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yg. FACTS FOR THE CURIOUS. A parrot that sings "My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose," is a California curiosity. Prairie grass is now turned into paper. A.mill at Quincy, Mo., has used 400,000 tlia rrracc for thlt niimOSC SillCC i (>UUO \J i tuv 4V4 ?*? J , June. A Chinese banker, Han Qua, of Canton, is said to be the wealthiest man in j the world, lie pays taxes upon an es- \ tate of $130,000,0^0, and is estimated to j be worth $1,400,000,000. It seems that the Coney Island elephant, thought the largest of his kind, is not the first. The great Napoleon had erected a colossal elephant, some forty feet high, in Pari?, which was still standing in 1832. m' ' * ? ~ T-^Aim/1 V\rr me .American muiHiia aic ivuuv* Matthews to have a knowledge of uni- | mals and plants incomparably superior J to that of the average white man, or the white man who has not made zoology or botany a study. The custom of taking a so'emn oath , upon a sword originated during the j Crusades. In a plain, unenriched sword, I the separation between the hilt and the I blade was usually a straight, transverse j bar, which suggesting the idea of a cross, added to the devotion which every hip k-nirrhf folt. fnr his favorite weanon. and evidently led to this practice. , A custom of the days gone by still ob- i tains in the District of Columbia courts. According to an old Maryland law, the j j foreman of each jury is presented with |, a pound of tobacco on rendering the ver- 11 diet in each ease. As this is far in excess j ] of the demand for the weed, the cash , equivalent of $1 is substituted. The to- j , bacco fund amounts to a considerable j j sum during a term of court, and is us- < ually devoted to the purchase of a cane ' for the foreman, bouquets for the judge, and minor comforts for the jurors. i Hallowmas is one of the names for the fsast of A11-Hallows, that is. All Sainis. It was formerly a custom tor tne poor people to go from parish to parish "a souliug." us thoy termed it, that is, begging for soul cakes, at the same time ; Binging a song which they called the ' soulers' song. It was, no doubt, connected with the ceremony of praying for departed souls, especially those of friends, on the ensuing day, the feast of All Sou's. The season of Hallowmas, , having been frequently mild from time immemorial, has been called All-Hallown Summer. A Norwegian Farmhouse. The first impression of an ordinary Norwegian farm steading is not very favorable. A cluster of houBes, small and aged,.crowd aiound a larger dwelling house, which generally looks somewhat dilapidated. But this appearfrtr fllD TTQ 1 IQ K^lnfT nf aLlUC 13 uc-ogj;ti?u, iui wuv ??w?iu wiug v? wood, they look old in a few years, aud become blotched and seared by the weather. The roof is of the same material, or, in the case of the principal building, either of red tile or slat). Some- 1 times the dwelling house is painted white, when the effect is to relieve the sombre aspect of the group. The walls are usually stout and,thoroughly weatherproof, planks about four inches thick being used in their construction. These planks are placed edgewise on one another, crossed and countersunk at the angles, and calked in the seams with dry moss. A skin of thiu wo?d is placed over the outside, while the interior is lined smoothly with boards. Inside there is an air of comfort and cleanliness. A table stands in the centre of the chief room, and along the wall a bench runs, which serves for chairs, of which there Is usually a deficency. From pots on the floor ivy is sometimes trained upward to the roof, giving the room a festive and refreshing look. Not unfrequently the worthy farmer is proud to have the dresses of his daughters hung in ronanicuoua nosition in order that swains who call may sec that the damsels arc well provided with garments in case of a matrimonial alliance. The cowhouses aregeuerallv an improvement on those usually seen in England and Scotland. The building is larger and more space is allotted to each animal. while a clean wooden floor is ordinarily beneath the cattle. Little or ao bedding is given. The level of the | cowhouse is in most cases raised high enough to allow of a 9pacc beneath, iuto which the refuse is regularly swept through an opening iu the floor.?Chamben' Journal. A Public Laundry in Mexico. The public laundry of Jalapa is a bit of quaintness to which no pen can do i justice. It is a huge pavilion of plastered ! adobe, resting on immense stone pillars, i and erected exactly in the center of the : nc if wflshimr wftrp thfi cliiflf buai- ! ~*"J i ? ' a " ~. I ness of life, as, indeed, it is amoug the j lower classes, who make up the majority j in this country. Great squares of Pompeiiau red adobe, serviug for tubs, are : ranged along both sides of the running stream, which is fed from an exhaustless 1 fountain above. An aqueduct, running through the principal streets, carries oil' i thr refuse water, which has become a frothy river from free use of amole? the j mountain root that answers the purpose j of soap in Mexico. Here upon every j day of the week the lavanderas congre- j gate?young and old, shriveled grand j dames and coquettish Juanitas?all gossiping and giggling together, as they i bend over the pools and pound the linen into shreds with jagged roots of amole. This ancient fountain boasts a tradition. Whoever goes to quaff a parting draught j throws ten drops over his shoulder and ! at the same moment makes a wish, ! whereupon not only the desire of his j heart will be granted, but such are the j magical virtues of the fountain that he i will surely return ag;iin to crumbling, rose-covered Jalapa.?New York Sua. 3Iu>ic Among the Japs. It strikes the Western mind as very strange that a people possessing so much artistic talent should be so utterly destitute of what we term musical science. They have, it is true, a system of music, but it is so much at variance with our ideas about it that one is justiiied in denying it a place in the musical art of the world. The national instrument (one might almost say of torture, for j such it really is to the civilized ear) is j the samisen, a banjo or guitar of three j strings with an exaggerated neck. The | musicians are "jeneraiiv women.? Chicago i Tribune. He Wants the Earth. A little, with content, is much To him who'll not refuse it, Who takes it, as the Lord has sent, And then does rightly use it, Oi wealth a fraction's all lie ask s, With smallest numerator Set out in unit bold, above A large denominator. This makes the sum of all his joys, Of all his hones and blisses; 'Tis all he needs, 'tis all he prays; 'Tis bread and cheese, and kisses. But, is it true? You bet it ain't, For, in this world of sorrow, The man who fights for bread to-day, Will light for pie to-morrow. ?Siftings, a SER7IA AND