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_^ ^ l ABBEVILLE PRESS AND BANNER ! BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C.. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, 1883. . NO. 2. VOLUME XXVIII. STAND LIKE THE ANVIL. ''Stand like the anvil," when the strokes Of stalwart men fall fieroe and fast; StonrB but more deeply root tho oak, Whose brawny arms embrace the blast. 'Stand like the anvil," when the sparks Fly far and wide, a fiery shower : Virtue and truth must still be marks Where malice raves its want of power. "Stand like the anvil," when the bar Lies red and glowing on its breast Duty shall be life's leading star, And conscious innocence its rest. "Stand like the arvilnoise and he-it Are born of earth and die with time; The soul, like God, its source and seat, Is seldom still, serene, subliruo. FAITH- REWARDED. CHAPTER I. "You will b? back as soon as voa can, Edith? You know how I ilisiike ")eing left alone." Mrs. Bertram ipoke fretfully, and looked as if she rather resented her daughter's going Dut at all. " And you will think over what I have said to you about Dr.; Ashby? You know, inv dear, some! one muse make a sacrifice; I'm sure ( I'm willing to do anything, but what is there a helpless invalid can do? If pou Wcul l only look at the matter from a reasonable point of view you would not hesitate. Just think of Blanche and Eva, what is to become of ,hose poor, darling ch ldren?" Edith sighed deeply; she had been ihinking of the children all the morning while teaching them their lessons *nd correcting their exercises, trying :o coax Bee to practice, and Eva to get through her French verbs, thinking what a comfort it wouiil be if; they could both be sent off to a good i school, where thev would be taught! \ Dbedience; for though she had all the : trouble, she ha l not the slightest con- J trol over them. ti -_i_ i 111._ ? ,,f lnc I it onjy set'uu'u ui\e piujaug an t ions to have Edith fur a governess, while to her it was weary, we-'ring work, added to all her other anxieties 1 and worries. For everything seemed to fall on Edith's shoulders. Mrs. Bertram was a fretful, rather selfish person, who suffered from nervous headaches, and on the strength of: them took very littl; intere t in the affairs of her" snvi1 and straitened household, except to perpetually find fault, and grumble at the hard fate that had placed her in such circum-! stance s. > She was a pretty wot an. with soft! fair hair and violet eyes, and useless I little white hands ; and though Edith Bertram felt it keenly when her father j brought home a young wife to the! Dingle, she did not wonder when she j ^ looked at the pretty clinging girl who J V looked little older than herself, and j W 3eemed so swett, shy and amiable. K Edith was fifteen, and her step-mother ; I twenty-two, though she did not look ' I nearly so old. And just at first, things : ^ went on smoothly enough at the Dingle.! Mrs. Bertram made no changes, and ! Edith was still h >us. ke -per, and took care of her father as she had done for j five year-', ever since her own mother j had died. But after a few months the ? < -? -- i sweetness un.i s.ivn ss ruunui uu, <iu-i : Mrs. Bertram exhibited a sharpness of j temper and petulance of manner thatj i was anything but plea-ant. The i | doctor, amiable and easy-tempered to j I a fault, gave in to her in everything, j I First she had Edith's drawing-master , P sent away, as site thought it mere' waste of time and money ; then the , music-teacher was dismissed on the plea that, as Edith was not going to j be a mu-ical governess, it was absurd : to ktep on learning, as she played quite j well enough already. Then Mrs. j Bertram began to find fault with .Tack Clifford, the doctor's assistant, ami. made it so unpleasant for him that lie | declared one day he could not stand it | any longer. "I've made up my mind to go to the 1 Cape, Edith, to make my fortune,'" he j said, and she could only 1 id him good- j bye, with tear-dimmcd" eyes and fal- j tering voice. She could not ask him . fro stay, for it did not s em like home j I at the Dingle, and all her authority j L was gone. I " But I'll come back, Edith," Jack I I added, holding both her hands. " I'll; F _ return to you. Will you trust rne, j j ' darling, and wait ?" " Yes, Jack, I will," she replied,; * * * i. ~ i+ ! simply. i\na uie next uu^ ne it-it nuu i a formal farewell. Only Edith knew j what a disappointment it was to .lack, J and how all his hopes were blighted and his plans altered. The doctor had i promised to make him his partner, and that one day he should succeed him; but for some inexplicable reason he had been cold and distant of late, and it seemed a positive relief when Jack j was gone. Six months aft r the bank in which Dr. Bertram had deposited the savings Kr of his whole life, and Edith's fortune inherited from her mother, failed suddenly?everything was lost, and the doc tor never recovered the shock of it. "If I only had Jack to stand by me ! I might have borne it," he :-a:d, sadly: j "he would have been a son t> me in ! my adve. sity." But Jack was gone, none knew i whither, and Mrs. Bertram began to dimly realize that she had done a foolish thing in driving him away, for the d'?ctor grew every day more feeMe, - 41 - * 1 i.. - Ji v:,. and at lengm was i or ecu 10 sen practice and house, and move into a tiny cottage on the outskirts ?f the. village, where, alter a few months, he died of a broken heart. '1 ho money he had received for his practice and the Dingle, and an insurance on his life, was all he had to h aw his wife ami j children, and invef-te l in the most careful way. it Drought them in less than a hundred a yeai. Pcor Edith found it hard work to j make both ends of sue a narrow income meet, and after a few months j she found it absolutely necessary to do i ^ something to earn more money. She j could not go away ;is a governess? first, because her tt^pmotiier had cut uhort her education at the most critical time, and, beside, she could not leave I her little sisters. Uut her music sir; | had always kept up, and the village j church happening to be in need of an organist, the vicar offered her the situ- j ation, which she gratefidly accepted: and after a time she secured a few j music pupils, and in that way helped 1 .... ? ._ out tneir narrow in -uiue. ihil uh- ; hardest work of all was teaching and taking care of Blanche and Eva. They i were pretty, willful, spoiled children, indulged by th-ir mother, and unar I customed to any sort of control or discipline. During the doctor's lifetime they had a nuiserv governess, and1 Edith never imagined till she came to j have sole charge of them how much poor Miss Lee must have suffered at their hands. There was but one bright spot in the rather wearing, monotonous life, the daily walk with the children. For their health's sake and her own she made a point of taking them out every fine day for a ramble through the woods and shady lanes. Ashmead was in the center of a beautiful country ; not a railway in sight; no smoke from fnmapp nr fart.orv staine 1 the clear. pure air; nothing but rich corn-fields, fertile valleys, cool shady woods and mossy lanes, with a merry little brook flashing like a gleam of summer lightning through the meadows. It \va> a * positive delight to saunter idly along in the glorious sunshine and gather the wild flowers that grew so luxuriantly at their feet, and weave ropes and chains and wreaths of blossoms. It seemed like new life to get clear of the house, with its narrow confines and v sordid cares; and of late there had come a new element of distress into poorEnith's existence. For a whole I year Dr. Seymour Ashby, her father's I successor, had. been a constant visitor | at Eglantine cottage. It was amazing J how many excuses he found for calling 1 I at first, and how soon he began to call j without an excuse, and one day lie proi posed in due form to Mrs. Bertram for | Edith, and she gave him every en1 couragement to try his fortune for himj self. j " Of course you'll accept him, j Kdith," she said, eagerly. " It will be ! such a blessing to us all. Dr. Ashby | is young, rich, clever, handsome. What i more ran you possibly want? And he j really loves you most devotedly." j " Hut 1 don't love him," Kdith replird. "Then you ought, and I'm sure you will in time: and besii'o, as I said lie-1 fore, some one of us must make a sacrifice for the children's sake. Do think it over b.-fore he talks to you, : Kdith." " Vis, V 1 think it over," was the | somewhat weary reply, as Kdith put 1 1...* ?. 