Bloomington Progress, Volume 18, Number 14, Bloomington, Monroe County, 4 June 1884 — Page 1

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aWAer World.

Kitty's Cooking Experiheht.

n a. o, tablet. Tke bejul was plnying the "Beautiful Bine Danube," but John was too angry to eare fax the music. He harried -s jcetty fiance into the couserratorv, and hidden behind a toll palm vhnpeied fiercolr in hex ear, prornisoj Bta that yon "wooldnt dance again with that fitz Simmonds, and lVe oonnted tisree waltzes, besides a polka or two, . What does this mean, Kitty?" "I think it meaaa that joure inclined to find fanlt with mo, John, and to be toaltma, Kitty smiled sancily up into her eompaaion'a angrr fooe.

"BatToar promiae, Kitty: what of

thatr "To be anro, John, I told yon I wonld not waits again with Fits Sim-

- awanda. Bat you know promises are

Itko pie-ernsta made to be broken, and 1 eoaklst help it. Fits dances snrinely." "Fitz Simmonds ra a cowardly sneak, borst otit ytnng Kason, in qniok. paaaJoav "And I forbid yon to dance with ahjlB SiaaQaaai' "on forbid me," repeated Kitty with ' witberina; emphasis and a prond tons of kavhead. Tea. I forbid yon," retorted John fat a sudden heat. "I will not permit hay wife to go dancing aronnd any boll, room with Fitz SimmondV anna about hex waist." A dangerous flash shoe from His Kitty's eyee. "fit the Stat plaee, Mr. Mason, yon. sse ridicnlonaly jealoas. And in the awcond plaee permit me to retorn yonr 'ling, and to inform you than so far a I Otn help it yon will Beret here a wife to dance around a bafl-room wnJt any--dy.-John ground ibe tiny ring under his WeJ. -New, Kitty, Bat there was no Kitty. She had disappeared like a flash, among the throng at the open. door. And ten sajnatos later he saw her handed to the earriage by bis hated riral ' If John Mason retired to bis eooeh that night, or rather thai morning Jbr the hour was long enough past midnight in no rBTiable frame of mind, vast must have bees Kitty's feelings tm she sought the prnmey of her own Mm, and meditated apoa the downfall as? all her former hopea. Two stray tears trickled down her dear little nose a she pot up her crimps before the ' class and caught a glimpse of the ringJess fort-anger whereon John's diamond had so long bad an abfding place. "As if anybody eonld eare two straws . tor Fits Simmonds, the silly thing, said Kitty, crossly, getting into bed. "And John oh! dear me. Bo girl in the world erer had so much trouble as L"

Lonj enough before Kitty's bine eyee opened John Mason had packed his Wftse and announced to am mother that he intended to go out into the wotmtry aad epesd the summer at one of his places down the trver, and that ea ao account was she ' to send htm any messages, invitations, or anything eise. He declared sayagely that he anted the world. "AH be asked now was to be lei alone," and

away he went. ItXTaesix weeka after John Mason's heRlra that the great bank failure oeenrred in Smith vilJa. Kitty went down to dinner one day and was greeted with the astonishing news of the failure, eoopled with the intelligence that all the MoGoTd money waa sunk in the

Bssater, and that now the

; had batatod the MoCords mean-

: the iridow and bar four daughters ladn't a penny with whieh to bless

tbemselyea. "What on earth is to be done," gwped Kitty, pale with Mtonishmeat and terror. "Hare. If ell and Ban and Utile Flo, all yonngar than lam, ami

taerem'teabing w earn do -to

can all starre 1 snppose. We can all atarre in a heap together. "What a pity that yon cant teaoh mania, Kitty," said Flo, disconsolately. "Or if you could only .have a alasa m drawmg." added Bess. "Or that mamma were only a firstrate dressmaker." put in Nell MravKeGord lifted up her hands in horror. "No McCord erer yet descended to menial labor," said she, loftily. "If Kitty hadn't such a temper she wonld long since hare been well married and settled, and in such, a crisis as this she would have then been able to offer a home to her afflicted family. Kitty, mind yon, was barely 19. Kitty bit her lip. "I know what I can do, girls," said she, laughing. "Do you remember the lessons I took at Miss Parloe's cooking embf Well, I eaa eook erea mamma has to admit thai" "I shall wr'to to year UnolePotipher and ask him for assistance," said lira. McCord, loftily. "Uncle Pott Oh, dear mei" ejaculated the four girls in chorus. "He's too awfully stingy far anything!" rHell only send you some tracts and a lot of advice, " said Nell. Kitty said nothing, but going to the library she looked orer a file of the daily pnpern. Uncle Pot," muttered she, running orer a list of late advertisements. ."I'd rather be dead than live with that hateful old thing. We would be obliged to eat bread and water aad be told ten times s day how much it cost him to keep us. Mamma may go to Uncle Potipher if she likes and take the girls along; but, as for me, Td rather work." She paused at one of the late advertisements that happened to catch her eye, aad read it orer twice: Wastbd ACooaTn agerntlemaa'sfsrally, where there Is aefther company nor children, a strictly flrst-e'sas eook to required. Ten dollars per week paid to satisfactory party. App'y at onee, by- letter, to F. 0. Box 10, Brier Lodge, Thorn Held." Kitty read it once again, "No children and ae company! I think it would be just the thing for me," thought she. "Anyway, I'm going to try it." Miss McCord did not wait to hear from Uncle Potipher. Upon second consideration, she decided it would be se well to go aad make him a visit, and then apprise him of her lose of fortune. "By whieh time," said Kitty, calmly, "I will be sett'ed into some kind of btusjaeat or other, and Uncle Pot will take the thing more kindly. He woat he so apt to feel as if we had taken him by storm, and intended to stop with im baugrt malgre." "I hate French, Kitty. Besides, it is bad taste to interlard yoar sentences with foreign quotations," said her mamma, "And I shall leave yon in eaarge of the house, though 1 want yon to remember that you are a McCord, aad X expect you to behave yourself accordingly. Don't do anything to disgrace the family. Perhaps your Uncle Potipher will offer us a home with him, and so put our present difficulties to flight for a while, anyway." Kitty's "tip-tilted" nose tilted a trifle higher at the idea of Uncle Potipher offering them a home, but she made no reply, and helped with the packing, glad when at last they were off. Kitty li,i : in T3-: 1

