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Devoted to Agriculture, Horticulture, Politics and the Current News of the Day. ^ XX>?NEW SERIES UNIONC. 10. 188!),^ NUMBER 33. ' $ 1 LITTLE WAIF. w A Story of Absorbing Interest By BERNARD HERBERT. [CHAPTER II.?Continued.) With a premonition of approaching danger upon her, Oracie hastened to the other side of tlio oliair, knelt tliore, and tried to get a bettor view of the sleeper's face. . This suddon unconsciousness seemed so like death that it frightened tho timid child. "While she crouched in this position, oonceatod by tho high back of the ohair and the table, the casement was stealthily opened from the outsidd, and Nicholas Qarland stole into tho cham"All goes woll!" he breathed. "Gabriel's horh wolildn't wako her. Now foi itl" With these significant words he crossed the room on tip-toe, pausing beforo Mr. Clifford's door, k At tho samo instant Gracie raised v her head and behold the dim form enter tho chamber of her l?onefnctor. She struggled to her feet with n stifled cry; but even tho trifling amount of drugged tea which slio had taken had done its work. "Who's that?" sho breathed; "a man? Oh, no, no 1 Merciful Heaven! what ails mo to-night? my sight is dim; my head weighs like lead." She tottered to tho table, supporting herself upon it. "Come, come," she faltered, striving desperately to rouse herself; "now is my time; lot me go tc him at once, before r ~ Tho words dropped into silence. Fromd the chamber of death sounded a weak. \ Dioou-curuung voice, crying, "OracioU Orncie! my " i Orocie sprang into the middle of tw room. ^ "My God!" she gasped; "that was hiM voice?the voico of Mr. Clifford!" 1 "With a quick step she reached the | door; it was throw open from tlio inner Bide, and Nicholas Garland appeared. He was ghastly pale, and in his hand ho clutched some papers. In her fright, Grace recoiled behind the door, and thus escaped the rascal's observation. Without loss of time, Garland sprang for the casement, but ere he reached it, it was thrust open, and Max Boyden appeared. "In God's name, what are you hero for?" panted Garland. "I heard cries, and thought I might be of assistance," was the reply. MGo back, qhiekr hissed Garland; "he woko up, and I had to His long, bony lingers cramped involuntarily, thus completing the awful picture. "Great heavens!" exclaimed lloydon: "you strangled him?" "I don't know what I did!" "But vou secured the will?" "Yea; here it is." "And the money?" "Yes, yes! Fly! Tho house is nronsod. Hark! don't you hoar them coming? For God's sake go, or we are lost." Liko shadows they fled.^ Tho click of tho lock recalled Graeie to herself. "What has happened?" sho breathed in an awed whisper; "my father and Mr. Boyden here! They spoko of a will and money. Oh, Father in heaven, wlint has happened!" And with the dazed query trembling upon her lips she vanished into tho chamber. Scaroely had she disappeared when the door leading to the hall was burst open, and Lawyer Edgar rushed in. "What is the trouble hero?" he ox-?, claimed. Seeing tho nurse asloep, he hastened to her. ^ "Mrs. Hanks!" ho cried. "What, r asleep 1 Mrs. Hanks, I say, wake up!" and he accompanied hia call with n violent shake, but started back in dismay. "Ha! she has been drugged! Now, where is the child? Grocie! Gracio Garland!" he called. There was no replv, though a slight rustle behind causedhim to turn. Upon the threshold of tho room stood Gracie. Strong man that ho was, Lawyer Edgar actually staggered at sight of the appalling chango that had swept th6 beautiful- face. He had loft her poaroely half an hour a young, lovely being to look upon; he now found before him a nallid. hacrcrard. wild oren. ture whom ho hardly recognized. "What is the matter here ?" he demanded. "Do not oak me," came the scarcely audible reply. * "Speak, I command you. What has happened ?" "I cannot tell you. Go in there; see tor yourself!" CHAPTKIt III. ACCOREP. Thrusting the girl aside, the gentleman rushed into the chamber. Gracio raised her hands to Hoaven, ^ then clasped her throbbing temples. V "God help me!" she gasped; it ism}/ father who has done i>his awful crime!" Filial duty was again, as always, tho foremost thought in Grade's mind. Her lather had committed a crime. "They must not accuse him! If need be, I must sacrifice myself for him, since I alone knew his aoorot. If I fly, they will suspect met" And suiting the action to the words, she darted wildly to the door, hut as she reached it, sue found herself confronted by Miss Dred, flanked by a couple of sleepy-eyed, start led servants. Poor Oracle recoiled l?efore their advance, stifling a cry, and trembling from head to foot. Hannah Drcd approached imperiously, with suspicion: "Where are you going?" sho demanded. "Oh, I don't know; anywhero!" sobHKfij bed the girl. Jjfc "AnywhereI" echoed the woman, sharply; "what kind of an answer do you call that? What has happened?" I>cw't ask mo. I do not know 1" "Where is Garland, your father?" That name seemed \Q electrify tho desperate giyl, aij mviici 1 duo rriwu, wiiaiy) 11 | was not he1 Oh, Miss Dred, my fstheV did not do it!" "Is the girl mad!" exclaimed the housekeeper; "did not do what ? Heaven , have mercy on ns; some crime mast , have been committed! What is it?" "Mr. Clifford has lieen murdered," answered tlio solemn voice of the lawyer, appearing. "Murdered!" gasped tho horrified group of listeners. During the uwfnl pause, the casement opened slowly, and Nicholas Garland entered. Unseen by thoso in tho room, he folded his arms upon his breast, and , awaited further developments. " Ye3; Mr. Clifford has l>een murdered in his bod!" continued tho lawyer in the same appalled tone. "How?" asked Hannah Dred. "Ho has been strangled." I "But for what purpose?" , "Robbery; his money and the will aro gone." "This is terrible!" alio cried; "Mr. i Edgar," advancing impetuously upon that gentleman, "who watched here tonight?" "Mr.