Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 October 1883 — Page 6

The Republican. RENSSELAER, INDIANA. t G. E. MARSHALL, c Puuusheb.

THE NEWS CONDENSED.

the east..-*'** ■ Aw assignment for the 'benefit of creditors was filed in New York by F. Mayer & €a, dealers In woolen goods, whose liabilities are said to exceed 11,000,000. Preferences to the amount of $516,000 were given. ....Levy Bros. A Co., clothing. New York, have failed. They gave preferences for SOOO,OOO. but have assets reaching nearly $2,000,000. Their liabilities are placed at from $1,800,060. to sl,»>uo,wo New Haven, Ct, was the scene of a $40,040 rolling-mill conflagration which threw some 125 handsoutof employment... .The cornerstone of the Burnside Memorial Hall at Bristol, B. L, was laid by President Arthur, Judge Colt delivering the oration. At a lunch which followed at the residence of Gov. Bourne, the tablecloth and silver used did similar duty at a reception to Washington in 179 a Section B of Steinberg’s elevator at Buffalo, filled with grain, was burned, causing a loss of $155. uw) The boiler of the steamer J. S. Robinson, lying at an Albany dock, exploded, killing three persons instantly, and wouuding many others Craft lying contiguous to the Robinson were badly damaged. The shock of the explosion resembled an earthquake. and caused consternation in the vicinity. There were many narrow escapes from death.... .Blair Brothers, proprietors of- the carworks at Huntington. Pa, have become insolvent. Their assets are valued at * 310,0 u, and their liabilities will aggregate s2i 0,0(10... .Homier beat the fastest tiu eemile time on record at the Hulton (Pa.) regatta. going over the course in twenty minuteß and three seconds. Jaw-Eye-See won the purse of $5,000. at Fleetwood park, New York, by defeating St, Julien in straight heats. The line of spectators extended for two miles, and the equipages numbered 5,000. The betting was very heavy, at SIOO to SOO in favor of St. Julien. Toe tirst heat was made in &:80.>*, the :econd in 2:18-.:, add the third in 2d a ....The jury in the llose Ambler case returned a verdict at Stratford, (It. that they were unable to say who killed her, but from Lewis' connection with her, they “think suspicion points toward him.” “ i THE WEST. '♦ ~ Lyman Blair, a prominent Chicago merchant, met his death in a tragic manner. He had arranged to go hunting, and had hia gun in*his sleeping apartment Immediately after lunch he went to his room, and the report of the weapon was soon beard The muzzle must have been close to his mouth as his false teeth were shattered and his tongue burned. The upper portion of his head was blown off; the room was besmeared with his blood and brains, and one eye lay on the bureau The jail at Ashville, Ohio, was consumed, and an unknown inmate perished in the flames. The Santa Fe road last week sold at. -$3.19 per aere, all iis lands from Topeka westward for 150 miles... .At Osakis, Minu,, on the Manitoba road, the boiler of a steam threshing machine exploded, killing four men and dangerously injuring two..,’.Sitting Bull is in a slate of uncertainty as to which of his two wives he will give tip, and the ceremonv of receiving him into the Catholic Church has been indefinitely postponed. ■■ •*'-•'• ~ . The Illinois Stats Fair, which was held this year- in Chicago, proved a great financial success, the Attendance far exceeding that at any rrbvious exhibition. Over 50,000 people n*fu admi Ssion to the 1 grounds in one daj7"“All methods of convevonce to and from the grounds w ere strained to the utmost capacity in the effort to furnish transportation to the great throng of humanity. It is said that Chicago has not been so crowded since the Knights Templar Conclave was held there three years ago. The north express train on the Eel river branch of the Wabash and Detroit railway, when near Peru, Ind.y on the night of the -Bth ult, was boarded by three men wearing dark masks over their faces. They confronted Burt Loomis, the messenger of the Pacific Express Company in his ear, leveled revolvers at his head, and demanded the keyi of the safe. The robbers overpowered him, and beat him with the butts of their revolvers. At last he surrendered "%e keys to the safe. He was then bound and agag placed in his mouth. The robbers then opened the safe, abstracting some $15,00.) in exnress packages, besides other valuables, and jumped from the platform, locking the express car behind them. When the train reach Peru the agent and others forced the doors and found the messenger insensible, Telegrams were immediately sent in all directions.

