HAWAII.
TI1I3 SANDWICH IH.ANna AND
Til Kill PROl'LIA.
SIc nml CJnvcrnment ol the Island
Hnnnliilti, the Capital City
A t-'nnt Dying- llacfi
Tho National K001I.
OH some timo punt It
miiw been asserted tlmt
tlio people of the
Sandwich lalnnd hn
d en I r e ! anncsntiim
Willi tho United
Htntes. Tim Now
York Advertiser ns
erls tluit tlio new
Hawaiian Legislature
Wild elected mi the
nniicxation iseiin, nml
in mi article (in the
Islands and its M'ple
'given some interesting
Tlie Hawaiian Archipelago
information.
comprise a group of eight inhabited ml
amis, 2i'iM mile southwest of Hun Krnti
Cisco. Tliey have nil urrii of tUStl sipiurc
mile, being iilmut equal to Connecticut,
Klmdo Island nml llclnwarii combined,
and having a population twice the sire
of tlmt of the least populous Htntn In tho
Union, Nevada, nml considerably mori!
tli.in the hist ndiiiilleil Hi ill of Idnlio.
The chief city i Honolulu, tlm capital,
with a population of 3:1,0110. Tlm Uov
eminent in nt prL-sent a limited Constitu
tional Monarchy, with a form nt to It
rojnl branch sii crlleially like tlmt of
Kiigteud, hut with a constitution mod
vied niter tlmt of tlm United Htnte. Kx
ecutive power ia veiled in lour Ministers
appointed hy tlm Sovereign. The Leg
islature consist of two bodies of twenty
four members eneli, tho Upper Home ho
lm; composed of noble who nro elected
hy volcr having mi annual incoiiio of
Mint), and who nro able to rend and
write. The electors of the Lower Home
mint ho nlilo to rend mid write, mid pny
at least $.1 niiiiiinlly in tuxes.
The lint glimpiiu tlm tourist got of
tlio Hawaiian Islands is hlenK nud for-
HAtinon oir
bidding, and, therefore, disappointing,
aa seven day of stcnininn; to the louth
nud weal uuder bright aki, and through
balmy, velvety noithcat trndo winds
URimlly tirouco v.iions of vordurc-clnd
hills :md tropic bowers. Insteml of this,
however, tho penks of Onhu, on which
Honolulu is situntod, rise bare and jnggud
ngnlnst the sky. They lire 21)00 feet
high, and time was whtn they presented
a truly tropical nppenrnnue, but of Into
years wild gouts have denuded tho inac
cessible camera portiou of the island of
their verdure. Hut with the aid of a
Inns a fringo of grcmery is scon nlong
tho Ijiico of the chll, where tho bottom
lauds have been utilized for sugar plau
tutions. US to thesouthwnid looms Molokul,
tlio island oa which the lepers are so
qucstirod. Two or three hours' sailing,
during which the southern extremity of
Oahu is rouuded, aud tha port of Hono
lulu bursts into view from behind an Im
posing promontory called Diamond
Head. The capital city, with its 23,000
peoplo, lies ou a partially lnnd-lockod
bay, and rises geutly Iroin tho water's
edge to tho foot hills, embowerod in
palm and vino aud a wreath of tropical
flora in cndlcis variety, for tho enter
prising inhabitants have trum planted
every available tropical plant from all
parts of tho world. The city Itself is
quaint and picturesque, and totheAmeri
can eye affords a delightful novelty that
doc not pall after mouths of residence
There is a large Chinese quarter, that for
practical purposes is a section of Lloug
Kong transplanted bodily to tho "Peace
ful Isles." Bevorul thousand Portuguese,
mostly from tho Azoro Islands, have set
tled in ouo portion of the town, build
ing littlo cottages uud cultivating gar
dens. The Kanakas are, of course, every
xrhore. The more pretentious and lux
a.'ioua homos are, as a rule, those of
Americans and Euglish and the more
wealthy natives and balf-castes. Tho
QtnjMI MLIDOIAXAXr.
raaideooea are almoat Invariably low and
Dude of wood, for tha islands are sub
ject to earthquakes, though none of any
smrit; have occurred in recent yean.
