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, * * 1 \ ; J 1 " •'• . " *'. %Jt-'~' s . '• - ftafcdcaln mm Mbri nxENoia A NEWSY MELANGE. Svtnts oflnterest and lmportanoe in Every Quarter of the. able Globe. 4 Sv €V • Relating to Polities, Religion, ™^0pm«crce, Industry, ., ^1 and Other Topics* V f' TRAINS CRASH TOGETHER. /.^Thirty People Injured, bat None Fatally. A WRECK occurred on the Pennsyl­ vania Railroad near Nanticoke, Pa. Tw o paeeenger trains running at good speed in opposite directions on the same track plunged with a crash, into each other, «leniolishing both engines, The en- K'neers and firemen on both jpomotives saw the impending danger, bat remained at their posts until the trains came together, when they all leaped from their engines. One of the firemen in jumping was seriously bruised about the body. The passengers on both trains were badlv .frightened and shaken up. Some thirty of them were slightly injured, though none are fatally harmed. The accident was due to a blunder of a train dispatcher named Baidlerann, who neglected to hold the north-bound train at Nanticoke. He disappeared and has not been seen since. k' THE BATTERS. f : kiatln Standing: of the Prominent Ball Clubs. THE annexed table shows the relative •landing of the clubs competing for the championship of the associations named: League. Won. Lost J Western. Wou.Losl. Chicago 38 18;St, I'nnl 31 13 21-DCB Moines 27 15 !:4iKar,sas City 22 21 niCbicaco £2 23 27 Ouiutia 20 Xiiliiwaukee 21 24 SGj Minneapolis..... 10 3t»|Sioax City 1 3 JJeuoit . New York.... Boston Philadelphia. Pittsburgh... Indianapolis 20 "Washington 18 .38 .Ji .3.1 .19 American. Won. Lo«t,' Interstate. Won.Lost. :7 . .20 ..19 ...17 20 Tc-rre Haute .... 2 16:Daveuport 34 11 ifiiTeoria 32 11 2-41 Dubuque 19 15 :-;8.Bloomington 19 20 SIDauville ... .Disbanded. JOjLaiayette 1 11 38 . li Brooklyn 42 St. Louie 37 Athletic 33 Cincinnati 35 Baltimore... Cleveland Louisville... , v^MkBsaa City. TRADE IS MORE ACTIVE. , Air Improvement Noted in General Business Owinj; to Favorable Crop Reports. V In their weekly review of the commer­ cial situation, R. G. Dun & Co. say: Crop prospects grow more favorable with every week Of satisfactory weather, and the boprful feeling thus produced throughout the West and South is felt immediately in some in­ crease of trade. Financial apprehensions are nowhere of weight at present; mc.neV is super­ abundant, and the belief prevails that the Treas­ ury will prevent pressure or disturbance. Such it the spirit almost everyw here controlling, and business depends so largely upon sentiment that hopeful expectations count lor more than prea- ; .In dullness. GENERAL SHERIDAN. lie Steamer Swatara Arrives at New York ,» --The General Passcda Good l)ay. THE Swatara, with General Sheridan and party on board, sailed from Delaware breakwater Friday, the 6th, en route for Nonquitt. The steamer reached New York at night, and the General was re- Srted as having passed a good day. meral Schofield and J. \V. Doane, S. B. Buckner and Judge Knickerbocker, of Chicago, boarded the Swatara and visited {JoneralSheridan in the cabii£'- > . * 1 • " ' ' The Drama in Chieagfc * * a : "THE ROAD TO BOIN," a sterling old •omedy that has seldom been 6een on the stage of late years, has been revived at McVicker's Theater by the excellent comedy company now playing at that house. The play was written by Thomas Holcraft, an English dramatist of note, and was first produced more than a cen­ tury ago. The principal characters pos­ sess a strong vein of humanity and have their living prototypes in every-day life of the present, notwithstanding the fact that their creator has long since passfed away. Pottoffieec and Postmasters. , During the last fiscal year the num- Ipsfr of poetoffices established was 3,364; number discontinued, 1,042; number of fourth-class Postmasters resigned and successors appointed, €,139; number re­ moved 1,224; whole number appointed during the year, 11,£52; number of (Presi­ dential Postmasters resigned and succes- sor appointed, 382; number removed, 25; whole number of Presidential Postmasters appointed during the year, 436. MORE PEN SION VETOES. Ka President's Seasons for Disapproving Certain Legislation. _ TBa President Bent to the Senate, on the 6th last., messages vetoing the bills granting pen­ sions to Nathaniel 3X Cliase, Harriet Cooper, William M. Campbell, Jr., and Julia Welsh. In Vetoing the Cooper bill, this President says : "The nnsband of this beneSeiarv served as Major in an Illinois regiment from "Sept. 3, 1662, to AprU •,1863, when his resignation was accepted, it wring been tendered on account of business amain. It is admitted on all hands that Mai. Cooper drank a good deal, but the committee allege that they cannot arrive at the conclu- •tan that death was attributable to that cause. There is some medical testimony tending to show that death was caused from rheumatism, but °*»e Physician gives it as his opinion that death resulted from rheumatism and chronic alcohol­ ism. The physician who last attended the sol- testifies that the cause of death was chronic •leoholism. This Bhould be the most reliable of all the medical testimony, and, taken in connec­ tion with the conceded intemperate habits of U»e deceased, and the fact that the brain was in­ volved, It satisfied me that the rejection of tl. • ynaaw s claim by the Pension Bureau, on the . gronnd that the cause of death was mainly in­ temperance, was correct." The other acts are vetoed on the ground that they are without merit. The tariff debate wtis again taken up in the House and the remainder of the sections |uuw,«iing the sugar schedule were disposed of, ™£P0n? 5?"