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McHRNBY, wesssssssssi ILLINOIS. XECKIT NEWS IIVIE*. As A freight train on the Philadelphia Erie division of the Pennsylvania railroad was psMfnff over a bridge which span* a crook !& Cktvford oountr, Pa., the bridge, which had beta weakened by flame* from burning trees i «IMB to the woodwork? gave way. precipitating , the entire train into the ravine beneath, Tho . engineer and fireman were killed, and two tramps, who wore stealing a ride in the cars, are JJfio supposed to have perished. Tho loss ' of merchandise was very great. The will of the late Lorenzo Delmon- ioo has been probated. He loaies a fortune of #2,000,000, of which hia wife gets $400,000 and hi* hotise and stablos with all they contain, #£00,000 goes to hi* nephew, Charles C. Del- rsâ MWfc' 'M>» fi« interest on $100,000 goon to *1;^" hia brother Biro Ambrose E, Buroside, **•*, "v Uaited States Senator from Khode Island,_ ex- i'lr*- J fh^- • - ' -> £*• \ stand of spasms of the heart, at Bristol, li. I. H* was bom at Liberty, Ind.. in 1824, mid I at West Point in 1H7. He was a ; of artillery in the Mf xicau war, and . in M0 beoame treasurer of th*? Illinois Central v ' >• * Mfawl Company. He was Colon. I of the First r", * 4» v 'Bbode Island regiment at the IMtlc cf Ball . ( f* * .»• ». Ikon, served at Antietam as a Mvjor OecanJ, / i a. ^ mperaeded McClellan in command of the CV , Amy of the Potomac just before the defeat at '-/> 'j® " * IfcodericksbuiK. He served three terms Ĝovernor of Rhode i Isiand. aad waa sent to the Vi'" j Senate in 187& $ , A SOLITARY highway robber in the , White mountain* stopped % family carriage * '*w .iriraa by Frank W. Andrews, of Boston, aad iimiiwd §300 and a breastpin, but waa courte­ sans enough to return aome railroad tickets. He • &*- ttma immediately halted the Glea House stage, «L t ; «itk four peraona an the driver's seat, fired 1 tbe passengers and was ran down by the -fr-i-' x ijknini. A passenger fired a pistol, when the v""' , '+• iwNwr eaoaped to tbe woods Forest fires in »• " ' * ^Bouth and West Jereey have treated Immense ^ destruction to valuable woodlands, The fv*? ' ' ij.v " *• 'drought ia the greatest known for many years ' *• '3in the State, and haa proved highly destructive is-"-' , grain andfruit crops. lite loss ia estimated ri : . ,v \ thousands of dollar*. fu ' ,r 7^'*" Afhus which broke out in ft row of •? £ ^ . /wooden tenements at the foot of Water street, „**• ' 1 lOnngo, N. Y., spread to the docks and lumber bnraed property estimated to be $V>'i- -'-fl* '"worth #400,000 ^operty valued at #50,000 ' ' - fe '-» iM destroyed by fire in the stove fonndrr of * IBnaaey ft McLeod, at Troy, N. Y. 4- : *"« wm A Kaxbas Cm- reporter, named Knn- 3,;MBy, bad a thrilling experience with a party of W:' 'tW*' • ^mm ̂ uam entUwa. About nid- f/:l '-•* , j"-'! - sight some strange party representing himself ' I/-. , aaewapaper man eaae te Nonuelly and -.Xt *S| -v;^stated that he had. a atartMwg pioa»«f nswa, hi- ' '•*' ; scald be obtained ia a very abort tim« if •i- i. i," ' fce would follow him. He did aa he was irtdden. rv„ $<i . 9n the way to a pmut al>oui ;> soil* ••oik of Kan- £ a / * ""'iaaa (Sty the aaknown man aaked Nnnaelly ^ fwbtt he knew regarding the Jamea koye. and .. *1 '-r ,/Wte told V hiai that he waa aeqa«iiited f^"W •"* - vmWMi them, and hid served od Pmk- •' ' wh ' carton's detective force in pursuit ef them ea [" ^ ^ amnl oeeaaiona. Suddenly the Uurrogator f, ' <r ' -v' iaterrnpted by informing NnnneUy that he waa i^ 1' -."^Jeaae Jamea. and that he proposed to W! him. i*""" ^ At this time five men roee myaurten/Jy from h*~ *:**• ^ >>d< of the road and covered th« victim ,. ,, with revolron:, compiling him to throw op hia 5 >{*-,, '̂ '"'liandB. The g&ng started to take Normally w along with th« m, but he broke aw«v acd ran S* " ' > ,'Au ais life through the dense undorbmeh. and JT ,asade his escape. The gang followed and fired number of phots ml the fieei&g jouru&list^ 01 which took 'Bffect' t i rV' When the steamerGten. 8hermanar- gr *sJ . - , riv»d at Standing Eock to transfer Sitting Bull's £ c *'--<• jMrty to Fort Itandall, the noted Sioux declared 'IV'" -" '̂T','̂ J^aawuld never go on board alive. He was ^ *v - •iprwBptlr overpowered by the KoMitrtj boxmd W * 1 .y'tjliaad and foot, and carried up the g&ng»plank. " ? : ̂ V - 3Tbe other Iudiaun bad diaplayed some insu- ; jy.A ^ bordination, but quielly followed when their been subdued Tliwrw *.» a strong , i Mstiment in AriEona in favor of the expnt ;; } ,. aion ef tho savasea from the Territory... .The •Hfsf Ulo IndM^na ape said to bepreparu* : Bebnabd Behk, a German resident of f 4 , wi .gt, Louis, whose fondness for whisky made \ h r<s -ji. him poor, dressed hrnuelf in his best clothea, " 'V, -i|- i-' -..bade hte wife good-by, went into the garret of • s-*"./ Jds house, put oue foot in a backet of water, *jf % , v#*-4' i«ut hiaseli in the calf of the leg, and sat there U •' V#* ' |mai he Wed to death. • /'V; - Thb gotxi work of raising aid fcer tha Tfi'{ by the great fine in MMifgan, aril of ^ , '-:|f4l«tributiiig anppiieg throughout the burnt die- • *" •MA if going forward vigoroualv and systematt- '.&r - •, «ally The snbacriptions in Detroit foot ap ®c. ! :>•'/ ®wr #16,000; Bay City hu raiaad ta.500 ; East X - . A«a^i»w, #3,00f(; Saginaw City, #1,600; Ponti- S „ ^7 jaa, #1,500 ; Jackson, over (tt.Oflt, ltome, • ' . #8,000; Adrian, 93,000 ; Grand Haven, over t&i" , . #1,000. Other Michigan towns and cities have . * i' i-? ."eouttibuled i" proportion, &ad farther sub- | ̂ aeriptions are coming coimantly. A poktion of the property stolen from ir '4 i'jt .the paseenger* oa the Chicago and Altos road. V. i'V'» •ioaar Qlenda'e, Mo., has been recovered. It waa If " i found in a cave gome miles from the scene of % n ,vthe robbery.^---The Chicago Tribune reports that 4& . the railroad managers " feel quite confident I,' ,, • tnat all thoee who participated in the rob- t ' t hery will be bagged this time, and that V » * U '1 ^eriCefortl1 train-robberies will be of much -V t ,» leee frequent occurrence in that unsavoey |s . , locality. The best sign about the matter ia, say, that the more renpecttble people in •% < /£' '?^:r'that section are getting aron»ed, and Btcm to make an end to tbe depredationa 1* ; V* finish the depredators. They are also full %if- • of praise about tho work done by Gov. Crit- ' f V% teudeu since the rcbU.ry occurred. The Gov- himself has gone to the scene of the *°bbcry, and is spurring on the officers of the •tf s\i " "" to do their whole dutv, and to see that £*• .v '*,**, , ,,'aoue of the bandits escape. Three hundred *.