DESTROYED BY FIRE. The Western Union Anain Suffers a Heavy Loss. NKW YORK'S lUU FIRM FIREMEN'S OALLANT RESCUE. Bctch Person Driven to tho Hoof of the Burning Structure. Nrw Y..i:k. July 1 shortly before 7 A'cloi k this morning flames hurl frum ttio switchboard M the Western I'll ion operating: fiMiin, mi t ( i-vi-iit1i HiH.r of their magni ficent building, corner of Broadway and ! street. The tire quickly spread beyond Control, nil the entire sixth, fifth, fourth and third Ccmr of tin immense building were soon Completely pu't'il. mxl to!tiirsli i: column Biiatmn with oint.s o'.ttidc of tin; city wa leniirarily suspended. The ollice of the Associated Press, Executive Committee of the (tii Ftiion Telegraph company uiol oftlccs (,f ..nveral brokers w ere det ry I. So rapidly did tin; lire extend ti the. Woodwork that the escape of tin j.'. I y tin' stairway was i ut nil. and a iiutuher were lowered from the windows, by luc.in (if Mie. to the lops of si.j lining building, while other hnrritsl down the 1 i r escape. A IAM' AMoX.i mi mii.oyrt. The tire completely destroyed th I i -tr, billing room on tin- fifth floor, the oncrat iiiU rH'm on the Moor iiliuve, the Associated Press room, and the restaurant on tho Seventh floor. Seven live were iniraculom ly saved. A few inin:t-s before 7 o'clock thi morn ing the or.itors be.Mii t arrive. t ir ti work. Ah i'it .'idnicii an I young w.i'ii-n hal ri'i" he 1 t'.ic oi'r.iting room A mes senger hoy named Matthew siw a pull of smoke iiinler a taMe on tho 1 1 r below the distributing room, lie s 'trcely hail tiui" to invent igate the c.nn' when the woolen ta ble wa in flam's an I tin' lire wis spr-.vuling with lightning rapidly, lie ruslicl up I'nir to notify th employe thai the build ing was on l. re. Tln-v w ere oinpctle I to g i through the 1. -trib. itiug room to get down ltair. A panic was the result of thn messenger's information, und the young women scream ed while the men rushed pell-mell down stair to escape the llames, which in less than two minutes ha I spread iilniot over the entire distributing riMim, burning up wire, instruments uinl tables us if they were so mien timler. The entire room, when the panic-stricken crowd pnse. through i w:t! filled with a dense, milling imoke. They fell over each other in their wild ell'ort to reach a place of safety. Just about this time it 11 anlll'il Upon the minds of the frightened persons who hud enped. that there were iievetl others on the iirant floor who hail not been warned of the.r uali; i. ' " Ail til I.& wy this time been cut of! whereby these crim rouM escape, mid they were not uw.irr of their eril until ti e smoke rimhe l up the Itairway leading; frututhe operating room in folunira. There were four men and three women on thi floor, and K-ein ecape cut oil' from (Very quarter, there was an aw fill panic. One of the men. seeing there, was no pus ible ineaiiKif cicnpe ilownwar 1. ru-Oie l for the scuttle hole in the roof. The trapdoor was pii-dieil HI a. id the prisoner' clinih.-d to Ihe roof. Haines were Munition out of the front windows, volume of siiiukH pullej lieavetiward. 1'ri. in under the eaves of tlie jreut huildini! Il.unes wi re i-hootiiii;, and the Itnutnre MVined to be crow ned w ith tire. a i ttv : iiiiiuioK wi:t i i' AVlien t In-cre.it crowd on the streets av the men and women rush out on the roof aery of horror went up, for it did not seem possible that they could he lescued. The women on the root screamed and ivrmi; their hands, and tin; men veiled: "For tiod's kake do something to nave us.'' 1- inally a lone; ladder was rushed upon the roof ol No 1 My at reel and placed iu: iinl the rear of the h.irniiiK biiildiui; It did le t reii' h w ithiu .'i i f.s-t nf 111 ! Western I'nioti roof. I'lidainited, Irmi'i'iT, two firemen acaled the ladder and th'ew a rope to the roof It was tailL'ht and t ed by one of the the brave girls w ho jeeincd tu t.ever loose lier nerve The firemen pulle 1 themselve up h md ivcr hmid until they rea' lied the t ip of ilni buriKii:: buildiii).'. and, ami I cheers from the tiiou-aiiiU t'clow, they let tho in down to pla es of aafo:y. . i . : i . 1 V I K 1 11 K I IKK. How the lire original cd no one seems to know pos.tively, but it i surmised that two of the company's electric lij;ht w ires became cnuseil and si t (lie tloorin on lire. Had the f.re broken out an hour later the hi of life iiiit'ht have been enormous. 