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rm. ••'Mr: rnrjj IHaindcalei VAN SlYKE, MM and Puttier. McHENRT, ILLINOIS. W E E K L Y M E W S R E V I E W . THE BASlk KENWARD PHUJP HU been held tor total at New York on charge of criminal libel, Mid remains at large on his bond of $5,000. Judge Noah Davis, in reyiewiiiK the ewe thought Hart, the publisher of the 2Vi\iih, dis­ played reasonable caution before publishing Uie Movrv letter, but the course of Hon. Abrara Hewitt he declared to beporoughly rep- rehennit>!c. The Judge regards the lettera* altogether a forgery. Mr He^t^ 8marUng ^ ̂ ^ -- r- - tinder the reflections of Judge %avw' , ."1 ' trouble between the assassin and his target that the letter was published before he haa ever seen Mr. Hart or the anginal, of which event Judge Davis must have bpen in- formed; and that when a man becomes a Judge he should cease to be a partisan. YOUNG Willfe Sprague, son of ex-Sen- Sgrague, who was arrested for shooting tot Robert Thompson, his mother's trustee, has neot of an incroaae of from 18 to 20 par cent, in the yield over that of last year. THK Lipnu Indians, who have lately be€a pillaging both sides of the Bio Qrande in Texas and Mexico, liave been badly punished by a baud of Mexican volunteers. A SPBOIAL. train carrying four COM­ PANIES of the Sixteenth infantry struck a broken rail,, near Corsic&na, Texas, ditching four coaches. Twenty-five men were wounded, several seriously Three children died at Wilmington. Dell, after having eaten uncooked sweet potatoes, the viues of which had been sprinkled with Paris green. SOMETHING novel in the way of a cause for suicide was developed in North Caro­ lina, where a young lady hanged herself through mortification at the defeat of her father for the Legislature An Arkansas man named Ford secreted himself in some bushes, near Toxarkana. and killed Dr. Caldweil as he rode bv. A horse trade had previously made THE sugar-crop of Louisiana is esti­ mated at 237,000 hogsheads, an increase of 71^50 hogsheads over that of last year.... Through the carelessness of an engineer, the boiler in a saw and grist mill, near Stevenson, Ala . -xploded and caused the instant death of four men, the fatal wounding of two, and the serious wounding of two othen. ^ed'thatThe shot was fired at a bird instead j POLITICAL. mtouS°Tn^ittsbn^r Jota^cMaho^of j AI.EX. H. STEPHENSON declares that th6 Vermont, defeated W. J. Farrell, of California, j cottou States will t>e content with any government for the champion vm-s tier's belt. .^P^-Bar- ^ ̂ fit to ive them> if nor oppress- S^ntuJTfor S^ ive in anv loan. The Governor of Alabama «ght years in th pe oary insists that the North does not understand that Stephen C. Ilradwell, a commercial traveler,' who has forged notes to the amount of $25,000 on the Spanish Bank of Havana, and who sold an officer a valise full at 30 cents on the dollar. SIOJJOB BLITZ, the well-known presti- tlie machine without interfering with or passing through the trays above--the strongest heat being concentrated on each tray when it first enters the dryer. The fruit does not cook, as in ordinary Wmii¥ digitator, has made his final exit. While duck- | drying in hot-air chambers, but the hunting in New Jersey he stepped out of his j moisture is evaporated and removed boat, drawing his gun after him. The trigger i rapidly, and the fruit has a bright, pleas- oangh! on the Iwal-rafl and the gun was dis- I mg rotor, nifilnnp; it wlf rcndity sit lucrh- TYRANT'S PRISON HOUSE. nw Owelty Willi Which ike Nihilist* are TIVATOD. A short account of the celebrated ease- mates of the fortress of St. Peter and St. Paul, in which the Nihilists are confined immediately after their arrest, will, I doubt, riot., Tw poniHffl with interest by or. gffiSa meat IK A church at East Cambridge, Mass., last Sunday, Miss Jennie Smith announced that Vter sixteen years of intense suffering her charged, hilling him... .Cspt. Kriesson has in­ vented a new torpedo-boat, which is said to be the most terrible instrument of naval warfare yet constructed. It carries seven feet undor water a steel gun of sixtceu inches calibor, dis­ charging projectiles of 250 pounds each. fOBCIGIf. THK origin of the disorder in Balli- robe, Ireland, that culminated in the sending thither of a detachment ot Orange volunteers is thus explained in a recent cable dispatch: •' The tenants on the estate of Lord Erne be­ came incensed at the harsh treatment of Capt. Boycott, the agent, and refused to pay ronts to him. A process-server who was sent round • was surrounded, together with his police escort, j by a dangerous crowd, and was forced to fly i for his life. After three processes had been servod and decrees duly obtained against ^lie j three persons who were served, a memorial j signed by all the tenantH was presented to Ixird : Erne. -It recited the griefs against Capt. Boy- J cott, and appealed to the old traditions of the j Erne family for considerate landlordism. It intimated that, while the tenants were perfectly willing to pay their rents, they had come to the conclusion never again to work for or hold com­ munication with his present agent. The answer was a firm refusal fr> >m Lord Erne to change his agent at their dictation. The tenants as­ serted their readiness to pay rents to any other fcrson whom his Lordship might appoint. x>rd Erne ended the correspondence by a curt at prices. It operates just us well on I your readers. The writer, a St. •'A-'etoro- a few stout men in the next field to the house, that meanB ' too much gristle and too little meat.' If a large pile of cord- wood stands by a house with a tmk- saw reclining against it, that's a sign for 'siws-edge.' Oh, yes, we have lota of signs--good reliable signs, toft.** the Southern leaders have been cured of inter- , firing in national polities, ask only home rale,and j note stating that be had no intention whatever havo no hostile feeling Official vote of Mis- j 0f changing his agent, ana if they won Id not i : Hancock, 208.589; Garfield, 153,687; j pay their rents to Capt Boycott they might .. -- -- i Weaver, 35,135: Hancock over Garfield, 55,- take the consequence. The policy of isolation FLIGHT bad been restored and her U8610S8 1UDD8 j 002 * over all, 19,867. -- 41--•* *' 0 » « -- w b n . - a ^ - rrr, rt upsetting of a stove in the foremost car. in pe(.i{jes> Judge Kelley, and Bntterworth and which were most of the passengers, the car was heifer, of Ohio, are mentioned for the net on tire, and several of the passengers were ! position. severely, one fatally, burned. A brskeman WM j The fqU yote QF Louisiana has been canvassed, and shows a majority for Han­ cock over Garfield of 32,709 Complete offi- A brakeman was ihstanUv. the fireman was fatally injured, | and the engineer and a second brakeman fere wi badly nurt. CAFT. YOCNO, of the ill-fated steamer