Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 40, Number 5, Jasper, Dubois County, 8 October 1897 — Page 6

WEEKLY COURIER.

. IUI INI.. I'lililLher.

JASPEK

INDIANA

OCTOBER 187. f

8lx customs officials were arrested in ; Constantinople. u the tli. for circulating puuiphlcts of Um Vouug Turk , Varty. Tint broiie monument that is to BB . erected iu I'lirtniiouili square. iM ' Francisco to the memory Ol Boberl Louis Mrvi iivii. tin- novelist, lias been j Successfully east in thai city. m Kdwako J. Hi mi anil Julius L Hertz. of Nan Fraucisco, wlio recently re turned from 1.lnittWrH warn Ameri

cans ag aiust going tin-ix- on account Of Mm inaii iquli protection urtoi.Uil life ami property. TBS (tMH( KatUf Wilhelm der Grosse, from ibcineu ami Southampton, passed vmdy Hook at MM p- Ba., " tlu- ttth. breakiug the westward record from Southampton, made hy ttM SL Paul, by N miuutcs. m 1 1 TU three European cities of DeB liu, Ireland, and I la reeloiiu and Mudrid, Spain, arc to be equipped with trolley systems, al! the Ml, motors, tlyuamos and appliances for which are to be made iu Aiui i ica, Q ' ON the fftth. the president IMOUMd the appointment of ex t iourMUUM Bom Tu nmmwA. oi silver miff, CaL, m I uitcd Mates judge f.ir the southern judicial district of the Indian territory, to sueeeed the lute Judge Iv i .gore. a '1 1 1 k Spanish ministry, headed by Premier Azcarraga. tendered their resignations, on tin Ulth, to the queen regent, who accepted tliem. but asked Ufa, Azcarruga to continue in BBBBS until u solution of the crisis w as found. t'l.ooiis in the BSltoa basin iu southern California are aid to be caused by the waters breaking through from the gulf of ta.iforuiu, acparutcd only by sand bars. If this proves, to he true, I aiiforuia will boon have the largest inland sea on the continent.

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CUB BENT TOPICS.

THE NEWS IN BRIEF

PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

Tn fir! annual conference of the mayors and councilmeu of the luitcd Mates, the ( anadus and Mexico, was ca., cd toorder at t'oluuibus, O., on the "th, by Muyor lilac of that city, about l'"o regularly-accredited delegates belüg present. TU latest news from Guatemala states that a price of IU0.U00 had been placed on the heads of l'rospero Morales, the revolutionary leader, and his aide, Manuel Fueutes. It is also stated that an order to this effect has l ieu promulgated by Presideul Harrio. TU Manchester (Luglsndj Guardian says the foreigu otliec has received a cable dispatch from the british embassy in W ashiugln deny iug that n il. Wood' ford, the United Mates minister to Spaiu, has presented any sort of an ulluuutuiu to tile Hpotlllh OftfB it

BBi M 1AKV Off Waii BpbbBXsi A. AltiKK and Assistant Secretary Mciklejohn will Tisit Little Book. Ark., during October, for the purpose of inspecting Fort Loau H. iioots. with the view of deciilmg upon the advisability of increasing- the new fort to a regime tu 1 post-

Tut: Krithdi tramp steamer Kjfrcniotu ' asllo arrived at New York. n the JTth. from Fernandino with the enptaiu and crew of the lumber-laden bark tarrie L. Tyler, from Savannah for NVw York, which was abandoned about V) miles south southeast of Frying Paa shoals lightship on BoDtMsbor J 4 In u dismasted and iMit logfd condition. The three-days' cricket match at 1'hüadelphia bo( ween a picked team of PhUadelpaia amateurs and tapt. W'ariiei s Bofllall amateur team ended, ou Mm JTth. La a victory for the l'hiladolpoiaea, with four wickets to spare. The score sUkkI: Kugiish, 4v : American. 4"'". Lii.kka. ii. Mimftif. paotor of Um Cbriatiaa church of Bfn Ind.. died ut BrssiL, on Üie tTtit w here he was in attendance on a disti ict Convention uf Iiis church. Me was stricken with paralysis while addressing the convention on the 9mL 'I'm: Louisiana state board of health announced. OS the :Tth. that there had been: Total cases of yellow fever to date. MM lotul deatns from yellow fever to data r: total oo obaolatoljr recovcn-il. ;is; total cases under treatment, iu;;. Man. A. E. 1'ai 1. has been appointed

by Mayor Harrison of Chicago to su-, periu'emi the cieansiiirf of the dow n- i t..w n streets and ulleys of the city, und j the ladv has ifiveu up alt of her social I

attacluuents and will devote her entire time to the work.

