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lid perfectly right, sir; perfectly right. I should do precisely us you have done if I were in your position.’” _ LEAVES OF ABSENCE. An Opinion Bearing on Leavm Granted to Employes of ilie Treasury. Washington, Aug 27.—Judge McCuo, Solicitor of the Treasury, has given an opinion in regard to leaves of absence to inspectors of customs, which has a general bearing on leaves granted to all classes of employes under the Treasury Department. The opinion, which has been approved by the acting Secretary, is as follows: “The practice of granting leave of absence seems to have grown up in the department service without special provision of law, and it seems that custom has fixed the extent of the leave at a period not exceeding thirty days, except for illness or other special reasons, and no deduction was made from tiic salary or compensation of the clerk or other employes. 1 lie act of 1682, volume 22, Statutes at Larue, pages 563 and 564. for the first time, recognizes the unwritten law on this subject, and provides that ‘all absence from ihe Departments on the part of said clerks or other employes in excess of such lea vo of absence as may be granted by the heads thereof, which shall not exceed thirty days in any one year, except in case of sickness, shall be ■without pay.’ It is a fair intendment of the law therefore, that, having leave of absence, and the same not exceeding thirty days, the clerk or employe shall, (luring such leave, receive his usual pay. It is to be borne in mind that the leave is simply permissive, and the head of tho department has the right to allow the leave or not, and to what extent within the thirty days, and that all leaves so granted must be received upon the understanding that it is revocable w ithin the discretion of the head of the department The best interest of the government must, therefore, he considered by the head of the department in determining whether to grant leave or not. and whether for thirty days or less; and the responsibility in relation to the whole subject-matter rests upon tho head of the department. I have had occasion to consider tho subject of the payment of inspectors, and within the limits ami directions therein suggested. I see no reason why the rule established by the act of 1883, above referred to, should not apply to inspectors and night inspectors.” LAID TO REPUBLICAN RASCALS. I’ostofflee Appointments Said To Have Been Delaycd by Unsympathising Clerks. Washington Special. Some of the Democrats are complaining that in the matter of aiipointments and removals the Republican subordinates in the departments are using their opportunities to delay action! A gentleman who during the past few days has had business at tho I’ostoffice Department gives a couple of instances which he regards as sus picious, to say the least. One of these is in the caso of an appointment of a fourth-class post master where Chief Clerk Fowler delayed the reference of tho papers to acting I'ost master-general Stevenson for three or four days, after which the matter was -.brought to the attention of the latter by the party interested, when it received prompt attention. The other was in reference to an applicant for r. place in the postal service, who had papers on file, but brought additional letters addressed to Mr. Stevenson. The applicant first called on Mr. Jamison, chief of the railway mail service, which branch of the postal service he desired to enter. Mr. Jamison opened the letters and glanced at them, but, instead of returning them to their envelopes, tore up one or two of the letters and threw them into his waste basket, handing tho letters to a messenger to stow away in one of the pigeon-holes. When it was suggested to him that tho letters were addressed to Mr. Stevenson, and that the latter should see them and act upon them, Jamison said it would make no difference, as they would be sent back to him to h e filed. The letters, however, were taken to Mr. Stevenson bv the applicant, who was assured that his ea.-e would receive the personal attention of the acting Postmaster-general, MINOR MATTERS. Supervising Architect Bell Files a Memorandum in His Own Behalf. Washington, Aug. 27.—Mr. Bell, supervising architect of the Treasury, has filed a memorandum with the acting Secretary in defense of the specifications on which proposals were invited for safe and vault work during the present year. He makes a general denial of the charges of Marvin & Cos., and asserts that the specifications were just nnd fair to ali manufacturers, and as definite and specific as to the character and extent of the wont required as it was possible to make them. He says, further, that tho bids of Farrell & Cos., and liall A Cos., the acceptance of which has been recommended, are exceedingly low, and much more reasonable than the pricse now being paid by the Postotfire Department for similar work. He intimates that the objections made are for the purpose of ecuring gratuitous advertising. Nine Thousand Applications in the Interior Department. Washington Special As an instance of the extent to which office seeking has been carried under this administration, it is stated that there have been placed on file in the