Pike County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 12, Petersburg, Pike County, 3 August 1883 — Page 1

V rue county democrat. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY. Esmtmt........41H six month*. n ttw* months........................... M DTVABUBLTDI AST. XCB. ASVEKT1SIKO KAm One square (9 line*), one inaar; ion.41M (Mb additional insertion..... W A liberal reduction made on advertlsementa running three, *ix, and twelve uonth*. Legal and transient advertise nent* moathe Delator in advance. PlKI W. P. ENIGET, Editor and Publisher. VOLUME XIV. County OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE COUNTY. Offlee over City Drug Store, corner Vein and Eighth siretts. PETERSBURG? INDIANA. FRIDAY, AUGUST 3. 1883. NUMBER 12. PIKE COUNTY DEMOCRAT. or ut nm NEATLY EXECUTED REASONABLE RATES, NOTICE] Persons receiving a copy of the paper with this notioe erosse l In lead pencil are notified that the time oi their subscription has exulted

NEWS IN BRIEF Compiled from Various kturoes. PERSONAL AND POLn :CA1* General E. O. C.Ord, of the United States Army, who took pass age ok the steamer City of Washington at) Vera Crus for New Wbrk, and was taken down by yellow favor, compelling his removal to the shore while the vessel was at Havana, Cuba, died in that city on the 23d. The death of ex-Govoruor Thomas Swann, of Maryland, occurred at his estate near Leesburg, Va., on the 24th. He was a representative from Baltimore in the Forty-second, Forty-third, Forty-fourth and Forty-fifth Congresses. General Trevino, of Mexico, was in St. Loais, Mo., on the 24th, on his way to meot General Ord in New York. The news of that gallant officer’s death was a terrible surprise. The Ohio State Convention to seoure the adoption of a prohibition amendment was held on the 24th at Columbus. Captain Mathew Webb, the famous swimmer, lost his life in the Niagara Rapids on the 24th. In the ballot for the New ^Hampshire Senatorship the leading candidates stood as follows on the 25th: Bingham, 114; Chandler, 70; Marston, 36; Tappan, 26; Patterson, 25; Burns, 20. On the second ballot: Bingham, 111; Chandler, 65. 'Ihe Virginia Democratic State Convention met at Lynchburg on the 25th and adopted a platform, the final resolution of which arraigned in strong terms the admin istration of National and State affairs, especially between the President and General Mahone. . . It is reported that the late Henry L. Kendall, of Providence, R. I., hns left $000000 to the public library in that city. A banquet given by, the British vol. unteers in honooof the American rlfie team took place at London, Eng., on the 25th. , The American and British rifle teams were present in full uniform. The Georgia House of Representatives on the 25th unseated D. P. Proctor, white, from Camden County, and seated Anthony Wilson, colored, in his place. Wilson had been in two previous Legislatures. There are two other negroes in that body. A recent cablegram ann. unoes the death in battle of Cetewayo, the Zulu Ktng. All of his wives and many of his chiefs wore also killed. England has protested against the return of paupers from New York, who were on their way to join friends that were ready to take care of them. The Massachusetts Legislature adjournod on the 27th after the longest session on record—two hundred and six days. The death of Hon. Montgomery Blair occurred at his residence, at Silver Springs, near Washington, D. C., on the 27th.

CRIMES AMD CASUALTIES. p A mob of masked men entered the jail-at Hardin, the county-seat of Shelby >> County, Iowa, on the 24th, and taking Hardfr the man who murdprec Postmaster . r Ifngp « PW1* tatjf on the night Of the 10th inst., hung him to a tree and then rid* died his body with bullets. The middle belt of Minnesota from Mankato east to the Mississippi Hirer was swept by a tornado on the 21st. A St. Paul Journal of a later date gives a list of six perf eons killed and nearly one hundred injured, and estimates the damage to crops at $600,000. A severe storm struek Asbury Park, —N. J., on the afternoon of the $8d. The Madison, Gilsey and Howard houses were upronfed and six carriages, loaded with ■ people were upset and wrecked. A number of tents were blown down at Ocean Grove and an unknown colored man was blown out to sea in a boat. By the breaking down of a pier at North Point, ten miles from Baltimore, Md., on the night of the 23d, an exoursion party of several hundred people was precipitated into deep water and about seventy were drowned. There was a very destructive fire at Memphis, Tonn., on the 24th, a number of ^ fine businoss houses being burned down. It was thought the total loss on stock and buildings would reach $300,000. A hotel and a livery stable at Portsmouth, N. H., were destroyed by fire the other morning, the guests of the hotel escaping with difficulty. Twenty-six horses were cremated in the stable and a .number of vehicles were burned. A spool factory, the storehouses in connection, also two dwellings, burned dewn at Peticodiac, Quebec, the othe night. The loss was heavy; the insuranc SETittbV A farmer named Floyd, living nea Rnshvllle, Buchanan County, Mo., wa lynched on the night of the 24th. He ha sold another farmer a horse which ha been stolen from a St. Joe man. Four lives were destroyed a fet I days ago by a tornado near Eaton Rapid!

The jury in-the caae against Orth H. Stein, late city editor of the Kansas City (Mo.) Evening Star, who killed George Biedericks tn that city June 8, has returned a verdict of murder in the second degree, and fixed the punishment at twenty-five years in the Penitentiary. A boat containing eight men and two girls, all colored, who were crossing the James Hiver at Claremont, Va., on the 25th, upset and eight of the party were drowned. A young man named T. A. Pond, a railroad hand, was found dead the other night at Sandstone, Jackson County, Mich., hung by the neck, with hands tied behind him. It was called suicide, but was thongbt by some improbable that he should have-killed himself in that position. Three men were shockingly burned the other morning by an explosion of cinder blast in the iron-works at Catasaqua, Pa. A collision between a passenger train and a wild freight, on the Saratoga Road occurred near Schenectady, N. Y., the other day and one man was fatally scalded and six others seriously injured. ~ Both engines were wrecked and a passenger car, a baggage car and four freight cars were burned. At Grand Rapids. Mich., an immense jam of logs broke loose on the 26th and swept away several railroad bridges. Eastern Wisconsin was visited by a damaging storm on the 26th with the heaviest rainfall ever known there for a single •bower. At Miles City, Mont., a mob took a prisoner named Kigney from jail on the it of the 28th and hanged him. Ri| 1 was a hard ease and a bar-tender. hoars after he was hanged an incendiary fire destroyed seven buildings in the town. It was thought some of his friends caused the fire. The works of the Home Sewing Machine Company at Bridgeport, Conn., were nearly destroyed by fire a few nights ago. Tbe buildings destroyed occupied three - sidhs of a square and were four stories high. The company'employ a<J about four

