THE MIDDLEBURGH POST. GEO. W. WAOENSELLER, Editor. ARTHVB E COOrO, Manager. Mlddleburgh. Pa. October. II. lays. Tho average American eats thro times tho nmottnt of mutton that be lil ton year ngo, atxl, tho New York WorM claims, there in no reason why he shotthl not eat at leant throo times 4 much ah ho now moo. A pront ileal of trouble is expenilcil 5n educating the showy, high stopping horse. According to tho Scientific American he in trained to stop high anil not showily hy being driveu along a path whereon rail are net crosswise; ho steps high to nvoiil stumbling, anil in time always stops high. Willi n Miflieiciit number of pneu matic f;iun capable of throwing half a ton i f ih tmniite to tin indefinite, din tanoe ami lifting nn acre of water some liiin.lroiU of foot into the air, like Hint one tested ivt Nnuly Hook a day or two ngii, tho Now York Tri bune thinks the Amorienn Eagle oil:'ht, fot the present, to be able to rood in security, ho fur, Ht auy lute, iih hi count line is concerned. U is generally supposed that tho definition (.f the streets in Washing, ton by numbers and letters mako per feetly char in what mrt of the city any jiven n. hires can be found. Yet ho Uiiltiinoro Nun's corrcsponnent omj lains that Washington is begin ning to bo rs badly oir ns Loudon in reject of duplicato rtrect mimes. He says th;it Wiishingtt.n has five Kiug rtrcots or places, eight Madison streets or alleys, seven thoroughfare named after (inuit, six nftor Lincoln, six afterJaeksi.n, nix uftor Wiwhiugtou, live Bftor Pierce, und many duplicates f small streets named after residents of local note, besides six Prospects, eight Plousant thoroughfares and six "1" streets or alleys and about ono hundred duplicates of other nanus, fuir or foul. The Atlanta .Journal snve: Tor the first timo in her history, Georgia yi liavo corn for sale to tho outbid i-ill ido world the coming fall. Wo ahall not see this your carloads of corn coming into Georgia from tho West. Our farmers have como to the ecusiblo plan of raising their own supplies, and tb- gracious seasons hiivo given them " vibu.ou avLjiv.r4 ; soyn'thia yj-ar. it ,e yance of this fact can hardly . oggerate J. It means comfoil' and jdeny for the masses of our people. It pulls tho ting of low prices fyr cottou. It is the basis of independence. It will lift mortgages from farms a .ml jouies. Jt guarantees au aluudaneo f hog and uoraiuy. At tho end of this year the farmers of tho South will be in a bet ter condition than they have known ince 1800. Tho country recognizes this fact ami looks on in admiration. The press teems with praise of the thrift of tho Southern farmer aud with congratulations upon the improv ing condition of our people. The Now York Sun says: "From all parts of the South come excellent reports of material progress. The Southern corn crop is greater than ever before; the cotton crop is largo and of lino ipial ity." Japan publishes periodically what may bo called a blue book, embodying tho statistics of the Empire, aud show ing its progress in population, com merce, manufactures, educntiou and other directions. That for tho vear 18'J2, just issued, is full of interesting information, and exhibit gratifying cvtilonee of the prosperity of tho country since its adoption of Western usages in government and odministra- tiou. The population of the islunds is little over 1 1, ()(),), 000, the gain since 12 being 1,400,00!). There aro 111 towns, having from 10,000 to 30,000 inhabitants; tb.irtv-t.ix which have over ItO.OOO; six which have over 100,- 000, ami three, Tokio, Osaka and Kioto, which have over liOD.OOO, The statistics of emigration show thut the largest number of the expatriated go to tho Sumhvioh Ishiada, and tho next largest to the United States. Hut the nuttlowing volume of tho population is not large, only about 10,000 for the year mentioned, showing a moderate increase over preceding years. The whole number of Japanese resident abroad is a little less than 40,000; ex ports increase! three-fold in the ten year preceding 1H9'J, iu w hich year they were a tritle less than $100,000, 000, and imports about $75,000,000. We buy wore of Japan than any other nation buy, our bills in good years amounting to something like $40,000, 000; but England commands the bulk of her import trade, a condition which may be changed as time goes on. DEATH OF TWO NOTED MEN. ANDREW G. CURTIN. Pennsylvania's War Governor Paasea Peacefully Away. - . -.. - At Bollcfoul, Pa., Andrew Oregg Curtln. th most famous of all the "war governors," whose services to his country In the capacity of chief