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Altoona Journal from Altoona, Kansas • 2

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A DARING ADVENTURER. SCENES AT HAMBURG. KANSAS STATE NEWS OF THE WEEK, JACK M'AULIFFE. i'HE ALTOONA JOOBNAI Muull suffering In tMo II. A.

K1IEA, Pllllllahrr, City The Death I Hi ntfd Ambtilrtiice Everywhere. tlAMHruw. Sfpt. 0. Secretly and as ALTOONA, KANSAS.

The Easterner Wlna tho First Bout at New Orleans. silently as a specter dreaded guest cholera has disturbed the rush Slid Hits- Capt. William A. Andrews, already famous for hi daring adventures iu; small boats oil the stormy Atlantic, has. again set sail on a novel and interesting voyage.

He crossed the ocean twice before, first In the "Nautilus," when he was accompanied by his brother, who has since, tiled, anil again in the "Mermaid," both of these; t-rips being made to Land's England. A ii.w years ago he again attempted the postage in a boat called th "Dark Secret," but, after battling tie of this great city in its awful thirst HIER TAKES FIFTEEN KOENOS. or pleasure, its Godless fin de siecle ife. Thousands have already fled from Senatrr- friHlls in expected home soon. Jjeftatnr I'eflcihs opened the republican campaign rtt KmpoVia on September 1 in a two hours' spec1-.

T1e military authorities at Fort Leaveiivyoxth ar cleaning up the quarters in order to Jitffd oft. the cholera. The statement published that Spanish fever had broken out amofij the cattle in (Ireenwood county is positively deniea The report that fever was prevalent among cattle ll caused some uneasinessin several southvyestum ountic8. Perry Kin, wanted in Crawford CURRENT COMMENT. A COJU'ARS which was usctl h); and belonged to Jacques Carlior in the years' 1534 to 15:50 will he placed on exhibition at the world's fuir.

Hamburg to UVuul tl'd pmrtilerlee, It is not exactly agreeable to stay lut gives one rare material lor ttie siuoy of human nature. Let them only put Then He Takes a Glasi of Wine From the HuixIh of 111 Conquer ir-I'rellml. narlos ill the Kin -The Weight of the Cilovea, Ktc. New Orleans, Sept. 0.

The first of" the scries of prize fights took place in tlie amnhi-theatet of the Olympic club Vjitmck Hawi.ev died near Wilkes-barre, from rattlesnake bite notwithstanding that he drank a lurge quantity of whisky. heads out of a window for half an hoiir and ntr'ouH folk will feel qualmish, while serious people will feenpnl.a how grave things have groNvn. Odd uneral procession lifter another rolls ftounty for the murder of a man named by our house. Which stands cm te tastt fcjtib hist night in this city rnd was won by MeAuliffe Hexky Hayjjik, formerly a Chicago journalist, new in Paris, has been dee-orated by "President Carnot with IhO cross of the Legion oE Honor. cadin" to several cemeteries, jnow it Gleaned By Telegraph and Mail PERSONAL AND FOl.ITIPM,., The peace which left this country to conciliate the Irish factions hilled of its purpose.

Simon Wing, the socialist nominee for president of the United States, is a manufacturer of photographic goods and job printer, Boston. The American Colony in Valparaiso gave grand banquet to Minister Egan, preparatory to his starting home for a short time, The atlorneygeH'ral has tfeir'ed the immediate WsljruaHUn of United Slates Marshal PaWf of Utah. M.YHQVis de Mores was acquitted in Paris. He was charged with killing-Capt. Meyer in a duck The South Op.foilua democratic primaries Went in favor of Tillman, alliance, by 10,000 majority.

The Idaho prohibition state convention has nominated Joseph A. Clark for governor, A full state ticket, including pi-osidentinl electors, was nominated. J. Stehlino Mmrros heads the democratic ticket in Nebraska. Fusion was rejected.

WlsooNulS dl'lnocrats renominated Guv. Peck Mr Gladstone was recently knocked down by a heifer at Ilawarden. He was uninjured and sought refuge behind a tree. Gkohge William Cchtih, the noted Tim miners east of T'l'iibstone, hnVo been driven from their claims by Indians. The Order of yEgis, endowment insurance, is in trouble at Boston.

HV the fcimiUirillg tit tit! litoiliubodt Western licserve off White Fish point, on its course to Kecwemcv, twenty-six lives were lost. The story sent out from Cleveland, O.i some (lays fljfp of iV frjtttfn bin- rnK'tf eoiiiblUu is denied. Fntrc destroyed the old state house at Des Moines, la. The state house was built in 1850 and used until 1881, when the new state house was ready for oe Mipuncy- Tills fast mail on the Hudson river railroad was wrecked at the New Hamburg drawbridge, which happened not to be fairly shut. Three Uvea weM lost.

