NEWS IN SHORT ORDER DOMESTIC HAPPENINGS TOLD IN A FEW BRIEF WORDS. Interesting Paragraphs Condensed from Many leluiiduut Columns. Lyman R. Williams, for nearly thirty years Superintendct of Schools in Steuben County, lud., commit ted suicide by hanging. He was a graduate of Ann Arbor College Mr. Wil liams served two terms us County Treasurer. Grief over the death of a member of bis fam ily ami poor health nre supposed to be the cause of bis self-destruct ion. —Harry Dixon, the young Mississipian re cently appointed to ii West Point cadet ship by the president upon the statement of the boy's grandmother that her husband and son (the cadet's ftillier) had both been assassinated been use of politics, failed to pass the physical exu mi nation re quired of cadets. Mr. John T. Ford, manager of Ford's Opera House, Baltimore, in getting off a street car in that city, stepped in the way of a runaway horse. He wus knocked senseless, but oncoming to lie walked home, although lie was severely bruised. —The Methodist Episcopal Church nt An gola, lad., was destroyed by an incendiary. —.Miss Idu I'liillips, late a Missionary in India, fell from the bridge over the Blue Earth River, at Minueingo City, Minn , aud was drowned. —Walton B. Brocket!, the son of one of the original set tlers of Alexandria, Va., for many years a resident of Louisiana end President ol the State Board of Assessors under Llov. McHenry, is dead. —A dispatch from St. Thomas, Ont., says: The total prohibition liquor law known as the Scot tact was repealed in Elgin county by an overwhelming majority. —Colby (Mo.) University has received from (Sen. Benjamin F Butler an oil portrait of himself, painted by an eminent Chicago artist. The Genera! is represented us seated in his ciiiup on the James River, with tlio Union army behind him. and the Coniederuto gunboats, approaching from Richmond, iu trout. It is a flue work. —The vestibule train oust bound on the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad was wrecked by a slide iu a cut near Oil a. There had been a very severe rain, which caused u slide in the cut. George W. Walsh, the oldest engineer on the rood, and his fireman, wcro killed. It was an unavoidable accident. No passengers were injured. —Milwaukee received u severe blow to one of her great industries. The Fulk, J tinge Rorchort brewery, employing about 400 men, wus burned. The piunt was worth over $700,000, and it had n cuparity of 000,000 barrels of beer u year. Every tiling was swept awuy, including 52,000 barrels of beer. At Hillsborough, Ohio, the jury returned n verdict of murder in the second degree against. Mr. Britton, charged with killiughis brother-in-law. The punishment for this crime in Ohio is imprisonment for life. —At the village of Albuny, Minn., black diptheria has broken out in 1 L'l families. Roth churches and tlio schools have been closed. —Nearly 100 people were poisoned at Adair, lowa, by eating ice crcum which had been raudo iu new tins, and futul results iu several cases are anticipated. —Henry Kleinpell, keeper of u book store, committed suicide by hanging at Kansas City. Ho leaves u widow uud two children at Madison, Wis. —At Ciinipbellsviilc, Ky., Dr. T. J. Ilouri jran was sentenced to the penitentiary for life for the murder of one I Jays, his brother in law. —At Hopkins, near Minneapolis, Minn., Carrie, the ciglitceii-yeur-old daughter of Hi nun Frost, was burned to death Her mot her, who wus the only oue iu the house besides the girl, went to visit ut it neighbors near by, leaving u gasoline stove burning. ►She hud been gone but it short time when smoke was seen issuing from tlio building and it. was quickly destroyed A search was made soon after uud the young woman's i burred remains were found iu the ruins. Rico Smith, during a quurral ut Water loo, Me., with uit old innu named William Whitton, whose life he hud previously threat ened, knocked him down and pounded his bond against a stone step, causing death wit bin mi hour. Roth men had been drink ing, Smith is held for murder. --Sergt. Daniel O'Rrieu. of Capt. .Sander son 's company, Eleventh Infantry, stutioned at. Fort Ontario, was struck by a train on the Rome, Watertowu and Ogdeiislnirg Rail road near the fort gate, and so badly man gled that there is no chance of his recovery. ** —('apt. <_'. L. Miller,of the T Wharf Lighter Company of Boston, who discharged the ship distress signal on the Fourth, which caused the death of George Hofl'muii, Jolui Green, and Frank O'f'onuell, has been held iu sf>Uo bail on a charge of manslaughter. STRIKERS SHOT DOWN, lie Street-Car Men Assault the ; Police in Diilm li. The strike of the street ear employees at. Puluth, Minn., has reached a climax of riot and bloodshed. Two men were instantly killed and several others dangerously wound ed in an encounter with the police. Since the 1,500 men went out th%.