^ by the Republicans being rejected Without division. The only changes made were to restore the present duty on wood screws, pen-knives, and rarorg, and fixing the duty on new printing type at IS per cent, ad valorem. | on Thursday upon what is thought to be i a conspiracy to blow up its property with ! dynamite. The men arrested aie Thomas Broderick and J. A. Bowles, two for­ mer -engineers, and John Q. Wilson. The arrests were made upon one of the company's passenger trains* bound for Chicago while it stopped at Aurora. Dynamite cartridges prepared for explosion are said to have been found in the pos- seesion of the prisoners, wrapped up in a newspaper. It was found to contain four dynamite cartridges, each about ten inches long and an inch and a quarter square. These were fitted with a small fuse to each. Each contained about a pound of dynamite. In Broderick's pocket in a purse were found stowed small dynamite fulminating caps. The parties were held in $5,000 bail each. While the captives were being handcuffed Broderick snatched a letter from his pocket and threw it out of the window. The train was stopped and this letter re­ covered. It is said to furnish damaging evidence against the conspirators, involv­ ing the Brotherhood. THE village of Maumee, Ind., six miles southwest of Toledo, Ohio, experienced a bad fire. One whole block in the heart of the town was destroyed. The bank, grocery, saloon, harness shop, Odd Fel­ lows' Hall, and other structures were destroyed. Most of the contents were 6aved. The loss is estimated at $100,000. THE late storms throughout Iowa proved much more serious than was at first supposed. Great damage was done to all the growing grain, many houses were struck by lightning, railroad tracks were washed away, and telegraph commu­ nication interfered with. Only one death has been reported. Alvin Cox attempted to cross a freshet with his vehicle near Bock Island, 111., and was drowned. Manv horses and cattle were killed. At v^edar Falls the opera house ami a large canning factory were un­ roofed. Eighteen houses and barns were destroyed between Cedar Falls and Junc­ tion City, covering an area of a mile ami a half. At Waterloo considerable stock was killed by lightning. In Scott County bridges were swept away; and in Iowa City many buildings were blown down. Near Martins the Burlington and Northern track was washed out, and near Charlotte the Midland tracks are under water. A hailstorm in the southern part of . Wapello County injured the apple crop. WASHINGTON Senate Committee on Judiciary, on Monday, the 2d inst., reported the nomination of Melville W. Fullei to the Senate without recommendation. A Washington dispatch says that: In the committee Mr. Edmunds explained his position with reference to the nomination to be favorable with a reservation. He had investi­ gated all the charges that had been made against Mr. Fuller with care, and had come to the con­ clusion that there was no foundation or excuse for them, but he was not yet ready to say that Mr. Fuller's nomination ought to be confirmed. He was not yet convinced that he was a fit man to hold eo elevated an office as that of Chief Justice of the United States. Nor was he willing to impede his confirmation. If there were a majority of the Senators who felt will­ ing to take the responsibility of confirming Mr. Fuller, of advising and consenting to his ap­ pointment, he for one would not Btand in their way. although he could not \ote for Mr. Fuller's confirmation himself in Lis present state of mind, 'lnere was no attempt at furth r post­ ponement and nothing occurred to indicate a disposition on the part of uny one to defe r nction until after the election. It is believed to be tfce purpose of the committee to call the nomination up for action as soon as possible, and both Senators Culloin and Farwell are committed to its support. THE condition of Representative Thomas of Illinois is much worse than it was generally suppose^ to be, says a Washington dispatcn. In addition to the inflammation of the bowels the Captain has been delirious for some days, and while his physicians believe that he will event­ ually recover his physical health, they, much fear that his mind will never be re­ stored to its normal condition. Capt. Thomas' affliction, it is understood, is due to the excessive use of cocaine, which he has been taking for some time past for his throat. It is the intention of Mrs. Thomas to remove her husband to some quite place as soon as he is able to travel, and she hopes that the perfect rest and change of scene may have a good effect. VETOING PENSIONS. NATIONAL LAWMAKERS. THE NATIONAL GAME. The President Thinks Congress Is R*- Heviag Too Many Persons Hat.** Entitled to Relief. . p '4 tk . > •; • ' What la feeing Done asilfp P'-i EAST. ^ELIGKAN, MAT & Co., wholesale deal- !«rs in boys' clothing, 649 Broadway, New Tork, have made an assignment. Theii statement of condition on J anuary 1 tei Bradstreet's showed assets, $582,013; liabilities, $316,935. The liabilities are Seported to be from $3,000,000 to $5,000,- 000, and assets large. A FOBTCNE Of $125,000 awaits Emily Bertram, a former charity girl. She was taken from a New York poorhouse to the home of Edward Lessee, a Long Island tailor. Now her adopted father will not give her up. Her mother's love match gered the grand-father, but the wife * ' ' * St. WEST. « POUTICa > Tsfi *fexa8 State Convention of tlbe Union Labor party r met at Fort Worth. A committee of confer­ ence. one from each Congressional dis­ trict, was appointed to confer with a similar committee appointed by the non­ partisan convention. The committee's report advised that the platform of the non-partisan convention be adopted as the State platform of the Union Labor party; that the State ticket of the non- ; partisans be indorsed; that the National Jnion Labor party candidates be recom­ mended to the independent voters of Texas, and that the national platform of the Union Labor party, except the tenth, plank, in regard to woman suffrage, be indorsed. THE Arkansas State Prohibition Con­ vention met at Little Bock. The features of the session were the platform, the nomination of candidates for Presidential Electors, and the debate on a resolution declaring that Jesus Christ is the governor, and his word should bi> the law of nations. The resolution was tabled. The platform reaffirms the prin­ ciples of the Prohibition party as ex- Sressed in the Indianapolis Convention Lay 80, and congratulates th« people on the fact that thirty-three counties in the State are ranged on the side of local option. The estimate of the probable number of votes which will be cast next November for Fisk and Brooks ranged from 5,000 to 30,000. MARKET REPORTS. CHICAGO. Cmtos--Choice to 1'riiac Steers.* 5.50 9 ' © 5.59 @ 4.50 C<$ 0.00 <St 6.00 & .81 LII. SNOW wan going home from the depot at Lima, Ohio, when he was at tacked by three masked men, knocked down and robbed. When found by a po­ liceman he was insensible and covered with blood from wounds inflicted on his fcsnd with some sharp instrument. His •recovery is doubtful, as his skull is frac­ tured in two places. THE Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Sail way Company procured the arrest of [||fpa of ite fanner employseat Chicago Good 4.50 Common 8.50 HOOK--Shipping tirades 8.25 £HEBI» 5.UO WKEAT-- No. 2 Ked.......,80 CORN--NO. % '.47 OATS--No. 2 *:-0 BARLKY--NO. 8 ,45 BCITER--Choice Creamery....... ' ,18 Fine Dairy ,lo CHKEHK--Full Cream, fiat........ .08 ECGH--Freeh .14 POTATOES--x'ew,per brl 2.50 VOKK--Mess 13. *6 MILWAUKEE. W II HAT--Cash CORN--No. 3 OATH--No. 2 Whit*.... KYI-:--NO. 1.... BAULKY--NO. 2 l'oaii--Mess TOLEDO. WHEAT--Cash Cous--Cash ,.i OATH--Cash. CLOVER BKKD. ST. LOUIS. WHEAT--No. 3 CORN--No. 2... OATS--No. 2 Hye ........................ i, BARLEY PORK--Mess HEW YORK. CATTXK. HOGS..... BHKKP WHEAT--No. 2 Red CORN--No. 2 OATH--White •, PORK--New Mes»................ DETROIT. CATTLK Hoot SHKKP WHEAT--No. 1 White CORN--No. 2 Yellow OATH--No. 2 While INDIANAPOLIS. Aft @ !»054 & .49 & .19 & .17 @ .06* <& .16 31 3.25 &13.79 .75 & .46 >.,<<$ .3j «£ .55 & &50 @14.00 .78 .46)6 .36 .57 SO .85 .47 .34 t.iS & .86 & .47)6 <ff .35 0 4.25 .82V;@ : .45 & .32 ' .55 .80 14.25 4.51 6.50 4.00 .89 .53 .40 1C.OO <g> .88)6 .46)6 .33 .56 VS .85 <914.75 & 6.00 6.00 @5.50 «3» .80)6 (<$ .54 (9 .46 @15.50 4.00 5.00 3.00 ' [Washington telegram.] Three pension vetoes were received from the President and referred to the Pension Committee in the Senate on Thursday. The meesage accompanying the bill grant­ ing a pension to Mary A. Doherty states that the greater portion of the Senate com­ mittee's report consists of the petition of the woman, in which she says that her husband left her in 1865 and has not been heard of since. 81ie had received a pension as the widow of Doherty until it was discovered that ho was living in Philadelphia and was himself drawing a pension there. Slio had succeeded in getting the pension by false swearing. The police records of her home (Washington) showed her to be a woman of very bad character. The President says the theory seemed to be established that no man who had served in the army could be a subject of death or of impaired health ex­ cept as a result of array service; even sui­ cide was traced by wonderfully curious ways to service in the army. The adjudications of the Pension Bureau were overruled in the most peremptory fashion by special acts of Congress. In conclusion the President says: "The (apprehension may well be entertained that the freedom with which these private pen­ sion bills are passed furnishes an inducement to fraud and imposition, while it certainly teaches t e vicious lesson to our people that the Treas­ ury of the National Government invites the ap­ proach < f private need. "None of us shoul>l be in the least wanting in regard tor tne veteran soldier, and I will yield to no man in a desire to set? those who defended the Government when it needed defenders liberally treated. Unfriendliness to our veterans is a charge easily and syinetimes dishonestly made. 1 insist that t le true soldier is a good citizen and that he jplf be satisfied with cenerous, fair, and equal coiiBidoration to those wno are worth­ ily entitled to help. I have considered the pension list of the Republic a roll of honor, bear.ng names inscribed by national gratitude, and not bv improvident and indiscriminate alms­ giving. I have conceived the prevention of tlie complete discredit which must ensue from the unreasonable, unfair, and reckless granting oL pensions by special acts to be the bost servi.e I can render our veterans. In the discharge of what has seemed to ine my duty as related to legislation, and in the interest of all the veter­ ans of the Union army, I have attempted to stop the tide of improvident psnsion enactments, though I confess to a full eliare of responsibility for some of these laws that should not have been passed. "1 am far from denying that there are cases of merit which cannot be reached except by special enactment, but I do not believe there is a mem­ ber of either house bf Congress who will not ad­ mit that tnis kind of legislation has betn carried too far. I have now before me more than 10J special pension bills which can hardly be ex­ amined in the time allowed for that purpose. My aim has been at all times in dealing with bills of this character to give the applicant for a pension the benefit of any doubt that might arise and which balanced the propriety of grantiuc a pension if there seemed any jnst foundation for the application; but when it seemed entirely outside of every rule in its na­ ture or the proof supporting it I have sup­ posed I did only my duiy in interposing an ob­ jection. "It seems to me it would bo well if all our gen­ eral pension laws should be revised, with a view of meeting every meritorious case that can arise. Our exjierience and knowledge of uny existing deficiencies ought t.i make the enactment of a compl te pension code possibla. In the absence of s'lch a revision, and if pensions are to be granted upon equitable grounds and without re­ gard to general laws, the present methods would be greatly improved by the establishment of some tribunal to examine the facts in every case and determine upon th? merits of the applica­ tion." TOLD OF HIS GOOD LUCK. Gen. Harrison Formally Notified ol fii» Nomination--He Expresses His Gratitude in a Brief Speech. • i Gen. Harrison was waited upon at his home in Indianapolis, Ind., July 4, by the committee appointed for that purpose, and formully notilled of the action of the Repub­ lican National Convention. The committee was not all present, Connecticut, Florida, Colorado, Delaware. Vermont, Montana. Washington, and Now Mexico not being represented. At the residence were Gen. Han •ison and immediate family and a few iriends. The General was pale, but displayed no nervousness. Mrs. Harrison, leaning on the arm of her husband, looked pleasant and happy, her sunny smiles having a pleasing contrast to her abundant grey locks. Chairman Estee read the announcement *cf the action of the convention. It was very impressive. At its conclusion General Har­ rison drew from liis vest pocket a little slip of manuscript. When he began there was a slight tremor in his voice, but after a word or two had been uttered his tones became firm. His concluding remarks were greeted with hearty and continued applause. Hl« reply was as follows; MR. CHAIRMAN AND GENTLEMEN OF THE COM­ MITTEE : The official notice which you have brought of the nomination conferred upon me by the Republican National Convention, recently in Session at Chicago, excites emotions ct a pro­ found though of a somewhat conflicting charac­ ter. That, after full deliberation and free con­ sultation, the representatives ol the Kepublican party of the United States should have con­ cluded that the groat principles enunciated in the platform adopted by the convention could be in some measure safely confided to my care, is an honor of which I am deeply sensible, and for which I am very grateful. 