Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 October 1888 — Page 7

THE NEWS OF THE WEEK.

DOMESTIC. There are thirteen cases of small-pox at ltell vi lie 111. It is denied that an effoYt is being made to depose Powderly. Evangelist Moody will Bpend the entire winter on the Pacific. Fifteen hundred men took-ovt naturalization papers at Chicago Monday. John Savage, the poet, died at his home in Pennsylvania, Wednesday. Up to the 1< th there had been 3,139 yellow fever cases dt Jacksonville and 299 deaths. A soap box containing the decomposed remains of five babies was found in Chicago Saturday. A big oil well has been struck near Findlay, Ohio, with a capacity of 9,000 barrels a day. v'' Mm. Parsons, the widow of the executed Anarchist will go to England to make speeches.

EdwaTd Deputy, a wealthy burner of Fairmount, 111., has become violently in- * sane over politics. Thomas Wardell, a wealthy coal mine operator at Macon, Mo., was killed by striking miners Friday. A trench for a water main caved in Friday at Youngstown, 0., badly injuring four men, two fatally. The shortage of Jule List, absconding secretary of the Duckworth Building Association, Cincinnati, amounts to about $30,000. Fifteen deaths haye resulted at Oxford Junction, la., within the past week from diphtheria, and numerous cases are developing every day. Pauline McCoy, a negro girl aged 19," was hanged at Union Springs, Ala., Friday, for the murder of a 14-year-old white girl last February. Mrs. Drum, forty years old, and Principal of the Courtlandt, Kan., public school, has eloped with Charles Wallace, aged twenty-five. Arthur' Clark’s carriage works at Oshkosh, the largest in the West, have failed. The nominal asserts are $200,000 with liabilities a little less. The son of William'Hegeman, a Long Island farmer, became insane over too close application to his theological studies, and, Wednesday, committed suicide. A big colony is being organized in

Kansas to settle in the Oklahoma Terriritory. Able lawyers have been retained and their right to settlement will be carried to the highest courts. Years ago H. C. Cooley, of Bevier. 111., left his wife and went to sea. Last week he returned and found her married to Richard Dunkard. She left him and went back to her first love. Marion Asbell, one of the richest men in Parsons, Kas., has been sentenced to fifteen years’ imprisonment for swearing falsely in a divorce case that his wife was guilty of infidelity. The slandered woman died of a broken heart. A explosion of natural gas occurred in the new Water Works at Cleveland, 0., early Friday morning, fatally injur? ing five men. The explosion was ini the main shaft at a depth of ninety feet in a section of the tunnel running under the —lake.— .........r— him.. A masked mob took Pat Bradshaw from jail at Somerset, 0., with the intention of lynching him, because of general worthlessness, particularly his ill treatment of his aged mother. He was spared because of his good record as a soldier. ; ■

The St. Clair county, 111., grand jury has returned an indictment into court charging Clovis Soucy, ex-supervisor of Cahokia township, with the embezzlement of $40,000. Soucy is one of the best known men in the county, and has . been Supervisor of the township for ten years. 77 —•$ — An ovation was tendered Mr. Joseph Gent, a wealthy manufacturer and influential citizen of Columbus, Saturday night, upon his return from an extended tour of foreign countries. A delegation of several hundred citizens accompanied by a brass band met him at the depot 1 and escorted him to his Residence, where a general reception was heldThe United States Circuit Court at San Francisco announces two decisions under the Chinese exclusion act. The court holds that the act is constitutional, and that its provisions, apply to Chinese now in port on to those on the way from .China, and to those still in China. It is estimated that this decision will affect about thirty-three thousand Chinese. The matter will be carried to the U. S. Supreme Court. The Kane county (Ill.) grand juyy has returned indictments for conspiracy against John A. Bouereisen, Thomas Broderick, Alexander Smith, John A. Bowles, August Kaegele and George Godding. They are charged with conspiracy to injure the property of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company by the use of dynamite, at Aurora, during the late strike of locomotive engineers and firemen on that road. They are all members of the Brotherhood, and Baueveisen, is chief engineer of division No. 23,Locomotive Engineers. The Grand Jury at Rawlins, Wyo., Terr., have found twenty-one indictments against conauetore and brakemen of the Union Pacific Railroad, most of whom reside in Rawlins. They ran from that place to Green fiiver, dn charge of freight trains. They are accused of robbing these freight trains of valuable merchandise in transit between San Francisco and Eastern cities. The robberies are Supposed to Cover a period be-

