Ligonier Banner., Volume 15, Number 20, Ligonier, Noble County, 2 September 1880 — Page 2

The Zigonier Banuer,

FRropeie R $ J. B. STOLL, Editer and li!,n‘yop’r.

LIGONIER, : : : JANDIANA

NEWS SUMMARY.

Important Intelligence from All Parts,

Domestic.

. Tue mortality among childrén in ' New York City during the recent warm spell has been very ‘great. It is said that cholera . infantum and other infant diseases have visited nearly every tenement house and carried . off some victim. ! : 0

OVER 300,000 ounces of standard gold bullion was ordered from the Assay Office in New York on'the 27th to the mint at Pbiladelphia, for coinage. o : A coMmMITTEE of citizens of Norton

. County, Kansas, was in St. Louis on the S 27th, soliciting Icontributions for the starving _ people in their vicinity. They claimed that two thousand families were absolutely destitute, owing to the failure of crops, and that something must be done at once to 'meet " their necessities. " _ ‘ :

Ar a Peoria (Ill.) Sunday-school picnic a few days ago twenty persons were poisoned by eating ice-cream. frozen in a copper freezer. Though some of |them were very sick, none died. e \

A DetrolT digpatch of the 27th says eleven suits had been commencéd in the United States District Court, against the _steamer Garland by parents of children who' lost, their lives in the recent collision between aher and the yacht Mamie. Nine of these suits are for $2,000 damages each, and two for $4,000 each. - G : L

AN ‘Atlanta (Ga.) telegram of the 27th says that a few nights before four young ugme men, disguised, went toa negro’s cabin near Cochran, broke down the door and fired into the cabin. The occupant, John Brown, seized his gun, fired both barrels, and killed two brothers named Dykes. The tops of their heads were blown off. The négro made his escape. ‘A Coroner’s jury returned a verdict of justifiable homicide. .

THE retaking of the census in three wards in Cincinnati has been completeds The footings are somewhat higher than those of the official, but the percéntage of gain is so small as to indicate but little if any negJect or carelessness in the 4fficial enumeration, ; : e

THE Lehigh and Schuylkill Coal Exghanges agreed on the 2%th to advance the prices of coal twenty-five cents per ton fq"iSeptember. . T g

THE excess of United States exports of merchandise, specie values, for the month ended July 31 was $13,718,303, against $9;-

644,349 in the correspondinge period of last year. For the twelve months ended July 31 + this year the excess was $151,754,247%, against $263,643,264 for the same period of 1879. The “ excess of imports of gold and silver coin and __bullion for the month ended July 31, 1880, was -$326,219, agalnst $59,273 during sjme month . the previous year; excess of imports during the seven months ended July 31, 1880, $l,198,045; same time in 1879, excess of exports, $7,584,332: twelve months ended ‘\lullyl 81, 1880, excess of imports, ~ $76, 158,337; the previous year, excess of exports, $5,280,734. . A Facrory building at Lawrence, , Mass., took fire on the 28th and two "men, Patrick Moriarty and Michael Lanegran, per- - ished in the flames. The building had neither door nor window, the only entrance to it be- - ing throygh a skylight, o ] .. DURING the week ended August 21 thé’re were issued from the mints by the Treasjurer of the United States 331,994 sta;idard "silver dollars; for. the week ended on the

28th, 867,493; amount issued by the mints the correspending fortnight last year, 443,046. : ; S o

-A NUMBER of.delegates, while proceeding from Sutton, N. H.; to the FreeWill - Baptist Convention of East Ware, stopped at the house of a man‘named Daniels for refresbments, and were poisoned by eating potatoes on the vines of which Paris-green had béen used. Four of the parties were in a very dangerous’ condition on the 28th, and the proprietor.of the house was not expeected to live. L 7 ' :

Five young men who attended a picnic “Qe(‘a_r Andover, Mass., on the 23th, got on a frefght-train in the evening with the inten-" tion of riding back to their .homes at Lowell. About two miles from the latter place the. train passed under a bridge. It being dark at the time, the picnickers did not notice the bridge, and, beinz seated on top of the freight-cars, they were swept off and instantly kiged, .

THEODORE MARSH, a clerk in the Girard National Bank of Philadelphia, when asqénding a stairway leading to the MoneyOrder Departm®nt of the Post-offiee of that city,on the 28th,was jostled by three men and robbed of $1,543. He did not miss the package containing the money until the robbers had made their escape. o :

