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/ "* * v' *' *'", i * . 5 1 ' *1 '. * *:-^feiT #*V, |§t<§«rf flithidcaTct I. VAN SLYNE. tMraMMHilnr. ILLINOia McHENRY, »3B»a • >£•* >*&. ' ;V*$S\" vr »» |£EIIY IEVS REVIEW. TOTE EAST. A tUERCB fight occurred between coal miner* and circus men at PitUton, Pa., result- tag in the death of one man and the wonnding .of a woman Mat tie Hunter paoed a mile at Pittsburgh in 2:12%, or -)4 seconds lower than bar reoord, and th» fastest ever paced except Sleepy Tom's 2:12^. A CITIZEN of Gainden, N. J., died with lU the symptoms of Asiatic cholera, and it is feared that it will beoome epidemic. Its origin is attributed to the filthy sanitary condition of the city. A it,*ii.wad collision near the Hoosac taanei killed a fireman named Charles Pres- eott mutilated an engineer named A. T. Corliss and crashed to death Thomas Moore, the other engineer McDevitt and Ensign, two star- ronte fraud manipulators, were arrested in Phil­ adelphia, Two BCHJJINQS of the Peqnot cotton- milk at Philadelphia, owned by William Wood Jt Bon, and valued at #100.000. have been burned THB New Tori: Senate have finally passed the bill abolishing tolls on the canals in that State A yacht containing six young men was capsized at Boston, and all were drowniil. M • ,4 ••d' FROM .Toly 10 to July 16, both in­ cluded. there were 261 deaths from sunstroke in Cincinnati, and 150 deaths from excessive heat. In one day--the 14th of Jnly--there ware eighty-six deaths from both causes. A MOST horrible and blood-curdling tragedy was recently enacted in Eagle Creek valley, Trempealeau county, Wis. Paul Helde, a Swiss emigrant, in a fit of insanity killed his wife and seven children and then blew out his own brains. A gentleman who was one of the first to visit the scene tells the following story of the crime: "On arriving at the farm­ house the first thing that attracted our atten­ tion was the mutilated body of a little boy about 7 years old. who was lying on the path with his head split open and a bullet hole in his brains. Passing this, we entered the kitchen and beheld on the floor, surrounded by a pool of blood, the body of the father and husband shot through the neck and head. Hear him lay a hatchet covered with blood, an ©Id Swiss revolvers while on a chair were pow­ der and caps. Pushing into the next room, a sickening sight met our gaze. Acroes the Ded lay the mother with her throat cut and a hole in her breast made by the hatcher. By her side lay a bead- lea babe, while on the other side was a little girl in the last stages of death. In the alley two more of the children were found, both mu­ tilated and shot through the head. The barn was next visited, and in the hay-loft was found the two oldest children, boys of 17 Mid 18. their bodies hacked in many places, and both dying, being shot through the brain. When discovered, all were dead except one girl and the mother. The mother died in half an hour after she WRB discovered, Paul Helde and family arrived from Switzerland three months ago. He purchased a farm, and seemed to be living happily. Lately he became despondent at the prospect of a failure of the crops, and, worried over the thought that he paid too much for his land, doubtless led him to commit the torrible deed.".... "Billy the Kid," the blood-stained bandit of New Mexico, drew his last breath at midnight on Saturday, at Fort Sumner. Pat Garrett, Sheriff of Lincoln county, had for months been on the Kid's trail, and shot him through the heart as he entered a room to buy meat--a knife in one hand, a revolver in the other.... The Creek and Cherokee Indians were having a barbecue at Greenleaf, in the Cherokee nation, preparatory to nominating candidates for offi­ ces. The candidates "set up the whisky," and a free fight, in which seven men were killed and a score or more badly wounded, was the consequence Outlaws visited the camp of the Mule Lac Indians, near Atken, Minn., and murdered the chief and four Indians. Tbe murderers were arrested. -- r $ \-*Y h «ss •* Bis large iron companies of St. Louis have formed a pool representing $10,000,000, and either Edwin Harrison or Charles P. Chou­ teau will be chosen President. This immense combination will control about 90 per cent, of the iron product of the State of Miaaouri.... The Navajo Indians threaten to kill their agent Re v, Galen Eastman, unless the Interior De­ partment removes him... .The propeller Win­ nipeg caught ire and burned to the water's edge in the harbor of Dnluth. The passengera sacaped, but four employes are missing. THE wholesale dra? establishment o James E. Davis & Co., Detroit, has been de­ stroyed by fire. The total loss was about t55,- 000, and the insurance $40,000. Thomas Mo- Queen, a fireman, was crushed to death by the roof falling in. John W. Carter sustained very serious internal injuries, and two other firemen bad their limbs broken.... Sitting Bull, the famous Sioux chief, with a following of 200 people, arrived at Fort Bu- ted ana surrendered on the 20th of July. Credit is to be given the scout Louis Legare lor Ms efforts to induce Bull to come to terms. ... .Three men were killed and two moro fa­ tally injured by the explosion of the boiler of a portable saw-mill at Watertown. near Marietta, Ohkn THIS year's Illinois State Fair will be held at Peoria from Sept 26 to Oct 2; that of Iowa at Des Moines from Sept 26 to 31; that of Wisconsin at Fond du Lac Sept 26 to 80; that of Michigan at Jackson from Sept 12 to 17; that of Indiana at Indianapolis from Sept 26 to 39; that of Minnesota at Rochester from the 5th to the 10th of September.... Another fiendish but unsuccessful attempt to wreck a passenger train was made on the Atch­ ison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad, near Law­ rence, Kan. Luckily, however, the train waa detuned at Topeka, und a freight, running out of time, went into the trap, wrecking seven cart Mid injuring the brakesman and engineer.... Northern Minnesota and the Red river region of Dakota report flattering prospects for a fine wheat harvest--The Wabash and Missouri Pacific railroads have secured a lease of the fit Louis ortdge for ninety-nine years, to take offset Aug. L Ithaca, R Y^ Jaxaes H. Banders, of Chicago, and E. F. Thayer, of West Newton, Masa., a oommiaakm to be known as the Treasury Cat­ tle Commission, whose chief duties it will be to investigate all cases of pl«iu**Peomonia in meat cattle whioh shall be reported. DISTUOT ATTOBJIEY OORKKQUI* ha«di- neted the jailer at Washington to use aD pos­ sible