Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 31, Number 40, Jasper, Dubois County, 21 June 1889 — Page 2

WEEKLY COUUIEH.

C. DOAXK, ruWlhJtw. JASl'KK, INDIANA, j CURRENT TOPICS. THE HEWS IX 1IIET. Kwwvaw Hani.av, tbe osnamM. arrive! iu &u FraucUeo from Australia or tiM ik. A Tmsx in front of Mr. .Langtry' how. In Twenty-third trtt. New York CHy, ww (butt red by llghtulttK on the lit. Thk first annual meeting of the National A-ociatioa of the Loyal Women of Awfflcnu Liberty wai bld iu Boston mi the ltb. Ix a hoi on tbe iU of the Hurlbut House, tu Johnstown, forty-seven bodies, spoed to be those of guests, wre dlsCovered on the sth.

The sale to the Kuglish syndicate of the Rllntiue brewery Interest iu Newark, X. J., kM been consummated, the price agreed i wit Wing 3ft.10Q.tKK). Cotton export from the United States daring May past aggregated 210,27rt bales, valued at jl0,ai7j against ShMKkt bales, valued at?l9.03S,?jtt, for May. lSs, Thk Janet, report of the Departin ent of Agriculture Indicate slight retluetiou in tbe area of the cotton planted on the Atlantic coast, and an increase west of Alabama. The Prince of Montenegro, or the 11th, ordered that the army of Montenegro be immediately reorganised and put in readiness for active service at the shortest notice. Four kit.norkb telegrams were received at the Vatican deploring the unvailiugof the Bruno monument. All of tbe Ambassadors accredited to the Vatican met in the Pope' chapel on the 1Kb. A number of members of the old Denver (Col.) police force have been indicted A for receiviug bribes from gamblers and ethers. Ex-Chief Brady and Chief Detective Linton are among the number. The returns issued by the London Board of Trade show that the imports daring- the month of May increased l,4) and the exports increased I,(K).0j0 as compare! with the same month last year. The advocates of high liceuse in Maryland are making a gallaut fight in favor of the movement in that State. Contrary to their usual custom the Prohibitionists are lending their aid to the measure. Nearly 10) persons, mostly Methodist Sunday-school children, were killed in a frightful accident to an excursion train I near Armagh, Ireland, on the 12th. The camber of wounded is not stated, but it is large. ti Caita!N Wissmaxn has had another engagement with tbe Arabs, iu which the latter were completely routed. He has also destroyed their village of Baadani, Windji. Captain Wissmant's casualties were trlfliug. Father Tah.net, a Catholic priest, celebrate4ifaass in Patrick Mat thews side , yard at Jokastown, Fa., on the nth. Many ef tbjjWSraeent shed their first tears ever th&ippiter in response to the good " priest's tonobfog remarks. A courier who arrived at Bismarck, Dak., on the 10th, from Standing Hock Agency, stated that Bitting Bull, who had been dangerously ill with pneumonia, was slowly sinking, and no hopes were entertained of his recovery. A number of citizens of Johnstown, whose property was swept away by the fixed, are looking up the financial condition of the members of the South Fork Fishing Club, with a view to bringing suits to recover for the property destroyed. It is reported that the Khali of Persia, during his late visit to the Czar, entered into a secret treaty, temporarily annexing the northern portion of Persia to the F.nssian empire, in the event of a certain contingency happening, which is denned in the treaty. A max about forty years .old, name tinkaowa, was made a prisoner at police headquarters in New York City cm the aight of the 11th. and from the mystery surrounding the affair it is believed that the arrest was iu connection with the Cronln matter. The tribesmen of Morocco, who are in rebelion against the authority of the Saltan, have captured Prince Hamid, the heir to the throne, and killed several of his ecort. The rebelion is spreading very fast. The Sultan is very much Jiaceased, and Is raising an army tu cruik it. Hexrt Gkorok Bourke, staff engineer on the British man-of-war Callkpe, has been promoted to be fleet engineer in recognition of hi services on the

Calliope when she steamed out of the harbor of Apia during the hnrricaHe that destroyed the American and German vessels. The Herman Government has formally notified the Government of .Switzerland that it is Impossible for Germany to agree with Switzerland in the justice of the tatter's course in the affair of Police Inspector Wohlgemuth, and that Germany reserves the right to take actlou iu the matter. MM. Laouerrk, Lalaut and Oe Honied e, who were arrested for resisting the anth-oritls at Angotiteme, on the 9th, on the occasion of the prohibition of the Boalangist meeting there, were placed on trial at that place on the 12th. The charge against them is that of rioting atul threatening the iKiltce. In pursuance of directions from the President, General Kehofleld, the acting Secretary of War, has prescritieu a ramus of fifty mile from the District 01 c;oium Id as the limit within which Captain Geo. A. Amies shall be confined for five years as part punishment for his assault on Governor leaver. The coroner's jury in the Cronin ratir der case iu Chicago, closed their investl gathm on the 11th, and warrants were Immediately issued for about thirty per son, mauy of whom had been mentioned In connection with the crime. Alexander Hultivau was among those who were arrested and locked tip. The Connecticut House, m the Hth, amended the Secret-Ballot bill vetoed by the Governor, by restricting it operations to State and Presidential elections. As amended It was passed by a large majority. Ah amendment requiring the CowpiNg of names according to wolltkM. was rejeeted-stf to KW.

