Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 October 1883 — Page 2

&(jc UcmocraticSetittnei RENSSELAER, INDIANA. I. W. M cEWEN, - - - Publishes.

NEWS CONDENSED.

Telegraphic Summary. EASTERN. The Clearing House Association of New York city held Its annual meeting last week, at which the transactions for the past year were reported to be #41,862,188,453, making a daily average of #137,704,408. The New York Anti-Slavery Society celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of the beginning of the work for the freeing of the negroes. Elizur Wright, the oldest Abolitionist living, occupied the chair. A delegation from the National Women’s Christian Temperance Union, headed by Miss Frances E. Willard, of Chicago, appeared before the Blair Committee, at»New York, and urged that the temperance question be brought before Congress Alfred A Cohen, of San Francisco, appeared and gave his views on the labor question. He spoke of the scarcity or absence of laborers since shutting off Chinese immigration, and thought the fare from China should be reduced The Committee then adjourned to meet in a few days in New England, where further testimony will be taken. They will then go South. The committee was in session in New York fifty-one days, and spent forty days in listening to testimony. During this time nearly 125 witnesses were examined They represented all classes, ranging from Jay Gould to Denis Kearney. Over 1,300,000 words of controversy were taken. Mitchell and Sherriff, two pugilists, met on Long Island, and, after pounding each other in lively style through seven rounds, the battle was declared a draw. Canterbury &.Haskell, boot and shoe manufacturers of Boston, have suspendedThey owe about $190,000. Hill & Eowe, boot and shoe manufacturers, Boston, have also failed It is an old firm, and the break caused much surprise James McSteen was hanged at Pittsburgh for the murder of his wife. Two hundred persons were present. He refused to make a confession A band of pirates, who entered and robbed two private houses and an office in Gloucester, Mass., put to sea in a gale in a large sloop’yacht, just before daybreak. At Philadelphia a Reading train struck a Union Line street car at a crossing, demolishing the vehicle, causing the death of three persons and wounding, more or less seriously, ten others. The car was of the “ bob-tail ” pattern, In which the driver had to care for his horses, look after the fares and watch the. railroad crossings. The business portion of the village of Passumpsic, Vt., was destroyed by Are. Chesse, brought from Vermont, has caused many cases of poisoning, none fatal, at Boston. Another addition has been made to the ranks of the 2-cent dailies. The Philadelphia Press has knocked off a cent. The wife of C. P. Huntington, the railway king, died suddenly in New York. She was the daughter of William Stoddard, of Cornwall, Ct.

WESTERN.

Passenger tickets from Omaha or Kansas City to San Francisco have been reduced to $95. Rates from St Paul to San Francisco by the Northern Pacific will be the same as to Portland. A horrible double tragedy was enacted at Monmouth, HI., where a Mr a Bailey cut her demented daughter’s throat from ear to ear and then cut her own. A note found on her person explained that the mother had determined to sacrifice herself for her child, believing they were both better dead than alive. After fighting each other for a couple of weeks the railroads leading from Chicago to Indianapolis, Cincinnati and Louisville have restored passenger rates to the old figures Advices from Mexico confirm the report that Ju, the Apqche Chief, wag drowned last month by falling off his horse while intoxicated, and that Geronomo was chosen his successor. Charlie McComas is said to be in the custody of Ju’s widow. J. G. Thompson, of the Washington Surtday Chronicle , was assaulted on the streets of Indianapolis, by Henry C. New, of the Indianapolis Journal, both men drew their revolvers, hut before they could use them friends interfered, and they were arrested and released on baiL Near Menomonee, Wis., Christ Beguhn shot and killed his brother, William, mistaking him for a bear which he had been hunting. Sheriff Paul, of Tucson, Arizona, obtained a clew to the whereabouts of two noted stage-robbers, and went after them with a posse on a Southern Pacific locomotive. One was riddled with bullets, the other mortally wounded, but escaped, only to crawl into a gulch and die. Burglars entered the residence of Mr. William Dutton, ex-President of the Lenawee County Savings Bank, at Adrian, Mich., and extracted from an open safe SBO,000 in mortgages and securities, beside some cash, a watch and articles of jewelry. The Mormon Conference at Suit Lake, was attended by 10,000 persons. Eighty elders were appointed to missions in Europe and the Southern States, and one was 6ent to Indian Territory. At Pittsford, Mich., one freight train crashed into another standing on the track. Threo persons in the caboose were instantly killed, and the fire which followed burned their bodies beyond recognition. Two other persons were seriously Injured. Col. James Tullis, Special Land Agent of the Government, who has been investigating frauds in the Rocky mountain region, says large tracts have been patented In violation of law. One man residing near a city in Montana fenced 3,000 acres of public lands and pastured die cows of citizens at $1 per month.

