Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 November 1884 — Page 2

The Republican. RENSSELAER. INDIANA. — . E. MARSHALL - - Publishes.

THE NEWS CONDENSED.

THE EAST. Some students in the Industrial Institute at Worcester, Mass., recently led a horse up two flights of stairs to the chapel. Twenty-eight members of the classes have been suspended for refusing to confess the details. ..Three masked men entered the house of Capt John Morrow, an aged invalid, at Mansfield, Da., bound two ladies of the family with ropes, and carried away SSOO in money and some valuable property.... The community at Trenton, N. J., was shocked the other morning by the report, subsequently confirmed, that the Rev. Henry E. Williamson, rector of St. Paul’s Church of that city, and a son of ex-Chancellor Williamson, of Elizabeth, had taken his own life. According to the statements of friends, the deceased had for some tithe suffered from acute mental depression. Counterfeit $lO bills on a Cincinnati bank are plentiful at Camden, N. J., and Wm. L. Thompson, an engraver, was arrested at Philadelphia as being one of the coiners.... Services commemorating the one hundredth anniversary of the consecration of Samuel Seabury, the first American Episcopal Bishop, were held at Trinity Church, New York, and Christ Church, Hartford.... King & Upstou’s glue works at Peabody, Mass., were burned, causing a —loss of $90,000, with insurance of $70,000. Rebecca Jones, for many years housekeeper for the Hammersleys, in Fifth avenue, New York, was last May sent to Ludlow street jail for contempt in refusing to answer questions in the famous -will case. After remaining in prison with a parrot for six months, she has petitioned to be sct-rit liberty ... .The losses incurred by the Hocking Valley strike are reported at $4,011,000. ....Miss Nancy Gould, of Portland, Me., who recently died, willed to the Government a house and lot worth $2,000, to be liked in paying the national debt. The Solicitor of the Treasury will sell the property.

THE WEST.

Gen. WM. S. Harney, the oldest officer in the United States army, being 84 years old, was married at St. Louis to his housekeeper, Mrs. Marie St Cyr, a widow 45 years old. She has been the old General's housekeeper some twenty-odd years—about as long as he has been on the retired list. The General's first wife died before the war. He has . two daughters manned to —Counts in Europe Wreckers opened a switch on the Ohio and Mississippi, near Vincennes, Ind., causing the death of Gad Fairbanks, the oldest engineer on the line.... The failure is announced of the Pioneer Lumber Company of Eau Claire, Wis., with $250,000 of debts, mainly in Chicago and Milwaukee. Governor Crosby, of Montana, in his annual report, to the National Government, estimates the increase of population of the Territory during the year at 4,000, and the present population at 84,000, He says the cattle in the Territory number over 000,000, and the value of taxable property which does not represent one-quarter of the ■wealth of the Territory is between $50,000, - 000 and $60,000,0(H). In other directions, Montana is steadily increasing the value of her material resources, and she will at an early day apply for admission to the Union as a State... .Three robbers attempted to break into a store at Tiosa, Ind., when a watchman who had been posted inside, fired two loads of buckshot, killing one of the burglars almost instantly, and wounding the second severely. The third man was found dead in the woods a short distance away. ....Robert Standring and his wife were discovered dead in the house on their punch, seven miles from Pine Grove, Colo., in small station on the South Park Road. The circumstances indicate that they were murdered for their money. Standring was one of the Colorado pioneers and •quite wealthy and widely known .. .. By the wreck of a freight train, near Ashland, Ohio, two brakemen were killed, and (the fireman, who jumped into the creek, .was seriously hurt... .The explosion of ten ions of giant powder, at a point four miles .from Toledo, was heard forty miles. Windows were broken in the city and limbs were blown from trees

