THE M1DDLEBURGII TOST.
T. H. II A TITER, Enrrom aud Tbo'iu
MiiMLEncna, pa., jvly 11, is.
Brw.ilhosjit of receiving 131,000 im
migrants last year.
Tho fisheries of Maine are reported to
o en the decline.
California ha 187,500 homesteads of
100 acres eaeh that have not been applied
for.
Tho United State occupies onc-tliird
cf the entire space devoted to machinery
t the Pun's KxjM)it ion.
It is estimated that tho Protestant
rhurehes of the United .States contriliute
annually 111, 250,000 to foreign missions.
- . s
Ft:uidard oil and electric light have
combined to make C leveland, Ohio, the
richest c ity of it population in the world.
According to the official of the United
Ptates Mint there are 100,1100,000 of thr
old-fiudiioncd copper cents still out hut
Dot in circulation.
It lion heen decided that we are tf pnj
high for our sugar this year, hut we are
likely, fays the Vuurirr-Journal, tu get
Our biscuits cheap.
The Legislature of Missouri at its recent
Session parsed a hill which prohibit th
marriage- cf flrt cousins, ami declare!
such marriages absolutely void.
Tin (fovcrntnent printing office nt
Washington has not yet heen aide to turn
out in I ook form all the statistics which
were gathered in the census of 1SS0.
The Somervillc (Muss.) ,ovrW lm '
noticed that people always tight shy o!
the young lawyer. lie knows nltogethei
too much about law to be of any pructi
ral use.
Ilye is the bread-grain of easti rn lint !
rcntral Europe, and Russia alone produce)
many more bushels of this than tin 1
United States produces of wheat and rvt !
together.
The "scramble for Afiiea" still eontin
ics. According to an anuouncement it
the London Tinun, a number of le.ulinp
financiers of England and the Cape an
bout. to apjily for n charter for a com
mercial company to take possession of th
Central Zurubesi linsin. .
v
A Chicago woman has appealed to the
lourts to protect her against a money
hnrlt who is charging her forty-five pel
jent. interest on a loan secured by t
chattel mortgage. In Cincinnati pool
women have been known to pay P20 pel
rent., alleges tho Atlanta (.'ormlihitiori,
without complaining.
A Kansas paper relates that n man in
Saline County ho wed wheat on the same
laud for three successive dry years with
out getting a head of grain. A few yenrf
ifterward, according to the veracioui
;hronicW-r, the wheat began to grow, ami
he has, harvested immense wheat cropt
three successive year. without ever plow
ing or sowing.
The municipality of Berlin intends tc
rreate a new establishment for epileptic
tt liisdorf, a village near the city. It it
Intended to hold 700 patients, but maj
bo enlarged to receive! 1000, and is tc
have a farm or ample grounds attached tc
(t. It will consist of it central buildiup
md a number of cottages, each with u
garden round it.
The Dunkards, or German llaptifds, nt
their recent annual meeting at Harrison
burg, Va. , agreed upon a sweeping reform.
They decided that hereafter the wearing
Df gold watches should be held good
:ausu for expelling tho member so offend
ing. A like punishment is to be meted
jut to those who attend places of amuse
netit, and no user of tobacco can be placed
tu a standing committee.
Chile offers a premium of $41100 Ameri
can gold to the successful competitor in
t trial of flour milling machinery, to take
place in Santiago, Chile, in November
aext. As there nre 800 flour mills in
Chile, which is the great wheat ruining
State of South America, it will be seen,
jbserves the San Francisco Cuvn , that
the successful competitor not only makes
4000 but opens u good trade for him
Jtlf. .
A man in Huston employed in an dec
meal establishment accidently fell and
Instinctively clutched hold of the positive
ind negativo wires of an electrical Imt
tery, receiving through his body a full
current of 1500 volts, lie was picked up
for dead, but subsequently recovered, und
Is now in as good health us before. As
this is a more powerful current than the
electricians proposo to give condemned
murderers, muses tho Chicago J ft raid,
IhcrearUc another objection to the
flibbthutiuu of electricity for the rope. .