SOUTHERN.

Fire destroyed the wholesale drug house of Howard <fc Candler, at Atlanta, G&, valued at $40,000.

Ervin Ferguson, of Pickens county, « n. wiui. <biuxmg water a few weeks ago, lodged a lizard in a false membrane of his throat, and the other day dislodged its skeleton by taking an emetic. Rear Admiral Joshua Sands, on the retired list of the United States, navy, died at Baltimore, aged 7L A dispatch from Natchitoches, La., reports a frightful affair in that parish. A crowd of colored men quarrelled in a saloon and a pitched battle with dirks ensued. James Hand stabbed Isaac Robinson to death; then a son 'of Robinson shot Hand dead. Ezra Robinson shot and killed two others, and before the melee was over six were dead and four fatally wounded. At a negro card-party in the same parish, Ned Bradford won all the money. As he refused to surrender it, his companions held him over a brisk log *fire until be was fatally burned, and he soon died in the greatest agony. Justice Miller, of the United States Court, at Little Rock, decided that Arkansas rafiroad aid bonds are not a lien on the roads. The issue Is nearly #6,000,000. The price of 7 per cents, dropped In New York from 42 to 12. The dry-goods store of B. Loewenstein & Brothers, on Main street, Memphis, was totally destroyed by fire, the loss being #300,000. John Goode, formerly member of Congress from the Norfolk district of Virginia, publishes an address to the people, in which he brands Senator Mahone as a liar. A blaze at Dallas, Texas, originating in Howard & Co’s elevator, spread in three directions, consuming a cotton-yard, the electric light works, and many frame houses. The loss is estimated at #750,000.

WASHINGTON.

The War Department holds several hundred Oonfederatebattle-flags. The survivors of a Virginia brigade asked to be allowed to see their old colors at a reunion, and was informed that the sanction of Congress was necessary. Value of imports of merchandise for the twelve months ended Aug. 31, $706,804,564; for the previous twelve months, $742,008,913; decrease this year, $35,204,849; value of exports of merchandise for the twelve months ended Aug. 31, $820,710,919; for the previous twelve months, $737,825,758; increase, $83*385,161. The public-debt statement shows a decrease during September of $14,707,279, as follows: Interest bearing debt — Three and one-half per cents $ 9.143,000 Four and one-half per cents 250,000.000 Four per cents. 737,(512.850 Three per cents 305,529.000 Betunding certificates 332.750 Navy pension fund 14,000,000 Total interest-bearing debt $1,316,017,600 Matured debt 5,613,665 Legal-tender notes 346,739,871 Certificates of deposit 11,915,000 Gold and silver certificates........... 176,985,481 Fractional currency 6,992,906 Total withont Interest $512,663,558 Total debt (principal) $1,864,924,523 Totalinterest 12,337,683 Total cash In treasury 355.450,670 Debt, less cash in treasure 1,521,811,535 Decrease dnrtag September 14,707,229 Decrease of debt since June 30, 188 1 29,279.671 Current liabilities — Interest due and unpaid $ 2,027,133 Debt on which interest has ceased.. 5,643,665 Interest thereon 313,334 Gold and silver certificates 176,985,451 U. S. notes held for redemption of certificates of deposit.... 11,945,000 Cash baLncu! available 158,546,006 Total $365,450,670 Available assets— Cash in treasury 355,450,670 Bonds issued to Pacific railway companies, interest payable by United btale*— Principal outstanding $ 64,673,512 Interest accrued, not yet paid w69,06i Interest paid by United States 69,222,093 Interest repaid by companies— By transportation service $ 17,028,522 By cash payments, 6 per cent, net earnings.. 665,198 Balance of interest paid by United States 41.538,372 During the last five years 124,000,000 ounces of silver have been coined into standard silver dollars. The profits to the Government arising therefrom were $17,800,000. President Arthur’s message at the opening of Congress will, it is said, contain references to his Wostern tour during the past summer and conclusions drawn from his experience.

