Democratic Sentinel, Volume 5, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 September 1881 — Page 1

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE. Kant. Ex-Secretary Stuart, of the Brooklyn Board of Education, has been put under $lO.000 bonds to answer for embezzlement The amount of the shortage is $107,000. By the burning of a bridge over Spring creek, on the Pennsylvania road, a freight train was precipitated into a ravine. Wiiliam Kepperly, the engineer, and Charles Parks, the fireman, were roasted alive. At Albany, N. Y., the Sessions bribery case has been postponed to the next term of court. The will of the late Lorenzo Delmonlco, of New York, shows an estate of $2,000,000. His wife is given $400,000 and his house and stables, and his nephew Charles is to receive $600,000. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside, United Stajtes Senator from Rhode Island, died suddenly at his residence at Bristol, R. L Thfe immediate cause of his death was a spasm of the heart. The deceased Senator was a native of Indiana, and was in his 58th year. He served in the Mexican war and in the War of the Rebellion. No man in the Senate was more highly respected and honored for sincerity and honesty of purpose. Frank, courageous, manly, he won the esteem of all his Senatorial associates. Even in the midst of exciting political contentions not even his political opponents were ever moved to utter a harsh or bitter word against the brave, outspoken, upright Burnside. Forest fires in West and South New Jersey have caused immense destruction to valuable woodlands. The great cypress swamps in Delaware have been swept by flames, and hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of timber destroyed. The coal-miners of the Pittsburgh district demanded, and the operators have conceded, an advance to 4 cents per bushel. A family was robbed by highwaymen while proceeding from the Glen House to the Thorn Mountain House, in New Hampshire. Later the Glen stage coach was fired into, but the driver whipped up his horses and escaped. Bussey & McLeod’s stove foundry at Troy, N. Y., valued at $50,000, was destroyed by fire. A fire at Oswego, N. Y., destroyed $400,000 worth of property, consistjpg principally of lumber. "West.

A dispatch from Tucson, Arizona, says that supplies of all kinds are being rapidly pushed forward to the front. A punishment not to be forgotten will be dealt out to the treacherous murderers of the lamented Hentig and the bravo men who fell with him. At no time in the last ten years, in that' Territory, has there been such a quick and rapid placing of troops in different portions threatened by hostilos as has been done on this occasion. Another Indian war, but of small dimensions, is threatened. For some time past the Southern Utes havo been fleeing from their present reservation in order to avoid being transferred to the new reservation s’et apart for them in Utah, and somo of those that remain threaten to resist removal. The women and children are being removed, in order, as it is reported, to give the warriors a better opportunitv to take the war path. Chicago is doing more building this year than in any year since the one which followed the great fire. Two million brick per day aro being laid. Gov. Crittenden, of Missouri, told a man who professed to be a friend of the James boys that they could have an impartial trial, should they surrender. Prof. King and seven companions ascended from St. Paul in a balloon on the 12th inst., intending to make an air voyage to the Atlantic coast. The balloon was weighted with 500 pounds of provisions and instruments and two tens of ballast. They crossed the Mississippi at an altitude of 4,200 feet, enjoying a glorious sunset, and obtaining a magnificent view of St. Paul and Minneapolis. Soon afterward the wind died out and they descended six miles from the starting-point. The good work of raising aid for the sufferers by the great fires in Michigan and of distributing supplies throughout the burnt district is going forward vigorously and systematically. The subscriptions in Detroit foot up over $15,000; Bay City raised $2,500; East Saginaw, $3,000; Saginaw City, $1,500; Pontiac, $1,500; Jackson, over $2,000; Borne, $3,000 ; Adrian, $3,000 ; Grand Haven, over SI,OOO. Other Michigan towns and cities have contributed in proportion, and further subscriptions are coming constantly. Everett Donougli, one of the victims of the recent Missouri tram robbery, has begun suit at Kansas City against the Chicago and Alton railroad. He alleges that he lost $155 in money and a ticket to Denver worth S3O, for which he wants a judgment in the sum of $lB5 and costs. A portion of the plunder taken by the rolibors has been recovered. It was found in a cave near Glendale.

Three masked burglars visited the hut of a hermit at. Collinsville, Ohio, named John McCavarry, bound him to his bed, and compelled him to reveal the hiding-place of $6,000 in currency. The business buildings in Beaver, Utah, were destroyed by fire, but hard work saved the residence quarter, The leading wheat growers of California held a meeting in San Francisco, to organize for higher prices and lower freights to Europe. The amount for export was reported at 950,000 tons. Gov. Sheldon, of New Mexico, says there is reason to fear a general participation on the part of all Indian tribes in that Territory in the warlike demonstrations of the Nana and White Mountain Apaches. While the races were in progress on the fair grounds at Kansas City, the main hall was found to be m flames, and all the exhibits were soon reduced to ashes. The loss is estimated at $60,000. The following appeal for aid in behalf of the sufferers by the late forest fires has been issued by the Citizens’ Relief Committee of Detroit: An Appeal foe the Destitute—To the People of the United Slates: The counties of Huron and Sanilac, and parts of the counties of Tuscola and Lapeer, in Michigan, have been visited by dreadful calamities. Forest-fires driven by high winds swept over more than 1,500 square miles of this region. In a portion of it the destruction was only partial. In the greater part of it the ruin is complete. More than 200 people were burned to death in the flames or suffocated in the smokf. Many others who escaped were severely burned, and yet survive in great suffering. More than 15,000 people were made shelterless. The greater part of these lost all they possessed. Their houses, barns, fences, crop, agricultural implements, furniture and clothing were entirely consumed, and they are absolutely destitute and dependent on the generosity of the humane for the neoessariee of life. Im* ; mediately that the magnitude of the disaster was known, the Mayor of Detroit, by proqlama*

