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H " . ' * • * ' jg#M*g ftaiMdcalcr I. w ITKE. C<lt»r and Publl.htr M.HENRY, I I ILLINOIS. NEWS CONDENSED. THE EAST. At New York, the other day, William H. Bingham obtained an order for the arrest cft Ferdinand Ward on the charge of hav- ih obtained $48,000 from him (Bingham) on false pretenses, the pretenses being that Ward had contracts from the United States Government which were very profitable. The order was served on Ward in the Lud- low Street Jail, where he is sojourning at present. Bail has been fixed at $48,000.... An official report shows a deficiency of $485,474 in the nocounts of the Wall Street Bank in New York. Suit has been brought to forfeit the franchise, and Judge Bartlett enjoined the officers from disposing of any of its property The price paid by Robert Bonner to W. H. Yanderbilt for ||and S. was $40,000. She will be retired from the turf. : PHILADELPHIA reports the failures of Warner & Merritt, frnit importers, with li­ abilities of $500,000; E.. L. Mintxer, Jr., Canned goods; W. D. Eshelman & Co., commission merchants; and Graham, Loder Jk Co., white goods. BEFORE the American Bar Association, in session at Saratoga, N. Y., Judge John F. Dillon, of New York, delivered the annual address. His subject was the general character of American laws find in­ stitutions, accompanied with some observa­ tions npon its present and some specula­ tions concerning its future conditions.... The most notable wedding of the season took place at Newport, R. I., where Bishop Potter united Fiancis S. Stout, of New York, and Miss Emily M., daughter of Gen. Meredith Read. Congratulations were received from the King and Queen of Greece, the Crown Prince of Germany, Chief Justice Coleridge, and President Arthur The property of the Sprague Manufactur­ ing Company at Augusta. Me., was cold the other day for $'200,000. The si me property cost $2,(tOO,000 about fifteen years ago At a meeting of petroleum producers at Oil City it was resolved that drilling be stopped for the year. As 85 per cent, of the wells and territory are controlled by the men who took this action, production will to a great extent be stopped Five men were killed by the fumes of gas while tun­ neling in a mine at Shamokin, Pa. «KE "WEST. AT the request of his relatives, the re­ mains of Private William Whistler were ex- ilnamed at Delphi, Ind., in the presence of about forty persons, who by agreement had quietly assembled in the little country churchyard. Four doctors conducted the examination, and on removing the lid a •light alcoholic odor escaped, but this was all. The casket was filled with cot­ ton waste, which being removed the corpse was found wrapped in muslia sheeting and woolen blankets. These were hastily ripped off and the remains ex- S)sed to view. The flesh had been stripped om the legs, arms, back, and sides to the very bones, and seemingly with sharp in­ struments. All the flesh was cut away ex­ cept what little remained on the face, hands, feet, and chest. The vi­ tal organs were all present, and also a slight amount of fecal matter, which con­ tained hair and fibrous substances Heavy rains along the line of the Northern Pacific in Dakota have seriously damaged the wheat crop. From Southern Illinois and Southern Indiana complaints come of the damaging effects of a long-continued drouth... .A. D. Sly was arrested at Min­ neapolis for robbing the American Express Company at St. Joseph, Mo., in September last, of $10,500 Flames swept away a block of business structures at RoBeburg, Oregon, valued at $100,000, and forty-two Imil dings at Pomeroy, Ohio, worth $50,000. . THE Illinois Central Railroad have just ffsueda neat little pamphlet entitled the •^World's Exposition Messenger," giving a synopsis of the great Centennial Exposition Wat opens at New Orleans on the first of December. The publication contains much valuable information, and a large, correct nap of the Crescent City. A copy can be obtained free by addressing Thomas Dor- f n, General Northern Passenger Agent, 1 Randolph street, Chicago. . REPOBTS from various points in Mis­ souri indicate the oats crop will be slightly •ibove the average; wheat will yield about twenty bushels to the acre; corn is in excellent condition, and prom­ ises a large yield; potatoes are Small, and the hay crop light. The fruit crop is not up to the average.... The Breeders' Gazette asserts positively that contagious pleuro-pneumonia has made its appearance among five herds of Jersey cattle in Illinois, and grave fears exist that the infection is much more ex­ tensive. The disease has spread from Cass County, and has made its appearance near Geneva, Elmhurst, and Sterling The Northwestern Lumberman's Associ­ ation, representing $500,000,000 capital, held a meeting in Chicago, and after a long debate resolved that it would not be wise to close the mills before Nov. 1 Agent I)yer has informed the Indian Bureau that the Cheyennes and Arapahoes abuse bovs who have returned from the school at Car­ lisle, Penn., not wishing their people to be educated. A STBEATOB (IB.) Sunday-school picnic excursion of . thirteen coaches, carrying 1,000 people, was run into by a C., C. and L freight at the crossing at Kankakee. James Penn was killed, and Father O'Kelly, of St. Michael's Church of Streator, was probably fatally wounded. Many others Were seriously hurt A fire at Swayzee, lad., destroyed the principal stores in the irlUsge. rHK SOUTH. A NEW line is being constructed by the New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk Rail­ road in Accomack County, Va. Considera- We opposition has recently been manifested by the farmers in the vicinity, who think they have not received proper compensation from the railroad corporation. This was in­ tensified when a construction train drove Av through a herd of cattle standing on the •?