1 f.n-w- 11,. lin*. l.oolr, f fJ% uii ner iiuL <iijvi t"ui\ uj? ml c i/\* , join the children, who were waiting impatiently outside. ISiit it wa* not of Dr. Ash by, but of Jack Clifford. that she thought, as she j sauntered through th? fields?Jack, | who had lift her six years before to j make his fortune, and, despite his; promise, had never returned. CHAPTER II. Knee-deep, apparently, in the golden, full-eared wheat, Edith and her sisters sauntered idly along, Eva first, gathering the brightest of everything, till j her basket was full to overturning? scarlet poppies, Marguerites, graceful clematis, rich leaves mellowing with the first early autumn tints, long trailing sprays ot' amb r-veine 1 ivy, and j nodding golden grasses?all sorts of; wayside and woodland Ireasures. They j were returning from llazeldell farm, I where the children had rested for half ( an hour, and eaten home-ma le bread , and butter, and drank milk with the J yellow wrinkled cream on it, and | 'helped themselves to the remains of. late amber gooseberries that bordered j the garden path. It was always a treat to go to llazeldell farm, but had i Edith known that there were seven j children ill in til? next farmhouse she would have chosen some other direction. She had trie I to think Dr. Ashbv's Dronosal over calmly, and it cer tainly seemed a safe and easy way out ! ol' all their difficulties. He was rich ! and willing to undertake the children's ' education; h would make an addition i to Mrs. Bertram's income, wh ch would I enable her to live in comfort at some j watering place ( though Mrs. Bertram j meanttomake the Dingle her home):! everything he proposed was kind and j thoughtful, and she was very grateful, j but iu heart she felt she did not love ; Seymour Ashl.y, and, what was more' than that, she never should love him. Friendship, esteem, affection perhaps, she might in time be? able to give him, but no second growth of love would ever spring up in her heart. Edith's was an intense, patient, faithful nature, giving much and exacting little in ret urn. She was willing to wait, as slu1 had promised .lack Clifford, to wait; all her life if need be?' ut tin re were the children and her stepmother help- i less and dependent on her. Clearly some one would have to make a sacrifice, and with equal clearness Edith saw that it must be herself. So she resolved to accept Dr. Ashby's pro- j posal, and tried to assure herself that she was acting for the bi st. Presently she heard a step behind her on the narrow path, and looking round she saw the doctor approaching : a t:tll handsome man, dressed in a suit of tweed, with a g!engarrv cap pulled down over his eyes; as different from his predecessor, Dr. Bertram, as ! a man could he, but with a dash and ; cleverness men of the old school never pt sse-sed. "I have been trying to overtake you ! fur ten minutes. Miss Edith." he said, j fulling just a step behind, for the path ! was too narrow fur two. "I have sovnething of importance to say to ! you." 44 Yes, doctor," she replied calmly,! though her heart heat fast and every j trace of color left her face. "You know what 1 would say, Edith?you must have seen during 1 all those months how I love you. I j want you to hi' my wife. Your mother ha* given me permission to address: 3"ou, and given me some little r.-ason j to hope that you will liste.i to me. I Tell me, Edith, can you or do you care a little about tne?" For a minute or two Edith was silent, then she told him all the truth, ! how they were situated, now she had liked Jack Clifford, but for six years' had not heard anything of him, and how, if she consented to be his wife. J he must 1 e content with mere esteem , and affection, for she had no love to | bestow. " You are honest, Edith, and truth-1 ful," he said in a very low voice, "and I thank you-for the confidence you have reposed in me, but 1 must think ; this matter o\ er. 1 love you far too; WtJJl l/U r<Mv ? 111 Uiijijnm D.I in <111^ n ai. ; Six years is a long time t*.? be faithful to a silent lover, Kdith.'' " We were scarcely lovers, doctor," j she replied, with a sad little smile. Jack just said, ' I'll coiue back K litlr;' will you wait?' and 1 said I would? that was all. lint poor papa was alive : then, and we were rich ; now every-' thing is so different. For myself. I am 1 content as I a u, but the children !" \ "Ah, yes, the children?something) must be done for them. They are far too much for you. l>id you say Jack) Clifford went to the Cape. Kd th, and that you never heard from him?" ' Yes, he said he was going to make his fortune in the diamond fields, but, he never wr ?te. so 1 dare say hi- was not su res-fid, pot.r lVllow ! Indeed, I think lie must lie dead.' "I think not,' Dr. Ash by replied, thoughtfully. ''Once moie. Edith, I thank yui heartily for your i andor and confidence, and 1 will come to you for your final answer at th" <nl of a month. Till then, good-b\e." and the doctor lifted his e.tp, and turned down ;t by-path that led to lite DinJe, and pour Kd tli went hom more perplex* d than ever. * * * * * * " It's a whole month sinre we've seen Dr. Ashby?whatever did you say to him, Edith Mrs. .Bertram sa d i one evening; "the horse has seemed wretchedly dull without him. You did not surely refuse him point-; blank r" "Xo, I did not refuse him," Edith ; replied, weari y; she had answered f nearly the same question every day for four weeks, and was tired of it. She ; was looking pale and worn, but Mrs. Bertram never had eyes f?>r any one's illness but her own. "Mamma,"' Eva cried, bursting into the room, "here's the doctor and another gentleman!" - - - " A -At- ~.l 1. And -Mrs. ijertram smoouieu m-i i lltxMy hair ;in<l put on her amiable I smile, while Edith's heart began to I beat fiercely. She had thought the | matter over from every point of view, ' add at length came to the conclusion that it wou'd lie positively wicked to I marry the doctor while .lark Clifford 1 was so much in her thoughts, and, j come what might, she would not doit. Presently he came in a'one, and, after a few moments' conversation, he 1 | asked her to walk with him for a few | minutes in the garden. She went at ! once, longing to have the interview j over, and burst into the subject di- j rectly. " I cannot be your wife. Dr. I ! Ashby; I think it would be wrong of j i me to accept your proposal, feeling as ] I do. Please try and forgive me and : let me go." "First, let me introduce my friend," lie said, laying his hand on her arm, j j " and my new assistant?the work of i I Ashmead is rather too much for me?j Mis? Bertram?Mr. Clifford." ^ "Jack!" In a moment.sh6 was in his arms, her face hidden on his shoulder, all the long years of absence and silence forgotten. She only felt that he had returned, and she was still free. J.ater she learned how it had all come about?how J)r. Ashby saw an advertisement in the paper, and guessed that " Jno. ('."mustmean Jack Clifford, lately returned from the Cape, ;ind several old letters he discovered in a drawer in one of the rooms of the Dingle convinced him that there was treachery at work somewhere. So he just engaged Jack, and then to d him all about the Bertrams, and how Kdith was still fathful to him, though she never received one of his letters. The result was ;i ve.v quiet wedding in Ashmead church, ?'?nd on that daj Dr. Ashbv handed over the Dingle ar.e the practice to his partner, and went to travel in South America, promising to return about the time Blanche was seventeen. Both the children lie placrd ats-hool, and Mrs. Bertram,feeling verj much ashamed of the part she hac played in intercepting .lack's letters, left Ashmead, and in a few yeari married a retired merchant at Brighton, and so never troubled her stepdaughter further. .lack Clifford is fast becoming tho most popular doctor for miles around, and when Seymour Ashby returns, if he ever does, he will lind the practic i greatly extended. Edith is perfectly happy in her old home, the Dingle, and never for a moment has regretted her perfect faith in Jack. A It tcatclier's Methods. In an interview with a professional i ratcatcher a New York >Su n reporter a ked: " How do you clear a house of rats?" "If the house has a soft cellar tloor I can get the rats out, but I can't keep them out. If it has a hard foundation, I hunt out all the holes leading from the sewers and stop them up -..- ii 1 ..?.l rpu.,f o Willi SilllU <11111 uniirilL. xuuu jjichuuj any more from g. tting in and those in the house from escaping. You see, a rat is always on the move. He is never still, but go -s from the sewer to the house anil back again very often. Having made the cellar tight, I find the runways by whi-h the rats go from one iloor to another. These are generally along lead pipes in the walls. A rat will run up a lead pipe as easy as walk along the lloor. You can see the marks of their feet on the runway. 1 nail a small square piece of tin over a part of the runway and I grease the outside. Now, a rat can't run up this, and he slips clown when he comes to it. "If I can't get at the runways I find the holes, and iix this wire door on it. | You see, it is made of four pieces of j short wire laid parallel, held together by crossbars, and sharpened at the , ends. This is suspended by the top over a rat-hole. Coming from the hole a rat can easily lift li up ami get , through, bnt he can't go back, as the gate falls and the sharp points prevent him from lifting it. Now I make a rat trap of the whole house. I so fix the gates and tin sides tliat the rats will all ba led into one room in the j basement. There they .ire securely ! caught, as they cannot possibly get out. I go among them with a dark lantern and pick them up with my tongs. I can catch them as quickly as a cat would a mouse. If they get in places where I can't reach them I shoot them with this long target pistol. I use these litcle target cartridges, and it kills them every time. " When the rats get in ceilings I j smother them out with cayenne pepper. 