She didn't much like the idea of doing menial duties, but just now there was nothing else she was qualified for. To be sure, she could play a little, and sing a little, and, like all other fashionable young ladies of her set, she had some skill si drawing. But to tell the whole naked, unlovely truth, her knowledge of these branches was much too defective for her to attempt to teach any one of them. Besides, Kitty detested teaching in any shape; Only in one thing had she become proficient, and that oae thing was the unfashionable art of cooking. Miss Parloe never had a more apt or more interested pupil than Kitty, who had entered at ones into the respective merits of soups and roasts, and puddings and pies, with a rest that betrayed an appreciative spirit. A letter came that day from Brier Lodge, Kitty had given Miss Parloe herself as her reference, but it seemed as if this had been unnecessary. The reply to the application had evidently been written by the housekeeper, who urged Miss MoCord to come on at once. When Kitty read this letter a feeling of dismay came over her. She looked at her dimpled white, hands. "And so I em really to be cook in a

gentleman s family, said she, ruefully. "But then there is the 10 a week

only think of (10 a week to one in my circumstances. Besides, it makes me independent, and free from Uncle Poti-

paer, aad if I were a private governess,

or a school ma'am, my salary would be

no higher. But toll it not oh ! tell it net in Oath, that the proud Kitty Mo-

(Joroi fias gose to be a cook.

To the friends who affectionately tried

to worm nitty a future destination from

her, she turned a polite though deaf

ear. one was gomg into tne country for the summer, she said, and it was uncertain when she wonld return. Perhaps not tint 1 mamma and the girls returned from Uncle Potipher's, and perhaps not then. She really could not tell herself. Under the circumstances, she preferred to keep her whereabouts to herself and her family

until their financial affairs were straight-

eneaouf ana rally settled. She Tiaeked her trunk with anma

plant clothing gingham and calico dresses aad early one morning slipped down to the station.

Late in the afternoon the train

stopped at Briervflle, and a big hulkin or fellow, with his nants in his boot-

tops, stepped up to her, and asked her if she was the new cook for Biver Lodge ia anwser to her question as to the distance and direction of that desired haven. With a quaking heart, Kitty climbed into the democrat wagon. "Beally this is horrible," thought she, as tne hired man took a seat beside her and calmly explained the merits of the team, and finally aoked her, after some skirting round the corners, if she "bad a Bteady feller? an' if she hadn't, why she might count on him for a regal r Sunday night business, if she'd only say the word." However, they were not long in arriving at their destination, and without more ado the new cook was installed ia her new domain. The first thing to be done was to prepare the supper. Kitty thought Miss Parloe was a failure when the faultfinding lord of the Lodge returned the eggs for the fourth time before he would condescend to eat them, "I'm glad 1 wasn't bora a man," said, Kitty, as, flushed and tired, she gave the obnoxious esrirs the fourtli twist at

the Maze aad sent them back Wain by

ana nicer. xnose efflts m tha&oegin

sta van esad a 1

It is worth ten dollars a week to serve suoh a fault-finding master as this one is." The next morning her trials began in food earnest. The master of Brier iod a was not only fastidious, but capricious as well, and Kitty soon disoo voted that she was not only expeoted to cook the meals, but to wash the dishes and blacken his boots beside. "IH die before I'll touch those odious boots," said she, rebelliously. "And 111 report yon to the master if you don't," said the old housekeeper. Ten dollars a week, or Unola Potipher 1 The thought came like a flash into Kitty's 'mind, and she picked up the boots. It was something she had never done in her life before, aad, moreover, in this particular art, she had received no lessons from so distinguished a teacher as Miss Parloe. It was no wonder the horrid boots did not rofleot to her oredit. She put them down in disgust Tears came into her eyes. The coffee boiled over, the ham was burning, and the muffins, that had promised so well in the beginning, were browned to a ernst. Kitty burst into tears, la the midst of her distress the housekeeper came into the kitchen with an order from the master to the cook. Cook was wanted in the dining-room. Kitty marched up-stairs much against her will and entered the presence of her employer, who sat with an back to the door. "I'll tell you what it is, eook," erieil out this personage in a strangely familiar voice, as she walked toward the table, "I have a friend coming to dine with me to-day, and there must be game fox dinner." Kitty was starinsr hard at the sneak

er. She remembered that voice only

too well; and here she was, with a

kitchen apron on, and a smudge of coal

dust staining her right cheek cooking

bis meals, wasnmg ms oislies, ana, yes blackening his very boots. Oh, dear!

She was en the point of running out of

the room, when the gentleman, snr

prised at her silence, turned himself

aoout ana stood lace to race witn ins

new eook.

