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into the Democratic party. Don’t yon see it is no place for you! Don't bn a Democrat juat because your father was a Democrat. I heard an Irishman in my town say that there was no need of a yonnc man being a Democrat just because his father was a Democrat—no mom use of it timn there was for a young tnaa to be a bachelor just because his father was a bachelor. My young Democratic friend, let mo tell you a secret. I was q Democrat once myself, in mv younger days, and an orthodox at that; that is, my father "voted for Polk and Pierce, but when I heard of the Republican party, when I heard of Fremont agd free hemes for free men, 1 fell in line under the Republican flag, and have been following it ever since, and I am glad of it. “Young man, turn your face to the State of Maine and east your political future with the Republican partr, and you will always be proud of that act—a party since it has come into power has known no defeat; that in the struggle for supremacy in the last quarter of a century has been the survival of the fittest. “A party whose motto is equally before the law and at the ballot box A party that gave homes to the homeless; that crushed secession; that obliterated human slavery; that made it impossible for a slave to exist beneath our flag in the domains of our Republic; a party that believes in protecting American labor and American industries; a party under whose wise administration our country has grown rich and prosperous, has increased more than threefold in wealth in the last thirty years, and to-day our republic is the greatest and grandest nation beneath the stars. Young man, if you will join the Republican party, you will be urged on to greater and nobler deeds, you will be stimulated by the example and memories of theaetions of the great fathers in the Republican party—the apostles and martyrs of freedom —you will be surrounded by men who keep pace with the spirit and progress of the age —who believe in the sacredness of the home —men who would crush the vile heads of slander, by men wlio do now arid have kept step to the music of the Union, men who believe in Ameriea and Americans. “You will be cheered on to greater duty by having in charge the soldiers of the Union, blessed with the prayers and tears of their widows and orphans. You will have upon your shoulders the hopes and fears of 4,000,000 of men made free by your party, “Young man, look at the great names the Republican party has given to America and the world: John Brown and Tbaddeus Stevens, Sumner and Stanton, Morton and Wade. Then the long list of Presidents —Lincoln. Grant. Hayes, Garfield. Arthur, and next'November, James G. Blaine, of Maine.” THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, It Follows Its Own Sweet Will—An Eloquent Tribute to Its Achievements. Emery A. Storm, at Boston. This is a very remarkable party of ours —the Republican party. It never had, in all its long, and splendid, and lustrous career, a leader who could take it one single inch in the direction it didn't want to go. Our leaders have sometimes left us, and in a wholesale way. So much the worse for the leaders; so much the better for the party. In 1872 Governors and ex-Governors, senators and ex-senators, judges and ex-judges, Tray, Blanche and Sweetheart, crowds of them, loft the party because the party, as they said, was corrupt, and how splendidly the old ship did right herself up after they got off. How magnify ently she made for the harbor of a splendid success, and how desolate, discomfitted and wa-ter-logged have been the leaders who jumped overboard ever since. There is another remarkable feature about our party which distinguishes it from the Democratic party. To write a platform for tne Democratic party requires the very highest degree of rhetorical and literary ability. I think I possess some ability of that kind myself. yet I would not try it under any circumstances. There is not a Republican in all the 55, 900,000 of people of this continent, who has got the faith in him", who cannot write a Republican platform that is not a good Republican doctrine everywhere. There is the same difference between the Democratic platform and the Republican platform that there was between our present national currency and the old stumptail currency before the war. Our platform is current everywhere. Did you ever think what would happen to a Democratic orator if he put his platform in his pocket at night and got on the train and really landed in the direction he didn't suppose he had gone? Suppose that he started from Chicago and was coming to Boston, but by some curious freak he landed at Atlanta or Savnnuah, and, thinking he was in Boston-all the time, began to clamor for a free ballot and a fair count? You see it is a question of climate; the platform is liable to spoil with a change of weather. Suppose that the patriotic Democrat —and there are many such—construing his platform, after days and nights of anxious hairpulling and headache, has made up his mind as to what the concern means on the subject of the tariff, and he starts out full of the idea that he is a friend of all God's creation and free trade. He is going South, as he thinks, and the Penn sylvania railroad lands him in Lancaster, Pa., and, as a Democratic orator, he begins to talk in favor of free trade and to give that construction to the platform. What kind of a funeral awaits that man? * * * The Republican party has made of jarring States a Nation, and it has made that Nation free —free in every sense and in its largest sense —and on this continent what an edifice has it reared, the dome as broad and vast as the arching skies above ue, from whose walls we