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Devoted to Agriculture, Hortolture, Domestic E(^fwm^^^^^^^^^^^^t^^^^^he^^n^it^ie\^ of the Pay. F?~?"The LITTLE WAIF. 0 A Story of Absorbing Interest, ? By BERNARD HERBERT. [CHAPTER II.?Continued.) With a premonition of approaching danger upon her, Grncin hastened to the other side of the chair, knelt there, anil tried to get n hotter view of the Bleepcr's face. This sudden unconsciousness seemed so like death that it frightened the timid child. While she crouched in this position, concealed hy tho high hack of the chair and the tahle, the casement was stealthily opened from the outside, and Nicholas Garland stole into tho chain1 urr. "All goes well!" lio breathed. "Gabriel's linrh wouldn't wako her. Now foi it!" With these significant words ho crossed the room on tip-toe, pausing before Mr. Clifford's door. At the same instant Orncie raised In r head and behold the dim form enter the chamber of her benefactor. She struggled to her feet with a stilled cry; but even the trilling amount of drugged tea which sho had taken had done its work. "Who's that?" sho breathed; "a man? Oh, no, not Merciful Heaven! what, ails ine to-night? my sight is dim; my head weighs liko lead." Sho tottered to tho table, supimrting herself upon it. "Come, come," she faltered, striving desperately to rouso herself; "now is my time; lot me go to him at once, before " The words dropped into silence. From tho chnml>er of death sounded a weak, blood-curdling voice, crying, "Graeie! Orncie! my " Graeie sprang into tho middle of the room. "My God 1" she gasped; "that was his oiee?the voice of Mr. Clifford 1" ?lt n a quirk step sue reaction the door; it. won throw open from the inner wide, mid Nicholas Garland appeared. He was ghastly pale, and in his hand he clutched Hoiue papers. In her fright, Grace recoiled behind the door, and thus escaped the ruHeul's observation. "Without loss of time, Garland sprang for the casement, but ere he reached it, it was thrust open, and Max lloyden appeared. "In God's name, what are you here for?" panted Garland. "I heard erics, and thought I might bo of assistance," was the reply. "Go back, quick!" hissed Garland; "he woko up, and I had to " His long, b my lingers cramped involuntarily, thus completing the awful picture. "Great heavens!" exclaimed Hovd??i; "you strangled him ?" "I don't know what I did!" "Hut you secured the will?" "Yes; hero it is." "And the money?" "Yes, yes! Fly! The house is aroused. Hark! don't you hear them coming? For God's sake go, or we are lost." Liko sluulowa tlie.v tied. The click of the lock recalled Graeio to herself. "What has happened ?" she breathed in an awed whisper; "my father and Mr. Hoyden here! The; spoke of a will and money. Oh. Fat..cr in heaven, what has happened!" aim wMil tin* ua/.on query ircmiuing upon her lips she vanished into tho chamber. Scarcely hail she disappeared when tlio door loading to tho hall was burst open, and Lawyer Edgar rusliod in. "What is the trouble hero?" he exj claimed. Seeing tho nurse asleep, lie hastened to her. A, "Mrs. Ilanks!" he cried. "What. *'*' asleei>! Mrs. Hanks, I say, wake up!" and he accompanied his call with a violent shake, but started back in dismay. "Jin! she has been drugged! Now, where is the child? (Irncie! Gracio Garland!" he called. There was no reply, though a slight rustle behind caused liini to turn. Upon the threshold of the room stood (Irncie. Strong man that he was, Lawyer Edgar actually staggered at sight of the appalling change that had swept the beautiful face. He had left In r scarcely half an hour a young, lovely . being to look upon; he now found before him a pallid, haggard, wild creature whom he hardly recognized. "What is the matter here?" he demanded. "Do not ask ine," camo the scarcely audible re ply. * "Speak, I command you. What has happened ?" "I cannot tell you. Go in there; see for yourself!" CHAPTKR lit. A CCl'SKO. Thrusting the girl aside, tho gentleman rushed int the chamber. 1 1 i i.. J .. ii \ 1 I lit I.MMMI IK I ll?' III I |<l I I * I > til, then clasped her throbbing temples. "(?< <I I>??11? me!" till#* gasped; if is viij falh< r wli<> lias <1 me flii.? awful crime!" Filial duty was again, as always, the foremost thought in (< radio's miml. Ibr father had committed a crime. "They must not. accuse him! If need r lie, I must sacrifice jitvsdf for him, since I alone Know his secret. If I tlv, they w ill suspect /nr.'" Ami suiting th<? action t<> the words, she darted wildly to the door, but as she leached it. she found herself confronted by Miss J>red, flanked bv a couple of sleepy-eyed, startled servants. Poor (invie recoiled before their advance, stillinga cry, and trembling from head to foot. Hannah Prod approached imperiously, w ith suspicion: "Win re are you going?" she, demanded. "Oh. I don't Know; anywhere!" sobbed the girl. "Anywhere!" echoed the woman, sharply; "what kind of an answer do you call that? What has happened?" " I ton t. asK me. | do not Know!" "Where is Carland. your father?" 