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JOB PMNTINO of all dsKrlptton. furnished nd umrM" to proy. satisfactory I CURRENT TOPICS. 1 has had four President! aince January 1. Thb people of British Columbia declare that the Chinese must go.

Mrs. Palmelka, of Chatsfield, baa reached the age of 105 years. Ih the United States last year there were manufactured 738,137,000 pounds of nails. Deck km kiss is greatly on the increase In Mexico, according to a statement in the Two ifepuWfc of that city. A novelty in Long Island farming the present year will be the extensive cultivation of peanuts as an experiment.

It said to hare been a rule with Ninon de 1'EncIoa, whose akin was the admiration of beholder, to use rain-water exclusively. Rscbktaiiy ExmcoTT has issued an order that ail clerks in the War Department must pay their just debts or be subject to dia-. charge. The British Columbia militia are drilling twice a week in anticipation that their services may be required by the mother country. '-Eugene Bchuyleb baa given Cornell University 500 volumes, mainly the authorities which he used in writing his "Peter the Great." Vaccination with the microbe of leprosy Is about to be undertaken in Honolulu, where the disease is spreading to an alarming extent.

Thb wheat piospects. in Kansas this year is reported to be very poor, and many fanners are already ploughing op their wheat crops. The largest prune orchard in the world is situated one mile from Saratoga, and contains 16,000 trees. It was recently sold for $72,000. El MAkxj, a rival of the False Prophet in the Soudan, is now said to be Larry Mackey, who used to keep a shoe store in Donegal, Ireland.

One of the diplomatic ladies in attend-' ance at Queen Victoria's last "drawing-room" was Mrs. Co was ue Tehanjue Ready Money, wife of an Indian embassador. Joaquin Hillib has bought a building site at Lake deFuniak, the Florida Chautauqua, where, be will duplicate his log-cabin home, now so famous at Washington City. Tub Montpelier Medical thinks that whether or not smoking is an exciting canse of cancer, the use of tobacco often preserves people from contagious disorders. Duke Al.KiiB, who visited America some years ago, is ruler of the Czar's "navee," and under his supervision the Russian naval establishment has been immensely improved There is a salt lake in Hidalgo County, Texas, which is one mile in length, five miles in circumference, and from three to four feet deep.

Its bed consists of crystals of pure salt. Titk opinion of the homeopathic physicians is that camphor is a good remedy for cholera, and acts also as a preventive when worn about the person. This is worth remembering. I In giving his daughter $750,000, the Dnke of Bedford gives her about half a year's income. His rural property yields that urn, and he owns an immense district in London as well.

Jobephinb County, Oregon, possesses a-natural curiosity in the shape of a subterranean cavern. It is situated in the moun- tains south of Grant's Pass, and has never been thoroughly explored. There are twenty persons whose gifts to colleges in this country- aggregate over $23,000,000. Three of. these rich men Stephen Girard, John Hopkins and Asa Packer gave over $14,000,000.

be Quartrkkfaoks' stated recently at a-meeting of the" Academic des Sciences that in Benegambia the inoculation of cattle against pleuro-pneutnonia and smallpox bad been practiced for centuries. A statistical paragraph, which is fgo-- ing the rounds, says that of thirty-seven prominent Journalists who died in this country last year, twenty-six "were over the age of fifty, sixteen over seventy, and five over eighty. Thb Midland Railway, of England, has adopted the American system of checking baggage, and the St. Stephen's Review congratulates travelers, and especially commercial men, ladies and nervous old gentlemen on the change. It was Napoleon Bonaparte who said when the conquest of the Chinese waa proposed to him: "No; there are too many of them.

teach them the art of modern warfare, and they will overrun Europe and crush out our civilization." The new "sun heater," for houses, is of course only auxiliary to a more reliable method of heating, being, in fact, the application of the principle of the greenhouse, but it is said to effect a considerable saving in coal when rightly applied. The cultivation of eucalyptus trees for fuel has been begun at Los Angelos, Cal. It is said that an acre of them, after a lapse of four or five years, will yield as much income as an acre of grapes. Thb physicians who made an autopsy of the body of Miss Kate Smulsey, found that she came to her death from consumption. They found no evidence of starvation, which is that the nine months fast was wholly of the imagination.

Onb of the greatest libraries in this country is that of Adolph Sutro, the borer of the famous Sutro tunnel. Mr. Sutro has scoured Europe in search of rarities, and has now stored in San Francisco enough books to bring the titles alone up to Mrs. Robert G. Ingersoli, and her daughter are described as old-fashioned folks in their style.

They are said to dress plainly and comb their hair naturally. The three of them look for all the world as if they were portraits cut from some old book of beauty. Among William H. Vanderbilt's grandsons are two boys of fourteen and eleven years of age, each of whom has a fancy for mechanics. Printing is now their favorite pursuit.

The Vanderbilt Brothers write their own editorials, set up the type and do the printing on a "small press bought in England. Luminous trees are reported to be growing in a valley near Tnscarora, Nevada. At certain seasons the foliage gives out sufficient light to enable any one near at hand to read small print, while the luminous general effect may be perceived some miles distant. The, phenomenon is attributed to parasites. No English peer or peeress can be arrested for debt, need serve on juries or be called out in the militia, and they do not swear on oath, but on honor, except when witnesses in any court.

They can ait in any court in England with their hats on, can wear a sort of uniform as peers, can carry arms, but not in their pockets, and. If they commit treason or felony, they must be tried by their peers. As Air innovation a Brooklyn lady It training er pet pug dog to skate on rollers. General Wolsklit has but one eye, snd be keeps that, when it is not on hit tjamtl, on the newspaper oorraspomatsita. Hi L.

G. GOULD, Publisher. VOL. XY III NO. Devoted 23.

to the Interests of the Democratic Party EATON. OHIO, THURSDAY. APRIL 23, 1885. an the Collection of Local and General Hews. TBM8, Per Annum, in Advance.

