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RAILROAD DISASTERS. I'
Four Accidcnts With Fatal Re- ,
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suns in une i/ay.
Two Trains Wrecked By an Ex- !
plosion of Giant Powder. i
Four railroad accidents, with fatal results !
in each instance, occurred on Monday. Two
miles north of Dubuque, la., two passenger
trains collided on the curve, and the two engineers
and one fireman were instantly killed, 1
the other fireman and a brakeman dying '
during the forenoon. Charles Fales, one of ,
the oldest engiueers on the road, was on the
engine of the south-bound train, and Elmor Winchester
on the north-bound train. Wm.
Richmond and Edward Cummings were the
twofiremen, and all lived in Dubuque. John j
Pernity, of Milwaukoe, brakeman on the
north-bound train, was among the killed. He
was riding ou the engine so as to open the '
switch at Peru, three miles beyond, and the
regular meeting place of the two trains. J? ]
J. O'Brien, express messenger, and one of the !
pwxai CJerKs werw u;uu_y suaKun uj?, out
not seriously hurt. None of the passengers
were injured, beyond a few bruises,
except Richard Wright, of Holy Cross, who
was coming to Dubuque. Ho was injured in
the back, but not dangerously. The two engines
were badly wrecked aud were thrown
into a shapeless mass.
A terrible accident occurred on the Pennsylvania
Hailroad, near Mocnnaqua, the
same evening. The train despatclier at Hayport
gave orders for a freight train to proceed
south. He had forgotten that a freight
train coming north was about due. The train
proceeded south, and when nearing a long
curve at Retreat the two engines came in
collision. The engineers ami tiremen jumped
and escaped unhurt. The train coming north s
palled, besides other freight, four cars of
giant powder. The collision caused the
powder to explode with terrific force,
setting Ore to the cars. The farmers for
miles around hastened to the scene and g
fought the flames with earth and wliat v
water they could procure. The cars were s
shattered iuto kindling: wool. The force of
the explosion can be imagined since some j,
of the rolling stock was found a quarter of a t
mile distaut from the scene of the explosion. t
Louis Metz, Ellwood Snark and Jnmes
Keene, all brakemen, were buried in the ,
wreck. They were all fatally injured. Itoth 6
engines rolled down the embankment and are J1
totally wrecked. c
A collision occurred at four o'clock in the
morning near Forest, Ohio, on the Pittsburg, d
Fort Wayne & Chicago Ilailroad. The first D
section of a freight train broke down, and o
the second section collided with it, killing h
John Bouch, fireman of the sccond
section. There were several cars of oil in the r
second section and they caught lire, and v
sooa the entire fore part of the train was t;
wrapped in flames. While the trainmen n
were endeavoring to subduo the fire a car [j
loaded with djmamite exploded, destroying
ovprnl mm tftfirintr lin th? t.rrii^lr jinrl iniitr.
ing the engineer of the second section and ?
one tramp.
The fast day expr^s over the Indianapolis
and St Louis Railway was wrecked near (Fern
station, about forty-five miles west of i'
Indianapolis. The wreck was caused by the &
freaking of a wheel under the rear truck of the d
locomotive. The entire train, except the
sleeping car, left the track, and the engineer
and fireman, named Reddington, father and
son, were killed. The elder Reddington, engineer,
was found with his hand upon the f
throttle. The passengers escaped. a
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LATER NEWS J
T w kh i' v -four coal boats belonging \>d the &
Pittsburg coal combination, and valued at u
$3,(XX) each, sank at Willow Grove, Penn. h
General L. B. Faulkner was arrested L
at Buffalo, N. Y., on the charge of fraud in
connection with the suspension of the First j*
National Bank, of Dansville, of which his p
brother, now supposed to be in Canada, was ti
President.
Minneapolis is shocked at six sudden a
deaths in a week, two of them suicides. a
By the collapse of a grain loft in the stables o
of a Cincinnati street railroad, ten horses g
were buried and suffocated. ?
Assembly 0302, Knights of Labor, of Chi- p
cago, has adopted a resolution declaring the a
O 1-1 J !? i_ A ti
oupruiiit; WUJI> a uctioiuu 111 tuc aiioivuuio
trial unjust, and urging Governor Oglesby to
pardon the prisoners. Numerous other appeals
for executive clemency have been sent j,
to the Governor.
General William Preston, Minister to e
Spain under Buchanan's Administration, I
and representative of the Confederate States n
in England, died a few days since at Louisville,
in his seventy-second year. c
" Regulators" of Southern Indiana, I
known as" White Caps" from their wearing b
white masks, have again became very active, T
and on one night recently whipped seven a
men with hickories. About seventy Regula- c
tors were in the band. I
A kire in the Northwestern Ohio oil c
fields burned over many acres.
Fifty thousand inhabitants of Messina, C
Italy, have fled from that city on account of Q
cholera. v
THE LABOR WOKLD. eb
Twenty States now have Bureaus of Labor G
Statistics.
There are three successful co-operative L
concerns in New York, with a capital of o:
$100,000. >s
Boys under fourteen years old are working h
in the factories at Fall River, Mass., for 11
twenty-three cents a day. M
The Swedish Government is seriously considering
the proposition to purchase all the J1
railroads in that Kintrdom. l!
A national organization of Hungarians
is being formed throughout the United States
to encouragd emigration from Hungary to 11
America. g
Twentt thousand nailmakers of Worcester
and Stafford, England, struck work this
morning for an advance of twenty to thirty *
per cent, in wages. .1
The Quaker City Co-operative Carpet Com- ^
pany is dead. After a year of bright pros- i ?
pects, it has given up the ghost, leaving $3
in cash and thirtv raes as iti assets, with
liabilities amounting to $4,000. ' 81
The seventeenth annual convention of the ?
Cigarmakers1 International Union opened at
Binghamton, N. Y., on the lUth. About-JOi)
delegates, representing unions throughout
the United States and Canada, were present.
A canal 2,000 feet long and 50 feet wide is to
be built along the rapids of the St. Mary's
River, at Sault Ste. Marie, for the purpose of
furnishing, bj' the use of immense water pow- ,
er, electric power with which to run eleva- '
tors, mills, and an endless variety of other '
machinery, as well as an electric-light plant j
The first prosecution in Washington to test j
the legality of the boycott was begun re- >
ceitly by the arrest of nine members of .
Wushington Musical Assembly, Knights of 1
Labor, on complaint of Franz Krause. It is
alleged that the accused conspired to extort 1
from Krnnv who was leader of a band, the '
sum of $7.j, on account of fines. a:.d to prevent,
by threat, a number of musicians whom
he employed from pursuing their calling.