-J ru . ""f i
tn the business lection the buitdlnge
rarely rise beyond two tori, though
many of tha public buildings ara Im
posing anil would be a credit to any rich
community. An absence of chlinneyi
strike thn stranger aa peculiar, nnd there
la probably not a beating atove or a fire
place in the whole city, anil no excuse
for any, aa the temperature la like an
American June at Ita boat the jenr
around.
Honolulu la Itself a little Pnri In all
the things that appeal to the senses, and,
too, a Paris under thn Kmpire. There li
more wealth and more luxury than In
any city of it sizo In America. It has
sixty-seven mile of streets nml driven,
llftiien miles of atreet rnilwny, read by
electric light ami talk over MOD tele
phonea. It ha a pnblln library, a col-
I'M
run uoTAt, i-alack.
lege, public hopitnl, an claboralo pub
lie school system, education bcini com
pulsory, a tine Stale theater, a Y. M. U,
A. building, pood wnter work and a
huge paid lire ilcpciLueat, equipped with
tho host iimuhlnu. Ono lire com puny
in composed entirely of Chinamen, nml
when it i cnllod out other appctncuhir
attraction linvn no clmrin for the pub
lie. Annum other public institution
nmy lie mentioned tlio Old Polka'
lloum lor nnlivo Hawaiian, a public
hospital nml tlm Dull u Htuto Prison.
itoNoi.ni.rr.
The nativo Hnwiiiimis are dying out,
ns did the Miiorics of Now Zealand,
and from much the samu causes. Thcro
aro now about 40,000 full-blooded na
tives on tho islands, aud about 8000
half-castes. Tho former aro decreasing
at about tho lato of two per cant, a year,
and it l estimated tlmt they wilt prnc
tirnlly disappear us a race in about thirty
years. It is buliovod that 100 yean ago,
wtiou Captain Cook discovered tlio
islands, they supported a population of
400,001) souls. Even tho most conser
vative tstlmatc place tho number at not
less thnn 300,000. To tho simple lilund
ers of that period tho discoverers woro
supernatural beings who breathed rlaiuo
and smoke. They boliovod that Cook was
tho great Uod Lnno, and worshiped
him as such. Tho history of tho Islands
during this period reads like a Scottish
border war tale. Tho isluudeis wore
then at tho height of their powers, phy.
sical and mental. They were bravo to an
incredible, degree, and generous to a
fault. Diit Cook, after sailing away,
came back arrogant beyond measure, and
abused tho hospitality of the natives,
destroying the superititious adornliun in
which ho Had been held. A rupture oc
curred over Cook's attempting to recover
a boat stolen by some of the Kanakas. In
the dispute one of his men killed a native
chief. This iufuriutod thorn, aud Cook
himsolf shot a man who had hit him with
A KVriY CANOR.
a stone. In the struggle bo was heard to
groan. This settled the subject or his
deityship. They exclutmed : "Ho is no
god 1" aud killod him at the water's edge
as he was endoavoriug to escape. Peace
was patched up afterward, but the down
fall of the race commenced at that time.
In the face ol probable extermina
tion, and in spite of tho fact that the
native is gettiug crowded out between
the plodding industry of the Chinese in
the lower walk of life and the aggres
sive commercial policy of tha whites,
yet he Is happy aod cheerful, apparently
content to take what comes and alike
regardless of the value . of mouey or
what the future may have in store for
him. The native Hawaiians are averie
to field work, and not, as a rulo, being
able to hold positions requiring execu
tive or adininistratire ability, they are
forced into those walks of life where
neither great physical nor mental effort
Is required. They are very satisfactory
as policemen, hack drivers, firemen and
longshoremen. As stevedores and deck
hands, ' their equal " dose not exist on
earth. As common tailors, boatmen and
oowbooe they show aaaf veloui skill and
endurance.