*' • 'a •} ; ®ta:.dB of arms and 15,000 caiiridges have been ^ , \ ,, shipped to Tucson. Arizona, from Fort Union. * i>- • *rbe buameaa portion of the town of > Beaver, U. T,, sxoeot a oo-operative •tore, ¥*{,' > burned. fii- ^ •: Fbof. Krao and Beren oompanions a»- : esnded from St. Paul in a balloon on tbe 12th inst., intending to make an air voyage to tha Atlantic coaet. The balloon was weighted with v. • 800 pounds of provisions and instruments and 4 two tons of ballast. They crossed the Missis- - •» ' * altitude of 4,200 feet, enjoying a glorious sunset, and obtaining a magnificent '*•* ,irle* of St Paul and Minoeapolis. Soon after- f ./t- ̂***d tiie wind died out, and they deeoended 1 -i ' f «ix miles from the starting point. , \ ^Das ̂ °Uowing appeal for aid in behalf ' °* Q>* sufferers by the late forest fire* haa been f'iaarttsd by the Ottiaeua* Belief nn^mttw of ** T . Detroit: • Ah Amu rat Tsa Dwrtutb--IV> At JVa> pie of the United, States: The counties of Huron | and Sanilac, and parts of the counties of Tua- n pola and lApeer, & Michigan, have been visited by dreadful oalamitiefl. Foreet-flres driven by high winds swept over more than 1,600 square •: miles of this region. In & portion of it the de­ struction ins only partiaL_ In tbe greater part , A<-1 TE^re Mii Of it the ruinisoompleU. More than 200 people were burned to death in the flames or suffocated in the smoke. Many others who escaped were severely burned, and yet survive in great suffer* ing. More than 15,000 people, were made shel­ terless. The greater part of these lost all they possessed. Their houses, barns, fences, crop, agricultural implements, furniture and cloth- l". ,w^f eiJ^relT consumed, and they are abso- lutely destitute and dependent on the generos­ ity of the humane for the necessaries of life. Immediately that the magnitude of the disaster was known, the Mayor or Detroit, by proclama­ tion, called a meeting of citizens to aid the sufferers. At this meeting all the prominent commerciai Kn&nuf&cttinnfi: ftnd b&nkinn houses of the city were represouted. They ftp- »» o.¥S^. ^ Wh« of Trad® ' Mlurtin Butzel, R w' Ki ® ^ of »• & B. McMillan; SniiSJTi ^1-• I M- w* mn« k Bon- Jttto naedleesto say that these gentlemen axe among ^Sor* ,nc- enterprising citizens of peuncnt. This committee unmediatelv otva.n. SSliS.'SRS'T? "^wn5S2i.TSi: foe burnt district as agents for the distribution of relief. The citizens of De- tNit immediately contributed to this committee a large stun of money, and the work ofwZ •onWbutions goes Steadily on. Detroit ana JCctdganwiU r̂e liberally, bnt the wanU of absNtllif ft IiiiIIiMmT nerrmstlr hrrttod to snart thsiF eowhcfti^fidM^ w&siKjfQt M^pplisi^ wMBptty, greeted to tbe Son. WUiam e. nimpsoii,CluUnnaaoftheoa«Haittoe,I)etnrft, Midi. All contributions will be acknowledged in the Detroit daily paper*. (Signed by the committee.) The Northern Pacific road has 868 miles of truck in operation, mm! report)* a bal­ ance in the tre«niirj' of #969,139. The capital stock ia now f 91,312.588. To complete the line between Lake Superior and the Pacitk) coast 816 n alofi of track are required At the Kan­ sas City, (Mo.) fair-grounds a fire broke out, which created a panic, in which several penons were injured ana a large amount of property destroyed....The twelfth annual meeting of the Northwestern Association of Underwrites was held in Chicago lsst week, under the Pres­ idency of Mr. Jasper M. Dresser, of Lafayette, Ind. Tub twenty-mile equestrian race at Chicago Jockey dub track, between Miss Gook, of California, and Miss Jewett, of Minnesota, was won by (he former in 45 minutes and IS seconds. Miss Jewett's horse, while on the last mile, jumped the fence and threw her violently. Her injuries were not serious. Thk Governor of Michigan has iaaaed the following: To the poopto af the United States: Portions of foer oountiss of ttds State, tjrtagpiia- idpally between Baglnaw bej aa£ Late Hnron, have bean devastated by forest Area. A drought aoaost unprecedented in this asetioa ot oomntry bad pre­ pared the w«y for the calamity, and booses, bonis, fences, crope, cattle, agricultural Implements, home- hold furniturev clothing sad human life have bees destroyed by its ravages. In aom« townships tha destruction is complete, and only a plctaie ef ruin is left, It ia known that more than SOt lives have been lost by burning aad suffocation. Many Individuals have become helpless through Injuries and exposure, and aome ace blind. Tm number of men, women and children left without shelter ia estimated at 15,000. The benevolenoe of the dtiaens of the State responded promptly to the trst necessities of Shows afflicted people, but ample tm« haa now (damped, and sufficient details have been reoeived to make it evident that a wider appeal la seeded. The destitution prevailing in the suffering oountiea ia appalling. Entire neighborhoods are in­ volved In the common calamity, and cannot help each ether. The sufferers have no provisions except snob as are brought from a distance, and no utensils to cook with. The necessaries of life, both large aad small, have been destroyed. They need shelter, clothing, cooking atoves, kitchen utensiie, beds and bedding, wagons, harness, plows, hoe«, tools of all kinds, ®eed for future crops, and whatever helps to mske men self-supporting. They have a good sell, are near to markets, and before this dread­ ful disaster befell them were a thrifty, prosper­ ous people. Timely help will enable them to go through tbe hardships of this coming winter and to become again an independent community. At present they are penniless, needy, sick and suffer­ ing, and many of them in debt, i appeal under cir­ cumstances like these to the people of other States and ask them to co-operate in the?r abundance with dtiaens of Michigan in relieving this destitution. Nothing will be wanting here in duty to the afflicted sufferers, bnt the demands are too great for the peo­ ple of the State to meet alone. An organization for tbe relief of the sufferers by these fires exists at Detroit, tne commercial metrop­ olis of the State, and systematic plans of reiief have been established. The committee having them in charge is composed cf well-known, competent and responsible citizens. Honey and supplies sent te its Chairman, the Hon. Wm, G. Thompson, Mayor of Detroit, will be faithfully applied. David H, Jjbromk, Governor. Amis which broke out in Hunt, HoUsinger ft Co.'s picture-frame factory, in Cincinnati, injured the property of the Cincin­ nati Coffin Company #30,000, and Hunt, Hoitz- inger ft Co.'s property #80,000. Six dwellings were injured by the falling of the walls of the burned structure... .A forest fire in Marin county, CaL, ravaged 25,000 acres, of which one-third is grass-land. William Pixley, who started the flames, died while r"llV'"|; an efiort to suppress them. Prof. XiNG was compelled to aban­ don hia interrupted balloon voyage to tho At­ lantic coast. Unfavorable winds kept tho air­ ship anchored for days in a cow-pasture six miles frem St. Paul. Then & storm sprang up, accompanied