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• « 1. VAN tLYKE, EMa r and Publithsr. McHENBY, ILLINOIS. TBTNEWS CONDEHBED. THE EAST. A POTTSVILLE (Pa.) dispatch says: "A horrible tragedy occurred at Silver Creek, ; , a mining village eight miles east of this city. Patrick O'Neill and his wife, Sarah, lived 'with an old woman named Betty Keefe. The man and woman had constant quarrels, and Mrs. O'Neill blamed the old woman, who was her husband's aunt, | ?®for being the instigator of the domestic li troubles. Yesterday was an occasion rof general carousal and disturbance at f% Silver Creek, and in the evening the bulk J$of its people were drawn to one end of the ^village by a row. Old Mrs. Keefe was in r-^bed, and Mrs. O'Neill, taking advantage of :• the opportunity, dragged the old woman to the floor and severed her head from her body with an ax. Mrs. O'Neill was drunk at the time, and when arrested did not deny the crime. She was lodged in jail." AT East Aurora, Erie County, N. Y., a cheese has been turned out which weighs 3,300 pounds. The milk used in its man­ ufacture weighed sixteen tons.. ..Edward Burgess, who designed the yacht Puritan, urchased her at auction in New York for 13,500. Mr. Burgess siiqply acted "as agent for a Boston gentleman. iThe death of Goldsmith Maid, the famous trotter who reigned for years as queen of the turf, occurred in Trenton, N. J., last Seek. Since her retirement from the turf i 1878 she had been tenderly cared for on H. N. Smith's Fashion Stud Farm near iTrenton. She was taken ill only two hours )>efore her death. Death was caused by Ifatty degeneration of the heart George Wilkes, founder of Wilkes' Spirit of the Times, died of Bright's disease, in New "York Harry Thompson, husband of Henrietta Yaders, the actress, attempted •wide at Syracuse. N. Y. f , §i 'n. • -•> ;-v-* It'::-. ;;; •raB WEsm A QUARTERLY dividend of 1} per cent lias been declared on Bock Island stock. At Lewiston, Idaho, five Chinamen %ho were locked up for murder and arson %ere taken from the jail by citizens and lynched... .Owing to the prevalence of hog cholera in the district, the City Council of .Akron, Ohio, has been asked to prohibit the sale of pork for thirty days.... Postal Clerk James B. Green was found dead in jhis car in a Vandalia train near Vandalia, Ml.t his slrull having been crushed in. Three tramps, whose clothes were blood­ stained, and who were riding on the plat- iform of the car, have been arrested for the murder, but allege that Green, while looking from the door of his car, was struck by something Seattle (W. T.) dispatch: "The quarters of the Chinese workmen at the Black Dia­ mond Mines were visited by a mob last night. They were armed with repeating rifles and each had a sack drawn over his head with holes cut for the mouth, no^e and eyes. They were thus completely dis­ guised. and presented a fearful appearance. The Chinese fled in terror from their houses, which were then burned. These Chinamen had already been discharged from the mines, and expected to return to Seattle this morning. There is much ex­ citement over the Chinese question here." AN Omaha dispatch says: "The formu­ lated demands of the Knights of Labor in regard to the trouble at Bock Springs and the Chinese question were received at the Union Pacific headquarters from Denver on Wednesday. The Knights demand that D. O. Clark, Superintendent of the Union Pacific coal department, be dismissed; that the contract with Beckwith, Quinn & Co., who have the contract for supplying coal, employing Chinese as well as other miners, be canceled, and that the Chinese employes K ; of the road be summarily discharged. As to D. O. Clark, Coal Department SuDerin- : ten dent, the Knights of Labor prefer sev­ eral charges against him, and among other things accuse him of conspiring with mine , bosses to sell favorable rooms in the mines to the Chinese. General Manager Calla­ way says these charges will be investigated. As to the demands of the Knights of La­ bor, it is not likely that they will be grant­ ed, as Callaway asserts his intention of standing pat The Chinese will not be dis­ missed at present, and if they are in future at will be done gradually. The impression among the railway officials is that the Knighta of Labor will not press their de­ mands." THE tribes of Indian Territory owning Oklahoma and the "outlet" strip--about 10,000,000 acres in all--are agitated over (the appointment of a commission to nego­ tiate for the purchase of the lands. There is general opposition to the sale, and the chiefs claim that President Cleveland favors holding the lands, for the Indians, and that the appointment of a commission did not meet his approval, but was made •with the view of learning the actual feel- Sng of the Indians....A statement hav- |ng been made that the Pacific slope toheat to be sent to England this year would not exceed^ 14,500,000 bushels, conservative dealers at San Fran­ cisco have begun to figure on the pros­ pects, and have' come to the conclusion that there will be available for export from California and Oregon this season 26,000,000 bushels of wheat... .Wire manu­ facturers having ordered an advance in prices, the Cleveland (Ohio) Boiling Mill Company ended the long 6trike in their works by conceding the wages demanded by the men....Fire destroyed the resi­ dence of Joseph Fisher, a farmer living in Linn County, Iowa, the owner and his three children perishing in the flames. THE SOUTH. THE Shenandoah Iron Company of Vs., having defaulted in certain a bill asking for an injunction receiver was filed Monday in the United States Court at Harrisonburg. The at lections was 3,558,014, made op as follows (fractions omitted): Alabama.. sa.irtsMinneeota Arlroaa 138,053 Montana. CallfMpfa........ 376,445 Nebraska Colorado .... H,a5a|Nev*da... DSfc9ta..^...^mr , Iowa... MMU " m,i ESS*- 108,517 ... .T5U.459 178,089 ,... 60,61 J £...* 5.3S6 IT.133 liabilities of the concern are $'JOO.OOO. O. T. CCLBREATH was lynched Edgefield Court House, S. C. He was charged with killing William Hammond a young man who was guarding the house of Mrs. Culbreath, from whom her husband was separated Ten prisoners who es­ caped from a convict camp in Texas visited a hotel in their fight and exchanged their striped suits for the garments of a com­ pany of actors. Several of the, outlaws have been recaptured. WAGMACTOA. COXMIBSIONEB SPAKKS, of fhe Land las prepared a statement of the dis- of public lands and receipts there­ from during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1885, from which it appears that the dis­ posals in acres were as follows: Alabama. 