Two women and a man crossing a railroad track in a wagon near Lancaster, Fa., the other day were struck by a train and killed. Lieutenant Hockwood, of the Milwaukee (W1b.) police force was shot and beaten by burglars whom he intercepted the other night while they were trying to outer a residence. busckllaxeous. It was announced at a strikers’ meeting in New York on the 24th that the cable operators at Duxbury, Mass., and at Cape Breton had struck. At Alantia, Gla., the receiving clerk in the Western Union office was slightly wounded by a bullet fired through a window by an unseen person. New Orleans (La.) commercial organisations have called on the Governors of Mississippi and Louisiana to take stringent measures against yellow fever. Cholera had broken out among the British troops at Sues, Egypt, on the 24th. The death list during the twenty-four hours ended at eight o’olock on that morning was four hundred and sixty-three deaths at Cairo, twenty-three at Zifteh, sixteen at Tantah, nine at Shirbin, thirteen at Mansurah, one hundred and seventeen at Chibin, forty-three at Mehallit, ninety-tureo at Ghiseh and seven at Cheban. It was rumored on the 23d that an affray had taken place between English and French Marines at Port Said, Egypt, and that several were killed and wounded. The exchanges at twenty-three leading clearing-houses in the United States for the week ended on the 21st were $1,007,870,435, against $923,441,720 the week pre vious, indicating an increase in general trade throughout the country. Watson, tho Troy & Boston engineer on trial at Pittsfield, Mass., for manslaughter for carelessness resulting in a fatal collision, was acquitted under instructions of the court. Richard O’Connor, a Chicago (111.) private watchman , the other night shot and mortally wounded a boy thirteen years old because ho was prowling around a watermelon ear. O’Connor wes locked up. At Pittsfield, Mass., on the 24th Emerson Watson was placed on trial for manslaughter and criminal negligence in causing the death of eight men in a collision on the Troy & Boston Railroad, on which he was engineer. The court ruled that the prosecution must proceed under the common law, which necessitates that malice be proved. A bad case of pension fraud was nipped in the bud at Philadelphia, Pa., the other day. Two men and a woman secured $1,785, but quarreled about the divide and were all locked up. The French Government has asked the Chamber to vote 30,000 francs fpr a scientific expedition to investigate cholera in Egypt. Deaths at Cairo on the 25th were nearly 300, and at other places the epidemic raged unchecked. A desperate prize fight was broken up at Nanticoke, Pa., the other evening by a crowd of women who invaded the arena

brandishing knives and revolvers. C. E. Fuller, of Philadelphia, Pa., has begun five suits tor damages against for refusing te traMml^me^g^s^^Jer the ordinary printed conditions. The Sioux Indians held their annual sun dunce at Rosebud Agency the other afternoon, ten thousand being present from all parts of the reservation. The Government had given orders to suppress the barbarous practice, but the agents wore powerless. Officers of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Road report the grain crop along its lines west of the Mississippi in excellent condition, with the exception of some narrow belts in Dakota, where the hail beat down the stalks. M. A. Dauphin, of the Louisiana Lottery Company, has brought suit at Washington against Walter Q. Gresham, F'ost-master-General, for $100,000 damages sustained by his recent order forbidding the use of the mails by that company. It is stated that under a large tree in Llano County, Tex., was recently found a carriage with the skeletons of three adults and two children. Tho belief prevailed that they were English tourists, and were struck by lighning at least a year ago. The Khedive returned to Alexandria from Cairo, Egypt, on the 26tb. There were 422 deaths from cholera in Cairo on that day. The death list on the 25th was fire at Damieta, twenty-eight at Tantah, twenty-five at Mehalla, six at Chobar, seven at Samanoud, fifty-six at Mehallet, twenty-one at Sifteh, twelve at Mansurah, Fifty-five at Ghizeh and three at Menzaleh.’ As a result of a compromise arranged a day or two before the American Rapid Telegraph Company had a full force of operators on the 26th. There were renewed rumors of a compromise with the Haitimore and Ohio Company. The Western Union Company said its attitude was unchanged, and that the time restriction on delivery would probably be discontinued in a day or two. The strikers were as full of defiance as on the first day. The reunion of John Morgan’s men at Lexington, Ky., was addressed by a large number, of prominent Confederates on the 25th. Colonel J. M. King recently sold a mammoth ranch near San Antonio, Tex., to au association of British capitalists for Ji.O^.OOO. Uhaidwocd, 111., came near having another frightful mine disaster a few days ago. Just as a fire in the Eureka shaft was extinguished, after raging three days, a heavy rain storm caused another flooding of the mines and the miners barely had time to escape, a number being seriously injured in the scramble to get out.

