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-- ' I *k» UtWvJMtp L J'j* '• 4 » ._ •"• ^ - HeHKtET, ILLINOIS. BREEZygMEFIKTS.* t l\ COLLECTED* BY W*RE<l?nQM PAR AND NEAR. ** : A* nntHrtalnlaak Mid IiUtonaetlT# Samautfy af tM Doing* of the OW MHI Sfiw W«rM, Kmtmelai r«iltleii 1*bor, Aecliliali '. v Cfrput, Industry. Bte. W*\*s • ,i. Comtnissfcner Carter's. Viet*. ' LAND COMWTSSTOXKR CARTEH *AS TS*- •At .' * .•;/ ** ened his report. The Issu© between Mm j and Secretary Noble ts the pre per fii*- position of the arid lands. Garterthihkfc | that they should be given to the States ^ ,- • in which they lie. NoM* tftifrnk-; that " * W(y' i *hey shouM remain in the possession of Si W' , the government Carter has embodied his ideas im his report and (handed it -to ...:V. the Secretary for transmission to *^e press. Carter argwes thatt if the M' ' ! land is plven to the respective States % : %" there wifl be some chawoe of their becom- , ,*f"i lug irrigated. But the Secretary thinks tl^ \ nite<3 States Government can irrigate the lands aore «ffect«»IJy than the ndh'idual States *nd !he will not « give ts to Carter, Atid a-s Carterxwon't Uive in T&O the SewelMT tlhe public will have to wait so ' e time 'before getting a a look at the report. Curious Affliction of a Woman. Iftss Jm.iA HBrBTTBX, -who lives near Nortih Plains, Owrr.. iba* a mania for eating Shi has t<e be fed at short in­ tervals and anything that Is edible she dewrars lavenonslv. local physicians W?\i thought that she was suffering from « nervous a cotton of th" stomach, and , they suggested that-sh > be forced'to take food until she beeiwe nauseated. This .' -f\ was tried, but she ate a i that was placed 1 %% t bef<m her without showing s gns of dis- +"4 '" tre^s A magnetic healer from New * Haven insisted rcbat hypnotism would 4i v cure her. M bi« treatment failed to ;'IH; ©rod's e beai»lk"i*il results. A physician . from Hartford put the patient on a diet of three meals a dav. she became de­ lirious and had t© be fed until -her vora­ cious appetite *na-s satisfied. SiiW^His Accounts Short $100,000. ^ w. F. BAIBD, until recently vice president and manager of the Bank of Madera,, Cal, which closed recently, is ^v* short in h s accounts to the amount of Pl„- neirly *100.000. Baird organized the J/ s bank with John Brown, and also started |t 'J .< the John Brown (oony. It is under- ' stood that Baird used money belonging f5?", to the colonists f«r his private schemes. fy- *• an i as his lossea tcrew he issued forged notes and deposited -them in place of •iw,. money used. Tne forging of checks and drafts followd, and later pver-lssuing of stock. Baird fo ged the" si :nature of f - Pr sident I ©berts of the bank. No ar- rests have been fWd? y«,t» M„ Baj^d has ^ - wade, slight |^tt«ttio^ f'frWi'! large Pro""8*3- 1"-. "LlIX YX'- . . #Sli 'Ohio Wild'Men - IK Hanco k County, Ohio. Is a tract of land knows; as . .^th^ big woods," which is almost, impenetrable owing to underbrush, oid logs, And swales Fox years the impress.on ha) prevailed that several wild men were living in these vast wilde nesses. and at ̂ arious time^ hunters and farmers have claimed to have reen them, but no one has ever been able to get near enough to talk to them. The wild mea are described as anconth, with long, n atted hair and beards, and are dressed in the manner of rag ed clothing. A party has been organised to explore the woods. -* " ** ---• 1 ;xrA},'^ •• Rights of a Gas Compaitjr/ ; BY ordinance tfWr tttjr Cooacll of Cleveland sought to reduce the price of gas irom il to 60 centi The company demurred, asserting that it would bo virtual confiscat on of their propertv. United States Judge Jackson made a ruling for the company, holding that the city had no right to fix the price of an article of which it was a consnmer, or to impair tin validity of a contract made with the MkS.company In 1846. . ' %: ..ts: «: » Minor Foreign Affairs.' * * " A T»T8PATCTi from Essen says' 'tha^' an explosion occurred in the Koenig Lud- wlg pit, near that p'ace, and that eleven "Inen met death through the accident. Messrs. Moody and Sankey, tlie Ameri­ can evangelists, have agreed to make a tour of ScJt and. Fire at Liverpool de­ stroyed Evans A Co's wholesale drug house. The loss in castor oil and cod is e timated at '%&• ft-.- i Denies the Report ECKKTARV FOSTKB denies the roport be has been asked by a Chicago na- al bank as to the proper methoi of edure to change the bank into a vate institution. The report said that the reason for desiring the change was the alleged discredit which the incom­ petency or tii? Comptroller of the Cur­ rency has brought upon the national tanking system . 