II 1 1 1 1 IJ 111 isl'llk. i7JUJ. A SURRENDER. It is Thought That Afghanistan is Lost to England. Afghan Chiefs Send a Deputation to the Russian General Announcing Their Submission.

Vienna, April 17. A telegram received here states that the Afghan chiefs have sent a deputation to General Komaroff, to announce their submission. It also says that a proclamation, signed by the Governor, has been issued at Herat ordering that nobody be allowed to enter the citadel the city gate to be closed from 7 p. m. to 6 a.

m. that no flour, cereal nor olive oil be exported; that caravans be permitted to enter the city only on special license; that all Russians be directed to present themselves to the Governor; and that every household have in readiness for service two well trained men. The Tagblatt thinks that Afghanistan is lost to England. London, April 17. Earl Dufferin Viceroy of India, in a dispatch to the home Government, regarding the Russo-Af-ghan boundary question, said that in his opinion Panjdeh was not worth fighting for as the Ameer has had for a long time very little control over the tribes in its vicinity; that they were in a continual state of revolt, and a source of much uneasiness to the Ameer.

The latter, he believed, would willingly concede Panjdeh to Russia, in the interest of peace, as it would also likely prevent cattle-rading on the border. It is now announced that the Cabinet, after discussing Earl Dufferin's message, adopted the same viewf. the matter. The Gibbet. LaCOKIA, N.

April 17. Thomas Sa-mon was hung at 11 :30 to-day. Samon was the perpetrator of one of the most fiendish crimes ever committed in New Hampshire, his victims being Mrs. Jane Ford, aged about sixty years; John Ruddy, aged forty-five, and his little boy Frank, thirteen months, who lost their lives November 24 and 25, 1883. Louisville, April 17.

Gus Finley was hanged this afternoon at Prestonbnrg, Ky. Finley was convicted of the murder of Jas. Hunt, in August, 1883. Finley claimed that the killing of Hunt was accidental, his intention being to shoot a man named Dagly, with whom he had a drunken quarrel. Fort Smith, April 17.

William Phillips was hanged in the United States Jail yard here to-day, for the murder of William HilL The execution was private. Phillips denied his guilt, and expected a pardon at the last moment. Thovaston, April 17. Two Italians, named Capone and Santore, were hanged here, to-day, for the murder and robbery of a fellow-workman on a railroad, about eighteen months ago. Drowned Like Kittens.

Chicago, April 17. A special to the Times from the City of Mexico says: "When the troops of the Colombian Government finally entered Colon, after it had been burned by the rebels under the leadership of Preston, they captured several armada of rebels. Durine the cast ten days the number of these prisoners has Deen consiaeraDiy augmented oy toe receipt of straggling rebels captured in surrounding districts. It is not known now just how many rebels were thus held prisoners at Colon, but good authorities place the number at about 400. Authentic information reached this city last night (Wednesday) that the officers of the Colombian Government selected 100 of the worst rebels imprisoned at Colon, and, placing them on board a steamer, carried them out into the bay, where the entire 100 were thrown overboard and drowned." Wants Them Retained.

Lexington, April 17. The following has been sent to President Cleveland: "LEXINGTON, March 20, 1885. "To the President: There are four Federal otnce-holders, all Republicans in politics, residing in the town of Lexington two Postmasters and two gentlemen employed in the Boston Customhouse. It is the belief of their neighbors that they all perform their duties in a proper manner, and it is the wish of the Democrats in the town that they be retained in their respective positions, unless some cause such as is not known to us at present be assigned for their removal. Wi.

Plcmer, J. Adair, "George L. Pierce, "Democratic Town Committee of Lexington." New Appointments. Washington, April 17. The President made the following appointments to-day: To be Consuls General of the United States, James M.

Morgan, of South Carolina, for the British Colonies in Australia, at Melbourne; Jacob Mueller, of Ohio, at Frankfort on the Main, Germany. To be Consul of the United States Chas. A. Wagner, of Missouri, at Toronto; Thos. R.

Welch, of Arkansas, at Hamilton, Canada; Francis H. Wigfall, of Maryland, at Leeds, England; Charles Jonas, of Wisconsin, at Prague, Austro-Hungary Richard Stockton, of New Jersey, at Rotterdam Wm. Slade, of Ohio, at Brussels, Belgium; J. Harvey Graham, of Louisiana, at Paso del Norte, Mexico; Wm. J.

Black, of Delaware, at Kremburg, Germany; Francis Wharton, of Pennsylvania, Examiner of Claims in the Department of State. Slight Increase in Failures. New York, April 17. The business failures occurring during the last seven days throughout the country, as reported to R. G.

Dun So to-day, number for the United States two hundred and four, and for Canada eighteen, or a total of two hundred and twenty-two, as against two hundred and twelve last week, and two hundred and thirty-one the week previous. The distribution of the failures is about the same as in recent weeks, and there is nothing important to note in regard to them. Assignments in New York City are few and light. Newspaper Office Burned. N.

April 16. A fire, which originated in the Buffalo Morning Express building resulted in its entire destruction. Loss, insurance, $190,000. Accidents Furnished Him a Living. Pittsburgh, April 17.

Detective Reeves, of Cleveland, leaves for home tonight, having in charge the noted accident insurance swindler, John Fisher, alias SDencer, whom he arrested at Wil- liamsport, yesterday. Fisher's plan was to take out three policies on the Accident Insurance Company of New York for himself and two friends, and then contrive to get slightly injured while leaving the train. Aiier procuring i-rniicnLc- ui m-iurv from three vhvsicians, under the dif ferent names, he would claim per week on each policy, and live in sumptuous style until his recovery, wnen ine swindle would be repeatea. Barrios' Death. New York, April 17.

Information reaches here by way of Galveston and New Orleans, in private dispatches from Guatemala, that the death of General Barrios, the late President of that Republic, was brought about by the intrigues of Dr. Zaldivar, President of San Salvador, and that Barrios was killed by one of his own soldiers, who was in the conspiracy to overthrow Barrios at home. It is said that Zaldivar has been for some time furnishing the funds to promote a revolution against Barrios in Guatemala, and that a reward was secretly set on Barrios' head as soon aa war was declared. The proofs of this conspiracy are said to be overwhelming and to be forthcoming for publication at an early nay. FOREIGN NEWS.