1 ul'.y Ton (rirls uml imvi Hre employed on these two Honrs. No exai t figures run yet be given in ren'irj tu ihc lots, but it will bu bvavy. KILLED UV A CONVICT. "he Attempted Train It ibhary Ne.r Van Wert, O., aa Act olHevtii3. Van Vj:i;t, ( , July '.' '.The r portin! nt teniptel robbery of train No. 4, on tho ("in rinnuti, Jackson and Mict ig:m U.iilr.md. Friday night, in which lliigiinsT Vu.i"K'Vn tier was killed and Fireman K nuthouse iK-.iten into insensibility, turns out to have been an act of revengi committed by lllair Mock, an vx convict. Mock killed Vande. ander's son, at Hunting bm, in 18 4. Kngi lievr Vundevander was the chief witness at the trial of Mock for the crime, and Mock awnre vengeance against liim In the court room, Mock wa seen at Kuterprise, eveu mile south of here, yesterday, an 1 ulso in (he c'ty this morning bt U o'clock. He hai Hot J'et been arrested. Three Missing Bodies Found. Mikmapoi is, July 18. A searcher found three ini-iiig bodie of the victims of the Lake Ccrvais cyclone early this moruiug. They were close together iu a manir.y por tion of the lake, ) feet from shore. The bixlies of t'harle fchurmeier and Uov. M. 1'fjefle are mutilated, but that of Mrs. J. H. feburweier wai Dot (JisHfol BIIOUT CnO?8 ABROAD. An Unprecedented ainy f pll in En Bland-The Ttusslan Yield. Lomi i;, July 30 A week agij it wn fc'.t that the weather In I'.nglnti I since the bein ninnof June had already b -c.une a too pro tfS'iiely ridiculous thing to be dicused In ordinary lanuaire. Hince then there ha been the heaviest rain fa 1 known in any one week since lf7f. nnd the whole six week' record is the word since ItiU. To have to go back nearly eighty years for a parallel affords the ltritou a sort of glo my pride in the uniipie character of the summer, but not even a Ma'k Tapley could pretend to comfort iu its contemplation. The havoc this continuous dow noour hal worked in the fashionable world :f regatta, lawn fete, and riverside pirtics is of no lat ing coneiiiuce, but the direct pecuniary bfrs to farmers ha heroine Mi'fcthing terri ble. 1 came in this morning from Shepper ton, some I went; nidi- up the river, and saw literally a h mdred acres of meadow in which CI- ke I li.iy was four fifth imdet water. The Tlniuie i a swoolen and muddy flood like tho Mohawk In a March freshet, and all the low Iv ing stretclie of and iu the valley are swamped. Sum grass counties, 1 ke Cheshire, al ready report that politically the w hole hay c rop is destroyed. Two bright, hot day in the middle of thi week revived a hop that the wheat might after nil he saved in something not too far below the average crop, but the suh'eipent tropical ruins and the arctic temperature have ilisM pan d this. Kverylio ly admit-s now that it is likely to be the worst yield since the un preceleiitcd disaster of l7!i. The stock of I'.u.dl-h w heat I now ail but exlintis cd, and uinlerthe influence of this and the evil pro-pint the growmj ernp price have advanc I lib u.t another !.;l!iiu per quart during the wi-k. Much the same lories emit i n U'J to collie Iroin the ( ' 'tr ; ne:it. The Kus.siaii ruble went up mi the Ta rim l'n.ur.-e yesterday in sympathy wi h the gin crul advance iu t he w heat m i: ki t. w L.cii .: is now evi lent that Kussri will largely c en trol. A to the re-l condition of th" liussi.m rrop much uncertainty i vists. 1 , .jj, , ,; reimrt nf the month makes a ve-y g'n..my show ing, but it is upis .-te I iu I'.ir.in that this is d uie to favorably atbst evchaiiL-e. Hint tlmt I'.iissia. in fact, rln.;..(. ,,, !f Ibis be true, llus.-a nil. l.t to Make a rent ileal of iimney, (usause all 11 . i r j e wi.i ir force be buyers. HUIINFI) WITH ic:-: It OS FAT. I ha llorr.ble Crim'i of a Husband, Who Commits, t-uicide. i 'oi 'mi i . S. t '., July ,.'