Heiragansett, has* been held to bail fcy the United States Commissioner at Norwich, Ct, to a&Fwer the charge of criminal negligence and misconduct, causing the collision with the JStonington. A notable wedding in official cial returns from all the counties in Minnesota make Garfield's majority 39,073... .The official count in Rhode Island gives Garfield 18,195 ; Hancock, 10,778 ; Weaver, 226 ; Dow, 20. ... Complete official returns from California show majorities ranging from 87 to 143 for five Han­ cock electors. Judge Terry being defeated by circles occurred at Harrisbnrg, Pa. Senator j Henry Edgerton, Republican, by 507 votes.. Don Cameron's laughter and the son of Justice j Joseph E. Brown has been elected as his own Bradley, of the Supreme Court of the United j successor in the United states Senate from States," were the bride and groom. The New j Georgia Senator McMillan, of Minnesota, is york Grand Jury has found an indictment: likely to be his own successor in the United against Ken ward Philp for libel against Gen. ' States Senate. His Republican competitors are Garfield. ° j ex-Gov. Davis, Gen. John B. Sanborn of St a ii. . Paul. Lieut. Gov. Gilman of St. Cloud, and SAI.VIKI, the great Italian tragedian, ? ̂ c<)meil of Miuneapolis. was then entered upon. A DUBLIN dispatch of the 16th says : K meeting was held at Kockonrose Village, near Valshtown, yesterday, for the purpose of formally "Boycotting" thirteen landlords, land agents, and others, residing iu that neigh­ borhood. Five thousand people were present. James Mallov, a tenant-farmer, was Presi­ dent The following resolution was adopted : " That we pledge ourselves to • Boycott' these thirteen men. and all who act like them, and will endeavor to follow the example set to the rest of Ireland by the brave men of Balliiirobe." A dispatch from Ballinrobe says : '*The general opinion is that it will !*e absolutely necessary for Boycott to leave the couulry, as he will have to be protected if he remains in Ireland." WHILE Spain is about lo proclaim the complete pacification of Cuba, the police of Madrid have seized a revolutionary printing es all vegetable products as upon fruit, turning out a product of the very best quality. • WASHINOTOH, Nov. 16, 1880. The annual reports of Gena. Pope and Ord have been made publio. Gen. Pope, commanding the Department of the Missouri, gives a detailed history of the troubles with the Indians in Colorado and New Mexico, which, he states, have not yet been whelly settled. Of the situation in the country, Gen. Pope says: " With the present military arrangements and provisions of the agreement with the Utes, there will certainly be no trouble this winter." Ho attributes the outbreak of Victoria to the determined purpose of the Interior Department to effect the removal of his band to the San. Carlos Agency, Arizona, and Hiivs: "I do not know the reasons of the Interior Department for insisting upon the renWral ; but certainly Ihev should be cogent to justify the great trouble and severe losses ocdnrionea by the at­ tempt to coerce the removal." One serious trouble with tke Indians has al­ ways been in relation to their food, and Gen. Pope recommends to the Secretary of the In­ terior that he p-wrbid Indian igeiits to punish or seek to control the actious of Indiana by with­ holding provisions from theiii. In relation to the attempt of Capt. Paine to colonize in the Indian Teirftory, Gen. Pope says : " It is certain Capt. Ppine and his follow­ ers fully believe in their light to make such settlement in the Oklahoma District, and are anxious to test the question in the United States courts." Gen. Ord, commanding the Department of Texas,, reports nine men Wed, tiro wounded, and one captured by the Iflians. since Oct. 1, 1879. The casualties are-Mree less than the previous year. He reportsjftiat the number of desertions has increased. The General recom­ mends that a strong force be maintained on the Rio Grande to preserve order. ' Gen. McCook recommends that a law be passed by Congress authorising the enlistment into the" army of 150 competent young men (one for each military poet), to be rated as schoolmasters, with the roujk and pay of com­ missary sergeant , GEN. BHKRMtW'a &KPOBT. Geut W. T. 8herman, in tiis annual report to the Secretary of War, recommends, among tablishment and arrested Gen. Ripoll.... 1 oth._ t. It B that fh ' increased to onrthnxflkn abnplts have occurred olner wuogs, tnat tno "my be increased to 30,000 enlisted men, and lays that he agrees has arrived in New York, and is under engage-, rnent for 100 nights in the principal oitiee j The Reading road has been authorized by the courts to issue $34,000,000 in deferred income bonds. THE WOT. AN official canvass of votes in Connec­ ticut shows Garfield's plurality 2,656, majority over all 1,382 Hie vote of Keutucky, lack­ ing only one county, s tands : Hancock, 147,- 446 ; Garfield, 103.931; Weaver, 11,498 : Dow, 257,; Hancock over Garfield, 43,515; over all, > BEJW. H. SKINNER, an old and popular ; 31,760 The official vote of New York city • •niiir.i™ hntot m«n in riftul Ooden. Utah 1 wns : For Hancock, 123,015: Garfield. 81,686; «Uoago hotel man, is dead-.-Ogden, Utah, ; Weaver 610. Dow/26; total, 205,337. Out- will have in operation m January, from a flag- - - ataff on the Court House, four electric lights of ; 3,003 candle-ytower. each of which is guaranteed to aiiiiniuatf a mile in diameter The lines of the Chicago and Northwestern railroad last year earned a net income of f9,405,400. Five pas­ sengers were killed and five were injured, ac­ cording to the admission of the managers of the great corporation. A TELEGRAM from St Peter, Minn., dated the 15th ingt, says: " At a late hour to-night Are broke out in the insane asylum at •hia place, containing about 600 patients. This v, building, which was one of the finest edifices in t- the country devoted to the care of insane per- 30u«, was burned to the ground. At this writ- ig it is thought that from 150 to 200 of the in­ states have perished in the flames. side of New York city the Garfield electors in. the State have 62,218 majority. OFFICIAL vote of Wisconsin : Garfield, Republican, 141,399; Hancock, Democrat, 114,653; Weaver, Greenback, 7,782; Dow Frohibitor, 67; Phelps, Auti-Masouic, 91 ; Gar­ field over Hancock, 29,743; Garfield over all, 21.603. . .The vote of Massachusetts, as offi­ cially declared, was: For Garfield, 165,198; at* Agram, Austria; two mud voL-anoes have formed, and several hot springs have arisen. Half the town has been destroyed, i and the sufferers have taken to sheds.... The bodies of 2,000 victims of the recent Kurdish massacre lie unburied in the vicinity of So Uj Bolak. THK Basutos have achieved another victory over the colonial troops in South Africa The Roman Chamber of Deputies has re­ fused to accept the resignation of Garibaldi