Interior Department alone, since the 4th of March, 9.000 applications. This is more than the aggregate for eleven years preceding. Most of these applications are in blank, signifying that the petitioner is whiling to accept anything that may come to hand. One of the applicants, however, aims high, and for the position of Secretary, setting forth that he thinks lie could perform tho duties of the office satisfactorily. There are probably as many applicants for positions in tho Treasury Department and its subordinate branches. Many of these officeseekers, who were here when the administration took to tho woods, are still here, sweltering through tho heated term and waiting for the close of the Asking season and the return of the President and Cabinet to the seat of government Time has hung heavily on their hands. They have est the hotels to seek lower rates of fare in the cheap boarding-houses, but propo : 0 to fight it out ou this line if it takes all summer. President Cleveland and Secretary Manning are expected here on tho stli or 6th of next month, ami then another grand rush will begin, and congressmen, who are now nearly all away, will flock back to Washington. Meanwhile changes in the offices are almost entirely confined to fourth class postmasters: but acting Postmaster-general Stevenson is working more vigorously than ever. Administration of the Civil-Service Law. Washington special. Among tho new bureau officers of the Treasury are some whose records in regard to the administration of the civil service law are interesting and unique. One of the new chiefs declared on entering the bureau that he would pay no attention to tho civil-service law. Ke has, however, carefully observed the law over since his appointment Another, who admitted from tho first that the law could not be violated vvhile it continued in force, took the ground that no chief of a bureau could safely intrust to any other individual or committee the task of selecting bis subordinates, and that a chief, responsible tor the work of bis office, should be allowed to select ah bis assistants with a view to his personal knowledge of their fitness. This officer has constantly declined to accept a clerk from the i i\il service ( oinoiission. In the several instances in which there have lern demands for additional clerks tn his office, he has secured the transfer of clerks from other offices with whom he had become personally acquainted, and it is Kiid m every instance that the clerks thus trans ferred have been from his own State. There are othe • cases almost equally striking. One of these ofiHitls still claims that tlie fact that a man is a Republican is sufficient excuse for bis icmoval from his positiou, but that as thu

chances are nt least oven that, the position will be again filled by a Republican if application is made to the Civil-service Commission, he thinks it good policy to retain the experienced men. The Grant Mourning Emblems. Washington Special. AH the Grant emblems of mourning whiCh swathed the columns of the public buildings were removed to day. The flag is once more at the masthead, and only the memory of the dead hero remains to recall the sad event of July 23. It is not generally known that tho government authorized a larger expenditure of money for the mourning decorations than was ever before spent in decorating the public buildings. Not even for I’resident Garfield, who died in office, or for I'resident Lincoln was there so much demonstration by the government as for exPresident and General Grant. Secretary Manning. as Secretary of the Treasury, is the custodian of ail tho public buildings outside of Washington. He ’directed that without being extravagant there should be nothing niggardly in the expenditure of money for the mourning decoration of the buildings in all the principal cities. One thousand dollars was spent on the Postoffice and Custom House jn New York. The accounts are not all in, and there has been some question already as to how the bills are to be paid. Congress not having set apart a sum for such a purpose. Hitherto the way has been to pay the bills out of the contingent fund and represent to Congress how the deficiency arose. There has never been an instant’s delay in securing such a deficiency, and of course there will be none with tho present account. Tlie Postal-Card Famine. Washington. Aug. 27.—Third Assistant Post--, master-general Hazen has just returned from the postal card factory at Castleton, N. Y. The stock of postal cards on hand has been reduced to a very small quantity, and fears were enter tained that the supply, under the new contract, would not be available in time to meet demands. The new cards already manufactured do not meet the requirements of the department in quality, but it is expected, as a result of the visit of Mr. Hazen, that an improvement will be made in that respect, and that a stock sufficient to meet the demands of the service will be available before the exhaustion of the stock of old cards now on hand. The Postoffice Department is dissatisfied with both the quality and rate of printing of postal catds under the new contract. As the supply on hand is about exhausted, however, the Postmaster genera! may elect to accept the cards now being printed at a rate below the contract price. A Flat Denial from Mr. Dickerson. Washington. Aug. 27.