THE MIDDLEiWKGII TOST. T. H. II ARTE n, Koitoii and rno'R. MIl'Dl.KltflHilt, '.!., .Iff. 0, isss. OEX. SHERIDAN S DEATH. Tin; uit.vvi: koliii:k suhrf.mk kks. A Snrtdcn Itclapsc Frt ni Which lie Dues Not Itally. General Sheridan ilid very suddenly nt Nonquitt, shortly lifter M o'o'ock, Sunday night, llii futnl symptoms making their np e nance only half mi hour heforo th !' mise. The imuili.ilo c lino of death was tin uralysis resulting from tin- discn-cd k il tu'y , nml the fiiilmr of tho lungs through tho pros tinting influence of the first cutis.-. He was conscious up to I ho moment when the stroko onine, when lie sank bn K unconscious among tlio pillows, nml never rallied. He was sur rounded by his physician nml family. Tliu Jutter, who for a month past lal looked 14 ion bis near recovery ns certain, gave way to grief pitiful tit Ihdmld. Ukhi arriving nt Nonquitt Gen. Slirrilnn rallied rapidly until last Monday, when the Uinrkc I progress cease. I. The end shows tlmt there wan mi real I onellt, roceivtsl nt nny timo, theonly areming lucre iso of Tltnlity through the lilaTiil ue of stimulants, Iymt Monday a dunge win observe I. lit' stopped getting I etter, lint seemed 110 worse, Kitting up daily renting the proof of h Imok and playing with the children. This stationary condition contin ued until Wednesday, wbtn tlio mint power ful opiate fade 1 to prevent a retrogression. In alarm tho doctors decided on a consulta tion, and Dr. Pcpia-r was suuimnnol in all host from Washington. Ho arrived Sntur tlay aiut judged n crisis wan approaching. Tbe family was wanted, but continued LcjxjfuL Early In the morning It was sen that tli rat lout was weakening, and every tiling ponible wait done to item tho tide, but . avhout avail. JlC..?y.ii iyif1v,Sfr..l!;!ifiWo cna wa ns lieu, however, to the family wero takan untwaros. Tho new spread rapidly, mil erases unusual expressions of sorrow. Mrs. Hhcrllnn is r. ported also erioudy ill from overwork and nervous probation. china I'ki.iwuim; ron avail HnililiiiK Ships nml Increasing t ho Army to Copo Willi Great Itiitaiii, Mail advices by steamer from Australia give til! soniewluit remarkable statement that Ihu ! 11 ling Chinese merchants of Dun iline, on" of ill chief cities of New Z liliiu 1, Imvo received n c ipy of 1111 Imperial prochi' Illation and id ct from a'uih mini in IVking, in whieh tin' net ion of tho rolonIe in trying to 1 T 'lal.it t liii es.-iiimiir.itioii is elmi nc teriisl. The priH-lunnitiou pk? on to wiy that the Imperial nrmy miinlieis i;i,inm,(KK, bur, ih-'y mo not so well (ti med or drilled ns tho troop of Western Nn-tion-, nhilo tho navy, though larger tliiin 11 few your ago, in not Millieieiitly laiv to war rant tho Knipiro taking HKXressive rtion, The Kovi'riuue.it, however, intends buildine; tnore ships, and 11N1 to improve the army. Tliis work of ro-'irmitin nml re-drillinj; tie army, mid of building nr ships Mitlieiently Kiwcrful toi'iiablethe t'hine-o Kinpire to cop -v illi the soldiers and navy of (ire it llriUiiu, vill oeeupy a period of threo yoirx. Hy tl, eliet the government of t'liinn coiiiiimnds all C'hilH'M' subjects in A list ruliiiii (Mlmiii'R 10 in J up their business In the next tlin years, ami return to C'hiui by the expiration of thut 1ri'L Ulinki y Moraii HhiikoiI. Charles, alius lilink. y Moreau, tho prineU p il linuro in the Unveiiiia n-seiio and ti.il miird'T of Detective llullinwi, Cleveland, was executed Ht tlw tliio I'enilentiary ut uu tarly hour Friday morning. Tlio prisoner spent 11 quiet d iy, refusing to V visitors exoi'pt tlioso with whom ho hud tss'ii iutiuia'e mid h id tuken an interest in the commutation of Ins soatiniv, uU with whom he hud t ilko I. Ho prototoil hin inn y ismic of the crime: Ho stolidly refused this ministration of clergymen who culhd to Hiss h m, and, while rafriiiuiug always from talking on loligion, luis U ii renrdtd an a freo thinkw. A letter uddreve I to Tom Dipr, of New York city, gives Homo ilinotloim as to thedis lMit ion of his property, and Issigiud Charlie MeDonilil, which ho clsinn is his roil name, though the letter hea Idressrsl to the Warden of the ft'iiiteulittry is sigue 1 Charles Morgiuu A HcsiMTudn'e Deed. Charles Perkins, alias Wilson, the despera do who killed seven mulos ami one horse lie ilonginj to Mrs. Mooie, iu tin Clio taw Na "tion, 10 dsys ago, shot and killed two United fttates Marsha's and one citiigea while resist ing arnst. The olll got two cltizms to pilot them to where they bear 1 the outlaw w.ia amliushe.1, and while on their wiymH bint at Marshall's Kerry, on lied river, ten mfles north of DeKntb, Toxa, aadaiteinpted to arrest him, with the alove result J. C. Flood, tho r aa Frauninco b ntnza bnsker, Ij tnkinjr tbo waters of llHn)bt::-(; la thi Lope 01 icrurtDg relief iroa kidaey trouulet. Tim nt'SlXK'S OUTLOOK. Votnmn of Trade K(tial to That of i ti la Hcaiioii IjiMt Year. R O. Dun &Co.'