precautions to pnrrent tbe aisssiiiii's eseapa, that he be permitted to see no one whatever, that he be not permitted to hold oon- veraation with any of tM guards, and that he be rigorously excluded from giving or receiving any communication whatso­ ever, except such as he gives the Dis­ trict Attorney or receives from him .... Journalists may import books into the United States duty free, as the Treasury Department allows that they come under the clause of the Revised Statutes allowing " tools of trade " to be free of duty. RETURNS from nineteen of the princi­ pal postoffices of the United States for the quarter ending the 30th of June show an in­ crease in the amount of business done of 16.7 per cent over the corresponding period of test year. These nineteen officer- pay one- third of the postal revenue, ana the increase noted almost warranto the be­ lief that the Postoffice Department will be self-sustaining this year...... The Roman Catholie presbytery at Roxlon Falls, Quebec, was destroyed by lire and Father Lame perished in the flames. His nephew es­ caped a like fats toy jumping from the window of an upper story. A WASHINGTON dispatch says that prison fare and discipline have taken much of the starch out of Guiteau, and have even had a cooling effect upon his inordinate vanity. When first confined he made frequent com­ plaints of his treatment He regarded himself as an important personage, a prison­ er of state, and demanded better care than was bestowed upon his fellow-pris­ oners, whom he denominated common felons. He protested against being put on a level with the other prisoners, said he was a gentleman, accustomed to having the best of fare, and, in faot, to luxury, and insisted that he should be so treated. He has not ceased to complain and to want better treatment; but his manner is changed. He is more subdued, and apparently begins to realize that others do not regard his crime in the light that he does. GENERAL. A TUCSON (Arizona) dispatch says re­ ports come from £1 Paso that the Mexican Gov. Terrasass, who was en route to £1 Paso, was attacked by Indians and thirty of his meu killed... .Pierre Lorillard has shipped nine more thoroughbreds for his stable at New­ market, England. NINE buildings of feedbank, N. J., in­ cluding the Redbank Register office, weae de­ stroyed by Are. The total loss is estimated at •75.000. The lard refinery of E. Ring & Son, of East St Louis, valued at $'70,000, and in­ sured for $60,000, was burned down. Bush A Denslow's extensive oil works at South Brook­ lyn, worth ®50,000, were burned. LIEUT. KAY, of the United States Signal Corps, has sailed from San Francisco with nine oompanies for Point Barrow, in the Arctic ocean, to establish a meteorological ob­ servatory. Included in his outfit are a ready- made house and provisions for three years.... The Department of Agriculture reports an in­ crease of 2 per cent, in the acreage of potatoes throughout the whole country, and the yield will be large. The breadth of tobacco planted was much larger than last year, and the crop is in high condition. BURNED The Wieting Opera House and several stores at Syracuse, N.Y„ loss $460,- 000, insurance $275,000; Pearson's saw mill and Pearson's salt manufactory at East Sag­ inaw, Mich., lose S160.000, insurance §70,000; the Cincinnati Coffin Cgmpanj'i coffin manu­ factory at Cincinnati, Ohio, loss #225,000, in­ surance $220,000; several stores at Irvingion, N. Y., loss $40,000; the Irving House at Long Branch. A WASHINGTON dispatih says that members of the National Board of Health are manifesting some concern at the reports of the appearance of yellow-fever in one of the South­ ern cities. The fever is very bad at Havana. FOREIGN. A BERLIN dispatch says that a student at the University of Bonn was killed in a duel; another student was hopelessly wounded and ter J. X DICKINSON, JR., son of the late Gen. Dickinson, at one time Adjutant Gen­ eva! of Florida, shot and dangerously wounded a saloonkeeper named Bnrch, in* Leesburg, Fla. Dkskimon was captured and lodged in jail, from which he was taken by a party of twenty-five armed men, who lynched him. Hknby S. SMITH, who murdered a comrade named Burt at Burnaville, Miss., was hanged at Corinth in the presence of 4,000 per- COIB R. L. MOTT, of Columbus, Ga., 81 years of age, one of the wealthiest men in that State, was killed by a train in the Union depot at Atlanta. i DEPUTY COLLECTOR BRAYTOM left Greenville, 8. C., with four men, to destroy the illicit still of John McDow, near Central, in Pickens county. A desperate fight took place, in which Brayton was killed. McDow •nd a negro companion, heavily armed, threaten the life of any revenue officer who approaches them. Commissioner Raum has instructed the deputy collectors in South Caro- lipa to organise and arm a posse and arrest the Borderers. ^ TOBE BMLL, who killed Dr. W. T. William*;, a prominent planter, was haiged at Ymxoo City, Miss A monument to the Con­ federate dead was unveiled at Culpepper, Va. " persons were present and there was quite an exciting soene There is wild excitement at Cheyenne over the discovery of copper and silver near Fort Lara­ mie. Ore from the grass roots pays, the city of RsrtviKlr* has been laid out, and tenderfeet art offered $3 per day as miners. An Illinois fanner has revenged himself upon the Indian­ apolis and St Louis road by commencing 9,009 suits for faihun to keep axes and saws in its cars. The aggregate claim i» $1,800,000,.. The statue erected in honor of Gen. J. B. Mc~ Pherson at Clyde, Ohio, was unveiled in the presence of a van concourse of people. Tho ceremony of unveiling was performed by Oen. Sherman, Oen, Strong, of Chicago, delivered the principal speech of the occasion. Oen. Force, ex-President Hayes and Gov. Foster spoke also. ( A MOB in Perry county, Ark., recently warned Judge Harris and Editor Matthews to leave at once, but a trace was effected. A few nights ago Matthews was killed by an assassini and notice was again served on Judge Harris. The deadlock at Albany was broken July 22, and the Legislature adjourned tbe fol­ lowing day. The administration men made some concessions by entering into a conference or caucus in which Lapham was nominated by a unanimous vote. He was afterward ele&fd to succeed Roscoe Conkling in the United States Senate by the full Republican vote, the Demo­ crats voting for ex-Congreseman Potter. When Mr. Conk ling received the dispatch ad­ vising him of the election of Lapham, he im­ mediately seat the followingielegram: ^"^Nxw YOBX, July 32. To the Hon. James Armstrong, Member of the A*- •embly, Albany: The heroic constancy of the Spartan band which so Song has stood for principle and truth fasss my deepest gratitude and admiration. Borno down by forbidden and abhorrent forcep, and agencies Which never before had sway in the Repub­ lican party, the memory of their courage and man­ hood will long live in the brightest honor. The near future will vindicate their windorn, and crown them with approval. Please aak them all for me to re­ ceive my grateful acknowledgment*. ROK.