The Prussian police are on the track

Tar Vossisihc .ettunir. of LcrHn, says tin- government i taking steps tu introduce a bill to increase the beer taa threefold. An1.11 makintf a tour of the Hawaiian islands aud couferi.njr with the poo pie. Senator Morgan writes to the New Votil Herald from Honolulu, under date of Septe.nlter .':. that thesis no active opposition to annexation. The natives are free from political carea and seem content to let BMtlll dffHl '1iik navv department has decided to s nd another draft of 100 men to the haeific c.at for aartiaa aa Maa Haiti1 more. The lalUT vessel will U placed in aaauadaaVM at aaaa with u her stor. s aboard, ami the oflicers of tiie I'hiiadelphia w .ll bt transferred to her a ai oii us the l'liiladelpiiia drops aneaor la the harbor. Tat Pal 1 1 a on will then tail for Honolulu without dalay. laMaa BiJifitiwtTW aaaaroatt of leffar s .i.v. ... . in. i. .1. cd, on the MMJa, iu New Dritiana. of fallow fever, sin- '.eft .ix weeks previously to assist in nursiujf her son in-law. E. A. lleffcrt. wlio was suffering' with the fever. 1 BOM Juneau, Alaska, cornea the news of a fabulous striUe of quart KoM on Hemer s ba; 1 he ledge is los. : . bed as the biggest find the woi ! I lias kaoara since the famous t omstoek ,i severe. 1'iospoctors and mining men oa the ground are amazed at the richness aud ext. tit of the lole. Nohii.no like the present aearcity of wuter has ever been knowu in the vicinity of Pittsburg. Kas. C attic aud hogs arc djiajT aadaldttW s among the pepie. principally of the typhoid charat ter, is prevailing. Fki:e. o-r plaoor, gold, lias Wen diaOOTeriii in Joym r broo... a small iik.uhtain stream in P.. ton. Yt. am A. Andrews, a noted California miner, has put in a sluice ami has secured several aasvata each day. Ha has found nug

gets for three miles along the bed oi the stream. i in. pr. I ict Ion of oleomargarine in tlie I sited Mates during the last tiscal year amounted to 4'." '1. .' ' pounds. t'KlUIN AI. proe'v'ediiigs have been commenced against the Frankfurt Zeituii. on the charge of Use majeste, for crilicisiug the alMgad errat. C BOurac Of Emperor William. HABBÜ CLUrroam a favorite actor, died in BaUaroa boapif I. New York city, on the I'. Hh. aged .1 years. A trat (Ali fi".u li. iv. ma, on the liOth, aoooaaoad Mm raaigmaHoa of tieu. Weyler. Tn oili. 'i:i! raport of the Anaconda (Moii 1. 1 Cooper Mining Cot for the year

ended in .lime last shows that the

MITHIN 01 K BORDERS. TOO MANY GRANT&

News by Tolcgrrnph from Vartout Towns n Indiana. loll Break ffOMed. Anderaou. Ind.. Spt. Sheritt Btan prate n teil a wholesale jail de lisery by an aeeidenta I discovert . Sixteen arieoam were in MM lower corridor. Six of them were under long ria-

on aiatences and ere ,im ailing nana- J p.. i tali, ii M the southern Indiana peni- ' teiitiarv. They got BOW of MOM ' ffOajM BMaaera sawed their way through th- inner bars and Bad the bars of the windows severed. Tiny were just icady t.' let theins.-ivca down from the fa f. wnulow when one of the pris !., s let , . t of the iron bars fall on the stone flooring. It awoke Starr and the turn-I ke . They called the polict mid nahiied the men just u they were Icax irg. m am Olaaataaohoao will Coaakaae. Muncie. Ind.. Sept. At a called niccting of the hoard f Iireetors oi ; the Western Window QlBM Matiufac- ' tur.rs' assiM'iation. representing all factories west of Pennsylvania, il bead' quarters iu thia city, the life of the organization was extended until it cm lock hands with the national nssocia- , tion. now being organizul. The meet- j ing was made necessary by the fact that the association would hae lied bv time MnsitattoB October i. I he pro-1