executive of Pennsylvania during the wsr of the rebellion were most conspicuous, breathed his lHt at 5 o'clock Sunday morn ing, nftrr a lingering Illness. The malady which ended his distinguish! career, was founded In nervous derangements, brought on by mental slrslu In connection with bis huiiis luterests. and complicated by the lotlrmltles of old age. He was 7! years old onthe22dof lal April. A tall ou the leu last winter Involved troubles from which he never entirely recovered, and during th extreme best ot last summer chronic stomach trouble were aggregated by the weather. All this helped to hasten the end. although bts final sickness confined him to lied only four days prior to his death. Throe physicians havo been In constant at tendance. Ir. (jeorge F. Harris Is his sun-in-law. and he has been associated wlOi Doctors l'alrlamb and Dobbins In assiduous attend ance upon him. During the twelve hours preceding his death the patient was uncon slous. mni the great change came so quickly and peacefully thnt only the susenstou of respiration and the stilling o! bis heart marked the different- ltween the sleep ot lite and death. The members of his Immediate family were all beside the deathbed when he passed awny. Andrew Gregg Curtln was born In thetown In which he died, April 22, 1H15. five years beforo tho Missouri slavery agitation arose, w hich ended in the war with whloh his name Is so memorably linked. Seventeen years be fore his birth his father, Holimd Curtin.eame to B"llefoute from Ireland and began tho manufacture of Iron, his furnace being one of the llrst built lu 1'ciiusylvanla. t'nliku most of the Irish Immigrants of that time, he brought with him wealth and a good educa tion. He married the daughter of Audrow Gregg, also of Irish parentage, who was member of Congress, Inlted States Senator, aud Secretary of State for Pennsylvania and an unsuccessful candldnte for governor. Young Audrow was given a good education finishing at the Milton Academy aud Dickin son College. Ho studied law with William V. Porter and with Judge Heed while attend ing the law department of Dickinson, aud be gan practicing at llollofonte In 1837. Ho soon won prominence, especially ns a Jury lawyer and in criminal eaes, but but tits natural tastes and gifts and the Inlluenee of his ma ternal grandfather pressed hlin Into politics. When only 8" he mad a State reputation a- a stump speaker for "Tippecanoe niid Tyler too, and III IMS lie iei mo campaign .-- ing in Pennsylvania for Henry l lay. As Governor ot the state he was ncllve In raising mid equipping troops, and the splen did organization ot the Pennsylvania reserves was owing to his exertions. He was Indefati gable in his mlnl-trations for tb eomtort of 'ennsylvanla s soldiers in tne neui. on me march, in the camp or in tho hospital. No "-rsona service in tills nenaii was too owi ng for him to render, and again and again lis presence inspired our soldiery, and his sympathy cheered tho wives aud children of tiiealment ami I lie widows and orphans of those who never returned. To him, above nil others, the stnte is Indebted to the establish ment ot the Soldier's Orphan school, aud ttie country owes to him the splendid example of ennsvlvaula e car for tho children o ner soldier dead. And his native state was holl ered by his appointment as minister plenipo tentiary to one of the great powers of Europe, and ho wns eminently successful lu establish ing and malntnlng tho roost cordial relations of Russia's great e nolre with our llepublio. THE t 'H0IM,5 in. ramouj' KILMER'S "Oliver Wi Sunday. llrcnn strA by his clildlrc presence up to w .....I , I, ..rw.l .1 J Oliver Wendell Hojv i' was born in Cam bridge. Mass., Augu-tJu, lM l'.i. Ho was tho son of Sarah Wendell and Able! Holmes, who was a graduate of Yale College in 17s;l mid for 40 years pastor of tho first Church of Cam bridge. Oliver attended Phillips Audovor Academy and subsequently Harvard I ollegs. from which he graduated In !.