Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 September 1884 — Page 6

The Republican. RENSSELAER. INDIANA. Q. £. MARSHALL, - - PuBUBHra.

THE NEWS CONDENSED.

THE EAST. Db. Darwin Porter claims that Kate Snralzey, ■who is alleged to have fasted at Fort Plain, N. Y., for nearly ninety days, is humbugging the people; that she is afflicted with St. Vitus’ dance, and that he is convinced she partakes of some food and drink daily—enough to support life.... The exports from New York last week exceeded those of any previous week of this year, and are valued at $8,565,957, against $6,683,277 the previous week. Eiolfif thousand coal miners are engaged in the strike in Pennsylvania, and not more than 1,000 men are at work. The ■women have organized a “tin-pan brigade.” and greet the non-unionists with a serenade on pans, kettles, etc., when they leave work in the evening., . .The Cambria Iron Company, which gives employment to 5,000 men, announces that wages will next month be reduced 10 or 20 per cent., with a corresponding allowance in coal and routs to employes. Twenty thousand persons saw the special race at' Sheepshead Bay, L. 1,. between Dwyer Brothers’ Miss Woodford and Lorillard’s Drake Carter, the distance being two and a half miles, and the stakes $5,000 a side, with $2.000 added by the Association. Miss Woodford won easily by ten lenfhs' in 4:28.3, j| seconds behind the best record. . . The “Molly Maguire” Society is said to be again in operation in sections of Pennsylvania, ana the names of citizens, mine operators, and bosses are alleged to have been placed on the death-list of the organization. The assassination of two Hunga-

rians recently and the burning of col- ' liery property is the accredited work of the "M011ie5.”..., ..Both arms of Priddy, the oarsman "who was defeated by Morris at have been paralyzed, and ugly rumors are current to the effect that he has been poisoned... .Rindskoff Bros., clothiers, of New York, have failed. The liabilities are estimated at $900,000, It is claimed that the assets are $1,100,000. .. .In the races at Mystic Park, Boston, Young Rolfe, valued at $15,000, ran away, and fell dead near the ■judges’ stand, having ruptured a bloodvessel.... Peters & Co., wholesale dry goods at Syracuse, N. Y., failed for $125,600, mostly due in New Y’ork. F. A. Leonard, a base-ball pitcher of Boston, became incapacitated for duty some months ago. The surgeons removed his shoulder blade and a portion of his collar bone, ca.using him to linger in agony until death relieved him.... A factory at Wheeling produced 7,564 kegs of steel nails in fifty-five hours, last week, beating all records. .. .The Merchants’ Woolen Mill at Dedham, Mass., was burned, loss $75,000.

THE WEST.

In accordance with the proclamation of the Governor of Wyoming the Veterinarian and Executive Committee of the Stock Association of the Territory have issued a circular to the railroads and the public generally stating that no cattle froin the States will be admitted into Wyoming without a quarantine of ninety days, or longer if judged necessary. This nction, ’it is ex-' plained, is due to'a fixed belief that contagious disease exists among herds in various States, and importa--tion without quarantine might lead to its spread in the Territory.... A severe wind and rain storm swept over the section of country in the vicinity of Madison, Wis., and Galena, 111. Much damage was done to standing crops. Many farm buildings were unroofed and several bridges swept away.... .The foundry of the Peninsular Car Works, at Detroit, was burned, cansing a loss of $17,000. Forged indorsements to the amount of $25,000 have been confessed by Samuel Wannamaker, once a very wealthy citizen of Youngstown, Ohio, who fled last June. He recently returned in a penniless state and nearly dead from consumption, and . thought best to divulge the truth.. w .Fire at Detroit burned two planing mills and a number of stores and one dwelling, the loss reaching $50,000. The explosion of an oil tank injured two persons. One man broke a leg by jumping from a window, and another had his face badly burned..... Near Farmer City, 111., a passenger train was derailed and a number of persons injured, one or two fatally. Ex-Governor Hendricks, of Indiana, who was on the train en route to Peoria, escaped with a few slight bruises. Editor John C. Shoemaker, of the Indianapolis Sentinel (defendant in the Blaine libel suit), was injured internally and returned home. In the Blame-Sentinel libel suit at Indianapolis the defendants on Sept 18 filed a bill of discovery; Alter reciting alleged facts previous to Mr. Blaine’s marriage, they claim that no record was made of the marriage; that the officiating minister has been dead for years, and that as Blaine is himself cqgnizant of all the occurrences,, and as it will be necessary for them to prove illicit intercourse with the person to whom he was subsequently married to justify the publication complained of, they demand that the plaintiff answer the inteiTOgatories previously propounded; that the proceedings be stayed until answer is made; or, if no reply is returned to the questions, that the case be perpetually restrained. Statements are 6ent out from La Crosse, Wis., that the damage to wheat by rust is widespread, and that a Minnesota miller suffered heavy loss in New Y'ork on flour made from 6mutty wheat which he had cleansed.... .lYederick Band has been appointed receiver of the Indiana Banking Company at Indianapolis, to succeed J. C. S. Harrison, and the criminal proceedings against the latter will be stopped... .Leading citizens of Eau Claire, Wis., appeal to the public for aid for the sufferers by the recent overflow of the Chippewa River, and have appointed a committee to distribute contributions. J. B. Mobin &. Co.’s butter and cheese storage warehouse at Cedar Rapids, lowa, was destroyed by fire. The loss to building and contents is said to be $40,000... .Isaac Jacobson, the murderer of George Bedell, was executed in. Chicago with such mechanical precision that death was instantaneous with the fall of the drop. Several towns in Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana were shaken, on the afternoon of Sept. 19, by an earthquake of a few seconds’ duration, the oscillations being more perceptible in the upper stories of structures. Tableware wife dashed to the floor, furniture disturbed, and windows wrecked, alarming the inmates, *Jfbo, in