with a cold rain, and thrashed tbe gas beg about until the ropes and frame were badly strained and nearly all the gas escaped. Then Prof. King gave it up, ripped the beiloon, and iet out the rest of the gas. rue swtj'rn. A sBRioiTs disturbance on the levee at Hew Orleans arffpnaM in epithets bestowed upon the ^rivWfs of ettton-floatfl. A police sergeant was beaten with clubs, and fired on the crowd, killing a negro named Hawkins. Bullets flew thick around the officers, and the entire force wae called to the scene by the fire- alarm. Women shot at policemen from the windows, and th.s newlv-engaged laborers were forced to quit work. The militia were ordered out Just as the rioting ceased. Several cotton bales were set on fire. A MOB numbering nearly a hundred men rode into Dardanelle, Ark., and, surround­ ing the jail where two murderers (Taylor and Bruce) were confined, overpowered the guards, secured the keys of the prison, and, taking the prisoners named from the iron cage, put ropes about their necks and dragged them into the streets. The Wretched prisoners were dragged through the streets by their captors, and to a patch of adjacent timber, where the ropes were flung across the limb of a tree, and they were left dangling in the air A murderer named Ramsey was taken from th£ Owingsville (Ky.) jail and put to death by an armed mob... .William Ma­ son, a fanner living near Cotton Plant, Wood­ ruff county, Ark., while returning home got in­ to an altercation with three men who were working on the road. It appears the latter or­ dered him to turn aside, ana, when he refused, overturned his wagon. Mason then drew a re­ volver and killed two of tha men and.badly wounded the other. New Orleans telegrams, of the 14th/ represent the labor troubles as f--^ming a serious shape. James Wilson, the driver of a cotton-wagon, was stoned by a mob and re­ taliated by shooting John Linsky. At the Natchez piers twenty men armed themselves and went to work. Rioters boarded the ship Call ego and fired at screwmen in the hold. Acting Governor McEnery, at the request of the Mayor, put the city under martial law, placing Gen. Benham in command, and ordered aU military organizations to be ready for sen-ice. llie British Consul demanded protection for three vessels lying at the levee, and the Spanish Consul sent to the Minister at Washington an account of an outrsge on a Spanish steamer. A tbbbiblk tragedy is reported from Booneviile, Logan county, Ark. Two planters, Bobertand William Hambey, brothers, while riding home from town, through a lonely, se­ cluded strip of country, were tired on by assas­ sins concealed in the bushes on either side of the road, Robert dropped from his horse and died instantly, two bullets having pierced his heart William was fatally wounded.... The labor riots in New Orleans were brought to wi end by the cotton factors conceding tho wages demanded of the employee Lela:.d Lcatherman, Mayor of Arkansas City, Ark., and James Mucker, a lawyer of the same place, fought a duel at Texene, Miss. Bucker was fatally and Leatherman slightly wounded. Mrs. Susan May Bonaparte, widow of the late Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte, has just died at Baltimore. Her two sons, CoL Jerome N. Bonaparte and C. J. Bonaparte^ were with her when she breathed bar last She was 68 years of age. roLrnou. Ths Massachusetts Democratic Con­ vention will be held at Worcester Oct 5... .In a cpscial election in the Second Maine district for a representative to Congress te fill the va­ cancy caused by the resignation of Senator Frye, ex-Gov. Dingley (Republican) waa elected by a majority of abotjt 4,600. The coming political contest in Penn­ sylvania for Stat® Treasurer is likely to be a three-cornered one. The Republican Stat* Convention nominated Gen. 8, M. Bailey,, a strong Cameron man. State Representative Wolfe, who is bitterly opposed to the Camer­ on*, has announced himself as an independent Republican candidate for the office. WAIH1NOTOS, Ths mail for Ghiiteau, the ----ni--- which, however, he never sees--contains soma curious messages. The following, written on a postal card, was sent from Baltimore: Yea, do come to out little fan on Oct 10, 11 aad 127 Your pawage will be paid, but w» cannot guar- sntee you a ticket" home." Ve amure you quite a " time." Shomd your " guardian" consent to your eoming a private oonveyaaee will meet you at the depot, thence you will be draws through the city, and never before in your life will you have expert. - - - - - A |ajMl a>M ' niia Mataki had a jm af iMatoit W:«Mha a nilows with <a lM^phqfcaal- M :lNrfc t Ml will pay aaystaa y*»o wig a<t 0aftei»,so»roMS to eat with in. Iwfflcatfatlft thousand bite." Guiteauis rcpftMafeA behfad the bars,calling: "Let me out andlfeontSbootthe President sgain."-- Tho wretch had a narrow eeoape from death a few---- mornings sine* As the guard at the jaQ b^ng reheved. Sergeant Mason fired at the assassin, the bullet coming within a few inches of his head. It is believed that Ma^on was suf­ fering from the effects of strong medicine taken for chills. Skbot. Mason's attempt to shoot Ouiteau is not viewed with a very alarming amount of abhorrence or even indignation. Assistant Adjutant General Ruggles is cred­ ited with saying that Mason will be turned over to the oivil authorities of the District of Columbia. He will perhaps be tried on a charge of shooting with intent to kill. A convic­ tion on tha charge is highly improbable. If tried by court-martial Mason may be subject to some punishment for violation of mintary discipline. This probably will be the extent of his punishment. But it maybe that he will not be punished in any way. It would not be difficult to convince a jury--to convince a court-martial even--that Mason was not in his right mind when he shot at Guiteau. In some of the departments aft Wash­ ington subscriptions are being raised to procure counsel for the defense of Sergeant Mason, Some of the postoffice clerks have gone to the extent of signing a petition asking for Mason's promotion in the army m *, recognition of his oaring, and of the fact that he seems to abhor the employment of American wldiers in guard­ ing an ssssswin. It is stated in a Washington dispatch that " Secretary Kirk wood is minded to break tip the system of absenteeism inaugurated by Eastarn Governors of Western Territories. Two flagrant cases have forced themselves upon his attention. Fremont; of Arizona, , and Ordway, of Dskots, havo been absent from their respective capitals, furthering their interests at the East, for many weeks. | Fremont has just returned to Arizona in obedi­ ence to sharply imperative orders. Like orders will bo issued in like cases in the future, and something will probably be done to prevent the appointment of Eastern politicians to Territorial positions which they unlawfully oonvsit into sinecures. Thh