Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 30, Number 31, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 September 1884 — Page 1

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YOL. XXX-NO. 31. INDIAXArOLIS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1884, WHOLE SO. 1,533.

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or Jl 1 1 O ' I Ln i ttq p n n g c rl Uli ( Mil UluluUUiu ISIS t 2Tor Tiijspeotion ! I MOD Clothinsr Co. IN'DL STItl iL. ECO.NO.UV. Some Facts Kegardiug the Manufacturing od A uricul t ural Productions of the United States. WaUixgtox, Sept. 1. Professor J. IL Dodge, statistician of the Agricultural Department, has issued a small book upon the industrial economy of the United States, which presents some of the striking results of his investigations of the statistics of manufacturing and agricultural productions of the country for twenty years. Within tnat period, owing to labor-saving machinery, agriculture has more than doubled its production, with a smaller proportion of farm labor, and now threatens a glut in farm products, unless this proportion shall be further reduced. The question cf an outlet to foreign markets is discussed, and the fact is shown that the surplus of tood products merely pays for imported food and beverages, and that the trade can not be extended without a ruinous redaction in prices. In the distribution of labor in occupations, in this and other countries, as shown, with reference to comparative thrift and industry, it is fonnd invariably that inequality of the distribution of industries retards developments; that exclusively agricultural nations are always poor. The phenomenal progress of the "Central West" is presented in deductions from statistics. eliowing that halt the cultivated area of the United States lies in one fourth its territory, producing more than three-fourths of some of the principal crops. The fact is shown that the Ohio Valley is the most fully occupied body of land. Ohio having 01 per cent, of her surface in farms; Indiana, bS.O; Illinois, 88 4: Kentucky, 8 4, and no other State as much. It is shown that nearly three-tenths of the manufactures of the United States are produced within "Central West' in less than three-tenths of the area of the country within half a century from its settlement. Tili: OHIO MINE RIOTS. If erjthing Reported Oulet in the Mining Krgions A Miner Confesses to Shooting the Guard. Locax, O , Sept 1. Everything is quiet in Ihe valley this morning, and there is no au. thentic report of damage to person or property last night. There was a rumor this morning that fifteen men hvl been killed at Euchtel, but it lacks confirmation, and probably there is nothing in the report. Telegraphic communication is in good shape today. It is learned that there was continued firing early last night between the atrikers and guards at Sand Kan and Longstreth, but it was not learned that any person was injured. Governor Hoadly arrived here on a special train earl this morning, and is deposed to learn all he can about the Situation before ordering more troops on the pround. He is furnished a special train by the road, and is acr-otnpin'.ed by his private secretary, Dan McCouville, Walter Crafts of the Hocking Company, Frank Merrick, attorney for the latter coupauy, and a representative of the Associated Treis. Governor lloadly held a consultation with the leading citizens of Logan this morning, among them Jud,ra Friesener, Colonel Seth Weldy, the SherilT, and others. He says he has formed no definite conclusion as yet from the tali he has had, but will make a circuit of the mines to-day and try to see the leaders on both sides He will be accompanied by the Sheriff, Judge Friessiierbhd others. Frank Woody, who is in jail here, arrested for participating in the riot Saturday night, and for shooting William Hare, one of the guards, made a full confession this morning m which he eave the names of five or six leaders in the attack on Saturday night. Sheriir McCarthy will furnish the names of these implicated as soon as arrests can be made. Woody in jail here and the presence of the militia knout the jail seem to have had the effect of making him weaken. Governor lloadly ioe tu the Sfene of the Kiota to See fur Hiuielf How Matter Maud. 'iw Struts ville, O., Sept. 1. Judge Freieener, of Logan, who is in consultation with Governor Hoadly, thinks the worst of the trouble in the valley is over. The Governor saya Frieaener is charged with a great deal of responsibility, and consider hi opinion of considerable fwrce. Governor lioudly left Lösau at 0:30 for a trip to the principal mining towns, accompanied by fcherirf McCarthy and others. Before leaving he telegraphed to all points that he wanted ta meet the prominent miner and hear their aide of the story. At all stations a large number of miners were oat to meet the train, and at this place about 500 had congregated. The greatest Interest prevailed,

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and Governor Hoadly began holding a private consultation with representative miners. The president ol the district and others who were questioned deny Ftoutly that there is any necessity for the militia at this rjoint, and claim they know nothing about the burning mine hopper at mine No. 'IT, a short distance from here. Here they have a theory that the guards became dissatisfied with the waes they were getting and set Cre to the hopper themselves. Governor Hoadly tells theni he don't want to ha forced

