Pike County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 19, Petersburg, Pike County, 22 September 1882 — Page 1

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news IN brief. Compiled from Various Sources. PERSONAL. AND POLITICAL. The Chinese authorities have intervened boldly In Corea, and seized the father of the King and brought him to China. The King has been reinstated by Chinese troops and ships. The Colorado Greenbackers have nominated Geo. W. Way for Governor, F. O. Saunders Lieutenant-Governor, and L. J. Herzinger for Secretary of State. The convention was bitter and stormy, on account of the prohibition clause, whioh was finally adopted. < Herbert Spencer occupies a suite of rooms on the Canadian side of Niagara Falls. So com pletely is his nervous system broken down that for days at a time he gets no rest. Election returns from 294 towns in Maine 'give Bobie, (Hep.) 61,49%; Plaisted, (Fusion) 51,863: Bobie’s plurality, 9,632. The New Hampshire Republicans have nominated Hon. Samuel W. Hale for Governor, on the fourth ballot. -Edwahl J. Tenney, B. W. Hoyt, and Stillman Humphrey were placed on the ticket for Ballroad Commissioners. The platform indorses the protective tariff, favors the re-establishment of the American navy and merchant marine,and applauds the President for vetoing the river and harbor bill. •

► 19 CRIMES AND CASUALTIES. H. J. Gronan, a nurse in the St. Joseph' Hospital, Baltimore, Md., was reproved by a sister, the other day, for not restoring to patients money confided to his care. He went out find shot himself and died within an hour. John Rlacki.aw, a prominent farmer of Pawnee County, Nebr., was fatally shot by S. C. Becker, a neighbor, who mistook him for a horse-thief, the other night. Cuas. Clark, 16 years old, killed his sweetheart, Mary Carroll,.at Dallas, Texas, Sept. 10. John Copeland fell into an elevator shaft in a factory at Philadelphia, Pa., and was so badly injured he could neither help himself nor call others. After five days he ■Was able to moan loud enough to attract the attention of a workman who bail been sent into the basement for a tool. The poor fellow was takeu to the bospiUl, where doubts were expressed as to his recovery. Isaac Jackson drew his pension in North Baltimore, Ohio, the other day,' and went on a bender. Starting home about midnight he met a freight train and was cut to pieces. Two lads, John and IJenry Harder, were fatally burned at Cleveland, Ohio, the other Uayi by the explosion of a can of kerosene oil, with which they attempted to kindle a fire. An accident on the Central-Railroad of New Jersey, at Bayonne, on the 10th, resulted in the death of J. J. Worsley and tbc loss of thirteen cars with freight. Carl Heinino, a poor Jew, lost $12 worth of gold dust which he was refining at a s ove in front of his house, in Denver, the other afternoon, and Immediately committed suicide. Peter Laugh lin refused to drink with Whitley and Underwood, cowboys, ait Palo Pinto, Texas, the other night. Whitley drew a uavy revolver and attempted to shoot Laughlin, t ut the latter kuocked the weapon out of his assailant’s band. Whitley then drew a large dirk knife and plunged it into Laugklln’s heart, causing instant death. The eowboys took to their horses, but were soon overtaken by a party of citizens. A light ensued, in which P. Veil was shot in the arm and another of the posse was unhorsudpsThe rustlers escaped unhurt. \ James H. Arnett, a wealthy farmer near Lewistown, i ll., attempted to put his wife out of the house, the other night, and a young son shot him down. The trouble grew out of Mr. Arnett’s intimacy with another woman, and public sentiment is with the boy. The wound will probably prove fatal. |J"

I AIRS. D. A. liADCLIFFE, Wile 01 the well-known banker at Dimville, Ontario, died in a dentist’s office, tbe other day, under the influence of too much chloroform. While Robert Rice, a night watchman in the ’Fisco Company’s yards at Pierce City, Mo., was going about his rounds on the Otb be came across Albert Reed, and told him to move off. Reed felled him with a heavy cane, and Rice drew his pistol and shot him through the heart. The coroner’s jury returned a verdict of justifiable homicide. While Frank Egbert and Stephen Scearce were trying to shoot each other, in Frankfort, Ky., the other night, Jerry Lee, Chief of Police, came in for a stray bullet s which made a serious wound. J. L. Simmons, formerly of Wichita, Kans., killed himself with a revolver at Silver City, N. Mew, the other morning. His wife left him a short time ago, running away to Colorado with another man. A freight train on the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy road ran ove^the body of a man, fifteen miles north of Keokuk, Iowa, the other day, horribly miitilat- . tng it, cutting off the bead and one arm. On the other arm was F. C. Robinson in India ink. . It ia thought the man was murdered and the body placed on the track, but the affair 1s clouded in mystery. A young son of Luther Stuart, a farmer near Rldgevllie, Ind., fell from a wagon the other day and was crushed to death. *■ George Nesbitt, a ranchero living n Tulerosa Canyon, started for Las Cruces, . N. lief., recently, accompanied by his wife, Mbs Woods and a stranger. Nesbitt had been drinking freely, and it is supposed that white driving along the road, eighteen miles from San Angoktine, he murdered the three persons atsovi; mentioned, for their dead bodies have been found, and clrcum- . stances point to hie guHt. A band of tramps bull-dozed a number of shopkeepers at Rocklaud. Me., the i other night, and assaulted two gentlemen on the street, enf orcing a demand for gurney by slashing them with a knife. The rogues fell out subsequently, and after a terrible ight, in which one was seriously stabbed, they were arrested. A mam named Davis was fatally shot by bis wife, at Rhea Springe, Term , on the 12th. They had been married only elk month*, and both were prominent and welt knpwn In the bost circles before their marriage. lifts belie ved the women’s mind is unsettled. A Norwegi. » bark from Rotterdam to Galveston was wrecked near Corpus Christ!, Texas, on the 12th. Five of the crew were downed. A. N. Robki ts, who was threatening to kill everybody in eight In a saloon on the railroad track near Vicksburg, Miss., the other night, win himself killed by a barkeeper. We. C. Gbifmth, a farmer living in } Wheeler County, Nebiv wee found under the mini of hit sod bmite, tbe other day, which bad falter in on him while asleep. ’ Near him lay tho bodies of his two eons. Lester and WI1IU, who were also killed In

A shooting affray occurred at the Occidental Saloon at Fort Worth, Texas, Sept. 13, In which ex-Policeman Walter B. Witty received wounds from whlcl^he died the same evening. A hack-driver, known Vs Canada Bill, with whom Wittgr had a standing grievance, was the murderer. Frank Lkvok, engineer at the Cooperative Stove Works, Cleveland, Ohio, was caught in the machinery while adjusting a belt, Sept. 13, and met a horrible fate. His neck was broken, both legs wrenched off at the knees and both arms pulled off at the elbows. Berthold Goetz, of Milwaukee, Wis., committed suicide by hanging, Sept. 13. He was 02 years of age, worth from $60,000 to $65,000, in the shape of real estate, and yet his rash act is attributed to a business transaction in which he sustained a loss not exceeding $200, over which he has been constantly brooding for two years.

