)NE HUNDRED YEARS.
'
THE ALLEGHENY COUNTY CE.N.
TEN MAI
Celebration of tho One Hundredth
Anniversary of tlio Foundation
of Allegheny County, I'enn.
The centennlnl anniversary of Allegheny
rounty, Pennsylvania, was celebrate I wiib
rliborate anil appropriate ceremonies on the
24th, 25th ami 2ith of H-ttein'r. The cities
of Pittsburg ami Allegheny were decorated
profusely. Excursion on nil tho railron I
lending to the city I rohght thousands of
visitors from tho surrounding country.
Tlio first day's ceremonies consisted of tho
formal dislicntinn f tlio new Court House
n magnificent granite I lidding recently fin
ished nt a cost exoee ling two million dollar
rending of a brief liis'ory of the county,
nnd a mass-meeting of oti.vis nt tlw Court
lb.;;., and n pirn lo of tin poliojnml fire
department.
Tho m-conil day's program Inclulol the
grand civic pared i over 111" rin'iat struct
f Pittsburgh nml Allegheny.
The tliir.l d ijr'jt exers-ivM consisted of the
military para lo under olll -iul onl -rs of Mu
JirOeneral Haiti anft.
Allegheny county was foriin'i! from sir
tions of Westmoreland nnd Washington
enmities, on Sept. m's r .', 17-. In l?.m it
lind a population of lU.il'K); IhnI, n,ns7; jsio,
a:i,:;i7; ij , :u,w:; i-:i, .vvv.j; 111), ni,2.;
1V lHV.-.M; :stHi, 1Th,s:;; WO, 2.VJn4;
lso, 3Vi,m;.i. Pittsburgh wns incororate I
s n borough in IT'JI, with l-ss than I,") in.
habitants. Pittsburgh now h isa population,
as est i mats! y the lluronii of Health, of
IS'o.nno; Allegheny, ! ., 000; the Uiroughs 7",
ioi; tho townships I2J.MKI, nuking the total
Miu'ntion of tho county, Mhi.oik).
The rapid industrial development of Alle
gheny county arrests tho attention of tho
worliL There are t'.i Id ist furnaces in Pitta
burg and llvo In the vicinity. Thc with
'Hi iron an I 20 steel tiulU, fonu the lending
industries. Some Idci of tin enorm iuh in
crease in cipneity of tln-si nulls Is t lm had
from tho fart tint, nine Ju'y 1, ls.",, tho
tc-l furnneo cnxieitr ill 1 J iron ami steel
mills hi lucrea-ed l.b'.l toiM a il iy, or !l 10,
300 ton a your. Thiity-llvo inu mills in
Pittsburg, exclusive of steel and nil mill,
linve n capacity of 7",ioo tons avoir. The
c.ipital invest! is H,(NH),i.io, Employment
is given IS.ojo nio-i. The value of tlio roll
ing mills' aniinal product is estimated at
:i,(ii0,0U0, nil'! the Hinoiiiit aiil yearly toem-
lilnyin liithem, (t:i,0oo,oo. Estimatesof 14
show tho amount Investo I In Must furnnivs
then wns (.i.'l.tJOO, in nmnufiiettirinK,
WKi.ODO nml in tsl H.tHKV""'. tnnUngatoUl
invest mniit of $:t0,'J10,(io.). The valuo of the
Iteesemer iteel mulo in rittftlmrg in 1H7, in
clii liiiK rnl, I estimato l nt i,K0,iX(00.
(ilnst tiiiiiufacture, in Importance, rnnk
next to iron. There are now 15 wimtowglus
factories, nine Uittlo factories, four
fa'ay blown wore, sixteen tnhlo ware, seven
cHiinney, ami one exelusl-ely mouM ware
factory, makinic a total of 6.' class factories.
These factories omiiloy olwut ",H K) mm. The
f amount invesle 1 is about $.,7j0,i)0J anil the
- -rlu- L -.uuJ )'iu.:m-t approxiinalos
over 'J3.0U0,(X)0.
Taxable real estate in the county Is assoss
eil at t'-W,ftkU,!J4"i. andocriipiitloiiiare valued
at :Ul,f:,."i.'i7. Th value of farm product
iu lssr t l,0Sl,0.iO.
SEVEN' PEItSOVS DltOWNEIl.
Ynt-lit Sunk In a fintn ami a Small
Itoat Sami'(t.
H. A. FiiiM, il hnrdwaro merchant. II. II.
Wright, a fruit inerch uit, Ilonry lli;, n
bi'k kei.T, and Herbert und Irtdenck
hliephi-r I, sons of llerni'lil Shepherd, 11 lueiv
i h'int, ero di'invni'd by tho sinking of a sad
in; yacht in iiiid-chani.el live inih-s e-t !
lirorkvillc, (h.tirio. A uiilo was blowing at
the tiin" nn I the y trlit sliipMil c i:isidral)l'i
wat- r, hiiiI Ic-iiig heavily lial!ated, she sunk.
I'rank TiinuT, a nru;;i-t, w.is ties only one
of til ' pirty Kive I. lb) was pick') 1 up by a
y iwl biat from a pass. Hi vcttd.
