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- • ;t|\rurs § Iitindealer J. VAN SLYKE. Editor and Pablither. l|cHENRY. ILLINOIS. had published some severe strictures on the elder Cash. The duel with Blair TU fought with Winchester rifle* at twenty pacos, and Cash was killed instantly A Georgia woman named Mrs. GunneHu, living near American, administered morphia to horself and nine chil­ dren in the absence of her husband. When he returned he found them all in a deathly sleep. The mother and three of the children died. The others will recover Gen. William O. Butler has just died at his home at Carroll- ton, Kv., at the advanced age of 93 years. He was an oflieer of the army in the war of 1812, irSEE KAST. i and participated in the battle of Now Orleans. 1 was for several years thereafter a member census returns snow inc i Congress, took part in theMcxican war, and • wmulation of Brooklyn, N. Y., to be 506.SS9, was a candidate for Vice President in 1848 on ! < - M increaae of 84.446 over the oensns of 1870. 1 the Democratic ticket with Gen. Lewis Cass. ..An Italian wife-murderer named Pietro i AT Newburg, W. Va., Mrs. Halbrit- t E E I L T I E W S R E V I t W . attendants, in an lioitr after the opera­ tion the contracted muscles relaxed and Dunn was able to talk. He ate also with relish, and that evening waB doing well. The case is one that commands the interest and attention of all physi­ cians. TANNERY TRIUMPH. Completion •( the IKoct Jlarreloaa AkMlncnco treat FtMl Ki««ni *® (he World* Dr. Tanner completed his marvelous forty days' fast at noon on Saturday, the 7th of Au­ gust. We glean from the New York papers the THE FATE OF THE BENDERS. --- „ . . O II„ | following account of the closing scenes of the t o S - * j » r l h ; ! v - f t a . . A . h i g h „ < * , » h i , •flipress^tuuu^woi^-Y""™ - -» railroad track, when a train came along and apj>eared to be resigned to lus ^ ; 8txuck ^ of them. killing Mrs. Halbritter iu- Thb large rolling-mill oi jvunoerly, j gtantly, and inflicting injuries upon Miss Hal- dfcrnes A Co., at Greenville, Pa., has been de- j britter from which she died in a few hours, ifcoved by fire. Loss, flOO.OOO--EX-GOT. ) RELATIVE to the charges of fraud in of Pennsylvania, is dead... .Nelson J the census of the South, Superintendent Bigler, his task finished. The crowd cheered Tanner enthusiastically. About 1,000 persons were in the hall, and an immense number of people on the sidewalk. The doctor drank a glass of milk and called for a Georgia watermelon. This he tapped, dug his hand into it, and ate heart­ ily. When remonstrated with, he asked to bo left alone, saying, "No, my lord; I am ;nto ornmtv Kansas nnrl running this now." When he placed the glass mi° Montgomery county , Kansas, and ™ A ' gowrht her out ; 11 "" "7™ Ulr̂ "v* "* ". ="«-• . of milk to his mouth he remarked, " Gentle- ; 8(l,latted near the Verdigris river, some rated. The other e>enu« ne t»ugm ntT ̂will order another enumeration by disinterested , ^n, you don't believe that's good." The sig- twenty miles from Cherryvale, to await S&"toS"^o» C i „ *•""}•>tea- lh« f..t ™ . wuX j dcvelopmenta e^ri^e bv fork and, drawing a revolver, sliot I THHfcensus returns of Arkansas, com- ! £°ni<;he factory m the vicmity. When it blew ?MT,age • lien, reloading his pistol, and I ™,.n ftmnt -- P*- ^9?^ had a P?"* in his hand, but before Phelps, of East Shutesburg, Mass., was mar- J ^ajjter ^ he has received no evidence, as ried three years ago. when 20, to a gir o ^ j unfair pnictices jn that section, but that They Were KUot to Death by Vlgl> •antes Itlany Team Airo, and Their CarvasMN Dumped Into a Common Grave. If the story of a man who writes fro*n Oswego, Labette county, Kan., to the Chicago Times is reliable, the mystery which ha's for many years surrounded the fate of the notorious Benders is no longer a mys*erv. The writer--who signs himself "Vigilante" and claims to have taken part in the execution of the blood-thirsty fiends--tells a circum- | stantial, straightforward and apparently truthful story. He states that, after the Benders had become convinced that sus­ picion was directed toward them as the probable murderers of Dr York and other missing persons, they loaded their effects into two wagons and silently stole away from the scene of their horrid crimes. Thev crossed over fier six times. Then, reloading ms pisioi, ana j piete less nine small districts, four of which are bring down bv the dead ^ j estimated, show the population of the State to reran cimnbopi lato ha '"d ̂1 u, 810,!«. m. fLl rovMo. .ill in- TANNER s remarkable digestive powers I cre#ge camber slightly. ....Unofficial aftd rapid recuperation have caused as much | returns give South Carolina a popula- wonderment as his unprecedented fast. In the | «on of 953 410. a gain of 247.804 since 1^70.. wwu » . A band of Indians recently attacked the mail- aeventy-eight hours following the conclusion th(, road ,H,twe(,u E1 PaRO Rlld Of his forty davs' abstinence from food he I - . . sained in weight nearly twenty pounds, or . % a. „ # rtiii.AAa a n hftnr he could put it into his mouth somebody snatched it away. In response to the plaudits of the assemblage Tanner, who was sitting upon & chair placed on the table, waved his John, Jr., or John, Sr., made daily trips back to the vicinity of Cherryvale an<i;fcOo^; (observations. It was their in­ tention "-to return if tlie excitement , - ,, ,. - , , .i ^ should blow over, but if it continued handkerchief over his head. At 12:15 Dr. Wftrjn filev nn *i,A Tri-i;an Tanner got down from the table and left the ! £ y . Tex., and took possession of all the mail matter and the stock. In the fight the mail driver and three men were killed. The route is infested with the redskins, and troops have been ordered forward to protect passen­ gers. ' . 