William Clutch y, first mate oif the Mississippi steamer City of Vicksburg, was called ashore and terribly beaten by four men at Darnell’s Landing, Tenn., a few days ago. The members of the firm of L. B. Day ft Ce., carpets, Milwaukee, Wis., have been arrested for false pretenses. They reoently failed for $70,000. A seaman died of yellow fever in a Philadelphia hospital on the 26th. United States Detective Pebkins, with officers from Pittsburgh, Pa., arrested a bad gang of highwaymen in West Virginia the other «iay. The report of the. Take Committee shows that in three months 6,827 emigrants were assisted out of Ireland at a cost of £36,000. It recommends a continuance of the practice. In the case of ex-Treasurer Polk, of Tennessee, the Jury found a verdict of guilty and assessed punishment at twenty years’ Imprisonment. The cable announced on the 26th that the revolution in Ecuador was ended and an election was to be held. The prospects for peace in Peru were improving. A COMPANY has been formed at Indianapolis, Ind., to manufacture electric headlights (or locomotives. The Norfolk and Portsmouth (Va.) Exchanges have petitioned the authorities lor a change in the’ hqgpital station at Hampton Roads* «

The Secretary of the Treasury has issued another call for bonds for redenap* tion to the amountof about $31,000,000. A grand-jury at Pittsfield, Mass., has indicted a lot of men for tarring and feathering a woman. At the national soldiers' reunion at Columbus, Ohio, on the 20th, twenty-five members of the Fifty-fourth Virginia Regiment were entertained by the Third Ohio. Speeches were made the day before, by R. B. Hayes, Charles Foster and Judges Hoadley and Foraker. The Louisiana lottery is said to be evading the Postmaeter-Oeneral’s recent order by having its remittances sent to a Hew Orleans national bank. John H. Pettingill, a substantial business man of Lewiston, Maine, went to a circus with his grandson the other day and suffered himself to be defrauded.out of $1,000 by monte men. The Treasury Department purchased 420,000 ounces of silver on the 28th for delivery at the Philedelphia, New Orleans and San Francisco Mints. Atlantic City is said to be filled with Italian boys under control of padrones who compel them to bring in a stipulated sum daily. The authorities were trying to break up the practice. The New York Produce Exchange has adopted a resolution to confer with other exchanges relative to building their ownlines of telegraph. The failures throughout the' country for the seven days ended on the 27th numbered 190, as compared with 168 the week previous. The geographical distribution was: New England, 35; Middle States, 32; Western, 37; Southern, 23; Pacific States and Territories, 20; Canada, 31, and New York City, 8. The cholera cases which had occurred in England were on the 27th pronounced sporadic, and had no connection with the epidemic in Egypt. The deaths at Cairo for the twenty-four hours were 811. In the Bombay presidency 1,161 deaths ocourred from cholera the first week in June. The Ward Iron Company of Niles and New Philadelphia, O., has failed, with estimated liabilities of $300,000. The available assets were said to be less than $8,000. Another batch of the Sprague property was sold on the 27th at Central Falls, R. I., for $200,000. It was reported bn the 27th that a British demand for discontinuance of the state of siege at Tamatave had been refused by the French Admiral. A storm which prevailed the other night in the vicinity of Port Worth, Tex., has proved to have been a very serious one throughout a wide extent of country. Packard, the American Consul at London, Eng., has appointed a doctor to inspect the passengers and cargoes of all vessels bound for the United States. At the election in Denver, Colo., Robert B. Berth, of Philadelphia, was elected Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic on the second ballot. The national encampment closed on the 27th. The next encampment will s be held at Minneapolis, Minn. The body of John Meininger, of Cincinnati, O., was cremated the other day at Washington,' * ~v Suits have been begun against the patrons of a private letter express in New York under the United States postal laws. The bank of Leadville (Cola) has failed disastrously, the assets being stated at $228,430, with liabilities of $410,129. Fears were entertained for the solvency of the other banks there on the 27th, as they had labored under heavy runs in consequence of the panic among depositors. At Fulton, N. Y., the other day, in presence of five thousand persons, Hanlan, Hosmer and Lee rowed a three-mile race, coming in one second apart, Hanlan winning. About thirty thousand persons attended the Grand Army reunion at Columbus, O. The principal feature on the 27 th, the closing day, was the grand parade, which was participated in by representatives of the wars of 1776,1812, Seminole, Mexican and rebellion. The annual report of Captain W. H. Haner on the progress of the work of the improvement ot the South Pass of the Mississippi River indicates that the channel at the mouth of the Mississippi is now better than ever before.

LATE NEWS ITEMS. During a frightful storm a box-car was blown from the siding onto the main track of the Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg Railroad at Carylton, N. Y., on the morning of the 88th.* A few hours afterward an express train loaded with passengers dashed into the freight-car, and a frightful wreck was the consequence, some twenty persons being killed and about thirty injured. The death of ex-Congressman W. E. Lansing, of New York, occurred in that city on the 29th of heart disease. An earthquake completely destroyed the Italian town of Casamicciola, near Naples, on the night of the 28th. The number of people killed was estimated at three thousand. Two other towns, Fori’s and Lacceameno, were also terribly shaken up. Members of the Brotherhood of Telegraphers at Washington, D. C. presented to the President of the United States a “bill Of grievances,” on the 29th, setting forth the great injury resulting to the national Government from the “obstinate attitude" assumed by the telegraph companies. Thebe were 822 deaths from cholera at Cairo, Egypt, on the 28th, including three British soldiers, seventeen at Zifteh, seventeen at Barraze, eighty-four at Mehalla, eighty-one at Shirbin, forty-six at Tantah, fifty-one at Ghizeh, twenty-two at Mitzamu, fourteen at Zagazig, and thirtynine at eleven other widely scattered places. Ten busmen buildings were destroyed by fire at Lincoln, Neb., on the 29th. The loss was estimated at $260,000. Between 1,200 and 1,500 oases were made by the police in St. Louis, Mo., on the 29th against violators of the Sunday law, mainly saloon-keepers. By an explosion in a mine .at Caltanisetta, Sicilly, on the 29th thirty-five miners out of seventy were killed. Senor Don Francisco Barca, Spanish Minister to the United States, killed himself at the Albemarle hotel in New York on the 29th. His debts caused it. He leaves a wife and one daughter, who were with him in New York, and one daughter In Europe. The remains of the late Montgomery Blair were placed in the family vault in Rock Creek Cemetry near Washington, D. C., on the 29th. A YELLOW FEVER stricken steamship passed the health authorities at the mouth of Chesapeak Bay without detection the other day, but were quarantined at Baltimore, Md. A bottle picked np in the Gulf of Meuieo a few days ago contained a note signifying that the ship Cann ot Good Bong wnsajtelpless wrtfck near the coast hf Cuba

