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SALINE, WASHTENAW COUNTY, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 145 1882.
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VOL. II! NO. 44.
business directory;
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?HOI^ESSIONAIi.
g# VT. CHANDliERj iff. Dij
Physician and Surgeon.
All-callsproraptlyatteuaeato.   OB|ce at residence, first door north of M. E. Churoh.
TOPICS OF THE TIMES.
Q^ 0. JENKINS,
Surgical and Mechanical
DENTIST.
Office, 19 South Main Street, opposite First
National Bank,
:Mj.oIi.
Physician and Surgeon,
Office and residence opposite M. E. Churoh,
Adrian street, Saline, Mich.
^TK. B. (3-ILDAKT,
Attorney at Law,
And Justice ol the Peace.   Office overKichols
Bro's. store, Chicago street, Saline, Michigan.
"When the self-accused assassin of
Lord Frederick Cavendish, hailing
from South America, "confessed" that
Mr. O'Connor, M. P., gave him £20 for
his part in the murders in Phoenix
Park, the authorities might have let
him go instantly. They have given
this fellow free passage as far as the
Island of Jamaica, however, and it
looks as if he would succeed in his
transparent plan of reaching England
without expense to himself.—Neio
York Tribune.
STATE AFFAIRS.
Perfect Panorama of Events During tlie Week Throughout-
the State.
TO Jokes & soar,
Attorneys.
All kinds of legal papers neatly and correctly
drawn. Collections made and promptly remitted.   Office on Mc Kay street, Saline, Mich.
E. 3 ones. PrasikE. Jones.
Real Estate Agent.
Government Lands located. 20,000 acres of
choice wheat lands for sale. Correspondence
solicited.   Ellsbury, "Barnes Co., D. T.
■BOSCELIxANSOTIS.
Mrs. W.F. LARZELERE,
The Old and iteliable
DRESSMAKER and CUTTER
Again offers her services t:> the ladies of
this vicinity.
PRICES KiESA.SOISr^A.SIjS
and Satisfaction Guaranteed.     Shop at
residence on Henry street,, west.
CEO. R. SHERMAN,
The old and reliable
Wagon and Carriage Maker.
Job "work and repairing promptly done at reasonable rates.   Shop onChicago St., west.
SB/lDJa WEBB,
JUSTICE  OF THE  PEACE,
And Insurance Agent.
COXVKYAyCIXG ATTENDED TO PROMPTLY.
Special Attention Given to Collections.
Oflice 2d door west of the postoffice.
 & ___—
E. A. REYNOLDS,
Notary Public, Real  Estate,
INSTTRAK'GJS AXD COLLBGTIOJr AGESCr.
Office ovt-r N. C. Putnam & Go's, store, .Milan,
Mich.   All business eiifriMts-.l to me will
racelvy-prompt attention.
P»a.t2?023.iz©     Tlie    Soys !
HAUSER**. CLARK,
Proprietors of
THE NEW LIVERY STABLE,
 At the	
OLD AJflLEH.ICA'H SOXTSB BAJRIf.
THOMAS ECCLES,
The Pioneer
BOOT AND SHOE MAKER,
Is now located in the Burg building, on
Chicago St., where he will be glad to see all
his old customers and many new ones.
Repairing Neatly aad. Promptly Done.
W. HELLER & SON.
Horse Shoeing & Blaoksmithing
If your uorae lorgxt, interfere* or is irregular
hints gait, give us a call and we will regulate hun so he will nat anoy you.
Special Attention Given
To horses bavins: weak and diseased feet.
SHOP ON A.KSr ARBOR STiEBETv
Mr. Gladstone has been improving
the recess by taking a trip down tbe
Channel in Lord Wolverton's steam
yacht, the Palatine. He was accompanied by Mrs. Gladstone and other
members of the family. On Sunday,
August 20, the party landed at Portland and visited the convict prison that
furnishes^ si3SS^!®fcatronal scenes in
th.e play of "The Black Flag.". Eeem-
barking the voyage was continued
around Land's End and up tbe Welsh_
coast as far as Milford Haven.      -
Uncle Solon Chase, the redoubtable
leader of the straightout Greenbackers
of Maine, is described by an Eastern
paper as "a peculiar looking person in
his make-up; but the man who takes
him for a fool is sadly mistaken. He
dresses for effect. He wears a white
slouched wool hat, cowhide shoes, and
pantaloons and coat sleeves much too
short. It is said that a large nose is a
sign of character. If this is so, Uncle
Solon has a good deal of character.
His language is in keeping with his
dress."
If anyone thought that the Mormons
would accept the situation in which
the passage of the Edmunds bill put
them, he can now undeceive himself.
The Church of the Latter Day Saints
will make a strong fight for the peculiar institution without which their
religion has no charms. Such is their
position as declared by their leaders
in an address to the faithful which
abounds in sickening cant and stale
platitudes. *Many wives or-none" is
their shibboleth. It is plain that these
defiant Mormon law-breakers must
have the benefit of further legislation.
Also a Goodly Grisi of Washington
News.
Embodying tlie   Rational' Crop
Keport and Veraict of tlie
Star Route Jury.
M. Desire Gharnay, in reporting to
the French Geographical Society the
results of his three years' explorations
of Central American ruins, mentioned
that during bts latest journey, in Yucatan, he entered the remains of a
palace at the town of Kabah, and
found on the walls thereof an Indian
painting of an armed Spaniard on
horseback. This, he maintained, is
indisputable proof that the palace was
inhabited at the time of the Spanish
"conquest. Some authorities hold that
these ruins belonged to a people long
ago extinct, and that they are not less
than 3,000, perhaps 10,000, and, according to one traveller, 40,000, years old.