have removed the decaying timber of human chattelhood and replaced them with the everlasting granite of universal freedom. From those walls we have effaced the old, foul inscriptions of the had old times. The Dred Scott decision, with its infernal doctrine, no longer flaunts its shame in our eyes. The story of the escaping slave no longer is recorded on its banners; the crack of the old whip has died away; the bay of the pursuing bloodhound is a bad recollection of a bad past; the imploring cry of the pursued slave is heard no more. But reddened as if a planet shone upon it, glistens there a’Republic beneath whose flag every human being is free—free to think, free to speak, and free to vote as ho pleases. The old blustering spirit of our institutions before the war that elevated itself on its piles of boxes and bales, and chalked its dollar and cent marks all over God’s Ten Commandments, has been pulled down and in its place, coming from her throne among the stars, is that radiant spirit which I worship in my waking hours and in my dreams—the spirit of a mighty, free empire, with her glistening coronet upon her brow, with sword, and shield, and plume, taking Hie poorest of our citizens by the hand and saying: “By the living God, he shall be free,” to think, to speak, to vote as he pleases, and for the incarnation of that mighty spirit I urge the election and shall vote for'Blaine and Logan. MORALITY IN POLITICS. Repart to the Committee of the Cincinnati Conference of Che >L K. Church. Hillsboro, 0., Special. On the first day of the recent session of the Cincinnati Conference, a committee, -consisting of Dm. Payne, Jeyoe, Pearoe, Dustin, Lowery, Leonard, Bay lias, YanOeve, Reed, McCabe and Lee, waa appointed on public morals. They made their report just previous to adjournment on Tuesday, as follows: “The alarming doctrine is boldly taught that “the chastity or unehastity of public men of national repute, and nominated for office before the people or the whole country, is not a proper subject of discussion,’ and that private character dees not affect one's fitness for high public posi tion. and should not influence the suffrages of conscientious patriots. We shudder at the consequences of having such principles invade our homes. When distinguished men—both the living and the dead—are in the same sentence etig matized as profligate and lauded as patriots and statesmen, the inevitable effect is to lead out young men to regard a pure character and a spotless life as matters of only secondary consideration. That such ‘evil fruit’ from this ‘corrupt treeMias already appeared, we are too well assured to doubt By the public teaching of such sentiments the sanctity or the family is invaded, the virtue of onr children ia imperiled, the par itr of our public men ia endangered, the morals of every community are poisoned, the honor of the whole American people is assailed, the very safety and perpetuity of the Nation to involved. In view of these perils, there tore, “Resolved, That it is the solemn judgment of flbU rentieeye omristtra minister© thatueh moral

Ratios of the public conscience ts the youth of this generation sod to our groat Republic, which no language can describe and no mind fully conceive, “Resolved, That we respectfully urge the religious and pofitical press, the various religious bodies, of whatever denomination, and all lovers of pure morals, without respect to party affiliations, to unite in honest Christian effort to defend the homes and to guard the morals of our land by discountenancing all immorality and personal impurity, whether of private or public character, iu high or low station, within or without the political party of their choice." THE COVENANTER VIEW OF IT. Practical Sense About Prohibition from the Most Unbending Chase. The Rev. J. C. K. Milligan of the Reformed Presbyterian <Ti arch (which forbids its members to vote until God is recognized in the Constitution), in The Philadelphia Christian Statesman. The wisdom of separate party nominations in the presidential election is at least doubtful, and if they thus defeat the Republican candidates and elect the Democratic it will surely be suicidal. This would give power to their enemies for the sake of punishing the cowardice of their friends. “Petroleum V. Nasby” proposes a compromise and offers Mr. Blaine “the privilege of running the Government if he will permit us to hold the offices.” I am ready to give Republicans the offices if they will allow us to put prohibition into the government It may not be practicable, but if some arrangement were made with the Republicans that would allow Prohi bitionists their strength, the end would be gained and the other interests involved in the political eampaigm would not be imperiled. The desideratum is to prevent an open whisky tri - ' umph, to secure a full Prohibitionists vote without helping the liquor party, and thus present such an array of Prohibitionist in the Republican ranks as to force them squarely to their platform. Mr. Blaine has probably shown too much haste to be rich, and in his eagerness has been betrayed into a false position, but his innocence of the charge of bribery by the railroad companies lias been substantially shown by his political enemies as well as his friends. He is among the purest and ablest of our politicians and statesmen, his election is almost certainly assured, and his Christian character and integrity give confidence that he will honor the office and use his great influence in favor of moral and Christian reform. DEAF MUTES FOR BLAIN& A Silent Force In Politics Not Heretofore Considered. New York Correspondence I’ittsbnrg Dispatch, I was talking—in sign language—this week with a deaf mute, who is