The United States troops have been withdrawn from Cueur d'Alene; Idaho. A mine explosion in llainiiutt, liel-((ium, canoed the loss of twenty-Ave lives. Eight others were fatally injured. Chili has prohibited sealing within her jurisdiction. A son of 11.

J. Carter wa killed near Garden Valley, Tex. The bey and a companion were racing horses, When young Carter's horse ran into the woods tirtu dashed his rider against a tree. A vigilance committee was repulsed and one of the members given a load of shot in the chest near Mansura, La. They attempted to break Into the cabin of h.

negro, iicciisod of ht'ff thieviiijj', when tlie piiiilf til affair happened. A yellow fever scare occurred at New Orleans, two sick men on the steamship Denia causing it. The world's professional bicycle in tifteen founds. About 0,500 persons is a costly cortege, an imposing hearse drawn by four horses; thn appears a evlriously clad leichen bitter, knee Li'cecl't's, buckled shoes, white collars and barretas, and lust, mourn Fhksident MaKVEI. has signed the contract for the immediate construction of the Cripple Creek (Col.

branch, anil work will be commenced noon. ing coaches, mostly without clergyman. After this brave show came much simpler hearses, dashing along at full were present. Mj'Ci' and MeAuliffe weighed at 8:45, tho former at 137 pounds, MeAuliffe at 137. Capt.

Jiar-t'ett arran'cd the scales upon wliicu the gloves were weighed and find-in" them according speed to the graveyard. There are a A beroi.ctioS' to assess the capital etockof the Pullman Car Co. at MS.OSS, 750 has been introduced in the ItoaVtl equalisation at Springfield, 111. i is under arrest at isalicr City, Ore. Jobri lioohe, a was allot and liilWI by tt sentinel at Fort Leavenworth the dthr morning while trying to make his escape.

li ws doing duty as a convict at the time. VonHnff on the Delaware, neaf Thorn psonviile, tto other day Grant Evans and his sister lier'th tmd Miss Maggie Worthington, the b-Hrottittf youny Evans, were drowned by the fcnpskiHf? of their boat. Maggie toft5, 18 years old, fired a sh at her sweetheart) William Svvartz, at Kansas City, tiie tth- evening and then shot and killed heTsetf, 'cause, as she stated in a note left, tlii.t her love for young Swartz was not eturnticL Tltorrias Devine, who worked in tho fr.rfu! huttibef of these venicies, laaen with the bodies; of cjiihWri. A hfavy rumbling announces the approach df one or those abominable wooden boxes Torsi AL orders haw been given from the navy department for the shipment of four six-inch guns, with their carriages, complete, from the Washington navy yard to Chicago. on wheels which fetch pauper victims of the plague from their dwellings Faster horses draw cholera carriages on then Way to tile Eppendorf hospital.

They lar'ffe'j tfohifor'table: lftndaits, well padded. Cm tlie bdx sits the drivef and hospital attendant, while another editor and "mugwump," succumbed to auliffe. to law in" vo nodded his assent to the press represents! tiVes that the jflovVs would ctoi Jack MeAuliffe was the first to enter the ring, which he did at 0:15. Myer came a moment later. Both men received great ovations.

Knowledge of the fact that a pugilistic grudge of long standing was about to be settled awakened tremendous applause. The men jumped to the center of the rinir, MeAuliffe looking pale and Myer The Iloston Transcript, which always reflects the lloston idea, sys: On account of its monosyllabic quality, it has been suggested that Chinese be adopted as the only language for telephoning'. Ins lingering sickness On Hie Hist CilAUiMAN TAtifeKNECit has called a overworked attendant stares blankly with contrary winds, high seas and terrific storms, lie reluctantly consented to give up his efforts after a struggle of sixty-two days, and returned to America on a bark which kindly consented to, take him nud his sea beaten boat back to New York. The captain Is a very interesting character, lie is a man of fixed purposes, very hard to turn from tho object which he has in view. He has made the subject of email boat sailing such a study-that he is prepared to meet every argument against the risks which spring to the minds of his critics, yet the Now York Herald put the ease in a nutshell when it said: "Tho fact that Capt.

Andrews can cross tho ocean in a cocklo shell merely proves that small boats aro nd pathetically from inside the car riage at tue crowd wiucn in passage meeting of the national executive committed of the people's party to be held at the Richelieu hotel, St. Louis, Sep Millel'ilJO acpartmeni 01 owinn house, was accidentally drowned in ihe Kaw river just belmV tha Union Pacific bridge at Kansas City, the her day. He wus boat riding while of these vehicles invariably attracts, intoxicated. tember 12. It is reported in Vienna from Mcri that 2,000 Afghans Were killed in the vansas got away with the three lead- last batths With the revolting itazafas.

h'DGB James McMillan Shaute! of rosy. Mac led for the stomach, slipped ahd fell. When he regained his feet Myer landed a light left and Jack smileth and who watch them tearfully but curiously'. Now and then some one tries to get a glimpse of their ddntenta. An unconquerable fondness for tragedy and a strange longing to be terrified doubtless explains the behavior of women who persist in gazing at scenes which later haunt their dreams.