A National Convention of cattle growers was held at Chicago last week, and was largely attended. A National Association was formed, and a committee appointed to attend the St. Louis convention with a view to bringing that body under the provisions of the organization. Resolutions were adopted indorsing the work of the Bureau jpf Animal Industry, and especially commending. the ability and energy of Prof. Salmon, it? chief. **> f In the Probate Court at Chicago Judge Knickerbocker, after hearing the testimony of Austin L. Patterson, A. S. Trude and F. C. McClenthen, subscribing witnesses, refused to probate the will of Wilbur F. Storey, dated Feb. 1, 1881. The reason assigned is that the testator was not of sound mind and memory at the time of making the will. On the petition of Anson L. Storey, Mr. A. L. Patterson was appointed by the court administrator of the estate, and gave bond in $1,000,000 for the performance of his duties.... Judge Brewer of the United States Circuit Court at Omaha, has rendered a decision denying the right of the Brighton Ranch Company to fence in about 52,000 acres of Government land and sustaining the Government’s right to remove the fences at its pleasure... Doxey’s Opera House (which cost $60,000), a number of business structures, and a livery stable containing horses, vehicles, etc., at Anderson, Ind, were destroyed by fire.... During a Democratic jubilee at Wellington, Kan , Mrs. John Schnarr was killed by a sky-rocket, and two other persons were seriously wounded... .The Grand Trunk warehouse, freight sheds, and five cars at Mount Clemens, Mich., were swept away by fire, with $25,000 loss. The explosion of a kerosene barrej which was thrown on a bonfire on West Quincy street,” Chicago, fatally burned six children, and injured and burned several others. Runnel and Adam Poole, brothers; Eddie and Aggie Burke, brother and sister; Annie Ward, and a little two-year-old son of James Daly were fatally and horribly burned and bruised. Mary Jane Burke and Stephen Hasse were slightly burned. The explosion was caused by the formation of gas in the empty kerosene barrel rised to feed the flames of the bonfirq. Four of the children were removed to the County Hospital and the others to their homes Josraflm Demlow and Caroline, his wife, were found on their farm near Chicago, the latter dead and the former unconmfioua from several wounds upon the headL It is not expected that th* fermer can recover. The murder-

ous deedfe at<? supposed to have been committed by tramps .who* were seen lurking about the neighborhood.... The Supreme Court of Utah has refused to grant writs of habeas corpus in the case of Clauson and Evans, the polygamists/and they were sent to jail.

THE SOUTH.

A frightful railroad accident occurred at Hempstead, Texas, on the Houston and . Texas Central Railway. The north-bound express crushed through a bridge and into. Clear Creek, drowning -twelve of the passengers and wounding- forty. Many, of the dead were mangled beyond recognition. A dispatch from Austin, Tex., gives the following particulars of the; shocking affair: “About»two miles south of Hempstead the road crosses Clear Creek, where the embankments are high and the water -deep. Here about 1 o’clock in the morning, as the train came tearing along, the bridge gave way just as the engine and tender had gotten across, and the entire train, consisting of the express; baggage, and smoking cars, two coaches, and two sleepers, plunged into the river. The train was crowded with passengers, and the scene which ensued was horrible in the extreme. As the trembling timbers gave way, a dreadful shriek of horror from the terrified passengers was soon followed by the heartrending moans and cries of the wounded and the dying. The baggage and smoking cars were plunged beneath the water, the former twenty feet below the surface, while the others were almost submerged. Those who were, unhurt joined in the work of rescuing women and children and the wounded, but in spite of the most heroic efforts more than a dozen were drowned. Darkness heightened the terrors of the scene. Many perished within easyreach of help. At the last accounts the bodies of twelve dead victims had been recovered. Forty persons were wounded. Many of the dead were mangled beyond recognition. but none of their names were remembered. The fireman jumped the moment he saw the bridge was falling, and landed on the embankment. His leg was broken. The engineer remained at his post and escaped unhurt. The conductor did not receive a scratch. Most of those who were drowned* were in the baggage and smoking cars, and among them was the baggage-master.” Five laborers who were engaged in Chicago for railroad construction in Guatemala, write from New Orleans that on arriving at Port Barrios they were ordered to work as slaves under a guard of soldiers. These victims managed to escape to the United States, but left IGS other dupes penniless. ... The D i rec tor Gene nil of th e No w Orleans Exposition gives notice that exhibits should be shipped at once to be ready for the. opening Dec. 15.... The mercantile house of J, Stadeker & TSon/at Canton, Miss., has been closed on executions. The liabilities are $75,000 or moreGardanne Casanave, a member of the Louisiana Returning Board of 1876, died at New Orleans last week. .. .Twentyfive houses in the business part of Goldsboro, N. C.. were destroyed by fire-, involving a loss of $250, - dicate has been formed to build the Texas Central from Albany, Tex., north to a connection with the Denver and New Orleans .Rail way..... An old negro named Johnson, living at Jackson, Miss., cut his throat on account of the election of Cleveland.. ..A late census of Memphis. Tenn., shows an increase of. 29 per cent, in the population since 1880. ... .The safe of the Texas Express Company at Brvan was unlocked and robbed of SIO,BOO.

WASHINGTON.

