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! A th ^r tin ' nrf is ihe oil i chch Ihc tradesm put in their lamps. Thrv lhaf are vmn put no oil in. Misce llaneous. ANDREW HEYMAX , ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR F 4.TCBOGrE.N-Y. SATVIU.K TCESDAT. MONEY fc T LOAN. \Money to Loan to those wishing to Built A pply at office of I. H.GREEN* . Je. JOSEPH WOOD , ATTORMY AND CODNSELLOR AT LA \ 71 Bsoadwa t , Ssr x Yor k. At Ssy r ille on Satcrdajs. ROBERT NUNNS . CONTRAGTOR & BUILDER SAYVILLE , L. 1. Carpenter Work o f eve:-y description neatly am ^ nromDtl ya ll ended to. i JNOTl T BRIEN , 1 CIVIL ENGINEER AND 5URYEY0I ¦i\ £. r. i \ i CL !: ul' n\ 'j , Main Street. - - Sayvi l le. L. V TT O T~ > T~ T- -\ T T T- » 1. X T.. t -r i \ i ^ I\ -iN , -J I \. ARCHITECT , GREEN - ? BUIL DING. MAIN 5TEEET , SAYVILLS X.. I. JUSTUS KOE & SONS CI VIL ENGINEERS. SURVEYORS AND REAL ESTATE AGENTS. Maps . Plans , etc., accu rately c i ia r r ^ Real i n state boug ht, sold \ and es changed for the n. -ual t ommi ^ ion. OSee : Eo e * > H? .U. opp. Roe ' s H otel. . Pat chotrne. New York. COA l7r cOALT~ ' C. 3s \ ; ^ . X . XD E. ICB C . P E ALE P . IX ¦P T ii te. Red-Ash am! Lehigh Coai. T Vpul a : prices rale. Coa l and VVc-o'l *1e]lv e re<i in i n v ran of th~ vilh i^ e o r town. Tood sawed an d f pi:: when desirvd Yard and OSce Main St.. S svvili - . MOERELL ' S OYSTER SALOON . AND [ CONFE C TIO N ERY 3 J a i> - Sf t . z zt , Satvi lle. Oysters In ever v sty;- . ?. . >ii:e attention riven W y T F. ' LECLVSR , SAYVI LLE, Haaufc i rrarer a:; d dealer in fine EC -A. IE-*. 2X T DSS IS S Of a ll kind- : Horse-Boots. 'Whi p s. Blankets. Sheets. Fly- Nets.&c. Harness from 5 10 up. Jlr sin g le and doubl e Farm H -e mes- can ' t b a beat. 5; < eci * il attention g iven to repairing. T )r. f l ria s . T>. Fn r man ' a DENTAL OFFICE over Kl 2i> s-: - fl \ s Ii . - . : _ Store OFFICE OPEN EVEP A DAY Gas administered for the painless ex- traction of teeth. Fre?h every dav . Office at Fa te S ogu? or*n every riav . DR. C. L, F T RMAN. DK. HOFFMAN, Assistant. R. HOLMES , ALL KINDS OF Black smithing and Jobbing, CARRIAGE AND WAGON IRONING AND FINI SHING. HOS SE-SHOEE S G A SPEOIALTY. AH BOAT WORK ex ecu t e d in a woricnanllka manner an d at short notice. ULD STAND - - SATVIL1 E. Tke Chea p est Place to Buy Breech or muzzJe lo a di a? shot-puns , riSes and revolvers: n rasf and pa; - ex s he l is. powder , shot , ' \ „ * . W. GODFREY'S , 72 Cathzeixe St., N. Y. Citt. Established i$25. Hrpairin g of all kinds STOVES , RANGES HEATERS. Tin - Ware of All Kinds . PRACTICAL PLTJ HBEKS. Joseph J edlicka Sc Son Smith' :- Bl ock , 3Iain Street . SAYVILLE. We have oa hand a large stock and good J assortment of ranges , heaters , * f o ve s , sl~o ; ns-s* and im proved oil-stoves. Tinware of i every description ke pt in stock and mads fo j order. Give us z cyJl— T .e can ?nit you. \ n, a xxrvTi v .T* i PAINTER & P APER HANGER , | I INTERIOR DECORATIONS , j KalsomSnin g, Pla in or in Tints , ! die. ! Jo to r in Wall Papsr. A B or d ers le tt St Foster ' s Fa T UsIung Store ptcaip Qj a ttended to. , _ £eiJ<aceFcs fc rAve- 'Ut r i LLK. L. I. I i D 03IEST I C HAPPEXIXGS TOLD = ! IX A FEW BRIEF WORDS. I ' I i i tcrcs i in K Paragraphs Condensed lrom Many Redundant Columns. ! —The Board of Ali l rrnien of Boston . uliUli - ' !is.s & Republican majority, has rejected all ¦ Mayor OBrirn ' ' g nominations. 3 I —William S. Eail and others of Troy, N. Y., j ha ve pmx-hased land in Oakwood rrmetcrj - . and : sc iH erect a crematory in the sp ring. —Jnd c e. Wa trrm&n . o f Chicago , in the case _ ' ?f Ali ce A. Crocker a g ainst her husband , <lc- , i - ided that a woman cannot sne her husband j for slander or a ssault. : —J. .1. McGarry, a Kni ght of Labor , got a I • ' verdict in St. Louis for 51 , 500 against the : Missouri T a o ific Itai' road Company for mali- . ' c ioas prosecntion. J —The Hon. John T. Allen , rz-SUta Trea s - _ j nrcr o f Texas, is dead , a ged 80. He bequeathed ; S30 O .OX> to the cit y cf Aus tin for an industrial ! school for b - iys. I —The Anarchists ' R elief Committee in Chi- f rs™o have organized j term a ncntly. Tlieylmve S1. S00 on Ji and -nith vthich to e<lncatc the chil- dren and suppor t the w idows of the executed j j Anarchi sts. * j —Fifteen ci tizens of Crawford County. Ind., j the home o f the W hite Cap\ , engaged in a i gen era ! tight , in Th irl. \V. K. Moore was fatall y and Willi am Cunningham seriou s ly shot. Bert i Brown ' s skull was crushed. 3 j —Th e attention of the Dominion Gorern- : uiuu >uii it; .aiit ti >t» me i ^ neitiiiv; \i ouiin K,. ' Wells , a Canadi an , at I t adaxe , .Mich. Weils k illed a neighbor in a f j uarrcl al>out a ditch , and the ne i g hbor ' s friends lynched Weds. \¦ —Reports from Cuba state tha * citi r en s in * ; Ha vana and JIataii7 » \ .s have u j oatedly de- manded of C a pt. -Gi - n. Marin pr otection from ; o utlaws and f )uove-= . Busin ess is para l yzed . ; snd there is a strict censorship over the press. > —Th e Hon. Charles Gsyerreof New Orleans is se riousl y ill , and may not recover. He is , tiie oldest ex-l' ni ted .States Senator , haying . been tle' . - tc - d in 1 SS5. . I -Mrs. Vinni e ForV - e s . Tvif c of Dr. Forbes of Cincinna ti , look Rou gh on Rats with suicidal ! intent and died at midnight. ' . ' —T !e i Centra! Baptist church of Middleboro , : M ass.. was burned. The Sunday school was in ' , session when the tire broke out , but the chi l - ' , dreti all es c aped. !- ' , —Tlie Montre al tire brigade is badl y cri p- - j pled. Only six men are n ow fit for duty, the ; rest being either hurt or f rostbitten. The St. ! James s treet loss will reach $i00 , 003. —Officer Doff shot and ki lled Albert Peter- j son . a burglar , in Sau Fran cisco. The officer • rccciTed a bu 'lef in the groin , but is not fatally - f wounde<l. • —Richard Osborne ck pe-d wi th Miss Nellie Osborne of Rand olph county, Mo. A youn g i m an named Land held the enra ged father of ! the girl by main force -n hile t l e couple, driv- ; in g away to be married , got out of reach. r j —Boston Harbor is almost entirel y frozen • o ver as far as th e narrows , and f erryboats and 1 s team craft h&ve great difficulty in procoed- ; ii'g - j —A prominent r. i i!rovl r.fiidil stated that the ' At chison , T opeka anil Santa Fe intended pur- ; chasing 1 CO . O00 br. s h - . - ls of seed wheat and • sendin g it out into the s onthwestern part of : Kansas , wh ere the farmers have suffered the ' m ost from last year s failure of c ops. -Gov . Ma rtin of Kansas ha? appealed to the ! people \ > { hi s State , askin g assistance for those i su ffering; in the snuth'VL - sttru part of the ! i~ ta t e. —Tlier a sre fonr sets of claimants of the es- ' ta ts of the late Thomas Be an , - whodicdin Bon- , ham. Texas , last Ju lv . le aving an estate valued I at f'i . W i . O' L ' . i . I — Reports come from : ! ;¦ \ wheat dist ri ct s of j Texas to the effect that in many counties every i field of uimer whea t has b. en destroyed. —A movemen t is on font , - ^ . tli head quarters i a t Topeka. Kan .to cc * lo u i7. \ Unn dTedso f ttion- ) s ands ' of colored lab o rers in Central and .South j America. i —In the ease of Catherine Criily against the ! Pennsy l vania Railroad, wuich wj s t rie<l before j Judge \ Finletter. at Philadel phia . Mrs. Crillv I ob tained a verdict for 510 . 