$ we-kly review saytt Business is a little better and In g?regite volume is now fully cqitil to that of last year at (l ite. The Iron and woolen trad 3d bar materially docreaseil, but business In grocer let, lumber, and farm products generally Is Inro. Trml 1 ban improved a'. Phil- alelphit, lialt'tn re, Cleveland, D'trolt, HU I'aul, Nashville aid Galveston, and is excitant at Omaha. At iMmitanlHU Paul th 1 lumlier tr.l is ea pecinMy mentionel as excellent, and at Pittsburgh and Nashville larger tranta 'Moris and better prlc-s in Iron have lieont notlccl, with Improvement also In chnrc.wl Iron at Detroit. Wool dealings nro sinsller than usual and dry gwds are not pujieclnlly active, and the demand for woolens b.-lng sla'.dc even nt low pric , and for cottons ra'.hor Irregu nr for fie sens ):k Too c ml trale hai lieen gird for July, lut sems to slacken; mora activity Is seen In coffoe, which has declined cent, and In raw sugar, but refln-d is easier, production having overtaken con sumption. Dt'M.XF.SS let FrKCVLATIOJf. The speculative markets hive been non ncti ve. Vh nt has ris -n 4 cents for the week, with riles of Kl,x,n W busheU at Now York, n:id corn 1 cent, with stilus of ln,0U),U V bush els, and oats 1! conto, but nil were still higher on Wedni'sdiy and have siiicu declined. Hojjs havo riwu 10 centa, lard 15 cent per hundred pounds, nil I rk M conts pr bar rel; oil J,' cut aid cotton 3d cuts er UK) pcamds, with sales of 2fl:,000 1 n'es. Iron is oinsidTol strong r, though No. 1 Southern is quoted nt tl71" delivered In Brooklyn, and steel rails are lower, sales being quote I equivalent to Jit Eastern mills. The goner it average of all pricw has risen 2 1-3 jier cent, since July 1U ll"Kirts as toe illootiom do not Improve, nml complaint nreemmon. Una liundrvl nml eight quslities of wool avorngo ex icily the mmo prino as July 1. Tlio exchanges at all poinbt are smaller thin a year ago, but Ikimiis.' of a decline nt Now York; out-l lo of this city the aggregate shows a gain of 1 per cent. ronr.iojf trade fai-Uno orr. Foreign t alo is diminishing, however. New York roirts for four week show a de cline of 1:1.3 ier cut. in value of exports and much more for the last week, with only a slight increase in import. The New York returns would iiidiedte an excess of merchan dise luqiorts over exports of abmt llU.OOt), 000 for July, following Idl.OOO.OX) for the previous six mouths. Unless products move out freely, embirrxssment may r su't and the rim in prictvsof exKrtable products tends to check their movem nit. The treawy hn taken in during tho past week $3,000,(10) more thin It has paid out and the actual circu'ntiou of all kinds is about fV,00n lcs than It was a month ago, owing niaiuly to the largo retire ment of b ink notes. HeKirU from all mone tary centers indicate that tho supply of money Is ample for alt legitimate business. The settlement of the c ible war and the ex cel'ent crop prosp"C'i have been use I to ad vance stocks about 01 centa per share, but Wetrn freight wars do not yet improve in spite of frequent noielul reorM, Business failure throughout the country during the last seven days numb re 1210, as compared with 331 last week and 238 the week previous to the last For the corresponding week of lust year tho failures numbered ISA O It I 'AT LOSS OF lil FK HIH'OHTE. Cholera Having in Clilni .f np.iiii'se Towns Destroyed by 11 Vulcmio i:iii plion. Tlie steamship Arabic, which arrived from Hong Kong and Ja;nn, brings advices that the excltemo st in Core 1 cau-s) lby kuluapp -i s bns gn'atly eabnisl down. A Imiid of pirnt's In fie Province of Cd photig, China, which Ins h -1.1 its fastness Kluce lHs'f, iu an e i-a ;eni(eit in June, lost llllletee i k.llol (Hid U coilsiderublo uuml.ef weumled. The cholora In Amoy s'etns for th i time to lio held in check, but nt Cha g Chong it is resirtl that a,0dea'hs h ivj o .rcurru I in the 1 n-t sixty days. Jai'iin paiieri sfato that a tcler.un from Wiikoinomoto.i, Japan, dated July IS, sijf that the vole 1110 of