THE steamer Marine City, running - between Mackinac and Detroit and Cleveland,’ took fire on the afternoon of the 29th, about two miles off Alcona, Mich., on Lake' Huron. There was a large. number of passengersion " bogrd, but owing to the energy of the steamer’s crew and of the crew and Captain of the “tug Vulcan, and to the members of the Life Saving Station at Alcona, nearly all on board were saved. o - , e - , . Personal and Politieal. ~ Tae Republicans of Texas have nom- " Inated a full State ticket, headed by E. J. Dadvis for Governor.. - . ' CONGRESSMAN J. D. PHELPS has been . renominated for Congress by the Democrats i, 'of the Second New Jersey District. / ' — /THE Greenbackers of New Jersey have nominated General Thomas D. Hoxie for Governor. " | JupGe KEy retired from the office of Postmaster-Generalon the 25th, and Horace Maynard, late Minister to Turkey, was in- _ stalled'in his place. - Before léaving, the Post- ) offiee employes presented Judge Key with an. ' ‘appropriate address, The President in the afternoon signed thp, retiring- PostmasterGeneral’s commission ag Judge of the Eastern District of Tennessee. He also signed - feneral Longstreet’s commission as Minister to Turkey. / 7 : . PresipENT HAYES left Washington 'orj the 26th for the Pacitic coast. He would ~ be joined at various places on the route by ' Becretary Ramsey, Generals SBherman and ' McCaok and-others. It was announced that ~ he would make no speeches on political af- . fairs during his absence from Washington. ' * GENERAL SHERID AN, accompanied by - Coionel Sheridan, General Myers, .Captain Gregory and General Btrong, of Chieago, arrived at Los Pinos Agency on the 25th. They . Would go through to the -Gunnison ¢ountry ander a military escort. s !

IN their Convention at Leadville on the 26th the Republieans of Colorado renowinated Governor Pitkin by acclamation. Tuae Kansas Democrats held their State Convention at Topeka on the 26th, and #minated ex-Senator E. G. Ross for Governor. . : : .

Tue Democrats: of the Eighteenth Pennsylvania District have nominated R. M. Speer for 'Congress, and the Republicans of the Twenlty-ninth New York District have ‘nominated David P. Richardson. ,

CONGRESSIONAL nominations were made on 'the 26th as follows: Third California Digtrict, Stephen J. Maybell, Workingmen; Firit Tennessae, Congressman P. Dunu, Demoerat; Tenth Tennessee, Casey Young, Democrat; Eleventh Misspuri, Dr. J. C. Heberting, Greenback; Fourth Missouri, L. W. Davis, Democrat; Fourth Georgia, Hugh Buchanan, Democrat; Fourth Wisconsin, Casper M. Sanger, Republican; Eighth Michigan, William Smith, Greenback; Sixth Michigan, Edward B. Winans, Democrat; Seventh Georgiay J. C. Clements, Democrat. . Tae New York Democratic State Committee decided on the 2Tth, by avote of 24 to 7, to hold a State Convention at Sarato: go, Beptémber 28th, to nominate a candidate fot Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals. ’

THE Colorado Kepublicans have renominated Judge Belford for Congress. - : ‘On‘the 27th the Democrats of the Sixth Pennsylvania District nominated B. M. Custer for Congress, vics General N. L. Jeffaries, declined. . = :

IN a Democratic speech at Faneuil Hall, Boston, on the night of the 28th General Butler declared that he was not, and. should not be, a candidate for any office, elective or appointive, at the coming election or under the incoming Administration. -

- THE Supreme Lodge of Knights of Pytblas,{ at its recent session in St. Louis, ‘decided to ‘hold its next biennial session at Detroit, in 1882. . ° : N

A RUNNER who arrived at Los Pinos Ageney on the afternoon of the 25th brought intelligence of the death of the Indian Chief Ouray. | v 4 o |4

¥Foreign.

A Loxpon telegram of the 26th says iron huts were being constructed in some estates in thcr,west, of Ireland, where policemen may be stationed so as to be on hand to assist the landlords in evicting tenaunts.

A TERRIFIC hurricane swept over the Island of Jamaica un the night o’ the 25th. Crops of all kinds were disastrously injured, trees were uprooted, houses leveled with the ground and thousands of people rendered homeless. The military barracks at Kingston were demolished, as were many churches theére and elsewhere. Three wharves were torn away, and eight large and thirty-two small vessels were wrecked in the harbor.

A RacusaA telegram of the 27th says the inhabitants of Duleigno had threatened to burn the town rather than cede it to Montenegro. Great excitement prevailed in Scutari. o '

- AN attempt was recently made to assassinate King Theebaw. ' The attempt was unsuceessful, and the would-be assassin and several of his co-conspirators were’ put 3’50. death. = ; ; . . S

A BoMRAY dispatch of the 27th annouhces the; prevalence of the cholera at Peshawur. » o

A BoMmBAY telegram of the 30th says Ayoob Khan had abandoned Mondehescar and all the country southeast and northeast of Candahar. There were serious apprehengions of a rising in Kunanchet, and the Government was taking extraordinary precautions to prevent it. :

. A'Mgr. LANE, & member of the Cork Land League, having offered to give evidence before the Government Lhand Commission, has beén expelled. s : .

A WATER-SPOUT at Zug, Switzerland, on the 20th caused great destruction of property and killed several persons. !