INDIANA STATE NEWS. The Indianapolis grain quotations are: Wheat—No. 2 Red, $1l.06<®1.0eX. CornNo. 2, 51®52c. Oats—86®87c. The Cincinnati quotations are: Wheat—No., 2-Red, tl.OSOl.OSX. Corn—No. 2, 53O53X0. Oats -No. 2, SOX037Xc. Rye—No. 2, 58X0 57Xe. Barley—No. 8 Fall, nominal. At N ew Albany, Floyd County,, a few days ago, a boy named Flora, aged about ten years, son of William Flora, was accidentally drowned while in swimming with some companions. Charles Chittingdon, of Greenfield, Hancock County, was recently severely gored by a vicious bull. The enraged animal tossed him up ten feet in the air several times. The quarterly report of the Slate-House Commissioners has just been submitted to the Governor. Very little work has been done on the new buildings since the date of the last report, March 31, and the expenditures for the three months were only $0,353; total to date, $791,117. The board has-ordered changes in the wood work entailing; an additional expense of about $40,00<]. George Jenkins, an inmate of the insane asylum, wandered away to his old home in Bartholomew County the other day, and made a savage attack upon several citizens. He was finally captured after a terrible struggle. Sheriff Wlllhite, of Montgomery County, went on a lark in Indianapolis a few days ago and vas robbed of a diamond stud, a watch and $430 in cash. The morning train on the Cincinnati, Richmond & Fort Wayne Railroad ran o-rer the body of Jacob Husser a sho t time ago, near Berne, Adams County. An investigation which was at once made discovered the fact that the body was cold, and it was believed that ho had been murdered and his body placed on the track by. the murderer to evade suspicion. • A nine-year-old son of J. C. Dryer, of Fort Wayne, was examined a few days ago for myopia. A pair of glasses would have to be made for him. A singular defect in his vision is that he sees at right a id left angles. An object held before his eyes appears to one side. Eugene Sturgeon, the gardener,who killed W. H. Lawson, at Hazleton, Gibson County, by clubbing him on the head in May, returned a few days ago and gave himself up to the authorities. He was lodged in jail at Princeton, where he would remain until h is tr ial. Frank Henderson,while riding one norse and driving another, was killed by lightning near Lafayette the other evening. Every bone in Henderson’s body was

uruKKU. E. A. K. Hacke’t, proprietor of tho Daily Sentinel, at Fort Wayne, who had been absent from the city, was assaulted shortly after hq arrived home the other morning by William H. Jones, editor of the Morning Journal, on account of a personal item published in the Sentinel reflecting on Jones. Hackett had refused to sign 8n apology framed by Jones. A y oung child of James Hatcliffe,of Hunt* ingtou, while playing in a barn was caught under a heavy sled and instantly killed. Robert Pesley, of Jefferson Township, Cass-County, had sir sheep kllledhylightning during the recent; storm. A flock of thirty-five head had taken shelter near a Hack oak tree which the lightning struck, killing the above number of sheop' at one stroke. A few mornings ago a freight-train on the Logansport division of the Vandalia ran into a hand-car on a curve near Frankfort, Clinton County. All the men jumped except John McHenry, the foreman, who was killed. Articles of incorporation of the Mitchell tfc Southwestern Railroad Company of Indiana have been drawn up. The capital stock is to be 1500,000. A little eight-year-old boy was fearfully mangled by a vicious dog noar Vincennes recently, and a little daughter of George Marsh, near Columbus, had a like learful experience. During a storm the other night at Lafayette, Cyijrs Dresser, a typo on the Courier, was stunned, while at work, by a Hash of lightning. He made no remark | about it further than to say that he felt peculiar, and soon after walked home. Here he fell to the floor, and had since neen in an unconscious condition, his,entire leit side being paralyzed. He was unable to tswaUow, and the doctors I aid he would not recover. He is one of tile best-known compositors in the Wabash Valley. During an exciting game of baseball in Indianapolis the other day a small army of urchins, whose indiscretion was superinduced by their unrequited love of the national sport, endeavored to take possession of a house, in order to witness the game from its roof. They enjoyed it for a short time, when they were startled by the appearance of the landlady, who fired a double-barreled shot-gun over their heads for the purpose of rcutlng thorn out, and jn which she succeeded. The porter of a parlor-cab on the Ohio & Mississippi Road handed a basket to an expressman in Indianapolis a few days ago, with a request to tTeliver it. The expressman took it to the hotel and carelessly sat it down and went in to his dinner. Presently a squall was heard from his basket. An investigation developed a healthy colored infant hid away. 'Che basket was addressed to a well-to-do farmer. The picker-house of John and W. F. Howe, at Carrollton, Hancock County,^ns totally burned at four o’clock tho other afternoon. Loss, $7,000 to f»,000.

A ten-year-old son of Geitrge Livingston, of Sugar Grove, Tippecanoe County, was accidentally but dangerously wounded recently by a shot discharge! from s, revolver. Just how the shootifig was done was in dispute. The wounded boy said a playmate did it, and the playmate said that young Livingston did it himself. It was almost certain the boy would die from the shot. The ball passed through the throat. A four-year-old boy of Do i f See iey, liv*' in? west of Booneville, Warwick County, met with a terrible accident a few days since." The' little fellow had gone into a field of ripe oats, unobserved, and lain down|and gone to §leep. Harvest; was in full blast, and the mowing machine was driven on the boy, the knife catching his legs just below the knees and cutting them nearly off. Amputation would be necessary. Dr. W. P. Hornbrook, of Union, Pike County; a respected physician, was shot and killed a few days ago by 8am Hemmiinger, a farm laborer, with whom he had had some dispute about work. Hemmiinger was arrested. ■Frank N. Hafer, a grain-dealer at fit. Paul, Decatur County, has failed and left the country. It was said that his failure was the result of his dealings in Chicago wheat options. Bluftlon, Wells County, boasts of a twelve-year-old hoy who weighs 243 [pounds, and hears the appropriate name, Hugh Stout. Matthew Eaton, a dealer in general mo: - chandiae at New Lebanon, Sullivan County, has made an assignment for the benefit of hin creditors. His UaWUtieeuresa tdto be about $3,000.