(), among his Inssmates being William II. Chauiiing.Jamos freeman Clarke and lleujamlu Curtis. lie chose the medical profcFslun. und le-ld Die chair of anatomy in Dartmouth College. Soon after he resigned aud located in Ilovnui, a- a practicing physician. His literary pro- liictlons, Ijoth ill proso and vcre soon made It 1 tit famous. When the "Atlantic Monthly" was estnls- lislied In l'i7 Dr. Holmes bc.'iiiiio one of Its most valuable contributors. His llrst con tributions were In the furin of a series of con versational papers entitled "The Autocrat of the llreakfast Table," iu which were iuuiuded in" of his llnest isietns. "The Professor and lh Poet at the HreakfnM Tab!"" lollowed. Dr. Holmes also wrote two novels, "Klsiu Vi.'inuT ' aud "The (iiiardlan Augul." FATAL EXPLOSION. Three Killed and Five Injured at South Chicago Steel Mill. Two men were killed Monday in the Illi nois steel works at Chicago and five injured, by the explosion of a steam pipe. The dead are: W illiam Minor, hu years ou, murrieu and A. 11. Sparrow, uumarrled. The recov ery of tho li.jured Is doubttul. They nre: Joseph Holstrom, Thomas Dorsey, Oscar Waguer, Josepli TodliUUier, reier Jiojey. All were employes at inoomn t nicagomiu, Tlie injured were taken to the company bos- ittitl there, John II. Olstroin died later in lis injuries. The room in which the accident occurred tilled with kteum from the broken Pipes, and almost cvciy one of the UU men at work there were more or less burned. All but seven, nwever, were able to go to their homes, and the company a iibyslcluus reported tliut none of tho others were dnugerously hurt. SPECIAL COUNCIL CALLED. Relations Between England and France Cauae a Haaty Summons. A special cabinet couucil has been oalled and tho members t the ministry who are ab sent from the city have been hastily sum moned to return. Telegrams have been sent to Sir William Vernon Harcourt, who started for Italy and others of the minUters woo are iu the eouutry. Sudden new dovnlopemouts regarding the relations between (treat lirltain aud France are without doubt, the reason fur the hasty summoning of the ministers. AFTER CHURCH FAIRS. New Jersey Urand Jury Ordered, to In vee la ate Prise Drawing-. Judge Vauslckle in the Vnlon county (S. J.,) court, charged the grand Jury thut the practice at church fairs ot boldlug drawings for prices Is a violation of tbe law against lotteries and as much an offense as race track pool selling and other gambling. He read a program of a fair beld In Hu Joseph's lloroau Catholio eburoh at North PlaluOeld, at which there were drawings and charged tbe Jurors to Investigate It, 'V. FT -,;, 's II aw TELEGRAPHIC TICKINGS. Oalncln Is now free from cholera. Mrs. I.angtry Is coming to America. Baltimore Baptist clergymen will begin a rarkhurst crusade. Several vessel aro ashoro near Moss Point, Mass. A hurricane Is raging. The Molleuhnuer sugnr refinery in Brook lyn shut dow: 1,800 men Idle. Iloodl Councilman Callahan, of New Or leans, was given five years in the pen. Deputy I'nlted Stntes Marshal Wray was fatally shot by moonshiners at Aibiu, Io, Minister Itomcro denies that Mexico eon templates the conquest of Central America. A. K. Shaw, prominent member of Chicago board ot trade, committed suicide because of financial difficulties. President Oreonbut of the Whisky Trust has had a receiver appointed for the Peoria t ..... nn.t uinoi fv... ...... t i.i.iii.Ia. aoifi .: Jiuu mix. nKuivviiiivuji j. '. ii.-r. t ivt,uv The Atlas distillery, the largest and most completo lu the world, and a competitor of the trust, begins business at Peoria. Joseph Kosmlskl pounded a dynamite cart, ridge with a crowbar while at work In a sower ut buffalo, aud was blown to pieces. Itaymond Mnrtln ami IloWt P.ye fought a duel with axes at Hebardsville, Ky. live died with his arms chopped off and Martin Is dying with a split bond. Nine thousand members of the opcrntors aud cloak makers' uuion No. 1 of New York, met and by nn almost uunuimous vote de clared n general strike. The Hungarian House of Magnates has re. jected the bill recently Introduced providing for the extension of the religious rights of Jews. THE WOOL TRADE. Prices aa Low as They Can Be-Market Steady and Trade Fair. Tho American Wool and Cotton lteportcr says of tbe wool trade: The market since tho 21th tilt has been steady with a fair trade: if it has gained no strength It certainly Is no weaker. If there Is not so much demand as dealers like to see, still the aggregate purchases of many smull buyers amount to considerable In a week ns the record at that date shows. Tbe general belief Is thnt our market is down to the world's level on prices, and that It is not policy to put them any lower, although the trade is ready for transaction every day in the week but Sunday. There Is not, so far as we know, any disposition to part with stock outside of the rangi- of current quotations. While tr.ere has been rather a miscellaneous business done this wnek, there bos been more line do mestictaken than for some weeks previously aud the sales of forelgu wool greatly exceed those made between the lsth and Jlith ult. The sab s of the week amount to l.oU.r,4o0 pounds domestic ami 1,7 jy.500 foreign, mak