A union meeting of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers was hold in Boston
Sunday afternoon for the purpose of expounding
the principles of the Order and inducing
those outside of it to join. Chief Arthur addressed
the meeting and, among other things,
said that strikes were to be discouraged, for
there was no cases when the parties could
be brought together that a settlement could
not be agreed upon. In closing he urged the
brothers to be honest, oe just aim be true to
their employers anil they would not fail to
secure suitable recognition.
at Marshall, Mich., a fire which started in
a peat bog about a month ago has burned
ever since, in some spots to a depth of several
leet. The flames have burned over a district
of some fifty rods in length, and resisted the
efforts of a company to extinguish them. I
Elijah Hates and wife, of Warsaw, Ind,
have given to the Methodist Board of Missions
an estate valued at $130,000, reserving, ,
however, a life interest in the family home- (
fclead and an amount of 81,000. The prop- ,
arty yields an income of 85,000. I
XTT7WC QTT\f'M A T?V
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Eastern and Middle States.
The trial race to see which American yacht
shall comj>ete with the British representative,
the Thistle, was won easily in New York bay
by the Volunteer over the Mayflower, last
year's winner in the great international
contest. The Volunteer came in fifteen minutes
ahead of the Mayflower, and was thereupon
oflicially selected to race with the
Thistle for the America's cup.
Joseph Cillev, the oldest ex-United
States Senator and a veteran of the war of
i?io fUtL,! of Hio n(to of nint?tv-six vears in
Nottingham. N. H? a few days since."
A woman, who was a few years ago private
Secretary to Hon. James G. Blaine.and
admired by everybody, is now washing
iishes in a Haverhill (Mass.) restaurant.
Drink and dissipation brought her to this
condition.
E. M. Chamberlain having declined the
Massachusetts Labor party's nomination for
Sovernor, his place has been fillet! by Charles
E. Marks, the candidate for LieutenantSovernor.
Seven* persons were injured by a collision
an the Elevated Railroad in Brooklyn.
A great stringency in the money market
lias created considerable excitement in "Wall
Street, followed by quite a drop in prices of
stocks. Appeals have been made by many
business men to the Treasury Department to
idopt a more liberal policy in the purchase
if bonds, and thereby give relief.
t'nrc damaathlfio pdti- i
rention, held in Worcester, nominated the
following ticket: For Governor, Hon. H. B.
Covering: Lieutenant-Governor, Walter E.
Cutting; Secretary of Stat?, John F. Mur>hy;
Treasurer, Henry C. Thatcher: Attoriey-General,
John W. Corcoran, and Audi;or,
Wm. F. Cook. Tho platform adopted
mdorses President Cleveland's administra;ion;
urges judicious reduction of the tariff
n accordance with Mr. Cleveland's sugges;ion
to Congress; expresses sympathy with
Ireland, and says all "offensive partisans"
ihould be discharged.
Sonth and West.
Domi.vick M. Messina, a New Orleans
jrocer, perished with his entire family of
vife and four children in a fire which destroyed
store and dwelling.
Friends of the condemned Chicago Anarchsts
are getting up petitions in all parts of the
ountry appealing to Governor Oglesby for
aerev.
A young Englishman named A. "W. Whiteiou83,
while hunting antelope in Wyoming,
nistook his chum, George H. Gordan, for a
ear, and shot him dead.
Andrew Johnson, the most notorious
esperado in Kentucky, lias committed five
lurders, and is not yet twenty-four years
Id. Through fear no jury will convict
im.
The jury in the second trial of Fred Munchath,
Jr.,the Sioux City (la) brewer charged
?ith the murder of the Rev. Mr. Haddock,
be Prohibition leader,brought in a verdict of
lansiaugnter. utner truus lor participation
a the murder are to follow.
The George Weber Brewing Co., of Cininnati,
has failed with liabilities amounting
o fcOO.OOO.
Part of a freight* train broke loose near
Canton, Dakota, and ran down a grade until
b collided with a passenger train. Five perous
were killed and eight cars completely
emolished.
Washington.
A pension check that had been raised
rom *2 to ?2,450 was received the other day
t the Treasury Department. The forgery
as skillfully executed, but was discovered
y the paying teller of the Treasury.
Governor Ross, of New Mexico, says in
is annual report to the Secretary of the Inerior
that tne marked increase of residents
uring the past few years will result in a poplation
of liO >,000 by 18JO. During the first
alf of the fiscal year 1,141 entries of public
uids, aggregating 152,500 acres, were made.
The collections from Internal Revenue
uring July and August aggregate! $20,30,036,
an increase of $1,007.2*0 as comared
with the first two mouths of the last
seal year.
Land Commissioner Sparks has prepared
statement of the disposition of public and
ndian lands during the nast fiscal year. It
npears that the sales, entries and selections
J public land under the various acts of Conress
embraced 25,111,409 acres, and of Inian
lands 746,637 acres, making; a total of
5,858,037 acres. The receipts from the disosals
of lauds aggregate $10,783,922; from
ales of Indian lands $1,484,302, making a
otal of $12,269,224. ., |
Foreign.
TnE British Parliament hasadjouniod until
<ovember 30.
Mexico has been celebrating its Iudependnce
Day with great enthusiasm. President
)iaz opened Congress with the usual cerelonios.
Twenty-four persons were killed outright
nd seventy injured, many fatally, by a
ollision between two trains on the Midland
tail way in England. The killed and injured
elonjredto apai tv* of excursionists on their
ray to the Doucaster races.
Ax immense meteor, described as large as
railroad car, fell the other night from a
loudless sky near Barrington, Nova Scotia,
ts fall was also seen at Halifax, and was acompanied
by a vivid illumination of the 1
fhole city.
A severe riot between Nationalists and
)rangemen near Belfast, Ireland, was
uelloi by the police, and ten participants
a Trusted. 1
Five persons were drowned in Lake Genrn,
Switzerland, by a collision between the
oat they were riding in and a steamer.
King William has opened the Statesieneral,
or Parliament of Holland.
An advertised foot-race at Lillie Bridge,
ondon, did not come off, and the thousands
f spectators took revenge in partly deinolihing
two grand stands, a large assembly
all and a dancing pavilion, Sitting fire to
le debris. Four constables were injured
hile quelling the riot
Antonio Gayon, chicf of one of the bureaus
of the Mexican War Department, was
itally wounded by General Roeha in a duel
1 the city of Mexico.
Official statistics of the damage done by
:ie floods in Egypt show that property was
estroyed to the extent of $2,500,000 and 800
imilies were made destitute.
The British Government has begun its
rork of suppressing the National League in
reland. A proclamation which has been
sued makes it criminal to convoke, hold, or
ublish meetings or to do anything in connecion
with the League.
A riot broke out among the artillerymen
tationed at Hilsa, India, because they were
rdered abroad. During the melee many
aldiers and citizens were seriously injured.
THE MONEY STRINGENCY,
riie Treasury Offers to Buy $1-1,000,000
of Bonds.