BUL&ARIi Desperate Engagement 3 Between the Two Armies. Thousands Slain an I Both Sid33 Claiming Victories. Dispatches from Belgrade, Servia, give the subjoined details of the war between Servia aud Bulgaria: 4'ueuerul Topalovitch, with the Morava division, had a desperate battle with the Bulgarians at Tin, and tlie latter were totally defeated. The Servians fought with great gallantry, and captured two guns and many prisoners. Three battalions of Bulgarians surrendered. "A battalion of Bulgarian volunteers, stationed at a point on the Timok river, capitulated, without tiring a gun, to Colonel JJjuknitch, commanding the Servian Timok division. "Details of the capture of Dragoman Pass by the Servians on Sunday show that the Drina and Shutnadja divisions, under Colonels Michkovicu and Benecky, were engaged, and attacked the Bulgarians in force, completely routing them. The strong'posts were carried in succession at the point of the bayonet. Hordes of Bulgarians laid down their arms, being nnnin-striL-ken. Tho slaughter was terrible. Several guus were capt ured, and the pa.?s was abauJoned by its defenders. The Bulgarians the next day evajuitoi all their fortilied positions in the neighborhood of the pass, the Servian light cavalry pursuing and scattering them in every d?rdct:on. "The Servian division inarching on Widdin gave battle to the Bulgarians near Widdin this morning and indicted upon them a crushing deieal. Tae loss was heavy on both sides. The Servians captured 1,0U0 prisoners. "The headquarters of tho Servian army has been tixed at Tzaribroi. The present situation of the Servian army of invasion is as fol.ows: Colonel Bsnecky, with the.Shumadja division, has asce ided the Luknoiska Stream, and is approaching Slivnit/.a; Colonel Michkovich, with his force, has reached Gentzi Pass, on thj route to Slivmtza; lieneral Jovanovitca, with a large force, r- Poej- / 1Q nf. Lb XII 1/raQViliaii X UJO, vviviiut 1/juamvvu -? Knyozevatz with the reserves; General Leshjanin remains at Kiola, which he has captured; Colonel Topa'.ovitch, with his force, is at Trn, and is goin? to Brasnik, whence he will cross by a direct route to Slivnitza. Each marching division numbers ld,UJ0 men. The Bulgarians are concentrated at Slivnitza. "The Servians not only holdall the positions in Dragoman Pass, but have captured the village of Dragoman. "Tnis city is wild with excitement and rejoicing over the splendid success of the Servian troops. King Milan 1m congratulated General Leshjanin on his brilliant victory at Widdiu. "King Milau sent a dispatch to Queen Natalie announcing the success of the Servian arms. All the plotters against King Milan have been liberated except Minderovich, a clerk in the war o:Iice, who is charged with perjury in denouncing his companions. "lhe Servian ministers at Constantinople, Vienna, and Berlin have forwarded to King Milan satisfactory reports regarding the views taken in official circles regarding the conduct of Servia. There is, however, much anxiety manifested owing to the large number of Turkish troop; massed in the Servian frontier, coupled with Prince Alexander's appeal to the sultan for aid. It is believed, hewever. that the porte will only formally protest against King Milan's action in declaring war. "Zia Bey, the Turkish minister here, in an interview admitted that Turkey mast act when Sofia has been captured, in what way Turkey would act he declined to say. 'Trains arriving at Belgrade are filled with wounded troops. The fortress is being prepared for the reception of prisoners. The Servians admit that the Bulgarians defended Trn splendidly. The town was only captured after a second repulse, and with the aid of artillery. The Bulgarians also fought elsewhere gallantly, but were outnumbered and outflanked. "Servia has decided to annex the Bulgarian area of the International railway route, which will enable Servia to complete her line of railway; also the Widdin district, so that she can construct a railway to the lower Danube by Chupria, Zaitchan, and Widdin to meet the projected Roumanian railway from Krajova to Kalafat. Travelers report that the Bulgarians are hopelessly depressed, and expect the Servians lo enter Sofia forthwith. There are only two battalions of Bulgarian infantry at Widdin. ?>vr MnlifanliL-n nn ill i:ip nf t ho Karvift n Stjl f a railways, has been arrosted at Zurich. He embezzled 31,250,OJO. "The people of Sofia are panic stricken. "It is admitted here that the Servians lost 70) killed and wounied in capturiner Adlijah." Bulgarians Claim a Victory. later reports from Bulgarian sources said ihat the Bulgarians, after desperate fighting, had carried every one of the Servian positions which wero menacing Slivitza, and that Prince Alexander led the Bulgarian columns in person. later reports from Servian sources wero to the effect that after heavy fighting Prince Alexander was forced to retreat before the Servian advance and retire to Slivnitza. Both sides lost heavily. Sharp fighting occurred 011 the left of the Servian advance line, whero both forces held their positions. A London paper has a dispatch from Sofia confirming the report of a Bulgarian victory. The Servians lost ten guns and 3o6 horses, and it is estimated that 3,000 Servians were killed or wounded. The Bulgarians captured 200 Servian cavalry, and have again repulsed attacks on Dragoman. A telegram received at Sofia states that Bulgarian troops have recaptured Bresnib and dispersed the Servians. HANGED TOGETHER. ' Execution or Tliroe Italians In Chicago?Their Crine. The exocution of Azari, Sylvestri and Gilardo too!: place at noon the other day in the oqicajju county juii. niu 4um\ci iu v??c-i*w the condemned men, with their spiritual advisers, were taken to the jail library, where the death warrant was read. They betrayed no emotion, having apparently become reconciled to their fate. At eleven minutes to twelve they were marched to the scaffold and were at once placed in proper position on the trap side byaide. Gilardo maintained an especially brave dem* anor, as did Sylvestri, but Azari kept his eyes closed and was apparently on the verge of Lreaking down. They all repeated in Italian the prayors for the dying, as first pronounced by the priest. This occupied about five minutes, and after the prayers were finished .Tailor Kolz adjusted the strap3, an J the white caps and shrouds were quickly placed on the men. A moment later the signal was given and the trap was sprung. It was all over for Sylvestri and Gilardo at once, their nocks beiug broken by the fall. A more fearful death ensued for Azari. The noose sl:p:;od when the rope stretched, and the knot lodged under his chin. The poor wretch drew up his legs, shudders ran through his fiame, and his convulsive ija^ps were terrible to soe. Ho was slowly strangles. The crowd pressed forward. The medical men surrounded