The total-values of domestic breadstuffs exported during October were $11,541,112, against $14,740,994 for the corresponding month in 1883. For the ten months ended Oct. 31 the value was $120,998,047, against $145,125,331 for the corresponding period in 1883,. ...The Washington monument has reached a greater height than that of any other structure in the world, being 520 feet 10 inches above its floor. The next highest structure is the spire of Cologne Cathedral, which towers 515 feet above the floor of the building, It is estimated it will take but twenty-live working days to complete the monument, so there is no doubt of its being finished in time for dedication on the 22d of February The President has accepted the resignation of Judge Hezekiah G. Wells, of the Court of Commissioners of Alabama Claims, and appointed Hon. James Harlan, of lowa, to succeed him as presiding Judge of the court. . .Dr. D. E. Salmon, in a report to the Commissioner of Agriculture on the cattle disease in Kansas, expresses the belief that it was caused by eating ergot. The charters of 721 national banks, with an aggregate capital of over $189,000,000, will expire during the year 1885. This is more than one-third of the entire number of national banks now in existence. From information already received by the Comptroller of the Currency it is expected a large majority of these banks will continue their existence either by extending their charters or by reorganizing under other titles. There are at present more national banks in existence with a larger aggregate capital than ever before. The capital invested in national banks was increased $15,000,000 during the year ending Sept 30.1884... .Lieut. Greely, despite the advice of his physicians, has gone to Washington to prepare his report. He walks slowly, but claims to have fully recovered his memory. There were 191 new national banks chartered in the United States during the year, adding a net aggregate of about $15,000,000 to the. national banking capital of the country. During the period named eleven national banks have failed. With a view of preventing the introduction of cholera into this country the Department of State has directed the United States Consuls-General at London and Paris to appoint medical examiners to inspect all vessels leaving English and French ports for the United States... .On the assembling of the court-martial to try Judge Advocate General Swaim, he claimed want of jurisdiction, ’■ on the ground that the charges were not preferred by his commander, the Lieutenant General. The plea was not sustained.... James H. Marr, Chief Clerk in the office of the First Assistant Postmaster General, has held the place since 1831, and has no fear now of being molested. William Hunter has been in the State Department since 1829. ....Under the civil-service rules, Otis P. G. Clarke has been promoted to the Commissionership of Pensions and Calvin B. Waller advanced to First Deputy.

POLITICAL.

The total vote of Boston is:, Blaine, 20,808; Cleveland, 32,500; Butler, 3,692; St John, 1,235... .Cleveland carried Berks County, Pa., by 7,400. Earthquakes may alter the geography of the globe and towering ambitions derange the boundaries of nations, but old Berks tu ways goes Dem-

j ■ ocrhtic and goes it with a rush.... Thomas J. Wood (Democrat) announces, that he will contest the election of W/ D. Owen in the Logansport (Ind.) Congressional district ... Henley (Democrat) is probably elected to Congress’ from the First Congressional District of California by a plurality 6f 59., . . William Pitt Kellogg wi J contest the election x>T Gay in the Third. Louisiana District. a Albany telegram: “Gov. Cleveland declines to be interviewed as to the composition of his Cabinet. There arc rumors that he. will soon resign his position to Lieut. Gov. Hill, so that the latter can sign the credentials. ojf electors. The continuous stream of callers at the Capitol embarrasses the Governor in the-discharge of his official duties.” , w Dr. Henry Howard, of New Y’ork, who has made Presidential elections a study, expresses the deliberate opinion that the majority of mankind are crazy.... The next President will be an important man for the army, for he will have the appointment of two Major Generals and six Brigadier General^.,. .Gov. Cleveland's most intimate friends know nothing about his rumored approaching marriage..’.. Brownsville. Pa., the birthplace of Blaine,, gave a Republican majority for the first time in forty years... .Close elections arene new thing, even in New York. Washington Hunt, in 1850, was elected Governor over Horatio Seymour by only 262 votes, and Seymour was afterwards beaten for Governor “by Myron H. Clark by only 308 vntM .. . ,r ■■ ’ A Joint resolution praying the Government at Washington to divide ’ the surplus in the Treasury among the States for school purposes has been introduced in the Vermont Legislature.... The citizens of St. Johnsbury, Vt.. hanged in effigy John P. St. John and a local journalist who ran for.. Governor on an independent ticket. Washington telegram: ‘ The retention of Roscoe Conkling by the Democratic Na - tiqnal Committee to assist in wjitching the count in New York is suggestive to those who know him in this city. A gentleman who has been intimate with him for years says that he has direct personal knowledge that Conkling’s desire to re-enter publielife is as strong ns ever, and that he will do so When the favorable- opportunity offers. It is the dream of his life to be again chosen Senator from New York. The story that he is out of politics is true only in a Pickwickian sense. It was evident to him tluwßlaine’s election meant permanent retirement for him. Without making any hurralb~rfbout it he worked against the Plumed Knight as hard as he could. The zest oX politics is to him more than ever. The sores of the Garfield summer are not healed, and until he strikes down others, whom he hates he will not be satisfied.”. Of the large cities of the country New York, Brooklyn, Boston, Baltimore, St. Louis, Louisville, New Orleans, Indianapolis and Detroit gave majorities for Cleveland; Philadelphia, Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Chicago, Cleveland and San Francisco for Blaine.,. .Henry Chamberlain, Republican candidate for Sheriff in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, received every vote in his own election district. ... Vermont came gallantly up with one vote for sweet Belva Lockwood. . . .President Arthur and Samuel J. Tilden voted in the same precinct .... It is thought Senator Cameron has a sure thing on his re-election.