The recent stringency in the money mar
vet, owing to the constant increase in the I
United States Treasury's surplus, resulted I
n a long conference between the President
and Acting-Secretary of the Treasury
rhoiupson, followed by the publication of
the following circular:
On and after this date (September 22)
the Government will purchase daily until
October 8,1887, at the office of the Secretary
of the Treasury, to be applied to the sinking
fund, United States 4*-? per cent, bonds of
ls!tl and 4 per cent, bonds of 1907,
aits of July 14, 1870, and January 20, 1871,
upon the following terms: The 4% per
cent, bonds will be accepted at one hundred
eight and four-tenths (108.4) during the above
stated period, aud the four per cent, bonds
[luring the remainder of the present month
?t one hundred twenty-five (125) and from
October 1 to October 8,1KS7, at one hundred
twenty-four (124), which prices include ac- I
rrued interest to date of purchase.
The aggregate amount of both classes of ;
bonds which will be accepted within the time i
above specified is not to exceed *14,000,000. j
Offers should state the specific char- |
acter of the bonds, whether registered ;
c?r coupons. No further bids for bonds as
provided in circular No. 90, dated Aug. 3, |
1SS7, will be received after this date. Inter
est due Oct. 1, 1887, on United states Donas, i
amounting to about $6,.r>00,000,will be paid on
the liilth instant without rebate.
Hugh S. Tuompso.v, Acting Secretary. |
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It is stated that the French mobilization ;
?xperiment hns shown that all the reserves
on d iievinboJied in three days; that all the
> a: ious regiments are ready to march, and
iiat cartage has been requisitioned for stores..
TRAIN ROBBERS.
An .Express train in xexas
Stopped by Four Men.
The Express and Mail Cars Eifled
of Their Valuables.
The east-bound Texas and Pacific train was
robbed the other night near Benbrook, Texas,
at the trestle over Mary's Creek, where the
same train was robbed in June. The circumstances
are similar to those of the last
robbery. . Just as the train pulled out
rrom tne station two men got uw
the cab of the locomotive and covered Engineer
Baker with six-shooters. He was directed
to stop when ordered, and when the locomotive
had crossed tbe trestle the order was
given and Baker stopped the train. Two
men were waiting here and the engineer and
firemen were ordered out of the cab and
marched toward the express car under guard.
The doors of the car were closed and one of
the men, a toll, slim, sandy-haired fellow,
yelled out: "Open up that car." Express
Me?senger Maloney paid no attention
to the orders, when, after waiting a few
seconds, a hammer of some kind was brought
and the door was vigorously pounded.
About this time some ten shots wero fired
into the Pacific Express car and then pounding
began again. At last the door was opened
and one of the robbers jumped in
with drawn pistol and demanded the
money. Maloney had hidden a considerable
number of packages and the remainder
were taken from the safe. Ordering
Maloney to keep quiet, the robber
jumped out and the mail car was entered,
but without any shots being fired. Mail
Agent Griffin was compe.led to give
up the registered packages, and is it said
that nearly all the registered matter was
taken. There was no effort made to rob
the passengers, many of whom wero considerably
frightened. There were one or
two armed men in the coaches who were
prepared to defend the passengers if the robbers
had attempted to enter.
After finishing their work in the mail ear j
the robbers escorted the engineer and fireman
back to the locomotive and ordered the train
to be pulled out. The four men moved off (
some distance, watched the train for
a short time, and walked away.
The train reached Fort Worth at 8:30
and the officers were at once notified, and
two posses, one headed by the Sheriff, the ,
other by the City Marshal, were soon on the
road to the s?ene of the robbery. i
The amount stolen is variously estimated (
from $12,000 to $30,000, but none of the mail
men or the Pacific officers will say anything
nhmit thn matter. The theorv of the officers
is that the same men who committed the
robbery in June were engaged in that of the
other night, but this is the purest con- ;
jecture.
PROMINENT PEOPLE. [
Mark Twain" will bo fifty-two years of an
in November.
Phil Armour, the great Chicago pork
king, pays his doctor $10,0^0 a year to keep
him well. 1
James Henry, the creat-erandson of the
famous Patrick Henry, is one of the promis- '
ing young men of Tennessee.
It is stated that Prince Bismarck is con- 1
cerned in distilling on a large scale. Ha
owns distilleries at three points. ]
Sir Dinshaw Manockjee Petit, a Parses 1
mill owner, has in twenty years given away
$1,000,000 for various benevolent purposes. 1
Jakes S. Richardson, of New Orleans, . '
the lixgest cotton planter in the world, has
this year 33,000 acres in cotton and 7,000 1
acreS in corn.
General Butler heads the list of moneymaking
lawyers of the country. His fortune i
is estimated at $3,503,000, and his annual i
practice nets him $100,000. <
B. Fay Mills is the boy revivalist of Neve
England. He has enjoyed great success in <
the interior of Massachusetts, and now pro- ]
poses to inaugurate a monster revival meeting
in Boston.
Prof. Church, of Columbia College, New 1
York, a distinguished mining expert, recent- 1
ly entered the service of the Viceroy of ]
China, Li Hung Chang. He has made a per- 1
sonal examination of and full report upon
the interior Chinese copper and silver mines. The
ex-Empress Charlotte, of Mexico, ha3 i
of late shown great fondness for the com- 1
pany of children. Every morning the two i
children of her gardener are brought to her,
and she spends hours with them playing j
hide-and-seek, and listening to their songs, .
and feels unhappy when they leave.
Bret Harte makes his home in London at
the house of the Belgian Minister. The famous
author's hair is snow-white and lies in ,
masses on his forehead. His mustache is not j
so white. His complexion is florid. He has <
not grown especially stout, and were it not ,
for his hair would look like a youne man. ;
LIGHTNING FREAKS. i
i
Mrs. Oscar Brown, of Fergus Falls, 1
Minn., had just taken her infant from its crib '
when lightning struck the house and tore the
crib into fragments. I
When lightning struck Baxter Vnnglian.of <
Strother, Mo., it cut a hole like a bullet in his ]
bat, ran around the rim, thon down his back
clear to his heels, tearing off in its entire <
course a narrow strin of skin, and vet Mr. 1
Vaughan lives to tell* his queer experience.
More than 100 children sat during a thnn- '
tier storm in a room of Green's Academy, at <
Albany,Ga. The sliding doors leading to an- i
other room were op_>n. Suddenly an immense
ball of fire appeared in the neighl?or- i
mg room, loro mc winuow sasnes xroni nu-ir j
frames, and threw the weights and splinters '
all about, yet not a child was injured
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Thirteen Mistakes. j
To yield to immaterial trifles.
To look for prefection in our own ac?
tions.
To endeavor to mold all dispositions
alike. j
To expect uniformity of opinion in this
world.
To measure the eniovment of others by 1
our own. ;
To expect to be able to understand j
everything. j
To believe only what our finite minds
can grasp.
To look for judgement and experience
in youth.
Not to make allowances for the infirmities
of others.
To worry ourselves and others with
what cannot be remedied.