Ynauy instances, fled panic-stricken to the streets. At Detroit the intake was severely felt, and the river rose some inches; The Methodist Conference and Ladies’/.Missionary Society, in session at Defiance* Ohio, hastily quitted the building which they occupied; and the 4isturt>ance almost caused a panic at a reunion in Ottawa, Ohio. Children in the schools at Indianapolis became alarmnl, and occupants of railroad depots in the sections visited imagined that a locomotive hnd collided with the buildings. A rumbling souiul was heard in some places, resembling a distant explosion,’ Tremors were also felt in portionsof Canada, Kentucky, and West Virginia. and were so severe in the suburbs T>f Cincinnati as to terrify the children in the schools. The eminent tragedian, John McCullough, began ah engagement at McVieker’s Theater, Chicago, on Monday, in his great character of There are many who regard Mr. McCullough’s personation of the Roman father as the very crown.and flower of all his tragic embodiments. The great actor is supported bv a strong company. the principal members of which have long been associated with hijm > Buchman Bros., clothiers, of 4 Cincinnati, have made an assignment. Their liabilities are placed at $100,000.. .. .Bronson, Mich., was visited by a conflagration, and one side of two business streets was totally destroyed. Loss, $50,000.... .Incendiary fives at Cleveland in the same locality as the big fire of two weeks ,ago caused a loss of $250,090, with insurance of about tbe same..:.. By order of the State Veterinarian of Illinois, four horses afflicted with glanders were killed on the premises of J. W. Barber, of Decatur, after they had bben quarantined for thirty days .. .So stagnant is the lumber trade at East Saginaw that the Board of Trade resolved to ask the boom companies to suspend rafting for the season and the mills to shut down as rapidly as possible, thus closing business six weeks earlier than usual.... The steamers Morning Mail, Bonanza, and Lily, were burned at Cincinnati, involving a loss of about $60,000.

TIIE SOUTH.

1 Another Presidential candidate has been placed in nomination. W. L. Ellsworth, of Pennsylvania, is the nominee of the American Political Alliance. Charles 11. Waterman, of New York, is the candidate for Vice President on the same ticket The State Prohibition Convention of Colorado was held at Denver, a committee of fifteen being appointed to place a State ticket in the field. The Colorado Green-back-Labor Party also held their convention at Denver and named an electoral and State ticket, the gubernatorial candidate being John E. Washburn, of Larimer. They resolved to fuse with the Democrats. BARNEy McAtee, member of the City Council «f Louisville, —was kicked by a horse over the heart and instantly killed. William Harrison, a notorious horsethief, who was handcuffed and in charge of a deputy, en route to jail, jumped from a train which was moving at the rate of forty miles an hour, near Baltimore... .A horsethief was sentenced at Wilmington, Del., to pay SIOO restitution and S2OO fine, stand an hour in the pillory, receive twenty lashes, and be imprisoned for eighteen months.

WASHINGTON.

Judge Gresham f authorizes the statement that he expects to remain Postmaster General until March 4, notwithstanding the rumors that he had accepted the vacant judicial bench in Chicago. Washington is disturbed at the news that farmers in Virginia and Maryland, whose hogs are dying of cholera by scores, are throwing the dead carcasses into the Potomac River, which furnishes Washington its water supply. Cunalboatmeu report that the stench from the festering hogs is unbearable in portions of the upper river. The commission appointed by President Arthur to visit Central and South America will leave Oct. 10 for the City of Mexico, expecting to be absent six months. The horse of Alfred M. Scales, candidate for Governor of North Carolina, ran away in Jackson County and fell down a precipice. Scales was caught in a tree and received serious injuries.

