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vi — ■ Weekly Telegraph and Messenger. "g^tablished 1826. MACO’ ’,GA., FRIDAY. JUN E 19, 1885. THE END NOW VEkY NEAR nr cINER**" CRAFT’S LONC CONTINUED 0F0 SUFFERING*. UI. Aeakn* 15 O rown *° 0r * al ThBt Hl * H * u , . is inauolbi«-*A paii.nt WoK"’* ,or D* a,h " lncl - dents o« tna Day. N. V., Jane 17.— «oi*7 McQitaoR, Sen. Grsn. Is» Ultle better to-day. When Gen. Grant reached hereyester- . " the thermometer registered 83, but a tknnder storm came up last night and to-dlj the temperatnre Is 85. Gen. Grant Z. wirtiallyrecovered bia voice. His son. rnl Fred is reported as saving that the Mnreol t is fs'her’a voice is dne to debill- “ Mid he is growing weaker all the while- The Change ot airheieels Just now hene- feislly. M‘ bis w «» knMS elsnUy grows upon him. A little SJr tent with small flags flattering Irom it, is pitched close to Gen. Grant’s eottage. It U occupied by 8. W. WUlets an old soldier in uniiorm. who has beenemplojedto protect the General Irom Intro*ion by stranger!. The swelling on JkdGcnerai’S throat is not abated to-day, In l hii rest lut night waa aided by mor- phioe. wiVhoot Which the doctor said be 5*£5» evening telegraphed Dr. Bands to come here by the first train to- McGsroom, June 17.-General Grant ■petit a good ponton of the forenoon tak- BSaat walks about the piazza ot ills new hOTie. Abmtnoon he lay down to real, and his doctor mat to rest, which be much needed. Abont 3 o’clock, and while hit nY»- cian and narse were asleep, tlie GeaersLdrew bis silk bat over bia skull cap. siflM-d Harrison to hla aide, and walked down the cottage walk. Ha walked slowly along the pathway over an easy slope to tee brow of the mountain, one hundred yards a war. Several times he paused to reat and at length aat down on a rustic settee. When a chair was place! for his feet, be removed the hand kerchief from his raoqth, and es sayed to speak, declining the sup port tor bia feet, but bis 'voice was not audible. Breath could be heard, but no words, aud the Ooneral. recognizing tbs fact, shook bis head. The fact that a mess of frogs bad been caught during the rooming at one of the little mountain lakts near by was mentioned to the General, and he wav asked If he would attempt anything so tender as frogs’ legs. I Again the General tried to speak, but the j attempt did not result in words that were audible, and again he declined by abating his bead, riisatten lion was directed to the monument that marks the surrender of IJargoyne, twenty mile* away, but the e.evatipn of his head togazsao far away seemed painful, and bis bead bowed, his chin drooped to bia at.d Pi* tyes i»Mfd on i.ea’vr ob /on. Tne neck aud <iileaned portions nr*- drained and painful when he holds bia head erect. Five i lies p*i«ed while the General I lit on the biutl, and lie then aro**» by ?•*•* iy:nc hinn-it with the arm of the s*-t i . i tii' on- e. ar,d with Harrison at i i aide retraced his steps to the cottage. N< I one wm. more surprised at the General’i 711.. ”1 1>\ 1> xtglas. He was an. / <1 | tris* t! (»»-ii»-ra should have attempte 1 r lut was amnsed by hi* selecting a time when Hi- I> <• or was asleep, l.i’rr in ii .• n'lernco > Dr. Douglas. in I referring to the General’s actual cond'lioo I in connection with his walk, exprease * I himself ibLi: “Thedi*e«*e ia following i I characteristic course, which is tt»**cour>e • I steady, increased exhaustion. We do n« llttklor a t iff from this change. Noth I in| can be curative, but we do hope to pn Ii°-S bis life and that i« the most that ca I be expected. Under the exhilarating r I feet of this atmosphere aud of this no* I lifc«, f -r ir.state-, walked • v* ■ there to the knoll. lie mfgl Ido that easily ai.d not be nhle to do tl 1*1 - t i-iiiorrow or the nr*;. . «y. I h* I course of the oi-eme ia, aa I said, One ol I increasing debility/* I Wnm Ge;i. Grant reached bis cottage I a?i»*r Iih w»>.;k to th«* hr >w of tin* mountain ■ thisafternoon, he waa much exhaust*d, liadaaak into a cbm' in the parlor of the I' f. u*-. Very s .on tic indicated by a’gns t: «• tic waited writing mateii tls, which »>r.‘ gi.ci Lin. ami tic wrote < r nearly half auhour. Onenote was headed, "Mem- on;,d* for My Family.” In it tin-tie er.d Eil written .tint* ha thought lie was failing, and certain instructions t s’ he .l.--ir» .1 carried out. He referred frtiml. to nitier and more definite mem- ‘ orsnda r repared by him a little while be- f 1 r** lraving New York The other note if folded n; d addressed to IK D.-ilgUv H*- haiulfd ii it it papers to Col. Fred Grant, | in l that addressed to the physician ia on- !e**tood to have been of similar import aa ba* to i he fumi y. Tbe afternoon wore away with the Gen- ,•* I ral sitting outside on the piazza. Sunset " i -d Mm still . n iin* pia/za. and wnen c-k deepened on the east ride of the niiuntain h** was ye* Hitting alienliy »'i '.:.e port !i n> one side of the front d. or ’’ t”e C i-lage. When the Utlipa were 1 " * * *’' t inside and tire light streamed out nto the growing darkness, 'lie i'ck man w«« \,-t mi K*d *, though the air was Cbil.y »nd a stiff brreza was swaviug the pine tree-topi. Col. Fred Grant, with the steadfast allegiance to his father that hai been prominent during the Genoa'* long tick ness, was by his aide, and Df, Douglas was near at hand At length, after H o’clock, j the General went Inside the cottage, and l'.-. I>i).uhts wro> ami sent a message to Dr. Sands, in New York, summoning him by the lirat train. At 0 o'clock the General retired and Dr. Dragla* then thought that his throat ai d II Mck apbenrtd better than on Tue*d»v EL’lit. h i, | o-sibie that the General » w »<k this afternoon tested his w.»n f log strength loo far, and the t reaction has bronght to him a sense of weakness that he h inself feels la not to be • *-"itiy disregarded. Whether his weak- :o nigh', is tti** immediate result of i exertion to-day, or whether it is >akn»sa of reaction after hi* journey, THE LIBERTY BELL. A Brilliant Reception Accorded it In Phlla* aelphta. Philadelphia, Jane 17.