The Krio niilroal ferry Unit Jay (iouM
fcw;miv n stnil! h nt ii'ioiit uiidvtay lietwts ii
tie New York mid Nev Jerv-y shore, throw
in; time young Frenchmen and u Fr iicli
pirl into the u'if. Tim girl, Mathilda
Hay, l'l Ve-T i old. and Julo i!nii;dn, n;ed
"4, both of New Vi rk, were drowned nn I
their b ibes swept away by thet.il'". Tonf
tlieine'i clung to the k el of tho upturned
liout and wero s,ivo I by a tug.
A GUAMiEll SWIMUjKII.
llo I'uts C a 1 orlclt nml It IHsap
liearsliitbe L'niiuI Way.
Z. Brown, a-i old rod lout of G lfrey, 111.,
w is swindled out of t-!,''(J. A man calling
LiniM'lf Dr. Williams, claiming to l from
Kow Jer-ey, ha 1 ingrutiite I himself into tbo
conll lenc j of Mr. Ur jwii, jirftunding to want
to buy hi rami, and oir-r-1 him a 1 irg'i sum,
which was uc.f)led, lirowa was in lu'-ed t
juit up ti,'y as a forfeit if hi uid not k'ep
bis bargain. Tli'-y drove into tiwi togi-tlitr
nml Brown drew t o money fr 'in the l ank.
Williams put tho money into a lox, or up
s-nivil to, aid tl.i-n baud'? I tho bix back to
lirown, tell.ng liim lm c ml 1 k p it. Wil.
li .iui iirid i s un excux and uont nwiiy.
ltrowu oM-ind the bx and the money wus
Hone. Williams bus not bscii fuunl.
Unco Men Killed.
A sawmill b-iiler ut Point Mountain, in Up
shur county, W. Va , explobd, with three
futilities. Tlio malinger, and part ower of
the mill, Wm. llrowu, who was standing iu
front of it, was iu-t mtly killed. W. M. Kua
IsMislnio, who lanio a slmrt time a;o from
Pickaway, ) was blown J I foet, an I picked
up lif' lo-a mass. At tho timx of tho explo
a.onab-am, driven by Siino i J. Hinder, an
old and w.nlihy citiztu, was passing, and I e
c.une frighteiio I. Tlio old gout Ionian was
thrown over a cliff and kill si. i to mill wus
btully ruiuel, with largu loss.
1'ruu lulciit I'seol tlio 5IalU.
U, F. K o:ie, of F'llowville, J 'rest ill couu
ty, West Va., was pliced iu jail at ParkMi.
burgoii a charge of Using the mails to do
frtiud. lie hs l kuut out cireul trs offering to
givi 1'KI of '' mj.1,' for . tin 'go U' being
iu the sliajsj of oi.es, twos, ilvui Bil l twenties
tbut could rt illy ic pus cd.
CHANG YEN HOONl PROPOSAI
Hie Government Willing to Prohibit
the Emigration of It Subject
to Thle Country.
The President has transm tted to Congress,
In answer to a Senate res ilutlon, the oorre
sioii(leiiM in relation t) the Chinme treaty,
A letter date I Jamiry 13, 1SH7, from
TsuiiKli-Ysro-n (the Foreign OflTo-) to Minis
tor Denby In regard to the coining of Chinees
to this cm i try, contains bitter complaints
of viol tod treaty obi gaMoas, vnd
of cruel outrage npn Ciiieow, Ths
original project subuilttel to Mr Chang Yen
I loon by Secretary Knyartl under tlnte ol
Jamitry 12, 1SH7, embodied a pro oi f a
'that for a period of thirty yoars, beglnnliiH
with the d itooi the exchang.i of ratillcitloni
of this convention, the c nning of or return
in; t ) the United States of Chincsi liUrer
shnll be absolutely prohibited, an I if sis
months It'fnre thi expiration of the Slid pe
ri' d of thirty yenrs neitlior Government
should form illy hive given notico to tho
other of an intention lo treat such proposi
tion as nt an end, it shall rem tin iu full force
for another period of thirty years, lint it is
expressly unit Tstood thst tho provisions of
this convention slriil not nffe t the right at
pre-o it enjoyp I of Chinese subj s-tj, being
t nchers, stu louts, tn-rcliants, ortriveler
for curiosity or pla-ure, but not laborers, to
come to the United .Mates and rcsido th ro
lu, wh. ihhin'm nrri.r.
Mr. IIiHin, in his reply bi Secretary Hay
ard, st iles thnt bo id) has several things
w hich he intends to projioso, but cannot uu
iler hi instructions do so urn il the out rag"
casw are settlel. Tho c rronduco
show that on Msrcli 1, 1M7, the Chineso
Minister left a document giving in detail
and minutely th( plii'i proposal by tho
Chinese Government to prohibit tho emigra
tion of Its . sill J-etfl to this country.