. ABBE LAINE, Pere Hyacinth's assistant, was married in Paris on the 29th ult., Pere Hyacinth officiating. |

ILATER NEWS,

A RowmE dispatch of the 30th ult. announces the appointment of Right Rev. . A Feehan, of Nashville, Tenn., as Archbishop of Chicago, that being created a metropolitan see with Alton and Peoria as its suffragan sees. Kansas City is also made an episcopal see with Right Rev. Dr. Hogan as the first Bishbp. / . z ; ' : . THE French Government has decided to sell 7,500,000 francs worth of trown jewels, the proceeds to be devoted to the purchase of works-of art. i T

-CONTRADICTORY reports were made on the 30th ult. as to the number of lives lost through the burning of the steamer Marine City. Captain Comer estimated the number at eight, but the steward declared that at least twenty were drowned. = -

. MAck PErow, a carpenter, who lived near Grand Rapids, Mich., died on the 30th ult., after & long fast. He took a fancy some sixty-three days before that he had a cancer in his stomach, and had.since that time tasted no food save one teaspoonful of ice-cream and a little sweetened water. An autopsy showed that his stomach, bowels and liver were in a perfectly healthy condition. His death resulted from brain disease. LY :

FlvE sick persons were taken off the New Orleans boat Raven at Vicksburg on'the 80th ult. by order of Dr. Rice, of the National Board of Health, who had a suspicion that the patients were suffering from yellow-fever. Notwithstanding the protest of Dr. Rice, the Raven proceeded on her way up the river to ‘Memphis. ; : :

~ THE Ute Indians were quarreling on the'3oth uit. over Ouray’s guccessor, and the Commissioners almost despaired of securing the ratification of the treaty. e e

THE completed census’ returns for Wyoming Territory show a total population of 21,900. The census of' 1870 was 9,276. SoMEe $3,700,000 in bullion was withdrawn from the Bank®f England on the 30th ult. for shipment to the United States.

THE Republicans of the : Thirteenth Pennsylvania District have endorsed the nomination of Charles N. Brumm (Greénback) for Congress. :

THE Readjusters of the Eighth Virginia District have nominated General James H. Williams for Congress. :

Ex-GovERNOR McCLELLAND died at Detroit, Mich., on the 30th ult. from an apoplectic attack. | He was Secretary of the Interior under General Pierce. T

Dg. -~ JACKSON, the distinguished American physieist, who disputed with the late Prof. 8. F. B. Morse the honor of having invented the electric telegraph, died at his home in Somerville, Mass., on the 30th alt.

A CONSTANTINOPLE telegram of the 30th ult. says there was no evidence that the Porte had abandoned the policy of obstinate resistance. T :

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

A 81. Louis CrossiNg farmer undertook to enter a house in SBhelbyville where he was not wanted the other night, and was fatally gtot in the breast- by Mrs. Hervey, the occupant.: i o ‘ON the afternoon of the 20th David Haney, residing three miles west of Plymouth, was Arawn through a threshing machine while feeding it. He was terribly mangled, and died in a few hours. G - :

DaxieL BUTERBAUGH, a prominent . and wealthy citizen of Wabash County, was killed the other .night by. lightning while lying in bed. The body was horribly burned and distigured. : : e " Ar Vincennes a few days ago an infant child of James Conner was scalded to death under the following circumstances: Its mother, who had the child in her arms, picked up an ‘urn, which was full of boiling tea, when the handle came off. The hot liquid literally cooked the flesh of the infant aud scalded the breast of Mrs. Conner. Ox the 22d at Terre Haute John Bell, twellve years old, while p'aying with a loaded pistol, accidentally discharged it, the ball enteriiug his brain and inflicting fatal injuri.es.

JUST northjof Marion a few nights ago some unknown person put a biz fence-rail on the Cincinnati;; Wabash & Michigan track. The local freight came along an{l struck it and the engine was thrown off the é{ack and down an embankment about ten feet. : Two flat-cars immediately behind the encine were thrown off the rail, but stayed on the ties. The engineer was slfightly injured. He and his fireman remained in the cab as best they could until the engine had s};’opped rolling. - AT the Lime-kiln school-house, a little west of Logansport, a meeting was held the other night to select a ‘School Director, teacher, and contract for work. After the meeting William Simms, who 'had received the contract for supplying wood, got into a quarrel ‘with Marion Gaby over the contract, the latter charging that the former would furnish a poor qua_lity of wood, and during the melee Simms stabbed Gaby in the back. The wound was a fatal one.

- JonN-B COYNER, a farmer, residing near Palestine, Hancock County, relates a singulaz ineident which happened at his farm a few days since. His hired man was in the aet of watering the cows, nine in number. They were standing around the pump trough, awaiting his action, when, all at once, with tails erect, they made a stampede down the lame as fast as their legs could carry them. The cause of this sudden freak was a mystery to the hired man, but it was not long before he was let in to what appears to have been the secret of the stampede. Suddenly, although the sky was clear and the atmosphere still, a young cyclone, not over twenty feet in breadth, darted down from the sky, and, striking the earth near the pump, twisted off five large beech shade-trees, stauding near by, as though they had been mere w;_écds. When the cows made the stampede there were no indications of its apotoach, and by what. mysterious rule of foresighét the cattle “‘smelt trouble in the air” is one of the things which “no feller can find out.”

