Bloomington Telephone, Volume 13, Number 42, Bloomington, Monroe County, 30 April 1889 — Page 2

Bloomington Telephone BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA. WALTER a I HADFUTE, - - Tvstxssmk

DOINGS OF TIIE DAY.

CVEKTFOX rTArPEXINGS IX EYKRY

An Inferersttng Sammary of the X-atest News by Wire Fires. Accidents, Crimes Politics, Religion, Commerce and Crops, Sandwiched with Minor Affairs,

HOME RULE IN INDIANA CITIES. The Board of Control, Police, and Fire Bills Declared Unconstitutional. ' The Supreme Court of Indiana has handed down three opinions, one affirming the decision of the court below in declaring unconstitutional the board of control bill passed by the last Legislature. 'this bill hud sole reference to Indianapolis and placed the various departments under one control. The principal point lay in the allegation that it deprived the people of local self-government. The other decisions upset the police and fire board bills of Indianapolis and Evansville for the same reason. The- result was anticipated in Indianapolis, as the police authorities have retused to surrender to the new boards, but in Evansville it will restore the old condition of things. Judge Mitchell has hied a dissenting opinion. i DISBELIEF IN THE BIBLE. A Celebrat d Church Case in MissouriA Dcpvtsed Minister. Ix accordance with his own request, the Rev. Henry Truro Bray hns been deposed from the Episcopal ministry by Bishop Tuttle. Dr. Br.iy's case is celebrated in church circles. Afcer serving several year- in th miuistry a spirit of disbelief took posses ion of htm, and he became an i gx.o.tic. He was rector of the church at SooieviUe, Mo. He wrote a let terte the Bishop, in which he outlined his religious platform. In this letter he tet forth that he id not believe Christ was God; nor did he believe in revealed religion or the God of the Bible. In an interview he asserted that disbelief is widespread in the pulpit, and that a Bishop told him that he did not believe in the Bible, but thought Plato was better than the Bible. BASE-BALL BATTERS. Opening: of the League Season Contestants for the Pennant.: The National Base-ball League began its seasou April 24, with the following results: National League. Won. Lost. Per ct. Boston 1 .. 1.000 Philadelphia 1 .. 1.000 Indianapolis 1 1.00 Pittsburgh 1 1.000 Chicago 1 .... New "York.... 1 Washington 1 .... Cleveland. - 1 .... OTHER LEAGUES.

Western. W. Omaha 3 Denver 2 St. Paul 2 St. Joseph.. .2 Mil waui.ee.. 1 Sioux City..l Des Monies. 1 Minneapolis 0

L. $ c American W. L. ?c 0 1.000' St. Louis.... S 1 .857 1 .666AthIetic 6 1 .857 1 .606 Baltimore... 6 I .857 1 .6G6 Kansas City.4 3 .571 2 .333 Cincinnati. .3 4 .428 z '.33: Columbus... 2 5 .85 2 .333 Brooklvu....l 6 .142 3 .... Louisville. 1 6 JU2

A CLOUDBURST AT ATLANTA. Two .Icn Killed by Falling Wails-Several Houses Blown Down. Oxe of the heaviest rain and hail stoma ever known at Atlanta, Ga., occurred recently. It was a veritable cloudburst. At the time it began the members of the re department were inside the Jackson Building, which burned lately. The storm burst suddenly, and before they could get out the Bryor street wall fell in upon them, killing Firemen W. P. Leach and Henry Howell and injuring others. Distributing the Patronage. THE President has appointed Willis Sweet, of Idaho Territory, United States Attorney for the District of Idaho. The Postmaster General has promoted W. B. Cooley from Chjef Clerk of the Money-Order Bureau to Chief Clerk of the Postoffiee Department. He has also appointed Edward G. Carlin ( Assistant Superintendent of the Railway Mail Service; John A. Chapman, of Illinois, Chief of the Inspection Division; L. H. Terry, Superintendent of Mails at Nashville, Tenxu; Frank H. Smith, Superintendent of Mails at Baltimore, and S. G. Sullivan, Superintendent of Mails at Cincinnati. James H. Wardle, of New York, has been appointed Chief of Division to the Census Office.

Mr. Clarksen's Ax. Ik one day First Assistant Postmaster General Clarkson appointed one hundred and seventy-five fourth-class postmasters. Of this number about 75 per cent, were made to fill vacancies caused by death or resignation. Mr. Clarkson eeid that practically no changes are being made in fourth-class offices, except upon sustained charges against the postmasters or to improve the locations of the offices, and where the postmasters had held office about four years. Fatal Election Row in Virginia. A WHOLESALE shooting took place at Bickley's Mills, near Lynchburg, Va., while an election on the liquor-license question was 'progressing. William Porter was shot three times and expired almost immediately. Joe Sargent and Martin Johnson received mortal wounds, and S win Howell was shot in the breast, but will probably recover. Several other persons were slightly wounded. The trouble grew out of an old grudge. Charged with Embezzling 911,000. E. L. Whittareb, bookkeeper and confidential clerk for the plumbing firm of Smith k Connors, of Cleveland, Ohio, has been arrested fr embezzling the firm's money. The shortage is Said to be $11,000. AVhittaker had been employed by Smith & Connors for five years. He declares that he is a member of the firm, and that the short ago can be explained.