—The special train from New Orleans bearing the Liber ty Bell and the New Orleans municipal delegation arrived here at 3:30 o’clock this afternoon, and the visitors aud old relic were given a brilliant reception. Mayor 8mith, cf this city, Chief of Police 8tewart and a committee of Philadelphia councilmen met the train in Baltimore this morning, and relumed with the party. A vast crowd of people awaited the coming of the train, and when it arrived at the Germantown junction gave it a welcome volley of cheers. The hell was removed from the car to a deco rated trnck, and the visitors entered car- ring*-s, Whion forme.t into a line of about 800 persons, composed of Bremen, military and civil organizations, with the bell in the centre of the line. The procession moved down Broad street to Chestnut, and thence to Independent Hall. The sidewalks along the ronte were crowded with people, and the visiting delegation and the old bell were heartily cheered ail along the line. At independence Hall brief remarks were made by Mayors Smith and Gntllotte and the Liberty Bell was then placed in its former position in the lobby of the hall. Mayor Gnillotte spoke in eulogistic terms of the reception accorded the party all along the route from New Orleans to this city. VOLUME LIX-NO. 29. STORMS IN THE W THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. A New Corn Peat. ■ Cbxcaoo, Jane 17.—A Times special from Parsons, Kansas, says there is now making its appearance.in that vicinity a scourge equal to the grasshopper. Large fields of com, standing an average of eight Inches high, looking fresh and green in the morning before ni^ht become withered i- 'I ili’Kil. K::-tinination «1 sr’o-o > in earh hi I a myriad of worm-, m: gmg from one inch and a quarter to one eighth of an inch in length. Apparently they become completely distributed over the field, then commence simultaneously to work, and within a very short lime the whole is de vastated. Nearly every piece of corn is more or less infested. The eggs from which the worms are hatched are sup posed to bo deposited by a small, yellowish white miliar. The worm ia what byi farmers is termed the wet worm. Butoldaa, Harrisoxbdbq, Va.. Jane 15.—Samuel Lou z a prominent citizen of Loutz Mill, tiuenandoah connty, suicided yesterday bv taking poison. The act is attributed to fi nancial embarrassn cnt. ted ■ self through the head. “McGeary was the defendant in a will case which was decided against him last week, and the verdict ao prey* d neon his mind that it gave way and be ended bis troub'es by shooting him seif. He ia the third member of the fam ily who has committed snicide. His father and brother adopted the same method of obtaining relief Lorn worldly cares. A Farmer's Suicide, Ckntrryillk Md., Jane 17.—Ssmnel H. Gafford, a wealthy farmer 70years of age, living near Church Hill, in this county, c mimiltf.i s’licMf hi: by dm* nit Inin- aeif in a well on his f^rm. His mind had become deranged from bad health, and a watch was placed over him, bat he man aged to elip unobserved into the yard aud threw bim»elf down tho well. He had at tempted suicide a few boars btfore by taking thirty g alns of morphine, but was prevented. _ England's Drumbeat. Utica, N. Y., Jane 17.—Prof, Go'dwin Smith, in his lecture last night, said: "How long Kngland will last no one knows. Her drumbeat encircling world ia a hoax. 8ne baa less than bait the sol diers of Rasaia, end it may be no* tibia that she cannot bold her 2o0.000 000 subjects on the other aide of the globo under her hands for a great while. Whatever may happen to England, she baa had her his tory. If fight we moat, let the o!d ship ba clearer for action/* A Monument to Calnoun. Charleston, 8. G., Jane 15.—Calhoun Monument Association decided to-day to erect a monnment to John C. Calhoun In Marion Square, on Calhoun street, in this city. The foundation will be laid as soon aa a contract can bo made. The monu ment is now being executed by A. E. Har wich, sculptor, in Rome, and will be about sixty feet high. wi>h a base and curb. Eight thousand dollars of the fond for the monument was collected before the war, iuul this amount has been increased by ju dicious Investment. Killed by a Pickpocket. Pittsbueo. June *5.—At tihnetzen park this aft-moon Henry Mever, a young Ger man, waa shot and killed by Edward mattery. The latter was detected In the act* ot stealing a woman’s pocketbook, bat managed to escape. Meyer and a number of others gave chase, and the thief, finding himself in close quarters, drew a revolver and find into tin* crowd, the ball taking effect In Mayer’s breast killing him almost instantly. Murder and 8ulclda. Toledo, Ohio, Jane 15—Arthur B. Wakeiee a painter, murdered his wife by cutting her throat with a rrzor and then suicided by shooting himself through the heart with a revolver, some time during last night. Tne bodies were dis covered at 5 o'clock this afternoon by a aister of the murdered woman. A letter left by Wakelee shows that jealonsy was the cause ot the deed. Soma Lives Lost unr .n Immense Amountof Proper^ eatroxed. Sioux City, June ^ -A severe wind storm struck the cLa^ «. 10:15 o'clock last night. The post ore was umoofed causing damage of $1,500. The wholesale dry goods store of Tootle, LlviDgstone & Co. was unroofed and the end walls blown in, causing damage of $3,500, and on a'oek of $1,000 ; 0. Schenkberk, whole sale grocery, portion of the side wall destroyed, damaging the bnilding $5,000 and stock $1,000; M.. 0. Davis, barn and residence, $5,COO; J. 8. Fan & Co., butter and egg warehouse nnroofed, dam- age .flow; Standard Oil Co., warehouse roof and portion of wall destroyed, $100: Ft. Paul and Omaha railroad, h .i.en mid engine blown overboard from barge, $1,500; ferry boat Bennett, smoke stacks and pilot house demolished. $500. S ongb & Co/s store was unroofed and the Methodist and Baptist churches were blown down. At Jackson, Neb.. Dovey & Barrio's store was blown down. At Elk Point. Dak,, a number of buildings were blown down and a railroad coal house and wind mill were demolished. No one was hurt. At Coleridge, Neb., sixteen bnildings were levelled, Hudson’s general store was blown to pieces. Two children were killed and three people seriously injured in the country. At Hartington, Neb., a skating rink and a number of small buildings were destroyed. At Wakefield, Neb., Anderson & Co/s store was nnroofed. In all the coantry within a radios of twenty-live mi.es