Bloomington Progress, Volume 17, Number 29, Bloomington, Monroe County, 19 September 1883 — Page 4

NEWS CONDENSED. Telegraphic Summary. EaVSTERIf. "Flames broke out in s rag and paper waiehonse on Walnut street, Cincinnati, d apreadwith such speel aa to cut off toe ope of toe employee, several cf -whom loat their lives. The composingroom of tka TimeStar waa destroyed. Tbe total loss Is tlCO,00t ., Mrs. Julia P. Smith, the well-known orejbt, waa killed at her rammer residence a Kew Hartford, Ct She was dri-ring with a-ta-husband when toe bone ran away. G. F. Baichelder, a hotel-keeper at

nanant, auna, wane oat after mackerel.

ofcmna to have seen on top of the water a

aerpeatBeaHT lour, with ahead as

large aa a barrel.

The Elkhorn tannery.at Stroudstrarg,

ra., waa eeatiu-od by Bra. Loas, StfO.OCa

1 base-ball game at Philadelphia the umpire a-lec ted to ma k himself and was struck lathe face by a ball and taken

away tn aa unconecioua condition.

The farm of Sam Greeley in West-

ehestur county, H. X, widely known aa

""Wqua, on which orer STOCUO waa ex

peadad, waaaoMbrthe truatee, last week,

tn aucoj dance wltk tag. will Mrs. Gabrielle

eeley racuredtoe eeUtefoz 10,000, no

one Uddmc arataather.

The unparalleled drought in the

One CM district m

reload tta cranberry crop.

A Pine Grove, Pa., William Bump

feinted a -revolver athia wife in a playful

weapon waa dhnfaargMd,

i waa fatally (hot

On the Long Island railroad, near oetaak Amotion, K X, a collision be-

tweea paaseager trabnocoorred, by which two peraona were Wiled and eight wounded xlugh J. Hastings, proprietor of the few York OtmmereUt Abtrtttrj died at

ooHMth, X J., of panOyaia of the heart.

He waa S3 years old.

A Chisago diepaich of the 11th inst,

says: BeporWaa to tka work of Jack frost are eoaffiethar, and, mm the whole, it

i that the damage wrought la not

as was at first Petered. In

in low 1st

I asTOrely, hut the plant fat higher

onry attgntly injured Host have oom6 . front dia-

IrlotB m which Kansas and Nefarsaka seed wasnlsntadandwUofa only lately came to a head. Ike diaualuatij from Illinois and

f, and convey the

has not been m-

la certain districts of Wiss been ndned, and in Mil-

leenasy toe ei-enmber crop is almost

total km In IfWrtgan earn generally

Mars, bat as nvaeb. can-

ee said for fruita, tomatoes, and

In the Chea-rang valley.

of Hew Jersey bock-

KnTered greatly hy the

, while to the Cape Cod

the cranberry

oea rained

hy the kxag-oontined

bayead redaaapttori

5 'f

to tegtitablos at ecat-

in Hew York. andTexnionk

las to the fate of the growing

I served to give the ssarketsherennns-

Ontoe Board of Trade ooxn

I osnts above the efaotar quotations

andelosed tmdy with the 1m-

ismawaiila uai Hi 1y watntataed." H. Iu Benjaatin, a cnrriage-dealar of

i anaasignmeat, hisas-

abont te9,wa

ronaedol

asy in

At McLean Ranch, in Short county, OsL, too eowboys hegan n tough and-tonv bie nght, by agreeaaent, wllhta a ring

: tobies and chairs. The fight was

onlookers are repre-

i having indulged ta a sort of med

iae omtside, la oil team

which B toe room was knocked down and

The excited and drunken

I shooting in the dark-

One was killed aad five wounded, of them fatally. The two who ea-

i wounds fled.

Frcsn the jjebris ef the burned rag dwahiiaiii at CliMiliinaU were token the ether day nine ahaoat imieeognfeahlo bodtit; mate 1 aide, with their btsm entwined, ator oornsto of Mary aad Haggle Lee 1 OkUItcmPavTie, with several of his fcatoswa, anil agato placed ander arrest by tha Catted ctotesanthoxltiea. CSareseo Hite, one of the MsssoGri train roebers, made a conf il un tost before am death, which has been pabhsbed by Mo flnasailaaioner Craig, of Kansas City. It faay oonflrma toe testimony gtven by

DWstIMae.totfc reoent trial at Gallatin,

cJsntes participated in the Bloe

The doors of the Indiana Female

swan open last week tore-

XL Clem, who waa five times

dor of Jacob and Kaner

Zoaag, aad who waa at last bnprieoned for Coar years for vrjary. fibs is now S3 years of ago, gray and haggard Her hasband atooaxedadrnaxelast spring, which made

Her son went to the prlaon,and

1 hsmw In Tsrtisnapoaa

Henry Dickenson, colored, was

1 at Ptaqaemine, In., for toemnrder

rBteele. Iraatr Shelton. a neero.

ate., for km-

hag has wife. At a eolored oelefaration at Beaufort

R a, boaed shrimps were freely

have died from

others are aotez.

pestadtoHve. A boy of 16 and a boy of 17 fought a

at Bieaaaead, Ta;-. The diffleaky was

ibyanussof K The dtfflcnlty.was

boss on bosh sides.

toy pistol did not agnre ia the

A xnomue, xeii county, Ark., a mob tbrefbty entered the Jafi, aeised John

Ooksraad It Rood; took them to the iron

the Tettit Jean river, and

fravn wIm Master spatA exofs-

1 of leading into

1 the SherilTs party in search of I

several weeks ago, at

waieh two assB were kmed, need waa

lot harbor lag the eoJfewa : Coker

to be ahot, but was' told he mnst

In Dinwiddie and adjaeent eoanies in Virginia forest fires have destroyed almv

Me thaher. and in soma instances whsatl

"Fire at Fort Smith, Ark., destroyed

t1S,O0O worth of property in the

have submitted their report to Secretary

Folger. They frad the offloe which he held guilty of official favoritism, which In its consequences entailed, great

Iocs upon the 3o eminent The firm

of Bartlett,- Bobbins A Co., of Baltt more, were paid 110,500 for sim

ply drafting the plant for the heating apparatus of four buildings. In one case an ontstderH chatters were rejected because they were too good rather than cxaotly of the

quality advertised foe Mismanagement

robbery, inafflcienoy, and many other kinds of rascality ere stated to have been preva

lent all around Architect Hal, but he per

sonally is not found to have been corrupt

The Agricultural Department at Washington has issued its September report

on the cotton crop, the average of which ia now reduced to 74, while at the same time

in 1883 it wai 93 per cent Drought has had this bad effect in almost every State, and rust, caterpillars, and the boll worm are

prevalent in many districts.

Washington telegram: "Postmaster

General Gresham, toe only Cabinet officer

who has remained in Washington any con

siderable portion of the summer, has a large

budget to call to the attention of the Presi

dent, and it ia quite probable that

a number of Postmasters will be re

moved. Among them are some Postmasters who being proprietors of country newspapers have inserted the

latest advertisement of a lottery company,

which sharply attacks toe PostofBce Department and the Administration on account of

recent decisions excluding lottery letters from the mails. In view of the successful evasion of the recent order of the Postmaster General against lotteries, it is expected, toot that another order, more stringent than the former one, will soon be promulgated," President Arthur has decided to appoint a commission to examine all conditions of hog-raising, to settle toe rumors of disease among American swine. The President will choose one man, the Chicago Board of Trade one and the Agricultural Department two. A Washington telegram of the 13th inst says: "Additional telegraphic reports from State Agents of the Agricultural Department have been received from Ohio, Indiana, Visconain, Minnesota, Michigan and Dakota, They show that the frosts since the 1st inst have damaged the com crop in those States from 5 to 15

per cent, the greatest mjnry having

occurred in Ohio. Notwithstanding this the statistican of the department says that the

2,500,000 acres increase over last year's planting will probably keep the total yield

an falling below 1,600,000.000 bushels.

