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Jt HttfUTKC. Mar mi IWhw UK BAST. ||7; NEWS CONDENSED, ' Ax I reception to Herr Most, the an- in Cooper Union, New York, the iHMWpKViet denounced the legal authorities ittoeonvicted and sentenced bim and the authorities who failed to show him I--pert In his remarks Most said: "Are yon doge, and will you allow yourselves to be eat into mince-meat? On the 4th of May oar Chicago brethren threw a bomb against those 200 hired murderers, and I mm proud of this result of my teachings, •nd 1 have neither taught more nor less. Hobody knows who threw the bomb, but eight of our best people were arrested and condemned by a gentleman jury to death, and tint soft-hearted judge with crocodile tear* Mid that they had been guilty of bold speeches and that that was enough." W.S. Stokley, the Director of Public 8«f&ty appointed by the Mayor of Phila­ delphia, nas notified the police lieutenants to enforce the laws against gambling, priee- flghtittg, and Sunday liquor-selling. , OSMSBAIJ PAXXE, owner of the May­ flower, will build a new steel center-board yacht to defend the America's cnp The building on Milk street, Boston, occupied by Wright & Potter, State Printers, was damaged by fire to the amount of $200,000. IT transpires that the late John Kelly mote a history of Mexico and furnished to the press clever biographical sketches of Tweed, Morrissey, and other politicians of Kew Yoric The broken leg of a valu­ able brood mare, owned by Norman Bar­ nard. of Avondale, Pa., was recently am­ putated and the animal is said to be doing veil. This is the first operation of the Mbd performed in America. , • THE WEST^ ;., ̂ ̂ | SEVEBAL thousand carpenters in Chica­ go went on a strike on the 4th inst for an Increase of pay, and building operations were almost totally suspended in conse­ quence. THB development of natural gas at Ma- fien, Indiana, has put a valuation of $75 16 $600 per acre on all lands within three miles of town. The transfers within ten days amounted to $200,000.... An explo­ sion in a coal mine at Savanna, Indian Territory, killed six men. Twelve of a res­ cuing party were suffocated by gas, making eighteen victims in all The steamer Spokane, with twenty-four passengers, capsized on the Cceur d'Alene River, in Idaho Territory. Five men were reported lost--Col. Higgins, of Bangor, Me.; L. Pike, of Portland, Oregon; J. C. Hanna, of Spokane Falls; Mr. Jerome, of Lewis- ton; and one deck-hand. A SNOWSTORM at Augusta and Chippe- ' W Falls, Wis., was followed, as alleged, % a fall of dust or mad, which made a thin coating over the snow. T11E MOUTll. 3A STATUE ef General Albert Sydney Jifanston, erected by the Army of the Ten­ nessee, was unveiled in Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, by Rosa Bobinson, aged 6, a great-granddaughter of General Johnson, aah Miss Jennie Sogers, daughter of Judge Bogers, in the presence of 10,000 people. The veteran associations, includ­ ing Grand Army posts, attended in a body. Upon the platform were many noted per- sons, including Mr. and Mrs. Jefferson Davis, General Beauregard and staff, Gov­ ernor McEnery and staff, Mrs. Albert Sid- nay Johnston, Colonel William P. John- ana and family, Colonel Throckmorton,!!'. 8. A., and other officers; Charles Dudley Warner, Generals Hooker and Walthall, Governor Lowrie, of Mississippi, and toany others. Senator Gibson, of Louisi­ ana, and Jefferson Davis delivered ora­ tions. THE drought in Southwestern Texas has frisulted in a scarcity of food, and people are deserting their homes and moving to aaore favored localities. The ministers of San Antonio have opened a subscription tor the sufferers E\ - Congressman at his Lome in Cokesbury, S. C. llASMLIGTOflr. SECBETABY WHITNEY invites sealed proposals from the shipbuilders of the United States for building five war vessels. ... .The Interstate Commerce Commission TOled, in the matter of the petition of the Southern Railway and Steamship Compa­ ny for authority to charge less for longer than for shorter distances in certain cases, 4, on two Juetieea of ft* Cohrt, two Begeats of the State Univeartty, and two amcftdmeata to the Constitution, besides county oOeen. The amendments were for the increase of the salaries of State oAoer* and the nro- hibition of the liquor tnfls. Both the liqaor Mid the anti-iiqaor man worked hard, a lively oampafam being the result Owing to the energetic woiktefr tor and against the prohibition amendment, a very lull vote was polled, this being particularly true in the southern part of the State, in the Upper Peninsula snowfall to the depth of from two to tour feet, and very materi­ ally interfered with the vote. A dispatch of the 6th Inst, from Detroit says: The election in this State has resulted tn the choiee of Campbell and Long (Repi.) for Judges of the Supreme Court by about lu,<»j majority, and a like majority tor the Republican candi­ dates for Regent* of the University. The re­ turns are incomplete, but it is certain that the prohibitory amendment has been defeated. The figures, more or less complete, from fifty-four of the eightv-two counties in the State, together with estimates from the remaining counties, baaed on partial returns or other seasonably good data, Aow a total vote against prohibition of 50,658; total for prohibition, 4 >.453; majority against prohibition, 4,*05. The oomplate vote is more likely to increase this majority to* diminish it. THE Demoerats of Springfield, III., elected their city ticket. The Union Labor- Democratic ticket was Ijeoted in Elkin, 111. The municipal election waa hotly contested by the Liberal and Temperance parties at Galesburg, 111. The former elected D. W. Aldrioh Mayor by about 110 majority. The Liberals gained one Alderman, giving them a majority in the Council; The Republicans of Denver, Col,, elected their candidate for Mayor by 1,(K»0 plurality. At the Quincy (111.) municipal election the issue was whether cows should run at large. The contest was a hot and exciting one, and re­ sulted in the triumphant election of Bishop, anti-cow candidate, for Mayor. In St. Louis, Mo., the election for members of the Board of Aldermen resulted in the choice of six Republicans and one Demo­ crat. THE Senate of Pennsylvania has passed a bill providing that murderers of the first degree may be put to death by electricity. .... The Republicans of Kansas City elected their entire ticket, headed by Henry C. Kumpf for Mayor. The Democrats of Minneapolis captured the Council A Washington special says: "A friend of Murat Halstead in this city is authority for the statement that Mr. Halstead has lately received a letter from Whitelaw Reid a let­ ter asserting that the time has come at last for Mr. Blaine to let go his grip upon the Republican party, as far as the Presidency is concerned, and for all hands to turn in and nominate John Sherman."... .Rhode Island held an election for State officers and members of the Legislature on the (1th inst. A dispatch from Providence says: Although the full returns are not yet in, it is probable that the Democrats have carried the htate by about '.'.