THE MlDDLEliURGH TOST.
T. H. IIARTER, Errrom ard Tro'iu
MlllLF.nt:RG,VA., JULY II, 1W.
Brv.il boasts of receiving 131,000 im
migrants last year.
Tho fisheries of Mnino arc reported tj
on the lcelinc.
California has 187,500 homesteads of
ICO ncres em li thnt have not Wen applied
fur.
Tho United States occupies one-third
cf the entire spueo devoted to machinery
l tho Paris Exposition.
It is estimated that the Protestant
rhurches of the United States contribute
annually 111,250,000 to foreign missions.
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Ftiiudnrd oil and floetrie lights have
rnnibined to make Cleveland, Ohio, the
richest city of it population In the world.
According to tho officials of the United
Ptutrs Mint there are 1 00,1)00, Oitlt of the
Dld-fashioni-d roppcr cents r-till out but
0(t in circulation.
It lion been decided tint we lire t pay
liigh fur onr sujiir this year, but wo arc
likely, says the Uuurirr-Juurwd, to git
our biscuits cheap.
The Legislature of Missouri nt its recent
tcssion passed a hill which prohibit the
marriuge of flrvt cousins, und declare!
such marriages absolutely void.
The (tovcrntnent printing olliro nl
Washington has not yet heen able to turn
out in hook form nil the statistics which
ere gathered in the cciimis of lh0.
The Soniervillc (Mii-;.) Joirnnl lm ;
noticed that people always tight shy ol
the young lawyer. He knows nltogcthci
too much about law to be of any practi
cal use.
Rye is the bread-grain of ca.-h rn ant !
central F.uropc, nnd Kussia alone produce)
many more bushels of this thin tin 1
United States produces of wh-at and iy !
together.
The 'scmiuble for Africa" still contin
Ics. According to an announcement ir
thu London Tint, a number of lcadinp
financiers of England and the Cape nn
about to apply for n charter for a com
mercial company to take possession of the
Central Zittubcsi Unsin.
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A Cliicago woman hns appealed to thf
jntirts to protect her against a money
fharlc who is charging her forty-five pel
rent, interest on u loan secured by i
chattel mortgage. In Cincinnati pool
women have been known to pay 1'20 tei
pent., alleges the Atlanta Cvittittitiun,
without complaining.
A Kansas paper relates that n man in
Saline County sowed wheat on thu same
land for three successive dry years with
out getting a head of grain. A few yean
afterward, according to the vcraeiotu
;hroniW-r, the wheat began to grow, nnd
ho has harvested immense wheat cropi
three successive year: without ever plow
ing or sowing.
The municipality of lierlin intends tc
rreato a new establishment for epileptic
at Hisdorf, a village near the city. It it
intended to hold ?U0 patients, but ma;
oo enlarged to receive 1000, and is tc
have a farm or ample grounds attached tc
!t. It will consist of a central buililiup
and u number of cottages, each with u
garden round it.
The Dunkards, or Oerruau llaptists, at
their recent annual meeting at Harrison
burg, Va. , agreed upon a sweeping reform.
They decided that hereafter tho wenriujj
Df gold watches should bo held gooc
sauso for expelling tho member so offend
tag. A like punishment is to be meted
jut to those who attend places of amuse
lieut, and no user of tobacco can be placed
an a standing committee.
Chile offers a premium of -1000 Ameri
:an gold to the successful competitor in
a trial of (lour milling machinery, to take
place in Santiago, Chile, in November
aext. As then are 800 tlour mills in
Chile, which is the great wheat mining
.state of South America, it will be seen,
jbserves the San Francisco C'AnmiWthat
:he successful competitor not only makes
J-1000 but opens a good trado for him
Jtlf. .
A man in Iloston employed in nn elec
trical establishment aecidently fell nnd
Instinctively clutched hold of tho positive
and negativo wires of an electrical bat
tery, receiving through his hotly a full
eurrcnt of 1500 volU. Mo was picked up
or dead, but subsequently recovered, and
I now in as good health aa before. As
this is a more powerful current than thu
tlcctricinns propose, to give condemned
murderers, muses tho Chicago Jftrnhl,
therenriscs another objection to the
lubstitution of electricity for tlie rope.