to order the ni.litary ou tue grouua, anu is to oruer me . eiactingpro tie military Müs eiacting promises that the miners will do thtir power to aui tue civil autnonshould conclude, however, that were needed any where he will lere, inree cueers were propoea iovemor lloadly," but the response wis yery wean ana without eninus:ajm. .Some miners ar very glum and say this trip is only a political scheme, but several interviewed say there is nothing political in the fcituatioa and the topic is scarcely mentioned in the valley. Governor lloadly expects to visit other points and reach Columbus by evening. .OV1KNOII UOAULV'S KETURX From the Minen lie Report the Situation a Fxtrrmrly Critical lie Says There IV ill lie More Trouble if the Operator Do Not Slake Some Concession. Colou r-, Sept. 1. Governor Hoadly and others who have been making an inspection cf the mining situation in the Hocking Valley to day, returned to the city to-night. The Governor states that the situation is a perplexing one, and is of a threatening character, lie thinks with the men in their present temper it will be some time before the struggle will be over un'.eäs cperators saonld determine to make soaie concessions. He made the personal visit to the mines with the hope that the situation would Trrove to be such that there would be do necessity to send troops. In this, however, he was disappointed. At ." o'clock this evenins h-3 honored the requisition of the Sheriff for troops, and sent three companies to the most critical points, being Longstreth. Snake Hollow and Sand Han. On his' way to Columbus the Governor had a request for two more companies at Longstreth, two at Murray City, and two to guard property on the Hocking Valley Iload and its bridges in the valley. He, howevc. refused to send more troops tonight, but ordered several companies to be in readiness to go to the front to morrow afternoon, should they he needed. At the two latter places named they feared an attack to night When the Governor left Logan for the trip to the mine3 this afternoon be telegraphed on to ail points he wished to consult with the leading miners, and at some of the places, on the arrival of the train, there were as many as iKX) idle miners, who had gathered to see and hear what he had to say. At Xelsonville the demonstration was of a massive character, there being between G00 and TOO present who had carriages and a band to escort the Governor to the public square tor the purpose of making a speech. Tbey bad appointed a committee earlier in the day to ask a number of questions as the Governer progressed, and they made it quite interesting. The appeal of the Governor was for the observance of order and ths importance of tbe:r doing their part in this regard. It was at this point he ordered the troop to the points named, and the ininen were not very well pleased over this move, 83 they had supposed the Governor wculd not make such unless he was forced to do so In reply to the demands of the Sheriff for men, he specially stipulates they shall be used only for the purpose of protecting life and property. This is thought to indicate that they will not be allowed to remain as a mere guard for coal and railroad companies. Moody, who was arrested for shooting William Hare in the attack Saturday night, was removed from the jail at Logaa to nignt and taken to Lancaster on a special train. A Bad Accident A Wonderful Prayer Care. Special to the Sentinel. Haktfokd City, Ind., Sept. 1. A sad accident occurred in this city Situ r Jay- evening. A young boy named Arlow Clapper, eighteen years ot age, was ran over by the hese-cart belonging to the tire engine, the wheel striking him in the back of the head and crushing the skull into at lest twenty pieces. He died instantly. His father, Henry Clapper, is Chief of the Fire Department The largest funeral ever witnessed in this city took place yesterday. He was buried by his comrades, the engine and reelcart being draped in mourning. The Holiness Camp Meeting is in progress here, and a case of remarkable "iaith cure" has occurred. A Miss Eva Thomas, allücted with consumption, living at lloyerton, Delaware County, who had become so weak and debilitated as to be scarcely able to walk, has sought relief ia the efficacy of the praye s of the saints, and though still weak, says she is cured, and proclaim to the audience the glad tidings of the curative principles of faith in prayer. She tells of the wonderful change wrought, not ody in her spiritual, but in her physical being. A T5ase liallist Seriously Stabbed. Special to the 8entlnel. Shei.i; y vi i.i.e, Ind., Sept. 1. While play- ; jng pool with a party of friends In White's saloon here at 9 o'clock this evening. Torn Allen, who plays right field with the Clippers of this city, was assaulted aud probably fatally stabbed by Jerry Woodruff, a notorious young desperado, who has cut several men here. Woodruff was assisted by a prostitute named Lide Metier, who accompanied him, and who waa also armed with a knife and helped to do the cutting. The most dangerou? wound Allen received is in his right side, and it is thought the knife penetrated the lungs. Allen and Woodruff were strangers, and the ayault occurred over f statement mada to Wood ruft by the girl that Allen had spit in her face on a previous occasion. The officers, accompanied by a posse, are in pursuit of Woodruff and the girl, who. by the way, also has a record as a carver, and a gxd deal of talk about lynching Woodruff is heard on the streets. Agricultural and Mechanical Fair. Special to tlie Sentinel: Takis, IIl, Sept. 1 The thirtieth Agricultural and Mechanical Fair of EJgar County opened this morning under the most promising anspice?. The grormdJ embrace fcrty-three acres in ai elegnt grove, well watered and splendidly eqiippeJ with all the balls, sheds and stalls needed for its use. In thirty years every premium ha? b'en paid on demand in casli in full, aud the Directors keep a good reserve in bank. An InofTennive Cltien Pounded Nearly to Death. Special to the Sentinel. Wabash. Ind., Sept. l.-Will Scott, an inoffensive young man, was to-night set upon by Ad Vandyne, a bummer, and beaten with a atone so that it is thought he will die. The physicians state that Scott's head is badly crushed. Vandyne was locked np, and will be tried this month. Scott has a wife and one child.

BLAINE'S TBICKS.