(MX) majority. The State has given Davis, the Democratic nominee for Gov­ ernor, a majority of 2,060. There are a few towns yet to be heard from, but their vote is so close that thev will not materially alter the re­ sult as indicatad above. The probability is that the entire Democratic ticket has been "elected. The Legislature will probably continue to be Republican, but the men who voted last spuing to elect Brayton Chief Constable have gener­ ally been left at home. Tlio fight has never been exceeded in bitterness in this State. The enactment of a prohibitory liquor law last year waa the beginning of the contest. The election of Brayton to enforce the law precipitated things, and since May agitation has progressed, constantly growing more violent. THE result of the Rhode Island election, held on Wednesday, April 6, is as follows: John W. Davis (D?m.) is elected Governor by 973 majority. There is no election for Lieutenant Governor or Secretary of State. Ziba O. Slocum (Dem.) is elected Attorney General by 2,518 majority, and J. G. Per­ ry (Dem.) General Treasurer by 2,609 ma­ jority. The majority against the woman- suffrage amendment is 15,123. The vote for Lieutenant Governor was: Honey (Dem.), 17,285; Darling (Rep.), 15,'Jl^; Kimber (Pro.), 1,858. The Senate stands: Republicans, 19; Democrats, 12, and there was no election in five cases. The House will comprise 27 Repub­ licans and 33 Democrats, with twelve districts yet to be heard from. The vote on the prohibition amendment in Michigan was veiy close. A Lansing dis­ patch says: "The exact figures on the pro­ hibition amendment are still unknown. Published reports give the majority against it from 1,550 to about 6,000. From several counties the reports are conflicting, in some cases varying from 500 to 600 votes, and the official returns will be needed to settle whieh is correct. The prohibitionists do not yet concede their defeat." Another dis­ patch from Lansing says: "The returns an­ nouncing the defeat ef the prohibitory amendment are generally accepted as cor­ rect here, and measures to regulate the liquor traffic will be brought forward in the Legislature. One of these measures is copied from the local option law of Geor­ gia. Another is a copy of the Ontario Sccitt act. It is believed that no legislation will be accomplished except such as will per­ fect the existing tax law." The high li­ cense bill was defeated in the New Jersey tionists. MOVITBUL HOIKS. that it was proper to issue a temporary or , . _ .. der authorizing existing rates to be main- j Assembly. The election in Rankin County, tained until the commission can make a Mississippi, was carried by thi Prohibi- gpMnpetent examination of the matters al- ~ tftgea in the petition. RETURNS to the Commissioner of In­ ternal Revenue show quite clearly an in­ creasing consumption of beer and a marked decrease in the amount of whisky taken •out of bond... .By direction of the Secre­ tary of the Interior the Commissioner of the general land office has directed the Begister and Receiver at the Reed City (Mich.) land office to suspend, until further orders, all action under a recent order re­ storing to homestead and pre-emption antry about 12,300 acres of land in the Beed City district within the limits of the Jackson, Lansing and Saginaw Railroad. This ord er is made pending action on a motion to review the Secretary's decision ordering the restoration of these lands The Cab inet held a three-hours' session on Thursday, says a Washington telegram, almost the entire time being devoted to the consideration of the fisheries question, the policv of Great Britain in regard to seizing the Tortugas Islands from Hayti, and the seal fisheries. It was developed that England sustained Canada and was not disposed to make concessions, and the Cab­ inet considered the advisability of suitable action by the President under the provisions of the retaliatory act. It was decided to apen correspondence with Great Britain on me Tortugas question. S- ' t'^7 fev ft ' V- POLITICAL. WISCOKSIN had a State election on Tuesday, the 5th of April, but not a con­ test. The only office to be filled by a vote <if the people at large was that of Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. There was opposition to the re-election of the pres­ ent incumbent, H. S. Orton, whose term frill expire January, 1888. In Milwaukee ye Democrats and Republicans ran a fusion local ticket in opposition to the La- : tor ticket. It was elected by 900 majority. • Henry C. Kumpf, Republican, was chosen ' Mayor. One of the main features of the flection throughout the State was the nu­ merous attempts of women to vote. At , ^ tome places there was almost a riot at 4he polls, and great excitement pte- ? bailed. In most of the cities their j,;" : ballots were rejected, but at Dela- r-'> *an, Sturgeon Bay, Kenosha, Waupaca, Pi VT-lJ and some other points their ballots were re- | ceived. At Kenosha about fifty women I , ; t *oted. There was great excitement and a jl„ y light, in which several men were injured,1 but not seriously. The Labor party at Kenosha elected its ticket over the com­ bined Republicans ansl Di mix rats. Wau- • kasha also elected the Labor ticket. Madi- * iron went Democratic. JAKES G. BLAINE recently expressed to Senator Hiscock his preference for the Presidential nominee in 1888 who can carry Kew York, or on whom the delegation from that State can unite The Kew Jersey House adopted a vote of sympathy for Gladstone and Painell in their struggle against coercion in Ireland. XiauoAX sledots cam ttiair ballots on RKPBATKD earthquakes have oeeurred at Aden... .The Gsraaaptwumtaly ap­ proves of the nsw Italian Cabinet,.... Svet, the Russian military organ, says the work of the Analo-Russian Frontier Com­ mission is not likely to lead to any useful result, and adds: "The foroe ef circum­ stances will inevitably impel Russia, sooner or later, to aaove fbrwand into the passes left to the Afghans until she reaches her only natural and proper frontier--the Hin­ doo- Koosh Mountains." THE Council of the Liberal Federation, at a meeting in London, adopted a resolu­ tion protesting against the coercion bill as retrogressive in policy, tyrannical in prin­ ciple, and vindictive in detail....It ia denied that the Irish National League will remove its headquarters to England in event of the passage of the coercion bill. The work of evicting all of Lord Lans- downe's tenants who refuse to pay the rents demanded, will be resumed about April 30. AT the request of the Ameer of Afghan­ istan, an English engineer has gone to con­ sult with him regarding the construction of a railway from Cabul to Herat....The Canadian fishery cruiser Vigilant chased and fired at an American schooner, which, however, outsailed the cruiser and escaped. The afiair occurred off Beaver Harbor, New Brunswick. - % v- JUJDITIOSAL HEWilgfp THE Mammoth Cave in Kentucky now has railway connection... .Four men were killed by a boiler explosion in Ritchie County, Wect Virginia Shade Scar- brough, who murdered Madison Ca;sar in July last, was hanged in the jail yard at Clayton. Ala., on Friday. Both