1 have a fuinigator "here which works like an air pump. I burn red pepper in it and pump it into the ceiling. The rats can't stand that, and they get out as fast a3 they can. That is better than a ferret, as ferrets are expensive and the rats often kill | them. Ferrets are scary things to i handle. If thy bite you once you I have to pry their jaws open. When I ' want to catch rats for dogs I set I traps. First I remove everything out of their way, so that tl;e.y will get j very hungry. Then I set the j Then I have another way of catching ! them. I wear rubber shoes into a slaughter-house at night and carry a dark lantern. I move softly about I and catch the rats with the tongs ! before they have a chance to get ; away. In this way I have caught 103 rats in two h mrs and a half. If j you ever get bitten by a rat, put the ' wound in hot water and make it bleed, j Then bathe it with arnica or spiriti of turpentine." A Wonderful Cavern. About a mile from the market town : of Adelsberg. in Austria, and three miles from Trieste, is to be seen the j most wonderful cavern in Europe, and possibly in the world, called the Adels- I berg cave, and which has been explored for a length of nearly three thousand yards, as far as a subterranean lake. This cavern consists of several grottoes, from sixty to eighty feet high. The interior resounds with the noise of water, as a little river runs completely through it, forming many cascades on its way. and being finally lost to view in a fissure. '1 his river continues its subterranean course for about eight milis, and after a time it disappears into the caverns of Laase, whence it emerges as a navigable river called the Laihach. The entrance to the cave of Adelsberg is illuminated by hundreds of candles, and a transparent curtain, composed of la'ge >hee!sof crystallized lime-tone, is seen hanging from the roof. The vast hall or ballroom is about \> 0 yards from the entrance. It is throe hundred feet long and ore hundred feet high, and is adorned with transparent sta'actites of every kind oi fantastic shape and form. I'ntil the year IS lit, this "ballroom was the only p-irt known; but at this date the wall u-ic flirntKrli nnil a series of chambers exposed to view possessing a cathedral-like appearance, from tlie stalactites in many instan- e.s forming vast columns, by meeting the stalagmites below. In the Adelsberg cavern, numerous specimens are l'ound of the proteus, a kind of lizard that dwells in the bottom of the cavern lakes. It* lusion . The lad's desire t > b a man. The brain which lea !s a mob. Th desire to keep a rash vow. That "tlir.-c removes are as bad ast lire." The fri ndship given you by an envious man. The secret hatred nurse:! rather thar give an open rebuke. The doing of g od in order to have it well spoken of. The man who thinks zeal moves him when it is only passion. That " prosperity always makes men monst rs." The man wh) chases a false tale thinking to catch it. lie who takes all advantages brought to him by fortune's smiling on him. He who thinks himself a saint just because he advertised the fact that he had found a poeketbeok. That "in a thousand pounds of law mere is not uuu immc ui jviv.. The person who thinks realization of l'ollv the sole light of the aged.? Ditroit Fne J'rcss. President Arthur's right arm is an inch and a half larger than when he became President. Every day he goes out into the reception-room, and shakes hands with a great crowd of people. Washington tailors say the right arms of nearly all men of note are from op.a to two inches larger than the all on account of handshaking. The largest-Ufanufactory ot hall bats is at Hustings, Mich., where. 10J men ^reemployed. Half a millon ba's arc I supposed to be the demand for this year. | NEWS OF Till-] WEEK. Eastern and Middle States. Hon. Chester W. CiiAriN, ex-membor of Congress, a prominent railroad mnn and ono j of llic richest men in New England, died a f( w days sinco at Springfield. Mass., aged eighty five years. Benjamin Moki.ey, of Syracuse, N. Y., shot | and killed his step-daughter, Mrs. Lnella j Hynes, and then put a bullet through his i own brain. Family disfonsior.s v. ere the j cause of the ueed. Two TnorsANT) spectators, including GeneralsOrant andSh'.'rinan and thesecreta-y of j w.ir, were present at West Point to witness j the unveiling of the statue dedicated to tho I memory of General Sylvanns Thayer, tho | father of the West Point military academy. A Bbitikit ocean steamship brought to Now York the other day TOO Irish emigrants. They are an installment of many thousands of Irish poor whom tho English government intend to Fhip to this country. Each emigrant, large and small, received ?7> from the English government, of wliich ,i"n4<. weni to pay for tlio passage over, which leaves them ?1 Os. or $('."0 each lo b??in life in this country, for few have any money of their j ' own. Half the arrivals are children, and the i majority speak the Irish language only. Tiirke nnion iron workers met two nonI union men of the fame cnft at Troy, N. Y., and after some words the latter two drew revolvers and fired uj on the former. William Hutchison, was instantly killed, and Joseph Wincstine fatally and Arthur Imeson badly wounded. All three wero union men. I After the shooting an attempt was made lo tiike the two union men from the oflicere and lynch them, and it ws with great difficulty they were conveyed to the station house. William Sleicher, a foundry owner, was arrested on a warrant sworn out by a union molder, who charged that the revolvers with which the shooting had been done had been furnished by Sleicher. Tiie pig-iron trade is reported by the secretary of (he American Iron and Steel association at Philadelphia to be in a very un.-at:srac:ory conuiuo:i. at, me ucginmug of Juno there were ft-8 furnaces in tke country, of which .'Ml were in blast and 3o7 out of blast. A resolution was adopted in the New Hampshire house providing for an investigation by the judiciary committee of certain charges that tho last State election was affected by an improper uso of money. Among the bills signed by tho governor of Pennsylvania is one abolishing tho contract system in prisons, and another prohibiting political parties from demanding from officials contributions for political purposes. Lono Island has been devastated by the most terrific storm ever known in its history. Numerous houses were wrecked, others partially demolished, farms, fences and trees wore torn into fragments, and many persons injured. The tragedy at Uniontown has been the ull-absorbing topic of conversation in Western Pennsylvania. The coroiiars iuqaest, which resulted in a verdict that Dnkes came* I to his. of Jpmes Nutt, reI c^alt^ (pia fart : of the bullets ' piercea tile heart of deceased. Su' scriplions have been started to pay for Nutt's defense. Two ladies who died in New York city within a few hours of each other have just been cremated at Washington, Penn., on succeeding days. They wore Mrs. Cornelia Wolberg and Mrs. Bertha Blechen. By a stiange coincidence both die.1 from the same disease?a painful organic one?and each had been sick a year and a half. Mr. Wollberg said that his wife's ashes would be kept in his home, in an urn wreathed with flowers and having her picture suspended over it. Mr. Blechen will send the ashes of his wife to Carlsruhe, Germany, to be deposited in the burial-place of her family. Sonth and West. Tiibee students of a religious institute at Cleveland were drowned whilo swimming in Cuyahoga river. Heavy rains have flooded the country for many miles in the vicinity of Springfield, 111., and done great damage to the crops. At Vincennes, Ind., Charles Pollock, son of Mr. James Pollock, of the Broadway flouring mills, shot and killed his beautiful wife and then ended his own career by firing - 1 1l-1 - ?ATim Vitwl Kprin I II UUUtil Illl/U Ilia l/UU/. AHW knw mvvm married only a few months, and there was no trouble between them, but the husband was sufferiug from depression caused by heavy drinking. Mrs. Henby Stbatton, an aged widow, was frightened to death by lightniug at her home near Cleveland, Ohio. A cyclone at North Vernon, Ind., destroyed a church and five dwellings and blow over a train of ten freight cars. At Osgood, Ind., two persons wero killed and several houses blown down. An altercation that came near reducing tho Indiana congressional delegation by one occurred at Terre Haute, Ind., between Congressman J. E. Lamb and Saul C. Davis, an attorney. Bad blood had been engendered between the two on account of a newspaper libel suit, in which Lamb appeared for the defendant and Davis for the prosecution. The two met on the street, and after a few words Davis drew a revolver, placed it at Lamb's breast and fired. Lamb threw up the weapon and dodged, and the ballet struck a passing teamster's foot. Alexander Myatt, indicted for the murder of John Bird and confined in the jail at Steubenville, Ohio, hanged himself in his | cell. Bird ran away with Myatt's wife, and j Myatt followed them to Steubenville, where he shot and killed Bird on May 20. Fibe at Havre de Grace, Md., destroyed a 1 large sawmill and about 4,000,000 feet of I lumber, causing an estimated loss of $225, : 000. Advices from Tombstone, Arizona, state ! that General Crook had recrossed the border | and was encamped at Silver Springs. The command brought in 2:^0 Indian prisoners. A TonNADO which passed through Beloit, I Wis., wrecked the business part of the town, j killed one man and injured several others. ; A storm at about the same time blow three 1 cars from the track near Clay Center, Kiui| sns, into a creek twenty-five feet below, causing severe injuries to seven passengers. The general manager of the coming Southern expo ition at Louisville, Ky., roI ceived a letter from President Arthur heartj ily approving ite purposes. ; The American scientific expedition to the Caroline island in the Pacific ocean