POLITICAL.

Henry Watterson has collected the following figures as to the Speakership contest: For Carlisle, first and no second choice, 84; for S. S. Cox, 13; for S. J. Randall, 11; for W. M. Springer, 2; non-committal, 65. For Carlisle, second choice, 18; for Cox, second choice, 4. Of the 133 thus classified, 85 are outspoken in favor of a revision of the tariff, 9 are against it, and 29 are noncommittal The political campaign in Virginia is being pressed by both sides with an energy and vigor never before known in the politics of the Old Dominion. ( Ben Butler’s managers are scattering over Massachusetts an imitation of the Republican ticket, printed on material similar to tanned fiumamflesh. The Governor’s Council of Massachusetts rejected the nomination of E. J. Walker (colored) to bo Judge of the Charlestown Municipal Court. Gov. Butler immediately renominated Walker.

MISCELLANEOUS. Sergt. Bates, the great North American flag-carrier, has started on one of his periodical tramps for Savannah, Ga. Gen. Roger A. Pryor has sailed from New York for England, having been retained as counsel for Avenger O’Donnell. A letter weighing half an ounce can now be 6ent for 2 cents. A proposition to remove this limit and make it an ounce ts already being agitated. The barge William Treat was wrecked during a storm off Port Albert, Lake Huron. The crew reached shore on a raft after a terrible experience Evangelists Moody and Sankey have sailed for Ireland. Victoria, British Columbia, has become the rendezvous for Chinese seeking a home in the United States, and smugglers are doing an extensive business. The thirty-third General Episcopal convention opened last week in Philadelphia at Christ Church. On the altar was the silver communion service presented to the parish in 1780 by Queen Anne The

sermon was delivered by Bishop Clark, of Rhode Island. Bev. Dr. Beardsley, of New Haven, was elected President of the convention. Near Lampasas, Mexico, a few days ago, Mrs. Valdez, while Insane, killed her five children and herself with a batches, knife The ages of the children ranged beween 2 and 10 years. Flames swept away the Peck & Son’s flouring-mill at Oshkosh, W 1&, worth $75,000; the Kent flour-mills, at Chatham, Ontario, valued at $50,000; Decker’s paper-mill at Lee, Mass., worth $35,000, and Malone A Bozeman’s flouring-mill at Carmi, Ind. Twenty-six deaths from yellow fever are reported from Hermosillo within two days Interior towns in Mexioo are being swept by the epidemic Dun’s Commercial Agency reports that for the week business has been unusually quiet in New York, but in Western centers a little more activity has been shown. The banks are not lending money so freely, owing to the exhaustion of their surplus reserve; and the failures, though numerous, are Indicative more of mistakes in the past than business defects at present. A cable dispatch from London states that news had reached there from China, to the effect that Charles Seymour, of Wisconsin, United Consul at Canton, had been assassinated by a mob of infuriated Mongols. Dissatisfaction with what was deemed by the Chinese the too light sentence Imposed by the British Consulate upon Tldewalter Logan, who was tried as the ringleader In the riots of Sept. 10, had embittered the native population of Canton against all foreigners indiscriminately. The mob finally vented its blind fury by the murder in cold blood of a man who had taken no part in the existing troubles and given no offense, but who, in the eyes of the mob, was guilty of the high crime of being a foreigner, and, therefore, worthy of death. Mr. Seymour was Postmaster at La Crosse for many years, and during his entire residence In Wisconsin he has been prominent in the workings of the Republicans in the Congressional district in which he lived. He was a public speaker of considerable power, and stumped the State for Garfield during- the late Presidential campaign. The Northern Pacific Directors, at a meeting in New York, re-elected the board of officers, and authorized the issue of $20,000,000 of second-mortgage bonds, subject to the approval of three-fourths of the stockholders, with which to the floating debt and equip the road. The German citizens in various parts of the country have been celebrating the 200th anniversary of the founding of Gorman town, Pa., by Francis Daniel Pastorius and a body of German pioneers. There were appropriate celebrations in Chicago, St. Louis, Cleveland, Philadelphia, New York, Milwaukee and other cities.

FOREIGN.