men were negroes.... Patrick McCarthy was hanged at Fort Smith, Ark., for murdering and robbing Thomas and John Mahoney in the Cherokee Nation, Feb. 16, 1880. The evi­ dence was purely circumstantial, there being no eye-witnesses to the crime, and McCarthy died protesting his innocence. ( THE heaviest crop for many years is pre­ dicted by peach-growers in New Jersey.... There were landed at Castle Garden Fri­ day 4,273 immigrants--the greatest number on record for one day at this season of the year. IT is proposed to amalgamate in one gi­ gantic organisation the National Federa­ tion of Miners and the Mineis' National Assembly of the Knights of Labor. IN the Circuit Court at Detroit, last week, Judge Jennison gave his decision on the contest of the will of the late Francis Palms,, declaring it void. The will gave Francis Palms' $>7,000,000 to his two chil­ dren, to he held by them in trust for their children. A friendly contest was begun to secure a legal decision on tue will, in his decision Judge Jennison holds that the statutes are against contiolling fortunes from the grave from generation to genera­ tion St. Lou s telegram: "lion. James G. Blaine, now at Fort Gibson, Indian Territory, is suffering from bionchial catarrh and is confined to his. lied." A DELEGATION representing all the live­ stock associations in the United Stated called on the President last week and in­ vited him to ^a rennion of the live-stock associations ax Chicago, in November. The President made a reply that the delegation considered favorable. He firet asked if they represented the whole United States, or only a section, aud, on being assuied that every association in the United States was represented, he said that he was dis­ posed to consider the invitation favorably, but that it would depend upon how he couid arrange for the disposal ot his time. He reserved his decision. The delegation also visited the Agricultural Department, and extended an invitation to Commissioner Colman to be present on the occasion as a guest of the association. The Commis­ sioner promised to be present if his duties would permit. THE business failures during the week number for the United States 198, for Can­ ada 25; total 223, against 223 the previous week, and 215 the corresponding week of last year Archbishop Corrigan has re­ ceived authority from Rome to suspend pas­ tors who were made irremovable by the Bal­ timore Council. This is to strenthen the Archbishop in his conflict with Dr. Mc- Glynn's supporters. KATE CJUAXTON and "The Two Orphans" have, been the attractions at McVicker's Theater, Chicago, during the past week. Her characterization of "Louise, the blind girl, "which is almost as familiar to theater­ goers as Booth's "Hamlet," or Denuian Thompson's "Joshua Whitcomb," seemsto have lost none of its power to please, and has been so well patronized that it will be continued another weeK. Next week Miss Catherine Lewis will appear with Miss Claxton in the production of MThe Brain- Slealer" t.t McVicker's. THE Akron (Ohio) butchers are fighting Armour <fc Co.'s meats, and are endeavor­ ing through the Trades Assembly, to secure the passage of a city ordinance requiring all meat sold in Akron to be inspected on the hoof. OVEB 6,000 carpenters in Chicago went out on a strike for 35 cents an hour and eight hours a day. The master carpenter*, at a mass meeting, decided to ignore the strikers and to pay only thirty cents an hour fdr an eight-hour day. IT is alleged a pool has been formed to curtail the production of barbed wire, and that many mills will be closed, but will be paid a certain amount out of the earnings of the mills in operation. It is imimaH that hundreds of men will be thrown out of employment. . • THE BAILWAHL An order has been entered in the Com­ mon Pleas Court at Cleveland for the sale of the Nickel-Plate Road for not less than $16,0G0,0t(0. Thirty days' notice will be given....A fire at Omaha destroyed the Missouri Pacific round-house, valued at $35,000. THE Pennsylvania lines west of Pitts­ burgh commenced business under the in­ terstate commerce law by refusing to sell through tickets over any one of twenty- nine roads enumerated in the official cir­ cular. The absence of the St. Paul Road from the list is significant Gen. John McNulta, of Bloomington, is appointed to succeed Judge Cooley as receiver of the Wabash Railway. A LABGE number of theatrical managers met in Chicago to voice their grievances against the interstate commerce law, and appointed a committee of nine to prepare a memorial to the commission... .A Phila­ delphia dispatch says that railway officials generally express the opinion that the tem­ porary suspension of the long and short haul clause by the Interstate Commission is the entering wedge that will split the whole log. They argue that every railroad in the country can justly make the same claim aa that contended for by the Southern lines. foreign. THE fiist day of April being Prince Bis­ marck's seventy-second birthday, the Chan­ cellor received numberless tokens of es- te«m from all parts of Germany. After receiving personal congratulations from Princes William, Henry, Alexander, aud George, the Chancellor went to the palace, where the Emperor awaited him. In bis passase along Unter den Linden Prince Bismarck received a hearty welcome.... Three persons who attempted to assassinate the Car with dynamite bombs wen hanged in St. Petersburg last week. Tlie Tulip. tte varieties of the tulip are Innu­ merable, and the florist's lists include many hundreds. In the East, before the tiOO years of European cultivation had developed its susceptibility to these changes, gold and scarlet were its insignia of color, and the poets gave to the fiery splendor the language of love. On the banks of the llosphorus, it is said, the tulip represents incon­ stancy as well as ardor; and those which grow wild in the fields of Byzan­ tium, with "petals fiery red a d cen­ ters black a» though burnt," say to the captive beauty that she has kindled a heart with undying fervcr. -- New York Poa. THE MARKETS. . W. NEW YORK. BKBVM....V. Hoos.......... WHEAT--No. 1 White.. No. 8 Bed CORN--No". 2. OATS--White POBK--New Mesa «.50 i# 6.0) .92 >•, si .»3U ,92 a .93 140 ~ .38 16,00 CHICAGO. BEKVKB--Choice to Prime steers S.9S Good Shipping........ <.50 .61 <&W.5» Common Hoos--Shipping Grades.. FLOUB--Ked winter WHBAT--No. A Spring, CORN--No. 2 OATS--No. 2 .....jl BCTTKB--Choice Creamery...... Fine Dairy ..... CHEESE--Full ('renin, Cheddar. Fuil Creatn, new...-... Eoos--Fresh POTATOES--Choice, per bu. FOHK--Mess . MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--Cash COKN--No. 3 OATS--No. il White BYE--NO. 1 POBK--Mess. 3.7o &iiO 8.7 > ^81 38 28 .21 <& 3.50 5.00 «$ 4.5J <4 0.00 & 4.0J t<* .82 '-if. .13 H •, .13 jn 4 .12 & .63 .39 .29 .28>$ .24 .14 14 .IS M U.5i < 21.00 .77^^ .3(i .31 .59 .78 .37 .82 & .SI *15.13 .80 .40 4.2* 4.00 4.!ti .83 .40 .38 .41 .39 (4 5.0J 5. I0 C» 5.5) j».a .40* .8ifc .80 & .80* .3)*£ .30 .27>4$ .28* J6.7J VG X7.2J Over Threo Hnndred Indict­ ments Against the OU ̂ Boo*Xtn> m ' " ••• H 16.25 WHEAT-NO. COBM--Cash OATS-NO. 2 DKTKOrir. , BEEF CATTUE Hoos **** WHEAT-ML'chigiWi Bed'. '.'