4 Killed and Robbed. A DINGY litt e saloon at 444 Clark street, Chicago, was the scene of a double murder the other morninsr. Mrs. Gretcheu Lenggenhager, the old German woman who kept the place, was found dead in the saloon, while in a bed-room in the rear was the dead body of her 18-year-old son, Georgo. The whole place had been ransacked showing that Iha ob.ect of the murder was robbery. General Fuilerton Hurt. GEX. FCI.I.KKTON, of Ohio, President of the Chickamauga National Park Com­ mission, was badly hurt while inspect­ ing the old battlefield near Chattanooga, Tenn. A Pittsburg Fire. FIHK at Pittsburg destroyed George :-M. Fea3' drug store, ICout's carriage factory, J. R. Laird's co.ifcitionery etore, stables of the Citizens' Traction ^mpany, J. J. Slattery's i ool room, the Wildwo d Dairy, and a I oarding-house, causing a loss of $75,ooo, on which there was insurance of 850,000. Destruction in Duluth. On the coal docks of the North­ western Fuel Company, at Duluth Mityi., has already done$150,000damage and is still burning. build a eaWe road between North tad South Mountains. It will be only a mile and a quarter long, but In that dis­ tance it will make an ascent of 1,700 feet. It will begin at the present sta­ tion of the Catskill Mountain Railway, at the foot of the mountain, and end within an eighth of a mt e of the Catsklll Mountain House, one mile from the Kaatcrskilt and two Miles from the Laurel House. Trains will make thfc trip in ten minutes. At present It 1s an hour and » half's rWc by stage «oach. DB. CHAKI.ES A. BAKNKK of Mcchan- was arrested at Bfaghamton, N". \\ charged "with abdurtion. AA offlw from McflitfhicsVHle says Barnes has been married six timesaiid has thrc^ wives living. Two years ago 'he wss wara-iod to Miss Ponton, daughter of Rev. Mr. Pbnton, of N«w York <fl«y. The cdUple moved to Round Lake, N. V,, and BJtrnes and his wife separated •soon after a child w*s bom to them. Mrs. Btfrnes had some money left her bv iher fath(*-, which Barnes endeavored to get control of. Failing in this Barnes •stole the child. He 'has secreted the child and oft cers arc searching for it THE New York Recorder devdtes a full page to giving reasons and interviews with prominent men of both parties why the two national conventions should be held in that city. It says the Madison Square Garden has a seating capacity greater than that of any public hall or auditorium in the United States, seating 12,000 people: that New York's hotels will acc ommodate 70,000 guests, and no increase in rates would be made ciuring convention week. No national conven­ tion has been held in New Yotk City since 1S68, and the Recorder thinks it but fit, in view of the advantages that city now offers, that the conventions shohld now be held there. WBSTERM HAPPENINGS. SXOWSTORMS were reported through­ out North Dakota, with the temperature steadily falling. CHARLES LrsnonsT was found hanged with barbed wire near Silver Bow Can­ yon, Mont., with both ears eaten off. POUCK IXSPKCTOH HCBBARO com­ pelled the display of the American flag at an anarchist meeting in Chicago the other night TUKKE life convicts escaped from the penitentiary at Waupun, Wis., through a tunnel that, it is said, must have re­ quired years to dig. P. P. PAI.MRR, In charge of the Chey­ enne Indian Agency in South Dakota, Is alleged to have swindled the govern-1 ment out of several thousand dollars by; false entries. | A POHTABIJC engine boiler of a saw­ mill, belonging to William Thomas, near Tokio, Ohio, exploded. Robert Thomas , and. Richard Miller, working near tLe engine, were killed outright COMAXCHK. a war horse, and the only living thing that escaped the Indians at the Little Big Horn massacre, died the other day at Fort Riley. His skin will be stuffed and exhibited at the World's Fair. AT Hagward, Wis., the warehouse of1 the North Wisconsin Lumber Company caught fire, and before it could be sup- pressed the flames spread to a large quantity of dynamite which was stored there. An explosion fo'lowed. The buildings, in the immediate neighbor­ hood were badly shattered, one man was killed outright and many persons in­ jured. The 'arge hospital directly across the track and also the hotel on the oppo­ site corner were badly wrecked. COLONEL DOXN PIATT, the eminent journalist author, and diplomat, died at his home, Mak-o-Cheek near West Liberty, Ohio. He had been ill of lung fever nearly two weeks, but his condition was not considered at all critical. Donn Piatt was born in Cincinnati, June 29, i-1819. He prepared for the law and. was .elevated to the Common P eas bench at an early age. Under the administration of Pres.dent Pierce he was the secretary of the legation at Par s, and for more than a year during the illness of Minister Masoh served as charge d'affaires. ANOTHER secret cave, the rendezvous of a gang ,of horse-thieves, was un­ earthed in the hills near Valparaiso, Ind. This is the second cave discovered during the last ten days, and the authori­ ties now profess strong hopes of accom­ plishing the arrest of the organized band which has terrorized Northern Indiana for the last two years The cave is reached after a long climb to the top of a hill, the crest of which is densely covered with pine. Here a secret entrance admits horse and rider to an under-ground passage, which runs into the hill some forty rode. Here have been constructed rude stalls and there Is space for the quartering of twenty or more hors -s Several little rooms rough­ ly furnished are the hiding-places of the thieves The sand, which covered all tracks of man and beast, haS; a'wavs prevented the successful tracking of the |?ang, but the discovery of this secret Rendezvous has cut short the operations of the most daring band of thieves in northern Indiana. SOUTHERN INCIDENTS. UTan wilt call Mr. tentlnn to the natter, «*d y side will retaUate by ««ingtM inoi#*ttt to sho# a combine between thn antlfeind the Wftrwoth or MMW house wln§ oi the Republican p*r%y> EASTERN OCCURRENCES. A: iSV" Ar Boston, a young man entered the office of J. C. Davis, a money lender, grabbed a roll of bills amounting to about 81,000, dashed