NEWSOF THE W EEK. ~1'orest fires are raging in the tim- ber and prairies in the country sur- rounding Centralia, lllinois, The walter supply 18 limited and the 1lllinois Central Railroad has to run trains for several miles to get a supply sufliclent to keep the shops running. Fires are also reported in the hill reglon, the woods and the bottom lands in the vi- cinity of Anna. Timber, fencing and farm lands have been destroyed, The long continued drouth has made every- thing as dry as tinder. Reports from Charleston, Illinois, are to the effect that there are heavy fires in the timber two or three miles to the south of the town, These fires have been burning for two days, and are still ranging, notwithstanding the people in the neighborhood are fighting the flames by burning and plowing around them, Fires are also burning about the town of Diona. Destructive forest fires have been raging for three days 25 miles south of the towns of Hazleton and Decker, Indiana. The people fought the fires all night on the 4th to save their homes, and they were not sub- dued until the 6th. A large amount of heavy timber was destroyed. five men were smoking in a shanty at Dri West Virginia, oth, a spark fell into a keg of I up the house, Two men—F, Richter and Julius Itz—were killed, and the others red, perhaps mortally, ’ $ 1Fepory, winner on the 7th. undet tor named J. D. nee of ) leak was discov- ot be located. Mr. an expie- Solicitor three In —The received General Terry frot dated Crow Agency, Montan: t: “Demanded surrender tory Crows to-day from did not deliver them Attempted arrests an f principal ins il followed. The Sword Bearer, was kill¢ others of his following, escaped; will probably come io were at the agency One all w 11881ve. Quiet ant need be peaceable and he whole m ~ ii i i } f : el alla Su hie troops, me and the st Liree men were k 3 fatally Tn twenty —It i Vest Virginia, ive caused ~-John Jamber sin, on the 5th, to Kill ex-Mayor Secor w mite bomb, aboul a year ago, was on the 7 sent Q ten years’ wie ith An appeal will be taken. enced 1 prisonment, — Thirty-eight the workhouse Penna., have for revoil and refused to bre tramps, confined in in Lancaster County, ays been in Or everal d Ak f 3 Fobl & HLOnNe, number when the evening of the them attempted of the number was shol by a keeper; how badly is not Known, as the tramps possession o the vard and violence anybody who r Oh to escape, one ire in threaten with mters, i here operating in county, **They have stolen cattle and 8, burned ranchmen’s dwellin and Kidnapped, mobbed or murd every man not in sympathy wi whom they could catch. So redoubta- bie have been their crimes and so per- thelr organization that, though many of them are known, few arrests have resulted.”” A farmer near Waco, Texas, lost some fine stock a day or two ago, and Dan" Wells was ar- rested on the charge of being one of the thieves, Vigilantes banged him toa tree, hoping to get a full con- fession out of him, but he would not confess, and after hanging for ten minutes, was cut down and turned over to a constable, who placed him in jall, The votes of eleven women were, on the 8th, accepted, at Chenango Bridge, Broome County, New York. All were cast for the straight Prohibition ticket. In Binghamton, no attempt was made to vole by the sixty women who were refused registration on the 5th, ~The Sheriff of Jackson county, Virginia, who lives near the section of Roane county where Rev, Ryan was mordered last month, said in an inter- view that the men who lynched Coon and the Dufls composed a gang who have been fighting the Duffs for years ow'ng to the fact that they assisted the United States Marshal in making ar- rests Lo break up the moonshiners, to which it 18 alleged that the lynchers belong. Every effort 18 being made to bring the lynchers to justice, and the people are divided into two factions. **The impression of Roane and Jackson counties is that Ryan was murdered by others than those who were lynched,” At the San Pedro Ranch, near Browns ville, Texas. on the evening of the GLb, is said to be a gang of out- Kinney fect Victoriano Ramarez was called to the door of his house and stabbed to death by unknown assailants. At the Charco and Condado Ranch, a station on the Matamoras and Monterey Railroad, Senor Severo Castillo was called to the gate of his house by five or six men, who