No Report from General Lumsden With Regard to the Pandjeh Items of Interest. London, April 16. Government has received no report" from General Lumsden with regard to the Pandjeh affair, and does not believe that Russia has received further explanation from General Komaroff. A report that the Czar had officially forwarded a message of peace is denied by Gladstone. The Afghans are reported to have fled to Herat after the late battle.

It is also reported that a revolt has broken out there against the Ameer, the Afghans not liking the idea of British occupation of their country. Lessar, Russian agent in London, is said to have stated that negotiations for the cession of Pandjeh to Russia were progressing favorably. Gladstone disclaims any knowledge of the matter, and Granville also denies it. Russia is reported to have notified Turkey that neutrality on her part will be considered as practical hostility. An Italian "official organ states that Italy will do what she can to prevent war, but if it comes, will consult her own interests, which means that she will occupy Egypt and Tripoli.

uiamarcK will endow scnoiarsmpa to we universites, with the interest received from his birthday gift, $12,000 per annum. Edward Pierrepont, Secretary of the American Legation to Italv. is dead. The Cork riot is said to have been exaggerated. An other oi ueneral Gordon's letters is puD-lished, in which he states that he had re signed from the British army, having been appointed Governor of the Soudan by the Khedive.

Osman Digna is reported divested of his followers by desertion. Previous to the agreement between France and China becoming known, Admiral Courbet had captured a Chinese vessel, with some eight hundred men, and General DeLisle had had a battle with the Chinese, in which the latter were the aggressor and were re- puisea. mere were lew casualties, rar-nell, demanding an inquiry into the Mallow collision, was informed that the Government approved the action of the police, and the inquiry was refused. Clamagerean, the new French Minister of Finance, has resigned. in consequence of disagreements about the nnanciai policy to De loiiowee.

it is announced that France will take energetic measures to secure reparation from the EgVDtian Government for seizure of the Bosphore Egyptien, newspaper. The rTince or wales was warmly greeted at Killarney. There was some little hissing. In the Event of War. Washington, April 16.

State Depart ment officials have recently inquired care fully into the responsibilities and.obuga- tions of this Government under the neutral ity law and under treaty requirements in the event of war between England and Russia. The Department would not interfere at present with any purchase in this country of army explosives or ships for either country, or with the fit ting out of war vessels for either at American ports, it is extremely doubtful, however, whether either England or Russia could purchase or fit out a war vessel at any ship-yard in the United States and succeed in clearing for foreign waters. Under the neutrality law this Government is required to prevent the departure from an American port of a vessel unfriendly to a nation with which the United States is at peace, after an actual outbreak of hostilities. It is also responsible for the departure of such a vessel oendin? anv effort in time of peace or war to detain her by legal process under tne neutrality law. under this construction of the law it is stated in official circles that if either England or ruissia now purcne'ea a war vessel at an American nort a reDresentative of the on- posing country could appeal to the courts to prevent her departure.

The United States would then be responsible for her detention pending a decision. A delay of several weeks would result. The prospect of such a delay at a critical time necessarily forms a strong argument against the purchase of American ships. If a declaration of war were made before the case was decided in the Courts it would then be out of the question to permit the departure of the vessel, no matter what the decision might be. The Prohibitionists' Plans.

Pittsburgh, April 16. The Prohi bitionists are already outlining their cam paign for the next Presidential election Secretary Swoger, of this city, in an interview to-day, said: "The candidates will from the strongest Northern State, the other from the strongest Southern State. Judge Hopkins, of New York, will almost certainly head the ticket, and Senator Colquitt, of Georgia, will likely to be the candidate for the second place on the ticket. Judge Hopkins, in 1882, polled 28,000 votes in the Gubernatorial election, and Senator Col-quit is one of the most popular men of the south. Althouirn still a member of the Democratic Darcv.

we have had assurances that in the next Presidential election he would sever his allegiance from the old party and join with the Prohibition party. The two men I have named will in all probability be our ticket three years hence." Silk Culture Association. Philadelphia, April 16. The fifth annual meeting of the Women's Silk Culture Association of the United States was held here to-day. The annual report contained some interesting information.

As Congress has appropriated $15,000 for silk culture in the United States, $3,700 of which will be'devoted to this association, it has received a fresh start. Last year 1,130 pounds of cocoons, for which $983 was paid, were received. Dress material, brocades, grosgrains, ribbons, kerchief, knitting silk and flag silk were made for the association. The association has heretofore had one reel, but it now aims to encourage agriculturists in the growing of silk to establish a filiature, or reeling department, to open a school for silk culture in Fairmount Park, and to circulate information concerning the industry. Presidential Proclamation.

Washington, April 17. President Cleve land issued a proclamation- annulling the Executive order of February 27, 1885, opening the Winnebago Reservation to settlers. He holds that the order was in contravention of treaty obligations with the Indians. $25,000 for the Bartholdi Statue. New 17.

Hon. Joseph E.Pul- itzer, editor of the World, haa transmitted to Hon.Wm.M.Evarts,Chairman of theBar tholdi Statue Pedestal Committee, $25,000 received Dy tne vroria irom people .1 i i xi i iui tusb mini wuuiu but) monijn. Meteorological Balloon Experiments. Philadelphia, April 16. Prof.

Wise, the aeronaut, accompanied bv sev eral members of the Signal Service Corps stationed in this city, made another balloon ascension to-day from the Girard Col lege grounds for tne purpose of takincr ob serrations of the wind currents and other meteorological subjects. The air-ship rose aoout noon, ana catcmng a nortnwest cur' rent sailed off towards Southern New Jer Rev. A disnatch received at Sio-nnl ofiice here this evening says the balloon landed at Williamstown, Gloucester County, N. at 2:30 p. with a thump, preaaing several oi tne meteorological instruments.

