Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 January 1885 — Page 6

RENSSELAER. INDIANA. J. W. McEWEN, - - - PuBLISHEIi.

NEWS CONDENSED.

Concise Record of the Week. I EASTERN. * A boy brought to the salesrooms of the American Tract and Bible Society in New I York a box containing an infernal machine, which would have exploded but for the bungling way in which the spring was arranged. One of the clerks who had partially opened the box laid it aside, and sent for Anthony Comstock, whose office is in the same building, who, on bis arrival, Immediately recognized wljat it was designed for. Comstock tore tbe machine apart and calmly removed the deadly works within. ; 1 Had it exploded it would have caused loss of life to many in the store. Thomas Van Valin died at Syracuse, ! N. Y., Christmas Day, at the age of 101 years and 11 months. Elliott Bros. & Co., dry goods, Philaj, delphfa, are unable to meet* engagements. They owe $227,000, and offer 60 cents on the if dollar. It is feared that the plan of allotment proposed by the anthratlc coal interests in Pennsylvania will be defeated by the opposition of Pennsylvania Railroad. ■ Baltzer Gehr, who had resided in Crawford County, Pa., elghty-four years, died Christmas Day, aged 103 years and 6 | months.

WESTERN.

Snow has fallen heavily in the pineries of Wisconsin, and lumbering operations are beginning. E. E. Israel & Co., of Waterloo, la., clothiers, have failed, with $60,000 liabilities and $65,000 assets. The Interest and Deposit Bank, conducted by Douglass Gibson and Thomas Western, at Jackson, Mich., has suspended business. In consequence of a misunderstanding between the directors and the cashier of the Laporte (Ind.) Savings Bank, the institution has gone into the hands of a receiver. The liabilities are estimated at about $75,0C0 and the assets at $90,000. Depositors are assured that they will be paid 100 cents on the dollar. Station Agent Harvey, of the Wabash Railroad at Panora, Guthrie County, lowa, was attacked in his office by two masked men and robbed of $2,000 m railroad funds. Fire partially destroyed the Masonic Temple at Cincinnati, causing a loss of $175,000. The temple suffered $60,00J damage, $75,000 was lost by the Scottish Rite fraternity, and $30,000 by J. R. Mills & Co., printers, in whose establishment in the northwest corner of the building the Are started. Peach buds and fruit trees have been killed by the intense cold in the Holland (Mich.) district. Cornelius Aultman, the millionaire manufacturer, died last week at Canton, Ohio. James Collins, Ticket Agent of the Pan-Handle Road at Cadiz Junction, Ohio, has disappeared with SIO,OOO. Part of the amount belonged to the railway company; the rest was borrowed from friends. John Swim, a miser, was found half frozen near Delaware, Ohio, with more than $2,000 on his person. He owns land in Franklin and adjoining counties in Ohio, valued at $250,000, but has always existed by begging, his clothing being of the shabbiest and filthiest description. A dispatch from Pierre, Dakota, says: Potter County is undergoing a state of excitement over the county seat location. A year ago the county seat was located at Forest City, on the Missouri River. At the last election Gettisburg claimed to have secured the county seat. Threats have been made to take the records by force, and 200 Indians are now concentrated at Forest City , ready to meet all invaders from Gettisburg. t Judge Smith is now hearing the case at | Pierre while the Indians are guarding the L records. I Miss Margaret Mather appeared at / McVicker’s Theater, Chicago, during the r week, in a round of her favorite characters, p Her engagement continues another week, ■ when she will produce “Leah, the Forsaken,” {•‘Romeo and Juliet,” “Macbeth,” “As You : Like It,” and “The Hunchback.”

SOUTHERN.