opened fire on him as he ap- proached. He escaped the frst shot, and, drawing a revolver, killed one of he party, wounded another, and put the party to flight, escaping unburt himself, ~{(rustavus Lambert, aged 25 years, suddenly became insane in Quebec on the morning of the 7th, and cut the throats of his wife, child and himself with a razor. It is believed all are fatally wounded. — According to the returns received of the Philadelphia election on the 8th, Robert P. Dechert, I)., was elected Controller over Andrew J. Maloney, IR., by a majority of 8455; Charles H. Krumbhaar, D.. was elected Sheriff over Willlam R. Leeds, R.. by a ma- jority of T0069; George G. Pierie, R., was elected Recorder of Deeds over Joseph G. Ditman, D., by a majority of 22420, Messrs, William Bartley, R., Theodore B. Stulb, R., and John P. Sensenderfer, D., were elected County Commissioners by the following votes respectively, 85,160, 89,760, 73,360. -A despatch from Soddy, a mining town 25 miles from Chattanooga, Ten- nessee, says the mountaineers have armed themselves and are marching against the colored people of that town. The colored people are armed and The Sheriff, with a posse, has gone to scene, The women and children have taken refuge at end of the town. Boddy isa Welsh mining town of 1000 population and about 2 ored men are employed at ( The trouble has grown a fight between a ¢« vens, lored in whie 4 Inttar ars man, in which the latter su tiie one the ry or —The boiler in Eighmie’s shirt fa tory, in Poughkeepsie, New York, e y tha Oil Lil Thomas and fatally ' ploded killing Street, Roselle. The boil and these mena were naphtha gas tank exploded in Hopkins- ville, Ky., on the J. B. tle son Walter, was sitting 16 tank, was hurled a t ly kill distance of 85 feet and instant home intendent who Super on t Alva Miller died at his Walden, New York, on ¥ injuries received by distance of He bx tarned to the mountains y attack. AZO, Company at t. Alph Some person y on a side track on near Mnmen saved The pi establish ing and re- Pearl river in the island of Oahu. ~-At Lost Creek, Venna., on afternoon of the 9th, a wrecking engine telescoped the rear end of a passenger The passenger train being late had to lay over at this point. The gine had no this, and in rounding a curve crashed into the rear coach, The passengers, of whom there were a dozen, escaped injury. —A table of majorities by counties in Pennsylvania, many of them ofMcial show a plurality of for Republican, for State Treasurer. Corrected totals of the vote of York city Democrat, Secretary 04,981 over Grant, Henry George received 37,316 votes, Fellows’ plurality over Nicoll for District Attorney is 21,973. In the election in Cook county, Illi- nois (which; includes Chicago), Joseph E. Gary, Republican and Democratic candidate for Judge of the Superior Court, received 56 084 votes to 6258 for Black, Socialist, Full returns from Massachusetts give Ames, Republican, for Governor, 17,611 plurality over Lovering, Demo- crat, His plurality last year was 9473, Additional returns from Maryland indicate a Democratic majority of about 10,000 on the State ticket, and Democratic majorities of 16 in the Sen. ate and 44 in the House. The consti. tutional convention 1s defeated. The latest returns from New Jersey indicate that the Republicans will have three majority in the Senate and four- teen in the House, Bir Charles Tupper was on the Oth elected to the Dominion Parliament from Cumberland, Nova Scotia, by a very large majority over Bulwer, Pro- hibitionist, In the Counecll House, at Tahlequah, Indian Territory, on the evening of the Oth, the leaders of the belligerant fac. tions were caacussing, trying to are range a compromise, The Lower House formally organized with Robert Meigh, a National, as speaker, ~Dr. William G. Ouchterlony, son of Dr. V. A. Ouchterlony, a promi- nent physician of Louisville, commit. ted suicide on the morning of the 10th in his father’s house by shooting him. self through the head, No cause for the deed Js known. While O. H. CORCH. ¥ notice of 36,500 Hart, New for plurality give Cook, ¢ Ol State, Anderson, a lunatic, was being taken to the insane hospital at Chicago on the morning of the 10th, he heard of Lingg’s suicidal act. Thinking It would be good for himself to do likewise, An- derson took a razor from his pocket and cut his throat. He 18 