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-v '• v • * •' • TEMPERANCE WOMEN THE CLAIMS OF ENGLAND AND VENEZUELA. -- t/jnida b PARLA-y. \< KNOCKS OUT THE FIGHTERS. Arkansas Supreme Court Reverse* the Leather man Decision. \ The Arkansas Supreme Court rendered a ̂ decision in the Corbett case, by which Judge . Leathernian's decision was re­ versed and the prize fight law sustained. Corbett was remanded back to the, cus­ tody of the Sheriff of Garland County. Chief Justice Bunn, in delivering the Opinion, severely criticised Chancellor Leatherman, saying he had no authority J. VAN SLYKE, Editor and Pub. TWENTY> SECOND SESSION OF THE W. C. T. U. CLOSED. BIG SWAMP ON FIRE, Prominent "Workers in the Temjer* once Cpfuse from All Parts of the United States Meet--All Creeds Made Welcome. FLAMES SWEEP OVER THE KAN / fcAKEE MARSH. Miss Willard Re-elected* Miss Frances Willard was again elect­ ed president of the W. C. T. U. at the twenty-second annual Convention held in Baltimore. There was practically uo op­ position, although complimentary votes Were cast for several other prominent workers. Other officers were elected as follows: Vice President-nt-lnrge, Mrs. L. M. X. Stevens; Treasurer, Mrs. Helen M. Barker; Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. Katharine Lent Stevenson; of Mas­ sachusetts; v Recording Secretary, Mrs. Clara C. Hoffman, of Kansas City, Mo.; Assistant Recording Secretary, Mrs. Frances J. Beau champ, of Kentucky. The day's proceedings were opened with devotional exercises conducted by Miss Elizabeth Greenwood. The venerable Mother Thompson, the original temper­ ance crusader, offered a prayer. The re­ port of the Committee on Credentials showed that forty-three States were rep­ resented and that 425 persons were pres­ ent and entitled to vote. } ; The Committee on Resolutions made its report and the convention took it up for Two of a Mob Shot Dead--Exploding Tug Boiler Brines Death to Three-- Georgia's Capitol, Suffers by Fire- Shipwrecked Sailors Rescued.- fjnrt&w Swept by Flames. Kankakee marsh, the famous hunting ground in Illinois, was swept by a prairie fire Saturday, and trees, brush, and grftss were all burned to the ground. The roar­ ing blaze, headed so as to include towns, and farmhouses in its destructive sweep, had its course changed by a fortunate shift, in the direction of the wind. This gave the homes of the farmers on the border of the marsh a chance. This swamp fire is responsible for the Grand Trunk disaster near South Bend on Sat­ urday, in which eleven persons were in­ jured. The cause of the wreck was a weakened culvert, which was burned, but which owing to the dense smoke that swept across the -tracks was obscured from the view of the engineer. Crown Point, Hammond, and Kouts, Ind., were threatened by the fires. Kouts had the closest call, and was saved only by the. extreme efforts of the citizens, who fought the flames until the wind aided them and changed the course of the flames. Black­ ened and weary the men who maintained for twenty-four hours the unequal fight against the fires, which were fanned by a wind that at times blew almost the vio­ lence of a cyclone, retreated in dismay. The Prussian Census. Prussia has just published the result of the recent census. The entire population June 14.1895, was 31,491,209, an increase of 1,535.928, or 5 13-100 per cent, since December, 1890, The males increased 773,051 and the females 762,S77. In Ber­ lin the increase of females was two and one-half times that of men. One of the surprises of the new census was the small increase of Berlin's population, all the more startling owing to the unpre­ cedented increase of Berlin for the years between 1S70 and 1890. It was only 36.28S, or 2 2-10 per cent., for the last four and a half years. The census shows a continuance of the movement towards cities from the country, in which Berlin had not its usual share. IVWM «"«K 32*# If JO PAR/MA CORBETT AND DEPUTY SHERIFF UABCOCK for his action in the habeas corpus case. Judge Leatherman, When asked what he thought of the decision, said: "I care nothing about the prize fight. I think Gov. Clarke has put himself iu n ridicu­ lous attitude in view of the uacunstitu- tional positions he has takei^. He is per­ fectly correct in what the Chancellor would decide because he liimsel:' knows that the law was unconstitutionally passed. He had no right to any other opinion. He was incorrect, however, when he said he thought no other judge in the State would render such an opin­ ion, for, in order to declare the law un­ constitutionally passed, it would be nec­ essary to nullify or invalidate an article of the Constitution. I challenge the crit­ icism oflflJ reputable lawyers and courts. I do this inVyicw of the expressions of the Governor oYi the subject." Martin Jlilian, manager for Fitzsim- mons, was/ seen immediately after the news of tlu; Supreme Cburt's adverse de­ cision reached Little Rock. He said: 1. If the quarrel with Venezuela is an ordinary boundary dispute; having its ori­ gin in faulty descriptions, imperfect sur­ veys or other misunderstandings, a re­ fusal to arbitrate the sanv* is contrary to the precedents set by Great Britain her­ self and contrary to tin- practice of all civilized nations. 