The total for last year was 1,635,000,000 bushels, so the decrease will not, he sas, be serious enough to cause a short supply."

POUTIOA1V.

Judge Devens refuses to be the Re

publican candidate for Governor of Massa

chusetts.

The Democratic bolters of Cincinnati

held a convention, and placed a new ticket tn the field, headed by Thomas Sherlock for

Treasurer. The State platform and ticket

received hearty' indorsement

Mr. Blaine is said to hare told cer

tain DemocraUo leaders ia Maine that, to

hie opinion, it Ben Butler can again secure the Governorship of Massachusetts, he will

inevitably be nominated and elected Presl-

lt Mr. Blaine also told them that he

himself was out of pontics,

A Cincinnati telegram says: "The

Democratic squabble in Hamilton county has greatly increased in violence since the holding of the Kef arm Convention. It is war now to the end. The Enquirer has at

tacked Pendleton with shocking violence two auooesBive mornings. It has oast Mm out of the party and trampled upon his political career in a most severe way. Tills has excited his friends, and they have been

rushing arcond with fight written all orer

their countenances.''

Wendell Phillips has informed the

Greenback leaders of Massachusetts that he can no longer support Ben Butler for office,

hopes for toe Presidency have caused

toe latter to abandon the interests of the people.

Wendell Philips denies that he has

become dissntlifled with the methods and administration of Gov. Butter.

Shuue denies the remarks re

cently credited to him, vtx: That

tier would again be elected Gt'T-

or of Massachusetts, and later win

the Presidential contest for the Democrats, Mi; Blaine Bays the reverse of this are the

views he holds.

Senator Garland, of Arkansas, who

has arrived fa Washington for the -season, says that his State win send a solid McDonald delegation to the next Presidential oon-

The Grown Prince of Portugal was received with great honor at Berlin. This visit is considered toe indication of another

adhesion to toe Auatro-German alliance.

The political sitnation in Eastern Europe is extremely critical. The agenti of toe Czar are creating great; agitation on the Bulgarian frontier. It is believed that

Russia is already jealous of Austria's pre

tensions, and an alliance between Russia,

Turkey, Bulgaria and Montenegro are ex

tremely probable.

Great alarm is felt in England over

toe spread of the cattle disease, and in some

sections nothing but American beef con be

purchased

An Alexandria despatch says there are numerous attacks of cholera still, but

the average of daily deaths is reduced to four. The mortality in the provinces ia

also rapidly diminishing.

Admiral Jfierre, wno recently returned to France from Madagascar, died in

Paris last week.

A mob at Canton, China, burned the

houses of European merchants, and also destroyed some of the wharves, but offered no violence to the persons of foreigners. A

body of Chinese troops dispersed the rioters

Henri Conscience, an eminent novel 1st of Antwerp, is dead.

It is said that the arrival of the ontgo.'ng Ftench troops at Port Said will be taken by China as the signal for an invasion

of Tonquln.

A Berlin cablegram states that under

no conditions will Germany consent to act

arbitrator between France and China

Marquis Tseng says his Government will not

give up the suzerainty over Anam.

Michael Davitt is very ill at Dublin

with inflammation of the lungs. His sick

ness necessitates-toe cancellation of all his engagements to address the National League

meetings in the various parts of Ireland,

LATER HEWS ITEMS.

A bill is before the Legislature of

New Hampshire to incorporate the Southern Pacific Company, by which any raiiroad or steamboat line in the United States may be

purchased The incorporators are Xelaaci

Stanford's attorney, M. Hopkins, and Qhae Crocker.

ItxSCEIJiAlCEOTJS.

Since the death of Chief Detective!

Hefns, of Philadelphia, two letters written

by the abductors of Charlie Boss to Ills father have been given to the public, and Mr. Boss has only Jnst learned of their exist

ence. Thev demanded S20.000 on coin of

murdering the lad. The money was to be paid in New Tork, Nov. 34, 1874

Barry HOI, the stakeholder for Blade

and Mitchell, deddw that toe fight must take place Oct 'i3, within 100 miles of Hew

ridge aoroes

aeaas. Coker

State Convention of Tennessee

, held at Kaahville, adopted a reso-

latoa declaring it to be the duty of Con

gress to constitute the Agriooltural Bo-

ssaa of the Government a separata Departaneat of Asrkmttare with the rank

ad position of a Cabinet office. Another

reaolntion asks Congress io pass laws to

preveottoe spread of oontagjoas diseases to

1 livestock are Waaic. A farther reao-

toe next Legislature to enact a

any freeholder to kill dogs

avojadoa his land. Xaj. Horlock, a anil-owner of Trinity, Texas, and his yoang'eon were mortally

ia an affray with aa easploye

aFFafeted

ma

The Apaehes, under a flag of truce,

have sold to the Mexicans the jewelry which they secured by the assassination of Judge

ausuomas aad his wife

Advices from Panama report that

bttte progress is Being madeontoeDeLss-

seps canal, and that there were many deaths among the laborexa from fever.

Notwithstanding the extra expenses

attending the telegraphers' strike and the shock which telegraphic means of communication sustained during toe trouble, ton quarterly statement of the Western Union Company exhibits an increase of sur-

. plus of 1123,530, a turn even greater than

had been; estimated two weeks ago. The company made nearly 4,000,000 profit test year. E. J. Bubeau, a "grocer of Quebec, has failed for SSO.OOO. John Bosch testified before the Senate Committee on Labor that materials for ships are as cheap here as in England, but labor is better rewarded on this side of the Atlantic. Ship-building is the most profit, able industry of England to-day, and hex merchant fleet test year earned 400,000,000. He thought the labor question could be solved by the Government transporting emigrants to the West and giving them land. FOREIGN. England is understood to be actively at work tn the interests of peace between Trance and China, ' The Irish League has arranged the platform of its campaign for toe coming autumn and winter. There are to be successive demonstrations at all toe centers, and Mr. Dillon has postponed bis trip to Colorado to attend the meeting at Tipperary. The platform will insist on an extension of the land act and salaries for Members of Parliament The landlords and private influenoesin Ireland are trying to induce the Government to forbid the league domonatra-

- The hearty reception extended King Alfonso at Tienna is considered oonfirma, tofyef the rumor of as aUianot between

Among the pall-bearers at the funeral

of Hugh J. Hastings, in New York, were President Arthur, Secretary Splger, Boscoe

Conkling, W. H. Vanderbilt, Jay Gould, Hugh

Jewett, Samuel Sloan, Gen, Eokert and

Isaac W. England. ,

The pioneers of Colorado celebrated

at Denver, on the 14th inst , toe quarter centenary of toe discovery of gold in that State. Among toe speakers were ex-Sena

tors Chaffee and Tabor, Col Chlvington

and Judge W. F. Stone.