'I hat name seemed to electrify the desperate girl. "My father!" she orio?l, wildly; "it ( was not he! Oh, Miss Drod, my fatheY did not do it!" "Is the Rill mad!" exclaimed the ] housekeeper; "did not do what? Heaven , have mercy on us; some crime must , have been committed! What is it?" "Mr. Clifford has 1?een murdered," < answered tho solemn voico of tho lawyer, appearing. I "Murdered!" gasped tho horrified , group of listeners. During the awful pause, the casement , oi>ened slowly, and Nicholas Garland , entered. Unseen liy those in tho room, he folded his arms upon his breast, and , awaited further developments. I "Yea; Mr. Clifford has been murdered 1 in his bod!" continued tho lawyer in the s tm-> appalled tone. "How?" asked Hannah I)red. "He has been strangled." ' "Hut for what purpose?" "Robbery; his money and the will are gone." 1 "This is terrible!" sho cried; "Mr. Edgar," advancing im|?etuou8ly upon that gentleman, "who watchod bore tonight?" "Mrs. Hanks, tho nurse." "Where is she? Why don't you question her?" "She is (here by the fire," replied tho lawyer, "drugged." , One glance at the old woman was BUincient to convince t Ho veriest skeptic t that Mrs. Hanks had fallen a victim to a deep-laid plot. M ins I)ml turned u|>on Gracie, where , she stood, like a figure graven in stone, near the opon door. Had Gracio not heen oblivious to her surroundiugs, she could not have failed to have heen startled by the look Hannah Ured east U|?on her, as she said: "Mr. Kdgar, we left this girl in the room ; we find her here still; of course alio can explain this terrible affair." An expression of infinite pain flitted over the lawyer's face as ho found himself forced to make an examination which he would have given years of his life to have escaped. As ho approached Gracie, Nicholas Garland's eyes blazed, his lips contracted, and he held his breath in awful suspense. "Gracie, my child," began the lawyer. gently. At the sound of her name the girl started, and turned a pair of blank, unseeing eyes upon the gentleman. "Tell us what you have seen, what von know of Mr. Clifford'a death " mid ed ho. I ( (tracio clasped her hands in silent i , despair, niul for tlio lirst time scalding | j tears dimmed her beautiful eyes; yet | , she hesitated, and it seemed as though } she had Lost the power of speeeli. ] "Come," urged the lawyer, "speak, and fear nothing." ( "I only know that I have lost my l)est , and dearest friend," sobbed tlie poor i girl. "What consummate acting!" sneered the housekeeper under tier breath. "That is not answering my question," , pursued Mr. Edgar ;"liavoyou remained in this room since I left it?" "Yes, sir." , "You must know, than, that Mrs. ( Hanks lias been diugged?" "No, I did not know it." i Nicholas (iurlund leaned forward, drinking in every word tlie girl uttered. "Hut you must at least have seen sonic one enter the room?" At this question (Iraeio started, a violent spasm seeming to rend her very being, while she stared in a terrified way at the neeusing face of Hannah J>red. At last, after a painful ell'ort, she faltered, almost inaudibly : "No; 1 have seen no one enter this room." Nieholas (Sarlaud drew a breath of relief. "And yet you are aware that .your henefaetor has been murdered," tho lawyer went. on. "My Clod! Yes, I know it." "You were here, within call, when the deed was eommitted; therefore, you, more than anybody else, must know how it happened." This pitiless goading, kindly intontioned though it was, had gone too < .... <1 1....1 i ..11 e...t ..i... Mil. \ 1 llv J17 II.Ill ?"I"I II" <111 I Hill' MIU could bear. With a wild wave of tho anna Unit betrayed law desperate fraiuo 1 of mind, sbe turned to her examiner. "Shall I tell von all I know V" slio cried, with frantic intensity; "do you compel me to toll you all 1 saw ? Shall I give you the name of the murderer?" i At this, Nicholas Garland sprang forward and faced the girl. "Yes!" he hissed, threateningly, "who is the murderer? Tell us, if you can!" Graoio recoiled with a shuddering cry. "Father! oh, father!" Jjawyer Edgar turned to tho housekeeper. "You can see for yourself, Miss Prod," he said, pitifully, "that the. poor ehihl is half-crazed; she can tell nothing since she knows nothing." "She can tell more than alio dares, sir," was the ruthless reply. "What do you mean V" demanded tho gentleman in amazement. "Ask her why she listened when yon were telling me where tho stolen will was concealed." "1 do not believe she was listening," was the brave reply. "If you were not saiisln-d of that," ' went on the merciless woman, "ask her ! what she did with the bottle of opium with which the nurse has been drugged." Mr. Falgar staggered back in horror "Heavens!"' he cried, "you would not accuse little Graeie Garland of this dastardly crime!" "No need to accuse," came the retort; i u lion circumstantial evidence condemns her!" , tlracie hud recovered sufliciently to listen In every word that was uttered. When this awful condemnation fairly , startled the air, she turned and tied precipitately toward the door, crying: "Let. nie go! let mo go! I dare not stay!" "Stop her! Arrest her!" shrieked Hannah Dred; "if no one else has tho courage, 1 accuse her of the murder of Mr. Clifford!" ' The servants started in pursuit, lnit ere they reached the living figure little (iracie wavered, thing out her anna Mindly and fell like one dead before > them all. Tho effect upon tho ewe-stricken I group v an appalling. Lawyer Edgar was the lirst to rally from its effect. J ; Approaching the innn-servant, where be stood in a stu|?or staring down at the itrickcn girl, ho smoto him roughly | ii|?on the shoulder. i "(iarland!" ho cried, excitedly; i 'wliv, uiun, w hat are you thinking of ? Wili you stand by and suffer your in A. _L:i 1 A ? 