MISCELLANEOUS. F, C. Reynolds, a distinguished forger, has been arrested by Chicago detectives. A dispatch from Pensacola,.Fla., savs the storm on the 9th was terrific. The velocity of the wind was §3 miles an hour. The quarantine dispatch boat capsized and Richard and Jabez Musidn were drowned. The British hark Roda also capsized. The captain nml crew clung to the vessel until rescued. Several vessels went ashore near the quarantine station and on Santa Rosa Island. The interior wall of the new operahouse was blown down, and many other buiidiuss were damaged. Officers of the Citizens’ Steam and Gas-light Company of Lynn, Mass., charge dissatisfied workmen with conspiring to ruin the works. The Shivley block, on Massachusetts avenue, Indianapolis, Ind., in which an arch was being cut, crumbled into a mass ot ruins tbe other day. A woman was seriously injured. A small fire in St. Thomas’s Catholic Church, Cincinnati, Sept, il, caused a panic, duriug which a number of children were bruised and cut. Sam Hazel, tried at Anna, 111., for the murder of little Mollie Dalton, has been sentenced to imprisonment for ninety-nine years, The star route jury convicted Rerdetl and Miner, but couldn’t agree as to the Dorseys, Brady, and Vaile. A masked mob gathered at Washington, Ind., tbe other morning, with the intention of lynching John Hunter, who murdered William Leutz. The sheriff had quietly garrisoned the jail with thirty armed meu. Tbe vigilantes displaced the ropes of the fire and police bells, fired volleys to frighten citizens, and sent fifty men over the jail fence. Three attempts to force tbe doors were unavailing, and the appeals of the sheriff and prosecuting attorney caused the mob to disperse. Huuter lay crouched in his cell all day. When the Eureka stage was about nine miles south of Selig'man, Mo., Sept. 10, two masked men sprang from the roadside, ordered the driver to halt, and made the passengers alight and hold up their hands. While one of the highwaymen enforced obedience with a revolver, the other'ransacked the mall-poueh, selecting a ftvf packages and scattering the remainder on the ground. After ordering the passengers to give up what they bad, the leader told his accomplice to “watch these men,” and started on a run up the road to meet another hack of the same line, distant about 300 or 400 yards. The driver drew up, of course, and two men alighted, a lady from Kansas City remaining in the hack. £. E. Phillips handed out $190 and a- gold watch, and the other male delivered his revolver and a few dollars. Using very abusive language, the robber then relieved the lady of a watch and chain. Rejoining his confederate the pair retired into the woods. The passengers ■ were soon again seated, and coach and hack went on their way to the Springs. " Intense excitement has been created at Putnam, Connecticut, by tbe arrest ofG. F. Willis, trial justioe and deputy United States marshal, on charge of burning a block of stores to defraud the insurance companies. The detectives developed the fact that the accused has for years been connected with a gang of bank-thieves in Boston, and caused a bogus robbery to be committed by them to show the judge’s complicity, forcing from him a confession that almost from his cradle he had been an incendiary and a thief. John Brown, Jr., found the skeleton of his brother Watson in the rooms of the Knights of Pythias at Martinville, Ind., : the other day, identifying it by a bullet hole in tbe backbone, and will inter it in the family cemetery at North Elba, N. Y.. Fifty deaths have recently occurred. from diphtheria in Pittsylvania County,Virginia, whole families having perished, and more than one hundred persons are now III with the disease. There whs an effort to draw the color Hue in the Jail at Dubuque, Iowa, the other day. Two negro roustabouts bad stolen $343 from a woman sick with ague on the steamer Mary Morton, and were imprisoned. Severar! Irishmen in the jail gave them a welcome with chair-rounds and ta-ble-legs, and it required all the force in the court-house to quell the riot. The twenty-second annual Fair of the St. Louis Agricultural and Mechanical Association opens October 2, for one week.' Premiums aggregating fifty thousand dollars are offered, and all railroad and steamboat lines entering St. Louis wilt carry passengers and freight for the Fnir at reduced rates. The mysterious Veiled Prophets .will reappear on the eveniug of October 3, and celebrate their fifth annual

festival. The railroad celebration at Louisville, Ky., on tbe 13th filled the streets with' strangers and all business was suspended. The Fire and Polloe Department and military display was the grandest ever witnessed. The parade was over ten miles in length, three hours passing a giren point. A Ri-V. in the James Kiver has destroyed crops and damaged mill and railroad property. Five hundred (eet of trestle used in extending the dam across tbe river at Lynchburg was swept away, carrying fire workmen with it, who, after riding six miles, managed to swim ashore. The Richmond & Allegheny Railroad bridges across Tye River were washed away. The California Iron Company's smellsing works at Auburn, Cal., were totally destroyd by fire the other afternoon. The loss Is very heavy. A c vc lone caused much trouble at Atlantic City, N, J., Sept. 11. A number of buildings were damaged and fences were scattered far and wide. The steamer Peninah, recently stolen from United States officers at Btsioarek, Dak., and run down tbe river, has been recaptured. While Owen MeSorlev, of Staten Island, N. Y.{ was out driving, Sept. 11, some strangers called at his residents) and informed the- serving man tbe coach had been broken down. The man hurried to the assistance of his employer, and during hh absence tbe house was robbed of $14,00(1 In bonds. . ' There was a 9126,000 Are in Crockett, Texas, on tbe 12th.