000 The idaintif T i i uus u a nu , n u gii t nii v , wns Kinou uy lue cars . i —Go v . Pemp le h as si gn -x i the bill giving the j ballot io the women of Washington Territory. —A despa tch from Be ' gr. - ide says the Servian i : fiovernnient ha? contracted for 159 , 000 Schul- j i h c - f f repeating rides. i j —The members of the new Manitoba Gov- j ; eminent took their seat? , and Parliament ad- 1 i joumed for a month. ' ! —T l i econstitu ' ion;! prohibition aniendmen ' \ \ wa? passed in the Ma. -saeiiusett s Senate b y a • I vote o f i i to S , with two pair s . \ j j — The steel steam fern b - - >at Robert Garrett , j ! buil t for the Staten Island Rapid Transit Com- J ' T &ny . was successfully l aunched at the t' olum- j ! t ' ian Iron Works and dry dock in Baltimore, j She is bail; of half inch plates , and is AV) feet | ; lon g over all and Si feet beam over guards. j j —Mormon missionaries are making pro se l y- j tes in various parts of Grorgia. ! —A 1 ermit named Davi d Price was found : lead in his hu t near Warren . O. Several Iran - j : ired dollars were fonnd i n the rafters in paper I ! md coin and thousands in notes and seenriti' .s . j —Charles F. I T lrich . who was injured on the j Hudson Ri ver road Jan. 12 , 1 SS2. accordin g to ' the opinion of Jud ge Ruger , just handed down , i ; ost his ri ght to damages , as he had a free —The Novel ty Machine Works Company, one ; >f the most extensive establishments of the i rind in Indian ^ , made an assignment at Evans- i . -ille?. The assets are estimated at 560 , 000. ; Liabilities unknown. j —Mrs. Dr. Edna Hill Gr ay Dow has been : s ' ect e-d President of the Dover , N. H., street ; railroad company. —G ov. Rusk or Wisconsin is ill with gas- I tritis , but no sc - rio u s re sult is antici pated bv ; his p hysicia n . i —The Hon. E. C. Walthall was elected United ' St ates Senator from Mississippi to t n i cced him- j sel f. j —Gov . Davis of Rhode I sland says in his j ues s age that prohibition is tlmo*t a total fail- j ire. b ecaitse the law has not the moral rapport ¦ ?f the community. ; _ —The nine teenth annual convention of the ! New York State Bee Keepers ' Association is in ; session at Cti ea. j —The Ohio Coal Operators ' and Coa ' Miners ' • issocia i ion held a meetin g at Columbus , at i riiich delegates to the Pittsburg h convention r ere chosen. —Tlie assi gnment of the San Francisco Brid ge Company was annou n ced. The liabili- i ties are es timated at 5300 , 000 and the assets at i K J 0 O . 000. i —One hundred Murkland and Crompton ; oom carpe t weavers strnck in Ivins , Dietz 4 j Ua gee ' s mills , Piii l adelphia , for the restoration ; j f wa ges. Xcw South Wales Centenary. j The celebration of the centenary of New j South Wales was begun Jen. 3i , the occasion ' bein g the anniversary of the binding of the first Go vern or of the colony. Lady Carring- ; ton , wife of the present Gove rnor , nnveiled a | statue of Queen Victoria in the presence of the ; Governors o f all the Anstraliau colonies , in- | eluding New Zealand and Fiji. The festival \ will extend over a week , and will include tte ! dedication of Centennial Park , the. openin g of the A gricultural Society ' s exhibition , an inter- : national re g atta , and State banquets. On Thursday, the anniversary of Gov . Philip ' s proclaiming at Sydney Cove , the founding of the colony, there will Ik a general illumina- tion. The city is crowded with visitors , and the gatheri n g ' thoro u gh l y represents Australia. International Copyri g ht. The second meeting of the International CopyrightAs i OcjaUon Was hel d inBoston , with President Eliot in the chair. Secretary Estes ! announced that satisfactory progress bad been ! made in the movement to \ obtain the reeogni- [ tion of authors * rights in thj dr literary ¦work. A I resolution was adopted approring the prin- i ch ple involved in the a mendment a of the Chase ' Copyrig ht bill proposed . by ths ExecutiveCo m - mittcc o f the American Copyright League and the American Pnb li s l i ers ' Copyright Lea gue , and r eq u esting Senator Chase to adopt these i amendment s , with such verba! chan ges as may I ' tie recoinmendod b y tlie council of this u e obja- lion and adopted 1.7 tlto committees m en- tk j aea . s ] NEWS IX SHORT ORDER. some Matters or Moment Brought Up at the Capital. Bills were introduced in the Senate as fol- lows: B y Senator Hoar—To increase to $100 per mouth the pension for loss of both hands or the use of them. By Senator S poon e r—Directing the Secre- tary of the Treasury to remit to any citizens of the t ' nited States who have , prior to the pas- sage of the act , in g ood faith specially import- ed anima ls for breeding purposes , whether tor the importer ' s own use or for sale , all duties collected npon such importations. By Senator Chandler—Authorizing the pro- motion of ei g ht Ceimmodorcs to be Rear Ad- mir als , and of four Commodores to be Rear Admirals on the retired list. It also provides that herea fter no appointmen ts of Commo- do res fihain>em90 l n in flimit fnr f liAr la n- icl*f t nn and that promotions to the grade of Rear Ad- miral shall be made from the grade of Captain. By Senator Evart s —Providing that all wid- ows who lost a husband and one or more sons under 21 years of age in the l ate war shall be entitled to a pension equal to that granted soU diers for loss of an arm above the elbow. By Senator Dolph—To amend the Alien Land act so that it shall not prevent any alien from acquirin g b y purchase land on which he has a lien , or in re gard to which a judgment is rendered in his fa vor b y a court. Ho is re- quir e d , howe ver , to dispo se of the. purchased property within five years. By Senator Plumb—To incre a se from ? 8 to $ 12 per month the pension for inguinal, femo - j ral , or ventral hernia , and from 512 to $18 per I mon th for double inguinal hernia. J Amon g the bills introduced in the House- I under the call of States were the following: By Mr. Butler of Texas—Directing the Pub- lie Printer to send to any voter who may d esire it , free of charge , one copy of the Congres- s io nal iferon ' through eaelf session. By Mr. Blount of Georgia—Authorizin g the issue of letter sheet envelopes , which shall re sold a t cost of manufacture with the addition o f the value of the stamp. By Jlr. Oo fes of Alabama—To refund tho bonded debt of the V nited States at 2% per I cent., to reduce the tax on bank notes , nnd to I secure tha t currency against unnecessary (luc- j tn a ii on by appl ying the national revenues ; economicallv to the pavment of the national i debt . j B y Mr. Nor wood of Georgia—To incorporate j the M aritime Canal Company of Nicaragua. ! By Mr. Peter a of Kansas—Proposing a cons j stitntional amendment prohibiting t he repeal J of general pension laws. i By Mr. Docicry of Missouri—To app ly the j surp lus monev in tho Treasure that mav accn- ! mulate prior to June 30 , 1SSS , to the purchase of United States bond s. By Mr. Buc hanan of New Je rsey— To p re- vent foreign corporations from obtaining pos- session o f the public lands. By Mr. dimming? o f New York—To preven t in jurious deposits in New York harbor and to pr otect the ashing and oys ter l ^ d s in the ad- jacent waters : also to prohibit absolutely the j coming of Chin ese , other than diplomatic and Consular o fficers , int o the United States. By Mr. Cos of New York- -F or the classifica- tion o f clerks in first-class Post Office? . By Mr. Mahoney o f New York—To anthor- 1 ize the removal of cer tain obstructions in the j Hudson River opjw s i t c Ponghkerp. iie. I By Mr. Enloe of Tennessee—To punish tho i dealing in futures in agricultural products , i By Mr. Thomas of Wisconsin -Providing that • all further patents or appro vals of lands hereto- j fore granted to the Union and Central Pacific I Ra ilroad Companies lie withheld until*, final ac- ! coun ting and settlement be had , in pursuance I of law . between the United States and the said : companies , and comp lete and amp le indemnifi- i ca tion !