.'.'.".V.*. COBN--No. 2. OATS--White „ OT. LOClk WHEAT--No. 2. COBN--Mixed... OATS--Mixed POBK--Mese. CINCINNATI. WHBAT--No. 2 Bed .83 & .83* COBH-NO. 2. .39*^ ,4<)S 30 .30* ........... W.75 Coau&iasioners, Employea, Con* and Merchants "On the Hake. " ts recently fcmnd against present and former Commissioners 61 Cook Connly number 200, and against wardens and contractors 102. About sixty men have been indicted. Following is a partial list: County Commissioners D. J. Wren, 25 indictments; J. J. McCarthy, 20; G. C. Klehm, 19; R. S. McClaughrey, 14; R. M. Oliver, 11; C. GeilB, 9; C. Casselman, 8; ex-Commissioners C. F. Lynn, *24; J. E. Van Pelt, 18; J. Hannigan, 17; M. W. Leyden, 17; M. Wasser- man, 10; Adam Ochs, 8; employes W. J. McGarigle, 24; H. A. Varnell, 23; £. S. McDonald, 8; Edward Phillips, 3; Janitor Gundeison, 3; Frank Murphy, 2; contractors J. Costelloe, 11; F. W. Bipper, 7; N. Barsaloux, 3; William Harley, 2; W. H. Gray, 1; Chris. Kelling, 1; James Mur­ ray, 1; M. Hennessy, 1; -John Buckley, 1; SP. Mahoney, 1; J. J. Hayes, 1; E. K. Brainerd, 1; C. 0. Hansen, 1; h. T. Crane, U; J. H. Carpenter, 1; R. K. Warner, 1; A. J. Walker, 1; L. Windmueller, 1. "The thing is ci rrupt from top to bot­ tom," said cne of tbe late grand jurors. "There is no honesty among the Commis­ sioners outside of those recently elected, and there is no honesty among their em­ ployes and appointees. Where they can't steai in a large way they steal in a small way. An arrangement was made with the man who sold goods. I'll give you one instance in particular: There was a contract with a merchant to sell goods and pay 12 per cent. He had to pay it into the hands of a particular per- Bon to be divided. The chairman of the committee through which most of his bills went called on him and made him play three per cent, additional for his influ­ ence. So the merchant paid in fifteen per cent, regularly. About once a month the Commissioner would drive up to his place of business, but wouldn't come in, and he would go out and hand him the percentage in an envelope. That is the way that was done. Most of the business was done through one of the appointees who was made the collector for the gang, and as much as $11,000 in one sum has been paid at one time for one con­ tract. They required the sum paid down. The contract had been awarded, and the regular meeting passed without action. ' What i* the matter?' 4 Well, have you got the money?' or a question of that kind. No, we cannot get it until such a day. Then you can have it.' 'AH right.' He had it tbe day promised, handed the money over, a special meeting was held,. and the contract was approved at once and signed. That was one way of doing business. Then there was another. One year $1,000 would be charged for a cei tain thing, the next year $1,100, and the next $2,lu0. The year the highest commission wac paid was the best year for business the man . ever had. In another case the commissions, as a rule, were figured at 10 per cejrt. In one in­ stance ihe commissions were not paid in money; that is, the parties swore they never paid a dollar. Bnt one onthe gang would want a sealskin sack. \£he merchants didn't deal in them, but had* connections through which they could get one, and the firm kept a fictitious account to which such articles were charged, and the cost amounted to 10 per cent., which was added to the price of the goods sold to the coun­ ty. The transactions were not confined to one branch of business. One house had sold some goods to the county. They were told, 'You can sell a great many goods to thb county, but in order to do so you will have to pay 1() percent.' One member of •the firm, kncprl^fVne of the Commission­ ers, felt it was an outrage. He went to that Commissioner, a prominent pne, con­ fident that the proposition would arouse his (the Commissioner's) ire in an instant. He told him, aud the Commissioner said: '1 think you folks had better pay the com­ mits.on. The thing is just here. You sell the county at your prices, charge 10 per cent additional, and pay this commission over, and then the county will be better served, have better goods at less prices than it iB buying or can buy them from others.' He went back and told his part­ ners, and said: 'We won't do anything of the kind. We will pay no commissions to anybody. There are our goods, aud if they want to buy them at our prices we will sell them, but we will not pay a penny commis­ sion.' That was the strongest caqe.that came before ihe jury.' The way in which the swindling was done was perfectly wonderful. There were increased prices, short weight, short count, pnd short count way up into large figures. We didn't get at the bottom of that artesian well. It is only 300 or 400 feet deep* "but a i*ood many hundreds more were paid for. That was short measure with a vengeance. A certain amount of money was to be paid on all contracts. It would be handed to a person indicated. That person would hand :>t over, or be present at a meeting where the divvy was made. At one time a Com­ missioner made the collections, bat the others became suspicious that he didn't divvy fairly. Men swore that they were told they must not pay that Commissioner any more money, but pay it to So-and-so, and they did, and they never had trouble." One of the neatest of the many swin­ dles exposed by the Grand Jury was the ar­ tesian well at the Infirmary. By the terms of the contract with W. H. Grey, the price was to be: For the first 800 feet, $2.50 per foot; next 400 feet, $3; next 300 feet, $3.50; next 100 feet, $4; next 100 feet, $4.50; next 200 feet, $5; next 200 feet, $6; next 200 feet, $7; next 100 feet, $8. Under the con­ tract the drilling was to Btop when a good flow of water,was found, and the maximum depth of the well was placed at 2,450 feet. Experts sent out by the Grand Jury to measure the depth of the well broke the trap that had been fixed 300 feet below the surface, and found the actual depth of the well to be 1,557 feet. At that depth a lib­ eral flow of water was obtained and drilling was stopped, bnt bills were put in the County Board for a depth of 2,450 feet, the maxi­ mum depth called for by the contract. Chairman Klehm once attempted to measure the well. Tt^ weight would go down, but in trying to get it back the line formed it­ self in long loops, and it was impossible to do the measuring. Mr. Klehm, though a practical builder, aid not find out the cause of tbe trouble, but'concluded the well was as deep as was claimed. After consider­ able trouble the experts found and broke an arched trap, and then had no trouble about finding out the actual depth. When they drew out their line they found at­ tached to it the one Klehm had used. On this work the county haa been saved $5,000. Vouchers for this amount were issued, but payment has been stopped. OATS--No. 2 . . . . . POBK--MOBB. *.£> .90 .45 4.50 8.75 6.2> S.50 LIVE Hoos BUFFAIX). WHEAT--No. 1 Hard Coax--No. 2 Yellow CATTLE.. INDIANAPOLIS. BEEV CASTLE Hoos SHEET •..., WHEAT--No. 2 Bed. CORN--No. 2 OATS.. m ^ BA8T LIBBBTr. CATTLE--B«(t. B.OO Fa*r 4.50 Common.,...,.,A..I.