.: ne oft he tnot boTitil - criui 's on rei'nr 1 is reported from Colle en i-oiinty. The crime was committed on Mary's Is'an I uu unfrei, ;eiited p"t. l'u Idy tiran' live I there with bis w.fe, l'ho lie uml anot'.ie woman, s tpposed to be too intimate wi'h Crant. frequently visited his wife. Wednesday la-t iirant ii. formed the relations of bis w ife t hat she had been severely hurt the week h-fore by the explo sion of a kerosene lump and was iu a bad condition. The realivf found her burned from her knv 's up in front only, ler libly charred and speechless. the ditsl when an attempt was made to remove her. No traces ol oil could be found on the floor or no traces of burning below the knees of tLc woman. These and contradictory state nidus caused the arnst of firant but he escaped trout his guard Having been run to earth again, he reiUi-s!ed permission to return to bis room for n short .-lile. Almost immediately the report of a g in w as heard and it was found that he had placed the uiiiz;.le of his musket naint hi stomach and explodedit, blow inga holeclearthrough himself. It is thought keroseu was poureil over lii.s wife by h'luself and the other wo tuaii. uud that she was then set on lire. HE TOMAHAWKED THEM. An Indian Prisoner Cuts Up Five of His Fellow C'onv cts. Cou'Min, (., July bi This aftcriioun an Indian from Indiana Territory, in the pi n tent iary for bJ years for killing a nun:, se cund a broa hue and commenced p, , tomahawk hi fellow prisoner iniiliued tu the idle house. Heslirted in to brain a do.cn, and did cut up and mangle live. He cut open the head of Jacob (iross, who will likely die; then cut u dangerous hole in Fred Cunningham's head, split open the shoubh r of l ha'les Llrccves, made a dangerous gash in the iraiiiiiin of MikeO'Haia, Hint cut the nose nil' of a fifth convict. l'.y this time hi? wild yells brought the deputy warden, who had the bote turned on him until he weak ened, when he was disarmed und thrown into a ceil. The unoriginal wa as w ild a a lunutic, and his at trin pted massacro stirret up the whole intitution. I be physicians will examine liiiu to-morrow when ha ue- ilow n, as it is thought he h crazy. A BAROE CUT IN TWO. Tho Lake fcteamer City of Detroit Did tho Work. Hr.TUoiT, July 17. This evening at C.:.'10 as the steamer C.ty of Hetroit, w ith three ex cursinii par'ies aboard, was just within the city limits, her steam steering apparatus gave out and sho sheered ubout uud ran Into the steam barge Kesota, owned in Cleveland, cutting her completely in two uin:dt.hip.. The Kesota'g cargo was iron ore uml it slippel into the river. Captain Flick und a crew of 17 were rescued The motherof the stewurt was drowned and the captain's w il'o was saved by a seaman diving after Iter as she was sinking, Judge Nichols of liutavia, 0., was quite severely Injured by the breaking of some shrouds. While the passengers were fright ened, there was no punic. The damage to the Hctroit's bull Is placed at $AUK0, and she will be on the dry docks for three weeks. The Kesota was valued at I IW.OjO and is otal wreck. DISTRESSING ACCIDENT. A Fleasure Yacht Hun Down and Five People Probably Drowned. Ai.EXAMHiu IU v, X. V., July 17. The steamer St. Lawrence, returning ut 10:Fi o'ch-'k to night from an excursion, ran down the steam pleasure yacht, Cutblene, with 10 passengers on board from Uradford, Pa. Five are missing. The missing are Mr. und Mrs. F.. It. Peuiberton, Mrs. W. 1. Hart und Miss Maggie Henry, all of Uradford, and John tcnecttl, the lireiunu o" tbs Cutblene. FINANCE AND TRADE. WEEKLY COMMERCIAL HIVIEW. The Latest Ee porta Beoetred By Can's Agency. Nrw Yonn, July R. . Dun t Co.' weekly review of trndesay: The Silver bill has leen psed and i sigued by the I'resi lent, but has had scarcely any effect on the market a yet, excepting the advance In bar iilverto5i3d, followeil by a decline to flud. So change apiear in money markets, and foreign exchange remain te.idy at a point a hidi ndmits export of gold, engagement for to-day being half a million for Hcrmany. The bank Of F.ng'and lost It. V) IKJ during .he week, and the Inter advice from South America ate less encouraging. The Indus trial outlook i not improved by delays In I ongress, nor by drought In some Western States which seems likely to cut down the field of wheat. Inciikaskii voi.rtir or nr.4iir.4. The volume of business still continues rery large for the season, and the prevailing lone in most every department of trade Is lonlident and hopeful. Western hide are higher, and there i a good retail trade In luminer goods, though wholesale trade il quiet. Cotton goods are strong, but wool favor buyers. The