EASTERN OCCURRENCES. Postmasteb Pearsost, of New York Citv, is dead. H .s affliction was tumor of the stomach. He was about fortyseven years of age. The biggest ond fiercest fire NewYorkers have witnessed in this generation swept the east bank of the North Bivef from Fifty-ninth street to what would be Stety-iifth street if that street ran to the river. It destroyed more than $1,500,000 worth of property belonging to the New York Central Railroad, and At ltufit $&OQ9000 worth of lard. Hour,

j and the like, belonging to other persons. notably N. K. Fairbank, the great Chicago lard merchant. The flames

destroyed the two big levators, "A" and WB," of the Vauderbilt systern; a bip; brick building stretching from Fifty-ninth street to Sixtieth street, and occupied jointly by the Fairbank Lard Kefinery and the Eossiter stores, and wiped out the dock property of the New York Central Railroad system from Fifty-ninth to past Sixty-fifth street. At leapt one man was killed in his he -idlong flight from the fire. A number were injured jumping from the windows of the burning building. The following list includes the killed and injured so fur :is is known: Henry JSenniug, John Johnson, Charles Brown, William J. Noble, and Edward H. Tobin. The financial loss will reach 3,355,000, largely covered by insurance. The proposed prohibition amendment to the Constitution was defeated in Massachusetts by about 44,000 votes. Stanton Blakit, awell-kuowu citizen of Boston, died, aged 52.

WESTERN HAPPENINGS. Three desperadoes Chailes Delvin, George Delvin and George Walton waiting trial .at Mar on, Ind., on the charge of burglary, broke jail by sawing through two eets of iion bars. They made good their escape. Another prisoner. George Wilson, a member of the same gang, was too fat to get through the opening and remained. The men committed a half-dozen robberies at Van Buren about a month ago. They are desperate, and will not be retaken without a struggle. Word of the stealing of a team of horses and the robberv of a house sixteen miles east of Marion has been received and the supposition is that the crime was committed by the Delvins and Walton. The wives of the Delvin brothers and an unknown crook from Huntington have been arrested for

assisting in the prisoners escape. In making a final settlement with exCollector Taney Trace, at St. Joe, Mo., County Judge Keene discovered that the report of the Treasurer showed that Trace had paid over $12,348.17 more than his statement showed be had collected, while the State Treasurer's statement showed

$602.17 less than claimed, making a surplus unaccounted for of $11,682.24. Judge Keene filed a protest, but the other judges would not join in :it. Investiga tion is asked for. Fire at Wichita, Kansas, destroyed tho iron foundry of Stewart, Coney & Co., causing a loss of $(0,000, with but little insurance. WrjiBUB M. Rat, an old farmer living near Medford, Minn., was burned to death while burning brush. Sylvester Grtjbb, the slayer of his sweetheart, Gertrude Downey, was hanged at Vincennes, Ind. Grubb spent his last night in peaceful repose, retiring shortly before 11 o'clock. He ate his breakfast with some relish. The death warrant was read before his execution, but he was not moved by it. When asked if he had anything to say, Grubb remarked in a firm, clear, low tone: "I've got a great deal to say, but I dare not say it on ac count of the newspaper men. Yov. may as well put on the rope." A battIiE occurred recently near Purcell, I. T., between United States officers and boomers, and thirty boomers were taken prisoners. Seven of them were slightly wounded, and one Deputy Marshal was slightly hurt. A masked robber entered the express office at Lattonsburg, Mo., and, putting a revolver to the agent's head, ordered him to open up the safe and deliver over all his valuables. The agent was not slow in obeying orders, and Mr. Kobber left directly afterward .with several money packages, containing in all between $6,000 and $10,000. The scramble for the virgin soil in Oklahoma Territory, I. T began on the 22d inst. Fully 50,000 people were waiting on the border of that small patch of ground. Fast horses, railroad trains, stages, and all sorts of private vehicles bore them into the co veteel Territory at the earliest possible moment. Ten thousand more will likely get possession of all the desirable land, and then they will hove to hold it against five times as many disappointed men. Everybody is armed with deadly weapons, ffo government save that of the war department exists. Thero is reason to fear, therefore, that much bloodshed will result from the general turmoil before the rush is over, and the country settles down to quiet business. The fire which destroyed the Me i senwinkle woodenware factory and entire plant in West Depere. Wis., also burned fifteen buildings and other duelling, entailing a loss of nearly $500,000. The returning base-balUsts wero accorded a great reception in Chicago on the ISth inst. They were received at the depot, and a procession escorted them to the Palmer House, where the)' were entertained at a royal banquet. Simon Houts, a citizen of Attica, Ind., shot and killed his wife ami then committed suicide by shooting himself through the heart. Mrs. Houts received throe wounds one through the heart, another in the shoulder and the third in the hand. About an hour before the tragedy Hout and his wife were in Attica trading and talking with their acquaintance. After arriviug at home tney put their five children in bed and then prepared to retire themselves. The bodies presented a ghastly spectacle, the clothes of each and the bedding being saturated with blood. The application of the Hamilton County Saloonkeepers' Associat'ou. for incorporation has been denied by Secretary of Siato Ryan, of Ohio, on the ground that the objects for which the society was organized i. e., the antagonism o,( the liquor laws of Ohio - i unlawful and not to be encouraged. The Secretary announces that he will ineorj orate no body proposing to subvert State government, and: organized for the sole purpose of raising funds to fight the laws "already on the statute books. He says it is ag linst the best interests of the people and ublic policy. A hobbibis death from hydrophobia is reported from Jacksonville, a small town twelve miles west of Crawfordsville, Ind. About nine weeks ngo So'omon Shoof, a young man of 22 years, was bitten by n dog, but not until recently did he show any symptoms of the disease. He then became so violent that he bad to be hand cuffed. He died in terrible agony. Another farmer, named John To ll, wbo wan bitten, will not ro- over. A.numbor o:t cattle which were attacked aud bitten by the dog have also died of hydrophobia. AlAJoii Daxiei C. O'Dbucoll, for