Killed His Son with Whisky. Blairsville, April 16. Edward Smith has been indicted by the grand jury of Union County for murder. Several weeks ago he brought home a jugful of whisky, and invited his eight-year-old son to share it with him. The little boy drank over half a gallon of whisky, from which he died in horrible agony before daylight.

For this crime the people propose to punisn vie latner as a murderer. An Aged Murderer. Newe-urg, N. April 16. Hugh Mo Canu, aged eighty years, who murdered hiawife, aged seventy -three, waa to-day inaiowu wis vruutn RIOTING IN CORK.

Desperate Fight Between Nationalists and Police, Who Use Revolvers and Bayonets. London, April 15. After their mass- meeting in Cork, the Nationalists scattered throughout the city in parties numbering from fifty to five hundred men. Doors and windows were smashed, flags and decora tions were torn down and heaped upon blazing bonfires, and many gun stores were broken into for the purpose of arming thi mob. Policemen, when encountered singly or in small attacked and beaten umnercuuiiy wren tneir own u-encueous.

In man cases the police rallied and charged desperately upon the mob, but they were immediately surrounded and repulsed. The police then resorted to the free use of their revolvers and bayonets. It was hand-to-hand fighting of the most desperate sort, the police standing back to back, and receiving and inflicting terrible injuries. At midnight the streets were practically in possession of the mob. The policemen who remained uninjured could not attempt to do more than remain in their positions and fight in the defensive.

In addition to attacks from the crowds in the streets, the police were exposed to murderous volleys of atones from windows of houses and other points of vantage. The belief at midnight was that the streets could not be cleared without the use of artillery. 4 A. u. The rioting at Cork has been suppressed, many arrests were made, and the hospitals are full of wounded police and rioters.

The Mayor of Cork took no official part in welcoming the Prince and Princesss of Wales yesterday, but he highly commended the efforts to preserve the royal visitors from hostile demonstration. The town of Killarney is rapidly filling with visitors, and is being handsomely decorated in honor of the coming visit of the royal party. THE CHOLERA. The Authorities Taking Every Precaution to Guard Against the Dread Disease. Washington, April 15.

The govern ment authorities here are watching the progress of the cholera outbreak in Europe with a good deal of interest. They have been quietly studying the matter for nearly a year past, and have everything well in hand to fight it if it gets within fighting distance, and it is pretty sure to do that. It is pretty evident that there will be ample opportunity for the exercise of all the skill the country affords in regard to this dread scourge before the season is past. Beginning so very early as it is, it will be a subject of great surprise if it does not, in some way, find an entrance to this country. All precautions that can be taken to prevent its being brought into the country will of course be taken, but the chances are that it will slip past the vigilant officers that are to be put on guard at every doorway.

Surgeon General Hamilton, of the Marine Hospital service, will doubtless be put in charge of the work again, his record in preventing the entrance of infectious diseases in former years having been very satisiactory. in case tnis is none, nis policy will doubtless be not only to quar antine every port thoroughly, but at thr same time appoint inspectors abroad tr keep close watch on everv departing ves sel bound for the United States, to see if there is on board anything that seems possibly able to develop into a case of cholera or cholera germ, and if so, to notify the aubuuiibitRt nti LuHb ils muuuig way ut prevented. It is safe to say that all possible precautions will be taken to prevent i arrival in this country, or its spread aft? arriving: but it is Quite safe to say that 1 spite of all this, the chances are in favor its gaining an entrance and foothold ip this country before the season is past. Statement as to Cholera in Europe. Chicago, April 16.

At the quarter meeting of the Illinois State Board Health held here to-day, Dr. Ranch, in hi report, spoke of information having beer received from private sources, that Asiatic cholera existed in Fans up to Jan. 16; that it had since broken out in Southern Russia: that it had appeared in Valencia, Spain, in March, and that there was danger of iti into the Mediterranean by snip irom Bomnay. in view oi tnese re-reports, the Board considered the question of maritime quarantine of great importance. ROMANCE, INSANITY, MURDER Made Insane by Jeers, a Man Kills His Wife, Babe and Himself.

Utica, N. April 15. George. H. Humpf, a section-hand on the New York Central Road, killed his wife and four-days-old child, near Indian Castle Church, Herkimer County, On Monday, and then committed suicide.

He had been insane for several weeks, and a watch had been placed over his actions. While in Germany he was betrothed to a widow with one child, and after coming here sent for them. On the arrival of his affianced he discovered that she had in the meantime had small-pox and was badly pitted. This fact overcame his affection, and he refused to marry her, but endeavored to compromise by wedding the daughter instead, which proposition the latter rejected. Subsequently Humpf went to Germany he married his late wife.

His former love and her daughter still live in that vicinity, and on Humpf return with his bride his fellow-workmen began to harass him with allusions to the widow. This was continued, and so preyed upon his mind as to induce insanity. He grew worse after the birth of his child, and he was to have been removed to an insane asylum yesterday. The Hotel Murder. St.

Louis, April 15. Maxwell, the St- Louis murderer, has been traced to San Francisco and on board a steamer for New Zealand. He will be arrested if he does not land at Honolulu. The police are now convinced that the case is one of murder for robbery: that Maxwell is the mur derer and the dead man Preller. Maxwell has been fully identified by several merchants.

He called at a pawn-shop on the 4th inst. on Fourth street and pawned his watch, but redeemed it again on the (ith. This shows that he was hard up on the dav before the murder was committed, and he naa money tne aay alter, nen he redeemed his watch and chain he purchased a small diamond ring for $25 and a flute for $8. At the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad office he purchased a first-class ticket for ban Irancisco for 116.

He was seen and recocmized on the 'Frisco train on the 7th by several parties. The inquest will probably be held to-morrow. No arrangements have yet been made for the iuneral. Iowa Liquor Question. Dubuqe, April 16.