and his son, and has granted them three months' leave of absence The horrors of the Chilian- Peruvian war have been added to l>y a band of Chinese scoundrels, who follow the Cnilian army and complete the work of plunder, and rapine, and murder of the Chilian force The British Cabinet is considering two plans for the settlement of the land question. One is, arbitrnti /n between landlord and lessee ; the other, to aid the tenant to purchase by state loans. A London dispatch of the 16th says the County C-ork Land League urges tenant farm- Reinforcemonts Hancock, 111,960 : Weaver,,4,584 ; Dow,'i582.' ™ S^Xwarded to Bovcotfs The official vote of Oregon gives Garheld , 763 majority. WASHINGTON. GEN. SHERMAN denies the report that he is seeking a place on the retired list Gen. McCook recommends Congress to pass a law _ , ,. ; authorizing the enlistment of 150 young men-- VMTTK8 BULL, who some time ago < one for each military post -- who are disposition to surrender, now bids j qualified to act as schoolmasters, and who shall tie United States Government and 1 ;rauk and pfty iof CoiMajesary Se^ he will fight v» •»«« Mtbd timtue wm , . ' * „ die rather ihnii surrender, and his w.rrriors i WASHINGTON advices are TO the cliect teem to shar * his hostile sentiments, and dare : that Gen. Schofield's report upon the Whittakor •.*• Gin. Miles to attack them, threatMiing him | with Custer's fate if he does... .The people of I ^ ' nd ^ obBcrvatlqp8 U1>0n ^ ftsi>oclatlon 8t. Louia were greatlv dinappointed at tlie re- i white ana colored cadets at West Point, will suit of the census taken of that city in June j probably lead to his removal from his position la»t, and at their urgent request a new enumer- ! as Commandant there. ation was criere;l bv Secretary Hchnrz. The) JuSTICK CLIFFORD, of the Supreme . result is the crediting of the citv with a popuia- ! ^ , , , ... , . , tion of 340,362, or a&ut 6,000 in exc,ss of the Court'who wafl 8truck mth ParalyR1H mme wetks June ceiifiUH Capt Payne telfcgraphs Gen. 1 ago, still lies helpless. He has recovered his Pope that his colony is actively preparing for a j s]>eech partly and can articulate, but his mind second invasion of Indian Territory, and that has liardlv rallied from the shock, and it is open house will be kept for army officers at ! doubtful if he will ever recover. Oldahoma City during the holidavs The m„ rn_ T. , ' , latest lake horror rej orted is the capsizing of ' Ireasury Department has m- the pchooner Camngten, twenty-five miles 1 strncted the Assistant Treasurer at^ New York southeast of Milwaukee. All on board were ! reject all offers to sell the 6 per cents, falling m oi. t • , „ ii i ' due the last day of December. The 8ecretarv J-HE at. Ixiuis and Southeastern rail- j refused to pay the price asked, fixing 102% as road has been sold under foreclosure for $3,- the hmit which the department would offer ' 800,000 to the Louisville and Nashville Railroad i oftheRold cfflnandbullion in this m. ... country is estimated at $454.012,030; of silver CXmipai^ .. .The gross earnings of the Chicago ; coin and bullion at -t158,271,327. tun Nnrthwi'Mprii rflilwnr ft\r tKa I ' 1 GEN. MILES has been appointed Chief house, nnd troops have occupied Headfort, four miles distant. An extra regiment of cav­ alry will be retained in Ireland dur­ ing the winter months An attempt by French Jesuits to find an asy­ lum in Portugal is met by an order for the Strict enforcement of the decree of 1834 abol­ ishing religious orders. French monks who landed at Alcante and Barcelona, Spain, were compelled by the populace to re-embark and Northwestern railway for the last fiscal year were $16,155,122, and the operating ex­ penses $6,749,723, leaving a balance on the right side of the ledger of $9,405,399 A coal-bed has been discovered near Ponca, Neb., about twenty-two miles west of Sioux City. The vein is four and a half feet thick, of the Signal Service. He entered the war as a Captain in the Twenty-second Massachusetts, and rose to be a Major General of volunteers. DIBECTOB OF THE MINT BUBCHAKD will and about 585 ieet below the surface. Petro- ! oppose any measure looking to the stoppage of knun has also been discovered in the vieinitv i . . , , ,, „ thirty -five feet nearer the surface,.. .A Chicago ' 0O*n*€e the standard silver dollar. He jwwspaper reporter went on an investigating thinks more of them are wanted.. .-.Bedford tpor through" the city and discovered fifteen 1 ar"l Queenan. colored, were executed at Wash- baiter factories in full working order. The ; higton for the murder of George P. birth in " butter" made in these concerns is a com- January last. Both protested their innocence, pound of various ingredients--soapstone, i , _ &d, tallow, and fatty substance...!: KESKKAL. An official report gives the wheat product of ; UNDEB the authority of the convoca- <Miio, in tlis present year, as 52,522,794 bushels. n t i • . , „ •gainst 41,052.120 bushels in 1879. The averl ! ^0n°f ^terbury, a commission of English and agp produeticn per acre, this year, wan eighteen American schoIarH has completed a revision of aikl three-tenths bushels, against seventeen | the New Testament, sitting forty-seven days. Mid seven-tenths bushels in 1879. Ohio claims 1 • • • Ord, commanding the Department of that these figures make her the first wlieRt- Texas, reports that nine men were killed and producing State in the Union this year, but Eli- men wounded and one capturul by the •H0i.4 and Indiana are still to be heard from. ' Indians since the 1st of October, 1879. The WHUN Danifl Burr A watchman in a i pener^1 complains of a large number of deser-WHEN UBSiiei iiurr, a watenman m a . tions from the ranks. He recommends that a Cleveland rolling-mill, left home for work, the j large force be maintained on the Rio Grande to other night, his wife and three children were i Preserve order in that turbulent, robber-infest' i ©d quarter. well, and tm 3-year-old daughter followed him \ k m % to the gate to kifc-a him. When he returned the j ^ BISPATCH of the 16th inst., from St. following morning, the house was locked, and | John, N. B., says that " tremendous fires con- t't»*c,sifie32£ i «r-? t t"e ^ •enseless, a powerful odor of gas from the i the aid of steam jmmps and fire engines, the with Gen. Sheridan in saying that the present army is overworked ; he f»vora providing suit­ able armaments for the forts which guard the chief harbors of the country, and thinks that, m view of the extension of railroads in the Western States and Territories, particularly the completion of the Pacific roads, many of the minor posts in these regions might bo abandoned, and recommends mat the soldiers be concentrated at strategic points along the national frontier, and at points where railroads intersect, so that they could bo moved to threatened points at the shortest notice. He