many years a lawyer ofCleyeland, Ohio, bittrecentlyTpension" agent at" Washington, has been convicted in the United States Circuit Court at Cleveland of violating the pension laws. O'Driscoll was charged with withholding $l,000of $1,100 pension obtained by him for Mrs. Phcebe Bich. Bail was refused and the prisoner was committed to jail. The street-car barns at Hock Island, 111., have been destroyed by fire. The los is estimated at $15,000. Fifteen cars and forty-two horses were burned, James W. Hpi-m, who mysteriously disappeared from Danville, 111., in March, has returned to that city. He says that when he left home be was in a trance from which he recovered in Silver Springs, Fla. He can give no details of the trip.

Ax Muscatino, Iowa, Drummond AVilsou, aged son of the Rev. W. G. AVileou, a Methodist minister, was killed by a switch engine. A bold attempt at bank robbery was made at Ventura. Cal., by a man named McCarthy. He entered Collins & Sons' bank while the cashier, Collins, was gone to lunch, leaving Jack Moirison alone. McCarthy entered and complained of his poverty, and tne desperation which had drawn him to think of suicide. He laid a package on the counter which he . said was dynamite, aad drew a six-shooter and demanded $30,000. Morrison dodged behind the counter and ran out of the back door. The robber then seized a tray containing about 4,000 and wi Iked into the street. Morrison gave the alarm and people gathered on 1he street, but no one was armed The thief had his horse hitched near the bank end was making for that. The Sheriff happened to be near, but was without firearms. He stepped into a hardware store and seized a shot-gun, when the robber suddenly surrendered. The money was all recovered except 20 which was probably lost on the street. A special from Ozark, MoM says a guard has been placed over the .condemned Bald-Knobbers. Dave Walker intimated very plainly that the Sheriff would not have an opportunity to tie the halter around his neck if the Governor should fail to interfere, and as soon as the officer heard of this declaration the guard was placed in the jail to prevent the Knobbers' chief and bis associates from making any attempt to cheat the gallows by suicide. It is not thought that John Matthews has nerve enough to seriously meditate suicide, but the Walkers are made of much sterner stuff, and, when the hope of commutation deserts them, no one would bo surprised should they attempt to cheat the gallows by self-destruction. A stabtlikg tragedy has occurred among the colored population of Lincoln, Neb. Kobert Woods, an old, good-natured colored man who worked for the city, was shot in the head v.jid neck with a shotgun, causing almost instant death. He was aslaepinbedand the assassin shot through a window over the bed where he was asleep.

He was discovered when his wife came home. The gun was loaded with slugs. John Taylor and Charles Curtiss, both colored, were arrested for the crime, and Taylor confessed that he did the shooting with Curtiss' gun and that the latter was to pay him $50 for committing the deed. The slaughter house and pork-packing establishment of F. A. Laidly & Co., on Spring Grove avenue, immediately north of the stock ya:rds, at Cincinnati, Ohio, has been destroyed by fire. How the lire started is a matter of surmise. The establishment was of brick, very large and finely appointed. The loss was complete, and will be between $225,000 and $250,000. The establishment was well insured in various companies. SOUTHERN INCIDENTS. Near Glenece, Ivy., a freight train dashed into the rt:ar of the through passenger, wrecking the rear car and bruising, though not fatally injuring, several passengers. The safe in the law office of Hubbard & Conley, at Elk ton, Md., was blown by burglars, and $4,800 in money and notes taken. George Jones, a colored man, was arrested, charged with complicity in the case. He confessed, and was bound over to the Criminal Court.

THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

The President has appointed the following commission to negotiate, with the Sioux Indians of Dakota: Gen. George Crook, U. S. A. ; .the Hon. Charles Foster, of Ohio, and the Hon. William Warner, of Kansas City, Mo. Irving Miller, of Chicago, a son of Justice Miller, is appointed secretary and disbursing officer of the commission. Paul Vandervoort has been appointed superintendent of mails at Omaha, Neb., and Henry A. Thomas superintendent of mails at Boston, Mass. Corporal Takxeb, the Commissioner of Pcnsious at Washington, D. C, has rendered an impor tant decision on the application of John Webb of Indiana for an increase of pennon from $24 to $30 a month. Webb is receiving the former rate for varicosei veins of the left leg, aud asked for the increase on the urouud t hi; t tot al disabi 1 ity in t he foot now exists. In granting the increase asked for the Commissioner says in his opinion that it was not the intention of Congress in using the words "total disability" to debar claimants noiu pension from the benefits of the act unt 1 vhe hand, foot, arm, or leg is a worthless incumbrance. Hereafter, he says, total disability shall be held to exist when the affected member, by reason of wound, injury, or disease, is useless in the performance of ordinary manual labor. FRESH AND NEWSY. In deference to the wishes of the Ministerial Association, which some time ago started a provincial agitation for the reduction of Sunday traffic on the railways, Superintendent Moriord, of St. 'i nomas, Ont., has issued an order to the effect that in future Sunday freight traffic on the Michigan Central Railway through Canada will be discontinued. No freight trains will be run over the road between Buffalo and Detroit Irom 0 p. in. Saturday until G a. in. Monday, with the exception of stock and perishable goods, and any train leaving a terminal point and in transit at 0 p. m. Saturday will be switched off at tho first terminal point reached. The order has gone into effect. All of the passengers and crew of the Danmark were saved. Mr. Ruben, the first officer, who is among them, reports that on April 4 the Damnurk's shaft was broken. The next day tho disabled steamer met the steamship Missouri, from London, March 28, for Philadelphia and Baltimore. The Missouri towed the Druunark until the 6th, when the latter seemed to bo ubout to sink.

,!i5Bg At first fhe Missouri was only . able to take aboard twenty of the Danmark'8 passengers, but after

naving turown over u pun iua ui jilt cargo 6he found accommodations for all the crew aud passengers of the Danmark. The Missouri then proceeded to the Azores and left thi?re the first and second officers and 320 passengers. She then continued her journey to Philadelphia, Pft., with 340 pass ngers and the remainder of the crew, where she arrived safely. The Captain and three engineers of the Danmark left the Azores the 14th for London. The Danmark was about 800 miles from Newfoundland when the accident occurred. It is reported that Wellington R. Burt, of Michigan is to g3 to London for the purpose of securing 10,000,000, with the ob-

jecctof controlling the entire s'llt business j

have already been arranged. It is not the intention of the syndicate to advance prices, but to handle the product in a certain economical manner that will result in tho saving of about $500,000 yearly. 11. G. Dcn & Cc.'s review of trade for last week is as follows: Mont of the indications usually considered of value point to a genuine iimiroveuigut inbuilt net;, and rather in volume of trausjt.ctioiie than in irofUfi. Crop nr:HiectB brighten Htoadily, Lower prices result ir largely increased exports. Money is abundant, tae Treasury in pouring out freely, aud there are no eigus of preHmiro iron abroad. Kailroad earnings are increasing, and payment through banks, yet failures in some import&rt branches of trade are numerous. Col

lodions fc.re gertorally slower than usual ; the iron

and leather Interests are embarrassed by production largely exceeding the present demand. At Kaunas City web weather affected trade and collections, and at Pittsburg the slow movement and weakness in prices of iron and steel products, glass and coal affect business generally, but at Cleveland more inquiry for iron ore is reported and a bettor feeliog is manifest. The wool market is waiting, the old supply is nearly exhaunted, aud new wool being not, as yet, available in any quantity, prices are mostly nominal, out average for 104 grades and qualities nearly ??,c lower. Toe overproduction of leather dot s not appear to be canned by any sudden shrinkage in the demand for finished products, since the shipments of boots ana bhnes an; larger than in any previous year. But the depression in price, which has r.ow continued since li&O, and reached 38 per cent., is unprecedented as to duiation, and the excess of production undoubtedly begins to embarraiui many makers. The cotton manufacture is progressing fairly, -with a consumption a little larger than in any pre vious year. Wheat is btft a shade lower and corn a little higher than a week ago. The rapid approach of another harvest, with an unsold surplus in excess of all probable demands, which seems likely to be not far fro:ji 40,000,030 buehels Julv 1. is a sufficient

age of prices is a shnde lower than a week ago. The business failures number 216, as against the previous week.