2. If. on the other hand, as appears to be (he case, and as is the belief'of the President of the United States, the dis­ pute as to the location of a boundary line is a mere disguise under which Great Britain is attempting by superior force to extend her territorial possessions in America, this is directly violative of the Monroe doctrine and will never be Sub­ mitted to by the United States. This attitude plainly commits the Unit­ ed States Government, to a resistance against a forcible entry on the part of England upon the disputed territory. General Coxey is about to start a daily paper to boom his candidacy for Governor of Ohio. Strothman Brothers' foundry, the larg­ est in Superior, Wis., was put into the hands of a receiver, owing to complica­ tions caused by contentions among the partners. The plant does a large busi­ ness and is valued at $75,000. The entire business portion of Fairchild, Wis., was destroyed by fire Monday morning. The loss is $75,000. Among the places burned were: X. C. Foster's store, Joe Rivard's store, the postoffice, two hotels, the town hall, blacksmith shops and drug store. East-bound accommodation Xo. 56 on the Panhandle Railrbad crashed into a wagon at Miller's Station, Ohio, about 7:30 o'clock Monday morning, demolish­ ing theQvehiele and killing the four occu­ pants; Their names were: Edward Co- gan, Samuel Cogan, Jr.. Samuel Cogan, Sr., John Campbell. The bodies were horribly mangled. There is a sharp curve near the crossing and the engineer claims he did not see the wagon until too late to stop the train. The victims were resi­ dents of Yonngstown. near Latrobe, Pa. , The steamer Vega, Lorain to Duluth with coal, struck on Grecian shoal, off -Colchester, Out., Tuesday morning. She succeeded in reaching Detroit River, where she partly sank. Her starboard after compartment is full of water and the middle compartment is leaking* The captain thinks that by lightering some of the cargo he can go on to Duluth before going into dry dock for repairs. The loss will be between §15.000 and $20,000. The steamer Waldo Avery, Chicago to Buf­ falo with grain, struck at Ballard's Reef, and is at dock leaking badly. This is her first trip to Lake Erie since being rebuilt after burning in the straits two years ago. The steamer Blanchard, while coming out of_ Toledo, broke her shoe. Two tugs towed her to Detroit. Two more members of Seth Wyatt's Oklahoma band of desperadoes have an­ swered for their deeds of lawlessness. They arc Jim Umbra and "Mexican John," two Mexicans who have been en­ gaged in cattle stealing and other law- • less enterprises. They were lynched by tnraged cattlemen, who have suffered greatly at their hands. The two men had stolen fifty head belonging to B. F. Chap­ man. and his cowboys gave chase. They closed in on the desperadoes fifteen miles from Cantonment and after a fusillade of bullets the bandits surrendered. The cowboys identified the cattle, and taking a rope pulled the two men up. to the first I tree. A label was attached to their cloth­ ing warning other members of the band .to quit this work or suffer the same pen­ alty. Electric car Xo. 501, of the Western avenue liae, at Chicago, took a wild plunge into a moving passenger train of the Burlington Road at the 16th street crossiag at 5:30 o'clock Monday evening. After the collision there was not enough left of the street car to make kindling wood, but the passengers all jumped in time to save themselves, and escaped with more or less severe injuries. The worst injury received was by Mrs. Hugo Miller, of West Madison street, who had a sprained ankle. A curious feature of the affair is that a year ago the Burling­ ton secured an injunction forbidding the street car company from using electricity in crossing its tracks, and until a few days ago it had been using horses at that crossing. The injunction, however, was dissolved and the trolley wires strung across the right of way. A bitter