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One Australian farmer has Bhot, trapped and poisoned 18,000 rabbits in the last year, and yet the pests are so numerous and destructive that he has had to give up nearly all his land. Dr. C. Keller, of Zurich, Switzerland, thinks that spiders destroy more aphides and insect enemies of trees than do all the insect-eating birds. His views have been verified by observations on coniferous trees, a few broad-leafed trees and apple trees. Although the bestdf the public lands have gone, it is eucouraging to note that there till remain unsurveyed about 9,000,000 acres in Colorado, 12,000,000 in Arizona, nearly 30,000,000 in California, 49,000,000 in Dakota, 7,000,000 in Florida, 44,000,000 in Idaho, 7,000,000 in Minnesota, 39,000,000 in Nevada, 74,000,000 in Montana, 31,000,000 in Utah, " A* A/\<\ aaa more man <cv,vuu,i/uv/ m n asmugwu Territory, and so on. The Montgomery Advertiser thinks that something must be done to bring white people to the agricultural districts of Alabama. It declares that there is not now enough efficient labor in some sections to maintain the production of the soil at its past standard. "Nor has the loss," it says, "confined itself to decay In fences and houses and exhaustion of the soil, but society has gone backward, churches are not flourishing, and schools are mere remnants of their former selves. Attorney-General O'Brien, of New York, has decided that all State laws are fully operative on the subjects of oleomargarine, etc., so long as they do not come in conflict with the laws of Congress, andsays: "No substitute for dairy butter made from substances prohibited by Section 7 of Chapter 183 of the laws of 1885, as amended, imitatiom or semblance of natural butter can be made or eold within this State or within any other State or Territory within the United giv s*o<"p* Lieutenant Arthur L. Wagner, United States army, in an article in the Jsumal of the Military Service Institution, on the military aad naval policy of the United States, alludes to a statement made some years ago by General McClellan that the pension bills of the civil war would have sustained a regular army of 30,900 additional men from the Mexican war to the , breaking out of the rebellion. The writer goes on then to say that the pension bills have now reached a total which s would have defrayed the expenses of an army of 45,000 mon from the Seminole war to the outburst of the civil strife. K..?" . r At a recent church fair in Worcester, Mass., there was great curiosity to see and hear a new musical instrument, the humaniphone, which was exhibited in the large ante-room of the hall. The instrument proved to be young ladies representing the tone of the scale, arranged behind a screen, showing only their heads and shoulders. They wore moalfo rpor>Viinnr fn thf> month, and " ""TT"" * ^ 7 around the neck of each was susphnded by a ribbon the number of the scale represented. A young lady stood in front, who, with a wand, played tunes by pointing to the one whose number was the tone wanted, which was promptly uttered. Rounds and other pieces were sung, making a unique and amusing affair. It is not generally known that the Falls of St. Anthony, which, years ago, used to be one of the picturesque sights of the northwest, and which were visited by thousands, have been destroyed by the commercial needs of Minneapolis. In 1805 the town had a population of but 8,106. When the falls were most admired Minneapolis had no existence, was really undreamed of. They had gradually yielded to the requirements of civilization until very little is left to remind any one of their former attractiveness. I have known persons to cross the bridges over the Mississippi and, while looking where the series of cascades had been, to inquire what had become of them. Thus it is that beauty is compelled to give way to utility in the course of what we call progress. ' Economy in sending cable messages i9 not always desirable. Relative* in New York of a lady of social celebrity in Paris, hearing she was ill, cabled that if ehe was not better they would straightway sail, and asked for instructions what to do. The answer came "no better." Only this and nothing more. The relatives sailed on the next steamer, and their astonishment was great upon arriving in Paris to find the supposed strickcn lady giving a dinner party. The explanation, although simple, was very annoying. The cable answer had been "no," in response to inquiry whether the relatives should sail, and "better" as to the lady's health. Economy and absence of punctuation cost the "party of the second part" nearly a thousand S dollars. Including all the issues which have ever beeu printed the number of postage stamps of separate design which have been in actual use is less than 4,800. The first stamps were issued about the year 1840, and some of the earliest specimens are exceedingly rare, although they have never been known to bring anything like the prices which are affixed to them in the catalogues. Dealers usually keep very few of these rarer varieties on hand, and if there is any call for them they arc very ready to strike a bargain with the collector after a little higgling. For example there are some stamps valued at $50 or even more, and a large number appear in the price list marked $10 and $ >. If a person wishes to find the real value of a stamp he should take his collection to a dealer and try to sell it. It is safe to say he would not probably get an offer of more than ten pir cent.'of the catalogue price, and Jie would be lucky if he got even that Ad effort 13 being made by some Danish capitalists to induce the emigration of small farmers of Denmark to the Western States, -where they will gain some adequate return for their labor. II lie l/iiuco ill is a uaiuj, uvuvwv^ |/wmww?.? race, and will make excellent citizens. An engineer on an Iowa railroad saw a flock of turkeys on the track, and, knowing their habits, slowed up, blew hi* whistle and got them off without killing any. The