into the street, and escaped captura THK stock oif- the clothing firm of Adlcr & Mitchell, 'in" Newark, N. Y., was seized by the Sheriff on judgments aggregating nearly $40,000. It is said that the firm's assets are between 960,- 000 and $70,000, and the liabilities abotft woe. the Catsklll Mount* ipany have decided to FOUR trainmen were killed In a wreck on the Illinois Central4 near Medina, Tenn. AT NashvU'c, Tenn.. the Rankin Cloth'ng Manufacturing Company has jmade an assignment for the benefit of Its creditors. Liabilities, $133,993; as­ sets. $193,585. ' AN OX team atta hed to a wagon fn which John Henry, a farmer, his wife, and two children were riding ran away down Chilhowee Mountain, near Knox- ville, Tenn. Henry and his family were thrown over a precipice 100 feet and all killed. AT Cumber'and, Md., Frank Laffin was walking along the railroad tracks when he fell into a "cattle guard," cut­ ting a fearful gash Into his leg. Friends carried him to the office of Dr. Craigen, the county physician. The doctor exam­ ined the wound and, after dressing it, put several stitches in it and then asked for his pay, which was $2. The men were surprised, as they, thought be being the county physician,"there would be no charge. The doctor said if they did not pay he would undo his work. They insisted they were penniless, and the doctor then cut the stitches, undoing his work. THE largest suit ever brought in Ala­ bama has been filed in the United States Court at Birmingham. It Is that of the United States against the Tennessee and Coo?a Railroad Company and others, and involves 75,000 acres of land along that road from Gadsden, Etowah Coun­ ty. to Gunter's Landing, Marshall Coun­ ty. The Government claims that it never gave up the right t) the land, and will ask for a receiver. Much of the disputed property has been sold by the railroad company and improved. It Is now being occuDied by farmers and town?. The amount of money Involved is several millions. THE New Orleans lottery people are exercised over what they claim Is a vio­ lation of the Sunday Jaw by the post THE NATIONAL CAPITAL* THTK Speakership fight, says a Wash­ ington dispatch, is waxing warm. Specu­ lations uoOn the onitcome are to be heard in tlhe rotundvs of the hotels and #n the departments. There are aa many opinions as there a*re candidates. A man In favor of any particular candidate will be ertthused or dlscotiraged according to the place in which ho happens to firot •hlmse f. You can get consolation m despair all witlhln a block. If y<sm wre 'merely seeking for information. yowwHI come to the <eonclusi< n by the tiwe yon have made the rounds that we body knows anything definite about tbe ortV come. The candidates themselves are more than sanguine. AH bs»t one, Springer. He will tell yon tha* the out­ look is favorable to his election, hut that as there are over one huwired mem* hers who have expressed no preference, and who arc known to have not yet made up their minds, it is idle tosoeak author- lka^^"on the subject . f : FOREIGN GOSSXfr. * * TnK number of persons drowned by the loss of the unknown British steamer on the coast of Euboea, <or Negropont is now placed at nine, -ia<dluding the cap­ tain, with his wife and two children. GAIJ&S throughout England wrecked wany vessels, causing heavy loss at life, and caused great destruction on land. Houses were blown down, telegraph lines prostrated and tow>aads submerged by swollen rivers. A DISPATCH from Paris announces that rumors are circulating in the French capital regarding an alleged rev- «'ut onary attempt at Athens to over­ throw the dynasty of King George, t ut no confirmation of the report has yet heen lece.ved in London. J A PISPATCH from St. Petersburg states that at the time of his arrest at Berdi- cheff, in the government of Kieff, Rus­ sia, Joseph Pennell, the art st employed by the London Illustrated News and the Scribners, American publishers,' was engaged in making sketches of the vari­ ous Russian prisons and forts in the vi­ cinity and surroilnding country. Pen­ nell telegraphs from Vienna that he was confined thtrty-six hours and then ex* polled from Russia. $$*!'**• GENERAL. NOTE& .. '..1 »< STATISTICS show that the corn crop of the past season was one of the best on record. »;!, IT is said tbat agents of the Canadian Government will visit farmers in several of the Northern States and endeavor to induce them to locate in Manitoba and the Northwest BECAUSE neither the Government nor the Canadian Pacific Railroad Company would do anything toward caring for th* colony of Chinese lepers at Vancouver, B. C., the City Council set them free. It is said many of them are ..coming to the United States. "• THE report of the Director of tbf Mints to the Secretary of the Treasury shows that during the last fiscal year the coinage at United States Mints ag­ gregated 119,547,877 pieces, the largest in the history of the country. The mines of the United States yielded dur­ ing the year gold of a commercial value of $32,845,000 and silver of the value of $57,225,000 AN official of the Canadian government staffes that Premier Abbott had' decided upon a thorough i^ceostruction of his immigration policy, which would be car­ ried out as soon as tlie new ministry was formed and the successor to Minister of Agriculture Carling appointed. He said that pari ament would le a*ked to vote a considerably increased