i..s.( big -onibine was tboroMghly rati fiel and will have headquarters iu Pittsburgh, the uflice heri- being close.!. Mr. LtBtala'i Oroa ladlanpolia, Ind., Sept. 19, Department Commander Dodge Of t he a rand army of Indiene h:is laaaed an tppeel ta thr old soldiers of the state for contributions to the "Nancy Hanka Lincoln Memorial association," the latter baring been organised to take charge of the site of Mrs. Lincoln's grave and to keep it in repair. Every reterea is nked to eoatribnte s(.ii,ething to the work, and fhv ani ten cent Kontribution will be acceptable. The Sons of Veterans. Woman's Kt lief corps and other oriraniation w ill mal e similar appeals tn their membership,

NiCHxaguu'e Lato ConcosBion to British Company

ill lielulf Nstlgaltmi ltl till Ilfltrel Iu lasfftaffatlM m lee Unaai Bear' nie,. i to i o Caaol mMaaaef win I ..... strut lu AscrrtaiS Ma " H Arr Ihr Mrrn(ill i MMMl OaKOffSai ' Uli'' Inl.rf.re.l Willi'

W vsiiiM.ioN, Oet 1. Tat stale department recently received a report (rXMB Consul Una in N icaru'ua, giving brief details of the concession rravatas t. Mm Hritlfa company, and stating that it embraced various eslaalfe privileges in the Silicou lagoon, the Maa J nan river ami l.aUe i ui agua. .nce theu additional juformatioii bus become available as to the plans f the Atlas ompany. The UfcfOOO is sail U) be otf MM route of the canal, iud there uppcars to be no reason why thia should not pass into the exclusive control of u british company- Tk0 eavati.ms, begisaiaf at lireytoera and running wist, unite tat Ml the San Juan river, which, iu tu.n, lends to

Lake Nicaragua, after which the at Uticial cut is continued to MM Pncitic. Dader these drcawtaaon it hi said that exclusive privileges! of navigation iu Maesa tWO water-ways, for the next M years, would, in effect, limit Mae navigation of tlu Nicaragua canaL Whether the oonoessioa makes an exception iu this regard is But known, a Mia re porte, including that of Consul it'llara to the state department, merely state that the concession is uu exclusive oue. An .:!i dal familiar with Nicaragua rsuai ad. i. is said yesterday that thu eouccss.i.n would huve to Ix1 coastrueil as subsequent to thai of tlic canal company ami the latter rights iu the an Juan river and Lake Nicaragua he believed, would be fully raeuejaiasd byNicaragua, but the danger, lie added, was that when the American company's concession expired two years bones, then the British corporation w ould succeed under the terms of the reeettl concession to ail exclusive rights id navigation iu these two links of the canal. For this reason it was believed that the government .r the CABal company Would take :tcps to learn .icti-

nitely if this exe.usive privilege ex

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oi n ii-nri in ttuii ui utinu. iti".i.iiiuii i , , k. . r y . i i ii tola va. nation of tue product sold wan in south lieriuanv. winch includes ' ' .. ... 1 .

many members of

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the best families.

SIT. ji.T. 7'.'i pri lits of the vear.

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them two notable university ' ' ' .. . ' . , w 'I ' .. ...... I.i ,ir.. f.ir t ' t T -a r I H i -

professors. 'sä i, A i hast nine men received fatal in- - . . . . , i -., . ,, I 1k..s ton. O . was visit-! b- a tire, on juries und possibly two-score others , , t . . . . J , ' . , , , - i the night of tn - t h. which destroved were more or .t ssv. rioualy wounded in I "' u'"1 ; a Moods riot, early on the morning- of pri"-rty to the extent of ? .., ..oou. only the ::th. at Oirardville. Pa., the out- ' ' Au r ,,ftl,r"e come of a quarrel over the Baalatok "V n, len-tl. and two s,1Uare,

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s-niii Be Dellae-arat, Hamaaond, Ind.. Sept. co. The fraaa jij-.y ln cstitratior. of Lake county jns- . : m u i. i ::,! ;

-ees ill i lie lie, tee li.is, 11 is .111. ' 11- , , . .:... ,. ' , , 111. tended to the privilege of navigating ist cinding revelations of crooked work . a .' T .

lilt' 111.11 ami im 1 1 inirii uu 1 mh a part of the inter-oceanic canal. Secretary Loi g has ileeide l to send the Newport, now at B- item, with the c .mmissiou. The coininissn m will sail a boat the middle of November, and will remain iu the south during the w iuter.

i-: the administration of jtistiec and the misapplication of fees. Four north . township justices' dockets have been gone over, and withheld fees amount- j ing to $s?'S discovered. Tlic Indiana law makes stu b offenses punishable as ( Mii!ev!ement.