270, 901 Minnesota 624 879 378.17* Mississippi .... Ill'000 2*4,582 Missouri 291,277 .... .1,295,909 Montana 1,112 1*0 662.C11 Nebraska it,698^81 *,6*7,749 Nevada. 171.430 282,515 New Mexico... 163,981 284,903 Oregon 788.287 11,(>53 Utah 184,853 3,030,846) Washington T..1,018,117 181,043i Wisconsin 218,136 89,6111 Wyoming 632,967 amber of entries, 226,382 ; amber of acres, 20,113,- valne, $7,686,114.80..... of original homestead entries 50,877, including 7,415,885 acres. The number of final homestead entries was 22,066, including 3,032,671) acres. The number of original timber-culture entries 30,998. including 4,755,005 acres. The iber of final timber-culture entries was including 90,300 acres. The total Washington Ter. sua, 210 19,t8T|WisdaBsln 51.819 NO that the Collector at New York had recommended the Secretary of the Treasury to permit the importation of broken rice at 20 per cent, ad valorem, the New Orleans Produoe and Sugar Exchanges have entered protests against such invasion of tlieexieting tariff laws. rouTicAib . THE New York Republican State Con­ vention met at Saratoga on the 22d of Sep­ tember. Senator Warner .Miller was made temporary, and James W. Husted per­ manent, Chairman. An informal ballot was taken for Governor, thirteen candi­ dates being placed before the convention, with the following result: Davenport, 105; Carr, 205; Morton, 42; Seward, 57; Swin­ burne, 32; Low, 10; Warren, 137; Drexel, 37; Bliss, 53; Cornell, 4; Evaits, 1; Starin, 1; Charles Andrews, 1. The convention then adjourned until the following morn­ ing. Upon reassembling a second ballot was taken, Davenport receiving 215 and Carr 192. On the third ballot there was a landslide for Davenport, and his nomina­ tion was made unanimous amid great cheering. The whole convention then yelied "Carr" for second plaoe. General <Carr was quickly nominated for the Lieutenant Governorship by acclamation. The remainder of the ticket went through With a rush, and when it was completed stood as follows: For Governor, Congress­ man Ira Davenpott of Steuben County; for Lieutenant Governor, Maj. Gen. Jo­ seph B. Carr of liensselear County and at present Secretary of State; for Secretary of State, Col. Anson S. Wood of Wayne County; for Controller, James W. Wads- worth of Livingston County; for Treas­ urer, Charles F. Ulnch of New York County; for Attorney General, Senator Ed­ ward B. Thomas; lor State Engineer and Surveyor, William V. Van Rensselaer of Seneca County. The platform, which is very lenghty, de­ mands the strengthening and extension of the civil-service laws of the State and na­ tion and the rigid enforcement of their provisions; favors the repeal of the silver- coinage law; reiterates the protective tariff resolution adopted by the last Republican National Convention; condemns "the hy­ pocrisy of the Democratic party in pledging itself before election to 'civil-service re­ form, and after election denouncing through its press and its leaders the civil-service act as unconstitutional, while the national ad­ ministration removes tried and faithful pnblic -servants, and replaces them with persons whose only recommendation 16 active, and, in some instances, disreputable political work;" declares it "the duty of the Republican majority of the Senate to oppose the confirmation of any person appointed in violation of the letter or spirit of the civil-service act;" insists that "the right of suffrage must be maintained free and untrammeled" in all of the States; and recommends the passage of various measures for the benefit of the laboring classes. The candidate for Governor, Ira Davenport, is at present Congressman, hiving been elected last fall. He has large business interests, and has proved to be a most successful business man. He has been Trustee of the Grand Army of the Republic Soldiers' Home, and Treas­ urer of the Davenport Female Orphan Asylum. He has been a State Senator, and was 8tate Comptroller in 1881 and 1882.... The Prohibitionists of Iowa met in. State convention at Cedar Rapids and placed in the field the following ticket: For Gov­ ernor. James Mickelwaite, of Mills; for Lieutenant Governor, W. H. Steer, of Cedar; for Supreme Judge, Jacob Rogers, of Fayette; for Superintendent of Schools, William H. Taft, of Mills The letter of Mr. Dorman B. Eaton to the President, under date of July 28, tendering his resignation as a member of the <civil-service commission, and the reply of Mr. Cleveland accepting the same, to take effect Nov. 1, were given to the press last week. The correspondence is quite lengthy, Mr. Eaton testifying in the strongest terms to the fidelity with which the President has executed the re­ form laws, and the latter announcing his determination of adhering to the policy al­ ready adopted. ...Col. Absalom Baird has been appointed Inspector General of the Army by the President... .Ex-Congress­ man S. M. Stockslager, of Indiana, has been appointed Assistant Commissioner of the General Land Office. THE President has appointed the follow­ ing Presidential Postmasters: Thomas Hardeman at Macon, Ga., vice Win. W. Brown, resigned; Charles B. Draper at Oconomowoc, Wis., vice YVarham Parks, re­ signed; B. 1). Meek at Eureka, 111., vice F. B. Jeanhert, resigned; John S. Cottrell at Fort Scott, Kansas, vice T. F. Robly, resigned; T. 8. Reefy at Klyria, Ohio, vice T. E. Bishop, re­ signed; F. D. Durton at Batesville, Ark., vice J. S. Thomas, resigned; Wm. L. Williams at Melrose, Mass., vice Susan E. Eastman, re­ signed; Adrian Foote at Ashland, Mass., vice James H. Jones, deceased; E. A. Pueschal at ^akersfleld, Cal., vice R. A. Wlckwane, de­ ceased: Oliver T. Dale at Monticello. IncL, vice W. J. Huff, suspended ; P. D. Stevens at Sacra­ mento, Cal.. vice Chris Green, suspended. THE President has appointed the follow­ ing commission to mark the boundary line between a portion of the Indian Territory and the State of Texas, to act in conjunc­ tion with a similar commission appointed by the Governor of Texas: Maj. W. R. Livermore, Lieut. Thomas L. Casey, and Lieut. Lansing H. Beach, Corps of En­ gineers. eSWEJRAX^ Thb Canadian Pacific Railroad author­ ities claim to have discovered that they have been •defrauded by their contractors and civil engineers to the extent of $500,- 000, principally by over-measurements. Two contractors, alone, it is stated, re­ ceived $150,000 too much. Criminal and civil proceedings will be instituted by the railway company There were over 200 deaths from small-pox in Montreal week. THE eleventh annual convention of the American Bankers' Association was held in Chicago, with a large attendance. The