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(ion, called a meeting of citizens to aid the sufferers. At this meeting all the prominent commercial, manufacturing and banking houses of the city were represented. They appointed a relief committee, consisting of the Hon. William G. Thompson, Mayor of the city; James McMullan. President of the Michigan Car Company; Edward K. Norton, President of the Detroit Boaid of Trade ; Martin Bntzel, of the firm of Heinoman, Bntzel & Co. ; George McMillan, of the thm of G. & R. McMillan; and R. W. King, of It. W. King A Son. It is needless to say that these gentlemen are among the most honorable and enterprising citizens of Detroit. The committee immediately organized and appointed well-known, reliable business men of the Limit district as agents for the distribution of relief. Tim citizens of Detroit immediately contributed to this committee a large sum of money, and the work of raising contributions goes steadily on. Detroit and Michigan will give liberally, hilt the wants of sufferers are beyond their capacity to relievo. We therefore appeal to the generous throughout the United States to assist us in discharging this duty of humanity to the destitute sufferers. T.iev need food, clothing, bedding, furniture, ohelter. cattle, seed for crops, agricultural implements, table-ware, kitchen utensiis, medicines and a mnl i.ude of other necessaries. All individual societies, corporations, committees and organizations are earnestly invited to send their contributions, whether money or supplies, promptly, directed to the Hon. William G Thompson, Chairman of the committee, Detroit, Mich. All contributions will be acknowledged in the Detroit daily papers (Signed by the committee.) Tlie twenty-mile equestrian race at Chicago Jockey Club track, between Miss Cook, of California, and Miss JeweD, of Minnesota, was won by the former in 45 minutes and 1C seconds. Miss Jewett’s horse, while oh the last mile, jumped tho fence and threw her violently. Her injuries were not serious. The Governor of Michigan lias issued tho following: To the people of the United States: Portions of four counties of this State, lying principally Saginaw bay anrl Lake Huron, havo been devastated by forest fires. A drought almost unp;o(t iented in this lection of country had prepared the way for the calamity, and houses, barns, fences, crops, cattle, agricultural implements! household furniture, clothing and human life have been destroyed by its ravages. In some townships lias destruction is comp'ete, and only a picture of ruin Is left. It is known that more than 200 !i\e.< have been lost by burning and suffocation. Many individuals have become helpless through injuries and exposure, and some are Blind. The number of men, women and children left without shelter is estimated at 15,000. The benevolence of he citizens of the State responded promptly to the lb st necessities of those afflicted people, but ample time has now elapsed, and sufficient details have been received, to make it evident that a wider appeal is needed. The destitution prevailing in the suffering counties is appal ing. Entire neighborhoods are involved in the common calamity, and cannot help each other. '1 he sufferers have no provisions except such as are brought from a distance, and r.o utensils to cook with. The necessaries of life, both large and small, have been destroyed. They need shelter, clothing, cooking-Btoves, kitchen utensils, beds and bedding, wagons, harness, plows, hoes, tools of all kinds, seed for future crops, and whatever helps to make men self-supporting. They have a good soil, are near to markets, and before this dreadful disaster In fell them were a thrifty, prosperous people. Timely help will enable them to go through the hardships of this coming winter and to become again an independent community. At present they are penniless, needy, sick and sufferng, ahd many of them in debt. I appeal Under eircumstauces like these to the people of other States md ask them to co-operate in their abundance with citizens of Michigan in relieving this destitution. Nothing will be wanted heie in duty to the afflicted utterers, but the demands are too great for the people of the State to meet alone. An organization for the relief of the sufferers by these fires exists at Detroit, the commercial metropolis of the State, and systematic plans of relief have been established. The committee having them in W rge is composed of well-known, competent and re: ponsible citizen-. Money and supplies sent to its Chairman, the Hon. IVm. G. Thompson, Mayor of Detroit, will be faithfully applied. David H. Jerome, Governor. Prof. King was compelled to abaudf n liis interrupted balloon voyage to the Atlantic coast. Unfavorable winds kept the airhip anchored for days in a cow-pasture six nrles from St. Paul. Then a storm sprang up, acoomp.iniod with a cold rain, and thrashed the gas bag about until tho ropes and frame were badly strained and nearly all the gas escaped. Then Prof. King gave it up, ripped the balloon and let out the rest of the gas. A fire in tlie picture-frame factory of Hunt, llolzinger A Co., at Cincinnati, caused a loss of $30,000 to that firm and a like amount to the coffin company. Six dwellings were crushed and a fireman kiiled. At Newbury, Ohio, Benjamin Beatty fatally shot Dr. J. F. Abrams for criminal intimacy with his wife. The revolver was fired as the doctor was driving past Beatty’s house, and the victim fell out of his buggy.

Bouta. In a fight between the police and striking handlers, at New Orleans, one of the rioters was killed by a policeman, who barely escaped with his life. Another officer was set upou by the mob and nearly beaten to death. The militia had to be called out to suppress the rioting- , « A lynching mob numbering about 100 surrounded the jail at Dardanelle, Ark., and took therefrom two murderers named Taylor and Bruce, put ropes around their necks, dragged thorn into the streets, and hanged them. Samuel Ramsey, a person with a hard reputation, who spent a goodly portion of his time in the penitentiary, murdered a young farmer named John Smith, at Ovingsville, Ky. He was arrested, and subsequently taken from the jail Dy an armed band and lynched. William Mason, a farmer living near Cotton Plant, Woodruff county, Ark., while returning home from market, got into an altercation with three men who were working on the road. They ordered him to turn aside so that they might proceed with their work. He refused. They overturned his wagon, whereupon Mason drew a revolver and killed two of the men and badly wounded the third. New Orleans telegrams, of the 14th, represent the labor troubles as assuming a serious shape. James Wilson, the driver of. a cotton-wagon, was stoned by a mob and retaliated by shooting John Linsky. At the Natchez piers twenty men armed themselves and went to work. Rioters -boarded the ship Callego and fired at screwmen in the hold. Acting Governor McEnery, at the request of tho Mayor, put the city under martial law, placing General Benham in command, and ordered all military organizations to be ready for service. The British Consul demanded [protection for three vessels lying at the levee, and the Spanish Consul sent to the Minister at Washington an account of an outrage on a Spanish steamer. At Weatherford, Tex., in a diffictdty originating in some rentals, J. M. Cox* after being seriously wounded, killed Dr. R. G. Cantrell and his son Bud. •"< At Richmond, Ya., the Association of Fire Engineers of the United States hSM their ninth annual convention. G. Wall Taylor, of Richmond, was eleoted President. The cotton factories in New Orleans