of hire much dainn>e waa done to trees, fences and buildings. A number of farm houses were demolished. At this writing only one wire Is working cat of town. T. K. Peck, of this city, had his residence partly demol ished. J. H. Rivers’s house was damaged. Rivers bad three ribs broken. A small home of Phil Jennings whs blown into the creek, but the men got out All over the city the smaller building*, trees and wind muh are down and re-ideuces unroofed. Word has been received from Lemars that St. James’ Catholic Chnrch waa torn down ami the steeple of another church deinoli-he I. I lie Plymouth nulls were nnroofed and the smoke-stack blown away. The gas works were levelled, the op*ra bouse nnroofed, the 8t. Paul and Omaha dep >t wan wrecked, the new echo >1 house was unroofed and several residences blown down. At Ponca, Neb., Davis’s store was demolished and a floor mill un roofed. The wind was first straight from the south acd then from the sonthweit. St. Paul, Min*.. Jane 15.—Dispatches from 8tlilwater, Minn., say: “A tremen dous rain and wind storm struck this city abont midnight last night, lasting two hours. Public and private property was damaged to tne extent of $20,000. Myrtle street was torn into rots twenty feet deep and the water main was torn oat for sev eral rods.” Ouaha, June 15.—A second severe rain and wind storm within half a week visitid this section yesterday. One residence in Omaha was struck by lightning, bat the occupants escaped Injury. A brakemsn named Sullivan was killed by lightning near Colnmbus. Immense damage was done in the country to wind mills, sheds and barns by the wind storm along the Union Pacifio road. It was particularly severe at Millard, twenty mllea west feotu here, two Inmber yards being utterly blown away. .At Eikhom two houses and a barn were blown down. For a dis- UM - of about six miles west of Grand Island the telegraph poles are all laid flat The same storm atrnck the North Platte depot and was blowing it to pieces when te eeraph communication was cnt off. The depot at Phelps's Station, on the Burlington and Missouri railroad, was partly wrecked. A great deal of damage was done for a distance of fifty miles along the Nebraska railroad in the south ern part of the State, a great many build ings being wrecked. Reports are meagre so iar. owing to the devastation of tele graphic communication. THE ARREST OF MAXWELL. toms of Fra liar's Froperty Found In Hla Possession—Waiting for an Officer. Sax Fxaxcuco, Jane 15.—The steamer City of Sydney, from Anstralia, arrived this morning with Sydney dates to May 21, and Auckland, New Zealand, to May The Auckland papers contain an ac count of the arrest, on May 5, of Walter Lennox Maxwell, alio* Theodore Cecil Dongnier, charged with having murdered < 'harles A. 1‘rellvr in St. I,oiii April 5. The arrest waa made by United States Coninl Gamble, who received a telegram from the United States Secre tary of State authorizing him to make the arrest. Maxwell was a steerage passenger. He denied hla identity, and claimed to be a Frenchman. In his possession were a number ot cufli. collars, hand Kerchiefs, and other articles of clothing bearing Preller'a initials. These. Maxwell said, be hail bought In San Francisco. When brought un for examination bia counsel raised a plea against the .arlsdlctiou of the court. The examination was being ad journed for a period of eight days at the time to await the arrival of officers from the United Slates with a riquDition.M General Young Bent to St. Petereburg • An Ohio Cerman Minister to Italy—Poet Stoddard Con- eul at Athene, Etc. presume to ith the pureult ot the raa a drinking tremefy overbearing when in urdsrsd bv Hie Stapeon. CaIio, III. June 17—Win. Caldwell, rg nlDft miles south of Likes ton. Mo., !W Madrid county) waa literally shot to ces Sunday and of aha* eon. nearly grown, whom h for not performing certain »i .1 whom In* threatened with pun if Monday's tank was not belie performed. Tne noy, brooding over th threat, arose early and, procuring a gui and a quantity of buckshot, waylaid b •tep'athvr in the garden “ aboY«j slated. A poase is youthful alayer. mio. an * Improvement Near Chattanooga. 'inmnoio, June 17—A land com panv. orgauutd as the Wahl-n’a Ri.lg Land and Improvement Company, hai purchased a tract three miles square on Walden'a Ridge and haa cempltted ar rangements for the Immediate construc tion of the Chattanooga Western railway, jeremb e aorne «if the rnoet va.tiab.r iron and coal di-p^ita in the •^juih, iyin^- seven miles from this city, and opens for health and \ fea-ure seekers the beautiful tab!*- ianda that av- so highly r>r a mended by physicians Ihiooghoul the country. Killed by a ■ he*Iff. Hew Orleaxs, June 17.—J. N. Hatcher, a* ct ion boat on the Louisville, New Orletna ami Texas railroad, was killed at Clayton station, Tnnlco county, Mia*., on Monda: l*at, by Hheriff Johnson and Deputy Sberf Kyle, while resisting arrest. Hatcher waa formerly employed on the Mobile and Ohio railroad, hat left there becaase be killed negro. Hatcher bad the reputation of being a dangerous man. Publicly Whipped. Baltimore, Jane I'-H-r.r; _ . »*>’ may f .r an aggravated Ct-Of WtfabeatlPg. Wg> to-day sentenced to receive twenty lsshe?. to pay a fine of $10. and to be imprieoned for one year. This is the first instance in which any white man waa sen tenced to the Issb. Only one colored man haa been whipped for wife L- v.iru'. tin ugh ■Hied step-1 ib* law waa parsed more than three years ' 'hided aio. UafaO- Deeperadoas Lynched* Sr. Louis. Jane 17.—Reports from In dian Ierritorv itnt.* that Wuham Wi.ham* ■on, Peter Moon and George Morgan, members of a gang of desperadoes aud horae thieves, were overtaken yesterday near Healton by a vigilance commlttr* ai.d hanged to a tree. <)it:**r members of the gang are being pursued, and will be simi larly dealt with if caught. Murder In Kentucky. OwisTowx, Kr., Jane 15.—Yesterday at Heater, seven miles fr>m here, ai K.h*-rt Coleman and Henry Rev Holds were return ling home with a ha.f gallon of whisk; they quarrelled, and Col* man was stab! to death. Both were men of l*rg<* families which are in a help'eai condition. The Heeelwn Fly. Chicago, III. Jane 15.