Deputy Antoine, who, in a recent letter to the Governor of Alsace-Lorraine, expressed seditious sentiments, was arrested the other day at Metz upon the charge of high treason toward the German Empire A report has been received at London from an Uppemavlk correspondent of a Copenhagen paper that Lieut. Greely, of the Arctic expedition, had been murdered by a mutinous crew. From the fact that Dr. Nathorst, the geologist of the Nor den-' skjold expedition, has never mentioned the matter in his reports, the story is considered improbable. King Alfonso was enthusiastically welcomed back to Madrid by the Spanish people. A grand popular reception followed at the palace in the evening, at which 30,000 of his subjects were present The Stratford-upon-Avon authorities —Mayor and Council—having refused to consent to the exhumation of Shakspeare’s remains, they will remain untouched, according to the poet’s directions. John Brown, Queen Victoria’s late faithfu “gillie,” in addition to the blank verse Mr. Tennyson wrote about him, is to be commemorated by a life-size statue, a monument, and a cablet. The French Consulate at Saragossa, Spain, was stoned by the populace. At a meeting in Loughrea, County Galway, Ireland, the Bishop of Clonfert delivered a speech, dwelling at great length, upon the fact that millions of Catholics had been lost to the Catholic faith in America, and denouncing in severe terms the existing system of State-aided emigration. King Alfonso finds that the insults flung at him in Paris have made him a hero at home. He has heaped coals of fire on the heads of the French rabble by donating 10,000 francs for the rekef of the poor in Paria All the members of the Ministry of Norway have been impeached by the Supreme court. Anti-Jewish outbreaks in Ekaterinoslav and other districts in Southern Russia have led to the proclamation of the martial law. Those informers in the Phoenix Park murder trials who were not permitted to land at Melbourne are to be sent to India Joseph Smith landed at Marseilles, France, a few days ago, and was recognized by several persons, when he mysteriously disappeared. While the French Government officials are still quarreling among themselves at Paris, it is reported that Spain, not content with the mere statement that President Grevy privately apologized to Alfonso, has resolved to ask for the publication of Grevy’s apology in full in the official journal. The French Government has ordered an official investigation into the incidents attendant upon Alfonso's visit, with a view to discovering who caused the disturbance on that occasion. It is stated that the Irish Invincibles have formed a committee to hunt down informers, and have spies In all the British colonies and throughout the Western hemisphere. Many persons were wounded in Belfast, Ireland, in a flight between an Orange procession and a gathering of Catholics. The students of the St. Petersburg University have been the instigators of antiJewish riots at Dorpat and other places near the Russian capital. They are also oharged with being the authors of incendiary fires. The weakness of the Irish vote* in Manchester is the cause of comment. The Parnell!tea had calculated on 10,000, but their

zeal vote fell below 3,000, which seems to discredit the idea that they wonld be able to control thirty English seats through the balance of the Irish vote in different constituencies. fThe Parnell testimonial fund has reached £27,000, and is expected to reach £40,000 before the end of the year. The French Civil and Military Chiefs In Tonquin announce that military operations now are impossible, owing to the condition of the roads. The son of the Greek Minister at Paris accidentally killed himself while handling a revolver.

LATER NEWS ITEMS.