GENERAL.

A dispatch from Pernambuco reports the loss of the ship Andrew Johnson, bound from Caleto-Buena to Hamburg, and seventeen of her crew, in a collision with the British ship Thirlmere. The latter vessel has arrived at Pernambuco with the survivors of the Johnson’s crew..... Great alarm has been caused at Buenos Ayres by the development of two cases of cholera, and a Strict quarantine will be enforced against all vessels from France.... Distinct shocks of an earthquake were felt at Colchester and Kingsville, Essex County, Ontario, and similar shocks were experienced at Concord, Hopkinton, Hillsboro, Bradford, and Warner, N. H. Immigration to Canada has materially fallen off during ths first ten months of 1884, when the arrivals were 138,386, as compared with 163,485 for the corresponding period in 1883. Of this year’s arrivals 80,510 settled in Canada and 57,876 passed through to the States.... Being destitute and without friends, John Downey and wife, of Windsor, Ontario, resolved to drown themselves some weeks ago. The woman performed her part, but Downey lost courage, and, when his wife's body was found, was accused of the murder, but was acquitted. The other day Downey hanged himself ... . The demise" is chronicled of William A. Duncan, just re-elected to Congress from the Gettysburg district of Pennsylvania, and of Dean O'Reilly, of Hamilton, Ont. Four men who left Kingston, Canada, in a boat for Cape Vincent, N. Y., have not been heard of, and, it is supposed, hove been drowned. Since Jan. 1, 301,297 immigrants have arrived at Castle Garden, New York, against 359,705 for the corresponding period of last year. The Germans head the list, and there has been a remarkable falling off in the number of Italians and Polish Jews. The “assisted” arrivals have been fewer the last few months than ever before... .Sir Alexander Campbell, representing the Dominion of Canada, has been conferring with the Premier of Ontario in regard to the appropriation of territory at Niagara Falls for the proposed international park, and it is understood that the plans will soon be carried out A Halifax (N. S.) special reports that while a life-boat with a crew of eleven wreckers, from the steamer Inveralt, stranded on Pictou Island, was returning to shore during a northerly gale, the craft was capsized and eight of the party drowned. A man from shore, putting off in a dory to attempt the rescue of others who were clinging to the upturned boat, lost an oar, drifted to sea, and was lost. .

FOREIGN.

Chqleea in its most fearful form prevails at Paris to an alarming extent Eleven deaths and ninety-seven new cases occurred in one day, exclusive of those occurring at the hospitals, which were overci owded with patients suffering from the dread disease. .. ..Victor Guichard, senior member of the French Chamber of Deputies, died at the Palais Bourbon while conversing with his colleagues.... An edict has gone forth from the Parisian police that public gambling must cease. Twenty-three gambling clubs are said to have already been closed. Kaiseb ’Wilhelm’s late accident proves to have been caused by a faintingfit These fits, it is said, have become periodical, and will, it is feared, result some day in serious injury.... The Canadian boatmen are paving mors trouble than was anticipated in the Nile expedition. The water is muddy, and it is next to impossible to see the rocks, and

consequently the work is tedious;... Telegrams from Amoy state that the French have captured Tamsui. ; .. Shanghai correspondence to the London Times reports that the Annamite, auxiliaries to the French army beheaded 500 Chinese prisoners at Kep... .A cablegram from Berlin announces the death of Alfred Edmond Brehan. the German traveler and naturalist Prof. Lushington has been elected Lord Rector of Glasgow University.. . .Matthew Arnold is about to make another tour in America... .Baron Alexander Von Stieglitz, the famous Russian banker, left a fortune of $750,000,000... .The total Socialist vote at the recent German election was 650,cj00.

ADDITIONAL. NEWS.