President, Lyman J. Gage, delivered his annual address, and papers on the silver question were read by Col. W. L. Tren- holm of Charleston, S. C., Mr. George Hague of Montreal, Mr. Logan C. Murray of New York, and Congressman E. 8. Lacy of Charlotte, Mich. L. J. Gage, of Chicago, was re-elected President A resolution was adopted de­ manding the suspension of the silver coin­ age law of 1878 until an agreement as to the future relations of gold and silver can be effected with leading commercial na­ tions Denial is made of the report thnt political differences have caused a division in the ranks of Mr. ParneU's supporters in America. Mr. Alexander Sullivan has formulated a plan for raising $225,000 to guarantee the Irish National members of Parliament £100 each unuually for five years. FOIUBtCift. " - A CONSTANTINOPLE dispatch statesthat "the Porte has issued a circular to the sig­ natory Powers of the treaty of Berlin, pro­ testing that the conduct of Prince Alexan­ der of Bulgaria in relaton to the rising in Roumelia is a violation of the stipulation of the treaty of Berlin, and declaring that the Sultan has resolved on efficient action to carry out the rights of the Porte contained in article 16 of the treaty, which provides that in the event of the internal or external security of Eastern Roumelia being threat- cued the Porte, after notifying the powers of the exigencies that require it, may send 5 t,rooiIB into the provinces. Count Jselidoff, the Russian Minister, has assured his colleagues lhatlius-iaisinnocentof 1-oadways. lWr and endeavored' oat the telegraph lines to blow up a bridge over mish. Turkish funds have fallen heavily in Constantinople.- A CABIIR dispatch says that such im­ mense crowd* attended a concert given by Christine Nilsson at Stockholm, Sweden, that seventeen persons were crushed to ideath. The accident occurred after the concert and while Mine. Nilsson was sing­ ing from the balcony of the Grand Hotel. The crowd numbered 30,000 at the time of •the accident. Tim Bulgarian National Assembly has proclaimed the union of Roamelia and Bulgaria and voted £5,000,000 to defray the 'expense incident thereto. Active prepara­ tions for a defensive campaign are in prog­ ress at Philippopolis, where several squad­ rons of Bulgarian cavalry have arrived. The Porte is awaiting an answer from the signatory powers of the treaty of Berlin before taking further action. It is an­ nounced that Russia will ask the powers to depose Prince Alexander of Bulgaria. Servian forces are marching toward the Macedonian frontier Spain offers to submit the controversy with Germany re­ garding the Caroline Islands to the arbitra­ tion of Pope Leo. HOW TO CARVE TURKEY. PUBLIC LANDS, participation in the ltoumelian movement . The Roumelians are tearing up the rail* of acres, tflfceu under railroad se- ways on the frontierand ior&ymg the ADDITIONAL NEWS. THE New York Democratic State Con­ vention met at Saratoga Sept 24, George Raines acting as both temporary and per­ manent Chairman. David B. Hill, the present incumbent, was nominated for Governo^on the first ballot by an over­ whelming -majority. The convention ad­ journed tor the day. Upon reassembling, on the next day, Roswell P. Flower was nominated for Lieutenant Gov­ ernor by acclamation. The ticket| was rapidly completed as follows:' Secretary of State, Frederick Cook; Comptroller, Alfred C. Chapin; Attorney Genera!, Denis O Brien; State Treasurer, Lawrence JL Fitz Gerald: State Engineer and Surveyor, L. Nathan Sweet. The platform indorses the administmtions of President Cleveland and Governor Hill; approves the spirit of the national and State laws for the regulation of the civil service, while condemning the manner in which the former were executed while the Republicans were in power, and demand­ ing that the commission be reorganized so that its m ijority shall be in sympathy witH the administration; advocates the repeal of the compulsory silver-coinage act; calls for a .revision of the tariff upon the prin­ ciples laid down by the last National Demo­ cratic Convention: expresses opposition to contract convict labor in any form; urges the enactment of Sundiy laws for the benefit of the working classes, and denounces sumptuary legislation.... The Republicans of Maryland, in conven­ tion at Baltimore, nominated Francis Miller for Comptroller and William M. Marine for Clerk of the Court of Appeals. The resolutions pay a tribute to the memory of Gen. Grant, demand a protective tariff, commend civil-service reform, and de­ nounce the appointments of Higgins, Thomas, and Mason.... The Colorado Re­ publican State Convention, in session at Denver, nominated the Hon. Samuel H. Elbert, of Denver, for Judge of the Su­ preme Court. A LETTER f?om near Fargo, Dakota, to J. C. Williams of Chicago informB him of the almost entire destruction of the crops on his farm by the prairie fires there, and says that many farms were completely burned over, the scene being one of utter blackness as far as the eye can reach. Another party states that the course of the fire could be discerned all along 125 miles of railroad, and in some cases the fire is known to have extended twenty miles from the track. This is the moBt serious fire visitation known since that which denuded untold millions of acres of forest land during the few weeks that followed the burning of Chicago in 1871 A fire in the lumber district of Chicago consumed over 5,000,000 feet of lumber and an office building, causing a loss close­ ly estimated at $120,000, on which there is insurance to the amount of $100,000. .., Warrants of the face value of $18,000, purporting to have been issued by a trustee of Marion County, Indiana, and bearing Pollard's indorsement, have been pro­ nounced forgeries. An effort will be made to secure the extiadition ot Pollard, who is in Canada. It is stited that the forged bonds afloat will reach $1,000,000. THE Treasury Department is making a secret investigation at New York regarding frauds by undervaluation of imported arti­ cles. It is alleged that three large houses recently paid the Government in excess of $120,000 each on reappraisement of certain imports, and it is deemed probable that the sums to be p lid by other firms will en­ rich the national treasury bv at least $1,000,000... .The Chief of the' Bureau of Statistics reports that the total values of the imports of merchandise during the twelve months ended Aug. 31, 1885, were $571,235,943, and during the twelve months ended Aug. 31. 