a well-known gentleman of this city. Said he: “Do you know that there aro between twentyfive and thirty thousand deaf mutes in this country who will vote solidly for Blaine and Logan?” “Why so?” I asked, curious and surprised, for I hadn’t heard before of any such issue in politics. “There aro geveral reasons, ”he replied. “In the first place, we have no love for either Cleveland or Hendricks. They have never shown any interest in us, nor any desire to further our interests. Mr. Cleveland, in Buffalo, never tried to improve or enlarge our schools, nor has he done so as Governor. Hendricks's record in Indiana is equally barren. “On the other hand, we owe our great college at Kendall Green, Washington, entirely to the Republicans, and particularly to Blaine. It was Blaine's influence that led the Republican majority in Congress to make the needed appropriation, in the face of Democratic opposition. Mr. Logan has always been a valuable friend of that institution, and under Republican rule deaf mutes have been largely employed in the government offices at Washington. Furthermore,” continued my friend, “a few years ago there was no provision in the State of Maine for the education of deaf mutes. The matter was referred to Mr. Blaine, and veryquickly—within a month I think—a law was adopted providing for the complete education of all deaf mutes at the expense of the State, They are educated at the famous school at Hartford, Conn., and there are forty or fifty of them there now. “You may sav,” he concluded, “that this is a narrow and selfish view of the case; but we deaf mutes are, by a misfortune of nature, made the wards of public generosity, and it is only natural that we should stand by our benefactors." CARL SCHURZ’S LIES. The Truth About What Mr. Hendricks’s “Lying Dutchman" Misrepresents. Chicago Tribune. How many men in Carl Schurz’s audience Thursday night knew: L That the Little Rock & Fort Smith Railroad bill passed both houses of Congress unanimously. 2. That Mr. Blaine's railing on it was right and just and could not have been withheld in honor. 3. That when it was made he did not have the acquaintance of a single person interested in the road or instrumental iu promoting the passage of the bill. 4. That he alluded to his connection with the bill after his interest of the road had been obtained. 5. That the bill was a declaratory statute merely, not granting lands nor reviving a dormant or lapsed grant, and' conferring no original nor substantial rights nor benefits. C. That the iuvestmeus was a losing one. 7. That Mr. Blaine honorably shouldered all the loss and restored to his friends every cent they had invested in the bonds on his representations. 8. That in the letters addressed to Fisher he said he had done the friends of the bill “a service without knowing it,” S>. That instead of obtaining a favor through the managers of he road he suffered a severe pecuniary loss. 10. That his ruling as Speaker was in no sense caused by his interest in the road, but was six months antecedent to his obtaining a share in it 11. That he aid not rule in favor of the bill (which passed both houses unanimously) because he was interested in the road, but became interested in the road because his attention was directed to it during the passage of the bill through Congress. 12. That tiie land grant was simply restored to the State of Arkansas, which eons erred it upon the road. 13. That the justice of tlie bill continuing the grant and the rightfulneas of Mr. Blaine's ruling, in point of law, have not been disputed from that day to this, and cannot be. The facts may be read in the documents of the case by any person who will peruse them; yet probably uot one in a hundred of those who listened to Mr. Schlira's bitter, distorted, and unfair presentation of the facts on Thursday will take the trouble to go to original sources for information. As an example of suppressio veri, suggestio falsi, nothiiigto equal Mr. Schurz's speech lias recently been heard in this part of the country. POLITICAL NOTES. The Opposition of Bristow and Hamilton Fisli to Blaine Explained. New York Special. The Democrats here are making a great ado over the declaration of Hamilton Fish, sr., and B. H. Bristow that they will vote for Cleveland Their statement simply represents two votes for Cleveland, and no more. The position tis Bristow ia known. Ha has not been a member of tha Republican party since Grant put him out of his Cabinet A well-informed Republican says of the new bolter: “Hamilton FWs opposition to Blaine is easy enough to understand.'' Fish is an Anglomaniac who made our government ridiculous by his concessions and apologies to England and other foreign governments in every international dispute. He was the only Secretary of State who never, under any circumstances, protected an American citizen in this rights while in foreign lands. His toadyism to England was one of the worst features of the Grant administration. It is the most natural thing in the world for him, therefore, to oppose Blaine, who was his opposite in everything in the management of the State Department” The Irish Rebellion in Maine. Ron. John Ktncrty, in the Chicago Oltiten. There ts one thing that the Irish vote for Blaine ta Maine establishes, and that is that the slanders Oo freely circulated about Mr. Blaino to