The Greenlaw opera-house and several adjacent stores were consumed by Ore, causing a loss of about $150,000. Eight residences at the corner of Second and Carondetet streets, New Orleans, were burned. The Houston and Texas Central railway has informed the Governor of that State that as soon as possible separate coaches will be provided for colored people. The President has returned to Washington, and settled down for the winter. Gen. Dent, who has been forty years in the United States army, has asked to be retired at the fend of November. Gen. Sherman, after traveling 10,678 miles, inspecting the military posts in the far West, has resumed his duties at Washington. One hundred tons of rock from the mines near Ishpeming, Mich., yielded $1,004 In gold and siver bullion. The Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company will Issue $50,000,000 in bonds, to be secured by a general mortgage to run thirty years at 5 per cent. ■ Silas Bullard is the assignee of the chair company at Menasha, Wis., which owes nearly SBO,OOO. The assets are said to be SIOO,OOO. Warwick & Florer, proprietors of the Bee Hive dry-goods store, the oldest established in Eafayette, Ind., have made an assignment. The firms liabilities foot up between $28,000 and $30,000. Their assets are estimated at $45,000 to $50,000. Eleven thousand dollars was stolen from the Paymaster of the Mexican National railway, in the station at the City of Mexico, by the Paymaster’s servant. The clearing-house exchanges last week —51,054,622,249 —when compared with the previous week, show an increase of $40,103,887; while a comparison with the corresponding period of 1882 gives a decrease of 20.1 per cent. Ex-Senator Blaine has nearly completed his history of “From Lincoln to Garfield.” He will then begin upon a history of the War of 1812. No satisfactory history confined to this period has ever been written. Blaine proposes to fill up this gap, and has already gathered a mass of material for it. William H. Jenkins & Son, doormakers, New York, have made an assignment. Loren B. Sessions has been placed on trial at Albany for an attempt to bribe Assemblyman Bradley during the Conkling and Platt Senatorial contest. The Boston bank Presidents have adopted a resolution calling for the passage by Congress of an equitable bankrupt law. Simon Mack & Co., wholesale clothing dealers at No. 487 Broadway, New York, have made an assignment, giving preferences to creditors of $302,030. The corpse of a bottle-nosed whale, nineteen feet and four inches in length, was washed ashore at Barnegat, N. J. A plaster cast of the rare specimen has been taken, and the bones will be taken to the Smithsonian institution. Germany has prohibited tbe importatation of hogs from Russia. Switzerland will soon protest that France is building fortifications in Savoy, in conflict with existing treaty engagements. Stanley writes to a friend that he has been elected Father and Mother of the Congo country. This outdoes George Wash, ington. United States Consul Seymour was not assasinated at Canton, China. The canard was started in an obscure town in the North of England. The British Postmaster General, in making new contracts next year for carrying the mails across the Atlantic tri-weekly, will select the fastest steamships.

THE MARKET.

NEW YORK. Beeves $ 4.80 @ 6.72 Hogs 6.60 @ 6.00 Flour —Superfine 8.85 @ 4.30 Wheat—No. 1 White 1.09 @ 1.09% No. 2 Red 1.12%@ 1.12% COKN—Na 2 59%@ .60% Oats—No. 2 36 @ .36% Poke—Mess 11.75 m 12.00 LARD 08%@ .08% CHICAGO. Beeves—Good to Fancy Steers.. 645 @6.60 Common to Fair 4.30 @ 5.15 Medium to Fair 6.20 @ 5.65 Hogs 4.40 @ 5.30 Flood—Fancy White Winter Ex. 5.40 @5.60 Good to Choice Spr'K'Ex. 4.75 @ 5.00 Wheat—No. 2 Spring 94%@ .95 No. 2 Red Winter 1.02 @ 1.02% Conn—No. 2 48 @ .48% Oats—No. 2 .27 @ .27% RYK—No. 2 54%@ .55 Badeev—No. 2 60 @ .60% B utter —Choice Creamery 27 @ .29 Eggs—Fresh 21 @ .22 Pork—Mess 11.35@ 11.37% Laud -.08 @ .08% MILWAUKEE. Wheat—No. 2 93%@ .94 Cohn—No. 2 4a @ .50 Oats—No. 2. 27 @ .27% Bye—No. 2 54 @ .55 BAELEV—No. 2 61 @ .61% PORK—Mess 11.00 @11.05 Lard 08 @ .08% ST. LOUIS. Wheat—Na 2 Red 1.01%@ 1.02’% Coen—Mixed .“. .45%@ .45% Oats—No. 2 2G%@ .26% Rve 50%@ .61 Pork—Mess 11.50 @11.60 Lard 07%@ .08 CINCINNATI Wheat—No. 2 Red 1.04%@ 1.05% Coen 51 @ .51% Oats 29%@ .30 Rye. 6fi%@ .57 Pork—Mess. 11.76 @12.00 Labd .07%@ .07% TOLEDO. MiHEAT—No. 2 Red 1.03%@ 1.06 Corn 53 @ .53% Oats—No. 2 30 & .30% DETROIT. Flour 4.00 @ 6.75 Wheat—No. 1 White 1.08%@ 1.08% Corn—No. 2 63%@ .54 Oats—Mixed 29 @ .29% Pork—Mess 12.25 @12.60 INDIANAPOLIS. Wheat—No. 2 Red. 1.02%@ 1.03 Corn—No. 2 47 @ .47% Oats—Mixed 27 @ .27% EAST LIBERTY, PACattle—Bost 6.00 @ 6.2.5 Fair 4.75 @ 6.75 Common 4.. 6 @ 4.75 Hogs 5.25 @ 6.45 BHEKP 3.59 @ 4.50

WOMEN WITNESSES.