*e has been no ser ious trouble. The crowds of strikers congre gating along the lines, at the worst, mani fested their i'eelingin jeering ur the scab driv ers, but were easily prevented from congre gating in too great a number by the police. There were rumors about the men tinning, but these reports have been disproved. The mass of strikers, as The lockout showed no signs of weakening, became more and more threatening, and a great inob attacked the police witli clubs aua stones. 80 severe was the onslaught that the officers were com pelled to open lip*. Two men were instantly killed and several wounded A ••all for reinforcements was at once sent to the stations, and. in view of the growing gravity of the situation, the militia was at once ordered out. The police were guurding I lie men who were at work in the sewer trench. '1 lie strikers suddenly ma I* a rush with clubs and nek- '1 :<■ ; ■ -rood their ground and then 1 g* begs made a i - ■■■ vv folio •• '• .tl <>•••, ... vo ' • n to- i- , v'" 1 ).■ . X ■te •■ It MT;lII vera t.)- ' " " > • • ' v w!f HEAR* ";e • MM. if.' • iicflinu i'on iliiihl . block l/Mel.t ind ' •(•{ilentit 11 \ • lilies. i l 0.01,1 lr. vm j/Olee who wre s - (i; jo,,, )M . lice ultimately ; r The action * • • 1 ..t muoMHl • commended and - • ;1 ,.0 m t tied tot in- sot the strikers were the i-r • •- not barincrfired until 1 - • • -F 1 fleers. Ah 11 n aadit tt' - reriff swore in thirty extra D-; t.iit f't now iiumbcrsnenrly 200rrr. ; liTl.f'T If V FLAMES. Jbid '-'tte , Southern California, . fin te ei.i \ Kelsev's house in 0.1 . fdaii came block as the oil too 1 lioot 1 . ■ ;<;J efforts it .11 , wOc • - also of owl no, V ... , f Hotel ♦ t ;K tiffti 1 a|HtfHl ' . ttif rc hOi t I iMt-: basil svm 1.-.M --vwij in iUeui >.. i. 1 .>/ lie Co h.vnWo'rll i.ttUil 1.0 0..J . •I' 1 • " 1 •• M '• , j t . • tlUti > t ... lit. ,I . M . ... ~ ... .1 W.,.| BASE-BALL JOTTINGS. The Record. JULY ft League Ten Association Per Cluhv. Won. Lost cent Clubs. Won. Lost, cent Boston !6 19 ,: KaiiHUH City 29 : .459 luaiunap'lis 22 31 .899, Columbus.. 25 : .991 Washington i:j 3' Crane: "Crane's drive for four ! basis in the eighth inning was the kind tax i idermists enjoy. The ball went on a dead j line over tho north wall, tore through the ; soughing branches of ii cottonwood tree, galloped hurriedly up the steps of a brick j house, mid then, with joyous laughter, burst through one of the front windows. It was not seen again.*' Kansas City is going to release Sullivan, .M' ( art by, and Bnrkley. Tho Cincinnati dub has been asked to waive claims on these players. <) Brian's success in the League is a mys tery. When Cleveland was in tho Associa tion he was considered a "soft snap," and was always punished hard and often. Baltimore has i cleaned Fulmer. Ail effort will bo made by the Louisville management to secure " homo run" Duffee front Bt. Louis. ! The Boston papers say the Bean enters ; play like old women, and that Kelly is of about ns much use ns an ice-wagon, i Sclioch, the released Washington player, | Ims mimed with Milwaukee, i Haverhill uud Brockton have made nppli cation for a place iu the Atlantic Associa tion. Pete McShanujn will probably plnv shor. st >p lor the Baltimores hereafter. Manager Burnie, who is iu Syracuse, telegraphed As ! sistant Manager Waltz that his releaso could be purchased from Hamilton for $1,200. ; The deal will be mnde. A dispatch from Cincinnati says: Lee Viau is again an offender against club rules, and I his punishment is a suspension without pnv. His loose work iu the box wus the imnicdiute . eniiso of the action of Manager Sclimelz. Hilly King, the Princeton pitcher, now nt Cape May, litis sailed for Europe. He will join Ted Sullivnii's baseball party in Eng bind. Bergen or Princeton, class tir '9l. will join tlie Cape May Club. The Shcnandouh and llazletou Clubs will bo admitted to the Middle States League. Harry Forte ban been engaged to manage the llusfeton Club. FOREIGN HAPPENINGS. —Two vessels belonging tci the Mozambi que squadron will join the Portuguese cor* | vet teat Dnlugoa Da y. -~T." 10 15, ' ,, in ~ost nPHfrtR that Emperor , "ham, While at Stuttgart, dcelured that, the new police lueaHiireß which Switzerland j proposed to adopt were suflicient to meet the demands of the allied Powers. iie desired that public opinion be calmed. —A statue of the late Dev. Dr. Gallnudet ; wuh unveiled in the grounds of the National | Deal Mute College, Washington, I). C. It is officially announced that the mnr ! rings of the Princess Sophie, sister of the Derm an Emperor, with the Duke of Sparta j will take place October 18. —Dispatches from the Samoan Islands, re ceived via Auclnnd, say that Matnafa and 1 umasese have concluded a treaty of peace. i —Thomas P. (Jill and Joseph R. Cox Nu tionalist inemhers of Parliament, were ar rested in London. They afterwards left for Drogheda in charge of officers. I —A dispatch from Cologne savs: Through the blunder of a switchman eight lives were lost on the railway near Roehrmuos. The