Alt, Iwahassi sudd -nly burst into activity, and in a short timo lifly six houses In Iwa-wiourn woro di stroyo I. A tolcgmm rocolvtd on tho lilth, says the erup tion still continuisl with gnat destruction ami Ions of lifo. About 4N) jsn-song and 30 houses in a villa -o called Bit ft were buried und t snnd and ashes thrown out by the vol cano. Among thosi 1 uried were some fifteen visitors at tlio hot springs in the iiuhbor I.00U Hixty-Foiir Finns signed. Tho sixty-fourth signature wiisapH'n led to tbo wage scale of the Amilgnmutul Ass s iu- tion, when tho Jr'tna Iron and Kteel Com jinny, of Bridgeport, Ohio, cuuo in. The company employs MK) hands and stoo 1 out as long as possible under tho circuui-lanc'H, There are now only four iron firms in the Pit isUirgh district ho have not yet signed the wages to lie, and tho workmen feel con fi lout that they will come in within a few days. They are Khoenberger & Co., J. Painter & Bons, Dil worth Porter & Co, ud tho Keystone Iron Works. Crops DcHiroycd by 1111. A hail storm from the Northwest passed over the Sissoton reservation Tuesd iy and ruined all the cro'is In its wake. The swath it cut was over a mile wide an4 ton mile long. Tbe storm crossa 1 B.g Stone lake. aliout six miles south of Browu't Valley,lnv ing this place unharmed. Great loss of prop erty is reported. Near Bosemont, Miun., young man named C-iinminsv was killud by a bolt of lightning. Cigarette MaUo Him Crazy. Houry M. Vimont, of Millersburg, Ky., was seut to the Iioxington Insane Asylum, Those who were acquaiule 1 with hi habits ray that bis loss of reason was caused by bii Inveterate cigarette smoking, be having I eon known to smoke over 100 par day. At the timo that his mind commenced to give away be was holding alucrutive position in Leudvllle, Color. 1 do, a couple of yean ago, and was a ino lol young man. , TRUTH COMING OUT. FORKIGN LADOHKKS I M TOUTED. Padrone Admit t hi-Troth of Dam aging I Evidence Secured by the Congressional Invent iKatora. Tbe Consresslonnl Committee that is In vestigating the Immigrant problem struck a rich mine Mondy. 16 was prove 1 leyond doubt that thousand of I'allnns ae im ported under contract, and that thre Is little feor of the law prohibiting tucU Im portations. Ling Tmje, an Itslisn money-chngor on First avenue, New York, was tbo firs. wit nest. He could not spe k E igllsh, and knew nothin until Cbftirm in For 1 prxlu-vd a copy of an agreement raide between tiie witness and a man naniel Pnillp Kuilth. Tb-t agrees ment s ild that tho witness wni to furnish Philip Smith with 30) or 40) newly lmporte.1 Itn lans to work on a railrosd nt tl 30 a day. H i was to b jar I thew men and allow Philip Smith 5 per cent on nil bo ird bills. Tho men were to bo furnished by Ocioin-r I, next. After acknowledging th) existence of sue I an agremieut the w.tness wasalloweil to st-'p down. Joseph Wei, another l'nlinn, whose busi ness it is to funds 1 lal Hirers to laegi e nploy ers, testiflel to a similar contract between him and Mr. Smith, to furnish 2 tola rers at the s 11110 wages, etc. Witness furnished 40) men to Brown, Howard & Co. In tho ucquo iluc. Th" men received l,.V) er day. Wlt ne s put up some shnutles, and boa-ibsl th men. His profits arc usl fr.xn their b nr I, He furnishe-1 1,V).I men to tho West Sh ire liailroa 1, and b nrdo 1 WK) of them. Tho re iniilnd'T inn le him a prese.it of T5 cents each. The West Shore roid paid the witness a fixeJ salary of 12 jht dsy. A HI'KCIAI. ACIKNT's KTOIIV. fb'nrgo II. Simmons testified tint he wni n s-cinl a-ent of tho Tn usury Department. Ho took the name of Philip Sml'h and went into 'Little Itily' to look for laborers. Ho appronchecl tho previous witnesses, Trojo and Hi a. Ho ha I several interviews with tin ns. Ho told them ho wanted 4'K) men fresh from Itily, of gixnl fram and hotlth. Trojo nud Sici told witness they were rt ners, nud ngr. cd to furnish the men at f 1.30 jut day. They would land the men t Cas tlo (iardou in a coupl i of 111 iiiths. Under the 1111 mo of Philip Smith tho witness elicited from both Kica and Troji tho fact that they had frequently furnlslied lalsirers to large coiiCiTiis. Furtlier testimony of tho witness provod conclusively that the two Italians. Sici and Troje, had lsn engag id for some time in iinrorting their fellow-oouiitryinen under contract. Francisco Ironl, a clerk in the office of the Italian Immigration Society, Slid thnt he wo aware that some of his countrymen were compelled