A young man named Dickens it awaiting trial in Memphis on the charge ot having stolen cattle, sheep and hogs from the farmers of Shelby County, Tenn. Dickens? friends have made several armed demonstrations in his favor. Dickens has threatened the life of the prosecuting witness, one John Hall. An attempt was made to rob a train on tbn Ml, K. and T. Railroad, near Viiyta, Jncian Territory, the other night. Conductor Warner was shot through the cheek, and hurt from falling from the platform, but he irpbbers were driven off. A United States registered $5,000 bond was stolen from the office of the Register of the United States Treasury Jome days agb. The Becret service force have thus far failed to recover the bond or discover the thief. The work of improving the Missouri will soon be under way. The river has byen divided into three sectious. Their ifltoita are from Charleston to Atchison, Atchison to the mouth of the Kaw, and Kansas City to Lexington. D. W. Church is in charge of the St. Joseph Division, H. S. Youna e of the Leavenworth Division, and f. Vit Nier that extending from the mouth of Uyfe Kaw to Lexington. Special points along the river have been assigned as follows : Vermillion, Dak., G. E. Thacbery, Omaha; Charles Spease, Nebraska City; A. ■5j> Potter, Glasgow and Cedar City; for St. Charles, F. M. Harris. The appropriation for Missouri River improvements is 4850,000, of which about 165,000 will be expended on the divis'ions above named, and the balance on local improvements. The general work wift tie under the supervision of a board, consisting of Messrs. J. W. Nier, H. S. Yoiinge and D. W. Church. Mr. Nier has organized, his engineering force as follows: Chief Assistant, J. W. Peace, formerly United States Assistant Engineer at Broomvilfe, Neb.; Survey Assistant, B. V. Simpson, formerly of Lexington; Chief Clerk, J. D . Hillis, late of Omaha. The division of which Mr. Nier has charge will be divided into two parts, M. A. Diaz, late Assists!) t Engineer at Kansas City, will hare Charge of the upper division, and W. H. Deoil, late”United States Assistant Engineer, at Pine Bluffs.

T.el-el-Kebir, Arabi’s stronghold, was captured by the British on the 13th. Some 2,000 Egyptians were killed or wound* ed, according to the dispatches, and 3,000 prisoners and forty guns were taken. The English loss is placed at 200. Arabi eseapei , and his men fled in dismay, pursued by cavalry, Gen. AVolseley tells the following iiory: “AVe struck the camp at Kas. sassin lock last evening and bivouacked on a high ridge above the camp until 1:30 this moving. AVe then advanced upon the very extensive aud very strongly fortified position held by Arabi Pasha with 20,000 regularp, of whom 2,500 were cavalry, with seventy guns and 6,000 Bedouins and irregulars. , My force was about 11,000 bayonets, 2,000 sabers and 60 guns. All the enemy's wq^rcs and camps are now in our possession. I Ho not yet know exactly the number of guns captured, but it is considerable. Several trains with immense quantities of supplies were captured. The enemy ran away im thousands, throwing away their arms w#er overtaken by our cavalry. Their loss was ’?ery great.” The latest sensation in Paris is the attempted suicide of a Russian actress, named Feygbine, in the rooms of the Due de Morey. The Orescent Mills and Elovator at Den ver, Colo., burned on the 12th. Loss, $125,000. At the international convention of fire chiefs, at Cincinnati, Capt. Shaw, of London, severely criticised the heavy machinery used in the American departments. The Superintendent of Police in New York has issued orders to close all reputed gambling-houses, lottery and policy offices, and instructed his captains to visit such resorts at Uncertain hours each day and night. The Richmond (Virginia) Banking and Insurance Company suspended business the other morning, with liabilities repot teewat $607,000. Charles E. Whitlock has-been appointed trustee. The amount of deposit s is $600,000, one-half of which belongs* t> the State of Virginia. John B. Davis, President of the defunct concern, was also at the head of the Planter’s National Biirw; which fact caused a run during the foreno m on the latter institution. Davis resigned tiip presidency of the Planters’ Badk and Charles E. Whitlock was elected his successor. CONDENSED TELEGRAMS. ’Dispatches from Alexandria on the 140) picture the British advance guard enuring Cairo, Egyptian Governors and , military chiefs surrendering, and the insurgents throwing down their arms. Arabi Paffiia is reported to have been captured qS&rBenha. • ,Thj t Greek Minister of Foreign Af»irs lias. issued a circular saying if the Porte does not immediately surrender the four disputed points on the frontier Greece will resume hostilities. William Truman and James Babcock were fatally injured near Medina,Ohio, the other day. They were racing to the fair, and the wagon upset. The Secretary of the Treasury has dpclded that the importation of goods belonging tp Indians shall be free. John Niehaus, a farmer near Troy, Ind., was called to his door by burglars the other night and killed. The house was then robbed of $300. His wife escaped by Jumping from a second-story window and hiding In a corn-field.

Diphtheria is epidemic at Gratiot, Wis. Six of the children of William Shawley of that place have died of it, and the seventh 1s'dangerously ill. Thomas J. Cox, of Bloomington, one ef the most extensive millers and grain operators in Central Illinois, has failed. Liabilities estimated at $90,000. T. W. Maddox and another newspaper man, named Strate, had a misunderstanding in Omaha, Nebr., the other night. During the fight Strate drew a pistol ahd fired at Maddox, inflicting a serious wound. Much excitement has been caused in the vicinity of Keosauqua, Iowa, by the mysterious disappearance of Hon. Mathew Leach, one of the most prominent citisens of Van Buren County. No trace of his whereabouts can be learned, and it is feared that he has either met with foul play or has committed suicide. The export appointed to examine the books of the Washington (P9.) Savings Bank and ascertain the amounts of Ruth's defalcation has reported to the court a deficiency of 9117,676. Both, In his confession, acknowledged taking 960,000. Alexander Fernet and Dolph Pitts quarreled about the ownership of a 25-cent skillet, in Dodge County, Qa., the other day. Feeney cut Pitta fatally in the stomach, and while trying to escape was fired upon by Pitts' friends and killed. A toun® son of D. S. Wrigh't, of Illyria, Ohio, while attempting to jump from one car to another, the other morning, was .struck by a small foot bridge which passes over the track. The boy fell between 4he car* and one leg was cut off below the knee and the other terribly mangled. He lived about six hours;