disappointment was experi­ enced by the 4,665 judges and clerks of election wh<5 registered voters all over Chicago and Cook County Tuesday. The last Legislature passed a. bill purporting to increase the pay of these officials from $3 to $5 a day. The bill was introduced by Representative McCarthy, and when the news of its passage reached Chicago there was much rejoicing among the small-fry politicians who act as judges and clerks. They rose up and called Mc­ Carthy blessed. But the-law is' invalid. The pay remains the same, $3, and Cook County thereby saves/nearly $10,000 on one day's work alone. The bill as passed amended the law of 1S72 instead of the later law, enacted in 1885, and hence the measure is not worth the paper on which it is enrolled to the judges and clerks i whom it nought to benefit, or to anybody else. FRANCES E. Vvir.LARD consideration in sections. It declares for total abstinence, favors devotional ser­ vices, deplores the practice of deriving Governmental revenue from the liquor traffic, declares against the legalized sa­ loon and in favor of union on "the Staten STRIKE AND LOCKOUT conspirators are left. Gen. Manigat and ex-President Boisron Canal. At Winona, Minn., a sale of 15,000,000 feet of cut lumber has been made to the Jay Lumber Company of St. Louis. At St. Joe, Mo., a little daughter of Mrs. Carrie Mann was killed and a son had both legs broken by being thrown from a buggy. Expert accountants have discovered that Jerome Coulter, deputy treasurer of Omaha, who was deposed last May, stole nearly $20,000. Facts which have just come to light raise the presumption that Alex. Grayton, wife and child, of Indianapolis, perished in the Hotel Gumry fire at Derive/ Wonld-Be Lynchers Killed. A mob, composed chiefly of . farmers, stormed the Seneca County jail at Tiffin, Ohio, early Sunday morning in an effort to lynch Lee F. Martin, the murderer of Marshal Shultz. The Sheriff's jail force firmed on the mob, instantly killing two men. Several more men were shot but not fatally wounded. Sunday Tas the day of Shultfc's funeral, and the sentiment against Martin broke out with redoubled fury. The mob was composed mostly of neighbors of the murdered marshal, and the marshal's brother iftcted as leader. Martin was a prominent-Dunkard, and killed Shultz while resisting arrest for a trifling offense. The militia was called out to guard the jail. LABOR COMMISSIONER'S ANNUAL REPORT Shows that Employes Have Lost More than Twice ns Much as Employers from Labor Troubles During the Past Seven Years. Employers Lost $94,825,837. In his tenth annual report, just com­ pleted Carroll D. Wright, Commissioner of Labor, computes that the loss to em- ployes in establish- COLT AFFAIRS WELL Alf^ED, jfflg merits in which lock- BsSjgk \ outs and strikes oc- Jjpk curred during the tffa ff thirteen and a half iK™ jfiasL years ending June Tpk 30, 1891, amounted t0 1 h|-.I employes on account WS strikes was $163,- 807,866 and on ac- count of lockouts CARROLL D. WWGIIT. $26,685,516; to em­ ployers, 011 account of strikes, $82;590.- 38(5, and on account of lockouts, $12.- 235,451. THe number of establishments involved in strikes in this perfcd was 69,- 167 and the number of persons thrown out of employment by reason of strikes 3,714,- 406, making an average loss to the emT ployes of each establishment of $2,368 and to each person of $44. The number of establishments involved in lockouts was 6,067 and the number of persons locked out 366,600. These persons lost an average of $73 each. The assistance given to strikers and the subjects of lock­ outs during the period amounted, as far as ascertainable, to $13,438,704, or a little over 7 per cent, of the total loss to em­ ployes. One of the most important tables re­ lated to the cause of strikes. This state­ ment shows that more than a fourth of them were caused by a refusal to accede to a demand for increase of wages, over 13 per cent, for a refusal to concede a re­ duction of hours and more than 8 per cent, by the determination of employers to reduce wages. Three thousand six hundred and twenty, or almost 8 per cent., of the strikes were caused by sym­ pathetic action with other strikes, and 1,688 were occasioned by the employment of non-union men. The industries most affected by strikes in the last seven and a half years were the building trades, with 20,785 establishments Involved. After these in the order of importance came coal and coke, clothing, tobacco, food preparations and stone quarries. Out of a total of 10,488 strikes in the entire country for this period 5,909, or to exceed 56 per