John C. Calhoun, of Arkansas, a

grandson of the famous South Carolina statesman, was called before the Senate Labor Commit tee "at New Tork to testify in regard to the condition and prospeota of labor In the South. The condition of toe negroes was good, as compared with a few years back. Laborers were either employed for wages, on shares, or as tenants. The large farmer, beside furnishing his workmen

with shelter, fuel and other advantages, divided the gross proceeds of toe crops among his employes Under this system thrifty and industrious laborers ought soon to become

land-owners, but toe negroes are so indolent that toey did not avail themselves of their chances, and' would only work to procure

toe necessaries of life. On his own farm, Calhoun said he employed all toe methods, but preferred toe tenant system. The laboring interests would be best subserved by the total elimination from politics of toe negro question. For years toe negroes had regarded themselves as wards of toe Government, and it would be well for them to be taught that they

could expect nothing more from the Federal'

Government than the white man, and that their future depended on themselves. The race feeling was dying out, and capital could find secure investments. The negro vote was by no means as solid for the Republican ticket as toe Norto supposed, for a large proportion of toe colored men voted with the planters from preference merely. The New Jersey Democrats, in convention at Trenton, nominated Leon Abbott for Governor, but the friends of Andrew Albright declared in toe convention that toey would bolt toe ticket Excerpts from toe platform: The people should only be taxed so much as is absolutely indispensable for the frugal conduct of their public affairs; not one cent for surplus, and no unnecessary taxation. We favor the entire abolition of toe present system of internal taxation, the nursery of spoils and informers, a menace to toe freedom of elections, the source of toe greatest corruption, and an intolerable and unnecessary burden upon toe taxpayers We insist that the public lands shall be reserved to actual settlers not another acre for subsidies; tost the dignity of American labor shall be defended, as also toe rights of American citizens abroad and at home. We favor tariff for revenue, limited to the necessary expenditure of toe Government, and

so adjusted ss to give protection and encouragement to home productive industry and labor, without producing or fostering monopolies.

A Washington correspondent tele

graphs: President Arthur left for Kew York Friday, and doss not expect to return

much before Oct 10, unless specially called back. The President has had toe time hang very heavy on his hands since his' return.

There are no politicians in town; none of toe Justices of the Supreme Court are here; the society people are slow in coming back; the hotels are as quiet as grave-yarus; even toe office-seekers stay away. Sunset Cox came on here to work on toe Speakership, but-fae could not find a man in town with a

vote, or any influence, so ne fled upon a very short notice.

A plot to kill King Alfonso while in

Parte was frustrated by toe police.

Admiral Sir Richard Collinson and

Dutton Coon, toe literary, art and dramatic critic, are dead.

THE MABKET. VEW TORK.

BEEVES $4.15 9tM Hoos 5.00 & S.7I Pioub Superfine &so 0 4.80

nawr-ai). 1 wmie 1.09 & LOW No. a R01I 1 IKV.1A 1 m

COBH Not 3 .61 (4 .68 Oats No. a una .Si POBK A'oss '. ; 13.60 rflS.76 (ABD MX CHICAGO.

Bkeves Good to Fancy Steers.. 6,89

common to Fair 4.00 Medium tn Fair . ft u

HOOS..... 1L00

Flour Fancy White Winter Ex. 6.75

THE LAST LINK.

Formal Completion of the Northern

Pacific Railroad Near Helena, Montana.

The Gold Spike Driven Home in toe

Presence of a Kotable Company.

History of the Bead, from Its Inception

to Its Completion.

Good to Choice Bpr'g Ex. 8.00

(A 6.26 4.40 & 6.7 S 6.76 & 6.00 & 5.60

Wheat No. a Sprhu; 0754a .7

No. Red Winler

CORU No. a. (UTS No. J.

ft YE No. a

liAButr No. a iUTTEIt Cholos Creamery loos Frash.

I'obk Moss HAD :

MILWAUKEE, WlOUT No. X joss No. a. ) ats No. a. ITS No. 2

iiABUtr No. a

OBK Mess.

LjABD..

ST. liOUIH.

Wheat No. 1 Bed

Co 11 H Mixed

oats no. a

RYE

FOBS Hess

i.wia 1.08

.4'.) $ m& .as -M & .W .88 & .Mii .30 & .36 .16 & .17 11.30 &U.VS

MX

Mam

.DO! MH .m .so .68 .64 !j .68 13.15 13.S0 .06 & .08M

1.03M3 1.02)4.

.to si .(Oft .36 0 .30 48 .48) 1L90 ($13.00 .0754(9 ,08 CINCINNATI.

Wheat No. 3 Bed 1.04H 1.05 Coax fil'irt .63 Oats 3854S .as RYE, , 56 3 .67 Pork Mesa. 11.60 ia.7S IjABD 07M9 .08

TOLEDO.

Wheat No. 3 Bed 1.07 a 1.67M COBN .83 ,64 Oats-No. a .... ,m & ,375

UKTKOIT.

PlOUB 4.00 0 6.78 Whbat No. 1 White 1,06)4' LOBX Cobs No. a 51 $3 .83 OATS Mixed 33 1 .aa)4

Fobs Mess 13.00 018.80

INDIAN APOLIH.

Whbat No. a Bed 1.01 & l.oaH Oobh No. a 46 9 .49 Oats Mixed as & ,kk EAST I4BERTY. PA. OATOB Best..-. 6.00 6.36

Jfalr 6.60 & 6.88 Commas ?. A 00 A 6.3S

ffoOS 8. SB 9 6.48

At a point fifty miles west ef Helena, Hon tana, which has appropriately been

christened, and will hereafter he known as

Bold Spike, the formal ceremonies of com

pleting toe Northern Pacific railroad were

celebrated on toe 8th of September. A pavil

ion had been erected for the guests, capable Ofholdinl,000persons,andthebaddof th Fifth United States infantry furnished the music President Yillard made the opening

address, and introduced Hon. W, M. Evarts,

who was the orator of toe occasion. Beerstoxy Teller. ex-President Billings, Uon. Grant, the Governors of Wisconsin. Minne

sota, Dakota, Montana, Oregon und Washing

ton maae Drier speecues 01 congratulations. The German Minister, Von Eisendecker, presented toe rood wishes of his conntrvmen.

and was followed by Dr. Kneiss. of Berlin University, and Dr. Hoffman, the greatest living mioroacoplst A photograph was

taken of the entire assembly.

Immediately before the final ceremonies took place, 800 men stepped up and laid the connecting rails on the 1,1 CO feet left un-

completad, spiking them firmly, leavinir the lost spike for toe railroad king himself to drive. Meanwhile the band was playing and toe crowd shouting, through all of which noise was heard the clanking of the bars of iron and the beating of the sledges. When

nearly completed a falute was fired.

and toe golden spike was tapped by

rresiaenc 01 we rooa witn a suver sieage. The final blows were given by H. C Davis,

Assistant General Passenger Agent of toe road, who drove toe first spike on the opening of the road. The last spike was connected by telegraph with New York, and toe blows were thus heard throughout toe

lengto ot toe land. History of the Koai, from Its Inception to Its Completion. Although the Northern Psolfio railroad was the first projected across the continent, it has proved the last to be completed in the United States. In li5. almost fifty years

ago, the newspapers of the country discussed a proposition to build a railway from

New zork city to toe mouth of toe Columbia river. While toe -.tapers presented an

advanced theory, they confidently expressed the belief that, although toe task then seemed to be herculean in its nature, it would eventually be accomplished, Many

of the naners that then took 11 art in the dL-u

cttsslon have survived the storm and blasts that crowd upon the newspaper world, and will chronicle the completion of the great railway whioh they then advocated. Ten years after the question was first presented by the newspapers of the country, in 1845. Mr. Asa Whitney, a merchant of

New York, submitted a proposition to

Congress for the construction of a railroad from the head of Lake Michigan to the mouth

of toe Columbia river. On the Paclflo coast His plan embraced a provision for a grant of land sixty miles in width thirty miles on either side of toe lino for the whole lengto of the road. After the maturity of his plan, it was embodied in a bill which was presented to Congress, where it hung for many years, and in 1647 came very near passing. Mr. Whitney traversed the country from Maine to Louisiana in support of the bill, addressinir nubile meetinas

at various points, for the purpose of creating publio opinion In its favor, and legislative bodies, in brder to have them pass resolutions recommending Congress to take favorable action in reference to his bill In Mb efforts to accomplish hii purpose he expended his entire fortune and was forced to retire from the scene, acknowledging, for the time being, that his project was a failure.

