Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 November 1888 — Page 3

THE NEWS OF THE WEEK.

DOMESTIC. . O. F. Adams, City Treaeurerof Macon, Ga.., is t*.',ooo short in his accounts. There was a fierce snow storm in New York and aloDg the Atlantic cost Sun* day. Leonetto Cipriani, of Baltijnore, iB said td have fallen hei/ tp Italian estates —— It is believed that tie Chicago Anarchists are being reorganized under the gnise of Socialists’ Clubs. An extensive ranch will be established at Garden City, Kansas, for the propogation of the buffalo. Pocomoke City, , Md., was almost totally destroyed by fire Thursday night, the loss beiDg $500,000. Gilbert and Glen Blodgett, aged 10 and 14, fe'l through the; ic6 at Charles City, lowa, Sunday, and were drowned. Dr. McGlynn, in a speech in ChickeringHall, New York, declared himself to be in favor of force in behalf of Ireland. Twelve loaded coal barges, out of a ieet of fifteen, were sunk in the lower bay New York, Sunday night, by the storm. - Joseph Schmit and Frank Spellman, of Omaha, tinners, Thursday fell from a three-story buildingandreceived fatal injuries. In the Hebberd-Frv breach-of-promise suit at Pittsburg Thursday the defendant testified that Mrs. Hebberd did all the proposing and he did all the refusing. Adam Berkes, of Sardinia, Ohio, who was flogged by masked men last Saturday night upon a charge that he had been stealing coal has become a raving nianiac. In the suit of the Cotton Compress Company of Little Rock, Ark., against various insurance companies for insurance on cotton burned, the jury returned a verdict for plaintiffs for $240,000. Following are the official returns of the vote of Virginia: Cleveland, 151,977; Harrison, 150,442; Cleveland’s majority, 1,535. The vote in 1884 was: Cleveland, 145,497; Blaine, 139,256; Total, 284 853; Democratic loss, 4,6i/6. James E. Bedell, the real estate clerk of Chipman, Barlow, Laroque & Choate, of New York, who swindled his employers and their clients out of $264,000, by means of forgeries,has ben sentenced to State prison for twenty-five years. T. V. Powderly has been re-elected Master Workman of the Knights of Labor and his salary continued at? $5,000 per year. Morris L Wheat,of lowa, was elected General Worthy Foreman and John W. Hayes, of New Brunswick, N. J., Secretary-Treasurer. About half the land west of Central Park, New .York, owned by the late Joshua Jones, was sold at auction, Friday, by the executors of the estate, and fetched abouts2,ooo,ooo. The property was bought by Mr. Jones’ father in 1808 for lessthan $3, : 00. Bennett Walling and Mrs. Sarah Morris, both 8f Port Monmouth, N. J., married, Saturday. The groom is eightythree years old. and his bride is seven years his jjmior. The marriage was the result of an agreement on the bride’s part in case Hariison was elected. P. T. Barnurn, the showman, is a thing of the past. He has settled up his business and Sunday announced that he had turned his w’hole circus over to Mr. Baily, who will own and conduct it, and that he himself had forever retired. Advancing years and a desire to enjoy, iris old age in quiet are the "causeaT'WlTfcti lert~Mi Bai n urn to close out. Mr. Barnum is getting to be infirm. The Inter-state Convention of the Young Men’s Christ an Association in session at New Albany, Friday, elected C. D. Meigs, Indianapolis, President, O H. Connor, Richmond, Vice President; F. W. Douglass, Evansville, and L. C. Whitcomb, South Bend, Secretaries; J. F. Waliick, Indianapolis, Treasurer. The report of the State Secretary shows nineteen associations in this State, with a membership of 3 768, and five buildings, valued at $174, 00. Suit for libel, in which damages are laid at Sj2sO t Ooo, was commenced in the Circuit Court Wednesday evening by