recommends the abandonment of small seacon st forts, and the establishment of strong garrisons at Portland, Boston, Newport, New York, Port Royal, Key West, San Diego, San Francisco, Port Townsend, Philadelplua, Hamp­ ton Roads and Pensaeola. Gen. Sherman has a good word to say for the Militarv School at West Point, and the Artillery School at Fortress Monroo. He holds that the investigation of the Whittakor case fully tindicated the author­ ities at the former place. QUAU'rXBVAHTEB OEM. MEIGS* BKPOBT. Quartermaster Gen. Moigs, hi hia annual re­ port, gives the total earnings, on account of military transportation of the bonded Pacific railroads as follows : Union Pacific, $0,959,- 974 ; Central Pacific, $1,321,276Kansas Pacific, $2,287,832 ; Sioux City aiid Pacific, $34,389. The de bt of the United States to land-grant railroads on account Of the War Departmei it is m- ~ e Will ,Depurt- „ -- the 'ntlsiae#» of military transportation overland-grant and bonded railroads, and the adjustment of ac­ counts therefor iu conformity with the latest legislation, decisions of courts and opinions of the Department of Justice. The cost of wag­ ons ana stage transportation of military sup­ plies for the year was $ti6,163.05, and the cost of water transportation $'100,874.69. The debt due June 30, 1880, by railroads which at the close of the war purchased railroad ma­ terial from tho United States, was $1,068, 911.72. SCROEON OBI. BARNES' BKPOBT. Surgeon Gen. Barnes in his annual report thinks an appropriation of $250,000 will bo re­ quired for the use of the medical department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1882, for the purchase of medical and hospital supplies, for the expenses of purveying depots, for pay of employes, for pay of private physicians V.hd nut ses employed in emergencies at posts or stations, and for other miscellaneous expenses of the medical department. Gen. liurns earnestly recommends an appropriation for a new fire-proof buildiug, adequate for uses <<!' si medical museum and library. Tho cost of ;,ueh building he estimates at (S250,0J0. The New Apportionment. A New York paper makes the following esti­ mates concerning the apportionment for Repre­ sentatives under tljo new census : 1870 '801 1870 '80 New York H3 HO. Maine ft 4 New Jersey 7 0 Verrfiont 8 2 I'eunK.vlvnnU. 27 JiRjNewIianipuhire... De;»«are..' Middle States... G8 lj MunnnetlUsett-i .. --'lUjodr Iuiand... 6Ji Connecticut. pit is being rapidly flooded, and tho diminution in the volume of smoke from the shafts indi­ cates the flames are beiug subdued. There re­ mains little, if any, prospect of the rocovery of the bodies of the victims of the disaster." THE wheat yield for tho past season, base-burner stove pervading the air. Tho little daughter who last kissed him was dead. The mother and an 11-year-old daughter on the bed and an infant on the floor were nucon- Mtious. A neighbor's daughter visitiug was al­ io insensible, and a woman friend of tho family •Was sitting at the feot in a semi-comatose con-. ,i . _ A tion. The last-named may recover. The I a Bhowu b? the Agricultural Bureau report, others will probably die Jay Gould has pur- | exhibits an increase of about 31,000.000 bushels Abased the Denver" and South Park railroad, I in the crop of the United States in the past ten paying therefor about *'2,500,000, hoping to ^ .vears Firo consumed the depot of the New dictate terms to the Denver and Rio Grande : Orleans, Chicago and St. Louis railroad, at the |(pe. I former citv, tho loss being $30,000. Aikin A • FIEV. JAMES B. COBRINGTOS, famous a McLaren's>iittinfcr-mill,.at West Sand Lak. century ago at a co-laborer of Peter N. Y., was burned by an incendiary, wiping out T _ $35,0( 0. Tho Windsor Hotel, at'Denver, was ^arfewright, passed away at St. Louis the other 1 damaged $10,000 by water thrown by firemen. Mary Gilbert, widow of the engineer in the memorable collision at Jackson, • ast year, has sued the Michigan Central • $10,0011, and has been tendered *3,000 promise Three more unfortunates St Peter asylum have died from the in- John Kmght's tannery, at Manchester, Mass., has been burned ; loss, c50,000. BUBNED : The town of Mammoth City, Cal.; the St. Nicholas Hotel, at Paris, 111.; a number of buildings, including business r . Mini of smoke, making thirteen fatali- residences and shops, at Goshen, Ind., r " iieni; Ten others are reported as burned k)ss ij;30,000; 150 houses in Newport, Ark., in- l f l m B y , a n d e i g h t a r e m i s s i n g T h e - c h u r c h e s , h o t e l s a n d t h e h o m e s . ,A..:..,,llilwaukfle Chamber of Commerce "has '» 200 fcuii,ifcs, loss more than $200,000 < taken ijossession of the commodious stone !, app<;al ou l>elialf of the widows and or- C structuro erected for its use by Alexander j 1, nH' m«do such by the Stellarton mine ex- i jlitelieil, closing the ceremonies by a banquet ' R, 1?n- ^*as Ijeen issued to the Mayors and -* rare attractions A nephew" of John C. ' ?a™JM tlie various towns throughout Ihouii, residing at Candalario^, Nev., has be- i ?*, e aPlxia^ sets foitli that fifty men ie insane from a wound received duriut; the a • v*-"8 **cro k'He'l. and that thirty-three The new census of St. Louis is com- ' wives have been widowed and 110 children or- and shows n population of 350,915. i P mnt Of the War De| The French journals are beiyg slwxply disci- ereafli|ig. A genei^jAerj|ith< plined uiidfer tht republic. T^; manager of K *^aenfe®i being pHiifllR^e'tVawK Toulouse newspaper has been condemned to pay 12,OflO francs to the Minister of the Inte­ rior, and 6,000 francs to the local Prefect of Po­ lice, as damages for libeling those officials.. . . The sculling match on tho river Tba :ies for the championship of the world, between Han- Ian, of Canada, and Trickett, of Australia, resulted in an easy victory for the Canadian. He took the lead at the outset, and maintained it throughout, several times stopping and lying down in the boat to allow Trickett to como up. The Czar has commuted to life imprison­ ment the sentences of death pronounced against three Nihilists. A LONDON dispatch says that Glad­ stone and Earl Cowper, the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, receive threatening letters dnily. Mr. Forster says that land legislation is imperative if the English position in Ireland is to be maintained. John Bright said, in a spctch at Birmingham, that the situation iu Ireland is due to the l indlords' oppression and absentee­ ism, and the difiiculty of tenants obtaining land personally. He attributed tho pres­ ent distorted " state of affairs also to the rejection of the Compensation- for-disturbance bill in the House of Lords. In the future force could effect nothing. Mr. Bright said he was in favor of a plan which i should give the tenants security in the posses- ' sion of tlieir farms and protection