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conceded the demand pt the laborers for an advance of wages, and the troubles are over. A duel was fought at Terrene, Miss., between Hon. Leland Leatherman, Mayor of Arkansas City, Ark., and James Rucker, a prominent attorney of the same place. Both combatants were wounded at the first fire, Leatherman slightly and Rucker fatally. • Two young planters of Booneville, Ark., named William and Robert Hambery, were shot by parties in ambush along the roadside. The latter was instantly killed and the former mortally wounded. Two negroes have been arrested on suspicion. The Baltimore and Ohio road has 11,000 miles of telegraph wire, and George W. Frick has been chosen General Manager thereof. WASHINGTON NOTES. Guiteau had a narrow escape from death in his cell in the Washington jail. Sergt. Mason, of Battery B, while relieving the guard in the jail, fired through the cell window point blank at the assassin, and only missed him by a hair’s-breadth. Mason was at once incarcerated for this extraordinary breach of discipline. - An effort is being made by his attorney to take the case of Sergeant Mason, the man who missed Guiteau, from military jurisdiction. The military officers are persuaded that Mason is deranged somewhat. Guiteau has been removed to another eell the location of which is kept a secret from all except the warders who guard the part of the building in whicb the new cell is located. The scoundrel is in constant terror that he will be shot. He spends a considerable part of the night praying aloud in preparation for the death which he dreads. Ho has not yet abandoned his propensity for lying. He has told several different stories about Mason’s attempt upon his worthless life. The last story he manufactured for the special purpose of ibowing how near he came to being killed, in the hope, no doubt, of gaining a little sympathy for himself. A Washington correspondent says that “ Sergeant Mason, who made the mistake of missing Guiteau’s head, is treated with the utmost leniency at the arsenal. A charge of conduct prejudicial to good order has been forwarded to Gen. Hancock. Money is being raised in tlie departments at Washington to defray tlie expenses of his defense, and somo citizens of San Antonio telegraphed a pledge for $250.” Before he left for Arizona, Gov. Fremont made a novel proposition to the Secretary of tho Interior, and will urge the plan, it is understood, upon other Government officials. His plan is none other than to acquire by cession, if possible, from Mexico a large tract of country in the northern part of California, on which all tho bad Indians of tho Northwest may be colonized. The Grand Jury of the District of Columbia adjourned until October without taking any action regarding star-route cases.

POLITICAL POINTS. In the special election held in the Second (Lewiston) Congressional district of Maine, to fill the vacancy caused by the election of Mr. Frye to the United States Senate, ex-Gov. Dingley was elected by a large majority. Charles S. Wolfe, a defeated candidate for the nomination for Stato Treasurer before tho recent Republican. Convention in Pennsylvania, has announced himself an independent candidate for the office, on tho patform “Death to Bosses,” and will stump the State in his own behalf.

MISCELLANEOUS CLEANINGS. The steamer Columbia foundered in a gale which prevailed on Lake Michigan oil the night of the 101 h inst.. The disaster occurred off Frankfort, Mich., about midnight. Fifteen persons were drowned, including the Captain, second mate and first and second engineers. The steamer was bound from Chicago to Collingwocd, Canada, iaden with grain. She shifted her cargo and sank within fifteen minutes after. The passengers arid crew got away from the steamer in small boats, but the boat containing the Captain and engineers was capsized. Several other vessels were wrecked in the same storm, among them the David Bows, the largest sailing vessel which ever navigated the lakes. She was bound from Chicago to Buffalo, with a cargo of 91,000 bushels of corn, and went ashore on what is known as Middle Ground, near Pelee island, in Lake Erie. It is feared that her entire crew are lost. At the Wesleyan Ecumenical Council in London, Dr. Bennett declared that the loss of the children of Methodists in America in favor of other denominations was one of the most disastrous facts in connection with the church. The steamer Proteus has arrived at St. Johns fiom Lady Franklin bay, having accomplished her work. She brought back the members of the expedition party regarded as unfit to endure an Arctic winter. There is much ice in Lady Franklin bay. There are no tidings of the missing Jeannette or the search parties. The Ontario farmers are suffering much from tho continued drought. Their pastures are parched, and cattle instead of fattening are falling off in flesh. The winter stock of fodder is being drawn on to keep them in condition. In some places cattle are dying for want of water, and the ground is so hard that fall plowing is so far impossible. Forest fires, especially in tho neighborhood of Parry Sound, Strafford and Otterville, have done great damage. A million dollars’ worth of timber is reported to have been destroyed in the neighborhood of Parry Sound alone. The boat race for the $1,500 stakes, at Toronto, was won by Wallace Ross in two straight heats. Conley came in second both times and Courtney third. Hanlan, champion oarsman of the world, has challenged Wallace Ross, or any other man to row a three or four-mile race for from $2,000 to $5,000 a side. After the race he intends retiring from the boating profession. The timber limits and lumber camps along the Scoot river, Ont., are being devastated by fire. Immense quantities of manufactured lumber have already been destroyed. The steamship Wyoming brought to New York 650 Mormons, en route to Sait Lake. ' Now that the Supreme Court of Minnesota has decided that the repudiated bonds can legally be psid, Mr. Selah Chamberlain, of Cleveland, Ohio, who owns the greater portion of them, renews his offer to compromise for 60 cents on the dollar. Henry Villard has been elected President of the Northern Pacific railroad. The widow’of Jerome Napoleon Bonaparto died the other day at Baltimore, aged 69. She was the daughter of Benjamin Williams, at one time a wealthy shipping-merchant of Baltimore. She was married in November, 1829, when but 17 years of age, to Jerome Na- ■ poleon Bonaparte, tho son of Jerome Bonaparte, who was the youngest brother of the Emperor Napoleon the Great. Secretary Blaine has been repuoated to

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take President Garfield’s place at the Yorktown Centennial ceremonies.