SHE NATION'S GROWTH. FARMERS ARE HAPPYl

jrOKTY-TU O STATES NOYF COMPRIfiB I'HS IK WN'8 GALAXY.

ACROSS THE OCEAN. There yas serious rioting in Vienna,

arising out of the Btrike of tram-car driv- j

era. Workmen in sympathy with the strikers bio eked tho streets and overcame the rolice. A force of cavalry had to be called out to quell the disorder. Many persons were injured and a large number arrested. A Vienna special states: "The strikes of tho tram-car men are nearly over, but the rioting for whicli the strike was made the prt$xt continues, A formidable mob stoned the cavalry und held them at bay until the Boldiers were re-enforced by a large detachment 01 infantry. A charge was then mnde upon the crowd, and many of them were wounded, A large number of arrests were mado and the mob hnally dispersed. The workingmen have steadily refused to -join the mob?, which ifi mainly composed of merely anti-Semitic hirelings and socialist ruffians."

PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENTS Those Who Have Been Successful In Their Aspirations The President hatt made the following appointments: Solon W. Stocking, of Onondogo., N. Y., to be im Examiner-in-Chief in tho Tut-exit Office; Kalph W. Wheelock, of Mitchell. 1). T to be ltdceiver of Public Moneys at Mitchell, P. T. ; Harrison KeUey, of Jacksonville, Oregon, to be Receiver of Public Moneys at Drewsuy. Oregon; James K. Haydeu, of o'lyinpia, Y. T., to be Receiver of Public Moneys at Seattle,, W, T. ; Laban J. Miles, of West Branch, Iowa, to be Agent for the Indians of the Osage Agency in Indian Territory; Jauaes G. Hatchitt. of Frankfort, Ky., to bo a special agent to make allotments of lands in severalty to Indians, according t an act of Congress approved Feb. 8, 1887; Mcrris O. Wickershaui, of Alabama, to be United States Attorney for the southern district of Alabama ; Jay R. Huntington, of Oregon, to bo Registrar of the land otiice at DrewHoy, Oregon. John H. Fimple, of Ohio, has been appointod a principal examiner oi claims and contests in tho general land oihoe. The President has appointed the following Western postmasters: Indiana Michael C, Gnrber, Madison; Mrs. Margaret L. Howe, Worthington; R, F, Rebout, ltushville. Ohio John V. Steel, Oberlin; Samuel C. Moore, Findlay. Iowa Joha E. Pickering, Alta; William H. Turrell, Waverly. Nebraska Mrs. A. A. Sic nor, Luddiugtoi. Kansas Harry H. Tusk, Parsons; Henry E. Cowgill, Baldwin. Missouri O : in D. Austin, Butler. Arizona George H. Cook, Flagstaff. Idaho Edward Angel, Hailey.

MAEKKT ItKFORTS.

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utrinped by

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Vermont had

been formed out t a part of the territory of New York, and on February 18, 1791, an act of Cou0'3sh admitted her for the 4th of March following. It may not be generally known :hat, although Vermont was thu s the first new (State added to the o7ijrinal thirteen, the act admitting Kenvucky was really passed and approved a foi tnijht earlier fian the one aLm:ttirc Vermont.

Kentucky's application had b.ee n two months earlier tnau the Green Mountain State's, but tho act admitting her was framed so as to take eifect only on Jane 1, 1792, so tlmt she came in Reoond. Fi 'teen States joined in the election of Prseklent VaflItington for his second term.' As New York had set off Vermont, and Virginia had uet hit Kentucky, so in December, 1769, North Carolina had set off 'Tennessee, and early the following year this Territory was formally conveyed to tho Genera'. Government, and oyit Accepted. Six years later its people, in convention, adopted a constir.ui.ion and ap

plied for admission into the Vian, which ap.