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prejudice Irish-Americans against him have not a shadow of foundation. In the face of the constant iteration of the charges, in Augusta (where Mr. Blaine was falsely said to have played the role of Know-notliiug), the Catholic clergyman, Father Murphy, openly voted the Republican ticket, and CO per cent, of the Irish American citizens followed Father Murphy's example. This ought to settle the charge of Know-noth-ingism. It repetition hereafter will but hurt the Democratic party. Irish-Americans, thank heaven, are now intelligent enough to see through the sophistries of campaign orators, and office-holders and offioe-seekers. They think for themselves and they vote as they think. They have also the manhood to resent an insult. They hare good memories. They will teach Mr. Bragg, Mr. Dan Manning, and the truculent, unreconstructed “gentlemen” of the South that they know how to resent an insult They will show it by voting for Blaine, and against the candidates of the monopolists and Know-nothings, of the bigots and the Pharisees, of the un-American Americans, and of the British Grover Cleveland next November. The Maine election is a triumph for Irish-American manhood and independence. The German Element In New York. New York, Sept. 13.— Within the last three weeks a great deal of stress has been laid on the statement given out at the Democratic headquarters that the German vote was almost a unit for Cleveland. A gentleman who stands high in the councils of the German brewers and wine and liquor dealers said: “My duties Lake me through the State a great deal, and here in the city I come daily into contact with Germans of influence. I can sav that at the present moment the vote of the Germans is pretty evenly divided. While a majority of those interested in the beer, wine and liquor trade are Democrats, many of them will undoubtedly vote for Blaine. And unless a great change takes place I believe that Blaine will have a majority in this State. The anti-Blaino Republicans are few and far between outside of New York city. Os course, I know little about outside States, although I think it more than probable that if the Democrats are depending ou large German accessions in Ohio they will he disappointed." A Secretary’s Opinion of Grover Cleveland. Washington Special, A member of the Cabinet who spent a day with Cleveland at the funeral of Judge Folger says he was very much disappointed in the man. He expected to find Mr. Cleveland a person of broad views, wide intelligence and plearing presence; but, on the contrary, discovered him to be a logy, stupid, and beefy individual, without energy of character, or personal attractions of any character. He is slow, prosy, and phlegmatic, dull in conversation, and of very ordinary talents. He judges, from his short acquaintance, that he is a man of obstinacy, but Qf low instincts, and without any high purpose or statesmanlike qualities. “Would he make a good President, do you think?” was asked. “No; I think he would make a better policeman,” was the reply. A Suggestion for the Democrats. New York Tribune. The population of Ohio, as given in the census table of 1880 is: Males 1,613.936 Females 1,584,126 Total . 3,198,062 Now, we submit to the Democratic national committee, which is at present sitting in sackcloth and ashes with crape on its left arm,studying the election returns from Maine, that they ought to utilize these Ohio figures. Let the committee issue a proclamation addressed “To the Democrats of the United States,” informing them that unless the Republicans of Ohio carry the State in October by a majority of at least 3,198,062, the result, instead of helping Blaine, will be practically a Democratic victory. Democratic Civil-Service Reform. Philadelphia Pres*. JACKSON’S DOCTRINE. CLEVELAND'S DOCTRINE. To th© victor belong I believe in an open and the spoils. sturdy partisanship which secures the legitimate advantage© of party supremacy. It is obvious that Democratic progress in the interval between Jackson and Cleveland has confined itself to rhetoric only. Mr. Hendricks's Madrigal. Louisville Courier-Journal. O, voters, keep me well in mind! You've only four more years to wait; Let you and me affection bind—'Twill not be long till 'BB, Mr. Blaiue’u Movements. Worcester, Mass. Sept. 14.—James G. Blaine will attend the fair of the Agricultural Society of this city ou Thursday. SEARCHING FOR WIVES. Two Unmarried Men Who Apply by Letter to Castle Garden for Helpmates. New York Commercial Advertiser. Superintendent Jackson, of Castle Garden, has received the two following letters, which we print verbatim: Detroit, Mich., Sept 9, 1884. Mr. Jackson, of Castle Garden: Dear Sir—Please excuse me for troublelng you in this matter, if you know of any Lady that will fill this lull Please send this letter to her. I wish to marry an Eastern or Southern Lady (am sincere) wish her to be, firat a woman of rood caricature, 2d, overflowing with Love and sympathy, 3d amiable, 4th Waalthey, donot care how homely ahe is if she is white and will do all she can to make Home Happy, use economy aiul not be stubborn, always meet me frankly and with a Kiss, (as I will her) I am 45 years old quirk and active blue eys white skin staud errect 5 ft I) inches weight 145 to 150 lbs even temper donot drink strong drink or use tobacco iu any forme Gamble or use bad language am a perfeet Gentleman at all times dress good am clean about the house and about myeelf like to spend all my leisure time at home or with my Wife I am decidedly a family mau healthy cheerful and not afraid of work I am used to good society am iu business and considered a good business man would do all I could to help a Lady watch and increase her property I cannot enjoy this world without a wife of the above description I adore a good woman and never enjoy any travel or luscious without one with me and therefore have lost a large share of this worlds comforts I have traveled considerable but never knew a woman that I could see in all the common everyday apperieuce- the trouble is there is too much deception practiced by both man and woman I will come right out and show just what 1 m and show reference letters covering 25 years, if a Lady will do the same and see if we eannot forme a perfect union of lasting happiness (I shohl also wish her to be sober and energetic all correspondence strictly confidential Please assist me all you consistently can. Very Truly, I. L. Thomas, Detroit Mich. P. S.