1884, $657,871,- 316, a decrease of $tSfl.035,373. The values of the exports of merchandise during the twelve months ended Aug. 31, 1885, were $722,765,461, and during the preceding twelve months $73-">, 018,7S*2, a decrease of $12,253,331 ...A statement prepared by Supt Bell, of the Foreign Mail Bureau, shows that the weight of the foreign letter mail decreased 7,709 pounds during th^ last fiscal year, while the weight of printed matter increased 33.319 pounds. The cost of ocean mail transit was $327,179, or just $28.50 less than the cost during the pre­ ceding year. THE MARKETS. MEW YORK Beeves.,-- ....$<.00 @ «.BO Hoos.. 4.so @ 5 . 3 5 WHEAT--No. l White...... 94 @ .98 No. 2 Red .91 # m CORK--No. 2 48 @ .50 Oats--White 34 & ;«a POBK--Mess 10.00 (GIASO CHICAGO. Beeves--Choice to Prime Steers. 6.75 @ fi.23 Good Shipping... ..... 6.00 («! 5.50 Common ' 3 .50 (^4.50 Hook 4.00 & 4.75 ILOUK--Fancy Red Winter Ex.. 5.00 5.25 Prime to Choice Spring. 3.76 0% 4.00 Wheat-No. a Spring 84 .85 Cor.N--No. 2.. .42 & .49 Oats--No. 2.. .25 @ ,JT KYE--NO. 2 .55 T<? .57 BaBI.EY--No. 2..... .70 @ .7J Botteu--Choice Creamery.,..,* > .20 & ,'H Fine Dairy .17 (tf .19 Cheese--Full Cream, new..,,,., ( .10)4 Skimmed Flats .05'mo) Eogb--Fresh. .16 (<3 .17 Potatoub--Per bu .35 @ .40 Pobk--Mess a50 & tt.00 .MILWAUKEE WHEAT -No. 2. 86 & .M CORN--No. 2. .43 <*$ .44 OATS--No. 2 .25 @ ,2« RTE--No. 1 56 & .58 POBK--Mesa &G0 @ 9.00 TOLEDO. WHEAT--No. 2 Bed .#5 <9 .9« COEN--No. 2. .44 ^ .46 Oats--No. % 27 0 .28 ST. LOUI& WHEAT--No. 2 Bed. .9l\£Q .995$ Corn--Mixed 41' & ,41'Ja Oats--Mixed.. 24 .25 Pobk--Mess 9.00 & ft«o • CINCINNATI. WHEAT--No.2Bed. .92 3 .9# Corn--No. X .46 & .47 OATS--Mixed. .27 & .29 Rye--No. 2 .ao <# .«a Pobk--Mess. 9.00 & 9.60 DETROIT. Beef Cattijc.. 3.60 <34.75 HOOB <$4.25 SHEEP. 3.25 @ 3.75 Whkat--No. 1 White 90 & .92,, COKN--No. 2. 47 & .48 Oats--No. 2 White so & ,»i INDIANAPOLIS WHEAT--No. 2 Red. 90 & .91 Cohn--Mixed 43 & .44 Oats--No. 2 a.- M ® •*> EAST LIBERTY Cattle--Best 5.50 & 6.00 Fair 5.00 <& 5.50 Common 00 1$ 4.50 HOOS 4.25 (89 4.75 SHEBP 3.60 @4.25 BUFFALO, Cattle 3.50 ^6.60 Hoas.......i..w.. 4.23 4.75 Whfto 3.50 4.50 * Ronxnelians Becoma Proficient IptlM Art Under the put* of RaMiflLj ' p? - \ ' fc Deposing the Sultan** Government * ? * f • * ; [London dispatch.] The populace of Fhilippopolis, the capi­ tal of Eastern Boumelia, almost' to a man rose in rebellion yesterday, and aetaed the Governor General, deposed the govern­ ment, and proclaimed a union with Bulga­ ria. A provisional government was estab­ lished. The revolt was so well planned that no disorder or bloodshed occurred, everybody being in sympathy with the movement except the government officials. The foreigners in the city are perfectly safe from harm, as is also the property of foreign residents. Immediately after the organization of the provisional government the militia was sworn in, taking the oath of allegiance to Prince Alexan­ der of Bulgaria. It is generally be­ lieved in diplomatic circles that Russia arranged the programme of the ris­ ing and suggested the union with Bulgaria. No definite statement can be made at pres­ ent ae to what action the signatory powers to the treaty of Bevlin will take respecting the matter, 1 , . Eastern Boumelia wns created by the Con­ gress of Berlin, 1878, and was given an autonomic government, though forming an integral part of the Turkish Empire. The Governor General was appointed by the Porte, subjeot to the approval of the treaty powers. It is stated that Prince Alesarfder of Bid* garia has been assured of the support of Russia, Germany, and Austria, He will send an army to Boumelia, and will defy the Turita. The Sultan of Turkey has ap­ pealed to the powers to enforce the treaty of Berlin. It is not believed that Lord Salisbury will interfere. The Liberals ap­ plaud the action of the Boumelians. - [Philippopolis dispatch.] The insurgents in Eastern Boumelia, acting under orders of the provisional gov­ ernment, have occupied all the strategical points on the Turkish frontier. blow#t\p all the bridges which would likely be used force advancing from Turkey to the relief of the deposed government, and. de­ stroyed the telegraph wires le.tding into Turkey. The Bul&artifn army has been mobilized, and a corps has been sent to the Boumeiian frontier. Prince Alexander has proceeded to Fhilippoplis and has t Appointed M. Sjtrausky as commissioner. M. Strausky is now ' President of the Boumeiian pro­ visional government. [Paris dispatch, j ' f It is feared hi re that tile Boumeiian trouble will lead to a general European im­ broglio. The East is most inflammable, ana kteriotfc results are anticipated. OF the 850,€00, people in Eastern |ton- melta 57|,560 are Bulgarians and 174,700 Turks. At the close of the Turko-Russian war, which was fought by Russia to secure the freedom of the Bulgarians from Turk­ ish oppression, Russia, as the conqueror, asked that the Bulgarian? of the Balkan Peninsula be constituted a nation. The Bul­ garians desired this above all other things, and Turkey agreed that such a nation should be constituted. But through the influence of England the Bulgarians were divided. About 1,400,000 were included in the country now known as Bulgaria, nearly 600,000 were included in Eastern Roumelia, and a large number were left to the mer­ cies of Turkey. The present movement, whatever intrigue may be behind it, is the effort of Bulgarians to secure the union of their people, and it is likely to become a very important question in European politics. VOICES FROM THE GRAVE. Sibgular Experience of an Ohio Woman Wliose Husband Has Been Bead ; Twenty Tears. • ? [Washington telegram. 1 A telegram from Toledo relates the stoiy of <a fanner in Monclova, Ohio, who died and was buried thirteen years ago but is still writing to his family. The Sunday Capital prints a stoiy quite as remarkable, follows: "A very remarkable case has eome ft my attention through it friend in fh£ Pdftsion Offlcfe, which furnishes inci­ dents for a novel as powerful as any Dfasas or Eugene ftue ever used. In 1864 a Lieu­ tenant fsom au. Ohio village was killed in one of the battles in Virginia' and his body was sent home, buried with military honors and ahandsome monument erected over it by the citizens of the place. Thousands of people paid their tributes of honor to the young hero and looked upon his face as the body lay in state in the Town Hall. He left a widow to whom he had Jbeen married only a year, and for mote than twenty years 6he has been trying to get a pension; but, although she keeps fresh flow­ ers upon her husband's grave, she can not prove that he is dead. The records in the Adjutant General'^ office are perfect, and affidavits can bo lurnished from