The native, uncnntamlnated by foreign
Influence, It happy, careless, fond of
flower and music, full of sentiment and
wholly untouched by sordid cares. If he
take a fancy to one, no favor la ton
great to lav on the altar of friendship. If
not, hn will even refuse to do business
with the o'.moxlous stranger. The love
of flower is a marked nice characteris
tic, aud tha group of Kanaka women
making wreaths on tho sidewalk flower
market is one of the picturesque
sighta of Honolulu. As tiio women
grow old they run to phenomenal obesity,
and no woman Is too old or too fat tn
bedeck herself In wreaths and garlands
ou such a trivial occasion as going to
market, flo may be barefooted, and
her Mother Hubbard, which is thn uni
versal (Ires among the lower classes,
may be lorn, but she I not fi.lly dressed
without a jaunty suitor hat having a
crown of natural flowers rising on tlm
brim. Thn initmnul drink i "sand
paper gin," nml the national food is pol.
This is a paste slightly soured, mnda
from the tnro root. These root nra
nbout the sire of a t.irnip. nnd on being
pounded, to extract the liber, produce)
a flour, starchy in diameter, which ia
mixed with wnter and allowed to fer
ment. It I properly eaten with the
linger. I'nsle so thick tlmt ono ringer
only Is required to capture a mouthful ia
onit-flnger poi. Fermenting a day longer
it become thinner nml reouire twn
lingers to propeily hnu lln it. It I then
called two-flngcr pol. Hcyond tho four
linger limit it Incomes unmanageable
and require thickening with fresh stock.
Pol is eaten with a littlo salted fish as a
relish. It is really Indistinguishable from
common bill sticker's pnsto somewhat
soured. The taste for it has to be culti
vated, but once acquired it Is found an
ideal bot-climnln diet.
The present ruler, Quern Liliiinknlnni,
who ascended the throne upon the death
of her brother, King Kalnkaiin, is a per
son of much culture and dignity, and is
very, punctilious in mutter of court
etiquette. Hlio hn a stipend, as ljueen,
of 20,0ll0 per annum, to which Is added
the Income of thn crown lands, amount
ing to about 000 yearly, a sum suf
ficient to maintain royal state in very
good style.
Tho royal castle is an imposing struc
ture located in a largo park. There, is a
standing nrmy ol sixty-four men all told.
Tho Into King endeavored to establish a
navy, and procured one steamer which
ho refitted nnd manned, and seut nil to
nnnet Samoa to his kingdom. The ex
ploits of the navy in this enterprise have
never been equalled nutaidn a comio
opera. Hawaiian royalty co.'ts tho poo
plo about 1 130,000 per year.
Maori Woman.
The young Maori women are often
very good-looking, with splendid black
or dark brown eyes, masses of black
hair never wool snow-whlto teeth
ami supple, round, well-shaped figures
und limbs. They develop vuy early, a
girl of thirteen or fourteau being quite a
woman nnd ofteu n mother ; and, ss they
get older, they soon become conrso and
ponderous. They are of a laughing,
good-naturud, amiable disposition, and
thoao who have cwuo within the sphere
of their charms say they have wonder
fully seductive ways.
It is not unooinmon for white men to
mnrry Mnori girls; but tho instaoces of
white women marrying Maori husbands
nre extrcmoly few. The half castes ara
a vory handsome race, tome of tho gills
being perfect belles.
Many of them are as good as they sro
agreeable. Thoy sro ustiully dolicute
and the women bear few children, it
any; so that there is no likelihood of a
mixed population springing up to any
large extent, Tbo procoss is entirely one
of whiteniug the Maoris, not of blacken
ing tbo Pakehas. Cosmopolitan.
A New Pond Dredger.
People in old mill towns and village
w ho are desirous of preventing the spread
of miasmatic disease will be interested
in tbo mechanical appliance shown in
tho accompanying illustration, which
has been designed by an Eaglish inven
tor for removing mud and refuse from
ponds, canals or other stretches of water.
Ills machine consists of a box-shaped re
ceiver, mounteu on broad, nodo
wheels in such a manner as to allow the
bottom of the arrangement to slide up
on the ground.