A part of , this do uiii'-iit, however,
is in reply to Mr. llnyards project. It d
clarefi, llrst, that Chum prop e to punob
Chinese laUirors who have never Uhu to
the Unlte.1 Stnu-s and w io frau luleiitly at
t nipt to socuro entrance into the United
HtAtes, and th it as Cuinn do-sthisof I or
own accord, an 1 for the protis'tioi of h r
subject, there i uo necessity for fixing any
limitation of time; second, tl it C'liinmj Ins
liorers with property or relative in tho
United States must s-itisfnetocily prov.i the
;ini and must henceforth, whn leaving tho
Unite 1 Stites for China, dessit with tho
Consul Oimrral at Ssn Fr.mcls!o a Ktiteuient
showing this to tie the case, or otherwise
they will not l ontitltsl to return; third,
( liiiieso shall be permitted to go through the
Uuited S ates in transit to otlnr cjii itries;
fourth, the exempt clasi of Chia'-so su'ijccts,
ucb as teehers, merchimtx, etc., if possess
si of certillcites shall b3 p"nnlttel t land
without det-litio i uid.ira iy pretense.
KXCI.L'HIDM OF CIIINKSE LADDHKItH.
The doeumant then renus'.s that the Pre.
Idont procbim thnt with a view of prevent
big its tnbj-cti from suffering ill -tr ' ui' n.
that the Chines G ivernment hsjt of iu own
accord prohibite I the coming of the Chinese
latorers Into the United States. It alsiask
that offl -eri shall bo appoint- d to be spoo:ul
ly uhrgl witbtooklsftor the safety Of
the Chinese in the West, with auth irity to
call on the troops to protect the Chine. A
treaty of extradition, by which ChiiicM criins
Inals will b delivered up, is uls Hu;gosUl,
and the Unitwl St it s is ak.d to reduce, the
duty upon rico Imported from Chini.
On April 11, 17, Mr. ISiyard transmittel
n dratt of a convention U thu Chinesi Minis
ter, and invited him to nei't hint at tho ile
partmeut for the consider ilion of the subject.
The correspondcue i clones wil ha notillca'ion
by Mr. Hsyiir ltothe Minister of the rat, ft
citioti of th i tretty by tho S 'lia'e inclosing
I he two n'iditional niii'-n Ini n's alopted by
the Senu'e and tin Minister's r p'y, i I Wuieh
l.e says: "I have careful y ex iiii n-1 th-s
amen Imeiits, and us th y do not nl'nr the
lrms of the original treaty it wdl gif j mi
pi' aMiro to accupt them in due form."
HTANEEY Ml'Sf HAVE I'EUISIIED.
A I'lilnblo Kfntn f Affnlra nt Aru
wlinue Tippoo Tib Disgusted.
A letter from anofinl of the Congo State,
dsted July W, reorta pitinble stite of af
fairs at Aruwhime. Tho writer s ys:
Half the mon died, eitb ar from disease or
frr.m starvalioiL Those who h tve gone with
M J ir IJarte.lot nr too w.a' and too emio
i:tsl ti couilnt fie dilllcullios b-'oe
them. Or it c mipUint is mmlu
ntainst Bartellot for lurshueHS nn l for his
disrsgnr I of Stanley's orders to consult with
other Ulcer wholnivo not a good word to
say for him, while his in"ii undeui ibly hat
linn, and several threa'en- d to shoot him on
the march. Tipp Tii is disgustel with
them, that he n-gr-U to have brought bis nion.
Litrttelot blieves Slnnley his iM-rished. I
sliould uot b. surpris -d if Tipp ' men, who
don't relidi the J ike nt nil, return in a few
months, with thu story that all tlu white men
huu boon kil'n I.
W.Ml IN AI IIK A,
Natives Itlse Against tbo (JiTiiians
und I.'iO Ale Killed.
A conflict arise U-twes-n Germai residents
and cosst n ibi-s at U igomoyo. The lieruiii'i
A linirnl lii'i'le,! with a foio from tho l-ip-nc
to i.sist the (i I in ins mid killed ! V) men
wi'.hout siill" ring u single casualty. Goner il
Matthews, who for lifts. u yeirs has been
trusi.fl by tho natives, bus II I fn m l'a i
liani, having Usn nearly inurderoil. The
lelsd.s uie d cliiring against ull Kuropu nn I a
geiieriil rising is fmred. The sultuuhas tern
pi'nr i'y mum d the u Imiiilstra ion of Tun
g i and i'.ingaui until tho uuti-U riiinu feel
ing bus subsided.
Killed tho Girl.
At Fort Smith, Ark., twoCheroko s, Tllue
Hog and 1'igeou, cjuirreled over ibt s s-ss
ion of a uiul itu girl, with whom Blue Ho;
hid been living, claiming that khe was his
wife. Thu girl d s.-rt d 111 no Hog art I went
to live with Pigeon, the lutter promising her
a new di oss if she would msrry him. They
were married, and, tho dress uot forthcom
ing, she left Pigis n, returning to Blue ilog.
Pigisjii went ti B'Ue Hog's ruhin und do-
inai.did bis wife, Blue Hog lofiisud to givi
her up. A ht fedoweil iu which b ith were
inortully wvuudvj uul tho girl kill'd
iiisluntiy.
TRADE OF THE WEEK,
THE CROP NOT A PULIi ONE
A DecllnA In General Prior, Bat
Sharp lteActlon la Stock.
R. O. Dan A Cc's weekly review of trsd
sayt Therolume of legitimate buslnooon
tlnuea to Improve, Crop report or quit
favorable as to corn. The general sversgs of
price has again declined slightly. la stock
a severe reaction, averaging W per share,
culminated last Saturday, and there ha
been an average sdvanceof II 53 per share.