for obi serving the recent solar eclipse, reached San Francisco after a highly successful trip. Akotiieb boom in Confederate war bonds I is reported at Richmond, Va. North Caro! Una war bonds brought four dollars per j J] ,000. One house has bought over $20,000,000 worth of these securities. I Dukino a tornado near Chillicothe, Mo., j the residence of Dennis Wolf was demol ished, and the family wero carried a distance i of about five hundred feet through the air. | Mr. Wolf was killed and his wife's skull was ! badly cut. At Utica, near Chillicothe, the Baptist brick church was demolished, and at Summer City, eighteen miles southwest, : eleven buildings wero destroyed and thouI sands of trees were uprooted. Jokdan Cojujin (colored) shot and killed j Benjamin Carden, a white resident of Rockford, Ala., his wifo and son, and then fled. The only cause assigned for the terriblo deed j is that the murderer intended to assault a I young daughter of Carden, who made her j escape. Thihty murderers will bo tried at the J present term of tho county court at Llano, ! Texas. State troops were sent there to pre| serve the peace. Six men were convicted at Mount Sterling, Ky., of tho murder of Vaughn Heston, j whom tl ey shot dead in bed beside his wife j and child, and all were sentenced to imprls| onment for life. At tho Ohio State prohibition convention I in Columbus a full ticket, headed by Ferdi| nand Schumacher for governor, was nomij nated, and a platform in conformity with J the principles of tho party was adopted. From Washington. j Pkesident Annum has taken up his residciiee at his summer cottage at the Soldiers' Home, where he will remain until about the 10th of July, and then proceed to Newport. Local boards of civil service examiners have been appointed by the commission for New York, Baltimore and Portland. Canadian steamers carrying passenger* between American lake ports aro to be stopped as prejudicial to American interests. Secretary Ciiaxpleb approves of th? recommendations of the navy yard commission in their forthcoming report to Ooni gress. They favor the closing of certain ! yards an ; concentration of the organization J and reduction of expenses in the remainder. | Senator Beck and Congressman Willis, of I Kentucky, accompanied by Mayor Jacobs, of Louisville, and other citizens of that State, waited on the President and invited j him to be present at the opening of the ' Southern exposition at Louisville on August j 1, and also at the dedication of the monu ' ment to the late President Taylor, whose reI mains are buried near that city. The Presi! dent remarked that he had partly agreed to accompany General Sheridan i on a tour to the Yellowstone Park in August, and that the first of the month was the date tixod for the beginning of the journey, lie said that he would consult with General Sheridan, and that if practicable he would be in Louisville on the date mentioned. Secretary Teller announces his purpose ir\ 1.111' onHlfi fnr thn Tnrtinns as a mean9 for making them self-supporting. A commission appointed to investigate the alleged smuggling of Chinese women and children into the United States by way of British Columbia reports that the practice complained of is not general, although there have been isolated cases. The commission recommends additional vigilance on the part of customs officer?. Skcketaby Foloek has issued a circular in which ho direct* that all cattle nrriving in the United States from Europe, Asia, Africat Australia or New Zealand shall be subjected to n quarantine of ninety days, counting from tho date of shipment. Stringent regulations are made, with a view to preventing the spread of any disease which may make its appearance within the quarantine limits. Mb. IJini.iiam, tho United States minister to Japan, has delivered to the Japanese minister for foreign affairs a draft for $785,000.87, tho amount of the Siminoseki indemnity fund returned to that government by order of Congress. Tijk chief signal officer has ordered the immediate discontinuance of a number of stations on account of reduced appropriations. A f.taetling incident in tho star ronte trial was the sudden falling in a lit of Jnroi Vernon after the jury had retired to deliberate upon their verdict. The jury were entering the court-room to receive further instructions from tho court, when Mr. Vernon suddenly fell to the floor. A great scene of coafusion followed. Restoratives wi re applied, and tho juror soon recovered. Ho hnd been a heavy drinker, and tho sud den deprivation of stimulants is saiu to navo brought on the fit. The tiial of ex-ffe lator Dorscy, Brady and the o'hsr star ronto defendants lasted nearly seven months, nnd when they were acquitted by tlie jury a scene of great excitement ensued in the crowded court-room. The relatives and friends of the ptrsons accused were nearly delirious with joy, and Colonel Ingersoll, their counsel, was corenaded in tho evening. The expenses of the trial will reach nearly $1,200,CO"). SnoMTABY Tellb* lias paid to Chief Bushy Head, of the Cherokee Indians, the $300,000 appropriated by Congrats for lands ceded to the United States by the Cherokee nation. Foreign News. A hehellion lias broken out in Hayti. Ten soldiers and seven civilians were kille 1 and forty soldiers and fifteen civilians wound ed by the explosion of the powder magazine in Scutari through a lightning stroke. Timothy Kelly, convicted of participation in the Phoenix Park murders, was hanged in Kilmainliam jail, Dablin. He was tho fifth man executed for thosa murders and was the last one convicted. There was a laige crowd of people outside the prison, l?nt there was no disturbance. It is belioved that Kelly died without making any statement. Mr. Varian a member of the Dublin Prisoner's Aid society, called upon Earl Spencer, the lord lieutenant, late the evening before the execu tion, nuu gave mm ms pcr*uuiu iwumuto that at 8 o'clock oa the night tho Phoenix Park murders were committed Kelly was present at a meeting of tho society. The next morning Varian stood in front of tho jail and stated that he expected every moment to hear that Kelly had been reprieved. Ministee Hunt and Admiral Baldwin havo received the largo gold medal commemorative of the czar's coronation. Admiral Baldwin has received a gold snuff-box, with a portrait of the czar sot in brilliants, to mark the czar's personal appreciation of the courtesy of the United States in sending a special naval mission to Moscow. A banquet was given in London by the Irish members of parliament to United States Minister Jones, of Florida, who is a native of Dublin. Mr. Parnell presided. Sib Aiimun Edwabd Kennedy, formerly governor of Vancouver and lately governor of Queensland, is dead. The trial of the dynamite conspirators? Dr. Gallagher, Bernard Gallagher, Ansburgh Curtin, Whitehead and Wilson?who are charged with treason-felony, was begun before a crowded court-room in London. Lynch, alias Norman, the informer, was tho first witness, and he repeated his testimony in regard to the doings of the aliped rnnsmrators nrevious to and after their arrival in England from America. Crops are reported to bo in a favorable condition in Great Britain. Victoria and the other colonies arc taking steps to urge the British government to annex the New Hebrides, the Solomon Islands and other groups of islands in the | Pacific. The basis of peace between Chili and Pern | stipulates for the cession of all the territory south of the river Camarones to Chili; the occupation by Chili of Tacna and Arica for ton years; after which a plebiscit is to decide to whom they shall belong, and the country g(4ting them is to pay $10,000,000 to tho other. A famine prevails in tho Kurdish district of Asia Minor. Many persons have died from starvation. Grain is selling at six times its usual price. Mechmet Tewfik is tho full name of the present khedive of Egypt. AVilmam E. Gladstone, premier of England, will not retire at the end of the present session of parliament, as has been rumored. M. Grevy, pre.-ident of tho French republie, is simple and unostentatious in his daily habits and methods of living. Three stories of the barracks at Kaluga, Russia, fell in, killing ten persons and injuring many more. It is reported from the Congo river, Africa, th.it Mr. Henry M. Stanley has arrived at ! Brazzaville with l.OJO men. M. do lirazza, his French opponent, hns a force of 210 men, anil lias made but little progress. Thk sentences of a number of Nihilists, I three of whom had been condemned to death, have been commuted by the czar, j Ik an explosion on a tug at Chuolo, Buenos I Ay res, eight porsons were killed and nine others seriously injured. The French village of Valloirei has been completely destroyo 1 by lire. Four of the dynamite conspiracy prisonl ers?Dr. Gallagher, Whitehead, Wilson and j Curtin?on trial in London, were found j guilty, and sentenced to penal servitude for 1 life. The others two prisoners?Bernard Gallagher and An?b.irgh?were acquitted. Thk Chinese commander at Shanghai has informed the French minister that China hano intention of declaring war against France. The French minister has replied that Chinese soldiers captured in Tonquin will lie considered as pillagers and summarily shot. PECULIAR ACCIDENTS. Calvin H. Gilbert, of Syracuse, being seuel with a lit while in a room alone, fell upon the ?i i ,i sioveiuiu ? ?