The end aud bottom of the dredaer ara
movable, so that when it is being hauled
back the gearing allow the end to fall
upon the ground. When the rope I
tluhtened the bottom slide In Dlace. and
the open end, which 1 lying flat, is pull-
ea 10 vertical position, thus causing
the machine to act a a tcoop. At re
cent test of the apparatus upwardt of a
ton of sludge wss brought to the bank
every journey. The use of the eliding
bottom 1 mtenaea to allow of the
dredge being easily emptied wbea
biought to the wore.
MAORI WOMAN AND Clllt.n.
XBW rOND DRBDOBU.
S0LDIlUS, COLUMN.
AROUND PBTERSBrjRO.
What h Han nrlurt In the Tranohea
Burins' the lumrnur of ISA4
These hot day
nf June bring
back to my memo
rv thosn day of
.1 imp, 2") years
ago, that found
11 of thn Army
of the Potomac
and James encir
cling Petersburg
ninl thn verv
')IH"!in "I me rriM'c
. ;'- iloni ( Ulchinond).
V I well remember
landing nt City
1 ..rn...
Point, May n,
HOI, with eight
companies of my
- regiment nml a
colored battery-the Mh I'. H. I think.
Ilutler's nrmy lay acrofs the mouth of
the A ppomattos liiver, nt Iteiiniid i
Hundred, llcntircg.ini confronting 11
from the 1'etcrnbnig front, nnd wn on
the constant lookout lor a raid from hU
force which were constantly
bushwhacking our pickets,
which were out nbout
a mile on the City Point nnd Peters
burg road in our front, and if It had
not been for our gunboat in the rivi r
we would have been gobbled up in
short order.
And for fear of this gobbling up we
were ono film morning ordered out
with our Spencer cmuinc, dismounted,
Inarched out from enmp beside the lit
tle brick church, formed in lino, and
ordered to lay our carbine down and
given a pick nml shovel, and also given
to understand that upon the faithful
work of this (cavalr)) weapon our
alvation depended; and the result
wn, by working day nml night, two
hours on nnd two olT, we anon had
thrown up the line of works that run
from the .lame's to tho Appomattox
and from that time on we felt moro
secure from any sudden d ish from
Ilenuregard.
At tho same time every man was or
dered to go to sleep with boots nnd
spurs on; nnd woe to tho man that
thought morn of hi feet than of tho
orders, for if caught with his spurs
nnd boot off, had (he pleasure of
standing with packed saddle on a bar
rel for 11 good share of tho next day.
And then in the stillness of thn night
one was suddenly roused by thn bugle
blast of boot nnd s nldles, and a ev
ery ono knows that means git up and
git.
And so it wis until June II, when,
at 'i o'clock in tho morning, boot and
saddles sounded, we wero up nnd
mounted and off in a jiffy, to open
communications with tho Tenth and
Eighteenth C'orpi at Point of Hocks.
I shall never forget that rido in the
stillness oT the early morning. Wn
rode that four 111 lies through the enn
my's country, H00 of us. Just nt day
break the two corps crossed the Ap o
mat.tox, nnd threw out skirmishers lor
the llrst day's work tlmt wn to tighten
Grant's grip on Lee, which Anally
strangled him a year latter at Ap
pomattox, nnd from that timo 011, for
ID long months, this bnttlo-scarrnd
nrmy gave nml took, night and day,
covering -It) miles of front from right
o left I
I well r.nneinlier thoie days of June,
July, and August, under lire night and
day; for tlio siege from Petersburg
never lot up from tin timo of invest
ment until the day the lines were
broken April U, 1805, with several
hard battle sandwiched between. My
company went to tho front with 100
men in May. and by tbo middle ol
July was reduced to 41), such was thn
duty required of us; on picket duty 4H
hours at a tune on the bunks of tho
Appomattox, on tho right of the
Eighteenth Corps, and not daring to
show our heads in tho daytime, but
roasting in tho rifle-pits, with the ruin
across tbo river only 200 yards, nnd
the fleas and graybacks all around and
over us; then, after 49 hour of such
life as this, rellovod nt 0 o'clock at
night, to march uncle to camp two
miles, and get to sleep at 11 o'clock;
again up at sunrise; on liable guard
for 84 hours; then ono day in camp,
and the same thing over again. Those
wero tho days that a man lived 10 days
In one. And this was kept tip by us
until the latter part of August, when
we were ordered to Deep Uottom,
where wo did vidot duty until tho
27th of September, when we iidvineed
on tho outer line of tho enemy's works,
known as the battlo of Chapin's Bluff,
which were taken and held. It win
behind these, bluffs the Army of the
James lay during the winter of 13GI
0.1. I wus stationed at First Division
Headquarters, Twenty-fifth Corps, at
mounted orderly, and bad an op
portunity in those days while lying in
winter quarters to observe a good
share of what was going on around the
different point of Interest. Dutch
Osp Canal was just to the left of Fort
Brady, nnd I remember that the rebel
gunboats tossed a shell one night and
dismounted one of tbo two 11-pound
Parrott gun with which the fort wa
armed.