>o g i ven b y the c ompanies to secure tho , Government agai nst ultimate loss. B y Mr. Dunham o f Illinois ihv rc -p i cst) — j Appropri a ting 5150 , 000 to A. de Baussel to i build an air ship to convey vacfcn g crfl throu g h j the air. Re ferred t«>Committecon Ventilation I snd Acoustics. • By Mr. Kean of New Jersey—To auth orize j the voluntary retirement of naval officers after j thirty year s ' service. 1 By Mr . Rryc a of New York—Authorizin g ! the Secretary of the Treasury to establish an ' anchorage ground for vessels in New York liar- 1 1 bor and bay, and in the H udson and East Riv- ¦ I ers , and to presenile suitable regulations in re- i lation theret o. j B y Mr. Simmons of North Ca rolina- To ; amend the statutes so as to re-entire th?t the silver half ilo l l ar shall contain 200' ^ grains , tho qusrter dollar 10 3 \ - £ grain' , and the dime i Jll t r r ^ iru . . ( fF o n.U nl t - J 1.- «^ T K , * 1.« \ f ,1., I x i 4 p , a i iiii., u » c i t iii i iti i , , r t kii i , a hit l l CLL t u u i- | lar i s also made full legal tender and exchange- able for silver certirieate s . By Mr. Oii pmsn o f Mich igan—To amend the Civil Sendee law by f orbidding the disbarment o f any persons on account of age , and bv re- quiring applicants tostate their legal residence under oath. B y Mr. B aker of New York—Exempting from dnty imported photogra phic print paper when not sensitized or allmmized. Senator Hoar introduced a joint resolution i de claring that , in order to encourage ocean ship building and promote commerce with for- ei gn nations , it is necessary to relievo the merchant marine as far as possible from nil op- pressive tolls , customs , and duties. With a view to forwarding this object , the Pr e sident is r equested to open negotiations with the Gov- ernment o f Great Britain and the Dominion of Canada for the purpose of having the Welland Canal made fr » c to the merchant ships of the United S tates , and also for the con struc- tion and opening of a free shi p canal from the the joint expense of both nations. The Presi- el g nt is also requested , in view of the probable competi tion of the proposcel canal and shi p railway to uni te the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans , to enter upon ne gotiations with the proper authorities to secure the freedom of the cana l in perpetuity to the American merchant marine, and to take similar steps to obtain tlie freedom of the Suez Canal for tho American mercantile ser vice. Tlie resolution introduced in tha House h r Bepre. se ntative Anderson of Iowa to authorize the institution of judicial proceedin g!, against the various Pacifi c railroad companies con- tains in a preamble the charge of misman- a gement and fraudulent manipulation of the affairs of the companies embodied in the Hen- ley resolution of last year , and directs the Attorney-General t o bring suit against the companies to enforce the forfeit ures prescribed in the Thunuan act. He is elirectcd to include , a s parties defendant in the suit against the Central P acific , C. P. Huntington , Leland Stan- ford , and Charles Crocker , and in the case of the Union Pacific , John B. Alley , Elijah At- kins , Ezra H. B acon , Sidney Dillon , Jay Gould , Frederick L. Amt - s , and Rus sell Sage. The Attorney-General is also directed to make ap- p lication to the United States courts for the appointmen t o l receivers to manage the trusts. At Washington. —In an English divorce court , in the case of an Eng lishwoman named Turner , who had married an Am erican n x nied Thompson , and who had had t he marriage annulled by an American court , the Judge held that the wom- an having married an American , and lived with him in America , was entitled to Ihe same laws as her hu sband , and therefore the de cree fir onounecd in America Was binding In Kng- and without a further decree from an En glish Court. -Mr. David Wass on , Pro fessor of Rhetoric and En glish Literature in the University of Edinburgh , delivered a lecture in lhaf city iti the. course of which he characterized Ignatius Donnell y ' s Shakespearean cryptogram as mis- erabl e, drivel and a tissue of arithmetical pnzzle -s which would be hissed even in a luna- tic asy lum. —•Ti e H avr a sur geons have been unable to extract t he bullet from Loni s o Michel ' s head. Lucas , tho man who shot her recentl y at an Anarchi st meeting, says that if he ha s killed a h Anarchist Queen the revolutionary parlj - wlll disappear. —Mr. Gl adstone will return to England oil Ffc b . 0. j —A despatch from Gaboon says M. do Br a z- ! zs , tho explorer , is returning to France. —Th e ( f pin 'onc of Rome says i l is not prob- able that the Pope seriousl y intend s Io inter- vene in the settlement o f tlie Irish e j iie s tion in the intenst of the pr esent British Govern- ment. If the Du ke of Norfolk reall y has an offi cial mission there is nothing to justifv tho hope that it will be successful. The P ope , it j ays, cannot go beyond advising the Irish Bish ops to follow a policy of prudence and moderation , the Irish question being an ecn j nomic aiid . nati onal one and not of a ' rcli gioi j s nature. The Opi nion? extols Mr. Gladstone ' s policy as the most likel y to paci fy Inland. —Mr. William O'Kri en , memlvcr of Parlia- ment and e ditor of Un iU'l lrclaii '1 . who has been confined in pri son since Oct. ol , was re- lea sed from rullaniore Jail. He proceeded to the pries t ' s house in Tulbmore , followed b y a I lar ge crowd , which cheered him ie- ! pea tedly. There was no disorder . Mr. J O'Brien ' s look s denote that his constitution is shattered , and his physicians insi st that ho should go to the Sonth of France for the bene- fit of his heal th. The people of Tu l lamoro have presented Mr. O 'Brien with nti address in adii c - h they s ay that they are indifferent to tho I c oercion law . but that Mr. Ba lfour ' s execution j of the law is brutal and a di sgrace to the Gov- I ernment.J : —It is officially reported that Queen Victoria j will go to Florence in the siiiiiig. She has not taken a house* at San Ii cmo. —The Mayor of Cork i s to be prosecuted for Assaul ting a police sergeant and rescuing a p risoner. —Admiral Sir Ge orge Tiyon will succeed f.ord Charles Beresford as Junior Lord of tho A dmiralt y. —Mr. Gladstone ' s tri p has proved very bene- ficia k His heal th anil sp irits are be tter than they have been for yeans —Tlie students of Milan arc arrang ing tc present Mr. Gladstone with a colossal album containing the names of thousands o l student* throughout Ital y. —The n»ws from Poland is s til! of tlie arri val of fresh troops , the building of new temp o r a ry barrack- , and the gathering of sup p lies and munition s of war. The Yieniui pa f >ers all receive the Czar ' s Moscow messa ge topi ng for peace with snetr. - . Wi th one ac cord they p oint out that Russia lias most obvt I ous reasons for desiring to paint things rose colored un til she has s n. - eivdcd in rai sing ? Joa n somewh ere, it is . - ..id that eiery big bank in g hon- ' c m Pal is has le f tiscd to listen K propositi o n s for ut-goii,t i ing a Russian loan . g ivin gtlic war rumors as a reason. ! —Father Ma tthew Kyau , th e i - riest who wai imprisoned at T.imcrick f\ - r n month f..r inc :t in g the peop lo to illegal «¦ • ) ? in connc - tioi ' wi th the p lan of campai gn, was re l eas d. Ten thousand persons were collected around liit - prisim . and when h e