fanners in the vicinity of London, Ontario, are complaining of the drought, which, in length of continuance and severity, has never been equaled within the memory of the oldest inhabitant The pastures mm ruined, and cattle, instead of fattening m they usually do at this mason, are failing. In not a few caaee the winter stock of fodder is drawn, upon to keep the animals alive. The ground is baked so hard that the fall work is very much hindered. Cattle are dying in me places for want of water. Great damage has been done by ires in tbe neighborhood of Owen Bound, Parry Sound, GTavelhurst, Otterville Stratford, Eden Mills, Burton and Zurich. A million dollars worth of timber was burned in the Parry Bound district.... The steamer Proteus has arrived at St. John's, N. B., from Lady Franklin bay, bringing with her members of the Jeannette search expedi­ tion who are considered unfit to endure the hardships of a rigid winter. The Proteus re­ ports much ice in Lady Franklin bay. No traces of the missing Jeannette have been dis­ covered ... The Internal Revenue Bureau has discovered that private banks in New York, Philadelphia, Boston and Chicago owe the Government #1,250,000 in taxes. GotJXjt> has squeezed a quarterly divi­ dend of 1% per oent oat of the Western Union Telegraph consolidation, and reports a further surplus of #450,153, Ovkb 861,000,000 of the $91,000,000 of the stock of the- Northern Pacific Railroad Company was represented at the annual meet­ ing in New Yorfi. Henry Villard was elected President, Thomas F. Oakes Vice President, Anthony J. Thomas Second Vice President, 8. J. Wilkinson Secretary and Robert L. Belknap Treasurer. The company has now 1,065 raslea of road in operation, exclusive of sideinga Ths purpose of the company, as officially stated, ig at once to put under contract the grading ot the entire 816 qaiies of tjnqompleted line formr ing the gap between tha eastern 4&cF #e§tai» portions of the road. The value of the exports of bread- stuffs, in round numbers, is #25,500,000 for ths month of August of this year, and #31,700,00c for Aiumst of last year, showing a falling off of ever VOIMEICUt. A caboo of 800 tons of human bonea arrived in Bristol (England) harbor, consigned to a firm of English manufacturers of manure. The bones are supposed to be those of the de­ fenders of Plevna, and were Bhipped at Con­ stantinople. In the cargo there were whole limbs, and hair still clung to parts of skulls.... The Sultan has at last decided to let Egyptian affaire severely alone, having his hands full with his North African Suzerainties, Tha Khedive has a new Cabinet nt Cairo, and will try and settle internal affairs without the unit­ ed interference of the English and French.... The American horse Iroquois, the winner of the Euglish Derby last spring, has added to his victories on the English turf by winning the St. Leger stekee Southern Rus­ sia is being ravHged by diphtheria. In one province. Pultava, of 45,543 cases 18,705 proved fatal. Children nro the principal suffer­ ers. .. .The King of Dahomey has destroyed the towns of Iguano and Okefo, and took some thousands of captives to his capital for sacrifice. Ths Methodist Ecumenical Confer­ ence at Loudon recommended international arbitration as a moans of settling disputes be- ween nations, and condemned any resort to war. The question of the press in relation to the church was discussed. Delegate Marshall, of Vicksburg, Miss., recommended the estab­ lishment of a weli-ehdowed Methodist paper which would do for the church what the great universities had done. Bishop McTyere, of Tennessee, said the religious papers were too narrow-minded. The majority, however, itemed to favor taligions newspapers. Cotton, Corn and Tobaeeo. Dmui^IKT OF Aobiccltdbi.) Washinoton, D. C., Sept. 15. f The cotton reports of Sept 1 show t •ery heavy decline in the condition since the last report, owing to the protracted drought which provailod in all sections of the cotton belt The condition as reported is 72, a de­ crease of 16 per cent during August, and, as compared with the returns of the same date last year, 19 per cent less. Tbe number of counties and the Stato averages axe as fol­ lows : North Carolina, two counties, average 72. South Carolina, twenty-two counties, aver­ age 68. (foorgia, fifty-five counties, average 71. rlorida, fourteen ©onntiee, average 87. Alabama, thirty-three counties, average 80. ^Mississippi, thirty-aej^n counties, average Louisiana, fifteen counties, average 78. Texas, sixty oounties, average 66. Arkansas, thirty-one counties, average M. Tennessee, twenty-one counties, average 62. • Tho general average condition of corn Sept. 1 was 60, being 17 per cent lower tnan the mofc'?;. previous, and 81 per cent lower than last year at the same date. From Missouri and Kansas come serious complaints of ravages by tho chinch bug, which were added to by the prevailing drought The injury to the corn prospect is shown by State averages, which are 68, 42 and 65 respectively. Tobacco returns give a very serious decline in the prospect for the crop, being some 20 per cent less than a month since. With the excep­ tion of the Btates north of the Delaware rm r, and Wisconsin in tho West, the universal com­ plaint is drought Kentucky and Illinois each report but litUe over half a crop, while Ten­ nessee and Missouri report leas than two- thirds. The average for the whole country is only 65, against 85 last month, and 84 for th# same date last year. The jsubo of the low condition, existing fa almost every section of the county w drought. New England haw been less affected by it than any other section east of the Mississippi, and reports an average of 90. In Wisconsin, Min­ nesota and most Territories it has been more seasonable weather, and the condition of the crons in correspondingly better; but in all other sections the reports show the effects of an un­ usually dry season. This farmer that *' run rapidly through his property" wore a red shirt and had hia brindle bull behind him. . ' ifO MB- t^nty-fSSFh^dttra, the losses considerable quantities in Jllbraska and in portions of Minnesota on Sept 16. ,JS3todge, Iowa, two inches of bere was also a slight fait of snow f Michigan, on the same day. E and horrible accident re- cently oftedfied in Fulton county, Ark. Dr. J. S. Untfjfcihaaii, one of the most influential men in the eoitfijr, derided to dh an out a forty-foot well oil hil|)remi«( o, and descended into it for U^jplirpose, leaving a neighbor named James notjii at the windlass above. When less thaa fiaif-way down the doctor was ovcr- oome Igftwl air. He called twice for assist- woe woa n hen became unconscious. Doney stopped, the windlass and prepared to go to Hutchinson's assistance. In his haste toaeaScaoThe missed his footing, slipped and fell, hteekfiij. his neck. Hntchinson's wife hastened to the scene and her