owner, unobserved, saw the proceedings, ascertained the engineer's name, and sent him the fattest hen in the flock for his Sunday dinner. The Philadelphia Times, referring to the tableaux of the "First Ball of the Republic," as given recently in that city, says there appeared in old-time costume beautiful daughters of stately grandmothers and great-grandmothers who, in just such gowns, danced dignified minuets and quadriles at the balls given in. Philadelphia when His Exellency and Mrs. Washington lived on High street and Philadelphia was the seat of government. It has this bit of social and historical reminiscence: "It is not easy I to fancv the crrave Chief Magistrate tak- I ing part in such festivities, yet history attests that he could unbend, and when he condescended to tread a measure it was with singular grace and elegance. We read of the General dancing a minuet with Mrs. Willis on the occasion of certain festivitios at Fredericksburg to celebrate the victory of Yorktown, and, as the evening advanced, entering into the gayety of the scene so far as to go down the room a dozen times or more in the centre danse. In 1779 General Greene writes from Middlebrook: 'Wc had i little dance at my quarters. His Excellency and Mrs. Greene dance upward .*f three hours without once sitting down. Upon the whole, he had a pretty little frisk.'" As regards wealth the United States ranks first among the nations of the world. In revenue France, Great Britain and Ireland and Germany are ahead of her, placing this country fourth. In expenditure sho ranks eighth. In the . amount of debt France, the United Kingdom, Kuseia and Italy are far ahead of this country. In regard to commerce only three nations, the United Kingdom, Germany and France are ahead of us. The United States have more miles of railroad and telegraph lines than any other nation, and the value of American manufactures is greater than that of any other nation. The army of the United States if placed on a war footing would' he excelled in numbers by only one nation in the world, France. On a peace footing the army of this country ranks below Russia, Italy, China, France, Germany, Austria, India, the United Kingdom, Turkey, Spain, Switzerland, Holland, Mexico, Belgium, Sweden, Japan, Denmark, Portugal, the Dutch East Indies and Persia. This by a singular anomaly, the richest country in the world, keeps a smaller standing army than tne Dutch East Indies and many imporerished and unimportant countries. She has no effective cpast fortifications, and only three modern ships of war. Dr. Yasey, a Government delegate, has completed an examination of the arid districts of Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado and Nothern New Mexico, with a view to ascertaining the suitable grasses for grazing purposes. tie iouna numerous grasses, but only the gramma and buffalo as most suitable. These are of different genera, but both denominated "buffalo grass." They constitute ninety percent, of the grass product? the gramma being most abundant in moBt districts. There are also several different grasses, known as blue-stem, blue-joint, and blue-grass, the last quite different from the blue-grass of the more Eastern States. In addition Dr. Yasey found a great variety of other grasses, of more or less value. "Some of these are injurious on account of the barbed awns which cause sore mouths in animals and work into the wool, and even into the flesh of sheep." We believe, says the Cincinnati Commercial's agricultural editor, a acientitic research amoung the mountains and plains of our - - * . m .% -.? _ _ . j I States, east oi tne .Mississippi anu suum of the Ohio?Tennessee inclusive^would result in discovering many species of valuable grasses, which could be practically increased with very little caro and system. The writer made a geological reconnoissance among the Cum berland Mountains, in 1865, and wad then told by an old merchant of Kingston, Tenn., that there were more than 230,000 head of cattle grazing among the 4'hills" of the Si ate, north of his place of residence. Curlons Things In Mexican Theatres. A City of Mexico letter to the Pittsburg Duyatch says: One very funny custom of the theatres here is the manner of keeping their reserved seat diagram, the scat being marked upon it by small holes, in whicn are placed wooden pegs. When you buy a reserved seat the ticket seller removes the peg from the hole you have selected and gives it to you as your check. The ushers know 4 ?VkTT fVift Irtn l"?f Vj AT IUC seal/ it ucai^uuico uj iuv ivugvu v. color of the peg. This seems incredible, but it is true. As soon as the act drop falls every gentleman puts on his hat, rises from his seat and turns about to take a view of the house through his lorgnette. They subsequently pass into the aisles to greet their friends, and rem iin there talking until the prompter's bell warns them that another act is about to begin. Then they hurry to their places and remove their hats. The ap ? If 4 rn Kofnroon peurauic ui a iticaiv/uu buwc*v*w acts?its aisles crowded with groups of men talking and gesticulating wildly? would cause an unsophisticated American to think that free fights were in progress all over the house. Very few ladies wear hats or bonnets in the street, substituting black lace mantillas instead, and even these are dispensed Avith at theatres?the hair beiDg elaborately dressed?and as the great majority of thegentlemen are in full evening dress, the appearance of a Mexican audicnce is very brilliant. KNIGHTS IN MOLT. Assemblies From Ten States to Tlanvanil a finanial fiacctnil A/VUIOUU Q U[/VVlUi UtCW*VU| Grand Master Workman Powderly's ViewB on Socialism. There is little doubt, says a New York paper, that General Master "Workman Fowderly will be called on in a short time to issue a call for a special session of the General Assembly of the Knights, and that the call will be signed by district assemblies from at least ten States. The States mentioned by those who are interested in the movement are Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, Texas, Colorado, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Pennsylvania. In all of these States there are districts which are in almost open revolt against the General Executive Board. The grounds on which the special session will be asked for are that the election of officers at Richmond was illegal, and that a3 a matter of fact General Master Workman Powderly and Messrs. Bailey, Hayes ani their offices by virtue of the fact that their Barry, of the General Executive Board, hold successors have not been legally elected ; that Messrs. Maguire, Carlton ana Aylesworth, the new members of the Executive Board, have no right to hold their offices or draw their pay, and that Secretary Litchman has no right to his office or his pay; that the increase of salaries was illegal, and therefore void, and that all acts of the General Executive Board as at present constituted are illegal While this will be the nominal reason for the call, it is understood that there are others which threaten the very existence of the order. If the special session is called, says another -aieiiropouKin. paper, nwiu ue lor lute in reuruary or early in March. Mr, Powderly's $5,0U0 salary, his order ending the Chicago stock yards strike, his circular stopping the contributions to the Anarchist Defence Fund and the call for a 25-cent assessment are grounds of complaint against him. The trouble between District Assembly No. 4!) and the New York Foii i lists, which has resulted in the withdrav al o nearly all the local assemblies of tbai disi.-ict from the Central Labor Union, has i< d oo the production of a letter written some time ago by General Master Workman Powderly to a prominent Knight of Labor in New York, in which he gives his opinion of the Socialists in plain language. This will not tend to decrease the bitter feeling which now exists between the bodies. Portions of the letter areas follows: "?ou have men in New York whr would move heaven and earth to restore the old cnstoms and make the order again an oathbound organization. I know them. You have men in New York who have co-operated with men in Philadelphia to break up the Crder by going to a Catholic priest of eminence and telling him that our old oath is still in force; that the word of honor is only a blind to make catspaws of the Catholic members,and that the General Master Workman is a tarty to the infamous transaction. * * * The curse of the Knights of Labor has coma from the promptness with which acknowledged leaders of the Socialisticrelement have put themselves forward at meetings, and Lv:i i.c u:..*. 3 ? - wmie spetuiiuK pmiui^ UIIII^U au IUO jxiuarwcu and Gatling gua as the remedy for labor's grievances Many of the men who advocate these principles (of Socialism) do not understand them, nor do they care to understand them. They set forth the idea and convey the impre sion that the only weapons by which Labor can hope to secure the desired reforms are the kuife and bludgeon. Men may entertain such ideas as tbey flease; they may advocate them if they please; but they should not seek, under the c!oax of the Knights of Labor, to promulgate such doctrines and make the Order responsible for them. 4,I claim the right to differ as to the means best calculated to bring about reforms and am willing to respect the opinions of others, but until the Knight? of Labor adopt the shotgun as their chief weapon, I will vigorously object to allowing advocates to slip to the front at meetings gotten up in the interest of labor. They must not be permitted to advocate blood and fire and yet proclaim themselves to be the mouthpieces of the labor cau e. 'The conduct and language of these men have caused the clergymen to regard us with an eye of suspicion, and it will require strenuous efforts on our part to remove the erroneous impression concerning us. It is my firm aud honest belief that, as vast as is this country, as broad and extensive as is its territory, there is not room enough within its borders for the exercise of a single rifle. I have no respect for the man or men who will flaunt that accursed red flag and advocate the use of the dirk and bullet for three hundred and sixty-four days in the year, aud who, on the three hundred and sixty-flfth day, deliberately walk up to the polls aud vote for the continuance of the system which they denounce. I am sorry that the Order ever found a foothold in New York, for no good has ever come from large cities, which are prolific of whisky ana crime. There are many good Knights in your city, New York. If I require any determined action give me the men who read and think, instead of the man who drinks. There are more of the latter in a large city than the former. However, the Knights of Labor will live on; their principles will spread and eventually triumph. * Bah on the creatures who stand up as champions of labor in the presence of thousands of unthinking men and advocate the knife and bullet! Bah on the men who flaunt the red flagl They are too vile to res; est and too cowardly to uphold the American flag, sanctified by the blood ot jratriots. They disgrace it every time they go to the polls and vote for monoDoly and usury. They are not to be trusted." LATER NEWS Two Boston girls?Sadie Bigelow and Lizzie Hart, aged respectively eighteen and nineteen years?quarreled with two young men with whom they bad been carousing, and ended their troubles forever by taking poison. A premature explosion of powder occurred at a colliery at Frackville, Penn. Thomas Fisher was so badly burned that he died .soon afterward. Richard Penn wa3 badly burned, and Harry McCormick had an arm broken. Three Italians were frightfully burned and scalded. A little girl of eleven years was arrested in a large New York store for stealing pocket % 1 ' An/1 fliof. cho DOOK5 iroru (JUbUJiiiCiauu *.v/ua.ojowu vumv wmw had been taught to steal by a woman, who sent her out regularly on expeditions of robbery. Moody and Sankey are conducting a series of revival meetings in Chicago. A