I' rankfort express,while going at a high rate ol speed, ran into an open switch unddushed I into an empty train which was standing on the side track Eight persons were instant I v i kiled and eleven others were injured. It is stated that the indictment against I the Doulungists advises 1 lie arraignment of Gen. Doulanger, Count Dillon and M Roclic j fort before the High Court of Justice for con spiring against the safety of the State. Iferr Luuhs. the cashier of the provincial treasury at Stettin, in PruNsin, lias absconded with 40,000 marks. It is believed that he is on his way to America. —lt is announced that Mr. Pnrnell will make a tour through Scotland early in autumn. He speaks at Glasgow in Septem ber. and probably nt Dundee and Inverness. —The Gazette de France and tkeCocardo assert that M. de Reaurepaire, the Procurer- General, refuses to prosecute General Doulan ger for corruption, and that he lias resigned his ofHce. The same newspapers suv that M. de Freyeinet, Minister of War,refuses to con sent to the holding of ucourt martial in the ease of Gen. Boulunger. It is also asserted tliut there are other serious dissent ions among the members of the Cabinet, aud that a ministerial crisis is imminent. —ln the llfiu.se of Commons Mr. W. 11. Smith, the Government leader, moved that the House refer to a seleet committee the matter of the granting of u provision to Prince Albert Victor of Wales and the Prin cess Victoria of Prussia, on the occasion of their marriage. Mr. Gladstone seconded the motion. —'Theßeichsnnzeigor (Berlin) publishes dis patches from Prince Bismarck to the Gor man Minister at Dcrue,in which tlieCliancellor denounces I lie "settlement" treaty, under which Germans sett ling in Switzerland should he piovided with a certificate of good con- ! dud, and indicates an intention to obtuiu a siihst ii ute for the treaty. —A dispatch from Cairo says: The dervislw j es who were defeated at Arquin by Col. Wodebouse's troops have fled to tho hills. The gunboats have cut off the dervishes' water supply. AN IRISH-AMERICAN REPUBLIC. Chicago Irishmen Concoct a Rather Largo Scheme. t number of prominent Iriih-Ainericans mid i **: Tate meeting at Chicago to discuss in i.M. .t.y of establishing na Irish-Amor can om •. to further the lutorests of Ire and iad * Irish race. i ter- i / discussion it whs unanimously leeided r. ajilan of action formulated out pMooiMfi .j William T. Griffin, utid tic -0 , • conization was to be |H*rfis-t --■ ' • >* • as the "Irish-American De Ml Mil? " i t*r % iw of officers a committee •vis > rr, rail upon tho prominent • m n*u and secure their co op * ' .c • -ontion of tlio projectors a•* composed of in * ■' . . I;. -h - A iiici icans and ' • is Canada, Chili, Peru uud I*. ' .- -r* '.', d tts latter country would v *o diSf *-ee of lwr-r California or "I ( v,ry - th the privilege of Mitabinrnng n . Irish-American republic there- It :s hoped to .re a grant of land suffl cient. to accommodate some millions of peo ple to divert the enormous emigration pour- J ingjnto this country from Ireland to this I land, and to furnish erw-h immigrant with ! necessaries until they have opened farms. Dervishes Defeated by Egyptians. A dispatch from Cairo says The Egyptians under Colonel Wodehouse have again de- j feuted the Dervishes, 000 of whom wore | killed and 700 deserted or were taken prison- Jt v an thought that after the crushing de- j Uet sbos had already suffered, when | > ' Umri sors killed or wounded, they 1 • of offer further resist mice, but would I • je*er( Colonel Wodehouse pur • mi boll .-, however, that tlicy con " 1 • - • tut it uti'l made anotliei deter .. tin-ir usual courage, • 1 tb *rir forces were nearly ; i.Miiilm.'. • ( ' . mi ret routing fur j • ... h t .. )• , i , -ot yet been ascor viiwjct ca .r%Urdy small. | HURLED INTO A CHASM. WRECK OF AN ENTIRE TRAIN ON THE N. W. R. R. The Locomotive and a Gasoline Lamp Explode Many Persons Hilled Outright—Others Slowly Burned to Death. The east bound Norfolk :ind Western pas J senger train, which left. Roanoke. Vn. f was wrecked ami burned at Tlmxton's Switch, by ' plunging into a chasm created under the : track by a water spoilt. The engine, bag gage, express, t wo passenger coaches and two t Pullman sleepers went down. The locomo , five boiler and a gasoline lamp exploded by | the shock, anil the entire train was wrapt in flames in ail instant. Not a voice or u sound , was heard for live minutes and then someone feebly called for help Men with no clothing on who had managed to crawl out of the wreck at once began to work heroically to save the less fortunate passengers, and it was not long before many of tlmm were taken out. Among those rescued was: Bishop Alphers W. Wilson, of Baltimore, who was slowly bleeding to death from the severance of n blood vessel in bis wrist. The lire companies I and several physicians of this city were has tily taken to the scene of horror, bat the flames had