A ( null. ah haa been issued by the post OBBBS department inviting persona who have new designs for cancelling postage stamps to submit them to the Boaualttee recently appointed for the purpose of devising a means of securing better results in this brauch of lost ettea work. Mae) Km Whitney, of Chillieothe, Mu.. whom the 400 of Kansas t ity turned dow n bvi ause she worked for her living, was given a receptiou on her arrival iu Topeka, Kas., on the jsiii, ,if which a preskleat might huve been proud. Mo- w as made queen of the Kuruival Kmght.s. as 1 1 Nk UTioNs between Russia and Aoyasiais continue w itli the object of establishing a lengue to oppose tiie BriMab aOvaioe in Africa, and it is added that Russia is about to reach an uinlcrstandiii" with the I BStrd .Males with the view of arrcsiiug the extension of the British empire lu tiie Pauli. '

Bacaarrsai WiLeoa of Mae atfrieal

turai depertau ill will.iu l? is forthcoming annual report, ask congress to make a materia, increase in the appropriation for at ieaat threat breechei of the work of his department. These are: The bureau of animal industry, the farmers' bul'etius aud the weather bureau. .I e The movement of wheat at the head of MM) great lanes is breaking all previous records. The receipts at Uululh, M in ii. . for the w eek cnde.l on the -."th, are said to be thu iargest ever known atmiv market iu the WOti I il.'.uuu bushels, aud -,oUU.0u bushels shipped;

nkraiust receipts of l.lt'Ji, HS bushels and ehipaeeata of vi,ai;. im baakela last year. ji im.k Joatl F. Will llaali of Topeka. Kas., grauted a peretual iujuuetion. on the U7lh. to prevent Miperiuktedeat of Insurance Webb McNeil from interfeviug with the busiuess of the New York Mutual Life Insurance Go iu that state. The attorney general was also enjoined from interfering with the company in any other tanner except by proceedings iu juo warranto.

mining troubles.

Lx-. KKI AKY OK TUE NxVV IfEOBAB M. Uofi.soN died at ins homo in Trenton. N. J.. ou the JTth. Mr. Uobeson was i.'.i years old. and had been in failing health for several months. Akohiu.no to private advices from Berlin, and derived from authoritative sourcea. matters are gra. Sua. iy reaching a crisis with regard to the incuts: condition of Kaiser Wilhelm. i nt. jury of inoeast oa the Lattfaaer

i Pa. i tragedy found, on the '.'Til;, that' the victims were mere, ess! v shot to j death while marching peaceably on tlio '

highway, and thn' the killing was wanton aud unjustifiable. Two of the jury failed to concur in the verdict. I in. Peruvian chamber of deputies is debating the ipiestioii of the adoption of the gold standard in that country. The proposition for a gold bnsi is the result of the demands of the Commercial interests, and it is believed tue in-w standard will be adopted.

Convut iroanoa eaUagniehed a tire i tarted by convict inceudiarioB iu the state prison at Sing Sing. N. Y., on the 1Mb. Brides Uy Mm parpoea of thoea w ho started the bla.c was not merely t i destroy buildings und contents, but

was clnellv I" ex l.- a p.ini . miring

which prtsoecra mig-iit escspe. The plot utterly failed. t ii a MM. r.i: II ai.k. son of I'ni ted States Senator Liig.ua Haie, of Maine, and Miss Kacmiel Itnraajdo CssBeron, youngest daugliterof ex-United hUfek I ManetorJi Dwaald Caataroa, Of Pennsylvania, were married, on the 'Jsth, at the ami ron country place near Han isburg. Pa. im I QotcBm W pearB old. and his wife were killed at the crossing of the Krie railroad, just west of Hankin s latiou. N. V., ou the Jsth, by a pusseu-

g. i train. Five men met a horrible death from 'black damp," the after ac- umulat ion of a tire iu UM .lermny No. 1 mine, near Kcmlham. Pa, on the IBth. 'Tn e: government of France cidlected, lust vear ShT.st: in bicycle licenses.

sated. HOBaTJe p. Kaviks, conservative BMatber of parliament for Chatham, was chosen lord mayor of London, on the V'.'th. with MBB usual ceremonial, to succeed S.rticorge Faudcl Phillips. TllK tirst analysis of sugar In-ets produced in the Baata Ke valley shows i per cut. saccharine matter, or over :t-g per cent, higher than the sugar in the Nebraska product. A H a m M' it'll hotel ia to be erected st Dawson ity, Alaska Tin. it reek cabinet resigned on the 30 th.