—Mr. Dickerson, late superintendent of the Pension Building, arrived in the city to-night, and denies emphatically that there is any foundation for the charges made against him. He says he lias bills in his pos session for every foot of lumber, every yard of carpet and every piece of furniture in his house at Colonial Beach. He defies proof of tho allegations against him. He says that the trouble is that tho new officials do not know where to find the materials, and that he will, when called upon, point them out. to them, it is stated that Mr. Dickerson was in no way or manner employed in the construction of the new Pension Building, and had no connection with the Pension Office pay rolls. The reports concerning the irregularities appear to have been considerably magnified. Additional Letter-Carriers To Be Employed. Washington, Aug. 27.—The acting Postmaster general has authorized the employment of additional letter-carriers after Sept. 1, as follows: At Canton, 0., I; Chicago, 35; Cincinnati, 8; Columbus, <>., 1; Des Moines, 2; Detroit, 5; Grand Rapids, Mich., 2; Kansas Citv, f>; Milwaukee, 3; Minneapolis, 4; Nashville, 2; Omaha, Neb., 2: Pittsburg, 4: St. Paul, 4; Scranton. Pa., 1; South Bend, Ind., 1: Springfield, O, 2; Toledo, 1; Zanesville, O , 1. Germany Seeking Trade in South America. Washington, Aug. 27.—Information has reached here that the German government has recently sent to South America a commercial commission with the same object in view that was sought by the United States commission who have recently returned from the continent. The German commission-is composed of I’rineo Frederick Von Hohenlohe and llerr Von Scholer, and they propose to visit all the countries of Central and South America. General and Personal, Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Aug. 27.—Mrs. Calvin B. Walker, wife of tho ex Deputy Commissioner of Pensions, late of Richmond, now of this city, is at Asbury Park, N. J. Postmasters’commissions were to-day issued to tho following Indianians: Charles C. Weaver, at Acton; George W. Ilousel, Bainbridge; Charles L. Cochran, Bowline Green: Alvin J. Kitt, Goodland; Jesse H. Jackson, McCordsville; John D. Alvis, Salem: JobD. Brahood, Snoddy’s Mills. Dr. Boyden and James W. Meeks, of Muncie, who are on a tour of the East, and who have here since Monday, left this morning for Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York. The Treasury Department is informed that a party of armed Cubans have left the island of Cuba for the Florida Keys, and it is supposed their object is to organize a filibustering expedition to overthrow the Cuban government. Instructions have been issued for the revenue cutters to look for the party aud prevent their lauding. The contract for the construction of a courthouse and postoffice at Denver, Col., was yesterday awarded to Hayes & McGuvrey, of Colorado, at their bid of $39.000. Armago. Col., stone has been selected as the material to be used. The acting Secretary of the Treasury to-day appointed twenty female clerks to assist in the count of the paper manufactured at the mills in Philadelphia for printing internal revenue stamps, thus increasing the force engaged in that work to forty-five. It is expected to finish the count by December. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. TTmy Burnett, eighteen years old, and colored, was hanged yesterday morning at Lonoke, Ark., for the murder of Nelson Anderson, also colored, in Febuary last. While in the act of going aboard the Ttaliau line steamship Arclieinide. at New York, Wednesday afternoon. Salvatore Pietta, an alleged fugitive from Cincinnati, was arrested on charge of having appropriated and lied with money deposited with him l*y his countrymen. Israel Wiseman aud wife, of lowa, were going aboard a Hamburg steamship at New York, yesterday, when Israel was arrested on a' charge of having swindled Gray, Bankers & Cos., of Dodge City, la., of SI,OOO worth of silks. The property was found among the Wisemans’ baggage. Burglars entered tho residence of August Heucke, at Amazonia, Mo., Weduesday night, nnd attempted to rod the premises. Heucke resisted, ami the burglars fired three shots at him without effect. Turning u{*on his wife who was trying to escape, one of the burglars fired at her, the shot striking her in the left groin. She will die. Holy War iu North Carolina. Charlotte, Aug. 27. — A camp-meeting held by Northern Methodists (colored), at Pinery Hill, Rutherford count}*, was attacked by an armed body of Zion Methodists and fired into. The Northern Methodists tied in disorder, seven of them being wounded. Tho invaders then collected the effects of the routed party, piled them up, and burned them. The Run on the Spring Garden Bank. Philadelphia, Aug. 27.—There is no abatement in the run on the Spring Garden Bank. It was resumed nt 10 o’clock this morning at the point where it stopped yesterday. By noon nearly SIOO,OOO had been paid out. The officers of the bank say that every demand will be met. All demands wero met up to 3 o'clock, the hour of closing.

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 1885.