thousands of people who saw and recognized his life­ less body, but every few months she re­ ceives a letter from him Written in a hand as familiar as her own. Two letters never come from the same place; now they are postmarked in Colorado, then in Texaq, then in New York. Once she got a note from him dated at Washington. He ap­ pears to know what is going on at home, and always alludes to local occurrences with a familiarity that is amazing. He sends messages to old friends and gjves her advice about business matters which it seems impossible for a stranger to know. She can not answer these ghostly missives, because he never gives any clue to his whereabouts, and no detective has been able to find him. Her friends believe that the writer is some crank or malicious per­ son who takes this way to annoy her, and the distress the poor woman suffers cannot be measnred by any other human experi­ ence. Long ago she. ceased to open en­ velopes which came with the familiar ad­ dress, but send* them sealed to her at­ torney, who uses every possible means to secure a clue to the identity of the writer. The only circumstances to suggest that it may possibly be her husband are the penmanship and the familiarity the writer shows with the lady's private life, but how he could keep himself posted is another mystery that cannot bo solved. Several times the wr.ter has intimated that he might soon pay her a visit, but the next letter al­ ways contains an apology for not having done so. The woman has suffered agony of mind beyond description, and her life has been ruined by this horrible mystery, but of late she has become more resigned, and would neither be surprised nor disap­ pointed if her husband should some day at h« door." s - / ' r i i r r r ALL SORTS. Figures Showing the Rapidity with the Public '•'It It -DiMPP®"-11* m Af ^ --r- ' ^ ] [Washington special] For the past four years the United States has given away or sold off its pnblic do- -ftnain, and of course this means almost en­ tirely given away, one Ireland per annum. The area of Ireland is between 20,000,000 and 23,000,000 acres, and that is almost exactly the amount of public domain dis-> posed of in the years 1883 and 1885. It is freater than the amount disposed of in 882 and considerably less than the amount disposed of in 1884. As compared with the previous year the disposals of public lands in the fiscal year just closed show a decided falling off, but there is a small increase over the enormous figures for 1883. The dispos­ als of public lands in 18&4 were affected by propositions to repeal the pre-emption, timber-culture, and desert land! acts, to amend the homestead act, and tb forfeit some of the railroad grants. The fear that charges would be made in the land law that would make it more difficult to get posses­ sion of land for nothing impelled every­ body who was thinking of claiming any part of the national estate to do so at once. Thus some of the disposals which would ordinarily have been made this year were made last, and the total amount of public lands disposed of in 1884 was run up to twenty-four million, or about six or seven million more than in the preceding or suc­ ceeding year. It is only by comparison with some known areas of territory that one can get any idea of the way the national estate is passing into the hands of private persons, mostly, of course, settlers. Dakota con­ tains 95,000,000 acres. Of this, 35,000,000 acres, equal to the State of Illinois, have been disposed of in the past nine years. Taking in two years more, the investigator will find that the amount of public land disposed of by the Government in eleven years is greater than the area of Spain, but a trifle less than the area of France or Germany, and one-fourth as great as Brit­ ish India with its 200,000,000 inhabitants. The amount of land disposed of in the last .eleven years is 2C 0,000 square miles, an area eighteen times as great as Belgium, which sustains over 5,000,000 in­ habitants. The areas disposed of in some of the States, given approximately, during the past nine years are as follows: Wiscon­ sin. over 3,000,0.10 acres; Michigan, nearly 2,500.000; California, nearly 6,500.000; Kansas, 14,500,000; Minnesota, over 9,000,- 000; Nebraska, over 13,000.000; Oregon, Over 3,000,000, and Washington Territory, nearly 5,000,000 acres; Alabama, neariy 3,000,000; Arkansas, nearly 3,000.000; Louisiana, over 3,000,000; Mississippi, 1,500,000, and Florida, 2,500,000 acres. Both last year and the year before, more land was disposed of in Dakota than in any other State or Territory, but in 1885 the Empire Territory did not stand so far ahead of her sisters as she did in 1884. The table appended shows that in the last year four and a half million acres were disposed of in Dakota, over threie millions and a half in Nebraska, and over vhree mil­ lions in Kansas. In California more land was disposed of in 1885 than in 1884. In Dakota the disposals for 1884 were nearly three-fold those of 1885. In Kansas there was an enormous increase from a million and a third acres in 1884 to over three millions in 1885. The disposals in Minne­ sota show a falling oft of a million acres, while there is an increase of a half million acres in Nebraska. Of the 20,113,663 acres of Government land disposed of last year, 7,415,885 acres were dis­ posed of under the homestead act, 4,755,005 under the timber-culture aot, 3,558,914 acres were taken as railroad selections, and 3,912,450 acres were sold for cash. The homestead entries show but very small fall­ ing off from 1884. The timber-culture entries also show but a small diminution. The cash sales show a reduction of 2,500,• 000 acreB. For the Government lands disposed of there was received $7,686,114. and for the Indian landB sold $933,483. The land sold at cash sales brought an average of $1.19 per acre, and the land disposed of at public sales brought $4.41$ per acre. The home­ stead entries in 1885 numbered 50,877, a falling off of 4,168 from 1884. The timber-culture entries show an in­ crease of about 4,000 in number. Mineral lands show a decrease of 344 entries and an increase of 5,900 acres, and there is a decrease of sixteen entries and 116,360 acres in coal lands. The following table gives the aggregate number of acres dis­ posed of in each State and Territory in 1884-83: . Acres.! Acres. 270,i)oi Mississippi.... 111,000 27R,174MiBBOurt 291,277 244,582 Montana 1,112,140 J,'29">,iKi9 Nebraska. 3,698,381 662,f>lli Nevada .... 171,430 4,547,749 New Mexico... 163,981 282,515,Oregon 788.287 S 284,903 Utah 184,853 11,6"9 Washington... 8,0U0,846; \V isoonsin 181 ,"43| Wyominif. 