not expec- ted to recover, -In Cincinnati early on the morn- ing of the 10th, a small package was recelved at the American express office, from Cleveland, addressed *Ter- ence Kern, 14 Hathaway Street.” Through a mistake the parcel was de- livered to C, D. Kerr, a stenographer. When opened it was found to be an in- fernal machine arranged in a cigar box. There was nothing about the box to indicate who was the sender. A de- tective was called in and the package was carried to police headquarters, Mr. Kern does not know of any enemy who would attempt his life, ~The latest returns from Ohlo ind}- cate tbat Foraker’s plurality in the State will be 21,810. The legislature will stand: Senate, 24 Republicans. 10 Democrats and 2 doubtful, The House, 61 Republicans, 43 Democrats, and 4 doubtful. The latest returns from Towa indicate a plurality of 17,900 for Larrabee, publican, for Governor, The majority against Prohibition Oregon is now estimated at between T7000 apd 8C00, The official Ita 8% returns from all tio of Maryland give Jackson, for Governor, 9661 plurall Democratic plurality of years ago. The composed of 22 I publicans crats and 2 Ri over 50.000 2 Legislature will be mocrats and 4 Ile- and 71 Demo- in the House in the Senate ( 1 gain halle ballot on board was run ts Parsons 8 were hanged in few minutes before 11th, While on i being placed laughed out a young po) uttered Us cheers for guarded by armed policemen; a regiment militia quartered at its armo and several companies of regulars were available In an emergency. The city was at rescue interference, afternoon 11th Charles sein and Gustav Hains on the front platform of car, in Chicago. They were talking in a joud and threatening manner of what they were going to do “to get even for death of their friends and the the laboring men.” About the same time two bombs, reported to be heavily charged, were found in an omnibus, Mrs. McPherson, 38 years of age, was buying some articles In a store In New York on the morning of the 11th, when she fell fainting to the floor. She was carried to a waiting room, when it was found that her head was cov- ered with blood. Ou removing her bonnet It was ascertained that in fall Ing the hat pin had been forced through her skull into the brain, inflicting fatal injury. - By an explosion of fire-<damp in the Blythe Mines, at Robins’ Station, near Pittsburg, on the 11th, William Welsh, mine boss, and David Thompson, a miner, were killed, The mines had Leen idle for some time, and the men went in to inspect them, preparatory to a resumption of operations on the 12th. ~The Third Avenue Rallroad Com- pany, of New York, has mortgaged its plant and franchise to the Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company for §5,000,- 000. The mortgage 1s executed to secure the five per cent, fOfty-year $1000 gold bonds, - Early on the morning of the 11th. the Sunday Sayings office, the Pacific Laundry and the Western News Com- pany's plant, in St, Louis, were burned Or ’ Oi the were arrested « $ oF a SLTeet the { friends of SY causing a loss of $80,000, The people were sald to be greatly excited, as two dynamite bombs were found in the southern part of the city, and fires from’ all gnarters called the fire depart- ment out 26 times during the night. Anarchists are thought to have been the cause of the fires, Beveral urrests have been made on suspicion. A tele- gram from St, Louis, received late on the evening of the 11th, says: **T'wenty- 81x alarms, calling the department to twenly-six fires in different parts of the city in fifteen hours, at a period of ex- citement such as last night, causes con- siderable uneasiness among the citizens of Louis, and many affect to be- lieve that there has been an organized attempt to burn the city. # ~DBarbara Kandle, aged 60 years, was found murdered near her home at Unionville, Gloucester county, New Jersey, on the 11th. Her head was crushed, and gunshot wounds were discovered in the breast. George Dunham, her son-in-law, has been Committed to prison suspicion of being the murderer. E. Moss, on ~— Harry manufacturer of 11th liabilities are sald the fallure is faleation ] without said to be $125,000, ment on the His preferences, due to the de- . of a clerk to The clerk has d William M. Locke [ Des Moines, f the amount of +LU, 000, sappeared, i 18 evening of the sel So —-——— hree- g Ihe he support {f the in , $s 3 x & 3 DOV Being used " and stays rovided The } forward; houlder braces are at once put on to iy the provided by proper aie Thus become releaved o action Upp Le hus nature is becomes af ws} S108], mother is an Saline smn the world id al dent, invalid womaa, the ¥ he bones of a toastodon have been unearthed near Morrisville, Maine, AX year-old was much attached bore name of Grace, Hearing it for a times the little chit asked: isn't Grace a serious name? me think of prayer.” ———————— THE MARKETLS, PROVISIONS Beef city TaI8 Bloc covnensess ® BO HAIDS. convenes SE POYR Mess... . covvseisnnnsin.. 