frantic cries brought * panter named James Beavers to the spot. Se|i »mpt!v took hold of tho rope and started down. Before reaching the bottom the fold alfbqsrcamo him, and lie fell upon the two ttatima who bad gone before him. Mrs. HutahfcMOa, crazed with grief, continued to fill the air With shrieks and sobs, and soon qui to a number of persons were attracted to the spot and tha bodies of Donov, Hutchinson and Beavers taken from the well Jane Campbell, a nmroni, murdered two children at Dyke's Mills, 14k, by beating out their brains with a pineja* A mob of incensed citizens tied the murderess to a stake and roasted her alive. A XiAbok iron btfoy was picked up some time ago on the west coast of VanoouTer island. Beoentlyit was Identified as & Russian buoy from Am-month of the Amoor river, on tbe Asiatio eoast and must have been brought by a eaxnmt to the place where it wss found. The at n scoepted as a proof of Wilkes' theory of the sOMBnoeof what is known as the Jspan- " Which sweeps by the coast of^apan. . and on nesting the. southward. turns ooast Thb New York Prohibition Conven­ tion, convened at Utica, adopted a platform, including n resolution of sympathy with Gar­ field, and nominated the following ticket; Sec­ retary of State, Stephen Merritt, New York; CoSBptroller, Jefferson Bissell; Treasurer, .Fred Gates; Attorney General, George Brooks; State Engineer and Surveyor, John J. Hooker; Judge of the Court of Appeals, Walter Farrmgton. The Prussian wheat crop is fully 20 per cent, below an average, the rye crop from 26 to 80 per oent below, and all other cereal crops ate from 10 to 15 per oent below. The hay crop will not be one-half an average crop. It ia believed in London that France has proposed and England accepted a joint mili­ tary commission to reorganize the Egyptian army. Thb National Board of Health in their last bulletin make the following report of deaths in every 1,000 inhabitants: nr FOBKION CIT1KS. London 38.4 Warsaw Liverpool... M.5 Malaga Paris.... a 39.7 Dundee Amsterdam 38.0 Belfast Berlin. 44.5 Dublin Franlffort 24.6 Leipsio 80.8 Copenhagen 18.2 Matamoraa... St. Petersburg 68 5 Acapuloo AMBBICAK CITIES. New YarJc 29.6 EvansviUe ,...48.# ....586 ....23.8 ....18.5 21.5 Brooklyn. ..27.5 Philadelphia. M.fi Boston SO, Pittsburgh 9$, Mew Orleans 26 Galveston 30.3 Baton Bodge 63.0 Jacksonville A8.0 Atlanta 19.5 Richmond, Ya IV." Chicago ST.8 Santa Crus...........37.0 Bio Janeiro..........28.0 >.......39.0 74.0 23.2 ..16.0 8.8 17. i .-.,29.8 6.7 .......26,2 ........83,9 25.2 ....... 82. T 10.8 .37.6 24.5 8.2 .18.6 17.1 &« Peoria Aurora Jacksonville. Elgin Moline Hock Island.. tLalfo Quinoy Milwaukee..., Beloit SL X'aul Minneapolis.. Saginaw. Flint Port Huron.. Keokuk.. 3 ...35.fi ...87.5 . .16 6 ...30.6 34.5]I)avenport...,. 19.1 68.3 Omaha 26.6 Lawrence ,.80.7 Salt Lake City........67.8 Bun Francisco........16.4 Cincinnati. St. Louis. Cleveland Indianapolis... Richmond, Ind. Louisville Little Rock..... Nashville.... 8G.i> Memphis. 78.1 Dayton. 13 4 Portsmouth 13.1 Ex-Mixistbb Chbistianoy, since his return to Washington, has been talking about his wife in a way which refloats no credit on Mr. V and which was not intended to re- a Mrs. ChriBtianoy. He has to­ rn • perjurer. efc» Thiar having eome to 'the cars of the lady's brother, Dr. Lugenheel, that gentleman called on Mr. Chr.stiancy. but Mr. ChriBtianoy refused to see him. Lugenbeel then * wrote to Christiancy. telling him that unless he (Chnstiancv) " preferred to confine himself to Assaults upon womon, to waifarc in piint, and to similar methcls involving no physical danger." Dr. Lugoijbeel would be glad to meet him in Virjrir.ia at any place within twenty miles from Washington, etc. The ex- Mimsier declined the invitation because he did not wish "to achieve notoriety by assassination" eto. Mr. Christ, iancy wound up his opist'e by sayiug that he would souk such protectiou as the laws of h's country afforded. This was in reference to &q unmistakable threat at the end of Lu- genbsel's epistle. Cbrstiancy aot> i on his threat, and swore out a warrant for the arrest of Lugotibeel. It is evident that we have not heard all of the Christiancy nastinesa y$t BapoRTS to the Department of Agri­ culture show that the general average condi­ tion cf the potato crop 8apt. 1 was 70, a decline of 22 per cent since Aug. 1. Tne conditiou in September, 1880, was 90 Thieves broke into the room of Senator Christiancy, in the Nr.iionsl Hotel at Washington, and stole there­ from $6,tK'0 worth of jewelry and diainonds which had been placed with him for safe keep* ing when United States Minister to Peru. How Prices Are Fixed. There is a discussion among some Iowa papers whether or not Liverpool fixes the price of American grain. Cer­ tainly Liverpool fixes the price of what American grain it buys. So does Glas­ gow. There may be no relation at all between tho.price of wheat in Chicago and New York and the price at Liver­ pool. Then, again, the market may be such that there will be a great intimacy between the price of wheat in the Amer­ ican and English market. Liverpool fixes the price of American, wheat in this general sense that the price of com­ modities between all countries that have an interchangeable trade tend to an equilibrium. And, as Liverpool is tlio great market exchange of Christendom, the equilibrium in prices finds its usual mercantile expression there. But the price is made not by Liverpool, but by the whole area of supply and demand. If Liverpool miscalculates and fixes a wrong price for itself, New York and Chicago would not be governed by it, but would fix what would seem to them a right price. That will control price as to all that go to New Y^rk or Chicago market. And it may bo above or bdow the Liverpool price. But it is true that sooner or later, although Now York and Chicago may fix the price of grain above or below the Liverpool price, the price in all three places will gravitate to a uniformity. Not, we repeat, because Liverpool makes tho price for New York and Chicago, but because it indicates that equilibrium between supply and demand whieh Uses price in Liverpool, New York, Chicago and everywhere.