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GREAT FLOOD IN FRANCE.
Hundreds of Lives Destroyed-One Town
Almost Entirely swept Away y, 900 Peo-
pie Rendered Destitute.

Hundreds of Lives Destroyed-One Town
Almost Entirely swept Away -, 900 Peo-
pie Rendered Destitute.
A cable dispatch from Paris, dated
June %, says:
The damage to property and loss of
life by the flood in the river Garonne is
greater than the previous reports have
indicated. At Toulouse alone the bodies
of 100 persons who were drowned were
found in the houses which were flooded
but left standing. Many other people
off in the houses that were swept away.
The loss of life by the food at lou
louise is appalling. AtSt. Cyprian quar-
ter 2l5 corpses have already been found.
The violence of the torrent frustrated
the efforts to rescue the unfortunate III
mates of houses. Several men were
drowned in the attempt. Twenty
thousand persons are deprived of the
means of subsistence in Toulouse alone.
The disasters elsewhere are almost equal
in magnitude. The lower part of the
city of Morssac, on the Tenn, is under
water. At Tremoullet, in the Depart.
ment of Arriege, five houses only remain
standing out of 400. In the District OF
FAX, same department, two villages are
completely submerged, and many dead
bodies found. Crops of all kinds
throughout the inundated districts have
been destroyed.
President MacMahon and Minister
Buffet have left Paris for the scene OF
the destruction.
The Municipal Council of Paris has
voted $4,000 for the relief of the sui
ferers.
Eighty persons were drowned in Yer
dun. Eight hundred houses have fallel
in Toulouse.
At Bordeaux the Garonne is mucl
swollen, but no serious catastrophe il
reported.
1t is said that altogether over 1,00(
! lives have been lost.
Later kilograms from France say tina
900 persons persisted in the food q
, Toulouse alone. The outbreak of al
| epidemic is feared. 1t is believed tina
$500 houses have been swept away il
the town and its environs. The damage
there is estimated at from 81, ZOO, 00I
to f15,000,000. The Paris correspond
ent of the London Times makes an APP
peal to British charity in behalf of th'
sufferers. The London Daily NeWs
special says that the lowest estimate o
deaths in the flooded districts is 1000
1t is proposed to lombard and destro,
the st. Cyprian quarter of Toulouse {,
prevent danger from the crumbling wall
of the houses that yet remain.
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PUGNACI0US EDITORS.
Two New York Quill-Drivers Engage I'm IA
Lively set-to In the Brooklyn Court

Two New York 0uill-Drivers Engage I'm IA
Lively set-to I'm the Brooklyn Court
Room.
The last days proceedings in the
famous Tilton-Beecher trial, in Brook
Ign, were interrupted by personal col
lision between two New York editors,
which is thus described by correspon-
dent
Shortly after 8 o'clock a most exciting
scene took place in the court. The
Tribune, it is known, is the official re-
porter of the trial, and receives all the
documents. Defendants counsel, Shear
man, called over Mr.. Shanks, city edi-
tor of the Tribune, and was handing
him, according as he read them to the
World and Argus stenographers, pages
of the affidavit by Mrs. Tilton, in which
she denies the Herald story of the car
pet-layers, as to what they saw through
the key-hole, which Shanks was receiv-
ing. The Times people got wind of it,
and Hennessy, n muscular Irishman,
who "runs" the Times reporting staff
in the scandal court, appeared on the
scene, and put in claim to get the
statement. This was promptly repudi-
ated by Shanks. Hot words were ex-
changed, and soon followed furious
blows. Hennessy says Shanks struck
him first, letting him have it on the nose.
Shanks says Hennessy made grab at
him. However this may be, it was a
glorious struggle, though short.
Smack smack! went the fists, and
Shanks, breathing death and defiance,
was seen hurled back through the crowd,
and plunged against one of the reporters
tables, with the left fist of Hennessy at
his throat, and the immense right fist Of
his Hibernian assailant suspended over
his head, but warded off by dozens Of
friendly arms. Champions from the
armies of the Times and Tribune rushed
into the fray with fury in their looks.
The police officers arrested everybody
and showed them about. The audience
jumped on the tables and chairs and the
Judges bench, and yelled, "Go for him,
ISmeSt" "Let him have il, Tribune"
The copy of the Tribune held by Shanks
was torn to flinders. After few min
utes these pugnacious pressmen were
separated and taken by the officers be-
fore Judge Nelson, who advised them,
in the words of the immortal Watts, that
their gentle hands were never made to
tear each others eyes out, and discharged
them, on an understanding to answer the
charge, before the terrible Judge Walsh,
tomorrow, of fighting in court. The
combatants came back to court, smiling
and happy in the consciousness of duty
faithfully discharged.
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SOUTH AMERICAN EARTHQUAKE.