—in clos Pinas find stamp for return answer. Columbia house, 111-113 North Broad st. 1 Philadelphia, Sept. 13, 1884. J Commissioner of Emigration: Dear Sir—My attention was drawn to securing the services of a woman as a companion to a man. By the many reports in the press, that a man can find a wife by addressing you (os it eeems the many foreigners comiug to America are anxious to find a Husband). Now sir. allow me to say X am a farmer, living in Lancaster county, six miles northwest of Lancaster City; have a nice farm of 200 acres well stocked; have been a widower for years; -no children, and feel the need of a woman to fill the position of wife. I want a mediumsited woman, quite stout, with blue eyes, light hair and good teeth; rather stylish in dress and not inclined when on the street to look beck at every women that, passes to see how her dress sets. For I intend to so dress my wife that she will not be behind any lady in the land as to modern stylo of dress. Now, if such a woman can be found, and will so promise not to imitate "Lot's Wife" end not look behind. I will promise a good home and a kind husband. lam here attending the .State fair, end will remain for one week. So, if you find what I want, please address me here. Georgb Wilson Mordach. Unexplained Death of a Traveling Man, Bed alia, Mo, Sept. 14—Charles K. Fox, a traveling salesman of St Louis, waa found riead in his room at the Garrison House, this Jiternoon. It is as yet undetermined whether or not he committed suicide. Shot by Unknown Persons. Clay, Tex.. Sept. 14—A negro ravisher, escaping from Bnaxos county, sought refuge at this place. Last night he was captured ana shot by unknown parties.

INDIANA AND ILLINOISNEWS The Daily Chronicle of Happenings of All Kinds in the Two States. Three Persons Silled lit Logansport in One Day—Soldiers’ Reunion in Spencer County—Nates and Gleanings. INDIANA. Three People Killed at Logan sport Inside a f Twelve Hours. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Loaansport, Sept. It—Harry Chaffin, a brakeman on "tha Panhandle railway, was crashed between two cars at 4 A. M. and instantly killed, at the yards in this city. Barney Dean, a fourteen-year-old son of Thomas Dean, was kicked by a horse and in- 1 stantly killed this morning. Tim Flynn, a ditcher, while intoxicated, sat down on the end of a tie, on iiho Panhandle track, on Canal street, this morning. He was struck by ar. engine and died at 3P. M. He leaves a widow and one child. Spencer County Soldier's Reunion. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Boosville, Sept. 13.—The annual reunion of the soldiers of Spencer county is in session this week near Gentry ville. About 4,000 people, of whom about 1,800 are war veterans, are in attendance, representing nearly every coutny and township in the district About 200 soldiers from this county are present On Friday speeches were made by several old war-horses; reminicensea of army life were told by others. To-day is the last day of the reunion. Another Cashier Gone Wrong. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Evansville, Sept 13.—John T. Briggs, cashier of the Louisville & Nashville freight depot, has absconded, leavingthe company $3,000 short Briggs has been living a fast life of late and his downfall was caused by his sporting propensities of all kinds. He is twenty-five years old and has been in the employ of the road eleven years. A liberal reward is offered for his arrest Minor Notes. An unknown man was found, Sunday morning, on the Wabash railway track, four miles west of Logansport, with his head cut off by a train. Mrs. John Baitorff, at Speed’s Mills, apparently in good health, was seized with a chill and died in a few minutes. The New Castle fair will begin on the 16th instant, and run five days. It is expected that the exhibits will be quite largo. The DePauw glass works at New Albany are not running the full number of furnaces, owing to inability to secure glass-blowers. The Jeffersonville levee hangs fire. The government has appropriated the money to do the work, but the interest erf the city "in the improvement appears to have died out The large barn of Mike Schuler, at Shelby - ville, was set on fire Saturday afternoon and totally destroyed. Loss on barn $500: no insurance. Two horses worth SIOO, owned by William Peck, were burned in the barn. J. M. Goar has sold the material and good will of the New Castle Democrat to M. L. Reed. It is understood that Mr. Goar will edit an organ in Fort Wayne. Mr. Reed has the ability and experience necessary to conduct a reputable journal. Alex, Hutchins, druggist at Lancaster. eigH miles southeast of Portland, committed suicide at 8 o’clock Saturday morning by hanging. He tied the rope to a rafter in the barn and jumped off a barrel. Mental aberration is assigned as the cause. Hutchins was fifty years old and leaves a widow and three children in fair circumstances. The reported drowning, by accident, of Miss Mary E. Coffin, formerly of Spicelaod, in the river Rhine, as detailed in the Journal of Saturday morning, is discredited by some of her friends in Henry eounty, who- fear foul play in the matter. The only known witnesses of the occurrence were two young men, who claim to have been too far away to render any assistance, but who recovered her hat and took it to the