FOREIGN NEWS. During the month of August of this year 21,321 emigrants left Liverpool Of these 2.967 intended to settle in British North America, while 18,072 intended to settle in the United States. A party of forty disguised men broke into the residence of three brothers named Mahoney, near Knocknagre, Ireland, and shot them in a fatal manner. The Chinese have built a telegraph line between Soochon and Shanghai, and are busily engaged in laying wires. The tenant farmers of Scotland are agitating for, a reform in the Scotch land laws. The disaffected officers of the Egyptian army have signed an act of complete submission to the Khedive. The Porte has definitely decided to send neither troops nor Commissioners to Egypt. Iroquois has won another race in England, tho St. Leger stakes at the Doncaster meeting. The King of Dahomey, in West Africa, at the head of his army of Amazons, raided two villages, and carried off the inhabitants, who are reserved for sacrifice. Three hundred Russian nobles have organized themselves under the name of the “ Sacred Legion,” and will establish a secret service in opposition to Nihilism. Four hundred Jews are on their way to this country, as their ne ,v land of promise. At Bristol, England, a vessel from Constantinople discharged a cargo of human bones for a local fertilizer company. The remains, among which »rc skills with hair still attached and limbs complete, are believed to be those of the fallen defenders of Plevna. Diphtheria is epidemic in Russia, mi some parishes all the children under 15 years have died of the dread disease. The contagion first appeared in Bessarabia in 1872. Since then it has spread over the south of Russia, from whence it has spread towards the cast and northwest. In the Province of Pultowa, which has less than 200,000 people, there have been 45,543 persons stricken by the disease, and of these 18,765 have died. The Methodist Ecumenical Conference at London recommended international arbitration as a means of settling disputes between nations, and condemned any resort to war. The question of the press in relation to the church was discussed. Delegate Marshall, of Vicksburg, Miss., recommended the establishment of a well-endowed Methodist paper which would do for the church what the great universities had done. Bishop McTyere, of Tennessee, said the religious papers were too nar-row-minded. The majority, however, seemed to favor religious newspapers. Gen. Ignatieff has been appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs for Russia. Another series of monster land meetings are being held in Ireland. The Methodist Ecumenical Council in London discussed the use of the newspaper for the advancement of Christianity. Some jadvocated the establishment of a well-: ndowed church paper. Others thought such journals were too narrow-minded.

Cotton, Corn and Tobacco.

Dep.uitment of Agriculture,) Washington, D. C., Sept. 15. ) Thfi cotton, reports of Sept 1 show a very heavy decline in the condition since the last report, owing to the protracted drought which prevailed in all sections of the cotton belt. The condition as reported is 72, a decrease of 16 per cent, during August, and, as compared with the returns of the same date last year, 19 per cent. less. The number of counties and the State averages are as follows : North Carolina, two counties, averago 72. South Carolina, twenty-two counties, average 68. Georgia, fifty-five counties, average 71. Florida, fourteen counties, average 87. Alabama, thirty-three counties, average 80. Mississippi, thirty-seven counties, average 74. Louisiana, fifteen counties, average 76. Texas, sixty counties, average 65. Arkansas, thirty-one counties, average 55. Tennessee, twenty-one counties, average 62. The general average condition of corn Sept. 1 was 60, being 17 per cent, lower tban the mon'h previous, and 31 per cent, lower than last year at tne same date. From Missouri aud Kansas come serious complaints of ravages by the chinch bug, which were added to by the prevailing drought. The injury to the corn prospect is shown by State averages, which are 58, 42 and 55 respectively. Tobacco returns give a very serious decline in the prospect for the crop, being some 20 per cent, less than a month since. With the exception of the States north of the Delaware river, and Wisconsin in the West, the universal complaint is drought. Kentucky and Illinois each report but little over half a crop, while Tennessee aud Missouri report .less than twothirds. The average for the whole country is only 65, against 85 last month, and 84 for the same date last year. The cause of the low condition existing in almost every section of the country is drought. New England has been less affected by it than any other section east of the Mississippi, and reports an average of 90. In Wisconsin, Minnesota and most Territories it has been more seasonable weather, and the condition of the crops is correspondingly better; but in all other sections the reports show the effects of an uu usually dry season.

The Peppermint Crop.

The peppermint crop of the United States has for the past few years reached the amount of 70,000 pounds per year, of which about 30,000 pounds were annually exported. Two-thirds of the peppermint oil of this country is produced in New York, and about one-third in Michigan. The best oil comes from Wayne county, New York, where it is carefully prepared by a man named Hotchkiss, whose name it bears, and usually brings 20 cents more than the common. The plant is a perennial one and is planted in the spring. The next year it is ready for cutting and generally may be cut for three years. The best yield is given in the first and second years of cutting; in the third year the plant becomes bitetr. After the plant becomes four years *>ld it is not cut, and the field is plowed over and a new crop planted. The usual method of planting is in rows, and in August the plant is ready for cutting.

A Georgia School Teacher.

A colored “school marm” in this county has a number of men with families attending school—one forty years old. Among the number is the man with whom she is boarding, and one of the first to receive the rod of correction was her landlord. He says she is right, and if, while he attends her school, he disobeys her commands or fails to comply with her regulations, that she ought to whip him, and his duty is to submit to the chastisement without complaint. —Marion Go. ( Ga .) Argus. In Germany the man who gets but three hours sleep per night is supposed to be a statesman overworked. They never reflect that his wife might have kept him on the front door step until 8 o’ojook in the morning,

