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VAN SLYKE. Etiter and Pufalithir. HcHENRY, H ILLINOIS aindealcr fBE NEWS CONDENSED. KAMI*. * In a duUl between Fred Rich and Charles Xoeoey, of Pittsburgh, the latter was dan* geronsly wounded. The duel grew out of attentions paid by Koeney to the divorced Wife of his antagonist... .Judge T. Lyle Dickey, of the Supreme Court of the State of Illinois died (it Atlantic City, N. J. He was born in Bourbon County, Kentucky, in 1811.... At Philadelphia the final meeting of the commission ap­ pointed to inquire into the mental condi­ tion of -John McCul lough, the actor, ren­ dered the following verdidt: "That the said John McCullough is, at the time of the taking of this inquisition, a lunatic, and has been so for the space of six months last past, but enjoys some lucid intervals; yet, by reason of his said lunacy, is in­ capable of managing his person and estate." The schedule of the estate places the value of the real estate at $200 and of the personal property at $41,304. ATTORNEY GENERAL STOCKTON of New Jersey has secnred an order for an injunc­ tion restraining nearly 20!t corporations from transacting any business until their taxes are paid. There are nearly 500 de­ linquent corporations in New Jersey, and all will be enjoined. that (he irritation among these tribes was the result of bad control, and that there is no longer any danger of an outbreak. *&r.' msh' THE WEST. THORNTON, a desperado, who murdered Policeman Daniel Sheehan nt Joplin, Mo., was taken from jail and lynched. A DISPATCH from Miles City, Montana, says that excitement runs high there, caused by a report that five cowboys and •even Cheyences had been killed in a fisht on the Rosebud. At Fort Keogh it is learned that the Pine Ridge and other Cheyennes on the Tongue Eiver are quar­ reling with the Cheyenues on the Rosebud, insisting upon the latter leaving their reservation to go south upon the war­ path. The Cheyennes on the Rosebud are peaceable and prefer to remain <^niet The others threatened the life of Indian Agent Stevens at Rosebud. He fled to Fort Custer and telegraphed the facts to the department commander at Fort Snelling, Minn.... Samuel Crocker, editor of the JV«r Chief, the organ of the Oklahoma colonists, has been arrested on the charge of "seditious conspiracy" and "inciting sedition and re­ bellion against the United States Govern­ ment" A number of other arrests of set­ tlers on the same charge is also recorded. ....Crop reports from th3 Northwestern States 6how that in many localities there' will be a better yield of wheat thin was at first anticipated, while the sews concerning coin, oats, barley, pota­ toes, and hay is very eccoumguigl4, .The Secretory of the Nebraska Sta?e Board of Agriculture denies the report of crop blight, and reports of swarms of young locusts or grasshoppers in the Valley of the Arkansas and other parts of Colorado are also offi­ cially denied.... The dispute between the cattlemen and Secretary Lamar in regard to the trail through the Indian Territory has been settled, the bullock barons yield­ ing under protest to the order from the In­ terior Department Quo WAKKANTO proceedings have been begun before the Ohio Sopreme Couit against the board of managers of the peni­ tentiary to test the new law empowering the managers to parole first-term prisoners. ....Chicago elevators contain 14,893,435 bushels of wheat, 824,792 bushels of com, 21 bushels of oats, amU^^fibushels fe; total, ids of ^564,526 num- awav River rere drowned tiave on The Wells & Frendh car and car wheel shops, at the corner of Blue Island and Ashland avennes,«Chicago, were destroyed bv fire, the loss being between $200,000 and $300,000. REPOBTS gathered by an Eastern agri­ cultural journal represent the winter-wheat situation in the Northwest as favorable, al­ though the crop will not bo equal to that of 1884 in any State save Michigan. Spring wheat promises an average crop. Oats and corn look well. The grass crop of the Northwest will be less than in 1884... .Two newspapers and a legal firm in Cincinnati have been sued for libel by Simeon Harris, ^Chicago attorney, who lays hi« damages ^ggregati at $175,000. gas of Milwaukee, just com- population of 158,368, K*78 in 1880... .A majority of composing the Western Ex- .« port AjstWlation have determined to dis- ; continue the old organization and form a new ^ one, to be known as the American Spirit Company, and to be incorporated ' with a capital stock of $100,000. The *' jjp*arters be at Chicago. |;f THE SOUTH. A PASSENGER train on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad was ditched Bear Wallace, Tex. The accident was caused by a large irrigation ditch breaking over and washing away a portion of the track. Harvey Wilson, the engineer, Frank Atchison, the fireman, and two other men were killed; Express Messenger Bennett was [' dangerously hurt, and a passenger named 1 £[>t>ott had his arm and leg fractured The revival of an old grudge at Stepstone, ~J'i between the Town Marshal, Perry Oakley, and John Smith resulted in the death of the two latter, and Nute Osborn who came into the fiht later John A! Armstrong and Alexander Coen. steamboat owners and lumber dealers. Wheeling, W Va., made an assignment. Their liabilities are estimated at $250,000. Louis FOSTEB, colored, aged 16, of Spartansburg, S. C., was bitten by a mad dog two years ago. Last week he was at­ tacked with hydrophobia, and died within a few hours. I* the town of Minden, La., a party of masked men gained an entrance into the jail, forced the prisoners to hold up to the Sated doors John Figures and Cicero reen, two colored desperadoes, and while POUT1CA1* THE President has appointed the follow­ ing Presidential Postmasters; Charles H. Csvanajrh, at Waterfonl, N. T.t Charles J. Walden, at Favette, Mo.; William If. Oillespie, at Trarr, Iowa; S. N. McCloud, at MaryBvillft, Ohio; VV, H. Norton, at Elkhart. Ind.; Albert N. Flinn, at Nashua, N. H.; is. N. Horneek, at Hetroit i lty, Mian.; vloeC. W. Dix, suspended; David W «wynn, at Tallahassee, Ha, vice William G. Stewart, suspended; .!ohn P. A'orvell, at l>anville. 111 , vice William it Jewell, suspended; .lames \V. Lauer. at Kvans- •ille, lud., v cell. 8. Bennett, suspended; SamL L. Berry, at Winchester, III., vie * M. Bren- nan, sua^endjd; John F. Smith, at Freeport, 111., vice 8. 