$§; t*ack, killing many of them. The farmers % j® the vicinity gathered and tore up the wack at another point. When the construc- pp tion train came along it was hurled into a deep gulch. The engineer and fireman were badly, perhaps fatally, injured. The people are de­ fiant and the railroad men determined George Alsop and Theophilus Graves, the "* two convicts who led the recent revolt in f flie Frankfort Penitentiary, were killed in a -cornfield near Lexington, Ky. One of the £: ®herift s posse, George Cassell, was killed ®' 5? ? convicts at the first fire About *wo-thirds °f the business portion of •* < Grenada, Miss., was destroyed by fire, in- solving a loss of $250,000. A similar Visitation caused the destruction of $300,000 VM EortVo£P™I*rtyat Greenville, Miss The last joist in the main exposition buiid- fag at New Orleans was placed in position - »nd the structure is nlmost completed Joseph Pool, formerly Senator from North . , Carolina, died of apoplexy in Washington • City- ' THE Governor of Kentucky has pardoned .' * horse thief and a homicide for timely as- • distance rendered the officers of the State " prison during the recent outbreak. » '< - THEBE was a reunion of the Fifth Geor- fia Regiment of the Confederate service at . Jlacon. Mr. J. C. Young, of the Fifty- Sixth New York Regiment, which captured lie regimental flag of the Confederates, re­ stored it* amid the tears and plaudits of the vanquished . .Tl:e Government launch Daphne exploded her boiler at Memphis. Paymaster N. Gooden was blown overboard ana drowned, and the engineer, pilot, and two others were seriously scalded. WAKHnUTO.l 1%»E TO'asury Department has fSOTHSd^. ders to Collectors of Customs that hereafter when a vessel carrying rags arrives at any port it shall be the duty of the importer to produce positive evidence that the cargo is from a non-infected port, and is free from the germ of disease. The difficulty of pro­ ducing such evidence virtually prevents the introduction of rags... .John B. Dawson, a clerk in the Pension Bureau at Washing­ ton, died last week. Ho weighed 438 pounds, and his body had to be placed in a grape arbor until a coffin could be made. IT is stated that the Congressional com­ mittee which has been investigating the charges against the management of the Sol­ diers' Home at Milwaukee has come to the conclusion that there is no truth in them, and will report accordingly. MARY CLEMMER HUDSON, better known as Mary Clemmer Ames, the American au­ thoress and journalist, died last week at Washington, D. C., of hemorrhage of tha brain. A short time ago she married Ed­ mund Hudson, editor of the Boston Herald. JACOB A. ELA, Auditor of the Treasury for the Postoffice Department, died at Washington, of erysipelas. He was for­ merly a member of Congress from New Hampshire. POLITICAL. THE Executive Committee of the Anti- Monopoly party assembled in Chicago last week and nominated Gen. A. M. West, of Mississippi, for Vice President. It was re­ solved to issue an address urging vigorous efforts in close Congressional districts, and a union of all the Butler forces, under the title of the People's party, was ad­ vocated. REPUBLICAN Congressional conventions nominated ex-Lieut. Gov. Frank Campbell in the Sixth Iowa District, R. G. Horr in the Eighth Michigan. James A. Scranton in the Twelfth Pennsylvania, and Alexander Petrie in the Eleventh Illinois... .James G. Blaine made a speech at the gathering in Strong, Me., to celebrate the thirtieth anni­ versary of the formation of the Republican party. THE Anti-Monopoly State Convention of Illinois met at Bloomington Aug. 19, and was attended by forty-four delegates. Mo­ tions to nominate Butler electors-at-large and a State ticket were voted down. S. F. Norton, the Chicago Greenbacker, and three others withdrew. The convention adjourned to meet with the Greenbackers Aug. 27. THE Greenbackers of Michigan met in convention at Detroit, adopted a plan for fusion with the Democrats on the electoral ticketand nominated J. W. Begole for Gov­ ernor. A State convention composed of forty Anti-Monopolists placed Wilde- man Mills in the field for the guberna­ torial chair, but he promptly' declined. The Michigan Democrats, in con­ vention at Grand Rapids, accepted the terms of the Greenbackers. Under the terms of the fusion, the Greenbackers are al­ lowed to nominate the Governor, Attor­ ney General, Superintendent of Schools, Commissioner of the State Land Office, and seven of the thirteen electors The Iowa Republican Convention, which met at Des Moines, nominated J. H. Roth- rock for Justice of the Supreme Court, Gen. Baker for Attorney General, J. L. Lucas for Auditor, Frank D. Jackson for Secretary of State, and V. P. Twombly for Treasurer.... The New Jersey Democratic State Convention to select an electoral ticket was presided over by Gen. McClellan, who protested against cen­ tralization of power and the col­ lection of superabundant revenues.... The Democrats of Texas renominated John Ireland for Governor, and selected State Senator Gibbs for Lieutenant Governor, both by acclamation: The Connecticut Republican State Convention at New Haven nominated Henry B. Harrison, of that city, for Governor. BOSTON dispatch: "Mrs. Parnell has been holding a conference at Boston with leaders of the Irish National League and several Catholic Bishops. She explains that she has expressed no preference as to Presidential candidates, but sought to se­ cure a pledge from one or the other party for the introduction free of duty of many articles produced in Ireland which do not compete with American labor." IGNATIUS DONNELLY has been nominated for Congress from the Third Minnesota District by the Democrats, the People's party, and the Farmers' Convention.... Frank Hurd was renominated for Congress by the Democrats of the Tenth Ohio Dis­ trict. THE Kansas Democrats met in State convention at Topekaonthe 21st of August. A convention of Republican Anti-Prohibi­ tionists assembled at the same time and place. The result was a complete fusion of the two forces and the nomination of George W. Glick for re-election as Gover­ nor. C. K. Halliday, a Republican, was named for Lieutenant Governor. The re­ mainder of the ticket is as follows: Secretary of State, Eugene Hagan; Auditor, Hugh V. Gavigan; Treasurer, W. A. Hut- man; Superintendent of Public Instruc­ tion, M. J. Keys: Attorney General, G. P. Smith; Chief Justice, W. P. Campbell; As­ sociate Justice, T. A. Hurd. The platforms of both conventions indorse the administra­ tion of Gov. Glick. and come out squarely against prohibition and in favor of a resub­ mission of the prohibitory amendment CAPT. E. P. ALLEN has been nominated for Congress by the Republicans of the Sec­ ond Michigan District ... Charles Stuart, of Houston, has been renominated for Con­ gress by the Democrats of the First District of Texas. CSE3IEBAI* pointed the following as UM Executive Committee of bis onmnixatton: M. V. Gannon of