18 80 Prime Mess, DOW, .ooiviee 18 « BAe BIOKOd. conve ov cuvnns® Shoulders squoned, ..... .. GOIN SAIL. Joven csensninns Emoked Beef, ........ lard Western bis, Lard joose...... 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Va, Fleeces XX BRE ABOVE. ecru siies siecneraseioin swseBl &: BRS R CRRA RSA NER RR RARER RR Common Unwashed a A TURKS PLEASURES, Favorite Amusement ental People, The of an Ori The traits of a peop:e may often be judged as correctly from thelr pleasures and recreations, as from their history and gerious conduct, In the freedom of the idle, pleasure-seeking hours, a people will betray whether are imaginative or matter-of-fact, whether they are gentle or rough, whether tl are sober or buoyant of spirit, It is usual to find that a people who dwell in rugged, inhospitable lands, in regions of storm and gloomy les pre fer amusements which active; while those who dwell In softer, eunnier climes, enjoy themselves in milder recreations. The old French chronicler, Frois- sart, observed, when in England, ey i we + hat sadly.”” The English, and es the Scotch, dwelling as they capricious climate, noted ruggedness and hardihood The buoyancy an French character, on are sinkingly reflected which te pastimes. of Oriental pecially do for of y are thelr i gayety of Lhe finra interesting, thay 4) 4 LAN LLoss ¥ 3 + ifford qu hari ioter i i tatn Adit hered before and away fro i ; $3 a” audiences willl LSourisnes an DeAnoOr. very few re which 1 of der There are Turkey, in allowed to bh men and part In $ ¥s 08 $ 5 & Less Lie § take BEXes Ww { yipen always sit na awVimt $a n Wat i8 ROing ’ case, men. But mn this E #£ vhich Oo view F BONE Iheans a iv the grain came down on wering him Effort was made to remove the grain, but this was fruitiess, and the side of the bins was chopped away and the oats allowed to pour out in a stream that covered and obstructed the railroad track. It was twenty minutes before he was ex- tricated, but life was not extinct, and he was resuscitated after a half-hour’s hard work, He suffered intense agony when first buried, but soon became un- conscious, avalanche, o« 1 ii deep above his head. A Philosopher on a Sanctum Stool, Be logical, my son, whatever else you are, You go to the bald-headed man for your hair restorer; the doctor who prescribes for your diseased stomach is slowly dying of dyspepsia, and the preacher who exhorts you to take no thought for the morrow has taken a lease of his house for ten years. Then why shouldn't you expect that the man without a cent to his name or a whole shirt to his back should be better able than anybody else to tell you how poverty is to be abolished? Equal parts of chloroform and alehios hol will remove palut spots from cotton voods, ———-—_ No Time to Read cXpu was an evil sj tified by the ci killing in order to preven ing evil, The j fq ’ i around of a mistake of {uct “ i Ion Was necessarily peal. The accused believed thal the child had been killed 1t would grown to an immense size and devas the country, ana that they were, fore, committing a merritorious in obviating so grave a public cal -- dex is ups The Wish to Know. Man’s sense of ignorance is one of greatest of his gifts, for it of his wish to Know. The ture and the whole furniture mind are adapted to this coudition, The highest law of his being i: vance in wisdom and knowledge, and his sense of the presence and the power of things which he can only partially understand 18 an abiding witness of this law and an abiding incentive to its {ul filment. is hu whole of to ad A little powdered resin sprinkled on to a cut will present inflammation; put a soft cloth sround the finger and wet it with water fiequently.
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