ncauon was promptly tcranteu. to aato irom

utie 1. 1796. IjOi: j? before that t me tho North

west Territory had been established under tho famous ordinance of Jilly 13, 17-c7. During the remaining years of the century thin tract was slowly suit led, ard an act was" approved April 30, 1802, alio win? the eastern portion of it to become a Btate cm forming a conn :itution. This was effected on November 1 following, and full compliance with tho law on November 20, 1802, bo vhat Ohio then became the seventeenth Slate. Nine vear:3 and more paused before the admission of another Sia'o. Loiustuna had been formed out of tho territory ceded bv France under the treaty of April 30. Tne following vear this French 'territory had b ?en divided by Congress into two parts, the southern being called the Torrirory of Orleans an 1 the northern tho District of Louisiana. The peoj le of the former, earlv in 1812, formed a goveri-ment undr an enal ling act passed by Congress eleven nrmths previous, aud tho act for their admission as tho Btat-3 of Louisiana waa approved April 8, 1812. lliouisiaua was followed by Indium December 11. 1816; bv Mississippi December 10, 1817 ; by I llinois I)ecemb-?r 3 1818, and by Alabama December 14t 1819, making four new States in f "ur successive Decembers. Indiana and Illinois, of course, had been formed from the Northwest Territory: the other two from territory ceded to tfce XTui:ed States by South Cr rolina and Georgia. Maine alro quickly followed, Mnvch 15, 162tf. being formed out of a part of Massachusetts; while Missouri, which was formerly the Dist rict of Louisiana-, and had received its new rame in 1812, was admitted August 10, 1821. Hers was one of the most memorable of all admissions, for the act authorizing it was alBO eutirlcd an act "to prohibit slavery in certain Turrltories," passed March 6, 1820. The memorable debates on that stbject resulted in the Appointmsnt of a joint committee of Senate and Hon sc. which reported a "resolution pravidiuu for the admission of the State of Missouri into the Union on a certain condition which condition was formally accopted. The nine roars from 1812 to 1821 had thus been fruitful to the extension of the Federal system, having resul ted in the admission of seven new States covering a large rea. This activity in State-waking wan followed by a lull lasting fifUen years, iuring which no Btate was added. But when the ftrBthalf century oi the Government under the Union drew to a close the event was prefaced by the creation of t'vo new States Arkansas, i'ormod out c'' the Freacb Territory, admitted June 15, 1836; Michigan, formed from thi Northwest Territory, admitted January 2S, 1S7. Thus tho fifty years closed with twentysi. States in the Union. Another long interval followed before a now period of State-lorming activity. Spain had ceded Florida to the United States under the treaty of February 22, 1819, aud twenty years afterward, in 1839 its people sought admission as a State. But a contest arose over the proposal to divide thii territory for the purpoee of ultimate admission into the Union of East and Wost Florida. The wariness which had tor nn-iiiy years ecisttd regarding the admission of a 'rea preponderance of either Northern or Southern States prolonged this dispute, and meanwhile thegreat Northwest liad begun to grow rapidly. The consequence vae'a double nd'uiBfUon, the first in the history of the coif n try though now outdono by the recent quadruple adiuiseiou the Territories prod ting bv it being Iowa and Florida. There was something very significant in the extreme southeast unl the extreme northwest of t lie ?&en populated regions being brought in together' as If to off aet each other. It happened, howevor, that, the admission of Iowa was not consummated till 184, and rieawhile Texas came in ahead of her. Tho act of March 3, 1845, followed the usual formula, except for includiug two States instead of one: That the States of Iowa and Florida be, and the same are hereby declared to be, States of the United States of America, and are hereby admitted into the Onion on an gqual footing with the original States In all respects what-evf-r." The entrance ol Texas, which occurred near the end of 184.' I, was exceptional a the first admin flion of an independent republic, and also, of course, in its being followed by war with Mexico. In 1818 Wisconsin camo in, and California followed in 1830. Another interval of r:-ight vear a then occurred without Uie admisiiiou of a State, eucceedod by a period of nine ves.rs during which no fewer thin six States we:re admitted. These were Minn sota, in 1858; Oregon, in 1659; Kansas, in 18tl ; Wert Virginia, in 1868; Nevada, in 1864; Nebraska, in .1867. Then, after another nino years, came Colorado, in 1876. Finally, after an interval at thirteen years, wo see the first cVmturyof the Union rounded ott by four new States, North Dakota, South Dakota, Washington andMon;au.a. OUU CJSNTKNNIAI.

A INoUibla Event in the History of American, liberty. The centennial celebration on April SO marks ':he moat interesting and roost important event :n the idstoryof American liberty. The declaration aud the war of tho revolution which established it vas the beginning of a new epoch :.n the history cf nations, but all the labors and sacrifices of that time would he.ve bt-en in vain had not a government been devised which harmonized to a great extent the conflicting ideas of State and national authority. After experiencing all the inconveniences of an inadequate and pow&rloss central authority, and staggering along under the confederacy for eleven vears, tho States finally adopted the present'Constitution. though not without extreme reluctance. The frumers concluded their labors in Philadel phia September 17, 1787, and provided that the ratification of thf? conventions

titution should bo sufficient as between the

States so ratifying, so little faith h id they that all the thirteen would accept t he inntrumont. It was not until andauminer of the following vear that the consent of the requisite nine States was obtained, wii:h the ratification by New Hampshire. Then followed Virginia and New York, making eleven States, and the Continental Oongrens appointed the first Wsdnesdayof January. 1789, for the States to choose electors; the first Wednesday in Fobruarv :'or those elebtoia o choose