Iowa, M. Boland of Colorado, Timothy Moroney of Louisiana, Thomas Flatley of Massachusetts, M. D. Holmes of New Jersey. J. G. Donnelly of Milwaukee, H. J. Carroll of Rhode Island. FOKEI6X. ARRANGEMENTS have been made for a meeting of the Emperors of Austria, Ger­ many, and Russia soon.. ..It is reported at Foo Choo that an edict has been issued ordering the Viceroy of Yunlan to invade Tonquin....A Rome dispatch states that the Pope will enter formal protest against the French divorce laws. CORNWALL, ex-Secretary of the Dublin Postoffice, was acquitted of the scandalous charges brought by the editor of United Ireland A dispatch from Pekin says France has reduoed the indemnity demand from China to 200,000,000 francs, and the French Minister has been ordered to with­ draw if payment is refused. Two OF the smaller criminals connected with the Dublin Castle scandals have been convicted. They are Fowler, a seedy En­ glishman, and Considine, a blind Irish schoolmaster. Dr. Fernandez, of the Ci4dBjtream Guards, was acquitted. m m m i -• • NORTH. THE HELD OP POUTIOS . In Convention and Tot® to Pool w. c ADDITIONAL NEVI. GEN. LEROY POPE WAXXEB, first Sec­ retary of War in Jefferson Davis' Confed­ erate Cabinet, and who gave the order for firing on Fort Sumter, died at his home in Huntstille, Ala., after a brief iUness. Gen. Walker was President of the Alabama Constitutional Convention of 1875, which framed the present constitution of the State. THE Governor of Utah has written to the Governor of Tennessee, expressing thanks for his attempt to vindicate the law in the murder of Mormon missionaries, and hoping that the assassins may be brought to judgment Bradstreet reports 208 failures in the United States the past week, aguinst 261 for the preceding week. ADMIRAL COUBBET, says a Paris dis­ patch, has been instructed to shell the Chi­ nese fortress at Foo Chow, land a French force there, and secure the war material. This is equivalent to a declaration of war on the. part of the French The authori­ ties of the Canton of Berne, Switzerland, have prohibited the Salvation Army from operating within its limits, on the ground that its meetings are not religious. IT is thought that the value of the agri­ cultural products of California this year will be $81,000,000. About $56,000,000 worth of the product will be exported.... Thomas Murphy, a mechanic living at Jack­ son, Mich., who is in bad health, became excited the other night, and, thinking there were burglars in the house, attacked his wife with a pair of shears and stabbed her five times. She bled to death in ten min­ utes .... Pollock, Wilson <fc Sons' establish­ ment at Sixth and Carr streets, Cincinnati, for the manufacture of saddlery hardware and chains, was destroyed by fire. Loss, $50,000. A BOSTON dispatch pays tho United States steamer Tallapoosa, the celebrated croft that has for years been employed as a freighter for naval stores in winter and as a pleasure yacht for the Secretary in summer, came to an untimely end in Vineland Sound, being run into by a coal schooner and sunk. The ship was on her way from Boston to Newport when the disaster oc­ curred, and had on board some of the per­ sonal effects of the Secretary alkd Mrs. Chandler, who were to have rejoined her at the latter point The night was clear, and a good many vessels were in the sound. The vessel which struck the Tallapoosa was the schooner James S. Lowell, of Bath, Me., from Baltimore for Portland. She is a large three-master, and was loaded with 800 tons of coal. The Tallapoosa was struck on the starboard bow and went down within five minutes. The officers and crew, numbering about 140 persons, were saved from the wreck by the schooner, all being accounted for except the follow­ ing: Surgeon Black, William O'Donnell, of Boston, a seaman; William Jones, of Washington, a landsman; George Proctor, a colored saloon boy; Foster, a colored servant. THE Missouri Greenbackers met in State Convention at Kansas City, adopted a plat­ form and nominated ex-Congressman Nicholas Ford for Governor. A resolution was adopted declaring it to be for the best interests of the party not to make other nominations for State offices, leaving the matter to the Central Committee. The ac­ tion of the convention is understood to mean fusion with the Republicans, leaving with the latter party the nomination of the'remainder of the State ticket. DENMAN THOMPSON, in his unrivalled character of Joshui Whitcomb, the good- natured, good-hearted New England farmer, is making his regular annual tour of the West, and occupies the boards of McVick- er's Theater, in Chicago, this week. For eight successive seasons, Mr. Thompson has appeared before the public in this ster­ ling play, and yet so great is its popularity tJiere is as great a rush to witness it as there was the first year of its advent. Lieut. Greely's Graphic Narrative ftf Hi* Experiences in the ' Ji*tic Seas. A Pleasant printer at Fort Conger-- l^BdonoftlwIpg Iferthern Night. " t«. .. , ; The Mercury Frozen for Fifteen Days-- Lock wood's Observations In an Ex- tremoly High DON'T be contrary for the sake of be­ ing so. It not only has a bad effect on you but makes it unpleasant for oth­ ers. Study rather to please, even if it is a little inconvenient at times.--Peck's Sun. , THE mercury stood at 100 the other day at Dover, N. H., and several citizens were prostrated. It is said that no rain has fallen at Plymouth, Mass.. since May, and that the smaller streams are drying up. Complaints of a severe drought also come from Southern Ohio and Indiana... .As­ signments have been made by Max Mor- genthau, a soap manufacturer of San Fran­ cisco, with liabilities of $250,000, and Meyer A Co., dry goods dealers of Selma, Ala. CLEMENTS R. MABKHAM, Secretary of the Royal Geographical Society, who served in the arctic expedition in search of Sir John Franklin, has published a letter strongly denouncing the conduct of the American journals which have accused the survivors of the Greely expedition of mur­ der and cannibalism. He says that similar charges were made against Sir John Frank­ lin's expedition, and those who made them were severely rebuked by Admiral Sherard Osborn, who commanded the Franklin search expedition. A DESPERATE encounter occurred at Winnipeg, Manitoba, between four whites and eight Indians, in which one Indian was killed and all the whites were more or less injured. REPORTS from the British provinces in­ dicate that the hay crop just harvested will be 30 per cent, less than last year. The drought in Northern and Central New En gland is extending South and West. The make of butter and cheese in Vermont and the great Cheese section of New York State will be much curtailed Mr. Patrick E^an, the recently elected President of the Irish National League of America, bpff ap- THE MARKET. NEW YOKK. $ C.50 ILEEVES HOGS FLOCK--Extra. WHEAT--No. 2 Chicago.... No. 2 I led CORN--No. i OAT.S--wtiit" ;; PoitK--New Mess CHICAGO. BEEVES--Choice to Prime Steers. Good Whipping. Common to Fair Hoos KLOUK--"Fancy While winter Ex Good to Choice Spring. WHEAT--No. 2 Sprlnir No. 2 IUJU Winter COKN--No. 2.... . OATS--No. 2 KYI;--No. 2 HAKLEY--NO. 9 ...... UUTTEK--Choice Creamery Fine Daliy ...... 