8!t,511 624,3791 Total .20,113,663 The aggregate given above includes frac­ tions of an acre in the case of each State and Territory omitted in the table, but does not include 881,850 acres of Indian lands Bold. OsrEand two dollar bills bring a premium in New York. GOODHUE COUNTY is the banner wheat- growing county of Minnesota. IN Boston 1,843 women have registered for assessment as voters this year as against 271 last year. THE Swiss army now numbers 477 com­ missioned officers, and its effective strength is 200.754 men. The highest rank recog­ nized iu the Swiss army duriug peace is that of colonel. THE Ben Hill statue in Atlanta, Ga,, will be unveiled some time in November, Alabama...... Arizona Arkansas California..... Co orado.,.,*.. Dakota. Florida........ Wa&o Iowa Kansas I ouisiana Michigan Minnesota. 1,016,117 218,436 652,967 AT THE CAPITAL. Prominent .People Purchasing Hotnojfc'in Washington. [Washington special.] Among those who have erected or pur­ chased houses in this city recently ore Senator Logan, Secretary Manning, Secre­ tary Whitney, Attorney General Garland, Secretary Endicott, Postmaster General Vi'as, Gen. Nelson A. Miles, Lieut. Greely, Judge Thoman, Senator Edmunds, and a host of others prominently known in society. Vice President Hendricks has not as yet purchased a house, but it is said that he will do so this winter. Mrs. Hendricks is very fond of society, and will contribute largely to the winter's pleasures. Secretary Bayard is a generous entertainer, and is happy in the assistance of his wife and daugLteis. They have a comfortable house on Massachusetts avenue, and like to have company. Secre­ tary Lamar does not go in he ivily for so­ ciety, but keeps bachelor's hall on Ver­ mont avenue. Secretary Endicott has a handsome house on Sixteenth street, near Scott Circle, and his wife and daughter are accomplished and fond of society. Secre­ tary Whitney has a large, elegant residence on Connecticut avenue, near the British Legation. His wife is very popular in New York society, and her appearance this year is looked forward to with a great deal of interest. The Attorney General, said to be the most democratic member of the present administration, does not care for society, bat his house is ever open, and the ladies of the family are popular enter­ tainers. Secretary Mauni ig and his wife are to occupy a handsome residence on Dupont Circle, and will, no doubt, enter­ tain. Mrs. Manning is young and quite popular both in New York and Albany. Postmaster General Vilas has a charming wife and a spacious residence on Sixteenth street, where be will entertain during the Winter. GEN. SHERMAN has accepted the Presi­ dency of the Missonri Grant Monument As­ sociation on the express condition that he be not expected to solicit subscriptions. A BRIDGEPOTT (Conn.) woman com­ mitted suicide because of the noise made by her neighbor's children. Ex-Gov. FKNTON'B memory is honored with a memorial window in a church at •Jamestown. N. Y. . U-MTF-P . STATES SENATOR VAN WXCK mokes a corn-cob sipe. The HBOMNftar-Biri's Nest. Cosily seated ia the very tiniest little nest, so soft and alastio that even her delicate plumage is unruffled by con­ tact with its inoss-eorered sides, we find our humming-bird. High on the gnarled and twisted branch of a dog­ wood she has built this fairy home, and therein, with the overhanging leaves for a conopy, the little svlph is brood* ing. How shall I describe the cunning little structure? A lew weeks ago the building was commenced, but on such a small scale that the foundation was laid ere the site was discovered by us. Soft puffs from the blossoms of oak and chestnut, bits of the softest brown fungus, and scraps of gray mosses that grew in secret places known only to these little fairies, were worked into the walls, and gradually the little cup­ like house approached completion. Little flakes of lichen and bark, verita­ ble diminutive clapboards, were next added, and the task was finished. There it rests, its mossy covering har­ monizing so well with the tree bark as to conceal it from all but the closest ob­ server ; and often, though knowing its location so well, I have missed it for an instant, so cunningly is it placed. A dead twig projects from tne branch a few inches to one side, and here the little wood sprites frequently perch. There is the male now, his ruby throat all ablaze as a sunbeam covers him for an instant with gold. _ And now, as he snug-gleB close be­ side his mate, he is evidently telling her where her breakfast is waiting, in the trumpet-flower he tapped for her last night, and which is half filled with nectar this morning, accumulated drop by drop during the cool hours of dark­ ness. Like a flash she is off, and he takes her place to keep the chill from the tiny eggs. These frail little crea­ tures have gradually become accus­ tomed to my presence. At first they were nervous, and would cease work, while one or the other would dart down to within five or six feet of me, and there, posed on its whirring wings, closely inspect the intruder, uttering the while sundry peeps and curious lit­ tle cries. Now that they are convinced that no harm is intended, they do not even leave the nest at my approach. What a dream-like life is theirs!-- gliding in zigzag lines over the flower­ beds, now suspended almost motionless over a lily-bloom, now racing with the bumble-bee for a honeyed prize, or dashing at the sparrows or robbins.and speedily putting them to flight with the fury of their onset. What they do or where they go when it storms i do not know; but at the first returning gleam of sunshine they are back again, with the rapidity of thought, sipping the rain-drops from the flowers. And when bed-time comes, what wonderful stories of the sunlight the little .things must tell each other, as, cuddling close up there in the dark, they listen to the croon! croon! croon! croon! of the in­ sects, and watch the fireflies guiding the moths among the trees by the light of tlieir torches!