"Kitty McCord!" ejaculated he in

ftennine amazemeat.

"Oh, John!" gasped Kitty, ready to

sink with mortification, Mr. Mason didn't stand on ceremony.

Two long arms swung themselves about

Kitty's waists and a kiss alighted on

the little smudgy oheek. "Oh, you heavenly girL" cried John

ecstatioly. "You've oame to make up,

have nt you

Kitty remembered her position. She

pulled nerseu away. "I came to cook," said she, simply. "To cook?" "You see we've lost all our money.

Mamma and the girls have gone to

Uncle rotrpher a, and 1 I

"And I've been buried up alive in

this out-of-the-way place for the last two months, and never beard a word of

it, r oaned John,

"Of course I had to earn money, and none of my other accomplishments' be

ing available, I thought I would try

cooking, xour nousakeeper advertised for a cook, and so X oame. I did not

know Brier Lodge belonged to you, though " "Brier Lodge is a recent investment "And I resign the situation at once, added Kitty, composedly. "Now, Kitty," began John, earnestly, be serious. I can't live without you any longer. Let us make up onco more. I've got another ring that will just fit ycu, and it's right here in my pooket this minute, ready for business. 1 wont be jealous again. Try me and see." "And Fits Simmonds " "Just wear this ring of miae again, and name aa early day for our mar

riage, and you may dance with Fits

Simmonds until he drops. Now then. Kitty burst out Uughing.

"Oi, John! iiow do 1 look in a

kitchen apron ?"asked she, irrelevantly. "You are adorable in anything," asserted Mason, keeping a tight grip on

her. "But that isn't the question, will

youraarry me quick now." "Mr. Mason,Esiuire,"cried she, dropping a courtesy; "dear sir, I will. How does that suit you?" "That suits me perfectly."

Miss McCord returned to town that

very day, and a few weeks later there was a quiet wedding that mode her Mrs. John Mason and put an end forever to her flirting possibilities, though there is every reason in the world for believing that at the same time H opened

a vast and never ending sphere for uni; ixa ' i -

uxauea experiments in cooiung.

They Dissolved. Twenty years ago two Detroit attorneys, both of whom are still living today and pleading for criminals entangled in the meshes of law, were returning from a trip to Pontiao by the highway. About 9 o'clock in the evening the were stopped by a highwayman some three miles from the city, and at the command of "your money or your life" both shelled out. That is, one of ih pa:r handed ont two or three dollars in wild-eat money, while the other was robbed of about $100 in gold and a valuable watch. Both were highly indignant, and the one who lost most atonra set the Sheriff after the robber an 1 soon had him iu jail. Ho had made the complaint individually, and a few days before the trial was to come off he remarked to his partner ; "I suppose I shall have to summon you as a witness. You can, of course, identify the fellow?" "N- o, I think not," was the reply. "What! It wasn't a week ago that you said you could pick him out of 10,000!" "Yes, but he has since employed mc as his counsel, you see?" "Would you take his case against mo when you, too, were robbed?" asked the complaiatant, as his face grew whiter than moonlight. " S by Dot ? You've lost your money, anyhow, while he will give me $75 to dear him. If you have any witnesses you'd better hunt 'em up, as wo are prepared to prove an alibi f When the trial was called the defendant had no trouble in proving by his own lawyer that it was a case of mistaken identity, and those attorneys have never spoken to each ether since. Free Prest,

"Evkhy mau is the architect of his

own fortune," remarked the prosperom

man to a men a. -jes, was the reply, "the architect's plans are alwavs beau tif ally drawn, but what miserable fail

ures some men make in building them." And then both men began coor paring notes as to the condition of many of the friends of their youth who, like them, were wont io build castles in the air and plan to make a fortune, but who, unlike them, hod been unfortunate in oarryingwjt the dotaila,

"ane Old Ticket."

The drift ol the Democratic party seams to he more and more toward the nomination of "the old tioket," Nobody is talked of seriously oxeopt Tildea. and Hendricks goes aloog as the tail goes with the hide. The theory is advanced that Tilden and hin bar'l eon carry New York against anybody the Republicans may nominate, and that is sited as the principal reason for "forc

ing the nomination upon. him. It

would be more honest if the Democratia managers would admit that the available Presidential material in their party is so scarce, and th factional dissensions over living issues, are so serious, that they are compelled to fall

back on a reminiscence. The projeot

is to ride into power upon Tudon s oldtime reputation for vigor and "reform,"

and then use Hendricks' pliable nature to secure a partisan distribution of tho spoils. Tilden's ghost is to be paraded through the campaign, and, in case of suooess, a big funeral will bo

given him wben he drops from decrepitude, and Hendricks will be installe i

in the President's chair so fill out tho

terra.

Is this a shrewd programme? Is it

likely to win?