Great Destruction of Lfe-Eight Thousa nd
People Buried I'm the Ruins of One
Town.
A letter from Maracaibo, May %,
gives an account of the great earthquake
at Circuta on the 18th instant. The
first shock leveled every wall in the city,
burying, in a single instant, 5000 people
out of population of 10000. Several
who were not killed subsequently died
of their injuries, and many were muir
dered by robbers, who plundered in bands:
The shocks continued, and fires burned
much property. Those who were saved
fled to the neighboring country and en-
camped. When the news reached Mara
caibo, two steamers were sent out with
bread and clothing to the sufferers by
the American Consul and people also
corps of physicians and committee to
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fund has passed third reading in the British
Parliament.
A recent fire at Palscios. IN Che Province of
Seville, Spain, Destroyed lao houses.
Edmund Jones & Co., London, in the East
India trads Lave failed With liabilities at
$3.50, 900.
The French Assembly has voted 1888 600 for
the relief Of the sufferers by inundations.
Ferdinand l., ex-Emperor Of Austria, died at
Prague, last week, aged so.
A royal ordinance has been issued command
ing that members of Carlist juntas, and all
families of which any member is in the Carlist
service, be expelled from Spain, and directing
that the property Of Carlists be confscated and
devoted to indemnifyng communities suffering
from Carlist acquisitions.
The great international rifle match at Dublin
on the 29th ult., WAS attended by an immense
crowd Of people, and the enthusiasm was in
tense. AT 800 yards the Irish team scored 33s
against 1897 for the Americans but at the ranges
Of 800 and 1000 yards the American team car
ried the total score to a majority of 80 points,
or 9G7 to 929. In the evening grand banquet
in their honor was given by the Lord Mayor Of
Dublin at the Mansion House. large num-
Der OF distinguished guests, including the Lord
Mayors of London and York, were present.
The Irish rihemen admit the superiority OF the
Americans throughout the match and acknowl-
edge that their victory was fairly won. The
American team used breech-loaders the Irish
team all used Rigbys muzzle-loaders.
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WHOLESALE POISONING.
A Mystery at iowa College which Baffiei
the Doctors.

A Mystery at iowa College which Bafhes
the Doctors.
A letter from the Iowa Agricultural
College, mt Ames, Iowa, tells the follow
ing occurrence /:
On the Sd ult., from the hours Of III
the evening to 8 in the morning Of the
4th, 102 students, male and female, were
seized with illness-in some cases quite
alarming. All were affected alike, but
with different degrees of severity, the
ladies suffering by far the most. The
general character of the symptoms was
choleratic, consisting OF violent purglng,
excessive gripping pains, some vomiting,
q good deal of nausea, cold extremities
and great adynamia. Pulses ran to 100
and 100, yet without force and fullness.
Severe pain was depicted in the counte-
nance, and altogether tie situation was
an.alarming one.
The symptoms indicated poisoning,
and strong remedies were applied to the
strong symptoms, and within twenty
four hours from the period of attack
eighty seven were at their 'sual places
and duties, well. Fifteen were still i'll,
all of whom were ladies'. Day after day
one or two recovered, and when five days
elapsed but three were i'll. In a weeks
time all had recovered. The excitement
incident to such sudden and mysterious
illness having somewhat subsidized, the
query on everybody's lips was =" What
made ii I"
All sorts of rdmors prevailed-some
plausible, some harsh, some absurd,
some preposterous. President WEIGH,
who was unavoidably absent at the time,
returned, and in unison with others of
the faculty, sought by all possible means
to obtain the cause. The buildings were
carefully inspected, and their sanitary
condition found excellent. The water
tanks were examined and nothing found
that could be productive of such results.
thoroughly and searchingly analysed
such food of the day of attack as re-
manned uneaten, and also the water sup
piled to the students, and no poisonous
element could be found.
The whole number of sick was 102
160 ate meat, and of these % were sick ;.
II did not eat it, and of these were
sick, doubtful 107 ate gravy, and &c.
were sick 66 did not eat gravy, % were
sick and s were doubtful 100 ate
beans, 81 were sick /; SO did not eat
beans, 16 were sick, 2 doubtful 125 ate
rice, "a were sick AZ did not eat rice !;
20 were sick and Z were doubtful; 1863
ate biscuit, "a were sick y did not eat
biscuit, were sick 135 ate corn bread,
so We're sick 40 did not eat it, 20 were
sick 80 drank water, SO were sick %
did not drink it, II were sick and s.
were doubtful 141 drank milk, So were
sick 36 did not use milk, Is were sick
and 4 were doubtful 143 ate apple
sauce, So were sick ; 81 did not eat it,
! ID were sick and | doubtful.
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A STRANGE STORY.
How Two Widows of the Same Husband
Assisted at His BuriaI.
IDes Moines Cor. Chicago Tribune.l