Near Shakopee, Minn., the broken section of a freight train on the Minneapolis and St Louis road ran into another division, telescopirg some cars, and instantly killing the engineer, fireman, a brakeman and a cattle driver.-.. .The Northwestern. Rifle As Bociation's annual tournament closed at Fort Snelling last week, the Minneapolis team again winning the association's champion badge, defeating the Ch cago and Milwaukee teams,i..Nearly au inch of snow fell at Owatonna, Minn.. on the 28th ult Three men attacked an A., T. and Santa Fe passenger train at Coolidge, Kan., for the purpose of robbing the express car. Engineer John Hilton, for refusing to stop the train, was shot dead, and the fireman was severely wounded The express messengers, however, repulsed the bandits after several shots had been tired, one slightly injuring Messenger Peterson. The robbers were pursued and arrested.... The Conway Manufacturing Company’s sash, door and blind establishment at Milwaukee was destroyed by fire. The loss is estimated at ♦1(0,000. The insurance amounts to ♦94,(00. Three members Of the fire department were seriously hurt while attempting to check the progress of the flames... .An explosion at the California jpowder-works at Stege’s station, near San Francisco, the scene of several recent disasters, resulted in the death and horrible mangling of forty Chinamen out of a working force of forty-two. One white man was injured 4t fUrelbyville, Ind, a house of ill-fame was •eton fire, and two of the inmates —Flora Garrett and Maggie Wells—who were sleeping -in a back room up-stairs, perished in the flames.... The Illinois State Fair, held at Ch'cago, realized about $40,000 from tickets and $3.0p0 from privileges. The expenses were about ♦£5,000, leaving a handsome sorplua 'v- ' THE south. George Laelere, a colored man, who died in New Orleans at the age of 110 years, claimed to have been Prince of a tribe of negroes in Guinea, and was a fullgrown man when brought to the city and sold as a slave in 1603. He served Paul Laflere in the War of 1812, and cared for his aons In the Mexican campaign Before the rebellion he was freed and given money enough to sustain him comfortably. A Fort Smith (Ark.) dispatch re- > porta that between Chllder'n Station and Webber’s Falls. Indian Nation, while Deputy United States Mnvhal* Beck and Merrill were attempting to arrest John Bark and a Cherokee named JohnM. Jacks, whisky peddlers, both officers were killed. Merrill was in with revolvers. B&rk osc&pod. ■

While the brothers, Samuel G., William O. and Thomas Rogers, were taking depositions at Blue Lick, Ky., in their father's will contest, Samuel, who is President of the Farmers’ Bank at Carlisle, drew his revolver and shot his two brothers, inflicting mortal wounds. William is aSt Louis lawyer and Thomas is a farmer. The fratricide claims that he thought bis brothers were about to tire at him. . ..The hangman closed the career of three negroes at Chathapi, Va., who waylaid a white man on his why to market with vegetables, and of a colored man at Savannah, Ga, who killed a sailor. At a camp-meeting near Winston, N. C., the appearance of a large number of moccasin snakes caused fifty ladies in the congregation to faint Several persons were bitten before the men could kill the reptiles WASHINGTON. Maj. Gen. Pope, now commanding the Department of the Missouri, will probably sueeeed Gen. Sheridan in command of the Military Division of the Missouri, which includes, besides the Department of Missouri, the Dejiartment of Dakota, Texas, and the Platte... .Gen. Sherman has fixed upon the Ist of November as the date upon which lie will turn over the command to Gen. Sheridan and practically retire to civil life, although he will not be placed on the retired list of the army until the Bth of February. ....D. YV. Glassie. of YVashmgtay has been disbarred as a patent attorney before the Interior Dejiartment on account of irregular practices The following message was received by President Arthur in answer to the President’s congratulations upon the opening of the Central and South American Telegraph Company’s lines: “The Emperor and Empress of Brazil thank the Pre ident and Government of the United States, and in returning their salute concur with tiiem in the assurance thatAthe new channel of direct communication mien between the two countries via Valparaiso and Galveston will contribute to the mainten- . anee of the happy relation existing between them and to their material benefit” The only excitement in Washington just now is over the Civil Service act The Civil Service Commissioners and the heads of departments are at logger heads, and there are all kinds of opinions as to what the law really means... .Ex-Secretary Blaine has leased his new and palatial Washington residence to L. Letter, of Chicago, for a term of years. The readjustment affects the salaries of 2,170 Postmasters. Eorty-four offices have been added to the Presidential list, and twenty-five Presidential offices have been reduced to the fourth class,’ leaving the number of Presidential post offices Oct. 1 2,175, with salaries amounting to $ ’,750,009 Every part of the country is included fn the readjustment The changes in some of the larger offices are noted below: Present Salary* as Name of office. salary-. Adjusted. St. 1 Louis $4,000 *O,OOO Chicago 4,000 6,000 Cincinnati U.ooo 5,000 New 0r1ean5..................Unchanged Knoxville 2,6)0 2,900 Louisville. 8,500 2,600 Memphis 8,000 8,300 Chattanooga. 2,500 2,T00 San Francisco 4,<>00 6.000 Pittsburgh 3,900 3,800 Omaha 3,000 3,300 Detroit! ", .77T7"3,800 3,-TOO-POLITICAL. The Greenback State Convention in Massachusetts was attended by 375 accredited delegates. Ben Butler was nominated for Governor and John Howes for Lieutenant Governor without the formality ofa vote. Howes declined to serve, and joined with- other prominent GreOnbackers in calling a new convention at Worcester lor Oct 16.

