Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 January 1885 — Page 6

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THE HEWS CONDENSED.

:■ : V THE BAST. JOHN McCullough, the unfortunate actor, came very near being crashed to death in a railway station in Philadelphia, Hew Year’s night A colored coachtnan saved hie life by lifting him upon a car platform.... It is said that five physicians who met in consultation the other day regarding the condition of Gen. Grant's health came to the condnsion that he was completely broken down.... John Gallagher, a gray-haired citizen of New York, was compelled to ask admission to the workhouse, because of delay by savings bank officers over the loss of his book, representing $20,000. Andrew Carnegie, the Pittsburgh millionaire, has announced himself a Socialist. He has not divided up his millions among his employes as yet... .The Pittsburg Bessemer Steel Works have reduced the wages of employes, on an average, 21 per cent.,. .last year at the Philadelphia Mint 62,270,000 pieces were coined, the valne of which was $16,947,000. Archbishop Ryan, with imposing ceremonies, was invested with the pallium at Philadelphia, 5,000 people being in the church. The streets were crowded with those unable to get into the building, and it required the services of fifty policemen and two companies of the pioneer corps to keep them under control... .The widow of George T. Chambers and her stepson, Harold Chambers, were married m New York. He is now 21 and his bride 45. Harold is her third husband, and the mother, mother-in-law, and bride are said to be worth millions.... .The amputation of a toe developed blood-poisoning, which caused the death of the Rev. Noah Hunt Schenck, of Brooklyn, in his 60th year.... The employes of the Keystone Bridge Company, at Pittsburgh, have accepted a reduction of 10 per cent in their wages, and work will be resumed.:.. Dr. John Maxwell, who was lodged in jail at Springfield, Ohio, for poisoning ms three young daughters, hanged himself in his ce11.... U. S. Grant, ’Jr., testified at New York that the day succeeding the collapse of the family banking honse Ferdinand Ward made to him a full confession of his rascality... .George Lisner, proprietor of the “Palace Royal" dry goods store, New York, has made an assignment Liabilities, $100,000; assets, unknown. Ex-Gov. Cobourn died at Skoehegan, Me., aged 82 years. He never recovered from a severe attack of illness received while attending the electoral college at :* Atigusta.

THE WEST.

Near Blakesbnrg, lowa, a band of masked men seized Pleasant Anderson, hurried him to a school house, where a mock trial was indulged in. the sentence being death. They then hanged him to a tree. A year ago Anderson was acquitted of the murder of Chris McAllister, but a feeling prevailed in the community that he was guilty, and the lynching was the result ... .Col. Hatch is organizing an expedition at Leavenworth, composed of six troops of cavalry and a company of infantry, to remove another band of raiders from the Indian Territory.... Iron manufacturers in the Mahoning Valley have agreed upon a redaction of 10 per cent in the wages of all employes except members of the Amalgamated Association .... The toy firm of Etzel, Hutchison A Go., of St Louis, with liabilities of SIOO,OOO, has declared itself insolvent Reports from the stock ranges of Montana are of the most discouraging character. The snow has fallen to a great depth, and the absenee of wind to carry it away makes it next to impossible for cattle to get at the grass, and Block are starving to death... Advices from extreme" Southwestern Texas state that tire recent cold weather was quite destructive to live stock in that section, large numbers of poor cattle and sheep having penshed.... News is received of the wreck of the German berk Lisle near Petrolia, Cal. The first officer, the oook, and three seamen were drowned.....A colony of three thousand Finns is about to be established in Hancock County. Michigan. A priest and his advance guard have landed atPortl&nd,Maine, on the way to select a site Fire swept away $260,000 worth of business property at Evansville, Ind. A mob fired the Bristol tunnel on the Baltimore A Ohio Road near Shawnee, 0. The flames were extinguished, but a few hours later the tunnel was again set on fire by the inoendiaries. Twenty thousand dollars’ worth of damage was done... .The body of Dr. James H. Harris, a well-known physician who died suddenly at Indianapolis, waS tamed over for dissection to the Medical College. His will contained this stipulation, and his wife mitered no objections.... William 8. Denny, assistant postmaster at Remus, Mich., was arrested on New Year's Day for opening registered letters. He promptly pleaded guilty, when arraigned at Grand Rapids, and was sentenced to "one year in the penitentiary... .Dr. Shillockhas been arrested at Chaska, Minn., for bodysnatching.” The physician’s brother and a student in the Minneapolis College Hospital are also involved.. ~A tablet over Kit Carson’s grave in Taos Mexico, was dedicated last week' Delegate Joseph delivering the oration. Times are hard in Kansas. Corn is selling as low as 10 cents a bushel, and farmers are using it for fuel. Trade is dull and the banks have shut their money up in their vaults. Millers refuse to reduce the price of flour, and the railroads help to keep toe country poor by charging the same price for takinggrain to marketas when wheat was worth $1,25 a bushel and com was bringing 40 to 60 cents... .In consequence of his renouncing his belief in the doctrine of eternal torment, the Rev. D. M. Brown, pastor of toe Methodist Church at Las Vegas, N. M., has been compelled to resign.... The money package lost by toe Adams Express Company at Indianapolis was in some mysterious manner replaced in the safe, probably by toe frightened thief.... Michael Mullen, Lieutenant of Police, at Cincinnati, was sentenced to twelve months in toe jail for arresting voters at the last election under false pretexts. .. .Clinton Smith, 19 years old, shot and killed his father at Terre Haute... .L. 9. Huffier, absconding Mayor of Davis City, lowa, was arrested in Decatur County, lowa. ...The Bay View Mills, near Milwaukee, have resumed... .Andrew Eichenbrecher, founder of toe Zoological Garden at Cincinnati, died from heart disease.