1 - * e r 1 UOn'IlV CI1IIU Ml IX! HCCIIBtHI OI IOUI I murder? Defend her!** i Bui the craven-hearted wretch slunk i aside and averted hin guilty face, as ho i muttered: "What can I do for her? She would i | day in spite of mo. No, let her defend i herself!" ] CHAPTER IV. ' THE rLlOltT. . j Nature confers ono of her most jlesaed boons upon Immnnity w hen, by < inconseiousness, she deprives the sufferer of all knowledge of his anguish. 1 In such a state of peaceful ol^rion ' < [>oor little Oracie wm rained from ( ioor in the tender nrms of Mr. Edgar 1 ind liorne to her room, tlio good man emaining long enough at her bedside i ;o be assured that the death-like swoon i tad yielded to tlio deep sleep of ex- < laustion. ? i As ho descended the atnirs ho was net by Hannah Dred. , "You're not going to leave her alone, lir?" she exclaimed, in surprise. I "Why not?" ( "She may give us the slip and do- , irive the gallows of its right," was tlio , jruel reply. , "Miss Dred," answered tlio lawyer, sternly, "I believe you to be an honest | md insf. u-nmiin lint. 1 foil fo iitwLic. 1 stand your persecution of tliat |>oor j ! jhild." "Persecution! 1 cannot understand t four obtuseness, sir." Mr. Edgar drew himself up, seeming , o impersonate the very majesty of the aw. I "We will not' question that, Miss , Dred," he said: "I will bo answerable . or tlie girl. To-morrow, when she is icrself again, I will question her and t iscertain definitely what she knows of . his terrible affair. In the meantime I ivould advise you to retire and secure ivhat rest you can." The attorney ordered his trap and ( Irove away. By degrees the excited lousehold lapsed into silence and re- , [Mjse. j With the tirat gray rays of t he cloudy , lawn little Gracie roused, sat up, and rubbed her aching eyes. With returning consciousness a sense of the reality , rushed baek upon her. First came the memory of her murdered friend ; then j Irer father's danger, She sprang from the bed. It was svident that she had not wavered in her ( resolve of the preceding night, since her first murmured words were: "Thank Heaven, it is early yet. I ran make good mv escape. 'I*lion thev will suspect mo of the fearful crime aiirt rather will bo saved!" With feverish haste sho gathered a few necessary articles together, and from beneath a loose Hag in tl:~ hearth extracted a few coins, which had -r .<jn the gift of her friend and protector.* 1 The gold pieces she carefully bestowed upon her person, ami putting on her hat and veil, hurried to the door. "Clood-by," she murmured, "I am going home?homo to America, homo to the land where my darling mother sleeps in an unknown grave, home to hide myself?perhaps to die!" At the head of the stairs sho paused and listened. Not a sound disturbed the solemn quiet of the dawn. Like the wraith of herself she glided silently down the stairs and paused at the door of tin' death-chamber. Fearing to enter for one last look upon t he face she loved so well, lest she should meet with some drowsy watcher, sho knelt there and offered up her gentle soul in prayer for a moment; then hurried out. Two minutes later she had vanished in the dense mist that swept up the elitl's from tho restless sea. Young as she was, little Gracio Garland had seen too inueh of the world, had been too often thrown upon her own resources to tail in an emergency like the present. She was far too wise to trust herself in the town of Torquay, where she might have taken n train for Liverpool, but where she might als > have been recognized, questioned, and perhaps detained. Instead of which, she struck out across tho deserted fields. Hut as she trudged on, hunger produced exhaustion, and exhaustion a giddy sensation in the head ; so that, at times, she was obliged to pause, moaning by the wayside. At last, before the gate of a neat white farmhonse, she gave out completely, ami sank sobbing into the arms of a motherly woman, who left her garden and hastened to the forlorn child. It was Grade's luck that for a week she was detained bv illness at the hospitable farmhouse, since had sho pursued her uninterrupted way she would have reached Liverpool, and in all probability have taken passage upon the very steamer which bore Mr. Max lloyden to America. As it was, a kindly fate detained her until the coast was clear, and w hen at last she reached the great city upon the Mersey, sho was able to engage passage in the steerago of that grayhound of the ocean, the steamship Oregon, without further mishap. Indeed, she arrived just in time, as she was informed at the oflioes of the line that the splendid Gummier would sail upon the following day. "Are von traveling alone?" inquired <1... "Yos .sir?" replied (Iraeie. "Ami arr you leaving friends on this side of tlio w ater?" "No. sir."' "Your name, please?" he asked. Here was an unexpected dilemma. Should she give her own name? Why not ? What mattered it ? "Mv muno is (iarland," alio said hravely. "Full name?" "(iraee (Sai land." "Almost as pretty as its possessor," murmured tin* young man. Nothing now remained hut to go on hoard the nohlc Oregon and look up her quarters. She was a