Bf.n Butler was renominated by acclamation for Governor of Massachusetts in the Democratic State Convention. 'William A Simmons, in seconding the nomination. said the blue blood and cavaliers must go down. Frederick O. Prince was selected for Lieutenant Governor.... .The Republican State Convention of Nebraska nominated t M. B. K. Reese for Judge of the Supreme Court The Republicans of Maryland met in convention at Baltimore and nominated Hart B. Holton, of that city, for Governor by acclamation; Washington Smith, of Dorchester, for Comptroller, audit S. Matthews, of Baltimore, for Attorney General. The resolutions adopted cordially approve of the course of President Arthur, but declare that grave abuses continue to exist in the administration of the State Government, and that the rulers must be dethroned.... r lhe New' York Democracy held their Convention at Buffalo, and disposed of the business for which they met, without a row, though there w r as some wTangliug among the contesting delegations. Isaac H. Mavnard w r as nominated for Secretary of State, Alfred C. Chapin for Comptroller, Robert A. Maxwell for Treasurer, and Dennis O'Brit: n for Attorney General. The platform denounces taxation-to rai#ua surplus fund for distribution among the States by the Federal Government, and heartily indorses Gov. Cleveland's administration. The ascertained views of forty-one Republican mombers elect of the next Congress, says a Washington correspondent, indicate.that the party as a whole oppose a reopening of the tariff question at the next session. The views of the seventy-nine Democratic members indicate that their party will favor a further revision of the ' tariff and liberal appropropriations for the Mississippi river, mav favor the abolition of the internal revenue, Land a large majority favor’free tobacco. Most of the seventy-nine refuse to oxpiess themselves on the Speakership" question, but to the extent that they have done so Carlisle seems to be the fdvorite. Hiscoek is the favorite Republican candidata ——— ■ ■■■' 'v GENERAL. The worst storm of the season occurred on the night of Sept 24, on Lakes Erie, Ontario, and Huron, Several vessels went to pieces and sank, the property, losses will foot up a large amount, and there was some loss of life... .The Chief Superintendent of the Panama Canal reports that it will be finished in 18518, Next month (300,1 X 0 subscriptions of £OO francs each will be offered at 285 franca Col. George Knapp, President of the St Louis Republican Company, died on board a steamer from Antwerp, en route home. He was born in 1814, in Orange countv, N. Y., and entered the office of the Republican at the age of 12 years. He participated in the Mexican war as a Lieutenant in the St. Louis Grays. Two months ago he went to the Kissinge'n springs in Bavaria The hurricane which visited Nassau. N. P., and that vicinity on the 7th nit. de-troyed hundreds of vessels and caused great 10.-s of life. A Nassau dispatch says'the list of lives lost can only be partia'ly obtained. Fifty-three have been so far rejtorted, but it i 6 ttfought many more have perished. Joseph Medill of the Chicago Tribune, was a witness before the United States Senate Sub-Committee on Education and Labor. The chief cause of the impecuni- | oils condition of the masses of laborers in I tbit country be attributed to their ow n improvidence! The only way to improve them was to teach them' to save. Too much of the earn ngs of laborers was spent in liquor and tobacco. It had been calculated that the amount annually spent by the laboringpopulation in drink was $40(5,000,000. ana at least ♦2OU,OJO,(XX) more was spent in cigars, tobacco, and useless amusements j What the country wanted, he said,. 1 more industrial schools should • ■ 'T~ l !~TT “

be established in very large cities, where education in technical arts could be obtained In speaking of the railroad question the witness said some mean)) should be adopted for securing a uniformity, of rates. Railroads should uot be permitted to exercise the power of arbitrarily changing the value of ull products of the country. Both State and Federal legislation should- be employed to remedy this evil The capitalization of many railroads was fair in excess of the cost of construction of the roads, and ; they were annually tleecing the people of •the country out of millions of dollars in profits. The revenues of the Dominion of Canada for the past'year were $35,888,384, and the expenses of the Government $22,805,229, leaving a surplus of $7,083,105, exc usive of the amounts received from the sale of lands in the Northwest Territdries. The school-slate market is in a bad way on account of overproduction, and the the manufacturers have been brSeretDtO take a sixty-days’ rest... .There were 104 failures in the United States reported to Jtraihtrect'x during the week ending Sept 20—thirteen less than the preceding week, nine less than the corresponding week of 1882, and fifty-two more than the same week of 1881-.,. ..Mrs. Diana Colphus, aged 115, died at London, Ont She was a- negress, born in Kentucky in 1768. The base-ball season closed on the 30th of September. Boston wins the championship of the National League from the Chieagos, which has held it for the past three years; Philadelphia captures the American Association flag, while Toledo will next year fly the new Northwestern League penant The following table shows the games won and lost this season by the eight clubs comprising the Nations* League:

a-ow o-a ai'OihJ o o p- r> S':a o S’S- a SJffl fffri =7=3 2 s is- h- oigig clubs. ? 3 gvgl;. o’ 3 i : g \t ■ :*• §§lHa I m 805t0n...,....,. 7j 810 7 711014 63 Chicago. 7 j 7, 6 9 9| 9 fgs9 Providence 6 7j—; 6 7 9 1211:53 Cleveland .] 4 8 8 Buffalo 7 5| 7i 7 New Y0rk........... 7 8| 5; 6 sj—j 6 1246 Detroit ,4! 5j 2| 5; 5! S -11 40 Philadelphia 0 » 3; 2j 5 2 317 Games lost ,|35 31>140;42 45 50 ss’Blj

Figures of the failures for the third quarter of 1882, compiled by R G. Dun <fc Co., of New York, show a great increase in the number of mercantile disasters, as compared with last year. The number of failures in the quarter just closed is 1,803, with liabilities of $52,000,0.0, while for the same quarter of 1882 there were only I,LOG, with liabilities of $18,000,000. For the first nine months of 18n! the failures reported number 0,4-10, as against 4,.v.t7 in the s ime period last year. The liabilities for the first nine months of the present year are $118,000,000, as against $09,000,000 for 1882. In Canada the failures for the nine months of 1888 are ov.er 1,( 00 in number, as against 597 in 188’.'. The liabilities for the first nine months of the present vear are $11,000,000, as against s.\(Oo,OJd in the same, time last year. TO REIGN. O’Donnell, the avenger, appeared in court at London, Sept. 25, with, his counsel, Mr. Sullivan, M. P., while the crown Tvas _ i :^jresented'Tjj r Mrrp : oland. able testimony was taken, including that of Carey’s son, most of it going to shojv that the assassination of Carey was premeditated, ’and that O'Donnell subsequently gloated over his work and proclaimed that he was ‘•sent to do it ” The prisoner was closely guarded to prevent a rescue In a duel at Paris between Baron Beaufort and Viscount-8t Armuud, the latter received serious wounds....A railway train was thrown from the track in RoiimSma, and a large number of passengers were maimed or killed... .Simeon C. Hadley, Alderman for Castle Baynard w ard, w-as chosen Lord Mayor of London. At Dungannon, Ireland, Thomas Power, O’Connor and Small, members of Parliament, visited Unchnaclay Market for the purpose of holding a political meeting. They were unable to speak, however, as a body of Orangemen took possession of the town and compelled them to remain within doors. The Orangemen held a meeting in the principal street. Shouts of “No home rule;' were raised, and cheers for the Queen given. The mob announced its intention of keeping possession of the town until O'Connor and Small withdrew", and declared they w-ould remain up all night to prevent the Parnellites from erecting a platform. bands played throughout the night, and great excitement prevailed.... The official report of the fatalities consequent upon the late earthquake in Ischia states that 1,990 persons were killed and 374 injured. Premier Ferry and the Marquis Tseng are still holding conferences In the meantime the Black Flags are reported as having abondoned Sontay and several Mandarins Have acknowledged their submiss on to French authority. China’s reply tc France's memorandum is said to have been rmiiMAd&iiEiUfa. rejecting -several, of the French proposals A dispatch from Hong Kong discredits the reports of impending troub-e at Canton.,.. The third marriage in St. Paul’s London, since 1758 was celebrated the other day, the contracting parties being the Lord Mayor’s daughter and Mr. Aitkin. The great bell was rung on the occasion.... .CbaTea Bradlaugh has written to Sir Stafford Northeote to the effect that he will demand his seat when Parliament assembles, and charging Northeote with causing the trouble arising from the prevention of Bradlaugb exercising his legislative rights..... The head of Capt Reviere, who commanded the Fieneh forces in Tonquin, together with the heads of thirty sold ers killed in the sortie from Hanoi, have been recovered.... Turkey is about to inform the powers that if Bulgaria lapses into a state of anarchyv the Porte will step in and preserve th« peace... .Nordenskjolds Artie expedition ha* arrived at Gottenberg, Sweden. In the presence of 250,000 people on the Niederwa’.d, the statue of Germania was unveiled, amid the booming of cannon ringing of bells, shrieking of whistles, and the singing of the national anthem by the vast gathei ing. The statue cost 1, OCO,OOH marks, and the inscription commemorates the Franco-German war, aud the reestablishment of the empire l in 1870-71. A counter demonstration was held in Paris before the “Strasbourg’’ statue.... Crotty, an Irish landlord, who had been w ounded several times previously, w as shot dead-near Ballina, County Maya.... The Salvation Army i- in trouble again—this time in Savoy! where its meetings have been prohibited on pain of expulsion. O’Donneli, the murderer of Carey, was re-examined at London, oh the 28th ixlt. and fully committed for trial. Young Carey's evidence was rather contradictory, and he admitted that he was not quite sure that O’Donnell used the words “ I was sent to do it,” but Mrs. Carey was firm on this point, and the cross-examination left her testimony intact The Irish National League of Greal Britain held its Convention at Leads Thomas Power O’Connor presiding. A heated discussion resulted in the demand ol the London delegates vto enlarge the Ex costive Committee, and its membershi{ was finally increased to ‘seven.... .A Na tional League meeting wai held at Omagh, upon which ocean on the Orangemen aisc held a demonstration. There were nc disorders The Orangemen denounced the league as seditious, and called,