James Ruckman and his son, the former being one of the wealthiest men in Pleasants County, West Virginia, have been arrested for shoplifting at Parkersburg. For years small thefts have been committed where the Buckmans resided, and hundreds of stol en articles have been found in their possession. Three masked robbers, after vainly searching the residence of Elias Marting, near Wheeling, W. Va., applied red-hot pokers to-his back, burned off his hair with live coals, and at last enveloped him in straw and set it on fire. He was found nearly dead by neighbors, but revived sufficiently to relate the story of his torture. The north-bound express train on the New Orleans and Northeastern Railroad was thrown off the track by obstructions near Purvis, Miss. A number of passengers were injured, and the engineer and fireman were killed. An aeronaut named Mac Neal made a balloon ascension at West Point, Ga. The balloon fell into the Chattahoochee River, and Mac Neal was drowned. t At Long View, Ky., an unknown assassin fired through the window of a farmhouse, instantly killing Jacob Torian, and dangerously wounding Peter Adcock. Lewis Lucas, a Sheriff in the Choctaw Nation, invited Squirrel Hoyt to spend the night at his house, and then quietly shot him through the heart. A wall-digger at Atlanta, Ga., found, at a depth of sixty-five feet, oyiter shells and varieties of sea shells never seen in the region. Geologists are investigating. The Miles Block, at Alma, Ark., contalning several stores, was burned, the loss reaching 126,800. i Bainwater & Sterns' elevator at DalJac, Tex., was burned with SO,OOO bushels of

grain. Three persons perished in the flames. The loss was $50,000, and the insurance $33,150. Two of the train robbers involved in the job a month ago near Little Rock have been sentenced to six and seven years in the penitentiary respectively.

WASHINGTON.

Senators Bayard and Garland, says a Washington correspondent, have been urged not to accept places In tbe Cabinet, on the ground that their experience and ability will be needed in the Senate to support the administration against the Republican majority. It is said that the House Appropriations Committee will disregard the naval bill just passed by the Senate, and will frame a regular bill for ttfe next fiscal year. If tbe Senate does not accept this, an extra session of Congress will be unavoidable. The expense of the protracted Swaim court-martial in Washington is reaching a very large figure. Lieut. Gen. Sheridan is confined to his house by Illness, which, though serious, is said not to be dangerous. He is suffering from derangement of the stomach, and his physi clan has ordered him to remain at home and rest. Secretary Frelinghuysen has sent to the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations a letter stating that tbe negotiation of the Spunlsb treaty was undertaken in accordance with a policy which had received Congressional sanction. He declares that there is no thought of tbe annexation of Cuba, but that the treaty will give us all the benefits of such absorption. He then argues against the objections of the sugar and tobacco interests.

POLITICAL.

Washington telegram: “Senator Pendleton is the only Senator who declines to avail himself of a clerk, under the resolution passed by tie Senate last winter to allow each Senator a SI,OOO clerk. He says he can not do so consistently with his views of the civil service.” Albany special to Chicago Times: “The Democrats of Connecticut believe their State ought to be represented in President Cleveland’s Cabinet. One faction insists that Gov. Waller should be called into the councils of the new President, while another faction declares that William H. Barnum, Chairman of the National Democratic Committee, should receive from the man he did so much to elect to the Presidency one of the Cabinet portfolios. A delegation of Mr. Barnum's Connecticut friends came to Albany and called on Gov. Cleveland. The Governor stood while the spokesman of the delegation rehearsed the services of Mr. Barnum in the cause of the Democratic party of Connecticut and the nation. The President-elect gave the delegation no reason to believe that he would call Mr. Barnum or any other Connecticut Democrat into his Cabinet. The Connecticut men, after the conference, expressed gratification at the cordiality of their reception by Goy. Cleveland, and admiration of the manner in which he listened to all they had to say in the interest of their friend.” An extra session of Congress is thought not unlikely, In view of the fact that the business before it can hardly be finished before the end of the present session. If, as seems likely, the two houses disagree irreconcilably on the naval appropriation bill an extra session will be unavoidable.