devoured everything hut the iron frames when tliey arrived. The wounds of those who were dangerously hurt were dressed, and those who were but. slightly in jured were sent to the Roanoke, Liberty'nnd ButTord's, were their wants were supplied The killed, so fur as ascertained, are: Charles Bruce, of Lynchburg, lireiuiiii, scalded to death; Nathan Cohen, of Roanoke, who wus en route for Uermaiiy via New oi'k; Patrick Donovan, of Lynchburg, engi neer; K. S. Francis, of Marion, mad agent; A. M. .lames, of Roanoke, traveling en gineer of the rood; .1. NY. I.ivsny.of Roanoke, train dispatcher; Dennis Melon, janitor of the railroad ofllces. en route lor New York to be married; W. C. Slicnd, ol Cleveland,Tenn.; J. J. Rose, of Abingdon; u stranger bound for Paris via New York; L. B. Summers, of Abingdon, Yn,, mail ngeul; a little girl slip posed to be the adopted daughter of Mrs Judgo Thompson, of Staunton, Va.; .1. W. Pii hurry, superintendent of the eastern divis ion; .1, ('. Cassell, of tlio western division; .1 .1, Rose, postal clerk of Abingdon, Va.; John Kirkpntrick. of Lynchburg; t.liudtiisbaml and two children of u lady passenger on the train whose name cannot bo learned. Mr. Stead was an Englishman and was agent, of an Idaho hunting ami fishing expedition. lie was on his wav to England for supplies when ho met his death. Conductor Johnson, Rishop Wilson, Fx press Messenger Ash mere, Mrs. Judge Thomp son, Major J. C Cussol, su peri u tendon (.of the road, and Baggage Master Ford are among those most, badly hurt. A number of others, including several ladies from Texas, nre slightly injured. Only seven persons iu all nre suid to have been saved. There were about, seventy passengers on the train, beside tlio employees, and us it is absolutely impossible to ascertain the exact number saved the number of t hose killed eiin not be necurately ascertained. Therein every reason to four, however, that the number will reach thirty, if not. morn The passengers acquit the railroad corn finny of blame. The embankment was j swept awny by n sudden and heavy ruin storin, and the iron and ties remained huh ; ponded over the ennsm, so that when the engineer gluneed along the rails he did not discover the danger. Rain has been falling almost continuously, and at times very heavily, for twenty-four hours, swelling the mountain strenins great ly beyond their normal state. Severul trains hud pussed over the road during the night, and it was thought, that t he line was sale for trnflic notwithstanding I,ho rains, uud that no danger need be apprehended. At. the place of the accident, however, the water had undermined the roadbed and caused a wash out, about eighty feel long and fifty feet wide. The water at. this point was eight to ten feet. deep. Into this watery gulch the engine mnde n frigntful leap, whileimilling at the rate of thirty miles an hour, currying with It the tender and eight cars. A large amount of mnil mid express mat ter was dest royod. The number of wounded will be far in excess of tlio number killed. Thirty of the wounded have been taken to Roanoke thirteen to Rufordsville end flfly to Liberty. 185 MINERS DEAD. Explosion of Firo Damp in n French Coal Mine. An explosion of fife damp occurred in aroal pit at .St. Ktienne, Franco. Threo hundred miners are entombed. A number of bodies have been taken out of the pit- Two pits were affected by the explosion Oue of these is inundated, the other is on fire. Sixteen bodies have been recovered Ten of the miners who were taken out nlivo j are so badly injured Mini, they will probably j die. Sixty horses in the mine were burned to death. The news of Mm disaster spread rapidly, and the months of the pits were soon sur rounded by crowds of relatives and friends of the imprisoned miners Many heart rending scenes were witnessed as the bodies were brought to the surface. There is little hope of rescuing any of the men now in Mm pits, nil of whom have already probably per ished. LATF.R. The conl pit at, St.-Etienne, in which the explosion of tire damp occurred is Mill on tiro. Many more bodies have been recovered, but. the work is attended witb great difficulty and danger. The scene at tlm pit is harrowing. Prosi dent Carnot has ordered that, measures ho at : once t.ukcn for tlio relief of the families of the dead. Fourteen miners were rescued with great difficulty. They were nearly dead The number of the dead is now estimated at 185 Money for the relief of the sufferers is arriving from all points. MR. GLARSTONK ON* AMERICA. Hp Says Her Constitution in a Mar vcl of Political Wisdom. T hft frrodom of Cardiff. Knt-lund, was pre sontcd to Mr. Gladstone. 