-> uui jil-u iu uuiuu While the teacher was whipping a pupil in the Snow Hill school-house the stick broke, and the flying end pat out the eyo of a littlegirl. One of the stilts on which Edwin P. ForJ. of Highland, N. Y., was walking, broke, and he fell on the sharp end of one of the pie2o-< and was killed. As Antonio Ygleisla, a boiler maker, of Paterson, was riveting inside a largo boiler, kneeling on a piece of old carpet, a mischievous boy set fire to the carpet, and beforo I he man could arise the flame penetrated his ear, causing brain fever, which killed him. A man in Gnrson, Nevada, while building; trestlework, had to work from a stopladdo.-. In nailing the last strip he was obliged to lay his neck alongside one of the pieces alreidj nailed, while the < no he was nailing emit; along the other <?ide of his neck. When h got through nr J started to extricate himself (ho ladder slipped and ho was left Inngln, by the r.ioK. ?... J . : ;.. (JENERAL CROOK'S VICrORl. Ofilonl Kcport of Hi* .HncccMfiil Cnnipnlffn Aaninnt the Apache*. Tho following dispatch from General Crook was received at military headquarters in San Francisco. It was dated at Silver crock, Arizona, twelve miles south of the uoundary: Left here May 1 with 193 Apache scouts under Captain Crawford. Got Lieutenants Wood and Mackey with Captain Chaffee's Domnany of forty-two men, of the Sixth Cavalry, nnd rations for two months, on mules, md followed the hostilea. The Chiracahua sountry is of indescribable roughness, nnd ? ntimhoi. mnlfia lnat4ho?r fnniiner. fl!l'] tepping from the trail fell down precipices j and were killed. The stronghold oftheChiracahuasis in the rery henrt of the Sierre Madre9. The position is bnely watered and there is a dense growth of timber and plenty of grass. They nad been camped near the head of the Bnvispe, occupying prominent elevated peaks affording a fine lookout for miles, and tendering surprise almost imposible, and Iheir retreats were made secure through the rough ndjacent cnnon. Captain Crawford, with Indiau scouts, early on the morning of May 15 surprised the illage of Chata, the chief who led the recent raid into Arizona and New Mexico. Tl e light lasted all day and the village was wiped :nit. The damage done cannot be estimated. A. number of dead bodies were found, but the indescribable roughness of the com try prevented a count being made. The satire ramp, with thot-tock and everything belonging to it, was captured. It was learned from the prisoners taken lhat the Chiracahuas were unanimous for peace, and tint they had already sent two messengers to try to reach San Carlos. On the 17th they began to surrender. They said Iheir people were much frightened by our sudden appeiranco in their fastnesses and had scattered like quail. They asked me to remain until they could gather all their bands together, when they would go back to the reservation. By the terms of Iho treaty my operations were limited to (lie time of the light. I told the Chiracahuas to gather up their women and children without delay. They answered that they rouiu not get tnem to respond 10 ine birum, (he fugitives fearing they might be sent by oar Apache scoots to entrap thom. They told as they had a white boy who was in the pillage and jnmped by onr scouts. He had mnoff with the squaws who escaped, and who had not yet been heard from. They assured mo every one of the band should come in if I woald remain a short time, but the terms of the treaty em barrassed me greatly and, being in that rough region, with rations rapidly disappearing, there being between 300 and 400 Chiracahuas to feed, I was compelled to return with the Chiracahuas. Wo found six Mexican captives?five women and one child?taken in Chihuahua in May. They are now with the command. These women say they were captured near the Mexican Central railroad at a place called Carmen. They further state that when the Chiracahuas discovered that the Apache scouts were in the country they became greatly alarmed and abandoned on the trail the three hundred head of cattle they were driving away from points in Western Chihuahua. The cattle wero afterward picked up and driven off by a body of Mexicans. Wo marched back as rapidly as the condition of the stock and the strength of the women and childron would permit. Wo found the country depopulated for a distance of one hundred miles from the Apache stronghold. Tho Chiracahuas insist that they always lived in the Sierra Madres, and that even when the main body went on the reservation some remained in the mountains. Of these who now went out there are a number who state that they have never been on the r< servation. I have strong hopes of being I nliln tn clear tho mountains of the last of these. There are now with us Loco find Nana,who were so often reported killed, and the families of other prommAit chief*. Saw no Mexican troops, and after leaving the settlements In Norlhe.ist Sjnora did not see a Mexican other than the captives rescued. I hfiTe such assurances that the white boy will bo brought back that I am looking for him every minute and will inform you by courier. THE DEATH OF DUKES. Shot aad Killed by thr Son or the .linn Whom He Ilnil Sln.in ? History of the Series of Terrible Triiaedle*. Dotails of the killing of N. L. Dukes, by James Nutt, son of Captain Natt, who was killed at Uniontown, Ponn., last December by Dukes, are as follows: James Nuttwns standing against a post inside of a room that joins the postoffice and fronts on Main street Uniontown. While standing there Dukes came down the direction of the Jennings hotel, walking briskly, with a cane under his arm. Just as lie turned the cor.ier toward the postoflice door, young Nutt stepped aside, pulled a revolver, anil fin d two shots at him in rapid succession. Dukes looked around, nnd started to run into the postoflice door, whereupon Nutt fired again and followed in close pursuit. Just a; Dukes gjt inside the postoflice his assailant fired two more slots, and Dukes fell heavily to the floor upon his face. E. E. Lingo rushed into the office and stooped to pick him up. Dukes tried to say something, but could only gasp, and in a moment he was dead. By this time Officer Pegg reached young Nutt nnd laid hold of him. The latter struggled fiercely to free himself, but when he discovered that it was an officer ho quietly yielded, and was taken to the jail. Duke's body was removed to his roomattho hotel, where Coroner Sturgeon impaneled a jury. I On examining the body it was found tint three of the balls entered the back near trio side under I he left arm and penetrated toward the heart, lodging in the breast very near the skin, where they were cut out. They all threw entered within two or three inches of each other. On Duke's body was fount! his old pistol, the one with which he killed Nutt, and hanging to his suspender button in front was a dirk knife. Nutt had in his pocket another smaller pistol, which ho gave to Ollicer Martin. A fourth ball slightly grazed Dukes's leg near the foot, while the lifth missed its aim, passed through one of the postoflice lock boxes. The revolver with which the shooting waa done is the same that Captain Nutt carried on the morning of his death. Young Nutt was calm, but pale as a sheet. The causes leading to ths tragedy were as as follows: Captain A. C. Nutt, cashier of the Pennsylvania State treasury, was shot and instantly killed in Uniontown on Sunday, December 24, 18S2, by N. L. Dukes, a leading lawyer and a member elect of the legislature. Tl:o tragedy grew out of Dukes's alleged improper intimacy with Captain Nntt's eldest daughter. Nutt, accompanied by his nephew, Breckenridge, went to Dukes's room in the Jennings house by appointment. Nutt entered the room, but Breckenridge remained outside. A scuttle followed between Nutt ami Dukes, and Breckenridge entered and endeavored to separate them. A man conrecte.l with the hotel ran in. lit? found Breckenridge holding Nutt. He at once seized Dukes and succeeded in get'iug him into the corner of tho room. At this moment Duke? raised his revolverand shot Nutt through the head. The wounded man ie:i into his nephew's firms and exjiired in a few moments. Dukes walked to tho sheriff's office and surrendered himself. Ureckenridgo was the principal witness at the trial. Two others described the shooting. After being out a short time the jury leturned a verdict of not guilty, though Judge Wi's m's charge was distinctly against Dukes. " The vcrd.ct is one that gives dissatisfaction to tl.e court," Judge Wilson S lid, after it was announced, " because we thought the evidence sufficient to justify a different verdict. The prisoner is discharged." ! An indignation meeting of citixons was 11 A ?.wl sttfsntlnra In* IIL'IU IIIC nexilll^iu, miu n ? leading citizens were posted, denouncing Dukes as an assassin. He was hanged in efligy from telegraph poles and gas lamps in a dozen different places. He was pormitted to resign his seat in the legislature. INDIANS AS HERDERS. flerreltiry Toller Think* it Wine lo Supply (lie Tribe* with Cattle. Secretary of the Interior Teller says, according to a Washington dispatch: " 1 intend to expend money in purchasing stock cattle for the Indians. A comparatively small expenditure now will save the government large amounts in tli? future I don't expect to get any large amounts to expend, but my purpose is to save every dollar I can from thy various appropriations for the Indians and expend it for cattle. In somo instances we have been able to persnado the Indians that it will be to their benefit to have cattle to herd, and, in order to save money with which to buy