tween twelve and fifteen months, and thousands of dollars’ worth of valuables are missing. Four prominent business men are involved. V . It was said at the N. Y. Custom House Saturday that under the decision of the United States Circuit Court at Philadelphia, in the case of John Wanamaker against the United States, the Government would, propablv have to refund anywhere from 15,000,000 to $10,000,000. Thfi suit was brought tP recover $l4B, alleged excess of duty paid on some silk ribbon that had been imported and the court held that the plaintiff was entitled to recover. In the case in question the claim was that the silk ribbon was imported to be used in ornamenting bonnets and the court decided that under the wording of the act the ribbon was only liable for a duty of 20 per cent, instead of 50, and thst the difference must be refunded. A large number of ' actions will probably "be brought at once, as this Was a test case. At the annual celebration at Quincy, Ills., Wednesday night, an amphitheater containing a thousand people fell in with a crash. The night was very dark, and through it all arose the groans and cries of the imprisoned multitude. Those who had the presence of mind at once set about extricating thoefPwho were tied down by the debris. Stretchers were procured as quickly as possible, and the wounded conveyed from the scene to the adjacent houses, which were changed to impromptu hospitals. As fdr as could be learned there were not less than five hundred persons injured, and half of that number received serious wounds. The only fatal injury reported was that of Albert W.. Wells, an attorney of that city and a candidate for the Legislature. No hope is entertained for his recovery.

FOREIGN. Father Sehlever, the inventor of Yolapiuk, is dead. * Twenty-five persons were killed by an explosion of gunpowder at a village festival, near Madras, Sunday. China advices per steamer Perkins state that on the night of Aug. 13 a flood caused by great rains inundated twenty villages, drowning more than 10,000 persons, and a large number of animals in the Len-Li-Ho district.

HORRIBLE RAILWAY WRECK.

Information reached Pottsville, Pa., Wednesday night of a terrible accident which occurred on the Lehigh ‘Vkllev railroad at Mud Run, tbe first station above Penn Haven. A grand parade of Catholic societies took place at Hazelton Wednesday, and a large excursion was run from Wilkesbarre for the occasion composed of lodges, bands and sight-seers from Wilksbarre, Nanticoke and other points along tbe line. The excursion train was run in two sections, and upon their return trip at night tbe rear section ran into the forward section at Mud Run, about 9 o’clock, with " disastrous Jesuits. Several cars of the forward section were tetescoped and forty persons were killed outright, and about an equal number of them injured, many of them probably fatally. The late hour at which tug acciucut occurred, tne renn;cuTinti* isolated location of the scene, and reticence of the'railroad people combine to render the obtainment of details extremely difficult. It is impossible to ascertain tbe names or residences of the victims, but their number is stated above with approximating accuracy.

Particulars of the disaster were telegraphed Thursday: There were seventy-eight cars from Wilkesbarre to Hazel ton, the number of passengers being about 5,500. The sections were all crowed to suffocation, furnishing the conditions for terrible loss of life in case of wreck. Throughout the night the depot was thronged by hundreds of persons, suffering untold agony over the uncertainty. The throng was loud in its denunciation of the company for refusing all information and causing needless suffering. At 3:30 a. m., the report was in circulation that arrangements had been made for the reception of a number of wounded at the hospital. The rumor was soon confirmed. The officials were expecting twentyfive of the victims. With such a list of wounded coming in this drection the public pulse Btood still over the horrible possibilities, and a thousand fainting hearts quivered in dread. Many persons wanted to go to the scene of the disaster and endeavored to charter a locomotive. Rev. Father Moylan, of Scranton, offered to pay cash for anv expenses in that direction, but the favor could not be obtained owing to the absence of Superintendent Mitchell at the wreck. Many persons, after waiting during the long, weary hojqrs from 10 to 3 in the morning, took the south bound train which passed there at 3:10 and went to the scene of the d’saster. It was there learned that the third section of the excursion train had stood on the track a few hundred yards from Mud Run, waiting for sections ahead to get out of the way. A flagman, some say, had been sent back with a lantern to guard the train from the rear. Suddenly the passengers on the rear platform Baw a train approaching at a high rate of speed. Several of these passengers, who saw the danger, jumped and escaped. In an instant a flash of headlight illuminated the interior of the ill Sated rear car; there was a frightful crash, and the engine plunged her full length into the crowded mass of humanitv. The Bhock drove the rear car through the next one for two-thirds of its length, and the second car was forced into the third. Not a single person escaped from the rear car. The section was crowded with maimed and bleeding bodies, and the third car had but few passengers* Who escaped. The uninjured, but terrorstricken passengers of both trains made their way out 01 the cars and On going to the telescoped engine and care, where