** -lawiwinrainiat upon the Government to suppress the meet inga....one sheep out of a cargo of I.OOC from Canada having been found affected with scab on landing at Liverpool, the,authorities ordered the slaughter of the entire invoice When King Alfonso of Spain arrived at Paris he was met at the depot by a large concourse, who hooted and hissed at him, shouting, “Down with the Uhlan King!” The clamor and insulting cries were kept up in all the streets through which the .King passed...,. In an interview the other day O’Donneil, the slayer of Carey, de lared that he shot his man in self-defexise... .Bartholomew Binns, a railway plate-layer of Dewsbury, England, has been appointed public executioner, to succeed Mutwood.

ADDITIONAL NEWS.

Inquiries from many persons as to whether they could be compelled to pay for newspapers sent to their address without authority have teceived the followihgruling from the Postoftice Department: “Theliability of a party to pay for a newspaper must be determined by the rules applicable to other contracts. When a publisher without request from a party, either express or implied, sends a t aper. the mere, fact that the party addressed takes the paper from the postoflice does not of itself create a liability to pay for it It tabes two to make a contract and one party without the consent of the other cannot make him his debtor.” t It is telegraphed from Washington that since November last the redemption of 3-per-cent bonds has caused a contraction

of the currency to the amount of $10,600,i, and that the banks are trying to devise some means of relief. The Hamilton County (Ohio) District Court has made a decision as to the liability of diocesan church property to pay j the debts of the late Archbishop Purcell. The decision is in effect that schools and churches built by subscription are not liable in any sense, as the Archbishop was simply trustee, except where it is known that ihe Aichbishop li mself contributed, aud this special amount, with interest, the ass’gnee can i ollect Regarding the cemeteries, the I court held that they were not dedicated to the public, and such lots as remain unsold should be disposed of for the benefit of, the creditors. Mr. George B. Loring, Commissioner of Agriculture, announces a convention of the representatives of all classes in- > terested in the animal industries of the United States, at Chicago, Thursday and Friday, Nov. 15 and Hi next Theie will be a discussion concerning contagious diseases among domestic aniutals. The following topics will be introduced: 1. The extent to waich contagious diseases exißt among domestic animals in this country. 8. The modes by which they are introduced or ‘ disseminated 3. Methods by which they may be eradicated, or infected districts be isolated. 4. The efficiency of existing legislation relative to such diseases It Is desired that this convention may be national and thororghly representative in its character. ...Out of a j population of 10,000 at Tapachula, Mex., j, have died from black smallpox.... Coleman Broliners, dealers in clothing, of New Y ork, and San Francisco, have made an assignment, in the latter city, with probable liabilities of .SBIO,IOO. Mobs in the streets of Madrid insulted Frenchmen and threatened the French Embassy, because of the indignities j 'uffmedrAtfonstrirrUaifß' —At many gather- j tags held strong speeches against France ; were made. It is now stated that the Span- i. ish Kingsapj ointment was a completesur- j prise planned by Kaiser Wilhelm, and with j which Bismarck had nothin.:, whatever to i d 0... . Nihii-ff orc-lars have appeared in St • Petersburg demanding that the Government : prevent the : cruel treatment of prisoners, | especially women. THE Athletic Base-Ball CJal)', of Philadelphia, won the championship of the American Association, and ou returning home the members found the city half draped and illuminated in them honor, j Broad street was so choked that the players could scarcely reach their, carriages. The ; MVyor received the procession at Independ- I ence Hall While engaged in joint political debate with Judge Kinne, at Do Witt, lowa, Gov. Sherman, was'seized with an apoplectic j fit, and for some time stood dumb before the assembly. Friends saved him from fall- j lug. ' | —During apolitical quarrel at Liberty, : Miss., Eugene McElwee killed Sheriff Whit- ■ tagton. A large number of persons at once gathered about the scene, one- of whom shot the murderer dead,— “I like company well enough,” said j Mrs. Planetung, “but I’m not going to put myself out too much. I believe in -f looking after one’s own comfort first.” ; “That is to say,” remarked Fogg, ! “that you follow the custom of the shop sign and put your company last. ”—Boston Transei'ipt . “Oh, sho was a jewel of a wife !” said Pat, mourning oyer the loss of his, better-half; “she always struck me with the soft end of the mop!” •