The crop, which is mist Important In railroad
or financial ap cts, is not large; th yield of
wheat is 80,000,000 to 00,000,000 bushel hort
of a full crop. Ileavy rnin late In the sea
ion have alsj Injure 1 cot ten to some extent
as to grade and pro! ably a to quantity. But
the feeling still prevails that a large Luslnese
msy be expected for the d ining season,
though fuller supplies of money at Western
and Southern centers m iy cause demands
upon New York to lie lighter than usual.
MONETARY SITU ATIO.X.
Official reports show that the money In cir
culation of all kinds was a'Kiut 11,301,000,000
Beptomber 1, ngainst 13JI,0O0,0iW a yearago,
and the treasury bas pu". out this month
about 2,200,000 than it has tnkon In, beside
ad ling to circulation tho amount of gold and
silver coinage For ths pist week the addi
tion to circulation hit been 1,2JJO,000, and
on Tuesdiy (3,700,000 more bond
were purchased, 130 being paid for
4 ssr cents. The report! from
interior points show that money is g -net-ally
in ample supply, thou;h there is iome close
ness at Cleveland and Detroit The market
is light at Atlaiit. Collection hsve im
prove 1. For speculation money In New
York is in abund mt supply, but for coramers
cial uses the market is growing harder. DusU
is fairly active at all Interior points re
porting, and at most it is b-tter than a year
ago. But while ti e principil centers report
pood and lncrvaod trade the accounts from
several of usual dullness at the smaller towns
in regions surrounding suggest that distribu
tion may uot tie nnsworing ex p ft it ion.
coi'khe or wicEs.
The iron market grows harder at 1 hiladel
phhi, though on company still sells at (14
for No, L Coal move largely on past con
tracts, and the year's output thus fur is 8 per
cent, iu exes ss of last year's to date, la wool
prices are a shade higher, but tho speculative
demand lms abated. Foreign tra le has im
proved a little, but exports for the past three
weeks from New York are still 0 per coot,
below Inst yrar's, while import here show an
iiicrosseof U percent, The preliminary state
ment for August show that the exports of
hretdstulTs, provisions, cattle, cottoa and oil
were $S,.'77,3 smaller than for the same
month lost year, or 23 per cent., but the last
year's exports for that mouth were excep
tionally lare.
W he it has been moderately active, with
sslcs of 20,004,000 bushels, and only )i oent
net advsuce iu prior, while corn has declined
14 cents, oats rent and oil i cent Frk
products are highor; dressed hogs 10 cents,
lard 50 cents r 100 pounds. Cotton has ad
vanced 1-10 cent, with rales of 4'si,000 bales,
Kiel coffoo cent, will. nt SiMl.OiWI USiM
Hide are st oly, but leather ha alvanced
fully 1 cent Meanwhile export of wheat
from this country for July aud August,
amount to 13,51X1,000 bushels, flour included,
against 35,750 bushels last yeir, and the sup
ply remnniing for export is pro! ably about
2I,X)0,000 bushels gr. ator than lust year's ex
ports for the rest of tlu crop year.
The business failures iiiiiiiIht as com
p ir.d with 217 Inst week, and 2-' I the week
previous to the last.
SHOT INTO THE CROWD.
A Wild Wvst Tragedy for Wblch Two
Men Will bo l.y nclieil.
Two ni'-n, en route to Washington Terri
tory overliud, s-."pied ut Hick Springs,
Wyo. Ty., to purchase snppli s. They be-
c line intoxicate I and e igago I in a siloon
brawl with coal miners, O ieoftho strang
ers drew a six-shnoter and emptiel it into the
crowd. Dick 1) ivis was instantly killol and
Phil Khafcr urnl Din H.irnsou woun lo-L All
are miners. Af .er tin sluxilliig the strang-i-rs
jinnpi d into their wijou and drove rap
idly out of t iwn. Two olllo rs wh ) followed
on foot wero find upon by the emigrants.
In tbo exchaugo of shots ouu stranger wa
w Minded and both horses killol. The me i
were nrrosteiL Tlio minors triod to bike the
prisoner from the ofllcers while en route to
j til, nmt there is every probability the men
vs ill l0 lyuclie,!.
T1IKOCGH THE 1IEAIIT.
A AVceicrn Prnpcetor Murdered by
Ills I'oi iiicr Partner.
A brut il murder wa commlttod several
miles from Ourba, Colora lo, on the night of
the 20th inst. C. H. Cross nit' e, who ha
Imsjii prospecting iu that vicinity for Spring
Held, Oh o, parties, wont to a cabin h ch h
liu I iiS'sl for soni) time, nn l found it occu
pied by sra- gera L-iiridng from thorn thai
u former pariner of Ids named Johnson, hsd
given them rs-rmlssion toue it, I'rcssvtalth
stnrtcil for Johnson's cabi i with tho avowed
intention '. killing him. K itering the cabin
yj nrous' d Johnson a 1 1 d ird him b fl;ht,
at the mine time drawing a revolver. Join
son Jumped out of bed a id s 'iz 'd Cross
w .itho. Both men strangled to tho center ol
th i c 1 1 in. when Crosswa th fell on the stov
and f.n d a shot, Johnson staggered back,
shut through the be irt, dying a m nnnt la
tor. Tho inn d ror osca:"d. Tue uiuid ircd
mail's relatives live In I iwa.