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The observations, in which the greatest possible accuracy was to be had, were those of the declination and deviation of the magnetic needle, the tem­ perature of air and sea, the height of the barometer, and the mean and maximum rise and fall of tides. All ex­ planations were incidental to the main ob­ jects. The expedition was fitted out under the authority of Congress; it was composed of three officers of the army, one acting surgeon, and nineteen enlisted men from the army. Stores for twenty-seven months were put on the Proteus, which left St. John July 7, 1881, with the party. She touched at Disco Island and Upernavik to procure sledges, dogs, skins, and dog food. Two Esquimaux were added to the party at Proven. A landing was made at Carey Island and the provisions cached by Nares in 18?5 in the Alert were found in good condition. At Littleton Island Greely per­ sonally recovered the English arctic mail left by Sir Allan Young in the Pandora in 1876. At Carl Ritter Bay, in Kennedy Chan­ nel, a cache of provisions for use on the retreat was made. It was the original inten­ tion to establish the polar station at Water Course Bay, but heavy masses of ice ren­ dered Water Course Bay exceedingly dan­ gerous anchorage. Moving to discovery Harbor, the station was there established on the site occupied by the English expedition of 1875. The erection of a Bouse at once commenced, and stores and equipments landed. On the 28th of August came the parting between the Greely party and the men of the Pro­ teus. The little band gathered on a frozen shore and watched the Proteus as she steamed slowly down Lady Franklin Bay. In the evening of the same day the tem­ perature sank below the freezing point, and the arctic icy winter was on them in earn­ est. Their house was finished about n week after the Proteus left. It was named, in honor of Senator Conger, Fort Conger. During the first month the cold affected the men more than at any subsequent time at Fort Conger. Later on, in December, the temperature sank to from 50 to 65 degrees below zero, and so remained days at a time. But even in that weather the cook's favorite amusement Was dancing, bare-headed, bare-armed, and with slippered feet, on top of a snow-drift. During the day the men dressed in ordinary outside clothing, but their ilannels were very heavy. Five men were generally, for a part of the day, engaged in scientific work tinder Greely's direction, and in the duties of a cnuip. The remainder were employed generally abput one hour a day, and devoted the rest of the time to amusement. All slept in bunks in the quarters, which were heated by a large coal-stove, the average heat maintained being 50 degrees above zero. Checkers, cards, chess, and reading were the amusements of the evening. The life, Greely said, IMks far from a lonely one. Many of the men said they had never passed two happier years than those spent at Fort Conger. On the 15th of October, the 6un left them 135 days, and a twilight varying from half an hour to twenty-four hours suc­ ceeded. For two months it was so dim that the dial of a watch could not be read by it. On April 11 the sun came above the horizon and remained there 135 days, giv­ ing the party a great sufficiency of the midnight sun. During three months the stars were visible constantly, the constella­ tion of Orion's belt and Great Bear being the brightest. The north 6tar looked down from almost overhead. For one standing alone outside the fort on one of these nights the scene was weirdly grand. To the north flamed the aurora borealis, and bright constellations vere set like jewels around the glowing Inoon. Over everything was a dead silence, •JO horribly oppressive that a man alone *ras almost tempted to kill himself, so lonely did he feel. The astronomer of the party said that with the naked eye a star of 1 degree smaller magnitude than could be seen here in the same way might be dis­ cerned. The moon would remain in sight from eleven to twelve days at a time. The thermometer registered on June 30 the highest temperature at Lady Franklin Bay which they knew during their stay. It ffas 52 degrees above zero. The lowest was in February, 1883--66 below zero. In this February the mercury froze and remained solid for fifteen days. The mercury in the thermoipeter invariably rose during storms Jr high winds. The highest barometer was slightly above 21 inches, the lowest slightly below 2i) inches. The greatest variations Were in winter. The electrometer, an in­ strument used to ascertain the presence of electricity, was set up. but not the slightest results were obtained. The displays of the aurora were very good, but not compared with those seen at Disco Island or Uper­ navik. As far as Greely could observe no crackling sounds accompanied the displays, and their shape was'that of a ribbon. The southwesterly horizon was the quarter in which the brightest displays were seen. Nares reported in 1876 that no shadow was cast by the aurora, but Greely says he dis­ tinctly saw his shadow cast by it. There were no electrical disturbances, save those manifested by rumbling distant thunder, heard twice, far away in the north. In the course of tidal observations made, the very interesting fact was discovered that the tides at Lady Franklin Bay came from the north, while those at Melville Bay and Cape Sabine came from the south. The temperature of this warm tide is two de­ grees warmer than that of the south t.de of Cape Sabine. Why this was, Gree y would not venture to say. He used in «. asuring the ebb and flow of the tide a fiv 1 gauge, an