sum for immi- giat on purposes, as it wa< intended to wage ware upon the immigrat'on farm­ ing populat'on of Europe, with a view to securing a conside able share of th$t c'.ass of immigrants now going to the United States. A CITT or MEXICO dispatch says: Be­ fore leaving for the United States Mr. Ryan, United States Minist?r, had sev­ eral interviews with James Ives, Mex­ ican Commissioner, in regard to a reci­ procity treaty between the two repub­ lics The interviews were private and confidential, but it is generally believed that a reciprocity treaty will be ar­ ranged b Jtween Mexico and the United States, in which the latter country will be given certain concessions by Mexico for reciprocal exchange. The conces­ sions, it is believed, will be in favor of beef, cattle, hogs and farm products. THE latest advices from the State of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil say that the revolt agalnstDictator Fonseca continues to spread. Ihe insurgents' ranks are increasing in size ' hourly, and the rebels show great baldness. One band fully armed attacked and captured the town of Santa Anna on the Ri\er Sino, north of the capital, Porto Alegere. They were lea by General Fernandez. A number of prisoners were taken. Very little resistance was made to the rebels, and as a con equence no one was killed or wounded in the cap­ ture of the place. This would indicate that Santa Anna, which has a popula­ tion of about 2,500, was at heart friend> ly to the revolutionists. . Mr wisedi up yonr I hMiijNi &od hold t tmiw tlm iHlTlf' MASKED MEN HOLD UP AH SIC- PRESS TRAIN. >T<*taftred:] ----y.-jjritty,. ... ' the © _ ^* ,re«« ^ the car. Theft tho Deetfs Btwwa Of»n by • lfunUM*" workhwr ^ came aud helped the mwiMvp from the fcarr-Th«y Co*»»|p«* helper. Cook, Into the car, Tmlwnw to Tfce »«»»«* AHeok j t JO. y&fc got 4* efier them, holding h i State Vtue Wwiwn Vnton aunetieiu qji them ail the time. I got ••• r\. Mifly-ittPad of h*'<ila«r »y hands up and • _!"• ^ ^ |W**|red them % litt'e. The man » n > tooted an Cn*v • s ] fmArd «aw this *»d delibe ately leveled A imtdhnger twlw Which leftthe abotgon ot aiy-eyes and oeolly asked, Ion Uie ISt- Paul rowd the other^night for j ^Wlll yotf ho'd up your hands?' I yelled, M4.w»«kee. was held up a <nilo beyont ^Dont •hoot!' and raised my hands again. Western Union Junction, Wis., by two f '•Then the robber inside the car out Masked net, and the express car was the helper out and called for the messew- robbed of ^ger. Murphy was helped 1ft. I don't Safes, with ^10fk,000, j .know what they did, for the man with office authorities. F many years there carriers on Sunday. claim that the delivi pose of disseminating* ence the result of mention. Jt is said tba rst time In |vety by people mm, „ -p MAUUtT BXPOWn* ! ' CHICAGO. CATIXX--Common to Prima...,. fS.i Uoob--Shi pplng Qn4« 3.1 Bbku--fair to Cboics 8X WHEAT--NO. a Bad J CORN--No. S OATS--No. S j Rtc--NO. 2. j BtrrrEB--Choice Creamery j CHKEBE--Full Cream, flats ] Koos--Fr«»b... ; POTATOES--New, per bu j XNJJlANAPOllB. C ATTLK--Shipping 8.i BOOB--Choio*Light 8.! 6TT SEP--Common to Prim*. s.< WHMI-No. A Bed < CORN--No. 1 J OATS--No, 1 Whit* j ST. LOUIS. CATIUB gj He as U Wmkat--No. tBsd. i COBV--No. 1.... OATS--NO, S KTE--No. S CINCINNATI. CATTLE j. Ho<iB.... $.( SHE t |< WHEAT--No. 2 Red Cobk-NO. S .8# OaT;--No. 2 Mixed 88 DETROIT. CATTLE......... s.OO HOOH.... 8.00 &KKKP 8 00 WHEAT--No. 2 Red. COBN--No. 2 Yellow g] OATS--No. 2 White .88 TOLEDO. WHEAT--New .00 COBS--No. 2 Yellow < ,87 OATS--2 White .82 Rye. M BUFFALO. BEST CATTLE 4.00 LIVE Hoos 4.00 WHEAT--No. 2Red 1.0! COBM-- No. 2.... ,6i M1LWAUKER. WHEAT--No. 2 Spring ,7St COBN--NO. 3 .M OATS--No. 2 White Byk--NO, 1 .24 HAIU.ET--No. 2 POHK--Moss 11^0 NEW YORK. CATTX.8 Bow bBKK'... WBBAT--«o. 2 Bad CORK-- NO. 2.... OATS--Mixed We*tern, BUTTBB--Creamery PoKt-Nsw belonging <to the American Express Co., were <dumped from thenar, but the pair of bold robbers j were frightened away the mask held the gun on me all the time. If was the funniest mask you ever saw: It was simply a past-board sboe box, which the man had stuck over his head, with big eyeholes in it. It came from Chicago, toe, «nd the name before they could of a C hh age shoe flfm w»* on It 1&n€, break open the steel though I felt liko laughing at It, I Was boxes. The robbery .afraid to move. - OHB or TH* MASKS was a most, daring] "Well, pretty soon they struggled to the trsEik and sensational one j -door and throw out two small steel money Nottheleast of its features were the use] safes. I knew these were tire through of dynamite bombs In the breaking open -safi n -and tbfey' generally had lots of of the boxes of the express car, where .money in tfhem. Then he robbers camo Messenger J. C. Murphy was in charge, •! from the inside, a d the fireman, my and the fact tbat the attack was made in «thickly populated part of the coun­ try. The robbers evidently boarded the train on the front platform of the front car at Western Union Junction. They put on their masks, and as they passed the water-tank, two thirds of a mile north of the junction, fihey climbed over tho tender. Each had a y+v<« breech-loading double- wi«'< barreled shotgun and ONE OF THE BOMBS. a large-calibered revolver. They com­ manded the engineer to stop the train. He did so. They compelled the engineer and fireman to leave the engine and go with them to the express