For his nronositions and his advocacr of

them, Mr. Whitney is entitled to be recognized as the father Of the enterprise, which ia now an accomplished fact, after a oariod of nearly fortv years has claused.

under the tiUe of toe Northern Pacific railroad.

In 1853. 1851 and 1856. an expedition of of

ficers and men under the leadership of Isaac I Stevens, Governor Of Washington Territory, who was commissioned by the United States Government, made an exploration of toe country lying between the forty-seventh and forty-ninth parallels of latitude, to determine the practicability of a route for a railroad from the great lakes and the Upper Mississippi to the waters of Pttget's sound, The scope of the exploration included, among other data, toe characteristics of the intermediate regions, then very indefinitely known, or wholly unknown, as to their adaptability to agricultural pursuits, their water supplies, their mineral, timber and other resources, and their conditions in general for the maintenance of a civilized and

progressive population. The official report of toe expedition confirmed the truly-national character of'such an enterprise as

the Northern Pacific, brought prominently

into view its advantages fa respect to distances as a route of travel and commerce, its greater proximity to Asia, its shorter distance between great water lines, its greater proximity to Europe, and toe fact that it . was much the shortest and most direct roots between Asia and Europe, It also established the fact that by toe Northern route were the easiest gradients, the least and fewest engineering dlfiloulties, and that there existed an abundance of wood, water and materials of construction. With respect to the general resources of toe countries to be traversed by the proposed line, for the support of a compact population, the elaborate reports of the expedition presented the strongest confirmatory proofs Except at the crossing of the mountain ranges the entire route was found to pars through a succession of fine, arable lands countries extraordinarily well watered by large rivers.

many important confluents and numerous tributary streams and covered with a vegtation which plainly indicated the richlynroduotive oapaolty of their soils. The cli

mate was shown to be nniverrallv sunerior

in toe qualities which assure healthful and pleasant living, generally favorable for the production of crops, and often more propitious toan elsewhere found for toe growth of wheat, oats, rye, barley and toe vegetables In 1862, when the Union and Central Pacific Hallway Companies were chartered, a very strong effort was made to obtain a charter for the Northern Pacific line. For the time being it failed, put it was again revived in 1$H, ut the time the Union and Central Pacific Companies were asking Congress tor legislation subordinating the Government to toe first mortgages of toe two lines. Supported by toe well-ascertained facts embraced in toe report of Gov. Stevens and his corps of engineers, the enthusiastic friends of tbe Northern route 'again confidently sought the-aid and encouragement of the Government, and, by act of Congress, approved July 2. ltfui. a large body, of corporators were created a body corporate and politic, under the style of the Northern Paclflo Baiiroad Couipany. with power to build a railroad from Lake Superior to Facet sound, on the Hup of the forty-iif th parallel The man who succeeded in getting the charter was Josiah Perham, who had organized a company, under the sanction of the Legislature of Maine, called toe People's Pacifio Baiiroad Company, and bad attempted, in 1803, to obtaiu the Union l'adfio charter for his corporation. Failing in this, he turned his attention to the Northern route, and, by promising to ask for no subsidy in bonds or money from the Government, ho obtained, in 1864, a charter coupled with a land grant just doublo in area that given to the Union and Central Pacific Companies. The Northern Pacific grant embraces the alternate sections of land for twenty miles on each side of the road in the States and for forty miles in the Territories, with an additional ten miles on each side as an indemnity limit, within which lands may be selected to compensate for those taken by settlers inside of too original grant. Perham had been a merchant in Maine, and alao in Boston, and was principally known for his success in organizing railroad excursion parties; in fact he was the inventor of the cheap excursion system. He tried in vain for nearly two years to obtaiu capital for the Nortoem Pacific Company, of whioh he had been elected I'r. sidcut The obstacle in toeway.bestdc the tendenoy in the public mind to regard toe Northern belt of States snd Territories as a semi-Arctic region, was chiefly a clause which Perham hiinsnlr hod inserted in the chart er.and which prohibited the oompany from mortgaging its road or land grant, or issuing bonds Perham's idea was that SiW.000,000 of the stock of the oompany would at once -be token bypopular subscriptions The first set of Directors was elected Dec 0, 1604, and on the following day organized by the election of Josiah Perham, President Mr. Perham and his associates were not men of practical experience They proposed to raise tl(K),OQP,OuO by the subscription of a million individuals, whom toey believed could he found willing to take one share of stock each at par, and thus build toe road. The scheme, of course, tailed, and in December, 1805, Mr. Perham 1 turned over toe franchise to a syndicate of New England capitalists for barely enough to pay his debts, and did not live to tee the first spsdef ul of earth turned in ths prosepu(w of tbo enterprise for wbioh he had

obtained front Congress ft grant of land greater in extent than many of the kmg

The next set of Directors, headed by , Gregory Smith as President. memorlaUzel Congress to the effect that the land grant, boiiisr mainly located remote from the then

settled portions of toe country, and little known to the public, had, with toe many other favorable provisions ot the charter, proved Insufficient to induce capitalists to embark in the enterprise, more particularly so because other roads to Iho Pacifio were

able to offer not Only their land-grant security, but also the bonds of the United

States The memorialists solicited similar aid for toe Northern Pacific in Government bonds. Congress finally foiled to adopt legislation authorizing aid in Government is

sues, ana in nay, iravana in January, isiv, the Northern Pacifio Company, then Controlled and directed by a combination of the best railroad exnerience and ireneral ability

aud wealth in this country, made a contract with Jay Cooke i Co., then become eminent

in n nance by their success tn negotiating the war bonds ot tbe Government, to act as the fiscal agents of the Norths n Pacific Jay Cooke obtained legislation in Wa-htng-ton authorizing tbo issue of bonds and ahanging the main line of the road, so that it should run down the Columbia river to Portland, and thence north to Puget sound, instead of across the tremendous barrier of toe Cascade mountains. Cooke first proposed to place the N rthern Pocifico loan in Europe, but his plans to this end were defeated by the breaking out if the FrancoGerman war. He then put the bonds upon the American market, using the same means to popularize them which he had succe-sfully em8 love d in WJllihv the great war loans of the nited States Govern meufc In two years' time, beginning in the spring of 18,0, ho sold about 930,000,000 of bonds. In 18:0, with the means supplied by him, the c: mpany began to build its line, commencing work at Thompson Junction, twenty-three miles west of Dulutb. Jay Cooke was then building a line from 8t Paul to Duluth, and the Northern Pacifio bought a half lntere-t in the twenty-three miles from its junction to Duluth. Duluth was ah obscure hamlet in toe forest, inhabited by perhaps a hundred people, It hud no harbor, but a good one was obtained by cutting a canal across a long, narrow sand-bonk inclosing the Bay of Superior. Construction was also begun, In the same year, on the extreme Western division of toe rood, running from the Columbia r.vflr at Kalamo northward to Paget sound. In 1871 the road was finished across Minnesota to toe Bed Biver of the North, and in IW-'-S It was built as far 08 the Mifeonri rivor, where a town was. laid out and named Bismarck, On the Pacific side 105 miles of road, between the Columbia river and Puget sound, were completed by the full of 173, and a terminal city laid out in a dense fir forest, on the sound, and named Tacoma. During the Fame period there were completed and put in operation MS miles of road vis. : The Minnesota division. fromThomn-

S0U Junction to Fargo, 230 miles; the Dakota division, from Fargo to Bismarck, 195 mile ; of the Pacific division 105 miles, from Kahuna to Tacoma; also, Jointly with the St Paul and Duluth rallroadi the line from Thompson to Duluth, 25 miles.