In trying to discover the answer to

these questions it must first be osccr

'tained what Tilden's candidature would

represent. It cannot be assume 1 that

American people will elect a meretlum-

my as President. And yet Tilden as a

candidate for Jf resident, if be shall live till next November, will represent-noth

ing. When he ran eight years ago it was as a professional reformer. The reform issue appealed to the people at that time. Many abases and corruptions had crept into Grant's second administration, and there was a wide

spread impression through the coun

try that defeat was necessary to chasten

the Republican leaders. Tilden had some claim to the reform pretenses he put forward in the prosecution of the Tweed r ng, which the l'ew York Timed had exposed and ruined. He had vast experience as a politician and election manipulator, and would undoubtedly know how to proceed if lie were in good health. His i dministration ss Governor ef New York had attracted the attention of the country by its pretenses of qnasi-independence. He had taken an active part in proa editing the old Tweed ring for the purpose of improving the reputation of the New York Democracy. It waa insisted by

his henchmen that be was the very man

to dean out the abuses in Government circles, and he developed considerable

strengtu in iiis btate, But since that time all tho conditions have ohanged. During the eight years

which have intervened the BepuuLcan administration of national affairs has been always clean and generally satisfactory. The cry of "reform" has lost its force, and does not now affect the people as it did then, as there are no

great evils to reform.

Even if this were not to even if

there were the same necessity for administrative reform that wan impressed upon the people eight yearn ago Tilden would not command tho same confidence in his fitness for the work which he gained at that time. He is a mere

wreak of his former self. He is a chronic and hopele-s invalid requiring the constant and most assiduous care of

his attendants. He is almost bed-rid

den. His paralytic stroke has disabled

one-half of his body. It is doubtful whether he could survive the journev to Washington. His mutterings and whis

perings are inarticulate, and intelligent consultation with him is nearly out of

tne question. It is absurd to expect from suoh decrepitude a vigorous direction of the nation's affairs. If the sitution required any real vigor and personal effort his helplessness would be pitiful. If his reappearance as a Presidential candidate would fail to revive the conditions of 1876 it would likewise fail to arouse publio sentiment on the "fraud"

issue. The Democrats have forfeited1

whatever capital they might have hoped at one time to make out of that question. The time to try that before the people was four years ago. JTilden waa then still in a condition to stand as a candidate. If he was entitled to any vindication or indemnification on account of personal grievances tho Presidential election of 1880 offered the opportunity. But the Democrats were not then anxious to pit Tilden against Garfield. They refused to nominate him. It is now too late to make his personal grievances, if ho have any, the burning issue of a Presidential campaign. What the Democrats might have been willing to do for Tilden in 1880, when he was still iu tolerable possession of his faculties, cannot now be determined, but there ia certainly no reason to think they will be ready to induct the Democratic party into power next fall und6r the shadow of Tilden's former greatness, when he was repudiated by his own party at the time he had a lively claim lor recognition. The "fraud" issue ia as feeble and attenuated as Tilden himself. Is it likely Tilden, under those conditions, can aaoure the Republican votes Which enabled him, to carry New Yjiak in 1876 ? There iaa difference of 55,000 Vtes between the majority Tilden secured in 1876 iu the State of New York and that of Garfield in 1880, It is a wide breach for him to cover. The Independent Republicans in New York and throughout the countrywill understand that, in voting for "tho old ticket," they will be voting for Hendricks for President in preference to the Republican candidate. Is there anything about Hendricks to encourage them to do that? It will not be a

trial of Tilden's former strength in New York, but of Hendricks' present strength in that State, if the Democrats shall nominate "the old ticket." Notit-e will be clearly served upon the country of the Democratic purpose to oi'tain possession of the Government and to use their most pliable politician to secure a redistribution of tho spoil-". Thatwil- b the issue of tho

campaign, and Tilden a shadow will not obscure it. lildn is a forlorn

hope, but it is the only opening for

Democratic assault; and the Democrat situation seems to be mors desperate than ever before. Chicago

Trtimne.

out with his State" -nd joining in an armed revolt to destroy the Union 1 Mr. Tilden's history of the origin of th Demooatic party is merely a tradition that has no more foundation in fact than an old-woman's fable. Chicago Journal. The Copiah County Farce Ended, The trial of Wheeler, at Hazlehurst, Miss., for the murder of Matthews bus ended with the acquittal of the murderer. It will be remembored that Matthews was a prominent Republican of Copiah County, who was obnoxious to the Bourbons of his neighborhood Upon the approach of tho November election the Bourbons of Hazlehnrst held a publio meeting at which Matthews was notified that he must not appear at the polls election-day, and the man Wheeler was selected to "remove" him if he did appear, as a warning to other Republicans that they must not attempt to interfere with alleged Bourbon majorities. Matthews, being a courageous man, paid no heed to tho warning, went to the polls, and as he was about to vote was shot from behind by Wheeler and killed. The murderer had no personal quarrel with Yi'.s victim indeed, only an evening or two before the murder he had dined with the Matthew. family and enjoyed their hospitality. He di I the infamous work to wiik-h he hod been as igued by his Bourbon associates. No iaqutst was held upon the body of Matibeivs, the Coroner having been notified by the Sheriff that it was unnecessary. No complaint was lodged against the murderer. The only cognizance of the awful deed was at a publio meeting of Bourbons, who passod resolutions justifying and applauding the act and notifying other members of tho family that they would be treated in a similar manner if they took any part in politics. At a subsequent local election tho murderer was rewarded by being made City Marshal of Hazlehurst. The trial was a farce from beginning to end. It is nearly six months since the killing, all of which time the murderer has been at large and exercising the duties of a publio office, no action having boon taken by the authorities until about a week ago, and that action would not have been token had it not been for the investigation of tho crime by the special committee appointed by the Senate. That committee, of which Senator Hoar ws Chairman, made a patient and thorough examination of all the circumstances connected with the crime, and reported, ia accordance with the testimony, that it was a political murder, deliberately planned and carried out for a political purpose. To offset the effect of that report, at this late date six months after the commission . of the murder Wheeler has been arraigned and tried for the crime, with the result as above stated, though there was no question as to the leading issues in the case. No one expected, there or elsewhere, that Wheeler would be convicted. No jury could hare been impaneled in Copiah County that would have eonvie'ed him, for no juryman's life would have been wife after such a verdict. So the farce is ended, but it has not altered the situation. Tho Senate Committee's report remains unchallenged, Wheeler rema ns a rewarded murderer, and the charge remains that murder is a recognized feature of electioneering in Mississippi, and that Bourbon majorities, other methods failing, will be maintained by the shotgun. Exchange. The Republican Party's Rule. For the past quarter of a century the country, in the opinion of Demoorats who sleep with the Constitution of the United States for a night-shirt, has been going .to the devil. It is doing that now; it has been doing it from tae day Abraham Lincoln was elected President. And yet in that twenty-five years the population of the United States has increased more than twenty-five million; manufacturing pre ducts have grown from $l,8So,000,000 to $5,369,000,000 in 1880. Farm acreage bos expanded from 407,000,000 to 536,000,000 acres. The value of farms has increased from over six billion to over ten billion of dollars, and from 30,635 miles of railroads we have built 1'20,000, The Constitution-loving Democracy of the South undertook .to arrest us on the way to darkness, destruction, and the devil, in 1861, but after four years of struggle thought better of it, and concluded they might be happy yet with the old flog and an appropriation; and they are enjoying the benefits of their failure to-day. But it ia not only in material wealth that we have advanced. Education and skill iu industrial and fine arts have kept progress with wealth until we are revealed to the world as foremost among the nations of the earth. Speech was never freer, except in the old Constitution-worshiping States of the South, and men were never left more unrestricted to think and act according to the dictates of their own consciences. Is not all this true? And yet these marvels have been accomplished under