car. They tried to' secure admission It was refused. They threw bombs into the car and so terrorized the messenger that when they knocked a second time he opened the door. They robbed the car of 85,000 cash, self, the express ines-euger, and his as­ sistant were al 1 OT Jered to inarch ahead. They walked us up the track ahead of the engine abbut » quarter -of a mile All this .time we bad to hold up our hands Then they turned in around and marchedrlgJt $a<-k toward thk engine. They followtJ^Lns iJoqefy wjtf'. guns or revolvers dtivelinff w * Then they- or­ dered itlie fireman te put out the head­ light He did so. One robber ?atd: 'We haven't got time now. fret's go lack.' Tf»ey toirned us again and mar hod us along the track o . e more. They mashed the four rtf us a half mile this time.' Sbddenfy one said: '!HaltP We halted, hands up all the time, mind you 'tio back to your engine,' shouted one of thepi. We maiched slowly bar k. They did not follow us. To tell you ^he truth I thought we'd be shot in the back any second. "We got back and the four of us got on the engine We waited about five tossed out two safes, marched the en- gineer^^^atiu ejpgess mes^n^er, ^nd .jalnut^s. The passep^ejsth^d,heard the « 4.75 CP 4.60 « 5 90 & 4.78 & 4M tat 1.00 WU.09 *:>; a & mmm BLOWING VP THE EXPRESS CAR. bis assistant up tbe tracks for a h&lf mile, and marched them b .ck and forth for ten minutes, then »ent them back to the engine. The crew mounted their en­ gine and after a delay of half an hour went to Milwaukee The robbers were so frluhtened at the delay tbat they made no attempt to open tbe safes they had thrown out. Their dynamite bombs wrecked the car, tearing away heavy iron plates and-^pfsing them fifty feet away. After tbe robbery the plunderers disap­ peared, while ths country in that vicin­ ity was scoured for them by detectives of the railroad and of the city police of Milwaukee. - Concerning the manner in which the robbers dU their work, Engineer Mackey said: "We had got about a quarter of a mile north of the Western Union Junction. The fireman was put­ ting in coal. Suddenly he heard a noise and It oked up I saw there was something wrong from the expeessfon of his face. I looked close by to see what It was and I saw a masked man with a double ba- reled gun in one hand and a revolver in the other. They were leveled at the fireman. Quicker than I could think another masked man ap­ peared and pointed a gnn and a revolver' at roe •» "Fireman Ave rill got his speech first' and called out: 'What do you want?' ^ 'Throw up your hands!' said tbe rob­ ber. Up went Averill's hands. "I asked what they wanted. 'None of your business. We'll let you know soon enouzh,' replied the man who held that big gun and revolver pointed at me. "The other robber handed the fireman a cigar and said: 'Light it and be quick about it, or I'll blow your head off.' "The fireman lit it at the water glass lamp and began comfortably puffing away at it when the robber said: *Glve it to me.' It was quickly handed to him. The man who held the gun at my head $aid: 'Stop her, and be quick about it, too.' 1 stopped her. He said: 'You two get off the engine.' We did so. They followed us. They said go up to the express car. Wedid so. They said: Get that car open.' I rapped on the side door. There are no end doors to those cars. They are Wi.at tramps call 'blind baggag e' cars. Well, I rapped, but there was no answer from the inside. One ot the robbers left us and crawled through under the car to the other side; the other, covered both myself and the fireman with his shot gun and revolver. Soon we heard a terrific explosiqn. That was a bomb which he had taken from his pocket and placed on the ledge of the side door of the express car. "He soon crawled back under the car to us. He pulled from his pocket a bottle about eight inches long, which I could see as he stood close to me had two fuses in it He lit the fuses from the cigar which he was then smoking and which he had compelled the fireman to light He laid th's bottle on the ledge of the door and motioned us to get down tbe embankment. We ran down. They kept us covered all the time with the guns It did not go off. He threw it awav. It was picked up and is now held by the detectives from Milwaukee. "He drew another from his pocket, lighted it from his cigar. The other rob­ ber said: 'Throw it into tho car.' He held it until it burned down pretty well. A* I stood close to him I trembled % trifle, as I'd sooner face the revolver than the bomb. Then he tossed it through the glass above the side door. It didn't expode for twenty seconds Then the exp os on threw tho glass all over us and threw out great plates of iron from the car sides Then they or dered the iireman and me to go on the other side of tbe car. They held the guns on us and we crawled under the care. "Ihe explosion of the bomb* had scared the express messengers, and when the robbers knocked with their revolveis on the closed doors on the other side of the car, the messengers at once opened tho doors. Express Messenger Murphy said: 'What do you want?' *You know well. Throw up your hands.' "Up went the hands. 