the South Side Elevated Railroad Company against the Chicago, Times. The actionable language user) in the conrplaint is as follows: “It is the purpose of the gang Aldermen to push the ordinance through, and their reward will be commensurate with the labor.” Most sensational developments are expected if the case ever c(Tines 1 to trial, as the Times in defense will plead truth of the charges. ‘ ______ To©case of the Schuvler National Bank vs. John G. B llin, just decided in the Supreme Court, is of unusual interest to National Banks generally. Bollin brought suit under section 5,197 and 5,198, United States revised statutes to, recover an amount of usurious interest paid. .The court held that the State courts oi the record, had jurisdiction ;that where usurious interest is taken from the face of a note hy a National Bank it can recover only the face of the note, Hess the usurious ifiterel-t, arid’ tStat where usurious interest'had been paid in advance? the borrower can recover 4oubledhe-amount of interest so paid. Edward Pinffelstone, president of life Journeymen Barbers’, National Union. No*J, of New v ork, has resign d w that offlqe, because, as he declares, the socialistic ants anarchistic elements are gaining control of the labor organizations, and .if the* tendency be

not rebaled and opposed by the conservative, laboring element, there is afore to be eventually some such out break as that predicted by Inspector Bonfleld, of Chicago, ’which will unjustly but inevitably involve and disgrace the labor organizations, 1 which have tolerated extreme ideas. < ? ' The large fishing schooner Edward Nortop, of and from Boston, went ashore nTY-FutUXUiff.Point nftflr , at 6:30 o’clock Sunday night, and 'ftomediably went to pieces. Her crew consisted of sixteen men, and fifteen of them perished. One man, Allen by name, clung to the vessel, and’when the tide left her Monday morning he. succeed in reaching the shore. The vessel was discovered by the midnight patrol of the Life Saving Station, but too late to render assistance. Saelies bottom up and is a complete worck. She is owned by Stubbs & Co., of Boston. The official cvnvass of the vote of Connecticut, Wednesday, shows Cleveland 74,920, Harrison 74,584, Fisk 4,235, Labor 246. Cleveland’s plurality! 336. For Governor—Morris (Democrat) 75,074, Bulkeley (Republican) 73,659, Camp (Prohibitionist) 4,631, An4rews (Labor) 263; scattering 21. No one has a majority of the total vote, and the Legislature will elect Bulkeley and the others on the Republican State ticket. The Congressional delegation is: Simmonds, Russell and Miles (Republicans); Wilcox (Democrat.) Mile’s plurality is 26. The Home Savings Bank of Norfolk, Va.,suspended, Wednesday morning. The reason assigned for the failure by the Board of Directors is that reports recently circulated affecting its credit produced a run on the bank. The published statement giving its condition, states among the resources, loans, $276,487; overdrafts, $3,172, and among the liabilities, capital stock paid in, $50,00>; individual deposits subject to check, $265,5'-8; demand certificates of deposit, sL,lls;and bills payable $5,000 A director stated that from the Cashier’s statement, made Tuesday night, the Board of Directors hoped depositors would loose little if anything. A dispatch from Wheeling, W. Va., says Patrick Waters and Jessie Bates w y ere married at St. George, Tucker county, Tuesday. Wednesday they were taken from the waters of the Black Fork, at Silas Ferry, apparently dead, Mrs. Waters was revived after an hour’s hard work, but all efforts to resuscitate the husband was fruitless. The newly wedded couple went on their wedding trip to the Great Falls of the Black water, one of the" mo3t picturesque sights in West Virginia. In attempting to cross the unfinished railroad bridge at Carrack’s Ford, Mrs. Waters grew dizzy, and losing her balance fell into the stream, which there runs with a velocity of nearly twenty miles an hour. Her husband at once plunged in afeer her, and the two were swept away. At the ford, a quarter of a mile below, a railroad man attempted to rescue the couple and narrowly escaped drowning. At Silas Ford the couple were taken from the water, but too late to save the husband’s lifer

FOREIGN.