to piy 140 in order to procure a job on the ducks. He was sure that Italian lalorers were imported. The witness raid that Kica, who testifie I, did not state whst was true. The "prosent"' system was a clear cosoof blackinaX Every month, when piy-dny comes, the moil are ex-iocted to chip in and present the boas with substantial purse. Those who refuse to contribute to tho purse are generally without. employment shortly after their refusal. His testimony went to show that very many of bis countrymen are constantly the victims oi bharpurs and mid Mem -n. 6TAUVIXO IN Till: MING. Tlio Alabama MoonHhlncr Still Hemmed In lly tlio 1ok. 1 tin iniiti county, A n., moonshiners are still confine I in th 1 coal drift near Brierfl 'Id, tt'id nro being r ftlously guaido l by tho citi.'uKMis-e. Tnotolnth mine have ha I no chanca of escipe, and, being wlthi ut food, B'o undergoing a gradual procss of s'nrva tion. Tho moonshiner w ho was shot Monday was rained Snyder, Bill Bay, Jim Hickoy a' d a ncgr ) nr tho candidates unwilling to starve in the drift. Thero went originally six of the gang, and thy w tv regarde 1 by tho revenue 1 111 'crs n.s among tin most d 'porate and dm ing in the late. , Wl en they c unmitti d the crimo for which they nr now iu tho drift they were making mooushino whisky and selling It t) negro la borers mil r.iilroal employes. Tho gang were po'tingalong splendidly, and hnl suo ceedisl In making nud selling lots of whisky, when Pay ton and King I.unsford, the twe Imders of the gang, were arrested and lotlg-d in jail by a Uiiilo 1 Sta'cs I) puty msrshal. Theoth r four lay In am'iush for the off! cers a w hole day. but they left tho neighborhood with their prisoners by another road. The ofilcers were guido l ami assisted by Jack Lawlcy, a promiuont citi.'iu of Bibb county. Iiwley was cslloi to his gntennl was shot dead and robbed by Snyder, Biy, Hickey and tho nrgro. This rouse. 1 tho ciu lens and tlio moonlighters were driven Into tho drift and one of thorn killed. They being well arm e.1, the citironb' jiosmj deuidud 011 th starvation plan. Trudeil AVivoa. There is a big sensation nt Cleveland, Tonn., ovor the swapping of vivs by Win, Van Patten und It E. Brooks. Tin trado took place thrco weeks ago. Van Patten nud Brooks cuine south two years ago from Mich igan. The families have ulways bom 011 th) lst of terms. By tho consent of both litis b inds ami wives the two men traded art iter three we -Us 00, and tin trade has prove I very satisfactory until a few day ago, when Van Pttten went to Cleveland and consulted a lawyer to ascertain if he c juld not compel Brooks to trade bsck. Mrs. Brooks i entirely satiaflo 1 with Van lVto 1. ami is willing to live with him. Brooks is said to htve got the boat of tbe barg ilu, a Mrs. Van Patten is a beair.iful woman. Durgdars. At an farly hour burglars brok Into th 'residence of William Clark, at Enon, Pa. They entered the sleeping-rooms of th seven iiember and at tbe point of revolver com jwllod them to all gather into oue room. Here each wa bound and gauged by mean of sheets, which the burglar tore unto strips. Tby then eompellel one of Clark's daughter to open the life, which they rifled, for tunately they got only three watches, a re volver and (0 In money. Th house wa thoroughly ransacked. The burglar lo'l ho family b und and msda tholr escape. Clark ia one of the wealthiest farmer in tho couuty. He re fusts to piy dot tivoj to p u the yill da . iiGAvr cohn chop assuhf.d. Pasture a and Cattlo Reported in Uniformly Good Condition. The warm weathr recently h i, brought corn on rapidly and a heavy crop iiem to I the proprct In every State. Exaggerate I reports have been sont out by Interested par ties stating thnt much dsmage ha 1 been done by hot wind. While our reports Indicate otna damage from this cause In Ksnsss (from which State most of Ihi sensational dispatches have come), they Mill show the condition of the orn crop in the State to exceed an average. Recent rain faave been beneficial to corn, pasture and polities in many localities, but mere rain is wanted almost generally. The hay crop has yielded betU-r than wasexptcUd. Pasture are In a fair condition. Now that the Winter wheat crop, most of ot crop and Spring whe it arc In the shock, or storks and before eompleto threshing returns have been received, it will l inter esting to turn to the condition of affairs among cattle on the pastures. Tbe rami conditions which affect crops for better or