THE FOURTH.
A DAY OF DISASTERS.
Death Was Abroad on Inde
pendence Day.
FIVE YOUNO PEOPLE DROWXED.
Five young people of Allegheny were
drowned in the Connequennessing Creek at
Forest (irove, on the Pittshutgh fi Western
railroad. They had gone to the grove In
company with a few others to hold a private
picnic. Alt wero members of the Arch
trcct, Allegheny, Methodist Episcopal
Church Sunilay 8ehool. Their names are:
Miss Nellie Rurton, Miss May Royal, Miss
Ma Cossidy, Miss Fanny McComb, Mr.
Pert Freeman.
Edward ShaclTer was the only one
In the boat who could switu ami
be managed to save himself after a heroic
struggle. As soon as possible he Informed
tho rest of the company, who were at some
distance from the scene of the accident.
The grand stand at the race track at Okla
homa City collapsed on the Fourth, Injur
ing more than 100 persons, many fatally.
One thousand people crowded into the stand
when the horses came to the xift ami then
suddenly the structure went down, burying
moro than &oo in the ruins. For a second
the outside spectators were paralyied by the
accident. Then as tho cries and
groans of the wounded Allot the air, they
rushed forward and engaged in tho work of
rescue. The victims wero draggod out and
carried to places of safety, or put in ambu
lances and sent into town. Colonel Wade,
the commanding officer, aunt the military
and physicians to the scene promptly, ami
gave material aid. Only one person km
killed outright, a child of Dr. J. A. Kyun.
At KanswCity four fatalities occurred the,
refill', of various methods of celebrating the
Fourth. A chance bullet struck Ooorge Cog
gin in the head and indicted an injury from
which be died shortly after wards. A bullet
from an acvldcntatly discharged revolver In
a gun shop picrcod the heart
of Aleiamter McDougal and killed
him instantly, llartender llrcbaker. in a
dispute over the prioe of around of drinks
in his saloon, stabbed l. L. O' Hrieu in the
groin, U'llrien will die. Thomas Ashton,
a colored man from Toeka, was hacked al
most to piece in a drunken row in one of
the bottoms saloons, Ho died shortly after
wards. John Taylor, also colore I, was ar
retted for the crime.
John Doran, an Knglishman about thirty
years of age, was drowned in the Youglo-
gheny river near McKeesort. 1 1 is body
wan recovered a short time afterward. Doran
and three companions attended a picnic up
tho river. Oh their way home' Doran Insist
ed on bathing, although his friends refused.
He could not swim and drowned before their
eyes tn 14 feet of water.
Tho vcstihulo train east-bound on the
Chesapeake & Ohio railway, was wrecked
iu a cut near Ona. There had been a very
severe rain which caused a slide iu the cut.
('eorgoW. Walsh, the oldest engineer on
the road, and his lirem.in, were killud. It
was an unavoidable accident. No passen
gers wero injured as far as can be ascer
tained. An excursion steamer carrying -too Ameri
cans on tho lied river was wrecked near Win
i'g yesterday, the wind driving it on tho
rocks. All the passengers escaned.
THE GLORIOUS FOURTH.
CKLKHRATOIU4 MMlJt A CITY WITH rill WOKKS
ULM'llKlH) lloMi;
Ten blocks of the best portion of EUens
burg, W. T., are in ashM. It Is 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 lire
works last evening. The Maine tee ted on
the north side of the city ubout 10 o'clock in
the evening, und with a very strong wind
blowing from tho northeast.
The tiro department, which
was promptly called out, could do no'hing
to check the rapid advance of the conllagra
tion. Within ait hour tho tlru had spread
to the business center. Help was telegraph
ed fur from the neighboring towns, but long
before it could reach tho scene tho Humes
had literally wiped out tho heart of tho city
und had commenced to spread among tho
residence on tho south side. It was not un
til the main portion of the foid for the tiro
had been consumed that tltero wero any
signs of abatement.