To consider everything impossible that
we cannot perform. .
Not to alleviate all that needs alleviating
as fur as lies in our power.
It is a grand mistake to set up your
own standard of right and wrong, and
judge people accordingly.?Boston Ga~
ictte. 1
A High Cliff on the Maine Coast.
Thcro is a perpendicular cliff on tho
West port shore in the Sasanoa river, Lincoln
county, Me., rising more than a
hundred feet above the surface of tho 1
water.
Here, as early as 1G76, one Daggct, an I 1
Indian trader, used to moor his sloop be- ,
neath the precipitous wall, and carry on
trade with the Indians on its summit, j
they lowering down their furs to liim in
his boat and hoisting up his goods in return.
Protected from sudden assaults i
by this towering cliffside lie called it his
;astle, and painted high up on its surface 1
a hand as a sign of amity. On the face
of this elilf there is the figure of an Indian,
with a bow, produced by natural ,
stains in the rock. The resemblance to a l<
human figure is very striking. When j j
the British came up in 1814 to lay Wis- ! j
lasset under contribution they reported | '
this rock to bp "as high as St. Paul's ' t
stcep!e and alive with militia-men.? j
%exc.s'.on (Me.) Juur.uil. ' - , 1
THE PRESIDENT'S TRIP, j
The Places He Will Stop At SoutU !
anc. "West. 1 (
The completed arrangements for Mr. and
Mrs. Cleveland's extended trip South and
West were announced on Wednesday as follows:
Leave Washincton by Pennsylvania Rail- |
road Friday, September 30, at 10 a. m.
Arrive at Indianapolis Saturday, October
1, at 11 a. m.
Leave Indianapolis Saturday, October l,at
3 p. M.
Arrive at Terre Haute Saturday, October
1, at 5% P. M. i1
Leave Terre Haute Saturday, Oct 1, at
6yi p. m. 11
Arrive at St Louis Saturday, Oct 1, at
12 o'clock midnight
Leave St Louis by Chicago and Alton
Railroad Tuesday, Oct 4, at 11 p. m. i
Arrive at Chicago Wednesday, October 5, i
at 9 a.m. |
Leave Chicago by Chicago and Northwestern
Railroad, Thursday, October 6, at
10 a. m. .!
Arrive at Milwaukee Thursday, October
6, at 1p.m. i;
Leave Milwaukee Friday, October 7, at
10 a. m.
Arrive at Madison Friday, October 7, at I
1p.m.
tMadison bv Chicago, Milwaukee and ;
St. Paul Railroad Monday, October 10, at i
9 a. m.
Arrive at St. Paul Monday, October 10, at t:
p. m.
Leave St. Paul Tuesday, October 11, at 12
noon.
Arrive at Minneapolis Tuesday, October
11. atl p. m. !
Leave Minneapolis by Chicago, St Paul, I
Minneapolis and Omaha Railroaa Tuesday, !
October 11, at 8 p. M.
Arrive at Omaha Wednesday, October 12,
at 11 a. m.
Leave Omaha, by Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy Railroad, Wednesday, Oct 12, at 12
noon.
Arrive at St. Joseph Wednesday, Oct. 12, I
at HX p. m. |
Leave St Joseph Wednesday, Oct 12, at
5% P. M.
Arrive at Kansas City Wednesday, October
12, at 8% p. M.
Leave Kansas City, by Kansas City, Fort
Scott, and Gulf Railroad, Thursday, October
13, at 11 p. m.
Arrive at Memphis Friday, October 14, at
0 P. M.
Leave Memphis, by Louisville and Nashville
Railroad, Saturday, October 15, at 1
P. M.
Arrive at Nashville, Saturday, October 15.
it 11 P. M.
Leave Nashville by Nashville, Chattanooga
and St Louis and Western and Atlantic
Railroad Monday, October 17, at 11 a. m.
Arrive at Atlanta Monday October 17, at (
11 f. M.
Leave Atlanta Wednesday, October 19, at
12 o'clock midnight
Arrive at Montgomery Thursday, October
20 at 8 a. m.
Leave Montgomery by Kennesaw and
Western North Carolina routes Thursday,
October 20. at 1 p. m.
Reach Washington Saturday, October 22,
it 6 A. M.
THE NATIONAL GAME. !
Eight consecutive victories is Chicago's
best record this season.
Charleston's three-fingered catcher, !
Nicholas, has caught that town.
Two hundred and eleven thousand people
saw forty-nine games on the Boston grounds.
The 1'ostons have played their last championship
game on their own grounds this sea- 1
son.
Detroit now leads the League clubs in |
batting and fielding.. New York leads in i
base-running.
Daily, the one-armed pitcher, has been released
by Cleveland. Gilks havinz shown ud
well in the box. " \
Dr. Macocn, pitcher for the Campbellford
(Ontario) Club, in a recent baseball \
match, broke his arm above the elbow while
delivering the ball.
Clarkso.v, of the Chicagos, has pitched in
31 winning games, leading all the League
pitchers in that respect. Keefe, of the Jfew
xorka, comes next with 29.
The New Yorks won 21 gamea and lost 15
to tho Western clubs on the home grounds,
the Philadolphias also won 21 and lost 15, the
Bostons won 22 and lost 11, and the WashinghnriQ
wnn If* ft nrl lrwcf 18
It is estimated that the Washington Club
will really clear about $23,000 on the season,
ind that, too, in spite of counter-local attractions,
bad weather in the spring and the
uneven play of the team.
Tiie long lead of the St. Louis club makes
Its grip on the American Association championship
assured. The Detroit Club is in
nearly the same iiosition in the fight for
League championsnip honors.
Thb Western clubs on their three trips East
played 13'.) games, of which they won 59 and
flA TUa or. i i 'i -
lvov w, jluu l/cci vits null vv uilfl lubb JL^j, liic
Chicagos won 10 and lost 17, the l'ittsburgs
won 14 and lost 21, and the Indianapolis won
9 and lost 27.
Before the season opened Mr. Wntrous,
then Managing Director of the Metropolitans, 1
aid that each player of the club M ho had a
batting average of over 300 would get a suit
clothes. Only four of the players are now
below that figure.
By the accident which crippled Short-stop
Smith, the Brooklyns have l>een deprived of ,
jne of their most valuable fielders and heaviest
batters. In a recent game, King, of the St. j
Louis, in running to second base, came in ,
collision with Smith and broke the smnll
bones of two fingers.
St. Louis lends the Association in club
batting and fielding averages. The other
3lubs, in batting, rank in this order: Baltimore,
Brooklyn, Louisville, Cincinnati,
Athletic, Mets and Cleveland. In fielding,
next to St. Louis, the clubs stand: Cincinnati,
Brooklyn, Baltimore, Athletic, Louisville, i
Cleveland and Mets.
THE NATIONAL LEAGUE. ,
Won. Lost. Wo?i Lo^a i
Detroit 71 38 Boston........M 43
Pittsburgh....47 59 New York....W 48 .