for worse may le sil 1 to affect cattte at pas ture. If rains are abundant, growing crop survive, grass becoiin plentiful and cattlo correspondingly improve In condition. If, on the other hand, drouth prevails every thing iu tho vegetable world droo nd stock suffer in a like wanner. A careful stuly of report from our c rresondonti on this sub ject disclows tho fact that cattlo are In far better condition in the different State than nn'e dispatche have endeivore I to show. Up to the time of going to press our report placejh -cmdition of cattle In Illinois ns uniformly go l. Only five counties lejiort tho condition ai 'fair.' Our reporter from P ing imon county tolls, however, of cattle dying there on account of flic i and he it. Ca'.tlo In Indiana are in goo I eonlitlon, except in eight counties, where their eondl. tion is only 'fair.' Iowa mskes a good report, only two cnunties placing the conditi in as low as fair. In Kansas four counties report tho condition "fair." Ohio how up rather badly, with only fair c nidi tion in eleven counties. Kentucky makes the same report as Iown, whi o Missouri reports five tvitiutic only "fair." In the west and northwest cattle are doing well, Minnesota has but two counties where the condition is only fair. Nebraska all gooL Dakota enly one "fair," and Wisconsin the same. It is understood that the counties In the States other than those reporting "fair" ooudltioti, report the condition is good. A DOUnLK FXOPF.MENT. Twin rtrotlicra Rklp ont AVidi Their Bweelliearta. Fnra Us, a suburb of Oreenbnrg, Ta., ome to tho front with the ''liest" sensation that that place ba experienced for somo time. J a me and Roliert Best are twin brother and are both employed on the rail road as engineers. These brothers, it would rem, have an ailllintinn for each oth-r that I strangely remarkable and hat existed for onto time. They both chose 'the some occupation, that of r illroadin;, and both commenced work upon the road at the f timo time, received their ei.fnes oil tii same day, and bave, in fact, always been together, and whether they started in to woo the 1 dies on the tame day is not known, but it seem they elorwd with tholr prospective bet ter halves on the same day, going t Mary land to have the counubitl knot tiel on the samo day, in the lima Stuto, by the Mine person. Jain las for tome time lieen keeping conn any with Miss Jull i Kelts, who lis I eon making tier homo with Mr. Keffcr, while Hubert has Non wooing a Mirs II do, (laughter of Photographer Hire. MisaKo'l is only eighteen yea's old, nml her mother, who lives near Ligonler, objsctvd to her get ting married on a count of l.er te mler years, which Is doubtless the causeof tho eliiH liient, W bother th' ro were any o'lject ions to Hob. ert's matrimonial iiicbnntions is not known, atall eventa they are gone at d are How uu joying tho swifts of married life. A DKADI.Y HOC WAVE, Many Fatal Cawa of Pnnalroltc Vltlent Stornm in (lie WcmI. DispntclKw from various points In Northern Illinois and H utlicrn Wisi'onsin rciort Tues day to have U-eu tho hotkst day of the aeison tho temperature ranging from 03 to 103. A violent thunder storm is report el from several points, and much damnge was dm e by lightning, A number of prostration from heat are reported two futaL At Dixon, Ills., six laborers working on the Anglo-Swiss milk fac'ory, were sumtruck. Tbe entire gang wa compile ! to quit Work on account of tho beat. A dispatch from Clinton, Iowa, aays: A violent wind and rain storm visited that pluot Monday evening, during the progress of which a barn belonging to Long Buell, two uiilis west of Lyons, was struck by lightning and (lost roved. A vnlii'iblo mare and colt farmiue machinery, tj., were also l uruol. Logs, 7,l00; insurance on half. A horso was knocked down on tho street, and f itally injured by lightning, which struck in at least a doxon place, Oue m m wu ba lly shocked but will recover. Seven deaths have occurred in Kansas in City, Missouri, iu 31 hour as a result of excessive heat The highest tem perature recorded by a standard thermome ter ha been 07, whil the Signal Bel vice In strument, located oil top of th-postofllee, ba fallen tever.il decrees bolow th tt figure. TIAVISIIKD 1JY FIRE. Oao Tfnndred Hoase in tho Town of Suffolk, Va., Dcairoyed. In th town of Suffolk, Va, a fire broke out at 11 a. at, and burned fiercely until Sr, x, Th lira I egan on Washington Square, ex tended tat to th Suffolk Lumber Com pany1 