INDIANA AND ILLINOIS NEWS Tlie Daily Chronicle of Happenings of All Kinds in the Two States.' Extraordinary Scene at the Ninth Regiment's Reunion—Discovery of an Unworthy Appointee in Illinois. INDIANA. Extraordinary .Scene at the Reunion of the Ninth Regiment at Logansport. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Logansport, Aug. 27. —The third annual reunion of the Ninth Indiana Regiment Volunteers was held in this city yesterday and to day. and was attended by about two hundred of the members. The reunion was a success in every sense of the word, and was more largely attended than any previous meeting. The chief interest to day centered in a scene evoked by the reading of a letter from Major-general Milroy. the first Colonel of the regiment, at present in Washington Territory. General Milroy has for years filled the position of surveyor-general in Washington Territory, but was recently suspended. He stated in his letter that during the war the rebels offered a reward in confederate money for his head, but were uuable to claim the reward until Mr. Lamar was placed in charge of the Interior Department under Cleveland’s administration, when this ex rebel demandedhis resignation, which was refused. Ho was then suspended by President Cleveland. At the meeting to day, a motion of sympathy for the Geuerai and censure for the administration was offered, which called forth a lively discussion. After much heated talk, the censure portion was withdrawn and the resolution passed. Decatur County Fair. to tho Indianapolis Journal. Gkeensburg, Aug. 27. —The fair to-day was a great success. An immense crowd was present. The exhibition is excellent. More good horses are in the stalls than have ever been on the grounds before at any fair. Cattle, hogs and sheep are up to the average. Floral hall is certain ly a “thing of beauty." Many old horsemen say the races were the best they ever witnessed, being very spirited and closely eoutosted. In the trotting race, the four horses were never more than two or three rods apart. Summary of the 2:40 trot: Roan Mare 1 1 1 Rovahuont 4 4 dr. William K 3 2 2 Will Heath 2 33 Time—2:34la, Summary of the free for-all pace. Little Joe 1 6 2 2 2 Bud Posey 5 5 5 4 5 Daisy C 3 115 1 Gurgle 2 4 C 3 4 Billy'Trouble 6 2 3 1 3 Bob R 4 3 4 6 dr. Time— 2:32. 2:34 14, 2:36, 2:33L 2 , 2:34. In the sack race eighteen boys started, Morton Johnston winning tho suit of clothes offered by M. I). Silberberg, a clothing merchant here. To-morrow is the last day, but has many special attractions, such as free-for-all trot, runuing race, etc. Snake-Hunt in Putnam County. Special to the Indianapolis Journal GKEEN-CASTLE, Aug. 27.—The citizens of Cloverdale and Jefferson townships are indulging in a novel hunt to day. The game sought after is nothing less than a monster snake that has been seen on several occasions during the summer by perfectly reliable and sober witnesses. During harvest it was seen racing through a wheat field with its head elevated above the top of the standing grain. Another time it was seen crossing a road, and by measurement of its track in the dust it was ascertained to be at least six inches through tho body and about sixteen feet iong. Twice since has it been seen, and all ugree as to the immense size of the reptiie. The hunt to day is organized like a fox drive, and is participated in by hundreds of the people of that section of the county. This is not intended to compete with the Ripley county snake story, as the facts above stated were given your correspondent by an eye witness, and whose veracity is vouched for. The Tournament at Goshen. Special to tho Indianapolis Journal. Goshen, Aug. 27.—Fair weather and an attendance estimated at 8,000 to 10,000, to-day, made the tournament a pronounced success. Thousands of strangers were in the city, and the fair grounds, where the contests took place, presented a lively and%ttractive appearance. The following prizes were awarded: One mile bicycle dash, Frank Friedberg, Chicago, first prize, S2O; W. J. Morgan, Chicago, second prize, $10; half mile foot-race, I. McNulty, South Bend, $25. Halfmile bicycle race for boys, George H. Hughes, Elkhart, first prize, gold medal; Louis B. Noble, Goshen, second prize, gold medal; W. R. Daniels, Goshen, third prize, silver medal. County band contest, Nappanee band, first prize, $35; Wakarusa band, second prize, sls. Two-mile bicycle sweepstakes, W. J. Morgan, Chicago, S4O. Robbed and Badly Beaten. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Shelbyvjlle, Aug. 27.—Samuel Campbell, who hails from Greensburg, was found this morning lying near the Little Blue river bridge, with part of his body in the water, badly beaten up. Campbell claims that he was on his way to the fair ground when he was stopped on the bridge by two highwaymen, knocked down, robbed of $22, and then thrown over the bridge *o the water below. Three ribs were broken, and the man was in a pitiable condition. Death of William J. Ford. -ipcclal to the Indianapolis JournaL Wabash, Aug. 27.—-Esquire William J. Ford, one of the oldest pioneers of the Wabash, died last evening at the house of his son. north of this city. Mr. Fotd was born in Hamilton county, Ohio, in 1805, and moved to Waba6h in 1840. He has always been a prominent citizen, and was greatly respected. For tlie past nine months Mr. Ford has been suffering with heart trouble, which caused his death. The funeral takes place on Friday. l-'ire at Hun ting too. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Huntington, Aug. 27.—Fire broke out this evening in the 6table and wagon shop of Henry Beaver, entirely destroying them, together with the stable of 8. F. Ttaster, and damaging the house and stable of Miss Della Delviu. The fire originated in the hay mow of Beaver’s stable. Most of the contents of the building were saved. Beaver’s lose is SI,BOO or $2,000; insurance, S7OO, in the Now Hampshire eompany. Accidental &liooting of a Lawyer. kpecinl to the Indianapolis Journal. Terre Haute, Aug. 27.—M. M. Joab, a lawyer, who has in various ways gained considerable notoriety here, lastly by attempting to shoot his divorced wife in the court-room, where a suit for possession of their child was in progress, was this afternoou accidentally shot. He was clean-