THE SOUTH.

To PREVENT • recurrence of the robberies which hare been recently committed,

armed men now patrol Fulton, W. Va., and even women carry revolvers Suspicious characters have been driven out, and, if they return, will be shot The first thief caught will be hanged immediately.... Seven stores and an hotel at Hopkinsville, Ky., were destroyed by fire. The loss is $76,000, folly insured. All the white messenger bdys in the employ of toe Western Union Company at Savannah, Ga., have been discharged, colored lads taking their places... .Messrs. Derosset and Pass engaged in a duel With shot-guns in toe streets of Rockwood, Tenn. Both men were mortally wounded: .... A prohibitory liquor ordinance has gone into effect at Hot Springs, Arkansas, with a limit of two years. Russell Hancock, son of Maj. Gen. Hancock, died at his cotton plantation near Clarksdale, Miss. Ex- Speaker Randall journeyed from Louisville to Nashville, where he was accorded a cordial reception. *He made a speech, visited the venerable widow of exPresident Polk, and inspected toe largest cotton mill in toe city. ' A Baltimore and Ohio train was boarded at Rising Sup, Md., by two men, who robbed toe passengers of money, watches, and valuables, and then jumped from toe train while it was running at full speed. The Norwegian bark Lena was wrecked off Hqg Island, Va., eight persons losing their lives. In a fierce storm and freezing weather the crew clung to toe doomed craft for twenty-four hours, but finally dropped off one by one. The two survivors floated ashore by the aid of some planks. At Galveston, Texas, for a purse of SSOO and toe championship of toe South, Harry Cole, of Galveston, defeated Frank Maggioli, of New Orleans, in a three-ball French carrom game sf billards. Cole’s average, 66 2-3; Maggioli’s, 16 14-15, Cole ram 507 in the sixth inning... .Cobum A Ewing, of Kansas City, have paid SBOO,OOO for the Munson ranch in the Pan-handle of Texas, which comprises 100,000 acres of land and 25,000 head of cattle... .The Court House at Moorefield, W. Va., was toejscene of a bloody fight on toe question of who had been legally elected County Clerk.... J. G. Scragham, teller in a national bank at Lexington, Ky., is a defaulter for $50,000, and has fled to Canada.... Judge Chalmers, Associate Justice of toe Supreme Court of Mississippi, is dead.

WASHINGTON.