*. Hanks, tlin ntirso ** "Whcro is she? Why don't you question her?" "She is there l?y the fire," replied the lawyer, "drugged." .One glance at the old woman was sufficient to convince tho veriest skeptic that Mrs. Hanks had fallen a victim to a deep-laid plot. Miss Drcd turned upon Qrncic, whero she stood, like a figuro graven in stone, near tho open door. Had Graeio not been oblivious to her surroundings, she could not have failed to have been startled by the look Hannah Drcd cost upon her, as she said: "Mr. Edgar, we left this girl in tho room; wo find her hero still; of courso s/te can explain this terrible affair." An expression of infinite pain flitted over the lawyer's face as he found liim-. self forced to mako an examination Iwhich ho would liavo given years of his life to have escaped. As ho approached Gracie, Nicholas Garland's eyes blazed, his lips contracted, and lie held his breath in awful suspense. "Gracie, my child," began tho lawyer, gontly. At tho sound of her name tho girl istnrted, and turned a pair of blank, un ccing eyes upon the gentleman. K"Tell us what you have seen, whnt jki know of Mr. Clifford's death," ndd ntucio clasped her hands in silent { desi*W^ nnd for the first time scalding tears dimrn^"1teV~~i*>u*\itiful oyeB; yet | sho hesitated, and it BeeifrevJ-JM* though I she had lost tho power of speech. J "Come," urged tho lawyer, "speak, and fear nothing." I "I only know that I havo lost my best | and dearest friend," soblnsd the poor girl. ^ "What consummate acting!" sneered toj^UBekeoper ?ndcr h*r br??fch/. . That is not answering my question, pursued Mr. Edgar; "havo you remained in this room since I left it?" "Yon, sir." "You must know, then, thut Mrs. Honks hss been drilled ?" "No, I did not know it." Nicholas Garland leaned forward, drinking iu every word the girl uttered. "But you must at least havo scon somo one enter the room?" At this question Gracio started, a violent snnsm Rpnmini* to rund hnr vnru being, while she stared in a terrified way at tho accusing face of Uunnah Dred. At last, after a painful effort, she faltered, almost inaudibly: "No; I have seen no one enter this room." Nicholas Garland drew a breath of relief. "And yet you are aware that your benefactor has been murdered," the lawyer went on. "My God! Yes, I know it," "You were here, within call, when tho deed was committed; therefore, vou, more than anybody else, must know how it happened." This pitiless goatling, kindly intontioned though it was, had gone too far. Oraoie had borne all that sho could bear. With a wild wave of tho arms that betrayed her desperate frame of mind, sho turned to her examiner. "Shall I tell you all I know?" sho cried, with frantic intensity; "do you compel me to tell you all 1 saw? Shall I give you the name of tho murderer?" ai uii8, mcimios UarlaiKt sprang forward and faced tlio girl. "Yes!" he hissed, threateningly, "who is tlio mnrderer??Tell uh, if you can!" Gracie recoiled with a shuddering cry. "Father!?oh, father!" Lawyer Edgar turned to the housekeeper. "Voti can see for yourself, Miss Drod," he said, pitifully, "that the poor child is half-crazed; she can tell nothing?since she knows nothing." "She can tell more than she dares, sir," was the ruthless reply. "What do you mean?" demanded tho gentleman in amazement. "Ask her why she listened when you were telling me where tho stolon will was concealed." "I do not lielieve she was listening," was the brave reply. "If you were not satisfied of that," went on the merciless woman, "nsk her what she did with the liottle of opium with whi<*li Dm mirurt line. drugged." Mr. Edgar staggered hack in horror. "Heavens!" he cried, "you would not accuse little Grade Garland of this dastardly crime!" "No need to accuae," camothe retort; "when circumstantial evidence condemns her!" Gracie had recovered sufficiently to listen to every word that was uttered. When this awful condemnation fairly startled the air, she turned und Hed precipitately toward the door, crying: "ijetmegol let mo go! 1 dare not stay I" "Stop her! Arrest her!" shrieked Hannah Dred; "if no one elso has the courage, I accuse her of tho murder of Mr. Clifford!" Tho servants startod in pursuit, but ere they reached the flying figure little Oracie wavered, flung out her arms blindly and fell like one dead beforo them all. . ( Tho effect upon the ew?