-OB CONKLIHO. SOM3 figures from the census in re­ gard to the registered bondholders show that the District of Columbia contains more of this class in proportion to its population than any of the States. Massachusetts stands sec­ ond on the list, and New York has a large representation. The Western and Son them States make a poor showing.... Postmaster General James has issued a circular informing Postmasters that from this time on­ ward they will be required to forward to the Auditor of the Treasury Department, immedi­ ately after the close of every quarter, a de­ tailed account of the business trans­ acted in their respective offices, under penalty of removal from office The total value of exports of domestic bread- stuffs from the United States during the twelve months ended June 30, 1881, was $265,861,- 828; twelve months ended June 80, 1880. $282,132,618. THE Nihilists at their recent congress, held in St. Petersburg, resolved to give the Czar one more warning, and that if he did not heed it and begin the work of reform he and his pig-headed advisers should perish A Ha­ vana dispatch states that two employes of the Spanish Bank of Cuba, at Matanzas, assisted by two accomplices, chartered the steamer Ali­ cante. and left port with .$200,000 specie, which they embezzled from the bank. DARI his nose cut off in a contest with a fellow-stu­ dent. and the dispatch adds : " Scarcely a week passes that some act of brutality is not perpe­ trated in some one of the universities.... London reports several deaths from sunstroke. At Greenwich observatory, the other day, mer­ cury reached 97 degrees in the shade, which is the highest figure on record at that point.... The Czar, acting on the advice of Gen. Igna- tieff, has issued an order commuting the death sentence passed on the noted female Nihilist, Bessy Helfmann Don Carlos, the much pretending aspirant for tho Spanish throne, has been politely requested to quit France, bag and baggage, on the ground thai he has been recently engaged in pro­ ceedings which are regarded as "mani­ festations against the Government of France." A ST. PETKESBTTKO dispatch says the number of men and girls burned in the barn in the province of Koorks, Russia, was 119 in­ stead of nineteen. STATISTICS collected and collated by the Hamburg (Germany) polios show that 74,- 633 emigrants left that port between the 1st of January and the 30th of June of this year. This is twice the number which left Hamburg in the corresponding period of the year just after the Franco-German war The progress of the French arms in North Af­ rica is marked by a wholesale sacrifice of life. At the bombardment and capture of Sfax. 400 Arabs were killed and 400 wounded. Southern Tunis is now reported in a disturbed condition. Dean Stanley (the Very Bev. Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, D. D., Dean of Westmin­ ster) is dead. A NEW Trans-Atlantic Telegraph Com­ pany is being formed at Berlin which will lay an independent cable from Germany to Valen­ cia (Ireland), and thence to the United States. The capital is to be $825,000 England has at last consented to give up the Transvaal to the Boers. IT is reported that England has in­ formed France that, Tripoli being Turkish ter­ ritory, any attempt on the part of Franoe to interfere in its internal arrangements would open up the whole question of the European guarantee to the Turkish empire; that on France being so informed she hesitated, and finally concluded not to interfere..... There is a promise of abundance for the Irish. The potato crop is reported to be in excellent condition, and the prospects are that the yield will be large and the quality of the tubers food.... .Egypt is going to abolish slavery y allowing tne owners to retain the slaves owned by them at present, but allowing no more persons to be enslaved in tho future. RELATIONS between France and Tur­ key are said to be entirely amicable. The Porte has satisfactorily explained the reason for sending troops to Tripoli, and declared that she had not stirred up any ill feeling in Tunis or Algiers At the Widnes (England) athlet­ ic sports, Myers, the American athlete, won the quarter-mile and the half-mile races with "ridiculous ease." Myers' racing powers were regarded as "marvelous" by tLe assembled Britons It ap­ pears that Don Carlos was expelled from France at the request of the Spanish Govern­ ment, which has long felt hurl, at his toleration in Paris A Havana dispatch says small-pox is racing in Hsnto Dominyo to a fearful extent. Parties are daily organized to help bury vic­ tims. French crops are suffering from ex­ cessive heat and drought :-v' %v. V-s ' if v&W"- • 1 WAaHIKOTON, Chwid Jury at Washington has George W. Ingalls, formerly Agent of Kutes, for presenting false vouchers. Dis- Attomey Corkhill will postpone action in •M case of Guiteau till September. A WASHINGTON dispatch says TW Osdte&u remains closely confined, but is petu­ lant and nmdly disappointed that his purpose jbasheen thwarted by tho will of God. He knows that the President i-t better, and his at­ tendants say it annoys him so at times that he becomes almost savage in bis rape, and curses what be terms his '-<;iuudering luck'" in not «»»k-ir>g gore of jus dastardly work..... YJTindom F^nojpted J aioes TAW, of ADDITIONAL NEWS. THB Legislature of New Tork paased a resolution to submit to tbe people a consttp tutional amendment making the canals forever exempt from tolls, and levying a State tax for their maintenance Fire swept away the mills of the Pennsylvania Paper Company at Lock Haven, the loss being $160,000. CHARLES EDWABD and Albert Talbot were hanged at Maryville, Mo., July 22, for having, on the night of Sept 18, 1880, shot and mortally wounded their father, Dr. Perry H. Talbot, of Nodaway county, Mo. Albert protested that he was entirely innocent of the crime for «hich he was hanged, and charged that one Wvatt, a hired man employed by Dr. Talbot, and who was the approver in the case, was the murderer. The buys' mother, and a Miss Lewis, the fiancee of Albert, accom­ panied the doom?