H.i'1'lo r' Iteporl I ile.l Indianapolis. Ind.. Sept. IB, Kcceivcr .Tnrvis has filed his report for August of Ute Louisville. Kvansville d St bonis railroad. The total receipts were $I'JT,317. s',' and the total disbursements $1 s'f. 2ÖJ.91. The receiver lias on hand cish amount ing to $00,303. SO. The total receipts fro.;: May 1. 1"'.', to August 31, 1 JB7, were $ 3.191, MsM, and the total dia burscments were $:t.l30,D(LS3.

in Xaiiir III lliiils.

Indianapolis. Ind.. Sept. 20. Judge , Baker, of the federal court, refused to restrsia Uafted States Marshal Kerche- j al from disi harging his office deputica und employing men of his own selection 1

in their stead. Charles laytor, I lcputy. brought suit to restrain the marshal from discharging him. claiming he was protected in his position by the i 11 service law.

Will Inquire Into UM irnnt. ASiiiM, roa, Oct. t. It is stated by persons familiar with Nicaragua canal aiTair-s that cither the l uited Mates or tlic Nicaragua taual Co. will institute an inquiry couceruing the reoOBt giant by Nicaragua to the Atlas Steamsh;u Co., a ltritish BOrporatioe, of exclusive sights of navigation for the Beat 31 rs of the Sau Juan river and Lake .V. aragua. Tli. se two waterways are said to forai two of the links ol w hat w ill ultimately be the Nicaragua caual.

A SHAMEFUL REVELATION.

LATE NEWS ITEMS.

Thf. hostility of Hermany toward tha I "nit. I States :.a shown by s dispatch from Iterlin which says that licrmany is certain to object strenuously to any weakening of her hold in BBBlOBi and the complete cession of tin- group of islands to gn at Hritain would meet w ith far more support in llerlin than would American iccupation of the islands. Off the 1st Director Preston of the mint bureau reported to the secretary of the treasury the value of foreiga silver eins which will be followed in estimating the value of foreign merchandise exported to the United States. As compared with the report of July 1 last, there had Is-en a reduction la the price of silver of 0.0i:i.v; per tine ounce. At the cabinet meeting, on the ist. the main subject of consideration was the cabinet erweis ia Spain Bad it - effect upon our relations with the Madrid government and our attitude toward tu ha. It is belktved that an important cable had Isen received from Minister Woodford, and tbnt this formed the i-as.-. of the discussion. The city of Chicago will probably take possess, hi of the 10 or Mi miles of streets in the town of Pullmau. under a deefeooa afl Corporation Counsel 1 Thornton that the public has the same

Amom. the passengers of the steamer riirht in. on and under those streets

Vigilancia. which arrived at New ! that it has t the oilier public thorYork, ou the ItUa from i uban ports, oughfares in the city, were seven of the crew of the Prince Vniii the seven days ended on the line steamer Turkish Prince, which ;unh there were V deaths from the bu-

area! aahore 8eptSMher Hon CsBtBeclM

.' to l Heirs Misbawaka. Ind.. Sept. I'O The jury in the suit of Hatch vs. Hill to set aside

the will of the late Daniel Hill, of F.Ikhart, brought in a verdict for the plain- j tiff. Between NQJBN uiul $:.u.ooo was in- I rolved and the decision of the jury j gives the property to be divided BBtOBfJ

the legal heirs, instead Of 'he entire holdings reverting to the widow. i inellsas Boaalef Basase AaderaoB. ladM bVpt, -Bundaj

base all was upheld by a court decision j in thia county, 'he (:.. 1 leton and KaifbtetOWB teams being acquit'ed and released. The decision was that baseball games orderly eoodaeted I

were not infractions of Su inlay laws. An Indiana league will be the result of this BCXl season.