Congressman Bland, Chairman of toe Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures, says he will oppose toe Buckner bill stopping toe coinage of silver dollars, and will favor a measure providing for free and unlimited coinage of both silver and gold. There was an increase of $641,384 in the public debt during toe month of December. The decrease since June 30,1884, has been $31,501,864. Following is toe official national debt statement issued from toe Treasury on the Ist inst.: Bonds outstanding— Four one-halt per cents $250,000,000 Four per cents. V3i.G96.950 Three per cents 194,190,500 Refunding certificates. 260, 000 Navy pension fund. 14,000,000 Total interest-bearing debt. $1,196,147,450 Matured debt $6,993,925 Debt bearing no Interest— Legal-tender notes. 316,739.256 Certificates of deposit. 24,920,000 Gold and silver certificates 257,799,441 Fractional currency 6.971,343 Total without interest $636,430,040 Total debt 1,839,571,415 Total Interest 11,452,132 Cash in Treasury. 432,475,176 Debt, less cash in Treasury 1,418,548,371 Increase during December...-. 641,384 Decrease since June 30, 1884 31,501,864 Current UabtUtisi— Interest due and unpaid ; $1,688,824 Debt on which interest has ceased.. 6,993.925 Interest thereon... 261,055 Gold and silver certificates 257,799,441 United States notes held for redemption of certificate of deposit 24,920,000 Cash balance available 140,811,929 Total $432,475,176 Available assets— Cash in Treasury $432,475,176 Bonds issued to Pacific Railway uStSdsSi^ tpayableby Principal outstanding. $64,623,512 Interest accrued. not yet paid. 1,938,705 Interest paid by United States. 63,099,604 Interest repaid by companies— By transportation service, $19,017,341 By cash payments, 6 per cent net earnings. 455,193 Balance at interest paid by United States. 43.426.963 Congressman Buckneb says that he has no hope of toe success of his bill stopping toe coinage of toe silver dollar. Mr. Buckner declares himself a steadfast friend of silver, but thinks that if the United States will cease for awhile its efforts to make silver money go, the financial necessities of other nations trill compel them to join in establishing a bimetallic standard. The financial question, Mr. Buckner thinks, will be toe great problem of toe next administration ... .W. H. Smyth, an army paymaster, who recently disappeared from Savannah with $5,500 of Government funds, made his appearance in Washington toe other day and paid np the deficiency, explaining that he was on a spree Christinas and became lost” to all consciousness until he found himself in New York... .A revision of the records of desertions from toe regular army of toe United States shows that 100,000 desertions have occurred during the last seventy years. No agreement has been reached by the conference committee appointed to reconcile the difference between the two houses of Congress concerning toe electoral-count bill, and it is not expected that any satisfactory conclusion will be arrived at. Representative Eaton, a member of toe confefence committee, says that he will never consent to the bill which was approved by toe Senate. It makes toelSenate toe arbiter of every'disputed point, Mr. Eaton declares, and if it should become a law toe result of toe recent Presidential election could be annulled by toe upper house .... A Republican of prominence at Washington has given vent to toe opinion that a war is brewing between France and Germany and toe United States, growing out of Franco’s colonization mania, *nd Germany’s indemnity greed... .In view if toe difficulties which beset toe land-grant forfeiture bills. Mr. Payson, of Illinois, intends to move the passage of a measure to restore all “indemnity lands” to toe public domain. This will throw open to settlement 100,000,000 acres.

POLITICAL.

The Democratic members of Congress, says the Washington correspondent of the Chicago Netca, are bubbling over with enthusiasm over Gov. Cleveland’s letter to George Williasn Curtis on the civil service. Republican Congressmen regard the letter with some suspicion. They lay stress Upon the declaration that officials who have been active in politics must go, and say that Cleveland leaves the way open ahead of him

for a clean sweep. Their idea is that most of the Government officials who hold positions of any value havo been-more or less active in politics... ~W E, Curtis of toe Chicago Inter Ocfan, who was nominated by toe President for the Secretaryship of the South-American Commission, has written a letter to a friend threatening Gen. Logon with dire vengeance in case the General persists in opposing hi* Confirmation.. A delegation from New York City wait“d upon Governor Cleveland, at Albany, to request the appointment of A. J. Vanderpoel ns Attorney General. General J. S. Mnrmaduke, of Missouri, had an interview with the President-elect. In toe opinion of a member of the Republican National Committee Mr. Arthur sees now that his course during the Presidential campaign has reacted against his Senatorial ambition. It is true, says the Sentlemen quoted, that the administration id not outwnrdly fight toe ticket, but it extended no encouragement. Mr. Blaine himBelf made an effort to secure Mr. Arthur’s aid, and Mr. Arthur failed to respond. Mr. Blaine did not call at the White House New-Year’s-Day, and Mrs. Blaine declined to assist at toe President’s reception.

GENERAI.