ing a total of i.4r.7.M)0 for the previous week, nud a total of 1.11)7.080 pounds for the cor responding week lost year. Th sales sine January 1, ls;4, amount to U'i,a7U,si'5 pounds against H!i.t!lo,500 pounds a year ago, Tne sales lu Philadelphia amount to 1,115,000 pounds. PROF. DAVID' SWING DEAD. . He Was the LsadingFlgure Is a Famous Heressf.'j'' Trof. David hwlng "u U dead. 1 . , it ces try and was born In VP""'"" VI, 18.10. In Miami fni ftni1 Tj O., be studied in company Ht!'' I'l.nluin .nrl Whllulunr Il.l.l II.. If! the Presbyterinu ministry and In accepted tho pastorate of tbe Weit- ftuster Presbyterian Church In Chicago ity. About twenty years ngo be wai trial before the Chicago Presbytery on a charge of heist-y preferred by Hay. Dr. Frt n -cis 1 Pattoii, thou editor of the "Interim," now president of Priuceton College. This? charges of w hich there were '2i B-eoiflputloiis ot lupses Irom Prestiytcrlau doctrine, were not sustained, there being lil members In the presbytery and only 111 votes against blin. I lilt the subsequent feeling was so bittr that Prof. Swing brought matters to a close by re signing his pastorate, a large number ut Ills friends goiug with him ami forming the Central Independent church lu which Prof. Swing has since labored with great succct-s. Robbed of 96.000. At ih point of a pistol a single roblier ap proached Kdwurd (iiirnet, treasurer of llrew ster county, Tex., in hisoillee. and compelled him to hand over rU,Uj0 which Garnet kept iu hi private safe. THE LAEOR WORLD. Iowa tuns a Iron labor bur.iu. I'UTsixuo irou Is In use in Africi. Tiik . n.'ines of tho world cm do the work r i.oi o.ooo.ojo iip-n. I.Ahoii union w ill light tho proposal tola rreasD the sl.o of the army. Aix the tin-plate mills in the country, ad I ng in concert, shut down. The mixers ami teasers' trouble Is spread ing throughout tliu Pittsburg district. Stiukino coal miners und operator! will sottlettio Million (Onlo) trou'.le by aroi tr.itiou. t' .Mi.it spotters have oiuse.l several old condii-tors on the Pock Ishiui P.oud to be I'lsuiissmj. Vr the 1,:I4S.S1 1 fl is splndlej In the Vnltod lunirdom, Mii.tlU are lu tho North of Ire laud, aud lire fully occupied. About flOflO striking halters paraded at Newark, S. J., and went to c'uleduuiu Park, where a mass mooting ws held. At Dixon. III., th Jury gave a verdict of 8oo ngstust th Illinois t.Vutral It illroad lor the death of Fireman Swlsaer. Mill owners and operatives at Full Mver, Mass., held a conference, but failed to scttlo tho strike luvolv.ng 40,000 persons. Tiik Temple anthracite blast furnice In P.a ling, Peiiu., with a cn owelty of 700 ton weekly, has resumed after Mou idleness. The Hanta Fe It itlwav Itosplial Auoeia tiou is building an $80,000 hospital at To peks, K in., out of funis pali by the em ployee of that system. The liritisb M'niV Federation has votd a donation ot $47,875 to tho striking Scotch miner to enable tbe latter to carry on their tight agaiust tbe masters, Oallkohkb and Hucbunan. the A. It. U. strike leaders of Southern California, have been senu-nced toelhteen months' imprison ment uud I MOO fine each. The weavers, warpers and loom-fixers employed by Tho-n-is Dohin A Co., Phila delphia, have decided to reject a seven per cent, reduction in their wages. W'oousmek will organlz a large union to luke in employes of the Wisconsin, Michi gan Hiid Minuisota pineries. A preliminary organization has been made at Ashland.Wls. Cabdikal Oibboss preached In New York City on labor, and said strikes caused a loss of $78,000,000 in eight years to employes, wIiIIh employers lost only one-ball tbls an.uuut. A kbw employment Is opened up to the glri workers arom Luton. It Is the giving of lessons In straw plaiting to tbe CngUsn ladles or fnsbloo. Tbls Is said to be oae of (Jueen Victoria's means of amusement. HO IMPROVEMENT IH TRADE TRUST STOCKS DECLINE. Low Prices for Wheat and Cotton Affect General Business. It. O. Dun A Co.'a "Weekly Review of Trade," says: Tbe lowest prices ever known for wheat and cotton necessarily Imply some what restricted consumption of other pro ducts. With the chief money crops ot the West and Houtn sinking In valu, It Is not strange that purchasers of manufactured pro ducts are smaller than was expeeted. Wheat suffers most from accumulation of stock In sight, and the exports lu September were un usunlly small. For the first wk of October Atlantic ex K)rts were, 1 .0H7.371 bushols against HBH.746 latt year, and Western receipts were only 4.0IS.C0O against 0.130.670 lasr year, and these figures give sonio encouragement, but have little