A reduction of 10 per cent. In wages by the lock-works at Branford, Conn., caused a strike by 400 employes. In the Cumberland coal region of Maryland the price of. mining is tp be reduced to 40 cents per ton. Two hundred men employed in the Walsenburg mines, in Colorado, have quit work.... For non-payment of a certain tay, Father Egan ejected an aged man, Duncan McCague, from church at Thorn Hill, Ont., McCague’s thigh was broken in the affray, and his life is in danger... .The Baltimore and Ohio road reports a capital stock of $14,783,900, and an accumulated wealth of $47,750,000 for which no share was ever issued. .. . William B. Fitch, of Kingston, N. Y., an extensive blue-stone dealer, and a Democratic elector, has failed for $150,000. A new combination route from Springfield, 111., to Chicago, Kansas City’, arid St. Louis has been opened by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy in conjunction with the Ohio and Mississippi... .The wcolenmills at Waukesha, Wis., valued at $50,000, were -destroyed by fire, throwing one hundred men out of employment, The Continental Hotel, at Fargo, D. T., was swept by fire, A panic prevailed among the guests, but all escaped, losing their effects, however. The Clarendon Hotel at Aspen, Col., W’as also burned, the loss being placed at $19,000. A iir<! at Milbank, Dak., destroyed a hotel and three business blocks,entailing a loss of $150,000, When the rebels evacuated Columbia, Ky., they threw six heavy pieces of artillery into the Mississippi River. Low water last week disclosed the guns, and one of them was secured in time to fire a salute over Cleveland’s election..... B. H. Black, of Blossom Prairie, Tex., who was recently elected Sheriff of Lamar County, was at midnight Sunday called to the door of. his house and shot dead,.,. The Coon Hollow Distillery and Warehouse, containing 1,491 barrels of whisky,' at New Hope, Ky., were destroyed by fire..'

j • Secretary McCulloch has not author- • ized the statement that there will be no 1 further bond calls at'present, but tli<>' pension disbursements for December will probably consume the available surplus up :to New Year’s day*.. .In a five-nlile bicycle rage at Washington, John S. Prince defeated Miss Elsie Von Brumen, who was given a start of two minutes. The winner’s i time was 19 minutes and 45 seconds. Heavy frosts in Paris seem to have ■ somewhat stayed the ravages of cholera .... ; The numbers of the various parties elected Ito the German Reichstag this year are as follows: Conservatives, 72—a gain of 20; i Free Conservatives 29 —a gain of 5; Ultramontanes, 100—a gain of 2; NationalLiberals, 54, a gain of 9; German-Liberals,' 68, a loss of 32; South German Democrats, 7, a loss of 2; -Social-Democrats, 24, a gain ■ of 11; Poles, 16, a loss of 2; Danes, 1, a loss I of 1; Guelphs, 8, unchanged; Alsatians, 15, unchanged. The Reichstag contains a ■ strong protectionist majority. I The official vote of Missouri is as follows: For President—Cleveland, 235,972; Fusion, 202,261; St. John, 1,506. Cleveland's plurality, 33,71 1. For Governor—Marmaduke (Democrat), 219,015; Ford (Fusion), 207,893; Brooks (Prohibition), 10,449. Marmaduke’s plurality, 11,122; majority, 573. .... Official vote of Pennsylvania: For President, Blaine, 473,804; Cleveland, 392,785; Butler, 17,002; St. John, 15;737. For Congress. at large: Osborne, Republican, 476,I 260; Davis, Democrat, 401,042; Atwood, Greenback, 9,684; Black, Prohibitionist, 10,471... .The following is the official return of the Arkansas election for President and one Chief Justice of the Supreme Court: Cleveland, 72,927; Blaine, 50,806; Butler. 1,847. Chief Justice—S. R. Cockerill, Democrat, 72,215; M. W. Benjamin, Republican, 50,452. Cleveland’s majority, 22,121; Cockerill’s majority, 21,763. The Democratic Congressional majorities are: Dunn, 5,680; Breckenridge, 2,563; Jones, 2,213; Rogers, 4,867; Peel, 6,384.... The vote of Ohio, as ofliciallv canvassed: Blaine, 400,082; Cleveland, 368,280; Butler, 2,170; and St. John, 11,269. Blaine’s plurality, 31,802... . The completed vote of New Jersey foots up: Cleveland, 127,783; Blaine, 123,378; St. John, 6,153; Butler, 3,498. Plurality for Cleveland, 4,405.

THE MARKETS.

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THE POSTOFFICE.