The Mayor of Havana has issued a proclamation imposing a consumption tax on all eatables, drinkables and fuel, to take effect on the Ist of January next. The press and public opinion condemn the measure.

WASHINGTON NOTES.

■—37ioft.. PrcHiden-eleet. L. P. Mortpii. visited Washington, Thursday, to inspect his new house, nearly completed. The natie of General Black, the Commissioner of Pensions, is mentioned in connection with the Superintendency of the National Soldiers’ Home at Dayton, Ohio. It is proposed to expend $75,0 0 in the inaugural of President Harrison. Twenty-five thousand dollars has already been subscribed by Washington business men. ‘ " v - The publication of the tweDty-second volume of. the tenth census report, whiqh has just been issued, completes the most elaborate work of the kind ever undertaken in the world. The taking of the tenth census was provided for by au act of Congress approved March 3, 1879, appropriating $3,000,000 sor 1 the work. Certificates of election were issued Thursday by the Governors to*the members elect of the next National House of Representatives. Thfe members file these certificates with the clerk of the present House who holds over until liis successor is elected. <The clerk makes the roster of the House from these cre-

dentials,and allfpersons holding Goverrfors’ certificates draw their salary every month from March 4, *at the rate of $5,0 0 a year. * .... . A new Republican daily paper to support the administration of Harrispn and Morton will be started the first week in December. Mr. F. W. Fox will be the editor, assisted by bit?son, Wm. C. Fox, who for the past .thirteen years Pas been United States •Consul at Brunswick, Germany, having- Deep appointed to that position by President Grant.. The new paper has secured quarters at' No) 528 Tenth street, adjoining the house where President Lincoln died. New presses and complete outfit have been Ordered. The paper wilt be started .Under the anspieps of the National R*pHhltiUnrLeague and ban a lwcae amqunt of capital behind it. No name has been agro-d upon. It will be a four page sheet. .

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

Seymour has a candy fackyy. ( Chicken thieves bother Bluffton. There is a great demand for houses ! at Anderson. - ; A death from milksickness is reported from Morgan county. A conspicuous number of Elkhart Children wear glasses. The Fort Wayne -electric light works Friday morning- Loss, $300,000. ’ “ - The corner stone of the new Vanderburg county court house was laid on the 27th. The switchmen at Indianapolis struck Thursday for an increase in wages, less hours, and .other causes Mrs. Lucy Payne, of Seymour, addicted to the use of opium,., died from an ovdrdose of the drug Monday. John Stevens, a wealthy resident" of Martinsville, was thrown from his wagon, Monday, and probably fatally hurt. Govornor Gray has determined not to call a special session of the Legislature, Unless it should be made necessary by some unexpected emergency. A panic has seized Indianapolis people on account of the fear that natural gas will not hold out. There are nearly 10,000 consumers in that city. John Smith, a miner at Knightsville has fallen heir to $9 >,OOO in Wales by the death of a relative. He is going across the water to collect* his little stake. In an attempt to find gas at the site of the proposed soldiers home at Marion, salt water was struck instead, and the Commission will be called upon to relocate the home. It is estimated that the farmers of the bottom lands adjoining Lawrenceburg have lost fully 10,0n0 bushels of corn on account of the recent rise in the Ohio and Big Miami rivers. A new department, that of veterinary surgery, has been added do Purdue. Three exercises will be given each day. The course will be thorough and will include dissection and clinics.

