in love with another man. He said at once that they must part, and, though she begged hard to stay with him, promising the utmost circumspection of conduct, he insisted upon casting her off. She grew despond­ ent, and wrote imploring letters to him, but he would not see her. At last she has committed suicide. 58.48 *5.75 1S.OO 34.65 9.42 9.77 8.61 e.98 ».48 6.53 7.88 11.36 a 98 Hi 78 18.00 31.05 18.86 47.68 31.39 30.46 83.00 26.07 14.48 37.36 14.52 Kansas............ i.. •as $12.66 32.00 17.78 'f" ' *3.35 A, No reports , 24.50 40.88 . .047 66.82 .062:-. 2 9 . 7 0 . 0 7 18.0011 £075- 33.60 * .063- 7.48t .014 5.53 ' ,06 6.34 . 1 .09 6.46 .10 4.08,' * -.09 3.78.. > • .09 3.53 * , .09 048'- ;.073*; .087' >08 *.082: Acss- Nebraakti, California. Oregon. 37.16 31.71 4.00 3.48;* 7.38. 9.39 13.82? 41.87; 20.27 26*90,. -.087" 23.68 ' ••'.Il 19.55; f , .07 12.25-f-V.' -,;;0B 39.36 ' .c4.4a.07S- 8.25 • '-'-U3fr 19.12.; 25.85 i ;158 8.55 * 80 . ii& .02®.' :'rM The Oldest Town. According to Humboldt, the oldest town in the world is Yakutsk--5,000 in­ habitants--in Eastern Siberia. It is not only the oldest, but probably tlie coldest. The ground remains always frozen to the depth of 300 feet, except in midsummer, when it thaws three feet at tlie surface. The mean temperature for the year is 12.7 degrees F. For ten days in August the thermometer goes as high as 85 de­ grees. From November to February the temperature remains between 40 degrees to 68 degrees below zero. The river Lena remains frozen for nine month* in the year. Particular. A recently-arrived foreigner stopped at one of our hotels, and at the supper- table began to play fearful havoc with a plate of hard-boiled eggs, scooping out the yolk and leaving the white un­ touched. Just as he was devouring the tenth one, the waiter remonstrated with him, calling his attention to his wasteful­ ness. "Good gracious, man," he re­ marked, "you votild not have me eat ten vites, vould you? De yolk is der chicken, and der vites der fedders. Do you tinks I vants ter make von great bolster of mine stomach?"--Raleigh News. In thefetreet. A gentleman interested in prisoners visited a man in jail* watting to be tried for a crime. "Sir," said the prisoner, tears running down his cheeks, "I had a good home education. My street education ruined me. I used to slip out of the house, and go off with the boys in the street. "In the street I learned to lounge; in the street I learned to swear; in the street I learned to smoke; in the street I learned to gamble; in the street I learned to pil­ fer, and to do all evil. O sir, it is in the street the devil lurks to work the ruin of the young!" A LITTLE girl once said that she would be very glad to go to heaven because they had plenty of preserves there. On being cross-examined she took down her catechism and triumphantly read: "Why ought the saints to love God?" Answer: "Because he makes, preserves and keeps them." ; --The census returns give New Jersey a pop­ ulation of 1,109,000, being an increase of 193,- 000. Pennsylvania has about 4,226,000 people, an increase of about 700,000. St. Lonis statis­ ticians claim for Missouri a population of about 2,400,000. B > A Busy Family. A case of assault and battery, in' fanners' sons weie plaintiff and' fendant respectively, was on trial in De­ troit, and the plaintiff's lawyer was very anxious to make out that the defendant'®- family must have seen the fight which took place just outside the kitchen door. The defendant's mother being on the stand the lawyer began : " Where were you when the first blow- was struck ?" " Down cellar Bkimming milk and tying cloths over my preserve jars, "she=? replied. " Where was your husband ?" "He was in the barn mending (ifr harness and greasing the wagon." " Where was your daughter Sarah I "Sarah was in the north bedroom-, changing the pillow cases on the spare bed." " And where was Jane ?" " Jane ? She had run over to a neigh­ bor's to borrow some coffee and a nut­ meg." \ " Let's see! Haven't you a* sister Hi# ing with you?" . "Yes, sir. She was sewing carpet- rags up stairs." •' Ah! she was? You have a younger son named Charles, haven't you?" V1 "Yes, sir. and he ww salting the- sheep across the road." "Just so. You are a very busy fam­ ily, I see. I suppose even'the dog was- very busy just at this particular mo­ ment ? " " Yes, sir, he was. Old Bose was down at the gate looking toward Detroit for- one-horse lawyers!" That closed her testimony and settled. him more than a foot. Sr.- j What offense did you: Getting on the Police. "Well, my man," said a philanthro­ pist to a hardened-looking chap confined in the New Orleans parish prison, "what are you in for?" " In for thirty days, I reckon," *144- the prisoner, sullenly. " No, not that. W1 commit ?" "Didn't commit anything. The- Judge committed nje." " Well, you must have been* accused of some crime ?" " Oh, yes; I was accused of trying tcK get on the police." -V~. " Nonsense. Trying to get on thd police is no crime. I have myself rec­ ommended many worthy men for posi­ tions on the police force, and have helped to get them on." ( , „ " It is a fact. That was all 'I was sent - here for. You see, there were two of' us, and we both tried to get on the same policeman. We had him down, but- some of the other peelers thought we were crowding the man too hard, and-- " That will do, sir," said the philan­ thropist. " I understand your case per­ fectly. Here are a few pamphlets for" the improvement of your mind, whfch just now appears to be a little warped."" Rich Colleges and Poor Students. A great college should be rich, while- its students should be poor. No way that man has yet devised will give to- learning such great development as that of taking the sons of humble families,, where necessity is a spur to ambition, and giving the advantages of the great- wealth of a university.--Sccrstary Ev-. arts. THE MARKETS. NEW YOBK. BZKTSS Hons..: COTTON FLOUR--Superfine J WHEAT--No. 2 ......... COBN--Western Mixed. OATS--Mixed KYE--Western.... PORK--Mesa.. T.AWH CHICAGO. BBTK--Choice Graded Steers.. Cowa and Huifera... HOGB . Medium to Fair .$» 00 18 75 @14 00 3 60 @ 3 » 8 50 <3 4 FLOOR--Fancy White Winter Ex.... 6 60 ($ 6 Good to Choice Spring Ex.. 4 25 WHKAT--No. 2 Spring No. 3 Spring CORK--No. 2 OATS--No. 3 RIB--No. 2. BARMY--No. 2 BUTTER--Choice rmnmj EOGB--Fresh 8 • PORK--Mesa IS TS §14 Of LABDW T MILWAUKEE. WHZAT--No. 1 1 SB No. 3..... M CORN--No. 3 97 OATS--No. 3 94 RYE--No. 1 94 BABLEY--No. 3 13 / ST. LOUIS. WHEATT®#. 3 Bed. IB CORN--Mixed SS OATS--No. 3 34 lira ....'. TS PORK--Mess l i t « as 9 is* <4 7* 94 K-; WHKAT. .. CORN. ... 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