More of the unhappy patients are lying in carriages, wrapped prizes at the Knights of Pythias drill at Kansas City. Mystic division, of Girard, woii the prize of $1,500) (lalnxy division, of Pittsburg, carried o'r the second prize of 1.200, arid Erie California, an Ib dead at San Francisco. Allen It. M0U8E has tendered his vision took the third prize, $1,000. At the grain fair which opened in Vienna recently much dissatisfaction was manifested at the increasing competition of American which was making the European growing unprofitable.

The Baroness Roqucs hns again presented a petition to the home office praying for the release of Mrs. May-brick and is hopeful that the prisoner will regain her freedom by the end of the year. CHAHI.E8 DlCKEN's writes to an Jin frlish paper that the originals of his father's admirable eharaeters, the Brothers Cheeryble, were the lirothers Grant, manufacturers and merchants in Manchester. resignation as chief justice of the supreme court of Michigan, to take affect thick blankets and features pincnea October 5. lioth men were ex tremely cautious, though MeAuliffe was the aggressor.

The latter stepped in and delivered a ig npnf. L.ff. nn with pain. Some have their hands John Mor.l-EV, chief secretary for Ire record was broken at the Decatur i (III.) race meeting. Jack Prince of 1 Omaha rode a quarter niilo with a fly- I ing start in which beats the best professional record ever made.

Dr. Jenkins, the health ofilcer at i New York, declared that ho would ig- nore the president's proclamation for twenty days' quarantine, which he con- ceived an unwarranted interference, aggregating have been offered for the arrest and convic- tion of the murderers of S. 11. Mc- Whirter, at Fresno, Cab Small notes to the amount of I 000 were shipped to various places in the country by the treasury department up to the end of August to facilitate the i movement of crops. The schooner Nell Woodward was wrecked near Southampton, Ont.

The mate aucl a seaman wore drowned Talton Hall, the desperado who boasted of killing ninety-nine persons, died like a coward on the gallows at Wise Court House, Va. i Clearing house returns for the week ended September 2 showed an average land, has been on a visit to Andrew Carnegie, the American iron millionaire, at Loch Rannoeh. Perthshire, clasped as though in anguished prayer. A most heart-breaking sight is the poor children, making one think of tlie poor parents who are not able to nurse their darlings, but are compelled to trust the nose and got Scotland. away without a re-fo Tm'MAS FI.antz, of Warsaw, Han- them to strangers.

Helping hands, alas, are scarce, too scarce to allow all to be well cared for. From every deli county, 111., was nominated for congress by acclamation at the Monmouth democratic convention. safe when a Capt. Andrews sails ttiem-Amateurs should remember this whea the wind begins to sing." The captain himself says that "half the people who are drowned lose their lives because they do not realize that a-boat cannot sink. An iron vessel might, or a ship loaded with a heavy cargo, but a row boat, sail boat or ordinary wooden vessel may capsize, but will, nevertheless, float.

Tho passengers on the great ocean steamers run some risk when they go to sea, but all around the deck they sec wooden boats hung up on: Which; they are taught to depend for their lives if the big steamer goes down. These boats are often crushed against the great vessel or are capsized in lowering. I am alone in a wooden boat entirely under my own control, and, in my opinion, far safer than others." An ingenious theory but hardly a fair one. Capt. Andrews is by trade a piano maker, tie built the "Sapolio" at Atlantic City in the presence of hundreds of people, and exhibited it ou the hong Pier for several weeks.

It is a canvas folding boat lined with, half mob "edar carriage comes the odor of carbolic acid. A crisis in the German cabinet Is re We smell nothing else here. We get it ported. As A result of the international anti-Elavery convention held in llrussels, an international bureau will shortly be formed in Zanzibar in which England, 1'rance, Germany. Italy ami Portugal will be represented.

In the water witn wincri we wasn ana rinse ottr mouth; floors are washed with C0N011EK8MAN Chahi.es F. Hooker was renominated by the democratic it, and clothes soaked with it. We eat convention of the Seventh Mississippi district. Tun people's party congressional con nothing but dry toasted bread, With coffee. Cutter, cheese and vegetables are shunned.