Cooke & Co. suspended a memorable event, which precipitated a general financial revulsion, a sudden and enormous contraction of prices and values which had obtained in the period of extravagance and inflation engendered by the war debt' and t'.e paper issues oftheGovermflenh The failure of Jar Cooke

& Co. involved the speedy bankruptcy of toe Northern Pacific Two years were required to complete the readjustment of the company's affairs The foreclosure Of itB mortgage was initiated by the Trustees, with the concurrence of parties in interest, April lfl, 1875, and a receiver appointed by the court. Later, during toe same year, toe entire property was Sold

unaer aecree or ioreoiosurn, ana punuwu bv a committee of toe bondholders The

reorganization was perfected and a new Board of Directors elected Sept 2!, 1875. The directory was organized by the election Of Charles ft Wright, President; George Stark, Vice President .Samuel Wilkflson, Secretary, and by the choice iilso of Treasurer' anl general counsel. In May, 1879. Mf. Wright, for reasons of health, resigned the Presidency of the Northern Pacific, which hd had held for more than three years, and was succeeded by Frederick Billings Dur

ing the incumbency of Mr. Wright iu toe office of President toe general fin&nclel condition of the country and the difficulties opposed to extension into Montana by continued Indian hostilities, had long rendered the recommencing of cons ti notion acrOs the continent impractiable. Important renewals, improvements and betterments in road-bed track, and equipment of the operated line had, however, been made, Also a branoh line had been built sixty-four miles from Brain erd to a connection with the cities of St Paul and Minneapolis at

Sauk Rapids, and thirty-one miles had been added from Tacoma to WUkeson, on the Pacific coast

In 1879 the company had s j far recovered

its credit that it was able to borrow money to resume construction operations on a large attain If, txuraii tn tauild from the Mu-sourl

river westward, and from tbe Columbia

river, in Eastern wasmngton Territory, near the junction ot the Snake river, northeastwardly toward Lake Fend d'Oreille. in

Northern Idaho. ' The company did not feel strong enough to put forth any financial

soneme ror completing cue enure roan, out only asked for money enough to build two divisions, whioh it mortgaged separately, with the land grants attacliing to them. In 1880, after Mr. Billings had succeeded to the Presidency, negotiations were completed with a syndicate of bankers. Including toe New York houses of Window. Lanier A Co .

Drexel, Morgan & Co. and August Belmont & Co, and toe London house of J. S. Morgan A Co., by which a loan of 40,060,000 was placed during that and the two following years, and money tons secured for com

pleting tne roaa across moncona ana uiung the gap in the track, which then amounted

to over 800 miles.

In 1881 a very important chansre took

Place in toe management of the Northern Seine's affairs. Henry Yillard, a German

ny ulrtn,wno came to cuts couniry at tne age of 18, and who won considerable reputation as a newsnaner aorresnondent durin? and

after toe civil war, and who had become interested in railroad management in Kansas and Orecron as the representative of laro-e

financial interests, had gradually obtained.

control, during tne six years following tna panic ot 1873, of toe transportation lines by

ran, river, ana sea in tne scare or uregvn. ThRftA lines he had consolidated and B-reatlv

extended, so that they represented what, for a new country, was a xemarkably-eiiciont

transportation system, in low jut. viiiara determined, if possible, to secure a harmony of interests and control between his Oregon lines and the Northern Pacilic line, so as to make the former the western extensions and feeders of toe latter. In 1881 he organized what was known as the "blind pool" in New York, and obtained within a few weeks from subscriptions over $8,000,10J of money, without disclosing the use which he meant to make of this large sum, and without giving any other security than his personal receipts With this money and oth :i means of his own he quietly purchased a controlling interest in the stock of the Northern Pacific Company and was elected its President in September of that year, placing h s friend and farmer associate in railroad management in Kansas and Oregon, Mr. Thomas F. Oa'.ces, in te Vice Presidency as toe obief executive officer of the oompany. Construction operations went on rapidly during toe years 1880,1881 and 188.: from both ends of the line, and at the beginning of the year 1883 the track remaining to bo constructed was reduced to about K0j miles, on which the grading had been mainly done. The Missouri division was completed in the spring of 1883, 317 miles to Glehdive, its western terminus, and was at once accepted by the Government There are two great tunnels on the line; one at the Bozeman pass, in the Belt mountains, and the other at the Mullan pass, in the main division of .the liccky mountains. The former is S,tiC0 feet long, aud the latter 8,850 feet There are two great bridges upon the Northern Pacifio: The Bismarck bridge, across the Missouri, at Bismarck,' Dakota, which is placed so high above the river as to require no draw, and fairly ranks among the great raiiroad bridges qf the world; and toe Atnsworth bridge, not yet completed, across the Snake river, at Alnsworbb, Washington Territory, which is a low bridge with a draw. Both these bridges are built upon stone piers, with supnrsiructures of iron and steeL The Yellowstone river is crossed three times, toe Upper Mieouri once, and the Clarke's fork ot the Columbia throe times, by Howe truss bridges. Other interesting features of construction are the two long pilo bridges across the arms of Lake Pend d'Oreille each about n mile in length; and the great Marent Gulbt trestle in the Coriacan defile, whioh has a height of i30 feet The mileage of the main lino and branohen of the Northern Paclflo system, now in operation, is as follows: XACr JUNE DIVISIONS. Mllos.

Minnesota Division, Duluth to Fargo SSShj

raomo

4 Dakota, to tiamoure, Dakota S8 Jamestown and Northern branoh, Jamestown, Dakota, to Devil's Lake, Dakota. . 104 Sykeston branch, Carrington, Dakota, to Svkoaton, Dakota. it National Park branch, Livingston, Montana, to the lmundary of the Nations! Park ti Palouse branch, Palonae Junction, Washington Territory, to Moscow,' Idaho; (nearly completed) 180 Cascade branch, Tacoma, Washinaton Territory, to WUkeson, Washington Territory (under construction across the Cascade mountain' and down the Ysklma valtey to Alnsworth, 310 miles)...' SO Seattle extension, Pnyallup to SeatUs, Washmton Torrltory. SO Total mileage of branches 474 Grand total mileage of main line and brandies 3.S54M The distance from Portland, Ora, to New York, all rail, is 8,383 miles.

A TRAGIC SCENE.

The Killing of Carey, the Informer, aa Told by an Eye-Witness.