A iuscati ii from Washington, oo the irth. said: "The September monthly statement of government receipts ami sandltaroe will show a msterisl de

er, use in tlie deficit, as compare I with ; ing fl .ODO. 0(K)

reef, eight miles east of Progreso, during a heavy si uall. I mi project, d railroad from I l.ihuahua, Mexico, to the west eoast. w hich ia to be built under s concession granted to Henry . Creel and Alfred A. Spcndlove. of San Diego. 0al will soon be commenced. ss,.i MKvu.sr was made, n the J.nh. tha4. the daU- ul the close of the Colorado Midland receivership had been postponed from September 80 to midnight of OakrherBL TllK central power station of the i anita' lYsetioB Co. st Washington.

D. ('.. was buriieil. on the night of the j Ulh. involving a loss on building, BMehlaeiy and atotssd cars acjfreejBt

s .. i! houses iu the

August The iucrease that will be shown in the receipts from internal eveiic sources seems to juatify the t . tstioii of the treaaurj ofllcisla that by January 1 next the deli ct will have been reduced to a uoiuiual smoiiut. "

viciint v were gutted. Iii crow ii princess of lucece. Princess Sopb ii ..f 1'i iissi.i. dec. are that the worst ami most cruel tv of (ireece is not the sultan oi I urkey. not he I inks, but bar owu brother, William of bei many.

bonic plague in Hoinbav. The disease has reapjeared in Karra"hee, Slid Is gradually spreading. The Indian government regards the situation as serious. Mrs. Jon A. Tri itt. of St. Louis, the mother of four eh iL Iren, basagr. to transfer all right and title in her husband U Mrs. Stephens, alias Nellie St. Mai. in consideration of the aum of It.oo.i cash in hand JoUr WBBWtBsWB 4k 00.i ad Washington city, have teen disbarred from practice before the interior depart ment a patent attorneys or agents the firm having been held to be guilty "of gross frnud and unprofessional conduct."

A rich gold striUe lias been made on Potoai mountain, m the BnefBea district in Culuiada. by I. J Davi. s ami Thoaaaa Peer aar. The vein is wide and continuoiM. and runs thousands of dollars 10 the ton, Kah i i'oi a kf.s are reported to have shaken manv places on the northeast aaBBt "f Bwfne 01 on the 1st, and a new island waa thron n up near MctiipakuL

Won Uraad iiii Cnes Indtaaapoiie, Ind.. Sept. It. At the annial shooting toorssnettt of the Limited Qaa club. fB men shot at 100 taiajeta for the iir.nid botel rop, ear btemntic of the amateur championship o' Indiana. Kentucky. Ohio, Illinois and BllekUjaa. M. W. ThoaipBOO broke oi targets out of a possible 100 and won he cup. llnnui ri.ii It lite. Indianapolis. Ind.. Sept. 20. Norman Oder, a seven-year-old boy. started for school and did not return. Later he arrived in Hichmond. riding on the pilot of the engine of the New York sprSBi, which is scheduled to run SS mihi an hour.

seh-1. ii cteeee Valparaiso, Ind.. Sept. 20. The count board of health ordered the schools closed at Holmrt on account of n diph thcria epidemic raging there. Fifteen eases are rejMirted, with three deaths. Joined In Wrillork. Ooshen. Ind.. Sept. 20. Miss Agnea Denrdoff. daughter of ( npt. and Mrs. Put ter le irdoff. of Chicngo. and Lieut. Ilarrv 'lor.- P.ishop. I". S. A., were marrieil here.

29. dean Mcijer,

Injun il Ii Muncie, InT. Sept.

e Belgiaa, was dangerously wdunded by n ( anndian lynx, the first knowu licre since the settlement of Indiana. I nrs rna Shtrt. ladlaaBBolia, lad . s,j)t. 23 The last crop bulletin of the season nnim-iin thai the ladlaaa corn crop ariil fall below that of last year. Killed Bff a llnnnl Rotith Itend. Ind . Srpt H - Ml-hael Behling was killed at the Si nger new ing machine faclorv Bf a flv:nf IVinrd thrown from i snw.