On the breakfast table lies the Hamburger Nachrichten. We turn. Myer was billy myek. forced 'to a stake, but danced out of harm'B way, came up the scratch again and took part in a clinch in the middle of the ring. Every move by the men was heartily cheered, and Myer, missing a left hand lead, fell in on his opponent and was clinched.

It was a pretty round and the men were sent to their corner, not a bit the worse for it. Hound 2 McAultiTi) landed a heavy rt'ht bander and Myer cltrictiod, delivering a heavy right himself. Tlioro was warm work In the center of the ring, with Myer on tho defensive. MeAuliffe feinted with his left, landed his right and wiva cross countered. Tho men clinched, and, upon breaking away, Myer landed a right handed kidney punch, McAullffo landed his left on the nose.

McAultffo knocked Myer down with a heavy right on tho eye and upon getting up the men clinched, though Myer was groggy from the biow. Just as the round endod Myer was nearly floored with a heavy right and left on the face. A gasoline stove explosion caused a fi -e in the bottomsat Kansas City, the other night that burned Daniel Comfort's Hvery stable and about a dozen horses, Several gambling houses hear the state line and a number 01 smaller buildings, covering an entire square. The loss Was over $50,000. The other night the residence of Eli Pottor and the adjourning residence of City Clerk Albright at Kansas City, were burned.

The Potter residence was the most singular structure in the west and was built and furnished at an expense of $75,000. It was Insured for $40,000. Mr. Albright placed his loss at insurance, At the lato Third district Christian Endeavor convention, held in Lawrence, C. M.

Hrovvn, of Ottawa, was elected president for tha ensuing year; W. V. llaskett, of Marion; Eftlj Parker, of Olathe; George Foster, of Douglas connty; Maud Sayers, of Franklin county; vice presidents; Maud Sayers, of Franklin county, secretary and treasurer. A car load of watermelons shipped from Texas to a firm in Topeka, upon which the shipper had prepaid freight, was stolen from the Santa Fe yards in that city the other night. There were 020 fine melons in the car, and who got them is tho question the Santa Fe officials are interested in learning, as the company will have, to stand vention for the First Colorado district nominated Myron W.

Heed, the preacher politician. Alexander DiKTitim, chief constructor of the German navy and privy councillor to the German admiralty, is in Philadelphia making a study of the methods and products of construction in the Cramp ship yards. The democratic congressional con open it eagerly. There are increased deaths and new cases. There was no truth in the story of the rapid decrease of disease.

ventions at Philadelphia made nominations as follows: First district, E. G. A sudden noise disturbs me as I write Flanigan; Second district, John J. Ma- decrease of 14.8 compared with the corresponding week of last year. In New Y'ork the decrease was 21.7.

The London and General bank, London, failed for 5, 000,000. A miPTURK is reported in the coal combine. An Ontario Western freight was wrecked near Peckville, Pa. Crake-man Thatcher was fatally injured. Some persons fired the oil escaping from the wreck, causing much damage.

Con fishing off Labrador has not been successful this year. Tun entire town of Rocky Itur, Idaho, has been swept by fire. this. In the street cars all is excite loney; Fourth district, Elbridge E. Nock.

The reciprocity convention met at ment From the window I see at the corner a workman staggering like a drunken man. ne seats himself on a door-step almost doubled up, then falls Grand Forks, S. 1). The purpose was MeAuliffe looked II) to I shot at this stage of to further commercial relations with to the ground. The kinder-hearted Canada in an amicable way.

The next convention will boat St Paul, Minn. the gumo, for he was fighting a fast and furious battle. Round 3 MeAuliffe landed his right and among the bystanders Dring mm Myer clinched around the hip. Myer received a heavy loft hiind swing on the head, and came A conspiracy against the Argentine government has been discovered in one of the provincial battalions. Nearly all the officers of the battalion have been placed under arrest.

The La Plata conspiracy has collapsed. Man. the distinguished arch bishop of Angers in France, was so eager in his efforts to carry ou the works of charily and religion in which he was engaged that ho died a bankrupt and his estate is deeply in debt. The sale of the estate of the lute Charles Stewart Paruell realized only 2,000. The dead lender's mother will goto Ireland during the present month for the purpose of making an inquiry the settlement of the affairs.

Tennessee mountaineers have been brandy and cholera drops. Quickly the police arrive. Tlie victim has grown icy cold and must be helped at once. All the shawls and wraps that can be Patiuck Egan, minister to Chili, has left for home. Twenty-one of the Jersey City (N.J.) ballot box stutters have been sentenced.

firing on tho pickets at Coal Creek and near falling. McAulifto next landed a heavy left on Myer's nose, and In a clinch Myer hit 1 bit opponent several times. Both men were Oliver Springs. All tho union miners quit work. found are requisitioned.