A passenger who traveled in the same steamer as Carey and O'Douiiell sends toe following account of toe Bhootiug of tbe informer: The Kinfauns Castle left Dartmouth for Cape Town J uly 0, with between eighty and ninoty pan enters O Donnell and his wife traveled vecoud, Coiey and his wi e and seven children third class, the latter under the name of Power. O'Uonnellisover six feet, has a markedly Dish face, short whiskers, dark hair, and keen eyes, and Is strong-looking, though not any way fleshy. He has a strong American accent, and among the passengers was thought a quiet man who had done mining in the States. His wife looks about 25, while he might be about -ia Carey's whiskers and beard had been shaved, but otherwise he looked just as be appeared at the trials. No suspicion of Carey's identity was hinted at until the day after our arrival at Cape Town, when a paragraph appeared in a local newspaper stating that Carey was coming out to South Africa by the mail and traveling under some other-name than his own. The appearance of this paragraph caused a grot deal of speculation on the ship, and happening to see a print of Carey, issued by an English paper, it was clear that Power was the very man. Sunday wrs a lovely sunny day and toe the passengers were on deck a'l toe forenoon. Carey and O'Donnell mixed freely with tbe passengers, some of whom, in view

of toe newspaper's announcement and to

satisfy tnemteivcB oeyona a aouot, turned toe conversation to Carey and his career; but he moved not a muscle, thus showina

great self-cominand. O'Donnell said at dinner that Carey was a great villain and would not leave the ship; but this was only understood in view of what followed. About a quarter to 4 in toe afternoon O'Donnell asked Carey into the second Folooil and they drank together. The doomed man waa then standing

in tne center ot tne saloon, while O'Donnell and his wife were sitting close to him. No high words were heard between them, and the i rat alarm, was toe sound of ' a shot Carey was shot right through the neck. He turned as if to make for his wife's berth, and O'Donnell shot him twice in the back, and then Carey fell at the end of the saloon table Mrs, Carey rushed out and threw herself on ber husband, but the only words he said were, "Oh, Maggie! I'm shot!" The Captain came forward at once and had O'Donnell arrested and medical assistance Summoned for the dying man. The scene was one never to be forgotten, Mrs, Carey wailing, her little children crying about her, Mrs O'Donnell with her arms around her hasbaud's neck weeping too, while the stewards were rushing around to do what ttey could for the fast-expiring man. If wss evident he could not live long, and within throe-quarters of an hour James Carey's corpse was removed to a house on deck, On anchoring in Alcoa bay. Monday, at

half -past I p.m., the Captain went ashore and reported to the authorities. O'Donnell aud the corpse were taken ashore. Whan the little Steamer brought up at the jetty a crowd of 500 people had jjathercd, anda slight cheer wits raised as O'Donnell walked firmly up the s tage The body of Carey was followed to the grave by Mrs. Carey and her children, toe Distrlpt Surgeon, and the Atsistant Magistrate of Port lEib-auetb. A rabble of negroes also gathered in the burial-ground No minister was ( resent and no arrangement was made for religious services, but jnst as toe coffin was lowered into the grave the snrEeon, Dr. line or, who for some time had i bored under strong emotion, spoke in a

dear ana uistincb voice as rouowa: -rnenoa, in the absence of any official minister. I

think it only right tbat a few words should be said over the grave of this poor man. Let us pray." Every head was immediately uncovered and Dr. Ensor offered up a short

prayer. Ksrtu was men enrown on we cofflu, and thus terminated toe obsequies of

4 antes Carey.

CMSAM1CCI0LA.

Wisconsin Divisirn, Northern

junction to superior

St. Ful division. St. Paul to Brainerd. ... 3

Dakota division, Fargo to Mandan 199i Missouri division, Mandan to Olendive. . , 318 Yellowstone division, Glendlvo to Billings 35 Montana division, Billings to Helena 339 Rocky Mountain division. Helena to Heron 374 Pend d' Oreille division, Heron to Wallula 390 !j Paclflo division, Portland to Tiicoma 146

Total mileage, main line divisions IM0H BHANCHES. Little Falls and Dakota branoh. Little Falls, Minn., to Morris, Minn 88 Northern Paolfif, Fereua and Black Hills branch, Wadena. JMiun, to toe present end ot the track in Dakota lit Fargo mid Southwestern branch. Fargo,

Some Incidents of the Rceent Great Catas

trophe.

The soldiers resouod a young man who had been buried 110 hours His pulse was all right He had no wounds, and he said ho suffered more from the bad smell of toe bodies tbau bom starvation. As soon as he gained his feet he began to work with tbe soldiers to rave his cousin, who was under the ruins and still alive. Four hours more were needed, and toe cousin came out after 114 hours of agony. A party of soldiers met a poor mother who was crying because her daughter, 18 years old, waa fastened beneath a rock. Tne mother urged tbo girl to allow the so'dlers to drag her out even if her legs shouid be torn off. After

two hours of hard work the girl was rescued. The body of a nun was found in the ruins file had in her pocket these five numbers: 0-', 51, 48, 5, tU Thousands in Home and Naples put their money on the numbers, and the Royal Lottery has made piles of money. An artilleryman, despite the orders of his superiors, dug fdr seven hours in one spot where, he said, ho heard some voices At last a hadd appeared. It was the hand of a young lady, whose mother was encouraging the f oldlerc. I y and by the wholo body was uncovered, bu1; one foot was held between two rooks. It was hours before she was finally released. . Thieves from the continent made sad work among the ruins. Tbe fingers of tbe bodies of several ladies were twisted and bioken by the rascals who robbed them of jewe'a A survivor says that he was robbed of his valuables by a thief who gave hiin a blow on the head with it stick, evidently intending to kill him. These tbleves came in little boats froih Naples and landod on solitary spots. Survivors who were buried for many hours showed signs of incipient insanity. They hated to go into house', were afraid to sleep under a root, and couldn't sleep alone One of the last victims fennd alive was a donkey. It was. buried for eight days The soldiers, hearing a groaning, worked hard for Seven or eight hours, encouraging what they supposed to be a human being with friendly words: "Coraggio buon usmo! coragglo!" Imagine their surprise when they found tho conkey. He began to bray as toon as his head was uncovered.

NOT OTHiTT. Such Is ths Verdiot In the Case of Frank James.

GENERAL NOTES.

Metallic red is toe color of the new 3cent stamps. Gbohoia's manufactured products will aggregate a'.most 4(0.000.000 this year. Tbe aggregate demands of Philadelphia's Councils for appropriations for next year toot up at l:',-'l'.i.'155. Two sumfxowebh in Lancaster, Pa, measure respectively forty-eight and forty-nine inches In circumference. Ovbb 71,030 California mountain trout and 505,000 salmon trout have been placed in Lake Keuka. N. Y., this season. One hiubbed ano srxnr-Foos bodies of drowned persons were taken from toe East river, Brooklyn side, during tho year ending J uly 31, u sa Tub Montana Assessors' Convention voted to assess the roadbed of railways within the Territory at j,5t 0 a mile and tolegraph and telephone lines at 4200 a mile. - Tub body of Joe King, ono of the rioters who was hanged on tho 31th of October, 188 ', at Kastman, (ia., aud buried atCjohran, was unearthed recently and found to be petrified. Ik a population of 1.300,00.1 New York City has til.O'fi! real-estate owneir. It further appears tbat while the real estate annually increases in value tbe owners become feweu A raft measuring 1,300 feet long, twelve feet deep, and twenty-four feet wide, and consisting of 5, 'M 0 logs, has just been towed down in safety from St John, N, B., to New York, a distance of 050 miles. Five stxtv pound weights used in the execution of William Fee, who was hanged in 1800 at Lyons, N. Y. , have slno j been playing a useful part in pressing out the white paper on which a local newspaper is printed. The Post'' ffice department has not a sufficient number of clerks at present to undertake the redemption of tho old 8-cent stamps outstanding, and it is probable toe matter will await Congressional action. Old Fakot, the wnr- horse ridden by Stonewall Jackson, is tenderly cared for at the Virginia Military Institute, at Lexington. He is a handsome soriel, of good form, but bis joints are still. He 4 i.0 years old,

The Jury, After Three Hours' Deliberation, Acquit tbe Noted Outlaw. Telegram from Gallatin, Mo.1 Frank James has been acquitted. Upon the announcement of toe verdict quite a

decided demonstration of applause came

from certain quartern of toe courtroom.