railroad, south on bith eld of Rld dlok street and to tbe Norfolk and Western Railroad depot, north on Main street Over on hundred house were burned, including tbe llerald ofQoe, dry goods stores, groo iries, furniture and all the drug stores. The fire wis in th heart of tbe busiuesa portion of the town. I Nearly the whole town hi been wept away. The lorn is estimated at t3JO,000. As sistance wa aeut from NorMk and Ports, 'mouth. FISKS LETTER. tnu rnoiitntriov nominee ACCEPrS. General Flak Isaac Hie Ieter, and Severely Criticise tho Old Tart lea. ' letter of General Clinton B. Flak, ein-d,4a- for President, i dated at Beahrlght, N. J., July 25. Th opening paragraph ex prese a grateful sense of ths honor confer red upon him by the Indiannpoli convention and formally accept th nomination. It then proceeds as follows! "Within a few yeTsfh temperance reform has altogether cnanged fron-. In the great confl ct which has twnandl yetwglng, temperance foreaa no longer facW human ap pHiteand hnblt alone: they oppnaelels ation, Inw, the pur)osa of poliiicd fartiwa, the -ley of State and Nation, What Uw creates law alone can kilL The creiturn of law, the aloon, the liquor traffic can die only at law's hand, or at the hand of law's executor. Con ceive I iu avaricious iniqiiltv, horn of sinful legtsla Ive Wedlock, the license I saloon, the legal ted liquor traffic, biatard child of a civ. ihzution professing purity and virtu, must Iss strn-g'rd bv the civdizitiou which begot it. or th-t civilii-tion must forever brand ed with the scarlet letter of its own sham. "It is not ewmzh that we r-form the Individual; we mut reform tho State. Tbe policy of the great commonwealths of a whole people, must Iks re-mad ', and put in harmony with sound, economic princinles, tho true co-opcratinn of industrial elf Tt, the essential condition of nntional prosperity, and genuine brothi'ihooil of man. So liroid a demand as this cm be met but in one way. It has Iwcti well ai I: A olitical reform can lecome a fact in government only through a lolit cal partythutadministeis gv rnment." A reform so va-t ns this we a Ivocate. involv ing such rad leal changes In State and nation a' (Olicy Is utterly les ndetit, for It ngiti tion and consummation, upju some party acent or force. 'Tho Nationnl Dem eratlo party in IU platform nt'era no word In en niemn ition of the greatest foe to the Ib'public, the bquor trnllle. That parfv haviiu a'eadfsst'y, in i s utteranens at National conventions, miin taiuisl its Hllcginnce to the Amerlcin fa'oon, it was no disiloiiitm nit to any one that nt St. liouls in pvs.8 it rtllrmel its old posi tion on this, the greatest question now being del ate 1 am ing men. It was with great rcluc'nuc that I n"copted tha conclusions, and came to admit fie Inqieratlve nee I of 11 new party, while yet the pirty of my choice, tin National Ibv public in party, maintained lis orgnniz it ion. U cost me the sncrilloe of cherished associations, when four yean ago I enrolled myself in tha ranks of party Prohibitionists, ui'd-r tbe ting of Piohihitiou, blesched snow white by the tears of smltt-n women a id children through generations of sorriw ami waut. I have aen no hour of regroU Evary day since then has shown yet more clearly the logic of my course, and the inevitable truth my conclusions. 'la Michigan, in Texan, In Tennessee and Oreon, o-cilled non-parthtsn erforta to estn'dish prohibition bav failed, through (avtisnn necessity, bom of liquor olementa in old party composition. In Iowa, Rhode Is land and Maine, the laws have been shame lessly dcrled for like reason. Tne entire tread of things, theso last four years, haa prove 1 hnpelesa the broader riugo of Prohi bition etr 't through aon-partissu means, and eipially futile, as a final consummation, the narrower meiuous or local option and high lieen", while from the Hupreina Court itself baa come, with startling emphasis, a declara tion so nationalizing this reform thatitctn never bo made of lucal or Stste limitation again. ' 'The first ennoarn of goml government,' aid the recent National Republican Conven tion at Chicago, 'Is the virtue and sobriety of th people and the purety of the home.' Revenue, then, is iioi government's thief concern, whether coming from intrnal lux ation oratsriff on importations; nud any sourcJ of revenue which discounts the vir tue and sobriety of tho pop u'aud hero's im purity 111 mo n ime su mm lie me urst obj.