'Qet that box,' ! yelled one of the robbers. Murphy re­ plied; 'There's nothing on the train to­ night.' *Get down hero ont of the car. shooting and they wore hiding thefr, val- uab es. There 'wasn't a hand rfticlc ng out of a window during the csritiro time. After we bad waited about five minutes I started up the engine. We had'; of course, to run. past the place wbere these robbers httd left us. I sat on the lookout. I stood at tny post, for the en­ gine was in motioh and the lives of the passengers weird in my lands, but I never felt I was so near death as at tne time when I pas.-ed the point where those men had left us. I looked out of the windows fcr the robbers, but.did not see them, and so we got away. They detained us, 1 think, about half an hour, but it seemed to me more like half a day. < "There was no bravery exhibited. There was little show for any. Two robbers did the work. They secured about $6,000 from the little safe while they were in the car. The two safes they threw out they evidently intended to wreck by bombs, but were scared away, and thoce safes, Which contained between $50,000 and 9100, oco, were not- "8TOB HKi; AND BE QUICK ABOUT IT!" attacked. It was a cool robbery. Th© men bad the drdp Resistance would have been madness. I guess suicide would have been about the name for it. We simply did our duty by holding oar hands up and saving our lives." Told IP a Few Words. A TOMATO weighing twenty-seven pounds has been raised at Bayou Sara Li. D > Nor believe everything you hear, for he who b«Ueves everything he hears often believes more than he hears. DKACON PRICE of Man?hester, Mass., Is said to be the oldest schoolteacher in tbe country. He was born in 1808. THE man who invariably whistles does very little thinking. But he keeps other people thinking, just the fame. THE oldest surgeon in the world is said to be M. W. t-aimon of Cambridge, England. He was born in March, 1790. TIIOUSANI>S of sonls have been lost be­ cause somebody was afraid of doing something somebody else would find fault with. THE ormolu effects which are shown upon the high-class French furn;tureMbf tho seventeenth cen uryare now being imitated in wood and p aster gilding. JOSEPH TAHRI*, a negro, gave a pecu­ liar reason for trying to han x himself In I'ittsburg the other day. He is now 107 years old, and ho had given up the hopo of ever dying in the natural way. Ma ANI» Mus. STBPIIEV OSBOIINK of Knoxvllle, Tenn , are ?or»n to celebrata the seventy second anniversary of their marriage. Tbey are respectively 101 and »2 years of 030 and have 2»0 de­ scendants. Tiionouqia-Y* dry salt intended for table use, and mix* with it a small pro­ portion of corn starch, if you would overcome the tendency it has, in damp weather, to pack so Idly in the salt­ cellars or shakers, ( KATTt.KsNAKtf* arc sftld to have a nat­ ural antipathy to white ash leaves. Some naturalists assert that a rattlesnake piaced in a circle of half ash leaves and half hot coals will crtss the COMB rathe* than encounter the leaves. ELEVENTH NATIONAL CON- QRE8S AT 3GOALIA. '/ ' OiWy ftotoe R«pnK-nte«-AfHMliwl«tl 1 W » t « r OwnpWifcW. Should Be KxtwaMfoMlr tasvroved. .. Welcomed to OodBlle ^ eleventh annual te slon of the raittMkal Farmers Congne s met In 8e- 4aU«, Mo. ^Pknm could be no mistake hi tho character of the assembly. Woods' Opera Hdttto tlie fffftee of meeting, was handsomely dbcotated. with various agri­ cultural products, sheaves of grain, 1m- •mense stalks of corn, pumpkins like bartels, and eal-s of oorn as big as one's mim: - r . There were-^OWtelefates present, rep­ resenting thirty different States. On the platform,'ifeys a Sedalla dis- Sitcfe, were seated Governor Francis, of tasonri; Vice President A. W. Basith, of Kansas; Secretary H. F. Clayton, of Towa; fhe Hon. Frank B. Meyer, Presi­ dent of the Commere al Club of Sedalla; Col. Daaouel ^eedham, of Boston, Pres­ ident of the New England Agricultural Society; Senator John 1 atter.-on and W. D. Kent, of lewa; the Hon A. Fopo Yeaman, of Missouri, and others. Secretary Clayton cal ed the congress to order, and Mated that he had received word from President Kalb, of Montgom­ ery, Ala., tbat it would be impessible for him to attend. In his absence Vice President A. W. Smith, of Kansas, pre­ sided. Be was presented with a phe­ nomenally large ear< of corn, to be used as a gavel. After prayer, Gov. Francis delivered the address of welcome la bo- half of the State. After bidding the delegates welcome h? said it was-eminently proper that the men who represented the greater inter­ est in the nation should meet and dis­ cuss the best methods to promote their Interests. Farmers had grievances. There was no doubt of that, and It was proper that they should meet and devise means to correct them. Class legislation, be continue!, had been one potent cause of the depression of agricultural interests. This depres­ sion has been o. long continuance, and It was time now that the farmer was given recognition in the councils of the nation. There were two great questions, the proper solution of which would tend to ameliorate the farmers' condition. Cue was the improvement of the great water courses, which wou'd lurnish cheap transportation for arm products. The Missouri River could be Improved at a cost of $20,000,000. The other question was the improvement o' the country roads, which would furnish good trans­ portation lor the small farmers to their nearest markets Vice President A. W. Smith responded to the addre-s of welcome. He agreed W[ith tho Governor that the great water courses of the country should be im­ proved both in the interests of the farmer, tho manufacturer