TIK)b -i i.Ml . KIIjI.ED,
liesperato I'iglitlog llciwoeii French
Marines an 1 Hiuili sui Istand-er-s.
Now rocolvo I from the Sou'.U Sess show
th it there wn snva. fliitui on the M.ir-
(uesa group Isifore th nutivoi allowed the
French to ho s. their Hug mid take p ssosslnn
of i ho group. Tw hu id'-o I French me
rluesand several th insand native wore killed,
Tho native retreat -d into tin m l int litis,
where it was dilll ult to dishxlgo thou).
Much iiidigii ilioii i expressed in Tahiti
over the seizure of K istur Id iul by Chill,
which propos t) estihllsh there a jseiel
c lony. This is the isla d film ms for R
gnu i stone ul tnoi st indiii hi hili jedes-
tds, ihe seizuri wui Hindi by Captain
Toro, of th ) Cniiiun cuisor Au uu;!
IATS HEWS l!f BRIK-.
Ia a wreck on the Wabwh ft Western rail
road Wednesday night, Geo. Hendrick, engi
neer, am) Geo. Koo tiler, fireman, were kill. I ;
Chas. Williams, conductor, and hudolph
Btoufer, a ahlpper, badly Injured. It U
believed the wreck was the work of part be
who have tome grudge against the road, and
thst It was Intended for a Burlingtoa train.
Jack Rodger, Deputy Sheriff of Cook
county. Wyoming, captured five horse
thlevt with over 3J0 stolen animals In their
possession, which they had taken from Texas,
Kansni and Nebraska, and offered for tale Li
the Territory.
Eigst hundred pounds of quarts, carrying
8,000 id gold, ws disjoined by a single
blast st the Mii hlgsn Mine, at Ihpning.
The shaft is now 14 fool, and over (40,000
worth of gold hss been tukou from it In less
than a month.
John Murphy, deputy-postmaster of Arte
sian City, Menlo county, Kin., was arrest d
on the chargof robbing the U.S. Express
Comrnny of (10,000. The robbery was co n
mittedat Greenville, Oulo, aycaragi. Mur
phy was a driver for tlio Company. H c n
teased his guilt, nnd returned (3,000 of the
stolen money. He Is now on hi w ay to Ohio.
The official French crop estimate raise the
I ist to 45,0iK),000 bushels, which will leave a
deficit of 17,000,000 busholl under an avumgi
of lust crop.
It Is reported that potatoes are eo plentiful
In some pirts of O itirlo that farmer for the
present are unable to swure anymirket ror
their pro luo . Reports from marly all quar
ters Indie ite a big yield of potator.
The decision of the arbitrators In New
York in the caie of the Columbia, Hooking
Vail -y and Tolelo Railroad against Steven
son Burke, in favor of thi latter, settles one
of the most prominent railway suits ever
tried In this country. The amount iuvolvel
was (8,000,0(0 and th) charge against Judge
Burke and the other defendants Involved the
tni-approprUition of funds.
Passenger train No. 4'i, on the Wabash,
collided with a freight near Fairmont, Illi
nois, causing a Lad wreck. An unknown
man, stealing a ride, was kille I; Engineer
Brandt, of the pnssonger, had a leg broken,
postal clerk David Cottermun sustained se
vere Internal injuris,
A big flour milling firm In Minneapolis
adopted fcur yenrsago a plan for sharing the
profits of their business with their employes,
and have just flnislud the distribution of (40,
000 among them.
Hon. John O. Carlisle wns renominated
by acclamation in the Sixth Kentucky Con
gressional district convention, held at Odd
Fellows Hall, Covington.
Information comos from Coleman, Texas,
of the killing of Charles II. Harris, the Santa
Fe Railway ngont at that place, by Wm,
Attloy, a drunken cowboy. Harris ordered
Attley out, wbrroup in the latter shot him.
As be fell, Htrris drew his own pistol aud
fired two shots at Attloy without effeji.
Usrris diod in two hours.
Texas favor bas broken out among some
recently-imported Arkansas cattle ou th
farm of Joseph Beeis, nar Mount Vernon,
Ohio, Prompt measure will bo adopted to
stamp out the scourge.
A farm?r of But, Anns, Ontsrio, namel
Perreault and his ton, a millor, named Bois-
vert, Mr. Morriu, the station agent at Ste.
Anno, and anothor man, named Ooodiu.
weredrownel Thoy wr going over the
St Liwronco river in a small b at
The ponplo of Richfield, Boston, Springs
field, Vilas, Minneapolis aul ("arris, Kansas,
are taking ste ti organiz 200 trooper to
go Into the neutral strip and ret ike stolen
horses and other property, and rapture tho
thieves. Their object will ho to cipiure the
outlaws, who a ro for ti lie I in Scpiniv Canon,
a t.aturul fortress and almost inaccessible.
The Uiiler of H uiiilton's siwiuill, on the
Miss m l river, near Blair, Neb., exploded,
lust mtly killing Henry Morrell, the engineer,
and Henry Alexander, tho llremiin. Five
others were severely inj insl. The Uiiler hud
bieu in Uso at the mill only two weeks.