MISCELLANEOUS. According to Brads treet’s, the total number of failures in the United States for the year 1881 shows a large increase in the rate of mercantile mortality. This is made apparent by the following comparative table: Per cent. No. of Aggregate Aggregate assets to lear. failures. assets, liabilities, liabilities 1880.... 4,850 $ 27,430,000 $ 57,120,000 48 1881 .... 5,929 85,964,000 76,094,000 47 1882 .... 7,635 47,469,000 93,238,000 51 1883 ....10,299 90,804,000 175,968,000 52 1884 ....11,600 130,000,000 240,000,000 54 Here is an increase of over 12 per cent, in the total number of failures for 1884, as against 1883, a probable gain of 44 per cent, in assets and of 37 per cent, in liabilities. The total number of bank failures this year is 121, against 45 last year, or one and threequarter times as many as in 1883; of which national bank failures have increased from 8 to 11, State bPiks from 5 to 23, and savings banks from 2to 11. Of the 121 bank failures reported for 1884, the number which (so far as known) may be ascribed to speculation direct or indirect within them or on the part of those indebted to them is 67, or over one-half. For the nine months ended Sept. 27 the total number of “speculative failures” of banks was 55, of which 22 were of stock-broking “bankers,” 15 were due to frauds or embezzlement? based on appropriations of the banks’ funds for the purpose of speculating, and 3 were caused by being large creditors of those who failed owing to unfortunate speculations.

There were 278 failures in the United States reported to Bradstreet’s during- the week, against 305 In the preceding week, and 260, 242, and 161 In the corresponding weeks of 1883, 1882, and 1881, respectively. About 80 per cent, were those of small dealers, whose capital was less than $5,000. In the principal trades they were as follows: General stores, 52; grocers, 41; clothing, 27; dry goods, 15; hardware and agricultural implements, 13; jewelry, 13; liquor, 13, shoes, 11; manufacturers, 10; millinery, 8; produce and provisions, 7; men's furnishing goods, 6; books, paper, printing, etc., 6; tobacco and cigars, 5; hotels and restaurants, 5; bakers and confectioners, 5; banks and bankers, 5; furniture, 5; rugs, 4; harness, 4; lumber and material, 4; carriages, 8; grain, 2; fancy goods, 2; butchers, 2. It is thought that 80 per cent, of the rags imported from abroad will bp disinfected at the ports from which they are shipped. This will necessitate the appointment of Inspectors in foreign countries.

FOREIGN.

The crofter teiiants of the Duke of Argyle.refuse to pay rent, and an armed company of marines has been sent to his assistance. A Christmas toy sold in Paris represented Bismarck and Ferry embracing. General Wolseley reports the delay in the concentration of troops will retard the movements in the deseyKuntfi the second week in February. 'The liabilities of the Bohemian Land < ' '

Credit Company, which recently suspended at Prague, are 23,000,000 florins, and its assets are in excess of that amount. Austria has reached an agreement with the African International Association. An Italian expedition has left Genoa for tbe Congo country. Eighty native chiefs have proclaimed Spanish sovereignty over fifteen thousand square kilometers of land on the Gulf of Guinea. Owing to the inauguration of an active colonial policy Germany is about to double its force of marine infantry.

LATER NEWS ITEMS.

A bundle of counterfeit Russian bank-notes, representing a face value of $325,000, was found accidentally by some children in Berne, Switzerland. An exploring expedition of scientists, under the auspices of the Austrian Government, is being organized to explore the northeastern corner Of Africa. Tbe expense is to be borne by a rich land-owner. It has the sanction of the English Government, which is anxious to annex the city of Herat. Tonquin advices report daily encounters between the Chinese and French at the outposts. The Chinese continue pouring troops into Tonquin and Formosa. A story is told to the effect that the emeralds in the crown of the ex-Empress Eugenie, which were bought by an English nobleman for £40,000, proved to be false, and the money was returned. Apostle from Utah, is preaching the Mormon faith in Switzerland to large audiences, and without molestation. Quite a»number of converts are being made among the spinsters. He has arranged for a vigorous campaign and mass-meeetings in all the large cities and towns. Henry N. Austin, a prominent young man of Milwaukee, committed suicide. His mind had been troubled for some time. The great seal of Dakota has been transferred from Yankton to Bismarck, where the Territorial Legislature Is to meet January 13. Smith & Rosebach, wholesale and retail tobacconists, Minneapolis, made an assignment for the benefit of creditors. The liabilities are stated to be about $40,000. Henry S. Hopkins & Co., bridge builders, of St. Louis, Mo., made an assignment. The assets are about SBB,OOO, and the liabilities unknown. Austin Brothers, boot and shoe dealers at Auburn, Ind., have failed, with $25,000 liabilities. Paquet, the Toronto infidel who was recently paralyzed while denying the doctrine of eternal punishment, died the other day. More robberies of the mails are reported along the Rocky Mountain division of the Canadian Pacific Railway. An attachment has been made upon the property of Brocks & Dickson, the theatrical managers, to satisfy a claim of the Strobrldge Lithographing Company, of Cincinnati, Ohio, for $15,000. C. B. Simmons, local Treasurer at Louisville, Ky., of tbe Louisville and Nash vllle Railroad, is supposed to have gone to join the American colony in Canada. He disappeared Chrismas Day, leaving a deficit in his accounts of $34,699. There is an impression that the Spanish treaty may be withdrawn, and one more liberal in its stead offered. The aggregate internal revenue receipts for November were $371,942 less than for the corresponding month of last year.