6ERE1UL. A BUILDING containing 60,000 pounds During this period he ate voraciously, | and at intervals of every hour or so, j his diet consisting principally of beefsteak, Ktatoes, toast, milk, wine, watermelon and i lit Dr. Work (one of his attendants) says the fact that Tanner has such a great appetite and such remarkable digestive powers shows , , conclusively that he was not reduced to the j of bran collapsed at Montreal, burying one I condition of inaction, even by forty days" ab- I man and twelve boys in the ruins. One of the j Stinence from food, and that he could have : latter was suffocated, and several others were j gone on fasting several days longer. j severely injured. ! THBKK attaches of the Bellevue Hoe- J THE soldiers' reunion at Columbus, j New York, were drowned by the capsizing Ohio, last week, was a big affair, the attend- j of a boat on the Shrewsbury river A fire at j ance being estimated at 60,000. Addresses! Hunter's Point N. Y., destroved a large quan- were delivered by President Hayes, Gens. Sher- tity of lumber, many oamil-bout*, and a few man and Hazen and others. hall in a coach in charge of Dr. Gunn, who took him to his own residence. Dr. Tanner weighed at the end of the fast 121% pounds, a loss of thirty-six pounds in the forty aays. Just before noon the temperature of the doctor was 99 ; pulse. 92; respiration, 17. On Territory. What followed, we will let the writer, who was one of the leading actors in the drama, relate in his own words: " They knew of the discovery of their leaving the half the' doctor walked unassisted • ^"me within oil hour after the bodies vessels. The loss is approximated at $500,- 000... .The Federal Grand Jury at New York, which has for some time been investigating the Seawanhaka disaster, has returned indictments for manslaughter against four Government in- ORDERS have been issued at Washing­ ton to have Payne, the squatter recently cap- tared in Indian Territory and held a prisoner by the military authorities in Kansas, turned spectors of life-boats and boilers, and the Cap- j over to the Marshal of the Western District of and engineer and the owners of the • - * ' T steamer The population of Massachusetts is 1,783,812. ONE section of an excursion train re­ turning from Atlantic City to New York ran in­ to the rear end of another section, killing two persons and injuring twenty-five Burglars few open a safe at Clarkville. Bergen county. N. J., and took therefrom railroad securities worth $25,000 belonging to Mr. J. Edgar Hunt THE excursion train accident near Atlantic City turns out to have been a more serious affair than first reports indicated. The deaths already number fifteen at this writing, and others are expected to die. The following description of the scene at the time of the collision is telegraphed from Atlan ic City: "Of the persons on the Arkansas for trial at Fort Smith Sir John Macdonald, the Dominion Premier, has com- Eieted arrangements with a great syndicate in iondon for the completion and operation of the Canada Pacific railway. The news was re­ ceived at Montreal with many demonstrations of joy, and stocks went up several points. VASHMOTOII. THE postal business last year is sum­ marized as follows : Letters, 868,493,572; post­ al-cards, 276,446,716 ; newspapers to subscribers and newsagents, 695,175.624 : magazines to sub­ scribers and news agents, 53,472,276; books, circulars, and miscellaneous printed matter, 300,845,480 ; articles of merchandise, 22,634,- 456. Grand totaL 2,215,168,124. The matter all originated in this country. THESE is a large demand at present roor^"platform of the first train some jumped j 'or silver dollars, and the Secretary of the to the ground and then rushed panic-stricken ] Treasury has issued an order providing for hack into the cars. The locomotive came > their transmission through the mails, free of bounding on aud crashed into the rear car, j postage, at the risk of the purchaser. still standing upon tlie bridge, and with such j force that the engine fairly plowed a furrow j POLITICAL. half wav into the car, and lifting the roof of j THE Texas Democratic Convention the car over the smoke-stack.The;^o<-k broke j nominated ^ a M Rob^ for ^-election one of tlie cvhnders of the boiler, ana in- stantlv scalding water was poured upon the I on the first ballot The Republicans of Con- affrighted aud helpless occupants of the car. necticut have nominated Mayor Bigelow, of Rain had been pouring down, and all the windows of the car were down, and, the steam tilling it instantly, added to the horror of the occasion aud suffering of the victims. From out of the concealing vapor came the shrieks of women, wails of children, and yells of men. The people on the fir~t train rail pell mell from the cars or jumped through the win- j down stairs with a slico of melon in his hand, t He received aU ovation from crowds in the J streets, steps and windows, and exhibited much ' gratification at his hearty reception. At 3:30 Dr. Tanner drank an ounce of light wine, after which he ate a small slice of water­ melon. At 4:30 he was eating with great relish a piece of beefsteak. He did not swallow the fiber, but. onlv partook of the juice of the meat. After 4 Dr. Tanner rested quietly. At 6 he asked for an apple, which he ate, and tlien asked for and received two more. At 7 he waa given a beefsteak weighing half a pound, and partook of it. At 8 o'clock he drank one ounce of wine, and then slept until 10, when he awoke aud chatted cheerfully. The medical men were shown Dr. Tanner's blood as it appeared .under the microscope. The blood corpuscles presented a very curious appearance. Instead of being rounded with the concavities plainly marked, they presented jagged or shriveled outlines and irregularity of form generally. Their color was also lighter, and they showed a tendencv to collect together without forming the well-known "row of coins." The white corpuscles were greatly in­ creased in number. An affidavit detailing all the facts of the forty days' fast has been prepared. It is sub­ scribed to by seventy physicians and others who were on watch during the fast. The following statistics are of interest: Total amount of water drank, 44J^ pounds avoirdupois ; highest pulse, 116 ; lowest pulse, 66 ; highest tempera­ ture, 100 4-5 ; lowest temperature, 97 4-5. The respiration varied from 13 to 18. The strength of his hands, as measured by the dvnamoine- ter, varied from 158 to 186 pounds with the right hand, and from 158 to 194 with the left hand. Dr. Tanner spent Sunday, the 8th, at the resi were dug out of their shallow