-- Keokuk gate City. « A Peeallar 8lgn*tnr«b. Many people make a custom of sign­ ing their names illegibly, being under the impression that a peculiar signature cannot be counterfeited, and ignorant of the unquestionable fact that elaborate signatures can be imitated quite as read­ ily as others, and, in fact, rather more readily. If there is some obvions pecul­ iarity about tho- signature the forger has merely to catch the trick of that pectil- iarity, and, if successful in this, his work is done. In answer to this the au­ thor of the peculiar signature will tell you, very likely, that he is aiwavs care­ ful to bring the flourish with which he ends back toward the left, so as to end exactly under the initial letter of the first name, or exactly a quarter of an pfaatioed doet noi, in real truth ia thal man is so constituted that a great number of sag^mttrwrit- ten pu hand and naturally by the same person will not all be exactly alike if they are genuine. > jPRBSIPEUfT gABHEUK , ,... itOB» BftAHCK. Sept 13. The condition of tbe President is much leu favorable. During yesterday, and the day before a marked rise in tern, peraturo aad pulse and . aa increase in respiration were observed, the palse reach­ ing at times as high as 130, the temperature 100.6, and the respiration 20. the latter being the most frequent that has been registered for many weeks. The occurrence of these grave symptoms in the face ef the fact that the atmospheric temperature and general oonditions have been m favorable as could be desired haa given liso once more to serious apprehensions. The right bronchial tube is congested, and it is feared that an ab­ scess is formed in the lungs. The secre­ tions pass awsy involuntarily. Ths' bul­ let wound is granulating and dis­ charges freely, sod the bed-sores are healing. The weather at Long Branch makes heavy clothing necessary to comfort The sur­ geons attribute the febrile rise each even­ ing to a malarious affection. Col. Rockwell admits that the President has for some days been troubled with temporary bewilderment, at which times he said nothing to his attendants. Dr. Agnew hopes the accumulation In the iungs may be thrown off, but should am abscess bS manifest it would be necessary to cut for it Love Bbaho* Sept 111. 3%e eeodition of the President during the past t*ronty-fonr hours has been much more favorable than on the tw© preceding days. At the evening dressing his puke had fallen to 100 and the temperature to 98.6. So favorable was the report of the physicians, Drs. Bliss and Agnew, that the Cabinet officers, with the ex­ ception of Becretary Kirkwood and At­ torney General MacVeagh, left for the White mountains for a few days' much-needed recreation. The parotid gland hits practically healed, and he has less trouble with excretions from the lungs. I)r. Bliss stated quite positively last night that there was no danger of the formation of a pus cavity in the lungs. Dr. Bliss says hs is satisfied that the bullet by which the President waa wounded has become encysted, and that the passage made by the ball m closed and healed for about three and a half inches from the location of the ball and within nine inches of the surface. Postmaster General James was admitted to the sick-chamber, and stated that he was struck with the extreme emaciation of the President, although the conversation showed great strength and clearness of mind. . Cova Bbakch, Sept 14. lite President made a doeided gain yester­ day. Tho day was fine and the air was purs nnd bracing, and tended to the patient's prog­ ress toward recovery. Tho reports of the sur­ geons were of a v» ry roassw i character, and everybody ahont the Franckiyn cottage, physi­ cians and attendants, soem.-d'to be happy. The patient wan placed in a reclining chair where he might have a good view of ths ocean. He remained there half an hour, and seemed to enjoy it very much. - The parotid trouble has practically dis- ap;>eared, the wound is looking healthy, and the ,} hysicians are now agreed that the bn let has income encysted. The only unTavoreble symptom t-eems to be tho frequency of respira­ tion. winch is taken by some as indicating that the condition of tho imigs is not as good as couM be wished. The President himself is not quite satisfied as to tbe condition of his lungs, snd remarked to one of his attendants yester­ day that ho had a long siege before him. Loko Bbanoh, Sept 15. There was no very decided improvement in the President's condition yesterday; in fact, it is probably more correct to say that he merely held his own. He was removed to s reclining chair, where lie rested about an hour and a half. During a portion of this time he slept He had more refreshing sleep than usual, par­ took of rather more food than on th® previous day, seemed to be more cheerful, and certainly looked better; yet tne temperature and pulse at the evening dressing was by no means reassur* ing, and the respiration rose te«L Tbs»hysi- cians, notwithstanding, maintain that ths pa­ tient's symptoms are favorable. Dr. Buss alleges that the pus cavities in the back are mere skin eruptions, and he manages to explain away any other unfavorable symptoms that may appear. CoL Bock well thinks that by the close of the season at Long Branch the President will be able to go to his home at Mentor. Dr. Boyn- ton takes a mors gloomy view ; he believes the patient i« suffering from pytemia, though of a mild character ; that an abscess has formed in the right lung, and that other abscesses are liable to be formed in other vital organs. Loko Buakch, Sept 16. Hie President again spent some time in his reclining chair yesterday. He called for porter­ house steak, and three teaspoonfuls were given him in a minccd state. Tho temperature of the patient avi raged 98 at the lowest to 99.2 at the maximum, with corresponding respira­ tion from 20 to 22. The physicians, in yes­ terday's bulletin, admitted that their pa­ tient is suffering from blood poisoning, and has been suffering therefrom for several weeks. They announce, however, that in spite of various "septic accidents" the patient nas made some progress toward convalescence since his transfer to Lone; Branch. Dr. Hamilton thinks five weeks will be required to overcome the effects of poisonous blood. Long Bbanch, Sept 17. At the close of the eleventh week the condi­ tion of the President causes the deepest anxi­ ety. The pnlse during tho past twenty-four hours l as fluctuated between 104 and 125. Tho discharge from the wound is less abundant and not quito so healthy in appearance. Small bed-sores havo again made their, ap­ pearance, and tliero is continued suppu­ ration of the parotid gland. Dr. Bovnton says the President has grown apprehensively weak from blood-poisoning, and that a very gradual hut sure descent ia noticeable. Dr. Bliss admitted that the patient's condition last night was more hazardous than at any time since he has arrived at Long Branch. Col. ftwaim admits that the patient's mind wanders, but only for brief periods. The bulletin sent to Minister Lowell states that the different symptoms are almost all slightly aggravated, and that there is a sensible increase of anxiety. The members of the Cabinet were last night notified by tele­ graph by Attorney General MacVeagh of the President's serious condition. The Camel and the Needle's Eye. The passage from the New Testament, " It is easier for a camel," etc., has per-, plexed many good men, who have read it literally. In Oriental cities there are in the large gates small and very low apertures, called metaphorically ""uoad- Vth' eyes," juss