11 is speech on the occasion was notable for coinplimeats paid to America He referred to her constitution as a marvel of political wisdom, exhibiting the benefits of devolution in contrast with the evils ol too great centrnlixatioii, of which France and Italy were examples. He would have liked to have brought with him the illuminated address scut, him from New York, but it was too bulky. He brought instead the address sent him from Illinois. These and similar expressions of opinion on the home rule quest ion from u nation rapidly ad vancing to the position of the primary power of the English speaking races ought to give every prudent Englishman material lor reflec tion. "We are the first," he said, "to tell other nations their faults, but the Inst to listen to any one's advice." Referring to the Fife election and the opin ions of Mr. Wemyss, the defeated candidate, Mr Gladstone said that if the government would allow Mr. Wemyss to act in their be half, doubt less Mr. Wemyss mid lie (the speaker) would be able to arrive nt a very satisfactory solution of the Irish question. So much tor the best candidate the govern ment could find. Fall of a Grand Stand. The grnnd stum) at the rare track, Ofttv tiomu City, collapsed, injuring moro iiiuii 100 many fatally. One thousand iwople crowded Into the stand when tlio horses came to the post, and then maidenly, without any warning, the structure went down, burying more than 500 in the ruins I'or a second the outside spectators were paralyzed by the accident. Then, ns the cries and groans of the wounded filled the air, they rushed forward and began the work of rescue. The victims were drugged out and carried to places of safety, or put in ambulances and sent into town. Col. Wade, tho commanding otiieer at this point, seat the military, ambulances and physicians to the scons promptly and gave material aid. Tho escape of the crowd from death was miraculous, and, Incredihlo us it appears, only one person was killed outright, a child of Dr. J. A. Itvuii. RISING FROM THE RUINS. The John* town of Old is a Now City To-day. The Johnstown of to-day presents quite a different picture from that which people looked upon a few weeks ago, when the Hoods eanie and almost literally wiped it from the face of the earth. The day after the flood the streets of the once-flourishing city of nearly 15.000 people were duflned by long rows of ruined buildings. From end to end the thoroughfares were piled from 10 t> 20 feet high with wrecks of houses, huge logs, and all maimer ot debris. It was utterly i impossible to walk three squares in any di rection on u given street. Now all known ' streets, or, rather, nil which have been ! definitely marked out. are onee more passable. There are still a number that have been so entirely obliterated that their loca tion cannot be fixed until a re-survey of the town plan lias been made. This resurvey of streets and property lines, recon struction of sewers and drains, rebuilding of bridges and culverts, will take niaiiy months and perhaps years to accomplish. 'Tlds fea ture of the disaster is likely to weigh heavily upon the taxpayers of t lie town for some years to come. Chief Burgess llowcll esti mates the borough's loss upon public build ings at # 15,000; upon furniture, If 1,000; parks, streets, etc. #12,000; bridges, #SO, 000, nttd sewers, #5,000, or n total ol $83.- 000. Add to this a portion at least, of a bill of #14,000, contracted in the employment of special policemen during t he first ten days or more following the flood—which the Belief Committee repudiates, the State is not liable for, and the County of Cambria doesn't wunt to pay—and the taxpayers of the town have not a pbasant prospect at bust. James B. Scott, a member of the State Be lief Commission, expresses the opinion '.hilt by Oct. 1 the 15,000 homeless people in and around Johnstown will ull huvo been housed in buildings suitable for occupation all the year round. Main street, which was so com pletely blocked by debris that, reporters walked along it upon the roofs of the houses, is now elear and business men are opening their stores again. The houses on the neigh boring hills and in near-by settlements,which, for a lime, gave shelter to from ten to as many as thirty survivors each, ure gradu ally being surrendered to their original ten ants. and the survivors are making their homes in small portable buildings brought by the hundred from Chicago. As quickly as possible it is proposed to erect more substan tittl structures, and it is hoped to provide all with comfortable homes be ore the snow flies Little permanent building can ho done until the cleaning out of the cellars is complete. This will keep a large forco of men busy all summer. The terrible jam above the stone bridge, which at first, appalled the boldest contract or, has been removed, and the waters of the Conemaugh and of Stony Creek are now running in their nuturul channels. Tliemng nitudo of the work necessary to accomplish this undertaking cannot Im* appreciated by one who has not seen the place. It required the labor of huudreds of men for over three weeks and the explosion of 13,800 pounds of dynamite to dislodge and remove this de bris. The dynamite cost 20 cents a pound In the course