graves, and they lost no time in striking their tents. They struck out for the west bank of tlie river and started southward post haste. Their flight soon became a panic, and, to add to their discomfiture, one of their wagons broke down. Pack­ ing what they could of the load on tlieir horses, they piled up what was left, set fire to it, and hurried on. "About forty of us organized into a pursuing party and started after the butchers. Once on their trail, we had no difficulty in following it. Tlie mur­ derous quartet had taken to the open country west of the river, bift were keep­ ing within convenient distance of the thick timber that grows in the valley watered by this stream. They were ex­ pecting pursuit, and hoped to escape by losing themselves in this timber, if it came to the worst. As we proceeded the trail freshened, and ere long we came across the half-consumed ruins of the wagon left by the Benders in their flight. From the direction they were taking, it became evident to the minds of those ac­ quainted with the country that they Mere pointing for that paradise, of cut­ throats located near the mouth of the Red fork of the Arkansas. The mur­ derers had about forty miles to travel before reaching the boundary of the Ter­ ritory, and they were probably twenty ing before reaching the settlements, each seeking his home quietly. There was ; no blow made about our achievement, ! each man keeping his own counsel. The secret was well kept, and it was weeks before outsiders stopped prowling around in search of the Benders. Those im­ mediately concerned very speedily lost interest in the chase, however, and, though nothing was said on the subject, , it came to be tacitly understood through Labette and Montgomery counties tliat it would be a waste of time to prosecute inquiry further. "This is the true history, of the fate of the Benders, and when, in the future, you hear of the apprehension of any of i the tribe, you can put it down as a ca­ nard. " *" Elements of Popularity in Texas. It was plain to see as soon as he en­ tered the sanctum that he was mad about something. Very likely his name had been mentioned in the proceedings of the Recorder's Court in connection with the change of inebriation. He was ! laboring under intense mental excite- i ment. It WHS some time before he could control himself enough to speak. , j "I--have--come--to--s^ie--about-- I this--Recorder's--Court---business," he j gasped, painfully. : " It's the rule to pnblish the names of ! all those who get drunk and are fined. ! Can't make any exception in your case." j "That's not what I'm complaining of. ? j I want my name in the paper as having j I been drunk ; but you got my initials | wrong. I am going to run for a city ! | office, and I wanted to use that issue of j the News as a campaign document. It : would have made me popular with the j boys, and here you go and get my name ; wrong, and some other fellow will get credit for it." " Well, what do you want ? " ! " I want to be vindicated. I want you j to come out in a card stating it was me, 1 John Snooks, and not Isaac Snooks, as 1 you have it, who got drunk aud smashed ; a gas-lamp. I want it to be understood ; by the voters that I was the man whom ! six policemen took three-quarters of anj hour to take to the lock-up, a distance j of only 150 yards. I've been slandered, j and if I am not put before the public in my true light I'll bring suit for dam- j ages. That's what I got drunk for, was \ to get my name in the paper so people | would know I am duly qualified."-- '• Galveston News. | PASSING SMILES. dence of Dr. Gunn, and devoted the day solely | HNVNND *he linn WIIPTI mi- to eating and sleeping. His diet eenni.sted ! miU s "eyond the line Mlieii oiu r.couts principally of beefsteak, potatoe*, toast, water- | sight of them. Burdened as they melon, milk, wine, and ale. Of these he par- i were with much cumbrous baggage, took greedily about every hour *>r two. Eight- | they had not been able to make very cen hours after the close of his fast, the doctor j gr^at speed, but thev had used everV weighed 130 pounds, a gain of nine pounds. ' . M , 1 ». , , . * . . . , - • ' ' much astonished at his i lX)SKll)le effort tw P"1 sPace behind them. New Haven, for Governor, and William H. Bulk- ley for Lieutenant Governor. THE Georgia Democratic Convention balloted a week in a vain effort to effect a nom­ ination for Governor, on account of the preva­ lence of the two-thirds rule. Gov. Colquitt re- The physicians are as rapid and easy recovery from tlio effects of his long fast as they were at the marvelous achieve­ ment itself. He Obeyed Orders. It was about 3 o'clock on a Ir^t, sultry May afternoon that we came in sight of the party. They saw us as soon as wo came from cover, and, abandoning everv- It was just thiazide of ^Detroit that^o. thing, they broke tor the forest. They man entered the car, took a seat, and ! mto the woods and scattered. We devoted his attention to the morning ! £ere^c^e n\yon their heels, however and paper. After a time the conductor cam? j "fy ^ not iutelu<ll1ng u" lon^ along and touched him gently on the Th? °ld ma?.'hl?,wlte an,d were -- - - - - B - I under arrest in less than an hour. John, oeived a maj^^y"Totein"^ ! shoulder but without effect Again he than the other ine to the bitterness of the feelintr nfninst tapped the passenarer on the arm. but ! ' . » .i . •. „ . . . msi j uii mc tuiii, uufc . of^hn trilio the j there was no response, and the official L S hi dows, and it was some time before they became j ing to the bitterness of the feeling against tapped the passenger on the arm, but sufficiently composed to make earnest efforts | ban, he was unable to secure the ' " " ' - to rescue the injured and relieve their suffer- ' requisite two-thirdB. It was finally decided to J leave the matter to the people, a majority of A PASSENGER train came into collision i the delegates recommending Gov. Colquitt. The , . , , . .. TV., . , , „ . ; remainder of the ticket and an electoral ticket with a freight tram on the Pittsburgh and Fort , were nominated, and the convention ad- Wayne railroad, near Freedom, Pa. Several «ars were badly smashed, and many passengers were