WITHOUT A JURY. A Montana Desperado Hanged by a Mob at Kitts City—the Town Partially D> ■treyeu by Incendlari- s, St. Paul, Miss., July 28. A Mil s City special says that a party oi masked men proceeded to the County Jail yesterday, overpowered the Jailer, and seized a man named Rigmy whom they took about a mile out of town and hanged to the projecting end of a railroad tie over a culvert. Rigney had been jailed the day before for disorderly oonduct, and bore a reputation as a hard., citizen, having been accused o robbery and other crimes. He was a i a tender in the saloon of the Cosmopol.tin Taeater. Two hours after he was'" hung the t! ea «r burst into flames, and was completely destroved, with six other buildings, among whi h was a large drug store. The progress oi the Are was at> sied by the brick building of the'^Ktrst National Baa^.etherwise the entire block would have been destroyed. The total loss is estimated atap.OOO. It is generally thought that the flre5vas the work of an incendiary, in retaliation for the hanging of Rigney. later details op the lynching. '{ Lkter advices from Miles City show that the flre occurred first and the lynching afterward. The flre broke out in the Cosmopolitan Theater, which was in a mass of flames nearly as soon as discovered. Next the flames fell upon a row of three small buildings, occupied by Marrill as a lunch counter. Brown’s tobacco store and Bishop’^ Side-board saloon. These were totally consumed. The flre quickly spread to the next building, which was known as Flick’s Hall, owned by Charles Bishop. This building, being of pine logs, gave Oqt a great heat, and the flre here gained so much strength that the block at one l ime was given up for gone. From this building it spread to the large and handsome store of BiseHick & Bros., stationery and general dealers, ana in a few moments what was a magnificent structure was a total wreck. The next buil ding to succumb to the flames was the drag store of W. E. Savage & Co., a large two-story frame building adjoining the First National Bank. It was also quickly destroyed, and by the frantic efforts of the citizens the flre was here stopped. The bank building, being of brick, interposed as a barrier to the further advancement of the.flre. The loss is estimated at various figures, by some 'as high as $100,000. After the excitement of the flre was over a party of masked and determined men proceeded to the jail and took therefrom Bill Rigney, who had been incarcerated a few days before for threatening to assault the daughters of a worthy family named Brown. He was found in the cell, and after some trouble was taken out, a rope put around his neck and he was taken to the railroad bridge over the Tongue River, distant about a half mile, and hanged. Slain in tho Street.

Jackson, Ga., July, 26. information of a shocking murder in the upper part of Monroe County, near Unionville, has reached this- place. Charles Wright, a young man of twenty-one years, son of Dr. James F. Wright, of Unionville, met W. J. N. Hane in a public road near that village and shot him three times, killing him instantly. The causes leading to the affair appear to be as fallows: On Tuesday Mr. Wright was in Forsyth until late trying to sell his horse and buggy, stating that he wanted funds with which to go West. While driving oMettg » dark road after night ha ran into Cap E. Hane, a younger brother of the murdered man, doing damage to his own vehicle, atter whicti both young men proceeded on their way. Next morning Charles Wright and his younger brother started to the shop with the buggy for repairs, and en route met W. J. N. Hane accompanying his brother Caper on the way to church. As soon as the two Buggies met Charles Wright began to quarrel with the younger Hane about their collision of the previous nighty and soon drew a pistol, with the apparent intention of shooting him. The older brother, W. J. N. Hane, sprang from his buggy, and getting between the two buggies endeavored to act as peace-maker, 1 legging Wright to put up his pistol, as they were unarmed. Wright drew his pistol upon the older Hane and fired three shots, the first passing through his hat, the second striking his head and the third entering his breast and indicting a mortal wound. Wright then sprang from his buggy u»nd fled. His younger brother, William Wright, ran back up the road, and met at a short distance Levi Alexander, and told liim his brother had killed a man, and continued his flight. Upon Mr. Alexander’s arrival he found Hane dead. Charles Wright, the murderer, has not vet been arrested, a nd is supposed to be making his way West. Bridge Demolished. > Detroit, Mica.,July, 28. A calamity which was threatened at Grand Rapids the past two or three days took place this morning.^ An immense jam of logs extending up Grand river for miles has been lodged against the bridge of the Detroit & Grand Haven Railroad, near the city. It has been hoped that the bridge might resist the tremendous pressure, but it succumbed this forenoon and went down with a crash. The bridge of the Grhnd Rapids, Indiana, Chicago and West Michigan followed suit. Millions of feet of logs have gone down the river with the flow, and are almost certain to continue down, sweeping everything before them, going into Lake Michigan. If this proves true, a large additional number of logs will be carried out at Grand Haven, as well as destruction of all bridges there. The ultimate losses, it is feared, will reach many thousand dollars. The calamity is unprecedented in its extent.

Steamboat Mate Brutally Beaten. Caiko, III., July 38. William McCarty, mate of the City of Vicksburg, was placed in the hospital here las*, night, suffering from the effects of a severe beating administered by parties at Darnell’s Landing yesterday. It appears that on the down trip of the boat the mate became involved in some slight dispute with parties at the landing, but supposed it was all settled. On landing there last night the mate was induced to go ashore upon some pretext, and was immediately set upon by three men, by whom he was disarmed and beaten unmercifully with a club, breaking his nose and several ribs and bruisinghisback and entire body frightfully. He is suffering very much, but will recover. A Highwayman’s Work. Austin, Unix., July 26. Last night about ten o’clock, in the heart of the oity, a highwayman relieved State Health Officer Swearingor and several other prominent citizens of their cash and gold watches. This morning he was still m the city, taking a paper from one of the carriers of the morning papers, and about eleven o’clock halting Mr. Rimple, a wellknown newsdealer, on the street. Just as he was about going through Rfcaple’s pockets he was frightened off by ap approaching team. Officers have been auc after him all day, but with little hopes of effecting his capture. The Verdict In the Polk Trial. Nashville. Tsnn., July 98. A verdict was rendered by the jury in the Polk case this morning at 9:90 o’clock. Polk was found guilty of ernbezzelment and his punishment fixed at twenty years in the Penitentiary—full extent of the law— and a fine assesed of $306,540.10. A large crowd was in the court-room when the jury entered, and all eyes were fixed upon the defendant. The verdict was reached last night, so a juryman stated to-day, and was unanimous on the first ballot. The present bond of $35,000 for defendant’s appearance will stand good until the final disposition