police station. ILLINOIS. Callings from Correspondence and Gleaning* from Exchanges. R. W. Barnett, an rid and wealthy farmer living near Vandalia, has been stricken with paralysis. He lies insensible, and cannot recover. Ray,to Huber, a tramp, arrested at Farmer City for -numerous thefts, has been sent to the penitentiary for three years, two days after his capture. Albert Francisco has been arrested at Decatur, charged with stealing a bank certificate of deposit from t. L. Walters, of Windsor, and forging Walters’s name on the certificate, which called for S9O. Thomas Martin, of Jerseyville. in jail at Car rollton, charged with rape, and who attempted snicido a week ago by drinking bedbug poison, was successful after all. He lingered until Saturday and then died. Gorge Pa-ntin is on trial at Belvidere, on a chanee of venae for tlie murder of W. Smith, in Elgin, on March, 3, 1883, a murder that attracted great attention at the time. The defense will be insanity. Young Brothers’large paper and paint house at Quincy, suffered loss by fire. Saturday morning, from $5,000 to SB,OOO. The Are originated from spontaneous combustion. The loss is fully covered by insurance. Near Salm the . residence and entire contents owned and occupied by Alfred Rav, were destroyed by fire, Friday night, while he and his family were at Centralia, attending the Carter Harrison meeting. The house was partially insured. At Decatur, on Saturday morning, the African Methodist Church was set on fire from the outside by some fiend, and Rev. Peterson and his family barely escaped with their lives. The dwelling was destroyed, also the furniture, involving a loss of several hundred dollars. . At IlHopolis the dry goods store of W. A. Mathews <& Cos. was robbed, on Saturday night, by Henry Bradford, a colored man of Detroit. He'Succeeded in carrying off some S2OO worth of silks and clothing. He was Bent to jail at Springfield. The goods, excepting the clothing, were recovered. At Pearl, Thomas Johnson attempted to shoot Smith Hoover, in Bill Sink’s saloon, but the revolver failed fire, and he began pounding Hoover with it. whereupon Hoover drew his knife and stabbed Johnson six or seven times, one being behind the ear, which proved fatal. The two men had gambled all night and Were intoxicated. A seven-year-old daughter of Ira Young, residing at Carrollton, has not eaten anything for twenty-nine days. She has been afflicted with a throat disease, and cannot bo made to take and retain any food The physicians think tire girl cannot recover, although no change in her condition has been noticeable within the past ten days. Martin Brennan, of Peoria, aged twenty three, has died from injuries sustained by either falling or being thrown from a Chicago, Bur lington hi Quincy train, oil Tuesday night, near Pottstown. He remained unconscious till death. There is reason to suspect foul play. It is said that Brennan had considerable money upon his person when he left Peoria. Smtltllig Works Horned. Carthage, Mo.. Sept 14.—The extensive works of the Granby Mining and Smelting Com pany, at Oronago, were destroyed by fire this afternoon. Loss not stated, but heavy, including $40,000 worth of new machinery, recently added. . , Fatal Quarrel Between Stockmen. Abbott, Tex., Sept, 14.—1n a difficulty to-day between John Friar uud Marion Teague, the lat-

ter was stabbed and killed. Friar received two wounds, which it is believed will prove fatal. Both were highly-esteemed stockmen. They quarreled over the settlement of accounts. THOUBAND9 OF SMITHS. The Village of Peapaek and the Reunion of the Smith Family. New York HeraM. Cradled between two forks of the Orange mountains is the quaint little village of Peapaek. where 3,000 memlters of the Smith family held their annual reunion Wednesday. The scene of the meeting was an old orchard, boride which stood the little cottage of tbs president. It is unpainted and weatherbeaten. Big dents In the hillsides have been set down by scientists as glacier tracks, but the enemies of the Smith family claim that they are the footprints of the original Miss Smith. The springs of the fat, yellow stage which runs between Somerville and Peapaek creaked all day long yesterday with the heavy loads they were compelled to bear. The Smiths poured into the old orchard from all points of the compass. As each conveyance arrived the horse was tethered to a tree'by the road or in the woods. Over 500 vehicles were gathered before noon. There were black buggies and green buggies, wide farm wagons, road-carts and rumbling carriages of the last century. Even the horses seemed to feel that it was a great family affair, and they wagged their ears soeiabiy as they tried to eat the rail fences. Strings of flags were hung between the trees, and two small pavilions were set in the middle of the orchard. In one pavilion was a brass band, which made the air shiver with the kind of music the Smith fiOuily like. The 3,000 Smiths were soon squatted around the pavilions. They were mostly farming people. Every man, woman and child had a lunch-basket, and a long table was erected for the banquet. Each one gave up his or her contribution, which w;is laid upon the table. At a given signal the multitude made a dive for the feast and gorged itself. After the big Smiths and the little Smiths had finished their meal, Abraham Smith, the vicepresident, called the meeting to order. Peter Z. Smith was elected president; James C. Smith, secretary; Oscar Smith, treasurer, and George Logan. recording secretary. It was unanimously decided that Peter Z. was the mugwump of all the Smiths. A speech was made by the Rer. Mr. Anderson. He said that the Smiths were a grand race. “They have all the good qualities," he