«l man to..the scaffold, A MINNESOTA WHIRLWIND. M»e Town of New (Jim Almost Wiped Out of £xl«te*ice by a> Cyclone--A l-arje Number of People Killed and Wounded--Houam Swept Away Lftks Chaff. A terrible tornado devastated New Ulm, Wnn., a beautiful little eity of 8,500 inhabi­ tants, on the afternoon of July 16. Six hun­ dred buildings were more or less damaged, some of them being totally wrecked, among them the finest business blocks in the city. Thirteen p^>ple were killed outright in New Ulm, and some twenty or more wounded more or less severely, several of them fatally. The storm made its appearance at 4 o'clock,* and it could be distinctly seen approaching in two separate columns, "one moving upward while the other appeared to descend from the clouds, whirling with terrible rapidity. One instance is told of a man and his wife and child who were in his dwelling adjoimng his plaice of business when the storm struck. Both buildings were swept away, and, when the man found bis wife and child, twenty min­ utes after, both her legs were broken and the crushed. ' "* ^ Numbers of buildings struck by lightning caught fire, and the town would have been de­ stroyed in this way but for the rain, which de­ scended in torrents. Eye-witnesses state that the soene during and Immediately after tho storm was fearful to con­ template and beyond the descriptive powers of the most graphic pen. People who were out on the streets at the time were literally blown away ; and numbers were wounded by the fly­ ing debris. Whole sections of tin roofing were sent sailing through the air by the fury of the storm, and twisted and crumbled up like paper. There is scarcely a building, public or pri­ vate, that did not sustain some injury, while many residences and business houses are total wrecks, the timbers being broken into kindling and scattered over the prairie. Not less than 100 horses were killed, many lifted bodily and carried long distances. The farm machinery depot was totally wrecked, and the machinery, including fifty self-binding reapers, were shiv­ ered into splinters. A new two-story brick building was carried away BO clean that not a vestige remained ex­ cept the cellar and foundation walls. A. buggy was carried completely over the two- story stone Jail. The county is peopled almost wholly by Ger­ man.", forty-eight of whom were in Minneapolis at the time attending the Tumfest and none of them knew of the catastrophe until next day, when all left immediately for their ruined homes, with no knowledge as to whether they would find family, friends or property. A correspondent who visited the scene of the* disaster gives the following description of the terrible ruin wrought: The first place any effects of the storm wero seen was about three miles west of New Ulm. Here it tore down a house and killed a number of cattle and horses. The family saved them­ selves by going to the cellar before the storm struck. From where the storm struck the rail­ road track the ground is lined with bedding and furniture, wagon wheels, farm machinery, etc. The heads of wheat were cut off as clean and smooth as though done with a heading ma­ chine. From the place where the storm first struck into New Ulm everything was swept for a width of about one mile^ The sight was sick­ ening in the extreme. Trees were torn up by the roots and carried no one knows where, and not a house or barn was left standing in the line of the storm from where it first struck un­ til it reached New Ulm. A gentleman, who stood on the bluff two miles north of Now Ulm and witnessed the cyclone, says it was the grandest, yet most, terrible, sight he ever wit­ nessed. He says one cloud came from tbe nerthwest and one from the north­ east When they met it appeared to him to be a contest as to which should have the right of way. Tbe storm struck New Ulm at 4:t8, and lasted just twenty minutes, and in that brief time not teae than $300,000 worth of property was destroyed, and a num­ ber of persons killed and many wounded. Dur­ ing the storm there was a perfect blase of fire baliu. It would have been almost as dark as midnight had it not been for the continued flashes of lightning. The storm extended through Nicollet county, through the towns of West Newton, Welling­ ton and Severance, devastating a tract of country a mile wide and forty miles long. Six lives were lost at We«t Newton and six at Wel­ lington. The property damaged at West New­ ton aloae was estimated at $500,000. A dispatch from New Ulm says the rebuild­ ing of the town " is now under way, and every man, woman and child is taking part in the great work of rebuilding. A great many of Hie buildings which were unroofed are being repaired so as to afford protection to the hun­ dreds of citizens whose homes were entirely swept i i om tbe earth. "Henry Villard has given $1,600 to tho relief fund, 4)1,(>00 has boeu raised at Milwaukee, and St. Paul and Minneapolis have pledged $5,000 each. The number of deaths by the cyclone has swollen to thutv-fonr." A Reck Iilaad ^Trnin Hoarded by Ksad Agents, Who Murder tfee Cea> dteetor and Plunder tkoSsUe ot Ike Kxprcut Car. The most daring robbery and wanton mor» der that hae occurred in the Southwest for many years took plaoe on tho night of Jnly 15, near Wimton station, Mo. The expms train of the Chicago, Book Island and Pacific rail­ road, from Kansas City, was boarded at that point by a K*ug of men variously estimated at from ten to lit teen, who shot down the conductor and another cmpioyi- of the road, displaced the fireman and engineer by knocking them off the looomot.ve, put two. of their men in charge, and plundered tlie safe of the express car of iu contents. Mr. C. H. Murray, tho express messenger, given the following circumstantial aetount of the affair : "We pulled out of Winston, Conductor William Westfail jumping on the head end of thn smoking-car to go through the train for tickets, as he alwsy-s does. We left Winston about on tinre, 9:80 o'clock. Being in the ex­ press car 1 did not see what transpired in the fmoker, but a passenger told me as fol­ lows : A masked man' arose from his seat, and, approaching the conductor as he came along, said : ' You are my prisoner.' The con­ ductor had not time to make a word of reply when the stranger pulled out a revolver and shot him. The conductor reeled against the seat, and attempted to go out the roar door of the car, when the robber fired again. Westfall managed to get .put on