DOWN TO DEATH. A Frightful Calamity Befall* a Chureh Excursion Party from Baltimore, Mil — Sixty or Seventy People Lose Their Live*. BaltiAOrx, Md., July 24. A terrible disaster occurred at Northpoint Tivoli, an excursion resort on the Patapsoo, ten miles from this city, about ten o’clock last night, by which many lives were lost, the number being estimated between sixty and seventy. The accident was occasioned by the giving way of the center portion of the pier, on which seve,al hundred persons were congregated awaiting a boat to ret m o this city. The looolityjs a small bay, distant about twoS milts from Nortlipoint light-house. It was formerly known as Holly Grove, and was the Si st regular excursion place Stted up near the city about Sfteen years ago, and was the most popular resort at that time and for several years afterward. Yesterday’s excursion was given at Ti voli under the management of the Mount Royal BeneSt Society of the Catholii Church of Corpus Christi. The excursio as it went down on'the barge Cockade City was towed by the tug Amanda Powell. The targe was formerly an old canal boat vhich had been Stted up with several decks for excursion purposes, aud used as such for several years. Yesterday she made three trips, the last being made from this city between six and seven o’clock last evening, and reached Tivoli before te> , o’clock. During the day she had taken down about Bve hundred persons, and vn her last trip about one hundred. A large^, number of those who went down during*1 the day had remained, intending to return ou the last trip. When the barge approached all those on shore made a rush foi the end of the wharf, which is several hundred feet long, and were closely packed to gether at the gate, about twehty-Bve feet from the end, impatiently awaiting admittance through the gate. As the barge camalongside and struck the wharf, it suddenly andurithout warning gave way and a large portion of the crowd was precipitated into the water, whist^f is about ten feet deep. Many' were able to save themselves by Seeing toward the shones the outer end ot the pier crumbled and fell. Darkness added to the confusion and terror, and little could be done at once to rescue the drowning, most of whom were women and children. The Brst news of the disaster reached the city a little after two this morning, when the barge landed at Henderson wharf, bringing a number of bodies of the drowned. Sixty-Bve bodies had been recovered up to noon to-day and been brought to the city. All except four have been identiSed. Throughout the night many persons—fathers, brothers and friends connected with thejexcursionists—gathered at the Eighth Street wharf, where the barge usually lands, anxiously awaiting her arrival and apprehending disaster when the boat did not come in at her usual hour. As the hours wore on past midnight and there were yet no tidings of their friends, their fears were increased almost to conviction -that some dreadful accident had overtaken the party. At a later hour their fears were realized when the facts became known. As fast as the bodies were identiSed by relatives and friends they were taken to 1 heir respective homes. CfnidentiSed todies were carried to the Eastern police station—to remain until recognized or otherwise disposed oft Statements in regard to the immediate cause of the accident are conSicting. It is stated by some that the barge was already lying alongside the wharf and the gang plank had been run out., when it gave way.. and that it fell from the sheer weight of the crowd upon it. Others are of opinion that the wharf was carried away by contact with the barge.

FUKTUEK DETAILS. The Sun, in an extra issued after one o’clock, says: The boat had made three tri « to Tivoli. The morning boat took down TOO, the two o’clock boat 1,200, and the six o’clock boat seventy-five. This latter boat reached the pier at 8:20 and prepared to take, all hands back to the city at once, as requested by Father Starr. The excursionists, knowing this was the only boat, d ished along thb pier until thoy were stopped by a gato near the steamer. Some youths tried to climb over the gate, and a man and boy seated themselves on the rail, wtth their legs hanging. A sudden movement caused the rail to break, and the two w».fe thrown into the water. A commotion fol owed, and there was a sudden crash and a chorused shriek. Splinter* flew in every direction, and about 200 people were struggling among the timbers in eight feet of water. Tin noise and cries were so loud that wai ermen heard them two miles away. TTh 9e who witnessed the scene state it was sickening. The moon had gone down, and the only light was that shed by two feeble coal oil lamps. Some of the rescuers took barge lanterns and set them on the wharf. Two of them exploded and added fresh terror to the scene. Those on the decks of the barge threw life-preservers, stools and benches into the water. These struck a great many and knocked them insensible.. Others let down planks and ropes. Indescribable hopelessness and terror reigned, shrieks, curses, groans, cries for God to “Save us,” heartrending prayers for help. Darkness impeded the help rendered by those who jumped into the water. Big Fire in Memphis. Memphis, Tenn., July 81. At 4:80 o’clock this morning fire was discovered in the rear portion of stores Nos. 860 and 362 Shelby street, occupied by Brode 8s Co., commission merchats. An alarm was promptly sent in, but- before the engines arrived the flames had cont municated to 2,600 barrels of refined cotton soed oil, which was stored in the cellar and the second story of the building. The fire spread rapidly and soon enveloped the store of Stewart, Gwynne 8c Co., wholesale grocers, to the north and Shanks & Co., John Reid’s grocery and commission house on the south. There was stored BOO barrels of oil with Shanks 8e Co., which but added to the intense heat, which prevented the firemen from fighting the fire at close quarters, and they could only save the adjoining property. The losses, as far as could be ascertained, are: Stewart, Gwynne & Co., on stock of $60,000; insured for $50,000 in the Green & Beasley agency; on store, $15,000; insured for $12,500. F. A. Brod- 8s Co., $2,000; insured for $1,000. The 2,600 barrels of oil in the store, owned by the Globe Oilworks, valued at $60,000, fully insured. The building is owned by M. I*. Meacham, valued at $10,000; insured for $8,000. Other losses by parties having oil in stock. Total loss about $200,000; insurance, $159,000.