the full horror of |the terrible disaster dawned upon them, the shattered engine was pouring forth Btreams of scalding steam and Water which hid from their eyes the fullest measure of the horrible scene, while its hissing sounds deadened the shrieks and groans of those imprisoned in the wreck.. Ghastly white faces peered into the windows to be greeted by faces far more ghastly. Some of the dead sat pinioned ih their seats, ercctas in life, staring open-eyed as if aware of the horrible surroundings. 4s ihe steam and smoke cleared away from the rear car its awful sights were revealed. 'The timbers were crushed and wrenched while on all sides hung mangled bodies and limbs. The few bodies which were not mangled were burned and scalded by the steam, and little remained in the car which bore human resemblance. When the shock of the first crash had in a measure subsided the uninjured began to do wbat could be done for their unfortunate companions. The few light tools on the train were ealled into requisition, but proved feeble instruments indeed. Th© -SU Francis Pioneer Corps, who were on the train, plied with Beal the broadaxes which were meant for holiday occasions. They, were, however, butdittle adapted to the work, and were soon rendered useless. In the meantime the windows of the cars were smashed in, brave men entered and released those least hurt or least entangled In one case they found John Lynch, of Wilkesbarre, hanging from the roof by one leg. His cries brought friends who, to relieve his suffering, stood upon the wreckage and held his weight upon their backs until he was released from his terrible position. A young lady was found caught by the lower limbs? One of her limbs was quickly released, but the other could not be freed, and an unfortunately misdirected blow of an ax severed it from the body. She heroically bore her torture, and, taking out her gold watch, she handed it to an acquaintance as a gift to a friend at home. She was put on board, one of the trains and given all possible care, but she could not survive her terrible injuries, and died in the arms of friends on board the car. To free the bodies in the rear car the trainmen attached a locomotive to the wrecked engine and started to pull it free from the wreck. The first movement of the shattered wreck brought from the wounded such awful cries £of distress that the surrounding friends ordered the eneineer to desist on pain of his life. They did not wish to, see the mangled forms still further mutilated. The few, houses about the spot were thrown open to the suffering and bonfires were lighted to aid the work of relief. It is not probable that the work will be completed before noon. The latest estimate places the number killed at 57, and the injured at 40 more.

IT WAS THE ENGINEER’S FAULT. It is now known that the awful disaster on the Lehigh road Wednesday was the result of Engineer Cook’s failure to observe the signals. There were eight sections of tbe train, with orders to run ten minutes apart. The danger signal was displaced at Mud Run, and the rear brakemen were sent back as an additional protection. Section No. 7 laid a short distance behind the station. No. 8 came thundering along, and tbe brakemen gave the engineer the signal to stop. He failed to heed it and dashed by the signal. The train plunged on, disregarding the signal at the station, and the disaster followed.

WILLIAM AND THE POPE.