emerged he was received with prolonged cheers. The Mayor of tl it town , the sheriffs, ti i . t lnuii b -ipal < nuncil. n iii ' m any nic - mbers of :iie c» rgy crowded a rou u c i lit,,, 'mil .il„,i 'M I ttl 1 I . ..1 liii.i 1 - i.iin lii. 1- i. In i .. .., jiiiil uiin i I ' li ^ iiinimt ' .i mill ii| \ - ii in. - ii ;ni - i , A carriage was in Waitin g, and the priest wai driven t o a hotel. The police and a loixo o mili t ary were 'in duty to pre ven t disorder Tlie crowd escorted Father R yan II miles t e his pari sh at Herbejtst o wj i. \ The poli ce fol lowed the who ' c distance , but wire del ayer when half way to H ei bertstown b y a car wlii ct had been drawn a cross the road. Father Ryai wa s thus enabled on his arrival home to ad elress the people without interference. lb advised the tenants to :.dopt the p lan of cam p aign . which , he s.:id . was moral and just, not wi thstanding e\er\thi ' .i g that lords , boll spiri tual and temporal. s:, 'd ' . - . < the contrary . CURRENT EVENTS ABROAD. THE POPK AND THE GIFT OF PRESIDENT CLEVELAND. I He is Grea t ly Plea«?eel and Compli- ments Our Instit utions. Romk Jan. 23 , -Thc gift of President Cleve- land to Pope Leo XII (. was presented to bim dh Saturday af|ornoel i l in tfm ' throw room Of t he Vatican b y Die America n ilc l eg d tJdri. Theta were also present members of th fe Nbblei Guard , in their bright , showy uniforms , ind atta ches of tho Papal court. Archbishop i R yan of Philadel phia , in pre senting the bound c opy of Ihe Constitution of the United .States , said : Hol y Father , we feel most honored aud happy in being s elected to present to your Ho- llncsa this gifto x pregsiveof the veneration and felicitation of hi s Excellency the President of tho United Sto atr s of America upon tho occasion of tho auspici ous jubilee of y our fiolines s ' s en- tt* ;lll cp Io IllA Cni ilViil t i T - in c ftm/iil t f ii, R »i - ttiilf.. p. aid your Holine ss b y the rul er of t ixty millions Of freemen , a ruler elected by them ! who feels deep ly the supremo re sponsibility of his exalted station , hi s d ependence ' iitte.it God' s pruden ce , and who has had (he. wisdom aitd fortitude to disc barge faithfull y and conscie n - tiousl y all the ini' or i i i iitdnticsdevo l ving upon him. Ho is a ruler respected by the people , and one who ha s publicly declared his sob mn convi ction that Christianity furnishes tho true , permanent ha?is o f rea l civilization and perfect social order , r epresenting at once a mora l con- qu est over the greatest nations of the earth. Thi s conquest , y our Holiness , which re- ceiv ed respectful recognition from the kings Of tho world , r eceives through the most Worthy President (he tri lulfe of a free and Indcpcnd. Cnt people, of th e frne s . t , lar gest and mos t pro- gressive pfcop le. T hey are naturally Christian ! brave , jest and gbneroiis , anil will bo it! ti le future as in the past hi story of the t ta i Ul i t: Rememb er , too . Fath e r , that Ihe shep herds of J u dca , represen ting the bod y of the peop le , came to the man ger at the a iigelic invitation before Kings : that he whose vica r yon ore was not only the King of Kings , but the reputed Son of a carpenter , a man of the peop le , living and sympathizing with tho peop le. In tho American republic tho Catholic Chur ch is free to act and to carry out its sacred and beneficial mission for the hitman race b y the fundamental right of con stitutional guar- antee , a s demonstrated In this volume , the ap- propriate gift of the President. In tho United Slates tho Cath olic Church Is entirely free from Stat o dominion. The liberty is all she reonires. In her history the United State ' s has e - i fe ari t proved that ign oi ;incc of tho real doctrines tit the Church and hereditary prejudice , that great ob stacle to progress , nro gradually dis- appearin g, and that Catholics and non-Catho- lic s are coming to understand each other. Wo be g of you, then , Holy K ather , bless the youn g republi c (hat has achieved k o much in a sing le century ; bless tho land discovered by your saintly compatriot , Columbu s- , bless the wise and manl y Pr esident of the United States . Th e members of the delegation, kneeling before th e. Pope , recei ved tho apostolic bene- dic tion for themselves and for their people. l)r. OVonucll , Rnctor of the American ffol l ege , j ire seutfd the album to tllo Pope and (rails- late. l the President ' s dedication. The P ope listened with flic utmnsl satisfac- tion , e xamined the gift carefully, and express' e - d his i i dmiriitinu for the exquisite t i vsto and neatne ss of its execution. It Was ait especial p l easure , he said, to re ceive a copy of the Con- s ti ' utiou of the I' ui ted States. Dy. O'Conuell th en read to the Pope ibr following letter from Cardtnel Gibbons , written in French : Ilor.v FvriiKi: :--! experience a peculiar sat- i sfaction in transmitting to your Holiness the pe rs onal congratulations which his Excellency Grover Cleveland , President of the Uni ted State- , b y hi s letter of Nov . IT , speciall y re- qites t cd me to present to you on the occasion ol your Golden Jubilee. I had the honor t o see the President shortly a fter my return from Rome, when I commit- ide ated to him the kind sentiments your Holi- ness wa s plea-ed t o express to mc in his re- gard Highly appreciating the friendl y mes- sa ge of your Holiness he desired me to convey t o vou his respectful homage and his sincere wishes for your welfare. The Pre sident subsequentl y wro fo me a s econd letter , desirin g me to transmit to your Holi ness , with the least possible delay, \ this specially prepared copy of (ho Constitn ' tioti of th e United Sta ' es , as a testimonial of the ven- er ation for your august person , and as an ex- pression of his felicitation,? upon tho approach- ing s olemnity. Deign , Holy F ather, once more to bless with all the aifection of your paternal heart ou r beloved country, in w hose prosperity you manifest so li vely an interest. Invoking your benediction on nme l f , 1 am your devot ed son , J. » M t :s , ( I ' nrdiiml Giiiiion s , Archbi shop of Baltimore. Baltimo r e , Dec. 1 5 , 1 SS7. The Pop e then read his rep ly to Archbishop i. yun in i.aiui , e x pie s si i ig inc pleasure no felt in receivin g n jubilee , gift from the Presi- dent of the United St -i tes. He continued: 1 have re ceived offering!! from all parts of the world—fr om Italy, Franco , Germany , Hun- g ary, Spain , England , and ono from the Presi- dent o f the United Statc - s , a most pleasing one. As Ar chbishop you enjoy there perfect free- d om. That freedom wo admit is highly bene- ficial to the spread of religion. As the (trad of tho Church I o we my dnty, love , and solicitude to every part o f the Church , hut toward Amer- ica I bear e spceial love. The en re of your na- tion is great. You r government is free , y our future full of hope. Your President commands my hig hest admiration. Hence this o ffering which I have received to-day has truly touched my hea rt. It affords mo pleasure to pour eni-lli 4 1ii-im,it1i i-r.i l ti, ,- nii .. t ' l - ni-iil n iil «n .1 ll' llll , 111111ll i. il , i' - - n , .