good sailor, ami hail nothing to dread. Therefore it was with a ealin mind, hut with tearful eyes, that she sat. on the deck the dav of sailing, and watched the shores of Knglaud ^ V : fade away from b' f* AVlifl# alio rejoiced in her freedom, :\M a bird relieved from its cage, she fcltl ?at she had left her heart in the eons fei nted plot of ground that was dedlit Hi to enshrine nil that was mortal of er only friend and almost father. Early upon tho following day a rough, haggard-looking man ?fderod theofllces of tiro Cunurd Lino is Liverpool, and naked permission to l?ok over tho passenger lists of th# last outgoing steamer. Down tho lists of tho Oregon his grimy fore-fi nger roved w it hunt a pause, mid not uutil lie had l?id aside the first paper and had entered upon tho last sheet, did that fore-tifeger pause in its Flight, and a gasp of mingled triumph and ijismay escape his tight-drawn lips. Tho finger hail pausrd at the uamo of Grace Garland! "If I went overland, "\io asked, breathlessly, "could I catch tlio Orogon at F^ueenstown V ?"Tho. OtcOQU left Oneenatown two (lour* ago," winJbfi rrnlv. With a glare of ^ij^'pnintmcnt, tho man hurried out intoiho foggy streets, intl ten minutes later tho following ablegrnm went under the sea to the shores of the now work!: "To M. Hoyden. Brenvnor\House. New York; "O. O. suited by tlio Oi?*on. Shall follow jy noxt steamer. Oari.ani>." Never <li?I a more light-hearted, thankful sot of voyagers retire to rest :>n tho last night of a prosperous journey than did tho passengers by the steamship Oregon, hound from Liverpool to Now York. Even little Graeio Garland went below with a heart so full of ho|as that she could not close her eyes. Every revolution of the great throbbing leviathan was bringing her nearer the land of her birth?her birth so shrouded in mystery, yet so ineffably sweet to her. For hours she tossed about, unable to sleep, and at last, in sheer despair, she drcoovd and mndo her way to the leek. The great ship, like a lingo black swan, plowed her way through the gently rolling sea, and all was silent md motionless, save when an oftieer passed to and fro upon the bridge. 1'renently a slark, stalwart, form shaped itself lrom the surrounding gloom, and approached Graeie w here she stosxl by the bulwarks, gazing off toward the low, black line, u|>on which she knew to be land. "You are up early, Miss Gracio." At the sound of the rich, melodious voice the girl turned with a Htnrt, and gllZeil W ITU iV COOSCIOUS I >111811 1I|> MllO the fnco bending nbovo her, with its muiily, regular feat urea. "Yes, Mr. Arnim," she replied, "I could not sleep, being so near?land." "Why do you not suy home?" Rupert Arnim inquired; "you are an American, nre you not?" her to confidence. Changing the subject., lie said : "I am so glad to have met you on tliis voyage. Rciug an artist by profession, 1 have taken the liberty of in.., ing a study of your face. Some day, . ** wo are better acquainted, I hope you ?... "**?"?nt to sit for me to finish it. It wu. *<c the great ??ork of mv life." Innocent little Ciracie smiled and looked away. "My mother will ho glad to know you," the young (Ionium continued; "we are |>oor people, but we have a little homo, and you will be welcome there should you ever come to it." A home! Oh, what a stab the kindhearted fellow dealt the quivering heart unwittingly. Indeed, so unconscious of the pain ho had given was he, that in the next breath ho inquired: "What light is that over yonder?" "Fire Island, I think,"replied Ciracie, without looking up, for the tears had blinded and threatened to betray her; i... ........ it l... 11,>* ? i' niiv/uiu MV III ill iu I' l I inn i Mini. "No, it is not a stationary light. It is moving this way; besides, it is roil. Why, it is the port-light of a vessel! See! Himmcl, how close we are!" Scarcely had the startled words es raped his lips, ere the stranger loomed up before tlieni like a phantom. There was a wild jangl.5 of bells, a sudden shout of terrified voices, a pause?and then crash! quivering! rending! appalling! The vessels partial and met again, like great monsters of the deep, fighting with deadly intent. Another rebound, a third shock, a shriek of mortal dismay from the churning waters! Half wild with t -nor, poor Gracic grasped her companion's arms, and clung to him in desperation. "Oh, what an awful thing is this! We are lost!" she "cried. "No, not lost yet, my child; I will save you!" Slio did not hear the comforting words, for the steamer had lurched over on the wounded side, and the pair were driven to the bulwarks with a rush, beneath them, the unknown craft wn.i settling to her doom. Dim forms wore visible in the rigging, and white faces turned up to the lightening sky. Faces! Ah, God, yes. one face among them more terror-stricken than its fellows. Tho handsome, craven faco of Max Hoyden. With a frantic shriek, Graeie tore herself from her protector's arms. She had seen that ghastly face. "Let me go!" she screamed; "save yourself, and let me die! The curse has followed mo, and 1 am doomed! No, 110! Lot me die!" i to bk continued.] Tiif. Vanderbilts spend enormous sums on furnitn"r<T**?l,fr*h-bn?o, and artistic decorations, but comparatively little on jewelry. Not one member of tbe family cares for gems except as an accessory to the