L JESSE WorTHINGTON, a farmer of Warrick County, wounded hLis forefinger some weeks ago while cutting grass with a sickle. A few days afferward the finger inflamed and suddenly the arm swelled to three times its normal size,and was a mass of putrid flesh. The doctors’‘were sent for and found the poor man writhing in agony. They had intended to amputate the arm but they found his left side in a horrible state of mortification and saw that death was a matter of very| short time. He lingered in most intense agony for several days, when he expired.. - | AT La Grange the other afterneon the body of a'man named Robert Carney was found lying on the platform of an old warehouse. Several letters ‘were found in his pocket. Among them is one supposed to have been Writteh to his wife. It read as f’olilpws: . ““Dear Julia, good-by. I have seen enough aof this world. ‘Good-by, Julia, mother, children and all: « -~ ROBERT CARNEY.” "

i A postseript directed his remains to be sent to Wabash. His death was caused by laudanum. : i ‘

- Couxrty auditors of Indiana do not seem to Have as much irterest in the corner-stone of the Capitol as the State-House Commissionérs would like them to have. So far but four counties have responded to the circular of the Commissioners asking for memorials. " LARGE quantities of fine walnut lumber and timber, a good deal of it cut into shape for shipment to Europe, are being received in New Albany, where the business has grown into great importance. , . | TuE disappearance of the young wife of Jacob Woods, of Benton County, together with brer twin babies, has resolved itself into one of the most remarkable cases on record, and is so deeply shrouded in mystery that the disconsolate husband is without a‘clew.

. Tog Indiana Sangerbund closed its fifth @nuufal Sangerfest on' the 25th by a picnic at the State fair-grounds. The next session will be held at Evansville. The meeting whiglr has just ¢losed has been the most succe,s’sful in the history of teie ovganization. . FrRANK HILDER, a well-known stone mason, while working on the Wabash Railway, foot of Single Avenue, Lafayette, on the morning of the 25th, excavating rock for a second track, was struck by a passenger-train on the main track and instantly decapitated. His left arm wss also cut off. The body presented a horrible appearance. . , : . Slx UNITED STATES prisoners, confined in the County jail at Indianapolis, were surprised on the night'of the 24th, hy Turnkey Brown, while engaged in an effort to burrow their way via a ventilating shaft that runs under the building, with grated openings outside and two inside the gate. The men sue ceeded in cutting through the inner grating, sawing a bar of iron half an inch thick and two anhes‘ wide, besides a number of smaller pieces, with case-knife blades rudely fashioned into saws. ; . Rosa Hupsox, twenty-two years old, dropped dead at the house of a womdn with iwhdm she was staying in Indianapolis on the night of the 26th. It is believed she was poisoned. : P . TmE Indianapolis grain quotations are: Wheat, No. 2 Red, 92@92gc; Corn, 4014@411c} QOats, 29@31c. The Cincinnati - quotatibns are: Wheat, No 2 Red, 94@J42{c; Corn, 43@ 4815 c; Oats, 31@31%4c; Rye, "5@76c; Barley, New Fall, 95@9%514c. s

DRUNKENNESS has just been decided hot to be a crime in Massachusetts, ac+ icording to the ruling of Judge Tillson, of the First District’ Court of Southern Worcester, who ordered the discharge of a prisoner arraigned for drunkenness. This decision, which has created quite a sensation, is based upon technical points and complications growing -out of a repeal of an old law and a failuré to make proper provisions in its substitute. b

- MANHATTAN ISLAND contains more peoplé than Maine and New Hampshire together, with nearly all of Vermont thrown in Sk e

A Startling Episode in a Murder : : Trialo

' LouisvinLE, Ky., August 28. TH® Courier-Journal’s special from Nicholasville gives the following account of a rather startling episode. in the trial of James H. Arnold for the murder of his brother-in-law, the Hon. Robert Little, which was concluded at that place to-day: . :

At a little after four o’clock Mr. C. J. Bronston, the/ Commonweaith’'s Attorney, rose to close the arg ament of the prosecution and review: the facis in the case, and lay before the jury the law and the facts bereft of the ornamentation in which skillful counsel had clothod them. At the outset he explained that he was simply discharging his duty; that pe represented the prisoper as much s the ominunwealth, and that he intended to discas.ge taut duty bonestly and fearlessiy. Pausing for a moment, he said, in measured aceents: * Gentlemen of the jury, you do not know a 8 well us 1 do the diticulties wita whicn 1 must contend, northe danger § am in; but, SO help me God, ['will try to dizcharge my Obligation to myself, to the Commonwealta and to my oath by doing my duty as an houest man.’’ » ; : : :