POLITICAL.

JosErH O; Smith, Secretary of State of Maine, sends out the following figures as the footings of the vote for Governor at the recent election: Robie, 78,912; Redman, 59.061; H. B. Eaton. 3,137; Eustis, 1,190; W. A. Eaton, 97; scattering, 16. This shows -a majoritv for Robie over all of 13,411. One hundred representatives of the Equal Rights party gathered on a farm in Prince George’s County, Maryland, to ratify the nomination of Mrs. Lockwood for the Presidency of the United States. The candidate spoke on the necessities of woman suffrage and the evils of monopolies. Congressional nominations: Geo. West, Republican, Twentieth New York District; Lyman Coe, Republican, Fourth Connecticut; John G, Carlisle, Democrat, Sixth Kentucky: Lewis F. Payne, Democrat,. Thirty-third New York; Henry J. Cookingham, Republican, Twen-ty-third New York; Thomas M. Ferrell, Democrat, First New Jersey; C. C. Burnett, Republican, 21st Ohio; E. C. Carleton, Democrat, Seventh Michigan; C. A. Newcomb, Republican, Tenth Missouri; O. J. Atkinson, People’s party, Seventh Michigan; Joseph Rankin, Democrat, Fifth Wisconsin; L. A. Larson, Democrat, Eighth Wisconsin; W. O. Dallmeyer, Republican, Eleventh. Wisconsin ; R. R. Marshall, Democrat, Second Virginia; A. A. Ramsey, Republican. Third Massachusetts; John D. LoUg, Republican, Second Massachusetts! F. B. Grant, Democrat,Second New Jersey; John H. Rogers, Democrat, Fourth Arkansas; F. E. Shaw, Democrat, Second Maryland; J. H. Stickel, Democrat, Second Nebraska: Charles O’Neill, Republican, Second Pennsylvania; William D. Kelley, Republican, Fourth Pennsylvania; Allen Miller, Republican, Thirteenth Ohio; F. D. Ely* Republican, Ninth Massachusetts; J. F. Wait, Republican, Third Connecticut; 0. C. Clark, Democrat, Fourteenth John Atkinson. Republican, First Michigan; L. Ira Davenport, Republican, Twentyninth New York; Alex Graves. Democrat, Fifth Missouri; George West, Republican, Twentieth New York; H. C. McCoy, Democrat, Tenth Iowa; John Hailley, Democrat, Idaho Territory. The Democrats and Butlerites are to fuse in Pennsylvania. The electoral ticket will be made up of twenty-three Cleveland men and seven of Butler’s friends.

GENERAL.

At the business session of the Society of the Army of the Cumberland, at Rochester, ST. Y., a report was submitted showing that 4

, the Treasurer of tlie organization had on hand $25, (Ki1l for a national statue to Geq. riai-field. Congress has appropriated $90.000, and a suitable site is 1 to be selected by Secretary Lincoln. Gen.' Sheridan, and the .Chairman of the Monument Committee of the Cumberland Grand Army. I , Capt. Healy, commander of the revenue steamer Corwin, complains that large quantities of liquor aud breech-loading rifles are smuggled into Alaska by Pacific coast w haters and exchangedfor whalebone. He suggests that the Revenue. Collector be instructed to limit the allowance, of these articles- to each whaler... The American Association of Railroad Superintendents held its semi-annual Boston, with D. W. Sanborn, of the Eastern Road, occupying the chair. During the month of August of this year $10,455,530 worth of breadstuff's was exported from the United States, against $18,875,276 worth exported in 1883. For the first eight months of this year th§ value of breadstuff exports has been $96,003,250, against $114,230,476 for the corresponding period last year A mortgage of $5,000,000 on the*St. Paul Road has been recorded in New York, to pay for terminal improvements made in Chicago and Milwaukee and others to be acquired. .. .Schaefer challenges SloSson to two games of billiards, eight or ten-inch balk-line, for from SSOO to $2,500 a side, 800 points, one game to be played in Chicago, the other in New Y’ork. .. .The veterans of the Army of the Cumberland held their amiuul reunion at Rochester, ’ with Geu. Sheridan in the chair. The Department of Agriculture devotes a fair share of its September report to the subject of wheat-raising in India, and gives tables- showing that the rajfava-y freights-to-the seaboard in that country are 50 per cent, higher than those between Chicago and tidewater... .Fishermen along the north shore of the St. Lawrence and on the north side of Anticoste, are in destitute circumstances, and the Government is asked to render aid... .The Canadian Government is about to, authorize the laying of a cable from Sable Island to Halifax, mdistance of 130 miles. - 1 ,