Philadelphia..62 48 Indianapolis...31 78
Chicago G1 43 | Washington...39 67
THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. (
ic/tM iHon Lost*
5fc. Louis 89 31 j Brooklyn. 55 04
Cincinnati....72 51 | Athletic 57 61 i
Louisville 09 50 | Metropolitan..37 80
Baltimore 04 53 | Cleveland..... 33 86
THE INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. J
VFo/t. IjoM. Won. Lout.
Newark 58 35 | Syracuse 53 39
Rochester 49 40 Hamilton 53 89 1
Toronto 50 32 ] Jersey City...44 47 ]
Buffalo 01 3S j Wilkesbarre.,23 70 !
Scran ton. 18 49 j
SOUTHERN LEAGUE. (
Won. Lost. TTon. Lout.
Birmingham. .10 49 I Memphis 55 41 .
Charleston?5S 33 | New Orleans...58 35 1
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NEWSY GLEANINGS,
Titehe are 1,400 lawyers in London, Eng* ]
land. I
The corn crop of the South is unprecedently
large. <
It takes $23,000,000 to keep American
women in silks every yoar. i
The next International Medical Congress 1
will meet at Berlin in lS'JO.
Florida fruit-growers are organizing for ,
the co-opcruuve saie 01 n uns.
Choler v has appeared in Rome, but the ]
number of deaths is not large.
The Louisiana sugar crop is reported to be i
ahead of any crop since the war. >
A ? ? hof.wppn Rnn
UVUUI1 luuiu 1.-1 ...
Francisco and the Hawaiian Islands.
A recent fire destroyed over 25,000 acres
of valuable timber in Colusa County, Cal. ,
Counterfeit two-doilar silver certificates i
are giving considerable trouble in some parts i
of the East.
Justice Field, of the United States Supreme
Court, thinks the division of California
into two States is sure to occur.
They had a pumpkin on show at Titus- j
v-ille, Fla., recently, that had a girth of seven ,
feet two inches, and weighed 136 pounds.
Many of the citizens of Tulare, Cal., have ]
been made seriously i.'l by the bites of big ]
black spiders, which have appeared in great i
numbers. j
William Elwess, a locomotive fireman, 1
ran from the cab of h:5 engine to the cow- <
atelier, at Edmore, Mich., jumped olT, 1
grabbed up a baby lying on the track, and
jumped aside just as the cow-catcher grazed I
tlis heel. _ ?
It is reported that parties in Kansas and <
Dakota are engaged in raising bulTaloes for
market, and that the business promises to be ! 1
profitable. I
A HMDRED YEARS OLD.
Centenary Celebration of the
TTnifpfl Stnfps flnnstit.nt.inn.
Grand Industrial and Military Parades
in Philadelphia,
The Centenary of the United States Constitution
was celebrated at Philadelphia in a
style of extraordinary splendor on Thursday,
the opening day. The streets were crowded
at an early hour with the thousands of guests
who had come to participate in and witness
the ceremonies attending the celebration.
The lowest calculations place the number of
visitors at 200,OuO.
After 10 o'clock the civic and industrial pageant
started from Broad and Dauphin streets
and marched to Broad and Moore streets, a
distance of about four miles, and then countermarched
t the starting point. Along the
route a continuous line ot observation
stands had been erected, and these were
filled at an early hour by thousands of persons
WUU UOU paiu IUI tuo Ul VlUUJ'JlMjy
the seats. Thousauds of others lined the
lidewalks. while the windows of ths buildings
and the stoops were packed with people.
Three triumphal arches spanned Broad
and Chestnut streets. The principal one
was erected in frcnt of the Lafayette Hotel,
almost opposite the main reviewing stand,
which was to be occupied by the President
and party upon their arrival It was
lixty feet high. Upon the arch were
thirty-eight shields with the names of the
States of the Union thereou. Surmounting
the arch was a mammoth device consisting of
an American eagle and a stand of national
colors.
The other two arches were about thirty feet
high. On the summit of one were the busts
of Washington, Lincoln, Grant, and Cleveland.
Section A of the Grand Review stand was
reserved for the Governors of the States with
their staffs. Among them were: Governors
Sawyer, of New Hampshire; Biggs, of Delaware;
Green, of New Jersey; Larrabee,
of Iowa; Gordon, of Georgia, and
Beaver, of Pennsylvania On this
stand also were Senators and RepreBAntAfiVM
in f!nn<vr<?cc monir r\f TrVinm tcoro
present; the Commissioners of the various
States and Territories, thirty-three of whom
were present; the Diplomatic Corp, the foreign
Consuls, and specially invitea guests of
the Commission.
The civic and industrial parade, illustrating
the advancement of industrial arts and
iciences during the century, eclipsed anything
of the kind ever known. Floats to the
number of 800 each bearing a representation
of some particular branch of industry, were
in line, 150 bands of music, 12,000 men and
8,000 horses.
CoL A. Louden Snow, the Chief Marshal,
rode at the head of the procession, accompanied
by his staff, numbering fifty aids, a
standard bearer and two trumpeters.
Nert came the United States Marine Band,
followed by a beautiful banner representing
Columbia, pointing to the past with one
hand and to the present with the other. The
fnrtnAr tvnc wnrACflnhiH Kv nM i mnlomonta
and conditions, and the latter by those of
to-day. The banner was drawn on a car, attached
to which were six horses.
The parade from this point was divided
Into twenty-three divisions, each under the
charge of an assistant marshal and his aids.
The first division was headed by the Patriotic
Order of the Sons of America. This
body made a beautiful display. A gayly
decorated wagon faring banners inscribed
with appropriate mottoes came
first, followed by a band and a
number of tableux on floats typical of the
great events of the Revolution, and representing
the people of the different nations
which make up the population of this country.
These were costumed in the garb of
their native countries. A handsomely
decorated temple with thirty-eight
ladies at the "portal, representing the
States of the Union, "Uncle Sam." the
Goddess of Liberty, and the tnirteen
original States represented by the Daughters
of America in costume, and a float
on which stood representations of the schoolhouses
of to-day and those of the days
of the nation's infancy, surrounded j
by school children, were next in line. The re- |
mainder of the division was made up of the
National and State officers, and the visiting \
camps of the Sons of America in full regalia, j
The Carpenters' Company of Philadelphia,
the oldest industrial association in the coun- '
try, comprised the second division. The Association
was incorporated over 150 years ago.
The feature of the displays by this division
was a miniature Grecian temple containing
thirteen Corinthian columns, representingtho
thirteen States of the Union of 178?. This
was a duplicate of the original exhibit of the
Carpenters' Company in the parade of the year
1767. which commemorated the adoption
of the Federal Constitution. Following this
was a fleet bearing another temple of the
Grecian Doric order, intended to be emblematic
of the present grand Union of States.