M. Charnay will not admit that they
are more than 750 years old, and holds
that they all belonged to the race
which the Spanish invaders found, in
possession of the country.
GEORGE   EH WIS.
Merchant Tailor and Cutter.
I have a full line of samples of goods carried
by a leading eastern jobbing house, which I
will furnish mv customers at
"WHEaiOXjESA-XjSl PRIOS-
I buy my trimmings of jobbers and give my
.customer* the benefit. Don't buy anything in
the clothing line untilyou have examined my
samples and got my prices. T will save yon
money. AH work warranted. Shop over jav-
enports & Son's store-
A. 8. BLITOir- """• E- ISBEEO.
BLITON & SSBELL,
PBOPKIETOBS OF THIS
Livery, Sale and Feed Stables,
STAGE AND DRAT LINES,
Office,   South Sxaut Street,  West Broadway,
TOWEB CITY, DAKOTA.
Stages to  Bllsbury, Hope and X.ybecTc leave
every Tuesday.   Land Hunter's Outfits always furnished at reasonable rates,
The wife of a farmer named Coon-
rod, living near New Madrid, Mo., recently learned of her kindred in a
strange manner. Twenty-seven years
ago, when a child, and while living
with her parents in Humphreys County, Tennessee, she was sent to a
neighbor's house for some meal. While
returning home she was persuaded by
a man named Peppers to take a ride
with him on his horse. He rode away
with her until they reached- Mis"3Otiri,--^nn^'0W5l _ -
where she has_ since lived. A month
ago Mrs. Coonrod told the story of her
being kidnapped, to James Mitchell, a,
resident of Tennessee. He wrote an
account of the kidnapping, and sent it
to friends at home. They made in-
cfuiry in Humphreys County for Mrs.
Coonrod s relatives, but there learned
that the family h#d long ago moved
away, no one knew where. Within-a
fortnight, however, there have come
letters to Mrs. Coonrod, from a brother and sister, living in Tennessee, say.
ing that they had heard of her inquiries
with great interest and desired to meet
her. Since'then a joyous family reunion has taken place.
MICHIGAN.
It. G. Peters, of Manistee, has built
quite a town of his own at East Lake on account of hia extensive mill * and salt blocks.
He owns over 100 of iss dv?l -HiDgs there. He
knows personally every one of the 500 or more
men in his employ, and can call each one of
them by name. His salt block will ultimately
have a capacity of 1,000 barrels a day.
A bear and twa cubs were seen within a mile and a half of Earwell, Clare county
quietly helping themselves to blackberries
from a-i>atch where a family of pickers Wbre
also busy.
Bay City officers think they have a
clue to tha clothing thieves of last spring, and
have gone to the southern part of the state
after certain men who are selling clothing
very cheap.
.Alvin Einch is unable to furnish
bondsmen for liquor selling, and will therefore give up running the Greenbusb, Alcona
county, hotel.
Grand Eapids' panel and- v.eneer
works will cost $25,000, and be finished in
two months.
During his 15 years' collectorship at
Grand Bapids S. S. Bailey turned over .to the
government $ 1,9*70,951 46.
Lewis Hart's partly finished dwelling at Grand Eapids burned recently; Iobs
$1,560, insurance $1,090.
Kalkaska, Kalkaska county, is. seeking incorporation as a village.
Pour Kalamazoo horses, sold for
$1,800 and shipped to Bufialo.
The team of Thos. Underwood, living foar miles from Adrian, ran away, and in
some way the neck-yoke was driven into one
of the horses, killing him instantly.
The body of Richard Egan has been
found in Mani9tee river..Egan was intoxicated
when last seen alive.
A burglar entered the residence of
L. B. Damon, a merchant of Adrian, and took
a gold watch valued at $259, also some change.
Damon while the burglar was in the
room, and a tussle ensued in'arhich the burglar escaped. Itis thought that a band of
burglars ar.> now operating" in. that section. ■
Portland is now free from small-pox
and business looking nv", have been 89 cases
in all in Ionia county and 10 deaths; Orange
township now has only one or tw^cases, and
Berlin three new on68. ^ Mj±
Henry Smith, farmer, Jj&yile going
to Grand Bapids with a load of ploduce, was
thrown from the wagon and so injured that
he died; leaves a widowed mother^
Prel. Reed, "West Cooper, Kalamazoo
county, went in bathing while perspiring, and
has not been able to wailiTfor several weeks
inconsequence.
Louis Whtite, teamster at Chapin
mine, Menominee county, had his back broken
by a runaway team; his life is despaired of.~ ~
Eight charcoal kilns building at
Sear?, Oaceola county, with capacity of 10,000
cords a year.
Benjamin Gardner, aged 90, Mexican war veteran, Dalton, Muskegon county,
died recently.
Mrs, Sullivan, formerly Misa Maggie
Buchanan, of Detroit, is said to bava been the
first woman who made journalism a profession and began as a man would have done, by
doing the work at the office instead of at her
home. She began on the Chicago 1 imes, and
had a room to herself.
Rev. Daniel Ide, father of City Marshal Ide, Coldwater, and for i0 years a preacher in the M. E. church, died of paralysis, recently, aged 93 years.
William Parr, a wealthy farmer residing about three miles south, of Charlotte,
committed suicide last week.   Cause of the act
The. badly decomposed body of a man
has been found on the lake shore three miles
aboye Eort Gratiot. A Port Huron justice impanelled a jury and a verdict was returned setting forth that the cauao of death was unknown.