the destructively oentraliring policy of

the Republican party, witn its piratical

tariff, its banking and other monopolies and' suoh like monstrosities, whose existence, except in the way of benefits conferred, would be scarcely thought about were it not for Constitution-

worshiping Democrats hulking out of their cross-roads groceries, with hands deep in their breeches pockets, to squirt tobacco juice at the hitching-po3ts, and Bwear that our liberties are in danger, and the country going to the devil.

Vtnctnnatt uommerciai-uateue.

The Democratic party had its cradle rocked by Andrew Jackson, and Thomas Jefferson was not only not its father

but ho never belonged to it. Thi ik of comparing the men who founded this i great republio and managed it up to ' tiorkson's time with the crowd of old j copperheads, teceKsionisls, Stat"-ri"it Bourbons ond ex-Confederat hatStho management of the Den party to-day! Think of tho i :!. ,: . theearaiajj Independent ;---,, ,

We hone Mr. Wheeler, the Copiah

County murderer, will head the Mississippi delegation to the National

Democratic Convention. We hate to see the grand old State of Virg'nia

leading the rest of the South with her dint nguished bevy of red-handed delegates. In a nat'onal convention of murderers, duelists, and fire-eaters-such as the July affair promises to be a State whioh has been subjugated by W. Mtione should not e permitted to scoop in all tho honors. We hope to see Mississippi bestir herself in this important matter ; and, by the way, it is t me for bloody and burglarious old Missouri to bo waking up. Chicago News. Commenting on the formal aoquittal of Wheeler of tho deliberate assassination of Mathews, the Mew York II orld says: "The verdict was not unexpected, in view of the political passion involved in tho trial, but it would have been just as well for the South if Wheeler had been rebuked to tne extent of punishment for manslaughter." .Fust as well, per1,nr T ' the South, the assassina1 1 - ; licsns does not seem to .i fenae. A verdict of mani ...-. m ild be of unprecedentedi

IMPRISONED STEAM.

In Making a Break for Lilierty It Kills Half a Bonn PeopLj. fDnbaqo (Iowa) Telegram. Three boilers connected with the sash and door factory of Oarr, Ryder It, Wheeler exploded with frightful effect. The explosion was heard all over the city, and it shook buildings to their foundations. The boiler-house was completely destroyed and the boilers thrown about in different directions. The one that did not burst was thrown intact a distance of thirty feet against the mill. A solid division wall separated the boiler-house from the mill, else the destruction snd loss of life would have been terrible. The mill employs 900 men. The corner of a dwelling near the boiler house was torn completely out and several women injured. The engineer and two firemen were in the boiler house at the time and were buried beneath the debris. Two children playing near it were also buried. The killed are: Milo M. Mellen, the engineer, seed 30 years. He leaves a wife. Frits Villdanger, the fireman. He wns a single man. Two children of Charlie May, aged respectively 6 and 3 years. Michael MoLanghlin, the second fireman, was horribly bumed and mangled, end cannot live but a few hours. Mrs. Margaret Walter was struck by the flying brioks and badly cut. Her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Albert Walter, and her three children were also injured. Mr. Rudolph Nealte and Mrs. Vaeglen, living on an opposite comer of the street, were also slightly injured. Nealte was knocked down in his yard. Mrs. Vaegler wns upon her porch when a piece of one of the boilers oame down through the roof, striking her en ths head, knocking her senseless. The main mill building had all its windows shattered. The boiler-room was a stone structure apart from the main factory and was shattered to atoms. Pieces of iron, stones, and brick flew in all directions. The children killed were playing in a yard near the boiler-room. The woman injured occupied a house near the disaster. The house was blown away. Several theories ore sdvsnced as to the cause of the disaster, the most plausible being a lack ef water. The engineer, it is said, was running with but little water, as he wished to "blow off the boilers to clean them out The boilers were inspected three weeks ago, and pronounced safe. The damage to the property is less than $5,000.