the platform, where he fell doWn and rolled off ths car to tho ground dead. After the report of the shots the train suddenly stopped. We, that is, I and the baggjge-man, Frank Stampes, were standing between two trunks in the middle of the car at the time. Just after the train stopped Baggageman Stampes stepped to the north-side door to see what was the matter. The door, was open to admit of ventilation, as the night was very warm. Without warning Stampes was grabbed by the legs by four mailed men. Their spokes­ man said : ' Come QiUyou -- of a --, come out* At this they ynuled him out When ! they got him down o if the ground they told him if he moved or spokaa word they would kill him. The robbers tun shot into tbe express car twice. Knowing pretty welt what was com- in?. I had ensconced tayself behind the sample trunks. Tho four mpu then jumped into our car and put the lights out. As they did this I got out of my place awl wont over toward the locomotive end of tqp car. The robbers were looking for me, as I beard them say especially, • Where is the other •*--- of a ? Shoot the cuss.' Thi robbers, thinking probably I had left1) the car, also deserted it for tho time being. I jumped up and barred the end door ,'next to the smoking-car and shut the south-f-ide door. Then I barred the door next to the engine. There was some firing done at the car while I was locking tho doors, but how many shots I don't remember. Dae bail went through the door, missing mef by about three inches. After running about half a mile the train came to a stop, as tt was started imme­ diately after the road agents pulled the bag­ gageman out • Just a*. I was barring the out­ side door, the last on© of the four, the rob­ bers came to that side. Four of them rushed into the car and began shooting again. How many shots they fired I don't know, but afterward we countoq twelve bullet-holes in gressors against good manners. A pub­ lic conveyance is not a private parlor, and, that manj may enjoy it, the indi­ vidual ulirmM Ktudy the manifest rales of common sense and the unwritten code of gentle and thoughtful love. The gentleman, tbe gentie-woman, and their children, need no introduction beyond what they bear in their quiet, pleasant countenances and carriage in a public place. that end of the car inside. At almost keep up the yell, I kept my place, squa thought they had cei and said, ' Here 1 am.' whirled me around sey the key. I gave it to were shot on the shot they would , you ----of a .* on the floor till I ing; then I rose up ey grabbed me and 1 times and demanded em. One fellow went toward the safe, then iVned around, handed me the key and told to unlock the safe. I did so at the point of four revolvers, threw the cover back, and leaned up against the side of the car. Tbe one who appeared to be the leader puiled out of his coat-pocket a sack two feet long by a foot and a half in width. He took the money and all the contents of the safe and put them into the sack. While doing this he asked me several times bow much money there was. I told him I didn't know, but there was quite a little pile of it Then he demanded, 'Is that all you have got ? Give me the rest of it' I told him it was all the car contained of value except the seven silver bricka on the floor. He answered, 'I want the rest of it on I'll kill you.' After I had again told him I hadn't, another cent he continuod, saying, ' You might as well give up. We have killed your con­ ductor and engineer, and we are going to kill you, so get down on your knees. There are twelve men ^ ""ibis aang. and we've gof fruf p.flfeafs^n*# struck me on the head and another blow on the jmere'ised After this the men left 1 Railway and Canal Transportation. Eastward of Chicago and St. Louis a vast network of railways disputes the precedence with any and all other routes of transportation. There is now a fiercer rivalry than ever before. On Canadian soil the Grand Trunk railway parallels the St. Lawrence system of canals, and extends beyond their Montreal terminus as far to the east as Quebec and Port­ land. The western terminus is over­ lapped by the distance between Port Col borne and Detroi t, Samia, Colling- wood and other upper-lake ports. At Collingwood a friendly railroad relieves the steamers of the freight that tlity so recently carried through the Welland, and delivers it to other bottoms or to the Grand Trunk at Toronto. In 1878 grain to the value of $274,803 passed over this route for the Eastern or foreign market. In 1879 the value of grain transported was $1,636,851. This remarkable in­ crease of traffic is to receive the atten­ tion of the United States Government as a matter affecting the collection of cus­ toms and the interest of American ship­ pers in general. Still other railroad routes in Canada are to contest the carrying trade. The building of the Pacific railway has been undertaken by a syndicate of English capitalists, and, when once completed, it will be a formidable rival of the water routes. Indeed, the ohief arguments advanced for its construction are based upon the taking of the lion's share in transporting the grain of the Northwest --a claim which, if founded on fact, will close tlioi new Welland canal from the moment the railway is opened. Con­ necting at its eastern terminus--Lake Nipissing--with the Canadian railways, the Canada Pacific will find eastern out­ lets without the aid of the St. Lawrence canals ; while, if the Coteau bridge is built, Ottawa will become a railway cen­ ter whence diverging lines to the south­ ward will send the traffic to American ports in spite of the proximity and ter­ minal facilities offered by Montreal. The great trunk lines of the United States have also asserted their right to a proportion of the carrying trade. Boil­ ing stock has been marvelously in­ creased, terminal facilities have been established or improved at every Atlan­ tic port where transhipment is neces­ sary, and the great Northwest--Ameri­ can and Canadian alike--the granary of the world, tapped by a Northern Pacific railway, sends its products to the sea­ board. America is the granary of the world, according to the following ratio* United States, 150; France, 105; Rus­ sia, 80; Germany, 45; Spain, 42 ; Italy, 39 ; Austria (with Hungary), 39; Great Britain, 38. A few figures tell the story of trans­ portation more briefly than words. The five great Atlantic ports--considering Montreal as such--are Ne^v York, Bos­ ton, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Mont­ real. Between the years 1873 