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The people of Arizona have got mad, and determined to take the Indian bull squarely by the horns and settle, once and for all, the question as to whether they have any rights which the “noble red man” is bound to respect They axe organizing companies *nd officering them with experienced Indian fighters. Word has been sent to Agent Tiffany, of San Carlos Agency, to keep his Indians on ihe reservation ; that all found off will be treated as hostiles and shot down without ceremony. Snow fell in Western lowa, Southern Minnesota, portions of Kansas, Nebraska and Minnesota on Sept. 16. The five nations of Indian Territory have just held a fair at Muscogee. Fine needle work by native women was shown and the Spencer Military Indian Band furnished music. Jane Campbell, a colored woman, living near Dyke Mills, La., killed two children, aged respectively 10 and 12. Tire woman beat out their brains with a pine knot for some trivial act of disobedience. After the inquest, and when the cause of death became known, a mob of whites and blacks dragged Mrs. Campbell from her cabin, tied her to a stake, and, despite her screams, literally roasted her alive. A wooden box about ten inches square was received at the Washington jail, by express from Baltimore, and on opening it a paper was found on which waß written: C. Guiteau: Dear Sib- This duck died for want of breath, after several weeks’ illness, and we think it good duck for you, our dear friehd. Hope you will deliver promptly. Yours truly, The Sworn Fifty. Hope you’ll see that he eats every bit of it. M. B. W. Beneath this was sawdust, and, after it had been removed with some care, another paper was disclosed, beneath which there was a dead duck. Of course, the assassin was not informed of it, and, perhaps, never will know. The “ irregularities ” of Capt. Howgate, late of the Signal Service, continue to agitate both social and official circles in Washington. It has been charged that there were others implicated in Capt. Howgate’s wrongdoings, but no evidence has been found to indicate a conspiracy between him and other persons to defraud the Government. His best friends, it is claimed, are among those greatly deceived by him. Since ex-Minister Christiancv returned from Peru he has, in several interviews, reflected upon his wife, and pronounced all her testimony in the divorce case perjury. This aroused the indignation of Dr. F. Lugenbeel, brother of Mrs. Christiancy, and he called upon Mi - . Christiancy, but the latter refused to see him. Subsequently Dr. Lugenbeel sent Mr. Christiancy by mail the following note: To the Hon. I. P. Christiancy: Sir: Unless you prefer to confine yourself to assaults upon women, to warfare in print, and to similar methods involving no physical danger, you will please meet me at auy spot in Virginia which you may designate within twenty miles of Washington. Any communication addressed to me in care of J. Eichoiz, 316 D street, northwest, will reach me. It will be wise to accept my proposition. Respectfully, F. Lugenbeel. Christiancy wrote a reply, saying : I have no special ambition to acquire notoriety by assassination, in which it seems I have the misfortune to differ from you, and, uot believing that the mode you propose is the best for ascertaining the truth, though perhaps as satisfactory as some methods of procedure adopted in ’his country, it occurs to me that the best manner of answering your letter is by an emphatic silence, so far as it relates to the special matters therein set forth. But, without admitting the truth of your charges, an d leaving you to carry out, in your own time and iu your own way, the implied threat contained in the last sentence of that note, the wisdom of which I cannot accept, eveD on your assurances, seeking on my part only such protection as the of the country afford, I am yours truly, I. P. Christiancy. Lugenbeel’s lette - was a plain challenge, and Christiancy swore out a warrant against Dr. Lugenbeel, whe lives in V rginia. Reports to the Department of Agriculture show - that the general average condition cf the potato crop Sept. 1 w.o 70, a decline or 22 Der cent, since Aug. 1. Tiro condition in September, 1880, itas^OO. Thieves broke into tlie room of Senator Christiancy, iu the Nations Hotel at Washington, and stole therefrom $6,000 worth of jewelry and diamonds which had been placed with him for safe keeping win United States Minister to Tim. Tlie Prohibitionists of New York State held a convention at Utica and nominated candidatei- for State offices. Wilkes’ theory of the existence of a Japanese curient fin’s strong support from the finding of an iron buoy from the Amoor river off the of British Columbia. There have been fresh expulsions of Socialists from Beilin, and all meebngs in which they are likely to participate are prohibited by the police. Tlie Jews in Russia are about to hold a general meeting, ts be attended by deputie* representing all the principal Jewish communities, to consider their apparent 1 hopeleM condition.

PRESIDENT GARFIELD.

Long Bbanch. Sept. 12. The condition of the President is much less favorable. During yesterday and the day before a marked rise in tom. perature and pulse and an increase in respiration were observed, the pulse reaching at times as high as 130, the temperature 100.6, and the respiration 20, the latter being the most frequent that has been registered for many weeks. The occurrence of these grave symptoms in the face of the fact that the atmospheric temperature and general conditions have been as favorable as could be desired has given riso once more to serious apprehensions. The right bronchial tube is congested, and it is feared that an abscess is formed in the lungs. The secretions pass away involuntarily. The bullet wound is granulating and discharges freely, and the bed-sores are healing. The weather at Long Branch makes heavy olothing necessary to comfort. The surgeons attribute the febrile rise each evening to a malarious affection. CoL Rockwell admits that the President has for some days been troubled with temporary bewilderment, at which times he said nothing to his attendants. Dr. Agnew oopes the accumulation in the lungs may be thrown off, but should an abscess be manifest it would be necessary to cut for it. Long Bbanch, Sept. 13. The condition of the President during the past twenty-four hours has been much more favorable than on the two preceding days At the evening dressing his pulse had fallen to 100 and the temperature to 98.6. 8o favorable was the report of the physicians, Drs. Bliss and Agnew, that the Cabinet officers, with the exception of Secretary Kirkwood and Attorney General MacVeagh, left for the White mountains for a few days’ much-needed recreation. The parotid gland has practically healed, and he has less trouble with excretions from the lungs. Dr. Bliss stated quite positively last night that there was no danger of the formation of a pus cavity in the lungs. Dr. Bliss says he is satisfied that tlie bullet by which the President was wounded has become encysted, and that the pasasge made by the ball is closed and healed for about three and a half inches from the location of the ball and within nine inches of the surface. Postmaster General James was admitted to tho sick-chamber, and stated that he was struck with the extreme emaciation of the President, although the conversation showed great strength