Dutch Gap wa ever a point of in
torest to us; for wbea we were off duty
we would take a ride down to it. and
if the Howlett House battery
wa quiet we could look
around; but If they were up
to their funny business our stay would
be short. A shell once in while
from the rebel gunboat in tha James
wa about all that disturbed ut until
Grant started for the last act, and
then all wa oonfusion until the morn
ing of April 8, when at about 3 o'clock
in the jnornlrfg it wa discovered that
the rebel had withdrawn from our
front. Maj. Steven, of the 4th Ma.
Car.. Actios Provott-Marshal of the
.. V - .'1. aUT
i M it' M
Twenty Unit Corps, gathered together
about (10 men of Co. K and II and
started for Mlchmond, which ws enter
ed a tho rein were crossing the river
into Manchester, In tho meantime
Grand had broken I.ee's lines, and this
was tho beginning of tha end. J. A.
JossKi.TN, In National Tribune.
A at BRIO A 8 BIRTHDAY,
Tha Four Hundredth Anniversary To
Propurlj" Obsorvsd.
Tlm following proclamation, mnklng On
lober 21st a K"ernl holidny, was Issued by
the I'rrsldint:
Wiikiim, lly a Joint resolution approved
June Jill. IS'i'i, it ns resolveil by id
Snusteniid House of fteprrsenlatives of ths
I'lillisl Ml ate of America in Cultures nssem
bled ' His! the President ol tlm Tinted
stales be authorized and directed In Issue a
proclsiiiatiou rec iiiitiieinliii( In the propl
(Im observance in nil their liwnlle of tin
four hundred! Ii anniversary of Hie illseovery
of America, on the 21st day of iMobrr. M'J,
by public demons! ration nnd hy suitable -nrcises
in their school and otuer place ol
assembly 1
Now, therefore, I, Iteiijaiuln Hnrrison,
President nl tlie Tinted Hliilrs of Aiueriin,
ill piirsiiniic of the aforesaid Joint resolu
tion, do hereby apHiint Kriifay, (Model
'2lr, Hoi. the four hundredth anniversary
of thn ilm-overy of Anierb-a by Columbus
ss a it'ocml Holiday for the people of th
Tinted Slates. 1)11 that day let Hie people,
so far 11s possible, cense from toil and devots
themselves to such exercise n may best
es press honor to thn discoverer nnf their
appreciation of thn great achievement
ol the four completed centuries of American
life
Columbus stood in hi n n the ploneei
of prni5rre and enlightenment. Thrsystem
of tiltiverssl eduention i ill our mre the most
prominent nnd eslutory featura of tin
spirit of eiitlKhtnnuioiit, ' and it Is peeuli
arly appropriate that His school hi
made by the people (he center of the ilay't
ilemonstrsHou. Let the Nntionnl ting rloai
over every school bouse in the country, sue
the esnreises be siirli ns shall impress upon
our vonth the patriotic duties of Americar.
eitinriisliip.