One of the most unique weather bureaus extant is that conducted at Seymour for the good of Jackson county, by Colonel John T. Forsythe, of the Daily Democrat. A steamjwhistle gives the weather signal to everybody within twelve miles. Louis Wilfong was arrested, Wednesday, at Laporte, for a criminal assault on a little girl but eight years old. The crime was committed on Monday, and the victim is in a very precarious condition. Wilfong was captured after a long and exciting chase. It will be remembered that LieutGov. Robertson brought suit against the bondsmen of Green Smith for the expenses incurred in defending his right to the office of Lieutenant-Governor. The Judge has decided that the bonds were a nullity and that, therefore, Robertson cannot recover. Rev. J. J. Emery, a Methodist preacher from England, lately living near Plymouth, has been in the hospital at Ft. Wayne for some time owing to his desire to fast. He thought if he did not do Christian work he should not eat and abstained for nine days. He was cheered up by the doctors and is going back to England. Irvin L. Bible, who lives near Now Richmond, Montgomery county, was twenty years old the other day, and his uncle offered him $1 for every bushel of corn he would shuck that day between sunrise and sunset. The young man went to work in earnest, and in the evening he was presented witn a ehPfik Tor $lO4, having shucked 1 0 bushels of corn. ~T— There was a Belva Lockwood parade at Corydon, Ind., Wednesday, which eclipsecf ail political demonstrations of the season. About a hundred young men, attired in dresses of all patterns, intended as a burlesqe of prevailing female fashions, were in the procession. After the parade the crowd assembled in front of the public square where a fictitious Belva delivered a speech which excited a great deal of merriment and round after round of applause. About 500 persons witnessed the pro-

ceedings. It is doubtful if any man in the public service has done more for his relatives than Hon. S. M. Stoekslager, of this State, the Commissioner of the General Land Office. He .secured the appointment of two of his brothers to good positions, one as examiner pf penV:ions„ at Albany, N.‘ Y., aud the other as receiver of public moneys at Haley, Idaho,•, The Douglass fenjily are closely related/ to him, and he- ba.s secured positions sos Judge B. P. Douglas*, W. B. Donglatw and Ci Ni. Douglass, and besides, hath Anna % Douglass appointed postmaster at Oorydon. His brother-in-law. J. A. MVilcifj is in the mail service, and bis qpusjn, S. D. Lnckett, holds a lifeiative positjou at Washington. ' » Reports in the State Statistician’ < office from fifty-six counties show that I,< <>»' divorces have ’been granted in the past vest, 784 upon! complaint of and 331 at the instance of the 355 -complaints alleged abandonment, 169 cruel treatment, 104 adultery, 9922Tcifiniin.il conviction. The inereasie over iW. when three m»Vrc cpjAtifleA were reported,fa 31. jrn siyty pine county asylums, 2.372. p/rsonp were** reported; 1,451 and -63 whoee sex is noNguVen; blirk>, 478 - insane. deafy ainddumb and old'age. The