The largest land sale in the history of North America has just been consummated in Mexico, where a tract in Chihuahua and Durango, larger than some of the New England States, was conveyed to a British syndicate for $1,000,000 cash. The property bad not hitherto been transferred for two centuries... .It is claimed that 500 Chinamen have made their way into Oregon from British territory within the last threemonths on the false pretense that they lived in America before the Chinese restriction: -'LTflr was passed.... The burning of the Grand Trunk car-shops and all its contents, at London, Ontario, involves a loss of $500,000. Mr. Blaine’s reply to the interrogatories propounded by the defense in the libel suit at Indianapolis were filed in the United States Court, at that c'ty, last week. Mr. Blaine states under oath that he was married “in Millersburg, Ky., on the 30th of June, 1850, in the presence of Sarah C. Stauwood and S. L. Blaiilc. The marriage was secret. Having doubt subsequently of its validity under the laws of Kentucky, which then stringently required a license from the Clerk of the County Court, I had the marriage solemnized a second time in Pittsburgh. Pa., on the 2‘Jth of March, 1851, in the presence of John Y T . Lemoyne and David Bell.” His first child, a son, was born on tbe 18th of June, 1851. In regard to tbe defacing of this child's tombstone, Mr. Blaine says: “I have not myself seen the stone since the first week in July', but bave reason to believe, and do believe, that since that date many letters and figures thereon have been defaced, and that the figure 1 in the year 1851 has been entirely removed. I hive no means of ascertaining by whom this was done, but have reason to believe, and do believe, that a photograph was taken of the defaced stone by the procurement of one of the publishers of the New Y’ork Age, a Democratic paper published in this city, and that copies of said photograph were sent to divers and sundry persons, including the publisher of the Indianapolis Sentinel, the defendant of this suit. ” Cot.. Dudley has tendered his resignation as Commissioner of Pensions, to take effect Nov. 10. He intends to go. into the banking business at "Washington. „

FOREIGN.

A mass meeting was held at Shanghai, China, which was participated in by all the British residents, to protest against the prolongation of hostilities between China and France. These hostilities, it was declared, were ruinous to commerce. It was resolved to urge the British Government to seek to bring about peace between the belligerent powers Admiral Courbet estimates the loss to the Chinese by the bombardment of Foo Chow at $10,000,060.^.... George Leybourne, Who was a popular comic singer thirty years ago in London, has just died in great poverty. There were 630 new cases of cholera in Italy', including 507 in Naples, on the 18th of September. Of the 341 deaths, 283 occurred in the same eity. Two thousand French troops effected a landing near Foo Chow and attacked the Chinese force stationed there, driving them inward and inflicting severe loss on them. The Chinese did not offer much resistance. ....Tire war party in has succeeded in obtaining the appointment of a colleague for Li Hung Chang, the Chinese Foreign Minister. Li Hung Chang is for peace. His colleague is ex?ected to counteract his efforts tis believed in London that England will permanently occupy the Soudan. Egyptlm securities have advanced .in price in consequence of this belief Earl Dufferin’s appointment as Viceroy of India is received with great favor by the Russion official organs. * *. Delegates to the International Copyright Congress, in session at Berne, signed the draft of the treatyfor the protection of literary and artistic copyright, the adoption of which will be recommended to the various powers. . It is reported that England is going to loan the Egyptian Government $40,000,000 to pay floating debts, the Alexandria indemitv, and the cost of works for the more extensive irrigation of the Nile Valley. Tnfe authorities of Limerick have decided not to pay the tax imposed for extra policemen appointed by the Government because the local protection against outrages was not deemed sufficient. Retorts have reached Cairo that Gen. Gordon recently fought two battles with, the rebels and raised the siege of Khartoum. Michael Davitt and Mr. O’Brien, of IJnited Ireland, addressed a large meeting at Castle Wellan, in the north of Ireland. Mr. Davitt’S speech created a sensation. He announced that he was second in command of the Irish National League, which

is fighting the battle of Irish liberty, and he appealed to his hearers, mostly Catholics, to lay aside their religions prejudices and to unite with their Protestant fellowcountrymen in the struggle for national self-government. It is understood that Mr.' Parnell and Mr. Davittt have settled all their differences.... .‘The Grenadier Band will .probably go to New Orleans tb attend the World’s Exposition. It is the finest in Epgland, and all of its members are regulail.V .enlisted men in the. British service. .. .The Catholic churches in the province China, have been destroyed. Most of the pastors were French missionaries. -i—_—

ADDITIONAL NEWS.