—A Times Wi •*in. Ini special law the Hetman t'.v na* nade its appearance in the wheat fields :ha? county and is said to be Indicting con- i.derabie deznag*. WssnixoTON, Jane 17.—The President made the following appointments this evening: John B. 8tallo, of Ohio, to be envoy extraordinary and minister plenipo tentiary of the l nited States to Itaiy;Biy- less W. Hanna, of Indiana, to be minister resident and consul general of the United States to the Argentine Republic; Charles A. Dougheity, of Pecnsjlvania, to be sec retary of legation of the United States at Rome. To be consuls general of the United States: V/illinm L. Alden, of New York, at Rome; Pierce M. B. Young, of Georgia, 71' Ht. Petersburg To be consuls ..f the United States: George W. Savage, of New Jersey, at Belfast* Edward Caruphansen, of Pennsylvania; Frank B. Galley, of New York, at Kingston, Jamaica; John M. Birch, of West Virginia, at Nagasaki: Oa- car Birch, of Kansas, at Sonneoerg; Rich ard H. Stoddard, of New York, at Athers; heo. W. Downs, of Connecticut, at Que- ec; M. J. Newman, of California, at Lyons; William II. Moffatt, of New Jersey, hi B-yroot. J. (’. MourghHti.of Rhode Is Hud, at Ma'ineheini; Wallace Jones, of Florida, at Messina. It ii understood that Kx Congressman G*o. A. Jenka, of Peun.ij Ivanla, who wan tendered t^e assistant secretaryship of the Interior Department, and haa lmil the matter und-r consideration fo- several • lavs, hai dec;d*<1 to accept tho c thee. Chan. A. Dougherty, of Pennsylvania, who was to-day appointed secretary of legation at Rome, is a resident of Pnila- deJphia and a son of Hon. Daniel Dough erty He ia a very young mnn and has never been active in politics. Mr. Dough erty is 30 years of age and a journalist by profession, and has been connected with the Philadelphia Press and Ledger forsev- eral years. W. L. A Idea, appointed to bo consul- general at Rome, a abont forty years ol age and a son of Wm. Alden, former)? principal of the Albany Normal School He is a journalist, and is at presant member ol the editorial staff of the New York Times. He is a highly educated gen tleman and soeaks the Italian language fluently. He haa visited Italy twice aDd has written severnl newspaper and maga zine articles on religious and political af fairs of that kingdom, for which he has re ceived the thanks of both Victor Emannel and the Vatican. Pierce M. B. Young, of Georgia, appoint ed consul-general at SL Petersburg, is a native of 8onth Cirolina, forty- fire years old. He graduated at the Georgia Military Insiitnte in 1857, and waa a cadet at West Point, and was within one month of graduation when the rebellion coran enceid. when the war began he resigned and entered the Confederate army. He rose by promo tions to the rank of major-general, and waa twice wounded. He has served four terms in Congress as reprt-iei.thtive <>f the Seveuth Georgia district, and was one of the conimlsMuners to the Paris exhibition of 1878. Richard H .Stoddard, of New York, ap- ylnted consul at Athens, ia the well- THE IOWA CYCLONE. Fearful Exparlece of a Fnrmar'a Family Whose House Was Destroyed. Masox City, Iowa, June 10.—The house and barns of Mathew Reddy, several milts from here In the country, were carried away in the storm Sunday night, and the family bad a fearful experience. There are hardly boards enough left abont the homestead to bnild a fire. Not a bit of fnrnltnie nor a stitch ot clothing can be fouRd. The wreck Is complete. Reddy’s brother was blown into a field. When the house went to nieces, Reddy was in a sit ting position on the groned. On looking around he saw by u flash of lightning that his brother was stretched dead some yards away. He picked him up and carried him into an underground mi k house. He then search ed for his wife and fonnd her in her night clothes some ten rods from the house in a cornfield. She was also carried to the milk bouse. He next looked for his five- year-old boy, searching by> the light of electric flashes, and at M|t dliOOYerta him thirty rods • from where the he me had stood. The boy was almost driven Into the mad. The mother and child will hard ly live. The brother had both ears tp!i\ his head gashed and his shonlder cut and braised. The wife had three gashes on her forehead and one on her nose, a big cat in the back, bruises on her legs and is injured internally. All three were beaten black and bine all ever their bodies by hail. Railroads Mulcted. New Yobk, Jane 10.—The trial of the snit of Charles W. Ide against the Loois- ville and Nashville, the Cleveland, Colum bus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis, the Lake Shore and the Michigan Central, the New York Central, the Boston and Maine, the Eastern and the Nashua and Lowell rail road companies, which has been in prog ress the past four days before a iury in the Sapreme Court, was concluded to day, a verdict being rendered for the plaintli! for $17,283 In 1882 the Cacheco Manufactur ing Company, of Dover. N. H., received a bill ot lading for 200 bales of cot ton, said to have been Bblpped by the firm of Green & Co, or Co^tabus, Miss. Accompanying the bill of lading was a draft which the com pany paid, but they never received tho bales of cotton. In the same year a bill of lading for 1,500 bales of cotton was re ceived by the Anzoekesg Manufacturing Company, of Manchester, N. H.. but they received only 1215 of the bales. Both companies assigned their claims against the railroad companies, which composed what Is called the white Star Line, to Ide, who sued them for $25,000 damages. The defense of the companies was non-liability. A R«D«nt,«nt Thlaf. Philadelphia, Jane 15.—Joseph F. THE NEWS FROM EUROPE, Salisbury Premier and Churchill Secre tary for Indla—An Angry Article Under Russian Inspiration — Oeneral Notes* Loxpox, Jane 17.