Chicago Hoard of Tra le statistics con tinue to show a creat increase over last year in movement of all grain and flour and in meat, the increase in dressed beef being three fold, ami in lard, cheese and buttet iirge, with considerable gain in live Itork, Wool uud bides, I'oot and shoe sale Bte n little slack but I.. . y goods and i lothing last yenr'ssalei sre surpassed and payment are good. Cleve land note the largest trade since last year, though seasonably uiet a! present, and sub tutit. ally the same is reported from iMroil ml St. Fan!. Minin-.iHilis Increases it week's output of flour aho 100,0 M barrels, m1 report a strong I linl er market Traill is good ut Omaha nnd I'invcr. but dull am) lu:i"tivL nt Jack-oiiville. The live-stock movement at Kansas City is large, but al low prices. I'iTTf It T".vr IN lli'isj. A rather belter tone is rcmrteil In tin riiihnlelpbia irnii timrket, shipnienla for ix months have been 7 .'t.-.o'i tons, and sale ma le already covi r about three mouth more nf produc'ioti. Large consumption l rnpper sustain the price at 17 cent, am! manipulation ha placed tin at ','I.Vi cents, out lead is dull at 4 .'J cent. Coal l lower. Wool is dull and iu limited demand. No definite improvement i seen in the woolen Co Is market. I. ttle is doing at present in knit g 1. The siecula'lve markets have been curiously variable. Wbeut i more than half a cent lower than a week go, not withstanding some evidence nf Injury from drouth; the stock rarried over from the la-t crop year Is esti mated at (Vl.O'Ki.oov; to 7o,o !,( bushels, which, with a yield even smaller than is now expected, will more than meet ult prob blc requirement. Corn has advanced near ly half u cent higher again in spite of favor ible corn prospect.. Hog an I p 'rk pro. ducts are weaker, and coffee unchanged, though tbedistributlon was very inodcsrata. Uavv sugar has been advanced a sixteenth, though refliutl is lower and the Sprockle prmluct is offered below that of tho trust. The business fuilurea occurring through out the country during the last seven days number aC, as compared witli a total of l'.'7 ast we-k. For the corresponding week id la-t vear the f.gures w ere -US. EI3 RELATIVES VICTIMIZED. An Alleged Dead Msn Reports That Ha is Alive and Well. Tnr.NTow N. J., July l". A remarkable case of tra'Iicking in the sympathies j re latives has entile to light here. Mrs. Feter Stiilinaii. rc-iding at No : IV'I I erry street, received a telegraph oyer II month ago asking funis fir the buriul of her brother Ivlward C. 11 oom, of No. ! li Mast Mrist, kan-a- C.ty. She forwurdisl tlienmount leiuanded by F. t tone, the luiil'Ttaker, uud reij i sted a decent burial. A b'tfr was received last night from the alleged dead man, stating that he was pros pering and would I in Trenton within tin.- next five iluys. ibis was liaMraliy a revelation to the family of 1M ward I'd. Mini, who have gone into mourning, and his mother lias been made ill by tho re port of his iicath. F.oides the b tter, Hiirinunicug tl.C death. a letter signed by Frel A. Murso, of Kansas City, was previously re eived by Mr. Stat man. stilting that her toother wa very ill and wanted I in is. Money wa sent at once Luter tame a letter from C. A. Wright, urg ing money to be scsit for a consultation uu I un operation that might save his life. This also was sent. Later came t lie dispatch an liouncing his doath. I lie family sent ill all nearly f .isi, anil they lire now uwure that tbev have been duped by some shuriers in Kansas i ity who l.-v traded on some in formation obtained from Ivlward liiootu. TIIEWoHK Ob' im.vULARS. Bhcrrodsvill, O., Almost Destroyed by Fire, Caus.ng a Loss of 8U0,000. Canton, . July L'u. The village of Slier rodsvil e, iu Carroll county, wu swept ly lire Friday night. 'I be loss is put ut $o).