Logan* memorial meeting was held in Chicago, Hon. Lyman Trumbull being the principal speaker. The Secretary of the Treasury has issued the one hundred and forty-fifth call for the redemption of bonds. The call is for $10,000,003 of the 3 per cent, loan of 1882. Notice is given that the principal and accrued interest of the bonds designated will be paid at the Treasury on February 1, 1887, and that the interest on said bond3 will cease on that Hnv, A Washington dispatch states that considerable opposition is being developed to the confirmation of Mr. Benedict as Public Printer. Steamer Sir John was burned just outside the St John (N. B.) harbor. One man was drowned and fire w^e fataliy burned. Tut; .N-tivV SOUTH. The Past Year the Most Prosperous in Its History. In the annual review of the industrial prog" ress of the South the Baltimore Manufa :turcrs' Record says that in 1886 more has been accomplished for the prosperity and progress of the whole South than ever before in any year. This is shown in the enormous investments of capital in industrial enterprises and in the growth of confidence among Northern and .European investors in the stability of the South's iron and other manufacturing interests. The amount of < apital, including capital stock of incorporated companies, represented by the new manufacturing and mining, enterprises organized or chartered in the South, including the enlargement of old' Slants and rebuilding of milk, aggregates 1^.236.000. azainst W6.812.0J0 in 1885. NEWS SUMMARY Eaaterji and Middle States. Alderman Peter B. Masterson, of New York, was thrown from a busrsry in Central Park and killed. Pliny Nickerson, an extensive Boston ship owner, has failed for $200,000. Coasting accidents are becoming quite frequent By a collision between two sleds at South Pownal, Vt, one boy was killed, a second probably fatally injured and a third had a leg: broken. An ?>ttempt is being made to suppress Chinese gambling in New York city. Harvard University received $400,000 from the will of John O. A. Williams. South and West. Jim Cummings, the man charged with the robbery of $60,000 from- an Adams express tar two months ago, has been arrested, together with two alleged accomplices, in Chicago. Extremely cold weather has been prevailing in the vVest, the thermometer at Chicago indicating fifteen degrees below zero. At Marshall town, Iowa, the mercury dropped to twenty-eight degrees below zero. Five men engaged in robbing the Adams Express car of the St Louis and Sau Francisco train on October 25 of $55,000 are in custody, and some of the money has been recovered. Fire destroyed the Mississippi Valley transportation steamer R. S. Hayes and four barges, and the Anchor line steamer City of Na.che^, while they were lying at Cairo, I1L A kcnd for a monument to General Logan has been started in the West. Mrs. Hendrickson, a policeman's wife, of Middletown, Ohio, while showing a neighbor how to use a revolver, killed her own little child. Washington. Statistics indicate that the emigration to the United States for 1886 will, amount to about 400,000 souls. In eleven months 306,577 foreigners have come to stay by way of ocean ports; while in 1885, on tlio first of December, 814,045 had arrived. Hundreds of telegrams were received at the Logan mansion in Washington expressing the sense of national acd personal loss in the G eneral's death. Speaker Carlisle has filed hfcianswer to George H. Thobe's notice of contest of his election to the Fiftieth Congress. ?le denies I all of Thobe's allegations. A bill is to be introduced in Congress giving Mrs. Logan the same pension as Mrs. Hancock. Foreign. The largest aud most disastrous fire in Liverpool since the year 1847' occurred the other morning, when Lewis's extensive general retail stores were en tirely destroyed. Tie stores contained an enormous holiday stock, all of which was consumed, as was also a menagerie connected with the establishment The loss is placed at $2,000,000. The British ironclad Sultan ran into and sank the French steamer Ville de Victoria while the later was lying at anchor in the Ta^us. Spain. The Ville de Victoria's crew and passengers numbered sixty-thre?, of whom thirty were drowned. England has been visited by one of the severest snow storms in the history of ''hat country. Railroad trains were blocked and traffic was greatly interfered with. John Daw, a farmer, living on the outskirts of Mitchell, Canada, wa'i gored to death by a bull. His wife ran out to the barnyard, and. on seeing the bleeding form of her husband on tho ground, fell dead. The meeting of tho British Parliament has been postponed until February. A DANCE OF DEATH. Three Men Killed In a Faction Fight in West Virginia, Keeney's Creek, a mining village on New River, in Fayette County, W. Va., has been the scene of a terrible affray. Mr. Lovejoy, a miner, gave a dance, to which was invited the entire population. The dance was orderly until the liquor began, to influence the brains of the young men. There were two fa.tions at the dance between whom there was a feud?the Gilberts and the Halls. FHpnris of both nurties tried 1)o keeD the trouble that was browing under control Finally revolvers were> drawn and shooting began. George Gilbert fell dead at the first round, Elijah Gilbert and John Montgomery received mortil wounds, and John Land was [ bally cut with a razor. Men, women and children fled from the house in terror. The j lights were put out. Whan the firing was over and the dead and wounded attended to, it was found that the room was riddled with bullets, at least fifty having been fired. The only one of the shooters ca.ptured was Mike> Donahoe, who was 1?tken before a justice ol.' of the peace. During the trial Donaboo jumped through the window and es.