iron planted in the mud. The average •ise of spring tides at Lady Franklin Kay A-as found to be eight feet. At Cape Sa­ bine the highest tides rise twelve feet. Surf was only observed twice dur­ ing two years. At Lady Franklin Bay the average tempeniture of the water was 20 degrees above zero. Wolves weighing ninety pounds were killed around Fort Conger. There are foxes and other animals there. Fish is a wonderful scarcity. Perhaps the greatest surprise of the expedi­ tion was taken from Lake Alexander, a fresh-water lake fifteen feet above the sea level, a four-pound samon. From the bay or the sea only two very small fish were taken during the entire two years, and few are found north of Cape Sabine. The vegetation at Lady Franklin Bay is about the same as at Cape Sabine, and comprises mosses, lichens, willows, and saxifrage. The highest velocity of wind was regis tered during a terrific snowstorm, seventy miles an hour. Lockwood.s trips to the north in 1882 and 1883 were productive of most valuable results. Standing on May ll>th in each year, where Dr. Hayes had for­ merly stood, at about the same time of day, Lockwood, from an elevation of 2,000 feet, using his strongest glass on Hall's Basin THIS ASP THAT. OATMEAXI is a favorite dish of Queen Victoria's. * LOUISIANA women are becoming very successful planters. ORANGE COUNTY, New York, has a form­ er who buried a pet dog in an elaborate iron coffin. A SUMMER-BESORT waiter recently com­ mitted suicide. It is supposed he discov­ ered that a guest left the hotel with $5 in his pocket. THE artesian wells of Nevada are a pro­ nounced success. They have cost less than $500 each, and average a flow of 50,000 gallons of water daily. nothing but Dr. Hayes claimed to have seen his open polar sea_ on the trip of 1852. Lock woo J reached the highest latitude ever attained-- 83 deg. 25 min. north. This was about 50® miles directly north of Lady Franklin Bay, but to get there he traveled over a thou­ sand miles of open water and bro­ ken pocks, frequently causing him to retrace his steps fifty miles. Lock- wood sounded the sea both vears between Cape Bryant and Cape Britannia, buf could not touch bottom with a hundred*' and-thirty-tive-futhom line. Markham, A few years before, about 100 miles west, got bottom at seventy-two fathoms. Lockwood found at his farthest north about the same vegetation as at Lady Franklin Bay, but no signs of a polar current or open polar sea. In 188.'$ he was stopped near Cape Bryant, 125 miles from Lady Fjanklin Bay, by an open channel extending west to the coast of Grinnell Land. The width of this channel varied from 200 yards to five miles, but on the north the ice-packs extended as far as could be seen with a class. With his supply of Erevisions, the failnre of which had caused is return the year before, Lockwood was confident he could have reached 85 deg. north if this open channel had not barred his way. No fossil remains were discov­ ered on the trip, and the only ones found were the trunks of trees on the southwest coast of Grinnell land. The only sea ani­ mals seen by Lockwood at 83 deg. 25 min. were walrus and seals, and, strange to say, the walrus is not to be found at Lady Franklin Bay. At 83 deg. 25 min. the de­ flection of the magnetic needle was 104 deg. west, more than one-fourth of a circle. As far as Lockwood went the northwest­ ern trend of the Greenland const continued. The maps of the new regions he discovered are in the possession of Lieut. Greely, and are very carefully made. All through two years, at Lady Franklin Bay the magnetic needle was never quiet, except during storms. In February, 188S", preparations for the retreat were made by establishing a depot at Cape Baird, twelve miles to the south. Day after day anxious men looked off over Lady Franklin Baj-, expecting the ice to open so that they might commence their journey toward home. At last, Aug. 19, 1883, the welcome news that the ice was open was brought. All had been made ready, and that very day the party embarked in the little steam launch. Behind them they left their dogs, as they could not be taken. Four barrels of pork and some seal oil were left for the animals. Lady Franklin" Bay was crossed to Cape Baird. a distance of thir­ teen miles, and then the western coast of Grinnell Land was followed south as far as Cape Hawkes. Large quantities of heavy ice were met, and there was extreme dan­ ger every moment that the .little launch would be crushed. Several times all the baits were neariy lost. The suffering of the men was great. They were now within fifty miles of Cape Sabine. Striking from Cape Hawkes for Bates's Island, the party was caught in an ice-pack and frozen in, ten miles south of Cape Hawkes. In thirteen days they drifted south twenty-five miles on floes, suffering horribly from cold. So they drifted to within eleven miles of Cape Sabine, and were obliged to abandon the steam-launch on Sept. 10. The pack now remained motionless for three days, and several times the party got within two or three miles of C ipe Sabine, only to be drifted back by southwest gales. Five seals were killed and eaten while the Iiarty were drifting about. Eventually a ieavy northwest gale drove then by Cape Sabine within a mile of Brevoort island, but they could not land. On Sept. 22 there arose the most terrific gale - they had yet seen on the Arctic ocean. Their ice-floe was driven hither and thither by the tem­ pest and the waves washed over them again and again, the spray freezing to them and causing them intense suffering. The night came on. one of inky blackness; the wind threw heavy floes together, and crash after brash of the ice breaking from their own flee warned the men that death was near to them. No one knew at what moment the floe might break up and the water engulf them. The first faint light of dawn showed that very little remained of the floe on which they were; the sea washed another close to them. Close it came, and at last, at the word, the men succeeded in getting upon it. The storm slowly subsided, and they gained land at Esquimaux point, near Baird's inlet, Sept. 29. Here winter quarters were built, and scouts were sent to Cape Isabella and Cape Sabine. In a few days they re­ turned, and their reports sent a thrill of horror to every h art. At C ipe Isabella and Cape Sabine were found only 1,800 rations, and from Garlington's records they learned the fate of the