JuggliDg In Regard to the Mulligan Letters. Heading Them Only Pretense How the .Mulligan Man Nullified the Evidence of Proctor Knott. Tbo Sunstroke Statesman Equal to the Emergency, and, FoxLike, Escapes. CHINEE JIM. Did He Head the Mulligan Letters? The 1'lomed Knight Great Feat of Legerdemain. 'Ah Sin was his nitus, And I do not deny" That to wily Jim l'.Ia'.ae The same might apply. fitaT Special to the Sentinel. Ciiict;o, Sept. 1. I met to-day an ertCongressman who occupied a seat on the Republican side of the House in the Fortyfourth session. He is a gentleman of national reputation, but more as scholar and lawyer than politician. No man enjoys higher repute for integrity in either public or private lite. His accustomed reserve gave way for an hour while the character and political methods ot James G. Blaine were under discussion. "Of all men," said the ex Congressman, "who have paraded in politics Jim Blaine .is the most daring schemer. His brilliant and knightly record is made up largely of fighting out of scrapes. Totally devoid of physical courage, he will resort to hazardous tricks dependent on brazen impudence and subteifuges for success. Now there is not another man in America with the reckless audacity to browbeat a Congress and Nation as did Elaine when ne pretended a reading of the Mulligan letters."' "Were you in the House on that occasion?" I asked. "I was within a few feet of Blaine when be gave that performance. Connecting what I saw there with incidents subsequently coming under my observation and to my hearing I have long since doubted whether it was the Mulligan letters Mr, Blaine read from." On my requesting something narrative of what he had seen and heard, the gentleman proceeded : A TKAINEI PRIVATE SF.i'RITARY. 'Blaine being on the Republican si Je. and surrounded by Republicans, the Democrats could not sec certain shrewd by-plays of his. He bad manuscripts of some description in his hands, but I doubt if the nearest member on either side of him could have had a glance at the chirography, holding the sheets as he did. The nearest man to Blaine wa? his private secretary, who sat immediately beside him. I was where I could note the movements of the hands of both. The instant Blaine concluded the reading from a sheet, he promptly placed it into the waiting band of his secretary, and that functionary as promptly relegated it out of the range of neighboring eyes. When Blaine nal so de livered the last letter sheet, his secretary quickly arose and glided out of the House. "You remember that immediately upon bis receiving the letters from Mr. Mulligan Blaine retained the legal services of Judge Jere Black. It was then, &3 now, au enigma to me why Blaine, if innocently in possession of those letters, should employ a lawyer, though I believe he retained two Matt Carpenter being the other. It was just after Blaine bad begun what he indicated to be a reading of the Mulligan letters that a gentleman walked Into Jere Black's room and said : 'Blaine is reading the Mulligan letters to the House.' Black sprang to his feet, exclaiming: 'What! that can not be!' 'It is true,' said the caller, 'he was reading them when I left.' Black, in a tone of disgust, said, 'Why the man must have gone out of I his wits!' liLAINE IS A SLICK FEI.I.OW. "Jere Black and I boarded In the same hotel and in neighboring rooms. The next morning I was in his room, we being qaite intimate as friendj, when he was reiding in a morning paper what Blaine had read to the Housff I well remember the h,'t smile and the twinkle of the bright eyes of the astute old lawyer ai he pursued down the columns what his client hvl read. 'What cues the old gentleman think of the Mulligan letters? I asked of Chauncy Black an hour later. 'He thinks Blaine is a Blick fellow,' answered Chauncey in a significant manner." . "So you think Blaine played au Ah Sin game on that innocent House?' I queiied. "I think B'aine played a right bwer from his sleeve," replied the ex Congressman with a langh. "If he did not why have the Mulligan letters I mean the original onesnever been produced? Why w,ould not Blaine submit them to the committee investigating the affair? When correspjndentsof ! the press desired to compare their reports of I Blaine's reading with the letters thennelve, j why were they not allowed to do so?' Who, ' besides Blaine, from the moment of his obi taining them from Mulligan, has ever see a ; the letters? I believe Jere Biack, in the ' capacity of Blaine's counsel, saw them, and that Black knew a verbatim reading of them to the House would have consummated Blaine's ruin. The so-called Mulligan letters which appeared in the Congressional Ilecord from Blaine's own rendition of them are bad enough, bat in my judgment they are white compared with the originals, which no one was allowed to see. as aggressiv roucr. "There is much talk oy Blaine's heroworshipersof how he walked down the aisles of the House, etc .,' making his defence. Bat that part of his performance was given after his private secretary, with the sheets he had been reading from, were safely out of the

House and beyond detection. Then he felt safe to assume the aggressive which, alone, he was shrewd enough to understand, could save him if anything could. With the evidence of his fraudulent game played ou the House well out of the way, how dramatically be ranted in the role of injured innocent! To one knowing Biaine as Idid his sinister methods there were entertaining as those of a performer of legerdemain tricks. 'What do you thlnk'of my speech?' he asked me shortly after he had finished. 'Jim,' I responded, 'you surpass anyone I ever knew in capacity for slipping out of scrapes.' " "Do you know anything of the reasons why investigation of the Mulligan letter affair was not pressed to a conclusion by the House committee?"I queried. "For fullest information as to that you should call on Proctor Knott, of Kentucky. By the way, the Indiana Democracy should import Knott to speak aa l ask him to mike the Mulligan letters his theme. His would be the great speech of the cam saiga. Get him to tell of the Caldwell dispatch and what sufK-rinduced Blaine's sunstroke. Knott received what purported to ba a cablegram from London, signed Josiah Caldwell, exonerating Blaine from complicity in the Little Bock bond transactions Knott