--Forest and Stream. The Earth Older Than the Snn. M. Faye, a French astronomer, main­ tains that the earth is older than the sun. All of the planets, from Mereury to Neptune, were formed first. The sun was a nebular mass far outside their orbits. Subsequently it passed over to the center of the planetary sys­ tem, and collected there into the grand luminary which we know. Uranus and Neptune were then evolved from the scattering fragments, having satellites with retrograde motion. In the pres­ ent period life may have existed first in the northern regions, as the fauna and flora found there indicate. Then there were no arctic winters, the loca­ tion of the nebulous mass being such as to radiate most heat upon the poles and that part of the earth's surface so sadly neglected in our present calorific arrangement. The Bravest of the Brave, "Hello, Jack! I saw your old Colo­ nel yesterday, and he spoke very highly of you." "Didhe? What did he say, Tom?" "He said you were the bravest soldier in the regiment. I told him that every­ body here was inclined to regard you as a coward now, but he persisted in calling you the bravest of the brave, and said you had nobly won the title." "Did the Colonel explain why he thought I was brave, while you thought otherwise ?h "Upon my word I didn't think to ask him. What proof did you give him of your courage ?" "Why, I--I--great heavens! I mar­ ried his mother-in-law!"--Newman Independent. THERE are at present seventy women in France who have received the dis­ tinction of the Cross of the Legion of Honor. The last of them is Mme. St. Jullien, the Superior of the Sisterhood of St Vincent de Paul, who has been engaged at the Marseilles City Hos­ pital for thirty years. The order is generally given tb women for devotion to the sick and wounded; Lady Pigott, for instance, besides several French women, has received the order as a re­ ward for her services during the Fran­ co-Russian war. But the name of Eosa Bonlieur, artiste peintre, is also on the list, and it is said that Mme. Abicot was decorated for defending the house of the Maire of Oison, her husband, against armed men, and that Mme. Regis, who is the first decorated French woman, earned her distinction in 18£9 for "resisting the mob." .American Influence in English Politics. Mary Anderson's manager claims that the charming American actress was instrumental in putting Salisbury into oflice. It was a very ungrateful thing for Miss Mary to do after accepting Mr. Gladstone's hospitality and keep­ ing the great Premier's wife on the ragged edge for a whole day. Tet Mary is going to be advertised if the world has to stand still while it is being done.---St. Paul Globe. Preferred a Crow, 1 Pop# Sixtus V. detested flattery. Be said one day to -a nobleman who had flattered him excessively: "1 prefer to deal with a erow rather than with a flatterer.* "When asked to give a reason for his preference, he said: "A crow only lives on the dead, but a flatterer lives" on the living."--Texas Sijling s. > | : Stupid Fish, f f Amateur Fisherman t<f owner \ of Pond--"You said there were plentyNqf fish here." • > O. of P.--"There are millions of 'em." A. F.--"Then I must say they are very stupid." O. of P.--"Stupid?" A. F.--"Yes, they don't seem to catch on."--Boston Courier. wm-. EATON AND CLEVELAND. The Civil Service Comminioner's Res­ ignation Acoepted by President The Latter in His Beply Signalizes His f [Washington telegram.] The letter of Dorman B. Eaton to the Presi­ dent. resigning his position a<4 a member of the Civil Service Commission, and the reply of ; President Cleveland accepting the Fame, were made pubUc to-day. Mr. Eaton's letter, which Is dated July a«, says the writer had, several weeks before that time, determined to tender his resignation, but that he would not urge its acceptance until such time as the President might find convenient to make a new appoint­ ment to the place. Mr. Eaton points out that, prior to the passage of the civil, service law, Jan. Hi, 1883, he had held under three earlier Presidents, and was then holding, under President Arthur, a position closely , analogous to his present one. During ail that time he had served without compen­ sation, and when the time arrived for executing the provisions of the law he did not feel called : upon to make any fnrther sacrifice of his private Interest for the cause of civil-service reform. President Arthur, without any intimation to him, then appointed him a Commissioner. He , would have declined the oflice, but was urged not to do so by many friends of reform. Certain persons charged that he had promoted the act from Beltish motives, and these same parties now stood ready to charge that his re­ fusal to accept the position of Commissioner was a cowardly shrinking from the failure which was sure to follow any attempt to exe­ cute the civil-service law. Under these circum­ stances he accepted the office with the de­ clared purpose of remaining hardly more than a year, within which time it was expected the most difficult part of the work would have • been accomplished. At the end of that time the new law had secured the commendation of the President, united the party in power, and secured from a committee of the House ot Rep­ resentatives a report commending the commis­ sion as "intelligent, non-partisan, and conscien­ tious." A few months later he was about to in­ sist upon being relieved, when friends dissuaded him, urging that, as a new party was coming into power, bis resignation would be looked upon as fleeing from the peril of a crisis. No declaration of his confidence in the reform pol­ icy of the new administration would have freed him from the damaging plausibility of such a charge, and he determined to remain in office until the reform policy of that administration had been clearly developed. That time had now arrived, as must be ad­ mitted by all candid men. The few changes made in the rules had but added to tneir justice and efficiency, and there had appeared no rea­ son to supj ose that the merit system had not been welcomed by the President and by all members of the Cabinet as a great benefit to the public service, a great influence for honesty In politics, and a great relief lo the head of the office. Mr. Eaton says he wishes to leave no doubt of his absolute faith in th^ continuing triumph of a reform policy. Were it not for the interference of Congressmen and politicians with the constitutional functions and intended liberty of the President and other officers hav­ ing the appointing power, there would now be no opposition worthy of notice to the merit sys­ tem of office-holding. Presidents Grant and Arthur had each declared in favor of the sys­ tem, and in the early acts of the present admin­ istration the same judgment had been approved and enforced. Mr. Eaton concludes with the following: "It is possible that a number of Congressmen and politicians of the dominant party, with a considerable following ot ottice-seekers, may repeat the folly of those oi my own party in 187i, by resisting the well-matured judgment and definite policy of their own administra­ tion on the reform issue. Such an attempt would be far more disastrous than the Republi­ can restoration