On petition 9f the Citizens' Prohibition League, notices were served by the Sheriff to-day on nine saloon-keepers to have them appear in the Circuit Court to show cause why injunc tions should not be issued against them for selling liquor contrary to the prohibitory law. These are in addition to the twenty-five cases tried last fall bv the Circuit Court. Judge ITtt then ruled tin- injunction clause as unconstitutional. The Supreme Court naving revised nis decision, tnese and additional cases come up again. There is no excitement, and the saloons are still open Planning a Destructive Vessel.

London, April 16. Plans are being pre pared at Portsmouth for a new type of man-of-war, with one turret, carrying a one-hundred-and-twenty-ton gun, also six breech and six machine guns, and also six apertures for torpedoes. If the plans ars approved tne government will invite tend ers directly. Fire in a Mine. Lincoln, April 16.

Fire broke out in the shaft of the Lincoln Coal Company's mine, ana caused a loss of $100,000. Six miners were in the mine at the time, but it is tnought tuey will succeed in escaping by uuuiuei suam, uiree-iourtus oi a mil' away. AN IMBECILE'S WORK. A Horrible Accident Arouses a Pennsylvania Community. One Life Sacrificed in the Attempt to Save Persons Burned to Death.

Reading, April 19. One of the most horrible catastrophes that ever befel ihis community took place on the Alsace track farm of Augustus L. Wentzel, sev eral miles from this city early this morn- ng. It in the awful death of four persons through the neglect and carelessness, and many persons believe, the direct sulpability of a half-witted vagabond, the abject of Mr. Wentzel's charity.

The lat-ter's farm contains fifty acres of the most highly cultivated land, and he makes a specialty oi raising ail Kinds oi trucx toe the city markets. He and his family reside in a large 'two-story mansion, and near by there was a two-story frame building, the second floor of which was used as the sleeping quarters for his male hired help. It was heated by means of a stove on the first floor. For the past several nights uoo wou vwu uuuuprau vy Ui 111 1 Wentzel's sons. Last night, therefore, four persons retired to sleep in this building Harry Wentzel, aged eleven; Charles Wentzel: aged thirteen: Charles Hettinger.

aged sixteen; Fred Hettinger, aged twenty-six; the latter two brothers and farm laborers. At four o'clock this morning Mr. Wentzel and family were aroused from their slumbers by the cries of Fred Hettinger in his night out, they saw the frame building on fire. Mr. Wentzel quickly went down stairs, hia first thought being for the safely of hia ions.

The smoke was bursting in heavy vol umes through the windows and the fire was gaining rapid headway. Hastily procuring a ladder, he reached the second-story window, but was unable to get inside, owing; to the smoke and fire, which burned his hands and face and singed his hair. In one mean time iiettinger endeavored to rescue some of the sleepers by way of the stairway, and just as he reached the room the entire building fell in. burying him in the debris, and, with the others, slowly roasting him to death, Mr. Wentzel making a narrow escape.

The four bodies were afterward taken from the ruins, charred and unrecognizable. Bells were rung and the entire neighborhood aroused when the fire was discovered, but the people could do nothing. The fire was looked upon as a very mysterious one until over an hour afterward, when a weak-minded fellow known in the neighbor- nooa as nanny rnon, aged aoout torty, who has often slept in Mr. Wentzel's barn, put in an appearance, and in an innocent manner related the following story: He came to Mr. Wentzel's at 11 o'clock last night, after all had retired.

He entered the building, where the four were sleeping, and found comfortable fire in the stove. He fixed for himself a bed on a bench near by and fell asleep. About three o'clock he awoke and found the fire nearly out. He put on some coal, and then concluded to walk to Martin Werner's, a neighbor, one and a nait miles away, nen be got there he saw the tire at entzers. A Ghastly Pickle.

Decatub, H.L., April 19. On Friday night the skeleton of an infant packed in salt was found in a box in Mrs. Kate Duf fy's room. It had been secreted there over a year. A dog smelling it, knocked down the box, and a Mrs.

Ed. Blair made the ghastly discovery. Mrs. Duffy has been a widow ten years, and says the box was left with her over a year ago by a strange lady. Eight months since Mrs.

Duffy says she opened the box and noted the contents, but failed to inform the officers, and just put it back in a corner. The theory of the police is that a woman, with the intention of destroying the evidence of shame, packed her infant's body in salt. Pleuro-Pneumonia in Missouri. St. Louis, April 19.

Dispatches from Fulton, state the people of Calloway are becoming greatly discouraged at the failure, so far, to stamp out pleuro-pneu monia among the cattle in that county. They feel that the disease is constantly spreading, not only in uoiioway uounty, but in adjoining counties, and tnat no aae quate measures are being taken to prevent it, much less eradicate it. It is said that over one thousand cattle have either become diseased or have been exposed to the plague, and that it will not be long oexore iuib numuer win ue uuuuieu. Water-Spout in Texas. Laredo, April 19.

A wave eight feet high came rushing down the Rio Grande this morning with terrific force, and carried away a Mexican National Railroad bridge. In a few hours the river rose twelve feet, and then rapidly ran down. The rise resulted from a great water-spout which fell some miles above the city. The large quantity of drift indicates great destruction to rancn prop erty aoove. Two Vessel Crews Eaten.

Berlin, April 19. It is reported that natives of the Hermit Islands, in the Pact fic Ocean, have eatea the crews of two German merchant The gunboat Hyena has been sent to punisn the cani-bals. Eighty to Sixteen. Sandersville, 19. A remarkable wedding, in which Judge Green Bran-thy took to wife Miss Bessie King, has been celebrated here.

The Judge was eighty last birthday, and the bride will soon be sixteen. Railway Bridge Burned. Concordia, April 19. The Burlington and Missouri Railway bridge across the Republican River, near this point, was burned last night. It will be repaired and trains crossing within forty -eight hours.

Supposed to be the work of incendiaries. Horse Thief Shot by Sheriff. Ellsworth, April 19. Mike Young, a noted horse thief, was shot dead near Brookville, this county, yesterday, by the Sheriff of Saline County, while resisting arrest. The Product of Gold and Silver.

Washington, April 19. The product of goid and silver forthe year was respectively $30,800,000 and $38,800,000. Osman Digna Reported Killed. Suakim, April 19. A bazaar rumor is current here to the effect that Osman Digna has been killed by his own followers.