seriously wounded Two freight trains came in collision near Cooperstown, N. Y., and the firemen of both engines were killed and two other train men seriously wounded. ITHE WEST. THE population of California is 863,- 000, a gain of 303,000 since 1870. The popula­ tion of Nebraska is 452,442. IT turns out that the old man and woman arrested in Nebraska on suspicion of being members of the notorious Bender gang are first-class frauds. They were taken, last week, to the scene of their supposed crimes in Kansas. Upon arriving at the county seat of Labette county, no one could "identify the *nan as old Bender, or the woman as his wife, and when the tram from Cherryvale reached that point the Question was settled, and the two would-be lenders .pronounced frauds. They refused to give any reason for assuming that they knew Bo much about the noted butchers and their perpetrations By the explosion of the en­ gine of a thrashing machine on a farm near Lakeland, Minn., three men were killed, and seven others injured more or less seriously. CoL. GBIEBSOK reports several en­ gagements with Victoria's Apaches in the vicin- j ity of Snake springs. He killed four or five [ savages and lost one soldier A portion of a • freight train on the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and ! 81. Louis railway became detached near Crown ! Point, Ind., and ran backward down a grade, colliding with another freight. were injured, three fatally. for he contrived 'to evade usTor an' hour longer, but he was at length ran to cover and forced to | surrender. I "Every one of them showed fight, but I with the exception of Kate they all i weakened when it came to the scratch. ! This charming border beauty emptied | every chamber of her revolver into our | faces, but her aim was bad and she did __ ! no serious damage beyond maiming one tenant Governor, E. H. Thompson Genesee ; j Sponse, and the conductor passed alonj?. J of OU1' horses and clipping a lock of hair Treasurer, LM. Aleaton7 Audita?*GenS ! The t^in stopped at the next station, | from my temple The lmllet raised aridge Richard Moore, Clinton ; Commissioner of j started again, and was bowling along at along the slim, the work ot wlncli shows tlie Land Office. James I. David, Wayne : ' thirty miles an hour, when the conduc- I to this day. She finally succumbed to Superintendent of Public Instruction" Z. | tor again came through, and saw the i superior strength, but to the last main- Traesdale, Oakland; Member °ftbe State ! traveler on the same seat as before. j tained the same dare-devil reckless de- Board of Education, Albert Crane, Waslitecaw. 11 A J. * *1.1 • „ , ' Electors-at-Large--Archibald McDonnell, Bay I told you to get out of this car, he m anor. City ; Peter White, Marquette. District Elec- said,__somewhat sternly. journed... .The Greenbackers of Michigan have nominated David Woodman for Governor. THE Democracy of Michigan met in State Convention at Detroit, Aug. 12, and placed in nomination the following ticket: Governor, F. M.. Halloway, Hillsdale ; Lieu- had to speak. " Ticket, 'sir ?" The traveler looked wearily up from his paper, and said : " I haven't any ticket." " Money, then," said the conductor. " I haven't any money." I " You must get off at the next sta- 1 tion." "'I will," was the submissive re- tors--William Faxon, H. J. Beakes, .Tames S. Upton, Germain H. Mason, Hiram B. Beck, Jerome Eddy, Wildman Mills, William II. Marsh, James Deinpsev... .The National Con­ vention of the Liberal League will be held in Chicago on the 17th, 18th, aud 19th of September. Among other important business to be transacted will be the nomination of a Presidential ticket or the in­ dorsement of one of those now in the field ... .The Republicans of Gen. Garfield's district have nominated Judge Ezra B. Tay­ lor, of Trumbull county, Ohio, for Congress. .*. There are two Democratic candidates for Gov­ ernor of Tennessee. The regular Democratic Convention, which favors the payment of the public debt, have nominated Judge Wright, while the debt-repndiators have placed in the field Hon. S. F. Wilson. FOREIGN. WiTHOtrr counting recent additions, ' The prisoners were then ar- i raigned and asked what they had to say in their defense. The old woman was 1 sullen and ugly, but the two men showed signs of faltering. Had they been left to themselves, they would have made don't ! full'confessions, beyond a doubt. The Get j amiable Kate perceived this, and, think- I out' of the car at the next station, and ! hig it would please the vigilantes too | stay out. You hear me !" much to hear confessions, she fell to 1 You did.' "Why didn't you do it ?" "I did." " And then got 011 again ?" "I did.". "Now look here, my friend, I want any more of this nonsense. Again the train stopped and again it started, and again, but, in another car, the conductor found the self-same trav­ eler, as calm as a June morning. " You here again ?" he asked. " Yes." "Didn't I tell you to get off this train and stay off?" " No." " I did." Several men ' the total number of British and Indian troops j tl XT„ . ' , t .1,1 ^ v * . ! occupied by Uie Afghan i, 60,000 & ^ • MOST of the Indians in Oregon and | Hereule. Botmuon, the pracnt Governor of! L- friOTd " BiIiVl thp am U Vu. rootle. uwi. i New Zealand, has lieen snnr.infd "V IrleIU1< Said the Conuilt Idaho are said to be season is so far advanced that active hostilities are not looked for this year Two sons of C DISPATCHES from Candaliar. India, «»£thc, "il.'