and 1880, New York, with all its railways and its lake and canal navigation, has dropped from 60 per cent, to 51 per cent, of the whole amount of grain received at the above-named ports. Within the same period Montreal, with better canals but poorer railroads, has varied greatiy, but now drops to 7.5 per cent. On the other hand, the three remaining: ports, *utv WEBSTER. •f IN Qnat adtw t I [Richard B. lfimhall, in The Dartmouth.] Shortly after Fenimore Cooper's death there was a meeting of literary meu in the city of New York, in the Governor's room at the City Hall. Washington Irving presided. A committee was ap­ pointed to make arrangements for a suit­ able recognition of the event, and fur­ ther to raise funds for the erection of a monument to the memory pf the de­ ceased n' velibt. At our irst meeting Mr. Bryant wa-s elected to deliver the eulogy, and his ac­ ceptance was speedily obtained. After various propositions, Dr. Bufus Gris- wold, who was the leading spirit through­ out, suggested that we should, if pos­ sible, get Mr. Webster to preside on the occasion. Mr. Webster was soon to pass through New York on his way to Wash­ ington, and I availed myself'of the cir­ cumstance to see him personally on the subject. I called on him at the Astor House and stated my errand. He seemed somewhat taken back at the proposition, and asked me if I thought it would be quite appropriate. "Iam not a literary man," he said. " It seems to me you should select one for this office." "Mr. Webster," I replied, "we cer­ tainly claim you as such. You will be judged by your printed works, and printed works constitute literature." He considered a moment and then said : " I have engaged to deliver a dis­ course before your Historical Society the last week in February. If you can ar­ range your meeting about the same time I will preside at it." At the appointed hour I drove to the Astor House for Mr* Webster and brought him to the hall. On the way he repeated twice to himself: The applause of listening Senates to command. Turning suddenly to me he exclaimed: " Youngster, what is the line immediate­ ly succeeding that ? " The question came so unexpectedly that I could not answer it. We hap­ pened to be just opposite Randolph's book store. Stopping the carriage, I jumped out and procured a copy of " Gray's Elegy," came back and read the lines Mr. Webster wished for, and we proceeded on our way. An amusing incident occurred at the opening. Mr. Irving, whose duty it was as Chairman of our committee to an­ nounce Mr. Webster, came forward in his shy, frightened manner, to go through with his task, when some one seated exactly in front of him among the audience rose, and, before Mr. Irving could get out a word, shouted at the top of his voice: "Three cheers for the author of the • Sketch Book.' " Three cheers were given to Mr. Irving's utter dismay and discomfiture. He stam­ mered out Mr. Webster's name and some inarticulate words about "presiding," then, quickly retreating, he seated him­ self quite away from observation. Mr. Webster's opening remarks, the eulogy ©f Mr. Bryant, the brilliant speeches which followed, and Mr. Web­ ster's closing sentences were carefully reported in the daily journals. I observed that he used the quotations from " Grey's Elegy" while speaking, showing that his mind was occupied with the subject as we rode along. The assembly broke up at a late hour. I had engaged to bring Mr. Webster to the Century Club after we had conclud­ ed, where a handsome collation had been prepared. The club-rooms, at that time, were near by in Broadway. We found a large gathering already assem­ bled, and after a long address of wel- , 9Pme by the yewerable Chief Justice of till suddenly he discovered that the fire Jorto*? /ow;TUttf ftp -- on the square, is alwnj* aa repi and in disposition he fete few 'equal# the human race. He lias been miaou- derstood and abused, ft&d it is time thafe^#^ | his friends rallied to give him fair play. r: I How Grasshoppers Propagate. A Truckee Meadows ranchman, who \ ; has been studying the ways of the grass- • hopper for the past two years, says they ' have a touch of intelligence in them ». O that must-come from the devIL Among- ^ many thingis he tells about the hoppers^ in proof of their being endowed with; ,sf§f|| fiendish smartness, his description of* the maimer in which t he eggs of the fe-L -1" male are planted in the ground is notf the least curious. He says when the- fame for depositing the eggs arrives the hoppers select a patch of ground that is somewhat soft, yet of firm texture, s Here collect swarmts of both malea and females. The males set to work and 5 bore a hole in the grouDd to the depth of about an inch, carefully Bmodthing the sides and rounding it. Five or six of them then seize upon a female and stand her on end in this hole, waist "H deep. They then carefully tamp in fine., M dirt all about the lower part of her% body, and thus securely fasten her in|t v the ground from the waist up. When * this operation is completed it is impos- „ sible for the female hopper to release . " herself; indeed, our grasshopperologist * ' i says he has often tried to pull them out>» • d when so planted, and always found that 1 they would pull in two, leaving the ab-' ' >J dommal region (greatly distended with*- *'f! eggs) sticking fast in the ground. Once' <1 the female has rid herself of her load of?' egg* she can get ont of the ground with-J> '»J out the least difficulty. f Our ranchman philosopher says that " on withdrawing herself from the hole in ' ^ which she has deposited her eggs the ' female seals up the top of it with saliva and dirt. In a short time this dries and the clay becomes as hard as cement. On digging out one of these cells after it has had time to dry it is found to be a sort of tube closely sealed at both ends and able to withstand both moisture and cold. The male hoppers that dig the hole in which the eggs are to be deposited evi­ dently deposit in it the viscous matter that is to form the lower part of the egg • case, leaving to the female the task of closing it up as her part of the work. It is only a patch of ground here and there that seems to fill all the conditions required by the hoppers in their egg- planting business. On these they swarm, and may be seen industriously at work on almost every square inch of ground, all the males at work like bea­ vers at digging holes, boosting up and planting the egg-layers.