ing his pistol at the time. The bullet passed through the body, and the surgeons are in doubt as to whether ho will survive. PostolHce Burglarized. Special to the I rwlianaooli* Journal. Clinton, Aug. 27.—The new Democratic postmaster, George W. Edwards, is having hard luck. Last night burglars entered the office, blew open the safe, and robbed it of S2OO cash and over SIOO worth ot stamps. The total loss is about S4OO. Teacher*’ institutes. The fMontgomery county teachers’ institute is proving to be a very interesting and profitable session. The attendance has increased each day, until there are fully 150 persons in attendance. Yesterday Professor Bass instructed the insty tute in arithmetic and language; Professor Boone, psychology and sectional interests, and Professor Hall, of Ladoga, writing. To day at noon the institute closes, and the reeular county examination for teachers’ license will be held at the public school building. Burning of Glen wood Distillery. Lawrenceburg, Aug. 27.— The Glenwood distillery, near this town, was turned this morning. It belonged to Mr. Walsley, of Cincinnati. Loss, $13,000; insurance, SB,OOO. Bauer's cooper shop and a small brewery adjoining were also burned. Minor Notes. Monticello reports say the crops thereabouts have been considerably damaged by frost. The Crawfordsville Daily Argus and News havo been consolidated, and will appearliereaftor as the Argus-News. Frank Schute, an Evansville drayman, while stabling a horse, last night, was kicked in the head and fatally injured. The evangelist, Mrs. Woodworth, is at the Willow Branch camp meeting. It is claimed that her conversions are many. Calvert Davis, a passenger on the Big Four railroad, was robbed of $75 and a gold watch while asleep in his seat on the train. Park R. Lackey, of Columbus, has an invention whereby power is secured to run machinery of all kinds along both sides of cable street-rail-roads. Incendiaries tried to destroy the large flouring mills of S. S. Bosserman, at La Porte. The fire was started with a lot of straw in a wheat bin connected with one of the elevators. Isaac Latchem. a wealthy farmer living near Wabash, has filed suit for SIO,OOO damages for alleged malpractice performed by Dr. F. Wail, of Urbana, on the wife of the plaintiff. Fire yesterday afternoon destroyed the Eighthstreet railway stables at Evansville, and five adjoining buildings. Loss, $5,000; insurance, sl,500. A brisk wiud was blowing at the time, and only after two hours’ work was the fire gotuuder control. Indiana has sixty county fairs and twenty-five district fairs, the latter composed in each case of two or more counties. Every county in the State is connected with one or more of these fairs. Then there is the State fair, making eighty-six fairs altogether. Hon. Joseph M. Bulla is the only surviving representative from Wayne county of the Indiana Legislature of 1851 2. Ilia colleagues in ’sl were Edmond Lawrence and Miles Marshall, and in ’52 Edmond Lawrence and John B. Doughty. David P. Holloway was the senator both years. Mr. Bulla is in good health, and will attend the reunion in October. The Union county gas or oil well i3 down 1.060 feet, and is being bored at the rate of 100 feet eviry twenty-four hours. The first hundred feet was through soil, clay and gravel; for 265 feet, limestone and marble. The remainder of the distance to which the well has gone has been in soft slate. Nothing is expected until a depth of over thirteen hundred feet is reached. Stephen W. Mead, a farmer living near Fort Branch, was attacked in early morning by a madman, Antoine Swelter. Mr. Mead was on horseback, returning from a neighbors. He went back for assistance. The party came upon Swelter as he was trying to knock down the door of a house occupied by two families. The lunatic turned his attention to Mead and friends, and kept them at bay for a quarter of an hour, when the party captured him by dosing in on him. ILLINOIS. The Unsavory Record of a Recent Appointee of the Administration. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Marshall, Aug. 27. —There is a profound sensation in the city and county over the publishing, yesterday, by the Eastern Illinoisan, a Democratic paper of this city, of several affidavits, charging H. C. Bell—lately appointed, through the influence of Congressman Landes to the position of chief of a pension department —with black mail and extortion. It was sworn that he had in several cases, without the knowledge of his clients, attempted to settle cases by tho payment of hush money to him by defendants; also, that he had appropriated money belonging to his clients, accounting for it by saying it was extra foes. The Illinoisan loudly calls for his removal and censures Landes for the appointment. The affidavits are all by responsible parlies and tbe matter is causing quite a stir in tho camp of the Democracy. Died of Injuries Received in a Sham Battle. LaSalle, Aug. 27. --Private A. A. Purdie, of the Fourth Regiment Illinois National Guard, who was wounded in the face at the sham battle at the State encampment, near Ottawa, two weeks ago, died here yesterday of lockjaw, induced by his injuries. Great indignation prevails against the First Illinois Cavalry Regiment, which is held responsible for hia death. Statements were publicly made, after the battle, that the cavalry had a grurlge against certain other regiments, and had gone into tho fight with the preconcerted design of maiming as many of its opponents as possible. The vicious fighting and the number of casualties that characterized the battle excited much comment at the time. Private Purdie leaves a wife and four children in indigent circumstances. Tho coroner will Hold an inquest tomorrow. and if the guilty persons can be determined their arrest will be made forthwith. Man’s Neck Broken with a Beer-Keg. Minonk, Aug. 27.—Thomas McKean, a miner, who claims to be also a pugilist, quarreled with Robt, Begoin in a saloon, here last night, and after knocking Begoin down, threw a beer-keg upon him with such force as to break tho neck of the prostrate man. A reward is offered for McKean’s arrest. Brief Mention. Several cottages at the New Lenox campmeeting grounds were destroyed by fire. Pennsylvania Grand Army men are talking about erecting a Grant monument at Galena. John L. McClure, a prominent politician and wealthy resident of Peoria, has become insane. The failure of J. F. Howland, a druggist of Altona, in the sum of about $1,500, is reported. O. J. Beam, the Avon banker charged with forgery and remanded to jail, has been released on $14,000 bail. George Hanselman was thrown from a wagon at Mk Pulaski, Logan county, while his team was runnir.g away, and instantly killed. Tho burning of A. A. K. Sawyer's dry goods and grocery store, at Hillsboro, caused a loss of $13,000, on which there is insurance for $15,500. The Walters elevator at Carlinville was burned; insurance, $5,000, which will fully coyer the loss. It is supposed to be the work of an incendiary. The State Auditor says that the total expenses of the Thirty-fourth Assemlv were $361,064 94. The expenses of the preceding General Assembly were $63,454.04 less, or $297,610.90. Ed Lally and John Howell, returning on a train from Lewiston, where they had attended court, quarreled. Jesse Tricker interfered in

tbe interest of nowell, when Lally stabbed him in the abdomen. It is thought tbe wound will prove fatal. A reunion of the Franklin family was held at Bloomington, at which 16!) descendants, representing five generations, gathered. Mrs. Franklin is nicety-one years old. Her husband died in 1857. Dr. Paaren, State Veterinarian, who has made the circuit of all places quarantined last year on account of pleuro-pneumonia. says there are now no traces of the plague left in the State. Dr. Bassinger, an old and respected citizen of Grand Tower, charged with not returning his book as a township officer and settling with tho county board, was found guilty and sentenced to one year in the penitentiary. A sensation has developed at Centralia by the grand jury returning indictments against several reputable citizens for alleged participation in a criminal practice on Lillie May Harris, a beautiful young lady. Among those arrested are Richard Harris and wife, Mrs. William Ball, Mrs. F. Bicknell, and Dr. A. Jones, the physician. Capt. A. B. Bail, once a prominent business man of Olney, has been arrested on a warrant charging him with obtaining money by the use of fictitious names on insurance policies and notes thereon. Captain Bail, employed by Wharf & Allison, traveled through several counties obtaining risks for tbeContinental Insurance Company. John Hickman, convicted of murder at tbe March term, 1880. of the Union County Circuit Court, and sentenced to the penitentiary at Chester for fifteen years, has been pardoned by the Governor, on proof that the prisoner is ill and lying at the point of death. Pardon in this case had once been refused by Governor Cullom, once by Governor Hamilton and once by Oglesby. THE GREAT RAILWAY DICKER, Terms on Which the Consolidation of New York Central and West Shore Was Effected. New York, Aug. 27.—The following statement in regard to the New York Central-West Shore consolidation is given out to-da3 T ANARUS, on what is considered to be good authority: The parties who undertook to effect a trunsfer of the West Shore property, it was agreed, should receive $50,000,000 West Shore 4 per cent, first mortgage bonds, guaranteed by the New York Central, for which they wero to deliver the West Shore property free and clear. The profit to the syndicate was to be the difference between the $50,000,000 bonds as mentioned, and the amount which they would be compelled to pay for the property. It is understood that the West Shore firsts have been absorbed for about $20,000,000 of those bonds, and the Ontario & Western for $1,032,250. There still remains to be paid for receivers’ certificates, the terminal bonds, the North River Construction Company’s floating claims, etc. The syndicate stili has, it is understood, nearly $24,000,000 for this purpose and for profits. Respecting the option to secure conj trol of Ontario & Western preferred stock, it is stated that Mr. Adams, of Winslow, Lanier & Cos., had a call on a majority of the preferred stock at 82g, wnieh expired yesterday, but under date of the same day. Aug. 26. Mr. Adams notified the holders of $1,250,000 of the preferred stock, which was a control, that he had decided to elect to exercise the option to purchase a majority of the stock, to be delivered and paid tor to-day, Aug. 27. Payment, it is understood, was made in Drexel, Morgan & Cos., certificates at par, exchangeable for New York Central, guaranteed West Shore 4 per cent, bonds. SIR CHARLES DILKE’S DIFFICULTY. Tho Version of the Story Current in the Ilouee of Commons. 