- The cotton report of the National Department of Agriculture indicates a smaller yield than the returns of the condition in October. The October average was 4, against 68 in 1883, 88 in the great harvest of 1882, and 66 in toe disastrous season of 1881. The returns of the condition in October and toe product in December have been unusually divergent this year. The first indicated a larger crop than last year; toe latter a product slightly less, or about 98 per cent. The comparative decline is in States west of Alabama. The comparison with last year is as follows: North Carolina 101, South Carolina 107, Georgia 101. Florida 103, Alabama 105, Mississippi 94, Louisiana 98, Texas 89, Arkansas 99, Tennessee 101. Applying these percentages to our figures for toe crop of 1883 they indicate a product of 398,000' bales in North Carolina, 502,000 in South Carolina, 760,000 in Georgia, 60,000 in Florida, 661,000 in Alabama, 847,000 in Mississippi, 480,000 in Louisiana, 995,000 in Texax, 513,000 in Arkansas, and 314,000 in Tennessee. The remaining territory will probably give about 50,000 bales. This makes an aggregate of 5,580,000 bales. President Arthur’s reception at toe White House on New Year’s was a brilliant affair. The President was assisted in receiving toe guests by Mrs. McElroy, Mrs. McCulloch, Mrs. Chandler, Mrs. Brewster, and Mrs. Teller. The toilets of the ladies were very elaborate, and together with the uniforms of the military officers and foreign legations made a fine display. The diplomatic corps was first presented, and then the Judges of the Supreme Court and members of both Houses of Congress. The army came next and the navy, followed by the survivors of toe Mexican War and the Grand Army of toe Republic. The Executive Mansion was beautifully decorated. .... At Albany, President-elect Cleveland stood at his desk in toe Executive Chamber for two hours and shook hands with a vast multitude of people, presented by his military staff. The Phoenix Manufacturing Company’s building, at Erie, Pa., and three residences were burned, causing a loss of $30,000. The Hon. Horatio Seymour’s residence, at Marquette, Mich., was burned, the janitor, who slept in the basement, being suffocated.... Two stores, worth $15,000 at Mexico, Mo., and a residence valued at $20,000 in Syracuse, N. Y., were destroyed by fire. The Glen Woolen Mill at North Adams, Mass., was also burned, causing a loss of SIOO,OOO. A powder-mill near Xenia, Ohio, was demolished by an explosion, an employe being blown to pieces. Transatlantic steamsSli' companieß have agreed upon uniform rates for prepaid steerage tickets westward of $22 for fast steamers and S2O for ordinary steamers.... Estimates of toe cost es toe Nicaragua canal vary from $65,722,000 to $140,000,000. It is claimed by toe opponents of toe canal that it would cost over $200,000,000 to build. A review of toe iron trade, just completed by the Secretary of toe American Iron & Steel Association, shows that toe demand for leading, articles of iron and steel daring the year 1884 was less than in 1883. Prices have fallen enormously, with but little tendency to reoovery. Better days for the iron manufacturers are not expected until the condition of the farmers improves.. . .The failures are reported of J. A. Andrews & Co., tobacco dealers of Cincinnati; Graham, Walls & Co., dry goods merchants at Crawfordsville, Ind. Marks Brothers, cigar manufacturers of East Saginaw, Mich.; Thomas H. Phillips, Jr., a hardware dealer in Montreal; and Levy, Heineman <fc Co., lace merchants of Boston.,. .The Irish Republican League have issued an address to their fellow-countrymen counseling them to continue and increase their organization.... Chief Justice Waite will take a trip to California for the benefit of his health.

FOREIGN.

Gen. Bkiere de l’lsle, in command of the French squadron in Chinese waters, has been fighting pirates near Hongyen, and has killed 300 Queen Victoria has announced to the British privy council the betrothal of Princess Beatrice to Prinoe Henry.of Battenberg. Shocks of earthquake were again experienced at Albania last night, says a Madrid dispatch of Jan. 3. The town is in ruins. A panic prevails among the inhabitants of Antequera, twenty-eight miles northwest of Malaga, where shocks have already been felt. Earthquake shocks were again felt at Granada, Malaga, Nerja, and Algarrobo at night. The panic among the people is unabated. A number of towns and villages have been completely destroyed, and the inhabitants have, deserted them. Many persons sleep in railway carriages. A royal decree has been issued ordering that a national subscription for the relief of the sufferers be taken up. IT is thought probable that the appointment of Gen. Lewal to succeed Gen. Campenon as the French Minister of War! indicates a change on the part of the Gov-' ernment from the present policy in China to one of energy. It is probable that France will openly declare war against China, and,' if necessary, march against Pekin Large numbers of farmers are joining the English Farm Alliance, and the Welsh League is now in process of formation. ] Parnell promises to support the Nationalist parly in this agitation.... The farmers and land-owners of Northern Italy have formed a league for their protection... .Political circles in London are agitated over a rumor that Germany has already Opened negotiations with the Netherlands for the purchase of the Dutch possessions in New Guinea.... The SL James Gazette asserts that Bismarck suggested the cession to Germany by England of the island of Heligoland,

in return for the withdrawal of Germany’s claims in New Guinea.... Alannis felt in England in regard to Gladstone health; but his friends claim that he is goffering only from overwork... .The French Government has ordered all conscripts absent from home to return and join their regiments. .. .Rochefort declares thait Loinse Michel has become insane after two years of solitary confinement... .Official statistics show that 673 bodies of persons killed by recent earthquake shocks in Spain have been taken from the rivers... .The marriage of. Princess Beatrice to Prince Henry of Battenburg is announced to occur in tha spring.