Suffocated In a Wheat Bin. Omaha, Nib., July 24. Fred Henderson, aged ten years, and Charles Snell, aged twelve years, while playing in a wheat bin at Hoag’s Elevator at Cherokee, Io., were drawn into the slide and suffocated. It seems that James Henderson, the father of one of the boys, pulled the slide at the bottom of the run to fill a oaf and finding that the grain did not come freely put his hand in to clear away the obstruction. In doing so he caught hold of a boy’s leg and the terrible fate of his child was soon discovered to him. The bottom of the bin was quickly cut out and the bodies of the two boys secured. Returned Alter Thirty Tears. BmnramxD, Mass., July St. V. L. Gunn is entertaining a brother, John E. Gunn, who he had not heard from for thirty years, and who was long ago given up for dead. The wanderer has been a sailor, visiting all points of* the world, and meeting many adventures. He has been shipwrecked three times, and once spent twelve days in an open boat on the Indian Ocean. The last day, just as Mr. Gunn and his companions were about to draw lots to see who of their number should be sacrificed to furnish food for the others, a sail tnfrwln sight awl they were tttftMM).

REPUBLICAN DISCLOSURES. Scraps of Political History—Scandalous Events Laid Bare—Hoar the Campaign of 1880 Was Ran—GarBeld's Duplicity. Hon. Stephen W. Dorsey has given to the press his threatened expose of the methods adopted in the last National corapaign to elect General Garfield to the Presidency. While much of the story is not new, having been already published, Mr. Dorsey gives it with an exactness of detail that makes it rather interesting rending, especially to such as believe that the late President was the personification of nplitical honesty. Mr. Dorsey begins his story with the assertion that; whatever there may hayp been that was wrong in the Star-rente contract system, the Republican managers in 1880 cither knew or suspected it Si, and were quite willing to avail themselves of all the advantages possible, and that General Garfield and the party managers many times expressed to Dorsey and Brady their deep gratitude for the money and aid they contributed. CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATION. When General Garfield was member Congress an investigation was ordered by Congress into the system of letting the Star-route contracts, and, at Brady’s request, he made a thorough examination into the whole matter, the result being that he assured both Dorisey and Brady that he was satisfied the system could be defended. Garfield also promised them that when the special appropriation that Brady asked for Should come before Congress he would both advocate and defend it, and he fave the most positive assurance that e would do all m his power to set them right. Later in the session, when the suDject came before the House, Garfield not only did not use his influence, as ho had promised, but on the final vote dodged responsibility by pairing, and left the city. It is believed by Dorsey that Garfield dodged the question from the first; that he had obtained information that he wished to use in the future, and did not desire to go on record by voting. THE CHICAGO CONVENTION. In the winter of 1880 a political club was organized in Philadelphia, the object of which was to defeat the nomination of both Grant and Blaine; It was engineered by Whaitoa Barker, and among the members was Wayne MacVeagh. At one of its meetings several names were suggested as Presidential candidates — Sherman, Edmunds, Hawley and Garfield—the latter's name being favorably received by all except MacVeagh, who declared Garfield’s Credit Mobilier record and DeGolyer complications made the proposal of his name absurd. Early in the spring of 1880 Barker told Garfield the position of the club as to his candidacy and MacVeagh’s opinion of it. Later Garfield met Randolph Tucker, of the House lo .by, andi in response to his question who would be nominated at Chicago, replied: “ I don’t know. It’s as likely to be me as anybody.” Sherman heard erf this, and* to counteract the scheme of Garfield, selected him to lead the Ohio delegat on, in the belief that Garfield would not betray him. Garfield’s manipulation of the Ohio delegation in his own interest was detected in the Convention by Cockling, Dorsey and others. Garfield was nominated^ and, at his earnest personal solicitation, Dorsey was made Secretary of the Naton.il Committee.

TRE CAMPAIGN. The campaign opened depressinsrly for Garfield on account of Stalwart disaffection. Dorsey was hopeful, but Garfield despairing. Money came slowly. The Indiana campaign was approaching. Brady and Dorsey believed money was the important factor in that important campaign. Dorsey held that money could not be raised without a quid pro quo. Garfield consented, and the Fifth Avenue conference was arranged. The conference was held, and to conciliate the New York Stalwarts Garfield promised Levi P. Morton the Secretaryship of the Treasury. Duplicate memoranda of the bargain was made and preserved. This secured the support of the New York Stalwarts, but no money. Another agreement was made by which a syndicate of bankers were to control, for a small commission, the refunding of the Government five and six per cent, bonds, and in consideration of such a privilege they were to contribute funds to the campaign. Within a week they contributed $500,000 to the campaign funds. Operations have since shown that mil1 lions were made by the syndicate for their part in the corrupt bargains made with Garfield. But Grant, Conkling and Cameron were yet lukewarm, and a visit for them was arranged at Mentor, which resulted in Conkling and Grant taking the stump. In September Dorsey went to Indiana to organize the State, taking with him $400,000 raised in New York, which found its way into local committees’ hands in new twodollar bills. The result was that the Democrats were snowed under in Indiana. Jay Hubbell called one day on Brady and told him the Star-route contractors ought to contribute at least $400,000 to the campaign fund. Brady said they were willing to do so if Hayes would so modify his order as to permit it Hubbell saw Hayes upon tne subiect, but he refused to comply with Brady's suggestion. Brady was tnen asked if he would contribute if Garfield should request it Whiie he had little faith 5u Garfield, he finally consented to comply with such a request from Garfield and the “My Dear Hubbell” letter, that has since become famous, was written and Brady contributed to the

iunus oii tne campaign. THE SUPREME COURT JUDGESHIP. The leaders discovered that Jay Gould had contributed $50,000 to the Democratic funds. He was applied to to help the Republicans but declined, saying he had no interest in a campaign headed by a man who denounced him on the floor of Congress as a corrupt man, which Garfield had done in the Black Friday investigations. Gould’s remarks were reported to Garfield, who lost no time in making a suitable apology and explanation. This, in a meassure, satisfied Gould, who then explained that he had no other interest in politics than to see the acts introduced into Congress bv Mr. Thurman declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. Mr. Garfield wanted Gould assured that J it came to his lot to n< minate a Justice of the Supreme Court he would take great care to see that no man with views antagonistic to those of Gould should be nominated. The result of this bargain was that Mr. Gould contributed oco hundred and fifty thousand dollars ito the campa gn fnnds. Gould’s man was Stanley Matthews, and he was nominated and confirmed. Through these various bargains and sales an enormous campaign fond, amounting to taro million dollars, was raised. THE ROBERTSON IMBROGLIO. In March, 1881, Senator Conkling occupied the first and the Vice-President the second floor of a building on Fourteenth street, in Washington. Both of the’Ww Tori Senators ind tine Vk*. I