toilet, and, while the women wear costly and beautiful diamonds, they have not among thorn a rare stone, a finely cut intaglio, or an ornament representing any original taste or discernment. Tho Asters, on the contrary, own one of the finest collections of gems in the country, and the late Mrs. .John .Tatob Astor was a connoisseur whose judgment was respected by the trade. Her purehas s were always mado on conditions of tip) utmost privacy. THE NEWS. St. I/Ouls is to liave an elevated railroad coating seventeen millions. A com | winy with a million dollars capital has been or- J ganizxl in Rati Francisco to distil surplus wines luto brandy. A terrible epidemic of bloody flux prevails In Warsaw, III., fifteen deaths from the disease having oeourrod in a few days. J. II. Johnson, charged with ' forgery of notes for 40,000 crowns on Norwegian banks, was arrested in Nebraska and will be taken back to Norway. A proj>osition has been made by a syndicate of foreign capitalists topuichnseail the Fall River j cotton manufactories, this being but a step c toward securing control of the cotton indue- t try of the United States. An explodon f that was sup poets 1 to bo nn attempt to blow i up the Victoria hridge at Montr? il, Canada, t wrecked an express car on the"Grand Trunk c Railway and killed the mcss.mirer. (Tun I i prospects in the lower Virginia Valley nro J encouraging. Clans Sprockets lias given nnlors to his mnnnger in Pliilad- Iphin to double the capacity of his already mammoth refinery in that city. A haistorui in Lancaster county, Pa., did considerable datnngo to the tobacco plants. Lightning struck tho fann-houso of Kdnn Browmll, near Troy, New York, and killed his ton-year-old daughter. llichnrd Winlock, a surveyor, of Schuylkill county, l'a., was shot from ambush and instantly killed at Biickhamion, \V. Vn. Michael Fitzpa'rick, an electric light lineman, survived a serious shook in Now York city. By the capsizing of a sailboat on Ham Pond, Woburn, Mass. Misses Jessie Croucher and Etta Olive Parr were drowned. Frederick Wrecker lias disappeared from York, l'a. He is accused of forgery. In a collision on the Virginia Midland Hailroad, near Charlottesville, Vn., Fireman F. A. Cox was killed, and Engineer Charles Davis seriously hurt. Frank Martin fell inlo a vat of boiling grease ut Kansas Citv. and was boiled to death. Horatio Eraser's two ehllilruu wore ed by a bo it capsizing at Providence, It. 1. leading publishers deny that a schoolbook trust has been formed. A thief grabbed a handful of diamonds, valued at ?la,(KM, iu a Kansas City j >welry store and escaped. Two yottng women of Philadelphia liavu fallen heirs to nu estate of fl'W,0>l in England Two cases of giant powder exploded at a luiue near Marquette, Mich., and two men ami three boys were killed. The Hie latUatis are again olf their reservation ami creating havoc iu the western part of Colorado Charles M. Hull, editor of the Boll var county, Miss., Democrat, was killed by < L A. Weissiugor, a lawyer. Crops were ' seriously injured In illtnois by frost. A | story comes from S-in Francisco about the < pardoning of a convict by ('resident Har- ' rison, through the interne,sion of Mrs. liar- | rison, the prisoner being an old soldier, who 1 in a poem described (ion. llarrsson's bravery. H. Z Hua'innll <t Co.'a pram elevator, at SiiiuiLliL?.?^Ml burned, togutlmr with many < r thousands of bushels or corn. Loss $25,000; 1 fully insured. Nebraska cattlemen aro agitated ovor ft new ntnl fatal disease that la playing hov<.?c with cattle. Lightning flre<i I*. B. Boerbower's pottery at Elir. ibeth.N. J., causing a loss of $25,0'K), on which there is nn insurance of $10,*MM. Charles K-ininor | and Henry Arnctt were drowned in Braxton county, Va., while attempting to cross a swollen stream. A young Herman mother i in Woonsocket, S. I)ak., committed suicide because she thought her four-dajv-old twbo was dead.? ?All the bridges and wooden stairways in Wutlcics' (ilen, N. Y., havo lieon destroyed by a storm. A passenger and a a freight train collided on the New \ ork and Now England Railroad near New Britain,Ct., and the IcKromotivos and several cars werd demo'lslicd. Several trainmen were injures]. Fire destroyed nearly every mnnufaetnring industry in Ripley, <). I#oss $'-M0,0 0. During the past week there were I'.II Im-incss failures in fcho IJult-si States and I'd in Canada. (1 orgo Siler killed tlie Rev. Sam Bharpe at Lebanon, Ky. Both were colored, and Shnriie bad Issm living with Silor'n sister. Claiming she was his wife, Lightning struck the stables of the Richmond, Va., city railway, and sixty mules, seven cats and tho buildings were consumed. Forest fires in Montana continue lo do great damage John Williams, cook on (ho steamship Wellington, was arrested on arrival at San FraneD o, charged with smuggling flvo hundred boxes of opium. llnrry Leo and Sadie Taj lor were arrested at l'eoria, III., charged with causing tho death of John Kowalk nit-1 Hannah Shearer, whoso bodies were recently found in Lake Michigan. Abraham Finkbono, aged twenty-six years, committed suicide by hanging himself in jail at Reading Pa.,where he was confined Oil l!lrt rh/ll en nf u. t.' iiic tiro In Itinihnr WfirLn A national monument in honor of tho Pilgrim fathers was unveiled at Plymouth, and Congressman Jireckenridge