. He then procecded to reply to the salient paints in tne speech of Senator Voorhees, and m:ice what all who heard it, pronounced an incisive, steel-cold, able ar,g%umem. He bad just conciuded' his enumeration of the wounds in Little's fragite body, and had, dropped from his hand the overcoat with toe aid of which he had shown tue juiy how the fatal deed was accomplished, when >Senator Voorhecs, Colonel Bradtey and Colonel Th. mpson, counsel for the defensc, who had retired -(at’wr’tnu speech of the Senator, re-cutered toe room and look their seats within the bar. 1u that moment-Mr. Bronston, who had elected 10 call things by their English names, spoke in vigorous language of the torgery wiich Little had denounced to Arnold's face. Quoting the words of Little, he exclaimed: % It is aforgery!l’’ Senator Voorhecs arose from his seat and Interrupted, saying: : “ May it please the Court, no such testimony as that has been introduced in this case, and I denounce the statement as untrue.|” There had been, God knows, plenty of excitement in that densely crowded house all day. Taere were men there who believed Arnold ought to hang, and others who believed he ought to be #cquitted; men with convictions born of personal teeling, rather. than the mature result of a careful weighing of the testimony. Such men wore the combustible material which only needed a spark to set fire to and become a blazing; riotous mob. This spark was, unintentionally no doubt, ' furnished by Senator Voorhees. Thinking that our civilization was not on trial, but was assured and based upon the bowing of all heads to the imperial mandates of the law peacefully administered, he tired up at what he thought . was an overwrought statement by the Prosecuting Attorney..and denounced -it as untrue. There was a buzz of excitement, and men’s voices began to hum, Mr. Bronson, turning to the_ Senator, -aui;fezu*nea'tly and emphatically, that ** there wag such evidence, and: his statement was true.”” ‘l'ne buzz ot voices became louder, and WLuLInCII’S faces began to pale. ; s Again the Senator sad it was untrue, and again the attorney asseverated the truthtulness uf.nlis statement. ‘A third time the Senator said: :

“‘Ti‘suy it is not true.” . . ; - " Then Mr. Bronston said {n reply: *lsay it is true.” o : e

A man named J. T. Levell, who was sitting upon the lower step of the Judge's stand, a friend ot the prisoner, Jumes H. Arnold, said nothing of the kind had been offered in testimony.. | : . At the same instant, some person in the audience close to the bar, or immediately infii(ll.z: the bar, shouted, with an oath, that it,wus a lie. : : 4 :

. Immediately following that came a woman's scream, and then ensued wscene of confusion and riotous disorder almost impossiblé to portray. How it was accompliShed I;know not, but the vast audience of women ‘got out of that house in quicker time than it takes me to tell it.. Men and women went tumbling over chairs and tables, leaving lunech, lunch-buas-kets,. napkins, tlowers, and other feminine articles scattered im the wakeé oft the retreat, Some made their exit by the windows, and, when the danger of bloodshed scenied most imminent, there was a crowd ot men cowered in the far end of the hall, who dared not apgrowh the door for fear of stopping eccentric ullets. ! - ; - While this was going on. @ strugghs took place inside the bar, near the jurors. . A brother of the prisoner had run up to Mr. Bronston, the- Prosecuting Attorney, and pointing a pisto! at his busom, exclaimed, withr a curse: : . :

- 4 Pyve got younow!” Before he could fire, the pistol not having been cocked when preseunted, some by-stander grasped the weapon and turned its muzzle aside. Mr. Bronston backed to the Judge's stand, and cried: = ¢ ) “ Give me a pistol; give me a pistol, somebody! Don’t you see that man is trying to shoot me?”’ ‘ -Judge B. F. Buckner, the new Circuit Judge, was on his feet taking in this scene with bis eagle eye. Quietly and decisively he gave his commands to the officers, who, numerous as they were, were. almost powerless to control that vast and raging throng. Beholding the man. with the pi-tol. heeshouted; ¢ Mr. Sheritt, disarn) that man.”’ The Sheriff had already his uands full guarding the prizoner and attending 10 the ‘jury, and the order not béing obeyed instantly he called tg the clerk and pystanders to at once disarm the man, who was struggling to nold on to his wea;{o_n. b i v Among the bystanders was Walter Rhodaes, Deputy Sheriff’ of Fayette, who took a hand instantly in’ assisting to make the arrest, waoile Slew Baldwin, tne Circuit Clerk, clearing tables and chairs, succeeded in. getling “hold of the uplifted pistol and, wreug;xing 1t from the man’s grasp. On theinstant he was ordered to prison.

When the Sheriff and his determined deputies, assisted by Colonel Thompson and a tew citizens, had restored order, and the Judge’s gavel could once more be heard, he proceeded to express his opinion of the outrage that had just been perpetruted, and announced aat he should stop ail procecdings until peace had been completely restored. James S. Levell, the man who had denied thi&t such testimony had been introduced, was called before his Honor, and was required to give bonds for $l,OOO each, one to kcep the peace, and one to answer any indictment that might be found against him. " Andy Mershan was brought up and sentenced to confineme.at in the jail for twentyfour hours and the payment ot a fine of thirty dollars. - ‘lhen turning to the clerk, the Judge directed an order to be entered requiring the Sheritf to summon & Giand Jury at once. When these things were done, Senator Voorhges arose to expiain to the Court'that he had notintended to raise a disturbance by his remark, while, after an earnest conversaiion between the Senator and Mr. Bronston, the gentlemen agreed that their remarks had been the result of a misunderstanding. 'lhe jury and the prisoner were then ordered to be brought into ¢ urt and the trial to proceed. Arnold came out with hig wite clasped about his neck, and when he took his place besude his counsel she sat upon his knee, refusing to be separated from him, and looking defiancé at any. and all that should at-empt the separation. : ; ' e