against con­ stant increase of rent A Brussels dispatch says that 8,000 rifles have been shipped from various Italian ports to Ireland Two con­ demned Nihilists were hanged at St. Peters­ burg on the 16th inst. They met their fate without flinching. CABLE dLspatohos state that "John Bright's forecast of the Government's action on the Irish land question has created a great sensation in England, as well as in Ireland. It seems to be accepted as an established fact now that no coercive measures will be taken, but that everything will be done that is reasonable in the direction of reform and pacifics tion. Gladstone is fully determined to correct the evils of the Irish landlords, and sink or swim with his measures when they come before Par­ liament. He iu confident t he country will sustain him... .The owner of an extensive estate in the county of Cork is said to have been shot. Tho Marquis of Sligo has boxed his valuables, and will make I -oiidon his residence until the agita­ tion has ceased. Parnell wiil fortify himself for his trial by a brief rest iu France. It is now asserted that Bright and Forster will resign from the Cabinet if coercion l»e used in Ire­ land, and the Duke of Argvle and the Marquis of Hartiiigton if a weai. course be taken French edhors are being further disciplined by the republic. One has been sentenced to three j u A jI et."" months'imprisonment and fined 2,000 francs I we»teruQ for insulting President Grevy. Another, for ' defending Communist crimes, receivod fiFteeu months... .The Turks are fortifying the 'i'hfts- salian frontier, and have issued a call for 40,000 recruits to strengthen the garrisons in the forts near Greece and Roumania. A (1REA.T battle has taken place at Urumiah, the loss being heavy on both i ides. Tho Kurds were repulsed, but burned the vil­ lage and massacred 200 ci izens A British regiment at Halifax bun received orders to sail for Ireland Tho burning of a sugar refinery at Etienne, France, wiped out 1,000,000 francs. THE Irish Land League has invested its funds in foreign securities and deposited them ia a continental bank, to forestall seizure The custodian of a farm noiir New Pa 1 vs. Ire­ land, from which a tenant had been evicted, was shot dead from behind a grove. Two brothers named Moore have been arretted for the murder of Wlie<*!er. Every Liberal journal iu England and Scorland opposes a session of Parliament *tid a «>ereivc policy. The French authorities promise to watch the movements of Parnell on their soil.... The anti-Jewish agitation in Prussia is increas­ ing in bitterness An explosion of fire-damp at Mons, Belgium, killed twelve men and n- jured fifteen others Gonzalez, the Presi- llurg correspondent, obtained access to the casemates by a special order from one of the Grand Dukes whose name he naturally suppresses. The sight of the order when presented was by no means acceptable to the commandant of the fortress, but as it was peremptory, he had no alternative but to comply. The casemates, it appears, are hollowed out under the Neva, and directly under the ramparts. Tlieir only window, a lit­ tle square hole, protected by a thick barred grating, rises but a tfew inches above the level of the river. A staircase of about ten steps leads down to them, and, as the aide-de-camp who acted as guide remarked, in a jocular tone: "Many go down, but few came up again." It would seem that the climate is not favorable to revolutiouists. At stated distances there are iron doors opening into the halls filled witl^ sen­ tinels, who, with loaded rifle and fixed bayonet, keep watch and ward over the unhappy tenants of the cells which open upon them. The doors of the cells, also of iron, are very low. As for the tiny prisons, they are very narrow quarters, square, with stone wall's and floors, and fairly damp, the water constantly dropping about in all direc­ tions. A chair, a table and a pallet of white wood form the only furniture. One of the pallets was found to be covered with a bed of straw horribly foul, but even this, poor luxury as it was, must be considered an exception. The prisoners, the writer learned, were fed on a soup made of salted cabbage and black bread. On grand occasions, however, they were sometimes treated to a bit of meat and a toharka, or a glassful of brandy. The visitor was allowed entrance to a few of the cells. Tlieir tenants were pale; they rose as he entered, accordiug to order, but regarded him with a fixed look of despair. On some of the walls characters had been traced with a pointed instrument. One of, the phrase ran thus: "My poor mother, you doubtless know that your innocent son is buried alive in this vault." The guide interfered and prevented the writer from reuding more. He was shown the famous cell in which was in­ carcerated the Princess Tarahanova, daughter of the Empress Elizabeth, who fell a victim to her rival, the Empress Cathariue II., grandmother of the pre­ sent Czar. This unhappy woman perished in the cell under the most dramatic circumstances. The Neva, swollen by the melted snow, suddenly rose, and the rushing torrent, dashing with overwhelm­ ing strength against the tihy window, broke in and filled the cell with water. The Princess was drowned. The cells of the great state criminals are lined with niattrasses, and lings of iron are placed in the walls, to which many of them are bound when they are not straiglit-waist-coated. The guide informed the writer, among other things, that these unhappy men were asked every quarter of an hour if they were present. Whenever they failed to reply, they were barbarously punished. He also states that in the wall of the Emperor's room there is an invisible door, com­ municating with a little passage, very barrow, and leading to a subterranean gallery, hollowed out under the Neva. The gallery leads to the fortress, and in case %t a^voluti>n oiUoi in^ne^t R"m"ar 18 peril, the Czar could disappear in^a flw seconds from the Winter Palace, and a few minutes after find himself in perfect safety in the fortress of St. Peter and St. Paul, the guns of which in a short time could reduce St. Petersburg to ruins. The palace of the Czar Paul I., which is now the engineers' school, was similarly provided; but when the assassins entered his room lie had not time to flee, and was struck down at the very moment when he w»is about to disappear behind the secret door which was already open. Burniag Ctirionfl Election Bete. The following wGre some of the strange wagers made concerning the Presidential election of 1880: The loser in a Memphis bet had to stand on his head five minutes, in a pub­ lic square, with a Garfield banner sus­ pended from his feet. In Oswego, N. Y., a groceryman bet his store against a neighboring meat market that Hancock would be elected. He turned over his wager like a man, but the butcher declined to accept it. A combination