Theloss us estimated is about fJ.OO.O),
threo-qnsrters of u million iu buildings and
one and a quarter in good. The only store
left are four. There is not a restaurant, ho
tel or hoarding houso left, and there are
about lo0 people dot it ute.
IN A FLOURISHING CONDITION.
A midsummer conference of the Young
Men's Christian Asseiution of Eriu district
held a three days' session in Franklin.
Delegatus wero present from ull parts of
Northwentern Pennsylvania und the session
of tho conference wero very interesting. The
reports from tho ditlereut associations of the
district show the Young Men's Christian
Association of Western Pennsylvania to bs
In the most nourishing condition.
During the post year tho membership has
been doubled and tho association is now in a
better financial condition than ever before,
Sunday the dill'ment pulpits of tho city were
filled with delegates attending the confer
ence, and jn tho evening there was a grund
mass meeting of all the delegate 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.lkd His Dhc.nkes Fatiiir. Wal
ter Shatter, aged 10 years, of Hcranton,
Pa., while protecting his mother and little
isturs from an assault by hia drunken
father, ut Oreo a Ridge, struck the latter
over the lieu 1 with a bxse bill but, crushing
lu his skull and causing death.
OOSVESTlOy CALLED,
raorosro roniASiTto5 or mi astift-
BACK PARTY UPON All AMRKICA BASIS
Mr. George C. Jones, Chairman of the N
tional Greenback party, has Issued an invi
tation requesting all orsoni who desire to
id in reorganizing the National Greenback
psrty to meet In their respective States and
Congressional districts on or before Septem
ber 4 next and appoint on delegate and one
ilternate to attend the National Greenback
snnvention cat led 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,
Ipgal-tendoxnotos, greenbacks, issued by the
flovcrnment for value receive in promoting
ihe general welfare, constitute the money
srbich marks our advancing civilisation,
make the bent money the world ever saw,
ind should become the permanent circulat
ing medium of the American people, the life
f whose free Government they saved, and
Ihe party bearing their namo should
be porietuated to keep these great
truths constantly before thy people. Those
who believe with the prophet of old that
'money answereth all things,' and that no
other reform can be wisely considered nor
honestly determined until the great econom
ic wrongs brought about by bad legislation
have been corrected and the money question
forever settled in the Interest of the whole
people, and who are willing to act in accor
lance with the spirit of the resolution passed
by the Constitutional Congress In 1773, vii.:
Not to rat, drink, wear nor use anything
manufactured in Great ltritain: nor after one
year, trade with any one who deals In gooUs
brought here under the Itritish Hag."
Thecal! says that the reorganized party
will also advocate 1 1 piyment of the pub
lic debt according to the original contract
under which the bond were issusd; the en
couragement of American merchant
marine and of home industries; the limita
tion of the debts of corporations to the
amount of stock aof.i illy piid up: tho re
striction of dividend of corporations to a
fair return on the Investment, an I there
ilriotion of private ownership of land.
FELL FROM THE CLOUDS.
One of the most frightn.il cxH?rienees evei
had by an leronaut was that ofl'rof. Wal'
borne Allen at Providence, R. I.
Allen actually dropcd from the clonds, a
distanceof feet, but ho lives to toll tht
tale of the remarkable fall. His air ship,
Whut Cheer, a new balloon, proved to be a
treacherous carrier.
The ascension was made about 4.3) o'clock.
The balloon rose about -too feet, w hen it wa
caught In a current of air going directly op
Ismiie from the way iu which It hud set out.
Suddenly the balloon veered again und set
oil' to the north. Then, reaching an alti
tude of about f.sjt, a current of air
from the west swept the balloon towards
East Providence and over towards the big
Wilkesbarro pier For a moment the uir
ship seemed to stand slill and waver, and
then suddenly collapsed. It reeled ami
turned bottom up, then it rolled around
once more and began to fall rapidly.