[Des Moines Cor. Chicago Tribunel
On Saturday last Louis Walker died a
West Liberty. Before his death, he ex-
pressed the earnest desire that, if he
died, he should be buried on the farm
where he formerly lived, near Bennington,
a station on the Winterset branch of the
Rock Island road, about Is miles from
this city. The stricken wife, filed with
love for him, and with a heart broken
with sorrow and grief, sought to fulfill
the wishes of her dead husband She
procured a burial-case, started on her
sad errand, and passed through here on
Monday. She arrived at Bevington,
stranger to everybody. OF the station
agentshe inquired as TO the location of the
farm where her husband was to be
buried. The agent inquired who it was
that was to be buried, and, on being told,
he quickly foresaw very unpleasant
affair. The widow had come to bury her
husband on the premises of man whose
daughter, then at home, was the wife of
the deceased. The agent, after some
consideration, deemed it best to inform
the widow of the facts. She received
the story with perfect astonishment, and
could scarcely believe her late husband
guilty of such baseness but, on being
assured it was so, she became indignant,
and left the body with citizens, to be
conveyed to wife No. ! (whose first
knowledge for years of the whereabouts
of her husband was his arrival in a
burial-casket), to be disposed of as she
saw fit, and, taking the first train, she
returned to her home. Since her depaS-
ture, it has been discovered that Walker
had still another wife In Missouri.
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of millet were made at S1.75@3.O0 for prime.
Buckwheat was very dull. and by the close of
the week holders found it impossible to dispose
of small lots; closed at about Sl.00 for prime.
Highwines. although very quiet, were steady
and firm, the market closing a. about 81. l6.
CooPERAdE LUMBER AND WOOD.
There was but little business transacted In
the cooperage market during the week but as
there was only moderate amount offered ON
sale former prices were maintained. Quotable
ut 81 1260l. Is for pork barrels, S1.35d1. As for
lard tierces, S1.90G1210 for whisky barrels and
45M55c for flour barrels. In lumber the move
ment was rather light until towards the close Of
the week, when under an increased demand,
trade was quite brisk and prices ruled steady,
and firm. Quotable at S7.7561S.00 for joist and
scantling. SS.256ol4.00 for strips and boards,
S2.25(s2.G Go for shingles and S(d14c for cedar
posts. Wood remains inactive and nominal at
$500 per cord for hickory, 500 for maple,
5000 for beech and S4.00 for slabs in the yards.
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BREADsTUFFS.


The grain markets attracted considerable at
tention from spectators and operators gener-
ally, and quite an extensive business was trans
acted. The movement has been mainly on
local speculative account, and the governing
influences were therefore mainly Of a local
speculative character The short interest gem
orally looked for decline in values, and were
therefore indifferent about buying, while
holders were generally anxious to realize, and
there was a pressure to sell. Wheat closed
higher for cash and June, under the influence
of some demand for shipment but the July
option closed lower. Corn declined fully 4c per
bu, with fine weather for the growing crop
and a rapid increase in the stock in store. The
market, however closed shade firmer. Oats
were decidedly weak and easy, declining about
Gaze for June and July delivery receipts in
creasing and crop reports favorable. Rye was
&c lower, and barley l5@20c per bu off.
The following table shows the prices current
at the opening and close of the past week:
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The Creation of Woman.