THE FOURTH.
A DAY OF DISASTERS.
Death Was Abroad on Inde
pendence Day.
FIVE YOU.NO l'FX)PLE DROWNED.
Five young people of Allegheny were
drowned in the Coimequennesslng Creek at
Forest Grove, on the Pittshuigh t Western
railroad. They had gone to the grove in
company with a few others to bold a private
picnic. All were members of the Arch
street, Allegheny, Methodist Episcopal
Church Sunday School. Their names are:
Miss Nellie llurton, Miss May Royal, Miss
Ma Cassidy, Miss Fanny McComb, Mr.
Pert Freeman.
Edward Shadier was the only one
In the boat who could swim and
he in nn aged to save himself after a heroic
struggle. As soon as possible he Informed
the rest of the company, who were at some
distance from the sceno of the accident.
The grand stand at the race track at Okla
homa City collapsed on the Fourth, Injur
ing more than loO persons, many fatally.
One thousand people crowded Into the stand
when the horses came to the oxt and theu
suddenly the structure went down, burying
mora than 5u0 In the ruins. For a second
the outside spectator were paralysed by the
accident. Then as tho cries and
groans of the wounded filled the air, they
rushed forward and engaged in tho work of
rescue. The victims were dragged oat and
carried to places of safety, or put in ambu
lances and sent Into town. Colonel Wade,
the commanding officer, sent the military
and physicians to the scene promptly, and
gave material aid. Only ono person was
killed outright, a child of Dr. J. A. ltyan.
At Kansas City four fatalities occurred the,
result of various methods of celebrating the
Fourth. A elianee bullet struck George Cog
gin in Ihc head and inflicted an injury from
whirl) ho died shortly afterwards. A bullet
from an accidentally discharged revolver in
a gun shop pierced the heart
of Alexander McDougal and killed
him instantly. Iturtender ltrebaker. In a
dispute over the price of around of drinks
in his saloon, stabbed V. L. O'Hrien in the
groin, O' Itricn will die. Thotuus Asbton,
a colored man from Topek.t, wus backed ut
most to pieces in a drunken row in ono of
thu b'rttoms saloons. I lo died shortly after
wards. John Taylor, ulso colore I, was or
rested for the crime.
John Dunn, an Lnglisbman about thirty
yean of age, was drowned in the Youglo
gheny river near McKcesort. His body
was recovered a short time afterward. Donui
and three companions attended a picnic up
the river. Oh their way home' Doran insist
ed on bathing, although his friends refused.
He could not swini and drowned before their
eyes In 14 feet of water.
Ttie vestibule truin east-bound on the
Chesacake fc Ohio railway, wui wrecked
in a cut near On. There had been a very
severe rain w hich caused a slide iu the cut.
OeorgoW. Walsh, the oldest engineer on
the road, and his lireinjn, were killwl. It
wus an unavoidable accident. No passen
gers wero injured as far us cau bo ascer
tained. An excursion steamer carrying too Ameri
cans on the lied river was wrecked near Win
nipeg yesterday, the wind driving it on tho
rocks. All tho passengers escatied,
THE GLORIOUS FOURTH.
naEBHATOIlS BCIIN A CITY WIT1I TWIt WxJESS
IIL.NI'IIKIW IIOMLLKH4.
Ten blocks of the best portion of Ellens
burg, W. T., are in ahus. It la presumed
that the tire was the result of the celebration
of the national holiday, as it began soon af
ter the inauguration of the display of lira
works last evening. The Maine tea -ted on
the north side of thu city about 10 o'clock in
the evening, and with a very strong wind
blowing from tho northeast.
The fire department, which
was prompMy called out, could do nothing
to check thu rapid advance of tho contlsgru
tion. Within an hour tho tiro hud spread
to the business center. Help was telegraph
ed for from the neighboring t wns, but lung
before it could reach the sceno the (lame
had literally wiped out the heart of the city
und had commenced to spread among tho
rosideiieus on tho south side. It was not un
til the inalii portion of the food for the lira
had been consumed that there wero any
signs of abatement.