.r | <°< wliile bathing i "urv days, and that their defensive works TT rr -p. -, , , ,, j were considered proof against anv at- CHABIIES H. TABDY, President of the tack....The discovery of another "Nihil- Colored Relief Board, in St. Louis, has advices i'Htic plot, followed by many ar- hat 10,000 negroes will emigrate from Missis u_,.reP°rted from Kt Petersburg.... sippi and Louiniaiia within the next two i - P* , ai"J°unces the' lormaiion °f a mouths... .Tlie work of revising the census re- j afKOflat1"" or ^c collection of contribu­ tor™ of St. Louis under the superintendence j or special Agent Sawyer and a corps of special cursing her brother and father for their cowardice. Fouler language was never uttered than came from the lips of this fiend. No term was too vile to apply to her relatives. They took it sullenly at ! first, but soon something of her reckless j spirit infused them, and they,too, joined j in the tirade. The chorus of blasphemy • that went up from that hardened lot j caused a shudder to run through our 1 party. With death staring them in the I face, they united in cursing us and la- ' menting their inability to do us harm. The Wrong Leg. The Portland Advertiser tells the fol­ lowing story : There was an eminent sergeant-at-law some years ago who had a cork leg that was a trinmph of artistic deception. None but his intimates knew for certain which was the real and which was the sham limb. A wild young wag of the "uttar bar," who knew the ser- | geant, pretty well, once thought to util- | lze this knowledge of the sergeant's ! secret to take in a newly-fledged young ! barrister. The sergeant was addressing a special jury at Westminister in his usual | earnest and vehement style, and the wag whispered to his neighbor, "You see how hot old buzfuz is over his ca»e; now, I'll bet you a sovereign I'll run this pin into his leg up to the head, and he'll never notice it, he's so absorbed in his case. He's a most extraordinary man in that way." This was more than the greenhorn could swallow, so he took the bet. The wag took a large pin from his waistcoat, and leaning forward drove it up to the head into the sergeant's leg. A yell that froze the blood " of all who heard it, that made the hair of the jury stand on end and caused the J udge's wig almost to fall off, ran tlirougli the court. " By Jove, it's the wrong leg, and I've lost my money," exclaimed the dismayed and conscience-stricken wag, quite re­ gardless of the pain he had indicted upon the learned sergeant. Weather Wisdom. "Gem'len," said the President, "I fink dat de inhabitants of dis ken try am payin' altogether too much 'tenshun to dis wedder queshun. Dar's a groan o' dispair when it's hot an' a growl o' dis pleasliur when it's cold. If it rains somebody raises a row, an' if it's dry i somebody else has a bone to pick wid de • powers above. Ebery red-headed, one- j Loss white man--eliery broken-down old | two-cent darky, has got de ideah in his ! head dat de Lawd am bona' to send him i long jist de sort o' wedder he wants, no j matter 'bout de rest of de kentry. De | ole man Rubottom, libin' up dar by my j cabia, has got about fifteen cents worf o' garden truck back of his house, an' when | it's hot or cold or wet or dry, lie am so j agitated dat he forgits dat any odder ! soul in dis kentry has sot out an onion | or planted a 'tater. Mo' dan fifty y'ars ; ago I come to Ue eoneliision dat I 111 us' ' put up wid sicli w^diJtfr a« de Lawd gim j me, no matter^^ tvhedder it brought" on ; chilblains or rheumatics, an' it was a ! great burden off my mind. I take it jist ! as it comes, kecpin' de ole umbrella in i good repair, au' I doan' know uulfiu' ! 'bout almanacks an' I doan' want to."-- J Lime-Klin Club I'rocrerfhif/x, Detroit I Free Press. restless and ugly, but the I Zealand, has been appointed Governor , . Z < <>u<me- me. img uieir imuu.u> uo us 11.1 m. need that Virwfiiit; ' of South Africa, vice Sir Bartle Freru, recalled, i ^OF' bsten to me, and mmd you do ] Such malignity I never saw equaled. enumerators sent out from Washington, has been finished, and the census of the city, according to the corrected returns, is 333,577, or about 170,000 less than Chicago. The celebrated flyers St. Julien and Maud 8. trot'ed agaiimt time at Rochester ayd each covered a mile in the extraordinary short space of two minutes eleven and three-quarter sec­ onds, being one second less than the fastest previously recorded time. A IJETTEB to the DeB Moines Register, from a responsible citizen of Iowa--Mr. 8. A. James, of Sigourney--gives the information on the authority of an eye-witness, also a respon­ sible man, that the notorious Beuder family «iur in number, were captured soon after the iscovery of the murder or CoL York's broth­ er, and shot. He says that the four were *tood UD in a row facing nine riflemen, and were told their fate. That Kate was plucky to the last, and called upon the captors to " shoot and be --and ttmt the four bodies were bune 1 at the corner of the four counties of Labette, Wilson, Neosho and Montgomery A correspondent of the Chicago Tmun at Os­ wego, Kan., who claims to hav<) been m at the death of the Benders, tells substantially the same story. AT Minneapolis, Minn., Charles H. Richmond, an ex-railroad conductor, who ha* been separated from his wife for some lima, •hot her twice with a double-barreled shotgun in the yard of the house where they lived and immediately after took his own life by blowing out his own brains with a revolver.. . On the Lake Erie <t Western railroad, near La- The daily tribute asked of all Catholics bv the association is stated to be 1 centime per diem. ... .An Italiun who was sentenced to four years' imprisonment for some offense determined to starve himself to death, and died at the end of, a thirty-days' fast. just what I tell you. At the next sta- i Even the old woman chipped in occa- tiou get off this train and stay off. Do j sionally, and her appearance indicated , just what I tell you, or you will get into | that she wholly approved of the family i trouble." j demonstration. "Agreed," said the traveler, and the \ "When charged with the murders j conductor passed on. j laid at their doors the answer was a Again the train stopped and started, j curse, followed by more curses, and ! and again the traveler turned up on the j then a volley, a fusilade of curses aud I train. The conductor was just reaching j ribald abuse. Our court went through for the bell-rope to stop the train and j with the form prescribed and then pro­ nounced a sentence of death. The an­ nouncement was received with jeers from the hardened criminals, who had determined to brave it out to the last. It was decided that the murderers should eject him summarily, when the traveler ; stayed his hand. "I obeyed orders," he said. "You ' told me to do just as you ordered. I A telegratii from Aden, Arabia, reports that ! 