suspicioned that the fine hand of Blaine might have wrought in the construction of the message, and he held it for developments. A development soon appeared in Blaine's charging Knott with suppressing a telegram addressed to him as Chairman of the committee. Knott went to New York and procured positive evidence that Blaine had dictated or inspired a cablegram to London requesting the sending of the message which Knott received. Knott was ready tben to produce the cablegram along with evidence that Blaine was practically tue author of it. In a few hours more Knott would have confronted Blaine with the document, when lo! a friend rushed into Knott's presence with the announcement, 'B!aine has been prostrated with a sunstroke.' max iti:nstroke7or kxott? "The reports of the physicians who saw Blaine at the time (if made as they talked to intimate friends) would not convict old Sol of the charge Blaine made against htm. Two of them declared Blaine's symptoms unlike those of any patient they had ever treated for sunstroke- Knott was estopped from pressing the investigatioa by Blaine's friends, declaring it cruel, mean, etc., to do so when Blaine was dangerously ill, and possibly might die. To a private circle of friends Knott insisted tuat the great orb of day was not justly chargeable with the stroke which kept Blaine from appearing before the committee, and farthermore that he had no physical ailment from which he was likely to ba immediately retired from political life. Blaine was within a few days well enough to travel, and taking French leave of the committee, betook himself to Maine. Again his friends protested against further action by the committee in his absence. Knott was ready and anxious to adduce the evidence of Blaine's parentage of the Caldwell dispatch. But Blaine remained away, out of range of Knott's committee to the end of the session." THE 1'lVEIU. Ja y.Fje-See aud 1'lialhts Make an Unsuc--m! ul Effort to Beat the Ueeord at Proirt Fark, ltrooklju, 'Yesterday. üewYokk, Aug. 2S. The long-expected trial of Jay-Eye-See and Phallas to beat the record ot 2:0;)74' and 2:13;l4'. respectively, itook place to-day, on Prospect Park track, Brooklyn. The weather was delightful. In the morning a slight breeze prevailed. Towards noon a stronger wind from the northwest sprang up, which Increased as the hour set for the first trial 3 p. ru. approached. The attendance was about ;,000 p-eop'.e, and the in-field was well fringed with carriages, roadvagons and other vehicles. iThcre were few notables of the racing and trotting world present. Nearly all of the former class were at Brighton Beach, while the latter had gone to Hartford. David and Alley Bonner were present. The track had bean aoliligently worked upon it was fast. Still Bithers thought it was not quite as good as Monday last, the day prior to the one originally set for trial, and Homeland, one Of the judges, said it had been worked and scraped so much there was no elasticity to it. Punctually at 3 o'clock l'nallas came out for his warming-up mile.- He wore thin boots tebind and quarter booti forward, and carried his regular seventeon ounce shoes. Bithers looked very handsome in plain colors, and the stallion called forth much admiration by his free action. The, freeze meanwhile, considerably incre.i;e- and betting In the auction pöii!3 wia fci to f 10 that l'hallas would not beat 2:1-3. After two or three jogs around the track, Bithers gv. him his warming-up mile, which he went in 2:2.")',', going the quarter ln and the half in He was then taken back to the stable, and alter a rubbing down was again harnessed to his forty-eight pound eulky. The thoroughbred, Dave Gideon, four-year-old, by Highlander, out of LillieBell, was brought out shortly alter, also to a sulky, and Hiram Howe took the reina ver him. . After two attempts Bithers nodded for the word, and Phallas wen t off movin : as steady as clock work, with the running horse about six lengths bhind. The first furlong was slow, but Phallas seemed to warm up as he myved. Oa passing the quarter pole, however, he caught the wind and his stride seemed to shorten, aud in hearing the half it was plain tbat the record of '2:V.y)i would not be approached,, la the strnch Bitters did not force him, and after he bad finished the judges hung out 2:lS? t. The first quarter was made in 3- seconds, the half in 1 :r7?4', and the three -Quarters in 1:11. There was iiu pool selling on Phallas beating the rtcord. Jay-Eje-See was now brought out, and the little black gelding looked so well that be came in forrounds of applause. He wore s ia boots fore and aft and was driven to a torty poundsulky. He wenthis warming-up mile in 2:21M. making the quarter in 3TJi, the hlf in 1:R'4' and the three-quarters in 1:47?4 He was taken back to the stable, and Phallas and Dave Gideon were brought out for Phallas' second attempt to beat "he record. After two attempts Bthen nodded, and the big bay horse went off bo resolutely tbat he went by the quaiter pole in "'i;. Midway be tween the quarter and toe half he broke. Bithers quickly settled him, bat at the upper tarn he went to the air again. After settling down be traveled well till near the distance stand, when he made a couple more skips. Time Of heat, 2:20;;.