county average is 36, an increase of one over last yekr. Forty-five county sheritfareport7,467 person imprisoned daring the past year. The November crop report, published Wednesday, has tho*following in reference, to Indiana crops. Former reports indicated that the yield of corn would be slightly in excess of that of 1887; the quality will be lowered by reason of many fields having been damaged some by drought, the grains being shriveled ffiflrdiooae upon the. ..cab. Fortunately, the area thus affected is not large, as the. reports do not seem to indicate snch condition in the southern portion of State. The yield of Irish potatoes will be somowhat greater than was anticipated, and the quality is fair. The yield of buckwheat will be light, and the quality medium. The crop of apples is jrery little short of a full yield; falling prematurely has reduced the xuantity of winter-keepers, but there will be a large surplus to find a market elsewhere, or make into cider. Recent rains have improved late-sown wheat, and pastures have about recovered from the effects of the drought. The annual report of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, which was given to the press Sunday night, gives in detail the operations of the internal revenue laws, the and the distillers, etc., during the past fiscal year. The aggregate collections in Indiana were $4,139,159. The Sixth district, of which Hunter is collector, paid $2,7' 5,381. Although t :ere were 518 seizures in the territory, and 812 persons arrested, Indiana furnishes none of them. The exhibit relating to the manufacture of tobacco in Indiana is as follows:' Factories, 14; pounds of leaf used, 38,487: scraps, 7.976; licorice, 459; sugar, 627; total, 46,647. Plug tobacco martufactured, 2,629 pounds; smoking, 9,239; snuff, 24,033; exported, 100 pounds: sold, 40,727 pounds; value of stamps used, $3,258. In the State there a e 18 special tax-payers, 5,567 retail liquor dealers, 62 wholesale liquor dealers, 435 manu facturerS' of cigars, 54 dealers in leaf tobacco, 18 dealers in leaf tobacco not exceeding 25,000 pounds, 17,241 dealers in manufactured tobacco, 26j peddle Bof tobacco, 49 brewers, and 184 retailers in malt liquors. One manufacturer of and 1 wholesale dealer in oleomargarine, 32 retail dealers in oleomargarine. There are 26 registered fruit distilleries in the State, of which 24 were operated during the year. Nine hundred and sixty-seven thousand seven hundred and sixty-one bushels of materials were, used in the manufacture of distilled spirits. There was rectified 1,160,170 gallons of spirits. Number of cattle fed, 6,1 68; hogs,. 5.654. The assessments in the State aggregated $57,882. The exportation of distilled spirits from the State amounted to 60,862 gallons. Spirits in warehouses, 1,6114,626 gallons. Oleomargarine produced in Indiana during the year, 2,884.183 pounds; exported, 9,o4Opoundß; tax on the manufacture, $82,735. The manufacturers of and dealers in oleomargarine in Indiana aggregate 623. I. 0. o. F. OF INDIANA. The Grand Encampment and Grand Lodge I. 0. O. F. of Indiana, met at Indianapolis on the 2 th, 216 t and 22d Inst. The Grand Encampment reports snowed a very general and encouraging increase in membership. Ibe officers elected for the ensuing year were: A C. Daily, Lebanon, Grand Patriarch; J. G. Strdup, Waldron, <->rand Senior Warden; John W. Cooper, -Kokomo, ~~Jtratftr~Waf de n;~B--Fr~Foster,--M adisoft-,-Grand Scribe; Tbos. P. Haughey, Indianapolis, Grand Treasurer. The attendance at the Grand Lodge was the largest ever recorded in the history of.the order. The <5 rand Secretary. B. F. Foster, reported that the net inqrease in membership for the term is 1,345. During the same period there were 1,824 initiations. Nineteen hundred and forty-six brothers and 161 widowed families have been relieved. The sum of $39,2<>4 82 has been paid for thq relief of brothers; $2,966 77 for the relief of.widowed’ families; SOB 97 for the education of orphans; $10,527.03 for burying the dead, and $3 476 09 for other charitable purposes, makipgtbe total, amount of relief $50383.68. is i.T the, largest sum ex-; peuded for relief lit'any one term for several The total number of Odd Fellowiifn $e State undet the juris diction of the■ .'fir'did Lodge is 29,559. ThV%*«iptfi from lodges fpr the year 'wei?e?Sl93)i('7 47, ahtf expenses $69,85.7.2. ■-;'A Vfoh'/eoort of the grand T, P,. Haughey, he assets of Ihe o c|£d ■Lud g£ gen<er# I fund tube: Cash Oh hand. 7,5) Grand L.'iiljfe Flail stock, i32s{m ; total. sll 615.27: The' re-C-ipts of,tfiis fuhl for the year were $19,•'.42 "The receipts of theGraud Lodge Ha)) hind were, ioel-nhn'r a balance of $052;48 at last report, $1 There was ait the dateyjijt he re port this year a balance of $7,46127. From the Gr<md Lodge trustees a repo/t was received agreeing with treasurer’s statement. The electfon of officers resuked as follows: / Grand Master —J. E. O. F. Harper, of Madison. _ " . Deputy Grand Master—C. C. Binkley, Richmond. Grand W arden—W. H. aptolis, Gnhid Secretary—B. F. Foster, MadiKon. (address-Indianapolis, i Grand Treasurer—T-. P. Haughßy, Indianapolis. Trii=.tce«--Wm, Wall ice, J. W. McQuiddy and John Ferguson.