ADDITIONAL NEWS.

An appeal was made to the poUce at Washington the other day to prevent a contemplated duel betweed two editors. One of the fire-eating gentlemen apologized, and no blood was shed. Labor notes: The glass trade is improving and values are hardening. The mills of Brown, Bonnoll & Co., at Youngstown, have started up in all departments. Fifteen hundred men will resume work in a days'in the mills of the North Chicago Rolling-Mill Company. Six large iron establishments at Pittsburgh have resumed after weeks of idleness, and other concerns announce that they will soon follow suit Thirteen collieries near Scranton, Pa., were suspended last week by the Delaware. Lackawanna and Western and the Delaware and Hudson Companies. About 2,000 men and boys were thrown out of work. The companies sav that the'suspension will not last more than two months. A dispatch received in Paris from Hanoi says: “After the defeat of 6,000 Chinese near Chu by General Negrier 12,000 Chinese returned and resumed hostilities. General Negrier attacked them, penetrated their positions defended by forts and tiers of batteries, and repulsed and routed the Chinese, who, after aetive resistance, abandoned their positions. The Chinese lost 600 killed and a large number wounded. The French captured two batteries of Krupp guns, a large number of rifles, a quantity of ammunition and provisions, and some Chinese standards. The French losses in both battles were three officers wounded and nineteen men killed and sixty-five wounded.” Ohangemen at Bay Roberts, N. F., besieged the Redemptorist Fathers, who are holding a mission there, in their dwelling, and erected an Orange arch near the Catholic church. Hundreds of armed followers of King William paraded the streets, making demonstrations. The United* States Consul demanded of the Governor protection for the lives and property of American citizens. The Orangemen prevented the Roman Catholic Bishop from holding services in the church Canadian millers are petitioning the Dominion Government to raise the duty on American flour from 50 cents to $1 per barrel. Over 250,000 barrels were imported from the United States last year by the maritime provinces. Congress reassembled after the holiday recess on Monday, the sth Inst, and both houses began work in earnest. In the Senate a bill was offered by Mr. Beck to create a revenue commission, comprising the Secretary of the Treasury, three Senators, and five members of the House of Representatives, to report necessary changes in the tariff and internal revenue laws. A resolution was introduced and referred extending the thanks of Congress to the officers and ' crews of the Greely relief expedition. A communication was received from the Secretary of War, to the effect that the Government can purchase the Portage Lake Canal, clear of liens, for $350,000. Mr. Maxey presented amendments to the law for leasing Indian lands, providing for the submissionnf such leases to the Secretary of the Interior" A bill was passed to pay P. A. Montgomery, of Memphis. $3,000 for property taken from him and used by the Government during the war. Some discussion concerning the interstate commerce bill followed. In the House of Representatives Mr. Herbert introduced a preamble and resolution calling upon the President to give his reasons for appointing Messrs. Kasson and Sanford as delegates to the African conference at Berlin. Representative Collins offered a motion to suspend thesrules and adopt the resolution making the Senate bill to establish a uniform system of bankruptcy laws a special order for Jan. 22. Mr. Henderson, of lowa, thought that the passage of the Lowell bill might save the country from disaster. Petitions in support of the bill were presented from the business men of St. Louis, New York, and Baltimore. Mr. Willis opposed the measure, saying that its passage would create 5,000 new offices, and would open the door to fraud. Mr. Collins defended Hie bill against the attack of Mr. Willis. His motion to suspend the rules and appoint a day for its consideration was, however, lost. Mr. Keifer moved to suspend the rules and take up the Mexican pension bill. There was an animated discussion, at the conclusion of which the motion was rejected. Mr. Hiscock moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill abolishing the internal revenue tax on tobacco and liquors distilled from fruit. This motion was lost. Mr. Cox, of New York, offered a bill authorizing the nse of the Bartholdi Statue as a lighthouse, and another creating the office of Assistant Chief Signal Offioer, to be accompanied with the rank and pay of Colonel. This position, it Is understood. Is Intended for Lieut, Greely. A bill was.fntrodnced by Mr. Tucker Increasing the number of Judges of the United States Courts; another by Mr. English providing for the Issue of one, two and five dollar silver certificates; and another by Mr. Breokenridge creating a River and Harbor Department*

THE MARKETS.