A cart arrives, Their sentences ranged from six to fif now weak from their tremendous teen months. One of the best German physicians de- the man is hustled into it and off he goes. Children have been standing South Cakoi.isa third party people, lares that cholera is a question of filth. ertlons, though MeAuliffe seemed the stronger of the two. The latter landed several left handed stomach punches, and Myer clinched after receiving a right on the jaw.

Myer was seemingly very weak, though his wonderful re close by throughout the episode. Such Dirty towns cannot escape it. Other taking courage from Gov. Tillman's victory, will effect a full organization incidents nre not uncommon in the places need not fear it. streets of Hamburg.

Exaggerated Norfolk, has quarantined cuperative powers enabled him to make a reasonable defense. This was McAullffe's round, for the national eampaigp. Mike C'i siiino, the well-known Im against New Y'ork. and as Myer sat in his corner for his minute's rumors fill the air and keep the excitement at fever heat The theaters and circuses are closed and festivals stopped. Meetings have been post pound pugilist, died at Fort Hamilton, N.

Y. alter a few days' illness, aged 27. A how of wooden buildings owned by II. Dodd was destroyed by fire at rest ho was pluinly in distress. Portland, Ore.

Loss, insur Deceased was horn in Elizabethport, N. J. 1)11. DoliciiENTEli's criticisms of the ance, poned. All people think or is wnettier they can get fresh supplies of disinfect Hound 8 This round began with a hug.

Myer appeared to want to bo the aggressor for he landed a heavy punch on the head and repeated tho blow wilh his right A great deal of clinching was done in this round. First blood was Vaccination virus is said to have An astronomer says: At the recent conversazione of the Uoyal society, Dr. Gill projected on the screen a photographic star map, containing the images of about 43,000 stars. As every star is a sun, we may infer therefrom nomcthing concerning the immensity of scale on whiuh the universe is established. ants, whether the water is boiled and the loss.

The tenth state fair will be held at Topeka September 13, 13, 14, 15, 10 and 17; and no meeting is of more importance to the people of the state than this fair. There are off red this year some $10,000 in premiums, purses and specials. An extraordinary effort has been made to help place Kansas where she belongs, at the head of the world's fair, by offering the largest premiums for cereals and grasses that have ever been offered in tho west. As the north-bound passenger train on the Joplin branch of the Memphis road reached Neutral station the othe day some neighbor iys reported that they saw several persons lay ties and rails across the track at a bridge a short distance north of the station for th purpose of wrecking the train. Th' train approached the place cautiously killed Jane Simpson, aged (1, at claimed and allowed for MeAuliffe management or riielMo Indian schools has caused the withdrawal of many pupils.

whether the food was sound. As for the working people they drink a little the ruby coming from Myer's right Cholera is increasing at Moscow. Five qiiarryinon nt liayfield, eye. He was brave, however, and JIc harder. AulllTe was half knocked down and half fed With my own eyes I have seen child went boating and the upturned boat from a cliuch The men were desperately an found the next day told the story of gry and now a fearful slugging match took ren picking oats out of horse dung in the streets and eating them, while in the market place police looked on un- place.

Iloth were very weak and Myersntep drowning. A iioat's crew of six men was lost was unsteady going to his corner for his minute's rest and decked over with the same. In order to fold it there must be three long canvas hinges from stem to stern, and tho daring Captain writes by an incoming ship (when he is hundreds of miles from shore) that ho finds the 'Sapolio' in a sea-way is a- scrubber but very leaky." No belter proof of hsa coolness and pluck could be given. Tho start was made ot 4:30 Wednesday, July 20th, the destination being Palos, Spain. Capt.

Andrews has instructions to scour the seas until he discovers that port and the starting point of Columbus. It is believed that, sailing in a fourteen foot boat without so much as a hot cup of coffee to vary his diet of biscuits and canned goods, he-will, single-handed, eclipse tho record of that Spanish-Italian adventurer who almost failed to cross tho great ocean with three ships, ir0 men, after securing the Queen's jewels to pawn and having the blessing of the Church thrown in. Thin Cclmnbns is sailing in a bont which had never heen in water until the hour when he started on hiss 4,000 mile trip. lie has been spoken in mid-ocean several times, scorning all assistance and confident of ultimata success. His effort should interest all Americans as a test of pluck, enduranco and rrood seamanship.

That it is not a moveil wlnle oiiuuren icasien mem- from the sealing schooner Annie Moore Hound 9 Another hug opened the round, but selves on the refuse of vegetables and in Hchring sea. There have been so many resignations of young cavalry otlicers from her majesty's service that the problem of filling their places with competent and eligible men has become serious. The cause of all these resignations is said to be a matter of pounds, shillings and pence, the lack of which nflliets a crack guardsman as much in real life as in Ouida's pages. unripe fruit, which was washed down with water. On tho whole, however, ADDITIONAL DISPATCUKS.