A man in Eastern Arkansas was arrested on a charge of marrying a girl who was engaged to some one else. "Your honor," said a lawyer, when the bridegroom had been arraigned, "this man has not violated the law, and I demand his release." "Wasn't the gal engaged to John Jackson?" "Yes, sir." "Then Bill Simons must be held." "Under what law your liou-or?" "Under the law of removing mortgaged property. Take him to jail, Mr. Constable." Arkansaw Traveler. On the the beach at Seaside l'ark a peculiar oyster shell was picked up the other day.

A portion of the outside of the shell is polished, and smooth as a piece of marble, and that polished part contains two capital Ls in reverse order. These letters are deeply and smoothly engraved into the shell. Beneath them are two initial letters of Uncle Sam's name, also in inverted order. It is believed that the oyster, when young, lay upon a metal plale in the water having raised letters. N.

Y. Tribune. In fifteen years Texas expects to bave more Congressmen than any ether State in ths Union. STATE NEWS ITEMS. Legislative Proceedings.

Ooiocbus, April 14. The House defeated the bill to prohibit the sale of criminal liter ature. The bill to restrict the power of courts In trrantlna divorces was also defeated, as was the "eiirht-bour bill." The 8enate passed a bill providing that the County Solicitor and his assistant in Hamilton County shall be the legal advisers of all county officials where publio interests are concerned. COLUlfBUS. Anril IK.

Besiarnatlon of Wm. Caldwell, incoming Surveyor of Customs at Cincinnati, accepted. Tbe $2,000,000 granite bill for Cincinnati passed. The bill to close saloons between 12 midnight and 8 a. waa renortsd favorably from the com mittee.

HOFR1. ThA immiilAil Sflhnnl tAYt-ronft- bill passed. The bill to suppress the publication of immoral literature was passed also. a Dill to prevent fraud in canned fruit, vege tables and maple syrup. COLTTMBUB.

Anril IS. The hill to increaan the term of the Police Judge of Cincn-natl from two to five veara and the salarv from four thousand dollars to five thousand dollars was defeated in tbe House. The Sen ate rejected the appointment of Rev. James Poindexter as Trustee of Ohio University at Athens. A bill to authorize Cincinnati to borrow $167,000 to pay back Scott law taxes was passed.

Columbus, April 17. There was not a quorum present in either branch of the Legislature this morning, the members having gone home on night trains or those which departed early in the morning. Some routine business was disposed of whion did not require a quorum voting, such as the indefinite postponement of a number of measures on which action was recommended by com mittees last nignt. Miscellaneous Items. Carrie E.

Enslin was drowned in a cistern in Dayton. John H. Walker, a Cincinnati molder, dropped dead in a bar-room. Charles Bieleb, a lunatic confined in the jail at Dayton, committed suicide by hanging himself in his cell. Benjamin M.

Piatt, a Cincinnati attorney, aged fifty, committed suicide by shooting himself in the head. Financial troubles the cause. Charles Scheintz, a notorious tramp and horse-thief, was sent to jail at Zanes-ville a few days ago, after a preliminary trial, charged with stealing a horse and buggv from David Ehrman, of Mount Sterling. The property stolen was found in the possession of Scheintz when arrested. He claims Pittsburgh as his home.

I Slara Davis, aged about five years. whose parents reside at Irishtown, a ham let adjoining Alliance, while playing on the railroad the other day, was run over by a passing tram and instantly killed. "When discovered the remains present ed a ghastly spectacle, the bead and one arm being completely severed from the body. Mas. Isaac McMillan, a young married woman of Zanesville, visited friends in Licking Township, a few days ago.

She took her babe, four months old, with her, and stayed all night at the house of Jas Wilson. When she awoke next morning she found the child dead at her side, it having presumably been smothered in bed. Hon. Charles Boesel died at New Bremen, the other evening, after a protracted illness of three months, aged seventy-one years. Deceased was one of the most prominent citizens of Northwestern Ohio, and known in political circles as a staunch and unflinching Democrat.

He held many high offices of trust and honor, and was, at the time of his death, a member of the State Board of Charities. The stone aqueduct of the Miami Canal over Holes Creek, several miles below Day ton, broke the other night, causing considerable damage to the canal and some damage to property. All mills on that level of three miles were compelled to stop. The aqueduct across Mad River, north of Day ton, is weakening, and expected to break at any moment. Sanitary matters are receiving attention at Columbus.

The Board of Trade is mov ing in the matter, and the prospects are that before the heated term is upon shall have a city in pretty good sanitary condition. There have been a number of large trunk sewers constructed within the past two years. The report of the Ohio Agricultural Ex periment Station, situated at the State University, is out. The excellent work accomplished by this institution is not only of interest to the farmer and gardner, but will be noticed with interest by the general public. The work is all done on a scientific basis, and the aim is to secure an increas ing yield of products at a minimum cost of production, to bridge over difficulties, and incite to careful observation.

The experi ments in wheat growing with one hundred and twenty-four varieties are very interest ing, and much valuable information haa been obtained, which will have its effect on the production of wheat. The theory of Major Brighton, of England, that there is one particular kernel in each head of wheat which is very prolific, and that the productiveness of this kernel is so great as to exceed by two or three times all others in the same head, was proven to be incorrect. Experiments with fertilizers show very poor for the commercial fertili zer, and the results sanction the almost uni versal partiality for the farm-yard manure in preference to most artificial fertilizers, A great deal of attention has been paid to the growth of small fruits, such aa rasp berry, strawberry, etc. In the case of strawberries it was found that covering the ground with straw usually reduced the temperature about the plants. Considera ble effort has been made to discover what varieties of berries thrive best in the different sections of the State.