dolivorcd /in address on tho establishment in America of free religious inst tutions. A combination has teen formed for controlling tho manufacture and s ilo of nrtillcal ico in tho South. .Marion Newman, who is in tho Washington jail, chrir/ad with defrauding an insurance company, has fallen hoir to half a million dollars. A cargo of unripe bananas was confiscated by the Now York health department. Michael Kyan, wlii'o In a domcutcd condition, jumped from a window of an express train on the Pennsylvania Railroad and wis seriously injured. Florida fruit dealers met in New York city and formed a combine. Tho steamer St. L i?roneo ran on a rock olf llog island in tho Canadian chatwvd ami is a total wreck. Two passenger trains collided on the Richmond and Fredericksburg Railroad at Lawton, near Ah xandri/i, Va., amino engineer was kil'ed and several persons hurt. Tho latest Intelligence from Hayti tolls of a victory of H; p olite. Nkw ItxtiNsnicK, N. ,f. hail a repro duction of tho story of tlm Inill in tho o'linii shop. .fames .Men son was iliiving on Ilirnm street, wlien 11in horse ran away nml dashed at lull ..... . . . .i ? spor.it into the oro . Kory Kioto 01 k. iti. 1 Addis. Tito ltorso threw himself against I oito of tlio largo windows, which hroko i into a thousand piooos, and thou break ing loose from tho buggy tlio nninui! > rushed into tho storo and dnshod through to the roar, tossing the fragile 1 wares in nil directions. lie ran intotho living apartments, whore ho was (taught. , Considerable damage wis done to tho Blink. TRADE OF TP WF1. Later Crop Reports have a Buoyant EfTecton the Market, Peaco Amons ItiillroaiN lias a l^avor bin IiiIIiii'iicoon tlic lr.ui Trmlo -M om-y l^lrm unit ror.-ijjn Hiclian^o I nebular Hpoclal telegrams to linvlstrfi'Vs do not *>int to any Improvement ill the distribution if irniiurnl m,?rr?litt ml i?t t n<t Oiiinivtrml with ho preceding fortnight. Two or three largo J 'uiluros, apparently not du> to conditions | itiderlyiug the state of I ho trade, have irought about a more careful scrutiny of iraliti, and unusually prolonged wet wenlh>r has retarded business in Kastern and adjoining Htatea. Wheat and tobacco in Kentucky have boon injured by too much rain. In Ijousiann wot wonther has rendered the wagon roads heavy, but In Texas the crops need rain. The oat crop of the country promises an extraordinary large yield. New York merchants do not report special ictivity in any lino. Stock speculation displays a strong undertone on the crop and rahic outlook, hut there is neither intonst tor activity in the trading. Money at New Vork is tlriiior in tone. Call loans are 4-t-l1^,' lorccnt. Foreign exchange is irregular and Inner at an advance, due to further nbsorp.ion of gold at 1'aris and an advance of discount rates in London. Reports of hank clearings at thirty-seven cites, for seven nonths of 1880, aggregate f51,0117,0,5:1,055, &lMint $1,111,47(1.087 more than in n like pe iod of 1888. Tl?e July, 18S0, clearings wnounted to $4,603, 4.K5,0lI, or "Jl |>or cent. Tiore than either of the three preceding Julys. News from the Northwest revives faith in v largo domestic wheat crop. Wheat Ins oeoti I 'so active, with n bearish drift, notwithstanding strongercshles, and isolTJj'ulc. Mow wheat at Now York (uils to grune as .veil as hail boon anticipated, hiing too soft, .'orn has '?*oii ijiiile a<aivosjsHJiilMtiv?lr. imc i ->n tUniUUr rrrr niOVO- ' nont depressed prices some. Oats fairly well iustaiuod. Uraded mixed options are lower, nit graded white are higher. I log products iromoro active, with lard stronger and pork iir a litt'e. Hogs tend lower. Kxports of ; .vlieat (and Hour as wheat), I nth coasts, tins ! ,vcek aggregate l,57'?5,:>07 husliels, as com- ' t ired with l,8.'t5,:s.*k' husliels last week, and i 5,'-58'.5,(HKI bushels for the week one year ago. I Reports to llnidsl reel's show visible wheat docks F.ast of the Rocky Mountains, llnitcd States and Cannda aiiioiiiiting to 10,071,570 Mish 'ls, 3,41.5,073 bu-liels less than on July I, ind 13,105,331 liiidiuls less than on August I, 1583. I'ecilio coast visible stocks show a net pun of visible wheat during July or .'i,3\J3,I 10 bushels, eo that, when stocks on hot.lt .-ousts are considered, the visible has increased 1,000,000 bushels during the past month. Flour stocks K ist of Rocky Mountains aggregate 1,1173,701 barrels, a ilecre.as ? i>f tW.Hkl barrels during .luly and about 'JIG,IH.M barrels compared with August I. 1S8S. Holders of raw sugar have boon easier, hut owiug to tlio protracted sluggishness of Llio demand fur refined, refiner* h wo not bought fi-oely, and sulos wore ,'?c oir 0:1 the week. Helloed Ins lieen mnrko I down both ut New York nnil Hiii Francisco. Hpeeulutiyu tu Hio coffuotias nut bueuyaytciuliv RCllve, yUrpHoes nave ndvane ><X ffoolitToo |ht pound. The distributive movement has Improved. Weather conditions at New York mid elsewhere have not favored trad* in dry goods. Joblxjr* at New York and woolen commission men at Huston report increased activity, chielly in ginghams for Kail wear, wool dross goods and men's wear fabrics. The increased price of moil's wear woolens hardly c?pia s the higher cost of raw material. Cotton commission men report only moderate activity. 