-, 4.00 «< 17.2J 6.00 .90* .45* 6.25 ® 5.25 S.00 & 4.75 .78*4 .79* .35 *& ITOFC i 5.21 5.00 4.25 «fcot 1854, kmg amottnt obtained by tfcj * <W0, the CkmMk HafcL . In 1857 he waa a pacteer fHToQe"!# the Imat PprkHpaokuff estaSfefametrfs in ^oinaati. The rMMd shows that to that •ta* h« was amnsad of oeinfr aa accomplice U Aeburniaf of the tfaftmer Martha Wash- >»gton on tba Mississippi Iher, by trhich wTt^^ffiS fa the UniteflTstates Court, before Judge McLean, on an in­ dictment for attempting to swindle insur­ ance companies. The investigation waa very exhaustive, and .he waa acquit ed. Subsequently the judicial authorities of Helena, Ant., near which place the confla­ gration occurred, obtained the custody of bis body, and tried him for murder. He was again acquitted. About this time Kissane went to Califor­ nia and tasumedj the name of William K. Roger*. His firat venture in that State was the keeping of a store in Sacramento. Probably he made a little money at that, for afterward he engaged in mining at Gold Hill, Nev., with a partner, and to­ gether they achieved a great success. In a few years Kissane had amassed between $'200,000 and $300,000. Twenty years ago be married a beautiful young lady, who was twenty years his junior. They have now either seven or sight children. The wife is about forty-five years old. Shei is amiable and beneficient of disposition, (tad is much loved by all who know her. Kis­ sane bears bis eixty-five years well, and is regarded by nearly all his neighbors as a man of the very highest character. He lives in f-'onoma County, not far from San Francisco. A Cleveland paper prints an interesting chapter in the nistory of Kissane. It le- lates the circumstances of the burn­ ing of the Martha Washington, and the efforts of Sidney C. Burton to run down and punish tbe gang in which he spent $50,(H)0 and traveled 150,000 miles. It says that Mrj. Frances H. Bowman, now living in Cleveland, a daughter of Mr. Burton, has documentary evidence relating to the case, which includes a book written by Mr. Burton. It then says: "Few persons are aware that emissaries ot Kissane were instrumental in causing Mr. Burton's d^ath. In the summer of 1855 he visited New York, and, as had been the case throughout his travels in the United States atd Canada, his every movement was watched by Kitsane's agents. Early in .the fall he became the victim of a mysterious illness and returned to bis home here. He lingered a few months but never recovered, dying on Dec. 11, 1855. The fact was es­ tablished at the time that Iiissane's friends had succeeded in smuggling a subtle poison into his food and his death resulted, de­ spite the efforts of the best physicians to save him. Mr. Burton wrote during h'S travels a book giving a detailed account of the case, but it was never put in print. It was entitled 'The Drama of Crime; or Tragedies in Real Life.' According to the preface the book contains, among other things, a complete confession by William Kissane." Colonel C. W. Doubleday, of Cleveland, who was one of Filibuster Walker's adju­ tants in Nicaragua, said that he knew Kis­ sane when the latter waa acting as com­ missary of the expedition. KIsHane'ft Explunatloa. [New York telegram. 1 Kissane's explanation of the New York forgeries is that he had made a larg1 vent­ ure in sending goods to New York in the Martha Washington, and it was one which, if the steamer had gone through all riuht, would have made him rich. He insured the cargo and raised the money cm the forg­ ed notes. He intended to have made them good, and would have done so but for the burning of the steamer. That is Kissane's explanation. It does not excuse the act, but he was only 20 years old. He was rash, and ran the risk. After telling of Kissane's experiences in Nicaragua after his dischalge from prison, Mr. Hart, Kissane's counsel, said: "In 1857 Kissane turned up in San Franc'sco under an as­ sumed name. He ultimately too-1! a ranch some three miles from Sonoma, Sonoma County, and went to raising grapes and manufacturing wine. He married an excellent woman, whom friends of mine know well. He led a perfectly straight­ forward life there, and his cied t is suoh that Senator Hearst would, I believe, loan Rogers $500,000; so would half a; dozen other San Francisco men. Kissane has a brother in San Francisco under another name. He is older tban William, an im­ mense, ungainly, peculiar man, some 70 year.* old, who never speaks to anybody or has anything to di with anybody. He 1B • known as Kissane's brother." * THE INTERSTATE COMMISSION. WILLIAM KISSANE. Th« Romantic Career of a Prom- t and Wealthy Cali- fornian. •• .• A& Old Indictment for Forgery in Hew York--Other Crimes / - Bevififc,, . ;• William K. Rogew/flr Will­ iam Kissane, a wealthy citizen of Califor­ nia, has been a strangely romantic one, and tue circumstances or incidents Surrounding it read more like the creative fancies of a fiction writer than actual occurrences in real life. The facts surrounding his strange career have just been brought to the surface by viitue of an effort by his attorneys to have an indictment for forgety against him quashed in a New York court. This indictment haa bean ponding against him Numerous Petitions for Belief from 'BXCM- Ntve Fivight Rate*. [Washington telegram,] The Interstate Commerce Commission has promulgated the following rule of pro­ ceeding: • ' c "Applications made for the official action of the commission shall be made by peti­ tion, which shall set forth the facts on which they are fouuded, and be verified by th^ oath of the applicant or of some an­ themed agent or attorney." Senators Dolph and Mitchell, of Oregon, presented to the commission memorials of various Boards of Trade in that State praying for relief from exorbitant freight charges in ^ time to save this year's crop. Senator Dolph also pre­ sented a petition of the Portland (Oregon) Board of Trade in relation to the long and short haul features. The memorialists say they are not assured that the true meaning of the law forbids the making of rates to coast points iu competition with the water- carriers aud the Canadian Pacific; yet if the commission so interprets the law they ask the prompt use of the suspending power. K committee Representing the Macon (Ga.) Boaut of Trade submitted an elabo­ rately written argument in support of the petition for the suspension of the long and ch >rt haul clause, presented by Southern business men. Tt»o more sparsely settled condition of the South, and its deficiencies in many respects as com{ared with the manufacturing centers of the North aud East, were fully set forth as matteis which justir.v the intervention of the commission. The declaration was made that if the inter­ pretation now threatened bad been foreseen when the bill M as under consideration the South would have opposed the measure unanimously. E. B. Bussel, attorney for the Mobile it Ohio Kailroad Company, presented a me­ morial praying that it be permitted to maintain its local rates at non-competing points and meet competition at "junction points" by reduced