A sAii.oh has died of cholera at Chris- the men broke away fairly. Great coolniss characterized tho contest. MeAuliffe was still the aggressor. Mac narrowly missed a right on tho point of tho jaw and nearly knocked Myer down with a rk'ht hand swing. Myer foil on the from the police have done their duty nobly.

Assistant Situetahy Chounsk, of the treasury department, has tendered his resignation to Secretary Foster to enter the gubernatorial campaign in Nebraska. PliERiDKNT Diaz has forbidden the priests searching for buried by Uie Conecptii'ii convent, City of Mexico, nt the French invasion, and has sent government workmen to look after it. Gi'OiuiH LAl'diiixiiocsK, aged 1(1 years, was drowned in the St. Francis river at Madison, Ark. MISCELLANEOUS.

Some South American ports are closed to all vessels arriving from Germany, France or Uelgium, for fear of cholera. Ca.mciikll, the national tennis cham tiuvisand, Norwny. Several nave died from tne enecis 01 overwork. It is the authorities who Rattlesnakes are said to have killed right and left handers on the head The west Mrs. Martha Ilnnlcastle and her daugh erner looked beaten now and nearly foil from one of his misses.

Ho was very tired and wont ter near Frostbnrg, Mil. to his corner. This round favored AlcAuliffe, Ski'temher it) was the date deter have muddled overy thing. Cholera was in Hamburg, according to the Hamburger Nachrichten, a fortnight before it was decided to make the fact public. The schools were not closed for days.

though Myer's friends still pinned their faith mined upon by the river cnl operators on his recuperativo powers. of Pennsylvania to demand a reduction the price of mining from 3S to The sameiournal says: "Had they been, Hound 15 -Tho opening of this round was characterized by several awkward attempts on David Dudley Field has been asked to v. rite a monograph ou his brother, Cyrus W. Field, and he may do so. Since his recovery from his severe illness a year ago Mr.

Field, although nearly 00 years of age, seems to be in excellent health. He has been compelled, however, as George Bancroft was at about the same ngo, to abandon horseback riding. cents per bushel. the rate of exchange might have fallen The empress of Austria lins heen the part of both nun and the audience cheered when Myer was knocked down wilh pion, retains the title of champion for walking barefoot on wet grass for the and our immensely wealthy municipal fathers might have been a trifle poorer as a result." a hoavy right McAulllfe knocked him down ostain as he got up- This time ho lay benelit of her health, by advice of a remarkable quack. another year, having beaten Hovey winner of all-comers' tournament, 7-5 8-0, 0-3, 7-5.

foolhardy affair is proved by his former success and by tho notable trip in helpless on tho ropes until ho was counted out. It was a heavy right hand To understand what social sins may A I'stria will keep out Russian rail swing that did tho trick, and MeAulitfj wiw An explosion occurred at the Maiieini which ho battled for sixty-two Hays mean you slvmlil visit ppnaicrsirasse and Steinstrasse. Walk into any house. way carnages neennse or ine pi ague. borne triumphantly 0.1 his second's shout magazine nt San Severe, Italy, two men ders to his corner.

The llliamMburger was You will be horror-struck by the un being killed outright and two others made the recipient of applause, not Another Haytien war is pending. Ciiicaco men assert they are going to ake out of the f2, 500, 000 without reaching the other side. Thousands of people saw the start, his presence nt different points on the ocean has been noted by largb numbers of withstanding tho fuct that New Orleans was and the obstructions were removed but the miscreants had fled. The train was full of passengers returning from tho re-union at liaxter Springs. The grand lodge of the cilored Ma-6 his, recently in session in Atchison, elected the following officer Grand master, 1'enjimin Wilson, Wichita; senior grand warden, J.

M. Stewart, Iola; junior grand warden, J. M. Glass, Leavenworth; grand treasurer, J. H.

Moore, Lawrence; grand secretary, II. II. Curtis, liaxter Springs; commissioners to the World's Masonic assembly, which meets in Chicago in 1893, G. W. Smith C.

H. Langston, II. II. Curtis, W. 15.

Townsend and Joseph Jones. The weather report of Chancellor Snow, of the state university, for August shows that it was an average August The temperature was very little below the average, although the first week was hot, the mean temperature of that week being 83 degrees. The rainfall was a fraction of an inch lower than the average. The humidity was somewhat greater than usual. A marked increase is noticed in the miles of wind traveled, the whole number being 9,280 miles, 855 more than the August average.

There was not an entirely cloudy day in the month. While returning home in a wagon from a republican rally the other day two young men, John Hale and Walter Scott, residing in the northern part of Uonrbnn county, and who hnd seriously injured. One American sealer and four Itritish sealers have boen rounded up by a Rus worth of souvenir half dollars. known as Myer citv. The Williamsburg er's seconds opened champagne in his coi speakable misery and incredible poverty of lodgings.