In the churches nnd In the other plnee 01
ssseiu hi y of the people let there be eipre
nions of llraiitudn to hiviim I'rovidence for
the devout faith of the discoverer nud for
the ilivlite earn arid Kuidaiico which ha di
rected our history and so abundantly blessed
our (siopln,
- - . - .
WEATHER CROP BULLETIN.
R -ports From Dlff 'rant 8tat aa Rs
calvnd By tha Agricultural Depart
ment. The weather erop bulletin Issued says
thatthe week ws cooler than usual gener
ally throughout nil niirieultiirnl district.
'I lie seasonal rainfall from March I to data
Is generally up to, or ill exees of the nver
aire over nenrly the whole country. Hieeinl
telegraphic report from certain stales nro
as follows:
I'rnnsvi.vsnm. Harvesting nnd having
nver in southern counties. Corn hegiiinimi
fotnssel. Potatoes, hurley, buckwheat ami
tobacco doing well. Oat crop short.
Tkmnksskf Wheat threshing and working
Isle corn resumed; wheat anil oats consider
ably ilnmai'fd by rains; most serious in
western portions cotton improving; tobacco
spindling, some diseased cattle iu Hickman
county.
Kkvti'cky In central counties storm on
l itb blew down corn nnd riiin In shock,
damaged coiiMiderably , other crop tine, es
ieclallv tobacco; corn outlook favorable.
oats fair.
Illinois Wheat harvesting completed In
central nud southern portions; threshing
IirogressiiiR; oats nnd hay liarvetteu; rye
iiig cut; yield light.
Iniuvnv Weather favorable for harvest
ing nnd crops, hut rains needed I'oreoru nnd
potatoes, wheat threshing continues every
where; good crop oats aud hay a heavy
crop.
Wcsr VniorNU Oat nearly ready to cur,
good average; buckwheat promises well;
wheat yields good ill quality nud quantity;
hop crop better than estimated; stock doing
well; tobacco doing llnly; potato crop fair.
(lino Wheat threshing continues; oat
ripening, corn, tobacco nnd potatoes grow
ing nicely; hay harvesting continual; timo
thy being si-cured in good condition; grape
lot rcporh-d.
MicnriAN Haying nnd harvesting pro
gressing rapidly; oats doing well; corn ni-eds
cultivation in most plnco.
Iowa Corn made rapid growth and I
generally clean. Haying well advanced,
some complain of rust in oats; potatoes
loimr wulL
AW AWFUL PUNISHMENT.
Private lams of Wynbura For
Chssrlnstha Man Who Shot Frlck,
Is Strung; Up By ths Thumbs, '
Shaved on On Bids and Drum
med Out of Camp.
For proposing three cheer fb the fellow
who shot If. I!. Krick, Private W. I.. Iain,
of Company K, Tenth regiment, of Waynes
burg. I'n., nns subjected to the most liiiini
lating punishment. When the new repell
ed Camp Rowley on (Saturday, Private lam
gave vent to bis feeling in this is-cubar
wnv nnd was overheard by Lieutenant
Colonel Strestor. who i commanding thn
Tenth. Colonel Ml reutor ordered the entire
r(i merit to be drawn up in linn and then
he directed the 1111111 who had profited tha
cheers for llcrkrnan to ad vane to the front.
After s little ilclay lum stepped forward.
When asked why hn bad been guilty of
such a thing heasnumed nn air of bravado
and refused to answer, if a was asked to
npologi., but refused 10 do s. ifu wa
then sent to ths guard bouse nnd hi ensn
waa roiortd to Major (ienerul Hnowdun,
who ordered a court martial.