A crowd of arnvd men at Villo Platte
Prairie, Al l., took two colored men to the
woods and shot them to deutU for using iu
coudiury langusge.
All the mills iu the Mnhoning valley are
running double turn eud the furnuces aro all
in blast.
The New York authorities wer doubtful
whether the contract labor law npplios to
maidens d ining to this country under con
tiuctto nrirry, and so permitted twenty,
four Sweodisu muid-ns to land. The law, it
sis-uis, npplii princi ally to foreign clergy
men who accept culls to American churches.
At Chicago, Mrs. C. J. Do Leon, a widow,
residiu; in a fashionuble psrtof town, fasten
e I a tube to the gas jut, and fastened the end
under the o I clothe, so that sho inhaled the
gns, and thus died.
Ned ' pd -n, a negro, tumbled down appa
rently deed, nt Birmii glcin, and a psnio fol
lowed, the iinpre-sion 1 1 ing that hu ha1 yel
low fever. The negro came around all right
nftcr a little, and is now us well as ever.
An txpert New York piliticiun rockon
Unit the (.chiul exHMnliturcs for mvessary
expense in this I'n si le tial campaign wdl
lie ut hast (1(1,000,0"'', distributed as follows:
For music, (1,1,00,000; lor ilruwork, (I 000,
000; for printing, (1,000.000; f r speikorV
xeuses, (l,0OH,0i;O;uudfur unifuru (M,000,
0
Go i. Nit'uin'el P. B nks has b'on norain
ted for Congress by the Itepublious of the
Cth M .asuchu-eiu D.strict,
The now Union Station at Iiidlinsnom,
erected uud r the sup-rvision of the Penn
sylvania nisna ;oiiicut, has beou com pi -ted,
ItHusfo'iu lly ojionel on last Sunday. It
is suid to be the most complete in the coun
try. It was dosigne I by First Assistant En
gineer Th nuns Ro-id, of the Pe nisylvanla
Coinpiny, The building is of pressed brick,
granite and brown stone. It is of Ihe
Romanesque stylo aul has a tower 200 fuel
high.
i obort Johnson, a stranger, agod forty
yssrs, crawled under a freight train on the
Pittsburgh, Fort Wuyno & Chicago roid, at
Cantiu, O do, and la d liimsolf across th
tr.ick. He wus d.scovured by ths engineer
ai d draggel out. Jobuson wuited until tint
train started and flung himself ui der die
whi els. Both le.s oro broken an 1 horribly
manglo I. Alter sulToring terrible ngouy for
a lew hours, hu die 1,
The deed body of David I Mitchell,
wealthy and well known liveryman, was
found in his buggy coming down Penn ave
nue, betwwn Twenty-eeventh and Twenty
eighth streete, Pittsburgh, at about 10:30
o'clock Thursday night A revolver of Tery
large oallbre, with one chamber empty, we
found on the buggy at beside the body, end
a large bullet hole wm found In the tide of
Mr. Mitchell's bead. At first light the esse
looked like a suicide, but aim of ( ie fact In
connection with It seem to contra lict this
supposition.
At the meeting of the 8oclety of the Army
of the Cumb rland at Chicago, General Rose
crans was chosen President to sueoje l tew
la e Ooneral Sheridan,
Casper Bad r, of f lay City, Indiana, was
killed w hile returning from a political meet
Ing with tluojcoinpuilon by attempting to
pa acaniiwgn wagon heivlly bailed with
young ladies. Their vehiole was overturned
and Iiader wss thrown undor the wheels,
crushing his brad like an egg ihalt The
others t-scjs I.
Consider .ble alarm Is felt by farmr In
Chester county, Penimylvanla. owing toTx
es fever having broken out in the herd of
rattle belonging t Mrs. Bailie Young, neir
Mirshsllton,
At Wllkesharre, Pa., In the trial of Frank
I'nlee, for horse stealing, it was di-covered,
after the jury bad gone out, that the prison
er' father was one of the jurymon. The
Jury returnesl a verd ct of not guilty.
Herbert Ross, residing In Wnbi-ha, Minn.,
known as a bully and rulTl in, and a terror to
pence tblo citizens, on Wcdneliy night wss
Uikeu from his house by a mod, given a so
vere drubbing, and the contents of a barrel
of tar thrown over hi in. It sis bas disappear
ed.
The President ha rrenived offMal Infor
mation of the refusal of the Chinese Oovorn
meut to ratify the ameudol treaty.
The heavy rains of the past week have
cause 1 enormous damage along ths Passaic
iver, A break occurred in Morris' Canal,
near Mountnlu View, and the water dashed
across the country sweeping everything b -fore
it Great quantities of produce, and
some cattle were washed away. A lung
stro ch of the Greenwood bike branch of the
Frio was washed away. Many farms are en
tirely un lor wator.
Advice from Stanley Falls stale that Prof.
Jamieson, the Naturalist an I Explorer, who
engaged in organizing an expedition for the
relief of Henry M. Stanley, died of African
fever at Bangolas, on the Congo, August 17.