\' j i' i ii * l e- T Ill t itl l ' HUH to your grea t country my mos t profound sen se of appreciation and gratitude. In conclusion , I grant you my bles sing, and ask lha f of yourself , and of Iho P rc/ i iilent of your co untry. Turnin g to Dr. O'Conuell , tho Pope said : I de sire you to make this known to your peop le. Describe the solemn manner in which I have recei ved the gift of their President. Aft erward the Pope received the delegation pri vately. Ho wa s delighted with President Cleveland ' s g .ft , and engaged in conversation with the delegates for nearly tin hour. Tho prelates present brough t jubilee offerings amounting to SS O . O W . T he delegation included Archbishop Ryan of Philadel phia , Bishops Ryan of Bu ffalo , Burko of Cheyenne , and Seidenbn s h of Minnesota; Mon sig n or Qning lty of Charleston , S. C ; Revs. MacDonnell of New York , F a rielly of Nash- ville , Ca staldi of Buffalo , Kchon of Chicago , and tho correspondent of the Baltimore Sun , who was entru sted by Cardinal Gibbons with the del ivery of the President' s gift to tho Rec - ' tor o f the American College in Rome. The P opo ordered that the- President ' s gift bo p laced on exhibition among those of tho Kings. Members of the Papal court say that the Amer- ica n pre sentation was the . mos t successful e vent of the jubilee , no other o ffering having eli cited from the Pontiff so rich nnd s ponta- ii' ous an ex pression of thanks and appreciation. 1 i r ii if - _ rr ^ LEO TO AMERICANS. Hi ghest Produce Quotations I fl ff i S v r York—Cattle Market. ¦ f A SuA tt r 20 , 18S3. Bi 'Trr.n . — Stale Dairy, ex t ras $ 2 T 1 State Dairy, fair to choice 25 El gin Creamery, choice to extra . '!. ' > We stern Dairy, extra 21 Imitation Creamery, fane • 25 Western Factory, fivsh extra 2:J Western F actory, fair to choice 21 Bka.ns A\ - i> P ' kas:— -Marrow , choice 2.55 Beans , choice . - . -; < , ..,, ,.., 2.40 R < d Kidney, ch oice;........ . ....... 2 ,00 G reen Peas .... - ., 1.0ft Cheese. — State Factory, fancy iS l / d State Factory, choice * llj ^ State Factory, color ed 13¦ > Dried FnriTS . —Eva porated App les... U Rasp berries , eva p ora t ed 25 State Plums 11 Ee. eis. —Eastern , fresh 21 Canadian 2 0 Wo. dcvn, fresh 22'/ Fhuits. — App les , Spitz 4.50 ' App l i ft . Newtown Pi ppins 5. 00 App ' es , King 4.00 A pples , Greening 2.37 App les , common 1.51 (i ra ne e s. Cnt tt wh i Si. . Cape Cod Cranberries , f ancy 11.5! ) \ Cape Cod Cranberries , good 10.00 Cape Cod Cranberries , medium ,,.. 7.00 Oranges , Florida , fancy 4.00 Hav a n- i) SntAw . - ; Ifny, S ' c. I rctail' g.. 00 l lav , (. 'lov er mixed 70. Hay, Salt 55 Lon g live Straw 90 Oat Straw .55 Wheat Str aw 45 Fru s ami Skins . — Fisher 8.00 Black Bear 23.00 Cubs and Yearlings 15.00 Otter 1 0.00 Bea ver , per Hi 3.73 Mi nk , SO Red Fox 1.50 Gray Fox ,, |.00 Silver Fox S0. 00 Cross Fox 10. 01 Raccoon , each |. 00 Skunk 05 Opossum -ft) Mu s krat 10 Wild Cat .... ••• M) Pori.Tnv, etc. — Live Western Geese. . 1.50 Turkeys 1 0 Western Ducks 75 State and P onn Fowls 1 0 I t resscd Turkeys , State iu>d Penn.... 11 Wild Ducks , Co u v a s-lmck s 4,00 Wild Dtlcks . ll ed-head s 2.75 Quail , poor to choice , 'i.fiO Rabbits , undrawn , 25 Rabbits , per pair , drawn ,.., :>(] H a res , per pair 25 Tame Squab s . white . per doze n S.2S VKfiKTAiu.r.s. —Potato es , iSeatc, Burb'k. 2.25 State Rose and Hebron 2.5) Del. River Sweets :;.75 Onion s , Conn., yellow and red .1.40 Onions , Orange ' Co .. red o.5 0 Onions , State , vel l ov 2.75 Ka l e , Norfolk , Scotch 1.25 C abbage 0. 00 Turni ps. Russia 75 Celery , Lon g Island 75 ca ttle Markets. New YiiKK. — Good Steers , 10 ' s ' c.j Fair d o., ?t o8' s ' c.t O . x en , fj : ' , t o 10c : l/rv Cows , live Weig ht . 2 t o :) : i .j e\ ' Hulls , da. , 2 to 4\ s V. j Shcepj 3 ;\'to 0 ' 4 c: Laiiihs , 5 ;! A to T . '^ c ;Vcal s , 7'J to S i ' .je. ; Hogs , livo weigh t , 7 to 7 1 \ s e per th ^ Watkutow . v , Mass . —Market Beef , choice , S?7. 00 to $7.50: extra , 5K.50 to f fi .75 ; 1st q u al- itv , $0 . 00 to -?(!.25 : 2d quali ty , £5. 00 Io S5.5tb Sid quality. $4.00 to ? 4.50. ' Swine. —Western fat , live , 5J.( to 0' - 4 c.: N01 thorn dressed hogs , 7' 4 e ' onts per ) !> . Sheep and Limbs. —In lots , $' .5.00 , sv.;.50 to $4.25 each ; extra , St 50 to .?5 0 0 ; S pring Lamb s . r> ' / % to 7c , per lb; Veal Calve s , 2 , 'i to tV . ^ e. ib\ Acquitted by the Jury. The trial of Walter Mendeuhall. tho young man arrested for setting lire to the compress In the Memp his , Tenn., navy yard on the nig ht of Nov. 17 , was concluded aiid a verdict of not guilt y wan rendered b y the jury. Thirteen thousand bales of cotl oii wi re burned at tho tim e , and (t was generally believed thai it was the w ork of an incendiary. Menden l iaU , who is about 25 years old and a former emp loye of (he Compress Company, was arrested in one of th e cnmpi'i ssos on the nigh! of the fire. Itis acti ons had aroused the susp i cions of the offi- cers in charge awl he has Sw - eii iu jail since . Cant. James McParland , of Denver , Col., ono o f Pinkerton ' s ablest lieutenants , h as been at work here on thecasc, but w as unable to col- lect sufficient evidence to secure a conviction. When their verdict was announced , Mend ei'- ball arose in his s eat and thanked them, lie then le ft (hocourt-room with his mother , who was present during the three d ays ' trial. It is all e ged that Mendeuhall will s uo the Compress Company for S 10. ) ,000 damages, — Advices from the frontier report further arrivals o f Russian troops , says a Berlin des- patch. One infantry division has arrived at D nubno and another at Ituvno. Tho work of fortif ying Doubiio goes on without cessation. The condition of the Russian tr oops on tho Galician fronti er is growing worse. Typhus fovcr is r. ging, e specially ' at Camp Czento- Bchnn, The shelt er is so miserable that there have been many deaths from frost antl general privation. 'i ho Warsaw commissariat, is hastil y forwarding provisions. A special sanitary corps im s started for Czentoschan. ' Tho sufferings of tho troops are so great that , in the opinion of Rcrlin military circles , it will be impossible for thorn to remain encamped two months . Their condition , it is believed , must hasten the decision of the Czar , as tho troops must either bo given active work or bo withdrawn from the frontier. The Austrian s also suffer . being badly housed , but thtdr c ommissariat is good and the m edical staff vigilant. In view of tho har dships suffered bv tho Austrian troops and the sickness 1 ro vai l ing among tho Russians , tho Vienn a War Office has decided not to increase tho forces on tho frontier at present . A Law Wri ters Death. Frederick C . l l ii . s htly, the author o l \llrig l ttly ' s Di gest'' and other notable law books , die I at Philadel phia nt the age of 7fl years. On Aug. II , ISSO , his wife , Sarah Brig htly, died , at the ag e of 81 , bein g bi s sen- ior by six years . At that tunc Mr. Brightl y himself was lyin g very ill from Brig ht ' s dis- ease , which was the ultimate cau-o o f bis death , and it was not exp ected that ho could long survive her. But recov ering he returned to his literary work , and k e p t at it faithfull y until within a sh o rt tim e , when he was finally compelled t o lay it aside . Mr. Brightly was b orn in 1811 at Bungay, Suf- folk County, En gland. When a youth he was apprenti ced us a sailor. Asa midshi pman in tho employ of (ho East India C ompany he made three voyages to (he Fas ' , I ndies. On hi s return from his third voyage , in IK il , he brought bis younges t sister to America , whith- er bis parents bad already emigrated. In l i S, ';5 ho married Sarah Corfi eld , daughter of Edward I). Corfield , at ono timo M ayor ol the Di strict «> f Northern Liberties , and clerk of tho O jj . ' irlor .Se ssions Court of Philadel- p hia County. Ho abandoned the sea and stud- ie d law , b eing admitted lo the liar in IS S i S . In 1852 ho be gan writing a treatise on tho law ol ce is ts. A few years later ho withdrew