1 do not assume or believe that this choice implies that the conven­ tion found in me any preeminent fitness or ex­ ceptional fidelity to the principles of government to which we are mutually pledged. My satisfac­ tion with the result would be altogether spoiled if that result had been reached by any unworthy methods or by a disparagement of the mors eminent men who divided with me the suffrages Of the convention. I accept the nomination with so deep a sense of the dignity of the office and of the gravity of its dut.es and responsibilities as alto ether to exclude any feeling of exultation or pride. The principles of tovernment «nd the practice in administration, upon which issues are now for­ tunately so clearly made, a e • o important in their r lations to the national and to individual prosperity, teat we may expect an unusual pop­ ular interest in the campaign. Kelying wholly upon the considerat * judgment of our fellow cit izena and the gracious lavor of God, we will confidently s bmit our cause o the arbitrament of a free ballot. The day you have chosen for this visit suggests no thoughts that are not in harmony with the occasion. The Republican party has walked in the light of f e declar­ ation of Independence. It has lifted the shaft of patriotism upon the foundation laid at Bunker Hill. It has made the more perfect union secure by making all men free. Washington and Lin­ coln, Yorktown and Appomattox, the Declaration of Independence and the Proclamation of Eman­ cipation are naturally and worthily associated n our thoughts to-day. As soon as may be possible I shall by letter communicate to your Cii»iruian a more formal acceptance of the nomination, but it may be proper for me now to B ty that I have already ex­ amined the platform with some care, and that its declarations, to some of which you have al­ luded, are in harmony vi ith rny views. It gives me pleasure, gentlemen, to receive you in my home, and to thank you for the cordial manner In which you have conveyed your official message. General and Mrs. Harrison were then pre­ sented to members of the committee, and a social hour was succeeded by luncheon, after which the committee retired. In the afternoon the General was Waited upon by the Tippecanoe Club, 100 strong. & 5.00 & 6.00 4.00 .90* .49 'v® .50* •3CM& .37* CATTLE. ... HOGS BHEUP LAMM .... CATTLE... Hoos SHEEP. i • > * • » . « BUFF*' XjOC !" Y- 4.50 5.00 ,3.50 4.00 4.50 5.25 ...... 4.25 ...... .93 WHEAT--No. 1 White Coax--No. 3 ' _ PAST LIBERTY. CATTLE--Prime » 6 00 Fair 4.25 Common 3.00 Hoos S25 SHEEP (4 6.00 & 6.00 & 5.00 & 5.50 @ 5.25 ® 6.00 & 5.00 & .94 .51)60 .5-2)6 & BM m 5.00 @ 4.25 & 6.00 . 4.00 & 4.75 * m while the liver and harbor bill was under discussion, the La Salle and Henne­ pin canalrUa to a good deal of animated discussion, the 30th. An amendment bad been infifirted in tbe bill for thv survey of a obip caaial from La 8all6 to La- e Michigan at a point near Chicago, the canal to have a width of not less than 100 feet ana to be fourteen feet deep. Mr. Sher­ man opposed the mendment. He sa d th t such a canal might cause th« level of the lake to be lowered, and if that was the result the e nse- «>U;JI;C s would be serious. Besides, he did net see the advantage of the canal, as its principal nse eeeme.l to be to provide an ontlet for the sawoge of Chicago, and in his opinion Chicago should provide for that herself and not tax the people of the country. Senator Teller advocated the scheme. The following motion was agreed to: For the purpose of secur­ ing a continuous navigable water way between La :e Michigan and the Mississippi River, having capacity and facilities adequate ior the passage of the largest Mississippi River steamboats and of naval vessels suitable for defense in time of war, the Secretary of War is authoriz* ed and directed to cause to be made the proper surveys, plans, and estimates for channel improvement and locks and dams in the beds of the Illinois and Des- plaines Rivers, from La Salle to Lockport, so as to provide a navigable waterway not less than 160 feet wide and not less than fourteen feet deep, and to have surveyed and located a channel from Loekport to Lake Michigan at or near the City of Chicago, such channel to be suitable for the purposes aforesaid, the necessary expenses of such survey, estimates, plans, and location to be paid out of the sum appropriated for the improvement of the Illinois River. The House went into committee of the whole and several amendments to the tariff bill were adopted. - THE river and harbor bill was finally passed by the Senate on the 2d inst., with the waterway and Hennepin &meudments included as they were adopted by the committee of the who'e. It appropriates *22,474,783, an increase of $912,- 000 over the amount appropriated by the measure as it passed the House. Judge Turpie addressed the Senate on the President's tariff mosaage. The President sent to the Senate the following nomina­ tions ; Peter P. Knight to be United States mar­ shal for the Southern District of Florida, and Charles D. Blanc of Louisiana to be United Stntes Consul at Puerto Cabello. Among thi bills introduced and referred in the House was one by Mr. Anderson of Iowa providing for the control and regulation of railroads acquired by the United States undar judicial foreclosure or forfeiture. It is a long measure and Mr. Ander­ son demanded its reading in order to consume time and prevent as long as possible the offering of a motion for the passage of the Union Pacific funding bill under suspension of the rules. THE Mills tariff bill pccupied the exclusive at­ tention of the House *on the 3d inst. The only changes made were to Strike out the clause fix­ ing a duty on polished plate glass unsilvcred, thus leaving the present duty in force; restoring the present rate of 45 per cent ad valorem on steel slabs and billets, and fixing the duty on iron or steel, flat, with loagitudinal ribs, for fencing, at 4-10-cent a i>ound. After completing four pages of the bill, the House adjourned. The be nate was not in session. A BILL to make the manufacture, preparation, or sale of adulterated articles of food, drink, or medicine a misdemeanor punishable ny fine and imprisonment was introduced in the Senate on the 5th inBt. by Mr. Wilson of Iowa. The Sen­ ate Naval Committee made a favorable report on the bill to authorize the appointment of an Assistant Secretary of the Navy. The Bescion of the House was mainly taken up with a dis­ cussion of the land-grant forfeiture bill. The bill was put upon its passage, but failed to go