Jay-Eye-See was not brouzht fjr his first attempt at beating the record. The betting was even against beating 2:10, and 70 to "0 in favor ol '-Ml. Dave Gideon, the runner, was taken out to accompany Jay-Eye-See. After thrte attempts Bithers nodded and got the word, the gelding going to the quarter pole in U..1 4'. From there to the half his epeed seemed to increase, and he went stride after stride like clock work. Bat at the upper turn, however, the breeza went wrong withhim andbesetr med to labor. A thousand watches held on him told it was doubtful whether the record would be beaten. At the next quarter he was better, but in the last, which is generally Jay-Kye-See's strongest, he fell ou Time of beat, :1:2 . Tbe quarter was made In 33'4, the half in 1-3-i, the half in 1:40K, and the threee quarters in :Z. l'hallas waa then brought out for his third attempt. He went to the quarter in 31?4', but improved in tbe next quarter. Then, however, he tell oil', and although B thers urged him for all he was worth, the horse tiitd in the stretch aud broke just as he crossed the mile. Time, 2:17.'. Bithers and Crawford had now very little hope of beating the record, but as the wind had moderated a t rille it wai determined to make the second attempt, but this was even worse, for Jay-Eye Sse after going half a mile, Bithers did not seem certain he would make the mile in 2:14)2. The quarter was made in 3ö.'4, the half in l:Gs;4', and the three quarters ia 1:40,'. Bithers was very much disappointed, and after weighing he said to the Associated Press correspondent: "This is terrible. I did not think it would turn eut a? bad as this, but the track was without elasticity: it was absolutely soft, and it cupped badly. Phallas, particularly, suffered from the latter defect; besides, the wind was dead against us." Mr. Busby, when asked about Bonner's buying Jay-Eye-See, said: - "Ihat is, of course, all over for the present. Now Maud S, however, will be kept in active training, and, even if Jay-Eve See fails to b?at her record now, she will in two or tbree weeks hence be sent to beat her own record." Jay-Eye-See and Phallas leaye XewYcrk for Minneapolis to-morrow morning.

A STEAMER Sunk in I'.oston Harbor, Within Siht of the Wharf. Boston, Aug. 2$. The steamer Rose Standibb, of the Boston and of the Hingham Steamboat Company, plying between Boston, Downer Landing and Hingham, was sunk in tbe harbor this evening within sight of the wharf from which she sailed at 5:13 p. m. The harbor was full ot sailing craft, and Captain Ingraham says he was feeling his way among the boats to get into clear water, and was just rounding the stem of a large schooner when he descried the Commercial Company's tug, Wesley A. Gove, a very powerful boat, bearing down upon him. There was no time, the Captain says, to even blow his whistle. before the propeller was upon him. The Stan dish was strack a foot abaft the forward port gangway, the prow of the tug forcing its way clear through the deck and planking into the engine room, scattering the lighted coals in every direction, igniting ail tbe wood work in the vicinity, and as the officer boat said, "she would have burned up if she hadn't sunk so quick." There were 101 passengers on board, and for a moment there was great excitement. In an instant Captain Ingraham saw his vessel must sink. lie blew tbe distress signal on his steam whistle. This called five tugs and the steamer William Harrison from tbe a Jj ace nt wharves to the assistance ot the disabled steamer, and so excellent was the discipline of the crew of the Standish and tbe ability of the aiding boats, that every passenger, in the language ot a deckhand, was taken from the sinking steamer without even getting their feet wet. The Standish sank within six minutes after she was struck. Tbe Standish was rebuilt in 1S77. Mass Convention of Greeubackers anl Anti-Monopolists. Bi.oo.min;ton, 111., Aug. 27. The joint State Convention of Greenbackers and AntiMonopolists was held here this afternoon and resulted in a settlement ot all the differences, and the blocking out of a plan for fusion with the Democrats. The latter were represented by John P. Oberly, Chairman of the Democratic State Central Committee. A. J. Streeter was made Permanent Chairman ot tbe joint convention. The Committee on Resolutions reported a resolution reaffirming the platform of the Indianapolis National Convention. A State Central Committee was then chosen, and Jesse Harper, Danville, was re-elected a member of the National Greenback and Anti-Monopolist Committee. An electoral ticket was nominated with the exception of five districts, where the choice was left to the State Central Committee The question of fusion with the old parties came up next, and when A. H. McKeegban, in a speech, stated he was not in favor of fusion, and would not support Butler, he was raled out of order by the Chairman aud not allowei to speak, Epithels of all kinds Wefe hilrled at him, and amid jells of division he left the convention. The following was adopled: Resolved, That the Central Committee of the People' party of this State be