1>. Atkins, suspended; W. V. Van Antwerp, at Jac5>son, Mich., vice W. Li. Seaton, suspended; Homer Luce, at HiKinnsville, Mo, vice J. W. Kndlev, suspended; Henry L. l eltus, at Bloomington, lud., vice J. G. Mcl'hctcrs, sus­ pended; .lotm Taliaferro, at Winchester, Kjr., vice A. H. Simpson, suspended; Beni. I.oiu\ at Greenville, Ala., vice J. H. Perdue, suspended; Richard J. Wiekersham, at Lebanon, Missouri, •ice C. M. Wilson, suspended; K. 1*. Lezel, at Pierce City, Missouri, vice Thomaa Carlin, suspended; Andrew J. Hendrick, at La Balle, 111., vice 1). O. Seohey, susi>ended; Win. G. Morris, at Krsnkfort. Ind., vice Wm. Hart, suspended; Hermann Freyjtand, at Angola, Ind., vice F. MeCartner, suspended; liobert M. lionerson, at Tipton, Ind., vie» S. Lowley, sus­ pended; ./ohn Netf, at Winchester, Ind., vice C. E. Ferris, suspended: Georpe R. Keynolds, at Plymouth, Ind., vice W. H. Kendall, suspended; Kliphaiet B. crawtord, at feion.v City, Iowa, vice K. R. Kirk, suspended; tiumuer B. Chase,' at Osage, Iowa, vice J?'. K Allerton, suspended; Wil iain A. Burke, at Staunton, Va., vice S. M. Yost, suspended; James M. Keys, at Kich- land Center, Wis., vice D. G. James, sus­ pended; Joseph K. Boftart, at Wilkesbarre, i'a., vice, A. S. Orr, snsi>ended; Miles J. Fi-itan, at Streator, 111., viee r. M. Kyan, suspended; Charles K. GallaRher, at Salamanca, N. Y.,vic« B. B. Webber, suspended; John L. Handlev, at 1-airfield. 111., vice F. W. Scott, suspended; & Barclay Jiadebau^h. at Urbana, 111., vice F. M. W'rik'lit, suspended; Clinton Kosette, at l>e Kalb. 111., vice A. S. Jtckson, suspended; George P. Santord, at Lansing, Mich., vioe o. D. Bingham, suspended. 'lile iollowiiiK appointments are aleo an­ nounced from Wa.--hington: Charles Spalding, of Kansas, to be Receiver of Pnb:ic Moneys at Topeka, Kan.; Samuel Than- liauser. ot Kansas, to be Ki-ceiver of i ublic Moneys at Garden City, Kan.; Edward J. Pawne, of Oreprou, to be L'nited States Judge for the District of Alaska; M. D. Bull, of Alaska, to b • I nited States Attorney for the nistricc of Alaska; Barton Atkins of New York, to be United States Marshal for the Districtof Alaska; Arthur H. Keller, of Alabama, to be I'nited States Marshal lor the District of Alabama; W m. il. Black, of Iowa, to be agent of the In­ dians of the Sac and Fox agency in Iowa; S. H. Henry, to l*e National Bank Examiner for the State of Texas and the Territories of New Mexico and Arizona; Alexander Davezac, ot Kentucky, to be Consul of the I'nited states at Nantes. To be I'nited States Attorneys: John D. Burnett, for the Southern District of Ala­ bama: Charles B. Hanrey, for th; Northern District of Mississippi; Georee E. Bird, for the District of Maine; and Gilbert H. Barger, of Ohio, to be Pension Afrent at Columbus, Ohio. To be United States Marshals: WTiiliam M. Desmond, of the Northern District of Iowa; Iieuben B. Pleasants, for the Eas.ern District of Louisiana; Richard B. Reagan, lor the Eastern District of Texas; Char.es M. Newlin- for the District of Delaware. To be Internal Revenue Colle.-tors; Daniel J. Welch, for the District of Montana; Jno. C. Hen­ derson, for the Eleventh District of Indiana;^"m. B. Anderson, for the Thirteenth District of Illinois; Thomas Cooper, for the Eighth District of Illinois. To be Special Agents for the General Land Office: James A. Munday, ot Kentucky; Clay Taylor, of Mis­ souri; Col. Henry E. Peyton, of Virginia; J. N. Smithee, of Arkan-as; Thomas J. Hickman, OL Louisiana: and Fin me". S ub^ls. of Alabama. utes, and was witnessed by a large crowd of interested spectators... .The ravages of cholera in Spain continue to be Appalling. IThe epidemic is increasing in the province* Of Madrid, Sarngossa, Segovia, andMurcia, •nd has extended to Herescaand Caceres.... Karl Spencer has been complimented in the House of Lords by the Martinis of (Salisbury on the manner in which he ful­ filled his duties as Lord Lieutenant of Ire­ land. .. .It is said that the Russian Govern­ ment contemplates levying a poll tax upon every foreigner who remains more than a fortnight in the empire... .Emperor Will­ iam has appointed Prince Hohenlohe. the' German Embassador to France, Governor of Alsace-Lorraine. MICHAEL DAVITT refuses to stand for Parliament because in entering that body he woald be compelled to swear allegiance to the Queen. In a letter just written to Joseph Chamberlain* the Kadical leader, which marks a final rupture between the two sections of the Nationalist party, Mr. Davitt says he would be proud to" stand with Mr. Chamberlain on any platform in Ireland Princess Beatrice, youngest daughter of Queen Victoria, was married on the 23d of July, at St. Mildred's Church, Whippingham, six miles from Osborne, on the Isle of Wight, to Prince Henry of Bat- tenberg. The Archbishop of Canterbury and the Dean of Windsor officiated at the ceremony. suBPRiaara STORIES. JL Match Converted Into a Tooth*pick, Burns an Indiana Citizen i8eri©n8ljr; .mm. ADDITIONAL NEWS. ft' - ttaalttktthe two men were shot to death. FASULlittTOX. THE news of the death of Gen. Grant was received with profound sorrow, bells being tolled, flags hung at half-mast, and emblems of mourning displayed from pub­ lic and private buildings. President Cleve­ land issued a proclamation testifying to the magnitude of the national loss, and or­ dering the payment of appropriate honors to the memory of the deceased by the sev­ eral departments of the Government. The Georgia Legislature passed resolutions of regret and at once adjourned for the day, and similar action was taken by many municipal bodies, commercial organiza­ tions, etc., in all sections. Among the senders of telegrams of condolence to Mrs. Grant were President Cleveland, ex-Presi­ dent Hayes, Gen. Sheridan, and many other distinguished men. A correspondent at Mount MacGregor furnishes the following account of the last moments of the dead heio: A few minutes before 8 o'clock Henry, the nurse, stepped hastily nron the piazza and spoke quietly to the physicians. He told them he thought the General was very near to death. The medical men hast.lv entered the room wh 're the sick man was lyina, and approached his side. Instantly upon scanning the patient's lace. Dr. Douglas