through on account of the absence of a quorum. The President sent loth houf.es a message veto­ ing a bill granting a pinsicn to Mary Anno . Doherty. Swallowed by a Quicksand. "As an instance of th^ practically bottomless nature of the quicksands, may be cited the case of an engine that fan off the track at River Bend, abcu; ninety miles from Denver, on the Kan­ sas Pacific. The engine, a large freight, f:*ll into a quicksand, and in about twenty minutes had entirely dis­ appear 3d. Within two d-iys the com­ pany sent out a gang of men and a wrecking-train to raise the engine. To their surprise they cauld not find a trace of it. Careful search WAS made, magnified rods w ere sunk to the depth of sixty-fiva feet, but no engine could be found. It hid sunk bevond human ken, and from that day to this has nev-r l:ean discovered. Cattle and horses are frequently lost, the only animal that is safe being a mule--the only animal that never gets caught. No greater in­ stance of the intelligence of this much- malignrd quidruped can be cited than the skill and care with which it avoids all unsound bottom. As its hoofs are much smaller and narrower than those of a horse, it would mire in places where a horse could safely pass. Re­ cognizing this fact, whenever a mule feels the ground giving away Under his feet, it draws back and cannot be in­ duced to advance a Step, although a whole drove of horses may have imme- preceded." Memory Bags* "Save those flowers," said a society lady to her maid, as the latter removed a faded bouquet. They were not roses, and therefore could not have been designed for the potpourri. The curious visitor inquired of the fair hostess as to their destina­ tion. "Oh, those flowers -were sent to me by Mrs. Gen. Logan when she was here a few weeks ago. I prize them very much and intend to preserve them in a memory bag." "May I ask what a memory bag is?" "Your head is resting against one now. As you see, they are made of siik or any other material you choose, with the name of the donor of the flow­ ers on them, and'a sentiment if'you ap­ prove." "Who originated the fashion?" "I think the floral memory bag owes its being to the Grant family. The year after the General's death, when the family were at Long Branch, Mrs. Grant placed a daily offering of flowers before the picture of her ' silent sol­ dier.' These flowers were afterward dried and made into memory bags for distribution among the many friends of the family."--Detroit Free Press. the National Struggle for the League Pennant ~v k Between Detroit "r Chicago. ••V Greenback Statuary. There is one industry in Washington that has no match anywhere else, and there is but one man engaged in it. He is a crippled veteran, and he makes statuary out of the macerated pulp of worn-out greenbacks. When our paper currency becomes useless from wear and tear it is macer­ ated, and this man, one day, out of idle curiosity, mod-led a piece of this plastic stuff into the image of a dog. It was not long before he had a little shop of his own, and there he made his first bust, one of Lincoln, taking a photograph as a copy. Since then he has made busts of Washington, Grant, Lee, Logan, Arthur and many others. First he makes a clay model, and around this he places soft plaster-of- paris. When the plaster hardens, he digs out the clay, and into the plaste." mold he pounds the greenback pulp. As may be supposed, this statuary finds a ready sale. In addition to the statues being good likenesses, it. is quite a novelty to possess a piece ol statuary composed of material that once represented a hundred thousand dollars, more or leas.--Golden Day** Could Think So. ^pwp men on a railway train began to discuss a book which the newsboy had left on the seat.. "I think it is a very weak thing," said one of them. "I examined it awhile ago, and I see that the characters are weak and ill-drawn." "I like it very much," the other man replied. "I think it is one of the finest pieces of fiction ever produced in this country." * "I don't see how you can think that." "I do, for, yon see, I wrote it."-- Arkantsaiv Traveler. He Was Trapped. Lady (to dnde, who has been trying So flirt)--Sir, will yon do me a favor? He--With pleasure, madam; In what way can I serve you? Bhe--I would like very much if yon wonld ask the conductor to step this way a minute. He--With "pleasure. He goes off and returns with the desired official. Lady (to Conductor)--Will yon please notify this man that if he annoys me any further yon will stop this train and put him off? Conductor leads dnde into the smoking- ear by his ear.--Texas Sifting*. ^ f J He Could Die Conten% Invalid client--So this failure has swept away all my property ? , j t i Lawyer--Yes, sir. "Now I can die content. There will be no will-contest to question my tan- Beaten Retiring Her Superannuated Players--Base-Ball ^ : Notes. - J -C „ [CHICAGO CORRESPONDENCE.] The first week of July finds Anson's team of ball players stiU in the lead in the league pen­ nant race. Detroit is a good second, and plac­ ing a great game of ball, but C. icago is putting up just as stiff a game, and the prospects for a grand race between these two crack teams teems in every way probable. New York and Bouton, however, are by no means out of the race. Boston is having a little trouble with her men just at present, which has resulted in the leleaee of Burdock and Sutton, but that their places will be filled with capable men goes without saying. Down in Detroit they have got their hearts set upon winning the pennant, and naturally they will feel sorely disappointed if their club should fail to capture the trophy. One Detroit writer says: , "Some superficial writer says the Detroits have no show with thq strong clubs, but win by beating the weak ones. Let's age. Up to date, Detroit has won three from Chicago and lost three; won four from New York and lost four; won four from Philadelphia and lost two; won three from Boston and lost four, ihe latter club being the only one to win a majority of the games to date. It can be depended on that Boston won't have a majority when the series is finished.