- It was a picture worth the studyof an artist and the brush of a Reynolds or a Hogarth. The trial went on, but the noise among those remuining in the hall being still great, the Judge directed the court-room to be cleared, and suspended proceedings until his order was fully obeyed. : : Then Mr. Bronston went on with his argument as if nothing had happened, if anything he was a tritle more screne, and, with davkness settling down upon the world, by the light of one small coal oil ‘lamp upon the Judge’s desk, that cast its weird rays upon the legal tragedy, the prisccutor concluded his argument, and the jury retircd with the pa pers to consider their verdict. LATER—* NOT GUILTY,” The trial closed with a verdict of ‘‘not guilty.” The Kkilling occurred on: the.lY9th of December at Richmond, where both men were prominent and respectable citizens. The mother of their wives hdad died a few months previously, leaving an estate of $50,000, with Little as executor. The administration of the estate led to personal illfeeling between the two men, whose wives were to share it equally, and on the morning named Arnold went to Little's office, and, in the absence of any witnesses, shot him dead. The theory of self-defense, upon which Arnold was acquitted, was based less upon the testimony of witnesses than upon the probability that an altercation wou}l)d take place when the two parties met. The verdict caused intense excitement in the court-room. Arnold’s friends shouted and surrounded him, while his wife covered him with her body to prevent his being killed. A strong guard took the prisoner to his room. 7 The examination of Arnold’s brother for rawing a revolver on Bronston was concluded this evening. He was .fined sl,oo¢ and, sentenced to the State Prison for one year. . :

THE Chicago market was glutted with peaches during the last week in Augus.

The Sherman-Hancock Letters.

NEw YORK, August 78,

The two letters of General Sherman so frequently spoken of as having brought forth the ’recentfly-publishefi letter of General Hancock, dated Carondelet Post-office, St. Louis, Mo., December 28, 1876, are as follows: . .

HEADQ'RS ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES, } WASHINGTON, D. C., December 4, 1876, General W..S. Hancock, New York City: _ DEAR GENERAL—I have just received yoar letter of the 3d, and bave telegraphed you my consént to your proposed trip. I cannot ‘foresee any objections, and hope soon -that events will admit of a return to their Kosts of the companies detached at the South. But every time L. make a move in that direction I am met by insurmountable objections. Three of the compapies ot the First Artillery from F't. R8ill; reported at Co.umbus, 0., yesterday, and will be here this evehiug? Everything is ready for them. The last company, I suppose, was detained at Fort Sill to await relief on the way. Tell General Fry (AdjutantGeneral) that in” case 'of -any orders I will have them sent you at New York, and he' can exccute them. The political'orders to Ruuzer at Columbia I preferred should go from the President to him, through the Secretary: of War. They were not military. . I diSlike much to have our soldiers used in connection with a legislative body, but orders coming from the President have to be obeyed. They. form a bad precedent, but thus far have prevented a coilision of arms between inflamed partisans. il I e

. I trust you will find Mrs. Hancock and your St. Louis friends well. Truly yours, - =~ . i W, T. SHERMAN, General.

HEADQUA'RS ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES, % i W ASHINGTON, D. C., Dee. 1%;-1876. * To General W. S. Hancock, Jetterson Barraeks, Missouri: - . S

My DEAR GENERAL—Lest your peace of mind may be disturbed by the foolish report bandied in the newspapers about your being ordered from New York, I will tell you there is not a word of truth in it. Neither the President nor Secretary of War has ever intimated to me such a purpose, and I know I have never said a word nor written a syllable to that effeet. . - . o Aoy

Isee in the Republican (of St. Louis) that not only was the order made, but that I destroyed it, and tore out tlie leaves of tlie record-book containing a copy. The whole thine was and is an.invention by somebody who wanted to create a sensation. The same is true about John Sherman intiicuing to be President of the Senate, that he might be President ad interim. He has toldsme that he has never heard the subject broached; that he would net accept the place, as he prefers to be what he is. now—Chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance. ! N

I hope you will find the family in good health and spirits, and I hope you will sg)(end | with me a peaceful and happy week of the’ holifiuys. e b i & " This'letter may be superfluous, but the em-" phatic repetitions of a wild rumor in the:St.Louis Republicari suggested to me the propriety of my correcting an impression, if made‘;l on you. L - ! /] No serious changes in command are being contemplated, and when they are you may be sure that I will give you the earliést notice. ! There are men, on mischiefintent, who would ‘ gladly sow the seeds of dissension among us of the army. Truly your friend, . P ‘ 4 . W.T. SHEEMAN. .

The answer to those letters was given to the public on the 31st of July, and has been commented upon- largely by papers of all shades of politicat belief. Mr. Hancock gave it as his, opinion that, with the machinery provided by the Constitution, Mr. Tilden would probably be elected President and Mr. Wheeler Vice-President, and advised that the intent and true meaning of that instrument he religiously respected. General Shernian replied: -

. HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE U. S., 1 . .WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan, 2, 1871. } To General W. 8. Hancock, New York: Dear GENERAL: I did not receive your most interesting letter of December 28 from Carondelet, Mo., till yesterday. I am very, glad to have your views in extenso upon sub-: jects of such vital importance. Our standard opinions are mostly formed on the practice of our predecessors; but a great change was made after the close of the civil war by the amendments of the Constitution %i\'ing to the freed slaves certain civil and political rights, and empowering: Congress to make. the laws necessary to enforce these rights. This power is new and absolute, and Coungress has enacted laws with which we are not yet familiar and accustomed. [Bee pages 348, 349 and 350, Revised Statutes, Sec. 1,959, edition 1873-4.] As a matter of fact I dislike to have our army used in these civil conflicts, but the President has the lawful right to use the army %imd navy, and has exercised the right, as heé believes, lawfully and rightfully, and our duty has been, and is, to sustain him with zeal and sincerity. As to the. Presidential election, we are in no manner required to take the least action, but to recognize him as President whom the lawfuilyappointed officers declare to be such person. I hope and pray that Congress will'agree on some method before the day and hour arriv«f: but, in case of failure to elect by or before the 4th of March there will be a vacangy in both the offices /of President/and Vice-President, in which event the President of the Senate becomes Presidént pro tempore, and anew election will have to be held under the law of 1792. |See Title lIL, Chap. I, pages 21, 22 and 23, Revisc® Statutes. | It is well we should compare notes and agree before this orisis is on - us; but 1 surely hope we may pass this ordeal safely and peacefully,| I will be pleased to:hear from you at any ttme. W. T. SHERMAN. ' : GENERAL HANCOCK’S REPLY. o HEADQ'T'RS MIL. DIV. OF THE ATLANTIC, | - NEw, YORK, January 2, 1877, } General W. T. Sherman, United States Army, . Washington, D. C. o : - GENERAL: An anonymous communication to the Secretary of War, dated Louisville, Ky., December 16, 1876, reached my headquarters on the 27th of that month from-the office of the Adjutant-General of the army. It represents that, in the contemplated ups rising of the people to enforce the inaugurat tion of Tilden and Hendricks,:the depot ag Jeffersonville is to be seized and is expected to arm and clothe the Indiana army of D emocrats. The indorsement on this communication made at your headquarters, dated December 26, 1876, is as follows: : ; . (Official Copy.) = ¢ Respectfully referred to Major-General W. 8. Hancock, commanding Division of the Atlantic, who may draw a company from General Ruger, communding the Deparfment ‘of the South, and post it at 3’eflfersonvifle Dehot, with orders to protect it against any ganger.” S : The terms of the indorsement imfifly the exercise of discretion on my part which leads me to write you before taking action. Inmy judgment, there is no danger of the kind the anonymous communication sets for =i, or other kind, at thk Jeffersonville Depot, to justif the movement of troops to that é)l&qe. Sucg movement, it seems to me, would involve unnecessary expense, and would create or increase apprehension for which there is no’ real foundation. There are no arms or ammunition at the Jeffersonville Depot; and if such force as is referred to could.be raised for rebellious purposes it is not likely that it would begin by seizing a depot of army uniforms; and, therefore, if there are grounds for the action of the ‘Government, I see no danger in delay which will result from this presentation of the subject to you. If, however, in your better judgment a company should be sent there, it shall be promptly done as soon as you notify me to that effect. As I have already said, I do not act at once because in your instructions yousay I ‘‘may” send a company there, which I construe as leaving it somewhat discretionary with me. I returned the 31st'of December, 1876, from St. Louis. lam very truly gours, ! . Y v WINFIELD S, HANCOCK, =

Major-General Commanding.

".'OTHEB LETTERS FROM GENERAL HANCOCEK. : ! NEW YORK, January 9, 1877 General W. T. Sherman, Commanding United States Army, Washington, D. C.: : - My DEAR GENERAL: [ have been intending to writé you in acknowledgment of your two recent notes, but I bave been so much

engaged in hunt'ng a place for winter and ‘“gathering” up my affairs of - business, as well'as personal matters, owing to my recent absence, that I have deferred doing so. Now I write to inclose you a copy of al?evt,t_er I addressed yvesterday to the editor of the World in reference to an article. (sBpecial dispatch) -which appeared in that paper Sunday, the 7th. The- World corréets thé matter in its issue of this morming. - I would have preferred the pub:ication of my letter; but, as 1 gave the -editor latitude as to the manner of currection,. I cannof comptain, T suppose: I have written. to no one:on the subject of my order to go to the- Pacitic, rejorted by the nesvspapers, save-yourself. 1 have said nothing to ‘any 'one differing in leiter of spirit from what [ ‘wrote to you; and I have not seen Buford for years or-heard of him, nor do 1 know of any person who has in that time met or ¢ommupicated with him. - I .inclose You a copy of the World's pubiication. lam Nery twudy yourss (o sl S sn s 0 Lo e W ITNRTRED. B, HANCOCK, ol A e e - Major-General.

oL PRR Y WoRID ! LETTER. : . (Inclosure. ) W e G ; roes b NEW Y ORK. January 8, 1877 ‘My DEAR Smr: I inclose slip cut from the World jof yesterday - (special - dispatch from Washington, hedded ‘A Rescinded Order. Did General Hancoek Réefuse to.Be Transterred o the Pacitic Coast?? Asan authority given for the communication it: seems that [ should| publicly notice the same, and it would: gratifly me.it you woul!d, in -the manner you may deem best, make such correction as would be most hkely to remove -any misapprehension on the subject. -~ I have not received.any orders transferrinic me from this station, nor any intimation ‘of . the- exisrieuce or contemplation . off such orders. Hence I did not refuse to be/ transferred to the Pacifie coast, .1 have net tenderéd my resignation. All my information in. thé matter has been derived from newspapers of the day. I had 10 comunication ‘“Latever' relating to the subject with the -authorities ‘until after the rumor of my rtemoval was published from Washington as groundless.. Then General Sherman wrote: me-a note to the same effect.