bet was made by ten Democrats and ten Bepublicans in Hous­ ton, Tex. The losers were to harness themselves to a stage-coach and draw the winners through the principal street. In both parties were some pf the foremost men of the city. Geo. P. Knowls, of Bacine, Wis., wen from Edwin Childs, of Dakota, one sec­ tion of good farm land, 640 acres. The bet was $3,000 against a certain described section that New York State would give Garfield from 1,000 to 5,000 Republican majority. V In Ogdensburg, N. Y. , William Alger bet his mustache against A. A. Bab- cock's whiskers that Garfield would not be elected. Alger had his mustache cut off and sent to Mr. Babeock. A wheelbarrow bet in Baltimore af­ forded more amusement to the specta­ tors than had been expected. The loser was annoyed, while wheeling the winner over the stipulated route, by the taunts of the latter, and followed up the pay­ ment of the wagef? by whipping him soundly. Joseph S^ Miller and Henry Klein- dients, df Rochester, N. Y., bet on the election,, the loser to walk a block at t and noon attired in his wife's night-dress. Miller ldst, and at noon on the day after election appeared and walked in Mrs. Miller's niglit-gown, followed by a crowd of men and boys. <? A Harrisburg man was caught by a tricky offer of a wager that one city of the United States of over 100,000 inhab­ itants would not give 500 votes for Han­ cock. The stake was a supper for the ward campaign club of the winner. The city named was Washington, where there is ilo' vofe for President at all. The vic­ tim said nothing, except to name the time and place for the supper. On that occasion the viands looked all right, and were just as the written terms of the bet called for, but they were found to be seasoned with snuff and other un­ palatable substances. the MiBmsotjt IAMW Asylum. f' MIXXEATOLIS, Minn., Nov. 16. The uumber of lives lost by the burning and* freezing in the insane asylum is variously esti- „ mated at from twelve to fifteen. The loss OIK building is $300,000. The scenes at the burn­ ing of the south wing of the hospital were hebrUending in the extreme. So appalling a sight 'has rarely been witnessed. The patients iu the annex were males. Many of them refused to leave tho building at all.. They run up and down the halls, screaming and crying, and acting like the Maryland VirniMiii West Virginia North (Carolina.... South Carolina Georgia Florida " Alabama Misniiyipoi ... Ijouiciaui-. Tennessee Kentucky Missouri Texas Arkansas New England.... 28 24 20 10 U 10 13 12 19 IS , 5 •9 SiOhio 8j Michigan.. fi!ln<iian;-. 9'Illinois 2 Wisconsin. 7 Mii.lierota. fi Iowa C NFbruHku.. 91 Kansas lUjOolyrarto.. 14! Nevada p'Oa'.iforula. 51 Oregon A Broker's Romance. The scene of the romance opens in a palatial mansion in New York.- A lady sits in a parlor filled with the most cost­ ly luxuries. Diamonds as big as filberts glitter in her ears. Lace costing i$36 per yard almost hides the color of her dress from sight. A clock costing $18,- 000 strikes the hour of 4 p. m. At this moment her husband rushes into tlie house, pale, haggard, suspenders brok­ en, hat bunged up, and his boots all mud. " Have you--have you caught the ep­ izootic ?" she gasps as she starts up. " Oh ! wife, we are busted--ruined-- gone up--smashed fiat as a shingle !" he moaned in reuly. " How?" " I invested $75,000 in the CfSoked River railroad at 98 and it has declined Dogs as Sheep-Protectors. In many portions of this country it seems to be impossible to render the keeping of sheep profitable on account of the ravages of dogs. Land is cheap, and both wool and mutton high, but the losses by dogs and the expense of pro- I tecting sheep from them consumes all j the profits. In various parts of South ! America dogs are relied on to protect j sheep, not only from the attacks of wild I beasts but from the worthless dogs that j range over the country. Darwin states i that the shepherd dogs kept there are as much attached to the sheep as most dogs are to their masters. They are brought up with the flocks and hawe nc other companionship. The puppies are taught to suckle ewes, and are adopted by them. A California sheep-raiser states that a similar course is adopted in a communication he says : " There, ih general, the shepherd stays with his sheep all the time, day and night, and he has, according to the number of his flock, one or more dogs, a kind I never saw before nor have seen anywhere else. It resembles in size the Newfoundland, but its hair is bushy, long, and partly curled. This breed of dogs, even when puppies, are never allowed to see any­ thing but members of the herd. It is astonishing to see how these dogs and sheep fraternize with each other. The j sheep look, in real or imaginary danger, more for the dogs than for the shepherd, and always run to and not, like here, from the dogs. If Americans wish to protect their sheep from strange dogs they must adopt the German system, bring young shepherd dogs from their puppyliood into the company of sheep, educate both to live, eat, and rim to-, , , , ,, . THE prize Christmas-card design in gether and they soon will find out their j London* like th* in America, was won vrdnfmnnluTi ntWr for tin, i ft yQ^g Nine hundred workg true relationship to each other, for the sheep will look upon the dog as a natu­ ral protector, which attitude and confi­ dence he proudly will repay by untiring friendship and watchfulness." Domesticated Animals. WASHINGTON, Nov. 17. The Agricultural Department has prepared a statement giving the number of domesticated animals in the United States and Europe. I3y to 4 ! Jay Gould has bought and con- the table it is shown that there are in Europe solidated it ! We must leave this pal- ! 31,573,663 lioraes, of which Great Britain pos- 8 8 » r> il 10 1 3 3 fi 1 1 1 1 4 5 1 1 Southem Htstes lt'5 10S| Western States.. t'2 9*.l The following table exhibits more plainly the changes by sections: 1H73. 1883. Loss. Gain. 1P73. 1SK3. 24-4 9.« 8.2 62 6 .. 23:2 Jl.-l in* .. a 3.ri.8 :ui.y 99 7 31 4 33.S ace, and all these luxuries and works of art, and take two fourth-story rooms over in Brooklyn." She laughed merrily and long. Had the sudden news crazed her ? He thought it had ; but ho was green. She left the room for a moment and then re­ turned with a pillow-case containing 8200.000 in greenbacks. sesses 2,101,000; Russia, 16.160,000; Austria, 1.367,023 ; Hungary, 1,158.819 ; Prussia, 2,278,- 724 ; France, 2,742,708; other countries, less than 1.000,000. The United States has but 10.938,700, or 20,643,5)63 less than Europe. Europe has 4,163,031 milieu and assen, Spain having 2,319,846 ; Italy, 718,222 ; France, 705.- 943 ; rorluRal, 188,610 ; other countries less than 100,000 each. Tho United States has but 1,713,100, or 2,422,913 less than all Europe. There are in Europe 89,678,248 horned cattle, Xwv England. 