8ot out, and stayed out until you said | the steamer Jedda.li, from Singapore, foundered ' All aboard !' Then I got aboard, for I j be shot, as it would take too much time i An n„ S"!^953 pilgrims for Jeddab. : didn't want to get iuto trouble, vou to hang them. All on board perished except the Captain, his 1 know " * "Tlw, „. wife, the chief engineer and sixteen natives. mi ' 1f .. , . . . , ™ m „ M . i , t , . I n e c o n d u c t o r g a v e h i m h i s h a n d , THE report of the foundering of the j ftnd it wa8 noticed th.lt> later in the d ' British steamer Jeddah, in the Red sea, with j they ate "together in the dining-car, and 1,000 pilgrims on board, is unfounded Seven | ate heartily. -- Boston Transcript persons were killed and twenty injured by a 1 railroad aecideut on the Midland railway," in! ~ • • • - - • - - Paper Raps--Advance in Price. England, between Leeds and Lancaster .. Dispatches from various points in Ireland indi­ cate that a rebellious movement of some magnitude is in progress Greece is actively preparing for war with Turkey. Lockjaw Hollered by Amputation of Sternberg. Nothing more remarkable in this age of marvels in science in all branches has been reported than a case of cure of lockjaw which a Louisville reporter learned from Dr. James McEvoy. The case came in Dr. McEvoy's own experi­ ence, and is the first on record, as it is the most wonderful he ever heard of. A young man aged 25, named George Dunn, residing on the " Point," above I tlie city, had the fingers of his left hand : In the Chicago market tlie price of common . print rags has advanced since July 1, forty ctnttx per 100 pound*. Country-mixed rags are held firm at $&65 por 100, being an increase of one- : half a cent per pound above the price asked I thirty days ngo. The cause of this upward j turn in the rag market is principally attributed i to the scarcity of stock, which is the result of a j thorough scouring of all sections of the coiin- I try by rag gatherers since the boom in prices j began nearly a veur ago. j The rather-sudden advance in rags has given firm tone to the puper market, and munu- as already nearly down, and the shadows of approaching night were deepening. There on the borders of the forest, the cruel killers were tied j to saplings and told to prepare for death, i One of our number, who had not quite | forgotten his early education, undertook I to offer a prayer, but the lovely Kate j spit in his f;u;e whilo he was a.hlressuig j the throne of grace, and he quit right in j the middle of a sentence and drew off in disgust* i " The four died with curfces on their lil>a, linrdened and unrepantant to the last. There in that lonely, dismal spot, away beyond the confines of civilization, they met a righteous retribution, and their souls, black with (Time, tvere sent to meet the great Judge. Their execu- Xew Caledonian Tortures. The list of tortures inflicted on the French convicts in New Caledonia is a black one. One of the milder forms of punishment consists in shutting up ninety men in a space intended onlv for thirty, and leaving them there all night, with water up to the calves of their legs. The officials themselves are punished for bearing any complaints from the prisoners to their officers. Imprisonment in cells without light and air is also re­ sorted to, and there the prisoner i.s sui>- plied only with such focxl as quickly pro-, dnces scurvy. He is kept in chains, water is given him in one of his shot's, as no cup is allowed, and when the doctor orders a ration of wine* and soup, the liquids are mixed. Wlien wine Ls sup­ plied it is always bad, being rendered sour by the climate, and not even fit to make vinegar of. Flogging is frequently inflicted with great violence, and with slight provocation, and the convicts are often put in irons for being ill. Perhaps the most agonizing torture is that of hanging a convict by the legs and leav­ ing him to the mercy of the mosquitoes. Oue man treated in this manner went mad on the spot. The oftieers make 110 scruple of using their revolvers, and oii one occasion a warder lodged five bullets in the bodv of a man in one of the cells. I Crisp and Satisfactory. ! A correspondent wishes to know if we j can recall the rest of that beautiful poem | commencing ; Umt itl,, y ^ ̂ pai*S 1 ^rs treated them letter than they a t p r e s e n t p n e e h a n v l o n - j o r . T h a t t h e n * w i l l ; * i * » * . . . m i » - n „ 4 1 . . . . soon be a general advance in the price of paper I treated their victims. They were killed ; A far me, in M. .jwy chif, rate of twenty-three miles an horir. Fred Abrarns was fatally injured, and seven others were badly hurt THE SOUTH. MB. CASH, JR., a member of the i Carolina dueling family of that hM been fatally shot in a duel with Mr. of the Camden (S. C.) Journal, Blair | is very evident, if the manufacture of it is in j (l'iiekly aud painlessly, not butchered j any way affected by the price of rags. j brutally. | ii " p * '• " BUre n°t much time was wasted . His Parents. ; in uurial, but it was growing late, and j A little 4-year-old shaver in Troy, N the vigilants had a long ride before j Y., made an informal call upon a newly- j them. A hole made by the displac^- i arrived neighbor, as some children are j ment of the rofrts of a fallen Cottonwood istered by prying the teeth apart and in- j wont to do. He was graciously received | was made a little larger and deeper, and serting sustenance upon the blade of a knife. I)r. McEvoy was called in, and yesterday, as a last resort, concluded to amputate the badly-mashed fingers. The first and third fingers of the hand were accordingly taken off, and, to the astonishment of Dr. McEvoy and the by the lady of the house, who, after learning his name and place of residence, inquired, "What does your papa do?" " He don't do notliin'," resj»onded young hopeful. " What doe« your mother do ?" pursued the lady. "She licks me!" was tlie suggestive reply. the bodies thrown in and hastily covered with loose earth, rocks and brushwood. That was all there was to the funeral. " On reaching the level again, the ef­ fects of the Benders were stacked and burned as a sort of an offering to heaven. We then proceeded northward, sepavat- SmokiiiK his pipe of clay, t While his h>le oM wife with bu«y oaro j WHS clearing the dinner away ; A sweet little ^ir! with fine b!uo t-yea On her grandfather u knee wan catchiiiK |]>j. It gives us a good deal of pl.'asm'e to say we cainot. In the first piace, no m;ui ever found an easy-chair on a farm. Secondly, no farmer ever left any dinner i'or his hide old wife to clear away. Thirdly, there never was » child that could catch flies--we used to try it. When you come to analyze one of these sentimental poems it never fails to turn out a mass of prettily-worded lies.