There were no marks of violence upon hie
body, and nearly all the flesh had fallen from
his face. A linen handkerchief with the
Initials "C. G." marked in ona corner was
found in his coat pocket.
The Michigan team at Crefidmore are
getting in good work on the practice range.
They scored 908 points recently, whioh ie
above the winning scores of the two years
past.
Peter Potts, a poor farmer living
near Bronson, had his entire crop of wheat
destroyed by fire, caused by two small boys and
a box ef matches.
A driveway is to be laid out around
Pine grove park, Port Huron. It will be 45
feet wide, three-fourths of a mile long, and
will bo paid for by, private subscriptions.
BeemaVs store at Clio was robbed
last week of about $800 worth of silks, gloves,
boots, shoes, otc.
The Osceola county fair will be held
atEvart, Oct. 4, 5 and 6. There is a good premium list and well arranged programme.
There are many complaints about the
imperfect mail arrangements to and from Cheboygan and St. Ignace.
There are over 1,600 children of
school age in Alpena, and about 750 of them
are in the schools.
Levi Clark, an old settler of Farwell,
died recap tly. Ho was 78 > ears old and a veteran mason.
Rev. George Ransom begins his nineteen year aa pastor of the Muir Presbyterian
church.
G. R. & I. road settles suit of Mrs.
Geo. Harum,Fife Lake, for injuries, by paying
$1,000.
L. H. Colton's night blooming cereus
at Ionia, has blossomed 11 time3 in two weeks.
A large number of residences are
being built *t Bay City, costing $5,000 to $6,000
each.
The grape crop on the islands of Lake
Erie is an unusually large one this yeBr. Shipping has commenced.
OCHAUtEB & SCHMIDT,
Proprietors of the "Onion Block
MEAT   MAEkET.
— All kinds of —
MEAT,POULTRY, FISH ETC
At LowestXlvin^Prlces. No. 2, TTnlon Block,
gallne.MichiJi"ran.
EIRE,  EIRE,  EIRE!
a. -OOO-
Ftbtect yourselves against lose b  fire, by
insuring- property with
W. H. DAVENPORT, Agent
For the following: firsfrolafls
companies t
HIA&&RA, of Hew York,
eONTltfENT-AjL, of N. Y.,
Detroit FIBE & MARINE
JLSSETCS, $4000,000
Losses Paid Promptly.
RATES AS  LOW AS  ANY
First-class Company.,
Oscar  Wilde  was  complaining at
Cape May the other day of the high
prices of things in this country.   "My
gloves, for example," he said, ''which I
might havebought for a dollar in Loudon, cost $2lo0 here."   "So tbey have,"
exclaimed ex-Mayor Stokley, of Philadelphia, who was in the room, "they are
luxuries, sir?" echoed  the aesthete, in
wide-eyed amazement;  "do you call
gloves luxuries?   How   would you go
on the street, how could you travel in
the railroad  cars, without gloves?"
"Do you iee these hands ?" returned
Mr. Stokley, warmly: "before I became
Mayor  of Philadelphia I worked so
hard at my shop that my hands became all covered with corns that you
might have cut with a knife, and those
hands, sir,;have never had a pair of
gloves on j;hem.   And you talk about
work!  Why. it's good for you I I've
worked nearly all my life, and I weigh
220 pounds."   "I will take your word
for  it.Mri Mayor; I will  take your
word for it," gasped the horrified aesthete, and he let the subject drop, but
afterward he  made some minute inquiries about'Mr.Stokley's career, with
a view to basing thereon a chapter in.
hi* forthcoming book on America.
"Sow itf your wife to-day?" said a
friend to a Prench gentleman. "Oh,
moche de sem," said he, "she is no better, and I um 'fraid ver little waas. If
she is gon to die, I wish she would do
it soon. I feel so unhappy—so mocbe
unsettle. Ven she die I shall be so
moche settle in m mind."
Pete Cevalia, charged with the murder of young Hahn, and who wa3 in jail at
Lnnsing, succeeded in escaping by digging a
hole through.the iron floor of his csll. A reward of $100 is offered by Sheriff Call for his
recapture. He is of sallow complexion, has
gray eyes, is 29 years old, weighs 335 pounds,
i3 five feet five inches tali, and is miserable
looking generally.
Two trains xm the Jackson, Lansing
& Saginaw railroad collided near Jackson. A
special freight and an incoming freight met
on a single track; but the engineers saw the
danger and reversed in time to prevent a serious accident. The engines were injured Bome-
what, and four cars of the incoming train were
piled on each other. Otis Hidden, the fireman
of the incoming train, was injured, his foot being crushed between the platforms of the cab
and tender.
The body of Rev. J. B. Logan, colored, who was drowned in Pugsley's lake, has
been'recovered.
A big day's work was done on the
au Sable river one day last week by Capt.
Owen and a crew of nine men. Three hundred and twenty-one thousand feet of long
timber was taken from the pockets, securely
rafted with chain and delivered to the tug.
The Republican congressional convention fot the seventh district was held at
Port Huron, full delegations being present
The Hon. John T. Rich was renominated
unanimously.
At the Republican convention, Paw
Paw, for the nomination or a candidate from
the first representative legislative district of
Van Buren county, Robert L. Warren, editor
and proprietor of theDecatur-Repablican, was
nominated. •
Off Thunder Bay lighthouse, last
week, the machinery of the Canadian propeller GlenfinlaB became disabled, and the life-
saving crew went to her assistance, Btayia? by
her all night. The life-boat! went to Alpena
for aid, and the tug Golden Eagle left to take
the Gleafinlas to Alpena for repairs. She waB
laden with railroad iron.