Emperor William visited the Pope Friday. At the Vatican, Prince Raspoli received the Emperor and conducted him to the Pope’s chambers. Two companies of Palatin Guards were stationed at the entrance of the hall. The Pope, surrounded by his court, received tjje Emperor, who bent his knee to the Pope, whereupon the Pope invited the Emperor to a seat beside the throne. The suites having been presented, his Holiness arose and led the way to the Salla Giaila, where he had a private interview lasting twenty-thrOe minutes with the Emperor. No one knows what the subjects discussed were, but all are of the opinion that the question of the temporal power was not ignored, and their words indicate that the manner of his Holiness and the pleasant smiles of the Emperor have led them to believe that the meeting will be followed by an important change. • His Holiness, too, looked as strong as .ever during the ceremonies, and when he embraced the Emperor at parting, there was a scene well worth the study of the greatest painter. - 1 / '■■■' /

THE CIVIL SERVICE LAW.

The special committee of the Senate which investigated the workings of the civil service law, presented a report Wednesday. It is very lengthy, and reports numerous gross violations of the civil service law; that there have been wholesale removals for partisan reasons; that. the Government employes in numbers attend and take part in conventions and primaries in defiance and violation of law; that they are expected and directly required to contribute to campaign funds and are encouraged in such acts by the President and his cabinet. The report recommends that the present Legislators examine the law and see if the Presi • dent has not violated it by his alleged contributions to the campaign fund. The reports find that the most flagrant violations of the law have occured in New York, Baltimore, Philadelphia and Indianapolis, that sjpandals arising therefrom have been very great, and in no way punished by the administration.

WASHINGTON.

The Treasury Department Wednesday paid R. W. .Lowry, of Fort Wayne $2,000 for expenses of contesting Mr. White’s wert. : - The Senate Wednesday passed tne bill to pay the family of the late Chief Justice Waite the remainder of his year’s salary amounting to f8.745._- .1 The eternal fitness of things is shown by a sailor who is the mainstay of his aged mother.

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

Evansville has a cooking school. South Bend is to haves public library. A v ine room is the latest at Anderson. Ft. Wayne is not satisfied with; her concert saloons * ’ There are sixty-students in the Valparaiso high school. Perkinsville will soon erect a‘new Methodist church. Two IWre Haute people—John E. Lamb and Dr. H. W. Taylor—each have a novel in press. Hon. Tom Reed, the Maine Congressman, spoke at Terre Haute Friday night and at Fort Wayne Saturday night. George Mullen, a young farmer of Bartholomew county, fell from an apple tree last week and was fatally injured. South Bend people report a mysterious outlet oi natural gas is thought to be the cause, ,- —— —»—, —-——-

Mrs. Mary Gales, of Jeffersonville, for many years a cripple on crutches, was healed Friday by faith and now walks upright without assistance. A crowd of 25,000 people attended the Shelbyville Democratic barbecue on the 15th, the rainy weather militating against the affair considerably. Ex-Senator Thurman was the principal speaker. The Presbyterian Church of Elkhart is the third church in the State to assume the entire support of a foreign mission. This it has done at a fe'ost of SBQ0 —one-half of which is contributed by one member. The Chatauqua to be established by the Baptist Association of Indiana may go to Laporte. The society wants a subsidy of $5,000. If the report of the committee is concurred in, the Association will purchase seventy-five acres of land on the northwest bank of Pine Lake, on which they will erect an auditorium and other necessary buildings. Hundreds of loads of wood are being hauled weekly from Anderson to the country within four or five miles around to be used by farmers for fuel. This wood is obtained at the numerous mills and heading factories. A farmer living within three miles of Anderson can now buy his wood there and haul it home cheaper than he can cut it. Natural gas does it. Patents were granted to Indiana inventors as follows: William Armstrong, Indianapolis, table; John B. Bennett, Indianapolis, assignor by mense assignments, to A. Andren, Beverly, Mass., mechanical telegraph; Josephus Harper, Louisville; Ky., and T. Clark, New Albany, converting cast iron into steel; David Howard and S. W. Ward, Dublin, fence; August Ruling, Fort Wayne, double-acting pump.-- —— The editor of the Rockville Tribune tells this incident to show what foolish things mortals sometimes do: “We watched a traveling sharp do up a crowd of suckers here last Friday. His scheme was to sell his pills at twenty-five cents a box and then give the purchaser back his money. After he got the crowd interested he raised the price of his wares to one dollar and then forgot to return the money.” John W. Mackenson, a citizen of Warsaw, wentsquirrel hunting last Tuesday, and not returning, his brothers started out to find him. About fifty people joined in the search, and the unfortunate mait’a hody ww in a hollow, where it had been rolled by hogs. It was horribly mutilated. It is supposed that Mr. Mackenson accidently shot himself, though it is impossible to tell, owing to the mutilated condition of the body.