KRfONAL AND GENERA. Iiromjik W. KwMKVKtT, of Pennsylvania, in to b appointed Consul to Brussels, mm a reward for faithful service iu a like position at Bordeaux for xereral year. The offlee U worth about $4,Xk) a year. Tua statu of Bruno was uuvmllcNl at Rom, ou the 1Kb, with hwporfia wemouitf. There was a proeioa of ,0W persona. The annual eouvealioa of the YardmMiers' Mutual Bttflt AiocUttu of the lTnttd States and Caaada met, on b Uth, at Columbia, O. Priksiwe.nt IIakhwo.v hat been removed from the chancellorship of the National University by the regents of that intuitulion In-tan he rfuse4 to sign tha diplomas of the graduating class of the law choo). Knv. McGtfiRE, p.iator of the Methodist KpUcopal Church at Johnntown, Pa., statd, on the 10th, that out of his congregation, haviagamemlMttrhipof l.OOtt, only thirty-five had been accounted for. U did not claim that all of the balance of his fiork were swept away, but it is known that many of them were. Thk June report of the Agricultural Department shows a slight Increase It the

winter wheat area sesued. tne ooiuittiou, at the date of the report remained high aud averaged 93 for the country. Supkri.nte.niik.nt Bei.i. of the Hallway Mail Service, on the 10th, issued a general order urging greater co-operation to secure efficiency. He refers to the alleged fact that clerks have agreed not to check uk)u each other, aud says that this jwactice mast cease. He promises promotion according to emcieacy. A Zanzibar dispatch estimates that 100 native were killed in the recent rtbt at Suadaui. An Mufcnown guest at the Van Dyke Hotel, iu New York City, was found dead on hi knees iu his room on the morning of the 10th. He had turned out 'the gas with suicidal iutent. Rev. KotAsiNsKt, the excommunicated Polish priest ctf Denoit, Mich., dedicated the new church erected for him by his eight thousand adherents on the 'Mi. Tiik great National Duukard meeting was held at Harrisonburg, Va., ou the Sttli, attracting thousands of visitors. The Sultan of Zauzibar has presented tbe German Admiral with the graud cross of the Order of the Brilliant Star. The town of Zbaraz, in Austrian italicia, was almost entirely destroyed by fire on the 10th. Many lives were lost. At Ville Nouvelle, France, on the 10th, a rejected suitor murdered a farmer's daughter, father, mother and a man-servant. The President, ou the 10th, received forty-eight Chinese puidls of the Mount Vernon Place Methodist Church of Baltimore, Md. The United States steamer Osippee, now at St. Nicholas, Mole, Hayti, has bees ordered to proceed to Port-au-Priuce to observe the state of affairs there aud report to the Government. The Behriug Sea question, says an Ottawa (Out.) dispatch, promises, to prove more difficult of solution than any of the other international disputes at present existing between her Britannic Majesty and the United States. Br the explosion of a boiler in the MahoningValley Iron Works at Youngstown, O., on the evening of the 10th, James Robinson was instantly killed aud John Mcl'herson aud Wm. Edwards seriously scalded by escaping steam. The debris of the raft on the eastern side of the bridge at Johnstown, Pa., was fired about midnight of the 10th. This means that a large number of bodies muit be burned to ashes with it. No authority is given for the measure. The United States steamer Bear, Captain Healy, sailed on the 10th for Point Barrow, Alaska, with supplies aud materials for the relief station to be erected there. The Iron King mine, one of the best shippers on the Gogebic range, has been closed down, owing to trouble between stockholders. All of the Bessemer Consolidated Company's mines have also been closed down. Right Hon. Arthur Wei.le.slet Peel, Speaker of the British House of Commons, welcomed the .visiting American engineers at Leamington on the 10th. Iu his address he said that the English people admired the great feats performed by American engineers. Jakk Geer and John Durnberger, river boatmen, quarreled over a woman iu a store across the river from Wellsvllle, O., on the 10th. Both drew revolvers and both were killed. The medical fraternity of San Francisco have a most wonderful casa on baud. It is that of a man living for nineteen days with his neck broken; not only living, but conscious most of the time and cheerful. Two Bonnes, nau. and woman, supposed to be victims of the Johnstown fioml, were fonnd In the river at Anderson's Ferry, six miles below Cincinnati, on the 10th. They wer badly decomiwsed, and there was nothiug by which they could be Identified. State Sesator Samuel E. Fields, aged sixty, living near Dalton, Ga threatened, on the 11th. to whiti his adopted son, Den nis Taylor, aged twenty. The uoy nan been iu an asylum, and is supposed 10 09 of unbound mind. Dennis procured a gun and shot Fields, kilting him Instantly. I( made no attemtit to cwcane, ana was arrested. O.nk of the caual banks Kt Holyoke, Mass,, gave way, on the night of th 11th, undermining the foundations of the Cabot Mills, which collapsed, causing a Iom or S1W.000. Tiik Collcnder Insulating factory, at Harrison, N. J., was struck by lightning on the Uth. The building theu took nre. aud was damaged to the extent of 4dO,0W. The firm failed about a mouth before, since which time the works had been idle. The antl-Jcsult convention met lit Toronto, Out., on the 11th, with (KX) delegate present from tiie provinces of Ontario and Quebec Thk International Typographical Union met iu convention at Denver, Col., ou tim Uth. The session was occupied in, hearing reports. Thk new naino given to ex-Governor Foster, of Ohio, upon his adoption by thn Kioux: Indians, is Yoting-JIun-l'roud-of-Ills-Tail. Hatkmav, the eminent Kngllslt engineer, who recently had charge of extensive engineering worksiu Buenos Ayres Is dead. , Six workmen were hurled in the ruins of a btilldlng struck' by lightning at the eftrner of Kvergreeu and Cooper avenue, Brooklyn, ou the Uth, two of whom were killed. The others were badly Injured. LuiHT.viNO struck and fm fire to St. Junto Caihudral at Jay and Chapel sfreots, lirooklyn, on the Uth. aud the In terlor of the Iwilding was burned out. The structure was over sixty years old. The priests, by great exertion, saved tha records of marriages, Mrlhs, t., aYer liS that period i lost), 7S,W.