On each column was a shield bearing the
name of each State. The members of the
Carpenters' Company followed in carriages.
Tne third division was devoted to the display
of agricultural implements of ancient
and present times. Next came a representation
of the flouring mills of 1760 and 1814,
and an illustration of the present mode or
manufacturing flour.
The typographical fraternity made up the
fourth division. Illustration* of the different
modes of printing were given. This division
displayed a tableau of the well-known engraving:
"The First Proof." A float
on which was given an illustration of
the manner of making type in olden days
md that of the present followed. Next came
a number of floats containing ancient and
modern presses. Then followed a display by
the paper trade.
Division No. 5 consisted of delegations from
the various educational institutions of the
United States. The Indian Training School
of the United States was represented in this
division. Several mounted Indians from the
West rode at the head of this procession
dressed in the paraphernalia incident to Indian
warfare.
Division No. 6 was composed of the building
trades. Every branch of that industry
was represented.
Division No. 7 was a representation of saw,
Bngine and tool work.
Division No. 8 was composed of the Old
vuiuuieer riremciia iuoutuiuuu. i
three visiting companies were in this division.
The brewers made up the ninth division,
and exhibited the progress made in the art of
brewing.
Division No. 10 was devoted to an exhibition
of coining by the United States Mint
representatives and the workings of the Post
Office. Eleven hundred employes of tho
Mint and Post Office were in this division.
The Knights of the Golden Eagle, 5,000
strong, made up the eleventh division.
The twelfth division was a display of the
products of the textile industry.
The thirteenth division was taken up by ft
iisplay of the silk industry.
The clothing trade composed the fourteenth
iivision.
Tho fifteenth division was a display by the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company, showing
ihe progress made in the mode of traveling.
The progress of the shipping industry was
ligplayed in the sixteenth division.
'"hn coronfflnnth nnmnHoaH tha RrtVAm.
nent display. Models of the first steamboat
;hat ever crossed the Atlantic and the old
mn-of-war Hartford were displayed in this
livision; also models of a number of other
vessels.
Division No. 18 was a display of the electric
ight companies.
Divisions Nos. 10, 20, 21, 22 and 23 were
n.-ule un of civic societies and displays bv
miscellaneous trades.
In one of, the last named divisions the carriage
formerly use:l by George Washington
iras drawn by six white horses.
An Indian band of nineteen pieces and
line platoons of Indian cadets, who marched
in remarkably good step, was one of the features
of the parade. As they passed the reviewing
stand they were repeatedly cheered.
A breakfast to the visiting members of the
United .States Supreme Court in the Academy
tf Music and a public reception to Governor
Beaver were the only outside affairs apart
from the big procession.
The Presidential party, consisting of the
President and Mrs. Cleveland, Secretary and
Mrs. Fairchild, Secretary Bayard and Mi.
md Mrs. Lament, arrived in the evening
from 'Washington. They were met at the
train by the Reception Committee, and,
seorted by the City Troop, were driven to
ihe Lafayette Hotel.
Aisong those who attended Governor
Bearer's reception in the evening were President
Cleveland, ex-President Hayes, General
Sheridan, and Governors "Fitzlmgh
r.ec. of Virgin a: Sawyer, of >"cw
[I ur.pshire; Rice, of Minnesota; Wilson, of
West Virginia; Lloyd, of Maryland; For
alter, of Ohio; Buckner, of Kentucky; Larrabee,
of Iowa; Biggs, of Delaware; Bodwell,
of Maine; Lounsbury, of Connecticut;
Ames, of Massachusetts; Green, of New
Jersey; Scales, of North Carolina, and Davis,
of Rhcde Island.
A reception given by the Catholic Club to
Cardinal Gibbons was also attended by President
Cleveland.Governor Beaver, ana many
other distinguished people. At midnight,aiter
the President had returned to his hotel,he
was serenaded by the German Maennerchor
Society. The singers also left a handsome
basket of flowers ror Mrs. Cleveland.
The Second Day's Celebration.
On Friday, the second day of the Consti
tution's Centenary celebration at Philadelphia,
a reception was given Mr. Cleveland at
the Commercial Exchange by the business
men of the citv. Governor Beaver. Mayor
Fitter and a large number or prominent business
men wcro present. The President made
a short address, in which he said:
"I believe the complete benefits promised to
the people by our form of government can
only be secured by an exercise of the same
spirit of toleration for each other's rights and
interests in which it had its birth. This
spirit will prevail when the business men of
the country cultivate political thought; when
they cease to eschew participation in |>olitieal
action, and when such thought and action are
guided by batter motives than purely selfish
and exclusive benefit."
After his speech President Cleveland announced
himself ready to meet the gentlemen
present, and one by one they walked up the
steps of the rostrum and grasp 3d his hand,
and then shook hands with Secretaries Bayard
and Fairchild, ex-President Haves, Gov
ernor Beaver, Mayor Fitlcr, A. J. Drexeland
George W. Chllds, who received with him.
After the reception the Presidential party
drove to the reviewing stand at Broad and
Walnut streets to witness Iho military parade.
Mrs. Cleveland and ladies of her party
saw the parade from the Utleony of the Lafayette
Hotel.
The great military parage was headed by
Lieutenant-General Philip H. Sheridan, commanding,
and immediately behind him came
the troops of the regular army, the officers
and sailors of the North Atlantic squadron,
commanded by Admiral Luce, and the
marine battalion.
Then came tho State troops in the order in
which the States ratified the Constitution of
the United States or were admitted into the
Union. Governors headed their respective
State delegations, as follows: Delaware,
Governor 13. F. Biggs; Pennsylvania,
Governor James A. Beaver;
New Jersey, Governor Robert S. Green;
Georgia, Governor John B. Gordon; Connecticut,
Governor Phineas C. Lotinsbury; Maryland,
Governor Henry Lloyd; South Carolina,
Governor John P. Richardson; Virginia,
Governor FiUhugh Leo; New York,
Governor David B. Hill; Ohio, Governor
Joseph B. Foraker; Iowa, Governor William
Larrabee.
The end of the parade waa occupied by the
Grand Army of the Republic, about 7.000
strong, and as each post passed in front of
the stand its commander gave a salute to the
President and was recognized. During the
time they were passing the President remained
standing, with his bead uncovered,
and answered each salute as it was given.
The entire parade was the most successful
ever sveu in modem times, and it would seem
that the heiirht of military uerfectiou had
been readied by the troops of the various
States. It would indeed be hard to imagine
anything more inspiring than 30,000 uniformed
militiamen, all of whom were headed
by regimental bauds. The commanders of
each turned "face about" as they reached the
President's stand, and with the cheers of
countless thousands and the sweet strains of
mu3ic the throngs of people were completely
enrantured.