-?tricken group vm appalling. Lawyer Edgar 1 was the iirat ,to rally from its effect. j Approaching the man-servant, where .] he stood in a stupor staring down at tha 1 stricken girl, ho smoto him roughly | upon the shoulder. i "Garland t" he cried, excitedly; i "whv, man, what are you thinking of? Will you stand by and suffer your in- 1 noccnt child to Ihj accused of foul ? murder? Defend her!" i But the eraven-hearted wretch slunk i aside and avorted his guiity face, mi lie i muttered: "What can I do for her? She would I | stay in spite of mo. No, let her defend i herself 1" i CHAPTER IV. ] the flight. . | Nature confers one of her most blessed boons upon humanity when, by i unconsciousness, alio deprives the sufferer of all knowledge of his anguish. 1 In such a state of peaceful oWrion < lwm? 1utl? o > ?- - 1 |/w* *avv&?? viiovir WIUJ nHQM VffVO | , Hoor in the tender arms of Mr. Edgar I and borne to her room, the good man remaining long enough at her bedside 1 to be assured that the death-like swoon i had yielded to tlio deep sleep of ex- < linustion. * i As ho descended the stairs lie was met by Hannah Dred. , "You're not going to leave hor alone, Bir?" she exclaimed, in surprise. , "Why not?" ( "Who may give ns the slip and deprive the gallowa of ita right," was tlio J cruel reply. "Miss Dred," answered tlio lawyer, sternly, "I l>eliovo you to be an honest and just woman, but I fail to understand your persecution of that poor child." "Persecution! 1 cannot uudorslund i your obtuscness, sir." ( Mr. Edgar drew himself up, Hceining , to impersonate tho very majesty of tho law. , "Wo will not! question that, Miss , Dred," ho said; "I will bo answerablo ( for the girl. To-morrow, when she is herself again, I will question her and ascertain definitely what slio knows of this terrible affair. In the meantime I would advise you to retire and secure what rest you can." Tho attorney ordered his trap and ( drove away. By degrees the excited household lapsed into silence and repose. With the first L?rnv rnvn of Uioclniultr dawn little Gracie roiiHcil, nut up, and rubbed lier acliiog eyes. With returning consciousness a Rense of the reality rufihed back upon her. First came the memory of her murdered friend; then .her father's danger, ' She Bprang from the bed. It was evident that Hhc had not wavered in her "??lve of the preceding night, Bince [her first murmured words were: I "Thank Heaven, it is early yet. I lean make good my escape. Then they me of the fearful crime and father will bcns&yed!" With feverish Hatfjte sho gathered a few necessary artiolBW together, and from beneath a loose fln?"*lnilll?'^!?arfch extracted a fow coins, which had TkfctfV the gift of her friend nnd protector. The gold pieces slio carefully bestowed upon her person, and putting on her hat and veil, hurried to the door. "Good-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 1" At the head of the stairs she paused and listened. Not a sound disturbed tho solemn quiet of the dawn. Like * l.? i-.. 11.1. 1 1# -v- " " ? " i>iiu ?imm ui in'iueii huh gilded silently down tlio stairs and panned at the door of the death-chamber. Fearing to enter for one lost look uj>on the face alio loved so well, lest she should meet with some drowsy watcher, she knelt thore and offered up hor gentle soul in prayer for a moment; then hurried out. Two minutes later sho had vanished in the dense mist that swept up the cliffs from the restless sea. Young as sho was, littlo Oracie Oarland had seen too much of the world, had been too often thrown upon her own resources to fail in an emergency like the present. Hlie was far too wise to trust herself in the town of Torquay, where she might have taken a t rain for Liverpool, but where sho might uIbj have been recognized, questioned, and perhaps detained. Instead of which, she struck out across tho deserted fields. Hut as sho trudged on, hunger produced exhaustion, and exhaustion a giddy sensation in the head; so that, at times, she was obliged to pause, moaning by tho wayside. At Ust, before the gate of a neat white farmhonse, she gave out completely, and 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 by illness at the hospitable farmhouse, since had she pursued her uninterrupted way sho would have reached Liverpool, and in all probability havo taken passage upon the very steamer which l>ore Mr. Max llovden to America. As it was, a kindly fate detained her until the coast was clear, and when at last she reached the great city upon the Mersey, she was ablo to engage passage in thto stcerago of that grayhound of the ocean, tho steamship Oregon, without further mishap. Indeed, she arrived just in time, as she was informed at the offices of tho line that the splendid Cunarder would sail upon the following day. "Are you traveling alone?" inquired tho clerk. "Yes, sir?" replied Gracie. "And are you leaving friends on this aide of tho water?" "No, sir." "Your name, please?" he asked. Here woe an unexpected dilemma. Should aho give her own name? Why ftot? What mattered it ? "My name is Garland," alio said bravely. "Full name?" "Grace Garland." "Almost as pretty as its possessor," murmured the young man. Nothing now remained but to go on board the noble Oregon and look up her quartern. ?Sh<> was a good nailor, and had nothing to dread. Therefore it wan with a calm mind, l?nt with tearful eyea, 1 that sho sat on the deck the dav of eail- ' inK, and watched the ehorea o( i '.u.