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A YEAR'S FAILURES.

Tables Showing the Number and Location of Business Troubles of a Twelvemonth. The mercantile agency of R. G. Dun & Co. has issued its annual circular of failures for the year 1864. Hie compilation of statistics shows the number of failures that "have occurred throughout the United States and the Dominion of Canada during the past year, together with the amount of liabilities. From the circular the following excerpts ore made, which will be found of interest in business circles: FAILURES FOB 1884. States, and Number In Fall- Am’tof Territories. business, urea, liabilities. Maine ; 13,408 231 $876,267 New Hampshire 7,955 96 672,072 Vermont ,» 6,642 48 683,707 Massachusetts I .„ 390 4,010,791 Boston city. ..f* 3 * 338 305 6,332,329 Rhode Island 6,330 136 8,285,269 Connecticut 14,718 169 1,464,396 Total Eastern States.. 92,381 1,376 $17,223,831 New York 86,320 700 10,949,894 New York City and Brooklyn... 44,860 718 77,876,721 New Jersey x 26,172 119 1,319,339 Pennsylvania , 76,730 653 12,340,133 Philadelphia eitv..,..? 23,154 225 6,892,032 1 Delaware 3,930 2T 658,900 Maryland *15,647 112 2,028,189 District of Columbia... 3,280 82 896,852 Total Middle States. .278,093 2,592 $112,856,050 Virginia 14,085 193 2,415,254 West Virginia 7,996 66 605,560 North Car01ina......... 9,714 170 1,441,621 South Carolina 6,487 102 877,065 Georgia... . 12,180 288 3,412,571 Florida 3,465 44 .. 670,634 Alabama 8,388 68 1,453,811 Mississippi 9,043 155 3,001,254 Louisiana. 10,085 184 6,408,916 Texas 18,774 493 4,365.375 Arkansas 7,092 121 1,149,164 Kentucky 21,324 219 2,063,265 Tennessee 14,321 238 1,654,861 Total Southern States.. 142,894 2,291 $28,318,557 0hi0.... t (uau 652 9,710,039 Cincinnati city j 04,01,1 112 2,986,882 Indiana 35,835 112 6,776,113 Illinois 1 804 5,714,951 ChioMrocity j 01,(BU 329 6,946,986 Michigan 32,481 303 8,786,041 Wisconsin.... !>.. 26,497 170 6,262,470 lowa .’ 29,396 412 2,436,653 Minnesota 18,164 220 4,610,101 Missonn I 00 „ 191 997,041 St. Louis city j 4u,sr, “ 86 5,849,456 Kansas 16,837 9 7 608,854 Nebraska..; 10,344 220 1,400,396 Total Western 5tate5.336,910 5.569 $54,872,983 Indian Territory. 351 Oregon 2,642 220 1,457,600 California I 353 2,411,400 San Francisco city... j J1 ’ 830 210 3,755,500 Colorado 6,911 139 2,259,385 Nevada 1,320 23 196,800 Utah 2,418 36 201,921 New Mexico 1,458 26 189,808 Wyoming 697 & 72,500 Idaho 1,531 8 74,000 Dakota 9.370 117 729,642 Montana 2,294 30 353,640 Washington. 2,694 143 841,200 Arizona 923 25 628,700 Alaska 36 Total Pacific States and Territories 54,481 1,341 $ 13,071,996 Grand total 904,759 .10,968 226,343,427 Dominion of Canada... 65,994 1,327 19,191,306 An instructive comparison is given as between 1884 and 1883, and 1878, in the following table, which giveß a condensed showing of the geographical distribution of the commercial casualties of these years: DISTRIBUTION AND PERCENTAGE. Number Number states. in of business, failures. 1884Eastern ‘tates... 