Porteus. Every one knew death must come to nearly all of the party long before the ship of rescue could force its way into Melville Bay. Efforts were made to sustain the spirits" of the men by lectures and light reading. Oct. 15 the party removed to Cape Sabine. Jan. 18 Cress died of scurvy. In April the rations issued daily had dwindled to four ounces of meat and six ounces of bread. Man after man died, and all hope had fled on the day that the blast ov the whistle raised the sur­ vivors from the lethargy of approaching death. Lieut. Greely, when asked as to his ideas upon the probable results of arctic explo­ rations, said: "I do not think the North Pole can be reached unless every circum- stince hitherto found to be unfavorable should prove favorable to the party at­ tempting to reach the pole. If it is to be done at all, it will be done by way of Franz Josef Land. It could never be reached by the Jeannette route. That there is an open polar sea I am well nigh certain. This is proved by the ice drifting out of Mussel Bay and Spitsbergen in midwinter, and by the northern drift of the polar pack ex­ perienced by Pavy and Lockwood in 82 deg. 8 min. Men can staniKtwo winters very well fit Ladv Franklin Bhv, but their physical strength rapidly deteriorates. If we had had every supply and the necessary amount of food, we could, perhaps, have lived eight or ten years at Lady Franklin Bay." . A Sensational Discovery* [Augusta (Me.) special.] The Kennebec Journal prints the follow­ ing: Much feeling has been excited in this community by an event of an extra­ ordinary character. In a well-known ceme­ tery lot of the Stanwood family an infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Blaine lies buried. The child died in the month of July. 1854, and its resting place is marked bv beautiful memorial of maible, erected in 1855, on which the dates of birth and death were plainly inscribed in raised let­ ters. About two weeks ago it was discovered that the date of the child's birth had been carefully chiseled away. When this was discovered an inti­ mated friend of the Blaine family placed a detective on the track of the peipetrator, who has not yet been found, but it is be­ lieved a clew has been fouud. In fact, di­ rectly after the mutilation of the memorial a person whose name is known had copies or an alleged record sent to newspapers in various parts of the country, antagonistic to Blaine. The motive for act of vandalism is scarcely apj arent. There is great indig­ nation among all classes of people over the sacrilegious act. Convention of met In the Grand Optra House, at Des M and was called to order by Senator Donnan, Chairman of the State Committee. Who an­ nounced J. C. Dolliver, of Port Dodge, as tem- »" of *oe convention, and J. Fred Myers as temporary Secretai v. The uaual committees v convention adjournal till The State Central Committee NTRTRTPF WLRPT\V1NR'^; |C; ^C.funkin; Second VI1 ! . .! District, K. C. Per­ kins, fourth District, E. S.Fonda* Fifth DLS- Cliaries Wi. rs : SIXTH District, W. H. Need- U C-V^RICT, C. C. Uoodale; Eighth District, C. H. Stryker: Ninth District, E. C. JOHN8COTT: Eleventh T T 3 ] V U S ? S - M - Clark, editor of Chair MAN City, was elected permanent «AC OF THREE WAA appointed to invite Sherman, who was in the city, to HO"°R THE convention with his presence. Tne Committee on Credentials reported full delegations present from' everv county. The INU 1 committee was adopted. ?1IN}!^EE. JM PERMANENT Organization 8 M- C,«K. OF LEE; for Meyeis, of Craw lord; for AS- ^ECJ£TARIE?' FRANK Davey, of Emmet, C?PRK F it P'FN' MUchell; for Reading v ™ Hntchins, of Polk. A full list of named Fom each district was also Mr. Clark, oa taking the chair, made a brief ES.LR^U8I 8PE?CH- WH(CH waa frequently to-terrnpted by applause. convention then proceeded to place can- nomination, the speeches being lim­ ited to three mlnuteR each. ATFCE.R •} o'clock Gen. Sherman entered, when the whole convention rose to Its feet, waving handkerchiefs and hats. The applause was long continued. ~ Frank D. Jackson, of Hutler County, was nominated for becretary of State on the third KNSSEURE 465 V"TE8' A^AINST FOR W. W. »,™I 4.1'1VV°MBLY, of Van Buren County, waa nominated by acclamation for State Treasurer. J. IJ. Brown, of Lucas County, was nominated FOR Auditor of State by acclamation. ~ V*E first ballot tor Attorn 'y General resulted: ?R tton, of Marshall County, 389; Smith MCL herson, of Montgomery, 1*;7; Gen. A. J. L!a- ker, of Appanoose, 217; G. S. Robinson, of Buena \ ista, 160. Hakcr was nominated on the fourth ballot. Judge J. H. Rothrock, of Linn, was nomi­ nated on the first ballot as his own successor lor Justice of the Supreme Court, receiving 570 votes to 313 V» for C. C. Nourse, of Polk, and 30 for J. H. Mckean, of .Tones. For Presidential elettors-at-larjre Col. W. F. Tapp, of Pottawattamie, and John Van Valken- burg of Lee, were elected, and the following from the districts: First District--D. J. Palmer," of Washington County. Second--W. A. Foster, of Scott. Third- Daniel Kerr, of Grundy. Fourth--John Mc- HTITRH, of Howard. Fifth--O. H. Mills, of Tama. Wxth--H. J. Vail, of Mahaska. Seventh--John A. Story, of Adair. Eighth--W. H. Tedford, of Mayne. Ninth--J. D. Holmes, of Audubon. Tenth--J. S. Kelso, of Hardin. Eleventh--D. C. Early, of Sac. The Committee on Resolutions reported the following, which waa unanimously adopted; The Republicans of Iowa hereby reaffirm the full platform of the National Republican party as adopted at Chicago, in Jiine last, and that with reference to State issue* the Republican party of Iowa reaffirm the platform adopted at the State convention of 1883; declaring further­ more their respect for the law and t heir de­ mand for allegiance to the law.' and that they also heartily support the declarations as set forth in the letters ot acceptance of James G. Blaine, the nominee for President, and John A. Logan, the nominee for Vice L resident. Michigan Democrats. THE Michigan Democratic Btat j Convention, at Grand Rapids, was presided over by E. F. Uhl. Short work was made with the nomina­ tions when a division was once agreed upon.1 The convention indorsed six of the Greenback electors, nominated seven of its own, and the following officers on the State ticket, these be­ ing the ones assigned to it by the joint confer­ ence committee: Lieutenant Governor, Matthew Maynard; Secretary of