A SOUTHERN MAN’S VIEWS.

Hon k’x f.»r K«Jorm in .South fn Ructions. General L. C. / Howk, of Tennessee, wlfo has represented the Knoxville district in Congress for ten years, and who was recently re-elected by a majority of more than 13,004,18 in the ci v, says the Indianapolis News, but he declares with much emphasis that he is not hereto beg appointments, propose Cabinet .ministers orauggest a Southern policy. He came on private business, but Friday he called upon General Harrison. While lie will not offer any suggestions to the President-elect, he says he would be glad to see the South represented in the Cabinet by some such men as W. O, Bradley, of Kentucky, Or General Mahone. In Tennessee there has teen some talk about W. N. Baxter, a young lawyer of Knoxvill, whose father, Judge J. J. Baxter, came near being taken into Garfielu’s Cabinet. General Howk, however, does not attach any importance to the talk. The General has views on {he Southern question. He believes that Congress should refuse to recognize the credentials of any Southern Congressman' elected by fraud, and if there is evidence that the defeated candidate was cheated but of his election the seat should be given to him. When the Southern people are made to understand that they will be allowed no representation in Congress until their elections are conducted fairly he believes that there will be something of a reform. To enforce fair methods, however, he believes that the right kind of inch should be appointed Federal Marshals, and that they should be made to understand that they must arrest every man violating the election laws. Their work should be followed up bj? the repeal of the law that requires that juries shall be drawn from an equal number of names of persons belonging to both parties, of which juries are easily packed in the interest of defendants. He! believes that Marshals should be allowed to select the jurors. That was the law for eighty years, and it worked well enough. When some such methods are applied to Southern elections he believes that, so far as Federal interests are concerned, it will be possible to obtain something like a fair expression of sentiment or choice at the bal lot-box, but there is 1 ’ little hope for bringing about reform in State and local e ections. It is his belief for that reason that the Federal elections should be held separately from those of the State and municipalities. w

PRIVATE SECRETARY.

E. W. Halford, managing editor of the Indianapolis Journal, has received the appointment of Private Secretary by President-elect Harrison. He will at once take charge of Mr. Harrison’s correspondence, but for a time will continue in his position on the Journal. His relations with the President-elect have been of an intimate nature, and the marked characteristics of the two men are much alike, socially, spiritually, and politically. He is one of the few men whom the President-elect has taken into his confidence, and he gave valuable aid in promoting the success of General Harrison. He it was who started the Harrison movement, and he exerted much influence in holding solidly together the Indiana delegation at Chicago. With the rare qualifications that he posges-ifts for the—duties,. 'Mr. -Halford -wlll.-.do.u.htless make the position of Pri ate Secretary one .ol great importance in the new adminiStration)*and it issafe to say that he will have qliite as much influence as any Cabinet minister. He is a n( j rvouß, ; bra|ny little fellow, full of rushing energy, with great capacity, for work, although ratherweak physically and is always ready with an idea. H»r came from England with his parents when a small child, and has livt’d in Indianapolis since, wiih the exception of a few years of his boyhood spent in Hamilton, O , and two years in Chicago as managing editor of the Inter Ocean. His education, with the exception of a common school cotirse. was obtained in the newspaper office. Beginning as a carrier boy, he-worked t is way through the mechanical department of the Indianapolis Journal, and was promoted to’ the writing force. In' a L w years be rose to the position of managing editor pf the .—re

G A. R. MATTERS.