(khj. John Jenkins and lit son were probubly fatallv burned, l'.o h of them .re un conscious when rescued from a burning building. The villa,.' was uliuo't totally destroyed und inimy of the people are living in barns Three of the burned building are supposed to have In en plundered uud then set on lire by burglars, as two shot were tired at the man who discovered lb fire. A reward uf 1 1.0J0 has been ollcred foi the Incendiaries SOFTEN 8 IRON ORE. A Discovery Announced by a Westing- bouse Agent. St Pari.. Minv., July 18.':. A. Paigh of the Westilighouse Klectrlc Company, has been iu Tower, Minn., at the iron mines Tur the last week, experimenting with electricity and iron ore in the Interest of his company, He declures that he bus discovered a pro' cess by which be can centre the rays of un urt: lis-lit upon a piece iron ore, and thereby sullen it to such a d- greeustobeableto work it with greatly reduced amount of labor. It has not yet been known .with what success Lis luburs have been iuuU ILEMENT8 LF.T LOOSE. A TerriHe Storm Sweeps Over Parte cf Pennsylvania, Ohio and New Jersey. pHtLAnrLPntA, July 1". A terrlfio thun der and bail storm swept over Philadelphia, Sontbestern Pennsylvania and New Jersey this evening, doing an immense amount of damage. The new Agricultural works at Kallstown were blown down and John Free man killed. Lansdsle was flooded and sev eral barns struck by lightning and burned. At Trenton, N. J., hail of remarkable size fell. Lonis Schlngel and Michael Corcoran were killed by lightning under a tree. Two passenger trains on the Lehigh Valley Railroad narrowly escaped being wrecked between Ilcthlehem and Allentown. ltoth train had to stop frequently to allow tele graph poles and trees to be removed from the track. The storm wa very severe at Chester, the lightning doing much damage to building, The yacht Richmond, with nine men on board. wn turned bottom upward off Port Richmond, but all the men were saved. Twenty terotis in all were rescued from ca)iited sailboat. The ltarbour thread mill's stack at Allen tow n, '.2!) feet high, wa blown down, "rush Ing the engine house. Much damage was also done at Reading. NoRwai.k, (into., July 17. A violent wind and rain storm struck Monroeville, this county, at o'clock to-night, doing terrible damage. Lightning struck otto (ieldners house, killing hi three son, who were sitting on a lounge. The electricity c.nno down the chimney. Kate Smith, a neighs bnr, who wa In the bouse at the time, was timtly burned about the arms, K hi se. Pa., July 17. A hurricane struck Cirnrd, west of Krie, this afternoon and came near demolishing the wlmlt town. Score of house and barn were unroofed, and the Presbyterian t h.irch, a cosily edifice, wa unroofed and almost destroyed. The damage tu tree and farm property in the wake of the storm will be large. Ai.tooh, Pa.. July 17. A beavv rain and thunder storm passed over this city atiout 7 o'ebs k this evening doing serious damage to property. Many cellars were tilled. Train men rep irt a lire at Ua'.liUin, caused by lightning. R ii kwav, L. I., July 17. Ihiring the storm to-night ii driver of a wagon was k il ed und hi horse also kille 1. Several ikt- on were stunned bv lightning, and much .Ullage was done ti; building uud crops. WiM.UMsi'ocr. Pa.. July 17. A tornado swept over an I through this city this after noon, the wor-t ever witnes-ed li re. Many uiildins were iilow-n down an 1 iu my uu- roofed, but no person was hurt. WELL OUARDED Fit DM WITCHES. A Child Imprisoned Six Yosts by Her Lunatio Mother. Nswsfno. N. Y.,'July 17. K i.:a Sleekier. 00 years old, was arrasted to-day charged with imprisoning her daughter Anna for the past six yetrs. Anna is '.t years old and an only daughter, and the mother declared that she had locked her up as u means of preserv lug tier from witoties. Mrs. bteckler seven years ago lost son. Joseph. Soon after wards her husband died, while another son bad portion of his hand removed ty acci dent. Her troubles turned the woman's head. The gir! was rigidly kept from speaking to another child. Annu s health was natur- ,lly impaired by this seclusion. Wnun brought hefo e the court she was utmost as much of an itub"-ilc a the mother herself. She could nut tell her own name or aze, hud never had a playmate in her yoauj life and did not kno.v what u stire was. When a dressed doll was given Anna, the child went into ecstacies over it, willingly accompany ing the olliceri w hen they told her they would take her to play with other ciiildreu. QUITE A PENMAN. A Man Just Out cf I'r. son and Married Again in 1 rouble. Niw ol:K, July lo.-.l iiatb'S Loser wa u prisoner to-day in .lellVrson Market court on a charge of forgery, lie is '.'I years old and hiui serve I a tour-year term in State s prison for forgery. I'efo.