THE MARKET.

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POLITICS.

Meeting of the New York Democratic State Convention. The Maryland Republicans Nominate a Ticket and Adopt an Elaborate Platform. Butler Renominated by the Massachusetts - Democrats and Greenbackers-The Nebraska Convention. NEW YORK DEMOCRATS. the state convention disposes op its wobk WITHOUT A BOW. The Democracy of New York held its State Convention at Buffalo. As John Kelly, the Tammany chief, entered the hall, he was cheered by the Tammany and Irving Hall delegations in the gallary. The delegates arrived in a body, no preference being shown to any distinct body on admittance Alfred C. , Chapin, of Kings county, was made temporary Chairman. Loud applause greeted the roll-call when the name of Samuel J. Tilden, .Tr, was reached. A protest against the admission of the New York county Democracy delegates was referred to the Committee On Contested Seats, who decided to give the county Democracy 38, Tammany Hall 24, and Irving Hall in delegates. Thomas C. Benedict, of Ulster county, was made permanent Chairman. The Committee on Resolutions made the following report, and it was unanimously adopted: . g . The Democracy of New York reaffirms the platform adopted at its last State Convention, which has received the approval of the people, as shown by a majority.of nearly 200,000 at the last election; and the}' "especially denounce the pWipusition that the people should be taxed to raise a surplus fund for the Fedeaal Government to distribute among the States. We claim with pride and satisfacti n that every pledge therein made has been in good faith redeemed. Valuable reforms have been wrought, useless offices have been abolished, the civil service has been freed from the debasing and injurious influences of partisan manipulation, freedom and purity of the Drimaries have been secured, political assessments have been abolished, receivership abuses have been co reeled, the principle of local self-government has been affhered to, the efficiency of the National Guard has been Increased, taxation for the support of the Government has been reduced, a State Bureau of Labor Statistics has been established, the rights of the workingman have been further protected, and the injurious competition of convict labor has been curtailed, and business methods have been the rule in the management of State affairs. On the record thus made, and to which it will steadfastly adhere, the Democratic party asks a renewal of the award of the confidence of the people. We invite with reason all friends of an improved State administration, irrespective of party, to join with the Democracy in .preserving and perfecting the reforms in progress and in extqndiing them' to all branches of the State service. ' We heartily Indorse Gov. Cleveland’s administration. It justifies the great vote which elected him. He has deservedly wouthe affection of the people by his industry, firmness and intelligence and aggressive honesty. The resul s make his administration oue of the best the State ever had. Isaac H. Maynard was nominated for Secretary of State, Alfred 0. Chapin for Comptroller, Robert A Maxwell for State Treasurer, and Dennis O’Brien for Attorney General It was agreed that the State Committee shall have the power to decide who shall be a member from a district where there is a tie vote, except in .New York city. On motion of Mr. Grady, of Tammany, it was. decided that the county Democracy shall name four of the members from New York county, Tammany Hall three, and Irving Hail one

MARYLAND REPUBLICANS.

THE STATE CONVENTION—A LONG PLATFORM. There was a large attendance at the Maryland Republican Convention, in Baltimore. Ji Morrison Harrison presided! - Hart" B. Holton, of Baltimore, was nominated by : acclamation for Governor; for Comptroller, Washington Smith was named; and R Stockett Matthews was nominated for Attorney General A colored delegate pledged 40,Ut0 black votes for Holton. After long deliberation, a platform of principles was adopted The platform is very elaborate. It approves of the administration of. President Arthur, alleges abuses in the aministratidu of the State Government, and declares that only Republicans can bring about reform. It recommends the abolition ox the office of Tax Commissioner and the transfer of its duties to the Comptroller; the abolition of the offices of weighers-of grain atgd hay, and the repeal of the’law for the compulsory inspection of tobacco. It also inset ts in its entirety the minority jeport at the late Democratic State Convention. It recognizes the right of laboring men to form conibinations for protection, and points to the policy of promotion of the Republican party. It holds that colored schools should be placed on an -equality with w-hite schools, opposes the convict-labor contract system and freight' discriminations against the citizens of the State. ; It declares “that there is no reason to doubt that for eight’years past the people of Maryland would have been in the full enjoyment of the measures of reform they demanded;had not the voice of the majority been stifled; the legally-expressed will of 72,000 voters contemptuously ignored, and the decision of the counties of the State overridden by the grossest outrages aifd by false and fraudulent returns In the city of" Baltimore, and they further declare that if there is any force in law or virtue, in positive, manly resistance, the iniquities of 1875 shall not he repeated ” Mr. Holton, the nominee for. Governor, is a prosperous farmer and member-elect to the next Congress from the Fifth district