The station has also endeavored to ascertain who sells good seed of various kinds, and to expose those who sell bad. Field experiments with grains, grasses, fruits, and garden vegetables have been conducted as heretofore. Among the practical questions, the following have received, earnest attention: Comparative value of best varieties; effects of thick and thin (reeding; effects of sowing or planting at different dates; different distances and different depths; the value of the different methods of manuring and applying fertilizers; comparative merits of different Systems of culture, etc. Alonzo Young was drowned in the river a few miles below Bellaire. A little eight-year-old daughter of JoBpnh Doutrlass.

a farmer living: a mile tha othpr evenine. She. with her uttip, brother, was plavine in the susrar i u- v. i Cailip Wileil lUC 111 yj Hi i ci lii avuia straw and lit it, and during their pranks with the burning straw the child's clothing caught fire. The lower part of her liody and limbs were burned to a crisp.

The physician thinks her injuries are fatal. Andrew O'Neil, a brakeman on the Dayton and Michigan Railroad, was shot in the head by a tramp whom he put off the train. Injuries believed to be fatal. John Means was struck by an engine on the H. D.

R. at Cumminsville, and his head cut from his body. A judgment for $1,093,000 was rendered at Youngstown, against C. D. Ames and in favor of P.L.Kimberly upon a settlement of interests in a partnership in the Grand Central Mining Company.

Miss Eliza Rehren, of Logan, has been adjudged insane, and taken to the Athens Asylum. The main line properties of the Ohio Central Railway were sold to C. Canada for $1,000,000. Bernard Phillips, aged eighty, waa found dead in bis room in Cincinnati, A rraB in the Stillman Hotel, Cleveland, eauaedaloaaof about ABSURD LIES. The Falsehoods Which Are Showered Upon the Administration.

Daring the period in which the Demo cratic Administration has been in ex istence it has been the object of incessant misrepresentation by Republican newspapers, which, unable to understand how Government can be conducted on strictly business principles, and with the sole object of the interests of the people in view, indulge in the most ab- ura comments on tne lew appoint ments to office made so far, and in fanciful stories of Democratic dissensions. They would like to have the clause, "every Republican his own successor," introduced in the civil service rules, and the fact that an appointee or applicant is a Democrat be considered good reason for regarding him with suspicion. They talk flippantly about political machines and cry out against any one who has labored faithfully and honorably for the success of the Democratic party. Capability and honesty have little weight with these partisan critics in their estimates of requirements for office. Their dread of tbe legitimate application of reform of the publio service to those who mined office by the most scandalous and cor rupt means and who have abused the power of office for indefensible partisan purposes, causes them to disregard the plainly expressed will of the people in this matter and to mduisre in abuse and misrepresentation, which can only result in strengthening' still more the con fidence oi tbe in the Adminis tration.

Of all the selections for office made thus far by the President and his Cabinet, there is not one that can be ob jected to on the ground of unfitness. Even the most rabid of the Republican journals are forced to seek objections in the fidelity of the nominee to the Dem ocratic party and his earnest efforts to secure its success, qualities whicn, surely, should not be considered a bar to preferment under a Democratic Administration. tne quiet and prudent course pursued by the heads of departments to maKe a thorough investigation into the well-known abuses and inefficiency that have so long corroded every branch of the publio service is made a subject of misrepresentation by Kemibiican news papers. Mr. Cleveland and his official advisers are accused of trying to lull suspicion by present inaction, that they may tbe more easily accomplish their neianous purpose of ridding the Gov ernment of the poor Republican office holders, who have ever been ready to use tneir positions lor partisan purposes.

Another form of misrepresentation is the highly colored statements of the rush for office, although tbe Democrats have generally shown more continence and self-respect in this regard than ever was known after the inauguration of a new administration. Tbe scramble for office in the days of Lincoln, Grant, Hayes and Garfield was one hundred-fold greater than at present. There may have been some grumbling and disappointment in certain Democratic quarters, but the general feeling manifested by the party has been one of loyalty towards the Administration and admiration for the wisdom it has shown in the delicate question of The Wash ington correspondent of the New York neratil says of tbe course of tbe mem bers of the Cabinet: "While wherever clerks and other public servants are found to have neglected their work or abused tneir trusts they will be sum marily dealt with, it is the determina tion to make the investigation so thor ough that no injustice shall be done, and that really valuable public servants, high ana low shall be protected. Would it not be wiser and more pa triotic lor our Republican contempo raries to cease their unjust and foolish caviling and encourage the Administration in its noble work of reformP They can expect only the contempt of the people by their persistent opposition to the improvement of the public service and all their acts of misrapresentaon are of no avail in the presence of the good work uone, oy tne xsemocrauc Aam niscration in selecting honest, efficient and faith ful subordinates, in order to assure per manency and stability in the executive system. They might as well make up their minds to accept gracefully the new era of a great political regeneration, with its signal and striking changes, which the American people have in augurated and have eutrusted to the Democratic party the grateful duty of making a lasting success.

Albany Ar- aus. THE DIFFERENCE. An Instructive Comparison of the Expenses of Democratic and the Republican Senate. The lower house of the Congress just expired was Democratic, with the Sen ate Republican. The Congress pre ceding it was Republican, both House and Senate.

It will be instructive to compare the expenses of the Govern i ment under the Congress that was en tirely Republican and the one in which the popular branch was controlled I the Democrats. The amount of money appropriated by the former, in which the Republicans had it all their own way, was and bytnelat ter, in which the Democratic house con tended for retrenchment and succeeded in holding in check the lavish disposi tion of the Republican senate, the an propriations were $310,067,634. The dinerence between the two the ex penses was $130,000,000 in favor of the Congress that had the benefit of a Dem ocratic nouse. I This was an immense amount, repre senting the extent of the extravagance with which the Republicans have been accustomed to run the Government served as a proof that affairs could be managed with about one-third the ex pense that an entirely Republican Con gress was in the habit of saddling upon i thp (4nvprnm nt and nno-ht. In cntisfv i tne people that if a Congress one-half democratic is tne source oi sucn a great saving, one that would be entirely Democratic, with no Republican Senate insisting upon piling up the millions, would be a still greater benefit to the tax-payers.