-e be was urrestcd uud sent to prison he tr.it a girl to w hom he be came engaged. When he was sentenced she promised to be true tu bun. Four Month ago hi 'hue v up ar.d In? huntel un the L-irl and a week ago mar ried her. While Losce was iu prison prepv ration were made for Kerr.mler's eleclrocu lion, und I.osee was detailed to assist the electrician, who took a fancy to him un promised to get him work when his timl was up. He kept bs word nnd I.osee se cured employment with the Arc Lamp Company m July 4 lie went out with some friends, and running shori of money forg-d a check for and a few davs later another for lis On the Mb be wa married, and yoterday he wa anested uml he'd for trial. Hn wife is the daughter of a wealthy Mott Haven futility. TIE WOULD BtINQ BAIN. AToung Lunatic St ta Fire to a Church for that Purpose. Nevada, Mo., July 111 James Hownri the 14-year-old son of A. II Howard of I.akt township, near here, w ho has been deranged for several years, und was u. one time confined in the insane asylum here, left his father's hnu-e uuday morning, say ing he wus going to bring on a rain ti save the crops. He went to u country church invir by, which he set on fre, uud then sturt'el a blaze, in a number of hay ricks half a mile awuy. Ho was I'- tected and arrested. He declared that it wus his inten tion to have burned all the hay in the neigh borhood, and also the new town of Kichurds, In order to brirg on a rain. The lire in the church was discovered and extinguished before great damugo was done. Howard was taken at onco beforo the probate co jrt, and aguin sent to bis old quurtera iu the in sane asylum. BUKNtDTO DEATH. A Mother and Four Children Perish by Flame. Valparaiso, Ind., July 10--Tlie residence of John Hamlett, ueir here, was burned this morning. Mrs. Hum el and four children, the eldest ubout 8 year old, Wrre burned 10 death. Tho houso wus tot illy consumed. No per jOU knows how the tiro originated. Mr. Humlett wus absent ut Chesterton He bus arrived here uud Is crazy with grief. LATE NEWS IN BRIEF. HOME AND FOREIGN NOTES. Conden-.ed Item From Many Pointa of Interest. The italtnnnre it Ohio railroad company will erect the lurgest transfer shed In the world on their road ft) miles west of Wash ington. Tliey will be capablo of holding 15,0 0 cars. Pierre Mtrand.i, wife and three children were roated to death In a burning house at Quebec, the firemen being Ignorant of their presence and devoting their energies to sav ing the surrounding property. Four hundered death from smallpox are rejKirled to have occurrecl at Saltillo, Alex co, In the lat three months. John M. Weber was yesterday nominated for congress froiutheTwerity-llrst New York district by the Republican. Richsrd C oker, the Tammany leader, sailed from New York for Germany yester day morning, being accompanied by his wife and children. The President yesterday appointed O L. Spalding, of Michigan assistant secretary of the treasury, vice Ueurga C. Tichuor re- gne l. New lork policemen am searching for X'tiinamati named Tseng Ah Jen, who I said to have the leprosy, and whom his friends are concealing. The Ivni'icratic State convention of Wisconsin will be held at Milwaukee on August 27, and that of Michigan at (J rand F.apids on SCptembcr 12. Four of the Ilelgisn tigar miker who were to have been shipjH-d back a contract laborers, Wednesday, escaped from the steamship Belgian laud, and are still iu New Tork. Fred Meddlar. w hile drunk, wa killed by a train at Whe ling. .T. '. Tsld's machine and boiler work at Patterson, N. J , were destroyed by lire. Loss tl.VI.O (. The Servian Synod ha rejeetc 1 the peti tion of ex-J ns?n Natalie for a rehearing as to the legality of her divorce from ex-Kin Milan. Wheat and oat nre will under way In rvnrt'n and South Ihtkotu. and corn promise finely, but rain is l. idly needed for small gram. The large p'liuing mills, fa-tiry. lunib-r yard and sheds owned by M. W. Sherman, at (ilens Fulls, N. Y., were destroyed by lire yesterday. Loss, f:! i.noo; no insurance. Joseph Clessner, dealer in boots nnd shoest at Mossillou, (., was cloed by the Sberill em an execution issued to satisfy a judgment Bote for t.'