A most remarkable discovery has been made at the Salomonic quarries near Montpelier. The blasts at this quarry are set off by a battery, and are very powerful. Recently a blast opened up a fissure which was filled with clear water, brackish to the taste. The hole wqs about twelve inches wide, ten feet long and eight feet deep, the bottom and sides being solid rock, and completely isolated. The water nr,it was a3in a marble basin. In the water was found numerous fish and frogs, which differed from the ordinary species in that they had no eyes. From the surroundings it would seem that the fish and frogs had lived there thousands of years. Several in these quarries show traces of volcanic action;-

Two changes in the Democratic electoral ticket have been made by the State Executive Committee. The candidate for elector from the Thirteenth District M. A. O. Packard, is a director in a National bank, and, as it was feared that this might possibly cause some question to arise as to his eligibility under the law providing that no elector shall hold office under the Federal Government, it was decided to make a change, ana Andrew G. Wood, of Warsaw, was placed on the ticket in his place. Charles L. Jewett, the Chairman of the State Committee, was named as the elector of the Third District, but withdrew, and the Executive Committee has chosen in his place George Henry Dunn Gibson, of Clark County. In a statement addressed “to the public” General Hovey complains that hundreds of Tettere and documents directed by him to ex-soldiera have never reaehtheir destination through the mails. He adds, “There can be no doubt that some of the postmasters or their clerks have been withholding the mail from those to whom su'ch speeches have oeen sent, piot Biopping at sucn illegal actions, tney

have opened some of the envelopes and inserted private matter not bankable under the act of Congress. He also pub lishes an affidavit, signed by Oliver C. Terry, William P. Wallace and George E. Wallace, who have been employed sending out his mail since September 29, denouncing as false the Democratic charge that copies of a German newspaper, with British flag cardß, had been enclosed with his Congressional speeches in franked envelopes. The State Geologist is preparing his annual report, which he hopes to place in the hands of the public as early as January 1. The ducument will exceed in size that of last year very considerably, and will show a large amount of work accomplished during the twelve months to which it relates. Field work, valuable in its nature, has been carried on in several sections of the State, and a large amount of attention has been given tbfho region knowtrasthe ral Gas Belt.” The report will show that the industrial development of the State in this area has been nothing short of wonderful. It is now known that there are 5,000 square miles of Indiana underlaid by g&s in quantity to be of commercial value, and that the combined ‘ gas producing area of all other parts of the United States is not one-fourth as great nor as promising.

THURMAN ACCEPTS.

Judge Thurman’s letter of acceptance was given to the press Sunday evening. The letter is as follows: Tbe Hon. Patrick A. Collins and Others Committee : Gentlemen— ln obedience to custom, I send you this formal acceptance of my nomination for the office of vice-presi-dent of the United States, made by the national convention at St. Louis. When you did me the honor to call upon me at Columbus and officially notify me of my nomination, I expressed to you my sense of obligation to the convention and stated that, although I had not sought the nomination, I did not feel at liberty, under the circumstances, to decline it. I thought then, as I still think, that whatever I could properly do to promote the re-election of President Cleveland I ought to do. His administration has been marked by sueb integrity, good sense, manly courage and exalted patriotism, that a just appreciation of these high qualities seem to call for his re-election. lam also strongly impressed with the belief that his re-elction would powerfully tend to strengthen that feeling of fraternity among the American people is so essential to their welfare, peace and happiness, and to the perpetuity of the Union and of our free institutions.