ordered that the tamily be summoned to his bedside. Haste was made, and Mrs. Grant, Mr. Jesse and wife, U. 8. Grant, Jr., and wife. Col. Fred Grant and wife, and Mrs. Sartoris were quickly beside the doctors at the sick man's cot. The members of the group had been summoned not a moment sooner than was prudent. The doctors noted, on entering the room and j ro- ceeding to the bedside, that already a purplish tinge, which is one of nature's signs of tinal dissolution, had settled beneath tne finger­ nails. The hand that Dr. Douglas lifted was fast growing cooler than it had been through the night. The pulse had flut­ tered beyond the point where the phy­ sician could distinguish it from the pulse-beats in his own finger-tips. The respiration was very rapid, and was a suc- ssion of shallow, panting infialations; but. As the end approached, the rattling follness of the throat and lungs diminished, and the respira­ tions became Pss labored and almost noiseless. This tact was in its results a comfort to the a tellers by the bedside, to whom was spared the scene of an azcnl7ing or other than a peace­ ful death. The wife almost constantly stroked the face, forehead, and hands of the riving fien- eral. and at times, as the passionate longing to prevent the event so near would rise within her, Mrs. Giant pressed both his hands, and, lean­ ing forward, tenderly kiss'd her husband's face. Col. Fred <>rant sat silentlv. but with evi­ dent feeling, thoug i hi= bearing was that of a soldierly son at the de*th-l>ed ot his father. U. H. Grant, Jr., was deep;y moved, bat Jesse bore the scene steadily, and the ladies, while watch­ ing with wet cheeks, were silent. The morning had j a-sed five minutes beyond tight o'clock, and there was not one of the strained and wait­ ing watchers but who could mark the nearness of the life-tide to its tinal ebbing. Dr. Douglas noted the nearness of the supreme monent, and quie ly approached the bedside and( bent above it. and while he d d so the sor­ row of the gray-haired phvsician emed closoly allied with that of the family. J}r. fihrafly also drew near. It was fc :07 o'clock and the eyes of the General ere closed. His breathing grew more hushed as the last functions of the heart and lungs were hastened to the closing of the ex-Presi- dent's life. A peaceful expression seemed to be dee]>ening in the firm and strong-lined face, and it was reflected as a closing comfort in the ' sad hearts that beat quickly under the Btress of loving suspense. A minute more passed and the General drew a deeper breath. There was an exha'ation like that of one relieved of long and anxioi.s tension. The members of the loupwere impelled each to step nearer the bed, and each waited to note the next res­ piration, but it did not come then--it never came. There was absolute stillness In the room and a hush of expectancy, so that no sound broke the silence save the singing of birds in the nlues outside the cottage and the measured throbbing of the engine that all night had waited by the little mountain depot down the slope. "It is all overl" quie.ly spoke Dr. Douglas, and there came then heavily to each witness the realization that Gen. Grant was dead. Then the doctors withdrew, the nurse closed the eyelids and composed the dead Gen­ eral's head, after which each of the family group pressed to the bedside, one after the other, and touched their lips upon the quiet face so lately stilled. Am® mature consideration, the Presi- dfot and Cabinet have reached the conclu­ sion that the leases of lands in Indian Ter­ ritory held by cattle men are invalid, and it has been determined to take steps to have them set aside. Gen. fcheridan has reported that no permanent settlement of the Indian troubles in the Territory can be effected while the cattlo men are in posses- fdon of the best lands, and it is the inten tion of the President to remove the dis tarbiog element, and reserve Indian Terri­ tory for the exclusive occupation of the Indians. PRESIDENT CLEVELAND has issued proclamation declaring invalid the leases of lands for grazing purposes in the Chey enne and Arapahoe reservations, Indian Territory, and ordering the removal of all cattle held by persons other than Indians from such land within forty days. This action was advised by Gen. Sheridan, at whose suggestion the President has also designated Capt Lee. of the Ninth In­ fantry, to act as agent of the Cheyennes •nd Arapahoes at DarUngton. Gen. Sheri- 4m Kansas, THE Signal Service publishes reports of 186 tornadoes in the United States during 1884. More than one thousand buildings were destroyed by these storms. The States in which tornadoes were most fre­ quent were Georgia, South Carolina, and Alabama. DURING the week there were 215 business failures in the United States, as compared with 185 during the 'preceding week and 223 during the corresponding week of last year. The movement of general merchan- d se continues moderate, although an im­ proved feeling is reported ia dry-goods circles. SOME apprehension has arisen lest Gladstone should not be able to participate in the election campaign ia England be­ cause of catarrh of the throat. Improve­ ment in the condition of the great debater is, however, said to be rapid ... Parisian newspapers say that, to nvoid a cause of dispute between England and llussia. Prince Bismarck has suggested that Zulfi- car Pass be made neutral ground.... An unknown man has been arrested at London for threatening the life of Princess Bea­ trice, who was married last week. THE Asisociated Press reporter at Mount MacGregor telegraphs' an interesting chat he had with Dr. Douglas the day after Gen. Grant's death. "I am going to tell you of an experience I had with Gen. Grant on the afternoon of Thursday, July 16. Dur­ ing the afternoon of that day the General wrote this," and Dr. Douglas drew from his pocket several slips written by the Gen­ eral, and read what the sick man had writ­ ten, which was as follows: I feel sorry at the prospect of living through the summer and fall in the condition I am In. 1 do not think I can, but I may. Except that I do not gather strength, I ieel quite as well from day to day as I have done here ofore. Put I am losing strength. I feel it more In the inability to move around than in any other way, or rather in the