hs we talk of windows on shipboard aa " bull'ii eves." These en­ trances are too narrow for a camel to pass through them in tho ordinary man­ ner, or even if loaded. When a loaded camel has to pass through one of these entrances, it kneels down, its load is re­ moved and then it bhuiHes through on its ' kueea. "Yesterday," writes Lady Duff Gordon from Cairo, " I saw a camel go through the eye of a needle, that is, the low arched door of an inclosure. He must kneel, and bow his head, to creep through; and thus the rich man must humble hinnwlf." A Men onite Scene. The Mennonites intend keeping to themselves, and have no intention of marrying or giving in marriage with the children of the land. At first some of the girls went out to service, but one having got married the order went forth that ail the others were to return home at once, which was done. As a race they are thrifty and industrious, but their neighbors say that the women do most of the work. An open ditch about a mile in length, beautifully dug, and with the turf neatly banked up on each side, waa said to be all women's work. Large numbers of women were *l«« to fee seen in the fields.--Rev. Prof. Grant, in Manitoba. m e geo. upward, si graphical sections 2ta^.v.flStKSS ,.S;S,Sy5& Southern •£•«£>«!» M0I,S» w£s4 237 pacific a Ter'a.. 7,269,615 244,803 7,504^418 Total. *682,006,460 fUS,43!),4M |Tl'i.hS8,924 Sinking Sections. • *«^ Fund. Xet Debt flew Englsia. j,^» .«i|it*.. $ 21,278,614 $ 99,l8l,i2> 81,318,2«»2 317,C<*>,334 Middle.. Southern.. Western... 6,671,806 1,881,716 64,912,481 5,672,703 Total. ...4117,191,506 |693,344,41S The statistics of this class of indebted­ ness were so imperieot for 1870 that it would be useless to make any compari­ son. I have, however, been able to ob­ tain a summary of the State debts of the various States in the Union by geo­ graphical sections for four periods be­ ginning with 1812, here shown in thou­ sands of dollan: State*. Mew England..... Middle. Southern.. Western Pacific States* aad Territories.... To«al ($213,777 1842. % 7,168 73,848 73,340 69,931 1800. S 7,998 S 60,348 86,416 93,046 49,395 $384,266 1870. 79,834 174,486 44,018 4,176 $352,866 1880. $ 49,979 45,673 113,967 36,665 4,647 $260,733 "While loon! indebtedness h«m grown during the last fifteen years at a very rapid rate. State indebtedness does not show such large increase. The aggre­ gate of the State debts to-day only ex­ ceeds by about $87,000,000 the aggregate of the same class of indebtedness forty years ago, yet the assessed value of property since then haa increased over $43,000,000,000. The aggregate State indebtedness is fully $100,000,000 less now than it was ia 1870, but this is largely owing to the amount repudiated and declared invalid by the Southern States. The following interesting table shows the increase in the assessed valuation of the real and personal property in the same sections of the country (table for 1842 is imperfect): SM'fon. 1841. MB. 1MB. N. B. States. .( 410,780,000 (1,138,194516 ( 1,806,468,It* So. 6toto8??".'. 'ws/lwJSo 1,009 879,666,617 28,5*80,647 4,861,970,685 3.643,882*9 158,679,889 W'i> States... Paowc States A Territories Total $2,674,940,600 (@,117,531,01$ (12,014,083,616 Soelion. 187Q. 1880. IMS! 688,946^81 Middle States 4,888.720,339 Southern States..,.X S,483^68|840 Western States 4,II96JMB^68 Pacifio States and Tait 827,188,661 Total.... (13,899,096.899 (limoSw In 1842 the Western States were in debt $59,931,563,. the Southern States $73,340,017, and the Middle States |73j» 348,072. In 1852, the first reliable re- port of the valuation of property, the Southern States exceeded in wealth th© Middle States by $896,169,366, and the Western States by $1,609,759,683. To­ day the debts of the two latter sections are $45,072,575 and $36,565,360 respec­ tively; while the South, before repudia­ tion, owed $273,205,185, and to-day rec­ ognizes $113,967,243 debt. T)vb valua­ tion of property in the Middl#; Statfs has increased since 1852 from $1,5931- 256,934 to$5,316,699,187; oftheWeBtdk States from $897,666,617 to $&,582,159,-' 699; while the Southern Stales, partly owing to the removal of slaves from the personal-property column of the audit­ or's books--which has in nowise impov­ erished the States--and partly due to a general undervaluation of property, has decreased from $4,861,970,635 in 1860 to $2,226,144,381 in 1880. Ia MadrM. nt writing fttottt saya I It bsing the middle of the day, laborers were sleeping here and there on the ground, half in the shade and half in the sun; but, whatever other labor may cease,mendicancy is never sus­ pended in Spain, and a small boy with a bad eye now came up and tried its effect on us, at the same time holding out his palm fnd whining a plea. " lieturn, misguided youth, to the home of your fathers," saia one of us. Bat he did not return. " Shoo fly!" was the other's attempt, "Don't bodder me." But the bod eye and the boy Remained unperturbed. So we retired instead. Madrid, except in the dead midsum­ mer, is always gay, and there is even overmuch movement on the streets. The inhabitants seem to overflow, and go eddying about as if they were never quite satisfied and- were looking for something new, which they never find. People even haunt the cafes considera­ bly during the day, a thing unknown elsewhere ̂ They are up all night, and astir again early in the morning. Only on Sundays, when the bull fights come, does this restless eddy of humanity find an outlet and pour with renewed energy along the channel of a definite purpose. Then, indeed, everybody aud everything is united. Most of the public vehicles in the town are promptly hired, and hundreds of the best private turnouts wend their way to the arena. There is intense excitement on the part of tho male population all day by anticipation, and the incidents of the combat furnish material for active discussion till late at night afterwards. A Well Always Tall of Ice. About half a mile from Brownsville, Minn., is the natural ice well. On visit­ ing it we found a shaft about twenty feet deep, and we could plainly see ice upon it We then visited a shaft a few feet distant, and immediately upon entering it a cloud of steam, caused by the cold air coming in contact with our heated bodies, rushed forth. Tbis shaft was excavated for the purpose of ascertaining, if possible, the cause of the ice forming in the well, some of the inhabitants believing in the theory of a large cave being connected with it After reaching the depth of 180 feet without result, drifting was abandoned. Before the shaft waa made it is claimed that the well filled with ice to within six feet of the top. A thermometer marked 30 degrees Fahrenheit About six feet back from the mouth of the tunnel the floor and Bides are in many places cov­ ered with ice. A strong current of air constantly flows from the exoavation