-co assailo I by every party iiro'essing to sjek go-l government ; while the revenue derive I Iroin such a source hIioiiM le the II st to to forsworn not alternatively, for ssko of 11 prot- ctive tnrin", but positively, for sake of protection dearer nud more vital than tbe uirltr can ever yield. Hi i I not left the Bo publican party four years a,', I should be conipdlcd to leave it now, wlieu, after read ing tho words 1 have quote I, from a resolu tion suppi' mental to but 11 it Included m its platform, nud II , ding 111 thc-e words mvown idea of government's c lief co,i(v.r, aut forth, I search the long platform through in vain to II el ciiudeiuiiaiioii of tho silooii, or hint of purpose to assail i, or uny sign of moral con sc ou-nciK that the s 1I0011 Is n curse, and its iuoolii - too unholy for the niui 111 to shave. 'If tho 'chief concern' baa no pluoi iu a party's platform, and a party has 111 pol cy as to that 'chief c mcdrii,' th it party ihs's not deserve the support of men who love g government mid would see it inaiutaiue I. Tho Prohibition party's 'chief concern' is for the purity of the home and the virtu and sobriety of the Mple. Tii.i iy is not la bur's truest friend which would bar thi iiu porin:ioii of ua'r Irom abroa I, or closo the Inritf d nir of competition to pauperize foreign industry, and U10 1 l.y a liquo sys tem, era'tiiate the maiiufuo.ureoi psuj ers and criminals in our own 1111 1st, with wiiom houcHt labor must couis.'to and whom largely honest labor must support." Tho letter closes with a review of the prin ciples of Prohibition. GHASSHOPPlUta Devouring tho Crop in Canada Cat hoi lea Jnvoko Divino Inter ference. In tho Tarish of St. Bartholinl, county of Bortlner, swarms of ravenous grdsshopfa-r have settlo 1 down Uxn and taten almost ev erything in tbe fields. The wheat and oats crop in tbe neighborhood has Loju complete ly d-'Stroyed. Tbe grasshoppers do .lot a em to las satis flod with tho ruin thoy bave wrought to ev ery thing in the shape of fruit and vegetable, but are actually eating the co lar brk from the post along the fences. Iu speaking alter mass with reference to the plague, the priest attributed ths serlou visit ition to the proliable wickoduees of the people, who had negloot.d to perform tholr rel glous dutios In a manner becoming a Christian peoplo; henoe tbe wrath of the Most High, Those present were exhorted to make all possible atonomeut for their tins. The faithful assembled at tbe church door and a great number of them niarche I In pro cession through the village an I invoke I Di vine iutirfereuce for the audly stricken parish. Flrat Vacation In Forty Year. The Rev Dr. J. L. Brownson, pastor of the First Pre iby terian church, at Washington. Pa., by order of his physician, hat been giv en a three months' vaottlon on account of ill health. Dr. Brownson ha been pastor of the First Church lacking a few mouth of forty year. During this time h bat been abiout from the pulpit on account of 'ck ness but two Subha'As. His presout 'cknrf was oocaslonei by a fa'l which hs received at the last iiv otlug of the General Aawmbly at Philadelphia. LATE NEWS IN BRIEL . Cofrode ft Say lor, of Pottatown, Fa., wfll on August lfl reduce the wago of their 6 employe 10 pr cent, ( Burglar broke into the Atlantic City post offli e and secured cash and stampi to tha amount of $1,000. C Alexander, of Pari, Ky., recently A1 from hi 23,000-acre farm in Bourbon oountjf MP head of fat cattle to be shipped to En gland. Jam 0. Johnson, tbe life-long friend of Henry Clay ami executor under hi will, died at Lexington, Ky., at the age of o. The combination of aoap manufacturer l Heel 1 red to I e not a trust, a trust are gen era ly regarded, but for th purpose of rem edying evil of the trade. Cbarle Oillen, of Carbnndale, Pa., frac tured Joseph Iline' skull with a hamm-r for refusing to treat him. Olllun l in 111 and Uine is dying. Fifty armed men took from the Jail at Cir thage, Tenn., W. H. Handly and bung hlrra to a tree. Handly in September last kided J. B. Worman, a Deputy Sheriff. Oirgaof Italian laborers h ive been dump 'd at Toronto, Canada, recently from all quarters. They arrive penniless and nro al moat starving. Tbe Consul is determined U punish the dlshoneat contractors who nro sending thee Italians under delusive p om iscs of kteatly and profitsble employmviit. Dr. O.lleaple, of the Wet Virginia State Hoard of Health, of Tylor county, icporta smallpox at H rlngtown, Oolo, op(ioite Si tervillo. lb) town