A Prince once said to Rabbi Gamaliel:
"Your God is a thief; he surprised
Adam in his sleep, and stole rib from
him."
The Rabbits daughter overheard this
speech, and whispered word or two
in her fathers ear, asking permission to
answer this singular opinion herself. He
gave his consent.
The girl stepped forward, and feigning
terror and dismay, threw her arms aloft
in .supplication, and cried out, "My
liege, my liege, justice-revengel"
"What has happened :" asked the
Prince.
"a wicked theft has taken place." she
replied. "a robber has crept secretly
into our house, carried away silver
goblet, and left golden one in its
stead"
"What an upright thief" exclaimed
the Prince. Would that such rob-
berries were of more frequent occur
renee"
Behold, then, sire, the kind of thief
the Creator was; he stole a rib from
Adam, and gave him beautiful wife in
stead"
"Well said - avowed the Prince
7dlDaud Sdndhedrim.
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Tho East.

The complaint in the suit brought in the
name Of the people against Peter b. Sweeney,
to recover over S7,0O0,OO0, which it is alleged
was fraudulently distracted from the treasury
Of the county Of New York, has been filed III
the County Clerks Office.
The double-scull race for the amateur cham
pionship of the United States, between Frank
L. Yates, Of Grand Haven, Mich, and W. b.
Curtis of Chicago against r. ID. cambridge
and Ed. Smith, OF New York, was rowed on the
Harlem river last week, and resulted III VIC
tory for the Westerners. The distance was
three miles, and the time Of the winners was
10 minutes 53A seconds.
Three executions took place on FRIDAY OF last
week. At Dedham, Mass, James IL. Costley
was hung for the murder OF Julia HAWKES.
whose killing was traced TO him upon evidence
purely circumstantial, but OF the strongest and
most conclusive character. At Thomaston,
Me-. two murderers swung together-Louis
Wagner, the bloody actor in the Isle Of Shoals
tragedy. wherein the victims were two Nor
vegian women who were 80 unfortunate as to
have go in silver in their possession and
John True Gordon, who murdered III theii
beds his brother and the latter's wife and infant
child. and then set fire to the house to concea
the crime. Gordon was hung while in state
Of insensibility, resulting from an attempt al
suicide by stabbipg himself in the breast on the
morning of his execution.
A terrible disaster occurred last week in 8
shaft of the Susquehanna Coal Company, neal
Wilkesbarre, Pa. A party of six carpenter
were engaged in lining up the shaft, and while
working near the top OF the opening the scat
folding gave way, precipitating the unfortunate
men to the bottom Of the shaft, distance o.
500 feet. They fell into some thirty feet Of
water and were either killed outright by thC
fail or drowned.
Five persons were killed last week at Fal
River, Mass, while attempting to drive across
railroad track in front of a train.
The New York Grand Jury has found six new
indictments against William NJ Tweed for ob
tanning money from the City Treasury by false
pretense.
A fire at Paterson, n. j., on the 2Sth ult.
destroyed property valued at 5200000.
George w. Pemberton, the murderer of Mrs
Margaret L. Bingham, at Boston, has beer
sentenced to be hanged.
Loader and Price, the two witnesses whC
confessed TO a ncene of criminality between
Beecher and Mrs. Tilton i'll the Tilton parlor
are under arrest upon charge of perjury, anC
both have confessed that the affidavits were
false
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disburse aid. The Governor has sent
soldiers 10 protect the people.
Reports from San Cayetono, Santiago,
Grarulata, Arbaleda, Cucutella and San
Cristeabel, al aggregating a population
of 20, OO0, confirm the previous account
Of the destruction of life and property
in those places. The shock was felt at
Bogota and other places, and in Mara
caibo there have been light quakes every
day since.
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81. Three towns of LeSueur county
have destroyed 2,400 bushels. Blue
Earth county has bought over 10000
bushels. st. Peter, in Nicollet county,
has destroyed about 800 bushels. The
other counties are at work, but we cam
not give you correct estimate OF the
number destroyed.
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Foreign.