from the active practice of law , and from the past . '10 year? li e had devoted his time almost exclusively to law writin g, which has made his name famous. Amon g his principal works are his book upon \E quity, \ \Itvi ght ly ' s Pardons Digest of Penn- syl vania Statutes , \ \Di ges t of United States Statutes , \ \Digest of New York Reports , \ \Federa l Di gest , \ \Di gest of Pennsy l vania Reports , \ \Di gest of Forty Volumes of United States Reports . \ \lirightiy ' s l l epnrts , '' being select oases ; \B.inkmp loy. \ \Uinn ' s Ju stice , \ and '•Tronbat and I lnlley ' s P ractice. \ Ho is sai d to have possessed Ihc finest Pennsylvania law library in existence. Mr. Bell Wins a Suit. A d ecision was rendered by the First Dis- trict Court of the Mexican republic affirming the validity of the Bell telephone and Blako transmitter patents under the laws of Mexico. The defen dants in the ens -1 , a German mercan- tile house , arc ordered to deliver their stock of instruments to the Mexica n Telephone Com- pany , , to make a statement of their profits , an I hanel them over , and to pay all tho costs. I ha ilefcndent s will appeal to the Supremo Court , but if is believed ti o decision will be sustained. ' • Tho Mexican Telephone Company have made { % hard fight , and the cane has excited much ' interest. ' - . The case had its ori g in in the intro- j Inction here of exact copies of th« Bell Tele- p hone Company ' s instruments by tho German j tionse and t iieir use in different ' parts of the I republic, ' ; . ; ¦ . ' .:. ¦ ¦; « ' \' * . . . - - * . , . 1 ittARft fc T PRICES. Xo Food and Only Rain Water for the Chapiu ' t* Crew. Among the pash 'c n s « rs who arrived on the i toainship Sail Marcos from Havana were: seven > f Die crew of the ba rk D. C'hapin of Boston , vtlic h foundered at sea on Christmas ' ! ? ? } ' - Die survivors we're adri ft in a boat about fc t ; lays without food or wnter . Cnpt. W. C. U iill , the cook aiid ft seaman perished from ninger and privation , and the rent got so le speratc that they were tempted to turn Minni halH . [ra \Y. ' Colbcth , the mate , tells ; l.e story of Iheir distresses. The bark left Turk' s I sland on Dec. 1:1 for Boston , with a Vir go of salt. In the Christmas Day giilo n 'infit wave s tove in her waist all of a sudden ( fill . sent the m en to tho boat. \Wc Came away with neither provisions nor water , and no ( . 'l e rtldtiE except what we bad on , \ laid Coll/eth. \Tds ' smt irns twenty-two tcct long, with a centre board , and had four pairs >f oars We hritiK'ht two tf atiL' ^ nv ladders . ind , keep ing tho boat' s head to tho sea , wo ied Ihe ladders on to the p ainter to form a lrag. A hea vy northwest wind tossed the boa! l imit like a ' c.ork , nearl y upsetting it many times , and keeping us busy all ni ght long hal- in g . After forty-eight hours the wind and sen ¦Moderat ed. \On the third ni g ht , about du sk , a two - r iasted steamer fr om the southward passed us in westward. It was so dark we. <onld littlo • i iore than sec the mas;?. All hands shouted it the top of their voic es , but we weren 't heard , ir td wo grew despondent. The Captain paid ie was going, to pr ay f o r he ' p, and be told the -e st of us to keep a lookout for more sails. Bef ore long thertx A , John Anih-n u ni , the Jap, a - as praying toe> , and the ? kept it u j i nearly all ai ght until (he Capta 'in b ecame delirious . His .Ties for water were p iteous, in spite of all am- e fforts he got to gul ping d own salt water. In tho m orning ho died in agony. We all t nelt around him , and prayed God to have mercy on hi s t oul , and wc. all w ept like chil- lren. \ Then we dropped him into the sea. \We had l ost all hope. The Jap di ed. It i vs s the sixth dav in the open I xmt and tin- last :1ny of Iho y ear . \ When , the n ovd day. Hans P eterson , n seaman , dr opped away from hun- g er and exposure without say ing a word, we I c gan to look at each other \ . \ \' e could ha ve t l m o st Crt l cn him , but wo dr opped him ovcr- ooaru. \Then it began to rain. One of the seamen to ok off his oil-cloth cent , and t wo men held it nut flat to catch the dripp in gs. Wc had an old fi ve-gallon tin oil can , which we had used as a baler , and we got about three quarts of water in the half hour ' s .shower . W e hold up the :oa t as long as wc could sen a single <!ror> go into tho can. Then I took th e can and dealt nut equally fo all. We had to drink it all up. because the can leaked, and t he one holding it had to keep the h ole plugged up. \We had bee n drifting south , and , having a drar day and tho hea l of the sun , we took off our wet clothes for the first time awl dried them , putting Iheni on again at night , as the ni ghts were raw and cold. We stuck up oars in the mast hole , with a coat stretched across them , and sailed all the ninth day. We settled d own for another sleepless ni g ht, and out o f th e darkness the fust thing we saw on Jan. 1 was a schooner several miles a way. What did we do? We ll , weak as we w<To , wc moved pretty liv ely. Yes : wc were sighted b y the schooner. Mate Jaspe r , a fell ow townsman e,t mine , had spi ed from the I' o ' c asHe what h n th ought was a wreck in the distance , and lie ' called Cap!. -I. W . M urp h y from be- low . It was the Louis G. iialiel , from P.n- u oii. bound for Sa \iia la Grande. T' i c v cased on and sailed vi g li ! alongside of us . We were so weak, c ramp e d , and c overed with salt water li oils ( haf \v were inlircly helpless. When the ma te threw a line into our boat the man in the how caught it , but h e was too weak to hold it. T hen the captain passed a bight <d r ope over and hauled us up 111 the- loop of i! with out any assistance from his crew. He sail! we were as l ight as feathers. We made direct- ly for Ihe water tanks , but we were allowed but a glass apiece , and food was dealt out in small bits at first. Vou can ' t imag ine how h appy we were . Th ere never was a kindci friend than (' apt. Murp h y. He took us to Sagna , where we 111 lived Jan. 11. (' ap t. Hull had a wife and daughter at South Dcnnii , Mass. \ I TEN DAYS ADRIFT. Last night my dream-c lad feet did tread On well remembered paths ; nnd I did sea The sel f same scenes—th? same stars shed Their dreamy li g ht on you and mo; The little stream coursed on its silent t vn y, Our little boat rocked idly nt our feet, And side by sido wo watched the shadows p lay, Aud li st to strange , weird music , wi l dy sweet , Last ni ght . Last ni ght we drifted down the self-sama stream ; And I looked elown into those midni g ht eyes , And rend i n their clear depth, my life-long dream ; They were to rr»; my heaven and my para- dise. You sang, and e ' er the echoes died away M y heart beat wildly with a throbbing pain , My eyes w. - ro weeping, for I couid not day The tenrs that came for the hopes long slain— Last ni ght! Lsst night o ' er the evening shadows fell We met , we parted , 't wns the last oa earth , I heard , ns of yore , the village church bel l , Ab if rnnrr nr. (tin t ov n nf ( lm C\ -> t- i ' mi » ¦ * » Ji. i i v i n ii f j vii Li i(ii v , » c ui v lit; » V.l > S ' . >U.» -J birth , H ow little we dreamed ns he turned fo ge, , The different paths wo were dootneel f > frond! Then my heart gre w sick and my head bent low— Oh , ninny the sorro w that li ps ne a rer know ! Ami 1 sprinkled with tears a h ope long dea l Last night. T/ist ni ght my dreaming fan c y led m whera In elnys for gotten we would often : - ray, And hid me dwj l t for one brief moment there . And si p the fragrnneo of tho now-mown hny And faces that the sod hnth covered