-- Virginia (Nev.) Enterprise. Absorbed. Castle-building is generally a harmless way ot wasting time, bringing Ho cither perils than a loss of will-power and the - consequent enervation of character. Prof. Wilson, the famous " Kit North," of Scotland, dearly loved a long reverie bet'ure bed-time. One night the habit almost proved fatal to life. While edit­ ing Blackwood's Magazine he often worked till the small hours of the morn­ ing, and then, for fear of disturbing his wife, threw himself on a lounge in hut study, and slept till breakfast. A friend had persuaded him to intro­ duce gas, just then coming into use in Edinburgh, and the professor found it a ' wonderful illuminator during his long n ght toils. But one night, alter finish­ ing liis writing, he seated himself before the fire-place for a long reverie. Castle after castle was built, dream plans fol lowed each other in quick succession, back with his revolver. the cars." « A stonemason residing at Wilton, who board­ ed the train at Cameron, was shot and billed as he stood on the platform of the first coach next to the smoker. None of the passengers were molested. The robbers only attacked the engine, express and smcking-car. The spot where the robbers had their horses tied in tho woods was discovered. The men were in such haste to leave that their halters were cut, not untied, and the trail was in the direction of Clay county. The Sheriff of Da­ viess county, Mo., with 100 men, at once start­ ed on the trail. It IB the general opinion in the vicinity of the scene of the robbery the gang is the same old one headed by Jesse and Frank James. Sheriff Timberlake, of Clay county, started out with thirty men after the robbers. Tt if thought tho latter divided near Lawson, aim­ ing far Giay oounty. ' THE PRESIDENT. WASHINGTON, July 21. President Garfield passed a very comfortable day yesterday. He took a little solid food in the morning in addition to the usual quantity of liquid food, and gained considerably in strength. He continued to gain during the evening, and the a<ternoon fever has subsided. A pieoe of cotton cioth about a quarter of an inch square, with woolen fibers adhering, eame away spontaneously with the pus from the deeper p^rt of tho wound. Dr. Itevbnrn said tho discharge of this piece of c'.oth indicated that the wound is drained to the bottom ; the wound, he naif!, continued to heal nicely iuKide, and that, at the present progress, the patient would be out of danger la a few days.' The FreNident has taken to reading the daily journal*, and listens to the telegrams and let­ ters of sympathy which have accumulated since the shooting, in which he takes the deepest in- terqgt. He is well enough to laugh heartily at the cnto in the pictorial weeklies. WASHINGTON, July 28. The President continnos to progress favor­ ably. He is gradually gaining strength, and tho physicians are now all but confident of his recovery. The wound continues to discharge healthy pus. Yesterday a fragment of hone came with the pus, which indicates that tho depths of the wound are being drained. Still the President is very weak. The physi­ cians say that the food which he receives is now sufficient to add a little to his strength, and to supply the waste which is constantly going on through the wound, but it is found that ho is not jit capable of resisting any un­ usual excitement, and, for this reason, tho surgeons in charge insist upon as perfect quiet as can fce* secured. Hon. George B. Loring, Commissioner of Agri­ culture, had an interview with the President, in which the latter recalled his promise to visit the Wisconsin State Fair, and declared that he had not yet given up the trip. Although New Fork has not succeeded in holding the proportion of the sum total of grain reaching the seaboard, as compared with 1874 and 1877, yet it holds its own with Montreal. And when we consider the sources of supply, we find that during the last season of navi­ gation (1880) the receipts of grain at New York were 56,500,000 bushels by rail, 69,500,000 bushels by canal, and 4,000,000 bushels by river and co.istwise --the largest business ever done on the State waterways. The canal men take courage from these figuros, and predict a very prosperous season for 1881. With the interests of the whole people guarded against further encroachments by the land routes, and with the early completion of enlarged waterways on both American and Canadian soil, the outlook for a cheaper transportation of breadstnft's bids fair to be bright. The greater the facilities for shipping grain, the better for all lake ports east of Tole­ do and Detroit, and the less temptation will the prairie farmer have to burn his corn for fuel because its worth to him is 10 cents, while in Liverpool the expense of carrying has increased the cost to *1 .03. Competition is the life of trade, and no rail routes, present or prospec­ tive, no improved Erie, no enlarged Welland and no Mississippi route, can hope to secure a monopoly of the carry­ ing trade. In bring about this result, as we have seen, the great waterways are performing--and will perform--a most important part.--Frederick O. Mather, in Harper's Magazine. Old Story itetold. "Long John" Wentworth, ex-Mayor of Chicago, is entirely b Id, except a lit­ tle tuft of hair behind the ears, and on one occasion, when riding in the cars, he frequently took off his hat and scratched the back of his ears, when a waggish backwoodsman shouted: " Stranger, drive 'em up into the clear­ ing and you can catch 'em all in five minutes. THB money owed in the shape of for­ eign loans in default to F.npland amn^nfp to #1,050,000,000. Manners in Public Conveyances. Manx a long diy on the railroad or steamer may be brightened in memory through the goodness shown- by some transient traveling acquaintances. Boor it-hness, rudeness and I ru-queness affect uj, if our neighbors manifest them, and arouse an instinctive antagonism which is far from agreeable as an incident of consciousness. Who can not recall, among the disagreeable associations of some past summer, the family of ill-gov­ erned children who quarreled, squalled and squabbled through miles of beauti­ ful scenery which they made it difficult to enjoy ? Or the family who ate their way through a summer day, the fare lie- ing mostly peanuts, gingerbread and hard-boiled eggs, while the stickiness and mingled fragrance of the food, cling­ ing to begrimed faces and hands, were very repellant to the sensitive, who were obliged to sea and smell? The loud, argumentative talkers, who insist on taking a earful of people into their con­ fidence as they discuss }>olitics, and the chattering school girls whose efferves- eence of spirits and unchecked merri­ ment know no bounds, are alike trans- Origin of Life Insurance. The rise of life insurance may be traced to several sources. The doctrine of probabilities developed by Pascal and Huggens, as to games of chance, was applied to life contingencies by the Kreat Dutch statesman, Jan DeWitt, in 1671, but it was not till some time after that it was applied to life insurance. In 1698 there was a hint at modern life in­ surance iu a London organization, and this was followed by another association two years after. The operations of these two seem to have passed away without giving to their successors any clear na­ ture of their plan of operations. A third, the Amicable Society for a Perpetual As­ surance Office, was founded at London in 1706. It was mutual: that is, each member, without reference to age, paid a fixed admission fee, and a fixed annual payment per share on from one to three shares; at the end of the year a portion of tiie fund was divided among the heirs of the deceased members iu proportion to the shares held by each. There grew up with this the election of members, in after years, then the limitations as to age, occupation, health, and other sug­ gestions which were finally developed by other organizations upon scientific prin­ ciples. Writing for the Public. There is no work done in the world which expends vitality so fast as writing for the public. It is a work which is never done. It accompanies a man upon his walks, goes with him to the theater, gets into bed with him, and possesses him in his dreams. If he stoops to kiss the baby, before he has reached the requisite angle a point oc­ curs to him, and he hangs in mid-air, with vacant face and mind distraught. " What's the matter ?" says Mrs. Emer­ son, in the middle of the night, hearing her husband groping about the room. " Nothing, my dear, only an idea!" --James Parian, in North American Review. general introductions followed. Mr. Webster remained all the time stand­ ing near the head of the table. After some pleasant observations, he re­ marked that he porceived there were several artists in the company. "Perhaps, gentlemen, you* are not aware," he said, " that many years ago we had in this country two famous pict­ ures by Vandyke," naming them. At this announcement some of the artists exchanged glances with each othe*. as much, as to say, " He is out ot his reckoning this time." "The circumstances were these," continued Mr. Webster. " There was a wealthy Hollander who, shortly after the beginning of the present century, came to America and took up his resi­ dence about fourteen miles from Wash­ ington. He was the owner of the two pictures I have mentioned. A portion of his family remained in Holland. At his death, in dividing his property, he lefi to a daughter in New York those two paintings, or a certain number of guilders, as she should elect. Now, gentlemen," continued Mr. Webster, with an air of intense disgust, " this lady's husband was in trade, and he took the guilders, and the paintings were Jacked up and sent back to Holland. was in Congress at the time, and went with a friend to see them before they were carried away." National Beverages. France is gradually chauging its na­ tional beverage from wine to beer. In Paris alone the consumption has in­ creased 293,000 hectolitres iu sixteen years. What the effect of the change will lie is a nice question in ethnology which the savants will probably study well. The world is divided as much by its drinks as by it races or its geographi­ cal boundaries. The beer country is almost entirely German, coming to a focus at Munich, where the best brew and the best examples of purely Gothic civilization are to be found. England's ale is practically beer with as little change in the fluid as there is in the English tongue. All the Teutons drink brewed liquors; all the Latins wines all the Celts whisky, all the Sclavs vod- ski. In the far East, coffee iu Arabia and tea in China take the places of the alcoholic beverages. In fact, it is easier to distinguish a man by his tipple than by his tongue. Every change iu race foods has beeu followed by a change in race character, and France will be no exception to the rule. If beer continues to displace wine we may look forward to the growth of a steadygoing, conserva­ tive element in Gallic life which will ballast and direct its enthusiasms-- which will add to it that staying, stable power, which is the one tiling Franee needs to lead the world. Fair Play for the Hog. If our forefathers had studied the hog with any closeness, we would have been spared the sayings of: " Selfish as a hog," " hungry as a pig " and *' he eats like a regular hog," etc. To begin with, the hog is not a eelfisli creature. Two hogs will agree about as well as two men, and a hog who was taken along on a steamboat excursion would have cause to say to his porkers : " You act like men and women." The hog is not a hungry animal. Give him three square meals a day, and he is content, while most men must chew, smoke and nibble between moais and have a luncli at bedtime. 1 o "act like a hog " would be to mind one s business, go to bed early, and be satis­ fied with the situation. The hog is tot a liar, hypocrite or dead-beat. He acts Half rousing himself, but still lost in his dreams, he blew out the gas, and threw himself on his lounge. In an hour he woke, nearly suffocated, and found the study filled with a pungent odor, and an atmosphere hard to breathe. He threw up the windows, turned off the gas and rushed out of doors. The next morning the gas-pipes were torn up-- they were dangerous conveniences for one of his habits. The wlhs>llw In American Geography. The number of lakes, slides, ovens, Sites, bridges, towers, bluffs, falls, tchens, creeks, etc., that have had the word "devil" attached to them is simply immense. From the forests of Maine to the adobe villages on the Mexican border and the Dalles of the Columbia, there is hardly a locality that has not remem­ bered his Satanic majesty. The best kuown Devil's Gate, on the line of. the Union Pacific Railroad, is that a few stations east of Ogden, and in Utah. It is a wild, picturesque spot, and one worth a visit of the tourist. There are a good many Devil's Gates, and, 110 doubt, in the christening of the Sweetwater, the minera found it convenient to give the ubiquitous party a way out of that coun­ try. --Chicago Inter- Ocean. 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