FIVE HEN KILLED.

A Deadly Collision on the Wast Shore Railway, in New York. (Byraenae Dispatch.

As a Rochester express on the West Shore Bead from this city was drawing onto a

branch track opposite Savannah Station,

ths Atlantic express from Buffalo crashed

into the baggage ear and mads a clean

sweep of the smoker, taking an entire row of seats with it and leiving the two oars and the front end of the first passenger a total wreck. Two men were killed and four seriously wounded. Nearly

alt of the victims were employes of tna Baltimore and Ohio Telegraph Company, and were on the way to their homes m Rochester to spend Sunday. Many curious oircumstuioes are narrated In connection with the disastrous occurrence.

Some passengers occupying seats with the

Killed and injured escaped unhurt, ueorge Waggoner, of this city, stood on the front steps of the smoker, and seeing the headlight of an approaching engine, be ran to the other side and jumped. He remembers being carried along by the car, but suddenly became insensible. Oa recovering, he found himself on a heap of loose dirt twenty feet from the track. He was not injured. The two sons of Mr. Waterbury 's were at the station to meet him. Not finding him, they left for home shortly after the accident, under the impression that he had waited here for the next train. An hour afterward they were summoned back to the wreck, when upon closer inspection the elder boy discovered among bodies he had himself helped to remove the mangled remains of his father. The relatives of the killed and wounded inveigh bitterly against the recklessness whioh made the accident possible. The West Shore Company is censured on all hands, the universal opinion being that under proper management the disaster could not hare taken place.

GEN. BUTLER.

Bj Writes a letter Giving His Views en the Tariff. Bostox, May 19, 1881. To 0. V. HubuarrV Managing Editor of the Detroit Kvening Journal; 1)bab Sib There lsso muoh evidence of good faith in your comhrani cation to me that I break a custom in answering your question as to my politicals, views on speoifio subjects. Perhaps updn the subject of tariff I oan give them in a word, for I never have concealed them. We can not have free trade in this country. However desirable theoretically, it would be impossible. Our country is so large, our interests so vast, and so much is to be done by the General Government, that for a series of years we must raise hundreds of millions of dollars by taxation of some sort. The only constitutional taxation that I know of is the direct tax in proportion to the number of inhabitants of the States. The genius of our people will not permit of that direct taxation, and therefore indirect taxation must be resorted to. From the beginning of the Government to this time taxation by duties on imported articles has always been a resort of our Government, except at times of war. For a limited period other methods of taxation have been tried, because the duties upon imports were insufficieV Therefore, I favor ths raising of a sufficient amount of revenue for an economical administration of Government and no more, from duties upon imports, and in laying those duties to tax all articles of luxury up to the collection point. To make free all raw materials iot raised or produced in this country whioh enter into its arts, manufactures, and the actual necessaries of life, and as much as possible cheapen them in every way possible, and within those limits to so judiciously place our duties as to best enoourage and a'd American labor and American industry If I eould. I would also devcts the tax upon whisky and tobaooo to a fund to pay the remaining debts of the war only, to wit

pensions and ths care of soldiers disabled by the war. I do not know 1ht I need make any farther statement upon this topic. I am, very truly yours, Benjamin F. Btttlxb.

CHIPS. LriiAOT Stakfoxd offers Gen. Grant

and his family a home with aim 'ta lpni.as

ae UTea. It is estimated that there are over 1,800 acres in strawberries in Marion County, 111. Gut Johwsok, of Clinton, N. Y., the last slave in the State, who was emancipated in 1813, is dead. Jus ah P. Benjamin's daughter married a French officer of the staff, and resides in Paris with her mother. Gen. Booth says to his Salvationists: " Shout; those who can't stand the noise will never get to heaven." Du. Bio Lewis says the coming man and woman will not be smaller at the waist than at other parts of the body. Louisiana now has a State Weather Service Bureau of its own, and doesn't cam whether " OM Prob" pKsntpaufftes or not.

PRESIDENTIAL TALK.

Demooratlo State OonventUms in Kansas and Wisconsin.

Both Delegations in Favor of Tilden and Revenue Reform.

Wisconsin Semoerata. The Wisconsin Democratic State Convention for the selection of delegates to the National Demooratio Convention at Chicago, met ia the State House at Madison, The attendance was uncommonly large, nearly every district being fully represented. The gathering was notable for containing a very large number of old-timers, many of whom had not attended conventions for many years. It was almost a foregone conclusion that Tilden delegates would be chosen; and although a strong effort was made by Mr. George, of Milwaukee, to get together a following for his uncle, Roawell P. Flower, of New York, the sentiment for the old ticket was overpowering, and the delegation is a unit The convention was called to order by Judge L. R. I arson, of Ran Claire, who in his speech took strong ground ia favor of free trade. His remarks were received enthusiastically. Delegates were chosen as follows: At Large William F. Titos, E. S. Bragg, J. G. Jenkins, and J. M. Morrow. District Delegates First, J. R. Doobittie and Aaron Rogers; Second, A. K. Delaney and Barney 6. Potter; Third, D. S. Rose and R. M Bashford; Fourth, John Black snd and Charles F. Freeman; Fifth, A. L. Gray Carl Ziller; Sixth, G. W. Pratt and George Kruess; Seventh, J. W. Lusk and J. L. R. McCuIlum; Eighth, W. H. Smith and G. Y. Freeman; Ninth, Alexander Braxeau and L. Marchite. The resolutions reafirm the principles of the platform of 1876, and denounce the present tariff levied upon 4,000 articles as a masterpiece of injustice, inequality, and false pretense, whioh has impoverished many industries to subsidise a few, degraded American commerce from a first to an inferior rank, cut down the values of American manufactures, depleted the returns of American agriculture, obstructs the process of produotion, and wastes the fruits of labor. It is also declared tbat the tariff issue is of first importance in the coming campaign, and the eourse of the Democratic members in Congress in endeavoring to bring about a reduction iu taxation is indorsed.