Instructed to make tip a joint electoral ticket with either of tae old parties, but in do rase to accept less than seven of tee electoral votes. The following State ticket was nominated: Governor, Jt6se Harper. Danville; Lieutenant Governor, H,C. Yanderwert, Shelbyville; Secretary of State, E, H. Baldwin, Joliet; Auditor, E. F. Reaves, Elgin; Attorney General, John M Gwin, Effingham; State Treasurer, J. B. Clark, Chicago. The convention then adjourned sine die. The committee are busy to-night debating a scheme for fusion, and it is probable that the Democracy will make tbe coalition suggested in the foregoing resolution. Ferdinand 'Ward's Assets. New Yci:k, Aug. 29. To ascertain the extent and whereabouts of Ferdinand Ward's assets, Ldward C Board man was appointed referee a short time since.- Mr. Boardman has filed his report in the Court of Common Pleas. It will be disappointing to those creditors who expected to get a dividend. The brilliant financier who but a few months ago pocketed wealth by millions and gave checks for fabulous profits to "of such is the Kingdom of Heaven" customers, can now write the sum total of his assets without using more than four figures. These are, says Mr. Boardman'a report, 000 shares of Armourdale WaUr Company stock, 100 $30 coupons of tbe Wyandotte Water Company's bonds, two judgments against the Wjandott Water Company for $7,008.89 and $1,914.33 respectively, and a parcel of land in Wyandotte, Kas. The 500 shares of Armourdale water stock, tbe referee says, are not worth more than f 250. He says, too, that the Wyandotte Company's property ia mortjiRged for all it ia worth, and that little or nCvhing can be collected on the judgments. Lastly, the parcel of land is claimed by the 'Wyandotte Company, although it stands in Ward's name, and it has beu attached for $400. Notwithstanding this unhappy showing Mr. Walter 8. Johnson, receiver of tbe Marine National Bank, is willing to pay 13.400 for the entire property. Mr. Boardman recommends that Receiver Johnson. offer be accepted.

THE WHEAT CROP.

It is Said to be of a Superior Ouality, and the Yield Never Better. Milwai kf.e. Aus. 2 L. W. Talmage presents the following figures as the final estimate of the wheat crop of the United States for 1SS4: The figures are based on official reports trade within a few days by the State Agricultural Departments and Statistical Agents of tbe dillerent States and Territories. The report shows the total proluction of winter wheat, 30,000,000 buiheh, and total eprine wheat 150.000,000 bushels; total winter and spring, 530,000,000 bu3hels. This makes the total yield of the country to be 23,000,000 bushels more than ever before produced, 130,000,000 more than last year's crop, and 80,000.000 more than the average crop lor the past five years. The departments all agree in reporting the quality superior, and where .it has been threshed, they say the yield has more than met their calculations. This applies especially to spring wheat. Iu sections of Iowa, Dakota, Nebraska, Minnesota and Wisconsin, the quality cf spring wheat was never better. The spring wheat harvest has been late but the- weather has been most favorable, and the grain is being cared for in excellent condition. Spring Wheat Minnesota, 41,000 000 bushels; Iowa. 32wjO.OOO; Nebraska, IH.O.'km); Dakota, 2.",C00,0C0 ; Wisconsin, 21,000,000. Total spring wheat. 150,000.0K). Winter Wheat Kansas, -1S.000 03 bushels; Ohio, 3.. 200.0(0; Missouri, 3.;.000,000; Michigan, 23 500,000; Oregon, 15,000.0; Kentucky, 12 OOO.OiX); Tennessee, 9,009.01 "0; California, 45,000X00; Indiana, 35.000.00 ; Illinois, 33,000,000: Pennsylvania, 22,500.000; New York, 13,0 jo, wO; Maryland. 9,0C0.0C0; Yirginia, 7,091,0; North Carolina, 5.000.CHX); Texas, 5,hV),ik); West Yirginia, 4,000,K); Georgia, 4.000.000; Washington, 4,0J0.0ii Colorado, ".00,o 0. South Carolina, 210UO,u00; New Jersey. 2.0X.009; Utah, 2.000 010 , Arkansas. 1,(;)9,0 j9; Alabama, 1,500.000; Delaware, I.OCmi.imh); New Mexico, 1,000,000; Montana, 1,000,090: Idaho, l.COO.OCO; Maine, 500.COO; Arizona. 500.' 9J; Yermont, 500,000; Mississippi, 50J.G99; Nw Hampshire, 200,000; Wyoming, 201,0X; Massachusetts, 25,000, Florida. 1,00; Nevada, 200,000; Connecticut, 4H.0; Louisiana, 25.000; Rhode Island, 1,900; total winter, 380,090,000; total winter and spring, 530,000,000. TUE FICKLE FAIK. A Young Ulan Realizes That There is Many a Slip Between the Cup and the Lip. Muscie, Ind., Aug. 20. A little episode took place near Eaton, a few mlle3 north of this place, last Sunday, which has much the ring of romance aud sensation. Joseph Thompsen, a citizen of that vicinity, has for a year past been courting a young lady, Miss Annie Pore, who finally accepted his suit, and all arrangements were made to solemnize the vow on Sunday afternoon which should join them as husband aud wife. Thompson procured the license, and on Sinday, accompanied by the necessary clergyman, proceeded "to a certain schoolhoufe, where the service was to be publicly performed. The young hdy was E resent, but cold as an iceberg to him who ad come to claim her as bis own. She was