—Sir William Vernon Harconrt, home secretary In Mr. Glad stone's cabinet, addressing a meeting of Liberals in SL James Hail, denied that the Liberal government had courted de feat. The Tories bad at last overthrown the government by an alliance with the Parnellites, with whom they had nothing in common, and were now in an embar rassed position. He hoped the Tories wonld not conduct negotiations with Rus sia in the spirit of the late speeches of Lord Randolph Chnrchlll and the Marquis of Salisbury. Sir William gave assurance, however, that tb9 Tories should have fair play, and if they labored for peace should have the support of the Liberal parly also, The Tories, he said, might squabble abont their leaders, but Liberals wonld have no dissensions abont theirs. The Liberals were mobilizing their forces for the great campaign. They wonld fight it for theolo cause and with the old leader, on whose honored head wonld be placed the crown of final victory. The meeting was crowded to excess, and the greatest enthusiasm was displayed. The Queen arrived this morn ing at Windsor from Balmoral. Another conference of Conservatives held at noon to-day, in the residence of the Marqms of Salisbury. The purpose of this conference was to endeavor to settle upon the persons to fill several offices, so that a complete cabinet may be presented to Peril*ment on Friday. Lord Ran dolph Churchill attended thefconference. The Pall Mall Gaeette. of this evening, has an editorial article, believed to be in spired by M. Lessar, of the Russian section of the Afghan boundary commis sion, and couched in angry terms. It eays that unless the Marquis of Salisbury wishes to deepen the conviction of Russia that hit ministry is a menace of war, he will cancel the appointment of Lord Randolph Ctiurchill as secretary of state for India “Raisla,” continues the article, “alresd, regards the Salisbury cabinet with sncl suspicion that any andden hitch may cause such a rapture of the negotiations now in progress as will result in war.” It is reported that Atlorney-Gener»l ... James will oe elevated to the peerage. It Gottrlnger, former secretary and treasurer is said that the Queen is determined, if of the Central Transportation Company, possible, to indace Mr. Gladstone to accept Lts A Man r can, June Id—Co one of the beat kno ei Jt for l county, la.it night- He waa a nroi of t<e Burke, of the Court of App* and commanded the Korty-aecoau K'-u a Infantry in the zate war. Murder and Suicide. in*; man, agaiiut whom hii »..'r ha*! .r. atitnt*-ii divorce proceedings went to No . - •:» Rot>ey itr*-et, where hinw/r wz a'ayinr. a litt *• oefore noon to-day. an killed tier by firing a revolver. *fe imme ’ diutviy after shot himself and will die. Murdered With Polaon. Fetxbsbubo, Va., Jane 15—Mrs. J. H. Poryear was murdered in Dinwiddle coun ty late Saturday nighL It is a'leged that she was poisooed hy her hnsband, with strychnine, administered in whisky. Pur- year was arrested and lodged in jail. They were married a year ago, and lived unhap pily together most of the time. Mrs. Par- year was 22 years or age. 8h* was a daughter ot Duncan Webb, of Dinwiddle connty. ApottmorUm examination will be made to-day for the purpose of analyz ing tbe stomach of the deceased. Peteeiuro . V a. , J one 15.—The coroner's jury in the case ot Mrv. P H. I’uryear, who was poisoned, returned a verdict that she came to her death at tbe hands of her hnsband. Pnryear bad an examination this afternoon before Magistrate Holt Boissean, by whom he waa committed to jail to await trial. The stomach ot the deceased was sent to Richmond to day for analysis. The feeling against Puryearia co strong that some fears are entertaicel that an attempt will be made to lynch him to-night. The Plttaburg Bank Robbera. PrrmuRo. Jane 15.—The trial of Will iam R. Kiddle and Q. L. Reiber.lste preei dent and cashier of the Pennsylvania Bank, waa begun in the Criminal Circuit to-day. They are being tried for con. ■piracy, the charge of embezzlement on which they were arraigned some weeks ago having apparently been abandoned at prseeot, owing to the faulty way in which the iadictment was drawn np. The trial promises to be very sensational, owing to the num ber of wealthy men directly or indirectly Implicated. The detendanta are repre sented by eight eminent lawyers, among them Congressman Boyle, ot Pennsylva nia, and J ndge Curtis, of New York. The general impression seems to be that the prosecution will either break down or there will be no conviction. The morning ees- sion was occupied impaneling the jory, The Statue Arrives. New York, Jane 17.—The French ateamer lire, which haa Bartholdi’s statua aboard, was signaled off Sandy Hook at 5 o’clock this morning. At 5:40 ahe an choredin tbe lower bay, where she re- At the office of the Bartholdi itatae committee to-day it was announced that the formal reception of the atatne w probahiv take place on Friday or 8atn day. No change will be made In the pro gramme as already announced. ?•<> known )K>et and author and stock broker. He served fifteen years in tho enstom house in New York. Theo. W. Downs, of Connecticut, ap- poin'ed consul at Quebec, Is a resident of Bridgeport He waa seerttary of the Dem ocratic State committee during the list .'residential campaign. J.C. Mmioghau, of Rhode Island, ap pointed consul at Manneheitn, i.i Jd year- old, and t* a graduate of Brown Untveisl- t\. lfi- stumped Wes* Virginia and other St-ites last fall for Cleveland and Heu dricks. Wallace Jones, of Florida, appointed consul at Messina, is a planter and a busl- ii. Moffatt, of New Jersey, ap pointed C'.uauI at De;rooc,is an Episcopal clergyman. John B. Stalls, of Ohio, who waa to-day appointed minister to Italy, is one of the leading lawyers of Cincinnati. He Is a German by birth, and is one of the moat vigor* mof the German Free Thinkers in ihe West. He am a strong ai.ti «dnver\ man and lett the Democratic party in I85l on that issue. In 1872 he drifted back into the Democratic party, and since has been one of the leading Democratic pyllticiana of Ohio. He has not been known as an active politician, bis work for the party being principally speech-making during campaigns. Except on the slavery ques tion his sympathies have alwaya been with the Democratic party. He la abont 00 years of age, and served on the bench tn Ohio for a number of years. M. J. Newman, of California, appointed consul at Lyons, ia a Hebrew merchant of Hin Francisco, and about 40 years of age. He has never held any public ottlce. Post masterGeteral Vilas today re- < eivea a telegram from the inspectors who arroted Hihbs, the defanit ng postmatter of Lewiston, Idaho, at Yale, It Q, stating that $1,050 of the stolen funds bad been fonnd on h ■ person. Hibbs is In tbe cos- tody of tbe British Columbian autboritii . d ia being removed to Victoria, where he will be held awaiting extradition. A Schooner ahnndonad. New Yore, June 17.