Secretary Chandler is said to have informed Congressman Randall that the appropriations contemplated by the Senate naval bill are grossly inadequate and would embarrass the service. It is reported that the House will regard the Secretary's objections as a good excuse for refusing to pass the bill.

Secretary McCulloch has obtained from the Attorney General and the Solicitor General opinions that on the filing of an exportation lond there is no reason why distilled spirits may not be permitted to remain In Government warehouses for a reasonable period after the expiration of three years. This will affect, for perhaps nine months, the taxes on 37,000,000 gallons of whisky.

A move is on foot in Washington looking to having President Cleveland parcel out all of his appointments between the Senators and Representatives—that is, giving them the selection in the several States and districts. It Is not thought, however, that the President will delegafe away his power in any such manner.

THE MARKETS.

NEW YORK. Beeves $6.25 @6.75 Hogs 4.25 @ 4.75 Flour—Extra 4.50 @ 5.25 Wheat—No. 2 Spring 82 @ .83 No. 2 Red 82 & .85 Corn—No. 2 51 @ .52 Oats—White 34 & .38 Pork—New Mess 12.50 @13.00 CHICAGO. Beeves —Choice to Prime Steers. 6,00 @6.50 Good Shipping 5.25 @ 5.75 Common to Fair 4.00 @4.75 Hogs 4.25 @4.75 Floub-Fancy White Winter Ex. 3.75 @4.25 Good to Choice Spring.. 3.25 @3.75 Wheat—No. 2 Spring 71 @ .72 No. 2 Red Winter 72 @ .74 CORN—No. 2 35 @ .36 Oats—No. 2 24 @ .26 Rye—No. 2 si @ .53 BARLEY—No. 2 57 @ .59 Buttes —Choice Creamery. 26 @ .28 Fine Dairy 19 @ .20 Cheese—Full Cream. 12 @ .13 Skim»d Flat 08 @ .09 Eggs—Fresh : 24 @ .25 Potatoes—New, per bn 38 @ .40 Pork—Mess 10.50 @ll.OO TOiEba «*• Wheat—No. 2 Red •. 70 @ .7116 Corn—No. 2 40 @ .41 Oats—No. 2 27 @ .29 MILWAUKEE. Wheat—No 2 70 @ .71 Corn—Ne. 2. 40 @ .42 Oats—No. 2 27 @ .28 Barley—No. 2..... 50 @ .52 Pork—Mess 10.75 @ILOO Lard 6.50 @ 6.75 ST. LOUIS. Wheat—No. 2 Red 79 @ .81 Corn—Miked 34 @ .36 Oats—Mixed 25 @ .27 Rye.... , 46 @ .48 Pobk—Mesa: 11.25 @11.50 CINCINNATI. Wheat—Na 2 Red 75 @ .77 Corn. . 40 @ .42 Oats—Mixed .....* 28 @ .29 Pork—Mess 11.25 @11.75 Lard ; 06&@ .06M DETROIT. Floub 4.75 @ 5.25 Wheat—No. 1 White 76 @ .78 00bn—Mixed.......... 39 @ .40 Oats—No. 2 White 28 @ .30 Pobk—Family 12.00 @12.50 INDIANAPOLIS. Wheat—No. 2 Red, New ,73 @ .75 Oobn—Mixed 84 @ .36 Oats—Mixed 25 @ .27 EAST LIBERTY. Cattle—Beet «.oo 0 6.50 Fair #.OO @ 5.80 Common 4.00 .0 4.50 POOS 4.M 0 4.T# Sheep tw @ 5.00

WOMAN GOSSIP.