and the merchant. Twenty million dollars was a small enough amount to be devoted to the Im­ provement of a b g river. The agricultural interest was the greatest interest of the nation, and legis­ lation. The atiairs of the nation could and should be administered without any clashing of the Interests of the fa mer and of the manufacturer. Farmers Were Forttin»t«. ,/^Th® statlst'cal returns of the Depart­ ment of Agriculture for November make the corn crop one of the largest in vol­ ume, with a rate of yield slightly above the average of twenty-six bushels per acre. Condition has not been very high at any period of its growth, but it has been quite uniform, with no record of more than 10 per cent, of disabilities from all causes. An extraordinary crop h&s hot beenl possible; planting was It- regular and late in many places, growth tardy and uneven, and fears of dfought or floods or frosts generally felt iu the latter part of the seison; storm; in fome sections threatened loss which was mini­ mized; drought in others checked the growth, which was stimulated again by -opportune seasons of 11 oisture. Frosts made early threats of disaster and then delayed the r appearance through the entire mo <th of September, which was warm and forcing, drying out soft corn and shriveling the imma­ ture growths. The re ult is a well- ripened crop, somewhat variable in quality, with a mo !erate proportion ot chaffy, unfil ed,' and immature ears. The eastern and western ends of the crop belt--Chio, Iowa, and Nebraska-- jgave somewhat better yields than Indi­ ana and Illinois or Missouri and Kansas, the lower levels of the great corn belt suffering mcre.from threatened drought than the higher e evatlons. l The highest rate of yie'd as estimated appears in New England, from 35 to 40 bushefc per aero; in the South t' e range is from 11 in FiOiida to 25 in Maryland, while in tbe surplus corn States the fig­ ures are as follows: Ohio, 33.7; Indiana, 32.0; Illinois, 3L2; Iowa, 30.7; Missouri, 2ft 9; Kansas; 26.7; Nebraska, 36.3. Frost in August wrought some injury In the Northwest: in WisconsinVthe yield is 2ti.7; Minnesota, 2 ".5; North Dakota, 27.2. Both drought and. frost conspire d to reduce the yie^d ip fcouth Dakota to tweuty-two bushels. Much of the crop is yet in the stack, and the condition and rate of yield may be somewhat better known after the garnering and marketing. Yet it is evident that the product will not make less than 2,000,10),(0J bushels, or thirty- one bushels per un t of pjpu.ation. The cotton returns of tho Department of Agriculture for November are not fa­ vorable ior a high rate of,yield. The lateness of the crop, -the extremes of temperature, the exc -ss of rainfall, fol­ lowed by drought, causing enfeebled vi­ tality and loss of folia 0 have beim un­ favorable for a large crop. On the northern border of the belt killing frosts occntreJ on the 29th, in some places as early as tho 2 d West of the Mississippi there h is I een some improve­ ment during the past month. The season has been favorable for picking Quality !s almost everywhere reported high, and the fiber is of good color and unusually froe from trash. The yie'd as avcragjd fro n tho coun­ ty estimates, averages 179 pounds per acre, distributed bv Mates as follows: Virginia, 151: North Carolina. 178; Fo ith Carolina, tno; Georgia, 1. 6; Flor­ ida, 120; A atama, Htft; Mississippi, 190; Louisiana. :MO, Texas, 196; Arkan­ sas, 210; Tennossoo, 170. H a y has made a uonrly average yield and is of medium quality. The tobacco product is somewhat above tl»1 average and will fully ux-et t!i<> requirement* of uonsumut on and export. The October condition of pot»too« has only been e^ua «d «tiiu<w IUSO, and the average yi«W »e>tir4u»g to these prulitulnary <**tli* »t«« hit* not been sur- pa»Htd In ih« past ten ypars It aver­ age# »*.U bu> Uel* per 6«ra The warm weather In Mepteinoer driotl out the soil and eheekod the Incipient potato rot will h wa» threatened nftor the rains of August so o.iectual.y (hat It is scarcely reported except iu Pennsylvania, some counties in Southern New York and cer­ tain districts Iu New Jersey. Quality is generally reported goo:i 1 x iept In tbes® regions infested by rot. IT It a weak-minded man that stoopf to concur.---South Bend Nevi ; C Poor OW Brarii. IRra • il is also havingdomMitc In borrowing ide^5f*i^:*0tr States, the So-'th dently overlooked the free schools.--' Kansftfc City Ftar. There Is evidently a bitter contest Ing on between parties In rival British and American lnfeHira#r» playing an important part In it ralsl- dent Fonseca's previous success and tlM service he has done hi^ country tli$:tQ the hope that he will trtumi h---Buffalo Express. . If it Is true that a revolution is in*~ pending and that martial law has been proclaimed, the outlook is far pleasing. The background to Whlfelf lecent monarchy was removed is not enough in the dim distance to prevent. 41 good many regrets which may ripen* th« case of an uphea al, into a deter­ mined effort for re toration--Detroit. Free Press. 17 anytody has set him-elf up as a die- t»:«r in Brazil, the occurrence is un­ fortunate for that count y, as it will re­ tard its developments and the progro** of trade; tut the change will not bo permanent There will be another revo­ lution by and by wh'ch will restore- the republic The state of e^uilltriuna to which the political oscillations tend is one of self-government.