the quivering body, while expressions or horror came from those who coul 1 see it. For four minutes the twitching lasted, while the gasps, mtoi vaia giuuuiu^ giuuiu^ wu?? oach, did n jt cease until five and a half minutes had elapsed. It was seven minutes before tho puise ceased to beat. The crime for which the three men were h inged was most diabolical and cold-blooded. It was committed April 30, at 74 Tilden avenue, Chicago, where tho culprits resided, but was not discovered for two days afterward. On May 2 there arrived in Pittsbur? from Chicago a trunk, from which proceedod such a stench that it was broken open, and in it was found tho dead body of a man. The trunk wa3 returned to Chicago and the body identified as that of Fillipo Caruso, an Italian fruit pedlar. Chicago officers found where the trunk had been bought and traced the man who shipped it to New York, where he was speedily arrested and brought back. He proved to be Agostino Gilardo. His companions, Azari and Sylvestri, were also placed in jail. On being separately qusstioned they admitted that the plot to kill Caruso had originated two months before its execution. On the day of the murder the three invited him into their house. They were shaving each other and offered to shave him. After applying the lather the three men dexterously passed a short thin rope around their victim's neck and strangled him before he had an opportunity W J or to sound an alarm. A KOMANTIC_MARRIAGE, & Girl's Device to Avoid Testifying Against lier Lover* A dispatch l'rom Marion, Vu., toils the following story of a marriage under extraordinary circumstances: Last Tuesday, Mr. James Fauntleroy, a well-to-do }'ou"ng farmer, wont out walking on Ragged Edge Hill with Miss Mollio Downes,"the belle of Chatham Hill village. While passing along a narrow pathway on the mountain side overhanging a deep ravine they were accoste.i by Air. Tierre Dugan, another farmer, who ha l booiva suitor for Miss Downes* hand for several years. Dugan came npon tuo coup.u wuuu ^uun^ Fauntleroy's arm was around the girl's waist. He began to rcproach the girl and Fauntleroy struck him full in the face. The blow knocked Dugan from the narrow path into the ravine, where he lay senseless for several hours until Fauntleroy could return to Chatham Hill and organize a relief partiy, who with the aid of ropc-s raised Dugan from the ravine. Dugan's legs were broken, and it was feared, that ho was internally injurod. MissDownes grief was intense, and when Fauntleroy was put in jail, she fainted. Fauntleroy's friends wero mu.-h alar rail as to what his fate would be if Dugan should die. Fauntleroy's brother, who is a lawyer, suggested that it was a pity Jim was not married, as Miss Downes could not be made to appear as a witness against her own husband. The suggestion was quickly caught at, and Lawyer Fauntleroy went to Thomas Downes, brother of the girl, and after some persuasion,induced him to consentio theimmadiate marriage of the couple. Knowing that the sheriff would object and that he would do all in his power to prevent the marriage, th9 arrangements wore made very quietly. Through a cousin in the office of tl e county clerk, Tom Downes got a Carriage license for his sister and James Fauntleroy. Last night Miss Downes and her I brothor drove quietiy into v^n:iLua.m uum mt>;i home, two miles in the country. They were I mot at the jail by Lawyer Fauntieroy aud a I minister named Peterson. The party had previously located the cell occupied by the prisoner, and thoy now pushed their carriage iirectly against the jail wall, uudar tin cell window. Lawyer Fauntieroy jumped on to the seat of the carriago, and thrusting his hand through the iron grating, broke through the glass of the window, at the same time calling out to his brothor to r-iassure him. The latter, by dragging his cot uuder the window in the cell and standing on the headboard, managed to get his head on a level with the window. The necessity for the marriage was quickly explained, and then Lawyer Fauntieroy jumped to the ground and aided Miss Downes to get into the buggy. Tho trembling girl could not quite reach the eager hand strctched from the i 3 T omvai* Pannf.lArnv uj>rreu wmuuvr. men .?j **.% ? w.wj knelt down in tho buggy and the minister aided Miss Downes to plant her dainty foot on his back and clamber to the shoulders of her brother, who stood braced against tho jail wall. In this position she could easily frasplher expectant lover's hand, which she issed fervently. In this strange situation, unable to see each other's faces, but with the moonlight streaming through the grated window, the young couplo were hurriedly married. ''It was quite a picturesque scene," remarked Lawyer Fauntleroy to-day, when he was laughingly relating the story. "It seemed to me at the tune that the wedding was without a parallel in this or any other country. Brother Jim has a good, true and plucky little wife, God bless her, and I kuow they'll be happy as soon as he gets out of jail. This will not be long, as the doctor told me to-day that Dugan is much better and is not injured internally. Of coursa if we had known last night that Dugan's life was safe we would not havo hastened Jim's marriage; but it's oil rinrhf nnvlinw " Tbe sentiment in the county is strongly in favor of the young couple. All the parties are well-to-do country people and have borne excellent reputations. FIGHTING- IN BULGARIA, The Entire Servian Array I nters Bulgarian Territory* King Milan has informed the European powers that Servia has declared war against Bulgaria because Bulgaria arbitrarily attacked a position which the Morava division of the king's troops held in Servian territory opposite the Bulgarian frontier. King Milan has also issued a proclamation, in which he says that Servia cannot allow Bulgaria, which has already proved a hard neighbor to disturb the balance of power in the Balkans to her exclusive advantage. He then refers to what he calls the unjustifiable Bulgarian customs duties on the frontier, the unlawful .seizure of Bregova, and the encouragement by Bulgaria of the Servian reLeis condemned for high treason. King Milan also refers to alleged ill-treatment of Servian emigrants in Bulgaria, the bloikade of the frontier by Bulgaria, and allege I attacks by undisciplined Bulgarian volunteers on the fc'erviaa people and troops. Prince Alexander, of Bulgaria, in an order of tin da / to t*i) o li jars a*i 1111 -n ot his army says: "King Milan has declared war against us, an l has ordered the h'ervinn army to invade Bulgaria. Our Servian brethreu, instealof assisting us, wish to ruin our country. Show your courage now, and d ?fend, your mothers, wives, sisters and homes! 