Statp, William H. Shake­ speare; Treasurer, James Blair; Auditor Gen­ eral, Col. Georg; P. Sanford; tor State Board of Education, the Rev. Christian Vanderveer; electors-at-large, Wm. B. Moran, Detioit, and J. W. Flanders, St. Joseph. District electors, E. Millard, Lenawee; William D. Thompson, Jackson; Maj. A. F. Kels-y, Ionia; John R. Savidge, Antrim; H. O. Rose, Emmet. All these electors are to be voted on jointly. The six national eleotors selected fi,r that purpose will be voted for separately by each partv. ac­ cording to the Butler plan, no that the electoral vote may be thrown for Presidential candidates in accordance with the popular vote of each party. The following platform was adopted: We, the Democratic partv of Michigan, in con­ vention assembled, view with alarm the results of nearly twenty-live years of Republican poli­ cy and misrule, as shown by an increase of pauperism in our own State, the number of per­ sons supported in the county poor-houses of this State having increased from 3,1.% in 1871 to 6,547 in lHHc, and the number of per­ sons temi ornrilv relieved, not in poor- houses, having increased from I4,6oo in ls71 to :53,2<'0 In 1880; the increase in populat on being 38 percent., and the increase of pauper­ ism 130 per cent.; by the fact that, although the value of the annual i roduct of manufactures in the United Sta'e* had increased between 1870 and 1 MHO over $'228,(H)0,00(), yet the value of the annual product, of agriculture between 1*70 and ISHO h'td increased only F Jand this al­ though the volume or the principal products had increased over HO per cent.; Mid. alt hough while the capital'invested i'i manufactures had in- cresn (I ?i;, 7u7,( uo,ooo,the capital invested in farm Jng had increased $'.i07.ooo,<so<i; and, while the in crease in the number ot manufacturing estab­ lishments was but 1,092, the increase in the num­ ber of farms was 1,349,0 to, and the increase in acreage was over 128.000,000; while the number of employes in.manufacture had increased but 678.R7H, the increased number of farmer* and employes was over l,r>48.ooo; by the decrease in the annual earnings of the wage- worker from $370.50 in 1870, to $347 in 1880. and the prevailing discontent and unrest of the industrial classes; by the alarm­ ing decrease in the perc-ntage in our schools: by the fact that while deposits in national and State banks in the United States increased be­ tween lH7f» and 1882 from 57 to 00 per cent., the increase in derosits in our savings banks was but 12 lv percent., and the increase in popula­ tion during the-same p.riod was from IS to 18 per cent.: by the alarming increase of crime; by the general stagnation of legitimate business enterj rises; by the growiuit encroachments of capital, represented by large railroad corpora­ tions. We are, therefore, unalterably opposed to a continuance of the policy which is pro­ ductive of such results, and in the Inaugura­ tion of this campaign against the narty re­ sponsible for them, it is by the Democracy of Michigan, Hrxolve'/, That we hereby indorse the plat­ form adopted and the candidates nominated by the National Democratic Convention recently held at Chicago, and we furthermore declare on our own behalf: 1. That for the payment ot the war debt, the pensions ot Union soldiers, and for other inci­ dental expenses'of the government economically administered, we favor the maintenance of in­ ternal and tariff taxation, HO levied that luxuries shall bear the chief burden, and necessaries of life be practically free. 2. That the system of contracting the convict lai>or ot our penal Inst tutlons should be abolished, and the detention of criminals sen­ tenced by the courts of other States in our penal institutions should be prohibited. 3. That we favor a liberal mechanics' lien law, making claims for labor a first prefeired lien. 4. That in granting of corporate franchises the State should reserve the right to regulate the conduct of corporations so as to promote the public good. JieHolvetl, That we cordially approve the ad­ ministration of Gov. Begole as eminently honest, fair, and impartial. Kesolri d. That to the six members of Con­ gress elected by us two years ago we tender hearty thanks for the ability and fidelity mani­ fested by them In their representation of the Interests of their constltusnts and of this State. _______ Michigan Greenback»-r». Richard F. Trevellick. the well-known labor agitator, was chosen to preside over the Michi­ gan Greenback State Conveution, which con­ vened at Detroit. After a heated discussion, a resolution in favor of fusion was adopted. The platform adopted reaffirms the Va- tional platform, and commends But­ ler as worthy of support at the polls. It objects to the consignment of dead uauiiers to "the pickling vat at Ann Arbor," and heartily commends the administration of Gov. Beaole. After the adoption of the platform. Gov. Begole was renominated by acclamation. The following nominations were also made, which complete the State ticket: Attorney General, Fiancis M. Cook; Commissioner of State Land Office, .T. H. Dennis; Superintendent of Public Instruction, David Parsons. A new btat3 Committee wa I choscn, W. D. Fuller, of Newaygo, being re-elected Chairman. Texas Democrats. The Democratic State Conventlan of TEXA^ convened at Houston, and organized by. the • election of William Upton, of Taplette County, I as permanent Chairman. The report of the Committee on Platform was unanimously 1 adopted. The platform indorses the National Democratic platform; declares in favor of com­ mon free schools for ooth white and black chil­ dren; opposes the enactment of a herd law; The Republican State Convention of Connecti­ cut, which assembled at New Haven, choee- J. A. Tibbets, Collector of New London, for pro- siding officer. The following State ticket waa. nominated: Governor, Henry B. Harrison; Lieutenant Governor, Loren A. Cook; Secretary of State, Mai. Charles Russell; Comptroller, L. J. Munson; Tre.surer, V. B. Chamberlain. The- fojlowingplatform was adopted: The Republicans of Connecticut, in conven­ tion assembled, declare that they heartily ratifjr the nominations of James G. Blaine and John. A. Logan; that they indorse the declaration OF principles contained in the platform of the Re­ publican party, adopted at its recent conven­ tion at Chicago, and in the letters of acceptance* of its candidates; and they are especially grat­ ified with