Thirty thousand people live in short Steinstrasse alone, and there are many other streets of the same kind in the city. vessels, nnd his landing on the other Princess Locise, marchioness Lome, has now finished the marble bust of her mother, and with her majesty's approval, she will send it to the world's fair, together with some paintings which she is at present engaged upon. The bust of the queen is now at Osborne, in her majesty's boudoir and has called forth much admiration from the royal household. The president will recommend legis ner, while Myer was offered a glass of the wine lv his eenq'teror, which was accepted, nud a sian vessel in the liehring sea. The lation for a onro-notine law to do away with any possibility of a quib vessels were sold and the captains and crews maltreated, afterwards being side will no doubt be made a matter oi public demonstration and rejoicing.

As he sailed from the pier he said, "In sixty days I will be in Spain," and up hearty handsh.tko wound up the greatest battlo recorded in the lightweight cl iss since the days of Hilly Edwards, Barney Aaron and Sam Col- ble over state's rights. shipped to Victoria, IS. on an Amer W. F. Ueaoi.es, a detective shadow ycr.

ican bark. ing a wealthy Chattanooga gentleman, was killed and horribly dismembered bv a train. J. he schooner City or Toledo was sunk eighteen miles north of Manistee, A woman in New York who has been to tho last reports ne liau maue Deiter time than he anticipated. Every day during the voyage a bottle will bo thrown overboard noting the location and other information about the.

trip. Babe, the big elephant in the King-ling circus, went on a tear at Frankfort, Ind. The animal had been Tlie ambulances of the city yesterday took to the hospitals 324 cholera patients, of whom 105 died. Five hundred and twenty-eight cases and 329 deaths, not previously reported, were registered yesterday, in pursuance of police orders. These bring the total figures, reckoning from the beginning of the epidemic, up to 5,623 cases and 2,518 deaths.

Mich. Eight persons were drowned, looking up the paying employments open to women, finds that the work of W. J. Ahkei.l, owner of Judge, act A tea of horses became stubborn taken with cramps and was given a family seamstress is unfailing and If Capt Andrews succeeds reach ing tor a -New lorK syndicate, nas closed a deal for the famous 1'elle of when crossing the railroad track near gallon of whisky, which started the Renssalear, Ind, and the man and wife well paid. If one is moderately capable she commands from $1 to $1.50 a excitement Several persons had nar Nelson distillery, situated in Nelson in the wagon were killed by the cars.

row escapes. county, Ivy. The price paid was day, with board, during the entire year. ing Spain and joining in the October celebrations which will be held in honor of tho discovery of America, ha will thon return in one of the great steamers and arrange to exhibit his The Peoria, 111,, Transcript has been The best needlewomen receive from $1 sold at assignee's sale for l.t,050. California officials believe they are All of the people's party incumbents of county ofliees in Republic county, were renominated Saturday and to $2.50 a day.

In one instance a good Cholera broke out on the steamship Tt.peka Workmen Olelirate. Topeka, Sept. 6. Labor day was celebrated here with a magnificent industrial parade, liusiness of all kinds was suspended and the entire popula on the track'of S.intag, the train robber, Moravia, on its voyage from llambur who is making for Mexico. seamstress divides the entire year between two families, receiving tVi week ly and her board.

an anti-fusion platform was adopted. to New York. Twenty-two died and Tun business part of Patoka, near always been the best of friends, en ,1. W. Wiles is the candidate for repre were bmied at sea, mostly children.

Evansville, burned. Loss W0.000. tion turned out. lhe business houses aed in a dispute which finally devel- ..1 11. nil nf unlrma I i -u, an 01 mo traues unions sentative.

The arrival of the plague-stricken ship prepared uoais, oped into a rougn nnu lumuie ugni caused much concern nt New York. Eioiitken bodies of the 20 persons Irowned bv the breaking in two of the Millie, aged 7 years, daughter of W. J. Vaughn, superintendent of the Car- were uniformed and the Atchison, Topeka Santa Fe men turned out almost to a man. The Guthrie, jail burned Two horse thieves made their es steamer Western Keserve on Lake Superior have been found.

rollton (Mo.) Planing died fion cape. the effects of burns. She mistook gas President HauuisoN gave out Ins let The saw mills at llhinclander, oline for water and threw it on a fire are in the hands of a mob of strikers. ter of acceptance of the republican nomination on the 5th. The most beautiful panel thus far received at the Woman's building of the world's fair, says the Chiiago Evening Journal, is that sent from Alabama by Miss Mary II.