28 . .10S .. VI Total....,....293 iki 10 10 100.0 100.0 gain on the previous enumeration is 17|w>0. j THE Congress of Santo Domingo has dent-elect of Mexico, ha* arrived at tho capital. health department of Chicago has j by legislative enactment, settled that it is th^ | J^^wetelo.^ bf^fSeringT^ examining the sewerage in. houses where ! oartbly remains of Christopher Columbus that kfaad occurred from diphtheria, and iindit j were found in the cathedral three vears ago. hr« in70 per cent, of the mm reported. Irovicion is accordingly mado for the erection or a «uit?.We monument, toward which Santo Sicilian Proverbs. " Tlie Sicilians are a rude folk, if judged by their proverbs, some of which are printed in the Debate as follows : " He who hasn't a wife knows not the devil." "A woman who goes to *evcry fete, and a mule that drinks'at every fountain, is no good." " He who gets married Ls contented for a day ; he who kills a pig has enough fur a year." •' God keep thee from a man who looks on the ground, and a woman that looks at the sky." " Tii. .re is only one devil and he has 100 wives." "Women have a devil for every hair." THX SOUTH* THE JSLGRI cultural Bureau reports the IjHrttoa-crop prospect in North and South Caro- and Florida as promising an increase of T #oe» 7 to 15 per cent, over last year. In Ala- acuna and iu the Lower Mississippi valley the In-,ivy rains have damaged the growing crop, and a dpcrease in tike yield as computed with jMt jmt & probatafc. Iu Texas there is pr«s- Domiiitfo gives $10,0(H) and invites all other American goveriments to contribute ^umaue Society, at its session at 1 liLadclphia, lae.1. week, appointed a commit- uPon Congre.-s the panaage of a more efiicieut law to prevent cruelty to animals. ....The schooner Abraham Lincoln has been lost off the coast of, Liberia, thirty persons finding graves in the sea. British steamer Mildred. Drying Fruit. The correct principle in drying fruit ia to subject the fruit to a current of hot air so as to dry the cut surface at once, which prevents discoloration and her­ metically st als the cells which contain acid and starch, and which yield glucose or fruit sugar. A current of dry, hot air is made to pass over and under the NEW %OBK detectives have run down' fruit, carrying all the moisture out of A HoxiStein peasant, uninstructed in microscopical research, and not possess­ ing the requisite instruments oi pre­ cision, has devised for himself a new test for discovering the presence of trichinae in pork. When he killed a pig he was careful to send a portion of it--a ham or a sausage--to his pastor, and then waited the consequences for four­ teen days. If his pastor remained healthy, then ho felt perfectly easy in his mind, and well assured that his pig fulfilled the requisite conditions of soundness of food, and he proceeded to dispose of it accordingly in his own faiiiily. This ingenious method of re­ search has not been considered satis­ factory by the district physician. crook tied the money given me tllis money during the past five years, a few thousand dollars at a time, ito buy little articles of toilet. I had saved it up to get me a pair of stockings for Sunday, but I cheerfully hand it over to my good husband to set him on liis pins again. Take it, my darling, and if you can get a whack at Jay Gould bite Mm hard, and I'll back you with the 850,000 I had laid away to send to the heathen on Christmas !" They embraced. All was joy and peace.-- Wall Street Daily News. Tiie Di*tllL»ti..n of Si»ir'tJ. The following statistics niv fr.rmshod by the Commissioner of Intcr:i:)l Ileve- nue. The figuivs indicate the number of gallons of distilled spirits pvoiinct d, consumed, exported, Ait ., tho lWvtl years (Mining June 30tli. The marked increase of consumption the past year is aUvilm- ^fal t > the revival of manufacturing in­ dustries, the linger portion of tho con- surnpliou of spirits in this country beii'g ii8 in well known to all except prohibition lecturers--used in the arts: 1880. Production ...90,355,270 Ci tnsum ptiou 61.110,523 K". porta tion 1 <!, <if>3 Balance in bond 31,5163.869 ry, 5,279,193 ; Russia, 8,622,190 ; Ba­ varia, 3,066,263 ; France, 11,721,459; Spain, 2,967,303 ; Italy, 3,489,125 ; other countries, less than 2,000,000 each. The United States has 33,234,500, or 56,4^3,748 less than Europe. All Europe possesses 194,026,234 sheep; Great Britain having 29,4115,900 ; Ireland, 4,482,000 ; Russia, 46,432,000; Austria, 5,026,393; Hun­ gary, 15,070,997 ; Prussia. 19,624,758 ; France, 25,035,114 ; Portugal, 2,706,778 ; Spain. 22,268,- 069 ; Italy, 6,984,0^0 ; lioumauia, 4,786,317 ; i other countries, less than 2,000,000 each. Tho ! United SUte> has 38,126,000 or 155,902,436 leas ! than all Europe. There aro in Europe 42,686,493 awine ; Great I Britain having 2,519,300; Ireland, 1,042,244; i Russia, 9,800.000 ; Austria. 2,551,473 ; Hun- i garv, 4,443,279 ; Prussia, 4,278.531 , France, 6,- •755*656; Spain, 4,351,736; Italy, 1,553,582; i other countries, less than 1,000,000 each. The 1 United States has 34,701), 100, or 7,920,393 less | than all Europe. ^ Tramps and Their Signs. "No," said the vagrant with a sigh, " times are getting bettor; they're not what they used to IK*. A man's offered more work than wittalfe." Haven't you signs among you so that SARAH DEMTSEY, aged 111 years, prob­ ably the oldest woman in the State of New York, a few days ago was found dead in bed in her hut on tlie Ulster Mountains, near Elletiville. She had died from starvation and weakness. Her house was found in a terrible condition. .No food of any kind was in the house. Tlie appearance of the corpse indicated that the old lady had, from lack of proper ' 71,892,621 i food, become unable to get out of her &L.s92.rii4 j bed, and had laid thereuntil she had j died of starvation. Mrs. Dempsey had j lived in this hut, miles from any liabita- t tion. for many years. She liad been | solitary in her habits ever since she was ; abandoned by a young man with whom | "hfe eloped when a girl. Beside the dead j woman's body was found a piece of j paper, on which was scrawled in pencil: " My God! I am dying by inches from 1879. 14,837,581 19,212,470 NEW YOBK. BKF.VKB HOOK OOTTO* KLOUH--Superfine WHRAT--No. 2 Spring Cor.N -- Ungraded OATH--Mi xed W tssteru Uvc--Wiwleni . .$7 00 .. * 00 .. 11 .. 3 80 .. 1 17 .. 57 .. 42 .. 1 03 14 60 PORK--Mess LARD CHICAGO. BEKVK*--Chclee llraded Steers. 5 15 COHTH and Heifers 2 40 Medium to Fair... 4 25 Hons. • • 3 -Ml KLOUK--Fancy White Winter Ex.... 6 50 Good to Choice Spring Ex.. 4 50 <S12 0 .1 <<® 4 90 (4 UMi @ 4 40 « 1 24 (A till & <5 (<i 1 i>4 (<£14 75 9 you know where to go and how you will ! ant*1 . J1 b°F thm0 . and there it ended. " Well, we each have sign of our own. If I see a big, powerful bull-dog haug- incr around tlie front door, I take that as a sign meaning ' move on,' If there are MANY preachers seek to impress their hearers with the fact that life is shprt, bat forget it in their sermons. WHEAT --No. 2 SprlnR 1 07 No. 3 Spring 94 CORN--NA 2. 