lack of desire to try to move. When he had read that, Dr. Douglas said that he turned to the General and tried to cheer him by telling him of the appar­ ent improved condition of his throat and neck, to which in reply the General again wrote: , After all that, however, the disease is still there, and must be fatal m the end. My lite is precious, of course, to my family, and would be to me if I could recover entirely. There never was one more willing to go than L I know most people have first one and then another little thing to fix up, and never ge% quite through. This was partially my case. I first wanted so many days to work on iny book, so the authorship would be clearly mine. It was graciously granted to me, after being apparent­ ly much lower than since. My work has been done so hastily that much was left out, and I did it all over, from the crossing of the James River, in 1804, to Appomattox, in 1865. Since that 1 have added as much as fifty pages to the book, I should think. There Is nothing more to do, and therefore I am not likely to be more ready to go than at this moment. A MOUNT MACGREGOR dispatch of July 25 says: "Gen. Grant's body has been em­ balmed, and will remain in the cottage where he died until Tuesday, Aug. 4, guard­ ed by a special detail of thirteen uniformed men from Grand Army Post, No. 327, of Brooklyn. Before the removal of the re­ mains a funeral service will be conducted on the veranda of the cottage by Dr. New­ man, in the presence of the family and im­ mediate friends. The body will arrive nt Albany Tuesday evening, Aug. 4, and will lie in state at the Capitol until Wednes­ day noon. It will then be con­ veyed to New York, and will lie in state at City H all until the following Saturday, when it will be interred in Central Park. Ar­ rangements are making for a great military and civic demonstration at the metropolis on that day, and memorial services will be held simultaneously in the leading cities and towns <#f the country. The cot­ tage in which Gen. Grant died will not again be occupied as a domicile, but-wilf be presented by the owner, J. W. Drexel, with all its present belongings, to the Gov­ ernment The condolences of Queen Victoria, tha Prince and Prin­ cess of Wales, and ex-Presi- den* Arthur were among those telegraphed to Mrs. Grant"... .Babcock & Andrews, proprietors of the big bucket-shop at Syr­ acuse, N. Y., failed for $500,000. The firm figure their assets at a nominal rate, mostly in office furniture.. . .John Splan, the driver, who was arrested at Pittsburgh for using a spur whip in a race, was fined $10 and costs. THE MARKET& THE family of General Grant promptly, rejected the proposition oif the doctors for an autopsy. The latter had been misrep­ resented, they said, and their diagnosis of the case questioned, and they were anxious that a post mortem should settle for once and for all any doubts that might exist on the subject. The family representatives replied that they were perfectly satisfied with the physicians' conduct of the case, and could not see any necessity for a step that was so abhorrent to their feelings. A Mount MacGregor dispatch says "that as soon as the General's death was* known, a dispatch was at once sent to a Saratoga un­ dertaker, who responded by coming up at once with an ice-box. in which the body, after the usual prepaiations, was placed! This temporary casket was placed on tres­ tles in the middle of the parlor, where the remains were viewed by the family and several of their friends during the forenoon and afternoon." ^OBEIGR. Losi> LONSDALE and Sir George Chet- wynd, rival aspirants for favor in the eyes of Lily Langtry, had a fistic encounter in Soften Bow, London, which lasted ten xain- NEW YORK. BEEVES Hoos WHEAT--No. 1 White No. 2Red. COBN--No. 2 OATS--White PORK--New Mess. Lard CHICAGO. BEEVES--Choice to Prime Steers. Good Shipping Common HOGS FLOUB--Fancy Red Winter Ex.. 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The board, with one dissent­ ing voice (that of Treasurer Lubbock), voted to accept the proposition of Colonel Abner Taylor, of the Chicago syndicate, to build the State House of red granite, from the mountains of Burnet County, sixty miles northwest of Austin. Under the new agreement, the building will oost the contractor $500,000 extra, but the State agrees to omit two porticos and furnish the granite and 500 convicts t;o work it. Col. Taylor was present at the meeting, and Bays he will immediately put a large force at work. A railroad fifteen miles long has to be built before the gran­ ite is reiched. A dispatch from a conven­ tion of Knights of Labor was laid before the meeting, solemnly protesting against the employment of convicts. Col. Taylor says he will employ every gvanito cutter in Texas at union prices. The Texas Stato House is to be finished according to the new contract in two Tht> Texans are much pleased wiih the magnanimous and honorable bearing and conduct of Col. Taylor throughout the negotiations, which have extended over a week and involved millions. Both sides made concessions, and Col. Taylor showed Gov. Ireland he was not to be outdone. ROACH ON HIS BACK! wm The Big Ship Bailder Worsted in His Fight with the Hew Ad­ ministration. A Book-Keeper Wrecks a Bank. A Sedalia (Mo.) special says that "an ex­ amination of the books of the Sedalia Sav­ ings Bank, from which 11. E. King, the bookkeeper, embezzled $10,000 on July 3 and absconded, revealed that there had been systematic defalcations during the last five years, amounting to about $38,000, besides the $10,000 returned, making $48,- 000, or nearly the capital stock of $50,000. King was arrested on a warrant sworn out by one of tho directors and placed under bond of $1,500, which was to-day raised to $5,000. Officers of the bank have published a card saying that on account of serious loss by having their funds abstracted it would be necessary to suspend, but arrangements had been made to pay every dollar of the deposits with interest, and all depositors could call and get their money at pleasure. The matter had been kept quiet by the bank, which had denied the reports that had gotten out, and the announcement cre­ ated quite a sensation. Nearly all con­ cerned censure the bank officers for re­ taining King when his bad habits were