* Well, to snm up, we have won just as many from the strong clubs as we have lost. Now, then, if we can hold the strong clnbs even and beat the life out of the weak clubs, what on earth is to prevent us winning the pennant? As a matter of fact, Detroit not only beats the weak clubs but the strong clubs also, as wit­ ness the result of last season's play. Chicago was the only club to win the series from us, and that by 10 to 8. The aeries with the other clubs resulted as follows : Detroit IO, Philade- phia 8 ; Detroit 10, New York 8; Detroit 11, Bos­ ton 7; Detroit in, Pittsburg 4; Detroit 13, Washington 4 ; Detroit 14, Indianapolis 4. We shall come Close,to those figures the present season." Another Detroit writer says : "When we got Charley Ganzel from Philadelphia wo thought we were getting a catcher, and were not disap­ pointed. But we were totally unaware that in the tall back-stop we also had one of the best all-round players in the country. Such is the fact, aqd once more we are called upon to ex­ press our sincere thanks to the City of Brotherly Love. Ganzel has been playing third base for some days now, and the game he puts up is sim­ ply remarkable. Jerry Denny is doubtless the greatest iniielder that stands, but Ganzel's work at third is not a whit behind that of the great Hoosier. He scoops the hardest hits as though the ball was made of cotton, and throws to first with unerring accuracy. Verily, we have a jewel in Ganzel. Deacon White, who was injured by a pitched ball at Buffalo, will not be able to play ;'or some days. He was severely bruised about the ribs, and it hurts him to make a sudden move." Notwithstanding New York's losses Manager Jim Mutrie is as confident as ever of the team's success. '1 ha Philadelphias are gradually getting into shape, and if Mulvey was back the team would now be in condition to present its full strength against all comers. KOTBS. Washington has released Irwin. r Bums and Williamson are playing % |pta*t game fo-Chicago. - Fnrrell, of the Chicagos, is proving himself a great catcher and outfielder. Pitcher Baldwin, of the Chicagos, is still inca- pacitated to work with his team. Clarkson and Kelly are not winning the pen- nt for Boston. Commencing with this weok the Eastern League teams will play the Westera teams upon Western soil. Anson says Chicago will have a hard race, but will surely win the p linai t. Every prominent ball-player in the country has expressed a wish to go to Australia witu the Spalding combination this fall. It will bo a great trip. Dalrymyle was deprived of a home run Mon­ day last at Indianapolis by the peculiar circuin- 6t«:ic< of the ball hitting a telegraph wire just outeide of the center-field fence and bounding back into the lat. It must have been a tremend­ ous drive. Manager Mntrie says that Capt. Ewing has ab­ solute control of the New York team on th» field and is not hampered in any way, he (Mutrie) pre­ ferring not ev< n to eit on the players' bench, in ordar to let Ewing do the work according ta his own best judgment. HARRY PALMEB. THE NATION'S FINANCES. Monthly Statement of tlie Public Debt Is* iwecl from the Treasury. The following is a recapitulation of the debt statement issued on the '2a Inst.: IKTKBE8T-BEARING DEBT. Bonds at 4^ per cent $ 222.207.01G Bonds at 4 per cent 711,1 7,400 Refunding certificates at 4 per cent. 138,00 Navy pension fund at 3 per cent.... 14,000,009 Pacific railroad bonds at ii per cent. C4,(ii'i,"ili Principal... Interest. .1. .$1,01 .1 C,0"J 11,12 i, 205 T o t a l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * 1 , 0 4 0 , 7 ' 0 , 2 1 7 DEBT ON WHICH INTEREST HAS CHASED SINCE MATURITY. Principal * 2,496,0S5 Interest 16 ,267 Total * 2,6 4,3i'2 DEBT BEARING NO INTKIUJST. Old demand and legal-tender ijotes. .* 34G,737,r53 Certificates of deposit J ,003 Gold certificates 1 9, 8 ,370 Silver certificates 20 ',3 7,'iht Fractional currency (less *8,376,934, estimated as lost or destroyed) C,9 2,64 S TOTAL DEBT. .....* tee.'5;',212 ....*1,705,99^20 11,7 2,4/ii Principal... Principal........ Interest...^,,.., Total *1,717,7f 4,793 Lens cash items available for raluc- tion of debt * 84?,979.672 Less reserve held for redemption of United States notes 100,000,000 .* 448,979,672 6Mb *1,2 *>,805.151 103,2.0,464 .*1,165,584,659 1,180,014,159 Total Total debt leas available items. Net cash In the Treasury Debt less cash in Treasury Jnly 1, 1888 f Debt less cash in Treasury. June 1, 1888 Decrease during month * 14.4i9.503 Decrease since June 30, 1887 113,844,080 CASH IN TREASURY AVAILABLE FOB SEDUCTION OF PUBLIC DEBT. Gold held for gold certificates actu­ ally outstanding * 119,687,570 Silver held for silver certificates actually outstanding 200,387,376 U. H. notes held tor certificates of . deposit. 'r: 34,415,000 Cash held for matured debt and in­ terest unpaid ;*i. 1.4,23?,569 Fractional currency IV 1,357 Total available for reduction of debt * 849,079,671 RESERVE PUND. Held for redempt ion of U. 8. notes, acts Jan. 14, 1875, and July 12,1882.* 100,000,000 Unavailable for reduction of debt-- Fractional silver coin * 23,051,741 Minor coin 1 2,i3J Total Certificates held as eash.r. Met cash balance on hand. Total cash in Treasury as shown by Treasurer's general account * C29,851,087 26, It 8,77B 5 ,4M),170 1:3,220,461 Backwoods Philosophy. MVirtew iz ther only ttu nobility," but ez far ez I kin lern, America doesn't believe in ther nobility. If yeou won't bend yeour neck yeou must crack yeour lied. Ther man who's erbout ter be hung don't kear whot kind UT er knot th' sherif ties. No wan ever saw er ded mewl, er ded coyote nor er ded fule. The furst 4ew may never die, bnt when ther fule dooa, liiz frens call fcis fulisliness ex- sentrisity. It's er queer fernomenon uv natnr thet th' circumfereneo raound a girrl's waist 'n th' length uv er .young man's arrm air always ther same. The kranks uv this aige will be ther filosofers uv ther uext. I don't so much kear fer a cook book ez I do fer one that'l tell me heow ter git what I wanter cook. * I hev notised thet a young garl uv 16 never ways ez much tew.er young man ez a 4-weeks-ol' baby duz ter tlie mar­ ried man. Selali! I never saw er man fail who thot he could dew er thing except wun--'n he wuz ther preacher who tried ter set th' rooster. I kin always fin' plenty er reasons why mer nabor Bhould be happy. It's not half the truble to remember er wrong thet it iz to reckollect er good deed dun us.--C. C. Halm, Chicago Ledger. H0TE8 OM HCimt, MAGNETIC CHICKENS.--Some experi­ ments have been plaoed on record, says the London Electrician, in which a number of eggs were hatched out in a magnetic field, with the result that the chickens were all more or less deformed --blind, deaf, or lame. AN ELECTRO-MAGNETIC CHANT:.--An electro-magnet with a carrying capacity t>f 800 pounds is attached to a crane in the Cleveland Steel Works, and readily picks up and handles billets and other masses of iron without the use of chains, tongs, or other devices. A mere lad is thus enabled to do the work of fourteen or fifteen men. He lowers the magnet from the crane onto the object to be moved, turne on the current, and the magnet immediately attaches itself; the crane--operated by a pneumatic valve-- raises the load, which is carried to the desired position, lowered, and then re­ leased byjeutting off the current. WHAT A GASLIGHT DOES.