1 ursue and Annihilate the cowardly, treacherous enemy! Let 'Forward!' bo your battle cry, brethren, and may God aid us and grant us victory." Serviahnsan army of 170,000 officers nnd mon, with 418 euns. The Bulgarian forces consist of 00,000 men, and the Eastern Roume'ian army comprise (54,(i<K) tnnps. In several preliminary skirmiabas tho Bulgarians wore worsted. In ono of these lights tho Bulgarians lost thirty-four killed aud wounded. Russian newspapers, both official and unofficial. unite in condemning tho fratricidal Servo-Bulgarian war, and declare that Russia will be unablo to sit quietly while Bulgaria and Servia tear each other to pieces. CARE O^THE NAYT. | Reports of the Mirgeon-Sicneral, Jiariue (orp*, Surgeon-General Gunnell, of the navy, in his annual report, submits ostimates amounting to $104,400 for the support of the bureau of medicine and surgery during the next fiscal year. This is $30,000 in excess of theap propriation for the current year. Colonel C. G. McCawley, commandant oj the marine corps, in his annual report says the Panama expedition showed in the s;rougest manner what he had'for years stated tc the department, that the marine corps had not enough officers and men. All the shore stations were nearly stripped and lefl without adequate protection, and the guards were withdrawn from many ships, whirl] gave rise to much inconvenience. It alsc showed that the corps should have a complete outfit of tents and camp equipage for o(K men as well as woven cartridge belts for use in the field. Chief Engineer Loring's report of the oper ations of the bureau of steam engineering it made public to-day. The appropriations foi the last fiscal year amounted to *920,000. and nTKQniiit.mw worn ?v!47.!)10. lenvimr ar unexpended balance of $72,089, the largei portion of which is, however, required tc meet outstanding obligations. He submit; estim<\tes amounting to $4,827,Si7 fur th? suDport of the bureau during the fiscal yeai ending June oO, 1887. NEWSY GLEANINGS. Tite population of the British empire Is 310,000,000; oc Russia 100,000,000. A r.'^ (JIJar weed grows in Eastern Oregon, which kills sheep that feed upon it. Four cities?New York, Buffalo, Detroit and Atlanta?are building crematories. Craniierries said to be as large as plums are being picked in great numbers in Indiana. The guard of United States soldiers at Garfield's tomb is to be withdrawn in January next. Speculators are buying up all the vacant land in Florida and building prosperous towns. There is but one millionaire in Nebraska and only ten persons who are rated as high as $500,000. A Montana bachelor, worth $75 000, gives public notice that he will soon come East on the hunt for a wife. Til LA8I OF MIL The Rebel Leader Hanged in the Northwest Territory, Exhibiting Eemarkable Firmness on t.hfi Sr.aifhld. Particulars of the hanging of Louis Riel, the leader of the late rebellion in Manitoba* are given in the following dispatch from Re" gina, Northwest Territory: Louis Riel was hanged at the barracks of the mounted police force, near this city, for high treason against the queen of Great Britain at 8:23 o'clock this morning. At a mile from the barracks mounted patrols challenged all i>3rsons and compelled them to disclose written passes. Two other lines of guards were stationed at points nearer the post, and here the same precautions were observed. No one was permitted to enter the guard room until b:12 o'clock. The scene presented then was that of Riel on ihe scaffold with Pere Andre and Father McWilliams with him, celebrating mas?. Reil was on his knees, wearing a loose woo en surtout, gray trous.Ts, and a woolen shirt. On histeet wtro tnocjasir.s. He received the notice to pro'oed to the sjafiuld in the satno composed manner shown on the preceding nijjht on receiving the warning of his fata, his faco was full of color, anl he appeared to have compete self-possession, responding to the service in a clear tone. The scaffold had been erected within a contracted inclosure immediately in the rear of the guard-house, and the only view of it was through a window immediately under a rafter. The last sacrament was taken by the condemned man within the guard-house proper, and near the opening which led to the scaffold. When the moment came for Riel to have his arms and hands pinioned ho kept looking up, slowly repeating his prayers. He then walked through the opening and down the narrow stairway with his head turned away from th9 few civilians and soldiers who stood about th3 opening. When he was aA out to take his place on the trap the deputj sheriff asked if he had anything to say. He turned to his confessor, Fere Andre, and inquired; ' Shall I not say a few words?" "No,' quickly replied the priest in French, "make mis ycur last sacnuce una yuu win uu rewarded." Riel turned and remarked in English, "I have nothing more to siy." There was some delay in adjusting the noose, but Riel did not remark upon it, and as the whito cap closed oyer him he was heard distinctly repeating his prayers. There was hardly a quiver as the drop" fell,and nis death was pronounced an easy one. In the night Pere Andre urged upon Riel not to attempt an address upon the scaffold, and suggested that a reprieve might still bo on its way, but this idea Riel strenuously repelled. He addressed a letter in the night to his mother and to his sister which touched upon the affection he bore them. He added a codicil to his will specifying that he desired his boJy to be laid by the aide of his father's In St. Boniface cemetery.at Winnipeg, which request will be carried out He prayed almost co itinuously in the night. He directed a pi ay t to his friends in the United States, wl ere He declared most or thorn were, and aga.n fo his friends in Quebec. He prayed for lus lawyers, speaking of their efforts in his behalf and of their going t<^ England for him. The attending priest told linn it was his duty to pray for hi* enemies. He replied: "lhaf. is so,' and at once began to pray in English for the premier of Canada, but he asked that the government might soon be relieved from his rule. Tlie News in Canada. Intense excitement was aroused among the French Canadians by the news of Kiel's hanging. In Montreal a crowd of more than 12,000 people assembled and burned efligiesof T/-?lnw \fnllnno trl flu* PnTlOfliflll nVAlTUPIV Kill uvuu ^v.uuim.u| I-- - -l and other cabinet ministers. Turbulent masses went through the streets singing French souts, and the police were for the time powerless. In Quebec the excitement was iwso very groat, and many flags were displayed at Iialf-mast. . Kiel's Career* Louis David Kiel was born in 18 t-J at Wolf River, British America, and was descended from an Irish family named O'Reilly. His father was Jean Baptiste Reil, a trapper and hunter well-known in the Northwest Territory, and his mother was an Indian. In 184'J the elJer Riel Jed an attack by the half-breeds and Indians against the Hudson's Bay com' pany, and ho at last becamo so powenul that the corporation