—The sinner Stamford, from Baracoa, which arrived here to-day, reports Jace 15 spoke tbe bark Wagoola, Ca**L Wenger, from Pensa cola for Hatton Bridge, Engtand, with lumber, wno transferred the captain and crew of aix in number of the schooner Eddie Ilurk, of Pbiladel- hta. CapL Bartlett, from Savannah for *erth Amboy, with larnber, and which they abandoned June 0, in latitude 33:40,. longitude 78:51, hav ng eromntered a heavy gale lasting six hours which caused the vessel spring a leak and had to be abandoned, tho crew saving nothing bnt what they had on. June 10th, thirty five miles Sooth of Barnegat, they were picked np ny a Swedish bark, and afterwards trans ferred to tbe steamer Stamford. On the 15th the bark encountered the same gale, and lost three boats and shipped her decs load of lumber. Jackson Presents His Lstters. City or Mexico (via Galveston), Jane 17.—Gen. Jackson, tne new American min ister, presented his credentials at the Pal. ace yesterday. He was cordially received by President Dias, and mutual compli ments were parsed. The American colony will give Gen. Jackson a banquet on Joij 4 th. _ The Postal Tslearnph Comoanr. Baltimore, Jane 17.—In the Circuit Coart todiy Jadge Pbelpe displaced both Francis P. Stevens and T. W. Blakeaton, rival receivers of the Postal Telegraph and Cable Company, and appointed tiaznnel Snowden, Samuel 8. bprigeand George W. Dobbin to manage the affairs of the company. An Old Abolitionist Dead Cixcikxati, Jane 15.—Orson 8. Murray, !o*merly journalist and a man of consider- ble fame in tne anti-slavery cause from its inception and earliest development, and also known as a writer upon anti-religiocs question*, died on Sunday night at his home near this city, eyed nearly 7'J year*. Fiahtlnc In n Church. Dallas, Jane 16.—At a negro chnrch to Navarro Bounty. juuiae? waa azfled in a free tight with pistols, knives and other weapon*, v-mda? night. Beve- ral other uegroea were rej>ort<(l wounded. who is charged with illegally issuing car tifleates of stock of that corporation, and was arrested) at Bash Kill, N. Y. on8st urday.was brought here this afternoon. He was taken to tbe oflice of the company and there confessed his guilt to the direc tors and stated that he did not ask for mercy. Cottringer was then taken before a magistrate, where testimony was presented showing that there had been an over issue of 3.085 shares of stock, tbe par valao of which over Usne is $151,250* When asked by the magistrate if he had counsel, Cottlnger re plied that be bad not, nod that be did not want any. The magistrate then committed him in $4,000 to answer at tbe next term of the conrL This amount of security could not be furnished and Cottlnger was sent to jail. A Llttla Child Murdarad. Columbia, 8. G., Jnne 10.—A special to the Dally Register from Trenton, Edge- Arid connty, this State, gives the details of a (hocking Infanticide of a two year old illegitimate child of Hiftry Solomon, col ored, and Jennie Vangban, an idiotic col ored woman. Tbe child was cared for by a colored couple who were childless. Solo mon, who was married, demanded hlsofl spring and carried it to his home. Lut Friday his other children reported to Rosa, his wife, that the little stranger war strangling in the next room. Rosa rushed tn and pretended to relieve it by violent shaking. Thechi'd died, and, suspicion having been arotiied.an investigation was ordered, and tbeposl mortem revealed the fact that the child's skull had been crushed and its back terribly lacerated by Rosa. The verdict placed the murder on Rosa, who fled, and a party is in pursuit of her. Vi'Blmn Crops, Petersburg, Va., June 10 —Information received through reliable private sources from several southern counlies of Virginia is to the effect that the crop prospects are batter than they have been for years. Cot ton is ten to fifteen days in advance of what It waa lut year at this time. The oat crop is good. Corn looks green and vigorous on all lands not too wet for culti vation. A few more days of good weather will insure the destruction of the grass, which has grown rapidly daring the recent seasonable weather. Wheat on red lands la inferior, but on light lands is very good, and if not injured by rust tbe crop will be an average one. There is a bet er stand of tobacco and a larger crop has been Planted than for many years. Altogether the crop outlook is very encouraging. Polsonrd by Hla Wife* CnrcivxATi, Jane 10.—On Jane 6th Mar tin Eddins. a laborer living at Hamburg, Preble county, Ohio, was taken sick after eating lettuce for anpper. On Jnne 11th he died In great agoDy, soon after taking a powder prepared by fits wife. She was ar rested yesterday, and waa sent last night to jail without bail. She made a confession last night stating that she gave arsenic to her hnsbsnd at the suggestion of William Rowe, a man with whom she had been In timate some time. Bowe Is not to be fonnd. She says he made her promise be fore be went away to poison her husband. She maintains that tne arsenic did not kill him, and is apparently not much con cerned about her situation. of the fire brigade were pouring itiea-ar on the burning mass. The great iro:? doors which peparate the several depart ments of the immense establishment pre*, vented tbe destruction of the entire block- The loss is placed at £100,000. Tne bunnefs of this z:reat eptib’h;->rner:L is of the most diversified character. There is a counting home, insurance depertrr.i-r.r* departments of millinery, dressmaking and dry goods in general, gentlemen s furnishing department in all its ramifica tion, a department for poultry, fish, game, ekv.nnd ao on, along the line apparently oi everything merchantable. 2 p. m.—Whitely now estimates his losp at £150.000. THE FRENCH AMMAFSADOR TO COINS. The Pall Mall Gazette states that the French cabinet have decided to replace M . Patenotre, who negotiated the present treaty of peace between Franee and Chi na, by M. Roustan, as ambassador at Ito- kin. The Gazette intimates that tb)r> change, if carried out, will imply such m. menace to China that the Pekin govern* merit may refuse to accept M. It riitan * credentials. M. Roustan is at present French minister at Washlnton. RACING AT ASCOT. London, Jane 17.