The French Consul at Khartoum confirms the report of the raising of the siege, and states that supplies of food can be obtained quite freely. Lord Wolseley telegraphed she British War Office to stop forwarding troops to Egypt, but work on the transports at Woolwich will be carried on. ....The weather in England continues favorable to the crops not yet harvested. Prices have again declined. The Governor of Kentucky refused the request of a committee of Cattle-breeders to convene the Legislature to take action as to the infected herd of Frjsbie I. Lake, and the latter now asks an appraisal in order that the afflicted animals may be killed at the public expense Newcomb, Buchanan & Co., an extensive Louisville whisky firm, have assigned. Sadie Robinson, a 12-year-old girl, abj sconded from her home in Framingham, Mass., a few days ago, taking with her $60,000 worth of bonds and diamonds belonging to her mother. It was her intention, she confessed on being apprehended, to get inarrie.d in Boston to a young man Uie loves, but whose name she refused to -ive. The valuables have been recovered. ... .In Washington County, Pa., drought is causing the death of cattle and sheep in large numbers. - George W. Lawrence, formerly a a banker in North Manchester, Ind., who escaped from the insane asylum at Indianapolis last month, was captured in Gasconade County, Missouri, a reward of SSOO having been offered for him. It transpires that he secured employment as traveling salesman for a St. Louis house, and was successfully conducting business.... Three men were killed and two others fatally injured by a collision of Hannibal freight trains near New Cambria, Missouri. The aggregate clearances in the principal clearing-houses -of the United States for the last week show a decrease of 26.2 per cent, as compared with the corresponding week last year, Outside New York the decrease was 41.6 per cent.; in New York the decrease: was 30.1 per cent.; and in Chicago 15.5 per cent... .Lightning caused a fire at Sand Lake, Mich., which destroyed a dozen business places, the loss being $20,000. At Bronson, Mich., two-thirds of the business section was burned, entailing a loss of $40,000. An entire block; including the Esmond House, was burned at Portland, Ore., the damage reaching $120,000, with $90,000 insurance. Ten buildings were consumed at Eureka, Ney., among them the Parker House and White Pino Bank, involving a loss of $70,000. Several wooden business houses at Lonoke, Ark., were swept away, the loss approximating $20,000. i The Middlesex Bleaehery at Somerville, Mass., was burned. The loss is placed at $200,000, while the insurance is but $68,000.

The Duties of a Servant.

"Mamma,” exclaimed a little girl, running into tlie bouse, “me and Willie wanted nurse to sit down and let ns puor sand' in her back, and "SShSE WCrtrldn’t: ■” ■■■■v; 1 :,■ “Certainly not. She did quite right.” “Well, that’s what you told her she was to do when she first came.” “I told her she was to let you and Willie pour sand down her back?” “Not exactly that, mamma; but you told her she was to mind the children.” --Xeic York Sun. i

Most fathers know by this time that a diamond pin, a brown-stone house, or even the highest test of respectability—an English dog-cart—are not guarantees that a man will be a good husband; yet a large majority of marriages are made because of similar superficialities. Freeman’s Journal. When we find that we are not liked, we assert that we are not understood; when probably the dislike we have excited proceeds from our v being too fully comprehended.— Lady Blessington.

THE MARKET.