-aped. All the men are single except George Gilbert, who leaves a widow a.ud one child. LYNOH^LAW. Three Murderers Summarily Disposed. of l)y the People. Milton Washington, a clerk in the store ol' Hirsch Brothel's, tear Vicksburg, Miss., wan murdered recently in the store, his throat being cut. Three days after Robert Beasley and Raymond Murphy wer<3 arrested on suspicion as the murderers of Washington. Thay were brought to Vicksburg and confined in the county jail. Tho other day they were taken back to a point near where tae ni arder was committed to have a hearing before a Justice of the Peace. The attorney for the prisoners waived examination, and the prisoners were remanded to ;ail for further triaL As the constable was about to board the tra'.n the prisoners were taken from the officers and banged to a telegraph pole by a mob of about fifty persons, composed of white and colored men. The store of R. II. Harris, at Arcadia, La,, was entered and ari inoffensive man named John Levill was murdered by being >. ? ?i-~ i BW UL'Ji Uil bliD ucou n uuo oicvpuig j,j his bed. Great excitement was aroused in the community, t.nd after a search Joha Elias, Jr., was arrested, charged with the crime. The murderer was soon afterward taken from the jail and hauged 1? a tree. THE POWEBS ARMING. Significant Preparations fin France. Germany and Italy. Uneasiness is fell, in Paris over the rapidity with which the Frtmch Government is work* ing to place the armament of France in th>s comploteit condition possible. The Stata manufactories of arms and amunition are a-1 being worked to their utmost capacity. It la reported from Rome that Italy is arming. Advices from Berlin state that Germany is increasing her troops in Alsa;e-LorraiDe. ????? I MUSICAL MP DRAMATTH. A itetv comic opera, entitled "All foi Love," will shortly be produced in Boston. Thi: new play which Edgar Fawcett, th# Is ow York writer, has written for George Riddle, the elocutionist, is called "TheEa-1/ Mr. Augostin Daly will produce Shake 1? MT $ CM )! I | opwuoa iauuu^ kjl uuc uuicn hi a ui?h I niflr-eat manner in New York early iu FeS j ruary. It is reported that Mis3 Alice "Whitacre, a fonrnir church chair singer of Brooklyn, has made a tremendous hit as au oratorio soloist in Liverpool. At the Boston Theatre ladiei who occupy 6eats iu the frout of the house continue to remove their hats, and the papers of that city are applauding this evidence of the establishment of a beneficent reform. Th;i statement that Miss Jennie Buckner, a young singer who has just irrnde a successful operatic deb at in New Orleans, is a daughter of the famous Confederate General is denied by the Oteneral himself. Over twenty ministers were present at the Colun bin Theatre, Chicago, on a recent night. and witnessed the performance or "uaiatea" by the National Opera Company, and the grand ballet arranged to music from Rubenstein's "Bal Costume." Miss Arma Sexkrah, the Baston violinist, is having a continued success in the leading cities of Russia She is patriotic enough to champion the American composer's interests by including a "romance" and "Spanish danto-' by Arthur Bird in cos! of fcer pro- ' jfrarrines. j h; JOHN i LOGAN. Sadden Death of the Senator From Illinois. ViTn'd Amnnnt nf TTis Last, MnmfiTltfl and Sketch of His Career. JOHN ALEXANDER LOGAN. General John A. Logan, Senator of the United States from Illinois,died at bis house in Washington at 2:55o'clock on the afternoon of the 26th of Decembar. His death was quiet and painless. There were with him at the end Mr& Logan, his two children, Mrs. Tucker, Manning Logan, Major Tucker, his son in-law; General P. H. Sheridan, General Green B. Raum, of Illinois; .TiiAv* Prmmis. of Colorado, and several of . v ?O" - J ? ? his immediate friends and servants. General Logan's death came as a great shock because there had been no warning of immediate danger. It was known that General Logan was suffering from an unusually severe attajk of rheumatism, and that this attack had run into rheumatic fever, but every one thought he would pull through. He had had similar attacks nearly every year for the last ten years, and in 1876 he came very near dying. Several years ago he visited the Hot Springs of Arkansas and received great relief. If he ha 1 gone to Arkansas this past fall he probably would have escaped the attack which proved fatal. He would undoubtedly have recovered this time if it had not been for the brain complication. The fever reached his brain toward the last and produced congestion. The family had nearly as little warning as the public. They knew that he was very ill but he had b?en through so many similar attacks that they could not realize that his iron constitution would not pull him through. The deathbed scene was painful and dramatic. G?neral Logan has always lived the centre of a group of admiring friends. Ha rarely knew a moment of privacy. When he died his room was crowded with others than the members of bis family. General Phil. Sheridan stood at th3 foot of the bed, with his hands clasped behind, looking sternly and sorrowfully upon the face of his old comrade. Back of nim was Gen. Beale, Grant's most intimate friend. Mrs. Logan knelt at her husband's side, her face drawn and white, and as near as possible to the color of her snowy hair. By her side were her two children, Mantling, a splendid, swartliy boy of a pur? -Spanish appearance, and Mrs. Tucker, his sister, a slim dark-eyed brunette, tearless and pale, who watched alternately her mother and her dying father. Ifai'sw r.i/.L-flr Vior ImcKnnH ftfrwvi Afc the General's head rea ly to run to his assistance. About the room were other groups from the callers below, who had tiptoed up to the room, which was partially darkened It was feared that the. General's death would be painfuL His heavy breathing and occasional choking made every one fear a death from suffocation. At teu minutes of three, amid the sound of weeping, the deep sonorous voice of Dr. Newman was heard In prayer. He prayed with an eloquence that moved every one in the sight of the death which was so slowly stealing down upon the sufferer. The Doctor prayed that. the brave spirit might cross in safety to the world where pain is unknown. He Besought humbly a welcome for this brave soul now to start on its last