MASSACHUSETTS GREENSACKERS.

NOMINATION of butler The Massachusetts Greenback State Convention met at Boston, and was presided overby Levi B. Pierce*, of Lynn, and disposed of their work in short order. B. T. Butler was renominated for Governor by acclamation, amid great enthusiasm, after which tbe resolutions were read. The preamble denounces both the Republican and Democratic parties, especially the former. The platform demands the repeal of all class laws; no subsidies for corporations; equal rights for men and women; the election of all public officials, as far as practicable, by a direct rote of the people; a graduated income tax and taxation of all other property in equal ratio; no more refunding of the public debt in such a manner that it cannot be paid when the Govment has the money to pay with; discontinuance 'of tho hoarding policy; demonetization of gold and silver as domestic currency, and the issue instead of full legaltender paper currency; withdrawal of the power of issue from the national banks; removal of the tariff monstrosity; that prison labor should not be allowed to cheapen honest labor; that euffraae shall be free to all; larger appropriations for common schools; shortcqi hours of labor, and the regulation of commerce by Congress so middle-men cannot raise prices; prohibition of Employment of children under 14 years in mines and' workshops; equal pay for e;jual work of men and women. The platform oloses with an extreme eulogy of Gov. Butler. \ Great applause followed the reading, and the resolutions were adopted. The remainder of the ticket was then nominated as follows; Lieutenant Governor, John Howes; Secretary of State. Nicholas Furlong; Attorney General, George Foster; Treasurer, Wilbur F. Whitney; Auditor, A. H. Wood. Objection was made to Foster, as he was npt a lawyer, but a delegate said in Butler they had all the law necessary, and it made no matter who was Attorney General The

ticket was adopted unanimously. The State Committee was authorized to fill any vacancies by well-known Greenbackera ; ;;.l r -J- I. •--•rr—v MASSACHUSETTS DEMOCRATS. BUTLEB BENOMXNATED. The Democrats Of Massachusetts met in convention at Springfield, and was organ- ’ ized by the election of Edward Avery as Chairman. There was some noise and confusion over the mode of appointing the State Central Committee, and one protesting delegate, who forced his way on the platform, was unceremoniously hustled off. After this episode the proceedings passed off quietly. P. A Collins nominated Butler for Governor. William A Simmons, in the course of his speech seconding the nomination, said: “The blue bloods and the cavaliers must go down. The gentleman who presided oven the Republican State Convention is one of the esthetic representatives of Beacon Hili, and Ids course there i.lustrates how easy it is to descend from the position of gentleman to that of blackguard. ” Butler was then unanimously nominated. The' committee appointed to nominate the remainder of the 1 State ticket reported as fol—r — Lieutenant Governor—Frederick O. Prince. Secretary of State—Charles Marker Treasurer and Receiver-General—Cavily H. Ingalla Attorney-General—John "W. Cummings. Auditor - John Hopkina The following resolutions were adopted; - The Democrats o fMa'-sachusetts, in convention assembled, enter upon the campaign with the calm assurance that the people of the State will record a more glorious victory than that of 1882. The national outlook for 1884 is cause fji congratulation, and the signs of coming triumph arp everywhere apparent. W'ith a ma.joricy in the Lower House of Congress, with a Democratic Governor in twenty-five States, all we need is harmony and an unbroken front in every section to again place in power that good old Democratic party, under which, for more than half a century, the country showed a degree of progress such as has never been equaled by any nation in the world. <e 1. We reaffirm the platform of principles adopted by the last Natio al Democratic Convention at Cmc nnati, anti believe that its adoption by the people will correct the manifold, abuses now existing in the administration of public affairs, and bring back the Government to the purity and efficiency which characterized it under Democratic rule. 2. We reaffirm the principles of the State platform of 1892, which were indorse 1 by the" people of the Commonwealth. We believe in the supremacy of the nation and the integrity of ■the State; in equal rights, without limitation, race or sex; in impartial freedom of the ballot; in honest and economic expenditures in the State and nation; in thorough reform of the civil service, in which fitness, not favor, shall regulate appointments;: in a tariff limited in amount to a sum necessary and adequate for revenue; abolition of excessive war taxes in these days of peace; in a still further reduction of extravagant State expenditure. We oppose - all sumptuary laws which infringe sacred rights aud personal liberty; favor the introduction of boards of arbitration for the purpose of reconciling differences between employers and employed, ami in order that a better understanding may exist between capital and labor and a more healthful condition of industrial interests be brought about: and we commend to the careful consideration of the Legislature the necessity of a law which pill secure to all employes compensation from their employers for any personal In uries they may receive while in the discharge of their duties, i 3. The investigation of affairs at Tewksbury has disclosed incompetent supervision exercised over that institution, want of proper Hystem in accounting for public money appropriated for its support, and indifference to human sufferings. The fourth resolution is also devoted to Tewksbury affairs, and, after reciting the abuses developed therein, approves the energy and perseveranoe shown by Gov. Butler to prevent waste and secure economy in State institutions. The fifth resolution, commends Gov. Butler to the people of the State as the only volunteer soldier ever elected Governor oi Massachusetts, and urges his re-elee ion After the nominations were made, Gen. Butler was brought in. He received a tremendous ovation, and went on in an hour’s speech to recount the features of his administration. Tewksbury, the exposure in the insurance department, and changes in th« management of the State’., .prison, were the main topics discussed. He made the most of the subserviency which the llepublican Executive Council had shown in ratifying his actions, and promised still more sweeping revelations another year. He said: -I have no question about my own re-election, but I want you to elect a Democratic Legislature, aud then we will make a thorough cleaning out.” ~ , Referring to his Presidential candidacy, he took occasion to say that he was willing to put off next year s events for the proper time He indulged in few personalities, In marked contrast with those who proceeded him, who singled out and denouncedjjeveral leading Bepublicans oh the score of being rich and blue-bloods He declared that the campaign would he fought by the Republicane as two issues—“ Butler must go, aud the Marshes (who ran Tewksbury) must come back. ” “I may go,” he -went on to say, “but if anywhere, it will be to Heaven for what I have done in the Tewksbury matter.”