Kansas Democrats. The Democratic State Convention of Kansas, which met at Topeka, was the largest body of that complexion ia politics ever held in the State, nearly every county being fully represented. J. T. Buriss, of Jackson County, was elected Temporary Chairman, In a brief

speech he pronounced for tariff reform, and hoped the great political crime in 187.6-7

wouia not be iorgotten, ana tnat we national convention would nominate S. J. Tilden and Thomas A. Hendricks. This re

mark met with wild applause. The usual business committees were then appointed. The resolutions adopted indorse Speaker Carlisle's position on the tariff, and denounce the present system of taxation.

which imposes duties on the necessaries of

life for the benent ol a lew to tne injury or the many. The resolutions also declare emphatically for Tilden. but do not instruct

Gov. Glick, the first Democratic Governor

of the State, is also indorsed. The tem-

Dorarv organization was made permanent

Congressional delegates- were chosen as

zouows: first, u. v. uurns ana .ca jer roll; Second, B. J. Sheridan and W. C. Jones: Third. C. C. Black and A. Mathew-

son; Fourth, H. E. Norton and J. Mileham; Fifth, A H. Martin and E. A. Hallowell; Sixth, John A. Schiller and J. H. Schyler; Seventh, A. F. Petition and C. Diffen-

decker. Gov. Glick was then nominated for delsgate -at-large, upon whioh the rules, were susnended and the nomination made by ac

clamation. The Governor made a brief

speech, in which he hoped the national convention would declare against sumptuary legislation. The other three delegates-at-large are T. P. Fenian, W. 0. Perry, and T. J. Hudson.

DEATH FROM CARELESS 5ES8.

""'"C Engineers Pass an thw Canaaa of the Pocahontas Mine IMaaster. New York Die patch. Stuart Buck, of Coolbaugh, W. Ya.; J. H. Bramwell, of Roanoke, Va.; and E. H. Williams, Jr., of Bethlehem, Pa., a committee appointed to investigate the Pocahontas (Va.) mine explosion of March 13, submitted a report at the meeting of the American Institute of Mining Engineers. They reported "an exceedingly dry and dusty mine, the dust denting into the chambers," was among the causes leading to the disaster. The ignorance of the under bosses in having unimportant doors tended while the main door was left fastened open during the night was another contributory cause. The committee found that the subordinates were not only careless but failed to follow the rules of the company in reporting suoh a state of affairs to the Superintendent It was found that powder Bad been carelessly used iu blasting off from the solid without making the necessary under cuts. There was the bare possibility, in the committee's estimation, of a very slight amount of fire-damp, as shown by the persistency of flame of blown-out shots, aad when the smoke from the blast was subsequently ignited. No trace of gas was found in any part of the mine before the vei-tila-tion was resumed. Any of the causes named were harmless singly, but combined wore sufficient to cause the explosion. Dust was the agent for extending the explosion. Had it been gas it would have been local. The mine was well ventilated, and- the carrying out of the rules of the company by its employes would have spared the necessity of investigation. Boiled In a Yat rCMcago Telegram. : William H. Scoville, a wealthy soapdealer, met with a frightful death last evening. A few minutes before 7 o'clock he was standing in front of two enormous Tata of boiling grease, conversing with his sen, a young man, when one of the vats overflowed, deluging both gentlemen and severely scalding the younger one, Being more a -live than his father he sprang to a p'aie of safety, but Mr. Scoville slipped as he started to rnn and fell head foremost into the second vat It was filled to the brim seven feot diep and about twenty feet in circumference and the thick, boiling fluid closed over the unfortunate man. He did not rise again, and an hour later, when tho vat was emptied, his body was found at tho bottom horribly mangled.

ITEMS.

Ferdinand Wabd smokes cigarettes incessantly. John Lawubncb, who was Admiral Farmgut's pilot in the famous naval battle in Mobile Bay, died recently in the Mobile, Ala., poor-house. Db. Loots J. Bisohoff, who at one time was a practicing physician of North East, Pa., is said to be aa assistant to the dentist of the Queen of England. Caueis utterly wild may be seen on the desert lands at tho head of the Gulf of California, where they find a congenial home and multiply steadily. Consul Tanneb gives a hint to the oleomargarino makers in the United States to the effect that they ought to brand their goods honentiy and let the delates make the batter.