INDIANA STATE NEWS. Railways and Their Taxes; The number of miles of railway in operation in each county in the State, together with the tax revenue to be derived from it, is given in the following table: Counties. Miles. Assessments. Adams...... 41.40 $167,001 Allen.......... 140.31 1,822,058 Bartholomew. 42.11 365,116 Benton. 45.83 445548 Blackford. 26.33 1M,661 Boone... 83.80 418.188 Carroll.... 45.70 396,0% Cass.1. 87.18 989,278 Clarke.;.. 65.45 01*1228 Clay. 45.10 625,557 Clinton....... 76.33 378,481 Crawford. 25.70 83,151 Daviess. 18,20 208,948 Dearborn.«9.29 568,841 Decatur. 45.48 40i,t48 DeKalb. 85.69 1*105400 Delaware.,... 80.97 017,360 Dubois... 23.50 81.515 Elkhart... 73.58 1,294,399 Fayette.,,,,,. 42.78 254,740 Floyd..:.. 2038 121,960 Fountain... 73.80 499,985 Franklin. 31.01 145,969 Fulton. 13.55 86,063 Gibson..,. 61.54 438,983 Grant..,.,,..,,. 70.90 425,408 Greene. 65.45 201,851 Hamilton. 29.42 226,600 Hancock. 54.93 488,961 Harrison....... 17.00 58.310 Hendricks. 78.30 981,0*6 Henry. 87.37 638,267 Howard..... 51.25 326,859 Huntington. .. 29.37 412,919 Jackson. 50.47 5S59<8 Jasper.. 30.81 230,550 Jay. 5160 383,116 Jefferson. 21.51 145.016 Jennings. 6124 478,555 Johnson. 41.51 278,909 Knox . 78.11 725,727 Kosciusko. . 87.25 961.788 Lagrange. 16.95 145,385 Lake.. 171.34 2,340,703 Laporte.173.14 2,335,012 Lawrence. 66.88 478^40 Madison... 88.68 814.6« Marion...15577 2,427,913 Marshall. 88.63 1024,101 Martin. 18.17 214,807 Miami. 76.12 786,499 Monroe.. 29.21 190,167 Montgomery..... 91.84 577,844 Morgan. 40.24 171.953 Newton. .... 22.98 215075 Noble... 74.63 1,100,669 Orange... 9.51 61,802 Owen. 40.78 223.255 Parke.,...-.. 49.50 303,336 Khe... 14.90 61,107 Porter.113.20 1,847,338 Posey.;. 47.52 329,763 Pulaski... 39.16 334JM4 Putnam. 89.53 905,667 Randolph. 67.12 60,749 Kipiey. 30.74 873,522 Kush. 62.98 365,106 Scott . 2L35 200,711 Shelby.5127 522^61 Spencer..... 27.60 96,362 Starke. 4L91 500.989 St. Joseph. 87.55 1,651000 Steuben. 19.01 124,768 Sullivan. 47.26 834,782 Tippecanoe.183:83 1157,385 TiPton. 4511 410.011 Union.... 1533 149,816 Vanderburg. 4533 393,836 ^ermillion. 4598 367,561 Vigo.... 90.33 1,036,006 Wabash. 64.14 665497 Warren..3524 857.706 Warrick.-.2&40 77.747 Washington..... 27.64 175368 Wayne.6595 695725 Wells... 21.15 107,581 White. 69.02 550,073 Whitley. 5563 685517

Indiana items, A four-year-old daughter of William Batherford, living near Logansport, who was bitten by * small dog about a month ago, died recently of hydrophobia. At the Kaolin mines, in the southwestern part of Lawrence County, the buildings and all the tools used in the mines were destroyed by fire a few nights ago. The mines are owned aud worked by Dr. Joseph Gardner, of Bedford, and partners who live in Eastern cities. At Indianapolis recently Rev. Moses Bayles, probably the most prominent colored man in the State, died aged fifty-six. He was a slave, but bought his liberty for (900, which it took him five years to earn, and came North, where he gave himself a clerical education. For twenty-five years he had been pastor of the Second Baptist Church at Indianaoolis. Andrew Byers, a German shoe-maker, committed suicide at Indianapolis the other Evening by shooting himself through the heart. He had been drinking heavily for several days and frequently threatened suicide on account of domestic difficulties. David Bowers was fatally crushed, while at work in the Atlas Mills, in Indianapolis, the other day. At Mount Vernon the City Marshal recently attempted to arrest some persons who were drunk and disorderly. Subsequently the prisoner’s friends rallied and took him from the officers and let him escape. The Marshal’s house was afterward set on fire and burned to the ground^the inmates barely escaping with their lives. A destructive fire occurred in Aurora a few days ago, which wiped out property valued at (70,000. Among the establishments burned was the chair factory of John Cobb ft Co. The monthly crop bulletin issued by the State Bureau of Statistics on th«4th says the rye crop for this year is approximated at 433,113 bushels, raised from 36,703 acres. There are 49,236 acres of flax in the condition of being quoted at 94 per cent. Irish potatoes, 64,176 acres; condition, 107 per cent Sorghum, acreage not given; condition, 96 per cent Buckwheat 5,181 acres; condition, 90 per cent Tobacco, 15,329 acres; condition, 97 percent. The reports on live stock show: Horses, 493,841; mules, 48,325; cattle, 1,110,623; hogs old enough to fatten, 1,655,397; sheep, 1,594,836; dqgs, 120,000. Near Shelbyvtlle a few days ago as a farmer, William Henry, and his young son were on their way to Mow up stumps with dynamite cartridges, sparks from a torch carried by the son fell into the basket which held the cartridges and which Henry was carrying on his arm. The dynamite exploded, fatally injuring Henry and badly injuring the son. At Frankfort a few nights ago the entire Mock of buildings on the northwest corner of the public square were destroyed by an incendiary fire. Total loss estimated at $17,000. ▲ few mornings ago Charles Reed, son of a wealthy Wabash County farmer, was kicked by a horse and fatally injured. Boyce’s flax-mill at Muncie was damaged by fire recently to the extent of $15,000 The Indianapolis grain quotations are. Wheat-No. 2 Red, 95g96c. Com—No. 3, 68@69c. Oats-31K@33c. The Cincinnati quotations are: Wheat—No. 2 Red, 96^ 97c. Com—No. 2, 71@73c. Oats—No. 2, 33)£@ 34c. Rve—No. 2, 66&@67c. Barley—80(3 85c

_ —A number of physicians and other citizens of Boston have united in a circular addressed to the teachers of that city, urging them to use all their influence and authority to suppress the use of tobacco among the children in their schools. There ia no doubt that this habit is becoming more and more prevalent among children, to whom it is equally certain to be injurious. The makers of cheap cigarettes are largely responsible for this condition of affairs, which is attracting much anxious consideration on both sides of the Atlantic. —Chicago Herald. —Rev. Mr. Hayden, of New Haven, Conn., whose trial for murder, a few years ago, orested as much interest as the Jennie Cramer case, is getting on in the world. He is about to build a 93,000 residence.—Boston Post. —The Smith family held a reunion in a grove near Peapaok, N. J'., the other day, but there were only about 1,000 of them there.—H. T. Mail* —It is estimated that for 920,000.000 the Seine can be made navigable, and Paris hopes to become a sea-port some