cattle, their supply of luxuries, such as sugar and tobacco, will bo deceased. "At least one-half of the Indian reservations are better adapted to stock raising than nrrrieiiltnrn. and it is loss difficult to induce I an Indian to engage in herding than in a_'ricullural pursuits. If ten years ago suitable provision lind been inado for furnishing herds at agencii 3 especially adapted to stock raising, (ho Indians at such agencies would now bo largely independent of government aid. At most agencies the Indians will, under the direction of the agent, take care of the stock. When herds are provided for the tribe, I think it should bo with the ultimate purpoFe of distributing them among (he Indiansas soon as they furnish proof of their willingness and ability to take care of the stock. Tho possession of herds will not only benefit the Indians by providing subsistence, but will compel them to abandon their nomadic habits." Secretary Teller said that in 18C9 the government furnished t'io Navajo India b of New A!esico with 14,(XX) sheap and 1,000 goats, at a cost of $10,000. This number has increasad to 5)00,000 sheep and 20V'00 goats. In 1881 tho agent reported the wool clip at 1,0( 0,000 pounds, and that 'J 0,(X 0 ii<i had been mnnufactu red into blanket. I it eIndians, numbering 1(5,000, by means of t'lis small outlay, in thirteen years have become self-supporting. Jjfey.,,. ... "HOME, SWEET HOME." The Remnlnn of John Howard Pnvne Conveyed to Their Finnl Resting l'lace. Tho remains of John Howard Payne hare at Inst T>eon interred in Oak Hill cemetery, Washington, in the beautiful spot provided by Mr. W. W. Corcoran, his early friend. The remains were taken from tho receiving vault at the cemetery, and were placed in tho Corcoran art gallery, where at 4 o'clock r. m. the procession formed. The remain.', inclosed in a handsome casket richly upholstered and with an outer covering of heavy white satin, were borne from the building shortly after 4 o'clock and placed in tho hearso. This had been specially built f.ir Jim nnrnsinn. and was d.*awn bv four white horses. About fifty conches followed the hearse with the relatives of John Howard Payne, the orator of the day, the poet of the day, the President of the Uni:ed States, members of the cabinet, members of the diplomatic corps, the chief justice and associate justices of the supreme court of the United Slates, clerk and marshal. At the cemetery the speakersn.n l ?]' guished guests took seut* upon the north platform, which had been reserved for them. Upon the front row sat tha President, Mr. \\. W. Corcoran, Right Rev. William Pinckney and Rev. W. A. Leonard, Mr. Chilton and Mr. Robinson, (the poet and orator of tho occasion). Among those occupying seats upon this platform were General Sherman, General Hancock, Chief-Justice Waite and Justices Strong and Matthew?, of tho sup:eme court; Sena'o-s Lapham, Conger nnd Morton ; ex-Secretary Blaice, Agricultural Commissioner Loring, and others. About f>,0C0 people witnessed tho ceremonies from a large platform and a sj a.e surrounding it. Just as the first low s'rains from the band of "Home, Suejt Home," wero heard a few drops ?f rain came pattering down through the foliage and seemed to add poetic cadence to the music. The exercises were formally opened by the reading of portions of scripture by Rev. Dr. Leonard. This was followed by music, quartet nnd chorus, after which the poem written for the occasion was read by Mr. Robert S. Chilton. The monument was then unveiled, and Payne's " Home, Sweet Home " was sung by the full chorus, with the band accompanying and the entire nudience rising to their feet and uniting with tho chorus in singing the last verse. The funeral oration was then delivered by Mr. Leigh Robinson. He sketched Payne's unhappy career of disappoint ment and balllecl aim?, a me unwise proportionate to boyish promise and precocity. As his earthly abode became the spoil of his creditors, every home in Christendom became his spoil. Every home is the sweeter for him. He might be termed the apostle of home. Therefore it is that the grave cannot confine him in the land of the stranger nor the ocean divide him from his own. At the conclusion of Mr. Rcbinson's address the the coffin was lowered to its final resting place, Bishop Pincknoy officiating at the head of the bier and the Rev. William Leonard at its foot. The pnnd " Hallelujah Chorus," from Handei's ''Messiah," was rendered by the Philharmonic society and the Marine band, the audience rising, after which the benediclion was pronounced by Mr. Leonard and the audience dispersed. THE NATIONAL GAME. Philadelphia has two baseball club* composed of women. - ' ' Smitii, tl e change pitcher, who waa released by the Providenoe club, has been engaged by the Philadelphia dob. Benedict, of Chicago, has also been engaged by the Philadelphia club. A recent game in Philadelphia between the Philadelphia and Detroit clubs was full of accidents. Wood and Qroth ran into each other, and were severely injured, but were able to continue the game. Trott was then knocked down by a pitched ball striking him on the head, and Wideman was so badly injured by a ball that he had to retire from the game. One of the recent surprises in baseball circles was the defeat of the strong Athletio learn, leaders in the American association championship, by the Brooklyn Jnter-State nine. The game was played in Brooklyn, and the Brooklynites were successful by a score of 12 to 9. The captain of the Athletics, at one point in the game, " kicked " against the umpire's^decision, and called his men off tho field. He was informed tnai unless me game was played to a close the visitors would go home without thoir share of the gate receipts, bo the game was played out. LEAGUE CLUB BECOBD. The official record of the league championship game3 played up to tho 9;h is as follows : i. I I*? I es I .'? I .12 o| a & Club. . ? j -g & g, ? g a o &Jip5 5 % -? *!? O "a 1 <3 4) o ^ S ;T ' 2 2 Staot*?iS"3^ 3 5 o b !H .2 & o -c i 2 ? c Ifl a|0j0jQj?|^[(lH a CD Boston -! 3| o' 3 3j 0 3?1 122C Buffalo i 2.? ? 3|?i 3 2 11 1123 Chicago I 3'? ? ?i 3; 4; 0 2 18 28 Cleveland j 4 3 ? 2 3 5 17 215 Detroit 2 ?! 3 ? ?' 3 5 2i IS 27 New York 1 3 0 3 0 4,? ? 0 10 25 Philadelphia.... 0 l' 1 l! 2,?f? 0 f>27Providence ? 0 3 2 0 ,J 3 ? 17 2?5 !__! :_'_J Gaines lo*t.... 14 13 10! 0 12 15 22 10 10'. -AMEHICAN ASSOCIATION liEJJKL). II II S 111 -' ' '2 ! ei& Clue- If'cs * ='! ;"3 i ? i i Si ^ ^ ?*? ? 1 T. V4 |a|! -5 -gig E 2'9| jj.jj ? ~ i"S .s 3 "3 I 5 s ^ < njop a ai? o ? Allegheny ? 0! 4 1 ? 2 2 l' 102 5 Athletic j f? ? 5 2 2? A 1 2021 Baltimore 2 1 2 12 0! 8 2i! Cincinnati { 2; 1;?,? 5 2 1 41 1">25 Columbus !?! 1 0 1 ? 2 0 2 (>2i? Eclipse 1 ? 2 2 4 ? 3 3 1SS5 Metropolitan....! 4 14 2 3 0 1 14 27 St. Louis ' 2 13 2 4 3 , lf> 27 I ! | Games lost.... 1G fi.lS 10 20 10 13 11 1(3 ? COLLEGE CHAMPIONSHIP KECOBD. " I i I " " I i I | I I? = i 3 -5 Club. ,g | # c ? :7> JS|.g -= 5 S e L. a c u s s w ^ S a O 3 Ynlo 1 ij 2: 2 C fi Princeton ! 0?| 1' 2 2 5 7 Amherst 0 1?1 2 4 7 Harvard 0( 0 1? 1 2! i> Brown 0 0 Oj 0?' 0 7 Game? lost 1 0, 2 Jti /> 7il7 32 MUSICAL ANI) DRAMATIC VOTES. Mary Anderson will stay in Europe ne ir'y two years. Roland Reed's ''Cheek" scored an immense hit in New York. Mrs. Lanotry sends about fifteen dollars weekly to her hu.-b:ind in Wales. The Wyndham Comedy company won a brilliant success iu San Francisco. Anna Dickinson will play under P. H. Lehnen's management the coining season. Augustus Pinero and Hartley Campbell a: e each to write a play for the Boston museum. Miss Rosa Rand has been engaged for leading business with Joe Jefferson next season. A steam fun has been successfully irilro* ... .L- Pl,i|.|. lIUCl'U 111 lilt' V. llfMIlUL OUl-CL lllu.nv, . ...... delphia. C. D. Hess has accepted a new opera, " TIio Missing Link," by two Chicago gentlemen. Ellem Tebry ami Ada Ward will bo tlic two most prominent English women 011 t lit; American stage next season, and the r valry between them in the same parts will >e an interesting one. .Miss Terry is in Irvine's English company, and Miss Ward in Edgar's American company. Duiiino the production of "Sharps and Flats" in New York rece ltly Mr. Lane. w!io had to smoke in accordance with the "business" of the play, was given a "loaded'' cig tr by Mr. Crane. It exploded and tilled iho stage with reil fire, to the consternation of Mr. Lane and the amusement of the audience. The Metropolitan Opcin-hou-e, New York, is rapidly approaching completion, and it is expected that it will be reauy for opening by (Jctober 22. "Faust" Till be the opening attraction. A subsidiary company has been formed to build up the Broadway corners of the building. now vacant, wi h French Hats, the lower floors to be used as reception rooms for the opeia-house. When Miss Wixom?" Emma Nevada"? made her debut in Paris in "The Pearl of Brazil," that o'.h-r brilliant prima aonna, Marie Van Zandt, occupied a prominent box. At the close of 0110 of Miss Wixom's most brilliant passages, when the audience was hushed with admiration, a single "Hurrah," in a clear soprano voice, but with a 1 unmistakable Yankee accent, rang throu.'li the house. Every eye was turned instantly to wtiero Miss Van Zandt .