Estimates of the Expeditures of the Postal Service for the Fiscal Year. ? The following is a synopsis of the work performed and the cost of service in the Northwestern free-delivery postoffices for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1884; Local Pieces Cost of Car- postage Offices. handled, service. Tiers, coll’ted. Bay City, Midi... 1,357,932 $4,575 6 $2,873 Bloomington, 111. 2,631,178 5,062 7 2,291 Burlington, 1a... 4,187,411 5,531 7 4,631 Ceda Rapids, la. 859,417 3,095 4 2,066 < hicago, 11l 162,561,805 251,044 277 403,139 Conucil Bluffs... 1,184,604 4,309 5 1,824 Davenport. 1a.... 3,239,458 7,666 9 2,133 Des Moines, 1a... 5,003,039 10,070 12 6,543 Detroit, Mich.... 19,669,703 39,427 44 35,278 Dubuque, lowa . 2,818,131 6,360 - 7 2,lgJ E. Saginaw, Mich. 2,123,038 4,661 6 2,575 Evansville, Ind.. 4,031,019 8,136 10 2,094 Galesburg, 111.... 1,349,140 3,485 5 1,128 G’d Rapids,Mich. 8,415,132 11,591 14 12,170 Indianapolis, Ind 13,133,612 32,503 33 16,213 Jackson, Mich... 2,466,481 5,311 6 1,716 Lafayette, Ind. .. 1,765,096 4,887 6 11,536 Minneapolis Min. 8,354,406 21,700 28 18.970 Omaha, Neb 6,843,681 11,300 14 11,226 Oshkosh, Wis.... 1,068,185 4,832 6 1,286 Peoria, 11l 3,246,551 8,737 10 2,773 Madison, Wis.... 1,316,230 3,514 5 1,015 Milwaukee, wis.. 17,452,224 37,467 41 37,334 Quincy, 111 3,215,706 7,349 9 2,411 Racine, Wis 1,328,294 4,278 5 1,040 Richmond, Ind... 2,059,741 5,277 7 2,338 Lansing, Mich... 691,701 3,221 4 1,725 Rockford, 111.... 4,364,850 5,335 7 2,625 St .Paul, Minn... 10,725,970 21,498 28 15,556 South Bend, Ind. 1,783,416 4,580 6 1,134 Springfield, 111... 3,397,837 7,153. 9 2,009 Terre Haute, Ind. 3,448,823 • 6,884 9 3,011 Ottumwa, lowa., 1.044,036 2,770 4 934 Kalamazoo, Mich. 1,762,868 3,943 5 1,114 Keokuk, 10wa.... 2,058,422 4,156 6 2.508 Estimates of expenditures in the postal service for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1885, are as follows: Office of the Postmaster-General. $271,500 Office of the First-Assistant Post-master-General (tne principal items are: For pay of Postmasters, $13,030,000; pay-clerks in Postoffices, $5,300,000; free-delivery and lettercarriers, $4,535,000) 23,695,000 Office, of the Second-Assistant Post-master-General (the principal items being: railroad transportation, $15,684,295.; star routes, $5,900,000; railway postal-car service, $1,875,000; pay railway postal clerks, $4,682,300) 30,294,269 Office of the Third-Assistant Postmaster- General 1,338,400 Office'of the Superintendent of Foreign Mails 500,000 T0ta1556,099,169 The estimated amount to be provided by the department from its own revenues (including $400,000 from the money-order service) is $51,273,230. The estimated excess of expenditures to be appropriated out of the General Treasury to supply the deficiency in the postal revenue is $4,825,539. The total appropriations of the present year are $49,040,400, or $7,058,709 less than the amount estimated as being necessary for the next fiscal year. The principal items of increase are: Compensation to Postmasters, $2,000,000; clerks in postoffices, $400,000; free-delivery system, $535,000; railroad ransportation, $2,934,000 (which includes compensation to the Pacific Railroads which heretofore have been certified to by the Secretary of the Treasury); and pay of railway postal clerks, $382,300. The financial officers of the department say that certain items included in tile-estimates of the present fiscal year—such, as compensation to Postmasters and railroad transportation—the amounts of which are arbitrarily fixed by law, were reduced by Congress in the postoffice appropriation bill to the extent of several million dollars, thus making the apparent difference between the appropriations for the present year and the estimates for next year considerably larger than it would be under normal circumstances.

INTERNAL REVENUE.

Collections in the Northwest. The annual report of the Collector of Internal Revenue shows the following collections in the districts of the Northwestern States for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1884: First Illinois District - Joel D. Harvey, Collector; collections, $8,447,053. Second lllitiois—Lucien B. Crooker, $229,603. Third Illinois—Albert Woodcock, $2,929. Fourth Illinois—Richard Rowett, $428,070. Fifth Illinois—Howard Knowles, $13,036,354. Seventh 11l nois—John W. Hill, $4,525. Eighth Illinois—Jonathan Merriam, $126,645; John W. Hill, $15,053; David B. House (acting) $217,545; Jacob Wheeler, $558,593. Thirteenth Illinois—Charles W. Pavev, $453,491. First Indiana—James C. Veach, $13,873. Fourth Indiana—Will Cumback, $224,104. Sixth Indiana—Horace McKay, $3,337,033. Seventh Indiana—WiUiam W. Carter, $1,817,374. Tenth Indiana—George M00n—510,932. Eleventh Indiana—Thomas M. Kirkpatrick. $215,489. Second lowa —John W. Green, $2,315,814. Third lowa—James E. Simpson. $220,578. Fourth lowa—John Connell, $13,229; John W. Burdette, $79,605. Fifth lowa—Lampson P. Sherman, $128,188. Kansas—John C. Carpenter, $167,351. First Michigan—James H. Stone, $1,207,511. Third Michigan—Harvey B. Rowlson, $14,860. Fourth Michigan Charles W. Watkins, $180,283. Sixth Michigan—Henry C. Ripley, $16,724. First Minnesota—Albert C. Wedge, 18.803. Second Minnesota—William Bickel, $69,977. District of Minnesota—William Bickel, $417,201. Nebraska—George W. Post, $1,515,816,

American Meats in Germany.