92,381 1,375 Middle States 278,093 2,592 Southern States 142,894 2,291 Western States.... 336,910 3,869 PaciticStates and Territories 61,481 1,341 Total for the United States 904,759 10,968 Dominion of Canada 65,994 1,327 1878Eastern Stateß 79,765 1,734 Middle States 229,385 - 3,199 Southern States 96,297 1,415 Western States 240,933 3,436 PaclficStates and Territories 28,361 694 " Total for the United States 674,741 10,478 Dominion of Canada 66,347 1,697 1883Eastern States.. 90,381 1,197 Middle States 262,021 2,136 Southern States 135,169 1,844 Western States 322,877 2.961 PaclficStates and Territories 53,605 - 1,048 Total for the United States 863,993 9,184 Dominion of Canada 65,462 1,384 Amount Aver’ge states. of lialiabilities, blUtles. 1884Eastern States $17,223,831 $12,526 Middle States 112,856,060 43,540 Southern States. 28.318,557 12,861 Western States. 54,872,083 16,212 PaclficStates and Territories 13,071,996 9,748. Total for the United States $226,343,427 $20,632 Dominion of Canada $19,191,306 $14,462 1878Eastern states $35,294,026 $20,354 Middle States..... 96,293,466 29,788 Southern States. 96,322,961 18,602 Western States. 64,309,503 18,716 PaclficStates and Territories 13,463,176 18,967 Total for the United States $234,383,133 $22,369 . Dominion of Canada $23,908,677 $14,088 1883Eastern States $37,861,897 $31,631 Middle States 67,108,534 26,736 Southern States 19,785,607 10.730 Western States 46,878,403 15,832 PaclficStates and Territories 11,239,731 10,745 Total for the United States $172,874,172 $18,828 Dominion of Canada $15,949,361 $11,52* The record of failures extending over twenty-eight years is grouped together in the statistics from 1857 to 1884, inclusive. They are interesting in that they convey an idea of the relative losses by bad debts in the various years. They are as follows: FAILURES FOB 28 YEARS. Amount of Year. Failures. liabilities. 1857 4,932 $291,750,000 .J 858.. ~.i 4,225 95,949,000 1859 3,913 64,394,000 1860.. 3,676 79,807,000 1861 6,993 207,210,000 1862.. 1,652 23,049,000 1863 495 7,899,900 1864.. 520 8,579,000 1865.. 530 17,625,600 1866 1,505 53,783,000 1867 2,780 96,666,000 1888.. 2,608 64,694,000 1869 2,799 75,054,054 1870. 8,546 88,242,000 1871 2.915 85,262,000 1872 4,069 121,056,000 1873 5,183 228,499,900 1874 5,830 165,239,000 1875 , 7,740 201,000,000 1870. 9,092 191,117,000 1877.. MW *90,669,936 1878 10,478 234,38^132 1879 6.658 98,149,053 1880 4,735 65,75^,000 1881 * 6,582 81,156.932 1882.. 6,738 101,547,564 1883.. 9,184 172,874,172 1884 .... 10,968 226,343,427 Thebe may be hard times in Massachusetts, but we observe that the deposits in the savings banks of the State were increased during 1884 byaround $10,000,000, mostly in small sums from the working masses. _ , An Indiana couple waited until the ages of 70 and 64 before making up their minds to wed; but, having come to that conclusion, they were so impatient that they rode thirty miles in a snowstorm to get to a clergyman. Benjamin F. Butler denies the statement that he is about to write a book.