O. G. "Whitmore & Co., have transferred the base of their lumber bush ess, with
capital of $2,000,000, from Chicago to Cadillac
It is said that the new Keebish channel ia well marked with buoys and targeta,and
has a good 17 feet of water all the way. #
A dispatch announces that John.
Henig of Galoaburjr, III., formerly of Adrian
was killed recently on the Chicago, Burlington
& Quincy railroad in a collision. Henig was
well known in that section and was a promising young man.
WASHINGTON.
TO TAKE A BEST.
Gen. Sherman has asked the war department to order Major Gen. Schofield to San
Francisco to relieve Major Gen. Irwin McDowell, and that the latter bo ordered to his
home in New York, preparatory to retirement
in October.
STAB BODTE BBIBEBI.
After the jury in the star route cases
had been excused for the day on the 7th, Judge
Wylie said it had come'to his ears that members of the jury had been approached in a most
disgraceful way in attempts to influence their
action. He had first heard of it about a week
ago, when he had received most direct and poB-
itive information oi this character. He. had
then advised the jurymen to say nothing-about
it as he did not wish to stop the progress of the
case. Within the past twenty-four hours, however, these wolves that surrounded the jury
had become fiercer and bolder, and upon hearing of one attempt more brazen and villainous^
than othere, he had felt such indignation that
he had nearly advised the juror to shoot down
uch a man on the spot. He had thought that,
had not advised it. He now adjured the jurymen to spurn such men with the toe of their
boot, to turn from them with scorn. He
wished to warn these men that they were not
to commit Buch outrages without punishment
After thiB trial perhaps an investigation would
follow. Gen. Henkle immediately rose and
said with much feeling that in the interest of his
client he should demand an immediate iuvesti
gation. The court said perhaps he would have
it
THE STAB BODTE JUBY.
Judge Wylie delivered his charge to
the jury in the star route trial on the 8th commencing at the coming in of.court. After the
conclusion of the charge proper, which seems
to have been a very fair and plain one, counsel
for defendants urged many prayers for further
instruction, most of which the court declined
to grant. The jury retired a little before 8
o'clock?, m, and court took a recess until 6.
Shortly after 6 o'clock the jury reported to
the court that they had agreed upon a verdict
as to one defendant only. They were sent out
again with instructions to come to an agreement, if possible, as to all.
CROP BEPOBT.
The September report of the Department of Agriculture en the condition of cotton
shows an Improvement sinco August 1 iu
Virginia, North Carolina. Tennessee. Arkansas
and Texas, and some detprioration in South
Carolina, Georgia and the states of the Gulf
coast, Louisiana inclusive. Tho corn crop in
all tho region south of Pennsylvania and tha
Ohio River is in a high condition. Every state
except West Virginia i3 represented by 100 or
FOREIGN  NOTES.
Wliieli Chiefly Portray Passing Events
in the Land of Dark ights.
The War a Big  Bonanza for the
Suez .Canal Company.
An   Interesting'    Collection
News Items from   Otlier
Quarters of tne Globe.
of
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
THE GBEEK PLOT.
Tricoupio, the Greek Prime Minister,
has telegraphed to the Greek Consul at Alexandria for information in regard to Antono
Paulo, arrested for connection with the rumored conspiracy of Greeks in Egypt. The
Consul replied the object was to massacre the
Khedive and the Christians and to attack the
forts; that Antono Paulo was the only Greek
implicated, and that he wa3 appointed Consular agent to Sioutr, but was never formally
installed.
STEPS TO INDEMNIFI SUEFEBERS.
The Egyptian Council of Ministers
is now engaged with the question of indemnifying inhabitants for losses sustained by incendiarism or pillage. It is almost a certainty
that the Ministry will propose to the powers
to appoint au international commission to
settle the claims, the decisions of the commission to be final.
THE HAVX TO BE GLOBD3TED.
Gen. "Wolseley has requested the presence of the naval brigade in the army in order that the navy may share tho honor of the
advance. In compliance with this request a
brigade consisting of 100 blue jackets, ten officers and a battery of four Gatling gnns will
leave Port Said for Ismailia.
ABABI'S STBENGTH.
VA correspondent of the News has obtained from a most reliable source the exact
strength of Arabi Pasha's army. Tho grand
total is as follows: Infantry, 416,000; cavalry,
18,000; guns, 143; rocket tubes, eighteen; Bedouins, 305,000.
ENGLAND TO HAVE HER WAT.
The London Times, in a leading article, says: '•' The government ia concluding a
military convention with Turkey, is persuaded
that the sultan has seen the folly of trying any
longer to thwart the policy of England. Two
Europe:n po tv.ers at least, have' intimated at
Constantinople that England would be perfectly justified in breaking off negotiations
which have been so wantonly prolonged."
BACK TO THEIR BEATS,
Earl Spencer, in reinstating the dis
missed policemen granted t'iem a free pardon,
but expressed regret and surprise that they
should have been*induced to take the step they
did.
STILL UNSETTLED.
Notwithstanding the report that Turkey and Greece had arrived at an understanding on the frontier question, the matter seems
to hang injhe balance yet A dispatch from
■AthGOT, SapFT7tb, said: Nothing has been decided in-tegard to the Tuiko-Greek frontier
question. It is said that M. Condouriotis,
Greek Minister at Genstantinople, will have a
further conference Saturday with Said Pasha,
the Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs, and
is believed if no decision is then reached ho
tilities will be resumed. It is understood M.