1 'rices are tirm and unchanged all around. Print cloths stocks are smaller, but spot quotations are uuchaiige I. Haw wool holders evince more readiness to sell, hut trade shows little enlargement. Prices are not changed. Haw cotton, spots art* quiet at unchanged prices ut New York, and 1 Hi higher ut Liverpool. LAUGHED ON THE SCAFFOLD. CooIiiChs of n Kentucky Murderer? Two Attempts at llHUlil.'jg'it, Charles Di'gor, murderer of two policemen last August, and Harry Kmart, tnurd> rcr of Meisner Green and wife, were bunged at Ijouisvilln, Ky., at <1:05 in the morning. At 5:30 o'clock Deputy Sheriff Henry Hell road the death-warrnht to c.-ich of the men, they standing liandciilTcd at their col! doors. The lino of march to the scaffold was formed at 5:d? o'clock. Both of the condemned men walked Nrmly up the steps of the scaffold, Dilgor leading the way, unassisted. Father Nicholas rend the service of the Catholic Church, tlio crowd maintaining a breathless silence. Deputy Sheriff Kugluud, iiieatiwhile, took his place near the trap rope. Both men were very |>ulo during tuo reading of the service. At tho conclusion of th ? service Kmart and Dilger bade good-bvo to all the turnkeys. They thou took positions on tho traps. Smart laughed as ho stopped uiHin the fatal door. Deputy Sheriff Hikes pinioned them with leather bands at six o'clock. The roj?e was cut at f?:<>4 o'clock exactly, and both men shot down through the traps. Smart turned around, and probably died instantly,but Dilger slipped through the ?t.i/?.ii tliM r?itM> him (ivi r tlm olitti *?t the lower teeth. Ho was seemingly unhurt, mid was drawn up by tlto rope until hi* shoulders en mo through tho trap, when the depute s took him hy the orim and pulled iiim u|xni the scaffold. A now npe was brought into service, and, when the noose was adjusted, Dilger asked, "What'sthe inatt r( On being to d "1'heiope has slipped itH knot," he sold, "This shows 1 should not die.' Ho placed himself on the trap the s end time by making two hops, thotinp wo* sprung again ut 0:UU o'clock, uud he atri n.'lo I to death. A DARING DIAMOND THIEF. lie Crabs jjH.ftOO Worth of St ours mid Makes llis llscape. A bold robbery occurred at the jewelry store of K. <?. Atlman, situated iu tho very heart of tho ln.siiie.-s portion of Kansas City. Tie: thief secured f i,.r??w worm <u iiinmotuis m.a made his escape aft r an exciting chase. Il was 2:80 when a well-dressed young man entered the storo and asked to he shown some diamonds. A tray containing aet stones was placed on tho counter I eforo him. He ex umiued a few of the Jewels carefully, possibly selecting the inost vain d>lo for tlio intended tlielt, and, grubbing a handful, hotted for the door and attempted to mount a sad died horsa which he left unhitched in front of the store, llefore he could mount Mr Altaian grappled with hiin, hut tho thiol hroko away and, drawing a big revolver, he started on the run. ity this time a largo crowd had gathered and its in started ill pursuit, crying "stop thief*" Tho thief turned around nu< flourished tho revolver in the faces of tilpursuers, many of whom gave up the pur suit. With revived hope lie quickened hi pace and ran to a saloon a Noes distant. Hi isilted through the bar-room, snatching i list from ono of tho lounger* to supply tin place of his own which had boon h>st in tin scuffle, and reaching the ailev cntiTed tin Imscment of u bookstore, hiking tho dool behind him. llo then walked coolly up the stairs of thi store alsivc and pissed through the door uu molested. ltciicning Mam street ho found ( hack and wus driven away. DISASTERS AjW CASUALTIES^ ~ wwa-?? I,, nora, tumbled down a I?w days Lm.SttJLa-. -?^|k " throo men. IKorgo II. Fletcher, while standing near an unQuishe t olovntor in Now Orleans, was / killed by a brick which foil from the sixth If. II. Ilornoy, whilo putting op an own- yC In* in tho a com I story of n building in Bal[ timore fell to tho ground, and, striking his head was killed. Two freight trains on tho Central New Jersey Itailroad collided near Dunellen, N. jH J., making a bad wreck. A tramp who waa : stealing u ride, was killed. Two men vroro struck and killod by a Western express train at Boutli llarrisburg, l'u One was apparently UO and the other HO years of age. A paper in tho pockot of one bore the address of John Keisor, Jersey Seven year-old Johnnie (Jreon dlsappeare ! during a picnic near Chicago, ami after a continuous search in various directions ids J ?IVJ ivUIIU IU U W9S|IViUl UU IUU |Ml?14IU , grounds. Arnold Frnncis and n young mill named Keim were killed hy ilio bursting of a rapi?Ily rovoiviug milk (tint cream separator, at Kimberton Creamery, near Rimbertou, Chester county, l\i. -*.;S3 Joseph Larson, aged 14 years, was overrome hy t he ilniiip while cleaning a well near Macedonia, Iowa, and J. A. Wilson who was lowered to rescue the hoy was ulso overcome, ltotIt died. Frederick Tnllier, aged ~4 years, a waiter ; at the Hotel Clorluch, New York, fell down the elevator shaft from tho ninth story to the basement, a distance of 110 feet, and was killed. Three fourtoon-yoar-old hnyft attempting to cross a brock at Lowell, Massachusetts, l>oDame entangled in weeds, got beyond tnelr depth, and two of them, named JKortier uiul Ueorge Cyr, wore drowned. A pnnnnp'r train ran into ? freight train near Waterloo, Virginia, crushing live freight cars and