Prof. Jamieson was attached to MaJ. Bar
tlelott's expedition, and had been sent by th
lutter to Kosonga, to colloct men and stores,
a id return to Aruwiml,
Thus another Stanley relief expedition ia
rendered helplisu iu the de.sth of MaJ. Bar
tlelott and Prof. Jamieson.
The yellow fever bar. reached Jackson, Miss.
Three esses c tused such a stampede of citi
cns, thst the two banks in town paid out
(40,000 one afternoon, after bsnklng hours, to
depositors anxious to leave. It requires (r),CO0
a day to meet the requirements created by
the yellow fover. The plague is spreading
rapid y, and bid fair to play od havoc all
over the South.
Allsjrt Uriswold was killed by the cylinder
he id of an engine at Msssillon, Ohio, while
leaning over the track to throw aground
witch.
J. B. Chosney, the manager of the Chlcsgo
branch of the cigar manufactory of Hoed
Bros., of Barnesville, O., bas been arrested
for Inrceny.
Thoorch for tho sunken treasure of the
ship Drank, said to Is) at the bottem of the
ocean, just outside of the Delaware Breakwa
ter, lias been abudonud from 1 ick of funds to
carry it on.
i nil ib, who nmrderol his t we -theart in
(iiUim county, Ind., has made a full written
confession of bis guilt. Heel lim-th it he wns
cp'ivil with love, and thnt he was inn ldonod
by the girl's ref us il to in n ry him.
F.levcn cases of Kiimlliox More discovered
iu one house ill Biiirjlo, -V. Y., Situidiy.
The citizisns nre (smsiderably oxeitssl. One
ins' has ileveli pel in the fashiouablo soctijn
of tho city.
'I en colored and seven white persons were
wbipls'd, i ce mling to law, at the New Cas
tle, Do!., jail, Kiitunliy morning. From five
to for y lashes wore laid, according to the
degiee of crima.
The F.ti uri-i, of the Cunard lino, nrrlvod at
New oi k Saturday, luiving inu lo tho trip
from Qtieonstewn to Sandy Hook in sx days,
one hour and fifty minutes, tho lasto.t time
on reenrd by live minutes.
sin cuiitih AccErra
Tlio Nominee) of tlio Amerlcin Party
lor President Will Uun.
James Langdon Curtis has Issued hi let
otacceptam of the nomination for Presi
dent, tendered blin by the National Ameri
can pirty. Mr. Curtis npp-ove the pla' form
of the party, ad ipto I by its c invention at
Washington a mouth ag , and hi letter con
sists of argu inn s mil declarations
In support thereof. Tho ide fuvorod
a e: Restricted immigration, with (100 tex
ujHin each iuimigrant; 21 yoirs' ri-sideuce us
a qualification for voting; prowvatl m of
public lauds for actual settlers; est iblishinont
ut technic il and industrial sciioils; ubolition
of trusts; no displuy of uuy fl igexo pt of the
American SLuts and nation; O vnrnment
uvlngs banks; tho ritor itlon of Amerioin
shipping; pirticipit o i of busiuosi men in
public aff airs in pi tea of politicians, and tho
substitution of arbitration f jr foroi ia sot
tliug Ititerustioual disputisi.
I'llIGIITFULHOILEU EXPLOSION
A Sawmill n ittery Leta Go Two Men
Killed and Three Wounded.
A terrlblo boiler explosion occurred at a
little town named Point M"Untiln, a few
miles from Buckaunon, Upshur county, W.
Vo. The battery which supplies tho power
for F. W, Browu's lawuilll let ge just as the
men were leaving the mill, killing two of
tho force instantly, wounding thne others
and almost futally wrecking the building.
The native of the killed are Wm. Brown, the
manager and son of the owner, and Win.
Kuabuushue, a sawyer. Brown lived about
three-quarters i f an hour, but Kiiabeiishu
wss blown 100 feet und initially kille I. Th
inmos of the wounded are not kuowu as yet.
A BATTLE.
nODDERS.
Offlccrn. Doing Forewarned) , Ar
Forearmed and Drive tbo
Aatallant Off.
A passenger train on the Southern Pacific
road was stopped near Harwood by nt sked
men, who compelled the enginoer, at the
point of a revolver, to unhitch bis engine
from the passenger coaches, and pull out of
the way. Conductor K. E, Hiakilford wa
compel ed to assist in uncoupling the engine.
In the express car were U. S. Marshal John
T. Rinkln, with Deputy Van Wl)cr and De
tective J. O. Kelly, of the Southorn I acifi
servlci. Oilier oMers worn on thi train, the
Company having been warne.1 of the attack
and all cast-bound trains having been guard
ed since last Wedned iy. Tho robbers Were
soon on the mall car
"Jump in and rifle the mail bigs," com
manded the loader of the gang. Two men
took engineer Toiny b tho op -n door of tl,
car, and as soon as his head was seen, Ilul
Wtst, one of the guards, taking him for one
of tho robbers, fired one barrell of his shot
gun. Tomy foil back with an uglyj wound
in Ids face and a number of bucksh t In th
left shoulder. The bandits then tried to
mske fireman (Iror.T net as a decoy, and
when West sighted the fireman he discharg
ed the other birrol of his gun at him, but
fortunately without effect.