Miss Willard and Others Given a Hearing by the Senate Committee. ! National Woman’s Christian Temperance Union—lts Methods of Work. I ! The National Women’s Christian Temperance Union were given a hearing before the Senate Committee on Education and Labor lat New York. Miss Frances E. Willard, of | Chicago, President of the union, gave a | condensed statement of the organization, its growth and methods of work. She | said the union is often called the sober eec- | ond thought of the crusade in the winter j of 1874, and which, through prayer and ; persuasion, resulted in closing 250 saloons. The society comprises thirty-four States and three Territories, and organizations with over 8,000 local societies and a following of over 75,000. Experience had suggested the advisability of dividing the work of the society into departments, and In every case where a special department of work has seemed to be called for some woman has been raised to stand at the head of such department First in the order of evolution stands the department of “Heredity,” which aims to teach women who come together in companies the relation of parental influences and natal inheritance to the drink habit Besides this department is that of “Hy genic,” whicn aims to give a better understanding of - the methods of daily living, especially regarding food, cleanliness, exercise, ventilation, and the whole physical conduct of life. Under the educational division of the work scientific instruction stands first, its subdivisions being Sunday-schools, juvenile unions, temperance literature, influencing the press, conference with ecclesiastical, Sundayschool, educational, and medical associations, and relative statistics The scientific instruction embraces the introduction of text books into the public schools, setting forth the nature and effect of alcohol on the system. Sunday-school work aims to give the “thus saith 'the Lord” regarding the use of intoxicating liquors as a beverage. The department of juvenile unions endeavors to teach children the duty of total abstinence by a regular course of study—scientific, ethical and governmental. A military feature is introduced for boys, | and prizes ottered for the best essays Efforts are made to gain the co operation of j ecclesiastical bodies, and whenever a synod j or conference is held some representative |of the society is usually present; The Department of Relative Statistics endeavors to collect the best and latest statistics regarding pauperism and crime, and present the same to the people until such time as the Government shall appoint a committee to take the matter in hand. Mrs. W. G. Buell spoke of the department of “Influencing the Press,” and said that, recognizing the power of the press, the union has during the last four years endeavored to enjist the press by securing columns to be edited by women appointed by the union of the locality, or to secure the insertion of extracts from standard authors of scientific temperance works and from the writings and speeches of promineilt men and women. Mrs. Mary H. Hunt gave an account of the efforts of her department to introduce textbooks into the public schools of the country, giving a short account of legislation in Michigan, Vermont and New Hampshire, which gave to their States a law for compulsory temperance. Other ladies present and in charge of departments explained the working of each department and its purpose. The ladies present were; Miss Frances E. Willfard, of Chicago, President- Mrs. Caroline E. Buell, Eastnainpton, Ct, Corresponding Secretary; Mrs. Mary L. Burt, Brooklyn, President of the New York State Union; Mrs. Mary H. Hunt, Hyde Park, Mass., Superintendent of the Department o f Scientific Instruction; Mr* C. C. Alford, Brooklyn, Secretary of the Scientific Department; Mra Frances J. Barnes, New York, Superintendent of the Depaitment of Young Women’s Work; and Miss Annie A Gordon. Avondale, Mass., private secretary of Miss Willard.

CONGRESSMAN CARLISLE.