'J 'he regimental otHcer held the henrlng
in the mat or tSituday and. as lams admit
ted hi guilt and refusal to npologie. the
court martini ordered llnit hah the buir of
bis head uud mustache I hi shaved off, that
he be strung up by the thumbs Tor -M min
ute, ho stnpiel of hi uniform, dishonor
ably discharged and drummed out of camp.
fier having his head and mustache shaved
n direi ted lams waa banned up by tht
thumbs. Fur J) minutes he endured tins
torture and then lie lost, consciousness. Two
surgaon ordered that he be cut down at
once, or he would soon be dead. He ws
cut down, and after the doctors revived him
he was atripiwd of his uniform and given
an bid pair of overalls to wear. With only
these nud a shirt ami an old hat he was led
out of the camp to rlwiasval station to toe
tune of the "Hogues March." itie entini
provisional br.gudu witnessed the buinili
atiug spectacle.
MAT EMPLOY PINEERTONS.
Tb Amendment Forblddlnr It DafeatM
in Joint Conference.
Wasiiixotow, July 25. The O'N'eil amend
ment providing against the employment of
Pinkerton detectives by Government offi
cer wa not agreed to by the Senate con
ference in the Joint conference on the sun
dry bill.
Poisonad by Rinofd Beans.
Spoiled butter beans, in which the essien
tlal oil ptomaines had developed, were
served at dinner at the Cable bouse, Haver
bill, Mass. Itomaines Is an acute poison,
and Mrs. Webstar, Mr. and Mrs. Sanborn,
Daniel McCarthy, Levey SmIUi and Mrs.
George Wilson died, and lis other are very
Ul from its sff acts.
PENNSYLVANIA PICKINGS.
OMR IMPORTANT HAPPENING)
Of Internet to Dwsller la the Keystoae
tat.
WKATIIKIt AND CltOIH.
fn wrKKi.r 111 l.i.rrit or tii stats RiuiKArj
oiuuiNvsa.
Ths following weather-crop bulletin for
the psst week lins been Issued by the Penn
sylvania state weather litirenu: In most
section the rainfall during Ilia week ha
been below the usual amount. In the Bus
luehamia valley aud esalwnrd Hie amount
wa less than otie-hnlf Inch durlns; the
week. From Wilkesbnrre northeast ward
Hi fall varied from one half to one Inch"
West of IheSiisipiehaniia the lolnl rainfall
wn nbout a Imlf Inch, with heavier I x al
showers In the mountain. In the north
western counties the fall wn above lies
average, ranging from 1 V liiehe nt Ksnn
to I .'in Inches nl Mftidville. The rainfall
in this section has hem In escess all the sum
mer. A hot spell occurred from the I till to
the I'll li. This wa followed hy a d ided
khiI wave, which Im mnde the mean tetn
peralure range nligbiiy below the normal.
I here was nn abundance of sunshine, the
average number of hour per day nt f'hilsj
ilelphin being twelve out of a possible lifteen
hours. Very nearly thn same conditions
islsle I over the state, esopt In the north
west, where n greater amount of cloudiness
prevailed. While the fine weather ha
afforded excellent opportunity for securing
the wheat nud hay crops (he corn nnd g'lias)
are hci'iiiniiig In feel the lark of rain in the
odious mentioned a having a dellclency of
rain'all. In the southern counties harvest
ing nnd haying is nbout over. The yield I
good, b it hardly above Hie averngt. Oats
hnrve-t will soon commence. This crop Is,
generally light. Corn I beginning to ta.sef
ami has good color. Itye and barley are
ready for harvest and promise a goo. I yield.
Tobacco and potatoes are nlso good, but
need rain, fn the northern counties har
vesting nnd haying is not fliihihcd. Ail
crop nre yielding fairly well. In tho north
west the wet weather was Injurious to hsy
making, but otherwise beneficial.
TWO STATU KA THIS YKAft.
oik rnKii ron hi ruxTox, wiiii.konr sum
IIKI.D AT I.ANCAaTltS.
The r'presenlntlve of thn Pennsylvania
Agricultural Society at Hnrrisburg com
pleted nrrangeinent with the Lackawanna
Fair Assoclatiot'i for holding the State Fair
and the contracts were signed. The fair will
be belli nt Scranton, from September 8 to
15, inclusive. A committee wa appointed
consisting of President McDowell, of thn
Agricultural Society; J, Sehull Wllhelm ami
Colonel II. ('. Hemming, to visit I,nncntef
and arrange for the holding of a neeoud fair
there in October, in view of the fact that
next year there will be no opportunity to
bo.it a State fair on account of thn World's
Fair. Hon. A. I'. Irgaoker hu been chos
en general superintendent of the Scranton
Fair and is now on the ground allotiug
pace und attendingto other preliminaries.