closely seated in a baggy with another who had - been her admirer in other days, and who now seemed willing to renew tbe old affection. With him she seemed in the highest state of enjoyment, and gave no beed whatever to Thompson's entreaties, though he pleaded with great fervor that she should fulfill her engagement with him. It was useless, her heart wa3 like adamant. She even laughed in his face for presuming to be eo foolish as to think sue ever had any idea of marrying him. After following her up and down the road for an hour or two aod repeatedly pleadiDg, but always in vain, he finai.y departed, leaving ter ia the care of his rival. Tbe scene was one of pe:uliar interest to the hundred or more people who came to witness tbe marriage. Much sympathy is expressed for Thompson, while the young lady and her accomplice in the betrayal are severely denounced. Thompson destroyed his license, but it is reported that yesterday he went in pursuit of the young lady, who bad gone north in company with his rival. He was in a great frenzy, and his friends are solicitous lest he should inllict sun mary vengeance upon her companion should he overtake them. J. A. MACGAUAX. Reception of the Remains of the Dead .Journalist at Columbus, O. CoL01r.es, O., Aug". 27. The remains of the late J. A. MacGahan arrived from New YorK at 3:30 p.m. in charge of the Legislative Committee and a brother of the deceased. They were received at the Union Depot with military honors, there being in procession three companies of the Fourteenth Begiraent, Ohio National Guards, ths Governor's Guard, the L'ght Arlillsry Company, the United States barracks band. Fourteenth Beeiment hand and two local pests of the Grand Army of the Republic, with a committee from the press acting as pall-bearers, in conjunction with an equal number from tbe G. A. R. Posts. Both sides of the streets on the line of march to the Capitol were crowded, and several tnousana had gathered on the east terrace where the formal ceremonies were to be held. Tbe casket was placed on a catafalque in tbe rotunda in the Cipitol, and was soon covered with choice designs in flowers furnished by a local committes. While the immense crowd was in waiting Major Walcott delivered a brief address ou behalf of tbe city, and was followed by Governor Hoadly, who epoke eloquently of the career of the deceased, and welcomed with pride the remains of the dead hero to the land of his fathers. W. J. Elliott delivered an eulogy, brief, pointed and eloquent, when sentinels were placed, and the throng allowed to pass through and view the casket. At midnight the undertaker took charge of the remains and returned them to the depot, thence on the train to Zsnesville early this morning, where they will be placed in a vault to await the ceremonies at New Lexiegton, September 11. l'LÜCKO-PNECMONIA. Report of Dr. Salmon, Chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry, Relative to That Disease. WasmsGTOx, Aug. 27. Dr. Salmon, Chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry, has submitted a report to the Commissisner of Agriculture relative to the investigation of pleu-ro-pnenmonia among the cattle of Illinois. He has found eight cases in the vicinity of Chicago, two near Sterling, four near Feoria, 011 near Sprirgfield, two near Virginia, and cue near Jacksonville. A number of reported casts have not jet been traced. Dr. Salmon further says: "It is impossible Inr me to get experienced men to assist me without moving them away from New York and Brooklyn, and this I do not want to do until it is abiohitely necessary. Men who have hsd no experience with pleuro pneumonia wonld h melees Illinois his good lava and the Siate Yeternarian, and the Governor

will issue a proclamation on the subject and direct the isolation cf infected herd and the slaughter ot diseased animals. I shall soon direct my attention to other States. Iowa, Missouri and Kentucky have received animals from infected par's. I telegraphed the Goverhcr of Kentucky a few d8js ago in regvrd to auimals that went there. We are not able to decide which of tbe animals brought it to the Virginia sale, but cne that came from Dye, of Ohio, was sick with inilimmatioa of the Iuers, supposed at the time to have been the result of exposure. This is most likely the origin cf the disease, and if the suspicion proves correct, it makes the matter still more serious. Dye is the most extensiv e speculator in Jersey cows in the country, and has sent cattle into nearly every herd in the West If his herd is infected, the disease must have been spread to Dearly every State iu the Union. I shall investigate this matter as soon as possible. In the meantime, I shall indulge tbe hope that this will not prove true. I will not eay positively that this disease is neither the result of scrorula Dor exposure to inclement weather, or like cause. It is contagious pleuropneumonia, aud I am just as certain of it as I am that such disease exists." Acting Commissioner Carman has refused tbe request of an Alabama cattle firm to import a number of Jerey cattle for exhibition at the New Orleans Exposition.