I approve the platform of the St. Louis convention and I cannot too strongly express my dissent from the heretical teachings of the monopolists that tbe welfare of a people can be promoted by a system of exorbitant taxation far in excess of the wants of the government. The idea that a people can be enriched by heavy and unnecessary taxation, that a man’s condition can be improved by taxing him on all he wears, on all his wife and children wear, on all his tools and implements of industry, is an obvious absurdity. To fill the vaults of tbe treasury with an idle surplus for which the government has no legitimate use, and to thereby derive the people of currency needed for their business and daily wants, and to create a powerful and dangerous stimulus to extravagance and corruption in the expenditures of the government, seems to be a policy at variance with every sound principle of government and of political economy. The necessity of reducing taxation to prevent such an accumulation of surplus revenues and the consequent depletion of the circulating medium, is so apparent that no party dares to deny it; btft when we come to consider the modes by which the reduction may be made, we find a wide antagonism between our party and the monopolistic leaders of our political opponents.

We* seek to reduce taxes upon the necessaries of life; our opponents seek to increase them. We say, give to the masses of the people cheap and good clothing, cheap blankets, cheap tools and'cheap lumber. The Republicans, by their platform, and their leaders in the Senate by their proposed bill, say increase the taxes on clothing and blankets and thereby increase their cost, maintain a high duty on the tools of the farmer and mechanic and upon the lumber which they need for the construction of their modest dwellings, shop and barns, and thereby prevent their obtaining these necessaries at reasonable prices. Can any sensible man doubt as to where he should stand on this controversy? Can any well-informed man be deceived by the false pretenses that a system so unreasonable and unjust is for the benefit of the laboringman? Much is said about the competition of American laborers with the pauper labor of Europe, but does not every man whe looks around him see and know that an immense majority of the. laborers

in America are not engaged in what are called the protected industries? and as to those who are employed in such industries, it is not undeniable that the duties proposed by the Democratic measure, called the Mills bill, far exceed the difference between American and European wages, and that, therefore, if it were admitted that every workingman can be protected, by tariffs against cheaper labor, they would be fully protected, and more than protected, by that bill? Does , not every wellinformed? man know that the increase in price of home manufacturers, produced by a high tariff, does not go into the pockets of laboring men, but only tends to swell the profits of others? It seems to me that if the policy of the Democratic party is plainly presented, air? must understand that we seek to make the cost of living less, and at the same time increase the share of the laboring man in the benefits of the national prosperity and growth. I am very respectfully, your obedient servant.

ALLEN G. THURMAN.

A dagger eighteen inches long, inlaid with blocks of gold engraved in Arabic characters, was found lately by a herdsman in Gillespie county, o 'Texas, and it is thdtigbt to be a relic of the time of Cortez, aud'to have been originally bought or captured from the Moore

TROUBLE IN CHICAGO.

Various Conflict# Between the Striker* and Police—A Serious Outcome Vented. Chicago, October JL—There were a number of conflicts between the police and the strikers Wednesday. The latter were infuriated by Gubbens and Carson, two superintendents of lines, snooting into a crowd that threw, stones at them, although they hurt nobody. Late in the afternoon an effort was made to take out a Madison-street car, but it Was : met 3 with a shower of stones and the driver and several policemen were hurt. The officers used their clubs freely. Last night the West Side men had a long conference with the Mayor Roche and agreed to make concessions, but Mr. Yerkea refused to do as much. When the Mayor announced the result of his conference to the waiting committee of strikers, President Coyne gent, nut hia nr lor so tha trion At. the West Side, as given in these dispatches Wednesday night, to report at tbe different bams early Thursday morning and see that no cars were taken out. The Mayor and the police officials spent the rest of the night in discusslbg plans to prevent violence, and Wednesday morning a proclamation was issued calling upon citizens to preserve the order and obey the law. Chicago, October IL—About the same number of cars were run out from the bams on the North Side Thursday as usual, and with the usual accompaniment of hoots and jeers. At Market street the Sedgwick cars were brought to a standstill, as the rails had been tom up. At West Side it was expected that most of the strikers would be on hand to forcibly resist any effort to get out cars, which it was said would begun at 10 o’clock. The police were relieved to find that at most of the barns only a few men appeared, and it subsequently transpired that this was in obedience to orders sent out from the strikers’ headquarters early this morning notifying them to remain away, as negotiations had been resumed looking to a settlement of the difficulty. —.