rates. The petition says the road's revenues are cut so low by competition with water routes that any re­ duction would endanger its solvency. His request for an opportunity to address the commission on Wednesday was granted. The following letter, addressed to the General Superintendent of the Canadian Express Company, by direction of the commission, explains itself: DEAK SIR--Your letter of the lat inst, re- Questii^,' tbe decision of tbe commission upon the question •whether tbe interstate commerce 'aw applies to express companies has been laid before tlie commission aud duly considered. If any express company desires to be henrd by the commission on the cpiestion you raise, an early opportunity will be offered for the pur­ pose ; but until such h«arinp is applied for the commission will assume that (ho law does ap. eompanies. Very respectfully. ̂ T. 11. COOLEY, Chairman. Th« Lake Carrier* ObJcct. The following telegram waa sent to the Interstate Commerce Commission by the Lake Carriers' Association: Understanding that the question is now he* fore you of permitting rail lines to charge le«s for a long tban a short haul, thus enabling the rail linos to contintio their ill«Kit:mat« compe­ tition with the water route as it the interstate commerce laiv had not been enacted, the I.ake Carriers' Association, comprising a majority of the vessel tonnage of the great lakes, request that you Will hear att argument from it ia oppo­ sition to such permission beinit granted, and that you will fix a time for such hearing. We will undertake to have a representative amvear 1before you at whatever time yon may set. pee. pared to present and support our views. Criminal Program of tbo Great at Sioux Iowa. ^. j*?-- f The XtofeiiM Trying to Conaeet Itwltt with the Crime--Areaeierfs Testimony* . •- ^ VS"~' 1 Z1' {MWM OUT CORBE8POM>««R<».] Interest in the Arensdorf murder trial, which has shown no abatement since the opening day, was greatly intensified when the accused waa placed upon the witneas- stand on Thursday. He testified substan­ tial aa follows: I am the ^eferdant in this action. I have ltved ia Sioux City ten years. I am a brewer and have been in the business twenty years. I learned the trade in Belgium, and came to this eity in 1817. During the month of August, 1G8B, I was foreman for the Franc Brothers. The evening of August 31 was around town. I earn* down in the attemoon between 7 and 8. I went into Philip Eberle's place, and stayed until 9:30. There I met Barnes and Davelaur, and went from there to Bhepard'i, across the stre. t. Barnes went with me. I ordered supper. It was a little past 8 :lu. We ate supper tnere. It waa after.M) when we left. Barnes went west, and I went to the Chicago saloon, where I just ,, I went to Junk's saloon. Mr. Scollacd and Orady we*» there when I ar­ rived. I went from there to the English Kitch­ en. I dont know inst what time it was I heard at the English Kitchen that a was killed, and went from there to where tbe mur­ der happened. I remained there a few minutes, then went to the brewery, and then back to Junk's, where I remained tan or fifteen minutes. Then I went to my home, in Bluff street. I wore my usqal clothing-a blue suit and tail-coat. I did not have on a rubber coat. I beard the testimony of Leavitt I was not at the corner of Fourth and Water when Haddock was killed. I was at the meeting Aug. 2. There was no private meeting, to my knowledge. Nothing was said in my presence to do up anv one. I heaid nothing about hiring two Dutchmen todo_ up any one. I made no remark about blowing any one up. I heard no remark about blowing up any one's house. I had no conversation with Leavitt in front of Warleicb s saloon. I bad no such conversa­ tion _as Mrs. Leavitt testifies to have heard. 1 h«La conversation with Leavitt at the Stand­ ard Theater in relation to his bonds. He sent a man over to see me. He took me into a room. I had no conversation with him as to who had killed Haddock. I bad no conversation with Leavitt about keeping still and things would be all right. I had no conversation with Leavitt at Junk's about who killed Haddock. I never bad any conversation with him about the mur­ der at his theater. I did not say at the saloon- men s meeting that there was ¥700 or $800 in the treasury, and supposed that would be enough to hire some one to do up Haddock or other wit­ nesses. I know Bismarck and wife. She used to work in the brewery for Mr. Franz, but has not worked there sinco the br6W6ry oompfwy was organized. I never gave Bismarck any money at Borsh's beer garden to leave town, and never gave Frits Folger any money to give htm to induce him to leave town. I had no conversation with Mrs. Bismarck about her leaving town. She sent a note requesting me to come to her house. She wanted to sell her house, and asked me to sell it for her. I bought the house for Adolph Nepper. and he furnished the money--8^50. I bought it at Mr. Nepper'a request. I never heard Mrs. Bismarck speak English. When she went away she told me she was going to Coun­ cil Bluffs. I did not know she was going to California. I had no conversation at the meet­ ing of the saloonmen, on the evening of the 2d, With Treib'er, in which he said he had two Dutchmen who would do up Haddock. I heard no such conversation. I did not have any conversation with Leavitt in front of Martin's shoe store, in which I asked him if he had seen the shooting, and that I was not feeling any too will, nor did I ask him if I could depend on him as a brother. I never had any conversation With Leavitt, as charged by him in his testimony. I had no conversation with him about sending Henry Peters to Nebraska or Germany. I never had any conversation with Leavitt upon that subject. I did not tell Mrs. Bismarck that she had best wait a little while and not go away until things got more quiet. I did not tell her to tell her husband to keep still and not tell any one what he knew about the killing of Mr. Haddock. I did not teii her that I would furnish her with a man to go with hor to Coun­ cil Bluffs. I told her that I would see that a man sot her ticket here for Council Bluffs. I did not know that any one intended to injure Mr. Haddock. The cross-examination of Arensdorf waa •cry thorough, but he bore it with remark­ able nerve. The entire ground was traversed anew, and with no material break in bis story. A surprise was giwn him and his counsel, however, when he waa confronted by a transcript of his evidence before the Coroner's jury. Portions were read wherein his statement as to his where­ abouts at the time of the murder quite ma­ terially differed from his evidence Thurs­ day. When asked if he so testified, he broke down and displayed weakness. Counsel asked: Did vou testify before the Coroner's jury the second tfcy after the murder? A. Yes, sir. Q. Were you asked where you were at the time of the shooting ? A. Tes, sir. Q. Did you not swear before the Coroner's jury that when you came out of Shepard's, where you took supper, somebody said, " "Old KaVenaugh has got shot,' so I was ready to go home, and walked that way, and when I got there I heard somebody