—At the Ascot Heatb meeting to day the race for the Coronation stakes for three-year-old fillies was won hr Lord Zetland’s bay filly SL Helena; Sr X Willoughby’s chestnut filly * hirpotina second, and Baron de Rothschild’s chest nut filly Alvaioe third. The ran- fur the Itoyal Hunt r*ip ljia twenty Harters. Earl Beaufort’s four- year-old gray colt Eastern Emperor, wod„ with Lord Hartington’sfive-year-o cl chest nut gelding Corunna second, and R C. Naylor’s five-year-old bay horse Falmen. third. A CHINESE LOAN. A prospectus lias been Issued for two Chinese loans for ten years at G per cent., or ** by tlie Harin. s for $75.(0h nm. ar -1 thr other through the Hong Kong and Shang hai Bank for $3,750,000. CREW RESCUED The steamer Neckar, which arrived a* Southampton from New York, rescued a* d brought to that port tbe crew of the Norwegian bark Charles Northcote. Caps. Lsmoydao, from Pascagoula, May 8:h, lor Qieenstnwn, which vessel was aoandoned on the 10th Inst. A Santeno* Commuted* ■New Orleans, Jnne 16 —Tbe Picayune’s Raton Rouge special says: The Governor has commuted the deatfi sentence of Jones I Walker, convicted of tbe mnrder of Henry Cates, in Caddo parish, to imprisonment for life. Perry and William Melton, sen tenced to be hanged for the mnrder of John W. Cherry, of Union parish, were iresptted by the Governor some time ago. The board of pardons having refuted to vaoommend a commutation ot thtlr aen- tenet to imprisonment for life, the Gov ernor has fixed the date of their execution for Jnne 19th. A Metro Lonched. New Osleans. Jane 16 —A New Orleans dispatch from Yazoo City, Miss., to the Picayune lays: *• Yesterday evening the body of a negro man was fonnd hanging to the limb of a tree near the public road about seven miles from here* A placard pinned to tha body contained these words: •Revenge awarded by outraged society. 5 o'clock p. m/ An inqaeat will be held. It la rumored that the deceased attempted to outrage the daughter of a white farmer in the neighborhood.” Murdered br Hie Partner* .Oalve*tox. June 10 —A special to the **®wa from Weatherford, Texas, says a qn*rrel has been going on for sometime be tween James Lee and James H. MiJliken. partners in the conatrcction of Ihe new court house. Yesterday moraine Milliken approached Lee while tfie latter was sitting in a chair and shot him five Umea. killing him loatanriJL lA«»uunni»rrlftl. liken has been taken into custody. a peerage. She will again offer him a tide and. in tbe event of his refusal of it, will confer one on Mrs Gladstone. The Marquis of tiaiisbarv at 3 o’clock this afternoon departed for Windsor Castle to present to the Qieen tbe names of the ministers he has chosen for his new cab inet. The Ulster Conservatives waited on the Marquis of Salisbury to-day to nrge the renewal of the coercion act. E«rl Spencer leaves Ireland on Saturday. National sx dtement is feared. The Times editorially says; "Mr. Glad stone’s refusal to accept an earldom makes an appeal to the imagination of men that will nut remain unanswered.’’ At the conference of the Conservatives eslerday it is said Lord Randolph Jhurchiil made it a condition of his ac ceptance of office that Sir Stafford North cote should not be made leader of the Con servatives in the Home of Commons. Sir Henry Drummond-Wolff, member of Par- limeot for Portsmouth, will have i position in the cabinet. Tbe confer ence of Conservative leaders to-day lasted one hour. Ills said that tbe resalt of the conference was that nli obstacles to the formation of a cabinet have been snr- mounted. All who attended the confer ence are, however, pledged to secncy. At the close of the conference Lord Randolph Churchill remained in private cuz'erei.ce with the Marquis of Salisbury. The Con Hftfvativtf leaden will have another meet ing before a decision is finally taken upo tbe constitution of the new cabinet. The Marqnis of .Salisbury to-morro will go to WindsOi Castle, and there inform the Queen In the manner prescribed for the ceremony and observance for so many years, that he is ready to obey the com mands of his sovereign and accept respon sibility for tbe conduct of the government. DiTRtBunoN or the omcis. London, Jane 18.—The composition of the new cabinet has been partially settled aa follows: The Marquis of Salisbury, prime minister and secretary of state for the foreign department; Sir Michael Hlcka- Beach, chancellor of the exchecqner; Lord Randolph Churchill, secretary of state for India; 6ir Richard Assheton Cross, secretary of state for the home do- artment; Right Hon. Edward Qibaon, lord chancellor for Ireland. Right Hon. Wm. Henry Smith will probably be secre tary for war, and Cot Frederick Stanley secretary for the frolonies, tbe Karl ol Carnarvan or Viscount Cranbook, lo d lieutenant of Ireland, acd Sir Stafford Northcote, lord-president of tbecour.cll. Lord Saliibnry had a two-hoars' inter view with the Qaeen yesterday a-.ter- DOtn and immediately afterward re. turned to London. It is stated that the Conservatives have now decided to accept office regardless ol obtaining Lib eral support. They rily upon moderate Liberals to volunteer tbeir support, bnt the Radicals will be certain lo bold aloof. SirStafi jrd Nortbcote's acceptance of a a peerage ia gene-ally regretted, as it wi'l leave the Conservative leadership in the Home of Commons too much under the influence of Lord Randolph Churchill. Sir Stafford Nortbcote's tide will be Lord Id* desleigh. MR. CHAMBERLAIN SPEAKS. Mr. Chamberlain, president of tfie Board of Trade, speaking at a meeting tn support of his brother's candidacy for Parliament, said that Lord Randolph Churchill bad hls foot on Lord Salisbury s neck. He (Cham berlain) liked Lord Randolph, however became he had borrowed his political bag gage from the Radicals. Mr. Cham- bezlain dwelt npon the antagonism between the policies of Lord Salisbury and Lord Randolph Chnrchlll in regard to Ireland, Egypt, etc., and concluded: “The time has arrived to reform that altogether absurd and irritating anachronism known as Dublin Castle.” A CANNIBAL CHRISTIAN. The native African Prince Allagagba, of Brass River Territory, upper Guinea, while trading at a native village, waa shot at and wounded in tne shonlder by a native, who escaped. The Prince took nine villagers as hostages, and they failing to produce the would be assassin he had them cooked and eaten. Tne missionaries say the Prince prafeased to be a Christian. SPAIN. THE CHOLERA. Madrid. Jane 27.