-- Chicago Tribune. CABINET-MAKEKS in Illinois are kept busy making furniture once owned and used by Abraham Lincoln. THE jewel of a servant girl is the one who hangs all her mistress' embroidered underwear on that portion of tlie line which is most conspicuous to the neigh­ bors' eyes. AUGUSTUS DABBLE (artist) -- "Don't you think it is about time I exhibited something?" Severe critic (examining Dabble's latest production)--"Yes, a lit­ tle talent, for instance." A MAN may object to wearing button­ hole bouquets, but it's astonishing with what fortitude he goes through the or­ deal of having one pinned on, if tlio donuer happens to be young and pretty. WHEN a Cheyenne young man wants to amuse the girls at a picnic, he ex- hil 'fcs his skill in expectorating at a mark eight feet awav, and if he hits it four times out of five they think he's " dread­ ful cute." "OUB time is indeed brief," said Thompson, "but before we go out of office I'll get a United States ship up the Wabash River, or burst that infernal river to everlasting smash in the at­ tempt, "--Punch. WHEN they can't make an Albany baby quit crying, in any other way, they let him crawl under a bed and make him 'lielieve they think he's lost, and are look­ ing for him, and he will keep quiet for two hours. SOME people are affected differently Ijjy different efforts from what other people who are not affected similarly by an agency that is like unto the same kind of an agent bearing proportion to the first cause.--Cincinnati, Gazette, Liar!-- Peek's Sun. A 'BENNESSEB suitor wrote to his sweet­ heart as follows: "Your father kicked me last night, and forbade me the house. Jf I whipped him wotdd it lessen your love for me?" She replied that it would not, and the parent was soundly thrashed. A YOUNG lady, not accustomed to waltzing, at the earnest solicitation of 'a friend made the attempt in this city re­ cently. When the music ceased another friend approached and said, gayly: "Well, I see you got through all right" "Yes," was the reply, "but it was a tight squeeze." ONE Scotchman, afflicted with a very bad cough, meeting another Scotchman, profanely remarked to him that "this cough would oertaiuly carry him off' some day like a rocket. "Aye, aye," ob­ served No. 2; "it's my opinion, however, if you dinna mend your manners, ye'11 tak' a contrary direction!" SABAH BERNHARDT is said to be of a revengeful disposition, and, as she is about to visit this country, we want it distinctly understood that we never said she was thirty-six. We don't believe she is over eighteen, and she certainly doesn't look as if she was just sixteen! This last- statement we will make affidavit, to. --Boston Post. AN AWFUL CRAMMER.--Proprietor of boarding house (taking stout gent aside,) "You'll excuse me, Mr. Sliarpset, but your appetite is so large that I shall be conijK'lled to charge you a shilling extra. It can't be done at two shillings!" Diner --"No! For heaven's sake don't do that! I can eat two shillings' worth easy; but? if I have tt) do three--I really--'afraid I should--but I'll try!"--London Punch,. A CERTAIN young Boston bachelor, wealthy but modest, was taking his bath one morning when his telephone called him. He sprang frbm the tub and was horrified to hear that a lady, wife of a distinguished New York Democratic banker, was at the other end of the wire, a mile away. It would never do for him ' to carry on a conversation with a lady in his present condition. • 'Excuse me. A thousand pardons!" he cried, aghast. He donned his pressing gown and then repaired to the telephone and conversed without fear of molestation. "WELL, my man," said a philanthro­ pist to a hardened-looking chap confined m the New Orleans parish prison, "what are you in for?" "In for thirty days, I reckon," said the prisoner sullenly. "No, not that. What offense did you commit?" "Didn't commit anything. T1K- Judge committed me." "Well, you must have been accused of some crime?" "Oh, yes; I was accused of trying to get on the police." "Nonsense. Trying to get on the police is no crime. I have myself recommended many worthy men for po­ sitions on the police force, ami have helped to get them on." "It is a fact. That is 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 philanthropist, "I understand your, case perfectly. Here are a few tracts for the improvement of your mind, which just now appeal's to be a little warped." Physically Fine, bnt Vile Morally. Th*1 Afghans are Mohammedans of the faith Sunni; they reverence the first four Kluilifs, and have no particular venera- ation for the prophet (Klialif) Ali. Tliey are split up into tribes, clans and fami­ lies, each under its own head, com­ mander, or Sirdar ; and they are often at war or feud, and often engaged hi conspiracies, rebellions and assassina­ tions. They are tall, burly, active men, with olive complexions,, dark Jewish features, black eyes and long black hair hanging down in curls. Their coun­ tenances are calm, and they affect a frankness wnd bonhomie ; they will sometimes indulge in rude jocularity ; but their expression is savage, and evil ! )assions are often raging in their hearts ike hidden fires. They are bloodthirsty* deceitful and depraved, ready to self their country, their honor, and their very souls for lucre. Tlicy care for notli- i ing but fighting and loot, delighting in | tlie din of arms, the timnoil of battle, and the plunder of the killed and wounded; without any relish for home life or domestic ties ; without a sting of remorse or a sense of shame. There are no people on earth having a finer physique or viler morals. They are the relics of a nation who have played out their parts in history. In bygone ages they conquered Hindoostan on the one side and Persia on the other ; but the con­ quering instinct has died away amnl the incessant discord of family feuds and domestic broils.