^lauU ; Fade away from ! bf*/ While sho re- J joiced in hor freedom, al n bird relievod From its cage, she felt list sho had left tier heart in the ognslcrntod plot of ground that was deitiil d to enslirinn ** ill that was mortal of for only friend ind almost father. I Enrly upon the folio\nug day a rough, w Imggnrd-looking man tlitered theofllces hi :>f tho Cnnurd Lino in Liverpool, and d iskcd permission to llok over tho pas- f? scnger lists of till last outgoing f< itenmer. n Down the lists of ho Oregon his ? grimy fore-fingerrovc< without a pause, 8j and not uutil ho had 1 i<l aside tho first ej paper and had cntore upon tho Inst c, shoot, did that fora-fi g?*r pause in its t< Flight, and a gasp of ningled triumph t| ind fjismny escape his ight-drawn lips. t| Tho finger had paus ?1 at the numo of Graco Garland! "If I went overland," bo asked, breath- * lessly, "could I catchi tlio Oregon at tjuee.nstown ?" \ P . "The. Oregon left ?neonstown two ? hour* ago," wu^Jkc tvpW. v ? With a glare of itfaiippoTnlment, tho d man hurried out into the foggy streets, r und ten minutes later the following e L-ahlegram went nndet tho sou to the t chores of (he new work! : t "To M. Hoyden. Brenvoort.HoiiHo. New York; ? "Q. O. snllod by the Orifcon. Shall follow t>y noxt steamer. ' Garland." d Nevor did a more light-hearted, o thankful sot of voyagers retiro to rest n an the last night of a prosperous jour- \ aey than did tho passengers by the II steamship Oregon, bound from Liv^r- j pool to New York. s, Even littlo Orncio (airland went Imj- h low with u heart so full of hope that ^ slio could not close her eyes. Every j revolution of tho great throbbing Q levinthun was bringing her nearer tho ^ land of her hirtli^-her birth so shrouded in- mystery, ] yet so ineffably ' sweet to her. i For hours she tossell about, unable to sleep, and at last, in sheer despair, *' she dressed and mado her way to the e [leek. Tho great ship, like a huge hlaek t swan, plowed her way through the ^ gently rolling sea, and all was silent and motionless, save when an oflieer passed to and fro upon the bridge. Presently a dark, stalwart form f shaped itself from the surrounding 1 gloom, and approael>ed Oraeie where he stood by tho bulwarks, gazing off t toward tho low. black line, unon which 1 she know to bo land. c "You are up early, Miss Gracic." i At the sound of the rich, melodious t voice the girl turned with a start, and i gazed with a conscious blush up into , the face bending alxrvo her, with its ( manly, regular features. "Yes, Mr. Arniin, she replied, "I could not sleep, being so near?land.". "Why do you not say home?" Rupert 1 Arnim inquired; "you are an American, 1 are you not?" She*o 'di(f^not pros."' "! her to confidence. ? j Changing the subjdet, he said: i "I am so glad to have mot you on this voyage. Ueiug an artist by profession, I have tak*n the liberty of ft study of your face. Some day, wlieJf^^" are hotter acquainted, I hope vou will <8 sit for mo to flnish'it. 11 Wiw"^e tli^iyd "ork of my life." ^ Innocent little Gracie smiled and f* looked away. "My mother will bo glad to know you," the young German continued; "we are poor poople, but wo have a little homo, and you will l>c welcome there should you ever come to it." A home I Oh, what a stab the kindhearted fellow dealt tho quivering heart unwittingly. Indoed, so unconscious of tho pain no hart given was ho, that in tho next breath ho inquired: "What light is that over yonder?" "Fire Island, I think," replied Graeio, without looking up, for the tears hud bliuded and threatened to betray her; "wo should bo near it by this time." "No, it is not a stationary light. It is moving this way; besides, it is red. Why, it is the )>ort-light of a vessel! 1 See I Himmel, how close we are!" Scarcely had the startled words escaped his lips, ore the stranger loomed i up before thorn like a phantom. There i was a wild jangle of bells, a sudden | shout of tcrrittod voicos, a pause?and then crash! quivering! rending! appalling! The vessels parted and met again, liko 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 terror, poor Gracio grasped her companion's arms, and clung to him iu desperation. "Oh, what an awful thing is this! We are lost!" shoUHcd. "No; not lost yet, my child; I will save you!" She did not hear the comforting words, for the steamer had lurched over on the wounded side, and tho pair were driven to the bulwarks with a rush, i Beneath them, the unknown craft was 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 ( thom more terror-stricken than its fellows. The handsome, craven face of Max Bovden. With a frantic shriek, Gracie tore herself from her protector's arms. She had seen that ghastly face. "Let me go!'