cent,., occurred in twenty-six of the principal cities, while of the estab­ lishments involved in lockouts over 61 per cent, occurred in these cities. , Fifty-nine per cent, of the establishments engaged in strikes were closed on an average of twenty-two days, and 64 per cent- of ft hose engaged in lockouts for an aver­ age of thirty-five days, the loss of time in other cases being only temporary.. In each case there were a few establish­ ments closed permanently. Success was gained by the employes in over 43 per cent, of the strikes, partial success in over 10 per cent., while the remaining 4(5 per cent, were failures. Over 48 per cent, of the lockouts succeed­ ed completely and over 10 per cent, par­ tially. The others were failures. In tlica successful strikes 669,992 persons were thrown out of employment, 318,801 in those partially successful and 1,400,988 in those which failed. Of the total num­ ber of persons thrown out-of employment ' by strikes in the period of thirteen and a half years 8.78 per cent, were feniales, and by lockouts 22.53.v Of the 10,482 strikes which occurred in the seven and a half years, especially cov­ ered by the present report, 7,295 were or­ dered by labor organizations, while of the 442 lockouts of this period only eighty-one were ordered by organizations of em­ ployers. Sixty-nine per cent, of all the strikes and 76 per cent, of all the lock­ outs of the seven-and-a-half-year period treated of occurred in the five States of Illinois, Xew York, Pennsylvania, Ohio . and Massachusetts, Illinois taking the lead of all the States of the Union. Wife Forestalls Her Husband in Bringing Legal Action. A Providence, R. I., social sensation descended with double force when Mrs. Sampel P. Colt filed her petition for di­ vorce with the ages at $200,000. ^ These two acts J. J- VAN AI.EN. in. the Colt domestic tragedy followed so closely one after the other that Rhode Island society stood dazed at the light­ ning changes in the sensation. It was early in the afternoon when Mrs. Colt's petition was filed, but in less than three hours after that the writ for the arrest of Mr. Van A Ion had been issued and was on its way to Xewport in the hands of a deputy sheriff, who was instructed to ac­ cept not less than $400,000 in bail. Mrs. Colt's petition was signed "Eliza­ beth B. Colt," and it represents that she was married to Col. Colt Feb. 12, 1881. Since that time she has, the petition says, "Demeaned herself as a faithful wife and performed all the obligations of the mar­ riage covenant, but that the said Sam­ uel P. Colt hath violated the same." The petition prays that a decree of divorce may be granted and that she may be granted a separate maintenance and the custody of her two minor children, Rus­ sell G. Colt, 13 years old, and Itoswell O. Colt, 6 years of age. As soon as Col. Colt learned that his wife had filed her petition making him defendant in her divorce suit he hurried to the court house, accompanied by his attorney, and a writ was issued charging James J. Van Aleri with the alienation of Mrs. Colt's affections. The writ was im­ mediately placed in the hands of the Sher­ iff, with instructions to serve it at once and to require Mr. Van Aleii to furnish bail. It was stated by Col. Colt's attor­ ney that if the case ever conies to trial the country will be shaken by a sensation that lias had no equal within the annals of society history, and that the names of some of the wealthiest and most promin­ ent society people of Xew England, as well as State officials and one man who has occupied a high position in national affairs, may be given a publicity that will place them in a most unenviable light and that will surprise their most intimate friends. Three Men Are Dead. The explosion of the tng T. T. Morford on Chicago River, resulted /n the dent!) of John Erickson, fireman; John Fergu­ son, captain, and Charles Dick, engineer. The Morford had in tow the grain steamer Ionia. The tug is a total loss--$1S,000. Destruction of the Morford deprives Chi­ cago harbor and Lake Michigan this win­ ter of the protection afforded for the last eleven years to storm-tossed and wrecked vessels by that remarkable product of the shipbuilder's art. On Lake Michigan - there is no boat to take lier place, either in the "bucking" of ice or in the power to steam through ice to the rescue of a dis­ abled vessel. p- Heavy Loss at Angusta, Ga- • Augusta, Ga., was visited by the largest fire in years Friday afternoon. The lum­ ber mill of Jesse Thompson & Co., the largest in the South, was burned to the ground, with 2,000,000 feet of lumber