Inlluenee In view ol Ike unusual visible supply. torn receipts at tn west nave been only a third as large as they wer Isst year, with exports amounting to nothing, but tbe price has not further declined after the heavy fall during the previous fortnight. Pork products ore weak In tone, though only lard is quoted lower. The aw demand In dry goods is Dot as large as H has been, and in spring goods the market I called remarkably dull, though there Is relatively a good deal doing In cur rent orders for fall trade. Cotton print cloths am a shade stronger. Woolens arelnss active and while there are numerous small or ders for fail goods the demand for spring goods is as yet not more than about three quarters of tbe ordinary quantity nnd mainly limited to the cheaper grades. Sales of wool for the week have been 0.92Q,U50 pounds, agaiust A.1171,400 two years ago. The volume of domestic trade Indicated by the exchanges at the principal clearing houses Is l.ls per cent, larger than a year ngo, but lu comparison with 181K1 shows a de crease of 'ii.S per cent, llaiiroad earnings thus fur reported for September are 8.7 per cent, less than last yenr and 17.5 per cent lees than in 18!iv. Tbe stock market continues to reflect belief in reduced earnings, and tbe average of railroad stocks bas dcl!ued 88 cents r share, while the trusts stocks have declined 43 cents nor share. September the liabilities have been smaller thau in any other month this year, only 0,- sin IU, of which t2.W4.373 were ol tnaoaiao luring nnd M'lMi.Oini of trading concerns. Tbe (allures for th past week have been 219 in tne t alien states, against last year, and 39 In Canada, against 49 last year. ENGLISH TROOPS FOR CHINA- Earl Kimberly Wishes to Properly De fend the Treaty Ports. The Pari of Klmberley, secretary of state for foreigu atlairs, bos opsned coramun!ca with tho Indian government with a view to making drabs upon the English troops now serving lu India for the purpose of strength ening the defences for the treaty orts in Cluua, in anticipation of an uprising of tbe natives. 1 ue Miieliou of the cabinet must, however, be obluined betoro any such steps can bo tuken. Mr. N. 1'. O'Connor. Mritish minister at Pckiu. bas cabled to tne i:arl of Kimberely, secretary of state for foreigu affairs, urglug upon him the neceesity el taking steps to pro tect tne lives and property ol tue uruisu resi dents in Pekln anu Tien 'isln. A LIGHT V0TEJN oEORGIA. The Democratic Ticket Elected by Thirty Thousand Majority. lighter vote was polled in tne state elec tion than was cast two years ago. Tbe Dem ocratic Ucketw(u.el9C.l tj 4 ffiiiort'.J Ku mated at 80,000. Atkinson, Democrat, for governor ran behind hie ticket Many old soldiers either scratched him or voted for Ulnns populist, Fulton county, outside of Atlanta, went for the Populist ticket. The Democratic- ticket electt d is as follows: Governor, Win. Y. At kinson; secretary of state, Alien D. Chandleri treasurer, Ilobert l Hardeman: attorney general: Joseph M. Terrell; comptroller-geu-erul, Wm. A. W right; commissioner of tbe ag riculture, Hubert 1. N'esbltt. PEACE IN RIO JANEIRO. Braslllian Hebels Routed by Govern tnent Troops. The patrol has len withdrawn from tbe streets of ltio Janeiro except the usual num ber In time of peace, which is now completely rest red. Newrs has been re-elved that government troops under General Lima routed the rebels eoinuiauded by (inmerclndo hsraiva at Sauta Cristo. The government forces are holding Rao Mateo despite th reports sent from M on to video. Tbe rebels attacked Santo Marie last Sunday, but were repulsed by (ienerul Firra luo, abandoning all their accoutrements and camp epuipage FAMILY BLOWN UP- Two Killed and Two Will Die-Tried to Thaw Out Giant Powder. John llnvell, a farmer near Ironwood, Mich., together with his family ut live, were blown up by uu explosion ot giant powder Monday, llavell and a five yeer old son were killed outright, the bodies being man gled in a frightful mauuer. Mrs. llavell und all-year old daughter will uadoulaedly dlo. J'bo others worn not dangerously hurt. lla vell was thawiug out giant powder In tbe oven ol a stove, prcparingfor blasting stumps. Indian Education. 