Anti-mixistmkial riots occurred, oa the 11th, in tha cities of Brussels, UhHt and Liege, Belgium. The rioters cams into collision with the police iu numerous instances, and as a result many went wouuded. Bbktka Manx, a domestic, was fatally burned, on the night of the 10th, by an sxptoaion of iras, at No. AM7 Manhattan aveuue, Krooklyn. "The building, h threestory Atruettir, was partly demolished. Thk directors of th Manhattan KUvatwtl railway, ou the 10 th, declared the regular quarterly dividend of on aud ouehalf per cant., payable in scrip convertible into four par cent, houds. The marriage of the Duke of Portland to Miiw Dallas-York took place in Urndon on tbe Uth. 11m church was crowded with aristocratic guests, and the wedding )HtoHts were numerous and costly, iucladiug gifts from the Princ aud Princess of Wales and Lord and Lady Salisbury. The ttishop of Lincoln performed the cercmouy. Thomas Foktirk, one of the ping arretted In Boston for the murder of Charles F. Glbbard, confessed, on the Uth, that he was the one who fired the fatal shot, but claims it 'was done iu selfdefense. The murderer is twenty-four, years obi. Governor Hill ot New York, on the Uth, signed the bill making it a misdemeaor to keep what Is known as a "bucket-jrhop" for betting and gambling purposes. A, A. Aurr, Second Assistaut Secretary of State, sailed for Europe, ou the 12th, to be abseut several mutiths for the benefit of his health. The Comujtroler of the Currency, on the 12th, authorized the Commercial Nation:! 1 Bank of Salt Lake City, Utah, to commence business with u capital of .imooo. William W. Simpson, jwistmnster at Silver Spring, Prince George County, Md., seveuty-six years of age, was married in Washington, on the Pith, to Miss Winnie C. Willi-', of the same county, who is but nineteen years old. The regents of the West Virginia State University, nt Morgantowu, decided, on the 12th, to open the doors of the university to pupils of lMtth sex-. This settles a question which has beau before the regents for oevernl years. At a meeting iu Sau Francisco, on the 12th, of contributors to the Johnstown' re