in the yards. The loss to them is $75,000, one-third insured. The fire then spread for two blocks. Forty-two dwellings oc­ cupied by operatives were entirely con­ sumed. Three hundred are homeless. The loss on these buildings is $40,000, with lit­ tle insurance. The entire fire department was called out, but owing to the distance from water and a gale from the south •nothing could be done. The flames stopped when everything in line was burned. Crew of Parthia Safe. The nineteen men of the burned Amer­ ican ship Parthia have reached Valpa­ raiso, Chili. The Parthia, Capt Carter, with a crew of nineteen, was bound from Liverpool, which port it left June 25, to San Francisco. It burned in the Pacific Ocean Oct. 1. The crew landed at Jxian Fernandez Island, all safe. The ship be­ longed to Haughton Bros, of Bath, Me., and was a double-decker of 2,371 tons, 250 feet in length and 44-foot beam. It was built four years ago. Austro-Hungarian sugar refiners have formed a trust. A special dispatch received at London from Constantinople says that a plot has been discovered among the officials of the Sultan's palace. In consequence, it is added, numerous arests have been made, and the residences of the ministers are now guarded by troops. Vienna advices from Constantinople say that the liberal movement among the Turks is spreading. Seditious placards have been discovered posted in different parts of the city and the disappearance is reported of several softas and other notablities. The govern­ ment is making piilitary preparations in anticipation of trouble. W. T. Stead had a long article Tues day afternoon in the Westminster Ga­ zette on "Monropisiju," during the course of which he says: "Englishmen would do well'not to belittle the significance of the ebullition of American sentiment on the question of the Venezuelan frontier. It must be taken with the usual discount and is no doubt due to the system by which foreign affairs are discussed by bawling journalists rather than by suave diplomats; but it is serious nevertheless. Its gravity consists in two facts, neither of which have anything to do with the merits of the question in dispute. In the first place, for the first time since the civil war, the Americans have built a navy of which they have some reason to be proud and which sooner or later they will use against somebody. In the second place, it is equally significant that the American press assures the United States that the' Monroe doctrine has been informally adopted as a national faith by the Ameri­ can people and the dispatch sent to the Xew York World (referring to the report­ ed Bayard-Salisbury interview) probably has a basis of truth." room, in a balloon or in a barrel, and wo are perfectly willing to meet him under any of these conditions." MARKET REPORTS, NEWS NUGGETS, Chicago--Cattle, common to prime, $3.75 to $5.50; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, fair to choice, $2.50 to $3.75; wheat, Xo. 2 red, 5JK: to 60c; corn, Xo. 2, 31c to 32c; oats, IS p. 2, 18c to 19c; rye, Xo. 2, 39c to 41c; butter, choice creamery, 20c to 22c; eggs, fresh, 16c to 18c; potatoes, per bushel, 20c to 25c; broom corn, common growth to choice green hurl, 2%c to 4%c per pound. Indianapolis--Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.25; hogs, choice light, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, common to prime. $2.00 to $4.00; wheat, Xo. 2, 63c to 65c; corn, Xo. 1 white, 29e to 31c; oats, Xo. 2 white, 21c to 22c. *'f St. Louis--Cattle, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, $3.50 to $4.00; wheat, Xo. 2 red, 62c to 63c; corn, Xo. 2 yellow, 27c to 20c; oats, Xo. 2 white, 17c to 18c; rye, Xo. 2, 36c to 38c. Cincinnati--Cattle, $3.50 to $5.00; hogs, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, $2.50 to $4.00; wheat, Xo. 2, 66c to 67c; corn, Xo. 2 mixed, 31c to 33c; oats. Xo. 2 mi:ced, 20c to 22c; rye, Xo. 2, 43c to 44c. Detroit--Cattle, $2.50 to $5.50; hogs, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, $2.00 to $3.50; wheat, Xo. 2 ted, 65c to 6<>c; corn, Xo. 2 yellow, 32c to 34c; oats, Xo. 2 white, 22c to 23c; rye, 42c to 43c. Toledo--Wheat, Xo. 2 red, 67c to 68c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 32c to 33c; oats, No. 2 white, 22c to 23c; rye, No». 