Norton, of Montgomery. The design is the magnolia blossom and leaves, conventionalized, and yet executed with a boldness and a freedom of line that makes it instantly attractive. The girl who carved it has never had any lessons in the art save a few given her by a visiting relative. to put out same. Gov.

Abuett, of New Jersey, threatr The strikers at Hughes Patterson's The commissioners of Harper county, ens to call an extra session of the legis mill, Philadelphia, have accepted tie- have at funded the debt of $110,000 fraudulently contracted in 1S73. lature to enable the state to enforce the injunction issued against the lease of the Jersey Central to the Port Read the wagon. Hale knocked ricottaown and was severely pummebnT him when Scott drew a knife and sti b'ud Hale iu the left breast Hale foi it until loss of blood rendered him prostrate, and he was then left at a farm house in the neighborhood of the fight He could not live, Scott was arrested. Both men had been drinking. The livery stable of James Keefe at Lawrence was destroyed by fire the other evening.

Mr. Keefe was quite severely burned about the face and hands in trying to rescue three hack horses which were in the stable at the time. One very valuable horse was burned to death. A negro named Isaac Childs was mur boat and tho log which he writes np day by day, at the World's Fair in Chicago, "where ho will bo one of the features of the magnificent display which, the manufacturers of Sapolio are now perfecting. Tho assurance, we might almost say the impudence, of these aggressive manufacturers in securing a Columbus of their own is probably without precedent in advertising.

Educational Hem. "Are you learning much in asked Col. Fizzle top of his son Johnny, who is a student at the Columbia college. "Johnny shook his head." "Why don't you learn?" "Weil, you see, pa, tho class is too big. The professor is kept so busy licking the boys that he doesn't get time to teach them." she Surrly W.inld Not.

Miss Flyppe I don't believe that a woman should marry her opposite. Miss Trivvet Don't you? Miss Flypp No, I don't. Do yon sup. pose I could be happy with a man whfl possessed neither beauty nor mental teiumentrfWadga, NOT CALLED BY NAME. ing Co.

Frank Rooks, a lumber man, got a coat of tar and feathers at Crispen Is! A New Jersey minister refuses to preach any more until tho balance of the salary due him from his congrega and, Atlanta, Go. lie had been annoy feat. The first of the series of prize lights at New Orleans occurred on the night of the 5th when MeAuliffe defeated Myer in tifteen rounds. The democrats claimed the gubernatorial election in Arkansas by pluralities of 15,000 to 20,000. There was a wreck on the West Shore near Newburg, N.

the engine and tender running into the river. The fireman and engineer were drowned. A Jewish colony has been started Millie, aged 7 years, daughter of W. J. Vaughn, superintendent of the Car-rollton (Mo.) Pianing Mill died from the efreet3 of burns.

She mistook gasoline for water nnd threw it on a iiro to put out same. Rev. Pu. Edward Evriir.TT nxi.E says he keeps in sound body and mind by doing 110 mental work in tho evening. Mr.

Gladstone, on the other hand, keeps hale by doing his hardest work just at that time. Puking a review of several regiments in France, whither he was sent, Hugo Grotius. "one of the famous men of the seventeenth century, retained in his mind the namet of all the soldiers that were named and passed before him. A woman who wants to marry a man to roforro him should first try taking In washing and sts bow she lines it Ji. Y.

UeraU ing the wife of a workingmnn. tion is paid. The body of Clara Maerz, an Italian girl, has been found in the ruins of the Wooster 6treet fire at New York. dered in a disreputable house in Osage The president has ordered a twenty Following hard upon the seizure of Johnson island and the purchase of Niihau island by Great comes the well authenticated story of her seizure in June of the Gilbert islands, one of the most important groups in the south seas. Private letters brought by the steamer from Rutaritar, under date of June 20, contain full details of the seizure of the islands by the British Bhip Royalist on Juno 12, the reading of a proclamation of annexation, tha yullipj? down of the king's flag mi tllO Misting of the iirlthjh.

colors. City the other night. 1 nomas waybill colored, and a disreputable wom day quarantine on all vessels arriving at United States ports, except in cases A woman ninety years old died and was buried recently at Winston, N. C. Her burial shroud was the dress in which she was married seventy years ago.

A woman in P.ath, who has brought up a family of seventeen children, of whom lea re now living, has aooth.r child to near Kalamazoo, Mich. A HiNGAKiAN socialist who "disappeared" from public life ten years ago has reappeared in Victoria. Brit sh Co lumbia, having jiiet escuped Ivoia an were arrested. Maybury confessed. Tho report of Bank Commissioner healthy condition oi Kansas bank, where it conflicts with state laws.

Lizzie Hordes, after the examination, at Fall ver, was hold for the November terra of court for the murder of her father and iteoinothtr..

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