THE STAR-ROUTE TRIAL. Judge Wylie's Charge to the Jury. Washington, September 8. In the Criminal Court this morning Judge Wylie, after explanatory remarks to the jury, began his charge. He said that by the act of March 3,1879, Congress appropriated $5,900,000 for the maintenance of the Star-route service. That appropriation was for the fiscal year of 1880. The appropriation was all asked by the Department. The records of the Treasury and Poet-offlce Departments showed that for the three previous years there was an unexpended balance of nearly $4,000,000 to the credit of the Post-office Department. There was in evidence a statement showing that the Post-master-General, on December 8,1879, had asked for the appropriation of $2,000,000 to meet the deficiencies in the appropriated for the Star-route service. This was a statement calculated to arrest the attention of Congress, for it showed that in five months after the beginning of the fiscal year there was a deficiency of $2,000,000. This was a fact to alarm the country. An Investigation followed, and an additional appropriation was made, with provisions limiting the expedition and increase of service upon routes. That was as far as the act of Congress ought to have gone. The other circumstances were fit subjects for judicial investigation. This investigation followed, and an indictment was found against these alleged oonspirators. This indictment might be said to have five features: First, historical; second, describing the conspiracy; third, the means; fourth, overt acts; and, fifth, the partition of the money. The historical part was well known. As to the means used to carry on the conspiracy, the jury need not trouble themselves about that. Whether or not they were sufficiently described In the indictment was not for them to consider. The division of money depended upon the question of the existence of conspiracy, and that was really the only consideration for the jury —whether there was a conspiracy, followed by the commission of overt acts. False papers and petitions were the means used. It never had been held that the Government was re-, qulred to accurately' describe the means. Whether the parties were mutually Interested in the several contracts was of no* consequence. Their interest in the conspiracy must be considered. The parties were, according to the indictment, individual owners of contracts, and mutually interested only In the conspiracy. Any overt act under any one of the contracts was an overt act under ail of

Referring to the defendants’ prayers. Judge Wylie said that the conspirators were jointly united for the same purpose, and several for others. Bach man stood on his own defense. The jury could not convict one man of conspiracy) but they could convict two of the defendants. If there had been only one overt act committed, and the jury acquitted the party committing it, then,the defendants must all be acquitted. Brddy had been called the kejr, the master-key, to the whole conspiracy, and if no overt acts were shown to be committed by any other defendant, then they must all be acquitted. The position taken by the defense that all the defendants must be shown to have been interested in all the contracts was false. If it had been shown that they were eriminally interested in only one, that was sufficient, and the conspiracy was established. Surplusage in the indictment would not vitiate it This indictment charged but .one offense, one conspiracy. It could not comprise two conspiracies. Part Of defendants might be wholly acquitted and part aonvicted, but if the iury found two conspiracies—three of the parties guilty of one and the remaining four guilty of another—then the indiotraent failed, bo much for the frame of the iudictment. Now as to the proof. A conspiracy is seldom reduced to writing; it is generally entered ihtb in a very informal way. The parties might reside in different parts of the country, but if by any means, even by dumb show, they entered into an agreement to defraud the Government, followedby an overt act, that was conspiracy. The law required a verdict of guilty only when the jury entertained no reasonable doubt of the guilt of the defendants. The doobf, to be reasonable, must be based upon evidence, not upon mere conjecture. Tie would now take up one of the routes and see If It could be connected with any rational theory of Innocence. If It could, the defendants were entitled to the benefit of that theory. He would select a small route—the route from Vermillion to Sioux Falls, D. T. The date of the contract was March 15, 1878, to run four years; John W. Dorsey, the contractor; the trine were once a week; the distance fifty miles, to which two miles had been added; the time was fourteen hours: there were nine posbofficcs, but no towns, on the route. Soon after the service was put on it was discovered that the aciUal distance was about seventy miles, and that information had been distinctly and repeatedly furnished to the Bteond Assistant Postmaster-General. On December 23 1878, the number of trips were doubled. On May 3,1879, the route was practically assigned by sub-contract to YaUe. On July 10, 1879, the number of trips was increased to six, and the time reduced to tbu hours, increasing the Compensation to $8,1 >3. Deducting an hour for delays at post-offices, the carrier was required to travel the roventy miles in nint^bours. 'Petitions and lett. rs had been sent inPand It did not absolutely follow that this expedition was fraudulent If the jury could reconcile it with any theory of innocence they must do it A Congressman of influeuce, Mr. Bennett had asked for it and that must be Considered. Soon after every postmaster on the route united in a protest to the department saving the time was impracticable, and asked to have the old fourteen-hour schedule restored, and Bennett indorsed this protest,’and it was sent to Brady. Just at this point this member of Congress seemed to have lost his inliuence, for he was informed it could not be done. After reading the law relative to produotiveness Judge Wylie inquired what the productivness had When iu this instance. Reading from the record, he saidthat for one year it had been $281 He had called attention to this route because it had been asserted that members of Congress were responsible for expedition. Yet in this case, when it had been expedited at the request of a member of Congress, its reduction had been refused to that same member. General Henkie interrupted at this point to remind the court that Freuch had made the order in question, but Judge Wylie said positively that French had made the order by Brady’s direction. Here, he continued, was an increase made when it was shown the revenues were actually decreasing- If the jury could reconcile that with a proper exercise of discretion, let them do it. It could not have been done through ignorance. Manifestly, it was purposely done. The thing to be decided was whether it was done through mistaken exercise of discretion, or purposely and through wrong motives. The history of other routes was to be considered. Concerning the false papers, said he, it had been argued that if they resulted in good to the public, then no criminal act had been done in making orders upon them. This was no correct view of tbe law. He had before referred to tbe ease of Lord Bacon, and wished now to read to the jury his letter to another Lord while he was in prison. Judgp Wylie then read the letter, and commented upon its fallacies. The proof of conspiracy might be made out from proof of consequences following the conspiracy, said Judge Wylie, taking up another branch of tbe subject, and he read from an English authority in support of his proposition, reciting the circumstances of the operations of what are known as “(he three-card monte men" in this eity. He said that the only way in which their conspiracy could be made out was by circumstances following the actual swindling operation.