Condouriotis has been instructed not" to yield
any ofthefive*points in dispute.
KILLED IN BEBELLION.
A telegram from St. Petersburg pub
ished here says that convicts in the prison a
Khokan revolted recently and the guard was
called out to suppress them. A struggle ensued
and 40 convicts werelcilled.
AN ENGAGEMENT AT KASSASSIN.
An official report from Gen. Wolseley, dated September 9th, gives an outline
of the engagement at Eassassin: "The enemy
reconnoitered our advanced posts with considerable force ot all arms at daybreak this morning. Gen. Willis advanced and attacked them
driving them back with loss. We have taken
four guns. Our loss ia very trifling. The
enemy have retired into their works, from
which they are now firing at 5,000 yard range.
I shall return to camp at Kassassin shortly
with all tho forces. I have removed my camp
there as tbe railway,_canal and telegraph are
dow working fairly.^ We hUve found and-bur-
ied the body of Lieut. Gribble." Another report says 100 English soldiers were killed and
that the loss to the enomy was heavy. There
were 13,000 men with 12 guus in the engagement under Arabi, and 5 guns and many pris-
onprs were taken.
INDIGNANT  ARABS.
The sultan's proclamation against
Arahi Pasha bas caused considerable agitation
among tho Arabs who feol that Arabi is the
savior of Islam, and itis thought Arabi will
additional returns would lose the office for
him.
NEVADA DEMOCRATS.
The state convention was held at
Eureka. -The last national platform was reaffirmed. Jewett W. Adams was put in nom"
ination for governor amid applause. The
nominations were closed and Adams declared
nominated by acclamation. Hon. George W.
Cassid.y was nominated for Congressman. Col,
M. N. Stone, of Virginia, was nominated for
justice of the supreme court by acclamation.
ILLINOIS   DEMOCRATIC    STATE   CONVENTION.
The Democratic State Convention
met at Springfield recently. About 500 were
present. Hon. W. A. J. Spark was made temporary Chairman and Jho. Hise Secretary,
with a long list of assistants. The usual committees were appointed and a recess taken till
2:30 p. in. TJpon'reaBsembling ex-Gov. John
M. Palmer was elected permanent Chairman.
His speech was an arrignment of tbe Republican party, President Arthur and Jay Hubbell.
The members at large are W. J. Miz, Jno. H.
Oberly W. H. Green, J. W. Coppen-
ger, S. Corning Judd and Herman Lieb. Hon,
Alfred Orendorg, of Sangamon County, was
nominated for State "Treasurer; Henry Eaab,
of St. Clair, for Superintendent of Public Instruction.
CALTEOBNIA GBEENBACKEBS.
California.Greenbackers have nom-
nated a full state ticket, including Mrs. Marian Todd for attorney general, and Mes3ra
Stephen May bell and Warren Chase for congressmen at large.
VICTOBIOUS SPRAGUE.
Sprague holds the forb at Canonchet.
The supreme court of Rhode Island has refused
to oust him from possession.
TELLOW EEVER EPIDEMIC IN FLORIDA.
The Pensacola Board of Health has
declared yellow fever epidemic. They had in
24 hours 16 new cases and three deaths. A
terrific storm prevailed, having continued for
a night and a day, which threatened fatal results. One of the greatest burdens inflicted by
the epidemic is the inability of merchants to
collect money due, all the country places having quarantined, necessitating a general suspension of business.
•      WOBK OF THE UTAH COMMISSION.
Utah commissioners have rendered
to the secretary of the interior a detailed report
of their doings up to date. In conclusion they
predict an honest legistration aud a satisfactory election.
CRIME.
HUBDER OF AN OLD MAN."
Andrew Wittig, an old man of 74
years, keeper of a small grocery in East St.
Louis, was brutally murdered at an early hour
theother morning. It is not known exactlyhow
the act was committed, but circumstances show
that the grocery was entered between midnight
and daylight by burglars, and the supposition
is that that the - Id maa. who resided in the
uppdr part of the building with his family
heapd a noise, got cp, went down stairs, wag1
assaulted by tbe robbers and dragged intc^^
ad;®ning alley. JLt all events, his dead^0 .*',
thejskull smash (fin with bricks, was foun%
there.by his vi. ^A>ut6 o'clock. A clue p|irits
uSra
probably have the largest and best crop
of apples gathered for many years;
While the east may have only a light
crop, it must not be presumed that
there will be no apples to ship from
those states, as a short crop in nine
cases out of ten is greatly underestimated. However, allowing there will
be a short crop, the liberal crop in Illinois and Missouri will no doubt make
up the deficiency in the east. Besides,
other western states which do not ship
apples will have a good crop for their
own use, and there may not be so urgent a demand from interior points *as
usual, and the present outlook warrants
dealers in making the statement that
the public need not fear very high
prices for apples the coming winterl
The foreign crop of apples is reported as almost a failure, and reports from
abroad intimate that large importations
of American apples will be required.
This will tend to enhance the Value of
apples to some extent and a good trade
will no doubt exist during the fall and
winter months at reasonable prices.
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Fruit in Michigan.
Secretary Garfield of the state horticultural society give3 the following report of fruit prospects in this state:
About the first of August I sent 100
postal cards in envelopes to the most
prominent fruit growers in Michigan,
asking them to return the percentage
of an average crop that the orchards
and vineyards pro'rnise^ie&^e^pDOf
1882, with such remarks as^woffi-T
naturally be suggested by the questions
enclosed.
pearly all of the returns have been
made at this writing, August 14, and
I am quite surprised at the results.