journey, while he besought the Great Ruler of All to sustain with his great strength the stricken ones left behind. As the deep voice of the pastor resounded through the ereat room General Logon died. Suddenly ms pamiui oreathmg came quicker and in great pants. Then James, tne colored servant, wished to lift him up. Ashe lifted him up there was a choking rattle in the throat, a strong effort to clear it from the accumulation of mucus, but the effort was a failure. Thei*e was a stoppage of the breath, the eyes half opened, their pupils enlarged to the full size of the ball, ana then the Uenerai reu oa'K meiess. ur. newuuta said solemnly: ' 'He is gone." Mrs. Logan became wild with grief. She fell upon the bed with her arm about her husband's body crying, sobbing, wailing, calling out: "Oh, darling! Oh, darling!" Her abandonment to grief was evon more sorrowful than the sight of the General's death. Mra. Logan remained in this prostrate condition so long that it was felt necessary to call her to herself. With great difficulty she was torn away from the bed. General Logan's Career. General John Alexander Logan was born on February 9, 1820, in Murphrysboro, III, and was the eldest of eleven children. His father, Dr. John Logan, was an Irishman and came to this country in 1821, and soon after married Elizabeth Jenkins, a Tennessee lady, and settled to practise medicine in the town where General Logan was born. Dr. Logan was a man of good education, and for a time personally took charge of his son's early instruction, but subsequently sent him to the best schools the community afforded, and afterward to the Shiloh Academy. The Mexican war broke out when young Logan was but twenty years of age, ana he at once enlisted and was made a Lieutenant in one of the Illinois regiments. He returned home in 1858 and com- , menced the study of law in the office of his uncle, Alexander M. Jenkins, who had^ for aoerly been Lieutenant-Governor or tne State. In 1844, bef ore he bad completed bis law :ourse. he was elected clerk of Jackson :ounty, and at the expiration of his term of office went to Louisville. Ky., where he attended law lectures, and was admitted to the sar in the spring of 1851. In the fall of jh e same year he was elected to represent Jackson and Franklin counties in the Illinois Legislature, and from that time has been almost uninterruptedly in the public service, either civil or military. Even before he went to the Legislature, he bad been made Prosecuting Attorney for the Third Judicial district of his State. He was twice re-elected to the Legislature, and in 1854 was a Democratic Presidential elector, and cast his vote &r James Buchanan. The year of 1830 saw Logan serving his second term in Congress as the representa- I tive of the Ninth Illinois Congressional district Mr. Logain was then a Democrat, and an ardent supporter of Stephen A. Douglas, Mr. Lincoln s opponent. In July, 1801, he left his seat in the extra session of Congress and joined the Federal fUai'Mtuatf *A rticfocfrAllO KfltMfl ! VI v/vpa Vli UUC1I "?J WW uuv UU?]WI VUd wuvwiv I of Bull Run. He was made Colonel of the Thirty-first Illinois Infantry, and in March, j 18t52, was appointed Brigadier-General of volunteers. During the summer of 1802 he refused a Domination for Congress,saying he preferred to remain in the field. For services performed during Grant's Mississippi movements he was made a Major-General, and succeeded Sherman as head of the Fifteenth army corps in 1863. When General McPherson was killed I.ogan succeeded him as commander of the Army of the Tennessee. He was with i Sherman in his "March to the Sea,'' remaining with him until the surrender of Johnstoa. 1 His military career ended with his nomination in 18tit) by the Republicans of Illinois to represent the State as Congressman at Large in the Fortieth Congr?s. He was elected by 00,000 majority. He had in the i year before been offered by President Johnson the post of Minister to Mexico, but declined. He was later one of the managers on the part of the House of Representatives in the impeachmeut proceedings which were instituted against John- ] son. In 1808 and in 1870 he was re-elected to < the House, but before he had finished his < term under the last election he was elec- 1 ted to the United States Senate to sue- < ceed Senator Yates. In 1877 the Republicans in the Illinois Legislature had only two majority, and with the help of a few Democratic votes David Davis, an 4waa nlaofiul Hananw T/>min!o seat In Id <9. however. Senator Logan was re-elected to the Senate, and has since then In his official capacity been very active in promoting the interests of the veterans of the war. He was one of the founders of the Grand Army of the Republic, which had its origin at Decatur. Illinois. One of Senator Logan's memorable efforts in the Senate was his four days' speech in opposition to the reinstatement of Fltz John rorter. He took an active part in the last Presidentail campaign, when he and Mr. Blaine were the candidates on the Presidential ticket. General Logan was married in 1855 to Mis3 Mary Cunningham, of Shawnee town, Illinois, a lady of extraordinary force of character and tact, to whom he is reputed to have oeen much - Indebted for his political successes. He leaves two children, Manning Logan and a daughter, who is married "to Paymaster Tucker of the regular army. A FATAL ME. Destruction of a New Theatre in Philadelphia, Two Firemen Killed and a Third Severely Injured, The new Temple Theatre on Chestnut street, Philadelphia, took fire at 11 a. m. the other day, and the fire was not gotten under control until the handsome structure was a complete wre.