'liters was one turtnor topic ne wished to refer to. Among the prayers eras one to the effect that if it appeared that genuine papers appeared among- the fraudulent papers filed in connection with a route, then an order for expedition or increase must be attributed to the lntiuenoe of the genuine papers. Such a doctrine could not be tolerated. The bad could not be eared by good, and rice versa. Parties committing frauds often found It to their advantage to use some truth in their operations. Lies were of so impish a nature that they warred among themselves as well as being inconsistent with the truth. Fraud was not always falsehood, for he had seen fraud of a most abominable character with aline of truth marshaled at its front. The more truth that could be worked In the better the chance of success. If you find a man employing both truth and falsehood la the commission of fraud his offense is even more heinous. This was about all that he should say at this time. He wished finally to remind the Jury of the difference between their position and his own. If they believed the charges against the defendants was not made out without reasonable doubt, then they should acquit them without regard to any clamor or - _ _,_■_opinion of the world. He should refuse to believe that any juror was so base a coward as to refuse to follow his conscience. On the other hand, their duty to their eoiintry required them to bring to a verdict of guilty if they so bdteved. Yesterday's occurrences required a passing remark. If this information was true, then there were men engaged in “ fixing the jury.” It was natural that the jurors so approaohed Should feel indignant, hut they must not let that Interfere with their calm, dispassionate judgment. Let them he sa true to themselves •s to refuse to allow themselves to be influenced by these considerations. Colonel Ingersoll rose and asked the court if it was withto his power to direct the jurors to freely and fully communicate to one another all of the information they possessed touching SS»y£&»that he did not wish that inquiry started to the jury-room. He would further say that the law forbade the lunate to oaory Into their room any of the —-which be had perceived they nine L

General Henkle desired immediate investigation of the facts connected with the attempted bribing of the Jurors, and punishment of the guilty. He also noted it number of exceptions to the charge of the court. Judge Wylie intefrujStHf thp feadirtg&i pads upon a prayer which he said he had forgotjeri. It relates to Vale, and asserts that be cannot bo held responsible for acts done before be came into the combination. So long as a man profited by the conspiracy he was connected with it. If Miner sold bis interest in contracts to Vaile. the latter, knowing the circumstances surrounding them, was equally guilty. This portion of the charge was also excepted to by General Henkle, who called the attention of the court to several of the prayets, which, he said, had not been passed upon in the charge. The court answered that he had passed upon them itt a general way. Referring to one of the prayers, he said he did not helieVe in the interference 6f members of COngreS% and Generals of the army in these matters: The law Only should bo the guide fallowed by,tb6 Postmaster-General. When the General of the army came here and said he thought every l.ttle mining camp in the Rocky Mountains was entitled to daily mail service, the Jury must not exbent that opinion as the law. We should hare a wretched condition of mb ministrative ata ri if publ c officers Were til be guided by the advice and requests of members of Congress, even where consistent with the public good. General Hens|e and Colpnel Totten then went on at great length to point out what they regarded as neglected prayers, the court almost uniformly refusing to grant them. The reading and disctisiOn of these consumed so much time that it was nearly thrbe o'clock when the Jury retired. A recess until six o’clock was then taken, at which time the jury were ordered to report. During recess some Of the spectators re-, mained in their seats, and somo time before the court reassemb'ed the room was almost completely filled with an expectant crowd. John Dorsey and Herdell sat side by side eonversing in a whisper. Miner and Vaile sat beside their counsel—General Henkle. Alt of them wore a strained and anxious expression of countenance, and they glanced furtively at the dock as the hour of six approached. Turner was unconcerned, almost smiling. The other defendants were not present Shortly after the appointed hous the Judge took his seat, and the jury was summoned. Pend ng their appearance. General Hrady came in and stood near the door. At five minutes ppst six o’clock the jury was called. An impressive silence reigned among the spectators while the Clerk inquired: ** Gentlemen of the jury, have you agreed upon a verdiet?” Foreman Dickson answered: “ We have not except as to one of the defendants.” The Court—That will not do. You had better take your seats until counsel for the Government come in. The jury took seats. Bliss and Ker came into court at this moment, and were informed of the condition of affairs. Bliss said he did not see what was expected of the Government counsel. The Court then directed the jury to retire for further deliberation, saying that perhaps by to-morrow they would find another verdict. They Were cautioned to beware of “jury* fixers.”

Poisoning Husbands. Thekla Popov, the peasant woman who is being tried oU a fcbarge of aiding And abetting upward a hundred women in poisoning their husbands, is a very remarkable character —destined to occupy, a position at once unique and picturesque in the annals of crime. She is a gypsy, and is now some seventy years of age. She lived in a little village named Melencze, and it may almost be said that murdef was her trade. People say she had her agents and emissaries, whose business it was to keep up her “ connection,” and it must have been a horrid and grpesome Spectacle to she the grizzly hag seated in her arm-chair every day, receiving her customers during business hours, and giving them the diabolical advice and aid they sought. They were all married women from the neighboring country side,, eager, for some reason or another, to get rid of husbaiids wiki obstinately refused to die in the ordinary course of nature, but who,by Thekla’s friendly offices, might be made amenable to the resources Of art. These wretches paid the old gypsy a fee of from fifty to one hundred florins for each bottle of poison, and were duly instructed by her In the safest methods of its “ exhibition.” Thekla Popov’s ollents were however, not always married women. Sometimes she bal dealings w:th young girls who quarrelled with their sweethearts, and who, from jealousy or rage, had determined toftjU them. This woman’s terrible trade prospered amazingly for two years. She exalted no suspicion, because the drugs she administered acted slowly, though surely, and in their effects simulated symptoms of disease-. Even now that the bodies Of some Of her Victims have been egburned they sho# no signs or pOisoding, though the stomachs are eaten away. The first oase that set people oil the alert Was that of One Jocza Kuk n, a rich peasant, whb died at Melencze two mouths ago. Ugly rumors about his death were spread, and the gossipswhispered mysterious hints Of fodl play; There Was in Consequence an inqfleSt; but the most careftil post-mortem examination failed to reveal any traces of poisoning in his case. The whole story was slipping out of the memories of the villagers, when suddenly a dreadful revelation was made. A gypsy girl, the daugther Of old Thekla Popov, came before the court at Gross Bedskerek, and horrified it by the tale she had to tell. She confessed that she gave the wife of Jocza Kukin a bottle of some red liquid poison prepared by her mother. She did this by her mother's instructions. Having had a quarrel with her respected parent over some property, she determined to betraylser. Thekla Popov’s daughter further declared that she actually saw Kukin's wife pour this poison into his coffee, and that she told her mother what she knew and had seen. The gipsy replied: “One day I will poison you unless you hold your tongue:” Of course this statement caused Thekla Popov and the widow of Kukin to be arrested. They, however, denied the charge brought against them. Oddly enough, the Judge, by a clever ruse not quite in keeping with English notions of fair play to accused prisoners, managed to overhear the two women talking the affair over in jail. Among other things he overheard was Kukin's widow saying to her accomplice: “Well. I am young and pretty. He was old and ugly. Why should he not die?” The Judge after that had little doubt that the prisoners were guilty. They were therefore put on their trial, and the clew thus unexpectedly placed in the hands of the authorities was actively followed up. Strange discoveries were soon made, shoes' ing that, from the woman Thekla Popov as a center, a vast and complex ramification of crime extended far and wide throughout the community. The trial has been deferred for several weeks, so that the bodies of men supposed to have been murdered by tbeir wires may be exhumed and examined.—Vienna (August Si) Car. London Standard.