-at, her face flowing with mingled embarrassment and cnj thusiasm, and then for live minutes the I house rang with a storm of "Bravo! Van Zandt! Bravo! Neva la!" Arthtjk Sullivan was born in ISii. IIj was a choirboy in St. James' ChapterKoyal, and afterward stiulied music in Germany, lie returned to Eiijjl uul at the age of n n-.;teen. and in a few years became famous lor his musical compositions in various departments of the art. Jn lH7<!tho honorary degree of doctor was conferred upon him by the University of Cambridge. He has writlea tin-oratorios of ''The Prodigal Son" and "T! e Light of the World" and other riusical compositions of a hiixh order, while his comic operas, " H. M. S. Pinafore." " Patience," "Iolanthe," "Trial by Jury," hav obtained for him a wide celo'>r:ty on both sides of the Atlantic. THE STAR ROUTE TRIAL. Verdict of the Jury for ihe Defendants?now the Verdict Received. After a trial lasting nearly seven months, ex-Senator Dorsey, ex-AsBistant PostmasterGeneral Brady anil the other men indicted for conspiracy lo defraud the government in connection with the letting ont of Star route postal contracts, have been acquitted by the jury. The jury was a9 follows: John H Crano, foreman, i rjduce dealer; John J. Hughes, laborer; Clarence Shields, laborer, Roes Evans, stonecutter; Frank Renshaw, grocer; Georgo Sheriff, fnr.ner; John Vernon, barkeeper; Jackson Howard, colored waiter; aiason ljowery, coiorea waiter; u. Grier, real estate agent; Michael Horrigan, Horseshoer; Edward Gill, paint dealer. After the jury had retired, and as th:y wero entering the court-room for further instructions from the court, au exciting episode occurred. Juror Vernon fell in a fit, having been deprived for come time of his customary stimulants. Ho was restored to consciousness, and the jury again retired to deliberate upon the'.r verdict. The scenes which occurred when the verdict was finally reached are described as follows: When the jurors tcok (heir places in the court room, at precisely 10 o'clock, Judgo Wylie looked at them and said, in his sow, hesitating way : " Gentlemen?I have sent for you to learn?ahem?to learn if you havo agreed?ahem?upon a verdict." Mr. Ci a le, the foreman, said: "We have agreed." Judge Wylie gave a start of surprise and looked toward t'.ie seats for the counsel for the government. Not one of them was present. But Mr. Kerr, one of the counsel for the prosecution, came in and stood in the door as the judge said to the clerk, /'Receive this verdict." There was the usual silence as every 01:0 turned toward the foreman. Mr. Crane said very deliberately, " We find the defendants not guilty." Then there followed a fcene of great confusion and uproar, which the judge could not restrain. Indeed, he did not try. The figure of a woman in gray silk was seen jumpingup wrlfK hnnrla AY4Alldp(l tnWArd th? ceiling, sobbing, shouting and crying : "Glory to God!" "Glory to God!" It wns Mrs. Dorsey, who had a violent fit or hysterics. Dorsey, with tears running down his cheeks from under his green poggle*, had all he could do to restrain his wife, and make her regain her self-control. Colonel IngersolPs face was a study. The stern lines of an intense anxiety relaxed, his lips and chin trembled, and tears filled his eyes. His family were on their feet perfectly wild. The stoical Judge Wilson became as; nervous as a child. He walked around with a lighted cigar in his hand, and burned his! mustache half off trying to put the wrong end in his mouth. The nervousness of the defendants and their friends was communicated quickly to the fickle crowd of spectators, who cheered and yelled at the victory of the de-, fense, while every man of them would prob-i j ably have been as ready to cheer and yell if the government had been successful.' | Brady was the only one in the whole crowd who retained the same ironoLad compoiurd which he has shown all through the trial. His countenance never changed. He sat silent for a few moments and mechanically fhook hands with those who approached him. Then he got? up and walked quietly over to the jury. He was the first man to approach the jury. Beginning with the foreman, he shook hands solemnly with each member and then asked a friend to present him to Judge Wylie. The jury, as soon as the contusion had moderated, was polle I. Jadg.? Wylie then i announced that there was no ir.ore anties for I the jury to perform. "Yoa hni a laborious | Insk to perform in this case,"/Tpt?idL "Yon have been more th m six monH^^fcgaged in the trial. Many of yo J have tacnpations of your own that you have been obliged to neglect, and although your verdict will of course create dissatisfaction with many, yet the court is boond to pre. | sume that having been selected according to law and sworn to perform that duty faithfully, you have done so, each one according to the dictates of his own conscience, it will be a satisfaction to you as long as yoa live. You are discharged with the thanks of the court." The court was adjourned soon after. The defendants and their counsel went to one of the ante-rooms of the court, where a most extraordinary scene of congratulation fol- I lowed, Doraey came up to Colonel Ingersoll, and, putting both arms around him, gavq I him a ferocious hug. and then surprised thi ] Colonel by kissing him with a rapturous, re- I sounding smack of superlative gratitude, > Then Mrs. Dorsey kissed him. The tears ot j happiness continued to flow. The triumph | of such an unexpected success after tw> | years of fighting in the face of the entire j power of the government, made the humble't person connected in the most remote degree with the defense crazy with joy. Even Bradv I lost his stoicism when he was out of sight or [ the crowd, and was as much overcome a?) j Mrs. Dorsey. When Colonel Ingersoll came j out of the court-house a crowd gathered in j front of him, and then one stout- j unged, broad-shouldered man cried out, "Thr?a Hiefirs for Colonel InKersoll." There was a wild scene of tiger-like cheering | and ki-yi-ing from the excited crowd. This j demonstration was a personal compliment ! to the colonel, for when the defendants passed out there was not the slightest sign of approval or disapproval beyond the congratulations of personal friends. Colonel Ingersoll stood on the broad steps of the courthouse and smiled with the benevolent air of a popular orator in front of a congenial crowd, and laughed outright when some overenthusiastic admirer called "Speech,speech!" The biggest scene of the day was at the saloon opposite the court-house. Dorsey went in there just after the verdict and announced that it should be a free bar for all who came. The bill was to be sent to him at the close of the day. The scere that fol- i lowed this announcement surpassed the j excitement in the court-room. All | the men who have to struggle all day long to get drunk were enabled to enjoy this luxury early in the day. All c lied fo- the i most expensive drinks and scorneJ nnylhing ' but twenty-five cent cigars. Tha bill bvga-i f to mount so high that the barkeeper sent : word to Dorsey at 11 o'clock. At noon the I free-ruin dispensary was shut down. In the ; -?:?n~\r in ,,orcr>ll was serenaded, and I uvcuiu;; made a speech to the crowd. At the conclu- j sion of speech-making Colonel Ingersoll in vited the crowd into the house, where liquid refreshments were served. One of those who came into the house was Juror E\ans. He was seized by Mrs. Dorsey and Mrs. Peck, who, linking arms with him, enthusiastically escorted him through the parlors, presenting him to everybody as one of the twelve honest men. After an hour or so of handshaking the crowd dispersed. The total expense of the star route trials : will foot up to about $1,'J(X),000. The verdict of the jury was based upon the | fact that they did not believe a case of coin ! spiracy had been made out against the defend- i ants. There is another indictment, ho wever, j against Brady and Price, in which the gov- I eminent counsel have always claimed that ( the evidence is stronger than the evidence in the case just closed; but this indictment ' does not include Dorsey. There is no other j indictment against Doi sey, and the government does not contemplate proceeding against him in any other case. PROMINENT PEOPLE. Willard.?Miss Frances Willard. the well-known temperance advocate, has gone j to the Sandwich Inlands. Bayard.? Senator Bayard, of Delaware, ! has accepted an invitation to preside at the Newbury (N. V.) Centennial exercises at j Washington's headquarter* in October. Bismarck.? All great men appear to have j a weakness for tish. Prince Bismarck is an j enthusiastic fish farmer, and he makes a I great deal of money out of his hatcheries. i Grant.?General Grant will contribute a number of art objects collected by him during his trip around the world for exhibition at the coming Southern exposition in Louisville, Ky. Gray.?Mr. Gray, rector of St. Mary's Parish, Md., has cut down the mulberry tree under which Leonard Calvert treated with the Indians in HW4. Souvenirs made from the tree are being sold in Baltimore in j aid of a memorial church fund in the parish. Garfield.?The fund of $10,000 i aised in Cincinnati for a Garfield monument is awaiting use for that purpose. Six artists have been given until August 1 to prepare models, and shortly after that date one will be selected and the contract for it made by the committee. Wilde.?Oscar Wildfl says he cut off his hair and assumed conventional clothes because of the change in his calling. ''It was necessary," he explains, "to make some change in assuming another role. I have said adieu to that of lecturer on art. I am now a dramatic author." STRANGE HAPPENINGS. A girl six years of age, who said she I a i 110 home, and neither father nor mother, and did not knoiv her name, was recently found in the streets of Buffalo, drunk. At the Children's home in Cincinnati a boy five years of rge fell int > a well fortylive feet deep, at th b >ttom of which a man was digging. Tl e boy alighted on the back of tho well-digger, but neither was hu t. A root of a pinion t.ee foini by Edward Austin in New Mexico is knotted and twisted so that it forms a perfect resemblance to t a-o human beings s.and.ng face to f ice, with hands clasped and arms extended. A Chiuaman made a bet of s:$ witli one o J his fellows that he c >uld swim across the Sacramento river, at Ledling, an I return,. As he failed an I went uud-'r, his opponent clapped his hands in great glee and quietly | pocketed the stakes. I11 splitting a log of black oak, Benjamin Marvin, of Watertown, Conn., saw on the smooth grain in the In art of the tree a perfect picture of a clump of trees, with trunks and branches and twig? clearly defined. Tho picture is about four inches sipia:e. Two Mexicans, living mar Salido, Texas, killed each o'.hsr with the same knife. One stabbed the other near th heart. leaving the knife sticking in tho wound. The wounded 11 an jerked out the knife and plunged it into his adversary's heart, and both fell dead. ^ FniLADELrinA is nrrnnginf: fur a scientific congie.