o ' er And blotted from our si ght , eamo back to me , And p hantom fi gures pressed the tufted floor Where we two lingered in our infancy- Last night. — [George Wilmot Harris. Last Night. How the Credit S ystem Rous the Farmers. The re r . oit of the Cmmnissisncr of A gricu l - .nre of G eorgia for I-S7 shows a decrease from 1 5 S6 in the amount o f farm supplies p n r- >h»scd b y the farmers , as well as in tho indebtedness of tho farmin g classes jwin g fo the damaging floods last July , riiere is no impr eivement in the genera l condi- t ion of Mid dle Georgia , but North and East j eor gia have improved somewhat , while Senitli- ve - st Georgia remains at a standstill and the loutheastei n ce' u ntics hav. - n tro gated to somo jxtent. \I t is a remarkable fact , however , \ says Commissioner Henderson, \ that the farm- e r s in Southeast Georgia and throug hout the -vire gra s s portion of the State generally, for rears past have been in better condition than ;ho s e 111 the remainder o f the State. \ The r e- port also shows that fanners who have l>oiight bacon and corn on time ha ve paid 3) per .cut . idvance on c ost prices for bacon for four months , e i piivik - nt 10 90 per cent, per annum , j r 7 1-2 per cent, p er month , a nd :'M per cent. tor corn equal to 1 05 per cent. ) >cr annum , or 0 percent, per month. Th e Commissioner says the se figure s have been published for 10 y e ars past and yet th ousands of farmers continue to pay the excessive p rices. The falling o ff in the purchase of supplies indi cates that the farmers are giving more at- tention to diversified crops. The impr eivement in t his respect though small is gratif y ing and justifies the hope that it will be much more marked in the near future. Tho. f armem will get further and further away from the credit system b y giving more attention to the pro- In ction of such supplies a? they can produce it home. The credit system keeps them poor. A Blow to the Canal. The French Ministers came to a unanimous decision fo refuse the application o f 31. de Lesseps for authorit y to issue lottery loans for aiding iu the construction of the Panama Canal. As a consequence Panama Canal shares, toward the close of business on the Bourse , fell S)f. M. de Lesseps has issue el a circular in which he says that he is prepared to appeal elirect l y to the public with a c lass of bonds giving the fullest guarantees , but he declines to accept the Government ' s decision refusin g him author- ity to issue lottery in loans. To do so , he says , would be to acquiesce in all tho calumnies against the Panama Canal. He there fore urges B h ar euoldcrs to request the Deputies for their respective districts tobri n g the nutter before t n e uuamoer lor a inn nuun o mutiny. An Exciting Fire. About forty people barel y escap e d I ni n g burned to death in a fire that destroyed the greater part of a big apartment and store build- in g at Oakwood boulevard ami Cottage Grove are., Chica go. Not one of them had time to dress , and many, including several ladies , were dra gged out by firemen into the frosty air , unconscious. \ Mi-\s A bbie Birds-all , \ a teacher , was fonnd lying in a foot of water in the cellar two hours after tho firo started. She had lost her way in tho smoke. Her recovery is not expected. T. D. McKillip, a gentleman roomin g in the building, is al so in a precari ous condition , the result of injuries recei ved while t u&Kjug 111s escape . Massachusetts Railroads. According to tho report of the State Railroad Commissioners the miles of railroad built in 3I»esichusetts during 1837 were 2S , and the average cost per mile was S\5 , 334. T ho cap i- tal stock has increaseel $10 , 781 , 415 and the funded debt $10 , 633 , 537. The gross income ha s increased £8 r er cent- an( l \ l0 net ovu J S195 . 616. The net income 1 cpretcntcd 5.4 pci cent, in the permanent investment , a s ma l lei , rate than any year since 1884. Tin diviilend s decl ared amounted to $7 , 55: 1 . 831 , an increase of S OU' , 395. Of the CO corporations SO pa j dividends. All hut i T per cent. 6f the roads in the SUt a are laid with steel rails. The num - tar of employe* hi* increased to 34 , 200. ^ • FARMING IN GKORGIA. Farmers Resort to Desperate Means to Secure Fuel. News of at tacks made on the coal cars of the Union Pacifi : road by settlers along the line in the w estern part of the State who are suf- ferin g for want of fnel have been received at the company ' s headquarters at Omaha. The terrible cold weather and the snow blockade have caused a fnel famine , and the farmers have been obli ged to burn coal , hay, fences , outhouses , and in some instances household fnrnitnre , to k e ep from freezin g. A freight train consistin g of several cars ol co & l wasstopped by a hundred armed men al Cohad , and all the coil was thrown npon the ground. A t Sheldon a coal train was boarded and tho coal thrown off in the same manner. Similar a ttacks on coal trains are reported from Gibbon and Kearney. A Dredger ' s Exploit. For some time past there has been trouble at Pop lar leland , Chesapeake Bay, because of the trespass of dredging boats on the grounds set tpart for to ngmen. A short time ago a marine howitzer was taken from the ste amer Gov. Mc- Lane of the oyster navy and placed on shore for the protect ion of the tonging grounds. A fe t r nigh ta ago the bugeye Water Lil y, Capt. James Duncan , ran to the tonging grounds , md the captain and crew went on shore , cap- mrpd the howitzer, and nnt it on board his ressel , af ter which he dredged a load of oys- ters. The Water Lily arrived here last night , ind to-dav Capt. Duncan was arrested , his 3 *ft searched , and the gun found. The dred- gers have long defied the authorities , but this is the first instance where they have captured the arms of the State. .Tames Patterso n , -who died recently at Oakland , CaL , was the man who gave Garfield his first em p loyment a s dri ver oa tfc* caiuL ATTACKING COAL TRAINS. Assi g - nnieiit of the Best Known Western Cattle Com pan}' . The chief indust ry of Wyomin g Territory , rattle raising, received another black eye. General bu siness h ad- about reeovcrcii frbm the depres sing effects of the Swan failure and the suspension of Post ' s Bank when the assign- ment of tho Union Cattle Company is an- n ounced. Assets , $1 , 500 , 000 ; liabilities ; $1 , - •J00 . 000. Thomas Stur gi s , the well-know 11 cattle king, is Fr esie i enl of tho company. Petition for the appointment of a receiver was made b y the tgockholder s . Inability to meat demanels on account of the bad condition of tho inat - Kct and the losses of last winter are the causes of the failure. Tho Union Cattle Company owns several thousand acres of land in this country, feeding pens in Nebraska , ane l ranches in Da- kota, and is the best known cattle concern in tho West. Grandma Garfield Buried. The remains of Grandma Garfield were laid by the coffin containing the bod y of her son , James A: Garnckh hi Lakeview Cemetery. Cleveland , O. T feg- i1 >ny was m a p lain oal t casket , with Bua ^ , i ndies and a plate with tin inscription: f P ' \Eliza B. Garfield , aged SO years. \ The funeral servic es wetc hel e l at theMcntoi homest ead , and the Rev. Messrs. IJ. Hinsdale ' and Harris Ce i o le y o fficiated. Mrs. Garfield' s remains will bo removed to the monume nt al tho same timo those of President Garfield arc placed there. The members of tho family pre- sent were Mr. lludolp ' i , Mrs. J. A. Garfield' s brothj ^ famoti A. Garfield , Tr. , and other*. • ¦ ^& u ! :~ - - ' 7 i , GREAT FAILURE. :V New York Branch Adopts Con- sti tution. The Federa tion of Trades Convention was in i c s sion at Albany. The report of the Commit- t ee on Constitution was rrpriscntcd , the pre- imhlc of which reads: \Re- 'A gnizing the fact that the very instinct 5f self-pres ervation demands the closer union i f all trades and bodies of organized ' labor in order that equality of ri ght and privi- lege may b e obtained for wage workers, we , the r epresetitatiticK of (he trade mid labor . mum s of New York , in convention as- i c mbled , do her eby unite our forces in this C onvention and the cause of labor ' s e niai i ci pa- i ic i i , a nd call upon wage workers throughout die Stat e to join with us in obtaining needed indu strial legislation and suc : al reform. Wo iffirm t' . 