The court, however, quickly frowned it

down, and singling out a young man who had made a movement; to throw up his hat called hint to the bar and administered a

severe reprimand. T!ae youth proved to be Luther James, of Kansas City, cousin of the defendant The question of the disposition of the re-

uiuuhik ma ctments, complicity in tne Killing of WestfaU at Winston, and the robbery and mnrder of Sheets .t toe Gallatin bank robberv in IHftH nnmn nn and ftmr tvin

slderatlon toe case wss continued until the October term, and tho prisoner was remanded to await further trial It is announced tout he will not attempt to give bail, but will remain in jail till next term. The prisoner received toe verdiot with perfect comrosure, as did also his wife, but Mrs. Samuels was much affected. In order to guard amunst any dt-t-irbance whkh might follow, the single saloon of toe place wasclofed. It can truthfully I e said that the verdict was a genuine surprise to

uro i.-umniumty, ana mucn inaignaaon is expressed A member of the jury state 1 that the first ballot stood eleen for acquittal and one for conviction, aad that one, after hearing - an explanation of the others' views,- voted to oc tuit A conversation with the foreman of ths iurv corroborated toe afasement

of this juryman. As indicating public f entiment a subscription paper was circulated and signed by over 100 citizens. Includ

ing lub loremost men ana most or tne dusinees men ot She place, for tbe purpose of presenting to Prosecutor Wallace, of Kansas City, a testimonial of their indorsement of his conduct of the case and an-

Sreciatiou of bis efforts in behalf of the tote , .,

Publio Frallrg In HIasottri. A dispatch from Kansas City says, the topic of conversation there is Frank James

acquittal "There are many who aay toey expected it.but the majority say they looked for a disagreement of toe jury. Publio sentiment can be quoted aa strongly in condemnation ot the verdiot, although there are those who argu-i from a strict legal standpoint that toe iurv waa inatifiable in

acquitting, the State's evidence being made.

up or juuueu s testimony Bupportca onry oy circumstantial evidence. The general feeling, however, is one of disappointment and chagrin that the strong chain of evidence woven by toe State failed to stand Expressions of sympathy with the prisoner or satisfaction over the acquittal are confined to a few who are and have been James' friends, and can be taken in no way whatever as au indication of the actual public sentiment here. A frequent expression is, the verdict is an outrage and an unjust stigma upon the State ' Charges of juryfixirg also are bandied about" Au Independence dispatch says: "There are a fow of tbo people, friends of Frank here, who of course are jubilant, but the majority of the people here are very indignant and pronounce the verdict an outrage on justice." A Jefferson C:ty telegram says: "Among those who have watched toe progress of toe trial closely toe outcome of it was not a surprbe. Some ?ald they were in hopes he would be convicted, others were glad of his acquittal, while others made it the occasion for reviving tho epitaph of 'Poor old Missouri'" A dlspatohromSt Louis ,vays: "Throughout Missouri there is great excitement oyer the verdiot St. Louisans claim that it Wilt greatly hurt too ci edit of the State, and do more toward leturding its progress than anything else that oould happen."

CHILUD CCX

Oflctal Wspatrkes Aew UM

. 'J '- i i' k-i . V A Full Corn Yield Deem njvlr-

poseiWIity by the WMNHgl t

ton StatistieMfti.

What the Governor of Missouri Says. Gov. Crittenden was asked by a reporter at JeSferson City if he had anything to say regarding- the acquittal ot the noted bandit He replied tbat he had not "It is the verdict ot a jury," he said, "it would be improper for me to comment on it " "What do you think' of the manner in which the case has been prosecuted''" "Xt has been prosecuted with great ability by Mr. Wallace, whom I regard as one of the beat Prosecuting Attorneys in toe State" "You think, then, that an honest effort has been made to convict Frank James1" I certainly do. The case has been well managed and pushed wit h great energy. " "You think toe case has been ably defended, do toii not?" 'Indeed it has. It ha been both proseouted and defended with great ability. Perhaps no criminal case in the history of the State has had engaged upon it more legal ability. It is not only one of the most remarkable criminal cases in the State's history, but will take its place as one of toe leading criminU cases of the country. "What effect does thisacquittal have upon Frank James in regard to a requisition from Minnesota? There are other indiobnents againit him, are there not?" "Yes, I believe so. There is one for tho murder of Westphall and for the Blue Cut robbery; and, I think, but I am not certain ot it. one for toe murder of Sheets." "He would still be regarded as in the ouatody of the State, so far as requisitions from other States are concerned?" "Yes; but I cannot say what course will be pursued toward him in the counties where the Indictments were found."

St. "Louis Press Comment. The Republican. J The trial'of Frank James, the noted trainrobber and desperado, resulted, contrary to general expectations, in a verdiot of acauittal The explanation doubtiera is that lie defence managed to impress toe minds of the jury with a doubt as to the actual presence of the prisoner at the time f the commission of the particular crime for which he was arraigned. Whatever difference there may be as to whether the ease of the State was fully made out according to

with its presumption of innocence, aoquit-

UU Curr tls -WltU I - OU vtuuiwuuu ui uro uw perate and infamous character of the accused, wh oh was shown or admitted at almost every stage of the trial TLe aiobe-DeaMK-mU The publio were no more prepared for a vm-dict of asauittal in Frank James trial

than toey were iutoe star-route case. A

disagreement was thought probawe oy jowe ...Iti. th Gjtrttlnn from Which tOQ

. ,a i,f. tha-. twelve men.

even in that locality, would be a unit against

conviction in tne ihcuiu un ,raraivi.duced, was a pos-jibi ity which was seriously .--..!,... .1 .we fnur ThA ontoome ia a

mi-fortune to the Commonwealth of Missouri IK cannot do otherwise than create

an untavoraute impression aoroao. . is u - i J l 4-T,n4t ti,mi Avift'M &

publio entiment in a not insonilderable portion of the 3tato which regards with , . ..l. , h . nf IT.'Mnlr

James and in some incompreheniilble manner iii-. urif.ii T,- ohvioa t th ftmith in toe

War of the Uebelliou. One of the telling points of the defense was the attempt to establish this very connection. The conduct of Gen Sbelbvin emotionally exprefsing an affection for 'the accused waa a. representation of tbo feelings ot many benido himself. Tho saying that Coined most ndlly to the lips in this connection is, "f ceroid Missouri" The accused, however, has adfflcult road yet to travel before he is either a free or a convicted num. D-sitatohss from Gailatiu say tho general feeling is one of great disappointment

0TES FROM THE SATIONAL CAPITAL.

Th Vlu.4 hdif ahnart Mi

L-MtY-w. ;.;:n

J j

t'.l.Y.

!-Ss.J.

Tub Commissioner of Internal Revenue is

preparing a circular calling attention to that portion of the law regarding special taxes which provides that applications tor licenses must be made within a month after a liquor or cigar dealer commences business, and in case of failure on th part of dealers to apply within the prescribed time a penalty of 50 per cent-is to be imposed, This applies to renewals of license as well as applications de novo. A month has passed since the beginning of the fiscal year, and toe Commissioner has to believe that there are many delinquents,

Toebu is no loncrer anv doubt of the fact

that Assistant Secretary Kew will resign, but his resignation is not to take effeot Tor probably throe weeks, The reason why he docs not wish to Immediately leavo the department is that he doei not want toembairaKs the President in making n hasty selection of his successor; for the further reason that Secretary French is on toe Pacifio const, and, that in toe event of the sickness or absence of Judge Folger, the Prosidont might desire to have Mr. New for a short time continue' to act as Secretary. Mr. New expressed no opinion as to who his successor will be, excopt to state that Mr. Crowley certainly would not accept the place.