\ she screamed; "save 1 Joursolf, and let me din! The curse 1 as followed me, and I am doomed! No, no! Lot mo die!" I [to comrrNUKD.] i ? . The VanderUilts ?wd enormous sums or. rtrrxrttirrafWHS^^.o, and artistic decorations, but comparatively little on jewelry. Not one mcmlter of the family cares for gems except as an accessory to the toilet, and while ilia women wear costly and beautiful diamonds, they have not among them a rare atone, a finely cut intaglio, or an ornament representing any original taste or discernment. The A store, on the contrary, own one of the flpest collections of gems in the country, and the late Mrs. John Jacob Astor was a connoisseur whose judgment was respected by the trade. Hot ptirchas't were always niado oq conditions of ttjo utmost privacy. ? - thenevvsT ^ * T Bt. Louis is to have an elevated railroad nling seventeen millions. A company ith a million dollars capital lias been orsnisxl in Ban Francisco to distil surplus ines Into brandy. A terrible epidemic of loody flux prevails te Warsaw, III., fifteen eatha from the disease having occurrod in a >w days. J. H. Johnson, charged with >rgery of notes for 40,000 crowns on Norregian banks, was arrested in Nebraska and 'ill be taken back to Norway. A pro|>otion has been made by a syndicate of forIgn capitalists to purchase all tho Full Hirer | jtton manufactories, this being hut a step i award securing control of tho cotton i ml us- 1 ry of the United Btntcs. An cxplodon bat was supposed to be nn attempt to blow p the Victoria bridge at Montre il, Cnuadu, I rrecked on express car on the'Orand Trunk i tail way end killed tho messenger. Crop rospccts in the lower Virginia Valley are ncouraglng. Onus Spreckels has given rtlars to bis manager in l'hilnd- Iphin to ouble the capacity of his already mammoth eflnery In that city. A hai'storm in Linaster county. Pa., did considerable dainngo o the tobacco plants. Lightning struck he farm-house of Kdna llrown"ll, near 'roy. New York, a:vt killed his ton-yeir-old aughtor. Richard Winlock, a surveyor, f Schuylkill county, Pa.. was shot from mbushnnd instantly killc<l at Iiuckhauiion, V. Va. Michael Fitzpa*rick, an electric ght lineman, survived a serious shock in lew York city. By the capsizing of a nilboat on Ham Pond, Woburn, Mass. it?... i?,.i.. ...a on? n I lioova wvooiv vi vuviiui mm rjivil VIIVO M UfT rere drowned. Frederick Wrecker line Isappearod from York, I'a. He is accused f forgery. In a collision on the Virginia Ildland Railroad, near Charlottesville, Va., '.reman F. A. Cox was killed, and Engineer lharlea Davia seriously hurt. Frank Marin fell into a vat of boiling gre.iae at Kanis Citv. and was boiled to death. Horn Mo Kmwr'l t vro children crora d by a )k> it caps I sing at Provhlenoe, 11 I. ?Leading publishers deny that a schooliook trust has been formed. A thief grnlr >od a handful of diamonds, valued at $15,000, n a Kansas City jswelry store and e?ca|>ed. Two yonng women of Philadelphia have alien heira to an nstato of $4'H),0.)0 In Eugand Two cases of giant powder exploded it a miuo near Marquette, Mich., and two nen and three boys were killed. The Uto mlians are again olf their reservation and creating havoc in the western part of Colorado. Charles M. Hull, editor of the Bollrar county, Miss., Democrat, was killed by L A. Weissingor, a lawyer. Crops were lerlously injured In Illinois by frost. A itory comes from Kan Francisco about the pardoning of a convict by President Harrison, through the iutercn.sion of Mrs. Harrison, tbe prisoner being an old soldior, who in a poem described (sen. Harrison's hravory. H. Z. Hushnell ft Co.'a grain elevator, at ^idoJi. III., was burned, together with maur . thousands of bushels of corn. Loss $25,000; fully Insured. Nebraska cattlemen aro agitated ovor a new and fatal disease that Is playing bovoc with cattle. Lightning fired L. B. Boerbower'spottery at Elixiboth.N. J., causing a loss of $25,0'.)0, on which llioro is an insurance of $10,000. Charles Kmnnior and Henry Arnctt were drowned in Braxton couoty, Va., while attempting to cross a swollen stream. A young German mother in woonsocxet, ?. iw?., commuteri smcuio hoMi30 s^? t,,ouK',t ,uir four-days-oM babe wal ^All the bridges ami wooden stairways in Walkta^"1*". N" Y-.h,lvo l,ei'n <k?U*jed by a storm. ?-it p.V? 8??; Rnd ft a freight train collided on tlio New \ Now Kttglnnd Railroad ncnr Now Britain,Cu.\, and tlie locomotives and soveral ours wero demo'lshed. Soveral trainmen woro injured. Fire destroyed nearly every manufacturing industry in .Ripley, o. Ixjss $390,0 (i. During the past week there were i'JI lni*iness failures in the United States and 10 in Canada. G orgo Siler killed tlio ltev. Sam Bharpe at Lebanon, ICy. Both were colored, and Shnrpe bad been living with Siler'* sister. Claiming she was his wife* Lightning struck tho stables of the Richmond, Va., city railway, and sixty m iles, seven cars and tho buildings were consumed. ?Forest fires in Montana continuo to do great damage John Williams, cook on the steamship Wellington, was arrested on arrival at San Franeiro, charged with smuggling flvo hundred boxes of opium. Harry Lee and Sadie Taj lor wero arrested at Peoria, II)., chnrged with causing the doath of John Kowalk and Hannah Shearer, whoso bodies wererecontly found in I^iko Michigan, j Abraham Finkbouo, aged twonty-six years, committed suicide by hanging himself in jsil at Heading To., where he was confined on the char go of s> t ing fire to lumber works. ?A notional monument in honor of the Pilgrim fathers was unveiled at Plymouth, and Congressman Breckonridge delivered on (ft/if 1 rAM An $Ka netnKliaK>MA**S 1 ? A ? ? ?