lief fuud it was voted to send to Seattle, W. T., iW.QQQ of tlh money collected. Over ?70,000 has been raised in Sun Francisco for tha two places. Francis James, who was caught iu th-i cellar of a prominent citizen of Bowling Green, O., on the night of the Uth, with a dynamite cartridge ready to blow up the building, was, ou the morning of the 12th, found hanging in jail by his suspenders dead. , Forty-one business houses, compris ing nearly all of the business portion of the towu of Griuuell. In., were burned on the 12th. Seven years ago the town was devastated by a cyclone, by which seventy-five houses were blown down and forty persons were killed. Advices from Westneld, t is., say the dans of the grist and pulp mills at Law rence, ou Duck creek, three miles above that place, have been swept away by a flood. A i'lot has been discovered iu the royal ulace at the Servian capital to dethrone Alexander and proclaim the pretender, Prince Peter Karageorglevitch, son-in-law of the Prince of Montenegro. King of Servia. ,; E. II. Shook, of Detroit, was, or the 12th, appointed superintendent of iu,tplies iu ttie office of the First Assistant Postmaster-Oeueral. The Republican central State commit tee of Iowa has called the State convention to meet iu Des Moines, August It. The convention will consist of 1,145 dele gates. hilx crossing the Fort ayne tracK at Louisville, near Canton, O., ou tfie PJth, Lawreuce aud Edward Streb, Can ton business men, and two Catholic orphans named Seifert, whom the Strebs had adopted, were struck by the limited express, and all were instantly killed. LATE" NEWS ITEMS. The cab drivers of Paris struck ia a body, on the 13th, and not a single cab could be seen on the streets. Forest fires northeast of Dulutu, xtaa., in the Vermillion Iron Uange oouutry, are again fiercely burning. Firk is sweeping the rorests soiuu uu west of Superior, Wis., and, unless the weather soon changes the loss will be enormous. Up to the 13th over a halt million dollars' worth of pine timber had been destroyed. I.n round numbers Vl.w uau, up w the 13th. passed through the bauds of the clerk of the mayor of New York City for the relief of the Hood sunerers 01 iue Conemaugh Valley. Thk Naval Inspection Board, 01 wmcn Hoar-Admiral Jouett is president, has been ordered to convene at Newport. H. L, ou the 1st, to appraise the United States vessels there. The board will also go to Boston aud Portsmouth on similar business. Jahhs McGkadv, h brakeraan ou the New Jersey Central railroad. waH found dead, ou the morning of thu 13th, at tbe toot of the railroad embankment near the. station iu Scrauton, Pa. He was twentytwo years old. Mrs. HARKlsn.N, Mrs. McKee, "Baby" McKee, Dr. Scott, Mrs. Harrison's father, tuid the two Harrison children, chaperoned by Mr. Geo. H. Brown, brother of Mrs. Wauamaker, arrived at- Cape May, N. J., In a special car ou the 13th. Tiikke i great excitement at Shelburne Falls M:is,, one of tho most thriving lowus iu the Dearfteld Valley, over thu possibility that the Sadnwagft lake dam in Whittingbam, Vt some distance above May give way and Hood the valley, resulting in fearful destruction 01 me and property. Tiik Comtolr d'lconiptehas been fully reorganized in Paris, and M. De Normandie elected president. While Mr. Gladstone was passing through the town of Wadebridge, Cornwall, 011 the HUli, a missile. belUved to be. a live cartridge, was thrown ut his carriage. The missile did uo harm. Tite poltco are investigating tho matter. Tin: governments of German)', Austria and Russia have sent an identical note to the fiwiss Government asking the latter to deal in a more severe manner with Anarchists aud Socialists. It was reported In Berlin, on the 13th, that the German Government will not renk off diplomatic relations with Switzerland on account of tbe expulsion trout that country of the Herman olice insector Wohlgemuth. It was the Concensus of opinion that the incident is closed, but that Germany may iterhaps apply vexatious measures la regard to trontler regulations. LiituTE.NANT Heath, of the United States ship Vaudalia, died at Mare Island Nattlorml Hospital, in San Francisco, on the 121k, of pneumonia, the result ef a cold ooi&traettd during the &woa& d Master.

STATE INTELLIGENCE,

Recently William Bering, of Craw. fortUvUIe, drw7ft pension monsy, aai gave it to his wife t keep. 8U hid It In th stove, and the other day ha built a Mis In the stove to warm himself, and burned the money. Mr. Ktheuia Wrioht, of Harrison , CVuaty, U making a quilt vt 'J,17: pSssM. ' twe of which were furnished by the wife ef President IfarilsoH. Jkikkhsox Thomas, ef Madison has 'been appointed Inspector of Hubs, to succeed the lata Joietib KtsaleV. UKNJAMt.N &IUVEI.Y, CogrMsman nwi -

the South Bend district, attended ths law i l9 wnti M hA hs a uuenmber. To department of MichixMH Uulvemlty b. , see his cabii face, his Kulf possessed tween two ter pis iu Congress. 'air, his 't less iueu and faultless atAsa Ham., of Spicwlaud, on a plea of tire, uo one would have imagiued that he guilty to the charge of stealing a horse had bocu takeu from his bed the ulgtit and buggy at Anderson, was senUUecd to before ami eoufiued iu the interval lu a three years lu the oeultentlary by.the Ciay J not over-iuvlting cell in the county jnll. circuit court, " j -At the outset, State's-Attoruey LonseLiuht.ni.nu destroyed two harn betong- Mocker filed a demurrer to the proceedbur to Kdwln JivaiK ho.I thriM of the Mo. !'. " Ue ground that, the evi-

ran ice-houses, near Ft. Wayne, a lew days ago. , Indiana Methodists propose establishing a CImutHHipiH Asivmbly at Hudson Luke, St. Joe; County. Tiik tenth annual fair of the Montgomery County Agricultural Association will beheld at Crawfonlsville oa September 9, 10, II, 12 aud 13.