It is suggested now that Boston should be called ' SullivauvUle." OoLLCiTriNo old door-knocker is the latest craze among- reiio-huntera

THK COBHf CROP.

AOaiCULTIJBAL

The September retoraa to tbe

of Agricultuie at WashliitoS). -laajilws lower condition of corn toan to jag-ait, awevery section of the country. aij every State. Tb-ionlynaiastataw wave. hi Missouri, Kansas and TTiiliisiie. jfhiiin ', slight improremeat u indi aC

sota stands as in August; ipM f-sMf

gain of one point, and

remain as in Ansast. VaC all

States show a heavy daoU-aa of

is also much 1 educed for- each M the.. Kafe die Statm The com surplus ftatap, changes aa fol:ows: '' . ' jreressit Michigan, a red notion of trom.v..-..C..XesSo-'-M Indln, a roductiou of iram.........V,.8t- 4K Illinois, redactkm ol f rom .-...;..:8to-'W"l Iowa, a redoonauof bom w..-..-USte!aeJ Increase inUb-so-irl J8 to

mcceaae in cansts. ...... Incn-afaht Nela-ajha..... Decline In New York..... Decline hi PenMTlyaixay.

a ue -lanexai bvbbztof September was ft a!

durinir tho laiit month. The

reduction, so nearly universal, is

wmcniarepwiea irom every

Auanuo ooati, omi eoasa i i a a,

VUJV Wl UCIOUU toe crest f toe that river and the

toe Ohio river -uidtoelato tke

or rata nas been inenm( Mm excess, while a deficsextoT. la

ported: The crop tsjti4Mrle--eIwhe

reqninng one so swot wjeeaans, acaa-OBV,. than usual to nuturo. ,Where -KpWaf Miasonxt seed was jMmWmR Northern tenitorv, toe it8jftffl,Ue(." too -wet, with drought foOowjBal ctiip' , temperature of toe i eammcr'-uu bee ja-W-Y maklmr a full taM WlmnnMBlMHtv. , Tata.?

grpmc coram umcaaou witn nrassaeeaai

recent frosts damaa-ed On-wsl-i

fortieth parallel file Okie the ininrv in that State aa

The Indiana agent eattaiatttr 1&.mmm

toe middle belt She losses teftf'y

injury m New lork anuyemtayJ

uw -uunag-s intow,- yes qo . mined, itiaoertaintbat'trrosta

reduced the -rmeral croo jteWW ttL'

much of the haavieat asm of the 'W

bevond serious ininrv. " -.

co,- as raporssa in snaae reurna, av' 811. which indicates a nroduct of ti ijo-

less toan toe vleld of - last yesr..or 88.000.COO bushels. T,

The crop of oata wm fce large, average being l . - ;.U Tne i romisn for potatoes is' i

representee oy r,.seenoa

ue reporteu lyezafe m

pielfef-

cotton.

3inEaor ranAiwaa,

inoDeposmper cHoa.--seaBpa, partmentfof Agrloulture am 'tees

toan those of August. The.

ot the injury is drought.

toe prospect Is every State'-

ana l ennessea, xne aec est in Texas. In North

cHtWn t,A bmtiMlBM liaaykMan 4nn "ln'ali aaV '

nia-hr. with serious

Stales report t more or less n lence of the caterpilhu and

many pciau. xno gene: tion of toe tsop. is rodi

averages are. -is touowa:

Virginla. j.WMiasfesJpBt Worth llamlltiB WlmUam ,

eouta (uarouoa Georcla. , Fkrlda ,

Oa14-'' - '1 ;?"'"

.Skjai

m

78!liniatana....-.-..-;''.;'

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aw itni-qua w.

condition was 85: te-tWMfc1IS;-tttaM?

win tna green, crop years or ignoapa: In some counties the dreiarnt ooaUasai

otosrs tbe recent reW'opi1

provem-Bab J Mint naa. ayinainai vaxj

soar TaxexMm.

SPLKHDID SOOV-tUO POS 4 The crop tetania front

shire and Vermont, aays a

show sfair condition. The of Maine will be as fbHoW: oats, 701,113; barley, $ it3; SODOM- and nte. iAOJO tiasnc

grain .of all kinds tooka, ft mated that toe vieTd' of

crops will be: Potatoes. a,eei tLfluLOOO: whoafc. 310CO: corn.

barley, 17K.SJC; and buckwheWt, bnaheht Ttie season haa been fava

the rrodaction of battarandilas s.

wool wtu proliawy lau tieiow .tar;

in new nanrouuee oa tma

large yield of oereato aadf ollowhur is the eatimate: '

oata, 1,0.-2,141: barley, Vt,9i

tw; rye, SXir.a; ana bushels.

M'

K uuoe bx noer to amfr-.titiipi j

Advices received in

sections of toe tobseM reato,

miwuii-. nnA.OiiwI nf 4 Thfe -.miiiaV teal-.-asafS .-aaeVv.

befom frosts.' and ike r-'iiS 'i-aarieaalr '?

hurt that tli a anth-a ana will ba aao-atreaaV

half. Tha tiinvar and wadf 'a4t '!4eaesMV

toma were not materially Jm. Xhtptee were atroager inTtocF than i Dsatevt

proximity of toe lases mtswmsr. oot proving oraettciai. Corn sctay aiM.be I marl zed as injured 0 per cecal fas the

eeanttea,

KAHsAs.

-not EvriKAT-a-o wsaaw:'o.;s;

sir. wuuam aims, ymuumfm WBJm

State Board of Agiicsitture, assaj,

rouowing: xais uoara n aw,

with toe iatoment pUrnoriii this deoaitaicnt, that the&C

mate of the wheat crop of Xmtsfiit is about LUUtuOUl buakehk or i

bushels short of last year. 1&taJ tatest e'timate,aad we li-aiisvjs ,iA nearly correct). . . ' . "- m

DAJfAOK Blf two ooKsawfAxivK pmxea

The New York flsf that the Western frosts

preoiabla effect upon., . toe

crop, -were every ear ot oarBia and Wteconsin," it saye, "i-itiniMlgS

oaa wonia ne doc noami a nas. entire crop of toe country, The Chicago Tuber (kimml damaa-e dom to toe eeni(aaBi;l

oomparatiyely alight, and m&m$mm account is orer. - TnexewMAllfsMSXiKe' the Board of Trade, W W&tMHm

we.thir will hint-ascood a'owb aa:

Ooawsts'tlie SSWi

Q ipq, v 7

Ikon oie of toe nneat quality m have bona discorered in Batocouat-

Thx colored Masons of Sav

have corumenrtia ne eiw Hall at cost of i:o,coo.

TTivaMPB-ssn folks wb

phone la tuwavs to lusinev wM.na mmiii;,

m nr I,. ,., mw.n.w - -

ix IB auangv. y-c wwa, yam nw wn-aii much you batter at a kit, wbeaMa j it out you always MyetM W$&m

A State tax of 0C0,0r l

enusecc-i imposes B7t,Tt ton, and upon nineteen

Tbx eeven members of Kentucky banditti, i tiary for lite, have for dreu, Da. F. J. Swa-SHBT. i

aged 60, while drunk afaraction. causina- h

nose, of whioh he died.

WAi-reu EvAiw, who! Kesding,I,reoeijtt1i .k.rV.rn, Mil Ma a

never saw a rattroed trata, ;

An alligator eattaM

o-year-old

was i feet.

mm

Of Mr. Btr4mge, Wtem

y-year-old Biwr pew wiaattofWWdWUei,

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