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

The Aurora Fair commences Aug. f, this season, whioh is about five weeks earlier than usual. The North Yeraoa Fair will be held the same week. Aa effort is being made in Steuboa County to enforce the fish laws. Quite a number of prominent citiaens have bean fined for spearing fish out of season. There are at least 3,600 doga ia Floyd County, aad the law says that they shall be taxed at act less than $1 per head. Yet the dog tax receipts for the past six month, ire but $334. Large numbers ot fine shad are now being caught from the Ohio Biver aad ttt tributaries, they being the product ot the plant ia the Ohio of Potomac shad made three or four years ago. Milton Sawyer, a feme negro barber, of Fort Wayne, took twenty-five grains of arsenic, w;lh suicidal intent He was pumped out Unrequited love and whisky were the inriting causes to the act -'' Mai. W. P. Gould, United States Amy, offers a $20 gold medal as a pates to the successful orator at the next oratorical cost test of Vincennes University. The awa will be continued from year to year.' George Yearling, of Moral Township, Shelby County, climbed into a tree recently, for the purpose of securing a crow's nest When thirty feet above me groaij4 he fell, receiving serious and perhaps fatal.' injuries. New Albany is heavily in debt. The city taxes are much higher than State an J county taxes, aad economy ia aeeessary. It Is advocated that the office of Chief of Police be abolished and the polioe force out down to six men. Near Muncie, Wesley Hupp cel . 1 upon Joseph Frazier to make inquiries regarding his health, when the latter, without a word, shot Hupp through the heart, killing him instantly. The motive for the murder ia mystery. Mrs. Potty Shoulders, Uving seven miles from Jasper, is bow ia her 82d year and yet recently she walked into Jasper to -attend to some business, and wa'.ked out home aga a next day. What kdy ot 83 years can do better? The remains' ot George W. Petty, ot Owltowa, Darviess County, have been ox. homed and Us stomach tamnafMied io a sealed jar for examination, Petty died ia February, and his widow and Juab H. Hoggatt are under suspicion ef having poisoned bun. A. L. Compton aad William Hntchinr son, twi young men of Newcastle, were lathe woods late in the evening, throwing up their hat? and shooting at them with a shotgun, when a load of Comptoa's gun truck Hutchinson, blowing the whole top of hi head off. " Ed Sleeth, who Uvea with John Bordon in Marion townshp, Shelby County., ran a piece of wire about two inches long into his foot The wire was extracted, laaaV the wound was thought to be doiag vreuuate recently, when he took the lockjaw, and kte death is hourly expected, Sensational circulars distributed about Seymour give the information that a vigilance committee, similar to that which took such signal vengeance on the Bead gang; has been organised for the pttrpoae of gtv-.-iog similar treatment to hghtnitig-rod twto dlers, thieves, and other evil-doers whole:, test that region. James Leason, ot Jackson County, baa been complaining for some time, aa haeV confined to decline ia flesh. The rtfrir y-' he was taken to North Veraoa for exan)4ui.f tion, and Dr. Green cut from his oody a " large bullet which he received at the lattp' of Fort Pillow ia 1863. It is thought ipjrlY Leason may recover. r , . The ham of the Harlem eoaateae estate, now valued at about Sl.OOO.ODn; ON ' (the laud being 60,000 acres lying 10 . northern part ot New York City), afSffcp to meet in Terra Haute June ft, State of Indiana is too smaU to sjpa, ' heirs, an overflow meeting will te-Wf';i nUnois. -j' -v t , j, T-L- tr-t - " -

vine, was v nave oeen ma en wo. a'jojwnj"..;

lady, but she refused at the mat Mitoanjt,' ualuawi tba rake he had nrtrrMtaaP-t

the coal fleet The ether day Mr. H-:1 and Miss Theresa Miller, another a lady to whom he proposed after his yitvQ- '' ous fiasco, were duly married at $ l.-; thony's Church. This time M cek far flat coal fleet S '

The ninth premium ef $3S at tbe FWh " ' delphU Silk Culture Exhibition WaAawarded ' to Mrs. Anna Hosted, of Liberty.' ,Tnere'-: were 188 cocoons to the qmuttor pound, aa i 1 wiM in MtKna was fift.An nv.

of silk, and 3 4-100 ounces of wasto Oa.

hundred cocoons yielded 53-100 ot en neaei-

of reeled silk. Osage orange waa aaeolht

feeding On worms. James and Hzabeth TruehaooA baa.'1

bond and wife, who, nearly seventy yaare X

ago, settled ia Washington Ckmaty. heviT both died within a tew days of each other, on the same farm they began their BMrried -:

life upon iu 1815. They belonged to the So

ciety of Friends. Mrs. TrueMood dtod ";-i April 2a, in her 67th year, and thfthaabaad

died on the 8th of this month, matsBist 1 year.

In New Philadelphia, W asgtoa County, two brothers, Joaaa an David' Hamilton, became involved in a qoatrel

over a dog. It seems that David hfrlft

brother's dog, thnt had !-, eat ahai j

euvvi w- ii'm i'v.r, ii iii a.p Miipgajm Jonas b" be .nut into th? lions and rev

turaca tilth a ihit gun, the content of

which hi- diotTi)(Bd at his brothe Dr.vid.

The sho! took effect in his left h.p. The, wound, although a puiufrtt one, is r. t eea ,

sidered uew-snuly fatal. it

The raw fur pei.-ou has closed, aad:

Indianapolis l?.-t!. t estimate the number

of skins purchased ia that market dnrlna. 'i

the winter at 800,000, valued at $loX),00A. The above figures do not include the humber or value of cattle hides. Of the 800,000 pieces ot fur the greater number were muskrat, and 'coon, 'possum, skunk, mink, aad beaver were largely represented. The balk ot these furs were shipped East, and were designed for the foreign market The sea. toa has act been a very profitable one' values deolining somewhat at tae ejaaa. Tat wurterVtffeb was a good eaa,

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