The German government is preparing a Par
lamentary measure prohibiting public religious
professions. This is another blow at the Catho-
lies.
A London dispatch states that ex-Premier
Gladstone has reconsidered his determination
to retire permanently from active participation
in politics, and, after much coaxing and persua-
sion has consented to resume his old position as
leader Of the Liberals.
Wilson & Armstrong, of London, have failed
with liabilities at 81 200, 900.
The Anglo-Burmese war story proves to be a
canard.
Heavy floods have recently occurred in the
Garonne and other rivers in France, causing
immense damage to property and occasioning
large loss of life.
1t is reported that the Marquis Of Lorne and
the Princess Louise intend making tour of
the United States.
Count Won Arnim has been found guilty, at
Berlin, Of abstracting State papers, and SEN
fenced to nine months imprisonment.
serious revolution has broken out in the
State Of Sonora, Mexico.
Garcia the Spaniard who stole portion of
MuIlllO lduOus picture lTOHl the Cathedral OF
Seville, and who was kidnapped to Cuba and
subsequently sent to Spain, was shot few
weeks after his arrival at Madrid, without trial
by even a drum-head court-martial.
At Valparaiso, South America, recently, a ter
rible gale occurred, doing an immense damage
to the shipping and occasioning the loss of fifty
lives.
Fearful foundations have recently occurred
in Bohemia, Moravia, Corintha and Tyrol, and
Beriat, with some loss Of life and great destruc-
ton Of property. Many bridges have been
carried away, thousands of cattle drowned,
and the crops in several districts totally ruined.
A special dispatch from San Francisco an
nounces that the revolution against the Next
can authorities at La Paz is in the full tide of
success, and that Mexican troops had been sent
from Mazatlan to quell the movement
A furious rain and thunder storm passed over
the city Of Buda, Hungary, few days ago de-
stroying many houses before their inhabitants
could escape. At least 100 we're drowned. and
300 are reported missing.
The bill providing for national debt sinking
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was taken before Acting Mayor Felzer, and ON
waving examination, was remanded TO jan
On coming down the stairs from the CITY hail'
a half dozen persons backed by 6Oo cooi-
headed citizens, overpoWered the officers IN
charge Of him, aud. throwing one end OF rope
over Smiths head and the other OH lamp
post left his lifeless body danglingin the air.
viewed by thousands Of spectstors' in the
l,rrsd sun1ieht "
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A CoNNEcTIcUT man named Pepper
made false assertion to his wife con-
corning her ability to carve meat prop
erly, and she Immediately convinced him
of the glaring error he had perpetrated
by using the carving knife ON him so
efiectual.y that he will never mention the
subject again. He is dead now.
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FINANCE AND TRADE.
Weekly Review of the Chicago Market.

The money market was more active but there
was no change worthy of note, the supply of
loanable funds being ample. Rate TOTO per
cent Bonds firm and steady.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-01-30

Already there are indicationst that the
casting oflots for the constitutional con-
vention and mayoralty raiment has
begun among us. Time was when
whoever would be the best man to
represent the people in any public
body was canvassed and settled by the
people. Nowpolitical aspirants kindly
relieve voters from this burden by ar
ranging among themselves who of
their number shall go, and in the
event of its interfering with present
duties, loaves and fishes, providing for
some faithful retaflers to mind the
calf while they milk the COW. These
patriots, "all honorable men," seem to
labor under the hallucination that
upon them alone devolves the duty of
going to everything, being member
of everything and getting everything
in the way of political preferment.
Once they have tasted of it, they crave
it ever afterwards. It's fine thing to
parcel out the good things among
themselves doubtless, if they can, but
it sometimes happens that these War
wicks reckon without their host and
come to grief just as they had fondly
hoped that they had everything cut
and dried, and that the goose was
ravishingly lovely, and hung particu-
larly high, some practical voter puts.
a spider in the dulnpling, fly in the
ointment. 1T will be very sad now if,
after all the good things are divided
out, the people should knock the fat
in the fire and nobody get anything.
1t will be y Time for tears then, and
the grief stricken faces of the ignored
state savers who aspire to go down to
posterity as statesmen, will be study,
AS they will sit down and Willie rock
ing themselves to and fro, swear ilu-
emily in six languages, at the ingrati-
tude and perversity of the people
whose interest Is so dear to them all.