NEW YORK. 8eeve5......... $7.00 ® 7.59 Hogs 6.00 @ 7.00 FLOUR-^-Extra....... ............ 5.50 @ 6.25 Wheat —No. 2 Spring .84 @ .8513 No. 2 Red .88 @ .90 Corn—No, 2. 6-i @ .64 OATS—White 85 @ .41 1 -Pork-—New Mess 17.50 @IB.OO CHICAGO. Beeves —Choice to Prime Steers. 6.75 @ 7.25Good Slapping .... 6.00 @ 6,50 Common to Fair.s.o9- @5.50 Hogs. . 5.50 @ 6.50 Floor—Fancy White Winter Ex 4.25 @4.75 Good to Choice Spring’. 4.00 @ 4.50 Wheat —No. 2 Spring 75 @ .76 No. 2 Red Winter 80 @ .81 Corn—No. 2 68 @ .64 OATS—No. 2 -.25 @ .26 Rye—No. 2 .58 @ .55 Barley—No. 2..: 67 @ .69 Butter —Choice Creamery 24 @ .26 Fine I>airy v It @ .20 .Cheese—Full Cream..... 11 @ .12 Skimmed Flat '.. .06 @ .07 Eggs—Fresh ..*. 17 @ .is Potatoes—New, per bu .25 @. .80 Pork—Mess 16.25 [email protected] Laud .07 @ .u7!f TOLEDO. Wheat—No. 2 Red............... .77 @ .79 Corn—No. 2 55 & .56 Oats—No’. 2 27 @ .28 MILWAUKEE. ’ Wheat—No. 2 14 @ ,75 Corn -No. 2. . ..- .50 @>-.55 O.vrs—No. 2. .28 @ .29 Barley—No. 2 Spring .00 @ .61 Pork—Mess..ls.so, @16.00 Lard. 7.00. @ 7.25 ST. LOUIS. Wheat—No. 2 77 @ .7S ! v> Cohn—Mixed so @ .51 Oats—No. 2 .27 @ .28 Rye :. .58 @ .59 PORK —Mess 16.25- [email protected] CINCINNATI. . Wheat—No. 2Red • ~77 @ .79 Corn. .53 @ .55 Oats—Mixed. ..' .27 @ .28 Pork—Mess..: 16.25 @16.75 Lard 07 @ .07 DETROIT. F10ur....: 6.00 @5.75 Wheat—No 1 White.... .80 @ .81 Corn-Mixed ..... ,53 @ .54 Oats—No. 2 Mixed.; .30 @ .81 Pork—New Mess. 18.00 @48.50 INDIANAPOLIS. Wheat—No. 2 Red, New .76 @ -.VS Corn—Mixed V:. .49 @ ,61 OATS —Mixed 26 . @ .27 „ \ EAST LIBERTY. <?ATTLE-8c5t:...... 0.50 @7.00 Fair..,,.., ,6,00 @6.50 Common Tt:..... Coo @p,(>o Hogs 6,25 @ 6.75 . Sheep.’. 4.00 @5.00

OF INTEREST TO FAMERS.

Report of the Condition of the Crojls in Europe. [Washington dispatch.] The report of the Commissioner of Agriculture for September has just been issued. It gives a very interesting report on the condition of the crops in Europe, India, and other foreign countries. In Eurbpe, as compared with: last year, the barley and oat acreages have fallen off 5 8-10 per, cent, and 2 8-10 per cent., respectively, and the slight gain of 2.4 per cent, in wheat has no significance beyond the fine condition of the land in the last sowing season. A dispatch to London from Calcutta expresses the opinion that India will be able to export 50,000,000 bushels of wheat to foreign countries this year. The Commissioner observes that the increase of exports from India from a few hundred thousand bushels per annum ten to twfenty years ago to 37,148,543 bushels in 1881-82, and 39,127,977 bushels of sixty pounds for 1883-84 (year ended March 31), has excited the attention of the wheat-growing countries. It is known that India pomes near to France and Russia in the Volume of wheat production, and that these countries have only one out-ranking competitor—the United States of America. The Commissioner speaks of the folly of attempting to “feed the nations of the earth.” He says; “The area in wheat is now 38,500,000 acres, and 12,000,000 acres are cultivated in excess of the wants of the country, the produce of which must be sold abroad, mainly in Liverpool in competition with the grain of Russia, of South America, of Austria, aud of India. It is seut 1.500 miles by laud and 3,000 miles by sea, and from California more than half round the world to compete with the half-civilized fellahs of Egypt and the slaves of India. It is a competition unworthy of American freemen, and utterly unnecessary* being caused by bad calculation in the distribution of crop areas, for while we export onethud of the wfftat production we import one-seventh of all the barley consumption and $100,000:000 worth of sugar at foreign valuation, which brings $150,000,000 in our local markets, in addition to the costs and profits of refining here. ”

ATROCIOUS VILLAINY,

The Nutt Family at Uniontown, Pa., Poisoned by N. L. Dukes’ Friends. [Uniontown IPa.l special. ] Intense excitement has been caused here by the discovery of an atrocious attempt to take the lives of the members of the Nutt family. The well from which the supply of water was drawn was poisoned by some unknown miscreant. Two of the young ladies are already dead, and other members of the family are dying. As far as can be ascertained, there is no apparent motive for the deliberate crime, and all efforts made thus far to trace the persons engaged in the horrible affair have proved a signal failure. The first intimation of the coming horror was the announcement last evening of the sudden death of Miss Annie Nutt, sister of Miss Lizzie Nutt, whose betrayal by N. L. Dukes was followed by the tragic death of the young girl’s father, and subsequently of Dukes, who was shot by Janies Nutt. This evening Miss Nellie Nutt, another of the sisters, expired, and news of her death was quickly circulated through the town, intensifying public opinion over the horrifying revelations. The water in the well is being analyzed, and the people—are siwaitin with intense anxiety the result of the examination. In the absence of any known motive for the crime the story of tho Nutt scandal and the events following it are being excitedly discussed, and although there may be no truth in it the theory is advanced that some friend of Dukes has resorted to this disagreeable act to avenge his killing by the brother of Miss Lizzie Nutt. Young James Nutt, the avenger of his sister's honor, who is at home, and also his sister Lizzie, were bath made ill, but their condition is not critical.