* w? W.. vssw t owiuii*ill||DliV lit nillUl 1U I 171 froo religious Inst tutions. A combination has teen formed for controlling the manufacture and sale of artiflcal ico in the South. Marion Newman, who is in tho Washington jail, charged with defrauding an insurance company, has fallen hoir to half a million dollars.?'A cargo of unripe bananas was confiscated by tho Now York health department. Michael Kyan, whi'e in n demented condition, jumped from a window of an express train on tho Pennsylvania ltailroad and was seriously injured. Klorida fruit dealers met in New York city and formed a combine. The steamer Ht. Lawrence ran on a rock olf Hog island in the Canadian channel and Is a total wreck. Two passenger trains collided on the Ilich Dioml And Fredericksburg Railroad at Rawton, near Alexandria, Va., and nn engineer was killed and several persons hurt. The latest Intelligence from Hoy ti tel.'s of a victory of H; p olite. Nkw Rkpnswick, N. J. had n repro dnction of tho atorv of tlio imll in the ohina shim. James Menscn was driving on Hiram street, when his horse ran away mid dashed at full spend into tho crockery store of It. M. Addis. The horse throiv himself against one of the largo windows, which broke into a thousand pieces, and thon break iug loose from tho buggy the animal rushed into the store and dashed through to the rear, tossing the fragile wares in all directions. He ran into the living apartments, where he waHoaught. Considerably damage was done to fiio pto.K, mn I r>n An mvrn mnnir M OF TUB WRBK. Later Crop Reports have a Buoyant EfTecton the Market, Peooo Among (tailroails lias a Favorable litfliH'iieo on the Iron Trado ?Money Firm and Foreign Exchange Irregular Special telegrams to BrntlatrecCs do not point to any improvement in tbo distribution of general merchaudiss ns compared with llio preceding fortnight. Two or throo largo failures, apparently not dui to conditions underlying tbo state of I lie trade, liavo lirougbt about a more careful scrutiny of credits, and unusually prolonged wet weather bos retarded business in Eastern and adJoining States. Wheat and tobacco in Kentucky have boon injured by too much rain. In Ijousiana wet weather has rendered tbo wagon roads heavy, but lu Texas the crops neat! rain. The oat crop of the country promises an axiraorainary mr^ yield. Now York merchants do not report sjiocial activity in any lino. Stock speculation displays a strong undertone on tho crop and trallic outlook, hut there is neither intorist nor activity in tho trading. Monoy at Now York is firmer in tone. Call loans aro 4-14'j percent. Foreign exchange is irregular and firmer at an advance, due to further absorption of gold at Paris and an advance of discount rates in London, llepjrts of bank clearings at thirty-seven cities, for seven months of 1881). aggregate $51,01)7,1)33,1IS5, alsmt $4,111,47(5,037 more than in a tike period of 1U88. The July, 1830, clearings amounted to $4.60S, 4X5,911, or ill |>ur cent, more than either of the three preceding Julys. News from the Northwest revives fuith in a largo domestic wheat crop. Wheat has been I -ss active, with a bearish drift, notwithstanding stronger cables, and isoir jj'alc. New wheat at New York fails to gruue us well as ban boon anticipated, b jing too soft. Corn has b.'eu quite active?peo??i^*?yw>r. /rat rrw tllOVllmunt depressed prices some. Oats fairly well sustained. Graded mixed options are lower, but graded white are higlier. Hog products are more active, with lard stronger and |>ork oir a litt'e. Hogs tend lower. Exports of wheat (and Hour as wheat), both coasts, this week aggregate 1.5715,1?.)7 bushels, as compared with 1,835,330 bushels lout week, and 3,15815,000 bushels for the week one year ago. Reports to Iiradst reel's show visible wheat stocks Fast of the Rocky Mountains. United States and Canada amonuting to 10,071,57ti busb'ds, 3,4115,1)70 bnduds less than on July I, and 13,105,331 tmdiols less than on August I, 1383. Pacific coast visible stocks show a net gain of visible wheat during July of 5,333,4'JO bushels, so that, when stocks ou both counts are considered, the visible bus increased 1,000,000 bushels during tho past month. Flour stocks K ist of Rocky Mountains aggregate 1,373,731 barrels, a decreasi of 03,813 barrels during July and about 15715,000 barrels compared with August 1, 1333. Holders of raw sugar have been easier, but owiug to tho protrac'.ed sluggishnoss of tliu demand for refined, refiners h ive not bought freely, and sales were Hc of7 on the week. Refined Ins tieen marko 1 down both at New York and Sin Francisco. Spe |H<r pound. i no aiscriouuvo movement lias Improve*!. Weather conditions at New York and else where have not favored trade in dry goods, Jobbers at New York and woolen cominis eion men at Boston report increased activity cbietly in ginghams for Kail wear, wool dies goods and men's wear fabrics. The increase price of tnon's wear wooleQ9 hardly oqua i tlio higher cost of ruw matcrinl. Cottoi commission men report only moderate uc tivity. l'riccs are firm and unchanged al around. Print cloths stocks are sin-illor, bn spot quotations are unchnngo I. Haw woo holders ovince more readiness to