Washington Post. In his recent Lettsomian lectures on indigestion. Dr. Lauder Brunton de clares acid fruits to be indigestible and apt to cause intestinal irritation. He believes sour wines to be peculiarly liable to cause indigestion, and, when taken regularly, to cause gastric catarrh.

The tannin in tea interferes very considerably with the digestion fresh meat, though such is not the case with dried m-at, such as ham or tongue. Tea at breakfast is not apt to produce gastric disorders, but afternoon teas are pronounced bad. Infusions of tea should be "light drawn" and drained from the leaves before serving, as by this means only a small portion of the tannin becomes diasolved in it RATES OF ADVERTISING. ma, 1 w. I Iw I SiBSMS illacbss IlKlw I ol ...1 MM 100 150 00 1 00 I on 100 4 00 4 60 too 5 on 4 00 to too tt to too II ts oo 17 ao as oo 40 00 io in go 16 oo iooo to uo 66 0U ls Ut astt ot 100 tt I 60! 00 10 00 OR 00 4 00 700 10 on 11 00 15 00 to oo tt 00 IS 00 tt 00 76 Mi BssJbssi cards of la ones or leas, taper ananas.

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REFORM. The Object of Civil-Service Reform and What it Really Means. The World has suggested that the new Secretaries ought to set to work prompt ly to remove the "barnacles" which in the long Republican term of office have fastened themselves on to the National Treasury. Many a Senator, Congressman, influential politician or shoddy aristocrat who hits been troubled with a worthless relative has managed to get the black sheep gathered into the official fold. Dissipated creatures who have disgusted even New York- society and been turned out of clubs and had --private doors shut in their faces have been made pensioners on the Govern ment through the "influence" of their relatives or friends, until the Washing ton Departments are not without a number of characterless drones.

We do not doubt there are many capable, honest, faithful men in the Washington Departments. We do not believe it would oo in contormity witn Civil- Service Reform principles to turn such men out i Surely it can not be so difficult to un derstand what real Civil-ServioeReforni means. Its object is to insure just as thoroughly capati.e.efficient and honest a service in all the public offices as is to be found 'in a woll-conducted private business. To accomplish this bad men must not be retained, no idlers and drones must be tolerated, faithful and useful men must tie rewarded for their fidelity, and only capable and honest men must be appointed. A Jrresident who is nominated ana elected by a political party also owes something to that party, subordinate of course to his public duty.

When a position becomes vacant by the expU ration of the term of the incumbent or from other cause, he has a perfect right to fill it with a member of.his.pwn party, provided the appointee is as well qualified and as deserving as any opposing applicant In a political sense this is not only his right but duty. Have not Republican Presidents for twenty-four yews recognized and exercised this right? Have they not, in fact, regarded their obligations to party as superior to their duty to the public? lhore are certain olhces closely con cerned with the political character of the Administration which ought to D3 in harmony with the President's 'polit ical views and principles, and tnese should certainly be tilled by Democrats. The Administration can not otherwise be efficient and successful. But in the thousands of subordinate offices merit should go before xlitics, just as the interests of the country must go before the interests of aDy party. Turn out rase lis; get rid or barna cles; no new appointees who are not thoroughly capable and honest Uut all other things being equal, a Democratic President will naturally- prefer a Democrat to a Repuoiican.

js. World. BE PATIENT. No Occasion for Democrats to Exhibit Demoralizing Impatience. There is no occasion for Democrats to exhibit over the slow progress which President Cleveland is making in the work of turning the rascals out The President is new in the business, his constitutional advisers are without experience in the work te which they have been called and "they are' pioperly cautious in so important a matter as changing tbe public funclion-aries.

They probably reason that after they are themselves better acquainted witn the duties, they will be better able to give instructions to new hands in the subordinate offices. There is no doubt that President Cleveland wil; in good time turn the rascals is every reason to believe that even those who have been eo careful as to conceal any misdeeds of which they niay have been guilty will be relieved of official duties in duo course of time. Some will be permitted to continue in office doubtless until the'r commissions expire, some will take time by the forelock and resign, -and others will invited to step down ana out But ail will nave to walK tna plank before the Presi iential term expires and their successor! will be appointed for four years. But it is in the appointing power that President Cleveland has shown a perfection of judgment that wins admiration from all of his party friends. From the head of his Cabinet to the most unimportant office lie has tilled, the sami excellent discrimination has been shown.

There is every reason to believe that be will continue this satisfactory work, and do one cau doubt that such a course will strengthen the party not only at present but in the future. Democrats nave only to wait patiently. President Cleveland bai come to buill up and not to destroy the organization. If the future is to be judged from the brief period past he will ach'eve his commendable object Harrisburg (Pa.) Patriot. BUSINESS-LIKE.

President Cleveland Has Economic Ideas and Will Enforce Them. of President Cleveland was no soonei well installel in the White House than several super-serviceable employes were dismissed. Following the lead of his chief the Secretary of the Treasury has vacated a num'aer of places in his department The President has set the example of early breakfast and a day's work. Applying ths axiom, "like master, like mm," the officials and employes of the Government will be found onrlipr flnrl lulfir sit. r.hmr t.afibra than heretofore and applying themselves more diligently to them.

This is as it should be. Many positions held at Washington within the late years have been nothing less th in sinecures. Favorites of "inilunnce" have had an easy time of it Their pretense of work has been as specious as Colonel Mulberry Sellers' candle in the stove, which gave only the appearance of heat It is almost certain that the weeding out prccess will ba applied in all depa tments, the force in each being reduced to the minimum. Government employes will n3t be so numerous, but the work wiil be just as wdl done, while the will bt; lessened. Employes 11 not have so much time for idling, hut they will be more useful.

The example I at Washington will be imitated bv (iovernment offices throughout the tountry. and thus the cost of opernt'ng d-parmouts will be lessened. Evidently Mr. ('and date Cleveland did not make promise of reform to the public car to break it to the faith. As President he will prove himself the friend of the people, the tax-payers.

His is to be a bu -sines i a lmiDistration of economic ideas. Wherefore let the Nation teglad, Indiana Stale Sentinel.