-k. Two firemen were killed, one fireman severely injured, and great damage was done to adjoining property by smoke and water. The building was ownea by Mr. William M. Singerly, proprietor of the Philadelphia ICecord. A portion of the building was used as a museum under the title of the Egyptian Musee, and it was in the basement of this de{artment that the fire was first discovered, ts origin is believed to have been the accidental ignitiog of some drapeiy from a gas jet The entire building was soon filled with dense smoke. The Washington Hotel joins the theatre on the east, and when it was seen that the fiames were gaining on the firemen the guests began removing their effects and the proErietor his furniture. After the fire bad een burning about three hours the roof of the theatre fell in and carried a portion o* the wail with it Soveral firemen who were handling a line of hose just inside the main entrance were buried under the mass of stone and timber, and two of their number?John Johnson and David Gibson?were instantly killed. Hush Colgan was badly cut about the head and Robert Reed had two fingers torn from their sockets. The fire was gotten under control at about 8 p. M., the fiames having been kept within the walls of the theatre building. The building and its contents, however, were completely destroyed. Portions of the front and back walls are standing, but will have to be torn down. Mr. Singeily paid for the ground and building $225,OX), and expended $175 l'UU on remoaoianpr tne structure ana *ou,uuv# for fixtures, &c., in the museum. On these lossei there are insurances amounting to $l-'?,00u. Air. Singerly says that his net loss, after deducting the insuran-e. will be less than $100,000. George C. Brothei'ton, lessee of the theatre, will lose about $25,000 on scenery. etc;. The losses of other parties added to the foregoing will make a total damage of about toUO.OJO. NEWSY GLEANINGS, A dentist in St. Louis fills teeth for horses. Cleveland Blaine is a new Mauch Chunk (Penn.) baby. It Is proposed to build a bicycling path between New York and Philadelphia. New wine can be bought at San Bernardino, CaL, for 121-2 cents per gallon. Winter prospects for live stock in the country west of San Antonio, Texas, are gloomy. Chatswobth, I1L, is proud of one of its citizens; who at the age of ninety is cutting her third set of teeth. Rich silver deposits, known of nearly a century ago, have been rediscovered in Dubois county, Indiana. It is estimated that there are 325,570 telephones in use in this country. Nine years ago there were only 370. Tbb crop of grapes in California the past year is estimated at 178,000 tons, of which 20,000 tons were sent to the East Six thousand Percheron horses have been imported into this country, first and last Of these more than 1,000 were brought over last year. In New York State, the past year, 5,000,000 pounds of oleomargarine have been manufactured and over 3,OJO,OOJ pounds in Chicago. It is stated that there are 803,000 railway employes iu the United States, who annually receive the sum of $400,000,000, an average of $500 each. Harvard College has 1,077 students. Adding to this number the students in the medical, law, scientific aud dentistry schools, the total is 1.683. A HOEBIBLE SIGHT. I A Man's Head'Cut off by a Train Falls at His Wile's Feot. Filmcre Jamison, a prominent business man of Ridg way and a well-known politician of Ocean County, was killed at Ridgway a few days since. He started on a drive to Lakewood, bis spirited team trotting up to the tracks of the New Jersey Southern Kail- , way, which runs past his house. As he turned to wave his band to his wife one of his horses I balked, Before be could induce the animal I to move an express train dashed down upon I him. The locomotive dashed the wagon to pieces and threw Mr. Jamison out The next instant the wheels severed his head from his body and sent it bounding down the enbankment to the foot of the stoop on which his wife was standing. The horrible SDectacle drove the woman insane. THE MARKETS. NEW YORK. 52 Beef cattle, good to prime... 4 90 <g 5 SO Calves, com'n to prime veals 9 Sheep 6 Lambs 7 " ? *1 AlS /? dl/ nogs? 7/4^ /! Dressed 5%@ 6 Flour?Ex. St, good to fancy 4 CO @ 4 65 West, good to choice 3 90 @ 5 25 Wlieat?No. 2, Red 90%@ 92 Rye?State 57>$(gl 59 Barley?State @ 70 Corn?Ungrad. Mixed 4C)^@ 48^ Oats?White State 87% Mixed Western 38 @ 39 Hay?Med. to prime 75 @ 90 Straw?No. 1, Rye 05 @ 70 Lard?City Steam G 25 @ 6 75 Butter?State Creamery.... 2A @ 28 Dairy.... 23 @ 28 West Im. Creamery 22 @ 25 Factory 13 @ 16 Cheese?State Factory 8 @ 14 Skims 10 @ 11 Western 11 @ 12 Eggs?State and Penn 27 @ 28 BUFFALO. Sheep?Good to Choice 3 75 @ 4 00 Lambs?Western 5 (X) @ 5 75 Steers?Western 4 40 @ 4 90 Hogs?Good to Choice Yorks 4 35 @4 45 Flour 4 75 @ 5 15 Wheat?No. 1 88J?@ 89 Corn?No. 2, Mixed ? (<$ 44 Oats?No. 2, Mixed ? (# 85>? r>? IVJ ?R Liai ioj ubavc* . w wv BOSTON. Boef?Good to choice G)?@ 7)4 Hogs?Live &Hji& ? Northern Dressed.... 6??@ Tij Pork?Ex. Prime,per bbl...10 "i0 (ft 11 00 Flour?Spring Wheat pat's.. 5 0) (& 5 ~5 Corn?High Mixed. ? (ft Oats?Extra White 41 @ 41J<j Rye?State 60 @ 65 WATERTOWN (MASS.) CATTLE MAhKET. Beef? Dressed weight Sheen?Live weight ? <$ Lamts 5 (c$ 6 Hogs?Northern ? @ 5% PHILADELPHIA Flour?Penn.extra family... - 75 @ 3 25 Wheat?No. 2, Red 8U @ 89^ Rye?State ? @ 53 Corn?State Yellow 45 @ 48 Dats Mixe 1 2831 Butter?Creamery Extra... SO @ Cheese?N. Y. F\ill Cream.. ? dk 13j . . ... -? .. -^4 ... OLD COINS.-"* PRICES PAID FOR ANCIENT OB j RARE SPECIMENS. J An American Dollar That li $1,000?Coins of the Colonies? The Confederate CentOther Valuable Coins. I " " .. *) By far the most wide-spread of all queer fancies, says a Boston paper, seems \ to be that of coin collecting. Some col- j. :, lectors seek coins of the Russian em- ' pire, others of the famous European sorereigns. as Peter the Great, Earl XIL, A ' of Sweden, Napoleon, etc.; others search for coins of Ajnerica?Colon ial, State and _ 1 Federal. ^These latter, if seeking to fill 1 up a complete series, are attempting the 1 impossible. ' btrange as it may seem, the' oldest coins are not the rarest, neither do they command the highest prices. For example, the coin of J?gina, said to be the most antique Greek coin, sells at from I $2.50 to $8 at auction, while an American dollar of the date 1804, in good condition, is valued at $1,000. A collection