The terrified spectators saw a lorin clam
ber up lu 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 aguiu, and
the drag roe made a complete circuit of the
airship and was whipped about violently.
Whipping out his knife, Allen miido a rent
in the canvas and the balloon spread out
like a parachute, shot downward like a dis
abled bird and landed in a lot. The concus
sion threw the leronaut out. He wu-s picked
up semi unconscious, badly shaken up and
very pale, but was not seriously injured.
WON A FORTUNE.
tllK CALIFORNIA Sl'FllKMK COl'HT lUtCtPBS IH
avou cir nu'iiKi.oii jkhsi'I'' ho.n.
The Supreme Court aflirmcd'the decision
of the lower court, giving the whole estate
of tt'JA.nOU to Richard P. Jessup, nutural
son of (iershom F. Jessup, a well known
an Francisco bachelor. Jessup died threo
years ago, leaving a will bequeathing the
proKrty to his brothers and sisters. Its
probate was opposed by a lawyer, who as
tonished Jessup' s friends by bringing proof
t lint Jessup left a natural sou by a young girl
whom he led astray while she was a student
at a seminary across the bay, 'J'i years ago.
The girl afterward married, but the boy, who
was raised upurt from his mother, never
anew his father's name until, on her death
bed, six years ago, his mother told him. The
boy tried then to have hie father ucknowl
edge him, but failed, although the father for
a time supplied him with money. His father
had also provided for him until he learned
the trude of a blacksmith. When his father
died, young Jessup was a dishwasher at a
private hotel, and his story rctiched the law
yer's ears, witn the result that after a three
years' light he has won a fortune.
A MINE EXPLOSION IN FRANCE.
Another terrible colliery disaster is re
ported from the district of Ht. Etieune. An
explosion of lire damp occurred in one of the
pits iu which 300 miners were ut work. The
coal pit at St. Etlenue lu which tho explo
sion of fire dump occurred is still on lire,
Many bodies have been recovered, but the
work is attended with great difficulty and
danger. The socne at tho pit is harrowing.
President Carnot has ordered that measures
bo at once taken for the relief of the faiui
lies cf the deud miners.
Fourteen miners were rescued with great
difficulty. They were nearly dead. The
number of the dead is now estimated at 135.
Money for the relief of tho sufferer is ar
riving from all parts. Ministers Constuns
and (iuyot left Paris for the scene of the
disaster to adopt relief measures.
GLOOMY VIEW.
President John McUride, of the National
Progressive Association of Miners and Mine
Laborers, gives a gloomy view of the con
dition of the coal mining industry. He says
tno miners have but little work now In any
State; even in the Pittsburgh district, where
a greater quantity of coal is mined in sum
mer, the miners have short work, and the
tame is true in Ohio. The miuers in North
ern Illinois who are Idlo because they re
fused to accept a reduction in wages are re
ceiving aid. Thore are about 7,000 N. P. U.
miners in Illinois, and about 3,000 in Iudi
sua, unemployed.
INTO AJJULCn
MANY PEKSONS PERISH.
Tho Boiler Explodes, Making
Havoc in all Directions.
A fearful accident by which many Ilvee
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 Flaitoii's switch and Jl miles
above Lynchburg, Va. Rain had been falling
almost continually, and at the times very
heavily, for 2i 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
rain and that no danger need be apprehend
ed. At the place of the accident, however,
the water had undermlnded the roadbed and
caused a washout about W feet long and SO
feet wide. The water at this olut was eight
to ten feet deep.