11. Cameron Richardson, in Philadelphia Telegraph. Sir Charles is about forty-two. and has been a widower for some eleven years, the cremation of his wife, which took place at Dresden in 1874, having been one of the sensations of that year. He says that he will be able to disprove the charges which have been brought atraiust him; but the case will not come on till December or January next, and until then he is bound to be under a cloud, for people will argue that such charges are not brought without some sort of foundation. He has offered to give up his seat in Parliament if his constituents so will it, but when they see such people as the Duke of Marl borough aud others sitting in the gilded chamber and making laws for the country, the Chelsta Radicals are hardly likely to give up a representative who is so thoroughly of their own way of thinking. Should the case be proved, though, it will be rough on the Republican baronet, as it wouid mean the loss of his hopes of promotion. A man who would not be received at court could hardly hope to be Prime Minister of England —not until it becomes a Republic, at any rate. The current story afloat and repeated hourly in the House of Commons regarding the affair is not a little singular. It is but right, however, to Sir Charles Dilke to say that this version of the matter was first put about by the husband of the lady in question. The tale runs that Sir Charles fell violently in love with Mrs. Donald Crawford, who is a daughter of Mr. T. Eustice Smith, M. P. for Tynemouth, and sister to the widow of the late Mr. Ashtou W. Diike, who was Sir Charles’ brother. She is not strikingly beautiful, but has a magnificent figure, and her general appearance is pleasing. She is now only about twenty years old, while both her husband and Sir Charles are double her age. Mr. Crawford is a briefless barrister, and was only too glad to accept a government appointment winch Sir Charles Dilke easily procured for him. The Baronet, so the story runs, finally found it would be very convenient to have a place in town close to Westminister, where he could sleep if detained late. Mr. and Mrs. Crawford were delighted to have the honor of entertaining tho great man. and assigned him a room iu their house, and gradually he came to live there altogether while in town. Very soon after this ho became altogether too intimate with Mrs. Crawford. and for about ayear, it is said, this criminal intimacy went on. Three or four nights a week Sir Charles managed to find urgent work for the husband which detained him until a late hour. Mr. Crawford wa3 Door and only too pleased to make ail the money he could by working overtime. Latterly Sir Charles got tired of the intrigue. and was casting about for some graceful way of giving up the liaison, when a young lady friend of Mrs. Crawford came a-visiting to the house, and tho amorous Baronet straightway fell in love with the fair visitor. In course of time the siege was carried on so vigorously that the fortress yielded, and Sir Charles had two ladies on his hands at the same time and in the same house. Such a complicated state of affairs could not in the nature of things last long, and one night Mrs. Crawford, on visiting the Baronet's room en deshabille, was driven to jealous frenzy by discovering her rival already there. Her rage got the Better of her judgment. ’Tlell knows no fury like a woman scorned.” She raged and stormed at the perfidious Lothario at the top of her voice. The other lady fainted: Sir Charles caught her in his arms and’sprinkled cold water upon her; all were in their uightgear. Up came the servants, half dressed, wondering what all the row was about—Mrs. Crawford still continuing her loud reproaches. In the midst of all this hubbub in walked Mr. Donald Crawford, but even his presence did not abash the infatuated woman, who, confessing her liaison, actually claimed her husband’s sympathy in her grievance against her rival! It is now openly stated that Sir Charles offered £20,000 to “square” the affair. I can’t vouch for the truth of this report, but I may say it is the current account of the affair, and was told me, almost word for word, by an M. P. _ Tlie Case of Defaulter IJibbs. Victoria, B. C., Aug. 27.—1n the case of Hibbs, the defaulting postmaster of Lewiston, Idaho, a rule was obtained yesterday on behalf of the prisoner, calling upon the keeper of the common jail here to show cause why a writ of habeas corpus should not issue, with a view to the release of the prisoner, and why. in the event of the rule being made absolute, the prisoner should not be discharged. Arguments had not been concluded when tho court adjourned until Monday week next, directing the register, meanwhile, to teleeraph to the American Secretary of State at Washington that the application was pending. Two Good i’rescriptions. Buffalo Kxiirena. “The best way of sobering up is to bathe the head and wrists in cold water, and take a portion of bromide of potassium and aromatic ammonia or valorieu." Only one better; dou’t got drunk.