To give an idea of tho enormous proportions
of the parade, it nmy be said that the following
Is about the number of men participating,
as near as could be judged from the stand as
they passed by: United States troops, 800;
Delaware, one full regiment; Pennsylvania,
three brigades, about 8,000 men; New Jersey,
1,500; Georgia, 50; Connecticut, 100; Massachusetts,
1,200; Maryland, 1,000 ; 8outh
Carolina, 150; New Hampshire, 150; Virginia,
300; New York, 5,000; North Carolina, 50;
Rhode Island, 200; Ohio, one full regiment;
JIVI. Vif^inia Om- lntua
iUttiUC, iw, T? OOt 4V ?v%?, WW ,
District of Columbia,SOU, Grand Army,7,000,
making with their bands and other nearly 30.0)0.
Besides the Governors of eleven States
the only two surviving war Governors of the
Eastern States (Andrew G. Curtin, of Pennsylvania,
and Joel Parker, of New Jersey)
were present.
Soon after the New York troops had
passed, Mrs. Cleveland, Private Secretary Lamont
and wife, Mr. Drexel, and the others
who were with Mrs. Cleveland on the Lafayette
Hotel balcony, retired, and were driven
to the Bellevue Hotel, where they took luncheon
with Mr. and Mrs. George YV. Childs.
In the early part of the evening Mr. Cleveland
a dinner riven bv the Clover
Club, Philadelphia's besr known social organization.
He made a short speech, but. in
accordance with the unique custom of the
Club, was interrupted frequently with outbursts
of raillery and good-humored remarks.
The reception to President Cleveland and
Mrs. Cleveland at the Academy of Music in
the evening was crowded. Fully 10,000 persons
had entered the building before the
President had grasped the hand of the last
comer. Every one was in evening dre&,and
the scene presented was one of unusual brilliance.
The immense building was beautifully
decorated with flags, flowers, cut and
growing plants, and the galleries and boxes
were festooned with ribbon.
President Cleveland and Mrs. Cleveland,
accompanied uy justices nunuu wu
Miller, Secretaries Bayard and Fairchild,
Colonel Lamont and Mrs. Lamont,
R. B. Hayes, Hannibal Hamlin
and Mrs. Hamlin, Mayor Fitler, and others,
arrived at about 9, and took a position at the
rear end of the stage. The Hon. John A. Kasson,of
Iowa,President of the Centennial Commission,
acted as manager of ceremonies, and
ushered in Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishop
Ryan, and the visiting diplomats; then the
officers of the army, navy and militia, under
the lead of Lieutenant-General Sheridan, and
then the rest of the audience,
and it was nearly midnight before
the handshaking was over and the wornout
visitors allowed to go to their hoteL Mrs.
Cleveland was clad in a beautiful white satin
gown, with ostrich trimming. In her hair
she wore several clusters or riiamonaa
The Third Day's Celebration.
On Saturday. Philadelphia's celebration of
the Constitution's Centennial came to an end*
with imposing memorial ceremonies. From
9 till 10}$ a. m. President Cleveland, accompanied
by Secretaries Bayard and Fairchild,
held a public reception in the City Hall. There
was an immense crowd about the Municipal
building, and during tho time stated a continuous
line of people passed before the President
To each person who saluted him the
President gave a brief handshake, a
smile and a word of greeting. Some
01 me visitors were nuxious iu siuji
and talk with hira, and one handsomely
dressed lady of about thirty-five years
of age threw her arms around Ins neck aud
kisseo him. Mrs. Lillie Devereaux Blake,
Viee-Presiaent for New York of the National
Woman's Suffrage Association, hauded the
President a "protest against the unjust
interpretation of the Constitution in
behalf of the women of the United States.''
At 10:30 sharp the Presidential party left the
building and took carriages for the memorial
meeting in Indeuendence Souare.
i ne scene in Independence Square can only
be fitly described as glorious. A stand had
been erected across the entire length of the
square, extending out into the open space for
250 feet. Its outermost extension was in the
fnrm nf nn ornli oni-A.c TrUifth n / irnlo nf j'll/lilH
was placed for the accommodation of the
Presidential party. A desk draped with the
National colors stood in the centre of this
arch, from which the speakers of the daymade
their addresses. Immediately in
front of these were chairs reserved for the
Centennial Commission invited guests,
Judges, Diplomats, Senators, Kepre
seiiumves, Governors ana unia'is ui mo
Army and Navy. Besides these at least
liftoen thousand people occupied chairs on
the platform, and out from it in the opeu
space toward Walnut street the i^ople stood
in a dense moss to the number of not less
than thirty thousand.
The President arrived at 11:30 o'clock with
Mrs. Cleveland, Secretary Bayard, Private
Secretarv and Mrs. Lamont, Postmaster
General Vilas and Mrs. Vilas. The
President and Mrs. Cleveland advanced
into the arch and bowed for half a
minute to the throng: then they took armchairs
just in front of the chair in which
George Washington sat when he signed the
Constitution, while the original engrossed
copy, with all the signatures of the Delegates,
stood upon the chair. A full list of the
eminent Aineric ans who sat near their Chief
Magistrate would include as representative
a body of great men as could ever in
the nature of things be gathered in one
place. JCest Mr. Cleveland sat ex-President
llayes, and about him were groupe.i Hannibal
Hamlin. General Sheridan. Chief Justice
SH
Waite, Justices Stanley Mafthews, B latch-BB
ford and Miller, Senator Ingalls, Senator
vartfi, Secretary Bayard, Secretary FairchildM
and PoitmasterkJeneral Vilas. The Governor* |fl
of twenty-eight States were seated in the rearH|
of this distinguished group, conversing to-|B
gether pleasantly. Bishop Henry C. Potter H
ana cardinal ijiooons were seated side by
side.
The exercises of the day began with th4
singing of an opening chorus by 2,000 children.
Then Bishop Potter lead in prayer,
after which Chairman Kassin reviewed the
work of the Centennial Commission. At the
conclusion of Mr. Kasson's address a email
chorus sang "Appeal to Truth" (by SchilkrMedelssohn)
with beautiful effect. Mr.
Kasson then escorted the President to the
speaker"b rostrum, and at 11:53 he began ids
address, which was received with applause.
His enunciation was clear and perfect, and
his voice rang out audibly to the thousand*
of ears.