1). M. rtrownlug. Commissioner of Indian Affairs, has submitted bis annual report for the year ending Juue 30, 18U4, to tbe Sec retary of the Interior. The year, be says, bas been unmarked by outbreak or disturbance of any kind. There bos been a steady pressure of earnest work all along the lines with satisfactory results. Seclal advancement has been made in In dian education. The uggrogale enrollment for tbe year boa been 24,510. with an average attendance of 17,006, against 21,117 enroll ment and 10.303 for th previous year. There has been an Increase lu the enrollment of Government boarding schools on reserva tions and a fulling off In Oovernnient day schools. The Commissioner notes an educa tloual awakeuing amoug tbe Navalooe, which he attributed to a visit of a delegation to tbe World's Fair. Eueouraging Crop Report. The Price Current summarizes tbe crop conditions for tbe past week aa follows "Tbe past was a splendid week for maturing corn. There were some frosts, but no Injury. Tbe crop Is practically all secure. There are ooutluued evidences ot a better yield than expected. Wheat feeding la enlarging In many sections. Interior shipments are much restricted. Autumn sowing is nearly com pleted. The situation Is propitious. Tbls week's packing of bogs was 185,000 astalost 180,000 lor tbe corresponding week last year. Killed at a Fire. Tbe furniture store ot Keeaan and Jabn, Detroit, was gutted by fire Friday morning, while the flames were at work six persona lost tbelr lives and many more were Injured. There wese 00 employee In tbe building most ol whom bad dlOloulty In making their escape. LATEST NEWS SUMMARIZED FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC. What Is Transpiring the World Over. Important Events Briefly 101a. CHINKS 0 rESALTIES, Oreen goods men are doing a thriving business In Prth Amboy, S. J., and. al- hough the authorities are cognizant ot It, they do not interfere. mi, ACCIPESTS, FATALITIES. Mrs. Anna A. r.iickson, of Brooklyn, was swarded t'tf.OOQ damages for th lose ot a toot on the Krooklyn Heights railway. The bodies of tbe two Cornell freshmsn Kd- ward A. Johnson and J. C. Goodnow.who dis appeared some days ago, were found in the lake. - . - CANTAL AND LABOB, The Pullman Car Wheel Company bas sur rendered Its charter with th purpose of mak ing the operation of the palace car com pany less cumbersome. Tbe whisky trust bv abolishing branch offles and concentrating business at th Peoria (III) office, expects to save 12,000 a month. The Deerlng twin company, of Chicago announced that It proposed to fight th cor dage trust, and is now building a pleat to make Its own twine. Th bondholders of th Chicago and North ern Pacific railroad have determined to bring suit against either th old directors or th present receivers to rcovcr tfi.ftflO.OOO, which thy alleg has I -con wronefully dl vrtd io the purchase ot property by th company. mscr.i.i.Asrovs. Thomas Itrsnnlgau. aged M. a l-mon pod dlerand a miser, died in New York on Satur day of starvation, leaving an estate of 73,000. Th women of the twenty-third district of New York elty hav taken steps to form an organization to fight Tammany. Itv. Dr. Joseph Jenckee. formerly pastor ot th lending Eplscnnal church of Indian apolis, will join tbe Methodist church. Ilev. Dr. Parkhnrst has selected Mrs. Josephine Lowell, a soeletv woman, to head the women's organization which will assist In the work of purifying New York. V. B. Hutchinson, better known as "Old Hutch." the former wealthy pculator on the Chicago Board of Trad, ha closed bis cigar store and poker room annex in Chicago. Over 17.000.000 acres of laud In western rtaa have lii set apart as forest reserves, and the th problem with th Interior depart ment now Is how to take car of them. Jes T. VcClii'. Postoftlee Ineneetor In Ml'sniirl dld at Kansns City. Knndnv. from nluries rcelvrdhv being knocked down hva drunken man while h was witnessing th carnival parade Thursday night. . - . ronr.m. Senator Mcpherson of New .Tersev. lins d. s!lnd to b a candidate for ro-olaetlon on ac count of 111 health. The steamer Gaelic, Just arrived at Ban Francisco, reports a hurriean In th south eas that dtroved the village of Marlnopal and killed 200 people. Floods du to heavy ratns hnveoccurrd at f.ins, Mlk. Saltxl.iirg. Hchwchat and Grata. A landslip occurred at Baden. Several villages around Grntr, have been submerged. Th Russian explorers. Count Krnlts and Baron Sold, ere fitting tin an expedition of JO0 ar1follo'veni nnd 2Mloamlsto explore ine'Nni to'Jr?y near lakes Budolph and stepda .ie. The exposition will be aosent three years. PROMINENT PEOPLE. Kino Alfoxso, of Spain, is learning tho bleyele. Zola loads modern French writers in popularity. Gexebal William Booth, ot tbe Salva tion Army, is about sixty-six years of age. William WALnonr Astob Is erdltd with being bothered to count an (8,000,000 yearly lucome. Lacmt Thovpov. the sculptor. dl4 re-centh-at tho New York Htuto Hospital in