I am in no wise respousible for any statement:contained in the dispatch: in question, or for any misconception which has ariseh concerning this subject from first to last. 1 am very truly yoursgy ..o ¥ 00l o

00l eo T Net 8. HANGOCK: Tg:\fi;glliam H. "Hurlbut, editor- New York o Wonld v e i s e e cow

© el NEw YORK, January: 19, 1877, Genernal W. . Sherman, United States Army, ‘Washington, DGt = 0 = o 2 3

My Dear GENERAL—I have-been ghite busy singe my arrival, apd have notfelt like writing muchy so that l<have: not yet written to you as 1 intended, in - reply to your favor acknowledging ‘thé receipt. of my létter from Carondelet. I wished -to notice simply vour reference to the Revised Statutes and one or two other pointsin a brief \vug. I will do so yet, but not-to-day, as lam house-hunting; or apartment or hotel hunting rather. Tt is too late in the' scason to accomplish much: here in that way, save to pay out money and get but little satisfaction in return. - . - - Thie proposition for a joint Committee in- - : sures a peaceful solution of the Presidential question, if it hecornes a law, aud, in .my opinion, gives to General. Hayes chances he did not have before.. I have considered that Mvr. Tilden’s chiances were impregnable. Not 80 Mr. Hendricks. Now, it seems to me that ‘Governor Hayes hras something more than an ‘equal chance, buf detinite -results cannot. be, foreshadowed:... ~ Fortunuatély. -trouble neednot heprovided against by the use of the’ arniy should the bill bécome a law. -If the bill passes, and General -Grant vetoes it, Mr. - Tilden’s chances” will be stronger than before; certainly if he and 'his friends sup- . ported -the. ‘medsure,” publie opinion will ‘strengthen liis position.. 5 it The danger in the-compromise * question or joint: commnittee . plan is that. the defeated candidate mightappeal to the Supreme Court on grounds of illegal (unconstitutional) de- . cisions: lam very truly yours, : . S e OWeNFIERD 8. HANCOCK., - The correspondence closed by General Sherman writing General Hancock - that ¢ The passage of the biil for counting the Electoral vote, approved by the President, rends, in my judgment, all possible danger of.confusion or.disorder in connection with ‘the Presidential imbroglie.) + 7as 3 oot gl ... The Lost Found, / ~'This morning Ninia Lanson, a young lady from. Milwaukee, called at the office: of Adjutant-&General Russ to retuin thanks -for the discovery of her father, who had been lost from, her for more than sixteen years. He enlisted in the army with the First Kentucky Light Infantry, and never saw his daughter after that time:. He had. not been in:the service long when word came . that he - was . missing after one of the great battles of the Southwest. When Nina heard this she gave up all dependence on frifinds;' her mother having died a year or two before, and set out in the world to make her liveli- - hood. About six months ago she con- - cluded she would find whether or not the report of her father’s death was. true, and she began the investigation . by writing to all the military officers of ‘the country to find out if possible what regiment -her father belonged to, dnd what had become of ‘him. Jim Miller, Russ’ deputy; took the matter in charge, and fortunately hit upon a clew and made some discoveries, from which he leaned - that Lanson was living on & little farm: near Gallipolis, Ohio. He immediately wrote to fhe girl, and she visited her father at his home.—lndian‘apolis Cor. Chicago Tribune.. - \

Thinning Out Fruit.

- Every tree, however hardy, will be hurt by heavy bearing. It is a strain upon the powers of the tree, lessening its vitality, requiring a year or more to recruit, and shortening the period of its lite. The fruit fails, and largely, to come up to its usual standard, to say nothing of its highest condition under the best management. All this results. from neglect of thinning out, an operation’ much less difficult than is supposed. Remove down to a moderate amount- of fruit, which in a heavilyladen tree is fully half the crop; often more should be taken. This relieves the tree, and enables it to goncentrate - on the rest of the fruit, greatly ir®:reasing the size and the quality, which in market tells most. By lessening the number of specimens the number of seeds is reduced; and it is this particularly that favers the tree, as .the seeds draw sharply/upon. the tree's vitality. It also has the effect of favoring bearing the next. year. We. thus see how much can be done by -this one operation. If all orchards were thus treated, there would be a revolution in fruit growing,—The Farm. ~ .= -

" —A Raikes Memorial Church is to be érected at Gloucester, England. It will be ‘an Episcopal Church, and its corner stone is to be laid during the present centenary proceedings. The building will cost about $lO,OOO. A Raikes Memorial Hall was planned by the Sunday-school Union of Gloucester, but the funds have not been raised, and the hall will not just now be erected. v e .

—The proverb *‘ A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush’’ was nott written by a bird.—. Boston Transcripl.