Into this watery gulch the engine of the
East-bound express train made a frightful
leap, while running at the rate of 30 miles
an hour, carrying with it the tender aud
eight cars. When the enginestrtick bottom,
the rushing of the water into the locomotive
exploded the boiler. This fact greatly aug
mented the catastrophe. Debris was
thrown in every direction by the
force of the explosion, injuring
some of those on the train
by (lie Hying fragments, and scattering fire
brands, which ignited tho wood work ol
the coaches. The Itame spread and destroy
ed a large amount of mail and express mat-
tar, besides spreading panic atuoug the al
ready ter-or-strieken ssengcrs.
TWEXTY-riV OUTIIIUTY KII.LKD.
It is euppiscd that some of the pas
sengers were unable to extricate themselvee
from the wreck ami were consumed
in the flames, but it is difficult
to get information, as the employes) of the
Norfolk b Western Railroad refasn to give
any Information to the public. It is impos
sible to state the number of persons killed,
but the most rcliahlccstimate put it between
' and .'H. The number of wounded wilt
be far in excessuf Ihe number killed. Thirty
of the number have been taken to Roanoke,
13 to llufordsville and 00 to I.ilurty.
THE LARGEST CITY.
There are now within the city limits ol
Chicago un area of 1741 square miles, in
cluding all of Calumet Lake, a part of Wolf
I U ii n i nnnaiili-rHlilH RvrntnD lands. The
area before wss 4.'!) square miles. It will thus
be seen that the enlargement la equal to
about three times the original area. The
eastern boundary of Chicago 1 now 25
mile in length. The western 1 still more
extensive, being 34 miles long. The widest
point east and west extends 104; miles. The
narrowest point is the southern end, which
US mile.
Akotiikii IUmk RotiiiKn. Hiel D. Miller,
cashier oftho Malta National Hank, of Malta,
O., 25 miles south of Zaneszille, io a defaul
ter to the amount of t32.tWand probably 50,
500 His eculations have extended over a
number of years and ore carried on by pock
rting the discounts of tho bank from day tc
day. This was ossihle, as he was cashier,
paying and receiving teller und clerk, aud
hod the full courldenc of the directors. A
hort time a jo Miller was thrown from his
buggy and sustained injuries; which necessi
tated a substitute nt tho bank. One deficit
of $1,000 was found, for which Miller gars
his note, but when others wero brought to
light as soon as he wu able to hobble around
an crutches he left the city ami is now sup
posed to be in Oregon. His bondsmen, E.
M. Stan berry and John Miller, his father,
both of Malta, huvo paid $iV, the amount
of his bond, and the bunk will lose the bal
ance. Pad Ykaii For Roaiis. According to the
figures of the Railway Age published, the
amount of mileage and capital involved in
railway that have gone into th hands of re
ceivers during the six months just ended ex
ceed the aggregate for any similar ieriod
since the disastrous year ol
1HS5. There were eight roods
thus bankrupt, with a total
length of 2.000 miles, and an apparent in
vestment or I125,A70,0U0. The St. Louis, Ar
kansas t Texas, the International & Great
Northern, aud the Chicago & Atlantic muko
up the bulk of the bad showing. Railway
(orecliMiures during the six months were
also eight lu 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 '.:.', 073,000. Nearly two
thirds of tho totals, however, were furnished
by one company, the Wabash.
Doc ii i. a Mcitt'Kit.-vAt the Fourth of July
celebrations at Kerbyvillo, Tuney connty,
Missouri, two Miles brothers, Rill and Jim,
shot and killed tho Sheriff of T .ney county,
G. E. llraiison, and his deputy, Ed. Funk.
The Miles boy aro under indictment for the
murder of the lluld-Knobher leader, Cuptuin
N. N. Kinney, ut Forsythe last August, and
were to bo tried for thut crime iu Springtiuld
as soon as the uew criminal court there is
organized. The casus were taken from Taney
county to Oreen on a change of venue, and
they have been out on bull for tho last
three months. Juiues Birry Is still in the
Springfield Jail charged with being an ac
cessory to the murder of Kinney.