of this work many dead bodies were recovered, and some of the blasts sent (iriiis, legs and heads flying high in the air from the mass of mud in which the victims lay buried. The dynamite work was in charge of Major Phillips, who has completed his task. The Stnte authorities have nearly com pleted their labor of clearing the debris and opening the rivers. When this is done Johns town will lie left to care for herself. Her fu ture is problematical. Much depends upon the manner in which the relief funds are dis tributed. The majority of the survivors are now self-supporting as far as provisions are concerned. The first few weeks after the flood there were so many idle people übout t hut demoralization was the nutiiral result. It was then resolved to put all able-bodied men to work. This has been done by the Cambria Iron Company, the Johnstown Steel Street Bail Company, the Pennsylvania Bailrond Company, and oilier large employ ers of Inhor. The Cambria Iron Company, which has one of the most, extensive plants of the kind in Amerieuand lost f500,000 by the flood,is rapidly restoringits works. Tin-com pany is also endeavoring to buy more land evidentV" with the purpose of enlarging its establishment. The loenlstrertrailway com pany, with lines running to Kcrnville und Woodvale, was paying ( per cent, dividends regularly. The flood left nothing but a few bits of truck hero and there. The linn ;<> Keruville will probably be rebuilt in a few months, hut. the branch to Woodvale is now unnecessary, for Woodvule bus been wiped away completely. The business men and merchants un ready and anxious to resume at their old stands, or rather where their stands once were. At a meeting held this week it was found that there were seventy applicants for stands on the park and Market-square. It was decided to cut some of the temporary structures on Market-square in two and to erect two more blocks of bus iness houses. Thus far about, one hundred and eighty of the little portable houses built in Chicugo lmvo arrived, and though many people object to them us totally inadequate there have been twice that 1110113- applica tions acted upon. On Wednesday the Belief Commission contracted for 200 four-room frame houses to be built for #250 apiece. These dwellings will be given to needy per sons under lease for eighteen months for a consideration of one dollar, at the end of that time the building to become the prop erty of the tenant The idea is to prevent the recipients trom selling the houses, or some creditors from seizing them. GREAT l l.noiis IN TEXAS. People Driven l-'rom Hume ly tlie Rising Rivers. Several inches of ruin fell in the district ol Fort Worth, and great damage has resulted. Reports from the west, show heavy rains for 200 miles. The Brazos and the Trinity Rivers arc booming. At Beiilirook, twelve miles west, the bridge of the Texas and Pa cific and 500 feet of the track are washed away. The St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas lor two miles out is submerged. The Mis souri, Kansas und Texas and the Fort Worth and Denver have abandoned their tracks north The Texas ami Pacific ban abandoned truiim both east and went. At Forth Worth the bottom lands to the north for two miles and to the east for a mile and a hull are Hub merged, and truck farms art gone. Tlie Trin ity rone four and a half feet, in an hour, and the dwellers on the lowlands barely escaped City Marshal Farmer, Sheriff Itichnrdson and their entire force for the time been me a rescu ing corps, and manned tlie boats which brought the people to the city, where they are quartered in large warehouses. There are 200 men, women,and children thus cared for. 11. Plume and sister are said to have been washed away, and Mrs. 11. S. Bent ley and Patrick, her son, who lived on the Trinity, are believed to liava been drowned. Their house was carried away. The river there is two iniles wide, and all tho cabins and tents are gone. The St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas operator received a message that the west fork of the Trinity was coming down with an eight foot rise. Six inches more ofwater and the water works will have to ho abandoned. Wheat, oats, fruit, and cotton are badly damaged The loss can hardly bo computed, but con servative estimates place it as high as $2,000.000. Death of John Xorquay. John Norquuy, one of the best known characters in Canada, ami by far the most prominent man in Manitoba, died suddeuly at Winnipeg, Man., of fatty degeneration ol the heart, lie was going about in his usual health t wo hours before bis death. Norqun.v was a Scotch half-breed, horn in this country forty-seven years ago. Heodu cated himself and gradually rose until lie reached the Pn micrshipof the province, which lie held 111 teen years. He was the leader of the Conservative party at Winnipeg, and had he lived would doubt less have been restoied to power. A Mormon Insults tho ■''lag. Intense excitement