-- Wheel* r s " Short History of India." A Chinese Toper. A story is current among the Chinese of a great wine-drinker who was able to sit all day at a table, and, after consum­ ing what would have been sufficient to drive tlie reason out of half a dozen men, would rise up perfectly sober. The Em­ peror, hearing of the fame of this j .drinker, asked him to dinner, that he j might test his marvelous powers. As the story goes, the King ordered a hollow figure to be cast in bronze of the exact, size and model of the man, and, as the wine was served, for each cup the guest drank a similar cup was poured into the opening at the top of the head of th« image. This went on for some hours-- untu, at length, the bronze statue over- flowed whiie the guest still continued at the table, and arose from it perfectlv sober. 1 HOUSES IJf LEADVILLE. ft«W VMple Live in tke Great City. ̂ __ fLoadville Letter. ] Tlie houses are all numbered, the rud­ est slab shanty bearing over its door a strip of glittering tin. Slab shanties are much less numerous than thev were a year ago. They are still abundant and so are the more primitive log houses, and the yet more abounding houses of unplaned and unpainted boards, but here and there can now be seen a house with two stories and gables, painted, a fence around it, and bearing a door-bell. This is an elegant residence in Leadville, and means that the owner is prosperous and has brought his family to share his new home. Given a man without his family, and, no mat­ ter how prosperous he may be, he will have no painted house, no yard and no d&or-bell. I know a man here whose- Eastern home has every modern luxury. He made $40,000 in the camp and is worth nearly half a million. He lives in a two-roome^ cabin. The furniture consists of three chairs, two rude bunks one old stove, and a large table. There i3 a pile of ere in one corner, a pile of wood in another, and a heap of gunny sacks and old clothes in the third. The rear room contains a small but very se­ lect assortment of kitchen utensils and household supplies, placed within easy reaching distance from the stove. This gentleman and his partner do their own cooking and housework, but the way in which they do it would make an Eastern housekeeper faint. Nearly all profes­ sional men sleep in their offices, and I am informed on the very best authority that an able-bodied lawyer can make his toilet and compose his apartment in just six minutes by the watch. The latter operation consists in hurling the bed clothes into a wardrobe, slamming the sofa-bed together, and sweeping the more conspicuous areas of dirt from the middle of the room to the most obscure corner. It makes me sad when I see this, and think how much time is wast­ ed in the East in unnecessary house- cleaning. I have alluded to the general practice of making sleeping-rooms of offices. It appears to be the result of a combination of bachelorhood and high rents. A furnished sleeping-room costs from $7 to $25 a week. Board is no­ where less than $1 a day, and $9 a Meek is the price in the better Bort of hoard­ ing houses. An unfurnished office rents at from $30 to $40 per month for very limited accommodations. Front rooms rent at from $75 to $100 per month, while store rente are fabulous. Stealing Another's Comfort. Any one who has stopped over night at a large hotel has been disturbed in the small hours bv persons walking in the halls as heavily and carelessly as if it were mid-day. Guests who are up late seem thoughtless of the quiet of those wrapped in slumber. Such conduct is sel­ fishness of which any sensible person ought to be ashamed. A grave gentleman at the Fifth Avenue Hotel once complained of it to the genial clerk. " I am surprised," he said, " that you harbor thieves in this house." "Thieves, sir ? Harbor tliieves? What do you mean, sir? Explain, if you please." " I mean that I had something stolen from me last night bv one of your guests." "We are all exposed to sneak thieves, sir." "Bnt this was not a sneak tliief. It walKi guest in the house, sir, and quar­ tered as comfortably as I was." "This is very extraordinary, sir. What was stolen from you, sir, and at what hour?" The gentleman answered with great earnestness. "At 2 oelock thLs morn­ ing some most precious sleep was stolen from me by one of your guests, and with a pair of boots." W:ts not this guest one of the meanest of sneak thieves ? i ^ Not Pleased. Liwlies who apologize for their dinner are not always pleased when then* apol­ ogies are received as 'truthful. A Dan- bury man tells a good story of his aunt, who is a model housekeeper and a scru­ pulous stickler for a good table. The clergyman called near the dinner-hour and was pressed to stay to the meal. At tlie table there was a good supply of j well-prepared food, but the lady felt I compelled to make many apologies for j imaginary deficiencies. In the grace , the clergyman asked our Heavenly Fath - er to "bless the frugal meal." The l lady was very angry. | A PRINTER down in 1 he city of 840,000 I inhabitants, says "that the Chicago type t of a girl has a nonpareil head on a ; brevier body, and along primer foot." | But you bet she is alive and counts one | of that 502,931 inhabitants.--Chicago \ Inter-Ocean. | THE MARKETS. N E W Y O U K . ni:pvi:s ilocii j Cor riis 1-I.OIT.--Siipetttue WHK.AI-->'T>. 2 Conn--M est. rn Mixeil I (Mrs--Mixtnl i livK--We-ti ru I'OUK - - JLINF I L^iii' CHICAGO. IJKKVI;!--ChoiceCJrarlril Sn-ers.. C IWHBIHI Ue;ter» Meilir.il> to Fair lIo<;t. FLorK--Fiiucy White Winter E x . 00 (.V10 'J.'i . 5 00 «i 5 tM IP 3 SO (.. 11 4 4 i r. 1 05 (n 1 0» 47 (n. 30 40 (.v 42 K3 14 -V) ,,115 00 7 (« . 4 50 ui 4 SI i . 'J 40 (a ;i 50 . 4 00 4 2o 4 00 (« 5 25 •"> 5 .1 fi 00 (TCKXI to Choice Spring Es.. 4 25 (a 500 WHKAT-- NO. 2 Spring No. :i Spring COHN--No. 2 OATH--No. a. Hyk --No. 2. UAitt.K.i -- Nu. 2 lit-TTKit--Choice Craunery -- Vi'< sli I'otiK -- Mi'.hm LARI>. JlLLtVArKJSJS. 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