Only one correspondent puts the apple
crop-at a full average, while .34 "place
it at less than one-fourth of a crop, 50*
reports make it less than one-half a
crop, and 75 less than three-fourths of
an average yield. The following localities have the most promising show of
apples: Ingham, Bay, western Muskegon, Manistee, Genesee, Allegan, Macomb and Lapeer counties; western
Cass, western Kent, central Barry and
eastern Ottawa all unite in the statement that the fruit will be imperfect,
scabby and badly injured by insects.
The crop of pears promises better
than apples, and unless some new difficulty arises there will be 75 per cent,
of a full yield. There is less blight
this season than for several years,
judging from.reports to date.
Peaches in unfavorable localities for
this fruit are a complete failure. Upon
high ground in the interior there will
be above half a crop, and upon the reliefs of "Washtenaw county even better
than this; while upon the lake shore to
the north there will be a light yield, of
say 40 per cent. In Allegan, Kent, Ottawa and M#k.egon there will be two-
thirds of a crop and the fruit very fine.
In Yan Buren and Kalamazoo about
half a crop.
The most prolific frrfit in Michigan
this year is the grape. There are promises of a very full yield if the season
is prolonged w the clusters will ripen.
Many of the first setting were killed by
frost. There is some mildew appearing in several localities, and the recent
of Danville, West Va., shot John E. Hatcher,'wet weather has developed some ten-
to a white man asB
a negro," who left for Cairo
oriN^bAsteamor Continental early in the moL*-
ing,Va the,murderers, and measures have help
taken to have them arrested at the first point
the steamer lands.
A EIGHT AND A MORTAL WOUND.
John H. Johnston, mayor of the city
late chief of police, inflicting what is believed
to be -a mortal wound. The parties, met
casually in the evening and Hatcher demanded an apology for a statement of Johnston that
Hatcher had not accounted for fines he had
collected. The apology was refused, a scuffle
ensued and Johnston shot Hatcher. Johnston
surrendered himself and was admitted to bail
for $5,000.
MAINE ELECTION BBTDBNS.
Unofficial returns from the Maine
election indicate that Robie'i plurality will be
8,7591 The Republican Congressmen aro all
four elected by nearly the same plurality, a
gain of two Congressmen, or a net gain of on#,
allowing for one lost by the new apportionment. The returns for the L«gislature show
a net Republican gain pf six Senators aud
fourteen Representatives, giving the Republicans niae majority on joint ballot.
Serious Collision.
higher figures. Ia many districts of the south I issue a counter proclamation against the sul-
the crop is reported the best in twenty years.
In the New Englandstates it is from 81 to 75
in* Maine, 95 to 62 iu New Hampshire, 87 to 60
in MassachusoHs, 93 to 70 in Rhode Island and
from 96 to 65 in Connecticut; a decline of 8
points in New York and New Jersey and 4 in
Pennsylvania ia indicated. In the corn-growing states of ths Ohio Valley the gineral average of condition is 83, the same 'as in August
last year. There was a dacliae from 77 in
August to 60 in September. In 1880 the September average was 91. If the early frosts do
notinjura the crop the product will be materially largerthan last year, but the heavy production of 1879 and 1880 cannot bs approached
under the most favorable circumstances. The
oats crop when harvested was iu an unusually
high condition, yielding' heavily iu threshing.
The general average is 100, very few states
falling below that figure, among them New
Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia.
Tho rye crop is also above the average in nearly all the states, and harvested in good condition.
THE STAB BOOTS TRIALS BNDED.
The last of the great frontier mail
route robbery trials has come. Brady, Dorsey,
Turner and Peck were acquitted, while Miner
and Kendell must go to jail. It is common
talk that almost every one of the jurors were
corruptly approached bv defendants, who to
break the force; of the charges, are making
similar ones against the government counsel.
Counsel for the convicted defendants gave no-
tico of a motion in arrest of judgment. It is
probable an appeal will bo taken to the court
en bwc.
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If the asparagus bed be examined it
vail be seen that only a part of the
plants bear berries. These plants bear
pistillate or female flowers. The berries
contain the seeds of the plant, and if
allowed % ripen and drop the seeds
grow the next season and produce new
plants among the old ones. This
causes the plants to become too thick
in the bed. It is best to cut out all the
plants that bear berries, before the fruit
ripens, to prevent this over-crowding off
the shoots
tan.  It is reported that Arabi has expelled all
Turks and Circassians from his camp;
-   BACK TO HIS THRONE.
Through the intervention of China,
the king of Corea has been reinstated to his
throne. The Chineso authorities seized the
king's relative, who was the originator of-the
iusurrociion and usuper of the throue, and took
him to the Flowery kingdom to ba dealt with
as his case may merit. It does not appear tha*
all the excitement has subsided in Corea, but
it is.probable no further outrages will occur,
since the leade^of the anti-foreign element has
been taken from the province.
A BONANZA FOB THE CANAL COMPANY.
One hundred English men-of-war
and transports were uBed in the Suez Canal
between August 20 and September 6. The
Canal Company realized froia tonnage and
passenger due3 £96,000.
WHAT EGTPX WILL LOSE.
A prominent financier estimates that
Egypt will lose nearly £70,000,000 by the war.
The cotton crop, which is entirely lost, would
have been worth nearly £10,000,000. There is
littlehope of saving any of the sugar crop. If
tha country is not in a settled condition witbia
two months it will be too late for sowing Hext
yeat's cereals. Several large failures aro anticipated shortly.
NEWS NOTES.
TEMPERANCE IN NEW YORK.