Mlddletowii. GEonnrJMrniniTn. the English novelist, was paid (or bis last novel ut tbe rato ot ISO per 1000 rfor.ls. Pbofes4b Swino. tho well-known theo logian, dltkl In Chicago, a tew duys ago, aged slxty-cignt. Mns. Nti.LiE Obant SATonis has retnrned to Washington with tbe Intention of making it ber future home. I.ko XIII. Is a great friend of birds. H keeps a number ot them In the alcoves of his reception room. Gladstone's eyesiirht hns been completely restore.;, aud he now reads and writes as usual, and is, working vory har J. rorEsoR Gabxku says that be will re turn to Atrio.i next year to pursue another course ol stii ly In the inoukey laujuoge. The pastot of the Wllberforee Memorial Church, Birmingham, England, Itev. Peter Stanford, isi a colored man, who was born In slavery. I Genkbal) J. A. rr.iExdledat Jacksonville, FIb., laieiv, aged seventy-three yecrs. II eid with( distinction In the Seminole and Mexican wars. F. W. llEi'ris. President of the Grange Free State, ts of Oe.rnian descent, of Dutch par emag aadot Euallah education. Helen Uoertothw buukboue. Geobsk HocsTot Beio, th newTrmlr Of fcew So ith Wales, is of Scotch extrac tion. He 1 s forty-nlue years old, and an en thusiast io ireo trader. Pbisii.ett John Dole, of Hawaii, who was born in 1844, is tbe child of American mlssionarw-s. II was educated in tbls eouu try at Williams College. RuHArn M. II cut. the Nw York arobl teet. has received Queen Victoria's medal and highest award at tbe Columbian Expo sition for t.he Administration Building. A WEstTrBX bishop of the Episcopal Church says that thesue-essoftbe church's mission ary opefatinus In the Far West Is largely due to tbe nnunlflceuce of Cornelias Vunderbilt. FbaxsJ; James, tbe once "noted bandit. U a ticket tker at a Bt. Lou's theatre. Ha is very res erved and dlgnlilad in manner, and quite un like what a bad man Is supposed to Govxn.xoa Clai pb Matthews, of Indiana, Is an enl busiastlo advocate of good roads. .V trrr ,BVOr" baring tbe State instead of tbe g eneral Government undertake the movement to improve them. W Beab-Hdmibal Richabd Mbapb, wboeom munds ill I tbe United States ships from Lab rudor to the mouth of the Amazon, bas a eomfortal le cabin on the big cruiser New York. At I orders for tbe other ships are tranamlitctd through him. Jon W Btbbbiks. the new Orand Sire of tbe world In Odd fellowship, Is seventy-five years old, and a native of Uochester, N. Y. He was on e of tbe cotnmltteeof fifteen which dratted th e agreement that led to the unit ing oi me oia Whig party will the Itepubli- sun. I Tnrte Dead! As a resu It of a general fight between negrs farmers ns ar Denton. Tex., three men art dead and t wo seriously wounded. Jim and George Cru tebDeld aud Will Mitchell are the names of th e parties killed. KEYSTONE STATE CULIH farmersTfleeced. The Swindling Circular Does Its A gang of New York city swindler lately tieen fleecing the farmors of Iiiir rural district have been flooded with purporting to come from a commission bouu on Broadway, offering highest price country produce. The printed letter h, and representations thereon of a mammon business establishment robbed th irrnn..- of suspicion, and extensive shipments ot in. nuce wer made before the non-arrivsi the promised checks made the fraud apparni T. M. O. A. STATl eOSVEHTIOX. The twenty-seventh annual State cotiTst. tion of the Young Men's Christian Associate of rennsvlvannla will meet in Johnsto. OctoN-r 18-21. Geo. James A. Beaver, pri. dent ol the Inst convention, will preside at u opening session. Promluent business re and association workers trom Philadelpta, Pitts aurg. Scranton. Wllkesbarre, Wlllla0 pon, iiarrisourg ann iH-wiienrni. as wen k representatives ol I'nlversityof Pennsylvauu I jifayette and Hartford colleges, will discus I tne topies arranged. - - blew t r nis aorse. The residence of J. O. Leim, a quarrvmic In Salesburg township, Lancaster county. blown up with nltro-glycerine. I.eltn aik his wile were Instantly killed, and a servat: naiseii jacKson, iniaiiy injures. i.eirt, r cently had trouble with bis Italian lahorn nnd it seems certain that one of tbnm put th. I explosive uuuer ine resiaence, ine D'-uel was demolished. S1.00S CANNOT UT. MOVEP. The supreme court denied a rule and .I n. I missed tliu petition wltn costs to tne plslotiiii in the proceedings of I.elb A Co., agiiiLitl Hare et al., Philadelphia. It Is thur. dec,n: I that trauslers of liquor license from one pli! to another cannot be granted. The receipts of th state treasury the nvl month have been very much greater thau th, I expenditures. State Treasurer Jacks.ajl