WAKIS TICK ritOPERTT. Suit to R cover JSIOO.OOO from a Convent. Sr. Lovis, Aug. 2S A suit has been entered in the Circuit Court here which is likely to attract a good deal of attention, particularly in Catholic circ'.es, and by managers of Catholic institutions The style of tbe suit is S. Auguste Chouteau and Ada IL Taylor Chouteau, his wife, against Visitation Convent corporation, of tnis city, Robert McNicbole, trustee, and others. Tbe history of the case briefly stated is as follows: Mits Louisa K. Taylor, sister of Mrs. Chouteau, and daughter of the late George It. Taylcr, a very wealthy and well known citizen cf St. Louis, was educated under the influences of the order of St. Francis de Sales, end some two years ago announced her determination to become a nun, and although opposed by her family, did enter tne Convent ot Yisitation. Prior to thi. however, she conveyed her property, estimated to be worth Si CO, 000, to her sister Ada, then unmarried, under a written agreement that she expected to take monastic vows with tbe order of St. Franc's de Sales, but should the not do so on entering, and afterwards severing her connection with the oruer, the property was to be restored to her. Some months ago Miss Taylor left the convent, announced, it is said, that she had withdrawn from the order, and asked for the restoiation of her property. Her sister, suspecting the sanctity of her ac demurred to giving back the property and Miss Taylorbrought luit to recover. Mrs. Chouteau not desiring to enter ino litigation, reconveyed the property, a shtrt time afterwards Miss Taylcr transferred it all to Robert McNichols, 88 trustee lor the me of the Convent of Visitation A few wetks later Miss Taylor reentered the convent ami took the black veil. The plaintiffs in their petition alleged fraud and collusion against cllicials of the convent, charging them with using undue influence with Miss Taylor, and entering into äschern to obtain the property, and seek to set aside the deed by which it was reconveyed, anl. a'fo the deed under which it was transferred to McNichols. THE FRANCO-CHINESE WaR. General Millett Resigns A Dispatch from Admiral Coorbet Minister Ferry to Conrbet and Command. Paks, Aug. 30. General Millet has asVel to be relieved from the command ot the Fieneh forces In Tonquln, on the ground of ill health. Tbe Government has consented, and appointed General Eriere DeListe to succeed him. Admiral Perron, Minister ot Marine, has received the following dispilch from Admiral Courbet: "Mix Rive r, Fridty. An. 29, (p.m. "ThaDkg for the expression of satisfaction on the part of the Government. can not too warmly praise the officers and crews. Tbe operations in the Min River are C3nclu3el. Tbey were attended with complete success. All tbe batteries along the river were destroyed, and most of the cannon exploded with Run cotton. We were obliged to leave some iotaet, because the men. In order to reach tbem. would btve been exposed to a heavy musi etry lire, to which no renly would have been possible. AU our ships left Mm River to-day, and several have already reached Mai son anchorage. I shall arrive there to-morrow with the Duguay and the Trouia. Tne latter has served as my flag ship since Monday. Oar losses during the week are ton killed, including ODe officer, and thirteen seriously and twentyeipbt slightly wounded. In the Minlan Klncpan channels there were several casfs of matted'latteries. Two of these were clad from twelve to thirty centimetres thick with plates of sheet iron bolted together. The calibres of the Chinese guns ranged at,fourteen to twenty-oue centimetres." Minister Ferry Las sent the following telegram to Con r bet: "The countrv which hailed you as a victor at Sontay is now your debtor for another deed. The government of the republic is happy to express the nation's gratitude to your admirable creTts and their glorious leader." Tbe French to lie Attacked in Treaty Torts. Shanghai. Au. 30 All the French luve left Can'ou, at la now araerted that Admiral Courbel left Min River with the intention of going to Canton. Chinese military commanders everywhere have received Imperial orders to attack aU French wership and merchant vtase's which attempt to enter leading treaty ports. Thoe in port are ordered to depart Immediately. Telegrams from Chinese Government l:ne are not accepted unless written iu English, Chinese Not Suing for Peace. London-, Au. M0. The Pall Mall Gazette ssys: "There ia not tbe slightest louudatioa for the report that Chin whlies to come to an agreement with France. The Chinese consider the Fo" Cnow afiair as an act of treachery on the part ot Courbet, who took advantage of tbe permission accorded war ships of (rlendly powers to enter Chinese ports, and the barbarity of continuing to ate for hours after the Chinese vessels had cowed, is a cause fur inteuse excitement against Europeans." The Malagasies Defended. London. Auz. 30. The Times jties a review of the recent Blue Books rclatla to Mdgic.ir. and says: "They are a conclusive difpol of the ehargeg of savacery and elementary birbrim, brought against the MaUasies by the French." Took a Dose of Arsenic. Special to the Sentinel . Colcmkcs, Ind., Sept. 1. John Hunt, aged fifty-five years, who resides in Taylorsviller came to this place on last Friday, anl went to a drug store and got a package of arsenic, saying he had a sick hog and wanted to doctor it. He went to his home In Taylorsville, and eoing to the stable took the poison. He was discovered some time afterward, but the drug had done its work. He d ed on Saturday night and was buried yesterday. Partisan Kxeentive Committee. New York, Sept. 1 Both republican and Democratic Committees resumed work today at their respective headquarters with more vigor than has been displayed at the opening of any precedinz week. There were few visitors, and committeemen and clerks worked bard on the heavy maila awaiting their attention, G.O.Jones, there-elected Chairman ot the Greenbacker'a Comm:t', expressed his satisfaction at the result of the convention held in Masonic Temple. He aavs tbe Congress elected two years hencewill have a Greenbacks majority.