Theloss as estimated is about f.VOM.OJO,
three-quarters of u million in buildings and
one and a ipiarter in goods. The only etoros
left are four. There is not a ruttauraut, ho
tel or boarding house left, and there are
about people destitute.
IX A FLOURISHING CONDITION.
A midsummer Conference of the Young
Men's Christian Asseiution of Frio district
held a three days' session in Franklin.
Delegate wero present from all parts of
Northwestern Pennsylvania and tho sessions
of tho conference wero very interesting. The
reports from the di In-rent associations of the
district show the Young Men's Christian
Association of Western Pennsylvania to bs
In the most flourishing condition.
During the past year tho membership haa
been doubled and tho association is now in a
better financial condition than ever before.
Sunday the dillaient pulpits of tho city were
(Med with delegatea attending the confer
ence, and jn the evening there waa agrund
mass meeting of all the delegatea and their
friends in the M. E. Church. The next con
ference will be held in Erie at a time yet to
be fixed.
Kii.lrd His Diicsxrs Fatii aw. Wal
ter Shamir, aged 10 years, of Scranton,
Pa., while protecting his mother and little
sisters from an assault by his drunken
father, at Ureeu Kidge, struck tho latter
over the hea l with a base bsll bat, crushing
lit his skull aud causing death.
COSVESTIOS CALLED.
norosKD soiwiAKizTiosr or nil ostt-
ACK PARTY CPOM A AMERICA BASIS
Mr. George C. Jones, Chairman of the X
uonal Greenback party, has Isjtied an invi
tation requesting alt irsons who desire to
aid In reorgtnizing the National Greenback
party to meet In their respective 8tatw and
Congressional districts on or before Septem
ber 4 next and apoint one delegate and one
alternate to attend the National Greenback
(on vention called to meet in Cincinnati Sept.
12 next. The Invitation Is extended to
"those who favor a distinct American policy
regarding its finances; who believe that full,
!egal-tendnanotus, greenbacks, Issued by the
tlovernment for value receive In promoting
the general welfare, constitute the money
irhicli marks our advancing civilisation,
make the best money the world ever taw,
tnd should become the permanent circulat
ing medium of the American people, the Ufe
f whose free Government they saved, and
the party bearing their name should
be erpetuated to keep these great
truths constantly before the people. Those
who believe with the prophet of old that
'money answereth all things,' and that no
other reform can be wisely considered nor
boneetly determined until the great econom
ic wrongs brought about by had legislation
have been corrected and the money question
forever settled In the interest of the whole
people, and who an willing to act in accor
lance with the spirit of the resolution parsed
by the Constitutional Congress in 1773, via.:
Not to rat, drink, wear nor use anything
iiiaiiufii"'.nred in Great llritain: nor after one
year, trade with any one who deals in goods
brought here tinder the Ilritish Hag."
The call says that the reorganized party
will also advocate tho p lymmit of the pub
lic debt according to tin original contract
under which the bond were issusd; the en
couragement of til. American merchant
marine and of home industries; the limita
tion of the debts of corporations to the
aTtountofst.ickaJf.uIly pi;d up; the re
itriction of dividends of c lrporations to a
fair return on the luvmtmiit, au l the re
striction of private ownership of land.
FELL FltOM THE CLOUDH.
One of the most frightrul experiences evei
had by an leronuut wus that of l'rof. Wal'
borne Allen at Providence, K. I.
Allen actually dropcd from the clonds, a
distunceof 1,3 feet, but ho lives to toll the
tale of the remarkable full. His air ship,
Whut Cheer, a new balloon, proved to bo a
treacherous carrier.
The ascension was made about 4;) o'clock.
The balloon rose about V) feet, when it was
caught In a current of air going directly op
IxiMiie from the way iu which it hud set out.
Suddenly the balloon veered again and set
oil' to the north. Then, reaching an alti
tude of about 1,'JKJ feet, a current of air
fmm the west swept the balloon towards
East 1'roviilenee and over towards the big
Wilkenbarro pier For a moment the uir
sliip seemed to stand still ami waver, and
then suddenly collapsed. It reeled and
turned bottom up, then it rolled around
once more and begun to fall rapidly.