The baialits then returnesl West's fire, and
a regular skirmish ensue I, over 50 shots I sj
ing exchanged. Tho bnlll si robis rs finally
wit .drew, carrying two of their iiumU-r w bo
h id been wounded with them. There were
ten men In the gang. They will be puiisl
by tbo ofllcars, who have bloodhounds With
them.
A FRIGHTFUL INCItEASE
Tlic Yellow 1'cTer Ilecomen More Vi
rulent lit Jacksonville.
The official bulletin for the 24 hour endinj
atO r. It, Tuesday, shows 150 new ctsm of
yellow fever at Jscksouvillo, Fla , with iii
deaths, at follows: W, IL Mosh, W. J ohm,
P. Lopex, Mr. G organ, S. Grant, Mrs. SK.i,r.
man, Mr. Cowly, Mrs. IL E. Smith, Mrs.
Folley, 8. Graves, Mr. Jaoolis, W. O. Fann
er , Julia Jones, V. Froze, MissElithSohnyder,
Mr. Jacoby, Mr. Odea, Miss Ida C. UiUuJ,
Mr. Sliddell, Mr. McNesr.
This bas been th must terrible day In tl
fever histiry of th Stato, and the record of
now cases is 150 for the 24 hours ending at (
p. ni., many more than has occurred in any
one day slnoa the fever conimoncol. TU
day was bright and sunny, aud the hot sn
shine on the soaked earth is very favoiaMa
to the dsn 1 pment of yellow fuvor, and t
large increase of the disease is expocted lor
the remainder of the week. Tho nad cil
Lunau reported about GO rases.
The death roll was fearful for a cl y 1 b
this, more than half depopulated. Thu num.
ber was 20, The total number to (lute li
1,203; total number of deaths, 153.
All the nurse have been put to work,
but no more nurses will be re e:ri,
except thoee who h had the fover. Mr. E
Granthall, a merchant, have just died.
The number of deaths in Havana fros
yellow fever during July was 80. Duqa;
August 114 persons died of the deaso.
FOIIEION NOTES.
I
Alhort Relrs, proprietor of a largo cittor.
printing mill at I.iesing, hss fail iL His la
bilities are 2,000,000 florins. All of the ViuutL
tanks are involved.
Owdng to the reported existence of c ml'M
at Shanghai and Kenagawa. the locai gr-
ernmunt ofllco has receives instructions fr't
the Governmont thnt all Japanese or f ri i;
vos-cls from Sumighul be sut'j.ct.d to iiiv
an tine.
ThoOermnn and Aus'rinn Ministers n
Belgra o have gonetoGleichenlHirg, Aii-Ti
whore King Milun is staying, for tho piHT'l
of coiifering with his Ms J -sty with lelure:i
to a settlemoiit of the troublos existing 1-1
twecn hineelf and Qui-eu Nstilic.
A riot occurreil sm mg the liiiiint "s of tl
Emigrants' Honii, at(J.ftV'lw- The liiv
wrecked the house and fought despcrut
with the police, who wio i ailed up m to . c
the disturl anco. tixty flvu arrests .
mudo. Fifty two of tho riotvrs
ntencod toono month's imprisonmoiit oi
ud the othor were reman led for a fu t:--
heariug. Twenty polioemeu's huto:u i
broken iu quelling the riot
A Juat Sentence.
At Now York, William Rohan, a l'J
browe I Rockaw iy silooii lieep.-r who'
conviclod of having brutally goiued
uis wire's left eye while iu u fro i.v of iiu-l
on Ajirll 29, 1HH, whs plnetd o i trial for"
second i. (fenceof Iho kind, committ'd i
1 lost, iu w. icli he couiplutcly ronvl4
helpmate of her sight by gouglig ifi
rihteye, R .ther thun stun 1 the full trf
which from the weight of tho evidenc ftl
be but a mere f rnid ty, Bolnn p!''"
guil'y to tho churgo in this K.cn;d mlj
inenf, and o i tnu pica wis s into ic I tu :
prisonmout for fourteo.i years nnd 'I
nioutlis. Then on tho co.ivic.iou fur tli-frl
olfenso, obtainel yestn iliiy, Ju Ige Usf
sou sentence I II h in to tw -lve yirs a l 1
mouths. This imkoi a totil s.-iitm1
twenty-scvoii yeim and one mo-itli. Tlr
iinsit pinuity of tho law would have b.viil
teen J Oils ou uueh olf.uife.
Sues for $50,(100.
At Youngstown, O., Mrs. Agnes E J
sendun commenced suit aainsttho tri"
road asking for a judgment of fy
lii.,t;ir i.ih.wl'W nf Kvron F.m)''
a passenger englneor on the New York, fH
svlvauiu & Ohio ruilroal. who wn ki H
Midville last March. She alleges tl I
accident was caused by the bluudof j
train dUiutuhur,
A Faleo lb p u t.
Th iwimrt thst llm fl WhS a C'lKi I
tweenthe Hatfldds aul McCoys oJ
Creek lust Friday, whin throe WtstV'
bins were killed, turns out bi b u"b
follow claiming to be Kentucky '"
freok titout two
plnylng det olive, and loiiio one sUflj
tho leg, uiuklng a b: u scur.