BiLxcTisu Cusses EXPERT. -Superintendent
Porter, of the Consua, ha offered the po
sition of expert and special agent for the col
lection of statistic rolatiug to railroads, ca
nal, telegraphs, telephone and steam navi
gation to Prof. H. C. Adam, of Ann Arboi
University. Mr. Adams ha the offer nnder
consideration. He Is at preaent the statisti
cian of the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion. John 8. Lord, Chief of the Durcau of
Labor Statisea of Illinois, bus been offered
the position of special agent for the collec
tion of autistic relating to the recorded In
debtedness of tho people for tho State of
llliuoU.
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS
The Facts Related Withou
Unnecessary Words.
Ruggtere' fireworks factory, in Auberver
tiers, five mile from Pari, exploded, killing
even people.
While the cashier of Polmier' bank, at
Llgonier, Ind., was at dinner a thief entered
the bank through a window and stole f 1,000.
At Erie, Pa., the Coroner's jury Irk the
case of Oustarc Rosterholx, who wa found
dead on the Lake Shore tracks a few day
ago, have placed the responsibility for Itos
terholz'a death upon John Killcn, a saloon
keeper. Killcn sold the young man liquor.
Klllen has been prosecuted.
Joseph Mackin, of Chicago, who was sen
tenced to fir years In the Joliet prison for
connectiou with theelection frauds of 19H,
has been pardoned by Governor Fiferln or
der to relieve him of the olvil disabilities In
volved In his sentence.
There I an organized gang of thieve
who confine their work to the Pennsylva
nia Ilallroad between New York and Pitts
burgh. Three persons were arrested at Mon
mouth Junction, N. J., and sit others at
Rahway, N. J., yesterday. 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 afTairs is due
not so much to any marked advance in
prices as to the heavy and unexpected con
en npllon. There is also a heavy specula
tive demand for the manufactured product
and coupled with this aiipiclous condition of
trade is the fact that freight rates are away
down. Altogether, therefore, the iron men
are happier than they have been for a long
time.
The stable of the Harvey Paper Company
at Wellsburg, W. Va., was destroyed by lire
and two hones were burned to death. Los
l:!,.'o; insurance tlHIO.
Augusts J. Ricks, of Ohio, has been ap
pointed United States Judge for the Northern
districts of Ohio.in place of Judge Day.who
declined the position on account of ill
health. At Durango, Colorado, fire did damage to
the extent of t.WO.000 to tVW.uon, with one
third Insurance, and rendered l'X) families
homeless and destitute. Among the build
ings destroyed are the city hall aud court
houso with the county records.
The sixteenth annual session aftheChau
Uuipia Assembly opened Tunvlay.
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
llrmUlrre ' during the past six mouths
shows a gain oU'M us compared with the total
for tho first half of lws, or 12.7 per cent. The
record for six months for nine years is; lStft,
S.OH; 1SSS-, n,iM: lJW7,f,072; 1; .4f.l; lKHo,
0,1 0-1; 1XS, 0,431; 1S3, BJtsl; 1882, 3.G43;
ISM. 3.2.V).
Constitutional conventions for the four
States began at Helena, Mont., Sioux Fulls,
South Dakota, Rlsmarck. North Dakota, and
Olympis, Washington Territory, yesterday.
Tho Navy Department Is making prepara
tions for observing tho total eclipse of the
un, which will occur on December 21. It
will bo visible in its totality at St Puul 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 do Luanda iu the United State
man-of-war Richmond.
Uadje Hasseiu Ghooly Khan, the Persian
Minister to the United States, will shortly
leave this country for Eurow. Iu un 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
hiiu aud his sovereign lu the American news
papers. George Ewlng, of Fort Wayne, Ind., has
made a claim through an attorney to the one
fifteenth interest in proerty in various parts
of St. Paul, estimated to be worth about $-',-OO.OoO.
Notices of this claim have been ser
ved on all tho owners of the lots affected.