The terrified cctutors saw a form clam
mt up in the ropes and towards the big let
ters which made the words, "What Cheer."
The form was that of the youthful profes
sor. Only for a second did the bottom stand
erect. It rolled completely over again, and
the drag rope mude a complete circuit of the
airship and was wliipssl about violently.
Whipping out his knife, Allen mado a rent
In the eunvas und the balloon spread out
like a parachute, shot downward likoa dis
abled bird anil landed iu a lot. Tho concus
sion threw the iiToiiaut out. Ho was picked
up semi unconscious, badly shaken up and
very pale, but wus not seriously injured.
WON A 1'OKTUXE.
Till! CALIFORNIA Sl'PUKMK CO TUT DKCinM IN
MVolt CV II ACM r LOU JKSStr's SOX,
The Supreme Court afllrmed'the decision
of the lower court, giving the whole estate
of f I '.),( j to Iticlnird P. Jessup, natural
son ofGershom F. Jessup, a well known
r an Francisco bachelor. Jessup died three
years ago, leaving a will bequeathing the
proKTly to his brothers and sisters. Its
probate was opsised by a lawyer, who as
tonished Jessup' s friends by bringing proof
that Jessup left a natural son by a young girl
whom he led astray while she was a student
at a seminary across the bay, "25 years ago.
The girl afterward married, but the boy, who
was raised upart from his mother, never
anew Ids father's name until, on her death-
bed, six years ago, his mother told him. The
boy tried then to have his father acknowl
edge him, but failed, although the father for
a time supplied him witli money. His father
hud also provided for him until ho learned
the trade of u blacksmith. When his father
died, young Jessup waa a dishwasher at a
private hotel, and his story reached the law
yer's ears, witn the result that after a three
v curs' tight he bus won a fortune.
A MINE EXPLOSION IN FRANCE,
Another terrible colliery disaster is re
ported from the district of tk. Etieune. An
explosion of fire damp occurred in one of the
pits in which 300 miners wore at work. The
coal pit at St. Etlenue In which tho explo-
lion of lire damp occurred is still on lire.
Many bodies have been recovered, but the
work is attended with great dilllculty aud
danger. Tho scene ut the pit is burrowing
President Carnot has ordered that measures
bo at oncetuksn for the relief of the fami
lies .f the dead miners.
Fourteen miners were rescued with great
dilllculty. They were nearly dead. The
number of the dead is now estimated at 185.
Money for the relief of the sufferers is ar
riving from all purls. Ministers Constiins
and Guyot left Paris for the sceno of the
disaster to adopt reliof measure.
GLOOMY VIEW.
President John Mcllride. of the National
Progressive Association of Miners and Mine
Laborers, gives a gloomy view of the con
dition of the coal raining industry. He says
the miners have but little work now in any
State; even in the Pittsburgh district, where
a greater quantity of coal is mined la sum
mer, the miners have short work, and the
ante is true in Ohio. The miners in North
ern Illinois who are idle because they re
fused to accept a reduction in wages are re
ceiving aid. There are about 7,000 N. P. U.
miners in Illino'a, and about 2,000 in Indi
ana, unemployed.
INTO AJULCIi;
MANY PERSONS PERISH.
Tho Boiler Explodes, Making
Havoc in all Directions.
A fcarfnl accident by which many lives
were lost and a large number of people in
jured, occurred on the Norfolk and Western
Railroad at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday morning,
one mile above Flaxton'i switch and Jt miles
above Lynchburg, Va. Rain had been falling
almost continually, and at the times very
heavily, for 24 hours, swelling the mountain
streams greatly beyond their normal state.
Several trains had passed over the road dur
ing the night, and It was thought that the
line was safe for traffic, notwithstanding the
rains and that no danger need be apprehend
ed. At the place of the accident, however,
the water had underminded the roadbed and
caused a washout about 80 feet long and SO
feet wide. The water at this Hiint as eight
to ten feet deep.