President were known to be out of sympathy with the Administration, and Mr. Garheld was anxious to conciliate them. Mr. MacVeagh, the AttorneyGeneral, undertook to bring it about. A consultation was had between MacVeagh and James, and the New York members in Mr. Conkling’s parlor, at which MacVeagh acted as Garfield's plenipotentiary. Mr. MaoVeagh pr raised. in the nameof the Presiuent. that Mr. Conaling should be consulted in making the New York appointments, but that friends of the President were not to be punished simply because thev were enemies of Conkung. MaoVeagfi ’•told Mr. Conkling he might depend f upon the appointment of Stewart L. Woodford as District Attorney, for which the Senator did not care, and on the other appointments that were sent to the Senate the Monday following, with the exception of MacDougall for Marshal. Air. Conkling at once protested against the refusal**# reappoint MacDougall. MacYedShwasasked whetlier Robertson wasto be appo.nt<ad to the Now York Custom-House, and gave the most positive assurance that ho change should be made in that office, and that no important appointment should be made without a consultation. This announcement was satisfactory to Mr. Arthur and Postmaster-General James, but not to Mr. Conkling. It was fonr o’clock in the morning when the conference broke up, and Conkling, Arthur and James agreed to call on Garfield Sunday night. The agreement was kept, and Garfield was most profuse in L is friendship, assuring Mr. Conkling there was nothing that he would not do to please the Stalwarts of New York. He insisted, however, that Robertson should not be puished for his treachery at Chicago, and Conkl ng urged that he should not be rewarded for it. In this interview Garfield exhibited such a manifest liking for Robertson that Conkling feared he would be appointed to the Custom-House in New York, and denounced him again. Garfield apologetically retreated from his

position, ana oegan look.ng lor another place for Robertson that would satisfy W hi tela w Reid and other friends of Blaine in New York. Garfield suggested giving him the District-Attorney-ship, to which Conkling obeeh-d. It was finally agreed that Garfield should reappoint MacDougall, and Conkling gave his prom se not to oppose Robertson’s confirmation to the Dis-trict-Attorneyship. The interview ended pleasantly, the .President repeating the assuraniA MaeVeagh had already given, that he would not make any change in the CustomHouse until the three men then present had been consulted. He was so happy that he walked to the door of the White . House with his guests, repeating the assurances of his friendship. James and ArthurWere satisfied, but Conkling was not, and in answer to the suggestion that he did net think the President would keep his word, repl cd: “I trust that he will, but there, is no perfidv of whioh I think him incapable.” !the> next day (Monday) came the first nominations, and on the next, Robertson’s. The President bad broken his word. Neither the Vice-President nor Mr. Conkling had been not’fied of the intended appointment. The first notification that the Vice-President Jiad was when he opened the envelope containing the nomination brought to him by the President’s private Secretary. Mr. Dorsey says the violation of the agreement was Owing to the fact that Mr. Blaine, through Will am E. Chandler, had engineered a movement in New York that prevented the nom nation of General G ant, and that it was done through Robertson, who was the man who made Garfield’s nomination possible. That the men who had helped Garfield get Gould’s subscription in New York wrote and telegraphed urging him to give Roberts >n the reward he would have received had Blaine been nominated and elected, and he did it. GARFIELD AND DORSEY. With the rupture of friendly relations with Conkling and Arthur, James and MaeVesgh plunged into the Star-route investigations, xhe news reached Dorsey at his ranch, and he hurried to Washington. Garfield heard him all through, and, putting his arm around him, said: “Steve, old boy, don’t worry; go back to your ranch.” Dorsey departed satisfied- blithe soon learned McVeagh was working to secure his indictment, and he sought the cap tal again. In an interview with Dorsey the President told him not a step was taken without his knowledge, and furnished •. him with a copy of all the evidence against him. In the first report of the progress of the investigation the name of Horsey and all allnsions to his connection with the Star-route system had been stricken out. Dorsey and Brady both had a strong friend in the Administration.—N. Y. Sun.

Clean Hands Wanted, ••Come right in! Dirty feet won’t hurt my house.” This was what Judge Hondly, the Democratic candidate tor Governor of Ohio, sa d to the hard-working laborers who made up a portion of the la go crowd attending the serenade tendered t6 him last week. When the doors were thrown open and the people were invited to enter the house, these honest sons of toil looked down at their muddy boots and modestly hesitated to accept . the invitation. The Judge noticed the pause and cried-. “Come right in! Dirty feet won’t hurt my house.” The Tribune ‘quotes the remark, and sheers at it as “Judge Hoadly's invitat on to the unwashed. Republican politicians and Republican organs turn their backs on boots bef rimed with the stains of mortar, brickust and earth. But they seize with the grasp of friendship hands begrimed with public robbery, ofheial rascality and Congressional dishonesty. Thev have no “invitation” for the ‘ unwashed.” But they throw open the doors of the White House to venal sneaks of Credit Mobilier and tender seats in the Urn ed States Senate to th > worst of looby corrupt.onista The Democratic party is “tue party of the unwashed.” It laughs at the sneers of the Republican organ. It glories in the title. Like Judge Hoadly. the Democracy - throws open the doors of its political house ana invites in the sturdy sons of toil who wear cowhide on their feet instead of calfskin. It extends a hearty welcome to honest labor. It has a place in the old homestead for the poor, the oppressed and the suffering without regard to race or color. It upuolds the dignity of manhood. It dees not worship money kings. It does not bow to monopolies. It does not care about broadcloth and patent leather. It has more respect for the honest workman's jacket than for the dress-coat of the rich Republican rascal. The dirty boots of the laborer will not hurt the Democratic house. • But there is no place within its doors forth# dirty hands of high-toned public plunderers - - i inftikrtr • _ u H. uuicisrpei ■!* ww#e