CIVIL SERVICE.

Correspondence Between Gov. Cleveland and G. W. Curtis on , / . the Subject. The President-Elect Regards Himself as Hedged to Civil Service Reform. The following correspondence, which has just been made public at New York, explains itself: National Civil Service Reform League, i Office No. 4 Pine street, JNew York, Dec. 29, 1884. ) Eton. Grover Cleveland: Hie—We have the honor to address yon on behalf of the National Civil Servioe Reform League, an association composed of citizens of ail parties, whose sole purpose is Indicated by its name, and which takes no part whatever in party controversy. The vast increase in the number of persons engaged in the civil servioe and the great mischiefs and dangers arising from general proscription in the service which for, half a century has followed the change of party control of the national administration have produced so profound an impression upon the public mind that the first effective steps toward reform were taken with the co-operation of both parties in the passage of the reform act of Jan. 16, 1883. The abuses which that act seeks to correct, however, are so strongly intrenched in the traditions and usages of both parties that there is naturally a widespread anxiety lest the party change in the National Executive effected by the late election should show them to be insuperable; but believing, aa we do, that the reformed system can not be held to be securely established until it has safely passed the ordeal of such party changes, and recalling with satisfaction and confidence your public expressions favorable to reform and your official acts as chief. executive of the State of New York, we confidently commend the cause to your patriotic care in the exercise of the great power with which the American people have Intrusted you. Respectfully yours, George William Curtis, President. William Potts, Secretary. John Jay, Morefield Storey, J. Hall Pleasants, W. W. Montgomery, Everett P. Wheeler, Frederic Cromwell, Morrill Wyman, Jr., Carl Schurz, Silas W. Burt, A R. MacDonongh, William Carey Sanger, William W. Aiken, Executive Committee. Albany, Dec. 25; 1884. Hon. George William Curtis, President, etc. Dear Sir: Yonr communication, dated Dec. ' 20, addressed to me on behalf ot the National 'Civil Service Reform League, has been received. That practical reform in the civil service is de-manded-ls abundantly established by the fact that the statute referred to in your communication to secure such result had been passed in Congress with the assent of both political parties, and by the further fact that a sentiment is generally prevalent among patriotic people calling for a fair and honest enforcement of the law which has been thus enacted. I regard myself pledged to this, because my conception of the true democratic faith and public dnty requires that this and all other statutes should be in good faith, and without evasion, enforced, and because in the many utterances made prior to my election as President, approved by the party to which 1 belong and which I have no disposition to disclaim. I have, in effect, promised the people that this should be done. lam not unmindful of the fact to which you refer, that many of our citizens fear that the recent party change in the National Executive may demonstrate that the abuses which have grown up in the civil service are ineradicable. I know they are deeply rooted, and that the spoils system has been supposed to be intimately related to success in the maintenance of party organization, and I am not sure that those who profess to be friends of that reform will stand firmly among its advocates when they find it obstructing their way to patronage and place; but, fnlly appreciating the trust committed to my charge, no such consideration shall cause a relaxation on my pirt of an earnest effort to enforce this law. There is a class of Government positions which are not within the letter of the civil-service statute, but which are so disconnected with the policy of an administration that removal therefrom of present Incumbents, In my opinion, should not be made during the terms for which they were appointed, solely on partisan grounds, and for the purpose of putting in their places those who are in political accord with the appointing power; but many now holding positions have forfeited all just claim to retention, because they have used their places for party purposes in disregard of their duty to the people, and because, instead of being decent public servants, they have proved themselves offensive partisans and unscrupulous manipulators of local party management. The lessons ot the past should be unlearned, and snoh officials, as well as their successors, should be taught that efficiency, fitness, and devotion to pubuo duty are conditions ot their continuance in pnblio places, and that a quiet and unobtrusive exercise of Individual political rights is the reasonable measure of their party servioe. If I were addressing none but party friends I should deem it entirely proper to remind them that, though the coming administration is to be Democratic), a due regard for the people's interest does aot permit faithful party work to be always rewarded by appointment to offloe; and to say to them that, while Democrats may expect all proper consideration, selections for office not embraced within civil service rules will be based upon sufficient inquiry as to fitness, instituted by those charged with that dnty, rather than upon the persistent importunity or self-solicited recommendation on behalf of candidates for appointment. Yours very .truly, Grover Cleveland.

CLEVER SWINDLERS.

Chips from the Washington Monument. [Washington special 1 A gang of sharpers have organized here for the purpose of imposing upon the public chips from the Washington monument with miniature representations of the n monument, Mount Vernon, and the Capitol painted on one Bide. These operators have sent to the quarries in Maryland where the monument stone came from, and bought a car-load of slabs from the identical vein that the monument material was taken from. These are broken into fragments and painted, and will be sold as chips from the monument. Detectives are at work on a case which they suppose will reveal an extensive swindling operation. An advertisement has appeared in several Northern newspapers which contains the names of three citizens of the District, and states that they have received an appropriation which will enable them to distribute 50,000 memento's of the Washington monument, which they will do upon receipt of 67 cents for postage. The piece of marble to be furnished as a memento is to have a painting upon it and to be set in a handsome plush frame.

WASHINGTON MONUMENT.

Preparing for the Dedicatory Ceremonies. [Washington dispatch.] Arrangements for the dedication of the Washington monument are progressing rapidly. The commission appointed by Congress to arrange suitable ceremonies extended a general invitation to military, Masonic, and civio organizations (the latter not to carry any emblems of a political character) to participate. General Sheridan requests all organizations intending to take part in the procession to notify him at the earliest possible moment, in drder that propel places in the column may be assigned themMb. Nichols, the man whom Charlotte Bronte married, irnow living in Banagher, Ireland. He is married again and is a gentleman farmer, having relinquished the clergyman’s calling. Lord Mayor Nottage, of London, is moving in the matter of stricter observance of Sunday. A Philadelphia tramp envied the monopolists so that he died with five shirts on ins back. * Wild same in the Chicago market is cheaper than beef. , %