Into this watery gulch the engine of the
East-bound express train made a frightful
leap, w hile running at the rate of 30 miles
an hour, carrying with it the tender aud
eight cars. When the engine struck bottom,
the rushing of the water into the locomotive
exploded the boiler. This fact greatly aug
mented the catastrophe. Debris waa
thrown in every dircctitiu by the
force of the explosion, Injuring
some of those on the train
by the flying fragments, aud scattering fire
brands, which ignited the wood work ol
the coaches. The flumes spread aud destroy
ed a large amount of mail and express mat
ter, besides spreading panic among the al
ready ter-orstricken passengers.
rwisjTT-rivi on Tinnrr Kii.t.ru
It is supposed that some of the pas
sengers were unable to extricate themselves
from the wreck nnd were consumed
in the flames, but it Is difficult
toget information, as the employe of the
Norfolk A Western Railroad refusn to give
any information to the public. It is impos
sible to state the number of ersons killed,
but the most reliahleestimate put it between
3-) ami 30. The number of wounded will
be far inexcensof the number killed. Thirty
of the number have liuen taken to Roanoke,
13 to llufor Jsville aud AO to Liberty.
THE LARGEST CITY.
TIikh. nnw within the citv limits O!
Chicago an area of 1741 square miles, in
cluding all of Calumet Lake, a part of Wolf j
I k nnH (VOiaiili-rntil lew A HID lullds. The
area before was square miles. It will thus
be seen that the enlargement is equal to
about thre times the original area. The
eastern boundary of Chicago is now 25
miles in length. The western Is still more
extensive, being 34 miles lonir. The wldeat
point east and west extends 104. miles. The
narrowest point is the southern end, which
is 5 mile.
Axotiier Rank Rohhko. Hiul I). Miller,
cashier of the Multa National (tank, of Malta,
O., 25 miles south of Zuncszille, Is a defaul
ter to the amount oft31'.Ui0and probably .V,
000 His peculations have extended over s
umber of years und ere carried on by pock
eting the discounts of tho bank from day tc
day. This was ossihle, as he was cashier,
paying and receiving teller und clerk, and
had the full confidence of the dins-tors. A
horttiiue ago Miller wan thrown from his
buggy and sustuined injuries which necessi
tated a substitute at the bunk. One deficit
of l,ouo waa found, for which Miller gave
bis note, but when others wero brought to
light as soon as he wus able to hobble around
3ii crutches he left the city and is now sup
poeel to be in Oregon. His bondsmen, E.
M. Stanberry and John Miller, his father,
both of Multa, havo paid tJ-VKSi, the amount
of his bond, and the bunk will lose the bal
ance. Had Ykah For Roads. According to the
figures of the Railway Age published, the
amount of mileage and capital involved in
railways that have gone Into the hands of re
cclversduriug the six months just ended ex
ceed the aggregate for any similar period
since the disastrous year of
1SH5. There were eight roads
thus bankrupt, with a total
length of 2,u!)0 miles, and an apparent iit
veetment of 11,370,000. The St. Louis, Ar
kansas & Texas, the International A Great
Northern, aud the Chicago & Atlantic mako
np the bulk of the bad showing. Railway
foreclosures during the sis months were
also eight iu number, which would not be
an Important exhibit were it not that the
mileage of the roads aggregates 1,573, and
the bonds and stock I'.tt, 073,000. Nearly two
thirds of tho totals, however, wero furnished
by one company, the Wabash.
Docni.a MuiiiiKii. .At the Fourth of July
celebrations at Kerbyviile, Taney county,
Missouri, two Miles brothers, Hill and Jim,
shot and killed tho Sherilfof Taney county,
G. E. lirauson, and bis deputy, Ed. Funk.
The Miles boys are under indictment for the
murder of the lluld-Knobber leader, Captain
N. N. Kinney, ut Forsythe lust August, and
were to bo tried for that crime iu Springfield
as soon as the new criminal court there is
organized. The cases were tukeu front Taney
county to Green on a change of venue, and
they have been out on buil for the lust
three months. James Barry Is still In the
Springfield Jail charged with being an ac
cessory to the murder of Kinney.