of Roman coins can be readily and com- j paratively cheaply acquired, so far a? \ % specimens of each epoch is concerned, though a collection of all varie- .. ri of 'Roman coins would be > priceless, acd would be a load $ for a wagon. However, the collection :-,vj of American colonial and United State# coins seems to be the phase most in vogue in Boston of this particular hobby and some very fine collections are owned in this city. The early colonial coins ate 7 scarce and the demand for them is brisk, thus the market for them is always acI tive. The dealers in coins, of whom there are several in Boston, pursue the system of buying cheap and selling high, as those from whom they purchase ar? ignorant of the value of the coins they sell, and regard all above its face value a clear gain. A dealer will' offer for an . r; Oak Tree shilling $1, when he can readily sell )t for from $5 to $10, and the same for other varieties. A Pine Tree shining is rare, and will sell from $10 upward, while an Oak Tree shilling of same year, 1652, is worth but half as much. A Carolina half penny, for which a dealer coolly offers from $5 to $9, has been sold at auction in New York city for $25.25. This coin was struck in 1(514. The Louisiana copper coinage of the French Royal'and Republican Governments are v;* worth from 50 cents to $2, while what is called the George Clinton cent, struck in New York in 1787, if in good condition,< is valued at from $30 to $50. The Wash- ?jj ington cents are all rare, that struck in ' the die from wkieh the so-called Washin ff+nn half rtnllnr tpn* utrack Hfillinc flt froan $26 to $30, according to condition. 'vg The Kentucky cents are also rare, and sell for a good pri< e. The United States coins are, of all the coins, the hardest for one to secure a : ^ ' complete collection. The coinage of 1793 is very rare and sells rapidly at $15. A. dollar of 1794 has beeh sold at $100, / and then not in the best condition. The v{ half cent of 1796 is rare and sells readily at $15, while the silver quarter of the . - k same date is valued at from $3 to $5, The half-dollar of 1797, $25. The cent of 1799 is a bargain at from $6 to $10. and the half-dime of 1802 is rare to ex- , y. cess, a specimen that was bent and badly worn having been sold in 1875 for $85; a fine specimen would probably com* ; O mand double that sum. All the coins o1 1804 are rare, except the half-cent, which is very common. The dollar, of which 19,510 were coined, is for some unknown reason the rarest of all Ameri can coins, but eight copies being known. j This coin has been largely counterfeited; will sell for from $800 to an unknown sum, according to condition. The halfdollar, of which 156,519 were struck, i* extremely rare, and is seldom sold. Probably there is no limit to its value beyond a desire of the buyer to acquire ' " it. The cent of 1801 can be bought for - 'V$5 and the quarter-dollar for $2. The silver auarter of 1828 is also exceed ingly rare, a very fine specimen has been sold for $75, though one good enough for a pocket piece can be had for $25. The quarter of 1827 is one of the rarest of quarters. A very fine proof sold for $105, and an ordinary :opy is purchased by the dealers at $20. The pattern dollar of 1839 is worth $15, and that of 1854. $5. The half dollar of 1830, with the milled edge, is sold . for from $5 to $10, and thesameis paid for quarters of 1853 without the arrow heads at the side of the date. The cent of 1857 is valued at $2, and the nickeL cent of 1856 at the same price. The half-cents from 1831 to 1840 are worth from. $4 to $8 each, and that of 1*52 f 5. There are some coins that are unique, as the set of patterns from which was evolved the trade dollars. The six dollars which formed the set sold for $36 when pat up at auction at the sale of Colonel James Taylor's cabinet in New York. The cent of the Confederate States government, struck in 1861, their own coin age, is rare, and will sell readily at irom $5 to $10. The twenty-cent pieces of 1877 and 1878 are eagerly sought for at $5 each, and the same is true of the twocent pieces of 18"> at $1. The strangest thing to coin collectors is the question where the coins have gone. Many of the dates now rare were coined in large amounts. The quartercagle of 177y is now unknown to numismatics, yet 4?0 of them were minted. The half-eagle of 1815, of which 365 were struck, is now valued at $50, and the double-eagle of 1819, of which only patterns were made, is worth $100. A large number of valuable coins undoubt! edly pass through the hands of store- , Keepers annually, and will continue in circulation until so badly worn and obliterated as to be worthless to a collector. Many ticket-sellers, cashiers, etc., make a very snug sum yearly by watching the coins that pass through their hands, and exchanging those of rare dates for coins of similar denominations that do not command a premium. A Gorgeous Methodist Church. The First Methodist Episcopal Church of Baltimore, which will be finished in a few months, will be one of the finest and best equipped church buildings in the country. The main auditorium is a eilinse. eiehtv-eisht by seventy i? ? w # four feet, the seating capacity of which has not been calculated, but will, it is believed, be considerably greater than any other Protestant church edifice in Baltimore. It.will be lighted by a crown of windows of cathedral glass, peculiarly constructed, and so arrangea that it will be impossible for the room to contain a shadow at any time. Above this J room is a flattened dome, the ceiling ot M which is supported from truss rafters so arranged that no columns appear in ine room. The ceiling will be handsomely frescoed. The entire building has been wired so that the gas ran be lighted by V electricity. The pulpit will be erected ? on the west side of this room, and back 1 of it will be the organ loft. There is also in the building and adjacent to the church an office for the pastor, where persons who so desire can call and consult him.?New York Tribune. v- ' a '