sell, bu trade shows little enlargement. Priced nr not changed. Haw cotton, spots are ipnet a unchanged prices at New York, and l-l higher at Liverpool. LAUGHED ON THE SCAFFOLD, Cooing a Kentucky MurdorcrCharles Dilger, murderer of two policemen last August, and Harry Hrnnrt, tnurd> rer ol Meisner Orcen and wife, wore hanged at tiouisvllle, Ky., at (LOS in the morning. Al 5:30o'clock Deputy Sheriff Henry Bell road the death-warrant to oach of the men, they standing handcuffed at their eel! doors. The Hue of march to the scaffold was formed al 5:47 o'olock. Both of the condemned men walked flrinly up the steps of the scaffold, Dilgor loading the way, unassisted. Fathei Nicholas rend the service of the Catholic Church, the crowd maiutniuing a breathless silence. Deputy Sheriff Kagland, mean while, took his place near the trap rojio. Doth men were very pale during tne reading Of tho service. At tho conclusion of th service Smart and Dilger bade good-bvo to ull the turnkeys. They then took positions or tho traps. omurt laughed ns ho stopped upon tho fatal door. Deputy Sheriff Hikes | pinioned them with leather bands at sii o'clock. The rope was cut at 0.-04 o'clock ex aclly, and both men shot down through tlx traits. Smart turned around, and probably died instantly,but Dilger slipped through tin nooso, the rope catching him ov? r tho chin u the lower teeth. He was seemingly unhurt and was drawn up by tho ropo until hi shoulders eauie through the trap, when tli deputbstook him by the arms and pulle< him upon the scaffold. A now rope wa brought into service, and, when the noon, was adjusted, Dilger asked, "What's the innt t rf On being to d "The rope tins slipped it knot," lie said, "This shows 1 should no die.' He placed himself on the trap th< cond timo by muking two hops, the tra] was spiling again at 0;0V o'clock, and hi atn ngled to death. A DARING DIAMOND THIEF. He Grabs *11,000 Worth of Stones nn Makes (lis I'lscnpo. A bold robbery occurred at the jewelry afcoi of F. G. Atlinan, situated in the very hem of tho business portion of Kansas City. Tli thief secured $1,500 wortli of diamonds at. iwuie ills tasui|ra nu i tin i iiuw. j was 2:30 when a well-dressed young man er tered the store and asked to he shown son: diamonds. A tray containing set stones we placed on the counter I eforo liiin. Ho ei umiued a few of tha Jewels carefully, poss hly selecting the most valu it>lo for tho it tended tlielt, and, grabbing a handful, bolte for the door and attempted to mount a s?< died horse which he left unhitched in froi of the store, liefore lie could mount Mi Altman grappled with him, but the thii broke away and, drawing a big revolver, t started on the run. liy this time a largo crowd bad gather* and its memlierK started in pursuit, cryir "stop thief " The thief turned around ai flourished tho rovolver in tho faces of tl pursuers, many of whom gavo up tho pu suit. With revived hope lie quickened li pace and ran to a saloon a bloc* distant. 1 bolted through tho bar-room, switching hat from one of the loungers to supply tl place of his own which hud la?en lost in tl scuffle, and reaching the ailev entered tl basement of a bookstore, locking the do behind him. lie then walked coolly up the stairs of tl store above and ptnsed through tho door u molested. Keacning Main street be found hack and was drivou away. DISASTERS AND CASUALTIES! 11 or a, IumlW(!own?f?w O.orge II. Fletcher, while standioK n?r mi unQuishe I elevator In Now Orleans, w?i killed by a brick which fell from the sixth story. M. II. Homey, whilo putting upftnnwnlug in the s cond story of a building in Baltimore foil to llio ground, and, striking his head was killed. Two freight trains on the Central New Jersey I tail roiul collided near Dunollen, N. J., making a bod wreck. A trauip who was stealing u ride, was killed. Two men wero struck nnd killed by ? Western express train ut South Ilarrisburg, j l'tt- One was apparently 20 and the other 30 years of age. A paper in thopockotof one boro the address of John Kaiser, Jersey City. Seven year-old Johnnio Oreon disappeared during a picnic noar Chicago, and ufter a continuous search in various directions his body was found tu a cesspool on tho picuio grounds. Arnold Francis and a young man named Keiin were killed by the bursting of a rapidly revolving milk and cream separator, at Kimberton Creamery, near Kimberton, Chester county, l'j. Joseph Larson, aged 14 years, was overcome by the damp while cleaning n well near Macedonia, Iowa, and J. A. Wilson wlio was lowered to rescuothobuy was also overcome. Both died. Frederick Tnllier, ngod 154 years, a waiter -*?> at tho Hotel Oorluch, New York, fell down the elevator shaft from the ninth story to th > basement, a distance of 110 foet, and wiih killed. Three fourteen-year-old hoy* Attempting to cross a brook ut Lowell, Massachusetts, l?ocurne entangled in weeds, got beyond tbdr depth, and two of them, named Fortier und Ueorge Cyr, were drowned. A pa?s 'iiger train ran into n freight train near Waterloo, Virginia, crushing tivo freight cars and the freight engine. The engiuoer and conductor were injured, and a colored tramp ste ding a ride was kille.L A severe storin of wind and rain passed over Morgan county, Illinois, doing great tie, and severely injuring a number of permits. A ... l!?.l , t , <1 . <? <i v.??. (iii.