President Harrison, in company with
members of bis Cubinet and other distin
guished tiersonugca, celebrated the Fui I ll of
July at WoodstK;k, Conn. Speeches were
made by the Prwblent aud some of the
other guests. Congrettmiau Reed outlined
the future policy of the Republican party
lu the national Legislature. The cereiuouie
were interrupted by rain.
Thirty-five firms have thus far signed the
Amalgamated Association' iron scale. This
dispose of the scale for manufacturing iron,
as the number constitutes half that worked
under the Association rules last year. Re
garding the stocl-scale there i still trjub
ahead.
The Women' Christian Temperance
Union has crcuted a stir at llutl'ulc
by sending a committee to get the minister
to substitute syrup for fermented wine iu
administering the sacrament.
James Hoover a convict, died at the State.
Penitentiary at Cannon City, Coi, recently.
Previous to his death be told Warden Hoyt
of burying a fort una consisting of gold nug
gets worth about f 7,000, iu Carter towuship,
Huntingdon county, Pu. The mouey bus
been fouud.
Tu Storm rrnic Co.nemauuii. It now
appears from systematically collected data
of rainfall which caused the disaster of the
Coiieraaugh, that over fully oue-thlrd 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 tracts, about
tho slxe of a county, lay just south of Wil
liamsport; the larger, embracing portions of
seven counties (Including Cambria), stretch
ed north aud south along the western slope
of the mountain.
REDUCTION OP TUB DEBT.
The total reduction made In the public
debt in the year ended June 30, 1880, 1 de
182,200. Most of this reduction was made by
the purchasing of Government bond at a
high rate of premium, and there still re
timing a net surplus of upward ut $00,000,000
lu the Treasury.
Wr.ATH ER CROP BPTrt
'"U.T
tun CAVsrs orrat imsmqi
lOOB. IS NOT AU,,'utl'X
The weather crop bulletin fr
ruling Saturday, July f, My.: Th
er has been espec'Hy favorahi. f'
?rop throughout the corn and wk "
The crops are reported as rowl 'nt.
tmpuiuauy corn ana winter l
f well under .v
good yield reported. tv,,.', 4
sot report meteorolo-t'eal
favorable aud excellent crop pros,
kota reports that much rain ii 1,2,"
it in localities, and crops am ' n-
from drouth. Generally thro,.) "
Hates south of the Ohio river 1 1 1
wa complete, with a
rn was rc.orted a, excellent nd i
improved. In Tennessee rain m.J'T
vesting and threshing, but th '
is reported as Improved. In I ""t
Mississlmd excessive raln I,.- . '"
5rop to become graj.
tton is greatly in nerj ,
ration. Texas and Ark-
mitt.
-,oo much rain, but tint i f "
- "-'.iiirrwy n
'avorable than that of the previo-i
Alabama is tho only Gulf stt.
'avorable weather and all crop, jn
litlon. Excessive rains provH itiiuri
;ho Middle and South Atlantic State, ,h
harvesting has been Interrupted. mu hl2
lesiroycsi iiiu wuen is opntutitig j ,
... iiijiirioil, to l
iwl nnta In New Kn,.t ,.. I '
I.,. .1, . I;,,.. ....... ........ uw"
.......... ..H v ,..,i., i, rven,i u.
I ............. I I.. "
uiivwv, nt. i.-'vmi.:. ill line COIllliJl.ip
WimT Harvest Dofiu.rt.0rnp rpor
received by Secretary Mohler, of theAtr,
cultural Department of Kutuv, art te tL
euect lunv ino wncai na vest is alinjjt
ished. The Secretary cttimated the
yield at 31,000,000 bushels wll;h ujj
double that of last year. The crop any
be said to be suc.vssfully h:irvetel.
The Secretary of the Missouri s-e
oi nurii-iiiuiro rejoins me conuitioa of
as being quite favorable, taking tu. &,
as a wuuio. lienor corn weather lui p
wailA.1 unnif tin luaf In,. .1 .... I
sequence ine condition ortlie crop is im,,.