THE KXIGnTS OF LABOR. Manager Talmadjre Promises a Definite Answer Kelt Thnrsilay—An Adjustment. New York, Aug. 27.—The members es the executive board of the Knights of Labor were sent for this afternoon by manager Talrnadge, and Messrs. Turner and Hughes responded. They were informed, in answer to their demand made at W ednesday's conference, that the officials were unable yet to state how many men would be employed in tho Wabash shops. Mr. Talmadgesaid he would go to St. Louis, confer with the officials there, and, on Thursday of next week, give a definite reply as to the reinstatement of the discharged men. “The interview was very satisfactory,” said Secretary Turner, when it was ended, and then added: “Os course there is not work for all the discharged men, but all that can be employed will be taken back. I think matters are practically adjustocL” The knights left town tonight. Strike on tbe G.,C. & S. F. Railway. Galveston, Aug. 27.—A general strike among the machinists, carpenters and laborers in the shops and yards along the line of the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe railroad, took place at noon to-day, an order to that effect having been issued by the Grand Council of the Knights of Labor, applying to all the lines the workmen on which had a just causo of grievance. The Santa Fe road was included in the class of corporate offenders, on the -ground that the men employed on the line received less pay than those working for the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company, and that they had not been honestly dealt with. In this city an attempt was made to prevent the departure of ihe evening passenger train by blocking up the track. The police, however. interfered and removed the obstruction without opposition. The trains are now running as usual, and thus far the effects of the strike have not been perceptibly felt. At Fort Worth and other prominent points on the road, the strike was general. The condition of affairs at that place looks serious, and though the railway officials appear to treat the matter lightly, the indications are that they will be forced to accept the strikers’ terms. A Story About Hayes and Arthur. Letter in Cleveland Leader. A good story is told about ex Presidents Hayes and Arthur when they attended the Grant funeral in New York. The carriage containing the two ex Presidents was just opposite the Twenty-'third-street entrance of the Fifth-Av-enue Hotel, where they were four long hours waiting tor the procession to move. General Arthur, who usually oats a light breakfast, becoming hungry, called to the carnage an attendant who stood at the hotel door, and asked him to bring a couple of sandwiches. In a few minutes a waiter appeared with a tray on which he carried some sandwiches,neatly covered with a napkin. In tho center of the tray, however, was a bottle ot claret which stood holt upright in full view of the thousands of people who thronged the sidewalks and roadways nearby. General Arthur told the waiter to take the claretback, saying to Senator Manderson, of Nebraska, who was leaning over the carriage door talking with the distinguished occupants of the vehicle: “Probably the claret is superfluous, as General Hayes has undoubtedly a flask in his pocket.” “No,” said General Hayes, with a twinkle in his eye, “since I sold my saloon in Omaha I no longer carry a flask. New York Narrowness. Joe Howard, in Philadelphia Press. Let us be sensible about it. Now York cannot raise unaided a million of dollars for a ffipnument, and New York ought to raise its individual monument precisely as Philadelphia will hers and Chicago will hers, and doubtless tho cities from one end of the country to the other, but in a modest, descent, respectable way. You see, it would take two hundred rich men competent to give a check of $5,000 each to make a million, and we haven’t got them and we can’t get them. If New York city permits eveu a Brooklynite to contribute $1 to this Grant monument it will be a blot upon its escutcheon: if it permits a Philadelphian or a San Franciscan to send a five-dollar bill it will be a travesty of metropolitan honor and a disgrace to the chief city of the continent: but, for all that, in no other way can New York raise it. Therefore when it talks about raising $1,000,000 it is, a brag, for it won’t do it unaided, and if it turns out that it accepts aid, then isn’t my assertion true that, in some lines, the metropolis is provincial, and narrow, and small? ! Chicken Instinct as a Guide to Brokers. Chicago Daily business. John (Chris) Teufel laments the fact that he did not kill his chickens before they laid Easter eggs. “Some years agp,” says the glowing John, “mv wife told me wheat was going up because the chickens wout on long foraging expeditions away from home, though the Lord knows they had enough to eat in the barnyard. My wife explained that whenever chickens acted that way there was going to be a famine in the land, or poor crops, anyway. I was impressed and bought wheat, and sure enough there was a short crop, and I made a lot of money. This spring our chickens wandered away from home and went begging for food, and my wife called my attention to it. Well—l ain’t a kickin', but all the f-ame I wish every infernal chicken had died of pip before they were hatched. I would have been thousands ahead if I hadu't known so much about chicken instinct.” Mrs. Custer a New York Correspondent, Now York Critic. Since the appearance of Mrs. Custer’s “Boots and Saddles ’ she has found a now field opening up to her. Before she wrote that book she had never written anything for publication; nor has she sincp; but she is going to. The Chicago Tribune has secured her as its New ork correspondent. and she will begin at once to write letters over her own signature. This is much pleasanter work than writing business letters for the Society of Decorative Art —which is what Mrs. Custer had to do to earn her bread before the government raised her pension from SSOO to SI,OOO per annum. The Chicago Tribune is tobe congratulated upon its new correspondent, though it hadn’t a bad one in Mrs. Custers predecessor. From a “Current” Obituary. Philadelphia Times. Persons ambitious of what they term literary distinction may learn after a while that it cannot be won by starting organs of the commonplace. For good or for ill, this is the era of the daily newspaper. 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