A Terrible Death from Hjdrophobi*. Mrs. Elizabeth Guckert, a middle-aged widow, died this afternoon of hydrophobia. Dr. Kuhn, her physician, said: “Ten weeks ago she came to my office Buffering from a large and terribly lacerated wound in the right arm below the elbow. The flesh bad been nearly torn to the bone. She told me that a savage dog had attacked arid bitten her in her yard. I dressed the wound, applied the proper remedies, cauterised it, and bound it up. It proved to be a very stubborn one, and was a month in heaUn^r^TBially, however, the wound healed up nicely, and I had hopes there would be no other trouble. 1 heard no more of the lady unlil Wednesday. I called on her and found her in great agony. The symptoms wore those of unmistakable hydrophobia, and 1 concluded there was little if any hope of her recovery. The least noise or jar threw her into violent spasms. Her entire body twitched. It was impossible even to remove a pillow without throwing her into a lit. A slight froth came from her mouth. Her lips were turning black and blue. At times yesterday afternoon the sufferer was perfectly conscious, and complained or great thirst. She thought she would die, but bad an idea that it was the heart-disease. All the afternoon she was gradually sinking and becoming weaker and more exhausted. The suffer was bitten by a large black dog belonging to a neighbor. The dog bad been whipped by a stranger, and the animal ran in Mrs Guckerf s yard in an empty kennel. The woman went there to chase the dog out, and he suddenly jumped for her and fastened his teeth in her arms. She was able during the night to take some medicine, but when wat r was offered with which to quench her thirst it had the effect of throwing her into spasms, during which time it required several persons to hold her. The physicians administered hypodermic injection ol morphine, which bad the effect of soothing het somewhat The muscles of her neek seemed to be paralyzed, and on this account she sat up in bed a greater part of the time, fearing that if she lay down she would suffocate. She died about 2:30 o'clock this afternoon, afte. suffering terrible agony. During the late spasms and paroxysms sue would bark an) whine like a dog an<J endeavor to snap those who wen holding her in bed."—Beading Special tSept ® to Chicago Tribune,

The Colored People and the Republican Party.

The colored peopie of New England are waking up to the fact that they do not belong to the Republican party, and they do not propose to be used much longer for the Special purpose of giving the Republican party predominance in the affairs of the Republic. The city of Newport, R. L, has a citizen. Mr. Geo. T. Downing, one of the most intelligent colored men of the country, who publishes his views in the Providence (R. I.) Journal, and boldly takes the position that the Republican party owes fully as much to the colored people as the colored people owe to it, and that, iis there is at issue between the two great parties fatt qtfe'stioa ifc Which the colored man is specially interested,- he' is at liberty to join whichever one his present circumstances show to be best diSpoSed toward him, irrespective of any sentiment Of gratitude for past favors. Mr. Downing maintains that whatever help was given to the negro by “ the Republican party was given for the party’s own aggrandizement and profit, and not for any philanthropic desire to free the slaves.1’ Undoubtedly Mr. Downing’s view of the subject is fcorrect. Doubtless there were tfiefl in the Republican party who Wanted the slaves emancipated, But the great fh'ass 8f the Republican party wefC not. imbued With any such sentiment With them emancipation was a war measure and not a peace itosr a fcunaadlty matter, The Union was on one side afid slavery on the other side. If the Union coUld be saved by getting rid of slavery, amen. If the Union could be saved without getting rid of slavery, amen again. Is that so? In a letter written by Abraham Lincoln August 22, 1S62, to Horace Greeley, the Resident said: “1 would save the Union. I would save it the shortest way under the Constitution. The sooner the National authority can be restored, the nearer the Union will be the Union as it was^-rr If there be those who would not save the Union unless they could at the same time save slavery, I do not agree with them. If there be those who would not save the Union unless they could at the same time destroy slavery, I do not agree with them. My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save o# destroy slavery. If I could save the Union withott freeing any slave I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do It; and If I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would do that. What I do about slavery and the colored race I do because I believe it helps to save this UhioU, and What I forbear, I forbear because Ldcf not believe It Would help to save the Union,” Such js the language Of the great leader of the Republican party. Emancipation for the good of the slave, emancipation in the cause of humanity; emancipation, owing to the crime and curse of slavery, form no part of the Republican idea. Jt was emancipation for the saltation of the Union. Everything turned upon the Union, nothing upon the well-beiiig of the slave. It is not surprising, therefore, that intelligent colored men have come to the conclusion that they owe tbe Republican party nothing, and that the Republican party does owe the colored people much —in point of supremacy, everything. It is well said that "without the negro vote not one branch of the National Government would be under Republican control. The slim, majorities in both Houses of Congress depend upon the colored voters so entirely that an even division of these voters between the two great''parties would h’ave left a farlarger balance on the Democratic side than UoW exists in favor of the Republicans. In the White House sits a President elected by the faithful devotion Of the colored people to a phantom benefactor, Whose real form was long ago laid in the grave With Lincoln, Greeley and Sumner.” Intelligent colored men are everywhere beginning to realize the fraud of Republican professions of love for the colored people, and they are breaking away from its embrace, and the dav is not distant when the Republican party will find out that the colored people fully comprehending its mean treachery and false professions, WilES-urn from it with loathing.—Indiana State Sentinel.

The Republican Party from a Repub* liean Standpoint. The Springfield (Mass.) Republican says: “Two years ago the country gave the Republican party another chance. It sec3 how that chance has been used. It sees th; party leadership given to Robeson and Keif or: It sees an extravagant an! in great measure inefficient scs don. It sees tariff reform dodged and Civil-scrvioo Reform laughed at. It sees the offensive and despicable tax on officeholders enforced, with new teal, by the chosen fugleman of the Republican Congressmen. It sees the public money wasted by millions to catch votes in doubtful districts and the public offices handed oyer as patronage to the Camerons and Logans. AU this an! the reputable men among the party leaders either assenting or cowe l into silence"’ This is a strong indictment, and .coming from such a source extremely significant. It is a frank and fearless Republican acknowledgement that all Re-, publican talk about reform is sheerest bosh. The party is incapable of reform; has not a drop of reform blood in its veins, never has had and never will have. It went into power twenty-one years ago on a platform every plank of which was, so to speak, saturated with reform. What professions and promises they were that floated Lincoln to the Presidency! How the Democratic “Augean stables'” were to be cleansed and fumigated! How all the rogues were to be punished and all the honest men to be rewarded! What care was to be exercised in the selection of public servants, and how scrupulously watched and guarded was to be the expenditure of public money! How industrious and incorruptible were to be the Republican Congresses, and how much as Cmsar’s wife ought to have been every Republican official! How the country and the world were to admireand applaud the great, glorious and beneficent change from Democratic sin to Republican righteousness! Well, the history of twenty-one years is before ns. and speaks for itself loud enough to wake the dead. In no single department of Government from highest to lowest has there been the slightest improvement, and there is no department of Government from highest to lowest which has not deteriorated in its management in one way or another. The cost of Government has increased enormously, and it is well known that a very large proportion of this cost is the result of shameless extravagance, culpable neglect, or worse. How many rings were there during the sixty years of Demon cratio rule? How many have there been under Republican rule? What Democratic Congress had a Credit Mobilier scandal? What Democratic President patronized and protected a nest of whisky thieves? What Democratic Secretary of War matched Belknap?—or what Demo era tic Secretary of the Navy matched Robeson? Was it a Democratic AdministretiDe that kicked out Bristow