1.... : fhl TL.
IIIU ll. 10 II. W S-'t A llv lOlltllllO'l I, VjQ'j.
wheat nt harvest-tune and after cimV.
able of it hud been put into the sUx up
at ri.
Tu Cash i Asiiks (inn of the eipm
safes that was in the Norfolk aii.nVMr,
wreck near Thaxton, a., ht we- k,
ccivedat the treasury depart nn-nt n,J
contents examined. The (
press company numo ailiot.
to be reimbursed f,r
bank and treasury notesc.nitained in fhmj
amounting to several thoiismd l!ars, ba
the contents were almost absolutely de-iry
ed, there being nothing left but a few rfer
red bits of paper. There was also omf is
rlry and wutbea in the safe and they in
ruined.
Tuk Stakdabd' Dkep Plot Tiie Hife
wheat deal and the consequent collapw
the Fidelity Rank have been tru ed by o
'actives to the Standard Oil Company, h.ti
merely made dupes of llur r and
kin. The investigation bus been ronJuttd
auderthe supervision of a committee of tl
creditors of C. J. Kershaw it Co., ut C liicift,
Harper' brokers, tho creditors of Kerlut
fi Co. having, in making u settlement,
lerved the right to proceed uuinst K
ihuw's principals. They have been hutuici
lown these principals and have foanJtta
in th Standard Oil Company.
Ac.aikst Cattlb Inactions Secretary
Rusk, of the Agricultural Department, I
Issued a circular to railroad cuiiipauias I
bidding the transportation ofeattlc fr until
district comprising (tortious of ArkiijM.
Tex us und Indian Territory, when the
splenic or Texas feavvr is known to exist.ei
cept under conditions precribed, withi'in
of preventing the spreud of the cutiUgi
Inspectors will be appointed with itera
tions to see that the conditions urs projarl;
complied with.
Dr.cnAsorCRiMB in Ikehnp.-.U
dicating the rapid decrease of crime in '
land, Judge Purocll' statement, in djr.J
the Limerick Sessions, is worthy of now. B
acknowledging the receipt of another fi
of white gloves he expressed his gratified
at the almost complete absence of crimt 4
the county, and said he now had to BUJ
pairs of white gloves he did not know wW
to do with them.
An Or Switch. Through the bluml
. .. . ... ii I.. nn th
Ol aswiicumarr eigni lives n i" - - -railway
.wear Rochemocsi. The Frankf
... . ... i f.,i
express, wiiiie going at a nign
ran into an open switch and da-hel inw
empty truin which was standing on t'-i
traclc. Eight persons wero instantly
and eleven others were Injured.
Minixo Tnorni.F.4 Sktti.ep. The UV
trouble in the South Suilfordilure m
which have for some time threatened tts
In a Btriko involving over 2,0i miner. at
been amicably settled. The men
cepted a five per cent advance in their
and the masters promise a further
vf live per cent October 1.
Rui Stiuke. Fifteen thousand
havostiuck at Rrunn, incluling s'-Hl""
kers in the city. A detachment of mi
has been sent there. There hiw been no
otingus yet. Tho strikers demand
crease of 30 per cent In their wacs.
J. D. Smith, of Sunnysil'. h
week aro had on of the finest h"
Poland t hin pig in tha commiWv
but every nlyht or two oue of
porker would disappear. Mr.
decided to watch for the thief
covered a large rat come up tnroug
floor and quickly grab one, of
pig and carry it away. Mr. pb'"
ured a rlfl aud succeeded la kUii
( th thlys.
A mouse attracted no little
In a show wiudaw in Dan bury, "T
Tb littl fellow ran about "1(fc
coed, and climbed up to the top"
largo how window aud curuioi,
lug file. H ha mad the wina
abode lor seyeral weeks, aud "7
file away lu tho mo approvei "
net,