Arijuta ■' (■« i-r llt oiez Trib jg io Orii in ze ■ >»nftocr at.it: .SoXalera. Adjutant General Koontz is fathering the movement in this Hi ate, rays the Indianapolis, N-ws similar to the one said to be inaug irated in Illinois by General Palmer, looking to a withdrawal of all Democratic !-o'itierß from the G. A. R., and tiie formation pf a distinctive association. the membership limited entirely to the Democracy. General Koontz is credited with saying that he is tired Pf paying dues to a nonpolitical organization .only in name, and for this reason 1m proposes to stand goilfathTr ftcnrocratTir that • there will he no question of its - -€Kneral Palmer is disgruntled- in Illinois, because he was defeated by a private soldier in his race lor Governor, and General Koontz has retired in this State because there was more of the G. A. R. voting Tor Hovey than TdfMatem. Theeharge

which these gentlemen make against the Q. A. R. is so manifestly unjust that it is not beHeved that the attempt to form a distinctive Democratic Grand Army organization wilt - meet with much encouragement, alth ugh General Koontz is also credited with making the absurd boast that after the Democratic element shall have been eliminated from the present G. A. R., there will be precious little left of the original organization. The G. A. R. in. this and other States are inoving-for the adoption of a different uniform than the one now worn, which is too much like the suits of Pullman car porters and servants in other classes of business. It is also proposed to secure legislation, to make it a misdemeanor for any one to wear the badge or uniform not entitled thereto, and this will do away with a good many impostqrs, now ranging the country.

THE WHITECHAPEL FIEND.

Great excitement was occasioned Wednesday morning when it was reported that another woman had been murdered and mutilated in Whitechapel, London. The police immediately formedja cordon around the premises. An enormous crowd rushed to the vicinity in which the crime was said to have been committed, where it was learned that another murder had been attempted upon a low woman by a man who had accompanied her to her lodging, but that in this instance his work had been frustrated. According to the woman’s story the man had seized her and struck her once in the thtoat with a knife. She struggled desperately and succeeded in freeing herself from the man’s grasp and had screamed for help. Her cries had alarmed the man and he fled without attempting any further violence. Some of the neighbors who had heard the woman’s screams followed the murderer fer about 300 yards, when he disappeared from their sight. The woman says she is fully able to recognize the man and gave a description of him to the police. The police are hopeful of soon capturing him. This latest Whitechapel sensation has been sifted down to nothing but the mere ravings of a drunken women after a row with her lover. Thq woman is of even lower type than those who fell a prey to the Whitechapel murderer. Her associates say that she is very quarrelsome, and that the man whom she accused of trying to cut-her throat has been visiting her for nearly a year. The people in the house heard them quarreling at 9 q’clock Thursday, and when the man ran down the stairs the woman followed him to the top of the landing and screamed: “He tried to cut my throat, folio v him.” Three men gave chase but the fellow got away easily enough. This indeed is the only significant thing in the whole affair and it is difficult to understand how a man could escape so easily in broad daylight in streets patrolled by- the police and filled with people. But the police know who the man isaDd where he lives. They have been watching his house all day and when he gets over his fright and returns home they expect to get him. ’ There is however not the slightest reason to suppose that he is the Whitechapel fiend. The police believe that the woman inflicted the wound in her own throat. The injury is very slight The really interesting incident of the* day is another letter from “Jack the Ripper,” dated Portsmouth. Here it is: ‘ Dear Boss It is no good so you to look for mein London, becauseT am not there. Don’t trouble yourself about me long. I like the work too well to leave it lo< g. Oh that was 6ueh a jolly job the last one I had plenty of time to do it properly. Ha, ha! the next lot 1 mean to do with a vengeance, to cut off their head and arms. You think it is a man with a black mustache. Ha, ha, ha! M hen I have done another you can catch me, so good by, dear Boss, till I return. Yours, “Jack the Ripper.” The letter isio the same handwriting as the one received just before Mary Kelly was murdered.

One hundred more writs of ejectment were served on settlers on the Des Moines River lands Wednesday. The’ settlers w*jre"driven out of their houses, their furniture piled up in the road, and the doors and windows barred against them. The Land Company make no compromises and when the settlers make overtures to buy their land, as many of them are doing,they are charged from sl6 to $25 per acres Harrison’s official plurality in Michi--gan is 22.966. Fisk received 20,942 votes, and Streeter, Union Labor, 4,542.

THE MARKETS

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