and defended Babcock? Was it a Democratic National Convention that nominated for the Presidency a man who denied under oath what was proved upon him, and for the Vice-Presidency, a man who was dismissed from a custom-house "for conduct prejudicial to the interests of the Government?" No wonder our Massachusetts namesake is disgusted and discouraged by the principles and practices of its party. It is rotten without and within, and “there is no health in it.” Fairly and fully tried it has been found wanting in every particular, and to-day its greatest energy is displayed in hunting up some “moral issue” to hide a swindle, or in crushing every honest and earnest effort for reform. With such chiefs as Robeson and Keifer, Conkling, Cameron and Logan, what is there to hope for in the future except a record as bad as in the past? It has already lived too long for the country’s good, and “nothing will grace its life like the ending of it. — St. Louis Republican.

The Dors*/ Letters to Garfield. Mr. Stephen W. Dorsey, the Secretary of the National Republican Committee and now under indictment for th^ft. is very impatient under the imputation that his letters to Garfield were impertinent dud intrusive, and that he had no right to give him advice in any form it nugnt tonim seem fit He consented “to take a laboring oar” in the campaign at Garfield’s particular request? who also sent; his friends to overcome Dorsey’s objections. “Onr relations,’* says Dorsey, “had lor many years been of the closest description, in Washington, when we were in Congress together, he came to my house nearly every asy, sad the association was most intimate and- satisfactory. He was constantly seeking my views, and I wrote to General Garfield,” endeavoring to persuade him not to take MacVeagh into his Cabinet Mr. Dorsey1 “willingly and gladly” furnishes copies of the letters snowing the means and style which he adopted to prevent what Dorsey deemed little less than an outrage. He said to Garfield: “It will be a grievous mistake; that MacVeagh has been for a number yearn a paid lobbyist of the Pennsylvania Railroad; that he has debauched the Legislature of Pennsylvania, and robbed that State of millions of dollars; that he debauched thn Legislature of Louisiana to turn Packardout and have Hayes remain in; that he is a bribe-taker and bribe-giver trying to shield his own criminality behind the holy look of his heavenly-turned eyes; that the only good thing about him is his being the son-in-law of Simon Cameron; that he is a forager between two armies, invariably adhering to the one with the largest commissary.” Dorsey urges that if Garfield wants the minority represented in his Cabinet, he ought to have the respectable minority there. He should therefore appoint a Democrat—the representative of the minority who almost defeated him., He believes that it would be one of the wisest things Garfield ever did and that the time is Soon earning when a President will “invite an eminent memberof the minority to aseat in bis Cabinet.” “If I were yen,’’ says Dorsey in closing, “I would distinguish my Administration and create an era in politics by putting some leading Democrat in my Cabinet instead of a leading idiot Advice is very common and yon ha e lots of it. Wisdom is very rare and I have none of it;” and “so.” says Dorsey humbly, “what I have to say I leave for that kindlv consideration you have always extended to my suggestions.” Mr. Dorsey evidently does not regard the memory of Garfield so tenderly that he cares to defend it from the consequences of Dorsey’s own letters. For, unless Dorsey slanders MacVeagh, which we suppose he would not admit, the letter shows that in spite of the “kindly consideration” always given to Dorsey’s suggestions, a bribe-giver and bribe-taker, a debaueher of Legislatures and a hypocrite, a corruptionist and idiot was deliberately' given a seat in Garfield’s Cabinet. 'But nooneneed be misled by Dorsey’s political magnanimity. He is not tbe kind of man ever to Want to see the day when eminent members of the minority shall be taken into the Cabinet of a victorious Administration. It only shows that he was so desperately opposed to having MacVeagh In Garfield’s Cabinet, that he preferred to see even a Democrat there.—Detroit Free Press.

Heard Something Drop. The Republicans who, inclined their iarge fair ears toward Kentucky in the sweet and blessed hope of hearing something drop have not been disappointed. Something has dropped, but it is the Republican coalition, whiohf has met with the fate of Humpty Dumpty. The Republicans had a strong candidate; the Democratic nominee had weakened himself by a very foolish display early in the spring, and further, had been compelled by illness to suspend his canvass, and! even the Democrats were prepared, if not to concede the State to their opponents, at least to look for a considerable reduction of their majority. The behavior of the Republicans since the fateful 7th of August has savored of the ever-memorable .conflict between the dog Bose, the pride of Kentucky, and the alleged dog which a waggish tavern-keeper pitted against i, him, but which in reality was a wolf. With pride and confidence the owner of Bose dropped that noble animal into the corn-crib where his antagonist was confined, and with cheerful chuckles ho heard the sound of battle arise. After two minutes had elapsed he remarked. with |^e cordial appreciation of a generous foeman, that test other dog was no slouch;, after five minutes he observed with a pensiveness not devoid of anxiety that ho had never known a dog “stand up agin Bose so long," and two minutes later, when an ominous silence succeeded to the sounds of strife, he threw open the entrance to the crib and Rose tottered out, complete? ly eviscerated, to die, while the wolf in oppressive pantomime called for the second course to be brought in. Such has been the experience of the Republicans of Kentucky. A Washington correspondent informs ns that Hnboers assistance to the Independent Democratic candidate has cost them two if not three »' Congressmen. That his estimate is not far out of the way is shown by the fact that the Republicans have been sitting in dased surprise, too utterly flabbergasted even to howl “Fraud!" We await, however, Mr. HubkeU's explanation of the cause and extent of the catastrophe, feeling reasonably sure that it will only strengthen him in his belief that it is utter folly to waste monev on the Southern Republicans which might be utilise 1 in helping him to wrest the Senatorship from Mr. Ferry, sa l that *the only way to get'a Southern Republican into Congress is to count him in at Washington.-# T, Writ ■t