well known. Buried Like a l'auper. The funeral of Edward Gillan, who shot his wife and killed himself at Cleveland, Ohio, was a strange one. A telegram from that city says: "The man was a Boman Catholic, but some years ago he was ex­ communicated, and no priest would consent to conduct the funeral services. His daughter refused to allow a Protestant min­ ister to officiate, and consequently no serv­ ice was performed and no hymn was sung. The remains lay in a rich casket with silver ornaments. A large number called to sea the corps?. The funeral was attended only by a few old people, who sat by the coffin smoking pipes. There was considerable trouble securing pall-bearers, but finally six men consented to act. The body was then taken to the Catholic cemetery, but as Gib'nn had been excommunicated it was re­ fused burial there, and thus the remains of the man who left $^0,000 worth of property were buried in the potter's flel&** ^ " i A Plucky Woman. A Lafayette (Ind.) dispatch s»J% fhat "a rough-looking man entered the kitchen door of one of our prominent houses and inquired for the lady of the house. Being informed by the hired girl that she was not at home he been me very loquacious, and wound up by making love to the gill. Pre­ tending not to be opposed to his advances, ehe watched her opportunity and when he approached her she seized a largo dipper and from a wash-boiler on the stove hurled a quantity of boiling suds into his face, scalding his eyes in a terrible manner. As he groped his way out of the house he was heard to exclaim: "Oh, sheol," but in the language of the old version. As he re­ treated the girl followed up her advantage by administering another hot bath about the head and neck until he was well off the premises. If the fellow retains his eye- Bight he will doubtless give that kitchen a wide berth in the future." A Tootli-PIck Explosion. A most singular occurrence, that, by a miracle, did not prove a fatal one, hap­ pened at a grocery in Richmond, Ind., says a dispatch from that city. Billy Stump had sharpened the clean end of a match for a tooth-pick when a customer called for a can of gasoline, and while filling it, with the match held firmly between his teetli, he raised his head and it was ignited in coming in contact with the counter. Simultaneously a flame shot from the can and he was ab'aze, but hurrying to the street some parties, after failing to quench the bh/e by pumping water on him, rolled him in the duat until they accomplished it. One leg was badly burned and he was con> siderably scorched all over. A Proclamation Against Cattle. Gov. Martin of Kansas, a Topeka tele­ gram says, has issued a proclamation against the importation of infectious cattle into the State. The Governor directs all Sheriffs and deputies to promptly take charge of and restrain any cattle sought to be driven acrosR any county in violation of law and report the same to the Live Stock Sanitary Commission. The Governor also directs the Sanitary Commission to adopt effective regulations for the enforcement of the act. Three Men Killed by an Explosion. A frightful explosion occurred on the South Pennsylvania Bailroad, near Fort Littleton, Fulton County. Pa., instantly killmg on - Hungarian and two Italians, and probab'y fatally injuring John Martin, the foreman, and an unknown negro. The bodies of those killed were horribly mu­ tilated. The Crops--AH Eastern Estimate. Speciil reports from all the winter and •pring wlie it growing States to the Ameri­ can Hural home, of Rochester, N. Y.( state that in the Northwest the winter- wheat situation is generally considered favo ab'e, but Michigan alone raises a crop equal to that of 1884. In Southern Illinois, Ohio. Missouri, Kansas, Tennes­ see, und Kentucky there has been no im- Crovement in the past thirty days. In the itter two States the millers are buying old wheat to sta t up their mills. The spring- wheat prospects indicate an average crop if the hot sun does not scorch it. The grass crop of the Northwest will not equal that of 1*84. Oats stand bountifully. Corn shows great improvement, having made a great gain in the last fourteen days. J' Three Persons Drewned. . Daring a heavy rain-storm a wagon con­ taining a man, woman, and child capsized while crossing a large aroya between Trini­ dad and El Moro, Colo. AU were drowned. The xiream was greatly swollen. No trace of the bodies could be found, and they w.^re no doubt swept by the current to the rbm-as River and lost. There is no clew the |dentity of the people incinnati Enquirer destroys " by illmatnting a dog-fight & 6.50 5.50 & 4.50 0 4.76 lg an Assignment for of His Creditors Owing to Gar- „ land's Decision. t " •{ [New York telegram.] Saturday afternoon a notice of assign­ ment was filed in the County Clerk's office by John lloich, the well-known ship-build- or. About tho ^ame time notice was posted at the iron-works on East 9th street to the effect that employes would be paid on Mon­ day by Mr. Mooney, Roach's books-keeper, and that the works would be closed till further notice. George M. Quintard and George E. Weed are named assignees, and preferences are given to the amount of $122,217.78. The preferred creditors are William Rowland, of New Brunswick, N. J., $62,217.18: Che Mechanics and Traders* Bank of Brooklvn, $20,(01, and P. W. Gallaudet & Co., $40,000, Shortly after the notice was posted at the works Mr. Roach, accompanied by his two sons, Garrett and Stephen, left for the ship­ builder's place on the Sound. Mr. Garrett Roach said in answer to que tions that the complications arising from the recent de­ cisions of Attorney General Garland had induced his father to place all his property in the hands of trustees* so that ths inter­ ests of all creditors might be guarded. Mr. Quintard, one of the assignees, said the assignment had been a surprise to him. There was no doubt as to its be­ ing due to Secretory Whitney's action in the case of the Dolphin, and he (Quintard) thought Mr. Roach feared similar action on the part of the Secretary in re­ gard to other contracts. There was $69,- 000 owing to Mr. Roach for repairs on the double-turret monitor Puritan, besides money on the three cruisers, the Atlanta, the Boston, and the Chicago. He believed there was $223,000 due on the Chicago, and $6,00 > each on the Atlanta and Boston, and uncertainty as to payment of these amounts was the cause of the assignment. Mr. Quintard thought Mr. Roach's proper­ ty was sufficient to pay all claims. He added that Mr. Roach was completely brok­ en down physically. Mr. Aaron J. Van- derpoel, one of the great shipbuilder's law­ yers, s vid his client was a very sick man, but he was sure every creditor would be paid in full, as Mr. Roach could pay $2 for every $1 he owed. [Chester (Pa.) dispatch.] The news of the failure of John Roach caused considerable excitement here, where his solvency had never been questioned. Up to within a year ago his weekly pav-roll was never le*s than $15,000. Now' it is about $7,€00, but this will be reduced to­ morrow, when 400 men will be laid off. Only enough workmen will be kept to finish the Mallory ship Comal. Representatives of the Winchester Company say the ship­ yard was a separate corporation and was not included in the assignment. The yard will be affected, however, and as Mr. Roach is a large stockholder in the Chester rolling mills, blast furnace, and Combination Iron and Steel Company, located here, it is diffi­ cult to foretell the result on these places. Work on the cruisers Boston and Chicagq and the monitor Puritan will virtually be suspended. Secretary Whitney on the Failure. [Newport (R. I.) special.] Secretary of the Navy Whitney, speaking of the assignment of John Roach Sons, said to-night: "I must admit that I was very much surprised to learn of the assign­ ment of Mr. Roach, and I am sorry for it, yet I do not see liow the Navy Department of the Government is in any way responsi­ ble. As a matter of fact there is only $15,000 or $20,000 difference between tho Government and Mr. Roach. All he coutd connect the Government with in the mat­ ter is this: He would say: 'The Dolphin is ready and the Government refuses to re­ ceive her, and I cannot get my $15,000 or $20,000.' Now whether that would cause the suspension of a man like that, I cannot tell you. In the matter of the assignment, and the individuals preferred, it is clear that the Government is protected, for the j reason that we hold the bondsmen whom ' Mr. Roach has given the preference." The ! Secretary said there was no reason why the THE SLANG EPIDEMIC. A Worse Enemy to the Queen's ftnglfili Than Bad Grammar. Slang ia breaking down social con­ ventionalities by its free and indiscrim­ inate use. It is lessening maiden dig­ nity, which should always be en­ trenched behind soft and gentle speech. It ia deteriorating the standard that wo once lie.d for your young men, and is unquestionably a vice making its in­ road* a* insiduously as drink or gamb- ling. Our children are allowod to in­ terlard their conversation with the catch-words of low comedies, without remonstrances, which must in the end produce its effect upon character and conduct. hlsng is a reflection upon the pro­ gress of our civilization, and if n«t re­ pressed will soon become a prevailing feature of our popular literature. Our schoo.s should bo the reformatories for its cure. The principles of correct speaking are simple enough to be con veyed intelligently to the youngest children, and it should be impressed upon them that the use of pure diction is one of the stepping stones toward build ng up a pure character. It is pitiable to listen to the conver­ sation of the average school-girl of to­ day, whose lipg should be as unsullied as the bloom upon her cheek. I will leave it to the initiated to interpret the meaning of the following phrases, se­ lected at random, but actually uttered by some of the representatives of our first-class schools and seminaries: "Didn't we have Jim dandy fnn to' day at school?" "Yes, but the old dragon got on, her ear because we didn't know ot|* L&tin." "Gee whizl I don't care." "Ah, there! Stay there!" "Jimeny cracky! She's a daisy." "Did you catch on ?" • "Yes, I tumbled to the racket." "Did you know that Jack Smith had blown out most of his fortune?" "You bet; he intends to fly high. The governor had to shell out the sheckels." "Well, it is a comfort to have as much dough as a person wants." "I saw him making a break along the street on a blue streak." "Awfully jolly!" "Awfully funny!" "Take the cake?" "I should smile!" "What a gillie!" But it is needless to multiply the ex­ pressions ad infinitum. Do not such examples of slang confront us as a hor­ rible nightmare? Does it not plainly show that the tendency is increasing to an alarming degree? It is bringing the conversation of our sons and daugh­ ters down to the level of thieves' jar­ gon, and fast obliterating all delicacy of the sentiment in the minds of both establishing a freemasonry of course and corrupt language as a means of social intercourse. The descent is easy which leads to vulgarity in thought, and it is a wise parent who forsees the end.-- Cincinnati Com­ mercial Gazette. SonMrekcw Sunstroke is caused by excessive heat, and especially if the "weather is "muggy." It is more apt to occur on the second, third, or fourth day of a heated term than on the first. Loss of sleep, worry, excitement, close sleeping rooms, debility abuse of stimulants, predispose to it. It is more apt to at­ tack those working in , the sun, and especially between the hours of 11 o'clock in the morning and 4 o'clock in the afternoon. Have as cool sleeping- rooms as possible. Avoid loss of sleep and all unnecessary fatigue. If work­ ing in doors, and where there is artifi­ cial heat, laundries, etc., see that the room is well ventilated. If working in the sun, wear a light hat (not black, as it absorbs the heat), straw, etc., and put insido of it on the head a wet cloth or a large green leaf; frequently lift the hat from the head and see that the other contracts should not be proceeded uloth is wet. Do not check perspira- with. tion, but drink what water you need to keep it up, as perspiration prevents the body from being overheated. Have, whenever possible, an additional shade, Roacli on the Disaster," "As to the causes which have led up to my assignment, strictiv speaking, it is not < ., . . i, , • a failure;" said John Roach to a New York | as a thln mi?brella w*»en talking, a can- reporter; "that is to say, my assignees will 1 ^aa or_board cover when working m the be able to