paying out the school appropriation at to. rate Ol iwu.uw a wees. 1 nero uas oen . I very material decrees tn tbo receipts t ht-1 year over those of lsi1 from the eorporstiot. wnose earnings nave lanen on cousiderat,. on account of hard times. Mary Garrity has begun suit at New 4 at,- agnlnst the Pittsburg A Lake Erie railmul for 20.0O0. Horry Garrity, her hustas.: received Injuries at Monnca, while lu tt- employ of tbe company, which result-: atnlly. George Bennett was fr.tually and ( bar I llerrington badly burnod at the dmiiiE, station of tho tambria iron compmii Johnstown, by a slab of hot cinder enn.iL.1 in coutact with water and causing an ei;. slon. Lewis Cassldy. who bas been a meml-t thel'hllalelpbla bar for a number of year. fl in jail, cnargea witn tne emoejtierun of (4.000 from Mrs. Mary Holdon, a wlilcil who had given hlin tho cash to satisfy a mcr Rnge. The deadlock In the Iteptibllcau confer-tr-1 of the Twenty-first district was broken 1 1 Brookvllle on the three hundred and tweott llftu ballot by tbe renominatlon of Congrol man V. B. Helner, ot hlttannlng. The Sugnr Trust has closed the Rpreital rellnery In Philadelphia. The trust's Franil lin refinery Is running on bait timo, but if only turning out soft grades, tbe supply? which is not excessive " The Berwlnd-Whito Company's eonl mine near Du Bols Is again filling up with water I Tbls Is the third time tne company naa nwiil slmiliar experieuoe at this mine and the sbx'i may be abanaoneo. Ffteen state soldiers ut Wilkesborro are li l with typhoid fever, contracted it Is said, ul tho Gettvsourg cncnmi.meni. xureo navt died from the disease aud several are iu critical condition. Rev. Dr. William M. Taylor, of Mt. Jacks : I who was once reported as going to n.urri Sirs. James A. Gurlleid, is to make a secou. trio around the world. He sails from V.u couver October 17. Lvnn A Co.. Altoona. booksellers, w-r acuuitted of the charge of conspiracy to it- fraud, brought by the Wall papertrust.whr claimed tho firm failed on a lulso corneal of judgment. Burglars blew open tho safe at Sehweycr l I.eis s marni yura ni no wer nnu set i:rei ttie Bending railroad station, which wu. li st royed. The Bultimoro A Ghlo road Is to sih-l (150,0o0 on Improvements between PittM.-. and ( oniicllsvllle, whlcn Includes a l track bridge at Turtle Creek. Sundav evening Jumes JIarsh. ot Irwiu. I tended cburch at CircievlUe aud during r vice Ills linr.s and buiirv. valued at ?!' were stolen. Mrs. Thomas Cook, taking au H-momh- oM daughter aud some money, dlsappeae- wlth John O'ltonnell from Beaver Falls, leu1 ing a husband aud two duughters. John KooB jc. a farmer near Clarksbur. was kicked lu the stomach by a vicious hur- nd died next day. The brick warehouse of John De Haven Iloncvbrook was destroyed. wMh 000 ens-e leaf tobacco. Loss 110,000; partly insured. Th natioual convention of th iion-Prl sau W. C. T. l will be held lu Washing November 13 to 10 inclusive. William Es er. a miner of MoKeesport. killed lu the mines at Export, Thur-'t- uight. At Plltsburg Angelo Pereo was sent to penitentiary for 18 mouth for assaulting I.cm do Oracle August 24. lie pieaaeu gtiiuy. Massachusetts Democrats. The Democratic convention nomiuated t:' following ticket: For governor. John B. f. H sell, ot llcesteri lieutenant govoruor,(.'hsr E. Stratton, of Boston: secretary of comnic: wealth. Chnrles A. lcourcey. of La wren1 treasurer and receiving seneral James Griunell, of Greenfield; auditor, AVre l i Wbltony, of Boston; attorney general, lice t. iiuribut, of i.ynu. Wool DuUes Must Oo to Court Secretary Carlisle decided that the iiu tlous arising out ot the wool schedules ot l-l new tariff bill would have to be settled the oourts, aud that uutll January 1 'i position taken by the Board of General A:1 praisers at New York, that the McKluley t j rates ot duty obtain on wool and tbat hair animals is wool, will be followed bv Ul .treasury Department in assessing duty. Forged Passes. There Is treat consternation imoni then ductora ot the Graud Trunk Hallway of ana. several ol the oldest on tbe line hi1 been arrested and more are expeoted. A ' spirucy to defraud tbe company has discovered, whereby a large number of pros inent persons have beeu riding on ford passes. Taa season for oorn packing Is yell1 Vni.l1 anil .A unn.lltln.. mam h vornble, than promisad two months ago, l1 total nook makes a fair showing, all boutj way dwui isim or may raottoc year, o eetimatea place the paek at 875.000 eases, I.OOO.COO eana, against 11,000,000 oans m.mA M AAA AAA I- Inn ' I
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