All hut llnriil the l.i.vernnuMi t ' Hnuiliib Ooekn III a UUnbleil ( iiliilllliili. Nt.w VOBBk Oetn l. A ipaesal meeting of the naval dH'k BOBrd was held yestenlay at the Brooklyn navy yard to consider the reports as to the diaabled condition if ull but one of the timber structures owned by the government. A complete exami nation has revealed the above startliug information, and the only ease pMoa is the timber dock ou Puget Hound As the Mat I .er docks practically do all the wink of the navy, the stone structures being used for the smaller vessels, the department regard- MM existing condition with considerable apprehension, aud il will be the duty of the doeB. board to report on Mm subject. None if MM members of the board would kalb for pablieatioak but it ia andsrssood mat an eitlaiaka of Mm coast of repairs, together with the rooofla agenda lioa ta proceed at oneB . itn the work, will be forwarded to tlie department. Comino.iore Hunce. Um COaaBtBBdaBt of the station, is president of th board, Bnginesara have aeMauited tha' it will . .st at least 8.1 n,U Kl to put the timber lu in c mdltioa, ami the does board is expected to recommend that thia money be spent oa fcae atiwtareB at New oi ii, L ague aland, Norfolk and Port Koyal. 1 here is a separate appropriation for dock No. li at thu Brooklyu yard. A FORI UNE HUNTER.

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fiirm lit ii k I Iniiii-il. U AsiiiM, ion. Oct. 1. The state department haa dashed Mm hopes of auulher fortune hunter who, it would ap pear, uarrowly escaped being vicliini.ed by s sharper. In this case two residents of Chetopa, K;is. . were rcpreeeeted to he heirs to "iin Wardle ee tale" in Kuglaud. T'nited States OotM

sul Uriaaeli, at MsecheaMr, bf direction of the department of stab', made an investigation and found that while, there was a magnificent estate of that name near Manchester, it is owned by another family who can trace title for ion years and that at B0 time iu tha past has any Wardle family becu iu '. rested iu the estate. HOPE RETURNS. Arrival of the Winding- IMseBM Hops st llrr lo-k In BSjSeefffBh Nkw Voiik, Oct. 1. The whaling steamer Hope arrived at her dock in Hrook lyn yesterdsy. Lieut- Pesry and a party of friends were on hand to meet her. On board the vessel were Albert OpK-rti. '.he srtist who accompanied the expeiiii.ou , J. I). Niggius, taxidermist; !r. I. Solin. Bhlpi surgeon; Robert Stein, of the geological survey st Washington, and Peary's servant, Lsphenson, six Ksklmosaud foul doga, tue crew and the big iiieteot its.

DUN'S COMMERCIAL REVIEW.

liii .ui for Uo Quarlrr Stius .rr l.ii..,K "' OKI I ri;i'i I r..li KvSf kn.iiiii l in- v, .nun,, uf i i , ,, i in 1 1 , . . IihiikiiI.hi I nr- i-ilenli il, W loir Um i.i i. .ii Manuln Iuris slum Mull, . .I lueesMaae inum fur mm BTseBt Nl I oUK.Dct. J U O. Ullll A I ).' weekly review of trade bey Si Tiie failures during the Mtiffd ipuii ter of i.ii obtained resterday bi ti u graph, were .'.'.HKt, with liabilities uf

j B.'M.tMiS.Ml, of which BD wer- iu bunk1 ing for si;, ;.s7, out. Pirinmentlnl fall a rut. 1,874, with liabilities of S hViIe IWj BferBifllH only Ss BW each, lower tb.iu iu any oilier 1 Barter for BJ y ars. 1 he Snaoant Of defaulted liahiities is the IBiaUeet IB any uarler for live eais, and in Hyeara only six ipiarteis have alio. vii smaller liabilities. Msnnfse ', turing failures, iVM, ss it li liabilities ..f j.. . ii.iiM, avi-ruging bat 9lsT enob, : und trading ltaei with lialolitics ol fel .'.s ,',,ini."i. aw raging but S-V.':J7 eii' ii. both Bawdier in average of llBbitttiet ! than in any previous year of winch ass, led reeorda exist. 1 The volume of legitimate: busilns continues a little larger than iu the 1 same month of I BBS, for while the i great laereaat of jt. t per cent, at New