42 OATH--No. 2 32 BTE--No. 2. 85 BAULKY-- NO. 2 1 04 BrTTEK>--Choice Creamery.... SO Eons--Fresh 22 PORK--Mess. J3 00 LARP 8 MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--No. 1... :.... 1 09 No. a i 05 CORN--No 1 42 OATS--No. 2 31 KYE-- NO. 1 84 BARLKY--No. X HI ST. rmm WHEAT--No. 2-Bed. 1 05 COIIN--Mixed 44 OATS--No. 2. 32 KYK ... 87 POKK--Mess. ...13 60 LAUD 8 CINCINNATI. WHEAT.. L 08 CORK 48 OATS 34 B*K 96 PORK--Mem u 75 LABD s TOLEDO. WBKAT--No. 1 White 1 08 No. 2 Red | 09 CORK--No. 2 40 OATS--NO. 2 33 DETROIT. FLOUR--Choice 5 26 WHEAT--No. 1 White 1 05 CORN--No. 1. 49 OATS--Mixed 35 BABLEY (gercental) 1 25 POBK--Meee IS 60 INDIANAPOLIS. WHEAT--Na 2 Bed 1 05 CORN 42 OATS 81 POBK--Clear 15 75 EAST LIBERTY, PA. CATTU--Beet 6 00 Fair 4 40 Common 3 60 Hooa 4 60 » W <& # 00 <nl 3 50 (n- 4 *v> <$ 4 9(» (a; 6 00 (A 5 25- (& 1 08 <$ 96 W 43 (at :is (rt, 86 & 1 05 W 32 <4 2S <413 55 W 8 V. (Si 1 15 ' (a l 00 W 4» <<A 32 (v 85 (<A SI @ I OS to- 45 33 (?) 8» «U3 75 <& 8V <a 1 in 53 35 (A OT <nl3 00 81 r @ 1 <» w 110 (rf, 45. d M @ 6 65 1 0& <$ 50 <4 3C @ 1*> <»15 00 ® 1 06 <3 43 83 (atlS 00 <9 6 25 « 4 80 ® 4 25 4 8S- 0 « »• Tf-p* J* '-'-'-ifrs"" 'a bediamitefi they \tere. Of cb<HrHO, *tliOHO who could not be coaxed nor forced out of the building became the unhappy victims of the •larncn, and Buffered a horrible death in the flames. Other* were saved, Home by ladders, and some by leaping from tho windows. Home were nearly nude, some sboelewK and hatle^s, and ail were exposed to the exceeding cold of the night. Many of the poor, demented lunatics' fled as If for then* liven, and could not be overtaken. Their ^Kufferings in this frightful condition con better be imagined than described. The whole catastrophe le ­ ft fearful one to contemplate and an im­ possible one to describe. The poor diiz^l in- inaten of the aHvlum who h;Id eneapod the ilamos were at large, half clothed, and were to- be >een in all directions living in wild fright from those who attempted "to save them. The- air was bitter cold, and the poor wretches, with half-naked bodies and bleeding feet, . were flyim; about, hiding iji alleys and dark corners. It wan a night once seen naver to- be forgotten. For some time the capacity of the building haw been taxed to it« utmost. There were about 600 patients, and every inch of space was utilized. What will be done with these poor creatures turned out: 111 the cold, and their malady increased by the excitement of the occasion, 'ia a serious ques­ tion. There are three other buildings situated in the town which are used, but thev ure al­ ready crowded to their full capacity. The asylum at Rochester is full, and will doubtless • be unable to provide accommodation*, for any of the inmates at St. Peter turned out iu the - coid by the terrible catastrophe. While the flames were slowly progressing the Matron of the Female Department made 4$. haste to get. Ihe inmates out, and many ot them ran shrieking in their night clothes in t\yt bnow drifts, even burying themselves in the snow, and had to be dragged into tlie barns sheds, while those near by wrapped blankets and shawls around them. In­ tense suffering could rot be avoided, as they had to be taken about fifteen or twenty rods through the snow to the nearest shelter, which was on the hill immediately in rear of the Bouth wing. Yet when one turns to the main apartments his blood runs cold as he realizes what was the doom of more than one poor de­ mented man last night. Those crowded into* the long corridors of the south wing stood around moaning and shivering like poor dumb brutes. The actual number burned cannot be­ gotten at in any way at the present time, as many are known to have wandered away in, the intense excitement that prevailed through­ out the whole premises. Several bodies were taken out of some of the rooms and halls, and several persons were gotten out into the halls, when they would seem determined to re­ turn to the tire, like a horse that is being led from the flames. One room occupied by two* was broken open, and while one was dragged out the other was determined to remain ix his warm bed, and, when dragged out, insisted on waiting to be dressed. An old man- brought here from Minneapolis, by the name of Adams, waH taken out dead. The engine telegraphed for from St. Paul did not arrive in time to do any good. There were about GOO patients in all at the asylum. The princi­ pal cause of delay in getting a stream of water on the lire from the hospital hose was the al­ most utter uaelessness of the ho?e, from the fact 1 hat it had not been in use for so long that it required to be wet from end to end with hot water 1 onred on outside of the hose. Mean­ time the flames spread very rapidly front the Ijawment, tilling "the halls with t-moke and making it impossible to do anything at saving the inmates of the' north wing except by putting up If.ddera and prying off the ftre-screcns from windows, the rescueis taking inmates out and actually bring­ ing them' down in their armn, without clothing in many eases, while at otlitr windows there were three or four begging to be saved from death while the flames were leaping from the adjoining windows at them. ST. PBTSB, Minn/, Wbv. 19. A rigid investigation of whatever records of the institution were not destroyed by the fire, and a personal identification of those patients- who have been secured, show that at least thirty patients aro missing. All these are not belioved to have perished, as only eight dead: bodies have been recovered thus far. Many of the missing ones may bo wandering around the country or hiding in the woods. It is toand* that some have been frozen to death. NEW ENGLAND farmers are turning at­ tention to wheat culture. For some years wheat has been considered one of the crops that New England agriculture had outgrown; but of late, notwith-- standing that lands there are much more broken than at the West, it appears, from the experience of the past six ye^rs, as large crops can be raised in each of the New England States as can be or are grown at the West, and it is- probable that quite a revival of the wheat industry will be witnessed there another year. weje sent in there in response to an offer of a first prize of only $500--one-half the American prize. This throng of competitors is a faint si^n of the number of persons taking to art in England in the reign of the good Queen Victoria, and, as America follows suit at a due interval, of the number there soon will. be here. THE devastation caused by rabbits amounts in Australia to a serious calam­ ity. One large estate, which formerly supported 30,000 sheep, has been aban­ doned on account 01 these pests. THE MARKETS.