FATAL KACIN'O ON TUB ROAD.
Isaac Iiegarmer, of Honeys Point, W. Vs.,
and Newton Miller, of Claysville, wero
horsn racing on the ewntry rosda on Thurs
day at thn former place, whan thn horse
ridden hy Degarmer plunged nver a high
bridge, killing it and fatally Injuring the
rider.
Host crisR r jail nr.LivKiv
Jarne Murphy, John Huberts and Wil
liam Dougherty, held for trial on a charge
of burglary, escaped from thoj.nl at Somer
set. They have ncH a yet been overtaken.
Tin is the fourth general Jail delivery here
in three years.
jacii rnosT pavs a jrf.r visit.
A light frost wn experienced at I test's
station, Lehigh county, on Monday, and
some Lehigh Valley passenger trains bid
steam heat in the curs.
M. L. Semes, nn employe of the Pitta
burgb Clay Manufacturing Company of New
llrighton wits crushed to death by the full ol
a ton of slate in a clay bank.
Lt Friday an unknown man hi re-1
horse nnd buggy from linon llros... Mt.
Pleasant, liverymen, and neither man not
rig huvs been unarJ from since.
Hkmrv Wilvik, a wealthy citizen of Con
nellsville, fell dead on the street there.
.MsnwinSPKNCK, aged 2, wa killed by
falling slate in a cluy bank of the Sher
wood pottery at Reaver Falls. He leave a
wife.
Pa thick Colli, a lamplighter in ths
Ilaltimorn and Ohio Unioiitown yards, was
run over by the cars nnd instantly killed.
His head was severed from his body.
Jon N'.iiiziriaiv, a Pole, while trying Ul
escape from cust sly at lVnmt, Westmore
land county, as shot and killed by On
stublo Duvid Illansrt, of (ireenshur. As
kault und buttrry was the charge ugainst ths
man.
Nkui Kh'nandonh a gas explosion occur
red at Hlangowau co bcry, 1 its-rate 1 by th
Philadelphia and Heading Coal and Iron
Company, by which Cusfier Mitchell, a
miliar, whs killed instantly and seven or
eight others badly burned. The part of the
mine in which the explosion occurred is 00
tire,
A rinr in tn Knapp mo-sr, WUhamsport.
caused losses as follows: Hailey (Jlceker.
bonk and stationery, !., 001 1, insurance
ll.ixw; Wills, millinery, t-t.isti), insurance
J (); fiodit Manufacturing Company, lost
12 OA), insurance l,.rAJ.
Jon. Bloom, of Johnstown, was struck
by a bolt of lighting the other day and bad
ly mutilated, but be ttill lives. ,
Ths car-repairing ami manufacturing
shops of .limun Hros., at Howefl. IWnll'ord
county, were destroyed bv lire, including
several mine car, boiler and other work
Loss, i.ooo; no insurance,
AaRANarMi.Trs were concluded at Johns
town for a big reception to the old canal
boatmen and portage railroad men on Aa
gust '.), when the annual reunion will Im
eld.
At Reading, Frank, th 0-year-old son of
Adam li. HpiUer, was gored to death by a
bull. , -
Tn large flouring end saw mill of Hough
and Hull, in South Huntingdon township,
Westmoreland county, were totally destroy,
ed by tire. Th nre is believed to nave been
or incendiary origin. Lues, 93,000; immraiice
J.500. MtrMASLDimica, an Austrian workman,
was drowned while bathing in the Neahan
nock, at New Castle. An unknown man in
a skiff made poit of tb foreigner auu
Rles, and when urf d by people oat be shore
assist htm, answered, 1,let him drown."
The body wa recovered under only eight
ft of water.