--M. Gre- hant has analyzed the gas which pro­ ceeds from the combustion of ooal gas, or that employed for lighting, and he submitted at the last meeting of the Societe de Biologic the following as the result of the researches: He ascer­ tained that the air in which a gas lamp burns contains as much as 5 c. c. per cent, of carbonic acid, and that the oxy­ gen diminished to a little more than half of its normal proportion. He therefore concludes that, in the rooms where there are one or more gas lamps burning, it would be advisable to place above them a small funnel communicat­ ing by a tube with the exterior, in such a manner as to prevent the vitiation of the air. USING THE WASTES.--One-half the solid matter of the sewage product of Chicago is contributed by the packing­ houses, rendering establishments, dis­ tilleries, and similar industries. Not many years ago all the blood and offal of the slaughter-houses, wastes from soap-factories, etc., was run into the river; but chemical science has reduced this contribution of pollution and now converts it into albumen, glycerine, and other valuable products. From the of­ fensive waste residues obtained in the refinement of cottonseed oil an excel­ lent soap is produced at a maximum cost of less than 2 cents a pound, and from the still more offensive residues of soap-making a valuable dye is manu­ factured. With the development of this line of waste-saving there is every reason to believe, as the Daily News has heretofore suggested, that the Chi­ cago sewage nuisance will become less rather than greater, notwithstanding the growth of population. In other words, it is highly probable that what­ ever method would to-day prove ade­ quate to tlie inoffensive , disposal of the city sewage-would be adequate for all time--the withdrawal of offensive in­ dustrial wastes for utilization fully neg­ ativing any increase of household wastes from increased population. SCIENCE IN THE HOUSEHOLD.--There is heat enough wasted ground an ordi­ nary kitchen range--to say nothing oi the furnace--to furhish ail the power needed to run the sewing machine, pump water for an elevator, and light the dwelling by electricity. The same waste of heat of the cooking apparatus might be made to cool the house in sum­ mer and to dispense with the ice bill. When nitrate of ammonia, for example, is dissolved in water it absorbs an enor­ mous amount of heat and the princi­ ple is readily applied in the construc­ tion of refrigerating chambers. Prop­ erly elaborated and located these could be so arranged as to keep'meats, etc., better than the ordinary ice-box, to cool water for drinking more wholesomely than the average ice supply, and to send volumes of cold air down through shafts to registers in the ceilings of rooms so that the heat of summer might be tem­ pered as certainly as the cold of winter. The same supply of the ammonia salt may be used repeatedly by evaporating the water, for which purpose the waste heat above spoken of could be utilized. The possibilities of applied science in the household have not been even nib­ bled at. A GASEOUS FURY. M. Henri Moissaer has at length suc­ ceeded in isolating the element fluorine and obtaining it in a free state as a gas --an attempt which Faraday, Gore, Pflaunder, Brauner, and other chemists repeatedly failed. It is described, in the imaginative French phrase, as "a veritable .fury of the chemical domain." Peaceful when conbined with calcium-- as in the familiar fluor-spar--and in a few other compounds, it is when liber­ ated a rabid gas that nothing can resist. It combines with all the metals, explo­ sively with some, or if they are already combined with some other non-metallic element, it tears them from it and takes them to itself. In uniting with sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, and al­ uminum, the metals bocomes heated even to redness by the fervor of its em­ brace. _ Iron filings slightly warmed bursts into brilliant scintillations when exposed to it. Manganese does the same. Even the noble metals, gold and plat­ inum, which, though at a melting heat, haughtily resist the fascinations of oxy­ gen, succumb to this chemical siren at moderate temperatures. Glass is de­ voured at onq^, and water ceases to be water by contact with this gas, which, combining with its hydrogen at thqsame moment, forms the acrid glass-dissolv­ ing hydrofluoric acid and liberates ozone. . Is Dancing Injurious? "Do you think it is wicked to dance?" writes Ella. Well, yes, Ella; we think it is wicked for some people to dance. Now, you, for instance; it is very wicked for you to dance. We saw you dancing one night last week. Every time you stopped you showed the soles of your feet like semaphore arms, and you kicked like an Ohio River stern-wheel tow- boat; your bouquet began falling to pieces in the first round; you fanned your frizzes out of curl before 10 o'clock; as you hopped around, your bustle had an independent motion of its own, as though it had no connection whatever with the rest of ypur costume; you clutched your partner as though you were going to drag him to the station house, and you handled your fan like a billy. Is it wicked to dance, Ella? That style of dancing, Ella, is worse than wicked. Bnt there is also a re­ spectable way to dance, but you don't know how, and so I wouldn't dance at all, if I were you.