.'i in favor of his w i:e. '1 he dead body of a man, suppose i to bo I Mose Silveriliorn. of t umdeu. N. J., was I found ut Fetter's Hotel, Itet iilehein, Pa , Sunday. lcath wu caused by asphyxia tion. Il is supposed to hi suicide. A man named J. Kinsley, supposed to be resident of lireenvdle. Conn., wa killed by being struck by a locomotive at Phila delphia. Negotiation are about concluded for the transfer of tho S. F. Hess & Co cigarette fuo tory at Rochester, N. Y., to the American Tobacco compuny. Ir. R. C. Work, professor of physiology of the Southern Medical College, dual ut At lanta, (ia. He was one of the best kuown physician in (icorgiu. TIIE BUrCMERS STRUCK. They Would Sell a Town No Meat Till It Changed sn Ordinance. iHNvit.t.r, Va , July 17. One of the most rur'nius strike on record ha just ended here. Several days ugo a butcher was imprisoned lor violating a city ordinance, whereupon ali the butcher closed iheir stalls ami swore they would sell no more meats until the ordinance was channel. S nce that time tn fresh meat could he bought in the market for love or money, and the peoplo were put to great inconvenience. The butchers ut la-t decided that they were getting the worst of the so-called st -ike an 1 ull will open ut the old stand to-iii irp w. CHOKED THE GUARD. Throo Prisoner tscapa From the Work houso ut Dayton. Iavt iv, O., July is -l'risoners In the City Workhouse attacked the guard, lust evening, uud, rendering him powerless and then ep?cchlel by choking loin, took uwuy nis keys mid revolver. William Johnson, Frank Wilson uud Charles .lit' ksmi escape I, but Mrs. Martin, wife of the Superintendent, burred the egress of the other. A trusty prisoner who gave the alarm wa attacked bv some of his com panions uud uluiosl killed. POISONED BY CANNED MEAT. An Entire Family Tnkon Down ar.d Five Children May Die, V.w C'i.siuk. Wis., July t.0. A poor fam ily named Kingb-rg, in Shawtow.i, consist ing of father, mol her, and seven children, had canned meat for their Sunday dinner thi afternoon. Two hours later ihey were se zel with violent su knesi. Tho physicaii is still working on them. H i think four or live uf the children may die. Fscspsd by tho Hope Boute. Cairo, li.t... July th. Eight prisoners con lined in the Pulaski county Jail, ut Mount City, seven miles ubove here, eeaied last night. Some outside parly smuggled a r 0 to them, uud they rcacbe 1 I In) ground through the scuttle h jle. None of them tuo been rccji t ircd. An Old Lidy Boats Two Battlers. Gri'i:ssiii h 1, Pa., July 17 An old laoj named Iturgler, Wi years of age, who wu strolling over the ririgo ut l.auro'svillc, came across two hugh rattl.n ikes this morning, each with 11 rattles. The reptiles at once showed light, and for a while a desperuto it niggle ensued, but the old lady succeeded in killing them both, and brought them triumphantly to town. A Wurwick farmer lwl a frung of trumps in hi yurd 11 lew days ugo whi refused to obey hi orders to "inovo on." Uu showed rciiiuikubk' presinco of mind when ho overt iiriicd u liivo of bees. Tho tramp disappeared, but not until tnuny hul suffered. I THE VAMTB OF A WITE. John Haeberle A ska 050,000 of Charts Beyer. Pitit.nrt.rntA, July 10. John Ilaebp-j a soap manufacturer, whose wife, Johanna,, committed suicide on June 2, 18), brought suit to-dsy against Charles Beyer Tor f,yit. 00J dsmnges, alleging that lleyer caused the suicide and thus mhbedi Mm of an affectionate wife not only, but of her services, which he deemed very valu. ble both in his home and in his w 'hole-ale soap store, llaeberle alleges that beea is Ids wt'e had refused In civil action to tes. tify s gainst him and In favor of Beyer, t: plaintiff In that oction (I'.eyen had sworn In the hearing of several persons "that he would bring Haeberle's wiTe to the groin,, and trample her under his feet." Proceed, ing to elucidate in detail the ground of asn-r. tion, H.icuerle In bis complaint says: "The plaintiff says that his wife, alUms, strong t.f will and of physical tonf, iithVient to cope with the avoo. tion and nreesssry duties of life, Was of , nervous and delicate tmierame;it, eaily worried, harassed and annoyed, ami tUt the defendant, knowing thwe things tv.i trying to worry her and destroy her pence, of mind and drive her to marine i and death, accused her b-foro him and other person, of having f;,,a ml