purchased his favor and made him an under-factor. When Louis Riel was a boy, Friar innw Avohhi-slinni Taclie. then a missionary. discerned in him elemeuts^of character which he fondly believed could be developed to tbe special profit of the Indians and half-breeds. He attached the boy to himself and for years Riel served as an acolyte and in other ways assisted the missionary in his labors. In time Riel was transferred to St. Mary's college, Montreal, where he pursued a collegiate course and received honors in one or two departments. While good results followed his training there, the instincts of early life were not weakened. After his college course he studied law, but without success. Returning to the Northwest, be in 1S69 startled his former associates, ! who had never been impressed with his attain- I ments, by leading the first half-breed ire volt. The Hudson Bay company had transferred its territory on tbe Red and Assiniboin rivers, and the half-breeds were afraid they would be driven from thc-ir homo3. Under Riel's leadership they demanded the right to elect their own legislature, a free homestead and Dre-emDtion r.w. The governor of Manitoba was driven out of the country by Riel's forces. In 1870 the rebels dispersed on the appearance of General Wolseley's expedition, and the Red river campaign closed without bloodshed. For some time Riel remained in hiding. While still an outlaw ho was elected to the Dominion parliament for Provencbei, and actually appeared in the house and signed the roll. Then he disappeared again, finding refuge in Montana, where he acted as a professor in a Jesuit college. Late in 1884 he returned to the Northwest. His offer to leave the country ior *o,uuu uuu uem& accepted, Riel fomented the uprising which led to his death. Goneral Middleton, commanding the Dominion militia, after much- skirmishing and fighting, routed the rebels at Batouche on May 11,1885. Four days later Kiel was captured. He was tried before Judgo Richardson at Regina, his counsel pleading insanity, but Riel himself declaring that lie was sane. He was sentenced to be hanged, but was reprieved. Strong, but ineffectual efforts were made by French-Canadians to have his sentence commuted, an unsuccessful appeal being made to the English government. MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC, Organists in London are seldom paid more than $'200 a year. Gilbert is said to be engaged on an operetta libretto with a Hindoo subject. It is said that there are twice as many professional actors in America as five years ago. Madame Patti will not come to America this year nor go to Spain, but she will sing in Paris. Maude Banks has written a domestic play on the story of " Old Robin Gray," which will be produced before long. The tenor Mierzwinski will head an Italian opera company which will make a tour of this country, beginning next spring. The members of the Sorosis, the wellknown womau's club of New York, gave a banquet in honor of Mary Anderson. Bexjamix Lightfoot, a Shakespearean student of color, recently ma le a successful appearance in tragedy in Providence, tt. i. Bm Arthur Bi'i.uvan' has undertakon to compose a new sacred oratorio expressly for the Leeds festival next autumn. He has already sketched it out. Miss Van Zandt, the American singer, has repeated her last winter's triumph at the St. Petersburg opera-house. The royal family attended her first concert. There are 305 amusement troupes now on the road and new companies are daily forming, s-.'omingly to atone for the occasional dropping-out of earlier organized partios. Louise Pomeroy's Hamlet recently provoked a Detroit critic into thankfully stating that "woman's Hamlets are not interesting, except in the sense that museum 'freaks' attract the curious." Kerr August Htllesdated, a Norwegian pianist who has had remarkable success in England and on the continent, is making a tour in this country under tho management of Mr. L. M. Ruben. NEWS SUMMARY. Eastern and middle States. John W. O'Brien, a governmont employe and an ex-soldier, has been appointed weigher in the Now York custom-house, liav ing had the highest average of proficiency in the recent examination of applicants. This is tiie case in which the New York collector appointed Alderman Sterling, of Brooklyn, to the position, but was ordered by the Presi dent to suspend Sterling and hold an examination, open to all applicants, under the civil service rules. Sterling was among those examined, and wa3 twenty-third in the list of thirty men who passed the examination. H. B. Claflin, head of the prominent New York dry goods house of H. B. Claflin & Co., died suddenly a few days since of apoplexy. He was seventy-four years old, aud* since A. T. Stewart's death was recognized as the leading dry goods morchaat of the country. Mrs. Alfred Fritz, wife of a prosperous young New York engraver, killed herself and two little children, a few days since, by administering poison. The only motive was pique caused by a family quarrel. Twenty-nine workmen employe! on the New York aqueduct have los.- their live3 by accidents in tbo past six months. The body of Dr. Frances Druck, a female physician of Philadelphia, was cremated the other day in tho Lancaster (Penn.) crematorium. Charles Williams (colored) convicted of assaulting a marriel woman at Cambridge, Del.. has been sentenced to death. The National Grange of the Patron3 of Industry has been in session at Boston, delegates from all parts of the country being in attendance. South and West* Thirty-one men have been indicted by the grand jury at Ed^eSeld, S. C., for participating in the lynching of one Culbreath, nio prisoners were lason io jau pjuuiug tria'. William Sharon, ex-United States Senator, and one of the wealthiest men in the West, died the other day in San Francisco, aged sixty-threes years. He was a native of Ohio, and was worth many millions, made in mining and other speculations. Of late his name had been prominently before the public on account of a sensational divorce suit brought against him by Sarah Althea Hill, a young woman who claimed to be his wife, but whom ho ropu liatod, doclaring it was a case of attempted blackmail. Senator Leland Stanford has formally presented to the trustees, at his rosidenco in San Francisco, as a gift, tho deed of the property with which it is intended to found and endow the L^hud Stanford, Jr., univor- J sity on tho Palo Alto farm. Tho gift consists of the Gri.lloy, Vina and Palo Alto farms, which compriso 87,000 acres, tho present value of which is about $l,0jj,000. "Alf" Little, a notorious Kentucky desperado, credited with tho mur.ler oi! fourtoen men, has just been sentenced in tho United ? * ~* T Aiii'atrillA f/> oJrfoon VPflrq' OUllBS I'l'urt au uviuo? mo uv/ j ? imprisonment for forging pension papers and postoflice orders. Colonel Joseph Bruff, a prominent citizen of Damascus, Ohio, killed himself on tho grave of his soil. Anderson' Burkes was shot according to the Indian mode of execution, in the Indian Territory for wife murder. An explosion of giant powder at the mouth of a Silver Cliff (CoL) mine, destroyed the 3haft-house and cut off the es.