Long Branch, Sept. 14: The President made a decided gain yesterday. The day was fine and the air was pure and bracing, and tended to the patient’s progress toward recovery. The reports of the surgeons were of a very reassur g character, and everybody about the Franckiyn cottage, physicians and attendants, seem sd to be happy. The patient was placed in a reclining chair where he might have a good view of the ocean. He remained there half an hour, and seemed to enjoy it very much. The parotid trouble has practically disappeared, the wound is looking healthy, aud the physicians are now agreed that the buffet has become encysted. The only unfavorable symptom seems to be the frequency of respiration, which is taken by some as indicating that the condition of the lungs is not as good as could be wished. The President himself is not quite satisfied as to the condition of his lungs, and remarked to one of his attendants yesterday that he had a long siege before him. Long Branch, Sept. 15. There was no very decided improvement in the President’s condition yesterday; in fact, it is probably more correct to say that he merely held his own. He was removed to a reclining chair, where he rested about an hour and a half. During a portion of this time he slept. He had more refreshing sleep than usual, partook of rather more food than on the previous dav, seemed to be more cheerful, and certainly looked better; yet the temperature and pulse at the evening dressing was by no means reassuring, and tho respiration rose to 21. Tho physicians, notwithstanding, maintain that the patient’s symptoms are favorable. Dr. Bliss alleges that the- pus cavities in the back aro mere skin eruptions, and he manages to explain away any other unfavorable symptoms that may appear. Col. RocKwell thinks that by the close of the season at Long Branch the President will be able to go to his home at Mentor. Dr. Boynton takes a more gloomy view ; he believes the patient is suffering from pviemia, though or a mild character ; that an abscess has formed in the right lung, and that other abscesses are liable to be formed in other vital organs. Long Branch, Sept. 16. The President again spent some time in his reclining chair yesterday. He called for porterhouse steak, and three teaspoonfuls were given him in a minced state. The temperature of the patient averaged 98 at the lowest to 99.2 at the maximum, with corresponding respiration from 20 to 22. The physicians, in yesterday’s bulletin, admitted that their patient is suffering from blood poisoning, and has been suffering therefrom for several weeks. They announce, however, that in spite of various “ septic accidents” the patient has made some progress toward convalescence since his transfer to Long Branch. Dr. Hamilton thinks five weeks will be required to overcome the effects cf poisonous blood. Long Branch, Sept. 17. At the close of the eleventh week the condition of the President causes the deepest anxiety. The pulse during the past twenty-four hours has fluctuated between 104 and 125. The discharge from the wound is less abundant, and not quite so healthy in appearance. Small bed-sores havo again made their appearance, and there is continued suppuration of the parotid gland. Dr. Boynton says tho President has grown apprehensively weak from blood-poisoning, and that a very gradual but sure descent is noticeable. Dr. Bliss admitted that the patient’s condition last night was more hazardous than at any time since he has arrived at Long Branch. Col. Swaim admits that the patient’s mind wanders, but only for brief periods. The bulletin sent to Minister Lowell states that the different symptoms are almost all slightly aggravated, and that there is a sensible increase of anxiety. The members of the Cabinet were last night notified by telegraph by Attorney General MacYeagh of the President’s serious condition.

The Electricity of a Young Couple Utilized.

Since the electric light has proved a success for the lighting of large buildings, it has occurred to a scientific man that electricity could be used on wheeled vehicles. He knew by experience that there was always more or less electricity wasted—for instance, when a young couple is out riding ; so he experimented. The scientist had learned that a certain young man had engaged a buggy at a livery stable for the evening; so he bribed the livery man to allow him to experiment on the buggy. The young lcientist put a small electric lamp on the sower part of the dashboard out of sight of the driver, and ran small copper wires to the back of the seat. It is well known to the student of nature that when a brunette young man and blonde girl, who act as the positive and negative—that is, he is positive he will put his arm around her, and she negatives the arrangement along at first, until after dark—there is a certain electric current established, small in itself, but of great power if properly husbanded. It is like your arm getting asleep or hitting your funny bone on the arm of a rocking chair. Well, this wire was placed so that the arms of the young people would touch it. Just as they were passing the toll gate, they began to snug up, and the little electric lamp began to throw out light. It went under the horses’ feet and lit up the road for several rods, and the young people were almost as astonished as the horse was. They thought there was somebody following them with a lantern, and they straightened up and the light went out. Every little while they would gel near together and kiss each other slyly and squeeze, and immediately the light would blaze up. The girl was real frightened and insisted on the young man sitting on his side of the buggy, and he was a little frightened the first few times that the light flared up; but as he had come out to hug, he was going to hug if it turned the night into day; so he went to lying to her about the horse being a phosphorus horse. He said there were some horses so full of phosphorus that when they got warmed up a little from driving they shed light all around. Then they gol nearer and the electricity again appeared, and for an hour they rode along in the evening by the bright light. The young scientist passed them a numbei of times in another buggy, and he is sc well satisfied with the experiment thal he will apply for a patent. The young lady was very much annoyed at the queer light, and while she cannot say that she did not enjoy the ride she has requested her escort to be careful nexl time and not get a phosphorus horse. The young man, when he got back tc the stable, told the livery man that thal was the lightest rig he ever drove, and he wanted a calcium light the next time he took his girl out. They will Know whal caused the light when they read this. It is going so there is electricity in everything.

Poisons.

We all have a great horror of being poisoned, without exactly understanding what it is. Poison is a disorganization of flesh and blood, or both. Poisons are of two kinds : one, the result of medicinal agents taken into stomach or circulation, the other the result of bites or stings of living creatures. I will now state two ideas, which, if generally known and remembered, would save thousands of lives every year. If you have swallowed a poison, whether laudanum, arsenic, or any other thing poisonous, put a table-spoonful of ground mustard in a glass of water, cold or warm, stir and swallow quickly, and instantaneously the contents of the stomach will be thrown up, not allowing the poisonous substance time to be absorbed and taken into the blood; and, os «oon as vomiting ceases,

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swallow the white of one or two new eggs, for the purpose of antagonizing any small portion of the poison which may have been left behind. Let the reader remember the principle, which is, to get the poison out of you as soon as possible ; there are other things which will have a speedy emetic effect, but the advantage of mustard is, it is always at hand, it act instantaneously, without any after medicinal effects. The use of the white of an egg is that, although it does not nullify all poisons, it antagonizes a larger number than any other agent so readily attainable. But, while taking the mustard or egg, send for a physician; these are in order to save time, as the difference of twenty minutes is often death.