The Same Old Story. Some flimsiest web that fiction weives She read; he idly turned the leaves. And so it happened tha r . their hands Touched now and then upon tbe sands. Her shawl was fluttered by the breeze. And both essayed the foies to seize, A> d so it happened that th -ir hands Met once again upon the i-ands. She did not mean it should be so, But he forgot to let hers go; And she forgot to claim her hand. And thus they sat u; on the sand. The book was c’osed, the shawl blew wide, And as they sat there Bid: by side The/ both agreed to fast locs hands And walk together o'er 11 e a sands. Some weeks passed by, and both again Were seated by the sighing main; Alas! he held another's hands, Another hers upon the sands.

The Fatal Wish. Young Husband—We have been very happy, pet, and there is only one favor I have to ask. Bride—What is that, love? ’“I am desperately fond of pumpkin pie.” “You never told me about it.” “I did not like to trouble you, but the season for it is here, and I really can’t get along without it. ” “Well, dear, you shall have it.” “Do you know how to make it ?” “No; but my mother does. I’ll send for her. Rather Personal. Little Nell—“ You like my sister, don’t you ?” Young Pilkins —“Ya-as, I—aw—like her vewy much. ” Little Nell—“ You wan’t to marry her, don’t you ?” Young Pilkins—“Well, weally, my little deah, that is a vewy personal question.” Little Nell—’’When you get married you will need all the room in your house, won’t you ?” Young Pilkins—“l weally don’t understand you.” Little Nell—“ Why, you know you only occupy part of it now.” Young Pilkins —“Only part?” Little Nell—“ Yes; pa said your upper story was for rent.” — Philadelphia Call. Woman's Way of Stopping a Car. Talking of horse cars reminds us of certain anomalies that come under observation in regard to them. One is the idiosyncrasy of the gentle sex where they are concerned. It is one of the oddest things in life to see a lady calmly take up her stand on the sidewalk and signal the driver with her umbrella, as if it was a special privilege of his to come and fetch her. Of the hundreds of ladies who go daily by horse car from point to point, fifty per cent, may be seen calmly flourishing umbrellas on the sidewalk, and awaiting its arrival before they take a step forward to meet it. Why, m the name of common sense, they cannot /stand upon the crossing where they know the ear will stop, no one, not even they themselves, can tell, yet they must know that by doing so they could save time for the car-driver and energy for themselves. Another peculiarity is the want of thought and consideration which will induce them to remain seated in the car if it stops within three or four doors of their destination rather than Walk a few steps, preferring to subject the horses to the renewed strain of stopping and starting rather than suffer a trifling inconvenience.— New York Mail and Express.

A Woman’s Hair.

Mrs. Bladen, writing in Taggart’s Sunday Times, says that when a woman is overheated and tired, “fixing her hair,” which means letting it fall loose, combing, and rearranging it, is a more refreshing process than even bathing the face. When the hair is let down some sort of interior weight seems to pass off from the head. What is strange, however, is that, when made smooth and twisted, and again fastened tightly, there is a still greater sensation of clearness and freedom inside the brain. It is an illustration of blowing hot and cold with the same breath—that is to say, two opposite processes produce a similar result. Here is an experiment the fair reader may try for herself. If she takes down her hair and lets it fall about her shoulders, the first sensation is that of coolness; but if allowed to hang loose the heat of the head increases very rapidly, and the tighter the hair is twisted or plaited the sooner this heat is relieved. If a woman’s hair is free from oils or pomades, and sl» combs it on a winter night with a rubber comb, electric sparks will fly out, and a crackling sound be emitted. If, with the hair hanging in this condition, she stands on a chair, the four legs of which are placed in ordinary glass tumblers, and points her finger at a gas-burner, she can light the gas with her touch. There will be a slight report and a sharp, tingling sensation in the end of the finger from which the electric spark passes. Now, if her hair is dressed—that is to say, smoothed with oils or pomades and tightly twisted—she can not light the gas by pointing the tip of her finger at it unless the electricity of her system is excited by friction. If phe wears a silk dress and has it rubbed with a fur muff, she can accomplish the feat, which would be a great saving of matches, but at the expense of a great deal of trouble.