J. H. Saunders, agent of the United States Department of Agriculture, to attend the International Exhibition at Hamburg, in his report recently submitted to the Commissioner of Agriculture says: “So far as I could observe it was generally conceded that whenever an inspection of our pork is made under careful governmental supervision, similar to that now made by the German authorities, there will be no objection to its sale in Germany. Indeed, it strikes me that were such inspection made there would be such strong pressure brought to bear upon the German Government by their own people that the embargo would be speedily removed. Should further experiments confirm what has been already partially shown, that thorough curing in salt destroys the vitality of trichinre if not entirely, at least, to so great a degree as to reduce the danger from meats that have been thoroughly cured by this process to almost nothing, it will doubtless be a strong point in our favor, and proper presentation of the facts to the German Government, should this be clearly proven, ought at once to be made. Until this fact is clearly established, however, and in absence of any pretense of inspection of American meats, either under governmental or individual supervision, the position of the German Government is obviously sound upon this question, and cannot be assailed without first demonstrating that their own inspection is useless.” s The Philadelphia directory shows some strange similarities in the names of professions and their practitioners. Shanks displays his ability as a teacher of dancing. Black is a coal merchant, ohe Saylor is a mariner, Painter is an artist, Law practices his name, Birch is a schoolteacher, and Lamb sells mutton. A Chinese doctor, at Victoria, B. C., is reported to have made some remarkable cures in cases where white physicians had given them up as incurable. It is now known that Charlotte Corday was descended from Corneille, the poet

POLITICS.

Later Returns of the Election Held on the 4th of No- ‘ vember. Wisconsin, Official and semi-official returns from fortysix out of sixty-Six counties in Wisconsin, says a- Milwaukee dispatch, show Republican gains of 2,569, and Democratic gains of 13,788, giving a net Democratic gain of 11,219 over the vote cast for Hancock four years ago. This does not include County, where there is a net Democratic gain or over 2,100. At the same ratio the Democratic gain will reduce the Republican plurality from 29,000 cast for Garfield to about 14,000 for Blaine. The returns on the head of the State ticket from the same counties show heavy gains for Rusk over his vote of three years ago. In the same counties Rusk’s gain 'is 12,812 and Fratt’s 3,652, or a net gain for the former of 9,160. The ratiq.indicates that Rusk’s plurality will be about; 19,000 or 20,000. California. The official county returns of California are coming in slowly, says a San Francisco dispatch. The changes tre few and nnimportant pyer those reported, which give Blaine a plurality of about 10,100. Corrected returns from the counties composing the First Congressional District give Henley (Democrat) 59 majority. The Republicans concede his majority, but will insist on a recount. Henley will be the sole representative in Congress of the Democracy on the entire Pacific coast. Indiana. The footings of the figures for Governor, Secretary, and Treasurer (one county estimated), are as follows: For Governor, Gray 243,135, Calkins 237,748; Grav’s pluralitv 7,387. For Secretary. Myers 274, lOv. Mitchell 268,033; Myers’ plurality 6,077. For Treasurer, Cooper 215,868, Shiel 235,961; Cooper s pluralitv 9,907. Auditor Rice’s plurality over Bruce Carr is placed at 7,345. It is possible that some errors occurred in the tabulation, which .may slightly change the foregoing figures. ' - Washington Territory. A dispatch from Seattle, W. T„ says: The election is still doubtful in this Territory. The chances favor Voorhees, Democrat, Delegate to Congress. The only issue between the two parties was that of the railroads. The Democrats and disaffected Republicans demanded a forfeiture of land-grants which lapsed over seven years ago. They have probably won their fight. Voorhees’ estimated majority is about 300. Texas. Official returns from thirty-two connties in Texas show the following: Cleveland, 67,872;Blaine, 26,344; St. John, 1,150; Butler. 879; Belva Lockwood, 4. The same counties gave Hancock 44,173; Garfield, 13,740; Weaver, 7,613.. The above counties show an increase of 30,699 votes over the total Presidential vote of 1880. At this rate of Increase the Cleveland electors will have a plurality of about 105,000 in the State. Michigan. Forty-three of the eighty counties in Michigan report the official count. Blaine’s pluralities. 13,353; Fusion pluralities, 6,370. The remaining counties are evenly divided between the Fusionists and the Republican. The plural* ity given in figures so far reported will be cut down to between 4,000 and 5,000. The Congressional delegation stands seven Fusion to one Republican. Kansas. Official returns from sixty-two out of the , eighty-two counties give Blaine 121,400; Cleveland, 70,906; Butler, 11,468; St. John, 3,354; Blaine’s plurality, 50,494. Martin, Republican, for Governor, has a plurality in the counties enumerated of 28,083, and the remainder of the State ticket 46,199. It is estimated that the full returns will give Blaine about 60,000 plurality. —:——Missouri. ’ ’ = The official returns of, 108 of the flZ'ooUnties'” in Missouri, including St. Louis, give Cleveland 226,008; Blaine, 193,820; St. John, 1,44-7; Cleveland’s plurality, 35,242; Cleveland’s malority,’ 30,801; Marmaduke, 210,218; Ford, 198,669; Brooks, 9,871; Marmaduke’s plurality, 12,749; Marmaduke’s majority, 2,878. McGrath, tot Secretary of State, has 31,374 majority. Tennessee. William B. Bate, Democrat, has a majority fox Governor of 6,000 in Tennessee. The Democratic Railroad Commissioners were defeated, but the Legislature is Democratic by a reduced majority. Cleveland’s plurality is about 12,000. The Republicans elect three Congressmen out ~ of teh. a gain of one.