say it was the Bev. Dr. Haddock'?" did vou swear to that? A. I can't answer that. Q. What is your best recollection on that point? A. I have no recollection about it. Q. Did you not say you had just come out of Shepard's when you heard of the shooting? A. If I did I didn't tell the truth. Q. Did you tell the Coroner at that time that you were at the English Kitchen when the shooting occurred ? A I thought I did. Q. Did you really undertake to tell truthfully and exactly where you were at the time of the shooting, and when you heard of it? A. 1 don't know. Q. Was not your memory of yonr whereabouts better a day or two after the event than it is now ? A. I don't think it was. Q. Did you not tell Mr. Delp you were at Hoi- denrad's? A. No, I didn't. It was evident to all that the appearance of the stenographer's transcript of Aren- dorf's evidence at the inquest was a com­ plete surprise. Tbe whole of that evidence was never published, and the attorneys for defendant did not know that he committed himself as to his exact whereabouts when he heard of the shooting. The defense have mainly directed their efforts toward connecting Leavitt with the morder of Haddock, and several witnesses have sworn that he was dressed in a light suit of clothes on the night of the murder. I. C. Hart, a boarder at Paul Leader's, one of the defendants, testified positively that he was present when the fatal shot was fired, and that Leavitt was the man who did the shooting. Leader himself was equally positive that Arensdorf was not the man who fired the shot. He believed that Leavitt killed Haddook. Leader, Arensdorf, Leavitt, and others, just before the killing, were in Junk's saloon drinking beer. Arensdorf wore a dark suit--ktnd of navy blue--with his pants in his big boots. Leavitt wore a light hat, a rubber coat, and light pants. Leavitt and all went out together. I didn't go with them. I went out with Hart a second or two after Leavitt. We left Arensdorf in Junk's. The crowd, headed by Leavitt, went along the south side of Fourth to Water. We followed behind them. I didn t kt;ow what they were go­ ing to do. I never had a word with Leavitt about what they were going to do. I caught up with them at the high fence eight or ten feet from the corner. As I walked by him he jerked this straw hat off my head and put this gray one on 'mine. I naked him what be meant and he said: "That's all right." We walked on down Water street and heard the report of a gun behind us. We looked aronnd and saw one man staggering eastward and anotuer rnnning northward. He wore a long black coat, light pants, and a brown, low-crowned hat. He went down Water street toward Second and on Second home. I was sat­ isfied that l eavitt was the man who fired the shot and was running away. . J . J Quotations from Henry Ward Becker. You have not lost what God haa only hidden. Secretly the plants love each other. Not till'the heats of summer are gone, while all its growths remain, do we snow the fullness of life. If called upon to shed thy joya aa trees their leaves--if the affecttona be driven back to the heart, as the life of flowera to their roots--yet be patient. You lose nothing in struggle, in trial, in bitter distress. There is goodness in the worst. There ia warmth in the coldneaa. What shall not Time do that carries in its bosom Love. The sun does not shine for a few treee and flowers, but for the wide world's joy. Death erects his batteries right over against our homea. The little bell that a baby can hold in ita fingers may strike the same note aa the great bell of Moscow. Forty years the heart may have been in battle, and one verse shall sxpmaa the fruit of the whole. ^ ̂ tfc® Cfctrputer ef •'"-i*"* "•rderera. - It Joints Veijr 8teoegl7 to The'r Guilt--Bev. Axtelfa Unfortu­ nate of having murdered Kelhw* MMialarauSv - J®4 will in all een-̂ 4. stantial, Iduoed, though mainly ekman as a whole, makes up a lathei . . . m a k e s q d a i t t h « r the two aoCh^ed brakemen. Carl Woods, engineer ot thetoain Ufonwhich ̂ Mcbols *u murdered, describedtbe blood si stains in the car ia which Kellogg Hichol». Il killed, aod gave evidence which' t-w th*t. N'cbms made a desperate -J j** t® reach and set the air-brakes., 1 "i W itness gave a detailed account of the appear- ' ,,.s U06 of the caw, bow they wore loaded, liow s ii doors were fastened, and other particulars oal- te Sl c?1f£®d glT" **• iT •** aoourate knowledge, ot crime. It waal | drawn out that it was not until some «m« after * t* ti£" ̂ two car8 0,1 with the teainthat Wact said: "Betthem out; I'm d--dt \\ I??? tS rlde Schwarta was asked ̂ I J - S ? " t N N K e e f . M t f r e p l i e d t h a t , he was not alxald, and would do so. Witness. A ; gave some testimony to show that there could ' 1* nave been no man on the top ofWattfa oar cov-, = ering him with a re valvar thrust through Uw" Ui"; transom. Conductor Wagner testified that' the^' ^i* iron poker with blood upon it, with «hich the- ̂ meet eager was evidently beaten to death, was of found hanging behind tbe stove in its aocustom- ed place. This circumstance is regarded as al- '4 most positive proof that the marder was com-W $ mitted by a train man, aa no one unaccustomed J to tha car would ever think of hanging up th- ̂ ' /i poker in its proper place again alter the perpe-f J*® tration of tbe deed. ̂• ,.f £ Napoleon Briggs, who was fireman on Engi-' neer Woods' train, testified to Schwartz's move-:': ̂ ':1 ments and actions after the crime, aad his dis-i > ll inclination to talk about the matter. Conduc- ̂ tor Danfoith gave similar testimony to Briggs, ! and also told about finding the tell-tale eac h?! ' in the car closet on the return trip from Daven-W port. He asked Schwartz what he thoughts *8 about the murder, and who committed it. To ' " that Schwarts threw out his hands and said - "colonel, I don't know anything about it." He^ls did not want to talk about the matter. Witness ' looked in utile ladies' car closet afcer leaving v!'1 Marseilles and there was nothing in ii. At hen eca, the next stat.on five miles on, wituess saw f k-chwartz carrying a sachel. After leaving' Seneca witm-ss opened the closet door and f 71 found obstructing the door a sachel, now and of cheap description, and partially torn up. Part' .