York might he supposed due to speculative activity, iu spite of the estaUli hBMMtl and growth of the slock exchange clearinghouse, yet payments through the principal clearingln nisei outside of New York excccdi-d thos of l-'j: by :t.5 per cent, for the wjek, and j.u per cent, for September, New York makes settlements fork large part of the country, and the daily average, including tiiiscilv. v.us iu September I'Md.SOt.OwO, BAjmhtal 134, s:.'.i.ihKj last year; itfl .oii.'i.m in iKH; Pt3,7SS,0O0 in IBM and )7tt,SST,MM in ls'.c,-, so that the gain over the same mouth iu the best of past peers is laar cent 'The Bride BCeS Of reviving pfBSp - rity ace MM more iniportailt because prhji I for most uiauiifact ured products hSTB advanced but Mode rste 1 y i up. i are lclow the level of IBM, while speculative markets are uil declining iv.th c.il mus unanimity, as if the large crops, which make grain and cotton weak, would not assure Increased business to milwsys, ami warrant better price! for Bk icks. ."speculation in wheat aud cotton has bona set back by the brhjfht crop prospoets The wheat estimate of MbV 000,000 bushels, about JiMI.OOO.D.m 0Sh els Bsore then would bo rewjuired fur bani and seed, leaving the emnlleal I . ks for six years without replenish ment, was followed by decrease in foreieja buying and caused weakness. Yel western reeeijils for four vs.-. iis were 'J,sj,i,-V4 bual.eis, against '' t.U'J-i,-t'4-for thu same weeks last year, and Atlantic exports, flour included, are l'..:,'j.'(. 1 is bushels, against s. 1 T'l.i.tU last year, while Pucitic shipments are also very heavy and corn exports continue over seven per cent, more than last peer, 'Turning from speculative markets to productive lodes try. Mm ahaaani iu tone is striking. All industries are pushed to increase working fore with o. casional rise in rate of wages, by t be growing demand. 'This b) largely for replenishment of stocks, but dispatches show that retail trude al nearly all northern points continues to expand and dealers well kimw that iucrease of working force and of wages insures a larger distribution of goods. The advance in cotton goo, Is has j been checked by the decline iu material, but in woolen goods the advance in prices has been small compared with I the rise in wool, which is helped by stronger prices at Loudon sales. The dealings, mostly speculative, have aaaoeated to ea ML iai pounds in four weeks. 4. '"-.'.J0U leiug domestic, but recent sales of very large lots suggest tbnt prod t taking may have begun. Slower to gain, because less effected j by replenishment of dealers' stocks than other industries, the iron mariuj fact u re lias been pushed to further ex1 pansion by a growing doBBM I lor.iubshed prodaeka, ("alleres for the week have been U'4 I in the I nite I Mutes, aga. list :'.. last y . ar, und i t in I'auada. against 4i ..ist year.

THE PUBLIC DEBT On BSeSSMBat 1. as BkasVB n tkeaBsotklf I rcwMury IMslaSSisal Wasium, iiN. Oct. J. -Tiie monthly treasury atStettMUl shows that nt the elosoof business Beptember B3, 1807, the public debt. less c.i -',! ill 1 he treasury, was c I ul .'. I JJ. 71.1. au inM'cas . since August ,ii, otf$,7V1,tn Tb.s mn leesB Ib accounted for by a eorres ponding deen BBS in the amount of Bash on baud. The lebt is rccunituiated as follows: Inten-si Utar:iu'leht n47.'.tö..Vlt ii nliieh um rest has ceasej atsea uiaturlty f I.XU.M'i DeM kaariutf u luterest ?.if .ni 4M Total HßBJmVKH 'This amount, however, does not ine.ude gös'.i.uTn.t;.;! in certiticutes nnd treasury notes outstanding, which are offsst by an equal amount of ensh iu the treasury. The i-asli in Mm treasury is classsilied as follows: CtoM Illl.ttl til Silver tls.ai.747 l'aiier BaVMIJM Uonils, illsiturslnir offlcers' bulnn -es, etc .".7l.ts0

Total

Airuinst which ure .letnatut Uabiiitlr

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fw'n i :uv- iv l

BBj ITM44

Which I'-Jives ii net ruvli baiaticr

Id Lie treasury of

Kis IK

PRAIRIE AND FOREST FIRES. Whole County In IMugiT of llpiny ltnriil Oul. KaitoeHA, Wis., Oct B. Kenosha county is in danger of being Inuiicd out unless rain falls soon. KakBBstri prairie nres have been raging for the past two days in the to.vn of BOBBer Large qaaotiMeaaf hay and other articles have been destroy e 1 while acres of gruss, corn, stubble and fences have been destroved. The progress of the flumes seems to be slow but steady so far the damage will reach iuto the thousands of dollars.