A convention has been called at Syracuse, New York, October 4th, to take steps to
secure the submission to a popular vote of a
prohibitory amendment to the constitution.
THE VERMONT ELECTION.
It is thought the Republican state
ticket has been elected by from fifteen to twenty
thousand majority. For the houss of representatives 166 towns give 185 Republicans, 31 Democrats and four no choice. This gives the
Democrats nearly double tho representatives
they bad in 1880, with more towns to hoar
from. For congress, Poland, (Rep.) in the
second district had a majority over all on the
7th of only 500, and gravo doubts of his elecr
tion were expressed by friends, who feared
Satji/t  Ste Matcte, Sept.   7.—The
most serious collision that the Sault
river has had for several years occurred
Thursday at 4 p. m.   The tug William
Goodnow,   bound down,  towing   the
schooners John O'Neil, George D. Russell   and   Kate   Winslow,   met   the
steamship Northerner of Ward's line,
bound up, a little below Little Lake
George, at Garden river, nearly abreast
of McClellan's saw mill, the tow and
steamer passing on their proper sides.
The steamer, through some unaccountable cause, sheered into the tow and
struck the George D. Rusfell, the middle vessel, in the bluff of her port bow
and entered her clear to her foremast.
The Russell sank in from two to three
minutes in not less than seven fathoms,
with but two spars above water.   The
sinking of the vessel was so sudden
that two and perhaps three lives were
lost, one of them being a woman. The
steamev^ortherner sustained comparatively little damage, her false stem being
carried away from above water to the
fore-foot, and her upper bulwarks carried away by the falling spar of the
Russell up to her pilot house.   The
George D. Russell was loaded with Republic ore from Marquette, and* had a
cargo-of 1,276 tons.; her government
tonnage 658, and port of hail Buffalo.
Capt. Shepard of the .Northerner was
very reticent about the collision, but
from what could be gleaned his steamer
sheered into the tow; he being^nthe
watch himself assisted the man at the
wheel to put the helm over to avoid a
collision.   The tow-line  between the
John O'Neil and the Russell was an unusually long one, and the Northerner
was close to the Canadian bank.   Capt.
Shepard states that his boat became unmanageable and sheered into the Russell as above stated.   The vessel lies
sunk in almost mid channel, being a
little closer to the American side, and
is a serious impediment to lake navigation as the channel is narrow and the
current extremely rapid.    The Kate
Winslow passed the wreck safely and
was picked up by the tug Goodnow and
proceeded down, the river.
deney to rot in places where this disease has appeared years before. •
The plum crop will be a good average where persistent efforts have been
made to fight the curculio.
The peach yellows are gradually
working northward. A few "sporadic
cases" have been announced as far
north as northern Ottawa and Kent;
but there is a united feelimg among
peach growers that every case must be
stamped out of sight.
There-are great many theories concerning the cause of failure in apples.
It is laid to east winds, frosts, moist
weather at time of "blossoming, etc.
The most common explanation seems
to be that the continuous frosts through
May weakened the vitality of the young
fruit so that it dropped through June.
The varieties of apples that' have as
yet hung on the trees best, are Baldwin and Golden Russet. Pall apples
seem to be almost a dead failure. The
Northern Spy, which is a great favorite in our state, will be represented "by
very small quantities in the fruit cellars next winter. Cider,• apple jelLand
evaporated apples will be reduced to a
minimum.
To the lovers of apple sauce I would
counsel the selection of the best substitute in the way of canned fruit that
is possible, and begin early.
American History on the Stage. ■.•• -A ?
In needs no special insight to- %ee •?
that the one subject which lies at the
heart of our history since the Revolu->"
tion is the one subject in which' dramatic incidents are imbedded. Slavery
and its extinction constitute the theme-
of our his'tory since the  Union' *was:> •
reached; and because the extinction of "'
slavery has made possible auation no"*
longer divided by irreconcilableldiffer-'^
ences, there is always in every diama -"■•
based on the slavery contest, hq^eyer «
tragic may be its incidents, the' possi-.-
bility of a triumphant' conclusion^ * ac-iir:
cordant with history, and the prophecy I*
of history.    The conflict for freedom"
is so large and so moving initsuatufe,',> '*
and has always been so dramatic in* ~
its incident; its roots lie so deep in
the moral nature, where only the great,.
drama thrives; and it is so involved?r
in national development, that all other v-
subjects in our history are weak: and".
insignificant before the possibilities5 W^'
this thenig.   We stand,  perhaps/ tooo
near the scenes of the late war*« and .-
are too much a part of the conflict,, tp.l."-
be able to bear the spectacle  of that"'
drama reenacted on the stage; but'-iii *"
due time the events not  so  much of'1'
the war as of the moral- and political
conflict will find adequate presenta--
tion, when the vast proportions of the"
theme will be reduced in epitome and'""
made vivid in action, which conceh-   -;
trates the thought of the • historic-,
movement into a few characters and
situations. *
-^«A, great drama is not to be had for '
the ordering, and more-than- a great
work: of art of any kind, but the chances for it are increased by the gradual
recovery of the. stage to  wider  relations.   The hope of good drama does '
not lie in the repetition of old plays; '
itis not a deadiiower; its life is in the.
present, and there can be no real vitality in the drama in any country  unless it takes root in the soul.  The dra-'
ma is still a foreign thing with us,~i-
foreign from our traditional tastes,and
foreign in its appointments.   To my:
thinking the chance for greater things
lies  through  historic  scenes   rather
than through social contrasts.    It  is
significant that Tennyson, an Englishman through and through, expressed >
his political feeling in Queen Mary. It,,
was not a success, because people are'5
hot yet accustomed to go to the theatre as they read the  newspaper, and -
Tennyson shares in the disadvantage
of taking up the drama as something
foreign from JEnglish literary culture'.