--Philadelphia Inquirer. • .* j Indiana's Ann^ We have acquiesced in €h!csfo^ an: nexing a large portion of Illinois, but wh n she b gins to gather Indiana In also, it Is time to ob.ect.--Pittsburg Dis­ patch. " ^ Chicago has been doing a good e'eal of annexing lately. Now she will havd i. chance to show how she enjoys the pros­ pect of heing annexed herself.--Roches­ ter Herald.. Indiana is claiming a part of Chicago's territory. If the sky-seraper people keep on building up into the air as they air?# doing on paper now, some of their top- stories will be claimed by Canada.--Min­ neapolis Journa. A government survey now about fin­ ished Is said to show tbat Indiana is. titled to a si Ice of Illinois that will In Chicago It is rather late to move the fair, but it may yet be held in Indt- ana This would be considered by th* Breezy City another of those? Chicago^ Ills.--Philadelphia Ledger. And now arises a controversy over what State Chicago is ic. Indiana- claims it on th-) authority of an old boundary which has been discovered, antf her claims seem to be well substantiated. The fact of the matter is that Chicago covers about eno igh ground to consti­ tute a whole State by heiselt--Bostoa • News. :M"i ' Mines Returned to His Drink. Bichloride of gold is making a bravo strugg e, but whbky is still master : the field.--Brooklyn Times. Tho Keeley. bichloride of go!d'treat­ ment may not le the realization of scientific expectation in this direction, but it is entitled to a fair and impartlft test.--Troy Times. On the th ory that drunkenness is* disease it is perfectly consistent for» patient to ha e a relapse if he gets onfr too early or cones in' contact wit&v whisky.--Milwaukee News, ^ The blchldride of gold cure for intem­ perance recei .es a severe blow in tho death from a coli lism of its late cham­ pion, Col. John T. Mines, who believed the preparation had cured him.--New York World. We do not think logical and fatr- minded m?n will draw final conclusions from the, case of Mr. Mines, and con­ demn the treatment* as a fraud simply because he fell.-- Rochester Post-Ex- press. .. _ As Mines has been tho chief adver­ tiser of Dr. Keeley's alleged "cure," and has paraded himself, 90 to speak, as Keeley's pri e patient, his sudden death, directly due to an alcoholic debauch, will be a blow--a literal blow between tho eyes--to Dr. * ee ear and his much puffed "certain cure. "4-New York Ad­ vertiser. I -"M<- Home Rule. There will soon be but one Irish Hoii#. Rule party tbat anybody except a few Fenians will recognize. -- Cleveland Leader. ' It is evident that If Ireland is to bo freed it will b; in spite of a considerable portion of her own people.--St. Louis Republic. As an organization po'ent in Irish politics the Parnellltes have apparently ceased to exist. The only advice that America has for the factions is to get together for the good of Ireland and not for head-cracking. --Washington Star.' It is folly for Mr. Parnell's followers to keep up the struggle. It is imposgf-r b'.e to contsnd with the Irish priesthood in politics, and the fact has been so thoroughly demonstrated that a blind man can sec it.--^Nashville American. The defeat of the Farnellites in tho recent election at Cork has shown tin real weaknes; of that portion of tho Irish party. As the matter now stands tbe Parnellltes are without money, leaders or prestige even among those who would be expected to be their friends.--Boston Journal. » '1 •is? • 'M A •J'; - .V vfi 'Mil [ ? s WmM /"/v.;:; Cities Cry for it i ' ^ have found something at last tttt Republicans and Liemocrats agree on to a dot. It is that New York is to have both conventions.--New York Recorder. Chicago has decided to make another grab. She Will ask for the Republican Convention or 1892. Her greed is insa­ tiable.-- Pltsburg Commercial-Oazette. ' Since New York couldn't get tte World's Fair she is clamoring for bolfc the big national conventions. She ll bound to have a circus of some kind any*- way.--Brooklyn Union. At least fitfe American cities are crjr- Ing for the honor of 'welcoming the ton- ventlon that is to nominate the neixft President of the United States. It is * high honor.--lialtimo.e American. Minneapolis, Cincinnati, San Fran­ cisco, and Chicago are already candi­ dates for the next Republican national convent'on. Chi. ago is the best platit . after all.--Ka'amazoo T :%graph. The Cigarette Euj;. A St Louis chemist has made tho startling discovery that cigarettes are filled with bugs The horrible smell Js fully acounted for at last.--Grand Rapids Telegram. According to Dr. Chmann Dumesnil, of St. Louis, cigarettes ate often made poisonous by the ravages of a worm thai comes from the e: g of a coleopterous In­ sect, which is passionately addicted to the use of tobacco. Hence bronchial af­ fections and tt roat complaints, and no. wonder, if the insect is as terrible as tbft. description --B stou Post. A A f-t Liu's physician has discovered bugs in cigarettes. He says the bug poisons the cigarette This dictum will probably not spoil t* e demand for the article, but it will furnish t ie perishing dude with a remark for his part of a little street colloquy. "Woi's eaten* yer?" the gamin will tiippanty inquire. "A coleopterous insect," the dude will ans­ wer, with a faint flourish of cane *£>4 monocle. Then the gamin should wfli --New York Journal. • .vi m r\