THE PEACE OF EUROPE.

The Conference of the Three Emperors Settled for the Present. [Cable dispatch from Skiemiwice, Poland.] The Austrian Emperor conferred the Grand Cross of St. Stephen upon Grand Duke Vladimir* Do Giers, and Prince Lobanoff, He also presented Gen. Janjutin, commander of the regiment of which he is honorary Colonel, with a gold -snuffbox set with diamonds. In making his adieus the Emperor of Austria kissed the hand of the Czarina three times ,*and kissed the Czar, thanking him for. his exceeding amiability. Deafening cheers followed the Austrian Emperor until his carriage was out of hearing distance. Tuesday evening the royal party attended the theater. The -Emperor of Germany conducted the Czarina, who was adorned with Prussian decorations. The Emperor of Austria conducted the Grand Duchess Maria Paulovna, and the Czar and other members of the party followed. Russian, Polish, and Austrian ballets furnished the entertainment. The imperial spectators retired to tea after the second act. TCable dispatch from St. Petersburg.] The Journal de St. Petersburg says the recent meeting of the three Emperors at Skiemiwice secures lasting peace in Europe. The principles of unity, conciliation, and appeasement now replace all isolated action, and remove all uncertainty as to tomorrow’s events, thus exercising a favorable influence upon the political and social world. This Security, says the Journal, is not based upon any abstract theories, but upon practical unity interests.

CHIPS.

A Minneapolis man has a pet hog which follows him wherever he goes. Alvan Cl.ark, most noted of telescope makers, has completed his eightieth year. The British Government spends about $5,000 a year in the photography of criminals. “Extra Billy’’ Smith, once Governor of Virginia, has just celebrated his eightyseventh birthday. In Philadelphia there is a sect of religious believers who worship a woman under the belief that she is a “daughter of God." The woman died not long ago and her heirs are now disputing as to her possessions. Israel Coe, of Waterbary, Conn., is the only survivor of the State Legislature of 1824, of which he was the youngest mem- ! her. He is 90 years old, in full mentaEfcnd i physical vigor,'and is not a Prohibitionist Mr. Moody, with his by no ifleank silen t partner, Sankey, is at work at Portland, Me,