Thk State military encampment will bo , Duncan. They held that there was not a held at Indianapolis from July 20to7. 1 jot or tittle iu tho evidence presented nt Clark County's jicor iurm reports the ' the iuipiest tint justified the deprivation cost of keeping paupers at ."3 cents pr ' of Sullivan Of his liberty; that a dog week. J would uot be judged on tho mass ot gosLko.vahd llt.NKLX was arretted at sip aud suspicion that went to make up Nobletrille, clmrged with cruel treatment , the cuso agalus-t him, and that the vertoward his twelvj-ycar-old daughter. i-"t of the jury lnckwl cohereucy or detllx a tight between Eli Harter aud Asher ' charneter. Itt replying lite State's Brown, at Hobbi, Tipton County, the lt- ttruey admitted that the case against ter killed the former with a brick. Public Sulllvaii was not so strong as ngainst opinion fiutains Brown and he has not j ;8H' of the other prisoners, but objected beonanened. ctlon Ml? ,,nkli wllUe thu srand i , . , v ,u. jury was consldorlug tho case.

. 1 -.... Into takin king a chair, when he lurched forwrd to the lloor mid died Instantly. He was aged ility, and a mau ot family. Heart disease is given as the cause. Tiios. Ktx.VKY, well known man In Indlanapoll?, fell from a window in thu Jchuon Block, n, few days sgo, and . whs kibed. Ills uecK Was Uvien and ahull crushed. Tjikrk are twelve stenm stone (marries at anil near Bedford. Thk Gcslien city council the other night I passed an ordinance by a vote of 3 to 2 raising the liquor licenne per annum to $260, the limit. Saloon-keepers have combined, and will hinder the enforcement vt the law ai much as possible. Forty indictments were found by the Federal grand jury at Indianapolis for ..i,t.in- i 1 r. . vlotat on oftheeectlon laws. r

uog se)MU uoun , Tll0 j Ja ww ,u Stf(J,0 fop thre Bsnnermau's little daughter by the cheek, , ,,OUPJt ycstnr.lnv afternoon, and llstenl tearing out a chunk of Jhodi and distigur. ' lo H rcpftitlnn if come of the testimony ing her for life. 1 given nt the coroner's inquest. A.n old lady named Wingate died lit Ver- j Hatfield, the furniture salesman, is nlsallies from eating palsoned le.tuee. r most positive that the photograph of MaAt the meeting of the Muurs' Central ! roney, uuder arrest In New York, Is that Relief Committee at Brazil, on the 11th, 'of the man to whom he sold the goods reports trout nine districts showed a total found iu the Carlson cottage, white the of 5, '.'39 dependents to whom rations are j expressman is absolutely certain that it Issued. The strike was inaugurated six , WHS Maroney that hired his wagon aud

weeks before, Thus far tt(U has been contributed to the relief fund, o which -120 remain-id iu tbe treasury. Governor Hovey's private secretary and Mayor Ilerr attended the meeting in the interest of iiilormation, and a relief committee of citizen, with Mayor Herr as chairman, Whs appointed to net with the m'ners' commit tee. Work had been slack for mouths prior to the strike, aud the central relief mnutit.. lu i.,Unnrt .i,u. .....Mi ,.anu.. ait , Thk follow! postmasters cola, Allen Proctor Cav Hamilton County, Jos. Lafever, vice Jas. M. vHl8tler,resignea; u.uuurgli, .Morgan County, John Weesner, vice W. D. Wllman, resigned; Herbemoat, Morgan Coitn ty, Tho. C. Murphy. K. C. W. 1L Smith, resigned; Mier, Grant County, viceMiyers, vice Alva L. McGuire, resigned; Morocco, Newton County, James It. Kay, vice II. e Roadruck, resigned; Syria, Or ange CoHnty, O., II. Stewart, vice James II. Mkrjhall, resigned. Mrh. Maky Kaygor, the owner of conslderable property In Imllanaiiolii, died some days ago and her will Was probated n, fl. 7Ht Klml.O th. ImlV f l, ,.mn. the 7th. She left the bulk of her prop- . 1.0.. . 111-011 ,. lw"llso',f,' iolin iUiam.since the .will was drawn I liam wm eity But B . . .... ouuuwl" 'l,;,f.on Ior Kmvy,

iu ',,rtk i.., 'he hiiuday-ichool excursion bound for lug changes In fourta-oiasi t. ' .,,., - ... ,,

wrn mttilH 011 the It'll Ar. rl'"" owiwiwuo ,0 1. ui 1 en .1 were mane on me 11. u. Ar pnln, .,..,,, ,.... f W(1 Brt,lrt(ltt

County, t illtamRockhlll, rice ; ,, ,. ,,,' 1 -1,11,1, a,i '.i,.