A Good Word for Homely Girls.

“Why are homely girls always the best scholars, the best workers, and make the best wives ?” This question was propounded by an observant and, intelligent gentleman who had been twice led to the hymeneal altar, and is ready to be sacrificed again. “Is such really the case ?” “I have reason to know that it is. It is natural enough, isn’t it ? The girl who is handsome in feature and form concludes very early in life that these are her stock in trade; and with them she enters the matrimonial market. Nine times out of ten she is soon off the hooks and at the head of a house. Her homely .sister has hardly entered her teens until she discovers she is made to stand aside for the pretty-faced girls. All that neatness of dress, elegance of manners, and proficiency in the arts of making one’s self attractive she does, deliberately and for a purpose, perhaps, or, possibly, for no other

reason than, Topsy-like, she grew that wav.” “The chances are she does it solely for the purpose of compensating for her lack of physical beauty.” “My observations lead directly to the opposite consclusions,” replied the in- ! telligent observer. “There is among the great laws of nature one known as the law of compensation, and I am thoroughly convinced that to it the I homely girl is indebted for the taste I and disposition that prompt her to make herself useful when she cannot be ornamental.” “Then if you had the choice of two ladies, one beautiful and the other homely, von would take the homely one?” “Experience and observation both teach me that would be the wise thing to do. The first impulse would naturally be to take the prettier of the two, but I would give the first impulse time to pass off, and act upon sober second thought.” The old gentleman may be entirely right in this matter. — Pittsburgh Dispatch. Why Mr. Blough Changed His Hind. “My dear,” said Mr. Blough, “I am not going qut this morning. I have a cold and it rains, so I think I will stay in the house and finish examining those papers that ” “Oh! Pm so glad,” said Mrs. Blough. “Now I shall have somebody to talk to. You have no idea how lonesome it is here after you are gone. And I have wanted to get a chance to run out for a morning’s shopping for some time, so I will go to-day and you will see to things, won’t you? I expect the grocer's boy pretty soon. Tell him to bring some matches, and bread, and some boned codfish, and half a pound of butter, and a little dried beef, and don’t forget to say that the last coffee he brought was not the right kind. Then when the ashman comes round be sure you watch for him and tell him he musn’t spill any more ashes on our sidewalk. And the dressmaker will be in before noon. Tell her I can’t be fitted for that waist till I get some new ruching for the bottom of my yellow skirt, and for her to call Thursday afternoon. Oh! and don’t forget to tell the condensed-milk man to leave two glasses instead of one. Tell him I’m going to make a pudding to-morrow. And the ice-man ’ll want to be paid. Give him 43 cents, and tell him that piece he left last Friday was not good ice, so I won’t pay him full price for it. And give him one of your cigars, won’t you? I always do every Saturday. And the upholsterer is coming to see about doing over that chair in the back parlor, and say to him that I will come around and pick out the color I want in plush. And now I’ll run out. You can have a nice, quiet day, with nothing to disturb you; and’you won’t mind going out for lunch, will £ou. if I don’t get back? Goodby, d£Sr. Oh! and if the butcher’s boy havens to go by will yo'u call to him him to bring me seven pounds and a half as a roasting piece day after to-morrow; and pay the newsman when he comes for his money, will you? Good by.” And Mrs. BTough went out. Mr. Blough whistled softly. Then he said to himself: “I guess it won’t rain much. ” And he went down to his office.— New York Herald.