-apa of ten miners below. All ten were killed. The people of Galveston, Texas, have appealed for help for the destitute victims of the late fire. The total losses have been estimated at $2,500,000. At Omaha, Neb., Judge Miller, of the United States supreme court, ha3 sustained an injunction restraining a company from fencing in 5:2,000 acres of government land. The company had feuced in all this land, and the decision is regardel as an important precedent in other suits of a similar character. A fire has destroyed the business part of Hazlehurst, Miss., causing an aggregate loss of $100,000. Two miners were killed and two others seriously injured by an accident at the Peacock coal bank, near Pomeroy, Ohio. Washington* The seventeenth annual list of merchant Traccoio nf tho TTnitnd States, as nraoared by tho commissioner of navigation, shows as follows, compared with the list of the previous fiscal year: Total numbsr of vessels? 18S4, 20,(JiO; 1855, 26,513: decrease, 1,117 vessels. Sailing vessels?1884, 17,593; 1885, 17,107; decrease, 431. Steam vessels?1884, 6,111; 1835, 5,700; decrease, 405. Unrigged, vessels?1884, 2,921; 1885, 2,040; decroased 281. |The President has made the following apf(Ointments in one batch: Ex-Governor Wiliam D. Bloxham, of Tallahassee, to be surveyor-general of Florida: to bo registers of land offices, Ralph N. Marble at Duluth, Minn.; William P. Christousen at Redwood Falls, Minn.; Thomas F. Cowing, at Fergus Falls, Minn.; Henry Rinehart.at La Grande, Ore.; Winfiald S. Austin,at Olympia, W. T.; Emmet Horan, at Eau Claire, Wis.; SteDhen E. Thayer at Wausau,Wis. To be re ceivers of public moneys?Lawrence L. Anne, at Fergus Fal s, Mmn.; John T. Outhouse at La Gran !e. Ore.; James Browne at Las Cruces, N. M.; Sylvester S. Kepler at Eau C.aira, Wis. To be Indian agents?Charles El McChesuey at the Cheyenuo river agency in Dakota, Peter Ronan at the Flat Head agency in Montana. To be United States consuls?Augustus M. BoydatTuxpan, Mex.; Benjamin J. Franklin, of Missouri, at Hankow, China: William E. Huger, ofLouisiana^ at San Jose, Costa Rica; S. Chin-Tung Laisun, interpreter to the consulate of the United States at Chin Kiang, China; W. B. Herbert of Delaware to be marshal, of the consular court of the United State3 at Kanagawa, Japan. Additional appointments by the President: John M. Campbell, surveyor of customs at Philadelphia. Penn.; Richard H. Arbuckle, collector of customs at Erie, Penn. Postmasters?William F. Harrity, at Philadelphia, Fenn.; James M. Hubball, at Potsdam, N. Y. General Sheridan, in his annual report as general of the army, says that the regular army now consists of 2,154 officers and 24,705 men. He recommends that each Indian fnmilv ha located on the 320 acres now pro viiled for Indians bylaw; that the governm?nt buy the balance of each reservation and issue bonds, to be held in trust for the Indian!. Foreign* W. A. Vincent, whose appointment as chief-justice of New Mexico was revoked because he appointed Stephen VV. Doray a jury commissioner, has" written a long letter to. President Cleveland explaining his action in reference to Mr. Dorsey, and protesting against suspension without getting an opportunity to defend himself. Further fighting between the Servian forces advancing into Bulgaria and the Bulgarians has resulted in the success of the former, the Iossos being heavy on both sides. The Servians lost fifty killed and 2'.)0 wounded in one engagement, and look 500 Bulgarians prisoners. Mt. Vesuvius i3 again in a state of eruption. a vr a T? nr mMMPPHT! XI X Jj/llll \J L VJk/JLTJlilXJUiVWJUil Report of llie(ii;cfof tho Bureau of Colonel W. F. tSwit/.ler, chief of bureau of statistics, has just completed his annua! report on foreign commerce. Tho duty collected on merchandise fell from $!00,0.j0,000 in 18^4, to ?178,000,000 in 1SS5, but the equivalent ad valorem i ate rose from 41.7 per cent, to 40 per cent. This increase in the ail valorem rate is clue to the declino in prices of goods subject to specific duly upon which are imposed high rates of duty. The value of our foreign trade conducted in vessels bearing our national Hag shows a steady decline. During the fiscal year 1SS5 the value of merchandise carried in our foreign trade was $1,388,100,000, of which only 14.G per cent, was carried in American bottoms and only soven per cent, in American steam vessels, but of tho 79.5 per cent, of this commerce conducted by foreign vessels, 04.8 per cent, was carriod in foreign steamers. Of the total tonnage entered at our seaports in tho foreign trade last year, amounting to 12,000,000 tons, only 2,800,000 was American tonnage and 9,200,000 foreign tounage. There was also a large falling off in tho emigration. The number arrived during the year was 395,340 as against 518,592 during the preceding year, and a falling off of fifty per cent, sinco 1S82, the year of the largest emigration, when the arrivals were 788,902. LATER NEWS. The entire family of Charles W. Parker, a wealthy Boston merchant, were taken vio- 1 lently sick. An investigation disclosed that arsenic enough to kill fifty people had been placed in a barrel of flour. Annie Lyons, their discharged cook, was arrested, but de- * nied the attempted crime. ' Four minere, among them being a father and son, were instantly killed, and another was seriously injured by falling ore in a mine at Bessemer, Wis. Ex-Se.vator J. H. Mitchell (Republican) ( * * -'--1-1 i. kTT 1 nas oeen eiecieu uuiiiou oi/uiea ucuawi the Oregon legislature. ' Edward Presley, a farmer more than -J eighty years old, and his two sons, Charles and Edward, aged twenty-five and thirty-five respectively, were killed by a neighbor, R. T. Jones, near Edgerield, S. C. There had been * a dispute between old Mr. Presley and Jones , ovtfr some rents due the former. The annual report of the surgeon general 1 of tho United States marine hospital service shows that during the last fiscal year and up to September 30 the numbir of patients treated was 4,173. The necessity for thees- ; tabiishment of a hospital at tho port of New , l Yorlc is urged. J From the annual report of Chief Inspector ( W. A. "West, of the postoffice department ( it appears that 509 arrests were made by postoffice inspectors during the year; 459 postoffices were robbed, and 2oG burned. Thirtj'-throa postal cars were destroyed by , fire. Complaints of loss of mails to > the number of 4,559 were investigated dur- j | ing the year and actual loss was round to have occurred in 530 cases. The inspectors J I recovered ?15/203 of missing funds during j I the