pay $2 for every $1 of liabilities if they realize anything like the real value of my property. I cannot say what the exact amount of my liabilities is, nor what the sum of the assets will be to meet them. If the people understood this matter, if the mendacious free-trader had not so ex­ tensively deceived them, the failure of , John Roach would be looked upon from ocein to ocean as a na­ tional calamity. This is not a party ques­ tion. I have been a Republican, but above that I have first, last, and ever been an American. It was my great ambition that our nation should recover its glory and prosperity on the seas. I incorporated companies to Bail vessels, and, despite the fact that the Government lent me scant en­ couragement, while foreign Governments practically supported their ship-builders, I I have prove d that it is possible for us to secure an immense foreign trade and to be­ come. if the Government would but lift its consenting finger, the greatest sen-trading nation of the earth. Business became stagnant about a year ago when the Presidential nominations were being made. The 4 free ship' move­ ment was strong, for it has a catchv sound. The Democratic party is supposed to favor free ships, and when the ejection excitement began and people saw the possibility of Democratic success and of the passage of a law that would mean the annihilation of American shipbuilding there was no business. All the work, there­ fore, that I have on hand has been the construction of the new dispatch-boat and sparking. "Them was great times, sun. When much fatigued do not go to work, but be excused from work, especially after 11 o'clock in the morn­ ing on very hot days, if the work is in the sun. If a feeling of fatigue, dizzi­ ness, headache, or exhaustion occurs, cease work immediately, lie down in a shady and cool place; apply cold cloths to and pour cold water over the head and neck. If any one is overcome by the heat, send immediately for the nearest good physician. While waiting for the physician give the person cool drinks of water, or cold black tea, or cold coffee, if able to swallow. If the skin is hot and dry, sponge with or pour cold water over the body and limbs and apply to the head pounded ice wrapped in a towl or other cloth. If there is no ice at hand, keep a cold c'oth on the head, and pour cold water on it as well as on the body. If the person is pale, very faint and pulse feeble, let him inhale ammonia for a few seconds, or give him a teaspoonful of aromatic spirits of ammonia in two tablespoonfuls of water with a little sugar. • Courting by the Firelight, Uncle Davy was giving the boys some advice in their love-making af­ fairs, and one of them asked him how the young people did when he was the throe new cruisers. In tho meantime the Democracy had come into power, and prepared to prove their prophecy that tho appropriation was not honestly spent The Dolphin, a strong, substantial, excellent vessel, was condemned on the most puerile technicalities, and to add to this injustice, Mr. Garland has repudiated the contracts and praetiea'ly said that there exists no binding agreement between me and the Government. That capped tin climai# A DARING DIVER. Joseph Klat, a River Mao, Plunge* Head­ foremost, ninety Feet, from the St. Louis Bridge. [St. Louis (Mo.) special] Joseph Kist, a river man, dived from the TI,_ middle span of the St Louis bridge into ! , Ji ton and it reallv the*-™r' tt f9t<^e °f Pjn-ty feet',°? a bct 5 -«.«. nrwthi™ of $o00 a side. The matter was only known boys," he said in reply, "great times. We didn't have no gas, nor no keero- sene, nor no newfangled notions, and we done our sparkin' by a plain tal!ow dip; but most frequently by the fire­ light. Firelight is warmin', boys, and flickers just enough to make • girl's eyes shine and the peach blossom glow in her cheeks. It's mighty soft and purty, too, and kinder reaches out and melts two hearts together in a way none of your gaslights knows anything about. Sometimes the fire shined up a little too powerful in places, and the young man would git up. without say- in' anything, and put a shovelful of ashes on it. Then he would cuddle lip to the girl in the shadows and she to the interested parties. About noon Kist went on the bridge, and when the center arch was reached slipped off his clothes and appeared in a suit of flesh-colored tights. He climbed over the railing, stood for a moment looking into the boiling waters beneath, and then dived headforemost into the flood. He shot down­ ward at an angle of 45 degrees straight as an arrow, struck the water fairly oa his head, and disappeared in the current. In a few moments he reappeared and swam a short distance, but was picked upnnd land­ ed in East St. Louis. He was very much exausted, but received no injury., Some time ago Kist made an attempt to dive from the St. Louis bridge, but was prevented by the police. MRS. MAXATLI,--Miss Braddon, (he novelist--is at the head of the Children's Country Week Society of London. THE General Gordon memorial BOW amounts to $90,155. fund didn't seem like there was anything else in the whole big round earth to be wished for. Purty soon the fire would git obstreperous again, and the little flames would twinkle in and out, as if they wanted to see what was goin* on, or had seen and was laughin' and wink- in' about it and havin' some fun too, and the young fellow would reach for the shovel and the ashes and cover the bright blazes all up. And sometimes --remember, now, only sometimes--the girl would get up and put ashes on, and then--well, boys, when the blue­ birds come in the spring, and the fishin* worms crawled ont of the ground, and the boys set on the green banks of the little creek waitin* for a bite, and the johnny-jump-ups nestled in the sunny places, there was a weddin' in the old house, and the purty bride wore apple blossoms in her hair, and the awkward young fellow blushed in his store clothea and tight boots; and when the 51--1 IL-- • winter oome again they set by their open fire, and the shovel and the ashes was out of a job?'