NEBRASKA REPUBLICANS.

THE STATE CONVENTION. The Republican State Convention ol Nebraska met at Lincoln. Church Howe, of Nemeha county, Was chosen President by acclamation. The convention proceeded at once to ballot for a candidate for Supreme Judge. On the tenth ballot M. B. P. Reese was nominated for Judge of ..the Supreme Court M. Ji Hull, J. M. iiyatt, J. T. Matlalien and E. P. Holmes were nominated,for Regents of the University. The platform, which is of the stalwart Re-pub.ican character, was received and adopted with enthuOlasm. It favors a proper protection of tariff and;a State Railroad Commission; advocates the-forfeiture of unearned railroad land grants; opposes allowing cattlemen to secure large tracts of public lands; indorses the administration of Pres dent Arthur, and advocates the improvement of the great rivers of the West and South.

GLEANINGS.

The population of Egypt is 6,728,300, Capt. Webb is to have a monument at the spot on. the Severn where he first saved a life Grand Secretary-elect Turner, of the Knignts of Labor, will remove that body’s offices from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia. He Will employ fifteen clerks. A curious well is said to be In Missonis county. Montana It contains but eighteen inches- of water,, which never lowers an Inch, though water Is constantly pumped from it to supply a steam boiler. At a depth of thirty feet solid Ice forms around the pipe in the hottest weatner. As a strong draft of air comes from the bottom, the well is supposed to tap a subterranean channel ** Mr Francis J. Sabine, of Toronto, is the father of a little 2-months old daughter, who possesses no less than twelve toes on her two litt.e pedal extremities There are six toes on each foot, four small and two big ones. The whole twelve are perfectly formed with sound joints. The child’s ears *. axe also peculiar, being both naturally perforated in the lower part, exactly the place from which ear-rings are hung. ~ The following curious Inscription appear* on an ancient tablet in the Cathedra; of Lubec: “Ye call Me Master, and inquire not of Me; Light, and look not on Me; the Way, and follow Me not; the Life, and desire Me not; Rich, and ask nought of Me; Eternal, and seek Me not: Merciful, and trust Me* not; Noble, and serve Me not; Almighty, and honor Me not; Just, and fear Me not If I condemn yon, blame Me not* . Col. George R. Perkins, of Norwich, is the oldest business man in Connecticut. He is in his 95th year,and is Treasurer of the Norwich and Worcester Railroad Company. His recent order to ticket agents concerning _ trade dollars reads as follows; “The trade dollar, so-eaUbd, is generally refused in payment, and you -wjll please not receive mem. They were intended for China, and it is inexpedient to delay their departure for the place of destination."