year and $13,00J was restored to the owners. From delinquent postmasters the sum of $53,332 wa3 recovered and turned i into the treasury. ! General Pkendergast and the British expeditionary force captured the Burmese i fortress of Alinhla, and then advanced on 1 Mandalay. Henry J. Taylor has been sentenced by the United States court at Auburn, N. Y., to eighteen month's imprisonment and to pay i a fine of $657.38, for embezzling money order funds while assistant postmaster at Rome. Dr. William Frothing ham, one of -the * be3t known physicians in New York city, was accidentally killed the other day by the explosion of a pistol which he was toning out of a cupboard to be cleaned. Workmen were clearing away the ruins of a recent fire in New York when a wall suddjmly toppled over. One woman on the sidewalk and two workmen were killed, and three other men were injured. At the National Cattle Growers' convention held in Chicago, Norman J. Coleman, United States commissioner of agriculture, read an address on the cattle industry of the country, saying that a column of cattle twelve deep extending across the continent from New York to San Francisco and back again to Boston would contain about the number of cattle there are in the United States. The value of this vast herd is $ 1,200, 000,000. The annual product of these animals exceeds in value four times the yearly earnings of all the railroads of the country. A Portland, (Ore.), dispatch state* that J. H. Mitchell, justelected to the United States Senate by a combination of Republicans and Democrats, pledged himsslt to support the national administration in return for Democratic votes. Large numbers of hogs are dying of /?Vinlnr? in Indiana. Joseph C. Mackijt, a prominent Chicago politician, found guilty of perjury in connection with frauds during the last presidential election, has become an inmate of the Illinois State penitentiary, the supreme court having sustained the verdict of the lower court. Two men were devoured by wolves while traveling acros; tho mountains of Montana Prairie fires in Indian Territory have caused losses to cattlemen estimated at ?400,000. Tha fire belt was from forty to sixty miles wide. Further appointments by the President: nrniinTv, Cmifh nf Hn,l Tnkfi Falls. Minn., to fl lillOUl UUltvU) va. *?w _ be registrar of the land ofllcd at Crookston, Minn.; William S. Aubtin, of Seattle, Wash, ington Territory, to be registrar of the land office at Vaucouver, W. T. The Bulgarians charge the Sorviaus with attacking an ambulance train and .bayoneting the wounded. Lieutenant Greely, the Americau explorer in Arctic regions, has been lecturiug before the Scottish Geographical society, Edinburg. The authorities at Kiel, Prussia, have received renewed instructions to order German-Americans to quit the island of Fohr. PATBONS OFHUSBANDRY. Election of Officer* by the National Grange. The National Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry at their annual convention, just held in Boston, elected the following officers for tho ensuing two years: P. Darden, wnrMiv mnet:J. C. Draper, of Worcester, overseer of tho grange; Mortimer "Whitehead, of Now Jersey, lecturer; A. J. Rose, of Texas, chaplain; J. E. Hall, of West Virginia, steward; "NT. H. Stinson, of Now Hampshire, assistant steward; F. M. McDowell, of New York, treasurer; John Trimble, of Washington, D.C., secretary; Henry Thompson, of Dolawaro, gatekeeper: Ceres, Miss Kate i)arJen, oc .Mississippi; Pomona, Mrs. S. H. Neal, of Kentucky; Flora, Mrs. James C. Draper, of Massachusetts; lady assistant steward, Mrs. E. M. Lipscomb, of South Carolina. The committee on resolutions, through Governor llobie, of Maine, presente 1 a series of resolutions recommending that officers and members of subordinate granges make their instructions and principles a matter of special and careful study; that above all party considerations stands the American government, and pledging tho order to defond law nnd order everywhere: deploring the attacks on the private character of can imacos ior 01ficial position; recommending biennial State elections; opposing the creation of all unjust monopolies by force of law; recognizing the e jualifcy of tbo two sexes, and h iding with delight any advancement of the legal status of woman: urging farmers to united and determined efforts in protecting their interests through the ballot, an I favoring the promotion of the o3ico of commissioner of agriculture to a cabinet position. Tho resolutions were adopte 1. as was aiso one tendering support to tho striking shoe lasiers at Brockton. NEWSY GLEANINGS. The population of tho British empire 13 810,000,00'J; of Russia 100,000,()j0. A peculiar weed grows in Eastern Oregon, which kills sheep that feed upon it. Vnrrn York*. Buffalo. Detroit and Atlanta?are building crematories. Cranberries said to be as large as plums are being picked in great numbers in Indiana. The guard of United States soldiers at Garfield's tomb is to be withdrawn in January next. Speculators are baying up ail tne vacant | land in Florida and building prosperous towns. There is but one millionaire in Nebraska and only ten persons who are rated as high as $51)0,000. A Montana bachelor, worth $? > 000, gives public notice that he will soon come East on the hunt for a wife. A State capifcol that is a copy in miniature of the great Federal capitol ar Washington is being built for Georgia, in Atlanta, W *. - - ? $ 111 OIL STILL MB. 1 Workmen Underneath Deluged by the Burning Oil. Ij Four Men Killed, and Two Others Fatally Injured An explosion of a took of oil at the Pbtla* ielphia Lubric company's works in Pbiadeh. phia, has resulted in the death of -s. ihree men tind a boy, the serious injury of ;wo others, and the partial destruction of ihe establishment. Those killed were: Alexander Banks, aged 40. residing at 119 Mifflin street; burned to a crisp. He was .r superintendent of thj gaug of workmen, and sad recently come from Pittsburg. Charlea f. Marshall, a boy aged 12, residing in Mifflin street; at work with the men under the tanlc. Joseph Robinson, of Delaware, married, iged 35' years, boilermaker. Arthur 3rueber, of England, aged 28 yrears, single; entire body terribly burned* riie injured were Patrick Boyle, single, aged 20 years, laborer; head, truuk, and extremities frightfully burned; will probably diet Charles McLean, ago 124 years, single; burned ibout head and extremities; probably will not recover. Particulars of the disaster are v as given in a dispatch as follows: For sometime pustthe PhiladelphiaLubric company's works on the Delaware,at the foot ;j of Moore street, liave been running to their Cull capacity, and early this morning a gang of men numbering about fifteen were set at work tn ranair a stona founiation under a large iron still which contained 15i) bar- . rels of crude oil. The repairs bad ft