A Southern M. C. Thinks He Will Be Made Speaker. . [Washington Telegram to Chicago Times.] A Southern Congressman said to-day : “If Mr. Randall is to be elected, I don’t know where he is going to get his votes. During the summer I have seen and talked with at least sixty Democratic members of Congress. I have with them gone over the entire field, and I think I know where the votes will go." Taking a list of the next House of Representatives by States, he counted off the votes conceded to Randall by the Carlisle men. They are as follows: Alabama 3, Arkansas 1, Connecticut 3, Delaware 1, Florida 1, Georgia 1, Indiana I, Louisiana 3, Maryland 4, Massachusetts 1, Mississippi 1, Missouri 1, Nevada 1, New ' Jersey 2, New York 1, North Carolina 1, Ohio 2, Pennsylvania 12, South Carolina 1, Tennessee 1, Texas 2, Virginia 2, West Virginia 3 and Wisconsin I—a total of 5u votes, •r just 4(5 short of the number necessary to nominate This would leave 141 Democratic votes against Randall, of which it is claimed that over 100 are for Carlisle Continuing his conversation, the Southern member said: “Carlisle will be nominated on the first ballot Among the Southern members we concede to Randall are some who want to vote for him, but the tariff sentiment of their district is so strong that I believe they will not dare to support RandalL Yes, Carlisle will be Speaker, and John Clark will be Clerk of the next House. Mr. Randall is claiming votes in New York, but even after Cox drops out of the race he will only get about three. Tilden and the New York Hun are making a show of supporting Randall to hold his influence for them in Pennsylvania nmct year. They are just playing with RandalL The indications in New York now are that Tilden Will take up Cleveland as his Presidential candidate, and, in order to get Randall’s support for him in Pennsylvania, they make a show of supporting him for Speaker.”

AMONG OUR EXCHANGES.

Thebe was a great deal of flirtation, married and single, at the summer resorts this season, but few engagements. By the explosion of a barrel of gunpowder in a wine-shop in Vierna, Spain, fifteen persons were killed and six injured. Rev. H. Root, a bank President at Valley City. Dakota, sued the Timex , of that place, for $117,(M;0 damages for charging him with perjury, embezzlement.and stealing Sundayschool coppers. 'J he jury avwnrded him ’ 6 cents. Sparrows were substituted for pfgeons in a shooting-match at Philadelphia, t&e other day. The trap worked admirably, but it waß discovered that the birds had lost the vigor of their wings by confinement, many of them being unable to rise. Forty-one young Indians have arrived at the Feehanvllle Training-School, near Chicago, where they will receive an industrial education. Among the young braves is a son of Sitting-Bull, who is now in hks 23d year, and who has a wife, whom he left in Dakota Charles Butler, the son of a rich and influential citizen of Columbus, Ohio, recently finished a term of imprisonment for assaulting a policeman. His wife was at Prince ton, Ind, visiting relatives. He went thither on his release, and after a few word? with his wife lodged a bullet in her brain, from which she can hardly recover. The American Bible Society will issue 2,000,000 Bibles and Testaments this year.

THE IRON HORSE.

Railway Construction In the United States. Over 4,000 Miles of New Track Laid Daring the Tear. aThe Railway Age prints the following interesting summary of railway construction in the United States during nine month* of the ourrent year: Railway building has proceeded with, much vigor during the present year, notwithstanding the assertions freely made st> its commencement that construction had. oeased, and that little if any new mileagewould be added in the United States durlng--1888. It was evident at the outset that the> remarkable record of 1882, during whldfc about 11,600 miles of new lines were added, would not be equaled, as the “boom* In. business had in a large degree subsided and speculation of all forms had received a. severe and salutary check. But it should also have been realized that a vast, portion of the territory of the United States is still inadequately supplied with railway facilities, and that the legitimate work of building roads must go on. every year, resulting in an addition of thousands of miles in the aggregate. That gloomy predictions at the end of the year cannot stop the steady development of the country by means of new railways is proved again by the following summary of the mileage of new track laid in the nine months from Jan. 1 to Sept 80, so far as we have been able to obtain information. The figures, it should be remembered, represent only the length of main track added, and and. do not include sidings or seoond track, which would very considerably swell the result Following is the amount of track laid from Jan. 1 to Sept SO, 1888: States. Miles. I States. Miles. Alabama 129 Minnesota 36Arizona 166 Mississippi........ 296 Arkansas 97 Missouri 84 California 227 Montana .... 261 Colorado 41 Nebraska 44 Dakota 288 New Jersey 6 Florida lOliNew Mexico 81 Georgia 64* New York 887 Idaho 210 North Carolina.... 12' Indian Territory.. 12|Ohio 196. Illinois 150| Oregon 65 Indiana 127IPennsylvan‘a 296 lowa 6<j|Sonth Carolina.... 28Kentucky 61,Texas 63 Louisiana 161 1 Utah 160 Maine 16| Virginia. 58 Maryland.... 11 W ashington Ter... 44 Massachusetts.... 17 West Virginia 46 Michigan 142 Wisconsin 106Total... 4,244 It will be seen from this table that at least, 4,244 miles of main track have been laid thus far on 190 different lines in forty of the forty-seven States and Territories of th* Union. The only States not reporting any new traok are New Hampshire, Vermont,. Rhode Island and Connecticut; Nevada, locked in the Rockv mountains, and the aJUmost uninhabited Territory of Wyoming. New York leads, with 807 miles of new lines, and Pennsylvania, which excels In number of roads, follows in mileage, reportbag no less than nineteen lines, aggregating 296 miles. Young Dakota come* next, with 288 miles of new track, laid on only six lines; Montana shows 251 miles added; California, 227; Mississippi, 226; Idaho, 210; and Ohio nearly 200 mile* on thirteen line*. The other States and Territories reporting more than 100 miles thu» far are Louisiana, Utah, Illinois, Michigan, Arizona, Alabama, Indiana and Wisconsin. In most of the States grading is being actively pushed on numerous lines, and som* track has doubtle- s been laid during the period named of which we have not obtained report, although our researches and correspondence have been very thoroughly extended. As was to be expected, the figures for this year are much less than they were in the* previous year of extraordinary railway building. At this date in 18»2 we reported 8,075 miie3 of track laid, on 260 lines, against 4,244 miles on 190 lines for the correspond-, ing period of 1883. Assuming a similar comparison for the entire yea», the railway mileage added during 1883 is likely to aggregate about 6, COO miles, which will exceed the record of any year previous to 1880, when, the “boom” began. We have a record of nearly 150 miles upon which track-laying instill in progress or expected to commence this year, and our own estimate now is that the total extent of track laid during 1882 will be between 6,000 and 7,000 miles. Of course the foregoing figures do not Include the thousands of miles of new lines whioh. will be built during 1883 in the neighboring countries of Canada and Mexico, and forwhich American manufacturers to a very large extent Bupply the materials