that is very preceptible 100 feet distant With the thermoinetor at 90 degrees an atmosphere below the freezing point is nisant to oontemplate, even though gerous to investigate*-*-̂ LaCro** Chronicl*. I hope no gentl It may be nee __ did not on that occasion suffer1 himself to follow lm usual custom. Something Abort Babto*. There are tens of thomn&ds <rf fhoas- i •ads of people probably who do not know where India rubber, as it is celled, comes from, or from what it is derived. As it appears in manufactured mnoih cloaks, overcoats, overshoes, and a multi- tude of objects too numerous to aiea- tion, as the auctioneers say, it bean very little resemblance to the robber as it'1 originally appears. The rubber tree grows in immnnsn forest in Colombia and other parts at Central America, and properly oared «tir W?iCultiT*te? ""d* TOPPly the world with rubber, but the robber hunters are as careless and prodigal as* our lumber­ men, cutting down and wasting the trees, so that now they have to go con­ siderable distances from the rivers to find them, and are ptt» to some bayiM»»» and exf--- l~ *--:-- " • * • - market. expense to bring tht^r products to bringing It _ shotriiT' mountains, on If they tapped the trees as our far­ mers do the maple in the col­ lecting the sap, the trees wonld' yield year after year a handsome return. Bnt in their eagerness to get all the sap the tree contains, they first girdle all they find near their samps, as a mark oI pro- pnetorship, and then hack the bark as high as they can reach with a macAiie or ax, th© cuts being made in the tn*m of a Y. As the sap exudes it is col­ lected and put in a hole dug in the ground near th© camp. Alter the sap, or milk, as it is sometimes called from its whiteness, ceases to exude, they chop down the tree and gash its throughout the entire length. That finishes the trees in every region where camps are located, and the hunt- ] era have to move on to new spoils, but j not until they havd treated the collected sap. Hard soap and other substances J are used to coagulate the milk, but i water will not mix with the rubber, the I coagulated substance appears fall of I small cells containing water, and when that is expressed there remain innnmer-1 able small holes in the robber. It appears to be an easy matter to j treat the milk so that it can be made | homogeneous, clear and transparent amber. It is so done in Para, and oo-1 casionally in Colombia, but the hunters] are as indifferent to the quality of the ] rubber as they are to the protection andl cultivation of the trees that produce it; I and so they put upon the market a crude] material of inferior value. The Colombian Government has lawsl and regulations against the destruction! of the rubber trees, but they are not! enforced, and little attention is paid to| them. But bye-and-bye their Govern­ ment will wake up to the fact that one < the most valuable sources of its limit revenue is drying up, and that rut trees are becoming as scarce timber in the Upper Alleghany. Fortunately, the rubber tree is easy ofj cultivation and a rapid grower. In the or four years from the planting of tl seed the trunk attains a diameter eight to ten inches, and gives returns the cultivator sooner t̂ mn almost an] other tree. The planting of rubb plantations along the rivers where it indigenous, and has been most abund* will Some day be a large aqd luc industry.--Cincinnati Comitoercial'. Remarkable Endurance. Lord Peterborough, the oonqueror < Spain under Queen Anne, underwent the most frightful operation known' science when past 60, and a week lat started on a journey across Europe wit post-horses, feeling no ill effects whatj ever. Nelson, naturally sickly, ana having already lost an eye and an : was struck at the battle of the Nile bj an iron splinter which literally ripj from the bone the entire flesh of Ms of per face, leaving it hanging like a ve over his eyes and mouth, yet he not onlj preserved his consciousness during dressing of the wound, but actually con] turned to direct the course of the battle Luigi Cornaro, the famous Venet Senator, nephew of tli<S celebrated Dc of that name, having broken the bone of his thigh at 83, bore the settiag of i| without flinching, and subsequently i covered the full use of the limb. Equal| ly resolute, though less fortunate, Duke Albrecht, of Austria, who, whe the court surgeon shrank from operator upon his diseased limb, placed the edgi oi a battle-ax on the joint, and with on blow of his mace drove it right througi He survived this primitive surgery onl^ three days.--New York Time*. Thb weight of a cubic foot oi gold 1,204.9 pounds avoirdupois. ^ ; tee kakkexSs'^ • HEW YOBK. . . Braves. $7 60 «fl 7#| Hoos. 6 60 41 6 601 Cotton * 12#(4 Floor--Superfine.. $ 25 @6 101 Whkat--No. 2 Spring...., 1 38 @ 1 391 So. 2 Bed................. 1 47 Ig 1 4»l Oohm--Ungraded. 06 72| Oath--Mixed Western 42 A Pork--Meia 9$ 00 @20 291 Laud 12Y0 CHICAGO, 1 Bxxvks--Choice Graded Steers 6 20 (3 6 ®l Cows aud Heifers....j-... 3 00 @4 251 Medium to Fair 5 25 ^ 5 751 Hoos 6 00 @ 1 301 Floou -Fancy White Winter Ex.. 7 00 @ 7 60| Oood to Choioe Spring Ex. 6 50 @ 0 961 WHEAT--No. 2 Spring 1 26 ® 1 2T| Ito. 3 Spring 118 ($ 1 CoM-Xa 3 64 0 Ml OATS--No. 2 .... 38 <3 401 Btb--No. 2 % 03 <$ 1 »4| Barmtt--No. 2.... .............. 110 1 111 Buttkb--Ohoioe Creamery........ .26 <?:• 821 Ti<ios--Freeh. 17 181 (§19 7»l ...1$ 50 rjss% ftepi - ^ :T *k An Absurd Custom. Shortly after the ascension of James the First, when Scotch gentlemen were beginning to feel at home in London, Lord Harewood gave a dinner party, to which were invited a large number of courtiers, and officers both civil and mil­ itary. After the bottle had circulated a few times. Gen, S , an English trooper, and reckless bon vivant, arose and said : " Gentlemen, when I am in my cups, and the generous wine begins to warm my blood, I have an absurd custom of railing against the Scotch. Knowing my weakness, I hope no gen­ tleman in the company will take it amiss." He sat down, and a Highland i • . L •; -v. ̂ "<> . ̂ ^ < "W: < . * . "Cr , .» - \ " Pons--Meas Ubo MILWAUKEE. Whxat--No. 1 J ®J| <§ J J? Ho. * » « 1 •#» COB*--No. 9 «2 f# 63 Oats-No. 2 _ 40 ($ 4L RTK-NO. 1 1 03 1 04| Baju.ey--No. 3.......... > Poitx--Mess ,...,,19 EO Lard •" " f ST. LODI& Whkat--No. $ Bed 1 46 12^(9 12] r Coast--Mixed. Oais--No. 3. By* PutiK--Meas. Lahd WUSA* Cork........ Oats. 1....... BYB . Pork--Mess., Laud • .*« CINCINNATI. «4 . 43 . 1 08 .$9 25 . 12 ®1 . t 661 <3 1 iiiia, ® ia I44 ei .$$ 25 . aa ® . © 1 H 090 60 <g ia TOLEDO. Whjlat--No. 1 White 1 42 Na 9Bed 1 44 Oo** _S8 Oats 43 DETBOIT. Flour--Choice f 00 , Wheat-No. 1 White 1 40 « 1 41 Cob*--Mixed f£ Oat«--Mixed 43 Bakmst (per cental) 1 60 Poaa-- Meas 90 50 _ INDIANAPOLIS. Whkat--No. 2 Bed J 42 Co ax--Na 9 «3 Oats. 40 EUJT LIBERT*,'PA. Cattl*--Best, no Fair 6 M) Common 9 tso Hoos | w $00