A riot occured on Warren avenue, in Chicago. Thursday. A bus load of new men were being taken to the Western avenue barns, when a shower of rocks was ponred into them. The police, who guarded them in front and rear, left the patrol wagons, and with drawn revolvers forced the crowd to break that surrounded tbe busses. Many were badly beaten, and blood flowed freely. Eight leaders were arrested. The mob made a most stubborn resistance and after being once beaten back, rallied and rushed for the bus again. The second attack was made by tbe police, who used their clubs right and left, and finally succeeded in scattering the crowds. Chicago, Oct. 15.— The strike on the North and West side street car lines was amicably adjusted yesterday on an honorable basis to both parties. An increase of 6 per cent, in wages and several changes as to the manner of work was the basis of the compromise.

The Cat Craze Coming.

Baltimore Herald. Recently Queen Victoria has contracted the habit of carrying her household cats along with her when she moves from one castle to another. The transportation of cats, has, therefore, become quite a fashionable craze in England, no family of the least pretensions considering it in good form to appear at a railway station without an ample basket containing the domestic felines. The apfng of royalty even in the most absurd and silly customs is one of those things that is not destined to die out soon. Of course the cat craze is liable at any moment to invade the ranks of our American nobility.

Taking the Safe Side.

Epoch. Mother-in-Law(who is going homo after a visit of six moths)—Have we plenty of time, Witherspoon? I mustn’t get left. Mr. Witherspoon (dubiously)—Well, it’s ten minutes walk to the station, and the train will leave in about an hour and a half. To be on the safe side, I think we had better start at once. At the - Husband Club—Brown: “Does your wife keep her temper very well?” Jones: “Um—um—er—some but I get the most of it.” THtE MAKKETB. UrDiAMATOUB, Oct. 15,1888. obaiH. Wheat No. 2Mod ..1.08 I Com, No. i White, 45# «o. V R4...1.07 I No. 2 Yellow, 44% No. i 8ed.,.1.P8 | Oats, No. 2 White... .44% UV* STOCK. OATTLB-JExtrs. choice shippers S.OCsAJO Good to choice shipper*...; .4.25*4.75 Extra, choice hMfets..—. _.2.75i3.15 Good to choice heifers .2.5* aH.OO Good to choice cows _ 2.C0r?..0s Hood —Heavy packing and shipping 6.25*6.35 Light and mixed packing 5.80*6.20 Pigs and heavy roughs .5.00*5.50 „ Satan—Extra choice ...3.65*4.00 Good to ch0ice....... ..........~.....3.20a3.40 MML BOTHB, POULTBY. -—- Eggs.... 150 I Poultry-hena per lb 9# Butter, cre»mery...2Sc | Boosters 4 fancy country—l2o I Turkeys 7c choice country... 9o I ynrrr t switm. Wool—Nine merino, rab.washed «Bc3se “do unwashed, med...__„ 20* 22c «« »- yerv course Bay .choice timothyl2Bo [ Sugar cured hsm,l3#o Bran ... _lisol Bacxm clearddes He i Feathers, prime gooeSSa I Uorerseeo... 4.7* OMoato. -. 1,1 Wheat iOct.} 1.14 | lark 14.57 Oorn ... 45 Lard M.fo CM* “ -25 | Esbs 8.60 un stock. CUm*—Beevs 8.50*5 50 I Hoo*-Mixe4...6.75a5.9C Cows _1.50a2.80 I Heavy..,6,00*6.45 Stockers.... 2.00a8.10 | Light....s.7ss«afi Sheep... _2.',S*4.«vf 3kiPS 4.60*6.15 Cincinnati-Wheat,l.lo; com, 45; oats, 25: rrei 54 - pork 115.00. lard. 19.50; butter creamery, 28; dairy. 16: csjsfß, 16. ± New York—Wheat, 1.17; Corn/52; oat*. 30. St. LouU—Wheat, ITS; corn, 40; oats, 27 Minneapolis— Wheat. Sl—l. Baltimore—Wheat. 1.17; com, 51; oats, 31 .