BLAINE WRITES A LETTER

Explaining Why Two Marriage Ceremonies Were Performed. [New 1 York telegram.] Hon. William Walter Phelps takes the responsibility of giving to the publio the following private letter addressed to him nearly two weeks ago; „ _ ' r ' Augusta, Me., §ept. 6. My Dear Mr. Phelps: I have your favor of the 4th advising me that “the continuous inventi°n and wide circulation of evil reports render it advisable (in your judgment) not to wait the slow process of the law, but to speak directly to the public in my own vindication.’’ In this opinion many others on whose judgment I rely concur. : I shrink, instinctively from the suggestion, although 1 feel sure I could strengthen the confidence of all who feel friendly/tb me by bringing to view the simple thread of truth which Is concealed in the endless tissues of falsehood. You can imagine how inexpressibly painful it must be to discuss one’s domestic life in the press, although I think with you that under the circumstances I could count upon the generosity of the public to justify a statement which otherwise might seem objectionable. I can, in any event, safely commit the facts to you for personal communication to those who have taken so delicate amd so considerate an interest in my affairs. The leisure hours of to-day, when our campaign is ended, and we wait only for the •,lection, gives me the opportunity for this prompt reply and for the following essential details. At Georgetown, Ky., in the spring of 1848, when 1 was but 18 years of age, I first met the lady who for more than thirty-four years has been my wife. Our acquaintance resulted at t he end of six months in an engagement, which, without the prospect of speedy marriage, we naturally sought to keep to cmrßeives. Two years later, in the spring of 1850, when I was maturing plans to leave my profession in Kentucky and establish myself elsewhere, I was suddenly summoned to Pennsylvania by the death of my father. It being very-doubtful if I could return to Kentucky, I was threatened with an indefinite separation from her who possessed my entire devotion. My one wish was to secure her to myself by an indissoluble tie against every possible contingency in life, and on the 30th day of June, 1850, just prior to my departure from Kentuoky, we worn, in the presence of chosen and trusted friends,' united by what I knew was in my native State of Pennsylvania a-perfectly legal form of marriage. On reaching home I found that my family, and especially my bereaved mother, strongly discountenanced my business plans as involving too long a separation from home and kindred. I complied with her wish that I should resume, at least for a time, iny occupation in Kentucky, whither I returned in the latter part of August. --- —-— During the ensuing winter, induced by misgivings, which were increased by legal consultations, I became alarmed lest a doubt might be thrown upon the validity of our marriage by reason of non-compliance with the law of the State where it had occurred, for I had learned that the laws of Kentucy made a license certified by the Clerk of the County Court an indispensable requisite of a legal marriage. After much deliberation, and with an anxious desire to guard in the most effectual manner against any embarrassment resulting from our position—for which I alone was responsible—we decided that the simplest and at the same time the surest way was to repair to Pennsylvania and have another marriage service performed. This was done in the presence of witnesses in the city of Pittsburgh, in the month of March, 1851, but was not otherwise made public, for obvious reasons. It was solemnized only to secure an indisi utable validity—the first marriage being by myself and my’wife always held sacred. At the mature age of 54 Ido not defend the wisdom or prudence of a secret manrlage, suggested by the ardor and the inexperience of youth; but its honor and its purity were inviolate, as I believe, in the sight of God, and Can not bo made to appear otherwise .'-by the wicked devices of men. It brought to me a companionship which has been my chief happiness from boyhood’s years to this hour, and -has crowned me with whatever success I have attained in life. My eldest child, a son, was bomjn his grandmother’s house on the 18th day of Jhne, 1851, in the city of Augusta, Me., and died in her arms three years later. His ashes repose in the cemetery of his native city, beneath a stone which recorded his name and the limits of his innocent life. That stone, which had stood for almost an entire generation, lias been recently defaced by brutal and sacrilegious hands. As a candidate for the Presidency I knew that I should encounter many forms of calumny and personal defamation, but I-confess that I did not expect to be called upon to defend the name of a beloved and honored wife, who is a mother and a grandmother; nor.did I expert that the grave of my little child would be cruelly desecrated. Against such gross forms of wrong the law gives no adequate redress,-, and I know that in the end*my most effective appeal against the unspeakable outrages which I resist must be to the noble manhood and noble, womanhood of America, Your friend very sincerely, James G. Blaine.

STATE OF TRADE.

But Slight Improvement In Business—Brailstreet’s Report. [New York special.! Bradstreet’s Journal, in its commercial summary for the week, says: The telegraphic advices to BradMreei’s this week, although telling of slight advances at some points, again fail to reveal any decided improvement in the general trade situation. The cooler weather has stimulated the demand for heavy dry goods and clothing. The seaboard cities send no news of special moment, save that at Boston a belief appears to prevail in an early improvement in the dry goods movement. General trade at Boston is reported more satisfactory in volume than in prices. Going west, Cleveland complains of the flat iron market, j while St. Louis notes a slight improvement in iron. The San Francisco correspondent tells of quicker sales of dry goods, but sends no other goofi word. At St, Paul wheat has been somewhat lowered in grade, owing to injury by rain. The price at Fargo for No. 1 hard is 53 cents and at Grand Forks 51 cents. The Minnesota farmers are persisting in their refusal to sell. At some Western points the farmers are borrowing money, where possible, and hoarding their grain. The coal trade shows an improvement, and iron is unchanged, save as regards the better demand reported at St. Louis. The iron men are awaiting developments in the coal trade. y ‘ . The New Y r ork dry goods market has been helped by the cool weather. Cotton continues neglected by speculators, and spots and futures have had a further decline. Dispatches to Bradstreet’a from Texas indicate that the weather has continued too dry over a part of the State. Trade in wool has been less active, but there has been no weakening of prices at any point. x

THIS AND THAT.

G. G. Semes, the Republican nominee for Congress from Colorado, ie said to be worth $500,000. A Wheeling man tried to kill himself because he dreamed his sweetheart had borne a negro baby. The numerous visitors to a big fair have almost unanimously voted that Mifcs Cherry Johnson is the prettiest girl in Ban Francisco. An English manufacturer advertises that his safety matches may be eaten by children with positive benefit to their appetite and digestion. Along the New England coast the Queen Anne, style of summer cottages is being superseded by the Dutch style of the seventeenth century. , The Shah of Persia, in return for the courtesies Bhown to him while in Paris, has presented the municipality with two camels of a variety no larger than Shetland ponies. The death is’announced at Buenos Ayres of Nicholas Anchorene, who has left $12,000,000. He owned an enormous pastoral property which carried 152,000 cows and 400,000 sheep. ’ ■ f Maj. Shekky is the name of a prominent Prohibitionist in Poitland, Me.