alter, resigned; Atlanta, ' ,ia',vfi a.,.1 t,..,.o,r. nn in.tj

Hu, Kiti ng a guar i wnne aitcmptuig to ,y the rt.gl,ir tl..,in fnm Armagh foleicape, is now serv.ng a life sentence, lowed just behind (lie rear section of the John killed a mnn and is ssrving a similar excursion train, and with the locomotive sentence at Michigan City. A grand- of this train the detached cars came into daughter is tbe only heir lett. Mrs, Koi- ' collision with U-rrific force, wrecking the edy was In poor health for yean before locomotive as well as tho cars them her death, and It is bslleved that the selves.

knowledge of her tons' deeds an'd imprls - oumeiit were kept from her. f Mhr. O. A. Fhnni:r, of IndiaiiapolU has donated a Inrharlum of fifteen tbo.iHani specimens to the Marietta (0.) College. Lo.v II t:w itt, a young man of Slielb;' vllle, was found the other night Imnirlng En MoitHiKo.Ni aged twenty-five veari. win of Corydou Morrison, n prominent citizen of Morristown, was found dead in his Urn a few days ago. Jons Depositor and Mirttm Diposltor llWd suits against the city of Kvausville, claiming $1 e;h for injurle sustallied by (ailing on defective side walks. Miss Maooik Hckk won the llrt prle ofS5atthe Junior oratorical contest at Knrluniii Coltrge, Richmond, and Miss Kiiiiim t'. Mtudetihall tho second, of il. Hki-kksk.stativic Ha.nnib.u, Tnour, of MontgOiiiery County, ofiVrs tlOO and an acre of grcu id t any perion who will ftire for gas tqion his farm. Tiik Hkh Schotd Commencement was held at Music Hall, Crawfonlsville, the other night. The following young ladls received diplomas: Misses Nellie Coutant, Jensie Gil key. Stella Hunt, Madge Johnsou, Alice Krug, Belle bpratle, Grace White aud Bert Wilhit. A wondjrful record has been made by Miss Coutant She has been lu school for eleven years and during that time has nevar luen absent nor tardy a single day. 'KqUIrk KNAft', a welUknOwn aud eccentric citizen of Milan, aged eighty yeir, surprised his acquaintances by marrying Mn. Barnes, a biixein widow of fifty, Mr. Knapp Is a well -preier veil, actlvo old gentleitmn, and hasbeeH a widower Lit a few months.

between two small log forming a bridge , '"" ""!l "iauco " over a little st.ea.n, and will probably ,1 e, " " ch.m" ' ct ?" I on? Hamhvtt n t,ntnrtMi. . ri...t..a. WJ. ""timed and mangled bod!cs still showed Lo.v Bakhktt, a notorious crin Ina., was ymvtnmH nf -,., The (l()ml ;in,i t10 ,y. r iiD un? ?lf1fI0,,a,a,'Fll,,K,Il , hw were scattered in Inexfin Tr m ? r t ' ' H,lll ',ad "e:irIy ! tricablo coufimion among tho jagged tlm$10) of the stuir in his pocMloii. ,)ers twined Ironwork of tbe wreck,

SULLIVAN'S CASE.