continued. “They are gifted, true, honest and noble. ” * The Smith family smiled hugely. “They love one another.” All the young male andfemale Smiths blushed, and some of the older ones looked daggers. "They stand before all men ae models of true men and women. ” At this the audience nodded its assent, and remarked what a particularly truthful and discerning man the Rev. Mr. Anderson was. Ono of the roundest and rosiest of thet Smiths said that he had got the sense of the Smiths on the presidential election with the following result: Smiths for Cleveland, 408; Smiths for Blaine, 80; Smiths for any member of the family who will run, 1,000. It was fully 5 o'clock before the assemblage broke up, and each Smith went back to his own firesido to live in anticipation of next year's meeting. OLD LONDON CHURCHES. Sir Christopher Wreu and His Famous Spires—An Old, Old Nave of 1102. London Letter ia Newark News. London can be seen perhaps in two weeks—it can only be known by an actual residence of at least two months. There is, of course, great excitement in rushing about from place to place, dropping in -at the National Gallery in the morning for a few minutes, then hurrying away to Westminster to read the silent history of those walls in a single hour so as to be in good time to spend the evening at the Health Exhibition. This may be called “doing London.” but thev are to be sincerely pitied who are obliged to “do* it after this fashion. It is only when you wander through all these old places at will—when you take the time to throw yourself, by a neutral effort, internal communion with the persons and things of the past, it is only then that you begin to know the deep happiness as well as the great benefit of a visit to London. I spent an entire day last week visitiilg the old churches of wbat is properly called “the city.” They aro all of Wren’s workmanship, and a most uninteresting and dreary workmanship it seems to be. HU spires are said to have been his strong poijit, if he had only built St. Mary in the Strand, in addition to St. Paul’s Cathedral, I think the claim would have been generally admitted; but forty or fifty of these spires made up of sub-tower, tower, or smaller tower, sometimes round and sometimes octagonal, but with no other variation, certainly suggest the idea of mouotony. There is one remarkable exception in St. Dunstan's on tha east; here the spire is held to the tower by four arched buttresses, and the effect is as graceful as the idea is original. On expressing my surprise at this departure from the general run, I was informed that Wren's daughter had designed this particular feature. Would that she had assisted her father more frequently. There are many interesting things about these old parishes. At All Hallows, Basking, are some of the very best brasses in England. I saw one dated 1386 that was in perfect preservation, and a beautiful piece of work it was. St. Catherine, Cree, is interesting as being the occasion of Archbishop Land’s first troubles; it was at the consecration af this church that some of his enemies detected what would now be called lus “ritualistic” tendencies, and accordingly began their fierce opposition. No one would charge the parish with the remotest tendency to ritualism to-day. After a good dinner at the London Tavern, Far Church street, where Queen Elizabeth dined on her release from the tower, on the 16th of May, 1554 I concluded my day among the old churches with the most interesting of all, that of St. Bartholomew the Great Here the nave stands to-day as it was built by Ralien, the inti mate friend of the Conqueror, in 1162. There is no cathedral in England, Durham only excepted, that gives one such an idea of the solidity and solemnity of Norman architecture; and yet not one visitor in a thousand ever sees this magnificent semi-ruin. Why Two Emperors Were Snubbed. General Meredith Reed has a daughter who was married recently to a hardware merchant’s son- Reed is an unmitigated snob, and it is amusing to read the comments in the different papers upon the Stout-Reed wedding. Over 5,660 invitations were issued, and among the in-, vited guests were nil the crowned heads of Europe with the exception of King William and the Czar. Montgomery Schuyler explains that the reason these two monarebs were not invited by General Reed to his daughter's wedding is owing to a bit of forgetfulness on the part of the monarchs. It would seem, according to Schuv ler, that while General Reed was living in Paris he was interrupted ono morning at breakfast by liis servant, Who said: “There's a couple of kings bolow, sir.” “Tlieir cards,” said General Rood. “Which they gave me none, sir." “Get their names.” The servant disappeared and returned a short time afterward, explaining that they were the Coar and tho Emperor of Germany. “I don’t know thorn,” said General Reed. “They have no right to call without being introduced. ” This is the reason that these monarchs were snubbed on the occasion of the wedding of Miss Reed to the hardware merchant's son, Steamship New.*. London, Sept. 14—Arrived: City of Montreal, Britannic, Westphalia, from New York. New York, Sept. 14.—Arrived: Arizona, Austral, England, from Liverpool; Suovia, from Hamburg. _ Run Down by an Excursion Steamer. Pittsburo, Sept. 14—This evening a skiff in til* Monongnheln river, containing John Williams, colored, and his three sons, was ran down by the excursion steamer Glenwood, killing the tathcr and seriously injuring the sons. The Swindler’s Haven af Reftog*. Louibvillb, Ky., Sept 14.—A private dispatch received at Lexington, Ky., from Canada, announces the safe arrival of Payne and Viloy, who are indicted hero for hypothecating false warehouse receipts.