|1 of the sachet corner-piece was stuck fast in thef closet aperture. Witness called Schwartz, and ; 't| both picked up the pieces. Among them ̂ 51 witness found a piece of torn vouch--3*5! er, and remarked that it might haver * some connection with the robbery. The \f j piece ot voucher was shown to witness by '*1 Mr. Carter, and was fully identified and put inf fl evidence. It was passed over to the jury and • if examined with great interest. The debris of • -i the sachel was also produced, identified by wit- iff ness, put in evidence, and examined by the ' ^ jury. Several other train employes wero placed if on the stand, but their evidence was not ot V Material importance, beyond corroborating and $ strengthening the testimony of those who bad preceded them. On Sunday last a somewhat sensational event in connection with this now celebrated trial oo- curred. Saturday afternoon court was ad­ journed with a strict injunction py Judge De- •; beli to the jurors that they should not talk over the evidence in the case among themselves, or- allow any one to refer to the case iu their hear­ ing. He said they must allow nothing what­ ever to influence their minds, but should keep them strictly in such state that thev could give. - to each portion of the evidence as it might b«7 i Sresented the just and fair weight due it. Then; e asked if counsel would have any objections, to the jury attending church in chargo of offi­ cers. Counsel tor both sides assented to this readily, little imagining what would result. A little before church time word was sent to the Itev. M. A. Phillips, pastor of the Methodist church, that the jury would attend at his sanc­ tuary, and accordingly three seats were re­ served in the central portion of the church for its accommoJation. It was a more lhan ordi- -• a nary service at the church by reason of the 7: presence of the Rev. Dr. N. A. Axtell, the pre- siding elder of the Joliet district of the l.ock ® • Kiver conference, within the bounds ol which Morris is oituated. Dr. Axtell preached on the . ' strength of power and the important part which ; little things play in its composition. Then, speakinig of the practical pursuits of . life, he baid that success and reputation in ^ them depended not on some oue great and - brilliant achievement, or the poss.ssioU of ex- ~ traordiuary powers or ability which command- * ed instant admiration, but on a careful, pains­ taking, and industrious utilization of little sources of strength; as they might be tefmed. As examples of men who iu ailfcrent walks ot lite had thus brought to their aid all sources of power within their grasp, including many which most men diseard as being too iuuigniflcant to turn their attention to, Dr. Axtell mentioned Henry Ward Beecher in theology, N. 8. Davis in medicine, and Judge Dorrauce Debell in the legal profession. Judge Debell is pres.ding at the trial of Schwartz and Watt, and the mention of his naiuo was regarded as rather strange, but a few raonents later something stranger still occurred. He went on to emphasize the important part often played by little things in the securing of greut results, and referred to the fact that criminals had many times been convicted and brought to their just pimishment by circum­ stantial evidence of itself of the most trivial nature, but which, when combined with other 7? * e\idence seemingly equally un mnortant, re- vea ed guilt beyond a doubt. He gave an illus­ tration by telling how a man had committed a crime in California, escaped suauicion for a time, and finally went to India. Among articles gathered up at the scene of the crime which it wan thought might furnish, tome clew to the perpetrator was an euvel pe containing a draft or paper of like description. The corner had been torn off as if by the teeth. Years atterward thero was found in the vest pocket of the luau in India a little piece of paper which fitted exactly to the torn pact of iho envelope, and the man by that evidence was brought to trial and found guilty. Dr. Axtell told the story with great vividness, and when telling how tbe ragged edges fitted exactly together held up his lia ids with the fin­ ger-ends interlaced. The strongest evidence thus far introduced in the trial is the finding of a torn corner of a bank voucher in the oar closet of tbe tram on which Hchwartis returned to Chi­ cago lroin Davenport, which little piece fitted exactlv to a torn voucher found in tne contents of the robbed safe. The almost e»act identity ot l>r. Axtell's illustration with this was very apparent, and, taken with his powerful presen­ tation of the importance of circumstantial evi­ dence, struck many as most remarkable utter- an»«B to be made before the jury. 'i^ie sermon has been the talk of the town for the past three days. The counsel for tbe de­ fense held a urief consultation on the subject just betore court opened Monday. Whether to call the, attention of the court formally to the matter, and demand that the trial be stopped at once and the jury discharged, was one of the propositions seriously discussed. It was finally decided that it would be better to say nothyig. about it and to let the trial proceed, as, in case a verdict of guilty should be returned, the de­ fense could make use, in a way likely to be effectual, of the fact in an attempt to secure a new trial or obtain a reversal by the Supremo Court. Judge Debell was not disposed to talk much about the propriety of the jury having listened to such a sermon, or the serious con­ sequences or complications in the 'trial likely to result, but did say that the matter was deplor­ able and most unfortunate. Miss Gsuna Lewis testified that before the murder Schwartz and his wife were living in poor circumstances in Chicago, and that Mrs. Schwartz's clothing was extremely shabby. After Nichols'death both his and her wearing apparel became suddenly better. Mrs. Schwarts soon had three or four new dresses of silk and lace. Witness visited title Schwartzes two or three times a week. After the robbery they got a new Brussels carpet and finely up­ holstered furniture, laee curtains, folding-bed,, aud easy chairs, and silver knives, forks, and spoons. Miss Lewis confessed to indulging in a bit of eavesdropping at Schwartz's bouse, be­ tween him and Watt. The twain went Into the kitchen, closing the door after them. Placing her ear to the keyhole she overheard the following conversation: Schwartz said to Watt: "Newt, you seem to be wanting to shove all the suspicion on me." Watt replied, "Well, you are safe, your father is rich, you could easily account for your money." Schwartz said: 'Well, why didnt you give me two fifties instead of a hundred?" Wan said it was dark where he got them, and he took the first ones h» came to Witness beard Mrs. Schwartz coming back at this point and dtd not dare listen longer. Witness testified that Schwartz bought some ham and bacon at the commission kouse last summer, where she is cashier. His Wife waa visiting friends out of the eitv. and, being poor, Schwartz said he was going to send the articles of food to them. In paying for the goods Schwartz took out a roll of bills and bonded her a &>0 bill from the outside. Soon after Schwartz came to the store and told her that if ^ any detectixes came and inquired there to not t' let them know he had any large bills. Witness "4 told him she would not care who knew he had ' large bills, and Schwartz said: "Oh, well, yon know detectives have been dogging me nigbfe and day ever slnoe the robbery, ana they might / 'il make something out of it." '$ :! NUTS AND KUBBIKFL. 7~ THE milkman waters his oows by jimkj* SINCE Sullivan broke his arm he haa re­ formed. He ia an expotmder now. IF a man wants to be sure of getting what he wanta, he should want the earth. WHEN the United States la involved in war with Canada* and storms the bonder, will Niagara fall? THB Ghineee are tba most straight up and down people we have in thia oountrr. Their laundry «gna all read that way. 'i