Hahoas HrH Pr(H44lHg4 la tks Oa wt AlwxHHdi r MhIUvhh, CbarHMd as As eMM'jr to me Mafdr Mt lir, Croata The Mallei Takeu Under AilvUeiHeHt by ,lHt4K" Talej. Chicaoo, June 13. Master Wyudes, of oounsel for Alexander Hulllvau, mada application to Judge Tuley iu Chambers yesterday sfterumiu for a writ of habeas oorpu. jwdy twley rmm thi writ, retunitiblo nt four oVlocb, aud within tew minute th paper was served ou Sheriff Matsoii. When Alexander Sullivan sppearoil in the iHiurt room shortly after four o'clock , svwiv t rsas mm mj torn v MMti tuude s diiriiifled bow to tbe buh. deuce against Sullivan had not been iMcCrporated in tho imtHlou for writ of habeas corpus; but It was soon developed that the opinion he cited in support of his position had been rendered twelve years before the enactment of the present habeas corpus not. Stir, ring argument iu behalf of Sullivan's adD'hiou to bail wero then made bv A. ! S?. Trtide and ox-enators Gilbert aud , j,,,, Tuley rovlewed the situation nt I MuWA he ,,,,- ,,8 iIlc),uwi trt HUchnrc. go the prisoner were It not for tho fact that the grand jury had the case in hand. Tlu ! verdict wns exceedingly indefinite and ! informal. The State's attorney, ho , thought .should show that there was sufficient cause to hold the prHouex. I A lonjr discussion ensued, und finally, at Mr. SulliVau's request, Mr. Trudo agreed to join issues with tho Stnte and lot the judge read over the testimony taken at the Inquest, Judge Tuley sayiiu? that he would consider it legally and without prejudice. Sulllvnu was then remanded to jail until ten o'clock on Friday morning, when the court will render the decision. If the wideuce is not suf eourtN opunon, lie can dtsH If no ind ctiile.it is returned, and admit him to ball if there Is an indictment. ficient iu the court's opinion, he can dls carried the articles into tho cottage. DEATH IN THE OULD DART Frljchtfot KsllwH.v.tcclflnnt Nonr Armxgh, Irelsntt A Srrtlon of 1 SHHilHy-Snhnul Kxrurslon Train WrrckU Xcsrljr w HtonlriMl Lire I. cut himI n I.wrge Numhrr nf thr KxrHrlHMit lnjoreil. Dublin, Juue 13, Tho railroad accl 3n,1 ,10Rr Armagh yesterday morning is ' without a parnllol in the history of railj roading lu Irelaud. The train carrying .rai Rimr, ,n,t,,B n.o ,.f Arm...!.. was ascending, a stoen grade to a bank , that rises ton height of fifty feet, when . the engine of the rear section gave out, nd was unable to draw tho heavy train. in some way, wliich is not now clearly 1 .utderstnod, several of the rear cars besame detached from the balance of the train and started down the sleep grade. i In a ftsw' fconds the cars were going 'owl hilt at n terrific rata of speed, with I u,e vither utterly useless, or , tr,T neKllgence on the part of tho guard, ' wIt l0llf ,,rTr a"nt1Ion- "a'1 U,f l,mclC T , , , .f 1 clear for any considerable distance, the detached cars might have lost their mo,uentum RU(l the terrible accident that uu ,w ,D' J"" ' Komc UUBII foiimvo,i i,t.cn mvertetl, but, unforttiiiate. j Tho scenes at the wreck Immediately 'after ttiw accident were heartrending In the extreme. Ihe rear section of tho excursion train, from which the ill-fated cars llml become detached, wns stopped after proceeding but a short distance, l and tho passengers, hs well as those of ' tl,e '",'-, section, soon ran buck to aud tho groans of tho Imprisoned sufferer mingled In an awful din with the. ! shrieks Of their more fortunate conipan Ions who stood by powerless to render 1 nssNtnnce. People from tho surrounding country nocked to tho scene and set to worg to re move tho victims from tho wreck. Phy sicians were summoned by telegraph from Belfast mid other points, nnd nttondod to the wants of tho injured, whilH the dead were taken from the ruins as fast Ti possible and placed iu rows upon tho grass. The engineer, fireman and guard of tho rear tutct (ou Of the excursion train and the traffic manager's clerk weru nrrosted, charged with canning the accident, and remanded without hall. Politic Witt Not tioont. WAKin.Ncrro.v, June lit. Tho Clvll-Serv (co Commission In view of the examination be licld nt Urn Nashville (Teitn.) pom-office' next Saturday, put out the following aiiiiiHiiicemPUt! "All examinations held under its auspices are strictly winpMrlbli In character. qualified persons are requested to apply, whether Democrats or Ropnbtloun. They will lw examined, marked and certified purely with reference to their capacity. Political eolderatloiH will be allowed no weight whatever. The commissioner are determined to enforce tho law lu It letter and spirit; any employe of the Government violating It will lie most rigorously punished."

A MEETINCI AT JOHNSTOWN, The UhIhm MfH of the IMuged (lt iSH Tosftlltei hhk KmsuIv .tvsil Thmihm1v r .,l.tam ProHVre l ho.I l ts Work Again -iMrrl IImIImKV ThsMbeil for HU KHlHrt. JoHXTOWK, P., June 11. The remnant