His assumption of archaic forms  of7
speech was an indieatio* of his effort^
to bring his play  into relation  with
the older English theatre; it suffered^
from its excess of antiquarianism. Butv
Tehnyson's failure points toward  a
change, and it is" not impossible  that
in America, where prejudice sits more
lightly on its throne, we may witness
an increased consciousness Of national
being through the presentation of history in dramatic  form,  as  well  as'
through other forms of  literary  artv
which have hitherto been more familiar to us.   There has been gathering
a delightful moss  of legend  and  romance to cover the stony facts of our
history.   It may well be that the reader of Hawthorne and Irving will yet
have the pleasure of seeing the historic life of America epitomized on the *
stage in dramatic action,—September
Atlantic. *
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Fooling a Quiet Man.
Apple Crop in Michigan  and Else-
*      where. *
Post and Tribune.
The yield of apples this season will
not be a, large one, and not what was
expected early in the season. It is generally admitted that New York and
Canada will have a light crop. Michigan will vary from a quarter to a half
crop, while Illinois and Missouri will
A day or two ago a man wearing a
look of doubt, and having the air of
one  carrying a great mental burden,
made up to a citizen who was seated
under one of the City Hall portieoes,
and softly began:   "I'm green.   I live
out here about ten miles, and I never
read nor hear anything until it's a year
old.   I want to  ask you a question."'
"All right, sir."   "What is the Oscar
Wilde style?"   "Well, there is a chap
named Oscar Wilde.   He's a cross between a fool and a lunatic. He "dresses
like a child, and sees more beauty in an
old brick-yard than the rest of us can
find in a botanical garden.   Anything
outrageous,  ridiculous   or  absurd is
called after him."   "Is that it?   Well,
that  settles  me!"   "What is  your
trouble?"   "Well, you see, 1 have a
wife  and two daughters.  "About six
months ago I caught one of the gals
a-kissing a carpenter;, and she said it
was the  Oscar Wilde style.   Then I
ran on to the other  with her head on
the hired man's shoulder, and she said
the  same thing.   I didn't .know, you
know, and I had to let it pass.   I didn't
want my gals to be behind the age, you
see, and  so I didn't kick.   Then I
eaughtthe old woman feeding caramjels
to a house-painter, and that was the
Oscar Wilde style once more.  It's been
going on all over my farm evef since
—moonlight walks, kissing, under the
apple trees, hugging  on the veranda,
and calling each other darling all over
the dooryard.   And how it wasn't the
Oscar Wilde style "after all?''   "Hardly."   "That settles me some more! Pm
going home! I'm going at the rate of
six miles an hour! I'm going to bounce
in on  'em in the midst of  their hilarity, and if I don't mangle and pulverize the whole  caboodle I'll come
back to  the kicked!   Oscar Wilde!
Why, I'll slam 'em and bang'em and
mop  'em to flinders! . Oscar Wilde!
Why, I'll -!"   And "his went away
on a trot with a glare in his eyes and
his fists doubled up.
This church orlginateaJ in Germany in-
the year 1708, and to escape persecution
emigrated to the United States some years
after its commencement. With this church
territory is divided into districts. Each
district is entitled to'several representatives. Should a matter of church disci- ~
pline arise in any district during the year*
that the resident minister can not settle,
the matter is dressed in the form of a query and presented to the annual "meeting
for advice. Here it is brought before the
representatives from all parts of- the nation and discussed by them. Th# body is
then required to vote on the several ways
of deciding the question, and the result of
the vote is made a standing rule of chuxcl
discipline. For years past there has beer
two methods of performing the foot-washing in the church; and -the difference oh
this point has caused many churches to be
expelled. One brother pours water into a
basin and washes a brother's feet, and another brother follows after, girded with a
towel and wipes the feet that have been
washed. This is known as the -double
method of foot-washing. In the single
mode the brother who washes the feet is
girded with a towel and wipes them. The
double mode is the recognized xule of performing this ordinance, and there area
numer of leaders who want to malse it the
only rule in the church. The opposition
to this is strong and determined, claiming
to have the example of Christ and. themost
ancient practice of the church; and if the
double mode leaders attempt to force their
rule a general division in the body will
take place. The sisters in this society are
not allowed to wear hats, and in time of
service each one is expected to have her
head covered withaneafc white cap. As
x rule the men wear broad brimmedhats
and a coat that has a low stand-up collar
There are a multitude of peculiar rules in
the minutes of the annual meeting, hut
the many communicants do not obey them.
•Usually at this meeting the Lord's supper:
is observed. They believe that it requireo
a full evening meal to make a Lords's supf-
per, and accordingly they have a genuine
repast, composed of boiled beef, and soup
made "of broth andbread; and. in connection with this the salutation or *ass is
made a distinct feature of the exercises.
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Over 11,000 men have been out of
employment on acgount of the strikes
in the rolling mills, and nail works in
the Pittsburg district, and about $1',-
700,000 have been lost iu wages.
The members of tbe United States
expedition to observe the approaching
transit of Venus are off for New^ Zealand. .
"I can marry any girl I please,"-he
said. '-Can you giye me the fname of
any girl that you please?" she icily.in-
quired.   A great gulf separates them
now. ...    ■    *
If we were all permitted to put our
own valuation on ourselves there would
not bea low-priced man in the world.
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