! ii President and Vice-President, aud the first '

Wednesday in Mar oh for the new (Jovarnment to go into operation at the city of New York. The last-named de.y fell on the 4th of March. That day has long bedh rami liar to overy American, and it is a puzzle to many minds now why t he 30th of April should be the anniversary of the celebration and not the 4th of March. If the latter day ha.d 'een fixed for this centennial observance all would have understood it, and yet it would cot have been the proper day. One Htuudrod Years Ago, Ono hundred years ago Daniel Boone was fighting the Chorokoe Indians in Kentucky. Tho Territory seottred by treaty at the close of the revolutionary ww stretcfied from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the banks of the Misfiissippl and from a lino running along the great lakes on the north it spread southward to the Urirtv-ftrn' parallel and The southern border of Ueorgia I'his esteunivo tract was vtaiceled out among ih-- original thirteen Btatita. And yet with all ibis vasr, expanso of tirritory the titatos v.'ere but little better than a (freiit wilderness. Pittsburg Avaa a military pest and St. Iouifl a mere trading post one hu adred years ago. In 1781) the population of the United States was litCe more tlian 3,500,000. In 1781 Albanv was a sleepy IMitch town of 4.000 inhabit nts, New York had !i3(00i), BoBton 1000, aud miiadeliuiia 32,000.

&MIATN - GROWING REGIONS Of COtNTBV LOOK FINK.

Tinaely and Copious Rains Improve thChances for JRich Itarvesta Spring. lVheat and Oats Well Advaacod Winter Wheat AU Thai Could Be iOestred. Crop reports from numerous correspond eiits throughout the country, summarized for the week ending April' 20, art as follows: ViThile the country, particularly in the Northweirt and Southwest, has enjoyed during the last ten daye hardly a normal 'seasonable degree of temperature or an average amount of sunshine, yet it has been biased with copious rains, tho first experienced for many montha. Thete rains were m out timely, coming &s they did at a period in the growing crop seison nrhen they were absolutely essential to the success of the 6pring seeded crop. There is, therefore, to-day but exceedingly small areas waere rains are absolutely essential at the pre sent lme. The month of April so far has been a remarkably fle one for seeding and the preparation M ground for the corn crop. - Farmers everywhere are ahead at least twenty flays with their sprinflf work. The viOth of April9 188S, they had hardly Degun to seed oats. Now, with the exception of some portions ofltfinne sota and Dakota, the oat crop is all seeded up, and from three to four inches high. Beavy rains fell, extending all over the central portion of the oat belt, which has fcivtn this crop new life, and in many portions of Northern anoV Central Illinois the ground now is well covered and the oats arejgrouing rapidly. Southern Dakota reports thai the ;flrst needling of oats is up and the crop ha made a iTes& start. In fact, as fine a pronpect an the State ever bad at this season of the year. Farmers are at least fifteen de-vs s tead of the season. Plowing for corn is w ell along, but planting wilt not commence for ten day yet, Iowa reports in the western portion of the State fine rains, which h&ve entirely counter acted trie effects of the div weather of the lastsix months. The oats arc- coming up ftuelry There has been considerable com plaiitei. There is a great dtal of old corn st:!ll back in farmers' hands, and receipts have been exceed ingly light smce January In Eastern lov a 1 rer orts go to show that the oat crop has made an excellent stand, and. the grass alno shows grea:; improvement over ten days ago. All over Southern Iowa the ivcreage ol oats is repotted fully as large as last year. The small grain is all up. Fanners have) sold but little corn or cats this winter, but with the present crop prospectu they are beginning now to feel like making room for anoi-her cropv With good weather free deliveries of both com and oats are looked for ithin the rxt thirty days. Visconsin reports good soaking rains, which have changed the grain prospects 50 per cent, for the better over last wak and farmers are at least ten to fifteen, daye ahead of last year with their work. Farmers in the Ited River Valley are well along with their sding from foirteen to twenty days earlier than last year. A much larger area of wheat has b-aen sown this season than for the last two. oning to the fact that the weather has been so fine fcr getting in the Crop. In the central portion of Dakota the early sown w heat is coming up while rate is generally needed. Copious raLs are not looked for until the last of April. In Southern Dakota a::npb ratm fell last week to start the grain anc the ouilook to-day is good. Prospects fully & per cent better than a year ao at ihis date. In Southern Minnesota :he wheat, oats, andk barley seeding is completed. Ihe last few day this area has been visited by ood rtdns, and conditions now art favorable for wheat gel tin an early start, arid the neason'ia far ahead of what it was a year a$:o. IUe early sown Wheat Is up aud the stand in good. Even the Province of C'ntario reports tha.t the present week will see reeding about all ovr and that the acreage of up ring wheat sown :ia much larger than uwual. Taking the winter wheat crop as a whole from Michigan to Texas, and iroui Texas to the Pacific, and from the Pe-cific to the lakes, the ganeral condition of ira ojcom could notbemuoh better than it ia to-c"ay. In Texas the tarly wheat is now in tho -boot," and will average twenty-four inches hieh. Oats are also as pron islng as could be asked. little wheat is moving and Uttlo left in the country except that whicli is In the bauds of large m llers. The earlv harvest Mill begin about the 25th of May, which la' about the same date as last year. , Northern Tonnes seo reports in some areas the early wheat as heading out. Reserves of w tieai are almost entirely cleaned up. The milling sit nation dull. Stock of flcur Urge. The wheat for milling is now nearly all coming from the West. Kentucky reports good -rains. In some fields wheat is eighteen inches Jnyb. Harvest will b a week or ten days earlier than last eoajonv Many of the mills are not running because they, cannot find sales for flour. Southern Kansas reports the prospects fg wheat as never better. The early sown is from! six to eight inches in height and the le a sow1 from three to six inches. Owina to freauentf