41c to 43c. Buffalo--Cattle, $2.50 to $5.50; hogs, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, $2.50 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2 red. 68c to (>9c: corn, No. 2 yellow, 36c to 37c; oats, No. 2 white, 23c to 25c. Milwaukee--Wheat, No. 2 spring, 58c to 59c; corn, No. 3, 29c to 3lc; oats, No. 2 white, 20c to 21c; barley, No, 2, 40<f to 42c; rye," No. 1, 39c to 41c; pork, mess, $8.25 to $8.75. \. r' New York--Cattle, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, $3.00 to $4.75; sheep, $2.00 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2 red, 70c to 71c; corn, No. 2, 38c to 39c; oats, No. 2 white, 23c to 24c; butter, creamery, 10c to 24c; eggs, West­ ern, j8c to 21c. At Philadelphia the transcontinental railroad of Russia has placed an order for locomotives to be delivered in De­ cember. At Tacoma, Wash., members of the G. Av R. refused to adopt resolutions in favor of admitting Confederates to Na­ tional Soldiers' Homes. At London Sir Robert Peel has com­ promised with his creditors at 50 per ,cent. Mrs. Langtry, who, it was rumored about a month ago, was contemplating marriage with Sir Robert as soon as she obtained a divorce from her husband, was among the persons to whom he was in­ debted. He owes her about £4,500. , It is reported in the South the Swedes will establish a large colony in West Florida. ^President Lane of the Southern.Cotton Growers' Association has just returned .from a tour of the South, and says the icotton crop will be six ami one-half mill­ ion .bales. He predicts January, cotton Willsell for 10 cents a hundred. At London the trial of Jabez S. Balfout was begun for alleged wrecking of the Liberator group of companies. At London a verdict was rendered that the Marquis of Waterford committed sui­ cide while in a fit of temporary insanity. EASTERN. Barnato's sister-in-law, Miss Alice Hol- brook, is an actress now playing in New York City. She says the "Kaffir King's" real name is Bernard Isaacs. Senator Thomas Henry Carter Wed­ nesday issued this call for a meeting of the Republican National Committee on Dec. 10 in Washington: . "Headquarters Republican National Committee, New York City.--The Repub­ lican National Committee is hereby called to meet at the Arlington Hotel, Washing- ton, D. C.. at 2 p. m., Dec. 10, 1895, to designate a time and place for the meet­ ing of the national convention in 1896, WANTS THE CONVENTIONS. Chicago Preparing to Take Care of Them it They Come Her Way. Active preparations are in progress in Chicago to care for one or more of the national political conventions in case that city is selected. A large force is at work on the big structure to be known as the Coliseum,, located at the corner of 63d street and Stony Island avenue, the main entrance of the old World's Fair grounds. The immense building will be completed and opened in May next with an international cycle tournament on a quarter-mile track, to be followed in June with a horse show to take the place of the Washington Park derby. Several promi­ nent Chicagoans will visit the Xew York horse show and will there make such pre­ liminary arrangements as will result in giving to Chicago, in June next, a horse show at the Coliseum that it is expected will be as satisfactory and as profitable to Chicago as;4he Madison Square Garden hore shoyv is to Xew York. With the.new Union Elevated Railway loop in operation next spring, the Colise­ um will be easily accessible from the down-town hotels, as well as from the north and west sides of the city, and with an adjustable amphitheater capable of seating from 5,000 to 50,000 people, the Coliseum it is claimed can take care of the national conventions if held in Chi­ cago, in a manner that will be satisfac­ tory to the representatives from every State in the Union. / At llniontown, Ala., City Marshal Rob­ ert Britton was shot dead by Y. C. Metz- ger, a fljerchant. Jack Henderson, a farm laborer who attempted assault at Vinegar Bend, Ala., was found hanging to a tree riddled with bullets. At Dallas, Texas, Dr. Ii. J. Ray was shot and killed by Marion Hardcastle. who charged Ray with unprofessional 'conduct. Both men are prominent. Advices from Fort Bend, Texas, and other sections give gloomy accounts of this year's crop of sugar cane. The freeze of last winter, seriously damaged the cane stubble, ^causing, it to mature dry and hard. I Land in Fort Bend County which last year produced twenty to thir­ ty tons of cane this year produced only three to ten tons.- The cutting will be finished in thirty days, whereas it ordin-' Arily takes a hundred. •* A.t Xew Orleans thirty persons were News of Minor Note. 4 Chili is anxious on account of the sus­ picious movements in Buenos Ayres of ex-President Caceres of Perm The remaining Haytian exiles who were invited to return home have sailed from Jainaica for Ilayti. President Hyppolite "pays' their expenses. Oiily two of the