70.000 PERSONS DROWNED! One of the Provinces of China the Scene of an Unparalleled Disaster. The Whole Country Said to Have Been Inundated to a Depth of Sixty Feet—Belief that 70,000 People Perished. San Francisco, Sept 14 —The San Pablo arrived this evening, bringing Hong Kong dates of Aug. 14, and Yokohama dates to Ang. 30. Information has reached Canton of a frightful inundation in Kiang Sai province. The news is dated from King Tak, the chief center of the pottery manufacture, and one of the great markets of the empire. The floods lasted four days, the entire country was submerged to the depth of sixty feet, and whole towns were swept away. It is believed that fully 70,000 persons perished. It was feared pestilence would follow. Cholera has broken out at Amoy, but the number of deaths is not given. THE MPSWEENEY CASE. Mr. John Finerty, the Irish M. C., Gives the Facts as They Were. Chicago Citizen. Daniel MeSweeney was at one time a resident of California, and, no doubt, became a citizen of the United States. In 1876 he returned to his native place in Ireland, near Cardonagh, Donegal. He took up a' residence there, occupied a a farm and tilled it, and after a few years was elected a poor law guardian for his district of the Dunfauaghy union. In 1879, 1880, and 1881 he took a very prominent part in the Landleague movement. His American experiences made him the most aggressive Land leaguer, perhaps, in all Donegal. He was suspected by “Buckshot” Forster, was arrested under the coercion act in July. 1881, and claimed American citizenship. This, it will bo remembered was after Garfield had been shot, and while he was lying on a bed of pain. About a month after he was arrested MeSweeney wrote to Mr. Lowell, claiming American protection. Mr. Lowell, who is a slow-going person, and particularly slow when tho eases of Irish-Amer-ican eitizens are concerned, communicated with Mr. Simms, the American consul at Belfast, and requested him to investigate the MeSweeney case. Mr. Sims did as requested, and reported that Mr. MeSweeney, though at one time an American citizen, had apparently returned to his former allegiance, inasmuch as he had accepted office in Ireland —an office created by the British government contrary to the protest of the Irish people—and had taken up his domicile permanently under the British crown, thereby forfeiting his claims to American citizenshiD. Mr. Simms advised Mr. Lowell that Mr. McSweeney’s case was not one for the interference of the American government While this correspondence was going on, Mr. MeSweeney became impatient, and wrote to Mr. Blaine, then Secretary of State. Mrs. MeSweeney also wrote. Mr. Blaine, of course, referred their letters to Mr. Lowell, who communicated bac.k to Mr. Blaine the result of his investigations. Mr. Blaine advised a further scrutiny, because of the appeal made by Mra. MeSweeney. Before the reply to the American minister at London was received Garfield had died, and Frelinghuysen had Blaine’s place. The action of Mr. Blaine, however, hod been productive of good, and m a few months after Mr. MeSweeney was released. These are the facts as far as his case is concerned. Mr. MeSweeney, to he snre, complains that Mr. Blaine did not answer his or his wife's letters. This is foolish. If the Secretary of State replied to every complaint ltiade there would be no surplns in the treasury—that is certain. Mr. Blaine did what was meet and proper under the circumstances. He referred "the ease to Mr. Lowell, the American minister to Great Britain. Mr. Lowell aeted, though tardily, ou Mr. Blaine’s instuetiona. Now it must be remembered in this connection that Mr. MeSweeney had acted as a British subject in Ireland by holding offiee. He has held the same office ever sinee. He is now a poor-law guardiau of the Dunfanaghy union, Donegal, Ireland, and only few months ago he was a defendant in a British court at Londonderry, Ireland, at the suit of an officer of the union. He is also a candidate for Parliament. If elected he would have to take an oath of allegiance to Queen Victoria, though when he became an American citizen ho foreswore allegiance to that personage. What would American eitizens think of a man, an Irishman, or an Englishman, or a Scotchman, for instance, who, after accepting the office of alderman, county commissioner, or supervisor, should, when arrested under American law, ciaitn British protection! 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