^s in August, 1881, at which Huxley, Tyndnl nnd many other distinguished Euro- H peons are expected. William Habdie and Solomon Hewitt U were handed in private at Conway, S. C., for the murder of Jeremiah Stalvey, an old nserchant. ' Jobdan C jnnr.*, the negro who murdered jw|jj&?3Hfl Benjamin Garden and seriously wounded his wife and son, forthepurpoeeof getting them out of the way so thit he could assault Carden's daughter, at Rockford, Ala,, was captured by citizens and put in jail, The same night he was taken from the jail by a crowd off.00perso s nnd Imn^ol. The crime was meat delibernto ml horrible. Corbin wnininml fnr nn hrtilr .ihfint the llOUSO, uS^HQiKf^H which wi s barricaded by the wounded wife with n bed on which lay her dead hasband, who had been shot in the head while as'eep by a gun pushed through a window. Ti e daughter cscaped to the woods. She wr.s found almost dead from fright and is not expected to live. Tho mother and son , vlM will rjcover. In the United States district conrt at Ans- ;J|fl tin, Texas, an impoitant opinion was delivered in a cri.nin d r.nit brought nnder the civil right? act, pas?ed by Congress in March, 187", to enforce the penalty of $503 for excluding Laura Evans, a colored woman, from a ladies' car on the Houston and Texas Central i ailroad. The court held that the act " is unconntitn ional, being an infringement on the rights of the several States, and that the State tribunal* a'one have jurisdiction in [ the premises. Nineteen suit) of a similar F.4H nature were dependent on the decision in this -19 I case. Ex-Judoe Chesteb H. Krum, the leading lawyer of St. Louis, mysteriously disappeared some weeks ago, and it has been dia- B covered that he has misappropriated trust.. .. funds in his charge to the extent of at least |r.o,ooo. " Till Wabneb, a s ulor, accused of assanlt- ' '&M I ing and stabbing an eight-year-old girl at Sheboygan, Mich., was taken from jail and. ' hanged by a crowd. - The recent earthquake in Ecuador was " felt intensely in ?one parts of the interior. There was great alarm in Quito, where the ;fH people, fearing a cataclysm, encamped in , the streets. In Latncunga, which is subject to earthquakes, nnd was utterly destroyed by 'HI one in tho last century, the shock was very severe, overthrowing S3ver.il houses, while thoso remaining threntan to fall any mowent. The villagen in the vicinity are al- g H ryr.r.at onmnlptfllv dojtroved. Cotopaxi is in ,''^^^888 active eruption, and the peoplo in the vicinity are terrified at the probable repetition of the catastrophe of March, 18f>7. ,;<-gW Details of the bombardment of ':||j|8R^i Madagascar, by the French, h&vebeflB 'fit-' ceived. After demanding, the surrender at the plac e and reoehring an evasire refi&v ?ve ' vessels opened fire on the town, the . three forts of which, mounting thirty guns, replied. They were qnichly H| silenced, however. Tho Hova quarter of the town was destrojel, but the French [-^91 factory and most of the American houses H escaped injury. The garrison, composed of KBaHB 2,000 men, retreated. The French occupied the town, and are collecting the customs. HIE OLDEST SOLDIER RETIKE9. 9 A Philadelphia dispatch says: Tho Tim*.a j| is informed that the garrison of Fort Mifflin, fll in the Delaware, will depart for Washington fl| to-morrow under the express orders of the nH President to receive a commission and be placed on the retired list of army officers. The garrison is, and has been for many H| years, composed of ono man, but he lias since JH hi? enlistment on Mat ch 30,1S35, seen enough ; jSH service for a dozen. His name is George W. ';fl Bromley and his rank is ordnance-sergeant. 1 < 0AKMO/1 lie V. as fl run U1 HID ncmuu vuau.uuu t hat *'blazed'' at Osceola, the Seminole chief, from 1841 to 1814. When the Mexican war broke out he was one of those to plungo .ajja B through the ru-f and plant Scott's batteries on the bcach before the walls of Vera Cruz. " After fighting at Palo Alto, Kesaca de la Piilma and Camargo, he fell with a ball through his le? while leading his company in tl.e (ha-gj on the Queen's 1j: idje at Monlerey, after his cap11in and lieutenant had been shot down. He his refused a commission three ti lies before; he has been in charge of Fort Alifllin for many yosrs. while among his visitors have been numbered oflicers of the highest rank, inc'n.ling General Shorman. Ho has served the longest and is the oldest rxfl soldier in the active service of the country, and was born in Norwich, Conn., August 3, A White Apache. * I The Tombstone (Arizona) Republi- ifl :an of recent date says: A few days since a Hermcsillo dispafceta-irWfBiiilGBi^^Mi^JMj (lie wounding and capture of a white man, supposed to be L. JST. Streeter, fl while heading an Apache foray. fl Streeter is about fifty years of age and . ?^^fl ivas born in California, his father being ?aptain of an English merchantman . fl P-mifin roast and his fl II rtUia^ V/AA wuu -? . mother a native C'alifomian. Of his H boyhood or early manhood very little fl is known, he first coming into notice a in Arizona by his connection as clerk H with the San Carlos agency during H Governor Safford's administration in M this Territory. While there he had some difficulty with the officials, caused, ":*M it is said, by his giving aid and comfort fl to hostile Apaches. He left there suddenly and went straight for the camp of Juh and Geronimo, which was then near Janos Pass, on the line between Sonora and Chihuahua. It is stated that while he was at the agency he became enamored of a squaw be- " longing to the tribe, and it was this H fact that induced his leaving civiliza- -M&jM tion to cast his fortunes with >thfc A pitches. Governor Safford offered a ? - large reward for his apprehension, some stories placing the amount as ; :"||M high as $5,000. He was not apprebended, however, and has never re- ' 'l/JMm turned to Arizona. < He is said by tliwe knowing him intimately, to be very intelligent and well educated, and a manuscript now / in the hands of the writer, written while Streecer was at urenauots, gut? to prove it. lie speaks the Apaohe dialect fluently, and is said to have -iS great inlluenco with them. His stand- -fl ing among the savages, by whom he is fl known as Don Cassamario, may be seen when it is known that the eldest s.^afl son of Chief Geronimo is named for ><||j^9fl in Eating Match. One of the most laughable eating contests on a bet was that of Sam Port, the champion eater of Brooklyn, some ' ' -.j|fl years since. A negro named Bill .Jackson, it was held, could dispose of more food in a given time than any colored man in the city of Brooklyn. ---alfl Port, another colored man. moved into ' gBH the city, and hearing of Jackson's re- rJafl nown in this line hunted him up and offered to bet him $5 that his son Sam, aged fifteen, was a bigger eater. The ** Jjrax^flH match came off at Sam's house in the presence of as many colored people as ' JsM could get iD. The provisions were on a talile in the center of **>i**S<!!fl the room. Beside the table stood a lean man and a fat boy. r?i>kwl iin two loaves. fl J IIU IDCitv. 2 ?L took a bite out of each and handed them to the judges for examination. I One was given to Jackson, the other I to Sam. Port finished his in one minute and forty-five seconds, beating fl Bill by twenty seconds, amid the cheers of the crowd. Two lengths of bo- C logna sausages,weighing a pound each, were then ban led to the contestants. Jackson disposed of his in nine minutes, B the boy taking el-ven. After drinking 4 several glasses of beer and eating a Vh dozen cold boiled potatoes and half a M dozen eggs apiece they took a tenminutes' rest. When time was called ?aeli received a pound of cold beef. .!;k kson now began to weaken, and j !.ad so much trouble in disposing of " the dozen buns that followed the beef S that he asked for an hour's adjourn- S ment. To this Port objected, and the r.-fereo ordered the match to proceed, - 'SM when Jackson, while trying to eat some fl ham, was seized with a violent fit of B coughing, and Port was declared the winner, and ever after was known as | the champion eater of the City of I Churches.?Cincinnati Enquirer. j .