|rciivu ii| mur M't'lIOU nietl, 3D tli-.i Western Itailrond, ran into a wagon j atn crossiug in Say brook, Illinois. Two i men were fatally injured?J. II. IVells,driver I :>[ tho wagon und one of the section bands i oumed Nelson. News from Ounnlaska, by tli? steamer ! Bertha, which has arrived at San Francisco, confirms the recent reports of the loss of three whaling schooners?James A. Hamilton, Otter and Annie. The vessels carried about 00 oflicers and men. An explosion of gns took place in No. 14 Shaft at Port lllunchnrd, Pa., operated by tho lVnnsylbania Coal Company. Five miners, named Barrett, Harris. D.iughor, McDonald, and an unknown Hungarian, were burned, the first three it is said, fatally. The steamer 8t. Nicholas, with 500 colored excursionists on hoard, ran into the closed drawbridge over St. Augustine creak, \ four miles south of Savannah, demolishing the forward portion of the steamer, killing ' two women und Injuring twenty-eight men , und women, some, it is feared fatally. Charles Degnati was killed at Southington, Connecticut, wiiilc trying to hoard a tuovi tngirwjmt train, tin* foot caught TH-tow i step of the caboose and, lie fell backwards, ^ his foot wedging so as to hold him, and wiw dragging in this way n quarter of a mile ho, foro lie was discovered. A freight, train friglitoneds horse In Hnr>{ mony, Ponnn. The nniint}l hacked tho wagon over tlve I'nilroal emhnnkment, throwing 1 the occupants out. Miss Nairn Opponheimer was tlirown "tinder the train und instantly 1 killed. ' Miss* Aliuand*. K lee was fatally in- * jured, and Misses JVU|p Woomser and Flor' lieiin were badly hurt. ^ John Myers, a our|ienter, was at work on ! a small building in Baltimore when a gnsoI line stove 'exploded within, threatening the dwelling with destruction, lie rushed into ^ tho house,'grasjH d the tin tiling stove and ] carrieu n lino mo street. J 110 miming gasolino poureddown his hack and arms, but ho clung to tho stovo until ho had placed it , whore it could do no lurih-r damage. ho was so badly burned thnl there is little hopo of his reoovory. A landslide has occurred on tho Northorn Pacific Railroad, near Miles Citv. Montana. - at a point on the Yellowstone i track skirts Yollowstono , Division whfre W.Stream on one side i river, with tho turbulenr^^^w,?i,. and a high alkali bank on th?^>tirer^?mpSB|i^???^fc'. I out warning or apparent causo this bank gave way, and tho mass of earth for a dis1 tnnco of 500 foot along tho track and from ' JtuO feet away slid down tho rivor,oompletoly , burying the railroad. ; CABLE SPARKS. , | Ex-King Milan is In Servlo. i I Tho striko of tho Berlin bnkoro hns collapsed. The Austrian infantry has been placed on a ' war footing. I Cretan insurgents liavo seized tho town9 of ( Vamos and Cldonla. [ Tho pr-inium on gold in Buenos Ayres i has odvanccd to 75 per cent, t A llro in Liverpool warehouses destroyed 7,000 hales of American cotton. ' Tho wedding presents reooiv.-d by Princess ? l-iouine of Wo o* ore value 1 at XI.1,000. t A cyclone in Hungary, Transylvania and t Biikoviua killed hundreds of persons, s l)r. Schmel/.kopf, surgeon-in chfef of Copt, a Wissmau's expedition, was drowned at 'A tui zllar. i no i arni-inro members or i.'nri lament uis9 cussed the subject of the Tenants' Defense "H League. I Geu. Houlanger carried the Bordeaux can8 ton in the election for monibers of the cuunp ells-general. a The comet discovered at the Lick Observatory in Cilifornia is visible in Sy.it ey, New South \\ ales. The P.iris police seized a number of letters directed to Gen. Itoulnnger which thoy found in o newspaper oIHcj. Sir Honry Puleston gave a dinner in tlio House of ('omul ins to Minister Lincoln, ' Chnuncey M. Depew ami o hers, ft The British warship Sultan, which struck 10 j a rock and sunk near Malta, somo mouths (l i ago, has la-en successfully raised. It I M. Puport was stoned i?y a mob at Pont L'Ablio, France, and seriously injured while " trying to make a political speech. 10 Count Sparre, a menil>er of a prominent 13 SwisB family, took his own life after killing E vira Mndegnm, a circus |>erformer. Tho Port Heme trov.-rnm nt has conl.rnctod with an Knglish engineer named S.Viwjer for j. the completion of the R. logon Railway, it Two-thirds of the cotton-spinners of Kngr. land have agreed to limit their production gf to one-half the usual amount for one in nth. 10 The Iyondon Rally Telegram is delight d at the action of Iho I'urnelliles in support'<1 ing the government on the question of royal *K grants. } Wni. O'Brien's counsel will move for a ? new trial against I<ord Salisbury on the is ground that tho jury who returned a verdict je for tho iiohleintm were misdirected, a Princess Louise Victoria Alexandra Raglio mar, eldest Daughter of the I'rinoeof Wales l)0 and Alexander William Goorge, Karl of Fif-?, l,e Knight of tha Thistle, were married in Ix?nur don a few days ago The lilieral groups In (lis House of Comhe motis .have settled their difference? on tho u- question of royal grants, and will present a a solid oppoaitiou to the report of the cocuuiittee on that question. M \W