for the spoils system against the advice of President (i ratit. Such a course, and the conflict it would precipitate, would be regardless of the good results of the civil ser­ vice act of any experience in its administra­ tion." President Cleveland's letter of reply is as follows: "WASHJKOTON, 8?pt. It, 1885. "Hon. Dorman B. Eaton: "MY DEAR SIK--I am in receipt of your letter tendering your resignation as a member ot the Board of Civil Service Commissioners. I can­ not refrain from expressing my sincere regret that you have determined to withdraw from a position in the publto service wliera your intel­ ligent performance of duty has been of ines­ timable value to the country. The friends of civil service reform and all those who aesire good government fully appreciate your devotion to Utf oau'e In which you rarly enlisted, and thnv h« re ne;n with satisfaction that your real and fuitlt liave not led you to suppoa* that : < rtiforin In which you were engaged is u»; I in the rules which ordinarily covem nro*i«NN tn human affairs, or that it should at um o 1 •••oh in rfot- tlon and universal acceptance. You have been willing patiently to accent good results as they step by steu c ultl l»i< gained, holding every advance with unyielding steadfastnesn. The success which thus fur attended the work of civil service reform 1h liirgcly due to the fact that its practical friends have nrooevded npon the theory that real and healthy jiroaroi-H can only be made it the people who cherish per­ nicious political Ideas, long fostered and en­ couraged by vicious partisanship, are per­ suaded - that the change contemplated by the reform offers substantia! improvements and benefits. A reasonable tol ration tor old prejudices, a graceful recognition of every aid, a sensible utilisation of every instrumentality that promises assistance, and a constant effort to demonstrate the advantages of the new order of things, are the means by which this reform movement will in the future be further ad­ vanced, the opposition of incorrigible spoils­ men rendered ineffectual, and the cause placed upon a sure foundation. Of course, there should be no surrender of principle nor back­ ward stops, and all laws tor the enforcement of the reform should be rigidly executed; but the benefits which its principles promise will not be fully realized unless the acquiescence ot the people is added to the stern assertion of a doc­ trine and the vigorous execution of the laws. "It is a source of congratulation that there are so many friends of civil service reform mar­ shaled on the practical side of the question, and that the number is not greater or those who profess friendliness for the cause and yet mischievously and with supercilious self-righteousness discredit every effort not In exact accord with their at­ tenuated ideas, decry with carping criticism the labor of those actually in the field of re­ form, and, ignoring the conditions which qual­ ify every struggle for a radical improvement in the affairs of the Government, demand com- f>lete and immediate perfection. The reference n your letter to the attitude of the members of my Cabinet to the merit system established by the civil service law, besides being entirely correct, exhibits an appreciation of the honest endeavor in the direction of reform and a dispo­ sition to do justice to proved sincerity which is most gratifying. If such treatment of those upon whom the duty rests of administering the Government according to reform methods were the universal rule, and if the embarrassments and perplexities attending such an adminis­ tration were fairly regarded by all those pro­ fessing to be frlendiy to such methods, the avowed enemies of the cause would be afforded less encouragement. , "I believe in civil service reform and its appli­ cation in the most practicable form attainable, among other reasons, because it opens the door for the rich and the poor alike to a participation in public place holding. And I hope the time is at hand when aM our people will see the ad­ vantage of a reronce for such an opportunity npon merit and fitness. Instead of a dependence upon the caprice or selfish interest of those who Impudently stand between the people and the machinery of their government. In the one case a reasonable intelligence and the education which 13 freely lurnished or forced upon the youth of our land are the credentials to office; in the other the way is found in favor secured by a participation in partisan work often un­ fitting a person morally, if not mentally and physically, for the responsibilities and duties of fublic employment. You will agree with me, think, that the support which has been given to the piesent administration in its efforts to preserve and advance this reform by a party restored to power after an exclusion for many years from participation in the places at­ tached to the pnblic service--confronted with a new system precluding the redistribution of such places in its interest--called nnon to sur­ render advantages which a perverted partisan­ ship had taught, the American people belonged to success, and perturbed with the suspicion, always raised in such an emergency, that their rights in the conduct of this reform had not been scrupulously regarded--should receive due acknowledgment, and should confirm our belief that there Is a sentiment among the people bet­ ter than a desire to hold office, and a patriotic Impulse upon which mav sal el v rest the Integ­ rity of our institutions and the strength and perpetuity of our Government. "I have determined to reauest you to retain your present position until the 1st day of No­ vember next, at which time your resignation may become operative. I desire to express my entire confidence in your atta-hment to the cause of civil service reform and your ability to render it efficient aid, and I indulge the hope and expectation that, notwithstanding the accept­ ance of your resignation, your interest in the object lor which you have labored so assiduous­ ly will continue bevonJ the official term which you surrender^ Yours very trulv, "GBOVER CL.KVKI4AND." WOUND no man's feelings unneces­ sarily. There are thorns enough in the path of human iif& a JlJh, i "»i" •,d:l /?'• ' v. r :'r% items. • ;-:h1 Vermont $17,000 skating rinks are of. fered for $8(10. THE private fortune of Queen Victoria is reckoned up at $30,000,000. IT is stated that the South last year $10,000,000 on pnblio schools. CORNELL UNIVERSITY has eight fellow­ ships open yearly valued at $400 each. FORNEY'S Progress, of Philadelphia, has ceased to progress. It did not pay. . • . .. T . 'J .'.VA * ..