the freight engine. The engineer and conductor were Injured, and n colored tramp ste ding a ride was killed. A severe storm of wind and rain passed over Morgan county, Illinois, doing great 'AnT^n* tie, and sevorely injuring a number of jtor! ions. A haml car propelled by four section men, *" on the Western Railroad, ran into a wagon at a crossing in Haybrook, Illinois. Two men were fatally injured -J. It. Wei la, driver ;?f the wagon ami one of the section hands tunned Nelson. ? News from Ounabiskn, by the steamer Bertha, which has arrived at San Francisco, i poultries tho recent reports of tho loss of i three whaling sohoouera--Jamos A. 11am! illon, Otter uml Annie. The vessels carried | shout 00 ollicers and men. ! An explosion or pus looit place in No. 14 ! Shaft nt l'ort liliiiicliaril, I'u., operated by ; tho lVntmylbaniaConl Company. Kivomin! crs, named llnrrett, Harris. I laugher, McDonald, and an unknown Hungarian, woro burned, tho Hrst three it is said, fatally. Tho Btenmor Kt. Nicholas, with r?00 colored excursionists on hoard, ran into tho closed drawbridge over St. Augustiue creak, four miles south of Savannah, demolishing ? am tho forward portion of tho steamer, killing 1 too women uiul Injuring tweuty-oight men i.nd women, some, it is feared fatally. Charles Degnan was killed at Southington, Connecticut., tviiilu try in* htucil a iuot fiiJt lreli'lit train. Jlis font caught TlT~Tmr step of tho caboose aiuL ho fell bnckwurds, " his for t wedging so as to hold him, and was drugging in this way a quarter of a mile boforo lio was discovered. A freight, train frightened a horso In Ifar! mony, I'onnn. Tho nuiiui|l backed tho wagon over tlw failrou I ombnnkniont, throwing tho occu\>ants out. Miss Nana Opponheimer was tlirown Under the train mid instantly killed. 'Missv Almnnd*. Kleo was fatally injured, and Misses IVIJa Wounscr and Flor] iieiui wcro badly hurt. John Myers, a c?r|tontor, was nt work on a small building in Hall imoro when a gasoline stove'exploded within, threatening tho dwelling with destruction, lie rushed into tho house,'grasp*d the llaming slovo mid carried it into the street. The burning gas| olino poured down his back and arms, but ho i clung to the stovo until he had pluccd it | where it could do no further damage. Ho was so badly burned that there is little hopo of his recovery. A landslide has occurred on tho Nortliorn 1'iiciflu ltailroad, near Miles City. Montana. It. happened at ft point on tho Yellowstone Division where the track skirts Yollowstono river, with tlio turbulent stream on one side nml a high alkali bank on tiie~otRBr.' Wit'*- .. ! out warning or apparent cnuso this bank | gave way, and the mass of earth for a distant o of .V.K) foet nlong tho track and from | INK) f.et a way slid down tho rivor,oompletely I burying tbo railroad. CABLE SPARKS. 7 Ex-King Slil.in '* In Korvla. Tho strike of tho Cerlin bakers has col. lapsed. The Austrian infantry has been placed on a w.ir footing. Cretan insurgents tinvoselz>d tliutowns of j VniiKH and Clilonla. Tim prmiurn on gold in Jhtonos Ayros lms advanced to 7f> per cent. A liro in Liverpool warehouses destroyed 7,000 l)itlet? of Amoriciitt cotton, i Tho wedding present# received l>y I'riucoM Lou b o of Wn u- aro vuluo1 ut Xl-r>,000. A cyclone in Hungary, Transylvania and Hiikovinn killed hundreds of per.-tons. Dr. Hchmelzkopf, surgeon-in chief of Cnptt Wissmau's exp idition, wus ilrowuod at 'A mzil nr. Tho I'nrnellite iiioinhors of l'lrlfnui'Hit dis| cussed the subject of tlio Tenants' IJuCcuhj League. (Jen. Itoiilnngcr carried tho Itordeaux ctiuton in tlio election for members of tho uoua- m- 5 , oils-general. The comet discovered at tlio Lick Ohsor' vntory in California is viable iu Hy.n oy, New South Wales. The l'.iris police seized n nuinlmr of letters directed to Gen. Jtnulnnger which tlioy found in a newspaper ul'lo. Sir ilonry l'uicston ^nvr a dinner In tlio II t >< I.inn/.In ii.Minri " !" V > Chatineoy M. I w ami o hers. The British warship iSiiIIaii, which si ruck , | a rock an<l sunk near Malta, sonio mouths I I ago, has tn*on successfully raised. M. 1 >iiport was stoned hy a mob at l'ont ' I/Ablio, France, ami seriously injured while trying to uiako a political speeoti. ' Count Sparre, a member of a prominent 1 Swiss family, took his own life after killing K vira Mnd.gntn, a circus performer. The 1'ortugme gov.-rnni lit has contracted I with an English engineer n lined Sawyer for the completion of the D logon Railway, t Two-thirds of the cotton-spinners of England have agreed to limit their proJuction r to one-half the usual umount for one in nth. 1 The I/ondon Dally Telegram is delight <1 at the action of tho i'arnellite* in support' in ; the government on the question of royul j grouts. N Wm. O'Brien's counsel will move for a ' new' trial against Isird Salisbury on tlie ground that the jury who returned a verdict 1 lor the nohloinaii were misdirected, i Princess I/mlso Victoria Alexandra Diga inar, eldest Daughter of tho I'rinceof Wales 3 and Alexander William Doorgo, Earl of Fife, 3 Knight of the Thistle, were married in Donr don a few -lavs ago The liberal groufsi in the House of Com? nious .have settled their difference* on tho question of royul grants, mid will present a i solid opposition to tho report of tho com* uiitUo on that question.