—There were four fr?tb> csp**i of cholera here yesterday at noon- also two deaths frem cholera. Between the ‘-‘"til of May arid the 13;h of June 7 > rases of cholera have occurred here, and during the same period 45 deaths. In the city of Valencia daring the past twelvr hoars there have been four new cases of cholera and three deaths, benor Romero y Rabledo, minister of the interior, de clared in the Cortes lait evening that tbe empirioiiH esses" in Madrid were beyond doubt cases of cholera, and of the Asiatic type. Yesterday in Castellon de’a Plano there were 53 new esses of cholera and 1>- deaths. In the cltv of Valencia 17 new cases and seven deaths wen- reported, wlnle the province of Valencia had a total of ltd new cases and nS deaths. In the city of Marcia there were 93 newcaies aDd 41 deaths; in the province of Murcia tbe lit w cases aggregated 171 nnd the de*tb» numbered 74. In Oranjuezo, a town oi New Castille, 23 miles sooth southwest from Madrid, there was one case of cholem. yeMrrday. AUSTRIA; A LABOR RIOT. Brunn, Austria, June 17.—A labor ran of grave proportions took place in this city last night. Trouble hns been brewing; sometime, great ditiVre; res existing tw*- tween tbe men and factory owners about the hours of labor. As a eettlem-ntof the differences coul 1 not be amicably arrive** at, the men struck, and last evening at‘‘ o’clock itreat crowds of people gathered about several factories and violently »«- sailed them with stones and other missiles. The windows were demolished, the gut*? were forced and the excited people surged in upon the factory grounds. The mili tary were railed out amt succeeded by mid night in dispersing the crowd and restoring order. In the conflicts between the *>l- dieri and rioters two oilicers, six privatn and manv of tha rioters were wounded. A renewal of the disturbances is feared. A Watch Frew. Naw Yoax, Jun ; wn to day New Vcrk Central Mr. Ratter deceased. Mo* Cholera. Kr ic H \V: Jane !'- - Th** hog cholera hasaga n broken out .n t. .< rirm- ity. H. I*. Chamber* on AlTn a ztock farm I u.road, to succeed 11 a7ing lost a herd of eighteen. Others j have i .flered aeverefy. will be i clnb of Weekly ment. •rbnry watch .o will sen*] a iKri to the no factious orroimox. London Jnne UL—It is believed that the Liberal ministers have decided to offer do fiBtloai opposition to tbe Conservatives, except in regard to the budget, which Mr. Gladstone will oppose dizectly, if unsatii factory. A OEZAT FIRE. II A. u.—The great establishment, de voted to various kinds of baifaeis, of William Whitely,of West BjuraeGrove, Qaeen’s road, and Kensington Garden square, took tire this morning and is still burning. A great crowd gathered in the neighborhood acd a large force of firemen aru on hind. Noon—The fire was discovered at 6j o'clock thfs morning. At this hour the. •Itiuei are under control. The damage will I dooMItN be heavy. The lire occurred to-1 •lay in the same department which wai GERMANY. MARSHAL MANTEUFFEL DEAD. Cabubad, June 17.—Field Marshal Baron Von Manteuffel, the didlngulshetf German commander and governor ol AlMici*-I/>rrain*\ died suddenly here thiw morning of pulmonary cor geetion. Baron Von Manteutiel was born in In*!*. Rerun. June 17.—Emperor William war completely prostrated when lie heard dF death of Baron von Mant-utl-l, and ■aid mournfully, "All my friends arc dying.” FRANCE* coukbit's funeral. Paris, Jnne 17.—In the Chamberof Dep uties yesterday a stormy discussion arone over the question of providing a state frs- neral for th* late Admiral Oonilrt. No decision can ba arrived at till the family of the Admiral has been consulted. Tbe comments of the French newspaper? • evince fierce hatred ot the late Prince Frederick Charles. GRAND ARMY ENCAMPMENT. Nashville Wants the Next Meetlna to be Held in that City. Nashville, June 17 —The delegates l.xi Tennessee to the national encampment i r * the Grand Army of the Republic, which le to be held at Portland, Me., on the 2Si in stant, will leave this city to-morrow. At * representative meeting of citizens at the board of trade rooms this morning, ex pres - sions were very earnest In support of a*.* invitation to the Grand Army to hold Us 4 next encampment In this city. Resoiu tioHS were adopted expressive of profoncu * respect for tbe patriotic Inspiration of the organization, sympathy with its nations* spirit, approval of its non-sectional purpose and freedom from political or partisan bias, admiration for the manliness of it? membership and their devotion to the prin ciple of American fraternity upon which depends the perpetuity of free American, institutions, believing that great and lilt ing good will result from closer intercoms between tbe sections,which can In do better way be signalized than by avisit to Tennes see from the Grand Army men. by the wel come which should be eloquent of Tennee- see'i appreciation of the honor. The Ten nessee delegates to the encampment were* requested to extend an Invitation to tha Grand Army to meet in this city next year. The Exposition's Dahls. New Giujeans, June 17.—Director-Gener al Burke, of the World's Exposition, leit for Washington this t-vening for the par- pole of making arrangements for aecnring the $.Vw> im) appropriated by tbe last Con- greas for the pavment of the claims of for eign creditors of tbe exposition. This >ura. together with the amount the old company will receive from tbe new company for tb* plant, etc., will he sufficient to pay ail the former company’s creditors in fall. An AocMental Dwath.' irx, June 17.—Ely S. P n gauger in tbe gore h:s death at an eirly hour lingula anew. He - windo .. e. mined bis way in tbe dark sod t* the binivters to tha ball hr. >w, br* 1 m.ler lingular err-.- gotten up during a he*» - and a mg hi i neck and dying * waa 46 years of »ge, I inventor of the rod whicu . government gangers. t: • spread lo We — 11 ret Harfe’*i new story. ' ‘ Maru is now running in Harper s Weekly.