At the conclusion of the President1* address,
which lasted about ten minutes, the
oration of the day was delivered by Justice
Samuel F. Miller, of the United States Su-'
preme Court At its conclusion the bead
strucKup "iiau Columbia" as an accompaxd
ment to the chorus of 2,000 voices. The new HS
words by Oliver Wendell Holmes were used, B
The sew National Hymn, which was con- B
tributed by F. Marion Crawford, was then B
recited by Professor Murdoch, with a chorus B
of two hundred men's voices. Cardinal Gib- B
bons followed in prayer, and next the grand B
chorus sang the ''Star Spangled Banner," to B
the accompaniment of the Marine bond. An I
impressive benediction was pronounced by B
the Rev. Jere. "Witherspoou, of the Comberland
Presbyterian Church of Nashville, and B
then Professor Sousa. of the Marine bondr B
rtuseumsDaionasine signal for his musicians I
to end the exercises by rendering a march ot B
their own composition. B
A banquet given by the Hibernian Society B
in the afternoon was attended by President B
Cleveland, who made a short address, and B
many other noted people. An entertainment B
was also given in the afternoon in Mrs. Cleve- B
land's honor by Mr. George W. Childs at his B
country seat. In the evening the celebration B
ended with a grand banquet in the B
Academy of Music, tendered to the B
President by the University of Penn- B
sylvania, the American Philosophical Sode??B
ty, the College of Physicians, the Law B
Academy,the Historical Society,the Franklin
Institute, the A<\nHpmv of FinA Arts nrul.tlMk'^H
Academy of Natural Sciences. The Pre?K
dent responded to the toast in his honor, th?
other speakers being Senator Ingalis, Gorv
eraor I?e, of Virginia, Charles FrancisAdams,
General Sherman, Admiral Luce,SirLyon
Playfair,of England,Marquis de Chambran,
of France, Andrew D. White and Mr,
Kasson.
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A HORBIBLE FATE, ^??
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A Farmer Beheaded While Asleep,
in His Wajfon.
George Davis, & well-known farmer, wto
owns a large tract about four miles from
West Nan ti coke, Penn., loet his Ute1.
A mannav f.Ka
ill a verjr uuguuu iuwu?? ??**v %
night He drove to Nanticoke in,,
the afternoon with a lumber wagon:
and double team, and started back withT^fj
load al>out dark. At midnight his wife wa*.
aroused by hearing the wagon coming up in ;*
front of the house. She waited, bat her hutband
did not come in.
Finally she got up, took a lantern and wentout.
She found the wagon standing in frontof
the door and lying on the lumber was the
headless body of her husband. He had evi-*.
dently fallen asleep and laid down on the lumber
with his head over the side. The hones
had turned to one Side, bringing the wheel*
in contact with Davis's head and neck, con?
pletely severing the head from the body.
The horrible sieht sent the poor wife Into1
convulsions. Her children came "but and
gave the alarm. Some neighbors, realizing
what had happened, started back along the road
and found the mutilated head about
two miles from the house.
MUSICAL MD DRAMATIC,
New Orleans has a brass bond of fourteen;
members that are all newsboy*.
Hank Winters", who wrote "White
: Wings," is said to have made a fortune oak
of that song.
! George H. Jessop and Brander Matthew*
have finished a new American play entitled
"Lynch Law."
John Stetson proposes to build in New
York a theatre to cost <1,000,000, and toopm
it in October, 1888.
Howard P. Taylor has finished a new
comedy-drama in six acts, entitled "Jaoquelina,"
for Annie Pixley.
Miss Flora Benjamin, of Cincinnati, It-',
the latest musical wonder. 8he can play al'
most any instrument, and is especially" pro
ncient on the piano, Bute ana noun. one-,
never took a lesson in music.
The municipality of Bologna baa ?ffercd
a prize of 6,000 lire for the composition of thf*
best new opera, which is to be performed
next season with great splendor. The competition
is only open to Italian composer!.
Somebody has figured that the 40,000 people
who are classed as American actors draw
| about $33,000,000 annually in salaries?lew>
| than 11,000 a piece?and that the American
1 people spend about $163,000,000 a year ?a*
tneatres.
Admiral David D. Porter has written * ^
dramatic version of his novel "Robert le Di?:
ble," and it has been produced at the Fifth sj
j Avenue Theatre, in New York. A fashion*-- .
ble audience, which included many distm|
guished representatives of naval,militaryand .
i social circles, was present at the first per;
formance.
Town Clerk Whittaker, of Salem, DLt
has a young Leghorn rooster that has a fine-ear
for music, when Miss Whittaker seat*'
herself at the piano to play he hurries intothe
room through the door or window, rs
! flies upon the instrument, and, after looking,
at the keys for a short time, hops upon them,
and pounds out notes that seem to fill himwith
delight
There was a shower of stone3 near D6l-:res.
in the volcanic region of the Argentine
Republic, a few weeks ago, that lasted mart
than a minute. The stones fell as thick as-.
hail, and varied in size from a pebble to s
very respectable bowlder. Great damage
was done to trees, while barns and outhouseswere
demolished, many domestic animals .
killed, also large numbers of wild geese and
hawks on the wing.
THE MARKETS.
NEW YORK. 88
Dcef, good to prime 7^ 8
I Calves, com'n to prime 8V
... 3UYA 4%
ra:::::::::::::::::::::: m
| Flour-Ex. St, good to fancy 3 50 @4 00
West, good to choice 3 50 @ 4 b5
Wheat-No. 2 Red 79 ^
Hye-State @ 5f
. Barley-State............... 60 <g 75 .
Corn?Ungraded Mixed.... 50)j@ W
Oats?White State
Mixed Western 33 @ 34
Hay?Med. to prime 85 @ 90
Straw?No. 1, Rye <0 @ ^ 75
Lard?City Steam C ?0 @ < 40
Butter?State Creamery.... &X? 24
Dairy 21 <gl 22
West. Im. Creamery 10 @ 19 Factorv
13 @ 17
Cheese?State Factory 11 & 12*
Skims S @ 8)%
Western 0^@ 11
Eggs?State and Penn _ 20__
BUFFALO.
Steel's?Western 3 50 @ 3 90
Sheep?Good to Choice 4 00 @ 4 30
T (imnc WK fill f7f\ S .Srt
Hogs?Good to Choice Yorks 5 20 @ 5 50
Flour Family 4 75 @ 5 15
Wheat?No. 1 ? @ S2#
Com?No. 2, Mixed 4S,Y@ 4S>J
Oats?No. 2, Mixed 2*.'^@ 80
Barley?State. >'A @ 65
BOSTON.
Beef?Good to choi .-e 15}f
Hogs?Live 5}<$ 6
Northern Dressed....
Pork?Ex. Prime. per bbl. ..17 00 @17 50
Flour?Spring Wheat pat's.. 4 7.j $ 4 90
Corn?High Mixed. 5(3 @ 56^
^ ^ -* "'i-'-- /a o >ri 7
uais?r#xira u ? ^ o< ^
Rye?State GO @ 65
WATERTOWX (MASS.) CATTLE MARKET.
Beef- Drosseii weight 6 @
Sheep?Live weight *
Lamot 5 & 5}f
Hogs?Northern ? Q 7
PHILADELPHIA.
Flour?FeoiLextra family... 3 00 @ 9 23
Wheat-No. 2, Re.l 78 @ 79%
Corn?State Yellow ? @ 54
Oats Mixel &i%
Ryo?J tat* 63 ,
Butter Creamery F.xtra... 22 <g) 23 i
Cheese?N. Y. Full Cream.. 1*3 <28 12]/ ./
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