Bblkctisju CasHreExraKTS. Superintend
ent Porter, of the Consul, lias offered the po
sition of exert and secal agent for the col
lection of statistics rotating to railroads, ca
nals, telegraplis, telephones and steam navi
gation to Prof. U. C. Adams, of Ann Arboi
University. Mr. Adams haa the offer under
consideration. He Is at present the statisti
cian of the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion. John S. Lord, Chief of the Bureau of
Labor Statises of Illinois, bus been offered
the position of special agent for the collec
tion of statistics relutlng to the recorded in
debtedness of the people for the State of
Uiiuoia.
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS
The Facta Related Withou
Unnecessary Words.
Ruggiere'i fireworks factory, in Anbervet
liers, fire miles from Paris, exploded, killing
seven people.
While the cashier of Solmier's bank, at
Llgonier, Ind., was at dinner a thief entered
the bank through a window and stole 1,000.
At Erie, Pa., the Coroner's jury lit the
caseof Gustove Rostarbolz, wlio waa fonnd
dead on the Lake Shore tracks a few days
ogo, have placed the responsibility for Ros
ter holt's death upon John Klllen, a saloon
keeper. Killen sold the young man liquor.
Killen has been prosecuted.
Joseph Mackin, of Chicago, who was sen
tenced to five years in the Joliet prison for
connection with the election frauds of 1984,
has been pardon! by Governor Fiferin or
der fo relieve hint of the oivil disabilities) In
volved In his sentence.
There is an organized gang of thieves
who confine their work to the Pennsylva
nia Railroad between New York and Pitts
burgh. Three persons were arrested at Mon
mouth Junction, N. J., and six others at
Rahway, N.J. , yesterdsy. Persons of high
standing are said to be implicated in the
thefts.
The Iron men of the West are In a state of
exultation. This condition of affairs is due
not so much to any marked advance in
prices as to the heavy and unexpected con
a option. There is also a heavy specula
live demand for the manufactured product
and coupled with this aupicloiis condition of
trade is the fart that freight rates are away
down. Altogether, therefore, the Iron men
are happier than they have been for a long
time.
The stable of tho Harvey Paper Coropanv
at Wellsburg, W. Va., was destroyed by fire
and two horses were burned to death. Loss
2,.'n); insurance tlWO.
Augusts J. Ricks, of Ohio, has been ap
sluted United States Judge for the Northern
districts of Ohlo.in place of Judge Day, who
declined the position on account of ill
health. At Durango, Colorado, fire did damage to
the extent of ;WO,0c to 110,000, with one
third insurance, and rendered lis) families
homeless and destitute. Among the build
ings destroyed are the city hall and court
house with the county records.
The sixteenth annual session af the Chau
tauqua Assembly opened Tuesday.
The Chicago Council passed an ordinance
forbidding the employment of alien laborers
on city contracts.
The total number of mercantile failures
throughout the United States reported to
Jrmfctfw-.' during tho past six months
shows a gain of 004 us com pared with the total
for the first half of lsss, or 12.7 per cent. The
record for six months for nine years Is; ls.su,
0H; lSH-i, 5,iM: 1-S.S7, S.07J; lSli; ,4ol; 1SM5,
0,10'J; 1-M, 0,4.14; im, r.,'.".sl; 1882, 3,643;
lsl. 3.2ol.
Constitutional conventions for the fonr
Ftutes began at Helena, Mont., Sioux Falls,
South Dakota, Ulsniarck. North Dakota, and
Olympia, Washington Territory, yesterday.
Tho Navy Department Is making prepara
tions for observing the total eclipse of the
sun, which will occur on December 21. It
will bo visiblo in its totality at St Paul do
Loan do, on tho coast of South Africa. The
scientists who will be sent to observe the
edlipso will go to Rio Janeiro, and thence
to St. Paul de Lounda iu the United State
mun-of-wur Richmond.