Illinois Following is the official vote of Dlinois: For President—Blaine, 337,449; Cleveland, 312,320; Butler, 10,753; St. John, 11,824. Net plurality for Blaine, 25,129. For Governor—Oglesby, Rep., 334,454; Harrison, Dem., 319,436; Harper, Greenbacker, 8,535; Hobbs, Prohibitionist, 10,536; Oglesby’s plurality, 15,018. New Hampshire. The official returns received by the Secretary of State give the foUowing result of the vpte in New Hampshire: Blaine, 43,166; Cleveland, 39,166; St. John, 1,573; Butler, 552. Blaine’s plurality, 4,000; Blaine’s majority. 1,875. Currier, Republican, for Governor, has a majority over ad of 498. Pennsylvania. The official vote of all the counties in Pennsylvania gives Blaine a plurality of 80,520. Th* Republicans will have a majority of 12 in th® Senate and 81 in the House. The next Congressional delegation is 20 Republicans and 8 Democrats. The Republicans gain 4. Massachusetts. Complete returns from Massachusetts show the following result: Blaine, 143,416; Cleveland, 119,241; Butler, 23,866; St. John, 10,200. For Governor the vote stands: Robinson, 155,097; Endicott, 108,260; McCafferty, 23,552; Seelye, 8,241. Robinson's plurality is 46,837. Dakota Territory. The Legislature of Dakota, according to the latest semi-official returns, will stand: Republicans 68, Democrats 2, Independent Republican® 2. Wheat-grading and anti-monopoly legislation will occupy the attention of both houses this winter. Connecticut. The complete vote of Connecticut for Governor was: Waller (Dem.), 67,771; Harrison (Rep.), 66,430; Palmer (Pro.), 2,000; Curtis (People’s), 1,418. Waller's minority, 1,030. Cleveland’s plurality over Blaine is about 1,300. . * Nevada. With three counties to hear from the Legislature wiU stand: Senate, 15 Republicans <and 5 Democrats; Assembly. 31 Republicans and 9 Democrats. Republican majority on joint ballot, 32. Blaine’s majority is about 1.000. Delaware. The official vote of Delaware is as follows: Cleveland, T 7,054; Blaine. 12,778; St. John. 55; Butler, 6. St. John and Butler electoral tickets were reported in Newcastle County-only. The temperance legislative vote was 1,549. Vermont. Authentic returns of the electoral vote of all but three small towns in Vermont give Blaine a plurality of .2,100 in an aggregate vote of 56,755. Garfield's plurality In 1880, in an aggregate of 63,275, was 26,910. ; .... ' - Mississippi. FoUowing is the official vote of Mississippi: Cleveland, 78,457; Blaine, 42,774. Cleveland's majority, 35,683. • North Carolina. Cleveland's majority in North Carolina, with only two counties to hear from, is a little more than 25,000. ■ x Oregon. Returns from nearly the entire State show that Blaine's majority in Oregon will be not tar from 2,000. Florida. « A canvass of the returns from all the counties in Florida give Cleveland a majority of 4,160. The Next Congress. Mr. McPherson, Secretary of the Republican Congressional Committee, says, from the most authentic information he has been able to secure, the next House of Representatives will consist of 182 Democrats. 141 Republicans, 1 Greenbacker (Brumm, of Pennsylvania), and 1 Fusionist (Weav.r.'of lowal; a Democratic major ty over all of 39. A® compared with the membership of the present House thia estimate shows a loss of 19 votes to the Democrats and 4 to the Independents,- and a gain of 22 Republicans and 1 Fusionist vote. Thx Columbus Timft recall® the fact that Gen. Jackson had 219 electoral vote® in 183$. Okb-tbxkd of the Independent vote M Mae■achusetta waa tn Boston. .