HORRIBLE TRAGEDY.

The Bloody Deed of an Intan» Mexican Mother. [Telegram from Laredo, Texas.] A gentleman from Lampasas, Mexico, gives the full particulars of a most horrible tragedy that occurred near that place. Mrs. Valdez k lied her five children and then her self during a fit of insanity. In one of the large ranches about twenty miles to the southward of Lampasas there lived for four years past a quiet, well-to-do Mexican named Antonio Valdez, whose family consisted of a wife and five children, the age of the eldest child being 10 years, and of the youngest 2 yeara The wife, who was about 30 years of age, had been subject to epileptic fits and spells of melancholy of long duration. During the last few months she has exhibited many evidences of insanity, and when in such mental aberration invariably sought to do violence to her little ones. A few days ago the woman was attacked with a fit of unusual severity. When she had recovered from her spasm her husband went out to herd a flock of sheep belonging to the ranch. He had been gone but a short time when his wife rose from her couch, and, with a huge butcher-knife, which had been carelessly left within her reach, com- ' menced her terrible work of destruction. Her eldest child, a sweet girl of 10. was the first to fall a victim to her manias mother's cruel blows, her head being almost severed from her body. With that method peculiar to insane persons, she in quick succession slew the other children, hacking and stabbing them in a sickening manner. The frantic woman, after five bleeding little corpses lay at her feet, viewed them with grim satisfaction, filling the air with wild and weird exclamations. Suddenly, taking a parting look at the dead before her, she plunged the knife into her own breast, reeled to a corner in the room, and fell dead During all the time th s fearful tragedy was being enacted a serving-woman, a Jieon, was powerless to prevent it from abectfear. The husband was soon apprised of what bad happened, and his lamentations were pitiable in the extreme and he could not be consoled. In due time neighbors came, and speedy arrangements were made to bury the dead. Six graves were dug, and the next morning the funeral rights were performed « John W. Duchaman, of Indianapolis, sued Mrs. Lily Hell, alleging that die had broken her promise to give him her band in marriage if he would give her a pianoforte. He added that die had al*o pat cheese in hie coffee, struck him with a broom,and thrown a lighted match in bis face She denied every allegation, and said that he gave her the pianoforte unconditionally, and other presents as well She admitted that she once playfully threw a piece of cheese at him when they were at the table, and that she pursued him with a broom when ho tried to kiss her. John lost both suits. James A Harris, of Florida, gets 963,000 net out of his orange crop this season.