Uadj Hasseiu Ghooly Khan, the Persian
Minister to the United States, will shortly
leave this country for Europe. In an lutes
view he told a reporter that he would not
come back, and that he had been driven out
of the country by the unkind aud ungener
ous things which had been written about
him aud his sovereign iu the American news
papers. George Ewing, of Fort Wayne, Ind., has
made a claim through an attorney to the one
fifteenth interest In proierty In various parte
of St. Paul, estimated to be worth about $-',-000,01)0.
Notices of this claim have been ser
ved on all tho owners of the lots affected.
President Harrison, in company with
members of bis Cabinet and other distin
guished irsonagcs, celebrated the Foi I h of
July at Woodstock, Conn. Speeches were
mad by the PrwHent and some of the
other guests. Congrcttitnau lted outlined
the future policy of the Republican party
iu the national legislature. The ceremonies
were Interrupted by rain.
Thirty-five firms have thus far signed the
Amalgamated Association's Iron scale. This
dispose of the scale for manufacturing iron,
as the numlier constitutes half that worked
under the Association rules last year. Re
garding tbe stool-scale there is still troub'
ahead.
The Women's Christian Temperance
Union has created a stir at liutfalc
by sending a committee to get tho ministers
to substitute syrup for fermented wine iu
administering the sacrament.
James Hoover a convict, died at the State
Penitentiary at Cannon City, Co4., recently.
Previous to his death be told Warden lloyt
of burying a fortune consisting of gold nug
gets worth about $7,000, in Carter towuship,
Huntingdon county, Pu. The money has
been found.
Tin Stoiim crniK Co.nehauuii. It now
appears from systematically collected dutu
of ruiufall which caused tbs disaster of the
Couemaugh, that over fully oue-thirj of
the State (the most mountainous part) be
tween four and seven Inches of water was
deposited by that one storm; while in two
large areas tho precipitation , exceeded eight
inches. The smaller of these tract, about
the site of a county, lay just south of Wil
liamsport; the larger, embracing portions of
oven counties (Including Cambria), stretch
ed north aud aouth along the western slop
of the mountain.
REDUCTION OF THU DEBT.
The total reduction made in tb public
debt in the year ended June 30, 1489, ia 4b
182,200. Most of this reduction was mado by
the purchasing of Government bonds at a
high rate of premium, and there still re
mains a net surplus of upward of 150,000,000
lu the Treasury.
WEATHER CROP
tAtSt CAVSR flRRAT m,n, .
tOOR IS HOT ALAK,
The weather crop bulletin fr (.
ending Saturday, July (1, say,. T
er has been especially favorabia f0,
croi throughout the corn and
The crops are reported as atn,-
l.t . . " UW"1IKS
husjicbiij corn anu winter h. -7.
fs well
good yield
sota report
under
War,
reported.
'Uila
JCa
favorable and excellent crop j,r,w ")
kota reports that much raiu , t'Z!
sept In localities, and crops ar. -
from drouth. Generally throniZ1"
tates south of the Ohio river th "
was complete, with a fair ."t
-ti-j or .i
improved. In Tennessee ruin reUrjJT
vesting and threshing, but tbe coUnT
ia reported as Improved. In Loi,il?
Mississippi excessive rains have unZ
irons) to become
lotton ia greatly in need 0'f
ration. Texas and Arkansas
kj mucn rain, out tne weather M
'avoratile than that of llm ... - 1
Alnhama I tlin nnlv (l.iir u. ..
J ciuis fen.
1 fops in . j .
iition
Ion. Excessive rains proved iniiiH
i Middle and South Atlantic S:t ,1
rvesting has been Interrupted m'T,
.ho
Harvesting has neen Interrupted, ruucli h
leatroyco anu wne is spronti,,. i7
.I..W.V t! .S.. .1... ..-.,. 1 i.., . la
....... ,., injurious to i
(ml niitfl in New t'.n .t ... I .
- -. i . , ranfc
.I. .l!I.H.. l..l.. i I... .. ,
, ujun-inyr,);,) bill 0(1
:ros, Including corn, potato., rve
bacco, are reported in line condition '
Wheat Harvest Domt.rB. Cropr
received by Secretary Mohler, ()f th.
cultural Department of Kausv, irt t n,
eneci luaiinowneat n.vvet ii alm
lhod. The Secretary citimaiej tbt
yield at 31,000,000 bushels whi.:b iiu
double that of last year. The crop mtj M
be f aid to bo suo-essfully h trvenel.