been partly completed, and several of the meu were plastering up the interior walls, wheu the manhole oI the still was blown off, setting the oil on lire,tilting over the still,and causing the burning oil to fall on the men ~ below. The oxplosiou was followed a few seconds later by a second report. Considerable time elapsed be.'ore any of the Are apparatus reached the scene, by which time the oil which still re-. , mainod in the tilted tank and the portion which had flowed to the ground was burning fiercely. > A few minutes afterward the work of rescuing those who hail bean injured was begun. An elderly man was found lying against the fence which surrounds the works, about seventy-five yards from the exploded tank. He was unconscious, and wus terribly burned about the head and lace. ^ Joseph llobiuson, aged about 35 was found lying on the ground close to a pool of ' burning oiL His clothing was saturated with the oil, a portion of wliich had been burned off. He was so terribly burned that a portion of the flesh of the right log came off while a surgeon whs cutting off bis pantaloons. He has since died. Alexander Banks, aged 40, had charge of j ivnilir Olid W; B Wirlrill" j I fl Hlftll l'atftl V I1I1 "uo o ?der the tank when tuo explosion occurred. While the rescuing party were searching around for the victims, his body was seen lying on the ground clone to the fountain wall, aud surrounded with blazing oil. Michael Cavanaugh voluuteerai to rescue him, and, / v noth withstanding tlie protests of his companions, crawled along the ground, after one of the ilrenien liad saturated his clothing with water. When '' within reach of Banks he grasped his right foot, and when he made an effort to draw the body out the man's foot parted from the , r4 body. Cavanaugh dropi>ed it and hastily reached a place of safety, leaving the body to the flames. Cav;inaugh's face and hands were badly burned. A Jew minutes after Cavanaugh escaped the tank fell, and Banks1 body was hid from view. Charles McLean, aged 24, and Arthur Grueber, aged 28, were also found lying close to the burning still, the former being ' unconscious, and both terribly burned. Grueber has since died, aud McLean probably will not recover. Patrick Boole, aged 26 years, laborer, was frightfully burned and will dift. The oody of Char'e< Marshall, a boy, aged 12, who was at work with the men under the tank, was recovero;! from the ruins. Several other men who were working close to the still at the lima of tlie explosiou were also burned, but their injuries were comparatively slight. The injured were taken to the Pennsylvania Hospital, where their wounds were dressed. (Soon after the explosion occurred the burning oil, which had run from the still when it careened, flowed along the ground, and, coming in contact with two wooden tanks partly buriod them in the ground, set them on fira. These tanks contained 600 and 500 barrels. of oil respectively. The oil was soon ignited, and the names spread to a largo iron tank which contained 800 barrels of tar, which also took fire, and at one time threatened the destruction of the entiro eastern end of the works. At 11 p. M. the fire was woll un ler control. The loss will reach about SJO.tKX); insurance, $17,000. GALVESTON'S GREAT FIRE, Forty Bloc'cm of Hon?M Swept, Away by tlio Flames* Details of the great fire which has justrav. asod Galveston, tho leading city of Texas, are as follows: At 1:40 o'clock a. m. the most destructive fire in the history of Galveston broke out in a foundry and car repairing shop on the north side of Arenue A, known as the Strand, between Sixteenth and Seventeenth streets. A gale l'roin the north was blowing, and the flames spread with rapidity to both of the adjoining buildings, one being a grocery and the other a dwelling. Soon the long tongues crossed the street, and two more buildings were in flames, the inmates barely escaping with their lives. In half an hour two blocks were Lurning fiercely, and by 3 o'clock every one saw that a great conflagration was upon the city. At 3:30 the fire had traveled threi blocks distant from its starting point, but in a straight line, being ' 1 ^ -,,1.%?! UivfAonfn connnea do mo uiucks uuuuucu uj ui.^wu^ and Seventeenth streets. About 4 o'clock tbo lire began to spread to the east and to the west of Sixteenth and Seventeefch streets, anil the wind rose to a gale. For a time it seamed as though the entire eastern half of the city was doomed. The fire spread to the southward, licking up the block* of line residences hastily abandoned by their inmates. By 5 o'clock it had reached Broadway, which threads ihe center of the island, running east and west. At 7 o'clock the wind began to shift, then to decrease, until by 8 o'clock only a fair breeze was blowing. But by this time the lire had eaten its way to Avenue 0, where, at 9:30 o'clock, it seemed to exhaust itself, and the liremen coming up, checked its further ravages at this point or within two blocks of the gulf. From the housetops the smoking burned district resembles a huge black half-opened fan, lying across the island from the bay nearly to the gulf. The island at that point is nineteen blocks, or one mile and a quarter wide. The business pare 01 me ciuy begins at Twentieth street and runs west ten squares The burned district includes the wealthiest and most fashionable portion of the city. Oue hundred elegantly furnished mansions are in ruins. Many of these residences had beautiful gardens attached to them, and the moneyed loss does not represent over half their value. The scene during the progress of the lire Mas frightful; so filled with misery and terror, that whoever witnessed it must bear its vivid impress for a lifetime. The wind rose to a screaming gale and swept through the burning belt in swirls, carrying mii ions of live cinders high up in the air and raining them down a mile distaut over the wooden city and its panic-stricken inhabitants. The entire east end of the city contains hardly a dozen brick dwellings. All is wood?Texas pine?and it burns with indescribable fury. Five minutes after a house had caught it would be wrapped in flame. Following close on the heels of the recent great strike, which inflicted a moneyed loss on the business men of Galveston of fully $100,00', this calamity is the climax to the woes and sore afflictions of this city. With the exception, however, of half a Sozen groceries and the iron and car repairing foun 1 1 dry, wliere tne lire siarteu, uu ui uwr 11 ess wera destroyed. The total area of burnt district is 100 acres, and forty blocks were swept clean oC everything combustible. More than 400 houses burned, and it was estimated by the relief committee that about 1.000 families were unhoused,the great majority of wbom,especially the poor ones, lost everything. The total pecuniary loss is estimatbd at fully fJ,5QQ,? ^ . V tr'c