A Double-Barreled Joke.

At McGovern’s Baloon, the boys were putting up an elaborate practical joke on somebody and they asked old Captain Sjiiddy, who had just happened in, to take a hand. “No, gentlemen,” said that estimable old citizen, decisively; “you don’t catch me taking part in any practical jokes. I went out of that business for good over ten years ago.” , “How was that?” asked the group of beer exterminators. “Well, it was in the winter of 70, maybe 71. I was living at Davenport, lowa, and a man came around there giving balloon ascensions. One day it was advertised that the mayor of the town was going up with him. Now, the mayor was a big, fat man, who always wore a light suit of clothes and a white hat. This put me in the notion of working off a joke on the people. I got acquainted with the teionaut, and he agreed to assist in the scheme. We then got an old suit of light clothes, and fixed up a dummy, which we filled with sand, so that it weighed about 200, and would, thei*efore, drop straight and heavy like a man. The day of the ascension there were over 30,000 people on the ground, and the excitement was very great as there was a high wind blowing at the time. After the balloon got up about a mile, and maybe that far south of the town, they dropped the dummy over.” “Big sensation then, eh?” “ Well, I should say so. But that’s just where I lost my grip. While the crowd was shouting and going wild with horrQr, I just laid down on the ground, rolled over and laughed until I Was just sick. ” “Should think the crowd would have taken a tumble, too,” suggested the audience. “ But just wait. Of course, the crowd made a break out of town to scrape up the remains, and I rushed home to get my fishing tackle, for it struck me that the most healthy thing I could do would be to go fishing for a day or two. Before I left the house, however, 1 was arrested for murder. ” “ For murder ?” “Exactly. A lot of the boys, accompanied by the sheriff, rushed in and collared me. They claimed that the dummy had fallen on a farmer and driven his skull clear into the heels of his boots. They said that the ballonatic had turned state’s evidence, and the chances were I’d be hung by a mob before night.” “That was rough.” “Well, so I thought. I was just scared plum to death, and I begged the boys to stand by and protect me. I ponied up SSO for legal expenses, and they hid me in the garret of a neighbor’s house. They kept me there ten blessed days, and there wasn’t a day but they struck me for a twenty or two for contingencies. One night the whole gang came around full of beer—on rny money, mind you—and said that they had concluded, as additional precaution, tp hide me in the hollow of an old oak tree about three miles out in the woods. I saw through the whole business then, and drove ’em out with a club. It was a good, square case of the biter bit, I know, but they never let up calling mo ‘Dummy Skiddy ’ after that, until they actually run me out of town, and I had to emigrate to this jumping off place of creation,” and the captain shook his head with a disgusted air as he paid for his hot Scotch and walked out. — San Francisco Pont.

Author of “Robinson Crusoe.”

Daniel De Foe wrote his famous ‘ ‘Crusoe” in 1719, by far the most popular of all his works. Its success was immediate, and the publisher who had accepted it after all the others had refused, is said to have cleared £I,OOO by its publication, a sum that was considerable in those days. De Foe was born at London, in 1661, the son of a butcher named James Foe, and our author did not add the prefix “De” to the family name until he had reached manhood. At the age of twenty-one he began his career as author by writing a pamphlet which contained strictures on the clergy of that day, followed in a year by another pamphlet, and in 1685 he took part in the rebellion of the Duke of Monmouth, but escaped punishment, and later he engaged in trade, but misfortune moved him to abandon it. His satirical poem, “The True-born Englishman,” written in vindication of King William and in reply to a poem in which he had been attacked, had a wonderful success, 80,000 pirated copies being sold on the streets of London. He was prosecuted for a publication and found guilty, pilloried, fined and imprisoned. He published various works, and led quite a peculiar life for some time, until “ Robinson Crusoe ” appeared. De Foe’s fietious narratives are characterized by an unparalleled appearance of truth. Alexander Selkirk lived-in solitude on the Island of Juan Fernandez for four years, from 1704 to 1708, and it was his story which suggested to De Foe his “Crusoe. ”

Underground Life in England.

The discussions about the Channel tunnel, and as to the probability of its being generally used by passengers when made, have prompted inquiry into the extent of underground roadways already existing in Great Britain, and the number of persons in the country who are habitually employed at a muchgreater depth beneath the surface than that to which travelers under the Straits of Dover would have to descend. The number of persons employed underground in all the mines in Great Britain is 378,151 The length of underground tunneling in which they work is not less than 58,744 miles. This is the estimate of Messrs. Higson, the mining engineers. As regards depth, the channel is nowhere deeper than 180, and the lowest part of the tunnel would not be below 200 feet from the surface, or 66$ yards. The greatest depth of the underground tunnels connected with our coal and other mines is about 2,Boofeet, and prob ably the smalk st depth 300 feet. From an engineering point of view, then, the question of the channel tunnel seems to be one of adding, roughly speaking, only one-thirtieth of I per cent, to the existing underground passages.— Scier\. tiJIQ American.

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INDIANA NEWS.