secreted I VOn and upward of iiiunfT belonging to her husband, and that she 1, deposited such money with stranger, with the intention of driving her hustianri t bankruptcy and financial ruin; that p.eyer gave utterunce to the false rutimn to d.tr,ir the maritial relation and felicity cxi-!i:.j between them: and that, know ing theim.;,), nervous nature of Mr, llaeberle, heitifnrm. ed her in person of thise accusation, ,f. clared be would find iienple to s il't:.nt:a-e their truth, und demanded of the plain:, i: i wife the sum of lJ us bush tuoiiecy ,,r blackmail. "Mr, llaeberle thereupon became i!i. traoted with grief and trouble, wai so vr ried und annoyed at the telentless crs-. ciitioiis that on Juue '.'. Ih..', she wa ilr.w-n to take her life utnl tcrminute h-r ixi.'tn,e by jioison.'' "MAIJKKTrf. i ;n-ui iu.it. APPT.Fs bbl f BL'T TEU reamery Countrvroll CHKF.'sL 'bio full cream... New York F.fiCS Pul'LTKY litckens, H nair I'nrki vs, lb . . POTATOFS-Hnse.'. SEFIl.S clover, country Tniothy l'dtie grass , Millet WHEAT No. J red No. H red C'OUN No. i velloweur Mixed ear Shelled mixed OATS New No. 'J while KYF New No. L'Uhioainl l'u. FLUL'K Funcv winter pal's. Fumy snnng pal's.. Clesr'w inter l.ve Hour ITAY Timothv 4 Vic-f5m 11 p- H H ' l l i ; 7 i !; i .', i ;., 3tr. :,w lb In i : i i : hi :u s 1 '.") 4: 4 4: 44 ' 41 : d : r. a .- - .' 4 1 ( ; 7 no 1.' ii PI in 11 IK) li 10 it; 41 ti u il a J li '.I r. 10 111 u 14 .' 10 j Loose, from wagon.. MIDDLlNijswhiie , Prun Chop feed.... KALT1UOHI. WHEAT No. 2red KYF CO KN OATS Western Bl'TTEK EtitiS HAY Western CINCINNATI. WHEAT No. 2 Hed I BYE CO UN OATS lliitiS PoUK BL'TTEK rittl iKi.t ui . A is 12 W 8."i !i :: tu 51 41 1(7 1J ! 1 FLOFR Familv WUH.-T No. I'.ed COUN No. J. Mixed OATS Fngruded While BYE N... -' lit' f I'll llt reann rv Extra.., CHEESE N. Y. 1 till Cream $ 3 7'i 4 IJ 4S 1.'. 0 5W Yolis.. CATTLE KI1KKI' LAM US llOUS Live Fl.ol'U Patciits WHEAT No. 2 Bed BYE State COUN I' intruded MixeJ OATS Mixed Western BUTTEU reiuui'ry Fud or v CHEESE Stute Fucton .... Skim Light .., Western EGGS State and Penn LIVESTOCK. .4.1' 4 . ' s . ' , 4 .'1 ii" 41 1; 1' lOTements and Pk'ioes, at Central Era's Yards, East Liberty, Fa. CtTTUK. Good 1 .r.H 1.4tMi-Ti. cattle at 4 3". u4ic jsood l.ltsnii VJk-lb, do., 4(iil ': c. mnviu: lsi(il.U 0-lb. 1I0 , It Hi; stocker il l" quality. Hi ".".Je, small thin slupi'in-' ll,'','', and steers )u4jc; bulls and dry ci . a w quality, lj'n, c: veal calves were a.-sin in small supply mid ruled strong sold ai i!t'i' by the din-ii mid oiiuTc in iisma I i)'. ' not evpec.ed thai these prices will l' UU'0' tuiucJ during tho week. HI IP. Thesleswere:2caisof extra oliMnettifi 10: in at .'iiiv- 1 car uu l :' ' -nt-r, .' 4 c: b i giKiri id lb spring lamb at 7c. do., 4S ilis. ut li.U- deck ci iiii Ohio sheep, al 4 !':; ' car Ve-tcr:i. !'-! ted iu Ohio, at .'1 l.'ie deck goo 1 s ! w ataa'.c; de-k f.nr hMIi do. at 4 ''!,, Peiinsvlvaiiiu spriu r lauihs, '' bi' :'' 1 deck do., .'-.litis, ut tijej I car ohn's, i' 7c; deck ve.irling ami sli. ep. 1.7 I i" "l ''. ' dwk 83-lb vearlin jsUt ,Vc; .1 decks t.i.r '" s-'t lbs. at .'ic; I car linbunas, r t in-, l The pens "e pretty wtll ileareJ '7" A,. M, good evidence ol an uctive ni.rft. n-i. - , .. i ..... 1 .is. .... m m 1 1; inf ' j lie sunpi v looien up .0 on- j cars last Moiiilay: not withstand ng '"J, supply t he maret was 'n an 1 "i" r' J prices' barelv realized. Yorken mid f weigtit. Philadelphi 1 liogs, lit '" tru heavy lions, ::u 11. uud upw.ir ""' hard to ilisjiie of Hi unv price, as Hh'V : Hot wunted. If there had been a I "I'l Uie market would huve becu a Laid ou- Wool. , BosTon.-There has been a '"''v".; a small way in wool and P"'.'', Ler" the same as lust reporied Ohio n' selling at 3l(a'3.'o and N ,'ulli p,A above at : 3 4c; Micliigan X !' ' , j-4 ing at No. 1 combing ,iui 40J; 1 )h.o tine deluino. ,3 c; Mi' l''-u"nrt 34c; Terntiry wools quiel; OUo ior Vw fine, .80 for lino medium an 1 fj, for meitium. Spring 1 exas '"'? , flir,i:, demand at 20( 4c. ami spring ' t sells mostly ut I7i'.k with '"lie ' ,)c M l:'A'Je. Oregon wimiI dull I'l - ,'nmlisl best F.atern and Hill" Uu I"' f,irfiiri wool. 3oci4"c lor siiikt und '";, ,, 0U1 Ausiruluu wools hriu. i.urH.i -
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