was created at Silver ton, Col., by the actions of Joe Ainsworth, a burly Cornislunan and a recently converted Mormon, who started out early and made a raid upon the American flags used in decor ating the town. These he tore down us fast as lie could, until a policeman arrested him. Ainsworth declared thut the flags were op posed to his principles, and he wished to de stroy them. Tho Indignation In town is lit fever heat, and there are threats of lynching Ainsworth. A BASEBALL. ROMANCE. How a Prominent Player First Met and Won His "Wife. Mrs. Frank S. Flint, wife of the famous "Silver" Flint, of tlio Chicago Baseball Club, sends the following ro mantic sketch concerning Ed William son, ii'sj of that club, and his pretty wife, to the Chicago Sporting Journal; Now, lot me say a word about the beautiful wife of this famous ball-player. I have a weakness for pretty women— all tho more that nature denied me the boon. There is a pretty romance at tached to the meeting of this happy couple, and through it I was instru mental in introducing them to each other. It c 11110 about in this way' On our Bret visit to New Orleans in 1882, tho olub stoppod at the Lee Hou e, on Camp street. It was my first visit South, aud in those clays ball-players and their wives were virtually ostra cized by society, and in tho South this was particularly so. I felt it, and the gites's of the Leo House made it so palpable to us that wo wore considered beneath them, some actually going so far as to refuse to sit at the table with lis. But, by very nice patience on tho part of tho ladies, and gentlemanly de portment on tho part of tho men, wo quietly and quickly took our rightful positions as equals of any people. Why not? Just at about this time one lovely Sunday morning I had a tit of tho blues, and was wishing myself back in dear Chicago, when the sweetest voice imagi nable greeted my ear. I looked up and a vision of loveliness stood before 1110 a sweet, refined, girlish face, with a troubled look in her soulful eyes. She ! addressed mo. I was so surprised, that I for an instant I failed to reply, when j sho again asked me if I could tell her j whore sho could find her mother. She j had come from Now York on a surprise ! visit to her mother, and was distressed i to find the la!tor had gono away for tho I day. This lovely girl was Miss Net I Tucker. To cheer her up and help hot* j over her disappointment, I proposed 1 that sho accompany mo to tho ball: game. At first she demurred, as it was | Sunday; but, 011 telling her that all people went on that day—it was the only day that they could scrape up a paying crowd—l finally persuaded her to go. All tho way out I was glofully anticipating how the boys would stare when they caught sight of my com panion. Going out 1 bought a large bunch of violets and presented thorn to Miss Tucker. On our arrival at the grounds, tho game was already in pro gress. Wo had just got comfortably seated on a rough board bench, when George GOIO came to tho bat and sent tho ball over the fence into the canal. This hit brought a round of applause, Miss Tucker remarked, that if he did it again she would throw him her violets. Williamson went to bat und away flew the ball, and away went tho violets to the feet of tho surprised Ed, who bowed his acknowledgments in his own inimitable stylo, and to my chagrin every man, boy, woman and girl leaned forward to look at tho flushed face of tho pretty donor, who, all unconscious that sho had done anything unusual, smiled back at I'M. Then she turned to 1110 and said : "Why, Mrs. Flint, that is not the gentleman who hit the ball be fore." She was entirely unfamiliar with tho game, and thought that two such hits by the samo man deserved roiog nition, ami threw her violets as lier share of applause, never intending to attract attention to herself. She fairly inspired tho boys by lior graceful net, for they certainly played groat ball 011 that memorable Sunday afternoon. After the gamo I introduced Ed and Miss Tucker, and it was u clear case of lovo at first sight. Now, a sweeter, prettier woman, a more charming, lovable wife docs not live, and Ed desorves her. One little incident which occurred in tho year after those two wore made man and wife always made mo hold Mrs. Williamson in high esteem. Wo were coming homo from New Orleans via the Mississippi River 011 the steamer Green ville, and, of course us usual, Mrs. Wil liamson was much admired. Wo i/l know that Ed is not a handsome man, and tho contrast between him and his wife was particularly noliccablo. There was a fussy lady on boar 1 whom we all liked till 0110 afternoon, when sho asked a question which nearly broke Ed's wife's heart. She came to my state room, her eyos filled with tears. 