John R Douglass, a wealthy farmer in Whitley county, suicided by hanging. The crop of watermelons this- year is by far the largest ever raised in Jackson county. The system of “graveyard insurance” is being successfully worked in Cass county. At Yorktown, Delaware oouaty, Wm. Coppersmith smote William Paldy with a billiard cue, inflicting fatal injuries. Edward Francis, an English peddler, aged 76, committed suicide at Richmond by shooting himself through the head. There is talk of calling an election in Tipton to vote a tax to aid in the location there of an agricultural implement factory. Asbury University will realize between $20,000 and $25,000 from the Meharrv estate. It got about $15,000 during his lifetime. The city authorities of Richmond will proceed to enforce the ordinance requiring property owners to plant shade trees in front of their property. TriE Board of Directors cd the Pike county fair gave ono Elmire exclusive right to run a wheel of fortune on the fair grounds in consideration of $250. The New Albany ship-yard will soon be reopened by Messrs. Murray & Co. upon a new and most substantial basis, and, it is said, with contracts aggregating over SIOO,OOO. There are at present 245 teachers employed in the schools of Indianapolis, lifteen of whom are in the High School. In the white schools there are about sev-enty-five colored children. The Bluff'ton Times tells of a case of fatal rattlesnake bite, the victim being Mrs. Hammond, of Nottingham township. The reptile crawled up through a hole in the floor, and upon the bed wliero the lady was lying. Carrie Moyneiian, of Logan sport, aged 13, has an insane desire to kill herself by jumping beneath every train that passes her mother’s door. Her mind trouble dates from the time of the killing of her brother in a railroad accident some months ago, A farmer near Nashville, Brown county, has been hauling water to his logging camp in the woods. Rattlesnakes discovered where the water was kept, and congregated around the barrels at night, to the great fear of the men and fright of the teams, some nights keeping up a fearful hissing and rattling. Near Madison, a few days since, a Mr. Hudson cut down a tree in an open field. When the tree fell it broke, exposing a cavity out of which fourteen snakes came squirming and crawling, and were killed. Mr. Hudson says he could find no opening leading to the cavity, and the snakes seemed to be blind from long confinement in the dark. How they got*there is a conundrum. Quite a sensation was created in Spencer by a colored citizen sending his children to the school provided for white children. A good, comfortable house has been provided for the colored children. and a competent teacher emploved, and things have been moving along smoothly until now. The colored citizen alluded to, for some private reason, dislikes his teacher and refuses to send to him. What the end will be is a mooted question, as the Trustees have decided not to admit the colored children, and fixe parent still persists in sending them. The following table, showing the comparative acreage of oats and tobacco, lias been issued by the Statistical Bureau at Indianapolis:

OATH. TOBACCO. v h. U- XUCOUNTIES. 3 3 3 52 S 3 1881. 1880. 1881. 1880. Adams 8,178 9,190 5 Allen 16,000 18,25- 1 « Bartholomew 5,584 25,560 128 258 IJeuton 15,528 12,380 20 Blackford 1,882 2,837 2 1 Boone .' 2,997 6,068 13 51 Brown 2,811 14,251 295 284 Carroll 5,195 17,489 4 205 Cass 0,260 6,322 1 Clarke 7,875 10,431 118 32 Clay 2,903 14,380 199 Clinton 7,916 28,406 43 Crawford 5,991 7,822 21 24 DaviesH 0,949 5,221 8 26 Dearborn 9,819 14,120 15 6 Decatur 3,998 8,526 6 \ DeKalb 10,722 11,489 11 7 N Do aware 3,566 6,646 Dubois 10,564 9,096 940 Elkhart 11,282 10,793 1 Fayette.... 2,396 3,848 6 7 Floyd 3,171 2,402 4 Fountain.... 4,172 11,112 2 Franklin 7,075 8, 81 4 Fulton 4,785 7,182 2 20 Gibson 1,433 2,732 19 187 Grant 4,139 8,827 3 9 Greeno 6,226 10,013 77 66 Hamilton 5,396 4,93 d 1 8 Hancock 3,580 1,665 13 2 Harrison 9,758 10,041 88 10 Hendricks 3,138 6,476 2 10 Henry 4,204 9,708 4 8 Howard 2,479 2,878 18 43 Huntington 7,472 6,682 .... 10 Jackson 8, '284 10,560 24 132 Jasper 10,922 7,269 2 2 Jay 8,601, 9,436 2 3 Jefferson 6,769 9,2 8 .... 20 Jennings 1,691 6,732 18 12 Johnson i,675 4,644 2 54 Knox.. 1,629 6,656 17 66 Kosciusko C,687 23,105 3 .... Lac range ..•••••• 5,889 6,209 .... 1 Lake.... 20,348 16,979 100 200 Laporte 16,030 20,438 2 3 Lawrence 11,117 17,01. 1 .... Madison 3,628 3,744 21 200 Marlon «,159 15,244 8 201 Marshall 7,328| 12,574 4 7 Martin. 5,658 7,645 11 10 Miami 3,802 6,208 .... 2 Montgomery 3,130 7,350 ... 64 Monice 6,121 12,511 5 4 Morgan 2,618 3,777 1 10 Newtos 11,587 9,717 3 8 Noble 7,133 11,404 ) 16 Ohio 1,250 611 80 4 Orange 11,218 11,947 82 76 Owen 4,726 6>478 1 258 Parke 2,536 7,212 2 13 Perry’ 4,353 4,039 266 189 Pike 3,170 7,721 711 924 Porter.. 12,498 21,392 .... .... Posey 1,648 2,410 11 10 Pulaski 6,291 3.165 22 6 Putnam 2,393 6,085 15 218 Randolph 13,417 11,96- 7 93 Ripley »,445 12,961 7 Bush . ! 2,726 3,292 10 20 fccott 3,422 4,141 56 24 Shelby 2,096 8,267 97 25 Spencer 6,631 12,089 3,786 12,930 Starke 1,240 1,198 1 3 Steuben 6,218 5,48.. St Joseph 8,257 8, 03 4 Sullivan 2,38 7,472 1 77 Switzerland 2,686 2,82'. 1,684 50 Tippecanoe 10,272 9,976 i 16 1 Tipton 95. 1,077 26 3 Union , 1,968 2,147 12 Vanderburgh I 2,372 1,148- 6 VcrmiUion 1,674 6,31.1 ] 108 Vigo 2,219 3,5571 21 Wabash 6,868 5,364 24 56 Warren................ 8,502 19,717 8 3 Warrick 6,163 4,2.5 1,234 5,624 Washington 4,453 19,8-0 118 48 Wayne 7,874 10,5 1 717 226 Wells 6,4«7 6,618 2 4 White. 13,6‘W 11.994 4 Whitley no re. 6,799 note 3 Total 556,10. [823,817 12,-2.' 14,220 The total aoroage of meadow for 1881 is 952,119, against 1,018,681 for 1880. qpi m suamioads 000*E 19x0 ‘norprqjc ;> tTsvq mgu pun ‘spuauioi. jo v SJußoaßoa uoexj wuaiC uaoyitd 9tty *°l epu49N Jo OWg kbj,