Lincoln and Stanton.

Edwin M. Stanton’s correspondence with Mr. Buchanan, published by the latter in his “Diary of a Public Man,” confirms the statements so positively made that he desired the rebellion to succeed to the extent, at least, of overthrowing the administration of Mr. Lincoln and establishing the Confederate Government at the capital. This was the desire of many other Democrats, who hoped for a compromise that would satisfy the South in regard to the perpetuity and even the extension of slavery. Mr. Stanton’s remark, “If the Supreme Court ever reassembles, there will be considerable change in its organization his statement, “ The impression here is that the decided and active countenance and support of the British Government shall be given to the Southern Confederacy;” his expression of the opinion that “Jefferson Davis will soqn turn out the whole concern;” and the flippant conclusion of one of his letters, “that in less than thirty days Davis will be in possession of Washington.” These startling propositions, involving the absolute destruction of the Government, laid down without the shadow of apparent feeling or regard, give color to the assertion that the wish was father to the thought, not only in the mind of the man who uttered them, but in the minds of the other leading Democrats at the capital. Only a year previous, Mr. Lincoln having been retained in the McCormick patent case in Cincinnati, Mr. Stanton, who was one of the leading counsel on the same side, had declined to consult with him, saying thst he would have nothing to do with the “long-legged and long-armed ape.” While he admitted that he conferred with Mr. Seward when he was a membet of the Cabinet in the expiring days of the Buchanan administration, he repudiated on several occasions having had any interviews with Senator Sumner. Later, he saw his own errcr, and became an active member’ of Mr. Lincoln’s administration, manifesting a bitter hostility toward many of his old Demcratic associates. On the afternoon that Mr. Lincoln was assassinated, a came to him from the War Department, and stated that Jacob Thompson would come to Portland, Me., the next day, in a certain disguise,' to take a steamer which was about toj leave for Halifax, on its way to England. “Well.” said Mr. Lincoln, when he heard this, “I guess you had better let him run.” “But,” was the answer, “Mr. Stanton thinks he had better be arrested. ” “No,” said Mr, Linooln, “let him run. He can’t do any more harm now. When you find an elephant running, the best way is to let him keep on. Let him get out to England if he wants to.- We shall have enough of them on our hands without taking him too. Tell Stanton he had best let him slide.” —Ben: Parley Poort.

NO DEMAND FOR LABOR.

Review of the Industrial Situation in the Principal Manufacturing States of the Union. (New York special to Chicago News.) Twenty columns of Bradstreet’s space occupied this week with the results of a. most important investigation into the general condition of the leading manufacturing industries of the United States. The inquiries embrace twenty-two States— Maryland. Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Missouri, and all north thereof. There had been a general reduction of wages in industrial lines varying from 20to 25 per cent., and, in some instances, to 30 per cent, taking the year through. In some lines the'reductions are as low asIfii'tb'. 15 per <oent Skilled workers' jn v ■ specialties are exempt or partially exempt from this. The reducedforces at work range from 33 per cent, at some points among iron workers to an average of 20 per cent, (against 1880) for the States reported, to 19 per cent among glass-workers; 17 per cent among tabocco operatives; 16 per cent, woolen goods; 14 per cent., bools and shoes; and 12J per cent, among cotton workers. The reductions referred to do not include the shrinkage of clerical forces in mercantile houses. Among industrial wage-earners the reductions in wages have been great where there have been no industrial organizations or weak ones. It must not be overlooked that a considerable share of the number reported now out of work will soon be busy* again, stoppages of mills and factories in. various lines being customary at this season. The record by States is as follows:

H a I* ip Fl iC STATES. : { £ : H Th : J? New England 647,373 45,800 7 New York 531,533 94,475 1» New Jersey 126,038 10,000 8 Pennsylvania 387,072 61,000 16 Maryland 25,000 6,000 7" Virginia 40,184 5,000 13West Virginia 14,411 2,000 14Ohio 183,609 32,000 17 Indiana. 69,508 2,345 12 Michigan 77,591 11,321 16 Illinois 144,127 14,860 10Minnesota 21,247 8,290 40Nebraska and lowa. 33,165 4,000 12Missouri 64,000 5,070 0Kentucky 37,391 7,295 19 Totals, .„. 2,452,749 815,249 13 Of the number reported displaced by thedepression in trade, less than 18,000 is reported due to strikes, or about 5 3-10 per cent. In the seventeen leading industrial cities the number reported dispensed with by striking is 177,115, or nearly 56 per cent, of the total reported. They are distributed as follows*. CITIES. o« £ o®o0'43 s 8Z a fcgs jg Q fr 0 ”" New York 227,352 55,550 24 Philadelphia 185,527 40,000 21 Chicago 79,415 10,400 13 Boston 59,213 4,500 7 6-10-Baltimore 66,338 2,000 3 6-10 Cincinnati 54,517 4,500 8 3-10 Brooklyn 47,587 4,850 10 3-10 St. Louis 41.825 3.870 9 4-10 Pittsburg 36,930 6,0u0 16 Troy and vicinity 22,434 8,200 37 Cleveland and vicinity. 21,724 8,500 39 Paterson.- 19,799 4,500 22 8-10 Tluffalo 18,021 4,500 25 Louisville 17,448 4,295 25 Detroit 16,110 9,950 62 Richmond 14,047 3.500 25 Wheeling 5,512 2,000 36 Total 923,799 177,115 19

The employes in blast furnaces, rolling mills, steel works, forges and bloomaries, foundries, machine and locomotive works in the United States in 1880 numbered 421,000, and in the States reported above 388,000. Returns indicate that at least 80,000 of such operatives have been dispensed with, or 20 6-10 per cent. Of operativeson clothing in New York, New England, Pennsylvania and Ohio, at least 35,000fewer are at work now than a year ago, or over 27 per cent of those in 1880. On cotton goods the decline in the number of operatives in New England, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania is 20.000, or nearly 12 J per cent, of the total in--1880. On woolen goods the decline in. New England, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania is about. 24, MO, or 16 per cent, of the total four years ago. In boots and shoes, so far as detailed, there are 18,000 fewer operatives at work than four years ago (8,000 temporarily in New England), or about 14 per cent, fewer than in 1880. This industry is, however, relatively less depressed than theothers specified. In New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Kentucky there are reported 13,000 fewer employes of tobaccomanufacturers, or about 17 per cent, of the total in 1880. In Paterson, N. J., there are 2,000 fewer silk operatives at work, or about 16 per cent, of the whole number in 1880. In Pennsylvania, Ohio, and in St. Louis about 4,700 operatives in the glass factories have been laid off, being about 18 1 per cent, of the total employed in 1880,

THE PRESIDENT-ELECT.

His Future Movements, [Albany special.] Gov. Cleveland will resign his office Jan. 6, and go to Buffalo on the Bth. On the9th he will attend a charity ball at the Genesee House,' Buffalo, and then return to thiscity, where he will remain until he goes toWashington. He has already engaged rcoms, and after the 9th of January willbe at home to all his fellow citizens. It is generally understood here, as elsewhere, that Senator Bayard may have a place in the Cabinet, but the President-elect has note yet determined whom else he will invite tohis council board. He will probably take three members of the Cabinet from the* East, two from the South, and two from, the Northwest. Of the two from the Northwest Indiana will furnish one and Illinois or Wisconsin the other. President-elect Cleveland is much interested in the probable result of the IllinoisSenatorial contest, but while freely expressing the hope that a Democrat may be elected he carefully refuses to express a preferencefor either of the Democrats who havebeen named as candidates for the office.

The New York Senatorship.

The Senatorial contest in this State iscreating much excitement among Republicans. President Arthur and Levi P. Morton are the most prominent candidates, with Evarts, Hiscock and others hopefully in the race. Morton is in theLud, and will probably be elected if a regular Republican is chosen; but not a few Democrats and Independents and Stalwart Republicans hope a combination may be effected by which Mr. Conkling will be returned to the Senate. ■ Hannibal Hamlin is about to write a. book giving a history of his political Ufa ■M«s