1 asked her what was the matter. Sho threw horself at my feet, buried her head in my lap and between her Robs said : "I hate that Mrs. W.; she is just a lior rad, ooarso thing, so sho is! How daro she ask me such an impertinent ques tion?" "Well, but tell me, my dear, what has sho said ?" I asked. "Why, tho mean, heartless woman asked me if my husband had tho small pox after I married him. Could any thing bo more insulting! Do you think Ed homely, Mrs. Flint?" I consoled hoi- by replying that she had beauty enough for both, and that to mo Ed was good-looking, for he has tho kindest faeo in the world, "so dry your eyes," and she did ; but nothing would induce her to look at Mrs. W. again. Her husband had been insulted, and sho could not forgive it. She is a Virginian of good old stock and a true woman through and through, and Ed is blessed in having so sweot a companion for life. The Donkey Not a Competent Witness. The thrifty peasant, Nazr-ed-din, one day received a visit from his neely cousin, Hattz-tho-111-Favored, who be sought of him the loan, for a day, of his donkey. "I should be most happy, good cousin," said Nazr-ed-din, "but unfortunately lie lias gone astray and I have 110 manner of knowledge where lie may bo." The words were 110 sooner spoken than tho donkey set up a loud braying from a shod in the yard, " lice honk! lice-lionk ! " "But, good Nazr! " exclaimed Unfiz, "there is surely thv donkey at home and seemingly quite well./ Whereupon Nazr-cd din rose in great wrath and showed Hall/, tho door. " Begone, scoundrel! " ho shouted ; j " wouldst thou insult me in my own house by taking the word of a donkey before my own " —[Argonaut. Weak and Weary Doecrlbos tho condition of many pooplo debilitate*] by tho warm weather, or disease, or overwork. Hood's Sorsaparllla Is Just tho medicine needed to ovoroomo that tired fooling, to parity and quicker the sluggish blood and restore tho |oat appetite. I' you need a good medicine be sure to try Hood't Satuaparlllo. "My appetite was poor, I could not sleep, bad head •Oho a great deal, pains in my back, my bo wo is did not move regularly. Hood's Sarsapnrllla in a short time did me ao mo oh good that, I fwi uko a new pan. My pains and aches are relieved, my appetPe improved."—Gnoßdit V. Jacxbok, Bozhury Station, Conn. Hood's Sarsapnrllla Bold by all druggists. si ; hlx for #5. Propared only by C. I. HOOD ft CO., Lowell, Moss. 100 Dobo a one Dollar Divorces in Various Countries. In Australia divorces have never been sanctioned. Divorces are scarcely ever known to occur in modern Greece. In Hindustan either party for a slight cause may leave the other and marry. In the olden times the Jews had a discretionary power of divorcing their wives. Divorces are scarcely allowed in Thi bet, unless with the constant, of both par ties. Ite-inarriago is forbidden. divorce, break a pair of chopsticks in the presence of witnesses and the thing is done. Two kinds of divorces are granted in Circassia. By the first the parties can immediately marry again ; by the second not for a year. Among some tribes of American In dians the pieces of sticks given the wit nesses of the marriage are broken as a sign of divorce. If the wife of a Turkoman asks his permission to go out and he says " go" without adding come "back ngaiu " thoy are divorced. In Siberia, if a man is dissatisfied with the most trifling acts of his wife, lie tears a cap or veil from her face and that constitutes a divorco. In Siam the first wife may bo divorced, but not sold as tlio others may bo. She may claim the first chiid. The others belong to the husband. Among the Moors, if the wife does not beeomo the mother of a boy, she may be divorced with the consent of the tribe and can marry again. In the Artie region a man who wants a divorce leaves home in anger and does not return home for several days. The wifo takes the hint and departs. In China divorces are allowed in all cases of criminality, mutual dislike, jealousy, incompatibility of temperment or too much loquacity on the part of the wife. MAIL advices from West Africa confirm previous reports of the shocking pri vations to which Mr. Stanley has been subjected. It is said that his hair has turned snow white, that his clothes are 111 rags, and that lie is without shoes, being obliged to use skins to cevor his oet. "Stick to your business," In very good advice, but Btill there are n great many peoplo in the world who have no regular and profitable busi ness to stick to; and tnero aro others who aro following a line of business which is manifest ly unsulted to them. Now, when such is tho case, you had better writo to B. F. Johnson & Co., Richmond. Va., and soo if thoy cannot give you a pointer. They havo helped a great many men and women along the way to for tune, and now stand ready to assist you, too. Whether you throw apebbleor a diamond into the ocoun, the circular undulations will be aliko. One by one tho roses full, but "Tansill'e Punch" sc. Cigar outlives lliem nil. Life is nn orchestra, nnd yon better piny along with the rest und keep time even if you nev-jr H.TV. A HOIO. 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