The Secretary of the Missouri b:t
oi Agriculture reports me comlitio:i 0f
as being quite favorable, taking the
as a whole. Hotter corn weather L ro
vailed during the last ten days, an 1 -j,
sequence the condition of tho crop i
Ing and is now U0. Tbe condition of tig
wheat at harvest-time and after oinrii
able of it had been put into the siie.ij
at sv.
f r -. . . .,
J HU ASII l.s n-MW. oi the etL.
safe that was in the Norfolk and Wtsej
wreck near lliaxton, a., lat e-k, u
ceived at the treasury department ui
contents examined. The
press company made ui-r.k,
to be reimbursed f. r
bank and treasury notcscoutuim-d in thiJ
amounting to several thou-;ind t! -',lfc
the contents were almost nhv.W'.e'vdecp
ed, there being nothing left but a fei rj
red bits of paper. There was also xnfjn
elry and wulbea iu the safe and they tn
ruined.
Tue Stakdard' Di.nr Plot. The Hrjr
wheat deal and the consequent c..!.i,i
the Fidelity Rank havo been traced lj
Vcctives to the Standard Oil Company, tLa
merely made dupes of Harper anil If
kins. The investigation has been cwd
andcr the supervision of a commii'.itrf'j
creditors of C. J. Kershaw t Co., of '.lap.
Harper' brokers, the creditors uf Krrur
Co. having, in making a ctt!entat
icrved tbe right to proceed uMin 1
ihaw'a principals. They have been bantu
lown these principals and have fuunJio
in tb Standard Oil Company.
AoaisrsT Cattle IwrEorioss jcki
Rusk, of the Agricultural Department, is
issued a circular to railroad coiupwi k
bidding the transmutation of cattic ft a'ji
districts comprising portions of Artaa
Texas und Indian Territory, whn Ik
splenic or Texas feavvr is known teniae
cept under conditions prccribed, with it
of preventing the spread of the contif
Inspector will be appointed with ism
tious to see that the conditions ur pn;'
complied with.
Decrease or Crime in Inr.nvp.-.u
dicating the rapid decrease of crime ia I
land, Judge Puroell' statement, in t!l
tbe Limerick Sessions, Is worthy of not a
acknowledging the receipt of aaotha f
of white gloves he expressed his gratxau
at the almost complete absence of crinU
the county, and aaid he now had to !
pairs of white gloves ho did not know
to do with them.
AnOrx SwiTcn. Through the Wo
of a switchman eight lives were lost " lk
railway .near Rochemoos. The 1
express, while going at a high rate of
ran into an oimjii switch and da-liei'
empty train which waa standing on
and eleven others were injured.
Misiko Tnorm.Fs Settled. The to-'
troubles in tho South tstauordsbire ra
which have for some time threatened to
In a strike Involving over 20,Ouo mini-'''
been amicably settled. Tho nun br
ccpted a five per cent advance in then T
ami the masters promise a luriuvt -ef
live per cent October 1.
Rid Strike. Fifteen thousand v'-n
havo stiuck at llrunn, Including alUM
kers in the city. A detachment of
bus been sent there. There has t3
otingus yet. Tho strikers demand
crease of 30 cr cent in their wage).
T n Cntth nf KonnvliJ'. '
week ago had on of the finet
I'olaod i hina pig in tho coma,
but everj nitfht or two one of
porker would disappear. $
5-i.i-j . .-t. i-l '.!, thief atl
covered a larga rat come up t-)'"uL
i.ioa and Carre It awaT. Mr. P:lJ"i
ured arid and succeeded ia ku-if'
of th thUvs.
A mouB attracud no little
i ii. i I - In i rt. w
ID UOW W1UUOW IU K."-e f
Tb littl fellow ran about wM
J . J -1 : I J tha tOD .
iarse show window aud ourtalnii
ing flies. He ha made the wua
abode tor several weeks, sua -r .
flies sway la tho most oprov w
Be,