--Merchant Travel0ffc% Parting of Lee andThis Generals. '" A propos of Appomattox, I give ti§ following as a subject for a Southern poet or painter: The parting between Washington and his generals has been celebrated in song and Btory, and the famous paint* ing of that occurrence has, in millions of copies, become familiar to the peo­ ple. But no singer has sung of the parting between Gen^ttal Robert £. Lee and his generals after Appomat­ tox. No painter has painted it. Wash­ ington and his officers separated in the sunshine of a magnificient victory, the fruition of their brightest hopes. Lee and his officers separated in the gloom of defeat, the darkness of despair. Amid the happy homes of their people, the shout and banners and the merry musio and the rejoicing multitudes. Washington and his generals parted to go each one to his pleasant home. Amid the ruins of their Capital, with bare, bowed heads, in utter silence and bitter tears, Lee and his generals sep­ arated and went their several ways to homes destroyed, families broken up and scattered, and often into exile ana oblivion. The final parting was in front of Lee's mansion in Richmond, two days alter Appomattax. Lee's house is an ordinary square brick, standing alone on Franklin street, one square from the Capitol. All the other houses on the square are connected. Upon the afternoon of the second day after the surrender people in that vicinity were surprised to see come riding up the street from the south a company of Confederate horsemen. They were unarmed. Their gray uniforms were worn, soiled, and often tattered, their trappings old* and patched. They wore slouched hats, and here and there was a feather remaining of the onoe smart and jaunty drooping plume of the Confederate cavalryman. They were bronzed and browned and beard­ ed. They sat erect and came on with the splendid horsemanship for which they were noted. Upon the collars of some of the giay jackets could still be seen the faded and tarnished gilt star|| the emblems of the wearers' rank. I In front of them rode Lee. nis two hands held the loosely swinging reins and rested upon the pommel. His head was bent and his eyes were looking straight ahead from under his down­ cast brow, but they seemed to se«- nothing. As the troops cantered up to his old. home his horse stopped at the gate and •he aroused himself suddenly, as from * dream, and cast his eyes upon the fa­ miliar windowsand then around over the group of gallant soldiers who had fol­ lowed his fortunes for four bloody years and gone down in defeat under his- banner. The end of it all had come at last. He threw himself from the horse, and all his companions followed his action* They stood hat in hand, with an arm through the bridle rein,while Lee went from man to man, grasping each hand, looking intently into each face as though he would press it upon his memory forever. Then he turned and went through thd gate and up the steps to lii.M door. As a servant opened tho door he paused with his left foot upon the veranda,his right upon the last step*, and looked back for the last time. Ndt a word had been spoken, not a good-bye uttered. There was no sound heard but that of sobs as tlieBe unkempt and grizzled heross of 100 battles leaned their heads against the shoulders their horses and wept. V Lee gave one look, and broke down at last. His hands went over his ey< his frame shock with sobs, as he turn„_ quickly and disappeared into his loneljr house. With the closing of the door behind him ended forever the wild dream of the Southern Confederacy.-- Washington Letter, in the Commer­ cial Gazette. Crabs Three Feet Across. Prof. Yerrill, of the United States Fish Commission, reports that the zoological results of the deep sea ex­ plorations last year were of great inter­ est. Many additions to the fauna of great depths were made, and a large proportion of them are undescribed forms. Some of the fishes were ojt great interest. Huge spiny spider-crahtt- over three feet across were taken it} 1,000 to 1,230 fathoms, and another; very large crab occurred in great abundance in 500 to 1,000 fathoms, while in 2,574 fathoms a large and strong crab-like creature was taken. Many curious shrimp, some of them of large size and brightly colored, and" often with perfect eyes, occurred i& most of the deepest dredgings. Sev­ eral very interesting new forms of star­ fishes, ophiurans, and holothurians were dredged, some of them in large quantities, even in the deepest locali­ ties. Several interesting new forms of corals, rforgoniaus, sea-pens, and allied forms also occurred. Numerous speci­ mens of huge sea-urchins with flexible shells were obtained from several dif­ ferent stations, in 6,000 to 1,100 fath­ oms. Some of these are about ten inches broad. One sea-urchin not be­ fore observed north of the West Indies, was taken at 991 fathoms. Most of the- deep-sea star-fishes belong to thegeniui Archaster and other closely relate#^ genera. ' The Shopit In Japan. The villages are full of shops. There is scarcely a house which does not se]|| something. Where the buyers com| from, and how a profit can be made ifff a mystery. Many of the things ar|| eatables, such as dried fishes, one &n<§ - a half-inch long, impaled on sticks! cakes, sweetmeats composed of rice, flour, and very little sugar; circular lumps of rice dough, called mochi; roots boiled in brine; a white jelly made from beans; and ropes, straw shoes for men and horses, straw cloaks, paper umbrellas, paper waterproofs, hairpins, toothpicks, tobacco pipes, paper mouchoirs, and numbers of other i rifles made of bamboo, straw, grass, and wood. These goods are on stands, and m the room behind, open to the street, all the domestic avocations are going on, and the housewife is usually to be seen .boiling water or sewing, with a baby tucked in the back of her dress. A lucifer factory has recently been put up, and in many house-front|, men are cutting up wood into length!) for matches. In others are husking ricc, a very laborious process, in whicn the grain is pounded in a mortar sunk in the floor by a flat-ended wooden pes­ tle attached to a long horizontal lever, which is worked by the feet of a man, invariably naked, who stands at the other extremity. . Waste «f Time to Tame Tbeit, "Yes, sir," said the entomologist, can tame flies so that when I whistle they will come and alight on my hand." "Pshaw!" said the bald-headed man/ "that's nothing. They come and alight on my head without my whistling." The entomologist sat dovn.