s of citixmis luterosted In Johnstown's fut- . t M.. .......l.l...l ... I.. f.' HIV U-nniHUWU KKUIH III WUSS-IIMM'I ) lg yesterday aflernoon. This time Adju. taut-(tiiieml Hastiugs took the lultl ttivo ia Um mat tor himself, mid culled 0 1 the business men to meet with htm nt Ms headquarters in the Pnnsylyaulu railroad freight depot: General Hastings called the meetli.i? in order aud said: ,4I luiVa nailed tlJs i-ctq. lug of lnterestifd biisiuass men f r the purvas of consultation about tbe i n )re of tiie Couemaiisrh ValUy," He thou outlined his plans for clearing away the vast accumulation of dbru from the streets; wbethor the Slate would authorise him to go further and eleun out Ihe cellars of private citlxnus and b islhs houses, he was unable to stale. The Ueueral assured his listeners Unit li'ls work would progress as vigorously m possible. He then urgwl tho business men to look aheud to the prompt reMtm jllou of their business. "If there nre among you 1 iness men hero assembled who desire to open hulue and wll indlente to mo what wfll be necessary to assist to that and, I will communicate with tho proper people in order to se if we oan't get you that ueetl It, put ou y,ur feet Hgain." Ho HMMtired his listeners that thorn W;i8 110 necessity for any one now iu the valley to feel hunger, or to go shelterless, as the orsauixatlon for supplies, clotluiig, etc., is us uenr perfect as Is possible, and .it any one suffers troni auyuaitse.it is j their own fault. The General urged tho t necessity of their reorganising their ; municipal government; the meeting of the City Council mid appointment of a police force for the protection of private Interest that the intlltnry guard can not undertake. The GtMioral added: "I watit you to go about your dally avocations us you did formerly." The speaker Hgain invited thorn to make their wants known, saying tint lie would cull niton certain parties to furnish building material to erect structures Miituble for the transaction of business, "Pittsburgh merchants are anxious to , provide, you with stocks to set you up iu business again, nnd there aro-geutleiueu iu this audience who have coma here for tho purpose of taking you by the baud and saying to you that, if their aid is doireil, they are willing to trust you aud wait on you until this cltv can take some tangible shape. The lumber for your buildings will lie sent to you iu tralu-loads entirely gratis." 1 General Huntings then inked for remarks and suggestions from the audience. His 8K"ech was received with thunder of applause, and men ruhd forward to grasp his hand, tears stream- ' lug from theireyes, speaking their thanks with hiiSKy voices. William Caldwell, the oldest' business man in the city, announced that he In I arranged to resume business immediately. ; Many others followed lu brief tnlk, urg1 .a ing upon iiiemscives milled aeito-i i'i an hey did. It was then suggest that Colouel Linton prepare a set of resol ipous embodying the views of the bu iess men of the city. Colonel Linton rcp-d ed by saying that his ofli;, togatlur with his jwiis, ink and paper, was by this tme iu the Mississippi river, and he eouid uot I write resolutions or any thing else. ' Wm. Keabrlght, General HaUla;1 Monographer, stepjied to the front aud Colonel Linton dictated the following: 1 tleMcril, That the merchants and business 1 men ot Johnstown, avenibled here at the retiuet or General Hastings, will each one ufce his ImsU efforts to restore;, Iy his own actions, the comiit'on of uuslners and prosperity of this plsfc prior to tiie Moml, I KiMlvn1t That this meet big tender Its heartiest ttiunkH to Gfnerst Hatting for his kindly usestlons tct offer aid, The resolutions were unanimously , adopted. Forty-two business firms were I represented. j Several stores worn opened duriiu the day, and were thronged with purchasers. Many of the articles purchased werefor female wear, which they have, deI prived titemselvos of rather than accept 1 them for nothing in a crowd of eoratn J bling men and boys. There has been system everywhere to-day, and a great improvement is manifest. There is an j excess of clothing. Money and food J the present great need. Two car-loads ot , fresh meat, delayed by the way, 'r so badly spoiled when they arrived yesteutay that their precious oiiteuts had to be bnrued. The douatlons of pro visions can not bo too extensive. Tin AM or IVtn.lt-iiiti to lie Invoked. Johvhtow.n, Pa., June lS.-The intention to-night is to solve the raft problem with petroleum and the torch. To-day, for the third time, the drift was fired nnd is burning fiercely, lt it it is not uei stroved fifty barrels ot coal oil will b ' emptied 011 it to-morrow and the whole I mass will go up in a bonfire. I The citizens of Cambria borough passed 'resolution to-night asking General I Hasting to furnish them lumber and nails tfi unable them to put up temporary , bouses, there being only forty home to ! shelter fifteen hundred people now homelois. The new contractors In charge of tho State's work lu clearing out the flood .li.hrlrt from Johnstown and vicinity, did i not have all I'm men they wanted to-day, , but tho number was largoly Increased be ' fore nightfall, and some very effective j Work wn.s performed. I" A regular morgue corps of six men fol- ' lowed the workers in each dlstricl,u'id n 1 fast as bodies were uncovered, removed thorn to the nearest dead-house, wncre thnv were uulckly prepared for burial. Gencrnl Hustings was very much gratified this evening with tho reporU received from hi engineer corps of tile work done during the day. Colonel Douglass, onglnecr-in-chlef, said this evening that he exacted to have a channel thirty feet in width cut through th : raft by Saturday evening. Dynamite was used very extensively during the day to loosou up the pile of drift. Four steam engines are expected to .arrive during the "IkI'I. The engine ore' needed lo chock any spread of lire front the burning of the debris. lMiiltlttidpliln Solve the Proldem HARtusnCRrt, Pa., Juno lLThe one million dollar bond scheme of Governor Beaver has fallen through entirely owlnff to the constitutional objections, mid because another way ha benu found to ruble Ihe money. The Governor received assurance in Philadelphia yesterday that the People and other bank would advance all the money needed tor the purpose indicated without interest. The Governor met the Philadelphiamembers of the commission appointed by him to distribute Ike funds for the relief of tho sufferers, atul a decision was reached to start oil a tour of itlineotie. on Monday next.

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