the sound doctrine upon tariff t herein set forth, and the spirit of genuine patriotism that will hold this country in its deserved posi­ tion among the nations of the world, and pro­ tect its citizens at home and abroad, and they present to the electors of Connecticut, in thie- persons ot Henry B. Harrison and his associates, npon the State and electoral tickets, candidates worthy of their cordial support. Missouri Prohibitionist*. The Missouri State Prohibition Alliance not:, at Bedalia, with Rev. Dr. J. A Brookes, Presi­ dent, in the chair. A conference committee waa. appointed to confer with a like committee of the- State National Prohibition Convention also in session st Sedalla. The committee reported a resolution that the alliance proceed to nomi­ nate candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor, and adopt a platform. After a spirited debate the motion carried,, and the convention proceeded to nominate Rev. Dr. John A. Brookes for Governor and Henry Eshbaugh for Lieutenant Governor. The Pro­ hibition convention ratified the nominations. The nominee is a Presbyterian minister of St. Louis. During the war he was esteemed a. Southern sympathizer, and refused to take the- iron-clad oath in the Drake Constitution. For this lie was ostracised from preaching, but man­ aged to evade the law by lecturing. He is one of the ablest ministers in the State, and the most eloquent pulpit orator in the West. New Jersey Democrats. . The Kew Jersey Democracy assembled in con­ vention at Trenton, and selected Gen. George^ B. McClellan as Chairman. A Presidential elect­ oral ticket wa« nominated, and the following platform adopted: Resolved, That the Democratic party, in con­ vention assembled, affirm their devotion to the- principles of the party as enunciated inthe- platform adopted by the State convention on the 14th of May, by the national convention at Chicago in July, and declared by the letter of acceptance of Grover Cleveland. liesolved. That in Grover Cleveland and Thomas A, Hendricks we recognize representa­ tive Democrats, pledged to honest government- and administrative refoim, and we pledge to them the unite U support of the Democracy of New Jersey. , Michigan Anti-Monopolists. At a State convention of the Anti-Monopoly party of Michigan, held at Detroit, Wildeman Mills, of Sanilac, was nominated for Governor,. anil the State Central Committee was authorized to fill the electoral ticket with five Anti-Monop­ olist and eight Butler electors from the Green­ back ticket. The convention also nominated George P. Sanford, of Lansing, for Auditor General, and Frank W. Cook, of Muskegon, for Attorney General. The last two nominations were agreed upon by the joint Greenback and Anti-Monopolist conference. THE CROPS. August Beports from Illinois, Indiana*, and Wisconsin. [Washington special.] The report of the Commissioner ot" Agriculture for August on the condition of the growing crops has just been issued,, and gives the following summaries of the reports of the agents for Illinois, Indiana* and Wisconsin, Indiana wheat is turning out much better in quality and quantity than was expected. The yield of 1882 will be equaled, if not surpassed. Corn, tobacco, potatoes, anct pasture have suffered from drought; the rains during the past ten days have im­ proved the conditions, and prospects are-> good for an average crop. ILLINOIS.--Com is rated three points- lower than on July 1. Drought during the greuter part of July in a majority of coun­ ties in the southern division of the State, and during the last week heavy rains pre­ vailed throughout the State, and in many sections winds prevented the . crops. The- average temperature was below that for Ju­ ly, 1883. WISCONSIN.--Large and most excellent- prospect for corn. The southern and" eastern portions in particular show a small increase in acreage, and the condition is- more favorable than has existed for years. Spring wheat promises to be a fine crop. Barley is most excellent as regards yield and weight. That harvested and housed before the storm of July '22 will also show good color, but considerable of the crop- has been damaged in this latter respect. Horsewhipping a Blackmailer. {Special dispatch from Chicago.] A man named Thompson was 'before- Justice Woodman about two months ago,, charged with disorderly conduct, and was- sent to the Bridewell for fifty days. He- was released recently, and Justice Wood­ man received a letter from him yesterday morning demanding $112, and threatening to prosecute^ him for false imprisonment if the money was refused. Thompson fol­ lowed the letter in person a few hours1 later, and demanded the money oil entering the Justice's office. Justice Woodman seized a horsewhip and lashed Thompson out of the room and up Desplaines street to Randolph street. Here he desisted*, when Thompson made somA insulting re­ marks. Thereupon the Justice again at­ tacked him. This time he whipped him to the corner of Union street, when Thomp­ son escaped. Hanged to a Tree. [Galveston (Tex.) dispatch.] Day before yesterday a murderous as­ sault and outrage was committed on Mrs. Juneman, wife of a dairyman residing three miles down the island, and late to­ night the body of her assailant, Richard Flichsig, was found strung up by the neok to a cedar tree. Flichsig at the time of tho assault was in Juneman's employment. CLIPPINGS. THERE is a famine in Yucatan and com riots are feared. GBEEK will continue as a high school study in Cleveland. FIFTEEN different machines are used in* the manufacture of infants' shoes. AN animal half horse and half greyhound^ is a curiosity of Mt. Sterling, Ohio. Six inches of hail recently fell at Lone Tree Valley, Colo., in ten minutes. THE ashes of the late Prof. J. D. Gross,, after cremation, weighed seven pounds. LEWIS HBRBST, of Camden. N. J., claims: to have lived fifty-four days on skim-milk alone. A WESTERN editor speaks of a journal­ istic brother as a "sap-headed ornithic rhynchus." SCOTLAND'S herring fishery is no smalt business. Last year's catch was valued at $10,000,000. A FEW crazy women in Paris are wearing' straw hats with square corners. They are anything but pretty. THIRD-CLASS railway passengers in Ej|- land pay the companies more money than fir.st-clnss and second-class together. A WOMAN is employed at Saratoga to ad­ vertise soap by sitting in a booth and ex­ posing her clean, white skin. Nove^ if »ot nice. 'M •