0 natural and le gal right of all work - :rs to or ganize themselves peaceably together , md con demn as autocratic and uii-Americii n that sp i it vhich insp ire s the lockout and black- list. \\ v l i elicvc in anion* my of tvsu l e inter - ;st s , and the c losest possib l e ' unity in matters jf general concern , bc l ieving lhat in the tra d es anion system o f organizations the wage worker i ri il fin e l a channel t h roug h which h e or sho :an best meet and intelli gently deal with the problem and demands of the future. \ The c onstitution was presenled and read, the title of the organization being \The New York •State Branch of the Americ an Federati on of La or. me oi u cet ot me organization , as see forth in article 2. is: \Theo bjec t of this federation .shall bo the encou t a gement and formation of local traders ind labor unions in every city and town of this Sto le and tho federation of trades and labor unions in other States , to a ssist in establ i sh - in g national and international trades unions to a gitate such questions as may be for the bene- fit of tho working classes , in order that we mav obtain the ena ctment of such measures by the \ State Legi slature as will bo beneficial to us . and the repeal of all oppressive laws which now exist , .to use all means consistent wi th honor and inte grity to so correct tho abuses under which tho working el sscs arc laboring as to insure th em their just rig hts and privi- le ges. \ Conventions are to bo held annually in Al- bany on the last Tuesday iu Januar y. Tho clause with reference to the basis of repre- sentation reads : \The bus ' s of repres ti tation in ihe con ven- tion shall he as fellows: Each union of .100 members or le ss sluil ' . b e attached to a nation- t ii or international uni on when one exists , and lie entitled to one delegate and an additional delegate from the next 300 or majority frac- tion ther eof , bu t no union shall be allowed more th an thre e representatives . \Xn nr i rniii zntinn which has seceded from anv local or na tional organization shall be al- lowed a represent ation or recognition in this Federation. \ The report of the committee was adopted. When the s ction relating to the nor capi ta tax was reiiehcd a heated debate t ook place. An 1 amendment that a per c pits tax of -f 10 per j year be impo sed upon uni -ns connected with i the Federatio n , and o f $15 on those not con- j n ecled was lost. It was linn 'ly a greed that % and % of a cent per capita tax should bo adopted. Crime in Chicago. Sand-bagging and safe-blowing have become go common in tho city this winter that persons ' whose business calls \ them out nt nig ht go about heavil y armed. Reports in tho police station s show that each division of tho city is ov errun with g arroters and burglars. In the past seven days 237 houses nnd stores were robbed , six safes were blown open , and seven men have been Baud-bagged. Three women have also been assaulted in the Fifth precinct ! and then hnrlcd into vacant lots , where they | were p icked up half dead from ihe cold and their in juries. At no time in the history of the city has tho misery among tho poor ' people ; been so great. Killinjr Free Masons. Within 0. few months several Free Masons , wh ose political and religious ideas were re- pugnant to the fanatical Clericals , have been assassinated in the State of Puebla. Free Ma- sons throughout the ' republic support the re- election of Gen. Diaz, and this fact partl y exnlainsthe murders. Tim Clericals have ele- ctoral that they would kill every Free M ason , (t is probable that the criminals will-be severe- ly punished. . . . FEDERATION* OF LABOR. A mere shadow. The detect ive . She stoops to conquer—Th ? vra'iu ' i r- woman. The sonorous shouts of the fish ve n- tier? shoukl be called fish bawls . No t v h the timo to lay in your ther- mometers. T l wy are way down. The dresses of engaged young ladies wear out soonest about the waist s Wonder if a balloon woul t b s more effective if it were m n de of fl y paper? When the fire is kindled in your par- lor stove , llien look out for \ spark?. \ .Nothing will turn a woman ' s head so comp letel y a3 a bonnet that has pa s soa f - 'y * When a g irl k little she has a doll baliv: when she crows u p she has a dol- man. A young man intending \to press his ;uit , \ fir-st went and had his suit presse d . A Jviropean miser has learned to bar). - , so lis to save the expense of keep- ing a dog. A farmer says that \ gate-money '' is that wliie - h h expended for the damage caused by Jim and Kate. Toast—An honest lawyer , tho noblest work of God , when an olel farmer added , \And about tho scarcest . \ It is when a man sits down suddenl y, unexpectedl y nnd severel y that he real- iz e s what a hard , hard world this is. A musician advertises that ho \teachos the p iano. \ After ho has taug ht the p iano we suppose he will look around for on nils. v . When you are told that pio between meals spoils your dinner , just stato to your informant that if p io spoils your dinner at all , it spoils it ri g ht at tho din- ner table. The public look, upon the collcgo yell ns a usel c i s accomplishment , hut in later years , when some of tho hoys get into the itinerant fish business , they find it comes powerful l iantl y. 'Do you sco that man sawing wood over there?\ \Yes. What about him? '' \lie wasn ' t always doing such work ns that. \ \lias a history, eh? What did he formerl y do?\ \Wh y, when I saw him last he was splitting wood . \ A Ktcu Sea Harvest. The coast of Maine is so indented by bays and inlets that the actual shore line Is fully 2-100 miles in extent. Along this shore are many of tho chief cities , towns and important industries ot Maine. One of the most important of these industrici h the catching, trans- portation , canning and sale of lobster s . This is an industry that has grown iu thirty years fro m a business that gave emp loyment to a few score of hands. It now emp loys more than 2000 fishermen , nearl y 2000 boat* and fort y vesiol s , and distributes in various ways more than $600 , 000 annuall y. Tho business of lobster catching in general requires two men to a boat , with 200 traps , at a cost of about $300 for the entire outfit. A Shrewd Farm Hand. Tho New York Tribune tells of a laborer who agreed to di g a farmer ' s potatoes for one potato a hill. Tho c o n : tract did not confine the laborer to a selecti on from each hill , so he took the largest wherever found. These aver- aged about hal f a pound in -wei g ht , and as there were 4000 hills to the aero , his s hare w as just one to n , or 33 1-3 bush- els. At sixt y cents a bushel they amounted to $20. He dug at tha rate of one-fourth of an aero per day, male- , ing his daily wag j s $5. It toot one- fourth of the crop to pay him. • . *(%^ . . . ~ .' . i X,! * _-—_ . - \ - ' ^^ ' - ^^ ¦ ^¦ ¦ •i H MMH^ I tf HB ^^ HI -aa w HUMOROUS.