--Burdette. A TABLE prepared for a workingman's cociety in Leipsic represents that the loss of different parts of the body re­ duces the capacity of gaining a living in the following percentages: Loss of both eyes, or arms, or hands, or legs, or feet, 100; loss of right hand, 4Q; of the right thumb, 33$; of one eye, 22; of the left thumb or right index finger, 14; or left index, or any other finger of the left hand, 6,-Arkamaw Trauder. ILLINOIS STATE NEWS. --A young man of good family Md'feil fpfendid address named H. C. Loveland n 'V was arrested in Chicago while trying to " effect the sale of goods which he had stolen from a former employer at City. He said he was induced to steal * the goods through the intrigues ef a' < woman. . --Matthew Tilford, recently nominated!; ,< 1 for the Lower House of Representatives by the Republicans of the Forty-third. •'••'I" Senatorial District, is known as the most ^ ^ famous wolf and fox hunter in the south- 5®! ern portion of the State, his family lor : " several generations having been patronsv, ? of this exciting Bport. With his broad- / $ brimmed felt hat and black mustache, he- • * passes for a typical hunter. He has; - ?! a trained pack of twelve hounds. He iB familiarly known as the " Fo£-Chaser o£ Jefferson County." ' --The State Entomologist, Professor • S. A. Forbes, reports to Secretary Mills, 4 of the Department of Agriculture, that: • I he has discovered in the swamp lands,, now being rapidly drained and brought under cultivation, a destructive attack on corn by a native insect not hitherto fecog- nized as injurious--one of the snout beetles, or "bill bugs" (sphenophorus ochreus), of whoBe habits and history- nothing has been hitherto obtained. It now appears, however, that this inseot feeds commonly on a large club rusk (scirpus) and the common reed (phrag- mites)--plants which grow abundantly in the lowest marshy prairies--and attacks; corn when planted on ground where thes& grasses have been plowed up. The beetle is about Jialf an inch long, clay-colored, and bears a long snout or proboscis, at the- end of which is a pair of minute jaws. This snout it thrusts into the stalks of corn or stem of grass upon which it is feeding, chewing, and swallowing the soft internal tissues of the plant. Whole fields of com ' have thus been completely destroyed two* or three times in succession. The injury has not yet ceased, as the beetles are but just preparing to breed and farmers have consequently been compelled to abandon their com and sow the ground to some later crop--such as millet--not liable to­ il jury by this beetle. The habits of other , beetles of this kind indicate that this species may succeed in breeding im, the corn, in which case it is liable to spread from its present limited localities to cornfields at large. It should receive, consequently, the closest and mo^t intel­ ligent attention of entomologists and farmers. It has not yet been found seri­ ously infesting com the second year after grass, and its worst injuries can conse­ quently be prevented by planting ground- * bearing reeds and large rushes for the first year, to some other crop than corn. --Governor Oglesby his , appointed!. two women to fill vacancies in the State Board of Education. Mrs. Ella S. Young, Assistant Superintendent of the Chicago City schools, will fill the vacancy caused by the death of B. G. Root, of Tamaroa, and Mrs. ' ,i3 Mary F. Feitshans, widow' of the late- J Professor F. R. Feitshans, ^Superintend- j ent of the Springfield schools, is to» succeed Isaac Lesem, of Quincyj resigned. -- The following are -die changes in the salaries of Illinois postoffices under the readjustment for the coming fiscal year in the pay of Postmasters where sal­ aries are regulated by the amount of stamps sold: 1,40 2,000 Present salary. 188S-0 Aledo. $-,303$ 1,410 A"ton 2,100 2,'J!)0 Areola 1,303 Batavia 1/KX) Kf lleville.... 2,003 Br.tidwootl.. 1.31)0 Bushneil.... 1,500 Cairo 2,400 Canton 1,001 Carlin villa.. 1,600 CnrrnUton .. 1,500 Present salary. 1888-9" Llnooln....«2,ooj S3,io» 2,aoo 1,000 1,200 Chami'aign. Charleston. Chester Collinsville.. 1,200 1/eKalb 1,700 Helavan .... 1,300 I>ixon 2,000 I">u Quoin... 1,300 Dwipbt 1,700 Kfurlville 1,000 Elmhurst... 1,100 Klmwood ... 1,000 Eureka 1,200 Flora. 1,100 Fu'von 1,290 Gale8burg (lalva Geneva 1,200 Gib-on City. 1,200 Girard 1,000 <4r'd Cross'g. 1,500 Harvard 1.200 Hillsboro ... 1,300 Hyde Park.. 1,600 Jerseyville.. 1,600 Knnkakee... 2,100 Knoxville ... 1,200 Lake Forest. 1,000 L nark 1,400 La Salle.... 1,800 Lamont 1,000 Lockport... lj Mclj'sboro.. 1.TO9 Marengo 1,300 2,100! May wood... 1,300 1,4)0: MiDonk 1,300 1,C00|Monmouth. 2,100 2,f>00 Morrison... 1,500 S.OOO Mt. Carmol. 1,400 l,700|Mt. Sterling 1,200 l,(500iMt. Vernon. 1,503 2,300iMurp'sboro. 1,300 1,700iNewton .... 1,003 1,300 Nokomis ... 1,000 1,400 Noimal 1,600 1,000 Oak Pa. k... 2,200 1,400 Odell 1,100 2,100 Olney ... 1,400 1,500 1,100 1,200 1,100 On&rga. Pekin Peru. Petersburg riano. 1.21)0 1,409 2,600* '2,700 1,600 1,500 ^ 1,300 i,:too l,300j Pullman 1,600 1,000 2,000 1,400 1,400 1,100 1,300 1,100 1,400- 1,400 1,400 2,200 1,600 1,500 1,300 1,600 1,400 1,100 1,100 1,700 2,300 1,400 1,700 1.200 2,400 l,r>00 1,500 1,200 Rock Falls Hock Island 2,600 Roodhonse. 1,100 Rushville .. 1,400 Pavnnnn.... 1,300 Shelbyville. 1,600 1,10018. Chicago.. 1,800 l,f>0()|Spa»ta 1,300 1.300 Sprinfieldg. 2,800 1,400 Spring Val y 1,200 1,800|Sterling.... 2,3*10 l,700|Streator 2,200 1,800 2,000' 1 500 1,«00 2,200 1,300 3,400 1,500 t,000 Sullivan 1,000 Taylorville. 1,500 Tusco'a.... 1,400 Warren 1,200 Wenona.... 1,200 2,500 1,800 1,500 l,40O 1,700 2,200 1,500 2,900 1,300 2,400 2,300 1,100 1,000 1,500 1,300 1,400 1,400-1,100 Whitehall.. 1,230 --The citizens of Millersville and vi­ cinity were startled to hear that Andrew Barrett, a highly respected farmer, had mysteriously disappeared. The Barretts reside three miles northeast of Millersville- on a beautiful farm, the family consisting of the wife and five sons and four daugh­ ters, two of whom are single. It appean* that the youngest daughter, aged 18, wae receiving the attentions of a young gen­ tleman whom the senior Barrett very much disliked; a lady visited the Barretts, and joked him about his prospective son-in- law. Finding that his counsel had not been heeded by the daughter, Mr. Barrett remarked to his wife, "I have done my last chores on this farm." He breakfasted, and started toward Miller6ville on foot. Usually he drives. Not returning home at night, search was made for him, and he was traced to Pana, where he mailed a- certificate of deposit for $125 on H. N. Schuyler's bank and $10 in money to his wife, taking with him, 60 far ffir known, only $5. Mr. Barrett inquired in Pana the distance to the woods. Finally he boarded a freight rain and paid his far© to Ramsey. The unfortunate man was vtraced to a point eight and one-half miles southeast of Ramsey, in the direction o£» the Kaskasia Biver. --Miss Keohala Avery, 35 years old* committed suicide at Macomb by taking strychnine. --Edgar County claims to have the largest horse in the world. John Boll, residing in Redmon, that county, is the- owner of a horse that is twenty hands high and weighs 2,500 pounds. It i» 5 years old, never was off his farm, ney-- er has been broken, and has never been shod. The blacksmith at lie.dmon is afraid to shoe the horse. --Benjamin T. O. Hubbard, the famous defaulting cashier of the Monmouth Na­ tional bank, died in the Jolidt penitentiary of heart trouble. :J . 1 %