showers and rains, oats and flaxseed have been!

seeded, some later than usual. Southeastern

Kansas reports that there has never been si finer prospect for fruit than at the pj tiumJl time, Peach trees that have not. bloomed for' six or eight years are laden at the preiie&t time with bloom, a-id. tha same condition exists with the cherry, aple, pear, aud plana trees. In this connection It it proper to state that; reports from the largest fruit growing sect on in Southern Illinois aire flattering at the preuent time. Strawberry growers say the proapaots now are that the crop will be so large the market will be glutted and that prices will te low for fruit. Eastern Kansas re pons wheat frdm four to eight inches hih. Harvest from two to three weeks earlier than tot several years. Central Kansas report s that the early sown wheat la from ten to twelve inches high. The esuSw harvest will begin about the 30th of May. Northwestern Missouri reports the curly wheat twelve inches high with the present weather, which is all that could be desired, liar vest will begin early tn June. The supply of wheat in farmers' hands is melting aws.y faat. Take all the reports from Central and South era Illinois and tney are -juite uniform W t stands all the way from nix to ten indies high, twenty to thirty days in advance of this date for the last three years. Fanners' receipts of whet are light. Flour trade dull ; the whole eounfey; at the present time eecrafi soaked and buried flour, and there seems to be little demand for tt except at a big cut in prices. Southern Indiana reports an averafie hetfhfr of wheat from eight to ten inches, with, indieUons of harvest from a wek to ten days earner than u final. The season continues to be- all tHat could be desired. Mills are doing pmotloiiJl notliing. ? Sou thern Ohio reports vheat from sis toelgbt inche s high. Harvest fro oi ten to f onrtoen day earlier than last vear. The recent ratas hata been beneficial to the crop, and wheat if ifawg up the loss occasioned by the dry and freesmg weather in March. , ( Michigan reports the condition of the wheat crop healthy ; that it is in a position 'to stand the eifect of insect life or future dry weather, that it seldom attains so early. Merchant miners of Michigan claim that there is little whoat left to grind. In fact they are now drawing an grain eenters for considerable grain, ;prtaoolarly at the present prices. The wheat is notf more than four inches high. The outlook of all the great, . grain-growing areas of the country is found in as fs.vonbS; condition a it is possible to hare them at 6, early a date in the growing season. There is no present danger from drouth. Corn i ap ftromf six to eight ir.cheF in Texas. It is coming up in . Tennessee aud Kentucky. Corn plan&ng nas been delayed in Kansas and Missouri owing to! too.much rain. Xobraaka, lo .va, Illinois, Chioi and Indiana will under existing conditions 1W gin planting next week. ;

The most Tavorable ohCJige which ha takat) lace in the crop situation since the n?port Mf

he 13i,h inst. is the ireaA) improvement; in the

grass 3rop. It has taken a wonderful start, and the weather is jut mild enough and the ground wet enough to gi?e ample pasture for all practical purposes within ten days. The flour trade seema to be stagnant. Har vest of winter wheat promises to be from ten te fourteen days earlier than last season. Fruit prospects are tme. Plenty of shrawbSri xies at ruinous prices to the growers.

An Englishman has invented u bonn net which can be, taken off in tile theater, folded up and used as a fan. The 100 ton gun m not yet reg ards with great favor. The majority of guns for new ironclads are between sixty and seventy tons. A six-dolt.ar bill of Virginia State currency, issued in .1777 is a curiosity in the possession of a laltony G,,, gentleman. It costs $25 fine or tuirty days, ia jail to sell boys cigarettes in Ohio. But two members of the Ejumsa House are natives oil the State,