anl c unity for two. mile aliove and below is patrolled to enforce a quarantine against the infect d district. No mails are allowed to leave tho town, and even Government pe sion examines a e not ai-low-ial to enter tho p aca. Striiitowa is on the Ouio river. Hon. Alfred Hand, President Judgi of Lacka wanna county, Pa., hia been npiuiut eI liy Governor B'.aver as tho succe-aor of Judge Truukey on the Supreme Court I ench. There have ben rbipped into Montana within the past fortnight 117.00J c ittlo, fron Texas, most of which will bo put Uxju th rangiat of E istorn Montana, Stockmen are well sutitfiud with the prion Moutaua beot now t rbigs in Chic igo. A territile explosion occurrol In a firework fac ory at Wandsworth, a section of London. Several women, who were at work iu th building, were killed. The trouble with the Indians at San Carlo appear to bo more serious than wa at find rvjKjrte I. Tbe effort of the a my are sa Vy hampered, by a failure of the War Depart ment to supply bone for tbe cavalry. Twenty-one hou-ei in St Cloud, Minn, were struck by lightning during We Inosday night's storm. Two children were fatally injured, two valuable horses killed an I three pastenger trains wre unable to proc-el. Sc. Cloud was devastate by a cyclone two year B0, The foreigners resident in Peru are great ly excited and indignant aver tbe recent wUh-hamlel proceeding of tbe Peruvian Government in slecing the railroads of that country, which were built by foreigners with capital raised abroad. Tbe Americans are waiting anxiously to see If ths United State will not take tome decldod step to vludicat the rights of her cilizin w hich have thus been violated. For.'st Art are raging inOitarl) and the city of Ottawa is almost' completely envois opel In smoko. St. Joseph, a vlll ig of 5,0 Inhabitants, Is alnnMt surroumloi by fire and tbe people aremikiugaria-igimi'iits to leave, ns it is bdieved the vida;o Is doomol. Oth er towns lti Out trio arathre'itjuod anl mmy people are alivaly lio 11 dust. John Brown, a rich farmer of Highland county, Oiili, was shot and fat illy wounded by bis brother In law, Marlon Britton, a brother of Representative Britton. Tho trig dy is the culmination of family troubles. Britton is iu jail. I At Amoldsburg, Calhoun county, W. Va., In a row growing out of a political ontr versy William It l orison was stable J to doath by John Westfall. At a meeting of tho Union and United Iji'rtir jiartles held in Cincinnati, nt which .100 of tho loading spirits of both parties were present, a resolution was a lopte I and signed by all present, whroby tin United Labor party of Ohio consolid ib.il with the Nitlon nl Union Lnlxir party. The res ilution wa9 olTered by tho Secretary of the Kxocutivo Couuuitteo of tho United Ii'ior Pki'ty. HAIN WOULD SAVE THEM. Effect of tha Hot Winds on Crops tn Western Kansas. The Secretary of the State Beard of Agri culture is now receiving hut monthly crop ro ports. 1 bey thow the crops of the eastern half of the State to be iu very satisfactory condi tion, but a critical moment has arrive 1 la Northwest and Bouthweit Kansas, wher rains must be had Imm t liately. There huve been good rains throughout astern Kansas within the past two weeks, t.nd the reports say that all of tho early com is assured, and that some of the late corn would turn out well without auoih-r rain. There have been om very hot winds la tho past week, but owing to the moisture of the ground they bave done no damage iu th eastern Lalf of the Slate; but in tome part, of Western Kans-s, where rain is bidly m e led, the hot winds are doing much dam Mr. Mohler said that without any more" rain the yield in the State would be larger, prot ably, than ever before, but some coun ties would be cut off almost entirely, while others would bave an abundant crop. The situation be does not consider enoouraglng now as one month ago. A goo I rain ins Western Kansas at one would make a very fair crop. Three Hennlone Enough. Iu reply to an invitation to attend the re union of two Massachusetts regiments ot September 23, Ganeral Sherman says that he lm come to the conclusion to attend only the following encampments this yean Grand) Army of tbe Republic, at Columbus; Army of the Tennessee, at Toledo, and tn. Army oX the Cuiubarlan 1 at Chicago, o'l of whlo'i are to be held ia September next. This, th general hellovea, compos a reasonable shur of reunions for him.
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